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Quarles (Francis), EMBLEMS, DIVINE AND MORAL 1756. Engr. frontis & ills. A little marginal soiling. Last 2 leaves sl. torn (w/o loss) at in...

Oates (Titus), THE WITCH OF ENDOR: OR, A PLEA FOR THE DIVINE ADMINISTRATION BY THE AGENCY OF GOOD AND EVIL SPIRITS. 1736. 19th Century half calf g

Bacon (Francis), SCRIPTA IN NATURALI ET UNIVERSALI PHILOSOPHIA Amsterdam, 1653. 1st Elzevir edn. 12mo. Engr. added title. Woodcut device on typ

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

, THE TRYAL OF DR HENRY SACHEVERELL 1710. 1st edn. Folio. Port. frontis. Cont. panelled calf. Upper board det. Hobart (Sir Henry), THE

[autographical letter] Cobden (Richard), A 30-LINE LETTER TO SIR JAMES EMERSON TENNENT dated 31st July, 1846. Cobden describes a scene of politica

Poullain de Saint-Foix (Germain Francois), ESSAIS HISTOIRQUES SUR PARIS L. 1763. 3rd edn. 4 vols. 12mo. Frontis. in vols 1 & 1. Half-title ...

Pomponazzi (Pietro), TRACTATUS DE IMMORTALITATE ANIMAE 1534. 12mo. Wood engr. title border. 17th or 18th Century plum calf; gt. ruled & inne...

Besdel ( - ), ABREGE DES CAUSES CELEBRES & INTERESSANTES Bath, 1793. 3 vols. 12 mo. Cont. half morocco, gt dec. spines. Sl. rubbing. (3)

Palmer (Charles), A COLLECTION OF SELECT APHORISMS AND MAXIMS 1748. 4to. Engr. frontis. cont. calf gt. Rubbed. Plus 10 others, miscellaneous an

Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount), A VIEW OF LORD BOLINGBROKE'S PHILOSOPHY, ......IN FOUR LETTERS TO A FRIEND. 1756. 3rd edn. Cont. ca...

Parent-Duchatelet (A.J.B.), DE LA PROSTITUTION DANS LA VILLE DE PARIS Paris, 1857. 3rd end. 2 vols. Port. frontis. 2 fldg maps, fldg table. (Ci

[signed document] Louis XV, BREVET DEPENSION DES JEAN DE LATRAN POUR LES GUARNACCI. 3rd February, 1753. 11-line document on vellum, signed 'L...

A SELECT COLLECTION OF ENGLISH PLAYS Edn. 1759-60. 3 vols in 1. Includes work by Dryden, Voltaire, Fielding et al. Engr. general title. some light

Moliere [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], LES OEUVRES Ills: Lepicie & Cars after Boucher et al. Paris, 1734. 6 vols. Large 4to. Port. Engr. fleur...

Scarron (Paul), LE ROMANT COMIQUE Paris, 1669-77. 2 vols. Engr. aded title. Probably 18th Century calf gt. Spines chipped, joints a little rubb

[Samuel Johnson] Campbell (Archibald), LEXIPHANES, A DIALOGUE. IMITATED FROM LUCIAN AND SUITED TO THE PRESENT TIMES 1767. 1st edn. Untrimmed. O

Hull (Thomas), RICHARD PLANTAGANET: A LEGENDARY TALE [1774]. 1st edn. 4to. Engr. title (sl. soiled). Some light foxing. Mod. half calf gt.

Harris (Richard), MR BUMPKIN'S LAWSUIT: OR HOW TO WIN YOUR OPPONENT'S CASE 1883. 1st edn. Bound for the Prince of Wales in full diced ro...

Surtees (Robert Smith), HANDLEY CROSS Ills: J. Leech 1854. 1st Leech edn. 17 Hand-col. plates. Orig. gt. pict. cloth. A little rubbed & ...

PAPERS OF THE MANCHESTER LITERARY CLUB Manchester, 1881; 1886-93; 1895-96; 1910. 12 vols. Engr. plates. Orig. cloth gt. One vol. with dampstained

[Stanbrook Abbey Press] Maritain (Raissa), PATRIARCH TREE Translated by a Benedictine of Stanbrook Worcester 1965. Ltd edn.[550] on HMP. Printed

[Franklin Library] Vonnegut (Kurt), SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE Ills: A.E. Cober Pennsylvannia, 1978. Ltd edn. Signed by the author., Orig. gt. dec moroc

[Franklin Library] Heller (Joseph), CATCH 22. Ills: R.A. Parker Pennsylvania, 1978. Ltd. edn. Signed by the author., Orig. blue gt. panelled

