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JOHN UPDIKE. 'Midpoint & Other Poems,' First edition (of this anthology), original cloth, unclipped dj, Andre Deutsch, 1969; KENNETH KOCH. 'A Poss...

SAMUEL BECKETT. 'Poems in English.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, John Calder, London, 1961; 'Eh Joe,' First edition, clipped dj, F...

C. S. LEWIS. 'Poems.' First edition, uncipped dj, Geoffrey Bles, London, 1964; GEOFFREY HILL. 'Mercian Hymns.' First edition, limpback, Andre Deut...

NATHAN ADAMS. 'The Fifth Horseman,' first UK edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, MacMillian, London, 1968; DESMOND BAGLEY. 'The Snow Tiger,' or...

JOHN LE CARRE. 'Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy,' original cloth, unclipped dj, vg, Book Club Associates, 1974; 'The Naive and Sentimental Lover,' origi...

ALISTAIR MACLEAN. 'Bear Island.' Original cloth, unclipped dj, The Book Club Associates, 1971; 'The Way to Dusty Death,' 1973, 'Breakfastheart Pas...

LOREN EISELEY. 'The Night Country.' First edition, unclipped dj, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1971; ALISTAIR MACLEOD. 'The Lost Salt Gift of...

MILITARY INTEREST. 'Winston S. Churchill: Youth 1871-1900,' by Randolph S. Churchill, first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, tear to dj, ton...

MONICA JACKSON & ELIZABETH STARK. 'Tents in the Clouds: The First Women's Himalayan Expedition.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Coll...

WINSTON GRAHAM. 'The Tumbled House.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1959; HAMMOND INNES. 'Atlantic Fury....

PETER ACKROYD. 'Hawksmoor,' first edition, clipped dj, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1985; 'Chatterton,' first edition, unclipped dj, Hamish Hamilton, ...

FREDERICK FORSYTH. 'The Dogs of War.' First edition, unclipped dj, Book Club Associates, London, 1974; ANTHONY BURGESS. 'Devil of a State.' First ...

CHILDRENS BOOK INTEREST. 'Doll's House,' a spiral bound pop-up cardwrap book opening to 360 degrees with four pop-up rooms, toning to edges, tear ...

ART INTEREST. 'The Studio Library: English Water-Colour,' complete in eight parts; 'The Art Illustrator: Spencer Pryse and His Works,' by Percy V....

ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH. 'The Astonishing History of Troy Town,' first edition, original decorative cloth, Cassell & Company, London, 1888. ...[more]

BERNARD SHAW, The Adventure of the Black Girl in Her Search for God; R & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh, reprint January 1933, HUGO MANNING, This Ro...

CHARLES WICKES. 'Illustrations of the Spires and Towers of the Medieval Churches of England.' In two volumes, original cloth, loose boards, chippe...

EDWARD LEAR. 'A Book of Nonsense.' Eighteenth edition, publishers pictorial boards, coloured but some wear to front board, some loss to rear board...

'I Walked By Night: Being the Life and History of the King of the Norfolk Poachers.' Cheap edition, edited by Lilias Rider Haggard, original board...

'The Magistrate's Manual; or, A Summary of the Duties and Powers of A Justice of the peace...' by William Toone, third edition, original publisher...

JOHN HUNT. 'The Ascent of Everest.' Original cloth, uncipped dj, toning on title page, toning to the edge of pages, Hodder & Stoughton, 1953, fine...

PETER TAYLOR. 'A Long Fourth and Other Stories.' First published in 1948 owing to production delays this copie was published in 1949, original clo...

REV W. TUCKWELL. 'Tongues in Trees and Sermons in Stones.' Original decorative gilt boards, George Allen, London, 1891, vg; DOMINIC MARNER. 'St Cu...

SUE TOWNSEND. 'Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years.' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Methuan, London, 1993, fine; With eight other Sue ...

