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COPIES OF ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM THE ARMY OF GENERAL BONAPARTE IN EGYPT, INTERCEPTED BY THE FLEET UNDER THE COMMAND OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON.

Longstaff (F.V.) & Atteridge (A.H.) THE BOOK OF THE MACHINE GUN 1917. 1st edn. B/w plates incl. 16 fldg. engr. plates. Crimson half calf gt. Gt....

Mahan (A.T.) SEA POWER IN ITS RELATIONS TO THE WAR OF 1812. 1905. 1st edn. 2 vols. Gravure frontiss. Fldg. maps, b/w plates. Orig. cloth gt. D/ws.&#...

Maurice (Maj-Gen. Sir F.) THE HISTORY OF THE SCOTS GUARDS 1642-1914. 1934. 1st edn. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Col. & b/w plates. Fldg. maps etc. Maps i...

Lawrence (Thomas Edward) SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM 1935. 1st trade edn. 4to. B/w plates. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt.£40-60

Quilter (D.C.) 'NO DISHONOURABLE NAME' (The 2nd & 3rd Battalions Coldstream Guards, 1939-46). 1947. 1st edn. 4to. Signed by the author o...

Creswicke (Louis) SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL WAR n.d. 8 vols. Large 8vo. Col. & b/w ills. Maps etc. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. A nice set. Plus 2...

Blackwood (Lady Alicia) NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCES .... DURING A RESIDENCE ON THE BOSPHORUS THROUGHOUT THE CRIMEAN WAR. 1881. Engr. title &am...

Mackey (Frank J.) & Jernegan (M.W.) FORWARD-MARCH! THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF AMERICA IN THE WORLD WAR ... Chigago, 1934-6. 2 vols. Large 4to. B...

Schulze (Hans Rudolf) UNSERE LUFTFLOTTE IM WELT KRIEGE 1914/1915. Oblong folio. 6 mounted coloured plates, unbound in printed portfolio.£80-100

Janesch (Albert) KRIEGSBILDER VON OBERRHEIN BIS BORDEAUX. Munich, n.d. Large oblong folio. 12 col.plates. Orig. printed wraps.£40-50

KAMPF UM'S DRITTE REICH. Berlin, 1933. Fo. Mounted col. ills showing the rise to power of the Nazi Party. Orig. col. and gt. printed wraps.£...

Ardenne (Baron von) and Helmolt (Hans F.) DAS BUCH VON GROSSEN KRIEG Stuttgart etc.,n.d. 2 vols. Large 4to. Col plates, b/w ills. Orig. printed cloth.

Groner (Erich) DIE DEUTSCHEN KRIEGSSCHIFFE 1815-1936. Munich & Berlin, 1937. Oblong 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Burchartz (Max) UNSERE REICHS...

ZEPPELIN-WELTFAHRTEN. 1932. Oblong fo. 264 mounted b/w ills. Orig. printed wraps.£80-100

Boutell (Charles) A MANUAL OF BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY 1858. Square 8vo. 20 plates, many hand-col. 24pp booklist at front. Orig. cloth gt. Some repairs to

Fox (Sir Cyril) LIFE AND DEATH IN THE BRONZE AGE. 1959. 1st edn. 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w. Frere (Sheppard) BRITANNIA: A HISTORY OF ROMAN BRITA

Froissart (Sir John) THE ANCIENT CHRONICLES .... OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, SCOTLAND, BRITTANY & FLANDERS. Trans: J. Bourchier 1814-16...

Vincent (James Edmund) JOHN NIXON: PIONEER OF THE STEAM COAL TRADE IN SOUTH WALES 1900. Port. frontis. Cont. crimson calf with gt. inner dentelles. Sp

McCarthy (Justin) A HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES. 1901. 4 vols. Copy presented to a retiring Rural Dean in Godalming in 1922 with caligraphic p

Green (John Richard) A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE. Illustrated edn. 1892-4. 4 vols. Large 8vo. Col. & b/w plates, maps, etc. Cont.

Toynbee (Arnold) A STUDY OF HISTORY 1973. 4to. Ltd edn. [33/105]. Signed by the author on t.p. Col & B/w ills. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full b

Pepys (Samuel) THE DIARY Ed. R.Latham & W.Matthews 1970-1983. 11 vols. Orig. cloth gt. D/ws (a few small tears).£100-150

Nolhac (Pierre de) MARIE ANTOINETTE THE QUEEN. Paris 7 L, 1898. 4to. Col. frontis. Gravure plates. Cont. plum-coloured half calf gt. T.e.g.£100...

