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AUSTEN, Jane. Mansfield park: A Novel. . London. Chapman and Hall, 1870. New edition. 8vo. [4], 424pp. With half-title. Twentieth century gilt-tooled black half-calf, green cloth boards. Rubbed and marked, with heavy surface wear to spine and small losses to corners. Inked ownership inscription of J. H. Freer to head of half-title. Light scattered spotting, particularly to initial leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34457

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A VILLAGER [WHUR, Cornelius]. Village musings on moral and religious subjects. Norwich. Jarrold and Sons, 1837. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 203pp, [1]. Original publisher's cloth-backed buff paper boards. Heavily rubbed and marked, remnants of paper lettering-piece to spine. Hinges exposed, early book-label of Canon Duckett and recent bookplate of R. C. Fiske to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30509

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A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF TRURO SCHOOL [POLWHELE, Richard]. The Fate of Lewellyn; or, the druid's sacrifice. A legendary tale. To which is added, The genius of carnbre', a poem. Bath. Printed by R. Crutwell, for the Author, 1777. First edition. Quarto. [6], 5-55pp, [1]. Modern green wrappers. Book-label of J. O. Edwards to verso of upper wrapper. Small marginal worm-track running throughout, blank lower margin of leaf F1 shaved, ink-stamps of Merton House to terminal leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30003

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AYTOUN, William Edmondstoune. Lays of the Scottish cavaliers and other poems. Edinburgh. William Blackwood and Sons, 1856. Tenth edition. 8vo. 351pp, [1]. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27091

BAILEY, Philip James. Festus: a poem. London. William Pickering, 1845. Second edition. 8vo. xvi, 396pp, [2]. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, later rebacked preserving majority of original back-strip. Extremities rubbed and marked. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: '(?) James Fenton / With the Author's / compts.' More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 29555

BAILEY, Philip James. Festus: a poem. London. William Pickering, 1852. Fifth edition. 8vo. [4], 562pp, [2]. Bound by Henderson & Bisset in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Church of England clergyman John Mitchell Harvey (1835-1876) to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30446

BAILLIE, Joanna. A series of plays: in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger passions of the mind: each passion being the subject of a tragedy and a comedy. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, [1806-1812] Vol. I. fifth edition; Vol. II third edition; Vol. III, first edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [4], 410; xi, [1], 478; xxxi, [1], 314pp, [6]. With half-titles to Vols. I and II, three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements to Vol. III. Contemporary panelled calf, later rebacked, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Boards rubbed, corners exposed. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscriptions of Robert Milligan to titles of Vols. II and III, manuscript notes to front and rear blank fly-leaves of ... More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29991

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BAKER, Sir Richard. Theatrum Triumphans or a discourse of plays. Shewing the lawfulness and excellent use of Drammatique Poesy, and vindicateing the Stage from all those groundless Calumnies and misrepresentations, wherewith it is aspersed. Wherein all Scruples are removed, and the vain objections of Histro-matrix and others fully Answered and confuted, their mistaken Allegations of Scripture and Fathers discovered, and their pretended Reasons manifested to be nothing but their Passions. London. Printed by S. G. and B. G. for Francis Eglesfield, 1670. 8vo. [8], 141pp, [1]. Without terminal blank leaf. With a cancel title page. Contemporary blind-ruled sheep. Rubbed and marked, surface loss to lower board, corners exposed. Title page lightly stained, initial two leaves of preliminaries working-loose, damp-staining to two terminal gatherings, predominantly confined to margins, without rear endpapers/pastedowns. More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 33315

BANIM, [John]. Padhré na moulh, ou le mendiant des ruines, Roman Irlandaiae. Paris. Charles Gosselin, 1829. First edition in French. 12mo. In two volumes. [4], 234; [4], 216pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. A trifle rubbed. Scattered foxing, FFEP of Vol. I detached. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25112

