Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including books from the Surrealist Collection of the late John Lyle

HAYGARTH, William (1784–1825). Greece. A Poem. In Three Parts: with Notes, Classical Illustrations, and Sketches of the Scenery. London: W. Bulmer...

"COIDE" [ie. James TISSOT (1836-1902)].  Men of the Day, No. 33. "Natural Selection" No. 152. [1871]. An original chromolithograph of Charles Darw...

VICTORIA, Queen of England (1819-1901). A sepia tone photograph of Queen Victoria signed by her at the base in black ink (small closed tear affect...

CRAIG, Edward Gordon (1872-1966). A fragment of a woodcut by Craig of the "screen scene" in Hamlet from the production at the Moscow Arts Theatre,...

MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. 8vo. Illustrated throughout (occasional spotting). Original ...

MISCELLANY - A quantity of books, some of occult interest, including Geoffrey Hodson's Be Ye Perfect ([London]: The Theosophical Publishing House,...

GIBSON, Alfred & William PICKFORD. Association Football & The Men Who Made It. London: The Caxton Publishing Company, [1906]. 4 volumes, 4to. Illu...

[Persia]. [Hunting Scenes]. A pair of fine hand-painted manuscript leaves in gold and colours, [?]late 18th-century, each 200 x 115mm., framed and...

A Collection of Letters From the Original Manuscripts of Many Princes, great Personages and Statesmen. London: Printed For the Author, 1753. 4to. ...

A collection of 11 first editions including Charles Causley's Johnny Alleluia (London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961, with dust-jacket, SIGNED by the au...

A collection of 17 modern first editions including J. G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun (London: Victor Gollancz, 1984), Peter Carey's Illywhacker (L...

EARLY 19TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING. A quantity of bound engravings mainly from Abraham Rees's Cyclopedia ([London, 1820]) and an album of tipped-in mono...

HENRY IV OF FRANCE (1553-1610) - document on vellum, in French, concerning money to be paid by, or to, Francois Hotman, signed by Henry IV, and da...

PAPAL BULLS - Bulla S. D. N. Pii Papae V. prohibition, blasphemiae, Sodomiae, Simoniae, Cocubinariatus, ac contra de ambulan tes per Ecclesias, pa...

WARD, Mary (1827-69).  The Telescope: A Familiar Sketch combining a Special Notice of Objects coming within the range of a small Telescope ... Fif...

[WARD, Mary (1827-69)].  Sketches with the Miscroscope. In a Letter to a friend. Parsonstown [now Birr]: F. H. Sheild[sic], PRIVATELY PRINTED, 185...

WARD, Mary (1827-69).  Microscope Teachings: Descriptions of Various Objects of Especial Interest and Beauty Adapted for Microscopic Observation. ...

TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-62).  Orley Farm. London: Chapman and Hall, 1862. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half title, wood-engraved frontispieces and plates by Jo...

BURROW, James (1701–82). Decisions of the Court of King's Bench; Upon Settlement-Cases. London: E. Brooke, 1786. 4to. (Occasional spotting.) Conte...

"TWAIN, Mark" (1835-1910). A House of Commons menu card with flap cover, SIGNED by Mark Twain in pencil on the verso and dated 1.07.07. With a pos...

BINDINGS. The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds. London: Henry Colburn, 1827. 2 volumes, 8vo. (Occasional light spotting.) Finely bound in cont...

17th AND 18th-CENTURY MISCELLANY including Vida Do Infante D. Luiz  ("Lisboa Occidental": Antonio Isidoro Da Fonseca, 1735. 4to. Engraved plates (...

ROSTAND, Edmond (1868–1918). Cyrano De Bergerac. Paris: Librairie Charpentier en Fasquelle, 1901. 8vo. (Light browning to pages and light water st...

17th AND 18th-CENTURY MISCELLANY including John Barclay's His Argenis, or the Loves of Polyarchus & Argenis. London: Henry Seile, 1636. 4to. Engra...

BRONTE, Charlotte, Emily & Anne. The Works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte. London: J. M. Dent and Company, 1893. 12 volumes, 8vo. Engraved fr...

ALBUMS - Two albums of engravings, plates, jottings and watercolours. (2)

LATE 18TH-LATE 19TH CENTURY MISCELLANY. (qty)  ...[more]

BIBESCO, Princesse [Marthe] (1886-1973). Alexandre Asiatique ou L'Histoire du Plus Grand Bonheur Possible. Paris: Librairie Hatchette et Cie, 1912...

POPINI, Alexander (1878-1962). A fine original pen and ink drawing of an archer on the half title of Walter Winans' "The Art of Revolver Shooting"...

ALBUMS - Two albums, one an album of Victorian tipped-in die cuts and the other; an album of 18th/early 19th century tipped in plates/engravings, ...

