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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, 3 ttls: THE SANITY OF ART, 1908, 1st edn, orig wraps worn & detchd lacking most of spine; LOVE AMONG THE ARTISTS, 1914, 1st...

VERVE THE FRENCH REVIEW OF ART, LES TRES RICHES HEURES DU DUC DE BERRY, Paris 1940, vol 2, No 7, 12 col'd plts, 4to, orig wraps worn £ 20-30

GUSTAVE DORE: CASSELL'S DORE GALLERY, Ed E Ollier, n d, 4to, hf cf £ 25-35

HORACE SHIPP: EDWARD SEAGO, PAINTER IN THE ENGLISH TRADITION, 1952, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl worn + FRANCIS W HAWCROFT: EDWARD SEAGO, A REVIEW OF THE YEA

JOHN EDWARD MASEFIELD: THE COUNTRY SCENE, ill E Seago, 1937, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl bkd linen £ 200-250

THE OLD MASTERS, ONE HUNDRED EXAMPLES OF THEIR WORK…, 1908, 2 vols, 4to, orig cl gt worn, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

WYMAN AND SONS (PUB): ROYAL ALBUM OF ARTS AND INDUSTRIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1887, chromo-litho port frontis, 4to, orig decor mor gt £ 40-50

EDWIN FOLEY: THE BOOK OF DECORATIVE FURNITURE, 1910, vol 1 (of 2), 4to orig decor cl gt soiled £ 40-50

JOHN SCHRODER: CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS BY RUPERT BROOKE, EDWARD MARSH AND CHRISTOPHER HASSALL, Rampant Lions Press, 1970 (400) numbered, 4t

DEMOSTHENES: ORATIONS, trans Philip Francis, 1757, 2 vols, engrd fdg map, 4to, old cf v worn, bds loose/detchd, (Qty 2) £ 25-35

W SHAW SPARROW: THE GOSPELS IN ART – THE OLD TESTAMENT IN ART, 1904, 1905, 4to, orig vellum gt, worn & soiled, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

DENNIS WHEATLEY, 2 ttls: MURDER OFF MIAMI, n d, 'Crime Dossier', orig wraps worn + U.S.A. edn of same work titled: FILE ON BOLITHO BLANE, n ...

JACOB EPSTEIN: AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1955, 1st edn, cl bkd pict bds + YOUSUF KARS signed photo of Jacob Epstein, 9 ½" x 7 ½" + 3 other ...

SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS: AN ARTIST'S LIFE – THE SECOND BURST – THE FINISH, 1950-52, 1st edns, 3 vols, cl d/ws, (tatty), (Qty 3) £ 100-120

REV H H MILMAN: ANNE BOLEYN, A DRAUMATIC PEOM, 1826, orig bds worn, top bd detchd £ 20-30

KINGSLEY AMIS: THE OLD DEVILS, 1986, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 25-35

GAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS: OPERUM, Amsterdam 1690, vol 2, old vellum soiled £ 20-30

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, 7 ttls: PRESS CUTTINGS, 1909, 1st edn, orig wraps; HEARTBREAK HOUSE..., 1919, 1st edn, orig cl; THE APPLE CART, 1930, 1st edn, or

JOSEPH GROVE: THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CARDINAL WOLSEY, 1748, 2nd edn, 4 vols, 38 (of 40) plts, rebkd cf worn, (Qty 4) £ 40-50

MARY RENAULT: RETURN TO NIGHT – NORTH FACE – FIRE FROM HEAVEN – THE PERSIAN BOY, 1947, 1949, 1969, 1972, 1st edns, cl, 3rd and 4th works, d/ws, (Qty 4

ROBERT AND ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING: THE LETTERS, 1906, 2 vols, orig cl

ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR 'GEORGE ORWELL': ANIMAL FARM, A FAIRY STORY, 1945, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 400-450

VIRGINIA WOOLF: THE WAVES, 1931, 1st edn, cl, d/w, (tatty and reinforced with tape) £ 120-150

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

GUY ROSLYN: THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, POEMS OLD AND NEW, 1886, 1st edn, orig cl soiled + FREDERICK LANGBRIDGE: GASLIGHT AND STARS, A BOOK OF VERSE, 1880, o

