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James (Rev. T.)<P> ARTICLES FROM THE QUARTERLY REVIEW 1842-1860. Includes: The Flower Garden; The Honey Bee & Bee Books; History & A...

Chateau-Lyon (D'Aquin de)<P> ALMANACH LITERAIRE, OU ETRENNES D'APOLLON Paris, 1785. Sm. 8vo. Engr. title device. Cont. mottled cal...

Gessner (Salomon)<P> THE DEATH OF ABEL. Ills: T. Sothard & others 1797. Port. frontis; added engr. title. 6 plates. Some spotting. C...

Reade (Charles)<P> NOVELS......... ca 1885-96. 21 vols. Cont. crimson half calf gt. Spines in gt. dec. compartments with raised bands, m

Trollope (Anthony)<P> THE PRIME MINISTER 1876. 1st edn. in book form. 4 vols. Orig. black printed cloth, gt. blocked on spines. Vols 2 &a...

Buchan (John)<P> MUSA PISCATRIX Ills: E.P. Pimlott 1896. 1st edn. 6 etched plates. Booklist. Partly untrimmed. Orig. gt. dec. buckram....

Jefferies (Richard)<P> HODGE AND HIS MASTERS 1880. 1st edn. 2 vols. Half-titles. 4pp advts. Very clean copies in orig. pebble-grain clot...

Trollope (Anthony)<P> THE CLAVERINGS Ills: M.E. Edwards. 1867. 1st edn. 2 vols. 16 etched plates. Advt. leaves in each vol. some very ...

Trollope (Anthony)<P> THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET Ills: G.H. Thomas, 1867. 1st edn. 2 vols. Cont. green half morocco gt. over pebble-gr...

Jefferies (Richard)<P> WOOD MAGIC 1881. 1st edn. 2 vols. Half-titles. 8pp booklist in each vol. Orig. dec. cloth gt. (2)

Trollope (Anthony)<P> CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? 1864. 1st edn. 2 vols. Etched plates. Cont. signatures of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby on titles....

Andersen (Hans Christian)<P> SEIN ODER NICHT SEIN Leipsig, 1857. 1st German edition. 3 vols. in 1. 12mo. Cont. half calf. Gt. dec. spin...

Clemens (Samuel Langhorne - 'Mark Twain')<P> A TRAMP ABROAD 1880. 1st edn. 1st issue. 32pp booklist dated August 1880. B/w ills....

Burns (Robert)<P> THE WORKS Ed. J. Wilson, 1857. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Steel engr. plates. Cont. crimson morocco with gt. bordered & ...

[Golden Cockerel Press] Scott (Walter Sidney) <P> HARRIET & MARY. L. 1944. Large 8vo. Ltd edn. (166/500). Port. frontis. Partly untri...

Homer<P> ODYSSEY Trans: H.B. Cotterill. Ills: P. Wilson. 1911. Large 4to. ltd edn. [105]. Signed by the translator.<P> Owner'...

Graves (Robert Raike)<P> JOHN KEMP'S WAGER Oxford, 1925. Ltd edn. [63/100]. Signed by the author.<P> Partly untrimmed, gt. Ori...

Thomas (Ronald Stuart)<P> SIX POEMS Halford, 1997. Ltd edn [60]. Signed by the author.<P> Orig. printed wraps.

Galsworthy (John & Ada) <P> CARMEN: AN OPERA IN FOUR ACTS. 1932. ltd edn. [650]. Numbered & signed by the translators.<P> Pa...

Pinter (Harold)<P> THE DWARFS 1990. 1st edn. Ltd. [138/150]. Signed by the author.<P> Orig. cloth-backed marbled boards. Glassine...

[Golden Cockerel] Taylor (Jeremy)<P> A SELECTION FROM HIS WORKS Ed: Martin Armstrong. Golden Cockerel Press, 1923. 4to. Ltd edn. [320]. ...

[Golden Cockerel] More (Sir Thomas)<P> UTOPIA. Ills: E. Gill. Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1929. Ltd edn (7/500). Dec. ills. Partly untrimmed...

Raven (Simon)<P> THE FEATHERS OF DEATH. 1959. 1st edn. Inscribed to Mona Atkins on f.f.e.p. and signed by the author.<P> Unclipped d...

Benson (Edward Frederick)<P> TROUBLE FOR LUCIA. 1939. 1st edn. Orig. printed cloth with plain blue endpapers. Unclipped d/w.

Hardy (Thomas)<P> THE FAMOUS TRAGEDY OF THE QUEEN OF CORNWALL. 1923. 1st edn. Frontis. Orig. gt. pict. cloth. D/w. Rarely seen in dustwr...

