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BIBLE.....Geneva version. 1592. Deputies of Christopher Barker. Folio. B.L. NT title is dated 1591. Woodcut illustrations. Lacks preliminary leav

Roscoe (Thomas) WANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS IN NORTH WALES. 1862. Engr. title vignette & 49 plates. Lacks map. Cont. gt. dec. calf. Sl. rub...

Evans (J.T.) THE CHURCH PLATE OF BRECONSHIRE Stow-on-the-Wold, 1912. 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Ends of spine thumbed. Plus 35 others, Wales.

Hodges (William) AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF LUDLOW CASTLE. Ludlow, 1794. Engr. frontis. Subscriber's list. Errata. One or two pages a little soi...

Garner (Robert) THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD. 1844. 1st edn. (with SUPPLEMENT dated 1850). Engr. frontis. 8 plates. Fldg. map. Engr.

Hughes (J.) THE BOSCOBEL TRACTS. Edin. & L. 1857. 2nd edn. 8 engr. plates and plans. Cont. signature on half title. Cont. half calf gt. Crimson ...

[early photographs] Stone (J.B.) A HISTORY OF LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL 1870. 4to. 5 mounted albumen prints. Orig. cloth gt. Some rubbing & a li...

Wright (Thomas) THE RUINS OF THE ROMAN CITY OF URICONIUM AT WROXETER NEAR SHREWSBURY. Shrewsbury, 1868. Litho plates, 1 fldg. Anderson (J. Corbet)

Bridgeman (George T.O.) SOME ACCOUNT OF THE MANOR AND PARISH OF BLYMHILL, IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD. n.d. Tall 8vo. 19th Century half morocco gt.

Linton (E.L. & W.J.) THE LAKE COUNTRY 1864. 1st edn. 4to. Wood engr. plates & ills. Double-p map. Orig. gt.dec. cloth. Rebacked, with o...

Harper (Charles George) THE MANCHESTER AND GLASGOW ROAD. 1907. 1st edn. 2 vols. B/w ills. Partly untrimmed. Orig. printed cloth. Sl. rubbed &...

Ruskin (John) THE HARBOURS OF ENGLAND. Ed. T.J.Wise. Ills. after J.M.W.Turner. Orpington 1895. 8vo. Facs. plate & 13 engr. plates. Cont. tan cal...

Torr (Cecil) SMALL TALK AT WREYLAND CAMBRIDGE, 1918-23. 3 VOLS. 2 frontis. Advt. leaves. With 9 line A.L.S. loosely inserted. Partly untrimmed.

Britton (John) THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF EXETER. 1826. 4to. 22 engr. plates. Some light foxing. Cont. quarter morocco gt. Later endpapers. Knight

Reynolds (Herbert Edward) WELLS CATHEDRAL. n.d. [ca 1880]. Folio. Engr. & mounted photographic plates. Fldg. tables etc. Cont. half calf

Geddie (John) ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE SCENERY OF THE RIVER TAY. Edin. 1891. Folio. 13 gravure plates after Mackie, Paterson & others. Orig. gt. de...

Jones (E. Alfred) THE OLD CHURCH PLATE OF THE ISLE OF MAN. 1907. 4to. B/w plates. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. marked on upper cover. £30-50

MacCeileachair (Moelmuiri) LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI: A COLLECTION OF PIECES IN PROSE AND VERSE IN THE IRISH LANGUAGE. Dublin, 1870. With facs

Leahy (A.H.) HEROIC ROMANTICS OF IRELAND 1905. 2 vols. 4to. Orig. printed cloth. Plus 25 others, Gaelic studies & language. (27) ...

Jamieson (John) SELECT VIEWS OF THE ROYAL PALACES OF SCOTLAND Ills: W. Brown. Edinburgh, 1830. 1st edn. 4to. 24 engr. plates. Some occasional sp

ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY - A shelf of books. £50-80

Knight (Charles) GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 1853. 2 vols. 4to. 24 maps. Most hand-col. in outline, some double-p. or fldg. Engr

Cox (J. Charles) THE PARISH CHURCHES OF ENGLAND 1954. Col. frontis. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w. Plus 18 others, English topography, inc. severa

Rey (Guido) THE MATTERHORN. Trans: J.E.C.Eaton. 1907. 1st edn. Large 8vo. Mounted plates. Text ills. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth. Leather title labe

Rey (Guido) THE MATTERHORN 1913. 3rd impression. Large 8vo. B/w plates. Orig. cloth gt. Conway (William Martin) THE ALPS FROM END TO END. Ill

Eastman (George) CHRONICLES OF AN AFRICAN TRIP. Privately printed, 1927 (N.Y.). B/w plates. Maps on e.p's. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth-back...

