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Photo of "[Drop-head title:] The Rolling river"
[BROADSIDE BALLADS]. [Drop-head title:] The Rolling river. [Helston, Cornwall]. R. Woolcock, [s.d., c. 1850] Dimensions 180 x 250 mm. Single leaf broadside. Text within ornamental border. With a woodcut vignette. A trifle creased, some chipping/short tears to margins, later paper repair to lower right-hand corner. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24625
Photo of "William in Trouble"
CROMPTON, Richmal. William in Trouble. London. George Newnes, [1927]. First edition. 8vo. 261pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spotting to edges. Light scattered foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24749
Photo of "Burford Cottage, and it's robin-red-breast"
[KENDALL, Edward Augustus]. Burford Cottage, and it's robin-red-breast. London. Printed for Thomas Tegg and Son et al., 1835. First edition. 8vo. [4], 476pp. With an engraved frontispiece and title vignette by George Cruikshank. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Allston A. Kisby to FEP, inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, scattered foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24887
Photo of "Ralph the Heir"
TROLLOPE, Anthony. Ralph the Heir. London. Strahan & Co., 1871. First edition. 8vo. iv, 434pp. With 18 engraved plates. Contemporary half-calf, brown cloth boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities heavily rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24889
Photo of "Fables by John Gay, in ..."
GAY, John. MOORE, Edward. Fables by John Gay, in two parts; to which are added fables by Edward Moore. Paris. At the printing office and stereotype foundery of P. Didot the elder, and of F. Didot, 1813. 12mo. [3], 6-235pp, [1]. Without half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, joints split, chipping to head of spine. Marbled endpapers, early inked ownership inscription to head of title page, scattered foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24994
Photo of "Views in Suffolk, Norfolk, and ..."
BRAYLEY, E[dward] W[edlake]. Views in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire; illustrative of the works of Robert Bloomfield; accompanied with descriptions: to which is annexed, a memoir of the poet's life. London. Published by Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe et al., [1806]. First edition. 8vo. 56pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further 13 engraved plates. Bound by C. A. Campling of Yarmouth in contemporary half-vellum, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities discoloured and a trifle rubbed. Scattered foxing, minute worm-track to fore-edge. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 25132
Photo of "The juvenile forget me not. ..."
HALL, Mrs. S. C.. The juvenile forget me not. A Christmas and New Year's gift, of birthday present, for the year 1829. London. N. Hailes, [1829]. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 239pp, [1]. With an engraved presentation plate, a further 14 engraved plates, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's roan-backed cream boards, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. FFEP torn away. Early inked ownership inscription of Edith Mary Simpson to recto of blank fly-leaf, presentation plate working-loose, two gatherings protruding from text-block, very occasional spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 25140
Photo of "Miscellaneous tracts.."
O'LEARY, Rev. Arthur. Miscellaneous tracts... London. Printed by H. Reynell, For P. Keating, 1782. Third edition. 8vo. [2], v-xx, 417pp, [1]. Without half-title. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain red morocco. Rubbed and marked. Occasional ink-stamps of the Pantasaph Monastery library, scattered foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 25287
Photo of "The pleasures of imagination.."
AKENSIDE, Mark. The pleasures of imagination... London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810. New edition. 12mo. [2], 159pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further four engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, upper joint split. Marbled endpapers, later inked ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge to recto of front blank fly-leaf, offsetting to title, short tear to head of final leaf. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 26015
Photo of "Four Days"
CROOK, William. Four Days. London. Eyre Methuen, 1979. First edition. 8vo. 171pp. Original publisher's grey cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. With an A.L.S., pasted to front endpapers, from the author (dated 7th August 1979) addressed to John Douglas Slim (1927-2019), son of Field Marshal William 'Bill' Slim, first Viscount Slim (1891-1970), thanking him for his assistance in researching the book. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 26242
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 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 "[Drop-head title:] An Act for ..."
[ACTS - GEORGE III]. [Drop-head title:] An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. [London]. [Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan], [1782]. First edition. Folio. [2], 163-214pp. Issued separately with a general title page (as here), and also as part of: ‘Anno Regni Georgii III….vicesimo secundo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the thirty-first day of October, anno Domini 1780…’ Imprint taken from general title. Disbound. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27195
Photo of "An essay on the genius ..."
[WARTON, Joseph]. An essay on the genius and writings of Pope. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1782. Fourth edition, corrected. 8vo. In two volumes. In two volumes. xiii, [1], 415, [1]; [2], 423pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Rubbed, joints starting. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27294