Books Auction

THE SPECTATOR, Ed J Addison & R Steele, Edinburgh 1776, 8 vols, engrd ttls, frontises, old cf worn, vol 1 back board detchd, (Qty 8) £ 80-100

THE MIRROR, A PERIODICAL PAPER..., L 1790, 8th edn, 3 vols, old tree cf worn, bds loose, (Qty 3) £ 30-40

WILLIAM ROBERTS 'REV SIMON OLIVE-BRANCH': THE LOOKER-ON, A PERIODICAL PAPER, L 1797, 4th edn, 4 vols, old cf worn, bds loose, (Qty 4) £...

WILLIAM MASON: THE ENGLISH GARDEN A POEM, L 1783, new edn, old cf worn, top bd detchd + JAMES THOMSON: THE SEASONS, L 1811, old cf gt worn + JOHANN W

DAVID BONE: CAPSTAN BARS, ill Freda Bone, Edinburgh The Porpoise Press (100) out of series copy, orig cl £ 40-50

HELMUT GERNSHEIM: JULIA MARGARET CAMERON HER LIFE AND PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK, 1948, 1st edn, cl d/w + HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: PHOTOGRAPHS, 1964, 1st edn, cl

THOMAS KENEALLY: SCHINDLER'S ARK - A FAMILY MADNESS, 1982, 1985, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £ 50-60

ELMORE LEONARD: FIFTY-TWO PICKUP, 1974, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 50-60

SIEGFRIED SASSOON: MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN, ill William Nicholson, 1929, 1st edn, orig decor buckram £ 20-30

WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAN: DON FERNANDO, 1935, 1st edn, cl gt, d/w £ 25-35

MYFANWY PIPER: SEA POEMS, ill Mona Moore, 1944, 1st edn, pict cl + M G LLOYD THOMAS: TRAVELLERS' VERSE, ill Edward Bawden, 1946, 1st edn, pict c...

MADISON JONES: THE INNOCENT, 1957, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

WALTER S TEVIS: THE HUSTLER, 1960, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 30-40

EDNA O'BRIEN: THE LOVE OBJECT - A PAGAN PLACE - ZEE AND CO, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 3) £ 30-40

HERBERT GEORGE WELLS, 3 ttls: THE WHEELS OF CHANCE, ill J Ayton Symington, 1896, 1st edn, 1st issue, orig cl gt worn & soiled, a few early leave...

R AUSTIN FREEMAN: THE SINGING BONE, Hodder and Stoughton, c1912, orig cl worn £ 30-40

WASHINGTON IRVING: OLD CHRISTMAS - BRACEBRIDGE HALL, ill R Caldecott, 1886, 1887, 2 works in 1, cf gt £ 25-35

LINDSEY DAVIS: VENUS IN COPPER, 1991, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

DICK FRANCIS: PROOF - BREAK IN - HOT MONEY - STRAIGHT - COMEBACK, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 5) £ 30-40

RICHARD WOODMAN: THE CORVETTE, 1985, 1st edn, cl d/w, ex-lib

MARY WESLEY: THE CAMOMILE LAWN - SECOND FIDDLE, 1984, 1988, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

DAVID STOREY: RADCLIFFE, 1963, 1st edn, cl d/w

LEO TOLSTOY: RESURRECTION, trans Louise Maude, ill Pasternak, 1931, 1st edn, cl worn £ 20-30

F ANSTEY: A BAYARD FROM BENGAL, 1902, 1st edn, sigd pres copy, orig cl, pict ppr label £ 30-40

ADRIAN BELL: A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY, 1955, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

THOMAS WRIGHT: CARICATURE HISTORY OF THE GEORGES, 1904, new edn, orig cl worn + HENRY WILSON AND JAMES CAULFIELD: THE BOOK OF WONDERFUL CHARACTERS...,

ALAN ALEXANDER MILNE: BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, 1929, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

ALAN ALEXANDER MILNE: TWO PEOPLE, 1931, 1st edn, orig cl gt £ 20-30

FREDERICK WILLIAM ROLFE 'BARON CORVO': WITHOUT PREJUDICE ONE HUNDRED LETTERS FROM..., TO JOHN LANE, Ed Cecil Woolf, Allen Lane, 1963 (600) p...

