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E. RHODES. 'Peak Scenery, or Excursions in Derbyshire,' four parts in two vols, 4to, fine half morocco, numerous plates, Longman et al, London, 18...

Dr HENRICH HOFFMANN. Five 'Der Struwwelpeter' or 'Shock-Headed Peter,' two of which are German, and a 'Swollen-Headed William,' of varying ages an...

GEORGE MILLS. 'The Beggar's Benison: or, A Hero, Without a Name; But, With an Aim,' first edition, two volumes, original cloth, defective spines, ...

ARTHUR RACKHAM Illustrations. 'The Springtide of Life,' first edition, bubbling to original cloth, William Heinemann, London, 1918; 'The Romance o...

ROBERT MONTETH. 'The History of the Troubles of Great Britain: Containing a particular Account of the Most remarkable Passages in Scotland, From t...

CHARLES DICKENS. 'Master Humphrey's Clock,' three vols, original cloth, rubbed and bumped, sun bleaching, illustrations throughout, Chapman and Ha...

CHARLES DICKENS. 'A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas,' first edition, second impression, yellow endpapers, title page p...

CHARLES DICKENS. 'The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In,' vignette titlepage, original cloth, chip ...

WILLIAM COBBETT. 'The Woodlands,' fine diced calf, toning to leaves, tide mark to first, some graphite notes to margins, William Cobbett, London, ...

PHILIP MILLER. 'The Gardener's Kalendar,' eleventh edition, full calf, frontis engraving, John Rivington, London, 1757. ...[more]

DONN (J.) & PURSH (F.). 'Hortus Cantabrigiensis,' 6th Edn., later quarter morocco, Presenation Copy from the publisher, 9th edition, J. Rivington,...

SHIRLEY HIBBERD. 'Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste,' fine copy in original cloth, gilt decorations, colour frontis and title page, Groombridge...

SHIRLEY HIBBERD. 'The Rose Book,' original cloth, colour frontis, Groombridge and Sons, London, 1864; 'The Amateur's Flower Garden,' original;l cl...

PRISCILLA WAKEFIELD. 'An Introduction to Botany,' sixth edition, half calf, colour frontis, notes to pastedown, Darton et al, London, 1812; Mrs LO...

CHARLES DICKENS. 'Dealings with the Firm Dombey and Sons, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation,' first edition in book form, rebound half leather...

SAMUEL JOHNSON. 'The Lives of the English Poets; And a Criticism on Their Works,' first 'pirated' edition, three volumes, full leather binding, fi...

ANTHONY TROLLOPE. 'Orley Farm,' first edition, two volumes, original red cloth with embossing, rebacked, loose frontis, sporadic toning and spotti...

JOSEPH CONRAD. 'The Arrow of Gold. A Story Between Two Notes,' first edition, original cloth, spotting to edge of textblock and title page, T. Fis...

V. S. NAIPUL. 'The Mimic Men,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, tear to dj, a spotted edge of textblock, owner signature in ink to fre...

EDITH WHARTON. 'Greater Inclination,' first UK edition, original cloth, rubbed and bumped, tide mark to half title and titlepage, John Lane, The B...

BARON CORVO (Fr. Rolf). 'Three Tales of Venice,' 129/140 copies, half green leather, Corvine Press, n.d; 'Don Renato. An Ideal Content,' 19/200 co...

JAMES COOKE. 'Mellificium Chirurgiae: Or, The Marrow of Chirurgery. With The Anatomy of Human Bodies according to the most Modern Anatomists; illu...

H. G. WELLS. 'The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance,' first edition, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and bumped, sun bleaching and some staining...

H. G. WELLS. 'The Island of Dr Moreau,' first edition, original pictorial cloth, rubbed ad bumped, advertisements, toning to margins of leaves, in...

H. G. WELLS. 'In the Days of the Comet,' first edition, fine original cloth, advertisements, light spotting to edge of textblock, MacMillan and Co...

CHRISTINA ROSSETTI. 'Prince's Progress and Other Poems,' original green cloth, cracked joints, corners turned in, sporadic spotting throughout, en...

FRANCIS GALTON. Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences,' first edition, original cloth, sun bleached spine and front board, ...

FRANCIS GALTON. 'Finger Prints,' first edition, original cloth, sunbleached spine and boards, printed presentation slip, ex libris label, MacMilla...

A. A. MILNE. 'Winnie the Pooh,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj with nibbles to ends of spine, discolouring to otherwise vg to fine dj...

