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London (Jack) THE NIGHT-BORN N.Y. 1913. 1st edn. 1st issue. Col. frontis. Owner's inscription on verso of frontis. Orig. dec. cloth gt. Spine sl...

Fleming (Ian) DR NO. 1958. 1st edn. Nice copy in unclipped d/w. with just a few very minor nicks or creases near ends of spine. £300-350

Lawrence (Thomas Edward) ORIENTAL ASSEMBLY 1939. 1st edn. B/w ills. Maps in text. Excellent copy in d/w. £200-250

Lawrence (Thomas Edward) SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM 1935. 1st trade edn. 4to. B/w plates. Partly untrimmed. Nice copy in orig. buckram boards and d/w. ...

Lawrence (Thomas Edward) SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM 1935. 4to. Ltd edn. [750]. Numbered. Plates (some col.), fldg. maps etc. partly untrimmed. Orig. pigs

O'Brian (Patrick) MASTER & COMMANDER 1970. 1st edn. Nice copy in unclipped d/w with just one or two minor nicks at base of spine. £250-...

Fraser (George MacDonald) FLASHMAN AT THE CHARGE 1973. 1st edn. price-clipped d/w. FLASHMAN AND THE DRAGON 1985. 1st edn. Price-clipped d/w. (2)
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Williamson (Henry) A TEST TO DESTRUCTION 1960. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. A SOLITARY WAR 1966. 1st edn. Uncliped dw. THE GALE OF THE WORLD 1969. 1st edn.

Williamson (Henry) TALES OF MOORLAND AND ESTUARY. 1953. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. THE PHASIAN BIRD 1958. 1st edn. Price-clipped d/w. Plus 30 others by,

[a collection] Auster (Paul) UNEARTH Living Hand Press, 1974. 1st edn. Signed by the author. Orig. printed wraps. GHOSTS Los Angeles, 1986. 1st edn. S

Hanley (James) DON QUIXOTE DROWNED 1953. 1st edn. Inscribed by the author on f.f.e.p. Unclipped D/w. Snow (C.P.) THE NEW MEN 1954. 1st edn. Unclipped

Wodehouse (Pelham Grenville) THE GREAT SERMON HANDICAP Ills: W. Hewison N.Y. 1989-1993. 6 vols. In various, and many, languages. B/w ills. Orig. cloth

Wilde (Oscar) DE PROFUNDIS 1906. 1st edn. 1st issue. 40 pp booklist. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt. A CRITIC IN PALL MALL. 1919. 1st edn. Lacks f.f

PERSPECTIVES.....1952-1956. 16 vols. [all published]. col. & b/w ills. Orig. printed wraps. Contributors include: William Faulkner, Ezra Pound, ...

Proust (Marcel) REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST Trans: S. Hudson & C.K. Scott Moncrieff. 1928-1931. 11 vols. Mixed edns (some limited) Orig. cloth gt...

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

More (Hannah) PERCY, A TRAGEDY.....1778. 1st edn. Advt. on final leaf. Disbound. Dell (Henry)THE MIRROUR. a COMEDY IN THREE ACTS... 1757. 2nd edn. Lat

Home (John) DOUGLAS, A TRAGEDY Edin. 1798. 1st edn. Port. frontis. & 5 engr. plates. Untrimed - some edges a little dusty. Cont. wraps, probably...

[Mason, William] AN HEROIC EPISTLE TO SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS. 1774. 12th edn. 4to. Later wraps. [Cartwright, Edmund] ARMINE AND ELVIRA 1777. 6th edn. 4t

[Beckford, Peter] THOUGHTS ON HUNTING IN A SERIES OF FAMILIAR LETTERS TO A FRIEND. 1781. Sm 4to. Half-title; errata on final leaf. Mod. boards with pr

Camoens (Luis de) THE LUSIAD; OR, THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA. AN EPIC POEM Trans: W.J. Mickle Oxford, 1718. 2nd edn. 4to. Etched frontis & fldg. map...

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

Surtees (Robert Smith) HANDLEY CROSS; OR, THE SPA HUNT 1843. 1st edn. 3 vols. Half-titles in vols 2 & 3. Cont. crimson half morocco. Gt. dec. sp...

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

Stevenson (Robert Louis) A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES. 1885. 1st edn. Sm. 8vo. Half-title. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt. T.e.g. Nice copy.
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Stevenson (Robert Louis) A STEVENSON MEDLEY 1899. Limited edn. [300]. Port. frontis with facsimiles, "Moral Tales" etc, bound-in at end of...

Hughes (Thomas) TOM BROWN AT OXFORD Cambridge & L. 1861. 1st edn. 3 vols. Half titles. book plates. Advt. leaf in vol. 2, 24pp booklist in vol. ...

