Search Results: Titles starting with R from Antiquates Ltd

Coloniae Agrippinae [i.e. Cologne]: In officina Birckmannica, sumptibus Arnoldi Mylii, 1588. 834pp. Contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine. Marked and discoloured, lightly rubbed, later paper shelf-label to foot of spine. Text-block held in binding by upper hinge only, pastedowns sprung, early ownership inscription of Richard Banastre to title, very occasional minute marginal worm-trails, dampstained. An early edition of the collected meditations of Dominican theologian Luis de Granada (1504-1588). The early English owner Richard Banastre who has so boldly inscribed this copy was perhaps a member of the Lancashire Banastres of Brotherton. Not in Adams.. 12mo.

London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy...and N. Hailes, 1821. [2], 159pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's gilt-ruled green roan-backed blue paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities worn, loss to lettering-piece and head of spine. Lightly foxed. An unsophisticated copy of the first edition of children’s writer Jeffreys Taylor’s (1792-1853) conduct of life tale in which the eponymous proto-Scrooge, having happened across a concealed gold coin whilst walking one night, is driven to distraction by the possibility of yet more hidden wealth. The miser is further encouraged by the sudden appearance of a ghostly apparition who, in portentous tones, appears to confirm his suspicions that a great treasure is within reach. Richards, with some misadventure, soon locates a buried vault brimming with riches and, somewhat unusually for a children’s tale, is able to purloin each and every valuable item without… Read More

London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy...and N. Hailes, 1821. [2], 159pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's black roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed. Light offsetting to title, very occasional spotting. An unsophisticated copy of the first edition of children’s writer Jeffreys Taylor’s (1792-1853) conduct of life tale in which the eponymous proto-Scrooge, having happened across a concealed gold coin whilst walking one night, is driven to distraction by the possibility of yet more hidden wealth. The miser is further encouraged by the sudden appearance of a ghostly apparition who, in portentous tones, appears to confirm his suspicions that a great treasure is within reach. Richards, with some misadventure, soon locates a buried vault brimming with riches and, somewhat unusually for a children’s tale, is able to purloin each and every valuable item without consequence. The book… Read More

London: Strahan & Co., 1871. iv, 434pp. With 18 engraved plates. Contemporary half-calf, brown cloth boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities heavily rubbed and sunned. Marbled endpapers, scattered foxing. The first octavo edition of Anthony Trollope's (1815-1882) novel following the eponymous protagonist, a spendthrift youth who runs into debt. Initially published as a supplement to St. Paul's Magazine in monthly numbers from January 1870 to July 1871. In April 1871, it then was published in three volumes by Hurst and Blackett. . First edition. 8vo.

London: Printed by J. D. and sold by Ferd. Burleigh, 1714. xii, 116pp. Recent brown half-morocco, tan cloth boards, lettered in gilt. Very slight rubbing to extremities. Marbled endpapers, initial gathering foxed and toned, else internally clean and crisp. The first edition of a discerning verse translation by Jabez Hughes (1684/5-1731) of Latin poet Claudian's (c.370-c.404) influential unfinished mythological epic De raptu Proserpinae, to which is subjoined the tale of Erichto extracted from the sixth book of Marcus Annaeus Lucanus' (39-65 AD) Pharsalia. A second edition, corrected and enlarged with notes, appeared in 1723. ESTC records copies at only four locations in the British Isles (BL, Cambridge, Oxford, and York), and a further seven in North America. ESTC T2363.. First edition. 8vo.

New York: Random House, 1959. [xiv], 76pp. With three leaves of photographs. Original publisher's yellow cloth-backed blue paper boards, lettered and stamped in gilt and black, with a photographic portrait laid on. With the original publishers printed dustwrapper. Spine a trifle cocked, top and bottom edge fading, with some marking to both boards; wrapper is sunned and nicked at the edges. Internally bright and clean, with the presentation inscription to the FFEP: 'To Larry - With deepest respect and admiration. Fay and Mike' dated Sept 11, 1957. Fay and Michael Kanin wrote for both stage and screen as a collaborative force in the arts for much of their marriage, beginning with their first adapted screenplay Sunday Punch (1942) - written on their honeymoon - to which MGM bought the rights. They were nominated for a joint Academy Award in 1958 for Teacher's Pet, among many other accolades. Fay went on to be president of the Academy from 1979 to 1983. From the library of Laurence… Read More

London: Printed and published by J. F. Dove, 1827. 214pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece, and additional engraved title page, and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary green calf, tooled in gilt and blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, scattered spotting. A handsome late Georgian edition of Samuel Johnson's (1709-1784) didactic romance, first published 1759; together with Ellis Cornelia Knight’s (1737-1836) popular continuation of the novel, first printed in 1790. . 12mo.

