Vintage and Rare Books

Local interest. Kendal and Wainwright. Includes reprint pictorial guides, etc. (22)

Maritime and Shipbuilding. A selection, includes; Lonsdale Library volumes XV and XIX; Basil Lubbock's - The Log of the Cutty Sark (1974); etc. (1...

Malcolm and Donald Campbell. A small selection of items relating to Bluebird and speed records. Includes a signed copy of Arthur Knowle's - With C...

Lake District and related. A selection, includes; W. Heaton Cooper - The Tarns (1970, 2nd) signed & The Hills (1984) signed; etc. (16) ...[more]

Literature. R. B. Cunninghame Graham. A selection, includes; Tschiffely's biography - Don Roberto (1937) 2nd impression; Mirages (1936) 1st; Hope ...

Folio Society. A selection, all in slipcases. Includes; Roald Dahl; The Arabian Nights - Detmold; P. G. Wodehouse; etc. (14)

Illustrated. Arthur Rackham. Reprint editions - A Midsummer Nights Dream (1977) and The Ring of the Niblung (1976) two volumes. All in dust wrappe...

Natural History. Pteridology. Moore, Thomas; Lindley, John (ed.) - The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. Nature-Printed. London: Bradbury and Ev...

Antiquarian. Wood, Anthony - Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their education in the most Ancient U...

Antiquarian. Culpeper, Nicholas - The Complete Herbal. London: Thomas Kelly, 1843. With 20 hand-coloured engraved plates (1 bound at rear). Poor c...

Antiquarian. Local History. Evans, Francis - Furness and Furness Abbey; or, A Companion through the Lancashire part of the Lake District. Ulversto...

Miscellaneous. A selection, includes; Carroll, L. - The Hunting of the Snark (1916) original limp leather; White, G. - A Book of Toys (1946) King ...

History. Maxwell, Sir Herbert - The Chronicle of Lanercost 1272-1346. Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1913. Limited edition, no.13/100. Origina...

Literature. Dennis Wheatley. A selection; first editions in dust wrappers. Fair - VG. (6)

First Edition. Lucas, Victoria [Plath, Sylvia] - The Bell Jar. London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1963. Original cloth. No dust wrapper. Sylvia Plath'...

Antiquarian. Craven. Montagu, F. - Gleanings in Craven: in a Tour from Bolton-Abbey to Ambleside. London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co. 1838. Original...

Children's. 'BB' [Denys Watkins-Pitchford]. The Little Grey Men. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1942, 1st. Signed by author twice, once to f.f.e.p...

Children's. The Boy's Own Annual. Two editions: 1917 & 1921. Both in original decorative cloth. (2) ...[more]

Children's. Roald Dahl Collection. Puffin Books, 2016. Box set of softbacks, 15 titles in total. In original shrink-wrap.

Children's. Carroll, Lewis - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan, 1894. 44th thousand, People's Edition. Illustrated by Tenniel. O...

Illustrated. Southby, Logi - The White Dragon. London: The Griffin Press ltd. 1934, first edition. Original cloth in dust wrapper. (1)

Presentation copy. Melross, T. - The Argosy of the Nithsdale Silver Foxes. Privately published, circa 1933. Inscription to presentation leaf. Orig...

Architecture. Wolpe, Berthold - Johann David Steingruber: Architectural Alphabet 1773. London: Merrion Press, 1972. Limited edition, no.27/425. Or...

Magic & Illusion. Kunard, Prof. R. - The Book of Modern Conjuring. London: The Bazaar Exchange and Mart Office. No date, circa 1920's, presumed 1s...

Fishing. Falkus, Hugh - Sea Trout Fishing. 1979, 2nd edition reprint. Signed by Falkus on end paper. VG copy. (1)

Postcards and Photographs. A selection of albums, predominately postcards. Much Maritime and Shipping interest, particularly Barrow and Vickers re...

Children's and Fantasy. A modern selection. Includes Artemis Fowl novels, etc. (12) Condition: Following books signed by author - Jasper Fforde 'T...

Children's and Illustrated. A large selection, includes first editions and reprints; Aiken, Joan - Night Birds on Nantucket (1966); Travers, P. L....

Poetry. A 20th century miscellany. Majority in dust wrappers, first editions and early impressions. Includes; Bertrud and other Dramatic Poems. Ed...

Children's. Enid Blyton - Plays for Younger Children. Loosely tipped-in is an Enid Blyton headed postcard, dated 1953 and addressed to Paul Hodder...

Literature. Marsh, Honoria D. - Shades from Jane Austen. 1975, limited edition 292/300, signed. Full leather, in slipcase. Spine faded. Provenance...

Literature and related. Signed copies. A selection, includes; Hammond Innes - The Mary Deare (1956); J. B. Priestley - Angel Pavement (1930) limit...

Literature. A selection, includes; Tomlinson, H. M. - All Our Yesterdays, 1930, signed limited edition; Pater, Walter - Marius The Epicurean His S...

Literature and related. H. E. Bates. A selection, first editions in dust wrappers. Condition mixed. (15)

Literature. Late 19th and early 20th century miscellany. Includes; Rudyard Kipling; Rolf Boldrewood - The Miners Right a tale of the Australian Go...

Literature. 20th century miscellany. All in dust wrappers, mixture of first editions and early impressions. Includes; Beverley Nichols; Hammond In...

Children's. Alfred Bestall's Rupert - a selection of reprint annuals and the biography by Caroline Bott. (20)

Children's. Three Richmal Crompton 'William' novels in dust wrappers (1st editions 1958/1960); with a selection of Beatrix Potter storybooks, all ...

Literature. Modern dust wrapper miscellany. Includes; Styron, William - Sophie's Choice, 1979 1st UK edition; Kingsley Amis - The Alteration, 1976...

Limited edition. Tuer, Andrew W. - The Follies & Fashions of Our Grandfathers (1807). London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press. 1886/87. Limited...

Antiquarian. French History. Rankin, Rev. Alexander - The History of France. London: 1801-1822. Volumes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Contemporary diced...

Local Industrial History. A small selection, includes; Ian Tyler's Force Crag (1990) and Greenside (1992) mining histories; etc. (11)

Children's. Early-Mid 20th century miscellany. Mainly novels, includes; Malcolm Saville; Enid Blyton; Laura Lee Hope; etc. (28) Condition: All fiv...

Local History and Topography. Selection, includes; Heaton Cooper; Flora of Cumbria; Traditional Buildings; etc. (24)