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IRVING, David. The lives of the scotish poets; with preliminary dissertations, on the literary history of scotland, and the early scotish drama. Edinburgh. Printed by and for Alex. Lawrie and Co., 1804. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [8], 447, [1]; [6], 507pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards. Rubbed, lower joints split, spine sunned. Armorial bookplates of Sir Marcus Somerville to both FEPs. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 28502

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[IRISH TALES]. Popular irish stories; a collection of the most interesting tales and legends of ireland compiled from the best authors. Glasgow. Printed for the booksellers, 1850. 12mo. 24pp. Disbound. A trifle creased. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30927

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[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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INSH, George Pratt. Carmina Glottiana: Poems of Avondale and Clydeside. Edinburgh. Lindsay & Co., 1928. First edition. 8vo. [8], 15pp, [1]. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Presentation copy, inked ownership inscription to recto of half-title: 'With the compliments of the author'. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32437

INGELOW, Jean. Poems. Third series. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. First edition. 8vo. [6], 248pp. With a half-title. Original red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Bound by Spottiswoode & Co., with a bookbinder's label to the rear pastedown. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Book-label of Rugby School Library, Hodgson Bequest to front pastedown. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'Shadworth H. Hodgson / With love from / Jean Ingelow'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27692

INGELOW, Jean. Poems. Boston. Roberts Brothers, 1865. Author's edition, thirteenth thousand. 8vo. 256, 10pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed. Later inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'John Linnell sen. 1865 from the Author' - likely landscape and portrait painter, and rival of Constable, John Linnell (1792-1882), with whom Ingelow corresponded. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22218

INGELOW, Jean. Poems. London. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1880. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, 281, [1]; vi, 309pp, [1]. With half-titles. Contemporary green morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked gift inscription to FFEP of Vol. I, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 18219

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[HYMNS]. A collection of psalms and hymns, chiefly intended for public worship. Cheltenham. Printed by H. Ruff, 1809. 16mo. xiv, 296pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Single early manuscript correction to index. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 30981

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HYGINUS. C. julii hygini augusti liberti fabularum liber, Ad omnium poëtarum lectionem mirè necessarius. Lugd. Bat. & Amstel [i.e. Leiden and Amsterdam]. Apud Gaasbekios, 1670. 12mo. [24], 288pp, [84]. With an additional engraved title page. Later calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed and marked, some scoring to boards. Upper hinge exposed, later shelf-label of Cholmondeley library to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to recto of FFEP. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19252

[HURDIS, James]. The village curate, a poem. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1792. Third edition, corrected. 8vo. [4], 105pp, [3]. With a half-title and three final pages of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, joints split, corners bumped. Marbled endpapers, without front blank fly-leaf, early inked ownership inscription of Decimus Cooke to head of half-title, pen-trials to p.104, occasional spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 22567

[HURDIS, James]. The village curate, a poem. Bishopstone, Sussex. Printed at the Author's own press, and sold by J. Johnson, 1797. A new and improved edition (being the fourth). 8vo. [4], 136pp, [2]. Without one final publisher's advertisement leaf. Recent calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Lightly toned and spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20863

HUNT, Leigh. Sir ralph esher: or, the adventures of a gentleman of the court of charles ii. London. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [2], 299pp; [2], 354pp; [2], 344pp. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Bookplates of Oliver Brett to FEP. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28482

HULME, Walter Ibbotson. Road to valhalla. [London?]. [1918]. Private press. 8vo. 64pp. Original publisher's pale printed card wraps over untrimmed handmade paper. Wraps detached from text-block, sunned and marked, with the rear heavily notated in Henry Williamson's hand. Page block internally bright and clean save annotations and corrections again in Williamson's hand. With a T.L.S. from the author to Williamson. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27175

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HULL, Mr [Thomas]. Richard Plantagenet a Legendary Tale, Now first Published. London. Printed for J. Bell, [1774]. First edition. 8vo. [2], iv, 30pp, [2]. Without half-title. With an engraved titlepage and a final advertisement leaf. Twentieth-century blue crushed half-morocco, cloth boards, gilt titling to spine. Very slight fading to spine, else externally fine. Engraved title shaved at head just touching first line, very slightly marked. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 19193

HUGO, Victor. The toilers of the sea. (Abridged.). London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21265

HUGHES, Ted. Moortown. London. Faber and Faber, 1979. First edition. 8vo. 171pp. Original publisher's green card wraps, lettered red, illustrated by Leonard Baskin. Some smoke damage to wraps, some rubbing, tearing, and tape marks. Toned throughout.

From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed, without any markings by her; the smoke damage is the result of an errant cigarette dropped by Olwyn down the back of her settee, which caused a serious fire. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29577

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HUGHES, Ted. Flowers and Insects: Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders. London. Faber and Faber, [1986]. First edition. 8vo. 61pp, [1]. With drawings by Leonard Baskin in the text. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear.Bookplate of Geoffrey and Elspeth Howe to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28498

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

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[HUDDESFORD, George]. Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry: consisting of illusions of fancy; amatory, elegiac, lyrical, epigrammatical, and other palatable ingredients. London. Printed by T. Bensley, 1791. First edition. Quarto. [6], 151pp, [3]. With an additional engraved title-page and a terminal errata leaf. Uncut in modern calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28910

[HUDDESFORD, George]. Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry: consisting of illusions of fancy; amatory, elegiac, lyrical, epigrammatical, and other palatable ingredients. London. Printed by T. Bensley, 1791. First edition. Quarto. [6], 151pp, [3]. With an additional engraved title-page and a terminal errata leaf.Recent brown paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Lightly foxed, very occasional contemporary inked manuscript corrections to text. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 19191