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AN ELIZABETH II 80TH BIRTHDAY HALF SOVEREIGN NINE COIN SET, 1926 AND LATER. A collection of nine Half Sovereigns. A George V Half Sovereign, bare ...

THE BRITISH DEFINITIVE STAMP 22CT GOLD REPLICA ISSUES, 1973. 22ct gold replicas of the Penny Black and £1 Machin 18th June 1973, both numbered 230...

THE BRITISH DEFINITIVE STAMP 22CT GOLD REPLICA ISSUES, 1973. 22ct gold replicas of the Penny Black and £1 Machin 18th June 1973, both numbered 230...

A CONCORDE AND QE2 TWO COIN COVER, 2003/2004. A postal cover celebrating the 35th anniversary, Concorde and QE2 with signatures of Captain Lowe an...

Five second half 20th century sculptures, one a limited edition 50/750 resin bust of Arabella after Ronald Moll, another resin example of a child ...

A FORTH RAILWAY BRIDGE PRESENTATION GOLD COIN AND BANKNOTE, 2004. A Gold proof one pound coin, Forth Railway Bridge Reverse, mounted with a 99.9% ...

[Esper Esperovich Ukhtomsky]: (The Chinese Version of): Journey to the East of His Imperial Highness the Tsesarevich 1890-1891. 1898, Folio, Origi...

TA 5% Vat. KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760 — 1849), YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU (1787 — 1832) Edo period, 19th century Five woodblock prints on Japanese paper, ...

Gay (John) Fables, first edition, engraved title-vignette and 51 illustrations by Baron, Fourdrinier & G. van der Gucht after William Kent and Joh...

Aesop. Fables of Aesop and others, [translated by Samuel Croxall], first Croxall edition, engraved frontispiece by G.van der Gucht, title in red &...

Alciati (Andrea) Diverse Imprese accommodate a diverse moralita..., translated by Giovanni Marquale, first edition in Italian, collation: A-I8, it...

Aesop. Fables of Aesop and others, Newly done into English, [translated by Samuel Croxall], first Croxall edition, engraved frontispiece by G.van ...

Bewick (Thomas).- Relph (Rev. Josiah, of Sebergham) Poems..., second edition (first illustrated edition), wood-engraved title-vignette and illustr...

Capaccio (Giulio Cesare) Delle Imprese…, 3 parts in 1, first edition, collation: [para]4 a-g4 A-X4; 2A-3O4; 4A-4P4, roman type, titles with woodcu...

Ralston (W.R.S.) Krilof and his Fables, first English edition, illustrations, Gleeson White's copy with his bookplate, original cloth, gilt, 1869 ...

 Ardene (Esprit Jean de Rome d') Receuil de Fables Nouvelles, first edition, with ink inscription "Ex dono authoris...1748" to front free endpaper...

Aesop.- Bellamy (Daniel) Ethic Amusements, first edition, printed on fine paper with crown and fleur-de-lys watermark, engraved frontispiece after...

Aesop. The Fables of Aesop paraphras'd in Verse...by John Ogilby, first edition of Ogilby's translation, imprimatur leaf, engraved additional titl...

Aesop. Select Fables of Esop and other Fabulists, first Baskerville edition, engraved frontispiece, vignettes and 14 plates only (of 15, lacking p...

White (T.H.) The Book of Beasts..., first edition, modern pictorial vellum drawn in pen & ink, 1954 § Barber (Richard, translator) Bestiary, being...

Heaney (Seamus, translator) Beowulf, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, preserved together with another on the Beowulf manuscript in mod...

Baskerville (John).- Vergilius Maro (Publius) Bucolica, Georgica et Aeneis, first Baskerville edition, list of subscribers, lacking initial blank,...

Cats (Jacob) Houwelyck. Dat is De gantsche gelegentheyt des Echten staets, 6 parts in 1, first edition, 2 engraved additional pictorial titles and...

La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables Choisies, mises en vers, 6 vol., first issue with "chez l'auteur" in imprint, engraved throughout by Fessard with fro...

Aesop. Aesop's Fables. With Instructive Morals and Reflections..., edited by Samuel Richardson, engraved vignette title and 25 plates, each with 1...

Aesop. Vita [Favole] di Esopo, translated by Giulio Landi, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final leaf, typographic borders, woodcut...

Roxburghe Club.- Backhouse (Janet) The Madresfield Hours, 1975 § Spencer (Eleanor P.) The Sobieski Hours, Walter Oakeshott's copy with his name in...

Aesop. Fabulae, collation: a-z8A-C8, roman type, Greek & Latin text partly printed in double column, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut ...

Aesop. Fabulae, collation: a-z8A-C8, lacking final blank, title with woodcut printer’s device, text in Greek and Latin printed in double column, w...

