Printed Books, Manuscripts and Maps

BEETHOVEN, Ludvig van (1770-1827). Quintetto Pour 2 Violins, 2 Altos et Violoncelle, [1802], stitched. FIRST EDITION.BEETHOVEN, Ludvig van (1770-...

BEETHOVEN, Ludvig van (1770-1827). Sonata per il Piano-forte ed un Violino obligato, [1805], stitched. FIRST EDITION.BEETHOVEN, Ludvig van (1770-...

BLOCH, Ernest (1880-1959). A manuscript musical quotation from "Voice in the Wilderness." With other related material. (qty)BLOCH, Ernest (1880-19...

BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-97). Serenade D dur für grosses Orchester, [1860], contemporary boards.BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-97). Serenade D dur für gross...

BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-76). A manuscript musical quotation from the Piano Concerto, signed and dated.BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-76). A manuscript mu...

BRUCH, Max (1838-1920). A manuscript musical quotation from the slow movement of the Violin Concerto.BRUCH, Max (1838-1920). A manuscript musical ...

COPLAND, Aaron (1900-90). A manuscript musical quotation from the Concerto for Clarinet. With a one-page autograph letter by Copland. (2)COPLAND, ...

ELGAR, Edward (1857-1934). A manuscript musical quotation from "In the South."ELGAR, Edward (1857-1934). A manuscript musical quotation in the com...

HINDEMITH, Paul (1895-1963). A manuscript musical quotation from an unidentified work. With 8 other items. (9)HINDEMITH, Paul (1895-1963). A manus...

JOACHIM, Joseph (1831-1907). A Cabinet-style photographed portrait, signed. With 3 other related items. (4)JOACHIM, Joseph (1831-1907, violinist)....

MASSENET, Jules (1842-1912). 20 Mélodies, [Paris, c. 1903], cloth, inscribed by the composer with a musical quotation.MASSENET, Jules (1842-1912)....

MILHAUD, Darius (1892-1974). A folded sheet with quotations from 7 of his string quartets in the composer's hand. With 3 other related items. (4)M...

PROKOFIEV, Sergei (1891-1953). A manuscript musical quotation signed and dated by the composer.PROKOFIEV, Sergei (1891-1953). A manuscript musical...

RAVEL, Maurice (1875-1937). Deux Epigrammes de Clément Marot, Paris, [1900], 2 parts, original wrappers. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the fir...

SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828). Symphonie C Dur. für grosses Orchester, [1849], original cloth. FIRST EDITION.SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828). Symphonie ...

STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949). A manuscript musical quotation from "Till Eulenspiegel", signed.STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949). A manuscript musical q...

STRAVINSKY, Igor (1882-1971). A manuscript musical quotation from the Pastorale for Violin and Piano.STRAVINSKY, Igor (1882-1971). A manuscript mu...

MUSIC MISCELLANY - A large collection of autograph letters, cards, etc, by composers, musicians, music publishers and others. (qty)MUSIC MISCELLAN...

VIRGILIUS MARO, Publius (70-19 BC). The Works ... Translated into English verse; by Mr Dryden, London, 1697, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION of t...

MOREIRA, Jacob Rodrigues (editor, dates unknown). Kehilath Jahacob: Being a Vocabulary of Words in the Hebrew Language, [London], 1773, modern buc...

Biblia Hebraica, Magdeburg, 1720, text in Hebrew and Latin, contemporary vellum.Biblia Hebraica, ex aliquot manuscriptis et compluribus impressis ...

Eight leaves from Biblical manuscripts in Hebrew on vellum and paper, [?]14th-century. (8)Eight leaves from Biblical manuscripts in Hebrew, on vel...

[ANON.]. Travels in South-Eastern Asia, Dublin, 1823, contemporary calf. With François-Auguste Chateaubriand's Atala (London, 1809). (2)[ANON.]. T...

WRIGHT, George Newenham (c. 1794-1877). China in a Series of Views, London, [1843], 4 vols. bound in 2, engraved plates, contemporary half burgund...

MANN, Thomas (1875-1955). A one-page autograph letter, dated 27 February 1920. With 7 other letters by various correspondents. (8)MANN, Thomas (18...

VICTORIA, Queen of England (1819-1901). Two autograph letters; and two autograph letters by Disraeli. (4)VICTORIA, Queen of England (1819-1901). ...

LLOYD'S OF LONDON - F. C. SADLER. Sketches at Lloyd's, London, 1925, 70 mounted caricatures by Sadler, original dark blue roan gilt. FIRST EDITION...

NICHOLSON, William (1872-1949, illustrator). An Alphabet, London, 1899, 26 coloured lithographed plates by Nicholson, original coloured pictorial ...

TOMATSU, Shoumei (1930-2012, photographer), Ken DOMON (1909-90, photographer), and others. Hiroshima-Nagasaki. Document 1961, Tokyo, 1961, buckram...

ALDINUS, Tobias (1570-1662) and Pietro CASTELLI (c. 1575-1656). Exactissima descriptio rariorum quarundam plantarum, que continentur Rome in horto...

