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W E JOHNS: BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1946, first edition, original cloth, BIGGLES BREAKS TH

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W E JOHNS: BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1946, first edition, original cloth, BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949, first edition, contemporary inscription on front free end paper, original cloth, BIGGLES IN THE GOBI, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1953, first edition, inscription on front paste down, original cloth, BIGGLES A FOREIGN LEGIONNAIRE, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1954, first edition, original cloth plus one other (5)

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ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 2 Titles: FROM HAYLOFT TO TEMPLE A STORY OF PRIMATIVE METHODISM IN YARMOUTH, London, Robert Bryant, 1

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Lot 353

ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 2 Titles: FROM HAYLOFT TO TEMPLE A STORY OF PRIMATIVE METHODISM IN YARMOUTH, London, Robert Bryant, 1903, first edition, signed and described on front free end paper, original blind stamped cloth gilt, A NORFOLK NATURALIST OBSERVATIONS ON BIRDS, MAMMALS AND FISHES, London, Methuen, 1930, first edition, 8pp adverts at end, original cloth gilt (2)

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ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: RAMBLES IN BIRDLAND, London, Thomas Mitchell [1896], first edition, original decorative cloth gilt an

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Lot 355

ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: RAMBLES IN BIRDLAND, London, Thomas Mitchell [1896], first edition, original decorative cloth gilt and silver, vgc

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ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 3 Titles: NOTES OF AN EAST COAST NATURALIST, ill Frank Southgate, London Methuen, 1904, first edition

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Lot 356

ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 3 Titles: NOTES OF AN EAST COAST NATURALIST, ill Frank Southgate, London Methuen, 1904, first edition, 40pp adverts at end dated July 1904, original cloth gilt, NATURE IN EASTERN NORFOLK, ill Frank Southgate, London, Methuen, 1905, first edition, 47pp adverts at end dated September 1909, original cloth gilt re-cased, new eps, THROUGH BROADLAND BY SAIL AND MOTOR, London, Blakes Ltd, 1930, first edition, original cloth plus STANLEY A MANNING: BROADLAND NATURALIST THE LIFE OF ARTHUR H PATTERSON, Norwich, Soman-Wherry Press, 1948, first edition, original cloth, d/w (repaired and reinforced) (4)

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ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 4 Titles: NATURE IN EASTERN NORFOLK, ill Frank Southgate, London, Methuen, 1905, first edition, 47pp

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Lot 357

ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 4 Titles: NATURE IN EASTERN NORFOLK, ill Frank Southgate, London, Methuen, 1905, first edition, 47pp adverts at end dated September 1909, original cloth gilt, WILD-FOWLERS AND POACHERS FIFTY YEARS ON THE EAST COAST, London, Methuen, 1929, first edition, 8pp adverts at end, original cloth gilt, THROUGH BROADLAND BY SAIL AND MOTOR, London, Blakes Ltd, 1930, first edition, original cloth gilt, IN NORFOLK BIRD HAUNTS, AD 1755, Holt Rounce & Wortley, 1930, first edition, original cloth, plus STANLEY A MANNING: BROADLAND NATURALIS THE LIFE OF ARTHUR H PATTERSON, Norwich, The Soman Wherry Press, 1948, first edition, original cloth d/w, (soiled, part losses and inner flap detached) plus JOHN WATSON: THE CONFESSIONS OF A POACHER, ill James West, London, The Leadenhall Press, 1890, first edition, 3pp adverts at end, contents loose, original cloth gilt, pictorial compliments label on Arthur Henry Patterson, verso front free end paper plus JAMES EDMUND HARTING: OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS, London, Swan Sonnenschien, 1889, second edition, original pictorial cloth gilt worn, split at spine, pictorial label of Arthur Henry Patterson on front paste down (7)

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ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 2 Titles: THROUGH BROADLAND IN A BREYDON PUNT, Norwich, H J Vince [1920], first edition, signed "John

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Lot 358

ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 2 Titles: THROUGH BROADLAND IN A BREYDON PUNT, Norwich, H J Vince [1920], first edition, signed "John Knowlittle", 20pp adverts at end, original cloth gilt, THROUGH BROADLAND BY SAIL AND MOTOR, London, Blakes Ltd, 1930, first edition, original cloth d/w (2)

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ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 2 Titles: FROM HAYLOFT TO TEMPLE A STORY OF PRIMITIVE METHODISM IN YARMOUTH, London, Robert Bryant, 1

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Lot 359

ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 2 Titles: FROM HAYLOFT TO TEMPLE A STORY OF PRIMITIVE METHODISM IN YARMOUTH, London, Robert Bryant, 1903, first edition, original blind stamped dark green cloth gilt, WILD-FOWLERS AND POACHERS FIFTY YEARS ON THE EAST COAST, London, Methuen, 1929, first edition, 8pp adverts at end, original cloth worn, plus Southampton Ashford Press, 1988 revised edition of the latter title, original cloth d/w (3)

