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OVID. BUTT, Isaac. Ovid's fasti translated into English prose. Dublin. William Curry, 1844. Second edition. 8vo. vi, 186pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities marked and worn. Bookseller's ticket of White & Sons, Carmarthen to FEP, occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23281

RUSKIN, John. The crown of wild olive. Four lectures on industry and war. Orpington, Kent. George Allen, 1886. 8vo. [6], 250pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled dark green morocco, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, spine a trifle sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally immaculate. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23359

COLVIN-SMITH, R. C. M.. The life and works of Colvin Smith, R.S.A. 1796-1875. Aberdeen. The University Press, 1939. First edition. 8vo. One of one hundred copies printed. viii, 134pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a further nine photographic plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper worn and damp-stained. 'Review copy' inscribed to FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23376

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[WILSON, Lucy Sarah Atkins]. The juvenile rambler: in a series of easy reading lessons. Designed for Children. London. John Harris, 1830. Second edition. 8vo. iv, 184pp, [24]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Contemporary dark green roan-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Hinges exposed, without free-endpapers, frontispiece very nearly detached. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23403

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HOFLAND, Mrs.. The clergyman's widow, and her young family. London. Printed for A. K. Newman and Co., [s.d., c.1835-37] New edition. 12mo. [2], 176pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page. Original publisher's gilt-tooled green roan-backed marbled boards. Extremities worn and cocked. Publisher's advertisements to endpapers, blind-stamp of John Fowles to front blank fly-leaf, early inked ownership inscription to head of p.1 (Anne Graham / Lisburn), occasional soiling to text. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23411

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BYRD, Richard Evelyn. Little America: aerial exploration in the Antarctic & the flight to the South Pole. London. G. P. Putman's Sons, [1931]. First British edition. 8vo. xvi, 422pp. With 74 illustrations and maps. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Without dustwrapper. Extremities rubbed, spine sunned. Pictorial endpapers, upper hinge exposed with upper board working-loose. Bookplate of George Lowe to verso of FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23619

WOOD, G. Arnold. The voyage of the Endeavour. Melbourne. Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1933. 8vo. 116pp. Original publisher's limp orange cloth, ruled and lettered in black. Extremities rubbed, marked, damp-stained and sunned. Bookplate and ink-stamp of George Lowe to FEP, lightly stained. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23620

BELSHAW, Patrick. A Kind of Private Magic. [London]. Andre Deutsch, [1994]. First edition. 8vo. 240pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. Bookplate of George Lowe to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to FFEP: 'For my good friends Mary and George Lowe, with whom I have been privileged to share a different kind of magic. Thank you for your interest and support. Best Wishes, Pat'. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23621

LE QUEUX, William. Of Royal Blood: a story of the secret service. London. Hutchinson & Co., [s.d.] 185pp, [1].

[Bound with:] LE QUEUX, William. A secret service: Being Strange Tales of a Nihilist. London. Ward Lock and Co. Limited, 1903. 128pp. With an illustrated frontispiece.

[And:] LE QUEUX, William. Secrets of Monte Carlo. London. George Newnes, [s.d.] 146pp. With a frontispiece and nine illustrations by Herbert Cole.

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LE QUEUX, William. The bond of black. London. T. Sealey Clark & Co., ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23678

SCOTT, Leader [i.e. BAXTER, Lucy]. The Castle of Vincigliata. Florence. Printed by G. Barbèra, 1897. First edition. 8vo. x, [2], 304pp, [3]. With numerous photographic illustrations in the text, full-page photographic portraits of Louisa Temple Leader and John Temple Leader (Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy). Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges red. Rubbed, some chipping to joints. Upper hinge exposed, armorial bookplate of publisher Thomas Fisher Unwin (1848-1935) to FEP, FFEP detached. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23688

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[LOTHIAN, William Schomberg Robert Kerr, Marquess of]. Fragment of a parallel between the history, literature, and art of Italy in the middle ages. Edinburgh. [William Blackwood and Sons], 1863. First edition. 8vo. xii, 478pp, [2]. Unopened in original publisher's brown cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Ink-stamp of Newbattle Abbey College to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23731

NICOLSON, Harold. Some people. London. Constable & Co. Ltd., 1927. First edition. 8vo. vi, 247pp, [1]. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. Extremities marked and a trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Endpapers browned, occasional spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23732

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ROBARTS, Edward. The Marquesan Journal of Edward Robarts 1797-1824. Canberra. Australian National University Press, 1974. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 360pp, [2]. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in silver, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23752

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[BRITISH ARMY]. The army list, for April, 1861. [London]. [s.n.], [1861]. 12mo. 306, 14pp. With a terminal advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed, spine sunned. Endpapers browned. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23778

RATTIGAN, Terence. Ross: A Play in Two Acts. London. Samuel French, 1960. 8vo. [4], 103pp, [1]. With three black and white photographic plates. Original publisher's blue wrappers, lettered in red. A trifle rubbed, chipping to foot of spine panel, inked inscription 'DRAMA CLUB / JLR RAC' to upper panel. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23875

SAYERS, Dorothy L. The man born to be king: A Play-Cycle on the Life of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. London. Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1943. First edition. 8vo. 343pp, [1]. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed and marked, spine panel sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23882

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON DECIMAL COINAGE. Report from the select committee on decimal coinage; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendix, and index. [London]. [s.n.], 1853. First edition. Folio. xiv, 185pp, [1]. Later blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Leaves toned, book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP, very short closed tear to head of title page. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23905

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SHAKESPEARE, William. SURREY, Earl of. The poetical works of William Shakespeare and the Earl of Surrey. Edinburgh. James Nichol, 1856. 8vo. xl, vi, 316pp. Contemporary blind-stamped calf, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbeck to FEP, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23933

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SCHMID, Christopher von. The basket of flowers; or, piety and truth triumphant. A tale for the young. Halifax. Milner and Sowerby, 1859. 12mo. viii, [1], 10-100pp. With an engraved frontispiece and an additional engraved title page. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Rubbed, lightly marked. Contemporary inked gift inscription to FEP, frontispiece and engraved title foxed, pressed flower pinned to RFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23952

TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. The poetical works. London. Macmillan and Co., 1890. 8vo. viii, [2], 535pp, [1]. Handsomely bound by Riviere and Son in contemporary brown morocco, lettered in gilt, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, short closed tear to margin of leaf 2L6, scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23991