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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 'The Excursion, Being a Portion of The Recluse, a Poem,' second edition, rebacked loose from textblock, Longman et al, London,...

EDWARD LEAR. 'The Book of Nonsense,' sixth edition, pictorial card boards, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, London; 1862; 'Nonsense Songs, Stories...

GEORGE ORWELL. 'The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius,' first edition, original cloth, Searchlight Books, Secker & Warburg, L...

ALDOUS HUXLEY. 'A Brave New World,' first edition, original cloth, slightly rubbed to top of spines, slight bleaching to spine edge of boards, sma...

JOHN WYNDHAM. 'The Day of the Triffids,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj with 'Daily Graphic Book find of the Month' warp around, chip...

W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM. 'Cakes and Ale or The Skeleton in the Cupboard,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, chips and nibbles, soiling to d...

WILLIAM FAULKNER. 'Soldiers Pay,' first UK edition, original cloth, spotting throughout, Chatto and Windus, 1930; 'Sanctuary,' first UK edition, o...

ANTHONY POWELL. 'A Question of Upbringing,' first edition, original cloth, spotting to edge of textblock, William Heinemann, London, 1951; 'The Ac...

D. H. LAWRENCE. 'Pornography and So On,' first Faber edition, original cloth, Faber and Faber, London, 1936; BRIAN W. ALDISS. 'The Brightfount Dia...

ANTHONY TROLLOPE. 'The Vicar of Bullhampton,' two vols bound in one, copyright edition, Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1870; 'Marion Fey,' two vols bound in ...

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE. 'A Song of Itlay,' first edition, original blue cloth, eight page press opinions to the front, advertisements to the r...

BINDINGS. A collection of 19th century 'Gift Books', all with highly ornate gilt embossed boards and spines, chromolithograph illustrations and vg...

PUBLI TERENTII AFRI. 'Comoediae,' rebound in full leather, 4to, engraved frontis, good clean texblock with red ink margin drawn throughout, Jacobi...

CUVIER & GRIFFITHS. '(Animal Kingdom) The Class Insecta,' 2 vols, rebound in half leather, numerous hand coloured plates, Whittaker, Treacher, and...

JONATHAN COUCH. 'A History of the Fishes of the British Islands,' four vols, original coth with git decorations, rubbed ends of spines, colour pla...

JOHN KAY. 'A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings.' two vols, parts I and II in vol, finely bound with gilt decorations, gilt edge...

ROBERT THOMPSON. 'The Gardener's Assistant,' 4to, original cloth, cracking to joints, hand coloured frontis, illustrated throughout, Blackie & Son...

Rev LUKE BOOKER. 'Description and Historical Account of Dudley Castle,' large paper copy, half leather, plates on india paper laid, uncoloured aqu...

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...

W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. 'Famous Caverns and Grottoes,' prize calf by Relfe, engravings throughout including frontis, T. Nelson and Sons, London, 18...

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...

GODFREY CHARLES MUNDY. 'Our Antipodes: Or, Residence and Rambles in The Australian Colonies. With A Glimpse of the Gold Fields,' second edition re...

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...

HORSE RACING Interest. 'Colours at a Glance of the Leading Owners,' second edition, original pictorial card wraps, rusted staples resulting in som...

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...

Sir CHARLES LYELL. 'Principles of Geology,' eighth edition, original cloth, stained and sunbleached, heavy spotting to first few leaves,ex libris ...

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,...

PIERRE NICOLE. 'Epigrammatum Delectus ex omnibus tum Veteribus, tum Recentioribus Poetis Accurate decerptus..., In usum Scholae Etonensis,' full c...

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...

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