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BEHRMAN, Samuel Nathaniel. The Worcester Account. New York. Random House, 1954. First edition. 8vo. [xii], 239pp, [5]. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered in black, white, and yellow. A little bumped and water-stained, with the spine sunned. Inscribed on the bright yellow FFEP: 'For Larry O. Not gifted but cherishable. With love from Same. New York: April, 1958. P.S. - all you have to read of this is page 32.' More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 31230
BATES, William. The Maclise Portrait-Gallery of "illustrious literary characters" With memoirs biographical, critical, bibliographical & anecdotal illustrative of the literature of the former half of the present century. London. Chatto and Windus, 1883. First edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 540pp. With 85 plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled papers boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, Bookplate of Alfred de Rothschild to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 31665
LAIRD, William. The export coal trade of liverpool: a letter to thomas littledale, esq., Chairman of the Liverpool Dock Trust. Liverpool. Printed by Baines and Herbert, 1850. First edition. 8vo. [4], 59pp. With a folding lithographed frontispiece, a further five lithographed plates (four folding), and a large folding lithographed map. Original publisher's pictorial orange paper boards. Heavily rubbed, joints split, head and foot of spine worn, corners exposed. Contemporary inked ownership inscription and recent ink-stamp to recto of FFEP, short tear to folding map, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 31741
[SMITH, Horace]. The tor hill. London. Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [2], 310; [2], 350, [2], 328pp. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements and a tipped-in errata slip to Vol. III. Contemporary navy half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21630
[TALFOURD, Thomas Noon]. Ion: a tragedy, in five acts. To which are added a few sonnets. London. Printed by A. J. Valpy, [1835]. Second edition. 8vo. xxi, [3], 216pp. Large paper copy. Partially unopened in original publisher's pebbled brown cloth. Backstrip detached, boards sunned and a trifle rubbed. Hinges exposed, inked ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge to recto of FFEP, foxed throughout. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'To Mr. Justice Coleridge with the author's respects'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 26067
[COMBE, William]. [ROWLANDSON, Thomas]. The tour of doctor syntax, In Search of the Picturesque. A Poem. [London]. [Printed by J. Diggens], [1813]. Fifth edition. 8vo. iii, [1], 276pp, [2]. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, a hand-coloured engraved title page, and 29 hand-coloured engraved plates from etchings by Thomas Rowlandson. Contemporary dark green half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later ticket of George's of Bristol to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to front blank fly-leaf, offsetting, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 24360
HAYDON, B. R., HAZLITT, William. Painting, and the fine arts: being the articles under those heads contributed to the seventh edition of the encyclopaedia britannica. Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black, 1838. First edition. 8vo. [4], 227pp, [1]. Uncut in original publisher's gilt-stamped dark green cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked. Upper hinge exposed. Presentation copy, inscribed by the publisher to recto of FFEP: 'To William Lawson Esq. / From his Scotch Friend / Charles Black / Edinburgh / 9 April 1838'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20254
WESTMACOTT, C[harles] M[olloy]. British galleries of painting and sculpture, comprising a general historical and critical catalogue, with separate notices of every work of fine art in the principal collections... London. Published by Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1824. First edition. 8vo. viii, 240pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further four engraved plates. Uncut in later navy crushed morocco-backed marbled paper boards. A trifle rubbed, spine stained and sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22613
HOUGH, J. [editor]. The Young Man's best companion; or, the New Book of Knowledge; being a regular system of education, without the aid of a tutor... Manchester. Printed and published by J. Gleave and Son, 1825. 8vo. 612pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 10 engraved plates (one folding). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed. Plates browned, folding plate split, marginal loss to leaf 3G, terminal leaf and rear endpapers dampstained, spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30382
MARCET, Jane. The seasons. Stories for very young children. London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1835. Second edition. 12mo. In four volumes. [4], 175, [1]; [4], 191, [1]; [4], 173, [1]; [4], 180pp. Later red cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines dulled, damp-staining to head of Vol. IV spine. Hinges exposed, recent inked gift inscription to front free- endpapers, near contemporary gift inscriptions to front blank fly-leaves, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 27975
BOYER, A[bel]. The compleat french-master, for ladies and gentlemen... London. Printed for Richard Sare, 1721. Eighth edition. 8vo. 412 [i.e. 416]pp. Contemporary panelled calf. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to lower board. without pastedowns/free-endpapers, head of text-block shaved with occasional loss to running-titles, loss/tearing to leaves O7-8, R1-2, and Cc4 with loss of text and sense. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33036
BUTLER Samuel. Hudibras, a poem... London. Printed for Akerman et al., 1822. New edition. 8vo. In two volumes. lxxiv, [2], 444; 494pp. With 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary green calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Marbled endpapers, armorial ink-stamps to versos of both FFEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33043
FIELDING, Henry. An enquiry Into the causes of the late Increase of Robbers, &c. with some proposals for Remedying this Growing Evil. In which The Present Reigning Vices are impartially exposed; and the Laws that relate to the Provision for the Poor, and to the Punishment of Felons are largely and freely examined. London. Printed for A. Millar, 1751. Second edition. 12mo. xxxii, 203pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to upper board, worm-hole to head of spine. Early inked initials to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 32977
[IRELAND, William Henry]. Stultifera navis; Qua omnium mortalium narratur Stultitia. The modern ship of fools. Aere perennius. London. Printed for William Miller, 1807. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, 295, 9pp. With a half-title, a hand-coloured engraved folding frontispiece, and four final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Hinges exposed, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19710
FEUERBACH, Anselm von. Caspar hauser. An account of an individual kept in a dungeon, separated from all communication with the world, from early childhood to about the age of seventeen. Drawn up from legal documents. London. Simpkin and Marshall, 1833. First British edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 191pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary cloth, with new endpapers. Rubbed, remnants of paper label to spine, some loss to head and foot. Inked ownership inscription to head of title page, a trifle spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19747