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

BULLEN, Francis T.. The log of a sea-waif: being recollections of the first four years of my sea life. London. Smith, Elder & Co., 1899. First edition. 8vo. xii, 349pp, [7]. With a frontispiece, a further seven plates, and three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29628

Photo of "An onlooker in France: 1917-1919"

ORPEN, Sir William. An onlooker in France: 1917-1919. London. Williams and Norgate, 1921. First edition. Quarto. 123pp, [1]. With a half-tone portrait frontispiece and a further 95 half-tone plates. Original publisher's green buckram, lettered in gilt to spine. Extremities marked and lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29637

[SHERLOCK, Thomas]. A letter from the lord bishop of london, to the Clergy and People of London and Westminster; On Occasion of the late earthquakes. London. Printed by Vertue and Goady, 1750. 16pp. ESTC T1232.

[Bound after:] The Bishop of london's Pastoral Letter To the People of his Diocese; Especially those of the two great Cities of London and Westminster: By way of Caution, Against Lukewarmness on one hand, and enthusiasm on the other. London. Printed by S. Buckley, 1739. Second edition. [3], 6-55pp, [1]. Complete despite pagination. ESTC T22834.

[And:] WHITEFIELD, [George]. The Rev. Mr. whitefield's ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 25184

Photo of "An account of the discovery ..."

GREEN, Valentine. An account of the discovery of the body of king john, in the cathedral church of worcester, july 17th, 1797, from authentic communications; with illustrations and remarks. London. Published by V. and R. Green, 1797. First edition. Quarto. [4], 8pp. With a half-title and an engraved frontispiece. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue paper wrappers. 'King John' in manuscript to upper wrapper. A trifle rubbed, creased, and dusty. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29591

Photo of "Histoire des flagellans, ou l'on ..."

BOILEAU, [Jacques]. Histoire des flagellans, ou l'on fait voir le bon & le mauvais usage des flagellations parmi les chretiens, par des preuves tirées de l'Ecriture sainte, des peres de l'eglise, des papes, des conciles, & des auteurs profanes. Amsterdam. Chez Francois vander Plaats, 1701. First edition in French. 12mo. [16], 319 [i.e. 309]pp, [11]. Title in red and black. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Extremities worn, joints split, loss to spine caps. Hinges exposed, armorial bookplate of Algernon Capell to FEP, initial gathering damp-stained, scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29623

Photo of "An essay upon education; shewing ..."

[EDUCATION]. An essay upon education; shewing how latin, greek, and other languages may be Learn'd more easily, quickly and perfectly, than they commonly are. London. Printed for Tho. Baker, 1711. First edition. 23pp, [1]. ESTC T65383. ESTC records copies at five locations in the British Isles (BL, Cambridge, Hull, NLS, and Oxford), and a further five in North America (Columbia, Folger, McGill, Newberry, and Yale).

[Bound after:] [YALDEN, Thomas]. Aesop at court. Or, State Fables. Vol. I. London. Printed and Sold by J. Nut, 1702. 43pp, [1]. With a half-title. All published. ESTC T61833.

[And:] [Aesop in ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 23332

Photo of "Reflections on the revolution in ..."

BURKE, Edmund. Reflections on the revolution in france, and on the proceedings in certain societies in london relative to that event. In a letter intended to have been sent to a gentleman in paris. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, 1793. Twelfth edition. 8vo. iv, 364pp. Interleaved throughout. Modern brown half-morocco, marbled paper boards, contrasting calf lettering-pieces. A trifle rubbed. Scattered spotting. Occasional near contemporary annotations by W. W. White (dated 24 April 1797) to blanks – perhaps William White (d. 1823), of Bedford Square, barrister-at-law? More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28739

YORKE, Henry Redhead. Elements of civil knowledge. Dorchester. Printed for the author by T. Lockett, 1800. First edition. 8vo. [4], viii, [2], 336pp, [2]. Without half-title: 'Mural nights. Vol.1'. With a terminal advertisement leave: 'Ready for the press, the second volume of Mural nights, containing elements of political knowledge, and a method of studying the ancient classics.' - In fact the second volume was never published. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed, joints starting. Endpapers browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 29125

[DEFOE, Daniel (attributed)]. The state of the Silk and Woollen Manufacture, considered: In Relation to a French Trade. Also the case of the Silk-Weavers, Humbly Offered to the Consideration of Both Houses of Parliament... London. Printed For J. Baker, 1713. First edition. 8vo. 23pp, [1]. Recent half-morocco, marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Text-block shaved at head. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 26618

[ANGLO-FRENCH WAR]. The voice of the people: A Collection of Addresses to His Majesty, and Instructions to Members of Parliament by their Constituents, upon the Unsuccessful Management of the present War both at Land and Sea; And the Establishment of a national militia... London. Printed for J. Payne, 1756. First edition. 8vo. [2], xiii, [1], 56pp. Modern buff paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Title page browned. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26625

Photo of "A reply to the observations ..."

