GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY AND GRAND TOUR OF AUCTION CURIOSITIES

China - Frans Masereel (1889-1972), China Memories, Sidgwick and Jackson, London 1964, pp: [4] and illustrated with 20 full-page loose chromolitho...

Miniature Books - French, German and Danish titles, 19th century-early 20th century, various bindings and sizes; qty

19th Century & Later Fiction & Non-Fictions and Cloth Bindings - Aunt Judy's May-Day Volume, For Young People, Illustrated, Edited by Mrs Alfred G...

A New Royal and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: or, Complete System of Human Knowledge [...], Embellifhed (sic) with upwards of One Hun...

Agriculture and Husbandry - Scottish Imprint, Ainslie (John, Land-Surveyor in Edinburgh), The Gentleman and Farmer's Pocket Companion and Assistan...

Antiquarianism and History - The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstelet [...], Translated by Thomas Johnes, two-volume set, William Smith, London 1...

Archaeology - Anon, A Brief Description of the Ancient Vessel Found Near Sandefjord in Norway, to Accompany the Model of the Ship Sent to the Inte...

Architecture - Handbook to the Cathedrals of England, [edited b Richard John King]: Southern Division, Parts I & II, John Murray, London 1861, ill...

Augustus Pugin - Gothic Ornaments, Selected from Various Ancient Buildings, Both in England and France, During the Years 1828, 1829, and 1830 [......

Australasia - Sidney (Samuel), The Three Colonies of Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia; their Pastures, Copper Mines, & Gold F...

Bibliography and Bibliophily - Book History, volumes 1-4 only, edited by Ezra Greenspan and Jonathan Rose, The Pennsylvania State University Press...

Bibliography and Bibliophily - Printing, Typography and Engraving - Rummonds (Richard-Gabriel): Printing on the Iron Handpress, Oak Knoll Press & ...

Binding - Burton (John Hill, D.C.L., LL.D.), The Book-Hunter etc., A New Edition with a Memoir of the Author, numbered limited edition 87/1000, Wi...

Bindings - Literature - James [(George Payne Rainsford)], Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times, first edition, three-volume set, Saunders and Otley...

[Suetonius], Tranquillus (C. Suetonius), Commentarius, [Twelve Caesars], [with commentary by Johann Schild], second edition, Ex Officina Francisci...

[Suetonius], Tranquillus (C. Suetonius), Commentarius, [Twelve Caesars], [with commentary by Johann Schild], second edition, Ex Officina Francisci...

Equestrian - Provincial Imprint, Bartlet (J[ohn, Surgeon), Pharmacopœia Hippiatrica: or, The Gentleman Farrier's Repofitory (sic), of Elegant and ...

Gemology - Bauer (Dr Max), Precious Stones: A Popular Account of their Characters, Occurrence and Applications, with an Introduction to their Dete...

Botany/Medicine - Culpeper (Nicholas, M.D.), The Complete Herbal; to which is added, upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs, with a Display of th...

Children's and Juvenile Books, Illustrators - Fables de La Fontaine, Illustrations de Vimar, Alfred Mame et Fils, Tours 1897, full-page chromolith...

Children's, Juvenalia and Miscellaneous - Chapbooks: Provincial Imprint, The Poetical Piece-Book: A Collection of Sacred and Moral Poetry, for the...

China - Macartney ([George], The Earl of) and Staunton (Sir George, Baronet), An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to...

Comic, Töpffer [(Rodolphe)], Histoire de Mr Jabot, first edition, Genève 1833, illustrated with 52 full-page caricatures, title-page printed on ye...

Continental - Faerni (Gabrielis), [Faerno (Gabriele)], [Aesop's Fables Latinized], Fabulae Centum Ex Antiquis Auctoribus Delectae, carminibufque (...

Bindings - Frith (William Powell, R.A.), John Leech, His Life and Work, Special Copy: Extra-Illustrated, four-volume set, Richard Bentley and Son,...

Country Pursuits - Pennell-Elmhirst (Captain "Brooksby"), The Cream of Leicestershire [...], With Illustrations, Coloured and Plain, by John Sturg...

Cumming (The Revd. J.G., M.A., F.G.S.), The Runic and Other Monumental Remains of the Isle of Man, first edition, Printed by C. Whittingham, Chisw...

Dickens (Charles), Bleak House, first edition, with Illustrations by H.K. Browne, Bradbury and Evans, London 1853, contemporary green half-leather...

Dionysii Halicarnassensis, [Dionysius of Halicarnassus], Opera Omina, Graece et Latine [...], [edited by Johann Jakob Reiske], only volumes I to V...

Dr Johnson - Reade (Aleyn Lyell), Johnsonian Gleanings, Parts V-XI only, Privately Printed for the Author by Percy Lund, London 1928-1952, mustard...

