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JOHN RUSKIN: THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE, 1883, 4th edn, 4to, orig cl soiled £20-30

AUBREY BEARDSLEY: THE UNCOLLECTED WORK, Intro C Lewis Hind, 1925, 1st edn, 4to, orig décor cl d/w £150-180

ANDRE DE WET: AND FINALLY GOD MADE WOMEN, Pretoria 1972 (1000) numbered, sigd and inscribed, 4to, orig bds d/w £25- 35

E ALFRED JONES: THE OLD CHURCH PLATE OF THE ISLE OF MAN, 1907, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl gt £20-30

EDWARD SEAGO: A CANVAS TO COVER, 1947, 1st edn, orig cl £20-30

MRS BURY PALLISER: A HISTORY OF LACE, Eds M Jourdain and A Dryden, 1902, 4th edn, orig buckram gt £50-60

F S ROBINSON: ENGLISH FURNITURE, 1905, 1st edn, orig cl gt soiled £20-30

THE CROCKETT ALMANACKS, Ed F J Meine, Chicago –v- Caxton Club, 1955, sigd pres copy from members of the Caxton Club to Will Carter 1975, 4to, orig pic

JOSIAH WEDGWOOD AND T H ORMSBEE: STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY, n y 1947, 1st edn, 4to cl d/w + L ASHTON AND B GRAY: CHINESE ART, 1945, 3rd edn, orig cl + G M

SIR WALTER SCOTT: WAVERLEY NOVELS, 1901, 24 vols, lg type border edn, hf mor, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 24) £150- 180

JAMES BOSWELL: THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, Ed A Birrell, c1908, 6 vols, orig cl, (Qty 6) £20-30

JEAN DE LA FONTAINE: FABLES CHOISIES, Ed Alphonse Pauly, Paris 1868, 2 vols, added engrd ttl, 30 plts, 12 mo, mor worn, aeg, (Qty 2) £60-80

WILLIAM COMBE: THE TOURS OF DOCTOR SYNTAX, [1st, 2nd and 3rd], ill T Rowlandson, L [1823], 1st miniature edn, 3 vols, vol 2 lacks ttl, 12 mo, old cf g

CHARLES DICKENS: CHRISTMAS STORIES, H Frowde, 1904, 5 vols, miniature books, 50 mm x 35 mm, crimson mor gt, aeg with orig hallmarked silver stand, (Qt

B & T LANGLEY: THE BUILDER'S JEWEL…, Dublin 1768, 92 (of 100) engrd plts, hf cf v worn disbnd £30-40

SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE: THE PLAYS, 1928, 1st edn, orig mor gt worn

ROBERT GIBBINGS: A TRUE TALE OF LOVE IN TONGA, 1935, 1st edn, orig cl bkd pict bds soiled £20-30

GRAILY HEWITT: LETTERING, n d, rebnd qtr leather + EDWARD JOHNSTON: WRITING AND ILLUMINATING AND LETTERING, 1983 reprint, orig wraps, (Qty 2) £...

E M FORSTER, 2 ttls: ANONYMITY, Hogarth Press, 1925, orig pict bds worn + 1 other, (Qty 2) £20-30

CHARLOTTE EMILY AND ANNE BRONTE: THE NOVELS, Ed T Scott, 1924, Thornton edn, 9 (of 12) vols, hf mor, (Qty 9) £80-100

PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO: OPERA, L1912, orig cl gt + THOMAS GRAY: POEMS, Riccardi Press 1937, 4to, orig vellum gt, (Qty 2) £40- 50

THE HARMSWORTH MAGAZINE, 1898-99, vol 1, includes SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL: MAN OVERBOARD, orig décor cl

P G WODEHOUSE: THE GOLD BAT, 1904, 1st edn, in 'The Captain' vol 10, orig cl gt worn & soiled £40-50

RODOLPHE TOPFFER: NOUVELLES GENEVOISES, Paris 1845, 1st edn, old hf cf worn £40-50

[LOUIS ALEXIS CHAMEROVZOW]: CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE, ill R Cruikshank, 1845, 1st edn, old hf cf worn £40-50

