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Coulomb (Charles Augustin). Théorie des Machines Simples, en ayant égard au frottement des leurs parties et a la roideur des cordages, nouvelle ed...

Fore-edge Painting. Scripture Harmony, or Concordance of Parallel Passages; being a Commentary on the Bible, London: Samuel Bagster, 1823, front p...

D'Haudricourt (F Tennisien). Fastes de la Nation Francaise, 2 volumes (of 3), [Paris: Chez Decrouan, 1825], 96 engraved plates with printed descri...

Temperance. A collection of pamphlets relating to Temperance and Tee-Total Societies etc., 19th century, including Report of the Public Meeting, i...

Blake (William). Songs of Innocence and of Experience, shewing the two contrary states of the human soul, 1st edition in standard typography, Lond...

[Edgeworth, Maria]. A Voice From Ruthin, North Wales, to Maria Edgeworth, on her Birth-Day, First January, 1840. (An Acrostic.), [1840], single le...

Macaulay (Thomas Babington). Lays of Ancient Rome, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842, small bookbinder's ticket to re...

Thackeray (William Makepeace). Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848, vignette title, 38 ste...

Thackeray (William Makepeace). Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero, 1st edition, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848, engraved frontispiece & title, 38...

Eliot (George). The Novels, 7 volumes, mixed editions, London: William Blackwood and Sons, circa 1850, black and white illustrations, late 19th-ce...

Crabbe (George). The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, 8 volumes, new edition, London: John Murray, 1853, steel-engraved frontispiece and ...

Guillemin (Amédéé). The Forces of Nature, a popular introduction to the study of physical phenomena, 3rd edition, London: Macmillan and Co, 1877, ...

Costume. Zur Geschichte der Costume, 2 volumes, Munich: Braun & Schneider, [circa 1880], 112 hand-coloured double-page plates (1 loose), scattered...

Gilchrist (Alexander). Life of William Blake, with selections from his poems and other writings, new and enlarged edition illustrated from Blake's...

Verne (Jules). Les Voyages Extraordinaires. La Jangada; huit cents lieues sur l'Amazone ... Dessins par Benett. De Rotterdam a? Copenhague a? bord...

Bastard d'Estagn (Auguste, comte de). Costumes moeurs et usages de la cour de Bourgogne sous le règne de Philippe III dit le Bon (1455 - 1460), Pa...

Shakespeare (William). The National Shakespeare. A facsimile of the text of the first folio of 1623, 3 volumes, London: William Mackenzie, [1888-8...

A'Beckett (Gilbert A.). The Comic History of England, 2 volumes, & The Comic History of Rome, illustrated by John Leech, London: Bradbury, Agnew, ...

Art. Art Journal, 4 volumes, London: J.S. Virtue & Co, 1887, 1871, 1853, 1873, full-page black and white engraved plates throughout, smaller black...

Bakst (Leon). The Decorative Art of Leon Bakst, appreciation by Arsene Alexandre, notes on the balletts by Jean Cocteau, translated from the Frenc...

Ballets Russes. Collection des plus beaux numéros de comoedia illustré et des programmes consacrés aux Ballets & Galas Russes depuis le début a Pa...

Black (A. & C., publishers). Cruikshank's Water Colours, London: A. & C. Black, 1903, colour plates, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original ...

Blake (William). The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, facsimile edition, London: Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1960, colour facsimile pla...

Blake (William). There is No Natural Religion, facsimile edition, 2 volumes, London: Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1971, colour facsi...

Blake (William). Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Trianon Press, 1959, collotype facsimile illustrations with hand-coloured stencil, bibliograp...

Burne-Jones (Edward). The Beginning of the World, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1902, 25 wood-engraved illustrations, previous owner...

Carducho (Vicente). Dialogos de la pintura, su defensa, origen, essencia, definicion, modos y diferencias. Al Gran Monarcha de las Espan?as y Nuev...

Epstein (Jacob). Let There Be Sculpture, An Autobiography, 1st edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1940, inscribed by the author to half-title, black...

Greenwood (Jeremy). Ravilious Engravings, with an Introduction by John Craig, 1st edition, Woodbridge: Wood Lea Press, 2008, portrait frontispiece...

Jones (David). An Introduction to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, London: Clover Hill Editions, 1972, title with engraved vignette illustration b...

Jones (Owen). The Grammar of Ornament, illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament, drawn on stone by F. Bedford, 1st edition, London:...

