Shop antiquarian books on “History” – Antiquates Fine & Rare Books

Photo of "British colonization and british commerce"

PHILLIPS, Coleman. British colonization and british commerce. London. Edward Stanford, 1875. First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Original publisher's printed powder blue wrappers. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29970

BUCHAN, John. Oliver cromwell. London. Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd, 1934. Fourth impression. Large 8vo. 554pp. With ten maps. Original publisher's green cloth boards lettered gilt, all edged trimmed. With the author's gift inscription on the FFEP 'Dr Thomas Martin, with kindest regards. from John Buchan. Oct: 23: 34', and additional pencil notes to front pastedown. Boards a little rubbed and marked, corners bumped, internally bright and clean with all maps listed present. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30589

Photo of "Music and Musical Literature: an ..."

STEPHEN, Geo. A. Music and Musical Literature: an annotated and classified catalogue of music and works on music and musicians in the norwich public libraries. Norwich. Public Libraries Committee, 1924. 8vo. [6], 58pp, [2]. Original publishers red cloth-backed printed light-blue paper boards. Rubbed and sunned. Inked initial 'RCF' to FEP, very occasional pencilled notes. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30783

Photo of "[Drop-head title:] No. I catalogue ..."

[DEBOFFE, J.]. [Drop-head title:] No. I catalogue des livres françois qui se trouvent chez j. deboffe. [London]. [W. Spilsbury], [1804]. 8vo. 16pp. Four loose bifoliums. Stab-stitch holes to gutters. A trifle creased. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30857

Photo of "[Annual report of the Norwich ..."

[NORWICH PUBLIC LIBRARIES]. [Annual report of the Norwich Public Library]. [vs.]. [vs.], [1930-1974] 8vo. 18 issues bound in two volumes. Contemporary navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spines. Original publisher's printed/pictorial wrappers bound in. Extremities a trifle rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp, bookplates of R. C. Fiske to front endpapers. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30858

Photo of "Documentos Relativos ao apresamento, julgamento ..."

[PORTUGAL]. Documentos Relativos ao apresamento, julgamento entrega da barca franceza charles et georges e em geral ao engajamento de negros... Lisboa [i.e. Lisbon]. Imprensa Nacional, 1858. First edition. Folio. [4], 249, 16, xviii pp. With a terminal errata leaf. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, some surface loss to boards. Recent Portuguese bookseller's ticket to FEP, occasional slight spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31156

Photo of "[Drop-head title:] Memorandum of swedish ..."

[NAPOLEONIC WARS]. [Drop-head title:] Memorandum of swedish troops arrived at stralsund. [London]. Printed by R. G. Clarke, [1813]. Dimensions 190 x120 mm. Single slip sheet. Clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31847

Photo of "Speeches & addresses of his ..."

[SAYAJI RAO III]. Speeches & addresses of his highness sayaji rao III Maharaja of Baroda 1877-1927. London. Macmillan and Co., 1928. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 519pp, [1]. With a photogravure portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine sunned, worming to boards. Coloured pencil shelf-marks to title page, minute worm-tracks running throughout text-block. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32133

Photo of "The fashionable world displayed"

[OWEN, John]. The fashionable world displayed. London. Printed for J. Hatchard, 1805. Third edition. 12mo. xii, 105pp, [3]. With a half-title and three terminal pages of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's power blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to upper board. Heavily rubbed and marked, loss to lettering-piece. Recent book-label of Peter Stewart Young to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscriptions to half-title. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32484

MARSHALL, Mrs. Julian. The life & letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. London. Richard Bentley & Son, 1889. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [1], 369, [1]; viii, 325pp, [1]. With photogravure frontispieces to each volume. Contemporary red roan-backed red cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, spines heavily worn and cracked. Endpapers browned, armorial bookplates of A. G. Foster-Barham to FEPs, early inked ownership inscriptions of Mary Clarked to both FFEPs, later ownership inscription of E. Morgan Humphreys pasted to FFEP ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32490

Photo of "Raccolta di proverbi toscani con ..."