[Franklin Library] Donleavy (J.P.), THE GINGER MAN Ills: S. Liepke Pennsylvania, 1978. Ltd edn. Signed by the author., Orig. gt. de. green moroc

[Franklin Library] Sartre (Jean Paul), FIVE PLAYS Ills: R. Bora Pennsylvania, 1978. ltd edn. Signed by the author., Orig. gt. dec. crimson moroc

[Franklin Library] McCarthy (Mary), THE GROUP Ills: Miki Pennsylvania, 1978. Ltd edn. Signed by the author., Orig. gt. dec. crimson morocco. A.e

Thompson (Francis), THE COLLECTED POETRY. 1913. 4to. Ltd edn. [500]. Numbered & signed by the publishers. Port. frontis. Partly untrimme...

Mottram (R.H.), THE SPANISH FARM / SIXTY-FOUR, NINETY-FOUR / THE CRIME AT VANDERLYNDENS / TEN YEARS AGO. 1924; 1925; 1926; 1928. 2nd imp; 1st edit

Symons (Julian), THE MAN WHO KILLED HIMSELF 1967. 1st edn. Signed by the author on f.f.e.p., D/w (very sl. creased at edges). THE MAN WHOSE DRE

Wodehouse (Pelham Granvile), IF I WERE YOU. N.Y. 1931. 1st edn. Half-title. Orig. printed cloth. Sl. rubbed & faded. Plus 19 others, Wode...

Peake (Mervyn), Ballard (J.G.) & Aldiss (Brian W.), THE INNER LANDSCAPE 1969. 1st edn. D/w. Zelasny (Roger), MY NAME IS LEGION 1979. 1st e...

Hopkins (Gerard Manley), LETTERS TO ROBERT BRIDGES Ed: C.C. Abbott 1935. 1st edn. Port. frontis. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. CORRESPONDENCE.....

Yates (Dornford), AS BERRY AND I WERE SAYING. 1952. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w - with green band around. NE'ER DO WELL 1954. 1st edn. Unclipp...

Hardy (Thomas), THE WORKS ca 1920-25, MacMillan Pocket Edition. 18 vols (0f 25). Orig. gt. dec. blue limp morocco. Plus 43 others, including 21 v

Conrad (Joseph), THE WORKS 1925. Medallion Edition. 22 vols. Gravure frontis. to each vol. Orig. blue cloth gt. A smart set, apart from a whit

Nutt (Thomas), PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES Ed: T. Clark. Wisbech, 1848. 2 fldg. plates. Engr. ills, some full-page. Bo

Morris (Francis Orpen), A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. 1903. 5th edn. 6 vols. Large 8vo. 399 (of 400) hand-col. plates. 2 text pages have marginal

Bowdler Sharpe (R.) , LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY 1896. 4 vols. col. plates. Orig. quarter morocco gt. Spines worn. Goldsmith (Oliver),

Cramp (Stanley) & others, HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA VOL. 1. OSTRICH TO DUCKS Oxford, 1977. 4to. Co...

Bewick (Thomas), A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. Newcastle, 1847. 2 vols. T.p. vignettes. Wood engr. ills. Some spotting of endpapers. Cont. panelled

Sidney (Samuel), THE BOOK OF THE HORSE ca 1880. 2nd edn. 4to. 24 (of 25) chromolitho plates. Some occasional marginal staining. Orig. gt. pict.

Miles (William J.), MODERN PRACTICAL FARRIERY Ills: after B. Herring n.d. [ca 1870]. Large 4to. 40 engr. plates, many hand-col. Cont. half moro

Miles (William J.), MODERN PRACTICAL FARRIERY n.d. [ca 1890]. 4to. 47 plates incl. 19 chromolitho (possibly lacking frontis.). One text page loos

Johnson (Thomas B), THE SPORTSMAN AND GAMEKEEPER'S DIRECTORY [1882]. 1st edn. 5 engr. plates. Booklist. Cont. cloth-backed borads.

[New Naturalist] Gilmour (John) & Walters (Max), WILD FLOWERS n.d. 1st edn. Col. & b/w ills. D/w (Sl. torn at head of spine). Stamp (S...

Goldsmith (Oliver), A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE n.d. [1854]. 2 vols in 1. Port. frontis. 72 hand-col. plates including 2 vignette

Matthiolus (Petrus Andreas), HERBAR ANEB BYLINAR WYSOCEVTENEHO A WZESSENEBO n.d. (facs. reprint of 1596 Prague edition). Folio. Engr. ills. Orig.

