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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