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CRUIKSHANK, Robert. [India paper proofs of the complete set of 22 etchings for Grimm's German Popular Stories]. London. Published by C. Baldwyn, 1823-6 Oblong quarto, dimensions 380 x 270mm. 22 india-paper proof etchings, including engraved-title and frontispiece, the final ten of which in undivided form; with an additional standalone plate, 'The Blue Light', added at end. Exquisitely bound in nineteenth-century pale blue gilt-tooled morocco, by Riviere. Slightest of rubbing to extremities, bumping to corners. More > £ 6,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32655

CRUIKSHANK, George. [India paper proofs of the complete set of 12 plates for the Dickens' edited Memoirs of Grimaldi]. [London]. . [s.n., 1838] Quarto, dimensions 210 x 290mm. 12 india paper proof impressions. With an additional coloured portrait by H. Brown, and an address front in Grimaldi's hand, with his initials, bound in at front. Leaves mounted on linen guards. Finely bound in Victorian ('super extra') gilt tooled straight-grain crushed red morocco, ('in the Roger payne style') by Francis Bedford. T.E.G. Slightest of shelf-wear to extremities, else fine. More > £ 2,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 32652

[INDULGENCE]. Indulgence: A Tale for Youth. Glasgow. Printed for Richard Griffin & Co., 1826. First edition. 12mo. iv, 184, 4pp. With an engraved frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green printed paper boards, recently expertly rebacked. Inked gift inscription to FFEP, lightly spotted. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 23231

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BELSON, Mary. Industry and idleness, a pleasing and instructive tale for good little girls, in words not exceeding two syllables. London. Printed by William Darton, Jun., 1816. New edition, corrected. 12mo. 60pp, [4]. With an engraved folding frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Later restitched into original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities worn an soiled, loss to spine, small hole to upper panel. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription of W. Marshall Parkins to head of title, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27104

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[CHRISTIAN TRACT SOCIETY]. Industry, prudence, and piety; or, the history of the widow riley. Published by the christian tract society. No. LIV. London. Sold by Sherwood and Co., 1828. 12mo. 32pp, [4]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. A trifle creased. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32938

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WOLFF, Leon. In flanders fields the 1917 campaign. London. Longmans, Green and Co, 1959. Second impression. 8vo. 310pp. With twenty-one photographs and seven maps. Original publisher's red cloth boards, lettered in gilt, with the unclipped photographic dust wrapper. Minor bumping to boards, a little shelf-wear. Wrapper worn and marked without loss. With extensive annotations and refutations throughout in Williamson's hand. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28216

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CRAWFORD, [John Lindsay, Earl of]. Information for the Earl of Crawfurd and the Earl Marischall; against the Earl of Sutherland. Edinburgh. Printed by James Watson, 1706. First edition. Quarto. 32pp. Stitched, as issued. Lightly dampstained, scattered spotting, marginal chipping. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 33331

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LATHAM, Captain William.. [Information & Instructions for Commanding Generals in others]. [Southsea camp, near Portsmouth]. [s.n.], [1803]. Quarto. Manuscript on paper. 26pp, with inserted leaf titled 'The Military Roads from Plymouth to London, forming a junction at Exeter and at Salisbury' and notes to terminal blank. Stitched within thick paper wrappers, titled in manuscript to upper wrap. Upper wrap partially dampstained. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 12450

ROONEY, Joseph A.. In ladybird's garden. [Firenze]. [Tipografia Domenicana], [1915]. First edition. 12mo. [36pp]. Original publisher's printed limp drab linen, lettered in red. Extremities lightly rubbed, text-block detached from binding, contemporary bookplate of Arthur Lloyd Taylor to FEP, neat ink annotation to foot of penultimate page, else clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 17604

TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. In Memoriam. London. The Nonesuch Press, 1933. Folio. Limited edition, number 118 of 2,000 copies on Van Gelder paper in Blado type. xxii, [2], 145pp, [3]. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's limp vellum, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, T.E.G., gold coated endpapers. Housed in original publisher's black cloth slipcase. Vellum a trifle cockled, else fine. With a loosely inserted Nonesuch Press compliments slip, inscribed 'With Christmas greetings from Francis Meynell'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28410

TENNYSON, [Alfred, Lord]. In memoriam. London. Macmillan and Co., 1904. 8vo. [4], 214pp. With a half-title. Contemporary richly gilt- tooled navy morocco, A.E.G., signed in gilt on the rear lower turn-in with what appears to be a gate; perhaps indicating that the binder's name was 'Gate' or 'Gates'. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 28411

[WHISTLER, James McNeill], [RALEIGH, Walter]. In memoriam. London. [William Heinemann], 1905. First edition. 8vo. 16pp. Unopened, stitched, as issued in original publisher's buff paper wrappers. Extremities a trifle marked. Foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 18936

CURTEIS, G. Hebert, Mrs. In Memoriam. A sketch of the life of the right reverend George Augustus Selwyn... Newcastle. C. Hickson, [1879]. Second edition. 8vo. [4], 100pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further three engraved plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt ruled in black and blind, all edges red. Extremities rubbed. Contemporary ownership inscription of Edith Charlotte Lawton to verso of FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23689

[CARLOS João]. In memoriam do dr. joão carlos celestino pereira gomes 1899-1960. Aveiro. [s.n.], 1962. 1st Edition. 4to. 294pp. Original publisher's white card wraps lettered black. Fore and bottom edge untrimmed, many gathers uncut. Light wear and creasing to spine and wraps, internally bright and clean. Inscribed 'To Jean and Cyril from S. Irina 963 [1963]'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30082

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[RYLANDS, John]. In memoriam: john rylands: Born february 7, 1801 Died december 11, 1888. Manchester. Printed for Private Circulation, 1889. First edition. Quarto. 72pp. With a half-title and a photogravure frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-tooled black morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. Extremities slightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally immaculate. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 18554

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NANSEN, Fridtjof. In northern mists: artic exploration in early times. London. William Heinemann, 1911. First edition in English. 8vo. In two volumes. xi, 384; [5], 416pp. With tipped-in colour frontispieces and numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Without the rarely seen dustwrappers. A trifle rubbed and bumped. Endpapers browned. Bookplate of Antarctica explorer and member of Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition, Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst (1887-1975) to FEP, contemporary inked gift inscription addressed to Brocklehurst to recto of ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25696

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HACKWOOD, Frederick W.. Inns, ales, and drinking customs of old england. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1909. First edition. 8vo. 392pp. With half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece and 40 further illustrated engraved plates. Finely bound by Asprey of London (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled brown half-morocco, brown cloth boards, with thematic devices within spine compartments. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Light spotting to initial leaves, light browning to plates. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34485

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FLEETWOOD, William. Inscriptionum Antiquarum sylloge In Duas Partes Distributa... Londini [i.e. London]. Impensis Guil. Graves, 1691. First edition. 8vo. [16], 339, [8], 340-536pp, [12]. Text in Latin and Greek. Title page in red and black. Contemporary panelled calf, later rebacked, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Boards rubbed and a trifle marked. Hinges exposed, scattered spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28077

[INSECTS]. Insect manufactures. London. Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1847]. First edition. 8vo. iv, 168pp, [4]. With an additional engraved title page, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine lightly sunned. Near contemporary inked gift inscription to verso of FFEP. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 27606

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JAMES, Colonel Sir Henry. Instructions for taking meteorological observations; with tables for their correction, and notes on meteorological phenomena. London. Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1861. First edition. 52pp. With an engraved frontispiece and 21 hand-coloured plates (three folding).

[Bound with:] Table for the reduction of the meteorological observations taken at the stations of the royal engineers. London, Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1861. 34pp. With two folding tables, one of which hand-coloured.

8vo. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to spine, marking to boards, corners bumped. ... More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 11895