Shop antiquarian books on “English Books – 1801 onwards”

BURTON, John Hill. The Book-Hunter etc. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1882. New edition. 8vo. x, civ, 427pp, [1]. With an etched frontispiece, a tinted wood-engraved plate, and two vignettes. Extra-illustrated with 68 engravings/chromolithographs (predominantly portraits of prominent authors, but also illustrations of fine bindings), two leaves extracted from later publications, and two tipped-in A.L.S. in the hand of Katharine Burton (the author's second wife). Contemporary red morocco, lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later book-label of ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20584

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CORRY, John. The life of Joseph priestley... Birmingham. Printed by Wilks, Grafton, & Co., 1804. First edition. 8vo. 4, [1], 10-60pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Dust-soiled, frontispiece creased and marked, small hole to centre of final leaf - touching text with slight loss of sense - scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25224

GARNETT, Richard. Essays of an ex-librarian. London. William Heinemann, 1901. First edition. 8vo. viii, 359pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, lettering-piece chipped. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27905

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[GLASGOW PUBLIC LIBRARY]. Regulations and catalogue of glasgow public library, instituted, december 1804. Glasgow. Printed by R. Chapman, 1810. First edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xxviii, 507pp, [1]. Without half-title. With a list of subscribers. Modern gilt-tooled half-calf, brown cloth boards, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Title page a trifle dusty, else a clean and crisp copy. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 18538

CRABBE, Rev. George. Poems. London. Printed for J. Hatchard, 1812. Sixth edition. 12mo. In two volumes. [3], vi-xlv, [3], 127, [1]; [2], 223pp, [1]. Without half-title. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled diced calf, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27911

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ROGERS, Samuel. The pleasures of memory, with other poems. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803. New edition. 12mo. [8], 187pp, [1]. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black calf lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27910

MOORE, [Thomas]. Moore's irish melodies. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. New edition. Quarto. iv, 280pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and decorative borders and Illustrations after Daniel Maclise to every page of the main body of text (excluding preface, index etc.) engraved by F. P. Becker. Handsomely bound in near contemporary richly gilt-tooled navy morocco, 'VIOLET' stamped in gilt to upper board, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, near contemporary inked gift inscription to ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27914

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[MANCHESTER GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY]. Catalogue of the library of the manchester geological society. Salford. J. Roberts, [1875]. 8vo. 38pp. Original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. Rubbed, spotted, and dust-soiled, old central vertical fold, manuscript shelf-mark to head of upper panel. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 17715

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DECANVER, H. C. [i.e. CAVENDER, Curtis H.]. Catalogue of works in refutation of methodism, from its Origin in 1729, to the Present Time... New York. [s.n.], 1868. Second edition, revised. 8vo. [3], 5-55pp, [1]. Without half-title. Disbound. A trifle creased, very occasional light spotting, paginated in manuscript indicating earlier inclusion within a nonce volume. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27777

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[THEATRE, WAKEFIELD]. Theatre, wakefield. By desire and under the patronage of The Gentleman's Book Club. On friday evening,November 9th, 1827, Will be performed Sheridan's much-admired Comedy of the rivals; or, a trip to bath... Wakefield. Hurst, Printer, [1827]. Dimensions 140 x 220 mm. Single leaf broadside. A trifle shaved at foot, stab-stitch holes to one margin. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27774

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HATTON, George. The inauguration of the manchester free library, september 2nd, 1852. A poem. Manchester. The Author, 6 & 7, Greenwood Street, Corporation Street, 1853. 12mo. 48pp. With half-title. Original gilt-titled, blind-ruled red roan. A.E.G. Worn with loss to lower half of spine, rubbing and marking to extremities. Occasional marginal marking to text. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 17482

[TIMPERLEY, C. H.]. Songs of the press and other poems relative to the art of printers and printing... London. Fisher, Son, & Co., 1845. 8vo. viii, [1], 10-208pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 21047

MARSH, Edward. Minima. London. Eyre and Spottiswoode, [1947]. First edition. 8vo. 1,000 copies printed (100 signed by the author), of which this is number 41. [10], 38pp. Title in red and black. Uncut in original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, lightly sunned. Bookplate of Dennis Silk to FEP, internally clean and crisp. Signed by the author to limitation page. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25976

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IRELAND, John B.. Wall-street to cashmere. A journal of five years in asia, africsa, and europe... New York. Published by S. A. Rollo & Co., 1859. First edition. 8vo. xvi, [3], 14-531pp, [1]. With a lithograph frontispiece, and additional lithograph title page, a double-page lithograph map, and 69 engraved plates. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, chipping to lower joint, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27861

KEYNES, John Maynard. A tract on monetary reform. London. Macmillan and Co., 1923. First edition. 8vo. [2], viii, 209pp, [3]. With a half-title and initial and final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Rubbed, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of the Library of Mistakes to FEP, early inked ownership inscription of Percy George to recto of FFEP, leaves toned. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27859

CRABBE, Rev. George. Tales of the hall. London. John Murray, 1819. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xxiv, 326; viii, 353pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and a trifle marked, spines sunned. Recent book-labels of J. O. Edwards to both FEPs, early inked ownership inscriptions to both FFEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27844

REYNOLDS, Frederick. The life and times of frederick reynolds. Written by himself. London. Henry Colburn, 1827. Second edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xxiv, 373, [1]; [2], 422pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red and brown morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Sir Gervase Beckett to both FEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27843

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GODWIN, William. Antonio, A Tragedy. In five acts. New York. Published by D. Longworth, at the Dramatic Repository, Shakspeare-Gallery, 1806. 12mo. 52pp. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. A trifle dusty. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27866

IRVING, Washington. The life and voyages of Christopher Columbus. London. John Murray, 1831. 8vo. xi, [1], 354pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and two engraved folding maps. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, brown calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27837

NEWBOLT, Henry. Aladore. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1914. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition, 150 copies on hand-made paper, of which this is number 30. xiv, 361pp, [1]. With 15 plates with collotype illustrations from drawings by Lady Hylton. Uncut in original publisher's vellum, ruled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Extremities a trifle discoloured. Endpapers browned, contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. Signed by the author on limitation page. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25553