THE BOB DATE COLLECTION

COOPER (Susan): 'Greenwitch'; London, Chatto & Windus, 1974. First British edition. 8vo, orig. pub. green cloth, dustjacket, minor wear to extrems...

GARNER (Alan): 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen..'; London, Collins, 1960. First edition, inscribed by Garner opposite the title page, 8vo, orig. pu...

WHITE (Terence Hanbury): 'The Sword in the Stone'; London, Collins, 1938. First edition. 8vo, orig. pub. cloth with dustjacket, a little rubbed an...

RICHARDS (J.M.) & RAVILIOUS (Eric): 'High Street': first edition, Country Life, 1938. Twenty four colour lithographic plates, some light spotting,...

CHANDLER (Raymond): 'The Long Good-bye..'; London, Hamilton, 1953. First UK edition. 8vo, orig. pub. cloth with dustjacket, rubbed and chipped to...

MILLER (Henry): 'Quiet Days in Clichy..'; Paris, 1956. First printing; photographic illustrations by Brassai; 16mo, orig. printed wrappers, slight...

O'BRIAN (Patrick): 'Master & Commander..'; London, Collins, 1970. First edition. 8vo, orig. pub.blue cloth with dustjacket, spine a little toned a...

ROBINSON (Kim Stanley): Mars Trilogy; 'Red Mars'; 'Green Mars'; 'Blue Mars'; London, 1992-96; three vols; orig. pub. boards in dustjackets, minor ...

ADAMS (Douglas): 'The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy..'; London, Arthur Barker Limited, 1979. 8vo, pub. cloth with dustjacket, VG with some ver...

JANSSON (Tove): 'The Book About Moomin, Mymble & Little My..'; London, Ernest Benn, 1953. Original cloth-backed boards, an exceptionally clean cop...

SIMENON (Georges): 'Maigret & The Reluctant Witnesses..', 1959; 'Maigret's First Case', 1958; 'Maigret's Failure..', 1962; 'Maigret & The Hotel Ma...

MILLIGAN (Spike): 'Puckoon..'; London, Anthony Blond, 1963. Second Impression. Inscribed to upper free endpaper.. 'to John Bratby who once painted...

PUFFIN BUILDING BOOKS: DOVEY (L.A.): 'The Cotswold Village..'; London (1947). Three parts. Oblong folio, orig. printed wrappers, upper cover of Pa...

PUFFIN PICTURE BOOKS: A substantial collection of approx. three hundred and fifteen volumes in the Puffin Picture Book series, various sizes and f...

CHILDREN'S / ILLUSTRATED: WILLSON (Leslie): 'The Scorcher's Progress..'; London, Raphael Tuck, (1898); oblong, 8vo, orig. printed card covers, rub...

BILLINGSLEY (John): 'General View of the Agriculture of the County of Somerset with Observations on the Means of its Improvements..'; Bath, R. Cru...

HARVEY (Daniel): 1987; London, Birch & Conran, 1987. No.17 of one hundred copies, inscribed by Harvey. Accordian folded single sheet contained wit...

QUENEAU (Raymond): 'Yours for the Telling..'; Paris, Kickshaws, 1982. No.145/485 numbered copies. Square 8vo, orig. decorated wrappers, a little b...

POETRY: McGOUGH (Roger): 'Frinck: A Life in the Day Of, and Summer with Monika..'; London, Michael Joseph, 1967. 8vo, dustjacket, extrems rubbed; ...

MARIATEGUI (Jose Carlos): 'Versuch Eine Interpretation Der Peruanischen Realitat..'; No.121/200, signed by artist Peter Reus, Munchen Maistrassenp...

TRAVEL GUIDES: A collection of 19th / early 20th century travel guides, a good many produced by The Great Eastern Railway and advertising holiday ...

FINE BINDINGS: LEACH (Bernard): 'A Potter's Book..'; London, Faber & Faber, 1949 reprint. 8vo, near contemporary full brown morocco, upper board w...

FORE-EDGE PAINTING: 'The Maiden & Married Life of Mary Powell, Afterwards Mistress Milton..'; London, Hall, Virtue & Co, n.d. (circa 1850). Small ...

SHELL GUIDES: A collection of nine pre-war spiral-bound Shell guides, first editions published by Architectural Press and Batsford in orig. card c...

SHELL GUIDES: A collection of six pre-war comb-bound Shell Guides, to include: 'Bucks'; 'Devon'; 'Hampshire'; 'Northumberland & Durham'; 'Oxon'; a...

SHELL GUIDES: A complete set of the thirteen Faber & Faber re-issues of 1939; together with a duplicate volume of 'Gloucestershire' (which was fir...

SHELL GUIDES: A collection of seventy post-war Shell Guides, various dates, all pub. Faber & Faber, including 'Oxfordshire'; 'Mid Wales'; 'Shropsh...

LLEWELLYN (Richard): 'How Green Was My Valley..'; London, Michael Joseph, 1939. No.143/200 copies, signed by the author. 8vo, orig. brown buckram ...

DRAGONFLIES: DE CHARPENTIERS (Toussaint): 'Libellulinae Europaeae..'; Leipzig, Leopold Voss, 1840; together with forty eight plates, including for...

