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Three unusual African carved wood panels depicting, Native figures, figures with pistols and animals, each 40cm x 10cm £100-150
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Pair of Philippine book ends modelled as tribal figures, animal's hoof converted to a box and various tribal figures £50-80
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Late 20th century African carved figure of man 49cm high another of woman 30cm and three other pieces £50-100
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An unusual hand wrought iron two sided blade, 70cm long £30-50
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Mid 20th century African caving of various figures from one piece of wood 80cm £100-200
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LEMERY (Nicolas). Dictionnaire universel des drogues simples Paris D'Houry 1760 £150-250
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Bartholomew's Plan of London, North - West Section, 1908, roll up map, marked for Edward Stanford Ltd. £50-80
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The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated Out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesties Special Commandment, Appointed to be Read in Churches . 1630 Verlag: Robert Barker & John Bill, London, 1630 and Aristotle`s Compleat Masterpiece in Three Parts 23rd edition. Printed and sold by the booksellers 1749 (2) £200-300
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Magna Britanniae Map by Hondius, circa 1635, copper engraved with hand colour, German text on verso, unframed. 37x40cm £400-700
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'The Hours of Anne of Brittany', 19th century reproduction, pp. 477. Containing within full page miniatures and marginal illuminations after the originals by Jean Bourdichon. Printed on vellum. With heraldic crest for Frederick Collins Wilson to inside front cover. Inset to front small page from another reproduction of the originals with French introduction by l'Abbé Delauney. Accompanied by a handwritten note from Jas. Leighton, 40 Brewer Street London, dictating to F.C. (Frederick Collins) Wilson Esq. how to care for the book; dated August 1871; Note about Jas. Leighton; James Leighton was a partner in the firm John & James Leighton, Booksellers and Bookbinders at 40 Brewer St., Golden Square. At various times the firm's customers had included Gladstone, Carlyle, Michael Faraday, Sir William Osler, William Morris and Lord Birkenhead. James Leighton was recorded in the 1871 census as a bookbinder. "Sir Finding that "the Hours" incurred so much expense I send this account at once, we have attained to the once great object that of opening freely and with care the Book may be long in use it should not be stood upon the foredge and if on the shelves should always have the support of other Books closely packed the paper is so exceedingly heavy that the Book is safe only when flat as in use on its side, I have the honour to be Sir Yours obediently, Jas. Leighton" £400-600
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Set of Highways and Byways by Edward Hutton with illustrations by Nelly Erichsen, Macmillan and Co, (37) £60-100
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'Fac-Similes of the Miniatures & Ornaments of Anglo-Saxon & Irish Manuscripts' executed by J.O. Westwood, M.A. Published by Bernard Quaritch, London, 1868. Containing chromolithographs, printed in gold, silver and colours, drawn on stone by W.R. Tymms, chromo-lithographed by Day and Son. Near Fine. Gilt-tooled full leather Good. £150-200
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History of Croydon by G. Steinman, 1834, 1st Edition, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman £80-120
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'The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages' by Henry Noel Humphreys, illustrated by Owen Jones. Published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1849.Full gilt-tooled red leather. Good. With bookplate for former owner Frederick Collins Wilson contained and heraldic crest opposite.Contained within a note from the author to a Mrs. Blackheath (?), thanking her for Mr. Wilson's invitation to visit. Together with an illuminated, mounted manuscript page. £300-500
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The Royal Artillery War Commemoration Book, World War 1, published on behalf of the R.A. War Commemoration Fund, by G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, London, to include programme for The Royal Artillery Rally at the Royal Festival Hall, dated 9th July 1966. £80-120
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'The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison', four volumes. Printed by John Baskerville, for J. & R. Tonson, 1761. Full brown leather with gilt edging. Marbled end-papers. Paste-down book-plates inside front covers for Thomas Haviland Burke. £150-200
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New Remarks of London, leather bound, 1732 £80-120
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'The Dramatic Works of Moliere', translated into English by Henri Van Laun. Published by William Paterson, Edinburgh, 1876. Full-leather with decorative spines and marbled end papers. Near Fine. £40-60
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City of London, leather bound, 1765, The Laws and Customs, Rights, Liberties, and Privileges, of the City of London, printed for R. Withy, at the Dunciad, in Cornhill and W. Griffin, in Fetter-lane, price Three shillings and six - pence. £80-120