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ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 5 Titles: MAN AND NATURE ON TIDAL WATERS, London, Methuen, 1909, first edition, 47pp adverts at end

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Lot 360

ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 5 Titles: MAN AND NATURE ON TIDAL WATERS, London, Methuen, 1909, first edition, 47pp adverts at end dated September 1909, original cloth gilt, WILD-FOWLERS AND POACHERS FIFTY YEARS ON THE EAST COAST, London, Metheun, 1929, first edition, 8pp adverts at end, original cloth gilt, A NORFOLK NATURALIST OBSERVATIONS ON BIRDS MAMMALS AND FISHES, London, Metheun, 1930, first edition, 8pp adverts at end, original cloth gilt, IN NORFOLK BIRD HAUNTS, AD 1755, Holt Rounce & Wortley, 1930, first edition, original cloth, THROUGH BROADLAND BY SAIL AND MOTOR, London, Blakes Ltd, 1930, first edition, original cloth, plus STANLEY A MANNING: BROADLAND NATURALIST THE LIFE OF ARTHUR H PATTERSON, Norwich, Soman-Wherry Press, 1948, first edition, original cloth d/w, plus BERYL TOOLEY: JOHN KNOWLITTLE THE LIFE OF THE YARMOUTH NATURALIST ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON, Norwich, Wilson Poole, 1985, first edition, signed, original pictorial wraps (7)

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ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 2 Titles: WILDLIFE ON A NORFOLK ESTUARY, London, Methuen, 1907, first edition, 46pp adverts at end da

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Lot 361

ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 2 Titles: WILDLIFE ON A NORFOLK ESTUARY, London, Methuen, 1907, first edition, 46pp adverts at end dated October 1909, original cloth gilt, THROUGH BROADLAND BY SAIL AND MOTOR, London, Blakes Ltd, 1930, first edition, original cloth d/w (part losses), plus STANLEY A MANNING: BROADLAND NATURALIST THE LIFE OF ARTHUR H PATTERSON, Norwich, The Soman-Wherry Press, 1948, first edition, orginal cloth d/w (part losses) (3)

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JOSEPH BEVAN BRAITHWAITE: MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY, Norwich, Fletcher & Alexander, 1854, first edition, 2 vols, both

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Lot 363

JOSEPH BEVAN BRAITHWAITE: MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY, Norwich, Fletcher & Alexander, 1854, first edition, 2 vols, both vols signed and inscribed, vol 2 4 folding facsimile letters as called for, 8pp adverts at end, original blind stamped cloth worn, plus SIR JAMES PAGET: MEMOIRS AND LETTERS, Ed Stephen Paget, London, Longmans Green, 1901, first edition, 10 plates as list, original cloth (3)

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[HENRY MONTAGUE DOUGHTY]: SUMMER IN BROADLAND GIPSYING IN EAST ANGLIAN WATERS, London, Jarrold & Sons, 1889, first editio

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Lot 366

[HENRY MONTAGUE DOUGHTY]: SUMMER IN BROADLAND GIPSYING IN EAST ANGLIAN WATERS, London, Jarrold & Sons, 1889, first edition, 8 plates, original pictorial wraps worn and soiled plus PAYNE JENNINGS: SUN PICTURES OF THE NORFOLK BROADS LETTER PRESS DESCRIPTION BY ERNEST R SUFFLING, London, Jarrold & Sons [1892], enlarged edition, original pictorial cloth gilt, very worn and soiled (2)

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GEORGE CHRISTOPHER DAVIES: THE SWAN AND HER CREW OR THE ADVENTURES OF THREE YOUNG NATURALISTS AND SPORTSMAN ON THE BROADS AND

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Lot 367

GEORGE CHRISTOPHER DAVIES: THE SWAN AND HER CREW OR THE ADVENTURES OF THREE YOUNG NATURALISTS AND SPORTSMAN ON THE BROADS AND RIVERS OF NORFOLK, London, Frederick Warne [1876], first edition, 32pp adverts at end, original pictorial cloth bright gilt, re-cased

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DAWSON TURNER: SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CAISTER CASTLE NEAR YARMOUTH INCLUDING BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF SIR JOHN FALSTOLFFE AN

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Lot 369

DAWSON TURNER: SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CAISTER CASTLE NEAR YARMOUTH INCLUDING BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF SIR JOHN FALSTOLFFE AND OF THE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS OF THE PASTON FAMILY, London, Whittaker & Co, Nichols & Son, 1842, first edition, 12 plates (most with degrees of foxing) folding pedigree as list, original blind stamped cloth worn and soiled plus RICHARD HART: THE ANTIQUITIES OF NORFOLK... Norwich, Charles Muskett, 1844, first edition, 2 litho plates, lacks blanks, later cloth plus EDMUND FARRER: A LIST OF MONUMENTAL BRASSES REMAINING IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK, Norwich, Agus H Goose, 1890, first edition, original calf back printed boards (3)

