Rare Books & Works on Paper

Frank Brangwyn, Stanley Jackson, Alfred Dawson, Charles Holloway, Jack Merriot, John Nash Small portfolio of original sketchings and etchings Fra...

Attributed to Kate Greenaway Pencil drawing for The Fairy Gifts, but not used in Moon and the King. ...[more]

Henry George Webb 'A Newlyn Fisherman' Etching, skillfully done, strong plate mark, vg, 18.3cm x 17cm, 1905; G. Turland Goosey. 'Old Lighthouse S...

(Signed) Ralph Steadman and David Harsent Poster For an exhibition for Greenpeace 1980's, signed at foot by the author David Harsent, additionall...

'The Earth' by C. Abel Klinger, Nuremberg, [circa 1860] A miniature globe in original box Exceptionally well preserved, with rich colours and cri...

(Cornwall) Robert Laurie & James Whittle publishers. 'A New Chart of Mounts Bay in Cornwall from Cape Lizard to Cape Cornwall,' Surveyed by John...

BLAEU, Johannes (after Speed). 'Cornubia sive Cornwallia,' Engraved map of Cornwall, Latin titles to headlands, coats of arms, fish and ingots of...

(Signed and inscribed) Daphne du Maurier 'Hungry Hill,' Later edition, limpack with nibbles to wraps, ink inscription to title page 'To the Rever...

PINDAR Translations by Erasmus Schmidt and Johannes Benedictus Erasmus Schmidt. 'Pindari Ly-Ricorum Principis, Plus Quam Sexcentis in Locis emacu...

(Important Provenance: Pieter Nuyts 1598-1655) Homer. Homeri opera omnia, cum interpretat lat. ad verbum etc. ut latius in Epist.ad Lectorem: Ajec...

COKE, Thomas. 'Commentary On The Holy Bible' [Old Testament] in 4 vols, 1st edition, with an illustrated full page portrait frontispiece to volum...

COKE, Thomas. 'Recent Occurrences of Europe : Considered in Relation to Such Prophecies as are Either Fulfilling or Unfulfilled,' First edition, ...

Eleven works. Henry V. ‘Etude sur l'analogie en général et sur les formations analogiques de la langue grecque - Antinomies linguistiques’ 1883; ...

Dictionariolum Latino-Graeco Gallicum Full velum, ink stamp to title page, good, Pour La Societe, Rouen, 1654 ...[more]

FLAVEL, John 'New Compass for Seamen,' Fifth edition, rebound, frontis and fold out compass, A-B5, pp.118 runs true, T. Parkhurst, London, 1708; ...

'Life And Writings Of Henry Fuseli' 'Esq. M.A.R.A. [Keeper, And Professor Of Painting To The Royal Academy In London; Member Of The First Class Of...

BURNET, Thomas 'Theory of the Earth: Containg An Account of the Original of the Earth, And of All the General Changes Which Hath Already Undergone...

Monsieur DOMAT and William Strahan (trans) 'The Civil Law in its Natural Order: Together with Publick Law: with Additional Remarks On Some Materia...

GREEN, Valentine. 'The History and Antiquities of the City and Suburb of Worcester,' Two vols bound in rebacked full calf, first edition, marbled...

GOODACRE, J. A. 'Buxton Old and New. A Study of Its Rise & Growth During Two Thousand Years,' Signed and dated by the author, No.49 of 50, origin...

ARMSTRONG, Robert Bruce. 'The History of Liddesdale, Eskdale, Ewesdale, Wauchopedale and the Debatale Land,' Vol I only (Vol II was never issued...

WARREN, Joseph. 'Complete Instructions for the Concertina,' First edition, rebound half cloth with marbled boards, a couple of repairs and tonin...

Popes 'The Odyssey of Homer,' Five volumes. Uniform full polished calf, modern slip case, joins slight cracked, ex libris label Robert Green, ink...

(Ex libris Ernest H. Shackleton) 'Masonic Record,' Complete in ten volumes, December 1920-November 1930 Ex libris label of E. H. Shackleton to fr...

Sir W. Drummond 'Origines; Or, Remarks on the Origines of Several Empires, States and Cities,' First edition, four volumes, rebound in half quart...

'The Japanese Graphic. (English Edition) Tokyo' Original green cloth with gilt tooled calligraphy, some sun bleaching, profuse with b+w photograp...

BLOMFIELD, The Rev. E. 'The History of the Martyrs; Or an Authentic Narration of the Sufferings of the Church of Christ,...,' First edition, two...

Three works Hope T. ‘Household Furniture and Interior Decoration (1807) 2nd Imp. 1946 in Dust Jacket; Douglas J. ‘St. Andrews Sketches’; Roberts ...

GYLL, Gordon Willoughby James. 'History of the Parish of Wraysbury, Ankerwycke Priory, and Magna Charta Island; With the History of Horton, and th...

