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Photo of "De profundis"
WILDE, Oscar. De profundis. London. Methuen and Co., [1905]. Second edition. 8vo. 151pp. Bound for Hatchards in contemporary gilt-ruled red half-morocco, red cloth boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine lightly sunned. Occasional light marking to initial leaves, edges of endpapers browned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34310
Photo of "Della pittura e della statua"
ALBERTI, Leonbatista. Della pittura e della statua. Milano. Dalla Società Tipograpfica de'Classici Italiani, 1804. 8vo. xxv, [1], 136pp, [4]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further six engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, supralibros of George Agar-Ellis to both boards. Rubbed, without lettering-pieces. Recent bookplates of J. B. Bury and Michael Bury to FEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32523
Photo of "Degas"
MEIER-GRAEFE, Julius. Degas. London. Ernest Benn Limited, 1923. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Quarto. One of 1000 numbered copies, of which this is no. 225. 87 pp. With 103 plates. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered gilt. Boards a trifle rubbed and marked, spine ends lightly bumped. Internally bright and clean, save toning to endpapers, with the original 103 tissue guards loosely inserted. With the bookplate of Anthony Eden to front pastedown. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29822
Photo of "Defensive instructions for the people: ..."
MACERONE, Francis. Defensive instructions for the people: containing the new and improved combination of arms, called foot lancers; miscellaneous instructions on the subject of small arms and ammunition, street and house fighting, and field fortification. London. Printed and published by J. Smith, [1832]. First edition. 8vo. 8, 72pp. With a folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, a further four folding lithographed colour plates, and an engraved folding plan. Original publisher's cloth-backed buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, marked, and bumped, early inked ownership inscription to upper board, corners exposed. Offsetting to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22765
Photo of "Death of the king"
[GEORGE IV]. Death of the king. Poole. Moore and Sydenham, Printers, [1830]. Dimensions 190 x 230 mm. Single sheet handbill, text within black border. Creased, some loss to margins, evidence of removal from a mount to verso. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25473
Photo of "Deanes' manual of the history ..."
DEANE, J[ohn]. Deanes' manual of the history and science of fire-arms. London. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1858. First edition. 8vo. 291pp, [1]. With three engraved folding plates and a tipped-in errata slip. Modern green calf, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Marbled endpapers, early ink ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, manuscript 'J." to title page, leaves browned and spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30530
Photo of "Days and hours in a ..."
B[oyle], E[leanor] V[eale]. Days and hours in a garden.. London. Elliot Stock, 1884. Third edition. 8vo. viii, 204pp, [2]. With half-title, numerous in-text illustrations, and a tipped-in slip advertising additional large paper copies to half-title. Uncut in original publisher's gilt-stamped buff paper boards, with a lower yapp edge. Rubbed and marked, with chipping to edges, loss to head and foot of spine, light spotting to boards. Illustrated bookplate of Ann Wilbraham to FEP. Inked gift inscription addressed to 'Aunt Mary from ... More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34552
Photo of "Days and hours"
TENNYSON, Frederick. Days and hours. London. John W. Parker and Son , 1854. First edition. 8vo. viii, 346pp, [6]. With 6 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original publisher's brown cloth boards tooled in gilt and blind. Boards and spine slightly marked, slight bumping to corners. Small green paper label on FEP displaying 'Gilbert Brothers, Booksellers'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29201
Photo of "Day by day at Lucknow. ..."
CASE, Mrs. [Adelaide]. Day by day at Lucknow. A journal of the siege of lucknow. London. Richard Bentley, 1858. First edition. 12mo. iv, 348pp. Bound by Westleys & Co. of London in original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and cocked, spine sunned. Upper hinge exposed, remnants of later excised bookplate to FEP, binder's ticket to REP. Early inked ownership inscription of 'E. Macpherson' to head of title page; Emma Macpherson, mother of Sir William Charles Macpherson (1855-1936), civil servant in India, member ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33140
Photo of "Davidis Ruhnkenii in Terentii Comoedias ..."
RUHNKEN, David. Davidis Ruhnkenii in Terentii Comoedias dictata. Brunsiano exemplo emendatius multisque partibus integrius ex apographo hamburgensi edita. Cura Ludovici Schopeni. Bonnae [i.e. Bonn]. Impensis Ed. Weberi, 1825. 8vo. vi, 285pp, [1]. Handsomely bound in a near contemporary Harrow school prize binding of gilt-tooled calf, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed, some slight marking. Marbled endpapers, lightly foxed, prize-plate of Harrow school, dated 1841, to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 13867
Photo of "Dartmoor: a Descriptive Poem"
CARRINGTON, N[oel] T[homas]. Dartmoor: a Descriptive Poem. London. Published by Hatchard and Son, 1826. First edition. 8vo. cv, [3], 204pp, [8]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 11 engraved plates, a list of subscriber's, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's red paper-backed marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Heavily rubbed, spine worn, lower board detached, corners bumped. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, some ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32416
Photo of "Darkness at Noon"
KOESTLER, Arthur. Darkness at Noon. Pennsylvania. The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited ediiton. 8vo. 238pp. Original publisher's gilt-stamped black calf, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Orange silk moiré endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Signed by the author to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23541
Photo of "Daphne and other poems"
TENNYSON, Frederick. Daphne and other poems. London. Macmillan and Co., 1891. First edition. 8vo. [4], 522pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Slight loss to lower margin of initial leaf of text, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30862
Photo of "Dante, petrarch, camoens: CXXIV sonnets"
GARNETT, Richard [Translator]. Dante, petrarch, camoens: CXXIV sonnets. London. John Lane, 1896. First edition. 8vo. xii, 147, [1], 15pp, [1]. With a half-title, a tipped-in errata slip, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Uncut in original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: 'Dr. A. H. Japp, with R. Garnett's / kind regards / May 1896'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32071
Photo of "Cuckoo songs"
TYNAN HINKSON, Katharine. Cuckoo songs. London. Elkin Matthews and John Lane, 1894. First edition. 8vo. x, 105, [3], 14pp, [2]. With half-title, an engraved title page, and a terminal catalogue of advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's gilt-tooled salmon pink cloth. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Light scuffing to initial leaves. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34544
Photo of "Crusader castles"
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Crusader castles. Oxford. Clarendon Press, [1990]. New edition. 8vo. xl, 154pp. With a black and white photographic frontispiece and numerous black and white photographs and illustrations in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Some marking to top-edge, else clean and crisp, a very good copy. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21457