Books Auction

RICHARD HUGHES: THE FOX IN THE ATTIC, 1961, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

TIGHE HOPKINS: THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK, 1901, orig decor cl soiled + W C MORROW: BOHEMIAN PARIS OF TO-DAY, ill E Cucuel, 1899, 1st edn, orig decor cl

ROBERT SCOTT BURN (ED): ORNAMENTAL DRAWING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN..., 1857, 1st edn, orig bl stpd cl gt worn £ 20-30

THE ENCHANTED PLANTS FABLES IN VERSE, L 1800, engrd frontis by Bartolozzi After F Vieria, bds worn + SALOMON GESSNER: THE DEATH OF ABEL, L 1816, hf tt

CECIL DAY LEWIS: CHRISTMAS EVE, ill Edward Ardizzone, 1954, 1st edn, orig wraps, orig envelope + THOMAS HARDY: YULETIDE IN A YOUNGER WORLD, ill A Ruth

LEIGH HUNT: FOLIAGE OR POEMS ORIGINAL AND TRANSLATED, L1818, 1st edn, ttl pg reinforced, erased lib stamps, final lf reinforced and part excised, rebn

THOMAS HOOD: THE EPPING HUNT, ill After George Crukshank, 1829, 1st edn, lacks advts, hf mor worn £ 75-100

THOMAS CAMPBELL: GERTRUDE OF WYOMING..., L 1809, 1st edn, errata slip, 4to orig bds v worn and loose £ 20-30

WILLIAM HOGARTH: THE WORKS, Ed Rev J Trusler, L 1833, 2 vols in 1, 4to old cl worn £ 60-80

THOMAS MOORE: EPISTLES ODES AND OTHER POEMS, L 1806, 1st edn, engrd frontis, hf ttl, 4to rebkd bds £ 30-40

[ERASMUS DARWIN]: THE BOTANIC GARDEN, 1791-94, 1st edn, 4th edn, 2 vols, 4to cf v worn, vol 1 top bd detchd, (Qty 2) £ 100-120

GEORGE BARNETT SMITH (ED): ILLUSTRATED BRITISH BALLADS, 1881-82, 2 vols, 4to hf mor, (Qty 2) £ 25-35

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW: THE POETICAL WORKS, Cassell & Co, n d, engrd port frontis, 4to, hf mor £ 25-35

FRANCOIS PIERRE GUILLAUME GUIZOT: L'HISTORIE DE FRANCE...., Paris 1875-76, 5 vols, orig crimson mor bkd decor cl gt, (Qty 5) £ 60-80

B C MIDDLETON: THE RESTORATION LEATHER BINDINGS, Chicago 1981, 4to, wraps worn, ex-lib

CHARLES RAMSDEN: FRENCH BOOK BINDERS, 1789-1848, 1950, cl gt £ 20-30

EDWARD GORDON CRAIG AND MARTIN SHAW: SOUVENIR ACIS AND GALATEA MASQUE OF LOVE AS PRODUCED AT THE GREAT QUEEN STREET THREATRE, MARCH 10TH 1902, L [J J

MONICA POOLE: THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF JOHN FARLEIGH, 1985, 1st edn, 4to cl d/w + JOHN FARLEIGH: IT NEVER DIES, 1946, 1st edn, cl d/w + REGINALD TURNOR:

CHARLES DICKENS: THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP, ill G Cattermole and H K Browne, L Chapman & Hall, n d, frontis dtd 1840, rebnd leather, the top bd app...

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO: THE DECAMERON, ill Louis Chalon, Navarre Society, n d, 2 vols, orig buckram gt, (Qty 2) £ 25-35

SIR WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT, 2 ttls: THE BAB BALLADS..., 1914, orig cl gt worn; THE MIKADO, ill Sir William Russell Flint, 1928, 1st edn, orig cl wor

HOMER: THE ILIAD: THE ODYSSEY, trans A Pope, Ed G Wakefield, 1796, 6 vols, 5 vols, cf gt v worn, (Qty 11) £ 60-80

ANNE LOUISE GERMAINE DE NECKER BARONNE DE STAEL-HOLSTEIN: CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, L 1818, 3 vols, diced cf gt

JOHN EVELYN: DIARY, Eds W Bray & H B Wheatley, 1879, 4 vols, orig vellum bkd bds worn, (Qty 4) £ 30-40

PARIS-LONDRES KEEPSAKE FRANCAIS, 1837-38, 2 vols, added engrd vig ttls, 50 steel engrd plts, qtr cf worn, (Qty 2) £ 120-150

RICHARD II DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS: MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND DURING THE REGENCY... - MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF GEORGE IV..., 1856, 1859, 2

