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COTTON, Charles. Scarronides, or virgil travestie, a mock poem, on the first and fourth books of virgil's aeneis, in english burlesque. London. Printed by John Galton, 1804. Thirteenth edition. 8vo. [2], 122pp. With an engraved frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and a single engraved illustration in the text. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, title in manuscript to spine. Rubbed and marked, loss to spine, joints starting. Early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting/staining. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 27339
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BENSON, E. F. Scarlet and Hyssop. London. William Heinemann, 1902. First edition. 8vo. 316pp, [32]. Original publisher's yellow cloth boards lettered in black, with the red, blue and black flower pot design stamped to front board. Boards a little marked, spine toned, bumping to spine ends and corners; else a crisp copy. Top and fore edge untrimmed, internally bright and clean. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30030
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SAPPHO. WHARTON, Henry Thornton. Sappho: memoir, text, selected renderings and A Literal Translation by henry thornton wharton m.a. oxon. London. David Stott, 1887. Second edition. Quarto. [2], xvi, 213pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece and one further engraved plate. Original publisher's gilt-stamped vellum, lettered in red and black. A trifle rubbed, lightly discoloured, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. Limited edition, inked inscription to verso of title page: 'Twenty-five copies of this book have been printed on Large Paper. Each one is numbered and signed by me, this Copy being No. ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 26570
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[HUDDESFORD, George]. Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry: consisting of illusions of fancy; amatory, elegiac, lyrical, epigrammatical, and other palatable ingredients. London. Printed by T. Bensley, 1791. First edition. Quarto. [6], 151pp, [3]. With an additional engraved title-page and a terminal errata leaf. Uncut in modern calf-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28910
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[HUDDESFORD, George]. Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry: consisting of illusions of fancy; amatory, elegiac, lyrical, epigrammatical, and other palatable ingredients. London. Printed by T. Bensley, 1791. First edition. Quarto. [6], 151pp, [3]. With an additional engraved title-page and a terminal errata leaf.Recent brown paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Lightly foxed, very occasional contemporary inked manuscript corrections to text. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 19191
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[HUDDESFORD, George]. Salmagundi; a miscellaneous combination of original poetry: consisting of illusions of fancy; amatory, elegiac, lyrical, epigrammatical, and other palatable ingredients. London. Printed by T. Bensley...For T. Payne et al., 1791. First edition. Quarto. [6], 151pp, [3]. With an additional engraved title-page and a terminal errata leaf. Early twentieth-century half-calf, marbled boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Additional engraved title-page foxed, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 17067
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[CUNNINGHAM, Peter]. Saint anne's hill. A poem. London. Printed [by S. Gosnell] for the author; sold by J. Debrett...and R. Wetton, 1800. First edition. 25, [1], 26-34pp, [1]. With a makeshift frontispiece (almost detached, and not recorded in other copies) consisting of a printed title and an engraving of Fox's villa after Reynolds. ESTC locates copies at just three British libraries (BL, Edinburgh and Oxford), and elsewhere just a single copy, at Harvard. ESTC T47027.

[Bound with:] ADAIR, R[obert]. Sketch of the character of the late duke of devonshire. ... More > £ 1,250.00 Antiquates Ref. 23005
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MATHIAS, T[homas] J[ames]. MASON, William.. Saffo: dramma lirico in tre atti sul modello toscano... Londra [i.e. London]. [W. Bulmer & Co.], 1810. Quarto. [2], iv, 53pp, [3]. With an engraved frontispiece and a final leaf of advertisements. Contemporary red half-morocco, tooled and lettered in gilt. Heavily rubbed, lightly marked, spine sunned. Offsetting to title, later gift inscription to head of FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription 'Dall' Autore', in the hand of Mathias, to head of title. Annotation to foot of title, also in the hand of Mathias: 'Edizione ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20888
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BLOOMFIELD, Robert. Rural tales, ballads, and songs. London. Printed for Vernor and Hood...and Longman and Rees, 1802. First edition. ix, [1], 119pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further 11 engraved plates. Modern mottled calf, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine, with contrasting olive-green morocco lettering-piece. Very lightly rubbed. Lightly browned throughout, scattered spotting, with small marginal tear to fore-edge of second blank fly-leaf. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 35129
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DRINKWATER, John. Rupert Brooke: an essay. London. Printed for the Author at the Chiswick Press, 1916. First edition. 12mo. Limited edition, number 11 of 115 copies printed. 22pp, [2]. With half-title. Title in red and black. Original publisher's blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-pieces. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 17204
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FITZGERALD, Edward. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám : The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse. London. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., [1930]. Limited edition. Quarto. Limited edition of 750 copies for England, and 500 copies for the United States, of which this is number 529 of the England issue, signed by the illustrator. 171pp, [4]. With an engraved half-title and title page within decorative border. Illustrated by Willy Pogány, with an engraved frontispiece, 13 further chromolithograph plates, two decorative engraved sub- title pages, and numerous in-text illustrations. Uncut in original ... More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 29894
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FITZGERALD, Edward. Rubaiyat of omar khayyam. Portland, Maine. Thomas B. Mosher, 1900. 12mo. xxxii, [2], 146pp, [2]. Title in red and black. Handsomely bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled green crushed morocco, T.E.G. Heavily sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 28512
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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