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Photo of "A naturalist in the guiana ..."
HINGSTON, Major R. W. C.. A naturalist in the guiana forest. London. Edward Arnold & Co., 1932. First edition. 8vo. xiii, [2], 384pp. With 16 plates and 150 illustrations in the text. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked spine sunned and a trifle cocked. Half-title lightly foxed, otherwise bright throughout. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31842
Photo of "The Cause of Truth defended; ..."
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[HILL, Thomas]. The Cause of Truth defended; being a plain statement of the facts connected with the Two Trials of the Rev. T. Hill, methodist preacher, for defamation of the character of Miss Bell, of North-Shields, containing a correct report of the trial at York, And other Matter relative thereto, illustrated by fac-similes of Three different Hand-Writings of Mr Hill.. London. Simpkin and Marshall, 1827. First edition. 8vo. viii, 155pp, [1]. With six folding plates containing facsimiles of manuscript letters. Uncut in contemporary two-tone paper boards, rebacked, contrasting modern gilt-tooled burgundy morocco lettering-piece to spine. Lightly worn, with chipping to foot of spine, and bumping to corners. Some light damp-staining to gutters, scuffing to endpapers, and occasional spotting, but largely clean. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 35067
Photo of "The shelley correspondence in the ..."
HILL, R. H. [editor]. The shelley correspondence in the bodleian library: Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley and others, mainly unpublished, from the Collection presented to the Library by Lady Shelley in 1892... Oxford. Printed for the Bodleian Library By John Johnson, Printer to the University, 1926. First edition. Quarto. xv, [1], 48pp. Uncut in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, and creased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32412
Photo of "Expedicion al Himalaya (En busca ..."
HILLARY, Edmund, Sir. DOIG, Desmond. Expedicion al Himalaya (En busca del fabuloso Yeti, el "Abominable Hombre de las Nieves"). Buenos Aires. Editorial de Ediciones Selectas S. R. L., [1964]. 8vo. 336pp. With numerous monochrome photographic illustrations. Original publisher's grey cloth boards, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Light rubbing/bumping to extremities, dustwrapper heavily worn, separated into component panels/flaps, with some browned naive tape repairs. Bookplate of George Lowe to FEP. Flat signed by Sir Edmund Hillary to title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23425
Photo of "The white slave: or, memoirs ..."
HILDRETH, R[ichard]. The white slave: or, memoirs of a fugitive. A Story of slave life in Virginia, etc. London. Ingram, Cooke, & Co., 1852. First English illustrated edition. 8vo. [6], 302pp, [2]. With a preliminary advertisement leaf, an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and six further engraved plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, a trifle cocked. Recent book-label of Peter A. Crofts to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27409
Photo of "A new hieroglyphic bible.."
[HIEROGLYPHIC BIBLE]. A new hieroglyphic bible... Derby. Thomas Richardson and Son, 1845. 12mo. 67pp, [1]. Wrappers included in pagination. With an engraved frontispiece and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's pictorial yellow wrappers. Rubbed and marked, loss to spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26050
Photo of "Report of the state of ..."
HEYWOOD, B. A.. Report of the state of the liverpool institution, made to the meeting of the proprietors on the 14th march, 1820. Liverpool. Printed by G. F. Harris's Widow and Brothers, 1820. First edition. 8vo. v, [2], 8-24pp. Original publisher's drab paper wrappers. Substantial loss to spine, chipping to wrap edges, spotting. Title-page lightly foxed, else internally clean and crisp. Inscribed ‘Fasque’ to head of upper wrapper, from the recently dispersed Scottish Gladstone estates. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13682
Photo of "Addresses delivered at the meetings ..."
HEYWOOD, B. A.. Addresses delivered at the meetings of the proprietors of the liverpool royal institution, on the 27th february, 1822, and 13th february, 1824. Liverpool. Printed by Harris and Co., 1824. First edition. 8vo. 87pp. With an engraved landscape frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Later blue paper wrappers, printed paper lettering-piece pasted to upper board. Very lightly rubbed. Occasional light scattered spotting, endpapers browned. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30623
Photo of "The spirit of the woods, ..."
