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[reprieve of death sentence]<P> A NOTICE ISSUED BY THE JUDGE OF THE ASSIZES IN LANCASTER. 7th April, 1767. Twelve-lines, suspending the sen...

A COLLECTION OF MILITARY EPHEMERA AND MANUSCRIPT ITEMS. Mid-19th Century. Including: a document of Acting Appointment, signed by Sir Charles Napier,

THEATRICAL EPHEMERA. A small collection, mostly threatre & concert programmes, ca 1870-80. Programmes include the Royal Philhamonic Theatre, Pr...

A SMALL COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY EPHEMERA AND MANUSCRIPT ITEMS. Includes a letter dated Feb. 2nd 1827, signed by George Canning and another signed

SHROPSHIRE. A collection of prints and printed ephemera.

STAFFORDSHIRE. A collection of printed ephemera.

A NEW FAMILY PRAYER-BOOK. Ed: J. Cookson. Winchester, 1783. Tall 8vo. Engr. frontis. Full crimson morocco; deep floral gt. borders with urn devices

James (Maurice Rhodes) <P> A PETERBOROUGH PSALTER AND BESTIARY. Roxburgh Club, 1921. Folio. Ltd edn. [450]. B/w plates. Orig. half morocco

Clarke (Samuel)<P> EXPOSITION OF THE CHURCH-CATECHISM. 1747. 4th edn. 12mo. Inscribed at head of title by James Lackington.<P> Cont...

[Asplin, William]<P> ALKIBLA. A DISQUISITION UPON WORSHIPPING TOWARDS THE EAST. 1728-31. 2 parts in 1 vol. Gen. title & 2 divisional ...

Duranti, or Durand (Joannes Stephanus)<P> DE RITIBUS ECCLESIAE CATHOLICAE......... Paris, 1624. Engr. t.p. vignette. Cont. marginalia in e...

Chalmers (Thomas)<P> SPEECH ..... TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Glasgow, 1822. Plus 8 other works in 1 vol. Includi

<P> A KORAN......probably late 18th Century. In red and black with gilt, red and black borders to text. Defective towards end of vol. La

Pindar<P> THE PYTHIAN, NEMEAN, AND ISTHMIAN ODES. L. 1778. 4to. Blind stamp to title & final leaf. Library bookplate. Cont. half cal...

Petronius Arbiter (Titus)<P> THE SATIRICAL WORKS. 1708. Engr. frontis & 9 plates. A little marginal spotting. Bookplate. Cont. panel...

Plinius Secundus (Gaius)<P> DES WIJTBEROEMDEN BOOCH. Arnhem, 1610. Sm. 4to. Title in red & black with hand-col. engraving. Near-cont....

Plinius (Gaius Caecillius Secundus)<P> EPISTOLAE ET PANEGYRICUS. Ed. M.Z. Boxhorn. Oxford, 1660. 1st Latin edition printed in England. 12m...

Casaubon (Meric)<P> DE QUATUOR LINGUIS COMMENTATIONIS ..... DE LINGUAE HEBRAICA : ET, DE LINGUA SAXONICA. L. 1650. 1st edition. 12mo. Titl...

Pascal (Blaise)<P> LES PROVINCIALES ..... Cologne, 1666. 12 mo. Sl. staining of title. Bookplate to title verso. Cont. mottled calf. Rebac...

Nicolson (William)<P> THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL LIBRARY. L. [1697]. Parts I & II with separate pagination & titles. Cont. panelled ca...

[Holt, Henry - Lord Kames]<P> THE DECISIONS OF THE COURT OF SESSION ...... Edin. 1741. 2 vols. Folio. Titles in red & black. Cont. ...

[Boswell, James]<P> THE ESSENCE OF THE DOUGLAS CAUSE ...... 1767. 1st edn. [without the "Observations" - as usual]. Title & ...

THE LONDON MAGAZINE 1769 & 1782. 2 vols. Engr. maps (including W. Indies) & plates. Bindings worn. w.a.f. (2)

Garinet (Jules)<P> HISTOIRE DE LA MAGIE EN FRANCE. Paris, 1818. 1st edition. Half-title; engr. frontis. Sl. foxing of frontis. Cont. gt....

Phillips (John) <P> THE LIFE OF CHARLES HECTOR, MARQUIS ST. GEORGE DE MARSAY ..... Copy of a transalation of Marsay's original m

Bussy-Rabutin (Roger de)<P> LES MEMOIRES. Paris, 1696. 1st edn. 2 vols. 4to. Engr. t.p. devices. Feint college stamps to blank before ti...

