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Photo of "The Monastery of Saint Werburgh: ..."
GRESWELL, William Parr. The Monastery of Saint Werburgh: a poem, with illustrative notes. [Manchester]. [Printed by Henry Smith], 1823. First edition. 8vo. [2], 48, 22pp, [2]. With 'Rodrigo, a Spanish Legend', and shorter pieces occasionally added to copies. Without half-title. Extra-illustrated with 12 engraved plates. Bound by J. Winstanley of Manchester in near contemporary green straight-grain morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26221
Photo of "Hints on agricultural subjects, and ..."
CURWEN, J[ohn] C[hristian]. Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1809. Second edtion. 8vo. xxiv, 385pp, [3]. With a half-title, an aquatint frontispiece, five engraved plates on four sheets, and four folding letterpress tables. Uncut in original publisher's grey boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh (1825-1872) and later shelf-label of Easton Neston Library (obscuring bookseller's ticket) to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31038
Photo of "Memoirs of marmontel, written by ..."
MARMONTEL, [Jean-Francois]. Memoirs of marmontel, written by himself: containing his literary and political life, and anecdotes of the principle characters of the eighteenth century. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme...and John Murray, 1805. First edition in English. 12mo. In four volumes. Contemporary green diced calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black calf lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spines dulled. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26365
Photo of "Dombey and son"
DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and son. London. Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. 8vo. [vi-xi], xii-xvi. 624pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 38 engraved plates by H. K. Browne. Without half-title or errata leaf. Contemporary half-morocco, marbled paper boards, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate to FEP, near contemporary inked ownership inscription of Sir James Clark Brook to verso of FFEP, scattered ... More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 30820
Photo of "Substance of a second speech ..."
CASTLEREAGH, Robert Stewart, Viscount. Substance of a second speech of the marquis of londonderry...on the subject of the agricultural distress of the country, and the financial and other measures proposed for its relief... London. Printed for John Hatchard and Son, 1822. First edition. 8vo. 78pp, [2]. With half-title and a terminal advertisement leaf. Unopened, stitched, as issued. Lightly spotted, dust-soiling to margins. From the recently dispersed library of Newbattle Abbey - though not identified as such. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 18214
Photo of "Seven pillars of wisdom a ..."
LAWRENCE, T. E. . Seven pillars of wisdom a triumph. London. Jonathan Cape, 1935. Third English edition. Quarto. 672pp. Four folding maps, 48 plates, with further line illustrations throughout the text. Third English edition, the first for general circulation after two prior privately printed editions. Original publisher's brown buckram cloth boards stamped in gilt, with the functional cream dustwrapper lettered in black. Fore and bottom edges uncut, with some leaves remaining unopened towards the end of the text block. Boards somewhat faded with ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 27998
Photo of "Our new house [the theatre ..."
[STOKER, Bram]. Our new house [the theatre annual]. London. Carson & Comerford, 1895. First edition. Large 8vo. 34pp, [6]. Original publisher's decorative colour wrappers, staple bound, with contemporary cloth repair to spine. Cloth detaching, wrappers marked and stained with some losses to the edges. Internally bright, with contemporary monochrome advertising throughout, and the original perforated subscription slips intact. Colour advertising bound in at rear. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31011
Photo of "Old clocks and watches and ..."
BRITTEN, Frederick James. Old clocks and watches and their makers. London. E. & F. N. Spon Limited, 1932. Sixth edition. 8vo. viii, 891pp. With a frontispiece and 934 illustrations in the text. Bound by Bumpus of Oxford in navy morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Spine a little chipped and worn, boards lightly rubbed. Upper hinge starting, otherwise internally bright and clean. From the library of Laurence Olivier, without any indication of such. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31085
Photo of "The tour of doctor syntax, ..."
[COMBE, William]. The tour of doctor syntax, In Search of the Picturesque. A poem. [London]. [Printed by J. Diggens], [1812]. Second edition. 8vo. 276, [2], 4pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, a hand-coloured engraved title page, 29 hand-coloured engraved plates from etchings by Thomas Rowlandson, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities heavily rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, horizontal tear to leaf U4 - touching text without loss - occasional short tears to plates, advertisement leaves shaved, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31003
Photo of "The Two Widecombe Tracts, 1638 ..."
[DEVONSHIRE]. The Two Widecombe Tracts, 1638 giving a Contemporary Account of the great Storm, reprinted with an introduction. Exeter. James G. Commin, 1905. vi, [4], 37pp.

[Bound with:] Richard Peek of Tavistock: His three to one, The Commendatory Verses and the Play of dick of devonshire. Exeter. James G. Commin, 1905. [4], x, 100pp.

[And:] CLAYDEN, Arthur W. The history of devonshire scenery: an essay in Geographical Evolution. Exeter. James G. Commin, 1906. [6], 202pp. With a photogrpahic frontispiece and a further 42 photographic plates.

[And:] An Old ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31020
Photo of "The Post Office of India ..."
HAMS, Lieut.-Col. H. A. The Post Office of India in the Great War. Bombay. The Time Press, 1922. First edition. Quarto. [6], viii, 430pp. With a half-title, a photographic frontispiece, and numerous photographic illustrations in the text. Later gilt-tooled half-calf, red cloth boards. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, leaves browned, small worm-tracks running throughout - touching text in places without loss of sense, occasional ink and blind stamps of the Elphinstone College Library, Bombay. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31018
Photo of "The domestic architecture of the ..."
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