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[SWIFT, Jonathan]. Good Queen anne vindicated, and The Ingratitude, Insolence, &c. of her whig ministry and the allies Detected and Exposed, in the Beginning and Conducting of the war... London. Printed and sold by W. Owen, 1748. Second edition. 8vo. [4], 72pp. With a half-title. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Latter half of text-block separated into individual gatherings. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Hesketh Yarburgh to head of half-title. Lightly dust-soiled, some chipping to head of initial five leaves, occasional spotting/creasing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 20765
HACKWOOD, Frederick W.. Good cheer: the romance of food and feasting. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. First edition. 8vo. 424pp. With half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece and 25 further lithographed 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, very slight chipping to edges. Internally clean & crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34487
GOLDSMITH, John. Goldsmith. An almanack for the year of our lord m.dccc.xliv... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers, By C. Baldwin, [1844]. 24mo. 80pp. Title page and initial gathering in red and black. Calendar interleaved with blanks. Original publisher's plain green wrappers, A.E.G. Housed in contemporary black limp calf 'wallet' style binding, fastened with sprung metal clasp, pockets at front and rear. Contemporary metal-tipped pencil housed in custom pocket. Extremities a trifle rubbed.

[Loosely inserted:] Goode's gold almanack for 1843. London. Published by T. Goode, [1843]. 16pp. Black ... More >
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34201
GOLDSMITH, John. Goldsmith. An almanack for the Year of our lord god M. DCC.XCVIII... London. Printed for the Company of Stationers; and sold by Robert Horsfield, and George Greenhill, [1798]. 24mo. 48pp. Title page and initial gathering in red and black. Calendar interleaved. Elaborately bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, vellum onlays, A.E.G., housed in matching contemporary slipcase. Lightly rubbed, slipcase dulled and worn. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp, single early note to interleaved blank. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 33912
JOHNSON, J.E. "Johnnie", & LUCAS, P.B. "Laddie". Glorious summer : the story of the Battle of Britain. London. Stanley Paul, 1990. First edition. 8vo. 213pp. Sixteen photographic leaves bound in. Original publisher's blue cloth boards lettered silver, with the original photographic dustwrapper. With c.30 signatures of airmen who served in the Battle, pasted over title page and the half title. A little shelfwear, and some fading to spine of wrapper, else a crisp copy. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 34297
TAGORE, Sir Rabindranath. Glimpses of bengal selected from the letters of Sir rabindranath tagore 1885 to 1895. London. Macmillan and Co., 1921. First edition. 8vo. vii, [1], 166pp, [2]. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blue cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed, upper board a trifle soiled, spine dulled, corners bumped. Ink-stamp of the S.O.A.S. Dodwell Library to verso of title page. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32127
MUIR, James Hamilton. Glasgow in 1901. Glasgow and Edinburgh. William Hodge & Company, 1901. First edition. 8vo. [16], 255pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 52 engraved illustrations depicting landmarks of Glasgow, and a large map of Glasgow and suburbs to rear. Finely bound by Ramage of London in twentieth century gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled papers board, T.E.G., marbled endpapers. An attractive copy; some more significant spotting to edges, with light spotting throughout. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33404
SCOTT, J[ohn]. Glasgow illustrated in a series of picturesque views drawn and engraved by j. scott with Historical & Descriptive Illustrations by john cullan esq. Glasgow. J. Scott, 1834. First edition. Quarto. [4], ii, 68pp. With an engraved title page and 24 engraved plates, executed in aquatint. Handsomely bound in twentieth century navy half- morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Marbled endpapers, short closed tears to leaf I1 and contiguous plate. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33283
ERSKINE, Ralph. Glad Tidings in sad Times: or, The City of god, in the Times of Trouble and Confusion, water'd with the River of Consolation. A sermon on psalm xlvi. 4... Edinburgh. Printed by Alexander Alison for David Duncan, 1739. First edition. 62pp, [2]. With a terminal advertisement leaf. ESTC T162752.

[Bound with:] ERSKINE, Ralph. The River of Life, Proceeding out of the Throne of god And of the lamb. A sermon preached immediately before the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at Dumfermline, July 6th 1735. Edinburgh. Printed by Tho. Lumisden and Jo. Robertson, for James Beugo, 1736. First edition. 40pp. Not in ESTC???

