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English Books - 1801 onwards

ABLEMAN, Paul. Bits. London. Latimer Press, 1969. First edition. Small quarto. 45pp. Original publisher's orange buckram lettered and stamped in gilt, with the corresponding decorative dustwrapper. Wrapper toned, with some smoke damage and marking, with minor tearing. Boards bright and sharp with a small snag to buckram of rear board. Whilst the book holds the odour of smoke, it is internally bright and clean, inscribed 'For The Good Lady Olwyn devotedly Paul'. From the estate of ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29561
BATES, H. E.. Fair stood the wind for france. London. Michael Joseph Limited, 1944. First edition. 8vo. 224pp. Original publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gilt, with the A. E. Barlow dustwrapper. Spine cocked and faded with other markings, with some wear and staining to wrapper, with old repairs to verso. Pencil inscription '[heart] for Precious May' and underneath in ink '& also a word from the author: in memory of a very happy evening in July 1950,. H. E. Bates.' More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26592
FERRIER, Carole [editor]. Hecate. A Women's Interdisciplinary Journal . Brisbane. [s.n.], 1975. Volume 1, Number 2.. 8vo. 112pp. Bifold staple-bound journal in the original publisher's illustrated orange card wraps. Smoke staining to card with some associated odour, pages toned though clear of further markings. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed; the smoke damage is the result of an errant cigarette dropped by Olwyn down the back of her sofa, which caused a serious fire. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29645
LUCIE-SMITH, Edward. The rabbit. London. Turret Books, 1973. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. 8vo. Bifold pamphlet in pale blue card wraps, featuring a six-line poem comparing virile rabbits to vegetarians, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. One of 1,000 copies of which the first 100 were numbered and signed by both Lucie- Smith and Steadman. This copy out of series and not numbered, but nevertheless signed 'Olwyn love Ted' on the rear wrap. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed; ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29650
DRINKWATER, John. Abraham Lincoln. London. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1918. First edition. 8vo. 74pp. Original publisher's red card wraps, lettered in black, with title label to the rubbed and marked spine. Internally bright and clean with the author's ink inscription on the half title 'To Alfred Hayes, from John Drinkwater, October, 1918'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28730
GRESWELL, Rev. W[illiam]. A commentary on the order for the burial of the dead, considered as a manual of doctrine and consolation to christians. Oxford. Printed by S. Collingwood...For J. G. & F. Rivington, 1836. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xix, [1], 340; vii, [1], 353, [1], 16pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue to Vol. II. Unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spines sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28075
[SCOTT, Walter]. The fortunes of Nigel. Edinburgh. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [4], xlviii, 313, [1]; [4], 334; [4], 349pp, [1]. With half-titles. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed, slight chipping to head of Vol. III spine. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23498
THORNTON, Thomas Henry. General sir richard meade and the feudatory states of central and southern india. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. First edition. 8vo. xxv, [3], 390, [2], 32pp. With a portrait frontispiece, a further 16 plates, a folding map, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Later endpapers. A trifle rubbed and marked, remnants of printed Edinburgh reading club label to upper board. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29749
[HELPS, Sir Arthur]. Companions of my solitude. London. John W. Parker and Son, 1857. Fifth edition. 8vo. [2], 284pp. Contemporary straight-grain brown calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29758
MOORE, Thomas. The love of the angels, a poem. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Third edition. Quarto. x, 148pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, joints starting, chipping to spine. Scattered spotting. From the recently dispersed family estate (by descent) of George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse (1770-1850), Scottish jurist, satirist, and friend of Walter Scott and Lord Monboddo, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29253
MALLESON, Colonel G. B. Rulers of india: lord clive. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1893. First edition. 8vo. 229pp, [19]. With an engraved folding map and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked. Contemporary and later inked ownership inscriptions to FFEP and title page, map torn along one fold. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29752
[COVENTRY]. [A folio scrap album containing a collection of 85 pieces of printed ephemera relating to the parliamentary elections in Coventry, 1830]. [vs., largely Coventry]. [vs.], [1830]. Folio.. 85 separately printed broadsides, flyers and hand-bills; one printed pamphlet (Speech of Mr Ellice, for a select committee of of enquiry on the state of the silk trade. [s.i., Coventry?]. [s.n., s.d., likely 1830]. 16pp); and several clippings from contemporary newspaper accounts. Contemporary marbled paper covered wrappers. Worn, with splitting to spine, loss to surfaces. In spite of the exterior, the album has preserved the ... More > £ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 27279
RUTHERFORD, W. TELFORD, J. A selection of Poems and Songs. Gateshead-on-Tyne. Howe Brothers, 1878. First edition. 8vo. 103pp, [1]. Original publisher's blind-stamped purple cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Rubbed, marked, spine dulled. Recent bookplate of R. W. Martin to FEP, upper board and initial gathering held by cords only. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29296