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Photo of "The oakleyites"
BENSON, E. F. The oakleyites. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [1915]. First edition. 8vo. 318pp. Original publisher's blue cloth boards lettered black, with title to spine in gilt. Slightly rubbed, with a little bumping to corners and spine ends, some marking to the fore edge. Internally bright and clean, save minor toning to endpapers and half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30035
Photo of "Scarlet and Hyssop"
BENSON, E. F. Scarlet and Hyssop. London. William Heinemann, 1902. First edition. 8vo. 316pp, [32]. Original publisher's yellow cloth boards lettered in black, with the red, blue and black flower pot design stamped to front board. Boards a little marked, spine toned, bumping to spine ends and corners; else a crisp copy. Top and fore edge untrimmed, internally bright and clean. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30030
Photo of "Limitations"
BENSON. E. F.. Limitations. London. A. D. Innes & Co., 1896. First edition. 8vo. 348pp, [8]. Original publisher's blue cloth boards lettered in gilt. Shelf-wear to all edges and boards, spine a little faded, corners and spine ends bumped. Fore and bottom edge untrimmed, foxing throughout the slightly loosened page block. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30029
Photo of "Paul"
BENSON, E. F.. Paul. London. William Heinemnn, 1906. First edition. 8vo. 321pp. Original publisher's yellow cloth boards, lettered black, with a striking black, green and white design to the front board. Bottom edge untrimmed. Bumping to spine ends and corners, else a crisp copy with a little foxing to all edges, and throughout the page block. With the bookplate of Ronald Southey to the front pastedown. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30028
Photo of "Up and down"
BENSON, E. F.. Up and down. London. Hutchinson & Co., 1918. First edition. 8vo. 256pp, [16]. With 16 pages of publisher's advertising bound in at rear. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered in black. Bottom edge untrimmed. Shelf-wear to boards, bumping to corners and spine ends, else a crisp copy. All edges foxed, with further minor foxing throughout. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30027
Photo of "Bensoniana"
BENSON, E. F.. Bensoniana. London. Arthur L. Humphrey, 1912. First edition. Square 8vo. [8], 64pp. Original publisher's soft green reverse calf wrappers, lettered gilt, with a decorative boarder stamped in blue, red, and black. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Internally bright and clean, with a gift inscription 'Lizzie from Evelyn Xmas 1914' to the front marbled endpaper. Wraps a little worn and faded, and the spine sunned. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30097
Photo of "The White Eagle of Poland"
BENSON, E. F.. The White Eagle of Poland. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [1918]. First edition. 8vo. 265pp, with two folding full colour maps. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered black, with a white eagle design stamped to front. 'For review' stamp to half-title. All edges faded, corners bumped, spine slightly sunned. Internally bright save the toned endpapers and a few small marks throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30514
Photo of "Six common things"
BENSON, E.F.. Six common things. London. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1893. First edition thus. 8vo. [6], 271pp. Original publisher's green cloth boards lettered gilt with blind tooling. Boards are scuffed and marked, rolled spine ends fraying, with some staining. Decorative endpapers remain bright, with a little toning through the loosening page block. With an ink ownership inscription to the title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30110
Photo of "Crescent and iron cross"
BENSON, E. F.. Crescent and iron cross. London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1918. First edition. 8vo. [10] 269pp. With two bound in colour maps of the Balkan states, with a further fold out map glued to the RFEP of the Turkish Empire in 1914. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered silver. Shelf-worn with corners bumped, spine faded. Internally bright, with very minor toning and a few nicks to pages. Folding map to the rear has a tear but remains complete. More > £ 100.00 On Sale: £ 80.00 Antiquates Ref. 30134
Photo of "Sketches from Marlborough"
[BENSON, Edward Frederic]. Sketches from Marlborough. Marlborough. Printed and published by Chas. Perkins, 1888. First edition. 8vo. 105pp, [1]. Original publisher's navy cloth, tooled and black and lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Ink-stamp to recto of FFEP of the Rye Dormy House Club (the accommodation for visiting golfers playing at the renowned links course at Camber, East Sussex), inked annotation 'By Benson: "Dodo" to browned title page - inscribed in pencil beneath, no doubt at a later ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 27526
Photo of "The Atlantic islands as resorts ..."
BENJAMIN, S[amuel] G[reene] W[heeler]. The Atlantic islands as resorts of health and pleasure. New York. Harper & Brothers, 1878. First edition. Quarto. 274pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and two terminal advertisement leaves. Original publisher's burgundy pictorial cloth, gilt. Slight rubbing to spine. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to recto of FFEP; 'Eugene Cowles, Esq. / with the compliments of / the author.' With the booklabel of Eugene H. Cowles (1855-1892) to FEP, and a tipped-in A.L.S. ... More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 14070
Photo of "Directions for revenue officers in ..."
[BENGAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT]. Directions for revenue officers in the north-western provinces of the bengal presidency, regarding the settlement and collection of the land revenue, and the other duties connected therewith. Promulgated under the authority of the honorable the lieutenant-governor. Agra, November 1, 1849. Calcutta. Printed by J. Thomas, at the Baptist Mission Press, [1850]. 8vo. 513pp, [1]. With two engraved folding plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-roan. marbled paper boards. Extremities worn, surface loss to boards, joints starting, worming and chipping to spine. Hinges exposed, extensive worming to gutters/endpapers, pencilled shelf-marks to head of detached title page, imprint date rubbed away, very occasional early manuscript notes to margins. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28119
Photo of "Industry and idleness, a pleasing ..."
BELSON, Mary. Industry and idleness, a pleasing and instructive tale for good little girls, in words not exceeding two syllables. London. Printed by William Darton, Jun., 1816. New edition, corrected. 12mo. 60pp, [4]. With an engraved folding frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Later restitched into original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities worn an soiled, loss to spine, small hole to upper panel. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription of W. Marshall Parkins to head of title, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27104
Photo of "The rambles of a butterfly"
BELSON, Mary. The rambles of a butterfly. London. Printed by and for W. Darton, Jun., 1819. 12mo. [2], 177pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further two engraved plates, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards,, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, chipping to foot of spine. Later bookplate of S. & E. S. Taylor to FEP, early inked ownership inscription of Anne Thompson to FFEP, final gathering protruding from text-block, foxed. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 23163
Photo of "A Kind of Private Magic"
BELSHAW, Patrick. A Kind of Private Magic. [London]. Andre Deutsch, [1994]. First edition. 8vo. 240pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. Bookplate of George Lowe to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FFEP: 'For my good friends Mary and George Lowe, with whom I have been privileged to share a different kind of magic. Thank you for your interest and support. Best Wishes, Pat'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23621
Photo of "The sexagenarian; or, the Recollections ..."
[BELOE, William]. The sexagenarian; or, the Recollections of a literary life. London. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1818. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 435, [1]; [2], 388pp. Contemporary panelled calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Rubbed, surface loss to boards, spines sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial ink-stamps to versos of both FFEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33071