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Homer. L'Iliade, 3 vol., 1719; L'Odyssee, 3 vol., 1716, together 6 vol., translated and edited by Madame Dacier, 2 engraved frontispieces and 1 plate, woodcut device on titles and decorations, official impressed seals (?of the Imprimerie Royale) on titles, some light browning, 2ff. from vol.3 of Odyssey loose, uniform contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt, rubbed, some worming to spines, 12mo, Paris, aux depens de Rigaud Directeur de l'Imprimerie Royale. *** First printing of this edition of the Iliad, second of the Odyssey.

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Marmontel (Jean Francois) Contes Moraux, 3 vol., first edition, first issue with errata at foot of contents pp., half titles

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Marmontel (Jean Francois) Contes Moraux, 3 vol., first edition, first issue with errata at foot of contents pp., half titles, portrait frontispiece, engraved title-pages, 23 engraved plates after Gravelot, 1 with very short tear in margin, a very few ff. with small light stains, a tall copy, light brown morocco, gilt to an art nouveau design, spines gilt in compartments, e.g., signed R.P.1903, hinges just rubbed, [Cohen-De Ricci 686f., "Les figures de Gravelot sont parmi les plus jolies que ce maître ait produites"], 8vo, Paris, J. Merlin, 1765.

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Music. – Rousseau (Jean Jaques) Dictionnaire de Musique, 2 vol. 18 engraved plates of music, 11 tables as illustrations in the text, fore-edge of plate B repaired, half titles, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, double labels, ownership inscription on titles, 8vo, Geneva, 1781. *** The first edition of this work was published in 1768, and it is considered to be one of the most important treatises on music of the XVIII Century.

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Hugo (Victor) Les Miserables, 10 vol., first edition, preliminaries slightly foxed, silk endpapers, contemporary half green morocco, corners bruised, gilt spine, first vol. rebacked retaining original spine, 8vo, Brussels, A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven, 1862.

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Homer.- Bogan (Zachary) Homerus Hebraizon [graece]; sive, comparatio Homeri cum scriptoribus sacris quod normam loquendi ... , first edition, Greek & Latin texts, woodcut device on title and decorations, ink 19th century note of acquisition in French tipped in at beginning, a few underlinings in red ink, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, wormhole to foot of spine, [Wing B3440], 8vo, Oxford, H.Hall for T.Robinson, 1658. *** Commentary on Homer's use of words and phrases compared with the Hebrew Old Testament, the Greek New Testament and Hesiod's works.

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Music. – [Playford (Henry)] Harmonia Sacra; or, Divine Hymns and Dialogues, 2 vol. in one, first edition, engraved frontispieces identical to each vol. by S. Gribelin, decorative woodcut initials, titles in red and black, armorial bookplate of Sir Gervase Clifton, contemporary mottled and panelled calf, [Wing P2436 & P2437], folio, for Henry Playford, 1688. *** This volume contains music by Henry Purcell, John Blow, Pelham Humfrey, Jeremia Clarke and Robert King.

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Leibnitz (Gottfried Wilhelm) and Samuel Clarke. A Collection of Papers, which passed between the Learned Mr. Leibnitz and Dr. Clarke, ... relating to the Principles of Natural Philosophy and Religion, 2 pt. in 1 vol., first edition, French & English text, water stained, 2pp. advertisements at end, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover detached, 8vo, for James Knapton, 1717.

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Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Opera, 2 vol., first Pine edition, first issue, engraved throughout, frontispieces, head and tai

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Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Opera, 2 vol., first Pine edition, first issue, engraved throughout, frontispieces, head and tail-pieces, initials, &c., very slight marking, ownership inscriptions of 'The Honble George William Coventrye', a subscriber, contemporary speckled calf, gilt rules on covers, spines gilt, little rubbed, [Rothschild 1546], 8vo, John Pine, 1733-1737.

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[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell." The Professor, a Tale, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, ownership inscription on fron

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[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell." The Professor, a Tale, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, ownership inscription on front endpaper of vol.I, inner hinges cracked, original cloth, floral design inside diamond-shaped patterns stamped in blind to boards and inside two sets of small panels to spine, unevenly faded, spine ends and edges slightly frayed, corners bruised, in modern half morocco drop-back box, 8vo, 1857.

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Collins (Wilkie) The Woman in White, first edition, illustrated by John McLenan, original embossed cloth, extremities slightly frayed, corners bruised, spine gilt, 2 small worn marks to fore-edge, in drop-back box, [Sadleir 605], 8vo, New York, 1860. *** Preliminary advertisement leaf is dated Aug 1860 & 1st leaf at end has spelling Mulock not Muloch. Preceded English edition by a month.

