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Merkel (Carl) BIBLE HISTORIES......IN PICTURES Ills: E. Engelmann 1853. 4to. Text in English & German. 24 engr. plates incorporating text. Chrom...

MISSALE DE TEMPORE EX SCRIPTIS REVERENDI PATRIS BENEDICTI A ST. JOSEPHO ORDINIS FRATRUM BEATA VERGINIS MARIA DE MONTE CARMELO. 1766. 8vo.

Winskill (P.T.) THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT AND ITS WORKERS 1892. 4 vols in 2. Large 8vo. Engr. plates. Orig. cloth gt. Vol. 2 sl. marked. (2) £40-50

Sewel (William) THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, INCREASE AND PROGRESS OF THE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS (Translated from the Dutch by the Author). L. 17

Story (Thomas) A JOURNAL OF THE LIFE.....Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1747. 1st edn. Folio. Cont. panelled calf; slight surface abrasion. Rebacked i

CARMINUM POETARUM NOVEM FRAGMENTA....EDITIO II. Geneva (Estienne), 1566. 16mo. Old calf, rebacked. Lower board det. [Adams C733]. £80-120

Scaliger (Joseph Justus) SCALIGERIANA SIVE EXCERPTA EX ORE....Hague, 1658. [bound with] Schefferi (Johannes) GRAPHICE ID EST, DE ARTE PINGENDI. Nuremb

Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius) THE HISTORIE OF TWELVE CAESARS Trans: P. Holland. 1606. folio. Woodcut device to title; portrait chapter heads. Errata l

Erasmus (Desiderius) COPIA VERORUM ET RERUM AC VERBORUM L. 1660. 12mo. Port. frontis. Engr. title. (frontis & title were probably detached &...

Astle (Thomas) THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF WRITING 1803. 2nd edn. 4to. Port. frontis. 32 engr. plates, many fldg, some hand-col. Cont. gt. guled tan ca

Chaudon (L. Mayeul) & Delandine (Antoine Francois) NOUVEAU DICTIONNAIRE HISTORIQUE. Lyon, 1804. 13 vols. Bookplates. Cont. gt. bordered diced ca...

Holyday (Barten) PHILOSOPHIAE POLITO-BARBARAE SPECIMEN IN QUO DE ANIMA & EJUS HABITATIBUS INTELLECTUALIBUS Oxford, 1633. 1st edn. Sm. 4to. Engr....

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Hubner (Johann, the Elder) GENEALOGISCHE TABELLEN Leipsig, 1725-33. 4 vols in 2. Oblong fo. T.p's in red& black. [bound with] GENEALOGISCHE ...

Boileau (Jacques) HISTOIRE DES FLAGELLANS....Ed: J.J. Granet Amsterdam, 1732. 2nd edn. 12mo. T.p. in red & black. Cont. calf. Joints cracked, sp...

Kendal (Edward Augustus) POCKET ENCYCLOPAEDIA: OR A DICTIONARY OF ARTS. SCIENCES, AND POLITE LITERATURE 1811. 4 vols. 12 mo. Engr. plates. Cont. tree

Martin (Benjamin) MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE CONTAINING A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS. VOL II. Ills: E. Bowen & others 1759. 9 maps (6 fldg), 17 plate...

[Oldys, William] THE BRITISH LIBRARIAN..... A COMPENDIOUS REVIEW OR ABSTRACT OF OUR MOST SCARCE, USEFUL AND VALUABLE BOOKS IN ALL SCIENCES.....1738....

Holdsworth (E.) MUSCIPULA: SIVE CAMBRO-MUA-MAXIA n.d. [2 copies]. 19pp. T.p. devices, dec. initials and headpeices differ in these copies. Possibly, t

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...

Burns (Robert) POEMS CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT Edin. 1798. 2 vols in 1. Half-titles. Port. frontis. to vol. 1. First few leaves of vol. 1 a litt

[Centlivre, Susannah] THE GAMESTER: A COMEDY. AS IT IS ACTED AT THE NEW THEATRE IN LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.....1705. 1st edn. Half-title. Final lea...

Churchyard (Thomas) THE WORTHINESS OF WALES, A POEM. 1776. Title & endpapers spotted. Cont. crimson half morocco gt. A little scuffed. Williams ...

