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BRYANT, William Cullen. Poems... Liverpool. John Walker, 1850. 8vo. xv, [9], 275pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23206
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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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MONTGOMERY, James. Poems. London. George Routledge, 1860. Quarto. [20], 379pp, [1]. With a portrait frontispiece and 99 illustrations in the text engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. Bound by Edmonds & Remnants in contemporary richly gilt-tooled green morocco, A.E.G., gilt dentelles. A trifle rubbed , marked, and bumped. Foxed, later inked ownership inscription of William Long to recto of FFEP, near contemporary gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf: 'Louisa Gould Long / with / ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20395
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INGELOW, Jean. Poems. Boston. Roberts Brothers, 1865. Author's edition, thirteenth thousand. 8vo. 256, 10pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed. Later inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'John Linnell sen. 1865 from the Author' - likely landscape and portrait painter, and rival of Constable, John Linnell (1792-1882), with whom Ingelow corresponded. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22218
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HERBERT, L. F. Poems. London. Basil Blackwell, 1946. First edition. 8vo. 55pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, with original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Minor shelf wear, dustwrapper lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured.Leaves lightly dampstained. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32075
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MEYNELL, Alice. Poems . London. Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. Second edition. 8vo. ix, [3], 72pp, [4]. With half-title. Uncut in original publisher's olive green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed, with boards and spine toned, edges singed. Inked ownership inscription of Harold Addleshaw to FFEP. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34540
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MILLER, Henry. Plexus. Paris. The Olympia Press, [1953]. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 2,000 copies printed for private circulation, this being copy 930. In two volumes. 342, [4]; 348pp, [2]. Original publisher's sienna printed wrappers. Rubbed, printed prices on lower panels erased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27205
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HOLMES, [William]. Plan of proceeding: octavo. First part. Holmes' tract on bodies corporate generally, those in Exeter specially, which includes the novel county-rates, Exeter, 1799. Second part. Holmes' epitome of political history ancient and modern, commented on, In hope of affording some Information to the Middle and Lower Classes of Mankind, countenancing Virtue and discouraging Vice. Third part. Holmes on the police of Exeter specially, ancient and modern, as an accompaniment to Izaacke’s Memorials of the City. Exeter. T. Brice, [1795]. First edition. Part one only, all published. [2], 4, [2], 48pp. ESTC T42425.

[Bound with:] [HOLMES, William]. [Drop-head title: To the Electors of Representatives to serve in Parliament for the City and County of Exeter]. [Exeter]. [T. Brice], [1802]. 13pp, [3]. Not in ESTC.

[And:] [HOLMES, William]. [Drop-head title: New pavements, &c. Third address. [Exeter]. [T. Brice], [1795]. [1], 22-28pp.

[And:] [HOLMES, William]. [Drop-head title: Addressed to ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 16613
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FRANCIS, Sir Philip. Plan of a reform in the election of the House of Commons, adopted by the society of the friends of the people in 1795: with a new introduction, and other documents. Republished by sir philip francis, k. b.. London. Printed for Ridgways, 1817. 8vo. 30pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Bound by Kear & Richardson of Glasgow in near contemporary black morocco-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities rubbed. Manuscript numeral to head of title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30610
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SURTEES, R.S.. 'Plain or Ringlets?'. London. Bradbury and Evans, 1860. First edition in book form. 8vo. x, 406pp, 12pp adverts. Frontispiece, extra-engraved title and 12 hand-coloured plates by John Leech. Gilt-decorated red cloth. A crisp copy, with slight rubbing/bumping to extremities, bruising to head and foot of spine. Preserved in a cloth folding-box. With two bookplates to front endpapers. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13826
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SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. Pizarro; a tragedy, in five acts; as performed at the theatre royal in Drury-Lane: taken from the german drama of kotzebue; and adapted to the english stage. London. Printed for James Ridgway, 1799. First edition. 8vo. [8], 76pp, [4]. Without two terminal advertisement leaves. Final line of Act 4 [p. 64] reads: "No!---thought and memory are my Hell.", a variant edition reads: "No living---thought and memory are my Hell." Recent plain paper wrappers. Slight chipping to spine. Title-page a trifle dust-soiled and working loose, small marginal hole to G3, very light damp-staining to latter half of text-block. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 14966
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SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. Pizarro; a tragedy, in five acts; as performed at the theatre royal in Drury-Lane: taken from the german drama of kotzebue; and adapted to the english stage. London. Printed for James Ridgway, 1799. First edition. 8vo. [8], 76pp, [4]. Without two terminal advertisement leaves. Final line of Act 4 [p. 64] reads: ‘No!---thought and memory are my Hell.’, a variant edition reads: ‘No living---thought and memory are my Hell.’ Disbound. Title page browned and marked, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29278
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PINNOCK, [William]. Pinnock's catechisms. A catechism of navigation; in which the elementary principles of that science are explained in easy language; and the technical terms used at sea rendered perfectly intelligible to youth, For whose use it is designed, preparatory to more copious Works. London. Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. Fifth edition. 12mo. 70pp, [14]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece depicting Captain Cook, and an additional engraved title page. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Stitching perished, text-block separated into constituent gatherings and detached from binding. Extremities heavily rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to verso of frontispiece, occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25245
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STOWE, Harriet Beecher, Mrs.. Pink and White Tyranny. A society novel. Boston. Roberts Brothers, 1871. First edition. 8vo. [4], viii, 331pp, [9]. With two initial leaves publisher's advertisements and a terminal publisher's catalogue (dated summer 1871). Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and cocked. Upper hinge exposed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23379
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LLOYD, William Watkiss. Pindar and themistocles: aegina and athens. London. Williams and Norgate, 1862. First edition. 8vo. [2], 25pp. Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers. Spotting and light damp-staining to extremities, loss to foot of spine. Inked manuscript annotation to foot of p.18, with no obstruction to text; otherwise, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34061
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[KENNINGTON, Eric]. Pilots, workers, machines. [London]. [Printed for Frigidaire Ltd. by Harrison & Sons Ltd.], [1941]. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition, copy 2297 of an unspecified number. [32]pp. With 17 monochrome portraits of sailors, soldiers, and airmen in the text. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Lightly rubbed and spotted. Inked ownership inscription of Kennington's son, Christopher, to upper wrapper. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27563