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ABLEMAN, Paul. Bits. London. Latimer Press, 1969. First edition. Small quarto. 45pp. Original publisher's orange buckram lettered and stamped in gilt, with the corresponding decorative dustwrapper. Wrapper toned, with some smoke damage and marking, with minor tearing. Boards bright and sharp with a small snag to buckram of rear board. Whilst the book holds the odour of smoke, it is internally bright and clean, inscribed 'For The Good Lady Olwyn devotedly Paul'. From the estate of ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29561

ABLEMAN, Paul. Vac. London. Victor Gollancz, 1968. First edition. 8vo. 159pp. Original publisher's burgundy cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the unclipped dustwrapper. Significant smoke damage to wrapper, with additional staining and tearing; the book has also held the odour of smoke. With the author's inscription 'For My good Lady Olwyn Love Paul' to half-title. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29559

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[ACADEMY ADDRESS]. [Drop-head title:] Prologue to the public readings at Messrs. Flack's Academy, For Christmas, 1810, To be Spoken by Henry Tolhurst. [London]. J. Barfield, Printer, [1810]. Dimensions 200 x 320 mm. Single leaf broadside. Three old horizontal folds. Short central tear to head, creased, a trifle spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25502

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A COMMANDER IN THE NAVY. Sketches by a sailor; or, things of earth and things of heaven. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853. First edition. 8vo. 149, [1], 32pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, marked, and bumped. Early ink gift inscription to FEP, early ink ownership inscription of Richard Benyon Croft to head of p.[5], very occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29511

'A.E.' [i.e. RUSSELL, George William]. Homeward songs by the way. Dublin. Chiswick Press, Charles Whittingham & Co., 1894. First edition. 12mo. x, [4], 51pp. Contemporary green cloth, gilt. Slight rubbing to extremities. Armorial bookplate of Agnes Jekyll to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11211

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AHO, Juhani. Squire Hellman and other stories. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. First edition in English. 12mo. 185pp, [7]. With three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Lightly rubbed and stained, chipping to dulled spine. Book-label of Josephine Dockar Drysdale to verso of half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32369

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AIKIN, Lucy. Poetry for children, consisting of short pieces to be committed to memory. London. Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, [s.d., c. 1845] New edition, considerably improved. 12mo. xii, 180pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and dulled. Contemporary ownership inscription of Master Dale to recto of FFEP, title page a trifle marked, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29693

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

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AINSWORTH, W. Harrison. Rookwood, a romance. Paris. Baudry's European Library, 1836. 8vo. [5], viii-xvii, [1], 344pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, small ink-stain to p.301, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32974

AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The miser's daughter: A Tale. London. G. Routledge & Co., 1858. New edition. 8vo. 256pp. 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. 31690

AINSWORTH, William Harrison. The flitch of bacon: or, The Custom of Dunmow. A tale of english home. London. Geo. Routledge & Co., 1856. Eighth thousand. 8vo. 290pp. 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. 31694

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AKENSIDE, Mark. The pleasures of imagination... London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810. New edition. 12mo. [2], 159pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further four engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Rubbed, upper joint split. Marbled endpapers, later inked ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge to recto of front blank fly-leaf, offsetting to title, short tear to head of final leaf. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 26015

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AKENSIDE, Mark. The pleasures of the imagination, and other poems...with a biographical sketch of the author. London. John Walker, 1853. Complete edition. 12mo. [[5], viii-xvi, 300pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Title in red and black. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled brown morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33039

A LADY [CELESIA, Dorothea]. Almida, a tragedy... London. Printed for T. Becket and Co., 1771. First edition. 8vo. [8], 66pp, [2]. With a half-title. Disbound. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27347

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A LATE GRADUATE OF OXFORD [NAGHTEN, Frederick K.]. A metrical version of the song of solomon, and other poems. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1845. First edition. 12mo. [4], xviii, 156, [2], 32pp. With a half-title and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Ink presentation inscription to half-title: 'Hugh McCalmont Esq. / With the best wishes of the / Author's Brother - / London October 1845'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30469

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ALFIERI, Vittorio. Il misogallo prose e rime di Vittorio Alfieri da Asti. Londra. [s.n.], 1799. First edition. 8vo. [8], 184pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Later gilt-tooled navy half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 25741

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ALIGHIERI, Dante. The lyrical poems of dante alighieri; including the poems of the vita nuova and convito. London. William Smith, 1845. 8vo. xxxiv, [2], 144pp. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21477

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ALIGHIERI, Dante. La divina commedia or the divine vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English. [London]. Nonesuch Press, 1928. Folio. Limited edition of 1,475 copies on Van Gelder paper, of which this is copy 876. [4], 324pp, [3]. Parallel Italian and English text, printed in double columns. With 42 sepia collotype plates (34 double-page). Original publisher's gilt-stamped orange vellum. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 28556

ALLEN, Grant. COTES, May. Kalee's shrine. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24699

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ALLEY, Rev. Jerome. The judge; or, an estimate of the importance of the judicial character, Occasioned by the Death of the Late lord clare, lord chancellor of ireland. A Poem, in three cantos. London. Printed by J. Swan...for Vernor and Hood, 1803. First edition. 8vo. [10], x, 129pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, remnants of paper shelf-label to foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting, offsetting to title page. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26369