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Photo of "Gabrielle d'Estrees"
DESCLOZEAUX, Adrien. Gabrielle d'Estrees. London. Arthur Humphreys, 1907. First English edition. 8vo. vi, 330pp. With half-title. Title in red and black. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's cream cloth backed blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Some browning and dust-soiling to extremities. Internally clean and crisp but for the occasional spot of foxing. From The Royal Library Historical Series. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 13384
Photo of "Fusilier bluff"
BLUFF, FUSILIER [C. E. Colwyn]. Fusilier bluff. London. Geoffrey Bles, 1934. First edition. 8vo. 283pp. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the unclipped white dust wrapper decorated red, lettered black. Top edge yellow, bottom edge uncut. Minor shelf-wear, wrapper worn and toned. Internally bright and clean save a little toning to endpapers. With the review slip, and a T.L.S. to Williamson dated 27th April 1934, advising Mr. Lakin of Geoffrey Bles publishers has requested to send ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27159
Photo of "Further recollections of an indian ..."
LEUPOLT, Rev. C. B. Further recollections of an indian missionary. London. James Nisbet & Co., 1884. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 403pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and black. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31582
Photo of "Fun upon fun; or the ..."
[LUMSDEN, James]. Fun upon fun; or the humours of a fair. Giving a description of the curious amusements in early life: also an account of a mountebank doctor and his merry andrew. Glasgow. Sold by J. Lumsden & Son, [s.d., c. 1815] 32mo. 47pp, [1]. First and terminal leaves as pastedowns, wrappers included in pagination. With eight plates of copper engravings printed in sanguine. Original publisher's plain paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper wrap. Very minor wear to extremities. Internally clean and crisp, a fine copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19803
Photo of "Full account of palmer the ..."
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JONES, Reginald B.. Full account of palmer the rugeley poisoner. Manchester. The Daisy Bank Printing & Publishing Company, [s.d., c.1911-12] First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Stapled in original publisher's printed pictorial paper wrappers, with publisher's advertisements to lower wrapper. Rubbed and marked, with toning and staining to wrapper edges, staples exposed. Leaves browned, spotting and staining throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35082
Photo of "Fugitive pieces, on Various subjects. ..."
[FUGITIVE PIECES]. Fugitive pieces, on Various subjects. By several authors. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1765. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], 352; [4], ix, [1], 11-357pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf boards, recently rebacked to style, preserving contemporary contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Boards rubbed and marked, chipping to lettering-pieces. Occasional browning and light damp-staining More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23351
Photo of "From Sepoy to Subedar: being ..."
[PANDE], Sita Ram. LUNT, James [editor]. From Sepoy to Subedar: being the Life and Adventures of Subedar Sita Ram, a Native Officer of the Bengal Army written and related by himself. London. Routledge & Kegan Paul, [1970]. 8vo. xxix, [1], 186pp, [1]. Numerous illustrations in the text by Frank Wilson. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / Field-Marshal Lord Slim / with respect and good wishes / from the Editor and Illustrator / of these memoirs, who fought / under his command in Burma / ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25842
Photo of "From Scott to Fuchs"
BOWMAN, Gerald. From Scott to Fuchs. London. Evans Brothers Limited, [1958]. First edition. 8vo. 191pp, [1]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further 18 photographic illustrations. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper price-clipped, and trifle marked and chipped. Later bookplate of George Lowe to FEP, near contemporary inked gift inscription and booksellers ink-stamp to FFEP, lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23430
Photo of "From sail to steam: naval ..."
FITZGERALD, C[harles] C[ooper] Penrose. From sail to steam: naval recollections, 1878-1905. London. Edward Arnold, 1916. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 303, [1], 12pp. With half-title, a terminal publisher's catalogue, a photographic portrait frontispiece and 15 plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Slightest of rubbing and bumping to extremities. Armorial bookplate of 'Geoffrey Ronald Codrington' to FEP, foxed throughout. An association copy, inscribed to FEP 'J.E.U.P. Fitzgerald / 1916', that is John Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald, the author's second son. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 15327
Photo of "French country cooking"
DAVID, Elizabeth. French country cooking. London. John Lehmann, [1951]. First edition. 8vo. 247pp, [1]. Handsomely bound in contemporary blind-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards, contrasting tan morocco lettering-piece. Clean and crisp. With a loosely inserted A.L.S. dated 29th May, 1979: 'Dear Mrs. Poulson, Thank you so very much for your letter of May 9th. My goodness, that binding sounds very grand indeed - too much so I am afraid for my very simple little. It was only my ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 30851
Photo of "Free thoughts on the spirit ..."
TURNER, Daniel. Free thoughts on the spirit of free inquiry in religion; with Cautions against the Abuse of it, and Persuasive to Candour, Toleration, and Peace, amongst christians of all denominations. Henley. Printed and sold by G. Norton, for the Author, 1793. First edition. 8vo. [4], x, 148pp, [2]. With a terminal publisher's advertisement leaf. Later half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt, marbled edges. Rubbed, chipping to head of spine, lower joint split. Lightly spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16918
Photo of "Freehold estates, Greenwich, Kent; Webb ..."
[GREENWICH AUCTION]. Freehold estates, Greenwich, Kent; Webb Square, near. Shoreditch; Hoxton Town; and Golden Lane, Barbican. Particulars and Conditions of Sale of a valuable freehold estate...which will be sold by auction, by mr. gibbons... [London?]. [s.n.], [1809]. Folio. Single bifolium. 3pp, [1]. Docket title to verso of second leaf. Three old horizontal folds. Loss to centre of second leaf - touching text, with some loss of sense, lightly creased, dust-soiled. Contemporary manuscript highlights and calculations, manuscript declaration to verso of second leaf, in the hand of one Jacob Wood, confirming the purchase of lot nine. Manuscript note relating to the Greenwich estate loosely ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25501