Literature

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Photo of "Ethelwolf; or, the danish pirates. ..."

PENNIE, J[ohn] F[itzgerald]. Ethelwolf; or, the danish pirates. A tragedy, in five acts.. London. G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1821. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 77pp, [3]. Modern fuchsia cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Faded ink-stamp to head of title; manuscript annotations throughout, occasionally obscuring text. Initial and terminal leaves dust-soiled, spotting and staining throughout. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 35898

Photo of "A moveable feast"

HEMINGWAY, Ernest. A moveable feast. London. Jonathan Cape, [1964]. First edition. 8vo. 191pp, [1]. With half-title. Original publisher's brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine, with original printed dust-wrapper. Marbled endpapers. Dust-wrapper chipped, with toning to edges. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35476

Photo of "Orts"

HUGHES, Ted. Orts. London. Rainbow Press, 1978. Limited edition. Quarto. An out of sequence copy, unsigned. [8], 63pp, [3]. With an illustrated frontispiece by Leonard Baskin. Partially unopened in original publisher's navy calf, lettered in gilt to spine, marbled endpapers. Housed in corresponding navy cloth slip-case. Lightly rubbed. Very light spotting to initial leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35478

Photo of "Spook stories collected"

BENSON, E. F.. Spook stories collected. Ashcroft, British Columnia. Ash-tree Press, 1998-2005 First edition. 8vo. In five volumes. xviii, 161pp, [6]; xx, 153pp, [6]; xxiii, 198pp, [5]; xxii, 181pp, [6]; xxxii, 342pp, [6]. With half-titles to each volume, a portrait frontispiece of the author to vols. i-iii, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to each volume. Original publisher's black cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine, with original pictorial dustwrapper to each volume. All fine. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 29862

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MORIER, James Justinian. The adventures of hajji baba, of ispahan. London. Richard Bentley, 1835. Revised edition. 8vo. [4], xxiv, 462pp. With a preliminary leaf of publisher's advertisements and additional engraved title page. Finely bound in near- contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, green cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed, spine heavily sunned. Inked ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge, Montague Place, July 13th 1835 to head of front blank fly-leaf, and inked 'C' to engraved title. Spotting to blank fly-leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34214

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MORIER, James Justinian. The adventures of hajji baba, of ispahan, in england. London. Richard Bentley, 1850. Revised edition. 8vo. [2], xvi, 343pp. With a half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece. Finely bound in near-contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, green cloth boards, marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed, spine heavily sunned. Inked ownership inscription of 'C. Coleridge, Heath's Court, 1877' to head of front blank fly-leaf. Very light scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34215

Photo of "The Plays of Richard Brinsley ..."

SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. The Plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. London. Macmillan and Co., 1908. Fourth edition. 8vo. viii, 455pp. With half-title. Title page in red and black. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled polished tree-calf, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece, supralibros of Eton College to both boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28271

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[GRUNDY, William Morris]. Sunshine in the country: a book of rural poetry embellished with photographs from nature. London. Richard Griffin and Company, 1861. First edition. 8vo. 6, [2], 152pp. With 20 mounted albumen prints. Contemporary gilt-tooled polished black calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 28623

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BARNES, William. Poems of rural life, in the dorset dialect. With a dissertation and glossary. London. John Russell Smith, 1847. Second edition. 8vo. viii, 411pp, [1]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed. Ticket of bookseller W. George of Bristol to FEP. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Edward Doggett to head of title, modern ownership inscription of R. S. G. Perry to FFEP, library stamp of H. G. Doggett to FFEP. Leaves browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32142

Photo of "The mystery of edwin drood"

DICKENS, Charles. The mystery of edwin drood. London. Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 190pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and 12 engraved plates. Bound by Frank Murray of Derby (ticket to FEP) in contemporary olive-green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, T.E.G. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers and advertisements bound in. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting, some loss to wrappers/advertisements. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30821

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WHARTON, Edith. Sanctuary. London. MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1903. First UK edition. 8vo. [4], 210pp, [10]. With terminal publisher's catalogue. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered and decorated black and gilt. With the bookplate of Roberti Marchionis de Crewe to front pastedown. Boards worn and marked, corners and spine ends bumped. Toned endpapers and light marking throughout. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33324

Photo of "Sketches by boz: illustrative of ..."

