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Gastineau (Henry) WALES ILLUSTRATED 1830. 2 vols in 1. 4to. 2 t.p. vignettes 224 engr. views on 112 sheets cont. half morocco; gt dec spine in large c

Williams (Jonathan) THE HISTORY OF RADNORSHIRE Tenby, 1859. Frontis. plates & ills, as called for. Some occassional damp-marking. Cont. half cal...

Ritchie (Leitch) THE WYE AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS 1841. Title vignette & 11 plates with tissue guards. Some spotting or foxing. Cont. blind-tooled c...

[Nicholson, George] CAMBRIAN TRAVELLERS' GUIDE. Stourport, 1815. 2nd edn. Fldg. hand-col. map (taped on verso of fold lines). T.p. vignette. Con...

Pennant (Thomas) TOURS IN WALES 1810. 3 vols. Tall 8vo. Plates & plans as called for; some fldg. A little foxing and some light staining in vol....

John (A.H.) THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH WALES. Cardiff, 1950. Orig. cloth. D/w. William (David) JOHN FROST : A STUDY IN CHARTISM Cardiff, 1939

Powys (Olwen) CARDIGAN PRIORY IN THE OLDEN DAYS 1904. 4to. B/w plates. Orig. cloth gt. Plus 29 others, Welsh interest. (30) £60-90

Nicholson (George) THE CAMBRIAN TRAVELLER'S GUIDE Ills: J. Cary Stourport & L. 1813. 2nd edn. 2 fldg hand-col. maps. T.p. vignette. Cont. ha...

Owen (Robert) WELSH POOL AND POWYS-LAND Welshpool, 1897. Subscribers' issue. B/w plates. Cont. half-morocco gt. Joints worn & taped. Baker-G...

Cranage (David Herbert Somerset) AN ARCHITECTURAL ACCOUNT OF THE CHURCHES OF SHROPSHIRE Ills: M.J. Hardig & W.A. Webb Wellington, 1901-12. 3 vol...

Blomefield (Francis) THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NORWICH Privately printed, 1741. folio. T.p. in red & black. List of subscribers. Err...

SHROPSHIRE & HEREFORDSHIRE. A collection of several hundred 18th & 19th Century engravings. A collection. £120-150

Johnson (Richard) THE ANCIENT CUSTOMS OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD L & Hereford, 1868. Added chromolitho title. Lis of suscribers. Dec. initials. Ori...

KELLY'S DIRECTORIES TO HEREFORDSHIRE & SHROPSHIRE. 1922 and 1934. 2 vols. Large 8vo. 2 fldg. col. maps to each vol. 1922 edition pp 153/154 ...

Harper (Charles George) THE SOMERSET COAST 1909. 1st edn. b/w ills. Orig cloth gt. Spine slightly thumbed. THE KENTISH COAST. 1914. 1st edn. B/w plate

Balch (H.E.) WOOKEY HOLE : ITS CAVES AND CAVE DWELLERS Ills: J. Hassall & J. Savory 1914. Large 4to. Signed by the author on f.f.e.p. Orig. phot...

Potter (Thomas Russell) & others THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF CHARNWOOD FOREST. 1842. 4to. Frontis; t.p. vignette, engr. dedication plate. Map...

Nickson (Charles) HISTORY OF RUNCORN L & Warrington, 1887. 4to. B/w plates & ills. Ex-library with stamp to verso of title. Orig. cloth gt. ...

GLOUCESTERSHIRE - EXTRACTS FROM PARISH REGISTERS Compiled ca 1880-1885. 454 numbered pages with many related items (letters etc.) bound-i

Fosbrooke (Thomas Dudley) AN ORIGINAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER 1819. 4to. 37 engr. plates, as called for. Some occasional spotting. Cont. qua

Leycester (Sir Peter) HISTORICAL ANTIQUITIES IN TWO BOOKS....THE SECOND CONTAINING PARTICULAR REMARKS CONCERNING CHESHIRE 1673. Folio. T.p. in red &...

Stevenson (W.H.) CALENDAR OF THE RECORDS OF THE CORPORATION OF GLOUCESTER Gloucester, 1893. Tall 8vo. Partly untrimmed. Later quarter calf gt. Rudland

Ingham (Alfred) CHESHIRE: ITS TRADITIONS AND HISTROY. Edin. 1920. 4to. B/w ills. Ex-library. Orig. cloth gt. Howson (J.S.) & Rimmer (A.) CHESTER...

