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Johnson (Samuel)<P> THE LIVES OF THE POETS. 1820. 2 vols (complete). 12mo. Engr. frontis & added title to each vol. Cont. gt. panelle...

Barrie (Sir James Matthew)<P> BETTER DEAD 1891. 1st edn. Inscribed by the author to Golding Bright<P> on blank before half-title. Co...

Gray (Thomas)<P> POEMS AND LETTERS Chiswick Press, 1874. 4to. 2 mounted albumen prints. Cont. gt. dec. calf. Minor wear to extremities; 3...

[Hardy, Thomas]<P> HARPER'S MAGAZINE. Vols 62-64. 1880-82. 3 vols. Containing the complete first publication of A LAODICEAN. Engr. il...

Collins (Wilkie)<P> THE WOMAN IN WHITE Ills: J. McLenan N.Y. 1860. 1st US edn. 2nd imp. Booklist before title. Orig. blind-tooled cloth...

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

Langton (Robert)<P> THE CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH OF CHARLES DICKENS. Manchester, 1883. 1st edn. Engr. plates & ills. Orig. cloth gt. CHA

Hassell (Christopher)<P> WORDS BY REQUEST, 1952. Ltd edn. [500]. Inscribed by the author on half-title to Hugh Hunt.<P> Partly untrim...

Smollett (Tobias)<P> THE COMPLETE WORKS Ills: G. Cruikshank. 1887. Thick 8vo. Port-frontis. Steel engr. plates. Orig. green pebblegrain c...

Hall (Thomas)<P> FLOSS: OR, THE PROGRESS OF AN ADVENTURER IN THE REGIONS OF AUSTRALIA. Ills: S.P. Fletcher, n.d. [ca 1850]. 2 steel engr. p...

Egan (Pierce)<P> THE FINISH TO THE ADVENTURES OF TOM, JERRY, AND LOGIC. Ills: R. Cruikshank.<P> 1889. Tall 8vo. Hand-col. frontis. ...

Whyte-Melville (G.J.)<P> SONGS AND VERSES. Ward Lock Select Authors: ca 1890. Orig. pict. boards. Rogerson (William)<P> TEMPORIS CA...

Dickens (Charles)<P> PICKWICK PAPERS. Ed. J.H. Stonehouse. 1932. Lombard Street Edition. 2 vols. With b/w plates and facsimiles of the o...

Dickens (Charles)<P> MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK. 1840. Ills: G. Cattermole & H.K. Browne, 1840. 1st edn (bound from the parts), 2 vols....

Shelley (Mary), Godwin (William) & others.<P> SHELLEY AND MARY (Letters between Mary Shelley, W.Godwin, T.J.Hogg, J.Keats & others). P...

Folio Press] Thomas (Edward)<P> THESE THINGS ALSO ARE SPRING'S. Ills: J. Bostock, 1988. Wood engr. ills. Partly uncut. Orig. cloth-bac...

Whistler (James Abbot McNeill)<P> THE GENTLE ART OF MAKING ENEMIES. L. [1890]. 1st authorised edn.<P> Ltd ( 100 for US & 150 for ...

Stevenson (Robert Louis)<P> AN INLAND VOYAGE Ills: N. Rooke 1912. Ltd edn (51/250). 12 mounted col. plates. B/w ills. Untrimmed. Occaso...

Marlow (Christopher)<P> THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS Ills: B. Hughes-Stanton. Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. 4to. Ltd. edn [200]....

Pushkin (Alexndr Sergeevitch)<P> EVGENY ONEGIN Trans: O. Elton. Ills: M.V. Dobujinsky. 1937. 4to. Ltd edn. [58/750]. Col. frontis. B/w ...

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

Yeats (William Butler)<P> THE TOWER. Ills: (cover design) T.S. Moore, 1928. 1st edn. [2000]. Half-title, advt. leaf. Partly untrimmed. Or...

Yeats (William Butler)<P> THE WINDING STAIR 1933. 1st edn. [2000]. Half-title. Partly untrimmed. A few spots to endpapers. Orig. blind-...

Yeats (William Butler)<P> AUTOBIOGRAPHIES: REVERIES OVER CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH......1926. 1st edn. Port. frontis and 4 plates. (1 col.). Partl...

Thomas (Edward)<P> POEMS 1917. 1st edn. [525]. Port. frontis. Half-title with list of books on verso. Orig. grey boards. Printed label....

Thomas (Dylan)<P> UNDER MILK WOOD. 1954. 1st edn. A very clean copy in orig. tan cloth and d/w (a little chipped at head of spine, with a ...

