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LE CARRE, John. The Night Manager. London. Hodder & Stoughton, [1993]. First edition, second impression. 8vo. 443pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper price-clipped. Contemporary inked gift inscription to head of title page, else internally clean and crisp. Flat signed by the author to title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28379
BALZAC, Honoré de. The novels of honoré de balzac; now for the first time completely translated into english. Philadelphia. Printed only for subscribers by George Barrie and Son. [s.d., c. 1898] Limited edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 1000 copies, of which this is copy No. 509. In two volumes. [6], 353pp, [1]; [6], 355pp, [1]. Titles in red and black. With half-titles, an engraved frontispiece to each volume and eight further engraved plates by Frédéric-Emile Jeannin. Later navy half-morocco, richly gilt-tooled, with red morocco onlays in fleur-de-lis pattern to spine compartments; blue cloth boards. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Very lightly ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34761
OWENSON, Miss. [i.e. MORGAN, Lady Sydney]. The novice of saint dominick. London. Printed for Richard Phillips, 1806. Second edition. 12mo. In four volumes. [2], 364; [2], 360; [2], 378; [2], 363pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt- tooled calf, supralibros of a swan and dragon to upper boards. Rubbed and marked, spines sunned, surface loss to lower boards of Vols. I and II, and upper board of Vol. III. Very occasional light spotting, very small hole to leaf O10 of Vol. I, not touching text, some loss to ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29067
TANSILLO, Luigi. The Nurse, a poem. Translated from the Italian of Luigi Tansillo. By William Roscoe. Dublin. Printed for B. Dornin, 1800. Third edition. 12mo. 31, [1], 89, [3], 34pp. In three parts; a life of Tansillo, the nurse, and notes - each has separate pagination, the register is continuous. The poem has parallel Italian and English texts. With a half-title. Contemporary calf, morocco lettering-piece, gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. Rubbed, joints cracked, some loss to head of spine. Upper hinge cracked, armorial bookplate of Roberti Bourne to FEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 13217
BENSON, E. F. The oakleyites. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [1915]. First edition. 8vo. 318pp. Original publisher's blue cloth boards lettered black, with title to spine in gilt. Slightly rubbed, with a little bumping to corners and spine ends, some marking to the fore edge. Internally bright and clean, save minor toning to endpapers and half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30035
ANACREON. The odes of anacreon, translated from the greek into english verse, with notes. Yarmouth. Printed by John Beart, for B. Crosby and Co. London, 1804. Second edition. 8vo. 27, [1], 144pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary olive green half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, later book-label of Ed Grabhorn to FEP, offsetting to title-page, slight damp-staining to rear blank fly-leaf and RFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16787
QUILLER-COUCH, A[rthur] T[homas]. The Oxford Book Of English Verse. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1904. Ninth impression. 8vo. xii, 1084pp. With half-title. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt- tooled half-vellum, contrasting olive green morocco lettering-piece, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Very lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Lt.-Col. John Trevor Spencer to FEP, with his inked gift inscription to his daughter, Lillian Mary Latina Spencer, from 'her affect. father', to verso of FFEP. Additional manuscript number to head of FFEP. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 28871
[BOONE, James Shergold]. The Oxford spy; in verse. Dialogue the first [-fifth]. Oxford. For Munday and Slatter, 1818. 8vo. 24, [1], 6-28, 32, 32, 55, [2], 60-74pp. Without half-title and title-page for the second dialogue, and divisional title for 'Notes to Canto V'. The first, second, and third dialogues are all third editions, the fourth a second edition, and the fifth and final dialogue a first edition. Contemporary green cloth-backed paper boards, recent printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Slight rubbing, some damp staining to ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 14714
[PARALLEL]. The parallel: An essay on friendship, love and marriage. London. Printed for Henry Playford, at his shop near the Temple-Church, 1689. First edition. Quarto. [4], 35pp, [1]. Twentieth- century gilt-tooled red morocco backed cloth boards. With the modern bookplate of Peter Stewart Young to FEP. Some browning, two inked numerals to title, occasional pen trial and a single manuscript correction (shaved) to margins of text. More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25653
[HOOK, Theodore Edward]. The parson's daughter. London. Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [2], 300; [2], 331, [1]; [2], 321pp, [1]. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed, some staining to dulled spines. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29255
MACNEILL, Hector. The pastoral or lyric muse of scotland; In Three Cantos. Edinburgh. Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Company, 1808. First edition. Quarto. viii, 68pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's powder blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, surface loss to spine, corners exposed. Armorial bookplate of Napier of Ballikinrain to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26451
[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
WILSON, Thomas. The pitman's pay, and other poems. Gateshead. William Douglas, 1843. First edition. 8vo. xxxvi, [4], 168pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Decorated endpapers, early pencilled gift inscription to head of title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29247
WILLOUGHBY, R. The plaintive muse, or poems sacred to religion. Derby. Printed by G. Wilkins, 1820. First edition. 8vo. vi, [6], 73pp, [3]. With a list of subscribers. Original publisher's powder blue boards. Rubbed and discoloured, spine worn. recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Rebecca Hampshire to recto of FFEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32371