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T H FIELDING: ON THE THEORY OF PAINTING TO WHICH IS ADDED AN INTRODUCTION TO PAINTING IN WATER-COLOURS…, L Ackermann 1842, 3rd edn, 15 plts inc. 6 col

AMBROSE HEAL: LONDON TRADESMEN'S CARDS OF THE XVII CENTURY, 1925, 1st edn, orig cl bkd marbled bds £25-35

ARMY MUSEUMS OGILBY TRUST: INDEX TO BRITISH MILITARY COSTUME PRINTS, 1972, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl d/w, ex-lib £20- 30

CHARLES DICKENS: MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, 1840-41, 1st edn in book form, orig pict cl gt, worn & soiled, back strips with some loss, vol 1 t...

CHARLES DICKENS: BARNABY RUDGE, 1841, 1st separate edn, old hf cf worn £120-150

WILLIAM BLAKE: JERUSALEM, Ed Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Trianon Press, 1974, (558) (500) numbered, 4to, orig qtr mor, slipcase £150- 180

WILLIAM BLAKE: THERE IS NO NATURAL RELIGION, Ed Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Trianon Press, 1971, (616), (540), 2 vols numbered, 4to and 8vo, orig mor bkd mar

WILLIAM BLAKE: THE BOOK OF LOS, Ed Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Trianon Press, 1976, (538) (32) Hors Commerce edn numbered, containing a set of plates showing

WILLIAM BLAKE: THE BOOK OF LOS, Ed Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Trianon Press, 1976, (538) (480) numbered, 4to, orig mor bkd marbled bds, slipcase £100...

SIR GEOFFREY KEYNES: A STUDY OF THE ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF WILLIAM BLAKE, Trianon Press, 1964, (525), lettered and signed, 4to, orig mor bkd marbled bds

SIR GEOFFREY KEYNES: THE COMPLETE PORTRAITURE OF WILLIAM AND CATHERINE BLAKE, Trianon Press, 1977, (562), (500), 4to, orig mor bkd cl slipcase £...

WILLIAM BLAKE: THE BOOK OF URIZEN, Ed Dorothy Plowman, 1929, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £25-35

ALDOUS HUXLEY: LEDA, 1920, 1st edn, orig cl £25-35

HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF ORFORD: LETTERS OF… TO SIR HORACE MANN, Ed Lord Dover, 1833, 3 vols, old hf cf, (Qty 3) £30- 40

JOHN GAY: FABLES, L 1753, 7th edn, engrd vig ttl, frontis, 51 engrd ills, old cf crudely rebkd £25-35

MARTIN ARCHER SHEE: ELEMENTS OF ART, A POEM…, 1809, 1st edn, rebnd modern hf cf, spine gt in compartments £30-40

GAIUS JULIUS PHAEDRUS: FABULARUM AESOPIARUM LIBRI QUINQE, Amsterdam 1667, added engrd ttl, 103 engrd vignettes, 3 vignettes pasted (one detached), old

FLORENTIUS SCHOONHOVIS: EMBLEMATA, Gouda 1618, 1st edn, engrd ttl, port & 74 plts in text, sm 4to, old limp vellum £350- 400

EDWARD MOORE: FABLES FOR THE FEMALE SEX, L 1749, 3rd edn, engrd frontis, 16 plts, old cf gt worn, top bd detchd £20-30

HENRY HAWKINS: PARTHENIA SACRA OR THE MYSTERIOUS AND DELICIOUS GARDEN OF THE SACRED PARTHENES, Rouen 1633, 49 engrd plts inc. 1 full pg, 1 plt small b

ROBERT DODSLEY: SELECT FABLES OF ESOP AND OTHER FABULISTS, L 1784, new edn, lacks blanks, 12 mo, rebnd (not recent), cf £30-40

FRANCIS QUARLES: EMBLEMS DIVINE AND MORAL…, L 1736, 12 mo, old cf soiled £20-30

FRANCIS QUARLES: EMBLEMS DIVINE AND MORAL…, L 1723, lacks frontis, 16 mo, old cf rebkd £20-30