Herbert (James)<P> THE SPEAR. 1978. 1st edn. Owner's inscription on f.f.e.p. Unclipped d/w.

O'Brian (Patrick)<P> THE FORTUNE OF WAR. 1979. 1st edn. An excellent copy in price-clipped d/w.

Chatwin (Bruce)<P> ON THE BLACK HILL. 1982. 1st edn. Nice copy in unclipped d/w.

Rendell (Ruth)<P> ROAD RAGE. 1997. 1st edn. Signed by author on title.<P> Unclipped d/w. Plus 113 other modern 1st editions, all in ...

Jacques (Brian)<P> REDWALL Ills: G. Chalk, 1986. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w.

Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel)<P> THE LORD OF THE RINGS. 1961, 10th imp; 1960, 7th imp; 1966, 2nd edn. Fldg. maps. D/w's (vol. 2 a little...

Pratchett (Terry)<P> WITCHES ABROAD 1991. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. SMALL GODS 1992. 1st edn. Price-clipped d/w. LORDS AND LADIES. 1992...

Amis (Kingsley)<P> YOU CAN'T DO BOTH. 1994. 1st edn. Ltd. [150]. Signed by the author.<P> Orig. cloth-backed boards. Glassine w...

Abse (Dannie)<P> FUNLAND. 1971. Ltd edn. [100]. Signed by the author.<P> Orig. printed wraps. Auden (Wystan Hugh)<P> HOMAGE...

Burrough (Edgar Rice)<P> JUNGLE GIRL 1933. 1st edn. Orig. cloth. D/w. Ackroyd (Peter)<P> ENGLISH MUSIC, 1992. 1st edn. Ltd [142/...

Vernon (William Warren)<P> READINGS ON THE INFERNO OF DANTE 1906. 2nd edn. 2 vols. READINGS ON THE PARADISO......1909. 2nd edn. 2 vols. ...

Anon<P> THE GENTLEMAN'S OR FARMER'S COMPANION. Hull, 1561. Small square 4to. Title and last leaf have marginal repairs. Later wrap...

<P> COPY OF GERVASE MARKHAM'S 'THE GENERAL CURE OF ALL CATTELL' Transcribed by T.H. 1686. 12mo. 221pp in the same hand. Inclu...

Anon<P> A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE, 1755. 2nd edn. 12mo. Cont. signatures on title. Some foxing, fairly light. Last leaf torn w/o loss....

[J.S.]<P> THE SHEPHERD'S KALENDER: OR, THE CITIZEN'S AND COUNTRY MAN'S DAILY COMPANION. n.d. [ca 1700]. 4th edn. 12mo. Engr. f...

<P> USEFUL AND PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON AGRICULTURE. 1783. 12mo. Woodcut title device. 4pp booklist. Cont. speckled calf gt. Ms note, ...

Lambert (James)<P> THE COUNTRYMAN'S TREASURE: SHEWING THE NATURE, CAUSE, AND CURE OF ALL DISEASES INCIDENT TO CATTEL. 1683. Engr. front...

Hartlib (Samuel)<P> HIS LEGACY OF HUSBANDRY, 1655. 3rd edn. Sm. 4to. Some darkening at margins of title, but very little elsewhere. Cont. ...

Blith (Walter)<P> THE ENGLISH IMPROVER IMPROVED: OR THE SURVEY OF HUSBANDRY SURVEYED......... 1652. Sm. 4to. Engr. added title; 4 plates -...

Butler (Arthur Gardiner)<P> BRITISH BIRDS WITH THEIR NESTS & EGGS Ills: F.W. Frowhawk n.d. [ca 1896]. 6 vols. 4to. 24 col. plates. ...

Forrest (H.E.)<P> THE VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF NORTH WALES. 1907. Port. frontis. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Minor wear at head of spine. Sain...

Yonge (C.M.)<P> A YEAR ON THE GREAT BARRIER REEF. L & NY. 1931. 2nd imp. B/w ills. Fldg. maps. Orig. cloth gt. Wilson (Charles Bran...

[Budgen, T.M. - "Acheta Domestica"]<P> EPISODES OF INSECT LIFE 1849-51. 1st edns. 3 vols. Each with hand-col. frontis & part...

Humphreys (Henry Noel)<P> THE BUTTERFLY VIVARIUM. 1858. 8 hand-col. plates. Leaf listing plates torn at foredge and repaired. Advt. leaves...

Knight (Thomas Andrew)<P> POMONA HEREFORDIENSIS: CONTAINING COLOURED ENGRAVINGS OF THE OLD CIDER AND PERRY FRUITS OF HEREFORDSHIRE 1811. 1s...

