Christmas Jewellery, Silver & Fine Arts

'Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem, Descriptive of the Adventures of a Cadet in The East India Company's Service, from the Period of his Quit...

Gunter Grass, 'Drawings and Words 1954-1977', folio, pale blue cloth hardback complete with dust-jacket, limited edition numbered B.52, with 'Sign...

A 16th-century book published during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and King Charles IX of France; just 25 years after the death of Ki...

Collection of original designs, illustrations and cartoons by 'Chester' (J A Beale). To include two original watercolour illustrations for W. J. P...

A collection of original designs and illustrations by 'Chester' (J A Beale). To include 'Build Life With OXO' (advertising); 'Gun-Smoke Cure', Sto...

Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), "Lawrence of Arabia" interest: A pair of 'Arab' leather sandals, apparently once belonging to Lawrence, with f...

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte, KB (29 September 1758 - 21 October 1805), British naval commander and nation...

'The Illustrated History of the British Empire in India and the East', Dr E. H. Nolan, London: James S. Virtue [1859], illustrated with steel engr...

Irish history interest: An original autograph letter, written in English and Gaelic, by Domhnall Ua Buachalla (1866-1963), the Irish politician an...

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement who helped women win the right to vote: Certific...

Indian School, probably 18th or 19th century, manuscript leaf depicting Mughal court scene, heightened with gold, floral scroll border with three ...

Great Domesday Book, 'Penny Edition' with coins set into the wooden board of Vol.I., complete in six volumes, numbered 213 of 250, London: Alecto ...

Indian School, manuscript leaf depicting Mughal court scene, highly detailed with vibrant colours heightened with gold, upper margin and verso wit...

'Hunting', by J. Otho Paget, London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1900, Haddon Hall Library edited by Marquess of Granby, octavo, vellum binding with gilt de...

Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart (1803-1854), British politician, original autograph letter dated September 26th 1837. The paper is headed 'Literary Asso...

Letter addressed to Mrs Darwin (wife of Erasmus Darwin), at the Priory (Breadsall Priory, Derbyshire), dated March 17th 1829. The letter, from Fre...

Dickens (Charles), first editions: 'Dombey and Son', London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848, octavo, green half-leather binding with marbled endpapers and...

'The Turner Gallery: A Series of Sixty Engravings from the Principal Works of Joseph Mallord William Turner with a Memoir and Illustrative Text by...

Boer War Interest, a collection of framed Boer war ephemera, to include postcard, framed cigarette card 'Rudyard Kipling' ceramic tiles and pocela...

Boer War Interest, five books about the Boer War, The Previous History Leading to Outbreak, circa 1900, with 'The Flag to Pretoria'

Boer War Interest, eight postcard albums of caricatures coloured depictions, Dutch, British, with three empty albums (11)

The Jimmy Butler Archive: An archive of boxing memorabilia, trophies and paperwork related to Jimmy Butler's career throughout the early 1900's. T...

Scott (Sir Walter) Waverley Novels, 48 volume set, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1877-1879, uniform half-leather bindings with marbled boards, ...

'The Practical Decorator and Ornamentist, for the use of Architects, Practical Painters, Decorators, and Designers, containing One Hundred Plates ...

Napoleonic Wars / Admiral Lord Nelson interest: A pair of gentleman's brass shoe buckles, circa 1800, English, each of plain open rectangular desi...

18th-century Georgian English vellum bankruptcy indenture, dated 1787, relating to a merchant partnership company in Birmingham (Simon Oakidge and...

'The End of Elfintown', by Jane Barlow, illustrated by Laurence Housman, London: Macmillan & Co., 1894, decorative gilt cloth, a.e.g., eight plate...

Antiquarian 17th-century Holy Bible, Robert Barker, 1634. Full leather binding. Published just 23 years after the first edition of The King James ...

'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations', Adam Smith, in two volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1880, together with 'Princi...

'The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus', translated by George Long, illustrated by William Russell Flint, London: Philip Lee Warne...

