Rare Books & Works on Paper

HUMBERT WOLFE 'Cursory Rhymes,' signed by author, illustrated by Albert Rutherson, quarter cloth, some staining to cloth, one of 500, Ernest Benn ...

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE 'Posthumous Poems,' first edition, rebacked, gilt embossed coat of arms to front board, William Heinemann, 1917; 'The L...

JOHN LEHMANN (Ed) 'Pleasures of New Writing,' typed and signed letter to author K. B. Poole, handwritten letter to Poole from John Lehmann. free e...

EDITH WHARTON 'Greater Inclination,' first UK edition, original cloth, rubbed and bumped, tide mark to half title and titlepage, John Lane, The Bo...

ALLAN MALLINSON. Ten works of the 'Matthew Hervey' series. 1-10, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, 'A Close Run Thing; A Regimental Affair...

V. S. NAIPUL. 'The Mimic Men,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, tear to dj, a spotted edge of textblock, owner signature in ink to fre...

CHARLES DICKENS. 'Master Humphrey's Clock'. Three vols, original cloth, rubbed and bumped, sun bleaching, illustrations throughout, Chapman and Ha...

WILLIAM BLAKE 'America, A Prophecy,' facsimile, publishers boards, woodblock title, tipped in frontis, United Book Guild, USA, 1947; 'Book of Job,...

ROBERT SOUTHEY. 'Metrical Tales and Other Poems'. In a fine navy blue straight-grain morocco, gilt edge, ex libris label to pastedown, Longman et ...

CHARLES DICKENS 'Sketches by Boz,' original cloth, some sun bleaching, rubbed and bumped, cracked joint, frontis engraving by Cruikshank, Chapman ...

WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH 'The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance,' two vols, original cloth, chipped and rubbed, advertisements, G. Routledge &...

SAMUEL JOHNSON 'The Lives of the English Poets; And a Criticism on Their Works,' first 'pirated' edition, three volumes, full leather binding, fin...

WILLIAM FAULKNER. 'Soldiers Pay,' first UK edition, original cloth, spotting throughout, Chatto and Windus, 1930; 'Sanctuary,' first UK edition, o...

CRICKET INTEREST 'John Wisden's Cricket Almanack for 1906,' original paper wraps, loss to spine, advertisements throughout and photographic plate;...

D. CROAL THOMSON. 'the Life & Work of Luke Fildes,' original decorative cloth with gold tooled title, illustrated throughout, frontis, The Art Jou...

AMERICAN INTEREST 'A Memorial of James Abram Garfield from the City of Boston,' original cloth with gilt embossed 'Boston' crest to front board, f...

EDUARD FUCHS 'Geschichte der erotischen Kunst,' half leather with cloth boards, illustrated throughout, Hofmann & Comp, Berlin, 1908. ...[more]

A tidy set of forty-eight 'Everyman' Library'. Teal cloth with gold embossed spine titles, edited by Ernest Rhys, two vols with gilt tooled crest ...

SAMUEL KELLY : AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SEAMAN. Edited by Crosbie Garstin (1925) New York : Frederick A Stokes. This Falmouth edition containing the ...

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS & ESSAYS By Count Leo Tolstoy. (1905) London : GJ Howell. Vol XX111 of Complete Works. Orig cloth top edge gilt. (1)A small ...

THE BOOK OF OLD SUNDIALS By Warrington Hogg. (1917) London : TN Foulis. With eight illustrations in colour by Alfred Rawlings and thirty-six drawi...

THE WORLD OF MUSIC. A TREASURY FOR LISTENER AND VIEWER. Edited by KB Sandved. (1954) London : Waverley Book Company. Bound in wooden boards (1) ....

MOON-WHALES By Ted Hughes. (1988) First UK edition. Faber and Faber (1) ...[more]

Five UK first editions by Anne Tyler. BREATHING LESSONS (1989) together with LADDER OF YEARS (1995) with A PATCHWORK PLANET (1998) with THE AMATEU...

Five works by Jeanette Winterson. WRITTEN ON THE BODY (1992) Jonathan Cape. First edition Price clipped SEXING THE CHERRY (1989) Bloomsbury First ...

Seven works by Clive James. THE CRYSTAL BUCKET (1981) Together with BRILLIANT CREATURES (1983) and SNAKE CHARMERS IN TEXAS ESSAYS 1980-87 (1988) P...

Two first editions by VS Pricthett. MIDNIGHT OIL By VS Pritchett (1971) Together with THE CAMBERWELL BEAUTY By VS Pricthett (1974) Chatto & Windus...

THE LAST FIGHT OF THE REVENGE By Sir Walter Scott. (1908) London : Gibbings and Company. Original decorative cloth with an introduction by Henry N...

Signed Geoff Hurst. 1966 AND ALL THAT By Geoff Hurst (2001) Headline Books Signed First edition Fine in fine dust wrapper and protective cover (1)...

Illumination interest. THE ART OF ILLUMINATING AS PRACTISED IN EUROPE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES. ILLUSTRATED BY BORDERS, INITIAL LETTERS AND ALPHABE...