TRACTS FOR THE PEOPLE Nos 27-44. 1848. 18 issues bound in 1 vol. Articles on otter hunting, Kaffir Warfare, Big-game hunting, Borneo, Malta, Cooker

ALMANACH ROYAL, ANNEE MDCL LXXXIII. Paris, 1782. Woodcut device on title. Cont. calf gt. Spine worn at ends. Corners frayed.

Locke (John)<P> AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. 1796. 2 vols. Fldg. chart. Faint ink stamps to titles with cancel stamps to verso...

Boothby (Sir Brooke)<P> SORROWS SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF PENELOPE (and other works). Ill: H. Fuseli, Reynolds & others. 1796. Folio. S...

Sheffield (John - Duke of Buckingham)<P> THE WORKS ......... 1726. 2nd edn. 2 vols in 1. Sm. 8vo. Early C19th half-calf; gt. ruled spine...

Perkins (G.)<P> CLAVIS HOMERICA. 1647. Sm. 8vo. Title in red & black. 18th Century calf gt. Minor wear.

Brown (Thomas)<P> THE REMAINS ...... 1720. Engr. frontis. Title in red & black. Head pieces etc. Cont. calf, re-backed. New endpaper...

Milton (John)<P> PARADISE LOST. 1799. Tall 8vo. Port-frontis; engr. title & 11 plates. Advt. leaves. Subscribers' list. Cont. cr...

Villedieu (Madame -, de)<P> OEUVRES ...... Paris, 1741. 12 vols. Titles in red & black. Cont. calf gt. Rubbed. Lacking most labels. (...

Moliere (Jean Baptiste Pocquelin)<P> LES OEUVRES ..... Amsterdam, 1735. 4 vols. 12mo. Titles in red & black. 3 port. frontispieces &am...

Dodsley (Robert)<P> A COLLECTION OF POEMS, BY SEVERAL HANDS. 1748. 1st edn. 3 vols. 12mo. Vol. 1. lacks pp 27/28. Title vignettes cont. ...

Dodsley (Robert)<P> A COLLECTION OF POEMS BY SEVERAL HANDS. 1758. 5th (1st complete) edition. 6 vols. Half-titles. Engr. title vignettes...

Settle (Elkanah)<P> CAMBYSES KING OF PERSIA: A TRAGEDY. 1672. 1st edn. Sm. 4to. Title page chipped at edge. Some light marginal browing....

Spenser (Edmund)<P> THE FAERIE QUEENE. 1611/13. 2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Lacks all before A3. Engr. second title dated 1613. Colophon has ...

[Tauchnitz editions] Bronte (Charlotte, 'Currer Bell')<P> JANE EYRE. Leipzig, 1850. 2 vols. Half-titles. Cont. cloth. Leather tit...

Johnson (Samuel)<P> THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS. Edin. 1818. 4 vols. Port. frontis. Orig. cloth-backed boards. Heads of s...

Lewis (Mathew Gregory)<P> TALES OF WONDER. Dublin, 1801. 1st Dublin edition. 2 vols in 1. Untrimmed. Mod. quarter calf gt.

Hood (Thomas)<P> MISS KILMANSEGG AND HER PRECIOUS LEG. Ills: T.S. Seccombe, 1870. Folio. Caligraphic type on India paper, mounted. Engr. i...

Campbell (Thomas)<P> THE POETICAL WORKS. 1828. 2 vols. Port. frontis. Some foxing of frontis & offsetting to first title. Cont. maroo...

[Prest, Thomas Peckett]<P> FATHERLESS FANNY; OR MEMOIRS OF A LITTLE MENDICANT ...... 1820. Engr. frontis. & t.p. vignette, and 5 engr. p...

Sotheby (William)<P> SAUL; A POEM IN TWO PARTS. 1807. 1st edition. 4to. Half-title. Inscribed: "From the Author" on half-title. ...

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan)<P> THE PARASITE. Westminster, 1894. Narrow 8vo. With 2 half-titles. Orig. gt. dec. cloth designed by L. Housman. ...

Hall (James)<P> THE WILDERNESS AND THE WAR PATH. L.1846. Half title. Some occasional spotting. Orig. cloth gt. Sl faded. <I>Anecdot...

Campbell (Thomas)<P> GERTRUDE OF WYOMING. 1809. 1st edn. 4to. Orig. boards. Lower board det; upper almost det. In slip-case. Terentius ...

D'Urfey (Thomas)<P> WIT AND MIRTH: OR PILLS TO PURGE MELANCHOLY. 1719-20 [ca 1880]. Reprint of 1st edition. 6 vols. Vellum-backed patt...

