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<P> POSTCARD BOOKS; COURSE DE TAUREAUX. Paris, n.d. 15 detachable col postcards depicting bullfighting. Orig. printed wraps. Plus 2 others

GLASS SLIDES - COLLECTION of ca. 100 slides depicting scenes in Oxford, Oxfordshire and the Thames Valley (ca. 1900) in a box. (100)

GLASS SLIDES - COLLECTION of ca. 105 slides depicting mostly scenes in Wales and the Marches (incl. Ludlow), Scarborough & France (incl. WWI)(ca...

GLASS SLIDES - COLLECTION of ca. 120 col. & b/w slides depicting old master paintings, art, mollusca, birds and some scenes in Ireland (ca. 1890...

GLASS SLIDES - COLLECTION of ca. 70 slides mostly depicting scenes in Staffordshire and the countryside (ca. 1900) in 2 boxes. (70)

GLASS SLIDES - COLLECTION of ca. 220 slides depicting scenes in Holland (incl. Dordrecht, The Hague, Amsterdam, Katwijk & Leiden), Belgium (incl...

[trade cards] Prices Patent Candle Company Limited<P> 11 chromolitho advertising cards depicting naval and land battles. ca 1890. Each approx....

Cristall (Joshua) <P> FIGURE IN CLASSICAL GREEK WARRIOR COSTUME. ca 1810. Watercolour on paper. Approx 23cm x 16cm. Framed and g

Prout (John Skinner)<P> CHARTRES CATHEDRAL. Watercolour, heightened in white. Approx 46cm x 34cm. Signed, and dated Sep. 13. 01. Fram

Thompson, John Christmas<P> DACRE CASTLE. 1870. Watercolour on paper. Signed. Approx. 22 cm x 34 cm. Framed & glazed. Also signed on rea

[OIL PAINTING] Anon.<P> WOMAN IN A MOB CAP. 19th century oil on canvas. Unsigned. Approx. 32 cm x 27 cm. Small area of surface damage, approx...

BELGIAN TAPESTRY. 20th century. Hand-woven. Approx 211cm x 133cm. Probably a copy of a 17th Century tapestry. Figures in a landscape, before a town. I

BELGIAN TAPESTRY. 20th Century. Hand-woven silk. Approx 128cm x 106cm. Hunting figures, with house and lake. Fine condition.

Milton (John)<P> PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS. / PARADISE REGAIN'D ... / SAMSON AGONISTES. L., 1688-1692, 4th and 5th editions. 3...

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER......J.Sturt. L 1717. Engraved throughout: text, dec. borders and ills. Volvelle present, but without pointers. An exceptionally

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

Rhind (William Graeme)<P> THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS. 1842. Folio. 3 hand-col. plates heightened with gold and silver. A little marginal...

Gurnall (William)<P> THE CHRISTIAN IN COMPLEAT ARMOUR, OR, A TREATISE OF THE SAINTS WAR AGAINST THE DEVIL.....1658-9. 2 parts in 1 vol. Small ...

Gould (Nicholas)<P>. A THEOLOGICAL TREATISE. 1683. Folio, 236 pp. The text, which appears to be an original work and includes a number of

Orton (Job)<P> LETTERS TO A YOUNG CLERGYMAN. Shrewsbury, 1791. Half-title. Advts. Cont. wraps, sl. stained.

Cooper (John Gilbert)<P> THE LIFE OF SOCRATES, COLLECTED FROM THE MEMORABILIA OF XENOPHON AND THE DIALOGUES OF PLATO. 1749. Engr. frontis. a...

Kant (Immanuel)<P> DIE RELIGION INNERHALB DER GRENZEN DER BLOSSEN VERNUNFT/KRITIK DER PRACTISC VERNUNFT. Konigsberg & Riga, 1794; 1797. 2...

Kant (Immanuel)<P> ANTHROPOLOGIE IN PRAGMATISCHER HINSICHT ABGEFASST. Konigsberg, 1800. 2nd edn. Cont. boards. Sl. chipped label. Boards a lit...

Owen (John)<P> EPIGRAMMATUM. L 1668. 12mo. Engr. added title. 18th Century crushed morocco, blind tooled and panelled. Maroon title label.

Addison (Joseph) & Steele (Sir Richard)<P> THE SPECTATOR / GUARDIAN. 1797. 10 Vols. Tall 8vo. With engr. titles. Cont. tree calf, gt. rule...

