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Photo of "Talking Bronco"
CAMPBELL, Roy. Talking Bronco. London. Faber & Faber , 1946. First edition. 8vo. 91pp, [p9]. Original publisher's salmon cloth boards lettered in gilt. With the original publisher's dust wrapper in darker orange and white. Some sunning to board ends, minor losses to wrapper at the frayed edges. Internally bright if a little foxed to the endpapers, with the ownership inscription of Henry Williamson dated 1956. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 28294
Photo of "Road to valhalla"
HULME, Walter Ibbotson. Road to valhalla. [London?]. [1918]. Private press. 8vo. 64pp. Original publisher's pale printed card wraps over untrimmed handmade paper. Wraps detached from text-block, sunned and marked, with the rear heavily notated in Henry Williamson's hand. Page block internally bright and clean save annotations and corrections again in Williamson's hand. With a T.L.S. from the author to Williamson. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27175
Photo of "The Mint. A Day Book ..."
LAWRENCE, T.E.. The Mint. A Day Book of the R.A.F. Depot Between August and December 1922 with Later Notes By 352087 A/c Ross. London. Jonathan Cape, 1955. First trade edition . Quarto. [2], 206pp. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Some edge wear, cloth fading and marked towards all edges. Minor loss to head of spine on the toned jacket, shelf-wear to edges, predominantly top. Spotting to endpapers, with the bookplate of Richard L. Calvert Williamson to the front inner board. With 10 newspaper clippings relating to Lawrence, 5 photocopied articles, and 2 ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28148
Photo of "Poems on several occasions"
[PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on several occasions. London. Printed for Jacob Tonson...and John Barber, 1718. First subscriber's edition. Folio. Large paper copy. [42], 506pp, [6]. Printed on fine paper with the Strasbourg Arms watermark of a fleur-de-lys surmounting a shield. With a list of subscribers, an engraved frontispiece, and numerous engraved vignettes/initials. Contemporary panelled calf, recently rebacked and recornered, preserving contemporary red calf lettering-piece. Boards worn. Recent book-label of Peter Scupham to FEP, offsetting to title page, damp-staining to foot of text-block. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27449
Photo of "The register of freeholders. In ..."
[VOTING REGISTER]. The register of freeholders. In pursuance of An act passed in the Twenty-eight Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the better securing the Rights of Persons qualified to vote at County Elections. London. Printed by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1788. Folio. [540]pp. ’An Act for the better securing the rights of persons qualified to vote at county elections’ has a caption title on 6L2r with a general title page on 6L1r. Contemporary speckled sheep, cloth ties. Heavily worn and marked, boards held by cords only. Later armorial bookplate of Marmion Edward Ferrers (bap. 1813, d. 1884) to FEP, margins trimmed close, with occasional loss to running-titles ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27036
Photo of "Another life: lawrence after arabia"
SIMPSON, Andrew R. B. . Another life: lawrence after arabia. Stroud . Spellmount Press, 2008. First edition. 8vo. xviii, 366pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the photographic dust wrapper. Loosely inserted are two versions of the same newspaper review article regarding this publication, and the bifold flyer for the Dorset County Museums 2007 exhibitions, of which one was on T. E. Lawrence (The Man and the Myth: Lawrence of Arabia). From the family library of Henry Williamson. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28305
Photo of "The home letters of t. ..."
LAWRENCE, T. E. The home letters of t. e. lawrence and his brothers. Oxford. Basil Blackwell, 1954. First English edition. Quarto. 731pp, 45 photographs tipped in, including frontispiece, and facsimile of Winston Churchill's typewritten permission to reproduce the original Allocution that follows. Original publisher's dark navy cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the pale grey unclipped dustwrapper lettered in black and red. All edges spotted with some further spotting and markings throughout. Dustwrapper is worn and toned with some tearing though intact. Some notes in Henry ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 27983
Photo of "T. E. Lawrence Correspondence With ..."
LAWRENCE, T. E. T. E. Lawrence Correspondence With Henry Williamson Edited by Peter Wilson With a Prologue and Epilogue by Anne Williamson and a Foreword by Jeremy Wilson. Hampshire. Castle Hill Press, 2000. Limited edition, ex-editio - copyright holder's copy. Quarto. 219pp. Original publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt, with the tan dustwrapper lettered in black. Single tear to bottom rear panel, with a light crease. Internally bright and clean save annotation on page 44 in red pen, initialled AW, further corrections in red p179. With a frontispiece sketch of Williamson by Powys Evans, and 16 photographs of correspondence and drafts. From the family library of ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27991
Photo of "The lost horizon"
BORLEY, George Colby. The lost horizon. London. Methuen & Co. Ltd. , 1920. First edition. 8vo. 306pp, [22]. Original publisher's red cloth boards blind stamped and lettered in brown. All edges shelf-worn with corners bumped, significant fading and staining to boards. Endpapers are toned though otherwise internally bright. Author's inscription to FFEP reads 'To Williamson, without reserve. G. C. H. Borley. 4-xi-20. Pencil notes by Williamson state he was given this copy by the author, who was a brilliant speaker and ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27926
Photo of "Theodore Essays on T. F. ..."
