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1347 HARDY (T.) The Hand of Ethelberta: a comedy in chapters. etched frontis., sketch map, half title; gilt cloth. 1896. * being vol. X of the 'Wessex £160 - £200 £160 View
1348 MASON (H.) The Cure of Cares . . . declaring the condition of worldly cares . . . penned for the use of all, but is most proper for such as be di £150 - £180 £750 View
1349 OLD LEATHER & CLOTH - another selection. £80 - £100 £70 View
1350 POETRY SELECTION - mostly later 19th /earlier 20th cents. £50 - £60 £30 View
1351 THE ANNUAL REGISTER - 27 various vols. for the years 1759 - 1842. contemp. tree calf, gilt-decorated spines with red & green labels. 1760-1843. £80 - £100 £260 View
1352 VALPY (A.J.) editor. [Latin Classical Authors], demy 8vo. series, 75 vols. (only). contemp. gilt calf (1820s-30s). * some incomplete sets -sold as £80 - £100 £420 View
1353 UNITED STATES - Economic Pamphlets (24) concerning revenue, banking, the tariff question, & related; with/without wrappers ('as issued'), mostly 1830s £100 - £140 £90 View
1354 MAITLAND (W.) The History and Survey of London . . . 2nd edition, 2 vols. with many plates & plans (some folded); contemp. calf, gilt-decorated & p £150 - £250 £500 View
1355 ALDISS (B.W.) Non-Stop. First Edition. half title, maroon cloth, gilt-lettered on spine & in (unclipped) d/wrapper. 1958. * signed by author -'Bri £120 - £150 £140 View
1358 OLD LEATHER - another selection. *Property from the estates of the late Adrian Stanford and Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St. John of Fawsley £100 - £140 £100 View
1359 RICKARDS (R.B.) Fishers on the Green Roads. Limited Edited. illus., blind-pictorial & gilt-lettered morocco. Ellesmere: the Medlar Press, 2002. * £50 - £60 £50 View
1360 DOUGLAS (Lord Alfred) Sonnets / Lyrics, together 2 vols. Special Edition. facsimile ms. & photogravure portrait as frontispieces, half titles; gilt- £300 - £400 £300 View
1361 BENTHAM (J.) Plan of Parliamentary Reform . . . with an introduction shewing the Neccessity of Radical, and the Inadequacy of Moderate, Reform. Fi £150 - £180 £150 View
1362 MERCATI (M.) De Gli Oberlischi di Roma . . . First Edition. title vignette, head & tailpiece decorations; old calf with panelled spine. Rome: appre £150 - £200 £220 View
1364 OLD LEATHER & CLOTH - another selection. £60 - £80 £80 View
1366 SCOTT (W.) Peveril of the Peak. First Edition, 4 vols. half titles, original boards with paper labels (distressed). Edinburgh, 1822; together with 5 £60 - £80 £10 View
1369 OLD LEATHER & CLOTH - varied & interesting, some as bindings. £250 - £350 £220 View
1370 HYDE (Edw., Earl of Clarendon) A Brief View and Survey of the Dangerous and Pernicious Errors to Church and State, in Mr. Hobbes's book, entitled Lev £300 - £400 £250 View
1371 'MIXED BAG' - a shelfworthy selection, new & older books. £60 - £80 £45 View
1372 FOLIO SOCIETY - a December selection, mostly in slipcases. £50 - £60 £20 View
1374 VATTEL (E. De) Le Droit des Gens ou Principes de la Loi Naturelle . . . First Edition. 2 vols. (bound as one). title vignette (vol.1); contemp. cal £200 - £300 £220 View
1375 DR. JOHNSON & HIS CIRCLE - mostly modern biographies, critical studies & monographs; includes 'The Hypochondriak' (70 essays by Boswell for the Londo £100 - £140 £80 View
1376 MODERN LITERATURE - novels & literary biography; includes Greene's 'A Burnt Out Case' (1st English edition, 1961) & Sebald's Austerlitz' (1st English £60 - £80 £20 View
1378 BACON (F.) Sylva Sylvarum: or a Natural History, in Ten Centuries . . . edition, published after the author's death, by William Rawley . . . po £100 - £140 £190 View
1381 NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA - a useful miscellany of earlier & later books. * includes Candler's The Long Road to Baghdad (2 vols., 1919) & Richardson £100 - £140 £110 View
