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[ROSCOE, William]. Mount pleasant: a descriptive poem. To which is added, an ode. Warrington. Printed by W. Eyres, for J. Johnson, 1777. First edition. Quarto. 49pp, [1]. With half-title. Recent calf-backed plain paper boards, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Very minor wear to extremities. Slightest of loss to margin of E4, very small hole to G3 - not touching text, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 15143

WHEELER, Opal. DEUCHER, Sybil. Mozart the Wonder Boy. London. Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. 91pp, [1]. With numerous illustrations in the text by Mary Greenwalt.

[Together with:] WHEELER, Opal. DEUCHER, Sybil. Joseph Haydn the Merry Little Peasant. London. Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. 119pp, [1].

[And:] WHEELER, Opal. DEUCHER, Sybil. Sebastian Bach the Boy from Thuringia. London. Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. 125pp, [1].

[And:] WHEELER, Opal. DEUCHER, Sybil. Franz Schubert and his Merry Friends. London. Faber and Faber ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21780

COOPER, Edward H.. Mr. Blake of Newmarket. London. William Heinemann, 1897. First edition. 8vo. [4], 271pp, [7]. With both terminal and initial leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's decorative three-tone cloth boards. Rubbed and marked, with scuffing to boards, spine toned, and light surface wear to edges and corners. Later inked ownership inscription to FEP. Endpapers browned, lower hinge exposed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 35057

[SURTEES, Robert Smith]. Mr Facey Romford's Hounds. London. Bradbury and Evans, [1865]. First edition. 8vo. In original 12 monthly parts. With 24 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech and Halbot Knight Browne. Original publisher's brick-red pictorial wrappers, housed in recent custom red morocco pull-off case by W. Root & Son of London. Case a trifle rubbed, with bookplates of Samuel Henry Austin and Lucius Wilmerding. Very slight chipping to spines, upper panel of part I detached from text-block. Internally clean ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 10191

SURTEES, R.S.. Mr Facey Romford's Hounds. London. Bradbury and Evans, 1865. First edition. 8vo. viii, 391pp, [1]. Frontispiece and 23 hand-coloured plates by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. A choice copy. With the bookplate of Robert Stephen Benson to FEP, and some slight marking to endpapers, else fine. Preserved in a cloth folding-box. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 13828

MARRYAT, Captain. Mr. midshipman easy. London. "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24698

PRESTON, [Isaac]. Mr. Preston's reply to a libel, intitl'd a narrative of the disputes between isaac preston, Esq; of Beeston Saint Lawrence in the County of Norfolk. And john mitchell, Esq; of Boston, in the Country of Lincoln. Norwich. [s.n.], 1758. First edition. 8vo. 43pp, [1]. Modern vellum. Bookplate of R. C. Fiske to FEP. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30602

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PEACOCK, J. Mr. scrimshaw's hoax about the multiplication of grand lodges. Nottingham. Published by the Nottingham Templar Crusade, 1877. 8vo. 8pp. Modern red cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Library shelf-labels to upper board. Occasional ink-stamps of the Nottingham Free Public Reference Library, a trifle dusty. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34612

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[LAMB, Mary and Charles]. Mrs. leicester's school: or, the history of several young ladies, related by themselves. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin and Co., 1821. Eighth edition. 12mo. [4], viii, [1], 10-180pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Later calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Offsetting to title page, scattered spotting. William St. Clair's copy, with his characteristic pencilled ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28703

[LAMB, Mary and Charles]. Mrs. leicester's school: or the history of several young ladies; related by themselves. London. Printed for M. J. Godwin, 1814. Fourth edition. 12mo. [4], viii, [1], 10-176pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary green half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Rubbed, slight split to upper joint. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, offsetting to title page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21837

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[LAMB, Mary and Charles]. Mrs. leicester's school. The history of several young ladies, Related by Themselves. London. Griffith and Farran, late Grant and Griffith, [s.d., c.1865?] 12mo. xii, 118pp, [2]. With a woodcut frontispiece and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Ink ownership inscription of L. J. Whatman, Printers to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23169

