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JONSON, Ben. The Three Celebrated plays Of that Excellent Poet Ben Johnson. Viz. The Fox, a Comedy. The Alchymist, A Comedy. The Silent Woman, a Comedy... London. Printed for W. Feales, [1732]. 12mo. [2], 96; 96; 100; 35pp, [1]. Each of the plays has a separate dated title page, pagination and register. With an engraved frontispiece and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities heavily rubbed, lower joint split, loss to head of spine, corners bumped. Internally clean and crisp, occasional inked highlighting to terminal catalogue. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 20588
JONSON, Ben. Underwoods. Cambridge. Printed at the University Press, 1905. Quarto. Limited edition of 250 copies printed on hand-made paper. [4], 164pp, [2]. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's vellum-backed powder blue paper boards, paper lettering-piece to upper board. Heavily rubbed, marked, and dulled, title in manuscript to spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32421
[JONES, William]. Poems consisting chiefly of translations from the asiatick languages. To which are added two essays, I. On the Poetry of the Eastern antions. II. On the Arts, commonly called Imitative. Oxford. At the Clarendon-Press, 1772. First edition. 8vo. [6], viii, 217pp, [1]. With a leaf of errata. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, slight loss to head of spine, paper shelf-label to foot. Very occasional small holes to margins, short tear to foot of leaf T1. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26347
JONES, Sir William. The poetical works. London. Printed for J. Nichols and Son et al., 1810. 12mo. In two volumes. [3], 298; [3], 6-251pp, [1]. Without half-titles. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Contemporary blue half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spines sunned. Offsetting to title pages. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32398
JONES, Reginald B.. Full account of palmer the rugeley poisoner. Manchester. The Daisy Bank Printing & Publishing Company, [s.d., c.1911-12] First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Stapled in original publisher's printed pictorial paper wrappers, with publisher's advertisements to lower wrapper. Rubbed and marked, with toning and staining to wrapper edges, staples exposed. Leaves browned, spotting and staining throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35082
JONES, Dr. bence. The life and letters of faraday. London. Longman, Green, and Co., 1870. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. vi, [4], 427, [1], 24; [6], 499pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, one further engraved plate, six engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements to Vol. I. Original publisher's purple cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Early inked ownership inscriptions to front endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18193
JOHNS, W.E.. Fighting planes and aces. London. John Hamilton, [1932]. First edition. Quarto. 90pp, [6]. With frontispiece and 30 plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, title stamped in black to spine and upper board (i.e. the second issue binding, without the stamped image of plane to upper board), with the fabulously evocative rare Howard Leigh dustwrapper displaying the original 5s price. An almost fine copy, but for the slightest of fading at head and foot of spine, in a ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21501
[JOHNSTONE, Charles]. The history of arsaces, prince of betlis. London. Printed for T. Becket, 1774. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. xx, 303, [1]; viii, 278pp. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. A trifle rubbed, slight surface loss to boards of Vol. I. Armorial bookplates of George Baillie to both FEPs, inked ownership inscriptions of same to title pages. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24571
JOHNSON, Samuel. PIOZZI, Hester Lynch.. Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To which are added, some poems never before printed. Published from the original Mss. in her possession. Dublin. Printed for Messrs. R. Moncrief..., 1788. First Dublin edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound in one. xvi, 279, [1]; ix, [1], 306pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary sheep, gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A crisp copy, with faint crease to spine and a little scuffing to boards. Some damp-staining, most noticeably to the front endpapers. With bookplate of Murdock Library, Canterbury, to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11563
[JOHNSON, Samuel]. The life of mr. richard savage, son of the earl rivers. The fourth edition. To which are added, the lives of sir francis drake, and admiral blake. All written by the author of the rambler.. London. Printed for F. Newbery, 1769. Fourth edition. 8vo. [2], ii, 298, [2]pp. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary sheep, ruled in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, with wear to edges and staining to boards, joints split, corners worn and bumped. Loss to lower right corner of RFEP. Leaves lightly browned, endpapers stained, with an old pencil sketch to FFEP.
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£ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34860
JOHNSON, Samuel. The history of rasselas, prince of abyssinia. A Tale.. London. Printed for John Sharpe, 1822. 8vo. viii, 184pp. With a half-title, an additional engraved title page, and a further three engraved plates by Richard Westall. Contemporary green straight-grain morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine darkened and sunned. Bookplate of Robert Williams to FEP, inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP: 'Robert Williams, the gift of his affectionate cousin and sincere friend, C. M. Williams, August ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34090
[JOHNSON, Richard]. A new history of the grecian states, from Their earliest Period to their Extinction by the Ottomans...Designed for the use of young ladies and gentleman. London. Printed for E. Newbery, 1795. Third edition. 12mo. [8], 132pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Original publisher's green vellum-backed marbled paper boards, paper lettering-piece to spine Rubbed and dulled. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: John Williams His Book / September 14th '03', scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30730
[JOHNSON, Richard]. A new history of the grecian states, from Their earliest Period to their Extinction by the Ottomans...Designed for the use of young ladies and gentleman. London. Printed for E. Newbery, 1786. First edition. 12mo. [8], 132pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Original publisher's green vellum-backed marbled paper boards. Extremities worn, upper joint split, short tears to spine. Hinges exposed, early inked ownership inscriptions to FEP and recto of front blank fly-leaf, offsetting to title, leaf C6 detached. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27480
JOHNSON, J.E. "Johnnie", & LUCAS, P.B. "Laddie". Glorious summer : the story of the Battle of Britain. London. Stanley Paul, 1990. First edition. 8vo. 213pp. Sixteen photographic leaves bound in. Original publisher's blue cloth boards lettered silver, with the original photographic dustwrapper. With c.30 signatures of airmen who served in the Battle, pasted over title page and the half title. A little shelfwear, and some fading to spine of wrapper, else a crisp copy. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 34297
JOHNSON, James. The economy of health, or, the stream of human life from the cradle to the grave: with reflections moral, physical, and philosophical on the septennial phases of human existence. London. S. Highley, 1836. First edition. 8vo. viii, 220pp. With an engraved plate. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, spine richly gilt, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, bookplate to FEP of Guy Haswell Furness, recent bookplate of R. J. Dickinson to verso of FFEP, occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16517
[JOHNNY GILPIN]. Fairburn's Edition of Johnny Gilpin's diverting journey to ware. London. Printed and Published by John Fairburn, [s.d., c.1830s] 8vo. 13pp, [3]. Wrappers included in pagination. With eight hand-coloured engraved illustrations in the text. Oversewn in original publisher's yellow wrappers, hand-coloured pictorial title label pasted to upper wrapper. Extremities worn, marked, dust-soiled, and creased, loss to spine, short tears to both wrappers, slight loss to lower corner of upper wrapper. Some spotting internally. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23415
JODRELL, Richard Paul . Illustrations of euripides, on the ion and the bacchae. London. Printed by J. Nichols; Sold by J. Dodsley, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sot, 1781. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes, with continuous register and pagination. [2], iv, [2], 264, [4], 267-627pp, [1]. With engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, and vignette engravings of Euripides to each title. Without half-titles. ESTC T105631.

[Bound uniformly with:] JODRELL, Richard Paul. Illustrations of euripides, on the alcestis. [4], 399pp, [1]. With vignette engraving of Euripides to title. Without half-title. ESTC T105632.

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£ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29063