BRAYBROOKE, Neville, et al. . Theodore Essays on T. F. Powys. . Kent. Saint Albert's Press, 1964. Limited first edition 87/450. 8vo. 74pp, [14]. Original publisher's printed cream wrappers lettered in red, with corresponding unclipped dustwrapper, a little marked and stained. Edges sharp, internally fresh and bright. With a ballpoint inscription from the Sewell 'amico dilecto Henrico Williamson d. d. compilator - f. Brocardus Sewell, O. Carm. 15.iv.1964'.' More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28297
Photo of "Genius of friendship 't. e. ..."
WILLIAMSON, Henry. Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence'. London. Faber and Faber, 1941. First edition, second impression. Tall 8vo. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered in gilt, corners bumped, minor shelf-wear with several further marks. Internally crisp and clean, with fore and bottom edges uncut. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28044
Photo of "The wet flanders plain"
WILLIAMSON, Henry. The wet flanders plain. London. The Beaumont Press, 1929. First edition. 8vo. 96pp, [8]. Original publisher's decorated paper of rifles and ploughshares over quarter buckram, designed by Randolph Schwabe along with the title page. Title lettered in gilt. Bottom and fore-edge uncut, though a little foxed. Wear to all edges, minor bumping to corners, with a few marks and darkening to the spine. Internally bright and clean. Numbered '146' of 400. From the recently dispersed Williamson family ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27918
Photo of "The wet flanders plain"
WILLIAMSON, HENRY. The wet flanders plain. New York . E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929. First American edition. 8vo. 122pp, [6]. Original publisher's black and yellow cloth boards, lettered in yellow, fore and bottom edge uncut. Without dustwrapper. Page block starting. Boards are lightly worn with some marking. Internally bright and clean save extensive penmanship. Inscribed 'for Henry Williamson: I hope you will like having this part of the past brought back to you and I hope it is pleasant to recall at least ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27920
Photo of "In flanders fields the 1917 ..."
WOLFF, Leon. In flanders fields the 1917 campaign. London. Longmans, Green and Co, 1959. Second impression. 8vo. 310pp. With twenty-one photographs and seven maps. Original publisher's red cloth boards, lettered in gilt, with the unclipped photographic dust wrapper. Minor bumping to boards, a little shelf-wear. Wrapper worn and marked without loss. With extensive annotations and refutations throughout in Williamson's hand. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28216
Photo of "The wet flanders plain"
WILLIAMSON, Henry. The wet flanders plain. New York. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. , 1929. First American edition. 8vo. 122pp, [6]. Original publisher's black and yellow cloth boards, yellow title label; lettered in black, the dustwrapper with a stark black and cream bayonet design. Slightly edgeworn, spine a trifle cocked, wrapper worn and creased with significant loss to upper panel and spine. Internally bright and clean, with a note in Williamson's hand 'author's copy, please return when read enough', his initials and Shallowford address. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27919
Photo of "With lawrence in arabia"
THOMAS, Lowell. With lawrence in arabia. London. Booklover's Library. Hutchinson & co, ltd., [1935]. 107th Thousand. 8vo. 288pp, [3]. With six pages of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's cream cloth boards lettered in navy with the blue and green dustwrapper. Moderate shelf-wear, chipping to spine ends, and a few other marks. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed, without indication of such. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28040
Photo of "The delphic, the journal of ..."
APOLLO ARTS CLUB. The delphic, the journal of the apollo arts club, no. 1 & 2. Sussex. The Apollo Arts Club, 1928. First edition. 8vo. Vol 1. 10pp. Original hand printed bifold staple-bound wrappers, printed in red and black on handmade paper. All edges uncut. Some creasing to corners and marking to rear wrapper. Internally bright save a little foxing, and rusting on the staple. With an ALS requesting Henry Williamson contribute to a future issue of the magazine: A plain headed postcard from travel writer and country walk enthusiast ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27930
Photo of "Indian pageant"
YEATS-BROWN, Francis. Indian pageant. London. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1942. First edition. 8vo. Original publisher's pale-yellow cloth lettered in red, with the decorative unclipped dust wrapper. Small nick to front board, otherwise crisp. Wrapper a little creased and frayed without major loss. With the ink presentation inscription to FFEP 'For Henry from Francis, 16 ou '42. for ornament, not for reading, sweepe the last chapter, perhaps.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28293
Photo of "The marsh arabs"
THESIGER, Wilfred. The marsh arabs. London. Longmans, green & co ltd , 1964. First edition. 8vo. 242pp, [14]. With 109 black and white photographic illustrations, and three maps. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt and black, with the photographic dustwrapper. Some edgewear, with the bookplate of Richard Calvert Williamson. Inscribed to Henry Williamson by his wife 'To my darling husband on his birthday, August 1964, with all my love. Anne.' followed by a transcription of At the Wedding March by ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27253