NUREMBERG CHRONICLE. 1493. 1st Latin ed. Single leaf. nr. 110 with 7 wood-cut portraits & 1 half-page wood-cut view of Metz. Occasional spot of ...

NUREMBERG CHRONICLE. 1493. First Latin edition. Single leaf 83. With 14 wood-cut portraits. Minor staining top edge. Otherwise nice copy. - Single lea

Baxter, (George)<P>. THE PICTORIAL ALBUM; OR, CABINET OF PAINTINGS, FOR THE YEAR 1837, CONTAINING ELEVEN DESIGNS, EXECUTED IN OIL COLOURS. (18...

Ackermann (Rudolph)<P> THE REPOSITORY OF ARTS, LITERATURE, COMMERCE..... 3rd series, 1826-28. 12 vols in 6. Large 8vo. Engr. titles. 139 hand-...

THE ROYAL LADY'S MAGAZINE. 1832-1833. 4 Vols. With hand-col. plates, incl. 33 fashion plates & 29 botanical plates. Also uncol. plates. Very...

Clark (Richard)<P> AN ACCOUNT OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ENTITLED GOD SAVE THE KING. 1922. 1st edition. Tall 8vo., list of subscribers, 37 engr. p...

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

Chaucer, (Geoffrey)<P>. THE WORKES ... WITH DIUERS ADDITIONS ... WITH THE SIEGE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE WORTHY CITY OF THEBES, COMPLIED BY JOHN...

[Goldsmith (Oliver)]<P> THE LIFE OF RICHARD NASH OF BATH...1762. 1st edn. Port. frontis. C6 a cancel. Advt leaves at end of vol. Cont. speckle...

[Broughton (Thomas)]<P> THE MOTTOES OF THE SPECTATORS,TATLERS AND GUARDIANS TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH. 1735. 1st edn. 12mo. Title and first few ...

Somervile (William)<P> THE CHACE. A POEM. 1773. 6th edn. 2 vols in 1. Frontis. and 6 engr. plates. Cont. tree calf gt. Upper joint sl. cracke...

Beaumont (Francis) & Fletcher (John)<P>. THE WORKS 1750. 10 Vols. With general title, divisional titles & 2 engr. frontis. portraits. ...

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

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

Ruskin (John)<P> THE POEMS. Orpington & London. 1891. 2 vols. Large 8vo. Orig. cloth. Numerous gravure plates after the author. Bot...

Belloc (Hillaire)<P> THE MODERN TRAVELLER. 1898. 4to. Orig. quarter cloth with dec. boards after B.T.B. with text ills after B.T.B. Covers s...

Haggard (Sir Henry Rider)<P>. COLONEL QUARITCH, V.C. A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE. 1888, first ed. 3 Vols. Orig. cloth. A few pp. sl. foxed and/or s...

Dickens (Charles)<P>. A TALE OF TWO CITIES. Ill.: H.K. Browne. 1859, first edition first issue (in bookform). Engr. added title & plates. ...

Browning (Robert)<P> THE POETICAL WORKS. 1898-1899. 2 Vols. With two gravure frontis., orig. dec. gilt polished full calf with gilt raised ban...

Dickens (Charles)<P> THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD. Ill.: S.L. Fildes. 1870. First edition in book form. With frontis., engr. added title & p...

BINDING - Rogers, (Samuel)<P> ITALY, A POEM/ POEMS. 1830, 1834. 2 Vols. With frontis., plates & text ills. Orig. dec. gilt morocco with ra...

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan).<P> THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. 1894, first edition. With gravure frontis. & text ills. Orig. pictorial cloth...

Dallas (R.C.) <P> RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LIFE OF LORD BYRON, FROM THE YEAR 1808 TO THE END OF 1814. 1824. Half-title. Fldg. facsimile frontis.

Burns (Robert)<P> THE WORKS. ed: R.H.Cromek. 1813. 4 vols. Port frontis. Some foxing of frontis. and endpapers; occasional spotting elsewhere....

Dovaston (John F.M.)<P> POEMS, LEGENDARY, INCIDENTAL AND HUMOROUS. Ills: T.Bewick & others. Shrewsbury, 1825. 3rd edition (with additions...

Hardy (Thomas)<P> WESSEX POEMS. 1898. 1st edn. Half-title. B/w ills. Partly untrimmed. Orig. gt. dec. cloth.