[botanical plates] Lachmann (Alexander)<P> WAARENKUNDE. Leipsig, 1855. 72 engr. plates. 62 hand-col. Some foxing of text. A little margina...

Clinch (George)<P> ENGLISH HOPS. A HISTORY OF CULTIVATION AND PROPAGATION.......n.d. [1919]. 1st edn. Engr. frontis. 29 b/w plates; text i...

Hogg (Robert) & Bull (William Henry Graves)<P> THE HEREFORDSHIRE POMONA 1878. Parts 1 & 2 only. Folio. 8 (of 14) hand-col. plates....

Cranston (John - of King's Acre, Hereford)<P> CULTURAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE ROSE, 1870. 3rd edn. Orig. printed wraps. Plus a Notice &...

Landsborough (D.)<P> A POPULAR HISTORY OF BRITISH SEAWEEDS. 1857. 3rd edn. 22 plates, most hand-col. Occasional foxing. Orig. gt. dec. c...

Sharp (Samuel)<P> A TREATISE ON THE OPERATIONS OF SURGERY 1743. 4th edn. 14 engr. plates. Lacks f.f.e.p. Cont. calf, some wear. Upper bo...

Floyer (Sir John)<P> PHARMAKO-BASANOS: THE TOUCH-STONE OF THE MEDICINES. Vol. 1 only 1687. (Vol. 2 was published in 1691). Licence leaf bef...

Whewell (William)<P> ASTRONOMY AND GENERAL PHYSICS, 1834. 4th edn. Advts. Light spotting. Cont cloth. Printed label. Some rubbing.

Fichte (Johann Gottlieb)<P> DESTINATION DE L'HOMME Paris, 1836. 2nd edn. DOCTRINE DE LA SCIENCE Paris, 1843. METHODE POUR ARRIVER A ...

Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of) & Dowes (Sir Ulysses Bagenal Burgh)<P> A SERIES OF DRAWINGS OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD........etc...

Eberhardt (Walter von)<P> UNSERE LUFTSTREIT KRAFTE 1914-18. Ills: L. Sandrock & others. Berlin, 1930. Large 4to. Col. & b/w plat...

Sigel (Gustav A.) <P> GERMANY'S ARMY AND NAVY. N.Y., Berlin & L. 1900. Folio. Text in English & German. 41 chromolitho plate...

Forest (G.W.)<P> A HISTORY OF THE INDIAN MUTINY, 1904. 1st edn. 2 vols. 2 (of 3) fldg plans in pockets. 6 other maps, some fldg. B/w pla...

DEUTSCHLAND ERWACHT: WERDEN, KAMPF UND SIEG DER NSDAP. Munich, 1933. 4to. Mounted b/w ills. Large fldg panorama at rear. First gathering loose. O

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR Eds: W.H. Taft & others. New Jersey, 1987. 5 vols. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w's. (5)

Blunt (Wilfred Scawen)<P> GORDON AT KHARTOUM 1912. 2nd imp. Port. frontis. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt.

Fawcett (H.W.) & Hooper (G.W.W.)<P> THE FIGHTING AT JUTLAND, 1921. 4to. B/w plates, plans & Ills, some fldg. Orig. cloth-backed gt...

Bairnsfather (Bruce)<P> THE BYSTANDER'S FRAGMENTS FROM FRANCE - series. Nos 1-6. 1917-18, Cartoons in duo-tone. Orig. col. printed wra...

Anon<P> ROYAL WELCH FUSILERS BATTLE HONOURS. n.d. [ca 1920]. Col. title & 15 col. plates. Orig. printed cloth.

Baigent (Francis Joseph) & Russell (Charles James)<P> A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF HERALDRY. 1864. Hand-col. Frontis & 15 plates, 7 hand-...

Clark (Hugh)<P> A SHORT AND EASY INTRODUCTION TO HERALDRY 1881. 9th edn. 46 engr. plates (44 hand-col.). Library quarter morocco gt. Cri...

Zervos (Skevos Georges)<P> RHODES CAPITALE DU DODECANESE. Paris, 1920. 4to. French text. Col. & b/w ills. Cont. crimson half morocco ...

Burton (Sir Richard F.)<P> THE BOOK OF THE SWORD. 1884. 1st edn. Large 8vo. B/w & engr. ills. Cont. cuttings and pamphlet pasted ont...

Froude (James Anthony)<P> HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 1870. 12 vols. Cont. tan calf; gt. ruled. Gt. dec. spine in compartments, contrasting lab

PARLIAMENTARY REPORTS / BLUE BOOKS. A quantity. Includes Liquor Licensing, Divorce, Sheep Dipping, Religious Bodies in Wales, the European Crisis 191

Boswell (James)<P> ON THE GRAND TOUR 1763-66. Ed. F.A. Pottle. 1953-55. 2 vols. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. LIFE OF JOHNSON Ed. G.B...

ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS. VOLS 94; 101-102; 104-125. Cardiff, 1939-1976 in 14 vols. B/w plates & ills. Many fldg. Orig. cloth gt. (14)

Northcote (James)<P> THE LIFE OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. 819. 2nd edn. 2 vols. 2 ports, 3 plates (2 fldg). Offsetting from one plate. Cont....

Hogarth (William)<P> THE WORKS. Ed: J. Trusler, 1833. 2 vols. 4to. Port. frontis & 108 plates. A little occasional spotting. Later ...

Harding (James Duffield)<P> ELEMENTARY ART; OR, THE USE OF THE LEAD PENCIL. 1834. Folio. 28 litho plates (only 26 called for). Cont. silk...

Jameson (Anna)<P> SACRED AND LEGENDARY ART 1870. 6th edn. 2 vols. Engr. plates. Cont. crimson half morocco gt. T.e.g. LEGENDS OF THE MO...

Chaffers (William)<P> CATALOGUE OF THE WORKS OF ANTIQUITY AND ART COLLECTED BY THE LATE HENRY FOREMAN........AND REMOVED TO CALLALY CASTLE, N...

Duppa (R.)<P> THE LIFE OF MICHELANGELO BUONAROTTI. Ills: F. Bartolozzi & others. 1807. 2nd edn. Large 4to. Engr. plates, some fldg. ...

Greard (Vallery C.O.)<P> MEISSONIER: HIS LIFE AND ART. 1897. 4to. B/w plates & ills. Some very light spotting. Orig. gt. pict. clot...

Bing (Samuel)<P> ARTISTIC JAPAN. VOL. 1. [1888]. 4to. 33 col. plates. Orig. covers bound-in at rear. Orig. pict. cloth. Rubbed, with a ...

Stech (V.V.)<P> REMBRANDT ETCHINGS AND DRAWINGS 1968. 4to. Mounted b/w & tinted plates. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. Stechow (Wolfgang)<P...

Grohmann (Will)<P> E.L. KIRCHNER Stuttgart, 1961. 4to. Col. & b/w ills. English text. Orig. cloth. D/w. Joachimedes (Christos M.) &...

Rodriguez (Antonio)<P> A HISTORY OF MEXICAN MURAL PAINTING. L. 1969. Large 4to. Col. & b/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. Soria (Martin...

Berenson (Bernard)<P> THE ITALIAN PAINTERS OF THE RENAISSANCE. 1953. 1st edn. Large 8vo. Mounted col. plates. Orig. cloth. D/w. Zampetti...

Hockney (David)<P> DAVID HOCKNEY 1976. 1st edn. 4to. Col. & b/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w Moore (Henry)<P> HENRY MOORE AT THE B...

Rothenstein (Sir John)<P> BRITISH ART SINCE 1900. 1962. 1st edn. 4to. Col. & b/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w. Clifford (Derek)<P> ...

Rosenblum (Robert), Stephens (Maryanne) & Dumas (Ann)<P> 1900. ART AT THE CROSSROADS. L & NY, 2000. 4to. Col. & b/w ills. Or...

Ortiz (George)<P> IN PURSUIT OF THE ABSOLUTE ART OF THE ANCIENT WORLD L. 1994. 4to. Col. ills. Orig. printed wraps. Moffett (Charles S.)&...

Leymaric (Jean)<P> PICASSO: THE ARTIST OF THE CENTURY. NY 1972. 1st edn. 4to. Col. & b/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w. Vogt (Paul) &...

Hillier (J.)<P> HOKUSAI. 1957. 2nd edn. 4to. Col. & b/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w. Terukazu (Akiyama)<P> JAPANESE PAINTING 197...

Akurgal (Ekrem) & others<P> TREASURES OF TURKEY Geneva, 1966. 4to. Col. plates (many tipped-in). B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w. Randhaw...

Lloyd (Nathaniel)<P> A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH HOUSE. 1931. 1st edn. Folio. List of subscribers. B/w plates. Orig. cloth gt. sl. rubbed...

Thorp (William H.)<P> AN ARCHITECT'S SKETCH BOOK AT HOME AND ABROAD. L & Leeds, 1884. 4to. 75 engr. plates. Occasional light spot...

Smith (H. Clifford) & Hussey (Christopher)<P> BUCKINGHAM PALACE 1930. 1st edn. Large 4to. 3 col. plates. B/w plates & ills. Partl...

Speer (Albert) & others<P> DIE NEUE REICHSKANZLEI Munich, 1943. Folio. Col. & b/w plates. Plans, some fldg. Orig. cloth-backed b...