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[GUY FAWKES]. Guy fawkes; or, a match for a king. A pantomime... London. Not published [Nassau Steam Press - W. S Johnson], [1855]. 8vo. 24pp. Printed theatre notice, excusing errors in the text, loosely inserted. Original printed paper tan wrappers. A trifle rubbed and dusty. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21833

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[SCOTT, Walter]. Guy mannering; or, the astrologer. Paris. Published by P. Didot, 1821. 8vo. In three volumes. [4], 226; [4], 229, [1]; [4], 235pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Paper slips pasted to all FEPs seemingly to obscure earlier bookplates, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32449

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DIBDIN, [Charles]. Harvest-home. A comic opera... London. Printed for Harrison and Co., 1787. First edition. 8vo. 27pp, [1]. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter, lightly damp-staining, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29284

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FLECKER, James Elroy. Hassan: The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and how he came to make the Golden Journey to Samarkand: A Play in Five Acts. London. William Heinemann, 1922. 1st Edition. 8vo. [6], 182pp, [2]. With a half-title. Bound for Bumpus (stamp-signed on rear turn-in) in contemporary black crushed morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, T.E.G. Original publisher's green cloth board covers bound in. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden to FEP. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29528

[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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[MARSHALL, Frank]. Henry irving, actor and manager: a criticism of a critic's criticism. by an irvingite.. London. George Routledge, 1883. First edition. 8vo. 80pp. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered back, with the publisher's device blindstamped to the lower board. A little shaken, a trifle cocked, with 'Frank Marshall' pencilled on the title page below 'An Irvingite'. Early ownership inscription to the top of the title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 31093

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PREVOST, Abbe. Histoire de manon lescaut et du chevalier des grieux. Paris. G. Boudet, 1889. 8vo. xxii, [2], 203pp, [5]. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further 12 chromolithograph plates, and 212 engraved illustrations in the text by Maurice Leloir. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and bumped, spine sunned. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26263

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[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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PREVOST, Abbe. Histoire du chevalier des grieux et de manon lescaut. Paris. Alphonse Lemerre, 1870. 12mo. viii, 239pp, [5]. With a half-title and an additional engraved title page. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32926

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[SPANISH LITERATURE]. PEREZ DE HITA, Gines. Historia de las guerras civiles de granada. En Amberes [i.e. Antwerp]. Por Henrico y Cornelio Verdussen, 1714. 8vo. [8], 336, 331-680pp, [2]. Text complete despite erratic pagination. Handsomely bound in nineteenth century russia, tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate in sanguine (superimposed on an earlier bookplate) of Thomas Merthyr Guest to FEP More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 23536

JEFFERIES, Richard. Hodge and his masters. London. Smith, Elder, & Co., 1880. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. vii, [3], 359; [6], 312pp, [4]. With half-titles and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Original publisher's brown buckram, blocked in black and blind, gilt pictorial devices to upper boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Typed booksellers description pasted to FEP of Vol. I, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 20808

WHITTIER, John Greenleaf. Home ballads and poems. Boston. Ticknor and Fields, 1861. Second edition. 8vo. vi, [3], 10-206pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21768

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HOMER. Homeri ilias graece et latine. Annotationes in usum serenissimi principis guilielmi augustu, ducis de cumberland, &c regio jussu scripsit atque edidit samuel clarke, s.t.p. . Londini, [i.e. London]. Impensis Johannis & Pauli Knapton, 1754. Second edition. Quarto. [8], 344; [4], 347pp, [13]. With folding engraved frontispiece maps to each volume, and terminal errata leaf to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Worn, with splits to joints (boards nevertheless holding strong), bumping to corners and surface loss to boards. Three inked shelf-marks to front endpapers. James Beattie's copy, with his neat inscription to title, along with the number '221.' in ... More > £ 1,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24874

'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

[HOMMAGE AUX DAMES]. Hommage aux dames. London. John Letts, 1825. 12mo. [2], iv, 159, [1], 4, [40], 15pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title page, a further five engraved plates, and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's printed pink paper boards. Housed in original publisher's red roan slip-case, paper labels with title and date in manuscript to left-hand side. Lightly rubbed and marked, slipcase heavily rubbed and discoloured. Early inked ownership inscription of M. ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32766

WHITEHEAD, [Paul]. Honour. A satire. London. Printed for M. Cooper, 1747. First edition. Quarto. [2], 22pp. With a half-title. Recent buff paper boards. Short closed tear to head of title page, leaves damp-stained at margins, verso of final leaf browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27191

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[SAVAGE, John]. Horace to scaeva. Epist. XVII. Book I. imitated. London. Printed for John Brindly, 1730. First edition. 8vo. 36pp. With a half-title. Attractive engraved vignette, printed in sepia, to title page. Disbound. Light damp-staining at foot, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32982

CULLEN, John. Horae poeticae. London. William Macintosh, 1869. New edition. 8vo. viii, 152pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to head and foot of spine, paper labels of the Nottingham Free Public Reference Library to upper board. Library loan card pasted to FEP, contemporary ink-stamps of Nottingham Free Library to title and p.45 and p.152. Recent ink-stamp of City of Nottingham Public Libraries to title page. Presentation copy, ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29547

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HAWKE, Martin. Howell Wood; Or, The Raby Hunt, in Yorkshire. A new Hunting Song, to the tune of Ballynamonaora. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] 8vo. Manuscript on paper. 16 leaves. In buff Middle Hill boards, title in manuscript to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, some loss and splitting to spine. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 18160

POUND, Ezra. H. S. Mauberley. Milano [i.e. Milan]. All'Insega del Pesce d'Oro, [1959]. 8vo. Limited edition of 1,000 copies, of which this is number 218. 57pp, [2]. Illustration to upper wrapper and two plates of illustrations by Jean Cocteau. With three plates Parallel English and Italian text. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33023