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Photo of "The Black Book; or, corruption ..."
[WADE, John]. The Black Book; or, corruption unmasked! Being an account of places, pensions, and sinecures, the revenues of the clergy and landed aristocracy... London. Printed and published by John Fairburn, 1820. First edition. 8vo. [4], 480pp. Later half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, carmine edges. A trifle rubbed. Occasional light dampstaining. Edward Hailstone's copy, with his gilt-tooled morocco bookplate to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34030
Photo of "[Drop-head title:] Ceremonial. Windsor castle, ..."
[ROYAL WEDDINGS]. [Drop-head title:] Ceremonial. Windsor castle, 10th March, 1863. Upon this day at half-past twelve o'clock, was solemnized at Saint George's Chapel, Windsor, the Marriage of His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony...with Her Royal Highness The Princess Alexandra Caroline Maria Charlotte Louisa Julia.... [London]. [Printed by Harrison and Sons], [1863]. Folio. 33pp, [1]. Finely bound in original publisher's navy silk moire, supralibros of the royal arms to upper boards. Immaculate. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34803
Photo of "Ceremonial observed At the marriage ..."
[ROYAL WEDDINGS]. Ceremonial observed At the marriage of Her Royal Highness The Princess Helena Augusta Victoria...with His Royal Highness The Prince Christian of Scleswig Holstein, K.G., in the Chapel within Windsor Castle, on Thursday, the 5th day of July, 1866, at Half-past Twelve o'Clock.. [London]. [Printed by Harrison and Sons], [1866]. Folio. 15pp, [1]. Finely bound in original publisher's navy silk moire, supralibros of the royal arms to upper boards. Immaculate. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 34824
Photo of "The story of the "britannia" ..."
STATHAM, E[dward] [Phillips]. The story of the "britannia" the training ship for naval cadets; with some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903. London, Paris, New York and Melbourne. Cassell and Company, Limited, 1904. First edition. 8vo. xii, 274pp. With a lithograph frontispiece and numerous in-text photographic and engraved illustrations. Original publisher's gilt-decorated navy cloth boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled, with light wear to extremities. Inked ownership inscription of Cyril H. G. Benson, 'joined "Britannia" 1899', to FFEP, along with two further inscriptions relating to Captain Blake, Royal Navy 'Killed at Namsos 1939'. Endpapers browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34800
Photo of "Wordsworth's grave And other Poems"
WATSON, William. Wordsworth's grave And other Poems. London. T. Fisher Unwin, 1890. First edition. 8vo. 76pp. With engraved half-title and a photographic landscape frontispiece. Original publisher's printed two-tone paper boards, title printed to spine, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed, with chipping to edges, spine heavily dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Harold Addleshaw, March 30th, 1890 to FFEP. Endpapers browned, spotting to edges. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 34584
Photo of "The works of william shakespeare"
SHAKESPEARE, William. The works of william shakespeare. Cambridge and London. Macmillan and Co., 1864. 8vo. viii, 1079pp, [1]. Finely bound by MacLehose of Glasgow (stamp-signed to verso of FFEP) in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine slightly dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of David Stanley William Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie, dated October 1866, to front blank fly-leaf. Light spotting and browning to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 34758
Photo of "Idylls of the king"
TENNYSON, Alfred. Idylls of the king. London. Henry S. King and Co., 1876. 8vo. viii, [2], 405pp, [1]. With a half-title. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, with light scuffing to boards. Light spotting to initial and terminal leaves. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 34757
Photo of "The ballads and songs of ..."
