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Photo of "The bereaved, kenilworth, and other ..."
WHITFIELD, Rev. E[dward]. The bereaved, kenilworth, and other poems. London. Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1830. First edition. 8vo. [4], 140pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy calf, contrasting brown calf lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, adhesive residue to front blank fly-leaf. With a loosely inserted photographic portrait of the author, with manuscript biographical notes to verso. Presentation copy, ink inscription to verso of FFEP: 'To Miss Masey / with the Author's Love'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29131
Photo of "The poetical works"
WHITE, Henry Kirke. The poetical works. London. William Pickering, 1853. 8vo. lviii, 252pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Mervyn Lloyd Peel to FEP, light offsetting to title. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23126
Photo of "An account of the parish ..."
WHITAKER, Thomas Dunham, Rev.. An account of the parish of cartmell. London. Printed by and for Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1818. First separate edition. Folio. [2], 10pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further six engraved plates. Bound by Carss of Glasgow in contemporary gilt-stamped brick-red morocco. Extremities rubbed and soiled. Armorial bookplate of Robert Harington to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21867
Photo of "Mr. whistler's "ten o'clock""
[WHISTLER, James McNeill]. Mr. whistler's "ten o'clock". London. [Chatto and Windus], 1888. First edition. 29pp, [3].

[Bound with:] WHISTLER, J. A. MacNeill. Whistler v. Ruskin: art & art critics. London. Chatto & Windus, [1878]. Sixth edition. 17pp, [1].

[And:] WHISTLER, James A. McNeill. Wilde v Whistler: an acrimonious correspondence on art between Oscar Wilde and James A McNeill Whistler. London. Privately printed, 1906. First edition. 20pp.

Small quarto. Recent brown cloth-backed drab paper boards, lettered in gilt, original publisher's ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 18647
Photo of "Mozart the Wonder Boy"
WHEELER, Opal. DEUCHER, Sybil. Mozart the Wonder Boy. London. Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. 91pp, [1]. With numerous illustrations in the text by Mary Greenwalt.

[Together with:] WHEELER, Opal. DEUCHER, Sybil. Joseph Haydn the Merry Little Peasant. London. Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. 119pp, [1].

[And:] WHEELER, Opal. DEUCHER, Sybil. Sebastian Bach the Boy from Thuringia. London. Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. 125pp, [1].

[And:] WHEELER, Opal. DEUCHER, Sybil. Franz Schubert and his Merry Friends. London. Faber and Faber ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21780
Photo of "John anderson viscount waverley"
WHEELER-Bennet, John W. . John anderson viscount waverley. London. Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1962. First edition. 8vo. [xv] 430pp. Original publisher's bright turquoise cloth boards, spine stamped red and lettered in gilt. With the publisher's photographic dustwrapper, unclipped. Inscribed on the FFEP: 'Dearest Ashley, so appreciated by John, from Ava. December 1962'. Slight wear to corners and spine ends, wrapper scuffed with toning and a little surface loss to the spine panel. Internally bright, fresh and clean. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30106
Photo of "Elements of rhetoric. Comprising the ..."
WHATELY, Richard. Elements of rhetoric. Comprising the substance of the article in the encyclopaedia metropolitana: with additions, &c. London. B. Fellowes, 1836. Fifth edition. 8vo. xvi, 467pp, [1]. Contemporary blind-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked. Internally clean and crisp. Later inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31557
Photo of "The Fruit of the Tree"
WHARTON, Edith. The Fruit of the Tree. London. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1907. First U.K. edition. 8vo. [4], 606pp, [10]. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, a trifle cocked. Armorial bookplate of Roberti Marchionis de Crewe to FEP, endpapers browned. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23369
Photo of "A son at the front"
WHARTON, Edith. A son at the front. London. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. First U.K. edition. 8vo. v, [1], 365pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, a trifle cocked. Armorial bookplate of Roberti Marchionis de Crewe to FEP, endpapers browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23368
Photo of "The tower of babel"
WEST, Morris Langlo. The tower of babel. New York. William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1968. First edition. 8vo. [xii], 361pp. Original publisher's black cloth-backed red paper boards over black cloth, lettered in gilt and white. Boards and fore-edge a touch marked. Internally bright and clean. Coloured map endpapers, inscribed to half-title: 'For Larry, with thanks and
good wishes and an invitation back to Rome, Morris L. West, Rome June 1968'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31422
Photo of "British galleries of painting and ..."
WESTMACOTT, C[harles] M[olloy]. British galleries of painting and sculpture, comprising a general historical and critical catalogue, with separate notices of every work of fine art in the principal collections... London. Published by Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1824. First edition. 8vo. viii, 240pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further four engraved plates. Uncut in later navy crushed morocco-backed marbled paper boards. A trifle rubbed, spine stained and sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22613
Photo of "Victoria and the australian gold ..."
WESTGARTH, William. Victoria and the australian gold mines in 1857; with notes on the overland route from australia, via suez. London. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1857. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 466, [2], 16pp. With three engraved maps (two folding), and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Very slight rubbing to extremities. Light offsetting, else internally immaculate, a fine copy. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP; 'With the author's compliments'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 17552
Photo of "Report of the committee of ..."
[WEST BROMWICH LIBRARY]. Report of the committee of the west bromwich free library. Presented to the improvement commissioners, june, 1875. West Bromwich. Printed by J. Bates, Caxton Gas Power Printing Works, 1875. 16pp.

[Bound with:] Second annual report of the committee of the west bromwich free library. Presented to The Improvement Commissioners, june, 1876. West Bromwich. William Murray and Son, 1876. 13pp, [1].

[And:] Third annual report of the committee of the West Bromwich Free Library. Presented to The Improvement Commissioners, june, 1877. West Bromwich. W. Britten, 1877. 16pp.

[And:] Fourth annual report of the committee of ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28536
Photo of "Primitive physic: or, an easy ..."
WESLEY, John. Primitive physic: or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases. Dublin. Printed by Wilkinson ans Courtney, 1809. Twenty-sixth edition. xx, [1], 22-132pp.

[Bound after:] TISSOT, [Samuel Auguste David]. Advice with respect to health. Extracted from dr. tissot. Dublin. Printed by Wilkinson and Courtney, 1809. Seventh edition. 228pp.

12mo. Recent half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Extremities a trifle marked. Lightly foxed, paper repairs to fore-edges of leaves D2-3 of first bound-work, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17441