[Russell, William] THE EXPERIENCES OF A BARRISTER AND OTHER TALES L & Edin. 1884. Frontis. Orig. cloth gt. Upper hinges tender. ANON CONFESSIONS...

Marryat (Frederick) MASTERMAN READY 1841. 1st edn. 3 vols. Small 8vo. Engr. frontis. to each vol. Text ills. Orig. blind-tooled cloth gt. (3) £...

[fine binding] Wight (J.) MORNINGS AT BOW STREET. Ills: G. Cruikshank 1824. 1st edn. Engr. plates & ills. Full crimson levant by Tout. Deep gt f...

Jeffries (Richard) HODGE AND HIS MASTERS 1880. 1st edn. 2 vols. Half-titles. advt. leaves in vol. 2. orig. gt. pict. cloth. Spine relaid. (2) £...

Jefferies (Richard) FIELD AND HEDGEROW 1889. 1st edn. Half-title. Cont. half morocco gt. Orig. cloth bound-in. AMARYLLIS AT THE FAIR 1887. 1st edn. Ha

Colman (George, the Younger) POETICAL VAGARIES Privately ptd. 1812. 1st edn. 4to. Half-title. Untrimmed. Later plain wraps, a little chipped. Grenvill

Jamieson (Robert) POPULAR BALLADS AND SONGS Edin. 1806. 1st edn. 2 vols. Half-titles. Booklist in vol. 2. Untrimmed. Orig. boards, re-covered at some

Hazlitt (William) LECTURES ON THE ENGLISH COMIC WRITERS 1819. 1st edn. 4pp booklist at end. Cont. initials on t.p. Cont. half calf gt. Rebacked, with

Falconer (William) THE SHIPWRECK Ill: T. Kitchin 1785. 6th edn. Fldg. map & plate. Mod. marbled wraps. £70-90

Borrow (George) THE TURKISH JESTER; OR THE PLEASANTRIES OF GOGIA NASR EDDIN EFFENDI Ipswich, 1884. Ltd ed. [150]. Partly untrimmed. Orig.

Foote (Samuel) THE TABLE TALK AND BON-MOTS Ed: W. Cooke. New Southgate, 1889. Ltd edn. [350]. Numbered & signed by the publisher (H.A.Rogers). 1...

Andersen (Hans Christian) SEIN ODER NICHT SIN Leipsig, 1857. 1st German edition. Cont. half calf; gt. dec. spine. Anon BUBBLES FROM THE BRUNNENS OF NA

Dickens (Charles) OUR MUTUAL FRIEND Ills: M. Stone 1865. 1st edn in book form 2 vols. Etched plates. Cont. quarter calf over pebble-grain cloth. Green

Surtees (Robert Smith) SPORTING NOVELS Ills: J. Leech; 1929-31. 12 vols. Ltd edn. [950]. 124 hand col. plates. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth. Printed

Trollope (Anthony) THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET. Ills. G.H. Thomas 1867. 1st edn. 2 vols. 32 etched plates. Orig. gt.dec. cloth. Vol. 1 heavily rubbed

Trollope (Anthony) THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET/ Ills: G.H. Thomas 1867. 1st edn. 2 vols. Engr. plates & vignettes. Some occasional spotting. Co...

Bangs (John Kendrick) MRS RAFFLES Ills: A. Levering NY & L. 1905. 1st edn. B/w ills. Orig. pict. cloth. Spine slightly faded. THE PURSUIT OF THE...

Scarborough (William) A COLLECTION OF CHINESE PROVERBS Shanghai, 1875. 1st edn. Orig. pebble-grain cloth gt. Spine worn. £30-50

KERRY HILL SHEEP BREEDER' FLOCK BOOK Vols 59 (1959) - 60; 64-66; 68-71; 73-76 and vol. 79 (1979). 14 vols. Orig. cloth gt. (14) £30-40

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....

Jardine (Sir William) THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY VOL. 1. Birds of Prey. Edn. n.d. 34 hand-col. plates. Orig. cloth gt. A little rubbed. £50-70

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

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....

Bicknell (W.I.) THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES n.d. [ca 1860]. 4 vols. fldg. frontis & engr. title to vol. 1. and 306 hand-col. or...

Wilson (Andrew) THE ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY Ed. J. Wylde. n.d. [ca 1875]. Thick 4to. 36 chromolitho plates (one sl. creased at foredge); wood engr

Sidney (Samuel) THE BOOK OF THE HORSE n.d. [ca 1880]. 4to. 25 chromolitho plates - as called for. Cont. maroon half morocco gt. spine worn. One or two

Brown (Thomas) THE BOOK OF BUTTERFLIES, SPHINXES AND MOTHS. 1832. 2 vols. Added engr. titles & 96 plates, 94 hand-col. Engr. titles spotted. Occ...