DICKENS, Charles. Sketches by boz: illustrative of every-day life, and every-day people. . London. John Macrone, 1837. The third edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], iv, [2], 301pp, [1]; [4], 302pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume and a further 14 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Finely bound for H. Sotheran and Co. (stamp-signed to verso of FFEPs) in contemporary gilt-ruled dark green half-morocco, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Light surface wear to joints. Spotting to initial leaves. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28747

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[SHIPWRECK]. [MAYBEE, Robert]. Lines composed by robert maybee, on the loss of the ship "cospatrick," Which was burnt off the Cape of Good Hope, on the night of November 17th, 1874; when more than 400 Lives were lost. Penzance. Saundry, Typ., [s.d., c.1874] Dimensions 220 x 285 mm. Single leaf quarto broadside. Printed within decorative black borders. Some spotting and marginal tears/loss. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29404

Photo of "The evergreen. A collection of ..."

[THE FIRST AUTHORS]. The evergreen. A collection of Superior Poetry, by the first authors.. Liverpool. Henry Lacey, [s.d., c.1834] First edition. 8vo. viii, 248pp. With a steel engraved frontispiece and two further engraved plates. Original publisher's green diced cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Book-label of bibliophiles Anne and Fernand Renier to FEP. Leaves lightly browned, light scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 35214

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SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. The works of the right honourable richard brinsley sheridan, with a memoir by james p. browne, m.d.. London. London, 1873. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], li, [1], 292pp; [4], 316pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author to Vol.I. Contemporary gilt-tooled half calf, tan cloth boards, with contrasting burgundy and brown morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, with light scoring to boards. Faded inked ownership inscription to head of second blank fly-leaf, Vol.I. Light browning and spotting to initial leaves of both Vols. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 35124

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BANNATYNE, George. Ancient scottish poems. Published from the MS. of george bannatyne, mdlxviii.. Edinburgh. Printed by A. Murray and J. Cochran. For John Balfour., 1770. First edition. 8vo. xii, 330pp, [2]. With half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, with light surface wear to joints and edges, and some damp-staining to boards. Book-label of J. O. Edwards and early manuscript shelf-mark 'PP. c 34' to FEP. Leaves lightly browned, with occasional light spotting throughout, and heavier spotting and staining to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32733

Photo of "The poetical works of percy ..."

SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The poetical works of percy bysshe shelley. London. Edward Moxon, 1847. 8vo. In three volumes. xvi, [4], 376pp; viii, 432pp; viii, 386pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author to Vol.I and terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to Vol.III. Finely bound by White of Piccadilly (stamp- signed to verso of FFEP, all volumes) in contemporary gilt-tooled green morocco, A.E.G., with gilt dentelles, and marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, with spines dulled, light wear to ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33353

Photo of "Hard times. For these times"

DICKENS, Charles. Hard times. For these times. London. Bradbury & Evans [Chapman and Hall], 1854 [1870] First edition. 8vo. viii, 352pp. Advertisements to endpapers dated 1870. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked, cocked. Hinges exposed, blind-stamp of W. H. Smith and Son to FEP, inked ownership inscription to half-title, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 29041

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[RHYMERS' CLUB]. The book of the rhymers' club. London. Elkin Matthews, 1892. First edition. 8vo. One of 450 copies, 350 of which for sale. xv, [1], 94pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's buff cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and lightly marked, wear to head of dulled spine, lettering-piece chipped. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to FFEP, very occasional light spotting.

[Together with:] The second book of the rhymers' club. London. Elkin Matthews & John Land, 1894. First edition. One ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 34532

Photo of "Behind the bungalow"

EHA [i.e. AITKEN, Edward Hamilton]. Behind the bungalow. London. W. Thacker & Co., 1911. Tenth edition. 8vo. [8], 159, [1], 32pp. With a half-title, frontispiece, numerous illustrations in the text, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-stamped brick-red cloth, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34965

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