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CARLYLE, Thomas. The French Revolution. London. Macmillan and Co., 1911. 8vo. In two volumes. xi, [1], 478; viii, 465pp, [1]. With half-titles. Titles in red and black. Bound by Spottiswoode & Co. in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-calf, red cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spines dulled with a little light water-marking. Marbled endpapers. Presentation inscriptions to both FEPs: 'R. A. Eden / Brinckman Divinity Prize / Eton / 1911'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 29831
BAYLEY, F[rederick] W[illiam] N[aylor]. The French Revolution of 1830. A Comic Poem. London. Alfred Miller, 1830. First edition. 12mo. [2], 24pp. With half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece and two engraved plates. Stitched in original publisher's printed paper wraps. Slight chipping to spine, spots of marking and foxing, very small worm-hole to lower cover passing through a majority of the text-block - in no instance touching text. Light offsetting, occasional foxing and creasing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14690
WHARTON, Edith. The Fruit of the Tree. London. Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1907. First U.K. edition. 8vo. [4], 606pp, [10]. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, a trifle cocked. Armorial bookplate of Roberti Marchionis de Crewe to FEP, endpapers browned. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23369
[GIBBS, Henry Hucks]. The game of ombre. London. Printed [at the Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham] for private circulation, 1878. Second edition. Quarto. viii, 120pp. With a half-title and a frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher's brown cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of front blank fly-leaf: 'Thomas Gaisford / from ' Henry H. Gibbs / 1879' More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25044
[TRANSPORTATION]. The gamester. [London]. Sold by J. Marshall, [1796]. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. With a woodcut illustration to title. Stitched as issued. Entirely uncut and unopened, slightest of marking to extremities, else a fine copy. Two editions were printed in 1796, in this variant the second line of the imprint ends 'for Moral'; the phrase 'Great allowance will be made to Shopkeepers and Hawkers' is set as part of the imprint; the phrase 'Entered at Stationers ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20554
[CHALLONER, Richard]. The Garden of the Soul; or manual of spiritual exercises and instructions, for christians who, living in the world, aspire to devotion.. London. Charles Dolman, 1845. 8vo. xii, 318pp, [3]. Contemporary burgundy velvet, with elaborate brass furniture to board corners, and central brass roundel to upper and lower board with armorial device. Wine-red moire silk endpapers, gauffered edges. Worn, with velvet lost to spine and upper board, exposing cloth beneath. Endpapers slightly soiled, initial leaves stained pink. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 33301
EMERSON, George [editor]. The gem, (Re-set.). London. Edward Lacey, [s.d., 1850?] 12mo. vii, [1], iii, [1], 312pp. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a further seven engraved plates. Bound by Remnant & Edmonds of London in contemporary (original?) burgundy calf, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, some scoring to boards. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27863
[GENEALOGY]. The Genealogy of James Robertson Thomson, Esquire, compiled from MSS., from the works of Alexander Nisbet, Gent.; from Douglas's Peerage and Baronage; and from other authentic sources by J. Paul Rylands. "Deus Providebit". [s.l.]. [s.n.], [s.d., c.1930?] Quarto. Manuscript on paper. 69pp. With nine sheets of manuscript notes/letters, and related ephemera (bookplates, newspaper clippings etc.), loosely inserted. With three engraved portraits and two armorial bookplates pasted-in. Contemporary gilt-ruled red limp morocco, Marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, occasional spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25589
PEACOCK, Thomas Love. The Genius of the Thames: a Lyrical Poem.. London. T. Hookham, 1810. First Edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 147pp, [1]. With half-titles. Victorian tan half-calf, gilt, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, with loss to head of spine. Ink-dated author obituary clippings pasted to blank-fly, four small mount-holes cut to half title; combined with the indentation on the following leaves suggestive that this once held a Carte de Visite of the author. Some glue residue to gutter of title. Leaf C5 ... More > £ 400.00 Antiquates Ref. 9734
[ALMANACS]. The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An almanack For the Year of our Lord 1798... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers; and sold by Robert Horsfield, and George Greenhill, 1798. [Fifty-seventh edition]. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC N30928.

[Bound with:] [HUTTON, Charles]. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1798... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, And sold by Robert Horsfield and G. Greenhill. Ninety-fifth edition. 48pp. Title and calendar in red and black. ESTC N3194.

[And:] MOORE, Francis. Vox stellarum: or, a loyal almanack For the ... More >
£ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20904
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 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
JENNINGS, A[lfred] Vaughan. The geology of the davos district (switzerland). London. Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1899. First offprint edition. 8vo. [1], 382-412pp. With two folding plates. Original publisher's printed salmon wrappers. Extremities a trifle dust-soiled. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of upper cover: 'With the author's compliments'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21317