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Darogah Haji Abbas Ali. An Illustrated Historical Album of the Rajas and Taaluqdars of Oudh, text in English and Urdu, front

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Darogah Haji Abbas Ali. An Illustrated Historical Album of the Rajas and Taaluqdars of Oudh, text in English and Urdu, frontispiece photograph of Sir George Couper, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioner of Oudh (short tears and creases) and 256 portrait photographs (albumen prints), carte-de-visite size, mounted on 86 pages, each with printed caption and number, some lifting from mounts, a few only with short tears and other defects, some surface dirt on title and a few other leaves, recent morocco-backed marbled boards, large 8vo, Allahabad, North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, 1880. *** Rare.

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Bible, English. The Text of the New Testament ... [edited by] W.Fulke, 2 vol. in 1, third Fulke edition, title in woodcut border, lacks preliminary blank, title laid down and with edges frayed slightly affecting image, some light dust-soiling, ink signature to *3, [Herbert 359; STC 2917], [by Adam Islip] for Thomas Adams, 1617; bound with Fulke (William) A Defense of the Sincere and True Translation of the Holy Scriptures into the English Tongue, device on title, corners of several ff. repaired, light soiling, [STC 11431], [by Eliot's Court Press] for Thomas Adams, 1617, old calf, gilt, rebacked and repaired, folio

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Aleman (Matheo) The Rogue: or the Life of Guzman de Alfarache, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, second issue, device on title, lacking final blank, a little light dust-soiling, contemporary calf, gilt spine, slightly rubbed, [STC 289], [by Eliot's Court Press and George Eld] for Edward Blount, 1623; and another, Seventeenth Century Literature, folio & 4to

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Monstrelet (Enguerrand de) The Chronicles, Translated by Thomas Johnes, 5 vol. in 2, one of 25 copies on large paper, engraved plates, contemporary polished calf gilt, g.e., rebacked, morocco labels, folio, Hafod Press, 1809.

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A William IV mahogany linen press, the upper section with moulded and gadrooned cornice above a plain frieze and two panelled doors enclosing slides, the lower section with moulded rectangular top above two short and two long drawers, standing on bracket feet with a shaped apron, 141cm wide

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A George III mahogany linen press, the upper section with moulded cornice above two panelled doors enclosing slides, the low

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A George III mahogany linen press, the upper section with moulded cornice above two panelled doors enclosing slides, the lower section with two short and two long graduated drawers, standing on splayed bracket feet, 130cm wide

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White, Eric W., Images of H.D. from The Mystery H.D., London, Enitharmon Press, 8o, 1975, original green cloth boards, Dust-jacket, one of 400 limited edition copies.With a decorative bound copy of Lady Lindsay's 'Godfrey's Quest A Fantastic Poem' (London, 1905), Virginia Woolf's 'Between the Acts' (London, 1941), and another

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Various Authors, The Winter Owl, London, The Westminster Press, folio, 1923, illustrated by Vincent Brooks, original decorative boardsSteinbreche, Edith A., Household Efficiency Book, Chicago, Rutherford Press, 8o, 1927, text within ruled margins, contemporary cloth boards, presentation copy.Belaiev, Victor, & S. W. Pring (translator), Igor Stravinsky's Les Noces, Oxford & London, University Press, 8o, 1928, original decorative paper wrappers, front cover detached.Topolski, Feliks, Russia In War, London, Methuen & Co., 4o, 1942, illustrated, contemporary red cloth.Together with a quantity of various other works including a signed copy of Julian Wilson's work on Lester Piggott

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An English pottery bread plate, inscribed in gilt 'Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread' (damage); five various glass models of fruit, a lustrous glass apple, an etched Lalique type duck (damage) and a press-moulded and a fluted vase (damage)

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Four decanters; one pair of press-moulded and formed as European crowned heads; the other pair similar, 32cm high, late 19th century, (one pair damaged, each with four matched stoppers)

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A pair of opaque-white press-moulded glass hen tureens and covers (repaired)

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Goetz (Walter) Statue of Captain Cook, The Mall; Cecil Rhodes' House, Bishop's Stortford, London Transport poster, 1015 x 63

