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Photo of "Last days in new guinea ..."
MONCKTON, C. A. W. Last days in new guinea being further experiences of a new guinea resident magistrate. London. The Bodley Head, 1922. First edition. 8vo. x, 286, [4]. With 54 illustrations, two folding maps, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, blind stamped and lettered gilt. Fore- and bottom-edge untrimmed, top edge once gilt, some leaves uncut. Boards a little marked, lightly toned, nonetheless a sturdy copy. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31845
Photo of "Memorials of hannah ball, the ..."
BALL, Hannah. Memorials of hannah ball, the first methodist sunday school teacher. London. Wesleyan Conference Office, 1880. Third edition, revised. Small 8vo.. xii, 143pp. Original publishers light orange cloth boards printed and lettered black and gilt. Boards rubbed and marked, endpapers toned with light foxing throughout. FFEP with small tear. With a pencilled date annotation on p5, and further passages marked with improvised bookmarks. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32016
Photo of "Poems"
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
Photo of "The lost brooch, or the ..."
[MOZLEY, Harriet Elizabeth]. The lost brooch, or the history of another month. A tale for young people. London. James Burns...and Henry Mozley and Sons, 1841. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. 312; [3], 6-362pp. Without half-titles. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Rubbed, spines sunned. Marbled endpapers, near contemporary inked gift/ownership inscriptions to front blank fly-leaves. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32248
Photo of "The wild sports of india: ..."
SHAKESPEAR, Major Henry. The wild sports of india: with detailed instructions for the sportsman; to which are added remarks on the breeding and rearing of horses, and the formation of light irregular cavalry. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1862. Second edition, much enlarged. 8vo. xv, [1], 365, [3], 16pp. With a lithographed portrait frontispiece and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Modern salmon pink cloth, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine.Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Armorial bookplate of William Scott Curtis to FEP, occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32259
Photo of "Aceldama and other poems and ..."
RICHARDSON, Charles. Aceldama and other poems and lyrics. London. Simpkin and Marshall, 1851. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 292pp. Original publisher's blind-stamp brick red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Recent inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32265
Photo of "The Naulahka: a story of ..."
KIPLING, Rudyard, BALESTIER, Wolcott. The Naulahka: a story of west and east. London. William Heinemann, 1892. First edition. 8vo. [4], 276pp, [8]pp. With four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Rubbed, marked, and a trifle cocked, spine dulled, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, later armorial bookplate of George de L'Isle Bush to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32268
Photo of "Miscellaneous poems"
B[ULLOCK], J[ames] T[rower]. Miscellaneous poems. London. Edward West, 1852. First edition. 8vo. viii, 128pp. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32290
Photo of "Wordsworth's Grave and other Poems"
WATSON, William. Wordsworth's Grave and other Poems. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Second edition. 8vo. 94pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards. With original publisher's protective tan dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked. Endpapers browned, book-label of Josephine Dockar Drysdale to FEP, calling card of Rev. Charles Tulloch to verso of RFEP, further contemporary pencilled ownership inscription to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32370
Photo of "Facetiae cantabrigiensis: consisting of anecdotes, ..."
SOCIUS. Facetiae cantabrigiensis: consisting of anecdotes, smart sayings, satirics, retorts, &c. by or relating to Celebrated Cantabs. London. Charles Mason, 1836. Third edition, considerably enlarged. 8vo. viii, 286, 2pp. With an enrgraved portrait frontispiece and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped purple cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, marked, and heavily sunned, head of spine chipped, lower joint split. Hinges exposed, ticket of booksellers May of Taunton and recent bookplate of John Fowles to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32386
Photo of "Baldine And other Tales"
EDLER, Karl Erdmann. Baldine And other Tales. London. Richard Bentley and Son, 1886. First edition in English. 8vo. In two volumes. xliv, 289, [1]; [2], 291pp, [1]. Titles printed in red and black. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32393
Photo of "Memoirs of the tower of ..."
BRITTON, John; BRAYLEY, E. Memoirs of the tower of london: comprising historical and descriptive accounts of that national fortress and palace.... London. Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1830. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 374pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece, and engraved title vignette, and 18 engraved plates. Bound by Whitehead & Morley of Leeds in contemporary half-calf, purple moire cloth boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, marked, sunned, and discoloured. Binder's ticket to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32394
Photo of "A Little Book of Songs ..."
RIMBAULT, E[dward] F[rancis]. A Little Book of Songs and Ballads, gathered from Ancient Musick Books, MS. and Printed. London. Printed [by Arliss and Tucker] for John Russell Smith, 1851. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 227, [1], 12pp. Title printed in red and black. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary green sheep-backed marbled paper boards. Rubbed, loss to dulled spine. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, contemporary newspaper clipping tipped-in to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32408
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
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
Photo of "Underwoods"
JONSON, Ben. Underwoods. Cambridge. Printed at the University Press, 1905. Quarto. Limited edition of 250 copies printed on hand-made paper. [4], 164pp, [2]. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's vellum-backed powder blue paper boards, paper lettering-piece to upper board. Heavily rubbed, marked, and dulled, title in manuscript to spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32421
Photo of "Memoirs and adventures of felice ..."
ORSINI, Felice. Memoirs and adventures of felice orsini, written by himself, containing unpublished state papers of the roman court. Edinburgh. Thomas Constable and Company, 1857. First edition in English. 8vo. xix, [1], 286pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Partially unopened in original publisher's purple cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and heavily sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32441