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Wilde (Oscar), Henry James, Walter Crane, John Ruskin and others..- The Shakespeare Birthday Book,
Wilde (Oscar), Henry James, Walter Crane, John Ruskin and others..- The Shakespeare Birthday Book,
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Wilde (Oscar), Henry James, Walter Crane, John Ruskin and others.- The Shakespeare Birthday Book, with signatures of many authors and artists, including: Austin Dobson, John Ruskin, George Meredith, Mortimer Menpes, George Du Maurier, Robert Barrett Browning, Edward Poynter, Andrew Lang, William Holman Hunt, Henry James, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Thomas Hardy, R.D. Blackmore, John Everett Millais, Anne Thackeray Ritchie, W.L. Wyllie, Charles Keene, Walter Crane (with sketch), Edward Burne-Jones, Edmund Gosse, Helen Allingham, Oscar Wilde and W.B. Richmond, original cloth, embroidered "dust-jacket", 12mo, 1875.*** A pencil inscription reads "This book belonged to A.C. Swinburne poet, later it went to Gerald W. Henderson Librarian of St. Paul's Cathedral..."
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Wilde (Oscar), Henry James, Walter Crane, John Ruskin and others..- The Shakespeare Birthday Book,

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Wilde (Oscar) Newdigate Prize Poem. Ravenna, first edition, Oxford, Thos. Shrimpton and Son, 1878.: *** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Wilde (Oscar) Newdigate Prize Poem. Ravenna, first edition, original printed wrappers, upper cover detached and a little chipped at
3 days LeftWilde (Oscar) Newdigate Prize Poem. Ravenna, first edition, Oxford, Thos. Shrimpton and Son, 1878.
£300
Beardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) [Le Morte Darthur] , 2 vol., one of 1500 copies, 1893-94.: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) [Le Morte Darthur] The Birth and Life and Acts of King Arthur, 2 vol., one of 1500 copies, from an edition of 1800, photogravure frontispieces, 18 plates (of
3 days LeftBeardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) [Le Morte Darthur] , 2 vol., one of 1500 copies, 1893-94.
£600
Beardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) Salome. A Tragedy in One Act, one of 500 copies, original pale: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) Salome. A Tragedy in One Act, first edition in English, one of 500 copies, title and list of plates with pictorial borders, 10 plates and tail-piece by Aubrey
3 days LeftBeardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) Salome. A Tragedy in One Act, one of 500 copies, original pale
£900
[Wilde (Oscar)] The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., first edition, one of 800 copies on hand-made: [Wilde (Oscar)] The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., first edition, one of 800 copies on hand-made paper, slight abrasion to rear endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original linen-backed
3 days Left[Wilde (Oscar)] The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., first edition, one of 800 copies on hand-made
£400
King (Jessie M.).- Wilde (Oscar) A House of Pomegranates, colour plates by Jessie M.King, 1915: King (Jessie M.).- Wilde (Oscar) A House of Pomegranates, pictorial colour title and 16 tipped-in colour plates by Jessie M. King, one or two with small creases at corners, foxing to text, original
3 days LeftKing (Jessie M.).- Wilde (Oscar) A House of Pomegranates, colour plates by Jessie M.King, 1915
£400
Froissart (Jean) [Chronicles], 2 vol. in 1, first English edition, Richard Pynson, 1523-25: Froissart (Jean) [Chronicles], 2 vol. in 1, first English edition, translated by John Bourchier, Lord Berners, collation: A6 B4 a-u aa-uu aaa-nnn6 ooo4; a8 A-U AA-UU AAA-NNN6 OOO8 complete,
3 days LeftFroissart (Jean) [Chronicles], 2 vol. in 1, first English edition, Richard Pynson, 1523-25
£8,500
Scotland.- Boece (Hector) Heir beginnis the hystory and croniklis of Scotland, first edition in: Scotland.- Boece (Hector) Heir beginnis the hystory and croniklis of Scotland, translated from Latin into Scots English by John Bellenden, first edition in Scots, collation: A-F6 A-Z6/4 Aa-Hh4/6 Ii10
3 days LeftScotland.- Boece (Hector) Heir beginnis the hystory and croniklis of Scotland, first edition in
£9,000
Bible, Welsh. [Testament newydd ein arglwydd Jesu Christ], translated by W. Salesbury, R. Davies and: Bible, Welsh. [Testament newydd ein arglwydd Jesu Christ], translated by W. Salesbury, R. Davies and T. Huet, printed in black letter with some side-notes in italic roman type, woodcut initials and
3 days LeftBible, Welsh. [Testament newydd ein arglwydd Jesu Christ], translated by W. Salesbury, R. Davies and
£3,500
Piracy.- Anno XXVII. Henici Octavi. Actes made in the session of this present parliament holden upon: Piracy.- Anno XXVII. Henici Octavi. Actes made in the session of this present parliament holden upon prorogacion at Westminster ... in the xxvii. yere of the rigne of our most drad soveraynge lord
