English Books - 1801 onwards

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Photo of "Organising a sales office"

URWICK, L[yndall]. Organising a sales office. London. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1928. First edition. 8vo. 213pp, [1]. With half-title, a photographic frontispiece, three further photographic plates, several in-text strategic diagrams, and a large terminal folding diagram of the general layout of a new sales department. Original publisher's black paper boards, title printed to spine, with original printed paper dust-wrapper. Lightly rubbed, dust-wrapper lightly soiled, with chipping to edges. Light spotting to initial leaves, red manuscript mark to p.24. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 36130

Photo of "The fifteen decisive battles of ..."

CREASY, Sir Edward. The fifteen decisive battles of the world: from marathon to waterloo. London. Richard Bentley & Son, 1887. Thirty-second edition. 8vo. xiii, [3], 407pp, [1]. With a half-title. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled polished tree-calf, with contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, and supralibros of Eton College to boards, marbled endpapers and edges, gilt dentelles. Lightly rubbed, split to lower joint at foot of spine due to worming. Light scattered spotting, heavier to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 65.00 Antiquates Ref. 36127

Photo of "Ethelwolf; or, the danish pirates. ..."

PENNIE, J[ohn] F[itzgerald]. Ethelwolf; or, the danish pirates. A tragedy, in five acts.. London. G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1821. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 77pp, [3]. Modern fuchsia cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Faded ink-stamp to head of title; manuscript annotations throughout, occasionally obscuring text. Initial and terminal leaves dust-soiled, spotting and staining throughout. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 35898

Photo of "Dorsetshire: Its Vestiges, celtic, roman, ..."

WARNE, Charles. Dorsetshire: Its Vestiges, celtic, roman, saxon, and danish. The whole carefully classified, and the finest examples of each pointed out.... London. D. Sydenham, 1865. First edition. 8vo. [2], vii, [1], 56pp. With a hand-coloured map of Dorset's Roman roads as frontispiece. Original publisher's purple cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, with staining to upper board, spine and boards heavily sunned. Browning to endpapers. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35899

Photo of "An attempt to discriminate the ..."

RICKMAN, Thomas. An attempt to discriminate the Styles of Architecture in england, from the conquest to the reformation.... London. John Henry Parker, 1848. Fifth edition. 8vo. lvi, 238pp, [2], lxii, [14]. with an engraved frontispiece and 27 further engraved plates, terminal index, and numerous in-text diagrams and illustrations. Contemporary polished tree-calf, richly gilt-tooled, with contrasting black calf lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Rubbed and marked, with wear to extremities, and light surface loss to boards. Contemporary inked gift inscription to first blank fly-leaf. Light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 35948

Photo of "Summer cooking"

DAVID, Elizabeth. Summer cooking. London. Museum Press, [1955]. First edition. 8vo. 256pp. Original publisher's turquoise cloth, lettered in gilt. With original publisher's later variant pictorial dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, dustwrapper worn and creased, naive tape repairs to verso, spine panel heavily sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 35415

Photo of "A moveable feast"

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. A moveable feast. London. Jonathan Cape, [1964]. First edition. 8vo. 191pp, [1]. With half-title. Original publisher's brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine, with original printed dust-wrapper. Marbled endpapers. Dust-wrapper chipped, with toning to edges. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35476

Photo of "French country cooking"

DAVID, Elizabeth. French country cooking. London. John Lehmann Ltd, [1951]. First edition. 8vo. 247pp, [1]. With half-title, an engraved title page spread, numerous in-text illustrations, and a tipped-in errata slip to contents. Original publisher's printed grey cloth boards, title lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and toned. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 35480

Photo of "Orts"

HUGHES, Ted. Orts. London. Rainbow Press, 1978. Limited edition. Quarto. An out of sequence copy, unsigned. [8], 63pp, [3]. With an illustrated frontispiece by Leonard Baskin. Partially unopened in original publisher's navy calf, lettered in gilt to spine, marbled endpapers. Housed in corresponding navy cloth slip-case. Lightly rubbed. Very light spotting to initial leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35478

Photo of "Peter and wendy"

BARRIE, J. M. Peter and wendy. London. Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. Fourth edition. 8vo. [vii], 267pp. With 12 illustrated plates. Original publisher's green cloth, elaborately decorated in gilt. Rubbed, bumped, and faded, edges foxed. Endpapers browned, scattered spotting More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33182

Photo of "Heraldry in scotland including a ..."