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'Fifty Comedies and Tragedies', written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, all in one volume. Printed by J. Macock, for John Martyn et al., 1679.Full leather with gilt edge tooling. Good. £300-500
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'The Practical and Devotional Family Bible', with commentaries by Henry and Scott, condensed by Rev. John McFarlane. Published by William Collins, Glasgow, 1864. £100-200
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SIGNED. 'Paleography: Notes Upon the History of Writing and the Medieval Art of Illumination' by Bernard Quaritch. Privately printed, London, 1894. Half leather. One of only 199 copies printed for friends of the author. Inscribed and signed by the author; "Presented to his friend J.G. Cor****, Exeter, by Bernard Quaritch, London, December 13, 1894." £80-120
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A quantity of books relating to Rudyard Kipling including three books of verse by Rudyard Kipling (1905-1912), published by Methuen, 11 volumes of The Works of Rudyard Kipling, published Macmillan & Co. Edition de Luxe - including vol. VI Under the Deodars and other stories, vol. IX The Light that Failed, vol.X The Naulahka, vol. XV From Sea to Sea part 1, (1898), A History of England by C.R.L. Fletcher and Rudyard Kipling (1911), published by Hodder & Stoughton and Collected Dog Stories (1934). (19 in total) £50-80
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'Aerius Redivivius: Or, The History of the Presbyterians' by Peter Heylyn, publishers John Crosley (Oxford, 1670), hardcover. £50-80
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'The History of Don Quixote' by Cervantes, illustrated by Gustave Dore, publishers Cassell, Petter and Galpin (1890). Red leather hardcover heavily embossed with gilt decoration. £50-80
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A collection of hardback leather-bound books with marbled page edges by William Prescott to include History of the Conquest of Mexico Vol. I, II and III, Second edition (1844), History of Ferdinand and Isabella Vol. I, II and III (1846), and History of the Conquest of Peru Vol.I and II (1847) all published by Bentley, plus History of Philip II Vol.I, II and III, published by Routledge. (11 in total) £50-80
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Selection of nine 19th century and later volumes; 'The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels' by Thomas Ingoldsby Esquire, Carmine edition - 2nd edition (1867), another book of the same title Volumes 1,2 & 3 published by Richard Bentley (1894), and Tales of Old Japan by Mitford Volumes I and II, published by Macmillan (1871, first edition), also; The Anatomy of Melancholy by Democritus Junior (Robert Burton) A New Edition, published by Chatto and Windus (1881), marbled hardback cover, The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo by E.S. Creasy, published by Bentley, (1853, fifth edition), leather hardback with gilt embossed decoration, The Essays of Elia and Eliana by Charles Lamb, published by Bell and Daldy, (1867) £50-80
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Five volumes by R.S. Surtees and published by Bradbury Agnew with coloured plates by John Leech, marbled boards and red leather spine with gilt title, including "Ask Mamma"; or The Richest Commoner in England (1858), Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour (1853), Plain or Ringlets (1860), also Oliver Cromwell by S.R.Gardiner (1899) published by Goupil and Co., tissue guarded illustrations, limited edition number 1404 of 1475, plus 4 other books. (10 in total) £50-80
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Six volumes by George Borrow, published by John Murray, green cloth boards half leather, including Lavengro (1914), The Bible in Spain (1914) The Romany Rye (1914), The Zincali (1907), Romano Lavo-Lil (1907) and Wild Wales (1907). Also Memoirs of Baron de Marbot in 2 volumes by Arthur John, Butler, published by Longmans Green (1892), (8 in total) £50-80
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Four 18th century and later volumes; 'The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane', 2 volumes, translated by Percival Proctor, printed and sold by Kearsley (1774), and 'Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting' by Lt. Col. P. Hawker, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green (1825, fourth edition), and 'The Vicar of Wakefield', published by Routledge & Sons (no date) £50-80
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'The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert & Dr. Robert Sanderson' by Izaak Walton, published by Henry Washbourne (London, 1845) with handwritten Wordsworth sonnet on inside back page, and 'The Complete Angler', by the same author, edited by John Major (1844), fourth edition, (2), Matching gilt tooled green leather bindings £60-80
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R. Caldecott's Picture Books, seven volumes in one, Complete Edition, published by George Routledge & Sons, no date, circa 1880, with colour illustrations. Comprising; A Frog he would a-wooing go, The Milkmaid, Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting, The Fox Jumps over the Parson's Gate, The Great Panjandrum Himself, Come Lasses and Lads, and An Elegy on the Glory of her sex Mrs Mary Blaize, Cream cloth covered boards. Fair. £50-80