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W E JOHNS: BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1944, first edition, original cloth (some soiling), BIGGLES

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W E JOHNS: BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1944, first edition, original cloth (some soiling), BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1946, first edition, original cloth, BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949, first edition, original cloth, spine dulled, BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949, first edition, original cloth, BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1948 reprint, original cloth, d/w (poor) BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1950, first edition, original cloth plus one other (7)

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ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 2 Titles: SEA-SIDE SCRIBLINGS FOR VISITORS OR HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF A HOLIDAY JAUNT, London, Jarrol

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Lot 372

ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 2 Titles: SEA-SIDE SCRIBLINGS FOR VISITORS OR HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF A HOLIDAY JAUNT, London, Jarrold & Sons, [1887], first edition, 5pp adverts at end, original pictorial boards worn, re-backed, new end papers NOTES ON PET MONKEYS AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM, London, L Upcott Gill, circa 1893, 18pp adverts at end dated 1893, original pictorial blue cloth gilt worn and soiled together with a modern facsimile reprint of the latter title (3)

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ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 3 Titles: SEA-SIDE SCRIBLINGS FOR VISITORS OR HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF A HOLIDAY JAUNT, London, Jarrol

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Lot 373

ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: 3 Titles: SEA-SIDE SCRIBLINGS FOR VISITORS OR HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF A HOLIDAY JAUNT, London, Jarrold & Sons [1887], first edition, 5pp adverts at end, original pictorial boards, vgc NOTES ON PET MONKEYS AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM, London, L Upcott Gill, circa 1893, 18 pp adverts at end, original pictorial cloth bright gilt, a little worn plus a modern facsimile re-print of the latter title, MAN AND NATURE ON THE BROADS, London, Thomas Mitchell [1895], first edition, original decorate red cloth gilt and silvered (4)

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ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: NOTES ON PET MONKEYS AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM, London, L Upcott Gill, 1888 first edition, 34pp adverts

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Lot 374

ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON: NOTES ON PET MONKEYS AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM, London, L Upcott Gill, 1888 first edition, 34pp adverts at end dated 1887, original pictorial cloth silver, vgc

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ANDREW LANG (ED): 3 Titles, THE BLUE POETRY BOOK, London, Longmans Green, 1891, first edition, twelve plates as list, origina

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ANDREW LANG (ED): 3 Titles, THE BLUE POETRY BOOK, London, Longmans Green, 1891, first edition, twelve plates as list, original pictorial cloth, top board bright gilt, spine dulled, THE BOOK OF ROMANCE, ill H J Ford, London, Longmans Green, 1902, first edition, eight coloured plates as list, original pictorial cloth, bright gilt, THE NURSERY RHYME BOOK, ill L Leslie Brooke, London and New York, Frederick Warne, 1897, original green cloth pictorial paper label, spine browned (3)

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BENJAMIN BOOTHROYD: THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT BOROUGH OF PONTEFRACT CONTAINING AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF ITS CASTLE AND THE

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Lot 387

BENJAMIN BOOTHROYD: THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT BOROUGH OF PONTEFRACT CONTAINING AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF ITS CASTLE AND THE THREE DIFFERENT SIEGES .. Pontefract, printed by and for the author and for J Fox, 1807, first edition, 5 engraved plates, folding plan, frontis trimmed and laid down, title page and final leaf soiled, re-bound modern half calf, new end papers

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LAURENCE DE BRUNHOFF: PICNIC AT BABAR'S, London, Methuen, 1950, first edition, folio, original cloth back, pictorial boards v

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LAURENCE DE BRUNHOFF: PICNIC AT BABAR'S, London, Methuen, 1950, first edition, folio, original cloth back, pictorial boards vgc

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WALTER RYE:2 Titles: AN INDEX TO NORFOLK TOPOGRAPHY, London, for The Index Society, 1881, first edition, original cloth gilt,

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Lot 393

WALTER RYE:2 Titles: AN INDEX TO NORFOLK TOPOGRAPHY, London, for The Index Society, 1881, first edition, original cloth gilt, inner joint weak, A SHORT CALENDAR OF THE DEEDS RELATING TO NORWICH ENROLLED IN THE COURT ROLES OF THAT CITY 1285-1306, Norwich, printed for The Norfolk and Norwich Archeological Society to Agas H Goose, 1903, first edition, re-bound (not recent), calf back boards (2)

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ROBERT E MACK (ED): THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF ART AND SONG, ill R A Bell, London, Ernest Nister, [1890], first edition, sixteen

