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Leigh (Edward) CRITICA SACRA......1662. 4th edn. Small folio. With 3rd & 4th edns. title pages. 18th & 19th Century signatures on first titl...

Taylor (Jeremy) DUCTOR DUBITANTIUM: OR, THE RULE OF CONSCIENCE IN ALL HER GENERAL MEASURES 1696. 4th edn. Folio. 4 parts in 1 vol. Port. frontis. T.p.

Allestree (Richard) EIGHTEEN SERMONS 1669. Sm. folio. With cancelled errata leaf at end. Lacks front and rear pastedowns. Cont. calf. Some wear to ext

Fiddes (Richard) THEOLOGIA SPECULATIVA: OR, THE FIRST PART OF A BODY OF DIVINITY..... Dublin, 1718. Folio. List of subscribers. Slight worm trace on f

Watkinson (Edward) AN ESSAY UPON GRATITUDE.... Privately printed Sheffield, 1763. 2 parts 93pp. [Bound with] Webster (Alexander) HEATHENS

Bolton (Robert) MR BOLTON'S LAST AND LEARNED WORKE OF THE FOURE LAST THINGS..... Ed: E. Bagshaw 1633. 4to. (partly in 8's). Engr. title &...

Stanley (Thomas) THE HISTORY OF THE CHALDAICK PHILOSOPHY 1662. Sm. folio. L.P. [Bound with] THE CHALDAICK ORACLES OF ZOROASTER...WITH THE EXPOSITIONS

Bessius (Petrus) CONCEPTUS THEOLOGICI HOC EST HERACLITUS CHRISTIANUS....Venice, 1619. Woodcut title device. Title in red & black. Cont. vellum. ...

[Henry Bradshaw Society] MISSALE AD USUM ECCLESIE WESTMONASTERIENSIS Ed. J.W. Legg. 1891-97, 3 vols. Plates & facsimilies. Orig. cloth gt. MISSA...

Bunyan (John) THE DOCTRINE OF LAW AND GRACE. 1701. 2nd edn. 12mo. Port. frontis. Booklist at end. Cont. signatures on f.e.p. Some very light staining

Langius (Joseph) FLORILEGIUM MAGNUM SEU POLYANTHEAE.... Lyon, 1681. Folio. Engr. title page & with cont. signatures. T.p. torn at lower margin w...

Homer ODYSSEY, BATRACH, HYMNS.... Ed: O. Giphanius Strassburg, ca 1575. 8vo. Woodcut device on title. Former owner's name stamp on title. Probab...

Fenelon (Francois Salignac de la Mothe) THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS Trans: W.H. Melmoth n.d. [ca 1785]. 4to. Fldg. map. Engr. plates with dec. border

Manutius (Paulus) ANTIQUITATUM ROMANARUM... Venice [1580]. 4to. Lacks title. [-, vi, A-L, LL, LLL, LLLL, LLLLL3, Blank, Blank, M-05]. One blank leaf h

Thucydides HISTORIAE DE BELLO PELOPONNESIACO LIBRI OCTO Wittenberg, 1580. Text in Greek & Latin. Woodcut device on title. Repairs to upper part ...

Bacon (Sir Francis) HISTORIA REGNI HENRICI SEPTIMI Leiden, 1647. Elzevir edition. 12mo. Engr. title. Cont. Vellum. With a Latin 'book curse'...

Erasmus (Desiderius) COLLOQUIA FAMILIARA Ed: P. Rabus. Rotterdam, 1693. Added Engr. title. Woodcut device on title. Portrait. Supplementary leaf at en

Veleriano Bolzano (Giovanni Pietro) HIEROGLYPHICA Lyon, 1626 (1621). 6 works in 1 volume. Folio. (Includes the EMBLEMATA MEDICA by L. Casanova, 1626).

Davies (John) ANTIQUAE LINGUAE BRITANNICAE L. 1632. 1st folio edn. Sm. folio. Woodcut headpieces & tailpiece. Title laid down. 18th Century half...

