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.

[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 ...

THE MAGIC LANTERN. Its Construction and Use, 8vo, illus., cloth, L., Perkan, Son & Rayment, n.d. ...[more]

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

MINIATURE BOOK, etc. “The English Bijou,” title on upr. cvr. of [unopened] miniature almanac, bound in leather gilt, and housed within original st...

CADBURY’S ALMANACK for 2,000 Years, a literary and Useful Curiosity, concertina folding faux scrapbook, ca. 1890. ...[more]

[DEVIL] The Real Devil’s Walk, not by Professor Parson…, 12mo, frontis & 6 plates, L., 1830; bound with related works; together with 2 other vols....

ACKERMANN’S Repository, vol. 3, 8vo, 34 plates (incl. swatch plates), half morocco (rebacked), L., 1810; The English Annual 1836 [and] 1837. (3) ...

[FILMSTARS] autograph album with signed photos by Jane Russell, John Mills &B others; & a small album of autographs of 1940’s theatre stars. (2) ...

THE LONDON JOURNAL and Weekly Record of Literature, Science and Art, vols. 21-28 bound in 4, 4ro, illus., half calf, L., 1855-1858. (4) ...[more]

GILBEY (Sir W.) Small Horses in Warfare, 8vo, illus., cloth gilt, L., 1900. ...[more]

[TAXIDERMY] WARD (Rowland) The Sportsman’s Handbook to…Trophies and Specimens, 8vo, illus., faux rhino-skin covers, 8th Edn., L., 1906. ...[more]

KINGSTON (W. H. G.) A Yacht Voyage Round England, 8vo, illus. pict. clo. gilt, L., ca. 1880. & 4 others maritime. (6) ...[more]

McLINTOCK (Capt.) Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin, 8vo, plates & maps, cloth g...

YOUNG (C. F. T.) The Fouling and Corrosion of Iron Ships…, 8vo, 2 folding plates, SIGNED Presentation Copy, cloth gilt, L., 1867. ...[more]

[NELSON] KERR (Admiral) The Sailor’s Nelson, 8vo, frontis, cloth, cloth, 2nd impr., L., 1932; & Southey’s Life of Nelson, pict. clo. gilt, illus.,...

[CANALS etc.] BRADSHAW’s…Handbook of Inland Navigation…, maps in rear pocket, L., 1928; EDWARDS (L.) Inland Waterways of Great Britain and Ireland...

[LUGGERS, etc.] PAIN (E. C.) The Last of our Luggers and the Men who Sailed Them, 8vo, illus., clo., [Kent] 1929; WOOD (W.) Fishing Boats and Barg...

M’QUEEN (A.) Clyde River-Steamers of the last Fifty Years, 8vo, illus., LTD EDN. 37/50 copies, SIGNED, clo., Glasgow, 1923; ANSON (P.) Fisher Boat...

WILKINSON (Norman) The Dardanelles, 4to, illus., pict. clo., 1st Edn., L., 1915; KNIGHT (E. F.) The Union-Castle and the War 1914-1919, 4to, col. ...

[ROWING] STEWARD (C.) Henley Records 1919 to 1938, 8vo, illus., clo. d.w., 1st Edn. L., 1939; BYRNE & CHURCHILL, Eton Book of the River…and Evolut...

[ROWING] DRINKWATER (G.) & SANDERS (T.) The University Boat Race Official Centenary History 1829-1929, 4to, illus., LTD EDN, 398/600 copies, clo.,...

[ROWING] LEHMANN (R.) The Complete Oarsman, 8vo, illus., clo., d.w., 4th Edn., L., 1931; BOURNE (G.) Text-Book of Oarsmanship, sm. 4ro, illus., cl...

[ROWING] BURKE (W. S.) The Calcutta Rowing Club, 8vo cloth bound pamphlet reprint of 1963, with covering t.l.s. loose within. (1) ...[more]

[AVIATION] COBHAM (Sir A.) Twenty-thousand Miles in a Flying-boat, 8vo, illus., clo., SIGNED on h-t., L., 1930; BRADBROOKE (F.) The Light Aeroplan...

WELLS (H. G.) The Discovery of the Future, sm.8vo, boards (slightly worn/chopped), 1st Edn., L., 1913. ...[more]

WELLS (H. G.) The Time Machine, 8vo, disbound, ends with end of text at p. 152, 1st Edn., L., 1895. ...[more]

WELLS (H. G.) Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island, 8vo, clo., d.w. designed by Sir William Orpen, L., 1928. ...[more]

WAUGH (Evelyn) Black Mischief, 8vo, map frontis., patterned cloth, 1st Edn., L., 1932. ...[more]

WAUGH (Evelyn) Officers and Gentlemen, 8vo, clo., d.w., (chipped), 1st Edn., L., 1945; & 4 other 1st Edns. by Waugh. (5) ...[more]

TWAIN (Mark) The Stolen Elephant, 8vo, adverts dated May 1882, pict. red cloth, 1st U. K. edn., L., 1882; & 5 other vols. by Mark Twain, various i...

