Books Auction

T FRANK (TRANS): THE WORLD'S BEST FAIRY STORIES, 1913, 2nd series, 24 tipped in col'd plts, 4to orig cl, pict ppr label £ 30-40

TIGER TIM'S ANNUAL, 1951, 4to cl bkd pict bds + RAINBOW ANNUAL, 1952, 4to cl bkd pict bds + 2 others, (Qty 4)

RUDYARD KIPLING: JUST SO STORIES, 1902, reprint, orig pict cl worn

LITTLE PETS PANORAMA PICTURES ON VIEW WITHIN, L E Nister, c1893, 4 col'd pop-up panoramas, lg obl to, orig cl bkd pict bds worn £ 120-150

ENID BLYTON: FIVE ON A SECRET TRAIL, 1956, 1st edn, cl d/w + LORD BADEN-POWELL: PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE..., 1939, 1st edn, orig cl soiled, (Qty 2)
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MARY TOURTEL: RUPERT AND THE WONDERFUL BOOTS, [1946], fo, orig pict wraps + BOBBY BEAR'S ANNUAL, n d, orig cl bkd pict bds, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

PRINCESS BEATRICE: A BIRTHDAY BOOK, n y, 1881, 1st edn, 15 col'd litho plts, no entries, orig decor cl gt £ 30-40

RUPERT ANNUAL, [1938], some leaves loose, a few ills col'd in, 4to orig cl bkd pict bds worn £ 40-50

BRIAN WILDSMITH: BIRDS-FISHES, 1967, 1968, 1st edns, obl 4to cl bkd pict bds, d/ws + JEAN DE LA FONTAINE: THE LION AND THE RAT, ill Brian Wildsmith, 1

CHARLES FOLKARD: TEDDY TAIL'S FAIRY TALE AND TEDDY TAIL IN BABYLAND, Inscription dtd 1919, orig pict bds worn & soiled, lacks back strip
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ROBERT BLOOMFIELD: THE HORKEY, ill George Cruikshank, 1882, 4to orig cl bkd pict bds worn + [MRS M H SPIELMANN]: THE APRIL BABY'S BOOK OF TUNES....

THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND, 1888, vol 28, chromo litho frontis, orig decor cl gt + CHARLOTTE M YONGE: AUNT CHARLOTTES STORIES OF FRENCH HISTORY FOR T...

JEAN DE BRUNHOFF: THE STORY OF BABAR THE LITTLE ELEPHANT, 1934, 2nd edn, fo, cl bkd pict bds £ 25-35

JOHN REUEL TOLKIEN: THE FATHER CHRISTMAS LETTERS, Ed Baillie Tolkien, 1976, 1st edn, 4to, laminated pict bds £ 20-30

NATALIE MORRIS HANCOCK: PETER PUCK, c1940, orig cl d/w + 2 others, (Qty 3) £ 20-30

AGNES AND EGERTON CASTLE: OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN, ill Charles Robinson, 1914, 1st edn, orig decor cl gt £ 25-35

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN: THE HOBBITT, 1976, 1st de luxe edn, decor cl gt £ 20-30

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN: THE HOBBITT, 1937, 2nd impress, orig decor cl soiled £ 25-35

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN: A MIDDLE ENGLISH VOCABULARY, Oxford 1922, 1st edn, orig wraps worn, top wrap ttl and 1st two leaves detchd £ 150-200

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN, 2 ttls: THE LORD OF THE RINGS, 1985 de luxe edn, orig decor cl gt, orig box; THE HOBBIT, ill Eric Fraser, Folio Society 197

BRIAN FROUD: GOBLINS, 1983, 1st edn, pop-up book, 4to laminated pict bds + A & M PROVENSEN: LEONARDO DA VINCI, 1984, 1st edn, pop-up book, 4to l...

ALFRED HENRY FORRESTER 'ALFRED CROWQUILL': THE TWO SPARROWS, L Ward & Lock, c1870, hand col'd ttl and 11 full pg ills, orig pict bds...

REV F BENNETT: THE MARVELLOUS BUDGET..., 1890, orig pict cl gt worn + 3 others, (Qty 4) £ 20-30

HENRY CECIL: BRIEF TO COUNSEL, ill E Ardizzone, 1958, 1st edn, cl d/w + T H WHITE: THE GODSTONE AND THE BLACKYMOR, ill E R Ardizzone, 1959, 1st edn, c

WALT DISNEY: BAMBI, 1971, 1st edn, pop-up book, obl pict laminated bds + 12 other Walt Disney ttls, (Qty 13) £ 25-35

FRAN STRIKER: THE LONE RANGER STORIES, c1956, 8 vols, 1st edn, cl d/w + 7 others, (Qty 8) £ 20-30

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, n y, E P Dutton, c1900, 6 chromo litho plts, 4to orig decor cl worn, pict panel £ 80-100

MARY LAFON (TRANS): FIERABRAS LEGEND NATIONALE, ill G Dore, Paris 1857, orig qtr cf worn, + JOSEPH XAVIER BONIFACE 'X B SAINTINE': LA MYTHOL...

