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Quarles (Francis), EMBLEMS, DIVINE AND MORAL 1756. Engr. frontis & ills. A little marginal soiling. Last 2 leaves sl. torn (w/o loss) at in...

Oates (Titus), THE WITCH OF ENDOR: OR, A PLEA FOR THE DIVINE ADMINISTRATION BY THE AGENCY OF GOOD AND EVIL SPIRITS. 1736. 19th Century half calf g

Bacon (Francis), SCRIPTA IN NATURALI ET UNIVERSALI PHILOSOPHIA Amsterdam, 1653. 1st Elzevir edn. 12mo. Engr. added title. Woodcut device on typ

Holyday (Barten), PHILOSOPHIAE POLITO-BARBARAE SPECIMEN IN QUO DE ANIMA & EJUS HABITATIBUS INTELLECTUALIBUS Oxford, 1633. 1st edn. Sm. 4to....

, THE TRYAL OF DR HENRY SACHEVERELL 1710. 1st edn. Folio. Port. frontis. Cont. panelled calf. Upper board det. Hobart (Sir Henry), THE

[autographical letter] Cobden (Richard), A 30-LINE LETTER TO SIR JAMES EMERSON TENNENT dated 31st July, 1846. Cobden describes a scene of politica

Poullain de Saint-Foix (Germain Francois), ESSAIS HISTOIRQUES SUR PARIS L. 1763. 3rd edn. 4 vols. 12mo. Frontis. in vols 1 & 1. Half-title ...

Pomponazzi (Pietro), TRACTATUS DE IMMORTALITATE ANIMAE 1534. 12mo. Wood engr. title border. 17th or 18th Century plum calf; gt. ruled & inne...

Besdel ( - ), ABREGE DES CAUSES CELEBRES & INTERESSANTES Bath, 1793. 3 vols. 12 mo. Cont. half morocco, gt dec. spines. Sl. rubbing. (3)

Palmer (Charles), A COLLECTION OF SELECT APHORISMS AND MAXIMS 1748. 4to. Engr. frontis. cont. calf gt. Rubbed. Plus 10 others, miscellaneous an

Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount), A VIEW OF LORD BOLINGBROKE'S PHILOSOPHY, ......IN FOUR LETTERS TO A FRIEND. 1756. 3rd edn. Cont. ca...

Parent-Duchatelet (A.J.B.), DE LA PROSTITUTION DANS LA VILLE DE PARIS Paris, 1857. 3rd end. 2 vols. Port. frontis. 2 fldg maps, fldg table. (Ci

[signed document] Louis XV, BREVET DEPENSION DES JEAN DE LATRAN POUR LES GUARNACCI. 3rd February, 1753. 11-line document on vellum, signed 'L...

A SELECT COLLECTION OF ENGLISH PLAYS Edn. 1759-60. 3 vols in 1. Includes work by Dryden, Voltaire, Fielding et al. Engr. general title. some light

Moliere [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], LES OEUVRES Ills: Lepicie & Cars after Boucher et al. Paris, 1734. 6 vols. Large 4to. Port. Engr. fleur...

Scarron (Paul), LE ROMANT COMIQUE Paris, 1669-77. 2 vols. Engr. aded title. Probably 18th Century calf gt. Spines chipped, joints a little rubb

[Samuel Johnson] Campbell (Archibald), LEXIPHANES, A DIALOGUE. IMITATED FROM LUCIAN AND SUITED TO THE PRESENT TIMES 1767. 1st edn. Untrimmed. O

Hull (Thomas), RICHARD PLANTAGANET: A LEGENDARY TALE [1774]. 1st edn. 4to. Engr. title (sl. soiled). Some light foxing. Mod. half calf gt.

Harris (Richard), MR BUMPKIN'S LAWSUIT: OR HOW TO WIN YOUR OPPONENT'S CASE 1883. 1st edn. Bound for the Prince of Wales in full diced ro...

Surtees (Robert Smith), HANDLEY CROSS Ills: J. Leech 1854. 1st Leech edn. 17 Hand-col. plates. Orig. gt. pict. cloth. A little rubbed & ...

PAPERS OF THE MANCHESTER LITERARY CLUB Manchester, 1881; 1886-93; 1895-96; 1910. 12 vols. Engr. plates. Orig. cloth gt. One vol. with dampstained

[Stanbrook Abbey Press] Maritain (Raissa), PATRIARCH TREE Translated by a Benedictine of Stanbrook Worcester 1965. Ltd edn.[550] on HMP. Printed

[Franklin Library] Vonnegut (Kurt), SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE Ills: A.E. Cober Pennsylvannia, 1978. Ltd edn. Signed by the author., Orig. gt. dec moroc

[Franklin Library] Heller (Joseph), CATCH 22. Ills: R.A. Parker Pennsylvania, 1978. Ltd. edn. Signed by the author., Orig. blue gt. panelled

