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WALLACE, Lew. Ben-hur: A Tale of the Christ. (Abridged.). London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Reviews Office". [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 68pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Rubbed and marked, with chipping to head and foot of spine. Leaves browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34292
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BARNES, William. Poems, partly of rural life, (In national English.). London. J. R. Smith, 1846. First edition. 8vo. vii, 144pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine and edges sunned, lettering-piece chipped. Book- label of Simon Nowell-Smith to FEP, tipped-in autograph of the author to title. Light dust- soiling to endpapers, short marginal tear to initial leaf of text. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32143
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BARNES, William. Poems of rural life, in the Dorset Dialect: with a dissertation and glossary.. London & Dorchester. John Russell Smith, 1844. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 373pp, [2]. With a half-title. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, slight loss to head and foot of spine, joints split at head, lettering-piece heavily worn. Book-labels of Alan Lubbock and Arthur Hull to FEP. Leaves lightly browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32144
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DICKENS, Charles. Pictures from italy. London. Published for the Author, by Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, first issue. 8vo. [8], 269pp, [1]. With an engraved title vignette and three further vignettes in the text by Samuel Palmer. Without terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy fine-diaper cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, small chip to spine, cocked. Later bookplate of S. K. Poole to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30818
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IRVING, Washington. Old christmas. London. Macmillan & Co, 1882. Fourth edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 165pp,[1]. With half-title and a decorated, tinted title page. Richly illustrated by R. Calcott, with 8 engraved plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled half-vellum, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled blue cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Spotting to blank fly-leaves and half-title. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34288
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ELIOT, George. Silas marner: the weaver of raveloe. Edinburgh & London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. 8vo. [4], 364pp. Contemporary blind-stamped, gilt-ruled half-calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine and boards sunned. Bookseller's ticket of Thomas Peake of Newcastle to REP. Scattered spotting, particularly to endpapers. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30732
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AUSTEN, Jane. Sense and sensibility. London. George Routledge and Sons, [s.d., c. 1890?] 8vo. 379pp, [5]. With engraved frontispiece and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, chipping to head and foot of spine. Ticket of Blackwell's, Oxford to FEP. Contemporary inked ownership inscription dated 'Oxford. 1890' to head of title; manuscript list of the novel's Dashwood family to verso of RFEP. Endpapers browned, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28647
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DICKENS, Charles. The cricket on the hearth. A fairy tale of home. London. Printed and published for the author, by Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition, first issue. 8vo. [8], 174pp, [2]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked, cocked. Later bookplate of S. K. Poole to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 30824
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DICKENS, Charles. The chimes: A Goblin Story. London. Chapman and Hall, 1845. First edition, first issue. 8vo. [8], 175pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked, cocked. Ticket of booksellers Grant, Milliken & Bolton of Dublin and later bookplate of S. K. Poole to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30823
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DICKENS, Charles. The battle of life. A Love Story. London. Bradbury & Evans, 1846. First edition, first issue. 8vo. [8], 175pp, [3]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked, cocked. Later bookplate of S. K. Poole to FEP, early inked ownership inscription of J. Booker to half-title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30822
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KEATS, John. The poetical works of john keats. London. Macmillan and Co., 1914. Golden treasury edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 284pp. With half-title. Finely bound by Truslove and Hanson of Sloane Street in contemporary gilt-tooled navy half-calf, blue cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Browning to edges of endpapers. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25815
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HORNE, R[ichard] H[engist]. Ballad romances. London. Charles Ollier, 1846. First edition. 8vo. [4], 248pp. Bound by F. Bedford (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-ruled green half-morocco, marbled boards. T.E.G., marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25071
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CORY, William Johnson . Ionica. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1858. First edition. 8vo. iv, 116pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Some ink-scuffing to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18244
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LAMB, Charles and Mary. The works in prose and verse of charles and mary lamb. London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne. Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, [1908]. Oxford edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xlvii, [1], 863pp, [1]; xii, 857pp, [1]. With a portrait frontispiece of Charles Lamb to both volumes. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled dark green half-calf, contrasting tan morocco lettering-pieces, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, edges of boards and spines sunned. Sir Anthony Eden's copy, with his armorial bookplate to FEPs of each volume, and his inked ownership inscriptions dated February ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29835
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CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The complete works of geoffrey chaucer. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1901. 8vo. xxiv, 732, 149pp, [1]. With half-title and photographic reproduction of an early manuscript as frontispiece. Finely bound by Mudie in contemporary brown morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, gilt initials 'B.E.C. ' to upper board, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Blanche E. Cheekley to front blank fly-leaf. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25635
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BYRON, Lord. The Poetical Works of lord byron. London. Henry Frowde, 1896. Oxford edition. 8vo. x, 924pp. With a half-title. Finely bound by Mudie in contemporary dark brown morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, gilt initials 'B.E.C. ' to upper board, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary inked gift inscription addressed to Blanche E. Cheekley, from M Darnell, and dated October 1903, to front blank fly-leaf. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25636
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BROWNING, Robert. Dramatis Personæ. London. Chapman and Hall, 1864. Second edition. 8vo. [6], 250pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Finely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Endpapers lightly browned, light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34424
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KIPLING, Rudyard. Under the Deodars. Allahabad. Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co., [1888]. First edition. 8vo. [8], 106pp, vii, [1]. With a preliminary leaf and terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Finely bound by Morrell (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in contemporary gilt-tooled black morocco. Gilt dentelles, A.E.G. Very lightly rubbed. Very light scattered spotting, light browning to endpapers. A fine copy. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 25947
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CROCKER, Charles. The vale of obscurity, the lavant, and other poems. Chichester. Printed for the author by W. Mason, 1830. First edition. 8vo. 120pp. Original publisher's two-tone wrappers, printed paper lettering-piece to upper wrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, light damp-staining to upper board. Light browning and staining to initial leaves, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34696
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POPE, Alexander. The dunciad, variorum. With the prolegomena of scriblerus.. London. Printed for A. Dod, 1729. First edition. Quarto. 16, [2], 6, 9-29, [3], 118pp, cxix-cxxiv, [2]. With an engraved title page and terminal index. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily worn, with lower joint cracked and upper joint split, significant loss to corners, slight losses to head and foot of spine. Armorial bookplate of Richard Bingham to FEP. Early inked inscriptions of Robert Eddowes to FFEP, dated 1748, and ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 30339