Gilpin (William) A COLLECTION OF WORKS BOUND IN SIX VOLUMES 1808-9. 12 vols in 6. Nine works are included: 1. The Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland an

Beattie (William) SCOTLAND ILLUSTRATED Ills: T. Allom & others 1838. 2 vols. 4to. added engr. titles. Fldg map & 118 steel engr. plates. Som...

Gibbings (Robert) SWEET CORK OF THEE 1951. 1st edn. Col. frontis. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w. Plus 27 others, Ireland. (28) £60-90

Dugdale (Thomas) ENGLAND & WALES DELINEATED n.d. Vol. 1. Frontis; t.p. vignette; 7 double-p maps (hand-col. in outline); 22 plates. Marginal spo...

Walker (J & C) ENGLAND & WALES 1846. Fldg. hand-col. map, linen-backed, approx 132cm x 101cm in 36 sections. In orig. maroon morocco slip-ca...

Chittenden (Fred. J.) & Synge (Patrick M.) DICTIONARY OF GARDENING Oxford, 1956. 2nd edn. 4 vols. 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. D/w's. (4) ...

THE CHOIR OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL Perspective view, n.d. [ca 1780]. Approx. 25.5cm x 42.5cm. Hand-col. PROSPECTUS PALATII REGII SOMERSETI

BOUNDARY COMMISSION REPORTS (ENGLAND & WALES) ca 1885-1915. Approx. 152 fldg. maps. Most in outline colour. Most in orig. blue wraps. Sold as a ...

Hewlett (Maurice) THE ROAD IN TUSCANY Ills: J. Pennell 1904. 1st edn. 2 vols. B/w ills. orig. pict. cloth gt. (2) £40-50

TRAVEL JOURNAL. kept by Frank L. Somerset on a tour through DENMARK, GERMANY, AUSTRIA & POLAND in 1911. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated with sket

De Lagny (Germain) THE KNOUT AND THE RUSSIANS; OR THE MUSCOVITE EMPIRE, THE CZAR AND HIS PEOPLE. 1854. 1st edn. Added engr. title and 23 tinted plates

A SCRAP ALBUM ca 1894. Contains drawings, photographs, visiting cards, invitations, tickets to sporting events and other Maltese ephemera. The

Bleek (W.H.I.) & Lloyd (L.C.) SPECIMENS OF BUSHMAN FOLKLORE. 1911. Col. frontis. Col. & b/w plates as called for. orig. gt. pict. cloth. Spi...

Stanley (Henry Morton) IN DARKEST AFRICA 1890. 4th edn. 2 vols. 4 maps (3 fldg). b/w plates. Vol. 1 lacks f.f.e.p. Some spotting. Orig. pict. cloth gt

Leyden (John) DISCOVERIES & TRAVELS IN AFRICA Ed. H. Murray Edin. 1817. 2 vols. 2 fldg. maps. Ex-library, with blind stamps to titles. Cont. hal...

Landor (A. Henry Savage) IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND 1898. 1st edn. 2 vols. Map (sl. torn w/o loss). 8 Chromolitho plates. B/w plates & ills. Occasion...

Murray (Hugh) DISCOVERIES AND TRAVELS IN ASIA. Edin. 1820. 3 vols. 3 fldg maps (1 det.). Light spotting of maps. Ex-library, with blind stamps to titl

Hudson (William Henry) THE NATURALIST IN LA PLATA 1892. 1st edn. Frontis. B/w plates & ills 40pp booklist. Owner's blind stamp on title. Ori...

Thomson (Arthur S) THE STORY OF NEW ZEALAND 1859. 1st edn. 2 vols. 2 frontis. - 1 fldg. 2 fldg. plans; large fldg col. map; a further map & 12 p...

Hill (Ernestine) THE TERRITORY 1951. 1st edn. b/w ills. D/w (torn, with some loss). McCulloch (Alan) HIGHWAY FORTY Melbourne 1957. 1st edn

ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS ca 1880. 58 full-end half-plate mounted prints. Taken in Norway, Sweden, Belgium and England. Cont. morocco gt. £80

[manuscript items] Patti (Adelina) A 21-LINE LETTER dated November 26th 1898. Written at Craig-y-Nos Castle, expressing thanks for a bottle of perfume

[signed photograph] ROMMEL (Erwin, Field-Marshall) An original, unofficial, photograph, aprox. 12cm x 9cm, signed in ink. Rommel is seen in close prof

THE BEATLES. An early signed publicity photography. Approx 20cm x 15.5cm. Inscribed: "To Diana Dickieson, all the best from The Beatles". ...

