Fine Books, Maps and Manuscripts

CHAPBOOK The Paths of Learning Strewed with Flowers or English Grammar Illustrated, FIRST EDITION, 16pp., engraved and hand-coloured throughout, ...

CHATTERTON (THOMAS) Autograph fragment, the lower right portion from a lost letter to his sister Mary, comprising nine lines on recto and eight o...

CHESTERFIELD (PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, 4th Earl) Letters... to His Son Philip Stanhope, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, THE BRADLEY MARTIN COPY, half-title...

COWPER (WILLIAM, translator) The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer. Translated into Blank Verse, 2 vol., THE ESTELLE DOHENY COPY, light spotting, uncut,...

DICKENS (CHARLES) Oliver Twist; Or, the Parish Boy's Progress. By 'Boz', 3 vol., FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE, with 'by Boz' on the ti...

DICKENS (CHARLES) The Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, FIRST 'TRIAL' ISSUE, half-title and verso of ti...

DICKENS (CHARLES) [Christmas Books] A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, second state, half-title in blu...

DICKENS (CHARLES) Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens'), to C.F. Smith ('Dear Sir'), thanking him for his '...earnest letter...' and '...for...

DICKENS (CHARLES) Autograph cheque signed ('Charles Dickens'), in favour of 'House', for five pounds, drawn on Messrs Coutts & Compy, one page, p...

DICKENS (CHARLES) The Works, 26 vol. 'Library Edition', half-titles, engraved frontispiece in each volume, plates, full calf gilt by Andrew Griev...

EDWARD III - YORKSHIRE Illuminated Royal Licence, witnessed by the King himself at Westminster ('In cuius rei testimonium has letteras nostras fie...

GAY (JOHN) Fables... with a Life of the Author, 2 vol., 70 engraved plates (including frontispiece and 2 pictorial titles, 12 engraved by William...

GIBBON (EDWARD) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., FIRST EDITION of volumes 4-6, second edition of volumes 2 and 3, ...

GRAY (THOMAS) The Poems... To Which Are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason... Second Edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, ...

HARLEQUINADE - MANUSCRIPT FLAP-BOOK A seventeenth century manuscript pictorial flap-book 'Painted By Sal. Court, Price 2s.', on paper, ink and wa...

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - NINETEENTH CENTURY The Ballad of Chevy Chase, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, on vellum, 20 pages, comprising pictorial title-pa...

JUVENILIA - MOVEABLE PARTS Lucinda, the Orphan; or the Costumes. A Tale Exhibited in a Series of Dresses, FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE, aquatint head a...

MALTHUS (THOMAS ROBERT) An Essay on the Principle of Population; or a View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness, 2 vol., third edit...

MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL – WATERLOO, SOUTH AFRICA and INDIA Manuscript journal of Edward Nugent, 54th (or West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot, the first part...

MILITARY [Army List] A List of the General and Field Officers, as they Rank in the Army; of the Officers in the Several Regiments of Horse, Dragoo...

MILL (JOHN STUART) The Subjection of Women, FIRST EDITION, half-title, Macmillan, 1869; On Liberty, second edition, John W. Parker, 1859; Chapter...

MILTON (JOHN) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books... the Fourth Edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, 12 engraved plates by Michael Burgher...

NAVAL HISTORY - JAMES RALFE A small archive of manuscript materials relating to James Ralfe's The Naval Biography of Great Britain, consisting of ...

NELSON (HORATIO) Autograph letter in the third person, presenting his compliments and inviting the Rev. Mr Frepalicque to dine on the Victory that...

PENINSULAR WAR – MOORE, ANDERSON and STANHOPE Archive of correspondence addressed to Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Anderson (1767-1851), Sir John Moore'...

SALTRAM HOUSE, DEVON - MORLEY FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS Three albums of photographs (mostly carte de visite portraits, 6 views of Saltram House) co...

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH DRAMA The Dr Leonard F.M. Scinto collection of seventeenth century English Academic Drama, comprising: (i) ALABASTER...

STANHOPE (HESTER) Group of twelve autograph letters, all but one to Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Anderson (1767-1851), including several long letters f...