Smythies (Bertram E.) THE BIRDS OF BURMA. Ills: A.M.Hughes 1953. 2nd edn. 31 col plates. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. Plus 5 others, Burma and India. (6)

TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD [Tibetan language] 1986. Oblong folio. Col plates & b/w ills. Orig. leathercloth gt. In decorated case with silk tie...

Sheahan (James W.) & Upton (George P.) THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION. CHICAGO. Philadelphia, 1871. 2 engr. frontispieces, plates. Advt. leaves at...

Sweet (Alex. E.) & Knox (J.A.) ON A MEXICAN MUSTANG THROUGH TEXAS 1884. 1st edn. Engr. plates & ills. Booklist. Orig. dec. cloth gt....

Simkin (Colin) CURRIER AND IVES' AMERICA. N.Y. 1952. Oblong folio. Col plates. Orig. cloth. D/W £50-70

Gilliss (Lt. J.M.) & others THE U.S. NAVAL ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 1849-52. Vol.1. CHILE. Washington, 1855. 4to. 2 l...

Nansen (Fridtjof) THE FIRST CROSSING OF GREENLAND. 1890. 1st edn. 2 vols. 5 fldg.maps. B/w plates & ills. Some foxing. Ex-library, with st...

Whymper (Edward) SCRAMBLES AMONGST THE ALPS IN THE YEARS 1860-69. 1871. 1st edn. 6 fldg maps & charts. B/w plates & ills. Some maps rep...

Smith (Charles) THE THEATRE OF WAR IN ITALY. 1820. Partly hand-col. engr. fldg. map, linen-backed. Approx. 82cm x 79cm, in 24 sections. Inset map of S

[prints and engravings] A COLLECTION OF ABOUT 300 PRINTS AND ENGRAVINGS. Mostly British topography, 18th/19th Centuries. A collection £150-200

[prints and engravings] A COLLECTION OF OVER 150 ENGRAVINGS, ETCHINGS AND WOODCUTS. Many topographical. 18th/19th Centuries. A collection £...

Fielding (T.H.) VIEWS OF LAKE BALA & LLANGOLLEN VALE after G.F.Robson. ca 1820. 2 aquatint views, approx. 16cm x 24cm. Hand-tinted. Frame

Byrne (Letitia) VIEWS OF PONT ABER GLASS LYNN after F. Nicholson. 1805. Etching. Approx. 17.5cm x 24.5cm. Framed & glazed. Plus a litho v

[prints and engravings] RADNORSHIRE, BRECONSHIRE, MONTGOMERYSHIRE AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. A collection ofaproox. 80 mainly 19th Century engravings. A colle

[prints and engravings] NORTH WALES AND MERIONETHSHIRE. A collection of about 140, mainly 19th Century prints and engravings. A collection £...

[prints and engravings] CAERNARVONSHIRE, DENBIGHSHIRE AND FLINTSHIRE. A collection of approx. 170, mainly 19th Century prints and engravings. A colle

[prints and engravings] CARDIGANSHIRE, CARMARTHENSHIRE, PEMBROKESHIRE AND GLAMORGAN. A collection of over 200 prints and engravings. Mostly 19th Centu

[prints and engravings] A COLLECTION OF ABOUT 150 TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGRAVINGS. mainly 19th Century, a few hand col. A collection £80-120

[prints and engravings] A COLLECTION OF ABOUT 150 MISCELLANEOUS 19TH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS. Mostly topographical. A collection £80-120

[prints and engravings] A COLLECTION OF ABOUT 150 PRINTS AND ENGRAVINGS. Mainly topographical and of the 19th Century. A collection £80-120

A COLLECTION OF TOPOGRAPHICAL PRINTS - Europe. Mostly 19th Century. Includes a few maps. A collection £120-150

[prints and engravings] ARCHITECTURE. A collection of about 60 architectural engravings and lithographs. 19th Century. Folio. A collectiom £5...

[Max Beerbohm] ORIGINAL VANITY FAIR SUPPLEMENTS. "He is very affluent;" "A Great Realist"; and M.de Soveral. 3 tinted litho pri...

