The Library Auction - Harry Potter, Rare Books, Maps, Autograph Letters

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 Philosopher's Stone, an "Uncorrected Proof Copy" of the first novel in the Harry Potter series [pre-dating eve...

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 24th printing, signed by the author on dedication page, paperback, London: Bloomsbury, 19...

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, second issue bearing bookplate signed by the author in green ink on front free endpaper, ...

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, 24th issue, signed by the following cast members: Richard Harris [Albus Du...

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 and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first deluxe edition, sealed in original cellophane wrappers bearing barcode label, print...

ROWLING, J. K. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Collector's Edition, first edition, London: Children's High Level Group, December, 2008. Bound in ful...

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 40th printing, London: Bloomsbury, 2000, hardback with unclipped dust-jacket, together wi...

TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Hobbit, first edition thus, first printing of the first appearance in paperback, issued for Puffin, PS 161, London: Penguin,...

CARROLL, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first issue with "wade" on p. 21 ...

MORPURGO, Michael. War Horse, first edition, Kingswood: Kaye & Ward, The Windmill Press, 1982. Octavo, hardback, publisher's illustrated boards de...

MILNE, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner, limited edition signed by Christopher Milne, numbered 159/300, London: Methuen, 1978. Octavo, handbound by ...

MILNE, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, first printing, London: Methuen, 1928. Octavo, publisher's salmon pink cloth, top edge gilt,...

MILNE, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner, first Canadian edition, first issue, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1928. Octavo, publisher's green cloth l...

MILNE, A. A. When We Were Very Young, first edition, London: Methuen, 1924. Octavo, publisher's gilt blue cloth, top edge gilt. Internally very we...

LANG, Andrew. The Arabian Nights Entertainments, first Lang edition, illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. Octav...

BINDER, Pearl. Misha Learns English, Puffin Picture Book No. 25, first edition, Penguin Books Ltd., [1942]. Oblong format, colour lithographic pap...

HALE, Kathleen. Orlando The Marmalade Cat: A Camping Holiday, London: Country Life, reprinted 1942; Orlando Buys a Farm, 6th impression, Country L...

DISNEY, Walt. Detective Adventures, London: Juvenile Productions Ltd., [c. 1938], neat contemporary owner inscription, discolouration/toning but n...

KIPLING, Rudyard. Just So Stories, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1902. Quarto, publisher's pictorial cloth, half-title. Contents generally goo...

TOURTEL, Mary. More Adventures of Rupert, first edition, Daily Express, [1937], internally good & bright, no doodles or colouring, one neat inscri...

TOURTEL, Mary. A collection of ten books from the Rupert Little Bear Library series in distinctive yellow boards, comprising: No. 2 (Black Dwarf);...

Bestall, Alfred. First editions of the second, third and fourth Rupert Annuals: More Adventures of Rupert [1937], The New Rupert Book [1938], The ...

Rupert. An extensive collection of annuals dating from 1950s to 2010s, many of the more recent years signed by illustrators John Harrold & Stuart ...

John Harrold (b. 1947). Greenchase Book Club, 2005, signed l.l., a pair of illustrations, one ink & watercolour, 14 x 14cm, the other pencil, 12 x...

Stuart Trotter (Contemporary). The 80th Rupert Annual, six copies signed by the illustrator, each bearing an original ink remarque of Rupert, and ...

Children's & Illustrated. A collection of late-Victorian & Edwardian books to include The Prize for Girls & Boys, featuring 12 issues, each with a...

BAUM, L. Frank. The Wizard of Oz, second edition thus, London: Hutchinson's Books for Young People, 1947, illustrated with five colour plates as c...

CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass, two Edwardian editions, together with a 1965 Caxton edition (3)

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

Crime Fiction. A miscellaneous collection to include Frequent Hearses, by Edmund Crispin, first edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1950; The Devil ...

SMITH, Stevie. Harold's Leap, presentation copy signed & inscribed by the author for Walter J. Strachan, also bearing his owner inscription, first...

