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English Books - 1801 onwards

[SCOTT, Walter]. Tales of my landlord, collected and arranged by Jedediah Cleishbotham. Edinburgh. Printed for William Blackwood, 1817. Second edition. 8vo. In four volumes. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, brown morocco lettering-pieces. Extremities heavily rubbed. Lightly spotted. Contemporary inked ownership inscriptions of Charles Herries (1745-1819), Colonel of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, to FFEP of Vol. I. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23636
MOLESWORTH, William. Speech of sir william molesworth, bart. m.p. in the house of commons, on tuesday, 25th july, 1848, on colonial expenditure and government. London. James Ridgway, [1848]. First edition. 40pp.

[Bound with:] Speech of sir william molesworth, bart. m.p. in the house of commons, on tuesday, 25th june, 1849, for a royal commission to inquire into the administration of the colonis. London. James Ridgway, [1849]. First edition. 32pp.

[And:] Speeches of sir william molesworth, bart. m.p. in the house of commons, during the session of 1850, on the bill for the better government of ... More >
£ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23867
[GILES, William]. The refuge. London. Printed by C. Whittingham, 1801. Fourth edition, with additions. 8vo. iv, 255pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting. Marbled endpapers, later inked ownership inscriptions to recto of front blank fly-leaf, offsetting to title. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23909
TAYLOR, Jefferys. The farm; a new account of rural toils and produce. London. John Harris, 1832. First edition. 8vo. 175, [7]pp. With 34 engraved plates, eight on steel and twenty-six on wood, and three final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red roan-backed dark-green cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, loss to head of spine. Loss to one plate, all browned/damp-stained. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24075
HOFLAND, Mrs.. The history of a merchant's widow and her young family. London. Printed for A. K. Newman & Co., [1857]. New edition. 12mo. [2], 176pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled boards, tooled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Early inked ownership inscription to head of engraved title, scattered foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24314
[LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY]. The university of liverpool: a record of the opening of the harold cohen library by the right honourable the earl baldwin of bewdley, k. g. on saturday, may 21st, 1938. [Liverpool]. [C. Tinling & Co.], [1938]. First edition. Quarto. 19pp, [1]. With seven photographic plates and a full- page illustrated in the text. Original publisher's navy morocco, stamped and lettered in gilt to upper board, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Endpapers spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24533
GERRARD, R. Ellis. Ballads of battle and poems of peace. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. North of England Printing Co., 1914. First edition. 8vo. [12], iii, [1], 204pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Binding cocked, heavily rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Decorated endpapers, near contemporary pencilled ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24616
[IMPORTATION]. ECROYD, W. Farrer. The policy of self help. Suggestions towards the consolidation of the empire and the defence of its industries and commerce. London. Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1879. First edition. 8vo. v, 25pp. Stitched, as issued. Central vertical fold. A trifle dust-soiled, scattered foxing, ink-stamp of the Webster Collection to verso of final leaf. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'With the author's compliments'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 24972
CORRY, John. The life of Joseph priestley... Birmingham. Printed by Wilks, Grafton, & Co., 1804. First edition. 8vo. 4, [1], 10-60pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Dust-soiled, frontispiece creased and marked, small hole to centre of final leaf - touching text with slight loss of sense - scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25224
[CHILD'S OWN BOOK]. The child's own book. For April, 1839. London. Published by Richard Davis, [1839]. 16mo. 49-64pp. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's printed yellow wrappers.

[Together with:] Another copy of the same work in variant publisher's printed blue wrappers. A trifle creased and dusty. More >
£ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25268
TENNYSON, Alfred. Poems. London. Edward Moxon, 1848. Fifth edition. 12mo. viii, 368pp, [6]. Bound by Hayday in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing. Contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, later inked ownership inscription to verso, ticket of bookseller Richardson of Tunbridge Wells to REP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25782
[SHORTHOUSE, Joseph Henry]. John Inglesant: a romance. London. Macmillan and Co., 1882. New edition, tenth thousand. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], x, [2], 344; [4], 388pp. With half-titles. Bound by Slinn of Sheffield in contemporary half-morocco, tan cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Scattered foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 25789