LES CENT-ET-UNE NOUVELLES…., Paris 1833, vol 1 only, old hf cf worn

CHARLES DICKENS: BLEAK HOUSE, ill H K Browne, 1853, 1st edn in book form, old hf cf v worn, nr disbnd £30-40

THOMAS HARDY: JUDE THE OBSCURE, 1896, 1st edn, pgs 7, 16, 25, 32, 38 and 47 unnumbered, Osgood on ttl and spine, orig cl gt, teg £40-50

THOMAS HARDY, 2 ttls: THE WELL-BELOVED, 1897, 1st edn, orig cl gt, teg; A CHANGED MAN, 1913, 1st edn, orig cl gt, teg, (Qty 2) £40-50

JACK LONDON: THE GAME, 1905, 1st edn, orig cl gt £20-30

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, ill S Paget, 1895, orig cl gt worn £50-60

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, ill S Paget, 1902, 1st edn, hf ttl, lacks frontis, orig pict cl gt, worn £300-350

H G WELLS: TONO-BUNGAY, ill Lynton Lamb, n y Limited Editions Club, 1960 (1500) numbered & sigd by artist, orig cl £30-40

OSBERT LANCASTER, 4 ttls: PROGRESS AT PELVIS BAY, 1936, 1st edn, orig cl bkd pict bds, d/w; PILLAR TO POST, 1938, 1st edn, orig pict cl; THE SARACEN...

PATRICIA CORNWELL, 2 ttls: UNNATURAL EXPOSURE, 1997, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + 1 other, (Qty 2)

A S BYATT: BABEL TOWER, 1996, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

SAUL BELLOW, 5 ttls: HUMBOLDT'S GIFT, n y 1975, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; THE DEAN'S DECEMBER, n y 1982, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; MORE DIE OF HEART...

JOHN LE CARRE, 3 ttls: THE LOOKING-GLASS WAR, 1965, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL, 1983, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; OUR GAME, n y 1995, 1st

EDWARD SEAGO: TIDELINE, 1950, Country Book Club Edn, orig cl

EDWARD SEAGO: TIDELINE, 1948, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £25-35

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: A MOVEABLE FEAST, 1964, 1st edn, cl, d/w (tatty) £20-30

EZRA POUND: A HIO THE GREAT LEARNING, 1936, 1st edn, orig printed bds £20-30

OXFORD POETRY, 1915, Oxford 1916, 2nd impress, Contribs inc. J R R Tolkien, Dorothy L Sayers, A L Huxley etc, orig wraps worn £40- 50

GEORGE FREDERICK RAYMOND AND OTHERS: A NEW UNIVERSAL AND IMPARTIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND…, c1790, fo, old cf worn £150-180

GERALD S DAVIES: HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, 1903, 1st edn, fo, orig vellum bkd cl worn £30-40

FILIPPO PARUTA: LA CICILIA, Ed L Agostini, ill S Fulcari, After G A Canini, Lione, 1697, engrd vig ttl, 153 plts, fo, modern cf £500- 600

JAMES NEWLANDS: THE CARPENTER AND JOINER'S ASSISTANT, c1867, 4to, qtr cf, bds detached £50-60

LUDOVIC HALEVY: THE ABBE CONSTANTIN, ill Madeleine Lemaire, L 1888, (250) numbered, 4to, orig wraps £30-40

QUEEN VICTORIA: LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS, Ed A Helps, 1868, 10 plts, (8 steel engrd, 2 chromolitho), a few leaves loose, 4

ALGERNON GRAVES: A DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS…, 1970 reprint, 4to, orig cl

JEAN HENRI MERLE D'AUBIGNE: HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, ill After P A Labouchere, 1871, 12 engrd plts, 4to, hf cf worn ...

