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[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...