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PORTER, R.. The pleasures of home, with other poems. London. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy et al., 1821. Second edition. 8vo. [4], ii, [2], 128pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone plain paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Spine a trifle rubbed, light marking to boards, loss to lettering-piece. Lightly foxed. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP; 'Mr. Edwd. Brooks - / with R. Porter's, christian regard, / Oct. 2 - 1821 -'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 14148
ARMSTRONG, Edmund J[ohn]. The life and letters of Edmund J. Armstrong. London. Longmans, Green, And Co., 1877. First edition. 8vo. xvii, 565pp, [3]. With half-title, a photographic portrait frontispiece, an additional engraved title, and a terminal advertisement leaf. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Slightest of rubbing. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to half-title; 'Marie E. Wrixon / from / George F. Armstrong / September, 1878'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 14580
[ROSCOE, Robert]. Chevy chase, a poem. Founded on The Ancient Ballad. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies...by J. M'Creery, 1813. First edition. Quarto. [2], 108pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled green morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned, discolouration and marking to boards. Ink annotation providing author's name to drop-head title, lightly foxed, overall internally clean and crisp. Newspaper clipping to verso of FFEP announcing the death of Henry Roscoe, pasted beneath manuscript note reading; 'I wish James G. Roscoe to have the / quarto edition of Chevy Chase bound / ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15154
[ROSCOE, Robert]. Chevy chase, a poem. Founded on The Ancient Ballad. With other poems. London. Printed for Cadell & Davies et al., 1820. First octavo edition. 8vo. [3], vi-xii, 112pp. Without half-title. Contemporary straight-grained green morocco tooled in gilt and blind, recently rebacked in remnant of contemporary spine laid-on. Boards a trifle rubbed and marked. Recent marbled endpapers, slightest of spotting to title, overall internally clean and crisp. Association copy, inscribed in ink to recto of blank fly-leaf; 'Jane Eliz. Roscoe / from her affct. brother / the author'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 15141
[LONDON]. London: a descriptive poem. London. Printed for William Darton, 1812. Second edition, corrected. 12mo. 28pp, [4]. With eight copper-plates (dated 1813), and two terminal advertisement leaves. Stitched in original publisher's buff paper wrappers, lettered in black. Extremities dust-soiled and a trifle rubbed, some loss to spine. Substantial loss to foot of title, touching imprint with loss of price, occasional marginal chipping and small ink spots to text, tear to one plate, partial naive colouring of four plates. More > £ 275.00 Antiquates Ref. 14278
[BOONE, James Shergold]. The Oxford spy; in verse. Dialogue the first [-fifth]. Oxford. For Munday and Slatter, 1818. 8vo. 24, [1], 6-28, 32, 32, 55, [2], 60-74pp. Without half-title and title-page for the second dialogue, and divisional title for 'Notes to Canto V'. The first, second, and third dialogues are all third editions, the fourth a second edition, and the fifth and final dialogue a first edition. Contemporary green cloth-backed paper boards, recent printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Slight rubbing, some damp staining to ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 14714
[DU LARENS, Henri-Joseph]. Le Compere Mathieu, ou Les Bigarrures de L'Esprit Humain. A Paris. Chez les Marchands de Nouveautes, 1797. 12mo. Four volumes bound as two. [4], 264; [2], ii, 256; ii, 244; [2], 215pp, [1]. With five engraved plates. Nineteenth-century green half-cloth, marbled paper boards. Slightest of wear to extremities. Ink annotations to endpapers, expertly repaired tears to title and first contents leaf of Vol. III, occasional light foxing. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 14646
SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. Pizarro; a tragedy, in five acts; as performed at the theatre royal in Drury-Lane: taken from the german drama of kotzebue; and adapted to the english stage. London. Printed for James Ridgway, 1799. First edition. 8vo. [8], 76pp, [4]. Without two terminal advertisement leaves. Final line of Act 4 [p. 64] reads: "No!---thought and memory are my Hell.", a variant edition reads: "No living---thought and memory are my Hell." Recent plain paper wrappers. Slight chipping to spine. Title-page a trifle dust-soiled and working loose, small marginal hole to G3, very light damp-staining to latter half of text-block. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 14966
THOMSON, James. Agamemnon. A tragedy. Acted at the theatre-royal in drury-lane, By His Majesty's Servants. London. Printed for, and Sold by A. Millar, 1738. First edition. 8vo. [6], 71pp, [1]. Without initial advertisement leaf. Recent plain paper wrappers. Minor wear to extremities. Title-page and terminal leaf foxed, ink ownership inscription to head of title, clipping of 'A song by Mr. Thomson, Author of the Seasons' pasted beneath dramatis personae, lightly browned throughout. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 14976
COWLEY, Abraham. The works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting of Those which were formerly Printed: and Those which he Design'd for the Press: Now published out of the Authors original copies. London. Printed by J. M. for Henry Herringham, 1684. Eighth edition. [2], xl, 41, [1], 80, [4], 58, 61-70, 154, 23, [1], 148pp. Complete despite erratic pagination. With an engraved portrait frontispiece.

[Bound with:] COWLEY, Abraham. The second part of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley. Being what was Written and Published by himself in his younger years. And now Reprinted together. London. Printed by Mary Clark, for Charles Harper, 1684. Fifth edition. [8], 161pp, [1]. ... More >
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11736
SKINNER, Rev. John. Amusements of Leisure Hours: Or Poetical Pieces, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect: By the Late Reverend John Skinner; At Longside, Aberdeenshire. To Which is Prefixed, a Sketch of the Author's Life, with Some Remarks on Scottish Poetry. Edinburgh. Printed By John Moir...and Sold By Stuart Cheyne...by Alexander Brown, 1809. First edition. 8vo. 144pp. Original publisher's paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, joints cracked, loss to spine and bumped corners. Ink inscription to title, occasional foxing. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 12051
BAYLEY, F[rederick] W[illiam] N[aylor]. The French Revolution of 1830. A Comic Poem. London. Alfred Miller, 1830. First edition. 12mo. [2], 24pp. With half-title, an engraved portrait frontispiece and two engraved plates. Stitched in original publisher's printed paper wraps. Slight chipping to spine, spots of marking and foxing, very small worm-hole to lower cover passing through a majority of the text-block - in no instance touching text. Light offsetting, occasional foxing and creasing. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14690
COLERIDGE, Hartley. The life of Andrew Marvell. Hull. Published by A. D. English, 1835. 8vo. [2], 64pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's mauve buckram, paper lettering-piece to upper board. Extremities sunned, ink spotting to boards, slight split to upper joint, loss to head of spine. Text-block working loose of binding, without FFEP, head of title-page trimmed to removed ink inscription, lightly foxed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14474
MEREDITH, George. The tragic comedians. A study in a well-known story. London. Chapman and Hall, 1880. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 199, [1]; [4], 181pp, [1]. With half-titles. First edition, first issue, with the original title-leaves dated 1880 intact. Published on 15th December 1880, the following year the publisher inserted cancelled titles dated 1881 into their remaining copies. Contemporary green half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and sunned, very small worm-hole to Vol. I spine, ink-spot to upper board of ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 14667