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DE LA MARE, Walter. Stuff and nonsense. London. Constable & Co. Ltd, 1927. Limited edition. 8vo. 110pp. Original publisher's paper boards quarter bound over cream cloth, with the gilt-stamped morocco title label to spine. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom untrimmed. Lightly marked with some shelf wear to edges, cloth and label sunned. Foxing and toning through the endpapers, otherwise bright and clean, with the woodcuts by Bold throughout. Limited edition of 275 copies signed and numbered by the author, this ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30457
ATKINSON, Henry. Shakespeare in Lypiatt. London. E. T. Heron & Co., 1946. First edition. 8vo. [iv], 80pp. Original publisher's beige cloth, lettered in gilt. Cloth faded and toned, corners and spine ends bumped. Internally bright and clean with the inked gift inscription: 'Presented to Laurence Olivier, May 12, 1946, Robert B. Abbot'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31089
LEECH, Clifford. John ford and the drama of his time.. London. Chatto & Windus, 1957. First edition. 8vo. 144pp. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered gilt. With the publisher's blue and red printed dustwrapper, unclipped. Boards bright with very minor rubbing, dustwrapper toned and a little scuffed. Inscribed by Leech on the FFEP: ‘To Sir Laurence Olivier in token of admiration, Clifford Leech 23 March 62'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31088
GITTINGS, Robert. Wentworth place. London. William Heinemann Ltd, 1950. First edition. 8vo. [viii], 75pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered silver. A little rubbed and bumped, though internally bright and clean. Inscribed on the FFEP 'From the Author in deepest admiration for the first Chichester season and gratitude for the recording, Robert Gittings'.’ More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31092
COLLISSON, Nora W.. By Royal Command: A Pageant Play of English Church History. Adelaide. Hunkin, Ellis and King, Ltd., 1947. First edition. 8vo. 51pp. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's blue wrappers, lettered in red. Extremities faded and toned with minor tearing. Internally bright and fresh, with several annotations to the text. Presentation copy, inked inscription to title page: 'Sir Laurence Olivier, with Miss Collisson's compliments'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31090
ARNOLD, T. W. [translator]. The little flowers of s. francis of assisi translated from the italian by t. w. arnold m.a.. London. Chatto and Windus, 1909. Limited edition. 4to. This edition printed on Batchelor's hand-made paper, one of 475/500 for sale, this numbered 67. xvi, 135pp. With 32 plates. Original publisher's cream cloth-backed blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and discoloured. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30651
BRIDGES, Robert. Collected essays papers &c. vols i - v.. London. Oxford University Press: Humphrey Milford, 1927-30 8vo. Five volumes bound as four (instalments two and three together). Partially unopened in original publisher's blue cloth-backed paper boards. Fore and bottom edges foxed and untrimmed, some pages unopened. Armorial bookplates of Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, third Viscount Esher (1881-1963) to all FEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30648
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. Last poems. London. Chapman and Hall, 1862. Second edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 142pp, [2]. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities a trifle rubbed, spine sunned, corners bumped. Upper hinge cracked with board working loose, later ink inscription to head of half-title, occasional chipping to top margins. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 13035
[BOONE, James Shergold]. The Oxford spy; in verse. Dialogue the first [-fifth]. Oxford. For Munday and Slatter, 1818. 8vo. 24, [1], 6-28, 32, 32, 55, [2], 60-74pp. Without half-title and title-page for the second dialogue, and divisional title for 'Notes to Canto V'. The first, second, and third dialogues are all third editions, the fourth a second edition, and the fifth and final dialogue a first edition. Contemporary green cloth-backed paper boards, recent printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Slight rubbing, some damp staining to ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 14714
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The vicar of wakefield. London. Printed for J. Bumpus, 1816. 8vo. [5], viii, 248pp. Contemporary black morocco-backed blind-stamped green cloth boards, spine richly gilt, marbled edges. Slight rubbing to extremities. Marbled endpapers, tear to leaf F4 - touching text of p.71, without loss of sense - paper repair to verso, not touching text, foxed throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16626
BAYLY, Thomas. Rough sketches of bath, and Other Poems. London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820. Fifth edition. 12mo. [2], 127pp, [1]. With half-title. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities worn, surface loss to cracked spine, chipping to lettering-piece, upper board held by single cord only, lower joint split. Recent bookplate of the Bath Public Reference Library to FEP, occasional ink-stamps, half-title very nearly detached, later ink ownership inscription to head of title-page, lightly foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16870
ANACREON. The odes of anacreon, translated from the greek into english verse, with notes. Yarmouth. Printed by John Beart, for B. Crosby and Co. London, 1804. Second edition. 8vo. 27, [1], 144pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary olive green half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later book-label of Ed Grabhorn to FEP, offsetting to title-page, slight damp-staining to rear blank fly-leaf and RFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16787
[GREEN FAMILY]. A season in bath: or, Letters from the Green Family, to their friends in the country. First series. London. David Bogue, 1855. First edition. 12mo. viii, 75pp, [1]. With half-title. Original publisher's green printed paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked, some surface loss to spine, splitting to joints. Bookplate of the Bath Public Reference Library to FEP, occasional ink-stamps, light spotting. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to half-title; 'The Bath Literary Club / from the author / 1886'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16883