The Library Auction - Books, Manuscripts, Maps, Prints & Photographs

Masonic Interest. Anderson, James. The Constitutions of the Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, revised & enlarged by J...

The Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year..., a collection of 17 miscellaneous volumes covering various...

Bingham, Frederick. A Celebrated Old Playhouse: The History of Richmond Theatre (Surrey), from 1765 to 1884, London & Richmond-on-Thames: Henry Vi...

Angling. A collection of four works comprising: The Art of Fishing on the Principle of Avoiding Cruelty, by Rev. Oliver Raymond, London: Longmans,...

Megaw, Elektra (Illust.). Wild Flowers of Cyprus, limited edition numbered 25/200, signed by the artist, the author and the publisher, specially b...

Sterne, Laurence. The Works, in six volumes, London: Samuel Richards, 1823. 12mo., 14.5cm, contemporary half-calf, bearing bookplates for Irene Lo...

Canby, Sheila R. The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: The Persian Book of Kings, first edition, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014. Folio, ha...

Turton, William. A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands, first edition, London: John Booth, 1819, illustrated with 28 hand-coloured pla...

Children's & Illustrated. A miscellaneous collection comprising: Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll, People's Edition, London: Macmillan,...

Churchill, Winston. The People's Rights, first edition in yellow paper wrappers, first state with p. 71 mis-numbered '1', London: Hodder & Stought...

Fleming, Ian. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo, publisher's imitation cloth with unclipped dust...

Barnum, P. T. Struggles and Triumphs: Or, Forty Years' Recollections, London: Sampson Low, 1870. Octavo, publisher's colour illustrated boards, fr...

Marcello, Benedetto. Estro Poetico-Armonico, volume two only [of eight], Venice: Domenico Louisa, 1724. Folio, rebacked half-calf, engraved fronti...

Zappata, Francesco. Prediche Quaresimali [Lenten Sermons], Milan: Carlo Giuseppe Quinto, 1691. Square octavo, contemporary vellum with manuscript ...

Marchantius, Jacobus. Flandria Commentariorum Lib. IIII, first edition, Antwerp: Plantin Press, 1596. Octavo, C18 speckled calf lettered in gilt, ...

Mascardi, Agostino. Silvarum Libri IV, first edition, Antwerp: Ex Officina Plantiniana [Plantin Press], 1622. Small quarto, 21cm, engraved allegor...

Tacitus, Cornelius. Annales [Annals], with commentary by Justus Lipsius, Antwerp: Plantin Press, 1581. Octavo, woodcut printer's device to title, ...

[Henniker-Major, John]. Two Letters on the Origin, Antiquity, and History of Norman Tiles, Stained with Armorial Bearings, presentation copy, sign...

Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and Experience, first thus, London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866. Small octavo but gathered in fours, contempo...

Byron, George Gordon Noel. Miscellaneous Poems on His Domestic and Other Circumstances, London: Hodgson & Co., 1823, paper covers, pp. 48. Togethe...

Sakai, Atsuharu. Japan in a Nutshell, in two volumes, Yokohama: Yamagata Printing Co., 1949-52. Octavo, illustrated cloth covers, block-printed wr...

Rackham, Arthur (Illust.). Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, first edition; The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, second impression; A Midsummer Night...

Bishop, John (Transl.). Notice of Anthony Stradivari, the Celebrated Violin-Maker, Known by the Name of Stradivarius, by F. J. Fetis, first editio...

[Peace of Utrecht / War of the Spanish Succession]. The Offers of France Explain'd, London: A. Baldwin, 1712. A very scarce pamphlet criticising o...

Pamphlets. The Rights and Interests of the Two British Monarchies, by [James Hodges], London: Anonymous, 1703, and Popery Reviving, Or an Account ...

European Literature. A miscellaneous collection comprising: Mirabeau aux Champs-Elisees, Comedie en un Acte et en Prose, by Olympe de Gouges [auth...

Lovett, Richard. [The author's personal copy of] The English Bible in the John Rylands Library 1525 to 1640, extra illustrated edition, i.e. uniqu...

