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Photo of "Queenhoo-hall, A Romance: and ancient ..."
STRUTT, Joseph. [SCOTT, Walter]. Queenhoo-hall, A Romance: and ancient times, a drama. Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. for John Murray...and Archibald Constable, 1808. First edition. 12mo. In four volumes. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints starting, upper board of Vol. I held by cords only. Recent book-labels of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEPs, near contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of Miss Charlotte Simpson to front blank fly-leaves, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22371
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WARREN, Samuel. Passages from the diary of a late physician. Edinburgh. William Blackwood & Sons, 1838. Fifth edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [5], viii-xii, 338; [4], 354; [4], 509pp, [1]. Without half-titles. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards, brown morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of J. T. Coleridge to front blank fly-leaves of all volumes. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page of Vol. I: 'The Honble. Mr. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 26069
Photo of "Sonnets and fugitive pieces"
TENNYSON, Charles. Sonnets and fugitive pieces. Cambridge. Published by B. Bridges, 1830. First edition, second issue. 8vo. 83pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's buff paper boards. Lightly rubbed, upper joint starting. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28336
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WILLIAMSON, Thomas. Agricultural mechanism; or, a display of the several properties, and powers, of the vehicles, implements, and Machinery, connected with husbandry... London. Printed for Black, Parry, and Kingsbury, 1810. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xiii, [1], 311pp, [1]. Without half-title. With 20 engraved plates. Bound for Richard Gregory in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Richard Gregory to FEP, with his ownership inscription to p.1 and a single note in his hand to foot of p.195. With four loosely inserted printed invitations, addressed to Gregory, for the Society for ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20920
Photo of "Memoirs of alessandro tassoni, author ..."
WALKER, Joseph Cooper. Memoirs of alessandro tassoni, author of La Secchia Rapita; or, the rape of the bucket; interspersed with Occasional Notices of his Literary Contemporaries, and a general Outline of his various works... London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. First edition. 8vo. c, 316pp. With half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, and an engraved plate. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, slight shipping to head of spine, lightly marked. Internally clean and crisp. With manuscript presentation plate to FEP; 'For / Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wakely, / (the early and attached / Friends of the Author,) / from / their truly sincere / & affectionate ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17373
Photo of "The cycle of celestial objects ..."
SMYTH, Vice-Admiral W. H.. The cycle of celestial objects continued at the hartwell observatory to 1859. With a notice of recent discoveries, including details from the aedea hartwellianae. London. Printed for Private Circulation by John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1860. First edition. Quarto. ix, [1], 480pp. With six engraved plates (one in colour depicting Encke’s comet), and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed and sunned, surface loss to spine and joints, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, bookseller's ticket of Edward Baker of Birmingham to FEP, scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FEP: 'Presented to The Reverend W. Selwyn. ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27473
Photo of "[Drop-head title:] The original. No. ..."
WALKER, Thomas. [Drop-head title:] The original. No. I. [- No.XXIV]. [London]. [Ibotson and Palmer], [1835]. 380pp. Without general title page (presumably issued with a later number?)

[Bound with:] The municipal corporation reform act. An abstract of the act...intituled an act to provide for the regulation of municipal corporations in england and wales...London. Printed by Dean and Munday, [1835]. 30pp.

[And:] [JONES, Thomas, Mrs.] An account of the loss of the wesleyan missionaries...in the maria mail-boat off the island of antigua, ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 22566
Photo of "Moonset and other poems"
BLAKEMORE, Trevor. Moonset and other poems. London. Elkin Mathews Ltd., 1924. First edition. 8vo. 93pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's navy paper boards, lettered in silver and blind. Rubbed and bumped, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: With very goof wish / from / The Author / december 1924'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28497
Photo of "Oscar Wilde"
RENIER, G. J. Oscar Wilde. London. Issued to Subscribers by Peter Davies, 1933. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is number 489, signed by the author.xi, [1], 184pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's cream cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without glassine dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Bookplate of Lionel Brett and ticket of Blackwell's, Oxford to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28495
Photo of "Memoir of the Life and ..."
KNILL, Richard. Memoir of the Life and Character of walter venning, esq. A member of the committee Of the London Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline... London. Printed by J. Hadon...Sold by J. and A. Arch, 1822. First edition. 8vo. [2], 102pp, [2]. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and a final leaf of errata. Original publisher's cloth-backed powder blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Housed in modern custom calf-backed cloth clamshell case with typed paper label reading: 'Made in HM prison Wormwood Scrubs 1973'. Rubbed and marked. Offsetting to title and p.101, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25740
Photo of "Faustus: from the german of ..."
GOETHE, [Johann Wolfgang von]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Faustus: from the german of goethe...with portrait of the author; and An Appendix containing the may-day night scene translated by percy bysshe shelley. London. Edward Lumley, 1832. New edition. Quarto. vii, [1], 79pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece (misbound after the title) and a further 27 engraved plates (several displaced). Later calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting.

William St. Clair's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription and a note in his hand to recto of FFEP: 'The translation by PBS of the May Day Night Scene ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 27628
Photo of "Upward!"
[BIBLE VERSE]. Upward!. London. Castell Brothers. Printed in Bavaria, [1889]. First edition. 16mo. [32]pp. Numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth-backed pictorial paper boards, buff pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and dulled, short tears/chipping to edges, loss to spine panel. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28199
Photo of "The Night Manager"
LE CARRE, John. The Night Manager. London. Hodder & Stoughton, [1993]. First edition, second impression. 8vo. 443pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper price-clipped. Contemporary inked gift inscription to head of title page, else internally clean and crisp. Flat signed by the author to title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28379
Photo of "Country notes"
SACKVILLE-WEST, V[ita]. Country notes. London. Michael Joseph, 1939. First edition. Quarto. 219pp, [1]. With numerous black and white photographs in the text by Bryan and Norman Westwood. Original publisher's buff cloth, lettered in brown to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled, a trifle cocked. Royal Institute of British Architects, Ashpitel Prize plate, awarded to architect and Lionel Gordon Baliol Brett (1913-2004), and inked gift inscription 'Tony darling / from / Lionel / ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28313
Photo of "The four georges: sketches of ..."
THACKERAY, W. M.. The four georges: sketches of manners, morals, court, and town life. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1861. First edition, first issue. 8vo. [4], 226, [2], 16pp. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, one further engraved plate, 13 engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue, dated November, 1861. Original publisher's embossed dark green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine dulled. Armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett to FEP, FFEP and half-title detached, frontispiece stained, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 28312
Photo of "Illustrated Life and Career of ..."
[PALMER, William]. Illustrated Life and Career of william palmer, of rugeley: containing details of his conduct as school-boy, medical-student, racing-man, and poisoner... London. Ward and Lock, 1856. 8vo. [3], 136pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and two leaves of Palmer's diary in facsimile. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Extremities rubbed and creased, ink staining to lower wrapper. Scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28306