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P G WODEHOUSE, 3 ttls: THE LUCK OF THE BODKINS, 1935, 1st edn, orig cl; LORD EMSWORTH AND OTHERS, 1937, 1st edn, orig cl soiled; SUMMER LIGHTNING, c19

T G COBDEN-SANDERSON: COSMIC VISION, 1922, 1st edn, sigd presentation copy from Anne Cobden-Sanderson to A W Pollard + ALS from her to Pollard loosely

JULIAN BARNES: TALKING IT OVER, 1991, 1st edn, orig cl d/w

EVELYN WAUGH: NINETY-TWO DAYS, 1934, 1st edn, orig cl £30-40

GRAHAM AND HUGH GREENE: THE SPY'S BEDSIDE BOOK, 1957, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + ANTHONY BURGESS: THE RIGHT TO AN ANSWER, 1960, 1st edn, orig cl d/w...

IRIS MURDOCH: A FAIRLY HONOURABLE DEFEAT, 1970, 1st edn, cl d/w £30-40

DICK FRANCIS, 2 ttls: SLAY-RIDE, 1973, 1st edn, sigd, orig cl d/w; KNOCK DOWN, 1974, 1st edn, sigd orig cl, d/w, (Qty 2) £40- 50

EVELYN WAUGH, 7 ttls: ROBBERY UNDER LAW, 1939, 1st edn, orig cl worn & soiled; SCOTT-KING'S MODERN EUROPE, 1947, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; THE L...

EVELYN WAUGH: MEN AT ARMS, 1952, 1st edn, orig cl + D H LAWRENCE: THE VIRGIN AND THE GIPSY, 1930, 1st edn, orig cl, (Qty 2) £25-35

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

EVELYN WAUGH: PUT OUT MORE FLAGS, 1942, 1st edn, orig cl £20-30

IAN FLEMING: THUNDERBALL, 1961, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w £30-40

C S FORESTER: HORNBLOWER AND THE ATROPOS, 1953 1st edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

DUNCAN MILLER: INTERIOR DECORATING, 1944, orig cl bkd pict bds

M C SALAMAN: MODERN MASTERS OF ETCHING, FRANK BRANGWYN, 'The Studio', 1924, 1st edn, obl 4to, orig bds, printed ppr label £20-30

[JOHN MITFORD]: MY COUSIN IN THE ARMY OR JOHNNY NEWCOME ON THE PEACE ESTABLISHMENT, [1822], 1st edn, 16 hand col'd aquatints, hf cf, spine gt in...

[JOHN MITFORD]: MY COUSIN IN THE ARMY OR JOHNNY NEWCOME ON THE PEACE ESTABLISHMENT, [1823], 2nd edn, 16 hand col'd aquatints, hf mor £100-120

SALMAN RUSHDIE: THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH, 1995, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + GUNTER GRASS: THE RAT, 1987, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + GRAHAM SWIFT: LAST ORDERS...

J G BALLARD: EMPIRE OF THE SUN, 1984, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + PATRICK SUSKIND: PERFUME, 1986, 1st edn, orig cl d/w, (Qty 2) £20- 30

DYLAN THOMAS AND JOHN DAVENPORT: THE DEATH OF THE KING'S CANARY, n y 1976, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + JOHN FULLER: FLYING TO NOWHERE, Edinburgh Sala...

DIRK BOGARDE: A POSTILLION STRUCK BY LIGHTNING – A GENTLE OCCUPATION – ACT CLOTH, 1977, 1980, 1986, 1st edns, all sigd, orig cl, d/ws, (Qty 3) £...

