Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB

First trade edition. [2], 206pp. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear. dustwrapper a trifle sunned and marked, chipping to spine panel at head and foot. Spotting to endpapers. When in 1922 T. E. Lawrence enlisted in the ranks of the R.A.F. under the name of John Hulme Ross, he was in a strange physical and mental state as the result of his war experiences. Upon the discovery of his identity he was discharged, but was allowed to re-enlist two and a half years later, this time using the name of Shaw, under which he had meanwhile served in the Tank Corps. From his notes, many times re-written and revised, he constructed 'The Mint'. In 1955 Cape published 2000 limited de-luxe copies and a trade issue of the same edition which had all the objectionable words lifted out of the text. O'Brien A 172. Size: Quarto.

First edition. [4], 271pp, [7]. With both terminal and initial leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's decorative three-tone cloth boards. Rubbed and marked, with scuffing to boards, spine toned, and light surface wear to edges and corners. Later inked ownership inscription to FEP. Endpapers browned, lower hinge exposed. Very occasional light spotting. The first edition of the most successful novel by Edward Herbert Cooper (1867â"1910), journalist, novelist and Suffolk liberal unionist. Set in his hometown of Newmarket, the sporting novel received a new edition in 1904. Cooper, who was particularly passionate about the welfare of children, also penned a respected series of juvenile stories, beginning with Wyemark and the Sea Fairies in 1899. Size: 8vo.

First edition. 259pp, [1]. With half-title, a chromolithograph frontispiece, 40 further illustrated plates, of which some chromolithograph, some engraved, and some photographic, and one engraved map. Uncut in original publisher's gilt-tooled green cloth boards, pictorial paper label pasted to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, with bumping to head and foot of spine. Internally clean and crisp. The first book on peonies, preceding Peonies in the Little Garden (1923), by American horticulturalist Alice Harding (1871-1938), who established and tended the gardens at Burnley Farm in Plainfield, New Jersey. Size: Quarto.

First edition. xi, 481pp, [1]. With half-title; title page in red and black. Original publisher's light blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper board, with original pictorial printed paper dust-wrapper. Light wear to edges of dust-wrapper; otherwise, a fine copy. The first edition, in original dust-wrapper, of historian and travel writer Dame Freya Madeline Stark's (1893 â" 1993) acclaimed account of her travels along the ancient river Euphrates in Turkey. Both travelogue and historiography, Stark chose to contrast her autobiographical notes with an insightful and revealing study on the Eastern Roman Empire, recalling 800 years of - often futile - warfare across the region claimed as 'Augusta Euphrantentis'. Size: 8vo.

Nineteenth edition. 249, [1], 2pp. Contemporary blind-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, with contrasting gilt-tooled red morocco lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, with wear to extremities, boards a tad faded. Ticket of James, Stroud to FEP. Contemporary inked gift inscription addressed to 'T. Egerton Lower from Walter Ruegg, March 1891' to FFEP. Spotting and browning to endpapers and blank fly-leaves. The nineteenth edition of Edward Bellamy's (1850 â" 1898) iconic utopian novel, the thesis of which inspired the creation of numerous 'Nationalist Clubs', formed with the intent to promote state nationalisation of key elements of British infrastructure. Size: 8vo.

First edition. xiv, 281pp. With half-title; title page in red and black. Original publisher's gilt-stamped navy cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, bumping to corners, light surface wear to extremities. Browning to initial leaves, very occasional light spotting and scuffing. The first edition of Henley and Wyndham's collected works of English poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840 â" 1922), breeder of Arabian horses and husband to Lady Anne Blunt, daughter of Ada Lovelace and granddaughter of Lord Byron. Blunt, perhaps the strongest English advocate for Egyptian independence, and fierce opponent of colonial British forces, was described by academic Edward Said as notably lacking the 'final.traditional Western hostility to and fear of the Orient.'. Size: 8vo.

First edition. 54pp, [2]. With a lithographed frontispiece and four further lithographed plates. Original publisher's cloth-backed blue paper boards, with an impressed reptile-skin pattern, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Armorial bookplate of John Comyn to FEP, with his inked ownership inscription dated 1972 to verso of FFEP. Tipped-in contemporary review to head of FFEP. Light spotting and staining to front endpapers. The sole edition of an illustrated volume of love poems by young Fiji-Indian poet Leonard Sewak Chand Ramsamuj, whose short but positively-received poetic career began with the publication of his previous work, Music of Life: A Collection of Poems (1950). The short contemporary review tipped-in to the front free endpaper declares boldly that 'Mr Ramsamuj's contribution at so early an age assures him a place in Indian literature'. Size: 8vo.

103pp, [1]. With an initial leaf of advertisements. Contemporary paper boards, marbled paper spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned, slight wear to extremities. Endpapers heavily browned. Occasional light spotting. A nineteenth century reprint of the First Glasgow Directory by John Tait, of which only one copy of the original was known to exist; the volume covers not only the city, but the surrounding towns and villages of Anderston, Calton, Gorbals, Paisley, Greenock, Port-Glasgow, and Kilmarnock. Size: 8vo.

