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OLIVE COOK: THE PICTURE POST CORONATION PEEP-SHOW BOOK, ill Edwin Smith, 1953, 1st edn, orig pict wraps £40-50

BERNARD AND ELINOR DARWIN: TOOTLEOO TWO, Nonesuch Press [1927], 1st edn, obl 4to pict wraps £80-100

ARTHUR MORELAND: HUMORS OF HISTORY, c1895, 1903, 2 vols, obl 4to, orig cl gt (vol 1), orig cl bkd pict bds (vol 2), (Qty 2) £20-30

THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES AND SONGS, ill Keeley Halswelle, 1875, orig décor cl gt worn

REV W AWDRY, 5 ttls: EDWARD THE BLUE ENGINE, 1982, sigd, orig pict laminated bds; THOMAS'S BIG RAILWAY POP-UP BOOK, 1992, orig pict laminated bd...

REV W AWDRY: THE THREE RAILWAY ENGINES - FOUR LITTLE ENGINES, [1945], 1955, 1st edns, 1st work orig bds worn, 2nd work orig cl gt, (Qty 2) £20-30

PHILIP PULLMAN: HIS DARK MATERIALS: NORTHERN LIGHTS - THE SUBTLE KNIFE - THE AMBER SPYGLASS, 1995, 1997, 2000, 1st edns, 2nd work 3 printing, 1st work

ENID BLYTON, 15 ttls: FIVE ON FINNISTON FARM, 1960, 1st edn, orig cl + 14 others same series, (Qty 15) £20-30

SMALL BOX: ASSORTED CHILDREN'S £20-30

ROALD DAHL: THE GREMLINS, [L1944], 1st edn, ffep torn with loss, inner joints weak, 4to, orig cl bkd pict bds worn £100-120

THE GIRLS OWN PAPER, 1897-1901, 20 asstd orig monthly parts, plts inc 6 chromolitho, 4to, orig wraps, (Qty 20) £20-30

CHRISTIE'S: THE FORBES COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN PICTURES AND WORKS OF ART, 2003, sale catalogues, 3 vols, 4to, orig wraps, slipcase + Viewing Gui...

JOHN LEECH: PICTURES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER, c1869, 5th series, obl fo, orig cl gt soiled £20-30

JAMES JOSEPH JACQUES TISSOT: THE LIFE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, 1897-98, 2 vols, 4to, orig vellum bkd décor cl gt, orig wooden book boxes, (Qty...

JACKSON STOPS: STOWE..., THE DUCAL ESTATE AND CONTENTS OF THE MANSION, 1921, sale catalogue, fo, cl bkd bds worn & soiled, some water staining &...

SIR EDWARD J POYNTER (ED): THE NATIONAL GALLERY, 1899-1900, (1000), 3 vols, 4to, orig wraps soiled, (Qty 3) £40-50

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE WORKS, Ed C Knight, c1875, Imperial edn, 2 vols, fo, old hf cf worn, (Qty 2) £80-100

ROBIN REILLY: WEDGWOOD, 1989, 2 vols, 4to, cl slipcase, (Qty 2) £100-120

IRA MOSKOWITZ (ED): GREAT DRAWINGS OF ALL TIME, N Y 1962, 1st edn, 4 vols, 4to, orig two tone cl gt, slipcases, (Qty 4) £50-60

RONALD BURT DE WAAL: THE WORLD BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SHERLOCK HOMES AND DR WATSON, Boston 1974, 4to, orig two tone cl gt, slipcase £25-35

JOHN GAY: THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, ill Claud Lovat Fraser, 1923, 8 col'd plts, orig two tone cl £20-30

B L HENRI MARTIN AND OTHERS: MUSEE DE VERSAILLES, Paris 1856, 56 engrd plts, 4to, cl bkd bds + JACQUES DOMINIQUE CHARLES GAVARD: GALERIES HISTORIQUES,

VALLERY CO GREARD: MEISSONIER HIS LIFE AND HIS ART, L 1897, 4to, orig pict cl gt £40-50

JOHN COTTON: SUGGESTIONS IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN..., L 1896, 1st edn, a few leaves loose, 4to, orig buckram gt £25-35

HARRY T PETERS: CURRIER AND IVES PRINT MAKERS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, n y 1942, 4to, orig décor cl, pict ppr label, d/w (tatty) £25-35

ELLIS WATERHOUSE: GAINSBOROUGH, 1966, 4to, cl d/w £20-30

ARNOLD WILSON: A DICTIONARY OF BRITISH MARINE PAINTERS, 1980 reprint, 4to, cl d/w + SYDNEY H PAVIERE: DICTIONARY OF BRITISH SPORTING PAINTERS, 1980 re

