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English Books - 1801 onwards

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Photo of "The "snow queen.""
SYMINGTON, Maggie. The "snow queen.". London. James Clarke and Co., [1869]. First edition. 12mo. 142pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Binding cocked, a trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Inked ownership inscription of M. Louisa Symington and Robert Symington to recto of FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22209
Photo of "The hill o' dreams"
LANYON, Helen. The hill o' dreams. Dublin. Sealy, Bryers and Walker, 1909. First edition. 12mo. 32pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, some marking to boards. Endpapers browned, contemporary inked initials to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22210
Photo of "The adventures of a donkey"
ARGUS, Arabella. The adventures of a donkey. London. William Darton, 1823. Second edition. 12mo. 252pp. With an engraved frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered and gilt. Rubbed, some surface loss to upper board. Offsetting to title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22229
Photo of "Revolt in the desert"
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Revolt in the desert. New York. George H. Doran Company, 1927. First American trade edition. 8vo. xvi, [4], 335pp, [1]. Pictorial endpapers after Kennington; with 16 plates and a folding map. Partially unopened in original publisher's brown cloth, stamped and lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper (horse variant). Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper heavily worn and marked, with substantial loss and several tape repairs. Short tear to margin of p.9-10, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22256
Photo of "The poetical works"
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The poetical works. London. George Routledge and Co., 1856. New complete edition. 8vo. viii, 581pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further seven engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later armorial bookplate of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to FEP, contemporary inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf, occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23125
Photo of "The life and works of ..."
COLVIN-SMITH, R. C. M.. The life and works of Colvin Smith, R.S.A. 1796-1875. Aberdeen. The University Press, 1939. First edition. 8vo. One of one hundred copies printed. viii, 134pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a further nine photographic plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper worn and damp-stained. 'Review copy' inscribed to FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23376
Photo of "The voyage of the Endeavour"
WOOD, G. Arnold. The voyage of the Endeavour. Melbourne. Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1933. 8vo. 116pp. Original publisher's limp orange cloth, ruled and lettered in black. Extremities rubbed, marked, damp-stained and sunned. Bookplate and ink-stamp of George Lowe to FEP, lightly stained. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23620
Photo of "A Kind of Private Magic"
BELSHAW, Patrick. A Kind of Private Magic. [London]. Andre Deutsch, [1994]. First edition. 8vo. 240pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. Bookplate of George Lowe to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FFEP: 'For my good friends Mary and George Lowe, with whom I have been privileged to share a different kind of magic. Thank you for your interest and support. Best Wishes, Pat'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23621
Photo of "The Castle of Vincigliata"
SCOTT, Leader [i.e. BAXTER, Lucy]. The Castle of Vincigliata. Florence. Printed by G. Barbèra, 1897. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 304pp, [3]. With numerous photographic illustrations in the text, full-page photographic portraits of Louisa Temple Leader and John Temple Leader (Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy). Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges red. Rubbed, some chipping to joints. Upper hinge exposed, armorial bookplate of publisher Thomas Fisher Unwin (1848-1935) to FEP, FFEP detached. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23688
Photo of "Some people"
NICOLSON, Harold. Some people. London. Constable & Co. Ltd., 1927. First edition. 8vo. vi, 247pp, [1]. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. Extremities marked and a trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Endpapers browned, occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23732