Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper including the railway collection of Sir William McAlpine, Bt.

Cookery & Medical recipes.- St Croix (Sarah de) & Mrs A. Green. [Collection of recipes], manuscript, c.85pp., numerous ff. excised and some loose,...

Robinson Crusoe.- Robinson Crusoe Embarking from Hull, without the Consent of his Friends, large engraved vignette at head and 6 marginal engraved...

Hebraica.- Torah Scroll, manuscript scroll in Hebrew, on vellum, numerous membranes sewn together, some membranes cut down at head and tail, tears...

Calligram.- Jerusalem.- Anonymous (probably late 18th early 19th century) [Dutch manuscript calligram depicting Solomon's Temple], numbered key be...

Scott (Sir Walter, poet and novelist, 1771-1832) Autograph Letter third person to Mr Smirke, 1p., 8vo, Abbotsford, Sunday evening, n.d. [c. 1814],...

Literary portrait.- Edgeworth (Maria, novelist and educationist, 1768-1849).- Sketch of Miss Edgworth when at an Evening party at Clifton in 1817,...

Senegal.- [Account of a mission to Senegal], manuscript in French, 20pp., browned, unbound, folio, [1820].⁂ A detailed description of a mission to...

Taylor (Alfred Swaine, medical jurist and toxicologist, 1806-1880).- c. 135 letters to Swaine Taylor and his wife, written from family, friends an...

St Kitts.- Minutes of the Honorable House of Assembly, 4 vol., manuscript in several hands, c. 1379pp. excluding blanks, 3 printed proclamations a...

West Indies.- Malcolm (George John, Rear-Admiral, Royal Navy, 1830-84) Letter book as Captain of HMS Barracouta deployed at the West Indies and No...

Anglo-Zanzibar War.- Hardinge (J.S., Royal Navy, midshipman) Log Book on HMS Raleigh, HMS St George and HMS Wanderer, 2 vol., autograph manuscript...

Australia.- South Australia Railways. Three addresses to Joseph Henry Smith, one address on his appointment as Chairman of the Commissioners of th...

Thomas (Edward, poet and writer, 1878-1917) 3 Autograph Letters signed to Clement H. Whitby, on the publication of his books of poetry, Along the ...

First World War.- Money (M.B., Private, later Corporal, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry, British Expeditionary Force, fl. 1915-18) Collection of materia...

Carrington (Dora, painter, 1893-1932).- Brenan (Gerald, writer and Hispanic scholar, 1894-1987) Diary and Papers Relating to D[ora] C[arrington] 1...

Cockerell (Sir Sydney Carlyle, museum director and book collector, 1867-1962) Autograph Letter signed to St John Hornby, 8vo, 2pp., Dumbleton Rect...

Douglas (Lord Alfred, poet and biographer, friend of Oscar Wilde, 1870-1945) 8 Autograph Letters signed "Alfred Douglas" and "Bosie" to the dancer...

Aldous Huxley & Anaïs Nin.- Miller (Henry, writer and artist, 1891-1980) Autograph Letter signed to Stefan Schimanski, editor of Leaves in the sto...

Chagall (Marc, artist, 1887-1985) Typed Letter signed to "Monsieur le Professeur" [probably the art historian Professor Joseph Gantner], in French...

Beckett (Samuel, author, 1906-89) Autograph Letter signed to "Cher Alain", 1p., in French, oblong 8vo, Paris, 3rd August 1963, saying that he is s...

Hughes (Ted, poet and writer, 1930-98) Typed Letter signed to Phillip Lambro, American composer, 1p., 4to, on a blue airmail form, North Tawton, [...

Thatcher's last Cabinet.- Official Cabinet photograph for July 1990, 470 x 555mm., signed beneath by all Cabinet members in various colour inks (r...

English Incunable leaf.- Jerome (Saint) Vitas patrum, translated by William Caxton, single leaf title-page with large woodcut depicting St. Jerome...

Thomas (William) Principal Rules of Italian Grammar, with a Dictionarie, third edition of the first Italian-English dictionary, largely printed in...

Luther (Martin) Special and chosen sermons, translated by William Gace, black letter, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-...

Caradoc (of Lhancarvan, Saint) The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales, first edition, largely printed in black letter, fine woodcut title, illu...

Bible, English. The Holy Byble, conteining the Olde Testament and the Newe, Authorised and Appointed to be read in Churches, [Bishops' Version], d...

Book of Common Prayer.- The Booke of Common Prayer, with the Psalter or Psalmes of David, of that translation which is appointed to be vsed in Chu...