A LARGE COLLECTION OF PRINTS AND ENGRAVINGS - topographical, architectural, natural history etc. a collection £80-100

A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS PRINTS - some topographical. A collection £70-100

MISCELLANEOUS PRINTS AND ENGRAVINGS - includes some reproductions. A collection £50-80

MISCELLANEOUS PRINTS AND ENGRAVINGS - includes some reproductions. A collection £50-80

[original illustration] Bratby (John) ILLUSTRATIONS FOR "BRAKE PEDAL DOWN". 3 illustrations used facing pages 56, 76 and 184. Black-and-w...

[original illustration] Bratby (John) ILLUSTRATIONS FOR "BRAKE PEDAL DOWN". Three illustrations: 'Vera Chinley', 'Samuel Harr...

A COLLECTION OF FIRE-OFFICE POLICIES 1802-1837. Issued by the SALAMANDER FIRE OFFICE SOCIETY, WEST OF ENGLAND FIRE OFFICE, PROTECTOR FIRE INSURANCE, P

A GROUP OF FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES AND DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY THE BIRMINGHAM OFFICES OF THE ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COMPANY, THE MILLERS AND GENERAL FIRE INSU

Westminster Fire-Office INSTRUMENT OR POLICY dated 1780 in the name of Henry Lyte of Bloomsbury, London. Engraved sheet with portcullis device at head

HOLY BIBLE...... Ills: J. Fittler Ed. T. Bensley. 1795. 2 vols. Engr. titles, contents leaf to each book and plates with tissue guards. Cont. dic

Dent (Arthur) THE RUIN OF ROME..... 1822. Engr. frontis and plates. Some light staining. Cont. calf. Some rubbing. Jesse (J.Heneage) MEMOIRS OF THE

Terentius Afer (Publius) LES COMEDIES .... Trans: - D'Acier. Ills: B.Picart & others. Amsterdam, 1724. 3 vols. 12mo. Engr. frontis. Titles i...

Fenelon (F. de S. de la Motte) AVANTURES DE TELEMAQUE. 1719. Engr. frontis. Fldng. map. Mod. quarter calf gt. Nice copy. £40-60

Mitford (William) THE HISTORY OF GREECE 1784-1808. 4 vols. 4to. Half-titles. Map in vol.1. Cont. gt-ruled calf with dec. spines. Lacking one labe

Catharinus (Nicolas) EPIGRAMMATUM. 1664. Title; 64pp. Sm. 8vo. 19th Century annotations on final blank. Cont. vellum. £60-80

Vaniere (Jacques) PRAEDICUM RUSTICUM Ed; R.P. Badon. probably Amsterdam, ca. 1750. Added engr. title & 16 plates. Lacks typographical title. ...

Berkeley (George) THE WORKS Ed: A.D. Fraser Oxford, 1901. 4 vols. Port. frontis. Cont. green armorial calf. Gt. dec. spines. Labels chipped. (4)

Wolcot (John - 'Peter Pinder') THE WORKS Ills: after T. Rowlandson. 1788-89. 4to. 10 works in 1 vol. Each with title page. Mezzotint port. f...

Apuleius (Lucius) THE NEW METAMORPHOSIS: OR, PLEASANT TRANSFORMATION OF THE GOLDEN ASS. Ills: W. Hogarth 1724. 2 vols. 7 engr. plates. Woodcut h

Caradoc of Llancarfan (Saint) THE HISTORIE OF CAMBRIA, NOW CALLED WALES Trans: H. Lloyd 1584. 1st edn. B.L. Lacking before Ci (which is p.1) and

NONARUM INQUISITIONES IN CURIA SCACCARII. TEMP. REGIS EDWARDI III 1807. 1st edn. Folio. Facs. plate. Cont. half calf gt. Sl. wear to extremities. The

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

POETRY LONDON/APPLE MAGAZINE. Ed: Tambimuttu. Ills: G.Sutherland. 1977 Vol. 1. No. 1. Ltd edn. [63/150]. Signed by Tambimuttu & Sutherland. Fldn...

[T.S.Eliot] Dryden (John) OF DRAMATICK POESIE. AN ESSAY 1668. With a Dialogue.... by T.S. Eliot. 1928. 4to. Ltd edn. [85/580]. Partly untrimmed

Thompson (Francis) THE COLLECTED POETRY 1913. 1st edn. 4to. Ltd [500] numbered & signed by Publisher & Printer. Etched port. frontis. ...