Hull: Printed By George Prince, in Scale-Lane, and sold at the New Chapel, City-Road, London, [c.1790]. 223pp, [1]. Uncut, in early roughly-sewn wrappers over original blue-paper wraps. Loss to over-wraps, some rounding to edges and occasional soiling of text block. John William Fletcher (bap. 1729, d.1785), Anglican clergyman and Methodist writer. Fletcher and his wife, Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, were friends of John and Charles Wesley. One of the earliest theologians of the Methodist movement, he was chosen by John Wesley to be successor, had he not predeceased the latter. A Rational Vindication, a defence of traditional Trinitian orthodoxy, was published posthumously after completion by Joseph Benson. Imprints exist at both London and Hull; both are rare. ESTC records only three locations holding this provincial printing in the UK (Birmingham, BL, Dr. William's Library) and four in North America (Perkins School of Theology, Texas, Union Theological Seminary and Washington & Lee University).… Read More

[London?]: [s.n.], [1740?] Single bifolium. 3pp, [1]. Docket title to verso of second leaf. A trifle creased. An early example of commercial Parliamentary lobbying literature, published in small numbers for distribution to Members of Parliament in order to influence opinion in the run up to debates and divisions, highlighting, in eleven clear points, the commercial situation for the wool trade in Worcester, lamenting the failures of the Worcester Clothiers Company, then appealing to Parliament for financial assistance. It is made clear that rival clothiers in Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire have remained profitable and sought to export their wares abroad, particularly to Turkey, at which the Worcester trade has failed. ESTC records a single copy in North America (Harvard), and none elsewhere. ESTC N63563..

Huddersfield: Printed for the author, by J. Lancashire, 1824. 242pp. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved vignette depicting a beehive to title page, and a list of subscribers. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Lightly dampstaining to head of title and initial two leaves of text, else internally clean and crisp. The sole edition, in original state, of the only published work of native of Saddleworth, Yorkshire, and apiarian Thomas Shaw (1756-1828). The compositions are predominantly pastoral and sentimental - with the exception of two inspired by the Battle of Waterloo - and include, appropriately 'A Poem on Bees', a lengthy impassioned paean in rhyming couplets extolling the virtues of the bumbling insects and the wonders of the hive, commencing with the Homeric lines: 'Ye Muses nine inspire my lays; Of Amazons be mine the praise: Sing of a Queen of beauteous form, And of her race that boundless swarm'. A single… Read More

Paris: Chez J.-B. Baillière, 1827. In two parts. xxiv, 417, [3], 326pp, [2]. With a half-title and a final errata leaf. Contemporary roan-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. From the library of British physiologist John Yudkin (1910-1995), with his bookplate to FEP. The first edition in French of this milestone in the study of the digestive processes of man and animals, originally published in Germany as Die Verdauug nach Versuchen (1826). The authors, Friedrich Tiedeman (1781-1861) and Leopold Gmelin (1748-1804), expand their earlier work on the subject into a comprehensive and highly influential study, employing chemical operations and microscopic experimentation to determine the significance of organs and bodily fluids in the digestive process. Their achievements included determining the importance of stomach acids and the discovery of glucose. . First edition in French. 8vo.

London: Printed by W. M'Dowall, 1863. [2], 46pp. [Bound after:] The foreign enlistment act, London, William Ridgway, 1863. 74pp. [And with:] Once a clergyman, always a clergyman. A letter to the Lord Bishop of London. London, William Ridgway, 1865. 78pp. [And:] Extradition treaties. London, William Ridgway, 1868. 69pp 8vo. Handsomely bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Extremities somewhat rubbed to joints and corners. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate to FEP of Henry A. Bright with the motto Post Tenebras Lucem. All four works are presentation copies, inscribed to Bright at the head of each title. Four pamphlets collected by merchant and author Henry A. Bright (1830-1884) written by Frederick Waymouth Gibbs (1821-1898), lawyer, scholar and for six years tutor to Edward VII Prince of Wales. . Second edition.

