Lots marked AR at the beginning of the description may be subject to Artist's Resale RightBooks
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Rogers, Thomas [Saint Augustine] A Pretious Book of Heavenlie Meditations, Printed for the Companie of the Stationers 1616. 12mo., cont. decorative calf gilt (old spine repair, 2 small holes in title) and a Sumatra medical book
Note: From the estate of the Late Mr Arthur Golding Barrett
£150-200
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Dickens (Charles) Works of Charles Dickens, published by Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly, 30 volumes, library editions
£200-300
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Thackeray (William Makepeace) The Biographical Edition of The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, 13 volumes, Smith, Elder & Co.
£150-200
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Bain (FW) The Indian Stories, The Riccardi Press Books, 11 Volumes, 1914
£50-70
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Acton (John EED) Letters of Lord Acton to Mary daughter of the Right Hon. W E Gladstone edited with an introductory memoir by Herbert Paul 1913, signed 'Very Truly Yours, Acton' and 4 others
£30-50
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Carlyle (Thomas) The Works of Thomas Carlyle, Chapman and Hall, 31 volumes
£100-150
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Burney (Frances) (Madame D'Arblay) Diary and Letters, edited by her niece Charlotte Barnett, preface and notes by Austin Dobson, 6 volumes, MacMillan & Co., London, 1904
£60-80
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Browning (Robert) Poetical Works, 9 volumes, Smith, Elder & Co., London
£50-60
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Elliot (George) Impressions of Theophrastus Such, Essays and Leaves from a notebook, 10 volumes, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh
£60-80
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Chapman (Abel) Savage Sudan, Its Wild Tribes, Big-game and Bird-life, Gurney and Jackson, London 1921; Havell (EB) Indian Sculpture & Painting, John Murray, London 1928 and Metha (NC) Studies in Indian Painting, DB Taraporevala Sons & Co, 1926
£30-50
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Trollope (Anthony) Rachel Ray, 2 volumes, Chapman and Hall 1863; Miss MacKenzie, 2 volumes, 1865 and The Belton Estate, 3 volumes, 1966
£40-60
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Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler, JM Dent 1896; Scott (Sir Walter) The Poetical Works, Oxford University Press 1894; Pope (Alexander), Odyssey of Homer; Macktail (JW) The Greek Anthology, Longmans 1890; Mill (John Stuart) Principles of Political Economy, 2 volumes, 1857 and 3 others
£60-80
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Blavatsky (HP) The Secret Doctrine, The Adyar Edition, 6 volumes, The Theosophical Publishing House 1938
£30-50
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Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 6 volumes, Dent & Co., 1897 and two volumes by the same publisher; Bronte The Works of the Brontes, JM Dent & Co., 11 volumes, 1802; Borrow (George) works of 6 volumes and Gray (Thomas) Selected Poems, 3 volumes
£40-60
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Schiller (Friedrich von) Ausgewählte-Werke, Berlag der JG Gottajchen, 1885, 6 volumes
£40-60
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Pope (Alexander) The Works of Alexander Pope Esq., J & P Knapton, London, 1752, 9 volumes
£40-60
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Spenser (Edmund) The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, preface, biographical and critical by J Aikin MD, 6 volumes
£30-50
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Macaulay (Lord) The History of England, 3 volumes, Longmans, London, 1877; Bussey (Christopher) Eton College; Weaver (Lawrence) Memorials and Monuments and three others
£40-60
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Thackeray (William Makepeace) The Works of, 3 volumes, Smith Elder & Co., London; The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, 1911 and Junius, Letters of 2 volumes, T Bensley, 1796 and Edmund Burke's Speeches, 3 volumes, 1816 (lacking volume II)
£30-50
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Kipling (Rudyard) Kim, Macmillan & Co., London 1939 and another edition, 1951 and The Seven Seas, Vol II
£20-30
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Gaboriau (E) L'Affaire Lerouge, E Dentu, Paris, 1873 and 10 other volumes and tome I & II and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, 3 volumes
£40-60
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Fielding (Henry) Works of, 1808, 14 volumes; Meredith (G), The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, 18 volumes, 1893; Longfellow (Henry W) Poetical Works, 1895; Byron (Lord) The Poetical Works, John Murray, 1903, 7 volumes and The Gorge, signed and Shelley (Percy Bysshe) The Poetical Works, 1892, edition 108/150, 5 volumes and 8 others
£50-70
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Stevenson (RL) Works of, 19 volumes; Diary of Samuel Pepys, 2 volumes; Poetical Works of Robert Burns, 3 volumes and various others
£40-60
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A large quantity of Churchill books to include Secret Session Speeches, Painting as a Pastime and My Early Life, 20 various volumes in total
£50-70
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Lawrence (J) The Horse, Albion Press 1809; Gonne (CM) Hunt on Horses, 5 various books on horses illustrated by Lionel Edwards and 2 others
£50-70
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Macaulay, History of England, 1936, 3 volumes, Purves (David) The English Circumnavigators, Young's Life of Wellington, Diary of a Cavalry Officer; Herbert Paul, A History of England, 4 volumes and 1 other
£30-50
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Country Life Art and Antiques, five bound volumes of cuttings with index and a ledger containing numerous letters from Harrison Bayley and Adams circa 1896-1897, many relating to the sale of Williams's Library
£40-60