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, 3 ttls: BACK TO METHUSELAH, 1921, 1st edn, orig cl; SAINT JOAN..., 1924, 1st edn, orig cl; TRANSLATIONS AND TOMFOOLERIES, 1926, 1

AGATHA CHRISTIE: WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS, 1934, 1st edn, orig cl, v worn & soiled £ 20-30

SAMUEL MAUNDER: THE BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY..., 1841, 3rd edn, orig cl gt £ 20-30

JUNIUS STAT NOMINIS UMBRA, ill E Bocquet, L1851, engrd ttl, 12 ports, 4to decor cf gt worn £ 20-30

GEORGIANA BLAKISTON: WOBURN AND THE RUSSELLS, 1980, 1st edn, sigd by Marquess of Tavistock, cl d/w + ANTONIA FRASER: KING CHARLES II, 1979, 1st edn, c

SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS: THE SECOND BURST, 1951, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 25-35

LORD ISMAY: MEMOIRS, 1960, 1st edn, cl d/w + 1 other, (Qty 2)

WILLIAM PAIN: THE PRACTICAL HOUSE CARPENTER, 1805, 7th edn, 148 engrd plts, numbered as 146, lacks ttl, 1st lf damaged with loss, 16pp catalogue at en

JOSEPH HENRY SHORTHOUSE: JOHN INGLESANT, 1882, (250), 1st edn, 2 vols, sigd pres copy from author and his wife, als loosely inserted, some water stain

QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS: CARMINUM, 1843-44, 2 vols, cf gt, (Qty 2) £ 30-40

JOHN HERSEY: UNDER THE EYE OF THE STORM, n y, 1967, orig cl £ 20-30

DICK FRANCIS: RAT RACE, 1970, 1st edn, sigd pres copy, cl d/w £ 30-40

JOHN CREASEY: LOOK THREE WAYS AT MURDER, 1964, 1st edn, sigd pres copy, cl £ 20-30

CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD: LIONS AND SHADOWS, 1938, 1st edn, orig cl worn & soiled £ 30-40

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: COMEDIES, HISTORIES AND TRAGEDIES, Oxford Clarendon Press, 1902, (1000) numbered & sigd by Sidney Lee, facsimile of the fir...

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE: CABINET OF GEMS, Ed P G Patmore, 1837, engrd ttl, port frontis, 12 stipple engrd plts, hand col'd heightened, 4to, orig cl ...

JULES GARNIER: RABELAIS ET L'OEUVRE, Paris 1897, 2 vols, 4to, orig cl gt worn, (Qty 2) £ 25-35

THE ART-JOURNAL: THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, 1851, 4to, orig cl gt, v worn & soiled £ 20-30

THE SONG OF SONGS, trans Keith Bosley, ill Richard Kennedy, Whittington Press, 1976, (206) (165) numbered & sigd by translator and illustrator, ...

GILBERT BURNET: THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, 1679-81, 1st edn, 2 vols, added engrd ttls, 12 engrd ports, a 3rd vol was pub

INTERNATIONAL GRAFIK, 1974-79, vols 6-7, Nos 21-28, 4to, orig pict wraps, (Qty 8) £ 25-35

ROLOFF BENY: A TIME OF GODS, 1962, 4to, decor mor gt £ 20-30

E KEBLE CHATTERTON: OLD SHIP PRINTS-OLD SEA PAINTINGS, 1927, 1928, 1st edns, 4to, orig cl, (Qty 2) £ 40-50

AUBREY NOAKES: BEN MARSHALL, 1978, (500), 1st edn, 4to cl gt d/w £ 20-30

WILLIAM WHITEHEAD: A HYMN TO THE NYMPH OF BRISTOL SPRING, L R Dodsley, 1751, 1st edn, advert lf at end, lacks hf ttl, 4to, hf cf worn £ 25-35

NICHOLAS REMY: DEMONOLARTY, trans E A Ashwin, Ed Rev Montague Summers, L J Rodker, 1930, (1275) numbered, 4to, orig two tone cl £ 50-60

