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ALICE K EARLY: ENGLISH DOLLS EFFIGIES AND PUPPETS, 1955 1st edn, orig cl

[RUDOLPH ERICH RASPE]: THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN, ill W Strang and J B Clark, 1895, 1st edn, orig pict cl

SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD: RED EVE, [1911] 1st edn, orig cl pict paper label worn

ANTHONY POWELL: A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME, 1966-75, 12 vols, vols 1-7 reprints, vols 8-12 1st edns, orig cl d/ws, (12)

JANE AUSTEN: WORKS, ill Joan Hassall, Folio Society 1989, 7 vols, orig cl bkd décor bds, s-c

P G WODEHOUSE: 2 TTLS, THE INIMITABLE JEEVES, 1923 1st edn, orig pict cl soiled; CARRY ON JEEVES, 1925 1st edn, orig pict cl soiled, (2)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE BOYDEL GALLERY, A COLLECTION OF ENGRAVINGS ILLUSTRATING THE DRAMATIC WORKS, L Bickers & Son 1874, 1st edn, 97 Woodbury ...

WILLIAM BLAKE: JERUSALEM, (Ed) Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Trianon Pr 1974 (558) (26) lettered, 4to orig qtr mor

ALDOUS HUXLEY: PRISONS, ill G B Piranesi, ed J Adhemar, Trianon Pr 1949 (212) (100) numbered and sigd by author, 4to, orig wraps

GRANT R FRANCIS: OLD ENGLISH DRINKING GLASSES, 1926, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl gt

SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT: MODELS OF PROPRIETY, 1951 1st edn, orig cl d/w

JOHN MASEFIELD AND EDWARD SEAGO: A GENERATION RISEN, 1942, 1st edn, orig cl d/w

LAWRENCE STONE: SCULPTURE THE BRITAIN THE MIDDLE AGES, 1955, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w, (tatty)

GEORGE GORDON NOEL LORD BRYON: THE WORKS, (Ed) W Anderson [1850] 2 vols port frontis added engrd ttls, 61 plts, old hf cf worn, (2)

WILLIAM BLAKE: THERE IS NO NATUREL RELIGION, (Ed) Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Trianon Pr, 1971 (616) (540) numbered, 2 vols, 4to and 8 vo, orig mor bkd marb

WILLIAM BLAKE: THE BOOK OF LOS, (Ed) Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Trianon Pr 1976 (538) (480) numbered, 4to, orig mor bkd marb bds, s-c

SIR GEOFFREY KEYNES: A STUDY OF THE ILLUMINATED BOOKS OF WILLIAM BLAKE, Trianon Pr 1964 (525) lettered and sigd, orig mor bkd marb bds, s-c

EDWARD SEAGO: PEACE IN WAR – HIGH ENDEAVOUR, 1943, 1944 1st edns, orig cl d/ws, (2)

EDWARD SEAGO: A CANVAS TO COVER, 1947, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + [F ROLFE]: I WALKED BY NIGHT, ill Edward Seago, 1935, 1st edn, orig cl, later d/w, (2)

SIR WALTER SCOTT: THE POETICAL WORKS, ill After J M W Turner, Edinburgh 1882, orig cl gt worn & soiled

CHARLES DICKENS: MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, 1840-41 1st edn in bookform, 3 vols, old hf cf worn, (3)

CHARLES DICKENS: MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, 1840-41, 1st edn in bookform, 3 vols, orig blind stpd pict cl

CHARLES DICKENS: MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, 1840-41, 1st edn in book form, orig pict cl gt, worn & soiled, back strips with some loss, vol 1 t...

GILBERT ABBOTT A'BECKETT: THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME, ill J Leech, 10 hand col'd plts, orig 2 tone cl gt

GILBERT ABBOTT A'BECKETT: THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND, ill John Leech, 1847-48, 1st edn in bookform, 2 vols in 1, 20 hand col'd plts, old h...

