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DICKENS (Charles) The Personal History of David Copperfield, 1850, 8vo, 1st edition in book form, frontis and added title, plates by H K Browne, t...

DICKENS (Charles) The Personal History of David Copperfield, 1st edition, 1850, 8vo, engraved title, frontis and plates by H K Browne, some spotti...

EDGEWORTH (Maria) Tales and Novels, in 18 vols., London: Baldwin & Cradock 1832-33, small 8vo, added engraved titles and frontispieces, half green...

Lot 253

GELL (William)

GELL (William) Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, the Result of Excavations Since 1819, 2 vols., Jennings and Chaplin, ...

Lot 254

BYRON (Lord)

BYRON (Lord) Works, 17 vols., 1818-24, 12mo, mixed publishers including John Murray for the first 8 vols. numbered I to VIII, other publishers are...

CURTIS (William) Botanical Magazine 1809, 8vo, 89 hand coloured plates, largely clean, uncut, half calf, rubbed

Lot 256

Pyrenees.

Pyrenees. PACKE (Charles) A Guide to the Pyrenees, especially intended for the use of Mountaineers, 1862, 12mo, frontis, large folding map, 3 colo...

TOMBLESON (William & William Gray FEARNSIDE) Tombleson's Thames, London & Germany: Tombleson & Company, circa 1840, 4to, 80 engraved views, includ...

'Aliquis' [MABERLEY (Revd. Samuel Edward)] Humpty Dumpty. Tilt & Bogue, 1843, 87 x 240mm, continuous hand coloured strip view illustrating the nur...

Lot 259

ALKEN (Henry)

ALKEN (Henry) Specimens Of Riding Near London, Drawn from Life. London: Thomas McLean 1823, oblong folio, with 18 fine hand coloured plates by Alk...

Lot 260

DE VINNE (Theo)

DE VINNE (Theo) The Invention of Printing, 1877, 8vo, illustrated, later half morocco; OSWALD (John C) A History of Printing, New York 1928, 8vo, ...

DUMAS (Alexander) The Count of Monte-Cristo, first English edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1846, 8vo, 2 vols., 20 wood-engraved plates by Valenti...

The History and Adventures of Little Henry, Exemplified in a Series of Figures, 5th edition, London: S. and J. Fuller, 1811, seven hand-coloured c...

Literature, various. FIELDING (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 4 vols., 1808, 12mo, uncut, boards; PEARSALL (Richard) Contemplations...

Lot 268

BRONTE Sisters.

BRONTE Sisters. Works, 7 vols. including Life of Charlotte Bronte by E. Gaskell, London: Smith, Elder & Co 1867, 8vo, calf backed boards; TENNYSON...

THORNBURY (Walter) and Edward WALFORD. Old and New London, 6 vols., 4to, no date, large folding plan (torn), some staining, half calf; Greater Lon...

Binding. MAJOR (R H) The Life of Prince Henry of Portugal, surnamed The Navigator, 1868, 8vo, portraits and maps, colour frontis slightly spotted,...

Bindings. SOLA (Rev. D A De) Festival prayers, according to the custom of German and Polish Jews, 6 vols., 1860, small 8vo, text in Hebrew and Eng...

Lot 272

Archery.

Archery. FORD (Horace A) Archery its Theory and Practice, 2nd edition 1859, 8vo, frontis, original cloth gilt; MORFITT (J) The Woodmen of Arden,.....

Artistic plate books. The Art Journal Illustrated Great Exhibition 1851; The Turner Gallery 1875; L'Univers Illustre 1867, 2 vols.; Gallery of Pic...

Children's, cloth gilt bindings. KIPLING (R) The Jungle Book, 1st reprint edition, 1894, spine ends worn; The Second Jungle Book, 1st reprint edit...

FOWLER (William) Engravings from subjects executed in Antient stained glass in the Windows of the Hall at Aston near Birmingham. Large folio, 650 ...

Lot 276

Welsh scenery.

Welsh scenery. Views of the Antiquities of Wales and the Marches, with some in Cornwall and Britanny, 1862, 8vo, coloured paper title, engraved pl...

[VALLERY- RADOT (Rene)] Louis Pasteur His Life and Labours, translated from the French by Lady Claud Hamilton, Longmans Green & Co 1885, 8vo, half...

Lot 278

CERVANTES.

CERVANTES. Don Quixote de la Mancha, illustrated by Dore, no date, c.1870, 4to, half calf; ACKERMANN. The Repository, Volume VI, October 1811, 8vo...

Lot 279

Irish history.

Irish history. MAXWELL (W H) History of the Irish Rebellion, 1845, 8vo, plates, half calf; DEWAR (D) Observations on The Character, Customs and Su...

Lot 280

James Wyld

James Wyld Map of the Arctic Regions, folding into diced card cover, with paper label, c.1855; with an album of printed Windsor views, red covers ...

Lot 281

JONES (Mrs H)

JONES (Mrs H) The Princess Charlotte of Wales, Quaritch 1885, small 4to, one of 250 copies, portrait plates, calf backed boards; POPE (M K) & E C...

Lot 282

DEPPING (G-B)

DEPPING (G-B) L'Angleterre ou Description Historique et Topographique du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne, 2nd edition, 6 volumes, Paris 1828, 12...

Bindings. CLOWES (W L) The Royal Navy, A History, 7 vols., 1897-1903, large 8vo, plates, light staining to titles and some plates, bookplates of T...

