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[WEITBRECHT, Mary Edwards]. Memoir of the rev. john james weitbrecht, late missionary of the church missionary society at burdwan, in bengal. Comprehending a history of the burdwan mission. Compiled from his journal and letters, by his widow... London. James Nisbet and Co., 1854. First edition. 8vo. xxviii, 580pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, two further engraved plates, and an engraved folding map. Bound by Knill of Reading in contemporary dark green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Later inked ownership/gift inscriptions to recto of front blank fly-leaf. With a loosely inserted A.L.S. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31441
SHELLEY, P. B.. Poems from shelley selected and arranged by stopford brooke. London. Macmillan and co, 1880. 8vo. lx, 339pp. Bound by J. Larkins in contemporary brown half-morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Heavily worn, upper board detached, large piece of head of spine torn away.

Around 40 manuscript annotations to margins throughout; accompanied by several pressed flowers. With unidentified photographic portrait of a man sat at a desk loosely inserted.
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£ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32054
MARSHALL, Mrs Julian. The life and letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. London. Richard Bentley & Son, 1889. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [1], 369pp, [3]; [3], vii, 325pp, [3]. Half-title to volume 2 only. With a leaf of publisher's advertisements to rear of both volumes. Brocade paper over original publisher's mustard cloth boards. Wear and tear to corners and edges, discolouration to spine. Light spotting to endpapers. Engraved portrait frontispiece to both volumes (volume 1, Mrs M.W. Shelley, volume 2, E. J. Trelawny.) ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32072
[AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF INDIA]. Report of the agricultural and horticultural society of india, for the year 1841 [sic]. Calcutta. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, 1841. First edition. 35pp, [1].

[Bound with:] [Drop-head title:] List of members of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India. January 1st 1841. [Calcutta]. [Bishop's College Press], [1841]. [2], 23pp, [1].

8vo. Modern brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Two early manuscript corrections to first
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£ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32634
[SMITH, Horace]. [SMITH, James]. Rejected addresses: or, the new theatrum poetarum. London. John Murray, 1833. Eighteenth edition. 8vo. xxxi, [1], 170pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in late nineteenth- century gilt-tooled navy morocco, eight intricate metal bosses (likely added later) with green, red, and turquoise detailing to upper board, A.E.G. Housed in custom clamshell case. A trifle rubbed. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32798
[LAING, Charles C.]. Bad ober-gegessingen, 1890. London. Jones & Evans (Late Henry Sotheran & Co.,) Booksellers, 1891. Privately printed. 8vo. x, [3], 111pp, [1]. With a lithographed frontispiece, one further lithographed plate, and numerous charming vignette line-drawings throughout text. No. 48 of an unspecified number of privately printed examples; with the caveat that 'This Extract is published for private use only. It has been "stopped" partly by a friendly hand; perhaps it would have been better if he had stopped it altogether'. An inscription (to ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33189
[VILLIERS, Ernest]. [Cover title:] Recollections. [London]. [Sir Joseph Causton & Son], [1912]. First edition. Quarto. 63pp, [1]. Original publisher's green buckram, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To my dear nephew Douglas Loch, from his affectionate uncle Ernest Villiers. April 1912'. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33575
DISRAELI, B[enjamin]. Sybil; or, the two nations. London. Henry Colburn, 1845. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. viii, 315pp; [4], 324pp; [2], 326pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting dark green morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed, with surface loss to joints and edges, spines sunned. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 34019
PATER, Walter. Marius the epicurean . London. Macmillan and Co., 1885. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [8], 260pp; [8], 246pp, [2]. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, bumping to head and foot of spines. Endpapers browned, very occasional light scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 34025
MCNICOLL, David. An address read to the society for acquiring useful knowledge, Nottingham, July 24, 1812. Nottingham. Printed by C. Sutton, at the Review Office, Bridlesmith-Gate, 1812. 12mo in 4s. 33pp, [3]. Recent library cloth, contrasting imitation leather lettering-piece, earlier wrappers bound in. Bookplate of City of Nottingham Public Libraries to FEP, several further stamps (including to title) to text. Rubbed, a little marking to upper board. Occasional marking to text, with some neat marginal tape repairs to text-block and earlier wrappers. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 34619
[LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE]. The london and edinburgh philosophical magazine and journal of science...Vol. XIV...january-june, 1840. London. Richard and John E. Taylor, [1840]. 8vo. viii, 607pp, [1]. With seven engraved plates and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary marbled paper boards, recently rebacked and recornered preserving contemporary red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Armorial bookplate of John Sundius Stamp to FEP, blind-stamps of the Cardinal Hayes Library, New York to title page and leaf C6. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 34857
DRINKWATER, John. The christ child at christmas manuscript. Highgate. [s.n.], 1930. Quarto. Pencil on paper. Three (single side) leaves, with a covering note on lined paper ‘My dear ?Jeff This, the original draft of 'The Christ Child at Christmas', of which the first page appears to have been written on blotting paper, is to wish you a very happy Christmas and New Year. Yours affectionately, John Drinkwater, Highgate, Christmas 1930'. More > £ 540.00 Antiquates Ref. 29663
MILNE, A. A. Winnie-the-pooh. London. Metheun & Co., [1926]. First edition, deluxe issue. 8vo. xi, [4], 158pp, [2]. Illustrated throughout by Ernest H. Shepard. Original publisher's gilt-stamped pictorial limp green sheep, A.E.G., pictorial endpapers. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Early inked gift inscription to half-title, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 750.00 On Sale: £ 590.00 Antiquates Ref. 34345
PEEL, W[illiam]. A ride through the nubian desert. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. First edition. 8vo. viii, 135, [1], 32pp. With half-title, an engraved frontispiece and a terminal publisher's catalogue. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbing to spine, joints, and edges, a trifle marked. Armorial bookplate of 'Mervyn Lloyd Peel' to FEP, lightly foxed. More > £ 600.00 Antiquates Ref. 14845
[SURTEES, Robert Smith]. Mr Facey Romford's Hounds. London. Bradbury and Evans, [1865]. First edition. 8vo. In original 12 monthly parts. With 24 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech and Halbot Knight Browne. Original publisher's brick-red pictorial wrappers, housed in recent custom red morocco pull-off case by W. Root & Son of London. Case a trifle rubbed, with bookplates of Samuel Henry Austin and Lucius Wilmerding. Very slight chipping to spines, upper panel of part I detached from text-block. Internally clean ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 10191
SULLIVAN, W.F.. Juvenile sketches; or, the history of Mrs. Barton and her Little Family. Illustrated with some instructive stories for the youth of both sexes. London. Printed and sold by Dean & Munday, Threadneedle-Street, 1818. Third edition. 12mo, erratically mis-signed. [2], 5-56pp. [2]. With folding engraved frontispiece, two further engraved plates, all three after Isaac Cruikshank, and a terminal blank. Original buff printed paper wrappers. Rubbed to surfaces and extremities, corners slightly dog-eared, occasional pencil marking to text. Marginal tear to A6 without loss. Early ink inscription (J.M. Gresley?) to verso of upper wrapper. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 21355