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[COMBE, William]. Anti-diabo-lady. Respectfully dedicated to all the women in her majesty's dominions, in general; and to the best of them in particular, Calculated to expose the Malevolence of the Author of diabo-lady. London. Printed for the Author, and to be had of C. Parker...Mr. Bew, 1777. First edition. Quarto. [2], iv, 17pp, [1]. Late dark green half-morocco, red paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed. Title lightly browned, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 29062
WOTY, W[illiam]. The blossoms of helicon. London. Printed for the author; And Sold by W. Flexney, 1763. First edition. 12mo. [12], 162pp, [2]. With a list of subscriber's. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, lower joint starting, corners bumped. Marbled endpapers, recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, early inked ownership inscription 'Wm. Armroid his Book' to verso of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 30577
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Miscellaneous Poems. London. William Benbow, 1826. 8vo. [2], 144pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Later full calf, ruled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers. Lightly rubbed and marked, upper board sunned. Bookplate of John A. Radford to FEP, leaves browned and stained, title and frontispiece chipped, and small marginal loss to upper edge of terminal leaf. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31162
[VAIRASSE, Denis]. Histoire des sevarambes peuples qui habitent une Partie du troisieme Continent, communement appelle la terre australe... Amsterdam. Aux depens d'Estienne Roger, 1702. 12mo. In two volumes. 333, [1]; 303pp, [25]. Titles printed in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Uncut. Handsomely bound in later red morocco, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Early armorial bookplates of Lord Bracco tipped-in to FFEP of Vol. I and verso of frontispiece of Vol. II respectively, frontispieces heavily ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31618
PRATT, Mr [Samuel Jackson]. Emma corbett. London. Printed for T. Beckett, 1789. Ninth edition. 12mo. In two volumes. [3], vi-viii, 264; 259pp, [1]. Without half-title. With an engraved frontispiece (each engraved after works by Angelica Kauffman) to each volume. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf. Without lettering-pieces. Rubbed, joints split, spines dulled. Short tear and slight loss to leading edge of leaf E10 of Vol. I. Armorial bookplates of George Jacob Bosanquet to both FEPs, ticket of bookseller T. Hookham of New ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 32557
[LE CAMUS, Antoine]. Abdeker, ou l'art de conserver la beauté. [Paris]. [s.n.], l'an de l'Hegyre 1168 [i.e. 1754] First edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. [4], 7-155; 234 [i.e. 134]pp. Later gilt-tooled calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. From the library of Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire, Baroness Sandys (1774-1836), with her gilt monogram to head of spine. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 32696
ARNOLD, Matthew. New poems. London. Macmillan and Co., 1867. First edition. 8vo. viii, 244pp. With a half-title. Bound by Burn of London in original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth. A trifle rubbed, spine slightly dulled. Armorial bookplate of Stephen George Holland and later ticket of Burrell of Chelmsford to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33077
JUVENIS. The village muse; or, a poem on summer. York. Printed by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1796. First edition. Quarto. [2], ix, [2], 10-118pp. With a half-title and a list of subscribers. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, contrasting black calf lettering-piece, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Liam Sims to FEP. Subscriber's copy; elaborate inked ownership inscription of Charles Stanley Esquire to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33118
MAUPASSANT, Guy. La vie errante. Paris. Paul Ollendorff, Editeur, 1895. Vingtieme edition. Small quarto. [4], 233pp, [3]. Beautifully extra-illustrated with 13 vignette drawings, variously in ink and wash and pencil, and two further inserted plates, each ink on paper, all by J. Ernest Boilvin. Finely bound in contemporary gilt- tooled marbled blue 'Spanish Calf', gilt-tooled inner dentelles. Slightly rubbed, corners a little bumped, unobstrusive old scuff marks to lower board neatly refurbished. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33927
A LADY. Memoirs of the danby family: designed chiefly for the entertainment and improvement of young persons. London. Printed for E. Newbury, 1799. First edition. 12mo. xii, 258pp, [6]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and three terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary tree-sheep. Rubbed, surface loss to upper board and spine, joints starting. Early book-label of Anne Crosse to FEP, near contemporary and later inked gift inscriptions to FFEP, small worm-track to gutter of initial gathering, slight marginal loss to upper corner of leaf F5. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 34350
[GORE, Miss]. [MARCAILHOU, G.]. [Indiana. A story suggested by Marcialhou's "Indiana Waltz"]. Ipswich. Cowell's Anastatic Press, [c.1860]. First edition. Oblong folio. [8]ff. Drophead title. With eight lithographic plates (one of which photographically lithographed?), each with detailing added in pen and ink, some with additional wash, as issued. Original blind-stamped mauve cloth, titled in gilt to upper board. Rubbed and lightly marked, with tears to spine, some loss at head. Occasional spotting to text and plates. Ink inscription, dated 1889, of 'J.E.P. Fitzgerald', noting that 'This Book ... More > £ 850.00 Antiquates Ref. 15333
[SHIELLS, Robert], CIBBER, [Theophilus]. The lives of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland, To the time of Dean Swift. Compiled from ample Materials scattered in a Variety of Books, and especially from the MS. Notes of the late ingenious Mr. Coxeter and others, collected for this Design. London. Printed for R. Griffiths, 1753. First edition. 12mo. In five volumes. [2], ii, 354; [4], 353, [1]; [4], 353, [3]; [2], ii, 356; [2], 354pp, [4]. Extra-illustrated with 80 engraved portraits. Finely bound in contemporary tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, spines richly gilt. Extremities a trifle rubbed, some slight splitting to joints. Later booksellers catalogue description pasted to Vol. I FEP, inked annotation to recto of FFEP of same, small stain to lower ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 17449