The Batten Library and other Important Books and Manuscripts

MUDIE-COOK, Olive. With the V.A.D. Convoys in France, Flanders, Italy. [Cambridge, 1920]. 11 lithographs, some coloured, loose in cloth portfolio ...

CHAMBERS's Encyclopaedia. Chambers, 1885, 10 vols., green half calf; and other reference books (15)

KELHAM, Robert. A Dictionary of the Norman or Old French Language . . . to which are added, The Laws of William the Conqueror. Clarke, [ca. 1780 –...

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. The Booke of Common Prayer and administration of the Sacraments. Robert Barker, 1630, 8vo, black letter, woodcut title and ...

BIBLE. The Holy Bible: containing the Old Testament and the New. Printed by the Companie of Stationers, 1648. [And] The Whole Book of Psalmes. Pri...

HAMMOND, H. A Paraphrase and Annotations upon all the Books of the New Testament. [Frontis.] Margaret Royston, 1689, folio, calf. WALKER, J. An At...

STURT, John. [Book of Common Prayer. Psalms. Ca. 1720.] 19th c. black calf, a.e.g., text engraved throughout, lacks prelims and further leaves at ...

BIBLE. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New. John Baskett, 1726, 12mo, contemp. black morocco gilt, a.e.g. 2 copies. (2)

BIBLE. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments. Mark Baskett, 1767, interleaved with STURT, John. The Historical Part of the Holy Bi...

LUTHER, Martin. A Commentarie of M. Doctor Martin Luther upon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians . . . now out of Latine faithfully translat...

NOWELL, Alexander. A Catechisme, or first Instruction and Learning of Christian Religion. John Daye, 1575 (colophon dated 1573). -------. A Reprou...

SCRAP ALBUM, ca. 1835 and later – good quality pencil drawings, engravings, watercolours &c. 4to, embossed and decorated paper boards.

ALBUMS. Six albums of press cuttings, late 1700s to late 1800s, the last containing in addition a large quantity of loose ms and printed material ...

BEARDMORE and PARKE FAMILIES. Box file of ms and printed papers concerning John Beardmore of Uplands, nr Fareham, Hants, and his wife's family, in...

PRINTS. Four folders of very miscellaneous engravings, lithographs, Victorian greetings cards, cartoons, 19th c. photographs &c, including a set o...

PHOTOGRAPHS. Two albums of views, group and cabinet portraits, cartes de visite &c, 1862-92, 4to and oblong folio, many military subjects: Malta, ...

VENNER, Tobias. Via Recta ad Vitam Longam. Or, A treatise wherein the right way and best manner of living for attaining to a long and healthfull l...

REDDING, Cyrus. Every Man his own Butler. Whittaker, 1839, cloth gilt. ------. A History and Description of Modern Wines. Bohn, 1851, cloth; and 5...

SHAKESPEARE, W. The Works. Ed. Alexander Dyce. Swan Sonnenschein, 1885-86, 10 vols., tree calf gilt, double labels. SMILES, S. Lives of the Engine...

SPENSER, Edmund. Spenser's Faerie Queene. A New Edition with a Glossary, and Notes . . . by John Upton. Tonson, 1758, 2 vols. 4to, calf. BURNS, Ro...

HORACE. The Odes, Epodes and Carmen Seculare . . . Translated into English Prose . . . by David Watson. J. Oswald, 1741-43, 2 vols., calf. ------:...

ASCHAM Roger. The Scholemaster shewing A Plain and Perfect Way of Teaching the Learned Languages. Now revised a second time, and much improved, by...

MILTON, John. Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. Paradise Regain'd. A Poem in Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes and Poems upon Se...

THOMSON, James. The Seasons. Engravings. Printed in the Year 1730. [With] The Works of Mr. Thomson. Volume the Second. A Millar, 1736, 1st collect...

SHERIDAN, R.B. The Dramatic Works. Portrait. Bohn, 1848, green half calf. YOUNG, Julian Charles. Last Leaves from the Journal. Edinburgh, 1875, gr...

BUTLER, Samuel. Hudibras. Embellished with [hand-coloured] engravings. McLean, 1819, 2 vols., contemp. diced calf. CRABBE, G. The Borough: a poem....

DODSLEY, J. A Collection of Poems . . . By several hands. Dodsley, 1766, 6 vols., calf. NICHOLS, J. A Select Collection of Poems: with notes, biog...

STERNE, Laurence. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. [Frontis.] Dodsley, 1772-73, 6 vols. ------. A Sentimental Journey through France and ...

SWIFT, Jonathan. Works. Dublin printed; and Edinburgh reprinted, 1752-53, 10 vols., calf. POPE, A. The Works. Tonson, 1757, 9 vols, calf. (19)

DANIEL, Samuel. The Poetical Works. To which is prefix'd Memoirs of his Life and Writings. For R. Gosling, 1718, 2 vols., panelled calf. PRIOR, M....

