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Paine (Thomas)<P> [COLLECTED WORKS]. 1792. 5 works in 1 vol. Port. frontis. Lacks first title. Cont. sheep, worn - lacks upper board.

[Poor Law Commission]<P> REPORT ..... ON AN INQUIRY INTO THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE LABOURING POPULATION OF GREAT BRITAIN. 1842. Over 20 ...

Cole (Margaret) <P> THE WEBBS AND THEIR WORK. 1949. 1st edn. <B>With inscription on f.f.e.p. by Sir Drummond Shiels - one of the co...

DEUTSCHLAND ERWACH. Munich, 1933. 4to. Col. & b/w plates. Orig. cloth gt. sl. fraying of extremities. ADOLF HITLER. Altona-Bahrenfeld, 19...

Milligan (J.G.)<P> THE HISTORY OF DUELLING, 1841. 1st edn. 2 vols. Brecon New Book Club labels of 1842 affixed to f.e.p. Spotting of titl...

Pennell (Joseph)<P> THE WORK OF CHARLES KEENE. 1897. Large 4to. Gravure frontis. Etched & engraved plates. Frontis. loose. sl. darke...

Carrington (Noel)<P> CARRINGTON. Oxford, 1978. Sq. 8vo. Limited edition [100] numbered & signed by the author. Col. & b/w ills. O...

Alexandre (Arsene)<P> PAUL GAUGIN, SA VIE ET LE SENS DE SON OEUVRE. Paris, 1930. 4to. Limited edition [100]. B/w plates & ills. Larg...

Levy (Mervyn)<P> THE DRAWINGS OF L.S. LOWRY. 1976. 1st edn. 4to. col. & b/w plates. Orig. cloth. D/w. <B>Maragall (Juan A.)&l...

Rothenstein (John)<P> PORTRAIT DRAWINGS OF WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN. 1926. 1st edn. 4to. Collotype plates. Ex-library with perforated stamp to...

Geikie (Walter)<P> ETCHINGS ILLUSTRATIVE OF SCOTTISH CHARACTER AND SCENERY. Edin. 1885. 4to. Ltd edition (140/306). Etched frontis & ...

Musacchio (Jacqueline Marie)<P> THE ART AND RITUAL OF CHILDBIRTH IN RENAISSANCE ITALY. New Haven & L. 1999. 4to. Col. & b/w ills. ...

Petit-Radel (Louis)<P> NOTICE HISTORIQUE COMPAREE SUR LES AQUADUCS DES ANCIENS. Paris, 1803. 1st edn. pp(viii), 92. some light spotting. ...

Walker (Thomas A.)<P> THE SEVERN TUNNEL: ITS CONSTRUCTION AND DIFFICULTIES, 1890. 2nd edn.. Large 8vo. 5 ports. 40 plates, many fldg. Some...

Viollet-le-Duc (Eugene)<P> THE HABITATIONS OF MAN IN ALL AGES. Trans: B. Bucknall. 1876. 1st English edition. Chromolitho frontis. Engr. ...

Howitt (William)<P> RUINED ABBEYS AND CASTLES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 1864. 2nd series. Small 4to. Mounted albumen plates by Ogle, S...

Holzman (Malcolm)<P> STONEWORK. Mulgrave (Aus), 2001. 4to. Col. ills. Near-fine in d/w. <B>Papadakis (Andreas) & Watson (Harrie...

Pitt-Rivers (Augustus Henry Lane Fox)<P> ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRIMITIVE LOCKS AND KEYS. 1883. 1st edn. 4to. <B>In...

[fashion plates] Bergh (J.A.) <P> ALLGEMEINE MODEN-ZEITUNG. Leipsig, 1832-33. 3 vols. 4to. [Vo. 1] - April to June, 1832; [Vol.2] - Januar

COSTUME PLATES. Early 19th Century. Believed to be Portugese. 8vo. 24 hand-col. engr. plates depicting costumes of several European countries plus

MAGASIN DES DEMOISELLES<P> Paris, 1855-56. 4to. 13 hand-col. costume plates. 3 other plates. Leaves of music at rear, sl. stained. Cont. ha...

THE NOUVEAU BEAU MONDE; OR, MAGAZINE OF FASHION. Vol. 1, no 2 to Vol. 2, no 17. 1844-45. 4to. 64 hand-col. fashion plates (2 torn, with loss); 2 unc

Jaquet (Eugene) & Chapuis (Alfred)<P> TECHNIQUE AND HISTORY OF THE SWISS WATCH. 1970. 4to. Col. & b/w ills. Library stamp to title...

