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Photo of "The Way the Wind Blows"
HOME, Lord . The Way the Wind Blows. London. William Collins Sins & Co Ltd, 1976. First edition. 8vo. 320pp. Original publisher's moss green cloth boards lettered gilt, with the photographic dustwrapper. Board edges slightly toned, bumping to spine ends. Clipped wrapper a little nicked and toned, with small paper numbered label to foot of spine. Signed by Lord Home on the title page. Previous owner's address inked in manuscript to FFEP, with additional return instructions in pencil below. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30107
Photo of "The new world, or the ..."
HOMES, Nath. The new world, or the new reformed church... London. Printed by T[homas]. P[aine]. and M[atthew]. S[immons]. for William Adderton, 1641. First edition. Quarto. [4], 79pp, [1]. Later half-calf, brown cloth boards, recently rebacked, all edges red. Boards worn and marked, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, marginal chipping to title page, damp-staining to fore-edge. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24304
Photo of "Facetiae and miscellanies"
HONE, William. Facetiae and miscellanies. London. Published for William Hone, by Hunt and Clarke, 1827. Second edition. 8vo. In 14 parts, The political house that Jack built (1821, 53rd ed.), The man in the moon (1820, 25th ed.), The Queen's matrimonial ladder (1820, 44th ed.), In Parliament. Dropt clauses out of the bill, against the Queen (s.d.), "Non mi ricordo!" (1820, 31st ed.), The form of prayer (1820, 5th ed. 1820), political showman--at home! (1821, 16th ed.), The right divine of kings to ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 26362
Photo of "[A collection of largely eighteenth-century ..."
[HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY]. [A collection of largely eighteenth-century pamphlets and broadsides relating to the Honourable Artillery Company]. London. [vs.], 1786-1813 Folio, 8vo and others. This collection consists of:

- Lists of the chiefs, officers, court of assistants, members, &c. of the honourable Artillery Company. In the year 1788. London. Printed by Stephen Clark, [1788]. 20pp. With extra-engraved title page. ESTC T301314. And two similar, for the years 1797 and 1816. All in contemporary marbled paper wrappers, some light staining.

- An address to the inhabitants of london from the ... More > £ 3,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 14449
Photo of "Poems of wit and humour"
HOOD, Thomas. Poems of wit and humour. London. E. Moxon, Son, & Co., [1870]. Eighteenth edition. 8vo. viii, 282pp. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-decorated green morocco. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, A.E.G. Bookplate of Bernard Lord Coleridge to verso of FFEP. Scattered spotting, particularly to title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26033
Photo of "Poems by thomas hood"
HOOD, Thomas. Poems by thomas hood. London. E. Moxon, Son, & Co., 1869. Twenty-Second edition. 8vo. viii, 282pp. With half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt- decorated green morocco, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Bookplate of Bernard Lord Coleridge to front blank fly-leaf. Frontispiece browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26032
Photo of "Flora Scotica; or a description ..."
HOOKER, William Jackson. Flora Scotica; or a description of Scottish plants, arranged both according to the artifical and natural methods. London. Printed for Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1821. First edition. 8vo. In two parts. x, [2], 292, [4], 297pp, [7]. Uncut in original publisher's plain paper boards. Rubbed, some loss to head and foot of spine, splitting to joints, some marking. Upper hinge exposed, lightly foxed. From the library of C. E. Salmon with his ink inscription, dated 1918, to recto of FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 11182
Photo of "The parson's daughter"
[HOOK, Theodore Edward]. The parson's daughter. London. Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [2], 300; [2], 331, [1]; [2], 321pp, [1]. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed, some staining to dulled spines. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29255
Photo of "Dureisâni-tamil-puttagam. The lady's tamil book. ..."
HOOLE, Elijah. Dureisâni-tamil-puttagam. The lady's tamil book. Containing the morning and evening services, and other portions of the book of common prayer, in romanized tamil: accompanied by the english version in parallel columns. Together with an anglo-tamil grammar and vocabulary. London. Longman and Co.. Madras. Higginbotham, 1859. First edition. 8vo. [4], 148pp, [2]. Parallel English and Tamil text. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting, early manuscript Tamil language annotations throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32612
Photo of "Magic chariot Joan and the ..."
HOOLEY, Teresa. Magic chariot Joan and the Wind Spirit. London. Arthur H. Stockwell, [s.d., c, 1908] 8vo. 128pp. With photographic portrait frontispiece, and initial blank. Original publisher's elaborately gilt-tooled salmon-pink cloth. A trifle rubbed and bumped, lower board a little marked. Some spotting to frontispiece. Short tear to foot of title at imprint (without loss), marginal paper flaw to pp.59-60, else fine. Presentation copy, inscribed 'Mrs Walter Taylor from Teresa M. Hooley' in pencil to FFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33336
Photo of "New poems"
HOOLEY, Teresa. New poems. London. Jonathan Cape, 1933. First edition. 8vo. 64pp. Original publisher's green cloth boards lettered in navy, with the unclipped cream dustwrapper printed in black. Wrapper a little marked and scuffed. With an ink inscription to Henry Williamson from the author dated July 25th 1934. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27248
Photo of "An Attempt to restore the ..."
HOPKINS, John. An Attempt to restore the true reading and rendering of the last Verse of the 4th Chapter of Nehemiah. A discourse Preached before the University of Oxford, At St. Mary's, On Sunday, Sept. 29. 1771. Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon-Press, 1771. First edition. 8vo. [2], 24pp, [2]. With a terminal advertisement leaf. Recent navy cloth-backed marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Slightest of wear to extremities. Lightly spotted, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 14779
Photo of "Causes of the scarcity investigated: ..."
HOPKINSON, Samuel. Causes of the scarcity investigated: also an account of the most striking Variations in the Weather, From October, 1798, to September, 1800. To which is prefix'd, the price of wheat, every year, From 1600 to the present Aera. Stamford. Printed and sold by R. Newcomb, [1800]. First edition. 8vo. [8], 52pp. Modern brown paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. A trifle marked. Partial erasure of first line of p.37 in an early hand. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 26485
Photo of "The satires, epistles and art ..."
HORACE. The satires, epistles and art of poetry of horace, translated into english verse. By william boscawen. London. Printed for John Stockdale, 1797. 8vo. xix, [1], 559pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, recently recbacked and recornered, contrasting red and black morocco lettering-pieces. Boards rubbed. Manuscript book-label of 'Hargraves' and recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, inked ownership inscription of Thos. Hayden 1797' to title, occasional light marginal damp-staining, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32292