JEANETTE WINTERSON: SEXING THE CHERRY, 1989, 1st edn, cl d/w

IAN FLEMING: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, 1956, 1st edn, cl + JOHN FOWLES: A MAGGOT, 1985, 1st edn, sigd, cl d/w + IAIN M BANKS: FEERSUM ENDJINN, 1994, 1st e

KEITH DOUGLAS: ALAMEIN TO ZEM ZEM, EDITIONS POETRY 1946, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 50-60

MERVYN PEAKE: TITUS GROAN - GORMENGAST, 1946, 1950, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £ 100-120

ARNOLD BENNETT: ELSIE AND THE CHILD, ill E McKnight Kauffer, Curwen Press, 1929, (750), (650) numbered, orig cl, slipcase £ 120-150

THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE 'T E SHAW': MORE LETTERS TO BRUCE ROGERS, U S A, 1936, (300) privately printed, tipped in als from A W Lawrence to Ed...

RUPERT BROOKE: DEMOCRACY AND THE ARTS, 1946 (240) numbered, orig qtr leather £ 30-40

WILLIAM GOLDING: LORD OF THE FLIES, 1954, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 250-300

MARGERY ALLINGHAM: HIDE MY EYES, 1958, 1st edn, sigd pres copy, cl d/w £ 20-30

ANGELA CARTER: SEVERAL PERCEPTIONS, 1968, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 60-80

JOHN MARSTON: THE METAMORPHOSIS OF PIGMALIONS IMAGE, ill Rene Ben Sussan, Golden Cockerel Press, 1926, (325) numbered, orig buckram bkd decor bds &#...

GRAHAM GREENE: A BURNT-OUT CASE, 1961, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 40-50

JOHN LE CARRE: THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, 1963, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 40-50

L P HARTLEY: THE HIRELING, 1957, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

PELHAM GRENVILLE WODEHOUSE: BIG MONEY, 1931, 1st edn, orig cl £ 40-50

HERBERT GEORGE WELLS: THE TIME MACHINE, 1895, 1st edn, earliest bdg, 16pp advts at end, orig drab buckram blocked in purple, worn £ 60-80

THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT, 2 ttls: MARINA, ill E McKnight Kauffer, [1930], orig wraps; THE THREE VOICES OF POETRY, 1953, 1st edn, orig wraps + WALTER DE LA

JOHN MASEFIELD: SONNETS AND POEMS, 1916, 1st edn, orig cl, printed ppr labels £ 20-30

ERLE STANLEY GARDNER 'A A FAIR': SOME SLIPS DON'T SHOW, 1959, uncorrected proof, orig wraps £ 30-40

REV RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM 'THOMAS INGOLDSBY': THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, ill G Cruikshank, J Leech & J Dalton, 1840, 1842, 1847, 1st edn, 2n...

JAMES TEMPLETON AND COMPANY LIMITED: TEMPLETON PRESENT CARPETS OF DISTINCTION, c1938, fo, cl gt £ 20-30

WILHELM UHDE: VINCENT VAN GOGH, 1936, 3rd edn, fo, cl, d/w (tatty)

WILHELM UHDE: THE IMPRESSIONISTS, 1937, 1st edn, 4to cl

H D W SITWELL: THE CROWN JEWELS AND OTHER REGALIA IN THE TOWER OF LONDON, Ed C Winchester, 1953, 1st edn, 4to cl gt soiled £ 25-35

LIONEL CUST: NOTES ON PICTURES IN THE ROYAL COLLECTIONS, 1911, 1st edn, 4to cl gt + EUGENIE STRONG: CATALOGUE OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUES IN THE P

MICHEL FLORISOONE: LA PEINTURE FRANCAISE LE DIX-HUITIEME SIECLE, Paris 1948, 1st edn, 4to cl

E ALFRED JONES: CATALOGUE OF PLATE BELONGING TO THE DUKE OF PORTLAND..., 1935, (200) numbered, 4to cl gt £ 25-35

TONY KEULEMANS AND JAN COLDEWEY: FEATHERS TO BRUSH, THE VICTORIAN BIRD ARTIST JOHN GERRARD KEULEMANS, 1982, (475) privately printed, numbered & ...