[signed photograph] RUDOLF HESS A signed portrait photgraph, approx. 18cm x 12.5cm. Hess in the uniform of an S.S. General. The inscription (translate

A SMALL GROUP OF POSTCARDS RELATING TO BRISTOL. Includes 3 commemorating the visit of King Edward VII in 1908. Plus a postcard after the por

Warhol (Andy) SIGNED CARD WITH OUTLINE SKETCH DEPICTING THE CAMPBELL'S SOUP TIN. Approx 31cm x 23cm. Sketch and signature in blue pencil. We und...

THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE A sheet of lined notepaper inscribed: "Love always, Jimi Hendrix", and signed by 2 other members of the band.

A COLLECTION OF 16/17TH CENTURY DOCUMENTS. Mostly in Italian, some in Latin - probably legal documents. A collection. £80-120

PART OF A PHILOSOPHICAL MANUSCRIPT. 17th Century. Latin text. Probably lecture notes. Cont. calf, worn. Plus: SYNOPSIS MORALIS BREVITUR.

ABSTRACT OF A SERIES OF LECTURES GIVEN TO WOMEN BY ROBT. JOHNSON ca 1820. 178pp. 4to. In a neat hand; contents indexed. Some pencil scrib

[Huguenot history] A COLLECTION OF LETTERS BY MEMBERS OF A HUGUENOT FAMILY. - Buffar of Bath and Cracklow of Greenwich. ca 1828-32. Some of the letter

COWIE FAMILY PAPERS. A small collection of letters and other documents relating to the Cowie family of Islington ca 1805-1815. One letter

TWO EARLY 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BROADSIDES : TABLEAU DU REVENU DES BOIS DEPENDANTS DE SAINT-ESCOBILLE (with MS additions). Also: GRANDE ET

EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE PARIS. 1937. A collection of approx 200 postcards depicting building, sites and events at the Exposition. A coll

BIBLE..... Ill: W. Marshall. Cambridge, Buck & Daniel : 1638. Folio. Engr. title, with Alma Mater device. With the Apocrypha. Red-ruled throught...

BIBLIA SACRA..... Vulgate edition. Antwerp, Plantin : 1650. 4to. Engr. title. Historiated & decorated initials. Sl. staining of first few leaves...

BIBLE.....Hills & Field, 1660. Decorated borders to each title. General title preceded by Book of Common Prayer [lacking title]. Bound with : TH...

NOVUM TESTAMENTUM Cologne (Gualteri), 1630. 16mo. Woodcut initials. Cont. blind-tooled straight-grained morocco gt. £80-120

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

Jewell (John, Bishop of Salisbury) THE WORKS..... 1609. 1st edn. 4 works in 1 vol. Folio. Engr. title pages. Sl. marginal staining of first title &a...

Heylyn (Peter) ECCLESIA RESTAURATA; OR, THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND 1661. Small fo. Woodcut initials. Lacking last leaf of

BIBLE......fragment. B.L. Folio. New Testament (Mathew to John XX) from a 16th Century edition. The 19th Century binding states that this is a Bisho...

Latimer (Hugh) [FRUTEFUL SERMONS...] ca 1571. 4to. in 8's. Port. frontis. (det.). Lacking pp 233-257 and all after 264. T.p. a little frayed. 18...

Carranza (Bartholome, Archbishop of Toledo) SUMMA CONCILIORUM SALAMANCA, 1551. Small 4to. Colophon of Andreas de Portonariis on final leaf. Woodcut de

Hooker (Richard) OF THE LAWES OF ECCLESIASTICALL POLITIE : EIGHT BOOKS (really four, as usual) 1604. 2nd edn; THE FIFT BOOKE 1597. 1st separate edn. 2

SERMONS......n.d. Small 4to. 350 numbered pages in a 17th Century hand. The text appears to be written in the same hand throughout, but a

Sibbes (Richard) THE RETURNING BACKSLIDER, OR A COMMENTARIE UPON THE....XIII CHAPTER.....OF HOSEA. 1639. 4to. in 8's. With variant title. Port f...

Smith (Henry) THE SERMONS......GATHERED INTO ONE VOLUME....WHEREUNTO IS ADDED, GODS ARROW AGAINST ATHIESTS. 1611. 4to in 8's. 5 works in 1 vol.,...

Rogers (John) A GODLEY AND FRUITFUL EXPOSITION OF THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PETER 1650. T.p. sl. torn & laid down. A few corners creased. Probably co...

Oates (Titus) AN EXACT DISCOVERY OF THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY 1670. Sm 4to. All pages expertly repaired at lower margins, but text not affected. Later v

Sherlock (Richard) THE PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN 1682. 3rd edn. Engr. frontis & added title, 8 plates. Name cut from head margin of engr. tite. Cont. ...