Elich (Don) & Booth (Raymond), JAPONICA MAGNIFICA Stroud, 1992. Folio. Ltd edn. [132/210]. With two extra plates signed by the artist. Co...

[Ordnance Survey] Clarke (Capt. A.R.), COMPARISONS OF STANDARDS OF LENGTH OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, PRUSSIA, RUSSIA, INDIA & AUSTRALIA. Sou...

Jackson (John, of Cockermouth, Cumbria), THREE COPY BOOKS CONTAINING MATHEMATICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL EXERCISES AND MEASUREMENTS. ca 1757-58. 3 vols.

Brock (R.C.), THE LIFE AND WORK OF ASTLEY COOPER. Edin. & L. 1952. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. Plus 27 others, science, medicine, econ...

Griffith (George), HISTORY OF THE FREE-SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, HOSPITALS, AND ASYLUMS OF BIRMINGHAM. 1861. Engr. frontis. and plates. Cont. owner's ...

Baines (Edward), HISTORY OF THE WARS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1817. 2 vols in 1. 4to. Engr. frontis. 11 engr. maps, mostly fldg. (including Amer

Creswicke (Louis), SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL WAR n.d. 8 vols. 4to. Col. & b/w ills. Maps. Orig. pict. cloth. (8)

ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS.......compiled by a Naval Officer ca 1918-19. Large 4to. Contains 53 photographs of ships and naval activity including privatel

Beresford (Admiral Charles, Lord), THE MEMOIRS 1914. 3rd edn. 2 vols. B/w ills. Orig. gt. pict. cloth. Bragadin (M.A.), THE ITALIAN NAVY IN WO

[Boer War], BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET. Vols. 1-3. 1899-1900. 2 vols. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Plus 3 separately bound issues of the TRANSVAAL SP

[Burlington House Catalogue], THE HERALDIC EXHIBITION 1894. L. 1896. 4to. Col. & b/w plates. Orig. quarter crimson morocco gt.

Robson (Thomas), A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF KNIGHTHOOD Sunderland, 1830. 4to. Engr. armorial frontis. & 15 plates. Orig. cloth. Spine worn.

Burke (John & John Bernard), A GENERAL ARMORY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND & IRELAND. 1842. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Added chromolitho title. Foredge...

Dallaway (James), INQUIRIES INTO THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE SCIENCE OF HERALDRY IN ENGLAND Gloucester, 1793. Large 4to. 26 engr. plates, some

Carpenter (John) & Whittington (Richard), LIBER ALBUS: THE WHITE BOOK OF THE CITY OF LONDON Trans: H. T. Riley 1861. Half-title. Orig. gt....

Foobrooke (Thomas Dudley), BRITISH MONACHISM; OR, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE MONKS AND NUNS OF ENGLAND 1817. 3 vols in 1. 4to. Engr. frontis (sp

Raymond (George Frederick), A NEW, UNIVERSAL AND IMPARTIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND n.d. [ca 1795]. Folio. List of subscribers. 60 engr. plates. Cont

Russell (Lord John), THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM LORD RUSSELL 1819. 4to. Port. frontis. Facsimile plate. Sl. offsetting from plates. Cont. d

Marx (Karl), LE CAPITAL Paris, [1875]. 1st edn in French. 4to. 2 Engr. titles, port. frontis. Marginal soiling to title & a little chippi...

Schuman (Frederick L.), THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE 1951. (from the American Political Science Review) 1st issue. 18pp. Presentation copy inscribed on

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 boar

[Blue Books] House of Commons, RAILWAYS AND CANALS AMALGAMATION. SECOND REPORT 1846. Folio. Orig. blue wraps. VINEGAR: COMMISSION OF EXCISE INQ

[Blue Books] House of Commons, CLAIMS ON FRANCE 1821. Folio. Orig. wraps. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN (Villiers &...

[Blue Books] House of Commons, OFFICIAL HOUSES. SECOND REPORT. 1834. Folio. Orig. blue wraps. COURTS OF JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND. 10TH REPORT. 1822

Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer), LIBERALISM AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM 1909. 1st edn. [5000]. Half-title (torn, without loss at inner margin).

Morley (John, Viscount), THE WORKS.....1923. 12 vols. Set presented to Ramsay MacDonald by Morley's nephew, with 15-line handwritten letter fro...

Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer), THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS 1909. 1st edn. Half-title (darkened slightly at margins). Orig. printed wraps...