Grass (Gunter) DRAWINGS AND WORDS 1954-77. Trans: M. Hamburger 1983. 1st edn. Large 4to Ltd edn [52/100] containing a signed original etching Fin

[Limited Editions Club] Tolstoy (Leo) ANNA KARENINA Trans: C. Garnett Ills: N. Piskariov Moscow, 1933. 2 vols. Wood-engr. ills. Later half moro

Lowell (Robert) 4 [4 POEMS]. Privately printed, Cambridge Mass. 1969. One of 100 numbered copies, signed by the author. With the four illustrated b

Braine (John) ROOM AT THE TOP 1957. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w with one or two small chips. £40-50

Eliot (Thomas Stearns) SWEENEY AGONISTES 1932. 1st edn. 1st state. Orig. printed boards. Unclipped d/w. £150-200

Eliot (Thomas Stearns) THE ROCK 1934. 1st edn. Orig. printed wraps. THE THREE VOICES OF POETRY 1953. 1st edn. Orig. printed wraps. CHARLES WHIB

Auden (Wystan Hugh) THE ORATORS, AN ENGLISH STUDY 1932. 1st edn. With the bookplate of Victor Bloomfield. Unclipped d/w, with a few chips at head

Lewis (Wyndham) ONE-WAY SONG 1933. 1st edn. Inscribed and signed by the author on f.f.e.p. and with corrections in his hand on several pages. Pa

Auden (Wystan Hugh) & MacNeice (Louis) LETTERS FROM ICELAND. 1937. 1st edn. B/w ills. Fldg map. Price-clipped d/w. Auden (Wystan Hugh) &...

Auden (Wystan Hugh) & Isherwood (Christopher) JOURNEY TO A WAR. 1939. 1st edn. Col. frontis. B/w ills. Fldg map. Orig. cloth gt. Unclippe...

Auden (Wystan Hugh) THE DANCE OF DEATH 1933. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w - a little creased near top edge with a 1cm split on spine at upper joint. NEW

MacNeice (Louis) AUTUMN SEQUEL. 1954. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. ONE FOR THE GRAVE 1968. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. POEMS. 1935. 1st edn. Orig. cl

Sassoon (Siegfried) THE HEART'S JOURNEY 1938. 1st trade edn. Orig. cloth. D/w. RHYMED RUMINATIONS. 1940. 1st edn. orig. cloth gt. Unclippe...

Pound (Ezra) CANTOS LII - LXXI 1940. 1st edn. Partly untrimmed. unclipped d/w. £50-80

Pound (Ezra) THE FIFTH DECAD OF CANTOS 1937. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w - slightly faded at spine. £50-80

Pound (Ezra) LUSTRA 1916. 1st edn. Port. frontis. Cont. owner's inscription on f.f.e.p. Orig. printed hessian. Small ink stain on upper co...

Pound (Ezra) GUIDE TO KULCHUR 1938. 1st edn. in early state with 10s 6d d/w. D/w chipped at ends of pine and slightly rubbed. MAKE IT NEW 1934.

Pound (Ezra) A DRAFT OF CANTOS XXXI-XLI 1935. 1st UK edn. Unclipped d/w. Sl. chipped at ends of spine. DRAFTS AND FRAGMENTS OF CANTOS CX-CXVII.

Thomas (Dylan) 18 POEMS [1942]. 2nd edn. 1st state. Orig. green cloth gt. Flat spine. DEATHS AND ENTRANCES 1946. 1st edn. Sq. 8vo. Owner's insc...

Smith (Stevie) NOVEL ON YELLOW PAPER. 1936 1st edn. Half-title. Orig. printed cloth. The author's first book. Woolf (Virginia) A HAUNTED HOUSE. ...

Theroux (Paul) THE MOSQUITO COAST. 1981 1st edn. Signed by the author. Unclipped d/w. SAINT JACK. 1973. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. THE FAMILY ARSENAL. 1

[science fiction] Rankine (John) NEVER THE SAME DOOR 1967. 1st edn. Price-clipped d/w. Ball (Brian N.) TIME PIECE. 1968. 1st edn. Price-clippe

Miller (Henry) MAX AND THE WHITE PHAGOCYTES. Paris, 1938. 1st edn. Half-title & title torn, probably as a result of careless opening of pages; s...

Burroughs (Edgar Rice) AT THE EARTH'S CORE Ills: J.A. St John. Chicago, 1922. 1st edn. Joints of half-title & frontis. taped. Pages 5 &...

LITERATURE : 19TH & 20TH CENTURIES including: Buchan, Masefield, Jerome, Wells, Reid, Conrad and others. Approximately 38 vols. Some 1st edn...

[Graham Greene & others] NIGHT AND DAY Ills: F.Topolski & others. 1937. 23 (of 26) issues. B/w ills. Advts. Orig. printed wraps. Man...