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PETER BAGSHAW: THE GAP IN THE DUNES, 1959 1st edn sigd orig cl d/w £20-30

LYNNE REID BANKS: THE L-SHAPED ROOM, 1960 1st edn orig cl d/w £40-50

IAN FLEMING 2 TTLS: THE ONE WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, 1965 1st edn orig cl d/w + one other, (2) £25-35

RUMER GODDEN: KINGFISHERS CATCH FIRE, 1953, 1st edn, orig cl d/w 20-30

LEN DEIGHTON: BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN, 1966, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £25-35

EVELYN WAUGH: HELENA, 1950, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £25-35

RAYMOND CHANDLER: PLAYBACK, 1958 1st edn orig cl d/w £30-40

P G WODEHOUSE 2 TTLS: JEEVES IN THE OFFING, 1960 1st edn, orig cl d/w; WEEK-END WODEHOUSE, [1939] 1st edn, orig cl worn, (2) £25-35

S E EVELYN THOMAS: LAUGHS WITH THE LOVELIES, ill Carl Giles (wrapper), c1935, orig cl d/w

LORD JOHN CAMPBELL: THE LIVES OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S AND KEEPERS OF THE GREAT SEAL OF ENGLAND, 1845-47, 6 vols old cf gt, mor labels, spines g...

HORACE WALPOLE EARL OF ORFORD: THE LETTERS, Ed Peter Cunningham 1861, 9 vols, décor tree cf gt rebkd preserving old spines, (9) £120-150

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, THE WORKS, Ed Charles Knight, c1870 imperial edition, 2 vols, added engraved ttls 44 steel engraved plts fo, hf cf, (2) £1...

MARY RUSSELL MITFORD (ED): FINDENS' TABLEAUX, 1840, added engraved ttl, 11 plts fo, décor cf gt £60-80

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE WORKS, Ed Charles Knight, nd single vol only (comedies), fo, décor cf gt £20-30

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

GEORGE GORDON NOEL LORD BYRON: THE PRISONER OF CHILLON, ill W & G Audsley, 1865, 4to orig dcor cl gt, contents loose £40- 50

'RANCHER': TALLY-HO BACK, ill Lionel Edwards 1931 1st edn, inscribed presentation copy from artist, 4to orig cl bkd bds £30- 40

BIRKET FOSTER: SUMMER SCENES 1867, 1st edn 15 mounted sepia photos, some spotting, 4to orig décor cl worn & soiled £30- 40

R L HOBSON: THE WARES OF THE MING DYNASTY, 1923 (256)(250) numbered and signed part unopened, 4to orig pigskin gt worn £120-150

ROBERT ROBINSON: THOMAS BEWICK HIS LIFE AND TIMES, Newcastle 1887, 4to orig cl worn £30-40

THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE: SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, 1935 1st trade edn, 4to orig buckram gt £25-35

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EDWARD SEAGO 2 TTLS: A CANVAS TO COVER, 1947 1st edn orig cl d/w; PEACE IN WAR, 1944 2nd impress orig cl, (2) £25- 35

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

RICHARD JEFFERIES: THE STORY OF MY HEART, ill E W WAITE, 1912, new edn, orig décor cl gt £20-30

BEAUTIES OF FABLES IN VERSE SELECTED TO FORM THE JUDGMENT DIRECT THE TASTE AND IMPROVE THE CONDUCT OF YOUTH, J Smeeton c1795, sole edn, lacks final to

SAMUEL ROGERS: POEMS – ITALY, 1842, 2 vols, cf gt ex lib, (2) £20-30

ROGER L'ESTRANGE: FABLES OF AESOP AND OTHER EMINENT MYTHOLOGISTS, 1714, 6th edn, engraved port and frontis, old blind stamp cf worn, crudely reb...