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Goetz (Walter) Statue of Captain Cook, The Mall; Cecil Rhodes' House, Bishop's Stortford, London Transport poster, 1015 x 635mm. overall, bisected, just affecting the top border of the lower image, handling creases, a few spots and light surface dirt, a few marginal tears, but well outside both images, The Baynard Press, 1937

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Ardizzone (Edward) Shelter Scene, a record of life in London during the Blitz, 760 x 1020mm., in good condition, very light

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Ardizzone (Edward) Shelter Scene, a record of life in London during the Blitz, 760 x 1020mm., in good condition, very light handling creases, two short tears at sheet edges, well outside the image, The Baynard Press for The National Gallery, c.1950.

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A Georgian style mahogany linen press with plain top, two cupboard doors, enclosing pull-out trays, over a base with two drawers, on bracket feet, 123cms wide, 157cms high.

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A 19th century mahogany linen press, the dentil moulded cornice over pair of panelled doors enclosing trays and two short and two graduated long drawers raised on splayed bracket feet.

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A George III mahogany clothes press, converted to a wardrobe, the cornice above two panelled doors and two short and one lon

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A George III mahogany clothes press, converted to a wardrobe, the cornice above two panelled doors and two short and one long false drawers with brass handles, on bracket feet, 190.5 high x 60.5 deep x 123.5cm wide (lacking sliding trays, the drawers now fixed and lacking the linings)

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A good George III mahogany linen press with a swan neck cornice over two panelled doors enclosing slides over two short and

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A good George III mahogany linen press with a swan neck cornice over two panelled doors enclosing slides over two short and two long drawers on ogee bracket feet, 127cm wide

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A William IV mahogany linen press with a scrolled cornice over two panelled doors enclosing slides, drawers and twist turned

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A William IV mahogany linen press with a scrolled cornice over two panelled doors enclosing slides, drawers and twist turned columns, 143cm wide

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ASHENDENE PRESS.- THE WISDOM OF JESUS, THE SON OF SIRACH, COMMONLY CALLED ECCLESIATICUS, ONE OF 328 COPIES, printed in red and black, blue and green initials supplied by hand, small embossed marginal library stamp in margin of final f. of text, original orange vellum, ties, edges untrimmed, minor scratches on spine, slip-case, small folio, Ashendene Press, 1932.

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-. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOKS PRINTED AT THE ASHENDENE PRESS MDCCCXCV-MCMXXXV, NUMBER 329 OF 390 COPIES SIGNED BY H.C.ST.JOHN HORNBY, printed in red and black, wood-engravings, facsimiles and tipped-in specimens, bookplate, small embossed library stamp in margin of f. of text, original morocco, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, spine slightly faded and chafed, slip-case, folio, Ashendene Press, 1935.

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BALSTON (THOMAS) THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS COLLECTION OF PRIVATE PRESS TYPES, reproductions, original buckram, Cambridge, 1951 ~ Pissarro (Lucien) Notes on the Eragny Press, colour illustrations, original boards, Cambridge, 1957 ~ Dreyfus (John) Italic Quartet, reproductions, original patterned cloth, slip-case, Cambridge, 1966, limited editions, small embossed marginal library stamps; and 3 others, Cambridge University Press Christmas Books, 8vo (6).

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BREMER PRESS.- BACON (Sir FRANCIS) THE ESSAYS, NUMBER 121 OF 270 COPIES, bookplate, small embossed library stamp on final f. of text, original vellum gilt, edges untrimmed, small folio, Tölz, Bremer Press, 1920.

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CRESSET PRESS.- APOCRYPHA (THE) ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORIZED VERSION, NUMBER 259 OF 450 COPIES, with wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes, Leon Underwood, and others, occasional slight foxing, contemporary vellum, morocco label, t.e.g., label rubbed, folio, Cresset Press, 1929.

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DOVES PRESS.- SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) THE TRAGEDY OF JVLIVS CAESAR, ONE OF 200 COPIES ON PAPER OF AN EDITION OF 212, printed in red and black, small embossed marginal library stamp on front blank and final text leaf, original vellum-backed boards, edges untrimmed, 8vo, Doves Press, 1913.

