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Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie. Les fleurs de pleine terre, 6 plates including 3 chromolithographs, contemporary morocco, spine torn, 8vo, Paris,1894; Rambo

Mendelssohn, Moses. Die Psalmen, cut down engraved portrait loosely inserted, contemporary half calf, 8vo, Berlin, F. Maurer, 1783; Huxley, A. Time mu

Gogarty, Oliver. Wild Apples, first edition, presentation copy to Helen Culverwell, signed by the author, original cloth-backed marbled paper boards,

Stoker, Bram. Under the Sunset, illustrations, first edition, frontispiece loose, original vellum, somewhat soiled, 8vo, 1882 £50-80

Moore, George. Esther Waters, first edition, original cloth, inner hinge cracked, 8vo, 1894 £20-30

Public Records. The Report of the Lords Committees, appointed by the House of Lords to View and Consider the Publick Records, later panelled calf, rub

Victoria, Queen. Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands, presentation copy inscribed "A son Excellence le comte de Ladradio de la...

Jardine, Sir W. The Naturalist's Library. Ornithology, volume IV, Gallinaceous Birds, part II Game-Birds only, engraved title, portrait and 22 (...

[Taylor, Isaac]. Home Education, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, 1838 £70-100

Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, illustrations by Barnett Freedman, original decorative cloth, 8vo, 1931 £40-60

Montesquieu, Baron de. The Spirit of Laws, 2 volumes, contemporary calf, head and tail of spines chipped, 12mo, Aberdeen, 1756; and volume 1 only of a

Scotland. Lauder, Thomas Dick. An Account of the Great Floods of August 1829 in the Province of Moray, second edition, 1 map (of 2), 62 of 64 illustra

Greenwood, C. and J. Atlas of the Counties of England and Wales, 47 hand-coloured engraved county maps, each with engraved vignette, dissected and bac

Anderson, W. The Scottish Nation, 3 volumes, plates, contemporary half calf, 1870; The Early Maps of Scotland. by a Committee of the Royals Scottish G

Flint, Sir W.R. An Autobiography. In Pursuit, red morocco-backed boards, slipcase, 1969; Redfern Gallery. Christopher Wood 1901-1930, cloth-backed boa

Bainbridge, H.C. Peter Carl Faberge, edition de luxe, one of 100 copies, plates, original blue half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., uncut, spine lightly

Bullfighting. Llopis, Carlos Ruano. Mi Tauromaquia, number 210 of 1000 copies, plates, many coloured, tree calf, one short tear to head of spine, 4to,

Pratt, A. The Flowering Plants of Great Britain, 3 volumes, 238 coloured plates, occasional light spotting, original cloth, 2 hinges cracked, 8vo, [n.

Walk up! Walk up! and see the Fools Paradise... of Professor Wolley Cobble, coloured illustrations, one margin repaired, original cloth gilt, minor re

Grant, A. Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland, 2 volumes in one, contemporary half calf, 12mo, 1811 £50-80

[Stewart, W.G.] The Popular Superstitions and Festive Amusements of the Highlanders of Scotland, etched frontispiece, half calf, uncut, 12mo, Edinburg

Geikie, A. The Scenery of Scotland, viewed in connexion with its physical geology, map, plates, 1865; Chambers, R. The Picture of Scotland, Edinburgh,

Bewick, T. Select Fables, engraved portrait, wood-engravings, modern half calf, spine gilt, Newcastle, 1820; The Natural History of Quadrupeds, volume

Bewick, Thomas. A History of British Birds, 2 volumes, wood-engravings, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, 8vo, Newcastle, 1821; A General History of

Boswell, J. The Life of Samuel Johnson, 4 volumes, edited by A. Napier, engraved titles and plates, some folding, green half morocco by Bayntun, spine

Gardner, J.S. Armour in England, plates, spotting, 1897; Ransome, A. Swallows and Amazons, dust-jacket, 1953; Missee Lee, first edition, owner's...

Entomology. Curtis, John. Farm Insects, 16 hand-coloured engraved plates, original cloth gilt, spine worn, 8vo, 1860 £30-50

Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby, half-title, portrait and 39 plates, final plate with short tear, 1839; another copy, portrait and 39 plates, lack

Lindley, John. Ladies' Botany, first edition, 25 hand-coloured engraved plates, each with 2 illustrations, half calf, spine gilt, 8vo, 1834 ...

Hill, Sir John. The Family Herbal, 54 hand-coloured engraved plates, modern half calf, 8vo, Bungay, C. Brightly, [circa 1840] £200-300

Smith, J.E. and W. Sowerby. Supplement to [volume 5 of] The English Botany, (all published of the 5th volume of supplement), 37 hand-coloured engraved

Thornton, Robert John. An Easy Introduction to the Science of Botany, 14 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf,

Culpeper, Nicholas. Culpeper's Complete Herbal, engraved portrait, 40 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light spotting, contemporary calf, nea...

Trivisano, Marco. L'immortalita di Gio. Battista Ballarino Cavaliere della Sereniss. Repub. di Venetia Gran Cancelliere, half-title, engraved po...

