Two Day Library and Grand Tour Auction of Curiosities - online bidding only

A Victorian morocco writing and correspondence box, hinged cover enclosing a tooled writing surface, photograph apertures, inkwell, stamp and pen ...

A William IV grant of letters patent or warrant, the copper case with royal coat of arms, 19cm diam, R & S Garrard, London, c.1835 ...[more]

House of Bonaparte - a 19th century fragmentary carving, inscribed in ink manuscript: Fragment of Fret-work cut by the hand of the late Prince Imp...

A late 19th century leather bound lacquered brass two-draw telescope, signed A M Viener, Blackpool, extending to 46cm long; anotherThe 22/25 by J ...

An early 20th century leather bound lacquered brass five-draw telescope, by Broadhurst, Clarkson & Co Ltd, London, extending to 100cm long ...[m...

A 19th century mother of pearl and abalone shell photograph album, faux malachite to verso, 15.5cm long, c.1870

Photography - a 19th century Indian sandalwood and sadeli marquetry photograph album, carved with architectural views amongst lotus and flowering ...

Photography - a World War Two photograph album, compiled by a serviceman, mostly Egypt and North Africa, aircraft, the Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza...

An interesting folio of 18th century and later prints and engravings, various topographical and figurative subjects, indentures, etc

Boxing - Autographs, Lennox Lewis; Larry Holmes; Henry Cooper, signed copy, Robert Edwards biography (3)

A 19th century commonplace book, various verse, watercolour sketches, cuttings, topographical prints; etc; an early 20th century scrap album, main...

A mid-19th century lady's sketch and perspective album, Miss Calv***, O*eston Cottage, March 25th 1841, illustrated in pencil with architecture, i...

Bookbinding - a mid-Victorian local bookbinder's ledger, compiled by Joseph Burrows, Bookbinder, Nottingham, red-ruled blue paper, prefixed by an ...

Cookery - a 19th century receipt books, half-filled with ink manuscript recipes, various mid-19th century and later hands, limp leather binding, 1...

India and the British Raj - Letters from William Ewing to His Dear Brother Malcolm Hart Orr-Ewing From India 1874-1878, a finely bound one-sided f...

Local Interest - Land-Surveying by John Bradwell Templeman, King Street Academy, Southwell, [Nottinghamshire], March 1869, an 'apprentice's exerci...

Miscellaneous Manuscripts - a George III vellum accounts ledger, partially-inscribed from 1811 onwards with payments for Poor Relief (here called ...

Poetry - a 19th century handwritten manuscript book, A Poetry Journal 1856, various titles and compositions, To a Beautiful Quaker [Byron], A Sad ...

Victorian Humour in a Graphic Didactic Primer - an illustrated manuscript, comprising two works, each with a separate title-page, Passions of Ye P...

Adventures, Mysteries, & the Unknown - Mitchell-Hedges (F.A.), Battling with Sea Monsters, first edition, London: Duckworth, [n.d., c. 1925], b/w ...

Africa - Baker (Sir Samuel W., M.A., F.R.G.S.), The Albert N'yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, With Maps and I...

Africa - Baker (Sir Samuel W., Pacha, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.G.S.), Ismailïa: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of th...

Africa - Speke (John Hanning, Captain H.M. Indian Army), Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile [...], first edition, Edinburgh and Lo...

An Early Influence of John Bunyan's - Calvinist Puritanism, [Bernard (Richard, Rector of Batcombe, Somerset)], The Isle of Man: or, The Legall (si...

Andersen (Hans) & Dulac (Edmund, illustrator), Stories [...], first edition, thus, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911, tipped-in colour plates, cont...

Antarctica and Polar Exploration - Shackleton (E.H., C.V.O.), The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907...

Antarctica and the Arctic, Polar Exploration - Marr (Scout, of the Quest Expedition), Into the Frozen South, first edition, London: Cassell and Co...

Devotionals and Prayer Books - Roman Catholic Missal, Husenbeth (The Rev F.C., translator), The Missal for the Use of the Laity [...], fourth edit...

Miscellaneous - Northcote (James, RA, illustrator), The Artist's Book of Fables, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845, contemporary red cloth, 8vo, (1); Bi...

Antiquarianism and Topography - A Collection of Scarce and Interesting Tracts, Tending to Elucidate Detached Parts of the History of Great Britain...

Arabian Nights - Burton (Captain Sir R.F. Burton, K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S., &c. &c. &c., translator) & Smithers (Leonard C., editor), The Book of the Th...