YOSL BERGNER: DRAWINGS TO FRANZ KAFKA, Jerusalem, 1959, 1st edn, 4to pict bds worn, lacks back strip £ 25-35

LUCIUS APULEIUS: DE CUPIDINIS ET PSYCHES AMORIBUS, ill Charles Ricketts, [L Vale Press 1901], (310), sm fo, linen bkd bds £ 120-150

SIR THOMAS BROWNE: RELIGIO MEDICI, URN BURIAL CHRISTIAN MORALS AND OTHER ESSAYS, ill Charles Ricketts, L Vale Press, 1902, sm fo, orig linen bkd bds...

JOSEPH DE PLANTA: THE HISTORY OF THE HELVETIC CONFEDERACY, 1800, 1st edn, 2 vols in 1, engrd ttls, fdg map, 4to, cf worn, top bd detchd £ 80-100

JOSEPH BARETTI: A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH AND ITALIAN LANGUAGES, Ed Peter Ricci Rota, L 1990, 2 vols in 1, 4to, cf worn £ 25-35

ALBRECHT HOPF: ORIENTAL CARPETS AND RUGS, 1962, 1st edn, 4to cl d/w £ 25-35

[JOSEPH TURNLEY]: REVERIES OF AFFECTION IN MEMORY OF THAT GOOD AND BELOVED PRINCE HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT..., [1868], privately pri

C E JACKSON: BIRD ILLUSTRATORS, SOME ARTISTS IN EARLY LITHOGRAPHY, 1975 (45) numbered & sigd, 4to qtr mor by Sangorski & Sutcliffe £ 60...

W GURNEY BENHAM: PLAYING CARDS, n d, cl d/w £ 25-35

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK: ILLUSTRATIONS OF TIME, 1827, etchd ttl, 35 etchd ills on 6 leaves, obl sm fo, orig wraps, (A/F) £ 25-35

CHARLES DICKENS: THE POOR TRAVELLER, BOOTS AT THE HOLLY-TREE INN AND MRS GAMP, 1858, 1st reading edn, lacks back wrap and most of back strip, top wrap

GEORGE GROSZ: A POST-WAR MUSEUM, 1931, 1st edn, orig wraps + ARTS COUNCIL: GEORGE CROSZ, 1893-1959, 1963 exhibition catalogue, orig wraps, (Qty 2) &...

A E COPPARD: TAPSTER'S TAPESTRY, ill Gwenda Morgan, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, cl d/w, (tatty) + ELISABETH GEDDES: ANIMAL ANTICS, Golden Cocke...

THOMAS MOORE: LALLA ROOKH, 1846, new edn, added engrd vig ttl, frontis, 11 plts, crimson mor gt worn £ 25-35

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE DRAMATIC WORKS, 1838, lacks ttl, decor mor gt, spine gt in compartments £ 20-30

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW: THE POETICAL WORKS, 1877, author's edn, orig elaborate decor cl gt, aeg £ 20-30

CHARLES DICKENS: DOMBEY AND SON, ill H K Browne, 1848, 1st edn in book form, hf ttl, errata lf, lacks vig ttl and frontis, a few orig wraps and advts

CHARLES DICKENS: PICKWICK PAPERS, 1837, 1st edn in book form, with 'Veller' ttl and two buss plts, hf cf v worn, requiring rebdg £ 60-80

REV T WILSON: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OR CLASSICAL ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS, GREEKS AND ROMANS ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED..., L 1783, 1st edn, hf ttl

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW: THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH, ill J Gilbert, Boston 1859, orig bl stpd cl gt worn & soiled £ 20-30

ROBERT BURNS: THE POETICAL WORKS, 1889 'Albion' edn, cf gt, spine gt in compartments £ 20-30

EDWARD GEORGE BULWER LORD LYTTON: THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, Paris 1834, 1st edn, hf mor worn, spine gt in compartments, + SIR WALTER SCOTT: THE TALES

GILBERT ABBOTT A'BECKETT: THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME, ill J Leech, n d, orig cl gt worn & soiled + [P LEE]: THE COMIC LATIN GRAMMAR..., 1840,...

