Antiquarian

Hamilton, Adams and Co. 1832, first edition, 187pp, 12mo, orig quarter brown cloth, paper boards, front board spine hinges worn otherwise v.g. 'contains scripture extracts, suitable addresses, medications and prayers together with the proper offices according to the ritual of the church of england'.. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: G. Virtue, 1827. ii, 838pp, engraved frontispiece and title-page, 10 plates [several dated 1827]. 4 plates of carving and 6 plates of family dinners, Neatly inscribed Jane Clarkson, 15th May 1831. Front board joint cracked but attached. Binding gererally rubbed with a small loss to lower spine [photos available]. original full calf, hardback. V.g.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: T.J.Allman., 1879. 768pp. Allman's Penny School Series. A repertory of instruction in rudimentary knowledge. 25 penny booklets bound as one in contemporary half-calf., all of which have 32pp .Light foxing to preliminaries. Binding rubbed and worn but intact.. Half-Leather. V.g.. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: Oddy & Co., 1807. folding hand-coloured copper-etched frontispiece [small fold tear] of the devil presenting a view of the hustings by drawing back a curtain. [1],[iv],178,[2]. Original grey boards, neatlyre-bound with paper spine and label. Corners bumbed. 2nd edition. original boards. V.g.. 12mo. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: Religious Tract Society, 1799. 252pp. Illus. throughout with 16 full-page steel engravings including Durham castle from Elvet bridge. Original and selected pieces. Attractive Victorian bindingblind-stamped borders and floral gilt block front and rear boards. A.e.g.. Some pages a little damp stained edges otherwise a nice copy. 1st edition. olive cloth, gilt. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: Davis, L, and Reymere, C., 1767. Folding map of England and Wales [fine], 17, 236, [4 pub. list] pp.' Divided into the respective counties, and intended as a travelling companion pointing out whatever is curious both in art and nature'. Original full-calf binding with raised bands [no label]. A nice tight copy of a scarce book in a slightly rubbed original binding. The preface advertisement refers to earlier editions and that this edition is improved and with a map added. A travellers guide.. Full-Leather. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Joseph Smith, 34 High Street, Belfast (printer), 1817, seventh edition (revised and corrected), 284pp, , 12mo, original full calf, gilkdecorated spine., v.g., Divided into four dialogues directing a 'young man in the choise of his religion' and a brief en quirey into the 'general grounds of the catholic faith',. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

, ND[1840's], , 50pp, 49 of 50 plates, steel engravings, small octavo, original black morroco, gilt lettering, a.e.g., a little foxing to end-papers and extremities, spine leather rubbed and worn. contains 59 of 60 b&w biblical illustrations- no text.. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Henry Brome, London, 1679, 1st, 13pp, , small quarto, sewn, no covers, tight margins at top but complete. Some soiling, Address to the Citerzens of London by a zealous lover of the Protestant Religion,. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

