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HOMER: THE ILIAD, trans A Pope, 1720-21, 2nd edn, 6 vols, 12 mo, old cf worn, (Qty 6) £40-50

HOMER: THE ODYSSEY, 1758, 5 vols, 12 mo, old hf cf worn + FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE FENELON: THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS, trans J Hawkesworth,

PETER ACKROYD: T S ELIOT - THE LIFE OF THOMAS MORE, 1984, 1998, 1st edns, cl d/ws + RICHARD PANKHURST: SYLVIA PANKHURST, ARTIST AND CRUSADER, 1979, 1s

JOHN CONNOLLY: EVERY DEAD THING - DARK HOLLOW, 1999, 2000, 1st edns, cl d/ws + JANE ADAMS: THE GREENWAY, 1995, cl d/w, (Qty 3) £20-30

MALCOLM BRADBURY: THE HISTORY MAN - WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, 1975, 1976, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £25-35

JOHN STEINBECK: THE WAYWARD BUS, N Y 1947, 1st edn, cl d/w, (tatty), + JOHN STEINBECK AND EDWARD F RICKETTS: SEA OF CORTEZ, N Y 1941, 1st edn, sigd an

JOHN MASEFIELD, 3 ttls: THE WANDERER OF LIVERPOOL, 1930, 1st edn, cl d/w + 2 others + JOHN SCOTT HUGHES: TOLD IN THE WATCH BELOW, ill Donald Maxwell,

SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS 'MARK TWAIN': A TRAMP ABROAD, 1880, 1st 1 vol edn, Oct advts at end, orig pict cl worn £25-35

J MIDDLETON MURRY: KATHERINE MANSFIELD AND OTHER LITERARY STUDIES, Intro T S Eliot, 1959, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + LYTTON STRACHEY: ELIZABETH AND ESSEX,

D M THOMAS, 2 ttls: BIRTHSTONE, 1980, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; ARARAT, 1983, uncorrected proof, orig wraps, proof d/w, (Qty 2) £20-30

ERIC QUAYLE: R M BALLANTYNE, A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1968, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

KAREN BLIXEN, 7 ttls: OUT OF AFRICA, N Y 1938, 1st edn, lacks ffep, orig cl d/w; LAST TALES, 1957, 1st edn, lib stamp on ttl, cl d/w; ANECDOTES OF DES

ALDOUS HUXLEY: APE AND ESSENCE - THE GENIUS AND THE GODDESS, 1949, 1955, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £20-30

REX STOUT, 4 ttls: AND BE A VILLAIN, N Y 1948, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; GAMBIT, 1962, 1st edn, cl d/w, (tatty); HOMICIDE TRINITY, 1962, 1st edn, cl; DEAT

DODIE SMITH: BONNET OVER THE WINDMILL, 1937, 1st edn, orig cl soiled £20-30

H R F KEATING, 3 ttls: THE PERFECT MURDER, 1964, 1st edn, orig cl d/w, (tatty); INSPECTOR GHOTE DRAWS A LINE, 1979, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; THE MURDER O

C J HOLMES: CONSTABLE AND HIS INFLUENCE ON LANDSCAPE PAINTING, 1902, plt vol, 52 (of 77) photogravures plts, fo, hf mor v worn £20-30

DANTE ALIGHIERI: THE VISION OF HELL - PURGATORY AND PARADISE, trans Rev H F Cary, ill Gustave Dore, c1900, new edn, 2 vols, lg 4to, hf cf worn, (Qty 2

H CLIFFORD SMITH: BUCKINGHAM PALACE..., 1931, 1st edn, 4to, orig two tone cl gt, d/w £30-40

WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY: SIR HENRY RAEBURN, A SELECTION FROM HIS PORTRAITS, Edinburgh 1890, 14 photogravure plts by T & R Annan, 4to, orig cl gt &...