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LOUDON, Mrs. [Jane]. Mrs. loudon's first book of botany. Being a plain and brief introduction to that science, for Schools and Young Persons. London. Bell & Daldy, 1870. New edition. 8vo. viii, 280pp. With numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary prize binding by Seton & Mackenzie, gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering piece, gilt supralibros of Edinburgh Collegiate School to upper board, marbled edges. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Prize plate, awarded to Alexander F. Tytler, to FEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22243

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OPIE, Mrs. [Amelia]. Mrs. opie's new tales. White lies; the welcome home, or, The Ball. Paris. Published by Truchy, 1833. 12mo. [4], 312pp. With half-title and an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary diced calf, gilt, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 16322

[WHISTLER, James McNeill]. Mr. whistler's "ten o'clock". London. [Chatto and Windus], 1888. First edition. 29pp, [3].

[Bound with:] WHISTLER, J. A. MacNeill. Whistler v. Ruskin: art & art critics. London. Chatto & Windus, [1878]. Sixth edition. 17pp, [1].

[And:] WHISTLER, James A. McNeill. Wilde v Whistler: an acrimonious correspondence on art between Oscar Wilde and James A McNeill Whistler. London. Privately printed, 1906. First edition. 20pp.

Small quarto. Recent brown cloth-backed drab paper boards, lettered in gilt, original publisher's ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 18647

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STEPHEN, Geo. A. Music and Musical Literature: an annotated and classified catalogue of music and works on music and musicians in the norwich public libraries. Norwich. Public Libraries Committee, 1924. 8vo. [6], 58pp, [2]. Original publishers red cloth-backed printed light-blue paper boards. Rubbed and sunned. Inked initial 'RCF' to FEP, very occasional pencilled notes. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30783

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CROFT, William. Musica sacra: or, Select anthems in score, Consisting of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Parts: To which is added, The Burial-Service, as it is now occasionally perform'd in Westminster-Abbey. London. Printed for and sold by John Walsh, [1724-25] Second edition. Folio. Two volumes bound as one. [6], 184; [6], 155pp, [1]. Vol. I with letterpress title page and preliminaries, except for the dedication leaf which, with the remainder, is engraved; Vol. II has letterpress title page and dedication leaf, the remainder being engraved. Some ink annotations to the tables of anthems.

This second edition is a reissue of the original edition of the same years; Vol. ... More > £ 850.00 Antiquates Ref. 26394

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[LEEDS MUSIC HALL]. Music-Hall, Albion-Street, Leeds. A subscription concert will take place On wednesday evening, January 5th, 1825, for the benefit of mrs. hopkinson, widow of the late Mr. john hopkinson, Music Master... Leeds. J. Todd, Printer, 1825. First edition. 12mo. 12pp. Later drab paper wrappers. A trifle spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19119

BROOKE, Richard Sinclair. My Fossils. Vol. I [all published?]. Dublin. George Herbert, 1880. First edition. 8vo. [6], vi, 308pp, [2]. Original publisher's green gilt-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, with bumping to corners and chipping to spine. FFEP detached. Inked inscription to FEP: 'Edward Brooke, 11 Herbert Street Dublin - 1880'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32061

[RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY]. My happy home. [London]. [The Religious Tract Society], [c.1875] 8vo. Eight unnumbered leaves, printed on one side only, comprised of seven coloured illustrations positioned above a four-line stanza. Stitched, as issued. Early inked gift inscription to head of title. A trifle creased, ink-spotting to verso of final leaf. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 21361

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WESTON, Agnes. My life among the bluejackets. London. Nisbet & Co., Limited, [1917]. New and Revised edition. 8vo. xiv, 373pp. With half-title, a photogravure portrait frontispiece of the author and 15 further photographic plates. Modern red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. A trifle rubbed. A presentation copy, with the author's presentation bookplate to FEP, reading 'To Sir J. C. H. Seale Bart., With kind regards from Agnes E. Weston, Royal Sailors Rest, Portsmouth. May 1917'. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34525