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Cambridge University Gowns. The Costumes of the Members of the University of Cambridge. London: H. Hyde no date, circa 1830, 16mo, with 47 figural...

Lot 190

KNIGHT (H G)

KNIGHT (H G) An Architectural Tour in Normandy, 1836, 8vo, plates, later half morocco; VALPY (Rev. Richard, Rector of Stradishall, Suffolk, 1754-1...

CAMPBELL (Thomas) Gertrude of Wyoming, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809, 4to, half calf, boards rather scuffed

Lot 192

DICKENS (C)

DICKENS (C) Sketches by Boz, 2 vols., 2nd edition 1836, 8vo, illustrated by Cruikshank, publisher's cloth; TOLSTOY (Count L) Anna Karenina, London...

FISHER'S Drawing Room Scrap Book, 2 vols., 1832 and 1837, 4to, engraved plates, light spotting or foxing, original calf backed cloth; ROSCOE (T) T...

Lot 194

HAMEL (N)

HAMEL (N) A New Universal French Grammar. London 1823; with five others on similar subjects (6)

[MALCOLM (Sir John)] Sketches of Persia, from the Journals of a Traveller in the East. London: John Murray, 1828, 8vo, 2 vols., with inscription '...

Lot 196

EGAN (Pierce)

EGAN (Pierce) Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes, new edition 1830, 8vo, coloured frontis (loose) and 35 aquatint plates, folding music p...

[LINCOLN (Abraham)] COLTON (Calvin) The Life and Times of Henry Clay, vol. I only, New York 1846, 8vo, portrait frontis, marked 'Abraham Lincoln' ...

ADDISON (Joseph) The Works, in 4 vols., 3rd edition, Tonson 1741, 4to, portrait frontis, cats paw calf; GIBBON (E) The History of the Decline and ...

Almanacks, Army Lists, etc. Army Lists for 1834-6-8, 1840-41, 2 vols in half calf, 12mo; another, 1776, 8vo, calf, rubbed; another for 1958; Alman...

BEWICK (Thomas; illustrator) The Hermit of Warkworth, 2nd edition, Alnwick 1807, 8vo, large paper, half calf, rubbed; The Hive, 4th edition, 1812;...

Bindings. FROISSART (Sir John) The Antient Chronicles, in four vols., London 1814-16, large 8vo, uncut, some spotting, modern half red morocco, sp...

Lot 202

BRAYLEY (E W)

BRAYLEY (E W) The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster..., illustrated by John Preston Neale, 2 vols., 1818-23, l...

Lot 203

BRITTON (John)

BRITTON (John) Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey Wiltshire. London: for the Author 1823, 4to, half title, engraved frontis an...

CHATEAUBRIAND (Viscount de) Travels in America and Italy, 2 vols., Henry Colburn 1828, 8vo, Newborough armorial bookplates, full diced calf by Joh...

DICKENS (Charles) Sketches by Boz, 1839, 8vo, 1st single volume edition, 1st issue with "reeledbefore" on p.526 and all plates before "Greenwich F...

Essex - history. SUCKLING (Rev A) Memorials of the Antiquities and Architecture, Family History and Heraldry of Essex, London 1845, large paper 4t...

Farming, animal husbandry and similar. The Complete Farmer, or a General Dictionary of Husbandry, 4th edition, no date, circa 1800, folio, engrave...

Lot 208

GAGE (John)

GAGE (John) The History and Antiquities of Hengrave, in Suffolk, London 1822, large 4to, engraved mounted india paper plates, occasional light spo...

Lot 209

GRIFFITHS (S Y)

GRIFFITHS (S Y) Griffith's New Historical Description of Cheltenham and its Vicinity, 1st edition, printed by S.Y. Griffith, Cheltenham, 1826, 4to...

Lot 210

HALL (S C)

HALL (S C) Ireland, its Scenery Character etc, 3 vols., no date, new edition, 8vo, plates and illustrations, light spotting, modern half green mor...

Lot 211

HARRADEN (R B)

HARRADEN (R B) Illustrations of the University of Cambridge, 1830, oblong 8vo, printed title to front card wrapper, engraved title, 2 coloured cos...

Lot 212

JOHNSON (James

JOHNSON (James A Tour in Ireland, 1st edition 1844, 8vo, portrait frontis, library blindstamp to title, cloth, rebacked; OSBORNE (Hon & Rev. S God...

Lot 213

LIGHT (Henry)

LIGHT (Henry) Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Holy Land, Mount Libanon and Cyprus in the year 1814. London: for Rodwell & Martin 1818, 4to, 20 plates inc...

Literary reviews, essays and monographs, including Nichols, 19th century. AITKIN (J) The Athenaeum, vols. 1-3 (of 5), 1807-08, 8vo, morocco backed...

Literature and poetry, bindings. CRUIKSHANK (G) Punch and Judy, 2nd edition 1828, 8vo, hand coloured frontis and 23 plates, some finger staining, ...

Literature, bindings. CLARENDON. History of the Rebellion, 1826, 8vo, 8 vols., brown morocco; BELLASSIS (E) Westmorland Church Notes, 2 vols. in o...

