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Michell (E* B*), The Art of Hawking; Lascelles (The Hon. Gerald), The Art of Falconry; Upton (Roger), A Bird in the Hand; Illingworth (Frank), Fal...

Antique chap-books , titles include: The Merry Frolics of Swalpo, The Ladies' Diary or Woman's Almanac 1797; The Jolly Begger, 1823; History of Bu...

Dickens (Charles), Our Mutual Friend , 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, illus., first edition, 1865; Martin Chuzzlewit , 8vo, half Morocco and ...

Ruskin (John), The Stones of Venice , 3 vols, crown 8vo, quarter morocco, illus., with hand-coloured plates, bearing the book-plate of James Watso...

Books: 'The Birds of the British Islands' by Charles Stonham, illustrated by Lillian M Medland 1906, in five volumes

Books: 'History of the War of The Peninsula and in the South of France' by Major General Sir WFP Napier dated 1886 in six volumes

AUSTEN JANE. Mansfield Park, A Novel. Eng. frontis & title vignette. 12mo. Dark half leather, marbled brds. by Sotheran. Bookplate to front paste...

Golf. The Book of Kingussie, A Souvenir of the Kingussie Golf Club Bazaar, edited by Robert Lester Shinnie. Many illus. & adverts. Quarto. Worn o...

James Bond FLEMING (Ian) and others, Eight paperback US. and UK. paperback books, first and later printings, 12mo, published by Signet Books, and...

James Bond - Magazines, Newspapers, Poster books and other ephemera. Spanish James Bond comics, Cine Monde with Sean Connery in Goldfinger on cove...

Aubrey Beardsley.- Malory (Sir Thomas) [Le Morte Darthur] The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur..., third edition, one of 1600 copies, 20 plates,...

13 Folio Society books on literature, art & poetry by Tennyson, Coleridge, Shakespeare, Raphael, Chartres, Browning, Chekhov, Betjeman, Edward Le...

2 x 17th century leather bound books - The History of the Troubles and Tryal of William Laud, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury 1694 and The History o...

WW2 British Silver 8th Army Ring Tripoli 23.1.43, REME Sweetheart Badge, RAF Sweetheart Photographic Brooch, Civil Nursing Reserve enamel lapel ba...

Warhammer 40K Guides, Novels & Reference Books. A collection of Novels, Guides and Reference books on Warhammer 40K. Published by Games Workshop. ...

Larry Rivers, American 1923-2002 - Portrait of Liz Frink, 1961; charcoal on paper, signed, dedicated and dated lower right 'For Liz Larry R. ...

Various copies of Bradshaw's Guide and related Bradshaw's publications, together with a quantity of 19th and 20th century railway books and magazi...

BARRINGTON (GEORGE) An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales, hand-coloured engraved title-page, 9 hand-coloured engraved plates, one folding m...

BAUER (FRANZ ANDREAS) Delineations of Exotick Plants, Cultivated in the Royal Gardens at Kew. Drawn and Coloured, and the Botanical Characters Dis...

MILLAIS (JOHN GUILLE) Wild Life in Africa, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 30 COPIES, title printed in red and black, 20 collotype plates (9 hand-colo...

[ROUPELL (ARABELLA E.)] Specimens of the Flora of South Africa by a Lady, FIRST EDITION, 9 hand-coloured plates by Roupell (including decorative...

PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) The Great White South, or with Scott in the Antarctic, tenth impression , AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED 'To Miss...

SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1911-1917, FIRST EDITION, half-title, colour frontispiece, 87 photogr...

+VAT An embossed leather trade label for Holland & Holland, together with Curtis's and Harvey's Shooter's Year Book July 1912-June 1913'

A First World War soldier's manuscript pocket book diary. The diary with writings at each end and near complete, with Calendars for 1913 and to fr...

Seven Antiquarian Vellum Bound Books, 17th & 18th Century: To include two editions of 'Vervolg op Flavius Josephus; Of Algemene Historie der Joods...

Autograph Collection.- Politics, History & Science A large collection of signatures, letters, notes and papers by various politicians, officer...

Lot 257

Milne, A. A.

Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. First edition, signed limited issue, one o...