Curtius Rufus (Quintus) The Historie...conteyning the Actes of the great Alexander, translated by John Brende, partially printed in black letter, ...

Hooker (Richard) Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie, first edition, 2 separate works bound together, each with woodcut device and decoration ...

Shakespeare (William) The Tragedie of Macbeth, single leaf extracted from the first folio, pp.147/148, lightly foxed, repair to lower margin (not ...

Shakespeare (William).- A carved mulberry wooden writing box from Shakeapeare's garden at New Place in Stratford on Avon, mulberry wood box carved...

Shakespeare.- Drayton (Michael) The Battaile of Agincourt, first edition, lacks engraved portrait, final blank leaf present, slight worming to upp...

Biondi (Giovanni Francesco) Eromena, or, Love and Revenge, first English edition, translated by James Hayward, lacking initial blank leaf, final l...

Polybius. The History of Polybius the Megalopolitan, translated by Edward Grimeston, woodcut title, folding plan, initial and final blank leaves p...

[Heywood (Thomas)] The Life of Merlin, Sirnamed Ambrosius. His Prophesies, and Predictions Interpreted, first edition, engraved frontispiece, titl...

John Evelyn's copy.- Taylor (Jeremy) Symbolon Ethiko-polemikon; or a Collection of Polemical and Moral Discourses, first edition, John Evelyn's co...

Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), Cambridge, by John Field, 1666; The Holy Bible, 2 parts in 1, engraved title, Cambridge, 1668-66; The Whole...

Binding.- [Allestree (Richard)] The Whole Duty of Man, engraved frontispiece (neatly laid down)and additional title, advertisement f. at end, lack...

Witchcraft.- Webster (John) The displaying of supposed witchcraft. Wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and impostors, and d...

NO RESERVE Pseudo-Aristotle.- The problems of Aristotle; with other philosophers and physicians. Wherein are contained divers questions with their...

[Spinoza (Benedictus de)] A Treatise Partly Theological, And Partly Political, Containing some few Discourses, To prove that the Liberty of Philos...

Rabelais (François) The Works, 2 parts in 1, translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart, engraved portrait frontispiece (shaved at fore-edge), repaired te...

Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox (The), title with woodcut vignette, advertisement leaf at end, by T.Ilive, for Edward Brewster, 1701; T...

Westminster School.- Hebrew school book.- [Busby (Richard)] Hebraicæ grammatices rudimenta. in usum Scholæ Wesmonasteriensis, 28pp., interleaved w...

Behn (Aphra) Select Novels and Histories, ?lacking advertisement f. at start, foxing and occasional browning, final f. with lower blank half resto...

Swift (Jonathan) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition, vol. 1 Teerink'...

Bruys (Francois) The Art of Knowing Women, second English edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 final advertisement leaves, upper corner of K6 defecti...

Pine (John, engraver).- Horace. Opera, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, with 'Potes' on p.108 of vol. II, engraved throughout with frontispiece...

Raleigh (Sir Walter) The History of the World, 2 vol. in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece, 8 folding engraved maps, titles in red and black, mino...

NO RESERVE Military.- Artillery.- Le Blond (Guillaume) A treatise of artillery: or, of the arms and machines used in war since the invention of gu...

Caesar (Caius Julius) The Commentaries, translated by William Duncan, engraved portrait frontispiece, 6 double-page engraved maps and 78 plates, o...

American Revolution.- [Moore (William, editor)] The Crisis, No. 1 only, drophead title, 6pp., margins cut down, folds, slightly browned, ink inscr...

Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., vol.1 second edition, vol.2-6 first editions, engraved portrait f...

Scottish Weavers.- Diston (D. & J.) The Weavers Index, 124pp., slightly browned, front free endpaper detaching, original calf wallet binding, uppe...

Binding.- Cookson (James) The Royal Family Prayer-Book, containing the Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ... illustrated...

Slave-trade.- Wilberforce (William) An Abstract of the Evidence delivered before a Select Committee of the House of Commons...on the part of the P...

NO RESERVE Grenville Homer.- Homer. Ilias kai Odysseia [graece], edited by Thomas Grenville with a collation of the Harleian MS. of the Odyssey by...

Bible, English. The Old Testament [Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers only], vol. I only of 6, text high-lighted with hand-colouring by Alfred Wo...

Napoleonic spy.- Geramb (Ferdinand, Baron de) Lettre au Comte Moira...sur les Espagnols et sur Cadix, ?first edition, half-title, title frayed and...