Books Auctions

J B PRIESTLEY: THE TOWN MAJOR OF MIRAUCOURT, 1930 (525) numbered & sigd, orig vellum warped and soiled £30-40

GRAHAM GREENE: IT'S A BATTLEFIELD, 1934, 1st edn, inner joints split, orig cl v worn, split at spine + H ACTON AND P QUENNELL: OXFORD POETRY, 19...

SAMUEL ROGERS: ITALY, A POEM, 1852, old cf gt worn, top bd detchd

EDITH SITWELL: THE OUTCASTS, 1962, 1st edn, cl d/w + SACHEVERELL SITWELL: GOLDEN WALL AND MIRADOR, 1961, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £20-30

THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT, 3 ttls: THE COCKTAIL PARTY, 1950, 1st edn, 'Here' for 'Her' p29, cl d/w + 2 others + RAYMOND PRESTON: FOUR QUA...

WILLIAM MORRIS: SIGNS OF CHANGE, 1888, 1st edn, orig cl soiled £25-35

EVELYN WAUGH, 2 ttls: WAUGH IN ABYSSINIA, 1936, 1st edn, orig cl worn, lacks back strip; ROBBERY UNDER LAW, 1940, Catholic Book Club edn, orig cl d/w,

BERYL BAINBRIDGE: MASTER GEORGIE, 1998, 2nd impress, sigd, cl d/w

VLADIMIR NABOKOV: LOLITA, n y [1958], cl bkd bd, d/w

GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER: THE PYRATES, 1983, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS: AN ARTIST'S LIFE – THE SECOND BURST – THE FINISH, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1st edn, 2nd edn, 1st edn, cl, 2nd work d/w, (Qty 3) &#...

FREDERICK FORSYTH: THE DOGS OF WAR, 1974, 1st edn, sigd, cl d/w + P D JAMES: A CERTAIN JUSTICE, 1997, 1st edn, sigdn, cl d/w + HAMMOND INNES: THE DOOM

LADY VIOLET MUNNINGS 'BLACK KNIGHT': THE DIARY OF A FREEMAN, ill Sir Alfred Munnings, 1953, 1st edn, cl d/w (tatty) £20-30

[THOMAS CHANDLER HALIBURTON]: NATURE AND HUMAN NATURE, 1859, hf cf, v worn + GEORGE CRUIKSHANK: OMNIBUS, Ed Laman Blanchard, 1842, plts browned &...

ROBERT BURNS: THE WORKS, 1859, 2 vols, added engrd ttls and plts, old hf cf v worn, vol 2 top bd detchd, (Qty 2) £30-40

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: THE NEWCOMES, ill R Doyle, 1854-55, 1st edn in book form, 2 vols, old hf cf, spines gt in compartments, (Qty 2) £3...

JOHN BETJEMAN: CHURCH POEMS, ill John Piper, 1981, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

WILLIAM BRINKLEY: DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER, 1957, 1st edn, cl d/w + JOHN BRAINE: THE CRYING GAME, 1968, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £20-30

KNUT HAMSUN: HUNGER, trans George Egerton, 1899, 1st edn, orig pict cl soiled £20-30

JOSEPH CONRAD: CHANCE, 1914, 1st edn, orig cl £25-35

A P HERBERT: THE WATER GIPSIES, 1930, 1st edn, 1st issue, orig cl worn & soiled £20-30

WYNDHAM MARTYN: THE HOUSE OF SECRETS, 1936, 1st edn, orig cl + JOHN RHODE: THE VENNER CRIME, 1933, 1st edn, cl, + JOHN ROWLAND: THE DEATH OF NEVILL NO

E M FORSTER: A PASSAGE TO INDIA, 1924, 1st edn, orig cl worn & soiled, Ex-Mudie's Library £60-80

H G WELLS, 2 ttls: THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON, 1901, 1st edn, orig blue cl gt worn; THE NEW MACHIAVELLI, 1911, 1st edn, lacks ffep, orig cl soiled, (Qt

GERALD S DAVIES: HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, 1903, 1st edn, fo, orig vellum bkd cl worn £40-50

JOHN RUSKIN: NOTES BY…, ON SAMUEL PROUT AND WILLIAM HUNT IN ILLUSTRATION OF A LOAN COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS…, Fine Art Society 1880, 12 (of 20) autotype

MAJOR-GENERAL H D W SITWELL: THE CROWN JEWELS AND OTHER REGALLIA IN THE TOWER OF LONDON, 1953, 1st edn, fo, cl, d/w £25-35

J H DELL: NATURE PICTURES, 1872, 1st edn, 30 plts, fo, orig décor cl gt worn & soiled £25-35

ERNEST RHYS: SIR FREDERIC LEIGHTON, 1895, 4to, orig vellum gt soiled £100-120

WILLIAM HOGARTH: THE COMPLETE WORKS, Eds J Hannay, Rev J Trusler & E F Roberts, n d, 4to, décor mor gt £80-100

THOMAS CAMPBELL: THE PLEASURES OF HOPE, 1803, 7th edn, 4to, old hf cf worn £20-30

