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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