Second edition. iv, 181pp, [8]. With half-title and six terminal leaves of photographic illustrations. Original publisher's olive green cloth boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, with some toning to boards, spine sunned. With a loosely inserted contemporary newspaper clipping on the temples of Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, and two pasted-in photographic clippings to FFEP. Armorial bookplate of John Comyn to FEP, with his inked ownership inscription to verso of FFEP. Light browning to endpapers, otherwise internally clean and crisp. The second edition of an acclaimed study on the history of the Tamil ethnic group by South Indian historian Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri (1892-1975), whose 25 historical works are widely considered the reference standard for researchers and students of many aspects of South Indian culture and history. Size: 8vo.

First edition. [2], iii, [5], 138pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's printed pictorial paper wrappers. Heavily worn, upper wrapper detached, naive tape repair to spine. Very light spotting and staining throughout. The sole edition of a compilation of intriguing and dramatic short stories set in the Indian desert, composed and published by Harry Hobbs (1864-1956), resident of British-Kolkata, pianist, and manager of Harry Hobbs and Co., 'Pianoforte Importers, Repairers and Tuners'. Size: 8vo.

First edition. 119pp, [5]. With half-title and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt-ruled green calf, contrasting gilt-tooled black morocco lettering-piece to spine. Marbled endpapers, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed and scored, spine sunned. Modern inked ownership inscription of M. Morton to FFEP. Occasional light spotting and browning. The sole edition of a collection of lyrics intended for a juvenile audience, written and compiled by author and lecturer Emily Ridgway (1860 â" 1940). Warrington Museum's 'Historical A-Z' of Warrington women notes that 'during World War One, [Ridgway] raised money for the British Red Cross and for refugees in Belgium, France, Italy and Serbia through her lecture tours'. Size: 8vo.

First edition. xv, [1], 416pp, [2]. With a half-title and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-ruled dark green cloth, letters in gilt. A trifle rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Occasional spotting. The first edition of John Grigor's extensive and authoritative guide to the principals of arboriculture. Grigor is notable for establishing the nursery at Forres, Moray in 1826. A second edition appeared in 1881. Size: 8vo.

36 leaves of photographic illustrations. Original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. An early twentieth-century pictorial souvenir album comprised of thirty-six views of the Swiss Alpine passes of Furka and Grimsel. Size: Oblong 8vo.

First edition. vi, [1], 112pp, [4]. With 2 leaves of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original publisher's gilt-tooled green cloth. Slightly rubbed, bumping to corners. Author's ink inscription to Margaret Bell Merrill on FEP dated Christmas 1909. William St. Clair's copy, with his pencilled ownership inscription. This first edition of a collection of verse by American attorney and jurist Wendell Phillips Stafford (1861-1953) features an inscription from the author 'In sign of friendship' to one Margaret Bell Merill. A collection inspired by classical Greek influence- hence 'Dorian'- we can nonetheless see strong influences of pastoral tradition in the verse. William St. Clair (1937-2021), British scholar and senior civil servant, notable as the author of The Godwins and the Shelleys, The Biography of a Family (1989) and The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period (2004). Size: 8vo.

[2], 183-196pp. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. A trifle browned. A rare survival of a Georgian act relating to the improvement of toll roads in the county of Leicestershire. The collection of tolls, nominally raised in order to defray road maintenance expenses, was overseen by numerous 'turnpike trusts', each established by an individual act of parliament. Universally despised, and frequently corrupt, the turnpike system was eventually rendered obsolete by the rise of the railways. In 1895 the system was discontinued, when responsibility for the roads was handed to local authorities. Size: Folio.

252, 2pp, [2]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle rubbed, spine dulled. Recent inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. A collection of English ballads and folk songs compiled by man of letters Robert Bell (1800-1867), member of the Percy Society and committee for the Royal Literary Fund. Adapted from a volume of the same name edited by James Henry Dixon, originally dispersed to the Percy Society in 1846, Bell praises the collection's 'genuineness of contents, and healthiness of tone'. Size: 8vo.

Fifth edition. v, [3], 334pp, [4]. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting brown morocco lettering piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, with some discolouration to head of boards. Armorial bookplate of General A. M. K. Hamilton to FEP. Slight browning to endpapers and edges of front blank fly-leaves and title, otherwise internally clean and crisp. The fifth edition of a tract on apostolical preaching by John Bird Sumner (1780-1862), clergyman and future Archbishop of Canterbury. Sumner would be in and out of controversies throughout his career - his vote for Catholic emancipation would agitate the clergy in his diocese, whilst the Gorham case of 1847 would feature a threat of excommunication from Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter. Size: 8vo.

First edition in English. ix, [3], 255pp, [1]. Title in red and black. Original publisher's decorated tan cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. The first edition in English, translated by May Tomlinson, of 10 Romantic short stories set in medieval France by Agnes Mary Frances Darmesteter [nee Robinson] (1857-1944). Size: 8vo.

