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COOPER, Edward H.. Mr. Blake of Newmarket. London. William Heinemann, 1897. First edition. 8vo. [4], 271pp, [7]. With both terminal and initial leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's decorative three-tone cloth boards. Rubbed and marked, with scuffing to boards, spine toned, and light surface wear to edges and corners. Later inked ownership inscription to FEP. Endpapers browned, lower hinge exposed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 35057
STARK, Freya. Rome on the euphrates. London. John Murray, [1966]. First edition. 8vo. xi, 481pp, [1]. With half-title; title page in red and black. Original publisher's light blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board, with original pictorial printed paper dust-wrapper. Light wear to edges of dust-wrapper; otherwise, a fine copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34960
KOERNER, Alfred. The hotchkiss single-barrel rapid-firing gun. A description of the system. Paris. Printed for Private Circulation, 1884. First edition. Quarto. 37pp, [3]. With 11 plates, comprising seven albumen print photographs (mounted as issued) and four folding lithographic diagrams. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Bookplate of Henk Visser to FEP, his inked ownership inscription to half-title, FFEP detached, Hotchkiss company ink-stamp to title page, folding plate 10 a touch proud and consequently nicked along fore edge, toned.

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£ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 30521
GAY, John. Poems on Several Occasions. London. Printed for J. Tonson, 1731. 8vo. In two volumes. [2], 260pp; [4], 260pp. With an engraved frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary blind-stamped, gilt-ruled calf. Rubbed and marked, with scuffing and scoring to boards, wear to extremities, upper joints of both volumes starting. Leaves lightly browned, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 35053
LEVY, Amy. A London Plane-Tree and other Verse. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1889. First edition. 8vo. 94pp, [2]. With an engraved half-title and engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's printed two-tone paper boards, title printed to spine, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, with toning to boards, chipping to edges, spine heavily dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Harold Addleshaw, Xmas 1889, to head of FFEP. Endpapers browned, spotting to initial leaves. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34546
LEVY, Amy. A Minor Poet And other Verse. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. Second edition. 8vo. 91pp, [1]. With an engraved half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece, and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's printed two-tone paper boards, title printed to spine, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, with toning to boards, spine heavily dulled. Private library blind-stamp of Palmer & Howe, Manchester to head of FFEP. Endpapers browned, spotting to initial leaves. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34545
BROADHURST, Thomas. Advice to young ladies on the improvement of the mind, and the conduct of life.. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orne, 1810. The second edition, revised and corrected. 8vo. xiii, [1], 125pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece to spine. Worn, boards scored, upper board detached, lower joint split, surface loss to spine. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Sarah Mills to FFEP, leaves lightly browned, foxed. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34438
AUSTEN, Jane. Mansfield park. A novel.. London. George Routledge and Sons, [1876]. 8vo. 288pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting gilt- tooled red and green morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, scoring to boards, light wear to edges. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33733
MARTINEAU, Harriet. Traditions of palestine. London. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1830. First edition. 8vo. 12, [6], 148pp. With an initial catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, spots of staining to boards. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34416
SHIRREFF, Emily. Intellectual education and its influence on the character and happiness of women. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1862. New edition. 8vo. xii, 276pp. Bound by Bickers & Son (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in later half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Inked gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf: 'Clementine Mitford from her loving mother H. Blanche Airlie. Dec. 1889'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34749
HERBERT, William. Helga. A poem.. London. John Murray, 1815. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 299pp, [1]. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-decorated straight-grain burgundy morocco. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Leaves lightly browned, very light scattered spotting, More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 34643
MATHIAS, T[homas] J[ames]. Poesie liriche toscane. Napoli [i.e. Naples]. Presso Agnello Nobile libraio-stampatore, 1820. Second Neapolitan edition. 8vo. iv, 182pp, [6]. With a terminal index. Contemporary gilt-tooled green straight-grain morocco, marbled endpapers. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear and scoring to boards, head of spine worn, corners bumped. Inked ownership inscription of Kathleen Speight, Cambridge 1937 to head of first blank fly-leaf. Armorial bookplate to FEP. Scattered spotting, browning to initial leaves. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34712
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
ALLINGHAM, H[elen]. BAUMER WILLIAMS, E. [Editors]. Letters to William Allingham. London. Longmans, Green and Co., 1911. First edition. 8vo. viii, 314pp. With half-title and an engraved portrait frontispiece by Helen Allingham. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, with chipping to head of spine. A presentation copy, with the inscription 'To Miss Reutland, with the best wishes of H. Allingham', dated 1st September 1915 to FFEP; later gift inscription from Irish author Aodh du Blacom, ... More > £ 65.00 Antiquates Ref. 34587
TITLER, Dale M.. The day the red baron died. London. Ian Allen Ltd., 1973. Revised edition. Large 8vo. [16] 328pp. Original publisher's black cloth lettered silver, with the original photographic dustwrapper. Lightly bumped and marked, internally bright and clean. With various related ephemera loosely inserted including five newspaper clippings; a signed envelope, photocopy of a letter, and referenced enclosed photograph of Sqn Ldr C. P. O. Bartlett, DSC, who writes of participating in dog-fights with the 'startlingly coloured fokker tri-planes'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34972
[TURNER, Thomas]. The case of the bankers And their creditors. Stated and Examined; By the Rules of Lawes, Policy, and common Reason, as it was inclosed in a Letter to a Friend. [London]. [s.n.], 1674. First edition. Quarto. [44]pp. Nineteenth century half-calf, marbled paper boards. Extremities worn without backstrip. Book-label of the Library of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland to FEP, with thei, fore-edge shaved, with occasional loss to printed marginalia.r ink-stamp to title page More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 27605
STRADA, Famiano. Famiani stradæ prolusiones academicæ. Oxonii, [i.e. Oxford]. E Theatro Sheldoniano, Impensis Jac. Fletcher Bibliopolæ, 1745. 8vo. [12], 325pp, [21]. Contemporary gilt-ruled sprinkled calf, later red paper label with title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and marked, corners exposed. Pastedowns sprung, early manuscript bibliographical note to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23315