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Photo of "Swords and Ploughshares"
DRINKWATER, John. Swords and Ploughshares. London. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915. First edition. 8vo. 56pp, [8]. Original publisher's red cloth boards, with paper label to spine. Boards rubbed and marked, label chipped, internally bright and clean with an ALS from Drinkwater thanking Captain Mylne for his letter dated 1917 tipped to FFEP.

It is clear that Mylne's original note was a complimentary one by Drinkwater's response:

'My dear Captain Mylne,
Your letter has given me more pleasure than I ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28732
Photo of "[Mid-nineteenth-century wooden block game entitled ..."
[PUZZLE]. [Mid-nineteenth-century wooden block game entitled of the 'Sovereigns of England']. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1860] 36-piece set of coloured engraved illustrations mounted on wooden blocks, printed biographical text to verso. Housed in original publisher's wooden box, bevelled lid with engraved colour illustration. Later clear adhesive repairs to box, pencilled gift inscription to base. Some pieces a trifle browned due to varnish deterioration. More > £ 600.00 Antiquates Ref. 24477
Photo of "A Yachtsman's Guide to the ..."
THORPE, T[homas] E[dward]. A Yachtsman's Guide to the Dutch Waterways: Including the Zuider Zee and the Friesland Meres. London. Edward Stanford, 1905. First edition. 8vo. xiii, 158pp. With two folding maps of Amsterdam and Rotterdam Harbour respectively, numerous small line maps in the text, and a large folding coloured map of Dutch Waterways housed in rear pocket. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29635
Photo of "Some archives and seals of ..."
[LEIGH, J. W.]. Some archives and seals of hereford cathedral... Hereford. Jakeman and Carver, [1901]. Quarto. 24pp. With 10 photographic plates. Contemporary green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of half-title: 'Revised edition. / H. Cecil Moore / from the Author / J. W. Leigh.' More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29646
Photo of "Sylvia plath a dramatic portrait"
KYLE, Barry. Sylvia plath a dramatic portrait. London. Faber & Faber, 1976. First edition. 8vo. 70pp. Original publisher's pink monochrome laminate wrappers, lettered in black. Lightly scuffed, internally bright and clean. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed, though no indications of such. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28763
Photo of "Genius of friendship 't. e. ..."
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
Photo of "Genius of friendship 't. e. ..."
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
Photo of "Olton Pools"
DRINKWATER, John. Olton Pools. London. Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1916. Second impression. 8vo. 42pp, [6]. Original publisher's red cloth, paper title label to sunned spine. Toned endpapers, internally bright and clean, with an ink inscription 'Alfred Hayes from John Drinkwater, Jan 1917' to verso of half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28733
Photo of "Tides"
DRINKWATER, John. Tides. London. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1917. First edition. 8vo. 54pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth with paper label to sunned spine. Internally bright and clean save a little toning to FFEP. Author's ink inscription 'Alfred Hayes, from John Drinkwater, April 1918' to verso of half title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28731
Photo of "T. E. lawrence"
WILSON, Jeremy. T. E. lawrence. London. National Portrait Gallery Publications, 1989. First edition. Quarto. 248pp. Original publisher's illustrated gloss card wraps. Minor shelf-wear, internally bright and clean. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed, without indication of such. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29662
Photo of "The navy league annual: 1908-1909. ..."
BURGOYNE, Alan H. [editor]. The navy league annual: 1908-1909. (Corrected to October 10th, 1908). London. The Navy League, 1908. First edition. Quarto. 277pp, [1]. With a frontispiece, a further 19 plates, and eight ship plans in the text. Original publisher's presentation binding of gilt-stamped red roan, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'With the Editor's compliments and thanks'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29644
Photo of "The Earth-Owl and other moon-people"
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
Photo of "Moortown"
HUGHES, Ted. Moortown. London. Faber and Faber, 1979. First edition. 8vo. 171pp. Original publisher's green card wraps, lettered red, illustrated by Leonard Baskin. Some smoke damage to wraps, some rubbing, tearing, and tape marks. Toned throughout.

From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed, without any markings by her; the smoke damage is the result of an errant cigarette dropped by Olwyn down the back of her settee, which caused a serious fire. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29577
Photo of "Ffangs the vampire bat and ..."
HUGHES, Ted. Ffangs the vampire bat and the kiss of truth. London. Faber and Faber, 1996. First edition. Quarto. 96pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered silver, with the original illustrated dustwrapper, unclipped. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Chris Riddell.
From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed; while much of her library was damaged as the result of an errant cigarette dropped by Olwyn down the back of her settee - causing a serious fire - this copy has escaped almost ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29656
Photo of "Portrait of a country artist"
NIALL, Ian. Portrait of a country artist. London. Victor Gollancz, 1980. First edition. Quarto. 160pp. Original publisher's brown cloth boards, title label in blue and gilt. With the original illustrated dustwrapper, unclipped, and shelf-worn. Some marking to wrapper. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed, without any indication of such. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29661
Photo of "Poems, sacred and moral"
GISBORNE, Thomas. Poems, sacred and moral. London. Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. First edition. 8vo. viii, 118pp, [2]. With a half-title, a tipped-in errata slip, and a terminal leaf containing of advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain morocco. Rubbed, paper library shelf label to foot of dulled spine. Marbled endpapers, More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26370
Photo of "An onlooker in France: 1917-1919"
ORPEN, Sir William. An onlooker in France: 1917-1919. London. Williams and Norgate, 1921. First edition. Quarto. 123pp, [1]. With a half-tone portrait frontispiece and a further 95 half-tone plates. Original publisher's green buckram, lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities marked and lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29637
Photo of "A Mediaeval Garland"
DARMESTETER, Madame James. A Mediaeval Garland. London. Lawrence & Bullen, 1898. First edition in English. 8vo. ix, [3], 255pp, [1]. Title in red and black. Original publisher's decorated tan cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29636
Photo of "The religion of the heart. ..."
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