CHARLES RUSHTON: MURDER IN BAVARIA, 1937 1st edn sigd and inscribed orig cl £25-35

AUSTIN DOBSON 4 TTLS: PROVERBS IN PORCELAIN, 1877, orig cl gt soiled, inner joint split; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY VIGNETTES, 1862, orig cl soiled; OLD-WORLD

HENRY NEWBOLT: ALADORE, ill Lady Hylton, 1914, (15), numbered and signed by author, orig vellum gt soiled £80-100

PLUTARCH: LIVES, c1904, Tree cf gt prize binding + THOMAS BABINGTON LORD MACAULAY: ESSAYS, 1905, cf gt prize binding + S Johnson, LIVES OF THE MOST EM

SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD: SHE, 1887 1st edn, orig cl gt £150-180

EDWARD SEAGO: HIGH ENDEAVOUR – A CANVAS TO COVER, 1944, 1947 1st edns, orig cl d/ws, (2) £30-40

ALEXIS PIRON: OEUVRES BADINES, ill Paul-Emile Bacat, Paris 1949 (1500) numbered, rebnd, décor cf gt £30-40

P G WODEHOUSE: THE GOLD BAT, 1904, 1st edn, in 'The Captain' vol 10, orig cl gt worn & soiled £30-40

FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE (ED): THE GOLDEN TREASURY, 1890 (500) numbered and signed by Editor, orig vell bkd cl gt worn £20- 30

CHARLES DICKENS: BLEAK HOUSE, ill H K Browne, 1853, 1st edn in bookform, orig cl v worn, bottom bd detached £100-120

ALEISTER CROWLEY: MOONCHILD, 1929 1st edn orig cl £30-40

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: OUR SECOND AMERICAN ADVENTURE, [1923] 1st edn, orig cl v soiled d/w (tatty) £30-40

MEMOIREN EINER RUSSISCHEN TANZERIN, 1906 (400), privately printed numbered, orig cl v worn & soiled £25-35

WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAN: THE MAKING OF A SAINT, 1898, 1st edn, orig cl soiled £30-40

CHARLES DICKENS: BARNABY RUDGE, Ed Andrew Lang, c1899 Gadshill Edition, 2 vols, extra illustrated with many relevant orig photographs, designs etc, re

G K CHESTERTON 2 TTLS: THE BALL AND THE CROSS, 1910 1st paperback edition, orig pict wraps; A CHESTERTON CALENDAR, 1911, 1st edn, orig cl, (2) £...

HENRY HALLAM: THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 1867, 3 vols décor cf gt prize binding, spines gt in compartments, (3) £40-50

JUSTIN McCARTHY: A HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES, 1881, 4 vols, hf crimson mor, spines gt in compartments, (4) £80-100

JOHN RICHARD GREEN: HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE, 1885, 4 vols, hf crimson mor, spines gt in compartments (4) £80- 100

REV RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM 'THOMAS INGOLDSBY': THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, ill G Cruikshank and J Leech 1849-42-47, 1st edn, 3 vols, hf ttls, d...

OSCAR WILDE: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, Ward Lock and Bowden Limited [1895], rebnd hf mor gt spine gt in compartments £60-80

JAMES TEMPLETON & COMPANY LIMITED: TEMPLETON PRESENT CARPETS OF DISTINCTION, Glasgow c1958, 4to orig cl gt £30- 40

LES ARTS, Paris 1918-20, 3 vols, 4to hf cf, (3) £25-35

ROBERT BLAIR: THE GRAVE, ill L Schiavonetti after W Blake and T Phillips, 1808 1st edn, added engraved ttl, engraved port frontis, 11 engraved plts, 4

HENRY WILLIAM BUNBURY 'GEOFFREY GAMBADO': AN ACADEMY FOR GROWN HORSEMEN – ANNALS OF HORSEMANSHIP, 1796, 1796, 2 vols in one, 29 engraved plt...

