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WEST, Morris Langlo. The tower of babel. New York. William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1968. First edition. 8vo. [xii], 361pp. Original publisher's black cloth-backed red paper boards over black cloth, lettered in gilt and white. Boards and fore-edge a touch marked. Internally bright and clean. Coloured map endpapers, inscribed to half-title: 'For Larry, with thanks and
good wishes and an invitation back to Rome, Morris L. West, Rome June 1968'. More >
£ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31422
[COMBE, William]. The tour of doctor syntax, In Search of the Picturesque. A poem. [London]. [Printed by J. Diggens], [1812]. Second edition. 8vo. 276, [2], 4pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, a hand-coloured engraved title page, 29 hand-coloured engraved plates from etchings by Thomas Rowlandson, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities heavily rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, horizontal tear to leaf U4 - touching text without loss - occasional short tears to plates, advertisement leaves shaved, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31003
[COMBE, William]. [ROWLANDSON, Thomas]. The tour of doctor syntax, In Search of the Picturesque. A Poem. [London]. [Printed by J. Diggens], [1813]. Fifth edition. 8vo. iii, [1], 276pp, [2]. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, a hand-coloured engraved title page, and 29 hand-coloured engraved plates from etchings by Thomas Rowlandson. Contemporary dark green half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later ticket of George's of Bristol to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, offsetting, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 24360
[SMITH, Horace]. The tor hill. London. Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [2], 310; [2], 350, [2], 328pp. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements and a tipped-in errata slip to Vol. III. Contemporary navy half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21630
HUGO, Victor. The toilers of the sea. (Abridged.). London. The Masterpiece Library, "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. 21265
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
[HERALDRY]. The theatre of British Honours; being An Account of the present nobility, with what has happened remarkable to Them of their Ancestors... London. Printed for A. Lea, and R. Glynn, 1720. First edition. 12mo. xxiv, [2], 160pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep. Extremities heavily rubbed, upper joint starting. Pastedowns sprung, title page detached and bisected horizontally, light damp-staining to margins, worming to gutter of first two gatherings, initial gathering working loose. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24986
[SCOTT, Clement]. The Theatre. a monthly review and magazine. vol. I. new series. august, 1878, to january 1879 [- vol. II. new series. february to july 1879.]. London. Wyman & Sons, 1878. First edition. Large 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. iv, 458; iv, 410pp. With photographic plates throughout. Contemporary black half-morocco, brown cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, marbled edges. Extremities heavily rubbed. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. Inscribed to FFEP: 'To Larry, with my best wishes for many Happy Birthdays: + my love – + gratitude for much. Bernard. 22:May:1949'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31393
WHITTIER, John Greenleaf. The tent on the beach and other poems. Boston. Ticknor and Fields, 1867. First American edition. 8vo. vi, [3], 10-172pp. Original publisher's blind-ruled green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, library shelf reference in correction fluid to spine. Later bookplate of Mary C. Young to FEP, ink-stamps of St. Joseph's Seminary Library to FEP, p.33, and REP, inked inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21769
RENOU, Sarah. The temple of truth. A Poem, in five cantos.. Edinburgh. Printed for James Taylor Smith and Company, 1821. Second edition. 8vo. [6], 102pp. Finely bound for Sotherans in early twentieth-century half-calf, marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Slightly faded, light shelf-wear, else a fine copy. Some spotting to preliminaries. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34279
[BRYAN]. The Temple of Fame. A poem. Inscrib'd to Mr. Congreve. London. Printed and Sold by H. Hills, 1709. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. With a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Recent marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Minor wear to extremities. Text-block working loose of binding, light damp-staining to bottom corner and gutter margin of all leaves. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 13405
DRYDEN, John. The tempest: or, the Enchanted Island. London. Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1735 [i.e. 1768?] 12mo. [7], 180-262pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece. Uncut, stitched, as issued, in original publisher's powder-blue wrappers, recent typed title label to upper wrapper. Wrappers creased, torn, and chipped, some loss to spine. Damp-staining to frontispiece, title page, and preface leaves, occasional creasing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21853
FITCHETT, W. H. The tale of the great mutiny. London. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1901. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 384pp, [8]. With a portrait frontispiece, a further seven plates, four maps (one folding), and four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blue cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and bumped, a trifle cocked. Inscribed to British Indian official Sir William Charles Macpherson (1855-1936) on recto of FFEP: 'W. C. Macpherson / 11th August. 1902 / From Ella', very occasional ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30319