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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)
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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: