Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper

Psalter, in Sahidic dialect of Coptic, in Coptic Uncials, manuscript on parchment, single leaf with a stub from its sister leaf on the other half ...

Pseudo-Marcellus, Passio sanctorum Petri et Pauli, an apocryphal text based on the Acts of St. Peter, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment,...

Leaf from a very large copy of the Acta Sanctorum, with a monumental decorated initial ‘T’, in Beneventan minuscule, in Latin, decorated manuscrip...

Bifolium from a decorated manuscript Antiphonary, illustrated with initials formed of a bird, a richly clothed human arm and a growling green lion...

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...

Leaf from a Lectionary, in Latin, in archaising script and perhaps that of a student-scribe copying an old exemplar, decorated manuscript on parch...

Alfonso XI (King of Castile, Leon and Galicia, called the Avenger, "el Justiciero", 1311-50) Privilegio rodado of King Alfonso X I of Castile, gra...

[Greek Orthodox Church].- [Menaion], manuscript in Greek, on paper, c. 400pp. only, in Greek letters, in light brown ink, a few pp. in black ink, ...

Cromwell (Thomas, first Earl of Essex, royal minister, b. in or before 1485, d. 1540) Sale by Thomas Cromwell to John at ffelde [Atfield] and Mich...

Humanist Treatise.- [Isabella Sforza (Lady, author, natural daughter of Giovanni Sforza, Lord of Pesaro, wife of Cipriano del Nero, Lord of Porcig...

Ireland.- James VI & I (King of Scotland, England and Ireland, 1566-1625).- Edgeworth (Francis, lawyer, Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper, d. 1625) C...

Cromwell (Oliver, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as Captain-General of the Army, 1599-1658) Commission appointing Samuel Rose C...

Irish Gaelic.- Penitential with prayers, Bible extracts and similar, manuscript in Irish and Latin, on paper, 280pp. excluding blanks, all but fir...

Sermons.- [Butts (Robert, Bishop of Norwich and later Bishop of Ely, 1684-1748)] [Twelve Sermons], autograph manuscript, title and 245pp., title t...

Cookery & Medical.- Hunter (Mrs, of Beech Hill, Reading) Curious old Receipt Book..., [title from label on upper cover], manuscript in several han...

London, Whitechapel.- Manning (Joseph, surveyor) A Plan of an Estate situate in the Parish of St Mary White Chapel belonging to Messrs. Buckley Es...

Trinidad.- [Census of inhabitants at 31 December 1784, with addition of totals for 1785, classified by place and status (adult males and females, ...

George III's stables.- George III (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover, 1738-1820).- Pollock (David, sadd...

West Indies.- St Croix (island in the Caribbean under British occupation, 1807-15).- Manning (William, merchant trading in the West Indies, 1763-1...

Pedigree.- The Genealogy of the ancient family of Trappes of Nidd in the County of York..., Compiled from the Records of the College of Arms... by...

Royal Navy.- Williams (C.) Naval Gunnery as Taught on board H.M.S. Excellent, Portsmouth [&] Arithmetic School Problems, manuscript, together c. 2...

Portrait of a Cross-Dressing Man, daguerreotype, gilt oval mount in leather case with eye for hanging, print approx. 55 x 45mm, frame approx. 75 x...

Crimean War.- Trollope (General Sir Charles, Colonel 1st Batallion King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 1805-1888) Battle of the Alama [casualty list...

California gold mining.- Palmer (N.S.) Autograph Letter signed to his brother, 8pp., including a full-page sketch map of mining claims, 8vo, San F...

Irish War of Independence.- Walshe (Maurice Reginald, Irish Republican, imprisoned at Spike Island, Cork; Kilkenny Prison, Limerick Prison and els...

Tudor poetry.- Skelton (John).- Edwards (Harold Llewelyn Ravenscroft ) An archive of Edwards' papers relating to John Skelton and other projects o...

[Lewis (Cecil Day, author, 1904-1972)], "Nicholas Blake". Autograph Manuscript of 'End of Chapter', 3 vol., c.235pp., mostly on recto, frequent au...

Eliot (T.S., poet, 1888-1965), W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, Robert Lowell, Seamus Heaney, & others. A Personal Anthology for Eric Walte...

Chesterton (G.K.) Autograph Letter signed to John Lane, 1p., regarding the publication rights of "Napoleon of Notting Hill" and "Heretics", Arisai...

Ayrton (Michael) Collection of original illustrations, proof prints, and related ephemera for 'Tittivulus, or The Verbiage Eater', including seven...

