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ASKEW, John, A Voyage to Australia and New Zealand including a visit to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Hunters River, Newcastle, Maitland and Auckland, London Simpkin & Marshall 1857, small 8vo. ex lib with stamps etc., rebound
£70-150
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AMERICAN MEDICAL LIBRARY, WARDROP, James, 'On the Curative Effects of the Abstraction of Blood with Rules for employing both local and general blood-letting in the Treatment of Diseases', Waldie, Philadelphia 1837. 8vo. rebound in marbled boards (1)
£50-100
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The Palaeontographical Society instituted 1847. One vol. containing multiple monographs pub. London 1862, numerous plates. ex lib. 4to. rebound in green cloth (1)
£40-60
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RAVEN, J.J. 'The Church Bells of Cambridgeshire', 2nd Ed. Cambridge Antiquarian Soc. 1881. ex lib with stamps plus 'The Church Bells of Cambridgeshire' 1869. 150 copies only. 8vo. both rebound in cloth (2)
£30-50
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WHITE, Rev. Gilbert White, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. A New Ed. with notes, London 1832, marbled end papers, 1/2 tooled calf, scuffed and bumped corners (220 x 140mm) plus GRAHAM, Charles, Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and Verse, Kendal 1778, untrimmed paper, later cloth bound. ex lib. 8vo. much used (2)
£40-60
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MARTIAL, Louis-Ferdinand, French Explorer (1836-1885), 'Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883' 1st Ed. 4to. 487pp + 3 maps, 2 double page and 9 plates in later green cloth with publisher's letter card wrappers bound in Gauthier-Villars, Paris 1888
£100-200
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JEKYLL, Gertrude and ELGOOD, George S. illus. Some English Gardens. Longmans Green & Co, London 1904. Fo. blue cloth plus CLARKSON, Stanfield, 'Pictures' 13 plates, title page lacking. Fo. 1/2 red morocco. plus PUGIN, Augustus W.N. Gothic Furniture, Ackermann, London 1835. 4to. plus two titles (5)
£70-150
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LENYGON, Francis, Decoration in England 1640-1760 2nd Ed. Batsford, London. Fo. red cloth and 'The Decoration and Furniture of the English Mansions during the XVII and XVIII Centuries'. T Werner Laurie, London 1909. Fo. blue cloth (2)
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LOUDON, 'An Encyclopaedia of Gardening' New Ed. London c1834. spine deficient. marbled boards. thick. 4to. plus JEKYLL, Gertrude, Lillies for English Gardens, Country Life, London 1901. 4to. plus ROBINSON, W, The Parks, Promenades and Gardens of Paris, John Murray, London 1869. tooled green cloth. 4to. (3)
£50-100
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JESSOP, William, R.H., M.A. 'Flindersland and Sturtland or The Inside and Outside of Australia' Richard Bentley, London 1862. 2 vols. marbled edges and end papers. full tooled calf with red and black titles. 8vo. (195 x 127mm) ex lib and owner's inscription (2)
£100-200
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OSWALD, Felix, 'Alone in the Sleeping-Sickness Country', Kegan Paul et al, London 1915. 1st Ed. with folding map and over 70 plates from author's photographs. 8vo. (220 x 150mm) signed by the author, red cloth
£50-100
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DICKSON, R.W. Practical Agriculture or a Complete System of Modern Husbandry. 2 vols. 4to. London 1805 with numerous plates. 1/2 calf marbled boards
£50-100
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APICULTURAL INTEREST:-
NUTT, Thomas, 'Humanity to Honey Bees: or Practical Directions for the Management of Honey Bees', Wisbech 1832. 8vo. boards damaged, plus BAGSTER, Samuel Jun, The Management of Bees, London 1835, small format rebound plus NEIGHBOUR, Alfred, The Apiary or Bees, Behives and Bee Culture. 3rd Ed. Kent and Co, London 1878. dec. green cloth binding. 8vo. plus 3 further bee keeping titles plus 2 'country' titles (8)
£70-150