[JOHN WILSON KROKER]: LETTERS TO AND FROM HENRIETTA COUNTESS OF SUFFOLK AND HER SECOND HUSBAND THE HON GEORGE BERKELEY FROM 1712 TO 1767..., 1824 1st

GILBERT ABBOTT O'BECKETT: THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND, ill J Leech, c1880, 2 vols in 1, orig cl gt soiled £ 20-30

JACOB LARWOOD AND JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN: THE HISTORY OF SIGNBOARDS, [1866], 6th edn, orig cl gt worn £ 30-40

HERBERT SIMON: SONG AND WORDS, A HISTORY OF THE CURWEN PRESS, 1973, 1st edn, cl d/w

PERCY L MARKS: THE PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, 1907, 1st edn, orig cl gt £ 25-35

PETER ACKROYD: CHATTERTON - THE DIVERSIONS OF PURLEY - FIRST LIGHT, 1987, 1987, 1989, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 3) £ 20-30

J M COETZEE: DISGRACE, 1999, 1st edn, cl d/w + BRUCE CHATWIN: UTZ, 1988, 1st edn, cl d/w + ALICE WALKER: THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR, 1989, 1st edn, cl

P D JAMES: THE SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN - DEVICES AND DESIRES, 1982, 1989, 1st edns, 2nd work sigd, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

BRUCE CHATWIN: ON THE BLACK HILL - UTZ, 1982, 1988, 1st edns, cl d/ws + 1 other, (Qty 3) £ 20-30

GRAHAM AND HUGH GREENE: THE SPY'S BESIDE BOOK, 1957, 1st edn, cl d/w + REGINALD HILL: WHO GUARDS A PRINCE, 1982, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £...

THE NEW TESTAMENT, Ed M R James, Ill Eric Gill, 1934-36, 4 vols, cl d/ws, (Qty 4) £ 120-150

ERIC GILL, 4 ttls: TWENTY-FIVE NUDES, 1950, reprint, cl gt d/w; ART AND A CHANGING CIVILISATION , 1935 reprint, orig cl soiled; THE NECESSITY OF BELIE

THE ARCHITECTS' AND BUILDERS JOURNAL, 1908-13, end of year special issues, 2 vols, sm fo cl worn + PLANNING AN ANNUAL NOTEBOOK, Architect and Bu...

THOMAS ARCHER: PICTURES AND ROYAL PORTRAITS ILLUSTRATIVE OF ENGLAND AND SCOTTISH HISTORY..., c1886, 2 vols, 4to orig decor cl gt, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA: THE EPISTLES, Ed Thomas Morell, L 1786, 2 vols in 1, vol ttl reinforced with sm part loss not effecting text, 4to hf cf worn ...

THE CONNOISSEUR..., 1909-10, vols 23, 25-26, 4to cl gt, (Qty 3)

EMILE DE BONNECHOSE: THE HISTORY OF FRANCE TO THE REVOLUTION OF 1848, c1850, 2 vols in 1, hf mor worn + JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY: THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REP

REV M PILKINGTON: THE GENTLEMANS AND CONNOISSEUR'S DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS..., L 1770, 4to hf cf worn + 1 other, (Qty 2) £ 25-35 BOOKCASE NE...

WILLIAM BLISS SANDERS: EXAMPLES OF CARVED OAK WOODWORK IN HOUSES AND FURNITURE OF THE 16th and 17th CENTURES, 1883, fo, orig vellum gt soiled £...

BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB: EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATIVE OF EARLY ENGLISH PORTRAITURE , 1909, fo, orig buckram gt worn £ 50-60

DIODORUS SICULUS: BIBLIOTHECAE HISTORICAE LIBRI QUI SUPERSUNT, Ed L Rhodomanus, Amsterdam 1746, 2 vols, vol 1 engrd port and frontis, some leaves wate

SIR ALFRED EAST: THE ART OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING IN OIL COLOUR, 1923, 4to cl gt + BELGIAN ART IN EXILE, 'Colour' 1916, 4to, orig wraps, pict p...

R W SYMONDS: THOMAS TOMPION, HIS LIFE AND WORK, 1951, 1st edn, 4to cl gt £ 50-60

MARGOT EATES (ED): PAUL NASH PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, 1948, 1st edn, 4to cl, d/w £ 100-120

TATE GALLERY: TURNER 1775-1851, 1974, exhibition catalogue, 4to cl, d/w + D H SOLKIN: RICHARD WILSON, 1982, exhibition catalogue, 4to pict wraps + L P

HAROLD A E DAY: EAST ANGLIAN PAINTERS, 1971-69, 2nd edn, 1st edn, 1st edn, 4to orig cl gt, pict ppr label, vol 1 bds soiled, (Qty 3) £ 60-80

A KENNETH SNOWMAN: THE ART OF CARL FABERGE, 1953, 1st edn, cl d/w + HENRY CHARLES BAINBRIDGE: PETER CARL FABERGE, 1966, 4to cl, d/w, (Qty 2) £ ...

