Collectors' Items, Antiquarian Books, Stamps, Coins, Medals & Toys

Three George III recovery documents, vellum, each with engraved portrait of the king in decorated border and seal on tag in tin box, (3).

A George I recovery document, vellum, another, similar and a Queen Anne vellum recovery document, all with engraved portrait and borders, no seals...

Four handwritten and illustrated "Wonder Books" containing cartoons, poetry, plays, etc.

Orwell (George), Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st edn, no dwrp, cl, 8vo, 1949, (faded and browned); Steinbeck, (John), East of Eden, 1st edn, no dwrp, cl...

Spanheim (Friedrich), Dissertationes de Praestantia et usu Numismatum Antiquorum, 2 vols, 3rd edn, text illus, red and black tp, cf gt, fo, London...

Romanus (Charles F) and Sunderland (Riley), Stilwell's Mission to China, bearing book plates "From the Library of Winston Churchill" and "Ex Libri...

Stephanoff (Francis Philip) and Brayley (Edward Wedlake), Popular Pastimes, Being a Selection of Picturesque Representations of the Customs and Am...

Waterton (Charles) Wanderings in South America, frontis, mor gt, 4to, 1825 and other volumes, bindings.

Williamson (Henry) The Flax of Dream: Book 1 - The Beautiful Years, Book 2 - Dandelion Days, Book 3 - The Dream of Fair Women, and Book 4 - The Pa...

Williamson, (Henry) Tarka the Otter, 1927; Salar the Salmon, 1935; The Old Stag, 1926, The Patriot's Progress, 1930, all 1st edns, cl gt, and othe...

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J M Barrie (From the Little White Bird), 50 tipped-in col plts, illus, green pi...

Bacon (Sir Francis), Sylva Sylvarum or A Natural History in Ten Centuries, 10th Edn, no frontis, book plates of Duke of Abercorn, with Articles of...

Paton (Jean A), Magnolias in Cornish Gardens, illus: V S Paton, signed by author and illustrator, ltd edn of 500, pic cl gt, fo, 2001.

Woodward (Marcus), Gerard's Herball, illus, cl gt, 4to, 1927, Earle (Mrs C W), Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden, More Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Gard...

Murray (John Fisher), A Picturesque Tour of the River Thames, frontis (detached),, plts and illus, pic cl gt, 8vo, 1845; a Spenser Society facsimi...

Leighton (Clare), The Farmer's Year, woodcuts, cl gt, ob fo, 1933; Jefferies (Richard), The Amateur Poacher, illus, cl gt, 8vo, 1879, 1st edn; Col...

Breton (Nicholas), A Mad World My Masters, 2 vols, no.443 of ltd edn of 500, cl gt, 8vo, The Cresset Press, 1929, and other volumes.

Hardy (Thomas), Works, 16 vols, uniformly bound, maroon cf gt, 16mo: Lamb (Charles & Mary), Tales from Shakespeare, col plts by Arthur Rackham, pi...

The Strand Magazine, vols I-XI, (no vol V), cl gt, 4to, 1891-96 and other volumes.

Catton (Charles), The English Peerage, 2 vols, fronts, engr plts, bds detached, no spines, fo, 1790, another similar vol and Fisher (George), The ...

Millais (J G), Far Away Up the Nile, cl gt, 8vo, 1924; Melland (Frank H) and Cholmeley (Edward H), Through the Heart of Africa, fldg map, plts, pi...

Aldin (Cecil) Old Inns, no.88 of signed ltd edn of 380, tipped-in col plts, tissue gds, illus, hf vell gt, 4to, 1921: Lear (Edward), The Book of N...

Shepherd (J W), A Personal Narrative of the Outbreak and Massacre at Cawnpore During the Sepoy Revolt of 1857, 2nd edn, inscribed "Purchased by H ...

Evelyn (John), Sylva, 3rd Edn, bound with Kalendarium Hortense, or, The Gard'ners Almanac, 5th Edn, tp printed in red and black, cf gt, fo, 1679.

Humphreys (Henry Noel) and Westwood (John Obadiah), British Moths and Their Transformations, 2 vols, 123 (of 124), hd col litho plts, tissue gds, ...

Linklater (Eric), A Sociable Plover, signed by Eric Linklater and illustrator, Reynolds Stone, no.23 of special edition of 60, teg, hf mor gt, mar...

James (Henry), A Small Boy and Others, 1st edn, frontis (detached), signed by author and dedicated to Lady Mathew, Oct 1st 1913, cl gt, 8vo, 1913.

Simms (Wilfrid F), three booklets on Scottish Island Railways: The Railways of Shetland, Railways of Skye & Ramsay, The Railways of Orkney, orig. ...

Jekyll (Gertrude), Wood and Garden, plts, dec cl gt, 8vo, 1899; Home and Garden, plts, dec cl gt, 8vo, 1900, both 1st edns; Weaver (Lawrence), Lut...