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Dulac, Edmund, illus. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Trans. Fitzgerald [1909]. No. 547 of 750 signed by the artist. 4to., orig. vellum gilt with ties (edge of front cover browned). Slipcase. Tipped in colour plates
see illustration
£300-500
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Dulac, Edmund illus. Poe, E.A. The Bells and other Poems, [1912]. No 241 of 750 signed by the artist. 4to., orig. vellum gilt (soiled, lacks ties). Tipped in colour plates
£200-400
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Baumer, Lewis, illus. Thackeray, W.M. Vanity Fair [1913]. No 211 of 350 signed by the artist. 4to., orig. vellum gilt (soiled, lacks ties.) Tipped in colour plates. With 3 other illustrated books, 2 of them The Rubaiyat (4)
£300-400
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Tipping, H. Avray. English Homes, vol 1 of Periods 1 - 4, 1920 - 21. Folio, orig. cloth gilt (some soiling). Illus. With 2 other vols. (6)
£300-400
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Mannering, Eva. Mr. Gould's Tropical Birds, Ariel Press [1955] No. 903 of 2000. Folio, orig. cloth, slipcase. Colour plates. With 7 others, including Beryl Urquhart The Camellia, 1956 (8)
£200-300
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Nijinsky and Russian ballet. A collection of 16 vols., various sizes, mostly orig. cloth (16)
£100-150
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Nodier, C., J. Taylor & A. de Cailleux. Voyages Pittoresques et Romantiques Dans L'Ancienne France, Paris 1820. 2 vols., folio, half morocco (spines worn). 242 engraved plates (2)
£400-600
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Alexander, William. The Costume of China. W. Miller, 1805. 4to., cont. red morocco gilt, a.e.g. (worn). Sepia additional title and 48 hand coloured plates
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£400-600
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Rackham, Arthur, illus. Bonser, Alfred E. The Land of Enchantment. 1907. 4to., orig. cloth (spine scuffed), with 3 others illus. by the same, and 5 others (9)
£300-400
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Levaillant, Francois. Voyage dans L'interieur de l'Afrique;… Second voyage. Together 5 vols., Paris 1790 - An 3 [1795]. 8vo., cont. calf. Engraved plates, some folding (5)
£200-400
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Dulac, Edmund, illus. Poe, E.A. Les Cloches…, Paris 1913. One of 400 on papier Japon. 4to., cont. half blue morocco, t.e.g. Tipped in colour plates
£200-300
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Dulac, Edmund, illus. La Belle au Bois Dormant, Paris 1910. 4to., cont. mottled brown morocco gilt, t.e.g., orig.cloth covers bound in. Tipped in colour plates
£200-300
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Poe, E. A. Les Poemes. Trans. Stephane Mallarme, Bruxelles 1888. No. 825 of 850, one of 75 hors commerce for the translator, with signed presentation inscription, "A Victor Margueritte sa maman et son frère". 4to., orig. illus. vellum (very slightly soiled). Portrait and fleuron after Edouard Manet
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£1000-2000
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Venuti, Ridolfino, Abate. Accurata e succinta Descrizione Topografica Delle Antichita di Roma. 2 vols in one, Rome 1763. 4to., cont. calf gilt. Folding map and plates
£500-700
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Wey, Francis. Rome…, Nouvelle Edition, Paris 1873. Orig. cloth gilt, a.e.g.; 4th edition, Paris 1880. Cont. half black morocco (some spotting to text). Both folio. Numerous illustrations (2)
£80-120
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Milton, John. Le Paradis Perdu. Edition en Anglais et en Francais Ornee de douze estampes imprimees en colour d'apres les Tableaux de M. Schall. 2 vols., Paris 1792. 4to., cont. mottled calf, a.e.g. (2)
£300-500
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Piranesi, G.B. Le Antichita Romane, vol 3. Large folio, orig. boards (worn). Engraved title and 53 mostly double page engraved plates (generally clean, some margins browned, title spotted and detached)
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£2000-3000
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Buffon, Comte G.L.L. Natural History General and Particular. The History of Man and Quadrupeds trans. by William Smellie. New Edition by William Wood. 20 vols., 1812. 8vo., cont. half calf (one spine detached, another partly detached, one repaired, another split). Engraved portrait and plates (20)
£300-500
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Ortelius. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp 1574. Folio, disbound. 70 double page engraved maps (title cut round, British Isles split at centre with further damage, some browning, wear to upper inner margins, marginal annotations
see illustration
£5000-10000
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Montesquieu, Baron C.L. de Secondat. Oeuvres, 3 vols., Londres 1767. 4to., cont. mottled calf, spines gilt. Engraved portrait and 2 maps (3)
£100-150
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Hawkesworth, John. An Account of the Voyage...for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, 3 vols., 1773. 52 engraved maps and plates — Cook, Capt. James. A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, 2 vols., 1777. 63 engraved maps and plates; A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, Second Edition, 3 vols., 1785. 20 engraved maps and plates (lacks atlas). 4to., cont. calf
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£1500-2000
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L'Alcoran de Mahomet. Trans. Sieur du Ryer, Paris 1649. 12mo., cont. vellum (light staining to text) - Savary. Le Coran, Traduit de L'Arabe, 2 vols., Paris 1783. 8vo., cont. mottled calf, spines gilt (3)
£200-300
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Binding. Office de la Semaine Sainte. Latin et Francois. Nouvelle Edition, Paris 1708. 8vo., cont French red morocco with arms of Marie-Adelaide de Savoie, duchesse de Bourgogne. Crawshay bookplate. ALS, 1930 to Lord Tyrrell concerning the volume loosely inserted
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£1500-2500
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