Landor (Walter Savage)<P> IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS OF LITERARY MEN AND STATESMEN. 1826. 2nd edn. 3 vols. Orig. cloth. Printed labels. Sl....

Marlowe (Christopher)<P> THE WORKS. L. 1826. 2 vols. Cont. half morocco gt. Extremities sl. rubbed. (2)

Yeats (William Butler) <P> THE POEMS OF WILLIAM BLAKE. L. & NY. 1893. 1st edn. Port. frontis. Orig. gt. dec. cloth. Very slight rubb...

Tasso (Torquato)<P> JERUSALEM DELIVERED. Trans: J. Hoole. Ills: J. Fittler & others. 1811. 10th edn. Tall 8vo. Port. frontis. Engr. ...

Browning (Elizabeth Barrett)<P> POEMS. N.Y., 1866. 5 vols. Port frontis. Cont. gt dec. green morocco. Minor wear to extremities. Plus 6 others...

Green (Henry)<P> BACK. NY. 1950. 2 slightly chipped d/w, creased at top edge. McEwan (Ian)<P> ENDURING LOVE. 1997. 1st edn. Pric...

Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel)<P> THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY. 1966. 2nd (revised) edition. 1st impressions with the cancelled titles on fr...

De Gourmont (Remy)<P> L'OMBRE D'UNE FEMME. Paris, 1923. 4to. Ltd edn. [224/265]. Untrimmed. Orig. black quarter morocco gt. Spine...

Lovell (Devora) <P> MUSE ANTHOLOGY: EDGAR ALLAN POE MEMORIAL. NY 1938. Thick 4to. Ltd edn. [3000], numbered. Presentation copy from the ed

Golding (William)<P> DARKNESS VISIBLE. 1979. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w. Winterson (Jeanette)<P> SEXING THE CHERRY. 1989. 1st edn. Uncl...

Nicolson (Harold)<P> SOME PEOPLE. 1927. 1st edition. Orig. cloth. D/w.

Huxley (Aldous)<P> BRAVE NEW WORLD. 1932. 1st edn. Half title Owner's signature on f.f.e.p. Orig. cloth gt. Edges rubbed. ENDS AND M...

Montaigne (Michel de)<P> ESSAYS. Trans: J. Florio. Nonesuch Press, 1931. 2 vols. Ltd edn. [1375], numbered. Untrimmed. Orig. pigskin gt...

Rosenberg (Isaac)<P> POEMS. 1922. 1st edn. [500]. Port. frontis. Orig. cloth. Printed label. Label sl. rubbed.

Fenton (James)<P> THE MEMORY OF WAR. POEMS 1968-1982. Edin. 1982. Ltd edn. [3000]. Orig. cloth. D/w. Monahan (James)<P> AFTER BA...

Smith (Stevie)<P> THE FROG PRINCE AND OTHER POEMS. 1966. 1st edn. Inscribed by the author on f.f.e.p.<P> B/w ills. Orig. cloth. D/...

Lennon (John)<P> A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS. 1965. 1st edn. B/w ills. Orig. glazed pict. boards. Excellent copy.

Watts (Charlie)<P> ODE TO A HIGHFLYING BIRD. L.(Beat Publications) 1964. 1st edn. Printed directly from the author's own manuscript and...

Miller (Liam) <P> THE DOLMEN PRESS YEATS CENTENARY PAPERS. Dublin, 1965-68. 1st edn. 12 parts in 1 vol. B/w ills. Some fldg. Cont. cloth

Ward (Aileen)<P> JOHN KEATS, 1963. 1st edn. Port. frontis. Orig. cloth. D/w. Larkin (Philip)<P> SELECTED LETTERS. Ed: A. Thwaite...

Sisson (C.H.)<P> IN THE TROJAN DITCH. Cheadle, 1974. 1st edn. D/w. Gorbanevskaya (Natalya)<P> SELECTED POEMS. Ed. D. Weissbort. C...

Buck (Katherine M.) <P> THE WAYLAND-DIETRICH SAGA 1924-29. 5 vols. 4to. Index vol. signed by the editor and publisher (A.H. Mayhew).<P&...

Euripides<P> MEDEA, HIPPOLYTUS; THE BACCHAE. Trans: P. Vellacott. Ills: M. Ayrton. 1967. 4to. Ltd edition (1500), signed by the artist. B...

Stuart (F.H.)<P> BEE-KEEPING PRACTICE. 1945. 1st edn. B/w ills. Sl. torn & creased d/w. Plus 25 others, beekeeping.

