Two Day Book Auction

KEEPSAKE PRESS (PUB): ROY LEWIS 80, (slip-case title), Richmond, 1993, [80?], limited edition, poems etc produced by 18 private presses on the occ...

T E LAWRENCE: 2 titles: SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, London, Jonathan Cape, 1935, 1st trade edition, modern grained brown calf, spines gilt in compart...

CHARLES DICKENS: THE HOUSEHOLD NARRATIVE OF CURRENT EVENTS...BEING A MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT TO HOUSEHOLD WORDS, London, Office, 16 Wellington St North...

ANDRE MAUROIS: LES SILENCES DU COLONEL BRAMBLE, ill R Moritz, Paris, Editions Kra, 1929 (1000) on velin de rives coloured ills, contemporary three...

JOHN BETJEMAN: 2 titles: SELECTED POEMS, London, John Murray, 1948, 1st edition, original cloth, printed paper label; front panel and inner flap o...

LAWRENCE SAIL: 2 titles: OUT OF LAND, Newcastle upon Tyne, Bloodaxe Books, 1992, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, original pictorial wraps; THE ...

THE POETICAL WORKS OF COLERIDGE, SHELLEY AND KEATS COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME, Paris, A & W Galignani, 1829, 1st edition, 6pp adverts tipped in at fro...

W H DAVIES: THE HOUR OF MAGIC AND OTHER POEMS, ill William Nicholson, London, Jonathan Cape, 1922, 1st edition, original boards, printed paper lab...

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX: POEMS OF POWER, London, Gay and Hancock, 1910, half red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, top edges gilt by Sotheran + OMA...

CONRAD AIKEN: 2 titles: THE SOLDIER, A POEM, Norfolk, Connecticut, New Directions [1944], 1st edition, New Directions London label verso title pag...

PIERRE DE BOURDEILLE SEIGNEUR DE BRANTOME: FAMOUS WOMEN, London, Arthur L Humphreys, 1908, 1st edition, The Royal Library Historical Series, decor...

ROBERT BROWNING: THE POETICAL WORKS, London, Smith Elder & Co, 1896, 2 vols, portfrontispieces, three-quarter crushed olive green morocco gilt, sp...

WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM: A POINT OF LAW, in "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine", New York, February 1959, 1st American edition, signed and inscribe...

THE CAMPBELL DIVORCE CASE COPIOUS REPORT OF THE TRIAL, ill Harold Furniss, London, Palmer & Co, 1886, 1st edition, 2 wood engraving ports, contemp...

ROBERT BLOOMFIELD: THE FARMER'S BOY, A RURAL POEM - RURAL TALES, BALLADS AND SONGS, London, Vernor & Hood, 1800, 1803, 2nd edition, 3rd edition, 2...

WILLIAM COWPER: POEMS, ed John Johnson, London for F C & J Rivington et al, 1853, vol 3 (of 3 only), signed and inscribed by Thomas Fowell Buxton ...

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA: THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF THE RENOWNED DON QUIXOTE, trans Tobias Smollett, London, printed for J Walker et al, 1...

[PIERRE-JOSEPH BOUDIER DE BILLEMERT]: PENSEES PHILOSOPHIQUES SUR LA NATURE L'HOMME ET LA RELIGION, Paris, Chez Royez, 1784-86, 1st edition, 4 vols...

ANNE THERESE DE MARGUENAT DE COURCELLES MARQUISE DE LAMBERT: OEUVRES, Paris, Chez Ganeau Bauche Fils [et] Durand, 1761, Nouvelle Editions, 2 vols,...

MARIE LOUISE ROSE LEVESQUE AFTERWARDS PETIGNY DE SAINT-ROMAIN: IDYLLES DE CONTES CHAMPETRES, Paris, Chez Bailly, Hardouin & Gattey Didot 1786, 1st...

SALOMON GESSNER: OEUVRES COMPLETTES, Paris? ND, inscriptions dated 1802, 3 vols, engraved pictorial titles, vol 1 portfrontis, half titles "Oeuvre...

ANTONIO DE SOLIS: HISTOIRE DE LA CONQUESTE DU MEXIQUE OU DE LA NOUVELLE ESPAGNE..., Paris, Guillaume Cavalier, 1704, vol 1 (of 2), engraved foldin...

JACQUES-CHARLES BRUNET: MANUEL DU LIBRAIRE ET DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES, Paris, Chez Silvestre, 1842, 4th edition, 5 vols, old calf gilt worn, bindin...

JAMES GEORGE FRAZER: THE GOLDEN BOUGH, A STORY IN COMPARATIVE RELIGION, London and New York, MacMillan, 1890, 1st edition, 2 vols, frontis (lacks ...

THOMAS PERCY: RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY..., with memoir and critical dissertation by The Rev George Gilfillan, the text edited by Charles...

RICHARD DUPPA: A LIFE OF MICHAEL ANGELO BUONARROTI, London for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1816, 3rd edition, engraved portfrontis, 2 fold...

ETIENNE BONNOT DE CONDILLAC: OEUVRES COMPLETES, Paris, Lecointe et Durey, 1822, 16 vols, contemporary half calf worn, green morocco gilt, spine la...

UMAR IBN MUHAMMED AL-NEFZAWI: THE PERFUMED GARDEN, A MANUAL OF ARABIAN EROTOLOGY, Paris, Librarie "Astra" [1934], original wraps, very soiled

SOCIETA DEL QUARTETTO DI FIRENZE OPERE SCELTE PER GLI ASSOCIATI DEL SECONDO ANNO SOCIALE 1862-63, contains Beethoven Opus 8, 16 and 59, Mozart Opu...

WALT WHITMAN: LEAVES OF GRASS, ill Rockwell Kent, 1977, original decorative leather gilt, all edges gilt + F SCOTT FITZGERALD: THE GREAT GATSBY, i...

HOMER: THE ILIAD - THE ODYSSEY, 1990, 1996, 2 vols, original decorative leather gilt, all edges gilt + HERODOTUS: THE HISTORIES, 1996, original de...

HOWARD PYLE: THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS - THE STORY OF THE CHAMPIONS OF THE ROUND TABLE - THE STORY OF THE GRAIL AND THE PASSING OF ...

SIR ARTHUR CONAN-DOYLE: THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES - THE LATER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES - THE FINAL ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, 198...

JIMMY CARTER: KEEPING FAITH, MEMOIRS OF A PRESIDENT, Norwalk Connecticut, Easton Press, [1986], 1st edition, Library of the Presidents series, ori...

GERALD R FORD: A TIME TO HEAL, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Norwalk Connecticut, Easton Press, 1987, signed, Library of the Presidents series, original deco...

GORE VIDAL: BURR, Norwalk Connecticut, Easton Press, 2000, collectors edition, signed with certificate for authenticity loosely inserted, original...

SIR WALTER SCOTT: WAVERLEY NOVELS, London, Adam & Charles Black, 1897, 25 vols, contemporary half red morocco gilt, spines gilt in compartments, t...

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: THE WORKS, London, Smith Elder, 1907-08, 14 vols, biographical edition, original cloth gilt (14)

BENVENUTO CELLINI: THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, ed John Addington Symonds, intro Thomas Craven, ill Fritz Kredel, Verona for ...

GEORGE HERBERT: THE TEMPLE, SACRED POEMS AND PRIVATE EJACULATIONS, [ed Francis Meynell], London, The Nonesuch Press, 1927, (1500) numbered, origin...

HENRY R PLOMER: A DICTIONARY OF THE BOOKSELLERS AND PRINTERS WHO WERE AT WORK IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND FROM 1641 TO 1667 - 1668-1725 - 172...

JAMES LORD BOWES: JAPANESE ENAMELS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE ENAMELS IN THE BOWES COLLECTION, Liverpool, 1884, 1st edition, printed for private ...

ARTHUR STRATTON: THE ENGLISH INTERIOR, London, B T Batsford [1920], 1st edition, folio, original two-tone cloth gilt, top edges gilt

THE STRAND MAGAZINE, 1891-99 vols 1-17, original pictorial cloth, vols 1-2 very worn with inner joints weak, (17)

E R & J PENNELL: THE LIFE OF JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER, London, William Heinemann, 1908, 1st edition, 2 vols, 4to, original cloth backed boards gilt ...

EDMUND LUDLOW: MEMOIRS...WITH A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL PAPERS SERVING TO CONFIRM AND ILLUSTRATE MANY IMPORTANT PASSAGES CONTAINED IN THE MEMOIRS T...

JOHN EVELYN: DIARY..., ed Sir William Bray, London, Bickers & Son, 1879, new edition, 4 vols, contemporary quarter dark green morocco worn, top ed...

JUDY EGERTON, DUDLEY SNELGROVE AND JOHN D PODECHIE: SPORT IN ART AND BOOKS, THE PAUL MELLON COLLECTION, London, The Tate Gallery for the Yale Cent...

Balmoral Castle Pictorial Menu Card, manuscript menu for Her Majesty's Dinner Saturday 9th June 1888, some soiling, 218 x 138mm ...[more]

Packet: 5 engraved portraits of the Medici family comprising Cosimo I, Cosimo II, Cosimo III, Giovan Gastonade and Anne Maria Aloysia, circa 1700,...

ANON: COSTUMES DE DIFFERENTS PEUPLE, (slip-case title), Paris? circa 1830, 20 litho costume plates, 40 x 30mm, slip-case, possibly Gumuchian 4068 ...

ANON: ENGLISH GARDEN, scarce unrecorded Victorian peep-show, 8 hand coloured litho panels including cover, folding concertina fashion, approx 118 ...

Georgian period religious watercolour roundel depicting Virgin and Child seated, flanked by two priests, image 65mm diam, gilt decorated glazed fr...

Two leaves from a medieval illuminated manuscript in Latin, several initials in brushed gold on red and blue squares, 22 lines on 3 sides, 7 lines...

Edwardian family photograph album with images circa 1904-05 featuring various members of the aristocracy and views of Gibraltar, Algeciras, Granad...

Edwardian photo album containing 26 assorted views circa 1901-11 including good quantity of Thames views, images mainly 160 x 205mm, oblong, folio...

Victorian scrap album containing assorted coloured scraps mounted on linen and folding extending to 1500 x 245mm

Scrap album, assorted coloured scraps and prints, mainly 1930s-1950s plus an album of assorted loose coloured scraps (2) ...[more]

Packet: 12 Victorian albumen Devon and Cornwall views, some published by J Valentine plus 4 other West Country photocards, mainly 190 x 290mm (16)...

SOUVENIR OF SHAKESPEARE'S "KING RICHARD II" PRODUCED BY MR [BEERBOHM] TREE AT HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE, SEPTEMBER 10TH 1903, (box label), parchment s...