Macchiavelli (Niccolo) DISPUTATIONEM DE REPUBLICA LIBRI III. Montbeliard, 1591. 8vo. Latin text. Cont. tooled half vellum over leather. Bevelled board

Ferguson (Adam) AN ESSAY ON THE HISTORY OF CIVIL SOCIETY 1768. 2nd edn. 4to. F.e.p's sl. creased & a little frayed. Ex-library, with stamp t...

Astle (Thomas) THE ORIGINS AND PROGRESS OF WRITING. 1784. 1st edn. 4to. Half-title. Dedication before title. 30 (of 31) engr. plates. Some fldg. some

Marolois (Samuel) OPERA MATHEMATICA Ed: I.V. Vriese. Ills: H. Hondius The Hague, 1614. Oblong folio. Engr. title and 89 plates. Disbound. This work ap

Spenser (Edmund) MINOR POEMS Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1925. Folio. Ltd edn. [200]. Printed in blue/red/black. Untrimmed. Gallery stamp to verso of ti

Hardy (Thomas) SELECTED POEMS Ills: W. Nicholson 1921. Ltd edn. [1025] numbered. Port. frontis & title vignette. Partly untrimmed. Orig. hessian...

Waugh (Evelyn) PRB: AN ESSAY ON THE PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD 1847-54. Westerham, 1982. Ltd edn. [475]. Numbered. B/w ills. Orig. printed cloth. &#...

Douglas (Norman) EXPERIMENTS Privately printed, 1925. 4to. Ltd edn. [107/300]. Signed by the author. Untrimmed. orig. boards. Printed label. A few sma

Warner (Sylvia Townsend) MR FORTUNE'S MAGGOT. 1927. 1st edn. Half title. Unclipped d/w - chipped at head of spine & marked on lower panel. G...

O'Brian (Patick) THE SURGEON'S MATE 1980. 1st edn. Ex-library, with stamp to verso of title, but in unclipped d/w. £200-250

Fowles (John) THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN. 1969. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w - a little rubbed at edges and corners. Greene (Grahame) THE END OF TH...

Simenon (Georges) THE BLUE ROOM 1965. 1st UK edn. Unclipped d/w. Gilbert (Michael) FEAR TO TREAD 1953. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. A little creased and ni

Fowles (John) MANTISSA 1982. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. Murdoch (Iris) THE NICE AND THE GOOD 1968. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w - a little creased at top edge.

Barnes (Julian) LOVE, ETC 2000, 1st en. Uncliped D/w. Plus 42 others, modern literature in d/w. Mostly 1st edns. (43) £50-70

Miss Read FAIRACRE FESTIVAL Ills: J.S. Goodall 1968. 1st edn. Orig. boards. D/w. EMILY DAVIS Ills: J.S. Goodall 1971. 1st edn. D/w. Plus 10 others, Mi

Wodehouse (Pelham Grenville) VERY GOOD, JEEVES. 1930. 1st edn. Orig. cloth. Marked. FRENCH LEAVE 1955. 1st edn. Orig. cloth gt. SOMETHING FISHY 1957.

Donaldson (Frances) P.G. WODEHOUSE 1982. 1st edn. B/w ills. Unclipped d/w. Jasen (David A.) P.G. WODEHOUSE: PORTRAIT OF A MASTER 1975. 1st edn. B/w il

D'Annunzio (Gabriele) FRANCESCA DA RIMINI Milan, 1902. 1st edn. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt. Lackig one tie. CONTEMPLATION DE LA MORT Paris...

Thomson (James) THE SEASONS Ills: F. Bartolozzi & P. W. Tomkins after W. Hamilton. 1797. Folio. Half-title; frontis; engr. dedication; list of s...

Hafiz of Shiraz (Shamsu-d-din Muhammad) PERSIAN LYRICS FROM THE DIWAN 1800. 4to. Separately paginated Appendix. Some cont. pencil annotations in Appen

Anon THE MERRY COMPANION: OR, UNIVERSAL SONGSTER 1742. 2nd edn. 16mo. Engr. frontis. Last leaf det. Cont. half morocco, rubbed & worn. BL lists ...

Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF...... DON QUIXOTE Trans: T. Smollett 1782. 4 vols in 1. Engr. plates. Cont. calf gt. Re-b

Richardson (Samuel) THE HISTORY OF CLARISSA HARLOWE. 1811. 8 vols. Port. frontis. Bookplates. Cont. diced clf gt. Minor wear to extremities. (8)
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Haggard (Sir Henry Rider) KING SOLOMAN'S MINES 1885. 1st edn. Catalogue dated 5G. 10.85. Half-title. Fldg. frontis (with tear repaired w/o loss)...

D'Israeli (Benjamin) THE VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN POPANILLA 1828. 1st edn. Old owner's signature on title. Some occasional spotting or foxing. Mod....

Meinhold (William) SIDONIA THE SORCERESS Trans: Francesca, Lady Wilde Kelmscott Press, 1893. Sm. folio [300]. Wood engr. initials & borders. Lab...

[Woolly, Charles] THE BARROW DIGGERS. A DIALOGUE IN IMITATION OF THE GRAVE DIGGERS IN HAMLET 1839. 4to. Litho frontis. Some spotting. Orig. cloth gt.

Zschokke (Johann Heinrich Daniel) DICHTUNGEN, ERZAHLUNGEN UND NOVELLEN 1830. 10 vols in 5. 12mo. Cont. cloth. Leather title labels. Plus 14 others, Ge

Kipling (Rudyard) CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS Ills: I.W. TABER 1897. 1st edn. Orig. gt. pict. cloth. SOLDIER TALES 1896. 1st edn. B/w plates. Orig. gt. pict.

Butler (Samuel) HUDIBRAS Ed. Z. Grey. Ills: W. Hogarth 1801. 2 vols. Engr. plates. Cont. gt. bordered calf. Crimson title labels with gt. devices. Sl.

Haggard (Sir Henry Rider) KING SOLOMON'S MINES Ills: W. Paget. 1887. B/w ills. Booklist. Orig. pict. cloth gt. sl. rubbed. Bulwer (Edward George...

Collins (Wilkie) THE WOMAN IN WHITE Ills: J. McLenan N.Y. 1860. 1st US edn. 2nd imp. Booklist before title. Orig. blind-tooled cloth gt. Spine worn, w

Boswell (James) LIFE OF JOHNSON Ed: G Birkbeck Hill Oxford 1887. 6 vols. Portraits, fldg. facsimile etc. Orig. quarter morocco gt. Heads of some spine

[Folio Society] Mann (Thomas) THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN Trans: J.E. Woods Ills: L. Rosoman 1995. Col. ills. Orig. pict. cloth. Slip-case. Plus 29 others, FOL

Laurence (John) A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE....HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING 1726. 1st edn. Folio. Engr. frontis. 2 plates. Ex-library, with stamps to title

Wright (Lewis) THE NEW BOOK OF POULTRY. [1902]. 4to. 30 col. plates. B/w plates & ills. Cont. cloth gt. Rubbed at edges & joints. £100-...

Jardine (Sir William) GALLINACEOUS BIRDS (Naturalist's Library Vol III). Edin, 1836. Port. frontis. Hand-col. title vignette & 30 col. plate...

Swainson (William) THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN AFRICA (The Naturalist's Library) Edn. 1837. 2 vols. 2 port. frontis. 2 hand-col....

Jardine (Sir William) & Selby (Prideaux John) ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORNITHOLOGY. Ills: E. Lear Edin. [ca 1826-35] Parts 3,4,5,6 & 8. 5 vols. 4to....

Wilhelm (Gottlieb Tobias) UNTERHALTINGEN AUS DER NATURGESCHICHTE - DER VOGEL Augsburg, 1795. 2 vols. Engr. titles. 84 hand-col. fldg plates with 2 or

Scott (Peter) MORNING FLIGHT 1935. 4to. Ltd edn [750]. Numbered & signed by the author. 16 Col. plates. B/w plates & ills. Orig. cloth gt. S...

