Books and Works on Paper

Architecture.- Pocock (William Fuller) Modern Finishings for Rooms: A Series of Designs for Vestibules, Halls, Stair Cases, Dressing Rooms, Boudoi...

Asia.- Kemp (E[mily]. G[eorgina].) The Face of Manchuria Korea & Russian Turkestan, first edition, colour frontispiece and 23 plates, folding map ...

Bagpipes.- Askew (Gilbert) A Bibliography of the Bag-Pipe, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1931, bound with, The Medals of the Northumbrian Bag-pipes, 1938, ...

Bailey (Nathan) Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more Compleat Universal Etymological English Dictionary, second edition, title in red and black, on...

NO RESERVE Binding.- Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Poetical Works of ..., contemporary cream silk binding with embroidered orange tree to upper cover, s...

Birds.- Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2 vol., numerous wood-engraved title-vignettes, illustrations and tail-pieces, several leaves ...

[Bramston (James)] The Art of Politicks, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, engraved frontispiece, loss to corner, restored, for Lawton Gilli...

Brewing.- Richardson (John) The Philosophical Principles of the Science of Brewing, third edition, signed by author on p.459, folding engraved fro...

Bunyan (John) The Works of ..., 2 vol., third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, laid down, 8 engraved plates, emblematic woodcut illustrati...

NO RESERVE Chomel (Noel) Dictionnaire Oeconomique, 2 vol. only (of 4) lacking 2 vol. Supplement, fourth edition, titles in red and black, 9 engrav...

Duncan (Daniel) Wholesome Advice Against the Abuse of Hot Liquors, Particularly of Coffee, Chocolate, Tea, Brandy and Strong-Waters, first English...

[Ellison (Rev. Cuthbert)] "Q.Z.". A Most Pleasant Description of Benwel Village, in the County of Northumberland ... by Q. Z., first edition, 2 pa...

Erotica.- [Jouy (Victor-Joseph)] La Galerie des Femmes, number 279 of 300 copies, lacking portrait frontispiece, 7 engraved plates only (of 8), fo...

Food.- ["Secundus (Dick Humelbergius)"] Apician Morsels; or, Tales of the Table, Kitchen, and Larder, engraved frontispiece and one plate, light s...

Fore-edge painting.- Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim's Progress, with a fore-edge painting of a sailing ship initialled and dated 1840, engraved frontis...

Griffith (Acton Frederick) Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica or, a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry, first edit...

Grimod De La Reyniere (Alexandre Balthazar Laurent) Almanach des Gourmands, 3 vol. only of 8, vol. 1 third edition, vol. 2 second edition, vol. 3...

[Grimod De La Reyniere (Alexandre Balthazar Laurent)] Almanach des Gourmands, 8 vol., limited facsimile edition, frontispieces, original half-calf...

Hickes (George) Institutiones Grammaticæ Anglo-Saxonicæ et Moeso-Gothicæ, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, with initial imprimatur leaf, addition...

Hugo (Thomas) Bewick's Woodcuts: Impressions of upwards of Two Thousand Wood-Blocks, engraved portrait frontispiece, illustrations, two short inte...

Indonesia.- Marsden (William) The History of Sumatra, containing an Account of the Government, Laws, Customs, and Manners of the Native Inhabitant...

Italy.- Rogers (Samuel) Italy, a Poem, large paper copy, 56 engraved plates by Turner, Prout, Stothard and Finden, occasional spotting, previous o...

Japan.- Anderson (William) The Pictorial Arts of Japan, 2 vol., artist's proof copy number 36 signed by Anderson, plates and illustrations, occasi...

Japan.- Boulay (Captain N. W. H. Du) An Epitome of the Chino-Japanese War 1894-95, colour folding map at end, previous owner's ink signature to ti...

Japan.- Bowes (James L.) Japanese Pottery, first edition, ALs by author loosely inserted, 16 plates, 1 folding map, illustrations, cracked hinges,...

Japan.- Chamberlain (Basil Hall) A Practical Introduction to the Study of Japanese Writing (Moji No Shirube), second edition, illustrations, origi...

Japan.- Dening (Walter) Japan in Days of Yore, 4 vol., comprising The Life of Miyamoto Musashi, 2 vol., 12 double-page woodblock plates, 1888; Hum...

Japan.- Gonse (Louis) L'Art Japonais, 2 vol., first edition limited to 1400 copies, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, original pictor...

Japan.- Jippensha (Ikku) Hizakurige, first English edition, limited edition, block-printed colour frontispiece and 9 plates after Hiroshige, sligh...

