AUCTION of ANTIQUARIAN & SECONDHAND BOOKS Documents, Prints, Original Artwork etc.

BOOK BOXES; a Huntley & Palmer's tin in the form of a book; & other faux books. ...[more]

[RAF/WWII & later] personal archive of Yorkshireman, Wing Commander Frederick Procter, D.S.O., Spitfire & Mosquito pilot, incl. photo album (ca. 1...

DUST-WRAPPERS, quantity of loose, i.e. without the books (Q)

ST. DOMINIC'S PRESS. "Small Rhyme Sheet No. 7. The Man of Science," woodcut at head, single sheet, 9 x 5 inches, u/f

[EPHEMERA] GANTON GOLF LINKS (Scarborough) "Plan of the Course," pamphlet, ca. 1905; p.c. of Churchill franked with "Dig for Victory" 1940; & misc...

J. B., artist / engraver: "The Young Boscius and Don Juan on the Theatrical Pegasus," hand-col'd engr., trimmed within platemark, 10 x 11.5 inches...

FORES (S. W.) publisher: "Pizzaro, A New Play or the Drury-Lane Masquerade," hand-col'd engr., short tears, trimmed within plate mark, 9.5 x 15.25...

GILLRAY (J.) "The Death of Admiral Lord Nelson in the Moment of Victory," engr. (restrike), later colouring, 15.5 x 11 ins [P], maple frame, L., H...

DIGHTON (D.) engraver & publisher: "Mrs H. Johnston in the Melodrama of Timour the Tartar," engr., later colouring, 13.5 x 9.25 ins [I.], maple fr...

GILLRAY (J.) "Dilletanti-Theatricals; or - A Peep at the Green Room," hand-col'd engr., 12.5 x 19ins [I.], restored damage in right margin, L., Hu...

PARK (A.) publisher, "Mr Hicks as Mordenbrenner," engr. with tinsel application, trimmed & laid on watercolour background, 11 x 9 ins [S], maple f...

LONDON THEATRES, a collection of framed early 19th c. theatre bills, mostly Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, some bills featuring added attractions, e.g...

PROVINCIAL THEATRE, two framed bills for the Theatre, Boston [Lincolnshire], featuring Kean, dated 1824; & an 1804 Birmingham bill (3).

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, a late 18th / early 19th c. ink and watercolour view of the stage & surrounds, some damage, 12 x 19 ins, f. & g.

[DICKENSIANA] "Queen's Theatre, Long Acre...Mon. Jan. 11th 1869...A Christmas Drama entitled DOT. The Story by Charles Dickens Esq..." 19.5 x 7.25...

[DICKENSIANA] "Free Trade Hall, Manchester...February 11th 1852. The Amateur Company of the Guild of Literature and Art...Not So Bad as We Seem [f...

[DICKENSIANA] a good pencil & watercolour bust portrait of CHARLES DICKENS, very faint signature (of the artist) & date of 1873, 11 x 9 ins, f. & ...

[HENRY IRVING] two theatre bills, London & Edinburgh, printed in blue, featuring Henry IRVING in the cast, 1857 & 1868, f. & g.

[HENRY IRVING] a collection of theatre bills, various dates & sizes, featuring Henry IRVING with cast (9).

[HENRY IRVING] a fringed-silk, printed on silk theatre programme by W. Johnson "Nassau Steam Press," for the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Nov. 6th 1889 f...

[IRVING & TERRY] a mounted photograph, 5 x 3 ins, by Window & Grove, signed by Henry Irving & Ellen Terry on the mount, f. & g.

[HENRY IRVING] a cabinet photograph by Barraud, 5.5 x 4 ins, signed by Irving and J. L. Toole on the mount, a bit faded, f. & g.; & 3 other photos...

[HENRY IRVING] an etched proof portrait, signed in the image 'Alf .P. 1876', inscribed on the mount in pencil "Christopher Bradshaw from Henry Irv...

[HENRY IRVING] a fine watercolour & gouache caricature of Irving, signed 'Bax', 14 x 10 ins, f. & g.

[HENRY IRVING] a pencil, ink & watercolour caricature of Irving, signed with initials 'G. H.', 9 x 6.5 ins, f. & g.

[HENRY IRVING & others] an ink, watercolour and white caricature on buff paper, of Irving, J. L. Toole & Squire Bancroft, signed F. STEVENS and da...

[IRVING & TERRY] BELL (Edward H.) artist: a monochrome study, dated 1879, of Henry Irving & Ellen Terry in costume, signed by them on the mount, 1...

[THEATRICAL PORTRAITS] J. Forbes Robertson as Hamlet, ink & watercolour, signed with monogram 'H. B.', 12 x 8ins, f. & g., & 9 other prints & pict...

