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GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London. John C. Nimmo, 1886. 8vo. xvi, [2], 291pp, [1]. With 114 colour illustrations in the text. Bound by Douglas Foulis of Edinburgh in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27334
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London. Ernest Nister, [s.d., c. 1900] 8vo. 224pp. With five heliogravure plates and numerous illustrations in the text by H. M. Paget. Original publisher's decorative green cloth, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Occasional spotting, plates foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27296
MILLER, Henry. Plexus. Paris. The Olympia Press, [1953]. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 2,000 copies printed for private circulation, this being copy 930. In two volumes. 342, [4]; 348pp, [2]. Original publisher's sienna printed wrappers. Rubbed, printed prices on lower panels erased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27205
[MASON, Arnold Telford]. The book of artemas: Concerning men, and the things that men did do, at the time when there was war. London. W. Westall & Co., 1918. Seventy-sixth edition. [Together with:] [MASON, Arnold Telford]. The second book of artemas... London. W. Westall & Co., 1918. Seventh edition.

[And:] [MASON, Arnold Telford]. The third book of artemas... W. Westall & Co., 1919. First edition.

8vo. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. Lightly rubbed and dulled. Pencilled gift inscription to FFEP of first mentioned work: 'Son / from E. Spicer / Jan 28th 1918', together with a pasted-in ... More >
£ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27302
SITWELL, Osbert. Selected poems: old and new. London. Duckworth, 1943. First edition. 8vo. 163pp, [1]. Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered in red, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and chipped, loss to lower panel. Internally clean and crisp. Inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / S. H. Gray / from / Osbert Sitwell / Nov. 1943'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27106
SITWELL, Osbert. Open the door!: A volume of Stories. London. Macmillan & Co., 1941. First edition. 8vo. v, [1], 281pp, [1]. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and chipped. Internally clean and crisp. Inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / S. H. Gray / from / Osbert Sitwell / January 1942'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27107
COWPER, William. Poems. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1782. First edition. 8vo. [4], 367pp, [1]. With a final page of errata. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 26099
[WARTON, Joseph]. An essay on the genius and writings of Pope. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1782. Fourth edition, corrected. 8vo. In two volumes. In two volumes. xiii, [1], 415, [1]; [2], 423pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Rubbed, joints starting. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27294
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
XENOPHON. Xenophontos Ephesiou Tōn kata Anthian kai Abrokomen Ephesiakon logoi pente. Xenophontis Ephesii Ephesiacorum libri V. De amoribus Anthiæ et Abrocomæ. Nunc primum prodeunt e vetusto codice Bibliothecae Monachorum Cassinensium Florentiae, cum Latina interpretatione Antonii Cocchii Florentini. Londini [i.e. London]. Typis Gulielmi Bowyer, 1726. First edition. Quarto. vi, [2], 87, [1]; [2], 72pp. The first ten words of the title transliterated from the Greek. The Greek text followed by the Latin translation with separate pagination and register. Contemporary gilt-tooled marbled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, surface loss to upper board, joints split, chipping to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, early manuscript note, in a Latin hand, tipped-in to gutter of ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26109
TERENCE. Publii Terentii Afri comoediae, Phaedri fabulae Aesopiae, Publii Syri et aliorum veterum sententiae, ex recensione et cum notis Richardi Bentleii. Cantabrigiae [i.e. Canterbury]. Apud Cornelium Crownfield, 1726. Quarto. In two parts. [7], xxv, 444; [8], 87pp, [1]. With two engraved plates. The second part has a separate title page reading: 'Phaedri Augusti liberti fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque...Cantabrigiae apud Cornelium Crownfield'. Handsomely bound in contemporary calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, gilt supralibros to both boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Inked ownership inscription of J. ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26111
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London. Macmillan & Co., 1891. Second edition. 8vo. xxxiv, [2], 305pp, [7]. With a frontispiece and a plethora of illustrations in the text by Hugh Thomson. Three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Minor shelf-wear, cocked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27086
LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. The song of hiawatha. London. David Bogue, 1855. First edition, first issue. 8vo. The first issue, with 'dove' for 'dived' on p.96. iv, 316, 24pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped olive green cloth, lettered in gilt. Recently expertly rebacked, preserving original spine panel. Extremities heavily worn and rubbed, spine chipped and dulled, upper joint split - board working loose. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27089
[GLOVER, Richard]. Leonidas, a poem. London. Printed for R. Dodsley, 1737. First edition. Quarto. [2], xvi, 335pp, [1]. Later gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, some surface loss to boards. Scattered foxing. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 26102
STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Ballads. London. Chatto & Windus, 1890. First edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 100 large paper copies, this being number 73. vi, [2], 137pp, [3]. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's cream buckram, lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27064
STEVENSON, Robert Louis. New Arabian Nights. London. Chatto & Windus, 1889. 8vo. Limited edition of 100 large paper copies, this being number 60. viii, 328pp. Original publisher's cream cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, marked and dust-soiled, spine sunned, corners bumped. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27063