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WILLIAM CHAFFERS: MARKS AND MONOGRAMS ON POTTERY AND PORCELAIN, 1870, 3rd edn, orig cl gt £20-30

MARGARET FLOWER: VICTORIAN JEWELLERY, 1951, 1st edn, orig cl d/w (tatty) + WILLIAM BOWYER HONEY: THE ART OF THE POTTER, 1946, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + G

SIR GEORGE GROVE: DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS, 1927, vols 2, 4-5 (of 5 only), orig cl ex-lib, (3)

N HUDSON MOORE: THE OLD CHINA BOOK, N Y 1937, orig cl gt + ARTHUR HAYDEN: CHATS ON OLD EARTHENWARE, 1912, orig décor cl + 3 others, (5) £2...

D THOMAS AND I BENNETT (EDS): THE PRICE GUIDE TO ENGLISH WATERCOLOURS, 1971, 1st edn, 4to cl d/w

ERIC QUAYLE: OLD COOK BOOKS, 1978 1st edn, 4to, orig cl d/w £20-30

MICHAEL SADLEIR: XIX CENTURY FICTION A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, NY 1969, 2 vols, 4to orig cl; EXCURSIONS IN VICTORIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1974 reprint, orig

KERRY DOWNES: THE ARCHITECTURE OF WREN, 1982, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + GEOFFREY BEARD: THE WORK OF CHRISTOPHER WREN, 1982, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + SIR BA

CHARLES J SAWYER AND F J HARVEY DARTON: ENGLISH BOOKS, 1927 (2000), 2 vols, orig cl ex-lib + A S HERBERT: HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF PRINTED EDITIONS OF

JOHN C ECKEL: THE FIRST EDITIONS OF THE WRITINGS OF CHARLES DICKENS, 1972 (750) numbered reprint, orig cl £20-30

MRS WARREN AND MRS PULLAN: TREASURES IN NEEDLEWORK, [1855], 1st edn, orig blind stone cl worn and soiled + FRANCIS M KELLY AND RANDOLPH SCHWABE: HISTO

RUDYARD KIPLING: IN BLACK AND WHITE ALAHABAD [1888] 1st edn, orig pict wraps worn and ink soiled; STALKY & CO, 1899 1st edn, orig cl gt worn; TH...

GEORGE BARNARD: THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING IN WATER-COLOURS, 1858, new and enlge edn, rebnd, mod cl bkd bds £20-30

DOROTHY STROUD: CAPABILITY BROWN, 1975, new edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

SIR GEORGE GROVE: DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS, 1912-11, 5 vols, orig cl worn, (5) £20-30

PERCY MUIR: MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS, 1956, 1st edn, signed and inscribed by Barbara and Percy Muir, lacks ffep, orig cl d/w + H B KRAUS: A RARE BOOK S

A EDWARD NEWTON: THE AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING, 1920, orig cl back bds + HOLBROOK JACKSON: THE ANATOMY OF BIBLIOMANIA, 1950, orig cl d/w + 4 other

DAVID LOW: WAR CARTOONS, [1941] 1st edn, oblong orig cl bkd pict bds

EDWARD ABBEY AND DAVID MUENCH: DESERT IMAGES AN AMERICAN LANDSCAPE, 1979, 1st edn, fo, orig cl slip case £25- 35

ALL THE QUEENS HORSES THE ART OF LYNNE GLEASON, 1997 (950) numbered, 4to orig cl gt slip case £150-180

MICHAEL JAFFE: THE DEVONSHIRE COLLECTION OF ITALIAN DRAWINGS, 1994, 1st edn, 4 vols, 4to orig cl d/ws, (4) £40-50

HONORIA D MARSH: SHADES FROM JANE AUSTEN, 1975 (300) numbered, edn De Luxe, 4to décor goat skin gt, inner dentielles gt moiré silk tafetta...

WILLIAM CAVE: SCRIPTORUM ECCLESIASTICORUM HISTORIA LITERARIA, Oxford 1740, 2 vols, water staining and some damage fo old cf v worn (A/F), (2) £...

ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION OF THE FINE ARTS IN SCOTLAND SIX ENGRAVINGS IN ILLUSTRATION OF A LEGEND OF MONTROSE – SIX ENGRAVINGS IN ILLUSTRATION O

HENRI DE TOULOUSE–LAUTREC: ELLES, Intro Michel Melot Toulouse-Lautrec, c1969 (1250) numbered with add litho loosely inserted large fo, orig cl bkd pic

LEITCH RICHIE: TURNER'S ANNUAL TOUR, WONDERINGS BY THE LOIRE-THE SEINE, ill J M W Turner, 1833-35, 3 plt vols in one, large pp, 3 engraved ttls ...

WILLIAM EDEN NESFIELD: SPECIMENS OF MEDIAEVAL ARCHITECTURE, 1862, 1st edn, 100 litho plts fo, orig roan bkd pict cl gt £150- 180

WALTER CRANE: CARTOONS FOR THE CAUSE DESIGNS AND VERSES FOR THE SOCIALIST AND LABOUR MOVEMENT, Intro John Betjeman 1976 (100) numbered and sigd by Joh

THOMAS WRIGHT: ARBOURS AND GROTTOS, Ed Eileen Harris Scolar Press, 1979 (375) facs out of series copy, oblong fo orig cl bkd bds s-c £40-50

CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ENGLAND, c1880, 9 vols in 5, 4to, hf cf mor labels, (5) £40-50

JOHN MILTON: PARADISE LOST, ill Frederick Thrupp, 1879, oblong 4to orig cl gt ex Woburn library £25-35

JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER: SAMMTLACHE WERKE, Stuttgart and Tubingen 1835-36 12 vols some water staining, old hf cf worn, (12) £30...

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

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

SIR WALTER SCOTT: TALES OF A GRANDFATHER, 1830, 3rd Series, 3 vols, 12 mo orig roan bkd bds, (3) £20-30

[JOHN PAUL MARANA]: LETTERS WRIT BY A TURKISH SPY, 1753-54, 8 vols, 12 mo, old cf worn, (8) £25-35

[ANNE MARSH]: MORDAUNT HALL – TIME THE AVENGER – ADELAIDE LINDSAY, 1853, 1853, 1851, 3 works in 1, old hf cf worn £30- 40

CHARLES DICKENS: THE BATTLE OF LIFE A LOVE STORY, 1846, 1st edn, 4th iss lacks ffep, orig pict cl gt part loss to back strip £25- 35

GEORGE GORDON NOEL LORD BYRON: THE WORKS, 1823, 5 vols, décor crimson mor gt aeg, (5) £50-60

[GEORGE M WOODWARD]: ANNALS OF SPORTING, ill T Rowlandson, T Tegg, 1809 1st edn, col'd ttl, 5 col'd plts and 23 uncol'd plts including 1...

JUSTIN'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD FROM THE ASSYRIAN MONARCHY, trans T Brown, J Matthews 1713, 2nd edn, hf ttl cropped, 12 mo, old cf worn £30-40

[WILLIAM DE BRITAINE]: HUMANE PRUDENCE OR THE ART BY WHICH A MAN MAY RAISE HIMSELF AND HIS FORTUNE TO GRANDEUR, R Sare 1717, 11th edn, 12 mo, old cf w

DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS AND AULUS FLACCUS PERSIUS: SATIRARUM, Paris J Barbou 1754, engraved frontis and 1 plt, old mott cf gt worn £50-60

AESOP: FABULAE, GRAECE AND LATINE: Amsterdam J Jansson 1653, 47 wood engraved ills, lacks blanks old cf worn £100- 120

PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO: TRISTIUM LIBRI V, Rotterdam 1698, added engraved ttl 12 mo, old vell worn £40-50

EUCLID: ELEMENTORUM SEX PRIORES LIBRI, Lugdoni Pataviorum and Amsterdam 1673, added engraved ttl, 12 mo, old cf worn £40- 50

SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL: A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH – SPEAKING PEOPLES, 1956-58 1st edn, 4 vols, orig cl d/w, (4) £25-35

