Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper

William I [known as William the Lion], King of Scots, c. 1142-1214) Charter grant by William I to his clerk Helyas de Munros (i.e., Elias of Montr...

Mercenaries.- Francis I (King of France, 1494-1547).- Agreement signed by Philip Tretefleur, Captain-General of 1500 mercenaries to serve the Comt...

Cookery.- [Bragge family, of Sadborow Hall, near Thorncombe, Dorset)] [Collection of cookery recipes], manuscript, 10pp. excluding blanks, lacks p...

Cookery.- Bragge family (of Sadborow Hall, near Thorncombe, Dorset) Collection of recipes, manuscript, 109pp., and 4pp. index at front, index and ...

Medical & cookery recipes, manuscript, 46pp. excluding blanks, 42 manuscript recipes in several hands loosely inserted, slightly browned, original...

Cookery.- Jones (Mary, of Exeter) An Entire New Treatise Upon the Art of Cookery containing many new and valuable Recipes in that much admired Sci...

Marlborough (John Churchill, first Duke of, 1650-1722).- [Parker (Robert, army officer, of Cork, Ireland, b. 1665x8, d. in or after 1718)] [Memoir...

18th century commonplace book.- Wills (Sarah, ?merchant's daughter) Commonplace book of exercises of invoices and poetry, manuscript, 56pp., ruled...

Boswell (Alexander, Lord Auchinleck, judge, father of James Boswell, advocate and biographer of Samuel Johnson, 1707-82) Coppy of a Charter by Wm ...

Billheads.- Collection, including: Carpet and Blanket Ware-House. Invoice of John Lawless, Woollen Draper, to Right Hon. Lord Viscount Kenmare, pr...

Boswell (Claud Irvine, Lord Balmuto, judge, 1743-1824) 11 Autograph Letters signed to Alexander Boswell (eldest son of James Boswell) and others, ...

Certificate protecting against impressment in the Royal Navy.- Brunton (Nathan, Vice-Admiral of the White, as Captain, 1744-1814) Certificate, "Th...

Bath.- Rebuilding the Temple of Minerva.- Whitaker (John, historian, 1735-1808) Autograph Letter signed to the Rev. Benjamin Richardson, Rector of...

19th century children's short story.- [Shippen (Peter Samuel, son of Peter Shippen and Jennet Semier, of Tottenham and later St. Catherine's Hall...

Bristol.- Ely (Joseph, amateur poet of Bristol, fl. 1814-23) Poetical Thoughts..., autograph manuscript poetry, 11pp., each poem enclosed within l...

Frankenstein.- Wrench (Benjamin, actor, (1776x81-1843) 6 Autograph Letters signed to Mrs. Mathews, 17pp., 8vo, n.p., n.d., [c. 1819], recounting h...

New York.- Nichols (F., settler in America) Autograph Letter signed to William Fothergill, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, 4pp. & address panel, folio, Ne...

Dickens (Charles, novelist, 1812-70) Autograph Letter signed to the Rev. William Valentine, incumbent of St Thomas' Stepney, 1p. with conjugate bl...

Dickens (Charles, novelist, 1812-70) Autograph Letter signed to Charles Edmonds, of Willis & Co., 2pp. & signed envelope, 8vo, Tavistock House, Lo...

Dickens (Charles, novelist, 1812-70) 2 Autograph Letters signed to a bookseller ?Charles Edmonds, together 3pp., sm. 8vo, Office of All the Year R...

Dickens (Charles, novelist, 1812-70) Autograph Letter signed to George Holsworth, 1p. with conjugate blank, 8vo, on mourning paper, Gad's Hill Pla...

Dickens (Charles, novelist, 1812-70) Autograph Letter signed to Charles Edmonds, 1p. with conjugate blank, 8vo, Gad's Hill Place, Rochester, Kent,...

Whittier (John Greenleaf, American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States, 1807-92).- John Greenleaf Whittier Q...

Miscellaneous letters.- Collection of writers and politicians, including: H.G. Wells, Anthony Hope Hawkins, G.A. Henty, Louis Blanc, correspondenc...

Collins (Wilkie, writer, 1824-89) Autograph Letter signed to M.D. Macleod, 4pp., 8vo, 90 Gloucester Place, Portman Square [London], 23rd March 188...

Geology.- Hooker (Sir Joseph Dalton, botanist, 1817-1911) 2 Autograph Letters signed to Clement Reid, 6pp., 8vo, Kew Gardens, 7th May 1884 & 24th ...

Wallace (Alfred Russel, naturalist, evolutionary theorist, and social critic, 1823-1913) 27 Autograph Letters signed and 1 Postcard signed to Clem...

Shaw (George Bernard, playwright and polemicist, 1856-1950) Collection of Autograph Postcards signed and other pieces mostly relating to Bernard S...