STEVENSON, J[ohn] H[orne]. Heraldry in scotland including a recension of 'the law and practice of heraldry in scotland' by the late george seton, advocate. Glasgow. James MacLehose and Sons, 1914. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 210 copes on hand-made paper, of which this is number 34. In two volumes. xxxi, [1], 200pp; xiv, [2], 201-514pp. Title pages in red and black. With frontispiece to each volume and a further 36 plates, variously engraved, etched, woodcut, some coloured. Uncut in original publisher's gilt-stamped vellum-backed red cloth boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Light browning to endpapers, spotting to edges. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33270

Photo of "[A photograph album documenting a ..."

[H.M.S. KENT]. [A photograph album documenting a cruise of the H.M.S. Kent]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1934]. Oblong quarto. 176 photographs loosely corner- mounted on 24 leaves - the majority captioned in manuscript - within contemporary cord-tied limp dark green cloth album. Extremities lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 35695

Photo of "[Cover title:] World Cruise of ..."

[ROYAL NAVY]. [Cover title:] World Cruise of the British Special Service Squadron 1923-1924. [London]. [Empire Photographic Publishing Co.], [1924]. First edition. Oblong quarto. [2], 8pp. 397 silver gelatin print photographs mounted on 33 leaves, the majority with printed captions on the photo mount. Original publisher's limp navy suede, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked, foot of spine a little chipped. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 35686

Photo of "Memoirs of the political and ..."

HARDY, Francis. Memoirs of the political and private life of james caulfield, earl of charlemont... London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810. First edition. Quarto. xiv, [2], 443pp, [3]. With a half-title, and engraved portrait frontispiece, and a final errata leaf. Bound in contemporary green straight-grain morocco by George Mullen of Dublin, tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and scored. Binder's ticket to verso of FFEP, frontispiece spotted, offsetting to title, early manuscript note to foot of p.[1]. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28203

Photo of "Poetical sketches of scarborough.."

[PAPWORTH, John Buonarotti]. Poetical sketches of scarborough... London. Printed for R. Ackermann, 1813. First edition. 8vo. [4], xv, [1], 215pp, [1]. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and a further 20 hand-coloured engraved plates. Finely bound by Bumpus (stamp-signed to rear turn-in) in later red crushed morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Bookplate of Sybil and Wallace Warner to FEP, scattered spotting, offsetting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 35732

Photo of "An epitome of the history ..."

SZADURSKI, Lieutenant G. M. B. Leon. An epitome of the history of poland. In three parts. Glasgow. Printed for the Author, by S. & T. Dunn & Co., 1842. First edition. 8vo. Part I only, all published. [8], 187pp, [5]. With a hand-coloured engraved folding map, a list of subscribers, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled tan morocco, A.E.G., light blue moiré silk endpapers, gilt dentelles. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 35727

Photo of "Records of the intelligence department ..."

MUIR, Sir William. Records of the intelligence department of the government of the north-west provinces of india during the mutiny of 1857 including correspondence with the supreme government, dehli, cawnpore, and other places... Edinburgh. T. & T. Clark, 1902. First edition. Large 8vo. In two volumes. [6], 559, [1]; vi, 398pp. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32105

Photo of "Civilizing mountain men or sketches ..."

MASON, Mrs.. Civilizing mountain men or sketches of mission work among the karens. London. James Nisbet & Co., 1862. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 384, 4pp. With a chromolithographed folding frontispiece and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisement leaves. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, a trifle cocked. Hinges exposed, contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 35438

Photo of "The Prodigal Continent and her ..."

MCHARDIE, E[lizabeth]. ALLAN, Andrew. The Prodigal Continent and her prodigal son and missionary; Or, The Adventures, Conversion, and African Labours of the rev. james r. newby. With special chapters on africa and its condition. London. Morgan & Scott, [1885]. Second edition. 8vo. viii, 222pp, [10]. With a portrait frontispiece and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and black. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31442

Photo of "The may-bee"

SHERWOOD, Mrs. [Mary Martha]. The may-bee. Wellington, Salop. Printed by and for F. Houlston and Son, 1820. First edition. 12mo. 29pp, [7]. With a woodcut frontispiece and a further seven woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Wrappers included in pagination. Extremities a trifle rubbed. Early inked gift inscription to verso of upper wrapper. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33817

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