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SLIGHT, Henry. A metrical history of portsmouth; with delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of this Port and Arsenal. Portsmouth. Printed by Hollingsworth & Price, 1820. First edition. 8vo. viii, 136pp. With a list of subscribers. Contemporary green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Heavily rubbed, spine sunned, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20035

DRINKWATER, John. American vignettes 1860-1865. Boston and New York. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. First edition. Quarto. This edition consists of 385 numbered copies autographed by the author, of which this is number 373. [10], 32, [2] leaves. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's blue cloth-backed grey paper boards, lettered in gilt. Without glassine wrapper or slipcase. A trifle rubbed and bumped. Internally clean and crisp. Inked gift inscription beneath limitation statement: 'and is for / Daisy Kennedy / with the author's ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22684

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D'ISRAELI, I[saac]. Amenities of literature, consisting of sketches and characters of english literature. London. Edward Moxon, 1841. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. xii, 372; vi, 429, [1]; vi, 420pp. With half-titles. Handsoomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, T.E.G. Extremities lightly rubbed and discoloured. Marbled endpapers, occasional spotting. Inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf of Vol. I: 'Edith Coleridge / 1887 / from the books of her dear / Uncle Derwent Coleridge', with her calling card tipped-in beneath. Obituary ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20317

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PATMORE, Coventry. Amelia, tamerton church-tower, etc. with prefatory study on english metrical law. London. George Bell and Sons, 1878. First edition. 8vo. iv, 234pp, [2]. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed, marked, and sunned, lettering-piece worn. Contemporary ink inscription of Elizabeth H. Temple to recto of FFEP, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30467

DARMESTETER, Madame James. A Mediaeval Garland. London. Lawrence & Bullen, 1898. First edition in English. 8vo. ix, [3], 255pp, [1]. Title in red and black. Original publisher's decorated tan cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29636

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DONNAY, Maurice. Amants: comedie en cinq actes. Paris. Paul Ollendorff, 1897. First edition. 12mo. [6], 258pp, [2]. Near contemporary green half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G., with original publisher's printed paper wrappers bound in. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Gladys de Grey to FEP, lightly foxed. Presentation copy, inscribed to half-title; 'a Lady Grey / un respectueux hommage / Maurice Donnay / Decembre 1896'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16280

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GENLIS, [Stéphanie Félicité], Madame de. Alphonsine, ou la tendresse maternelle. Paris. Chez H. Nicolle et Compagnie, 1806. 12mo. In three volumes. [3], vi-xxviii, 355, [1]; [2], 325, [1]; [2], 351pp, [1]. Without half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, plain powder blue boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines dulled. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing, very occasional chipping to margins. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26287

A LADY [CELESIA, Dorothea]. Almida, a tragedy... London. Printed for T. Becket and Co., 1771. First edition. 8vo. [8], 66pp, [2]. With a half-title. Disbound. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27347

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BEHN, Mrs [Aphra]. All the histories and novels Written by the Late Ingeious Mrs. behn, Intire in Two Volumes. Published by Mr. Charles Gildon.. London. Printed by J.D. for M.P. and sold by A. Bettesworth...and F. Clay, 1722. Seventh edition, Corrected. 12mo. xii, 324; 336pp. With the half-title ('Mrs. Behn's Novels, In Two Volumes') and portrait frontispiece (with modern interleaf) engraving of the author (by Robert White, after John Riley) to Vol I, but without the six engraved 'Cuts' referred to on the title. Early twentieth-century gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G., by Stikeman. A little rubbed to extremities, especially upper joint of Vol. I., some browning to endpapers ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 32495

TOMLINSON, H. M.. All our yesterdays. London. William Heinemann Ltd., [1930]. First trade edition. 8vo. [10], 539pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper, Book Society belly-band. Minor shelf-wear, some chipping to dustwrapper, spine panel sunned, loss to belly-band. With a single sheet A.L.S. remarking on a privately printed Easter card for which Tomlinson wrote the copy. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 22602

BERESFORD. J. D. All or nothing. Indianapolis. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. First American edition. 8vo. 327pp. Original publisher's indigo cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the unclipped illustrated dustwrapper. Fore and bottom edges uncut, spine a little cocked, with some further bumping. Wrapper shows losses to all panels, and light soiling. Internally a little toned but still clear. Inscribed on the front free endpaper from the author to Henry Williamson 'To my dear old Henry from his friend J. D. ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27256

MURPHY, Mr. [Arthur]. All in the wrong. A comedy... London. Printed for P. Vaillant, 1761. First edition. 8vo. [4], 106pp. Disbound. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32273

RIMBAULT, E[dward] F[rancis]. A Little Book of Songs and Ballads, gathered from Ancient Musick Books, MS. and Printed. London. Printed [by Arliss and Tucker] for John Russell Smith, 1851. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 227, [1], 12pp. Title printed in red and black. With a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary green sheep-backed marbled paper boards. Rubbed, loss to dulled spine. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, contemporary newspaper clipping tipped-in to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32408

[CRAIK, Dinah Maria]. A life for a life. London. Hurst and Blackett, 1859. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [4], 303, [1]; [2], 310, [2]; [2], 316pp. Final publisher's advertisement leaf to Vol. II. Bound by Broadbere of Southampton in contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Binder's tickets to all FEPs, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP of Vol. I, early inked ownership inscriptions of A. B. White to head of all titles, ome ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22277

P., B. Alice, a tale of real life. London. Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 1860. First edition. 8vo. vi, 264pp, [2]. With a tipped-in errata slip and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29254

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[CHAUCER, Geoffrey]. [MORRIS, William]. [A leaf from the Kelmscott Chaucer - Troilus and Criseyde Book IV pp523-524]. London. The Kelmscott Press, 1896. Dimensions 288 x 423 millimetres. A single leaf (pp523-524) from the larger work. Slightest of creasing to edges, else fine. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29156

SWAN, Annie S.. Aldersyde A Border Story. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d.] First edition. 8vo.. 68pp, iv. Stapled, as issued, within original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed. Leaves browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34068

SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Alastor or the spirit of solitude and other poems...a facsimile reprint of the original edition first published in 1816 edited by bertram dobell. London. Published for The Shelley Society by Reeves and Turner, 1886. 12mo. One of 300 copies printed. xlvi,101pp, [2]. Unopened in original publisher's printed blue paper boards. Rubbed, loss to head of dulled spine. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32402

[OPERA]. A GENTLEMAN OF QUALITY. Alarbas. A Dramatick opera.. London. Printed by M. J. for J. Morphew, 1709. First edition. Quarto. [6], 51pp, [1]. Without half-title. Later half-vellum, marbled boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Bookseller's ticket of T. Connolly of Dublin to FEP, three horizontal closed tears to title page, naive paper repair to verso, occasional spotting/damp-staining. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21222

NEWBOLT, Henry. Aladore. Edinburgh and London. William Blackwood and Sons, 1914. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition, 150 copies on hand-made paper, of which this is number 30. xiv, 361pp, [1]. With 15 plates with collotype illustrations from drawings by Lady Hylton. Uncut in original publisher's vellum, ruled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Extremities a trifle discoloured. Endpapers browned, contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. Signed by the author on limitation page. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25553