H D L VERVLIET: THE BOOK THROUGH FIVE THOUSAND YEARS, 1972, 1st edn, 4to, cl, d/w, slipcase £25-35

RAPHAEL GARGIULO (ED): COLLECTION OF THE MOST REMARKABLE MONUMENTS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, Naples 1873, 1st edn, 4 vols in 1, 4to, hf cf v worn, top b

RUARI McLEAN: VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS BOOK- BINDINGS IN CLOTH AND LEATHER, 1974, 1st edn, sm fo, cl d/w + CHARLES RAMSDEN: BOOK BINDERS OF THE UNITED KIN

D L KELLEHER (ED): AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHRISTMAS PROSE & VERSE, Cresset Press, 1928, 1st edn, 4to, orig décor cl d/w £25-35

JOSIAH WEDGWOOD AND T H ORMSBEE: STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY, n y 1947, 1st edn, 4to cl d/w + L ASHTON AND B GRAY: CHINESE ART, 1945, 3rd edn, orig cl + G M

JOHN CLARE: THE VILLAGE MINSTREL AND OTHER POEMS, 1821, 1st edn, 2 vols, engrd port frontis, lacks hf ttls and adverts, old hf cf worn, vol 2 bottom b

THE SPECTATOR, 1808, new edn, vols 1-2, 4-10 (of 10), old cf worn, vol 2 top bd detchd, (Qty 9) £20-30

DAVID HUME: THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND…, 1793, new edn, 13 vols, 12 mo, old hf cf worn, (Qty 13) £30-40

JULIAN BARNES: TALKING IT OVER, 1991, 1st edn, sigd cl d/w £20-30

BERNARD NOWAK: THORNS AND ROSES, Knebworth 1993 reprint, sigd by Emila Nowak, further als loosely inserted, pict wraps

WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND: THE HABITANT AND OTHER FRENCH-CANADIAN POEMS, ill F S Coburn, n y and L 1987, addition de-luxe, numbered & sigd, inner j...

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: A MOVEABLE FEAST, 1964, 1st edn, cl, d/w (tatty) £20-30

ANGUS WILSON: LATE CALL, 1964, 1st edn, cl d/w

IAN FLEMING, 3 ttls: THE DIAMOND SMUGGLERS, n y 1958, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN, 1965, 1st edn, cl d/w; OCTOPUSSY, 1966, 1st edn, c

CECIL DAY LEWIS: COLLECTED POEMS, 1948, 1st edn, ffep part excised, cl d/w + WALTER DE LA MARE: TIME PASSES AND OTHER POEMS, 1942, 1st edn, orig wraps

E O E SOMERVILLE AND MARTIN ROSS: SOME IRISH YESTERDAYS, 1906, 1st edn, orig cl pict paper label £25-35

ALDOUS HUXLEY: ROTUNDA, 1932, 1st edn, orig cl

ALDOUS HUXLEY, 2 ttls: EYELESS IN GAZA, 1936, 1st edn, orig cl soiled; ISLAND, 1962, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £20-30

VIRGINIA WOOLF: THE MOMENT AND OTHER ESSAYS, 1947, 1st edn, cl £20-30

JOHN BUCHAN, 2 ttls: GREENMANTLE, 1916, 1st edn, orig cl; THE FREE FISHERS, 1934, 1st edn, orig cl, (Qty 2) £40-50

HUMBERT WOLFE: THE UNKNOWN GODDESS, 1925, 1st edn, orig cl bkd bds worn £20-30

CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS: THE GREAT DIVORCE, 1945, 1st edn, cl

GRANT ALLEN: MICHAEL'S CRAG, ill F C & A C Gould, 1893, 1st edn, orig cl soiled £25-35

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

LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS: THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, trans/ed Frederick Shoberl, ill W Greatbatch, 1895, 5 vols, orig bl stpd cl, (Qty 5)
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SPIKE MILLIGAN: ROMMEL GUNNER WHO – BLACK BEAUTY, 1974, 1996, 1st edn, cl d/ws + NIGEL WILLIAMS: 2 ½ MEN IN A BOAT, 1993, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty...

TOM SHARPE: INDECENT EXPOSURE, 1973, 1st edn, cl d/w £30-40

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

SIR GEORGE SITWELL: ON THE MAKING OF GARDENS, ill John Piper, 1949 (900) numbered, cl gt d/w £40-50

E M FORSTER: ABINGER HARVEST, 1936, 1st edn, cl d/w, (tatty) £100-120

D B WYNDHAM LEWIS: THE HOODED HAWK OR THE CASE OF MR BOSWELL, 1946, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS 'MARK TWAIN': THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT, n y 1892, 1st edn, lacks ffep, orig pict cl gt worn £25-35

RUDYARD KIPLING: STALKY & CO, 1899, 1st edn, orig cl gt £ 25-35

JOHN MASEFIELD: PHILIP THE KING – GOOD FRIDAY – ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1st edns, orig cl, (Qty 3) £20-30

