The Bibliophile Sale: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper

Brassey - A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam', 1881 § Heckstall-Smith & Capt. E ( Lady Anna) A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' , 1881 § Heckstall-Smith (B.) ...

Greenaway (Kate) - A Day in a Child's Life, [1882]; Marigold Garden, [1885]; Little Ann and Other Poems, [1883]; Under the Window, [1879], first...

Stevenson (Robert Louis) - The Black Arrow, bookplate to front pastedown, 1888; The Master of Ballantrae, 1889; Island Nights Entertainment, ...

Doyle - Strand Magazine , 5 vol., illustrations, occasional spotting ( Sir Arthur Conan) Strand Magazine (The), 5 vol., illustrations, occ...

Hardy (Thomas) - Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a Pure Woman, 3vol., first edtion, first issue , with chapter "35" numbered "25" on p.199 in vol. 2 an...

Scrapbooks - German Wehrmacht, faux leather binder with cord ties, swastica to upper board, printed introductory text and photos plus c.33 tipped...

Haggard - Autograph Note signed, 1p., 8vo, Ditchingham House, Norfolk ( Sir Henry Rider, novelist, 1856-1925) Autograph Note signed, 1p...

James (Henry) - The Spoils of Poynton, first edition, first issue , original blind-stamped cloth, uncut, spine ends frayed , 1897 § Mann (Tho...

Fothergill - An Old Rabyhunt Club Album, number 93 of 100 de luxe copies (George A., artist ) An Old Rabyhunt Club Album, number 93 of 100 d...

Burton (Richard F.) - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, 17 vol The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, 17 vol., Samara editio...

Miniature Books.- - The Thistle Library, collection of 18 miniature books bound in cloth tartan held within a miniature wooden bookcase made for...

Carroll (Lewis) - Alice in Wonderland, frontispiece, plates, & illustrations by Millicent Sowerby, spotting to fore-edges, original illustrated...

Morris (William) - A Dream, Being a Romance, Contributed to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, 1856, number 6 of 20 copies , wood engraved fro...

Dickens (Charles) - The Pickwick Papers, 20 tipped-in colour plates, original illustrated cloth, gilt, rubbed, dust-jacket, creased, soiled, torn...

The Rifle Brigade Chronicle, 7 vol., 1910-1931 § Hastings ( Major R.H.W.S.) The Rifle Brigade in the Second World War, 1950 § Aubrey-Fletcher (...

Butler (Samuel) - The Complete Works…, edited by Henry Festing Jones and A.T The Complete Works , edited by Henry Festing Jones and A.T. Barthol...

Austen (Jane) - The Novels…, 5 vol., second edition, slightly browned The Novels , 5 vol., second edition, slightly browned, bookplates on fr...

Turbervile (George) - The Heroycall Epistles of the Learned Poet Publius Ovidius Naso, one of 350 copies, plates, a little spotting, quarter moro...

Cran (Marion) - Wind-Harps, 1929; Gardens in America, 1931; I Know a Garden, 1933; The Squabbling Garden, 1934; The Garden Beyond, 1937; Hagar's G...

Churchill - My Early Life: A Roving Commission, plates, slightly browned ( Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, prime minister, 1874-1965) My Ea...

Sherriff (R.C.) & Vernon Bartlett. - Journey's End, first edition , some spotting and browning, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little soiled ...

Keynes (John Maynard) - The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money, first edition , neat ink signature and date to front free endpaper,...

Anthony (Gordon, photographer) - Ballet: Camera Studies, introduction by Arnold Haskell, frontispiece and 95 tipped-in photographic plates, origi...

Lawrence (T.E.) - The Diary...MCMXI, number 85 of 203 copies, head-piece printed in black and gold, photographic plates, original roan-backed boa...

Rich (E.E.) - Minutes of the Hudson's Bay Company 1671-1674, 1942; Minutes of the Hudson's Bay Company 1679-84, 2 vol., 1945, limited editions, ...

Bestall (Alfred) - Rupert Adventure Series, numbers 8, 11-21, 24 & 25, ink annotations in number 13, pencil annotation in number 21, original ...

Greene (Graham) - The Little Fire Engine, first edition , illustrations, a little soiling, original illustrated boards, worn with a little los...

Chapman - The Letters of Samuel Johnson …, 3 vol. (R.W., editor ) The Letters of Samuel Johnson , 3 vol. , 1952 § Johnson (Walter) Gilb...

Bawden (Edward) - & Cecil Keeling The Queen's Beasts…, 1953 § Barclay Stonehenge and... & Cecil Keeling The Queen's Beasts , 1953 § Barclay ...