EDMUND LODGE: PORTRAITS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES OF GREAT BRITAIN, c1855, cabinet edn, 8 vols, hf cf, (Qty 8) £ 60-80

EDMUND WALLER: THE WORKS IN VERSE AND PROS, 1744, 2 engrd ports, 2 plts inc 1 fdg, 12 mo, modern three quarter mor, teg £ 40-60

ROBERT BRIDGES: THE TESTAMENT OF BEAUTY, 1929, 1st edn, publishers note laid in at end, orig bds gt £ 25-35

ALAN TURING: THE ENIGMA, 1983, 1st edn, cl d/w + STEWART RICHARDSON (ED): THE SECRET HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II, 1987, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £ ...

RUTH RENDELL, 5 ttls: THE VEILED ONE, 1988, 1st edn, cl d/w; GOING WRONG, 1990, 1st edn, cl d/w; KISSING THE GUNNER'S DAUGHTER, 1992, 1st edn, c...

DICK FRANCIS: THE DANGER – PROOF – BREAK- IN – BOLT, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 4) £ 25-35

L H M SOULSBY (ED): WINGS AND SPURS, A COLLECTION OF QUOTATIONS FOR EVERYDAY IN THE YEAR, 1906, 3rd impress, Margaret W Tarrant's copy with her ...

P W BLANDFORD: OLD FARM TOOLS AND MACHINERY, 1980, 2nd impress, cl + DAVID E EVANS: LISTER'S THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS, 1979, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qt...

E F BENSON, 2 ttls: THE BABE, B A, N Y & L 1896, 1st edn, orig cl gt; SPOOK STORIES, [1928], 1st edn, orig cl ex-lib + 1 other, (Qty 3) £ 5...

ANGUS STEWART: SANDEL, 1968, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 200-250

IAN FLEMING: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, 1962, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 150-180

HOMER: ODYSSEA CUM SCHOLIIS VETERIBUS – ILIAS, Oxford 1827, 1834, 2 vols, 2 vols, uniform tree cf gt, 1st work vol 1, top bd loose, (Qty 4) £ 3...

MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO: ORATIONES, Ed J Carey, L1821, modern hf cf, new eps £ 20-30

THOMAS WALKER: THE ORIGINAL, 1835, 1st edn, vol 1, (all published), hf cf £ 20-30

MATTHEW ARNOLD, 3 ttls: CULTURE AND ANARCHY..., 1869, orig cl gt soiled, inner joints split + 2 others, (Qty 3) £ 20-30

DODIE SMITH: IT ENDS WITH REVELATIONS, 1967, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

PELHAM GRENVILLE WODEHOUSE: MUCH OBLIGED JEEVES, 1971, 1st edn, cl d/w + DICK FRANCIS: LONGSHOT-COME TO GRIEF, 1990, 1995, 1st edns, cl d/ws + C P SNO

POEMS ON AFFAIRS OF STATE…, L 1716, 6th edn, vol 1 only, cf gt worn + 1 other, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

JOHN BETJEMAN: AN OXFORD UNIVERSITY CHEST, 1938, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl bkd bds £ 30-40

JOHN BETJEMAN: COLLECTED POEMS, Boston 1971, 1st enlarged edn, orig cl gt + BEVIS HILLIER (ED): JOHN BETJEMAN A LIFE IN PICTURES, 1984, 1st edn, cl d/

JOHN BETJEMAN, 5 ttls: COLLECTED POEMS, Boston 1959, 1st edn, cl d/w; CONTINUAL DEW, 1977, facs reprint, cl gt, d/w + 3 others, (Qty 5) £ 20-30

JOHN BETJEMAN, 4 ttls: COLLECTED POEMS, 1948, 1st edn, cl + 3 others, + P TAYLOR- MARTIN: JOHN BETJEMAN, HIS LIFE AND WORK, 1983, reprint, cl d/w, (Qt

JOHN BETJEMAN AND GEOFFREY TAYLOR, (EDS): ENGLISH, SCOTTISH AND WELSH LANDSCAPE, ill John Piper, 1944, 1st edn, orig pict cl + JOHN BETJEMAN (ED): COL

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

JOYCE CAROL OATES: A GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS, 1970, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