[Havard, William] KING CHARLES THE FIRST: AN HISTORICAL TRAGEDY. WRITTEN IN IMITATION OF SHAKESPEARE. 1737. 1st edn. Engr. frontis. Mod. marbled board

Darwin (Erasmus) THE BOTANIC GARDEN; A POEM, IN TWO PARTS Ills: W. Blake and others. 1791. 1st edn; 3rd edn. 2 vols. in 1. 4to. 2 engr. frontispieces,

Rousseau (Jean-Baptiste) PORTEFEUILLE.....CONTENANT DIVERSES PIECES DE VERS ET DE PROSE.... Amsterdam, 1751. 2 vols. 12mo. T.p. engravings (titles hav

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

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

Geoffroy (-) COURS DE LITERATURE DRAMATIQUE. Paris, 1825. 6 vols. Half-titles. Cont. half calf, gt. ruled spines with raised bands. (6) £60-90

Gamba (Pietro) A NARRATIVE OF LORD BYRON'S LAST JOURNEY TO GREECE 1825. 1st edn. Half-title. 2 fldg. facs. pltes. Blind stamp to lower margin of...

Clare (John) POEMS DESCRIPTIVE OF RURAL LIFE AND SCENERY 1820. 2nd edition. With glossary. Cont. half morocco gt. Minor wear to extremities. £8...

Oliphant (Margaret) NEIGHBOURS ON THE GREEN. 1889. 1st edn. 3 vols. Half-titles. Cont. crimson half morocco. Gt. ruled spines. (3) £60-80

d'Aurevilly (Barbey) WEIRD WOMEN Privately printed, 1900. Ltd edn. [500]. Frontis & 8 woodcut plates. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt. T.e....

Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von) WERKE...... Stuttgart, 1866. 12 vols. Half-titles. Cont. crimson half morocco, gt. ruled and bordered. Dec. spines in com

Buchan (John) HOMILIES AND RECREATIONS [1926]. Ltd edn. [200], L.P., numbered and signed by the author. Partly untrimmed. Orig. japon-backed boards. L

O'Brian (Edna) THE HIGH ROAD 1988. Ltd edn [92/150]. Numbered, and signed by the author. Orig. cloth-backed marbled boards. Glassine wrap. Troll...

Deighton (Len) XPD 1981. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. WINTER. 1987. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. BLITZKRIEG. 1979. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. FIGHTER. 1977. 1st ed

Hall (Radclyffe) THE SIXTH BEATITUDE 1936. Ltd edn. [125] Out-of-series copy. Signed by the author. Orig. vellum-backed cloth gt. Very slightly rubbed

Hall (Radclyffe) THE WELL OF LONELINESS 1928. 1st edn. Half-title. Orig. cloth gt. Nice copy. £70-100

Wodehouse (Pelham Granville) YOUNG MEN IN SPATS. 1936. 1st edn. Orig. printed cloth. Spine faded. MONEY IN THE BANK 1946. 1st UK edn; 2nd impression.

Shaw (George Bernard) THE WORKS 1930-38. 33 vols. Ltd edn. [414/1000]. Half titles. Orig. green cloth gt. (33) £200-300

Green (Anna Katharine) HAND AND RING NY & L. 1883. 1st edn. Frontis. Booklist. Orig. cloth gt. Spine sl. thumbed. [Hubin p.374 vol. 1]. Benson (...

Tunnicliffe (Charles F.) SHORELANDS SUMMER DIARY. 1952. 1st edn. 4to. 16 col. plates. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w (sl. torn at head of spine and upper

Smythies (Bertram E.) BIRDS OF BURMA Ills: A.M. Hughes Rangoon, 1940. 1st edn [1000]. Fldg. map. Col. plates. Orig. cloth gt. Joints & edges rub...

Butler (Arthur G.) & Frohawk (Frederick William) BRITISH BIRDS WITH THEIR NESTS AND EGGS. [1896-98]. 6 vols. 4to. 24 col. plates. Orig. gt. pict...

THE STUDENT AND INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER: REVIEW OF NATURAL HISTORY. Vols 1-12, 1862-67. New Series, Vols 1-5, 1868-1871. 17 vols. Chromolitho plates, ma

Budgen (L.M. - 'Acheta Domestica') EPISODES OF INSECT LIFE 1849-51. 1st - 3rd Series. 4 hand-col. engr. frontispieces. Engr. text ills. Some...

AMATEUR GARDENING VOL. XII, 1895-96. Large 4to. 49 chromolitho plates. Cont. half calf. Spine worn, boards det. £80-100

Leyland (John) GARDENS OLD AND NEW. Ills: A. Rackham, E. O'Sullivan. [1900]. 3rd edn. 2 vols. Folio. B/w ills. Orig. dec. pict. cloth. (2)
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Loudon (Jane) BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 1849. 4to. 60 hand-col. plates. 3 plates loose and frayed at edges. Cont. cloth gt. Some wear to ends of spine. ...

