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COLIN DEXTER 3 TTLS: THE DEAD OF JERICHO, 1981, 1st edn, signed and inscribed, orig cl d/w; THE WENCH IS DEAD, 1989, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + 1 other, (

LESLIE THOMAS: THE VIRGIN SOLDIERS, 1966, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

THE LIFE OF THOMAS EGERTON LORD CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND, engraved port frontis dated 1793, bound in with THE LIFE OF JOHN EGERTON LATE BISHOP OF DURHAM,

SIR ERNEST GEORGE: ETCHINGS IN BELGIUM, 1878, 1st edn, 30 etched plts, fo, orig décor cl, (contents loose) £60-80

MAJOR-GENERAL H D W SITWELL: THE CROWN JEWELS AND OTHER REGALLIA IN THE TOWER OF LONDON, 1953, 1st edn, fo, cl, d/w £20-30

JAMES NEWLANDS: THE CARPENTER AND JOINER'S ASSISTANT…, [1880], 4to old hf cf worn £100-120

ROBERT RIDDELL: THE CARPENTER AND JOINER, STAIR BUILDER AND HAND-RAILER, c1870, 58 plts, fdg plt damaged with loss, 1 card plt lacking overlay, 4to, m

THE ART JOURNAL: THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, 1851, 4to orig blind stamped cl gt worn £30-40

LEWIS F DAY: WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS WORK, The Art Journal 1899, 4to orig décor cl gt £25-35

YVONNE HACKENBROCH: CHELSEA AND OTHER ENGLISH PORCELAIN POTTERY AND ENAMEL IN THE IRWIN UNTERMAYER COLLECTION, 1957, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl bkd bds &...

F L WILDER: ENGLISH SPORTING PRINTS, 1974, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl d/w £20-30

JAMES CAULFIELD: A GALLERY OF BRITISH PORTRAITS…, 1814, 12 stipple engraved ports, 4to hf cf worn £25-35

ANDRE DE WET: AND FINALLY GOD MADE WOMEN, Pretoria 1972 (1000) numbered, sigd and inscribed, 4to, orig bds d/w £20-30

AIDAN MACKEY: MR CHESTERTON COMES TEA, intro R Ingrams, Cambridge Rampant Lions Press, 1978, (370)(350), numbered and signed, orig cl bkd décor...

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

EBENEZER ELLIOTT: THE POETICAL WORKS, Edinburgh 1840, litho port frontis, rebnd (not recent), bds, printed ppr label £20-30

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

ROBERT SMITH SURTEES: JORROCKS'S JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES, ed J Grego, ill after Alken and others, c1900, orig cl gt worn & soiled £25-35

PETRUS ABELARD: THE LIVES AMOURS AND MISFORTUNES OF ABELARD AND HELOISE, ill E A Cox, 1947, 1st edn, 4to orig cl d/w (tatty) £20-30

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

SIR HENRY ELLIS: THE ELGIN AND PHIGALEIAN MARBLES…, L M A Nattali, 1846, 2 vols + J R PLANCHE: BRITISH COSTUME, L M Nattali, 1849 + 23 others same ser

THOMAS HOOD: POEMS – POEMS OF WHIT AND HUMOUR, 1846, 1847, 2 vols, 1 vol, old hf cf worn, (Qty 3) £25-35

THE COMIC ALMANACK, ill G Cruikshank, 1835-38, 4 works in 1, hf cf v worn, contents loose, A/F £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) £50-60

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

ALICE REA: DALEFOLK, 1895, 1st edn, 3 vols, orig décor cl, (3) £40-50

[MRS MARY BENNETT]: JANE SHORE OR THE GOLDSMITH'S WIFE, l E J Brett, c1880, orig blind stamped cl, £20-30

OSCAR WILDE: SALOME, ill A Beardsley, 1912, orig décor cl gt £20-30

JOHN LE CARRE: SMILEY'S PEOPLE, 1980, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + KINGSLEY AMIS: I WANT IT NOW, 1968, 1st edn, orig cl d/w, (2) £25-35

P G WODEHOUSE 2 TTLS: JILL THE RECKLESS, 1921, 1st edn, orig cl worn & soiled; LEAVE IT TO PSMITH, nd, 12th printing, orig pict cl, (2) £25...

