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[ROSCOE, Robert]. Chevy chase, a poem. Founded on The Ancient Ballad. With other poems. London. Printed for Cadell & Davies et al., 1820. First octavo edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xii, 112pp. Without half-title. Contemporary straight-grained green morocco tooled in gilt and blind, recently rebacked in remnant of contemporary spine laid-on. Boards a trifle rubbed and marked. Recent marbled endpapers, slightest of spotting to title, overall internally clean and crisp. Association copy, inscribed in ink to recto of blank fly-leaf; 'Jane Eliz. Roscoe / from her affct. brother / the author'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15141
[ROSCOE, Robert]. Chevy chase, a poem. Founded on The Ancient Ballad. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies...by J. M'Creery, 1813. First edition. Quarto. [2], 108pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled green morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned, discolouration and marking to boards. Ink annotation providing author's name to drop-head title, lightly foxed, overall internally clean and crisp. Newspaper clipping to verso of FFEP announcing the death of Henry Roscoe, pasted beneath manuscript note reading; 'I wish James G. Roscoe to have the / quarto edition of Chevy Chase bound / ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15154
JODRELL, Richard Paul. L'eroina persiana. opera dalla tragedia di ricardo paolo jodrell inglese tirate dall'autore. Londra, [i.e. London]. A spese dell'autore dai torchi di Samuel E Richard Bentley, 1821. First edition. Quarto. vi, [3], 80pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. Slightly rubbed to extremities, small chip to head of spine. With the bookplate of the author's son, Sir Richard Paul Jodrell Bart, and also the later bookplate of Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor. Very occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15172
[FOSCOLO, Ugo]. Ultime lettere di jacopo ortis. Italia. [s.n.], 1807. Terza edizione [i.e. third edition]. 12mo. 152pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary green cloth-backed marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed, corners exposed. Leaves browned and spotted, short tears and some loss to leaf E1 with slight loss of text and sense. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15288
MIDDLETON, Charles S.. Shelley and his writings. London. Thomas Cautley Newby, 1858. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [1], 325; x, 358pp. With a folding plate depicting a facsimile of Shelley's handwriting and a tipped-in errata slip to Vol. 1, and an 8pp publisher's advertisement catalogue to the rear of each volume. Largely unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Later armorial bookplates of Roberti Comitis de Crewe to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17226
WALKER, Joseph Cooper. Memoirs of alessandro tassoni, author of La Secchia Rapita; or, the rape of the bucket; interspersed with Occasional Notices of his Literary Contemporaries, and a general Outline of his various works... London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. First edition. 8vo. c, 316pp. With half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, and an engraved plate. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, slight shipping to head of spine, lightly marked. Internally clean and crisp. With manuscript presentation plate to FEP; 'For / Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wakely, / (the early and attached / Friends of the Author,) / from / their truly sincere / & affectionate ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17373
LECONTE DE LISLE. Poemes barbares. Paris. Alphonse Lemerre, [s.d., c.1890s] [6], 368pp, [2]. With a half-title.

[Bound uniformly with:] LECONTE DE LISLE. Derniers poemes. Paris. Alphonse Lemerre, [s.d., c.1890s]. [8], 315pp, [1]. With a half-title.

12mo. Attractively bound by P. Affolter in contemporary red half-morocco, marbled boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-pieces, spine richly gilt. Very slight shelf-wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17438
LA FONTAINE, [Jean de]. La Fontaine's Tales: imitated in English verse. London. Printed for C. Chapple, 1814. First edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. xxii, [2], 286; [2], 360pp. Uncut in contemporary cloth-backed buff paper boards, original publisher's printed paper lettering piece pasted to spine. Rubbed and marked. Short closed tear to Vol. I title, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18475
DRAKE, Nathaniel. Literary hours: or sketches critical, narrative, and poetical. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. Third edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [6], iv, ii, 458; [2], ii, 481, [1], x; [2], ii, 552, vi pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, speckled edges. Very lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19375
THOMAS, Dylan. Twenty-five poems. London. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1936]. First edition, second impression. 8vo. vii, [1], 47pp, [1]. Original publisher's grey paper boards, lettered in navy, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, edge-wear to dustwrapper. Browning to endpapers, near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Christopher, / On his influenza. / 26.1.37'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19561
GENLIS, [Stéphanie Félicité], Madame de. le comte de corke, Surnommé le Grand, ou la séduction sans artifice. Paris, réimprimé á Londres, pour H. Colburn. 1808. In two volumes. xvi, 226, [2]; [4], 242pp, [2].

[Bound with:] GENLIS, [Stéphanie Félicité], Madame de. Sainclair, ou la victime des sciences et des arts. Paris. Paris, réimprimé á Londres, pour H. Colburn, 1808. [4], 108pp.

12mo. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, lettering-piece worn and partially detached. Very occasional spotting. More >
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19587
[BOILEAU-DESPREAUX, Nicolas]. Oeuvres diverses Du Sieur D*** avec le traite du sublime ou du merveilleux dans le discours, Traduit du Grec de Longin. a Amsterdam. Chez Abraham Wolfgang, 1677. Nouvelle edition, Reveue, corrigee, & augmentee de plusieurs Pieces nouvelles. 12mo. 160, [40], 101-214pp, [10]. With an extra-engraved title page, and four further engraved plates, all included in the pagination. Contemporary British (likely English) calf, blind-ruled to spine compartments and boards, with floral device to each corner of boards, with contrasting red morocco lettering-piece ('Boileaus Poetry'). Slightly rubbed, bumping to corners, joints just starting. Some marking to pastedowns, with bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP. ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19679
MACPHERSON, Ossian. The dreamer, a poem, in three cantos, With other Poems; and an introductory epistle upon the island of madeira. London. Printed for the Author, 1848. First edition. 8vo. [6], v, [2], 152pp, [4]. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. Partially unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped red buckram, lettered in gilt. Extremities sunned and a trifle marked. Manuscript booksellers description tipped-in to FFEP, closed tears touching text of leaves C2-3, lightly spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20469