Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island Edmund Dulas, Fishing American Waters, Sykes Glory The Shia World, Staughton Chess Player's, Rex Stout, Shakespeare

Sackville-West, Vita. Collected Poems.
London. The Hogarth Press. 1933. First Edition, 8vo., original orange cloth in a chipped, torn and darkened d/w, fep browned, pp. x + 325, contents clean, a good copy. U.S.$150

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Sadleir, Michael. Excursions in Victorian Bibliography.
London. Chaundy & Co. 1922. First Edition. 8vo., original blue cloth, corner tips and edges slightly faded, d/w chipped at head & tail spine, pp. 240, top edge gilt, errata slip tipped in at dedication page, a near fine copy in a very good d/w. U.S. $195

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* Subject material includes:- Anthony Trollope / Benjamin Disraeli / Frederick Marryat / Wilkie Collins / Charles Read / G. J. Whyte Melville / Mrs Gaskell and Herman Melville.

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8vo., 2 Volumes, First Edition, original blue cloth slightly pitted and marked, gilt lettered spine, top edge gilt, pp. xxxviii + 1-212 plus 48 pages of publisher's adverts, Vol. 2. 213-658 including index, illustrated with over 500 plates and text illustrations, including tissue guarded frontispiece plates, some plates folding, large inscription on front free endpapers of both volumes from Harold Hardly Conductor of The Albert Symphony Orchestra 23rd May 1921, a few random spots more so to title pages, but a very good copy.

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8vo., First Edition, original blind ruled green cloth, centre gilt tooled fish, gilt tooled spine, minor wear to binding, pp. 184 + 4 pages publisher's adverts, illustrated with 170 full page plates, illustrations in text, chapter headings and tail pieces, illustrated initials, including a tissue guarded frontispiece and illustrated title page, an occasional spot or mark, glue residue from a removed label on front paste-down, a good plus copy.

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Shakespeare, William. The Phoenix and The Turtle.
17 Feb. 1944 Paris. Large Folio, Limited Edition No. 208 of 225 copies, woodcut illustrations by Leon Gischia, text in English, Leaves loose as issued, in original wrappers, spine a little worn, in a slightly worn glacene d/w, worn slip-case, a good clean copy. U.S.$195

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Cette edition de " The Phoenix and the Turtle " ornee de cinq bois originaux de Leon Gischia a ete realisee d'apres une maquette de Jean Delinas pour Raoul Mortier, editeur a Paris L'impression du texte et des bois de cette ouvrage a ete achevee le 17 fevrier 1944 sur les presses de L'imprimerie union a Paris.
The French artist Leon Gischia was a student of Fernand Leger and Emile Othon Friesz at the Academie Modern.

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Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Published: London William Heinemann Ltd. 1926
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original gilt tooled black cloth.
Price: U.S.$550

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4to., ( 25 cm x 18 cm ), First Edition, original gilt tooled black cloth, spine gilt tooled, light rubbing to corners & edges, pp. ix + 185, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 20 tipped in full page colour plates, plus vignette head and tail pieces, pictorial title page, light foxing throughout, edges spotted, all plates in excellent condition, covers clean and bright, a good to very good copy.

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Simpson, John. Improved Pruning and Training of Fruit Trees.
Or, Extension Versus Restriction. London. The " Garden " Office. 1880. 8vo., original olive green cloth lightly rubbed, gilt spine, with 15 illustrations some full page, pp. xii + 115, apart from some light spotting to edges and first few pages, a good clean copy. U.S.$120

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Sitwell, Sacheverell. Touching The Orient.
Six sketches, London. Duckworth. 1934. 8vo., First Edition, original red cloth, gilt spine, d/w chipped with minor loss to head & tail of spine, pp. 88, apart from wear to d/w, a fine copy. U.S.$120

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Smith, Arthur H. Village Life in China. A study in sociology.
Published: New York, Fleming H. Revell Company 1899
Binding: Red Cloth, Pictorially decorated in white
Price: U.S.$120

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8vo, Original red cloth pictorially decorated in white & gilt lettered, spine gilt, pp.360, illustrated with 15 full page photographic plates including tissue guarded frontispiece, bookplate on front paste-down, a fine copy.

