Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper

17th century shuffle ball.- The ?examynation of John Wilcope, late of Wylbee, taken before John Drake and Walter Young, D.s. "John Drake" and "Wal...

Regicide.- Norton (Sir Gregory, first Baronet, politician and regicide, c. 1603-52).- To the right honourable the Comittee of Parliament to whome ...

Inner Temple and Middle Temple.- [?Wallop (Richard, lawyer, bap. 1616, d. 1697)] Concerning the Temples, manuscript, title and 39pp., title loose,...

Fell (John, Bishop of Oxford, 1625-86), William Jane, Church of England clergyman, bap. 1645, d. 1707) & Henry Compton, Bishop of London, 1631/2-1...

East India Company & African Company.- Keate (Sir Jonathan, first Baronet, of The Hoo, Kimpton, Herts, 1633-1700) Account of Receipts and Disbursm...

Wesley (Samuel, Church of England clergyman and poet, father of John and Charles Wesley, bap. 1662, d. 1735) Autograph Letter signed "S. Westley" ...

House of Lords.- Remembrances for Order and decency to be kept in the Upper house of Parliament by the Lords, when His Majesty is not there, manus...

Quaker Women.- Pocock (Lydia), Frances Dodshon & Hannah Fry. Letter signed to "Dear Friends", 2pp. with conjugate blank, folio, "Womens Meeting", ...

Wesley (John, Church of England clergyman and a founder of Methodism, 1703-91) Autograph Letter signed to "My Dear Sister" [?Mary Stokes], 1p., 19...

Bristol.- Poll Book, manuscript, 129pp., last 3pp. in a later hand, a few ink marks, browned, original vellum-backed marbled boards, extensively r...

Morgan (Mary, daughter of Joseph Gibbs, organist of St. Mary's Tower, Ipswich, 1698-1788, married Rev. Caesar Morgan, Prebendary of Ely Cathedral ...

Middle Eastern ms.- Kamal al-Din Vahshi Baqfi (c.1532-83). Farhad u Shirin, Persian manuscript on paper, 20 leaves and 2 blanks, text written hori...

Anglo-Irish Game.- Excursion through England & Wales. A New Game, manuscript, title and 43pp., pen and ink decorated title and illustrations in th...

Cornwall.- Buller (Rev. Richard, rector of Lanreath, Cornwall, 1804-83) The Cornish Clown, autograph manuscript poem signed, title and 12pp., a fe...

Blackmore (Richard Doddridge, novelist and fruit farmer, author of "Lorna Doone", 1825-1900) 4 Autograph Letters to Philip H. Calderon & 1 Autogra...

Hawking & Hunting.- Turberville (George) The Booke of Falconrie or Hawking..., second edition, issue with catchword "of" on A1r, 1611; The Noble ...

Commonwealth Pamphlets.- Anglo-Dutch Trade.- [Worsley (Benjamin)] The Advocate,with initial and final blanks, with inscription ?by the author "For...

Ogilby (John) The Relation of His Majestie's Entertainment passing through the City of London, to his Coronation: with a description of the Triump...

Linguistics.- Webb (John) An Historical Essay endeavoring a Probability that the Language of the Empire of China is the Primitive Language, first ...

Hackney Coaches.- Blake (Daniel) & others. Orders, By-Laws, and Ordinances, for the Good Government and Regulating of the Persons Licensed to Keep...

Witchcraft.- [Boulton (Richard)] A Compleat History of Magick, Sorcery, and Witchcraft..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition, lacking engraved frontispie...

Swift (Jonathan) A Second Collection of Miscellanies, 5 parts in 1 vol., collation: pi2 B-M4 N2 B-C4 D2; A2 B-D4 E2; pi2 a4 B-C4 D2; A-G4; pi4 B-D...

[Bond (William)] The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell, first edition, engraved portrait and 3 plates including one of sig...

Shipwreck.- Fellowes (William Dorset) A Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Packet The Lady Hobart on an island of ice in the Atlantic Ocean......

[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell". The Professor, a Tale, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, imprint l...

Photographs.- [Baker of Birmingham, photographer]. Photograph album of topographical & ecclesiastical views, many of Ludlow & Shropshire, c.200 mo...

Photographs.- Borneo.- Unidentified Photographer. Dayak headhunter of Borneo carrying a mandau battle sword with tufts of hair to the handle, albu...

Photographs.- Bristol.- Bedford (Francis) Clifton, from across the Ferry, albumen print, c.80 x 160mm., mounted on card with printed caption below...

NO RESERVE Photographs.- Canada.- [?Notman (William, photographer)] Victoria Bridge, Montreal under construction, albumen print, c.205 x 285mm., "...

Photographs.- China.- Unidentified Photographer. Chinese Flute Player (67), Chinese Priests & followers (66), Chinese Doctor (63) and Group of Chi...

