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English Books - 1801 onwards

HUGO, Victor. Toilers of the sea. London. Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, 1866. Third edition. 8vo. In three volumes. lx, [1], 331; v, [1], 327; iv, 286, 16pp. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle marked. Armorial bookplate of James Watts (1804-1878) of Abney Hall, industrialist and sometime mayor of Manchester, to FEP of Vol. I. A fine set. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 22304
STOWE, W. E.. Time tables shewing without mental calculation the number of days from any given day in any month, to every day in any other month during a year. London. Parker, Furnivall & Parker, 1848. First edition. Quarto. [2]pp. 12 engraved tables with slides. Original publisher's blind-stamped dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, recently rebacked, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Boards rubbed and marked. Book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22529
ALDIN, Cecil. Time I was dead: Pages from My Autobiography. London. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1934. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 389pp, [1].With a coloured frontispiece, eight coloured plates, 16 black and white plates, and numerous illustrations in the text. Modern green calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31657
DRINKWATER, John. Tides. London. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1917. First edition. 8vo. 54pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth with paper label to sunned spine. Internally bright and clean save a little toning to FFEP. Author's ink inscription 'Alfred Hayes, from John Drinkwater, April 1918' to verso of half title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28731
DRINKWATER, John. Tides. London. Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1917. First trade edition. 8vo. 54pp, [2]. Original publisher's red cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of half-title: 'To Lord Crewe from John Drinkwater'. With a loosely inserted note-card addressed to Lord Crewe, signed by the author, expressing the hope that the recipient will enjoy the work. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21473
JORDANOFF, Assen. Through the overcast: the weather and the art of instrument flying. New York. Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1939. First edition, third impression. Quarto. xii, 356pp. With a photographic frontispiece and illustrations throughout the text. Original publisher's bright blue cloth, lettered and stamped in silver. Corners a little bumped, boards lightly marked. Internally bright, with the presentation inscription to the FFEP: 'To Laurence Olivier, with my best regards, A Jordanoff'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31236
GIBSON, R[ichard] H[enry]. Three years of naval warfare. London. William Heinemann, [1918]. First edition. 8vo. xii, 326pp, [2]. With a half-title and a portrait frontispiece of Admiral John Jellicoe. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, corners a trifle bumped. Marking to REP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 18946
MACPHAIL, Sir Andrew. Three persons. London. John Murray, 1929. First edition. 8vo. viii, [4], 240pp. With three photographic portraits (that of Lawrence a photographic representation of a pencil sketch, by Augustus John, of the Colonel in an Arabian headdress). Original publisher's blue cloth, gilt. Extremities lightly rubbed. Two ink stamps of 'Achalader' and an ink inscription of 'Campbell' to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22010
MACPHAIL, Sir Andrew. Three persons. New York & Montreal. Louis Carrier & Co., 1929. Third edition [First North American Printing]. 8vo. 346pp. Original publisher's navy cloth. Lightly rubbed. Bookplate of William Boyman Howell to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To / Jean Cameron Howell / with gratitude / Andrew Macphail'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 20156
HART, Liddell. Thoughts on war. London. Faber and Faber, [1944]. First edition. 8vo. 327pp, [1]. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. Rubbed and marked, upper joint split. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, ink inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To F. O. Miksche / in friendship and admiration - for his own / zealous and stimulating thoughts on war / from / B. H. Liddell Hart'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29185
GITTINGS, Robert. This Tower is My Prison and other poems. London. Heinemann, 1961. First edition. 8vo. [8], 56pp. Original publisher's canary yellow cloth, lettered in red, with original publisher's dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and marked, with the top edge of the wrapper bumped. Presentation inscription to FFEP: 'from Robert Gittings to L.O. August 30th, 1962'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31202
DONLAN, Yolande. Third time lucky. New York . The Dial Press; James Wade, 1976. Uncorrected galley proof. 8vo. 276pp. Original publisher's gauze-backed pale card wrappers, lettered in black. Extremities toned and marked, light chipping and bumping to corners and edges. Internally bright and clean. More > £ 120.00 Antiquates Ref. 31415
HOUGH, J. [editor]. The Young Man's best companion; or, the New Book of Knowledge; being a regular system of education, without the aid of a tutor... Manchester. Printed and published by J. Gleave and Son, 1825. 8vo. 612pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 10 engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed. Plates browned, folding plate split, marginal loss to leaf 3G, terminal leaf and rear endpapers dampstained, spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30382
[PEDDER, James]. The yellow shoe-strings; or, the good effects of Obedience to Parents. London. William Darton, [1821]. Third edition. 8vo. 62pp, [2]. With an engraved folding frontispiece, two further engraved plates, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's buff printed limp wrappers. Extremities rubbed, surface loss. Endpapers and frontispiece gutter damp-stained, early ownership inscriptions to verso of frontispiece and head of title page. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 22343
LYND, Sylvia. The yellow placard. London. Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1931. First edition. 8vo. 80pp. Original publisher's tan cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, loss to lettering-piece. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Humbert Wolfe / from / Sylvia Lynd / a fragment of her / debt. 4. 4. 31.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27005