Cookery.

lot 295 (The Library Sale, 10th Apr, 2025)

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

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GASKELL (E)

lot 296 (The Library Sale, 10th Apr, 2025)

North and South, 2 vols., 2nd edition, 1855, 8vo, half titles, contents toned, 2 leaves starting with frayed edge, half calf; MILL (James) Elements ... read more

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GIBBON (Edward)

lot 297 (The Library Sale, 10th Apr, 2025)

The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire, in 8 vols., new edition by William Smith, 1862, 8vo, portrait and folding maps, full ... read more

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HARDY (Thomas)

lot 298 (The Library Sale, 10th Apr, 2025)

The Wessex Novels, 14 vols. only, London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1895-1913, 8vo, engraved frontispieces, uniform cloth, titles include: - Jude ... read more

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Ireland - tours.

lot 299 (The Library Sale, 10th Apr, 2025)

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

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Ireland, social history.

lot 300 (The Library Sale, 10th Apr, 2025)

JOYCE (P W) A Social History of Ancient Ireland, 2 vols., Dublin 1920, 8vo, illustrated, cloth gilt; Report of the Directors of Convict Prisons, ... ... read more

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DICKENS (Charles)

lot 301 (The Library Sale, 10th Apr, 2025)

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

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DICKENS (Charles)

lot 302 (The Library Sale, 10th Apr, 2025)

The Works..., Introduction, General Essay, and Notes by Andrew Lang, Gadshill Edition in 34 vols., 1897-99, 8vo, plates, some typical spotting to ... read more

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[DICKENS (Charles)]

lot 303 (The Library Sale, 10th Apr, 2025)

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

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LANGDON (Arthur G)

lot 304 (The Library Sale, 10th Apr, 2025)

Old Cornish Crosses, 1896, 4to, no.44 of 50 large paper copies, signed by the author, folding map, plates and illustrations, uncut, cloth, morocco ... read more

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