SOTHEBY'S: THE COLLECTION OF OTTO SCHAFER, 1984-85, 4 vols, 4to, orig wraps, (Qty 4) £30-40

OTTO FISCHER: DIE KUNST INDIENS CHINAS UND JAPANS, Berlin, 1928, 1st edn, hf cf rebkd £20-30

W CHAFFERS: MARKS AND MONOGRAMS ON EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL POTTERY AND PORCELAIN, Ed F Lichfield, 1954, orig cl gt, d/w £20-30

ARTHUR CHURCHILL LTD: A CORONATION EXHIBITION OF ROYAL HISTORICAL POLITICAL AND SOCIAL GLASSES, COMMEMORATING 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY EVENTS IN ENGLISH

ARTHUR LANE: LATER ISLAMIC POTTERY, 1957, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £25-35

DAPHNE FOSKETT: BRITISH PORTRAIT MINIATURES, 1968, cl d/w + ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS: BRITISH PORTRAITS, 1956 exhibition catalogue, orig wraps, (Qty 2)...

R W BINNS: WORCESTER CHINA, 1897, 1st edn, sigd pres copy, orig vellum gt soiled £50-60

E A TAYLOR: PARIS PAST AND PRESENT, Ed Charles Holme 'The Studio' 1915, 4to, orig cl gt £25-35

CHARLES HOLME (ED): MASTERS OF ENGLISH LANDSCAPE PAINTING, 'The Studio' 1903, 4to, cl £25-35

CHARLES HOLME (ED): SKETCHING GROUNDS, 'The Studio', 1909, 4to, orig wraps, rebkd £25-35

MALCOLM C SALAMAN: THE GREAT PAINTER-ETCHERS FROM REMBRANDT TO WHISTLER, 'The Studio' 1914, 4to, orig cl gt £30-40

D CROAL THOMSON: THE BROTHERS MARIS, 'The Studio' 1907, 4to, orig cl + G C WILLIAMSON: JOHN DOWNMAN, 'The Connoisseur' 1907, 4to, or...

ARTHUR C CHAMPNEYS: IRISH ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE..., 1910, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl £50-60

FRANCIS BOND: GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND, 1905, 1st edn, orig cl gt £25-35

FRED H CROSSLEY: ENGLISH CHURCH MONUMENTS, 1921, 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w £40-50

WILLIAM CHAFFERS: MARKS AND MONOGRAMS ON EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL POTTERY AND PORCELAIN..., 1891, 7th edn, orig cl gt £25-35

T HUDSON TURNER AND JOHN HENRY PARKER: SOME ACCOUNT OF DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND, 1851-59, 1st edn, 3 vols in 4, orig bl stpd cl gt, (Qty 4) ...

REV J L PETIT: REMARKS ON CHURCH ARCHITECTURE, n d, 2 vols, old hf cf worn, (Qty 2) £20-30

THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE: SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, 1935, 1st trade edn, 4to, orig buckram gt soiled £20-30

THOMAS BEWICK, 3ttls: LETTERS TO JOHN DOVASTON, 1968 (300), orig pict wraps; A MEMOIR, Ed Iain Bain, 1975, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; MY LIFE, Ed Iain Bain

P D JAMES: A TASTE FOR DEATH - THE CHILDREN OF MEN -ORIGINAL SIN - A CERTAIN JUSTICE, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 4) £25-35

LEN DEIGHTON, 6 ttls: CLOSE UP, 1972, 1st edn, cl d/w; S S - G B, 1978, 1st edn, cl d/w; AIRSHIP WRECK, 1978, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; BERLIN GAME, 1983,

JOHN LE CARRE, 5 ttls: A SMALL TOWN IN GERMANY, 1968, 1st edn, cl d/w; SMILEY'S PEOPLE, 1980, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL, 1983, 1s...

PATRICIA CORNWELL: CAUSE OF DEATH - UNNATURAL EXPOSURE - BLACK NOTICE - THE LAST PRECINCT - ISLE OF DOGS, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 1st edns, cl d

KINGSLEY AMIS: THE OLD DEVILS - THE FOLKS THAT LIVE ON THE HILL, 1986, 1990, 1st edns, 1st work sigd, cl d/ws + MARTIN AMIS: TIME'S ARROW - EXPE...

