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BESANT, Annie. Essays on socialism. London. Robert Forder, 1893. 8vo. [2], 30, 24, 51, [1], 8, 20, 24, 20pp. With a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brick-red cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Manuscript annotations to contents leaf, lightly browned. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17788
GARNETT, Richard. Essays of an ex-librarian. London. William Heinemann, 1901. First edition. 8vo. viii, 359pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, lettering-piece chipped. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27905
KNOX, Vicesimus. Essays moral and literary. Basil. Printed and sold by James Decker, 1800. 8vo. In three volumes. [12], 366; [6], 364; [6], 365pp, [1]. Original publisher's vellum-backed cream paper boards, contrasting blue calf lettering-pieces. Extremities lightly marked. Small hole to p.189-190, Vol. I - touching text with slight loss of sense, very occasional light spotting, browning, and marginal chipping. More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 17039
TAYLOR'S FIRST WORK FOR ADULTS. Essays in rhyme, on Morals and Manners. London. Printed by T. Miller for Taylor and Hessey, 1816. First edition. 12mo. [4], 174pp, [6]. With three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Bound by J. Doyle of Dublin (ticket to FEP) in later dark green half-roan, tooled in gilt and blind, brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt to upper board. Rubbed, head of upper joint split. Upper hinge exposed, book-label of Lt.-Col. Mockler to FEP, pencilled ownership inscription of Elliot Mockler and inked inscription of Elgin Mockler ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27477
ARNOLD, Matthew. Essays in criticism. London. Macmillan and Co., 1865. First edition. 8vo. xx, 302pp., [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-decorated brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, bumping to corners. Two inked inscriptions to FEP: 'Stopford A. Brooke', 'Send it home at once'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32045
ARNOLD, Matthew. Essays in criticism. Leipzig. Bernard Tauchnitz, 1887. Copyright edition. Volume I only. [3], 6-272pp. Without half-title.

[Together with:] ARNOLD, Matthew. Essays in criticism: second series. Leipzig, Bernard Tauchnitz, 1892. Copyright edition. [5], 8-264pp. Without half-title.

8vo. Uniformly bound in contemporary Arts and Crafts style binding, blind-tooled calf, A.E.G., gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, first mentioned volume lettered in blind to upper board: 'CRITICISM, A DISINTERESTED ENDEAVOUR TO LEARN. PROPOGATE THE BEST THAT IS KNOWN AND ... More >
£ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 31101
SCOTT, Walter. Essays by sir walter scott... Paris. Published by A. and W. Galignani, 1828. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], 237, [1]; [2], 202pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, contemporary book-labels of Jane Yates to both FEPs, with her inked ownership inscriptions to front blank fly-leaves, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FFEP of Vol. I, very occasional spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22306
EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. Essays by ralph waldo emerson: first series. London. George G. Harrap & Co., [1926]. 8vo. [6], 277pp, [1]. With half-title and engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. Title page in red and black. Bound in a contemporary blind-tooled, slightly tinted arts and crafts binding, with elaborate decoration to upper board and spine. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 27229
[TYTLER, Alexander Fraser]. Essay on the principles of translation. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1797. Second edition, corrected and considerably enlarged. 8vo. [2], ix, [1], 416pp. With a half-title. Contemporary vellum, lettered in black to spine, all edges red. Lightly discoloured, spine dulled, a trifle rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 25029
MCLELLAN, Archibald. Essay on the Cathedral Church of Glasgow : and a history of the see as connected with the erection of the existing church. Glasgow. Printed by George Brookman, for James Brash & Co., 1833. First edition. Quarto. [2], viii, [2],179pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece depicting Glasgow cathedral, an additional engraved title page, and one further large folding plate depicting a new plan for the cathedral and surrounding infirmaries. Contemporary black calf-backed dark green paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, with surface loss to boards, upper joint starting. Ink-stamp of 'John McMichael Mechanical Engineer Drygate Street Glasgow' to ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33460
[LYTTON, Edward Bulwer, Sir]. Ernest Maltravers. London. Saunders and Otley, 1837. First edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [5], viii-x, 307, [1]; [2], 306; [2], 312pp. Without half-titles. Bound by Smyth & Co. of Liverpool in contemporary green half-calf, marbled boards, tooled and lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplates of William S. Bird to all FEPs, recent bookplates of Robert J. Hayhurst to all FFEPs, scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 22276
[GRIMM, Brothers]. [CORNER, Julia]. Erles-dene "The sleeping beauty". [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1882]. Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [65]ff, ruled, with text to rectos only. With [2]ff printed programme for the performance bound in at front. Contemporary black morocco, gilt, titled to upper board. Marbled endpapers, edges red. A handsome copy with only slight rubbing to extremities. Inscribed 'Edwardus R from Il Maestro, Signor Watson, in remembrance of the pleasant hours spent in the preparation and performance of "The Sleeping ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 21669
HALL, Joseph. Epistles, The first Volume: Conteining two Decads.. London. Printed by A. H[atfield] for Eleazar Edgar & Samuel Macham, 1608. First edition. [12], 190pp, [2]. 'The second decade of epistles' has divisional title page; pagination and register are continuous. Without initial leaf (blank but for signature mark 'A') nor leaf A8 (blank except for rule borders). With terminal leaf, blank except for rule borders. A variant listing Edgar before Macham in the imprint. ESTC S122077, STC 12662.

[Bound with:] HALL, Joseph. Epistles, The second Volume: Conteining two ... More >
£ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29100
MARSHALL, George. Epistles in verse. between cynthio and leonora, in three cantos, descriptive of a voyage to and from the east indies. With several occasional pieces. Newcastle. Printed for the Author, by Preston & Heaton, 1812. First edition. Quarto. 215pp, [13]. With a list of subscribers, an engraved frontispiece and a further 10 engraved plates on India paper, one of which, 'A view of the Cap of Goodhope', engraved by Bewick after a design by Thurston. Contemporary half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Rubbed, joints starting, spine dulled. Recent ticket of Bobby's Bookshop to FEP, title page and frontispiece ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33709
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Epipsychidion. London. Published for the Shelley Society by Reeves and Turner, 1887. First edition. 8vo. lxvi, 31pp, [2]. With half-title. Partially unopened in original blue printed paper boards. Rubbed and marked, with loss to head of spine and bumping to foot. Endpapers heavily browned (as often). More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33829
CORNWALL, Barry. English songs, and other small poems. London. Edward Moxon, 1844. 12mo. [2], xvi, 284pp, [2]. Contemporary full gilt-tooled red morocco. All edges gilt. Engraved bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP. Slight wear to spine and very slight marking to upper board but otherwise excellent condition. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 29215