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YOUNG, Arthur (1741-1820) and STRAHAN, William (1715-1785), 'The Farmer's Tour throughout the East of England' printed in London, Salisbury and Edinburgh 1771. 4 vols. 4to. (230 x 140mm), untrimmed paper, plain blue boards, inscribed titles, plates and diagrams. ex lib. splits, stains and tears (4)
£70-150
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NUTT, Frederic, The Complete Confectioner. 3rd Ed. Matthews and Leitch, London 1806 with engraving of Pomana, small format (170 x 110mm), full calf rebacked (1)
£30-70
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HAYWARD, Helena and KIRKHAM, Pat, William and John Linnell, Eighteeth Century London Furniture Makers, Studio Vista, Christie's, London 1980. 2 vols. small Fo. blue cloth on slip case plus ROBSON, Robert, The Mason's, Bricklayers, Plasterer's and Decorator's Practical Guide, James Hagger, London, undated c1880. small Fo. rebound in green cloth (3)
£40-70
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SHELDON, J.P. Dairy Farming being the Theory, Practice and Methods of Dairying with 25 col. plates. Cassell & Co. undated. 4to. 1/2 red morocco. ex lib
£50-100
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PETRE, The Hon'ble Henry William, An Account of the Settlements of the New Zealand Company. 2nd Ed. Smith Elder, London 1841 with folding map, 2 plates and 4pps of advertisments, blue cloth. 8vo. (210 x 135mm)
£50-80
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LAWRENCE, John, A General Treatise on Cattle, The Ox, The Sheep and The Swine, London 1805. untrimmed paper. ex Lib. later bound in marbled boards with red title (235 x 146mm) plus VASEY, George, A Monograph of the Genus Bos. The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons and Buffaloes with numerous plates, London 1857. ex Lib. green cloth. 8vo. (225 x 150mm) (2)
£30-60
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PRIEST, Capt. Cecil D, 'A Guide to the Birds of Southern Rhodesia and a Record of their Nesting Habits' with numerous coloured and monochrome plates. London 1920. green cloth (250 x 160mm). ex Lib.
£30-60
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MARSHALL, William, 'The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties including the Management of Livestock in Leicestershire and its Environs'. 2 vols. Nicol, London 1790, with folding map. 4to. (235 x 150mm) ex Lib. re-bound in marbled boards (2)
£30-60
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GARDINER, J. Stanley, Ed. The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. 2 vols. small Fo. Cambridge Univ. Press 1903. blue cloth plus FRAZER, Sir James George, The Native Races of America, Percy Lund, Humphries & Co, London 1939. small Fo. green cloth. all ex Lib. with labels, stamps (3)
£40-80
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BROOKS, Samuel, designs for Cottage and Villa Architecture. Thomas Kelly, London 1839. numerous plates. small Fo. (280 x 220mm). 1/2 green morocco with banded spine. plus PAUL, William, The Rose Garden. 10th Ed. Simpkin et al, London 1903. small Fo. (315 x 260mm) numerous coloured plates, green tooled cloth (2)
£50-100
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WEAVER, Lawrence, 'Houses and Gardens' by E.L. Lutyens, Country Life, London 1913. Fo. cloth boards, bumped/stained (1)
£50-100
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NANSEN, Fridjof, Norwegian explorer (1861-1930), 'Farthest North', Newnes London 1898. 2 vols in one, numerous illus. map at end of Vol 1. torn out. half tooled green leather with red title. foxed and bumped. 8vo. (238 x 166mm) plus WYLLY, Colonel H.C., History of the 1st and 2nd Battalions The Leicestershire Regiment in the Great War, with signed portrait and maps inc. Mesopotamia. green cloth with gold tooled crest. 8vo. (252 x 190mm) (2)
£70-120
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PENNELL, Joseph & THOMSON, Hugh (Ill) Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall by Arthur H. Nurway. Macmillan, 1907. 8vo. Glt.cl. Tog.with 4 others. (Sussex, Gloucestershire, Lake District, Shakespeare Country). 5
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CONAN DOYLE, A. The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Preface by Christopher Morley. NY. Garden City. 1938. ½ marbled bds. glt. Spine.
