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DENON (Vivant) Voyage dans La Basse et la Haute Egypte. Second edition Paris: imprimerie de J. Tastu, 1829, folio, plate atlas only, loose paper w...

FALCONER (William) An Universal Dictionary of the Marine. London 1784, 5th Edition, 4to, 10 (of 12) folding plates (lacking 9 and 12), some dust s...

GELEE (Claude) [LORRAINE (Claude)] Paesaggi in Tavola Giudicati di .., Rome 1826, large folio, 10 aquatint plates, light foxing, patterned boards,...

GIRTIN (Thomas) A Selection of twenty of the most picturesque Views in Paris, and its Environs. London: M A & John Girtin 1803, oblong folio, circ...

HUGHES (Rev. Griffith) The Natural History of Barbados, first edition 1750, folio, list of subscribers, double-page engraved map by Thomas Jeffery...

LANDSEER (Thomas and John) Twenty Engravings of Lions, Tigers, Panthers, & Leopards by Thomas Landseer from Originals by Stubbs, Rubens, Rembrandt...

LEBRUN (Charles) Expressions des Passions de l'Ame, no date, large folio, engraved title and 20 engraved plates published by Suntach, including a ...

LYSONS (Rev. Daniel) The Environs of London, 4 vols. 1792-96, 4to, and Supplement vol. 1811, complete with maps, folding plates and others, as cal...

MALTON (James) A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin, c.1811, oblong folio, with Dublin arms frontispiece, title, dedication, 2...

MALVASIA (Carlo Cesare) Il Claustro di S. Michele in Bosco di Bologna dipinto dal famoso Lodovico Carracci. Bologna 1694, folio, laid paper, title...

MECHAM (Lieut. C H) Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow. London: Day & Son 1858, folio, tinted lithograph title (chipped lower corner, ...

NICHOLS (John) The Works of William Hogarth, London: Baldwin and Cradock [1835-37], large folio, with portrait frontispiece and plates on 115 shee...

NIEUHOFF (J) An Embassy from the East India Company to China, translated by John Ogilby, 2nd edition London 1673, folio, 17 (of 18) plates, illust...

RUTTER (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey. Shaftesbury & London, 1823, first edition, 4to, added colour title and frontispiece, folding...

STOW (John) Survey of London, "A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster", 6th edition, in 2 vols., 1754-55, with 132 maps, plates and plan...

STUBBS (George) The Anatomy of the Horse.., in eighteen tables all done from Nature. London: J. Purser for the author, 1766 [but plates watermarke...

SWAN (Joseph) A Demonstration of the Nerves of the Human Body, 1830, folio, 20 plates only and some outline plates, loose, stained and damaged in ...

TIGHE (Robert) A Letter to the Earl of Lincoln, on the present state of the Roads intersecting the parks and grounds of Windsor Castle. 1845, larg...

WALPOLE (Horace) Anecdotes of Painting in England. Strawberry Hill: T. Farmer 1762, vols I & II only, small 4to, 41 mainly portrait plates (comple...

WHEATLEY (H B) Reliques of Old London, Later Reliques.., Suburban Reliques.., 1896-98, 4to, all numbered editions signed by the illustrator T R Wa...

WHITING (John) The Works of James Gillray. London: for Henry G Bohn, [no date], circa 1820, large folio, portrait frontispiece and c.585 plates on...

WRIGHT (Rev. G N) A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer, first edition, 5 vols., London: T. Kelly 1834-38, 8vo, 40 maps and numerous plates, occasiona...

PITT RIVERS (Lt. Gen.) On the Development and Distribution of Primitive Locks and Keys, 1883, 4to; and various early 20th century locksmith's hard...

Aviation history and modern reference. A large collection, including: Putnam's History of Aircraft series, others published by Ian Allan in unifo...

Bibliography including Library and Sale Catalogues. Various mainly 20th century works including: The Honeyman Collection; WISE (T) The Ashley Libr...

Bibliography, Foreign and Continental interest. Various including: SABIN (J) Dictionary, 1961 reprint, 14 vols (of 15), 8vo; FERGUSON, Australia, ...

Bibliography, including works on early English literature. KEYNES (Sir G) Bibliographies of Donne, Evelyn, John Ray, Sir T Browne; GREGG. English ...

Bibliography, natural history, cartography and travel. Various: HENREY (B) British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800, 3 vols. sli...

Bibliography, printing and illustration, in the 19th and 20th centuries. JACKSON (C E) Bird Illustrators, 1975, no. 5 of 45 specially bound copies...

