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English Books - 1801 onwards

GREENWOOD, Thomas. Zeta, historic glimpses of england and her sons. London, Liverpool, Manchester, Todmorden. Published for the author, 1861. First edition. 12mo. iv, 111pp, [3]. With a terminal errata leaf. Original publisher's blind-stamped purple cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, upper board heavily stained, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32073
XENOPHON. Xenophontos Apomnemoneumata. xenophontis memorabilia. Cum apologia socratis eidem auctori vulgo adscripta. Ex recensione schneideri ejusdem notis instruxit, et doctorum annotationibus aliorum auxit robertus young. Glasguae [i.e. Glasgow]. Ex prelo Academico, typis et cura andreae & Joannis M. Duncan, 1826. 8vo. vii, [1], 327pp, [1]. First two words of title transliterated from the Greek. Attractively bound in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges.A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, contemporary prize inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33048
JACKSON, Rev. J[ohn] E[dward]. Wulfhall and the seymours. With an Appendix of Original Documents discovered at Longleat. [s.i.]. [s.n.], 1874. Frst edition. Quarto. [4], 24, 53pp, [1]. Title printed in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece and a partially hand-coloured engraved map. Contemporary two-tone pebbled cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'George Matcham Esq / From the Author / Privately Printed'. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 29307
L[EVESON], H[enry] A[stbury]. "Wrinkles" or hints to sportsmen and travellers upon Dress, Equipment, Armament & Camp Life. London. Saunders, Otley, & Co., 1868. First edition. 8vo. [8], 294, 32pp. Title in red and black. With numerous engraved illustrations in the text and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and cocked, spine dulled. Hinges exposed, later bookplate of Rev. Alfred Hayman Cummings to FEP - pasted over earlier inked ownership inscription. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32260
WATSON, William. Wordsworth's Grave and other Poems. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Second edition. 8vo. 94pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards. With original publisher's protective tan dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked. Endpapers browned, book-label of Josephine Dockar Drysdale to FEP, calling card of Rev. Charles Tulloch to verso of RFEP, further contemporary pencilled ownership inscription to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32370
SHAW, John. Woolton green: a domestic tale; with Other Miscellaneous Poems. Liverpool. Printed by Perry and Metcalfe, 1825. First edition. 8vo. xii, [5], 12-192pp. Rough-cut leaves. With two engraved plates bound at front. Contemporary calf over blue paper boards, lettering piece, gilt. Extremities somewhat rubbed, damp-staining to boards, corners bumped. Ink inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional marginal dust-soiling. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 13004
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Wonder-book for girls and boys. Boston. Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. First American edition. 8vo. vi, [7]-256pp. With an engraved frontispiece and six engraved plates after designs by Hammat Billings. Without inserted publisher's catalogue. Original publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt. Rebacked, with original spine laid-down. Spine sunned with some loss to head, foot, and joints, slight rubbing to boards. Internally clean and crisp but for the occasional spot of light foxing, bookplate to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 12908
BAKER, Hatty. Women in the ministry. London. C. W. Daniel, 1911. First edition. 8vo. 66pp, [14]. With a half-title and seven final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed wrappers. Lightly sunned, some loss to spine, wrapper held to text-block by lower panel only. Very occasional inked and pencilled highlighting/deletion. Loosely inserted, a crisp single leaf handbill, printed on one side only, advertising the International Suffrage Shop, London, a a 'unique establishment' styled 'The Only Feminist Bookshop', stocking books 'dealing with ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20004
MORGAN, Lady. Woman, or ida of athens. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809. First edition. 12mo. In four volumes. xxviii, 223, [1]: [4], 272; [4], 192; [4], 290pp, [10]. With half-titles to each volume, exception Vol. I - as issued? Contemporary calf, rubbed, some cracking to surface of spines. Head of each title torn away, presumably to remove an ownership inscription. Half-title and title of vol IV detached, with some dog-earring. Marginal tear to K12, vol. I, marginal paper flaw to ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 16831
WILLIAMS, G. Valentine. With our army in flanders. London. Edward Arnold, 1916. Second impression. 8vo. xi, [1], 34, 8pp. With a frontispiece, a further 15 plates, a a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spins sunned. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21511
THOMAS, Lowell. With lawrence in arabia. London. Booklover's Library. Hutchinson & co, ltd., [1935]. 107th Thousand. 8vo. 288pp, [3]. With six pages of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's cream cloth boards lettered in navy with the blue and green dustwrapper. Moderate shelf-wear, chipping to spine ends, and a few other marks. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed, without indication of such. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28040
PLATH, Sylvia. Winter trees. New York. Harper & Row, [1972]. US edition, third printing: Publishing line 73 74 75 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 . 8vo. [8], 64pp. Original publisher's mauve paper covered boards over grey cloth spine, with the original unclipped illustrated dustwrapper designed by Gloria Adelson. With the decorative endpapers, fore edge untrimmed. All edges bumped, with minor smoke damage to paper boards. Wrapper slightly shelf-worn.

From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed, without indication of such; the smoke damage is the result of an errant cigarette dropped ... More >
£ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29638
YEATES, V. M. Winged victory. London. Jonathan Cape, 1934. Second impression. 8vo. 456, [6]. Original publisher's blue cloth boards lettered in silver. Spine cocked and marred with splitting to the ends. Boards scuffed and edges shelf-worn. With the ownership inscription of a Vivian Marsh, dated December 1939, alongside extensive notes by Henry Williamson, including both manuscript and typewritten pages glued in, on his relationship with Yeates, and a draft preface to the new edition (1961). More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 27933