Guys, P.A. Voyage litteraire de la Grece, 2 volumes, 7 engraved plates, half-titles, somewhat spotted, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo, Paris, Veuve Duch

Muller, C. Voyage en Grece et dans les Iles Ioniennes, half-title, slight browning, contemporary calf, worn, spine defective, [cf. Blackmer 1168], 8vo

Butler, A.S.G. The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens, 3 volumes, no. 306 of 1500 copies, plates, original green cloth, dust-jackets, folio, Antique Co

Tomkins, P.W. Birth and Triumph of Cupid, from papers cut by Lady Dashwood in the Collection of Her Majesty, engraved dedication and 26 plates, origin

Gems of Art, engraved title and 30 finely engraved mezzotints, tissue guards, green half morocco, slightly rubbed, folio, W.B. Cooke, 1823 £60-90

An Illustration of the Holy Bible, title to New Testament printed in red and black, engraved plates, contemporary calf, upper joint split, 3 of 5 cord

Almansi, G., editor. Lewis Carroll. Photos and Letters to his Child Friends, mounted plates, original cloth, cloth case, folio, Ricci, 1975 £10...

Martini, A. The Gold Seals of the Vatican Secret Archives, plates, original cloth, original box, 4to, Milan, 1984 £50-70

Pennell, Joseph. Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen, third edition, photogravure frontispiece, illustrations, original buckram gilt, bookplate of Alban D

Turkey and the Middle East. The Ottoman World. A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Sefik A. Atabey Collection, 2 volumes, illustrations, original red c

Harrison, J.E. Greek Vase Paintings, 43 plates, somewhat spotted, original cloth, soiled and worn, folio, 1894 £30-50

Cruikshank, George. Cobbold, R. The Bottle, or Cruikshank Illustrated, 8 plates by Cruikshank, additional illustrations inserted; bound with The Drunk

Bartolozzi. A Series of Engravings by Heath and Bartolozzi, from Paintings by Stothard, to illustrate the works of Shakespeare and Milton, 34 engraved

Bindings. Shakespeare, W. The Works, 1-3 and 5-6 only, engraved plates, contemporary green calf gilt, rubbed, folio, 1793 £80-120

Valsecchi, A. La religion vincitrice, 2 parts in 1 volume, 4to, Naples, 1767; Il sagrifizio incruento di Gesu Cristo, 3 volumes, 8vo, Naples, 1788; Ca

Heylot, Pierre. Histoire des ordres religieux et militaires, 8 volumes, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, most volumes rebacked, 5 volumes reta

Burton, Sir R.F. The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 volumes, lacks all plates and map, contemporary calf, 8vo, 1860 £150-250

Prescott, W.H. The Conquest of Mexico, 2 volumes, engraved plates, folding maps, contemporary calf gilt, 8vo, 1878 £100-200

Gay, John. Fables, 2 volumes, engraved titles, frontispiece and 66 plates, some engraved by William Blake, fine later mottled calf gilt by Riviere, g.

Medicine. Kitchiner, William. The Economy of the Eyes... Spectacles... Observations on Opera Glasses and Theatres, folding engraved frontispiece and o

Morrice, Alexander. A Practical Treatise on Brewing the various sorts of Malt Liquor, seventh edition, engraved frontispiece, recent brown morocco-bac

Pratt, Anne. Wild Flowers, 2 volumes, First and Second Series, 194 plates printed in colour, original cloth gilt, 12mo, £50-70

Awdry, W. The Little Old Engine, dust-jacket, 1959; Branch Line Engines, scribbles to endpapers, 1961; Ransome, A. Peter Duck, dust-jacket (worn), 194

Beresford, C. Nelson and His Times, original cloth, 4to, [circa 1890]; Galignani, A. Galignani's New Paris Guide for 1854, engraved plates and m...

Sandford, C. Primeval Gods, number 60 of 150 copies signed by the author, wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original cloth, very slightly disco

Campbell, Roy. The Georgiad, number 44 of 170 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed decorative boards, t.e.g., corners lightly rubbed, 8v

Turnbull, A. A Treatise on Painful and Nervous Diseases, third edition, 1837; Treatment of the Diseases of the Eye, 1843, frontispieces, contemporary

Shakespeare, William. Works, Miniature Edition, 39 volumes, cloth, 5 x 3cm, Allied Newspapers, in original wooden bookcase £50-70

Carlyle, Thomas. Collected Works, 34 volumes including index, Library edition, engraved frontispieces, contemporary red half calf, spines gilt, 8vo, C

Pennington, I. The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely-Distressed Isaac Pennington whom the Lord relieved by the Ministry of that despised People ca

Dickens, C. Nicholas Nickleby, illustrations by C.E. Brock, blue half morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, g.e., spine lightly faded, 8vo, 1931; a

Strickland, Agnes. Lives of the Queens of England, 6 volumes, frontispieces, red calf gilt, short tear to lower joint of volume 2, 8vo, 1883 £7...

