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[STOKER, Bram]. The red stockade [short story in - The Cosmopolitan]. New York. The Cosmopolitan Press, 1894. First edition. Large 8vo. [8] 518-640, [9-64]pp. Original publisher's printed paper wraps in red, blue and black, over black and blue printed leaves. All edges untrimmed, top edges unopened. Wrappers toned sunned, with minor losses to all edges and sunned spine. Internally bright with contemporary advertising to both front and rear. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30773
WORDSWORTH, William. The recluse. London. Macmillan and co, 1888. First edition. 8vo. [8], 56pp., [2]. With half-title. Original publisher's green cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, else a crisp copy. Spotting to endpapers. Inked ownership inscription 'Stopford A. Brooke' to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32050
LUCIE-SMITH, Edward. The rabbit. London. Turret Books, 1973. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. 8vo. Bifold pamphlet in pale blue card wraps, featuring a six-line poem comparing virile rabbits to vegetarians, illustrated by Ralph Steadman. One of 1,000 copies of which the first 100 were numbered and signed by both Lucie- Smith and Steadman. This copy out of series and not numbered, but nevertheless signed 'Olwyn love Ted' on the rear wrap. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed; ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29650
HOGG, James. The queen's wake: a Legendary Poem. Edinburgh. Printed by Andrew Balfour, 1813. First edition. 8vo. [8], 353pp, [1]. Contemporary dark green half-morocco, green buckram boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Early inked ownership inscription of W. M. Spalding to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27719
ERSKINE, John. The private life of helen of troy. Indianapolis. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947. Twentieth Anniversary edition. 8vo. 304pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt. Corners bumped, spine faded, with a few small marks. Internally bright and clean. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'For Laurence Olivier - with the sincere regard of Helen Worden Erskine - London January 6 1953'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31206
[MARRYAT, Frederick]. The privateer's-man: one hundred years ago. London. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1846. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 379, [1], 32; [4], 361pp, [1]. With publisher's advertisement catalogue to the end of Vol. I. Bound by Bowyer & Co. of Harrow Road, London, in near contemporary gilt-tooled red half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black and brown morocco lettering-pieces, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP of Vol. I, original publisher's cloth spine panels ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22280
[PRIVATEERING]. The privateer; a tale of the sea. London. Andrews, 1848. Second edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. [2], 212; [2], 219pp, [5]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, very occasional spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20831
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the pickwick club. London. Champan & Hall, Ld., 1899. Gadshill Edition. 8vo. In two volumes. With half-titles, an additional engraved title page to Vol.I, engraved frontispieces to each volume, and 40 further engraved plates. Modern gilt-tooled burgundy half-morocco, red cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, with a touch of surface wear to upper board of Vol.I. Browning to edges of endpapers, very occasional light spotting throughout. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 35054
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the pickwick club. London. Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form. 8vo. xiv, [2], 609pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and Phiz (i.e. H. K. Browne). Contemporary green calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, slight loss to lower corner of leaf Ee5, short marginal tear to terminal leaf, ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30546
DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London. Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition, early issue. 8vo. xiv, [2], 609pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour and Phiz (i.e. H. K. Browne). Contemporary dark green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards, black morocco lettering-piece. Later recased. Extremities rubbed and dulled, corners bumped. Bookseller's ticket of T. Evans of Birmingham to FEP, near contemporary inked gift inscription to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28995
BLUNT, Wilfrid. The poetry of wilfrid blunt.. London. William Heinemann, 1898. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 281pp. With half-title; title page in red and black. Original publisher's gilt-stamped navy cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, bumping to corners, light surface wear to extremities. Browning to initial leaves, very occasional light spotting and scuffing. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34703
[TOPHAM, Edward]. The poetry of the world. London. Printed for J. Bell, 1788. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. vii, [5], 164; [6], 143pp, [3]. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, small worm-tracks to lower joint. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30573
COLLINS, William. The poetical works of william collins. London. William Pickering, 1830. The Aldine Edition. 8vo. [2], 150pp. With half-title and engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. Contemporary blind-ruled burgundy morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Near-contemporary gift inscription to verso of FFEP. Lamp damp-staining to frontispiece. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34708
COLLINS, William. The poetical works of william collins. London. William Pickering, 1830. 8vo. [2], lxxii, [2], 150pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, intricate floral motif to upper board with red calf inlays, T.E.G. A trifle discoloured. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33858