London.
The Golden Vista Press, [1931].
First edition.
8vo.
[4], 105pp, [3]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FEP: 'Presented to the Browning Settlement by Lady Sim. June 1931.' More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 26211
London.
Printed for Simon Waterson and R. Young, 1633.
Folio.
[6], 624pp. Without initial blank leaf. Title within historiated border. A sixth booke, to the Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia by Richard Bellings, originally published separately in 1624, has separate title page. Pagination and register are continuous. Recent blind-ruled calf, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, scoring to boards. Closed tears to margins of leaf N3, very occasional small marginal holes, scattered spotting. More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 30332
London.
Macmillan and Co., 1882.
New edition, tenth thousand.
8vo.
In two volumes. [2], x, [2], 344; [4], 388pp. With half-titles. Bound by Slinn of Sheffield in contemporary half-morocco, tan cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Scattered foxing. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 25789
London.
Printed for R. Griffiths, 1753.
First edition.
12mo.
In five volumes. [2], ii, 354; [4], 353, [1]; [4], 353, [3]; [2], ii, 356; [2], 354pp, [4]. Extra-illustrated with 80 engraved portraits. Finely bound in contemporary tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, spines richly gilt. Extremities a trifle rubbed, some slight splitting to joints. Later booksellers catalogue description pasted to Vol. I FEP, inked annotation to recto of FFEP of same, small stain to lower ... More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 17449
London.
Printed for T. N. Longman, 1794.
8vo.
[5], 10-78pp. Recent buff paper wrappers. Lightly creased and marked. Title page browned, scattered spotting. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 29771
London.
Printed for James Ridgway, 1799.
First edition.
8vo.
[8], 76pp, [4]. Without two terminal advertisement leaves. Final line of Act 4 [p. 64] reads: ‘No!---thought and memory are my Hell.’, a variant edition reads: ‘No living---thought and memory are my Hell.’ Disbound. Title page browned and marked, scattered spotting. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 29278
London.
Printed for John Wilkie, 1775.
First edition.
8vo.
x, [6], 100pp. With a half-title. Catchword on p.100: 'epi-' (a variant has no catchword on p.100). Later half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting, chipping to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. Presentation copy; inked inscription to half-title: 'From the Author', though seemingly not in Sheridan's hand. More >
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref. 25706
London.
Printed for James Ridgway, 1799.
First edition.
8vo.
[8], 76pp, [4]. Without two terminal advertisement leaves. Final line of Act 4 [p. 64] reads: "No!---thought and memory are my Hell.", a variant edition reads: "No living---thought and memory are my Hell." Recent plain paper wrappers. Slight chipping to spine. Title-page a trifle dust-soiled and working loose, small marginal hole to G3, very light damp-staining to latter half of text-block. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 14966
London.
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825.
First edition.
In two volumes. [3], vi-xii, 316; [2], 364pp. Without half-titles. Ink deletion of three lines to p.60 of Vol. I and two lines to p.110 of Vol. II.
[Bound uniformly with:] SHERER, Moyle. Tales of the wars of our times. London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829. First edition. In two volumes. [3], vi-vii, [1], 364; [2], 369pp, [1]. Without half-titles. Single ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 10925
[Bound uniformly with:] SHERER, Moyle. Tales of the wars of our times. London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829. First edition. In two volumes. [3], vi-vii, [1], 364; [2], 369pp, [1]. Without half-titles. Single ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 10925
London.
Published by the Bowyer Press...and sold by the author on his city stand in Lothbury, [1914].
First edition.
Quarto.
32pp. Original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. Extremities rubbed, creased, and marked. Foxed. Presentation copy, inked ownership inscription to verso of title page: 'Very Sincerely, / William Shepperley / Jan. V. MCMXIV.' More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 29029
Amsterdam.
Hendrik Frijlink, 1836.
First edition in Dutch.
8vo.
viii, 312pp. With a lithograph frontispiece by H. J. Backer. Original publisher's green moire cloth-backed cream paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, chipping to lettering-piece. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 27067
London.
G. Routledge & Co., 1857.
Third edition.
8vo.
iv, 411pp, [1]. Contemporary dark green calf, green cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, upper joint starting, spine sunned. Pencilled ownership inscription of William St. Clair to FEP. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 26147
London.
Routledge & Co., 1857.
Second edition.
8vo.
iv, 411pp, [1]. Recent calf-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Minor shelf-wear, spine sunned. Inked ownership inscription of William St. Clair to recto of FFEP. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 26327
London.
Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, [1833].
8vo.
308pp. With an engraved presentation plate, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 14 engraved plates. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 24194
Philadelphia.
Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834.
First American edition.
12mo in 6s.
In two volumes. 261, [13]; 239pp, [1]. With five terminal leaves of advertisement ads to Vol. I. Uncut, in original publisher's cloth- backed paper boards, printed lettering-pieces. Rubbed, worn to extremities and some surfaces, loss to lettering-pieces, especially that of Vol. I. Internally browned, as with most American novels of this era, with some creasing and water-marking, especially to the end of Vol. I. From ... More >
£ 3,750.00
Antiquates Ref. 26142
Paris.
Baudry's European Library, 1834.
First edition.
[2], 438pp.
[Together with:] The tale book. second series. Paris. Baudry's European Library, 1835. First edition. [4], 423pp, [1].
8vo. uniformly bound in contemporary black half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed. Spotted. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 26145
[Together with:] The tale book. second series. Paris. Baudry's European Library, 1835. First edition. [4], 423pp, [1].
8vo. uniformly bound in contemporary black half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed. Spotted. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 26145
London.
Smith, Elder and Co., 1859.
Second edition.
8vo.
x, [2], 290pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 28926
Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Published at the Warder Office, 1843.
First edition.
8vo.
176pp. Original publisher's brown embossed cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked. Inked ownership inscription 'Dr. Brown / 1843' to head of creased title. More >
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref. 24617
Liverpool.
Printed by Perry and Metcalfe, 1825.
First edition.
8vo.
xii, [5], 12-192pp. Rough-cut leaves. With two engraved plates bound at front. Contemporary calf over blue paper boards, lettering piece, gilt. Extremities somewhat rubbed, damp-staining to boards, corners bumped. Ink inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional marginal dust-soiling. More >
£ 175.00
Antiquates Ref. 13004
Edinburgh.
James Nichol, 1856.
8vo.
xl, vi, 316pp. Contemporary blind-stamped calf, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to FEP, scattered foxing. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 23933