RICHARD BROWN: THE PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICAL PRESPECTIVE, 1815, 51 engraved and aquatint plts, including 1 hand col'd, some spotting, 4to, old hf ...

LOGI SOUTHBY: THE WHITE DRAGON, Griffon Press 1934 1st edn, 4to orig pict cl d/w (grubby) + GUSTAV FLAUBERT: SALAMMBO, ill Haydn Mackey Mandrake Press

TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT: A COMPLETE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 1757-58 1st edn, 4 vols engraved frontis' folding map (repaired with tape), 4to old cf v ...

JOHN ASHTON, HUMOUR WIT AND SATIRE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1883 (150)(80) numbered large paper edn inscribed presentation copy to Dr Richard Garne

JOACHIM OUDAANS: ROOMSE MOOGENTHEID, Leiden 1723, added engraved ttl 123 plts, 4to, rebkd cf £40-50

HENRY HALLAM: VIEW OF THE STATE OF EUROPE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES, 1868, 3 vols, cf gt, rebkd preserving old spines, (3) £50-60

SAMUEL PEPYS: MEMOIRS, Ed Lord Braybrooke 1828, 5 vols décor tree cf gt rebkd, (5) £100-120

JOHN MILTON: PARADISE LOST – PARDISE REGAINED, 1795-96, 2 vols, vol 1 engraved ttl and frontis, vol 2 engraved frontis and 3 plts, old cf gt rebkd, (2

THOMAS HARDY: THE WELL – BELOVED, 1897 2nd edn orig cl gt

SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS 'MARK TWAIN' 5 TTLS: THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, 1897 new edn, orig cl gt + 3 others, (4) £20-30

SIR WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT: THE 'BAB' BALLADS MUCH SOUND AND LITTLE SENSE, G Routledge c1873, orig pict cl gt worn + another edn, (2) ...

CHARLES HEATH: GALLERY OF ENGRAVINGS, c1836, lacks ttl, 44 engraved plts old cf gt worn £25-35

HEDLEY HOPE NICHOLSON: THE MINDES DELIGHT, Cayme Press 1928, 1st edn, signed presentation copy, orig parchment bds £20- 20

JESS 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 ...

MALCOLM BRADBURY: EATING PEOPLE IS WRONG, 1959 1st edn signed, orig cl d/w + THE LONDON MAGAZINE, 1958 (Feb & Aug) each with review by Malcolm B...

JAMES FENIMORE COOPER: THE PATHFINDER OR THE INLAND SEA, Paris Baudry's European Library 1840, 1st Paris edn, old hf cf worn £30-40

CHARLES ROWCROFT: CHRONICLES OF 'THE FLEET PRISON', 1847, 2nd edn 3 vols old cl bkd bds v worn and soiled, (3) £25- 35

ROBERT AND ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING: THE LETTERS, NY and L 1899, 1st edn 2 vols orig cl gt, (2) £20-30

[RUDOLPH ERICH RASPE]: THE TRAVELS AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN, ill George Cruikshank and the author W Tegg 1877, 22 plts hand col...

SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD: THE WAY OF THE SPIRIT, 1906 1st edn, lib cl £20-30

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE: UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, ill George Cruikshank J Cassell 1852, 1st edn hf cf worn £40-50

H G WELLS 4 TTLS: THE WORLD OF WILLIAM CLISSOLD, 1926 1st edn vol 2 only orig cl + 3 others, (4)

THE DANCES OF DEATH THROUGH THE VARIOUS STAGES OF HUMAN LIFE, ill D Deuchar after Holbein 1803 in English and French, added engraved ttl frontis, 48 p

WYNDHAM LEWIS: THE HUMAN AGE, ill Michael Ayrton 1956, vols 1-2, orig cl d/ws + JAMES BRANCH CAMPBELL: DOMNEI, ill Frank C Pape 1930, 1st edn orig cl

SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS: BASIC WRITINGS, Ed A C Pegis, NY 1945 1st edn, 2 vols, (2) £20-30

