Books, Maps & Ephemera

(Bookbinding). Approximately seventy five assorted brass handle letters (one or two numbers, but predominantly letters), plus three brass handle f...

James Meikle & Henry Shields: 'Famous Clyde Yachts 1880-87', Glasgow & London, Oatts & Runciman, 1888, 1st edition, mounted "frontispiece" mounted...

John Entick: 'A New Naval History: Or, Compleat View of the British Marine', London, 1757, 1st edition, 6 engraved plates as called for (frontis a...

Sir Simonds D'Ewes: 'The Journals of all the Parliaments during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, both of the House of Lords and House of Commons', Lo...

(Bible, - Hebrew). 'Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum', edited Benjamin Kennicott, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1776-1780, 1st edition, 2 volumes, folio, fo...

John Nalson: 'An impartial collection of the great affairs of state : from the beginning of the Scotch rebellion in the year MDCXXXIX. to the murt...

'Select portions of the Psalms of David, for the use of parish-churches: The Words from the Old Version, And the Music from the most approved Comp...

Richard A. Proctor: 'Old and New Astronomy', London, Longmans, 1892, 1st edition, frontis + 30 plates (of which some folding) + illustrations in t...

Samuel Johnson: ' A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 volumes, printed by John Jarvis and sold by John Fielding, 1786, engraved portrait front...

John Jamieson: 'An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language', Edinburgh, W. Creech et al, 1808, 1st edition, 4 volumes (2 volumes + 2 supp...

Samuel Johnson: 'A Dictionary of the English Language', London. W.Strahan et al, 1783, 7th Edition, 2 volumes, old reverse calf gilt, plus John C...

Hannah Glasse: 'The Art or Cookery, made Plain and Easy' , London 1788, new edition, title page browned and with marginal part losses, lacks fold...

[Elizabeth Gurney Fry; British Ladies' Society for Promoting the Reformation of Female Prisoners, London]: 'Sketch of the origin and results of la...

Allen & Hanburys Ltd: 'Catalogue of Surgical Instruments and Appliances, Ward Requisites, Aseptic Hospital Furniture, Etc., Etc., Manufactured and...

Luttrell Psalter. 'The Luttrell Psalter', Folio Society, 2006, facsimile edition, reproduced from British Library Additional MS 42130, 4to, origin...

'Mappa Mundi (The Hereford World Map)', limited edition facsimile numbered 381 of 1000, produced for members of The Folio Society, 2010, printed o...

Mark Jerome Vida: 'The Game of Chess', illustrated Nell Lambert, The Stanton Press, 1921, limited edition (99/250), signed by the printer Richard ...

(Bindings). 'The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete', London, Longmans, 1866, 8 volumes, uniform contemporary tree calf gilt, morocco gilt title labe...

Sir James George Frazer: 'The Golden Bough, A Study in Magic and Religion', London, Macmillan and Co, 1919-1922, 12 volumes, 3rd edition/3rd editi...

John Milton: 'Paradise Regain'd. A Poem', London, J. Beecroft et al, 1773, new edition, 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt worn, each volume top b...

Robert Anderson (edited): 'The Works of the British Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical', London & Edinburgh, 1793-1795, volumes 1-12,...

Bishop Thomas Percy (1729-1811): 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry', London, J. Dodsley, 1767, 2nd edition, inscribed presentation copy to Eliza...

Jane Austen: 'Works - Sense & Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey & Persuasion', illustrated Hugh Thomson (Pr...

A collection Robrt Louis Stevenson and related titles, twelve volumes including: 'The Black Arrow', London, Cassell, 1888, 1st edition, original p...

A.A. Milne, nine titles, including: 'Once on a time', London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1917, 1st edition, coloured frontis, original cloth, printed pap...

'The Strand Magazine', January-December 1892, 11 (of 12) monthly parts in original wraps, volumes III & IV no's 13,14,16-24 (lacks number 15, Marc...

Arthur Conan Doyle, three titles: 'The Valley of Fear', London, Smith, Elder, 1915, 1st edition, frontis by Frank Wiles, 306,[6]pp adverts at end,...

John le Carre: 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold', London, Victor Gollancz, 1970, 25th impression, signed and inscribed to FFEP "John le Carre Wi...

John le Carre: 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold', London, Victor Gollancz, 1963, 1st edition, internally leaves VGC, original blue cloth lettere...

Dylan Thomas: 'Under Milk Wood', London, J.M. Dent, 1954, 1st edition, original cloth gilt (VGC), dust wrapper (spine slightly faded, small closed...