Rural.- - Orwin The Open Fields, second edition, plates Orwin (C.S. and C.S.) The Open Fields, second edition, plates, price torn away on f...

Swift (Jonathan) - Miscellanies, The Third Volume, one vol. only (of 4), advertisement leaf at beginning and end, errata leaf also at end, spott...

Bullough (Geoffrey) - Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare, 8 vol., original boards, dust-jackets, spines slightly faded, 1966-1975 §...

Medieval.- - Stenton Preparatory to Anglo-Saxon England Stenton (Doris Mary, editor ) Preparatory to Anglo-Saxon England: Being the Collected...

Suffragettes & related.- Lancaster (Osbert) - "Great News! Aunt Ethel has just been chosen to play Mother Christmas at The Woman's Lib Bazaar!", f...

Yeats (J.B.).- - [O'Connell ] A Lament for Art O'Leary, translated by Frank O'Connor [O'Connell (Eileen)] A Lament for Art O'Leary, translate...

Various photographers - Untitled (Royalty), 1970s Three gelatin silver press prints with various annotations and stamps verso, 30.2 x 38 cm (11 7/...

Domesday Book.- - Surrey [&] Buckinghamshire, together 6 vol Surrey [ & ] Buckinghamshire, together 6 vol., illustrations, original cloth-backe...

Stevenson (Tom) - Sotheby's World Wine Encyclopaedia, 1988 § Andries de Groot (Roy) Feasts for all Seasons, 1970 § Allen (David Rayvern) Arlott on...

Clemens (Samuel Langhorne), "Mark Twain" - The Oxford Mark Twain, 29 vol., original boards, dust-jackets, occasional creasing, Oxford, 1996; a...

Law & Religion.- - Downer Leges Henrici Primi, original cloth, dust-jacket, Oxford Downer (L.J., editor ) Leges Henrici Primi, original clo...

Military.- Fermer (Douglas) - Sedan 1870: The Eclipse of France, plates, original boards Sedan 1870: The Eclipse of France, plates, original boa...

Aldington (Richard) - Images (1910-1915), inscribed by the author , light spotting, original sewn pictorial wrappers, The Poetry Bookshop , [...

Banks (Iain M.) - Consider Phlebas, signed by the author , light browning to margins, 1987; The Player of Games, New York, 1989; Use of We...

Banks (Iain) - The Wasp Factory, uncorrected proof copy, signed presentation inscription from the author "Eh what? A proof copy!" to half-title,...

Banks (Iain) - The Wasp Factory, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, some minor rubbing to lower tip of spine, dust-j...

Banks (Iain) - The Wasp Factory, signed by the author, Boston, 1984; Walking on Glass, jacket spine very slightly faded, light creasing to he...

Barnes (Julian) - Flaubert's Parrot, a little rubbed at extremities, 1984; A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters, light browning to cove...

Bellow (Saul) - Dangling Man, the author's first book , light spotting to extremities, ink name to front free endpaper, bookseller's small sti...

Chandler (Raymond) - Red Wind, jacket spine faded, short closed tears to head, New York, 1946; Playback, browning to endpapers, ink inscriptio...

Chatwin (Bruce) & Paul Theroux. - Patagonia Revisited, number 66 of 250 copies signed by the authors, illustrations and decorations by Kyffin Wil...

Christie (Agatha) - Sad Cypress, ink ownership inscription to half-title, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, jacket price-clipp...

Christie (Agatha) - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, first edition, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, fading to spine ends, dust-jacket, price...

Christie (Agatha) - N or M?, corners and spine ends a little bumped and faded, jacket price-clipped, spine browned with closed internal tear and ...

Christie (Agatha) - Evil Under the Sun, ink ownership inscription, spine slightly faded, jacket with ring-mark to upper panel, spine ends a littl...

Christie (Agatha) - Five Little Pigs, spine ends and corners a little bumped, jacket browned, spine ends and corners chipped, light rubbing and c...

Christie (Agatha) - The Body in the Library, first edition, some spotting to title, original cloth, light fading to head and foot, dust-jacket, ...

Christie (Agatha) - Towards Zero, ink ownership inscription, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped, joints and fore-edges...

Churchill - Savrola, first English edition, half-title ( Sir Winston Spencer) Savrola, first English edition, half-title, some occasional l...

Comics.- - Tha Magnet, c.140 vol., c.1938 § The Gem, c.70 vol. c.1939 § The Sexton Blake Library, c.100 vol., c.1950, original wrappers ; and a...

Conrad (Joseph) - Nostromo, light spotting to title, bookplate, 1904; Typhoon, 16 pp. advertisements, occasional soiling to outer margins, end...