[BALLADS OF AYRSHIRE]. The ballads and songs of ayrshire, illustrated with sketches, historical, traditional, narrative and biographical.. Ayr. Published for the editor by John Dick, 1846. First edition. 8vo. 120pp. With original publisher's printed yellow front-wrapper bound in. Nineteenth century yellow cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, spine dulled, light surface wear to corners. Inked ownership inscription to FEP. Paper repairs to wrapper, light scattered marginal spotting. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 34789
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 "The rhinegold and the valkyrie. "
WAGNER, Richard. The rhinegold and the valkyrie. . London. William Heinemann, 1910. First edition. Quarto. ix, [1], 159pp, [1]. With half-title and 34 chromolithograph plates by Arthur Rackham. Finely bound by Weitz-Coleman of New York (stamp-signed to front turn-in) in modern black calf, richly gilt-tooled, with contrasting red calf lettering-pieces and thematic devices to spine. Marbled endpapers, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Spotting to initial leaves, light browning throughout. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 34744
Photo of "Hymns Ancient and Modern with ..."
[MONK, William Henry]. Hymns Ancient and Modern with accompanying tunes.. London. Suttaby and Co., [s.d., c. 1880?] Complete edition. xxxviii, 937pp. Title page in red and black. With a pasted-in photographic frontispiece, photographic illustration pasted to title, and 7 further photographic plates. Bound by Houghton and Gunn (stamp-signed to first blank fly-leaf) in contemporary dark green limp straight-grain morocco, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board, with the personal gilt message 'Lonsdale from Gracie Jan. 15 1890' to lower corner of upper board. ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 34655
Photo of "Dartmoor: a Descriptive Poem"
CARRINGTON, N[oel] T[homas]. Dartmoor: a Descriptive Poem. London. Published by Hatchard and Son, 1826. First edition. 8vo. cv, [3], 204pp, [8]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 11 engraved plates, a list of subscriber's, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's red paper-backed marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Heavily rubbed, spine worn, lower board detached, corners bumped. Recent book-label of J. O. Edwards to FEP, near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, some ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32416
Photo of "A history of the late ..."
DRINKWATER, John. A history of the late siege of gibraltar. With a description and account of that garrison, from the earliest perids.. London. Printed by T. Spilsbury and Son...And sold by J. Johnson, 1790. Fourth edition. Quarto. xxiv, 356pp. With ten folding engraved charts and views, three of which with old repairs to verso. Contemporary tree calf, gilt, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, elaborate gilt decoration within spine compartments with central domed bell. Worn, with upper joint split (holding well on the cords), lower joint cracking, loss at head of spine, bumping to corners, with loss, some scuffing. Some spotting, two manuscript corrections ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 20462
Photo of "[Alston Road 1778]"
[HEXHAM HIGHWAY]. [Alston Road 1778]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], 1778. Oblong quarto. Manuscript on paper. [124] leaves. Contemporary reversed calf, red morocco lettering-piece to upper board. Extremities heavily rubbed and marked, some surface loss. Hinges exposed, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 650.00 Antiquates Ref. 11408
Photo of "[Manuscript military chest day book ..."
[BRITISH ARMY IN PORTUGAL]. [Manuscript military chest day book and ledger, recording payments made by a Cashier on behalf of the British Army in Portugal between April 13th and September 15th 1815]. [s.i., Portugal]. [s.n., 1815] Folio. In two volumes. 47pp, [3], the remainder blank; [12 blank leaves, with alphabetized tabs], 35ff, 41ff, the remainder blank, with some newspaper clippings relating to WW1 tipped in at end. A printed broadside 'Instructions to Cashiers of Military Chests' is pasted to the FEP of each volume. Contemporary reverse calf, with attractive black morocco, gilt, lettering-pieces to upper board of each volume, marbled endpapers. Rubbed ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 11379
Photo of "[An archive of material relating ..."
[DRINKWATER, John]. [An archive of material relating to Drinkwater's 1918 play Abraham Lincoln]. London. FINDON, B. W. [editor]. The Play Pictorial: No. 234, Vol. XXXIX: "Abraham Lincoln". [London]. [Greening & Co.], [1921]. [1], 42-60pp. Later green cloth, lettered in gilt. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers bound in. Extremities lightly rubbed and marked. Leaves damp-stained, occasional chipping to margins. Eight reproduction photographs of Lincoln pasted to front and rear endpapers.

[Together with:] [DRINKWATER, John]. [PARKER, Lewis N. [translator]]. [A typescript Italian ... More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 22686