JOHN FOWLES: MANTISSA – A MAGGOT, 1982, 1985, 1st edns, orig cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £20-30

LAWRENCE DURRELL: TUNC, 1968, 1st edn, cl d/w + IRIS MURDOCH: THE SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE MACHINE, 1974, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £20-30

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

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

C S LEWIS: THE GREAT DIVORCE, 1945, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £25-35

CHRISTINIA G ROSSETTI: A PAGEANT AND OTHER POEMS, 1881, orig cl gt £25-35

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE PLAYS, Ed Charles Knight, c1900, 6 vols, photogravure ills, lg 4to, orig décor cl gt, (Qty 6) £50- 60

CURWEN PRESS: A SPECIMEN BOOK OF PATTERN PAPERS, DESIGNED FOR AND IN USE AT THE CURWEN PRESS, Intro Paul Nash, ill Nash, Lovat Fraser etc, Fleuron Ltd

GILBERT ABBOTT A'BECKETT: THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND – ROME, ill John Leech, c1880, 2 vols, 1 vol, 30 hand col'd plts on India, 4to, conte...

GUSTAVE KAHN: DAS WEIB IN DER KARIKATUR FRANKREICH, Stuttgart [1907], 4to, orig pict cl £25-35

GUSTAVE KAHN: EUROPAS FURSTEN IM SITTENBIGEL DER KARIKATUR, Berlin c1910, 4to, orig pict cl £25-35

EDUARD FUCHS: DIE FRAU IN DER KARIKATUR, Munchen 1906, inner joints split, 4to, orig cl, pict ppr label £25-35

WILLIAM HOGARTH: ZEICHNUNGEN, Stuttgart 1873, rebnd qtr cl £25-35

[THOMAS DAY]: THE DYING NEGRO, A POETICAL EPISTLE FROM A BLACK WHO SHOT HIMSELF ON BOARD A VESSEL IN THE RIVER THAMES TO HIS INTENDED WIFE, L W Flexne

DANIEL SARDA: CONTE DE MAITRE ESPAPIDOUR, Nonesuch Press 1927 (500), orig limp vellum gt wraps £80-100

ROBERT BROWING: THE PIED PIPER, G Harrap, n d, orig limp suede wraps worn

DENNIS WHEATLEY: MURDER OFF MIAMI, [1937], 'crime dossier', 4to, orig wraps worn £20-30

DANNIE ABSE: SNAPSHOT OF RUSKIN IN VENICE, Firenzi, sigd with manuscript poem altered and added to, orig wraps £60- 80

CHARLES LEVER: THE DODD FAMILY ABROAD, ill H K Browne, L 1854, 1st edn, old hf cf worn £25-35

LAURENCE ALMA TADEMA: SONGS OF WOMANHOOD, 1903, 1st edn, carelessly opened in parts, orig cl soiled + WILLIAM MORRIS: THE WATER OF THE WONDROUS ISLES

AUSTIN CLARKE, 2 ttls: THE BRIGHT TEMPTATION, 1932, 1st edn, orig cl worn & soiled; THE SINGING-MEN AT CASHEL, 1936, 1st edn, sigd & inscrib...

CHARLOTTE BRONTE 'CURRER BELL': SHIRLEY, L R E King, n d, lacks ffep, orig cl gt worn £20-30

MARIAN EVANS 'GEORGE ELIOT': ROMOLA, 1895, new edn, 15 albumen ills, orig elaborate décor vellum gt, aeg £25-35

CHARLOTTE BRONTE 'CURRER BELL': SHIRLEY, L Smith Elder & Co, 1881, new edn, orig cl gt worn £20-30

CHARLOTTE EMILY AND ANNE BRONTE 'CURRER ELLIS AND ACTON BELL': POEMS, 1846, [1848], 1st edn, 2nd issue, advts for 'Prose Fictions' f...

