The Bloomsday Library Auction

Joyce, James. Ulysses. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential novels of the 20th century. A scarce "Press Copy" for Arthur Sy...

Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake, signed first edition, limited edition numbered 147/425, signed in turquoise ink by the author, London: Faber & Faber...

Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. Octavo, publisher's black cloth with unclipped dust-jacket designed...

Fleming, Ian. Thunderball, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. Octavo, publisher's cloth with embossed skeletal hand, facsimile dust-jacke...

Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. Octavo, publisher's cloth, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richar...

Fleming, Ian. Octopussy & The Living Daylights, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Octavo, publisher's cloth, unclipped dust-jacket desig...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter. Deluxe Editions. A complete set of first deluxe editions, first impressions, comprising: Harry Potter and the Philoso...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, eighth issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback with unclipped dust-jacke...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter Collection. SIGNED. Comprising: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, fourth issue, signed by the a...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, second state [without the dropped line of text error on p.7], London: Bloo...

Harry Potter. An important archive of original material & movie memorabilia acquired during the filming of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Ston...

Flint, Sir William Russell. Catalogue Raisonné, Collector's Edition in two folio volumes, limited editions [Vol. I: 1488/1500; Vol. II: 275/1500],...

Bradman, Don. Don Bradman's Book, signed first edition, London: Hutchinson, [1930], signed by the author in black ink beneath foreword. Octavo, pu...

Bates, H. E. Flowers and Faces, illustrated by John Nash, limited edition numbered 210/325, signed by the author, Golden Cockerel Press, 1935, sma...

Tiraboschi, Girolamo. Storia Della Litteratura Italiana [History of Italian Literature], eight volumes only, 1-5 & 8-10, Napoli: Giovanni Muccis, ...

Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Peru, in two volumes, London: Routledge, 1875. Octavo, half-calf (2)

Bewick, Thomas. A History of British Birds, two parts bound as one, Newcastle: Walker, 1809. Octavo, full contemporary calf, illustrated with Bewi...

Erasmus, Desiderio [Erasmus of Rotterdam]. In Novum Testamentum ab eodem denuo recognitum, annotations, ingenti nuper accessione per autorum locup...

Tolkien, J. R. R. Lord of the Rings trilogy, second editions, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1966-69. Octavo, publisher's red cloth lettered in gil...

Walkley, Thomas. A New Catalogue of The Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts, Barons of England, Scotland and Ireland, London: Printed for Thomas W...

[Bronte, Emily]. Wuthering Heights, copyright edition, novel complete in one volume but would've been accompanied by Agnes Grey in a second volume...

Michelet, Jules. A collection of four books, large octavo in publisher's gilt illustrated cloth, comprising: The Insect, 1875; The Mountain, 1872;...

Malton, T. Views of Oxford, comprising title and six line-engraved topographical & architectural views, slim folio, contemporary blue paper covere...

Baddam, [Benjamin]. Memoirs of the Royal Society, Vol. III only, scarce, illustrated with 14 engraved plates, 9 of which are folding, London: G. S...

Derbyshire History, Risley School.  A Victorian scrapbook of 26 pencil sketches, 1877-1906, some signed with initials, 'C.W.G.' (C.W. Groves, scho...

Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, first edition, London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1911 [date at front of title], 12mo, publisher's brown b...

Dickens, Charles. Bentley’s Miscellany [containing the first appearance of Oliver Twist, serialised for the first time here in volumes 1-5], in ni...

Hornby, Nick. Three first editions: Fever Pitch, 1992; High Fidelity, 1995; About a Boy, 1998. First edition hardbacks with unclipped dust-jackets...

Larsson, Stieg. Millennium Trilogy. Sealed & unopened boxed set, publisher's cloth bindings lettered in gilt, London: Maclehose Press [2010], publ...

Holy Bible. The Old & New Testament, London: Robert Barker, 1608. Octavo, bound in eights, 21.5cm, early panelled calf with blind-embossed royal o...

Taylor, George; Andrew Skinner. Taylor and Skinner's Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777, first edition, London & Dublin: Printed for the ...

Wood, Ellen. "Mrs. Henry Wood" or Ellen Price. Johnny Ludlow, signed copy, inscribed by the author in black ink on verso of ffep, 'Mary George, wi...