Photographs.- Delamotte (Philip Henry), attributed to. Exteriors of the Great Exhibition, 2 albumen prints, c.175 x 210mm & 160 x 190mm., the seco...

Photographs.- Delong (W.W., photographer) View of Sioux City, Iowa, albumen print cabinet card, c.105 x 80mm., Sioux City, J.W.Pinckney, [c.1890] ...

NO RESERVE Photographs.- Downey (W. & D., photographers) Mr. Oscar Wilde, carbon print, from 'Cabinet Portrait Galllery', c.140 x 95mm., on card m...

Photographs.- Galdi (Vincenzo) ?Self-portrait with Pitcher, albumen print, c.90 x 125mm., ink studio stamp on verso just showing through, [c.1890]...

Photographs.- N. (W.H., photographer) The Pavilion, Brighton, albumen print, c.160 x 170mm. arched at head, mounted on thin card, caption and pho...

Photographs.- Thomas (E., photographer) Usk, albumen print, c.135 x 195mm., mounted on card, captioned in ink below, slightly faded, mount a littl...

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Photographs.- Unidentified Photographer. Man standing on steps in front of arched door...

NO RESERVE Photographs.- Unidentified Photographer. Two Colonial Policemen, in uniform of British police jacket and helmets but with breeches and ...

Railways.- Freeling (Arthur) Freeling's Grand Junction Railway Companion to Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham..., folding map, erratum slip at...

Railways.- Game.- Wallis (Edward, publisher) Wallis's Locomotive Game, of Railroad Adventures, hand-coloured engraved sheet with large central aqu...

Agriculture.- Cato (Marcus Porcius), Varro, Columella and Palladius. Scriptores rei rusticae, edited by Philippus Beroaldus after Georgius Merula ...

Guillermus, Parisiensis. Postilla super epistolas et evangelia, ff. present: 238, [6], lacking anything before a1, also l6, double column, woodcut...

Dante Alighieri. Le terze rime di Dante con sito, et forma de lo Inferno novamente in restampito, collation: [π]2, a-z8, A-H8, double-page woodcut...

Dante Alighieri. Dante col sito, et forma dell'Inferno, collation: A-X8, AA-DD8, EE4, double-page woodcut plan of hell, 3 full-page woodcut diagra...

Spirtual versus fleshly love.- D'Ameron (Le Sieur) Les Chastes Amours D'Armonde, collation: A-Z Aa-Bb8 Cc4, title with woodcut printer device, lac...

Homer. Iliad [and Odyssey], 2 vol., collations: A-Z8, AA-MM8 and A8 b-z8 A-I8 aa-gg8, titles and woodcut printer's device within attractive woodcu...

Immanu'el ben Šhelomoh. Sefer Machbaroth 'Immanu'el [Hebrew], collation: 1-394, text in Hebrew, title within woodcut architectural border, censor'...

Aristotle. Politicorum sive de republica libri octo, translated by Leonardo Aretino, commentary by Thomas Aquinas, collation: ✠8 a-x A-B8 C-D6, d...

Bound in a medieval leaf.- Theodoretus, Bishop of Cyrus. De selectis scripturae divinae quaestionibus ambiguis, title with woodcut printer's devic...

'Ruiz Binder'.- Giambullari (Pier Francesco) Historia dell'Europa... nella quale ordinatamente si trattano le cose successe in questa parte del mo...

Caravia (Alessandro) Naspo Bizaro. nuouamente restampato, con la zonta de lamento chel fà per hauerse pentio de hauer sposao Cate Bionada Biriotta...

Malta.- Binding.- Sovereign Military Order of Malta.- Gli Statuti della Sacra Religione di S. Gio: Gierosolomitano. Tradotti di Latino in Volgare ...

Bibliography.- Poccianti (Michele) Catalogus scriptorum Florentinorum omnis generis, quorum, et memoria extat atque lucubrationes in literas relat...

Bruno (Giordano) Summa terminorum metaphysicorum ... Accessit eiusdem praxis descensus, seu applicatio entis ex manuscriptio, per Raphaelem Eglinu...

Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) Novelas Exemplares, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking final...

Tasso (Torquato) La Gerusalemme Liberata, 2 engraved allegorical titles, one with medallion portrait of the author, the other with portrait of Cha...

Galileo Galilei.- Allacci (Leone) Apes Urbanae sive de viris illustribus, qui ab anno MDCXXX. per totum MDCXXXII Romae abfuerunt, ac typis aliquid...

Language.- Persian.- Dieu (Louis de) Rudimenta linguæ Persicæ, title printed in red and black and with first word in Persian, woodcut head-pieces ...

Binding.- Laisné (Élie) Commentaire sur le Prophete Isaye, first edition, title in red and black and with charming woodcut floral ornament, woodcu...

Greek printing.- Agathias Scholasticus. De imperio et rebus gestis Iustiniani imperatoris, libri quinque... cum versione latina, parallel Greek an...