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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The masque of anarchy. A Poem...A type-fac-smiile reprint of The Original Edition, first published (together with a Preface by Leigh Hunt) in 1832. Edited by thomas j. wise. [London]. Published for the Shelley Society by Reeves and Turner, 1892. 12mo. Limited edition of 100 copies. xix, [1], xxx, 47pp. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's printed green paper boards. Lightly rubbed, marked, and discoloured. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 33079
NEWMAN, John Henry. The office and work of universities. London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. First edition. 8vo. 384pp. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Hinges exposed. Presentation copy, paper slip with letterpress statement 'From the Author' tipped-in to gutter of title page. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 31644
PROPERTIUS, Sextus. Sextii aurelii propertii carmina. Parisiis [i.e. Paris]. Apud Lefevre Bibliopolam, 1821. 16mo. [3], vi-viii, 283pp, [1]. Without half-title. Contemporary blind- tooled red half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, inked ownership inscription of J. T. Coleridge to front blank fly-leaf, burn-mark to head of latter half of text-block, primarily confined to margins, though touching text in places with some loss of sense. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33162
PIGGOTT, S[olomon], Rev.. Antidote to the follies, vices, and crimes of youth, to gambling, melancholy & suicide, in a series of anecdotes and actual narratives, calculated to warn the thoughtless and animate the desponding. London. Published by J. Robins and Co., 1831. Second edition. 12mo. xvi, [3], xviii-xxiv, 388pp, [4]. A reissue of the first edition, with an altered title and the addition of an unnumbered leaf 'Preface to the second edition' between xvi and xvii. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's moire cloth-backed marbled boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, spine sunned, chipping to lettering-piece. Offsetting to title page, foxed. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 19714
BROWNE, Sir Thomas. Tracts, by sir thomas browne, knight, M. D. . Edinburgh. William Blackwood, 1822. New edition. 12mo. vi, [2], 183pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-ruled dark green half-morocco, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, later naive paper repairs to boards. Marbled endpapers, early inked ownership inscription to verso of FFEP, bibliographical note to verso of front blank fly-leaf, Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title page: 'Rich: Ford / Octr. 1830', scattered spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33163
GIUSTI, Giuseppe. Raccolta di proverbi toscani con illustrazioni. Firenze [i.e. Florence]. Felice Le Monnier, 1853. First edition. 16mo. xii, 423pp, [1]. Uncut. Handsomely bound by Birdsail & Son of Northampton in recent gilt- tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers bound in. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription of George Meredith to upper wrapper. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25394
FAIRHOLT, F[rederick] W[illiam]. Tobacco: its history and associations: including an account of the plant and its manufacture; with its modes of use in all ages and countries. London. Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition. 8vo. vi, [2], 332pp. With an engraved frontispiece and numerous illustrations by the author in the text. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine bumped. Later inked ownership inscription to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 33142
BOURNE, Vincent. Poemata latine partim reddita, partim scripta. Oxonii [i.e. Oxford]. Typis et Impensis Talboys et Wheeler, 1826. 8vo. [2], xxvii, [1], 292, 4pp. Contemporary blind-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. Manuscript note and inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'J. T. Coleridge / Montague Place / Decr. 31st. 1842 / given him by his dear son / J. D. C.' More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26019
GRIFFITHS, Captain & Adj. F. A. The Artillerist's Manual, and compendium of infantry-exercise: sword exercise: field battery exercise: service of heavy ordnance, gyns, &c. fortification: pyrotechny: mathematics" gunnery: &c. &c. &c. With the Requisite Plates and Tables. Woolwich. Printed for and sold by J. M. Boddy, 1839. 12mo. xii, 300pp. With 12 engraved plates. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Rubbed, lightly marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33149
HOLCROFT, Thomas. Memoirs of the late thomas holcroft, Written by Himself, and continued to the time of his death, from his diary, notes, and other papers. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. First edition. 12mo. n three volumes. [3], vi-viii, 300; [2], 283, [1]; [2], 320pp. Without half- titles. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, joints starting, spines dulled, paper shelf-label to foot of Vol. I. Marbled endpapers, very occasional short tears to margins, leaf I11 of Vol. II creased, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26380
AUSTEN, Jane. Letters of jane austen: edited with an introduction and critical remarks by edward, lord brabourne. London. Richard Bentley & Son, 1884. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xv, [1], 374, [2]; [6], 366pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements to each volume. Original publisher's gilt-stamped olive-green cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, with neat repair to upper joint of Vol. II and little soiling to upper board of Vol. I. Armorial bookplates to FEPs with the Latin motto 'Suivant Saint Pierre', very occasional slight ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 33138
STEVENSON, Alan. Biographical Sketch of the late Robert Stevenson. Edinburgh. W. Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First illustrated edition. Quarto. 32pp. With two finely engraved plates; a portrait frontispiece of the subject, and a fine dramatic view of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, originally drawn by Miss Stevenson. Original publisher's gilt-tooled and titled buckram. Spine a trifle faded, light shelf-wear and few indents to lower board, else a fine copy. Presentation copy, inscribed 'Tolbooth Chuch Library, From Mesr. Stevenson' to head of title, and in a ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31291
STEVENSON, Robert. Journal of a trip to holland. Communicated, during a short tour in the year 1817, in letters to his daughter. Edinburgh. Reprinted in 1848 12mo in 6s. iv, 141pp, [1]. With two lithographed plates; the first a plan of 'Bonaparte's Fly Bridge over the Scheldt', which is hand-coloured, the second an impression of the 'Gold Medal' presented to the author by the Dutch King. Original publisher's blind-stamped and gilt-tooled red cloth. Lightly rubbed to extremities, some exposure of boards to bumped corners, small nick to head of spine and old ink stain ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 31289
[STEVENSON, Alan]. The british pharos: or a list of the lighthouses on the coasts of great britain and ireland, descriptive of the appearance of the lights at night. For the use of mariners. Leith. Published and sold by W. Reid & Son, 1828. First edition. 12mo. xiv, 111pp, [1]. With half-title. Original blue sail-cloth with printed label (pricing the volume at 2/6) to upper board. Rubbed and marked to spine and extremities, joints starting. The author's brother's copy, recently dispersed from the remains of the Stevenson family library, boldly inscribed 'Thomas Stevenson' to head of blank fly-leaf; further short notes in a later manuscript hand to front pastedown, pointing out that ... More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31286
DOUGLAS, Francis. A general description of the east coast of scotland, from edinburgh to cullen; Including a brief Account of the Universities of St. Andrew's and Aberdeen, Of the Trade and Manufactures carried on in the large Towns, and the improvements of the country. In a series of letters to a friend. Aberdeen. Re-printed by D. Chalmers & Co. for W. Gordon.., 1826. 12mo in 6s. 247pp, [1]. Neatly bound in gilt-tooled twentieth-century tan half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces. Marbled endpapers. A trifle rubbed to extremities, corners, some occasional browning or paper-flaws to text, else fine. From the recently dispersed remains of the Stevenson family library, with the inscription of D. Alan Stevenson to blank fly. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 31307
[WEITBRECHT, Mary Edwards]. Memoir of the rev. john james weitbrecht, late missionary of the church missionary society at burdwan, in bengal. Comprehending a history of the burdwan mission. Compiled from his journal and letters, by his widow... London. James Nisbet and Co., 1854. First edition. 8vo. xxviii, 580pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, two further engraved plates, and an engraved folding map. Bound by Knill of Reading in contemporary dark green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Later inked ownership/gift inscriptions to recto of front blank fly-leaf. With a loosely inserted A.L.S. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 31441