Pratt (Anne) THE FLOWERING PLANTS, GRASSES, SEDGES, AND FERNS, OF GREAT BRITAIN L & NY, 1891. 4 vols. Tall 8vo. Col. plates as called for. Orig....

Overeem (C. van) & Weese (J.) ICONES FUNGORUM MALAYENSIUM 1923. 4to. 20 plates, many col. Bound without title (probably as issued) in half pigsk...

Loudon (John Claudius) ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM 1838. 8 vols. (4 vols of engr. plates). Cont. half calf gt. Spines worn. (8) £120-150

Urquhart (Beryl Leslie) THE CAMELLIA Sharpthorne, 1956. 1st edn. Folio. 20 col. plates. Orig. cloth gt. Torn d/w. THE RHODODENDRON Ills: C. Riefel 195

Thornton (Robert) TEMPLE OF FLORA Ed: G. Grigson & H. Buchanan 1951. folio. Facsimile reprint. 12 col. plates, 24 b/w. Orig. cloth-backed boards...

Redoute (Pierre-Joseph) CHOIX DES PLUS BELLES ROSES Paris, 1951. Folio. 12 col. plates. Orig. ptd. wraps. ROSES Ariel Press, 1954. Folio. 24 col. plat

Hulme (F. Edward) FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS n.d. 9 vols. 360 col. platees. Orig. dec. cloth gt. (9). £70-90

AMATEUR GARDENING VOL. XII, 1895-96. Large 4to. 49 chromolitho plates. Cont. half calf. Spine worn, boards det. £90-120

Sinclair (George) HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS. n.d. [ca 1830]. 4th edn. 45 hand-col. plates (actually 44 of 45, with one extra plate). Later half cal

Brown (F. Martin) & Heineman (Bernard) JAMAICA AND ITS BUTTERFLIES Ills: M.S. Favreau 1972. 4to. Col. plates. Orig. cloth. D/w. Fine in orig. ca...

Brown (Richard) MEDICINA MUSICA: OR, A MECHANICAL ESAY ON THE EFFECTS OF SINGING, MUSICK AND DANCING ON HUMAN BODIES 1729. Sm. 8vo. Library stamp to v

Duplay (Simon) & Reclus (Paul) TRAITE DE CHIRUGIE Paris, 1890-92 8 vols. Large 8vo. Engr. ills. Light spotting. (8) £80-120

[blue book] REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH FUND. 1907. folio. Fldg. map. Cont. cloth gt. Ends of spine frayed. Pl

[T.E. Lawrence] THE ADVANCE OF THE EGYPTIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL SIR EDMUND ALLENBY Cairo, 1919. 1st edn. 4to. Port. front

Hoffmann (Heinrich) HITLER IN SEINER HEIMAT Berlin, 1938. 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Rohrig (Carl - Publisher) MARSCH UND KAMPF DES DEUTSCHEN AFRI

[Da Capo Press reprints] Machiavelli (Niccolo) THE ARTE OF WARRE. Amsterdam & N.Y. 1969. Reprint of the 1550-62 edition. B/w ills. Orig. cloth g...

Hinsley (F.H.) BRITISH INTELLIGENCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1993. 1st edn. Fldg. col. maps. D/w. Shepperd (G.A.) THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN 1943-45. 1968. 1

Breyer (Siegfried) BATTLESHIPS AND BATTLE CRUISERS 1905-1970. Trans. A. Kurti 1973. 12st edn. 4to. B/w ills. D/w. Plus 22 others World Wars I & ...

Domville-Fife (Charles W.) EVOLUTION OF SEA-POWER 1939. 1st edn. B/w ils. D/w (sl. torn). King (Cecil) H.M.S. HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS AND THEIR FORB...

Burns (E.L.M.) BETWEEN ARAB AND ISRAELI 1962. 1st edn. B/w ills. D/w. Cole (Christopher) ROYAL FLYING CORDS COMMUNIQUES 1915-16/1918. 1990. 2 vols. B/

Casell & Company HISTORY OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR n.d. [ca 1902]. 3 vols. 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Wood (Sir Evelyn) BRITISH BATTL

Dalrymple (Gen. Sir Hew) MEMOIR....OF THE PROCEDINGS AS CONNECTED WITH THE AFFAIRS OF SPAIN, AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PENINSULAR WAR. 1830. Bookpla

Rapp (General, Count Jean) MEMOIRS 1823. 1st edn. Port. frontis. Full straight-grained morocco gt. Rapp was Aide-de-Camp to Napoleon, ca 1793-1813. ...