Buxhoeveden (Sophie) BEFORE THE STORM: COUNTRY LIFE INDER THE STARS. 1938. 1st edn. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. Angus (John) THE LEDGER OF JOHN SMYTHE. Ed. J

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Vernon (Thomas) CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. 1726. (vol.I). Folio. Port. frontis. Cont. calf, re-backed & corners re

Williams (Montagu) LATER LEAVES 1893. Port. frontis. Orig. cloth gt. Robson (Thomas) THE ATTORNEY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND. Cambridge, 1959

Hyde (H. Montgomery) THE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE. 1948. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Young (Filson) THE TRIAL OF HAWLEY HARVEY CRIPPEN. 1920. 1st

Speer (Albert) SPANDAUER TAGEBUCHER. Frankfurt, 1975. 1st edn. Signed by the author on f.f.e.p. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/W£60-90

Ward (J.) WORKMEN AND WAGES AT HOME AND ABROAD. 1868. 1st edn. Half-title. Advt. leaf. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. rubbed. 'Nemo' LABOUR AND LUXURY....

Mann (Thomas) THIS WAR Trans: E.Sutton. 1940. 1st Engl. edn. Orig. cloth gt. Sl torn d/w. Postgate (Raymond) KARL MARX 1933. 1st edn. Orig. cloth. D/W

THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY Ed. W.C.Taylor. n.d. [ca 1840]. 4 vols. 4to. 240 engr. plates. Owner's signatures on f.f.e.p's. Cont. green ha...

D'Agincourt (Seroux) HISTORY OF ART BY ITS MONUMENTS. 1847. 3 vols in 1. Folio. English text. 328 engr. plates. Cont. half morocco. Upper joint ...

[Zaehnsdorf binding] CATALOGUE OF PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE. VOL.2. 1904. Folio. Ltd edn. [1/250] Mounted gravure plates. Full green morocco with panels

Hamerton (Philip Gilbert) LANDSCAPE 1885. Folio. Etched plates. Partly untrimmed. Advt. leaf at end. Mod. green kid, with gt. inner dentelles.£...

VERVE: REVUE ARTISTIQUE ET LITERATURE VOL.V. Nos. 19 & 20 COULEUR DE PICASSO 1948. folio. Mounted colour plates. B/w ills. D/w (a little thumbed...

Millais (John Guille) THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS 1899. 1st edn. 2 vols. Gravure plates, b/w ills. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. Spines t

Lee (Marshall) ERTE AT NINETY-FIVE Intro: Erte. 1987. 1st edn. 4to. Col. plates. Orig. cloth. D/w. Plus 3 others, Erte.£40-50

Cree (Laura Murray) & Drury (Neville) AUSTRALIAN PAINTING NOW. 2000. 4to. Col. ills. Fine in d/w. Allen (Brian) & Dukelskaya (Larissa) BRITI...

Flint (Sir William Russell) A CATALOGUE RAISONNE. Eds. K.S. Gardner & N.D.Clark. Bristol, 1986. 4to. Ltd edn. [1500]. Col. & b/w ills. Orig....

Brassai & Russell (John) PARIS 1961. 2nd imp. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Sykes (Christopher Simon) COUNTRY HOUSE CAMERA 1980. 1st edn. 4t

Coburn (Alvin Langdon) PHOTOGRAPHS 1900-1924. Zurich & N.Y. 1998. 4to. B/w ills. Fine in D/w. Adams (Ansel) PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE NATIONA

Viollet-Le-Duc (Eugene Emmanuel) HISTOIRE D'UNE MAISON Paris, n.d. [ca 1880]. Engr. plates & ills. Advts. Some spotting. Cont. crimson moroc...

Betjeman (John) GHASTLY GOOD TASTE 1970. Ltd edn. [191/200]. Signed by the author. Fldg. plates. Orig. morocco-backed cloth. A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF EN

Phillips (Randall) THE SERVANTLESS HOUSE 1923. 2nd edn. B/w ills. Orig. printed cloth. THE BOOK OF BUNGALOWS 1922. 2nd edn. B/w ills. Orig. cloth-back

Tredgold (Thomas) ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CARPENTRY. Ed. E.W.Tarn. 1885. 6th edn. Port. frontis. 61 engr. plates (many fldg.). Text ills. Orig. cloth

Nicholson (Peter) THE CARPENTER'S NEW GUIDE Ed. A.Ashpitel PRACTICAL RULES ON DRAWING (by G. Pyne). n.d.[ca 1848]. 74 engr. plates. Cont. cloth

Anon. PRACTICAL CARPENTRY, JOINERY AND CABINET MAKING. 1837. 4to. Added engr. title (sl. stained & chipped at edges). Engr. plates - some toward...

Littlejohn (David) THE FATE OF THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE. 1997. B/w ills. Near-fine in d/w. Bernhard (Marianne) MONASTERIES .... 1998. Large 4to. Col.