Sclater (William) AN EXPOSITION WITH NOTES UPON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. 1619. 1st edn. 4to in 8's. Engr. initials. Lacks title. ...

Darton (William) A SERIES OF SCRIPTURE PRINTS. Ills: E. Suter n.d. (ca 1810). Folio. 16 sheets each with hand col. engraving on aquatint to each side.

Stanford (Edward) PRECEPTIVE ILLUSTRTIONS OF THE BIBLE Ils: S. Bendixon n.d. [ca 1860]. Large folio. 52 hand-col. litho plates. Orig. quart

Bythner (Victorinus) LYRA PROPHETICA DAVIDIS REGIS SIVE ANALYSIS CRITICO-PRACTICA PSALMORUM L. 1650. 4to. T.p. in red/black. Errata leaf. Cont. calf.

[Wollaston, William] THE RELIGION OF NATURE DELINEATED. 1731. 5th edn. 4to. Woodcut deviceon title. [bound with] THE RELIGION OF JESUS DELINEATED 1726

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

Dion Cassius (Nicaeus) EXCERPTAE HISTORIAE AB IOANNE XIPHILINO Paris, H. Stephens, 1592. Folio. Woodcut device on title. Text in Greek & Latin. ...

Vergilius Maro (Publius) OPERA.....[probably Venice, ca 1514] Folio. Lacking at least 5 leaves of prelims and a similar number near the end of the vol

Lloyd (Lodowick) THE TRIPLICITIE OF TRIUMPHS 1591. Sm. 4to. B.L. Lacks title & edication leaf, also final blank. first leaf, torn with some loss...

[Peacham (Henry)] THE COMPLEAT GENTLEMAN 1634. 3rd imp. 3 parts in 1 vol. Sm. 4to. Added engr. title [laid down]. Engr. ills. Some light marginal foxi

[Bridgewater Treatises] Chalmers (Thomas) ON THE POWER WISDOM AND GOODNESS OF GOD....1833. 2 vols. Some light spotting of title and e.p's. Cont....

Gauricus (Lucas) ANTONII DE MONTULMO, ARTIUM AC MEDICINAE DOCTORIS, DE JUDICIIS NATIUTTATUM LIBER PRAECLARISSIMUS. Nuremberg, 1540. 4to [bound with] A

Smith (Adam) ESSAYS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS. Ed: D. stewart. Dublin, 1795. 1st Dublin edn. Ink marks on title. Some light marginal staining near end

[Sun-dials] Wells (Edward) THE YOUNG GENTLEMEN'S DIALLING 1736. 4th edn. 11 engr. plates, many fldg. Mod. cloth gt. £150-200

[Alingham, William] A SHORT ACCOUNT, OF THE NATURE AND USE OF MAPS 1698. Small 8vo. Lacks maps. Considerable mispagination. Mod. quarter morocco. Spin

Anon A MATHEMATICAL MISCELLANY IN FOUR PARTS 1751. Diagrammatic ills. Cont. calf, rubbed. Lacks upper board. The first part is devoted to finding solu

Paruta (Filippo) & Agostini (Leonardo) LA SICILIA DESCRITA CON MEDAGLIE. Lyon, 1697. Folio. T.p. engr. by Fulcarus after Caninus. 153 engr. plat...

Delaroche (Paul) & others TRESOR DE NUMISMATIQUE ET DE GLYPTIQUE : MEDAILES COULEES ET CISELEES EN ITALIE Paris, 1834. Folio. 4to engr. plates. ...

Durrell (Lawrence) LA DESCENTE DU STYX Trans: F.J. Temple 1964. 4to. Ltd edn. [250]. Signed by the author. Text in Engl. & French. Orig. printed...

Sitwell (Osbert) MIRACLE ON SINAI 1933. 4th impression. Inscribed by the author on f.f.e.p. Sitwell (Edith) ALEXANDER POPE 1930. 1st edn. Inscribed by

Benson (Stella) CHRISTMAS FORMULA AND OTHER STORIES Ills: C. Leighton 1932. Ltd edn. [550] Numbered & signed by the artist. Orig. cloth gt. THE ...

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

Wodehouse (Pelham Grenville) FULL MOON n.d. 1st UK edn. Unclipped d/w. Minor creases at edges. COCKTAIL TIME 1958. 1st edn. 2nd binding. Price-clipped

Hartley (Leslie Poles) MY FELLOW DEVILS 1951. 1st edn. Inscribed by the author on f.f.e.p. Unclipped d/w. THE HIRELING. 1957. 1st edn. Inscribed by th