Shop antiquarian books on “English Books – 1801 onwards”

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MIKSCHE, F. O. The failure of atomic strategy & a New Proposal for the Defence of the West. London. Faber and Faber, [1959]. First British edition. 8vo. 224pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Remnants of printed paper dustwrapper loosely inserted. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Family copy, pencil inscription in the author's hand to recto of FFEP: 'Not to be taken away! / For Mummy & Olga / Miksche'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30683

MIKSCHE, F. O. The failure of atomic strategy & a New Proposal for the Defence of the West. New York. Frederick A. Praeger, [1958]. First edition in English. 8vo. 224pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, surface loss to spine panel. Extensive ink and pencil annotations/corrections in the hand of the author and another unidentified hand. Presentation copy, ink inscription to title page: 'My very last copy, to Colonel / Paul H. Raftery, with the / compliments of the author, / Paris 29/11/60 / Miksche / P.S. The original was ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30667

MILMAN, Rev. H[enry] H[art]. The fall of jerusalem: a dramatic poem. London. John Murray, 1825. New edition. 8vo. [3], vi-vii, [1], 167pp, [1]. Without half-title. Handsomely bound in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, early inked ownership inscription to head of title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33045

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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BLOOMFIELD, Robert. The farmer's boy; a rural poem. London. Printed for Vernor and Hood, 1801. Fifth edition. xxix, [2], 128pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further four engraved plates, and several engraved vignettes.

[Uniformly bound with:] BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Rural tales, ballads, and songs. London. Printed for Vernor and Hood, 1802. Second edition. ix, [3], 119pp, [1]. With 12 engraved plates.

[And:] BLOOMFIELD, Robert. The banks of wye; a poem. In Four Books. London. Printed for the author. 1811. First edition. vii, ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21566

BLOOMFIELD, Robert. The farmer's boy; a rural poem. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1810. Eleventh edition. xlviii, 99pp, [5]. With four engraved plates.

[Bound with:] BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Rural tales, ballads, and songs. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. Sixth edition. [2], vi, 123pp, [1]. With 10 engraved plates.

[And:] BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Wild flowers; or, pastoral and local poetry. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809. x, [2], 132pp. With five of six engraved plates (without plate to face ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28087

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YOUNG, Arthur. The farmer's calendar: containing the business necessary to be performed on various kinds of farms during every month of the year. London. Printed for Richard Phillips, 1805. Sixth edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 638pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 29273

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[OWEN, John]. The fashionable world displayed. London. Printed for J. Hatchard, 1805. Third edition. 12mo. xii, 105pp, [3]. With a half-title and three terminal pages of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's power blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Heavily rubbed and marked, loss to lettering-piece. Recent book-label of Peter Stewart Young to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscriptions to half-title. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32484

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SYLVESTER, Douglas Lord Glenbervie. The first canto of ricciardetto: translated from the italian of forteguerri. London. John Murray, 1822. First edition. Quarto. [2], xxvii, 232pp. With half-title, a lithograph portrait frontispiece of the translator, and two further engraved plates: a portrait vignette depicting Niccolo Forteguerri, and an illustration of the poem's hero and heroine. Contemporary gilt- tooled burgundy calf, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, with some surface loss to edges, spine sunned. Light spotting to frontispiece, otherwise internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34023

[BRISTOL REFUGE SOCIETY]. The first report of the bristol refuge society, for the Restoration of Females Who have unhappily fallen from Virtue, Ending 6 Month 30, 1815; with a list of the donors and subscribers. [s.i., Bristol?]. [s.n.], [1914]. 12mo. An early twentieth-century facsimile reprint of the original 1815 printing. 31pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed drab paper wrappers. Very light creasing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18217

H. C. [IRELAND, William Henry].. The fisher boy. A poem, Comprising his several avocations, during the four seasons of the year. London. Printed for Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, [1808]. First edition. vi, 116pp. With an engraved title page and a further four engraved plates.

[Together with:] IRELAND, W[illiam] H[enry]. The sailor-boy. A poem, in four cantos: Illustrative of the navy of great britain. London. Printed for Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, 1822. viii, 208pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further four engraved plates.

12mo. Uniformly bound in contemporary green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled ... More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 15267

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CORNWALL, Barry. The flood of thessaly, the girl of provence, and other poems. London. Printed for Henry Colburn and Co., 1823. First edition. 8vo. [6], 248pp. Contemporary red half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, gilt, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 18947

MURRAY, Richard Paget. The flora of somerset. Taunton. Published for the Society by Barnicott and Pearce, 1896. First edition. 8vo. lxi, [1], 437pp, [1]. With an illustrated frontispiece and a folding map of the county.

[Bound with:] MARSHALL, Edward Shearburn. A supplement to the flora of somerset. Taunton. Published by the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1914. First edition. iv, 242pp.

8vo. Contemporary green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed lower joint split.Inked ownership inscription to FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22039

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BERENSON, Bernard. The florentine painters of the renaissance: with an index of their works. New York. G. P. Putnams' Sons, 1896. First edition. 8vo. [2], 141pp, [3]. With a frontispiece. Original publisher's brick red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. Booksellers ticket of Galloway & Porter of Cambridge and bookplate of Bernhard and Mary Berenson to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To / Capt Wakey Chandos-Pole / with the best / remembrances of / Bernard Berenson / I ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27198

[SHERWOOD, Mrs. Mary Martha]. The flowers of the forest. London. The Religious Tract Society, 1839. Fifth edition. 12mo. 108pp. Original publisher's gilt-tooled black half-calf, marbled boards, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22208

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TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. The foresters: robin hood and maid marian. London. Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. 8vo. [8], 155pp. With half-title. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription of H. P. Addleshaw to head of half-title. Browning to endpapers, occasional light scuffing. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34541

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HEMANS, Mrs. Felicia. The forest sanctuary; and other poems. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1827. First American edition. 8vo. [6], ii, 231pp, [1]. With an initial advertisement leaf, stating in part: 'The first two title pages in this volume have been given for the convenience of those who may procure a complete set of the American edition of [Mrs. Heman's] works, by the present editor' (The league of the Alps...and other poems (1826) were issued as 'Vol. I.') Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled cloth boards, ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28381

[CHURCH OF ENGLAND]. The form of morning prayer... London. Printed by His Majesty's Printers. for J. Hatchard and Son, 1832. Third edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 586pp, [1]; [4], 419pp, [3]. Handsomely bound in contemporary blind-stamped brown morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of Glencairn Carter to FFEPs, later ownership inscriptions to front blank fly-leaves. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28965

[SCOTT, Walter]. The fortunes of Nigel. Edinburgh. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [4], xlviii, 313, [1]; [4], 334; [4], 349pp, [1]. With half-titles. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed, slight chipping to head of Vol. III spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23498

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SHELLEY, Mary. The fortunes of perkin warbeck. A romance. By the author of "Frankenstein," "The Last Man, " &c. In two volumes. Philadelphia. Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834. First American edition. 12mo in 6s. In two volumes. 261, [13]; 239pp, [1]. With five terminal leaves of advertisement ads to Vol. I. Uncut, in original publisher's cloth- backed paper boards, printed lettering-pieces. Rubbed, worn to extremities and some surfaces, loss to lettering-pieces, especially that of Vol. I. Internally browned, as with most American novels of this era, with some creasing and water-marking, especially to the end of Vol. I. From ... More > £ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 26142