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Photo of "Shirley et agnès grey"
BELL, Currer [i.e. BRONTË, Charlotte]. Shirley et agnès grey. Paris. Librairie de L. Hachette et cie., 1860. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. [14], 406, [2]; [2], 370pp, [2]. Volume title pages (dated 1859) and conjugate half-titles loosely inserted. Uncut in original publisher's printed glassine covered powder-blue wrappers. A trifle rubbed and browned, spine sunned. occasional light marginal dampstaining, scattered spotting, several gatherings of Vol. II browned. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 24241
Photo of "Homeri ilias graece et latine. ..."
HOMER. Homeri ilias graece et latine. Annotationes in usum serenissimi principis guilielmi augustu, ducis de cumberland, &c regio jussu scripsit atque edidit samuel clarke, s.t.p. . Londini, [i.e. London]. Impensis Johannis & Pauli Knapton, 1754. Second edition. Quarto. [8], 344; [4], 347pp, [13]. With folding engraved frontispiece maps to each volume, and terminal errata leaf to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Worn, with splits to joints (boards nevertheless holding strong), bumping to corners and surface loss to boards. Three inked shelf-marks to front endpapers. James Beattie's copy, with his neat inscription to title, along with the number '221.' in ... More > £ 1,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24874
Photo of "Histoire des sevarambes peuples qui ..."
[VAIRASSE, Denis]. Histoire des sevarambes peuples qui habitent une Partie du troisieme Continent, communement appelle la terre australe... Amsterdam. Aux depens d'Estienne Roger, 1702. 12mo. In two volumes. 333, [1]; 303pp, [25]. Titles printed in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Uncut. Handsomely bound in later red morocco, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Early armorial bookplates of Lord Bracco tipped-in to FFEP of Vol. I and verso of frontispiece of Vol. II respectively, frontispieces heavily ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31618
Photo of "Le professeur"
BELL, Currer [i.e. BRONTË, Charlotte]. Le professeur. Paris. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1858. First edition in French, early issue. 12mo. [4], 299, [1], 8pp. With a half-title and four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's printed powder-blue wrappers. A trifle rubbed and browned, spine sunned. Light marginal dampstaining to initial two gatherings, scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 24423
Photo of "The harp of colne"
GILSTRAP, Elizabeth Haigh. The harp of colne. [London]. Printed [for the Author by Cassell and Company] for Private Circulation, 1886. First edition. 8vo. ix, 230pp. Unopened in original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed. Ink-stamp of Nottingham Public Libraries to verso of title page, two early manuscript corrections to text. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31346
Photo of "Memories of Troublous Times: Being ..."
MARSHALL, Emma. Memories of Troublous Times: Being the History of Dame Alicia Chamberlayne Of Ravensholme, Gloucestershire. London. Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1880. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 316pp, [4]. With a frontispiece, a further five plates, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to FEP, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of dedication leaf: 'Henry Birkbeck / from the author E. M. / Jun 7. 1880'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31344
Photo of "Lodore"
[SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft]. Lodore. Brussels. Ad. Wahlen, Printer to the Court, 1835. 8vo. 396pp. With a half-title. Contemporary burgundy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, cocked, lower joint split, chipping to head and foot of sunned spine. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Glenbarr to FEP, partially clipped contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of half-title. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription and manuscript notes to FEP: 'Contemporary pirate not recorded in Lyle. ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 26146
Photo of "Decii Junii Juvenalis et A. ..."
JUVENAL. PERSIUS. Decii Junii Juvenalis et A. Persi Flacci Satyrae. Londini [i.e. London]. Typis J. Brindley, 1744. 12mo. 116pp. With an engraved title page. Contemporary vellum. Extremities lightly rubbed and discoloured. Later inked shelf-mark and armorial bookplate of Edward Gregory to FEP, scattered spotting, occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31698
Photo of "Rookwood: A Romance"
AINSWORTH, W. Harrison. Rookwood: A Romance. London. G. Routledge & Co., 1858. New edition. 8vo. 352pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked. Bookplate of banker and politician Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942) to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31693
Photo of "The poetry of the world"
[TOPHAM, Edward]. The poetry of the world. London. Printed for J. Bell, 1788. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. vii, [5], 164; [6], 143pp, [3]. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, small worm-tracks to lower joint. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30573
Photo of "Ten thousand a-year"
WARREN, Samuel. Ten thousand a-year. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1854. New edition. 8vo. In two volumes. v, iv, [2], 381, [1]; iv, 369pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards, marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed, spines sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31681
Photo of "Saint anne's hill. A poem"
[CUNNINGHAM, Peter]. Saint anne's hill. A poem. London. Printed [by S. Gosnell] for the author; sold by J. Debrett...and R. Wetton, 1800. First edition. 25, [1], 26-34pp, [1]. With a makeshift frontispiece (almost detached, and not recorded in other copies) consisting of a printed title and an engraving of Fox's villa after Reynolds. ESTC locates copies at just three British libraries (BL, Edinburgh and Oxford), and elsewhere just a single copy, at Harvard. ESTC T47027.

[Bound with:] ADAIR, R[obert]. Sketch of the character of the late duke of devonshire. ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23005
Photo of "The Impossible Theatre"
EVERSHED-MARTIN, Leslie. The Impossible Theatre. London. Phillimore, 1971. First edition. 8vo. xix, 144pp. With 17 leaves of photographs. Original publisher's cream cloth, red title label to spine, with original publisher's dustwrapper. Extremities stained and marked, significant loss to dustwrapper. Internally bright and clean. Inscribed by the author to title page: 'For Larry and Joan, In gratitude for all that you gave us in inspired direction and splendid friendship'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 31087
Photo of "This Tower is My Prison ..."
GITTINGS, Robert. This Tower is My Prison and other poems. London. Heinemann, 1961. First edition. 8vo. [8], 56pp. Original publisher's canary yellow cloth, lettered in red, with original publisher's dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and marked, with the top edge of the wrapper bumped. Presentation inscription to FFEP: 'from Robert Gittings to L.O. August 30th, 1962'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31202
Photo of "Mandoline"
BERTHET, Jean. Mandoline. Paris. Les Cahiers du Mouton Bleu, 1954. Limited edition of 1000, this numbered 14. 8vo. 88pp, [4]. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers, all edges untrimmed. Lightly sunned, staining to lower wrapper, along with a corner crease. Inked presentation inscription to half-title: ‘À Sir Laurence Olivier, Saint James Theater. Hommage de l’auteur.’ Loosely inserted is a single-leaf typewritten reader’s report by ‘K. A.’, dated 1954. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31201