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DE LA MARE, Walter. O Lovely England and other poems. London. Faber and Faber, [1953]. First edition. 8vo. 80pp. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper browned, chipping to spine and corners. Endpapers browned, bookplate of Dennis Silk to FEP. Presentation copy, inscribed to Jo Vere, with the author's characteristic 'W.J.' initials. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25975
MOORE, Thomas. The loves of the angels, a poem. Philadelphia. Printed by R. Rhodes, 1823. First American edition. 12mo. vi, 100pp. With a half-title. Uncut in original publisher's printed buff boards. Housed in recent black cloth slipcase. Extremities worn and marked, surface loss to boards. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Alfred Newman to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27357
[MONCREIFF, John]. Appius: a tragedy... London. Printed for A. Millar; and D. Wilson and T. Durham, 1755. First edition. 8vo. [8], 68pp, [4]. With a half-title. Later buff wrappers. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27350
GAY, John. Fables. London. Printed by T. C. Hansard...for C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1814. Fifth edition. 243pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary tree-calf, later expertly rebacked, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, gilt. A trifle rubbed. Offsetting to title, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27328
[PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed [by John Watts] for J. Tonson, and J. Barber, 1725. In two volumes. [26], 231, [5]; 259pp, [5]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. ESTC T75636.

[Uniformly bound with:] [PRIOR, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions...Volume III. London. [s.n.], 1727. Second edition. [8], xii, [2], 48, 47-70, 73-129, [1]; [8], 54pp, [2]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. ESTC T75647.

12mo. Contemporary gilt tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Heavily rubbed, joints starting, chipping to spines, loss to ... More >
£ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27331
COTTON, Charles. Scarronides, or virgil travestie, a mock poem, on the first and fourth books of virgil's aeneis, in english burlesque. London. Printed by John Galton, 1804. Thirteenth edition. 8vo. [2], 122pp. With an engraved frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and a single engraved illustration in the text. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and marked, loss to spine, joints starting. Early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting/staining. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 27339
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London. John C. Nimmo, 1886. 8vo. xvi, [2], 291pp, [1]. With 114 colour illustrations in the text. Bound by Douglas Foulis of Edinburgh in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27334
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London. Ernest Nister, [s.d., c. 1900] 8vo. 224pp. With five heliogravure plates and numerous illustrations in the text by H. M. Paget. Original publisher's decorative green cloth, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Occasional spotting, plates foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27296
MILLER, Henry. Plexus. Paris. The Olympia Press, [1953]. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 2,000 copies printed for private circulation, this being copy 930. In two volumes. 342, [4]; 348pp, [2]. Original publisher's sienna printed wrappers. Rubbed, printed prices on lower panels erased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27205
[MASON, Arnold Telford]. The book of artemas: Concerning men, and the things that men did do, at the time when there was war. London. W. Westall & Co., 1918. Seventy-sixth edition. [Together with:] [MASON, Arnold Telford]. The second book of artemas... London. W. Westall & Co., 1918. Seventh edition.

[And:] [MASON, Arnold Telford]. The third book of artemas... W. Westall & Co., 1919. First edition.

8vo. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. Lightly rubbed and dulled. Pencilled gift inscription to FFEP of first mentioned work: 'Son / from E. Spicer / Jan 28th 1918', together with a pasted-in ... More >
£ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27302
SITWELL, Osbert. Selected poems: old and new. London. Duckworth, 1943. First edition. 8vo. 163pp, [1]. Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered in red, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and chipped, loss to lower panel. Internally clean and crisp. Inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / S. H. Gray / from / Osbert Sitwell / Nov. 1943'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27106
SITWELL, Osbert. Open the door!: A volume of Stories. London. Macmillan & Co., 1941. First edition. 8vo. v, [1], 281pp, [1]. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and chipped. Internally clean and crisp. Inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / S. H. Gray / from / Osbert Sitwell / January 1942'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27107
COWPER, William. Poems. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1782. First edition. 8vo. [4], 367pp, [1]. With a final page of errata. Contemporary speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 26099
[WARTON, Joseph]. An essay on the genius and writings of Pope. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1782. Fourth edition, corrected. 8vo. In two volumes. In two volumes. xiii, [1], 415, [1]; [2], 423pp, [1]. Contemporary calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Rubbed, joints starting. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27294
WHITEHEAD, [Paul]. Honour. A satire. London. Printed for M. Cooper, 1747. First edition. Quarto. [2], 22pp. With a half-title. Recent buff paper boards. Short closed tear to head of title page, leaves damp-stained at margins, verso of final leaf browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27191