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Dickens (Charles) Master Humphry's Clock, 3 vol., first edition in book form, illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne, slight foxing, original embossed cloth, gilt, spine and edged of covers faded, corners bruised, spine ends slightly frayed, in modern half morocco drop-back box, 8vo, 1840-41.

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Dickens (Charles) Pictures from Italy, first edition, vignette illustrations by Samuel Palmer, markings of removed sticker on verso of front cover, inner hinges cracked, original variant blue vertical fine-ribbed cloth, embossed, blocked in blind on boards with central ornaments, and in blind on spine with gilt lettering, tanned at edges and spine, spine ends frayed, corners bruised, in modern cloth slip-case, 8vo, for the author, Bradbury and Evans, 1846.

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Dickens (Charles) A Child's History of England, 3 vol., first edition, frontispieces, lacking half-title of vol.I, bookplates on front endpapers, ownership inscription on front endpaper of vol.II, original embossed cloth, spine title and front cover vignette gilt, spines faded, corners bruised, in modern cloth portfolios and slip-case, 8vo, 1852-54.

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Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, 20 vol. in 19, first edition, illustrated by H.K. Browne, vol.I lacking second advertisement at back, vol.II without single leaf advertisement at rear; vol.III, 4 leaves of advertisements missing fron rear; vol.IV lacking ads at rear; vol.V lacking advertisement slip at rear; vol.IX lacking 4 advertisement leaves from rear, containing only a portion of rear wrapper; vol.XII lacking slip after plates and all advertisements at rear; vol.XIII lacking 2 advertisement leaves from rear; vol.XIV lacking all advertisements at rear but 2; vol.XVI front wrapper torn, creased, lacking 8pp from rear advertisements; vol.XIX & XX lacking slip and 2pp advertisement at rear, original printed wrappers, tanned, some spines damaged, in two red morocco boxes, [Hatton & Cleaver pp276-304], 8vo, 1852-53.

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Dickens (Charles) Hard Times, first edition in book form, ownership inscription on title, bookplate detached, embossed stamp on upper corner of front endpaper, inner hinges cracked, original embossed cloth, faded at spine and edges, corners bruised, spine ends slightly frayed, in modern half morocco drop-back box, [Sadleir 689], 8vo, 1854.

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Dickens (Charles) Little Dorrit 20 vol. in 19, first edition, illustrated by H.K. Browne, vol.II lacks 2 leaves of advertisements from front; vol.VI lacking pp.161-164 of text; vol.XI advertisements at rear in different order than Hatton & Cleaver; vol.XIII lacks slip after plates; vol.XIV lacks slips between advertisement; vol.XV lacking 2pp of advertisements from front, contains 2 advertisements for "Norton's Camomile Pills;" vol.XVI 2pp. of advertisements at rear missing and 2 from vol.XVII at front; vol.XIX & XX lacking last leaf of advertisemtns at rear and 2pp from the front, original printed wrappers, edges and corners creased, some spines damaged, in modern green half morocco drop-back box, [Hatton & Cleaver pp307-330], 8vo, 1855-57.

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Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 6 vol., first edition, plates, vol.II lacks 2nd advertisement at the back, vol.IV with 8pp advertisement at rear and one at front, vol.V lacking 8pp advertisements at rear, one extra at front, vol.VI with price tipped-in on upper corner, lacking advertisements at rear, original printed wrappers, tanned, rubbed, extremities slightly chipped, spines damaged, in modern cloth-backed portfolio and slip-case, 8vo 1870.

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[Evans (Marian)], "George Eliot". The Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., first edition, 16pp advertisements at the end of vol. III,

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[Evans (Marian)], "George Eliot". The Mill on the Floss, 3 vol., first edition, 16pp advertisements at the end of vol. III, lacking leaf advertising Clerical Life and Adam Bede in volume I, lemon endpapers, original cinammon ripple-grain embossed cloth, gilt spines, extremities of vol.III worn, spine ends creased, in modern cloth chemises and slip-case, 8vo, 1860.

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Stevenson (Robert Louis) More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter, first edition, autographed cheque of R. L. Stevenson, signed, tipped in, armorial bookplate, inner hinges weak, original cloth, bubbling slightly, soiled, corners bruised, spine faded, resedue of plate on front cover, in modern half morocco slip-case, 8vo, 1885.