A. A. MILNE. 'Toad of Toad Hall: A Play from Kenneth Grahame's Book The Wind and the Willow,' first edition, original cloth, Methuen & Co, London,...

CHARLES DICKENS. 'Pictures from Italy,' original cloth, some staining, rubbed and bumped, vignette title page engraving, toning to edges of leaves...

Capt MARRYAT. 'The Pirate, and the Three Cutters,' first edition, full leather, frontis and title page engraving, spotting to illustrations throug...

WILLIAM MAVOR. 'Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry....Together With a Book of Huswifery,' new edition, rebound, full leather, good clean textbl...

BINDINGS. 'Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative,' edited by Miss Jane Porter, three vols, Longman, Rees et al, London, 1831; D Junii Juvenalis et Auli P...

Rev JOHN MASTIN. 'The History and Antiquities of Naseby in the County of Northampton,' rebound, uncut edges to textblock, Francis Hodson, Cambridg...

EDWARD BAINES. 'History, Directory & Gazetteer ... Lancaster,' two vols, full calf, stacked joints, chipped and rubbed, lacks maps, WM. Wales & Co...

MARY H. KINGSLEY. 'Travels in West Africa. Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons,' original cloth, rubbed and staining, ex libris label to back bo...

RICHARD F. BURTON. 'Lake Regions of Central Africa, A Picture of Explorations,' original embossed cloth, corners turned in, ex libris label to pas...

DAVID LIVINGSTONE. 'Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa,' original cloth, rubbed, spotting to colour frontis and title page, illustr...

Capt G. F. LYON. 'The Private Journal of.....The Recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry,' half calf with gilt decorations o spine, engrave...

Capt McCLINTOCK. 'The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Late Sir John Franklin and His Companions,' origin...

EDWARD WHYMPER. 'The Ascent of The Matterhorn,' first edition, original cloth with gilt tooled Matterhorn to front board, maps and illustrations, ...

FRED BURNABY. 'A Ride to Khiva: Travels and Adventures in Central Asia,' fourth edition, original cloth with extensive staining, maps and illustra...

MUNGO PARK. 'Travels in The Interior of Africa,' reprint, full leather with gilt tooled 'Westminster School' crest to front board, award label to ...

ALBERT SMITH. 'The Story of Mont BLanc,' second edition, original cloth, turned corners, rubbed and bumped, ex libris with ik stamp to title page,...

LEWIS CARROLL. 'The Hunting of the Snark,' first edition, seventeenth thousand, original pictorial loth, chips, rubbed and stained, contemporary i...

LEWIS CARROLL. 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' fourteenth thousand, original cloth, chipped and stained, illustrated by John Tenniel, MacMilla...

ANGLING INTEREST. 'A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling,' full leather, damage to half title and title page, ex libris, B. Crosby and Co, Lond...

RICHARD JAGO., 'Edge-Hill, Or, The Rural Prospect Delineated and Moralized. A Poem in Four Books,' defective, rebound, lacks frontis, J. Dodsley, ...

CHARLES DIXON. 'The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of the British Islands,' 4to, original pictorial cloth, colour illustrations throughout by Charles Wh...

HUGH THOMSON Illustrations. 'Quality Street. a Comedy in Four Acts,' by J. M. Barrie, limited edition, 59/1,000 signed by artist, original vellum ...

HUGH THOMSON. 'The Scarlet Letter. a Romance,' second edition, 4to, vg cloth with gilt decorations, spotting to edge of textblock, Methuen & Co, L...

LANCELOT ANDREWES. 'The Pattern of Catechistical Doctrine,' folio, full calf, engraved portrait frontis, loss to title page, some ink notes to mar...

M. CLERY. 'A Journal of the Occurrences at the Temple, During the Confinement of Louise XVI, King of France,' rebound, frontis engraving, vg, Bayl...

F. F. ROGET. 'Ski-Runs in the High Alps,' first edition, 8vo, original pictorial cloth, frontis loose, cracked, clean textblock loosening, illustr...

ESTELLA CANZIANI Illustrations. 'Songs of Childhood,' by Walter De La Mare, limited edition, 41/310 copies, signed by De La Mare, unclipped dj, Lo...

J. S. LE FANU. 'Willing to Die,' original cloth, rubbed, blind stamp to endpaper, Downey & Co, London, n.d. (ca.1895); 'The Wyvern Mystery,' origi...

MACDONALD. 'Violin Songs and Other Poems,' small 8vo, green cloth, Daldy, Isbister, & Co, London, 1874; 'The Princess and Curdie,' new edition, pi...

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