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[HEY, Rebecca]. The spirit of the woods, illustrated by coloured engravings. . London. Longman, Rees et al., 1837. First edition. 8vo. [3], xvi, 306pp. Without half-title. With a tipped-in errata slip, colour engraved frontispiece and 25 further colour engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-vellum, contrasting black calf lettering-piece and gilt-tooled red morocco onlays to spine, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, with surface wear to boards, upper joint slightly starting at foot of spine, spine dulled. Light scattered spotting, heavier to initial leaves. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29891
Photo of "Recollections of the lakes, and ..."
[HEY, Rebecca]. Recollections of the lakes, and other poems. London. Tilt and Bogue, 1841. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 284pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Partially unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, splitting to upper joint. Hinges partially exposed, ink-stamp of Mimpriss & Co., Cheltenham to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22217
Photo of "The old man's head: or, ..."
HEWLETT, Esther. The old man's head: or, youthful recollections. London. William Darton, [1824]. First edition. 12mo. 180pp. With an engraved frontispiece and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, surface loss to bumped corners and head of spine, upper joint split. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, plates a trifle browned and spotted, offsetting to title. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21699
Photo of "King rene's daughter: A Danish ..."
HERTZ, Henrik. King rene's daughter: A Danish Lyrical Drama. London. Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1850. First edition. 8vo. [8], 78pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Insect damage to head of initial three leaves. Ink inscription to verso of FFEP: 'To Robert Roy Esq. / with the kind regards / of the Translator / Theodore Martin / 17 January 1850'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30466
Photo of "A complete collection of the ..."
HERTSLET, Lewis. A complete collection of the treaties, and reciprocal regulation, at present subsisting between great britain & foreign powers, and of the laws, decrees, and orders in council, concerning the same; so far as they relate to commerce and navigation, to the repression and abolition of the slave trade; and to the privileges and interests of the subjects of the high contracting parties. London. Henry Butterworth, 1827. 8vo. In three volumes. vi, 408; vi, 395, [1]; xii, 575, [1], 8pp. Contemporary brown morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, later rebacked, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked. Recent shelf-label of Peter A. Crofts to FFEP of Vol. II, More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27371
Photo of "Select poems from the hesperides, ..."
HERRICK, Robert. Select poems from the hesperides, or works both human and divine...with occasional remarks by j[ohn] n[ott].. Bristol. J. M. Gutch, 1810. First edition. 8vo. [4], iv, [2], 253pp, [1]. With half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author after Marshall's famous frontispiece in Hesperides. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, recently rebacked preserving contemporary backstrip, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, lower joint starting, corners exposed. Spotting and browning to frontispiece, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29115
Photo of "Scraps of poetry. An essay ..."
HERD, Richard. Scraps of poetry. An essay on free trade. Kirkby Lonsdale. Printed by Arthur Foster, 1837. First edition. 12mo. [2], ix, [1], 95pp, [1]. Original publisher's dark green cloth, recently expertly rebacked, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Rubbed and marked. Long horizontal tear, naively repaired, to leaf G1 (not touching text), Foxed. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21049
Photo of "Helga. A poem."
HERBERT, William. Helga. A poem.. London. John Murray, 1815. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 299pp, [1]. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-decorated straight-grain burgundy morocco. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Leaves lightly browned, very light scattered spotting, More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34643
Photo of "Poems"
HERBERT, L. F. Poems. London. Basil Blackwell, 1946. First edition. 8vo. 55pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, with original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Minor shelf wear, dustwrapper lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured.Leaves lightly dampstained. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32075
Photo of "The poetical works"
HERBERT, George. The poetical works. London. George Bell and Sons, 1886. 12mo. clxxix, [1], 403pp, [1]. Bound by Bickers & sons in contemporary dark brown crushed morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Decorated endpapers, gilt dentelles, contemporary inked ownership inscription of William Hubert Cornish to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29521