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BENSON, E. F.. The vintage. a romance of the greek war of independence. London. Methuen & Co., 1898. First edition. 8vo. 397pp, [40]. With twelve black and white illustrated plates. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered in gilt, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Worn to extremities, spine darkened and chipped with loss at head and foot. A little foxing to paste downs and endpapers, otherwise internally bright. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30037
BENSON, E.F.. Six common things. London. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1893. First edition thus. 8vo. [6], 271pp. Original publisher's green cloth boards lettered gilt with blind tooling. Boards are scuffed and marked, rolled spine ends fraying, with some staining. Decorative endpapers remain bright, with a little toning through the loosening page block. With an ink ownership inscription to the title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30110
BENSON, E. F.. Bensoniana. London. Arthur L. Humphrey, 1912. First edition. Square 8vo. [8], 64pp. Original publisher's soft green reverse calf wrappers, lettered gilt, with a decorative boarder stamped in blue, red, and black. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Internally bright and clean, with a gift inscription 'Lizzie from Evelyn Xmas 1914' to the front marbled endpaper. Wraps a little worn and faded, and the spine sunned. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30097
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
BENSON, E. F. The oakleyites. London. Hodder and Stoughton, [1915]. First edition. 8vo. 318pp. Original publisher's blue cloth boards lettered black, with title to spine in gilt. Slightly rubbed, with a little bumping to corners and spine ends, some marking to the fore edge. Internally bright and clean, save minor toning to endpapers and half-title. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30035
BENSON, E. F.. Up and down. London. Hutchinson & Co., 1918. First edition. 8vo. 256pp, [16]. With 16 pages of publisher's advertising bound in at rear. Original publisher's blue cloth boards, lettered in black. Bottom edge untrimmed. Shelf-wear to boards, bumping to corners and spine ends, else a crisp copy. All edges foxed, with further minor foxing throughout. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30027
BENSON, E. F.. The Angel of Pain. London. William Heinemann, 1906. First edition. 8vo. [6], 340pp. Original publisher's yellow cloth boards, lettered black, with the black and red design stamped to front board. Spine toned with boards otherwise marked. Shelf-wear to all edges, fore and bottom edge untrimmed. Internally bright and clean save an ownership signature to the FFEP. More > £ 95.00 Antiquates Ref. 30086
BENSON, E. F.. The capsina. London. Methuen & Co., 1899. First edition. 8vo. 343pp [39]. With four tipped in illustrated plates by G. P. Jacomb-Hood. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered gilt. Boards stained and marked, chipping to spine, all edges worn, corners and spine ends bumped. Endpapers toned, with an ownership signature to the FFEP. A catalogue of books and announcements by the publisher bound in to rear. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30089
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
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
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
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
BENSON, E. F.. Paul. London. William Heinemnn, 1906. First edition. 8vo. 321pp. Original publisher's yellow cloth boards, lettered black, with a striking black, green and white design to the front board. Bottom edge untrimmed. Bumping to spine ends and corners, else a crisp copy with a little foxing to all edges, and throughout the page block. With the bookplate of Ronald Southey to the front pastedown. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30028
[BENSON, Edward Frederic]. Sketches from Marlborough. Marlborough. Printed and published by Chas. Perkins, 1888. First edition. 8vo. 105pp, [1]. Original publisher's navy cloth, tooled and black and lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Ink-stamp to recto of FFEP of the Rye Dormy House Club (the accommodation for visiting golfers playing at the renowned links course at Camber, East Sussex), inked annotation 'By Benson: "Dodo" to browned title page - inscribed in pencil beneath, no doubt at a later ... More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 27526
BENJAMIN, S[amuel] G[reene] W[heeler]. The Atlantic islands as resorts of health and pleasure. New York. Harper & Brothers, 1878. First edition. Quarto. 274pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and two terminal advertisement leaves. Original publisher's burgundy pictorial cloth, gilt. Slight rubbing to spine. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink to recto of FFEP; 'Eugene Cowles, Esq. / with the compliments of / the author.' With the booklabel of Eugene H. Cowles (1855-1892) to FEP, and a tipped-in A.L.S. ... More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 14070
[BENGAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT]. Directions for revenue officers in the north-western provinces of the bengal presidency, regarding the settlement and collection of the land revenue, and the other duties connected therewith. Promulgated under the authority of the honorable the lieutenant-governor. Agra, November 1, 1849. Calcutta. Printed by J. Thomas, at the Baptist Mission Press, [1850]. 8vo. 513pp, [1]. With two engraved folding plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-roan. marbled paper boards. Extremities worn, surface loss to boards, joints starting, worming and chipping to spine. Hinges exposed, extensive worming to gutters/endpapers, pencilled shelf-marks to head of detached title page, imprint date rubbed away, very occasional early manuscript notes to margins. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 28119
BELSON, Mary. Industry and idleness, a pleasing and instructive tale for good little girls, in words not exceeding two syllables. London. Printed by William Darton, Jun., 1816. New edition, corrected. 12mo. 60pp, [4]. With an engraved folding frontispiece and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Later restitched into original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Extremities worn an soiled, loss to spine, small hole to upper panel. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription of W. Marshall Parkins to head of title, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 27104