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Photo of "The Shelley Papers: memoir of ..."
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. MEDWIN, T[homas]. The Shelley Papers: memoir of percy bysshe shelley by t. medwin, esq. and original poems and papers by percy bysshe shelley. Now first collected. London. Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1833. First edition. 16mo. viii, 180pp, [4]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisement. Handsomely bound by Maclehose of Glasgow in contemporary red crushed morocco. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. A trifle marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27587
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HILL, R. H. [editor]. The shelley correspondence in the bodleian library: Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley and others, mainly unpublished, from the Collection presented to the Library by Lady Shelley in 1892... Oxford. Printed for the Bodleian Library By John Johnson, Printer to the University, 1926. First edition. Quarto. xv, [1], 48pp. Uncut in original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, and creased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32412
Photo of "The shapwick monster, with illustrations"
[LITHOGRAPHY]. FOX, Buscall. The shapwick monster, with illustrations. Blandford. Published by F. Clemence, Bookseller, 1841. First edition. Quarto. 10pp. With four lithographed plates. Original publisher's stitched lithographed paper wrappers. A little rubbed and marked, short tears to spine, with slight surface loss to margins. Ink inscription 'From Mr Orndell(?)' to upper wrapper. One plate detached. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 14860
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[BELOE, William]. The sexagenarian; or, the Recollections of a literary life. London. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1818. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 435, [1]; [2], 388pp. Contemporary panelled calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Rubbed, surface loss to boards, spines sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial ink-stamps to versos of both FFEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33071
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BREWSTER, Patrick. The seven chartist and military discourses libelled by the marquis of abercorn and other heritors of the abbey parish. Paisley. Published by the author, 1843. First edition. viii, 424pp.

[Bound with]: BREWSTER, Patrick. The legal rights of the poor of scotland, vindicated against the misrepresentations and mis-statements of mr. john henderson. Paisley. Published by the author, 1843. 24pp.

8vo. Contemporary brown cloth, recently rebacked, preserving contemporary backstrip. Rubbed and lightly marked, spine sunned. Light spotting throughout. A handful of pencilled annotations to contents leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33400
Photo of "The semaphore alphabet. With Letters ..."
HARDINGE, Lt. H. R. von D.. The semaphore alphabet. With Letters and signs re-arranged so as to be more easily learnt. London. Forster Groom & Co., 1903. Revised edition. Dimensions 360 x 560mm, folded to 100 x 146 mm. Folding chart, mounted on linen and pasted into original publisher's cloth boards, paper lettering-piece. A little rubbed and marked, some splitting to joints of boards, some darkening to lettering-piece; the folding chart itself is remarkably clean but for a single pencilled correction, and slight occasional lifting from the linen backing at folds. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30272
Photo of "The selected correspondence"
FARADAY, Michael. The selected correspondence. Cambridge. University Press, 1971. First edition. Large 8vo. In two volumes. xii, 538; viii, [2], 541-1078pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece to each volume. Original publisher's navy cloth, contrasting red cloth lettering-pieces, blue printed dustwrappers. Minor shelf wear, dustwrappers price-clipped and a trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27060
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KERNER, Justinus. The seeress of prevorst: being revelations concerning the inner-life of man, and the inter-diffusion of a world of spirits in the one we inhabit. London. J. C. Moore, 1845. First edition in English. 8vo. xii, 338pp, [2]. With a half-title, and engraved folding plate, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, lettering-piece chipped and sunned. Scattered spotting, short tear to folding plate, naively repaired with clear tape. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25857
Photo of "The secret memoirs of Count ..."
POOLEY, A. M.. The secret memoirs of Count Tadasu Hayashi G.C.V.O.. London. Eveleigh Marsh, 1915. First edition. 8vo. [8], 327pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and three plates. Original publisher's red cloth, title lettered in black. Lightly rubbed. Some foxing to endpapers, overall clean and crisp. Ink inscription to recto of FFEP 'Lucy Jellicoe' mother of Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 12879
Photo of "The secret lives of lawrence ..."
KNIGHTLY, Phillip, & SIMPSON, Colin. The secret lives of lawrence of arabia. London. Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1969. First edition. 8vo. 293pp. With twenty-three photographs throughout the text. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered in blue, with the unclipped dust wrapper designed by Edwin Taylor. Minor shelf-wear to boards, dust wrapper with large chip to the bottom rear panel. With a typewritten press release for the title loosely inserted. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed. T. E. Lawrence was a dear friend of ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28304
Photo of "The Second Lucien Wolf Memorial ..."
SAMUEL, Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert. The Second Lucien Wolf Memorial Lecture. Great Britiain and Palestine, Delivered in the Great Hall of University College. London. The Jewish Historical Society of England., [1936]. First Edition. Quarto. 29pp, [3]. Single photographic plate of the platform from which the original speech was delivered. Publisher's wraps within publisher's red cloth, gilt. A near fine copy with only the slighest of wear to extremities. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to the FEP 'With Gustave Tuck's Kind Remembrances, to Frank G. Salisbury Esq. 27 - 1 - 36'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 10045
Photo of "The seasons. Stories for very ..."
MARCET, Mrs. The seasons. Stories for very young children. London. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1851. Sixth edition. Vol. IV 'Autumn' is the fifth edition.. 12mo. In four volumes. [4], 176; [4], 192; [4], 173, [1]; [4], 180pp. Contemporary red roan- backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spines dulled. Contemporary inked gift/ownership inscriptions to FFEPs, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31320
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MARCET, Jane. The seasons. Stories for very young children. London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1835. Second edition. 12mo. In four volumes. [4], 175, [1]; [4], 191, [1]; [4], 173, [1]; [4], 180pp. Later red cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines dulled, damp-staining to head of Vol. IV spine. Hinges exposed, recent inked gift inscription to front free- endpapers, near contemporary gift inscriptions to front blank fly-leaves, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 27975
Photo of "The scottish gaël, or, Celtic ..."
LOGAN, James. The scottish gaël, or, Celtic Manners as preserved among the Highlanders being an historical and descriptive account of the inhabitants, antiquities and national peculiarities of scotland... Inverness. Hugh Mackenzie, [1876]. 8vo. In two volumes. xl, 393, [1]; [6], 440pp. With a lithographed colour frontispiece to each volume, five further lithographed plates, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Partially unopened in original publisher's green cloth, printed paper lettering-pieces to spines. A trifle rubbed, lettering-pieces browned and chipped, upper board of Vol. I stained. Tickets of Glasgow-based bookseller Hugh Hopkins to both FEPs, endpapers browned, offsetting to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28524
Photo of "The scientific library; or, repository ..."
SMITH, Rev. Thomas. The scientific library; or, repository of Useful and Polite Literature: comprising astronomy, geography, mythology, ancient history, modern history, and chronology. London. Printed for J. Wallis...and J. Harris, 1806. First edition. 24mo. In six volumes. With a half-title to Vol. I and an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Original publisher's gilt-ruled red roan. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Offsetting to titles, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28100
Photo of "The science of money"
DEL MAR, Alexander. The science of money. London. Effingham Wilson, 1896. Second edition. 8vo. xxvii, [1], 205pp, [3], 2pp. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked. Endpapers browned. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28425
Photo of "The school girl in france"
[MCCRINDELL, Rachel]. The school girl in france. London. Published by R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1840. First edition. 8vo. vii, [2], vi-viii, 379pp, [5]. With a half-title, and additional engraved title page, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, marked, and cocked, spine sunned. Contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional marginal chipping, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32561