WERNER GILLON: COLLECTING AFRICAN ART, 1979, 1st edn, 4to cl d/w + EMMANUEL V ASIHENE: UNDERSTANDING THE TRADITIONAL ART OF GHANA, U S A 1978, 1st edn

VICTOR RIENAECKER: JOHN SELL COTMAN 1782-1842, 1953 (500) numbered, 4to cl gt d/w + HAROLD A E DAY: THE NORWICH SCHOOL OF PAINTERS, 1979, 1st edn, 4to

MIKHAIL GUERMAN: ART ET REVOLUTION LA FLAMME D'OCTOBRE, 1977, 1st edn, 4to cl d/w £ 25-35

HUGH HONOUR: GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS, n y, 1971, 1st edn, 4to cl gt d/w + GEZA VON HABSBURG-LOTHRINGEN: GOLD BOXES..., 1983 (5000), 4to cl gt d/w

H M CUNDALL: THE NORWICH SCHOOL, 'The Studio 1920', 4to orig wraps worn + MARJORIE ALLTHORPE-GUYTON: JOHN THIRTLE 1777-1839, DRAWINGS IN NOR...

D F LUNSINGH SCHEURLEER: CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN, 1974, 1st edn, cl d/w + WILLIAM BOWYER HONEY: THE CERAMIC ART OF CHINA..., 1946, cl d/w, (Qty 2) ...

CHARLES HENRY MIDDLETON: A DESCRIPTIIVE CATALOGUE OF THE ETCHED WORK OF REMBRANDT VAN RHYN, 1878, 1st edn, sigd pres copy to his wife, orig qtr cf wor

ROGER FRY: FLEMISH ART, A CRITICAL SURVEY, 1927, 1st edn, cl bkd pict bds, d/w (tatty) £ 20-30

THOMAS SNAGG: RECOLLECTIONS OF OCCURRENCES , ill Kenneth Hunter, Dropmore Press, 1951 (300), cl gt + ARTHUR BRYANT: HISTORIAN'S HOLIDAY, Dropmor...

E L SEELEY (TRANS/ED): ARTISTS OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE, 1907, orig decor vellum gt £ 20-30

WILLIAM KING: ENGLISH PORCELAIN FIGURES OF THE 18TH CENTURY..., 1925, 1st edn, cl + COSMO MONKHOUSE: A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF CHINESE PORCELAIN, 1

JOHN BETJEMAN: GHASTLY GOOD TASTE, 1970, cl bkd bds, d/w + 3 others, (Qty 4)

B PHELPS: P G WODEHOUSE, 1992, 1st edn, cl d/w, ex-lib + D WINTER: NEW SINGER, NEW SONG, THE CLIFF RICHARD STORY, 1967, 1st edn, cl d/w + JOAN HAMMOND

VERA CHAPMAN: THE GREEN KNIGHT - THE KINGS DAMOSEL - KING ARTHUR'S DAUGHTER, 1975, 1976, 1976, 1st edns, cl d/ws + VICTOR CANNING: THE CRIMSON C...

ANDRE NORTON: STEEL MAGIC - THE CRYSTAL GRYPHON - FORERUNNER FORAY - ANDROID AT ARMS - STAR BORN - NO NIGHT WITHOUT STARS - THE WHITE JADE FOX - RED H

MRS HENRY WOOD: ROLAND YORKE - EAST LYNNE, 1904, n d, orig cl + MRS HENRY WOOD (ED): THE ARGOSY, 1876, vols 21-22, cl soiled, (Qty 4) £ 20-30

EVELYN WAUGH: LOVE AMONG THE RUINS, 1953, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

T H WHITE: THE ELEPHANT AND THE KANGAROO, 1948, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

T HUDSON TURNER: SOME ACCOUNT OF DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND..., 1851, 1st edn, orig bl stpd cl gt worn + P N HASLUCK (ED): CASSELL'S HOUSE...

ADRIAN HAMILTON: THE INFAMOUS ESSAY ON WOMEN OR JOHN WILKES SEATED BETWEEN VICE AND VIRTUE, 1972, (2000), 2 vols, inc 'Reading' copy, 4to, c...

