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LEVY, Amy. A Minor Poet And other Verse. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Second edition. 8vo. 91pp, [1]. With an engraved half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece, and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's printed two-tone paper boards, title printed to spine, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, with toning to boards, spine heavily dulled. Private library blind-stamp of Palmer & Howe, Manchester to head of FFEP. Endpapers browned, spotting to initial leaves. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34545
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LEVY, Amy. A London Plane-Tree and other Verse. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1889. First edition. 8vo. 94pp, [2]. With an engraved half-title and engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's printed two-tone paper boards, title printed to spine, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, with toning to boards, chipping to edges, spine heavily dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Harold Addleshaw, Xmas 1889, to head of FFEP. Endpapers browned, spotting to initial leaves. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34546
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[ROYAL NAVY]. A list of the flag officers and other commissioned officers of His Majesty's fleet; with the dates of their respective commissions. London. Printed by Henry Teape, 1823. 8vo. 135, [1], 253pp, [1]. Contemporary calf backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Heavy rubbing and cracking to spine, without marbled paper to upper board and loss of majority to lower board. Light damp-staining to preliminaries, several gathering protruding from text-block, spots of dust-soiling, ink deletions to entries of first 10 pages. Ink ownership inscription to recto of FFEP; 'Captain Macnamara / R.N. / ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11708
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[SCILLY ISLES]. A great victory Obtained by the kings forces in the West of england At the Island of Silley. And the full particulars of the great and bloudy Fight between the Parliaments Forces and the Cavaleers, with the manner how they surprised the said Island, and took Prisoners...Also, Another bloudy Fight at Scarbrough Castle in York-shire, between the Kings Forces, and the Parliaments, upon their sallying out of the Castle, and surprizing their Guards, and the number killed and taken prisoners. [s.i.]. Printed in the Year, 1648 Sole edition. Quarto. [2], 6pp. Modern vellum- backed boards (reusing an old document fragment), titled to spine. Interleaved with later paper, neat glassine reinforcement to gutter margins, some spotting to text. Several manuscript dates and shorthand annotations to the margins of title and text proper, in the manner of, and likely made by, John Rushworth. With the bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron to FEP. More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 33383
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HOLLOWAY, William. A general dictionary of provincialisms, written with a view to rescue from oblivion the fast fading relics of by-gone days.. Lewes. Sussex Press: printed and published by Baxter and Son, 1838. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, 194pp, [2]. Original publisher's gilt-tooled vellum, with contrasting red stained faux lettering-piece to spine, A.E.R. Rubbed and marked, with some soiling to boards. Bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP. Light spotting and browning to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 35085
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BROADHURST, Thomas. Advice to young ladies on the improvement of the mind, and the conduct of life.. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orne, 1810. The second edition, revised and corrected. 8vo. xiii, [1], 125pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece to spine. Worn, boards scored, upper board detached, lower joint split, surface loss to spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Sarah Mills to FFEP, leaves lightly browned, foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34438
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PRYNNE, William. A brief necessary vindication of the old and new secluded Members, from the false malicious calumnies; and of the fundamental rights, liberties, privileges, government, interest of the freemen, parliaments, people of England, from the late avowed subversions 1. Of John Rogers, in his un-christian concertation with Mr. Prynne, and others. 2. Of M: Nedham, in his Interest will not lie. Wherein the true good old cause is asserted, the false routed;...and the only way to peace, safety, settlement.. [London]. [Printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas], [1659]. First edition. Quarto. [2], 62pp. Foot of title page shaved, with loss to imprint. Later blind-ruled half-calf, pebbled purple buckrum boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, loss to head and foot of spine, and wear to extremities. Leaves browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 29097