A miscellaneous collection of antiquarian books comprising: Sallustius & Florus. [Works], Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1774, octavo, contemporary...

A miscellaneous collection of books to include Lord Randolph Churchill, by Winston Spencer Churchill, in two volumes, London: Macmillan, 1906; The...

Rackham, Arthur (Illust.). The Ingoldsby Legends, first trade edition, London & New York: Dent & Dutton, 1907. Quarto, publisher's gilt cloth, top...

Folio Society. A collection of popular literature (classics & modern), plus a small range of history, natural history and biography. 79 books in t...

Dulac, Edmund (Illust.). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, first edition thus, printed from Macmillan's second edition, L...

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit, second edition, 13th impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1961. Octavo, publisher's green cloth, unclipped 14th...

Derbyshire History & Topography. A miscellaneous collection of books to include Wirksworth and Five Miles Round, by R. R. Hackett, large paper edi...

Dulac, Edmund (Illust.). Stories from Hans Andersen, first edition thus, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. Quarto, publisher's gilt green cloth, i...

Shakespeare Head Press. Ernest Gimson: His Life & Work, limited edition numbered 351/500, Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1924. Quart...

Children's & Illustrated. A miscellaneous collection to include works illustrated by Harry G. Theaker (Robin Hood, Water Babies), Margaret W. Tarr...

A miscellaneous collection to include The Book of Fate, by "Raphael" [Robert Cross Smith], London: W. Foulsham, 1887; The Athenian Drama, by Warr/...

Cameron, Elizabeth (Illust.). A Book of White Flowers, limited edition numbered 105/250, signed by the artist, printed on specially made Ventura p...

Illustrated Botanical. A collection of books comprising: The Rhododendron, illustrated by Carlos Riefel, in two volumes, The Leslie Urquhart Press...

Natural History. A collection of five volumes of Collins New Naturalist: British Plant Life, by W. B. Turrill, first edition, 1948; The Pollinatio...

Shaw, Stebbing. The History & Antiquities of Staffordshire, first edition, Vol. I & Vol. II Part I [all published], London: J. Nichols & Son, 1798...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, eighth issue, "10 9 8", London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback with unclipped ...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter. Deluxe Editions. A complete set of first deluxe editions comprising: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; Harry ...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, 19th issue, signed by the author in bold blue ink, paperback, London: Bloo...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, fourth issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback with unclipped dust-jacke...

Rowling, J. K. Autograph in bold blue ink, presented with seven paperback copies of the Harry Potter books, four embroidered house crests and offi...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Octavo, paperback, complete with al...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, signed first edition, first issue, full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', London: Bloom...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter. A collection of ten books comprising: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 18th printing [but published after th...

Photography. A miscellaneous collection to include 55 albumen prints, predominantly topographical views, including two stamped 'R. B. Holmes & Co....

Rolls-Royce. Visit of Premier Hua Guofeng to Rolls-Royce Limited, Derby, 31 October 1979. An album of original photographs commemorating the offic...

Postcards. Greater Manchester & High Peak Derbyshire. An extensive collection arranged thematically in three modern albums: 1. Strines / Mellor / ...

Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011). A collection of five colour photographic slides by Norman Parkinson, including an unpublished slide from a series fo...

Photography. A collection of albumen prints to include Tāwhiao, leader of the Waikato tribes and the second Māori King, [photographed by Josiah Ma...

Photography & Postcards. An archive to include carte-de-visite portraits of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Gladstone, Derby, Palmerston, and other...

"Dolores Stephenson" [Dorothy Stephenson], leading fashion model for Sir Norman Hartnell from the mid-1930s until her retirement in 1955. An exten...

Photography. A collection of real photographic postcards by the Ernest Dyche studio, Birmingham, c. 1920s. Ernest Dyche was a self-taught photogra...

Photography. A collection of postcards to include several real photographic examples such as "B. C. Hucks' Monoplane Snapped the Moment Before Asc...

Photography. A collection of seven vintage b&w white photographs, gelatin silver prints, c. 1930, depicting scenes in Hamburg. The style is very r...