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HOPE, Laurence. The Garden of Kama And other Love Lyrics from India. London. William Heinemann, [1916]. New impression. 8vo. vii, [1], 173pp, [1]. With a half-title. Bound by Hatchards of London in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Early inked gift inscription to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28918

RUSKIN, John. Sesame and lilies. London. George Allen, 1892. Thirteenth edition in original form. 8vo. xi, [1], 180pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, later inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28919

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SHELLEY, Lady [Jane]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Shelley memorials: from authentic sources. Edited by Lady Shelley. With, now first printed, an essay on Christianity, by Percy Bysshe Shelley. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1859. Second edition. 8vo. x, [2], 290pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28926

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VUILLIER, Gaston. A history of dancing from the earliest ages to our own times. London. William Heinemann, 1898. First edition in English. Folio. xvi, 446pp. With 20 plates and 409 illustrations in the text. Original publisher's grey cloth boards, lettered and decorated in gilt. Rubbed, spine dulled, corners bumped. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28933

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COLBURN, Zerah. A memoir of zerah colburn; written by himself. Containing an account of the first discovery of his remarkable powers...with his peculiar methods of calculation. Springfield [Massachusetts]. Published by G. and C. Merriam, 1833. First edition. 12mo. vii, [2], 10-104 [i.e. 204]pp. Without frontispiece. Contemporary speckled sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt. Housed in recent custom cloth clamshell case. Rubbed, corners bumped. Recent book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28961

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GAY, John. Fables...With the Life of the Author. London. Printed by C. Whittingham, 1808. 12mo. xvi, 228pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and engraved title page, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, near contemporary inked ownership inscriptions to blank front endpapers, slight loss to margins of leaf EE1. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29017

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COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. The works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, prose and verse. Complete in one volume.. Philadelphia. Thomas Cowperthwait & Co, 1840. 8vo. [6], xvi, 546pp, [4]. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled full calf, morocco lettering-piece. Contemporary inscription to FEP 'Samuel Jones'. Moderate wear to board edges and spine. Marbled end-papers and edges, although substantial surface wear to edges. Heavy spotting on frontispiece, does not obscure engraving. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29202

GAULTIER, Bon [i.e. AYTOUN, William Edmondstoune. MARTIN, Theodore].. The Book of Ballads. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1870. Eleventh edition. 8vo. [1], v, [3], 256pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and illustrations by Doyle, Leech and Crowquill. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco. Marbled end-papers, all edges gilt. Moderate wear to spine and very slight bumping to corners. Heavy spotting to front and rear end-papers, but none to text. Contemporary ink inscription R. D. Hamilton (?) to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29212

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HAZLITT, William. Lectures on the English comic writers. London. Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1819. First edition. 8vo. [4], 343pp, [5]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards, recently rebacked in calf, contrasting calf lettering-pieces. Board rubbed and marked. Recent typed booksellers description and bookplate of Dennis Douglas to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29245

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WILSON, Thomas. The pitman's pay, and other poems. Gateshead. William Douglas, 1843. First edition. 8vo. xxxvi, [4], 168pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Decorated endpapers, early pencilled gift inscription to head of title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29247

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PRINCE, John Critchley. Autumn leaves: Original Poems. Hyde. Printed by G. Booth, and sold by the author, [1856]. First edition. 12mo. viii, 101pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29259

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BUXTON, Sir Thomas Fowell. Memoirs of sir thomas fowell buxton, bart. Edited by his son, charles buxton, esq., b.a. London. John Murray, 1855. Twelfth thousand. 8vo. xvi, 614pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further three engraved plates. Handsomely contemporary Harrow School binding, gilt-tooled diced calf, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, prize plate to FEP, frontispiece spotted, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29267

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GILBERT, W[illiam] S[chwenck]. The Bab Ballads: with which are included songs of a savoyard. London. Macmillan and Co., 1906. 8vo. xii, 563pp, [1]. With numerous illustrations by the author in the text. Title in red and black. Handsomely bound in contemporary brown crushed morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, contemporary inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29520

HERBERT, George. The poetical works. London. George Bell and Sons, 1886. 12mo. clxxix, [1], 403pp, [1]. Bound by Bickers & sons in contemporary dark brown crushed morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Decorated endpapers, gilt dentelles, contemporary inked ownership inscription of William Hubert Cornish to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29521

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GREEN, James. Britain, a poem; to which are added miscellaneous pieces, some of which were written on occasions of national interest. Bath. Printed and published by E. Lansdown, 1844. Third edition. 8vo. 4,132pp. Partially unopened in original publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29546

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HUGHES, Ted. The Earth-Owl and other moon-people. London. Faber and Faber, 1970. Reprint of the first edition. 8vo. 46pp. Original publisher's blue cloth boards lettered silver, with the decorative unclipped dustwrapper with additional price label stuck to the front inner flap. Wrapper is smoke-stained and shelf-worn with no losses. Edges a little bumped, internally bright and clean.

From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed, without indication of such; the smoke damage is the result of an errant cigarette dropped by Olwyn down ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29571

WORDSWORTH, William. The poetical works... London. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923. 8vo. xxxii, 986pp. Contemporary red half-morocco, red cloth boards, ruled in gilt, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29603

HUNT, Leigh. The poetical works... London. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, [1923]. 8vo. lvi, 776pp. With a portrait frontispiece. Contemporary navy half-calf, blue cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine, marbled edges. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29604

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HUNT, Leigh. The religion of the heart. A Manual of Faith and Duty. London. John Chapman, 1853. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, 259pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary black half-morocco, marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, Ticket of Blackwell's of Oxford and bookplate of Caroli I. Billson to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29629

SAGAR, Keith. The laughter of foxes. Liverpool. Liverpool University Press, 2000. First edition. 8vo. [xxxiv] 196pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards, lettered in gilt, with the original dustwrapper. Lightly bumped with some further markings and minor smoke damage to the dustwrapper, and top edge of text block – with associated odour. Inscribed on the FFEP: 'To Olwyn with love and gratitude from Keith Feb 2000'. Rear pastedown has five-page references in Olwyn's hand corresponding to marked passages within the ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29642