Hurlbutt (Frank) BOW PORCELAIN 1926. 1st edn. Folio. Col. & b/w plates. Orig. cloth gt.£40-50

Turner (William) WILLIAM ADAMS - AN OLD ENGLISH POTTER 1904. Tall 8vo. Ltd edn. [600]. B/w plates. Cont. half morocco. Gt. dec. spine with raised band

[fashion plates] LE BEAU MONDE, OR, LITERARY AND FASHIONABLE MAGAZINE 1806-07. 4 hand-col. costume plates, 2 hand-col. plates of carriages. Uncol. pla

Grove (Sir George) DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS. Ed: E.Blom 1954. 5th edn. 9 vols. Roy. 8vo. Col. and b/w ills. Orig. cloth gt.£80-120

King (Carol Soucek) DESIGNING WITH TILE, STONE & BRICK. 1995. 4to. Col. ills. Fine in d/w. Landman (Neil H.) PEARLS: A NATURAL HISTORY. N.Y. 200...

Sachs (Curt) THE HISTORY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. NY 1940. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. marked. Carse (Adam) MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENTS. 1939. 1

Bruzen de la Martiniere (Antoine Augustin) LE GRAND DICTIONNAIRE GEOGRAPHIQUE, HISTORIQUE ET CRITIQUE. Dijon & Paris, 1739 -41. 6 vols. Folio. H...

Morrison (Stanley) & Day (Kenneth) THE TYPOGRAPHIC BOOK 1450-1935. L. 1935. 1st edn. 4to. B/w plates (some fldg.). Orig. cloth gt. D/w.£40-50

Andersen (Hans Christian) DANISH FAIRY TALES. Ills: W. Heath Robinson 1897. 16 b/w plates. Advt. leaf at front. 20pp booklist at rear. Orig. gt. pict.

Leander (Richard) DREAMS OF FRENCH FIRESIDES Trans: J. Raliegh. Ills: L. Wain. Edin. 1890. Frontis. Col. title. B/w ills. Orig. pict. cloth gt. Extrem

Johns (W.E.) BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT 1951. 1st edn. B/w ills. D/w (slightly chipped). BIGGLES TAKES CHARGE 1956. 1st edn. Col. frontis. D/w. BIGGLES MAKE

Potter (Beatrix) THE TALE OF MRS TITTLEMOUSE 1910. 1st edn. 12 mo. 27 col. ills. Orig. printed boards, pict. onlay. Small blemish on upper board.
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Potter (Beatrix) THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND 1913. 1st edn. 12 mo. 15 col. ills. Advts. on endpapers. Orig. printed boards. Pict. onlay. Nice copy.
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Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin, dit) OEUVRES COMPLETES Ills: Geffroy & Allouard. Paris, n.d. [ca 1880]. 2 vols. 10 hand-col. costume plates. Co...

Barrie (Sir James Matthew) PETER PAN AND WENDY Ills: G.M.Hudson. n.d. 4to Col. ills. Orig. pict. cloth gt. Minor wear to extremities. Blackmore (R.D.)

THE SPEAKING PICTURE BOOK German, ca 1890. 25cm x 31cm. Text with chromolitho plates. Carved & gilded edges. Another copy of an item which featu...

Potter (Beatrix) THE TALE OF LITTLE PIG ROBINSON. 1930. 2nd impression. Sq. 8vo. 6 col. plates. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt.£50-60

Masefield (John) THE COUNTRY SCENE Ills: E.Seago 1937. 1st edn. 4to. 42 mounted col. plates. Partly untrimmed. Orig. two-tone cloth gt. D/w. Nice copy

Beerbohm (Max) A BOOK OF CARICATURES 1907. 1st edn. Folio. Mounted col. frontis & 48 b/w plates. Captioned tissue guards. E.p's spotted. Ori...

A'Beckett (Gilbert Abbott) THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND/THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME. Ills: J. Leech n.d. 3 vols in 2. 20 hand col. plates. Ma

Rabelais (Francois) THE WORKS. Ills: F.J. Broadhurst. Sydney & L., 1952. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Ltd edn. [37/150] Signed by the artist. 2 col. front...

Seago (Edward) CARAVAN. 1937. 1st edn. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w (sl. soiled).£50-60

Prevost D'Eviles (Antoine Francois, abbe) Manon Lescaut Trans: D.C.Moylan. Ills: Alastair. 1928. Ltd edn [1850]. 4to. Col. plates. Orig. printed...

Copley (Hugh) THE LETTERS OF TWO FISHERMEN 1930. 1st edn. B/w ills. Orig. printed cloth. Shaw (Fred G.) THE SCIENCE OF FLY FISHING FOR TROUT 1925. 1st

Obeyesekere (Danton Gammenu) THE SCIENTIFIC ART OF BOXING. Colombo, 1936. B/w ills. Orig. printed boards. [plus another copy in wraps]. Doher

'Spy' THREE COLOURED LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS: 'REPTON, OXFORD & SOMERSET', 'PLUM', 'DANNY'. Ca 1875. (two crickete...

