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WORKS OF THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK. [Set of ten volumes, comprising:] MAID MARIAN; MELINCOURT, or Sir Oran Haut-Ton (in two volumes); CROTCHET CASTLE; NIGHTMARE ABBEY; CALIDORE & MISCELLANEA [Including Memoir of the author by Sir Edward Strachey]; THE MISFORTUNES OF ELPHIN; GRYLL GRANGE (in two volumes).

PEACOCK, Thomas Love. Edited by GARNETT, Richard. · 1891

£240.00 (€287.72 | $317.13 | ¥50,647)

Aldine House, London: J.M. Dent, 1891. Ten volumes, pocket 8vo., uncut, decorative oatmeal cloth, lettered in burgundy and black and decorated in black, decorative head- and tailpieces to text, illuminated letters, titles in red and black, b/w frontispieces; variable tone to...

THE ROYCROFT BOOKS. A Catalog and Some Remarks without prejudice concerning the publications issued from the shop this year. Herein is included and appreciation of East Aurora and its folks, the same casting some light on the origins, workings and possible final destiny of the Roycroft idea.

Edited by, HUBBARD, Elbert. [Signed presentation copy from the editor]. · 1902

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

East Aurora: Roycroft Books, 1902. 8vo., pp.(iv),32,(ii), reverse calf wrappers with blind-stamped insignia and gilt lettering, endpapers done in silk, mounted monochromatic plates, decorative border in red to title page; presentation inscription to opening blank, ownership ...

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HENRY HALLAM PARR. RECOLLECTIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE, with a Short Account of his Two Sons, Lieutenants A.H.H Parr and G.R.Parr

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HENRY HALLAM PARR. Edited by, FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE, Sir Charles. · 1917

£175.00 (€209.80 | $231.24 | ¥36,930)

London, T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1917. 8vo.,pp.352, green cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece; rubbed and lightly worn to extremities, with creasing and bubbling where cloth is lifting from boards to front and spine, front free endpaper stuck to paste-down, ownershi...

THE GEORGIAN GROUP JOURNAL: Volume XVI, 2008.

HARRIS, John; HEWLINGS, Richard; SMITH, Pete; BERRY, Sue; COWELL, Ben; GARNIER, Richard; BRADBURY, Oliver; FAIR, Alastair; LEACH, Peter; PEARS, Richard; KENWORTHY-BROWNE, John; HEWLINGS, Richard. · 2008

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London, The Georgian Group, 2008. 8vo.,pp.175, pictorial wrappers, b/w and colour illustrations; lightly creased to front lower corner of wrappers, otherwise near-fine.

LÉGENDES BOURGUIGNONNES RÉCITS HISTORIQUES ET LÉGENDAIRES. Raoul de Mont-Saint-Jean - Philippe Pot - Petites Légendes. Troisième Édition.

M. L’ABBE E.B***. · 1876

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, Éditeurs, 1876. Third edition, 8vo., pp.237, quarter bound in red morocco, four raised bands, gilt, textured red cloth, a.e.g., engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, textured endpapers; prize bookplate, dated 1879, to front paste-down en...

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS. Embellished with Copper-Plates. Intended as a Companion to Buffon’s Natural History.

Compiled from SWAMMERDAM, BROOKES, GOLDSMITH, &c. Illustrations by J. Fraser. · 1792

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London: W. Law, A. Millar, R. Cater, 1792. 8vo., pp.(iv),210, full sprinkled calf, black gilt-lettered label to spine, complete with twenty illustrative copper-engraved plates by J. Fraser; armorial bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, 3cm tear to text of p.49/50 (not aff...

A MEMOIR A Memoir of George Smith by Sidney Lee; Some Pages of Autobiography by George Smith (from The Cornhill Magazine): I. In the Early Forties; II. Charlotte Bronte; III. Our Birth and Parentage; IV. Lawful Pleasures.

SMITH, George. · 1902

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

London: Privately published, 1902. First edition, 8vo., pp.151, morocco wrappers with inner dentelles in gilt, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., spine unlettered, loose ribbon bookmark, b/w frontispiece portrait after the painting by G.F. Watts, with tissue-guard; ex libris Emery W...

CAVES OF THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS. Chinese Art from the Silk Route.

WHITFIELD, Roderick; FARRER, Anne. · 1990

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,065)

London: British Museum Publications, 1990. 4to., pp.208, red hardcover, gilt, colour and b/w illustrations; a very good copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.

THE LIFE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON, Railway Engineer. Fifth Edition, Revised, with Additions.

