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English Books - 1801 onwards

[CALEDONIAN JESTER]. The Caledonian Jester; being a choice selection of repartees, puns, and bon-mots, well adapted to excite mirth and afford general amusement. London. Printed by Dewick and Clarke...for T. Hughes, 1806. First edition. 12mo. [3], 6-38pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. With an engraved hand-coloured frontispiece 'Dr. Monsey's singular method of drawing of teeth'. Uncut. Modern marbled paper boards. Original publisher's printed powder-blue sugar wrappers bound in. Rubbed, spine worn. Bookplate of Charles Todd Owen and book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, wrappers marked and torn. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 17606
AIKIN, John. The calendar of nature. Designed for the instruction and entertainment of young persons. London. Printed for Baldwin and Cradock, 1835. New edition, corrected and much improved. 18mo in 6s. [2], x, 91pp, [5]. With half-title and two terminal advertisement leaves, vignette engraving to title and head of each month within text. A handsome copy in original roan-backed marbled paper boards, gilt. Boards a little faded, slightest of rubbing. Bookseller's label of 'H. Fraser, Greenock' to FEP, gift inscription to head of half-title. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 15174
PRICHARD, T. J. Llewelyn [editor]. The cambrian wreath; a selection of English Poems and Welsh Subjects, original and translated from the cambro-british, historic and legendary, including wlesh melodies: by various authors of celebrity, living and departed. Aberystwyth. Printed for the editor, by John Cox, 1828. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 200pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to lower board, spine dulled. Later ink and pencil ownership inscriptions to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 30179
FENTON, George Livingstone. The canary and Other Poems. Derby, Leicester, and Nottingham. Frank Murray, 1891. First edition. 8vo. Large paper edition of 60 copies (50 of which for sale), this being number 29, signed by the publisher. x, [2], 65pp, [3]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Unopened in original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers. Extremities, lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured. Nottingham Public Libraries loan card pasted to recto of FFEP, blind-stamp of same to title page. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 29548
BENSON, E. F.. The capsina. London. Methuen & Co., 1899. First edition. 8vo. 343pp [39]. With four tipped in illustrated plates by G. P. Jacomb-Hood. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered gilt. Boards stained and marked, chipping to spine, all edges worn, corners and spine ends bumped. Endpapers toned, with an ownership signature to the FFEP. A catalogue of books and announcements by the publisher bound in to rear. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30089
MEREDITH, George. The case of general ople and lady camper. New York. John W. Lovell Company, [1890]. 126pp.

[Bound with:] MEREDITH, George. The tale of chloe: an episode in the history of beau beamish. New York. John W. Lovell Company, [1890] 144pp.

8vo. Contemporary green calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, slight loss to head of sunned spine. Marbled endpapers, pencilled ownership inscription to title of first mentioned work of the author's daughter, Marie Eveleen Meredith (1871-1933). More >
£ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29554
GROSSETESTE, Robert. The Castle of Love: A Poem...Now first printed from Inedited Manuscripts of the Fourteenth Century. Brixton Hill. [Printed by C. & J. Adlard] For private circulation only, 1849. Quarto. Limited edition of 100 copies signed by the publisher (ten of which printed on thick paper); this copy is number 66, on thin paper. vii, [1], 80pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, short tear to margin of p.51-52, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20792
SCOTT, Leader [i.e. BAXTER, Lucy]. The Castle of Vincigliata. Florence. Printed by G. Barbèra, 1897. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 304pp, [3]. With numerous photographic illustrations in the text, full-page photographic portraits of Louisa Temple Leader and John Temple Leader (Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy). Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges red. Rubbed, some chipping to joints. Upper hinge exposed, armorial bookplate of publisher Thomas Fisher Unwin (1848-1935) to FEP, FFEP detached. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23688
[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
[TRADE UNIONISM]. HYNDMAN, H. M. The chicago riots and the class war in the united states. (A Reprint from "Time."). London. Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co., 1886. First offprint edition. [2], 16pp

[Bound with:] [Caption title:] To-day. No. 26.----february, 1886. [33]-64pp.

[And:] "The Times" and Mr. Parnell: the press and the patriot. A lecture, Being a Criticism of the pRess and a Defence of the Patriot, Delivered in the Unitarian Christian Church, Aberdeen, 7th May, 1887. First edition. Aberdeen. George Middleton, [1887]. 12pp. Ink-stamp of the Aberdeen Branch of the Socialist League to head of ... More >
£ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 29372
[YONGE, Frances Mary et al.]. The child's christian year: hymns for every sunday and holy-day, compiled for the use of parochial schools. Oxford. John Henry Parker, 1841. First edition. 12mo. xii, 113pp, [19]. With nine terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29843
[CHILD'S OWN BOOK]. The child's own book. For April, 1839. London. Published by Richard Davis, [1839]. 16mo. 49-64pp. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed yellow wrappers.

[Together with:] Another copy of the same work in variant publisher's printed blue wrappers. A trifle creased and dusty. More >
£ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25268