W. Wright, 46 Fleet Street, London, 1820, 1st edition, 22pp., fourteen woodcuts, 12mo., dis-bound, v.g., a little damp staining, Evidence against Queen Caroline and her relationship with Pergami.. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Printed by J. Macock for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishops-Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1681,, 1681. 1st edition, 91 pp., small quarto, sewn, no covers, v.g.,. Paper Wrappers. small 4to. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Printed for Henry Brome, 1679, 1st edition, 35 pp., , small quarto, sewn, no covers, v.g., ,. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Cambridge: John Archdeacon, Printer to the University and sold by John Beecroft, John Rivington, Benjamin White and Edward Dilly , 1769. Unpaginated. [25x20cms]. Beautifully re-bound in black polished half-calf leather with six compartments with gilt raised bands. A version of the King James 1611 bible. Old and New Testaments with Apocrypha. Both title-pages present [both dated 1769] but no frontis. Index to rear and table of scripture measures and weights and coins by Richard Bishop of Peterborough. John Archdeacon was appointed University printer in 1766 at a salary of £140 per annum, 5 times more than his predeccesser Crownfield.[1705-1730] Signature of J. Holmes, Tivetshall, Norfolk [UK] on front free end-paper and on the reverse of the title-page is pasted down a single leaf with a hand-written contemporary list of the births to Robert and Winnifred Holmes from 1734-1754, including the bible owner John Holmes born 1746. This leaf is from a Thomas Baskett bible dated 1747[ 17x11cms] and is the New Testament title-page.. hardback. Fine. 4to. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Newcastle Upon Tyne: J. Johnson, 1777. xx,430[2]pp.vignette to title-page by Beilby. Full contemporary calf,gilt, gilt gilt and panelled spine Boards detached. Worn binding but excellent internally with clean, crisp and unworn pages. Well worth a fine binding or restoration. A VERY SCARCE ITEM. The second edition was published in 1813. 1sr edition. original full calf. V.g.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: J.Hooke, 1728. 2nd Edition, xvi,543pp., octavo, original full calf, raised bands, spine joints worn and extremities rubbed otherwise v.g., ink stain to margins of some rear pages. A nice sound copy with clean crisp pages. Latin edition.. 2nd edition. hardback. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: Simpkin & Marshall,, 1818. 259pp [errata],16 hand-coloured tissue-guarded aquatints including frontis. by Thomas Rowlandson. Notes and errata page at end. Evidence of damp staining to margins not affecting most of the finely hand-coloured plates. Oringinal full calf binding rubbed and worn. Gilt morocco label. A good breaker. Photos available. 1st edition. hardback. V.g.. Illus. by Thomas Rowlandson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Norimbergae: Sumtu Ioh. Georgii Lochneri, 1746. Lxxxxii, 778pp, + index, Engraved frontis, red/black tile-page with fine vignette and 4 plateds of coins. Attractive vignette at end of index, [1] erratta. A very sound and tight copy re-bound in simple quarter vellum with marbled boards. quarto. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

J. Barker, ND [1810?], edited by Thomas Price sold at two shillings, frontis portrait,title,2pp pub. ads., 212pp, 12mo, orig. full calf, red calf label, binding worn but intact, contents generally a little grubby. A tight c opy. A scarce imprint of a famous book.. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

