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Photo of "The court of session garland"
[MAIDMENT, James]. The court of session garland. Edinburgh. Thomas G. Stevenson, 1839. First edition. 2, x, 154pp. With an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements.

[Bound with:] The court of session garland. Part Second. Edinburgh. Printed for Private Circulation, 1839. First edition. [4], 16pp.

[And:] Supplement to the court of session garland. Edinburgh. Thomas G. Stevenson, 1839. First edition. vii, [1], 36pp.

[And:] Appendix to the court of session garland. Edinburgh. Printed for Private Circulation, 1839. First edition/ 22pp.

8vo. ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25539
Photo of "Act of sederunt, 11th july, ..."
[COURT OF SESSION]. Act of sederunt, 11th july, 1828; for consolidating the enactments contained in certain previous acts, and further improving the forms of process in the court of session, in pursuance of the statute 6th geo. iv. c. 120. Edinburgh. Printed by James Clarke and Company, [1828]. First edition. 8vo. 73, [1], 48pp. Interleaved throughout. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, upper joint starting. 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 > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25546
Photo of "The elements of botany: for ..."
[BOTANY]. The elements of botany: for families and schools. London. John W. Parker, 1837. Third edition, enlarged. 12mo. 143, [1], 7pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, two further plates, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, and four final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green decorated cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Occasional spoting, booksellers ticket of W. Barwick of Lancaster to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 25601
Photo of "The comedies of Terence"
TERENCE. The comedies of Terence. London. Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co., 1802. 8vo. [2], 492pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, some loss to lettering-piece. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26252
Photo of "Histoire de manon lescaut et ..."
PREVOST, Abbe. Histoire de manon lescaut et du chevalier des grieux. Paris. G. Boudet, 1889. 8vo. xxii, [2], 203pp, [5]. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further 12 chromolithograph plates, and 212 engraved illustrations in the text by Maurice Leloir. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and bumped, spine sunned. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26263
Photo of "On the punishment of death"
WRIGHTSON, Thomas. On the punishment of death. London. John Hearne, 1837. Third edition. 8vo. xxiv, 113pp, [1]. Original publisher’s green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26388
Photo of "Selected poems: old and new"
SITWELL, Osbert. Selected poems: old and new. London. Duckworth, 1943. First edition. 8vo. 163pp, [1]. Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered in red, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and chipped, loss to lower panel. Internally clean and crisp. Inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / S. H. Gray / from / Osbert Sitwell / Nov. 1943'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27106
Photo of "Open the door!: A volume ..."
SITWELL, Osbert. Open the door!: A volume of Stories. London. Macmillan & Co., 1941. First edition. 8vo. v, [1], 281pp, [1]. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and chipped. Internally clean and crisp. Inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / S. H. Gray / from / Osbert Sitwell / January 1942'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27107
Photo of "Plexus"
MILLER, Henry. Plexus. Paris. The Olympia Press, [1953]. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 2,000 copies printed for private circulation, this being copy 930. In two volumes. 342, [4]; 348pp, [2]. Original publisher's sienna printed wrappers. Rubbed, printed prices on lower panels erased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27205
Photo of "The Life of George Morland, ..."
DAWE, G.. The Life of George Morland, with Remarks on his Works. London. Published by Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe, 1807. First edition. 8vo. viii, 192pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, an engraved title page, and four engraved plates. Recent half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Spine sunned. Scattered foxing, plates browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27295
Photo of "Observations on the pathology of ..."
GREEN, Horace. Observations on the pathology of croup... New York. John Wiley, 1849. First edition. 8vo. iv, [3], x-xi, [2], vi-vii, [1], 115pp, [1]. Contents leaves misbound. With two initial leaves of publisher's advertisements and an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped black cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, gilt-stamp of the Birmingham Medical Institute to foot of chipped spine. Ink-stamps of the aforementioned institution to frontispiece and title page, scattered foxing, occasional underlining in ink. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27301
Photo of "The book of artemas: Concerning ..."
[MASON, Arnold Telford]. The book of artemas: Concerning men, and the things that men did do, at the time when there was war. London. W. Westall & Co., 1918. Seventy-sixth edition. [Together with:] [MASON, Arnold Telford]. The second book of artemas... London. W. Westall & Co., 1918. Seventh edition.

[And:] [MASON, Arnold Telford]. The third book of artemas... W. Westall & Co., 1919. First edition.

8vo. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. Lightly rubbed and dulled. Pencilled gift inscription to FFEP of first mentioned work: 'Son / from E. Spicer / Jan 28th 1918', together with a pasted-in ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27302
Photo of "Fables"
GAY, John. Fables. London. Printed by T. C. Hansard...for C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1814. Fifth edition. 243pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary tree-calf, later expertly rebacked, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, gilt. A trifle rubbed. Offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27328
Photo of "The white slave: or, memoirs ..."
HILDRETH, R[ichard]. The white slave: or, memoirs of a fugitive. A Story of slave life in Virginia, etc. London. Ingram, Cooke, & Co., 1852. First English illustrated edition. 8vo. [6], 302pp, [2]. With a preliminary advertisement leaf, an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and six further engraved plates. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, a trifle cocked. Recent book-label of Peter A. Crofts to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27409