Joyce (James Gerald). The Fairford Windows, A Monograph, 1st edition, London: Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art, 1872, 2 mounted ...

Keynes (Geoffrey). Engravings by William Blake, The Separate Plates, A Catalogue Raisonnée, Dublin: Emery Walker (Ireland) Ltd., 1956, 45 reproduc...

Keynes (Geoffrey). A Study of the illuminated books of Willliam Blake, Poet, Printer, Prophet, 1st edition, London and Paris: Trianon Press, 1964,...

Leighton (Clare). The Farmer's Year, A Calendar of English Husbandry, written and engraved by Claire Leighton, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1933,...

Lewerentz (Sigurd). The Dilemma of Classicism, London: Architectural Association, 1989, monochrome frontispiece and illustrations, original printe...

Lewis (Wyndham, & Fergusson, Louis F.). Harold Gilman, An Appreciation, London: Chatto & Windus, 1919, colour frontispiece, with tissue-guard, 33 ...

Lyndsay (Sir David). Fac Simile of an Ancient Heraldic Manuscript Emblazoned by Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount. Lyon King of Armes 1542, edited by...

Macquoid (Percy). A History of English Furniture, 4 volumes (Oak, Mahogany, Walnut & Satinwood), London: Lawrence & Bullen Ltd.; New York: G.P. Pu...

Martin (John, illustrator). The Paradise Lost by John Milton, 1st edition, London: Septimus Prowett, 1825-26, serialised parts I - VII, containing...

Palladio (Andrea). The First Book of Architecture ... Translated out of Italian, with an Appendix touching Doors and Windows, by Pr. Le Muet ... T...

Porta (José). Bajo Los Puentes, [Barcelona]: Talleres de la Sociedad Anónima Horta de Impresiones y Ediciones, 1946, 33 lithographs by Porta, insc...

Pugin (Augustus Welby). A New Parallel of the Orders of Architecture; according to the Greeks and Romans, and Modern Architects, London: A. Pugin,...

Sharp-Ayres (H. M. E., Mrs.), Mirror Painting in the Italian style, a practical manual of instruction for amateurs, London: L. Upcott Gill, 1886, ...

Smith (George). The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide: Being a Complete Drawing Book; in which will be comprised Treatises on Geometry and Per...

The Pelican History of Art. 40 volumes, Middlesex: Penguin Books, circa 1960s-70s, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, all original cloth ...

Westwood (Vivienne). Opus: Active Resistance, London: Opus, 2008, signed to limitation page by Westwood, colour illustrations throughout, original...

Austen (Jane). The Novels of Jane Austen, Hampshire Edition, 6 volumes, London: R. Brimley Johnson, 1902, decorative vignette to title of each vol...

Bentley (Gerald Eades). William Blake, Vala or the Four Zoas. A facsimile of the manuscript, a transcript of the poem and a study of its growth an...

Bernand (Eugène). Les Alliés dans la guerre des nations, Paris: Imprimerie Crété, 1922, facsimile letter, 100 full-page monochrome and colour plat...

Binding. Catalogue of the Books in the Library at the Assay Office Birmingham, London: Chiswick Press, 1914, ink initials to title-page 'M.G.W', f...

James (Henry). The American, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877, 2nd issue with a full stop after 'Co' on title, advertisement ...

Clare (John). The Early Poems of John Clare 1804-1822, 2 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, together with The Later Poems of John Clare 1837-...

Doré (Gustave, illustrator). Fairy Realm. A collection of old tales... told in verse by Tom Hood, London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, [1865], 24 full-p...

Galsworthy (John). Exiled, an Evolutionary Comedy in Three Acts, 1st edition, London: Duckworth, 1929, & On Forsyte 'Change, 1st edition, London: ...

Ovid. Shakespeare's Ovid. Being Arthur Golding's translation of the Metamorphoses, edited by W. H. D. Rouse, (The King's Library. De La More Press...

Horse Racing. The General Stud Book, 17 volumes, mixed editions & series, volumes 1, 3-10, 13-17, 1827-1893, occasional light spotting, contempora...

Jameson (Anna Brownell). Legends of the Madonna as represented in the fine arts, London: Hutchinson & Co, 1907, engraved frontispiece, title print...

Johns (W.E). Biggles' Combined Operation, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1959, 6 colour illustrations, a few light marks to preliminar...

Johns (W.E). Biggles Sweeps The Desert, A "Biggles" Squadron Story, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1942, colour frontispiece, black and ...