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Photo of "The white desert"
BARBER, Noel. The white desert. [London]. Hodder and Stoughton, [1958]. First edition. 8vo. 205pp, [3]. With a sketch-map frontispiece and 31 photographic illustrations. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed, marked, chipped, and torn, spine panel sunned. Bookplate of George Lowe to FEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23429
Photo of "The white armies of Russia: ..."
STEWART, George. The white armies of Russia: A Chronicle of Counter-Revolution and Allied Intervention. New York. The Macmillan Company, 1933. First edition. 8vo. xiii, [3], 469pp, [1]. Numerous photographic illustrations and maps. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and bumped. Internally immaculate. Armorial bookplate of Field Marshal Slim to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To Field Marshall Sir William Slim / with deep affection / George Stewart'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25834
Photo of "The wet flanders plain"
WILLIAMSON, Henry. The wet flanders plain. Norwich, Norfolk. Gliddon Books, 1987. First Gliddon Books edition. 8vo. xx, [2], 13-182pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the photographic dust wrapper. With eight photographic illustrations. A little spotting to the wrapper, otherwise clean. With the initials of Williamson's son Richard (RLCW) on the title page. From the family library of Henry Williamson. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28300
Photo of "The wet flanders plain"
WILLIAMSON, Henry. The wet flanders plain. London. The Beaumont Press, 1929. First edition. 8vo. 96pp, [8]. Original publisher's decorated paper of rifles and ploughshares over quarter buckram, designed by Randolph Schwabe along with the title page. Title lettered in gilt. Bottom and fore-edge uncut, though a little foxed. Wear to all edges, minor bumping to corners, with a few marks and darkening to the spine. Internally bright and clean. Numbered '146' of 400. From the recently dispersed Williamson family ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27918
Photo of "The wet flanders plain"
WILLIAMSON, HENRY. The wet flanders plain. New York . E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929. First American edition. 8vo. 122pp, [6]. Original publisher's black and yellow cloth boards, lettered in yellow, fore and bottom edge uncut. Without dustwrapper. Page block starting. Boards are lightly worn with some marking. Internally bright and clean save extensive penmanship. Inscribed 'for Henry Williamson: I hope you will like having this part of the past brought back to you and I hope it is pleasant to recall at least ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27920
Photo of "The wet flanders plain"
WILLIAMSON, Henry. The wet flanders plain. New York. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. , 1929. First American edition. 8vo. 122pp, [6]. Original publisher's black and yellow cloth boards, yellow title label; lettered in black, the dustwrapper with a stark black and cream bayonet design. Slightly edgeworn, spine a trifle cocked, wrapper worn and creased with significant loss to upper panel and spine. Internally bright and clean, with a note in Williamson's hand 'author's copy, please return when read enough', his initials and Shallowford address. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27919
Photo of "The western island or the ..."
FLOWER, Robin. The western island or the great blasket. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1973. 8vo. vi, [2], 141pp, [1]. With four full-page illustrations. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very slight shelf-wear, dustwrapper sunned. Illustrated endpapers, internally immaculate. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21247
Photo of "The wedding day in all ..."
WOOD, Edward J.. The wedding day in all ages and countries. London. Richard Bentley, 1869. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. x, 241, [1]; viii, 268pp. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt, black, and blind. Extremities dust-soiled, spines discoloured, corners bumped. Inked ownership inscriptions to head of both titles, light damp-staining to upper margins of Vol. I, two leaves of Vol. II detached, spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21776
Photo of "The Weaker Vessel"
BENSON, E. F.. The Weaker Vessel. London. William Heinemann, 1913. First edition. 8vo. [4], 316pp, [16]. Original publisher's brown cloth boards lettered and tooled in black. Bottom edge untrimmed, all edges a little foxed, internally bright with an ink gift inscription dated 22/3/1913 to FFEP. Bookseller label of Roffey and Clarke, Croydon, to rear pastedown. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30506
Photo of "The Way the Wind Blows"
HOME, Lord . The Way the Wind Blows. London. William Collins Sins & Co Ltd, 1976. First edition. 8vo. 320pp. Original publisher's moss green cloth boards lettered gilt, with the photographic dustwrapper. Board edges slightly toned, bumping to spine ends. Clipped wrapper a little nicked and toned, with small paper numbered label to foot of spine. Signed by Lord Home on the title page. Previous owner's address inked in manuscript to FFEP, with additional return instructions in pencil below. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30107
Photo of "The warning voice of a ..."
MILNES, Richard. The warning voice of a hermit abroad, who has been compelled to write in his justification, and he hopes for the good of mankind, under the protecting hand of divine providence, (For which he can never be thankful enough.) Through a long and tedious passage of the most imminent perils and dangers of being extinguished, and sent to his grave.. Wakefield. Printed for the author, by E. Waller, 1825. First edition. Quarto. 181pp, [3]. Printed in double columns. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper boards, recently rebacked. Boards rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30626
Photo of "The voyage of the Endeavour"
WOOD, G. Arnold. The voyage of the Endeavour. Melbourne. Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1933. 8vo. 116pp. Original publisher's limp orange cloth, ruled and lettered in black. Extremities rubbed, marked, damp-stained and sunned. Bookplate and ink-stamp of George Lowe to FEP, lightly stained. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23620
Photo of "The volunteer rifleman and the ..."
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BOUCHER, John. The volunteer rifleman and the rifle. In three parts: science, practice, and the mechanical aids. London. W. O. Mitchell, Military Library, 1859. Second edition, greatly enlarged. 8vo. xviii, [2], 183, [1], 35, [1], 38, 40pp. With an engraved frontispiece, two folding diagrams, and two plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled, corners bumped. Later bookplate of C. A. Cuthbert Keeson to FEP, without FFEP, offsetting to title page, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'To William ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31836
Photo of "The vintage. a romance of ..."
BENSON, E. F.. The vintage. a romance of the greek war of independence. London. Methuen & Co., 1898. First edition. 8vo. 397pp, [40]. With twelve black and white illustrated plates. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered in gilt, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Worn to extremities, spine darkened and chipped with loss at head and foot. A little foxing to paste downs and endpapers, otherwise internally bright. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30037
Photo of "The vineyard of naboth; a ..."
[ANDREWS, Edward]. The vineyard of naboth; a dramatic fragment. Translated from the original hebrew. [London]. Printed for Private Circulation [by S. and R. Bentley], 1825. First edition. 36pp.

