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J S HODSON (PUB): GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF NATURE AND ART, 1837, cl worn + GILBERT ABBOTT A'BECKETT: THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND, J Dicks, n d,...

H G WELLS: GOD THE INVISIBLE KING, 1917, 1st edn, orig cl gt worn

MAE WEST: ON SEX HEALTH AND ESP, 1975, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 30-40

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: THE TRAVELLER, ill Birket Foster, c1855, orig décor cl gt worn £ 25-35

HENRY MILLER: TROPIC OF CANCER, 1963, 1st edn, later issue d/w

JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE: A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES, 1981, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 150-200

SAMUEL BECKETT: ENDGAME, 1958, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 30-40

RUDYARD KIPLING: PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS, Calcutta 1889, 2nd edn, orig cl worn £ 20-30

IAN FLEMING, 2 ttls: DR NO, 1958, 1st edn, cl, later d/w; THUNDERBALL, 1961, 1st edn, ex-lib, cl, d/w (stuck down), (Qty 2) £ 30-40

E VIOLLET-LE-DUC: ON RESTORATION, Ed Charles Wethered, 1875, port frontis, orig decor cl gt worn £ 20-30

W H HUDSON: LETTERS TO R B CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM, Ed Richard Curle, Golden Cockerel Press, 1941, (250) numbered, orig mor bkd cl £ 30-40

[SAMUEL REYNOLDS HOLE] 'AN OXONIAN': A LITTLE TOUR IN IRELAND…, ill J Leech, 1859, 1st edn, hand col'd fdg frontis, 4 plts, orig bl stpd...

ANDRE MAUROIS: ARIEL, 1935, 1st penguin edn, 1st penguin book published, orig wraps, d/w (chipped) £ 30-40

THE ART-JOURNAL, 1862, new series, vol 1, ill after J M W Turner and others, 24 steel engrd plts, 4to, mor gt worn £ 40-50

CAMPBELL DODGSON: OLD FRENCH COLOUR- PRINTS, 1924, (1250) numbered), 4to, orig vellum bkd cl gt soiled £ 40-50

REV EDMUND FARRER: PORTRAITS IN SUFFOLK HOUSES (WEST), 1908 (400) numbered, 4to, orig cl bkd bds, v worn & soiled £ 40-50

RICHARD DOYLE: THE FOREIGN TOUR OF MESSRS BROWN JONES AND ROBINSON, 1854, 4to, orig cl gt soiled + 2 others, (Qty 3) £ 25-35

ALBERT HENRY PAYNE: BERLIN AND ITS TREASURES, c1850, vol 1 only, 4to, orig decor cl gt + REV G N WRIGHT AND C H TIMPERLEY: THE GALLERY OF ENGRAVINGS,

HUGH WILLIAM DAVIES: CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF EARLY GERMAN BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF C FAIRFAX MURRAY, 1962, (250) reprint, 2 vols, 4to, orig cl, (Q

ANDRE BLUM AND CHARLES CHASSE: HISTORIE DU COSTUME LES MODES…, 1931, orig cl, crudely rebkd

R TURNER WILCOX: THE MODE IN COSTUME, n y 1948, orig cl, d/w £ 25-35

MAUD R HALL: ENGLISH CHURCH NEEDLEWORK, 1913, 2nd edn, orig cl gt £ 20-30

AYMER VALLANCE: ART IN ENGLAND DURING THE ELIZABETHAN AND STUART PERIODS, 'The Studio' 1908, 4to, orig cl gt + M MACARTNEY: ENGLISH HOUSES A...

JANE AUSTEN: NOVELS, Ed R B Johnson, J M Dent 1892, 10 vols, orig cl gt + 2 others, (Qty 12) £ 30-40

SIR HENRY RIDER HAGGARD: SHE, [1896], Masterpiece Library, in HICKLINGS ALMANACK AND HANDBOOK OF NORFOLK 1896, orig wraps £ 120-150

D H LAWRENCE: PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSCENITY, 1929, 1st edn, orig wraps soiled £ 20-30

THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT: THE DRY SALVAGES, 1941, 1st edn, orig wraps browned + 10 others, (Qty 11) £ 20-30

JOHN McALEER: ROYAL DECREE CONVERSATIONS WITH REX STOUT, Maryland Pontes press 1983 (1000) numbered & sigd, orig wraps £ 20-30

JOHN McALEER: QUEEN'S COUNSEL CONVERSATIONS WITH RUTH STOUTH ON HER BROTHER REX STOUT, Maryland Pontes press 1987, (500), numbered & sigd &#...