OSBERT SITWELL, attributed to, mono-wash portrait, unsigned, 15 x 10.5 ins, & 2 character studies by another hand (3).

BUCHE (C. A.) procession of RII Shakespearean characters in costume, col. print, 13 x 39 ins, f. & g., ca. 1903.

A collection of reproduction vintage theatre posters, etc. (7).

A hand col'd reproduction panoramic print of 17th c. Venice, 15.5 x 39 ins, f. & g.; & 3 other prints (4).

SIMPSON (Jackson) "Setters," [dogs], pencil-signed & titled etching, 5.5 x 9 ins [P], f. & g.; & 1 other print (2).

BROWNE (Gordon Frederick, 1858-1932) Everyday Life On The Railroad, gouache, signed with initials, original artwork for cover publication, 1898, ...

EVENEPOEL (Henri) (BELGIAN, 1872-1899) lithograph printed in colours, original Poster for special exhibition edition of Le Diable au Corps, Antwer...

LE VAILLANT (Fran ois, 1753-1824) Certhia, Cabinet de Fran ois Vailliant, non Decrits in Figuree, male et female; Cabinet de I'Amerigue, Septentri...

Attributed to GEORGE RAPER (BRITISH, 1769-1796, of the First Fleet) Vulture, watercolour on buff paper, original artwork, 17 x 13.25ins.

BARRETT (Peter) (1935) Manatees, Mother and Calf; Young Calf and Mother, original watercolour illustration intended for publication, 10 x 13ins. (...

[BINDINGS] collection of fine bindings, mostly French titles to include HUGO (Victor) Notre-Dame, three volumes 1831, and other titles (Q).

[BINDINGS] collection of fine bindings, mostly French titles to include DAUDET, (Alphonse), Theatre, published 1930, and other titles (Q).

[TRAVEL & TOPOGRAPHY]. q. of misc. vols., 4to et infra (Q).

ABBEY (E.) & (Alfred) illustrator: She Stoops to Conquer, folio, illus., calf (worn), N. Y., 1897 & 2 other vols. (3).

BIBLIOGRAPHY, ART HIST. & COMPANY HISTORY, small q., incl. "The Works of Pauling and Company," 4to, illus., signed by directors, 1930 (7).

HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY & LITERATURE, incl. illus., 19th & 20th c. (Q).

BINDINGS & ANTIQUARIAN, small q. mainly 19th c. (Q).

BACON (John) small ms. illus. for children, boards, entitled "Letters to Moonyean," Newport, 1940-1944.

WHITTAKER FAMILY, printed pedigree, family bible, photos etc., mostly 19th c. (Q).

[THEATRE HISTORY] PLAYFAIR (N.) Story of the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, lge 8vo, illus., clo., L., 1925; CARTER (H.) The New Spirit of European T...

[MUSIC] q. of 19th c. printed music & a box for music (Q).

COUNTRY PURSUITS, etc., q. of 4to et infra, incl. illus. (Q).

[OLIVER CROMWELL etc.] The Perfect Politician...O. Cromwell, 12mo, lacking a gathering, calf, L., 1680; a fragment of ms. bearing signature in the...

PRINCE (J.) Danmonii Orientales Illustres: Or, The Worthies of Devon, folio, panel calf, Exeter, 1701.

[ARISTOTLE'S MASTERPIECE] "Medical Knowledge," 16mo, illus., cloth gilt, ca. 1890; Mrs Marshall's Large Cookery Book (2).

[FINE ARTS] STOPFORD (F.) Romance of the Jewel, 4to, col. plates, L., 1920; BOWES (J.) Notes on Shippo, 4to, illus., Presentation Copy, Liverpool,...

The Tomahawk, 1867 & 1869, with many fold-out or double-page political cartoons; DORE (Gustave) illustrator: The Rime of the Ancient Marnier, lge ...

[CHILDRENS'S & ILLUSTRATED] ATKINSON (J.) Scenes in Fairyland, 8vo, illus. by C. E. Brock, clo., L., 1892; DETMOLD (E.) Illustrators: Hours of Gla...

AUNT LOUISA'S Nursery Favourite, 4to, 24 col. plates, cloth gilt, (recased etc.), L., 1870; The Henny-Penny Picture Book, a/f; & 1 other (3).

OLFERS (Marie von) Denk-Sprache, 4to, 12 card mounted col. plates in printed portfolio, Berlin, ca. 1890.

[COSTUME] bound coll'n of 74 col. plates (& others b/w) from "London and Paris Ladies Magazine," 1857-1860; & another costume book (2).

HARRY POTTER, 5 misc. vols. incl. 1st Edns. (5).