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MCLEOD, Walter. The second poetical reading book: compiled for the use of families and schools... London. Longmans, Green, and Co., [s.d., c.1850] New edition. 8vo. xii, 132pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped purple cloth. Rubbed and sunned. Text-block working-loose of binding, early manuscript poetry and annotations to FFEP, half-title, and rear pastedown, without RFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23417

MAUPASSANT, Guy. La vie errante. Paris. Paul Ollendorff, Editeur, 1895. Vingtieme edition. Small quarto. [4], 233pp, [3]. Beautifully extra-illustrated with 13 vignette drawings, variously in ink and wash and pencil, and two further inserted plates, each ink on paper, all by J. Ernest Boilvin. Finely bound in contemporary gilt- tooled marbled blue 'Spanish Calf', gilt-tooled inner dentelles. Slightly rubbed, corners a little bumped, unobstrusive old scuff marks to lower board neatly refurbished. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33927

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MAUGER, Claude. Le tableau du jugement universel. Avec d'autres Discours spirituels. Imprimé á Londres [i.e. London] par T. D. A se vendent chez Mathieu Turner. 1675. La premiere edition [i.e. first edition]. 8vo. [8], 71pp, [1].Twentieth-century blind-tooled calf, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Fore-edge slightly shaved. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 19204

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MATURIN, Rev. R.C.. Bertram; or, the castle of st. aldobrand; a tragedy, in five acts. London. Printed for John Murray, 1816. [6], 94pp.

[Bound after;] [A collection of poems and plays from an unidentified defective volume]. viii, [1], 10-222pp.

[And;] TOBIN, John. The Curfew: A Play. In five acts. As performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. London, Printed for Richard Philips, 1807, Seventh edition. vi, [2], 62pp, [2]. With half-title.

8vo. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Heavy rubbing to spine, joints starting. Ink annotation to FEP alongside ... More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 11714

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MATHIAS, T[homas] J[ames]. MASON, William.. Saffo: dramma lirico in tre atti sul modello toscano... Londra [i.e. London]. [W. Bulmer & Co.], 1810. Quarto. [2], iv, 53pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece and a final leaf of advertisements. Contemporary red half-morocco, tooled and lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed, lightly marked, spine sunned. Offsetting to title, later gift inscription to head of FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription 'Dall' Autore', in the hand of Mathias, to head of title. Annotation to foot of title, also in the hand of Mathias: 'Edizione ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20888

MATHIAS, T[homas] J[ames]. Poesie liriche toscane. Napoli [i.e. Naples]. Presso Agnello Nobile libraio-stampatore, 1820. Second Neapolitan edition. 8vo. iv, 182pp, [6]. With a terminal index. Contemporary gilt-tooled green straight-grain morocco, marbled endpapers. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear and scoring to boards, head of spine worn, corners bumped. Inked ownership inscription of Kathleen Speight, Cambridge 1937 to head of first blank fly-leaf. Armorial bookplate to FEP. Scattered spotting, browning to initial leaves. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34712

MATHERS, John [pseud.]. The history of mr. john decastro and his brother bat, commonly called old crab. The merry matter written by john mathers; the grave by a solid gentleman. London. Printed for T. Egerton, 1815. First edition. 12mo. Four volumes bound as two. [2], vi, 338, [4], 404; [4], 366; [4], 406pp. With half-titles. Later half- calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting. Ticket of bookseller and stationer W. Bradford of Exeter to FEPs. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26381

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MATHANASIUS, Chrisostome [i.e. SAINT-HYACINTHE, Thémiseul de]. Le chef-d'oeuvre d'un inconnu, poëme... A Londres [i.e. London]. [s.n.], 1758. 12mo. In two volumes. lx, 243, [1]; [8], 245-502pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled cat's paw calf, contrasting red and green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed, chipping to lettering-pieces and to spines at head and foot. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplates of John Fowles to verso of both FFEPs, ver occasional spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26065

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MASSINGHAM, H. J. [compiler]. A treasury of seventeenth century english verse: form the death of shakespeare to the restoration (1616-1660). London. Macmillan and Co., 1919. 8vo. xxiii, 399pp, [1]. With a tipped-in errata slip. Modern gilt-ruled brown morocco, T.E.G., signed 'Katharine Pountney' to rear lower turn-in. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine lightly sunned. Marbled endpapers. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29139