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DREYFUS (JOHN) THE WORK OF JAN VAN KRIMPEN, portrait, reproductions, original cloth, Haarlem and Utrecht, 1952 ~ Strouse (Norman H.) C-S the Master Craftsman. An account of the work of T.J.Cobden-Sanderson, number 100 of 329 copies, 2 mounted Doves Press ff., original parchment-backed marbled boards, Harper Woods, Adagio Press, 1969 ~ Dudin. The Art of the Bookbinder and Gilder, 1772, Translated by R.M.Atkinson, limited edition, plates, original calf-backed buckram gilt, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, Leeds, Elmete Press, 1977 ~ Barker (Nicolas) Aldus Manutius and the Development of Greek Script & Type in the Fifteenth Century, tipped-in example and reproductions, original cloth, slip-case, Sandy Hook, 1985 ~ Wakeman (Geoffrey and Paul) The Plough Press 1967-1981, number 30 of 120 copies, printed in red, blue and black, folding examples, original morocco-backed marbled boards, Kidlington, 1982, occasional embossed library stamps ; and 10 others, Typography, Bibliography, v.s. (15).

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EBENEZER PRESS.- BIRTWHISTLE (JOHN) Vision of Wat Tyler, number 61 of 75 copies signed by the author, 33 etched plates on 16 sheets, each tipped in between folding pages of calligraphic text by Clarke, each sheet signed in pencil by the artist, explanatory text pamphlet loosely inserted, loose as issued in original reversed calf, preserved in original hessian cover with leather ties, folio, Boughton Monchelsea, Ebenezer Press, 1972.

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ERAGNY PRESS.- C'EST D'AUCASSIN ET DE NICOLETTE, ONE OF 230 COPIES, colour frontispiece and decorations by Lucien Pissarro, small embossed marginal library stamp on final text f., original decorated boards, edges untrimmed, covers slightly soiled, 8vo, Eragny Press, 1903.

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-. COLERIDGE (SAMUEL TAYLOR) Christabel, Kubla Khan, Fancy in Nubibus, and Song from Zapolya, ONE OF 236 COPIES, printed in red and black, colour frontispiece and decorations by Lucien Pissarro, slight foxing, bookplate, small embossed library stamp on colophon and ink stamp on final pastedown, original decorated boards, spine defective, 8vo, Eragny Press, 1904.

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ESSEX HOUSE PRESS.- WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM) INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY FROM RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD, NUMBER 146 OF 150 COPIES, PRINTED ON VELLUM, hand-coloured frontispiece by Walter Crane, initials supplied by hand in colours and gold, small embossed marginal library stamp on colophon, original vellum, 8vo, Chipping Campden, Essex House Press, 1903.

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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS.- GILL (ERIC).- THE SONG OF SONGS, number 387 of 750 copies, printed in red and black, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, small embossed marginal library stamp on colophon, original buckram, edges untrimmed, 4to, Golden Cockerel Press, 1925.

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-. CHANTICLEER. A BIBLIOGRAPHY..., number 281 of 300 copies signed by Christopher Sanford, original morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski & Suttcliffe, t.e.g., 1936; Pertolete, original cloth, 1943; Cockalorum, number 35 of 250 copies signed by Christopher Sanford, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., [1949], ALL W.RUSSELL-FLINT'S COPIES with his pencilled signature, wood-engraved illustrations, small embossed circular stamp on foot of 1 f. in each vol., 8vo, Golden Cockerel Press (3).

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-. THE REVELATION OF SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE, NUMBER 90 OF 250 COPIES, wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, printed in red and black, original crushed morocco, upper cover slightly marked, spine slghtly chafed, small folio, Gregynog Press, 1932.

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-. GRUFFYDD (W.J.) CANIADAU, NUMBER 353 OF 400 COPIES, 4 wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, printed in red and black, text in Welsh, small embossed marginal library stamp on final text f., original buckram-backed boards, edges untrimmed, 8vo, Gregynog Press, 1932.

