Shop antiquarian books on “English Books – 1801 onwards”

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[HORTICULTURE]. The garden; or, familiar instructions for the laying out and management of a flower garden. London. John Harris, 1833. Third edition. 8vo. 175pp, [33]. With engraved 19 plates and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red roan-backed dark-green cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25264

TAYLOR, Jefferys. The farm; a new account of rural toils and produce. London. John Harris, 1832. First edition. 8vo. 175, [7]pp. With 34 engraved plates, eight on steel and twenty-six on wood, and three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red roan-backed dark-green cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, loss to head of spine. Loss to one plate, all browned/damp-stained. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24075

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[PRETYMAN, George]. Claim and case and evidence in the service of George Lord Bishop of Winchester, as nearest heir-male in general of Sir Thomas Pretyman of Greensfarme, baronet of Nova Scotia, and retour of the service. 1823. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [1823]. First edition. Folio. iv, 47pp, [1]. With a folding genealogical table. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, recently rebacked to style. Boards rubbed. Armorial bookplate to FEP, foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 25295

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HADFIELD, P. Heywood. With an Ocean Liner (S.S. "Ophir" - Orient-Pacific Line) through the fiords of Norway. A Photographic Memento of Fortnight's Cruising. [London]. Printed by The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co., [1905]. Quarto. With 58 photographic illustrations in the text. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25279

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STOWE, W. E.. Time tables shewing without mental calculation the number of days from any given day in any month, to every day in any other month during a year. London. Parker, Furnivall & Parker, 1848. First edition. Quarto. [2]pp. 12 engraved tables with slides. Original publisher's blind-stamped dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, recently rebacked, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Boards rubbed and marked. Book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22529

HERBERT, A[lan] P[atrick]. Poor poems and rotten rhymes. Winchester. P. & G. Wells, 1910. First edition. 12mo. 72pp. Unopened in original publisher's printed buff wrappers, housed in custom navy cloth clamshell case. Extremities a trifle rubbed. Internally immaculate. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24964

HELPS, Sir Arthur. Life and labours of Mr. Brassey. London. Bell and Daldy, 1872. Third edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 386pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, two further engraved plates, and four engraved maps. Original publisher's brick-red cloth, stamped in gilt and black. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24970

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[SMEDLEY, Edward]. Lux renata: a protestant's epistle, with notes. London. Printed for J. Mawman, 1827. First edition. 8vo. [8], 63pp, [1]. With a half-title. Stitched into recent powder-blue wrappers. Book-label of J. O. Edwards to verso of upper wrapper, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 25128

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SHIPP, John. The military bijou; or the contents of a soldier's knapsack: being the gleanings of thirty-three years' active service. London. Published by Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., 1831. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xii, 240; v, [1], 240, 4pp. With two final leaves of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Recent tan paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces. Minor shelf-wear. Occasional chipping to margins. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25019

KINGSLEY, Charles. Andromeda and other poems. London. Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1862. Third edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 169pp, [3]. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, marked, and bumped. Contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 25081

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HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Wonder-book for girls and boys. Boston. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. First American edition. 8vo. vi, [7]-256pp. With an engraved frontispiece and six engraved plates after designs by Hammat Billings. Without inserted publisher's catalogue. Original publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt. Rebacked, with original spine laid-down. Spine sunned with some loss to head, foot, and joints, slight rubbing to boards. Internally clean and crisp but for the occasional spot of light foxing, bookplate to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 12908

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[PEGGE, Samuel]. Anonymiana; or, ten centuries of observations on various authors and subjects. London. Printed by and for John Nichols and Son, 1809. First edition. 8vo. [2], v-viii, 527pp, [1]. Without half-title. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate to FEP, foxed. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23314

SWAFFER, Hannen. Hannen Swaffer's who's who. London. Hutchinson & Co., [1929]. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 100 copies, of which this is number five. Flat signed to dedication page. With a portrait frontispiece. 255pp, [1]. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24916

MACKENZIE, Compton. Echoes. London. Chatto & Windus, 1954. First edition. 8vo. 187pp, [3]. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper chipped, lower joint split, a trifle marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To Bryan Matheson / with all good wishes / from / Compton Mackenzie'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24918

TROLLOPE, Anthony. Ralph the Heir. London. Strahan & Co., 1871. First edition. 8vo. iv, 434pp. With 18 engraved plates. Contemporary half-calf, brown cloth boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities heavily rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24889

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NAPIER, Lieut.-Gen. Sir William. English battles and sieges in the peninsula. London. John Murray, 1879. New edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 469pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Handsome contemporary Hillbrow School, Rugby prize binding of gilt-tooled calf, gilt supralibros to upper board, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16490

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[KENDALL, Edward Augustus]. Burford Cottage, and it's robin-red-breast. London. Printed for Thomas Tegg and Son et al., 1835. First edition. 8vo. [4], 476pp. With an engraved frontispiece and title vignette by George Cruikshank. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Allston A. Kisby to FEP, inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, scattered foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24887

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LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The poetical works, lyrical and dramatic... London. Whittaker and Co. et al., 1853. Fourth edition. 12mo. xxvi, 471pp, [1]. Title in red and black. Contemporary gilt-tooled green morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title page, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24886

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KINGSLEY, Charles. Charles Kingsley: his letters and memoirs of his life. Leipzig. Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1881. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. 287, [1]; 278pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, green cloth boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24885

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EKINS, Charles. Naval battles, from 1744 to the peace in 1814, critically reviewed and illustrated. London. Published by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824. First edition. Quarto. xxix, 425pp, [3]. With half-title, a list of subscribers, and 79 engraved plates.Later navy half-morocco, navy cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, some offsetting, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24143