MASSEY, Gerald. Craigcrook castle. London. David Bogue, 1856. First edition. 8vo. [2], 211, [3], 32pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp, ticket of bookseller W. H. Dalton of Charing Cross to FEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30448

MASSEY, Gerald. Craigcrook castle. London. David Bogue, 1856. First edition. 8vo. [2], 221, [3], 32pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's olive green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed, marked, and dulled. Later bookplate to FEP of journalist and magazine editor Clement Shorter (1857-1926). More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 27698

MASON, William. Poems by william mason, m.a.. York. Printed by A. Ward, 1774. Fourth edition. 8vo. [4], 294pp, [2]. With a terminal contents leaf. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers. Rubbed and marked, joints split, loss to head of spine. Bookplate of John Trevenen, Rosemarne to FEP, with his inked ownership inscription, addressed 'Trin. Coll. Cambridge', to head of verso of FFEP. Leaves lightly browned, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34145

MASON, William. Poems. Glasgow. Printed by Andrew Foulis, 1777. 12mo. In two volumes. [4],139, [1]; 129pp, [3]. Nineteenth century gilt-ruled calf. A trifle rubbed, spines sunned. Inked ownership inscriptions of J. T. Coleridge to front blank fly-leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33720

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MASON, W[illiam]. Caractacus. A dramatic poem. Written on the Model of The antient greek tragedy. First published in the Year 1759, and Now altered for Theatrical Representation. York. Printed by A. Ward, 1777. 8vo. [6], 76pp. Without half-title. Modern navy cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription of John Dovaston to title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28400

MASON, William. Poems. York. Printed by A. Ward, 1774. Fourth edition. 8vo. [4], 294pp, [2]. Contemporary sprinkled calf, morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and sunned, small worm-hole to foot of upper joint. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26192

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MASON, William. Carattaco poema drammatico scritto sul modello della tragedia greca antica da guglielmo mason ec. ec. Dall' inglese recato in verso italiano da t. j. mathias. Napoli [i.e. Naples]. Da' Torchi di Agnelo Nobile, 1823. 8vo. xx, 133pp, [3]. Uncut in original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Extremities dust-soiled and a trifle marked, loss to head and foot of spine. Lightly foxed internally. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title by translator Thomas James Mathias; 'Dall' Autore'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16128

MASON, Walt. Uncle Walt. Chicago. George Matthew Adams, 1911. First edition, second printing. 8vo. 189pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, numerous line illustrations in the text. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's pictorial brown cloth, pictorial dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear to extremities, chipping and short tears to dustwrapper edges, upper panel detached. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed by the publisher to recto of FFEP: 'To Charlie Horne / super friend / and lover of books / George ... More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 21737

MASON, Walt. Uncle Walt. Toronto. The Musson Book Company Limited, [1910]. First Canadian edition. 8vo. 189pp, [1]. With a photographic portrait frontispiece, numerous line illustrations in the text. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's pictorial brown cloth, pictorial dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear to extremities, chipping and short tears to dustwrapper edges, some small clear tape repairs to verso. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21736

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[MASON, Arnold Telford]. The book of artemas: Concerning men, and the things that men did do, at the time when there was war. London. W. Westall & Co., 1918. Seventy-sixth edition. [Together with:] [MASON, Arnold Telford]. The second book of artemas... London. W. Westall & Co., 1918. Seventh edition.

[And:] [MASON, Arnold Telford]. The third book of artemas... W. Westall & Co., 1919. First edition.

8vo. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. Lightly rubbed and dulled. Pencilled gift inscription to FFEP of first mentioned work: 'Son / from E. Spicer / Jan 28th 1918', together with a pasted-in ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27302

MASON, A[braham] J[ohn]. Poetical essays. London. Printed for the Author, by W. Scars...and sold by T. Boys, 1822. First edition. 8vo. [8], 111pp, [1]. With 11 engraved illustrations in the text (including title page vignette), executed by the author, after designs by John Thurston, and a list of subscribers. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, recently rebacked, marbled edges. Boards heavily rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, inked ownership inscriptions of Andrew Fletcher Salton to verso of FFEP and head ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18026