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Photo of "The pleasures of home, with ..."
PORTER, R.. The pleasures of home, with other poems. London. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy et al., 1821. Second edition. 8vo. [4], ii, [2], 128pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone plain paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Spine a trifle rubbed, light marking to boards, loss to lettering-piece. Lightly foxed. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP; 'Mr. Edwd. Brooks - / with R. Porter's, christian regard, / Oct. 2 - 1821 -'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 14148
Photo of "The moralist; or, essays on ..."
POTTER, John Philips. The moralist; or, essays on the means of Moral Education. Addressed to parents. London. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington...and J. Parker, 1821. First edition. 12mo. [3], vi-viii, 166pp, [2]. Without half-title. Handsomely bound in contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Slightest of rubbing and marking to extremities. Lightly foxed, overall internally clean and crisp. From the Williams' Library, Cheltenham, with their ink-stamp to FEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 16024
Photo of "Guide to Kulchur"
POUND, Ezra. Guide to Kulchur. [New York]. New Directions Books, [1952]. 8vo. 379pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in silver, pictorial dustwrapper. Extremities rubbed, chipping and some slight loss to dustwrapper, spine panel sunned. From the library of English Movement poet and literary critic Donald Davie (1922-1995), with his inked ownership inscription to FFEP and occasional manuscript annotations to text. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23611
Photo of "Patria mia and the treatise ..."
POUND, Ezra. Patria mia and the treatise on harmony. London. Peter Owen, [1962]. First U.K. edition. 8vo. 95pp, [1]. Original publisher's dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper a trifle sunned. Endpapers browned. From the library, though not identified as such, of English Movement poet and literary critic Donald Davie (1922-1995). More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 26322
Photo of "H. S. Mauberley"
POUND, Ezra. H. S. Mauberley. Milano [i.e. Milan]. All'Insega del Pesce d'Oro, [1959]. 8vo. Limited edition of 1,000 copies, of which this is number 218. 57pp, [2]. Illustration to upper wrapper and two plates of illustrations by Jean Cocteau. With three plates Parallel English and Italian text. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33023
Photo of "The natural philosophy of love"
[POUND, Ezra]. GOURMONT, Remy de. The natural philosophy of love. London. The Casanova Society, 1926. First British edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 1,500 copies on deckle-edged laid paper, of which this is copy number 346. x, 182pp, [2]. Unopened in original publisher's green cloth-backed cream paper boards, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, dustwrapper browned and spotted, loss to head and foot of spine panel. Bookplate to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 24736
Photo of "The history of barbados, from ..."
POYER, John. The history of barbados, from the first discovery of the island, in the year 1605, till the accession of lord seaforth, 1801. London. Printed for J. Mawman, 1808. First edition. Quarto. xxix, [7], 8, [2], 9-668pp. With a list of subscribers. Bound by W. & G. Baird of Belfast in later half-calf, brown cloth boards, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Minor shelf-wear. Endpapers browned, binder's ticket and armorial bookplate of Anglo-Irish British Army officer and politician Hugh McCalmont (1845-1924) to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 30178
Photo of "Official History of the Indian ..."
PRASAD, Bisheshwar [editor]. Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War 1939-45: the reconquest of Burma. [Calcutta]. Combined Inter-Services Historical Section, 1958. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xxvi, 467, [1]; xxv, [1], 539pp, [1]. Numerous photographic illustrations and maps (some folding). Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrappers. A trifle rubbed, spines sunned. Armorial bookplate of Field Marshal Slim to both FEPs. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25940
Photo of "Once to sinai: The further ..."
PRESCOTT, H. F. M.. Once to sinai: The further pilgrimage of Friar Felix Fabri. London. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition. 8vo. 310pp. With a photographic frontispiece, a further seven photographic plates, and seven maps and illustrations in the text. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spin sunned, cocked. Scattered spotting. Ink gift inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30406
Photo of "Histoire de manon lescaut et ..."
PREVOST, Abbe. Histoire de manon lescaut et du chevalier des grieux. Paris. G. Boudet, 1889. 8vo. xxii, [2], 203pp, [5]. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further 12 chromolithograph plates, and 212 engraved illustrations in the text by Maurice Leloir. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and bumped, spine sunned. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26263
Photo of "The cambrian wreath; a selection ..."
PRICHARD, T. J. Llewelyn [editor]. The cambrian wreath; a selection of English Poems and Welsh Subjects, original and translated from the cambro-british, historic and legendary, including wlesh melodies: by various authors of celebrity, living and departed. Aberystwyth. Printed for the editor, by John Cox, 1828. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 200pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to lower board, spine dulled. Later ink and pencil ownership inscriptions to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 30179
Photo of "An inquiry into the knowledge ..."
PRIESTLEY, Joseph. An inquiry into the knowledge of the antient hebrews, concerning a future state. London. Printed for J. Johnson...by D. Levi.., 1801. First edition. 8vo. viii, [3]-67pp, [9]. With an 8pp terminal 'catalogue of books, written by Dr. Priestley, and printed for J. Johnson', and numerous blanks bound in at front and rear. A crisp copy in nineteenth-century limp half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. A trifle rubbed, marking to corners, else fine. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24079
Photo of "Autumn leaves: Original Poems"
PRINCE, John Critchley. Autumn leaves: Original Poems. Hyde. Printed by G. Booth, and sold by the author, [1856]. First edition. 12mo. viii, 101pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29259