Wodehouse (Pelham Grenville)<P> A FEW QUICK ONES, 1959. 1st edn. Price-clipped d/w. SERVICE WITH A SMILE. 1961. 1st edn. Sl. torn unclip...

Thomas (Dylan)<P> THE DOCTOR AND THE DEVILS. 1953. 1st edn. D/w - a few very small chips & sl. soiled on rear panel. A PROSPECT OF THE...

Christie (Agatha)<P> N or M? 1941. 1st edn. Orig. orange cloth. Unclipped d/w. Spine slightly sunned and one or two marks on rear panel. ...

Fleming (Ian)<P> ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. 1963. 1st edn. A nice, clean copy in unclipped d/w - with a few small chips and ends...

Yates (Dornford)<P> RED IN THE MORNING 1946. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w - with a little loss at ends of spine. COST PRICE, 1949. 1st edn. Unc...

Lawrence (David Herbert)<P> THE LETTERS ...... Ed: A. Huxley. 1932. 1st edn. Port. frontis. Col. & b/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Lawrenc...

James (Henry)<P> A SMALL BOY AND OTHERS, 1913. 1st English edn. Port. frontis. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt. Auden (Wystan Hugh) &am...

Wodehouse (Pelham Grenville)<P> LEAVE IT TO PSMITH [1923]. Orig. green pict. cloth. Plus 3 others, Wodehouse. (4)

Feburier (C.Romain)<P> TRAITE COMPLET THEORETIQUE ET PRATIQUE SUR LES ABEILLES. Paris, 1810. 1st edn. Fldg. engr. plate. Cont. quart

[Poppy, Charles]<P> OBSERVATIONS ON THE CULTURE AND STORING OF MANGEL-WURZEL n.d. [ca 1820]. 8vo 11pp. Cont. grey wrappers. Syracuse Chill...

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....

Tusser (Thomas)<P> FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY Ed. W. Mavor, 1812. 4to. Engr. added title. Book titles in red & black. Untr...

Wood (Theodore)<P> THE FIELD CLUB Vols 1-4; 1891-93. 4 vols. 8vo. Contains: BIRD-LIFE OF THE NORFOLK BROADS BY M.C.H. Bird (complete). Or...

Northumberland and Durham Natural History Society<P> TRANSACTIONS Vol. 6 (J. Hancock: Catalogue of the Birds of Northumberland & Durham)...

Cramp (Stanley) & others<P> THE BIRDS OF THE WESTERN PALEARTIC. Oxford, 1977-1994. 9 vols. 4to. Col. plates. B/w ills. Maps.

Meyer de Schauensee (R.)<P> THE BIRDS OF COLOMBIA. Narberth, Penn. 1964. Col. & b/w ills. D/w. THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA. Edin. 19...

Brehn (Alfred Edmund) & others<P> TIERLEBEN Leipzig & Vienna, 1918-20. 4th edn. 13 vols 4to. Col. plates. B/w plates & ills. ...

[New Naturalists] Fisher (James)<P> THE FULMAR, 1952. 1st edn. Col. & b/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w - torn at head of spine with 2-3cm of...

[New Naturalist] Maitland (P.S.) & Campbell (R.N.)<P> FRESHWATER FISHES. 1992. 1st edn. Col. & b/w ills. An excellent copy in uncl...

Wallace (Alfred)<P> TROPICAL NATURE AND OTHER ESSAYS. 1878. 1st edn. Half-title; advt. leaf. Orig. green cloth gt. Minor wear to extremi...

Day (Francis)<P> BRITISH AND IRISH SALMONIDAE, 1887. 1st edn. Large 8vo. 9 chromolitho plates; 3 uncol. Ink stamp to title & verso of...

Goldsmith (Oliver)<P> A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE. L. Edin. & Dublin, 1848. 2 vols. Large. 8vo. 48 hand-col. plates. ...

Richardson (Charles)<P> NEW BOOK OF THE HORSE. 1912. 4 vols. 4to. 3 col. sectional models (one model with 2 or 3 sections det. - but compl...

Buffon (George Louis Leclerc)<P> NATURAL HISTORY Ed. J. Wright, 1833. 4 vols. 8vo. Engr. titles & text ills. Orig. cloth gt. Recased, ...

[New Naturalist] Blunt (Wilfred)<P> THE ART OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION. 1967. Col. & b/w ills. D/w. Frazer (Deryk)<P> REPTILES A...

