English Books - 1801 onwards

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Photo of "A list of the york ..."

[FOXHOUNDS]. A list of the york and ainsty hounds, from 1841. York. John Sotheran, [1886]. 8vo. 137 leaves, printed on rectos only. Handsomely bound by Sotheran's of York in contemporary black straight-grain morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, A. E.G. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional manuscript corrections to text. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31735

Photo of "The honey bee. Reprinted from ..."

[JAMES, Thomas]. The honey bee. Reprinted from the 'Quarterly Review'. London. John Murray, 1852. 8vo. [4], 99pp, [1].

[Bound after:] JAMES, Thomas. The history and antiquities of northamptonshire. London. John Murray, 1864. iv, 103pp, [1].

[And:] [JAMES, Thomas]. The flower garden. With an essay on the poetry of gardening. London. John Murray, 1852. 108pp.

8vo. Handsomely presented in richly gilt-tooled green calf, with the titles of the works lettered in gilt to upper board. Marbled endpapers and edges. With an ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32208

Photo of "Zoluman, a tragedy, and other ..."

QUARMBY, William. Zoluman, a tragedy, and other poems. London. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., [1870]. First edition. 8vo. [8], 116pp. With an errata slip tipped to verso of FFEP, with a vertical crease to both. Interleaved throughout with blank leaves. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy calf, contrasting red morocco lettering, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32374

Photo of "A sketch of the laws ..."

STROUD, George M. A sketch of the laws relating to slavery in the several states of the united states of america. Philadelphia. Henry Longstreth, 1856. Second edition. 8vo. 300pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed, chipping to head cap. Endpapers browned, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'J T. Coleridge / Southwick Crescent / Febry. 1863', long tear to p.297-298 - touching text without loss of sense, scattered spotting. More > £ 475.00 Antiquates Ref. 26021

Photo of "Carmina Glottiana: Poems of Avondale ..."

INSH, George Pratt. Carmina Glottiana: Poems of Avondale and Clydeside. Edinburgh. Lindsay & Co., 1928. First edition. 8vo. [8], 15pp, [1]. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Presentation copy, inked ownership inscription to recto of half-title: 'With the compliments of the author'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32437

Photo of "The Sonnets and Songs.."

MILLHOUSE, Robert. The Sonnets and Songs... Nottingham. Norris & Cokayne, 1881. First edition. 12mo. xix, [1], 91pp, [1]. With a frontispiece. Original publisher's dark green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, lettering-piece browned and chipped. Bookplate of Nottingham Public Libraries to FEP, blind-stamp of same to title, inked shelf-mark to verso, marginal tears/chipping to frontispiece, leaves browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32503

Photo of "Sermons on the canticles"

KRUMMACHER, DR. F[riedrich] W[ilhelm]. Sermons on the canticles. London. Wertheim & Macintosh, 1852. 12mo. [2], 113pp, [1]. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32486

Photo of "Man, as a moral and ..."

MUDIE, Robert. Man, as a moral and accountable being. London. Wm. S. Orr & Co., 1840. First edition. 12mo. xiii, [1], 262pp. With a engraved frontispiece and an engraved title page. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, lightly marked, slight loss to head of dulled spine. Early inked ownership inscription and blind-stamp of bookseller G. Winterburn of Bolton to FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32445

Photo of "Bibliotheca Curiosa. The History of ..."

GOLDSMID, Edmund [editor]. Bibliotheca Curiosa. The History of Reynard the Fox, Translated and printed by william caxton, 1481. Edinburgh. Privately printed, 1884. 12mo. In two volumes. 99, [1]; 120pp. Uncut in original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed, heavily discoloured. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32446

Photo of "The book of the seasons; ..."

HOWITT, William. The book of the seasons; or the calendar of nature. London. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. First edition. 8vo. xxviii, 404pp. With twelve engraved plates. Contemporary green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Without lettering-piece. Rubbed and sunned. later inked ownership inscription to FEP, scattered spotting, plates foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32432

Photo of "In the days when the ..."

LAWSON, Henry. In the days when the world was wide and other verses. Sydney. Angus and Robertson, 1896. Third thousand. 8vo. 234pp, [8]. With four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in black to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32439

Photo of "Letters from australia"

MARTINEAU, John. Letters from australia. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1869. First edition. 8vo. xvi, [2], 206pp. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and cocked, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32440

Photo of "Imagination and fancy; or selections ..."

HUNT, Leigh. Imagination and fancy; or selections from the english poets... London. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1844. First edition. 8vo. xii, 345pp, [1]. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription and manuscript note to recto of FFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32438

Photo of "New symbols"

HAKE, Thomas Gordon. New symbols. London. Chatto and Windus, 1876. First edition. 8vo. [6], 136, 32pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Bound by W. Bone & Son of London. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, boards cockled, spine dulled. Inked ownership inscription of Thomas Gaisford to recto of FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32434

Photo of "A song of italy"

SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. A song of italy. London. John Camden Hotten, 1867. First edition. 8vo. 8, 66, [2], 6pp. With initial and terminal catalogues of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32433

Photo of "The annual of british landscape ..."

TWAMLEY, Louisa Anne. The annual of british landscape scenery. An autumn ramble on the wye. London. W. S. Orr and Co., [1839]. First edition. 8vo. 152pp, [4] With an additional engraved title page, a further 19 engraved plates, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Attractively bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled green morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, later book-label of Douglas Heber Hill Grainger to FEP, plates foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32420

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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. A philosophical review of reform by percy bysshe shelley (Now printed for the first time) together with an introduction and appendix by t. w. rolleston. London. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1920. First edition. Quarto. xi, [1], 94pp. With a photographic frontispiece and one further plate. Unopened in original publisher's cloth-backed green paper boards, lettered in black to spine. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'Evelyn Brook / from T. W. Rolleston / Sept. 24, 1920'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32415

Photo of "The cenci: a tragedy in ..."

SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The cenci: a tragedy in five acts...given from the poet's own editions... London. Published for The Shelley Society by Reeves and Turner, 1886. 8vo. xii, [4], 107pp, [5]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Unopened in original publisher's printed blue paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32414

Photo of "Winchester, and a few other ..."

[TOWNSEND, Rev. Charles]. Winchester, and a few other compositions, in prose and verse. Winchester. James Robbins, 1835. First edition. Quarto. 82pp. Original publisher's cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Rubbed and marked, loss to lettering-piece. Scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32411

Photo of "The shelley correspondence in the ..."

HILL, R. H. [editor]. The shelley correspondence in the bodleian library: Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley and others, mainly unpublished, from the Collection presented to the Library by Lady Shelley in 1892... Oxford. Printed for the Bodleian Library By John Johnson, Printer to the University, 1926. First edition. Quarto. xv, [1], 48pp. Uncut in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, and creased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32412

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