JOHN CREASEY: DEATH IN COLD PRINT, 1961, 1st edn, signed and inscribed, orig cl d/w £20-30

CECIL SCOTT FORESTER 2 TTLS: THE VOYAGE OF THE ANNIE MARBLE, 1929, 1st edn, orig cl worn; VICTOR EMMANUEL II AND THE UNION OF ITALY, 1927, 1st edn, or

THOMAS HARDY 6 TTLS: TWO ON A TOWER, 1883, 2nd edn, 3 vols, old hf cf worn, few leaves loose + 5 others + HENRY DANIELSON: THE FIRST EDITIONS OF THE W

MARTIN ARMSTRONG: THE BIRD-CATCHER, 1929, (500), numbered and signed, orig parchment bkd bds, soiled £25-35

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

FLORA THOMPSON: LARK RISE, 1939, 1st edn, orig cl d/w vgc £150-200

GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER: FLASHMAN, 1969, 1st edn, orig cl d/w, lib stamp on ffep £30-40

WILLIAM BRINKLEY: DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER, 1957, 1st edn, cl d/w + JOHN BRAINE: THE CRYING GAME, 1968, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £20-30

DICK FRANCIS: BONECRACK, 1971, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £25-35

H G WELLS: THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON, 1901, 1st edn, 3rd state binding, 1 plt loose, lacks ffep, orig cl £80-100

A P HERBERT: THE WATER GIPSIES, 1930, 1st edn, 1st issue, orig cl worn & soiled £20-30

NICHOLAS MOORE: THE GLASS TOWER, ill Lucian Freud, 1944, 1st edn, orig cl bkd décor bds, d/w + WILLIAM SANSOM: THE EQUILIBRIAD, ill Lucian Freu...

W F PRIDEAUX: NOTES FOR A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD FITZGERALD, 1901, orig cl gt soiled + JOHN CARTER AND GRAHAM POLLARD: THE FIRM OF CHARLES OTTLEY LAND

P G WODEHOUSE 3 TTLS: IF I WERE YOU, 1931, 1st edn, orig cl worn & soiled + 2 others, (3) £25-35

IAN FLEMING: THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, 1965, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £25-35

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

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

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 £25-35

GILBERT ABBOTT A'BECKETT: THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND, THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME, ill John Leech, 1851-55, [1852], 1st edn, (2nd work), 2 vols,...

VIRGINIA WOOLF 3 TTLS: ORLANDO, ny, 1928, (861)(800), numbered and signed, some leaves at front with water staining top right corner, orig déco...

H G WELLS 3 TTLS: THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON, 1901, 1st edn, 2nd issue, rebnd hf cf; THE WAR IN THE AIR, 1908, 1st edn, some plts loose, orig cl gt wor

JESSIE L WESTON 3 TTLS: THE LEGEND OF SIR GAWAIN, 1897, 1st edn, Grimm Library vol 7, orig cl bkd bds; THE LEGEND OF SIR LANCELOT DU LAC, 1901, 1st ed

LAURENCE HOUSMAN: ECHO DE PARIS, 1923, (750) numbered, orig cl bkd bds £20-30

URSULA WOOD: FALL OF LEAF, 1943, 1st edn, sigd, 3 sigd poems loosely inserted, orig cl soiled £20-30

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

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 £25-35

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

THOMAS ARCHER: PICTURES AND ROYAL PORTRAITS ILLUSTRATIVE OF ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH HISTORY…, 1880, 2 vols, 4to, elaborate crimson mor gt, aeg, (2)
...

MARJORY KENNEDY-FRASER AND KENNETH MACLEOD: SONGS OF THE HEBRIDES, 1922-17, new edn, 1st edn, 1st edn, 3 vols, 4to orig cl gt, (3) £30-40

ROBERT ROBINSON: THOMAS BEWICK HIS LIFE AND TIMES, Newcastle 1887, 4to orig cl worn £40-50

JOHN RUSKIN 2 TTLS: THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE, 1883, 4th edn, 4to orig cl soiled; VERONA AND OTHER LECTURES, 1894, 1st edn, orig cl, (2) £...

WILLIAM BLAKE: THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL, 1927, 4to orig cl gt worn £20-30

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

EDWARD SEAGO: TIDELINE, 1948, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + JOHN MASEFIELD AND EDWARD SEAGO: A GENERATION RISEN, 1942, 1st edn, orig cl soiled, (2) £2...

THE FESTOON A COLLECTION OF EPIGRAMS…, l 1766, engraved vignette ttl, 12 mo, rebnd modern cf new eps £50-60

O FULL TRUE UNPERTIKLER OKEAWNT O WAT ME UN MAW MISTRIS SEEDE UN YERD WI' GOOIN TO THE' GREYTE EGGSHIBISHUN E'LUNDUN…, Rochdale 1864, ol...

