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Ackroyd (Peter) NOTES FOR A NEW CULTURE 1976. 1st edn. D/w. THE LAST TESTAMENT OF OSCAR WILDE 1983. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. HAWKSMOOR 1985. 1st edn. U

Wodehouse (Pelham Grenville) VERY GOOD JEEVES. 1930. 1st UK version. Orig. printed cloth. Marked. JEEVES IN THE OFFING. 1960. 1st edn. Orig. cloth gt.

Dahl (Roald) SOMEONE LIKE YOU. 1954. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. TWO FABLES Ills: G.Dean. 1986. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. THE MINPINS Ills: P.Benson. 1991.

Aldington (Richard) TWO STORIES 1930. 1st edn. Ltd [110/530], signed by the author. Partly unopened. Orig. cloth-backed boards. D/w. WOMEN MUST WORK 1

Porter (Katherine Anne) FLOWERING JUDAS N.Y.1930. 1st edn. [600]. Orig. cloth-backed boards. FLOWERING JUDAS AND OTHER STORIES. N.Y. 1935. 1st edn. Or

Wodehouse (Pelham Grenville) SERVICE WITH A SMILE L. 1962. 1st UK edn. Orig. cloth. COMPANY FOR HENRY 1987. 1st UK edn. Orig. printed cloth. AUNTS ARE

Capote (Truman) OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS N.Y. 1948. 1st edn. Orig. printed cloth. D/w (chipped, with sl. loss at ends of spine. One or two other nick

O'Brian (Patrick) THE UNKNOWN SHORE 1959. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. Roberts (Kenneth) CAPTAIN CAUTION 1949. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. Plus 4 other m...

Bellow (Saul) THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH N.Y. 1953. 1st edn. 1st issue. Orig. printed cloth in d/w with a few small tears & sl. loss at head ...

Huxley (Aldous) POINT COUNTER POINT 1928. 1st edn. Orig. cloth. D/w (sl. torn at upper corners at head of spine). Housman (A.E.) THE COLLECTED POEMS 1

Jacques (Brian) REDWALL Ills: G.Chalk 1986. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. MOSSFLOWER Ills: G. Chalk 1988. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. The first two books by thi

Fry (Christopher) THE FIRSTBORN Cambridge, 1946. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. THE DARK IS LIGHT ENOUGH Ill: R.Searle 1954. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. CURTMANT

Macdiarmid (Hugh) SELECTED POEMS 1934. 1st edn. Orig. printed wraps. TO CIRCUMJACK CENCRASTUS 1930. 1st edn. Cont. owner's sig. on f.f.e.p. Orig...

Graves (Robert) POEMS 1926-1930. 1931. 1st edn. Partly untrimmed. Orig. patterned cloth. Remains of d/w. Blunden (Edmund) HALFWAY HOUSE. 1932. 1st edn

Kipling (Rudyard) KIM 1901. 1st edn. B/w ills. Advert. Orig. cloth gt. LETTERS OF TRAVEL 1920. 1st edn. Advts. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. LIMITS AND RENEWAL

Wells (Herbert George) MEN LIKE GODS 1923. 1st edn. Endpapers sl. foxed. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. THE CROQUET PLAYER 1936. 1st edn. Orig. patterned boards

Kirkup (James) A CORRECT COMPASSION 1952. 1st edn. Inscribed by the author to Irene Worth on f.f.e.p. Orig. cloth. D/w. THE TRUE MYSTERY OF THE NATIVI

Patten (Brian) NOTES TO THE HURRYING MAN 1969. 3rd imp. Ltd edn. [43/50] with holograph of the 43rd poem in the volume. Orig. cloth. D/w.£30-50

Wells (Herbert George) BOON .... 1915. 1st edn. (written under the name of Reginald Bliss). With Ms. notes by the Managing Director of Fisher Unwin, f

Jones (David) THE KENSINGTON MASS 1975. 1st edn. B/w. ills. Orig. printed wraps. POETRY WALES - DAVID JONES NUMBER 1972. 1st edn. Some ink underlining

Lennon (John) IN HIS OWN WRITE 1964. 3rd imp. B/w ills. Orig. glazed boards. A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS 1965. 1st edn. B/w ills. Orig. glazed boards. Eps

Smith (Stevie) MOTHER, WHAT IS MAN? 1942. 1st edn. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. Sitwell (Edith) GREEN SONG. 1944. 1st edn. Orig. cloth. Unclipped d/w. Plome

Wain (John) WILDTRACK 1965. 1st edn. Orig. cloth gt. Unclipped d/w. With a 2pp TLS, dated 25.10.61, to a Mr Keir, discussing Major Eatherley and the d

Housman (A.E.) MORE POEMS 1936. 1st edn. Port. frontis. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt. THE COLLECTED POEMS. 1939. 1st edn. Orig. cloth gt. Symons (

THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE Eds: Sir A.W.Ward & A.R. Waller. Cambridge, 1932. 15 vols. Orig. cloth gt.£80-100

Skeat (Walter W.) THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER Oxford, 1963. 2nd edn. 8 vols. Frontis. Ex-library, but with stamps only to title verso. O/w

Swift (Jonathan) THE WORKS 1743 [1742]-1745. 11 vols. Containing the 1742, 4th edn. of 'Gulliver'. Titles in red & black. Engr. plates. ...