[And:] ERSKINE, Ralph. ... More >
£ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30434
HANSSEN, Helmer. Gjennem isbaksen: atten år med Roald Amundsen. Oslo. Forlagt av H. Aschehoug & Co., 1941. Attende tusen [i.e. eighteenth thousand]. 8vo. 218pp, [4]. With seven photographic plates. Original publisher's blue cloth-backed tan buckram boards, lettered in silver. Without dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice 'Kenn' Back (b. 1942), meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey from 1963 to 2002, and a descendant of Arctic explorer George Back, with his bookplate to FEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 23451
RUSKIN, John. Giotto and his works in padua. [London]. Printed [by Levey, Robson and Franklin] for the Arundel Society, 1854. First edition. Quarto. 124pp. With two woodcut illustrated plates depicting the interior of the Arena Chapel at Padua and the Baptism of Christ respectively. Contemporary dark green gilt-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards. Very lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers. Occasional light staining to text. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 26564
JEANS, Ronald. Ghost for sale: a comedy in three acts. London. Pinker's Play Bureau, [s.d., 1938?] Quarto. 56, 49,38pp, [1], v ff. Stapled, ass issued, in original publisher's printed green wrappers. Extremities marked, creased, and chipped, fastening rusted. Scattered spotting. Marked 'Producer's Copy' in manuscript to upper wrappers, occasional manuscript annotations/corrections to text. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33574
[PRETYMAN, George]. George Pretyman from the Royal Point in Cornhill, London. Haberdasher, Hosier, Glover, & Linnen Draper in ye Cook Rdn St. Edmunds Bury, Suffolk... [London]. [s.n.], [s.d., c. 1770] Dimensions 170 x 200 mm. Single leaf handbill, printed on one side only. Entirely engraved. Text within ornamental border. Old horizontal and vertical folds. Creased, chipping to edges. Contemporary manuscript bill of sale (dated 1772) to verso; later manuscript note beneath: 'This is a curiosity: the shop Bill of the father of the present Bishop of Wincester, The Receipt is to my Mother when this day signed by J. P. ... More > £ 390.00 Antiquates Ref. 34697
CRUIKSHANK, George. George cruikshank's table book. London. Bell and Daldy, 1869. New edition. 8vo. viii, 277pp, [3]. With and additional engraved title page, 12 engraved plates, and 116 wood-engravings in the text. Original publisher's bevelled green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: To Thomas Barlow Esq. MD. &c. &c. / with the regards of George Cruikshank / March 23rd. 1876'. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 30351
AIKEN, J[ohn]. Geographical delineations: or a compendious view of the natural and political state of all parts of the globe. London. Printed for J. Johnson, 1806. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. viii, [2], 374; iv, 408pp. Contemporary green half-morocco, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, a trifle sunned. Armorial bookplates to front pastedowns of 'Seton of Ekolsund', occasional spots of light marking, overall internally clean and crisp. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 14560
WILLIAMSON, Henry. Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence. London. The Henry Williamson Society, 1988. First reprint. 8vo. 78pp. Printed peach card wraps. Edges sharp, internally fresh and bright. With the Shallonford misprint deliberately kept in. The proofs Williamson received did not include the typo and no-one caught the error until after printing was complete. In his own copy, he merely corrected it in pen, though it remains uncorrected in Faber's reprint and this 1988 facsimile edition. The last line of the book ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28042
WILLIAMSON, Henry. Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence'. London. Faber and Faber, 1941. First edition, second impression. Tall 8vo. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered in gilt, corners bumped, minor shelf-wear with several further marks. Internally crisp and clean, with fore and bottom edges uncut. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28044
WILLIAMSON, Henry. Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence'. London. The Henry Williamson Society, 1988. First reprint. 8vo. 78pp. Printed peach card wraps. Edges sharp, internally fresh and bright. With the Shallonford misprint deliberately kept in. The proofs Williamson received did not include the typo and no-one caught the error until after printing was complete. In his own copy, he merely corrected it in pen, though it remains uncorrected in Faber's reprint and this 1988 facsimile edition. The last line of the book ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28043
WOLFE, General [James]. General wolfe's instructions to young officers. London. Printed for J. Millan, 1780. Second edition. 12mo. [2], ix, [3], 106pp, [2]. With a terminal leaf of advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep, contrasting red calf lettering-piece, supralibros to boards. Heavily worn, significant surface loss, upper board held by cords only, lower joint split. Title page lightly browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 22799