Brooke (Geoffrey) & others THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A HORSE Ills: L. Edwards. 1929. Large 8vo. Ltd edn. [36/300] Mounted col. frontis. (signed by L...

[Cox, Nicholas] THE GENTLEMAN'S RECREATION: HUNTING, HAWKING, FOWLING, FISHING. 1686. 3rd edn. 4 parts in 1 vol. 4 fldg. plates (one in facsimil...

Buxton (Edward North) SHORT STALKS: OR HUNTING CAMPS NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. L. & N.y. 1892. B/w ills. Orig. hessian. Spine darkened & ...

Holden (Beatrice 'Peccavi') WE'VE BEEN THINKING [1950]. 1st edn. B/w ills. From the collection of Guy Paget, who wrote the foreword, wit...

Hunter (Robert) THE LINKS N.Y. & L. 1926. 1st edn. (not 1st issue). B/w ills. Orig. printed cloth. Dec. endpapers.£250-300

PORTRAIT AUTOGRAPHS OF 'OLD' TOM MORRIS AND HIS WIFE ca 1880. In circular mounts. Framed & glazed.£60-80

Boddy (William) THE STORY OF BROOKLANDS 1948-50. 1st edn. 3 vols. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. Spines a little rubbed.£60-80

Murphy (Thomas D.) IN UNFAMILIAR ENGLAND WITH A MOTOR CAR. Boston, 1924. Revised & enlarged edn. Tall 8vo. 18 col. plates, map & 59 gravure

Beesley (Lawrence) THE LOSS OF THE S.S. TITANC. 1912. 1st edn. B/w ills. (1 fldg.) Owner's sig. dated 1912 on t.p. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. rubbed. B...

Fox (Uffa) SAILING, SEAMANSHIP AND YACHT CONSTRUCTION. 1949. 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Underhill (Harold A.) MASTING AND RIGGING THE CLIPPER SHIP

[shipbuilding & armaments] Richardson (Alex) VICKERS SONS AND MAXIM, LIMITED: THEIR WORKS AND MANUFACTURES 1902. Large 4to. Port. frontis. Engr....

Klein (H.J.) & Thome (Dr -) GOD'S GLORIOUS CREATION Trans: J. Minshull n.d.[ca. 1880]. Large 8vo. Wood engr. plates & ills. Orig. gt. &a...

Chaucer (Geoffrey) THE CANTERBURY TALES Cambridge, 1973. Ltd edn. [500] facsimile of Samuel Pepys' copy of the 1484 edition. Signed by Walter Ha...

[Folio Society] Tolkien (John Robert Reuel) THE LORD OF THE RINGS Ills: I.Grathmar & E. Fraser 1977. 3 vols. Orig. quarter leather. Slip-case. B...

[Folio Society] Kilvert (Francis) JOURNAL OF A COUNTRY CURATE 1977. B/w ills. Slip-case. Homer THE ILIAD/THE ODYSSEY Ills: E.Frink 1974-1975. 2 vols.

[Folio Society] Surtees (Robert Smith) HANDLEY CROSS/JORROCKS' JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES (2 COPIES)/MR FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS/MOR SPONGE'S SP...

Gould (Robert Freke) THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY ca 1885. 3 vols in 6. 4to. Col. & b/w plates. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. Minor wear to extremities.&#...

Kearney (Patrick J.) A HISTORY OF EROTIC LITERATURE. 1892. 4to. B/w ills. D/w. Scott (George Ryley) CURIOUS CUSTOMS OF SEX AND MARRIAGE. 195

Harris (Frank) MY LIFE AND LOVES VOL.1. Privately printed (in Germany) 1922. Tinted ills. Orig. cloth-backed boards. Spine a little rubbed.

Hume (David) & Smollett (Tobias) THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND n.d.[ca 1850]. 3 vols. Large 8vo. Added engr. titles. Steel engr. plates. 30 folding ma

PARLIAMENT OF 1837-8. Autographs of approx 250 members of the House of Commons, arranged alphabetically by constituency. Includes: D'Isra

[postal history] Proud (Edward B.) THE POSTAL HISTORY OF BRITISH MALAYA. Heathfield, 1982-84. 3 vols. 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. First 2 vols in d/w.

ALBUM ORNE ca 1880. 4to. Containing various manuscript, printed and hand-drawn items. Orig. gt. dec. panelled morocco. Extremities rubbed. Co

Wordsworth (William) THE POETICAL WORKS n.d. [ca 1870]. Steel engr. plates & ills. Cont. half calf; gt. ruled spine in compartments with ra