BOYER (Abel) a collection of 12 Dictionaries, 8vo and 4to: Dictionnaire Royal, in one vol., Amsterdam 1719; another, 1727; another in English, 169...

COLLAS, (Achille) Tresor de Numismatique et de Glyptique. Paris 1836, folio, numerous plates on thick paper, half calf ...[more]

Collins New Naturalists. Nos. 1-6, 9-13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24-27, 32, 33, 44, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 62-68, 72, 73 (The New Forest, 1st edition), a...

English Poetry and literature. Bibliography, references and reprint editions of Dryden, Pepys, Gay, Keats, Johnson etc, including Oxford Standard ...

GAINSBOROUGH (Thomas) The etched and engraved prints of Thomas Gainsborough R.A. Hertfordshire: Iain Bain at the John Boydell Press, 1971. Large f...

HOLLAR (W) Hollar's London. 37 etchings of London Views (1636-1667). Edgeworth Press 1980, one of 240 numbered sets, folding reprint panorama and ...

Hornby and model toy references. The Hornby Companion Series, vols. 1 to 8, and a revised edition of vol. 5, in dust jackets; PRESSLAND (David) Gr...

Philatelic reference books, including Rodger (J G) and Duberal (R F) Fiji The Stamps and Postal History 1870-75, dust jacket, etc; Collecting and ...

Photography Various 20th century reference works, authors or subjects include: H.Gernsheim, E. Weston, W. Bullock, B. Newhall etc.; with two Victo...

Printing and typography. A collection of mainly 20th reference, including Penrose Annuals, Nelson-Whitehead Oriental Printing, New York c.1959, ob...

ROSSER (Celia E) and Alexander GEORGE. The Banksias. Academic Press Inc. 1981, large folio, vol. I only, with 24 colour plates, occasional finger ...

Science and medicine. Collection of mainly early 20th century works on immunology, allergies, and similar subjects, including German texts with th...

Scientific. HELMHOLTZ (H) Popular Lectures on Scientific Subjects. 1873, 8vo, tan morocco; BROWN (T) The Marine Steam-Engine, 2nd edition 1852; WA...

The Colophon. A Book Collectors' Quaterly, 25 vols. - first series vols. 1 - 7 (1930-35) in 20 parts; second series vol. I in 4 parts, original pi...

TRISTRAM, (E. W.) English Medieval Wall Painting, 3 volumes, 1944-1950, 4to, and another smaller vol. (1955); Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibitio...

Typography and bibliography journals and periodicals. The Book Collector's Quarterly, Albion, William Morris Society Journal, Caslon, Dent's Memor...

Badminton Library, 13 vols., various sporting subjects, publisher's cloth, condition varies; DONAT (Karl von) The Russo-Japanese War, vols. I to V...

Africa - travel. PARK (Mungo) Travels into the Interior Districts of Africa, 3rd edition, 4to, 1799, with portrait, 5 plates and 3 folding maps, 2...

BRISSOT De WARVILLE (Jacques-Pierre) Nouveau Voyage dans les Etats-Unis, first edition, Paris 1791, 3 vols. 8vo, folding title, one title repaired...

DAVIS (J F) The Chinese, a General Description of the Empite of VChina, 2 vols., London 1836, 8vo, original cloth; INGHAM (E G, Bishop) From Japan...

FORTUNE (Robert) A Residence among the Chinese..., first edition, London: John Murray 1857, 8vo, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, and illus...

GILLIS (James Melville) The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere. Washington 1855, first edition, maps and plates includ...

GRANVILLE (Augustus B.) St. Petersburgh, a Journal of Travels.... in 2 vols. 2nd edition, London 1829, 8vo, plates and maps, plain cloth bindings;...

HAMILTON (Alexander) A New Account of the East Indies, 2 vols, The Argonaut Press 1930, 4to, one of 975 copies, unopened, original half vellum, li...

HAMILTON (Augustus) The Art Workmanship of The Maori Race in New Zealand. Wellington: The New Zealand Institute, 1896-1901, 4to, five parts in one...

KEATE (George) An Account of the Pelew Islands, 3rd edition London: for Captain Wilson 1789, 4to, 17 plates as called for including portrait and f...

LAYARD (Austen Henry, Sir.) Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon. First edition, London; Murray 1853, 8vo, folding maps and plates as c...

LAYARD (Austen Henry, Sir.) Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia. 2 vols, 1887, 8vo, with 2 frontispieces (one coloured), 3 folding ...

LAYARD (Austen Henry, Sir.) Nineveh and its Remains. First edition, London: Murray 1849, 8vo, in 2 vols., folding map, frontispieces and plates as...

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