Reinhardt (Max).- Weisz (Victor "Vicky") and others. Collection of original drawings, Reinhardt company documents, and other related ephemera, inc...

Graham (Winston, novelist, 1908-2003) Collection of correspondence mostly with Max Reinhardt and associates of the Bodley Head, 21 Autograph Lette...

Angling.- Minhinnick (Sir Gordon Edward George) Collection of 14 original illustrations and 20 original photographs for O.S. Hintz's 'Trout at Tau...

World War One.- Telegram sent by Headquarters 74th (Yeo.) Divn. to Headquarters 231st Inf. Brigade announcing the surrender of Jerusalem, printed ...

Wilde (Oscar).- Shannon (Charles) Autograph Letter signed to John Lane, 2pp., commencing "Oscar called tonight" and regarding the binding format a...

Wilde (Oscar) and Aubrey Beardsley.- Contract letters, agreed and signed by Wilde and Beardsley with publishers Elkin Mathews and John Lane, toget...

Wilde (Oscar).- Contract letter signed by Wilde, selling the rights of publication of The Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest to Leo...

Beadsley (Aubrey).- An archive of material relating to the purchase of rights relating to Aubrey Beardsley's works by John Lane, c.25 items, inclu...

Wilde (Oscar).- Ross (Robert) re Oscar Wilde deceased, printed bifolium, folds with some splitting and tape repairs, some fraying to extremities, ...

Wilde (Oscar).- Douglas (Lord Alfred) Autograph Letter signed to Robert Sherard, 2pp., declining to view the proofs for Sherard's upcoming biograp...

Wilde (Oscar).- Wilde (Lady Jane Francesca) "Speranza". Poems by Speranza (Lady Wilde), first edition, advertisement leaf for 'The First Temptatio...

Wilde (Oscar), Henry James, Walter Crane, John Ruskin and others.- The Shakespeare Birthday Book, with signatures of many authors and artists, inc...

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Wilde (Oscar) Newdigate Prize Poem. Ravenna, first edition, original printed wrappers...

Beardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) [Le Morte Darthur] The Birth and Life and Acts of King Arthur, 2 vol., one of 1500 copies, from an editio...

Beardsley (Aubrey).- Wilde (Oscar) Salome. A Tragedy in One Act, first edition in English, one of 500 copies, title and list of plates with pictor...

[Wilde (Oscar)] The Ballad of Reading Gaol by C.3.3., first edition, one of 800 copies on hand-made paper, slight abrasion to rear endpaper, light...

King (Jessie M.).- Wilde (Oscar) A House of Pomegranates, pictorial colour title and 16 tipped-in colour plates by Jessie M. King, one or two with...

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***  Froissart (Jean) [Chronicles], 2 vol. in 1, first English edition, translated by Joh...

Scotland.- Boece (Hector) Heir beginnis the hystory and croniklis of Scotland, translated from Latin into Scots English by John Bellenden, first e...

Bible, Welsh. [Testament newydd ein arglwydd Jesu Christ], translated by W. Salesbury, R. Davies and T. Huet, printed in black letter with some si...

Piracy.- Anno XXVII. Henici Octavi. Actes made in the session of this present parliament holden upon prorogacion at Westminster ... in the xxvii. ...

Anglo-Spanish War.- [Elizabeth I, Queen of England]. A Declaration of the causes mooving the Queene of England to give aide to the defence of the ...

Witchcraft and Demonology.- Exorcist.- Darrell (John) A Detection of that Sinnful Shamful Lying and Ridiculous Discours, of Samuel Harshnet, entit...

Coryate (Thomas) The Odcombian Banquet: dished foorth by Thomas the Coriat, and serued in by a number of noble wits in prayse of his Crudities and...

Jewish settlement in England.- Menasseh ben Israel. Vindiciae Judaeorum, or a Letter In Answer to certain Questions...touching the reproaches cast...

Dryden (John) To His Sacred Maiesty, a Panegyrick on his Coronation, first edition, 8pp., tiny stab-holes to inner margin, title with small ink nu...

Pentland Rising.- A Proclamation, against those rebels that have not accepted the Act of Indempnity. Edinburgh, the ninth day of May, one thousand...

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Cavendish (Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle) Plays, Never Before Printed, first edition...

Sammelband of 17th century plays.- Behn (Aphra).- Southerne (Thomas) Oroonoko: A Tragedy, first edition, with final blank, marginal loss to B1&2 a...

London Trades.- Laroon (Marcellus) The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life, 74 copper-engraved plates by Pierce Tempest after Laroon...