Printed Books, Manuscripts and Maps

POUND, Ezra (1885-1972). Indiscretions, Paris, Three Mountains Press, 1923, large 8vo, original cloth-backed paper boards. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF ...

NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). Lolita, London, 1959, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket (frayed). FIRST U.K. EDITION. With the same author's N...

ZOLA, Émile (1840-1902). Madeleine Férat, Paris, 1892, 8vo, contemporary morocco-backed boards. "Nouvelle Édition". PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed b...

GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). The Green-Sailed Vessel. Poems, London, "Privately Printed", 1971, large 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITI...

WICKHAM, Robert Sloane (b.1877, photographer). Friendly Adirondack Peaks, Binghamton, "Privately Published", 1924, 8vo, plates, original cloth. FI...

LLOYD'S OF LONDON - F. C. SADLER ([dates unknown], illustrator). Sketches at Lloyd's, London, [1925], 4to, 70 caricature plates, original roan. FI...

POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, London, [April, 1903], 12mo, 31 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, origin...

KAY, John (1742-1826, illustrator). A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Edinburgh, 1837, 2 volumes, 4to, 358 etched portraits...

DANIEL, William Barker (1754-1833). Rural Sports, London, 1812-13, 4 volumes, large 8vo, plates, attractively bound in later red half morocco gilt...

RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). The Stones of Venice, London, 1851-53. 3 volumes, large 8vo, plates. FINELY BOUND in dark green crushed morocco gilt. F...

RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). Modern Painters, London, 1851-60, 5 volumes, large 8vo, 84 plates. FINELY BOUND in dark green crushed morocco gilt. Mixe...

RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). The Seven Lamps of Architecture, London, 1855, large 8vo, 14 plates, in 2 states. FINELY BOUND in dark green crushed mor...

BINDING - The Connoisseur. A Magazine for Collectors. [New York], 66 issues [only] from January 1922 - June 1934 [some issues lacking] bound in 18...

MENPES, Mortimer (1855-1938). Japan, London, [1901], 4to, 100 coloured plates. FINELY BOUND in scarlet morocco. ONE OF 600 "EDITION DE LUXE" COPIE...

SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles (1837-1909). The Poems, London, 1904, 6 volumes, 8vo. FINELY BOUND in dark blue crushed morocco gilt. With 5 other bo...

YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939). The Tower, London, 1928, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth gilt. A FINE BRIGHT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.YEATS, W. B. ...

LACE - Augusta Godin, Baronne LIEDTS (1850-85). Anciennes Dentelles Belges, Anvers, 1889, folio, 185 phototype plates of lace, contemporary dark b...

ALEXEIEFF, Alexandre (1901-82, illustrator) - Alexander PUSHKIN (1799-1837). The Queen of Spades, London, The Blackamore Press, 1928, 4to, coloure...

TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-92). Maud, and Other Poems. London, 1855, 8vo, original green cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 5 other books by Tennyson. (...

Child Torture in Scotland, Edinburgh, 1895, 8vo, contemporary red morocco. FIRST EDITION, THE DEDICATEE'S COPY. The author is unknown. RARE.Child ...

LEWIS, Wyndham (1882-1957). Blasting and Bombardiering, London, 1937, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 16 other miscellaneous...

DELAUNAY, Sonia (1885-1979, illustrator). Ses Peintures ... Paris, [1925], folio, 20 pochoir-coloured plates by Sonia Delaunay, unbound, as issued...

LANG, Andrew (1844-1912). The Violet Fairy Book, London, 1901, 8vo, original pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 29 other illustrated and childre...

CRYSTAL PALACE - [General title from publisher's advertisement:] Guides and Handbooks, Illustrative of the Contents of the Crystal Palace, London,...

"MYTH AND LEGEND" SERIES - A. R. HOPE MONCRIEFF (1846-1927). Classic Myth and Legend, London, [?1912], large 8vo, plates, original green cloth dec...

MONTEATH, Robert ([dates unknown]). The Forester's Guide, Stirling, 1820, 8vo, 2 engraved plates, original pebbled cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 8 ot...

RAFFALD, Elizabeth (1733-81). The Experienced English Housekeeper, London, 1775, 8vo, 2 plates only (of 3), contemporary calf. Fourth edition. SIG...

AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). Pride and Prejudice, London, 1894, 8vo, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original elaborate peacock cloth gilt. FIRST "PEA...

AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). Emma, London, 1898, 8vo, illustrations by "Chris." Hammond, original decorated cloth gilt. FIRST "HAMMOND" EDITION. With...

AMHERST, Alicia (1865-1941). A History of Gardening in England, London, Bernard Quaritch, 1895, large 8vo, illustrations, original green pictorial...

GALLEN, Thomas ([dates unknown]). A Compleat Pocket Almanack, London, 1683 [bound with:] Rider's British Merlin, 1683, 2 works in one vol., tall 1...