A E JOHNSON: THE RUSSIAN BALLET, ill Rene Bull, 1913, 1st edn, 4to orig decor buckram gt £ 60-80

JOHN HASSALL: THE CHUMS, n d, 4to cl bkd pict bds £ 25-35

GORDON DUNTHORNE: FLOWER AND FRUIT PRINTS OF THE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURIES, 1938, 1st edn, 1 lf repaired with tape, some pencil annots, 4to, orig

HERBERT CESCINSKY: ENGLISH FURNITURE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, c1909, vol 1, (of 3), 4to hf cf worn £ 30-40

FRANK TILLEY: TEAPOTS AND TEA, 1957 (1000), 4to, orig cl gt £ 50-60

M C SALAMAN: THE WOODCUT OF TO-DAY AT HOME AND ABROAD, 'The Studio', 1927, 4to, orig decor cl gt + MODERN MASTERS OF ETCHING, J L FORAIN, In...

HALDANE MACFALL: AUBREY BEARDSLEY THE MAN AND HIS WORK, 1928, 1st edn, 4to orig cl bkd bds soiled £ 20-30

G C WILLIAMSON: ENGLISH CONVERSATION PICTURES, 1931, (350) numbered, 4to orig cl gt soiled + HALDANE MACFALL: THE FRENCH PASTELLISTS OF THE 18TH CENTU

BIBLIOTHECHA PHILLIPPICA... MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS, Sotheby & Co 1965-76, Sale Catalogues, parts 1-4, 6-7, 10-11, 4to, orig bds + THE CHESTER BEAT...

THE HELMUT N FRIEDLAENDER LIBRARY, n y, Christie's 2001 Sale Catalogue, parts 1 & 2, 4to cl, d/w, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

THE HONEYMAN COLLECTION OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS, Sotheby Park Bernet & Co, 1978-81 Sale Catalogues parts 1-7, 4to, orig wraps, (Qty ...

CHARLES RAMSDEN: BOOK BINDERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (OUTSIDE LONDON) - LONDON BOOK BINDERS 1780-1840, 1987, 1987, reprints, 2 vols, cl d/ws, (Qty 2)...

CHARLES JAMES APPERLEY 'NIMROD': MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE JOHN MYTTON, ill H Alken & T J Rawlins, 1903 (100), new edn, orig cl bk...

JEFFREY ARCHER, 2 ttls: NOT A PENNY MORE, NOT A PENNY LESS, n y, 1976, 1st edn, cl d/w; SHALL WE TELL THE PRESIDENT, 1977, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) ...

PETER LOVESEY: THE DETECTIVE WORE SILK DRAWERS - ROUGH CIDER, 1971, 1986, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

DENNIS WHEATLEY, 7 ttls: THE RAVISHING OF LADY MARY WARE, 1971, 1st edn, sigd pres copy, cl d/w + 6 others 'Lymington' edns, all sigd pres c...

GRAHAM GREENE, 3 ttls: A BURNT-OUT CASE, 1961, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE COMEDIANS, 1966, 1st edn, cl d/w; DOCTOR FISCHER OF GENEVA..., n y, 1980, 1st edn,

LAWRENCE DURRELL: THE BLACK BOOK, Paris Olympia Press, 1959, 1st Olympia Press edn, orig wraps, d/w £ 20-30

PAUL FOOT, JOHN LLOYD, MARINA WARNER, WILLIAM SHAWCROSS, RUTH RENDELL AND COLIN WARD, MARY WARNOCK, SUE TOWNSEND AND CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS: CHATTO COUN

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, 1970, 1st edn, cl d/w + EVELYN ANTHONY: THE MALASPIGA EXIT - THE DEFECTOR, 1974, 1980, 1st edns, cl d/ws + PE

RUTH RENDELL: THE VEILED ONE - HARM DONE - PIRANHA TO SCURFY - GRASSHOPPER, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2000, uncorrected proofs, orig wraps, (Qty 4) £ 3...

