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ARMSTRONG, John. Miscellanies. London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1770. First edition. 8vo. v, [1], 216pp; iv, 279pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, small loss to head of each spine. Manuscript shelf-marks to both FEPs. Armorial bookplate of James Street to FEP of vol. I, with his inked ownership inscription of to head of p.5, vol.Il. Endpapers browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34144
B[ULLOCK], J[ames] T[rower]. Miscellaneous poems. London. Edward West, 1852. First edition. 8vo. viii, 128pp. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32290
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Miscellaneous Poems. London. William Benbow, 1826. 8vo. [2], 144pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Later full calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, upper board sunned. Bookplate of John A. Radford to FEP, leaves browned and stained, title and frontispiece chipped, and small marginal loss to upper edge of terminal leaf. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31162
TAYLOR, James. Miscellaneous poems. Oldham. Printed by Hirst & Rennie, 1864. First edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 178pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. A trifle rubbed. Endpapers stained, blind-stamps of the Werneth Mechanics Institute, Oldham, to title page, and leaves B2, C2, and C3. Ink inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Presented to the / Werneth Mechanic's / Institution / by / Mr. Wallace Rennie / Decr. 5th 1865'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30510
BYROM, John. Miscellaneous Poems. Manchester. Printed by J. Harrop, 1773. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], vi, 352; [4], vi, 353pp, [1]. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints split, without Vol. II lettering-piece. Endpapers browned, occasional spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 22055
COOK, Reverend Thomas. Miscellaneous poems. Kidderminster. Printed by T. Pennell, 1832. First edition. 8vo. [6], 40pp. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to verso of front blank fly-leaf. Subscriber's copy, ink ownership inscription to FEP: 'Mrs. Brown Westhead / Lea Castle'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22379
AIKIN, J[ohn]. AIKEN, A[nna]. L[aetitia].. Miscellaneous pieces, in prose. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1775. Second edition. 8vo. [4], 219pp, [1]. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Armorial bookplate of Lavington House to FEP, later shelf-label of Wilberforce Library, Backsettown to recto of FFEP. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27019
MARSH, Edward. Minima. London. Eyre and Spottiswoode, [1947]. First edition. 8vo. 1,000 copies printed (100 signed by the author), of which this is number 41. [10], 38pp. Title in red and black. Uncut in original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, lightly sunned. Bookplate of Dennis Silk to FEP, internally clean and crisp. Signed by the author to limitation page. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25976
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
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
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
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
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