Books & Works on Paper

[Boscovitch (R. J.)]De Veterum Argumentis pro Telluris Sphaericitate Dissertatio, FIRST EDITION, woodcut ornaments, folding engraved plate, patter...

Civil Law.-Troplong (M.) Le droit civil expliqué suivant l'ordre du code..., light age yellowing, quarter brown calf, rubbed, Adolphe Wahlen, Brux...

Classics.-Latin Classics.- Classicorum Latinorum, Nova Editio cum Notis et Commentariis, 8 volumes, leaves uncut, engraved portrait frontispiece o...

Doni (Anton Francesco)Disegno…, FIRST and ONLY EDITION, woodcut printer device on title and final verso, historiated initials, light age yellowing...

French Philosophy.-A collection of 12 volumes, including: Rousseau (J.J.) The Confessions, 2 vol., First English Edition, ownership inscription of...

Glareanus (Henricus)De Geographia Liber Unus, FIRST EDITION, woodcut title border, geographical and astronomical woodcut diagrams in the text, lig...

Guarino (Guarino)Architettura Civile, FIRST EDITION, errata corrige, large woodcut arms of Savoy on title; 79 engraved plates by Guarini, Abiati, ...

Perspective.- Heineken (Paul) Lucidum Prospectivae Speculum, das ist ein heller Spiegel der Perspective, FIRST EDITION, engraved architectural tit...

Herculaneum.- David (François-Anne)Les Antiquités d'Herculanum avec leurs explications en françois, par Sylvain Maréchal, 8 vol., First edition, 1...

Hutton (Ulrich von, et al)Duo volumina epistolarum obscurorum virorum, …2 vols in one, floriated border to the first title-page, no border to the ...

Lilii Gregorii Gyraldi De Annis et Mensibvs, caeterisque temporum partibus, difficili hactenus & impedita materia, dissertatio facilis & expedita....

Medicine.- Varignana (Guglielmo)Secreta sublimia ad varios curandos morbos, second edition, light toning and occasional spotting, marginalia, anno...

Montaigne (Michel de) Les Essais…, one of the editions published in Paris in 1636, the printing of which was shared between several printers with ...

Pfeffel (Johann Andreas) The Passion, 39 engraved plates depicting Christ, window-mounted, German titles and quotations, contemporary ownership in...

Porta (Giovanni Battista Della)Magiae naturalis, sive de miraculis rerum naturalium libri IIII, light browning and occasional staining, ownership ...

Raimundus Lullus2 works in one, Opera ea quae ad adinventam ab ipso artem universalem, woodcut printer’s device to title and last verso, initials,...

Tosi (Pier Francesco) Observations on the Florid Song, or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers, translated by J.E. Galliard, second editi...

Traite de Paix Traite de Paix entre sa Majeste l'Imperatrice Reine Apostolique de Hongrie et de Boheme,... et sa Majeste le Roi de Prusse,... fait...

Antiquarian MiscellanyA miscellaneous collection of titles, namely Philidor (A. D.) L’Analyze des Echecs Contenant une Nouvelle Methode, occasiona...

Astrology.-Lilly (William)Christian Astrology modestly Treated of in Three Books,first edition, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut di...

Austen (Jane) The Novels, edited by R W Chapman, 5 vol., one of 1000 large-paper sets, colour frontispieces, one with moveable flap, plates, half ...

Austen (Jane)Novels,6 vols., The Chawton Edition, full red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt. a.e.g., 8vo., 1948.

Balzac (Honore de) La comédie humaine, 45 vols. only (of 46), lacking vol. 5, ‘Edition Illustree’, numerous illustrations, original half morocco ...

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Psalterium Davidis, cum Canticis sacris & selectis aliquot Orationibusengraved vignette to title-page, printed in red and black, later full black ...

Burke (Edmund) Reflections on the Revolution in France…, Todd’s second edition, second impression, [Todd, 53c], browning to endpapers, 3 bookplate...

Cockerell (Sydney) Binder & Designer.Book of Tobit (The) from The Apocrypha,number 86 of 275 copies, rebound in full vellum, gilt geometric design...

Curiosity - Ephemera:Shelley (Mary).Frankensteintitle-page only, 'Frankenstein by Mrs. Shelley' in one volume. Paris A. and W. Galignani Rue Vivie...

Dickens (Charles)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.first edition, second issue ("Stave One"), second state with title ...

Dickens (Charles)The Pic Nic Papers,3 vols., first edition, second issue, illustrations by Cruikshank and “Phiz”, original cloth, content slightly...

Dickens (Charles)34 vol., Gadshill Edition, printed from the edition corrected by the author, original illustrations by ‘Phiz’ [H.K.Browne] and Ge...

