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Photo of "Silenus"
WOOLNER, Thomas. Silenus. London. Macmillan and Co., 1884. First edition. 8vo. [8], 136pp. With half-title. Partially unopened and uncut in original publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth. Lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Browning to endpapers. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34706
Photo of "Siegfried & the twilight of ..."
WAGNER, Richard. Siegfried & the twilight of the gods. London. William Heinemann, 1911. First edition. Quarto. ix, [1], 181pp, [2]. With half-title, an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements, an engraved half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece and 29 further tipped-in chromolithograph plates by Arthur Rackham. Original publisher's gilt-decorated tan buckram, blind-stamped to lower board. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned, with mottling to boards. Newspaper clipping and telegram regarding the presentation of the Sir John Lubbock Memorial Prize pasted to first blank fly-leaf. Scattered ... More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 34633
Photo of "Sick heart river"
BUCHAN, John. Sick heart river. London. Hodder and Stoughton, 1941. First edition. 8vo. 317pp. Original publisher's gilt-tooled green cloth boards, blind-stamped to front, with the original pictorial unclipped dustwrapper. Spine a trifle cocked, boards a little rubbed with some wear to the front hinge. Internally bright save light toning, with the ownership plate of Alfred Pounder to the front pastedown, penned red. Dustwrapper is bright with some light losses, a nick to the spine, top and bottom edge ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30641
Photo of "Shelley, a Poem: with other ..."
THOMSON, James. Shelley, a Poem: with other Writings relating to Shelley, by the late James Thomson ('B. V.'): to which is added an Essay on The Poems of William Blake, by the same Author. [London]. Printed for Private Circulation by Charles Whittingham and Co., 1884. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 190 copies, 160 on toned paper (as here), and 30 on 'Whatman's had-made paper', each numbered and signed by the editor Bertram Dobell. xii, 128pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards. Rubbed, wear to spine panel, lightly marked. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30557
Photo of "Shelley and his writings"
MIDDLETON, Charles S.. Shelley and his writings. London. Thomas Cautley Newby, 1858. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [1], 325; x, 358pp. With a folding plate depicting a facsimile of Shelley's handwriting and a tipped-in errata slip to Vol. 1, and an 8pp publisher's advertisement catalogue to the rear of each volume. Largely unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Later armorial bookplates of Roberti Comitis de Crewe to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17226
Photo of "Shadow's Edge"
FINEBERG, Michael. Shadow's Edge. Consigny, France. Embers Handpress, 1979. First edition. Tall 8vo. 54pp, [2]. Original publisher's crude rag paper wrappers, lettered green and brown. Hand-set in Monotype Garamond, one of 145 copies on mould-made pure rag paper, this copy numbered 94. All edges untrimmed. Some smoke marking to wrappers and page edges, with associated smoke odour, otherwise internally bright and clean. Signed by the author on the half title. From the estate of Olwyn Hughes, recently dispersed; ... More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 29574
Photo of "Sextii aurelii propertii carmina"
PROPERTIUS, Sextus. Sextii aurelii propertii carmina. Parisiis [i.e. Paris]. Apud Lefevre Bibliopolam, 1821. 16mo. [3], vi-viii, 283pp, [1]. Without half-title. Contemporary blind- tooled red half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, inked ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge to front blank fly-leaf, burn-mark to head of latter half of text-block, primarily confined to margins, though touching text in places with some loss of sense. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33162
Photo of "Sertum shaksperianum, subnexis aliquot inferioris ..."
[SHAKESPEARE, William]. L[ATHAM], H[enry]. Sertum shaksperianum, subnexis aliquot inferioris notae floribus. [Oxonii, i.e. Oxford]. [Excudebant T. Combe...E. Pickard Hall, et H. Latham], 1863. First edition. 8vo. xiv, [2], 134pp, [2]. Contemporary gilt-tooled diced calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers and edges. A little rubbed to extremities, spine darkened with very short crack at head of upper joint, corners a trifle bumped, text occasionally spotted. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27433
Photo of "Ser meoccio ghiottone"
SERMINI, Gentile. Ser meoccio ghiottone. Modena. Tipografia Vincenzi, 1868. First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Contemporary richly gilt-tooled vellum, T.E.G. Extremities a trifle discoloured. Silk endpapers, Armorial bookplate of Lord Mexborough and later book-label of Louis Thompson Rowe to verso of FFEP. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 24182
Photo of "Sense and sensibility: a novel"
AUSTEN, Jane. Sense and sensibility: a novel. London. Richard Bentley, 1846. 8vo. [3], vi-xv, [1], 331pp, [1]. Without half-title. With an engraved frontispiece.