Bindings. SHAKESPEARE. The Plays, in 10 vols., Steevens edition, 1823, 12mo, diced calf (one board detached); STEVENSON (R L) Works, 7 vols., Cass...

CASATI (Maj. Gaetano) Ten Years in Equatoria and the Return with Emin Pasha. London & New York, 2 vols., Frederick Warne & Co, 1891, 8vo, frontisp...

CHURCHILL (Winston S) London to Ladysmith, 1st edition 1900, 8vo, maps and plans, some foxing, mainly to first leaves, original cloth, stained

STEVENSON (Robert Louis) Kidnapped, 1st edition, 2nd or later issue, London: Cassell and Co, 1886, 8vo, folding map, light foxing to first and las...

SUMNER (Heywood) The Avon from Naseby to Tewkesbury, 1882, folio, 21 mounted etched plates by Sumner, some light spotting to text and mounts, book...

Tauchnitz editions in half calf. TWAIN (Mark) A Tramp Abroad, 2 vols., 1880; The Prince and the Pauper, 2 vols., 1881; HARTE (B) The Story of a Mi...

DUCAREL (Andrew C) Some Account of the Town, Church, and Archiepiscopal Palace of Croydon. London: J. Nichols 1783, 4to, 10 plates, half calf, rub...

Bindings - literature. WORDSWORTH (W) Poetical Works, in 6 vols., 1857, 12mo, green morocco, some scratches; BROWNING (E B) Poetical Works, 7th ed...

DARWIN (Charles) The Origin of Species, 6th edition John Murray 1882, 8vo, publisher's green cloth; A Naturalist's Voyage round the World, 1882, f...

DODGSON (Rev. C Lutwidge) 'Lewis Carroll' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 10th thousand 1867, 8vo, inscriptions to half title, all rather use so...

Dupont-Auberville [(A.)] Art Industriel: L’Ornement Des Tissus Recueil Historique et Pratique, Paris, Ducher, 1877, folio, title in red and black,...

Lot 295

Cookery.

Cookery. FRANCATELLI (C E) The Modern Cook, 1883, 8vo, recased; DOLBY (R) The Cook's Dictionary, 1830, 8vo, 1st edition, modern boards; DAVID (Eli...

Lot 296

GASKELL (E)

GASKELL (E) North and South, 2 vols., 2nd edition, 1855, 8vo, half titles, contents toned, 2 leaves starting with frayed edge, half calf; MILL (Ja...

Lot 297

GIBBON (Edward)

GIBBON (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire, in 8 vols., new edition by William Smith, 1862, 8vo, portrait and folding...

Lot 298

HARDY (Thomas)

HARDY (Thomas) The Wessex Novels, 14 vols. only, London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1895-1913, 8vo, engraved frontispieces, uniform cloth, titles ...

Ireland - tours. DE BOVET (Madame) Three Month's Tour in Ireland, translated by Mrs Arthur Walter, 1st English edition, 1891, 8vo, illustrations, ...

Ireland, social history. JOYCE (P W) A Social History of Ancient Ireland, 2 vols., Dublin 1920, 8vo, illustrated, cloth gilt; Report of the Direct...

DICKENS (Charles) The Works, 'Charles Dickens Edition' in 14 vols., Chapman and Hall 1870, 8vo, plates, blue morocco gilt, all edges gilt

DICKENS (Charles) The Works..., Introduction, General Essay, and Notes by Andrew Lang, Gadshill Edition in 34 vols., 1897-99, 8vo, plates, some ty...

[DICKENS (Charles)] BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett) Aurora Leigh, 5th edition 1860, 8vo, from the library of Charles Dickens, with his bookplate and...

LANGDON (Arthur G) Old Cornish Crosses, 1896, 4to, no.44 of 50 large paper copies, signed by the author, folding map, plates and illustrations, un...

Literature, various. [ROGET (John Lewis)] Cambridge Customs and Costumes, 1851, oblong folio, printed wrapper with author's inscription to 'Mrs Pa...

PASHA (Rudolf C. Slatin) Fire and Sword in the Sudan, 1st edition, 1896, 8vo, half-title, frontis, plates, 2 folding colour maps, publisher's adve...

WESTWOOD & HUMPHREYS. British Moths and their Transformations, 2 vols., Wm. S Orr & Co, 1849, 4to, hand coloured plates, morocco gilt, rebacked

Plate books. SHAKESPEARE (William) The Works, 2 vols., Imperial edition, edited by Charles Knight, Virtue & Co, [1873-75], folio, engraved frontis...

Lot 308

RUSKIN (John)

RUSKIN (John) Examples of the Architecture of Venice, George Allen, 1887, large folio, 16 proof aquatint plates, as called for, some spotting and ...

SHAKESPEARE in miniature. The Dramatic Works, in 8 vols., 11 x 7cm, no date, circa 1840, publ. Charles Tilt, with frontispieces, all edges gilt, c...

Lot 310

TUSSER (Thomas)

TUSSER (Thomas) Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, John Tregaskis & Son 1931, small 4to, uncut, full calf, slip case; ARIOSTO (Lodovico) Satir...

Lot 311

TYRRELL (H)

TYRRELL (H) The History of the War with Russia, 3 vols., The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, no date, added engraved titles, foldi...

[DODGSON (Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". The Nursery "Alice", 1st edition, 3rd issue, Macmillan and Co. 1889, small 4to, with "People's Editi...

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