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Photo of "Journal of a deputation sent ..."
[CRAWFORD, John Adair]. Journal of a deputation sent to the east by the committee of the malta protestant college in 1849... London. James Nisbet and Co., 1854. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], xl, 342, [2]; vi, [2], 886pp. With a lithographed frontispiece to each volume, three engraved maps (one folding), an engraved plan of Jerusalem, and an engraved portrait of a 'Mohammedan family' reproduced from a daguerreotype. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed, spines sunned. Armorial bookplates of Merthyr Guest to FEPs, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 25642
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[CUMBRIA]. COLLINGWOOD, W[illiam] G[ershom]. [Cover tile:] An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Cumberland. Kendal. Printed by Titus & Son, 1923. First offprint edition. [1], 206-276pp. Original publisher's printed upper wrapper bound in; inked ownership inscription of Frank Warriner to head. OCLC and COPAC combined record copies at just two locations (Leicester and York).

[Bound with:] COLLINGWOOD, W[illiam] G[ershom]. [Cover title:] "The Fatall Nuptiall," a tract (by Richard Braithwaite?) on the Windermere Ferry Accident of 1635. Kendal. Printed by Titus Wilson, 1913. 147-159pp. Original publisher's printed upper wrapper bound ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33521
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[WHITTAKER, F. M. C.]. "A book of remembrance;" being recollections of the late colonel holden of nuttall temple, nottingham. By one who knew him well.. London. James Nisbet & Co., [1873]. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 78, [2], 16pp. With a half-title, a tipped-in photographic portrait frontispiece, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, decorated in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, with chipping to head and foot of spine, corners a trifle bumped. Bookseller's ticket of J. & J. Vice of Nottingham to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription to FFEP, ink-stamp of Nottingham Public ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34515
Photo of "The legend of st loy; ..."
HERAUD, John Abraham. The legend of st loy; with other poems.. London. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1825. Second edition. With additions.. 8vo. xiii, 230pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Worn and marked, with substantial loss to spine and lettering-piece, boards detached.Ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge to FFEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'J.T. Coleridge ESq., with the author's best regards'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 26068
Photo of "Songs of early spring"
BROWN, Rowland. Songs of early spring. London. W. Kent and Co., 1858. First edition. 8vo. xiii, [1], 208, [2], 40pp. With half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Bound with an extensive publisher's catalogue to rear. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, and lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine slightly dulled. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34705
Photo of "Picturesque Views of The English ..."
ROBSON, G[eorge] F[ennell]. Picturesque Views of The English Cities... London. Published by J. Britton, 1828. First edition. Quarto. [4]pp. With an additional engraved title page and 31 engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary green morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, monogram of George Capell-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex (1757- 1839) to head of spine, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Inked ownership inscription 'T. Balston. Jan. 1923' to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 850.00 Antiquates Ref. 30349
Photo of "Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám : ..."
FITZGERALD, Edward. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám : The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse. London. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., [1930]. Limited edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 750 copies for England, and 500 copies for the United States, of which this is number 529 of the England issue, signed by the illustrator. 171pp, [4]. With an engraved half-title and title page within decorative border. Illustrated by Willy Pogány, with an engraved frontispiece, 13 further chromolithograph plates, two decorative engraved sub- title pages, and numerous in-text illustrations. Uncut in original ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29894
Photo of "Queen elizabeth"
CREIGHTON, Right Rev. Mandell. Queen elizabeth. London, Paris, and Edinburgh. Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1896. First edition. Quarto. Title in red and black. [2], ii, 199pp, [3], [201]-202pp, [2]. With a half-title, a frontispiece, a further 24 plates, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Finely bound by Riviere & Son (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in contemporary red straight-grain morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, A.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers bound in. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Internally ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34743
Photo of "Report to the combined chiefs ..."