HEDRICK (Ulysses Prentice): 'The Cherries of New York..'; Albany, J. B. Lyon Company, 1915. First edition. 4to, orig. green pub. cloth gilt letter...

JOHN BULL: A run of eleven volumes of John Bull Magazine, covering Jan. '48 - June '53. 4to, uniform burgundy cloth, spines gilt lettered, orig. c...

POSTERS & COMMERCIAL ART: HOHLWEIN (Ludwig): 'Ludwig Hohlwein'; Berlin, 1926. Edited by H. K. Frenzel. With 223 plates, some printed in colour. 4...

TRADE CATALOGUE: POSTER PRINTERS: Manufacturer's brochure of poster designs by John Waddington Limited of Leeds and London, circa 1925. Slim oblon...

TRADE CATALOGUE: ENAMELLED SIGNS: 'Jordan's Enamelled Signs..'; J. A. Jordan & Sons of Wolverhampton, circa 1918. Oblong 8vo, colour litho plain c...

TRADE CATALOGUES & PRICE LISTS: A good collection of sixty eight trade catalogues and price lists, inter-war period, largely for luxury goods, inc...

PEARS (Charles, Illustrator): 'An Alphabet of T.O.T. (Train, Omnibus, Tram)..'; London, printed by Johnson, Biddle & Co., n.d. (1914). Oblong, 8vo...

TOWNEND (Jack): 'A Railway ABC..', (1944?); 'Jenny the Jeep..', 1944. Oblong, 12mo & 8vo, both in orig. publishers printed boards and dustjackets,...

EXHIBITIONS & FAIRS: A collection of printed brochures, plans and guides for various world exhibitions and fairs, 1898-1960s, various sizes and fo...

TRAVEL GUIDES: A group of inter-war period travel brochures, several printed on behalf of American Express and eleven advertising trips to Egypt a...

RUSSIA: A group of twenty three printed guides and booklets, mostly English or French language travel brochures of inter-war period, including: 'M...

HOTELS & MENUS: A collection of forty three hotel guides and menus, chiefly inter-war period, various world locations including Imperial Hotel Tok...

THEATRE PROGRAMMES: A group of twenty seven items, largely late 19th-mid 20th century programmes for theatrical events and shows, including: Folie...

TRADE CATALOGUES: A group of twenty two trade catalogues and manufacturer's brochures, mostly British but with a few European items noted, to incl...

SEDDON (William, Mining Engineer): 'Coal Mining Made Easy, Safe & Healthy..'; London & Manchester, John Heywood, 1887. Sm. folio, orig. brown publ...

TRADE CATALOGUES: A group of seventeen trade catalogues and manufacturer's brochures, largely inter-war period, various sizes and formats, to incl...

FIRE SERVICE APPLIANCES: 'Merryweather's Illustrated Catalogue, Sections A, B, C and D..'; London, Merryweather & Sons, circa 1907. 436 p.p., nume...

SMITH (George): 'The Cabinet Maker and Upholster's Guide..'; being a complete drawing book; in which will be comprised: 'Treatises on the Geometry...

BISHOP (John George): 'The Brighton Chain Pier: In The Memoriam. Its History from 1823 to 1896..'; Brighton, published by the author at Brighton H...

PRINTER'S SPECIMEN BOOKS: 'Specimens from the De Montfort Press.. Specimen Book, No.6'; Raithby, Lawrence & Co., 1891. 4to, orig. printed buff car...

MAJOR DRAPKIN & CO.: 'Romance of the Greys..'; London, Major Drapkin & Co., 1920. Folio, orig. publisher's cloth backed blue patterned boards; wit...

CYCLING: Manufacturers' catalogues for 'Raleigh, the All-Steel Bicycle', 1931; 'The Thoroughbred Sunbeam Bicycles', 1934; and 'Triumph Cycles', 19...

TRADE CATALOGUES: A collection of thirty four trade catalogues and manufacturers' brochures mostly late 19th / early 20th century, to include: Dun...

TRADE CATALOGUES AND BROCHURES: A collection of approx. forty manufacturers' trade catalogues and brochures, largely English and French publicatio...

PACKAGING: A carton of miscellaneous commercial packaging, largely 19th / early 20th century, to include: a spinning, circular, tin horse-racing g...

BOOTH (Charles): 'The New Survey of London Life & Labour..'; London, P. S. King & Son, 1930-35. Eight vols (of nine), lacking vol seven (one of t...

RAILWAYS: A collection of thirty five items, late 19th / early 20th century, largely promotional material published by Metropolitan & London North...

SHELL ADVERTISING: A group of twelve items advertising the Shell Oil Company, mostly inter-war period, including promotional brochure for the Ford...

MANUSCRIPT EPHEMERA: A large carton of unsorted manuscript material, to include: much 20th century commercial correspondence, some related printed...

MANUSCRIPT/EPHEMERA: A carton of miscellaneous ephemera and manuscript material, to include a loose leaf folder containing various 18th and early ...

ADVERTISING EPHEMERA: A diverse collection of 19th and 20th century ephemera, to include: much advertising material, promotional brochures and fly...