Lowe (Edward Joseph) BEAUTIFUL LEAVED PLANTS. 1864. Tall. 8vo. 60 chromolitho plates with tissue guards. Ex-library, with stamp to verso of title. Ori

FLORA & SYLVA Ed: W. Robinson 1903-04. 2 vols (of 3 published). 4to. 38 (of 40) chromolitho plates. Engr. plates & ills. Orig. cloth gt. Plu...

Wright (John & Horace J.) THE VEGETABLE GROWER'S GUIDE n.d. [ca 1890]. 4 vols. 4to. Engr. ills. Orig. dec. cloth gt. Minor wear to extremiti...

Herschel (Sir John Frederich William) OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY 1849. 1st edn. 6 plates (1 fldg). Cont. half morocco gt. £80-100

Osler (Sir William) BIBLIOTHECA OSLERIANA : A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ILLUSTRATING THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE..... Oxford, 1929. 1st edn. 4to. Orig. cloth gt.

Bennet (Thomas) A SHORT ACCOUNT OF DR BENTLEY'S HUMANITY AND JUSTICE......IN A LETTER TO THE HONOURABLE CHARLES BOYLE, ESQ. 1699. 1st edn. Errat...

Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer) LONDON TO LADYSMITH VIA PRETORIA 1900. 1st edn. 4 maps (3 fldg), plans etc. 32pp booklist. Advt. leaf. Orig. p

Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer) THE RIVER WAR 1900. 1st edn; 3rd impression [500]. 2 vols. Maps and plates as called for. Some occasional spot

Bell (Gertrude) THE ARAB WAR Golden Cockerel Press, 1940. 4to. Ltd edn. [500]. Partly untrimmed. Quarter green niger gt. £180-220

Holiday (Gilbert) HORSES & SOLDIERS Ed. L. Bolton. Privately printed Aldershot, n.d. [1938]. 4to. Tipped-in col. & b/w plates. Orig. printed...

THE ARMY LISTS OF THE ROUNDHEADS AND CAVALIERS 1874. 2nd edn. Later crimson half-morocco gt. £30-50

Moller (V.) DEN DANSKE ARMES UNIFORMER..... Copenhagen, 1892. Oblong folio. 20 chromolitho plates of Danish Army uniforms ca 1790 -1890. O

Kinglake (Alexander) THE INVASION OF THE CRIMEA.....Edin. & L. 1863-1887. 8 vols. 80 plates, plans & maps (lacks 1 plate & 2 plans). Arm...

British Record Society INDEX OF WILLS....IN THE PEROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY 1383-1588. L. 1893-1898. 3 vols. Large 8vo. Partly untrimme

Clark (Hugh) & Warmull (Thomas) A SHORT AND EASY INTRODUCTION TO HERALDRY. 1794. Engr. frontis & 40 plates. Later maroon morocco gt. with ra...

Fraser (William) THE CHIEFS OF GRANT Edin. 1883. 3 parts in 1 vol. 4to. Col. armorial frontis. 10 chromolitho plates; 22 b/w; 30 chromo. facsimile pla

THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. FACSIMILES OF THE PAPYRI OF HUNEFER, ANHAI, KERASHER AND NETCHEMET Ed: E.A. Wallis Budge 1899. Large folio. Chromolitho & ...

ARCHAEOLOGY - EGYPT & MIDDLE EAST. A carton. £40-50

ARCHAEOLOGY - incl. 5 vols of ARCHAEOLOGIA. 2 cartons. £60-80

Warwick (Sir Philip) MEMOIRES OF THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES 1. 1703. 3rd edn. Poert. frontis. Errata. Booklist. Cont. panelled calf. Joints a little cr

Walker (Sir Edward) A CIRCUMSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CORONATION OF HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES THE SECOND 1820. 1st edition

CALENDAR OF THE LETTER-BOOKS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. Ed. G.G. Sharpe. Books: B,C,E,I,L. 1900-1909. 5 vols. Orig. cloth gt. Plus 2 others, related. (7)

Wright (Sir Almroth E.) THE UNEXPURGATED CASE AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE. 1913. 1st edn. Ex-library. Orig. cloth gt. Extremities sl. rubbed. £40-60

[Cunningham, Timothy] THE HISTORY OF OUR CUSTOMS, AIDS, SUBSIDIES, NATIONAL DEBTS, AND TAXES. FROM WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, TO ......MDCCLXI. L. 1761. 4

POPULATION ACT, 41 GEORGE III. 1800. ABSTRACT OF THE ANSWERS AND RETURNS 1802. 2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Cont. half calf gt. Worn. Upper board det. &...

SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO.....THE SEVERAL SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR FISHERIES, INSURANCES, ANNUITIES etc. 1720.