[JONATHAN SWIFT]: TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, L 1751, 6th edn, 4 parts in 1, 6 engrd plts, 16 mo, old cf worn £30-40

SIR JOHN DENHAM: POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS WITH THE SOPHY, L 1684, 3rd impress, lacks blanks, modern cf £25-35

FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE FENELON: THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS, trans J Ozell, L 1715, 1st English edn, 2 vols in 1, engrd fdg map, 12 engrd p

[DANIEL DEFOE]: THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE DEVIL…, L 1739, 4th edn, lacks ffep, 12 mo, old cf worn, top bd detchd £30- 40

[SOAME JENYNS]: A FREE ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF EVIL, L 1757, 2nd edn, hf ttl, old cf gt worn £30-40

AESOP: FABULAE ELEGANTISSIMIS EICONIBUS VERAS ANIMALIUM SPECIES, Lugduni 1570, text in Greek and Latin, 61 woodcut ills, water staining, lacks blanks,

SIR WALTER SCOTT: TALES OF A GRANDFATHER, (HISTORY OF SCOTLAND), ill After J M W Turner, 1851, old hf cf worn £50- 60

CHARLES DICKENS: LITTLE DORRIT, ill H K Browne, 1857, 1st edn in book form, lacks errata slip, pale yellow eps, orig fine-diaper bl stpd cl, spine gt

CHARLES LEVER, 2 ttls: JACK HINTON, ill H K Browne, Dublin n d, orig bl stpd cl worn; TOM BURKE, ill H K Browne, Dublin n d, 2 vols, orig bl stpd cl w

CHARLES LEVER: THE CONFESSIONS OF HARRY LORREQUER, ill H K Browne, Dublin 1839, 1st edn, old hf cf worn £20-30

W H AUDEN AND CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD: THE ASCENT OF F6, 1936, 1st edn, orig cl worn

ANNA BROWNELL JAMESON: LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA, 1890, new edn, orig cl gt worn, £20-30

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: POEMS, ill After Millais, Stanfield and others, 1864, new edn, orig elaborate décor cl gt worn & soiled, contents loo...

RUDYARD KIPLING: SEA WARFARE, 1916, 1st edn, orig cl gt £ 20-30

ANTHONY HOPE: THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, [1894], 1st edn, orig cl £20-30

WILLIAM COBBETT: A GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE…, L 1819, 2nd edn, orig bds worn £25-35

WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT: THE CELEBRATED ROMANCE OF THE STEALING OF THE MARE TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL ARABIC BY LADY ANNE BLUNT, 1892, 1st edn, sigd...

ROBERT BLOOMFIELD: WILD FLOWERS…, L 1806, 1st edn, 12 mo, old bds worn + JOHN CLARE: THE VILLAGE MINSTREL AND OTHER POEMS, L 1821, 1st edn, 2 vols, vo

WILLIAM COBBETT: A HISTORY OF THE PROTESTANT 'REFORMATION' IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND, L 1824, 1st edn, old hf cf worn £30-40

IRIS MURDOCH: METAPHYSICS AS A GUIDE TO MORALS, 1992, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £30-40

TERRY PRATCHETT: REAPER MAN, 1991, 1st edn, orig cl d/w, ex-lib

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, 1893, 2nd edn, orig cl gt, v worn & soiled, contents loose £25- 35

HARRY SECOMBE: GOON FOR LUNCH, 1975, 1st edn, sigd & inscribed orig cl, d/w £20-30

IRIS MURDOCH: THE NICE AND THE GOOD, 1968, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £30-40

WILLIAM GOLDING, 2 ttls: THE SCORPION GOD, 1971, 1st edn, orig cl d/w, ex-lib; DARKNESS VISIBLE, 1979, 1st edn, orig cl d/w, (Qty 2) £20-30

LAURIE LEE: CIDER WITH ROSIE, 1959, reprint, orig cl d/w, (tatty)

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, 1952, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £30-40

GRAHAM GREENE: OUR MAN IN HAVANA – A BURNT OUT CASE – THE COMEDIANS, 1958, 1961, 1966, 1st edns, orig cl d/ws, (Qty 3) £40-50

RICHARD JESSUP: CINCINNATI KID, 1964, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

L P HARTLEY: THE WHITE WAND AND OTHER STORIES, 1954, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £25-35

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, ill S Paget, 1902, 1st edn, hf ttl, most ills & a few leaves loose/chipped, some plts tap...

