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[GRESWELL, Edward]. Europæ pacatores oxonium invisentes. [Manchester]. [R. and W. Dean], [1815]. First edition. Quarto. [2], 8pp, [2]. Uncut, stitched, as issued, in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed, creased. Later manuscript annotations to upper wrapper and title page signed William H. P. Greswell, occasional highlighting. A.L.S. on Brasenose College stationery pinned to upper wrapper: '9 Nov. 1916. Dear Mr. Greswell, I write to thank you heartily for sending me the interesting Latin verses written by your uncle on ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26218
BERNEN, Robert. The House on the Cove. [London]. The Acorn Press, [1987]. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 200 copies set in Caslon type and bound by Woolnough and Co., of which this is number 184. [36]pp. With 15 engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn and six loosely inserted off strikes. Original publisher's marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Very minor shelf wear. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33073
SAPPHO. WHARTON, Henry Thornton. Sappho: memoir, text, selected renderings and A Literal Translation by henry thornton wharton m.a. oxon. London. David Stott, 1887. Second edition. Quarto. [2], xvi, 213pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's gilt-stamped vellum, lettered in red and black. A trifle rubbed, lightly discoloured, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. Limited edition, inked inscription to verso of title page: 'Twenty-five copies of this book have been printed on Large Paper. Each one is numbered and signed by me, this Copy being No. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 26570
TODD, Rev. Henry J[ohn]. Illustrations of the lives and writings of gower and chaucer. Collected from authentick documents. London. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington et al., 1810. First edition. 8vo. [8], xlvii, [1], 394pp. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and two further engraved plates. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, with the supralibros (wolf passant collared and chained with Garter motto) of George Granville Leveson-Gower, first Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833) to both boards, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Armorial bookplate to FEP, offsetting, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19084
ARNOLD, Matthew. New poems. London. Macmillan and Co., 1867. First edition. 8vo. viii, 244pp. With a half-title. Bound by Burn of London in original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth. A trifle rubbed, spine slightly dulled. Armorial bookplate of Stephen George Holland and later ticket of Burrell of Chelmsford to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33077
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The masque of anarchy. A Poem...A type-fac-smiile reprint of The Original Edition, first published (together with a Preface by Leigh Hunt) in 1832. Edited by thomas j. wise. [London]. Published for the Shelley Society by Reeves and Turner, 1892. 12mo. Limited edition of 100 copies. xix, [1], xxx, 47pp. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's printed green paper boards. Lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33079
PROPERTIUS, Sextus. Sextii aurelii propertii carmina. Parisiis [i.e. Paris]. Apud Lefevre Bibliopolam, 1821. 16mo. [3], vi-viii, 283pp, [1]. Without half-title. Contemporary blind- tooled red half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, inked ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge to front blank fly-leaf, burn-mark to head of latter half of text-block, primarily confined to margins, though touching text in places with some loss of sense. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33162
GIUSTI, Giuseppe. Raccolta di proverbi toscani con illustrazioni. Firenze [i.e. Florence]. Felice Le Monnier, 1853. First edition. 16mo. xii, 423pp, [1]. Uncut. Handsomely bound by Birdsail & Son of Northampton in recent gilt- tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers bound in. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription of George Meredith to upper wrapper. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25394
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. MEDWIN, T[homas]. The Shelley Papers: memoir of percy bysshe shelley by t. medwin, esq. and original poems and papers by percy bysshe shelley. Now first collected. London. Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1833. First edition. 16mo. viii, 180pp, [4]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisement. Handsomely bound by Maclehose of Glasgow in contemporary red crushed morocco. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. A trifle marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27587
CHAUCER, Geoffrey. The poems of Geoffrey Chaucer, modernized. London. Whittaker & Co., 1841. First edition. 8vo. cxlvii, [1], 331pp, [1]. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, lightly marked, corners bumped. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Goodwyn Hatchard, Bishop of Mauritius to FEP, some marginal loss to leaf R7, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33085
CRUIKSHANK, George. Cinderella and the glass slipper. Edited and illustrated with ten subjects, designed and etched on steel, by george cruikshank. London. George Routledge and Sons, [s.d., c. 1865]. 8vo. 31, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Contemporary navy half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering- piece. Lightly rubbed, spine a little dulled. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Geoffrey S. Williams to FEP, scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title: 'To Geoffrey S. Williams with the best / wishes of Geo. Cruikshank'. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31600
GAY, John. Poems on several occasions. London. Printed for S. Crowder, C. Ware, and T. Payne, 1771. 12mo. In two volumes. 213, [1]; [6], 203pp, [1]. With half-titles. Modern half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Leaves browned and foxed. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32784
[BROWNING, Robert]. Pauline; a fragment of a confession. [London]. [Smith, Elder and Co.], [1868]. 8vo. 41pp, [1]. Extracted from The Poetical Works of Robert Browning (Smith, Elder and Co., 1868, Vol. I). Bound by Morrell in contemporary calf, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28143