THE BRITISH PRINTER. Vols 4 & 15. 1891-92. 2 vols. 46 Advts. col. plates & ills. Orig. moorcco-backed cloth gt. Spines rubbed, joints...

Halle (Sir Charles)<P> LIFE AND LETTERS. Ed. C.E. & M. Halle. 1896. 2 port. plates. Orig. cloth gt. sl. rubbed. <B>Arnold (De...

Smyth (Admiral W.H.)<P> THE SAILOR'S WORD-BOOK. Ed. Sir E. Belcher. 1867. Title & one or two following leaves spotted. Cont. blue ...

Walker (J.)<P> A RHYMING DICTIONARY. 1824. 4th edn. Cont. calf gt. Lower joint split. <B>Bailey (Nathaniel)<P> AN UNIVERSAL ...

MacKenzie (John Whiteford)<P> CATALOGUE OF ........ THE VERY EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE LIBRARY ...... 1886. 2 parts in 1 vol. Sold by T. Chapm...

Hamilton (Walter)<P> DATED BOOK PLATES. 1895. 4to. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. faded. Head of spine thumbed.

Town (Laurence)<P> BOOK BINDING BY HAND, 1963. 2nd edn. B/w ills. Fldg table. Orig. cloth. D/w. <B>Faxon (F.W.)<P> LITERARY...

Brown (Curtis)<P> CONTACTS. 1935. 1st edition. <B>With portrait photograph signed by author loosely inserted.<P> B/w ills. Or...

Alexander (J.J.G.) and De La Mare (A.C.)<P> THE ITALIAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF MAJOR J.R. ABBEY. 1969. 1st edn. 4to. Col. frontis....

ANNUAL REGISTER OF BOOK VALUES. Ed. M. Cole. VOYAGES & TRAVEL; MODERN FIRST EDITIONS; LITERATURE; CHILDREN'S BOOKS - 34 vols. Mostly 1988...

BOOK AUCTION RECORDS. Vols 81-90. 1983-1993. 10 vols. 4to. Orig. cloth gt. (10)

Gumpert (Thekla von) <P> HERZBLATTCHENS ZEITVERTREIB (no 35). n.d. [ca 1880]. 4to. 24 chromolitho plates. One gathering loose. Orig. gt.

ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES. n.d. [ca 1948]. A Peepshow Book. Fldg. pop-up book in expanding panoramic sections with orig. ties. Orig. cloth...

Kipling (Rudyard)<P> THE JUNGLE BOOK. Ills: J.L. Kipling & others. 1894. 1st edn. B/w plates. Orig. pict. cloth gt. A little rubbed...

Potter (Beatrix)<P> THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES. 1911. 1st edn. 12mo. Title vignette. 27 col. ills. Owner's sig. on half title. Bookp...

Potter (Beatrix)<P> THE STORY OF FIERCE BAD RABBIT. 1906. 1st edn. With "London & New York" on lower cover. Linen-backed co...

Awdry (Rev. W.)<P> OLIVER THE WESTERN ENGINE. 1969. 1st edn. Oblong 8vo. Col. ills. Orig. cloth. D/W. STEPNEY THE "BLUEBELL"...

Potter (Beatrix)<P> THE TALE OF MR TOD. 1912. 1st edn. 12mo. 15 col. ills. Orig. buff coloured boards with pict. onlay. Backstrip torn a...

Rackham (Arthur)<P> SOME BRITISH BALLADS ca 1910. 1st edn. 4to. 16 tipped-in col. plates. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. Extremities sl. rubbed.

Shakespeare (William)<P> A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Ills: A. Rackham. 1908. 1st trade edition. 4to. 40 tipped-in col. plates. Occas...

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge - 'Lewis Carroll')<P> ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Ills: A. Rackham. 1907. 4to. Ltd edn [1130],...

Barham (Richard, 'Thomas Ingoldsby')<P> THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS. Ills: G. Cruikshank, J Leech & others. Ed. R.H.D. Barham n.d....

Cruickshank (George)<P> CRUIKSHANKIANA, AN ASSEMBLAGE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED WORKS. n.d. Folio. 81 engr. plates on 68 sheets. Disbound.

Heine (Thomas)<P> SCENES DE LA VIE DE FAMILLE EN ALLEMAGNE. Paris, n.d. Folio. 16 col. plates. Lacks orig. wraps.

