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JESSIE M KING"Elaine An Idyll of the King." by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Illustrations by Jessie M King complete, cont leather, Routledge. 1903.

JESSIE M KING"The Fringes of Paradise." by Florence Drummond, Coloured illustrations by Jessie M King complete. col covers illustrated by King, Mu...

JESSIE M KING."Poems of Spenser." Introduction by W B Yeats, Col plates by Jessie M King complete. cont quarter morocco, aeg, c 1907.

JESSIE M KING"Elaine an Idyll of the King." by Alfred Lord Tennyson, plates by Jessie M King complete, original wraps, Routledge, 1903, vg.

EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOK"A Familiar Introduction to Botany." Illustrated with hand-coloured copper-plates, original paper-covered boards, paper onlay...

EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOK"A Natural History of Birds and Beasts..." Plates complete, original paper-covered boards, paper onlay, half title, printed f...

JOHN BUCKLAND-WRIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS"Hearts Desire." Inscribed by me: Chrysilla von Dansdorf (Christopher Sandford). Issued for private distribution...

"OLD FULHAM BRIDGE"Unique copy with annotations plus fine hand-written supper bill Red Lion, Putney Bridge tipped in, dated 8th October 1811, orig...

ANDY WARHOLStill from Screen Test included in "The Soap Opera" by Piero Heliczer. Limited edition of 500, Trigram Press, 1967, slightly foxed.

THE LION AND THE UNICORN PRESS."The Life of John Wilkes, Patriot, an unfinished autobiography." Tinted plates by Donald Higgins comp, orig boards,...

BEN JOHNSON"Volpone: or, The Fox. A Comedy, first acted in the year 1605." Frontispiece by Du Guernier, red and black title, 96pp complete, later ...

GOLFThe Sporting Padre, Rev John Kerr. Limited edition of 90, quarter leather, uncut, three pamphlets in pocket at back, 1989, nr mint.

"CULLYER'S TABLES, for the use of gentlemen, farmers, corn-merchants, millers, thatchers, and others."Being the gentleman's and farmer's assistant...

ARTHUR RACKHAM ILLUSTRATIONS"Alice's Advertures in Wonderland." by Lewis Carroll, col plates complete, orig cloth, worn, inscr 1908; MERVYN PEAKE ...

THOMAS SALMON"The Chronological Historian ..." First Edition, Red and black title, engravings of the English monarchs complete, preface and index ...

TATE ADAMS"The Soul Cages." The Dolmen Press, wood engravings complete, limited edition of 400, orig quarter vellum, unclipped dj, 1958, good.

MAPSFour folding maps, including Road Map of India, col litho, 24 ins by 30 ins, 1942 edn, g; Philips Map of London, col litho, linen-backed, orig...

COLOUR ILLUMINATED PRAYER BOOK"Parossien Romain after the Imprime Francais du XVM Siecle. Find col and gilt illuminated plates complete. Finely bo...

FRANCOIS GARNIER"The French in Indo-China. With a Narrative of Garnier's Explorations in Cochin-China, Annam, and Tonquin." First edition, 33 plat...

ETHEL M MAIRET"A Book on Vegetable Dyes." Second edition, original wraps, woodcut initials, bound in hand-printed decorated cloth, published by Do...

ETHEL M MAIRET"Vegetable Dyes, being a book of recipes and other information useful to the dyer." Fifth edition, cont cloth-backed hand-printed bo...

ETHEL M MAIRET"A Book on Vegetable Dyes." Third edition, woodcut initials, original wraps, St Dominic's Press, 1920, good; ETHEL M MAIRET "Vegetab...

ARTHUR RACKHAM ILLUSTRATIONS"Little Brother and Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm." Twelve tippied-in colour plates, each with t...

ALPHABET AND IMAGE and IMAGE Nos 3, 5, 6 7 and 8 of Alphabet and Image: No 3 December 1946 containing original coloured lithographs by John Nash. ...