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Sotheby's Catalogue: The Library of H. Bradley Martin. U.S. $985
New York & Monaco 1989 -1990. 4to., 9 volumes, green cloth with an pictorial centre onlay, apart from a few light dust marks to a few vols, a mint set. details

1. John James Audubon Magnificent Books and Manuscripts. New York Tuesday June 6 1989, with auction estimates and results.

2. Magnificent Colour-Plate Ornithology. New York Wednesday June 7 1989. With auction estimates and results.

3. The Original Watercolors for Selbys Illustrations of British Ornithology. New York Thursday June 8 1989, with auction estimates and results.

4. Highly Important French Literature. Monaco October 16 & 17 1989, with auction estimates.

5. Highly Important Illustrated and Scientific Ornithology. New York December 12 & 13 1989. with auction estimates and results.

6. Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana. New York Wed January 31 1990. with auction estimates and results.

7. Highly Important American and Children's Literature. New York January 30-31 1990. with auction estimates and results.

8. Highly Important English Literature. New York April 30 and May 1 1990. with auction estimates and results.

9. Highly Important Printed Books and Illuminated Manuscripts. New York Thursday June 14 1990. with auction estimates and results.

U.S. $985

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8vo., First Edition, original green cloth, silver lettered spine, in its pictorial dust jacket with a few small chips and tears, lower dust jacket cover a trifle soiled, pp. 192, small neat name on front free endpaper, apart from minor wear to dust jacket, a very good copy.

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8vo., First Edition, original blind stamped and gilt tooled red cloth, marked and worn, rebacked with remnants of the original spine laid down, new endpapers, half title, pp. + 518, illustrated with a tissue guarded colour frontispiece plate and numerous diagrams, light soil marks to title page, but a good tight copy.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses.
Published: Chatto & Windus, London. 1919
Binding: Original pictorial blue cloth
Price: U.S.$175

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Small 4to., original pictorial gilt decorated blue cloth, a few small marks, spine gilt, top edge blue, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with 12 full page colour plates by Millicent Sowerby, fore-edge and bottom edge foxed, some light random foxing, a good copy in a bright binding.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island, with illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
Published: London: Ernest Benn Limited. 1927
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original Red Cloth
Price: U.S.$Sold

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4to., First Edition, original red cloth with black linear border, unevenly faded, rubbing to extremities, spine faded, pp. xii + 256, illustrated by Edmund Dulac with 12 full page colour plates, (the USA version only had 10), plus 21 black & white head and tail pieces,'' R. L. Stevenson'' copyright sticker on front paste-down , contents clean and all plates in excellent condition, a good copy.

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4to., The Art Edition in Art Vellum Cloth, Limited to 500 copies No. 2, Original light grey art vellum cloth, spine darkened with white paper title label, minor wear to corners & edges of binding, top edge gilt, pp. 135, profusely illustrated through-out with full page plates, text illustrations (some in colour), chapter headings and tail pieces, colour illustrated title page, previous owners bookplate on front paste-down, a very good copy.

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Stout, Rex The Silent Speaker.
Published: New York. The Viking Press. 1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original blue/green cloth, pictorial dust wrapper.
Price: U.S.$225

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8vo., First Edition, original yellow lettered blue/green cloth in its pictorial dust jacket chipped at corners and edges, pp. 308, a very good copy.

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Stout, Rex Five of A Kind. The Third Nero Wolfe Omnibus.
Published: The Viking Press, New York. 1961
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original light grey boards, pictorial dust wrapper.
Price: U.S.$195

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8vo., First Edition, original light grey cloth decorated in green, in its pictorial price-clipped dust jacket chipped at corners and edges and split alone spine and flap joints, pp. 441, apart from wear to dust wrapper a very good copy.

Contents include: The Rubber Band, In the Best Families ( considered the best "Nero Wolfe"of them all).

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Sykes, Major P. M. & Khan Bahadur Ahmad Din Khan. The Glory of The Shia World. ( Translated & edited from a Persian manuscript by)
Published: MacMillan and Co., Limited. London. 1910
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Gilt tooled blue cloth
Price: U.S.$350

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8vo., First Edition, original gilt tooled blue cloth patterned in red, spine gilt, pp. xiv + 279, illustrated with 4 full page colour plates, including tissue guarded frontispiece, many text illustrations, some in Arabic, plus chapter headings and tail pieces, 2 small holes to bottom of pp. iii, bookplate of Fransica Club on front paste-down, label sometime removed from rear paste-down leaving small remnants, a very good copy.

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