HAROLD NICOLSON: SOME PEOPLE, ill Philippe Jullian Folio Society 1951, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

WILLIAM BUTLER YEATES: THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE, Dublin Cuala Press 1917 (400) orig cl bkd bds worn £40-50

DAME EDITH SITWELL 5 TTLS ALL SIGNED AND INSCRIBED: POEMS OLD AND NEW, 1940 1st edn orig bds; GREEN SONG AND OTHER POEMS, 1944 1st edn orig cl; THE SO

SIGMUND FREUD: DIE FRAGE DER LAIENANALYSE, Leipzig, Vienna and Zurich 1926, 1st edn, orig wraps worn £25-35

WYNDHAM LEWIS 3 TTLS: TARR, 1918 1st edn, orig cl worn; FILIBUSTERS IN BRABARY, 1932 1st edn, orig pict cl worn and soiled; THE RED PRIEST, 1956 1st e

SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD 3 TTLS: ERIC BRIGHTEYES, 1891, orig cl gt; AYESHA, NY 1905 1st edn, orig cl gt; SMITH AND THE PHARAOHS, 1920, 1st edn orig cl,

WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON: THE GHOST PIRATES, 1909 1st edn, orig cl ex lib £150-180

HENRY MAYHEW: THE WORLD'S SHOW OR THE ADVENTURES OF MR AND MRS SANDBOYS AND FAMILY, ill George Cruikshank, D Bogue [1851], 1st edn 1st iss, wood...

DICK FRANCIS: TWICE SHY – PROOF – BREAK IN – BOLT – THE EDGE – STRAIGHT, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1st edn, orig cl d/ws, (6) £30-40

GRAHAM SWIFT: WATERLAND, 1983 1st edn, orig cl d/w £20-30

DICK FRANCIS: THE DANGER – PROOF – TO THE HILT, 1983, 1984, 1996, 1st edns, orig cl d/ws + 5 others, (8) £25-35

MRS DORA SAINT 'MISS READ': VILLAGE DIARY - OVER THE GATE, 1957, 1964 1st edns, orig cl d/ws, (2)

CHARLES KINGSLEY: TWO YEARS AGO, Cambridge 1857, 1st edn 3 vols orig cl worn, (3) £25-35

[MRS BOWDLER]: POEMS AND ESSAYS BY A LADY LATELY DECEASED, Bath 1786 2nd edn 2 vols, hf ttls, old cf worn, (2) £25- 35

SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS: AN ARTIST'S LIFE, 1952 reprint orig cl worn

SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS: AN ARTIST'S LIFE – THE SECOND BURST – THE FINISH, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1st edn, 3 vols orig cl, (3) £60- 80

SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS: THE SECOND BURST, 1951 1st edn, orig autograph 24 line poem to Ernest Ringer of Rougham sigd and dated July 27 1952, orig cl d/w

BASIL MAINE 4 TTLS: THE BEST OF ME, 1937 1st edn orig cl worn; PEOPLE ARE MUCH ALIKE, 1938 1st edn orig cl d/w; FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, 1938 1st edn orig

FRANCOIS RABELAIS: THE WORKS, ill W Heath Robinson, nd 2 vols orig cl gt, (2) £20-30

SEAMUS HEANEY 4 TTLS ALL SIGNED AND INSCRIBED: NORTH, 1975 1st edn orig cl d/w + 3 others all reprints, (4) £100-120

AGATHA CHRISTIE: SPARKLING CYANIDE, 1945 1st edn orig cl; SPIDER'S WEB, 1956 1st edn orig wraps, (2) £25-35

CECIL DAY LEWIS 'NICHOLAS BLAKE': HEAD OF A TRAVELLER, 1949, 1st edn, orig cl d/w (tatty) £30-40

DYLAN THOMAS: QUITE EARLY ONE MORNING, 1954, 1st edn orig cl

ALAN ALEXANDER MILNE: BEHIND THE LINES, 1940, 1st edn, orig cl bkd bds soiled

LA MODE ILLUSTREE, 1907 (FULL YEAR), pict front wraps bnd in small fo cl bkd bds £50-60

THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, 1851 the art journal ill catalogue, 4to orig blind stamped décor cl rebkd + THE ART-JOURNAL, 1862 new series vol 1...