Literature, various, mainly 19th century. OPIE (Amelia) Illustrations of Lying, in all its Branches, 2nd edition, 2 vols., 1825, 12mo, contemporar...

Literature, various. BUNBURY (H W) 'Geoffrey Gambado'. Annals of Horsemanship, 1st Dublin edition 1792, 8vo, 17 plates, half calf rubbed; DALLAS ...

Literature, various. SOUTHEY (R) The Works of William Cowper, in 15 vols., 1836-37, 12mo, added engraved titles, frontispieces, original cloth; [M...

MANNING, (Rev. Owen) and William BRAY. The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey, in 3 vols., 1st edition, 1804-14, folio, maps and plat...

MARTINEAU (Harriet) Letters from Ireland, London: John Chapman 1852, 8vo, 1st edition, 36pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original cloth

Lot 222

SMITH (Adam)

SMITH (Adam) An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 3 vols., Edinburgh 1809, 8vo, worn calf, 3 boards detached (3)

Lot 223

SMITH (John T)

SMITH (John T) Antiquities of Westminster, 1807, large 4to, engraved plates as called for, including some coloured, lacking 2 text leaves (pp.251-...

Lot 224

STRUTT (Joseph)

STRUTT (Joseph) The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England. London: Henry G. Bohn 1842, 4to, coloured frontis and 60 coloured plates, the...

TAYLOR (Rev. Isaac) Scenes in America, ... Asia, ... Europe, ... Africa..., ... England; 5 vols. published by John Harris, 1821-23, 12mo, mixed ed...

THACKERAY (E) 'Mr M A Titmarsh'. Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, 1846, coloured frontis, boards detached; The History of Samuel T...

Travel and literature, 19th century. DARWIN (C) Journal of Researches.., T. Nelson & Sons 1891, 8vo, plates, blue cloth; IRVING (W) The Alhambra, ...

WESTWOOD (J O) & H N HUMPHREYS. British Butterflies and their Transformations, 1st edition, London: William Smith, 1841, 4to, additional hand-colo...

Literature and poetry, early 19th century, 12mo. Collection of works, including Tales of a Grandfather, Robinson's Scripture Characters, Paley's W...

Lot 231

M'LEOD (John)

M'LEOD (John) Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste to China, Corea and the Island of Lewchew. 3rd edition John Murray 1820, 8vo, portrait fronits,...

NORWICH (Corporation of) Notices and Illustrations of the Costume, Processions, Pageantry etc., Norwich: Charles Muskett 1850, large folio, title ...

SKELTON (Joseph) Engraved Illustrations of The Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, From Original Drawings By F MacKenzie, 1823, folio, large pap...

Lot 234

BYRON (Lord)

BYRON (Lord) The Works... With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, By Thomas Moore, in 17 vols., John Murray 1833-34, 12mo, added engraved tit...

CLARKE (Charles) Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini; or Graphical Survey of the Cathedral, Collegiate and Parish Churches in London, Southwark and...

DANIEL (Rev. W B) Rural Sports, 3 vols., London: for the author by J White 1805, 4to, large paper, 3 engraved titles, 70 plates, some foxing, calf...

FRANCIS (Charles Richards) Sketches of Native Life in India with Views in Rajpootana, Simlah, etc., etc., London: Meldola, Cahn, & Co., 1848, foli...

Lot 238

GOLDSMITH (O)

GOLDSMITH (O) The History of Rome, 2 vols., 12th edition, 1817, 8vo, calf; The Grecian History, 2 vols. 1813, 8vo, full calf to match (4)

HOARE (Sir Richard Colt) The History of Ancient Wiltshire, 2 vols. 'South' and 'North', London: W. Miller 1812-21, large folio, complete with 2 po...

HUMPHREYS (N H) & Owen JONES. The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages, 1849, large folio, calligraphic title and illuminated coloured plates as c...

POLWHELE (Rev. R) The History of Cornwall, 7 vols in two, 1816-36 [Vocabulary part], 4to, folding map, large folding Mounts Bay plate, sepia aquat...

Lot 242

SHAKESPEARE.

SHAKESPEARE. The Plays, by George Stevens, Notes... by Alexander Chalmers, in 9 vols., London: F.C. & J. Rivington 1805, 8vo, engraved portrait an...

SICKELMORE (C & R) Sickelmore's Descriptive Views of Brighton. No. 2, no date, circa 1830, oblong folio, original printed paper wrapper, text leaf...

WHITAKER (Thomas Dunham) An History of Richmondshire in the North Riding of the County of York. London 1823, 2 vols., folio, large paper, 45 plate...

World Atlas in manuscript. BECKETT (M) Atlas, small 4to, dated 1834-36, with 26 pen, ink and watercolour maps including double page hemi-spherical...

WALTON & COTTON. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation; text mainly John Major edition of 1824, 8vo, but all mounted to large ...

COTMAN (John Sell) Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses in Norfolk; in Suffolk; 2nd edition with additional plates, 2 vols., London: Henry G. Bohn 183...

DIBDIN (Thomas F) A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland, 2 vols., 1838, 8vo, with...

DICKENS (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, London: Chapman and Hall, 1837, 8vo, half-title, etched ...

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