Arctic and Polar Exploration - Franklin (Capt. John, R.N., F.R.S., M.W.S.), Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 18...

Arctic and Polar Exploration - MacGahan (Januarius Aloysius) & De Wilde (G.R., illustrator), Under the Northern Lights, first edition, London: Sam...

Arctic and Polar Exploration - Nansen (Fridtjof), "Farthest North" [...], two-volume set, first edition, London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1898, illust...

Astronomy - Chambers (George F., F.R.A.S.), Descriptive Astronomy, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1867, illustrated, contemporary cloth, 8vo, (1); Young...

Austen (Jane) & Thomson (Hugh, illustrator), Pride and Prejudice, first Thomson illustrated edition, London: George Allen, 1894, pp: xxvii, [1] (b...

Austria-Hungary - de Moleville (M. Bertrand), Dallas (R.C., translator), & Ellis (William, illustrator), The Costume of the Hereditary States of t...

Barrie (J.M.) & Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, first edition thus, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906, tipped-in co...

Belles-Lettres - [Smollett (Tobias)]: The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle/In which are included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality, three-volume set, [&...

Bibliography & Cartobibliography - Egyptology, Porter (The Late Bertha) & Moss (Rosland L.B.), Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hier...

Binding - Nichols (Beverley) & Whistler (Rex, illustrator), A Thatched Roof, first edition, third impression, London: Jonathan Cape, December 1933...

Bindings - Gwynn (Stephen) & Beddington (Roy, illustrator), Two in a Valley, first edition, London: Richard & Cowan, [n.d., 1938], printed by The ...

Bookbinding - a quantity of 19th century and later marbled endpapers; boards (some unused, others with antiquarian calf covers, armorial bookplate...

Botany - Pratt (Anne), Wild Flowers, first edition, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d., 1853], printed in parallel columns w...

Burroughs (Edgar Rice): Burroughs (John Coleman, illustrator), Synthetic Men of Mars, first edition, Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1940, te...

Burroughs (Edgar Rice): Jungle Girl, first edition printed in England, London: Odhams Press Limited, [n.d., 1932], pictorial dustjacket designed b...

Byronmania - Marchand (Leslie A., editor), Byron's Letters and Journals, twelve harlequin volumes, mixed imprints, h/b, d/j, 8vo, (12); further Jo...

Channel Islands, American Revolutionary Wars - Ouless (Philip John, editor & illustrator), The Death of Major FRS. Peirson/6th January, 1781/Being...

Children's Books - Carroll (Lewis) & Hudson (Gwynedd M., illustrator), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Centenary Edition, London: Hodder and Sto...

Children's Books - Carroll (Lewis): Hudson (Gwynedd M., illustrator), Alice in Wonderland, Centenary Edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited...

Children's Books - Rupert Annuals, including 1945 (repaired), 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 (2), 1950, 1952, 1953 (4), 1955, mixed bindings of original w...

Children's Books - Strang (Mrs Herbert) & Govey (Lilian A., illustrator), The Rose Book of the Fairies, Humphrey Milford at the Oxford University ...

Children's Books -Anderson (Florence Mary), Thee Rainbow Twins, London: Joseph Johnson, [n.d., 1919/20], colour plates and in-text illustrations, ...

China - Wright (The Rev. George Newenham) & Allom (Thomas, illustrator), China, In a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and So...

Clark (Nigel D.) & Gardner (Keith S.), Sir William Russell Flint, 1880-1969, Collectors Edition, number 1190 from a limited edition of 1500, Brist...

Classics - Livy & Ruperti (Georg Alexander, editor), T. Livii Patavini Historiarvm [...], six-volume set, first edition thus, Göttingen: Carl Frie...

Cooke (John Henry), Ida, or The Mystery of the Nun's Grave at Vale Royal Abbey, Chester: An Historical Novel [...], signed by the author, 152 of t...

Cookery - Anon, [Rundell (Maria)], A New System of Domestic Cookery; Formed Upon Economy; And adapted to the Use of Private Families/By A Lady/A N...

Cookery - Cust (The Honourable Lady), The Invalid's Own Book: A Collection of Recipes from Various Books and Various Countries, first edition, Lon...

Cookery - De Mauduit (Vicomte) & Shepard (Mary, illustrator), The Vicomte in the Kithcenette [...], first edition, London: Stanley Nott, 1934, pic...