Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Folio SocietyA collection of books published by the Folio Society, including Kipling's Short Stories (5 volume set), The Sherlock Holmes Novels (5...

BibliographyA large collection of reference books on books, bibliography, book collecting and printing. (qty) ...[more]

Engel (Leo)American & Other Drinks. Upwards of Two Hundred of the Most Approved Recipes, for Making the Principal Beverages used in the United Sta...

From the collection of W.G. Grace.Kent County Cricket Club 1895, Rules, List of Subscribers, Matches Played in 1894, Balance Sheet, Report, Fixtur...

From the collection of W.G. Grace.Small (E. Milton), The Canterbury Cricket Week, 1842-1891, Its Origin, Career, and Jubilee, Canterbury, no date ...

From the collection of W.G. Grace.James Lillywhite's Cricketer's Annual, a broken run of seventeen volumes from the 3rd Year (1874) to the 26th Ye...

Miniature Book and AlbumSchloss's English Bijou Almanac for 1839, Poetically Illustrated, by L.E.L., miniature book, 20mm x 15mm, all edges gilt, ...

Valturium (Robertum)De Re Militari, Libris XII ...Lutetia [Paris]: Christianum Wechelum, 1534, Mense Septebri, [12], 383, [1] pages, facsimile tit...

Verdi (Giuseppe).Falstaff.G. Ricordi, no date [1951], numbered limited edition of 500 (plus 10), folio, [1], 394 leaves, facsimile of Verdi's orig...

Classical Music with Presentation InscriptionsAn interesting archive of signed music scores presented to the music critic and author Michael Kenne...

Dahl (Roald)The Twits.Jonathan Cape, 1980, first edition, presentation inscription signed by the author -'To Alastair & Fiona, With Love Roald Dah...

Tanner (Heather and Robin)A Country Book of Days.The Old Stile Press, 1984, numbered limited edition of 200 copies, half title signed by Heather a...

Guinness BreweryA colourful collection of twenty-four Guinness annual promotional booklets: The Guinness Alice (1933); The Guinness Legends (1934)...

Tanner (Heather and Robin)A Country Alphabet.The Old Stile Press, 1984, one of the Special Edition of 26 lettered copies, inscribed and signed by ...

Hirst (Damien)Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable Damien Hirst.Punta Della Dogana - Francois Pinault Foundation - Marsilio, no date [2017...

Lewis (C. S.)[The Chronicles of Narnia], comprising:The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, A Story for Children.Geoffrey Bles, 1950, first edition,...

Shelley (Percy Bysshe)Prometheus Unbound.Edward Arnold, 1904, numbered limited edition of 200 (plus 20 on vellum), quarto, illustrated and printed...

LawBlackstone (Sir William), Reports of Cases Determined in the several Courts of Westminster-Hall, From 1746 to 1779. Printed by His Majesty's La...

O'Brian (Patrick)Aubrey/Maturin NovelsPost Captain.Collins, 1972, first edition, dust jacket (priced £1.80);H.M.S. Surprise.Collins, 1973, first e...

Yeats (W.B.)The Wanderings of Oisin, Dramatic Sketches, Ballads & Lyrics.T. Fisher Unwin, 1892, first edition, second issue with cancel title page...

Ishiguro (Kazuo) A Pale View of Hills. N.Y.: G.P Putnam's Sons, US First Edition, signed by the author on title page, dust jacket (priced $11.95),...

Tolkien (J.R.R.)The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King.George Allen & Unwin, 1961, first editio...

Tolkien (J.R.R.)The Hobbit, or There and Back Again.George Allen & Unwin, 1961, Second edition (thirteenth impression), colour frontis, ink initia...

Tolkien (J.R.R.)The Road Goes Ever On, A Song Cycle.George Allen & Unwin, 1968, first edition, first issue, quarto, ink initial and date to front ...

Holy Bible [Geneva Version]Christopher Barker, 1585 (from NT title page). Small quarto in eights, 432, 443-4, [4], 441-554 leaves. Page dimensions...

Galton (Francis)Finger Prints.Macmillan, 1892, first edition, fifteen plates, original cloth;idem, Essays in Eugenics.Eugenics Education Society, ...

New Testament in LatinJesu Christi D.N. Novum Testamentum, Theodoro Beza interprete ...London: Excudebat Thomas Vautrollerus, 1574, octavo, [16], ...

TheologyLuther (Martin), A Commentarie or Exposition upon the twoo Epistles generall of Sainct Peter and that of Sainct Jude ... translated ... by...

Heister (Laurence)A General System of Surgery, in Three Parts. Containing the Doctrine and Management, I. Of Wounds, Fractures, Luxations, Tumors ...