Fourth edition. x, 337, [2]. With 37 illustrations and a fold out map. Publisher's list bound into rear. Original publisher's red cloth, blind stamped and lettered gilt. Fore- and bottom-edge untrimmed, top edge once gilt. A trifle cocked, lightly foxed, nonetheless a sturdy copy. Charles Arthur Whitmore Monckton (1873-1936), was a New Zealander magistrate, colonial officer, explorer, and writer who spent much of his early career in 'the furthest outpost of the Empire' - New Guinea. Monckton contributed to various scientific journals throughout his career across zoology, geography and sociology, though his several books on his time in New Guinea, serve as a racy narrative on his life and adventures, rather than 'possess any scientific value'. Size: 8vo.

180pp. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and coloured engraved general title for Darton's Juvenile Library (not called for by Darton). Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Lightly rubbed and marked, joints starting, a trifle cocked. Without FFEP, spotting to frontispiece and engraved title page. An early edition (printed in the year after the first) of influential children's writer Mary Martha Sherwood's (1775-1851) conduct of life tale in which a noble born Scotsman, and failed author ('.he began several poems, and two plays, and he wrote parts of several treatises on Mathematics, and Physics, and Natural History.but they were never finished'), resolves, upon inheriting his father's estate, to improve the arable grounds of his home with the use of a plough of his own design and manufacture, to which end he apprentices himself to a blacksmith. Darton H1426 (4). Size: 12mo.

Via, [1], 132pp. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-roan, marbled boards. Extremities rubbed. Marbled endpapers, damp-stained and spotted throughout. A collection of poems, songs, and airs composed by famed French chansonnier Pierre-Jean de Beranger (1780-1857). Size: 12mo.

Second edition. 303pp, [1]. Original publisher's red cloth, ruled and lettered in black. Lightly rubbed and marked, cocked, spine sunned. Book-label of J. S. Dykes to recto of FFEP, leaves browned. The second and final edition (printed in the same year as the first) of the first published work of British Army infantryman Frederick Sleath, a fictionalised account of his experiences on the Western Front during the First World War. Size: 8vo.

15pp, [1]. With a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Recent marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Minor wear to extremities. Text-block working loose of binding, light damp-staining to bottom corner and gutter margin of all leaves. First published in 1703 with the fuller title; '.a poem occasion'd by the late success of the Duke of Ormond, the Duke of Malborough, Sir George Rook &c. against France and Spain.' Written by one Bryan a worthy chaplain to the Bishop of Norwich, sometimes confused with Yalden's poem of this title, published in 1700. Later reissued with other remaindered Hills poems in A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands (London, 1717). ESTC T49930. Size: 8vo.

Second edition. 32pp. Sixteen folded sheets loosely inserted into original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Extremities a trifle marked. Overall a clean and crisp copy. A pictorial history of the Hotel Solvay, an Art Nouveau town house in central Brussels designed by influential Belgian architect Victor Horta (1861-1947). Size: Folio.

New edition. lvi, 172pp. Interleaved throughout. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, spine sunned. Scattered spotting, occasional pencilled annotations. The Hecuba of Euripides, with critical and explanatory notes, and a synopsis of metrical systems, by Church of England clergyman J. R. Major and classical scholar Richard Porson (1759-1808). Size: 8vo.

[4], 310pp, [2]. With numerous illustrations in the text by Caran d'Ache. Contemporary navy half-morocco, marbled boards, gilt, original publisher's illustrated paper wraps bound-in. Minor wear to extremities, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, occasional spots of foxing. Size: 8vo.

First edition. [2], xiv, [2],126 pp, [4]. With half-title and tipped-in errata slip. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, with wear to joints and corners and small splits to head and foot of spine. Inked ownership inscription to head of title, with 'Very Good' in manuscript at foot. Light spotting to endpapers and preface. The first edition of a sermon originally preached in 1709 at Christ Church, Dublin, before the House of Lords, by Dr. William King (1650-1729), Irish Anglican Divine and Archbishop of Dublin. King had previously penned De Origine Mali, a philosophical defence of free will, in 1702 - a work which likely contributed to the composition of this tract. Featured alongside the text are notes from Richard Whately (1787-1863), himself a reforming Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin, who is now recognised by historians for his early praise and promotion of the works of Jane Austen. Size: 8vo.

Forty-forth edition. vii, [1], 567pp, [1]. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled boards, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. An immensely popular alphabetical index of the principal words of the Old and New Testaments. Size: 8vo.

xi, [1], 354pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, one further engraved plate, and two engraved folding maps. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, brown calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Offsetting to title, scattered spotting. An early edition of Washington Irving's (1783-1859) scholarly biography of Christopher Columbus. Primarily based upon the work of Spanish historian Navarette, Irving composed his accessible (though largely inaccurate) history of the famed explorer whilst serving as a diplomatic attache in Spain (1826-29). Size: 8vo.

[4], viii, 49pp, [1]. Original publisher's green cloth boards, lettered in black. A trifle rubbed and bumped. Near contemporary ink ownership inscription to FFEP, lightly foxed. A facsimile of the 1772 edition of John Evelyn's (1620-1706) treatise on the prevention of pollution in London - the eighth in the Old Ashmolean Reprint series. Size: 8vo.