CHARLES DICKENS: LITTLE DORRIT, ill H K Browne, 1857, 1st edn in bookform, added vig ttl and 39 plts, lacks errata slip and hf ttl, old hf cf worn, sp

CHARLES DICKENS: DAVID COPPERFIELD, ill H K Browne, 1850, 1st edn in bookform, add tt dated 1850, 38 (of 39 plts), old hf cf, décor gt spine

CHARLES DICKENS: OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, ill Marcus Stone, 1865 1st edn, in bookform, 2 vols in 1, old hf cf, mor label

CHARLES DICKENS: NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, ill H K Browne, 1839 1st edn in bookform, engrd port frontis, 39 etched plts, old hf cf, spine gt in compartments

CHARLES DICKENS: BLEAK HOUSE, ill H K Browne, 1853, 1st edn in bookform, added engrd ttl, 39 plts, old hf cf, spine gt in compartments

CHARLES DICKENS: MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT, ill H K Browne, 1844, 1st edn in bookform, added vig ttl in 1st state, 38 etched plts, errata lf, old hf cf worn,

CHARLES DICKENS: PICKWICK PAPERS, ill R C Seymour and H K Browne, 1837 1st edn in bookform, early iss, added engrd ttl, 42 plts, mod cl bkd marb bds

CHARLES DICKENS: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, ill S L Fildes 1870, 1st edn in bookform, old hf cf worn

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE, 1866 hand col'd ttl and 14 plts , some loose, orig pict cl gt

ERNEST ETHERIDGE: BAXTER PRINTS, 1929 1st edn, orig cl, pict paper label + S E WILSON: ENGRAVINGS IN MEZZOTINT, nd, orig cl gt + P H NORTON: HANDBOOK

C ROWLEY (PUB): STUDIES FOR THE LEAD PENCIL, ill Bragg, 20 litho plts, no text, obl old hf cf worn

HUGH SHANKLAND WOOD (TRANS): THE PRETTIEST LOVE LETTERS IN THE WORLD, LETTERS BETWEEN LUCREZIA BORGIA & PIETRO BEMBO, ill Richard Shirley Smith,...

SIGFRIED SASSOON, 2 ttls: MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN, ill William Nicholson, 1929, 1st edn, orig pict buckram; SIEGFRIED'S JOURNEY, 1945, 1st ...

HECTOR FRANCE: MUSKS HASHISH AND BLOOD, ill P Avirl, Walpole Pr 1900 subscribers edn, orig cl

HEATH'S BOOK OF BEAUTY, 1833 added engrd vig ttl, 18 plts, décor cf gt + THE BOOK OF THE POETS, L, Darton & Co, c1850 décor mor gt...

EVELYN WAUGH: A HANDFUL OF DUST, 1934 1st edn, orig mott cl worn, inner joints weak

VINCENT VAN GOGH: THE COMPLETE LETTERS, 1978 reprint, 3 vols, orig cl gt, s-c

A E COPPARD: 2 TTLS, CLORINDA WALKS IN HEAVEN, Gold Cock Pr 1922, orig cl bkd bds soiled; NIXEY'S HARLEQUIN, 1931 (304) numbered and signed, ori...

G ROSTREVOR HAMILTON (ED): THE LATIN PORTRAIT, Nones Pr 1929 (1050) Review copy, orig buckram soiled + RICHARD JEFFRIES: AN UNPUBLISHED CHAPTER FROM R

J B PRESTLEY: THE HAPPY DREAM, Whittington Pr 1976 (400) orig cl bkd marb bds s-c

HUGH E SEEBOHM (TRANS): THE PICTURE OF KEBES THE THEBAN, Essex House Pr 1906 [250] orig bds, printed labels

JAMES BOSWELL: THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1822 9th edn, 4 vols, mod cl bkd bds, (4)

R ERSKINE WEMYSS: THE MAID OF NORWAY AND OTHER POEMS, 1895, priv ptd inscrd pres copy, orig vell gt + MILLICENT ERSKINE WEMYSS: A NOTABLE WOMAN, 1893

ROBERT SMITH SURTEES: YOUNG TOM HALL, ill G Denholm Armour, 1926, orig pict cl gt + 7 others similar, (Qty 8)

ROCK HUDSON AND ROD McKUEN: FIRST RECORDINGS LONDON, Hollywood 1970 (2000), sigd, 16 mo, orig cl gt, d/w