Early English and Medieval Manuscripts, Chronicles and Records - The Auchinleck Manuscript [...], with an Introduction by Derek Pearsall & I.C. Cu...

Ecclesiastical Architecture, Medieval Antiquities and Archaeology - Bury (T. Talbot), Remains of Ecclesiastical Woodwork, John Weale, London 1847,...

English Literature - Edgeworth (Maria), Comic Dramas, In Three Acts, first edition, Printed for R. Hunter, London 1817, publisher's cloth, 12mo; A...

Gustave Doré - Milton's Paradise Lost, Illustrated by Gustave Doré, Edited, with Notes and a Life of Milton by Robert Vaughan, D.D., Cassell, Pett...

Guthrie (William) and Ferguson (James, F.R.S.), A New System of Modern Geography: or, a Geographical, Hiftorical (sic), and Commercial Grammar; an...

Heraldry and Genealogy - Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage [...], edited by Charles Mosley, 107th edition, three-volume set, 2003, armorial ...

History - Nottingham: Shilton (Richard Philips), The History of the Town of Newark upon Trent [...], Part I only, Printed and sold by S. and J. Ri...

History and Politics - De Foe [Defoe] (Daniel), The History of the Union Between England and Scotland [...], To which is prefixed, A Life of Danie...

History, Literature and Language - Rollin [Charles], The Ancient History [...], eighteenth edition, six-volume set, Printed for Thomas Tegg and So...

Islam - Selections from the Noble Reading: An Anthology of Passages from the Qur'an, Translated into Contemporary English by Thomas Ballantine Irv...

Italy - History and Art, Cennini (Cennino), A Treatise on Painting [...], Translated by Mrs Merrifield, Edward Lumley, London 1844, chromolithogra...

Jewitt (Llewellynn): Grave-mounds and their Contents: A Manual of Archaeology [...], with nearly Five Hundred Illustrations, signed presentation c...

Kane (Elisha Kent, M.D., R.N.), Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55, [...], first e...

Lavater [Johann Kaspar], Essays on Physiognomy; For the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind [....], Translated into English by Thom...

Local Interest - Archaeology - Bateman (Thomas): Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire [...], Assisted by Stephen Glover [...], John Russell S...

Local Interest - Bulmer's History & Directory of Derbyshire, Printed [...] by T. Snape, Preston [1895], adverts and tables, rebacked contemporary ...

Local Interest - Cox (John Charles): Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, four-volume set, Bemrose and Sons, London & Derby, 1875 - 1879, comprisi...

Local Interest - Derby Corporation Tramways, &c, Act, 1899, Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, For T. Digby Pigott [...], pp: 36, contemporary roan...

Local Interest - Hardy (William), The Miner's Guide; or, Compleat (sic) Miner [...], second edition, Printed by T. Warren, Birmingham 1762, lackin...

Local Interest - Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society: 1880, 1884-1885 (2), 1891, 1893-1894 (2), 1898, 1906-1908 b...

Local Interest - Rhodes (E[benezer]), Peak Scenery; or, The Derbyshire Tourist, Printed for Longman [...], London 1824, fold-out county map fronti...

Local Provenance - The Book of Common Prayer [...], T. Wright and W. Gill, Oxford 1770, [bound with]: A Companion to the Altar [...], John Beecrof...

Local Provincial Imprint, The Holy Bible, with a Complete Commentary Entirely Selected from the Writings of Matthew Henry, Brown, Doddridge, and O...

Mary, Queen of Scots - Scottish Imprint, [Le Pesant (Pierre, Sieur de Boisguilbert)], The Life of Mary Stewart, Queen of Scotland and France [...]...

Mary, Queen of Scots - The Letter-Books of Sir Amias Poulet, Keeper of Mary Queen of Scots, edited by John Morris, Burn and Oates, London 1874, co...

Medicine - [Goulin (Jean)], Le Médecin des Dames, ou l'Art de les Conserver en Santé [...], Vincent, Paris 1772, lacking signature 289-312pp but a...

Middleton (Stanley): signed and dedicated modern first editions, comprising Catalyst, 1994; Brief Garlands, 2004; Sterner Stuff, 2005; Her Three W...

Miscellaneous - Bingley (Rev. W.), Memoirs of British Quadrupeds, Illustrative Principally of their Habits of Life, Instincts, Sagacity, and Uses ...

Miscellaneous - Gessner [Salomon], La Mort d'Abel, Poême en cinq Chants, Chez Tournachon-Molin, Libraire, Lyon 1809/10, pp: [v], [iii], iv-xii, [1...

Miscellaneous - Heylyn (P, D.D.), [sic, Heylin (Peter)], A Help to English History [...], fifth edition, Printed by E. Leach, for T. Baffet (sic),...