JAMES E DOYLE: A CHRONICLE OF ENGLAND, L1864, hand col'd ills, 4to, mor gt, aeg £80-100

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: THE PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF, Ed Temple Franklin, L1817, 1st edn, 4to, hf cf worn £40-50

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE: THE FIRST PART OF… FAUST, trans John Anster, ill J P Laurens, 1887, Henry Irving edn, sigd pres copy from Sir Henry Irving

DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS AND AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS: SATIRAE, Paris 1684, 1st Delphin edn, added engrd ttl, 4to, old crimson mor bkd cf worn £60...

BLAISE PASCAL: LES PENSEES, trans Martin Turnell, ill Ismar David, Connecticut Limited Editions Club 1971 (1500) numbered & sigd by artist, 4to,...

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: THE TRAVELLER, ill Birket Foster, c1855, a few leaves loose, orig elaborate cl gt worn + THOMAS GRAY: AN ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY

MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO: THREE BOOKES OF DUTIES TO MARCUS HIS SONNE…, ttl pg damaged with loss, lacks first lf of epistle, final lf damaged with part lo

THOMAS HOOD: POEMS – POEMS OF WHIT AND HUMOUR, 1846, 1847, 2 vols, 1 vol, old hf cf worn, (Qty 3) £30-40

ALAIN RENE LE SAGE: THE DEVIL UPON TWO STICKS, L1778, lacks blanks, old cf rebkd, new eps £40-50

COELIUS SEDULIUS: MIRABILIUM DIVINORUM LIBRI V, Lipsiae 1747, old décor cf worn £30-40

PUBLIUS TACITUS: THE ANNALS AND HISTORY OF, L 1716, 2nd edn, 3 vols, 12 mo, old cf worn, (Qty 3) £30-40

JUNIUS STAT NOMINIS UMBRA, L A Hamilton, 1792, 2 vols, engrd ttls, 12 mo, old cf gt worn, (Qty 2) £25-35

[JOHN WILKES]: THE NORTH BRITON…, L 1766-69, vols 1-2 (in 1), 4, 12 mo, old cf worn, (Qty 2) £25-35

THOMAS PAINE: THE THEOLOGICAL WORKS…, L B D Cousins, 1834, 12 mo, old cf worn £20-30

VENETIAN TALES OR A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF ENTERTAINING NOVELS AND DIVERTING TALES CHIEFLY DESIGNED FOR THE AMUSEMENT OF THE FAIR SEX, L 1740, 2nd edn,

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: ESSAYS, L 1766, 2nd edn, engrd vig ttl, 12 mo, old cf worn + LAURENCE STERNE: THE SERMONS, L 1763, 5th edn, 4 vols, 12 mo, old cf wo

JOHN RUSKIN: VERONA AND OTHER LECTURES, 1894, orig cl £25-35

GEORGE SCURFIELD: A STICKFUL OF NONPAREIL, ill E Ardizzone, 1956, (500), orig cl gt £50-60

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...

THOMAS MOORE: THE POETICAL WORKS, Paris A & W Galignani, 1829, engrd port frontis, cf gt £25-35

ALEXANDER POPE: THE POETICAL WORKS, Eds Rev George Gilfillan & Charles Cowden Clarke, Edinburgh 1863, 2 vols, cf gt worn + WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: T...

IZAAK WALTON: THE LIVES OF DR JOHN DONNE, SIR HENRY WOTTON…., L J Major, 1825, engrd frontis, 10 plts, old cf gt, rebkd £80- 100

MARGUERITE GARDINER COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON (ED): HEATH'S BOOK OF BEAUTY, 1837, added engrd ttl, 18 plts, orig décor cf gt worn and soiled ...