Dick (William Robertson) Inscriptions and Devices in the Beauchamp Tower, litho frontis, tp and plts, hf mor gt, 4to, nd and other volumes on arch...

Evelyn (John, transl), An Essay on the First Book of T Lucretius Carus d Rerum Natura, 1st edn, printed for Gabriel Bedle and Thomas Collins, no ...

Evelyn (John), Acetaria, A Discourse of Sallets, no tp, fldg table, one page cut, with loss, no errata, cf gt, 12mo, nd (1699); Chassepol (Francoi...

Dickens (Charles), The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 2 vols, ltd edn of 2000, illus, pic cl gt, 4to, 1887, and Dennistoun, (James), Mem...

Dickens (Charles), Works, 30 vols, Illustrated Library Edition, Chapman & Hall, plts, me, hf cf gt, 8vo, c1874.

Punch or the London Charivari, 42 vols, comprising: 1889-1890 in 6 vols, hf cf gt, 1912-1937, 1939 in 36 vols, pic cl gt, 4to and 13 vols, Library...

Wright (Frank Lloyd), Wijdeveld (H Th, editor), The Life-Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, French fold pp, cl, lge 4to, 1925; Hit...

Austen (Jane), The Novels, ed: Reginald Brimley Johnson, illus: C E Brock, 10 vols, pic cl gt, 8vo, 1908.

The Christian's New, Complete and Universal Family Bible, ed: Joseph Butler, printed: A Hogg, orig bds, no spine, fo, 1794 and two Victorian bible...

Pogany (Willy, Illustrator) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 20 tipped-in col plts, illus, teg, dwrp, pic cl gt, 4to, 1...

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), The Night Before Christmas, dwrp, bds, 8vo, 1932 and other volumes, mainly children's books.

Bosschère (Jean de, illustrator), The Love Books of Ovid, The First Temptation of St Anthony, 2 vols, both ltd edns of 3000, col plts, pic cl gt, ...

A collection of King Penguin books, (67).

Gaskell (Elizabeth Cleghorn), The Life of Charlotte Brontë, 2nd edn, frontis, hf cf gt, 8vo, 1857: Brontë (Charlotte), Works, 8 vols, hf cf gt, 8v...

Dickens (Charles), Little Dorrit, 1st edition, illustrated by H K Browne, frontis, plts, me, hf cf gt, 8vo, 1857.

Dickens (Charles), David Copperfield, 1st edn, illustrated by H K Browne, frontis, plts, me, hf cf gt, 8vo, 1850.

Markham (Gervase), Markham's Masterpiece Containing all Knowledge Belonging to Smith, Farrier, or Horse Leach... with The Countryman's Care for Cu...

Lennon (John), In His Own Write, 1st edn, illus, bds, 8vo, 1964 and a boxed "Revolver" 3 3/4" IPS Twin Track Mono Tape Record, (2).

A large quantity of 20th century leather bound books, Norwegian, including 15 vols of Sir Winston Churchill's Works.

Dulac (Edmund, Illustrator), Shakespeare's Comedy of the Tempest, tipped-in col plts, tissue gds, pic cl gt, 4to, nd.

Dulac (Edmund, Illustrator), The Magic Horse by Lawrence Housman, col plts, tissue gds, pic cl gt, 8vo, 1911; Robinson (Charles, illustrator), The...

Rapin (René) Rapin of Gardens, Trans: John Evelyn, engr crest on tp and 1st dedication page, rebacked panelled cf, printed by T R & NT for Thomas ...

Freart (Roland), A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern, trans: John Evelyn, 2nd edn, engr vig tp, illus, engr head and tail piece...

Anderson (Tempest), Volcanic Studies, inscription from the author on 1st endpaper, teg, plts, cl gt, 4to, 1903.

Rupert (Prince), An Exact Relation of the Several Engagements and Actions of His Majesties Fleet Under the Command of His Highness Prince Rupert.....

Paradès (Robert de Victor Claude Antoine), Secret Memoirs of Robert, Count de Paradès, Written by Himself on coming out of the Bastille..... A Spy...

Robinson (MS), The Paintings of Willem van de Veldes, 2 vols, pub: National Maritime Museum, illus, dwrp, cl gt, 4to, slip case, 1990, with Joppie...

Williamson (James A), The Voyages of the Cabots, fldg frontis, maps, teg, pic mor gt, slip case, 4to, The Argonaut Press, 1929, Pigafetta (Antonio...

A quantity of books on naval history, including volumes by the Hakluyt Society, Naval Records Society, etc.

Walters (Stephen), (Intro), The Voyage of the Bounty Launch, John Fryer's Narrative, signed, no.92 of ltd edn of 500, fldg map, hf mor gt, 4to, sl...

Golden Cockerel Press: John Fryer of The Bounty, Notes on his Career Written by his daughter Mary Ann, Ed: Owen Rutter, Wood Engravings by Averil ...