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Thackeray (William Makepeace) The Newcomes, 23 vol., first edition, original printed wrappers, spines tanned, in drop-back box, 8vo, 1854-55.

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Egan (Pierce) The Life of an Actor, first edition in book form, 27 hand-coloured engraved plates by Theodore Lane, woodcuts

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Egan (Pierce) The Life of an Actor, first edition in book form, 27 hand-coloured engraved plates by Theodore Lane, woodcuts on title and in text, slight browning or marking, one f. repaired, morocco bookplate, green cruched morocco by Riviere, gilt, spine faded, slight wear to heads of joints, slip-case, 8vo, 1825.

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Brough (Robert Barnabas) The Life of Sir John Falstaff, first edition, frontispiece, 19 plates, text illustration, by George Cruikshank, modern polished calf, spine gilt, t.e.g., 8vo, 1858.

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Falconry.– Frederick II (of Hohenstaufen, Emperor) Reliqua Librorum Friderici II. Imperatoris, De arte venandi cum auibus, c

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Falconry.– Frederick II (of Hohenstaufen, Emperor) Reliqua Librorum Friderici II. Imperatoris, De arte venandi cum auibus, cum Manfredi Regis additionibus ... Albertus Magnus De Falconibus, Asturibus, & Accipitribus, first edition, complete with Cc8, printer's device, double-page wood-engraved illustration, minor marginal restoration to title and fly-title of Albertus Magnus, title has contemporary inscription at foot and neat ownership stamp, label removed from front free endpaper, 19th century half vellum, [Schwerdt I, p.187; Adams F982], 8vo, Augsburg, 1596.

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Barry (Edward) Observations Historical, Critical, and Medical, on the Wines of the Ancient World first edition, engraved frontispiece and title vignette, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed, morocco label, edges of spine cracked, front cover weak, 4to, for T. Cadell, 1775. *** The instructions to the Binder place the plate between pp.160 and 161. It is the frontispiece in this copy.

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Barry (Edward) Observations Historical, Critical, and Medical, on the Wines of the Ancient World first edition, engraved frontispiece laid on, slight foxing, later half calf over original marbled boards, rubbed, 4to, for T. Cadell, 1775.

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Bertall (Charles A. D'Arnould) La Vigne Voyage Autour des Vins de France, first edition, plates, illustrations, contemporary sheep, extremities rubbed, [Vicaire 87], 4to, Paris, E. Plon, 1878.

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[Henderson (Alexander)] The History of Ancient and Modern Wines, first edition, lacking half-title, wood-engraved title-vignette and 36 head- and tail-pieces and initials, all proofs on india paper and mounted, double-page table, contemporary leather, covers detached, spine damamged, 4to, 1824.

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Simon (Andre L. ) The History of the Wine Trade in England, 3 vol., first edition, frontispiece on vol.II, plates, ownership label on verso of front covers, title repaired not affecting text, original cloth, gilt, corners bruised, 8vo, 1906-9.

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Vizetelly (Henry) A History of Champagne with Notes on Other Sparkling Wines of France, first edition, frontispiece, plates, coloured extending map, illustrations, bookplate on verso of front cover, original decorated cloth, gilt, extremities slightly frayed, 4to, Vizetelly & Co., 1882.

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Vizetelly (Henry) A History of Champagne with Notes on Other Sparkling Wines of France, first edition, coloured extending map, illustrations, lacking frontispiece, inner hinges cracked, original decorated cloth, gilt, extremities rubbed, fore-edge of front cover stained, corners bruised, 4to, Vizetelly & Co., 1882.

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Jullien (Andre H. A.) Topographie de Tous les Vignobles Connus, third edition (?), half title, inner lower corner of first gathering and last leaves water-stained, modern half morocco, original wrappers bound in, 8vo, Paris, for the l'Auteur & L. Colas, 1816.

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Thudichum (John Louis William) & August Dupre. A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, coloured map, ownership inscription on half title, original cloth, gilt, rebacked retaining original spine, crease to front and rear covers, extremities worn, 8vo, 1872.

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Vizetelly (Henry) A History of Champagne with Notes on Other Sparkling Wines of France, first edition, frontispiece, plates,

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Vizetelly (Henry) A History of Champagne with Notes on Other Sparkling Wines of France, first edition, frontispiece, plates, coloured extending map, illustrations, bookplate on verso of front cover, original decorated cloth, gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, a fine copy, 4to, Vizetelly & Co., 1882.

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Thornton (Robert John) A Grammar of Botany ... For the Use of Schools and Students, first edition, 45 hand-coloured engraved plates, 34pp. advertisement at end, green straight grain morocco, edges rubbed, 12mo, 1811.