DAME LAURA KNIGHT: OIL PAINT AND GREASE PAINT, 1941, 1st Penguin edn, 3 vols, orig wraps, (Qty 3) £20-30

THE ADVENTURES OF A CORK-SCREW IN WHICH UNDER THE PLEASING METHOD OF ROMANCE THE VICES FOLLIES AND MANNERS OF THE PRESENT AGE ARE EXHIBITED AND SATIRI

JOHN MILTON: THE POETICAL WORKS, ill After J M W Turner & Others, L T Tegg, 1846, 12 mo, décor mor gt, aeg £30-40

JOSEPH STEWART: ATTEMPTS TO AMUSE BY A MUSE'S ATTEMPTS CONTAINING THE HORRORS OF SLAVERY AND OTHER SMALL POEMS, L C Spilsbury for the author, 18...

[WILLIAM COMBE]: THE TOUR OF DR SYNTAX, [1st & 2nd], ill T Rowlandson, [1823], 1st miniature edn, 2 vols, 53 hand col'd plts, 12 mo, old cf ...

JOHN DONNE: POEMS, L 1654, port frontis supplied in facs, last portion of 'Epistle' from another edn, 16 mo, modern cf £120- 150

HOMER: THE ILIAD, trans A Pope, 1817, Fore-edge painting of the Coliseum Regent's Park London with a coach horsemen and other figures in the for...

LA GUIRLANDE DES MOIS, Paris 1920, 6 col'd plts, 16 mo, orig pict bds £25-35

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: THE BOY WHO FOLLOWED RIPLEY, n y 1980, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w £40-50

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: RIPLEY UNDER WATER, 1991, (150), 1st edn, numbered & sigd, orig cl bkd marbled bds, glassine d/w £150- 180

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY, n y Doubleday Crime Club 1964, orig cl, d/w £40-50

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: EDITH'S DIARY, n y 1977, 1st edn, advance copy, orig cl, d/w £40-50

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: FOUND IN THE STREET, n y 1986, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £30-40

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: A DOG'S RANSOM, n y 1972, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £30-40

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: THE STORY-TELLER, n y Doubleday Crime Club 1965, orig cl, d/w £40-50

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: THE GLASS CELL, n y Doubleday Crime Club 1964, orig cl, d/w £40-50

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: RIPLEY UNDER GROUND, n y, 1970, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w £40-50

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: THE CRY OF THE OWL, n y, 1962, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w £30-40

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: THE BLUNDERER, n y, 1954, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w £80-100

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: THIS SWEET SICKNESS, 1961, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w £40-50

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: THE TREMOR OF FORGERY, 1969, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w £30-40

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: DEEP WATER, 1958 reprint, orig cl, d/w £100-120

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: THOSE WHO WALK AWAY, 1967, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w £40-50

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, 1950, 1st edn, orig cl £60-80

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: THE BLACK HOUSE, n y, 1988, (250), 1st edn, numbered & sigd, orig cl, slipcase £80-100

ADRIAN BELL: THE BUDDING MORROW, 1946, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w, (tatty) £20-30

P G WODEHOUSE, 2 ttls: THE CLICKING OF CUTHBERT, 1922, 1st edn, orig pict cl soiled; CARRY ON JEEVES, c1925, 4th printing, orig pict cl, (Qty 2)
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ROBERT B BROUGH: THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF, ill George Cruikshank, 1858, 1st edn, engrd frontis, 19 engrd plts, old décor cf gt, gt gauffer...

THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY: WEEDS OF WITCHERY, L Ackermann & Co, 1837, 1st edn, 12 plts, later (not recent) cl £30-40

PAUL DECKER: GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE DECORATED CONSISTING OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF TEMPLES, BANQUETING SUMMER AND GREEN HOUSES… - ….DESIGNS OF PALING OF V

PAUL DECKER: GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE DECORATED…., L 1759, 12 engrd plts, obl 4to, lacks wraps £50-60

G F PHILLIPS: A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON DRAWING AND ON PAINTING IN WATERCOLOURS…, L 1839, 1st edn, added engrd ttl with hand col'd aquatint, 5 han...