W W JACOBS: SEA URCHINS, 1898, 1st edn, orig pict cl

DENYS SUTTON: CHRISTIE'S SINCE THE WAR, 1959, 1st edn, cl gt

PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO: OPERA, L1912, orig cl gt + THOMAS GRAY: POEMS, Riccardi Press 1937, 4to, orig vellum gt, (Qty 2) £40-50

THE KEEPSAKE, 1838, hf cf, ex-lib £20-30

JOHN PUDNEY: OPEN THE SKY, 1934, 1st edn, sigd pres copy, orig cl worn & soiled £20-30

CYRIL CONNOLLY: THE MISSING DIPLOMATS, 1952, 1st edn, orig wraps worn

PATRICK O'BRIAN: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD, 1984, 1st edn, cl d/w, ex-lib £20-30

JOHN LE CARRE: CALL FOR THE DEAD, n y 1962, 1st edn, cl d/w (tatty) £100-120

JOHN BUNYAN: THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MR BADMAN, Nonesuch Press, 1928 (1600) numbered, orig marbled bds £30-40

LORD GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON: CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE, 1853, 32 engrd plts, orig décor cl gt £25-35

HOWARD SPRING, 5 ttls: DUNKERLEY'S, 1946, 1st edn, cl d/w; THERE IS NO ARMOUR, 1948, 1st edn, cl d/w; TIME AND THE HOUR, 1957, 1st edn, cl d/w +...

IRIS MURDOCH: THE PHILOSOPHER'S PUPIL, 1983, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

C S FORESTER, 4 ttls: THE COMMODORE, 1945, 1st edn, cl d/w (tatty); THE SKY AND THE FOREST, 1948, 1st edn, cl d/w, (tatty); THE NIGHTMARE, 1954, 1st e

THE REVELATION OF SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE, ill Hans Feibusch, c1950, fo, orig cl, d/w (tatty) £20-30

PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE: MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, L1777, 2 vols, 4to, cf worn, bds loose, ex-lib, (Qty 2) £40-50

ROYAL ACADEMY PICTURES, 1895-99, 1901, 4to, orig cl worn, (Qty 6) £20-30

A BREDIUS: THE PAINTINGS OF THE REMBRANDT, 1937, 1st edn, orig cl + LIONELLO VENTURI: SANDRO BOTTICELLI, 1937, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl + 3 others sim, (

R H WILENSKI: FLEMISH PAINTERS, 1960, 1st edn, 2 vols, 4to cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £20-30

E KEBLE CHATTERTON: SHIP-MODELS, 'The Studio', 1923, (1000) numbered, 4to, orig buckram gt worn £25-35

CHRISTOPHER GILBERT: FURNITURE AT TEMPLE NEWSAM HOUSE AND LOTHERTON HALL, 1978, 1st edn, 2 vols, each sigd, 4to, cl d/ws, slipcase, (Qty 2) £25...

TOBIAS SMOLLETT: THE WORKS, Ed George Saintsbury Navarre Society, n d, 11 vols, orig cl worn, (Qty 11) £20-30

JAMES BOSWELL: THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, L J Murray, 1835, 10 vols, orig bl stpd cl, (Qty 10) £25-35

JAMES BOSWELL: THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, Ed A Birrell, c1908, 6 vols, orig cl, (Qty 6) £20-30

ANTHONY THWAITE: THE STONES OF EMPTINESS – THE DESERTS OF ATSPERIDES, 1967, 1969, 1st edns, both works signed, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £20-30

EURIPIDES: THE TRAGEDIES, trans R Potter, Oxford 1823, 2 vols, hf ttls, old hf cf worn, (Qty 2) £30-40

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: THE VIRGINIANS, 1858-59, 1st edn in book form, 2 vols, hf cf, (Qty 2) £30-40

FRANCOIS RABELAIS: THE WORKS, Ed A Wallis, n d, 5 vols, orig cl gt, (Qty 5) £25-35

BARONESS ORCZY, 2 ttls: THE TRIUMPH OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, n d, early edn, orig pict cl; ADVENTURES OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, c1929, orig cl, Ex-Ja

EDGAR ALLAN POE, 2 ttls: THE WORKS, n y 1855- 56, 4 vols, orig cl, vol 4 rebkd preserving old spine; THE COMPLETE POEMS, ill S F Coburn, 1908, orig ...

RUTH RENDELL, 2 ttls: BLOOD LINES, 1995, sigd, als loosely inserted, cl d/w; THE KEYS TO THE STREET, 1996, 1st edn, sigd, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £20-30

SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS: AN ARTIST'S LIFE, 1950, 1st edn, cl d/w £25-35

P G WODEHOUSE: THE GOLD BAT, 1904, 1st edn, in 'The Captain' vol 10, orig cl gt worn & soiled £40-50

BILL NAUGHTON: ALFIE, 1988, sigd pres copy, als loosely inserted, cl d/w £20-30

LORD JOHN RUSSELL: THE LIFE OF WILLIAM LORD RUSSELL…, L 1820, 2nd edn, 2 vols in 1, engrd port frontis and fdg facs, old hf cf worn £30-40

WILLIAM PALEY: THE WORKS, L 1837, hf cf worn