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CERNY, Frederick. Logrono: A Metric Drama in Two Acts. London. Marcus Ward & Co., 1877. First edition. 8vo. 119pp, [1]. With a half-title and 29 engraved illustrations in the text by T. Walter Wilson. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and black, A.E.G.. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28644
DRINKWATER, John. Tides. London. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1917. First edition. 8vo. 54pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth with paper label to sunned spine. Internally bright and clean save a little toning to FFEP. Author's ink inscription 'Alfred Hayes, from John Drinkwater, April 1918' to verso of half title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28731
DRINKWATER, John. Swords and Ploughshares. London. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915. First edition. 8vo. 56pp, [8]. Original publisher's red cloth boards, with paper label to spine. Boards rubbed and marked, label chipped, internally bright and clean with an ALS from Drinkwater thanking Captain Mylne for his letter dated 1917 tipped to FFEP.

It is clear that Mylne's original note was a complimentary one by Drinkwater's response:

'My dear Captain Mylne,
Your letter has given me more pleasure than I ... More >
£ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28732
CROWE, William. Lewesdon hill: a poem. Oxford. At the Clarendon Press, 1788. Second edition. Quarto. [8], 28pp. With a leaf describing the off-shore fortifications off Cherbourg misbound after initial three leaves. Modern paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28912
GAY, John. Fables...With the Life of the Author. London. Printed by C. Whittingham, 1808. 12mo. xvi, 228pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and engraved title page, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, near contemporary inked ownership inscriptions to blank front endpapers, slight loss to margins of leaf EE1. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29017
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. The works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, prose and verse. Complete in one volume.. Philadelphia. Thomas Cowperthwait & Co, 1840. 8vo. [6], xvi, 546pp, [4]. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled full calf, morocco lettering-piece. Contemporary inscription to FEP 'Samuel Jones'. Moderate wear to board edges and spine. Marbled end-papers and edges, although substantial surface wear to edges. Heavy spotting on frontispiece, does not obscure engraving. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29202
GAULTIER, Bon [i.e. AYTOUN, William Edmondstoune. MARTIN, Theodore].. The Book of Ballads. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1870. Eleventh edition. 8vo. [1], v, [3], 256pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and illustrations by Doyle, Leech and Crowquill. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco. Marbled end-papers, all edges gilt. Moderate wear to spine and very slight bumping to corners. Heavy spotting to front and rear end-papers, but none to text. Contemporary ink inscription R. D. Hamilton (?) to FEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29212
HAZLITT, William. Lectures on the English comic writers. London. Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1819. First edition. 8vo. [4], 343pp, [5]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards, recently rebacked in calf, contrasting calf lettering-pieces. Board rubbed and marked. Recent typed booksellers description and bookplate of Dennis Douglas to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29245
WILSON, Thomas. The pitman's pay, and other poems. Gateshead. William Douglas, 1843. First edition. 8vo. xxxvi, [4], 168pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Decorated endpapers, early pencilled gift inscription to head of title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29247
PRINCE, John Critchley. Autumn leaves: Original Poems. Hyde. Printed by G. Booth, and sold by the author, [1856]. First edition. 12mo. viii, 101pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29259
HERBERT, George. The poetical works. London. George Bell and Sons, 1886. 12mo. clxxix, [1], 403pp, [1]. Bound by Bickers & sons in contemporary dark brown crushed morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Decorated endpapers, gilt dentelles, contemporary inked ownership inscription of William Hubert Cornish to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29521
PLATH, Sylvia. Crossing the water. New York. Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971. First US edition. 8vo. 56pp. Original publisher's quarter bound tan cloth over blue paper, with the decorative gloss dustwrapper. Mauve endpapers, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Minor scuffs to wrapper, a little smoke damage to both wrapper and board tops. Internally bright and clean.

From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed, without indication of such; the smoke damage is the result of an errant cigarette dropped by Olwyn ... More >
£ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29567
WORDSWORTH, William. The poetical works... London. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923. 8vo. xxxii, 986pp. Contemporary red half-morocco, red cloth boards, ruled in gilt, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29603
HUNT, Leigh. The poetical works... London. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, [1923]. 8vo. lvi, 776pp. With a portrait frontispiece. Contemporary navy half-calf, blue cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine, marbled edges. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29604
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