Hardy (Thomas)<P> THE TRUMPET-MAJOR. A NOVEL. New York, 1880. First American edition. Small 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth. (1)

Buchan (John)<P> JOHN BURNET OF BARNS. A ROMANCE. London & New York, 1898, 1st ed. With advrts. Orig. dec. cloth. Spine sl. discol. & ...

Buchan (John)<P> MUSA PISCATRIX. 1896, first ed. With etched front. Small 8vo., orig. dec. blindstamped gilt cloth, t.e.g. Spine sl. discol. U...

Trollope (Anthony)<P> CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? 1864. First edition in bookform. 2 Vols. With wood-engr. & etched frontis. & plates. Contem...

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan)<P> THE GULLY OF BLUEMANSDYKE. [1893] 12mo. First printing in paper wraps. Half-title. 6pp advts. Orig. printed wraps...

Surrey, [Earl of] & Wyatt <P> THE POETICAL WORKS. 1831. 2 Vols. With two frontis. Contemp. dec. blindstamped gilt polished ruled pan

Lamartine (A. de)<P> HARMONIES POETIQUE ET RELIGIEUSES ... Paris, 1863. With steel-engr. frontis. & plates. Contemp. dec. blindstamped qua...

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

Bolton (Sidney)<P> LORD WASTWATER. Edinburgh & London, 1892. First edition. 2 Vols. in 1. With half title. Orig. blindstamped cloth. Spine...

Tennyson (Alfred)<P> THE WINDOW OR, THE SONGS OF THE WREN. 1871, first edition. Folio, orig. ruled pictorial blindstamped cloth gt. With noted...

Hunt (James Henry Leigh)<P> JUVENILIA; OR A COLLECTIONS OF POEMS. 1803. 4th edition. Portrait frontis, list of subscribers, engr. plate. Moder...

Shaw (George Bernard)<P> THE WORKS. 1930-1932. Limited edition (223/1025). Orig. cloth, d/w, t.e.g. Excellent set. 30 volumes.

Trollope (Anthony) & Sadleir (M.) editor<P> THE BARSETSHIRE NOVELS. Stratford-upon-Avon, The Shakespeare Head Press, 1929. Ltd edn. (52...

Cassanova di Seingalt (Giacomo)<P> THE MEMOIRS. Trans: Arthur Machen. 1922. Ltd edn. (142/1000). 12 vols. 4to. Orig. quarter vellum with...

Johnson (James Weldon)<P> SAINT PETER RELATES AN INCIDENT OF THE RESURRECTION DAY. New York, The Viking Press, 1930, ltd. ed. (158/200). True ...

[GOLDEN COCKERELL PRESS]. Coppard (A.E.)<P> CROTTY SHINKWIN. A TALE OF THE STRANGE ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL A BUTCHER OF COUNTY CLARE & THE B...

Blake (William)<P>. THE BOOK OF THEL. 1928. Ltd. ed. (523/850). Col. ills. Orig. dec. gt. cloth, d/w. Facsimile of the British Museum copy. - ...

Milton, (John)<P>. COMUS. Ills.: W. Blake. Ed.: W. Figgis. 1926. Ltd. ed. (300). B/w ills. Untrimmed. Orig dec. gt. cloth, d/w. in a slipcase....

Rossetti, (Dante Gabriel)<P>. CHIMES. Ills. B. Skiold. 1969. Ltd. ed. (20/75). 7 orig. relief etchings. Folio. Unbound as issued in cloth slip...

Hodges, (Cyril)<P> SEEING VOICE. WELSH HEART. Ills.: P. Jenkins. Paris, 1965. Ltd. ed. (132/265). Orig. lithographs signed by the artist. Foli...

Chaucer, (Geoffrey)<P>. THE PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES. Ills.: R. King. 1967. Ltd. ed. (66/125). With screenprinted title and 14 plates...

Melloy (Camille)<P> LES SUICIDES. Ills: A. van Calck. [no date, no place of publication]. 4to. Ltd. edn (no.1 of 3). B/w ill. Unbound as is...

Lloyd (W.W.)<P> UNION JOTTINGS. London & New York, (ca. 1900). Ltd. ed. (140/150). Signed by the artist. With laid-in (chromo)lith. dec. t...

Phillpotts (Eden)<P> THE DARTMOOR NOVELS. 1927-1928. Widecombe edition. 20 Vols. Ltd. ed. (1500). Vol. I signed by the author. Each vol. with ...

