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Photo of "William"
CROMPTON, Richmal. William. London. George Newnes, [1929]. First cheap edition (not so stated). 8vo. 256pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spotting to edges. Endpapers and half-title browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24751
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CROMPTON, Richmal. William the Fourth. London. George Newnes, [1924]. First edition. 8vo. 250pp, [2]. With two final pages of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned, spotting to edges. Early inked gift inscription to FEP, light scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24753
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 "Pop goes the weasel"
CROSLAND, T[homas] W[illiam] H[odgson]. Pop goes the weasel. London. Fortune & Merriman, 1924. First edition. 8vo. 239pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's purple cloth-backed purple paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed and sunned. Pencilled ownership inscription to half-title, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 20240
Photo of "Lewesdon hill: a poem"
CROWE, William. Lewesdon hill: a poem. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press, 1788. Second edition. Quarto. [8], 28pp. With a leaf describing the off-shore fortifications off Cherbourg misbound after initial three leaves. Modern paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28912
Photo of "An Original Canto of spencer: ..."
[CROXALL, Samuel]. An Original Canto of spencer: Design'd as Part of his Fairy Queen, but never Printed. Now made publick, By Nestor Ironside... London [i.e. Edinburgh?]. Printed for James Roberts, 1714. Second edition. Quarto. 30pp. Handsomely bound by W. Pratt in later gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed, library shelf-mark etched into upper board. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of chemist, archaeologist, and numismatist Alan Morris to FEP, text-block shaved at head. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 28860
Photo of "George cruikshank's table book"
CRUIKSHANK, George. George cruikshank's table book. London. Bell and Daldy, 1869. New edition. 8vo. viii, 277pp, [3]. With and additional engraved title page, 12 engraved plates, and 116 wood-engravings in the text. Original publisher's bevelled green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: To Thomas Barlow Esq. MD. &c. &c. / with the regards of George Cruikshank / March 23rd. 1876'. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30351
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CRUIKSHANK, George. [The humourist: a Complete Set of the Forty Celebrated Coloured Etchings by george cruikshank of which thirty are Choice Undivided Proofs Before the Publisher's Inscriptions and of the utmost rarity]. [London]. Published by J. Robins & Co., 1819. First edition. Oblong quarto. 40 hand-coloured etchings on 20 leaves, with a neat manuscript title leaf bound in at front. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red crushed morocco, A.E.G., green paper endpapers, gilt dentellles. Typed bookseller's description tipped-in to front blank fly-leaf. Slightest shelf-wear to extremities, else a fine copy. More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 32653
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CRUIKSHANK, George. A re-issue of scraps and sketches, from the original plates...part one. London. Published for the artist by Arthur Arnold, [1875]. Oblong quarto. [4]pp. With 38 hand-coloured etched vignettes, on 6 plates. Original publisher's cloth-backed printed wrappers. Rubbed and marked, gutta percha perished and text block detached from boards. Some spotting to endpapers, short marginal tear to FFEP and title. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title: 'To Mrs E.J. Morton, with the compliments, & best wishes of Geo. Cruikshank. April 30th 1875', and later inscribed in a ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 16526
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CRUIKSHANK, George. [India paper proofs of the complete set of 12 plates for the Dickens' edited Memoirs of Grimaldi]. [London]. . [s.n., 1838] Quarto, dimensions 210 x 290mm. 12 india paper proof impressions. With an additional coloured portrait by H. Brown, and an address front in Grimaldi's hand, with his initials, bound in at front. Leaves mounted on linen guards. Finely bound in Victorian ('super extra') gilt tooled straight-grain crushed red morocco, ('in the Roger payne style') by Francis Bedford. T.E.G. Slightest of shelf-wear to extremities, else fine. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32652
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CRUIKSHANK, George. [India paper proofs, before letters, of the 21 etched plates for Maxwell's History of the irish rebellion in 1798]. [London]. [s.n., 1845] Oblong folio, dimensions 370 x 270mm. 21 india paper proof impressions, before letters, captioned in pencil. With an additional carte de visite mounted at front, inscribed by the author. Finely bound in elaborately gilt-tooled nineteenth-century red crushed morocco, by Riviere. A.E.G, marbled endpapers. Fly-leaves a little spotted, lightest shelfwear to extremities, else fine. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32656
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CRUIKSHANK, Robert. [India paper proofs of the complete set of 22 etchings for Grimm's German Popular Stories]. London. Published by C. Baldwyn, 1823-6 Oblong quarto, dimensions 380 x 270mm. 22 india-paper proof etchings, including engraved-title and frontispiece, the final ten of which in undivided form; with an additional standalone plate, 'The Blue Light', added at end. Exquisitely bound in nineteenth-century pale blue gilt-tooled morocco, by Riviere. Slightest of rubbing to extremities, bumping to corners. More > £ 6,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32655
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CULLEN, Alex[ander]. Adventures in socialism: New Lanark establishment and Orbiston Community. Glasgow. John Smith and Son, Ltd., 1910. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 329pp, [1]. With half -title, four photogravure plates, and a folding lithographic plan. Title in red and black. Finely bound in contemporary red half-morocco, red cloth boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Minor wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to half title; 'With the author's compliments / Xmas. 1909 / Alex. Cullen'. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 15176
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CULLEN, Alex[ander]. Adventures in socialism: New Lanark establishment and Orbiston Community. Glasgow. John Smith and Son, Ltd., 1910. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 329pp, [1]. With half -title, four photogravure plates, and a folding lithographic plan. Title in red and black. Finely bound in contemporary red half-morocco, red cloth boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Minor wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Inscribed to half-title; 'Alex. Cullen'. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 11018
Photo of "Horae poeticae"
CULLEN, John. Horae poeticae. London. William Macintosh, 1869. New edition. 8vo. viii, 152pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to head and foot of spine, paper labels of the Nottingham Free Public Reference Library to upper board. Library loan card pasted to FEP, contemporary ink-stamps of Nottingham Free Library to title and p.45 and p.152. Recent ink-stamp of City of Nottingham Public Libraries to title page. Presentation copy, ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29547
Photo of "Calvary; or the death of ..."
CUMBERLAND, Richard. Calvary; or the death of christ. A poem, in eight books. London. Printed by Luke Hansard, 1800. New edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], 171, [1]; [2], 169pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece to both volumes, a further seven engraved plates, and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled straight-grain navy morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent book-labels of John Sparrow to verso of both FFEPs, foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23862
Photo of "[Cover tile:] An Inventory of ..."
[CUMBRIA]. COLLINGWOOD, W[illiam] G[ershom]. [Cover tile:] An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Cumberland. Kendal. Printed by Titus & Son, 1923. First offprint edition. [1], 206-276pp. Original publisher's printed upper wrapper bound in; inked ownership inscription of Frank Warriner to head. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just two locations (Leicester and York).

[Bound with:] COLLINGWOOD, W[illiam] G[ershom]. [Cover title:] "The Fatall Nuptiall," a tract (by Richard Braithwaite?) on the Windermere Ferry Accident of 1635. Kendal. Printed by Titus Wilson, 1913. 147-159pp. Original publisher's printed upper wrapper bound ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33521