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Photo of "Meine Erinnerungen an Josef Kainz"
MICHAELIS, Gustav. Meine Erinnerungen an Josef Kainz. [Austria]. [Nowawes, Th. Steiner], 1930. First edition. Private printing. 8vo. 243pp. With a photographic frontispiece. Original publisher's gold cloth, stamped in gilt and green, top-edge green. Boards and all edges a little foxed, spine worn. A little toned throughout. Presentation inscription to FFEP: 'He who has a God given gift has everything. – To us God’s gifts go not to Emperors [and] Kings but to artists who are the heaven-sent Princes of the World.” (Written ... More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 31239
Photo of "Shelley and his writings"
MIDDLETON, Charles S.. Shelley and his writings. London. Thomas Cautley Newby, 1858. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [1], 325; x, 358pp. With a folding plate depicting a facsimile of Shelley's handwriting and a tipped-in errata slip to Vol. 1, and an 8pp publisher's advertisement catalogue to the rear of each volume. Largely unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed and marked, spines sunned. Later armorial bookplates of Roberti Comitis de Crewe to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17226
Photo of "The Two Wolves in lambs ..."
[MILBOURNE, Luke]. The Two Wolves in lambs skins: or, old ely's Sorrowful Lamentation over his Two Sons. Being found in an old manuscript in the Bedlamite Library, which was Bequeath’d by Oliver Cromwel's Porter, from whence those Two Reverend Brethren have been, from time to time, supply’d with New Principles. London. Printed, and Sold by J. Sackfield, 1716. First edition. 8vo. 55pp, [1]. With a half-title. Recent tan paper boards, earlier red morocco lettering- piece. Numerous bookseller's description housed in pocket pasted to FEP, lightly toned. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19758
Photo of "The Christian Pattern paraphras'd: or, ..."
MILBOURNE, Luke [translator]. The Christian Pattern paraphras'd: or, The book of The Imitation of Christ, Commonly ascrib'd to Thomas A Kempis, made English by Luke Milbourne, A Presbyter of the Church of England. London. Printed for Abel Roper...and Roger Clavel, 1697. Second edition. 8vo. xvi, 328pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Without initial blank leaf. Contemporary panelled calf, recently expertly rebacked to style. Boards rubbed. Endpapers browned and spotted, early inked shelf-mark to FEP, very occasional chipping/loss to margins, overall internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19359
Photo of "Plexus"
MILLER, Henry. Plexus. Paris. The Olympia Press, [1953]. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 2,000 copies printed for private circulation, this being copy 930. In two volumes. 342, [4]; 348pp, [2]. Original publisher's sienna printed wrappers. Rubbed, printed prices on lower panels erased. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27205
Photo of "The fall of jerusalem: a ..."
MILMAN, Rev. H[enry] H[art]. The fall of jerusalem: a dramatic poem. London. John Murray, 1825. New edition. 8vo. [3], vi-vii, [1], 167pp, [1]. Without half-title. Handsomely bound in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, early inked ownership inscription to head of title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 33045
Photo of "Belshazzar: a dramatic poem"
MILMAN, Rev. H[enry] H[art]. Belshazzar: a dramatic poem. London. John Murray, 1822. First edition. 8vo. iv, 162pp, [2]. Contemporary panelled calf, richly tool in gilt and blind, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges. Rubbed, some surface loss, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 33054
Photo of "Memorial of many scenes"
MILNES, Richard Monckton. Memorial of many scenes. London. Edward Moxon, 1844. New edition. 8vo. 8, xii, 203pp, [1]. With a half-title and initial publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's brown cloth, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Extremities marked and worn, spine and lettering-piece chipped and torn. Hinge exposed, bookplate of George H. Culshaw to FEP. Inscribed by the author to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30472
Photo of "L'allegro and il penseroso"
MILTON, John. L'allegro and il penseroso. [London]. The Art-Union of London, 1848. Quarto. [64]pp. With 30 engraved plates. Handsomely bound by Cuff brothers of Preston in contemporary dark green morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, A.E.G. Rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, gilt, dentelles, binder's ticket to FEP, fosed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 32514
Photo of "Milton's paradise lost"
MILTON, [John]. Milton's paradise lost. London. Printed T. Bensley, 1802. New edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [4], 264; [2], 250pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I and a further 12 engraved plates. Finely bound by Stoakley in early twentieth-century gilt-tooled half-vellum, marbled paper boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-pieces. A trifle dulled. Very occasional early inked annotations, scattered spotting. More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30201
Photo of "The complete poetical works of ..."