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE COMPLETE WORKS, Ed J O Halliwell, J Tallis, 1860, 3 vols, 4to, old hf cf worn, (Qty 3) £40-50

PETER NICHOLSON: PRACTICAL CARPENTRY, JOINERY AND CABINET-MAKING..., Ed Thomas Tredgold, 1847, engrd port frontis, added ttl, 89 plts, 4to, old hf cf

HENRY JAMES: ITALIAN HOURS, ill Joseph Pennell, Boston & N Y, 1909, 1st edn, 32 col'd plts, 4to, orig décor cl gt + PIERE LOTI: IMPRESS...

ROTHA MARY CLAY: SAMUEL HIERONYMUS GRIMM OF BURGDORF IN SWITZERLAND, 1941, 1st edn, 4 als' S loosely inserted, orig cl £20-30

FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG: THE CHRISTMAS BOX, ill Kay Ambrose, c1944, orig cl worn £20-30

FRANK SILTZER: THE STORY OF BRITISH SPORTING PRINTS, 1929 new edn, 4to, orig cl soiled £25-35

GEORGE GORDON NOEL LORD BYRON: THE WORKS, Ed Thomas Moore, 1832-33, 17 vols, engrd frontises and added ttls, 12 mo, décor hf cf by Root & S...

GEORGE GORDON NOEL LORD BYRON: THE WORKS, Leipzig 1866, 2nd Tauchnitz edn, 5 vols, old hf cf worn, (Qty 5) £25-35

JONATHAN SWIFT: GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, Ed W C Taylor, [1840], rebnd hf cf £40-50

SARAH JOSEPHA HALE (ED): THE POETS OFFERING, Phila 1850, added col'd litho ttl, engrd port frontis, 12 plts as list, orig décor cl gt, v wo...

GEORGE GORDON NOEL LORD BYRON: DON JUAN, 1819, new edn, old bds worn £25-35

GILBERT ABBOTT A'BECKETT: THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND - THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME, ill John Leech, 1851-55, [1852], 1st edn (2nd work), 2 vols,...

W H AUDEN AND CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD: THE ASCENT OF F6, 1936, 1st edn, orig cl worn

WILLIAM COMBE: DOCTOR SYNTAX'S THREE TOURS..., ill T ROWLANDSON, [1868], orig cl gt £50-60

GRAHAM GREENE: THE COMEDIANS, 1966, 1st edn, sigd, cl d/w £100-120

GRAHAM GREENE: A BURNT-OUT CASE, 1961, 1st edn, sigd, cl d/w £100-120

JOHN BUCHAN, 3 ttls: CANADIAN OCCASIONS, 1940, 1st edn, orig cl; MEMORY HOLD-THE-DOOR, 1940, 1st edn, orig cl; SICK HEART RIVER, 1941, 1st edn, orig c

G K CHESTERTON: THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE, 1911, 1st edn, orig cl gt £20-30

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: DEMETER - THE DEATH OF OENONE, 1889, 1892, 1st edns, orig cl, (Qty 2) £20-30

SIR WALTER SCOTT: KENILWORTH, 1821, 1st edn, hf ttls, 12 mo, old cf worn, (Qty 3) £20-30

OMAR S POUND, 3 ttls: SAINT ERKENWALD, Pennsylvania 1983 (300) sigd/sigd pres copy, orig wraps; SIEGE LUCKNOW 1857, Pennsylvania 1984, (210), sigd pre

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE AND GEORGE CHAPMAN: HERO AND LEANDER, Ballantyne Press 1909, (500), out of series copy, orig cl £20-30

CECIL DAY-LEWIS: WORD OVER ALL, 1945, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND: JOHNNIE COURTEAU AND OTHER POEMS, ill F S Coburn, N Y 1901, (1000) reprint, orig cf bkd gt décor bds £40-50

PHILIP LARKIN, 2 ttls: HIGH WINDOWS, 1974, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; REQUIRED WRITING, 1983, 1st edn, proceeds first hardback edn, orig pict wraps + LAURA

MURIEL STUART, 2 ttls: CHRIST AT CARNIVAL AND OTHER POEMS, 1916, 1st edn, sigd & inscribed, orig cl gt; NEW POEMS AND OLD, Connecticut 1926, 1st...