STEPHEN SPENDER: TWENTY POEMS, [1930], 1st edn, 1 of the copies for authors personal use, lacking ttl page and colophon, 2 manuscript corrections, ori

OSCAR WILDE: THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL, 1898 (800), 1st edn, orig two tone cl, spine browned £ 120-150

A J B BERESFORD HOPE: THE ENGLISH CATHEDRAL OF THE 19TH CENTURY, 1861, hf cf, spine gt in compartments £ 30-40

SIR WALTER SCOTT: THE POETICAL WORKS, 1861, décor crimson mor gt + 2 others, (Qty 3) £ 20-30

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: THE POETICAL AND DRAUMATIC WORKS, 1877, 4 vols, hf cf spine gt in compartments + EDWARD JOHN TRELAWNY: RECORDS OF SHELLEY BYR

MARIAN EVANS 'GEORGE ELIOT': NOVELS, c1876, 7 vols in 6, cf gt, spines gt in compartments + 1 other, (Qty 7) £ 30-40

HENRY FIELDING: THE WORKS, Ed A Murphy, 1806, new edn, 10 vols, old cf worn, rebkd + LAURENCE STERNE: THE WORKS, 1808, 4 vols, hf cf worn, (Qty 14) ...

JOHN DRYDEN (ED): MISCELLANY POEMS…, 1692-93, parts 1-3 in 2, old cf worn, (A/F), (Qty 2) £ 50-60

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA: DON QUIXOTE, trans C Jarvis ill T Johannot, 1842, 2 vols, modern qtr mor, spines gt in compartments £ 50-60

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA: DON QUIXOTE, trans T Shelton 1900, 3 vols, hf crimson mor, spines gt in compartments by Denny, (Qty 3) £ 30-40

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: THE WORKS, 1854, 4 vols, hf crimson mor, (Qty 4) £ 40-50

WILLIAM PALEY, 4 ttls: HORAE PAULINAE…, 1794, cf worn; THE PRINCIPLES OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, 1794, old cf worn; A VIEW OF THE EVIDENCES OF

EDWARD BURNE-JONES: THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD, 1902, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl bkd bds worn & soiled £ 60-80

ELIZABETH ROTHENSTEIN: STANLEY SPENCER, 1945, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl £ 20-30

JAMES HERBERT: THE GHOSTS OF SLEATH, 1994, (unedited typescript), number & sigd, 4to, ring bound, orig wraps £ 25-35

PHILIP GASKELL: JOHN BASKERVILLE, A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1959, 1st edn, specimen lf in pocket at end, 4to cl, d/w £ 20-30

EDWARD SEAGO: PEACE IN WAR, 1943, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

EDWARD GORDON CRAIG: THE PAGE, 1898, numbers 1-12 in 1, numbers 9-12 lacking ttls, some orig wraps bnd in, hf cf v worn nr disbnd £ 120-150

THE DOME, 1898-99, new series, vols 1-3, cl gt, (Qty 3) £ 40-50

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: WORKS, Ed C Knight, c1867, pict edn, 8 vols, décor cf gt, aeg, (Qty 8) £ 40-50

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE DRAMATIC WORKS, Ed William Hazlitt, 1864, 4 vols, hf cf, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 4) £ 80-100

JAMES BOSWELL: THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON…, 1825, 8 vols in 4, hf cf, (Qty 4) £ 80-100

WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT: HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA, 1854, 2 vols, hf cf, (Qty 2) £ 25-35

FLOWERS OF BRITISH POETRY…, ill T & J Bewick, Newcastle c1813, Ex-Hugo Collection, 12 mo, hf cf rebkd £ 30-40

CHARLES KNIGHT (ED): HALF HOURS OF ENGLISH HISTORY, c1883, 4 vols, hf mor, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 4) £ 50-60

HEATH'S BOOK OF BEAUTY, Ed Countess of Blessington, 1834, added engrd ttl, 18 plts, orig décor mor gt £ 25-35

CHARLES DICKENS: WORKS, c1875, illustrated library edn, 30 vols, hf cf, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 30) £ 400-500

CHARLES DICKENS: CHRISTMAS BOOKS, 1852, 'Cheap' edn, hf cf worn £ 20-30

CHARLES DICKENS: MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, 1840-41, 1st edn in book form, 3 vols, hf cf £ 150-180

CHARLES DICKENS: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, 1870, 1st edn in book form, hf cf worn £ 30-40

CHARLES DICKENS: LITTLE DORRIT, 1857, 1st edn in book form, hf cf £ 80-100

CHARLES DICKENS: BLEAK HOUSE, 1853, 1st edn in book form, hf cf £ 80-100

CHARLES DICKENS: PICKWICK PAPERS, 1837, 1st edn in book form, décor mor gt, aeg £ 80-100

[FREDERICK MARRYAT]: PETER SIMPLE, Paris 1837, hf cf £ 20-30

ALBERT SMITH, 2 ttls: THE POTTLETON LEGACY, 1849, 1st end, hf cf + 1 other, (Qty 2) £ 25-35

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: POETICAL WORKS, 1905, Albion edn, mor gt, spine gt in compartments + JOHN MILTON: THE POETICAL WORKS, c1900, mor gt, spine gt in

WILLIAM SOMERVILE: THE CHACE-HOBBINOL, 1773, 6th edn, 2 works in 1, old cf worn £ 20-30

STANISLAUS I, KING OF POLAND: OEUVRES DU PHILOSOPHE BIENFAISANT, Amsterdam 1764, 4 vols, engrd vig ttls, frontis, vols 2-3 hf ttls, 12 mo old cf worn,