MILTON, John. The complete poetical works of john milton. London. Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1904. 12mo. 1054pp. Handsomely bound by Bickers & Son in contemporary blue morocco, lettered in gilt to spine gilt initials 'H. T. B.' to upper board, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Pencil inscription to FEP: 'From K / Christmas 1915'. From the recently dispersed library of Anthony and Clarissa Eden, without any indication of such. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 29532
Photo of "Paradise regained, a poem, in ..."
MILTON, John. DUNSTER, Charles. Paradise regained, a poem, in four books...A new edition, with notes of various authors, By Charles Dunster, M.A.. London. Printed for T. Cadell, Jun, and W. Davies, (successors to Mr. Cadell), 1795. First Dunster Edition. Quarto. [4], iv, [4], 280pp. With large folding map of the Mediterranean and Middle East as frontispiece. Uncut in recent half calf over marbled boards, contrasting title label, gilt. Very slight rubbing to spine, else a fine copy. A little marginal worming to preliminaries. With attractive contemporary bookplate of S. Harward's Circulating Library, Colonnade Buildings, Cheltenham to FEP, inscribed 'Presented to me by the Editor, C.D.' More > £ 275.00 Antiquates Ref. 11352
Photo of "The Loves of Mirtil, Son ..."
[MIRTIL]. The Loves of Mirtil, Son of Adonis; A Pastoral. London. [s.n.], 1770. First edition. 8vo. [2], iv, [4], 139pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece and title, and five further engraved plates. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, gilt. Extremities rubbed. Ink inscription to recto of FFEP; 'Mary Kelly, Easter 1957', some spotting to plates. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 13930
Photo of "Oeuvres choisies de moliere"
MOLIERE. Oeuvres choisies de moliere. Paris. A la Librairie de l'Enfance et de la Jeunesse, 1861. 8vo. x, 488pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 19 engraved plates. Contemporary prize binding, gilt-tooled calf, red calf lettering-piece, marbled edge. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, inked prize inscription to front blank fly-leaf, foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29767
Photo of "Appius: a tragedy.."
[MONCREIFF, John]. Appius: a tragedy... London. Printed for A. Millar; and D. Wilson and T. Durham, 1755. First edition. 8vo. [8], 68pp, [4]. With a half-title. Later buff wrappers. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 27350
Photo of "Songs, duets, chorusses, &c. &c. ..."
MONCRIEFF, W. T.. Songs, duets, chorusses, &c. &c. serious and comic, as sung in The New Broad Comic Extravaganza Entertainment, in two acts, 'yclept Giovanni in London; or, the libertine reclaimed. Comprising all the subsequent adventures of that celebrated character, as performed at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. London. Printed for John Lowndes, [s.d., c. 1820] 16pp. With a hand-coloured engraved frontispiece depicting 'Madame Vestris as Don Giovanni' by caricaturist and painter Isaac Robert Cruikshank (1764-1811).

[Bound after:] [STUART, James]. The trial of james stuart, esq. younger of dunearn, before the High Court of Justiciary, at edinburgh, on monday, june 10. 1822... Edinburgh. Printed by Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. First edition. [4], 186, [2], 20pp.

[And:] [A defective copy of ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28234
Photo of "Eve et ses incarnations Sonnets ..."
MONNIER, Antione. Eve et ses incarnations Sonnets & Eaux-Fortes. Paris. Leon Willem, 1878. First edition. 8vo. Number 48 of 350 copies printed. 78pp, [2]. With a half-title and 12 etched plates in two states. Contemporary red half-morocco, marbled paper boards, tooled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G., original publisher's printed paper upper wrapper bound in. Extremities rubbed and dulled. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Mexborough to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29274
Photo of "Strange meetings"
MONRO, Harold. Strange meetings. London. The Poetry Bookshop, 1917. First trade edition. Quarto. 63pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Extremities a trifle creased and marked, chipping to wrapper edges. Bookplate of Arthur Lloyd-Taylor to verso of upper wrapper, foxed. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24819