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[HELPS, Arthur (1813-75, editor)]. More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1884. 8vo. (Occasional li...

REYNOLDS, John (1588-1655). The Triumphs of God's Revenge Against The Crying and Execrable Sinne of Murther, Expressed in Thirty Severall Tragical...

BEATON, Cecil (1904-80). The Book of Beauty. London: Duckworth, 1930. Folio. Chromolithograph frontispiece of Queen Alexandra, 27 monochrome plate...

JOHN, Augustus (1878-1961). Augustus John. Fifty-two drawings with an Introduction by Lord David Cecil. London: George Rainbird, 1957. Folio. Fron...

BERNARD SHAW, George (1856-1950). A photograph of George Bernard Shaw with dancer & performer Michael Rinder. Inscribed "To Michael Rinder, the on...

SOPHOCLES (c. 496 – 406BC). Tragodiai Hepta meta Scholion Palaion kai PanyOphelimon. Tragoediae Septem, cum Interpretationibus Vetustis et ValdeUt...

LEVINUS, Lemnius (1503-1568). Occulta Naturae Miracula, ac Varia Rerum Documenta, Probabili Ratione atque Aartifici Conjectura Explicata. Antwerp:...

MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie The Pooh. London: Methuen & Co., 1926. 8vo. Illustrations by E. H. Shepard (occasional light soiling). Original p...

LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963).  [The Chronicles of Narnia, comprising]: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1950. 8vo. (Occasi...

MSs. Ledgers. c.1804-31. 4to. 7 ledgers from the Harington family detailing various expenses, with headings such as: 'Medecine', 'Sadlery, Carriag...

GLADSTONE, William Ewart (Prime Minister, 1809-98). ALS dated Jan 24. [18]53, addressed to 'My dear Sir J. Harington'. 'I thank you most sincerely...

SANDWICH, John Montagu, 4th Earl of (1718-1792). ALS. Letter addressed "To Dr Hawksworth at Mrs Banwells Great Ormond Street".  (Envelope) "Dear S...

POOR LAWS - c.1836-7. A collection of ephemera relating to The Brixworth Union, including printed accounts, Appropriation Orders, a folio pamphlet...

PAMPHLET - A Catalogue of the Plate, Plated Articles, Wine, Carriage, Horses, Harness, &c. The Effects of the late Dr. Harrington, for sale by au...

PAMPHLET - Catalogue of the Valuable and Select Library, of the late Rev. Dr. Harington...which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sothe...

MSS- R. H[arington].  4 sermons. [c. 1838]. 4to. 25, 28, 27, 35pp. Initialed at the close of each MS: 'R.H.' With: three other MSS, including: 'D...

MSS - A small collection including 3 inventory's. [c. 1798-1850]. Including: 'Inventory of Plate belonging to Sir John Harrrington Bart made by Wa...

EPHEMERA - Including: Mincing Lane. Particulars Valuable and Important Freehold Property....4,400 Superficial Feet Extensive Wine Vaults Adjoining...

MANUSCRIPTS/EPHEMERA  - A collection of letters, documents and ephemera c. early 19th-early 20th century, contained in a mid-late 19th century car...

MSS. - A small collection of legal manuscripts mainly 17th and 18th centuries, some relating to the Kinsey family. With a small collection of misc...

MISCELLANY. Two illustrated catalogues, one from A. Randel, The European Cycle & Engineering Works.  Slave Islands, Colombo, [1903-04] and Banjima...

MISCELLANY - A collection of manuscripts and ephemera, including two diaries by Anne Elizabeth Biscoe. Provenance: from the family of Harington.

MISCELLANY-  John Speed (1552-1629). Rutlandshire with Oukham and Stanford, her bordering Neighbour. London: Sudbury & Humble, ca. 1611 (mm385x525...

MISCELLANY-  A few instalments from The Strand Magazine (London: George Newnes, 1894), The Cable (vol. 12, n. 298, 3 December 1898) and Fancy Cost...

Miscellany - A small quantity of mid-19th-early 20th century ephemera including cheques, certificates, household expenses. With a number of 16-ear...

ROBERTS, David (1796-1864).  Sketches in the Holy Land. With Historical Descriptions by the Rev. G. Croly ... Detailed Commentary on this edition ...

ORIGINAL BOOK ILLUSTRATION - The Young Emmanuel. An original illustration by Pam Masco used for the cover of this Naomi Jacob's novel.  560mm 390m...

STOW, John (1524/5-1605). The  Annales, or a general Chronicle of England. London: Thomas Adams, 1615. Folio. (Lacking Title page (later 19th cent...

[MAGNA CARTA]. MS. c.1790. Magna Charta [.] Made in the ninth year of King Henry the Third, and Confirmed by King Edward the First, in the Twenty ...

MS- [c. 1817]. The Lady of the Lake. A Poem by Walter Scott. Amanuscript copy of the narrative Arthurian poem by Walter Scott, originally publishe...

STEVENS, George Alex; Charles Lee LEWIS.  A Lecture on Heads...to which is added, an Essay on Satire. London: Vernor Hood, and Sharpe, 1808. 8vo. ...

