Shop antiquarian books on “Literature” – Antiquates Fine & Rare Books

[LAUDER, William]. An essay on milton's use and imitation of the moderns, in his paradise lost. London. Printed for J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1750. 8vo. [24], 164pp, [4]. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked, preserving contemporary black calf lettering-piece. Boards heavily rubbed. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, nineteenth-century manuscript notes to front blank fly-leaf, manuscript authorship attribution to title page, lightly spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18029

Photo of "The triumphs of temper; a ..."

HAYLEY, William. The triumphs of temper; a poem. In six cantos. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1781. Second edition. Quarto. xii, 166pp. With a half-title. Without final advertisement leaf. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, joints split, boards held by cords only, loss to head and foot of spine, lettering-piece, and bumped corners. Inked gift inscription to half-title: ' Miss Patison / from / Margaret Pringle 1789 / Leith Links', lightly spotted. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21052

Photo of "The Distrest Mother. A tragedy.."

PHILIPS, [Ambrose]. The Distrest Mother. A tragedy... London. Printed for S. Buckley...and J. Tonson, 1712. First edition. Quarto. [10], 57pp, [3]. Without half-title. Later half-vellum, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Extremities lightly rubbed and discoloured. Leaves browned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19175

Photo of "Original poems, in the moral, ..."

A TRAVELLER [HUGMAN, John]. Original poems, in the moral, heroic, pathetic, and other styles. Halesworth. Printed for the Author, by T. Tippell, 1832. Thirteenth edition. 8vo. 42pp. Original publisher's green boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Extremities rubbed and marked. Later bookplate to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 20816

LEIGHTON, John. A Sonnet seguence of the great adventure of John Leighton fro over 16 years Hon Sec & Late Master of the Art Workers Guild London. [Florence]. [Gualandi's Deaf and dumb Institute Typographic School], [s.d., c.1920] First edition. Quarto. 40pp. Original wrappers. Slight browning, edges uncut. Embossed stamp '1. Costa Scarpuccia Florence' to second leaf. Presentation copy, inscribed by the dedicatee 'To my ever dear Arthur from Sister Margaret', followed by a short note and five lines of verse. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20598

Photo of "Publii syri mimi aucti et ..."

PUBLILUS SYRUS. Publii syri mimi aucti et ex codice ms. frisingensi; cum notis viri docti, et variis lectionibus. Patavii [i.e. Padua]. Excudebat Josephus Cominus, 1749. 8vo. 80pp. Later vellum, lettered in gilt. Extremities lightly rubbed and discoloured. Occasional light spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19476

GROSSETESTE, Robert. The Castle of Love: A Poem...Now first printed from Inedited Manuscripts of the Fourteenth Century. Brixton Hill. [Printed by C. & J. Adlard] For private circulation only, 1849. Quarto. Limited edition of 100 copies signed by the publisher (ten of which printed on thick paper); this copy is number 66, on thin paper. vii, [1], 80pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, short tear to margin of p.51-52, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20792

Photo of "Acht Umrisse zu Schiller's Fridolin ..."

[ENGRAVINGS] SCHILLER, Friedrich. Acht Umrisse zu Schiller's Fridolin / Eight Outlines to Schiller's Fridolin [and] Acht Umrisse zu Schiller's Fridolin oder der Gang dem Eisenhammer von Moris Resch. [and] [a booklet with engraved scenes from the play]. London [and] Stuttgart Und Tubingen. J. H. Bohte [and] in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1824 [and] 1823. Oblong quarto. Three volumes, within publisher's folder with paper title label. 10; [4], 11pp, [1]; 8 full-page engravings. Two text volumes sewn with small cloth strip glued to spine, the plates stitched, as issued. Occasional spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20609

Photo of "La bella fruttarola romana opera ..."

