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LYND, Sylvia. The yellow placard. London. Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1931. First edition. 8vo. 80pp. Original publisher's tan cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, loss to lettering-piece. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Humbert Wolfe / from / Sylvia Lynd / a fragment of her / debt. 4. 4. 31.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27005
BOWRING, John. Poetry of the magyars, preceded by a sketch of the language and literature of hungary and transylvania. London. Printed for the author, and sold by Robert Heward et al., 1830. First edition. 8vo. xvi, lxxxiii, [1], 312pp [4]. With a list of subscriber's and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's olive green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, marked, sunned, and a trifle bumped, chipping to head of spine. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, spotted. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Mr James Bird / Yoxford / with ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 19795
SMITH, Charles John. Historical and literary curiosities, consisting of fac-similes of original documents; scenes of remarkable events and interesting localities; and birth-places, residences, portraits, and monuments, of eminent literary characters; with a variety of reliques and antiquities connected with the same subjects. London. Henry G. Bohn, 1845. First edition in book form. Quarto. [2], viii, [96]pp. With 95 engraved plates (five of them folding and nine with contemporary hand-colouring) and five woodcut vignettes. Original publisher's brown half-morocco, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. With a 4pp publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. With a tipped-in single sheet A.L.S. from the author to an unidentified recipient: 'Dear Sir, Iam going ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19510
[WILLETT, Ralph]. Merly library. A catalogue of the well known and celebrated library of the late ralph willett, esq. Brought from his Seat at Merly, in the County of Dorset...which will be sold by auction, by leigh and sotheby...On Monday, December 6, 1813... [London]. [Leigh and Sotheby], [1813]. 8vo. [4], 103pp, [1]. With a final page of auctioneer's advertisements. Disbound. Title a trifle marked, scattered spotting.

[Together with:] Prices of books, &c. in the library of the late ralph willett, esq. of merly, dorsetshire. [London]. [Leigh and Sotheby], [1814]. 8vo. [2], 25pp, [1]. Disbound. Light damp-staining to fore-edge. More >
£ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 16380
BURTON, John Hill. The Book-Hunter etc. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. New edition. 8vo. x, civ, 427pp, [1]. With an etched frontispiece, a tinted wood-engraved plate, and two vignettes. Extra-illustrated with 68 engravings/chromolithographs (predominantly portraits of prominent authors, but also illustrations of fine bindings), two leaves extracted from later publications, and two tipped-in A.L.S. in the hand of Katharine Burton (the author's second wife). Contemporary red morocco, lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later book-label of ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20584
CORRY, John. The life of Joseph priestley... Birmingham. Printed by Wilks, Grafton, & Co., 1804. First edition. 8vo. 4, [1], 10-60pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Dust-soiled, frontispiece creased and marked, small hole to centre of final leaf - touching text with slight loss of sense - scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25224
GARNETT, Richard. Essays of an ex-librarian. London. William Heinemann, 1901. First edition. 8vo. viii, 359pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, lettering-piece chipped. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27905
CRABBE, Rev. George. Poems. London. Printed for J. Hatchard, 1812. Sixth edition. 12mo. In two volumes. [3], vi-xlv, [3], 127, [1]; [2], 223pp, [1]. Without half-title. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled diced calf, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27911
ROGERS, Samuel. The pleasures of memory, with other poems. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803. New edition. 12mo. [8], 187pp, [1]. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black calf lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27910
MOORE, [Thomas]. Moore's irish melodies. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. New edition. Quarto. iv, 280pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and decorative borders and Illustrations after Daniel Maclise to every page of the main body of text (excluding preface, index etc.) engraved by F. P. Becker. Handsomely bound in near contemporary richly gilt-tooled navy morocco, 'VIOLET' stamped in gilt to upper board, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, near contemporary inked gift inscription to ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27914