Farson (Negley)<P> GOING FISHING. Ills: C.F. Tunnicliffe. 1949/ Wood engr. ills. Orig. cloth. D/w. <B>Williamson (Henry)<P&g...

Spence (Robert & Philip)<P> STRUWWELHITLER ....... n.d. Small 4to. col. ills. Orig. printed wraps. Lower wrap torn slightly w/o loss....

POETRY OF THE YEAR. Ills: B. Foster, H. Weir, J. Wolf, D. Cox & others. n.d. [ca 1875]. 4to. 16 mounted col. litho plates. Some spotting. ...

Begbie (Harold)<P> THE POLITICAL STRUWWELPETER. Ills: F. Carruthers Gould. 1899. 4to. Col. ills. Orig. cloth-backed pict. boards. Sl. s...

Dore (Gustav)<P> THE LEGEND OF THE WANDERING JEW. Ed: G.W.Thornbury. 1857. Large folio. 12 engr. plates, many loose. Orig. cloth gt. Some w...

Sparrow (Walter Shaw)<P> ANGLING IN BRITISH ART. 1923. 1st edn. 4to. 39 col. plates. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. One corner bumped.

Walton (Izaak) & Cotton (Charles)<P> THE COMPLEAT ANGLER. Ed. R. Le Galliene. Ills: E.H. New. L. & N.Y. 1897. 4to. Port. plates...

Ashworth (Thomas)<P> THE SALMON FISHERIES OF ENGLAND, 1868. L. [1868]. Col. frontis. <B>Inscribed by the author on f.f.e.p.<P> ...

Webster (David)<P> THE ANGLER AND THE LOOP-ROD. Edin. & L. 1885. 1st edn. 4 col. plates. B/w ills. Map. Booklist etc. Orig. pict. ...

Ward (Rowland)<P> THE ENGLISH ANGLER IN FLORIDA. 1898. 1st edn. 4to. B/w plates & ills. Some light spotting. Orig. cloth gt. sl. ru...

Thomas-Stanford (Charles)<P> A RIVER OF NORWAY. 1903. Gravure plates. Col. plan. Tissue guards. Occasional spotting. Orig. gt. pict. clo...

Halford (Frederic M.)<P> AN ANGLER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 1903. Gravure & b/w plates. some occasional spotting. Orig. cloth gt. Mark on...

Sandeman (Fraser)<P> ANGLING TRAVELS IN NORWAY. 1895. 1st edn. 4 col. plates. B/w ills. Light spotting. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. Spine a li...

Paterson (James)<P> A TREATISE ON THE FISHERY LAWS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. L. & Cambridge, 1863. Orig. cloth gt. Minor wear to extremit...

Jesse (Edward)<P> AN ANGLER'S RAMBLES. 1836. 1st edn. Engr. dedication. Cont. half morocco gt. Extremities. sl. rubbed. <B>Fr...

Maxwell (Sir Herbert)<P> SALMON AND SEA TROUT. 1898. Ltd edition. [16/130]. L.P. B/w ills. Partly untrimmed. Orig. reversed calf gt. <...

Daniel (William Barker)<P> RURAL SPORTS. 1801. 2 vols. Engr. titles; 59 plates (not quite as called for). One or two plates torn. Some br...

THE SPORTSMAN. Vols. IV & VII. 1841-1842. 2 vols. Engr. plates. Some spotting. Orig. cloth gt. Extremities frayed. <B>Gathorne-Har...

Baillie-Grohman (W.A.)<P> SPORT AND LIFE IN THE HUNTING GROUNDS OF WESTERN AMERICA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. 1900. Large 8vo. Gravure frontis....

Apperley (Charles James - 'Nimrod')<P> THE LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON, ESQ n.d. [ca 1880]. Col. plates. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. <B>Pe...

Fur, Feather & Fin Series (ed. A.E.T. Watson) Shaw (L.H. de Visme)<P> SNIPE AND WOODCOCK. 1903. B/w ills. Orig. pict. cloth. <B>G...

Hinds (John)<P> THE GROOM'S ORACLE, AND POCKET STABLE DIRECTORY. Ill: H. Alken. 1830. 2nd edition fldg. hand-col. frontis. Orig. clot...

Wisden (John)<P> CRICKETER'S ALMANACK, 1938. B/w ills. Advts. (bound without ads. before title). An excellent copy, contemporarily rebo...