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[Boyle (Hon. Robert)] Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, half title, slightly soiled, lacking p19 half title of first part, and contemporary calf, rebacked by Bernard Middleton with his pencil inscription on rear endpaper, morocco label, gilt, [Wing B4029 & Madan, III 2634], 4to, for Ric. Davis, 1663. *** "The publisher to the reader" signed: Ro. Sharrock. A third part was published in 1671. "Of the usefulnesse of naturall philosophy. The second part" has separate dated title page, divisional title, pagination, and register. The title page is printed as the last leaf of the previous signature series. With eight final Index leaves and a final errata leaf.

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. – Spratt (George) Obstetric Tables: comprising Graphic Illustrations, ... Exhibiting on Dissected Plates many important Subjects in Midwifery. Third Edition, 2 pt. in 1 vol., 19 lithographic plates, 16 coloured, 14 with moveable overlays, tissue guards, some, mainly marginal, foxing, for the Author, 1838; Granville (Augustus Bozzi) Graphic Illustrations of Abortion and the Diseases of Menstruation, first edition, 14 coloured lithographic plates, 1 double page, tissue guards, [Wellcome, III, 148], for the Author, 1833, 2 works in 1 vol., later cloth, rubbed, 4to.

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-. Mogg (Edward) Mogg's Forty-Five Miles round London, engraved map of the home counties (Saffron Walden south to Rye, Basingstoke east to Faversham), original outline hand-colouring, 970 x 1180mm., dissected and linen-backed, a few spots and finger marks but a good example, [Howgego 287 (6a)], lacking slipcase, Mogg, 1844. *** First issued in 1821, this edition adds several recently completed railway routes.

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Fisher (Stanley W) The Decoration of English Porcelain, First Edition, London 1954, and other books on ceramics

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Ruskin (John) The Elements of Drawing, first edition, 1857; The Elements of Perspective, first edition, 1859 § Evans (Joan) The Lamp of Beauty, Writings on Art, 1959 § Collingwood (W.G.) The Life and Work of John Ruskin, 2 vol., 1893 § Burd (Van Akin) The Ruskin Family Letters, 2 vol., 1973, original cloth, last mentioned with a cloth slip-case; and 11 others, Ruskin, 8vo (18).

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Shaw (Simeon) The Chemistry of the Several Natural and Artificial Heterogeneous Compounds used in Manufacturing Porcelain, Glass, and Pottery, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, slight preliminary foxing, later half morocco, ex-library copy with bookplates and classmark on spine, 8vo, 1837.

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Cook (James) Bibliography of the Writings of Charles Dickens, with many curious and interesting particulars relating to his works, first edition, frontispiece, 2 antiquarian booksellers' advertisements at beginning, half calf, ex-library with stamp on upper cover & spine, slightly rubbed, original printed upper cover wrapper preserved, [Besterman 1628], 8vo, 1879. *** The first published bibliography of Dickens.

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Worrall (John, publisher) Bibliotheca Topographica Anglicana, first edition, 12pp. Worrall advertisements at end, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Besterman 2725; the second published, & first priced, bibliography of Great Britain], 12mo, for J. Worrall, 1736.

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Browning (Robert) The Pied Piper of Hamelin, first edition, first issue, illustrations throughout by Kate Greenaway, soiling, hinges weak, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, soiled, rubbed, [Schuster 147, 1a], 4to, G. Routledge and Sons, [1888].

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Farmiloe (Edith) Piccallili, first edition, colour illustrations by the author, hinges broken, ink inscription to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, slightly rubbed, 1900 § Young (Gerald) The Witch's Kitchen, or The India Rubber Doctor, colour plates and illustrations by Willy Pogany, a little light soiling, upper hinge weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, n.d.; and 3 others, Children's, v.s. (5).

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Greenaway (Kate) Under The Window, Pictures and Rhymes for Children, first edition, first issue, colour illustrations by the author, a little very light foxing affecting a few pp., upper hinge very slightly weak, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, extremities slightly rubbed, [Schuster 201, 1a], 4to, [1878].

