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JANE AUSTIN. 'Love and Friendship and Other Early Works Now First Printed from the Original Ms. by Jane Austin,' unclipped dj, original cloth, Cha...

RUDYARD KIPLING. 'The Naulahka: A Story of West and East,' first edition, original orange cloth, owners ink signature to title page, William Heine...

RUDYARD KIPLING. 'The Jungle Book,' reprint, original cloth with gilt embossed decorations, spine ends rubbed, MacMillan and Co, London, 1894; 'Th...

BEATRIX POTTER. Twenty works in varying conditions, including two 'Flopsy Bunny's,' 'The Pie and the Patty Pan,' 'Peter Rabbit,' etc. (20)There ar...

Fifteen children's books from the late 19th century and early 20th century including four 'R. Caldecott's Picture Books,' 'Hey Nonny Yes,' 'A Faer...

F. ST. J. ORLEBAR. 'The Adventures of the Serene Limpness, The Moonfaced Princess,' original decorative boards, vg to fine, Richard Bentley and So...

TED HUGHES. 'The Iron Man: A Story in Five Nights,' first edition, unclipped dj, original cloth, Faber and Faber, 1968.There are no bookplates or ...

CHARLES DICKENS. 'Edwin Drood,' first edition in six volumes, pictorial card wraps chipped and torn, advertisements, engravings, Chapman and Hall,...

'A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible.....,' thirteenth edition, illustrated card boards, engraved frontispiece, engraved illustrations throughout, print...

HORTICULTURE Interest. 'Orchids for the Outdoor Garden,' by A. W. Darnell, original cloth, colour illustrations, L. Reeve & Co, Kent, 1930; RICHAR...

Mrs PERCY SINNETT. 'Herdsmen and Tillers of the Ground,' original cloth, hand coloured frontis engraving, hand coloured engravings complete, Chapm...

CHARLES DICKENS. 'Sketches of Young Ladies,' fifth edition, original pictorial card boards, engraved frontis, Chapman and Hall, 1887; 'Sketches of...

ROBERT BROWNING. 'Men and Women,' two vols, original cloth, contemporary ink inscription to endpaper, some toning and spotting to leaves, cracking...

Capt SAMUEL BRUNT. 'A Voyage to Cacklogallinia: With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners, of that Country,' rebound with pe...

Baron AUGUST VON HAXTHAUSEN. 'Tribes of the Caucasus. With an Account of Schamyl and the Murids,' original blue embossed cloth, ex libris embossed...

JOHN HANNING SPEKE. 'Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile,' first edition, original cloth with pictorial gilt tribesman to front boa...

Lord RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL. 'Men, Mines and Animals in South Africa,' third edition, original decorative cloth, rubbed and bumped, frontis engravi...

LEIGH HUNT. 'Amyntas, A Tale of the Woods; From the Italian of Torquato Tasso,' cloth backed marble boards, sporadic spotting, some chips to leave...

GASKELL (Mrs.). 'Grey Woman and Other Tales,' illustrated edition, original cloth with gilt decorations to spine, Smith, Elder and Co, London, 186...

SAMUEL JOHNSON. 'Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland,' New Edition, full marbled leather, A. Strahan and T. Cadel, London 1791; 'Letters to...

ERNEST HEMINGWAY. 'For Whom The Bell Tolls,' first edition, lacking dj, original cloth, ex libris pate for 'Pierre Gildesgame', indistinct inscrip...

GEORGE ELIOT. 'Felix Holt the Radical,' three vols, rebacked, adverts, ink stamp to title page, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, ...

Sir GEORGE WILLIAM LEFEVRE. 'Life of a Travelling Physician,' three vols, cloth (fine copy), colour frontispiece engravings, Longman, Brown, Green...

CHARLES DARWIN. 'Origin of Species,' sixth edition, 12th thousand, original cloth, newspaper articles pasted onto title page and endpapers, John M...

CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI. 'Verses...,' first edition, original cloth, handmade paper, ink inscriptions to endpapers, Society for Promoting Christian ...

ADAM SMITH. 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,' three vols, full contemporary marbled calf, loose front boards and c...

MINIATURES. A collection of, including a 'thumb' bible, Printed for William Harris, 1771. (16)The Harris thumb bible is indeed complete. There are...

