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Photo of "The parson's daughter"
[HOOK, Theodore Edward]. The parson's daughter. London. Richard Bentley, 1833. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [2], 300; [2], 331, [1]; [2], 321pp, [1]. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed, some staining to dulled spines. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29255
Photo of "The supreme sacrifice"
ARKWRIGHT, John Stanhope. The supreme sacrifice. London. Skeffington and Son, Ltd., 1919. First edition. 8vo. 78pp, [2]. With a terminal colophon leaf. Original publisher's dark green buckram, lettered and tooled in gilt. With the original pale blue dustwrapper lettered black, Wrappers slightly sunned. Top edge uncut. With a manuscript on lined paper, of poem 'Other Children', initialled and dated 'J. S. A, Sept 2 1932.'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29343
Photo of "Sketches by a sailor; or, ..."
A COMMANDER IN THE NAVY. Sketches by a sailor; or, things of earth and things of heaven. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853. First edition. 8vo. 149, [1], 32pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, marked, and bumped. Early ink gift inscription to FEP, early ink ownership inscription of Richard Benyon Croft to head of p.[5], very occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29511
Photo of "The complete poetical works of ..."
MILTON, John. The complete poetical works of john milton. London. Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1904. 12mo. 1054pp. Handsomely bound by Bickers & Son in contemporary blue morocco, lettered in gilt to spine gilt initials 'H. T. B.' to upper board, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Pencil inscription to FEP: 'From K / Christmas 1915'. From the recently dispersed library of Anthony and Clarissa Eden, without any indication of such. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29532
Photo of "Shakespeare's tragedy of hamlet"
SHAKESPEARE, William. Shakespeare's tragedy of hamlet. London. Published by J. M. Dent, 1913. 12mo. xv, [1], 215pp, [1]. Bound by J. & E. Bumpus in richly gilt-tooled dark green morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, dulled. From the recently dispersed library of Anthony Eden, without any indication of such. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29533
Photo of "A shropshire lad"
HOUSMAN, A. E. A shropshire lad. London. The Richards Press Limited, [1931]. viii, [2], 101pp, [1].

[Bound with:] HOUSMAN, A. E. Last poems. London. The Richards Press Limited, [193o0]. viii, [2], 66pp.

12mo. Bound by Hatchards in contemporary gilt-tooled green crushed morocco, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. From the recently dispersed library of Anthony Eden, without any indication of such. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29534
Photo of "The apocrypha, according to the ..."
[APOCRYPHA, English Authorised Version]. The apocrypha, according to the authorised version. Oxford. Printed at the University Press, [s.d., c. 1898] 8vo. [186]pp. Printed in double columns. Bound by Hatchards in contemporary brown morocco, lettered in gilt, with initials 'W. E.' (likely William Eden (1849-1915), father of Anthony Eden) to upper board. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Ink inscriptions to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'With my best wishes M. H. Xmas 1898. "Friendship maketh day light in the understanding, out of darkness & ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29535
Photo of "Lays and legends of various ..."
THOMS, William J. Lays and legends of various nations: illustrative of their traditions, popular literature, manners, customs, and superstitions...Lay and Legends of Tartary. London. George Cowie, 1834. First edition. 8vo. 95pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Very slightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, plates foxed, very occasional manuscript corrections to text. With a further 46 leaves of manuscript text, in a single legible hand, commencing: 'In consequence of the mismanagement of the publisher, Mr. Thoms' interesting series of "Lays ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29552
Photo of "The works of charles lamb"
LAMB, Charles. The works of charles lamb. London. Printed for C. and J. Ollier, 1818. 12mo. In two volumes. ix, [3], 291, [1]; [6], 259pp, [1]. Contemporary dark green half-calf, marbled paper boards, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Rubbed, wear to head of spines. Marbled endpapers, faded ink-stamps of a contemporary literary society to both titles, paper repair to fore-edge of Vol. II title page, scattered spotting. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription and bibliographical ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29558
Photo of "Life in the stars"
YOUNGHUSBAND, Sir Francis. Life in the stars. London. John Murray, 1927. First edition. 8vo. xiii, [2], 222pp, [2]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further three photographic plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt and black. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29582
Photo of "City and port of bristol. ..."
A BURGESS [i.e. KINGTON, John Barnett]. City and port of bristol. Letters, essays, tracts, and other documents, illustrative of the municipal history of bristol, and of the trade of its port... Bristol. W. Browne, 1836. 12mo. In 13 parts (with pp.25-33 of a related pamphlet at end), each with individual pagination, most with a separate title page, the majority with the imprint: Bristol, W. H. Somerton, 1835. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, later rebacked, preserving original printed paper lettering- piece. Rubbed and marked. Ticket of William George & Sons of Bristol to FEP, scattered spotting. Presentation copy- ink inscription to front ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29708
Photo of "All souls and appeasement: A ..."
ROWSE, A. L. All souls and appeasement: A Contribution to Contemporary History. London. Macmillan a& Co., 1961. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 121pp, [1]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further seven photographic plates. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and cocked. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden loosely inserted. Presentation copy, ink inscription to recto of FFEP: 'With kindest wished from A L Rowse'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29796
Photo of "Since cézanne"
BELL, Clive. Since cézanne. London. Chatto and Windus, 1922. First edition. 8vo. 229pp, [1]. With a photographic frontispiece and a further seven photographic plates. Original publisher's navy cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and bumped, lettering-piece chipped and browned. Scattered spotting. Anthony Eden's copy, with his armorial bookplate FEP, an occasional pencil annotations in his hand. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29821