Collective Auction

ROLLIN, M, Ancient History, 8 vols, 1819, diced calf, gilt. With ARNOLD, Thomas, History of the Later Roman Commonweath, 5 vols, 1882, half green ...

PENNANT, Thomas, British Zoology, 3 vols, 1768 - 69, Contemporary calf gilt (3)

LAVATER, John Caspar, Essays on Physiognomy, 4 vols 1797, with several hundred engravings, Contemporary diced calf gilt (4)

WELLINGTON, Arthur, 1st Duke, The Despaches of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, 12 vols, 1834 - 38, Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, ...

LODGE, Edmund, Portraits of Illustration Personages of Great Britain, 4to, 10vols, half calf gilt, tide marks and damp stains to most plates, some...

SMILES, Samuel, Works, 15 vols, 1874 - 84, half calf gilt, water stains to some frontispieces (15)

GREEN, J R, A Short History of the English Peoples, 4to, 4 vols 1892, tree calf, with other leather bindings (2 boxes)

ELIOT, George, Works, 9 vols 1885, half red calf gilt, with other leather bindings (2 boxes)

LANDSEER, Sir Edwin, Works, large 4to, circa 1880, with 44 steel engravings, half morocco, staining to boards and plates

BUTLER, A G, Foreign Finches in Captivity, large 4to, 1st edition, 1894 - 96, with 54 of 60 hand coloured plates by F W Frohawk. Lacks first 6 pla...

DYER, Sir James, Les Reports des Ley, folio 1688, frontis, black letter, boards detached. With the second part, folio 1679 (sic), with Le Livre De...

GREEN, Valentine, The History and Antiquities of the City and Suburbs of Worcester, 2 vols, 4to, 1796, Large Paper copies, uncut edges, original b...

HOLINSHED'S CHRONICLES, 6 vols, 4to, 1807 - 08, contemporary diced calf, some joints worn

FROUDE, History of England, 12 vols, 1870 - 75, tree calf gilt, with other bindings (2 boxes)

SCOTT, Sir Walter, Familiar Letters, 2 vols, 1894, half maroon morocco gilt, with other bindings (2 boxes)

KIMBER, E, & JOHNSON, R, The Baronetage of England, 3 vols 1771, contemporary calf. With PAPWORTH, John W, An Ordinary of British Armorials, 1874,...

ROWLANDSON, Thomas, Dr Syntax, Extracted from Ackermann's Poetical Magazine 1809-10, with 42 hand coloured and 2 uncoloured plates. Half calf, def...

LETTERS OF JUNIUS, 3 vols 1812, marbled calf gilt, with Burnet's History of his Own Time, 3 vols, 1823, with other binding (2 boxes)

BURKE, Edmund, Works, 8 vols, 1826, half calf, marbled boards. With POPE, Alexander, Works, 9 vols 1756, plates, half calf, marbled boards, bindin...

HOGARTH, William, Works, 2 vols, 4to, circa 1880, with 150 tissue-guarded plates, half green calf gilt, all edges gilt (2)

WHITAKER, John, History of Manchester, 2 vols, 4to, 1771-75, with 10 plates, 8 of them folding. Contemporary diced calf

WOODWARD, B B, History of Wales, 2 vols [1853], with 76 plates, half morocco. With HEMINGWAY, Joseph, History of the City of Chester, 1830-31, par...

POPE, Alexander, Works, 4 vols, folio, 1717-41, Portrait frontis in vol 1, worn contemporary calf (4)

DICKENS, Charles, Bleak House, 1st edition, 1853, half calf, lacking spine, with others, mainly Dickens, in poor condition (at fault) (box)

GOLDSMITH, Oliver, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 8 vols, 1st edition, 1774. Plates, contemporary half calf, lacking labels (8)

ELLIS, Henry, Original Letters Illustratrative of English History, 3 vols, 1824. Quarter black morocco, marbled boards. Binder's ticket of Thomas ...

SIMONDE DE SISMONDI, J C C, Histoire des France, vols 1 and 3 only, 1821. With circulating library label on endpapers of W Price, Cross Street, O...

LORD ROSEBERY, Miscellanies, Literary and Historical, 2 vols, reprint, 1921. Bound in red calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. With other fine bindin...

SMITH, Adam, An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vols 1869, Diced calf gilt, Fine set (2)

TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord, Works, 6 vols 1874-75, full green crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf. Spines have faded to light brown. All edges gilt (6)

PLUTARCH'S LIVES, 8 vols, J Tonson 1727, Panelled calf, neatly re-backed, plates (8)

DE QUINCEY, Thomas, Works, 1862-71, 16 vols, half brown morocco gilt. With SHELLEY, Percy, Poetical and Prize Works, 5 vols, 1888, half morocco g...