W. & R. Chambers, London & Edinburgh, 1878, originally published 1869, two volumes: 831;838pp., illustrated throughout, large octavo, original 1/2 calf, raised bands, gilt decorated spine, v.g. except lacks last page of index and rear f.e.p. A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in connection with The Calendar. A very attractive set with good condition spines,. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Halle, a la Maison des Orphelins, 1778;1781, 15th edition, 2vols. in 1. 480pp;448pp, 32pp. index, seven plates, octavo, worn but intact, half calf contempory binding, v.g. but a little soiled, A nice tight copy with a worn but complete binding,. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101, Strand. J. Diggens, 1817. ii, 285, [advertistment leaf] pp, col. frontis., title, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates. Damp affected to the upper margins affecting the last seven plates. Original half leather, raised bands and nicely decorated gilt compartments and lettering. A breaking copy. Finely coloured pales. PHOTOS AVAILABLE. 1st edition. hardback. V.g.. Illus. by Rowlandson, Thomas. large 8vo. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: A Bettesworth et al., 1726. [16], 234+index+ vocabulary . Study copy only. Complete but ina worn grubby condition. Latin text and original full calf with raised bands.. hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1878. 172pp Illus. with 86 caricatures. Bound by Baynton, Bath, Eng., in extra three-quarter crimson morocco over marbled boards with gilt lines and marbled endpapers. The spine is executed with six raised bands, gilt lettering, and five vignette blocks for the gilt rectangles. FINE CONDITION. A little off-setting. The binding is described in an old bookdealers slip as 'newly bound' but has not been done in recent years.. Three-Quarter Leather. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: Thomas Kelly ND [1863] frontis. portrait and view of Red Lion House. [vi], 398, [4]. 20 hand coloured plates of herbs. The plates are in fine condition with nice hand-colouring. Also bound in at rear 'APPENDIX TO CULPEPER'S BRITISH HERBAL' 54pp with 15 full-page un-coloured plates of herbs, mainly engraved by Dodd or Uhle [corners damp stained]. This appears to be from an edition from circa 1809. Back-strip detaced but present. The damp in the second volume does not affect the main book and so appears to have happened before the two were bound together. The binding is contemporary to the Kelly edition. . New Edition. Worn. V.g.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: Simpkin and Marshall & Co., 1875. frontis self portrait.64pp, 27 full pages plates including facsimile handwriting. Fine green woven cloth with gilt decoration to the front board showing Carter with pen in his mouth with double black border, rear board blind stamped. A fuller account of John Carters life and a greater number of pictures. The first edition only had 5 plates and 44 pages. Carter from Coggleshall in Essex was injured at 21 and found work as an engaver and artist by mouth painting.. New Edition. green cloth, gilt. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Paris: Ponthieu, Libraire, 1825. xxxiii,302[2] pp. Half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece. Original binding worn and hinges cracked , front board almost detached. Internally tight and crisp, a little dusty and some occasional foxing. A scarce item.. Edges marbled. Nouvelle edition. original full calf. V.g.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Paris: Delarue, Libraire-Editeur 2 volumes in one. xxxiv,143;212pp. ND printed by Bonaventure et Ducessois, 55, quai des Augustins. Beautiful text engravings and 3 full-page plates. Spine joint split front board otherwise an attractive scarce nineteenth century edition. [Henri Louis Armand Telory (fl. 1840-1852),also known as Henri Emy]. Nouvelle edition illustree. Original Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by M.M Pauquet et Henry Emy. octavo. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: John Camden Hotten 2 volumes: First Series, 1835-1843---Second Series,1844-1853. 388;428pp. Illustarted throughout. A fine set in lovely condition. Gilt tooled compartments to the spines with gilt and blind-stamped borders to the boards.. Marbled end-papers and edges. ND [circa 1855]. Both volumes have the book-plate a John Wright with his coat of arms.. full polished calf, gilt. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Hooper & Wigstead , 1772. ND [c 1772-3] 325-345PP. 20 page original extract bound in a modern buckram binding. 2 copperplates. Malmbury Abbey and Stonehenge engraved by Ralph and Ryland. hardback. Fine. 4to. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Berlin: Felix L. Dames, 1891. 2 volumes bound in 1. 1891+1894. 398; 416 pp. Original green half-calf rubbed and worn. Raised bands and marbled boards.. 1st edition. hardback. V.g.. large 4to. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: Andre Deutsch, 1972. 256;256 pp. 2 volumes presented in a slipcase. Two identical books one in hardback one in printed wrappers [intended to be the reading copy]. Limited edition of 2,000 copies of which this is no. 100. Profusely illustrated with many facsimile letters and engravings. A very nice set. Slipcase a trifle bumped. PHOTO ON REQUEST.. Limited/Numbered. hard back. Fine/Slipcase. 4to. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1873. 1st, 2nd and 3rd series in 3 volumes, 434; 416; 411pp. Beautifully bound in brown morocco with raised bands and gilt lettering. Marbled edges and endsheets. Some foxing to end-papers. The first two volumes are a new series and the third volume third series. My Hayward was a well connected political and literary figure in the mid-nineteenth century.. Half-Leather. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Ex Officiana Elzeviriana, Amsterdam, 1657, 577pp, dec. title page, red and black lettering, wood decorations, 12mo, orig. full calf, raised bands, blind triple fillets with attractive corner tooled decorations, damp stained throughout, worme d, binding 1 inch spilt upper joint otherwise a tight copy, margin annotations. A beautifully printed book.. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: Edward Arnold, 1892. xii, 140, [4 pub. cat.] pp. Folding frontis. [the Claddadh] by John Leech. With illustrations By John Leech. 2nd edition. Fore-deges of boards stained and corners bumped. Olive green cloth with gilt harp decoration. Couple of owners inscriptions to f.e.p.. New Edition. hardback. V.g.. 8vo. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

