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IAN FLEMING: DR NO, 1958, 1st edn, 1st issue, lacks ffep, cl d/w £100-120

IAN FLEMING: THE DIAMOND SMUGGLERS, 1957, 1st edn, 2nd state, cl d/w £60-80

DICK FRANCIS: WHIP HAND - REFLEX - TWICE SHY - BANKER, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 4) £40-50

DICK FRANCIS: THE DANGER - PROOF - BREAK- IN - BOLT, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 4) £40-50

DICK FRANCIS, 4 ttls: PROOF, 1984, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE EDGE, 1988, 1st edn, cl d/w + 2 others, (Qty 4)

DICK FRANCIS: HIGH STAKES - IN THE FRAME - RISK, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 3) £40-50

DICK FRANCIS: FORFEIT - ENQUIRY, 1968, 1969, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £60-80

DICK FRANCIS: RAT RACE - BONECRACK - KNOCK DOWN, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 3) £40-50

DICK FRANCIS: IN THE FRAME, 1976, 1st edn, sigd presentation copy, cl d/w £50-60

DICK FRANCIS, 4 ttls: DEAD CERT, 1976, 1st paperback edn, sigd, pict wraps; THREE WINNERS, 1977, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE SPORT OF QUEENS, 1982, 3rd revis

DICK FRANCIS: HOT MONEY - THE EDGE - STRAIGHT - LONGSHOT - COMEBACK - DRIVING FORCE, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 6) ...

DICK FRANCIS: DECIDER - WILD HORSES - COME TO GRIEF - TO THE HILT - 10lb PENALTY - FIELD OF 13 - SECOND WIND - SHATTERED, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

DICK FRANCIS: BLOOD SPORT, 1967,1st edn cl d/w £50-60

DICK FRANCIS: FLYING FINISH, 1966, 1st edn, cl d/w £80-100

DICK FRANCIS: ODDS AGAINST, 1965, 1st edn, cl d/w £100-120

DICK FRANCIS: FOR KICKS, 1965, 1st edn, cl d/w £300-350

DICK FRANCIS: NERVE, 1964, 1st edn, cl d/w £350-400

DICK FRANCIS: THE SPORT OF QUEENS, 1957, 1st edn, cl d/w £100-120

WILLIAM COWPER: THE LIFE AND WORKS, Ed Rev T S Grimshawe, 1836, 2nd edn, 8 vols, added engrd vig ttls, frontises, orig decor bl stpd cl, (Qty 8)
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ROBERT BROWNING: THE RING AND THE BOOK, 1868-69, 1st edn, 4 vols, 1st binding state with spines numbered 1-2-III-4, undated advt lf at end vol 1, orig

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO: THE DECAMERON, trans J M Rigg, ill L Chalon, privately printed 1920, 2 vols, qtr buckram gt, (Qty 2) £20-30

JOHN FOWLES: MANTISSA - A MAGGOT, 1982, 1985, 1st edns, cl d/ws + MARTIN AMIS: LONDON FIELDS, 1989, 1st edn sigd, cl d/w + PETER ACKROYD: THE HOUSE OF

PATRICIA HIGHSMITH, 2 ttls: RIPLEY'S GAME, 1974, 1st edn, cl d/w + 1 other, (Qty 2) £20-30

E E CUMMINGS: THE ENORMOUS ROOM, Intro Robert Graves, 1928, 1st edn, cl £20-30

ARNOLD BENNETT: HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OF LIFE, [1923], 1st edn, cl bkd bds, d/w (tatty) + LAURENCE HOUSMAN: TRIMBLERIGG, 1924, 1st edn, orig cl bkd bds

JOSEPH CONRAD: THE ARROW OF GOLD, 1919, 1st edn, orig cl gt worn £20-30

CECIL SCOTT FORESTER, 2 ttls: LORD HORNBLOWER, 1946, 1st edn, cl + 1 other, (Qty 2)

EVELYN WAUGH: SCOOP, 1938, 1st edn, orig mottled cl worn £30-40

GRAHAM GREENE: STAMBOUL TRAIN, 1932, 1st edn, some spotting, orig cl worn & soiled £40-50

CHRISTINA G ROSSETTI: A PAGEANT AND OTHER POEMS, 1881, 1st edn, orig cl gt £20-30

ADAM THORPE: ULVERTON, 1992, 1st edn, cl, d/w £40-50

K LETTER: FOETAL ATTRACTION, 1993, signd, cl, d/w + A ALVAREX: DAY OF ATONEMENT, 1991, signd, cl d/w + W BOYD: THE NEW CONFESSIONS, 1987, signd, cl d/

WILLIAM GOLDING: RITES OF PASSAGE - CLOSE QUARTERS - FIRE DOWN BELOW, 1980, 1987, 1989, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (3) £30-40