3 days LeftPiracy.- Anno XXVII. Henici Octavi. Actes made in the session of this present parliament holden upon
£400
Anglo-Spanish War.- [Elizabeth I, Queen of England]. A Declaration of the causes mooving the Queene: Anglo-Spanish War.- [Elizabeth I, Queen of England]. A Declaration of the causes mooving the Queene of England to give aide to the defence of the people afflicted and oppressed in the lowe countries,
3 days LeftAnglo-Spanish War.- [Elizabeth I, Queen of England]. A Declaration of the causes mooving the Queene
£1,000
Witchcraft and Demonology.- Exorcist.- Darrell (John) A Detection of that Sinnful Shamful Lying and: Witchcraft and Demonology.- Exorcist.- Darrell (John) A Detection of that Sinnful Shamful Lying and Ridiculous Discours, of Samuel Harshnet, entituled: a discoverie of the frawdulent practises of
3 days LeftWitchcraft and Demonology.- Exorcist.- Darrell (John) A Detection of that Sinnful Shamful Lying and
£800
Coryate (Thomas) The Odcombian Banquet: dished foorth by Thomas the Coriat, and serued in by a: Coryate (Thomas) The Odcombian Banquet: dished foorth by Thomas the Coriat, and serued in by a number of noble wits in prayse of his Crudities and Crambe too. Asinus portans mysteria, first edition
3 days LeftCoryate (Thomas) The Odcombian Banquet: dished foorth by Thomas the Coriat, and serued in by a
£1,000
Jewish settlement in England.- Menasseh ben Israel. Vindiciae Judaeorum, or a Letter In Answer to: Jewish settlement in England.- Menasseh ben Israel. Vindiciae Judaeorum, or a Letter In Answer to certain Questions...touching the reproaches cast on the Nation of the Jewes, first edition, woodcut
3 days LeftJewish settlement in England.- Menasseh ben Israel. Vindiciae Judaeorum, or a Letter In Answer to
£5,500
Dryden (John) To His Sacred Maiesty, a Panegyrick on his Coronation, first edition, for Henry: Dryden (John) To His Sacred Maiesty, a Panegyrick on his Coronation, first edition, 8pp., tiny stab-holes to inner margin, title with small ink number to upper corner and some very light soiling,
3 days LeftDryden (John) To His Sacred Maiesty, a Panegyrick on his Coronation, first edition, for Henry
£800
Pentland Rising.- A Proclamation, against those rebels that have not accepted the Act of Indempnity.: Pentland Rising.- A Proclamation, against those rebels that have not accepted the Act of Indempnity. Edinburgh, the ninth day of May, one thousand six hundred and sixty eight, broadside, 2ff., black
3 days LeftPentland Rising.- A Proclamation, against those rebels that have not accepted the Act of Indempnity.
£500
Cavendish (Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle) Plays, Never Before Printed, first edition, 1668.: Cavendish (Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle) Plays, Never Before Printed, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by van Schuppen, contemporary autograph corrections and annotations (under the
3 days LeftCavendish (Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle) Plays, Never Before Printed, first edition, 1668.
£1,500
Sammelband of 17th century plays.- Behn (Aphra).- Southerne (Thomas) Oroonoko: A Tragedy, first: Sammelband of 17th century plays.- Behn (Aphra).- Southerne (Thomas) Oroonoko: A Tragedy, first edition, with final blank, marginal loss to B1&2 and M3 (the last with loss to 1 or 2 words of text),
3 days LeftSammelband of 17th century plays.- Behn (Aphra).- Southerne (Thomas) Oroonoko: A Tragedy, first
£800
London Trades.- Laroon (Marcellus) The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life, Henry: London Trades.- Laroon (Marcellus) The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life, 74 copper-engraved plates by Pierce Tempest after Laroon, contemporary ink gift inscription to head of title,
3 days LeftLondon Trades.- Laroon (Marcellus) The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life, Henry
£1,500
Caesar (Caius Julius) Quæ extant. Accuratissimè cum libris editis & MSS optimis collata, recognita: Caesar (Caius Julius) Quæ extant. Accuratissimè cum libris editis & MSS optimis collata, recognita & correcta, edited by Samuel Clarke, additional engraved title by C. Huyberts after R. V.
3 days LeftCaesar (Caius Julius) Quæ extant. Accuratissimè cum libris editis & MSS optimis collata, recognita
£1,800
Ramsay (Allan) Poems, first collected edition, eighth issue, Edinburgh, for the Author, 1720 [but: Ramsay (Allan) Poems, first collected edition, eighth issue, woodcut initials, previous owner's ink signature to title, spotting and staining, several ff. with marginal loss not affecting text,
3 days LeftRamsay (Allan) Poems, first collected edition, eighth issue, Edinburgh, for the Author, 1720 [but
£600

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