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Photo of "The journal of llewellin penrose, ..."
[WILLIAMS, William]. The journal of llewellin penrose, a seaman. London. Printed for John Murray...and William Blackwood, 1815. First edition. 12mo. In four volumes. [2], xvi, 239, [1]; [2], 217, [7]; [2], 215, [1]; [2], 197pp, [1]. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, recently rebacked. Heavily rubbed. Early book-labels of Abigail Freeth to all FEPs, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Maria Freeth Alleston (?) to FFEP of Vol. I, with recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst pasted beneath, occasional paper repairs to margins of Vol. I, foxed. More > £ 650.00 Antiquates Ref. 21109
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ORCZY, Baroness. 'Skin O'My Tooth' His Memoirs, by his Confidential Clerk. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [1928]. First edition. 8vo. 307pp, [8] publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's light blue cloth, lettered in black, dustwrapper. Very minor rubbing to extremities, slight bubbling of cloth to boards, light browning to head and foot of spine, wrapper extensively sympathetically restored and a trifle creased and dust soiled. A little browning to blank endpapers, occasional spot of mild foxing in places, overall internally clean and crisp. A very good copy, ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 11108
Photo of "The oregon question examined, in ..."
TWISS, Travers. The oregon question examined, in respect to facts and the law of nations. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846. First edition. 8vo. ix, [3], 391, [3], 32pp advertisements. With two folding maps, one hand-coloured in outline, and a terminal errata leaf. Original publisher's blind-decorated green cloth, titled in gilt. Slightest of rubbing to extremities, small chip to fore-edge of lower board, else a fine copy. Occasional spotting/marking, else clean and crisp. From library of John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon with his armorial bookplate to verso of ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 14679
Photo of "Memoirs of celebrated naval commanders, ..."
LOCKER, Edward Hawke. Memoirs of celebrated naval commanders, illustrated by engravings from original pictures in the naval gallery of greenwich hospital. [London]. Harding and Lepard, 1832. First edition. Quarto. [12], 12, 13, [1], 19, [1], 13, [1], 13, [1], 11, [1], 15, [1], 11, [1], 16, 12, 8, 11, [1], 16, 13, [1], 22, 41, [1], 8, 3, [1], 15, [1], 12pp. With 20 engraved plates. Contemporary navy calf tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards, A.E.G. Some rubbing. Short marginal tear to one leaf, light foxing to plates, else internally clean and crisp. ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 15557
Photo of "The Slave Trade, and other ..."
BURBIDGE, John. The Slave Trade, and other poems. London. J.H. Jackson, 1847. First edition. 8vo. [2], 24pp. Original publisher's green cloth over card boards. A little rubbed and marked, some damp-staining to endpapers and preliminaries, hinges starting. Light spotting to text. Presentation copy, inscribed 'Louisa Sarah Laufear from Dear Mrs Burbidge, Thursday Sept. 2nd 1847' to head of title. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 17539
Photo of "The christian year: thoughts in ..."
[KEBLE, John]. The christian year: thoughts in verse for the sundays and holydays throughout the year. Oxford. Printed by W. Baxter, For J. Parker; and C. and J. Rivington, 1827. First edition. 12mo. xii, 201, [1]; viii, 200pp, [2]. With half-titles to each volume and a terminal errata leaf to Vol II. Uncut in original publisher's paper boards (blue for Vol. I, brown for Vol II), expertly rebacked to style in contrasting paper. Some marking to boards, loss to extremities. With an entire A.L.S. from the author to 'The Revd. F. Kilvert, Claverton Lodge, Bath', loosely inserted, spotted, ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 18023
Photo of "Memorandum and articles for oxford ..."
[OXFORD FREE PRESS COMPANY LIMITED]. Memorandum and articles for oxford newspaper. [Oxford]. [s.n.], [1857]. Large folio. Manuscript on parchment. [1], 23ff. Contemporary hard- grained, blind-ruled and gilt-decorated, brown morocco, titled in gilt to upper board, rebacked to style. Slightly rubbed to extremities. Marbled endpapers. With a single-leaf broadside advertisement/application form for the release of shares in same company, with three horizontal folds, loosely inserted. The official seal removed from the first leaf of the 'Memorandums of Association', that to the 'Articles ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 18803
Photo of "The martyrdom of man"
READE, William Winwood. The martyrdom of man. London. Trubner & Co., 1872. First edition. 8vo. viii, 544pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting, chipping to head and foot of spine, a trifle cocked. Endpapers browned, early bookseller's description pasted to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 20639
Photo of "Masks and faces; or, before ..."
