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51 Bankes (Henry) THE CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ROME. 1818. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Orig. boards, printed labels. Extremities rubbed. (2) £...

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

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

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

55 Fenelou (Francois Salignac de la Motte) THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS Trans: W.H. Melmoth n.d. [ca 1790] 4to. Port. frontis. Fldg. map. 23 engr. pla

56 [Hawkins, Henry] PARTHENEIA SACRA. OR THE MYSTERIOUS AND DELICIOUS GARDEN OF THE SACRED PARTHENES.... Rouen, 1633. 1st edition. Engr. title in facs

57 Morosini (Andrea) DE GL'ISTORICI DELLE COSE VENEZIANE Venice, 1719-20. 3 vols. 4to. [all published]. Port. frontis. T.p. vignettes & wood...

58 [The Missisipi Bubble] [Gray, - ] THE MEMOIRS LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THE GREAT MR LAW AND HIS BROTHER AT PARIS 1721. 1st edn. Title; xiv; 44pp. Wood

59 Chompre ( - ) DICCIONARIO ABREVIADO DE LA FABULA Madrid, 1783. Label removed from f.f.e.p. Lacks rear f.e.p. Lont. calf gt. dec-spine. Some wear at

60 ELZEVIR EDITIONS AND SIMILAR Busbequius (Angenus Gislenius) OMNIA QUAE EXTANT Amsterdam, 1633. 1st Elzevir edition. 12 mo. Engraved title. Full lev

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

62 Groot (Hugo de) DE VERITATE RELIGIONIS CHRISTANAE Amsterdam, 1680. 5th Elzevir edition. 12mo. Woodcut title device. Title in red & black.

63 NOVUM TESTAMENTUM Amsterdam, 1670. 3rd Elzevir edition. 24mo. Woodcut title device. Possibly cont. straight-grained morocco, blind-tooled &

64 NOVUM TESTAMENTUM Geneva, 1617 . 12mo. Woodcut title device. Initials and headpieces. Probably cont. crimson morocco; gt. border

65 Gianotti (Donato) DIALOGI REPUBLICA VENETORUM Leiden, 1631. 24mo. Engr. title & 5 (of six) fldg plates. [bound with] Crasso (Nicolo) IN DONAT...

66 Chacon (Pedro) DE TRICLINIO SIVE DE MODO CONVIVANDI.... Amsterdam. H. Wetsenius, 1689. 12mo. Title page in red & black. 21 engr. ills (5 fldg...

67 Ausonius (Decimus Magnus) OPERA.... Ed. J. Scaliger 1608. 12mo. Engr. title and woodcut colophon. [bound with] Scaliger (Joseph) AUSONIANARUM LECTI

68 Cicero (Marcus Tullius) DE OFFICIIS LIBRI TRES Amsterdam, 1664. 2nd Elzevir edn. 12mo. Engr. title, sl. stained with small hole in head margin. Con

69 LITERATURE - 20th Century [Limited Editions Club] Tolstoy (Leo) ANNA KARENINA Trans: C. Garnett Ills: N. Piskariov Moscow, 1933. 2 vols. Wood-engr.

70 Thomas (Edward) CHOSEN ESSAYS Ills: R.A. Maynard & H.W. Bray. Gregynog Press, Newtown 1926. Ltd edn. {253/350}. Wood engr. ills. With prospec...

71 White (T.H.) THE SWORD IN THE STONE 1938. 1st edn. half-title. A few light spots. D/w - signs of tape marks at edges where there are some small tea

72 Fleming (Ian) DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER 1956. 1st edn. Orig. silver blocked boards. Nice copy in unclipped d/w with just a few signs of use at extremiti

73 Le Carre (John - pseud. David Cornwell) THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD L. 1963. 3rd impression before publication. Unclipped d/w. Ayer (Frederic

74 Francis (Dick) BLOOD SPORT 1967. 1st edn. An excellent copy in price-clipped d/w. £80-120

75 Wyndham (John) THE CHRYSALIDS 1955. 1st edn. Light tape marks on endpapers, o/w a nice copy in unclipped d/w. £100-125