IAN FLEMING: THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, 1965, 1st edn, lib cl, d/w

VLADIMIR NABOKOV: THE REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT, 1945, 1st edn, orig cl £20-30

JOHN HERSEY, 2 ttls: INTO THE VALLEY, 1943, 1st edn, orig cl d/w; A SINGLE PEBBLE, 1956, 1st edn, lacks ffep, orig cl £20-30

JAMES THURBER: THE WHITE DEER, 1946, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £25-35

FREDERICK WILLIAM S ROLFE 'BARON CORVO': IN HIS OWN IMAGE, L & N Y 1901, orig cl gt £40-50

JAMES TYRRELL: THE GENERAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND…, L 1698, vol 1 only, fo, old cf worn £25-35

SIR JOHN DALRYMPLE: MEMOIRS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND…, L 1771, 2nd edn, 4to, old bds worn £30-40

WILLIAM HAYLEY: PLAYS OF THREE ACTS WRITTEN FOR A PRIVATE THEATRE, L 1784, hf ttl, 4to, old bds worn £30-40

REV FRANCIS THACKERAY: A HISTORY OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE WILLIAM PITT…, L 1827, 2 vols, port frontis, 4to, old bds worn, (Qty 2) £30-40

JOHN DRYDEN: BRITANNIA REDIVIVA, A POEM ON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE, L 1688, lacks licence lf and blanks, fo, rebnd (not recent), cf bkd marbled bds ...

CHRISTOPHER ANSTEY: THE POETICAL WORKS, Ed John Anstey, L 1808, hf ttl, lacks ffep, 4to, disbnd £20-30

OTTO FISCHER: DIE KUNST INDIENS CHINAS UND JAPANS, Berlin, 1928, 1st edn, hf cf rebkd £20-30

[MATTHEW HENRY BARKER]: GREENWICH HOSPITAL, A SERIES OF NAVAL SKETCHES…, ill George Cruikshank, L 1826, 1st edn, wood engrd vig ttl, 12 hand col'...

ARTHUR CHURCHILL LTD: A CORONATION EXHIBITION OF ROYAL HISTORICAL POLITICAL AND SOCIAL GLASSES, COMMEMORATING 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY EVENTS IN ENGLISH

FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG: THE CHRISTMAS BOX, ill Kay Ambrose, c1944, orig cl worn £20-30

REGINALD SCOT: THE DISCOVERY OF WITCHCRAFT…, L 1665, 3rd edn, lacks hf ttl & blanks, sm fo, modern décor cf £350-400

THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE: THE MINT, 1955, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl, d/w £20-30

THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE: SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, THE COMPLETE 1922 TEXT, Fordingbridge Castle Hill Press 1997, (752), (650), 3 vols, 4to, orig cl bkd

R J RICHARDSON: ANNUAL BLACK BOOK… - POLITICAL ALMANAC – POLITICAL ALMANAC – THE RED BOOK OR A PEEP AT THE PEERS, 1848, 1842, 1843, 1841, 4 works in 1

ALMANAC DE GOTHA, 1796, 1810, 16 mo, stout card wraps + 1 other, (Qty 3) £30-40

MISSEL DE L'ADORATION TURNHOUT 1930, décor cf gt, aeg, with matching small cf gt purse and pouch, orig décor case £200- 250

HORAE: UFFIZIO DELLA B V MARIA…, Rome 1797, engrd vig ttl, frontis, 3 plts, 12 mo, décor cf gt, aeg, cf gt slipcase £100-120

HENRY NOEL HUMPHREYS: THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE ART OF WRITING…, 1855, 2nd edn, lacks most plts, décor mor bkd papier mache bds, (sold as ...