WASHINGTON IRVING: OLD CHRISTMAS, ill R Caldecott, 1886, hf mor worn

JAMES THOMSON: THE SEASONS..., Dublin 1771, engrd port frontis, 4 plts, ttl pg and plts loose, ends pp334, old cf worn

ANDREW W TUER: THE FOLLIES AND FASHIONS OF OUR GRANFATHERS, 1887, 37 plts inc 18 hand col'd needlework book mark, bds worn, applied with needlew...

J B PRIESTEY: ANGEL PAVEMENT, 1930, 1st edn, orig cl worn

VICTOR HUGO: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Paris 1864, 1st edn, hf cf worn

GEORGE MACBETH: THE NIGHT OF STONES - THE ORLANDO POEMS, 1968, 1971, 1st edns, orig wraps, (Qty 2) £ 30-40

W H AUDEN: EPISTLE TO A GODSON, 1972, 1st edn, cl bkd bds, d/w + RICHARD ALDINGTON: EXILE AND OTHER POEMS, 1923, 1st edn, cl d/w + 1 other, (Qty 3) ...

MARIAN EVANS 'GEORGE ELIOT': IMPRESSIONS OF THEOPHRASTUS SUCH, 1879, 1st edn, orig cl gt worn £ 20-30

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN: TO BE OR NOT TO BE?, trans Mrs Bushby, 1857, orig bl stpd cl worn & soiled £ 20-30

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, 1853, 2nd edn, 3 vols, orig cl worn + THEODORE TAYLOR: THACKERAY THE HUMOURIST AND THE MAN O

SAMUEL PEPYS JUNR': A DIARY OF THE GREAT WARR - A LAST DIARY OF THE GREAT WARR, 1916, 1919, 2 vols, orig cl bkd bds, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

SAMUEL BECKETT: BREATH AND OTHER SHORTS, 1971, 1st edn, wraps + TOM STOPPARD: DIRTY LINEN AND NEW-FOUND-LAND, 1976, 1st edn, wraps + JEAN ANOUILH: BEC

HAROLD MONRO: THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUL, Samurai Press, 1907, orig wraps + WILLIAM PLOMER: THE FAMILY TREE, Hogarth Press, 1929, 1st edn, orig bds soi

ULRIC AND GUSTAVUS OR THE UNHAPPY SWEDES, A FINLAND TALE, c1803, 12 other similar works bnd in, old hf cf v worn, top bd loose £ 30-40

FRANCOIS RABELAIS: THE WORKS, ill W Heath Robinson, [1913], 2 vols, orig cl gt + C R ASHBEE: KINGFISHER OUT OF EGYPT, 1934, (750) out of series copy,

[HALLAM LORD TENNYSON]: ALFRED LORD TENNYSON, 1898, 2 vols, hf mor worn, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

[EATON STANNARD BARRETT] 'POLYPUS': ALL THE TALENTS A SATIRICAL POEM IN THREE DIALOGUES, L 1807, hf ttl, old hf cf worn + SAMUEL ROGERS: HUM...

J A AUSTEN-LEIGH: A MEMOIR OF JANE AUSTEN, 1870, 1St edn, port frontis, 4 plts, orig bl stpd cl gt v worn & soiled, bds crudely reinforced

MICHAEL SANDYS: CRUEL EASTER, n y, 1958, 1st edn, sigd pres copy, cl d/w

W L WYLLIE A.R.A.,: J M W TURNER, 1905, 1st edn, sigd pres copy, orig decor cl, d/w £ 40-50