Auction of Antiquarian and Secondhand Books, Documents, Prints, Original Artwork, Stamps etc. ** No bids over £5000 will be accepted unless prior arrangements have been made.

Two boxes of world in 12 albums, envelopes, large black stk. bk. covers, loose and reference books. ...[more]

Two boxes and file drawer, Triumph S/A, 6 other albums GB, loose and ref books. ...[more]

a large mid-Victorian morocco bound/gilt-tooled portfolio in the shape of a large folio book, stamped ‘Album’ on upr. cvr., brass clasp & key (qui...

PRINTS, part-works, etc., incl. A. & C. Black Series of Watercolour Views: Jersey [and] Guernsey, 2 vols., obl. 4to, n.d.; Second Studdy Dogs Port...

[SLAVERY, AMERICANA, etc.] 2 pp. foolscap letter, Thompson Rawson to Miss H. H. Curtis, dated New Orleans, 1846, re slaves, itinerants, horses, et...

[18th c DEEDS, INDENTURES, etc.] a coll’n, mostly 18th c. on paper, incl. Copy of the Lady Elizabeth Langston’s Will, [widow of the Mayor of Brist...

[COOKERY] manuscript, 19th c., 44 pp., no covers; & an earlier sheet, with recipe “To Make Grapp. Wine,” (2) ...[more]

[DEEDS] 1648 vellum indenture re Thomas Robet; misc. other deeds etc. 18th/19th c. vellum or paper. (Q) ...[more]

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: LANGLEY PARK & environs, Iver, Fulmer etc. A large q. of deeds, documents, etc., mostly early 19th c., incl. parcel of deeds of l...

LANGLEY PARK. In ventory of Furniturem China, [Etc.] . . ., folio, roan-backed boards, March 1st 1887; another copy; “List of Objects of Art and V...

BUCKIGHAMSHIRE: q. of vellum & paper conveyances, deeds, etc., mostly relating to Upton Wood Farm, Upton Wood, and lands at Iver, Fulmer & Wexham,...

[IRELAND] an important archive relating to property in Northern Ireland incl. 4 x foolscap marble-wrapped lease and rent books covering the period...

LANGLEY PARK. ms. receipted bill: ‘Sir Robert Batson [sic] to Robt. Henderson, July 31st 1791. For an Estate situated and being at Langley Bucks l...

[POLITICS] small coll’n of letters re support, favours, Parliamentary influence, etc. , 3 from Lord Grenville (2 from Downing Street, 1806) all in...

[EXPENSES] a collection of correspondence, bills etc. relating to the expenses of Sir Robert Bateson Harvey’s holding the post of High Sheriff of ...

[LAND ENCLOSURE, PARLIAMENT, etc.] a collection of letters, Marquess of Buckingham & others, relating to Bucks County interests & their representa...

[EDUCATION] 3 packets of bills (the overall bill part printed), re Sir Robert Bateson Harvey’s son, Robert, at Eton, 1838/9; another bill dated 18...

[RAILWAY PROSPECTUS] lge folio printed prospectus with h-col’d map (holes at folds) re “EXETER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY”, Engineer: I. K. Brunel., fo...

[GRAVEL for GARDENS] a small coll’n of letters, petitioners wanting gravel for their gardens from Langley Broom, 2 from the Duchess of Buccleuch 6...

MISC. LETTERS to Sir Robert Bateson, incl. 3 from Admiral Lutwidge, (1.) 3pp. a.l.s. from Deal, dated 6th June, 1800, family matters, and “My Crui...

[MACHINERY] a series of letters, 1840/1841, Robt. Lambert of Douglas Mills, re. Sir Robt. Harvey’s wish to install a water-powered Flour Mill & Th...

[PROPERTY] an interesting series of documents, exchange of letters with Lord Orkney over a dispute, (1840’s), map, diagram, measurements etc., res...

mis. Harvey family correspondence, mid-late 19th c., some POSTAL interest, incl. penny reds. (Q) ...[more]

GEORGE BATESON, coll’n of bank books, cheques, etc., plus Butcher’s Account Book, 1879-1880; (Malvern Grocer’s Account Book, 1879 both re G. Bates...

[FINE ARTS] series of 6 a.l.s, John Guichard to Sir Robert Harvey Bateson, May – August 1792 from Paris, detailing Guichard’s proposed and actual ...

[BATESON BROTHERS] a correspondence, approx. 60 letters with integral address leaves, 1788-1793, mostly Thomas Bateson writing from Ireland to his...

DAILY MAIL, A. D. edition, printed in purple, illus., [L., 1928] ...[more]

THE TIMES, First Ascent of Mount Everest Supplement, illus., L., July 1953. ...[more]

[NATIONAL STRIKE, 1926], coll’n of 14 newspapers, various. (14) ...[more]

MINIATURE NEWSPAPERS: Daily Mail, Feb. 17, 1925; Daily Telegraph, Oct. 18, 1956. [see illustration] (2) ...[more]

[NEWSPAPER HISTORY] The Daily Mail, No. 1, May 4, 1896; “The Morning”, No. 1, May 21, 1892; “The Majority”, No. 1, July 10, 1906; 8 other signific...