SPENDER, Humphrey (1910-2005). Britain in the 30's. [London]: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1975. Oblong 4to. Photographic illustrations. Original black...

OWEN, Wilfred (1893-1918).  Poems ... with an Introduction by Siegfried Sassoon. London: Chatto & Windus, 1920. Small 4to. Photogravure portrait o...

SADLEIR, Michael (1888-1957). Forlorn Sunset. London: Constable, 1947. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece printed in black and brown. Original burgundy cr...

The Battle of Waterloo, Also of Ligny, and Quatre-Bras. [London]: John Booth, 1817. 4to. Frontispiece, 33 engraved plates only (of 34), 6 hand-col...

CRICKET - John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1896. London: John Wisden and Co., [1896]. 8vo. Yellow/brown pastedowns and endpapers, pastedown ...

SHAKESPEARE, William. The Dramatic Works. Chiswick: Charles Whittingham, 1826. 10 volumes, 8vo. (Occasional spotting.) Contemporary half calf (som...

INDIA - E.A.M.F. The Wife's Indian Cookery Book Being Recipes and Hints. Madras: Wilson's Artistic Press, 1919. 8vo. (Occasional light spotting.) ...

OCCULT/ESOTERICA - A collection of works including Alice A. Bailey's The Soul and Its Mechanism (New York: Lucis Publishing Co., 1930), Charlotte ...

WHYTT, Robert (1714–66). Observations On The Nature, Causes, and Cure of those Disorders which have been Commonly called Nervous Hypochondriac, or...

18th-20th-CENTURY MISCELLANY including Thomas Stackhouse's An Abridgment of Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Times. London: J. Smith, 1724. 8vo....

SUFFRAGETTES - A TLS from Reginald McKenna (1863 – 1943) to A. Rendall, Esq., M.P., dated 10th July, 1914. McKenna writes: "The facts about Mr. La...

SHIELD, William (1748–1829). The Thorn Sung by Mr. Incledon at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden And in his New Entertainment of Variety Composed by...

RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). An autographed cheque ("John Ruskin") paying a Mr Baxter £15 and dated 22nd October 1884, drawn on Prescott, Cave, Buxto...

PRIESTLEY, J.B. (1894-1984). TLS, addressed to "Mr Wiltshire". "Thank you for your letter of the 18th...it is well to make plain the political sid...

CHAMBERLAIN, Austen (1863–1937). Agenda sheet, pp. 1, for the Coalition Liberal Organisation, with 4 points on the agenda: "Chairman's Opening Rem...

BRIGHT, John (1811-89). ALS [written to Rev. M. Walters] dated Nov. 1881. "Dear Sir, I hope to take an early opportunity to present the petition y...

BYRON, Anne Isabella Noel, 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron (1792-1860). A clipped signature from a larger document: "Ever Yours Affecti...

VICTORIA, Queen of England (1819-1901). A clipped signature from an envelope addressed to Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester, signed by ...

HUDSON, George ["The Railway King"] (1800–71). MS. from Hudson confirming his address "Kirkham ... on the North Eastern Railway, York." ...[more]

DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). An envelope addressed to "Miss Ely", SIGNED by Dickens. With 2 annual dinner programs for the Dickens Fellowship, sign...

Richard Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington (1807-1884). MS from Apsley House, dated Feb 12 1837: "Dear Sir, my answer is ready ... I will ha...

[BRUCE, James] 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine (1811-63). MS note stating "Dear Sir, I shall be obliged by you sending to me in the ...

THE MINSTREL, Sloop Ship. Vellum document detailing the appointment of William Treacy as Lieutenant  of the Minstrel, dated sixth day of June 1807...

WAGNER, Siegfried (1869-1930). A collection of letters and correspondence from Wagner to Frederick Wiltshire, including letters from Winifred Wagn...

GERMANY 1939- A small archive of letters and ephemera relating to Judge Frederick A Wiltshire's visit to Germany just prior to the Second World Wa...

Album- A large collection (approximately 100) of tipped in letters (mainly from the nobility, with some Royalty) from signatories including: H.M. ...

Bindings- [Pindari. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. Caeterorum Octo Lyricorum Carmina, Alcaei... [Geneva]: [Paulus Stephanus], [1600]. 24mo. (Lac...

The Book of Football, A Complete History and Record of the Association and Rugby Games. London: The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 1906. Folio, photogra...

The Roe Byron Collection. Newstead Abbey. [Nottingham]: Corporation of Nottingham, 1937. Large 4to. Contemporary, possibly later, half green moroc...

POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Fairy Caravan. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1929. 4to. 6 coloured plates, numerous illustrations in the tex...