RICHARD CHURCH, 2 ttls: SMALL MOMENTS, ill Joan Hassall, 1957, 1st edn, cl d/w + 1 other + JOAN HASSALL: THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS, 1960 reprint, cl d/w, (Q

ALDOUS HUXLEY: LIMBO - ANTIC HAY - LITTLE MEXICAN - ALONG THE ROAD - THOSE BARREN LEAVES, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1925, 1st edns, orig cl soiled, (Qty

JOHN BETJEMAN, 2 ttls: VINTAGE LONDON, 1942, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl; COLLECTED POEMS, 1958, 1st edn, cl d/w + EVELYN WAUGH: P R B, 1982, cl, glassine d

[JOHN RUSKIN]: MODERN PAINTERS, N Y 1879, 5 vols, orig décor cl gt, (Qty 5) £80-100

MARTIN AMIS: TIME'S ARROW-NIGHT TRAIN, 1991, 1997, 1st edns, cl d/ws + IAN McEWAN: THE INNOCENT, 1998, 1st edn, cl d/w + RODDY DOYLE: THE WOMEN ...

ROBERT HENRIQUES: THROUGH THE VALLEY, 1950, 1st edn, sigd cl, d/w £20-30

PETER FLEMING: A STORY TO TELL, 1942, 1st edn, cl d/w (tatty) £20-30

LAWRENCE DURRELL: TUNC, 1968, 1st edn, cl d/w + IRIS MURDOCH: THE SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE MACHINE, 1974, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £25-35

RUDYARD KIPLING, 2 ttls: FROM SEA TO SEA, 1900, 1st edn, 2 vols, orig cl gt; DEBITS AND CREDITS, 1926, 1st edn, orig cl gt, (Qty 3) £30-40

RUDYARD KIPLING: STALKY & CO, 1899, 1st edn, 2pp advts at end, orig cl gt £20-30

RUDYARD KIPLING: KIM, 1901, 1st edn, 10 plts, orig cl gt worn & soiled £20-30

RUDYARD KIPLING: THE JUNGLE BOOK, 1894 reprint, some water staining, orig pict cl gt worn & soiled £20-30

E C BENTLEY: TRENT'S LAST CASE, 1929 revised edn, orig cl + E C BENTLEY AND H WARNER ALLEN: TRENT'S OWN CASE, 1936, 1st edn, apology slip bo...

KINGSLEY AMIS, 5 ttls: THE RIVERSIDE VILLAS MURDER, 1973, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE ALTERATION, 1976, 1st edn, cl d/w +3 others, (Qty 5) £25-35

LAWRENCE DURRELL: TUNC, 1968, 1st edn, cl d/w

P G WODEHOUSE, 2 ttls: FULL MOON, [1947], 1st edn, orig cl; DO BUTLERS BURGLE BANKS, 1968, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £25-35

P G WODEHOUSE, 6 ttls: JEEVES OMNIBUS, 1931, 1st edn, orig cl; SIR AGRAVAINE, ill R McPhail, 1984, 1st edn, obl 4to cl, d/w; LEAVE IT TO PSMITH, ill P

HENRY RIDER HAGGARD: RED EVE, [1911], 1st edn, orig cl gt worn, pict ppr label £50-60

AGATHA CHRISTIE: MURDER IN THE MEWS, [1937], 1st edn, orig cl worn & soiled + PHILIP MACDONALD: WARRANT FOR X, N Y Crime Club 1938, 1st edn, lac...

P G WODEHOUSE, 2 ttls: JOY IN THE MORNING, [1947], 1st edn, orig cl soiled; FULL MOON, 1947, 1st edn, cl, d/w, (Qty 2) £30-40

P G WODEHOUSE, 2 ttls: PIGS HAVE WINGS, 1952, 1st edn, cl d/w; A FEW QUICK ONES, 1959, 1st edn, cl d/w, (tatty), (Qty 2) £20-30

P G WODEHOUSE, 2 ttls: THE CLICKING OF CUTHBERT, 1922, 1st edn, orig pict cl soiled; CARRY ON JEEVES, c1925, 4th printing, orig pict cl, (Qty 2)
...

K WARREN CLOUSTON: THE CHIPPENDALE PERIOD IN ENGLISH FURNITURE, 1897, 1st edn, 4to, orig two tone cl gt + ALBERT JACQUEMART, A HISTORY OF FURNITURE, 1

C P SNOW: THE SLEEP OF REASON - IN THEIR WISDOM - A COAT OF VARNISH, 1968, 1974, 1979, 1st edns, cl d/ws + MARY STEWART: THE WIND OFF THE SMALL ISLES,

DORA SAINT 'MISS READ': AFFAIRS AT THRUSH GREEN - SUMMER AT FAIRACRE - AT HOME IN THRUSH GREEN, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 3)...