The TIMES, Building Societies Number, illus., May 31, 1938. ...[more]

The TIMES, Cunard White Star Number, illus., Sept., 1938; a blotter for Joseph Mears Launches & Meters Ltd; “R.M.S. Queen Mary,” 4to, col. promoti...

BIRMINGHAM, a coll’n of newspapers, booklets etc. of Birmingham interest. (Q) ...[more]

[ZEPPELINS] Southend Standard, Air Raid Supplement, 16pp., illus., fragile, & chipped, May 13, 1915; and a small booklet, “Souvenir Photographs of...

DAILY MAIL, special issues printed in gold, bronze, silver, 1897, 1935, 1953. (4) ...[more]

PUNCH in India, Issues 1-3, 6-12, 4to, illus., 1865/6; Times of India Annual, 1929 (a/f); Baghdad Times, March 25th, 1918. (Q) ...[more]

[ETON] small coll’n of the Eton College Chronicle, incl. No.1, 1863 (but a later reprint?); White & Black Quarterly, a single issue, 1901. (Q) ....

[PERIODICAL] 14 misc. issues of “London Life”, 1920’s & early 30’s. (14) ...[more]

[WOMEN’S MAGAZINES] Woman’s Way, q. from 1929/30; & small q. misc. titles, weeklies, incl. ‘Oracle,’ ‘Miracle,’ ‘The People’s Friend,’ ‘Weeklt Wel...

[BODY BUILDING] “MAXICK”, Muscle Control, 8vo booklet, illus., 5th Edn., L., n.d.; & 3 others similar. (4) ...[more]

“GLAMOUR” MAGS, various titles, incl. “Spick” (1), “Span” (2), PAAL (A.) Body in Art, 4to, 1947; etc. (Q) ...[more]

MOULIN ROUGE [and] The WINDMILL, Piccadilly, q. of revue publications, etc. (Q) ...[more]

“L’Assiette au Beurre,” 3 issues [+ 1 defective], of this col. illus., satirical magazine, Paris, 1902/3. (4) ...[more]

NATIONAL TELEPHONE COMPANY LTD. The Metaphone Catalogue, 4to, illus., original wrappers, 4th Edn., L., n.d. (ca. 1908). [see illustration] ...[m...

NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, a large q. of mostly 20th c. periodicals, dailies, weeklies & monthlies, incl. ROYAL interest. (Q) ...[more]

THEATRE, lge Q. of theatre programmes, incl. early 20th c. illustrated SOUVENIR programmes. (Q) ...[more]

MISC. EPHEMERA, pamphlets, etc., incl. Paley’s Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, parts issue; early 19th c. manuscript “The Last Shilling” poem; &...

a GERMAN COOKERY manuscript receipt book, dated 1800 on upr. wrapper, 8vo, stitched, ms. in German old-hand. (1) ...[more]

misc. coll’n of 19th c. scrapbook (a/f), folder of prints; sm. coll’n of printed tracts & ephemeral items. (Q) ...[more]

[CHILDREN’S BOOK] The White Cat, 4to, col. printed, L., Farquharson & Phillips, L., n.d. (ca. 1875?) ...[more]

BRADSHAW (P.) The Art of the Illustrator: C. E. Brock… [and] W. Heath Robinson [&] Harry Rountree, & 3 others similar, folio all in original title...

[YELLOWBACKS] BRADDON, Under Love’s Rule, 8vo, pictorial boards, Simpkin, n.d; SMART (H.) A Racing Rubber, pict. boards, 3rd Edn., L., White, 1896...

[YELLOWBACKS] SKETCHLEY (Arthur) Mrs Brown on Cleopatras’s Needle, sm. 8vo, pict. boards, L., Routledge, n.d.’ 4 other Mrs Brown titles & 1 other,...

[EARLY PAPERBACKS] The Siliad, sm. 8vo, illus. pict. wrappers, L. Ward; Lock & Tyler, n.d; & 2 others. (13) ...[more]

[AUSTEN (R.)] A Treatise of Fruit Trees…, 4to, 12ff., pp. 140, later half calf, 2nd Edn., Oxford, 1657; n.b. bookplate of DAVID LLOYD GEORGE. (1) ...

FEATLEY (Daniel) A Case for the Spectacles or, A Defence of Via Tuta, The Safe Way, by Sir Humphrey Lynde…together with a treatise…and a Sermon…, ...

CURIOUS HIEROGLYPHICK BIBLE (A.), 12mo., frontis (pasted as e.p.), title, 2ff., pp.136., original printed boards within later limp calf, the latte...

TRUSLER (J.) Principles of Politeness…, 8vo, two parts, part 1=9th Edn., part 2=5th Edn., calf (rebacked), L., 1778/1776; TRIMMER (Mrs) Scripture ...

[GLACIERS] RAMSAY (A. C.) Old Glaciers of Switzerland and North Wales, 8vo, frontis., 7 plates, folding map, cloth, 1st Edn., L., 1860. ...[more]