Fleming (Ian)<P> ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. 1963. 1st trade edn. Orig. dec. boards. Unclipped d/w. Back d/w torn with sl.loss.

Fleming (Ian)<P> YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. 1964. 1st edn. Orig. dec. boards. Unclipped d/w. Minor foxing top edge back flap and minor chip d/w....

Pullman (Philip)<P> HIS DARK MATERIALS: THE GOLDEN COMPASS / THE SUBTLE KNIFE / THE AMBER SPYGLASS. New York, 1996 - 2000. First U.S. editi...

Williamson (Henry)<P>. CHRONICLE OF ANCIENT SUNLIGHT. 1951-1969. First eds. 15 Vols. (complete). All in d/w. A few small tears to d/w some vol...

Greene (Grahame)<P> LOSER TAKES ALL. London, Melbourne & Toronto. (1955), first ed. Orig. cloth, d/w. Small tear to bottom front d/w, Sl. ...

Fleming (Ian)<P> THE DIAMOND SMUGGLERS. Intr.: "John Blaize". 1957, first edition. With frontis. & plates. Orig. boards, d/w. - ...

Fleming (Ian)<P> ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. 1963, first trade edition. Orig. boards, d/w. D/w clipped & very lightly soiled. Ins...

Wyndham (John)<P> TROUBLE WITH LICHEN. (1960). First edition. Orig. boards, unclipped d/w. Owner's signature on front free endpaper. Very ...

Theroux (Paul)<P> FONG AND THE INDIANS. 1976. 1st UK edition. Unclipped d/w. THE BLACK HORSE. 1974. 1st UK edn. Unclipped d/w. Plus 23...

Hardy (Thomas)<P> THE COLLECTED LETTERS. Ed. Richard Little Purdy & Michael Millgate. Oxford, 1978-1988. 7 Vols. With frontis. Orig. cloth...

Chesterton (Gilbert Keith)<P> ORTHODOXY / THE COLLECTED POEMS. 1909, 1927. First edns. Small 8vo (1), orig. cloth gilt. Covers sl. worn. ...

Bennett (Arnold)<P> HILDA LESSWAYS / THESE TWAIN. 1911-1916. 1st edn. 2 vols. Orig. dec. blindstamped cloth gt. Occasional foxing. DON...

[WESSEX EDITION] Hardy (Thomas)<P> THE WORKS .... IN PROSE AND VERSE. 1920-1931. 23 vols (of 24) With gravure frontis. Uniform maroon cloth gt...

[THORNTON EDITION] Bronte, (Charlotte, Emily & Anne)<P>. NOVELS OF THE SISTERS BRONTE. Ed.: Temple Scott. Edinburgh, 1924. 12 Vols. With f...

Dickens (Charles)<P> LIBRARY. 1910. 18 Vols. With gravure frontis. & plates after H. Furniss. Orig. dec. blindstamped gt. cloth, t.e.g. Oc...

Sanders (Alvin H.)<P> THE STORY OF THE HEREFORDS. Chicago, 1914. Thick 8vo. B/w plates. Orig. cloth gt. Pict. onlay.

Richardson (H.D.)<P> DOMESTIC PIGS. n.d. [ca 1860]. Small 8vo. Engr. frontis and ills. [bound with]<P> Milburn (M.M.) THE COW.. fro...

Wright (Patrick)<P> THE STANDARD ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF MODERN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL ECONOMY. 1909-1911. 12 Vols. Col. & b/w plates. Engr. text ...

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)<...

Millias (John Guille)<P> GAME BIRDS AND SHOOTING SKETCHES. 1892. 1st edn. Large 4to. 16 chromolitho plates. Gravure plates; text ills et...

Morris (Francis Orpen)<P> A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS. N.d. Cabinet edition. 8 vols. 8vo. 358 hand-col. plates. Orig. dec. blindstamped cl...

NUTZLICHE VOGELARTEN UND IHRE EIER. n.d.[ca 1900] 25 chromolitho plates heightened with gum arabic. Orig. pict. cloth. Small closed tear to one plate.

Lear (Edward)<P>. THE BIRDS. A SELECTION OF THE 12 FINEST BIRD PLATES OF THE ARTIST. (1975), Ltd. ed. With 12 col. plates. Folio, orig. cloth ...

Arkwright (William)<P>. THE POINTER AND HIS PREDECESSORS. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE POINTING DOG FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES. 1902. Ltd. ed. o...