JOSEPH HELLER: GOOD AS GOLD, 1979, 1st edn, signd pres copy from Tom Baker to Bill Mitchell, husband of Actress Barbara Murray, cl d/w £20-30

LAURIE LEE: AS I WALKED OUT ONE MIDSUMMER MORNING, 1969, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

JOHN LE CARRE: A SMALL TOWN IN GERMANY, 1968, 1st edn, cl d/w + HENRY MILLER: TROPIC OF CANCER, 1963, 1st edn, cl d/w + ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD: AFTER J

BILL NAUGHTON: ALFIE, 1966, 1st edn, cl d/w £25-35

ALDOUS HUXLEY: ROTUNDA, 1932, 1st edn, orig cl £20-30

WALTER DE LA MARE: DESERT ISLANDS - THE LORD FISH, ill Rex Whistler, 1930, [1933], 1st edns, orig cl gt, worn, (Qty 2) £30-40

M H SPIELMANN AND G S LAYARD: KATE GREENAWAY, 1905 reprint, orig decor cl worn £25-35

MADELINE LINFORD: BREAD AND HONEY, Windmill Press 1928 (250) numbered, orig buckram gt £25-35

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS, 1903, orig cl gt + ISOBEL STRONG AND LLOYD OSBOURNE: MEMORIES OF VAILIMA, 1903, 1st edn, or

FLORENCE WARDEN: PRETTY MISS SMITH, 1891, 1st 'Colonial' edn, 12pp catalogue advts at end, orig decor cl £25-35

HENRY JAMES: IN THE CAGE, 1898, 1st edn, orig decor cl worn & soiled £30-40

HENRY JAMES: THE SOFT SIDE, 1900, 1st edn, orig cl gt worn £25-35

SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD, 4 ttls: FINISHED, 1917, 1st edn, orig cl worn + 3 others, (Qty 4) £20-30

EDEN PHILLPOTTS & ARNOLD BENNETT: THE SINEWS OF WAR, [1906], 1st edn, orig cl gt worn £20-30

RICHARD ADAMS: WATERSHIP DOWN, ill John Lawrence, 1976, 1st edn, orig cl bkd bds, slipcase £20-30

THOMAS ARCHER: CHARLES DICKENS, A JOSSIP ABOUT HIS LIFE, WORKS AND CHARACTERS, ill F Barnard, [1879], parts 2-6 (of 6), fo, cl bkd bds, (Qty 5) ...

MAX BEERBOHN: THE POETS' CORNER, 1904, 1st edn, 20 col'd plts, fo, orig pict bds worn, disbnd £50-60

JOHN LEECH: PICTURES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER, 1858-69, 1st to 5th series, obl fo, orig pict bds rebkd, (Qty 5) £80-100

CHARLES DANA GIBSON: SKETCHES AND CARTOONS - PICTURES OF PEOPLE - THE EDUCATION OF MR PIPP - A WIDOW AND HER FRIENDS - DRAWINGS, 1900-01, 5 vols, obl

REV EDMUND FARRER: PORTRAITS IN SUFFOLK HOUSES, (WEST), 1908, (400) numbered, 4to orig cl bkd bds + INDEX TO THE MANUSCRIPT VOLUME 'PORTRAITS IN...

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE ROYAL SHAKSPERE, THE POETS WORKS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER..., 1883-84, 3 vols, 4to hf cf worn, (Qty 3) £30-40

WILLIAM KING: CHELSEA PORCELAIN, 1922, 1st edn, 4to orig cl gt £50-60

THOMAS HOOD: POEMS, 1848, 3rd edn, 2 vols, decor mor gt, spine gt in compartments, aeg, (Qty 2) £25-35

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE PLAYS, 1819, 9 vols, old cf gt worn, (Qty 9) £100-120

HUGH DOWNMAN: POEMS SACRED TO LOVE AND BEAUTY, Exeter 1808, 2 vols, engrd port frontises, inscribed presentation copies, old mottled cf, (Qty 2)
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DANIEL DEFOE: ROBINSON CRUSOE, 1808, engrd ttl, frontis, 12 mo, old cf worn, (lack back bd) £20-30

JOHN RUSKIN: ARROWS OF THE CHACE..., 1880, 1st edn, 2 vols, hf mor, spine gt in compartments, (Qty 2) £120-150

SAMUEL BUTLER: EREWHON, ill Blair Hughes- Stanton, Gregynog Press, 1932, (300) numbered, orig cf worn, £75-100

JOHN GALSWORTHY: THE FORSYTE SAGA, ill Anthony Gross, 1951, orig decor cf gt worn £25-35

SIEGFIED SASSOON: MEMOIRS OF A FOX- HUNTING MAN, ill W Nicholson, 1929, 1st edn, orig buckram soiled + HENRY WILLIAMSON: THE PATRIOT'S PROGRESS,...