London: Tilt and Bogue, 1841. xvi, 284pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and two final leaves of publisher's advertisements. Partially unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed, splitting to upper joint. Hinges partially exposed, ink-stamp of Mimpriss & Co., Cheltenham to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. The sole edition of botanical artist and minor poet Rebecca Hey's (fl. 1835-1859) third published collection of verse; the first part of which is predominantly comprised of pastoral poems on the landscape of the Lake District, whilst the second is entirely concerned with devotional matters. . First edition. 8vo.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1965. 144pp. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt, with original publisher's pictorial dustwrapper. Wrapper a trifle faded with minor losses and fading, unclipped. Bright and clean save a little water damage to the top right of text-block,. Inscribed to FFEP: 'To The Boss - With My Best - Ken, 1965'. Kenneth Tynan (1927-1980) was an influential - and groundbreaking - English theatre critic and writer, who rose to prominence during the 'Angry Young Man' movement that promoted theatrical realism. Despite being critical of Olivier's tenure at Chichester Festival Theatre, Tynan nonetheless recommended himself as Literary Director of the National Theatre. Olivier's wife, Joan, had to convince her husband to accept - a decision that would cement both his and Tynan's reputations internationally. This is the first edition of the companion volume to one of Tynan's National productions that starred Olivier, which Tynan explains in… Read More

A Cologne: Jean du Castel, 1664. 297pp. Contemporary red half-morocco, red melange paper boards, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed, marking to boards. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, internally clean and crisp. A compilation of fives miscellaneous pieces by statesman Henri-Auguste de Lomenie, comte de Brienne (1594-1666) relating to contemporary French history, including an analysis of the causes of the Thirty Years' War, and an inquiry into the subsequent peace negotiations with Spain. The imprint on this edition is fictitious; two editions were printed in the same year, both bearing the same imprint, though this edition was in fact printed by Foppens. . 12mo.

A Londres [i.e. London]: Chez J. Johnson et al., 1799. viii, 292pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary calf. Extremities rubbed, joints cracked, upper board held by cords only. Ink ownership inscription to verso of FFEP; 'Jane Birkbeck / Lynn / 1800', offsetting to title-page, short tear to margin of Q5, occasional ink-spotting to text, marginal marking. A compilation, first printed in 1785, of historical and moral tales designed to inspire a juvenile readership to both virtuous behaviour and an appreciation of the French language, by tutor and founder of the Alfred House Academy, Camberwell, Nicolas Wanostrocht (1745-1812). ESTC T118213.. Sixieme edition [i.e. sixth edition]. 12mo.

Haarlem: Vincent Loosjes, 1823. viii, 29pp, [1]. Modern marbled paper boards. Leaves browned and spotted. The first edition of Dutch antiquary Johannes Henricus van der Palm's (1763- 1840) speech delivered in celebration of the fourth centenary of the printing press; the invention of which here is attributed to Laurens Janszoon Coster of Haarlem. . First edition. 8vo.

Dublin: Printed by A. O'Neil, 1821. vii, [8]-180pp. With a woodcut frontispiece, and numerous woodcut vignettes throughout. Original publisher's red morocco-backed drab paper boards. Boards heavily worn, marked, and soiled. Ink inscriptions and pen trials of 'Jeremiah Bard' to FEP, occasional creasing and light spotting. A series of devotional exercises selected from the writings of German preacher Christoph Christian Sturm (1740-1786), intended for the moral instruction of a juvenile readership, first printed by C. Bentham of Dublin in 1820. COPAC records copies of this second edition at only three locations (Aberdeen, BL, and Cambridge). . Second edition. 12mo.

London: Saunders and Otley, 1839. [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.' A treatise, by politician Montague Gore (1800-1864), on the balance of power both within the Houses of Parliament and across the British Empire. Rare, with COPAC recording only five copies; BL, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and LSE. . First edition. 8vo.

A Paris: Chez Didot fils aine, [1787]. 64pp. With a large folding table. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's plain paper wrappers. Extremities a trifle stained. Internally clean and crisp. The sole edition, in original state, of Baron Francois Louis de Wimpffen de Bornebourg's (1732-1800) suggestions for the restructuring and deployment of French military forces throughout the nation. . First edition. 8vo.