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KELMSCOTT PRESS.- MORRIS (WILLIAM) LOVE IS ENOUGH, OR THE FREEING OF PHARAMOND, ONE OF 300 COPIES. printed in red, blue and black, 2 full-page wood-engravings designed by Edward Burne-Jones, wood-engraved decorations, small embossed library stamp in margin of final f. of text, original limp vellum, edges untrimmed, silk ties very slightly frayed, an unusually fine copy contained in a later fleece-lined cloth foldover box, small folio, Kelmscott Press, 1897

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MILTON (JOHN) Areopagitica. A Speech of Mr John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, edited by Isabel Rivers, one of 500 copies, original buckram, morocco label, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, folio, Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press for Deighton, Bell & Company, 1973; accompanied by the designer Sebastian Carter's working drafts including typescript, galley and page proofs, pasteup and dummy.

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MORRIS (WILLIAM) THE STORY OF CUPID AND PSYCHE. INTRODUCTION BY A.R.DUFTY, 2 vol., NUMBER 43 OF 270 COPIES FROM AN EDITION OF 500, 44 wood-engraved illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, original cloth-backed decorated boards, morocco labels, slip-case, folio, Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, for Clover Hill Editions, 1974.

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NONESUCH PRESS.- TENNYSON (ALFRED, Lord) IN MEMORIAM, original patterned paper over boards, slightly worn slip-case, Nonesuch Press, 1933 ~ Lawrence (D.H.) Birds, Beasts and Flowers, illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton, slight foxing at fore-edge, original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, outer corners slightly worn, Cresset Press, 1930, ex-library copies with occasional stamps ; and 14 others, Nonesuch Press, Cresset Press, Limited Editions Club and Folio Society, 4to & 8vo (16).

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-. SYMONS (A.J.A.), FLOWER (DESMOND) AND FRANCIS MEYNELL. THE NONESUCH CENTURY: AN APPRAISAL...1923-1934, one of 750 copies, tipped-in samples, plates and illustrations, original buckram, edges untrimmed, spine faded, folio, Nonesuch Press, 1936.

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PRIVATE PRESS SAMPLES.- [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. CANTERBURY TALES], pp.119-122 only, PRINTED ON VELLUM, margin illustrations by Eric Gill, unbound, [ Waltham St.Lawrence, 1929] ~ Kelmscott Press. Well at the World's End, pp.9-10 only, tape to fore-edge, in card frame with printed caption, 1896, both with small embossed circular stamp to lower edge; and c.20 other specimens and sample leaves from private presses, v.s. (c.22).

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RAMPANT LIONS PRESS.- COLT (ARMIDA MARIA-THERESA) WEEDS AND WILD FLOWERS, out-of-series copyfrom an original limitation of 250, signed by the illustrator, wood-engraved illustrations by George Mackley, original cloth-backed boards, Two-Horse Press, Printed at the Rampant Lions Press, 1965 ~ Aeschylus. The Agamemnon..., one of 500 copies, original cloth, Cambridge, 1969 ~ Bridson (D.G.) The Quest of Gilgamesh, number 43 of 110 copies, original cloth-backed marbled boards, Cambridge, 1972, small circular embossed stamp on foot of last text f. of each vol.; and 6 others, Rampant Lions Press, v.s. (9).

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SOUTHEY (ROBERT) A VISION OF JUDGEMENT AND THE VISION OF JUDGEMENT BY LORD BYRON, NUMBER 1 OF 220 COPIES, wood-engravings by R.A.Maynard and H.W.Bray, original morocco-backed boards, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, slip-case, Harrow Weald, Raven Press, 1932 ~ Maritain (Raïssa) Patriarch Tree, one of 500 copies, original morocco-backed decorated cloth, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, slip-case, Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1965 ~ Graves (Ida) Epithalamion, 2 vol. including introductory booklet, one of 330 copies, initialled by the artist, full-page wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, original boards and wrappers, Gemini Press, 1980 ~ Wain (John) Thinking about Mr Person, NUMBER 26 OF 100 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, 2 coloured etchings by Bartholomeu Dos Santos, original buckram-backed decorated boards, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, card folder, Beckenham, Chimaera Press, 1980, occasional library stamps and c.50 others, Private Press, Limited Editions, Literature, v.s. (c.54).