LORD CHESTERFIELD AND OTHERS: THE NEW FOUNDLING HOSPITAL FOR WIT, L 1769, hf ttl, 16mo old cf worn £20-30

BEN JOHNSON: VOLPONE OR THE FOX A COMEDY…, L 1739, engraved frontis 12 mo old hf cf worn £20-30

OMAR S POUND 3 TTLS: SAINT ERKENWALD, Pennsylvania 1983 (300)(150), signed (twice) and inscribed, orig wraps; SIEGE LUCKNOW, 1857, Pennsylvania 1984,

T F POWYS: CHRIST IN THE CUPBOARD, 1930 (500), numbered and signed, Blue Moon Booklet no 5, orig wraps £25-35

OMAR KHAYYAM: RUBAIYAT, ill W Pogany, G Harrap, nd, orig décor cf gt, vgc, orig box £20-30

GEORGIAN EMBOSSED SILVER (UNMARKED) PRESENTATION CUP ENGRAVED INSCRIPTION 'Presented to Laurence Sterne on the Anniversary of his birthday, Nov ...

SIR ALFRED CLAPHAM: ENGLISH ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE, 1969, 2 vols, orig cl d/ws, (2) £50-60

HENRY MOSES: A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE VASES, ALTARS, PATERAE, TRIPODS, CANDELABRA, SARCOPHAGI…, L I Williams [1814], 150 engraved plts, small 4to hf cf

M H BARKER: THE OLD SAILOR'S JOLLY BOAT…, ill G Cruikshank, 1844, old hf cf v worn, top bd detached £20-30

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO: LE DECAMERON, ill Gravelot, L 1757-61, 5 vols, old cf gt, (5) £100-120

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...

GEORGE MACGREGOR: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF DOUGAL GRAHAM 'SKELLAT' BELLMAN OF GLASGOW, 1883 (250), numbered, 2 vols, cl +SIR WALTER SCOTT: ...

OMAR KHAYYAM: THE RUBAIYAT, ed E Heron-Allen, 1898 (1,000), 2nd edn, orig décor cl gt, v worn& soiled +another edn ill W Pogany, nd, orig e...

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...

HEDLEY HOPE-NICHOLSON: THE MINDES DELIGHT…,Cayme Press 1928, 1st edn, signed presentation copy, orig parchment bds £25-35

JESSE STUART: HEAD O'W-HOLLOW, ny, 1936, 1st edn, signed with lengthy inscription to Lady and Lord Astor, dated Dec 6th 1938, orig décor cl...

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

GAIUS SALLUSTAUS CRISPUS: OPERA QUAE EXTANT OMNIA CUM NOTIS INTEGRIS, Ed Joseph Wass, Cambridge 1710, lacks blanks, sm 4to, modern hf cf £40-50

GAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS: OPERA…, Amsterdam 1673, added engraved ttl, old cf worn, top joint weak £50-60

[ANNE GRANT]: MEMOIRS OF AN AMERICAN LADY…, L 1808, 1st edn, 2 vols, 12 mo, modern cl bkd bds, new eps £80-100

AUSTIN DOBSON 4 TTLS: PROVERBS IN PORCELAIN, 1877, orig cl gt soiled, inner joint split; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY VIGNETTES, 1892, orig cl soiled; OLD-WORLD

F G DELAMOTTE 2 TTLS: MEDIAEVAL ALPHABETS AND INITIALS FOR ILLUMINATORS, nd, 5th edn, orig cl bkd décor bds, contents loose; PRIMER OF THE ART ...

SAMUEL SMILES: LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS…, 1862, 5th thou, 4 vols, hf crimson mor, (4) £50-60

HIPPOCRATES: THE GENUINE WORKS, trans/ed Francis Adams, 1849, 2 vols, orig blind stamped cl gt worn, (2) £30-40

KENELM HENRY DIGBY: THE BROAD STONE OF HONOUR…, L B Quaritch, 1877-76, (500), 5 vols, orig blind stamped cl gt + SIR JOHN ELIOT: AN APOLOGY FOR SOCRAT

JOSEPH ADDISON: THE FREE-HOLDER OR POLITICAL ESSAYS, 1758, old cf worn £20-30

THOMAS HARDY: HUMAN SHOWS FAR PHANTASIES, 1925, 1st edn, mainly unopened, orig cl gt £20-30

R L HOBSON: WORCESTER PORCELAIN, 1910, 1st edn, large 4to orig cl gt, part d/w £100-120

AARON PENLEY: SKETCHING FROM NATURE IN WATER-COLOURS, [1869], fo orig décor cl gt worn + P H DELAMOTTE: THE ART OF SKETCHING FROM NATURE, 1871,...

FRANK TILLEY: TEAPOTS AND TEA, 1957 (1,000), 4to orig cl gt £40-50

WILLIAM HECTOR: VANDUARA OR ODDS AND ENDS PERSONAL SOCIAL AND LOCAL FROM RECOLLECTIONS OF BY-PAST TIMES, Paisley 1880, 4to orig cl + HALDANE MACFALL: