Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts

The Mosques of Egypt from 21 H. (641) to 1365 H. (1946) being a Series of Views in Colour and Monochrome of the Principal Mosques of Egypt with a ...

EGYPT - Angele KAPOIAN-KOUYMJIAN & Dickran KOUYMJIAN. The Splendor of Egypt. A Commentary on Napoleon Bonaparte's Expedition (1798-1801) and the ...

AXE, J. Wortley (editor). The Horse. Its Treatment in Health and Disease. London: Gresham, 1905. 9 volumes, 4to (267 x 190mm). Coloured and monoc...

[VON BAYROS, Franz (1866-1924, artist)] ie. "Venu de BONESTOC." Ex Libris die sie nicht tauschten! London/Paris/Vienna: [no publisher], small 4to...

LIDDELL HART, B. H., Capt. (1895-1970). The Real War 1914-1918. London: Faber & Faber, 1930. 8vo. Half title, maps, large folding lithographed ma...

VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers. Paris: "Bibliotheque d' Education et de Recreation. J. Hetzel et Cie.," [c. 1872]. Ta...

GORDON, Charles George, General (1833-85), "GORDON OF KHARTOUM." A collection of c. 60 typed transcript or secretarial letters [ie. copies] sent ...

BINDINGS - George ELIOT (1819-80). [Novels]. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1858-71. 19 volumes, 8vo (176 x 117mm). FINELY BOUND in contemporary r...

ARMSTRONG, Louis (1901-71). A substantial archive relating to Louis Armstrong including original photographs, one signed and inscribed by Louis a...

GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Golden Age. London: John Lane/The Bodley Head, 1928. Large 8vo (220 x 150mm). Half title, illustrations, some f...

BINDINGS - William Harrison AINSWORTH (1805-82). Historical Romances. Philadlephia: "Printed only for Subscribers," [c. 1898-1904]. 17 volumes, 4...

BINDINGS - LORD BYRON (1788-1824). The Works, edited by Thomas Moore. Boston: Francis A. Niccolls, 1900. 16 volumes, large 8vo (216 x 145mm). Hal...

BINDINGS - Charles DICKENS (1812-70). Works, edited by Richard Garnett. London: Quinby, [1900]. 28 volumes, large 8vo (225 x 152mm). Plates, some ...

TITANIC - A modern monochrome postcard (89 x 140mm) of RMS Titanic signed in blue ink in the top left hand corner "Eva Hart." Stamped on the verso...

RILKE, Rainer Maria (1875-1926). When the Flame and the Rose are One. Kew: Carr-Gomm Editions, 1986. 4to (330 x 254mm). 20 erotic etched plates b...

MORPURGO, Michael (b. 1943). War Horse. Kingswood: Kaye & Ward, [1982]. 8vo. Half title. Original coloured pictorial laminated boards by Victor A...

HONG KONG - The China Punch. Hong Kong: China Mail Office, June 28 1867 - May 28 1868: Volume I, numbers 3 - 24; January 1873 - October 16 1874: V...

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The Public [Private] Collections. New York: Sotheby's, 1998. Sale Catalogue in 3 volumes, 4to (295 x 228mm). Colo...

Modern Scottish Portrait Painters. With an Introductory Essay by Percy Bate. Edinburgh: Otto Schulze & Company, 1910. 4to (317 x 245mm). Half titl...

LLOYD, William Whitelock (1856-97). Union Jottings. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [c.1895]. Oblong 4to (292 x 397mm). Mounted chromolithographed...

BURNE-JONES, Edward (1833-98). The Beginning of the World. Twenty-Five Pictures by Edward Burne-Jones. London: Longmans, Green & Co. [Chiswick Pr...

BINDINGS - Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850-94). [Selected Works]. London: Chatto & Windus, 1902-7. 8 volumes, large 8vo (190 x 125mm). FINELY BOUND i...

JAZZ - A Collection of approximately 250 mostly monochrome original photographs of jazz performers from the 1950s to the 1980s, many signed or ins...

BELSON, Mary ([?]1794-1870). Precept and Example, or, Midsummer Holidays. A New Edition improved. London: W. Darton, 1812. 12mo in 6s (137 x 88mm)...

Heures Latines-Francoises, dediees aux Sacrez Coeurs de Jesus et de Marie. Rennes: Joseph Vatar, 1738. 8vo (162 x 102mm). Woodcut illustration on ...

A Daily Exercise, and Devotions, for the Young Ladies, and Gentlewomen Pensioners At the Monastery of the English Canonesses Regulars of the Holy ...

KINCAID, John (1787-1862). Random Shots from a Rifleman. London: T. and W. Boone, 1835. 8vo (179 x 110mm). (Spotted and stained.) Contemporary h...

PALMER, Edward. The Spirit, Wine Dealer's and Publican's Director. London: G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1821. 8vo (190 x 115mm). Double-page engraved ...

ETHERTON, P. T. Across the Roof of the World. London: Constable, 1911. Large 8vo (240 x 160mm). Half title, photogravure frontispiece, half tone...

BELLEW, H. W. Journal of a Political Mission to Afghanistan, in 1857. London: Smith, Elder, 1862. Large 8vo (208 x 132mm). Half title, 8 tinted l...

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Dramatic Works. London: W. and R. Chambers, 1861-63. 10 volumes, 8vo (171 x 118mm). Contemporary red half moroc...

KEATE, George (1729-97). An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed fromn the Journals and Comm...

ATKINSON, Thomas Witlam (1799-1861). Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures. London: Hurst and Bla...

[JENKINS, James]. The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies; from 1799 to 1815. London: J. Jenkins, [1815]. 4to (360 x 285mm). Han...

WRIGHT, John. The Fruit Grower's Guide. London: J. S. Virtue & Son., [1891-94]. 3 volumes bound in 6, 4to (274 x 215mm). 3 additional chromolitho...

BINDINGS - Walter BESANT (1836-1901). London [Westminster, South London, East London]. London: Chatto & Windus, 1899-1905. 4 works in volumes, la...

"The Book of Fate" [title on spine]. A fine calligraphic manuscript of extensive poetic quotation, dating from the first half of the 19th-century,...

RAYNAL, Abbe, Guillaume-Thomas-Francois (1713-96). A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the Eas...

DARWIN, Erasmus (1731-1802). The Botanic Garden. A Poem. In Two Parts ... The Third Edition. London: J. Johnson, 1795. 4to (278 x 220mm). Engrave...

KEATS, John (1795-1821). The Poems. London: At the Florence Press, 1915. 2 volumes, large 8vo (200 x 146mm). FINELY BOUND in contemporary plum mo...

MORIER, James (1780-1849). The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan ... Second Edition. London: John Murray, 1824. 2 volumes, 8vo (159 x 98mm). At...

TREVELYAN, George Otto (1838-1928). The American Revolution. London: Longmans, 1899-1903. 3 volumes, large 8vo (220 x 140mm). Folding maps. VERY ...

FIELDING, Henry (1707-54). Select Works. Edinburgh: Mundell, 1807. 5 volumes, large 8vo (205 x 130mm). Engraved frontispiece (occasional light sp...

BINDINGS - Leslie STEPHEN (1832-1904). Hours in a Library. London: Smith, Elder, 1899. 3 volumes, 8vo (183 x 122mm). VERY FINELY BOUND in contemp...

BINDINGS - Walter SCOTT. Heart of Midlothian. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1852. Large 8vo (216 x 138mm). Engraved frontispiece and title vig...

MUNRO, Innes (d. 1827). A Narrative of the Military Operations, on the Coromandel Coast. London: Printed for the Author, 1789. 4to (266 x 210mm)....

BINDINGS - George ELIOT (1819-80). The Works. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, [n.d.]. 21 volumes, 8vo (183 x 122mm). FINELY BOUND in contemporary h...

Recreations in Natural History; or, Popular Sketches of British Quadrupeds. London: William Clarke (and others), 1815. 8vo (215 x 128mm). Wood-eng...

ARCHIVE - Sheena TENNANT (1883-1974, composer). A large collection of manuscript and printed music by Sheena Tennant, in addition to many of her ...

SPENSER, Edmund (c.1552-99). The Shepherd's Calendar, Containing Twelve Aeglogues[sic], Proportionable to the Twelve Months ... Entituled to the ...

Smith's New Map of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland comprehending the whole of the Turnpike and principal Cross Roads; The Route of...

[MALLET, Pierre]. Le Jeu des Dames. Avec toutes les Maximes & Regles, tant generales que particulieres, qu'il faut observer an icelui. Et la Meto...

SEYMOUR, Richard. The Compleat Gamester: In Three Parts. Containing, I. The Court Gamester ... II. The City Gamester ...III. The Gentleman's Dive...

BOSWELL, James (1740-95). The Life of Samuel Johnson ... The Second Edition, revised and augmented. London: Henry Baldwin, 1793. 3 volumes, 8vo (...

LEIGHTON, Robert (1859-1934). Cassell's New Book of the Dog. London: The Waverley Book Company, [n.d.]. 4 volumes, 4to (274 x 215mm). Chromolitho...

[The Mishnah]. Berlin: I. Lewent, c. 1880. 2 volumes, 4to (246 x 195mm). Text in Hebrew (some mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary...

FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. 8vo. Half title. Original black cloth with skeletal hand stamped in blind on up...

MISCELLANY - Robert FORTUNE. The Tea-Districts of China and India. London: John Murray, 1853. 2 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece, additional title print...

TITANIC - Titanic. A Screenplay by James Cameron. [No place: no publisher, n.d]. Folio (280 x 215mm). Original ring-binder and green wrappers. THE...

Comes Comercii, or, the Trader's Companion. London: W. Innys (and others), 1747. Tall 12mo (173 x 75mm). Tables (occasional light spotting and sta...