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ROBERT E MACK (ED): THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF ART AND SONG, ill R A Bell, London, Ernest Nister, [1890], first edition, sixteen full page coloured ills as called for, large 4to, original decorative cloth gilt

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GEORGE GODWIN AND JOHN BRITTON: CHURCHES OF LONDON A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL EDIFICES OF THE METROPOLIS

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Lot 403

GEORGE GODWIN AND JOHN BRITTON: CHURCHES OF LONDON A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL EDIFICES OF THE METROPOLIS.., ill J Le Keux after Robert William Billings, London, C Tilt et al, 1838-39, first edition, 2 vols, 59 engraved plates as called for, contemporary half calf marble boards, spines gilt in compartments, morocco gilt spine labels, vol 2 lacking title label (2)

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WILLIAM ALFRED DUTT: THE KINGS HOMELAND SANDRINGHAM AND NORTH-WEST NORFOLK, introduction Sir Henry Rider Haggard, London, Ada

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Lot 404

WILLIAM ALFRED DUTT: THE KINGS HOMELAND SANDRINGHAM AND NORTH-WEST NORFOLK, introduction Sir Henry Rider Haggard, London, Adam & Charles Black, 1904, first edition, plates collated complete, original cloth gilt worn, armorial book plate of Hunstanton Hall on front paste down, ownership signature of Hamon le Strange dated 1904 on front free end paper, 2 autograph letters signed from Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) to Hamon le Strange (1840-1918) loosely inserted, both dated November 1911, re a small erroneous detail in Haggards introduction, both letters with le Strange's autograph signed relevant comments

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HENRY BARRETT: GREAT YARMOUTH CORPORATION A REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION BEFORE HIS MAJESTY'S MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS I G HOGG

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HENRY BARRETT: GREAT YARMOUTH CORPORATION A REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION BEFORE HIS MAJESTY'S MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS I G HOGG AND J BUCKLE..APPOINTED TO EXAMINE INTO AND REPORT ON THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS OF THIS BOROUGH, [Great Yarmouth] printed and sold by J Barnes, 1834, first edition, contemporary cloth worn, back strip restored plus ANON: THE GUIDE TO GREAT YARMOUTH CONTAINING ITS EARLY HISTORY AND A SUCCINCT ACCOUNT OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN A TOWN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD, Great Yarmouth, L A Meall, circa 1850, sixth edition, 13 plates, folding plan, original cloth worn and soiled plus CHARLES JOHN PALMER: THE YARMOUTH HUTCH OR TOWN CHEST, (wrapper title), Norfolk & Norwich Archeological Society [1864], first edition, frontis original printed wraps (detached) plus YARMOUTH ELECTION PETITION 1906 J MARTIN WHITE PETITIONER V ARTHUR FELL M P RESPONDENT.. Great Yarmouth, printed for the Free Press Newspaper & Publishing Company by John Buckle, 1906, re-printed from the special issues of the "Yarmouth Independent", original wraps browned at edges with small part loss at top left corner (4)

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ROBERT WILSON: AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT AND DELINEATION OF ABERDEEN EMBELISHED WITH BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS.. Aberdeen, 1822, first

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Lot 410

ROBERT WILSON: AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT AND DELINEATION OF ABERDEEN EMBELISHED WITH BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS.. Aberdeen, 1822, first edition, 19 engraved plates on 18 leaves as list, some offsetting, 12mo contemporary decorative grained blue morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, in dentelles gile, all edges gilt

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SIR WALTER SCOTT: THE BORDER ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND COMPRISING SPECIMENS OF ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE AND OTHER

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Lot 416

SIR WALTER SCOTT: THE BORDER ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND COMPRISING SPECIMENS OF ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE AND OTHER VESTIGES OF FORMER AGES ACCOMPANIED BY DESCRIPTIONS TOGETHER WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF REMARKABLE INCIDENTS IN BORDER HISTORY AND TRADITION AND ORIGINAL POETRY, London, printed for Longmans Hurst Rees Orme & Brown, J Murray, John Greig, Edinburgh Constable & Co, 1841, first edition, 2 vols, 2 engraved titles and 93 plates as called for, large 4to, fine contemporary half mottled calf, morocco gilt spine label, armorial plates of Hugh McCalmont (2)

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JAMES NORRIS BREWER: THE BEAUTIES OF IRELAND BEING ORIGINAL DELINEATIONS TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL OR EACH COUNT

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Lot 418

JAMES NORRIS BREWER: THE BEAUTIES OF IRELAND BEING ORIGINAL DELINEATIONS TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHICAL OR EACH COUNTY, London for Sherwood Jones & Co, 1825-26, first edition, 2 vols, 25 engraved plates, some foxing, vol 1 frontis also with some water staining, contemporary half calf (2)

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SVEN HEDIN: OVERLAND TO INDIA, London, McMillan, 1910, first edition, 2 vols, plates including 6 coloured and 2 folding maps,

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Lot 421

SVEN HEDIN: OVERLAND TO INDIA, London, McMillan, 1910, first edition, 2 vols, plates including 6 coloured and 2 folding maps, original pictorial cloth gilt, top edges gilt (2)

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CHARLES ATMORE SHERRING: WESTERN TIBET AND THE BRITISH BORDERLAND THE SACRED COUNTRY OF HINDUS AND BUDDHISTS..., London, Edwa

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Lot 422

CHARLES ATMORE SHERRING: WESTERN TIBET AND THE BRITISH BORDERLAND THE SACRED COUNTRY OF HINDUS AND BUDDHISTS..., London, Edward Arnold, 1906, first edition, plates including 2 folding maps collated completed, original cloth gilt worn and soiled, re-cased, probably ex-subcription library, new end papers

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ABEL CHAPMAN: SAVAGE SUDAN ITS WILD TRIBES BIG-GAME AND BIRD-LIFE, London, Gurney & Jackson, 1921, first edition, plates

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Lot 424

ABEL CHAPMAN: SAVAGE SUDAN ITS WILD TRIBES BIG-GAME AND BIRD-LIFE, London, Gurney & Jackson, 1921, first edition, plates collated complete, original pictorial cloth, top edges gilt

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EDMUND CANDLER: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, London, Cassell, 1919, first edition, plates collated complete, inscription at head

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Lot 425

EDMUND CANDLER: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, London, Cassell, 1919, first edition, plates collated complete, inscription at head of chapter 1, original pictorial cloth, re-cased, new front free end paper and front paste down plus WILLIAM BROOK NORTHEY AND CHARLES JOHN MORRIS: THE GURKHAS THEIR MANNERS CUSTOMS AND COUNTRY, London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1928, first edition, folding map and plates collated complete, original cloth gilt (2)

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ALOYS SPRENGER: DIE ALTE GEOGRAPHIE ARABIENS ALS GRUNDLAGE DER ENTWICKLUNGSGESCHICTE DES SEMITISMUS, Bern, Commissions Verag

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Lot 428

ALOYS SPRENGER: DIE ALTE GEOGRAPHIE ARABIENS ALS GRUNDLAGE DER ENTWICKLUNGSGESCHICTE DES SEMITISMUS, Bern, Commissions Verag von Huber and Comp, 1875, first edition, large folding litho map at end, some browing to edges of leaves, old half calf worn, top board detached

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JOHN PRESTON: A PICTURE OF YARMOUTH BEING A COMPENDIOUS HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN THAT

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Lot 438

JOHN PRESTON: A PICTURE OF YARMOUTH BEING A COMPENDIOUS HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN THAT BOROUGH TOGETHER WITH A CONCISE TOPOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF ANCIENT AND MODERN YARMOUTH INCLUDING ITS FISHERIES, Yarmouth, printed by C Sloman and published by the author, 1819, first edition, 20 engraved plates including folding frontis plan as called for, folding table, contemporary half calf marble boards worn plus [ROBERT CORY]: A NARRATIVE OF THE GRAND FESTIVAL AT YARMOUTH ON TUESDAY 19TH APRIL 1814 WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING COPIES OF ALL THE HAND BILLS WHICH WERE PUBLISHED ON THE OCCASION A LIST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPENDITURE, Yarmouth, J Keymer, 1814, first edition, added engraved title, 2 folding plates as called for, lacks front free end paper, original boards worn and soiled, printed paper label an account of a festival to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon (2)

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[ISAAC READ]: THE LIKE STORY OF AN ESSEX LAD WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, preface Edward Jepp, Chelmsford, A Driver & Sons, 1923,

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Lot 442

[ISAAC READ]: THE LIKE STORY OF AN ESSEX LAD WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, preface Edward Jepp, Chelmsford, A Driver & Sons, 1923, first edition, original cloth, scarce

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[ROBERT CORY]: A NARRATIVE OF THE GRAND FESTIVAL AT YARMOUTH ON TUESDAY 19TH APRIL 1814 WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING COPIES OF

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Lot 444

[ROBERT CORY]: A NARRATIVE OF THE GRAND FESTIVAL AT YARMOUTH ON TUESDAY 19TH APRIL 1814 WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING COPIES OF ALL HAND BILLS WHICH WERE PUBLISHED ON THE OCCASION A LIST OF THE SUBSCRIBERS AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPENDITURE, Yarmouth, J Keymer, 1814, first edition, added engraved title, 2 folding plates as called for, Norfolk County Library withdrawal stamp on front paste down, no other Library markings, original boards, printed paper label worn and soiled, lacks most of back strip, top board hanging by a thread, an account of a festival to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon

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PERCY LINDLEY: HOLIDAYS IN EASTERN COUNTIES, London and New York [1901], first edition, signed and inscribed to James Hooper,

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Lot 445

PERCY LINDLEY: HOLIDAYS IN EASTERN COUNTIES, London and New York [1901], first edition, signed and inscribed to James Hooper, oblong original cloth back boards gilt, re-cased, new end papers plus LOWESTOFT THE QUEEN OF EAST COAST WATERING PLACES, Lowestoft Flood & Son for the Lowestoft Regatta and Town (Advertising) Committee [1906], oblong 4to, original pictorial wraps (2)

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PRINCESS BADOURA: A TALE FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS RETOLD BY LAURENCE HOUSMAN, ill E Dulac, [1913], first trade edition, ten ti

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PRINCESS BADOURA: A TALE FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS RETOLD BY LAURENCE HOUSMAN, ill E Dulac, [1913], first trade edition, ten tipped in coloured plates as list, 4to, original decorate cloth gilt

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GUIDE TO THE GLASGOW AND AYRSHIRE RAILWAY WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW AND GREENOCK RAILWAYS TO

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Lot 451

GUIDE TO THE GLASGOW AND AYRSHIRE RAILWAY WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW AND GREENOCK RAILWAYS TO AYRE AND ITS AND TO THE LAND OF BURNS, Ayr M'Cormick and Gemmell, Glasgow, Andrew Rugherglen, 1841, first edition, folding frontis litho map, 13 litho plates including double page plan and 2 multi folding views plus a folding facsimile of Burns' handwriting, 16mo original cloth gilt a little worn, otherwise vgc, very scarce

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PUBLIC WORKS OF GREAT BRITAIN CONSISTING OF RAILWAYS... Ed F W Simms, London, John Weale, 1838, first edition, Railway sectio

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Lot 457

PUBLIC WORKS OF GREAT BRITAIN CONSISTING OF RAILWAYS... Ed F W Simms, London, John Weale, 1838, first edition, Railway section only engraved vignette title and 72 plates, large folio, modern cloth

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HENRY DRUMMOND: THE MONKEY THAT WOULD NOT KILL, ill Louis Wain, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1898, first edition, sixteen

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Lot 48

HENRY DRUMMOND: THE MONKEY THAT WOULD NOT KILL, ill Louis Wain, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1898, first edition, sixteen plates as list, inner joints and text block at page 16 weak, original pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt

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MARY QUEEN CONSORT OF FERDINAND KING OF ROMANIA: PEEPING PANSY, ill Mabel Lucie Attwell, London, Hodder & Stoughton [1919

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Lot 49

MARY QUEEN CONSORT OF FERDINAND KING OF ROMANIA: PEEPING PANSY, ill Mabel Lucie Attwell, London, Hodder & Stoughton [1919], first edition, eight tipped in coloured plates as list, large 4to, original pictorial red cloth gilt

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SIR ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH (INTRODUCTION): ARTHUR RACKHAM'S BOOK OF PICTURES, ill A Rackham, London, William Heinemann, 1913, f

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Lot 53

SIR ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH (INTRODUCTION): ARTHUR RACKHAM'S BOOK OF PICTURES, ill A Rackham, London, William Heinemann, 1913, first trade edition, forty four tipped in coloured plates as list, contemporary inscription on front free end paper, 4to, original cloth gilt, spine darkened with some wear at head and foot

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J & W GRIMM: LITTLE BROTHER AND LITTLE SISTER AND OTHER TALES, ill A Rackham, London, Constable, 1917, first trade editio

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Lot 55

J & W GRIMM: LITTLE BROTHER AND LITTLE SISTER AND OTHER TALES, ill A Rackham, London, Constable, 1917, first trade edition, twelve tipped in coloured plates as list, 4to, original cloth gilt worn and soiled

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HENRIK IBSEN: PEER GYNT, ill A Rackham, London, George G Harrap, 1936, first trade edition, twelve coloured plates as list, 4

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Lot 56

HENRIK IBSEN: PEER GYNT, ill A Rackham, London, George G Harrap, 1936, first trade edition, twelve coloured plates as list, 4to, original cloth gilt, small split at head of spine, otherwise vgc

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ARTHUR RACKHAM (ILL): SOME BRITISH BALLADS, London, Constable [1919], first trade edition, 16 tipped in coloured plates as li

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Lot 57

ARTHUR RACKHAM (ILL): SOME BRITISH BALLADS, London, Constable [1919], first trade edition, 16 tipped in coloured plates as list, inscription on front free end paper, 4to, original cloth gilt worn

