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[MOZLEY, Harriet]. Louisa, or the bride. London. James Burns...and Henry Mozley, 1842. First edition. 8vo. [4], 302pp, [2]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, a trifle cocked. Early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 25760
TERENCE. Publii Terentii Afri comoediae, Phaedri fabulae Aesopiae, Publii Syri et aliorum veterum sententiae, ex recensione et cum notis Richardi Bentleii. Cantabrigiae [i.e. Canterbury]. Apud Cornelium Crownfield, 1726. Quarto. In two parts. [7], xxv, 444; [8], 87pp, [1]. With two engraved plates. The second part has a separate title page reading: 'Phaedri Augusti liberti fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque...Cantabrigiae apud Cornelium Crownfield'. Handsomely bound in contemporary calf, richly tooled in gilt and blind, gilt supralibros to both boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Inked ownership inscription of J. ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26111
[GRESWELL, Edward]. Europæ pacatores oxonium invisentes. [Manchester]. [R. and W. Dean], [1815]. First edition. Quarto. [2], 8pp, [2]. Uncut, stitched, as issued, in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Lightly rubbed, creased. Later manuscript annotations to upper wrapper and title page signed William H. P. Greswell, occasional highlighting. A.L.S. on Brasenose College stationery pinned to upper wrapper: '9 Nov. 1916. Dear Mr. Greswell, I write to thank you heartily for sending me the interesting Latin verses written by your uncle on ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26218
GRESWELL, William Parr. The Monastery of Saint Werburgh: a poem, with illustrative notes. [Manchester]. [Printed by Henry Smith], 1823. First edition. 8vo. [2], 48, 22pp, [2]. With 'Rodrigo, a Spanish Legend', and shorter pieces occasionally added to copies. Without half-title. Extra-illustrated with 12 engraved plates. Bound by J. Winstanley of Manchester in near contemporary green straight-grain morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26221
QUILLINAN, Edward. The sacrifice of Isabel: a poem. London. Bensley and Son, 1816. First Edition. 12mo. 48pp, [2], 11, [1]. With seven pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Uncut in original publisher's boards, title written in manuscript on the spine, circular shelf label at base of spine. Boards slightly rubbed with moderate surface wear, small chip to top of spine. Small hole to FFEP at gutter margin, else a fresh copy. Contemporary inscription of Joseph Tasker to FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26342
COTTON, Charles . The wonders of the peake. London. Printed for Charles Brome, 1699. Fourth edition. 8vo. [4], 86pp. Later panelled sprinkled calf, expertly rebacked to style, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and scored. Spotting to endpapers, early ink ownership inscription to head of title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26420
A JOURNEYMAN MASON [i.e. MILLER, Hugh]. Poems, written in the leisure hours of a journeyman mason. Inverness. Printed by R. Carruthers, 1829. First edition. 12mo. [4], 268pp. With a half-title. Finely bound in later gilt-tooled black half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate H. D. Colvill-Scott to FEP, later photographic illustration depicting the author pasted to verso of half-title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 26457
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
BERESFORD. J. D. All or nothing. Indianapolis. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. First American edition. 8vo. 327pp. Original publisher's indigo cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the unclipped illustrated dustwrapper. Fore and bottom edges uncut, spine a little cocked, with some further bumping. Wrapper shows losses to all panels, and light soiling. Internally a little toned but still clear. Inscribed on the front free endpaper from the author to Henry Williamson 'To my dear old Henry from his friend J. D. ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27256
SHYLOCK, Sir David. Waterocracy: a tale of fire. A letter to myneer von romp, merchant, rotterdam, from his friend sir david shylock, a. s. s. on his visit to the house of lords to oppose the new gass and water bills at the public expense. Translated from the german, and illustrated with two engravings by peter flint. Sunderland. Printed by W. Hollis, 1846. First edition?. 12mo. 12pp. With two engraved plates. Six loose bifolia. Later paper shelf-label to title page, terminal leaf detached, a trifle dusty. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27499
SCOTT, Walter. Marmion; a tale of Flodden Field. Edinburgh. Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, 1808. First edition. Quarto. [8], 377, [1], cxxvi pp. With additional engraved title page (dated 1809) and a further six plates after designs by Richard Westall. Contemporary brown straight-grain morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, gauffered edges. Rubbed, spine dulled. Yellow silk endpapers, gilt dentelles, scattered spotting, pencilled ownership inscription of William St. Clair to verso of FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27638
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. The Harvest Moon. London. Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [1888]. 12mo. [12]pp. Original publisher's pictorial limp card boards, original pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper a trifle chipped and lightly browned, else clean and crisp. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28164
[POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Winter Songs and Sketches. London. Griffith, Farran and Company, [1887]. 16mo. 30pp, [2]. With a half-title and numerous illustrations in the text (several full-page) Sewn, as issued, in original publisher's pictorial card wrappers, A.E.G. With original publisher's pictorial buff dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, dustwrapper worn and spotted, upper flap detached, lower wrap absent. Contemporary inked gift inscription to half-title. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28166
[THEOBALD, Lewis], [MESTAYER, Henry]. The Perfidious Brother, a tragedy: As it is Acted at the new theatre in Little lincolns-inn-fields. By Mr. theobald. London. Printed and Sold by Jonas Brown, 1715. First edition. Quarto. [8], 57pp, [1] Without terminal advertisement leaf. Later half-calf, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, chipping to spine, paper label with manuscript shelf-mark to upper board. Leaves browned, ticket of Dublin-based bookseller T. Connolly to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28340
[SELECT LESSONS]. Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, designed for the Improvement of youth. To which are added, A Few Original Pieces. Tamworth. Printed and Sold by B. Shelton, 1785. Fourth edition, with additions. 12mo. [2], 140pp. Without half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, upper board held by cords only. Marbled endpapers, very occasional chipping/short tears to margins, slight loss to lower corner of leaf I6 - touching text with some loss of sense. William St. Clair's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription and manuscript note to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28681
[MONTAGU, Mrs. (Elizabeth)]. An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire. London. Printed by J. and H. Hughs,, 1770. The second edition. 8vo. [4], 288pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear to joints, joints starting. Armorial bookplate of Edward Larker of Brownsholme to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28717
WHITFIELD, Rev. E[dward]. The bereaved, kenilworth, and other poems. London. Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1830. First edition. 8vo. [4], 140pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled navy calf, contrasting brown calf lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, adhesive residue to front blank fly-leaf. With a loosely inserted photographic portrait of the author, with manuscript biographical notes to verso. Presentation copy, ink inscription to verso of FFEP: 'To Miss Masey / with the Author's Love'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29131