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Photo of "The poetical works"
HERBERT, George. The poetical works. London. George Bell and Sons, 1886. 12mo. clxxix, [1], 403pp, [1]. Bound by Bickers & sons in contemporary dark brown crushed morocco, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Decorated endpapers, gilt dentelles, contemporary inked ownership inscription of William Hubert Cornish to front blank fly-leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29521
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WORDSWORTH, William. The poetical works... London. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923. 8vo. xxxii, 986pp. Contemporary red half-morocco, red cloth boards, ruled in gilt, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Very minor shelf-wear. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29603
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HUNT, Leigh. The poetical works... London. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, [1923]. 8vo. lvi, 776pp. With a portrait frontispiece. Contemporary navy half-calf, blue cloth boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine, marbled edges. Very minor shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29604
Photo of "Poetry for children, consisting of ..."
AIKIN, Lucy. Poetry for children, consisting of short pieces to be committed to memory. London. Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, [s.d., c. 1845] New edition, considerably improved. 12mo. xii, 180pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and dulled. Contemporary ownership inscription of Master Dale to recto of FFEP, title page a trifle marked, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29693
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 "Limitations"
BENSON. E. F.. Limitations. London. A. D. Innes & Co., 1896. First edition. 8vo. 348pp, [8]. Original publisher's blue cloth boards lettered in gilt. Shelf-wear to all edges and boards, spine a little faded, corners and spine ends bumped. Fore and bottom edge untrimmed, foxing throughout the slightly loosened page block. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30029
Photo of "The money market"
BENSON, E. F.. The money market. Philadelphia. Drexel Biddle, 1899. First American edition. 8vo. 263pp, [6]. Original publisher's dark green gilt-tooled cloth, remaining bright against the faded stamp design. A little marked, with corners and spine ends bumped, slightly rolled. Internally bright, fresh and clean, with six pages of publisher's advertising bound in at the rear. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30036
Photo of "The house of defence"
BENSON, E. F.. The house of defence. London. William Heinemann, 1907. First edition. 8vo. [vii] 293pp. Original publisher's yellow cloth boards lettered in black. Boards lightly marked, with bumping to corners and spine ends. Foxing to fore edge, bottom edge untrimmed, some creasing to spine. Bright throughout, save a little toning and marks towards the rear. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30087
Photo of "Festus: a poem"
BAILEY, Philip James. Festus: a poem. London. William Pickering, 1852. Fifth edition. 8vo. [4], 562pp, [2]. Bound by Henderson & Bisset in contemporary gilt-tooled red half-morocco, marbled boards, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of Church of England clergyman John Mitchell Harvey (1835-1876) to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30446
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 "The White Eagle of Poland"
BENSON, E. F.. The White Eagle of Poland. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [1918]. First edition. 8vo. 265pp, with two folding full colour maps. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered black, with a white eagle design stamped to front. 'For review' stamp to half-title. All edges faded, corners bumped, spine slightly sunned. Internally bright save the toned endpapers and a few small marks throughout. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30514
Photo of "The Art of Ellen Terry ..."
[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
Photo of "The red stockade [short story ..."
[STOKER, Bram]. The red stockade [short story in - The Cosmopolitan]. New York. The Cosmopolitan Press, 1894. First edition. Large 8vo. [8] 518-640, [9-64]pp. Original publisher's printed paper wraps in red, blue and black, over black and blue printed leaves. All edges untrimmed, top edges unopened. Wrappers toned sunned, with minor losses to all edges and sunned spine. Internally bright with contemporary advertising to both front and rear. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30773
Photo of "Gathered leaves"
PAGE, James A. Gathered leaves. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843. First edition. 8vo. ix, [3], 152pp, [16]. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed and marked, spine dulled.Paper repair to FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 30861
Photo of "Kingston abbey: The Greatest Love ..."
GEORGE, Christopher [i.e. AMOROSA, John and Anthony]. Kingston abbey: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told. New York. Vantage Press, 1972. First edition. 8vo. 82pp. Original publisher's red morocco, lettered in silver, with original publisher's pictorial pink textured dustwrapper. Dustrapper scuffed and marked, flaps taped to pastedowns. Inscribed on the FFEP: 'Complimentary Copy to Sir Laurence Olivier from Christopher Lynley George'. Loosely inserted is a typewritten letter in it's original addressed envelope from the brothers expressing their admiration for Olivier: 'I would deem it an honor if you would ... More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 31310