Fleming, Ian. Thunderball, dust-jacket price clipped, tear at lower spine fold, slight wear at extremities, 1961; For Your Eyes Only, dust-jacket with

Scrapbooks. One with pen and wash illustrations, the other with chromolithograph press-outs of animals, fruit, children etc. £40-60

Bickley, F. The Adventures of Harlequin, number 53 of 250 copies signed by John Austen, decorations by John Austen, original cloth-backed boards, corn

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam. Designs by Frank Brangwyn, original cloth, spine lightly soiled, t.e.g., uncut, 1906; Bayly, T. Herba Parietis, or the Wallfl

Dulac, Edmund. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam, coloured plates by Dulac, original white buckram gilt, slipcase, 4to, circa 1922; another edition, illustrated

Giles, Sunday Express, Cartoons. Second Series, original wrappers, very slight wear at head and tail of spine £40-60

Bunyan, J. The Whole Works, 3 volumes, plates, contemporary half calf, 4to, 1862; Wolcott, C. Wolcott Genealogy. The Family of Henry Wolcott, one of t

Dahl, R. Switch Bitch, first edition, dust-jacket, 1974 £30-50

Fowles, J. The Ebony Tower, first edition, dust-jacket (worn), 1974; and other first editions by G. Heyer, E. Blyton, J. Herriot, D. Yates etc. (27)...

Russell, William ("Waters"). Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer, first edition, frontispiece, lacks half-title, early owner's...

Walpole, H. The Letters, edited by P. Cunningham, 9 volumes, Edinburgh, 1906 £50-70

Thompson, R. The Gardener's Assistant, 2 volumes, chromolithograph frontispieces, green morocco-backed cloth, 4to, 1907 £30-40

Wright, T. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary, 15 (of 24) volumes only, 43 double-page engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, engraved plates, occasion

Nicholson, G. The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, 8 volumes, chromolithograph plates, original cloth gilt, 4to, [n.d.] £70-100

Puckle, J. The Club, etched title and plates, contemporary calf, 8vo, 1817; Harvey, W. Proof Illustrations to Northcote's Fables, illustrations,...

Morris, W. The Roots of the Mountains, 1901; The Aeneids of Virgil, 1902, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed & soiled, reprinted at Chiswick P...

Homer. Odyssey, 5 volumes, contemporary calf, spines gilt, lightly rubbed, 12mo, 1758 £50-70

The Tatler, 4 volumes, contemporary calf, one cover detached, 1789; La Fontaine, J. de, Oeuvres, 2 volumes, engraved plates, some after Moreau le Jeun

Kent. Stockdale, F.W.L. A Concise Historical & Topographical Sketch of Hastings, Winchelsea and Rye, engraved plates, wood-engravings, half moro...

Northcote, J. One Hundred Fables, wood-engravings, calf gilt, 1828; Somerville, W. The Chase, wood-engravings, diced russia gilt, upper joint cracked,

Bewick, T. A History of British Birds, 2 volumes, calf, rebacked, lightly rubbed, 1826; The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated

[Wyss, J.S.] The Swiss Family Robinson, seventh edition, frontispiece and plates, contemporary quarter calf, 12mo, 1828; Johnson, C. Lives and Exploit

Thomson, J. The Seasons, engraved title and plates, some spotting, contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e., 8vo,1793 £60-90

Falconer, W. The Shipwreck, wood-engravings, contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e., lightly rubbed, 8vo, 1808; Goldsmith, O. and Parnell, T. Poems, wood

A Descriptive Guide of Tunbridge Wells, folding map, wood-engravings, blank margin at head of title torn away, original printed boards, 12mo, Tunbridg

Bindings, circa seventy-four volumes, most contemporary calf gilt, most 12mo, 16mo or 32mo, on one shelf £150-250

Tyerman, D. An Essay on Baptism, some early scoring, original boards, uncut, 12mo, Isle of Wight, for the Author, 1806 £40-60

Cruikshank, George & Robert, illustrators. The Diverting History of John Gilpin, original wrappers, C. Tilt, 1828; [Akerman, J.Y.] The Gentleman...

Hill, Sir John. The Family Herbal, 52 (of 54) hand-coloured engraved plates, modern calf gilt, 8vo, Bungay, [circa 1800] £70-100

Swedenborg, E. A Treatise concerning Heaven and Hell, second edition, modern half calf, 8vo, 1784 £40-60

Locke, John. An Essay concerning Human Understanding, 2 volumes, ninth edition, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, rubbed, one cover detached,

Kent. Pilkington, Mrs. Margate!!! or Sketches amply descriptive of that celebrated place of Resort, frontispiece, contemporary calf, rubbed, hinge wea

Walpole, H. Anecdotes of Painting in England, 5 volumes, 1826; Ritchie, L. Windsor Castle and its Environs, light damp-staining, 1840; Butler, S. The

British Library Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955, 27 volumes, original blue cloth gilt, 4to, Readex, 1967 £100-200