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(Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs, 24th February 2021) Miscellaneous Books a quantity, including "Orwell, George" [Eric Arthur Blair] The Road to Wigan Pier. London, 1937, Left Book Club Edition, 32 illustrations on 16 plates, original orange cloth, lightly marked; Sue, Eugene The Mysteries of Paris. 1845, 3 volumes, large 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt; Goldsmith, O. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature. [c.1870], 2 volumes, large 8vo, plates, contemporary half calf gilt; Thomson, James The Works. 1802, 3 volumes, 8vo, vellum gilt, two volumes bowed; Bates, H.E. Down the River. 1937. Wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker worn dustwrapper; Bates, H.E. Through the Woods. New York, 1936, wood-engravings by A.M. Parker, original cloth, faded; Jekyll, Gertrude Wood and Garden. 1910. 8vo, original buckram gilt; Bagot, R. The Italian Lakes. A & C Black, 1912, pictorial cloth gilt; Gosse, P.H. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals. 1860, chromolithographed plates, original cloth gilt; Ferguson, J. The Illustrated Handbook of Architecture. 1859, 2 volumes, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, slightly rubbed; French, James Weir Modern Power Generation. 1908, 2 volumes, folio, original cloth gilt by Talwin Morris; Wood, J.G. Homes without Hands. 1869, green half morocco, White, Gilbert The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. 1853, contemporary half calf gilt; Beeton, Mrs. Beeton's Every-day Cookery and Housekeeping Book. [c.1880], original cloth; and others (3 boxes)