NATHAN BAILEY: DICTIONARIUM BRITANNICUM OR A MORE COMPLEAT UNIVERSAL ETYMOLOGICAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY -----, L 1730, lacks plt, fo, old cf worn

H CLIFFORD SMITH: BUCKINGHAM PALACE ITS FURNITURE DECORATION AND HISTORY, Intro C Hussey, 1931 1st edn, 4to, orig cl gt, part d/w loosely inserted

REV MANDELL CREIGHTON: QUEEN ELIZABETH, 1896, 4to, decor mor gt by Zaehnsdorf

RICHARD R HOLMES: QUEEN VICTORIA, 1897, 1st edn, 4to décor cf gt worn

LORD TWING: A HISTORY OF THE CROWN JEWELS OF EUROPE, 1960 1st edn, 4to, orig cl d/w

HORACE WALPOLE EARL OF ORFORD: THE WORKS, ill After Lawrence, L1798, 1st edn, 5 vols, hf ttls, engrd vig ttls, 166 plts inc. 11 fdg, 4to, old cf gt, s

WILLIAM CONYNGHAM LORD PLUNKET: SPEECHES-----, (Ed) John Cashel Hoey, Dublin 1873 décor hf cf gt worn + 7 others similar, unif bnd, ttled on sp...

GERVAISE DE LA TOUCHE: MEMOIRES DE SATURNIN, ill Borel, 1787-86, 2 parts in one, large blue tinted paper copy, 24 engrd erotic plts, décor mor ...

VERA IBBETT: FLOWERS IN HERALDRY, British Columbia Alcuin Society 1977 (100) numbered and signed, loose in folder as issued, 4to orig leath bkd cl gt,

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: THE WORKS, 1898 'Biographical Edition' 13 vols, vol 1 initials A L S pasted in, orig cl gt, (13)

MEN OF EMINENCE IN LITERATURE SCIENCE AND ART, c1870, single vol only, lacks ttl, 21 albumen ports, old hf cf v worn near disbnd

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE HERITAGE SHAKESPEARE, ill E Ardizzone, J Farleigh and A M Parker, NY, 1958 3 vols, orig cl bkd décor bds, (3)

SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS 'MARK TWAIN': THE COMPLETE NOVELS, NY, nd 7 vols, orig 2 tone cl gt, (7)

AGATHA CHRISTIE: THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT, 1924 1st edn, orig cl v worn

AGATHA CHRISTIE: THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY, 1929 1st edn, orig cl worn

P C WREN: TWO FEET FROM HEAVEN, 1940 1st edn, orig cl gt, d/w (tatty)

EDGAR WALLACE: THE FOUR JUST MEN, 1905 1st edn, competition slip intact at end, orig cl

JEAN DE LA FONTAINE: CONTS ET NOUVELLES EN VERS AMSTERDAM, 1764 2 vols, 80 engrd plts, décor diced cf gt, (2)

ROBERT VAN GULIK: 14 TTLS, LABYRINTH IN LAN-FANG, Gravenhage 1957 1st edn, orig pict laminated wraps + 13 other Dutch mainly 1st edns, (14)

G K CHESTERTON: 6 TTLS, ORTHODOXY, 1909 1st edn, orig cl gt worn + 5 others, (6)

S C HALL (ED): THE NATIONAL GALLERY COMPRISING THE PICTURES KNOWN AS THE VERNON COLLECTION, c1860 vol 1 only, 53 engrd plts only, 4to, hf cf v worn

THE APOCRYPHA – THE NEW TESTAMENT, Nones Pr 1924, 1927 (1250) (1000) 1st work numbered, 4to, orig décor parch gt, (2)

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: PHOTOGRAPHER, 1986, 5th edn, obl 4to orig cl d/w + YOUSUF KARSH: KARSH PORTFOLIO, 1967 1st edn, 4to, cl d/w + AARON SCHARF: ART

ARTHUR CHARLES FOX-DAVIES: ARMORIAL FAMILIES, 1899 3rd edn, orig cl gt worn

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO: AMOROUS FIAMMETTA, (Ed) K H Josling, ill M Leone, Mandrake Pr 1929 (550) numbered, 4to, orig green vell gt, spine faded