FOLIO SOCIETY. 'Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands,' illustrated edition, card case, 2002; With seventeen other Folio Society's ...

ART INTEREST. 'Childe Hassam: Impressionist,' by Warren Adelson et al, unclipped, Abbeville Press, New York, 1999; CAROLINE FOX. 'Andrew Wyeth: Th...

TOM SLACK. 'Happy is the Day,' 'Thody Bros,' 'Interesting Things About Birds.' All signed and inscribed by authour, original cloth, unclipped dj's...

'Wheldon and Wesley' book catologues mostly Natural History; With other catalogues including 'Mike Park', 'Summerfield', and 'Daniel Lloyd'. ...[...

ART INTEREST. A full run of 24 'Modern Masterpieces', published by Newnes Publication, 1935, issue number missing cover picture. ...[more]

'Alfred Wallis: Cornish Primitive Painter,' by Edward Mullins, first edition, unclipped dj, MacDonald, London, 1967. ...[more]

ART INTEREST. 'Stanhope Forbes and the Newlyn School,' by Caroline Fox, first edition, unclipped dj, David & Charles, 1993; JOHN MILLER. 'Sketchbo...

ANNE TYLER. 'The Tin Can Tree,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, MacMillan, London, 1966; 'Slipping Down The Line,' USA first edition,...

ART INTEREST. 'Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in Soviet Museums,' first edition, original cloth, Phaidon, 1985; 'Felix Nussbaum: A...

'The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Arts,' 1895-1899, plus 1900-1901, 1901, and a 1907-1908 volume. Thirteen volumes in total...

IER TAYLOR. 'A Discourse of The Liberty of Prophesying,' a deficient copy lacking boards, wood engraving to title page, R. Royston, London, 1647; ...

A. A. MILNE. 'Tales of Pooh,' illustrated by E. H. Shepard, Methuen's Modern Classic, original cloth, Methuen & Co, 1930; JEROME K. JEROME. 'Three...

BOTANY and HORTICULTURE INTEREST. 'Alpines and Bog Plants,' by Reginald Farrer, original cloth, Edward Arnold, 1908; 'Among the Hills,' original c...

ERIC QUAYLE and MICHAEL FOREMAN. 'Magic Ointment and Other Cornish Legends,' signed by Quayle, first edition, Andersen Press, London, 1986. ...[m...

NATURAL HISTORY INTEREST. 'Cassell's Natural History,' edited by P. Martin Duncan, six volumes bound in three, original cloth boards with decorati...

DOUGLAS PERCY BLISS. 'A History of Wood-Engraving,' one hundred and twenty illustrations, original cloth, J. M. Dent, London, 1928. ...[more]

Capt C. W. R. KNIGHT. 'the Book of the Golden Eagle,' first edition, original cloth with embossed gilt Eagle to front board, graphite owner inscri...

PARTICK LEIGH FERMOR INTEREST. 'In Tearing Haste: Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor,' signed by Devonshire and editor Ch...

ACADEMIE GONCOURT. 'The Colour of Paris,' original decorative cloth, colour frontispiece, illustrations by Yoshio Markino complete, Chatto & Windu...

CORNWALL INTEREST. 'From the North Foreland To Penzance,' by Clive Holland, illustrated by Maurice Randall, original cloth with guilt St Michael's...

WILLIAM FAULKNER. 'Sanctuary,' first UK edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, Chatto & Windus, London, 1931; 'The Mansion,' first UK edition, ori...

THE STUDIO MAGAZINE. An extensive collection in a mix of full and half leather bound, and original card wraps;133-134, 135-136, 141-142, 143-144, ...

CORNISH MANUSCRIPT"Helleston Inclosure." 27 page ledger dated 58 Geo3, 1818. "Waste Lands in the Borough of Helleston...Parishes of Wendron, Mawga...

CLARE LEIGHTON. 'Four Hedges: A Gardener's Chronicle,' first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, Victor Gollancz, London, 1935; plus three 'Count...

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