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TWELVE BY EIGHT PRESS.- BAYLDON (OLIVER) THE PAPER MAKERS CRAFT, number 113 of "less than 400 copies" signed by John Mason, illustrations by Rigby Graham, small library stamp on front free endpaper and verso of title, original vellum, uncut, Leicester, Twelve by Eight Press, Printed by Will Carter, 1965 ~ Mason (John) More Papers Hand Made..., number 115 of an unspecified limitation (?c.150 copies) signed by Mason, this edition with 3 additional specimens, loosely inserted compliments slip, gilt-stamped chemise, original gilt-stamped boards, uncut, Leicester, Twelve by Eight Press, 1971, small folio (2).

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BOSLEY (KEITH, translator) THE SONG OF SONGS, NUMBER 58 OF 206 COPIES SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, illustrated by Richard Kennedy, small embossed marginal library stamp on final text f., original buckram, gilt design by the artist, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, slip-case, Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1976; and another, Whittington Press, folio (2).

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Blome (Richard) Hawking or Faulconry, number 359 of 650 copies, folding frontispiece, 4 plates, original vellum-backed boards, spine title gilt, 8vo, Cresset Press, 1929.

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Cobden-Sanderson (T.J.) London. A Paper read at a Metting of the Art Workers Guild, March 6 1891, FIRST EDITION, printed in red and black, original vellum, in slip-case, 4to, The Dove Press, 1906.

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GIBBINGS (ROBERT ) THE 7TH MAN; A TRUE CANNIBAL TALE OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS, number 103 of 500 copies, 15 wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth-backed decorated boards, slightly tanned, a.e.g., 8vo, Golden Cockerel Press, 1930.

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HARVEY (WILLIAM, physician, 1578-1657) THE ANATOMICAL EXERCISES... NEWLY EDITED BY GEOFFREY KEYNES, original niger morocco, Nonesuch Press, 1928 ~ Montaigne (M. de) Essays, 2 vol., original niger morocco, t.e. rough gilt, uncut, slip-case, rubbed, Nonesuch Press, 1931 ~ Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romanes, 5 vol., uncut, original buckram, Nonesuch Press, 1929, limited editions, spines discoloured, ex-library copies with bookplates, stamps and classmarks ; and 28 others, Private Press, v.s. (36).

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KELMSCOTT PRESS.- [GUILELMUS, Archbishop of Tyre.] THE HISTORY OF GODEFREY OF BOLOYNE AND OF THE CONQUEST OF IHERUSALEM, edited by William Caxton, PRINTED PRESENTATION BOOK LABEL "GIVEN BY MRS. WILLIAM MORRIS IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND 1897", wood-engraved title with gothic lettering designed by Morris, woodcut borders and initials, chapter titles printed in red, ex-library copy with bookplate, stamps and classmark, original vellum, lightly soiled, spine discoloured, lacking ties, library buckram slip-case, [Peterson A15 & D10], 4to, Kelmscott Press, 1893.

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-. MORRIS (WILLIAM) SIDONIA THE SORCERESS, translated by Francesca Speranza Lady Wilde, PRINTED PRESENTATION BOOK LABEL "GIVEN BY MRS WILLIAM MORRIS IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND 1897", one of 300 copies, woodcut border and initials, chapter headings, speakers' names and side notes printed in red, one or two ff. slight spotting, uncut, ex-library copy with bookplate, stamps and classmark, library buckram, [Peterson A19 & D10], 4to, Kelmscott Press, 1893.

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-. MORRIS (WILLIAM) THE WELL AT THE WORLD'S END, PRINTED PRESENTATION BOOK LABEL "GIVEN BY MRS. WILLIAM MORRIS IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND 1897", one of 350 copies, 4 wood-engravings after designs by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, borders and initials, chapter titles printed in red, uncut, ex-library copy with bookplate, stamps and classmark, original buckram-backed boards, worn, covers detached, [Peterson A39 & D10], 4to, Kelmscott Press, 1896.

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MILTON (JOHN) PARADISE LOST; A POEM IN XII BOOKS, one of 300 copies, original vellum, rubbed, tanned, 8vo, the Doves Press, 1902.

