Books Auctions

J F BLACKER, 2 ttls: THE ABC OF COLLECTING OLD ENGLISH CHINA, 1908, 1st edn, orig pict cl; THE ABC OF 19th-CENTURY ENGLISH CERAMIC ART, n d, 2nd edn,

MERVYN PEAKE: TITUS GROAN, 1946, 1st edn, cl, 2nd impress d/w £ 20-30

KURT VONNEGUT: SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, 1970, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 50-60

DICK FRANCIS, 2 ttls: ENQUIRY, 1969, 1st edn, cl d/w; WHIP HAND, 1979, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £ 30-40

JAMES JOYCE: ULYSSES, 1960, new edn, cl d/w

PAMELA FRANKEU: ASK ME NO MORE – PEN TO PAPER – SING FOR YOUR SUPPER – SLAVES OF THE LAMP – OVER THE MOUNTAINS – COLONEL BLESSINGTON, 1958, 1961, 1963

CHRISTOPHER FRY, 3 ttls: THOR WITH ANGELS, 1949, 2nd impress, rebnd qtr mor, orig wraps bnd in; A SLEEP OF PRISONERS, 1951, 1st edn, cl d/w; CURTMANTL

CHRISTIE'S: THE FORBES COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN PICTURES AND WORKS OF ART, 2003, 3 vols, auction catalogues, 4to, pict wraps, slipcase £ 20-30

CHRISTIE'S: ELVEDEN HALL, 8 vols, inc prices realised, 4to pict wraps, slipcase £ 20-30

THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT: WHAT IS A CLASSIC – NOTES TOWARDS THE DEFINITION OF CULTURE – POEMS WRITTEN IN EARLY YOUTH, 1945, 1948, 1967, 1st edns, cl d/ws,

JOHN WILSON 'CHRISTOPHER NORTH': NOCTES AMBROSIANAE, 1888, orig cl

J M COETZEE: DISGRACE. 1999, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

LAURIE LEE: CIDER WITH ROSIE, 1959, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 40-50

LAURIE LEE: CIDER WITH ROSIE, 1959, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 40-50

CHARLES MORGAN: THE EMPTY ROOM – THE RIVER LINE – A BREEZE OF MORNING, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 3) £ 20-30

RICHARD HUGHES: A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA, 1929, 1st edn, cl d/w, (tatty) £ 20-30

H G WELLS: THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON, 1901, 1st edn, later issue, orig décor blue cloth £ 80-100

SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS 'MARK TWAIN', 3 ttls: A TRAMP ABROAD, 1880, 1st 1 vol edn, old hf cf worn; THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, 1884...

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, 2 ttls: THE STARK MUNRO LETTERS, n y 1895, 1st edn, 6 pp advts at end, orig cl; THE TRAGEDY OF THE KOROSKO, 1898, 1st edn, ori

H M TOMLINSON: ALL OUR YESTERDAYS, 1930 (1025) numbered & sigd, orig cl gt, slipcase £ 20-30

CHRISTOPHER A PEAL: MORE PEWTER MARKS, 1976, 1st edn, obl 4to cl + ADDENA + N H MOORE: OLD PEWTER…, n y 1933, orig cl + 2 others pewter interest, (Qty

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: ELAINE, ill Gustave Dore, 1867, 9 engrd plts, fo, orig décor cl gt worn £ 25-35

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: LIFE AND WORKS, 1898-99, (1050) edn de-luxe, 12 vols, orig gt decorated silk bds, some vols split at spine, (Qty 12) £ 60...

ARISTOPHANES: LYSISTRATA, ill A Beardsley 1967, (500) facs edn, orig bds, solander case £ 30-40

THOMAS HOOD: THE WORKS, 1869, 10 vols, decorative tree cf gt, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 10) £ 180-220

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE PLAYS, Ed A Chalmers, 1826, new edn, 8 vols, cf gt, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 8) £ 180-220

JAMES BOSWELL: THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1824, 4 vols, diced cf rebkd, (Qty 4) £ 40-50

ISAAC DISRAELI: WORKS, 1867, 6 vols, hf cf, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 6) £ 60-80

JEAN DUCHESNE: MUSEUM OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, ill Reveil, 1828-31, 12 vols in 7, hf mor worn, (Qty 7) £ 80-100

'A GREAT BIG FOOL': THE ENGLISH ALPHABET…, 1870, rebnd cl bkd marbled bds £ 20-30

SIR WALTER SCOTT: THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL – BRIDAL OF TRIERMAIN…, c1834, 2 vols, décor mor gt, (Qty 2) £ 30-40

ROBERT BLOOMFIELD: THE FARMER'S BOY, 1802, 6th edn, old cf worn £ 20-30

JOHN GALSWORTHY: A MODERN COMEDY, 1929, (1030) numbered & sigd, orig limp parchment bds, slipcase £ 25-35

CHARLES JAMES LEVER: BARRINGTON, 1863, 1st edn, hf cf, spine gt in compartments £ 30-40

CHARLES JAMES LEVER: CHARLES O'MALLEY, Dublin 1841, 1st edn, 2 vols, hf cf, (Qty 2) £ 25-35

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: WORKS, 1882, 12 vols, hf crimson mor, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 12) £ 120-150

SIR WALTER SCOTT: THE POETICAL WORKS, Edinburgh 1841, added engrd ttl, port frontis, old cf worn £ 20-30

J H MERLE D'AUBIGNE: HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE 16TH CENTURY…, 1862, hf cf £ 20-30

EARL STANHOPE: LIFE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM PITT, 1879, new edn, 3 vols, hf cf, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 3) £ 40-50

LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS: THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, trans F Shoberl, 1838, 5 vols, engrd frontises, hf cf, (Qty 5) £ 60-80

ROBERT SMITH SURTEES: MR SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR, ill J Leech, 1860, 13 hand col'd plts, hf cf £ 30-40

CHARLES LEVER: LUTTRELL OF ARRAN, 1865, 1st edn, hf mor £ 40-50

WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH: THE TOWER OF LONDON, ill G Cruikshank, 1854, hf mor, spine gt in compartments £ 30-40

CHARLES LEVER: THE DODD FAMILY ABROAD, 1854, 1st edn, cf gt £ 50-60

H E BATES: A GERMAN IDYLL, ill Lynton Lamb, Golden Cockerel Press, (307) numbered & sigd, orig mor bkd décor cl £ 120-150

AMY TAN: THE JOY LUCK CLUB, 1989, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

TOM SHARPE: THE THROWBACK, 1978, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

JANET NEEL: DETH'S BRIGHT ANGEL, 1988, 1st edn, cl d/w + KATE ATKINSON: BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM, 1995, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 20-30

JOSEPH GWILT: A TREATISE ON THE EQUILIBIUM OF ARCHES…, 1826, 2nd edn, sigd pres copy from authors son, 5 engrd fdg plts, orig cl worn £ 25-35

F W BURGESS: ANTIQUE FURNITURE, 1915, 1st edn, orig cl gt