RALPH STRAUS: THE UNSPEAKABLE CURLL, 1927 1st edn, orig cl soiled + PHILIP PINKUS: GRUB ST STRIPPED BARE, 1968 1st edn, orig cl d/w, (2) £20-30

R F DELDERFIELD: TO SERVE THEM ALL MY DAYS, 1972 1st edn orig cl d/w £20-30

WILLIAM LAKE: SHEPHERD, 1954 1st edn, signed, lacks ffep, orig cl d/w

THOMAS MANN: DEATH IN VENICE, 1928 1st edn, orig cl gt £25-35

FRANZ KAFKA: THE CASTLE, 1930, 1st edn, orig cl gt ex Boots Lib + FRANK HARRIS: THE YELLOW TICKET AND OTHER STORIES, 1914 1st edn lib cl + RICHMAL CRO

MARY RUSSELL MITFORD (ED): FINDENS' TABLEAUX, 1838 added engraved hand col'd ttl, 11 engraved plts fo décor cf gt worn, top bd detached...

SIR ERNEST GEORGE: ETCHINGS IN BELGIUM, 1878, 1st edn, 30 etched plts, fo, orig décor cl, (contents loose) £30-40

WILLIAM SEWEL: THE HISTORY OF THE RISE INCREASE AND PROGRESS OF THE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS, Burlington New-Jersey 1774 3rd edn, lib stamps fo

JACK INCE AND JOHN SACHER: THE POSTAL SERVICES OF THE BRITISH NIGERIA REGION PRIOR TO 1914, Royal Philatelic Society 1992, 1st edn 4to, orig cl d/w ...

RICHARD LANE: IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD THE JAPANESE PRINT, 1978 1st edn, 4to cl d/w £20-30

FRANCIS BACON: THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING A REPRODUCTION OF THE COPY IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY OWNED BY CHARLES I, Alburgh 1987 facs edn, 4to, orig cl g

PETER NICHOLSON AND MICHAEL ANGELO: THE CARPETER AND JOINER'S COMPANION, 1826, added engraved ttl, 89 plts lacks printed ttl, 4to old hf cf rebk...

ROBERT SMITH SURTEES: JORROCKS'S JAUNTS AND JOLLITIES, ed J Grego, ill after Alken and others, c1900, orig cl gt worn & soiled £20-30

FRANCISCO SOBRINO: DICIONARIO NUEVO DE LAS LENGUAS ESPANOLA Y FRANCESA, Brussells 1721 vol 1(of 2) only, 4to old cf worn

W CHAPPELL: POPULAR MUSIC OF THE OLDEN TIME, [1860] 1st edn, 2 vols old hf cf + 2 others, (4) £25-35

ADRIAN BURY: THE ART OF REGINALD G EVES, RA, 1940 (200) numbered and signed, orig qtr cf £20-30

HOMER: THE ILIAD, trans Alexander Pope 1771, vols 1-3 only, 12 mo, old cf v worn requiring rebinding, (3)

[DANIEL DEFOE]: A MILITARY HISTORY OF GERMANY AND OF ENGLAND, Edinburgh 1766, 12 mo, old cf worn £25-35

FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DIT VOLTAIRE: THE AGE OF LOUIS XV, Dublin 1770, 1st Dublin edn, 2 vols hf ttls, 12 mo, old cf worn £30- 40

JAMES THOMSON: THE WORKS, 1757 4 vols, engraved port frontis, 5 plts, 12 mo cf gt worn some bds loose, (4) £30-40

JOSEPH COLLYER: THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 1774, 14 vols in 7, 12 mo, old cf worn, (7) £30-40

RENATI RAPINI: HORTORUM LIBRI ECLOGAE LIBER DE CARMINE PASTORALI ODAE, Lugduni Batavorum 1672, 2 works in one, added engraved ttl, 12 mo, old cf rebkd