VICE ADMIRAL THE EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA. Report to the combined chiefs of staff by the supreme allied commander south-east asia 1943-1945. London. His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1951. First edition. Quarto. xi, [1], 280pp. With 39 maps and four charts. Contemporary cream cloth, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece. Original publisher's printed green wrappers bound in. Lightly rubbed and marked. With later bookplate 'From the Library of the Earl of Avon', i.e., Sir Anthony Eden, loosely inserted. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of upper wrapper: 'To Anthony, in memory of his very gallant son from Dickie'. More > £ 3,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29517
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WORDSWORTH, William. The white doe of rylstone; or the fate of the nortons. A poem.. London. Longman, Hurst, et al., 1815. First edition. Quarto. xi, [1], 162pp. With half-title and an engraved landscape frontispiece. Original publisher's buff paper boards, recently rebacked, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, with light surface wear to joints. Ink-stamp of Wheelwright to FEP. Light scattered spotting, browning to title. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 30336
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KIPLING, Rudyard. Just So Stories For Little Children. London. Macmillan and Co., 1902. First edition, second issue. Quarto. [7], 249pp, [2]. With half-title and 22 engraved plates by the author. Original publisher's decorated red cloth boards. Rubbed and marked, with spine dulled and chipped, some soiling to boards, corners bumped. Light browning and soiling to endpapers. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34790
Photo of "The holy bible containing the ..."
[BIBLE - English]. The holy bible containing the old and new testaments: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, By His Majesty's Special Command.. Cambridge. Printed by J. Smith, printer to the University, 1825. 8vo. Unpaginated. Contemporary black morocco, ruled in gilt and blind, and lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed, with wear to extremities, and light scoring to boards. Later book-label of Lowther Castle library to FEP. Leaves lightly browned, light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33924
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KINDERSLEY, Ann. The Guiding Book: Dedicated to the girlhood of many countries and to all those with a heart still young. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [1923]. First edition. Quarto. 164pp. With a chromolithograph frontispiece, seven further chromolithograph plates, facsimile handwriting samples of Princess Mary and Maurice Maeterlinck, numerous in-text illustrations, and one in-text sheet of music. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered in blind to spine and upper board, pictorial paper label pasted to upper board. With original pictorial paper dust-wrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, with heavy chipping and browning to dust-wrapper, and losses ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34763
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BURKITT, William. Expository notes, with Practical Observations, on the new testament off our lord and saviour jesus christ... Liverpool. Printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, 1809. Forty-first edition. Quarto. 1249 [i.e. 1251]pp, [1]. Predominantly printed in double columns. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further 11 engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, some surface loss to lower corner of upper board. Late nineteenth-century inked ownership inscription of J. E. Strangways to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 17448
Photo of "Select views of glasgow and ..."
LEIGHTON, John M.. Select views of glasgow and its environs.. Glasgow. Published by Joseph Swan, 1828. First edition. Quarto. [6], xvi, [2], 91, 4pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further 27 engraved plates, and a terminal list of subscribers bound in. Finely bound by Ramage (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in later navy half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Very lightly rubbed. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34376
Photo of "Select views on the river ..."
LEIGHTON, John M.. Select views on the river clyde. Glasgow. Joseph Swan, engraver, 1830. First edition. Quarto. [4], iv, [8], 168, 4pp. With an engraved title page, a further 42 engraved plates, and a terminal list of subscribers. Finely bound by Ramage (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in later navy half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Very lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting, mostly to margins. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34377
Photo of "The Pebbled Shore"
LONGFORD, Elizabeth. The Pebbled Shore. London. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. First edition. 8vo. xii, 351pp, [1]. Finely bound in recent crushed gilt-tooled black half-morocco, blue cloth boards, marbled endpapers. Prize plate to FFEP. With a loosely inserted menu card from the 2006 Prize Dinner, signed by Andrew Wilson, Flora Fraser, and Peter Soros, amongst others. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34307
Photo of "Letters of jane austen"
AUSTEN, Jane. Letters of jane austen. London. Richard Bentley & Son, 1884. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [1], 374, [2]; [4], 366pp, [2]. With half-titles, frontispieces, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to each volume. Early twentieth-century navy half-morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, blue cloth boards, T.E.G. A trifle marked, spines lightly sunned. Bookplates of A. Bethune Morgan to FEPs. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29917