Printed Books, Maps & Documents

Allers (C.W.). Capri, pub. Munich, [1892], sixty-one illusts. (complete), a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, slight fraying to spine, rubbed and some ...

Carter (Howard and Mace, A.C.), The Tomb of Tut-ankh-amen, Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, three vols. (vol.1 4th imp....

Cooper (Edward Joshua). Views in Egypt and Nubia..., [1824-27], half-title present (entitled ‘Egyptian Scenery’), forty litho. plts. (of 42), incl...

Davis (John King). With the ‘Aurora’ in the Antarctic, 1911-1914, 1st ed., [1919], port. frontis. (det. and foremargin sl. frayed), b&w plts. and ...

De La Tour (M. Maitre). The History of Ayder Ali Khan, Nabob-Bahader: or, New Memories Concerning the East Indies..., 1784, folding eng. map to vo...

Harvey (William Henry). Geographical Fun: Being Humerous Outlines of Various Countries. With an Introduction and Descriptive Lines by ‘Aleph’, pub...

Hughes (J.E.). Eighteen Years on Lake Bangweulu, 2nd impression, The Field, 1933, numerous half-tone illustrations, colour map front endpapers, a ...

India. Tours in Sikhim and the Darjeeling District, by Percy Brown, Revised and Edited with Additions by Joan Townend, 3rd & 4th eds., Calcutta, 1...

Ship Wrecks. Five Thomas Tegg published editions of ship wrecks, c. 1805-09: Interesting Narrative of the Life and Captivity of Dr. Archibald Thom...

Swinburne (Henry). Picturesque Tour through Spain, Embellished with Twenty Engravings, by Watts, Medland, Angus, Mitan, &c., London: Edward Orme, ...

Valk (Gerard). Nova Totius Geographica Telluris Projectio, c.1706, decorative engraved title page with contemp. hand colouring, appears to lack pr...

Willyams (Rev. Cooper). A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty’s Ship the Swiftsure, One of the Squadron Under the Command of Rear-Admiral S...

Wright (Thomas). The Universal Pronouncing Dictionary and General Expositor of the English Language...., 5 vols, c.1850, addn. dec. half title, se...

Zezon (Antonio). Tipi Militari de’differenti corpi che compongono il reale esercito e l’armata di mare ..., Naples, 1850 [but sl. later], one fasc...

Buckler (John & John Chessell). Views of Eaton Hall in Cheshire. The Seat of The Right Honourable Earl Grosvenor, pub. William Clarke, 1826, print...

Camden (William). Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Islands Adjo...

Camden (William). Britannia: Or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the Adjacent Islands, 2nd ed., 1722, port...

Clayton (John). A Collection of the Ancient Timber Edifices of England, pub. Thomas McLean, 1846, dec. litho. title, dedication, descriptive text ...

Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated; From Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes, and Armes, 1...

Hissey (James John). An Old Fashioned Journey Through England and Wales, 1884; A Drive Through England or a Thousand Miles of Road Travel, 1885; O...

Jones (Henry Longueville). Illustrations of the Natural Scenery of the Snowdonian Mountains: Accompanied by a Description, Topographical and Histo...

King (Daniel). The Vale-Royall of England or, The County Palatine of Chester Illustrated..., To which is annexed, an Exact Chronology of all its R...

Leigh (Charles). The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak, in Derbyshire: with an Account of the British, Phoenician, Armenian, G...

Leycester (Sir Peter). Historical Antiquities, in Two Books. the First Treating in General of Great-Brettain and Ireland. The Second Containing Pa...

Massey (Frank E., of Poole Hall, Nantwich). Portrait Sketches of Cheshire Hunting Men from 1850 to 1890, Manchester, 1903, forty-one full page col...

Pennant (Thomas). A Tour in Wales MDCCLXXIII, pub. Henry Hughes, 1778, eng. vign. title, twenty-six engraved plates of antiquities, views, etc., i...

Pugh (Edward). Cambria Depicta: A Tour through North Wales Illustrated with Picturesque Views, by a Native Artist, pub W.Clowes, 1816, dec. aqua. ...

Symonds (H.D., pub.). The New Print Magazine, being a Collection of Picturesque Views Beautiful Scenes in the Several Counties of England and Wale...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

* 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...

* 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...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

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...

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

Crabbe (Rev. George). Tales, Printed for J. Hatchard, 1812, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with thirty-seven watercolours by Walter Sneyd (two double-sided), m...

Cruikshank (Robert, illust.). The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humourous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every...

[Davies, John]. A Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued, nor brought under obedience of the Crowne of England, unti...

Detaille (Edouard). L’Armee Francais. Types et Uniformes. Text par Jules Richard. Etats-majors - Ecoles - Infanterie - Cavalerie, 12 original part...

Dickens (Charles). Great Expectations, 3 vols., 1st ed. in bookform, 5th issue [stated 5th ed. on title-page], Chapman and Hall, 1861, vol. 3 with...

English Civil War. A Short Historical Accot. of the Civil-Wars of England & c. From the begining of the long Parliament in the year 1640, to the d...