BRADFORD (WILLIAM) Sketches of the Country, Character, and Costume in Portugal and Spain Made During the Campaign, and on the Route of the British...

DANIELL (WILLIAM) A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813, and Commencing From the Land's-End in Cornwall, by Rich...

GRINDLAY (ROBERT MELVILLE) Scenery, Costumes and Architecture, Chiefly on the Western Side of India, FIRST EDITION, 6 parts in 2 vols. in 1, hand...

PALLAS (PETER SIMON) Travels Through the Southern Provinces of The Russian Empire in the years 1793 and 1794, 2 vol., 54 aquatint or engraved pla...

REPTON (HUMPHRY AND J. ADEY) Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. Including some Remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architectur...

WATHEN (JAMES) Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; in the H.C.S. The Hop...

WILLIAMSON (THOMAS) AND SAMUEL HOWETT Oriental Field Sports, Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East, ...

ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) The Microcosm of London, 3 vol., wood-engraved pictorial titles, engraved dedication leaves with vignettes, 104 hand-coloured...

ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, 2 vol., engraved portrait of Lord Grenville, ...

ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) A History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles, 95 h...

ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) The History of The Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with The Charter-House, The Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant ...

ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments, FIRST EDITION, 81 hand-coloured aq...

AESOP The Fables... With a Life of the Author, 2 vol., engraved titles with vignettes and 10 engraved plates, light browning in margins and offse...

ALKEN (HENRY) [APPERLEY (CHARLES JAMES)] The Life of a Sportsman, FIRST EDITION, first issue with 4 of the plates mounted, hand-coloured aquatint...

BOWYER (ROBERT) An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, During the Last Five Years; Comprising a Series of Views of the...

BOWYER (ROBERT) An Impartial Historical Narrative of those Momentous Events which have Taken Place in this Country During the Period from the Year...

CHIVALRY The Tournament: or Days of Chivalry, half-title, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, modern purple half morocco, gilt lettered spine, Will...

CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE) [COMBE (WILLIAM)] The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax, FIRST EDITION, hand-coloured ...

CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE) The Humorist: A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Repartees..., 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSSUE, 4 hand-colour...

CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE) IRELAND (WILLIAM HENRY) The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 vol., engraved titles, 26 folding aquatint plates by Cruikshank (24...

CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE) [BARKER (MATTHEW HENRY)] Greenwich Hospital, a Series of Naval Sketches, Descriptive of the Life of a Man-of-War's Man. By an ...

EDWARDS OF HALIFAX - FORE-EDGE PAINTING CARDONNEL (ADAM DE) Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland, 2 parts in 1 vol., 51 etched illustrations by Ca...

EGAN (PIERCE) Life in London, or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic...

FIELDING (THEODORE HENRY) Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire Illustrated, in a Series of Forty-Four Engravings, Exhibiting the Scenery of th...

FOREIGN FIELD SPORTS Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes &c... from Drawings by Messrs. Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch, &c. wi...

FRANCE [SEGARD (W.) AND FRANCOIS MARTIN TESTARD] Picturesque Views of Public Edifices in Paris, 20 circular hand-coloured aquatint plates, withou...

HASSELL (JOHN) Aqua Pictura. Illustrated by a Series of Original Specimens from the works of Messrs. Payne, Munn, Francia, Samuel, Varley, Wheatle...

HEATH (WILLIAM) The Life of a Soldier; a Narrative and Descriptive Poem, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and 18 etched plates with aquatint, all hand...

HOGARTH (WILLIAM) The Works... with Descriptions, in Which Are Pointed Out Many Beauties that have Hitherto Escaped Notice... by John Trusler... a...

IRELAND (SAMUEL) Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire Avon... to Its Junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury, large paper copy, half-ti...

JENKINS (JAMES) The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies; from 1799 to 1815, engraved title with hand-coloured vignette, hand-col...

JENKINS (JAMES) The Naval Achievements of Great Britain, from the Year 1793 to 1817, engraved title with hand-coloured vignette, 55 hand-coloured...