£40-60
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A VICTORIAN Mss POETRY ALMANACK of 251 pages written in a fine hand in black ink with lacework inserts with index and bound in gold tooled red leather by J Edmund Aberdeen, circa 1857, 186 x 115mm
£100-200
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GIBBINGS, Robert, Irish Artist and author (1889-1958 Oxford), 'A True Tale of Love in Tonga' told in 23 engravings and 333 words. Faber, London 1935. 8vo. decorative boards plus 'Iorana, A Tahitian Journal' Duckworth, London 1932. 8vo. d/w plus 'Sweet Thames Run Softly' and 'Coming Down to Wye' with d/ws (4)
£50-100
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JOYCE, James, Dubliners, Egoist Press, London 1922. 2nd Ed. 8vo. green cloth gilt title, bumps and splits (1)
£100-200
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NONESUCH PRESS. Montague Summers Ed. The Complete Works of William Wycherley. 4 vols. 4to. 1924, London. untrimmed paper, plain boards plus THOMPSON, James, The Seasons, London 1927. 4to. untrimmed paper, marbled boards plus two Golden Cockerel publications plus 3 (10)
£50-150
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CRESSET LIBRARY PUBLICATIONS. A group of twenty titles. c1950. 8vo. some d/ws plus EDGEWORTH, Maria, A Part Set of 11 Works. Dent London & New York 1893, dec. green cloth. 8vo. (31)
£30-50
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EPSTEIN, Jacob, Let There Be Sculpture, An Autobiography. 1st Ed. Michael Joseph, London. red cloth. 4to. (238 x 157mm) plus A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy M. Mitchell, Kegan Paul Trench, London 1883. blue cloth. 4to. plus 5 associated Sculpture titles, Hepworth Rodin etc (7)
£40-80
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ART REFERENCE:- SELBOURNE, Joanna, British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration 1904-1940. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1998. signed d/w. small Fo. plus 14 associated art reference titles (15)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND BOOK ILLUSTRATORS:- A collection of twenty six associated titles
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20TH CENTURY POETRY. A collection of approx. 150 titles Heaney, Woolf, Yeats, de la Mare etc.
£50-150
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KIRKUP, James Falconer (1918-2009) English Poet, A collection of fifty six titles inc. hard books with d/ws, pamphlets etc.
£100-200
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PITTER, Ruth (1897-1992) British Poet, A collection of twenty poetry titles, Cresset Publications and others (20)
£50-100
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FULLER, Roy (1912-1991), English Poet and Writer, A collection of approx. 40 poetry and prose titles, hardback with d/ws, pamphlets etc.
