Printed Books, Maps & Documents

Westall (William, and Moule, Thomas). Great Britain Illustrated: A Series of Original Views....., pub. Charles Tilt, 1830, addn. dec. half title, ...

Williams (David). The History of Monmouthshire...., 1796, addn. half title, title page with near contemp. ownership signature, folding map by John...

Berkenhout (John). Synopsis of the Natural History of Great-Britain and Ireland..., being a Second Edition of The Outlines, &c., corrected and con...

Brisson (Mathurin Jacques). Ornithologie ou Methode Contenant la Division des Oiseaux en Ordres, Sections, Genres, Especes & leurs Varietes..., 1s...

Burbidge (F.W.). The Narcissus: Its History and Culture with Coloured Plates and Descriptions of all Known Species and Principal Varieties, 1st ed...

Carson (Joseph ). Illustrations of Medical Botany: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Plants, Affording the Important Articles of the Materia Medic...

Ferraro (Pirro Antonio). Cavallo Frenato di Pirro Antonio Ferraro Napolitano, Cavallerizzo della Maesta di Filippo Il re di Spagna... Nella Real C...

Griffiths (William, Groom at Wynnstay). A Practical Treatise on Farriery; Deduced from the Experience of above Fifty Years in the Services of The ...

[Hayes, Samuel]. A Practical Treatise on Planting; and the Management of Woods and Coppices, 1st ed., Dublin: printed by Wm. Sleater, 1794, eng. t...

Ibis. A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, vols. 2-6, 11th series, 1920-24, vols. 1-6 & Supplement, 12th series, 1925-30, vols. 1-6, 13th series, 1...

Jones (Paul). Flora Superba, Selected and Painted by the Artist, Text by Wilfrid Blunt, Tryon Gallery, 1971, sixteen col. plts. printed in multi-c...

Kelly (R.B. Talbot). The Way of Birds, pub. Collins, 1937, seventy-two col. and b&w plts., signed by author on title, orig. cloth in d.j., torn wi...

Kirby (W.F.). European Butterflies and Moths, 1882, sixty-one hand-col. plts., one uncol. plt. (correct as list), occ. spotting, contemp. half she...

Lepidoptera. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum, parts II & IV only, 1878-79, 37...

Medwin (Thomas). The Angler in Wales, Or Days and Nights of Sportsmen, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1834, etched frontis. and vign. title to each (spotted), ...

Morris (F.O.). A History of British Birds, 6 vols., 1st ed., 1851-57, 358 hand-col. eng. plts., occn. foxing, marbled endpapers and edges, vol. 6 ...

New Naturalist Series, vols. 99-107, 1st eds., 2006-08, together 9 vols., all orig. cloth in d.j.s, retaining pubs. orig. cellophane wrapping, 8vo...

Parkinson (James). Organic Remains of a Former World. An Examination of the Mineralized Remains of the Vegtables and Animals of the Antediluvian W...

Paxton (Joseph). Paxton’s Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, vols. 1-6 only, 1834-39, half titles, 266 hand-coloured plates, a ...

Poyser (T & A.D., pub.). A collection of seventeen Poyser ornithological titles, c. 1970s-90s, incl. Wild Geese, by M. A. Ogilvie, pub. Berkhamste...

Salmon (William). Botanologia. The English Herbal: or, History of Plants. Containing I. Their names, Greek, Latine and English. II. Their species,...

Sitwell (Sacheverell & Blunt, Wilfrid). Great Flower Books, 1700-1900. A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Book...

Sowerby (James). English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, Edited by John T. Boswell Syme..., vols. 1-11 (of 12), 3rd ed., 1863-72, ...

Walton (Izaak). The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation, Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing not Unworthy the Perusal of most...

Map Collector’s Circle. Broken run, nos. 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 14-19, 22, 23, 25-32, 34, 35, 38-42, 44, 46-55, 57-59, 62-65, 67-70, 72-81, 83-91, 93-98...

Reference. Goss (John), Blaeu’s The Grand Atlas of the 17th Century World, pub. Studio Editions, 1990, numerous double page colour illusts. throug...

* Cole (Herbert, 1867-1930). A collection of original pen & ink designs and book illustrations, approx. seventy sheets of artist’s board each with...

D’Oyly (Sir Charles). A scrap album containing sixty-three lithographs, c.1827, uncoloured lithographs of natural history, and Indian topographica...

* Raleigh (Henry Patrick, 1880-1944). “‘I was for sale’ she said ‘for sale in the open market”, charcoal on card, of a crowded interior scene with...