DAVID HARDMAN: POEMS OF LOVE AND AFFAIRS, 1949, 1st edn, sigd, orig cl

SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS: AN ARTIST'S LIFE - THE SECOND BURST - THE FINISH, 1951, 1951, 1952, 3rd edn, 1st edn, 1st edn, cl d/ws, (Qty 3) £80-100

SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS: AN ARTIST'S LIFE, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1st edns, 3 vols, all sigd, cl d/ws, (Qty 3) £120-150

SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS: THE FINISH, 1952, 1st edn, sigd, cl d/w £30-40

SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS: THE FINISH, 1952, 1st edn, cl, d/w, (tatty) £20-30

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AND LLOYD OSBOURNE: THE EBB-TIDE, 1894, 1st edn, hf ttl, 20 pp advts at end dtd Aug 1894, orig pict gold cl £25-35

MARIE DE SUIN DE BEAUSACQ 'COMTESSE DIANE': MAXIMS OF LIFE, 1907, décor crimson mor gt, aeg by Hatchards £50-60

DAVID LOW: POLITICAL PARADE, [1936], 1st edn, obl 4to, orig cl bkd pict bds £25-35

PETER STARK: ANUBIS MIDWAY, ill Allen Jones, 1973, 1st edn, cl bkd bds, d/w + CHRISTY BROWN: COM SOFTLY TO MY WAKE, 1971, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2)

EVELYN WAUGH: THE LOVED ONE - THE ORDEAL OF GILBERT PINFOLD-A TOURIST IN AFRICA, [1948], 1957, 1960, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 3) £60-80

C S FORESTER, 5 ttls: MR MIDSHIPMAN HORNBLOWER, 1950, 1st edn, cl d/w + 4 others, (Qty 5) £25-35

JOHN BUCHAN: GREENMANTLE - THE FREE FISHERS, 1916, 1934, 1st edns, orig cl, (Qty 2) £25-35

SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD, 2 ttls: COLONEL QUARITCH V C, 1889, 1st 1 vol edn, orig cl gt; ALLAN'S WIFE, 1899, 1st edn, orig cl gt, (Qty 2) £3...

RUDYARD KIPLING: SEA WARFARE, 1916, 1st edn, orig cl gt £ 20-30

ALFRED NOYES: COLLECTED POEMS, 1925, vol 1, sigd pres copy with autograph extract from poem 'Sherwood', orig cl

AGATHA CHRISTIE: HICKORY DICKORY DOCK, 1955, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

ROBERT GATHORNE-HARDY: LACEBURY MANOR, 1930, 1st edn, sigd & inscribed 'One of 12 illustrated copies', cl £20-30

JOHN STEINBECK: CANNERY ROW, 1945, 1st edn, cl d/w £25-35

DYLAN THOMAS: UNDER MILK WOOD, 1954, 1st edn, cl d/w £30-40

ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN: ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH, 1963, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

ALICE HEPPLEWHITE: THE CABINET-MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S GUIDE..., 1897, facsimile edn, fo, orig cl gt £40-50

JOHN RUSKIN: THE HARBOURS OF ENGLAND, ill J M W Turner, 1877, new edn, 12 engrd plts, fo, orig cl gt £80-100

PIETRO ANNIGONI AND ALEX STERLING: SPANISH SKETCH BOOK, 1957, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl, d/w, (tatty) £25-35

SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS: PICTURES OF HORSES AND ENGLISH LIFE, Ed Lionel Lindsay, 1929, 2nd edn, 4to, orig cl £60-80

[G CANNING, J H FRERE, G ELLIS AND OTHERS]: POETRY OF THE ANTI-JACOBIN, 1801, 4th edn, 4to old hf cf worn £25-35

SIR WALTER SCOTT: THE LORD OF THE ISLES, 1815, 1st edn, 4to, old bld stpd cf gt worn £25-35

PETER NICHOLSON: THE NEW PRACTICAL BUILDER... THE PRACTICAL BUILDERS PERPETUAL PRICE-BOOK..., 1825, 2 works in 1, 4to, old tree cf worn, top bd detchd

DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS AND AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS: SATYRAE, 1695, 2 parts in 1, added engrd general ttl, 4to, old cf worn £40-50

HOMER: THE ODYSSEY, trans William Morris, 1887, 2 vols, 4to, cf gt by Bickers, (Qty 2) £30-40

BEN JONSON: WORKS, Ed W Gifford, Boston & N Y 1855, new edn, décor cf gt + 1 other, (Qty 2) £20-30

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: THE WORKS, 1928-24, 2 Tusitala edn, 35 vols, orig cl, (Qty 35) £80-100

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, 1820, Oxberry's edn, engrd port frontis, rebnd (not recent) cl + RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN: THE PLAYS, ...

JOHN RUSKIN: PRAETERITA..., 1886-87, 1st edn, 2 vols, mor gt, aeg, (Qty 2) £50-60

THOMAS KENEALLY: SCHINDLER'S ARK, 1982, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

CHARLES LEVER: THE CONFESSIONS OF HARRY LORREQUER, ill H K Browne, Dublin 1839, 1st edn, old hf cf worn £20-30

ANTHONY TROLLOPE: THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET, 1867, 1st edn, 2 vols in 1, vol 1 ttl part excised affecting text, lacks vol 2 ttl, old hf cf v worn,

ERNEST BRAMAH: THE WALLET OF KAI LUNG, 1923, (200) numbered & sigd, orig cl bkd bds £40-50

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM: ENGLISH CHAIRS, 1957 reprint, orig wraps + C H HAYWARD: ENGLISH PERIOD FURNITURE, [1936], orig cl v worn & soiled + ...

SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD: REGENERATION, 1910, 1st edn, orig cl £20-30

ROBERT LEIGHTON: CAP'N NAT'S TREASURE, [1902], 1st edn, ffep & hf ttl crudely reinforced, some leaves loose, cf gt worn + GRAHAM GREENE:...

THE LIFE AND MILITARY ACTIONS OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS FRANCIS EUGENE PRINCE OF SAVOY, L 1735, engrd port frontis, old cf worn £25-35

JOHN RUSKIN: HORTUS INCLUSUS, 1887, 1st edn, mor gt, aeg £30-40

FRANCOIS DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD: REFLEXIONS OU SENTENCES ET MAXIMES MORALES, L 1880, (333) (25) numbered on van gelder ppr, crushed cf by Zaehnsdorf

W H HUDSON: EL OMBU, 1902, 1st edn, orig wraps worn

CHARLES DICKENS: THE BATTLE OF LIFE, 1846, 1st edn, 4th issue, orig bl stpd cl gt, rebkd preserving old spine £25-35

LESLIE BAILY: THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN BOOK, 1952, 1st edn, orig cl

EDWARD GORDON CRAIG, 3 ttls: ON THE ART OF THE THEATRE, 1912, new impress, orig cl bkd bds; INDEX TO THE STORY OF MY DAYS, 1957, 1st edn, orig cl d/w

ELLEN TERRY, 2 ttls: FOUR LECTURES ON SHAKESPEARE, 1932, 1st edn; MEMOIRS, Eds Edith Craig & Christopher St. John, 1933, 1st edn, sigd & ins...

MATTHEW HOLBECHE BLOXAM: THE PRINCIPLES OF GOTHIC ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE..., 1882, 11th edn, 3 vols inc companion vol, orig cl gt + T FRANCIS BUM

JOHN HENRY PARKER, 3 ttls: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, 1849, orig bl stpd cl worn; A CONCISE GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN GRECIA

DICK FRANCIS: REFLEX-BANKER - THE EDGE - LONGSHOT - DRIVING FORCE - DECIDER, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 6) £40...

DICK FRANCIS: THE SPORT OF QUEENS, 1957, 1st edn, cl d/w £100-120

ROBERT GRAVES: LAWRENCE AND THE ARABS, 1927, 1st edn, orig cl £20-30

ROBERT GRAVES: LAWRENCE AND THE ARABS, 1927, 3rd impress, rebnd hf cf + T E LAWRENCE: REVOLT IN THE DESERT, Folio Society 1986, 1st edn, orig pict cl,