(AUSTEN) Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers, cloth, frontis engraving, John Lane, London, 1906: AUSTEN-LEIGH (J.E.). 'Memoir of Jane Austen,' cracked h...

FREDERICK ARTHUR NEALE. 'Narrative of a Residence in Siam,' morocco gilt, engraved frontis, ex libris label to pastedown, plates, Office of the Na...

GEORGE ELIOT. 'The Mill on the Floss,' three vols, original cloth with library subscription label to front boards, fine copy, William Blackwood an...

GUSTAVE FRIKELL & W. H. CREMER. 'The Secret Out or, One Thousand Tricks in Drawing-Room or White Magic,' original decorative cloth, vg, advertisem...

HENRY M. STANLEY. 'How I found Livingstone. Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa,' new and cheaper edition, pictorial cloth, loss...

BINDINGS. 'The Chronicles of Crime,' illustrated by Phiz, two vols uniformly bound, T. Miles & Co, London, 1887; 'The Book of Wonderful Characters...

W. HARRISON AINSWORTH. 'Jack Sheppard. A Romance,' triple decker set (three vols), uniformly bound in half ruby leather, illustrated by George Cru...

ANTHONY TROLLOPE. 'Framley Parsonage,' first edition, triple decker (three vols), half leather, rubbed and bumped, frontis engraving, Smith, Elder...

ANTHONY TROLLOPE. 'Ralph the Heir,' first editions, triple decker (three vols), rebacked, advertisements, sporadic spotting, toned leaves, Hurst a...

ANTHONY TROLLOPE. 'An Autobiography,' three vols, original cloth, rubbed and bumped, cracked joints, author engraving frontis, William Blackwood a...

E. C. G. GASKELL. 'The Life of Charlotte Bronte,' first edition, two vols, half green leather with compartmentalized spines and red leather lables...

WILLIAM MAKEPIECE THACKERAY. 'The History of Pendennis,' two vols, original cloth, chipped ends to spines, rubbed and bumped, engraved title page,...

GEORGE EDWARD MOORE. 'Principia Ethica,' first edition, original cloth, soiling to boards, owner signature to endpaper, At the University Press, C...

A. W. KINGLAKE. 'Eothen, or, Traces of Travel brought home from the East,' original green cloth with pictorial gilt board, rubbed and bumped, join...

JOSEPH HARRISON. 'The Floricultural Cabinet,' three vols, full leather, hand coloured illustrations, Whittaker and Co, London, 1846, 1849, 1851. (...

GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS. 'Essay on the Government of Dependencies,' 8vo, publishers boards, front board loosening, ex libris label to pastedown, Jo...

Prof OLIVER. Illustrations of the Natural Orders of the Vegetable Kingdom,' obl. 4to, original cloth, soiled and bumped, later hand colouring to i...

JOSEPH PAXTON. '........Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants,' two vols, uniformly bound, half morocco, hand coloured plates, gilt ...

EDWARD Earl of CLARENDON. 'Religion and Policy and the Countenance and Assistance Each Should Give to the Other....' two vols, fine copy, ex libri...

CHARLES L. EASTLAKE. 'Hints on Household Taste,' third edition, original cloth, Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1872; THOMAS MILLER. 'Common Ways...

PHILIP HENRY GOSSE. 'Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals,' original embossed cloth with gilt decorations, col...

JOHN LINDLEY. 'Ladies Botany: or A Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of Botany,' two vols, 5th edition, original embossed c...

EDWARD LAVERACK. 'The Setter,' pebbled cloth, colour frontis, Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1872.There are two colour plates in this book. ......

'Stratford-Upon-Avon, The Home of William Shakspeare, Pictorially Illustrated,' original cloth, hand coloured engravings throughout, cracked hinge...

EDWARD LEAR. 'Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania & Illyria,' original cloth, rubbed and bumped, loss to pastedown, owner ink inscription b...

EDWARD LEAR. 'Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica,' first edition, original russet cloth, split to joint, rubbed and bumped, half title, fro...

PHILIP HENRY GOSSE. 'The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea,' second edition, original cloth, colour frontis, John Van Voorst, ...

FRANCIS GROSE. 'Military Antiquities Respecting A History of the English Army, From The Conquest to the Present Time,' new edition, two volumes, r...

Sir WALTER RALEIGH. 'The Historie of the New World in Five Bookes,' defective, rebacked, titlepage pasted onto modern handmade paper, restoration ...

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