Books and Works on Paper

Scott (Sir Walter, poet and novelist, 1771-1832) Autograph cheque signed "Walter Scott" in favour of James Ballantyne, his printer, business partn...

Mnemonic.- Mr. Crooks system of Mneumonic Hieroglyphics, manuscript, 9pp., within a commonplace book of poetry, c.90pp., occasional spotting or li...

NO RESERVE Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of, army officer and prime minister, 1769-1852).- Portrait of the Duke of Wellington holding h...

Cumberland.- Satterthwaite (Rev James, son of Lieutenant-Colonel James Clarke, of Papcastle, Cockermouth, Cumberland, educated at Eton, St John's ...

Wales, England, Belgium & Holland.- Roberts Family (originally Lords of the Manor of Abergavenny and later living in London & England) Commonplace...

Poetry.- [Poems], manuscript, c.35pp., including 'To a Butterfly in the city', 'The Poets' Castle', 'To a frog in a well', and 'Will o'the Wisp', ...

Cheshire.- Brushfield (Thomas Nadauld, lunacy specialist, antiquary and author, 1828-1910) Cheshire Scraps, autograph manuscript signed, c. 280pp....

Dickens (Charles).- Scotland, London, Warwickshire & elsewhere.- Kershaw (Rev Edmund Dickie, son of Samuel Kershaw, domestic chaplain to Lord Lami...

Mary Queen of Scots, (1542-87).- W[ingfield] or W[ynkfield] (R[obert], Lord Burghley's nephew, c. 1558-1609) A true Declaration of the Execution o...

NO RESERVE Qur'an, 5 leaves from various Qur'ans, manuscripts in Arabic and Turkish, 10pp.,browned, disbound, 8vo, n.d. [?late 19th century]; and ...

NO RESERVE South America & England.- [Blackburn (John, resident engineer to the Colne Valley Water Works, Bushey, Herts., 1846-1916)] The Law and ...

Welsh Jurist.- Williams (Glanville, jurist and law reformer, 1911-97) 2 Photograph albums with diary entries, 2 vol., photographs and manuscripts ...

Aldenham Estate (near Elstree, Hertfordshire).- Gibbs (Vicary, genealogist and gardener, 1853-1932).- Aldenham Estate Accounts Book, manuscript, c...

Leeds.- Wilkinson (Albert Edward, Lord Mayor of Leeds, Managing Director of the Acme Engineering Co., of Holbeck, Leeds, 1873-1959) Album of event...

Anglican Missionary during the Japanese attack on Papua New Guinea in the Second World War.- Redlich (Vivian) Autograph letter signed "Vivian" to ...

[Howes (Edmund)] The Abridgement of the English Chronicle, first collected by M. John Stow..., woodcut border to title, some leaves with extensive...

Qur'an, English.- The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated out of Arabique into French; by the Sieur du Ryer, Lord of Malezair, first octavo edition of ...

Milton (John) Pro populo Anglicano defensio, contra Claudii Anonymi, aliàs Salmasii, Defensionem regiam, title with woodcut arms of the Commonweal...

Debtor prisoners.- His Majesties most gracious and royal commission, for the relief of poor distressed prisoners, black letter, large woodcut roya...

[Hobbes (Thomas)].- [Thucydides]. [The History of the Grecian War: in Eight Books, translated by Thomas Hobbes], second edition, lacks engraved ad...

Blackmore (Richard) Prince Arthur. An Heroick Poem. In Ten Books, third edition, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to title, B1 lower outer ...

Kennett (Basil) The Lives and Characters of the Ancient Grecian Poets, first edition, engraved frontispiece and two portrait plates, engraved port...

NO RESERVE [Ward (Edward)] The Pleasures of a Single Life, or, the Miseries of Matrimony. Occasionally writ upon the many divorces lately granted ...

NO RESERVE Armstrong (John) The Art of Preserving Health, second edition, 1744, bound before, Akinside (Mark) The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem...

Art technique.- Sculputra-Historico-Technica: or the History and Art of Ingraving, first edition, 10 engraved plates, 1p. advertisements at rear, ...

NO RESERVE Dublin printed future happiness .- Villette (Charles Louis de) Essai sur la felicité de la vie a-venir. En dialogues, list of subscribe...

Bookplates.- Collection of 115 bookplates, including engraved, etched or printed, most removed from books, all mounted, original half morocco, edg...

Hammond (Samuel) A New Introduction to Learning; or, a Sure Guide to the English Pronunciation and Orthography, Nottingham, for the Author, by Sam...

NO RESERVE Juvenile poetry.- [Cotton (Nathaniel)] Visions in Verse, for the Entertainment and Instruction of Younger Minds, first edition, book-la...

