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Photo of "Ballads and sonnets"
ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. Ballads and sonnets. Leipzig. Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1882. Copyright edition. 8vo. [2], 287pp, [3]. Original publisher's brown half-morocco, marbled boards. Some wear to spine and corners, small section missing from head of spine. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, AEG. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'Evelyn Brooke from a father, July 28 1890'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32059
Photo of "The tor hill"
[SMITH, Horace]. The tor hill. London. Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition. 12mo. In three volumes. [2], 310; [2], 350, [2], 328pp. With a final leaf of publisher's advertisements and a tipped-in errata slip to Vol. III. Contemporary navy half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces, gilt. Lightly rubbed. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 21630
Photo of "[A collection of 20 works, ..."
MURDOCH, Iris.. [A collection of 20 works, 19 of which signed/and or inscribed to her close friend philosopher Scott Dunbar]. . London. [vs., 1980-1999] [vs. editions]. 8vo. 20 vols. Cloth, dustwrappers. Occasional structural damage to text blocks(owing to heavy annotation), but largely preserved in collectable condition. Several works (especially the philosophical texts) heavily annotated by Dunbar, giving both positive affirmations and constructive notes, 19 signed and/or inscribed by the author.

[With:] Loosely inserted, five undated A.L.S., four in the remains of the original envelopes, from Murdoch to Dunbar.

[And:] [Dunbar’s handwritten notes ... More > £ 3,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 25826
Photo of "Poems"
ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. Poems. Leipzig. Bernard Tauchnitz, 1873. Copyright edition. 8vo. [2], xxvi, [2], 282pp, [4]. Original publisher's brown half-morocco, marbled boards. Some wear to spine and corners, lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, AEG. Inked inscription to FFEP: 'Evelyn Brooke from her loving father, July 1890'. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32058
Photo of "Poems, by one of authors ..."
[ROSCOE, Jane Elizabeth]. Poems, by one of authors of "poems for youth, by a family circle.". London. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820. First edition. 12mo. iv, 66pp. Original publisher's powder blue boards, printed paper lettering- piece. Lightly rubbed, loss to lettering-piece, corners bumped and exposed. Bookseller's ticket of W. Robinson & Son of Liverpool and early book-label of E. Lloyd, Rhagatt, to FEP, pencilled bibliographical note to title page, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28347
Photo of "Poems"
COLERIDGE, Ernest Hartley. Poems. Chertsey. [Frank E. Taylor, Printer] Not Published, 1881. First edition. 8vo. viii, 72pp. With a half-title. Uncut and partially unopened in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, wear to head and foot of dulled spine, corners bumped and exposed. Endpapers browned, scattered spotting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 32064
Photo of "Poems before congress"
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. Poems before congress. London. Chapman and Hall, 1860. First edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 65, [3], 32pp. With half-title and publisher's catalogue at rear. Original publisher's blind-stamped red cloth, gilt-titled. Rubbed, darkening to spine. With Stopford Brooke's bookplate to FEP, and ownership inscription dated March 1860 to head of half-title. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32046
Photo of "My Fossils. Vol. I [all ..."
BROOKE, Richard Sinclair. My Fossils. Vol. I [all published?]. Dublin. George Herbert, 1880. First edition. 8vo. [6], vi, 308pp, [2]. Original publisher's green gilt-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, with bumping to corners and chipping to spine. FFEP detached. Inked inscription to FEP: 'Edward Brooke, 11 Herbert Street Dublin - 1880'. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32061
Photo of "The excursion, being a portion ..."
WORDSWORTH, William. The excursion, being a portion of the recluse, a poem. London. Longman, 1820. Second edition. 8vo. xx, 452pp, [2]. Original publisher's buff paper boards, later rebacked, preserving original printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, with bumping to edges and corners and a small loss to top of spine. Spotting to endpapers. Inked ownership inscription to FEP: 'Stopford A. Brooke January 1902'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32057
Photo of "Essays in criticism"
ARNOLD, Matthew. Essays in criticism. London. Macmillan and Co., 1865. First edition. 8vo. xx, 302pp., [2]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's gilt-decorated brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed, bumping to corners. Two inked inscriptions to FEP: 'Stopford A. Brooke', 'Send it home at once'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32045
Photo of "The recluse"
WORDSWORTH, William. The recluse. London. Macmillan and co, 1888. First edition. 8vo. [8], 56pp., [2]. With half-title. Original publisher's green cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, else a crisp copy. Spotting to endpapers. Inked ownership inscription 'Stopford A. Brooke' to FEP. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32050
Photo of "English poets and the national ..."
DE SELINCOURT, E.. English poets and the national ideal. London. Oxford university press, 1915. First edition. 8vo. [1], 119pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in guilt to spine. Some fading to spine, discolouration to endpapers. With inked inscription to FFEP: 'To Stopford A. Brooke, with Grateful memories of Four Winds. from the writer. Sept 1915.' More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32047
Photo of "The story of parson annaly"
BROOKE, Richard Sinclair. The story of parson annaly. Dublin. George Drought, 1870. First edition. 8vo. [2], 429pp., [2]. With a tipped-in errata slip. Original publisher's half-calf with gilt-tooled morocco lettering piece. Rubbed, with wear to corners and edges. Marbled endpapers and edges. Pencilled inscription to FFEP: 'M Rolleston, 1908'. Inked presentation inscription to page [iii]: 'To William Grahame Brooke. from his loving father R. S. Brooke. Wyton. Christmas 1870'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32053
Photo of "Dante, petrarch, camoens: CXXIV sonnets"
GARNETT, Richard [Translator]. Dante, petrarch, camoens: CXXIV sonnets. London. John Lane, 1896. First edition. 8vo. xii, 147, [1], 15pp, [1]. With a half-title, a tipped-in errata slip, and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Uncut in original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to half-title: 'Dr. A. H. Japp, with R. Garnett's / kind regards / May 1896'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 32071
Photo of "Poems; original and translated"
MARTIN, Theodore [Translator]. Poems; original and translated. London. Printed [by the Chiswick Press] for Private Circulation, 1863. First edition. Small quarto. vi, 350pp, [2]. With a terminal errata leaf. Unopened in original publisher's red cloth, stamped in black, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned, loss to head of spine. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, with an A.L.S in the author's hand pasted to recto of FFEP: ' My dear Sir, If you should find the accompanying volume, not printed for publication, worth a place in your ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 32069
Photo of "The poetical works of percy ..."
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The poetical works of percy bysshe shelley. London. E. Moxon, Son & Co, 1870. 8vo. In two volumes. [3], clxxix, 504pp, [2]; [1], xiv, [2], 602pp, [2]. Original publisher's green cloth, blind-stamped and lettered in gilt to spine. With engraved portrait frontispiece of the author to Vol. I and a folding facsimile of his handwriting to Vol. II. Rubbed with some splitting to joints, bumping to edges and corners, weakening to hinges. More significant marking to upper board of Vol. ... More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32065
Photo of "The collected works of dante ..."
ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. The collected works of dante gabriel rossetti. London. Ellis and Scrutton, 1886. 8vo. In two volumes. xliii, [2], 528; xl, 521pp, [1]. With half-titles. Original publisher's decorative navy cloth. Rubbed, spines dulled, corners bumped. Decorated endpapers (after designs by the author), scattered spotting. Pencilled inscription to half-title of Vo. II: 'Stopford A. Brooke. Be honest!' More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32067