Shop antiquarian books on “English Books – 1801 onwards”

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[DAY, Thomas]. The history of little jack, a foundling; Together with the history of william, an orphan. London. Printed for S. & A. Davis, 1818. 12mo. 76, 50pp. With seven woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's green roan-backed buff boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked gift inscription to FEP, contemporary book-label of Thos. Fras. Jepson to head of title, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24294

MATHERS, John [pseud.]. The history of mr. john decastro and his brother bat, commonly called old crab. The merry matter written by john mathers; the grave by a solid gentleman. London. Printed for T. Egerton, 1815. First edition. 12mo. Four volumes bound as two. [2], vi, 338, [4], 404; [4], 366; [4], 406pp. With half-titles. Later half- calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting. Ticket of bookseller and stationer W. Bradford of Exeter to FEPs. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26381

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SULLIVAN, William Francis. The history of Mr. rightway and his pupils; An Entertaining and Instructive lesson for young gentlemen. London. Printed by and for William Darton, Jun., 1816. First edition. 12mo. [4], 84pp. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and two further engraved plates. Without the terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue found in some copies. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, corners exposed. Plates browned, offsetting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27961

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[JESUS CHRIST]. The history of our blessed lord, in easy verse, for young children. London. James Burns, 1843. First edition. 8vo. [4], 49pp, [1]. With 13 hand-coloured engraved plates. Original publisher’s printed buff paper boards, later rebacked. Boards rubbed and marked. Upper board and initial gathering held by single cord only. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: ‘From the Author’. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25880

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SHERRING, Rev. M. A. The history of protestant missions in india from their commencement in 1706 to 1881. London. The Religious Tract Society, 1884. New edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 463pp, [1]. With four engraved folding maps. Original publisher's navy cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed, lettering-piece browned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31584

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JOHNSON, Samuel. The history of rasselas, prince of abyssinia. A Tale.. London. Printed for John Sharpe, 1822. 8vo. viii, 184pp. With a half-title, an additional engraved title page, and a further three engraved plates by Richard Westall. Contemporary green straight-grain morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine darkened and sunned. Bookplate of Robert Williams to FEP, inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP: 'Robert Williams, the gift of his affectionate cousin and sincere friend, C. M. Williams, August ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34090

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DAY, Thomas. The history of sandford and merton. London. Printed for J. F. Dove, 1833. 12mo. 347pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 18 engraved plates. Contemporary green half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Recent ticket of the Museum Bookshop, Dublin to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28680

[DAY, Thomas]. The history of sandford and merton. A Work intended for the use of children. London. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington et al., 1812. New edition. 12mo. In two volumes. xvi, 232; [4], 239pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, and a further two engraved plates.. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, recently expertly rebacked, preserving contemporary spine panels, black morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed. Early inked ownership inscriptions of Edward Farrer Acton to both FFEPs, offsetting to titles, occasional spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23120

LLOYD, W. Watkiss. The history of sicily to the athenian war; with elucidations of the sicilian odes of pindar. London. John Murray, 1872. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 396, 12pp. With an engraved folding map and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped purple cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, a trifle marked, heavily sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28713

MORTON, James, Rev.. The history of the abbey of jedburgh. Published from the Monastic Annals of Teviotdale. [Through the kindness and permission of W. H. Lizars, Esq.]. Jedburgh. Printed by Walter Easton, 1836. 12mo. [2], 104pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered foxing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25563

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BRUCE, J[ohn]. The history of the Ancient savoy palace, (built by the duke de savoy, A.D. 1245,) now the scite of the waterloo bridge. London. Sold by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones et al., 1817. First edition. 8vo. 18pp. With an engraved folding frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. A trifle marked and creased, price on upper wrapper struck through. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24541

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[SEWARD, A.]. The history of the church in the wilderness; or, Considerations respecting god's dealings with the members of the church, in all ages. Nottingham. Printed by Sutton and Son, 1814. First edition. 12mo. iv, [1], 6-110pp. Partially unopened in contemporary drab paper boards, recently rebacked. Extremities rubbed and marked. Without free-endpapers, paper repair to lower corner of title, lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 17532

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KENNEDY, James. The history of the contagious cholera; with facts explanatory of its origin and laws, and of a rational method of cure. London. James Cochrane and Co, 1831. First edition. 8vo. [4], xv, [1], 291pp, [1]. With two engraved folding maps. Modern calf- backed marbled paper boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Offsetting to title page. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31796

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THIERS, A[dolphe]. The history of the french revolution. London. Henry G. Bohn, 1861. 8vo. [4], 972pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and marked, sunned. Marbled endpapers, inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32996

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SITARAMAYYA, B. Pattabhi. The history of the Indian National Congress (1885-1935). [Madras]. [Printed at the Law Printing House], 1935. First edition. 8vo. xxii, 1038, civ pp. With 12 photographic plates. Original publisher's yellow buckram, lettered in black. Heavily rubbed and marked, boards bowed, spine sunned. Tickets of Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha of Madras and Arthur Probsthain of London to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32182

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DONALD, T. F.. The Hodge Podge Club 1752-1900. Glasgow. James MacLehose and Sons, 1900. First edition. 8vo. [8], 98pp. Presentation copy, with the loosely inserted compliments slip of the author. Original publisher's navy blue buckram, lettered in gilt to spine. A crisp copy, lightly rubbed and marked, with a few old paint spots to boards. Endpapers browned. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33399

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[KILNER, Dorothy]. M. P. . The holiday present; containing anecdotes of mr. and mrs. jennet, and their little family; master george, master charles, master thomas, miss maria, miss charlotte, and miss harriet. Interspersed with instructive and amusing stories and observations. London. Printed for John Harris, 1831. Second Harris edition. 8vo. iv, 68pp. With engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's pictorial blue paper boards, red roan spine. Slightly rubbed, a little marked, else a crisp copy. Early inked gift inscription to head of title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24308

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[BIBLE - English]. The holy bible containing the old and new testaments: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, By His Majesty's Special Command.. Cambridge. Printed by J. Smith, printer to the University, 1825. 8vo. Unpaginated. Contemporary black morocco, ruled in gilt and blind, and lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed, with wear to extremities, and light scoring to boards. Later book-label of Lowther Castle library to FEP. Leaves lightly browned, light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33924

[BIBLE - English]. The holy bible, containing the old and new testaments... London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1835. 8vo. Unpaginated. Contemporary sombre binding, blind-stamped black morocco. A trifle rubbed. Small hole to FFEP, without front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29761

[BIBLE - English, Authorized Version]. The holy bible, containing the old and new testaments... Oxford. Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collingwood and Co., 1823. Quarto. Unpaginated. With additional engraved title pages for both the O.T. and N.T., and a further 27 engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary blind-stamped black straight-grain morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Manuscript records of births, deaths, marriages etc. of the Trueman family to front blank fly-leaves, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19315