Raleigh, Sir Walter. The History of the World, in Five Books, Whereunto is added in this Edition, the Life and Tryal of the Author, London: Printe...

[Birac; Lamont; Valière]. The New Art of War, London; E. Midwinter, 1726. Octavo, pp. [xii], 296, [iv], five engraved plates (one folding), nothin...

A miscellaneous collection of books to include A Book of Lettering, by Reynolds Stone, first edition, London: A. & C. Black Ltd., 1935; an associa...

A collection of nine books to include The Best of Beardsley, collected & edited by R. A. Walker, London: Spring Books, n.d., and eight works on Br...

Beza, Theo. Biblia Sacra sive Testementum Vetus, Amsterdam: J. Jacob & Schipper, 1669. 12mo, detached calf boards, sold with all faults ...[more]

Scott, Peter. The Swans, first edition, signed by the author and nine members of the Wildfowl Trust including Janet Kear and Malcolm Alexander Ogi...

Walton, Izaak; Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, fifth Hawkins edition, London: J. F. and C. Rivington, 1791. Octavo, full calf rebacked, etche...

Plato. Opera Omnia. Translated/edited by Marcilio Ficino, in Greek & Latin, Lugduni [Lyon]: Gullemus Laemarius, 1590, pp. [viii], 849, plus 28pp. ...

Baddeley, J. B. & Ward, C. S. Thorough Guide to Ireland, parts 1 & 2, London: Dulau & Co., 1901-02, red cloth, folding colour maps, and four other...

Dulac, Edmund (Illust.). Fairies I Have Met, by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell, scarce first edition, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, [1907]. Octavo, pu...

Kipling, Rudyard. The Works, in 27 volumes, London: Macmillan, 1890-1938. Octavo, uniformly bound in publisher's gilt red cloth, top edge gilt, in...

Cresse, Jr. Major Wadsworth. US Army Standing Operating Procedure No. 10, signed presentation copy inscribed by the author, 'To Edna Selwyn, who s...

Typography & Printing Interest. Printing Types, Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd., Sheffield: The Letter Foundry, 1924. Quarto, publisher's olive green...

Milne, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, London: Methuen, 1928. Octavo, publisher's gilt pink cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated endpa...

Dickens, Charles. Little Dorrit, first edition from the parts with characteristic stab-holes to gutters [pp. 467-474 uncorrected, i.e. 'Rigaud' in...

Robinson, Kim Stanley. Three first editions: Red Mars, 1992; Green Mars, 1993; Blue Mars, 1996. First edition hardbacks with dust-jackets, London:...

Beaton, Cecil. Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook, first edition, London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1937. Quarto, publisher's yellow cloth, unclipped dust-jacket...

Flash Gordon, Science Fiction Stories, First Issue [Vol. 1, No. 1], New York: Harvey Comics, October 1950, a well-preserved & bright comic, very s...

Latin Bible. Iesu Christi D. N. Novum Testamentum, Theodoro Beza interprete, Londini: Thomas Vautrollerius, 1579. Octavo, full vellum with manuscr...

Leonardo da Vinci. A Treatise on Painting, first edition in English, London: J. Senex & W. Taylor, 1721. Engraved frontispiece, title page printed...

[Bartholomaeus Anglicus De proprietatis rerum, London: Thomas Berthelet, 1535], second edition in English, woodcut printer's device at end. Thomas...

Antiquarian Poetry. A small collection to include The Chace, A Poem, by William Somerville, fifth edition, 1767, worn calf; The Satires of Persius...

Trusler, John. The Works of Mr Hogarth Moralized. Octavo, pp. 212, plus 8pp. index, 39 copper-engraved half- and full-page plates by Dent, plus po...

Hunter, Ian. Rock 'n' Roll Star, signed in blue ink on title, Panther paperback, 1974, together with Moon the Loon, 1981, and Love Me Do, 1964 (3)

Twamley, Louisa Anne. The Romance of Nature, Or, Flower Seasons Illustrated, with 25 hand-coloured plates, dis-bound, contents loose, London: Char...

The International Scientific Series. A collection of 24 volumes, various subjects & authors, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd., 1873-...

Edna Florence Stableford, pilot's log book, the final poignant entry at Elmdon Airport recording the outbreak of war, 1939

Keats, John. The Poetical Works, first edition thus, London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1884. Octavo, publisher's parchment covered boards, etched ...