Doyle (Arthur Conan) The Works, 22 vol. only (of 24, lacking vol. 13 & 17), number 476 of 760 sets signed by the author to the limitation page of ...

Doyle (Arthur Conan)Adventures of Sherlock HolmesFirst American edition 16 plates after Sidney Paget, original publisher’s light blue cloth decora...

Doyle (Arthur Conan)Collected Works,12 vol., Author’s Edition, no. 184 of 1000 sets signed by the author, original scarlet cloth, lettered in gilt...

English Literature.-A collection of 75 miscellaneous volumes, including:Cowper (William) Poems, 2 vols., J. Johnson, 1800;Cory (William) Ionica, o...

English Literature.-A miscellaneous collection of 25 volumes, including: Chaucer (Geoffrey) & Tyrwhitt (Thomas, ed.) The Canterbury Tales, 2 vols....

English Literature.- SetsA collection of 33 volumes, including:Sterne (Laurence) The Works, 7 vol., engraved frontispieces in vols. 1-3, engraved ...

Henson (Josiah)."Uncle Tom's Story of His Life." An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson, from 1789 - 1876: Lobb (John) editor. Preface by Mrs ...

James (Henry)Gabrielle de Bergerac, FIRST EDITION, first printing, half title, slight toning to peripheral leaves, original cloth-backed boards an...

Kipling (Rudyard)Collection of Novels,27 vols., first and later editions, 26 vol. in full calf by Bayntun(Riviere) of Bath, full gilt, a.e.g., one...

Lawrence (D.H)Lady Chatterley’s Lover,limited to 1500 copies, half red morocco, gilt, t.e.g., spine faded, 1928 § Drinkwater (John) Poems 1908-191...

Lawrence (T.E.)Seven Pillars of Wisdom,first trade edition, illustrated, full dark brown morocco, gilt, t.e.g., spine slightly faded, 1935 § The M...

Lewis (Sinclair)Babbitt,first edition, second issue, inscribed to the front end-paper ‘ To Dr. & Mrs Ball, with the affection of Sinclair Lewis’, ...

Literary and theatrical miscellany.-Flanagan (John F., illustrator) & Clarke (Mabel) The Legend of Saint Katharine: Queen of Alexandria, unfinishe...

Moore (George)The Talking Pine,No. 344 of 500 copies, text and original sewn wrappers, The Hours Press, Paris, 1931; Aphrodite in Aulis, limited e...

Musical Manuscript.Operas and Oratorios,93pp., manuscript volume of 15 arias, titles in mss to front paste-down with original ownership name of W....

[Wolcot (John)], 'Peter Pindar'A Poetical, Supplicating, Modest, and Affecting Epistle to...the Reviewers,new edition, engraved frontispiece, titl...

[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)]Lewis CarrolThe Game of Logic, second (first published) edition, presentation copy from the author to ‘Middie Synge fr...

Quaker sammelband[Penn (William) No Cross, No Crown.....1669]Baxter (Richard) Quakers catechism, or, The Quakers questioned, their questions answe...

Scott (Sir Walter) The Works, comprising: Waverley Novels, 48 vol., 1829-33; Waverley Anecdotes, 2 vols., 1833; Poetical Works, 12 vol., 1833-34; ...

Scott (Sir Walter)Novels,25 vol., half green calf, gilt, red and green lettering labels, slightly rubbed, 1871 § Rousseau (J.J.) Eloisa, 3 vol., e...

[Anne Lefebvre Dacier]Le Fevre (Mademoiselle) Le Plutus et les Nuees d'Aristophane Comedies grecques traduites en Francois,with the signature of J...

Smith (Adam)The Wealth of Nations,3 vol., seventh edition, clean throughout, light contemporary ownership to front endpaper vol.1, contemporary tr...

Stage and Screen.- BiographyA large collection of c.95 volumes, 77 of which signed by the author or subject, including: Olivier (Laurence) On Acti...

Stoker (Bram) Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving, PRESENTATION COPY, First Edition, 2 vols., inscribed by the author to the front free endpape...

Taylor (John), Alias the Kings Majesties Water-Poet.The Pennyles Pilgrimage, or The Money-lesse perambulation of John Taylor….first edition, [54]p...

British Poets.The Aldine Collection of British Poets,52 vol., full calf, gilt decorated spines, green leather lettering labels, spines slightly fa...

West (William)The First Part of Simboleography, Which May be Termed the Art, or Description, of Instruments and Presidents…now newly augments with...

Burroughs, William S.Naked Lunch, first American edition, original black cloth, and boards, top edge stained black, pictorial dust jacket, slight...

Emerson (Ralph Waldo)Essays...with Preface by Thomas Carlyle,[one of 300 copies on paper], printed in red and black, original limp vellum by the D...