[Franklin Library] Donleavy (J.P.), THE GINGER MAN Ills: S. Liepke Pennsylvania, 1978. Ltd edn. Signed by the author., Orig. gt. de. green moroc

[Franklin Library] Sartre (Jean Paul), FIVE PLAYS Ills: R. Bora Pennsylvania, 1978. ltd edn. Signed by the author., Orig. gt. dec. crimson moroc

[Franklin Library] McCarthy (Mary), THE GROUP Ills: Miki Pennsylvania, 1978. Ltd edn. Signed by the author., Orig. gt. dec. crimson morocco. A.e

Thompson (Francis), THE COLLECTED POETRY. 1913. 4to. Ltd edn. [500]. Numbered & signed by the publishers. Port. frontis. Partly untrimme...

Mottram (R.H.), THE SPANISH FARM / SIXTY-FOUR, NINETY-FOUR / THE CRIME AT VANDERLYNDENS / TEN YEARS AGO. 1924; 1925; 1926; 1928. 2nd imp; 1st edit

Symons (Julian), THE MAN WHO KILLED HIMSELF 1967. 1st edn. Signed by the author on f.f.e.p., D/w (very sl. creased at edges). THE MAN WHOSE DRE

Wodehouse (Pelham Granvile), IF I WERE YOU. N.Y. 1931. 1st edn. Half-title. Orig. printed cloth. Sl. rubbed & faded. Plus 19 others, Wode...

Peake (Mervyn), Ballard (J.G.) & Aldiss (Brian W.), THE INNER LANDSCAPE 1969. 1st edn. D/w. Zelasny (Roger), MY NAME IS LEGION 1979. 1st e...

Hopkins (Gerard Manley), LETTERS TO ROBERT BRIDGES Ed: C.C. Abbott 1935. 1st edn. Port. frontis. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. CORRESPONDENCE.....

Yates (Dornford), AS BERRY AND I WERE SAYING. 1952. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w - with green band around. NE'ER DO WELL 1954. 1st edn. Unclipp...

Hardy (Thomas), THE WORKS ca 1920-25, MacMillan Pocket Edition. 18 vols (0f 25). Orig. gt. dec. blue limp morocco. Plus 43 others, including 21 v

Conrad (Joseph), THE WORKS 1925. Medallion Edition. 22 vols. Gravure frontis. to each vol. Orig. blue cloth gt. A smart set, apart from a whit

Nutt (Thomas), PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES Ed: T. Clark. Wisbech, 1848. 2 fldg. plates. Engr. ills, some full-page. Bo

Morris (Francis Orpen), A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 1903. 5th edn. 6 vols. Large 8vo. 399 (of 400) hand-col. plates. 2 text pages have marginal

Bowdler Sharpe (R.) , LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY 1896. 4 vols. col. plates. Orig. quarter morocco gt. Spines worn. Goldsmith (Oliver),

Cramp (Stanley) & others, HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA VOL. 1. OSTRICH TO DUCKS Oxford, 1977. 4to. Co...

Bewick (Thomas), A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. Newcastle, 1847. 2 vols. T.p. vignettes. Wood engr. ills. Some spotting of endpapers. Cont. panelled

Sidney (Samuel), THE BOOK OF THE HORSE ca 1880. 2nd edn. 4to. 24 (of 25) chromolitho plates. Some occasional marginal staining. Orig. gt. pict.

Miles (William J.), MODERN PRACTICAL FARRIERY Ills: after B. Herring n.d. [ca 1870]. Large 4to. 40 engr. plates, many hand-col. Cont. half moro

Miles (William J.), MODERN PRACTICAL FARRIERY n.d. [ca 1890]. 4to. 47 plates incl. 19 chromolitho (possibly lacking frontis.). One text page loos

Johnson (Thomas B), THE SPORTSMAN AND GAMEKEEPER'S DIRECTORY [1882]. 1st edn. 5 engr. plates. Booklist. Cont. cloth-backed borads.

[New Naturalist] Gilmour (John) & Walters (Max), WILD FLOWERS n.d. 1st edn. Col. & b/w ills. D/w (Sl. torn at head of spine). Stamp (S...

Goldsmith (Oliver), A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE n.d. [1854]. 2 vols in 1. Port. frontis. 72 hand-col. plates including 2 vignette

Matthiolus (Petrus Andreas), HERBAR ANEB BYLINAR WYSOCEVTENEHO A WZESSENEBO n.d. (facs. reprint of 1596 Prague edition). Folio. Engr. ills. Orig.

Elich (Don) & Booth (Raymond), JAPONICA MAGNIFICA Stroud, 1992. Folio. Ltd edn. [132/210]. With two extra plates signed by the artist. Co...

[Ordnance Survey] Clarke (Capt. A.R.), COMPARISONS OF STANDARDS OF LENGTH OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, PRUSSIA, RUSSIA, INDIA & AUSTRALIA. Sou...