WILLIAM HONE, LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, 1820, 13th edition, 16pp., 2pp. ads., three woodcuts by George Cruickshank, 12mo., dis-bound, v.g., damp stains to title page, They cross-examination of the Prince of Wales satirising a witness at the trial of Queen Caroline.. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: John Smith octavo(2.5 x 6.75 inches). Folding frontis, title page, 40pp, 205pp. ND circa 1850. marbled edges, full red sheepskin, fine copy, attractive leaf pettern embossed in the covers. Full-Leather. Fine. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co, 1832. xii,577pp. Consisting chiefly of the Delphin commentaries condensed and of Selections from Doering and others to which is added The Delphin Ordo in the margin.. Annotations printed in English by Rev. Henry Pemble. Original half-calf worn and shaken, morocco label. Splits to spine but boards attached.. Trifle foxed but suitable for re-backing.Sewing nice and tight.. 1st Pemble. Half-Leather. V.g.. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: Studio Editions, 1993. xxxii, 423pp. First published in 1823. . facimile reprint. hardback. mint/mint. 4to. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1977. 351pp. From Garlands series of 101 volumes: British philosophers and theologians of the 17th & 18th centuries edited by Rene Wellek. This facsimile is printed from a copy in Yale University Library and is printed acid-free 250-year-life paper in a brown hardback cloth binding with black lettering. A scarce item. Almost as new. Volume 6 only [of six]. facsimile reprint. hardback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1977. 323pp. From Garlands series of 101 volumes: British philosophers and theologians of the 17th & 18th centuries edited by Rene Wellek. This facsimile is printed from a copy in Yale University Library and is printed acid-free 250-year-life paper in a brown hardback cloth binding with black lettering. A scarce item. Almost as new. Volume 5 only [of six]. facsimile reprint. hardback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Printed for Edward Croft, 1678, 1st edition, 134 pp., ad., , Small quarto, sewn, no covers, v.g. Please note the letter 'M' has been cut from the word SERMON on page 19 damaging the page in the process and the lower margins show evidence of a damp stain. Please note the letter 'M' has been cut from the word SERMON on page 19 damaging the page in the process. [BL. 001862937 ] . more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Printed by F. G. for Thomas Clark, 1664, 1st edition, 50 pp., , small quarto, sewn, no covers, v.g. p. 47 damaged, wood- cut initial removed and page defective, ,. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Rimondini: Bassano, 1818. 6 volumes bound in 3 . xxxviii, 370;365; 293; 260; 395; 214pp. Edizione Quarta Correcta Ed Accrescuita Dall' Authore. Fine original vellum binding with gilt dec. spines, morocco labels. A lovely set. Please email for photos.. 4th edition. hardback. Fine. 8vo. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: M. Arnold , 1829. xix, [1] errarta], 315pp,[1], authors cat.]. Bookplate of the Earl of Ilchester. Original half-calf with gilt compartments to the spine and gilt lettering. Marbled boards. Joints cracked to top of front board but sound. A nice copy. . 1st edition. Original Half Calf, hardback. Fine. small 8vo. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Jones & Company,Finisbury Square London, 1829, complete in one volume, vi, 189pp, frontis. portrait engraved by Mr R. Cooper, narrow octavo, orig. cloth, black calf label, gilt lettering, v.g. condition, spine a little faded and end-papers and fro ntis. a little foxed. Attractive book with double column layout with rule divide.. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

T.Cadell, in the Strand, London, 1823, The Twelfth Edition, xxxiii, 847, [1]pp, 13 tables, octavo, orig. boards, lacks paper label (fragment left), one section not sewn in, a few neat faded lib. stamps, binding grubby and worn but contents v.g. Dedicated to William Carey, Lord Bishop of Exeter.. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Edinburgh: Constable & Co., 1828. 310pp. Volumes XXIII. Constable's Miscellany of Original and Select Publications in the Various Departments of Literature, The Sciences, and the Arts. Original pale green cloth, paper label. Sunning and browning to spine and spine label [as often]. A grubby copy but tight and complete. Nice early life of Burns . original boards. 12mo. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: T. Braddyll, 1700. 2 parts in 1. Frontis portrait of Creech,[plate Lucretius], [preface 10],[6 dedication], 32, [32] 223 [1] 60 notes [6 index] ; frontis, 68,134,88 [6],[1] . 11 figs. on 5 plates. Fifth Edition. Worn and Incomplete. V.g.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

Salisbury: Brodie and Dowding, 1820. 99pp memoir. JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN HOLLAND, GERMANY, AND FRANCE 1748-1749, 570pp. Large paper copy. 4to, frontispiece portrait and plate of facimile of his hand-writing. Dr John Douglas [1721-1807] was Bishop of Salisbury. Some foxing in later pages. Original boards with blue leather spines [worn]. Tight copy of a large and scarce book. Needs re-backing.. 1st edition. original boards. V.g.. Illus. by Cecil Keeling. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)

London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, ND. vi,163pp. ND but circa 1800-10 a nice tight copy with a little damp evidence at either end not affecting text. Original plain full-calf with gilt bands, no label. 2pp conclusion a little creased. A scarce edition. New Edition. Full-Leather. V.g.. 12mo. more information

Offered by Thomas Rare Books (United Kingdom)