KONYA, A.S; Phyllis JUBY. In Hong Kong. Hong Kong; Ye Olde Printerie Ltd., [n.d]. Folio. Ten linocuts, SIGNED under the plate on each by Konya. Or...

GREENE, Graham. (1904 -91). Brighton Rock An Entertainment. New York: The Viking Press, 1938. 8vo. (occasional light spotting). Publisher's orange...

LEVI, Carlo (1902-75). The Watch. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1952. 8vo. (Occasional light spotting). Green calf with borders ruled in gilt (l...

TOPOLSKI, Feliks (1907 -1989). 88 Pictures. London: Theodore Brun, 1951. Folio. Illustrations (occasional light spotting). Original half red picto...

STOKER, Bram (1847-1912); Henry Irving (1838-1905). MS in Stoker's hand dated May 1894 and SIGNED by Henry Irving. Addressed to a Mrs(?) Dicken (?...

UPDATED ********DAINELLI, Giotto, Dolfo (1878-1968). An album of photographs relating to the explorer Giotto Danielli and his expedition to Tibet ...

TUNNICLIFFE, C.F.  (1901 -1979). Shorelands Summer Diary. London: Collins, 1952. Folio. Colour plates, engravings in the text. (Occasional light s...

WYLLIE, William  (1851 – 1931); Harold WYLLIE (1892-1973). 2 ALS addressed to Admiral Hopwood, discussing various illustrations and details for "O...

YEATS, E.C. (1868 – 1940). Brush Work. London, George Philip & Son, 1896. Oblong 4to. Colour frontispiece, 24 colour plates (light soiling). Publi...

R.M.S. TITANIC - Albert Charles THOMAS (1889-1973).  "No. 680500. Continuous Certificate of Discharge." 8vo (160 x 110mm). 25-pages, tables. Origi...

SMITH, J.T. Oil News. NO's 1- 56. London: South London Press, [1912-13]. Folio. Photographs and illustrations. This journal that ran from 1912-39,...

ROSENTHAL, Leonard; Edmund DULAC. The Kingdom of the Pearl. New York; Brentano's, [n.d., c.1920]. 4to. 10 tipped in plates (occasional spotting). ...

CARTE DE VISITE. A album of carte de visite. 4to.,  including: Li Hongzhang (Lu Hung-chang), Marquis Suyi of the Qing Empire meeting William Glads...

TRANSPORT - North Eastern Railway. Southern Division. Programme of Excursion and Special Trains, Train Alterations, Working Arrangements, Vacant A...

POSTERS - ROBINSON, Sheila (1925-1987). “Literary London. Keats,Carlyle, Dickens, Johnson”. London: the Bayard Press, 1951 (approximatelymm1010x25...

BINDING FORGERY - JONI, Federico Icilio (1866-1946). Binding forgery. [Siena: late 19th-century]. Tempera and mineral paint on wood with tooled gi...

HUNTER, Henry. Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt: Undertaken by Order of the Old Government of France; By C.S. Sonnini. London: John Stockdale, 180...

CHAUNCY, Sir Henry (1632 -1719). The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire: With the Original of Counties, Hundreds or Wapentakes...and Hamlets....

PONS, Peter. Grosz, George. Der grosse Zeitvertreib. Potsdam :Müller & I. Kiepenheuer, 1932. 4to. Entirely illustrated with the German artist Geor...

1) SABARTÉS, Jaime. A Los Toros avec Picasso. Monte-Carlo: André Sauret, 1961. Oblong 4to. Text in French. 103 full page plates and four original ...

TAYLOR, Rachel Annand (1876-1960). Leonardo The Florentine. London: The Richards Press Ltd., 1927. 4to. (Occasional light spotting). Publisher's b...

KELMSCOTT PRESS - TENNYSON, Alfred Lord (1809 – 92).  Maud. A Monodrama. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893. 4to. Title within woodcut border, orn...

KELMSCOTT PRESS - RUSKIN, John (1819 –1900). The Nature of Gothic. A Chapter of the Stones of Venice. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892. 4to. Tit...

VICTORIAN CIRCUS ILLUSTRATIONS. Six original hand-coloured printed illustrations depicting various circus performing animals, 380mm x 280mm. The i...

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Shakespeare's Dramatic Works: With A Life of the Author. London: J. F. Dove, 1830. 8 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece ...

GRIMM, Jacob & Wilhelm; Mrs Edgar LUCAS (translator); Arthur RACKHAM (illustrator).  Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. London: Selfridge & Co. Lt...

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Works of Mr. William Shakespear. London, [no pub], [1750-51]. 9 volumes, 8vo. Portrait of Shakespeare (vol 1...

FITZGERALD, Francis (translator). The Adventures of Telemachus, Son of Ulysses. London, C. Taylor, 1792. Large 4to. Engraved vignette on title, 24...

LYCOPHRON (320-280 BC). Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra, Siue Cassandra. Basel: [no publisher, n.d. but preface dated 1542]. Folio. Text in Gre...

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