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[SMITH, Charles], [HARRIS, Walter]. The Antient and Present State of the County of Down. Containing A Chorographical Description, with the Natural and Civil History of the same... Dublin. Printed by A. Reilly, For Edward Exshaw, 1744. First edition. 8vo. xx, 271pp, [21]. With a large engraved folding map. Contemporary tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Later armorial bookplate to FEP M.A. of Dublin, and a member of the Irish Bar, Daniel De La Cherois (1825- 1905) of Donaghadee, County Down, inked ownership inscription to head of title: 'Danl. De La Cherois / Donaghadee 29 Decr. 1859', typed note (signed by De La ... More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30940
[APOCRYPHA, English Authorised Version]. The apocrypha, according to the authorised version. Oxford. Printed at the University Press, [s.d., c. 1898] 8vo. [186]pp. Printed in double columns. Bound by Hatchards in contemporary brown morocco, lettered in gilt, with initials 'W. E.' (likely William Eden (1849-1915), father of Anthony Eden) to upper board. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. Ink inscriptions to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'With my best wishes M. H. Xmas 1898. "Friendship maketh day light in the understanding, out of darkness & ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29535
[BRITISH ARMY]. The army list. January, 1873. London. Printed by C. Roworth & Sons...For Her Majesty's Stationery Office, [1873]. 12mo. lxxxii, 362, 28pp. With a terminal advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's printed salmon pink wrappers. Extremities rubbed, chipped, creased, and heavily sunned. Scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31561
LEBLANC, Maurice. The arrest of arsène lupin. London. Eveleigh Nash, 1911. First Eveleigh Nash edition. 8vo. 277pp, [10]. Original publisher's green cloth boards, lettered gilt, with the pictorial onlay intact. Worn; bumped and marked, with some tearing and chipping to the sunned spine, where the gilt is entirely faded. Toning to endpapers and page block, light foxing throughout and to edges. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 30038
LA CHAMBRE, [Marin Cureau de]. DAVIES, John - of Kidwelly. The art how to know men. Originally written, By the Sieur de le chambre, Counsellour to His Majesty of France, and Physician in Ordinary. Rendered into English by John Davies of Kidwelly. London. Printed by T.R. for Thomas Dring at the George in Fleetstreet, neer Cliffords-Inn, 1665. First English edition. 8vo. [32], 330pp, [14]. With extra-engraved title (A1v, included in the pagination). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Rubbed, cracking to joints, lacking lettering-piece and chipped to spine, with neat repair to upper board at foot. Small paper flaw to D1, with loss of catchword to recto and two words of text to verso. Philip Bliss' copy, with one line of manuscript notes (identifying the author of 'Address to ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 31353
GRIFFITHS, Captain & Adj. F. A. The Artillerist's Manual, and compendium of infantry-exercise: sword exercise: field battery exercise: service of heavy ordnance, gyns, &c. fortification: pyrotechny: mathematics" gunnery: &c. &c. &c. With the Requisite Plates and Tables. Woolwich. Printed for and sold by J. M. Boddy, 1839. 12mo. xii, 300pp. With 12 engraved plates. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Rubbed, lightly marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33149
GRIFFITHS, Major F[rederick] A[ugustus]. The artillerist's manual, and british solder's compendium. London. Published by Authority. Sold by Allen & Co. et al., 1854. Sixth edition. 8vo. xxiv, 331pp, [1]. With 16 engraved plates depicting aspects of British military equipment and strategy. Original publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned, some bumping to edges and corners. Early inked ownership inscription to FFEP. Light spotting to text and FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33832
BINYON, Laurence. The Art of Botticelli: an essay in pictorial criticism. London. Macmillan and Co., 1913. First edition. Folio. Limited edition of 275 copies, this being one of 250 made available for sale. xi, [1], 166, [3]. With an original etching by Muirhead Bone, and a further 23 plates. Uncut in original publisher's vellum-backed navy cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked. Scattered foxing. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27066
[STOKER, Bram]. The Art of Ellen Terry [article in - The Cosmopolitan]. New York. The Cosmopolitan Press, 1901. First edition. Large 8vo. [10], 227-336, [48]pp. Original publisher's printed paper wraps in red, blue and black, over black and blue printed leaves. Wraps toned wth creasing to spine ends and top edge, Internally bright and clean throughout save light toning. Significant contemporary advertising throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30768
[SMILEWELL, Samuel]. The art of joking; or, an essay on witticism; in the manner of Mr. Pope's essay on criticism: with Proper Examples to the Risible Rules. To which is addedd The laws of laughing, and the contrast, or A Joke and a Jest, In small compass exprest. London. Printed for Joseph Deveulle, [s.d., 1774?] First edition. 8vo. 63pp, [1]. With a half-title. Uncut. Stitched, as issued. Closed central horizontal tear to browned and stained half-title. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25733
LAIRESSE, Gerard de. The art of painting, in all its branches, Methodically demonstrated by Discourses and Plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings Of the best Masters: And their Perfections and Oversights laid open. London. Printed for S. Vandenbergh, 1778. Second edition in English. Quarto. [20], 504pp. Title in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 69 engraved plates (numbered 1-71, several folding). Modern gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards. Minor shelf-wear, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, verso of six initial leaves (including frontispiece and title page) and terminal leaf neatly strengthened to verso, one plate with repaired closed tears, some dampstaining, mostly to plates, scattered spotting, offsetting. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 26443
[FRANKLIN, Benjamin]. The art of swimming; made Safe, Easy, Pleasant, & Healthful... London. Printed and Sold by J. Bailey, [s.d., c.1810?] 24pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece - severely shaved by the binder, with the loss of the six depictions of swimming figures surrounding the central image in the original plate. Textblock shaved to very narrow margins (loss of part of A2 at foot).

[Bound after:] [SIMPSON, James]. A visit to flanders, in july, 1815, being chiefly an account of the field of Waterloo... Edinburgh. Printed ... More >
£ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 21674
BENJAMIN, S[amuel] G[reene] W[heeler]. The Atlantic islands as resorts of health and pleasure. New York. Harper & Brothers, 1878. First edition. Quarto. 274pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and two terminal advertisement leaves. Original publisher's burgundy pictorial cloth, gilt. Slight rubbing to spine. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to recto of FFEP; 'Eugene Cowles, Esq. / with the compliments of / the author.' With the booklabel of Eugene H. Cowles (1855-1892) to FEP, and a tipped-in A.L.S. ... More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 14070