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CECIL, Charles [editor]. The wreath of friendship; a token of regard. London. Published by Renshaw and Company, [s.d., 1836?] First edition?. 12mo. iv, 320pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Original publisher's red cloth, embossed in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Rubbed, chipping to head and foot of spine. Contemporary pencilled ownership inscription to head of title page. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27847
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EMERSON, George [editor]. The gem, (Re-set.). London. Edward Lacey, [s.d., 1850?] 12mo. vii, [1], iii, [1], 312pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further seven engraved plates. Bound by Remnant & Edmonds of London in contemporary (original?) burgundy calf, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, some scoring to boards. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27863
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MASEFIELD, John. Lollingdon downs and other poems, with sonnets. London. William Heinemann, [1917]. First edition. 8vo. [8], 92pp, [2]. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. Housed in later red morocco-backed red cloth slipcase. A trifle rubbed. Leaves browned. Later bookplate of Jessie Stillman Taylor to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27883
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ROGERS, Samuel. The pleasures of memory, with other poems. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803. New edition. 12mo. [8], 187pp, [1]. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black calf lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27910
Photo of "Gotthard furka-grimsel"
[SWITZERLAND]. Gotthard furka-grimsel. [Zurich]. [Kilchberg], [s.d., c. 1930] Oblong 8vo. [20] leaves. 38 sepia illustrations after photographs. Original publisher’s pictorial buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed and marked. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27985
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[SWITZERLAND]. Engelberg. [Zurich]. [Kilchberg], [s.d., c. 1930] Oblong 8vo. [16] leaves. 32 photographic illustrations. Stapled into original publisher’s pictorial buff wrappers. Extremities a trifle rubbed and marked. Two leaves detached. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28005
Photo of "With lawrence in arabia"
THOMAS, Lowell. With lawrence in arabia. London. Booklover's Library. Hutchinson & co, ltd., [1935]. 107th Thousand. 8vo. 288pp, [3]. With six pages of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's cream cloth boards lettered in navy with the blue and green dustwrapper. Moderate shelf-wear, chipping to spine ends, and a few other marks. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed, without indication of such. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28040
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WILLIAMSON, Henry. Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence'. London. The Henry Williamson Society , 1988. First reprint . 8vo . 78pp. Printed peach card wraps. Edges sharp, internally fresh and bright. With the Shallonford misprint deliberately kept in. The proofs Williamson received did not include the typo and no-one caught the error until after printing was complete. In his own copy, he merely corrected it in pen, though it remains uncorrected in Faber's reprint and this 1988 facsimile edition. The last line of the book ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28041
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WILLIAMSON, Henry. Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence. London. The Henry Williamson Society, 1988. First reprint. 8vo. 78pp. Printed peach card wraps. Edges sharp, internally fresh and bright. With the Shallonford misprint deliberately kept in. The proofs Williamson received did not include the typo and no-one caught the error until after printing was complete. In his own copy, he merely corrected it in pen, though it remains uncorrected in Faber's reprint and this 1988 facsimile edition. The last line of the book ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28042
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WILLIAMSON, Henry. Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence'. London. The Henry Williamson Society, 1988. First reprint. 8vo. 78pp. Printed peach card wraps. Edges sharp, internally fresh and bright. With the Shallonford misprint deliberately kept in. The proofs Williamson received did not include the typo and no-one caught the error until after printing was complete. In his own copy, he merely corrected it in pen, though it remains uncorrected in Faber's reprint and this 1988 facsimile edition. The last line of the book ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28043
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[REMBRANDT]. Rembrandt tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de geboorte van rembrandt op 15 juli 1606. [Haarlem]. [Joh. Enschede ed Zonen], 1956. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, 215pp, [1]. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations in the text. Contemporary green half-morocco, dark green cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Original publisher's pictorial upper wrapper bound in. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of half-title, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28051
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ARNOLD, Matthew. Irish essays and others. London. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1882. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 308pp. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, chipping to head and foot of spine, corners bumped. Later inked ownership inscription to FEP, recto of half-tile, and head of title page, very occasional short tears to margins. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28092
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KNIGHTLY, Phillip, & SIMPSON, Colin. The secret lives of lawrence of arabia. London. Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1969. First edition. 8vo. 293pp. With twenty-three photographs throughout the text. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered in blue, with the unclipped dust wrapper designed by Edwin Taylor. Minor shelf-wear to boards, dust wrapper with large chip to the bottom rear panel. With a typewritten press release for the title loosely inserted. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed. T. E. Lawrence was a dear friend of ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28304
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SIMPSON, Andrew R. B. . Another life: lawrence after arabia. Stroud . Spellmount Press, 2008. First edition. 8vo. xviii, 366pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the photographic dust wrapper. Loosely inserted are two versions of the same newspaper review article regarding this publication, and the bifold flyer for the Dorset County Museums 2007 exhibitions, of which one was on T. E. Lawrence (The Man and the Myth: Lawrence of Arabia). From the family library of Henry Williamson. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28305