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Photo of "Caji silii italici punica"
SILIUS ITALICUS, Tiberius Catius. Caji silii italici punica. Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis R. Faulder. Excudebat Gul. Bulmer, 1792. 8vo. In two volumes. xxiv, [2], 240; [4], 270pp, [2]. With half-titles and a terminal leaf of errata to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled straight-grain navy morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, tickets of Henry Sotheran and Co. to FEPs, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28362
Photo of "Mathews's trip to paris; or, ..."
[MATHEWS, Charles]. Mathews's trip to paris; or, the dramatic tourist: containing the whole of the songs, adventures and misadventures, original anecdotes, high and low life, Whimsical Imitation of French and English Characters... London. Printed and sold by Dean & Munday, 1819. First edition. 12mo. 49pp, [1]. With an engraved hand-coloured folding frontispiece by Robert Cruikshank. Recent blind-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 22601
Photo of "The village muse; or, a ..."
JUVENIS. The village muse; or, a poem on summer. York. Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1796. First edition. Quarto. [2], ix, [2], 10-118pp. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, contrasting black calf lettering-piece, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Liam Sims to FEP. Subscriber's copy; elaborate inked ownership inscription of Charles Stanley Esquire to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33118
Photo of "An Original Canto of spencer: ..."
[CROXALL, Samuel]. An Original Canto of spencer: Design'd as Part of his Fairy Queen, but never Printed. Now made publick, By Nestor Ironside... London [i.e. Edinburgh?]. Printed for James Roberts, 1714. Second edition. Quarto. 30pp. Handsomely bound by W. Pratt in later gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed, library shelf-mark etched into upper board. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of chemist, archaeologist, and numismatist Alan Morris to FEP, text-block shaved at head. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 28860
Photo of "Poems of passion and pleasure"
WILCOX, Ella Wheeler. Poems of passion and pleasure. London. Gay & Hancock, [1912]. Quarto. xiii, [3], 267pp, [1]. With a tipped-in colour frontispiece and a further 19 tipped-in colour plates by Dudley Tennant. Original publisher's pictorial cream cloth, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, marked. Decorated endpapers, hinges exposed, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33064
Photo of "The maniac, with other poems"
LAWSON, John. The maniac, with other poems. London. Printed for Samuel Lawson, 1821. 12mo. [4], ii, 95pp, [1]. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards, later naively rebacked in cloth. Extremities worn and marked. Hinges exposed, later book-label of Robert Barr and partially erased ownership inscription to FEP, foxed, a trifle dusty. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21862
Photo of "The Two Wolves in lambs ..."
[MILBOURNE, Luke]. The Two Wolves in lambs skins: or, old ely's Sorrowful Lamentation over his Two Sons. Being found in an old manuscript in the Bedlamite Library, which was Bequeath’d by Oliver Cromwel's Porter, from whence those Two Reverend Brethren have been, from time to time, supply’d with New Principles. London. Printed, and Sold by J. Sackfield, 1716. First edition. 8vo. 55pp, [1]. With a half-title. Recent tan paper boards, earlier red morocco lettering- piece. Numerous bookseller's description housed in pocket pasted to FEP, lightly toned. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19758
Photo of "Iphotelle; or the longing-fit. A ..."
PALIN, Ralph. Iphotelle; or the longing-fit. A Poem. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810. First edition. 8vo. [4], 71pp, [1]. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards. Without backstrip, naively rebacked with clear tape. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Charles Westrop to head of title page. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19761
Photo of "Poems on christian charity, contentment, ..."
BILLINGE, Charles. Poems on christian charity, contentment, and melancholy. Wolverhampton. Printed for the Author, by J. Smart, 1784. First edition. vi, [5], 12-88pp. ESTC T9681. ESTC records copies at three locations in the British Isles (BL, Cambridge, and Oxford), and a further four in North America (Columbia, Harvard, Huntington, and Yale).

[Bound with:] POPE, Alexander. Messias. Idyllium sacrum. Per alexandrum pope, anglice conscriptum. Latine redditum. Wolverhampton. Typis, J. Smart, 1784. [4], 4-8, 4-8pp, [1]. Parallel English and Latin texts with duplicate pagination. ESTC T5691. ESTC ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19757
Photo of "Stultifera navis; Qua omnium mortalium ..."
[IRELAND, William Henry]. Stultifera navis; Qua omnium mortalium narratur Stultitia. The modern ship of fools. Aere perennius. London. Printed for William Miller, 1807. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, 295, 9pp. With a half-title, a hand-coloured engraved folding frontispiece, and four final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Hinges exposed, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19710
Photo of "The works of The Honourable ..."
SIDNEY, Sir Philip. The works of The Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, Kt. In Prose and Verse. London. Printed for E. Taylor et al., 1725. Fourteenth edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [12], 32, 419, [1]; [3], 402-881, [1]; [4], 64, 184, [6]. With six engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red ad green morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, spines dulled. Armorial bookplate of John Searle to sprung front pastedown of Vol. I, early inked ownership inscriptions to endpapers, all three volumes dampstained. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33041
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 "The beauties of byron, consisting ..."
HOWARD, Alfred. The beauties of byron, consisting of selections from his works. London. Printed by T. Davison, for Thomas Tegg, [s.d., c. 1835] 12mo. [4], 212pp. With a half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece. Modern tan cloth-backed brown paper boards, original publisher's printed covers pasted over, lettered in gilt to spine. Original publisher's covers marked, chipped, and discoloured. Manuscript dates to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32994
Photo of "The Literary Ladder"
READE, A. Arthur. The Literary Ladder. London. S. W. Partridge and Co., 1880. First edition. 8vo. [8], 88pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt, black, and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32992
Photo of "Songs from books"
KIPLING, Rudyard. Songs from books. London. Macmillan and Co., 1913. First edition, third impression. 8vo. xix, [1], 302pp, [2]. Bound by Truslove & Hanson in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-calf, red cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and sunned, lower joint slightly scuffed/cracked but holding firmly. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29828
Photo of "The adventure of gil blas, ..."
[LE SAGE, Alain Rene]. The adventure of gil blas, of santillane. Translated from the french of le sage, by t. smollett. London. Printed for J. Mawman, 1819. 8vo. In three volumes. xi, [1], 388; vii, [1], 375, [1]; viii, 398pp. With an engraved frontispiece to Vol. I and a further 28 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled diced calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, ticket of London-based booksellers Bowdery & Kerby to FEP of Vol. I, scattered spotting, offsetting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33042