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Photo of "Dred; A Tale of the ..."
STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. London. Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1856. First English edition. 8vo. viii, 524, 12pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brick red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed, marked, and sunned. Shelf-label of Dalton Hall Library and ticket of Lancaster-based bookseller T. Edmondson to FEP, blind-stamp and contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21080
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STOWE, Harriet Beecher, Mrs.. Pink and White Tyranny. A society novel. Boston. Roberts Brothers, 1871. First edition. 8vo. [4], viii, 331pp, [9]. With two initial leaves publisher's advertisements and a terminal publisher's catalogue (dated summer 1871). Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and cocked. Upper hinge exposed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23379
Photo of "Paul et virginie"
ST. PIERRE, Bernardin de. Paul et virginie. Paris. Chez Deterville, 1816. 8vo. [2], viii, 242pp. With a half-title and an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Liam Sims to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33111
Photo of "Queenhoo-hall, A Romance: and ancient ..."
STRUTT, Joseph. [SCOTT, Walter]. Queenhoo-hall, A Romance: and ancient times, a drama. Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. for John Murray...and Archibald Constable, 1808. First edition. 12mo. In four volumes. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints starting, upper board of Vol. I held by cords only. Recent book-labels of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEPs, near contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of Miss Charlotte Simpson to front blank fly-leaves, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 22371
Photo of "Mr Facey Romford's Hounds"
[SURTEES, Robert Smith]. Mr Facey Romford's Hounds. London. Bradbury and Evans, [1865]. First edition. 8vo. In original 12 monthly parts. With 24 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech and Halbot Knight Browne. Original publisher's brick-red pictorial wrappers, housed in recent custom red morocco pull-off case by W. Root & Son of London. Case a trifle rubbed, with bookplates of Samuel Henry Austin and Lucius Wilmerding. Very slight chipping to spines, upper panel of part I detached from text-block. Internally clean ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 10191
Photo of ""Ask mamma;" or, the richest ..."
[SURTEES, Robert Smith]. "Ask mamma;" or, the richest commoner in england. London. Bradbury, Evans, and Co., [1858]. First edition in book form. 8vo. x, [2], 412pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, a further 12 hand-coloured engraved plates, and 69 woodcut illustrations in text by John Leech. Bound by New of Eton in contemporary brown half-morocco, marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Book-label of A. A. Somerville to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 26632
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SURTEES, R.S.. Mr Facey Romford's Hounds. London. Bradbury and Evans, 1865. First edition. 8vo. viii, 391pp, [1]. Frontispiece and 23 hand-coloured plates by John Leech and Hablot K. Browne. A choice copy. With the bookplate of Robert Stephen Benson to FEP, and some slight marking to endpapers, else fine. Preserved in a cloth folding-box. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 13828
Photo of "'Ask Mamma;' Or, the Richest ..."
SURTEES, R.S.. 'Ask Mamma;' Or, the Richest Commoner in England. London. Bradbury and Evans, 1858. First edition in book form. 8vo. xii, 412pp. Frontispiece and 12 hand-coloured plates by John Leech. Gilt-decorated red cloth. Some slight rubbing/bumping to extremities, small chip at foot of spine, splitting to head and foot of spine, hinges split and straining, holding by cords only. Preserved in a cloth chemise and slip-case. With two bookplates to front endpapers (including the gilt-stamped red morocco example of Sir Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn, Keswick) More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13827
Photo of "'Plain or Ringlets?'"
SURTEES, R.S.. 'Plain or Ringlets?'. London. Bradbury and Evans, 1860. First edition in book form. 8vo. x, 406pp, 12pp adverts. Frontispiece, extra-engraved title and 12 hand-coloured plates by John Leech. Gilt-decorated red cloth. A crisp copy, with slight rubbing/bumping to extremities, bruising to head and foot of spine. Preserved in a cloth folding-box. With two bookplates to front endpapers. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 13826
Photo of "Aldersyde A Border Story"
SWAN, Annie S.. Aldersyde A Border Story. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d.] First edition. 8vo.. 68pp, iv. Stapled, as issued, within original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed. Leaves browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34068
Photo of "A song of italy"
SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. A song of italy. London. John Camden Hotten, 1867. First edition. 8vo. 8, 66, [2], 8, [2], 6pp. With initial and terminal leaves of advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30464
Photo of "A song of italy"
SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles. A song of italy. London. John Camden Hotten, 1867. First edition. 8vo. 8, 66, [2], 6pp. With initial and terminal catalogues of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32433
Photo of "The first canto of ricciardetto: ..."
SYLVESTER, Douglas Lord Glenbervie. The first canto of ricciardetto: translated from the italian of forteguerri. London. John Murray, 1822. First edition. Quarto. [2], xxvii, 232pp. With half-title, a lithograph portrait frontispiece of the translator, and two further engraved plates: a portrait vignette depicting Niccolo Forteguerri, and an illustration of the poem's hero and heroine. Contemporary gilt- tooled burgundy calf, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, with some surface loss to edges, spine sunned. Light spotting to frontispiece, otherwise internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34023
Photo of "The "snow queen.""
SYMINGTON, Maggie. The "snow queen.". London. James Clarke and Co., [1869]. First edition. 12mo. 142pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Binding cocked, a trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Inked ownership inscription of M. Louisa Symington and Robert Symington to recto of FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22209
Photo of "Tales for home reading"
[TALES]. Tales for home reading. London and Edinburgh. William and Robert Chambers, 1869. 8vo. 224pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. FFEP torn away, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22121
Photo of "Ion: a tragedy, in five ..."
[TALFOURD, Thomas Noon]. Ion: a tragedy, in five acts. To which are added a few sonnets. London. Printed by A. J. Valpy, [1835]. Second edition. 8vo. xxi, [3], 216pp. Large paper copy. Partially unopened in original publisher's pebbled brown cloth. Backstrip detached, boards sunned and a trifle rubbed. Hinges exposed, inked ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge to recto of FFEP, foxed throughout. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'To Mr. Justice Coleridge with the author's respects'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 26067