JOHN ARMSTRONG: THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, Dublin 1767, 12 mo, old cf worn, spine gt in compartments £ 30-40

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE, 1886, 1st edn, hf ttl, décor cf gt, by Birdsall £ 120-150

[JOHN PINKERTON]: THE MEDALLIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 1790, 1st edn, 40 engrd plts, 4to modern hf cf £ 120-150

THOMAS GRAY: POEMS AND LETTERS, Chiswick press 1874, 4to, cf gt £ 60-80

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: THE WORKS, Ed J F Waller, c1871, 4to, cf gt worn £ 20-30

THOMAS GRAY: POEMS, Eton College Press 1894, 4to, cf gt, spine gt in compartments £ 30-40

WILLIAM COMBE: THE TOURS OF DOCTOR SYNTAX, [1st, 2nd and 3rd], ill T Rowlandson, c1855, 9th edn, 3 vols, 2 hand col'd ttls, 78 plts, 1 torn, ori...

SAMUEL PEPYS: DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE, Ed Richard Lord Braybrooke, 1887 (100) numbered, 4 vols, hf cf, (Qty 4) £ 80-100

JOHN RUSKIN: THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE, 1855, 2nd edn, bl stpd cf £ 50-60

C J NIEUWENHUYS: A REVIEW OF THE LIVES AND WORKS OF SOME OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERS…, 1834, cf gt worn £ 25-35

TOBIAS SMOLLETT: THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, Ed T Roscoe, ill G Cruikshank, 1853, new edn, cf gt £ 30-40

ROBERT BROWNING: POETICAL WORKS, 1889- 94, 17 vols, uniform qtr cf, (Qty 17) £ 60-80

ANACREON: POETA LYRICUS…, Ed J Barnes, Canterbury 1705, 2 engrd ports, 12 mo, old cf worn £ 60-80

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY: WORKS, Ed H B Forman, 1880, 8th vols, hf cf, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 8) £ 80-100

EDWARD GIBBON: THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, Eds D Milman, F P G Guizot and W Smith, 1881, 8th vols, hf cf, spines gt in co

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE: FAUST, L 1833, hf mor, spine gt in compartments £ 20-30

DANIEL DEFOE: ROBINSON CRUSOE, ill After T Stothard, L 1790, 2 vols, engrd vig ttls, port, 14 plts, old mottled cf £ 100-120

JEAN DE LA FONTAINE: CHOIX DE FABLES, Paris 1886, mor gt £ 20-30

EDMUND BURKE: WORKS, 1887, 12 vols, hf cf, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 12) £ 100-120

JOHN RUSKIN: PRAETERITA, Orpington 1886-87, 1st edn, 2 vols, crushed mor, inner dentelles gt by Roger de Coverly, aeg, (Qty 2) £ 80-100

CHARLES CAVENDISH FULKE GREVILLE: MEMOIRS, 1885-87, parts 2 & 3, 5 vols, uniform hf cf spines gt in compartments, plus HENRY WILLIAM GREVILLE: L...

WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY: A HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 1879-87, 6 vols, hf cf, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 6) £ 40-60

THOMAS GRAY: POEMS, Eton College Press, 1894, 4to, cf gt by R Ingalton Drake + H C MAXWELL LYTE: A HISTORY OF ETON COLLEGE, 1889, new edn, crimson mor

ANTHONY RAPHAEL MENG: THE WORKS OF…, FIRST PAINTER TO HIS CATHOLIC MAJESTY CHARLES III…, L 1796, 2 vols, engrd ttls, old cf worn, (Qty 2) £ 25-35

ROBERT HUISH: MEMOIRS OF GEORGE IV…, 1830, [1831], 2 vols, hf cf worn, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

HENRY FIELDING: THE WORKS, 1784, 10 vols, old cf worn, (Qty 10) £ 120-150

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: WORKS, 1884-93, 12 vols, hf mor, (Qty 12) £ 40-50

[SIR RICHARD STEELE]: THE LUCUBATIONS OF ISAAC BICKERSTAFF, 1728, 4 vols, 12mo, old cf gt worn, (Qty 4) £ 50-60

[ANTHONY COUNT HAMILTON]: HISTORY OF MAY-FLOWER, A CIRCASSIAN TALE, Salisbury 1796, 2nd edn, 12 mo, modern qtr leather £ 40-50

[REV LAURENCE STERNE]: THE SERMONS OF MR YORICK, R & J Dodsley, n d, vols 1-2 in 1, engrd port frontis, old cf worn £ 60-80

ROBERT BURNS: THE POETICAL WORKS, 1810, 2 vols in 1, added engrd vig ttls, frontises, 12 mo, rebnd hf cf + 1 other, (Qty 2) £ 30-40

VICTOR HUGO: OEUVRE, Paris 1905, 14 vols, hf mor, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 14) £ 80-100

WILLIAM JONES [OF NAYLAND]: MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE STUDIES AND WRITINGS OF THE RIGHT REVEREND GEORGE HORNE, D.D., LATE LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH, L 1799, 2n