76 Sharpe (Tom) RIOTOUS ASSEMBLY 1971. 1st edn. Fine copy in unclipped d/w. £100-125

77 Boule (Pierre) MONKEY PLANET Trans: X. Fielding 1964. 1st Engl. edn. Nice copy in unclipped d/w. An excellent copy of the book that was eventually

78 Camus (Albert) THE PLAGUE Ill: (d/w) M. Ayrton 1948. 1st Engl. edition. Unclipped d/w - a little spotted on lower panel. £70-90

79 Wells (Herbert George) THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU 1896. 1st edn. Half-title, with advt. on verso. Booklist at end. Some pages unopened. Orig. pict. c

80 Wright (S. Fowler) DAWN 1930. 1st edn. Edges spotted. D/w (sl. chipped) Pym (Barbara) LESS THAN ANGELS 1955. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w (torn with sl.

81 Forester (C.S.) HORATIO HORNBLOWER 1952. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. RANDALL AND THE RIVER OF TIME 1951. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. Adams (Tony) THE SQUAR

82 [a collection] Snow (C.P.) DEATH UNDER SAIL 1932. 1st edn. Very slight soiling of foredge margin p.19. D/w - a little creased at edges with closed

83 Miller (Henry) MAX AND THE WHITE PHAGOCYTES Obelisk Press, Paris 1938. Half-title with advts on verso. Orig. green printed wraps. A little cresed a

84 Gould (Nat) BROKEN DOWN. 1902. 1st edn. Inscribed by the author to H.P. Harris Endpapers spotted. Orig-cloth gt. Sl. rubbed. THE STEEPLECHASER 1918

85 Wall (John William - 'Sarban') THE SOUND OF HIS HORN. 1952. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w, a few creases and tears around lower edge and corners...

86 Shaw (George Bernard) THE WORKS 1930-1938. 33 vols. Ltd edn [1025]. Orig. cloth gt. D/w's (one or two sl. darkened on spine). T.e.g. (33) The...

87 Beckett (Samuel) EH JOE & OTHER WRITINGS 1967. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. Orton (Joe) LOOT. 1967. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. Pinter (Harold) BETRAY...

88 LITERATURE - 18th & 19th Centuries Congreve (William) PLAYS...... 1735. 5 works in 1 vol. 5 engr. frontis. Cont. calf gt. Crimson labels. A l...

89 Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) THE WORKS....1819. 3 vols. half-titles. Advts in vol. 3. cont calf, gt. ruled, with spine in compartments. Raised

90 Scott (Sir Walter) SAINT RONAN'S WELL. Edin. 1824. 1st den. 2 vols. half-titles. Early 20th Century blue half morocco gt. £40-60

91 Hardy (Thomas) TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES 1891. 1st edn. (vols 1 & 3 1st issues). 3 vols. Half-titles. Piece cut from head of half-title V...

92 Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth) TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN. 1864. 1st English edn. Cont. half calf, gt. dec. spine. Gt. monogram on upper cover. Plus 8 ot

93 Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeas) AUSGEWAHLTE SCHRIFTEN Berlin, 1827-28. 1st edn. 10 vols in 5. Some light foxing thoughout. cont. gt. dec. quarter

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

95 Thackeray (Willam Makepeace) THE NEWCOMES Ills: R. Doyle. 1854-55. 1st edns. 2 vols. Engr. plates and added titles. Possibly cont. blind-tooled clo

96 Evans (Marian - 'George Eliot') FELIX HOLT THE RADICAL. Edin & L. 1866. 1st edn. 3 vols. half-titles. Number stamped on half-titles &...

97 Greig (James) COWPER ILLUSTRATED BY A SERIES OF VIEWS IN OR NEAR THE PARK OF WESTON-UNDERWOOD. BUCKS. Engr title plate & 12 plates by

98 Stevenson (Robert-Louis) THE WORKS...1911-12. Swanston edn. 25 vols. Ltd edn [2000], numbered. Frontis. to each vol. - including maps. Parly untrim

99 Scott (Sir Walter) WAVERLEY NOVELS Edin. 1829-33. 48 vols. 12mo. Engr. frontis & added title to each volume. cont. tan half calf; gt. de

100 Shakespeare (William) THE WORKS Ills: Byam Shaw Ed: J. Dennis 1900-1902. The Chiswick Edition 37 vols. Sm. 8vo. B/w ills. orig. art nouveau gt. de