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Photo of "A poem upon the Death ..."
DENNIS, [John] Mr.. A poem upon the Death of Her late Sacred Majesty Queen anne, and the Most Happy and most Auspicious Accession Of his Sacred Majesty king george. To the Imperial Crowns of Great Britain, France and Ireland. With an Exhortation to all True Britons to Unity. London. Printed by H. Meere, and Sold by J. Baker, 1714. First edition. 8vo. 30pp. With a half-title. Recent half-calf, brown cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, slight shaving to top-edge. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 15133
Photo of "William the Outlaw"
CROMPTON, Richmal. William the Outlaw. London. George Newnes, [1927]. First edition. 8vo. 256pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine sunned, spotting to edges. Bookseller's ticket of Bronte Book Shop, Keighley, to FEP, light scattered foxing. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 24754
Photo of "William the Fourth"
CROMPTON, Richmal. William the Fourth. London. George Newnes, [1924]. First edition. 8vo. 250pp, [2]. With two final pages of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned, spotting to edges. Early inked gift inscription to FEP, light scattered foxing. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24753
Photo of "William"
CROMPTON, Richmal. William. London. George Newnes, [1929]. First cheap edition (not so stated). 8vo. 256pp, [3]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spotting to edges. Endpapers and half-title browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24751
Photo of "William the Good"
CROMPTON, Richmal. William the Good. London. George Newnes, [1928]. First edition. 8vo. 251pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed and marked, spotting to edges. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24750
Photo of "William in Trouble"
CROMPTON, Richmal. William in Trouble. London. George Newnes, [1927]. First edition. 8vo. 261pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Without dustwrapper. A trifle rubbed, spotting to edges. Light scattered foxing. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 24749
Photo of "Monte christo's millions"
DUMAS, Alexandre. Monte christo's millions. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled, some chipping to spine. Leaves browned, vertical closed tear to one leaf. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21261
Photo of "Westward Ho! Or, the voyages ..."
KINGSLEY, Charles. Westward Ho! Or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight. Part I. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves.

[Together with:] KINGSLEY, Charles. Westward Ho! Or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight. Part II. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900]. 60pp. iv. With two final advertisement leaves.

8vo. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 21269
Photo of "Mr. midshipman easy"
MARRYAT, Captain. Mr. midshipman easy. London. "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed pictorial blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24698
Photo of "Kalee's shrine"
ALLEN, Grant. COTES, May. Kalee's shrine. London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24699
Photo of "Round the world in eighty ..."
VERNE, Jules. Round the world in eighty days (Abridged.). London. The Masterpiece Library, "Review of Review's" Office, [s.d., c.1900] 8vo. 60pp, iv. With two final advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Extremities spotted, lightly rubbed and dust-soiled. Leaves browned. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24700
Photo of "The poetical works of the ..."
ANSTEY, Christopher. The poetical works of the late Christopher Anstey, Esq. with some account of the life and writings of the author, by his son, John Anstey, Esq. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. First edition. Quarto. [2], lx, [8], 503pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further five engraved plates. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled diced calf, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Harrington to FEP, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 24107
Photo of "The world of wit and ..."
FENN, George Manville [editor]. The world of wit and humour. London. Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [s.d., c. 1880] 8vo. xv, [1], 480pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further nine engraved plates, and numerous illustrations in the text. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24745
Photo of "The nymphs of fiesole...with the ..."
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. The nymphs of fiesole...with the woodcuts made by Bartolommeo di Giovanni for a lost quattrocento edition, which were used to illustrate various later texts and have now been reassembled and recut. Verona. Editiones Officinae Bodoni, 1952. Quarto. Limited edition of 225 copies on hand-made Fabriano paper, of which this is copy number 160. xi, [1], 127pp, [3]. With 23 woodcuts and a facsimile of the title page of the 1597 English edition. Original publisher's vellum-backed patterned paper boards, lettered in gilt, T.E.G., others uncut. Lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Internally immaculate. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24646
Photo of "The natural philosophy of love"
[POUND, Ezra]. GOURMONT, Remy de. The natural philosophy of love. London. The Casanova Society, 1926. First British edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 1,500 copies on deckle-edged laid paper, of which this is copy number 346. x, 182pp, [2]. Unopened in original publisher's green cloth-backed cream paper boards, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Lightly rubbed and marked, dustwrapper browned and spotted, loss to head and foot of spine panel. Bookplate to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 85.00 Antiquates Ref. 24736
Photo of "The Twenty-seventh city"
FRANZEN, Jonathan. The Twenty-seventh city. New York. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1988. First edition. 8vo. 517pp, [1]. Original publisher's black cloth-backed powder blue paper boards, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. A fine copy. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23545
Photo of "Strong motion"
FRANZEN, Jonathan. Strong motion. New York. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1992. First edition. 8vo. [12], 508pp. Original publisher's red cloth-backed black paper boards, pictorial dustwrapper. Very minor shelf-wear. A fine copy. Inscribed by the author to title page: 'New York. 17 May 02 / For Kenneth Baker'. With Frazen's distinctive signature beneath. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23544