Shop antiquarian books on “English Books – 1801 onwards”

DARWIN, Charles. On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life. New York. Appleton and Company, 1871. Fifth edition, with additions and corrections. 8vo. 447pp, [9]. With a folding table. Original publisher's printed brown cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, with chipping to head and foot of spine, edges of boards slightly toned, spine dulled. Leaves lightly browned, occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25484

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AWASTHI, M[ahesh] D[at] [compiler]. Lucknow Guide: a guide to places of interest with a history & a map. [Lucnow]. [Printed by - Pt. Ram Shanker Bajpai, ath the Lucknow Steam Printing Press], [1926]. Fifth edition. 12mo. [4], 41pp, [1]. With a large folding sketch map (dated 1922). Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed and creased. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25384

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MARSHALL, J. H. Archaeological exploration in india, 1906-7. [Hertford]. [Stephen Austin and Sons], [1907]. First offprint edition. 8vo. 993-1011pp. With eight photographic plates. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Rubbed and marked. Text-block detached from binding. Presentation copy, inked inscription to upper wrapper: 'With compliments / from J.H.M.'

[Together with:] MARSHALL, J. H. Archaeological exploration in india, 1907-8. [Hertford]. [Stephen Austin and Sons], 1908. First offprint edition. 8vo. 1085-1120pp. With eight photographic plates. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked. Presentation copy, ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25123

JEWITT, Llewellynn [editor]. The ballads & songs of Derbyshire. With illustrative notes, and examples of the original music, etc.. London. Bemrose and Lothian, 1867. 8vo. xvi, 307pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Bound by Riviere & Son in later gilt-tooled navy calf, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25052

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HAWKER, R. S., Rev.. The Cornish ballads and other poems. Oxford and London. James Parker and Co., 1869. First edition. 8vo. viii, 214, [2], 3pp, [1]. With two final leaves of publishers advertisements. Handsomely bound by Riviere and Son in contemporary gilt-tooled polished marbled burgundy calf, red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Slightly rubbed, some surface loss to lower corner of lower board. Gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25051

[GOLDSMITH'S COMPANY]. A list of the wardens, assistants and livery of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London. [London]. [s.n.], [1850]. 8vo. [2], 34pp. With an engraved title page. Contemporary gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Ink-stamp of the Assay Office Library, Birmingham to recto of FFEP, very occasional early manuscript additions to text. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24984

[GOLDSMITH'S COMPANY]. A list of the wardens, assistants and livery of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London. [London]. [s.n.], [1842]. 8vo. 36pp. With an engraved title page. Contemporary gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Ink-stamp of the Assay Office Library, Birmingham to recto of FFEP, very occasional early manuscript additions to text. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24983

[GOLDSMITH'S COMPANY]. A list of the wardens, assistants and livery of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London. [London]. [s.n.], [1838]. 8vo. [2], 34pp. With an engraved title page. Contemporary gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Without FFEP, ink-stamp of the Assay Office Library, Birmingham to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24982

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[ARMS, Thomas]. [An autograph letter signed by a British Army infantryman serving during the Crimean War]. [1856]. Manuscript on paper. Single bifolium. With original stamped envelope. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Short tears at folds, cross-written on terminal page. Envelope worn and soiled. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24277

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[CHINESE COLLECTION]. "Ten thousand chinese things." A descriptive catalogue of the chinese collection, in philadelphia. With miscellaneous remarks upon the manners. customs, trade, and government of the celestial empire. Philadelphia. Printed for the Proprietor, 1839. First edition. 12mo. [2], 120pp. Original publisher's black cloth-backed, embossed burgundy limp cloth boards. Rubbed, foot of spine worn. Scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24272

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EKINS, Charles. Naval battles, from 1744 to the peace in 1814, critically reviewed and illustrated. London. Published by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824. First edition. Quarto. xxix, 425pp, [3]. With half-title, a list of subscribers, and 79 engraved plates.Later navy half-morocco, navy cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, some offsetting, scattered foxing. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24143

