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English Books - 1801 onwards

DOUGLAS, Sir George. The border breed: georgics & pastorals & other poems. London. The St. Catherine Press, 1909. First edition. Quarto. 134pp. Title printed in red and black. With a coloured frontispiece and one further coloured plate. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32387
HOWITT, William. The boy's country-book: being the real life of a country boy, written by himself; exhibiting all the amusements, pleasures, and pursuits of children in the country. London. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841. Second edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xi, [1], 308pp. With numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Without half-title. Handsomely bound by Potter and Sons of York in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. Very slightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, short tears to upper margins of leaves S7 and S8, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 23401
KINGSTON, W[illiam] H[enry] G[iles]. The boy's own book of boats. Including vessels of every rig and size to be found floating on the waters in all parts of the world. London. Sampson, Low, Son & Co., 1861. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 224, 16pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 11 engraved plates, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, dulled. Ticket to FEP of Jennett & Co., booksellers of Stockton-on-Tees, contemporary ownership inscription to FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34235
BYRON, Lord. The bride of abydos. A turkish tale. London. Printed by Thomas Davison...for John Murray, 1813. Fourth edition. [4], 72pp.

[Bound with:] [BYRON, Lord]. Ode to napoleon buonaparte. London. Printed for John Murray...by W. Bulmer and Co., 1814. Fifth edition. 17pp, [3]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements.

8vo. Contemporary gilt-ruled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper board held by cords only, paper labels of Nottingham Public Libraries to upper board. Armorial bookplate of Francis Launder to ... More >
£ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33021
[BRITISH MAGAZINE]. The british magazine. A monthly journal of literature, science, and art. London. Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, 1830. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes, all published. [2], 480, [2]; [2], 476pp, [2]. Bound by S. Franceys of Liverpool in contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, spines richly gilt, marbled edges. Rubbed, slight shipping to lettering-pieces. Armorial bookplates of Peter Bancroft to FEPs, later armorial bookplates and ink ownership inscriptions to FFEPs, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 12385
[STEVENSON, Alan]. The british pharos; or a list of the lighthouses on the coasts of great britain and ireland, descriptive of the appearance of the lights at night. For the use of mariners. Leith. Published and Sold by W. Reid & Son, 1831. Second edition. 8vo. xvi, 118pp. Original publisher's glazed cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed to extremities and bumped to corners, short splits and chips at head and foot of spine. Inscribed 'From the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses' to FFEP, and with printed note regarding the mooring of a 'Floating Light Vessel...off the North End of Haisborough Sand' pasted to FEP. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 31285
HOWITT, Samuel. The british sportsman. London. Published and Sold by Edward Orme, 1812. New edition. Quarto. With 72 plates (plate 17 and 17*), including the frontispiece. Contemporary black half-morocco, black cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30325
GRAY, George. The burgh school of rutherglen. [s.i.]. Printed for Private Circulation, 1891. First edition. 8vo. Limited to 100 copies. vi, 107pp, [1]. Title in red and black. Original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To / James Wallace Esq. / from G. G.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33274
[CALEDONIAN JESTER]. The Caledonian Jester; being a choice selection of repartees, puns, and bon-mots, well adapted to excite mirth and afford general amusement. London. Printed by Dewick and Clarke...for T. Hughes, 1806. First edition. 12mo. [3], 6-38pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. With an engraved hand-coloured frontispiece 'Dr. Monsey's singular method of drawing of teeth'. Uncut. Modern marbled paper boards. Original publisher's printed powder-blue sugar wrappers bound in. Rubbed, spine worn. Bookplate of Charles Todd Owen and book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, wrappers marked and torn. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 17606
AIKIN, John. The calendar of nature. Designed for the instruction and entertainment of young persons. London. Printed for Baldwin and Cradock, 1835. New edition, corrected and much improved. 18mo in 6s. [2], x, 91pp, [5]. With half-title and two terminal advertisement leaves, vignette engraving to title and head of each month within text. A handsome copy in original roan-backed marbled paper boards, gilt. Boards a little faded, slightest of rubbing. Bookseller's label of 'H. Fraser, Greenock' to FEP, gift inscription to head of half-title. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 15174
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
FENTON, George Livingstone. The canary and Other Poems. Derby, Leicester, and Nottingham. Frank Murray, 1891. First edition. 8vo. Large paper edition of 60 copies (50 of which for sale), this being number 29, signed by the publisher. x, [2], 65pp, [3]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Unopened in original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers. Extremities, lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured. Nottingham Public Libraries loan card pasted to recto of FFEP, blind-stamp of same to title page. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 29548
BENSON, E. F.. The capsina. London. Methuen & Co., 1899. First edition. 8vo. 343pp [39]. With four tipped in illustrated plates by G. P. Jacomb-Hood. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered gilt. Boards stained and marked, chipping to spine, all edges worn, corners and spine ends bumped. Endpapers toned, with an ownership signature to the FFEP. A catalogue of books and announcements by the publisher bound in to rear. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30089
MEREDITH, George. The case of general ople and lady camper. New York. John W. Lovell Company, [1890]. 126pp.

[Bound with:] MEREDITH, George. The tale of chloe: an episode in the history of beau beamish. New York. John W. Lovell Company, [1890] 144pp.

8vo. Contemporary green calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, slight loss to head of sunned spine. Marbled endpapers, pencilled ownership inscription to title of first mentioned work of the author's daughter, Marie Eveleen Meredith (1871-1933). More >
£ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29554
GROSSETESTE, Robert. The Castle of Love: A Poem...Now first printed from Inedited Manuscripts of the Fourteenth Century. Brixton Hill. [Printed by C. & J. Adlard] For private circulation only, 1849. Quarto. Limited edition of 100 copies signed by the publisher (ten of which printed on thick paper); this copy is number 66, on thin paper. vii, [1], 80pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, short tear to margin of p.51-52, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20792