Japan.- Morton-Cameron (W. H.) Present Day Impressions of Japan, first edition, decorative title, portrait frontispieces, photographic plates and ...

Japan.- Noguchi (Yone) Hiroshige, limited edition, 2 folding colour block-print plates, plates (7 colour), original pictorial wrappers sewn in Jap...

Japan.- Ogawa (Kazumasa) Chrysanthemums of Japan, 14 collotype plates, tissue-guards, original stiff paper wrappers, rubbed, chipping and loss to ...

Japan.- Ogawa (Kazumasa) Drama of Forty Seven Ronins, 17 collotype plates, 15 of which colour, occasional faint spotting, original pictorial wrapp...

Japan.- Ogawa (Kazumasa) Some Japanese Flowers, 37 chromo-collotype plates, captioned tissue-guards, previous owner's ink inscription to front fre...

La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en Vers, 2 vol. in 1, occasional faint spotting and staining, slight loss to upper margin (K2, vol. 1), ...

NO RESERVE Lake District.- Crosthwaite (Peter, publisher, tour guide, Keeper and founder of Keswick Museum) [Six maps of the Lake District], inclu...

London.- Archer (John) Vestiges of Old London: A Series of Etchings from Original Drawings, 37 etched plates, tissue-guards, scattered faint margi...

London.- Kelly's Directories Ltd (High Holborn-based publisher) Metropolitan Conference. Map of Collection & Delivery Boundaries for Goods Traffic...

London.- Stanford (William, editor) Bacon's Large Scale Atlas of London and Suburbs (Revised Edition), 61 double-page lithographed maps, original ...

London.- Stow (John) The Survey of London, woodcut coat of arms frontispiece and title trimmed and laid down, illustrations, previous owner's ink ...

NO RESERVE London.- Tallis (John) [London Street Views], 38 plans only (of 88), with detailed elevations of streets with a single vignette to each...

London.- Wakefield (Priscilla) Perambulations in London, and its environs, first edition, folding hand-coloured engraved map, 4 engraved plates, o...

London.- Way (Thomas R.) The Thames at Eventide, signed limited edition numbered 64 of 150, 6 mounted colour lithographs, each initialled by Way i...

London.- Weller (Edward) London, large folding map on a scale of 9 1/2" to the mile, engraving with hand-colouring, 1430 x 1955 mm (56 1/4 x 77 in...

[Raspe (Rudolph Erich)] The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, frontispiece and illustrations by William Strang and J.B. Clark, previous o...

R[ay] (J[ohn]) A Collection of English Proverbs, Digested into a convenient method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion ..., title in red ...

River Lea.- Greater London.- Thatcher (W., active 1920s) Seven views of the River Lea, with scenes along the stretch from Waltham Abbey to Canning...

Ronconi (Ignazio) Dizionario d'Agricoltura, o sia la Coltivazione Italiana, 4 vol. in 2, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, faint abrasion m...

Temple (Sir William) The Works, 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, previous owner's ink signature to front free-endpapers, contemporary half-...

Thorsen (P. G., editor) Codex Runicus: Arnamagnæanske Haandskrifter 28, first edition, 100 plates, Kjøbenhavn, 1877, bound with, Om Runernes Brug ...

Turkey.- Cantemir (Demetrius) The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire, 2 parts in 1 vol., first English edition, translated by N....

Venner (Tobias) Via Recta ad Vitam Longam: or, a Plaine Philosophicall demonstration of the Nature, faculties, and effects of all such things ... ...

Westbury copy.- Parmentier (Antoine) L'Art de Faire les Eaux-de-Vie, d'Après la Doctrine de Chaptal, second edition, 5 engraved plates, 2 folding,...

Africa.- Baker (Sir Samuel White) Ismailia, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 52 engraved plates, 2 maps, one folding, boo...

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) First Footsteps in East Africa, 2 vol., the "Memorial edition", 1894; Vikram and the Vampire, 1893; A Missio...

Africa.- Clapperton (R.H.) Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa, first edition, engraved mezzotint portrait frontispiece, en...

Africa.- Gordon (C. G., Major-General) The Journals...at Kartoum , portrait frontispiece and illustrations, newspaper cutting laid down to half-ti...

Africa.- Johnston (Sir Harry H.) Livingstone and the Exploration of Central Africa, plates and illustrations, 7 colour-printed maps, two folding,...

Africa.- Oswell (W.Edward) William Cotton Oswell: Hunter and Explorer, 2 vol., first edition, plates, maps and illustrations, bookplate to pastedo...

Africa.- Petherick (John) Egypt, The Soudan, and Central Africa, first edition with the rare subscription pamphlet appealing for funds for Petheri...