Antiquates Limited - Logo

English Books

Date Added Author A-Z Author Z-A Title A-Z Title Z-A Price Low-High Price High-Low
Photo of "An account of jane c. ..."
BELDEN, L[emuel] W[hittlesey]. An account of jane c. rider, the Springfield Somnambulist: the substance of which was delivered as a lecture before the springfield lyceum, jan. 22, 1834. Springfield [Massachusetts]. Published by G. and C. Merriam, 1834. First edition. 12mo. viii, [1], 10-134, [2], 4pp. With a final errata leaf and two leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's salmon cloth boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities marked, sunned, and lightly rubbed, paper shelf-labels to spine. Booklabel of the Town Library, Longmeadow, Massachusetts to FEP, spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19727
Photo of "Seven lectures on somnambulism"
WIENHOLT, Arnold, Dr.. Seven lectures on somnambulism. Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black, 1845. First edition in English. 8vo. xxxv, [1], 219pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's dark green buckram, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, lettering-piece dust-soiled. Half-title browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19733
Photo of "Fun upon fun; or the ..."
[LUMSDEN, James]. Fun upon fun; or the humours of a fair. Giving a description of the curious amusements in early life: also an account of a mountebank doctor and his merry andrew. Glasgow. Sold by J. Lumsden & Son, [s.d., c. 1815] 32mo. 47pp, [1]. First and terminal leaves as pastedowns, wrappers included in pagination. With eight plates of copper engravings printed in sanguine. Original publisher's plain paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper wrap. Very minor wear to extremities. Internally clean and crisp, a fine copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19803
Photo of "Divine songs, in easy language, ..."
WATTS, I[saac]. Divine songs, in easy language, for the use of children. Glasgow. Published by J. Lumsden & Son, 1814. 32mo. 30pp, [2]. First and terminal leaves pastedowns, wrappers included in pagination. With 10 woodcut illustrations in the text. Original publisher's pictorial yellow wrappers. Rubbed and lightly dust-soiled, title in manuscript to head of upper wrapper. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19805
Photo of "A month in the camp ..."
A NON-COMBATANT, [BUSHBY, Henry Jeffreys]. A month in the camp before sebastopol. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. First edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 125, [3], 24pp. With a half-title and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brick-red cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities lightly rubbed and a trifle marked. Residue of excised bookplate to FEP, later inked ownership inscription pasted to recto of FFEP, lightly spotted. Presentation copy, inscribed to verso of FFEP: ' With the Authors / Compliments'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20195
Photo of "A vocabulary of such words ..."
[ORTHOEPY]. A vocabulary of such words in the english language as are of dubious or unsettled accentuation... London. Printed for F. and C. Rivington, G. and T. Wilkie, L. B. Seeley, and Goadby Lerpiniere, and Langdon, 1797. First edition. 8vo. [2], iii, [184]pp. Later half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, black morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, bookplates of Francis Pierrepont Barnard and Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, Barnard's inked ownership inscription to verso of FFEP, inscription of G. Selby to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20311
Photo of "A provincial glossary, with a ..."
GROSE, Francis. A provincial glossary, with a collection of local proverbs, and popular superstitions. London. Printed for S. Hooper, 1787. First edition. 8vo. viii, [284], 75pp, [5]. With two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, chipping to head of spine. Endpapers and title page browned, later book-label of J. Carter and recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20315
Photo of "Letters from simkin the second ..."
[BROOME, Ralph]. Letters from simkin the second to his dear brother in wales, For the year 1790; giving a full and circumstantial account of all the most material points...brought before the high court of justice...during the trial of warren hastings... London. Printed for John Stockdale, 1790. First edition. 8vo. [4], 124pp, [4]. With a half-title. Without two of the final advertisement leaves. Uncut in contemporary marbled boards, later rebacked in drab paper. Boards worn and marked. Inked ownership inscription to FEP, naive paper repairs to foot of leaves B3-6 - clipping text, without loss of sense, occasional light dust-soiling. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20446
Photo of "The dreamer, a poem, in ..."
MACPHERSON, Ossian. The dreamer, a poem, in three cantos, With other Poems; and an introductory epistle upon the island of madeira. London. Printed for the Author, 1848. First edition. 8vo. [6], v, [2], 152pp, [4]. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. Partially unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped red buckram, lettered in gilt. Extremities sunned and a trifle marked. Manuscript booksellers description tipped-in to FFEP, closed tears touching text of leaves C2-3, lightly spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20469
Photo of "Sunday reading. The Harvest home"
[CHEAP REPOSITORY]. Sunday reading. The Harvest home. [London]. Sold by J. Marshall, (Printer to the Cheap Repository), [1795]. First edition. 12mo. 22pp, [2]. With a woodcut vignette to title page and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Uncut. Sewn, as issued. A clean and crisp copy. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20559
Photo of "Practical lectures on the Church ..."
ADAM, Thomas. Practical lectures on the Church Catechism. London. Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1755. Second edition. 12mo. vi, [1], 118pp, [2]. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Handsomely bound in ninetenth-century polished calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20641
Photo of "New and comprehensive lessons; containing ..."
TRIMMER, Mrs. [Sarah]. New and comprehensive lessons; containing a general outline of the old testament; with twenty-four engravings. London. John Harris, [s.d., c. 1830] 12mo. vi, [1], 8-138pp, [6]. With 24 wood-engraved illustrations in the text, and three final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's calf, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to FEP: 'Augusta Fludyer / Janry. 1. 1834', very short tear to fore-edge of leaf H2. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20659
Photo of "The Cheapest Carpet Warehouse in ..."
[LONDON TRADE]. The Cheapest Carpet Warehouse in london, Is Established at 161, strand, (Removed from Bedford House, Covent Garden.) E. richardson has now to offer to the public 2000 yds. of the best Brussels Carpetting Of the Newest & most Fashionable Patterns, in every Colour, at the low Price of 6s. yer yd... [London]. Wood, Printer, [s.d., c.1820] Dimensions 230 x 280 mm. Single leaf handbill, printed on one side only. Horizontal folds, lightly creased, one edge soiled. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20723