OBSERVATIONS ON THE STRUCTURE AND DISEASES OF THE TESTIS By Sir Astley Cooper. (1841) London : John Churchill. Second edition, rebaked, some spott...

THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS OF MAN AND ANIMALS By Charles Darwin. (1901) Twelfth Thousand. London John Murray. Orig green cloth (1) ...[more]

Two antiquarian books on Exeter. JENKINS’S CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF EXETER AND ITS ENVIRONS FROM THE TIME OF THE ROMANS TO ...

AN ACCOUNT OF THE TESTICLES By Joseph Warner. (1774) London: Lockyer Davis. First edition. Fine full leather (1) ...[more]

Thomas Mawe and John Abercrombie. 'Everyman His Own Gardener'. EVERYMAN HIS OWN GARDENER BEING A NEW AND MUCH MORE COMPLETE GARDENER’S CALENDER AN...

Exeter Interest. THE STORY OF EXETER CATHEDRAL By Arthur Huxley Thompson (1933) Raphael Tuck & Sons. Together with A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE WITH SK...

THE LIFE OF ADMIRAL VISCOUNT EXMOUTH By Edward Osler. (1835) London : Smith Elder and Co. Illustrated. Contemporary three quarter calf, marbled bo...

ALICE AND THOMAS AND JANE By Enid Bagnold. (1930) Whitefriars Press. First edition. Original decorative cloth. Illustrated by the author and Lauri...

Nine mostly first editions by Margaret Forster. THE SEDUCTION OF MRS PENDLEBURY (1974) Together with THE BRIDE OF LOWTHER FELL (1980) Secker & War...

ARCHITECTURE Interest. 'Utzon,' by Richard Weston,' original cloth, unclipped dj, illustrated throughout, Edition Blondal, 2002; 'Arne Jacobsen,' ...

Fourteen works on architecture and design. 'Alvar Aalto. Through the Eyes of Shigeru Ban,' original cloth backed pictorial boards, illustrated thr...

ART INTEREST. Thirty-one works. 'Pottery in Britain Today,' by Michael Casson, original cloth, clipped dj, illustrated, Alec Tiranti, London, 1967...

ERNEST HEMINGWAY. 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'. First edition thus, original cloth, rebacked, rubbed, toning and some light spotting to edges of leav...

HOWARD CARTER and A. C. MACE. 'The Tomb of Tut Ankh Amen,' 'Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter,' first edition, vol I, ori...

The story of Mary Jemison. JAMES E. SEAVER. 'A Narrative of The Life of Mrs Mary Jemison, Who Was Taken By The Indians, In The Year 1755....Murder...

SAMUEL BUTLER. 'Hudibras,' 'Written in the time of the Late Wars, Corrected & Amended with Several Additions and Annotations,' three parts bound i...

WINSTON CHURCHILL. 'A History of the English Speaking Peoples'. First editions, four vols. ...[more]

J. R. R. TOLKIEN. 'The Lord of The Rings,' and 'The Hobbit'. De Luxe Editions, original decorative cloth, individual slipcases, George Allen and U...

J. R. R. TOLKIEN. Five works published by 'The Folio Society'. 'The Hobbit', 'The Lord of the Rings' series and 'The Silmarillion', all with card ...

NASA and space flight interest. 'Results of the Second United States Manned Orbital Space Flight May 24 1962,' card wraps, illustrations, National...

AARON PENLEY. 'The English School of Painting in Water-Colours,' Large folio, original cloth, colour illustrations throughout, tidemark throughout...

Four diverse works. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or, Life Among The Lowly,' first thus, original cloth, illustrated by Leech Gilbert...

SAMUEL YOUNG. 'Griffith's New Historical Description of Cheltenham'. Numerous plates (except Montpelier Baths p.44 as usual), 2 folding maps, inc...

Nine diverse works including Samuel Butler, Beatrix Potter and Charles Patin. CHARLES PATIN. 'Travels Thro' Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, Holland...

ERNEST H. R. COLLINGS. 'Outlines. A Book of Drawings'. Signed and inscribed by the author 'To Nurse Down from ...... (Artist Rifles) 3rd London Ge...

The Abbe Gaultier's Atlas. A. E. C. GAULTIER. 'An Atlas Adapted to The Abbe Gaultier's Geographical Games, Consisting of a Set of Maps Coloured,' ...

Two signed Hugo Manning works. 'The Secret Sea,' signed by author, 17/500, original cloth, unclipped Edmonds mould-made blue laid paper dj, some n...

'Bartholomew's Handy Reference Atlas of London'. Fifth edition, original cloth, fine, John Bartholomew & Son, The Geographical Institute, Edinbur...

Nine works on architecture. FRITZ AUGUST BREUHAUS. 'Das Haus In Der Landschaft,' original cloth, some chips to spine, spotting to first few leaves...

THEODORE BESTERMAN. 'Old Art Books'. Signed by author, limited edition, 224/300, folio, original cloth, Maggs Bros, London, 1975; With one other u...