MISCELLANY - EPICTETUS (c. 50-c.135 AD). Enchiridium una cum cebetis Thebani tabula, Delft, 1723, 8vo, engraved title and folding plate, contempor...

[ANON.]. Travels in South-Eastern Asia, Dublin, 1823, 12mo, contemporary calf. With François-Auguste Chateaubriand's Atala (London, 1809). (2)[ANO...

COLLINS, Greenville (1643-94). The River of Thames from London to the Buoy of the Noure, London, [1693 or later], large hand-coloured engraved coa...

LAFFAN, William Mackay (1848-1909). Engravings on Wood by Members of the Society of American Wood-Engravers, New York, 1887, folio, 7 plates only...

BLAEU, Joan (1596-1673). Bercheria vernacule Barkshire, [Amsterdam, c. 1645]. Hand-coloured engraved map of Berkshire, 370 x 490mm., framed and g...

THE LAST SHAH OF IRAN (1919-80). "Visit of the Minister of the Chairman of Bulgaria Stanko Todorov in Iran 1972", photograph album, oblong 4to, on...

SEUTTER, Matthäus (1678-1757). Alsatia Superior et Inferior, [Augsburg, c. 1730], large hand-coloured engraved map, 590 x 1,730mm. With 12 other ...

FRITH, Francis (1822-98, photographer). 37 albumen silver prints of Egypt (36) and Ethiopia (1) by Francis Frith, some with printed signature and/...

ZANGAKI BROTHERS (fl. 1860s-90s, photographers). 15 albumen silver prints of Egypt by the Zangaki Brothers, some with printed signature, undated, ...

KOZABURO, Tamamura (1856-[?]1923, photographer). 16 original collotype photographs by Tamamura Kozaburo, tinted in colours, mounted on card, some ...

BIBLE, in English - The Bible, Amsterdam, Thomas Stafford, 1644, folio, general title and title to the New Testament, woodcut maps and illustratio...

SCHENK, Peter (1660-1711) and Gerard VALCK (1652-1726). Suthsexia, vernacule Sussex, Amsterdam, [c.1690], hand-coloured engraved map, 380 x 510mm....

RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, [1907], square 8vo, coloured frontispiece and 12 plates by Art...

MISCELLANY - James L. ALLEN (1849-1925). A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath, London, 1901, 4to, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original buckram (re...

FIGER, Louis (1658-1717). La Nouvelle Maison Rustique ... Onzieme Edition, Paris, 1790, 2 vols., 4to, 42 engraved plates, contemporary mottled cal...

PEZRON, Paul-Yves (1640-1706). L' Antiquité des Tems [sic] Rétablie et Défenduë contre les Juifs et les Nouveaux Chronologistes, Paris, 1687, 4to...

STURLUSON, Snorri (1179-1241). Heims Kringla, Stockholm, 1697, 2 vols. bound in one, folio, parallel text in Old Norse, Swedish and Latin, modern...

RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OR "QUAKERS" - "Christian and Brotherly Advices Given forth from time to time by the Yearly Meetings in London." [?Lo...

JUSTINIAN I (482-565) and Denis GODEFROY (1549-1622, editor). Corpus juris civilis Romani, Frankfurt, 1705, 4 parts in one vol., 4to, engraved por...

MISSALS, Roman - Missale Romanum, Antwerp, 1620, folio, 9 full-page engraved illustrations and borders, printed in red and black, contemporary cal...

VEEN, Otto van (1556-1629). Le Theatre Moral de la Vie Humaine, Brussels, 1672, folio, folding engraved plate and 103 engraved emblematic illustra...

BIBLE, in French - La Sainte Bible, Lyon, 1564, 2 vols. bound in one, folio, woodcut illustrations, some full-page, initials, contemporary calf (w...

[MAURICE, Thomas (1754-1824)]. The History of Hindostan, London, 1795-98. 2 vols., 4to, 19 engraved plates, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION, but ...

THEOLOGY, English - William CAVE (1637-1713). Apostolici, London, 1677, folio, engraved title and illustrations, contemporary calf (worn). With 17...

MISCELLANY, 16th-18th-century, in vellum - SAINT AUGUSTINE (354-430). [Opera], Basle, Froben, 1556, 3 vols. bound in 2 only, of 10), folio, contem...

JUSTINIAN, Lawrence, Saint (1381-1456). [Opera, Brescia, Angelus Britannicus, 1506], folio, lacking colophon [as often], contemporary vellum.JUSTI...

BIBLE, in German - Biblia, Das ist Die gantze Schrift. Altes und Newes Testaments, Ulm, 1662, folio, additional engraved title, full-page woodcut ...

BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, Saint (c.1090-1153). Opera, Basel, 1552, 2 vols. bound in one, folio, contemporary calf (rebacked). With 6 other works in 7 ...

[SARPI, Paolo (1552-1623)]. The History of the Council of Trent, London, 1676, folio, contemporary calf (rebacked). With 7 other works in 9 vols....