Holy Bible[The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New ...]Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1630, lacking OT title page, NT title page an...

Broughton (Lady Mary) - Continental Grand TourA superb manuscript account of Lady Broughton's 'Journal of Our Tour thro France & Flanders & Hollan...

LOT WITHDRAWN LOT WITHDRAWN ...[more]

Signed by Nelson Mandela.Schadeberg (Jurgen), Nelson Mandela and the Rise of the ANC.Bloomsbury, 1990, quarto, half title signed by Nelson Mandela...

Three Men in a Boat Style Holiday on the ThamesThe B????? Log, A manuscript account of a boating holiday on the Thames in 1873, three participants...

Seventeenth Century Manuscript Account Book with Crosthwaite connection.A manuscript containing entries in various hands beginning in the 17th cen...

HMS Malabar Montagu (Capt. Sir W.A.), An interesting manuscript copy book, commencing with an instruction that 'I expect the Mates, Midshipmen, Vo...

Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse, (nee Messel, previously Armstrong-Jones) 1902-1992An interesting archive of material that interweaves the life of...

Whitaker (Thomas Dunham)An History of Richmondshire in the North Riding of the County of York ....Longman Hurst, Rees ..., 1823, two folio volumes...

Hull PeriodicalThe Hull Bellman! and Co-Operative Advertiser, No. 2 (April 13 1878), 3, 4, 5, The Hull Bellman, No. 9, 13, 15, 19, 20, 35, 39, 40,...

Sheriff of Kingston Upon HullIlluminated Address. Requisition to Henry Briggs, Esq., J.P. to Accept the Office of Sheriff of Kingston-upon-Hull, 1...

Sheffield FloodHarrison (Samuel), A Complete History of the Great Flood at Sheffield on March 11 & 12, 1864 ..., 1864, twenty plates, original clo...

Horsley (John)Britannia Romana: or the Roman Antiquities of Britain ... John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732, folio, [8], xxxii, 355, [1], 353-520...

Westmorland TractsA collection of bound pamphlets and booklets, in four volumes, comprising1. Armitt (Mary L.), Studies of Lakeland Birds, (2 vols...

Fell (Alfred) The Early Iron Industry of Furness and District: An Historical and Descriptive Account ....Ulverston: Hume Kitchin, 1908, numbered l...

Thoroton (Robert).The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, Extracted out of Records, Original Evidences, Leiger Books, other Manuscripts and Authentick...

Horsfield (Thomas Walker)The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex.Lewes: Baxter, 1835, two large quarto volumes, all maps a...

Stephenson (Robert) and Stanwick (Fred'k)Plan and Section of an Intended Branch Railway from The Midland Railway, in the Parish of Wath upon Dearn...

Mailer (Norman)Moonfire, The Epic Journey of Apollo 11.Taschen, 2009, numbered limited edition of 1969, large folio Collectors' edition, illustrat...

Blackmore (J.) and Carmichael (J.W.)Views on the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, from Drawings by J.W. Carmichael, with Descriptions by ...

Bury (T. T.)Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.Oldham: Hugh Broadbent, 1977, numbered deluxe limited edition of 250 copies, a ...

Bourne (John C.)The History and Description of the Great Western Railway, Including its Geology, and the Antiquities of the District through which...

Bourne (John. C.) and Britton (John)Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway by John C. Bourne with An Historical and Descriptive Account by ...

Tait (A. F.)Views on the Manchester and Leeds Railway, drawn from Nature, and on Stone by A.F. Tait; With a Descriptive History by Edwin Butterwor...

[Speed (John)]A New And Accurat Map of The World. Drawne according to ye truest Descriptions, latest Discoveries & best Observations yt have beene...

New YorkA Plan of the City and Environs of New York in North America, Universal Magazine 1776, engraved map, 285mm x 366mm, mounted with printed k...

IndiaPreliminary Map of Oudh, Compiled from the latest Revenue Surveys, Based on the Great Triangulation 1872, Second Edition Revised to 1875.Calc...

Italy and FranceOrtelius (Abraham)Tusciae Antiqua Typus ... 1584.[1592] hand-coloured engraved map of Tuscany, platemark 324mm x 486mm, Latin text...

[After Ortelius]Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol Palestina.No date, engraved map of Palestine, plate mark 362mm x 502mm, Latin te...

Ordnance Survey - North YorkshireA collection of original six inch OS maps, comprising Sheets 43 (Greenhow); 44 (Danby); 45 (Egton Bridge); 46 (Fy...

Hobsons New Survey of Yorkshire.Hobson (William Colling), This Map of Yorkshire is most respectfully dedicated to the Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, La...