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Photo of "Last night but five of ..."
[THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE]. Last night but five of the season...Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand. This Evening, wednesday, September 26th, 1827, Will be presented, (Seventh Time this Season) the Comick Piece, with additional Songs, called monsieur tonson...After which, (Thirty-eighth Time) the last new Comick Operetta, called lying made easy!...With mozart's celebrated overture to cosi fan tutte.... [London]. S. G. Fairbrother, [1827]. Dimensions 215 x 350 mm. Single leaf broadside. All edges uncut. Some spotting, very short tear to one margin. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21248
Photo of "Darkness at Noon"
KOESTLER, Arthur. Darkness at Noon. Pennsylvania. The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited ediiton. 8vo. 238pp. Original publisher's gilt-stamped black calf, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Orange silk moiré endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Signed by the author to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23541
Photo of "Arrival and departure"
KOESTLER, Arthur. Arrival and departure. London. Jonathan Cape, [1943]. First edition. 8vo. 188pp. Original publisher's tan cloth, lettered in red, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper price-clipped, chipping to corners, spine panel restored, paper repairs to verso. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23542
Photo of "Mandeville. A tale of the ..."
GODWIN, William. Mandeville. A tale of the seventeenth century in england. Edinburgh. Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1817. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. xii, 306; [4], 316; [4], 367pp, [1]. With half-titles. Recent cloth-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Pencilled ownership inscription of William St. Clair to FEP of Vol. I, early inked ownership inscription to head of title, loss to leaf A2 of Vol. II - touching text, without loss of sense, foxed. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 26141
Photo of "The pleasure of hope: with ..."
CAMPBELL, Thomas. The pleasure of hope: with other poems. London. Printed for the author, by T. Bensley, 1803. Seventh edition. Quarto. xi, [1], 131pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece, and one further engraved illustration in the text. Contemporary calf, tooled in black and gilt, calf lettering-piece, A.E.G. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked. Marbled endpapers, inked ownership inscriptions of Simpkin to front blank fly-leaf and head of title, scattered foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 26291
Photo of "Saffo: dramma lirico in tre ..."
MATHIAS, T[homas] J[ames]. MASON, William.. Saffo: dramma lirico in tre atti sul modello toscano... Londra [i.e. London]. [W. Bulmer & Co.], 1810. Quarto. [2], iv, 53pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece and a final leaf of advertisements. Contemporary red half-morocco, tooled and lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed, lightly marked, spine sunned. Offsetting to title, later gift inscription to head of FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription 'Dall' Autore', in the hand of Mathias, to head of title. Annotation to foot of title, also in the hand of Mathias: 'Edizione ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20888
Photo of "Standard novels. No XLI. Vathek. ..."
[GOTHIC LITERATURE]. Standard novels. No XLI. Vathek. By William Beckford, esq.: The castle of otranto. by horace walpole, earl of orford: The bravo of venice. By M. G. Lewis, esq. London. Richard Bentley, 1836. 8vo. [6], 396pp. With an engraved frontispiece (Vathek), an additional engraved title page (Vathek), and an engraved portrait of Walpole (Castle of Otranto). Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities marked, lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Early inked gift inscription to to additional engraved title. Upper hinges partially exposed, endpapers discoloured, one gathering (O1-8) working loose and protruding slightly from text-block. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 25856
Photo of "Gratitude, A Poetical Essay; with ..."
M'DONOGH, Capt. Felix. Gratitude, A Poetical Essay; with other poems and translations. London. William Booth, 1825. First edition. 12mo. [3]-72, 81-84, 73-80, 89-96, 85-88, 97-106pp, [2] - complete despite erratic pagination. Without half-title, but with terminal advertisement leaf. Contemporary straight-grain gilt-tooled green morocco. A.E.G. Rubbed to extremities, corners slightly bumped, else a fine attractive copy. With the ink-stamp of 'Alexander Gardyne 1883' to verso of title, neat book-label of J.O. Edwards to FEP. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19646
Photo of "Histoire de manon lescaut et ..."