Oxford imprint.- Layng (Henry) The Rod, A Poem, engraved frontispiece (lightly browned), some light foxing, particularly to title, some faint damp...

Churchill (Charles) An Essay on Immorality. In Three Parts, half-title, engraved frontispiece, half-title very slightly chipped and silked at fore...

Cambridge.- [Marriott (James)] Poems Written chiefly at the University of Cambridge..., half-title, engraved frontispiece and tail-pieces, title i...

Ogilvie (John) Providence. An Allegorical Poem. In Three Books., title printed in red and black, with engraved vignette, and frontispieces, bookpl...

Adultery Trial.- Kynaston (John, author and literary scholar, 1728-83) A Collection of Papers Relating to the Prosecution... in the Chancellor's C...

Classics.- Terence. The Comedies...Translated into Familiar Blank Verse. By George Colman, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, 2E2 ...

[Cooper (William)] The Will of a Certain Northern Vicar, second edition, frontispiece, numerous ink notes and additions in a contemporary hand, fo...

Williams (Anna) Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, first edition, title with woodcut vignette, woodcut tail-pieces, book-label of J.O. Edwards, cont...

NO RESERVE [Jones (Sir William)] Poems consisting chiefly of Translations from the Asiatick Languages, first edition, scattered spotting and stain...

Pine (William, printer).- Bible, English.- A Commentary on the Holy Bible: containing the whole sacred text of the Old and New Testaments, 2 parts...

Bath & Bristol imprint.- Thistlethwaite (James) The Consultation. A Mock Heroic, In Three Cantos, title torn and repaired but perfectly legible, t...

More (Hannah) The Inflexible Captive: a Tragedy, second edition, ownership inscription in ink to title, some spotting and toning, marginal tears w...

NO RESERVE India.- [Irwin (Eyles)] Saint Thomas's Mount. A Poem. Written by a Gentleman in India, half-title, engraved frontispiece view of St. Th...

NO RESERVE Edinburgh.- Regulus. The Town-Council. A Poem, second edition, folding engraved frontispiece, bookplate of Merritt and Grace Hughes, bo...

Goldsmith (Oliver) The Miscellaneous Works...Containing all his Essays and Poems, half-title, bookplate of E. Hubert Litchfield, bookplate of Dr. ...

Graves (Richard) Euphrosyne: or, Amusements on the Road of Life, 2 vol., first editions, engraved frontispieces and vignettes, vol. 2 with half-ti...

Scottish Poetry.- Caledonia, A Poem, half-title, with ink author attribution to Sir William Dunbar of Durin in a near contemporary hand, small ink...

Roberts (Dr., of Eton College) Judah Restored: A Poem. In Six Books, 2 vol., half-title, upper hinge cracked to vol. 2, 1779 § Shepherd (Rev. Rich...

Provincial Imprint.- [Kershaw (James)] The Methodist: Attempted in Plain Metre, sig. E bound out of order, bookplates of Edward Hailstone, Major C...

Women Poets.- Seward (Anna) Monody on Major Andrè. By Miss Seward...To which are added Letters Addressed to her by Major Andrè in the Year 1769, f...

Blake (William).- Scott (John) The Poetical Works, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi, engraved title with portrait of the author,...

Cowper (William) Poems, 2 vol., vol. 2 with half-title, tear and browning to extremities of title vol. 1, spotting, pencil sketch to verso of titl...

Southwell (Rev. Henry) The New Book of Martyrs, engraved frontispiece and 42 plates, 2pp. list of subscribers bound after title, 2X1 small hole wi...

Crabbe (George) The News-Paper: A Poem, first edition, with final advertisement leaf, small stab-holes to inner margin, some light spotting or soi...

Shakespeare (William) The Plays...To which are added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, 10 vol., third edition, half-titles, vol. 1 with...

Grose (Francis) A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, 2 parts in 1 vol., including Supplement, engraved frontispiece, with additional engraved...

NO RESERVE Noble (Mark) Memoirs of the Protectorial-House of Cromwell, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece and 11 plates, 5 folding, one with tears to f...

Slavery.- [Pratt (Samuel Jackson)] Humanity, or The Rights of Nature, A Poem, first edition, half-title, with errata and advertisement leaf at end...

Hole (Richard) Arthur; or, the Northern Enchantment..., presentation inscription "John Hole ex dono authores" to front free endpaper, for G.G.J. a...

Scottish Poetry.- Shirrefs (Andrew) Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, list of subscribers, portr...

Ireland (John) Hogarth Illustrated, 2 vol. only (of 3), numerous engraved plates and illustrations, some foxing, including to plates, book-labels,...