Poetry. A collection of four first editions comprising: Summoned by Bells, by John Betjeman, London: John Murray, 1960; The Dream of Gerontius, by...

FITZGERALD, Edward (Transl.). Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, 8vo, bound in full crushed morocco gilt by Hatchards, crudely rebacked with the original s...

BRIDGES, Robert. The Shorter Poems, presentation copy inscribed & signed by the author, 'To A. E. Cumberbatch, from Robert Bridges, 1898.' 8vo, fu...

JOYCE, James. Anna Livia Plurabelle, Limited Edition, SIGNED by the author, numbered 402/800, New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Octavo, publisher's br...

LAWRENCE, D. H. Lady Chatterley's Lover, 60th Anniversary Limited Edition, sealed in original cellophane wrappers bearing label with limitation nu...

AUSTEN, Jane. Novels by Miss Jane Austen [Standard Novels], first illustrated edition, complete, six novels in five volumes, comprising Sense and ...

[GLASSE, Hannah. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, London: Printed for the Author, 1747]. FIRST EDITION. Folio (30 x 18cm). Lacking the titl...

SWIFT, Jonathan. A Tale of a Tub, Second Edition Corrected [published same year as first], "Uterinus" on p. 320, London: John Nutt, 1704. Octavo, ...

DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1837; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1839; The Life and Adventures of...

EDGEWORTH, Maria. Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, Vols. VI, VII & VIII only, 1825; The Parent's Assistant, Vol. I only, 1840; Early Lessons, Vol....

Gaskell, Elizabeth. Cranford, first illustrated edition [designed by George du Maurier], London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1867. Octavo, half-calf with ...

De Laune, Thomas. The Present State of London: Or, Memorials Comprehending A Full and Succinct Account Of the Ancient and Modern State thereof, fi...

18th & 19th Century Sheet Music. An extensive collection of musical scores for piano and violin, arranged & bound within six volumes as follows: 1...

Holy Bible. A Queen Anne period Bible, containing the Old & New Testaments, as well as the Book of Common Prayer, London: Charles Bill, 1706. The ...

Whymper, Edward. Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc, fifth edition, bound with The Valley of Zermatt and the Matterhorn, fourth edition, numerou...

A miscellaneous collection of leather-bound books to include The Works of Shakespeare, seven volumes, mixed editions, four bearing armorial bookpl...

Ralph, Benjamin. The School of Raphael, Or, The Student's Guide to Expression in Historical Painting, illustrated with engravings by Duchange and ...

Medical History. An early-20th century scrapbook of photographs & postcards, predominantly relating to the Kent County Mental Hospital, Chartham [...

Kipling, Rudyard. Kim, first edition, first printing, London: Macmillan, 1901. Octavo, publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, half...

Education. A collection of three manuscript workbooks comprising: 1. Miss Eliza Clare, 1819, 'English Exercises', filled to end with 111 manuscrip...

A 19th-century scrapbook, 1838-1849, featuring seven mounted Valentines (embossed & pierced paper-lace by Dobbs and similar), three of which inclu...

[Guy Fawkes / Gunpowder Plot]. Pamphlet. Whincop, Thomas. A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons at St. Margaret's Westminster, ...

Ephemera. A miscellaneous collection of political pamphlets, broadsides, cheap repository tracts, regional tourist guides, brochures, maps, juvena...

Birmingham Printing, Typography, Advertising & Design. A collection of 1930s brochures & ephemera displaying clean and bold use of design, several...

A collection of reference works on bookplates to include The Bookplate Society Newsletter, 1972-1990; The Bookplate Journal, 1983-1990; The Journa...

Postcards. An extensive collection of early-20th century postcards in three well-filled albums, each album filled to end, including a number of re...

A pair of 18th-century spectacles or "Visual Glasses", the wide horn margins suggestive of London's Benjamin Martin (1704-1782), famous for "Marti...