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ROONEY, Joseph A.. In ladybird's garden. [Firenze]. [Tipografia Domenicana], [1915]. First edition. 12mo. [36pp]. Original publisher's printed limp drab linen, lettered in red. Extremities lightly rubbed, text-block detached from binding, contemporary bookplate of Arthur Lloyd Taylor to FEP, neat ink annotation to foot of penultimate page, else clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 17604

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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

ROGERS, Samuel. Poems. London. Edward Moxon, 1839. 8vo. [8], viii, 311pp, [1]. With a half-title and an 8pp publisher's catalogue tipped-in to front pastedown. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Very minor shelf-wear, top-edge a trifle dusty. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'George Farmer / Purchased at Penbryn sale April 28th / 1858', short tear to head of leaf O1, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27710

ROGERS, Samuel. Italy. A poem.. London. Edward Moxon, 1842. 8vo. vii, [1], 320pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Handsomely bound by Hayday in richly gilt-tooled dark green morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Francis Ferns to FEP, lightly foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18373

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ROCKINGHAM, Sir Charles. Dramatic sketches...written for private circulation at thomastown castle. Worksop. Printed for the author by Robert White, 1866. First edition. 8vo. 133pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked small ink-spot to upper board. Apparently a presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP: 'For / “The Enchanting Euphemia” / with best love / J / 1867' Contemporary ink gift inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28613

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ROCHESTER, John Earl of. Poems, (&c.) On Several Occasions: with Valentinian; A Tragedy. London. Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1696. Fourth edition. 8vo. [10], xv, [7], 208, 177-224pp. Later blind-ruled calf, later rebacked to style, preserving contemporary contrasting red Morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Leaves spotted. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19614

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ROBINSON, A. Mary F.. The collected poems: lyrical and narrative. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1902. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 303pp, [1]. With a portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Endpapers browned, final gathering foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 22221

ROBERTS, Dr. [William Hayward]. Poems. London. Printed for J. Wilkie, 1774. First edition. 8vo. 7, [1], 163pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, joints starting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23961

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ROBERTS, Dr. [William Hayward]. Judah restored: a poem. In six books. London. Printed for J. Wilkie, 1774. 8vo. In two volumes. xxii, [2], 113, [1]; [4], 151pp, [1]. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, slight splitting to joints. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23963

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[RIVER DEE]. The Shakin' Brig: an appeal. Aberdeen. William Smith & Sons, The Bon-Accord Press, [s.d., 1920?] First edition. 8vo. [4]pp. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle creased. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31250

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[RITSON, Joseph]. Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry; from authentic manuscripts and old printed copies. London. Printed by C. Clarke, for T. and J. Egerton, 1791. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 152pp. With a half-title. Contemporary calf, gilt, marbled edges. Rubbed, with some loss to head of spine. Marbled endpapers, occasional spots of light soiling. Inscribed in ink to verso of FFEP; 'W. Williams Wynn'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 13444

RIDING, Laura. GRAVES, Robert. A survey of modernist poetry. London. William Heinemann ltd., 1927. First edition. 8vo. 295pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth-backed decorated boards, lettered in gilt. Without (the rarely seen) dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed. Bookseller's ticket of Blackwells of Oxford to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. Presentation copy, flat signed by Graves to half-title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20971

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RICHARDSON, Joseph. Literary relics of the late Joseph Richardson...consisting of the comedy of the fugitive, and a few short poems; with a sketch of the life of the author... London. Printed for J. Ridgway, 1807. First edition. Quarto. xiv, [6], 176pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a list of subscribers. Handsomely bound in contemporary morocco backed marbled boards cornered in vellum, gilt. Rubbed, slight chipping to spine. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Subscriber's copy, from the library of the Earl of Guilford, with his armorial bookplate to FEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 11400

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RICCOBONI, Madame. Letters from lord rivers to sir charles cardigan, and to other english correspondents, While he resided in France. Dublin. Printed by S. Colbert, 1785. First Dublin edition. 12mo. 288pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Leaves browned, spotted, and damp-stained, near contemporary ownership inscription and bibliographical note to title page, later ownership inscription 'Elisa Shaw her Book' to head of p[9], small hole to text of leaf O3, with slight loss of sense. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 27070

RHYMERS' CLUB. The book of the rhymers' club. London. Elkin Matthews, 1892. First edition. 8vo. One of 450 copies, 350 of which for sale. xv, [1], 94pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's buff cloth, remnants of printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Extremities worn, marked and discoloured. Very occasional light spotting.

[Together with:] The second book of the rhymers' club. London. Elkin Matthews & John Land, 1894. First edition. One of 500 copies, 400 of which for sale (a further 150 ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30576

REYNOLDS, Frederick. Speculation; a comedy... London. Printed for T. N. Longman, 1795. First edition. 8vo. [4], 76pp, [4]. With a terminal leaf of publisher’s advertisements. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29282

RETY, John. What's in a Word? . London. Hearing Eye, 1996. 8vo. [12pp] A5 staple-bound pamphlet, in the original peach card wraps lettered in black. Smoke damage to wraps, internally bright and clean. Inscribed ‘For John [struck through] For Olwyn’. With an additional poem ‘Sailor Ashore’ added within the text in blue ink, and repeated on a loosely inserted green record card. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed; the smoke damage is the result of ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29575

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[RELIGIOUS POETRY]. The evergreen; a selection of religious and preceptive poetry. London. Darton and Co., [s.d., c. 1830] First edition?. 12mo. iv, [1], iv-vii, [2], 10-252pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further seven engraved plates. Original publisher's richly gilt-tooled red cloth, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27840

REGNIER. Henri de. Moi, Elle et Lui: roman. Paris. Mercure de France, 1935. 8vo. 278pp, [1]. With a half-title. Extra-illustrated with an original hand-drawn coloured pencil frontispiece, an additional manuscript title page, three full-page coloured-pencil illustrations, a manuscript 'table des illustrations', and three full-page hand-painted designs for the binding by A. J. Powilewicz. Contemporary vellum, painted decoration in red, green, and gilt, T.E.G., original publisher's printed paper wrappers bound in. Boards a trifle bowed. Decorative hand-painted endpapers, leaves trimmed, ... More > £ 650.00 Antiquates Ref. 20132

RATTIGAN, Terence. Ross: A Play in Two Acts. London. Samuel French, 1960. 8vo. [4], 103pp, [1]. With three black and white photographic plates. Original publisher's blue wrappers, lettered in red. A trifle rubbed, chipping to foot of spine panel, inked inscription 'DRAMA CLUB / JLR RAC' to upper panel. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23875