* Asia. Collection in 3 volumes covering an eclectic selection of countries. Much modern ‘wallpaper’ stamps but significant early issues for Burma...

Reference. Proud (Edward B., ed.). History of British Army Postal Service, 1882-1963, 3 vols., n.d., c. 1965-82, b&w illusts., etc., some slight d...

* The Great Train Robbery. An archive of photographs, notes, cuttings, etc., compiled by Detective Constable John Bailey of the Bucks Police Photo...

* The Great Train Robbery. An archive of material relating to The Great Train Robbery, compiled by John Bailey, 1963 and later, comprising 165 vin...

Aesop. The Fables of Aesop, With a Life of the Author, 2 vols., pub. John Stockdale, 1793, eng. vign. titles, num. eng. plts., contemp. green calf...

Agrippa (Henricus Cornelius). The Vanity of Arts and Sciences, 1st ed., 1676, lacking portrait frontis., occasional annotation, spotting and water...

Ainsworth (William Harrison). Works, 16 vols., c. 1890, numerous engraved plates and illustrations, bookplates, t.e.g., contemporary red half calf...

Almanacks. The Ladies’ Diary: or Woman’s Almanack, for the Year of our Lord, 12 vols. in 1, printed by A. Wilde, 1759-1770, title-pages (with duty...

Anselm (Archbishop of Canterbury). Opuscula beati Anselmi archiepiscopi Catuariesis ordinis sancti Benedicti, [Basel: Johann Amerbach, not after 1...

Austen (Jane). Emma: A Novel, 3 vols., 1st ed., John Murray, 1816, bound without half-titles (final leaf of vol. 1 and first leaf of vols. 2 and 3...

Baskerville Press. Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. From the Text of Thomas Newton, D.D., Birmingham: Printed by Joh...

Bible [Greek. Old Testament]. [E Palaia Diatheke kata tous ebdomekonta]. Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum, Juxta Exem...

Bible [Latin]. Biblia. Iconibus artificiosissimis, qu? Lectoris memoirae consulatur, tanquam emblematis quibusdam exornata. Additae sunt in interi...

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible..., Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, 1660, titles printed in red and black with ornamental borders, red-rule...

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible..., Printed by Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1619-20, OT and NT woodcut titles, text printed in black letter, Conco...

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New, Newly translated out of the originall tongue..., Imprinted at London: ...

Binding. A large artist/designer’s scrap album, c. 1900, eighty-four leaves of thick blank paper, largely unused with a few photos, scraps and old...

Bindings. The Poems of Matthew Arnold 1840-1867, with an Introduction by A.T. Quiller-Couch, OUP, 1909, portrait frontis., a few spots, presentati...

Bindings. Gibbon (Edward), Miscellaneous Works, with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Composed by Himself: Illustrated from His Letters, with Occ...

Bindings. Esprit de la methode d’education de Pestalozzi, suivi et pratiquee dans l’Institut d’Education d’Yverdon, en Suisse..., by Marc Antoine ...

Brancatus (Laurentius). Polyanthea Sacrorum Canonum Coordinatorum, qui in Conciliis Generalibus ac Provincialibus... ad nostra usque tempora prodi...

Bunyan (John). The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World to That which is to Come: Delivered under the Similitude of a Dream: Wherein is Discovered, ...

Burnet (Gilbert). Bishop Burnet’s History of his own Time, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1724-34, subscribers list to vol. II, vol. II title browned and inscr...

Burns (Robert). Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 3rd (1st London) ed., Printed for A. Strahan et al, 1787, half-title, port. frontis., list...

Cassiodorus (Magnus Aurelius). Magni Aurelii Cassiodori Senatoris V.C. Variarum libri XII. De Anima liber I. De Institutione diuinarum scriptuarum...

Cataneo (Giocomo). Li Statuti di Valtellina Riformati nella Citta di Coire nell’anno del Signore MDXLVIII nel Mese di Genaro per li Mag. Signori C...

Catholic Emancipation. The Declaration and Protestation Signed by the English Catholic Dissenters in 1789, with the Names of those Who Signed It, ...

Charles I. Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, Hage : Printed by Samuell Broun, 1648 [1648/4...

Cicero (Marcus Tullius). Marci Tullii Ciceronis Opera quae extant omnia, ex MSS. codicibus emendata studio atque industria Jani Gulielmii & Jani G...

Civil War. The Irish Petition to this Parliament in England. Shewing in what distresse and calamity they are in, and how bloudily the Rebels daily...

Cosway-style binding. The Poems of William Shakespeare, According to the Text of the Original Copies, Including the Lyrics, Songs, and Snatches Fo...