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Photo of "Doctor Heraclius Gloss"
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MAUPASSANT, Guy de. Doctor Heraclius Gloss. London. Brentano's Limited, 1923. 8vo. 127pp, [1]. Original publisher's tan cloth-backed grey paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Bookplate of Mary Priscilla Smith to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24949
Photo of "The Ballad of Jan Van ..."
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ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. The Ballad of Jan Van Hunks. London. George G. Harrap & Co., [1929]. First trade edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 620 copies, of which this is number 484. 42pp, [4]. Numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher's gilt-stamped limp vellum. Without card slipcase. Extremities a trifle rubbed and discoloured. Bookplate of Mary Priscilla Smith to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24961
Photo of "Andromeda and other poems"
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KINGSLEY, Charles. Andromeda and other poems. London. Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1862. Third edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 169pp, [3]. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, marked, and bumped. Contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 25081
Photo of "The Craft of Comedy"
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SEYLER, Athene. HAGGARD, Stephen. The Craft of Comedy. London. Frederick Muller, [1944]. [Second edition]. 8vo. 86pp. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Dear Brian / Every happy wish / Athene Seyler'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24915
Photo of "Ballads for broadbrows"
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HERBERT, A[lan] P[atrick]. Ballads for broadbrows. London. Ernest Benn Limited, 1930. First edition. 8vo. 127pp, [1]. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'Commander C. G. Matheson / With all good wishes / and very many thanks / for a delightful voyage / from / A. P. Herbert / RMS Otranto / Feb. 28 - June 4th. 1931 / Voyage 12'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24920
Photo of "The rise of the Greek ..."
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MURRAY, Gilbert. The rise of the Greek epic. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1911. Second edition. 8vo. 368pp. Contemporary Dulwich College prize binding, gilt-tooled polished red calf, gilt supralibros to upper board, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24913
Photo of "Peveril of the peak"
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SCOTT, Walter. Peveril of the peak. Edinburgh. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. First edition. 8vo. In four volumes. Bound by Stephenson of London in contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities rubbed. Scattered foxing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24926
Photo of "The Vicar of Bullhampton"
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TROLLOPE, Anthony. The Vicar of Bullhampton. London. Bradbury, Evans, and Co., 1870. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 481pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 22 engraved plates, and 12 engraved vignettes. Contemporary half-calf, brown cloth boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities heavily rubbed and sunned. Scattered foxing. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24888
Photo of "Ralph the Heir"
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TROLLOPE, Anthony. Ralph the Heir. London. Strahan & Co., 1871. First edition. 8vo. iv, 434pp. With 18 engraved plates. Contemporary half-calf, brown cloth boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities heavily rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24889
Photo of "Poems, supposed to have been ..."
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[CHATTERTON, Thomas]. Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and others, in the fifteenth century. London. Printed for T. Payne and Son, 1777. Second edition. 8vo. xxvii, [1], 307pp, [1]. With an engraved facsimile plate. Contemporary calf-backed, vellum-tipped marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities marked and worn, joints split. Armorial bookplates to FEP and verso of FFEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24864
Photo of "Stories from Homer"
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CHURCH, Rev. Alfred J.. Stories from Homer. London. Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1878. Fourth thousand. 8vo. xii, 266pp. With 24 illustrated plates from designs by Flaxman. Handsome contemporary Hillbrow School, Rugby prize binding of gilt-tooled calf, gilt supralibros to upper board, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, marked, and sunned. Marbled endpapers, inked prize inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24846
Photo of "Stories from Virgil"
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CHURCH, Rev. Alfred J.. Stories from Virgil. London. Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1880. Ninth thousand. 8vo. xii, 266pp. With 24 illustrated plates from designs by Pinelli. Handsome contemporary Hillbrow School, Rugby prize binding of gilt-tooled calf, gilt supralibros to upper board, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, inked prize inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24845
Photo of "Wine in war and peace"
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WAUGH, Evelyn. Wine in war and peace. London. Saccone & Speed Limited, [1947]. First ordinary edition. 8vo. 77pp, [1]. With half-title. Original publisher's pictorial paper boards. Rubbed and browned. Endpapers browned, contemporary inked gift inscription to title page. More > £ 65.00 Antiquates Ref. 23476
Photo of "Herbert's poems: and country parson.."
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HERBERT, [George]. Herbert's poems: and country parson... London. Printed for W. Baynes and Son et al., 1824. New edition. 12mo. xii, 338pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, and a further two engraved illustrations in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, some surface loss. Inked ownership inscriptions to FEP More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24884