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RICHARD WAGNER: (2 Titles) THE RHINEGOLD AND THE VALKYRIE, ill A Rackham, London, William Heinemann, 1912, third impression,

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Lot 59

RICHARD WAGNER: (2 Titles) THE RHINEGOLD AND THE VALKYRIE, ill A Rackham, London, William Heinemann, 1912, third impression, thirty four tipped in coloured plates as list, inscription on first blank, 4to, original cloth gilt worn, SEIGFRIED AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, ill A Rackham, London, William Heinemann, 1911, first trade edition, thirty tipped in coloured plates as list, prize label on front paste down, 4to, original cloth very worn (2)

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FRIEDRICH HEINRICH KARL, FREIHERR DE LA MOTTE-FOUQUE: UNDINE, London, William Heinemann, 1909, first trade edition, fifteen t

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Lot 61

FRIEDRICH HEINRICH KARL, FREIHERR DE LA MOTTE-FOUQUE: UNDINE, London, William Heinemann, 1909, first trade edition, fifteen tipped in coloured plates as list, inscription recto of frontis, 4to, original cloth gilt, splits at spine with part losses, plus THOMAS MALLORY: THE ROMANCE OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, ill A Rackham, London, McMillan, 1917, first trade edition, sixteen coloured plates as list, 4to, original cloth gilt very worn, split at spine (2)

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LAURA KNIGHT: THE MAGIC OF A LINE THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, London, William Kimber, 1965, first edition, original cloth d/w, vgc

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Lot 80

LAURA KNIGHT: THE MAGIC OF A LINE THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, London, William Kimber, 1965, first edition, original cloth d/w, vgc

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AGATHA CHRISTIE, 11 titles, TOWARDS ZERO, London, Collins for The Crime Club, 1944, first edition, original cloth, DEATH COME

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Lot 82

AGATHA CHRISTIE, 11 titles, TOWARDS ZERO, London, Collins for The Crime Club, 1944, first edition, original cloth, DEATH COMES AT THE END, London, Collins for The Crime Club, 1945, first edition, original cloth, A CROOKED HOUSE, London, Collins for The Crime Club, 1949, first edition, original cloth, DESTINATION UNKNOWN, London, Collins for The Crime Club, 1954, first edition, lacks ffep, original cloth d/w (small part losses) plus another copy, original cloth, THE ADVENTURE OF THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING.., London, Collins for The Crime Club, 1960, first edition, two copies, original cloth, RULE OF THREE AFTERNOON AT THE SEASIDE, A PLAY IN ONE ACT, London, Samuel French,1963, French's Acting Edition, original wraps, NEMESIS, London, Collins for The Crime Club, 1971, first edition, original cloth d/w (very small part losses and rubbing), POSTEN OF FATE, London, The Crime Club, 1973, first edition, original cloth, d/w (price clipped), CURTAIN POIROT'S LAST CASE, London, Collins, 1975, first edition, original cloth, d/w (price clipped) (11)

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ISAAC ASIMOV: 2 Titles: FOUNDATION'S EDGE, New York, Doubleday, 1982, first edition, signed, original two-tone cloth, d/w (ve

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Lot 83

ISAAC ASIMOV: 2 Titles: FOUNDATION'S EDGE, New York, Doubleday, 1982, first edition, signed, original two-tone cloth, d/w (very minor losses and creasing), ROBOTS AND EMPIRE, New York, Doubleday, 1985, first edition, original two-tone cloth, d/w (very minor losses) (2)

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ERSKIN CHILDERS: THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS A RECORD OF SECRET SERVICE RECENTLY ACHIEVED, London, Smith Elder, 1903, first editi

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Lot 84

ERSKIN CHILDERS: THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS A RECORD OF SECRET SERVICE RECENTLY ACHIEVED, London, Smith Elder, 1903, first edition, two maps including folding frontis and two charts as list, 4pp adverts at end, original cloth very worn, split at spine, probably ex Mudies Library, an ideal candidate for re-binding

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FRANCIS MARLOWE: THE HATTON GARDEN MYSTERY, London, Arthur Gray, [1974], first edition, leaves browned (as usual), half title

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Lot 85

FRANCIS MARLOWE: THE HATTON GARDEN MYSTERY, London, Arthur Gray, [1974], first edition, leaves browned (as usual), half title detached, original cloth plus JAMES O'HANLON: MURDER AT 300 TO 1, London, John Long, 1939, first edition, original cloth, plus NICHOLAS BLAKE: THE MORNING AFTER DEATH, London, Collins for The Crime Club, 1966, first edition, original cloth plus MALCOLM SAVILLE: MYSTERY AT WITCHEND, London, George Newnes, 1943, first edition, inscription verso of front free end paper, original cloth, plus EDGAR WALLACE: THE DEVIL MAN, London, W Colllins for The Crime Club, nd early re-print, lacks end papers and half title, original red cloth (5)