REV THOMAS DUDLEY FOSBROKE: FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY OR AN ENCYCLOPEDICK ACCOUNT ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED OF THE ANCIENT REMAINS IN AFRICA ASIA AND EUROPE---

JEAN DE LA FONTAINE: THE FABLES, Trans Edward Marsh, ill Stephen Gooden, 1931 (525) numbered and signed, 2 vols, orig vell bds, (2)

ANDREW W TUER: HISTORY OF THE HORN-BOOK, 1897 1st trade edn, 3 reproduction Horn-Books in rear pocket at end, 4to, orig cl

JOHN BURLEY WARING: MASTERPIECES OF INDUSTRIAL ART AND SCULPTURE AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1863, vol 2 (of 3) only, chromo-litho ttl and 100 pl

GUALDO PRIORATO: THE HISTORY OF THE MANAGEMENTS OF CARDINAL JULIO MAZARINE----, L 1971-72, vol 1 parts 1 & 2 and 1, engrd port frontis, rebnd, l...

QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS: POEMATA, L 1676, 12 mo, old cf worn

MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO: SENTENTIAE, L 1630 12 mo, old vell soiled

SAMUEL JOHNSON: POCKET DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, Chiswick C & C Whittingham 1826, engrd port frontis, 1 lf at end torn, 16 mo, cf worn

RESOLUTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS WITH THE REPORT OF A COMMITTEE BY THEM APPOINTED TO THE CONSIDER THE CAUSES OF THE FREQUENT FIRES AND THE BES

A MELIUS INQUIRENDUM INTO THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES----, 1689, ttl pg browned with part loss, ll browned, bnd in with AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF R

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: POETICAL WORKS, Eyre & Spottiswoode, c1900 miniature book, 55mm x 45mm, orig limp leath + HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN, W Clow...

M CLERY: A JOURNAL OF OCCURRENCES AT THE TEMPLE DURING THE CONFINEMENT OF LOUIS XVI KING OF FRANCE, L 1798 hf cf rebkd

RICHARD POTTER: AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON OPTICS -----, 1847, old hf cf

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, 1757, vol 27, lacks plts 3 and 4 and supplement, 2 additional plts bnd in, old hf cf v worn, disbnd

DAVID LYLE: THE ART OF SHORTHAND IMPROVED, 1762 old hf cf worn

BENVENUTO CELLINI: THE LIFE, Trans Thomas Nugent, 1771, 2 vols, engrd port frontis, old cf worn, vol 1 top bd detached, vol 2 lacks bds, (2)

SAMUEL DANIEL: THE WHOLE WORKS, L 1623, ttl part excised not affecting text, old cf worn

TOBIAS JENKINS: A TREATISE OF ECCLESIASTICAL BENEFICIES AND REVENUES, 1736 3rd edn, lacks blands, rebnd (not recent), qtr cf

BARTEN HOLYDAY: MOTIVES TO A GOOD LIFE IN TEN SERMONS, Oxford 1657, lacks blanks, small 4to, old cf rebkd

[THOMAS BARLOW]: THE GUNPOWDER-TREASON WITH A DISCOURSE OF THE MANNER OF ITS DISCOVERY ----, 1679 1st edn, rebnd (not recent), cl soiled

PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO: THE WHOLE XII BOOKS OF THE AENEIDOS, L W How, 1573, small 4to, rebnd, (not recent), mott cf

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE READING OF THE HOLY BIBLE, L 1776, new edn, 12 mo, old cf worn

A COLLECTION OF ELECTION ACTS, Dublin 1814, old reversed cf worn + 1 other similar, (2)

RENE DESCARTES: LES PRINCIPES DE LA PHILOSOPHIE, Rouen 1706, 4 parts in 1, hf ttl, ttl part exised and small hole not affecting text, 12 mo, old cf wo

[BERNARD LE BOVIER DE FONTENELLE]: ENTRETIENS SUR LA PLURALITE DES MONDES, Paris 1794 3rd edn, engrd fdg plt (repaired), old cf worn