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

EPHEMERA, COSTUMES, photographs, theatre programmes, newspapers, etc. (Q).

[ALMANACK] NELSON'S Pocket Almanack for the Year 1818, circular, comprising: pictorial title inside the lid, 6 double-sided circular printed discs...

[GAME] "Regle du Jeu de L'Oie", single sheet, engraved vignettes, contemp. hand colouring, (folds), Paris, Berreux, undated; & vellum indenture, 1...

[EVEREST] "The Times" Everest Colour Supplement, 1953; "Latest Trekking Map Kangchienjung / Makalu / Mt. Everest," folding map printed in blue, n....

misc. ephemera, commemorative newspapers, pamphlets, ms. material etc. (Q).

PRINCE GEORGE (later George Vth), a.l.s., dated April 11th 1893, to a Mrs Payne, explaining he cannot attend her daughter's wedding because of the...

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

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

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

[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...

[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...

[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.

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

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

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).

[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).

FLEMING (Ian) The Man With the Golden Gun, 8vo, clo., spine gilt lettered, d.w., in above average condition, 1st Edn., L., 1965.

PATON (H. Noel) illustrator: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, obl. 4to, illus., cloth, Art Union of London, 1873; & 2 other Victorian illustrated ...

[TRAVEL] CHAPMAN (F. Spencer) Helvellyn to Himalaya, 8vo, illus., map, clo., 1st Edn., L., 1940; EGGLER (A.) The Everest Lhotse Adventure, 8vo, il...

[GEOLOGY/PETROLEUM/RUSSIA]small archive mainly relating to mining engineer,oil seeker and geologist THOMASGEORGEMADGWICK[1877ca. 1950], including ...

CROMBIE (Charles) illustrator: Simple Simon and his Friends, obl. folio, co. plates, cloth-backed boards, a promotional piece for Brown & Polsom's...

BETJEMAN (J.) Summoned by Bells, 8vo, illus., clo., d.w., 1st L., 1960; & misc. vols., incl. Tolkein, children's etc. (1 box).

[TRAVEL, TOPOGRAPHY etc.] WILSON (Capt. H.) A British Borderland, Service and Sport in Equatoria, 8vo, illus., clo., 1st Edn., L., 1913; & misc. o...

[HISTORY, POLITICS, etc.] ORWELL (George) The Lion and the Unicorn, 8vo, clo., d.w. (tatty) 1st Edn. re-issue, L., 1941; & misc. other vols. (1 bo...

[MISCELLANY] ROSHER (R.) Filia Maris, 8vo, covers & illus. by author, signed, L., 1925 & misc. other 19th & 20th c. vols., some leatherbound, etc....

NATURAL HISTORY, misc. coll'n incl. vols. illus. by Michael Ayrton, Barbara Jones & Tunnicliffe (1 box).

[CHILDREN'S BOOKS] small q., a/f (Q).

MILNE (A. A.) Winnie-the-Pooh, 8vo, illus. by E. H. Shepard, green cloth gilt, 1st Edn., L., 1926.

DR. JOHNSON, A Dictionary of the English Language compiled from..., 12mo, engr. frontis, contemp. straight grain red morocco, L., 1823.

LAWRENCE (T. E.) Seven Pillars, 4to, illus., 1st trade edition, L., 1935.

POMET, A Complete History of Druggs, 4to, red & black printed title, 86 numbered plates (plus a duplicate of plate 54), contemp. panel calf, 2nd E...

DRYDEN (John) translator: The Works of Virgil...Second Edition, folio, 1f. title (red & black), pp. 690 (recte 692, i.e. pp. 95/6 bis; p. 281 misn...

[PERIODICALS] BELL'S Parliamentary Debates and Biographical Sketches..., parts 1-8 (only) in original wrappers, L., 1807; Gent's Mag. For Jan. 180...

KNOWLER (William) The Earl of Strafforde's Letters and Dispatches, with an Essay towards his Life, 2 vols., folio, engr. frontis portrait after Va...

DRAKE (James) Anthropologia Nova: or A New System of Anatomy...Second Edition, 8vo, 2 vols. bound in 1, vol. 1: portrait frontis (repaired with lo...

CROXALL (S.) translator: Fable of Aesop, and others, 12mo, wood-engraved frontis by C. NESBIT, numerous text illus., tree calf (expertly rebacked)...

LEWIS (D.) compiler: Miscellaneous Poems, by Several Hands. Published by D. Lewis, 8vo, 8 ff., pp.320, contemp. calf, L., Printed by J. Watts, 172...

SMITH (Charlotte) Elegiac Sonnets, 2 vols., 12mo, mixed edn., i.e. vol. 1; 10th Edn., 2 ff., pp.xiii, 2 ff. contents, pp.106, 5 of 6 plates, L., 1...

[ALLESTREE (R.)] The Government of the Tongue, 8vo, license leaf, 1 f. title, 6 ff., pp.224, contemp. calf tooled in blind, early owner inscriptio...

VENNER (T.) Via Recta ad Vitam Longam, Or, A Plain Philosophicall Demonstration of the Nature, Faculties, and Effects of all such things as by way...

BOSWELL (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vols., 4to, stipple-engr. portrait, pp.xii, 8 ff. contents etc., pp.516; 1f. title, pp.588, 1 plate ...

JOHNSON (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language...The Eighth Edition, 2 vols., 4to, portrait in vol. 1, unpaginated, contemp. calf (rebacked...

[BIBLE] The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the new, 4to, [preceded by BCP, L., Charles Bill, 1697 - t.p. torn with stitched repair], ...

DALTON (Michael) The Countrey Justice..., folio, 1f. blank, (A1), title with woodcut surround, 4 ff., pp.410 (recte 418, i.e. 133-137 bis, 277-280...

[SAMMELBAND] HILDEBRAND (Joachim) Antiquitates Ex Universa Scriptura..., 4to, 4 ff., pp.182, 5 ff. index, Helmestadi, Hammii, 1700; bound with 14 ...

ANDERSEN (H. C.) Danish Fairy Legends, 8vo, illus., prize calf, 3rd Edn., L., 1875; & misc. vols. (1 box).