Printed Books & Manuscripts

LONGFELLOW, Henry (1807-82). ALS. In Henry Longfellow’s hand on Slip of paper, inscribed: ‘With Mr Longfellow’s compliments’. With a carte de visi...

ALAMEIN, Field Marshal Montgomery (1887-1976). ALS. Dated20-3-45.  ‘Dear Mrs Bernard Thank you foryour kind letter of 12 March. I am very interest...

LITERARY SIGNATORIES – Including: Margaret Atwood (TLS), James Herbert (TLS), Alan Bleasdale (TLS), Jilly Cooper (TLS), Mark Haddon (SIGNED postc...

GEORGE III (1738-1820). LICENCE - (1796). Relating to a bill of change for £60. SIGNED by King George at the head of the document. (Splitting at t...

MOORE, Henry (1898-1986). ALS/TLS.  A MS, partly inscribed and partly typed: 27th June, 1955 (corrected with an inscribed:  '2' to replace typed: ...

MORRIS, William (1834-96). ALS. On Kelmscott House, Upper Mall, Hammersmith headed notepaper, dated Oct 25th 1883. ''Dear Sir, I should be glad if...

PRIME MINISTERS - A collection of signatures including Robert Peel (short ALS dated May 8th 1835). Baron St. Leonards (SIGNED free-front). Henry J...

PITT The Younger, William. (1759-1806). A free-front addressed to Sir W. Lowther and SIGNED by Pitt to the left hand corner.

HILL, General Sir Rowland. (1772-1842). Short ALS (pasted on to an album page). ...[more]

CORNEILLE, Pierre (1606-1684). Surena Général des Parthes, tragédie. Paris: Guillaume de Luyne, 1675. 12mo. Printer’s woodcut device on title page...

EMBLEMATA.  PARADIN, Claude (1510-1573). Symbola heroica. Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1567. 12mo. pp. 316, (iii). Roman and Latin letter, printed...

ENNIUS, Quintus (239-169 BC). Q. Enni, poetae cum primis censendi, annalium libb. XIIX: quae apud varios Auctores superant, fragmenta. Leiden: Pae...

FLORUS, Lucius Annaeous (70-130 BC). L. A. Florus cum Notis Integris Cl. Salmasii et Selectissimis Variorum, Accurante S. M. D. C. Additus etiam L...

LIPSIUS, Justus (1547-1606). Roma Illustrata sive Antiquitatum Romanorum Breviarium. Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1657. 12mo. pp. (viii), 524, (xviii). Pri...

VARRO, Marcus Terentius (116-27 BC). Opera omnia quae extant. Durdrechti: Ioannis Berevvout, 1619. 4to. Roman and Italic letter, a little Greek, p...

PLATINA, [Bartolomeo] (1421-1481). De vita et moribus summorum Pontificum historia, cui aliorum omniu, qui post Platinam uixerunt ad haec usque te...

GAGNY, Jean de. (ca. 1500-1549). Brevissima et facillima in omnes divi Pauli epistolas scholia, ultra priores editiones, ex antiquissimis Graecoru...

WALKER, Ellis. Epicteti Enchiridion made English in a poetical paraphrase. London: Sam Keble, 1697. 16mo. pp. [xx], 98, [ii], 1 leaf of plates re...

COTOLENDI, Charles (ca. 16 … 1710). Arliquiniana, ou les Bons Mots, les Histoires Plaisantes et Agreables. Lyon: Jaques Guerrier, 1694. Engraved f...

JURIEU, Pierre (1637-1713). The History of the Council of Trent. London: J. Heptinstall, for Edward Evets, 1684. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece. (Ligh...

MS. C. 17th Century. [98]pp. Being a manuscript referencing various sections of the Bible. [With]: The Whole Book of PsaLmes: Collected into Engl...

MS. C. 17th Century. [98]pp. Being a manuscript referencing various sections of the Bible. [With]: The Whole Book of PsaLmes: Collected into Engli...

ROBERTSON, William (1721-1793).  Phraseologia Generalis. A Full, Large, and General Phrase Book Comprehending whatsoever is Necessary and most us...

HEYLIN, Peter (1599-1662). A Help to English History. London: E. Leach, 1671. 12mo. [2], 557, [1]. (Light browning and spotting). Contemporary cal...

Les CL. Pseaumes de David. Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier [c.1700]. Small 8vo. (Light spotting). Contemporary calf (rubbed). With 2 other works. ...

17th CENTURY MISCELLANY – Including: Augustini Alsteni BLOEMERTII Singularis Liber de Nobilis Et Studiose Juventutis Institutione. Amsterdam: Ludo...

WOTTON KT., Sir Henry (1568-1639). Reliquiae Wottonianae: Or, A Collection of Livers, Letters, Poems With Characters of Sundry Personage...

17th CENTURY INCLUDING ELZEVIER. [17th Century]. A collection of books mainly printed by Elzevier, including: Edwin SANDIS’ Relation de L...

C. Velleii Paterculi quae supersunt. Nicolaus Heinsius Dan. F. recensuit et castigationum libellum addidit. Amsterdam: Ex Officina El...

HOVVELL, James.Epistolae Ho-Elianae. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1655. 8vo. (Engraved frontispiece, folding). ...

SCHOTTI, Andrea. Itinerarium Italiae. Amsterdam: Apud Iodocum Ianssonium, 1655. 2 volumes, 12mo. Engraved title page (16 folding plates,...

