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THOMSON, Alexander. Whist: a poem, in twelve cantos. London. Printed for T. Cadell, 1792. Second edition. 8vo. 196pp. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, paper label with title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and soiled, spine worn. Early inked ownership inscription of B. M. Murdo to title page, title page shaved at head. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32252
BARTON, Bernard. Selections from the poems and letters of bernard barton. Edited by his daughter. London. Hall, Virtue, and Co., 1849. First edition. 8vo. [28], xxxvi, 363pp, [1]. With a lithographed portrait frontispiece, three engraved plates, a list of subscribers, and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, early armorial bookplate to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to verso of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32240
[BROOKE, Stopford A.]. ['Riquet with the Tuft'].. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [c. 1880] 12mo. Manuscript on paper. [57]ff. Bound in contemporary dark green moire cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Pencilled inscription to front blank fly- leaf: 'Maud Brooke from father 1885'. Portion of final leaf of text torn away (without loss), rear blank fly-leaf torn away. Ticket of Creswick and Co., stationers of 12 Great Portland St. to REP, further occasional pencilled corrections throughout. More > £ 7,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32096
BROOKE, Stopford A.. Riquet of the tuft. London. Macmillan & Co., 1880. First edition. 8vo. [7], 172pp, [2]. With half-title. Bound in elaborately contemporary gilt-tooled turquoise morocco, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, with fading to spine and slight cracking to joints. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. With a loosely inserted contemporary photograph of the author to FEP. Inked ownership inscription to FFEP: 'Maud Brooke from my father', and frequent marginal and textual annotations in the author's hand pencilled ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32095
BULLEN, A. H.. Lyrics from the song-books of the elizabethan age. London. John C. Nimmo, 1887. First edition, limited edition (number 149 of 500 copies printed). 8vo. [4], xxx, [2], 200pp, [4]. Original publisher's brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, historic water damage to lower board. Discolouration to endpapers. Inscribed to Edward Brooke from his brother Stopford Brooke, with his initials. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32051
BROOKE, Stopford A.. On ten plays of shakespeare. London. Archibald Constable and Company, 1905. First edition. 8vo. [4], 311pp, [3]. Original publisher's pale green boards, lettered in gilt to spine, original publisher's blind-stamped decoration to lower board. Faded and rubbed. Inked inscription 'Corrected' to upper board. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32042
GREENWOOD, Thomas. Zeta, historic glimpses of england and her sons. London, Liverpool, Manchester, Todmorden. Published for the author, 1861. First edition. 12mo. iv, 111pp, [3]. With a terminal errata leaf. Original publisher's blind-stamped purple cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, upper board heavily stained, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32073
[TALFOURD, Thomas Noon]. Ion: a tragedy, in five acts. To which are added a few sonnets. London. Printed by A. J. Valpy, [1835]. Second edition. 8vo. xxi, [3], 216pp. Large paper copy. Partially unopened in original publisher's pebbled brown cloth. Backstrip detached, boards sunned and a trifle rubbed. Hinges exposed, inked ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge to recto of FFEP, foxed throughout. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'To Mr. Justice Coleridge with the author's respects'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 26067
BROOKE, Stopford A.. On ten plays of shakespeare. London. Archibald Constable and Company, 1905. First edition. 8vo. [4], 311pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked with bumping to corners. Darkening to spine and damp staining to fore edge of upper board.

[With:] [Two manuscript autograph lectures, delivered at University College London in March and November of 1905]. Each 22ff sewn. Slightly marked. More >
£ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32041
BROOKE, Stopford. The history of early english literature being the history of english poetry from its beginnings to the accession of king alfred. In two volumes. London. Macmillan and Co., 1892. First edition. 8vo. [2], 5ff, 344, [1], 1-337pp, [1]. With half-title to Vol. I, without title, half-title and preliminaries to Vol II. Annotated throughout by the author in manuscript, with corrections, alterations and additions. Contemporary gilt-tooled tan half- calf. Marbled endpapers. Worn, with upper board detached. Inscribed 'Mr Stopford Brooke proofs with his own corrections' to blank fly-leaf, numerous ink-stamps and date-stamps of the printers to margins, throughout. More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 26315
[COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor; SOUTHEY, Robert]. Omniana, or horae otiosiores. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Reesm Orme, and Brown, 1812. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. xi, [1], 336; vi, 330pp. Without half-titles. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spines dulled, remnants of paper label to foot of Vol. II spine. Marbled endpapers, loss to head of leaves P9-10 of Vol. I (with loss of pagination numerals), short marginal tear to leaf D4 of Vol. II. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32066
SHELLEY, P. B.. Poems from shelley selected and arranged by stopford brooke. London. Macmillan and co, 1880. 8vo. lx, 339pp. Bound by J. Larkins in contemporary brown half-morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G., marbled endpapers. Heavily worn, upper board detached, large piece of head of spine torn away.

Around 40 manuscript annotations to margins throughout; accompanied by several pressed flowers. With unidentified photographic portrait of a man sat at a desk loosely inserted.
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£ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32054
ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. Ballads and sonnets. Leipzig. Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1882. Copyright edition. 8vo. [2], 287pp, [3]. Original publisher's brown half-morocco, marbled boards. Some wear to spine and corners, small section missing from head of spine. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, AEG. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'Evelyn Brooke from a father, July 28 1890'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32059
[SMITH, Horace]. The tor hill. London. Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [2], 310; [2], 350, [2], 328pp. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements and a tipped-in errata slip to Vol. III. Contemporary navy half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21630
MURDOCH, Iris.. [A collection of 20 works, 19 of which signed/and or inscribed to her close friend philosopher Scott Dunbar]. . London. [vs., 1980-1999] [vs. editions]. 8vo. 20 vols. Cloth, dustwrappers. Occasional structural damage to text blocks(owing to heavy annotation), but largely preserved in collectable condition. Several works (especially the philosophical texts) heavily annotated by Dunbar, giving both positive affirmations and constructive notes, 19 signed and/or inscribed by the author.

[With:] Loosely inserted, five undated A.L.S., four in the remains of the original envelopes, from Murdoch to Dunbar.

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£ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25826
ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. Poems. Leipzig. Bernard Tauchnitz, 1873. Copyright edition. 8vo. [2], xxvi, [2], 282pp, [4]. Original publisher's brown half-morocco, marbled boards. Some wear to spine and corners, lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, AEG. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'Evelyn Brooke from her loving father, July 1890'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32058
[ROSCOE, Jane Elizabeth]. Poems, by one of authors of "poems for youth, by a family circle.". London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820. First edition. 12mo. iv, 66pp. Original publisher's powder blue boards, printed paper lettering- piece. Lightly rubbed, loss to lettering-piece, corners bumped and exposed. Bookseller's ticket of W. Robinson & Son of Liverpool and early book-label of E. Lloyd, Rhagatt, to FEP, pencilled bibliographical note to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28347
COLERIDGE, Ernest Hartley. Poems. Chertsey. [Frank E. Taylor, Printer] Not Published, 1881. First edition. 8vo. viii, 72pp. With a half-title. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, wear to head and foot of dulled spine, corners bumped and exposed. Endpapers browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32064