HERBERT E PALMER: SONGS OF SALVATION SIN AND SATIRE, Hogarth Press, 1925, 1st edn, sigd, orig marbled bds worn + VITA SACKVILLE-WEST: APHRA BEHN, 1927

PATRICK O'BRIAN: THE FORTUNE OF WAR, 1979, 1st edn, cl d/w, ex-lib + CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS: LETTERS TO MALCOLM, 1964, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2)
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HENRY WILLIAMSON: TARKA THE OTTER, ill C F Tunnicliffe, 1932, 1st edn, orig cl gt worn + ALISON UTTLEY, 2 ttls: COUNTRY THINGS, ill C F Tunnicliffe, 1

SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD: THE BRETHREN, 1904, 1st edn, 16pp catalogue advts at end dtd September 04, orig cl gt £ 25-35

SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS 'MARK TWAIN', 2 ttls: A TRAMP ABROAD, 1880, 1st one vol edn, 32pp catalogue advts at end dtd August 1880, orig deco...

UMBERTO ECO: FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM, 1989, 1st edn, cl d/w

SALMAN RUSHDIE, 3 ttls: HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES, 1990, 1st edn, sigd cl, d/w + 2 others, (Qty 3) £ 20-30

PATRICIA CORNWELL: BODY OF EVIDENCE - CRUEL AND UNUSUAL - THE BODY FARM, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1st edns, last work sigd, cl, d/ws, (Qty 3) £ 20-30

SUE GRAFTON, 4 ttls: H IS FOR HOMICIDE, 1991, 1st edn, cl d/w; I IS FOR INNOCENT, 1992, 1st edn, cl d/w; K IS FOR KILLER, n y 1994, 1st edn, dl d/w +

B M GILL: DEATH DROP - THE FIFTH RAPUNZEL, 1979, 1991, 1st edns, cl d/ws + SARA PARETSKY: BURN MARKS, 1990, 1st edn, cl d/w + SARAH DUNANT: UNDER MY S

JULIAN BARNES, 3 ttls: A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10 1/2 CHAPTERS, 1989, 1st edn, cl d/w; TALKING IT OVER, 1991, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE PORCUPINE, 1992,

ANTHONY PRICE: WAR GAME - SOLDIER NO MORE, 1976, 1981, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £ 25-35

PELHAM GRENVILLE WODEHOUSE, 4 ttls, THE INIMITABLE JEEVES, 1923, 1st edn, orig pict cl worn & soiled; THE MAN UPSTAIRS, 1910, In 'The Strand...

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE: FAUST ERSTER THEIL, ill A V Kreling Munchen & Berlin [1877], fo decor bl tooled orig cf, 5 (of 6) portrait medallion...

FREDERICK BARNARD: A SERIES OF CHARACTER SKETCHES FROM DICKENS, 1884-87, 3 parts in 1, 18 photogravure plts, lg fo orig cl gt soiled £ 50-60

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE WORKS, Ed Charles Knight, [1875-76], Imperial edn, 2 vols, fo, decor mor gt worn, top bds detchd, (Qty 2) £ 40-50

FELIX TOPOLSKI: TOPOLSKI'S CHRONICLE, 1954, vol 2, complete, loose in card portfolio as issued + 21 (of 24) issues from 1955 vol 3 + 3 others lo...

THOMAS HARDY, 2 ttls: TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES, ill Agnes Miller Parker, n y, Limited Editions Club 1956, (1500) numbered & sigd by illustr...

RICHARD BITMEAD: THE CABINET-MAKERS GUIDE... - FRENCH POLISHING AND ENAMELLING..., 1906, 1906, 2nd edn, 3rd edn, orig cl + E A DAVIDSON: A PRACTICAL M

THE BIJOU OR ANNUAL OF LITERATURE AND THE ARTS, [1828], engrd ttl, 10 plts, orig mor bkd bds worn

WILLIAM COLLINS: POEMS, 1799, engrd ttl, 12 mo, old cf worn £ 20-30

[TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT]: THE ADVENTURES OF RODERICK RANDOM, Paris 1786, 2 vols, hf ttls, vol 2 hf ttl sm part loss, 12 mo, old cf gt worn, (Qty 2) ...

JAMES THOMSON: THE SEASONS, 1836, added engrd ttl, 4 vignettes, cf gt, spine gt in compartments by E Paul, Southampton + SAMUEL JOHNSON: THE POETICAL

DAVID BUTCHER: THE WHITTINGTON PRESS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1982-93, Intro John Randle, Whittington Press, 1996 (380) (244), 4to qtr buckram slipcase £...