[Walpole, Horatio], THE CONVENTION VINDICATED FROM THE MISREPRESENTATIONS OF THE ENEMIES OF OUR PEACE. 1739. 1st edn. Without half-title, as usua

Vernon (Thomas), CASES...IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. Vol. 1. 1726. Folio. Port frontis. Cont. calf gt. Rebacked. THE ARGUMENT OF THE L

Burnet (John), PRACTICAL HINTS ON COMPOSITION IN PAINTING 1845. 6th edn. 4to. 9 engr. plates. Advt. leaf. Some light foxing. Orig. cloth-bac

Barnard (George), DRAWING FROM NATURE Ills: Leighton Bros. 1877. Tall 8vo. 2 chromolitho plates. 16 uncol. litho plates. Wood engr. text ills.

Hayley (William), THE LIFE OF GEORGE ROMNEY, ESQ. Chichester, 1809. 1st edn. 4to. Port. fronts. and 11 plates, mostly mezzotints. Sl. marginal

Rooses (Max), DUTCH PAINTERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Trans: F. Knowles. 1898. 4to. Etched & gravure plates. Partly untrimmed. Orig. dec...

Merryman (Richard), ANDREW WYETH Boston, 1968. 1st printing. Oblong folio. Col. & b/w plates. Orig. cloth. D/w - rubbed & a little c...

Wright (Thomas), THE WORKS OF JAMES GILLRAY. THE CARICATURIST n.d. [1873]. 4to. Port. on t.p. Engr. frontis & plates. Some spotting. Crim...

Keynes (Geoffrey), A STUDY OF THE ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF WILLIAM BLAKE. 1964. 1st edn. 4to. 59 col. plates. Orig. cloth. D/w. Butlin (Martin),

Berenson (Bernard), ITALIAN PICTURES OF THE RENAISSANCE: VENETIAN SCHOOL. 1957. 1st edn. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Tipped-in col. frontispieces. B/w plates.

Da Vinci (Leonardo), THE NOTEBOOKS Ed. E. MacCurdy 1945-47. 3 vols. 4to. Port. frontis. B/w plates. Orig. cloth gt. Some light soiling. (3

Thomson (D.C.) , FIFTY YEARS OF ART 1849-1899. (Art Journal) 1900. Large 4to. 17 ectched & engraved plates after Whistler, Landseer, Laure

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

Bain (Iain), THE WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS OF THOMAS BEWICK Cambridge, Mass. 1981. 2 vols. Oblong 4to. Col. & b/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. S...

Wilson (Sarah) & others, PARIS: CAPITAL OF THE ARTS 1900-1968. 2001. Large 4to. col. plates. B/w ills. Near fine in d/w. Walther (Ingo....

Hoppe (E.O.), THE UNITED STATES L. & Berlin, 1927. 1st edn. 4to. Map & b/w plates. Orig. cloth gt. D/s. <I>A nice copy of ...

Adams (Ansel) & Newhall (Nancy), THIS IS THE AMERICAN EARTH. San Francisco, 1960. 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w.

Penn (Irving), STILL LIFE. 2001. 4to. Col. & b/w ills. Near-fine in d/w. Blumenfeld (Erwin), THE NAKED AND THE VEILED. 1999. 4

Izis, CAPTIVE DREAMS: PHOTOGRAPHS 1944-1980. Trans. R. Davidson-Houston. 4to. B/w ills. Near-fine in d/w. Moon (Sarah), COINCI

Robins (Edward Cookworthy), TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND COLLEGE BUILDING. L. 1887. 4to. Frontis. & 63 b/w plates. Many double-p. Woodcut ills. O...

Cook (Sir Theodore Andrea), TWENTY-FIVE GREAT HOUSES OF FRANCE n.d. Folio. B/w ills. Orig. green half morocco gt.

Newlands (James), THE CARPENTER AND JOINER'S ASSISTANT. 1880. Folio. 100 engr. plates. Wood engr. text ills. Cont. blind-tooled calf. A li...

Hepplewhite (Alice), THE CABINET-MAKER AND UPHOLSTER'S GUIDE 1897. Facsimile of 1794 3rd edn. Folio. Engr. plates. Orig. cloth gt. Extre...

Nicholson (Peter), THE CARPENTER'S NEW GUIDE. Ed: A.Ashpitel. n.d. [ca 1860]. 4to. Engr. plates. Cont. cloth gt. Sl. marked. Tredgold (Thoma...

Trichet (Auguste) & Lenoir (G. Felix) & others, TRAITE THEORETIQUE ET PRATIQUE DE L'EBENISTERIE (a treatise on cabinet making). Paris,...