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O'Connor (Frank) Three Tales, number 100 of 250 copies, original cloth-backed embossed boards, slightly faded, tissue dust-jackets, chipped, 8vo, Dublin, Cuala Press, 1941.

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SYMONS (ARTHUR) MES SOUVENIRS, number 89 of 200 copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, original boards, rubbed, slightly tanned, titles blocked in gilt, 8vo, Chapelle-Reanville, Hours Press, [1931].

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[DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE), "LEWIS CARROLL"]. PEAKE'S ALICE: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND & THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS number 48 of 60 special copies with a set of prints in solander box, by Mervyn Peake, original cloth, in drop-back box, 4to, Libanus Press, 2001.

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Morris (William) Art and the Beauty of the Earth, printed at the Chiswick Press, 1898; An Address delivered...at the Distribution of Prizes to Students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb. 21, 1894, unopened, printed at the Chiswick Press, 1898 ~ Hazlitt (William) Criticisms on Art; and sketches of the picture galleries of England, 16pp. catalogue at end, original blind-stamped cloth, spine faded, 1843, a little rubbed; and 2 others on art, 8vo (5).

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GUTHRIE (JAMES, editor) THE ELF: A SEQUENCE OF THE SEASONS, 3 vol. only (of 4: Spring, Summer and Autumn), each number 72 of 250 copies, printed in black and colours, plates and illustrations by Guthrie, the first and third volumes with prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth-backled decorative boards, uncut, very slightly rubbed, 8vo, Old Bourne Press, 1902-[1903].

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Sayers (Dorothy L.) Catholic Tales and Christian Songs, FIRST EDITION, some light foxing, original pictorial wrappers over boards, uncut and unopened, a little rubbed and soiled, small tear and crease at corner of lower wrapper, Oxford, [1918] ~ In Praise of Wisdom, printed in red and black, original roan, uncut, slight worming to spine, glacene wrapper, slip-case, Caradoc Press, 1902 ~ Arnot (Fred. S.) Garenganze; or, Seven Years' Pioneer Mission Work in Central Africa, third edition, folding map, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, [c.1889] ~ Rowe (G.Stringer) James Calvert of Fiji, portrait, original cloth, rubbed, 1893 ~ Keynes (Geoffrey) A Bibliography of Henry King, original cloth, 1977; and 10 others, theological, 8vo (15).

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MONSTRELET (ENGUERRAND DE) The Chronicles, Translated by Thomas Johnes, 5 vol., 51 engraved plates, foxing, modern morocco-backed cloth, 1 side slightly stained, ex-library set with bookplate, stamps and classmarks, 4to, Hafod Press, 1809.

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CHALMERS (ALEXANDER, editor) THE GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY: NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED BY ALEXANDER CHALMERS, 32 vol., contemporary calf, rebacked, morocco labels, worn, 2 covers loose, 1812-17 ~ Dredge (James) Modern French Artillery, illustrations, modern library cloth, London and New York, 1892 ~ Freeman (Douglas Southall) Lee's Lieutenant's, a Study in Command, 3 vol., portraits, library cloth, New York, 1945 ~ Milton (John) The Poetical Works, etchings and mezzotints by William Hyde, original cloth, cover slightly soiled, Astolat Press, 1904 ~ Scientific Results of the Oxford University Expedition to Sarawak (Borneo) in 1932, Oxford, 1952, bound with several other pamphlets on Borneo, publisher's buckram, ex-library copies with bookplate, stamps and classmarks; and a quantity of others, Miscellaneous, v.s. (qty.).

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Southerden (Samuel) The Censor; or Gleanings in Sussex, 2 pp. adverts at end, original boards, rubbed, 1817 ~ Johnson (John Willes) Journal of a Tour through parts of France, Italy and Switzerland, FIRST EDITION, original boards, worn, spine damaged, 1827 ~ Derrick (Thomas, illustrator) The Prodigal Son and other Parables, illustrated throughout, original cloth-backed decorated boards, torn and spotted dust-jacket, Oxford, Blackwell, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1931 ~ Hopkins (Gerard Manley) The Poetical Works...edited by Norman H. MacKenzie, original cloth, Oxford, 1990; and 30 others, v.s. (34).

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