Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Spanish Books & Manuscripts & The David Wilson Library of Natural History

Palomino de Castro y Velasco (Antonio). An Account of the Lives and Works of the most Eminent Spanish Painters, Sculptors and Architects; and wher...

Price (Francis). The British Carpenter: or, a Treatise on Carpentry. Containing the most concise and authentick Rules of that Art, in a more usefu...

Printers' International Specimen Exchange . In Connection with The Paper and Printing Trades Journal, volume II, 1881, approximately 220 specimens...

Richter (George Martin) . Giorgio da Castelfranco, called Giorgione, 1st edition, University of Chicago Press, 1937, 68 monochrome plates, bookpla...

Russell (Judith). The Wood-Engravings of Gertrude Hermes, edited and with an introduction by Judith Russell, Essays by Simon Brett and Bryan Rober...

Smith (John). The Art of Painting in Oyl. Wherein is included each particular circumstance relating to that art and mystery. Containing the best a...

Smith (John). The Art of Painting in Oyl ... the Fourth Impression, with some Alterations, and many Matters added, which are not to be found in th...

Thomson (James). A Letter to the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, on Protection to Original Designs and Patterns, Printed Upon Woven Fabrics,...

Valls I Subira (Oriol). The History of Paper in Spain... , 3 volumes, Madrid: Empresa Nacional de Celulosas, 1978-1982, colour and black & white i...

Waagen (Dr.). Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain: being an account of more than forty collections of paintings, drawings, sculptures, ...

Winckelmann (Johann Joachim). Histoire de l'art chez les anciens, traduit de l'allemand; avec des notes historiques et critiques de différens aute...

* Blocking Press. A foil blocking press "The Incomparable Elliott 44 Hot Printer, Series 2", with associated accessories, including a spare elemen...

* Bookbinding equipment and materials. A selection of equipment & materials, including a large part skin of maroon goatskin, hand-made laying pres...

* Bookbinding equipment. An assortment of equipment and materials, including a Barlow Whitney electric glue pot, backing boards, gold cushion & ti...

* Bookpress. A cast iron bookpress, finished in black, with Harrild & Sons brass manufacturer nameplate attached, platen approximately 29 x 23 cm ...

* Bookpress. A cast iron bookpress, finished in black & gold line detailing, with brass handle ends & finial, oval brass nameplate of Turner & Dun...

* Bookpress. A cast iron bookpress, finished in red, with brass handle ends & finial, platen approximately 45.5 x 30 cm (18 x 12 ins), opening to ...

* Decorative finishing tools. 24 decorative brass finishing tools, mostly centre & few corner tools mostly of traditional design (includes two pai...

* Decorative Rolls. A collection of decorative & fillet half roll wheels, comprising 40 brass pieces, (designed for use with special tooling roll ...

* Decorative rolls. Six decorative rolls and six line fillets, two decorative rolls with makers names (Timbury and J. Francis), line fillets compr...

* Handle letters. 10 sets of brass serif font handle letters, majority with wooden handles, various sizes (between approximately 3 mm - 20 mm lett...

* Leather & bookcloth. A quantity of leather & bookcloth, comprising: 1 large skin of fair calf (approximately 18 sq ft); 4 mixed size goat skins ...

* Leather & bookcloth. A quantity of leather & buckram, comprising: 1 large skin of fair calf (approximately 18 sq ft); 4 mixed size goat skins (i...

* Portfolio stand. A portfolio stand, of mahogany construction with brass carry handles, 66 cm wide (16 ins), together with: Window display case ,...

* Press. A large stained wood press, 20th century, mostly of stained pine construction, hardwood central screwthread, platen 115 x 81 cm (45.4 x 3...

* Printing Press. An Adana "Five-Three" printing press, in excellent condition, with related accessories including chase, quoins & assorted spacer...

* Type cabinets. A pair of 12 drawer type cabinets by Stephenson Blake, containing a selection of brass & alloy type, comprising 5 sets of brass s...

Atkinson (C.T. & David Scott Daniel). Regimental History. The Royal Hampshire Regiment, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1950-55, maps and illustrations, a...

Barrow (Lieut.-Colonel T.J. & Major V.A. French). The Story of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (the 16th Regiment of Foot), 2 volumes,...

Berkeley (Reginald, William W. Seymour, T.R. Eastwood & H.G. Parkyn). The History of the Rifle Brigade in the War of 1914-1918, 3 volumes, includi...