MICHAEL INNES, 6 ttls: THE DAFFODIL AFFAIR, 1942, 1st edn, orig cl; A NIGHT OF ERRORS, 1948, 1st edn, orig cl; OPERATION PAX, 1951, 1st edn, orig cl;

ALDOUS HUXLEY, 7 ttls: TWO OR THREE GRACES, 1926, 1st edn, orig cl; BRIEF CANDLES, 1930, 1st edn, orig cl; VULGARITY IN LITERATURE, 1930, 1st edn orig

JOHN BRAINE: ROOM AT THE TOP - THE VODI, 1957, 1959, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £30-40

ADRIAN BELL, 4 ttls: THE PATH BY THE WINDOW, 1952, 1st edn, cl d/w; A YOUNG MANS FANCY, 1955, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE MILL HOUSE, 1958, 1st edn, cl d/w +

WILLIAM HAGGARD: SLOW BURNER - THE TELEMANN TOUCH - VENETIAN BLIND - CLOSED CIRCUIT - THE HIGH WIRE - THE PROTECTORS, 1958, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 19

EDITH PARGETER 'ELLIS PETERS', 3 ttls: THE ROSE RENT, 1986, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE CONFESSION OF BROTHER HALUIN, 1988, 1st edn, cl d/w + 1 oth...

IRIS MURDOCH: A FAIRLY HONOURABLE DEFEAT, 1970, 1st edn, cl d/w £40-50

RAOUL DORLING 'TAFFRAIL', 2 ttls: PINCHER MARTIN..., 1916, 1st edn, orig cl; A LITTLE SHIP, n d, orig cl, (Qty 2) £20-30

LINDSEY DAVIS: SHADOWS IN BRONZE - POSEIDON'S GOLD, 1990, 1992, 1st edns, cl dws + LINDA FAIRSTEIN: FINAL JEOPARDY, 1996, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty ...

LIZA CODY: BACKHAND - BUCKET NUT - MONKEY WRENCH, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 3)

JOHN LE CARRE, 5 ttls: SMILEY'S PEOPLE, 1980, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL, 1983, 1st edn, cl d/w; A PERFECT SPY, 1986, 1st edn, cl ...

SAUL BELLOW, 2 ttls: THE LAST ANALYSIS, N Y 1965, 1st edn, cl d/w; MORE DIE OF HEARTBREAK, N Y 1987, 1st edn, cl, d/w, (Qty 2) £20-30

ALDOUS HUXLEY, 6 ttls: JESTING PILATE, 1926, 1st edn, orig cl soiled; EYELESS IN GAZA, 1936, 1st edn, orig cl; AFTER MANY A SUMMER, 1939, 1st edn, ori

CHARLES TILT (PUB): LANDSCAPE ILLUSTRATION OF THE WAVERLEY NOVELS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VIEWS, 1832, 2 vols, 80 engrd plts, old hf cf worn, (Qty 2)

SIR WALTER SCOTT, 2 ttls: WOODSTOCK, 1826, 1st edn, 3 vols, hf ttls, orig bds worn; CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE, 1827, 1st edn, 2 vols, hf ttls, orig

SIR WALTER SCOTT: TALES OF MY LANDLORD, first series, second series, fourth series, 1816, 1818, 1832, 1st edn, 4 vols, 4 vols, 4 vols, old hf cf worn,

SIR WALTER SCOTT, 2 ttls: ROB ROY, 1818, 1st edn, 1st state, 3 vols, hf ttls, old hf cf worn; WOODSTOCK, 1826, 1st edn, 3 vols, later cl, (Qty 6) &#...

ADAM LINDSAY GORDON: POEMS, 1896, mor gt, aeg by Bumpus £20-30

REV ALFRED BARRY: THE LIFE AND WORKS OF SIR CHARLES BARRY, 1867, 1st edn, orig cl gt worn, 2 fdg plts and port frontis, housed in three glazed frames,

THOMAS DE QUINCEY: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS, Ed David Masson, 1889-90, 14 vols, orig cl, (Qty 14) £40-50

PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO: THE WORKS..., trans John Dryden, L 1709, 3rd edn, 3 vols, crimson mor gt, spines gt in compartments, aeg, (Qty 3) £50-60

SAMUEL JOHNSON: THE RAMBLER, 1826, added engrd ttl, port frontis, 6 plts, old cl worn, top bd detchd £20-30

SIR WALTER SCOTT, 2 ttls: THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL, 1822, 1st edn, 3 vols, hf ttls, old hf cf worn; QUENTIN DURWARD: 1823, 1st edn, 3 vols, hf ttls, old