Lot 294

Wodehouse, P.G.

Wodehouse, P.G. Collection of 46 books London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [n.d]: The Clicking of Cuthbert, [first printing]; Full Moon, [first pri...

Lot 111

Orkney

Orkney Collection of works on Orkney including local imprints All 8vo and in original cloth unless otherwise stated. Including:Pictures from the...

British topography and history Collection of works Logan, James. The Scottish Gael; or, Celtic Manners, observed among the Highlanders. London: ...

Lot 259

Milne, A. A.

Milne, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. First edition, signed limited iss...

Lot 51

Boyle, Robert

Boyle, Robert Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours First occasionally written, among some other Essays, to a Friend; and now suffer'd...

Poe, Edgar Allan Tales of Mystery, Imagination, & Humour; and Poems London: Henry Vizetelly, 1852. [Bound with:] Tales of Mystery, Imagination, ...

Whittington Press Britten's Aldeburgh [By] John Craig. Risbury: Whittington Press, 1997. Number IX of 28 deluxe copies bound by James Brockman t...

Kingdon Ward, F. Asian Travel Kingdon Ward, F. The Mystery Rivers of Tibet. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited, 1923. 8vo, original yellow clo...

Lot 304

Tern Press

Tern Press Collection of limited editions Market Drayton, Shropshire, 1975-2000. Comprising:Bardsey. A Fortnight's Journal translated from the O...

Cleland, Elizabeth A New and Easy Method of Cookery Treating I. Of Gravies, Soups, Broths, etc. II. Of Fish, and their Sauces. III. To Pot and M...

Lot 104

Scotland

Scotland Collection of local guides and histories, 18th-20th century All 8vo unless otherwise stated:[Edinburgh]. The Traveller's Companion thro...

Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies...

Children's and illustrated books Collection of works, 19th and early-20th century Humphreys, Henry Noel. Sentiments and Similes of William Shake...

Carroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Alice's Adventures Under Ground Being a Facsimile of the Original MS. Book afterwards developed into “...

Maxwell, James Clerk On a Method of Making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force With a Note on the Electromagnetic Th...

Lot 297

Verne, Jules

Verne, Jules Dropped from the Clouds [and:] The Secret of the Island Translated from the French by W. H. G. Kingston. London: Sampson Low, 1875....

Faulks, Sebastian Collection of signed first editions All first impressions, 8vo, original boards, with the dust jackets, signed by Faulks on th...

Lot 263

Rowling, J.K.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone London: Bloomsbury, 1997. First edition, first impression paperback with the number line ...

Lot 265

Rowling, J. K.

Rowling, J. K. Hari Poter kai i Philosophiki Lithos [and:] Hari Poter kai o Aixmalotos tou Azkamban Athens: Psychogios, 1998-9. First editions i...

Rowling, J. K., and others One City Alexander McCall Smith, Ian Rankin, Irvine Welsh. With an Introduction by J. K. Rowling. Foreword by Rt. Hon...

Lot 296

Poetry

Poetry 60 signed or inscribed copies of works by various 20th- and 21st-century poets Including: Stephen Spender, Selected Poems, 1964, first US...

Bibles and religious books 16th to early 18th century [Bible, 1597] 4to in sixes, contemporary calf, all leaves up to Genesis 45:2 supplied in m...

Lot 286

Kafka, Franz

Kafka, Franz The Metamorphosis London: The Parton Press, 1937. First edition in English, 8vo, original publisher's grey paper boards backed with...

Lot 62

Lewer, S.H.

Lewer, S.H. Wright's Book of Poultry London: Cassell and Company, Limited, [n.d.] 4to, 30 colour plates and other in monochrome, original green ...

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH DRAMA The Dr Leonard F.M. Scinto collection of seventeenth century English Academic Drama, comprising: (i) ALABASTER...

ROWLING (J.K.) A collection of six Harry Potter titles, all INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to a family friend, comprising; Harry Potter and the Philo...

GIBBON (EDWARD) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., FIRST EDITION of volumes 4-6, second edition of volumes 2 and 3,...

FLEMING (IAN) Goldfinger, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, publisher's black cloth (second state), front cover blocked in blind with line drawin...

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