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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