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[AN EYE-WITNESS]. A narrative of the late awful & calamitous earthquake in the west india islands of antiqua, monsterrat, nevis, st. christopher, guardaloupe, &c. &c. on february 8th, 1843. London. Thomas Tegg, 1843. First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Stitched in original publisher's buff printed wrappers. Some creasing and a little marking to wrappers, else a crisp copy on unusually fine paper for a Tegg production (likely explained by the fact that the printing was completed by Bradbury and Evans). More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 34442
TAYLOR, Shephard T.. The Diary of a Medical Student during the Mid-Victorian Period 1860-1864. Norwich. Jarold and Sons, Limited, [1927]. First edition. 8vo. vi, 211pp, [1]. With half-title, a photographic portrait frontispiece and 28 further photographic plates. Original publisher's tan half-cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, printed pink paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, with staining to upper board, spine slightly dulled. Very light spotting to endpapers. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34462
[HAYLEY, William] . The triumphs of temper. A poem: in six cantos.. Chichester . Printed by J. Seagrave; for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803. Twelfth edition, corrected. 8vo. xii, 163pp. With an engraved frontispiece and five further engraved plates by Maria Flaxman. Contemporary gilt-tooled half calf, marbled boards. Rubbed and marked, with surface loss and staining to boards, joints starting. Lengthy inked gift inscription to FFEP. Very occasional light scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30564
FREW, David. A young borderer: a memoir of alexander dobrĂ©e young-herries Captain, The King's Own Scottish Borderers. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1928. First edition. 8vo. x, 236pp, [12]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, 27 further photographic plates, 2 engraved maps, and a reproduction of Psalm CIV to rear. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, with chipping to head and foot of spine. Inked ownership inscription of R. S. Herries, St. Julians, Sevenoaks to first blank fly-leaf. Endpapers lightly browned, otherwise internally clean ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34464
KINCAID, J[ohn]. Random shots from a rifleman. London. T. and W. Boone, 1835. First edition. 8vo. xii, 343pp. With a preliminary leaf of publisher's advertisements. Modern blind-stamped calf, lettered in gilt to spine. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked. Book-label of Lieutenant-Colonel R. B Crosse, with his gift inscription to Colonel J. P. Villiers Stewart, to verso of FFEP; additional crossed out inked ownership inscription to head of the same. Otherwise, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30529
MORRIS, James. The Hashemite kings. London. Faber and Faber, [1959]. First edition. 8vo. 225pp, [1]. With eight leaves of photographic plates. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers, later rebacked. A trifle rubbed and marked. Leaves browned. Signed by Morris on title page. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33775
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. In Memoriam. London. The Nonesuch Press, 1933. Folio. Limited edition, number 118 of 2,000 copies on Van Gelder paper in Blado type. xxii, [2], 145pp, [3]. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's limp vellum, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, T.E.G., gold coated endpapers. Housed in original publisher's black cloth slipcase. Vellum a trifle cockled, else fine. With a loosely inserted Nonesuch Press compliments slip, inscribed 'With Christmas greetings from Francis Meynell'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28410
KEATS, John. The poetical works of john keats: edited with introduction and memoir by walter s. scott. London. James Finch and Co., 1902. The 'Hampstead' edition. 8vo. xl, 632pp. With a half-title, title page in red and black. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled half-vellum, contrasting tan morocco lettering-piece to spine, green cloth boards. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription dated Christmas 1915 to head of first blank fly-leaf. Light spotting and browning to initial leaves. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34511
WESTON, Agnes. My life among the bluejackets. London. Nisbet & Co., Limited, [1917]. New and Revised edition. 8vo. xiv, 373pp. With half-title, a photogravure portrait frontispiece of the author and 15 further photographic plates. Modern red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. A trifle rubbed. A presentation copy, with the author's presentation bookplate to FEP, reading 'To Sir J. C. H. Seale Bart., With kind regards from Agnes E. Weston, Royal Sailors Rest, Portsmouth. May 1917'. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34525
HAY, Lieut.-Col. Leith. A narrative of the peninsular war. London. Henry Washbourne, 1834. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xvi, [2], 314pp, [2]; viii, [2], 298pp, [2]. With 22 engraved plates, a leaf of errata and a terminal list of plates to both volumes. Finely bound in contemporary burgundy morocco, richly gilt-tooled, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Book-labels of Charles Benson to FEPs; inked gift inscription addressed to 'Theodore Beale, from his friend Henry Gore Hulse on his leaving ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34472
BROWNE, Sir Thomas. Religio medici: to which is added, hydriotaphia, or urn-burial, a Discourse on Sepulchral Urns. London. Joseph Rickerby, 1838. 8vo. 266pp. With half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled black half-morocco, blue cloth boards, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, with light surface wear to joints and edges, upper joint starting. Inked gift inscription addressed to 'Philip Bourke Marston: from R. Garret. Christmas, 1873' and separate ownership inscription of C. Daniels, 1909 to half-title. Leaves lightly browned. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34468
GRANT, Sir James Hope. Incidents in the china war of 1860... Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1875. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 263pp, [1]. With a half-title and three engraved folding maps. Handsomely bound by Riviere and Sons in contemporary gilt-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed and marked. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to head of half-title. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29516
WOLSELEY, Lieut.-Colonel G. J. Narrative of the war with china in 1860. London. Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. First edition. 8vo. [5], viii-xiv, 415pp, [1]. Without half-title. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound by Riviere and Son in contemporary gilt-tooled dark brown morocco, marbled paper boards, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29515
GALTON, Francis. The narrative of an explorer in tropical south africa. London. John Murray, 1853. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 314pp. With a lithographed frontispiece, a further five lithographed plates, five engraved illustrations in the text, and a lithographed folding map. Handsomely bound by Riviere (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary richly gilt-tooled 'Spanish calf', contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Spine a trifle dulled. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24859
DUNBAR, William. The poems of william dunbar, now first collected. With notes, and a memoir of his life. By david laing. Edinburgh. Printed for Laing and Forbes, 1834. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [3], vi-xiv, 71, [1], 255, [1]; [2], [v]-vi, 498pp. Without half-titles. Titles in red and black. Handsomely bound by Andrew Grieve of Edinburgh (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled olive-green morocco, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Slightest of shelfwear, spines a little sunned, else an immaculate set. Armorial bookplates of T. M. Bruce Gardyne to FEPs. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 23496
OWENSON, Miss. [i.e. MORGAN, Lady Sydney]. The novice of saint dominick. London. Printed for Richard Phillips, 1806. Second edition. 12mo. In four volumes. [2], 364; [2], 360; [2], 378; [2], 363pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt- tooled calf, supralibros of a swan and dragon to upper boards. Rubbed and marked, spines sunned, surface loss to lower boards of Vols. I and II, and upper board of Vol. III. Very occasional light spotting, very small hole to leaf O10 of Vol. I, not touching text, some loss to ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29067