OSBERT SITWELL: LEFTHAND RIGHTHAND - THE SCARLET TREE - GREAT MORNING, 1949, 1950, 1948, cl, 2nd and 3rd works d/ws + DAME EDITH SITWELL: SWINBURNE, A

REV H H MILMAN: SAMOR...- THE BELVIDERE APOLLO FAZIO, A TRAGEDY..., - BELSHAZZAR - THE FALL OF JERUSALEM - THE MARTYR OF ANTIOCH, 1818, 1821, 1822, 18

DENNIS WHEATLEY: VENDETTA IN SPAIN - THE WHITE WITCH OF THE SOUTH SEAS - THE RAVISHING OF LADY MARY WARE, 1961, 1968, 1971, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 3)

IRIS MURDOCH: AN UNOFFICIAL ROSE - THE TIME OF THE ANGELS, 1962, 1966, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

F STAFF: THE VALENTINE AND ITS ORIGINS, 1969, 1st edn, cl d/w + H F HUTCHISON: LONDON TRANSPORT POSTERS, 1963, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

DICK FRANCIS: PROOF - BOLT - HOT MONEY - THE EDGE - LONGSHOT - DRIVING FORCE - DECIDER, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1st edns, cl d/ws +

WILLIAM S BURROUGHS: AH POOK IS HERE, 1979, 1st edn, cl d/w

MARTIN AMIS: MONEY. 1984, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

AGATHA CHRISTIE: CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS - THIRD GIRL, 1959, 1966, 1st edns, cl d/ws, + HILLARY WAUGH: END OF A PARTY, 1965, 1st edn, cl d/w + 1 other,

AGATHA CHRISTIE: AN AGATHA CHRISTIE OMNIBUS, 1931, 1st edn, cl v worn £ 40-50

HAMMOND INNES: THE DOOMED OASIS - ATLANTIC FURY - LEVKAS MAN, 1960, 1962, 1971, 1st edns, cl d/ws + J J MARRIC: GIDEON'S STAFF, 1959, 1st edn, c...

F DELAMOTTE: THE BOOK OF ORNAMENTAL ALPHABETS..., 1860, 3rd edn, obl orig bl stpd cl gt + T DE DILLMONT: MONOGRAMS AND ALPHABETS FOR COMBINATION, n d,

AGATHA CHRISTIE: CRIME COLLECTION, 1969, 1st collected edn, cl d/w + MARY ROBERTS RIENHART, 4 ttls: K, Toronto 1915, 1st edn ,cl ; MY STORY, 1932, 1s

STANLEY C JOHNSON: CHATS ON MILITARY CURIOS - THE MEDAL COLLECTOR, 1915, 1921, 1st edns, cl, 2nd work d/w + E W GREGORY: THE FURNITURE COLLECTOR..., n

JOSEPH CONRAD: THE ROVER, n y, 1923, 1st edn, cl gt + JOHN GALSWORTHY: THE SILVER SPOON - SWAN SONG, 1926, 1928, 1st edns, cl gt, (Qty 3) £ 20-30

JAMES HANLEY: SAILOR'S SONG, 1943, 1st edn, cl d/w (tatty) + 4 others, (Qty 5)

CHARLES MORGAN: THE HOUSE OF MACMILLAN, 1943, 1st edn, cl gt + F SWINNERTON: AUTHORS AND THE BOOK TRADE, 1933, cl d/w, (Qty 2)

BOOK OF THE DEAD: FACSIMILES OF THE PAPYRI OF HUNEFER ANHAI KRESHER AND NETCHEHET, Ed E A T W Budge, 1899, plt vol only, 20 col'd litho plts inc...

RUDOLF STEINER: OCCULT SEALS AND COLUMNS, n d, lacks ? ttl, 6 plts, 7 leaves letter-press loose in portfolio as issue, fo, cl bkd bds worn £ 40...

THE STUDIO, 1901, 1916, vols 22, 69, 4to modern cl £ 20-30

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW: THE INTELLIGENT WOMENS GUIDE TO SOCIALISM AND CAPITALISM, 1928, 1st edn, decor cl, d/w (tatty)

FLORA ARMITAGE: THE DESERT AND THE STARS, A PORTRAIT OF T E LAWRENCE, 1956, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

ALEXANDER KENT: COMMAND A KINGS SHIP, 1973, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

WILLIS AND SOTHERAN: A CATALOGUE OF UPWARDS OF FIFTY THOUSAND VOLUMES OF ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS..., 1862, qtr mor worn £ 20-30

LUCIUS APULEIUS: THE GOLDEN ASSE, ill J De Bosschere, n d, cl + HONORE DE BALZAC: TEN DROLL TALES, ill J De Bosschere, n d, cl, (Qty 2)

E R & J PENNELL: THE LIFE OF JAMES McNEILL WHHISTLER, 1911, 5th edn, orig cl bkd bds £ 20-30

PELHAM GRENVILLE WODEHOUSE, 2 ttls: UNCLE FRED IN THE SPRINGTIME, 1939, 1st edn, cl worn; SAM THE SUDDEN, 1950, cl d/w + FRANCES DONALDSON: P G WODEHO