SMILES, Samuel. · 1858

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London: John Murray, 1858. 8vo., pp.xvi,557,(2)adverts, uncut, pictorial cloth with blindstamped borders, gilt; light residue from removed bookplate to inner margin of front free endpaper, foxing to prelims, spine sunned, wear to extremities, with loss to headband, staining ...

THE TALE OF NAUGHTY KITTY CAT.

Written by, RUTLEY, Cecily M. Pictured by, WAIN, Louis. · 1920

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Dundee, Valentine & Sons, Ltd, c.1920 12mo., unpaginated, pale brown paper-covered boards with inlaid colour plate, colour frontispiece and 13 further colour plates, pictorial title and colophon, pictorial endpapers, monochromatic illustrations accompany the text through...

CHRISTIAN GRAVE STONES. Illustrated by 150 Examples in which suitability of purpose and expression have been especially considered.

OGDEN, William Sharp. · 1877

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London: B.T. Batsford, 1877. 8vo., pp.(i),50(b/w plates), brown bevelled moire cloth, gilt; rubbing and light wear to extremities, contents clean, a good copy.

‘NOT IN GALLUP’.

ELIOT, T.S. Foreword by REVELL, Stanley. · 1988

£27.50 (€32.97 | $36.34 | ¥5,803)

Oxford: Perpetua Press, 1988. Limited edition of 150 copies, of which this is no. 105, 8vo., pp.(viii), plain card wrappers with printed jacket; a fresh and near-fine copy. [A reprint of T.S. Eliot’s introduction to a 1928 production of ‘The Merry Masque of Our L...

MANUAL OF SEPULCHRAL MEMORIALS.

TROLLOPE, Rev. Edward. · 1858

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

London: Piper, Stephenson, and Spence / Sleaford: W. Fawcett, 1858. 8vo., pp.vii,(7)44,(2), brown blindstamped cloth, gilt, 19 b/w plates, and one double-page plate; light partial sunning to boards, a very good copy.

COLLECTED POEMS. Enlarged edition.

BETJEMAN, John. Compiled and introduced by the Earl of Birkenhead. [Signed by author]. · 1970

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London: John Murray, 1970. Third edition (with addition of all poems published in ‘High and Low’), 8vo., pp.xxx,366, green cloth, gilt; a fine copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which has creasing to rear flap, and rubbing/light chipping to headband. Fron...

OLD LIGHTS FOR NEW CHANCELS. Verses Topographical and Amatory.

BETJEMAN, John. · 1940

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

London: John Murray, 1940. First edition, 12mo., pp.xix,67,(1), blue cloth, printed paper label to spine; a fine copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, with light toning and minimal chipping to edges. With a card written by Betjeman for Eric Mascall (Poet and Theologian),...

ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY IN THE STUDY OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY.

FREND, W.H.C. · 1988

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London: Variorum Reprints, 1988. 8vo., pp.x,308, blue cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece; light rubbing to extremities, a near-fine copy.

VOICES FROM THE EAST. Documents on the Present State and Working of The Oriental Church.

Translated from the Original Russ, Slavonic, and French, with notes, NEALE, The Rev. J. M. · 1859

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

London: Joseph Masters, 1859. First edition, scarce, 8vo., pp.xii,215, uncut, textured red cloth, gilt; heraldic bookplate and neat ownership autograph to front paste-down endpaper, neat ownership autograph and date to front free endpaper, foxing to prelims, otherwise intern...

FLORA OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA. [In Four Volumes]. I: Lycopodiaceae-Rosaceae; II: Leguminosae-Rubiceae; III: Polemoniaceae-Compositae; IV: Alismataceae-Orchidaceae.

JESSOP, J.P.; TOELKEN, H.R. · 1986

£295.00 (€353.66 | $389.80 | ¥62,254)

Adelaide: South Australian Government Printing Division, 1986. Fourth edition, four volumes, large 8vo., pp.2248, red cloth, gilt, colour plates and numerous b/w figures; a fine set.

VICTORIAN STONE CARVERS IN DORSET CHURCHES 1856-1880. With Excerpts from the Reports of the Consecration Ceremonies in the Dorset County Chronicle and Other Sources.

BROCKLEBANK, Joan. · 1979

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

The Dovecote Press, 1979. 8vo.,pp.72, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations, pictorial endpapers; a near-fine copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, sunned to spine, small ink mark to front.

SAINT NICOLAS: A Cantata.

BRITTEN, Benjamin. Words by, CROZIER, Eric. Vocal Score by, OLDHAM, Arthur. · 1948

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Boosey & Co, Ltd, 1948. 8vo.,pp.88, pictorial wrappers, musical score throughout; stain to rear of wrappers at foot, lightly creased to spine, ink stamp to title page, a very good copy.