Elton (Charles)<P> VOLES, MICE AND LEMMINGS. Oxford, 1942. Tall 8vo. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Plus 18 others, Natural History. (19)

Roosevelt (Theodore) & others<P> THE DEER FAMILY. NY. 1902. 1st edn. Maps & plates as called for. Orig. gt. pict. cloth.

Kirby (William Forsell) & Spence (William)<P> AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY. 1828. 5th edn. 4 vols. 2 portraits (in vols 3 & 4); ...

Forbes (Edward)<P> A HISTORY OF BRITISH STARFISHES AND OTHER ANIMALS OF THE CLASS ECHINODERMATA. 1841. 1st edn. Wood engr. ills by the aut...

Odroyd (H)<P> THE HORSE-FLIES OF THE ETHIOPIAN REGION. 1952-57. 1st editions. 3 vols. 4to. B/w plates. Maps, text ills. Orig. cloth gt....

Mavor (William)<P> THE LADY'S AND GENTLEMAN'S BOTANICAL POCKET BOOK. 1800. Engr. title. 2 plates. Cont. annotations. Mod. cloth-...

Phillips (Henry)<P> POMARIUM BRITANNICUM: AN HISTORICAL AND BOTANICAL ACCOUNT OF FRUITS, KNOWN IN GREAT BRITAIN. 1820. Tall 8vo. List of s...

Darwin (Charles)<P> THE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF CLIMBING PLANTS. 1876. 2nd thousand. Engr. ills. 32pp booklist dated January 1879. Orig....

THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY: BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Vol. 9, 1871; New Series<P> Vols 2-11, 1873-82 (10 vols in 9); Vols 21-40, 1883-1902; Vol. 47, 190...

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

[signed copy] Sackville-West (Victoria Mary - 'Vita')<P> IN YOUR GARDEN. 1951. B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/w. IN YOUR GARDEN AGAIN. ...

Bowring (Sir John)<P> THE DECIMAL SYSTEM: ITS NUMBERS, COINS, AND ACCOUNTS. 1854. 1st edn. Port. frontis & 22 plates. Orig. blind-stam...

Lando (Giovanni Giacomo)<P> ARITMETICA MERCANTILE Venice, 1623. 4to. Wood cut title p. deive. Some marginal worming a a little staining t...

Helsham (Richard)<P> A COURSE OF LECTURES IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 1743. 2nd edn. 11 fldg plates. T.p. in red & black. Mod. half calf ...

Giesel (F.)<P> UBER RADIOAKTIVE SUBSTANZEN UND DEREN STRAHLEN Stuttgart, 1902. Orig. printed wraps. Weiser (Martin)<P> DAS ATOM. D...

[Osler, Sir William]<P> HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE - GOSSIP Ed. M.C. Cooke. 1870. Large 8vo. Containing, on p44 under the heading "Chris...

Carpenter (W.B.)<P> THE MICROSCOPE AND ITS REVELATIONS. Ed. W.H. Dallinger. 1891. 7th edn. 21 plates. Wood engr. ills. Cont. cloth gt. ...

Sabine (Edward)<P> REPORT ON THE VARIATIONS OF THE MAGNETIC INTENSITY OBSERVED AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE. 1836. Inscrib...

Bessel (Friedrich Wilhelm)<P> TABULAR REGIOMONTANAE REDUCTIONUM OBSERVATIONUM ASTRONOMICARUM ...... 1750 - 1850. Konigsberg, 1830. 1st

Weisse (Maximilian)<P> POSITIONES MEDIAE STELLARUM FIXARUM IN ZONIS REGIONMONTANIS A BESSELIO .......... AD ANNUM REDUCTAE. Krakow, 1846.

Whewell (William)<P> ASTRONOMY AND GENERAL PHYSICS. 1843. Ink stamp on title verso. Cont. calf gt. Spine rubbed. Herschel (Sir John F.W.)...

<P> TIME'S TELESCOPE FOR 1816. L. 1816. Engr. frontis. Title in red & black. 19th Century half calf gt. Higgins (W.M.)<P> ...

Darwin (Charles)<P> THE FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD THROUGH THE ACTION OF WORMS ...... 1881. 1st edn. Publisher's advt. leaf at end. C...

Darwin (Charles)<P> THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF FLOWERS ON PLANTS OF THE SAME SPECIES. 1877. 1st edn. 20pp publisher's catalogue dated Janua...

Galton (Francis)<P> HEREDITARY GENIUS: AN INQUIRY INTO ITS LAWS AND CONSEQUENCES. 1892. 2nd edn. Text ills. Tables etc. Orig. purple clot...