[Uniformly bound with:] AUSTEN, Janes. Emma: a novel. London. Richard Bentley, 1849. 8vo. [2], 435pp, [1]. Without half-title. with an engraved frontispiece.

[And:] AUSTEN, Jane. Mansfield park: a novel. London. Richard Bentley, 1847. 8vo. [2], 424pp. Without half-title, with an engraved frontispiece.

[And:] AUSTEN, Jane. Northanger abbey. A novel; Persuasion. London. Richard Bentley, 1848. ... More > £ 6,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34766
Photo of "Select scotish ballads"
[PINKERTON, John]. Select scotish ballads. London. Printed by and for J. Nichols, 1783. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. lxvi [i.e. lxvii], [1], 159, [1]; xli, [1], 200pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-sheep, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to boards, joints starting. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, without FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32987
Photo of "Select poems from the hesperides, ..."
HERRICK, Robert. Select poems from the hesperides, or works both human and divine...with occasional remarks by j[ohn] n[ott].. Bristol. J. M. Gutch, 1810. First edition. 8vo. [4], iv, [2], 253pp, [1]. With half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author after Marshall's famous frontispiece in Hesperides. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, recently rebacked preserving contemporary backstrip, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, lower joint starting, corners exposed. Spotting and browning to frontispiece, otherwise internally clean and crisp. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 29115
Photo of "Select odes of pindar and ..."
TASKER, William, Rev.. Select odes of pindar and horace translated: together with Some original poems; Accompanied with notes, critical, historical, and explanatory. Exter. Printed for the author, 1790-93 Second edition. 12mo. In three volumes. v, [1], iv, viii, [2], 213, [1]; ix, [1], 167, [1]; [2], iii, [1], 188pp, [4]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I, list of subscriber's, and a final leaf of errata to Vol. III. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled green morocco, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Very minor shelf-wear. Bookplate of the Peabody Institute Library, Baltimore to front blank fly-leaf of ... More > £ 2,000.00 Antiquates Ref. 20742
Photo of "Select lessons in prose and ..."
[SELECT LESSONS]. Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, designed for the Improvement of youth. To which are added, A Few Original Pieces. Tamworth. Printed and Sold by B. Shelton, 1785. Fourth edition, with additions. 12mo. [2], 140pp. Without half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities worn, upper board held by cords only. Marbled endpapers, very occasional chipping/short tears to margins, slight loss to lower corner of leaf I6 - touching text with some loss of sense. William St. Clair's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription and manuscript note to FEP. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28681
Photo of "Selections from the poems and ..."
BARTON, Bernard. Selections from the poems and letters of bernard barton. Edited by his daughter. London. Hall, Virtue, and Co., 1849. First edition. 8vo. [28], xxxvi, 363pp, [1]. With a lithographed portrait frontispiece, three engraved plates, a list of subscribers, and a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled, corners bumped. Hinges exposed, early armorial bookplate to FEP, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to verso of FFEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32240
Photo of "Selected poems: old and new"
SITWELL, Osbert. Selected poems: old and new. London. Duckworth, 1943. First edition. 8vo. 163pp, [1]. Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered in red, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and chipped, loss to lower panel. Internally clean and crisp. Inked inscription to recto of FFEP: 'For / S. H. Gray / from / Osbert Sitwell / Nov. 1943'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27106