TAYLOR, Tom. READE, Charles. Masks and faces; or, before and behind the curtain... London. Richard Bentley, 1854. First edition. 8vo. [6], 71pp, [1]. Attractively bound by Worsfold in contemporary navy crushed morocco, tooled and lettered in gilt, red calf floral onlays to spine, T.E.G., original publisher's printed yellow paper wrappers bound in. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, wrappers dust-soiled, else clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title: 'Mrs. Stirling, with T. Taylor's and C. Reade's kind regards'. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21035
Photo of "Erles-dene "The sleeping beauty""
[GRIMM, Brothers]. [CORNER, Julia]. Erles-dene "The sleeping beauty". [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1882]. Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [65]ff, ruled, with text to rectos only. With [2]ff printed programme for the performance bound in at front. Contemporary black morocco, gilt, titled to upper board. Marbled endpapers, edges red. A handsome copy with only slight rubbing to extremities. Inscribed 'Edwardus R from Il Maestro, Signor Watson, in remembrance of the pleasant hours spent in the preparation and performance of "The Sleeping ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21669
Photo of "Jessie phillips. A tale of ..."
TROLLOPE, Mrs. Jessie phillips. A tale of the present day. London. Henry Colburn, 1843. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [4], 326; [2], 311, [1]; [2], 325pp. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, and a further nine engraved plates by John Leech. Contemporary gilt-tooled green crushed half-morocco, green cloth boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, bookseller's tickets of S. & T. Gilbert of London to all FEPs, scattered spotting, plates foxed and browned. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 22308
Photo of "An inquiry into the deposition ..."
BRADLEY, Lonsdale. An inquiry into the deposition of lead ore, in the mineral veins of Swaledale, Yorkshire. London. Edward Stanford, 1862. First edition. Quarto. vii, [1], 40pp, [2]. With a geological map, a reference plate, and ten plates of veins, all, except the map, hand-coloured. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Title page browned, occasional spotting. Inked ownership inscription of L. R. Wager to recto of FFEP. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 23659
Photo of "The life and eager death ..."
MOORE, Virginia. The life and eager death of emily brontë: A Biography. London. Rich & Cowan, [1936]. 8vo. Proof copy. [16], 374pp. Without the 12 plates issued with the first edition (list of illustrations fittingly blank). Original publisher's buff wrappers, printed paper title label to upper wrappers. Housed in modern green cloth solander. Lightly rubbed, creased, some loss to lower wrapper, head and foot of spine chipped. Occasional contemporary marginal pencilled annotations/corrections. With a loosely inserted single sheet prospectus announcing the 1939 French ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 23926
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PRIESTLEY, Joseph. An inquiry into the knowledge of the antient hebrews, concerning a future state. London. Printed for J. Johnson...by D. Levi.., 1801. First edition. 8vo. viii, [3]-67pp, [9]. With an 8pp terminal 'catalogue of books, written by Dr. Priestley, and printed for J. Johnson', and numerous blanks bound in at front and rear. A crisp copy in nineteenth-century limp half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. A trifle rubbed, marking to corners, else fine. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24079
Photo of "Notes of a visit to ..."
[COUNTY OF LONDON ASYLUMS COMMITTEE]. [SMITH, Wm. Chas. Cliford]. Notes of a visit to continental and british asylums compiled for the asylums committee of the london county council. Presented to, and printed by order of, the Asylums Committee, 16th July 1901. London. Printed for the London County Council, by Jas. Truscott and Son, [1901]. Folio. v, [1], 30pp, ff31-33, 34-55pp, ff56, 57-103pp. With a further 17 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates or plans. Original cloth-backed printed paper boards. Somewhat worn, with a split to upper joint at head (and concomitantly, to inner hinge), and marginal loss to foot of upper board. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24286
Photo of "The narrative of an explorer ..."
GALTON, Francis. The narrative of an explorer in tropical south africa. London. John Murray, 1853. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 314pp. With a lithographed frontispiece, a further five lithographed plates, five engraved illustrations in the text, and a lithographed folding map. Handsomely bound by Riviere (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary richly gilt-tooled 'Spanish calf', contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Spine a trifle dulled. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 24859