Arthur Conan-Doyle Interest The Strand Magazines, four compilation volumes covering 1891-1892 Volume II includes the first publication of 'Advent...

Pottery and Sculpture interest Eleven works 'Denis Mitchell - Sculptor', an exhibition celebrating Mitchell's 80th birthday and signed by the scu...

Harry Clarke (illustrations) 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination,' By Edgar Allan Poe, reprint, original black cloth with pictorial paper illustrat...

Ben NIcholson Three Publications Norbert Lynton (signed), 'Ben Nicholson', Phaidon Press, 1993; Jeremy Lewison, 'Ben Nicholson', Tate Gallery, 1...

Newlyn School of Art Interest Eight publications Pamela Lomax and Ron Hogg 'Newlyn - Before the Artists Came', Shear and Hogg Publications, 2009;...

St Ives School of Art interest Sixteen publications Marion Whybrow, 'St Ives 1883-1993', signed, 1994; Austin Wormleighton, 'Morning Tide - John ...

Cornish literature. Eighteen works Winston Graham. 'Demelza,' first edition, stained original cloth, heavy spotting to edge of dj, Ward Lock & Co...

Daphne Du Maurier Five works 'The glass-Blowers,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj with some red leaching from cloth and ink scribble ...

John Mullins and Sons 'The Divining Rod: Its History, Truthfulness & Practical Utility,' Original green cloth with gilt lettering to front board,...

Fiction and young adult literature. Eighteen works Rosemary Sutcliff. 'Blood Feud,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, extra glassine w...

E. Hoppus 'Practical Measuring Made Easy To the Meanest Capacity By a New Set of Tables,' Eight copies, the earliest being the eleventh edition 1...

POCOCK, Noel (illustrations) 'Grimm's Fairy Tales,' Original decorative cloth with pictorial gilt tooling vg, spotting to edge of text block, fr...

JORIOUX, Felix (illustrations) 'Don Quixote,' First UK edition, original pictorial cloth vg, 32 full page cold. plates in a very bold style, Libra...

Twenty-Two Publications Including Picasso, Monet and Leonardo da Vinci titles Frank Zollner, 'Leonardo di Vinci - The Complete Paintings and Draw...

Liber Precum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Christi Leather bound, compartmentalized spine with gilt banding, condition good, slight wear to leather cover...

DORE, Gustave 'Historical Cartoons from the 1st Century to the 19th Century,' Oblong folio, original pictorial paper laid over, some loss to marg...

(Photography) BLOSSFELD, Karl 'Art Forms in Nature. Examples from the Plant World Photographed Direct From Nature,' First UK edition, original cl...

(World War One Poets) Twelve works. Robert Stanley Weir. 'After Ypres mand Other Verse,' first edition, original cloth with some sun bleaching, e...

Winston Churchill Six works 'What kind of people do they think we are?' two speeches made to U.S. Congress 29/12/41 and Houses of Parliament Otta...

W. B. Yeats Five works R. F. Foster. 'W.B. Yeats A Life,' two volumes I. The Apprentice II. The Arch-Poet, original cloth, unclipped dj's, fine, ...

Ian McEwan. 'On Chesil Beach,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, Jonathan Cape, London, 2007; Reynolds Price. 'The Promise of the Rest,' signed a...

HUGHES, Ted 'Crow. From the Life and Songs of the Crow,' First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, very light spotting to edge of text block, ...

Early Railways Seven works. George Montague. 'Ten Years of Locomotive Progress,' first edition, original green cloth with pictorial gilt tooling ...

(Literature) Four works. Owen Sheers. 'Resistance,' flat signed by author to titlepage, unclipped dj, fine, 2007; William Buchan (ed). 'John Mans...

W. B. Yeats and Shree Purohit Swami (trans) 'The Ten Principal Upanishads,' First edition, fine unclipped dj with light sun bleaching to the spin...

Patrick Heron A signed Barbican Art Gallery exhibition catalogue and three other publications Vivien Knight (ed) 'Patrick Heron', John Taylor Bo...

Terry Frost Three Publications Mel Gooding, 'Terry Frost: Act & Image - Works on Paper Through Six Decades', Belgrave Gallery, 2000; 'Terry Frost...

Peter Lanyon Six publications related to the artist Chris Stephens, 'At the Edge of Landscape' Published by 21, London, 2000; 'Andrew Causey on ...

John Wells Five publications related to the artist and a hand-written letter from the artist to author, John Branfield A hand-written letter in ...

Alfred Wallis Four publications Robert Jones, 'Alfred Wallis - Artist and Mariner', Halsgrove, 2001; 'Two Painters - Alfred Wallis and James Dixo...

Roger Hilton & Rose Hilton Six publications related to the artists 'Roger Hilton - Drawings', Jonathan Clark Fine Art, 2001, a catalogue for a sh...