Beddard (Frank E.)<P> ANIMAL COLORATION. 1892. 1st edn. 4 chromolitho plates. Text ills. Bookplate & sig. of W.C. Osman Hill & sig...

THE MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL: TRANSACTIONS OF THE MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. New Series<P> Vols 13-15; 1865-67. Bound in uniform half cal...

Wilson (George) & Geikie (Archibald)<P> MEMOIR OF EDWARD FORBES, F.R.S. London & Edin. 1861. 1st edn. Port frontis (loose). Bookp...

Deschanel (A.P.)<P> ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 1883. 6th edn. 3 col. plates. Wood engr. ills. Cont. calf, gt. Crimson ti...

Fyffe (Andrew)<P> A COMPENDIUM OF THE ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN BODY. Edin. 1810. 4th edn. 3 vols in 1. 34 engr. plates; some fldg. Some con...

Burdin (Jean)<P> A COURSE OF MEDICAL STUDIES, 1803. 1st edn. in English. 3 vols (complete). Fldg. table in vol. 1. Old ink stamp to each t...

Cripps (R.A.)<P> GALENIC PHARMACY. 1893. Engr. ills. 16pp booklist. Orig. cloth gt. Some wear to extremities. Thomas (Robert)<P> ...

Quain (Jones) & Wilson (W.J. Erasmus)<P> THE VISCERA OF THE HUMAN BODY. 1840. Folio. 32 litho plates. Ink stamps to verso of plates. ...

Browne (John)<P> HYDROGRAPHIA NOVA: OR, A GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE MUSCLES IN HUMANE BODY ...... NY. n.d. [facs. of 1697 copy]. Ltd e...

Keill (James)<P> THE ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN BODY ABRIDG'D ..... 1759. 13th edn. 12mo. Sl. soiling of title. Possibly 19th Century panel...

Johnstone (John)<P> AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST APPROVED METHOD OF DRAINING LAND. Edin. 1797. 1st edn. 4to. 16 engr. plates (3 fldg). Bookplate...

Figuer (Louis)<P> LES MERVEILLES DE LA SCIENCE. Paris, 1867. 1st edn. 3 vols. Large 8vo. Port frontis & 1369 wood engr. ills. Cont. c...

[Porter, George Richardson]<P> A TREATISE ON THE ORIGIN, PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT AND PRESENT STATE OF SILK MANUFACTURE. 1831. 1st edn. 12mo...

Leahy (Edmund)<P> A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON MAKING AND REPAIRING ROADS. 1847. 2nd edn. 12mo. 2 fldg plates. orig. cloth-backed boards. Pri...

[Brunel, Isambard Kingdom]<P> THE TUNNEL UNDER THE THAMES. n.d. [ca 1834]. 2 litho plates; 1 fldg. Mod. quarter morocco gt. Brunel's ...

Drinkwater (John)<P> A HISTORY OF THE LATE SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR. 1786. 2nd edn. 4to. List of subscribers. 10 fldg plates and plans. One or...

Bolton (Edmond)<P> THE ELEMENTS OF ARMORIES, 1610. 1st edn. Small 4to. Engr. t.p. & text ills, with moveable overlays on p198. Title ...

Dick (Sir Alexander)<P> CURIOSITIES OF A SCOTS CHARTER CHEST 1600-1800. Ed: A. Forbes. Edin. 1897. 4to. Ltd edn [300]. Port. frontis. B...

Arnold (Thomas)<P> HISTORY OF THE LATER ROMAN COMMONWEALTH. 1845. 1st edn. 2 vols. Half-titles; partly untrimmed. Orig. blind-stamped clo...

Bury (J.B.) & Meiggs (Russell)<P> A HISTORY OF GREECE. 1978. 4to. B/w ills. D/w. Havelock (Eric A.)<P> THE GREEK CONCEPT OF J...

Finley (M.I.)<P> ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN ANCIENT GREECE. Ed. D.Shaw & R.P. Saller, 1981. Orig. cloth. D/w. Davidson (James)<P> ...

Waldstein (Charles) & Shoobridge (Leonard)<P> HERCULANEUM; PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE. 1908. Large 8vo. Col.. frontis & map. B/w il...

Raleigh (Sir Walter), Bridges (Robert) & others<P> SHAKESPERE'S ENGLAND. Oxford, 1916. 2 vols. Large 8vo. B/w ills. Orig. gt. de...

Archer (Thomas)<P> PICTURES AND ROYAL PORTRAITS ILLUSTRATIVE OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH HISTORY. 1878. 2 vols. Large 4to. Tinted engr. plates...