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Photo of "Histoire des sevarambes peuples qui ..."
[VAIRASSE, Denis]. Histoire des sevarambes peuples qui habitent une Partie du troisieme Continent, communement appelle la terre australe... Amsterdam. Aux depens d'Estienne Roger, 1702. 12mo. In two volumes. 333, [1]; 303pp, [25]. Titles printed in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Uncut. Handsomely bound in later red morocco, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Early armorial bookplates of Lord Bracco tipped-in to FFEP of Vol. I and verso of frontispiece of Vol. II respectively, frontispieces heavily ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31618
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VAUGHAN, Henry. The works in verse and prose complete... [Blackburn]. Printed [by C. Tiplady and Son] for private circulation, 1871. 8vo. In four volumes. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and discoloured. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Bernard Lord Coleridge to versos of all FFEPs. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25996
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VELEZ DE GUEVARA, Luis.. El diablo cojuelo, verdades sonadas y novelas de la otra vida, traducidas a estaa por Luis Velez de Guevara. Anadido el fin con ocho Enigmas curiosos y dos Novelas. Madrid. En la Imprenta del Consejo de Indias, 1785. 8vo. [12], 257pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled cat's paw calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, early inked ownership inscription of Josh. Pitt, Cirencester to verso of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 19677
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VERE, Aubrey de. Poems. London. Burns & Lambert, 1855. First edition. 8vo. xii, 319pp, [1]. Contemporary navy half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, navy cloth boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. Contemporary bookplate with motto 'sancta maria ora pro nobis' and initials 'W. H.' to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30555
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VERNE, Jules. Round the world in eighty days (Abridged.). 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. 24700
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VINAVER, Michel. Iphigenie Hotel. Paris. Gallimard, 1963. First edition. 8vo. 208pp. Partially unopened in original publisher's printed wrappers. Contemporary address to front verso wrap. Inscribed on the half-title: 'a Laurence Olivier hommage de M Vinaver'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31425
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VIRGIL. Publii virgilii maronis opera quae exstant omnia ex heynio-brunckiana recensione edidit j. a. amar. Parisiis [i.e. Paris]. Apud Lefevre Bibliopolam, 1826. 16mo. In two volumes. [3], vi-xx, 247, [1]; [2], 326pp, [2]. Without half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled green morocco, A.E.G. Rubbed, some scoring to boards. Marbled endpapers, bookplates of R. J. Dickinson to verso of both FFEPs, inked ownership inscriptions of 'Rob. Wilkinson / 1839' to front blank fly-leaves, foxed. Booksellers tickets to both FEPs of Weymouth based printed and binder John Commins. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 16609
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VOLTAIRE. Candide ou l'optimisme. Paris. Éditions Jules Tallandier, [1921]. 8vo. [4], xvi, [2], 174pp, [4]. Title in red and black. With 10 plates and numerous illustrations in the text by Adrein Moreau. Bound in later purple half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine, stamp-signed with gilt omega symbol and dated in blind 1969 to rear turn-in. Original publisher's printed wrappers bound in. Spine sunned.

[Together with:] LAFAYETTE, Madame de. La princesse de clèves. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33882
Photo of "La pucelle d'orléans, poëme en ..."
VOLTAIRE. La pucelle d'orléans, poëme en vingt-un chants. Paris. [De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet], An VII [i.e. 1799] 8vo. In two volumes. xiii, [1], 223, [1]; [4], 243pp, [1]. With half-titles, an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I, and a further 21 engraved plates. Original publisher's pink paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces to spines. Rubbed, joints starting, spines sunned. Very occasional light spotting. Ink-stamps 'Se Vend Chez Marrot Receveur de la loterie-Nationale, à Rochefort' to half-title of Vol. I and FFEP of Vol. II. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29783
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[WALDRON, Francis Godolphin]. Heigho for a husband! A comedy... London. Printed for T. Arrowsmith, 1794. First edition. 8vo. 10, [2], 60pp. With an engraved plate. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Title page and verso of final leaf browned and marked, scattered spotting, early inked ownership inscription of J. Kent Esq. to head of title, manuscript annotations in his hand to ‘dramatis personae’. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29285
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WALKER, Joseph Cooper. Memoirs of alessandro tassoni, author of La Secchia Rapita; or, the rape of the bucket; interspersed with Occasional Notices of his Literary Contemporaries, and a general Outline of his various works... London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. First edition. 8vo. c, 316pp. With half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, and an engraved plate. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, slight shipping to head of spine, lightly marked. Internally clean and crisp. With manuscript presentation plate to FEP; 'For / Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wakely, / (the early and attached / Friends of the Author,) / from / their truly sincere / & affectionate ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17373
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WALLER, Edmund. The works of Edmund Waller, Esq; in verse and prose. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1730. First edition. 12mo. [16], 295, [1], clxiii, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and an engraved folding plate. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, loss to lettering-piece. Loss to FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27338
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WALLER, Edmund. The works of edmund waller Esqr. in prose and verse. London. Printed for I Tonson, 1729. First edition. Large quarto. [18], 450, xci, [1]pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, an engraved title page, and a further three engraved plates. Contemporary blind-tooled reversed calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine compartments at head and foot of spine very neatly replaced, chipping to lettering-piece. The Pull Court LIbrary copy, with book label to and armorial bookplate of Buchley Park, Worcestershire, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11312
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WALLIS, Richard. The Happy Village. A Poem. Dedicated to the Honble. & Reverend the Trustees of the Late Lord Crewe... So. Shields. Printed and Sold By John Paxton, 1802. First edition. Quarto. [2], 20pp. Title page engraved, with large copper-engraved vignette from the workshop of Thomas Bewick. Finely bound in antique style calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tipped corners, gilt. Thomas Davidson's copy, with his ink inscription to FEP and title, bookplate to FEP. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 31767
Photo of "Fortitude: a romance"
WALPOLE, Hugh. Fortitude: a romance. London. Macmillan and Co., 1933. 8vo. viii, 432, 6pp. With three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Preliminary leaves partially misbound. Contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. lettered in gilt to front lower turn-in: 'B. H. H. EASTER 1935. I. C.', signed 'Katharine Pountney' to rear lower turn-in. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to spine. Decorated endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32114
Photo of "The theatres of George Devine"
WARDLE, Irving. The theatres of George Devine. London. Jonathan Cape, 1978. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 295pp. With four leaves of photographs. Original publisher’s black cloth, brown label lettered gilt to spine, top edge aubergine. Overall a little shaken with light markings. Internally bright and clean. Inscribed 'Dear Larry, Happy Birthday, John Dexter' and further signed by a multitude of theatrical contemporaries, including Peggy Ashcroft, John Gielgud, Margaret Tyzack, Vivian Pickles, Lindsay Anderson, Mary O’Malley, and many more. Someone also ... More > £ 700.00 Antiquates Ref. 31187
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WARD, Thomas. England's reformation, from the time of king henry the eighth to the end of oates's plot: a poem, in four cantos. Dublin. Published by James Duffy, 1841. 12mo. 427pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and bumped. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to FEP, frontispiece and engraved title page browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32291
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WARREN, Samuel. Ten thousand a-year. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1848. New edition. 8vo. In three volumes. x, 421, [1]; [4], 406, [2]; [4], 451pp, [1]. With an engraved armorial plate. Original publisher's blind-stamped cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked. Upper hinge of Vol. I exposed, armorial bookplates of Arthur Shepherd to all FEPs, recent bookplate of robert J. Hayhurst to FFEP of Vol. I. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22289