THOMAS BALSTON: THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS COLLECTION OF PRIVATE PRESS TYPES..., Cambridge 1951 (350) privately printed, sm 4to cl £ 60-80

A F JOHNSON: PERIODS OF TYPOGRAPHY, THE FIRST CENTURY OF PRINTING AT BASLE - THE ITALIAN SIXTEENTH CENTURY-FRENCH SIXTEENTH CENTURY PRINTING, 1926, 19

HUGH WILLIAM DAVIES: DEVICES OF THE EARLY PRINTERS..., 1935, 1st edn, orig cl £ 50-60

H THOMAS AND A WILSON: SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN FRANCE AND OF FRENCH BOOKS PRINTED IN OTHER COUNTRIES FROM 1470 TO 1600 NOW IN THE BR

ALDOUS HUXLEY: POINT COUNTER POINT - ROTUNDA - EYELESS IN GAZA - AFTER MANY A SUMMER - APE AND ESSENCE - THE DEVILS OF LOUDUN, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1939,

SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD: CLEOPATRA - ERIC BRIGHTEYES, 1889, 1891, 1st edns, orig cl gt worn, (Qty 2) £ 50-60

SAMUEL BUTLER: HUDIBRAS, 1772, 3rd edn, 2 vols, rebkd cf, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY: THE LYRICAL POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS, Ed C H Herford, Florence Press, 1918 (250) numbered, lg ppr edn, uncut, part unopened, orig

GRAHAM SWIFT, 3 ttls: OUT OF THIS WORLD, 1988, 1st edn, sigd cl, d/w + 2 others, (Qty 3) £ 20-30

MICHAEL DIBDIN, 4 ttls: RATKING, 1988, uncorrected advance proof, orig wraps; DIRTY TRICKS, 1991, 1st edn, cl d/w; CABAL, 1992, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE D

LAURIE LEE: I CAN'T STAY LONG, 1975, 1st edn, cl d/w + JACK KEROUAC: DOCTOR SAX, 1977, 1st edn, cl d/w + ALICE THOMAS ELLIS: UNEXPLAINED LAUGHTE...

GEORGE OUTRAM: LEGAL AND OTHER LYRICS, ill E J Sullivan, T N Foulis, 1916, 1st edn, orig buckram gt + F FRANKFORT MOORE: THE LIGHTER SIDE OF ENGLISH L

WILLIAM HORWOOD: DUNCTON WOOD, 1980, 1st edn, cl d/w

DICK FRANCIS, 5 ttls: THE SPORT OF QUEENS, n y, 1969, 1st edn, cl d/w; RAT RACE, n y 1971, 1st edn, cl d/w; KNOCKDOWN, n y 1975, 1st edn, cl d/w; BANK

LAURENCE WHISTLER: THE ENGLISH FESTIVALS, 1947, 1st edn, cl d/w + OSBERT SITWELL: TALES MY FATHER TAUGHT ME, 1962, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £ 2...

REBECCA WEST: THE FOUNTAIN OVERFLOWS, 1957, sigd cl d/w + LEONARD WOOLF: DOWNHILL ALL THE WAY, n y 1967, 1st edn sigd, cl bkd bds, d/w + H M TOMLINSON

F SCOTT FITZGERALD, 2 ttls: THE GREAT GATSBY, 1948, 2nd impress, cl d/w; THE BODLEY HEAD SCOTT FITZGERALD, 1966-63, mixed edns, 6 vols, cl d/ws, (Qty

SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD: CLEOPATRA, 1889, 1st edn, orig cl gt worn £ 40-50

SIR THEODORE ANDREA COOK: TWENTY-FIVE GREAT HOUSES OF FRANCE, c1920, fo, hf buckram £ 20-30

W COSMO MONKHOUSE: THE STUDIES OF SIR EDWIN LANDSEER, R.A...., n d, 4to orig cl worn & soiled, contents loose £ 25-35

THE ART-JOURNAL: THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, 1851, 4to, orig decor cl gt worn £ 25-35

M JOURDAIN: ENGLISH INTERIORS IN SMALLER HOUSES..., 1933, 4to cl, d/w + MARIO PRAZ: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF INTERIOR DESIGNS, 1964, 1st edn, 4to cl

JOHN BRITTON AND AUGUSTUS WELBY PUGIN: SPECIMENS OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF NORMANDY, 1874, added engrd ttl, 72 plts inc some dbl pg, 4to orig bl stpd cl

AUGUSTUS CHARLES AND AUGUSTUS WELBY NORTHMORE PUGIN: EXAMPLES OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE..., 1838-40, 3 vols, 4to cf worn, (Qty 3) £ 75-100

FRANZ MEYER, 2 ttls: MARC CHAGALL THE GRAPHIC WORK, 1957, 1st edn, 4to decor cl, d/w; MARC CHAGALL LIFE AND WORK, n y, [1963], 4to decor cl d/w, (Qty

REBECCA WEST: THE MODERN RAKE'S PROGRESS, ill David Low, 1934, 1st edn, 4to, orig decor cl bkd bds £ 25-35 S F A CAULFEILD AND B C SAWARD: ...

JOHN HEDGECOE: HENRY MOORE, 1968, 1st edn, 4to cl, slipcase £ 50-60