PREVOST, Abbe. Histoire de manon lescaut et du chevalier des grieux. Paris. G. Boudet, 1889. 8vo. xxii, [2], 203pp, [5]. With a half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further 12 chromolithograph plates, and 212 engraved illustrations in the text by Maurice Leloir. Contemporary gilt-tooled green half-morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and bumped, spine sunned. Decorated endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26263
Photo of "The comedies of Terence"
TERENCE. The comedies of Terence. London. Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co., 1802. 8vo. [2], 492pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, some loss to lettering-piece. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 26252
Photo of "Four Days"
CROOK, William. Four Days. London. Eyre Methuen, 1979. First edition. 8vo. 171pp. Original publisher's grey cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. With an A.L.S., pasted to front endpapers, from the author (dated 7th August 1979) addressed to John Douglas Slim (1927-2019), son of Field Marshal William 'Bill' Slim, first Viscount Slim (1891-1970), thanking him for his assistance in researching the book. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 26242
Photo of "Stiffen the sinews"
HUGHES, Gorden. Stiffen the sinews. Johannesburg. Printed by Camera Press, 2003. First edition. 8vo. 296pp. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Minor shelf-wear. A fine copy. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of initial leaf to John Douglas Slim, second Viscount Slim (1927-2019), son of Field Marshal William 'Bill' Slim, first Viscount Slim (1891-1970). T.L.S. from the author, addressed to John Slim, recalling a meeting with his father, pasted to blank verso of first leaf of text. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 26264
Photo of "The new universal story-teller; or, ..."
MELMOTH, William Henry. The new universal story-teller; or, a modern picture of human life: consisting of A greater Variety of valuable Matter calculated for the Pleasure and Improvement of Readers of every Class, than was even given in any Book of the Kind: and including A Complete Collection of Genuine and Entertaining stories, tables, narrations... London. Printed for Alex. Hogg, No. 16 Pater-noster Row, [s.d., c.1780] First edition?. 12mo. iv, [1], 14-448pp [i.e.248pp]. With an engraved frontispiece referencing the story of 'Maria: An affecting Narrative', contained within the text of the volume. Contemporary sheep, rubbed and worn, with splitting to joints, loss to spine and extremities, boards holding by binding cords. Paper flaw to H5 without loss of sense. Contemporary ink inscription dated June 27th 1781 to FFEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20467
Photo of "Lucan's pharsalia. Translated into english ..."
LUCAN, [Marcus Annaeus]. ROWE, Nicholas. Lucan's pharsalia. Translated into english Verse. By nicholas rowe, Esq; Servant to His Majesty. Dublin. Printed by James Carson, for Joseph Leathley, 1719. 8vo. [6], x-xvii-lv, [9], 208, 281-469, [1], 72pp. Text complete despite erratic pagination. With a list of subscriber's. Contemporary blind-stamped calf, recently rebacked, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Boards rubbed and marked. Occasional spotting, early inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'Peter Wybrandt / pr. 8/2 bought of Mr. / Farquer Feb. 23. 1726.', printed note to verso regarding the trial of the ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 20471
Photo of "The works of Mr. john ..."
OLDHAM, John. The works of Mr. john oldham, Together with his remains... London. Printed by J. Bettenham for D. Brown, 1722. 12mo. In two volumes. [8], xxii, [6], 252; [6], 336pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, a further three engraved plates, and a final page of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep. Extremities heavily worn, joints split, surface loss to spines. Later inked ownership inscriptions of sometime Bishop of Calcutta Reginald Heber (1783-1826) to both FFEPs, FFEP of Vol. I detached, scattered ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25966
Photo of "The works of Mr. thomas ..."
OTWAY, Thomas. The works of Mr. thomas otway...Consisting of his plays, poems, and letters. London. Printed for C. Hitch et al., 1757. 12mo. In three volumes. xii, 308, [2]; 406, [12]; 382pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary speckled calf, recently rebacked and recornered, preserving contemporary spine panels, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Rubbed. Recent bookplates of Eric Gerald Stanley to all FEPs, near contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf of Vol. I: 'P. Souvoroff / Dec. 2. 1768', underneath which ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 22380