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[HAWKINS, William]. The thimble. An heroi-comical poem. In four cantos. Dedicated to Miss Anna Maria Woodford. Canto the First and Second. London. Printed for J. Roberts, 1743. First edition. Folio. 16pp. Disbound. Title page lightly creased and dust-soiled, some loss to gutter margin, inked author attribution above imprint. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21259

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[HANBURY WILLIAMS, Charles, Sir]. A dialogue between G--s E---e and B--b D---n. London. Sold by T. Taylor, 1741. Folio. 8pp. Disbound. A trifle creased. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 21292

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[SOUTHEY, Robert]. Bishop hatto: a legend of the mouse-tower on the rhine. London. Hamilton & Adams, [1861]. First edition. Quarto. [10] leaves. Illustrated throughout. Original publisher's limp blind-stamped red cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities a trifle rubbed and marked. Later bookplate to FEP, light damp-staining to head of all leaves at gutter, else clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 16040

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ISHIGURO, Kazuo. An Artist of the Floating World. London. Faber and Faber, 1986. First edition, second issue. 8vo. 206pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very light damp-staining to head of dustwrapper, else clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21461

CONRAD, Joseph. Last essays. London & Toronto. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1926. First edition. 8vo. xvii, [1], 253pp, [1]. With a frontispiece: 'A facsimile of the last page written by Conrad'. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very light shelf-wear, dustwrapper sunned and spotted, some loss to foot of spine panel. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 18286

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[THEATRE ROYAL, MALTA]. Theatre Royal, Malta. On Wednesday the 4th February. The Officers of the Garrison and other Amateurs, assisted by Miss Lewis, will perform the Comedy of my wife's husband... [Valetta]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Dimensions 210 x 310 mm. Single leaf broadside, edges uncut. several horizontal folds, lightly creased, manuscript title to verso. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 21437

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MASON, William. Carattaco poema drammatico scritto sul modello della tragedia greca antica da guglielmo mason ec. ec. Dall' inglese recato in verso italiano da t. j. mathias. Napoli [i.e. Naples]. Da' Torchi di Agnelo Nobile, 1823. 8vo. xx, 133pp, [3]. Uncut in original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Extremities dust-soiled and a trifle marked, loss to head and foot of spine. Lightly foxed internally. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title by translator Thomas James Mathias; 'Dall' Autore'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 16128

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[MANUSCRIPT COMMONPLACE]. [Mid nineteenth-century manuscript commonplace book]. [s.l.]. [s.n.], [c.1840]. Quarto. [36]ff and three inserted notes, remaining leaves blank. Finely bound in full red morocco, boards gilt with triple fillet, flat-spine in five compartments with central star-burst tool to each. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Rubbed to extremities. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 10216

MASON, A[braham] J[ohn]. Poetical essays. London. Printed for the Author, by W. Scars...and sold by T. Boys, 1822. First edition. 8vo. [8], 111pp, [1]. With 11 engraved illustrations in the text (including title page vignette), executed by the author, after designs by John Thurston, and a list of subscribers. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, recently rebacked, marbled edges. Boards heavily rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, inked ownership inscriptions of Andrew Fletcher Salton to verso of FFEP and head ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18026

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[CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY]. Cambridge prize poems: being a complete collection of the english poems which have obtained the chancellor's gold medal in the university of cambridge. London. Printed for T. and J. Allman, 1819. Second edition. 12mo. [6], 205pp, [3]. Title in red and black. With three final publisher's advertisement leaves. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities worn and marked, joints split, lower board and spine cracked, loss to head and foot, lettering-piece chipped. Foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21246

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MORTON, Thomas. Speed the plough: a comedy, in five acts... London. Printed by A. Strahan...for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. Fifth edition. 8vo. 94pp, [2]. A reissue of the first edition with the title page partially reset. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Recent burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly dust-soiled and browned internally. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19461

COLMAN, George. The heir at law, a comedy in five acts... Dublin. Printed for P. Byrne, 1800. 12mo. 68pp, [2]. Recent burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly spotted internally, small hole to leaf A5 - touching text with slight loss of sense. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19460

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A TRAVELLER [HUGMAN, John]. Original poems, in the moral, heroic, pathetic, and other styles. Halesworth. Printed for the Author, by T. Tippell, 1832. Thirteenth edition. 8vo. 42pp. Original publisher's green boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Extremities rubbed and marked. Later bookplate to FEP, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 20816

GROSSETESTE, Robert. The Castle of Love: A Poem...Now first printed from Inedited Manuscripts of the Fourteenth Century. Brixton Hill. [Printed by C. & J. Adlard] For private circulation only, 1849. Quarto. Limited edition of 100 copies signed by the publisher (ten of which printed on thick paper); this copy is number 66, on thin paper. vii, [1], 80pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Recent bookplate of Eric Gerald Stanley to FEP, short tear to margin of p.51-52, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20792

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[ENGRAVINGS] SCHILLER, Friedrich. Acht Umrisse zu Schiller's Fridolin / Eight Outlines to Schiller's Fridolin [and] Acht Umrisse zu Schiller's Fridolin oder der Gang dem Eisenhammer von Moris Resch. [and] [a booklet with engraved scenes from the play]. London [and] Stuttgart Und Tubingen. J. H. Bohte [and] in der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1824 [and] 1823. Oblong quarto. Three volumes, within publisher's folder with paper title label. 10; [4], 11pp, [1]; 8 full-page engravings. Two text volumes sewn with small cloth strip glued to spine, the plates stitched, as issued. Occasional spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 20609

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[BELLA FRUTTAROLA]. La bella fruttarola romana opera curiosa e bella...sull'aria del ballo di Mantova.. In Lucca. Presso Francesco Bertini, 1823. 8vo. Single half sheet, folded into four. [8]pp. Small woodcut vignette to title. Upper edges unopened, the others uncut, slight spotting, small hole (paper flaw) to lower blank margin of first and second leaf, small clean tear from edge along vertical fold. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 17794

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[DAMOURS, Louis]. Lettres de Ninon de l'Enclos au Marquis de Sevigne. Amsterdam. Chez Francois Joly, 1750. First edition. 12mo. In two volumes. [2], xii, 186; [2], 200pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I, engraved title pages to both volumes, and a final errata leaf to Vol. II. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Extremities stained and sunned, a trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, margins lightly browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19521

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MONTAGU, Frederic. The ages of female beauty: illustrated in a series of engravings from Drawings by the most eminent Artists. London. Charles Tilt, 1838. [Second edition]. Quarto. [6], 62pp. With an additional engraved title page and nine engraved plates. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, otherwise a crisp and clean copy of a work rarely found as such. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 20412

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[MOORE, Thomas]. The poetical works of the late thomas little, esq. London. Printed for Carpenter and Son, 1814. Twelfth edition. 12mo. [3], vi-xxiv, 172pp. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Sir Mervyn Ll. Peel to FEP, his inked ownership inscription to verso of FFEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 20794

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COWPER, William. Poems...With a memoir of the author by the rev. henry stebbing a.m.. London. Printed for Scott, Webster, and Geary, [s.d., c.1840] 12mo. 416pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, A.E.G. Very slight rubbing to extremities. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Ellen Stockdale to recto of front blank fly-leaf, light spotting to frontispiece and engraved title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 20497