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Photo of "The Sonnets and Songs.."
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MILLHOUSE, Robert. The Sonnets and Songs... Nottingham. Norris & Cokayne, 1881. First edition. 12mo. xix, [1], 91pp, [1]. With a frontispiece. Original publisher's dark green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, lettering-piece browned and chipped. Bookplate of Nottingham Public Libraries to FEP, blind-stamp of same to title, inked shelf-mark to verso, marginal tears/chipping to frontispiece, leaves browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32503
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[THEATRE]. Etrennes de thalie, ou precis historique sur les acteurs et actrices celebres Des trois grands Theatres de la Capitale; suivi d'un Choix d'Anecdotes dramatiques, et d'un Traite de Declamation. Avex soixante portraits. A Paris. Chez Mr. Ve. Hoquart.., 1811. First edition. 24mo in 8s. [14], [v]-xi, [1], 102, [vii]-viii; [5]-128pp, [i]-iii, [1]. Two parts in one volume, with the index of each bound to follow the respective parts. With half-title, and a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece portrait, and 59 further hand-coloured portraits throughout. Finely bound in nineteenth-century elaborately gilt-tooled straight-grained green morocco, housed within a green morocco slipcase. A.E.G., marbled endpapers. From the libraries of Carlo De Poortere and Sir ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28789
Photo of "The book of the seasons; ..."
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HOWITT, William. The book of the seasons; or the calendar of nature. London. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. First edition. 8vo. xxviii, 404pp. With twelve engraved plates. Contemporary green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Without lettering-piece. Rubbed and sunned. later inked ownership inscription to FEP, scattered spotting, plates foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32432
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LAWSON, Henry. In the days when the world was wide and other verses. Sydney. Angus and Robertson, 1896. Third thousand. 8vo. 234pp, [8]. With four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in black to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32439
Photo of "New symbols"
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HAKE, Thomas Gordon. New symbols. London. Chatto and Windus, 1876. First edition. 8vo. [6], 136, 32pp. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Bound by W. Bone & Son of London. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, boards cockled, spine dulled. Inked ownership inscription of Thomas Gaisford to recto of FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32434
Photo of "A song of italy"
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SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. A song of italy. London. John Camden Hotten, 1867. First edition. 8vo. 8, 66, [2], 6pp. With initial and terminal catalogues of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32433
Photo of "The devil's walk; a poem"
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PORSON, Professor [i.e. COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. SOUTHEY, Robert]. The devil's walk; a poem. London. Marsh and Miller, [1830]. 12mo. 20, 23-33pp, [3]. Complete despite erratic pagination. With six full-page engraved illustrations in the text by Robert Cruikshank, and three terminal pages of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers, later oversewn, Rubbed and stained. Ticket of Wetton, bookseller of Chertsey to verso of upper wrapper. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29110
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RAMSAY, Allan. The gentle shepherd: a scots pastoral comedy. Glasgow. Printed by R. Chapman, for Stewart and Meikle, 1797. 12mo. 32, 123pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. contemporary gilt-ruled sheep, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. Without FFEP, near contemporary manuscript annotations, closed tear to leaf h2, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32397
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HAWKINS, Sir John. Probationary odes for the laureatship: with a preliminary discourse. London. Printed for James Ridgway, 1785. First edition. 8vo. xlvi, 5-130pp, [2]. Complete despite erratic pagination. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of errata/publisher's advertisements. Contemporary calf-tipped marbled paper boards, recently rebacked. Boards heavily rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate and inked ownership inscription of William Anthony Glynn and recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, recent bookplates of Norman and Janey Buchan to recto of FFEP, closed tear to leaf D1, slight ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32399
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WILLOUGHBY, R. The plaintive muse, or poems sacred to religion. Derby. Printed by G. Wilkins, 1820. First edition. 8vo. vi, [6], 73pp, [3]. With a list of subscribers. Original publisher's powder blue boards. Rubbed and discoloured, spine worn. recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Rebecca Hampshire to recto of FFEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32371
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RIMBAULT, E[dward] F[rancis]. A Little Book of Songs and Ballads, gathered from Ancient Musick Books, MS. and Printed. London. Printed [by Arliss and Tucker] for John Russell Smith, 1851. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 227, [1], 12pp. Title printed in red and black. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary green sheep-backed marbled paper boards. Rubbed, loss to dulled spine. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, contemporary newspaper clipping tipped-in to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32408