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SCOTT, Walter, Sir. Marmion: a tale of Flodden Field. Edinburgh. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1825. New edition. 8vo. [2], xi, [1], 513pp, [1]. With an engraved title page. Bound by Stephenson of Parliament Street, London, in contemporary gilt-tooled green morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine a trifle discoloured. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title page, scattered foxing. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25799
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
[JAMES, George Payne Rainsford]. Mary of Burgundy; or, the revolt of Ghent. London. Printed for Longman, Rees Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1833. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. vii, [1], 318; [2], 336; [2], 333pp, [1]. Bound by T. Kilkenny of Enniskillen in contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Binders tickets to FEPs ov Vol. I and III, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP of Vol. I, free-endpapers of Vol. I removed. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 22274
TAYLOR, Tom. READE, Charles. Masks and faces; or, before and behind the curtain... London. Richard Bentley, 1854. First edition. 8vo. [6], 71pp, [1]. Attractively bound by Worsfold in contemporary navy crushed morocco, tooled and lettered in gilt, red calf floral onlays to spine, T.E.G., original publisher's printed yellow paper wrappers bound in. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, wrappers dust-soiled, else clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title: 'Mrs. Stirling, with T. Taylor's and C. Reade's kind regards'. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21035
BLUNDEN, Edmund. Masks of time. London. Beaumont Press, 1925. First edition. 8vo. [16], 58pp. Original publisher's quarter vellum, lettered gilt, with green and orange paper pattern boards. Fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Minor bumping to corners, spine a little sunned, internally bright save a little toning to edges. One of eighty printed on Japanese vellum, of which this is no 33. With the signatures of the author, illustrator Randolph Schwabe, and publisher Cyril William Beaumont. A further ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29903
MICHAELIS, Gustav. Meine Erinnerungen an Josef Kainz. [Austria]. [Nowawes, Th. Steiner], 1930. First edition. Private printing. 8vo. 243pp. With a photographic frontispiece. Original publisher's gold cloth, stamped in gilt and green, top-edge green. Boards and all edges a little foxed, spine worn. A little toned throughout. Presentation inscription to FFEP: 'He who has a God given gift has everything. – To us God’s gifts go not to Emperors [and] Kings but to artists who are the heaven-sent Princes of the World.” (Written ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31239
[DODSLEY, Robert]. Melpomene: or The regions of terror and pity. An ode. London. [s.n.], 1757. First edition. Quarto. 15pp, [1]. Modern tan cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked. Book-label of Nottingham Free Public Libraries to upper board. Loan label of Nottingham Free Public Libraries to FEP, typed booksellers description tipped-in to FFEP, ink-stamps of Nottingham Free Public Libraries to title page, p.3, and p.15, nineteenth-century inked ownership inscription and manuscript author attribution to title page. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29353
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
A LADY. Memoirs of the danby family: designed chiefly for the entertainment and improvement of young persons. London. Printed for E. Newbury, 1799. First edition. 12mo. xii, 258pp, [6]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary tree-sheep. Rubbed, surface loss to upper board and spine, joints starting. Early book-label of Anne Crosse to FEP, near contemporary and later inked gift inscriptions to FFEP, small worm-track to gutter of initial gathering, slight marginal loss to upper corner of leaf F5. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 34350
MILNES, Richard Monckton. Memorial of many scenes. London. Edward Moxon, 1844. New edition. 8vo. 8, xii, 203pp, [1]. With a half-title and initial publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Extremities marked and worn, spine and lettering-piece chipped and torn. Hinge exposed, bookplate of George H. Culshaw to FEP. Inscribed by the author to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30472
MARSHALL, Emma. Memories of Troublous Times: Being the History of Dame Alicia Chamberlayne Of Ravensholme, Gloucestershire. London. Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1880. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 316pp, [4]. With a frontispiece, a further five plates, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to FEP, very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of dedication leaf: 'Henry Birkbeck / from the author E. M. / Jun 7. 1880'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31344
MILTON, [John]. Milton's paradise lost. London. Printed T. Bensley, 1802. New edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 264; [2], 250pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I and a further 12 engraved plates. Finely bound by Stoakley in early twentieth-century gilt-tooled half-vellum, marbled paper boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-pieces. A trifle dulled. Very occasional early inked annotations, scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30201
TOUNY-LÉRYS. Mimi et Nina. Toulouse. Editions de la Revue (Gallia), 1902. First edition. 8vo. [8], 160pp, [4]. Original publisher's illustrated wrappers by Edmund Dulac. A trifle rubbed, chipping to head and foot of dulled spine. Leaves browned, text-block working loose, several gatherings protruding. Presentation copy, near contemporary inked inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 34742