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SHAKESPEARE, William. HEATH, Charles. The heroines of shakspeare: comprising The Principal Female Characters in the plays of the great poet. London. W. Kent & Co. (Late D. Bogue), 1858. Quarto. vi, [90]pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 44 engraved plates. Twentieth-century red morocco, small dark green morocco inlays - ivy leaf motif executed in Arts and Crafts style, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G., lettered in gilt to rear lower turn-in: '19 M. R. 04'. Lightly rubbed, sine dulled. Closed tears to frontispiece, title page, and one leaf of text, scattered spotting. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 32031
EURIPIDES. The hecuba... London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1867. New edition. 8vo. lvi, 172pp. Interleaved throughout. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting, occasional pencilled annotations. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29271
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. The Harvest Moon. London. Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [1888]. 12mo. [12]pp. Original publisher's pictorial limp card boards, original pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper a trifle chipped and lightly browned, else clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28164
GILSTRAP, Elizabeth Haigh. The harp of colne. [London]. Printed [for the Author by Cassell and Company] for Private Circulation, 1886. First edition. 8vo. ix, 230pp. Unopened in original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed. Ink-stamp of Nottingham Public Libraries to verso of title page, two early manuscript corrections to text. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31346
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
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. The greek christian poets and the english poets. London. Chapman & Hall, 1863. First edition. 12mo. [2], 211pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green pebbled cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, crease to lower board. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22212
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
HORNE, R[ichard] H[engist]. The great peace-maker: a sub-marine dialogue. London. Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1872. First trade edition. 8vo. xi, [2], 14-32pp, [2]. With a half-title and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Endpapers browned, armorial bookplate of French poet Jean-François Chatelain (1801-1881), Le Chevalier de Chatelain to recto of FFEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'Le Chevalier de Chatelain / From his admiring friend / the Author / ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27712
ONE WHO HAS BEEN "ALMOST WORRIED TO DEATH". The greatest plague of life or the adventures of a lady in search of a good servant. Edited by the brothers mayhew. London. George Routledge and Sons, [1892]. 12mo. [2], 285pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, and engraved vignette to title, and a further 11 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green half-morocco, green cloth boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, plates foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33040
BOWLES, Rev. W[illiam] L[isle]. The grave of the last saxon; or, the legend of the curfew. A poem. London. Printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1822. First edition. 8vo. [4], xi, [1], 111pp, [1]. With a half-title and an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed, chipping to spine. Recent book-label of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of half-title: 'With the Author's Respects / June 4th 1822'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20764
PALGRAVE, Francis Turner. The golden treasury... London. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, [1942]. 8vo. xv, [1], 574pp, [2]. With a half-title and a photographic portrait frontispiece depicting Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Contemporary red leatherette, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29602
A CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER. The godmother: A Tale. London. Saunders and Otley, 1854. First edition. 12mo. viii, 109, [1], 2pp. With list of subscribers and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32343
MANNING, William. The glow-worm. London. Frank T. Sabin, 1896. Quarto. Limited edition of 112 copies, 100 of which for sale. [8], 17pp, [47]. Title in red and black. With an additional illustrated title-page and 21 engraved illustrations in the text by Westley Horton. Uncut in original publisher's pictorial buckram. Extremities rubbed, marked, and dulled. Endpapers browned, later ink ownership inscription of 'The Spitfire Library' to head of additional title. Manuscript note to limitation page: 'Subscribing ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 30204
COTTON, Charles. The genuine works of Charles Cotton, Esq; containing I. Scarrönnides, or Virgil Travestie. II. Lucian Burlesqued, or the Scoffer Scoft. III. The Wonders of the Peake. IV. The Planters Manual. . London. Printed for R. Bonwicke, Tim. Goodwin, et al., 1715. First edition. 8vo. [4],14,17-384pp. Each work has its own title page. With 10 engraved plates, including one fold-out illustration. Unpressed in contemporary blind-stamped sprinkled calf, contrasting gilt-tooled red leather lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed and marked, with slight wear to joints, loss to head of spine, upper joint starting. Inked shelf mark and armorial bookplate of William Hanbury of Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire to FEP. Light browning to FEP, otherwise internally ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33830
COTTON, Charles. The Genuine poetical works of Charles Cotton... London. Printed for J. Rivington et al., 1771. Sixth edition, corrected. 12mo. 348pp. With nine engraved plates (one folding). 'Scarronides' is of the fifteenth edition and 'Burlesque upon burlesque' is of the eighth edition. Contemporary calf, later rebacked, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Recent bookplate of Kenneth Monkman to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27407
COTTON, Charles. The Genuine poetical works of Charles Cotton... London. Printed for J. and J. Bonwicke et al., 1741. Fourth edition, corrected. 12mo. [4], 348pp, [8]. With nine engraved folding plates. Each work has its own title page: 'Scarronides' is of the thirteenth edition, 'Burlesque upon burlesque: or, the scoffer scoff'd' is of the sixth edition, and 'The wonders of the Peake' is of the sixth edition. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, later rebacked, preserving contemporary spine panel and red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. Armorial bookplate of William Henry Mason ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27356