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Photo of "Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa; ..."
[LETI, Gregorio]. Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa; or the history of the cardinals of the Roman Church, From the time of their first Creation, to the Election of the Present pope Clement the Ninth, wit a full Account of his conclave. London. Printed for J[ohn] S[tarkey] and are to be sold by Dorman Newman, 1670. First edition in English. Folio. [8], 330pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary sprinkled calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting dark green morocco.lettering-piece. Rubbed, later naive repair to top corner of upper board. Armorial bookplate of Gaddesden Library to FEP, title page mounted at gutter to leaf A2, occasional spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25927
Photo of "Letters of Robert Browning: Collected ..."
BROWNING, Robert. Letters of Robert Browning: Collected by Thomas J. Wise... London. John Murray, [1933]. First edition. 8vo. xx, 389pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, and a further 15 photographic plates. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrappper. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally immaculate. Inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For Rev. Herbert Herries / in remembrance of kind. 1933 / from / Fannie Barrett Browning'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26208
Photo of "The Vicar of Wakefield"
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London. Macmillan & Co., 1891. Second edition. 8vo. xxxiv, [2], 305pp, [7]. With a frontispiece and a plethora of illustrations in the text by Hugh Thomson. Three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Minor shelf-wear, cocked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27086
Photo of "Food and feeding"
THOMPSON, Sir Henry. Food and feeding. London. Frederick Warne and Co., [1880]. First edition. 8vo. ix, [1], 147pp, [3]. With a half-title and a final leaf pf publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and black. Minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27088
Photo of "Social etiquette the art of ..."
[COOKERY]. Social etiquette the art of cookery and hints on carving. London. Houlston and Sons, [s.d., c. 1860] Sixth thousand. 8vo. [5], 10-248pp, [8]. Complete despite erratic pagination. With four final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed. Upper hinge exposed, later bookplate of John Fuller to FEP, early inked ownership inscriptions to recto of FFEP, some loss to gutter of title page, leaves browned and spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27087
Photo of "The song of hiawatha"
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The song of hiawatha. London. David Bogue, 1855. First edition, first issue. 8vo. The first issue, with 'dove' for 'dived' on p.96. iv, 316, 24pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped olive green cloth, lettered in gilt. Recently expertly rebacked, preserving original spine panel. Extremities heavily worn and rubbed, spine chipped and dulled, upper joint split - board working loose. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27089
Photo of "Memoire Historique et Miitaire des ..."
[DUKE OF YORK]. D'ARNAUDIN, H.E.. Memoire Historique et Miitaire des Campagnes de 1793, 1794 et Commencement de 1795 dans les Pays-Bas, la Hollande &c par l'Armee Britannique aux Ordres de SAeRe Monseigneur le Duc d'York agissant de Concert avec les Armees Imperiale, Prussienne de Hollandoise. Avec le Recit decequi s'est passe en memetems aux Armees du Rhin le tout Enrici de Cartes et Plans. Tome Premier [-Deuxieme]. . [s.i.]. Dec. 1796 a Londres Manuscript on paper. Two volumes. [2], 192, 191*-192*, 193-264, [4]; [6], 114, 111*-114*, 115- 198, 195*-198*, 199-274, 273*-274*, 275-409pp, [3]. With three illustrated orders of battle/charts. Contemporary red straight-grained, richly gilt-tooled morocco, bound for the dedicatee, the Duke of York, with his armorial to head of spine. Rubbed, with some loss/tearing to spines, joints, some marking. A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Upper hinge of volume I split. More > £ 9,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 17774
Photo of "Certificate for Killing Game"
[GAME]. Certificate for Killing Game. [s.i., Dorset?]. [s.n., 1798] Dimensions 330 x 200 mm. Single leaf broadside. Uncut, but for gutter margin. Old folds and slight marginal creasing, soiling to verso, else a fine copy, completed in manuscript. With three embossed tax stamps, totalling 3 Guineas to upper margin. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20891
Photo of "The selected correspondence"
FARADAY, Michael. The selected correspondence. Cambridge. University Press, 1971. First edition. Large 8vo. In two volumes. xii, 538; viii, [2], 541-1078pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece to each volume. Original publisher's navy cloth, contrasting red cloth lettering-pieces, blue printed dustwrappers. Minor shelf wear, dustwrappers price-clipped and a trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27060
Photo of "The Art of Botticelli: an ..."
BINYON, Laurence. The Art of Botticelli: an essay in pictorial criticism. London. Macmillan and Co., 1913. First edition. Folio. Limited edition of 275 copies, this being one of 250 made available for sale. xi, [1], 166, [3]. With an original etching by Muirhead Bone, and a further 23 plates. Uncut in original publisher's vellum-backed navy cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Scattered foxing. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27066
Photo of "Leonidas, a poem"
[GLOVER, Richard]. Leonidas, a poem. London. Printed for R. Dodsley, 1737. First edition. Quarto. [2], xvi, 335pp, [1]. Later gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, some surface loss to boards. Scattered foxing. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 26102
Photo of "Ballads"
STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Ballads. London. Chatto & Windus, 1890. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 100 large paper copies, this being number 73. vi, [2], 137pp, [3]. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's cream buckram, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27064