CERVANTES, Miguel, Don Quixote De La Mancha, 3 vols, 1837, illustrated, half calf gilt. With Knight's Pictorial Shakespeare, 6 vols only, 1846, f...

GIBBON, Edward, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8 vols, 1862, full tan calf gilt (8)

SOMERVILLE, Thomas, History of Great Britain During the Reign of Queen Anne, 4to, 1798, Contemporary calf. With LEMON, Robert, Catalogue of a Col...

WRIGHT, G N, The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean. 4to [1840]. Vol 2 only with 31 plates and a map. Original cloth gilt

SPOTSWOOD, John, The History of the Church of Scotland, folio 1655. Thomas Carlyle's copy, with his signature on the title page and front free en...

CARTER, Howard, The Tomb of Tutankhamen. Vol 3 only, 1st edition, Cassell & Co. 1933. Not published until ten years after Carter's famous discove...

BARTLEY, G C T, The Rhine From Its Source to the Sea, folio, 1878. Binding a.f. With KNIGHT, Charles, Old England, 2 vols folio, 1845 (at fault) ...

JOHNSON, Samuel, A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols 8vo, 1st abridged edition, 1756. Vol 1 lacking front board, other boards detached an...

SLEIDANUS, Johannes, A Famouse Cronicle of Oure Time...1560. 1st edition in English. Translated by Jhon Daus. Folio, black letter, old polished ...

CARTARI, Vincenzo, Le Imagini De I Dei De Gli Antichi, small 4to, early 17th century. Lacking title page. Numerous copperplate engravings, half c...

ROSSI, Filippo, Ritratto Di Roma Antica, Rome, 1645, Numerous illustrations, lacks frontis. Full calf

MOLIERE, Jean Baptiste, Oeuvres, 6 vols, Paris 1821. Full calf. With other books, mainly in French. (2 boxes)

JANIN, M Jules, The American in Paris During the Summer or Heath's Picturesque Annual, 1844. With COBBETT, William, A Year's Residence in the Uni...

CHURCHILL, Winston S, Marlborough, His Life and Times, 4 vols. Vol 1 reprint 1939, vol 2 reprint 1934, vol 3 1st 1936, vol 4 1st 1938. All in du...

MIDDLETON, Conyers, The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero, 2 vols, 4to, 1741, worn calf. With WALTON, Isaac, Lives, 4to York 1796. Wi...

HALLAM, Henry, Introduction to the Literature of Europe, 3 vols 1854. Full tan calf gilt. With The Spectator, 8 vols, 1726, bindings worn. With o...

PARKER, Thomas N, Suggestions for Warming and Ventilating the Houses of Parliament with Hot Water in Cast-iron Pipes. Shrewsbury: John Eddowes, 1...

DUMAS, Alexandre, The Count of Monte-Cristo, 2 vols, Chapman and Hall, 1846. First edition in English. Contemporary half black calf gilt, marbled...

MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo, Opere, 8 vols 1813, full vellum. With LANZI, Luigi, Storia Pittorica Della Italia, 3 vols, Florence 1834, full vellum (11) ...

METASTASIO, Pietro, Poesie, 10 vols, Torino 1757-68, full vellum. With 14 others in Italian, all vellum bound (24) (box)

DICKENS, Charles, All the year round, vols 1-8, 1859-63. Contemporary half calf. With GOLDSMITH, Oliver, A History of the Earth and Animated Nat...

FIGURES OF THE SILURIAN FOSSILS to illustrate Murchison's 'Siluria', 5th edition 1872, with folding map. With INGOLDSBY, Thomas, The Jackdaw of R...

MARSHALL, William, The Rural Economy of Glocestershire, 2 vols, Gloucester: R Raikes, 1789, folding map, Contemporary tree calf (2)

VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, vols 7-8 and 11, 1968-81. With other books, Gloucestershire and Cotswold topography (2 boxes)

SINGER, Charles and others, A History of Technology, 4to, 5 vols, 1957-58. With other books on industry and technology (4 boxes)

TOWNE, Henry R, A Treatise on Cranes, Stamford, Connecticut 1883. With other books on industry and technology (5 boxes)

TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE, 62 issues in wrappers, Chicago, 1971-86. With History of Technology, 24 vols, 1976-91, including several duplicates (3 bo...

TURNER, Keith, North Wales Tramways, 1979, 6 copies. With SIDNEY, Samuel, Rides on Railways, 1973, 4 copies. With other books, mainly on canals ...