[BELLA FRUTTAROLA]. La bella fruttarola romana opera curiosa e bella...sull'aria del ballo di Mantova.. In Lucca. Presso Francesco Bertini, 1823. 8vo. Single half sheet, folded into four. [8]pp. Small woodcut vignette to title. Upper edges unopened, the others uncut, slight spotting, small hole (paper flaw) to lower blank margin of first and second leaf, small clean tear from edge along vertical fold. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 17794

[SHERIDAN, Frances]. The history of nourjahad. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1767. First edition. 12mo. [4], 240pp. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, recently rebacked, contemporary red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and bumped, chipping to lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate of Lady Davy to FEP, inked ownership inscription of 'Jane Kerr 1790' to half-title, inked notes to front blank fly-leaf and title page, small hole to foot of leaf B8, occasional spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20637

Photo of "Lettres de Ninon de l'Enclos ..."

[DAMOURS, Louis]. Lettres de Ninon de l'Enclos au Marquis de Sevigne. Amsterdam. Chez Francois Joly, 1750. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. [2], xii, 186; [2], 200pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I, engraved title pages to both volumes, and a final errata leaf to Vol. II. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Extremities stained and sunned, a trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, margins lightly browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19521

Photo of "The ages of female beauty: ..."

MONTAGU, Frederic. The ages of female beauty: illustrated in a series of engravings from Drawings by the most eminent Artists. London. Charles Tilt, 1838. [Second edition]. Quarto. [6], 62pp. With an additional engraved title page and nine engraved plates. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, otherwise a crisp and clean copy of a work rarely found as such. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 20412

Photo of "The poetical works of the ..."

[MOORE, Thomas]. The poetical works of the late thomas little, esq. London. Printed for Carpenter and Son, 1814. Twelfth edition. 12mo. [3], vi-xxiv, 172pp. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Sir Mervyn Ll. Peel to FEP, his inked ownership inscription to verso of FFEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 20794

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. A moveable feast. London. Jonathan Cape, [1964]. First U. K. edition. 8vo. 191pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, dustwrapper (designed by Hans Tisdall). Slight shelf-wear to foot, dustwrapper price-clipped, else fine. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 17061

ISHIGURO, Kazuo. A pale view of the hills. New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. First American edition. 8vo. 183pp, [1]. Original publisher's teal cloth-backed cream paper boards, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very light shelf-wear to foot, short tear to dustwrapper at base of spine, publisher's black 'P' remainder mark to lower edge. Signed by the author to title page. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 20773

TASSO, Torquato. La gerusalemme liberata. Parigi [i.e. Paris]. Appresso Teofilo Barrois, 1785. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], viii, 326; [2], 333pp, [1]. Contemporary mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Small hole to leaf R8, Vol. II, with very slight loss of sense, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 20634

Photo of "Yarrow revisited; and Other Poems"

WORDSWORTH, William. Yarrow revisited; and Other Poems. London. Edward Moxon, 1839. 8vo. [3], v-xi, [1], 249pp, [1]. Without half-title. Contemporary (original?) gilt-tooled brown morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, damp-staining to boards and foot of text-block. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 20516

Photo of "Poems...With a memoir of the ..."

COWPER, William. Poems...With a memoir of the author by the rev. henry stebbing a.m.. London. Printed for Scott, Webster, and Geary, [s.d., c.1840] 12mo. 416pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, A.E.G. Very slight rubbing to extremities. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Ellen Stockdale to recto of front blank fly-leaf, light spotting to frontispiece and engraved title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 20497

BURNS, Robert. The poetical works. London. William Smith, 1839. 8vo. xxix, [1], 393pp, [1]. With a half-title and an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled brown calf, A.E.G. Very slight rubbing to extremities. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, light offsetting to title page. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 20504

ROGERS, Samuel. Poems. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820. New edition. 8vo. [8], 251pp, [1]. With a half-title, numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain burgundy morocco, A.E.G. Very slight rubbing to extremities. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to half-title, lightly foxed. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 20496