Aesop. Fabellae..., edited by Joachim Camerarius, title with woodcut device (reinforced at inner margin), one or two contemporary ink annotations,...

Aesop. Esopus. Uebersetzt von Heinrich Steinhöwel, one of 235 facsimile reprints of Augsburg 1477-78 edition by Günther Zainer on handmade paper, ...

Aesop. Les Fables..., woodcut portrait, title in red & black, woodcut illustrations, privilege leaf at end, one or two ink or rust spots, modern m...

Aesop. Aesop's Fables, one of 1450 copies signed by the artist, 13 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham with captioned tissue guards, black &...

Dyke (Thomas) Reading Made Perfectly Easy; or, An Introduction to the Reading the Holy Bible..., seventh edition, woodcut frontispiece and illustr...

Cooper (Frederic Taber) An Argosy of Fables, one of 365 large paper copies signed by the artist, tipped-in colour plates by Paul Ransom, original ...

Officina Bodoni.- Feliciano (Felice, of Verona) Alphabetum Romanum, edited by Giovanni Mardersteig, number 49 of 50 specially bound copies, from a...

Brandt (Sebastian) The Shyp of Fooles, translated by Alexander Barclay, 1509, edited by Phyllis C.Robinson, number 54 of 200 copies, illustrations...

Nonesuch Press.- Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia or the Divine Vision..., translated by H. F. Cary, one of 1475 copies, printed in Monotype Bl...

La Fontaine (Jean de) The Fables, translated by Edward Marsh, 2 vol., number 45 of 500 copies signed by the artist and translator, copper-engraved...

[Prior (Matthew) & Charles Montagu.] The Hind and the Panther transvers'd to the Story of the Country-Mouse and the City-Mouse, first edition, wit...

Vaenius (Otto) Emblemata Horatiana, text in Latin, German, French and Dutch, engraved additional pictorial title after G. Lairesse, title in red &...

[Pittis (William)], "Tom Teltroth". Jest and Earnest: being a Bundle of Fables, Tales and Whims, in Verse, 1703; Canterbury Tales, rendred into Fa...

Rampant Lions Press.- Morris (William) The Story of Cupid and Psyche, with illustrations designed by Edward Burne-Jones, mostly engraved by Willia...

Haslewood (Joseph, editor) The Dialogues of Creatures Moralised, one of 98 copies, black letter, title with wood-engraved border of animals, with ...

Ovidius Naso (Publius).- Beaumont (Francis) Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, number 373 of 380 copies, colour wood-engraved illustrations by John Buck...

Gay (John) Fables, 2 vol., vol.1 fifth edition, vol.2 first edition, vol.1 with engraved title-vignette and illustrations after Kent & Wootton, wo...

Howitt (Samuel) A New Work of Animals: principally designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay, and Phaedrus, first edition, half-title, 100 etched pla...

Zesen (Philipp von) Moralia Horatiana: Das ist die Horatzische Sitten-lehre, 2 vol. in 1, Gothic letter, engraved additional pictorial title, 2 ti...

Schultens (H.A., editor) Pars versionis arabicae libri Colailah wa Dimnah sive fabularum Bidpai philosophi Indi, first edition, printed in Arabic ...

Officina Bodoni.- Aesop. The Fables...printed from the Veronese Edition of MCCCCLXXIX in Latin Verses and the Italian Version by Accio Zucco..., 2...

Gay (John) Fables, 2 vol. in 1, first Stockdale edition, first issue with long "s" in text, engraved frontispiece of Gay monument, vignette titles...

Butterworth (Edmund) New Sets of Copies in Alphabetical Order, Consisting Large Text, Round Text, Round Hand & Running Hand,  engraved title  & 19...

La Motte (Antoine Houdard de) Fables Nouvelles, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Tardieu after Coypel, title vignette by Simmoneau after Vl...

La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables Now First Translated from the French...by Robert Thomson, 4 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispieces by Perdoux, woo...

Aesop. Fables, of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists, edited by Sir Roger L'Estrange, first L'Estrange edition, engraved portrait of L'Estrange ...

Aesop. Fabulae, Greek & Latin text printed partly in double column, charming woodcut illustrations by Christoffel van Sichem, title with old ink i...

Aesop. Fables..., translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange, number 153 of 595 copies on Auvergne hand-made paper, from an edition limited to 665, illust...

Aesop. Les Fables et la Vie d'Ésope, [2 copies], woodcut portrait to verso of title and illustrations, the last signed Godard Grav à Alençon, one ...

Gregynog Press.- Aesop. The Fables of Esope, Translated out of Frensshe into Englysshe by William Caxton, number 173 of 250 copies, wood-engraved ...

Aesop. Fabulae, collation: a-v8, italic type, woodcut initials, contemporary ink inscription to foot of title, traces of water-staining, title and...