[BANNATYNE CLUB]. [TYTLER, Patrick Fraser]. Ane New Bannatyne Garland. [Edinburgh]. [s.n.], 1829. First edition. 8vo. 7pp, [1]. Contemporary green paper wrappers. Lightly rubbed. Internally immaculate. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28587

[BANNATYNE CLUB]. [TYTLER, Patrick Fraser]. A Bannatyne Garland. Edinburgh. [s.n.], 1824. First edition. 8vo. [2], iii pp, [1]. Contemporary green paper wrappers. Rubbed and sunned. Internally immaculate. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28588

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BARANTE, [Baron de]. A tableau of French literature during The Eighteenth Centuury. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1834. 12mo. xxxi, [1], 215pp, [1]. Bound by Carss & Co. of Glasgow in contemporary half-calf, green cloth boards. Rubbed, without lettering-piece. Very occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27358

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BARBAZAN, [Etienne]. Fabliaux et contes des poetes francois des XI, XII, XIII, XIV et XVe siecles, tires des meilleurs auteurs. A Paris. Chez B. Waree, 1808. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. In four volumes. [4], xxi, [1], 465, [1]; [4], xiv, 467, [1]; [4], xxxii, 514; xvi, 521pp, [3]. With half-titles and a suite of three engraved plates to each volume.

[Bound uniformly with:] MEON, [Dominique Martin]. Nouveau recueil de fabliaux et contes inedits, des poetes francais des XIIe, XIIIe, XIVe, et XVe siecles... A Paris. Chez Chasseriau, 1823. First edition. In two volumes. viii, 500, ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20270

BARKER, Roland. DOERFLINGER, William. The Middle Passage. London. Macmillan & Co., 1939. First edition. 8vo. [6], 410pp, [2]. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. Spotting to endpapers, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27518

BARTON, Bernard. Poetic vigils. London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824. First edition. 8vo. 12, [2], xii, 308pp. With an initial publisher's advertisement catalogue and two final leaves of advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, title in manuscript to spine. Extremities worn, upper joint split. Recent bookplate of Percival F. Hinton to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 19065

BARTON, Bernard. Napoleon, and other poems. London. Printed for Thomas Boys, 1822. First edition. 8vo. xv, [3], 256pp. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to spine, lettering-piece chipped, corners bumped. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29256

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BARTON, Bernard. Selections from the poems and letters of bernard barton. Edited by his daughter. London. Hall, Virtue, and Co., 1849. First edition. 8vo. [28], xxxvi, 363pp, [1]. With a lithographed portrait frontispiece, three engraved plates, a list of subscribers, and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, early armorial bookplate to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to verso of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32240

BASKERVILLE, Mrs George [Rosetta]. The king of the snakes and other folk-lore stories from uganda. London. The Sheldon Press, 1922. First edition. 8vo. [2] viii, 88pp, with frontispiece and three further illustrative plates inserted. Original publisher's illustrated boards with the corresponding design on the dustwrapper. Minor foxing to all edges, internally bright and clean; a fine copy in the rare dustwrapper. Pencil ownership to front flap, repeated with 'xmas 1925' to FFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28840

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[BATACCHI, Domenico Luigi]. Lo zibaldone poemetto burlesco. Italia [i.e. Italy]. [s.n.], 1810. 12mo. 273pp, [1]. Contemporary marbled paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities rubbed, corners bumped. Ink annotation to title-page, occasional trimming to margins, small marginal repair to lower corner of leaf B2, leaves lightly toned. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 16828

BATES, H. E.. Fair stood the wind for france. London. Michael Joseph Limited, 1944. First edition. 8vo. 224pp. Original publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gilt, with the A. E. Barlow dustwrapper. Spine cocked and faded with other markings, with some wear and staining to wrapper, with old repairs to verso. Pencil inscription '[heart] for Precious May' and underneath in ink '& also a word from the author: in memory of a very happy evening in July 1950,. H. E. Bates.' More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26592