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VERE, Aubrey de. Poems. London. Burns & Lambert, 1855. First edition. 8vo. xii, 319pp, [1]. Contemporary navy half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, navy cloth boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. Contemporary bookplate with motto 'sancta maria ora pro nobis' and initials 'W. H.' to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30555
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MIKSCHE, F. O. The failure of atomic strategy & a New Proposal for the Defence of the West. New York. Frederick A. Praeger, [1958]. First edition in English. 8vo. 224pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, surface loss to spine panel. Extensive ink and pencil annotations/corrections in the hand of the author and another unidentified hand. Presentation copy, ink inscription to title page: 'My very last copy, to Colonel / Paul H. Raftery, with the / compliments of the author, / Paris 29/11/60 / Miksche / P.S. The original was ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30667
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CLARKE, T. H. The domestic architecture of the reigns of queen elizabeth and james the first illustrated by a series of views of English Mansions, with brief historical and descriptive accounts of each subject. London. Priestley and Weale, 1833. First edition. 8vo. xiii, [1], 24, [2], 2pp. With 20 lithographed plates, two wood-cut illustrations in the text, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth boards, modern calf spine, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Boards rubbed and marked. Recent bookplate of Josceline Grove to FEP, modern typed bookseller's description tipped-in to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30999
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[LLOYD, W. Watkiss]. Explanation of the groups in the western pediment of the parthenon (Extracted from "The Classical Museum," Part XVIII.). [London]. [s.n.], [1847]. First offprint edition. 49pp, [1]. With a folding table.

Bound with:] LLOYD, W. Watkiss. [Drop-head title:] The eastern pediment of the parthenon. [From the "Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature," Vol. VII., New Series]. [London?]. [s.n.], [1863]. First offprint edition. 49pp, [1]. With four lithographed plates (one folding).

[And:] LLOYD, W. Watkiss. [Drop-head title:] XVIII. - The central group of the panathenaic frieze. [From the 'Transactions of ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31517
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[BROWN, John]. An estimate of the manners and principles of the times. London. Printed for L. Davis, and C. Reymers...Printers to the Royal Society, 1758. Seventh edition. 8vo. In two volumes. 221, [3]; 265pp, [5]. Titles in red and black. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol. I and two terminal leaves of advertisements to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed, corners bumped. Early inked ownership inscriptions to both FEPs and title pages, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31554
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MITCHELL, T. H.. A system of light drill; or, Questions and Answers on the rudiments of skirmishing...also, a system of company light drill, for the instruction of young officers and non-commissioned officers, and the duties of sentries in garrison. London. W. Clowes & Sons, 1847. Fifth edition. 12mo. 84pp. With nine engraved folding plates. Partially unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31559
Photo of "The army list. January, 1873"
[BRITISH ARMY]. The army list. January, 1873. London. Printed by C. Roworth & Sons...For Her Majesty's Stationery Office, [1873]. 12mo. lxxxii, 362, 28pp. With a terminal advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Extremities rubbed, chipped, creased, and heavily sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31561
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JUVENAL. PERSIUS. Decii Junii Juvenalis et A. Persi Flacci Satyrae. Londini [i.e. London]. Typis J. Brindley, 1744. 12mo. 116pp. With an engraved title page. Contemporary vellum. Extremities lightly rubbed and discoloured. Later inked shelf-mark and armorial bookplate of Edward Gregory to FEP, scattered spotting, occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31698
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WATTS, John. The facts of the cotton famine. London. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1866. First edition. 8vo. xii, 472pp. With a large folding chart. Original publisher's blind-stamped orange cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31742
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KEATS, John. The poetical works of john keats. London. Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press, 1914. Enlarged edition. 8vo. lxxxii, 491pp. Handsomely bound in a gilt-tooled red morocco 'Oxford Binding'. All edges gilt. A little rubbed and marked to extremities, joints. internally bright and clean save minor foxing to marbled endpapers. Contemporary inscription to FFEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32020
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DE SELINCOURT, E.. English poets and the national ideal. London. Oxford university press, 1915. First edition. 8vo. [1], 119pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in guilt to spine. Some fading to spine, discolouration to endpapers. With inked inscription to FFEP: 'To Stopford A. Brooke, with Grateful memories of Four Winds. from the writer. Sept 1915.' More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32047
Photo of "Poems"
ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. Poems. Leipzig. Bernard Tauchnitz, 1873. Copyright edition. 8vo. [2], xxvi, [2], 282pp, [4]. Original publisher's brown half-morocco, marbled boards. Some wear to spine and corners, lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, AEG. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'Evelyn Brooke from her loving father, July 1890'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32058
Photo of "Ballads and sonnets"
ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. Ballads and sonnets. Leipzig. Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1882. Copyright edition. 8vo. [2], 287pp, [3]. Original publisher's brown half-morocco, marbled boards. Some wear to spine and corners, small section missing from head of spine. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, AEG. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'Evelyn Brooke from a father, July 28 1890'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32059
Photo of "The indian mutiny"
HARRISON, J[esse] B[urton]. The indian mutiny. [London]. Published for the Historical Association by Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958. First edition. 8vo. 11pp, [1]. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Wrappers detached, a trifle faded, creased. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32134