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KELLY, T. W. Myrtle leaves; A Collection of poems chiefly amatory. London. Printed for Sherwood, Jones, and Co. et al, 1824. First edition. 12mo. [3], vi-xv, [1], 114pp, [2]. Without half-title. With a terminal leaf of errata. Uncut and partially unopened in recent calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting dark green morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, ink stamps of the Mercantile Library Philadelphia to title page and head of p.5, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32372
DOUGLAS, James. Myographiae comparatae specimen: or, a comparative description of all the muscles in a man and in a quadruped. Shewing their discoverer, origin, progress, insertion, use, and difference. To which is added, an account of the muscles peculiar to a woman. With an etymological table, and several useful index's. London. Printed by W. B. for G. Strachan, 1707. First edition. 12mo. xxxvi, 216, 16pp. Distinguished from other edition of the same year by 'G. Strachan' not 'George Strahan' in the imprint. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Early inked initials to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24245
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
[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
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
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
[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
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
[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
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
[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
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