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English Books - 1801 onwards

[IMPORTATION]. ECROYD, W. Farrer. The policy of self help. Suggestions towards the consolidation of the empire and the defence of its industries and commerce. London. Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1879. First edition. 8vo. v, 25pp. Stitched, as issued. Central vertical fold. A trifle dust-soiled, scattered foxing, ink-stamp of the Webster Collection to verso of final leaf. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'With the author's compliments'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24972
RAMUS, Charles Meade. The polysphenic ship; or, the possibility of a greatly increased speed at sea proved by new experiments. With an appeal to the government to publish the experiments made by the admiralty to test the inventor's proposals. London. Edward Stanford, 1874. First edition. 8vo. 24pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities lightly rubbed and marked. Central vertical fold. Recent book-label of Robin de Beaumont to verso of upper wrapper. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31723
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the pickwick club. London. Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form. 8vo. xiv, [2], 609pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and Phiz (i.e. H. K. Browne). Contemporary green calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, slight loss to lower corner of leaf Ee5, short marginal tear to terminal leaf, ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30546
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London. Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition, early issue. 8vo. xiv, [2], 609pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and Phiz (i.e. H. K. Browne). Contemporary dark green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards, black morocco lettering-piece. Later recased. Extremities rubbed and dulled, corners bumped. Bookseller's ticket of T. Evans of Birmingham to FEP, near contemporary inked gift inscription to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28995
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the pickwick club. London. Champan & Hall, Ld., 1899. Gadshill Edition. 8vo. In two volumes. With half-titles, an additional engraved title page to Vol.I, engraved frontispieces to each volume, and 40 further engraved plates. Modern gilt-tooled burgundy half-morocco, red cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, with a touch of surface wear to upper board of Vol.I. Browning to edges of endpapers, very occasional light spotting throughout. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 35054
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
TAYLOR, Mrs.. The present of a mistress to a young servant: consisting of friendly advice and real histories. London. Printed for Taylor and Hessey...and Josiah Conder, 1816. Third edition. 12mo. vi, [2], 167pp, [5]. With an engraved frontispiece and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's brown paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, chipping to spine and lettering-piece, adhesive residue to foot. Recent book-label of Peter Stewart Young to FEP, spotting to frontispiece. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25659
SYMONDS, John Addington. The principles of beauty. London. Bell and Daldy, 1857. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 72pp. With a half-title and eight engraved plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Plates foxed. Ink ownership inscriptions of Thomas Gladstone to FEP and head of title. Presentation copy, ink inscription to recto of FFEP: 'From the Author'. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28755
WOOD, James. The principles of mechanics: designed for the use of students in the university. Cambridge. Printed by J. Smith, 1818. Sixth edition. [4], 211pp, [1].

[Bound with:] WOOD, James. The elements of optics: designed for the use of students in the university. Cambridge. Printed by J. Smith, 1818. Fourth edition. [4], 250pp.

[And:] VINCE, Rev. S. The principles of hydrostatics: designed for the use of students in the university. Cambridge. Printed by J. Smith, 1812. Fourth edition. [4], 120pp.

8vo. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-vellum, marbled paper boards, contrasting ... More >
£ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25169
WOOD, James. The principles of mechanics: designed for the use of students in the university.. Cambridge. Printed at the University Press, by R. Watts, 1803. Third edition. 8vo. [2], 199pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, with splitting to head of upper and lower joints, surface wear to spine and extremities, chipping to lettering-piece, light scoring to boards. Armorial bookplate to FEP. With two terminal leaves of pencilled annotations, additional marginal pencilled notes throughout. Leaves browned, light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34974
[PRIVATEERING]. The privateer; a tale of the sea. London. Andrews, 1848. Second edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. [2], 212; [2], 219pp, [5]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, very occasional spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20831
[MARRYAT, Frederick]. The privateer's-man: one hundred years ago. London. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1846. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 379, [1], 32; [4], 361pp, [1]. With publisher's advertisement catalogue to the end of Vol. I. Bound by Bowyer & Co. of Harrow Road, London, in near contemporary gilt-tooled red half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black and brown morocco lettering-pieces, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP of Vol. I, original publisher's cloth spine panels ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22280
ERSKINE, John. The private life of helen of troy. Indianapolis. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. Twentieth Anniversary edition. 8vo. 304pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Corners bumped, spine faded, with a few small marks. Internally bright and clean. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'For Laurence Olivier - with the sincere regard of Helen Worden Erskine - London January 6 1953'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31206