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BOSWELL, James The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Cadell & Davies 1811 6th edition 4 volumes full calf. some wear and foxing.
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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GREENE, M.A. Parrots in Captivity. George Bell 1884. 3 volume set. cloth. numerous colour plates. minor wear, some foxing, 1 page det vol 1.
£850-1250 (plus 24%BP*)
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BRADLEY, E.T. Annals of Westminster Abbey Cassell 1898. cloth. numerous b&w plates. some foxing. Together with Churchill, Winston, The Great War, 3 vols George Newnes. 4
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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The COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPERE (correct spelling!) John Tallis circa 1875. 4 volumes: Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Doubtful Plays. half calf. marbled boards.
£80-100 (plus 24%BP*)
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The New OXFORD GUIDE or Companion through University. 'A Gentleman of Oxford'. Fletcher, Parker, Fletcher, Oxford. full calf, pull out map, some wear to boards and spine.
£50-80 (plus 24%BP*)
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Tables of LOGARITHMS, Taylor & Walton 1839. full calf, some wear. Together with The British Youth Instructor: Practical Arithmetic. S Crowder, London 1770. full calf, boards and some pages detached.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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The OXFORD HISTORY of ENGLAND. Various authors. Oxford University Press. 16 volumes. cloth with dust jackets. 16
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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DICKENS, Charles, Charles Dickens's Works. Chapman & Hall 1881. Edition de Luxe. 30 volumes. cloth bound. 30
£50-80 (plus 24%BP*)
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The NATIONAL MARK CALENDAR of COOKING. Compiled for the Ministry of Agriculture 1936. Together with 18 other similarly aged pamphlets and books on cookery and household tasks.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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WRIGHT, George, 'Pleasing Melancholy, or a walk among the tombs in a country churchyard', Chapman & Co, 1793. dedicated to Sir Richard Hill. full calf, some wear, front board partially detached.
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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The Book of COMMON PRAYER, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1822. full calf, worn. some wear and repair to pages. from Kidlington Church presented 1831, Church Wardens Richard Wild & Charles Rowles.
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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The PROPER LESSONS for Sundays and Holy days. Oxford Universtity Press. from Kidlington Church 1878. Church Wardens W Brain & T Wren. full calf, some wear.
£50-80 (plus 24%BP*)
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The HOLY BIBLE, 1685, Oxford, printed at the Theater. Full calf, some wear. 'The gift of Mrs Mary Grant to the Church of Kidlington' 25.12.1712.
£300-500 (plus 24%BP*)
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The HOLY BIBLE, 1850, Cambridge. embossed leather boards, some wear to spine. foxing.
£50-80 (plus 24%BP*)
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The HOLY BIBLE, 1806. George Eyre & Andrew Strahan, London. calf, amateur repair to spine, pages detatched & worn.
£50-80 (plus 24%BP*)
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The HOLY BIBLE, Cassell, Petter & Galpin. half calf, cloth bds front bd damaged. 'more than nine hundred highly finished engravings'.
£50-80 (plus 24%BP*)
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A set of TEMPLE SHAKESPEARE. J M Dent 4th edition 1898. 4th edition. Worn, many boards detached.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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The Works of ARISTOTLE, the famous Philosopher. One volume in four parts, 'New and Improved Edition'. Cocker, Harris and Finn. full calf uncut edges, some foxing.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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MILLER, Philip, The Gardeners Kalendar 7th edition, J Rivington 1767. rebound, half calf, cloth boards. some page discolouration.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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THE WHOLE DUTY of MAN
P Wilson & J Esdall, Dublin 1752. rebound calf. Together with The Holy Bible, Mark & Charles Kerr 1796. rebound spine. Both from the library of James Spreull, Glasgow.
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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De La Fontaine, Jean
Adonis. Flammarion. Introduction by Paul Valery. engravings by Pierre-Yves Tremois. loose leaves in folder and slipcase. Together with Lionello Venturi, Parts of St Luke's Gospel. Rome 1949 limited edition. 19 drawings. loose uncut leaves in folder.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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LANG, Andrew, A set of four Fairy books. Lilac, Yellow, Orange, Red. Longman Green & Co. cloth. Red in poor condition. Together with White, T.H. The Witch in the Wood. Collins, 1940. 5
£50-100 (plus 24%BP*)
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A collection of four books illustrated by ARTHUR RACKHAM. Comus, The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie, Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods 2 copies, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Cloth, some wear, Midsummer Night's Dream very worn. 6
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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WILDE, Oscar, Lady Windermere's Fan. Bodley Head, 1883. cloth, uncut edges.
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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STEVENSON, Robert Louis, A Child's Garden of Verses. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby. Chatto & Windus 1919.
£100-150 (plus 24%BP*)
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BAKER, E.C. Stuart, The Indian Ducks and their Allies. Bombay Natural History Society, 1908. 30 colour plates. Limited edition of 1200 copies. 1/2 calf. cloth boards. uncut edges.