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,...

VICTOR SKREBNESKI: PORTRAITS, N Y 1978, 1st edn, 4to cl d/w

GORDON ANTHONY: RUSSIAN BALLET, Intro Arnold Haskell 1939 1st edn, 4to orig 2 tone cl £20-30

P E ARIAS: A HISTORY OF GREEK PAINTING, trans/ed B B Shefton, 1962, 4to orig cl gt soiled, ex lib

TANCRED BORENIUS AND E W TRISTRAN: ENGLISH MEDIEVAL PAINTING, Paris 1926 1st edn, 4to, hf cf £60-80

ATHERTON CURTIS: SOME MASTERS OF LITHOGRAPHY, NY 1897 (750) numbered, 4to orig décor cl £80-100

PIETRO ANNIGONI: SPANISH SKETCHBOOK, 1957 1st edn, 4to orig cl gt

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

GODFREY WORDSWORTH TURNER: ART STUDIES OF HOME LIFE, c1890 2nd edn, 24 woodbury type plts, 4to orig décor cl gt £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

REV JAMES BARCLAY: A COMPLETE AND UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, Bungay 1812, 4to old cf worn £50- 60

JOHN PHILIPS: POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS – THE SPLENDID SHILLING – CIDER, 1728, 1728, 1727, 3 works in one, 1st and 3rd works engraved frontis, 12 pp

HENRY SEATON MERRIMAN: FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER – THE VELVET GLOVE, Lipzig 1893, 1902, Tauchnitz edns, rebnd cl bkd bds + 3 other similar, (5)...

THE STRAND MAGAZINE, 1894-96 vols 7-12 orig pict cl, (6) £25-35

JOHN BETJEMAN: SUMMONED BY BELLS, 1960 1st edn, orig cl d/w; A RING OF BELLS, ed Irene Slade, ill E Ardizzone 1962 1st edn orig cl d/w, (2) £25...

WILBUR SMITH: THE EYE OF THE TIGER – CRY WOLF, 1975, 1976 1st edns, orig cl d/w £20-30

MOLLY WEIR: SHOES WERE FOR SUNDAY, 1970 1st edn, signed and inscribed autograph Christmas card loosely inserted, orig cl d/w £20-30

A P HERBERT: THE WATER GIPSIES, 1930, 1st edn, 1st iss, orig cl worn & soiled

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, (2)

CECIL SCOTT FORESTER 6 TTLS: THE COMMODORE, 1945, 1st edn, orig cl soiled; LORD HORNBLOWER, 1946, 1st edn, orig cl d/w (tatty); MR MIDSHIPMAN HORNBLOW

CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD: LIONS AND SHADOWS, 1938, 1st edn, orig cl worn & soiled £25-35

SYDNEY HORLER 4 TTLS: MAN ALIVE, 1947 1st edn orig cl d/w (tatty); THEY THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD, 1949 1st edn orig cl worn; THE MAN WHO LOVED SPIDERS, 194

JOHN BETJEMAN 4 TTLS: A FEW LATE CHRYSANTHEMUNS, 1954 1st edn orig cl; HIGH AND LOW, 1966 1st edn orig cl d/w; A NIP IN THE AIR, 1974 1st edn orig cl

DICK FRANCIS 5 TTLS: HIGH STAKES, 1975 1st edn orig cl d/w; TWICE SHY, 1981 1st edn orig cl d/w; BOLT, 1986 1st edn orig cl d/w; THE DANGER, 1983 1st

DICK FRANCIS: HIGH STAKES – RISK – BANKER, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1st edns, orig cl d/ws, (3) £20-30

SPIKE MILLIGAN: PUCKOON – A BOOK OF BITS, 1963, 1965, 1st edns orig cl d/ws, (2) £25-35

IAN FLEMING: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, 1964, 1st edn orig cl d/w £30-40