JAMES FERGUSON: THE ART OF DRAWING IN PERSPECTIVE MADE EASY…, 1820, new edn, 9 fdg plts, orig bds worn £30- 40

ROBERT BURTON 'DEMOCRITUS JUNIOR': THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, 1857, new edn, old hf cf worn £30-40

JOHN POOLE: CROTCHETS IN THE AIR OR AN (UN) SCIENTIFIC ACCOUNT OF A BALLOON-TRIP…, L 1838, 2 pp advts at end, orig bl stpd cl gt worn £60-80

GEORGE GORDON NOEL LORD BYRON: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE CANTO THE FOURTH – MARINO FALIERO…, L 1818, 1821, 1st edn, 1st edn, 2 vols in 1, old h...

[WILLIAM HESELTINE]: THE LAST OF THE PLANTAGENETS…, L 1829, 2nd edn, old cf gt worn £20-30

ABBE PIETRO METASTASIO: DRAMAS AND OTHER POEMS, trans John Hoole, L 1800, 3 vols, old mottled cf worn, (Qty 3) £100- 120

[ROBERT SMITH SURTEES]: MR FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS, ill J Leech & H K Browne, L 1865, 1st edn in book form, 24 hand col'd plts, old hf cf...

[ROBERT SMITH SURTEES]: MR SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR, ill J Leech, 1853, 1st edn in book form, 13 hand col'd plts, old hf cf worn £40-50

WILLIAM MASON: POEMS, L 1764, old cf worn £50-60

[THOMAS JAMES MATHIAS]: THE PURSUITS OF LITERATURE…, L 1803, 12th edn, old mottled cf worn £20-30

THOMAS TROTTER: SEAWEEDS, POEMS WRITTEN ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS CHIEFLY DURING A NAVAL LIFE, Newcastle 1829, 1st edn, engrd port frontis, uncut, part uno

C ROWLEY (PUB): STUDIES FOR THE LEAD PENCIL, ill Bragg, 20 litho plts, no text, obl old hf cf worn £25-35

[JAMES BRAMSTON]: THE ART OF POLITICKS IN IMITATION OF HORACE'S ART OF POETRY, L 1729, engrd frontis laid down, ttl part excised, bnd in with [D...

[HENRY FIELDING]: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JONATHAN WILD, THE CELEBRATED THIEF-TAKER…, L J Bailey, c1830, hand col'd frontis, rebnd (not recent) hf...

[CLARA REEVE]: THE OLD ENGLISH BARON, A GOTHIC STORY, L 1794, 5th edn, 2 plts, 12 mo, old cf gt worn £25-35

[ROBERT GOADBY]: AN APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF MR BAMPFYLDE-MOORE CAREW…, 1775, 9th edn, engrd fdg port frontis (repaired), 12 mo, old cf worn £25...

GEORGE BARNARD: DRAWING FROM NATURE, A SERIES OF PROGRESSIVE INSTRUCTIONS IN SKETCHING…, 1877, new edn, orig cl gt £25-35

POETRY OF THE YEAR, PASSAGES FROM THE POETS DESCRIPTIVE OF THE SEASONS, L G Bell, 1853, 22 col'd ills, 4to, rebnd (not recent) décor mor gt...

HENRY SHAW: ILLUMINATED ORNAMENTS, SELECTED FROM MANUSCRIPTS AND EARLY PRINTED BOOKS, 1833, added hand col'd engrd ttl, 59 hand col'd plts, ...

BENJAMIN P WILME: A HAND-BOOK FOR MAPPING ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS…, 1846, hand col'd fdg frontis, 41 (of 42) engrd plts, inc. man...

JULIAN GODON: PAINTED TAPESTRY AND ITS APPLICATION TO INTERIOR DECORATION…, 1879, 6 plts inc. 5 col'd, orig cl gt £25- 35

F LLOYDS: PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SCENE PAINTING…, L G Rowney, [1875], 1st edn, 15 full pg ills, 2 hand col'd, 37 mtd colour samples, orig décor...