Hutchinson (Lucy) MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF COLONEL HUTCHINSON. 1806. 4to. Port. frontis. List of subscribers; facs. plate, aquatint view of Nottingham C

TREATY OF PEACE 1919 (Index dated 1920). Folio. Facsimiles of signatures. Lacks contents of rear pocket. Orig. cloth-backed printed boards. Spine rubb

THE GENEALOGISTS' MAGAZINE Vols 6-12, 1932-58; Vols 17-19, 1972-79. 10 vols. Uniformly bound in white cloth with blue gt. blocked leather title ...

Ruvigny & Raineval (Marquis of) THE PLANTAGANET ROLL OF THE BLOOD ROYAL 1905. large 8vo. Ltd edn. [520]. B/w ills. Untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt. Hi...

Heylyn (Peter) A HELP TO ENGLISH HISTORY 1709. 12mo. Over 550 armorial woodcuts in text. Cont. panelled calf. Upper board det. £70-100

Angell (Samuel) & Evans (Thomas) SCULPTURED METOPES DISCOVERED AMONGST THE RUINS OF THE TEMPLES OF THE ANCIENT CITY OF SELINUS IN SICILY 1826. F...

Myres (J.N.L.) A CORPUS OF ANGLO-SAXON POTTERY OF THE PAGAN PERIOD Cambridge, 1977. 1st edn. 2 vols. 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. D/w's. (2) &...

King (L.W.) & Hall (H.R.) EGYPT AND WESTERN ASIA IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT DISCOVERIES 1907. 1st edn. Large 8vo. B/w plates & ills. Partly untr...

Yaggy (L.W.) & Haines (T.L.) MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITY Chicago etc, 1885. Thick 8vo. Engr. plates & ills. Orig. half morocco gt. £40-50

Pennington (Rooke) NOTES ON THE BARROWS AND BONE-CAVES OF DERBYSHIRE. 1877. Ex-library. cont. quarter morocco. Sl. rubbed. Alexander (John) THE DIRECT

Crawford (O.G.S.) ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE FIELD 1953. 1st edn. B/w ils. Orig. cloth gt. Bettley (J.H.) THE LANDSCAPE OF WESSEX 1980. 1st edn. B/w ills. D/w

[Hafod Press] Johnes (Thomas)[trans.] SIR JOHN FROISSART'S CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND FRANCE AND THE ADJOINING COUNTRIES.... 1803-05. 4 vols. 4to. En...

Charles 1st (King of England) HIS MAJESTIES ANSWER TO A BOOK ENTITLED, THE DECLARATION, OF REMONSTRANCE OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS OF THE 19TH MAY, 1642

BRIEF OBSERVATIONS ON THE PUNISHMENT OF THE PILLORY 1814. Extract from THE PAMPHLETEER 16pp. Mod. quarter calf gt. over marbled boards. £40-50

Charles 1st (King of England) EIKON BASILIKE THE POURTRACTURE OF HIS SACRED MAJESTIE IN HIS SOLITUDES AND SUFFERINGS 1648. 12mo. Double-p engr. fronti

[Sherlock, Thomas] THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR AND UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE AGAINST DR. BENTLEY, STATED AND VINDICATED 1719. Folio. Title ...

[Parliamentary Reports] TURNPIKE TRUSTS/HIGHWAYS REPORTS. 1854. 1864. 1870. (Also including Miscellaneous Statistics, Railways etc). 19 Abstracts and

[Trial - The Baviad] PROCEEDINGS ON THE TRIAL OF ROBERT FAULDER, BOOKSELLER FOR PUBLISHING A LIBEL ON JOHN WILLIAMS, ALIAS ANTHONY PASQUIN, ESQ. [1811

Godwin (William) LIVES OF THE NECROMANCERS : OR, AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST EMINENT PERSONS....WHO HAVE CLAIMED...THE EXERCISE OF MAGICAL POWER. 1834. 1st

Raffaello Sanzi D'Urbino (Raphael) I FRESCHI DELLE LOGGIE VATICANE IN VENTATI Ills: A. Valentini Rome, ca 1830. Folio. Engr. title with port. vi...

Bartoli (Pietro Santi & Francesco) & Bellori (Giovanni Pietro) LE PITTURE ANTICHE DELLE GROTTE DI ROMA E DEL SEPOLCRO DE'NASONI Rome, 17...

National Gallery ENGRAVINGS FROM THE PICTURES.......... Ills: W.Finden, J.& H. Le Keux, J. Pye & others. 1840. Large folio 31 engr. plates w...

Lippmann (Friedrich) ENGRAVINGS AND WOODCUTS BY OLD MASTERS 1889-92. Vols 1 & III. 2 vols. Folio. 100 plates. Ex-library, with stamps to verso o...