Edinburgh.
Printed for Ogle, Allardice, & Thomson, 1817.
Eighth ediiton.
8vo.
xiii, [1], 161pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, gilt supralibros with initials 'JAR' to upper board, marbled edges. Rubbed, chipping to head and foot of dulled spine, upper board held by cord only. Marbled endpapers, remnants of armorial bookplate to verso of FFEP, manuscript extracts, in two separate unidentified hands, from John Wilson's elegy on the author to rear ... More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 27702
Glasgow.
Printed by J. & M. Robertson, 1808.
Eight [sic] edition.
12mo.
165pp, [3]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary half-sheep, marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting. Small paper flaw to leaf G3, touching text with slight loss of sense, scattered spotting. More >
£ 325.00
Antiquates Ref. 32671
Glasgow.
Printed for the booksellers, [s.d., c. 1840]
12mo.
24pp. Woodcut on title page. Title within ornamental border. Single folded sheet, unopened, as issued. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 28601
[Florence].
[s.n., s.d., but C19th]
8vo.
Manuscript, on paper, ff. [4], [1], 31, [11], first 4 and last 11 blank. Manuscript, on blue paper, black-brown ink, c.16 lines per full page, only written on recto. Large, hand-coloured coat of arms of D’Oria tipped-in as frontispiece. First leaf minimally soiled and foxed at margins. A very good copy in 19th-century half vellum over marbled boards, spine gilt, gilt-lettered morocco label, lower edges ... More >
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref. 22439
London.
J. Russell Smith, 1873.
Second edition.
8vo.
16pp. Original publisher's printed blue paper wrappers. Extremities dust-soiled and a trifle marked, remnant of adhesive label to upper cover, chipping to wrapper edges with loss to spine. Browning to title and terminal leaf, lightly foxed throughout. More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 14697
Paris.
Bossange Freres, 1825.
First edition.
8vo.
[4], xv, [1], 558pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 24522
London.
Richard Bentley, 1836.
8vo.
[6], 396pp. With an engraved frontispiece (Vathek), an additional engraved title page (Vathek), and an engraved portrait of Walpole (Castle of Otranto). Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Extremities marked, lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Early inked gift inscription to to additional engraved title. Upper hinges partially exposed, endpapers discoloured, one gathering (O1-8) working loose and protruding slightly from text-block. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 25856
London.
Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1845.
8vo.
xii, 360pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further 51 engraved illustrations. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Armorial bookplate to FEP, frontispiece a trifle creased, else internally clean and crisp. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 22161
London.
James Ridgway, 1831.
First edition.
8vo.
25pp, [3]. With three terminal pages of publisher’s advertisements. Modern grey paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. A trifle rubbed and sunned. Stab-stitch holes to gutter margins, initial six leaves of text detached. More >
£ 125.00
Antiquates Ref. 30614
London.
Saunders and Otley, 1839.
First edition.
8vo.
[4], 47pp, [1]. With half-title. Stitched, as issued. Light dust-soiling to half-title, occasional spots of foxing, a trifle creased. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to head of half-title; 'with the author's compts.' More >
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref. 13478
Ipswich.
Cowell's Anastatic Press, [c.1860].
First edition.
Oblong folio.
[8]ff. Drophead title. With eight lithographic plates (one of which photographically lithographed?), each with detailing added in pen and ink, some with additional wash, as issued. Original blind-stamped mauve cloth, titled in gilt to upper board. Rubbed and lightly marked, with tears to spine, some loss at head. Occasional spotting to text and plates. Ink inscription, dated 1889, of 'J.E.P. Fitzgerald', noting that 'This Book ... More >
£ 850.00
Antiquates Ref. 15333
London.
Printed for J. Murray, 1776.
First edition.
8vo.
270pp. Uncut in modern calf-backed marbled paper boards. Marginal tear to leaf B3, small hole to margin of leaf I3, naive marginal paper repair to leaf K2, scattered spotting. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 33781
London.
John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, [1925].
First edition.
8vo.
viii, [2], 236pp, [4]. With a coloured frontispiece, a further 11 coloured plates, 24 black and white plates, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's decorated light blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. Foxed. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 31516
[London].
[Hodgsons], [1930].
First edition.
8vo.
32pp. With a photographic plate. Stapled, as issued, in original publisher's printed blue wrappers. Rubbed and sunned, staples rusted. Scattered spotting. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 27149
Melbourne.
A. H. Massina & Co., [1884].
8vo.
[2], 253pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, tan cloth boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, upper joint starting. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More >
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref. 32281
London.
Richard Bentley and Son, 1895.
First edition.
8vo.
xiv, 357pp, [1]. With two portrait engravings from photographs, one as frontispiece and one plate, depicting Mary Anne Keeley and Fanny Stirling respectively, and a further 16 plates of black and white illustrations. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt device and lettering, decorated endpapers. Lightly rubbed, slight loss to foot of spine with spots of soiling in places. Bookplate of R.G.E. Sandback to FEP. Occasional ... More >
£ 200.00
Antiquates Ref. 11772
London.
Printed for William Goodhugh...and Goodhugh and Co., 1827.
First edition.
8vo.
[2], x, 392pp. Contemporary green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Very occasional damp-staining to head of text-block, small marginal holes to leaves O1 and 3B3. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription to FEP. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 27640
[London].
[s.n.], [1720].
Folio.
2pp. Docket title to verso. Stab-stitch holes to gutter margin, lightly toned. More >
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref. 24226
Paris.
Chez A. Chasseriau, 1821.
First edition.
8vo.
209pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Printed in Didot type. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, black morocco lettering-piece. Heavily rubbed, loss to lettering-piece. Inked ownership inscription to FEP: 'John Fowles / 1963'. More >
£ 150.00
Antiquates Ref. 23971
[London].
[s.n.], [1850].
8vo.
[2], 34pp. With an engraved title page. Contemporary gilt-tooled red straight-grain morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Ink-stamp of the Assay Office Library, Birmingham to recto of FFEP, very occasional early manuscript additions to text. More >
£ 450.00
Antiquates Ref. 24984
