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Photo of "Journal of an african cruiser: ..."
AN OFFICER OF THE U. S. NAVY [i.e. BRIDGE, Horatio]. Journal of an african cruiser: comprising sketches of the canaries, the cape de verds, liberia, madeira, sierra leone, and other places of interest on the west coast of africa. London. Wiley & Putnam, 1846. Second edition. 8vo. vi, [1], vi-viii, 179pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Hinges exposed, early inked ownership inscription to FFEP, heavily foxed throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31609
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[COLE, Sir Henry]. A railway traveller's reasons for adopting uniformity of gauge, addressed to i. k. brunel, esq.. [s.i.]. [Printed by Charles Wittingham and published by Joseph Cundall], [s.d., c.1845] First edition. 8vo. 24pp. Later green paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, with damp-staining to boards. Robin de Beaumont's copy, with his book-label to FEP, and trademark loosely inserted collection of bookseller's clippings, alongside his receipt of purchase. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31722
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STEPHENS, William. Sermons on several subjects. Oxford. Printed at the Theatre, 1737. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [56], 430, [2]; [8], 455pp, [1]. With a 45 page list of subscribers to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to lower board to Vol. I, without lettering-pieces. Minute worm-track to foot of Vol. I text-block, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31745
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STEELE, Richard. The Conscious Lovers. A comedy... London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1723. 8vo. [16], 86pp, [2]. Later mottled half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. A trifle rubbed. Manuscript initials 'A. A.' to title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31766
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THOMSON, James. Poems in the Scottish Dialect. Edinburgh. Printed by J. Pillans & Sons, Published by W. Reid, Leith, for the Author, 1801. First edition. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 215pp. With portrait frontispiece of the author. Uncut in original paper boards, neatly rebacked to style with original lettering-piece laid down. Slight rubbing to extremities else a fine copy with occasional foxing to text. Ink inscription of 'John J. Easson', dated 1840, to recto of frontispiece. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31809
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IRVING, David. The elements of english composition. Containing practical instructions for writing the english language with perspicuity and elegance; and Designed, in the Progress of Education, to succeed to the Study of English Grammar, and of the Latin and Greek Classics. London. Printed for R. Phillips...By T. Gillet, 1801. First edition. 8vo. x, 262pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards. Rubbed and marked, spine worn, boards held by cords only. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31815
Photo of "When capital goes on strike"
DAHLBERG, Arthur. When capital goes on strike. New York. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938. First edition. 8vo. xxii, 218pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Boards a little rubbed, spine faded. Contemporary bookplate of former British prime minister Clement Attlee to front pastedown; loosely inserted is the publisher's subscription postcard. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31817
Photo of "The careless husband: a comedy"
CIBBER, C[olley]. The careless husband: a comedy. London [i.e. The Hague]. Printed for T. Johnson, 1721. 8vo. 100pp. Uncut. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's powder blue wrappers, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities rubbed, marked, and creased, loss to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31826
Photo of "The volunteer rifleman and the ..."
BOUCHER, John. The volunteer rifleman and the rifle. In three parts: science, practice, and the mechanical aids. London. W. O. Mitchell, Military Library, 1859. Second edition, greatly enlarged. 8vo. xviii, [2], 183, [1], 35, [1], 38, 40pp. With an engraved frontispiece, two folding diagrams, and two plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled, corners bumped. Later bookplate of C. A. Cuthbert Keeson to FEP, without FFEP, offsetting to title page, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'To William ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31836
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[PHRENOLOGICAL SOCIETY]. Transactions of the phrenological society, instituted 22d february 1820. Edinburgh. John Anderson, 1824. First edition. 8vo. [3], xvi, 448pp. With five engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary gilt- tooled green half-roan, marbled paper boards, Rubbed and marked, spine dulled, corners exposed. Later book-label of Geoffrey Jefferson to FEP, offsetting, scattered spotting; some creasing/tearing to folds of the one folding plate. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31858
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[BRISTOL AUCTION]. City of bristol. To be Let by Auction...The Following valuable Premises situate in the parish of brislington in the county of somerset, in the immediate vicinity of bristol, And several of the Lot's possessing an extensive Frontage against the Bath Road, and presenting advantageous Sites for Building... Bristol. Mills and Son, Printers, [1833]. Folio. Single bifolia. [4]pp. Docket title to p.[4]. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Some loss/tearing at folds and margins, touching text in places with some loss of sense, a trifle creased and dust-soiled, priced-up in manuscript. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32009
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BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. Poems before congress. London. Chapman and Hall, 1860. First edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 65, [3], 32pp. With half-title and publisher's catalogue at rear. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth, gilt-titled. Rubbed, darkening to spine. With Stopford Brooke's bookplate to FEP, and ownership inscription dated March 1860 to head of half-title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32046
Photo of "The story of parson annaly"
BROOKE, Richard Sinclair. The story of parson annaly. Dublin. George Drought, 1870. First edition. 8vo. [2], 429pp., [2]. With a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's half-calf with gilt-tooled morocco lettering piece. Rubbed, with wear to corners and edges. Marbled endpapers and edges. Pencilled inscription to FFEP: 'M Rolleston, 1908'. Inked presentation inscription to page [iii]: 'To William Grahame Brooke. from his loving father R. S. Brooke. Wyton. Christmas 1870'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32053
Photo of "The excursion, being a portion ..."
WORDSWORTH, William. The excursion, being a portion of the recluse, a poem. London. Longman, 1820. Second edition. 8vo. xx, 452pp, [2]. Original publisher's buff paper boards, later rebacked, preserving original printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, with bumping to edges and corners and a small loss to top of spine. Spotting to endpapers. Inked ownership inscription to FEP: 'Stopford A. Brooke January 1902'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32057
Photo of "Omniana, or horae otiosiores"
[COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor; SOUTHEY, Robert]. Omniana, or horae otiosiores. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Reesm Orme, and Brown, 1812. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. xi, [1], 336; vi, 330pp. Without half-titles. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spines dulled, remnants of paper label to foot of Vol. II spine. Marbled endpapers, loss to head of leaves P9-10 of Vol. I (with loss of pagination numerals), short marginal tear to leaf D4 of Vol. II. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32066