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[PARLIAMENT]. [Drop-head title:] African company. Copies of all letters addressed by the African Company of London to the Treasury Board, respecting the Surrender of the African Forts to Government, with all Lists of the Servants of the said Company sent therewith; and slo, A Copy of the Treasury Minute made in consequence thereof. [London?]. [s.n.], [1821]. Folio. 14pp, [2]. Docket title to verso of terminal leaf. Disbound. Later resewn. Three old horizontal folds. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27623
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WEBSTER, Noah. A dictionary of the english language: abridged from the american dictionary, for the use of primary schools and the counting house. New-York. Published by White, Gallaher, & White, 1831. 12mo. [8], 532pp. Contemporary sheep, ruled and lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed. Early inked ownership inscriptions of Susan W. Merrill to front blank fly-leaves, several short incisions to two leaves (pp183-4 and 259-60), terminal gathering dampstained at head, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27728
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ABERNETHY-DRUMMOND, William. A form of consecrating burying-ground. First used at the consecration of a burial-place for General Count Lockhart of Lee, At dryden, March 15. 1790. [Edinburgh?]. [s.n.], 1790. 8vo. 15pp, [1]. With a half-title. Bound by C. Murton in nineteenth-century half-calf, marbled boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, occasional early manuscript corrections to text, later ownership inscription of Christopher Wordsworth to recto of front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27730
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[BRITISH ARMY LIST]. The Monthly Army List, Corrected to the First of December, 1805. [London]. Printed [by T. Curson Hansard] for Richard Phillips, [1805]. 12mo. 59pp, [1]. Stitched in original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Housed in modern marbled paper slipcase. Chipping to wrapper edges, neat paper repair to spine. Shaved at head, with occasional loss of text, marginal fire damage to leaves A5-B2, closed tear to leaf B4, softening to corners. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27804
Photo of "The wet flanders plain"
WILLIAMSON, Henry. The wet flanders plain. New York. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. , 1929. First American edition. 8vo. 122pp, [6]. Original publisher's black and yellow cloth boards, yellow title label; lettered in black, the dustwrapper with a stark black and cream bayonet design. Slightly edgeworn, spine a trifle cocked, wrapper worn and creased with significant loss to upper panel and spine. Internally bright and clean, with a note in Williamson's hand 'author's copy, please return when read enough', his initials and Shallowford address. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27919
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WILLIAMSON, HENRY. The wet flanders plain. New York . E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1929. First American edition. 8vo. 122pp, [6]. Original publisher's black and yellow cloth boards, lettered in yellow, fore and bottom edge uncut. Without dustwrapper. Page block starting. Boards are lightly worn with some marking. Internally bright and clean save extensive penmanship. Inscribed 'for Henry Williamson: I hope you will like having this part of the past brought back to you and I hope it is pleasant to recall at least ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27920
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APOLLO ARTS CLUB. The delphic, the journal of the apollo arts club, no. 1 & 2. Sussex. The Apollo Arts Club, 1928. First edition. 8vo. Vol 1. 10pp. Original hand printed bifold staple-bound wrappers, printed in red and black on handmade paper. All edges uncut. Some creasing to corners and marking to rear wrapper. Internally bright save a little foxing, and rusting on the staple. With an ALS requesting Henry Williamson contribute to a future issue of the magazine: A plain headed postcard from travel writer and country walk enthusiast ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27930
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[RUSTIC EXCURSIONS]. Rustic excursions to the Villages round London. By a father and his children. London. Printed for Richard Phillips...By J. Adlard, 1811. First edition. 12mo. [4], 168pp, [8]. With four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed and marked, loss to head of spine, corners exposed. Early inked ownership inscription of John Johnstone to FEP, without free-endpapers, scattered spotting. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription and manuscript note to FEP: 'Could this be Godwin's Rural ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27935
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[LITURGY - Italian]. Il libro Delle Preghiere Publiche ed Amministrazione de' Sacramenti, ed Altri Riti e Cerimonie della Chiesa, Secondo l'uso della chiesa anglicana; Insieme col saltero over i salmidi david, Come hanno da esser recitati nelle chiese. Londra [i.e London]. Si vende da Gio. Wilcox, 1733. 12mo. [648], 24pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Extremities worn, loss to head- and tail-caps, upper board held by cords only. Slight loss to gutter of leaf B1, title browned, intermittent light dampstaining. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27937