Herklots (G.A.C.) HONG KONG BIRDS Ills: a.M. Hughes 1967. col. & b/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. Mackerras (I.M.) & others THE INSECTS OF AUS...

Floericke (Kurt) DEUTSCHES VOGELBUCH Stuttgart, 1907. 4to. 30 chromolitho plates, each with 4 subjects. Orig. cloth. Pict. onlay. £80-120

Morris (Francis Orpen) HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. Vol 5. 1856. 55 (of 57) Hand-col. engr. plates. Cont. calf gt. As a collection of plates, w.a.f. &#...

Wilmsen (F.P.) HANDBUCH DE NATURGESCHICHTE Berlin, 1821. Oblong fo. 50 engr. plates - 46 hand-col. The coloured plates having 187 subjects. Title spot

Aitken (Henry) THE BEAUTIES AND DEFECTS IN THE FIGURE OF THE HORSE COMPARATIVELY DELINEATED n.d. [1816]. Engr. title & 18 hand.col. plates. some...

Hofmann (Ernst) DER SCHMETTERLINGSFREUND 1919. 23 chromolitho plates of butterflies. Orig. cloth. Pict. onlay. Joints rubbed. Haus

Tumpel (R.) DIE GERADFLUGLER MITTELEUROPAS Eisenach, 1901. 4to. 23 plates, 20 in col. Text-ills. Orig. pict. cloth gt. A definitive study of Dragonfli

Kirby (William Forsell) EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS n.d. [ca 1896]. 61 parts, as issued. 62 plates, 61 hand-col. Advts. Orig. printed wraps. (6...

Lowe (Edward J) OUR NATIVE FERNS 1867. 2 vols. 79 col. plates. Wood engr. text ills. Cont. green half morocco. Gt. dec. spines in compartments. A.e.g.

[New Naturalist] Summerhayes (V.S.) WILD ORCHIDS OF BRITAIN 1951. 1st edn. Col. & b/w ills. D/w. Simms (Eric) WOODLAND BIRDS. 1971. 1st edn. B/w...

M'Intosh (Charles) THE ORCHARD.....1839. 1st edn. 16 (of 17) hand-col. plates. Lacks frontis and additional title. 19th Century half calf, a lit...

Maund (Benjamin) THE BOTANIC GARDEN 1825-36. Vols 1-4 ad 6. 5 vols. 4to. 120 hand-col. plates, each with 4 subjects. Engr. titles. Vols 1 & 2 in...

Sowerby (John Edward) & Johnson (C. Pierpoint) BRITISH WILD FLOWERS Ed: J.W. Salter 1843. 90 hand-col. litho plates. Later half calf gt. £1...

Massee (George) BRITISH FUNGI n.d. 40 col. plates. Orig. cloth gt. McAlpine (D.) SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. Melbourne, 1895. 4to. Mod

Dennert (Dr E.) PFLANZEN-ATLAS Stuttgart, 1918. 4to. 74 chromolitho plates. Orig. cloth-backed printed boards. £100-125

Dykes (William Ricketson) THE GENUS IRIS Cambridge, 1913. 1st edn. Folio. 48 col. plates. Library stamp to verso of title. Partly untrimmed. Orig. Qua

Robinson (William) ALPINE FLOWERS FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 1870. 1st edn. Engr. ills 32pp booklist. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. Ends of spine thumbed. Rohde (Ele

Archimedes OPERA. Ed: J. Torelli Oxford, 1792. Folio. Engr frontis. and title vignette. Errata on final leaf. Ex-library, with stamp to verso of title

Newton (Isaac) PHILOSOPHIAE NATURALIS PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA Glasgow, 1822. 4 vols in 2. Jesuit's Edition . Half titles. Some light spotting. Con...