Dickson (R.W.)<P> A GRAMMAR OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE. 1810. 12mo. 11 fldg. engr. plates. 1 hand-col. Cont. green morocco g...

[trade catalogue] Swindell & Co. Ltd<P> AGRICULTURAL AND FARRIERY TOOLS. Dudley, 1903. 4to. Engr. ills. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. rubbed.

Wright (Lewis)<P> BOOK OF POULTRY. Ed: S.H. Lewer. n.d. [ca 1904]. 4to. 30 col. plates. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. rubbed & marked.

Bannerman (David & W. Mary)<P> BIRDS OF CYPRUS. Ills: D.M. Reid-Henry & R. Green. 1958. 1st edn. 4to. Clancey (P.A.)<P> TH...

Butler (Arthur George) & Frohawk (E.W.)<P> BRITISH BIRDS WITH THEIR NESTS AND EGGS. [ca 1895]. 6 vols. 4to. 24 col. plates. B/w plate...

Greene (William Thomas)<P> PARROTS IN CAPTIVITY. Ills: B.Fawcett after A.F.Lydon. 1884-87. 3 vols. Large 8vo. 81 col. printed, hand-finis...

Clancey (P.A.)<P> THE BIRDS OF NATAL AND ZULULAND. 1964. 1st edn. Large 8vo. 41 col. plates. B/w ills & maps. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. ...

Phillips (John C.)<P> A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DUCKS. N.Y. 1986. (reprint of 1922-26 edn). 4 vols in 2. 74 col. plates. B/w plates & ...

Gilliard (E. Thomas)<P> BIRDS OF PARADISE AND BOWER BIRDS. 1969. Large 8vo. Col. & b/w ills. Ex-library. D/w. (with Thomas Rand)<...

Blackburn (Jemima or Jane)<P> BIRDS DRAWN FROM NATURE [1862]. Folio. Lacks title. 22 uncol. litho plates. Text loosely inserted. Orig. m...

FUR, FEATHER AND FIN SERIES. The first 8 titles. 1896-98. Mixed editions. Some light foxing. D/w ills. Orig. pict. cloth. Sopme light soiling.

Gosse (Philip Henry)<P> A YEAR AT THE SHORE. 1865. Col. frontis & 35 col. plates. Cont. half morocco gt. Gifford (Isabella)<P> ...

Barrett (Charles G.)<P> THE LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 1893-1907. 11 vols. Large 8vo. Over 500 col. plates. Ex-library. Orig. cloth...

Hibberd (Shirley)<P> THE AMATEUR'S FLOWER GARDEN. 1875. 3 fldg. chromolitho plates. Engr. ills. Orig. cloth gt. Sl. rubbed. Freeling ...

Jerrard (Paul) <P> THE FLORAL OFFERING n.d. [ca 1870]. Tall 8vo. Chromolitho title & dedication. 12 chromolitho plates. Text printed

Pratt (Anne)<P> THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN. n.d. 2nd edn. [ca 1860]. 6 vols. Uncol. frontis & 292 col. plates. ...

Pratt (Anne)<P> WILD FLOWERS. 1857. 2 vols. Sm. 8vo. Over 180 hand-col. litho plates. Cont. half morocco gt. Plus 2 others, Grasses &...

Simms (Frederick W.)<P> A TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPAL MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS ...... IN SURVEYING, LEVELLING, AND ASTRONOMY. 1834. 1st edn. ...

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

Anon<P> LE PARFUMEUR ROYAL, DU TRAITE DES PARFUMS. Paris, 1761. 2nd edn. 12mo. Woodcut device on title, headpieces etc. Cont. mottled ca...

Jamin (J.)<P> COURS DE PHYSIQUE DE L'ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE. Paris, 1878-81. 3 vols. 12 fldg. engr. plates. Engr. text ills. Cont. half...

Grosvenor (B.)<P> HEALTH. AN ESSAY ON ITS NATURE, VALUE ........... PRESERVATION AND BEST IMPROVEMENT. 1716. 1st edn. 12mo. Half-title. ...

Smith (Adam)<P> THE THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS. 1804. 10th edn. 2 vols. Marginal worm tracks on first few leaves vol. 2. Cont. sprinkled ...

Russell (Bertrand Arthur William)<P> AN OUTLINE OF PHILOSOPHY. 1937. 1st edn. Half-title. Booklist. Orig. cloth gt. Plus 1 other, philos...

Pemberton (Henry)<P> A VIEW OF SIR ISSAC NEWTON'S PHILOSOPHY. 1728. Large 4to. Subscribers' list. Engr. t.p. vignette. 12 fldg. p...