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Photo of "The wonders of the peake"
COTTON, Charles . The wonders of the peake. London. Printed for Charles Brome, 1699. Fourth edition. 8vo. [4], 86pp. Later panelled sprinkled calf, expertly rebacked to style, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and scored. Spotting to endpapers, early ink ownership inscription to head of title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26420
Photo of "The glow-worm"
MANNING, William. The glow-worm. London. Frank T. Sabin, 1896. Quarto. Limited edition of 112 copies, 100 of which for sale. [8], 17pp, [47]. Title in red and black. With an additional illustrated title-page and 21 engraved illustrations in the text by Westley Horton. Uncut in original publisher's pictorial buckram. Extremities rubbed, marked, and dulled. Endpapers browned, later ink ownership inscription of 'The Spitfire Library' to head of additional title. Manuscript note to limitation page: 'Subscribing ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30204
Photo of "Retrospections; a soldier's story"
[BUNBURY, Selina]. Retrospections; a soldier's story. Dublin. William Curry, Jun. and Co., 1829. First edition. 12mo. 294pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary green half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, spotted. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30076
Photo of "Eastwards"
OMAN, C.P.A.. Eastwards. London. Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1864. First edition. 8vo. [4], 297pp, [1]. Nineteenth-century blue cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed to joints, spine, else a crisp copy. Some spotting to preliminaries, slightly lighter to text itself. Evidently a family copy, inscribed C.W.C. Oman to FFEP - most likely the author's son, Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman (1860-1946). More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24722
Photo of "The bereaved, kenilworth, and other ..."
WHITFIELD, Rev. E[dward]. The bereaved, kenilworth, and other poems. London. Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1830. First edition. 8vo. [4], 140pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy calf, contrasting brown calf lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, adhesive residue to front blank fly-leaf. With a loosely inserted photographic portrait of the author, with manuscript biographical notes to verso. Presentation copy, ink inscription to verso of FFEP: 'To Miss Masey / with the Author's Love'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29131
Photo of "A poetic sketch intended as ..."
[WORTHING]. A poetic sketch intended as an accompaniment to an Engraving, just published, (from a drawing by the author), to which is added an address on the means of a further illustration of that beautiful sea-bathing town the town of worthing. London. Printed for the author, and published at the Libraries, Worthing, and sold by all booksellers, 1828. 12mo in 6s. [4], xii, 32, 4pp. With an (apparently additional) lithograph view of Worthing (on india paper, and mounted), preceding the title, a half-title, and two terminal leaves of advertisement for 'publishing a south-east bird's-eye view of the town of Worthing'. Contemporary marbled boards, neatly rebacked in gilt-tooled red morocco. Worn to corners, edges, rubbing to surfaces. Some spotting internally, occasional marginal loss, with old tape repairs ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 19648
Photo of "The privateer; a tale of ..."
[PRIVATEERING]. The privateer; a tale of the sea. London. Andrews, 1848. Second edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. [2], 212; [2], 219pp, [5]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, very occasional spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20831
Photo of "A catalogue of books, for ..."
[CUTHELL AND MARTIN]. A catalogue of books, for the year 1807, in various languages, and classes of literature; on sale, for ready money, By cuthell & martin, middle row, holborn. London. Printed by E. Blackader, [1807]. 8vo. In two parts. [4], 155, [1], 201-540, 16pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Without lettering-piece. Extremities worn, upper board held by two of three cords only. Naive paper repair to gutter of title page. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27391
Photo of "Catalogue of the library of ..."
[BUCKMINSTER, Rev. J. S.]. Catalogue of the library of the late rev. j. s. buckminster. Boston. Printed by John Eliot, Jun., 1812. First edition. 8vo. 66pp, [4]. Disbound, calf remnants to spine. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. Initial gathering working-loose, early gift inscription to head of title, page numerals altered in manuscript, intermittent manuscript prices, manuscript list of books to verso of terminal blank leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 22499
Photo of "De Juramento. Seven lectures concerning ..."
SANDERSON, Robert. De Juramento. Seven lectures concerning the obligation Of Promissory oathes. Read publickly in the Divinity School at oxford. London. Printed by E. C. for Humphrey Moseley, Octavian Pulleyn, and Andrew Crook, 1655. First edition in English. 16mo. [6], 272 [i.e. 274]pp, [12]. Without initial blank leaf. Title in red and black. Later half-calf, marbled boards, recently rebacked preserving black calf lettering-piece. Boards rubbed. Armorial bookplate of The Law Society to FEP, with their occasional ink-stamps throughout, title page laid down, paper repair to initial leaf of text with some loss of text and sense, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25509
Photo of "The Fate of Lewellyn; or, ..."
A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF TRURO SCHOOL [POLWHELE, Richard]. The Fate of Lewellyn; or, the druid's sacrifice. A legendary tale. To which is added, The genius of carnbre', a poem. Bath. Printed by R. Crutwell, for the Author, 1777. First edition. Quarto. [6], 5-55pp, [1]. Modern green wrappers. Book-label of J. O. Edwards to verso of upper wrapper. Small marginal worm-track running throughout, blank lower margin of leaf F1 shaved, ink-stamps of Merton House to terminal leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30003
Photo of "The Monastery of Saint Werburgh: ..."
GRESWELL, William Parr. The Monastery of Saint Werburgh: a poem, with illustrative notes. [Manchester]. [Printed by Henry Smith], 1823. First edition. 8vo. [2], 48, 22pp, [2]. With 'Rodrigo, a Spanish Legend', and shorter pieces occasionally added to copies. Without half-title. Extra-illustrated with 12 engraved plates. Bound by J. Winstanley of Manchester in near contemporary green straight-grain morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26221
Photo of "The book of common prayer, ..."
[LITURGY - English]. The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to The Church of England; with notes upon the epistles, gospels, and psalms, By a Member of the Established Church. London. Sold by Otridge and Son et al., 1813. First edition. 8vo. xxvi, 482pp. Printed in double columns. Handsomely bound in near contemporary richly gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, lettered in gilt to upper board 'Wm. Vavasour', A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, newspaper clipping pasted to FEP, extracts of devotional verse in manuscript to blank fly-leaves, later newspaper clippings relating to the Vavasour family to front blank fly- leaf, very occasional light spotting, terminal ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30910
Photo of "Poems and essays"
BOWDLER, Miss [Jane]. Poems and essays. Bath. Published for the benefit of the General Hospital at Bath. Printed by R. Crutwell, 1797. Tenth edition. Quarto. xii, 232pp. With a half-title. Contemporary diced calf, tooled in gilt and blind, later rebacked and recornered preserving contemporary backstrip, later brown morocco lettering-piece Heavily rubbed, marked. Marbled endpapers, recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inscribed simply 'from the editor, with further inked inscriptions to half-title of 'Walr. Bagot' and 'Mary Bagot. July. 1806'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30002