SIGNATURE and SIGNATURE (NEW SERIES)Nos 1, 2 and 10 of Signature 1935 - 1938 including in No 1 original coloured initial letters for Bayard Press ...

JACK CLEMO"Clay Cuts" Woodcuts including hand-coloured by Stan Dobbin, Limited Edition of 38 of which this is No 15, original coloured boards, sli...

PETER REDGROVE"The Sleep of the Great Hypnotist." signed and dedictated to Lionel Miskin, first edition, orig cloth, dj, 1979, vg.

CYRIL IONIDES AND J B ATKINS"A Floating Home." First edition, colour plates with tissues complete, original cloth, uncut, teg, 1918, vg.

WILLIAM NICHOLSON"The Pirate Twins." First edition, 28 colour plates complete, two small sellotape marks, original coloured boards, lacks backstri...

A A MILNE"Now We Are Six." 4th edn, cont leather gilt binding, 1928, g; "Winnie the Pooh" Second edition, 1926, and 4th edn 1927, both orig cloth,...

T S ELIOT"A Song for Simeon." col plate by McKnight Kauffer, orig wps (1928) vg; "Marina." col plate by McKnight Kauffer, orig wps, detached, foxe...

T S ELIOT"Four Quartets." First edition, original tan cloth, gilt, dustjacket, price-clipped, 1944 g; plus "Little Gidding." First edition, orig w...

LUCIAN FREUD ILLUSTRATIONS"The Glass Tower" by Nicholas Moore. coloured and other plates complete, first edition, original cloth-backed pict board...

JOHN GREGORY"A Father's Legacy to his Daughters."; "A Comparative View of the State and Faculties of Man with those of the Animal World."; "Lectur...

C O HAMMOND & R MERRITT"The Dragonflies of Great Britain and Ireland." 2nd edition, dj. 1983, good; NIGEL REEVE "Hedghogs." 1st edition, dj, Poyse...

"COUNTRY FAIR. THE COUNTRY LIFE ANNUAL FOR 1938."Includes col lithos by John Farleigh, Eric Ravilious and others. dj torm, 1938 JOHN NASH "English...

LION AND UNICORN PRESS "Zoz. A story of glory."Written and illustrated by Normal Mommens. Limited Edition of 200, orig glazed boards, 1959, vg; BO...

KENNETH WHITE"A Walk Along the Shore." Nine coloured screen prints by JOHN CRISTIE complete, each with tissue guard, Limited Edition of 95 signed ...

LUCY DAWSON"Dogs as I see them.", 22 coloured plates complete, orig cloth,g; CECIL ALDIN "Just Among Friends." col plates complete, orig cl, 1935.

ABBE DE BELLEGARDE (JEAN-BAPTISTE MORVAN)"Reflexions upon Ridicule; or, what it is that makes a man ridiculous and the means to avoid it. Wherein ...

EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKBound volume of eight tales and stories including: "Mary and Her Cat. In words not exceeding two syllables, woodcuts complete...

E C GRENVILLE MURRAY"Strange Tales."; plus two other tales by Murray, bound in one, Tauchnitz, 1878, 1882 and 1883, cont calf, teg, good.

"THE BOOK OF THE UNITED KINGDOM."Written by Uncle John for his youthful friends. Engraved plates and illustrations complete including col frontis,...

THOMAS GRAY"The Poetical Magazine or Parnassian Library." Volume XVI being the Works of Thomas Gray. Fontis, cont sheep, Joseph Wenman, 1781, good.

Harrison Weir Illustrations.The Adventrues of a Cat and a Fine Cat Too! by Alfred Elwes. Eight hand-coloured plates complete, half-title, cont gil...

J R R TOLKIEN"Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics." Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture 1936 British Academy 1936. Second edition, some pencil ...

JOHN GAY"The What d'ye call It: A Tragi-Comi-Pastoral Farce." As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane. Engraved frontis, red and black t...

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