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WARREN, Samuel. Ten thousand a-year. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1854. New edition. 8vo. In two volumes. v, iv, [2], 381, [1]; iv, 369pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards, marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed, spines sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31681
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WARREN, Samuel. Passages from the diary of a late physician. Edinburgh. William Blackwood & Sons, 1838. Fifth edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [5], viii-xii, 338; [4], 354; [4], 509pp, [1]. Without half-titles. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards, brown morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of J. T. Coleridge to front blank fly-leaves of all volumes. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page of Vol. I: 'The Honble. Mr. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 26069
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[WARREN, Samuel]. Ten thousand a-year. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1841. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. viii, 403, [1]; [4], 389, [1]; [4], 429pp, [1]. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, brown cloth boards, contrasting red and black morocco lettering-pieces, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of J. T. Coleridge to front blank fly-leaves of Vols. II and III. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page of Vol. I: 'The ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 24966
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[WARTON, Joseph]. An essay on the genius and writings of Pope. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1782. Fourth edition, corrected. 8vo. In two volumes. In two volumes. xiii, [1], 415, [1]; [2], 423pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Rubbed, joints starting. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27294
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WATKINS, Roy. First images. Consigny, France. Embers Handpress, 1980. First edition. Small 8vo. 28pp. Original publisher's cream rag paper card wraps, lettered black with a blue paper title label. Over sewn mould made paper, all edged untrimmed. Lightly scuffed to front, rear wrap suffers significant smoke marking, though no losses. First printing consisting of 126 signed copies, 100 on this mould-made paper, signed and numbered by the author, this being no. 32. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29660
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[WATKINS, William]. Anomaliae. Being desultory essays on miscellaneous subjects. Whitby. Printed by T. Webster, 1798. 8vo. No. I (Tuesday, October 24th, 1797) - no. 34 (Tuesday, June 12th, 1798.); all published. [6], 272pp. With continuous pagination and signatures. Title repeated as caption on first page of each weekly issue.Contemporary gilt-ruled calf-backed, vellum-tipped, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, foot of spine worn. Remnants of book-label and early inked ownership inscription to head of general title page, typed bookseller's description ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 33705
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WATSON, William. Wordsworth's Grave and other Poems. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Second edition. 8vo. 94pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards. With original publisher's protective tan dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked. Endpapers browned, book-label of Josephine Dockar Drysdale to FEP, calling card of Rev. Charles Tulloch to verso of RFEP, further contemporary pencilled ownership inscription to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32370
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WATTS, Alaric A. Poetical sketches: the profession; the broken heart. etc. with stanzas for music, and other poems. London. Printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1823. First trade edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 148pp. Bound by J. Bulcock in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed, spine sunned, chipping to lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Francis Sterry and recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 28884
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WATTS, [Isaac] et al. Elegant miscellaneous extracts selected from watts, hervey, newton, young, blair, sturm, &c. &c. to which are added, a few original pieces. Woodbridge. Printed and published by B. Smith, 1813. New edition. 8vo. [6], 442pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece.Extremities worn, upper joint split, loss to head-cap. Hinges exposed, early ink ownership inscription of Joyce D. Fox to recto of FFEP, worm-tracks to gutter, lower corner of leaf Y3 torn away (though present), with some loss of text and sense. William St. Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencil ownership inscription and ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30562
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WEBB, Daniel. Remarks on the beauties of poetry. London. Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1762. First edition. 8vo. [4], 125pp, [1]. With half-title. Recent calf backed blue paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Stamped in blind by Worchester Public Library to title, subsequent two leaves, and final three leaves, all leaves lightly toned, marginal dust-soiling to final gathering and blank RFEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 12210
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WEBSTER, Margaret. The same only different . London. Victor Gollancz, 1969. First edition. 8vo. xvii, 391pp, [4], xiv. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, with original publisher's black and white pictorial dustwrapper. Boards soiled, wrapper price-clipped, creased and marked with several tears though no major loss. Top- and fore-edges a little foxed, internally bright save a large crease on p.153. Inscribed from the author to FFEP: 'My dear Larry. with deepest admiration & love'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31409
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WESLEY, Samuel. Poems on several occasions. London. Printed for the Author by E. Say...and sold by S. Birt, 1736. First edition. Quarto. [2], iv, [6], 412pp. A variant, with leaf A1 cancelled and replaced by one with a woodcut headpiece, with a woman holding a flaming heart in the central compartment, flanked by two angels. Contemporary gilt-ruled mottled calf, recently rebacked, recent contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Boards worn. Marbled endpapers, paper repair to head of front blank fly-leaf, small stain to lower corner of leaf F2. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29984
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WESTMACOTT, Charles. Points of misery; or fables for mankind: Prose and Verse. London. Sherwood, Jones and Co. , 1823. First edition. 8vo. [2], vi, [2], 97pp. With a half-title and 20 designs by Robert Cruikshank, including an engraved frontispiece, eight engraved plates, and several further in-text illustrations. Original publisher's grey paper boards, with original paper lettering-piece to upper board, later naively rebacked in cloth. Rubbed and marked, with small losses to head and foot of spine, surface wear to lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate of Lieut. General Robert Meade ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 17607
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[WESTMINSTER SCHOOL]. Anthologia sive Epigrammatum Græcorum ex Anthologia editâ, MS. Bodleianâ, aliisque autoribus delectus in usum Scholæ Westmonasteriensis. Oxoniæ [i.e. Oxford]. E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1724. First edition. 8vo. [2], 99p, [3]. The first and sixth words of the title are transliterated from the Greek. Contemporary panelled sheep. Rubbed, joints starting, paper label with title in manuscript to head of spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of James Stuart to front endpapers, scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 24901
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WEST, Morris Langlo. The tower of babel. New York. William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1968. First edition. 8vo. [xii], 361pp. Original publisher's black cloth-backed red paper boards over black cloth, lettered in gilt and white. Boards and fore-edge a touch marked. Internally bright and clean. Coloured map endpapers, inscribed to half-title: 'For Larry, with thanks and
good wishes and an invitation back to Rome, Morris L. West, Rome June 1968'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31422
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WETHERELL, J[ames] E[lgin] (Editor). The Great War in verse and prose. Toronto. Printed and Published by A. T. Wilgress, 1919. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 160pp. Original publisher's limp red morocco with gilt title, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. A near fine copy. A trifle rubbed to spine and edges. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To Viscount-Jellicoe with profound respect J.E. Wetherell, Toronto Dec. 8, 1919'. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 12833
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WHARTON, Edith. A son at the front. London. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. First U.K. edition. 8vo. v, [1], 365pp, [3]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, a trifle cocked. Armorial bookplate of Roberti Marchionis de Crewe to FEP, endpapers browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23368