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Photo of "Substance of a second speech ..."
CASTLEREAGH, Robert Stewart, Viscount. Substance of a second speech of the marquis of londonderry...on the subject of the agricultural distress of the country, and the financial and other measures proposed for its relief... London. Printed for John Hatchard and Son, 1822. First edition. 8vo. 78pp, [2]. With half-title and a terminal advertisement leaf. Unopened, stitched, as issued. Lightly spotted, dust-soiling to margins. From the recently dispersed library of Newbattle Abbey - though not identified as such. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 18214
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STUTHARD, Joe. Stuthard's trilby deck. Billericay. Kaymar Magic, 1948. First edition. 8vo. 24pp. With a loosely inserted supplementary pamphlet and numerous engraved and photographic in-text illustrations. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's pictorial blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed, some toning to wrappers, staples rusted. Internally clean & crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34509
Photo of "Stultifera navis; Qua omnium mortalium ..."
[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
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FRANZEN, Jonathan. Strong motion. New York. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1992. First edition. 8vo. [12], 508pp. Original publisher's red cloth-backed black paper boards, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. A fine copy. Inscribed by the author to title page: 'New York. 17 May 02 / For Kenneth Baker'. With Frazen's distinctive signature beneath. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23544
Photo of "Strawberry hill, the renowned seat ..."
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[STRAWBERRY HILL]. Strawberry hill, the renowned seat of horace walpole. Mr. george robins in honoured by having been selected by the earl of waldegrave, to sell by public competition, the valuable contents of strawberry hill... [London]. [Smith and Robins], [1842]. Quarto. xxiv, 250pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and an additional engraved title page. Original publisher's dark green cloth-backed green pictorial wrappers. Lightly rubbed, marked, head and foot of spine worn. Frontispiece and additional title spotted. Partially priced-up in manuscript. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 21681
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MONRO, Harold. Strange meetings. London. The Poetry Bookshop, 1917. First trade edition. Quarto. 63pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Extremities a trifle creased and marked, chipping to wrapper edges. Bookplate of Arthur Lloyd-Taylor to verso of upper wrapper, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24819
Photo of "Stories of Red Hanrahan and ..."
YEATS, W. B.. Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose. London. Macmillan and Co., 1927. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 182pp, [2]. With an illustrated colour frontispiece, one further colour plate, and numerous black and white illustrations in the text by Norah McGuinness. Original publisher's gilt-stamped navy cloth, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper a trifle marked, chipping to head and foot of sunned spine panel. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23469
Photo of "Stiffen the sinews"
HUGHES, Gorden. Stiffen the sinews. Johannesburg. Printed by Camera Press, 2003. First edition. 8vo. 296pp. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Minor shelf-wear. A fine copy. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of initial leaf to John Douglas Slim, second Viscount Slim (1927-2019), son of Field Marshal William 'Bill' Slim, first Viscount Slim (1891-1970). T.L.S. from the author, addressed to John Slim, recalling a meeting with his father, pasted to blank verso of first leaf of text. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 26264
Photo of "Statute laws of the isle ..."
JEFFCOTT, John M. Statute laws of the isle of man, promulgated since the year 1832. To which is added an appendix, which contains rules of the chancery court, and an analysis of the law of the descent of hereditary property, in the isle of man. Compiled, with a digest of the provisions of the statutes... Douglas [Isle of Man]. Printed and sold by J. Quiggin, 1837. 8vo. [6], 134pp. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, marked, and sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to title page. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32967
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LAMOTHE, John Corlett. Statute laws of the isle of man, promulgated from the year 1853 to the year 1861 inclusive: with a short appendix, containing the rules of the chancery and exchequer courts, made during that period, &c., &c... Douglas [Isle of Man]. Printed and published by Harriet Curphey, 1862. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 403pp, [1]. Partially unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, heavily marked. Blind-stamp of Douglas-based bookseller John Mylrea to FFEP, marginal loss to head of leaves Q7-8, occasional ink-stains, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33025
Photo of "Standing orders. Channel squadron. 1884"
[ROYAL NAVY]. Standing orders. Channel squadron. 1884. [London]. [Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode...For Her Majesty's Stationary Office, [1884]. Folio. 80pp. With numerous interleaved and pasted in manuscript additions (and one manuscript addition in some form of reproduction - perhaps by lithography?). Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed to extremities, marked to boards, some marking, staining and creasing to text, endpapers. Inscribed 'No. 60' to FEP and 'Capt. Britten. Private' to FFEP. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 24658
Photo of "Standard novels. No XLI. Vathek. ..."
[GOTHIC LITERATURE]. Standard novels. No XLI. Vathek. By William Beckford, esq.: The castle of otranto. by horace walpole, earl of orford: The bravo of venice. By M. G. Lewis, esq. London. Richard Bentley, 1836. 8vo. [6], 396pp. With an engraved frontispiece (Vathek), an additional engraved title page (Vathek), and an engraved portrait of Walpole (Castle of Otranto). Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities marked, lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Early inked gift inscription to to additional engraved title. Upper hinges partially exposed, endpapers discoloured, one gathering (O1-8) working loose and protruding slightly from text-block. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25856
Photo of "Squire Hellman and other stories"
AHO, Juhani. Squire Hellman and other stories. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. First edition in English. 12mo. 185pp, [7]. With three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Lightly rubbed and stained, chipping to dulled spine. Book-label of Josephine Dockar Drysdale to verso of half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32369
Photo of "Sprays from the Hedgerows"
HADFIELD, Mrs. [Elizabeth]. Sprays from the Hedgerows. London. Darton and Co., 1850. First edition. 12mo. xii, 222pp. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, and an additional engraved title page executed by T. O. Barlow. Original publisher's richly gilt-tooled calf, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, upper joint split. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, frontispiece and engraved title damp-stained. A presumed presentation copy, inked inscription to FFEP: 'Henry Barlow / with the love of his affectionate / Cousin Lizzy / ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29696
Photo of "Sporting anecdotes; original and select: ..."
AN AMATEUR SPORTSMAN [i.e. EGAN, Pierce]. Sporting anecdotes; original and select: including characteristic sketches of Eminent Persons who have appeared on the turf... [London]. Albion Press: printed by James Cundee, 1804. First edition. 8vo. vi, [10], 542pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 15 engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed. Scattered spotting, terminal leaf of text, terminal plate, and rear endpapers damp-stained at head. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29873