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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....

Pomponazzi (Pietro) TRACTATUS DE IMMORTALITATE ANIMAE 1534 [or 1634]. 12mo pp 147. 17th or 18th Century plum calf; gt. ruled & inner dentelles. ...

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. ...