£70-120
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TAGORE, Rabindranath, Indian Polymath & poet, Gitanjali (Song Offerings) with introduction by W.B. Yeats, Macmillan, London 1916, signed in Bengali with inset portriat photo and cuttings, blue cloth. 8vo. (195 x 132mm) plus ORAGE, Alfred Richard (1873-1934), British Writer,Consciousness Animal Human and Superhuman. The Theosophical Publishing Society, London and Benares. 8vo. brown cloth. gold title plus 'On Love'. Unicorn Press 1932, rose cloth with gilt title. 8vo. and The Active Mind, Adventures in Awareness. Janus Press, London 1954. d/w. 8vo. (4)
£100-200
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JOYCE, James (1882-1941), Irish Writer and Poet, 'Chamber Music' 3rd. Ed. Egoist Press, London 1923. green cloth, gold title. 8vo. (180 x 126mm). A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. 2nd Ed. Egoist Press, London 1917. 8vo. green cloth. Pomes Penyeach, Faber & Faber, London 1945, pamphlet form plus Ulysses, Modern Library Edition with d/w and news cutting plus 5 associated titles (9)
£50-100
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MOORE, Henry (1898-1986) British Sculptor, Complete Sculpture 1921-1986. 6 vols. with d/ws (one deficient). small Fo. (290 x 244mm) Lund Humphries, London. Ann Ridler b/p (6)
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SHAW, George Bernard, (1856-1950) Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant, London Grant Richards 1898. 2 vols. 8vo 180 x 121mm, green cloth, top edge gilt. uncut. some stains. bumps etc., later box
£30-50
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SHAW, George Bernard, (1856-1950) Irish Playwright
'The Works of Bernard Shaw' in 31 volumes, Constable & Co, London (1930-1934) 8vo. 235 x 157mm) corners bumped, some stains and scratches, bound in Scottish Dyes Ltd, 'Celadon Jade Green', cloth by Douglas Cockerell, Ltd Ed. of 1025, 1000 numbered 1-1000 and 25 are lettered A-Y. This is number Y and inscribed by GBS:-
'and it's dress of eternal green is the work of James Morton (Scottish Dyes Ltd) to whom it is gratefully inscribed by Bernard Shaw (sig.) 26th July 1930'
Provenance: Sold by the granddaughter of James Morton, further notes available on request
£100-200
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SYNGE, John Millington, Irish Playwright (1871-1909), The Playboy of the Western World, A Comedy in three Acts, with a monochrome portrait of Synge by W.B. Yeats, Maunsel & Co. Ltd, Dublin 1907, uncut paper, presentation inscription E.M. Synge from J.M. Synge, April 10/07 plus The Tinker's Wedding, Maunsel & Co 1907 similarly inscribed. Feb 1. 1908, red/brown cloth (200 x 135mm), foxing throughout (2)
Provenance: with the Synge Family by descent
£200-400
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SYNGE, John Millington, The Aran Islands with drawings by Jack B. Yeats, Maunsel & Co. Ltd, Dublin & Elkin Mathews, London 1907. 8vo. blue cloth, foxed and split, binding loose plus SYNGE, J.M., 'Plays', Maunsel & Roberts, Dublin 1924. 8vo. blue cloth, white spine, untrimmed paper, stained and bumped plus GWYNN, Stephen, Highways and Byways in Donegal and Antrim with illus. by Hugh Thomson, Macmillan London 1899. 8vo. 1/2 tooled calf and marbled boards and end papers (3)
Provenance: with the Synge Family by descent
£50-100
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BROOKE, Rupert (1887-1915), '1914 and other Poems', Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1919. Eton College Prize. 1/2 calf with gilt tooled armorial on red cloth (195 x 135mm)
Provenance: with the Synge Family by descent
£30-50
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PINTER, Harold, British Playwright (1930-2008), The Birthday Party and other Plays. 1st Ed. Methuen & Co, London 1960. 8vo. d/w. signed and inscribed by the author to Philip Radcliffe. Theatre and Music Critic plus typed letter from Pinter to Radcliffe, 11/4/1960 and a typed letter from Brian Begg of Associated Rediffusion to Radcliffe c/o John O'Londons Weekly Literary Magazine, 14/4/1960 (1)
£70-150
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TRUMAN, Harry S, President of the United States (1945-1953), 'Mr Citizen', Bernard Geis, New York 1960. signed by the author, blue ad. with cloth with d/w, stains and tears (1)
£50-100
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YEATS, Jack B, Sligo. 1st Ed. Wishart & Co, London 1930. 8vo. blue/green cloth. plus YEATS, W.B, 'Poems' T Fisher Unwin, London 1912 with portrait, decorative tooled blue cloth binding, untrimmed paper. 8vo. boards loose, damp damage. ex lib v/p plus A.E., George W. Russell, 'The Interpreters'. 1st Ed. Macmillan, London 1922. uncut title page, untrimmed. 8vo. blue cloth. gilt title (3)
£100-200
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