James Joyce: 'Ulysses', Paris, Shakespeare & Company, August 1925, 6th printing, 736pp, original white printed wraps (wraps and backstrip slightly...

Twenty six titles poetry, literature, modern firsts etc, including Anthony Powell: 'Casanova's Chinese Restaurant', London, 1960, 1st edition, ori...

A collection of assorted Literature, Modern Firsts etc, Poetry periodicals etc, including Virginia Woolf, two titles: 'The Years', London, Hogarth...

Literary biographies, comprising 'The Lyttelton Hart-Davis Letters', john Murray, 1978-84, 1st edition, 6 volumes, bookplates of historian and bio...

'The Complete Tales of Henry James', edited Leon Edel, London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1964-1965, 11 volumes (of 12, lacks volume 10), vols 1 & 2 3rd i...

A collection of mainly Poetry and related, eighteen titles including Digby Haworth-Booth: 'Kleinias', Heathercombe, 1932, limited edition, (34/200...

Ark Press. A collection of 13 titles 1959-1973 published by the Ark Press, Cornwall, by Kim Taylor, various illustrators, including Michael Adam: ...

Edward Gordon Craig: 'A Production, being Thirty-Two Collotype Plates of Designs Projected or Realised for The Pretenders of Henrik Ibsen and Prod...

Andres, Hunisek & Turner: 'The Art of Florence', Artabras, [1994], 2 volumes, large 4to, original cloth gilt, original pictorial slipcase ...[mo...

Martin Butlin: 'The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake', Yale University Press, 1981, 2 volumes, profusely illustrated with coloured and blac...

Gregory Colbert: 'Ashes and Snow', New York, Flying Elephants Press, [2005], books 1-6, book 1 signed and inscribed to title page "For Diego, Greg...

Michael Archer: 'Delftware', V&A, 1997, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, original slipcase; plus Frank Britton: 'London Delftware',...

Eloy Koldewoij: 'The English Candlestick', London, Christie's, 2001, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper

Nicholas A. Brawer: 'British Campaign Furniture - Elegance Under Canvas 1790-1914', New York, Abrams, 2001, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust...

Christopher Gilbert: 'Pictorial Dictionary of English Marked Furniture 1700-1840', Furniture History Society & W.S. Maney, 1996, 1st edition, orig...

Richard Bebb: 'Welsh Furniture 1250-1950', Saer books, 2007, 1st edition, 2 volumes, original cloth gilt, dust wrappers, original slipcase

Victor Chinnery: 'Oak Furniture the British Tradition', 1979, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; plus Bernard D...

Martin Mortimer: 'The English Glass Chandelier', Antique Collectors Club, 2000, 1st edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth gilt, dust wrapp...

Illustration and bibliographic reference books, 19 titles including Russell Davies 'Ronald Searle'; Hodnett 'Five Centuries of English Book Illust...

A collection of 14 King Penguins, including Nina M. Davies: 'Egyptian Paintings', 1954, 1st edition, original pictorial boards, dust wrapper (pric...

Arthur Ransome, eleven titles, comprising first editions of: 'We Didn't Mean to go to Sea', 1937, 'Secret Water', 1939, ''The Big Six', 1940, 'Mis...

Arthur Ransome, 12 titles including 'Swallows and Amazons', 'Swallowdale', 'Coot Club' etc etc., all published Jonathan Cape, all 2004 revised edi...

Mike Hawthorn: 'Carlotti Joins the Team', London, 1959, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper. Published the following year to his winning of ...

Rupert annuals 1941-1948, 1941 annual "This Book Belongs To" neatly filled in, internally no scribbling/colouring in to leaves, tape reinforcement...

Rupert Annual 1937, Daily Express, [1936], 2nd Rupert Annual, original cloth backed pictorial boards slightly worn, small surface paper losses to ...

J.M. Barrie: 'Quality Street', illustrated Hugh Thomson, Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1913, 22 tipped in coloured plates, large 4to, original vellum ...

James Stephens: 'Irish Fairy Tales', illustrated Arthur Rackham, London, Macmillan, 1924 reprint, 16 coloured plates as called for, original picto...

Edgar Allan Poe: 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination', illustrated Arthur Rackham, London, George C. Harrap, 1935, deluxe limited edition, signed by...

Walter Crane: 'The Baby's Opera', London, Warne, circa 1900, coloured illustrations throughout, original cloth backed pictorial boards; Arthur Rac...

A collection of 46 assorted Folio Society volumes, including Anthony Trollope (8 vols); Steinbeck 'East of Eden'; John Keats 'The Complete Poems';...