STEPHEN SPENDER: SELECTED POEMS, 1940, 1st edn, bds d/w £ 30-40

ROBERT BLATCHFORD: A BOOK ABOUT BOOKS, 1903, 1st edn, orig pict cl gt £ 20-30

ROLAND FREART DE CHAMBRAY: A PARALLEL OF THE ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE WITH THE MODERN, trans John Evelyn, c1723, 40 full pg engrd plts, lacks ttl and comm

WALTER UEBERWASSER (ED): DRAWINGS BY EUROPEAN MASTERS…, FROM THE ALBERTINA, 1948, 1st edn, 4to, pict wraps £ 20-30

THE ART JOURNAL, 1860, new series, vol 6, 4to, hf cf worn £ 30-40

VICTOR SKREBNESKI: PORTRAITS, N Y 1978, 1st edn, 4to cl d/w £ 20-30

ROBERT SCOTT BURN (ED): THE NEW GUIDE TO MASONRY, BRICK LAYING AND PLASTERING…, A Fullarton, c1870, added ttl, 150 plts, 4to, hf cf worn £ 50-60

A BALL: THE PRICE GUIDE TO POT-LIDS AND OTHER UNDERGLAZE MULTICOLOUR PRINTS ON WARE, 1991, 4to cl, d/w + DESMOND EYLES: THE DOULTON LAMBETH WARES, 197

MRS NORTON: FISHER'S DRAWING ROOM SCRAP-BOOK, 1848, some water staining, 4to, orig decor cl gt worn & soiled £ 25-35

MODERN INTERIORS IN COLOUR, 1929, English edn of 'Farbige Raumkunst', vol 5, 4to, orig cl £ 20-30

AUGUSTUS WELBY NORTHMORE PUGIN: THE TRUE PRINCIPLES OF POINTED OR CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE, 1853, 4to, orig bl stpd cl gt v worn & soiled, nr disb...

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN PORTRAITS PRINCIPALLY BY LODGE OF EMINENT PERSONS…, n d, 116 engrd plts, cf gt worn £ 25-35

ELLEN TERRY AND GEORGE BERNARD SHAW: A CORRESPONDENCE, ill C St John, N Y & L 1931, 1st edn, orig cl gt £ 20-30

VICTOR HUGO: LES MISERABLES, trans Lascelles Wraxall, intro Andre Maurois, ill Lynd Ward, n y, Limited Editions Club 1938, (1500) numbered & sig...

RALPH STEADMAN: I LEONARDO, 1983, 1st edn, sigd pres copy, with doodle, obl 4to cl d/w £ 80-100

CHARLES HEATH: GALLERY OF ENGRAVINGS, 1836, vol 2, 90 engrd plts, hf cf v worn £ 50-60

DICK FRANCIS: REFLEX – TWICE SHY – BANKER – THE DANGER – PROOF – BREAK IN – BOLT – HOT MONEY – THE EDGE – STRAIGHT – LONGSHOT – COMEBACK, 1980, 1981,

ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR 'GEORGE ORWELL': THE ORWELL READER, N Y 1956, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 40-50

HENRY JAMES: THE FINER GRAIN, 1910, 1st edn, orig cl gt, worn & soiled £ 30-40

DAVID FOXON: LIBERTINE LITERATURE IN ENGLAND 1660-1745, N Y 1865, 1st edn, cl + 'SPECULATOR MORUM': BIBLIOTHECAR ARCANA SEU CATALOGUS LIBROR...

CYRIL CONNOLLY 'PALINURUS', 2 ttls: THE UNQUIET GRAVE, 1945, revised edn, cl soiled; THE ROCK POOL, 1947, new edn, cl , (Qty 2)

DYLAN THOMAS: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG DOG, 1940, 1st edn, cl £ 40-50

THE CAMBRIDGE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1940-57, 5 vols inc supplement, cl, (Qty 5) £ 60-80

TERRY PRATCHETT, 6 ttls: MOVING PICTURES, 1990, 1st edn, cl d/w; WITCHES ABROAD, 1991, 1st edn, cl d/w; MEN AT ARMS, 1993, 1st edn, cl d/w + 3 others,