MacPherson (James) FINGAL, AN ANCIENT EPIC POEM. Privately printed, 1775. 4to. 19th Century owner's inscription on first blank. Rear e.p's a...

Gray (Thomas) THE WORKS Ed. J.Mitford. 1816. 2 vols. 4to. Port. frontis. Cont. half calf. Joints cracking. Spines rubbed & chipped. Lacks labels...

Trollope (Anthony) LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET Ills: G.H.Thomas 1867. 1st edn. 2 vols. Imprints set to different lengths. Semi-colon after 'Hoggles...

Laing (Samuel) THE HEIMSKRINGLA, OR THE SAGAS OF THE NORSE KINGS Ed. R.B. Anderson 1889. 4 vols. Ltd edn. [310]. 2 maps. Orig. gt. pict. cloth. Plus 1

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) THE GREAT BOER WAR 2nd English edn. Sm. 8vo. B/w ills. Orig. dec. cloth gt. This is the book which, according to Green &...

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. ITS CAUSE AND CONDUCT. 1902. Half-title. Orig. printed wraps (lightly spotted).£150-200

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) THROUGH THE MAGIC DOOR. 1907. 1st edn. B/w ills. Booklist. Orig. cloth gt. DANGER. 1918. 1st edn. Orig. printed cloth. THE NE

Kipling (Rudyard) SOLDIER TALES. 1896. 1st edn. B/w ills. Orig. gt. pict. cloth. A.e.g. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS. Ills: I.W.Taber. 1897. 1st edn. 2pp bookl

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) THE STARK MUNRO LETTERS 1895. 1st edn, later issue. B/w ills. Cont. owner's signature on half-title. 24pp booklist. Som...

Ruskin (John) THE POEMS Orpington, 1891. Special Edition [750]. 2 vols. 4to. L.P. or H.M.P. Plates on India paper. Uncut. Orig. half vellum gt. With p

Rossetti (Gabriele) A VERSIFIED AUTOBIOGRAPHY Ed. W.M. Rossetti 1901. Ltd edn. [1000]. Frontis. Partly untrimmed. Lacks f.f.e.p. Orig. cloth gt. Cleme

Dickens (Charles) THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB Ills: R.Seymour, R.W. Buss & H.K.Browne. 1837. 1st edn. With 'Veller' on ti...

Scott (Sir Walter) REDGAUNTLET. Edin., 1824. 1st edn. 3 vols. Half-titles. Owner's stamp on blanks before half-titles. Cont. half tree calf gt. ...

Chambers (William) EXPLOITS AND ANECDOTES OF THE SCOTTISH GYPSIES. Edin. 1886. Ltd edn. [300]. Frontis. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. marked n

Seymour (Robert) SKETCHES .... Single volume, ca 1840. 49 etched plates. No title. Cont. half calf gt. Minor wear to extremities. A.e.g. Marryat (Fred

Borrow (George) LAVENGRO. 1851. 1st edn. 3rds. Half-titles on Vols. 1 & 2. Cont. half calf; gt. dec. spines in compartments. Upper joint Vol. 1 ...

Bewick (Thomas) A MEMOIR Newcastle & L. 1862. 1st edn. Engr. frontis. Wood engr. ills. & 20 plates. Orig. cloth gt. Plus 1 other, with Bewic...

Thackeray (William Makepiece) THE WORKS Ills: R. Doyle, H. Furniss & others. 1911. 20 vols. Engr. plates & ills. Orig. gt. dec. blue cloth.&...

Smollett (Tobias) THE WORKS Ed. J.P. Browne 1872. 8 vols. Port. frontis. A handsome set in full tan calf by Henderson & Bisset. Gt. bordere

Shakespeare (William) THE WORKS Ed. C.Knight. Imperial Edition, ca 1875. 2 vols. Large folio. Added engr. titles & steel engr. plates. Elaborate...

Casanova de Seignalt (Giacomo) THE MEMOIRS 1902. 2 vols. 2 port. frontis. Later blue half calf. Spines with gt. floral devices and raised bands....

Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth) THE SONG OF HIAWATHA. Ills: F.Remington, N.C. Wyeth & M. Parrish. Col. frontis. n.d. [1911]. 4to. B/w ills. Partly ...

Scott (Sir Walter) NOVELS AND ROMANCES. Edn. 1824. 7 vols. T.p. vignettes. NOVELS AND TALES. Edin. 1822. 11 vols (of 12). T.p. vignettes. C