SMITH, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Strahan, 1799, 9th edn., 3 vols., sprinkled calf, double labels; and ...

AKERMAN, J.Y. A Glossary of Provincial Words and Phrases in Use in Wiltshire. J.R. Smith, 1842, 12mo, cloth, label. PULMAN, George. Local Nomencla...

SEWARD, Wm. Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons. Cadell, 1804, 4 vols, half russia. TOWERS, J. British Biography; or an Accurate and Impartial Acco...

AMORY, Thomas. The Life of John Buncle, Esq. Johnson, 1763-66, 2 vols., calf. JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language. Rivington, 17...

BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. [Portrait.] Pickering, 1826, 4 vols., green half morocco. BARBAULD, L. The Works . . . with a Memoir. ...

WEEKLY ENTERTAINER. The Weekly Entertainer and West of England Miscellany. Vols. I-III, New Series. Langdon & Harker, Sherborne, 1820-21, 3 vols.,...

COMBE, Wm. The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque. [Colour plates by Rowlandson. Ca. 1821], diced calf, worn. JOHNSON, S. Lives of...

BARNES, William. Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect. J.R. Smith, 1848, 2nd edn., cloth; and others, poetry. (9)

WARTON, Thomas. The History of English Poetry. Tegg, 1840, 3 vols., contemp. half morocco. BACON, Francis. Essays. Chiswick Press, 1812, contemp. ...

BLAKE, William. William Blake. Etchings from his works by William Bell Scott. Chatto, 1878, folio, boards, worn, plates loose. LEIGHTON, John. The...

DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Illustrations by Phiz. Chapman & Hall, 1839, 1st edn., half morocco gilt. TROLLOPE...

PENN, Granville. Memorials of the Professional Life and Times of Sir William Penn, Knt., Admiral and General of the Fleet. Duncan, 1833, 2 vols., ...

HOOD, Thomas. The Works of Thomas Hood. Ward, Lock, [ca. 1880], 11 vols., blue half calf, red labels. (11)

TUER, Andrew. Bartolozzi and his Works. Plates. Leadenhall Press, [1881], 2 vols. 4to, parchment boards. FOX STRANGWAYS, A. Catalogue of Pictures ...

JONES, L.E.M. The Landscape Alphabet. Printed by C. Hullmandel, [ca. 1830], mounted india paper lithographs, sm. folio, blue calf.

CARROLL, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. Illustrations by Tenniel. Macmillan, 1872., 1st edn., half morocco. COLLINGW...

BARRIE, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Drawings by Arthur Rackham. Hodder, 1906, one of 500 numbered copies signed by the artist, 4to, vell...

EDWARDS, Lionel. Huntsmen Past and Present. [Plates.] Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1929, one of 150 numbered copies, signed by the author, 4to, quarter pa...

LAWRENCE, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Cape, 1935, 1st trade edn. 4to, buckram. DOUGLAS, Norman. London Street Games. Chatto, 1931, one of 110 nu...

UPTON, Florence and Bertha. The Golliwogg's Fox-Hunt. Longmans, [1904], oblong 4to, boards. STUDDY, G. The Studdy Dogs Portfolio. Ca. 1920, folio,...

PRIEST, Cecil D. The Birds of Southern Rhodesia. [Map, plates &c.] Clowes, 1933-36, 4 vols. 4to, cloth. ------. Eggs of Birds Breeding in Southern...

SMITH, A.C. The Birds of Wiltshire. For the Author, Devizes, 1887, cloth; and others, ornithology. (4)

MORRIS, F.O. A History of British Birds. [Colour plates.] Groombridge, 1851-57, 6 vols., black half calf gilt. (6)

LOUDON, J.C. Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum: or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain. Plates. For the Author, 1838, 8 vols. in 6, contemp. half m...

ROUSSEAU, J.J. Letters on the Elements of Botany. White, 1794, contemp. half calf. MONGREDIEN, A. Trees & Shrubs for English Plantations. Murray, ...

HAWKER, P. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting. With explanatory plates. Longman, 1830, half calf. BRADLEY, C...

TAPLIN, W. The Sportsman's Cabinet; or, a correct delineation of the various Dogs used in the Sports of the Field . . . consisting of a series of ...

BEWICK, Thomas. A General History of Quadrupeds. The figures engraved on wood. Hodgson, Newcastle, 1791, 2nd edn. ------. History of British Birds...

EVELYN, John. Sylva, Or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber. Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Allestry, 1664, folio, contemp. calf, with...

HILL, Thomas. The Gardeners Labyrinth. Containing a Discourse of the Gardeners Life, in the yearly travels to be bestowed on his plot of earth, fo...