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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