Bruce (Brigadier-General C.D.) History of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Medici Society, 1927, portrait frontispiece, maps and illustrations, ...

Burrows (John William). The Essex Regiment, 6 volumes, mixed editions, 1925-37, comprising volume I The Essex Regiment 1st Battalion (44th), 2nd e...

Butler (Lewis & Hare, Steuart). The Annals of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, 5 volumes plus Appendix, 1st edition, John Murray, 1930-32, numerous p...

Cary (A.D.L. & MacCance, Stouppe). Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (late the 23rd Foot), volumes 1-4 bound as 2, 1921-29 [and] vol...

Cowper (Colonel L.I.) The King's Own. The Story of a Royal Regiment, 2 volumes, printed for the Regiment at the OUP, 1939, maps and illustrations,...

Cunliffe (Marcus). The Royal Irish Fusiliers 1793-1950, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1952, black & white plates and illustrations, origin...

Everett (Sir Henry). The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1685-1914, 1st edition, 1934, maps and illustrations, some spott...

Ewing (Major John). The Royal Scots 1914-1919, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1925, half-tone illustrations, folding maps, a little minor toni...

Famous Regiments series. 64 volumes, Hamish Hamilton, Leo Cooper & others, 1970s, black & white plates and illustrations, all but two original clo...

Gardyne (C. Greenhill). The Life of a Regiment. A History of the Gordon Highlanders... , volumes 1-3 (1794-1914), 1929-39; volume 5 (1919-1945), A...

Headlam (Cuthbert). History of the Guards Division in the Great War 1915-1918, 2 volumes, 1st edition, John Murray, 1924, colour frontispiece to e...

Jourdain (H.F.N. & Fraser, Edward). The Connaught Rangers, 1st Battalion, Formerly 88th Foot, 3 volumes, 1st editions, 1924-28, numerous maps and ...

Kemp (J.C.). The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers 1919-1959, 1st edition, 1963, original cloth in dust jacket, together with: Muir (Augustus) ...

Knight (Captain H.R., C.R. B. Knight & R.S.H. Moody). Historical Records of the Buffs, East Kent Regiment, 3rd Foot, formerly designated the Holla...

Lee (Albert). The History of the Tenth Foot (the Lincolnshire Regiment), 2 volumes, Aldershot, 1911, monochrome illustrations, some light spotting...

Maitland (Captain F. L.). Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte and of his Residence on board HMS Bellerophon; with a detail of the principal e...

Montgomery (Major-General Sir Archibald). The Story of the Fourth Army in the Battles of the Hundred Days, August 8th to November 11th, 1918, with...

Naval & Military Press. History of the Ministry of Munitions, 12 volumes, bound in 14, Naval & Military Press, in association with the Imperial Wa...

Pearse (Colonel Hugh W.) History of the East Surrey Regiment, 3 volumes, 1916-24, maps and illustrations, some spotting and toning, volume I in or...

Ross-of-Bladensburg (John). A History of the Coldstream Guards, from 1815 to 1895, Illustrated by Lieut. Nevile R. Wilkinson, 1st edition, A.D. In...

Slatin Pasha (Rudolf C.). Fire and Sword in the Sudan, a Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895, Translated by Major F...

Stacke (H. Fitzmaurice). The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War, Kidderminster, [1928], black & white plates and maps including some folding...

Stewart (J. & Buchan, John). The Fifteenth (Scottish) Division 1914-1919, 1st edition, 1926, original cloth in dust jacket, soiled and slightly fr...

Swiney (Colonel G.C.) Historical Records of the 32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry, now the 1st Battalion Duke of Cornwall's L.I., from the formation ...

Wauchope (Major-General A.G.) The History of the Black Watch [Royal Highlanders] in the Great War, 1914-1918, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Medici Socie...

Wylly (Colonel H.C.) History of the Manchester Regiment (Late the 63rd and 96th Foot), 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1923-25, colour and monochrome illu...

Wylly (Colonel H.C.) The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 2 volumes, 1st edition,1933, maps and illustrations, first few leaves detached in volume...

Wylly (Colonel H.C.) History of the 1st & 2nd Battalions The Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, 2 volumes, 1929, maps an...

Wyrall (Everard). The West Yorkshire Regiment in the War 1914-1918, 2 volumes, [1924-27], maps and illustrations, original red cloth gilt, spines ...

Journal of the United Service Institution. Volumes 1-106, 1858-1961, a broken but largely complete run from WWI onwards, comprising volumes 1-10, ...