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[ROSCOE, William - Imitations]. [DORSET, Catharine Ann Turner]. A LADY. The lion's masquerade. A sequel to the peacock at home. London. Printed for J. Harris, 1807. First edition. 16mo. 16pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Stitched, as issued, within original publisher's buff pictorial paper wrappers. Rubbed and marked, slightly creased, with a little surface loss to lower wrapper. Small pen trial to verso of one plate, very slight offsetting to text opposite engraved plates, else internally clean. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23869

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[D'ISRAELI, Isaac]. Quarrels of authors; or, some memoirs for our literary history, including Specimens of Controversy to the reign of elizabeth. London. Printed for John Murray, 1814. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xiii, [3], 308; 316; [4], 320pp. Contemporary calf boards, recently rebacked, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces. Boards heavily rubbed. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of Vol. I title page: 'Presented to the Library of the Royal Institution by the author'. With the ink-stamp of the institution beneath (and to verso of both other titles). More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23579

[CAMPBELL, Peter Colin]. Account of the clan-iver. Aberdeen. [W. Bennett], 1873. First edition. 8vo. 50 copies printed. 111pp, [1]. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Rubbed and marked. Hinges exposed, inked ownership inscription of E. McIver to head of title page, occasional manuscript annotations/corrections to text, several leaves protruding from text-block, scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'Evander McIver Esq. / Representative of the families of Ness & ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23516

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[TRINIDAD]. Trinidad civil list: shewing Names and Designations of the Civil, Military, and other Servants of Government; to which are added the classification of civil servants, record of public officer' services, colonial office rules and regulations, correspondence, salaries, &c., &c. For the year 1899. Trinidad. Printed at the Government Printing Office, 1898. 8vo. 132pp. Contemporary (original?) red calf, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, ink-spotting to upper board. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23508

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NAPIER, Mark. [Drop-head title:] On the progress and prospects of science in scotland at the close of the sixteenth and commencement of the seventeenth centuries, as compared with the same at cambridge a century later... [Edinburgh]. [s.n.], [1856]. 42pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate of the Barons Napier to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of front blank fly-leaf: 'To the Lord Napier / from his affectionate cousin / the Author'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23492

BUCHAN, John. Sir Walter Raleigh. London. Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1911]. First edition. Quarto. [2], 236, 4pp. With a colour frontispiece, one further colour plate, numerous illustrations in the text by Gabriel Gifford, and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-stamped cream cloth, colour portrait pasted to upper board. Marked and a trfile rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: 'Gerald / with love from / John / Nov: 1911'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 23473

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A LATE LIEUTENANT IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES. The complete drill serjeant: containing the plainest instructions for the drill, manual, and platoon exercise, according to the latest regulations... London. Printed for J. Stuart, 1803. Fifth edition. 8vo. [4], 7-43pp. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Modern red half-calf, red cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22788

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[AUCTION CATALOGUE]. Norwich. Catalogue of the large & extremely interesting Collection of Articles of Vertu, consisting of dresden, sevres and english china, pottery, enamels, miniatures, ivory and wood carvings, cabinets, caskets, repousse work, medals, Egyptian, Roman and Mediaeval Antiquities...Being the Entire Collection of Mr. James Mills, which messrs. spelman have received instructions to sell by auction... Norwich. Jarrold & Sons, [1865]. First edition. Quarto. 59pp, [3]. Contemporary brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, boards damp-stained, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription and armorial bookplate of Clement Charles Rix Spelman to FEP, portrait photograph and paper label inscribed 'I Remain your affct. friend James Mills' to verso of title page, priced in manuscript. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22658

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[THANE, John]. British & foreign portraits. A catalogue of the extensive & genuine collection of prints, of the late Mr. john thane...Which will be sold by auction, By Mr. king... [London]. [Printed by W. Smith], [1818]. 8vo. iv, 71pp, [1]. Original publisher's buff wrappers. Extremities worn, without lower wrapper, manuscript title and shelf-mark to upper wrapper. Partially priced-up in a contemporary hand. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22650