BEILBY PORTEUS: LECTURES ON THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW…, 1823, fore-edge painting of rural landscape, old cf gt worn £80- 100

JOHN DALRYMPLE: AN ESSAY TOWARDS A GENERAL HISTORY OF FEUDAL PROPERTY IN GREAT BRITAIN…, L 1757, 1st edn, old cf gt worn £50-60

JOHN STUART MILL: ON LIBERTY, L 1859, 1st edn, 8 pp advts at end, lacks blanks, rebnd modern cf bkd bds, news eps £100- 120

HENRY FIELDING: AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE LATE INCREASE OF ROBBERS ETC…, Dublin 1751, bnd in with COBBETT'S GRIDIRON…, L 1822, bnd in wi...

G H JENNINGS AND W H JOHNSTONE (EDS): A BOOK OF PARLIAMENTARY ANECDOTE, [1872], orig cl

[CHARLES MARSH]: THE CLUBS OF LONDON…, 1828, 2 vols, old hf cf worn, vol 1 crudely rebkd, (Qty 2) £25-35

[J S FORSYTH]: DEMONOLOGIA OR NATURAL KNOWLEDGE REVEALED…, L 1827, 1st edn, fdg frontis, inner joints split, cl worn £40- 50

GREENSMITH DOWNES AND SON: THE BOOK OF SCOTCH-MADE UNDERWEAR, 1910, 5th edn, includes some mounted samples, orig bds worn + W BARRATT & CO LTD: ...

W WHITMORE JONES: GAMES OF PATIENCE, c1902, orig décor cl worn, (contents loose) £20-30

[RICHARD HOLLINGSWORTH]: VINDICIAE CAROLINAE OR A DEFENCE OF EIKON BASILIKE…, L 1692, engrd frontis, old mottled cf worn £25-35

SIR WALTER RALEIGH: THREE DISCOURSES OF … PUBLISHED BY PHILLIP RALEIGH ESQ HIS ONLY GRANDSON, L 1702, 1st edn, separate ttl [dtd 1701] to second essay

GEORGE LAWSON: AN EXAMINATION OF THE POLITICAL PART OF MR HOBBS, HIS LEVIATHAN, L 1657, old bl stpd cf worn £50- 60

JAMES HOWELL: FAMILIAR LETTERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS…, Aberdeen 1753, old cf worn £40-50

ANGELO JOHN LEWIS 'PROF LOUIS HOFFMANN': TRICKS WITH CARDS, A COMPLETE MANUAL OF CARD CONJURING, 1889, orig décor cl gt soiled + L WIDD...

R F FOSTER: PRACTICAL POKER, L T De la Rue 1904, 1st edn, orig bl stpd cl + [HENRY JONES] 'CAVENDISH': THE LAWS AND PRINCIPLES OF WHIST…, 18...

THE GAME OF QUADRILLE…, L R Francklin, c1760, 12 mo, rebnd (not recent), hf cf £25-35

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR…, c1890, décor crushed crimson mor gt, by Bickers, aeg £25-35

THE BOOK OF COSTUME OR ANNALS OF FASHION… BY A LADY OF RANK, L H Colburn, 1847, new edn, orig bl stpd cl worn + C KOHLER: A HISTORY OF COSTUME, 1937,

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR: IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS OF LITERARY AND STATESMEN, 1826-28, 2nd edn, 3 vols, old hf cf rebkd, (Qty 3) £25-35

J H ELLIS: CHESS SPARKS…., 1895, 1st edn, orig cl gt £20-30

A D PHILIDOR: STUDIES OF CHESS…., 1825, old cf worn + W CAXTON: GAME AND PLAYE OF THE CHESSE…, A VERBATIM REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION, intro W E A Ax

CHARLES VIDAL DIEHL: POKER PATIENCE, c1910, with game card and set of patience cards, orig cl slipcase

W E BECKER: GALLUS OR ROMAN SCENES OF THE TIME OF AUGUSTUS, trans Rev F Metcalfe, 1849, 2 engrd fdg plts, cf gt prize bdg, aeg £20-30