1382 ANCIENT EGYPT - a small miscellany, with a few related (13 books). * includes Wilkinson's The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians (new edit £80 - £100 £200 View
1383 DOUGHTY (C.M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta. New and Definitive Edition, with an Introduction by T.E. Lawrence, 2 vols. portrait, 8 plates (2 folded), l £120 - £160 £120 View
1385 PALGRAVE (W.G.) Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63). First Edition, 2 vols. half titles, large folded & colour £150 - £180 £130 View
1386 HOSKINS (G.A.) Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan Desert; with an account . . . of the Oasis of Amun and the other oases now under the dominion £350 - £450 £350 View
1387 WALSH (T.) Journal of the late Campaign in Egypt: including descriptions of that country . . . with an Appendix; containing official papers and doc £300 - £400 £350 View
1388 PHILBY (H. St. J.) The Empty Quarter: being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali. First Edition. 33 photo. plate £80 - £120 £170 View
1389 NEAR EASTERN TRAVEL - a small selection, mostly more modern.1886 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1896 1909 1972 £50 - £60 £80 View
1390 LAWRENCE (T.E.) Oriental Assembly; edited by A.W. Lawrence. First Edition. 76 photo. plates & a few text illus.; gilt-buckram in d/wrapper. 1939. * £60 - £80 £90 View
1391 RICHARDSON (J.) A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic and English. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Language, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Na £300 - £400 £260 View
1392 BRUCE (J.) Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile . . . First Edition, 5 vols. medallion/decorative title vignettes, 3 folded maps, 4 plans, 43 £400 - £600 £450 View
1393 SALT (H.) A Voyage to Abyssinia, and Travels into the Interior of that Country . . . an Account of the Portugese Settlements on the East Coast of A £400 - £600 £1,100 View
1394 TULLY (R) Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa: from the original correspondence . . . comprising authentic memoirs & anecdotes £200 - £300 £180 View
1395 BAKER (Sir S.W.) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. First Edition. portrait frontis, 2 coloured maps (1 f £120 - £160 £110 View
1396 SPEKE (J.H.) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. First Edition. 2 portraits, 2 coloured maps ( 1 folded in pocket), 22 wood-engraved £120 - £160 £160 View
1398 PARK (M.) The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 . . . to which is prefixed an Account of the Life of Mr. Park. Firs £100 - £140 £90 View
1399 STANLEY (H.M.) In Darkest Africa: or the quest rescue and retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria. First Edition. 2 vols. 38 engraved plates, 3 folde £120 - £140 £310 View
1400 LONG (Col. C.C.) Central Africa: naked truths of naked people. An Account of Expeditions to the Lake Victoria Nyanza and the Makraka Niam-Niam, west £120 - £160 £200 View
1402 LIVINGSTONE (D. & C.) Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries; and of the discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864. £80 - £100 £80 View
1403 DU CHAILLU (P.B.) A Journey to Ashango-Land: and further penetration into Equatorial Africa. First Edition. title vignette, 19 plates & 3 full-page £80 - £100 £85 View
1404 DU CHAILLU (P.B.) Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa . . . First Edition. folded (gorilla) frontis., 27 plates, folded map & num. text £120 - £140 £100 View
1405 STANLEY (H.M.) How I Found Livingstone; Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa . . . First Edition. 4 maps (3 coloured & folded), f £100 - £140 £100 View
1408 BURTON (R.F.) The Lake Regions of Central Africa: a picture of exploration. First Edition, 2 vols. 12 coloured plates, 22 woodcut text illus., folde £500 - £600 £500 View
1410 AFRICA - a miscellany of older books. £150 - £180 £130 View

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