JOHN RUSKIN: PRAETERITA, 1886-1900, 3 vols, decor bl stpd mor, aeg, (Qty 3) £150-200

SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD: LYSBETH - HEART OF THE WORLD - THE WITCH'S HEAD, n d, 3 vols, Newnes 'Sixpenny Copyright Novels' series, orig p...

PLUTARCH: LIVES, Eds J & W Langhorne, Edinburgh 1811, new edn, 6 vols, engrd frontises, old hf cf worn, (Qty 6) £80-100

THE DANCE OF DEATH, ill W Hollar After H Holbein, c1816, 30 engrd plts, old mottled cf worn £100-120

ROBERT BURNS: THE POETICAL WORKS, 1810, 2 vols, added engrd ttls, frontises, 4 plts, 12 mo, old grained cf gt, (Qty 2) £30-40

REGINALD HILL: WHO GUARDS A PRINCE, 1982, 1st edn, cl d/w + RAY BRADBURY: A GRAVEYARD FOR LUNATICS, 1990, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £20-30

RICHARD ADAMS: THE GIRL IN A SWING, 1980, 1st edn, cl d/w £30-40

CHRISTINA HOLE: WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND, ill Mervyn Peake, 1945, 1st edn, cl, 2nd issue d/w (tatty) £20-30

MAGDA JOICEY: COOKBOOK NOTEBOOK, ill Edward Bawden, 1946, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

ARUNDAHATI ROY: THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS, 1997, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

PATRICK O'BRIAN, 2 ttls: THE COMMODORE, N Y 1995, 1st edn, cl bkd bds, d/w + 1 other, (Qty 2) £20-30

P D JAMES: THE SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN, N Y 1982, 1st edn sigd d/w + RUTH RENDELL: LIVE FLESH, N Y 1986, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £25-35

BRUCE CHATWIN: ON THE BLACK HILL, 1982, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

MARTIN AMIS: LONDON FIELDS, Toronto 1989, 1st edn, sigd cl d/w £20-30

RICHARD ADAMS: THE PLAGUE DOGS - THE GIRL IN A SWING, 1977, 1980, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £40-50

WALTER DE LA MARE: DING DONG BELL, 1924, 1st edn, cl, d/w + R C TREVELYAN: WINDFALLS, 1944, (350) numbered, orig cl + LAURENCE WHISTLER: FOUR WALLS, 1

EZRA POUND: HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS - PERSONAE, 1934, 1952, 1st edn, cl d/w, copy 2 £40-50

KINGSLEY AMIS: I WANT IT NOW - ENDING UP, 1968, 1974, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £30-40

WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM: OUR BETTERS, 1924, 1st edn, orig wraps soiled £25-35

ROBERT HARRIS: FATHERLAND, 1992, 1st edn, cl d/w £50-60

J WALLIS MARTIN: A LIKENESS IN STONE, 1997, 1st edn, cl d/w £60-80

LINDSEY DAVIS: SHADOWS IN BRONZE, 1990, 1st edn, cl d/w £150-200

TERRY PRATCHETT: EQUAL RITES, 1987, 1st edn, cl d/w £400-450

PAUL GALLICO: LOVE LET ME NOT HUNGER, 1963, 1st edn, sigd cl, d/w £20-30

PETER STARK: ANUBIS MIDWAY, ill Allen Jones, 1973, 1st edn, cl bkd bds, d/w + CHRISTY BROWN: COME SOFTLY TO MY WAKE, 1971, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) ...

ANN QUIN: BERG, N Y 1964, 1st edn, inscribed presentation copy, cl d/w £20-30

EDITH PARGETER 'ELLIS PETERS', 2 ttls: MONK'S- HOOD, 1980, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE CONFESSION OF BROTHER HALUIN, N Y Mysterious Press, 1989...

TOM WOLFE: THE CANDY-KOLORED TANGERINE- FLAKE STREAMLINE BABY, 1966, 1st edn, cl d/w £25-35

JOHN LE CARRE: A MURDER OF QUALITY, 1962, 1st edn, cl £300-350

WILLIAM GOLDING: THE INHERITORS, 1955, 1st edn, cl d/w £120-150

LEN DEIGHTON: AN EXPENSIVE PLACE TO DIE, 1967, 1st edn, (with wallet), cl d/w £25-35

GRAHAM GREENE: THE THIRD MAN AND THE FALLEN IDOL, 1950, 1st edn, lacks ffep, cl d/w (tatty) £25-35

EDITH PARGETER 'ELLIS PETERS': MOURNING RAGA, 1969, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

IRIS MURDOCH: AN UNOFFICIAL ROSE, 1962, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

COLIN MACINNES: TOT HE VICTORS THE SPOILS, 1950, 1st edn, cl d/w £40-50

JOHN FOWLES: MANTISSA, 1982, 1st edn, cl d/w

WILFRID MELLERS: TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, THE BEATLES IN RETROSPECT, 1973, 1st edn, cl d/w £30-40