[Shebbeare, John] A LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, ON THE PRESENT SITUATION AND CONDUCT OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS....[Bound with] A SECOND LETTER.....ON F

[Left Book Club] Atlee (Clement R.) THE LABOUR PARTY IN PERSPECTIVE 1937. Cole (G.H.D.) THE PEOPLE'S FRONT 1937. THE CONDITION OF BRITAIN. 1937....

Hamilton (Sir William) OUTLINES FROM THE FIGURES AND COMPOSITIONS UPON THE GREEK, ROMAN AND ETRUSCAN VASES..... Ills: A. Kirk. 1814. 1st edn. 4to. Hal

Burnet (John) PRACTICAL HINTS ON COLOUR IN PAINTING 1827. 4to. 8 hand-col. plates. Ex-library. Orig. boards, rebacked with paper strip. Hayter (Charle

Flaxman (John) & Blake (William) THE ILIAD OF HOMER 1805. Oblong folio. Title & 39 plates by Blake, Piroli and others. Some spotting, or lig...

Flaxman (John) & Blake (William) COMPOSITIONS FROM THE WORKS, DAYS AND THEOGONY OF HESIOD 1817. Oblong folio. Engr. title & 36 plates. Conte...

Crombie (Benjamin W.) MODERN ATHENIANS: A SERIES OF ORIGINAL PORTRAITS OF....CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH Edin. 1882. Ltd edn. [1040]. signed by the publishe

Bray (Anna Eliza) LIFE OF THOMAS STOTHARD R.A. 1851. 1st edn. 4to. Engr. ills. Some light spotting. 19th Century half-morocco gt. T.e.g. Tyrwhitt (R.

MINOTAURE: REVUE ARISTIQUE ET LITTEAIRE Ills: Picasso, Derain, Dali, Man Ray, Brassai et al. Nos 1-4 (in 3 vols) and 9. Paris, 1933 - 1936. 5 vols in

(Album) BIRMINGHAM ART GALLERY PICTURES Ills: B. Freedman, K. Nielson, D. Maxwell & others. n.d.[ca 1935]. Folio. A collection of mounted col. p...

Fabre (Josep Palaui) PICASSO FROM THE BALLETS TO DRAMA (1917 - 1926) Cologne, 1999. English edition. 4to. col. & b/w ills. Near fine in d/w &...

Brooks (S.H.) DESIGNS FOR COTTAGE AND VILA ARCHITECTURE n.d. [ca 1850]. 4to. 111 engraved plates. Cont. diced calf, gt. bordered. Gt. dec. spine in co

Gardner (A.H.) OUTLINE OF ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE NY & L. 1946. Col. frontis. B/w ills. D/w (torn). Anderson (W.J.) THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISS...

Adam (Robert & James) THE WORKS IN ARCHITECTURE 1900. Facsimile of 1778 edn. Large folio. Ltd edn. [500]. Engr. plates. Orig. cloth, spine worn....

Fournier (Robert) ELECTRIC KILN CONSTRUCTION FOR POTTERS 1977. 4to. B/w ills. D/w. Sanders (Herbert H.) & Tomimoto (Kenkichi) CONNAITRE ET REALI...

LUSTRES - CHANDELIERS (Trade Catalogue) Produced by B.S.W. (no place, no date). Oblong folio. Col. & b/w plates. Text in English, French, German...

THE NEW MONTHLY BELLE ASSEMBLEE Vols 10-13. 1839 & 1840; vol 22, 1845. in 3 vols. 58 (of 60) hand-col. fashion plates. B/w views and portraits. ...

Firth (Annie) CANE BASKET WORK 1899-1901. 2 vols. b/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. rubbed. Plus 12 others, needlework and crafts. (14). £40-60

Helyot (P) COSTUMES DE LA COUR DE ROME. Paris. 1862. 2nd edn. 4to. 80 han-col. litho plates. Cont. quarter morocco gt. A little rubbed, or s

Duchartre (Pierre Louis) THE ITALIAN COMEDY Trans: R.T. Weaver 1929. 1st edn. 4to. Col. & b/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Craig (Edward Gordon) SC

Brown (Leslie Norton) BLOCK PRINTING AND BOOK ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN 1924. Folio. 18 col. plates. B/w plates & ills. Ex-library with stamps to ve...

Guy (Joseph) SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY 1810. 12mo. 6 engr. fldg. maps. Cont-calf. Some wear to spine. Joints cracked. £40-50

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll') ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Ills: J. Tenniel 1867. 9th thousand. Full crimson levant by...

Kipling (Rudyard) JUST SO STORIES 1902. 1st edn. 4to. B/w ills. Orig. pict. cloth. Spine faded. £70-90