Euclid THE ELEMENTS Ed: J. Williamson Oxford, 1781. 2 vols in 1. 4to. Engr. diagrams occasional light spotting. Cont. half calf. Slight cracking of up

Lizars (John) A SYSTEM OF ANATOMICAL PLATES OF THE HUMAN BODY Edin. n.d. Folio. Engr. title with vignette. 2 large fldg hand-col. plates. 101 engr. pl

Hunter (William) THE ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN GRAVID UTERUS 1851. Folio. 34 engr. plates, most double-p. Linen-backed. Ex-reference library, with stamp to

[sectional models] Anon DISSECTED MODELS OF THE HUMAN HEAD AND THE HUMAN HAND n.d. [ca 1910]. 4to. 2 chromolitho mannikin illustrations. Orig. printed

Ellis (George Viner) & Ford (G.H.) ILLUSTRATIONS OF DISSECTIONS IN A SERIES OF ORIGINAL COLOURED PLATES THE SIZE OF LIFE .... 1867. Plate vol. o...

Buckland (William) RELIQUIAE DILUVIANAE; OR, OBSERVATIONS ON THE ORGANIC REMAINS CONTINED IN CVES, FISSURES, AND DILUVIAL GRAVEL..... 1824. 2nd editio

Hawkins (Thomas) THE BOOK OF THE GREAT SEA-DRAGONS, ICHTHYOSAURI AND PLESIOSAURI Ills: J. Martin 1840. Folio. Mezzotint frontis & 28 (of 29) lit...

House of Commons INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONDUCT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.....1809. Folio. Modern quarter calf, g

[photographs - Heligoland] 10 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS. Taken during March 1920 by member of the crew of H.M.S. Coventry which brought the Allied Naval Ar

Fawcett (H.W.) & Hooper (G.W.W.) THE FIGHTING AT JUTLAND. [1920]. 4to. B/w plates (some mounted0 & maps. Partly untrimmed. Orig. quarter mor

Morley (C) FORTIFICATION PLATES [1800]. Oblong folio. 37 plates, some engr., some partly hand-col. lithos - a few are possibly original drawings. All

Elliot (Admiral George) & Ryder (Rear Admiral A.P.) and others. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DESIGNS FOR SHIPS OF WAR..... "CYCLOPS" A...

THE ROYAL ARTILLERY WAR COMMEMORATION BOOK 1920. Large 4to. Port. frontis. Col. & b/w plates. Text ills. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. r...

FLUGZEUG - TYPENBUCH Ed: H. Schneider Leipsiz, 1941. B/w ills. Advts. Orig. cloth-backed printed boards. Minor wear to spine. £60-80

Middlebrook (Martin) & Everitt (Chris) THE BOMBER COMMAND WAR DIARIES. 1985. B/w ills. Inscribed by the author on t.p. Orig. cloth. D/w. Moyes (...

Mitchell (Gordon) R.J. MITCHELL : WORLD-FAMOUS AIRCRAFT DESIGNER 1986. 1st edn. 4to. Inscribed by the author on title page. B/w ills. D/w. Mason (Fran

Stuart (James) THE ANTIQUITIES OF ATHENS 1825-27. Vols 1-3. Folio. 2 port. frontis & 139 maps & plates (as called for). Some spotting throug...

Society of Dilentanti THE UNEDITED ANTIQUITIES OF ATTICA.....THE REMAINS OF ELEUSIS, RHAMNUS, SUNIUM & THORICUS 1833. 2nd edn. Folio. Member'...

Falkener (Edward) EPHESUS, AND THE TEMPLE OF DIANA 1862. 1st edn. Large 8vo. Plates and plans as called for. Fldg. plan in pocket. Ex-reference librar

Reade (Aleyn Lyell) THE READES OF BLACKWOOD HILL IN THE PARISH OF HORTON......A FULL ACCOUNT OF DR. JOHNSON'S ANCESTRY Privately printed, 1906. ...

Taylor (Arthur) THE GLORY OF REGALITY: AN HISTORICAL TREATISE OF THE ANOINTING AND CROWNING OF THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND 1820. L.P. edn. T.p. en