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LAWRENCE, T. E. T. E. Lawrence Correspondence With Henry Williamson Edited by Peter Wilson With a Prologue and Epilogue by Anne Williamson and a Foreword by Jeremy Wilson. Hampshire. Castle Hill Press, 2000. Limited edition, ex-editio - copyright holder's copy. Quarto. 219pp. Original publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt, with the tan dustwrapper lettered in black. Single tear to bottom rear panel, with a light crease. Internally bright and clean save annotation on page 44 in red pen, initialled AW, further corrections in red p179. With a frontispiece sketch of Williamson by Powys Evans, and 16 photographs of correspondence and drafts. From the family library of ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 27991
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[BENGAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT]. Directions for revenue officers in the north-western provinces of the bengal presidency, regarding the settlement and collection of the land revenue, and the other duties connected therewith. Promulgated under the authority of the honorable the lieutenant-governor. Agra, November 1, 1849. Calcutta. Printed by J. Thomas, at the Baptist Mission Press, [1850]. 8vo. 513pp, [1]. With two engraved folding plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-roan. marbled paper boards. Extremities worn, surface loss to boards, joints starting, worming and chipping to spine. Hinges exposed, extensive worming to gutters/endpapers, pencilled shelf-marks to head of detached title page, imprint date rubbed away, very occasional early manuscript notes to margins. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28119
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[SCOTT, Walter]. Waverley; or, 'tis sixty years since. Edinburgh. Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co., 1814. Second edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [4], 358, [2]; [4], 370, [2]; [4], 371pp, [1]. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and bumped. Later armorial bookplates of Serjeantson of Hanlith to all FEPs. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28177
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[MANTE, M. De.]. Traite des prairies artificielles, des enclos, et de l'education des moutons de race angloise. A Paris. Chez Hochereau, 1778. First edition. Quarto. xvi, [2], 197pp, [3]. With a half-title and five engraved plates (depicting plows, a sheepfold and other machinery). An unpressed copy in nineteenth-century calf backed marbled boards, rebacked (richly gilt). Rubbed to extremities, a little loss of paper to fore-edges of boards, occasional light marking to text. With Arthur Young's armorial bookplate to FEP, along with a further shelf-label. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28327
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[ROSCOE, Jane Elizabeth]. Poems, by one of authors of "poems for youth, by a family circle.". London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820. First edition. 12mo. iv, 66pp. Original publisher's powder blue boards, printed paper lettering- piece. Lightly rubbed, loss to lettering-piece, corners bumped and exposed. Bookseller's ticket of W. Robinson & Son of Liverpool and early book-label of E. Lloyd, Rhagatt, to FEP, pencilled bibliographical note to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28347
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HEMANS, Mrs. Felicia. The forest sanctuary; and other poems. Boston. Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1827. First American edition. 8vo. [6], ii, 231pp, [1]. With an initial advertisement leaf, stating in part: 'The first two title pages in this volume have been given for the convenience of those who may procure a complete set of the American edition of [Mrs. Heman's] works, by the present editor' (The league of the Alps...and other poems (1826) were issued as 'Vol. I.') Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled cloth boards, ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28381
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HOLLOWAY, W[illiam]. The minor minstrel; or, poetical pieces, chiefly familiar and descriptive. London. Printed for W. Suttaby et al., 1808. First edition. 12mo. vii, [1], 182pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a terminal leaf of advertisements. Contemporary diced calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Rubbed, upper joint split, some chipping to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting, heavy offset mark to pp.161-175, likely the result of flower pressing. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'To Mr. Hersee, / ... More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28389
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[ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE]. His majesty's warrant: containing the rules, orders and regulations Necessary in the First Instance for the formation, conduct, and good government of the junior department of the royal military college, also the regulations For the Formation of the collegiate board, with the authorities vested in the sameJunior department. London. Printed by March and Teape, 1802. First edition. Quarto. Large paper copy. 36pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, black morocco lettering-piece to upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, internally immaculate. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28401
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TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. In Memoriam. London. The Nonesuch Press, 1933. Folio. Limited edition, number 118 of 2,000 copies on Van Gelder paper in Blado type. xxii, [2], 145pp, [3]. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's limp vellum, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, T.E.G., gold coated endpapers. Housed in original publisher's black cloth slipcase. Vellum a trifle cockled, else fine. With a loosely inserted Nonesuch Press compliments slip, inscribed 'With Christmas greetings from Francis Meynell'. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28410