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B[oyle], E[leanor] V[eale]. Days and hours in a garden.. London. Elliot Stock, 1884. Third edition. 8vo. viii, 204pp, [2]. With half-title, numerous in-text illustrations, and a tipped-in slip advertising additional large paper copies to half-title. Uncut in original publisher's gilt-stamped buff paper boards, with a lower yapp edge. Rubbed and marked, with chipping to edges, loss to head and foot of spine, light spotting to boards. Illustrated bookplate of Ann Wilbraham to FEP. Inked gift inscription addressed to 'Aunt Mary from ... More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34552
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GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The poetical works of oliver goldsmith, with a sketch of the author's life; including original anecdotes, communicated by the Rev. john evans, a.m.. Albion Press. Printed by and for James Cundee, 1806. Second edition. 8vo. 160pp. With a mezzotint portrait frontispiece of the author. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, with decorative devices to spine. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, with light surface wear to joints, spine dulled. Manuscript gift inscription to rear blank fly-leaf, addressed to 'John Francis Thomas' from the Reverend 'Evelyn Falkner, as a reward of merit', 1806. Small manuscript mark to verso of title. Light ... More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34605
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[BALLADS OF AYRSHIRE]. The ballads and songs of ayrshire, illustrated with sketches, historical, traditional, narrative and biographical.. Ayr. Published for the editor by John Dick, 1846. First edition. 8vo. 120pp. With original publisher's printed yellow front-wrapper bound in. Nineteenth century yellow cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled, light surface wear to corners. Inked ownership inscription to FEP. Paper repairs to wrapper, light scattered marginal spotting. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34789
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DEXTER, Walter. The London of Dickens. London. Cecil Palmer, [1923]. First edition. 8vo. 269pp, [3]. With half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth. Very lightly rubbed and marked. Book-label of D Farringdon to FEP. Inked gift inscription signed 'With Walt Dexter's kindest remembrances, 19th June 1923' to FFEP. With a loosely inserted contemporary business card of the author. Leaves lightly browned. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34836
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DEXTER, Walter. The Kent of Dickens. London. Cecil Palmer, [s.d., c.1924] First edition. 8vo. 245pp, [1]. With half-title and a photographic frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth. Lightly rubbed, spine a trifle sunned. A presentation copy, with the author's inked inscription: 'kindest regards, Walt Dexter' to FFEP. Leaves lightly browned, light spotting. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34838
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[GARTH, Samuel]. The dispensary. A poem. In six canto's.. London. Printed for J. and R. Tonson , 1741. 8vo. [24], 84pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Title page in red and black. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, with contrasting (modern) gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Worn, with surface loss to boards, chipping to foot of spine, light scoring, and staining to upper board. With a pasted-in portrait of the author to second blank fly-leaf. Leaves browned, with scattered spotting and staining. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34973
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SMITH, Robert. Poems of controversy betwixt Episcopacy and Presbytery: also several poems and merry songs on other subjects. With some funeral elegies on various nobleman and gentlemen. Edinburgh. [s.n.] Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1714, [1869]. 8vo. Limited to 70 copies. viii, vii, [13], 120pp, [4]. With a preliminary publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities marked, lightly rubbed, chipping to lettering-piece. Blank paper label pasted to FEP, light foxing to endpapers, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 16786
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[POUND, Ezra]. GOURMONT, Remy de. The natural philosophy of love. London. The Casanova Society, 1926. First British edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 1,500 copies on deckle-edged laid paper, of which this is copy number 346. x, 182pp, [2]. Unopened in original publisher's green cloth-backed cream paper boards, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, dustwrapper browned and spotted, loss to head and foot of spine panel. Bookplate to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 24736
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CHADWICK, William. The life and times of daniel de foe: with remarks digressive and discursive. London. John Russell Smith, 1859. First edition. 8vo. viii, [1], 464pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary panelled calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, all edges red. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 33046
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[MACGEORGE, Andrew]. An inquiry as to The Armorial Insignia of the city of glasgow. Glasgow. [W. Blackie] , 1866. First edition. Quarto. [10], 182pp. Title in red and black. With an engraved colour frontispiece and 74 illustrations depicting the seals of Glasgow. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Light scattered spotting and occasional marking throughout. Inked ownership inscription of 'Macgeorge' to FFEP, and presentation inscription 'to John Macgeorge with affte. regards from A Macgeorge'. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 33541
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GAY, John. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1731. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], 260pp; [4], 260pp. With an engraved frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary blind-stamped, gilt-ruled calf. Rubbed and marked, with scuffing and scoring to boards, wear to extremities, upper joints of both volumes starting. Leaves lightly browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 35053
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BENSON, E. F.. Crescent and iron cross. London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1918. First edition. 8vo. [10] 269pp. With two bound in colour maps of the Balkan states, with a further fold out map glued to the RFEP of the Turkish Empire in 1914. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered silver. Shelf-worn with corners bumped, spine faded. Internally bright, with very minor toning and a few nicks to pages. Folding map to the rear has a tear but remains complete. More > £ 100.00 On Sale: £ 80.00 Antiquates Ref. 30134
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TAILLEFER, Nugent. Rondeaus of the British Auxiliary Forces. London. Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co., 1883. Ninth edition. 8vo. viii, 24, 24a-24z, 24aa-24xx, 25-168pp, [2] advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, gilt. Ink staining and some fading to binding. Small split to spine and rubbing to extremities. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 10501
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[CATECHISM]. A Protestant Catechism: Shewing the principal errors of the Church of Rome. In four parts. I. Of the Rule of Faith....II. Of the Pope's Supremacy, and the Treatment of Hereticks. III. Of Errors in the Worship of God. IV. Of the Sacraments and other Points of Doctrine and Practice. Dublin. Printed by G. Perrin...Printer to the Society, [c.1784]. Seventh Edition. 12mo. 24pp. Sewn into early wrappers. Marking to wrappers, with some marginal staining to text. Contemporary ink inscription of Letitia Vance to verso of upper wrap. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 11159