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Tredgold on the Steam Engine: Marine Engines and Boilers, volumes 1 and 2, published by James S Virtue (London, 19th century), spine with 5 raised gilt tooled sections £100-200
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Waverley Novels, Dryburgh Edition, complete in 25 vols, limited edition numbered 45/300, published by Adam & Charles Black, signed with ink "A. & C. Black" under each limitation designation £50-100
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A Series of Picturesque views of seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Great Britain and Ireland, 6 Vols, edited by Rev F.O. Morris, B.A., published by William Mackenzie (London, no date, late 19th century). Decorative cloth bindings. Also; Fac-simile of autographs of subscribers to the picturesque views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of sale, published A. Clarke (London, 1880) £60-100
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'Wealth of Nations' by Adam Smith, three volumes, printed for T. Caddell et al. (London, 1805), Half-leather. Fair. £50-80
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'Sunshine and Storm in the East' by Lady Brassey, published by Longmans, Green & Co., (London, 1881), inscribed and signed by the author; "To W. Cowie, from the Author Annie Brassey, With many thanks for kind guidance through the Wearmouth Coal-pit, Sunderland, Octr. 3rd 1881" £60-80
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Green, Thomas, The Universal Herbal; or, Botanical, medical, and Agricultural Dictionary Vol 2 only, The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. Volume XI, January to December, 1843.Harrison, Joseph, editor. Published by Whittaker., London., 1843,Natural History Picture Book. Mammalia Wood, J.G. Published by Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1862 £40-60
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare William, Published by Dent, London, 1895, Gilbert Henry: Robin Hood and the men of the Greenwood. Published by Edinburgh & London: T C & E C Jack, 1912. Hans Christian Andersen, The Ice Maiden, 1863, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Illus Dulac.1919, and two other books, (6) £40-60
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Of London, Pennant, Thomas, Published by Robert Faulder, London, 1790. Ignoramus, Comoedia Coram Rege Jacobo et Totius Angliae Magnatibus. Ruggle, GeorgePublication Date: 1731. Together with eight other antiquarian books, including, Baretti Joseph, A Journey from London to Genoa, Vols I & III only (10) £40-60
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A 1648 original manuscript 'Articles of the Treaty of Newport', with related correspondence including a letter from the curator of the Carisbrooke Castle Museum in Newport confirming their interest in the document and its subsequent publication details. £60-80
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Dutch Bible with white metal ornaments, 1839, Preston John, The New Creature or A Tratise of Santification, 1633. (Lacking pages 147-157) Rebound. The Christians Best Companion, J McGowan and Son, 1827, and five other antiquarian books. (8) £40-60
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Carrington,Dorothy, Evelina and the Bag of Crimson Seed. Published by Lutterworth Press, UK., 1945, Idylles et Elegies Scripta Manent Collection Publiee sous la direction de Constantin Castera Chenier, Andre illustrated by Ivanna Lemaitre, Published by Philippe Renouard, Paris, 1926 and twelve other books to include four vols, Charles Knight Shakspeare. (14) £40-60
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'Henry VII, Prince Arthur and Cardinal Morton: From a Group representing the Adoration of the Three Kings on the Chancel Screen of Plymtree Church in the County of Devon, With a notice by T. Mozley, M.A., Rector of Plymtree', the Appendix containing a notice of "Nicholas Monk, Rector of Plymtree" et al., printed for T. Mozley, Rector of Plymtree by Clay, Sons & Taylor (London, 1878), containing coloured and monochrome plates, *Inscribed by T. Mozley* Inscribed "Miss Ogle, with the Rector of Plymtree's Compliments and Kind Thanks", Green cloth. Fair - Good. £40-60
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'A Bear Called Paddington' by Michael Bond, published by Collins (London, 1966 - sixth impression),With dust-jacket. Good - Very Good. £30-50
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The History of Decline & Fall of Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, 8 vols, The Folio Society £30-50
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'The Luttrell Psalter', with an introduction by Eric George Millar, containing 2 colour plates and 183 monochrome plates. Published by Bernard Quaritch, London, 1932.Cloth-covered boards. Near Fine. £40-60
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The Royal Artillery Commemoration Book 1939-1945, published on behalf of The Royal Artillery Benevolent Fund, by G. Bell and Sons Ltd £50-80
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'Boccaccio's Decameron', two volumes, facsimile edition taken from first English edition printed by Isaac Jaggard. Printed at The Shakespeare Head Press, 1934 & 1935. From a limited edition of 325. Full blue leather, marbled endpapers. Very Good. £100-150
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Books on Winston Churchill, to include Thoughts and Adventures, My African Journey, Great Contemporaries, The Story of The Malakand Field Force, The World Crisis 1911-1918 and My Early Life(11) £40-80
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