[SERE DES RIEUX, Jean Adam (1668-1747)]. Les Dons des Enfans de Latone: La Musique et la Chasse du Cerf, Paris, 1734, contemporary calf.[SERE DES ...

JERROLD, Walter (1865-1929). The Silvery Thames, London, 1906, original half vellum. FIRST EDITION.JERROLD, Walter (1865-1929).  The Silvery Thame...

The Royal Navy; in a Series of Illustrations, Portsmouth, 1875-81, 2 vols., 49 fine chromolithographed plates, contemporary navy blue pictorial mo...

LYELL, Charles (1797-1875). Principles of Geology, 2 vols., London, 1872, contemporary half morocco. The 11th edition. (2)LYELL, Charles (1797-187...

[DAVIES, John (1625-93)]. The Civil Warres of Great Britain and Ireland, Glasgow, 1664, contemporary calf.[DAVIES, John (1625-93)].  The Civil Wa...

JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). Bartholomew Fayre, London, 1631, with old upper wrapper.JONSON, Ben (1572-1637).  Bartholomew Fayre: A Comedie, Acted in ...

[JONSON, Ben (1572-1637)], and others. Christmas, His Masque, [and other Masques], London, [?1631], stitched.[JONSON, Ben (1572-1637)], and others...

JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). Horace, His Art of Poetrie, London, 1640, stitched. With other works bound in by the same author.JONSON, Ben (1572-1637)....

JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). The Divell is an Asse, London, 1631, stitched.JONSON, Ben (1572-1637).  The Divell is an Asse: A Comedie Acted in the Yea...

JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). Catiline. His Conspiracy. A Tragoedie, London, 1616, stitched. Bound with another work by the same author with Shakespear...

JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). The Magnetick Lady: or, Humors Reconcild, London, 1640, stitched. Bound with 2 other works by the same author.JONSON, Be...

JONSON, Ben (1572-1637). The Staple of Newes, London, 1631, stitched. Bound with another work by the same author.JONSON, Ben (1572-1637).  The Sta...

JONSON, Ben (1572-1657). Volpone, or The Foxe, London, 1616, stitched. Bound with other works by the same author.JONSON, Ben (1572-1637).  Volpone...

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Julius Cæsar. A Tragedy. As it is now Acted at the Theatre Royal, London, 1691, stitched. THE SECOND QUARTO EDI...

BINDINGS - Walter SCOTT (1771-1832). The Waverley Novels, Edinburgh, 1877-79, 48 vols., very attractively bound in contemporary green half morocco...

BINDINGS - Charles DICKENS (1812-70). [Selected Works], London, 1844-65, 12 works in 13 vols., FINELY BOUND. (13)BINDINGS - Charles Dickens (1812-...

SHERIDAN LE FANU, John Thomas (1814-73). The Evil Guest, London, [1895], original cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 19 other books by the same author. (2...

GESNER [or GESSNER], Conrad (1516-65). Vogelbuch, Zürich, 1557, 219 fine woodcut illustrations of birds, in an EXCEPTIONALLY FINE contemporary pig...

VALENTIJN, Francois (1666-1727). Nieuwe Kaart van Caap der Goede Hoop, [Amsterdam, 1724], hand-coloured engraved map. With a modern facsimile map....

OGILBY, John (1600-76). The Road from London to Arundel, hand-coloured engraved "strip map", [London, c. 1675], framed and glazed.OGILBY, John (16...

BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1653). Monumethensis comitatus vernacule Monmouth Shire, [Amsterdam, c. 1645], hand-coloured engraved map, framed and glazed...

[SANSON, Nicolas (1600-67)]. Novissima Descriptio Angliæ, Scotiæ et Hiberniæ, [Paris: c. 1650], hand-coloured engraved map of the British Isles, f...

MEDITERRANEAN PORTS AND HARBOURS - A collection of c. 120 manuscript coastal charts in an album, 230 x 315mm., dated variously 1720-1804.MEDITERR...

[DEFOE, Daniel (c. 1660-1731)]. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, London, 1722, contemporary calf. Sixth edition.[DE...

WITHDRAWNGALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642). Il Saggiatore, Rome, 1623, contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION. ***Please note carefully the full amended de...

WITHDRAWN[BUCHAN, John (1875-1940)]. These For Remembrance, Privately Printed, 1919, [?]original boards. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF A SMALL UNSPECIFIE...

YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939). The Trembling of the Veil, London, 1922, original parchment-backed paper boards, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 614 ...

KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630). Ad vitellionem paralipomena, quibus astronomiæ pars optica traditur, Frankfurt, 1604, contemporary calf. FIRST EDIT...

VAN DEN KEERE, Pieter (1571-c.1646) [and John SPEED (1552-1629)]. Miniature Atlas, [?]London, c. 1642, contemporary half calf.VAN DEN KEERE, Piete...

BOWEN, Emanuel (1694-1767). A New and Accurate Map of Turky in Asia, Arabia, [London, c. 1744], engraved map, 350 x 425mm.; with 5 other maps. (6)...