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RICHARD GARNETT: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS AND OTHER TALES, ill Henry Keen, introduction T E Lawrence, London, John Lane The B

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Lot 87

RICHARD GARNETT: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS AND OTHER TALES, ill Henry Keen, introduction T E Lawrence, London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1924, first illustrated edition, inscription on front paste down, original decorative cloth gilt

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GHIRZA NASH: THE GEYER BROOD, London, Cassell, 1946, first edition, original cloth d/w, (overseas edition with part losses an

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Lot 88

GHIRZA NASH: THE GEYER BROOD, London, Cassell, 1946, first edition, original cloth d/w, (overseas edition with part losses and repairs) plus DONALD E WESTLAKE: THE SPY IN THE OINTMENT, London, T V Boardman, 1967, first edition, original cloth, d/w (very minor losses), plus MICHAEL SADLEIR: FORLORN SUNSET, London, Constable, 1947, first edition, original cloth, d/w, vgc (3)

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JOHN CHRISTOPHER: 3 Titles: THE WORLD IN WINTER, London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962, first edition, book plate on front fr

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Lot 93

JOHN CHRISTOPHER: 3 Titles: THE WORLD IN WINTER, London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962, first edition, book plate on front free end paper, original cloth, d/w, PENDULUM, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1968, first edition, original cloth, d/w, A WRINKLE IN THE SKIN, London, Michael Joseph, 1974, original cloth, d/w, all titles vgc (3)

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JOHN LYMINGTON: 2 Titles: NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1959, first edition, original cloth, d/w, (s

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Lot 94

JOHN LYMINGTON: 2 Titles: NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1959, first edition, original cloth, d/w, (small part losses), THE SLEEP EATERS, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1963, first edition, original cloth, d/w (price clipped, small part losses and rubbing) (2)

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JAMES SMITH & JOHN WREN SUTTON: THE SECRET OF THE SPHINX OR THE RING OF MOSES, London, Philip Wellby, 1906, first edition

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Lot 96

JAMES SMITH & JOHN WREN SUTTON: THE SECRET OF THE SPHINX OR THE RING OF MOSES, London, Philip Wellby, 1906, first edition, inscription on title page, 3pp adverts at end, dated 1906, original cloth gilt, spine a little dulled, a scarce Australian occult novel

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G F NEWMAN: 2 Titles: THE PLAYER & THE GUEST, London, New English Library, 1972, first edition, leaves browned at edges a

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Lot 97

G F NEWMAN: 2 Titles: THE PLAYER & THE GUEST, London, New English Library, 1972, first edition, leaves browned at edges as usual, original cloth, d/w, SET A THIEF, London, Michael Joseph, 1986, first edition, original cloth, d/w, plus KATE HAMER: 2 Titles: THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT, London, Faber & Faber, 2015, first edition, original cloth, d/w, THE DOLL FUNERAL, London Faber & Faber, 2017, first edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth, d/w plus PIERRE AUDENARS: 2 Titles: SLAY ME A SINNER, New York, Walker & Company, 1979, first edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth, d/w, NOW DEAD IS ANY MAN, New York, Walker & Company, 1980, first edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth, d/w plus ALI LAND: GOOD ME BAD ME, London, Michael Joseph, 2017, first edition, signed, original cloth, d/w plus ALISON JOSEPH: SACRED HEARTS, London, Headline, 1994, first edition, original cloth, d/w, THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH, London, Headline, 1995, first edition, original cloth, d/w, THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, London, Headline, 1996, first edition, original cloth, d/w, A DARK AND SINFUL DEATH, London, Headline, 1997, first edition, original cloth, d/w, THE DINING LIGHT, London, Headline, 1999, first edition, original cloth, d/w, all titles vgc (12)

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H C BAILEY: 6 titles: COLONEL GREATHEART, ill Lester Ralph, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1908, October, 1st? edition, inscrip

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Lot 98

H C BAILEY: 6 titles: COLONEL GREATHEART, ill Lester Ralph, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1908, October, 1st? edition, inscription on ffep, original decorative cloth gilt worn; MR FORTUNE'S PRACTICE, London, Methuen, 1934, 4th edition, original cloth, d/w (part losses); SHADOW ON THE WALL, London, Victor Gollancz, 1935, 2nd impression, original cloth worn; THE GREAT GAME, London, Victor Gollancz, 1939, 1st edition, original cloth worn, lib stamps on first and last text pages; THE CAT'S WHISKER, New York, Doubleday Doran for The Crime Club, 1944, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (v small losses); THE WRONG MAN, London, MacDonald [1946], 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (price clipped and part losses) (6)

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