Longman (C.J.) & Walrond (Col. H.)<P> ARCHERY. 1894. 1st edn. B/w ills. Orig. pict. cloth gt. Sl. rubbed. <B>Cox (Harding) &am...

Bolland (William)<P> CRICKET NOTES. 1851. 1st edn. <B>Inscribed to John Conway Lloyd by an MCC member at Lord's.<P> Orig....

Wisden (John)<P> CRICKETERS' ALMANACK 1945 & 1946. 2 vols. b/w ills. Advts. Orig. printed limp cloth. (2)

Wisden (John)<P> CRICKETERS' ALMANACK 1945 & 1946. 2 vols. b/w ills. Advts. Orig. printed limp cloth. (2)

Custance (Henry)<P> RIDING RECOLLECTIONS AND TURF STORIES, 1894. 2nd edn. Gravure frontis. Booklist. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. <B>Wetso...

Waring (Thomas)<P> A TREATISE ON ARCHERY, OR THE ART OF SHOOTING WITH THE LONG BOW. Privately printed, 1814. Engr. frontis & one other ...

Clark (Robert)<P> GOLF: A ROYAL AND ANCIENT GAME. 1899. 3rd edition. Eng. frontis. B/w plates & ills. A little occasional spotting. ...

Taylor (J.H.)<P> ON GOLF. 1902. B/w plates - some loose. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. A little rubbed. <B>Beldam (G.W.) & Taylor (J.H...

BADMINTON MAGAZINE. 1895-1915. 45 vols. Lacks vol 8., 1899, but includes four duplicates. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. <I>As a periodical, not subj...

Lubbock (Alfred Basil)<P> SAIL : THE ROMANCE OF THE CLIPPER SHIPS. Ills: J. Spurling. [1927]. 1st impression. 4to. Ltd edn [1000]. Gravur...

Wood (Walter)<P> FISHERMEN IN WAR TIME [1918]. B/w plates. Orig. printed cloth. D/w. <B>Hornell (James)<P> BRITISH CORACLES AN...

Bowen (Frank C.)<P> THE SEA: ITS HISTORY & ROMANCE. [1924-26]. 4 vols. 4to. Col. & b/w plates. Orig. gt. dec. blue cloth. (4)

Pemberton (Max)<P> THE AMATEUR MOTORIST, 1907. 1st edn. Port. frontis. B/w plates & ills. Occasional light spotting. Orig. cloth gt...

Chatterton (E. Keble)<P> SAILING SHIPS. 1909. 1st edn. Col. frontis. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. Pict. onlay. <B>Dixon (Douglas)<...

Wallis-Tayler (A.J.)<P> MOTOR CARS OR POWER CARRIAGES FOR COMMON ROADS. 1897. 1st edn. Engr. ills. Advts. Orig. cloth gt. Plus 1 oth

Markmann (Charles Lam) & Sherwin (Mark)<P> THE BOOK OF SPORTS CARS. 1960. 1st edn. 4to. Orig. printed wraps. Lacks lower wrap. Pl...

Jowett Cars Limited<P> THE 7-17 HP JOWETT LIGHT CAR. Bradford, 1933. Instruction Book & Price List of spares. In orig. printed wraps...

<P> MANUALS AND OWNER'S HANDBOOKS. Ca 1955-1975. Ford, Austin, Rover, Vauxhall etc. A carton.

<P> MATCHLESS MOTORCYCLES. Brochure for 1938. 4pp with inserted price list. Plus 6 others, motorcycling, including a programme for the H

Ainger (Arthur Campbell) & Barnby (Joseph)<P> ETON SONGS. L. 1891-2. large 4to. B/w ills. Cont. blue crushed morocco; deep gt. borde...

Lyte (H.C. Maxwell)<P> A HISTORY OF ETON COLLEGE 1440-1884. 1889. Revised edn. Col. & b/w plates. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. A HISTORY OF...

Sterry (Wasey)<P> ANNALS OF THE KING'S COLLEGE OF OUR LADY OF ETON BESIDE WINDSOR. 1898. B/w ills. Orig. cloth gt. ETON LISTS: 1810-...

PLATE VOLUMES FROM AN EARLY ENCYCLOPAEDIA (Britannia?) 2 vols. Ca 1790. 4to. Engr. by A. Bell. Over 540 engraved plates & maps. Some fldg. ...

Church (Alfred J.)<P> WITH THE KING AT OXFORD. 1886. 1st edn. 16 hand-col. or tinted plates. Cont. polished tree calf; gt. dec. spine