A collection of Japanese books/printed material, comprising: late-19th century illustrated book on the 'Loyal Ronins', published in Yokohama, cont...

A collection of 19th-century English watercolour sketches and drawings of Indian scenes (topographical views, landscapes, buildings, temples, sold...

Collection of storyboard sequences and titles relating to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, many bearing 'MGM Art Department' labels to verso. To inclu...

Ronnie Barker (1929-2005), English actor, comedian and writer. An important archive, comprising: the complete original 'Fork Handles' handwritten ...

Medieval manuscript parchment leaf from a Latin Bible, two columns, 56 lines, decorative initials in red & blue, completed on both sides (frame ca...

'The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians', by Mr Rollin, transl...

'Moral Tales', by M. Marmontel, in three volumes, London: Cadell and Davies, 1800. Octavo calf bindings, rebacked incorporating original boards, e...

'History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons', by Archibald Alison, in 20 volumes, seventh...

A collection of 1930's/40's greeting cards (parcel)

18th-century Georgian English educational jigsaw / learning aid, dealing with the Kings & Queens of England from William I to George II and includ...

Crown Derby interest, various books including The Old Derby Factory, J Haslem, Old Derby Porcelain, Frank Hurlbutt, etc.

An 18th-century early Georgian vellum document relating to Knowle in Warwickshire and the administration of the poor, bearing wax seals and signat...

Arts and Crafts interest: Three original ink & watercolour designs for door "finger plates", produced in 1892 at the Municipal School of Art, Marg...

Boer War interest: 'St. Paul's Cathedral Form of Prayer to be used in Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the Restoration of Peace on Sunday, June 8t...

'Stratford-on-Avon Brotherhood Bazaar Nov. 1922', book of literary messages/quotes and illustrations, presented to John Mansell Smith. Includes an...

'Amores', 17th-century book of love poems/elegies by Pierius Winsemius, Franekarae: 1631, vellum binding with oxblood morocco title label and gilt...

An original copy of 'The Graphic', 27th April 1912, Titanic edition, complete with supplement: 'The Greatest Wreck in History, The Loss of the Whi...

Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) signed programme from 1967 where he is listed as a support act for The Walker Brothers: 'To Linda Love & Happiness Jimi H...

H.G. Wells (1866-1946) original autograph letter on headed paper, 47 Chiltern Court, Clarence Gate, NW1 (the famous Marylebone flat where Wells ho...

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A quantity of indentures, vellum and paper, 18th Century to early 20th Century, local interest: Derby, Matlock, Nottingham. To include: a vellum i...

'Generation-Work', by John Tillinghast, an 'unworthy Minister of the Gospel at Trunch in Norfolk', London: printed by M. Simmons for Livewell Chap...

The Works of Lord Lytton in 12 volumes, London: G. J. Howell & Co., [c.1890], half-leather bindings with gilt lettering/decoration to spines, uncu...

Small collection of antiquarian 19th-century Italian books, attractive leather bindings, including a very early edition of one of the most famous ...

'Tableaux, Statues, Bas-Reliefs et Camées de la Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti', Paris: J. P. Aillaud, 1819, volumes 2 and 3 [of four]. Fo...

Ethiopian manuscript psalter, late 18th or early 19th century, written in Ge'ez (Ethiopic), produced by a scribe in red & black on heavy parchment...

Collection of antiquarian books, mostly leather bindings, including: Cicero, 'De Officiis' (On Duties, or On Obligations), amended by Joanne Sturm...

P G Wodehouse: Large collection of books, vintage and modern, hardbacks and paperbacks, including some first editions. Condition varied. a/f. (101)

'The True History of the Ghost; and All About Metempsychosis', by Professor Pepper, Cassell & Company Limited: 1890. Presentation copy signed by t...

A large collection of books by and about John Betjeman, including two signed examples: 'John Betjeman's Collected Poems', 1959, signed to title pa...