EDWARD GIBBON: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, L F Warne, 3 vols, 'Chandos' Library, engrd port frontis, hf cf, (Qty 3) £25-35

WILKIE COLLINS: THE WOMEN IN WHITE, 1860, 7th edn, 1st edn, 6th edn, 3 vols, 12 mo, old hf cf, vol 3 repaired, (Qty 3) £40- 50

REV ROWLAND HILL: VILLAGE DIALOGUES, [1821], 2 vols, 12 mo, old hf cf worn, (Qty 2) £20-30

CARDINAL JOANNES BONA: OPERA OMNIA, Antwerp 1677, 1st quarto edn, added engrd ttl, lacks ffep, 4to, old cf worn £60- 80

JOHN WOLCOT 'PETER PINDAR': THE WORKS, 1794-96, 4 vols, port frontis, engrd ttls, old mottled cf, (Qty 4) £60-80

GAIUS SALLUSTAUS CRISPUS: OPERA QUAE EXTANT OMNIA CUM NOTIS INTEGRIS, Ed Joseph Wass, Cambridge 1710, lacks blanks, sm 4to, modern hf cf £50-60

[EDWARD MOORE]: FABLES FOR THE FEMALE SEX, L 1744, 1st edn, engrd frontis, part hand col'd 16 plts inc 1 hand col'd, old cf worn, top bd det...

XENOPHON: MEMOIRS OF SOCRATES…, trans Sarah Fielding, Bath 1762, 1st edn, old cf worn £50-60

[EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON]: RIENZI, THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES, L 1835, 1st edn, 3 vols, hf ttls, 12 mo, old hf cf, (Qty 3) £40- 50

ROBERT BLATCHFORD: MERRIE ENGLAND, L 1894, sigd, old qtr cf v worn, lacks back strip £25-35

THOMAS PAINE: RIGHTS OF MAN…, L J S Jordan, L T Parsons, 1792, parts 1 & 2 in 1, 12 mo, rebnd (not recent), qtr cf £50- 60

HOMER, 2 ttls: THE ILIAD, trans Edward Earl of Derby, L 1881, 2 vols, décor diced cf gt, aeg, ex-lib; THE ODYSSEY, trans A Pope, 1854, déc...

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, 1809-42, vols 1-39, 41-59, 61-70, old hf cf marbled bds, (Qty 68) £400-450

ROYAL ACADEMY PICTURES, 1895-99, 1901, 4to, orig cl worn, (Qty 6) £20-30

PICKERING AND CHATTO: AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF OLD RARE AND BOOKS FOR SALE WITH PRICES AFFIXED, 1902, 4to, orig cl £25-35

THE NEW CAMBRIDGE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1969-77, vols 3-5, orig cl d/ws, (vols 4-5), (Qty 3) £30-40

A S HERBERT: HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF PRINTED EDITIONS OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE, 1968, orig cl £30-40

M POLLARD: A DICTIONARY OF MEMBERS OF THE DUBLIN BOOK TRADE 1550-1800, L 2000, 1st edn, orig cl + DAVID HUNTER: OPERA AND SONG BOOKS PUBLISHED IN ENGL

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS: WALT WHITMAN, A STUDY, 1893 (208) numbered, orig two tone cl + JOHN SANFORD: A MAN WITHOUT SHOES, Los Angeles 1951 (2000) numb

JOHN FERGUSON: BIBLIOTHECA CHEMICA, L 1954, 2 vols, orig cl, (Qty 2) £30-40

THE LONDON ALMANACK, 1823, miniature book, 58 mm x 34 mm, orig décor mor gt, orig slipcase (this damaged) + THE BIBLE IN MINIATURE…, L E Newber...

SAMUEL WATSON: THE GENTLEMEN'S AND CITIZEN'S ALMANACK…, Dublin 1791, bnd in with JOHN EXSHAW: THE ENGLISH REGISTRY…, Dublin 1791, and WILLIA...

FRANCIS E McMURTRIE: SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, 1940, obl orig cl + E C TALBOT-BOOTH: A CRUISING COMPANION SHIPS AND THE SEA, c1938, 3rd edn, orig cl so

OSCAR PARKES: SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVIES (BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS), 1935, obl orig cl + E C TALBOT-BOOTH: A CRUISING COMPANION SHIPS AND THE SE

T STEVENS COVENTRY, VICTORIAN WOVEN SILK BOOK MARK, moralistic text, with tassell intact, 11" £30-40

REUBEN CLARKE: A SERMON PREACH'D BEFORE THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS…, BEING THE DAY APPOINTED BY HIS MAJESTY'S PROCLAMATION FOR A GENERA...