GIUSTI, Giuseppe. Raccolta di proverbi toscani con illustrazioni. Firenze [i.e. Florence]. Felice Le Monnier, 1853. 12mo. [4], xii, 423pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled vellum, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G., Rubbed and marked, spine dulled, some cockling to boards. Marbled endpapers, later inked ownership inscription of K. Speight to recto of front blank fly-leaf, single later manuscript annotation to p.322, scattered spotting, dampstained throughout. John Murray's copy, with his bookplate to FEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32505

[YONGE, Charlotte Mary]. A book of golden deeds of all times and all lands. London. Macmillan and Co, 1906. 8vo. xi, [1], 454pp. With a half-title. Handsomely contemporary prize binding, gilt-tooled tree-calf, brown morocco lettering-piece, lettered in gilt to upper board: 'Friern Barnet Grammar School', marbled edges. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, inked prize inscription to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32931

Photo of "The burgh school of rutherglen"

GRAY, George. The burgh school of rutherglen. [s.i.]. Printed for Private Circulation, 1891. First edition. 8vo. Limited to 100 copies. vi, 107pp, [1]. Title in red and black. Original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'To / James Wallace Esq. / from G. G.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33274

Photo of "The glasgow university library: notes ..."

DICKSON, William P[urdie]. The glasgow university library: notes on its history, arrangements, and aims... Glasgow. James Maclehose & Sons, 1888. First edition. 8vo. 87pp, [1]. Original publisher's printed yellow wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33293

Photo of "Description of the Banquet in ..."

CLELAND, James. Description of the Banquet in honor of the right honble sir robert peel, bart. m.p.. Glasgow. John Smith & Son, 1837. First edition. Quarto. [6], 144pp. With an additional engraved title page, a large terminal folding engraving depicting a view of the grand banqueting hall, and a further three engraved plates. Bound by Carss of Glasgow in contemporary straight-grain dark green half-morocco, printed buff paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Heavily rubbed and marked, corners exposed. Armorial bookplate and inked ownership inscription of Henry Wilson Cleland dated ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33459

Photo of "Three maids a-milking would go"

[BROADSIDE BALLADS]. Three maids a-milking would go. Newcastle. Williamson, Printer, [s.d., c. 1845] Dimensions 180 x 250 mm. Single leaf broadside. In two columns, with woodcut illustrations at head of each. Numbered at foot '29'. A trifle creased. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33717

Photo of "Isokratous hapanta. Isocratis opera quae ..."

ISOCRATES. Isokratous hapanta. Isocratis opera quae quidem nunc extant omnia...ac notas adjunxit Gulielmus Battie M. D. Coll. Med. Lond. et Soc. Reg. Socius.. Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis C. Davis, J. Whiston, et B. Dod, 1749. First complete Battie edition. 8vo. In two volumes. v, [3], 492pp; [4], 568pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, joints split. Armorial bookplate of Moor Park, Hertfordshire and inked shelf-mark to FEPs of both vols. Very occasional light browning to leaves, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33861

Photo of "Moravian Establishment. The Conductress opens ..."

[MORAVIAN DRESS]. Moravian Establishment. The Conductress opens this most interesting Exhibition this day...The general Variety will consist of Magnificent Moravian Dresses, for Weddings and other particular occasions... Cheltenham. S. Y. Griffith, [s.d., c. 1830] Dimensions: 120 x 80 mm. Single card sheet, printed on one side only. Early pencilled illustration of a pastoral landscape to verso. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34038

Photo of "Conversations of lord byron: noted ..."

MEDWIN, Thomas. Conversations of lord byron: noted during a residence with his lordship at pisa. London. Printed for Henry Colburn, 1824. New edition. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 351pp, [1], ciii, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece of Lord Byron, a large folding facsimile of his handwriting, and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Modern black cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, with the library stamp of Nottingham Public Libraries to top edge. Armorial bookplate of the Local History Library, Citty of Nottingham Public Libraries to FEP, ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34108

CALLCOTT, Maria. A short history of spain. London. John Murray, 1828. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xii, 501pp, [1]; viii, 626pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting brown and black morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, with splitting to joints. Light scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 34128