£100-150 (plus 24%BP*)
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ADAMS, Richard, Watership Down. Penguin/Kestrel Books illustrated edition 1976. 1/2 cloth in slipcase.
£50-80 (plus 24%BP*)
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BAIRNSFATHER, Capt. Bruce. Still More Bystander. Fragments from France. No. 3. Tog.with The Anzac Book, Cassell, 1916. Written and Illustrated by Men of Anzac. Pict. Paper covers, and The Works of Shakespeare Household Edition 13 volume set. 15
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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The WHITTINGTON PRESS: A Bibliography 1982-1993. Compiled by David Butcher. Whittington Press 1996. in slipcase. mint condition.
£180-220 (plus 24%BP*)
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MATRIX volume 1-28. The Whittington Press. Index to vol 21 and two copies vol 1, original and reprint. Mostly in original brown paper & unwrapped. 29
£2500-3000 (plus 24%BP*)
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The BIBLE 1600. Robert Barker, London. Full calf, part of spine missing, very worn condition, some insect damage.
£100-150 (plus 24%BP*)
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BREMNER, Robert, The Rudiments of Music. Edinburgh: for the Author, 1756, first edition, 12mo, 2 folding engraved sheets of music. Rebound cloth boards, calf spine. Together with Crosby's English Musical Repository. rebound calf.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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Madame D'ACIER, Les Comedies de Terence, R&G Wetstein, Amsterdam 1724. 3 vol set. full calf, wear to edges & spine. Together with 2 others. 5
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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MOORE, Thomas, The Works of Lord Byron. His letters and Journal and his Life. John Murray 1833, 17 volume set. full calf gilt, marbled edges, some scuffing to bds & spines.
£80-120 (plus 24%BP*)
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SEEGER, Hans, Militarische Fernglaser und Fernrohre. (Military Binoculars and Telescopes for Land, Air and Sea Service). Hans Seeger, Hamburg, 1996. Hardback. In German but with two key chapters and captions in English. Signed 'To Derek' by the author. numerous b&w illustrations.
£50-80 (plus 24%BP*)
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KIPLING, Rudyard, Short Stories Folio Society. 5 volume set in slipcase.
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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WAUGH, Evelyn, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. Chapman & Hall 1957. 1st edition. cloth with unclipped dust jacket.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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VIGNOLA, A, Toutes les Femmes. Albert Mericant, Paris 1901. 3 vols. paperback.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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The Ragionamenti or the Dialogues of the Divine Pietro Aretino. Isidore Liseux 1889. 2 volumes. half calf. Together with The Dialogues of Luisa Sigea. matching volume. 3
£50-80 (plus 24%BP*)
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KELTIE, John S A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments. A Fullarton & Co 1877. 2 volumes. full calf. gilt. marbled boards. front board detached vol 2. scuffed. 2
£50-80 (plus 24%BP*)
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A Miscellaneous collection of books. Various subjects and bindings. 23
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A framed handwritten Verse from the poem 'Sussex' 1902, by Rudyard Kipling. Handwritten and signed by the author.
£200-300 (plus 24%BP*)
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The Visit of Colonial Premiers and the Houses of Parliament to Portsmouth. Full calf. gilt. Timetable, Photographic prints.
£80-120 (plus 24%BP*)
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LETTERS TO H.H. ASQUITH (1852-1928, 1ST EARL OF OXFORD, PRIME MINISTER 1908-1916)
A collection of letters of condolence to H.H. Asquith, when Prime Minister, on the death of his son Raymond, who was killed in action in 1916
Numerous letters from dignitaries and Statesman, including a few telegrams to include King George V., Lloyd George and others. Letters of sympathy include:
Marquess of Lansdowne
Edward Grey, The Viscount Grey of Falloden
Lord Derby, Undersecretary of State for War
Robert Ross
Spencer, Althorp
Aubrey Herbert
John Sinclair, Governor of Madras
Cosmo (Lang) Archbishop of York
Various from Balliol College, Oxford, and Regiments
A few Letters of Asquith's younger son Anthony, addressed as 'Puffin', some relating to the death of his mother ( approx 150 items)
£500-800 (plus 24%BP*)
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A BOUND ALBUM
of miscellaneous prints and watercolours including two Indian scenes signed Major Herbert, album 46 x 30cm
£70-150 (plus 24%BP*)
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CHARLES-LOUIS MICHELEZ (1817-1883)
A folder of twenty six albumen prints of early armour, image size 21 x 15cm and variations (26)
£800-1200 (plus 24%BP*)
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AN INTERESTING LARGE FOLDER
of mixed old watercolours, pencil drawings, photographs etc
£200-400 (plus 24%BP*)
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A GROUP OF ELEVEN LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHS
by Francis Bedford, North Wales plus Warwick, 14 x 18cm, plus one other Raglan Castle (12)
£70-120 (plus 24%BP*)
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WILHELM HAMMERSCHMIDT (active 1858-1870)
Eleven large photographic images of Egyptian scenes including Rhamesséum À Thebes and Collosses de Memnon, 24 x 30.5cm
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