BibliaSacra Vulgatae Editionis, Sixtiv. Pont. Max. Iussu Recognita: Et ClementisVIII Auctoritate Edita. Paris: E Typographia Regia, 1653. 4to. Eng...

ELZEVIR – A collection of 17th century books printed by Elzevir. Including: CL. Claudini quae exstant. (Amsterdam, 1650). Portugallia Sive de Regn...

MISCELLANY – Including: Tables Shewing theValues in a Single Present Payment of an Annuity of One Pound, PayableQuarterly for the Lives of Persons...

ALBUM - CARTE DE VISITE and Photographs.Folio. [c.1880’s-90’s]. Contemporary brown padded morocco (lightly faded).

TheDunce’s Dessert or Horatian Trifles and Homeric Cream. Oxford: T. & G.Shrimpton, 1861. 4to. Engraved title page, colour frontispiece, plates (l...

TheSpanish-Austrian League: or, the Origin and Causes of that long and Bloody War,Which was fomented and carried on by the Jesuits and their Adhae...

DRAMA. DANICAN, Philidor, François-André (1726-1795) & Jean-Michel SEDAINE (1719-1797). Le Jardinier et Son Seigneur Opera Comique. Paris: Claude ...

ENGLISH MISCELLANY. KINGSMILL FINCH, Winchilsea, Anne (1661-1720). The Spleen, A Pindarique Ode. By a Lady. Together with A Prospect of Death: A P...

ITALIAN MISCELLANY. ALPAGO, Cesare. Pensieri della Ghita da Cusignano. Belluno: Simone Tissi, 1765. 8vo. pp. 20. Page numbers within decorative br...

MEDICINE & ALCHEMY. BAIER, Johann Jacob (1677-1735) & Johann Wilhelm WIDMANN (1690-1743). Q.D.B.V. Adagia quaedam Medicinalia Doctrinae Promiscuae...

[DORAT, Claude-Joseph (1734-1780)]. Epitre de Pierre Bagnolet, Citoyen de Gonesse, aux Grands Hommes du Jour. [n. d. but Paris, 1770]. 4to. Engrav...

THOMSON, James (c.1700 – 1748). Spring. A Poem. London: A. Millar, 1728. 8vo. pp. [x], 57, [i]. Title printed in black and red. (Light age yellowi...

WITCHCRAFT. GLANVIL, Joseph (1636-1680). Sadducismus Triumphatus: or, a full and plain Evidence, concerning Witches and Apparitions. London: Bette...

ALDERFELD, Gustavus. The Military History of Charles XII, King of Sweden. London: P. Knapton, 1740. 3 volumes. 4to. Portrait frontispiece and thre...

JANOCKI, Jan Daniel (1720-1786). Litterarum in Polonia Instauratores. Leipzig: Langenhem, 1746. BOUND with Joseph Andreas ZALUSKI’s Programma litt...

PUFFENDORF, Samuel Von (1632-1694). De Officio Hominis et Civis. secundum legem naturalem libri duo. Utrecht: Johannes Broedelet, 1728. 4to. Title...

SOLIGNAC, Pierre Joseph de (1687-1773). Histoire Générale de Pologne. Amsterdam : Henry du Sauzet, 1751. 5 tomes bound in 3 volumes. Title in blac...

Friederich Christian WEBER. Nouveaux Mémoires sur l’Etat present de la Grande Russie ou Moscovie. Amsterdam: Pierre Mortir, 1725. 2 vols. Printed ...

ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. – [c. 18th- Early 19thCentury]. A quantity of Parliamentary acts including: An Act to Prevent thefraudulent marking of Frame-w...

RELIEVO BINDING – HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel (1810-79).  The Coinage of the British Empire. An Outlineof the Progress of the Coinage in Great Britain a...

MISCELLANY - James HENRY-BERNADINE DE SAINT PIERRE. Studiesof Nature. London: Lee and Hurst, 1798. 3 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary calf(worn). Baron ...

PAMPHLETS- BRADLAUGH, Charles. (1833-91). The Autobiography of Mr. Bradlaugh. A Page of his Life. London: C. Watts, [n.d]. 8vo. 34pp. The impeachm...

COMMERCE - Index of all Patents Granted in England,from 1815 to 1845 Inclusive. London: Alexander Macintosh, 1849. 8vo. (Lightbrowning). Publisher...

CHRISTMAS, Henry. The Republic of Fools. Being TheHistory of the State of Abdera, in Thrace. London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1861.2 volumes, 8vo. (Occas...

BESANT, Annie. (1847-1933). My Path to Atheism. London:Freethought Publishing Company, 1877. 8vo. (Occasional light spotting). With:Annie Besant A...

BESANT, Annie (1847-1933). History of the Great FrenchRevolution. A Course of Six Lectures Delivered at South Place Institute,Finsbury. London: C....

PAMPHLETS- The National Secular Society’s Almanac for1870. (London, Austin & Co., [1870]. 8vo. 48pp. Female Medical Society.([London,n.d]). 4pp. T...

SCRAP ALBUM – [c. 1800]. Folio. Including many snippets fromthe late 1790’s early 1800’s, a curious ink drawing annotated in split into twoseparat...

LEONARDUS, Camillus. The Mirror of Stones: in which The Nature, Generation, Properties, Virtues and various Species of more than 200 different jew...