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Greenaway (Kate). Levoisin (J.) La Lanterne Magique, first French edition, colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway, lacking final ff., some light soiling, some tears, final ff. defective, broken, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly rubbed, covers chipped with a little loss of image, [Schuster 201, 5a], Paris, Librarie Hachette, [1880]; Greenaway (Kate) The Language of Flowers, first edition, some foxing, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, soiled, slightly rubbed, [Schuster 107, 1a], [1884]; Taylor (Jane) and Ann Taylor. Little Ann and Other Poems, colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway, a little light soiling, original half cloth, lightly soiled, Frederick Warne & Co., n.d.[?c.1925]; and 9 others, Kate Greenaway, including a Collecting Card for the Children's Memorial to Kate Greenaway, v.s. (12).

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Greenaway (Kate) A Day In a Child's Life, first edition, illustrations by the author, music by Myles B. Forster, a little light foxing, hinges very slightly weak, original cloth-backed boards, slightly rubbed, light soiling, 4to, [1881].

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Harte (Bret) The Queen of the Pirate Isle, first edition, coloured illustrations by Kate Greenaway, upper endpapers split, original pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed and faded, [1886] § Taylor (Jane and Ann) Little Ann and other poems, slightly foxed, ink inscription on front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, rubbed, London and New York, n.d. § Norton (Mary) The Borrowers, first edition, illustrations by Diana Stanley, original cloth, 1952, all but the last colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway, 8vo (3).

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Kipling (Rudyard) Just So Stories, first edition, plates, illustrations, inner hinges cracked, original decorated cloth, spine fade, covers rubbed, faded, 1902 § Thornbury (Walter) Historical and Legendary Ballads and Songs, illustrations by J. Whistler, John Tenniel, and others, original pictorial cloth, gilt, corners slightly bruised, 1876 § Dobson (Austin) Proverbs in Porcelain, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, gilt, 1893 § Brooke (L. Leslie) Johnny Crow's Garden, plates, some coloured, original cloth-backed printed boards, faded, [1903]; and a quantity of others, Miscellaneous, some Children's, 8vo & 4to (qty).

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Kipling (Rudyard) Just So Stories, first edition, half-title, plates and illustrations by the author, some light spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and faded, especially to spine, split to upper joint, 4to, 1902.

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Lamb (Charles & Mary) Tales from Shakespeare, first trade edition, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 12 coloured plates, slight foxing, endpapers browned, ink inscription on front endpaper, original cloth, gilt, corners stained, spine ends chipped, 4to, 1909.

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Milne (A.A.) A Gallery of Children, first edition, colour pictorial title and 12 colour plates by Saida (H. Willebeek le Mair), a few small dust smudges to title, bookplate, original cloth, gilt, a little light soiling, 4to, 1925.

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Rackham (Arthur), Book of Pictures, with an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, first edition, 44 coloured plates tipped-in, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, contemporary morocco, gilt, 4to, 1913.

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Ransome (Arthur) Missee Lee, first edition, plates, original cloth, rubbed, extremities and edges worn, 1941 § Thompson Seton (Ernest) The Biography of a Silver-Fox, plates, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, spine edges worn, New York, 1909 § Ingoldsby (Thomas) Ye Jackdaw of Rheims, illustrations in the style of a medieval manuscript in brown, red and black throughout, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed, edges worn,[c.1900]; and a small quantity of others, Children's, v.s. (qty).

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Rhodes (Ebenezer) Peak Scenery, or Excursions in Derbyshire, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, 29 engraved plates, very slight foxing, contemporary boards, paper labels, edges rubbed, rebacked, 4to, 1818-23.

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Upton (Bertha and Florence K.). The Golliwogg's Bicycle Club, first edition, illustrations by Florence K. Upton, many coloured, little soiled, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubed and marked, oblong 4to, 1896 § Greenaway (Kate) Under the Window, colour illustrations, spotting, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, hinge cracked, [Schuster & Engen 201 1c], 4to, [1878] (2).

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Upton (Bertha and Florence K.). The Vege-men's Revenge, first edition, colour illustrations by Florence K. Upton, lacks endpapers and pp.1-2, soiling, some small tears, several ff. loose and some a little chipped, original cloth-backed boards, soiled and rubbed, oblong 4to, 1897.

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Upton (Bertha and Florence K.). The Golliwogg's Christmas, first edition, colour illustrations by Florence K. Upton, some light soiling, some ff. a little loose, pp.33 and 41 torn, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, light soiling, slightly rubbed, oblong 4to, 1907.

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Walton (Izaak) The Complete Angler, first edition, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 12 coloured plates, tipped-in, captioned tissue guards, original cloth, gilt, corners bruised, spine ends slightly creased, 4to, [1931].

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Ward (Lynd) Madman's Drum. A Novel in Woodcuts, first edition, half-title, 117 woodcut illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 8vo, 1930.

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