DARWIN (Charles) Formation of Vegetable Mould…, 8vo, illus., cloth gilt, 13th Thousand, L., 1897; DARWIN (C.) A Naturalist’s Voyage, 8vo, illus., ...

DARWIN (Charles) Formation of Vegetable Mould, 8vo, illus., clo., (bookplate removed), 12th Thousand, L., 1892; Journal of Researches, 6th Edn., 1...

THE PLAY PICTORIAL, Vol. 3, No. 13, Aug. 1903-Vol. 22, No. 131, lacking No. 28 which has instead No. 7 from Vol. 2) bound in 9 vols., 4to, cloth (...

OFFICIAL PROGRAMME of the NORTHERN COMMAND TATTOO…Roundhay Park, Leeds, 4to, pictorial clo. covers, Aldershot, 1937; & the same for 1938. (2) .....

SANDYS (S.) Consuetudines Kancine. A History of Gavelkind, 8vo, plates (inc. folding) clo., L., 1851. ...[more]

BURGESS (J.) Historic Warwickshire, 8vo, illus., morocco gilt, L.,[1876]; SITWELL (W.) Stones of Northumberland, 8vo, clo., L., 1930; [Taylor (J.)...

[BRISTOL] WELLS (C.) Short History of the Port of Bristol, 9vo, illus., clo., Bristol, 1909; Arrowsmith’s Dictionary of Bristol, 2nd Edn., Bristol...

[LONDON] MILLER (F.) Saint Pancras Past and Present, 8vo, clo., L., 1874; ADDISON (L.) The Temple Church, 8vo, litho frontis, pict. title, 3 plate...

[SCHOOL] THOMPSON (H.) A History of Ackworth School…, 8vo, plates, clo., Ackworth/London 1879; & 5 others on BOOTHAM SCHOOL; MOUNT SCHOOL, York; S...

CHURCHILL (W. S.) Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 vols., 8vo, clo. (foxed), 1st Edn., L., 1906; Step by Step, 1st Edn. In d.w., 2nd impr., 1937;Marlbor...

BRABY (Dorothea) illustrator; The Ninety-First Psalm, 4to, woodcut illus., clo., Golden Cockerel Press, 171/350 copies, 1944; boxed set of Random ...

CORNHILL MAGAZINE, 49 vols., variously bound, some nice leather, some loose issues, 1860’s & later. (49) ...[more]

[CARTER (J.)] Some Account of the Cathedral Church of Gloucester, elephant folio, 18 plates (incl. d.p.) by Basire after Carter, unbound, L., Bulm...

[ESSEX HOUSE PRESS] The Book of Common Prayer, folio, type-face by C. R. Ashbee, dec. by C. R. Ashbee, C. Housman et al.,, pigskin backed oak boar...

SCOTT (John) Observations upon Mr. Sheridan’s Pamphlet…, 4to, later marbled wraps, L., 1788. ...[more]

[COOKERY] Poole’s Improved Memorandum Book, 8pp. sm. 8vo, ca. 1850, followed by approx 100pp. of ms. cookery recipes in 2 or more hands. (1) ......

[COOKERY] SOYER (A.) Soyer’s Culinary Campaign…, 8vo, portrait, add. t.p., 7 plates, original red cloth gilt (damage to some page corners, affecti...

BLAIR (M.) The Paisley Shawl, 4to, col. & b/w illus., clo., Paisley, 1904. ...[more]

KEATS (J.) Eve of St. Agnes, 8vo, illus., by E. H. Wehnert, publisher’s morocco gilt (contents loose) New York, 1856. ...[more]

ROBINSON (H.) Sewerage and Sewage Disposal, 8vo, prize morocco gilt, L., 1896. ...[more]

Archie Armstrong’s Banquet of JESTS reprinted from the Original, 8vo, numbered 5 (of 25 on Whatman Paper), cont. calf (inner hinge split), Edinbur...

[BALLOONING] BACON (J. M.) By Land and Sky, 8vo, illus., SIGNED, 1st Edn., L., 1900. ...[more]

REED (T. B.) Adventures of a Three Guinea Watch, 4to, illus., clo., L., ca. 1890; together with “Don Duan”, and “Edward VII” 2 satirical illus. co...

STEVENSON (R. L.) Virginibus Puerisque, demi 12mo, finely bound by Hatchards, in red morocco gilt & blind, a.e.g., Thomas Mosher, 1910. ...[more]

[BINDINGS] Christian Garland, sm. 8vo, bound in black morocco gilt by West of Clerkenwell (ticket), L., ca. 1870; Macaulay’s Ancient Rome, 8vo, bo...

[BINDING] SLIGHT (H.) True Stories of H. M. Ship Royal George, 16mo, 3 plates only, & lacking f.e.p. & half of the prelim poem, wooden boards from...

[CRICKET] BOONE (F. C.) Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Seventeenth Annual Issue, sm. 8vo, clo., gilt, a.e.g., Leeds, 1909. ...[more]