[GALLOWAY, Joseph]. A reply to the observations of Lieut. Gen. Sir william howe, on a pamphlet, entitled letters to a nobleman: in which His Misrepresentations are detected, and those Letters are supported, by a Variety of New Matter and Argument... London. Printed for G. Wilkie, 1781. Second edition. 8vo. [2], 157pp, [3]. Without half-title. Modern buff paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 26622

Photo of "Seasonable Reflections On the late ..."

AN ENGLISH MERCHANT RESIDING AT LEGHORN. Seasonable Reflections On the late convention, Concluded The 3d of May last, between the Courts of Vienna and Turin, for Partitioning between them the Territories belonging to the Republic of Genoa; especially shewing the injurious Consequence to the British Trade, should Savona and Final be annexed, in Virtue of any future General Peace, to the Dominions of the House of Savoy, In a letter from an English merchant residing at Leghorn, to his Correspondent at London. London. Printed for M. Cooper, [1747]. First edition. 8vo. 47pp, [1]. Modern buff paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Small paper flaw to imprint. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26635

Photo of "An essay upon literature: or, ..."

[DEFOE, Daniel]. An essay upon literature: or, An Enquiry into the Antiquity and Original of letters; proving That the two Tables, written by the Finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first Writing in the World; and that all other Alphabets derive from the Hebrew. London. Printed for Tho. Bowles, 1726. First edition. 8vo. [2], 127pp, [1]. Bound by Kerr & Richardson of Glasgow in nineteenth-century brown morocco-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed, corners bumped. Very occasional light spotting or marking, title trimmed at lower-edge. Book-label of J. R. P. Forrest to FEP. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27128

Photo of "Memoirs of sir thomas fowell ..."

BUXTON, Sir Thomas Fowell. Memoirs of sir thomas fowell buxton, bart. Edited by his son, charles buxton, esq., b.a. London. John Murray, 1855. Twelfth thousand. 8vo. xvi, 614pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further three engraved plates. Handsomely contemporary Harrow School binding, gilt-tooled diced calf, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, prize plate to FEP, frontispiece spotted, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29267

Photo of "Letters on Several Subjects. By ..."

[MELMOTH, William, the younger]. Letters on Several Subjects. By the late Sir Thomas Fitzosborne, Bart. Published from the copies found among his papers. London. Printed for R. Dodsley, 1748. Second edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 192pp. With a half-title. Title in red and black. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked, contrasting morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, corners exposed. Scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 23312

Photo of "A history of Gibraltar and ..."

[STEPHENS, Frederic George]. A history of Gibraltar and its sieges. London. Provost & Co., 1873. Second edition. Quarto. vi, [2], with a albumen frontispiece, a further three albumen plates, and an engraved map. Bound by George J. Swayne of Brooklyn, N.Y. in contemporary gilt-tooled half morocco, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, bookplate and withdrawal stamps of the Minnesota Historical Society to FEP, contemporary inked gift inscription to front free endpaper. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 29129

Photo of "Histoire du premier et du ..."

[BROE, Samuel de]. Histoire du premier et du second triumvirat, depuis la mort de Catilina jusqu'a celle de Brutus. Paris. Chez Jean de la Caillf, 1681. 12mo. In two volumes. [20], 446, [10]; [4], 314pp, [8]. Later gilt-tooled mottled calf, black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Extremities worn, joints split, substantial loss to lettering-pieces. Scattered spotting. Armorial bookplates of Algernon Capell to versos of both title pages. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29240

Photo of "Sexti aurelii victoris historiae romanae ..."

VICTOR, Sextus Aurelius. Sexti aurelii victoris historiae romanae breviarium... Trajecti ad Rhenum [i.e. Utrecht]. Apud Franciscum Halman, Guilielmum vande Water, 1696. 8vo. In two volumes. [42], 168, [28], 176; 177-434pp, [74]. Title printed in red and black. With an additional engraved title page. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Lightly rubbed and marked, joints starting, loss to head of spine of Vol. I. Marbled endpapers, inked ownership inscriptions and characteristic shelf-marks of the Earl of Orrery to verso of FFEPs, recent armorial bookplate of ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 19411

ARLEN, MICHAEL [Dikran Kouyoumdjian]. The london venture. London. William Heinemann, 1920. First edition. 8vo. 177pp, [12]. With drawings throughout by Michel Sevier. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered and decorated in white, with the monochrome dustwrapper including Mr Heinemann's advertising to rear panel. Some toning throughout, otherwise clean. P. 19 erratum remains present. With the ownership inscription of Henry Williamson dated 1920, and a few passages marked in pencil throughout. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27925

Photo of "Another life: lawrence after arabia"

SIMPSON, Andrew R. B. . Another life: lawrence after arabia. Stroud . Spellmount Press, 2008. First edition. 8vo. xviii, 366pp. Original publisher's black cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the photographic dust wrapper. Loosely inserted are two versions of the same newspaper review article regarding this publication, and the bifold flyer for the Dorset County Museums 2007 exhibitions, of which one was on T. E. Lawrence (The Man and the Myth: Lawrence of Arabia). From the family library of Henry Williamson. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28305