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MASSINGHAM, H. J. [compiler]. A treasury of seventeenth century english verse: form the death of shakespeare to the restoration (1616-1660). London. Macmillan and Co., 1919. 8vo. xxiii, 399pp, [1]. With a tipped-in errata slip. Modern gilt-ruled brown morocco, T.E.G., signed 'Katharine Pountney' to rear lower turn-in. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29139

[DEFOE, Daniel]. A True Relation of the apparition of one Mrs. veal, The next Day after her Death, to one Mrs. bargrave, at canterbury, The 8th of September, 1705. Which apparition recommends the Perusal of drelincourt's Book of Consolations against the Fears of Death. London. Printed for B. Bragg, 1707. Third edition. 8vo. [4], 12pp. Disbound. Some short marginal tears, scattered spotting. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19759

LAURENCE, Thomas Benson. Augusta: a tale of the mutiny of 1857 in three cantos and other poems. [Calcutta]. George Wyman & Co., 1866. First edition. 8vo. viii, 126pp. With a list of subscribers. Original publisher's blind-stamped purple cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Rubbed, heavily marked, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting, marginal ink-stain to p.75. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 32608

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PRINCE, John Critchley. Autumn leaves: Original Poems. Hyde. Printed by G. Booth, and sold by the author, [1856]. First edition. 12mo. viii, 101pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29259

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[WEST, Miss]. [A Victorian manuscript verse commonplace]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1863]. Quarto. [42] leaves. Original limp brown morocco, lettered and ruled in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 16042

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KING, William. Aviti epistola ad Perillam, virginem scotam. Londini [i.e. London]. [s.n.], 1760. Large quarto. [4], 24pp. Stitched as issued. Occasional marking, small reddish stain at upper gutter, edges untrimmed and a bit dusty. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17455

[CUNNINGHAM, John William]. A world without souls. London. Printed for J. Hatchard, 1805. First edition. 12mo. iv, 135pp, [3]. With one, of two, terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary green vellum-tipped marbled paper boards, recently rebacked. Boards worn. Late nineteenth century loan label of Worcester Public Library to FEP, manuscript note tot title '3 days' - presumably the length of time the book could be borrowed, occasional browning and spotting, inked annotation 'Revd. W Cunningham' to final page of text. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28940

CAMBRIDGE LOTOS CLUB. A wreath of songs. Cambridge. Deighton, Bell and Co., 1880. First edition. 8vo. 63pp, [1]. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in black and gilt. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Ink inscription to head of title page: 'E. Ricardo Christie / May (?) 1880 / Private copy', with very occasional notes in his hand. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23912

[MORIER, James Justinian]. Ayesha, the maid of kars. London. Richard Bentley, 1834. First edition. 8vo. in three volumes. vii, [1], 317, [1]; [2], 330; [2], 335pp, [1]. Bound by Porter & Custard of Yeovil in contemporary navy half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Bookplates of Coker Court to all FEPs, binder's ticket to FEP of Vol. I, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20731

ANSTEY, F.. Baboo jabberjee b.a.. London. J. M. Dent & Co. , 1897. Second edition. 8vo. xvi, 272pp. With half-title, an engraved frontispiece and 28 further engraved plates. Original publisher's gilt-decorated blue cloth. Rubbed and marked, with bumping to corners, wax-staining to spine and upper board, chipping to head and foot of spine, and light wear to extremities. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34919

EDLER, Karl Erdmann. Baldine And other Tales. London. Richard Bentley and Son, 1886. First edition in English. 8vo. In two volumes. xliv, 289, [1]; [2], 291pp, [1]. Titles printed in red and black. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32393

STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Ballads. London. Chatto & Windus, 1890. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 100 large paper copies, this being number 73. vi, [2], 137pp, [3]. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's cream buckram, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27064

ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. Ballads and sonnets. Leipzig. Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1882. Copyright edition. 8vo. [2], 287pp, [3]. Original publisher's brown half-morocco, marbled boards. Some wear to spine and corners, small section missing from head of spine. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, AEG. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'Evelyn Brooke from a father, July 28 1890'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32059

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GERRARD, R. Ellis. Ballads of battle and poems of peace. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. North of England Printing Co., 1914. First edition. 8vo. [12], iii, [1], 204pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Binding cocked, heavily rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Decorated endpapers, near contemporary pencilled ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24616

TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. Becket. London. Macmillian and Co., 1884. First edition. 8vo. [8], 213pp, [1]. With a half-title. Bound by Mudie in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black and brown morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G. Minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, binder's ink pallet on front free endpaper, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25811

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WILLS, C[harles] J[ames]. Behind an eastern veil: a plain tale of events occurring in the experience of a lady who had a unique opportunity of observing the inner life of ladies of the upper class in persia. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1894. First edition. 8vo. 376pp, [2]. Original publisher's decorated navy cloth. Extremities rubbed and marked, spine sunned, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, armorial bookplate of Josiah Vavasseur to FEP, blind-stamp of John Fowles to front blank fly-leaf, very occasional light spotting, loss to margin of final leaf of text, final gathering working-loose. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21788

MILMAN, Rev. H[enry] H[art]. Belshazzar: a dramatic poem. London. John Murray, 1822. First edition. 8vo. iv, 162pp, [2]. Contemporary panelled calf, richly tool in gilt and blind, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed, some surface loss, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33054

BENSON, E. F.. Bensoniana. London. Arthur L. Humphrey, 1912. First edition. Square 8vo. [8], 64pp. Original publisher's soft green reverse calf wrappers, lettered gilt, with a decorative boarder stamped in blue, red, and black. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Internally bright and clean, with a gift inscription 'Lizzie from Evelyn Xmas 1914' to the front marbled endpaper. Wraps a little worn and faded, and the spine sunned. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30097

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MATURIN, Rev. R.C.. Bertram; or, the castle of st. aldobrand; a tragedy, in five acts. London. Printed for John Murray, 1816. [6], 94pp.

[Bound after;] [A collection of poems and plays from an unidentified defective volume]. viii, [1], 10-222pp.

[And;] TOBIN, John. The Curfew: A Play. In five acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. London, Printed for Richard Philips, 1807, Seventh edition. vi, [2], 62pp, [2]. With half-title.

8vo. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Heavy rubbing to spine, joints starting. Ink annotation to FEP alongside ... More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 11714

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JEFFERIES, Richard. Bevis: the story of a boy. London. Jonathan Cape, [1932]. New illustrated edition. 8vo. 519pp, [1]. With half-title, an engraved title page, engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Original publisher's decorated green cloth boards, with original printed pictorial dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, dustwrapper chipped and spotted, with some marginal tearing. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35194