Calligraphic manuscript.- Hewitt (Graily, calligrapher, 1864-1952).- Belloc (Hilaire, poet and author, 1870-1953) The Roman Road, calligraphic man...

Hitler (Adolf, 1889-1945) Certificate of the German Mothers Cross of Honour Second Class to Martha Scherner, printed certificate with printed sign...

Incunable leaves.- Columnis (Guido de) Historia destructionis Troiae [German], 2 conjoined ff., the first with a woodcut of a battle scene with co...

Printed on vellum.- Horae, single f., large woodcut initials in gilt or red or blue grounds, lightly soiled, tipped on to a 20th century sheet of ...

Early printed leaves and printed fragments.- A good group of Continental 16th century printed leaves and printed fragments, a few with hand-colour...

Early printed leaves.- Richard Pynson.- Bonaventura (Saint, attributed to) Incipit speculum vite Cristi, 2 ff., 2 worm tracks to margins, lightly ...

Wynkyn de Worde.- Higden (Ranulphus) Polychronicon, single f., double column, black latter, remargined, [STC 13439;Duff 173], [Westminster], [Wynk...

Wynkyn de Worde.- Dives and Pauper, 6 ff. only (of 196), including woodcut title (Aiiii-Avi and Bi, Bii and Biv, double column, black letter, some...

[Brant (Sebastian)] Stultifera Navis... The Ship of Fooles, wherein is shewed the folly of all States... Translated out of Latin into Englishe by ...

[Ford (John)] The Fancies Chast and Noble: Presented by the Queenes Maiesties Servants, At the Phoenix in Drury-Lane, first edition, with the addi...

Chess.- [Saul (Arthur)] The Famous Game of Chesse-Play. Being a Princely exercise; wherein the Learner may profit more by reading of this small Bo...

Cookery.- Rose (Giles) A Perfect School of Instructions for the Officers of the Mouth: shewing the Whole Art of a Master of the Houshold [sic], a ...

Economics.- Peacham (Henry) The Worth of a Penny: or, a Caution to keep Money..., [4], 28pp., title very lightly soiled, staining to final two le...

[Evelyn (Mary)] Mundus Muliebris: or, the Ladies Dressing-Room Unlock'd, And her Toilette Spread in Burlesque, first edition, second issue with hy...

Marlborough (John Churchill, 1st Duke of).- Lunenburgher General (A) his Circumstantiated and Full Account of the Battle of Blenheim..., 24pp., o...

London Bridge Tradesman.- Edward Jones, at the Three Brushes on London-Bridge, near St. Magnes Church, maketh all sorts of Brushes, and Mops, and ...

[Prior (Matthew)] Poems on Several Occasions, engraved frontispiece, title-vignette and head-pieces after Cheron, engraved ornaments and initials,...

Defoe (Daniel) The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, vol.1 only (of 3), first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by ...

Games.- Johnson (Samuel).- Payne (William) An Introduction to the Game of Draughts, first edition, woodcut illustration of draughtboard to verso o...

Ireland.- Essay (An) towards a New History of the Gun-Powder Treason..., first & only edition, contemporary ink inscription "Francis Archer Frankv...

18th century Derbyshire Library.- Rules of the Circulating Library in Ashborne, Which every Person upon his Admission into it shall agree to, and ...

Binding.- [Blank Address Book], lined 20th century sheets with alphabetical index tabs to fore-edge, occasional spotting, bound into handsome 18th...

Advertisements, Stamp Office etc.- Collection, including: Wilkie (John, bookseller and publisher, at the Bible & Sun, St. Paul's Churchyard, d. 1...

18th century charity school broadside.- An Hymn To be Sung by the Charity-Boys belonging to the Parish of St Mary at Lambeth On Sunday, October 28...

Economics.- [Schomberg (Alexander)] Historical and Political Remarks upon the Tariff of the Commercial Treaty, first edition, half-title, with fin...

Johnson (Samuel).- Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 3 vol., second edition (first 8vo edition), engraved portrait and 2 folding ...

Bristol Cabinet Makers Society, 3 duplicate membership certificates, unused, engraved card with central image of a "kidney" table, on verso a prin...

Horse-Stealing.- The Trial and Behaviour of John Hulbert, Who was executed on the Drop, erected in the Court of the County Gaol, in Fisherton-Ange...

Broadside Ballad.- The Dorset Garland, or, The Beggar's Wedding, printed broadside ballad, 4 columns, small tear at head and torn half way down th...

Furniture.- London Chair-Makers' (The) and Carvers' Book of Prices for Workmanship, 3 vol. in 1 including Supplement & Second Supplement, the firs...

Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, first edition, Gimbel's third state, title printed in red & blue, half-title and verso of title printed in bl...

[Brontë (Charlotte, Emily and Anne)], "Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell". Poems, first edition, second issue, lacking errata slip but with advertisement...