[Bound after:] ANDREWS, Edward. The way of understanding. A sermon, occasioned by the destruction of the brunswick theatre... London. Printed for Ebenezer Palmer, 1828. First edition. 30pp, [2]. With an engrave portrait frontispiece.

[And:] ANDREWS, Edward. The saint awaking with the divine likeness. A sermon... London. Printed for Ebenezer Palmer, 1828. First edition. 31pp, [1].

[And:] ANDREWS, Edward. Christ's name precious: a sermon... London. ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16428
Photo of "The Village on the Cliff. ..."
THACKERAY, Anne Ritchie. The Village on the Cliff. By the Author of 'The Story of Elizabeth'.. London. Smith, Elder & Co., 1867. Third Edition. 8vo. xi, 318pp. Engraved frontispiece and four other engravings. Half tan morocco over marbled boards by Worsfold. Marbled end papers. Elaborate gilt decoration and titling to spine. A.E.G. Slight splitting to foot of upper board with rubbing to spine and extremities with a small scratch to top of upper board. Occasional very minor smudges to margins and slight oxidisation to illustrations. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 10239
Photo of "The village curate. Founded on ..."
[VILLAGE CURATE]. The village curate. Founded on truth. London. Printed and published by Knevett, Arliss, and Baker, [1810]. 24mo. [2], 129-159pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece (dated Novr. 1. 1810). Original publisher's buff pictorial wrappers. A trifle rubbed and creased. Bookplate of Crewe Hall Library tipped-in to verso of frontispiece. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25806
Photo of "The vicar of wakefield, a ..."
GOLDSMITH, Dr. [Oliver]. The vicar of wakefield, a tale. Gainsborough. Stereotyped for, and printed and sold by, Henry Mozley, 1812. Stereotype edition. 12mo. [4], 199pp, [1]. With eight plates. Later gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, brown cloth boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Bookplate of Alfred Jerome Brown to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30400