Auction of Antiquarian & Secondhand Books

PRINTED PRIZE TICKET, resulting from an exam at "Mrs Rea's Boarding-School, Exchequer Street...July 26th, 1790," pasted to front board of the "Bea...

TRUSLER (John) The Progress of Man and Society for the Use of Schools, 12mo, numerous Bewick-school woodcuts, lacks (as often) pp. 61-64, 69/70, 8...

TERENCE'S Comedies: Made English, 8vo, title, pp.xxii, 1f., pp.359 (1), old calf (worn, covers loose), 2nd Edn., L., 1698.

PARSONS (Robert, S.J.) A Christian Directory Guiding men to their Eternal Salvation..., 8vo, title, pp. 5-8, 775, [14, 1 blank], contemp. calf, in...

[CHALLONER (R.)] Memoirs of Missionary Priests, as well Secular as Regular, 8vo, pp. [28], 450, old quarter calf, s.n.s.l., 1741. (i.e. Part 1 onl...

[POPE JOAN] SANHEIM (M.de) Histoire de la Papesse Jeanne..., 2 vols in 1, 12mo, 5 plates, contemp. calf (worn), 3rd Edn., A.La Haye, 1736.

L'OFFICE de la SEMAINE SAINTE, 8vo, pp. [16], 752 (headlines slightly cropped), calf, Paris, 1658; another copy, 1731; DE SALES (F.) Le Vrais Entr...

[ARMENIAN TEXT/ PRINTING] [JOHN, of CONSTANTINOPLE, translator:] [Noragoyn cagik Zoruteanc . . .], 8vo, pp. 246 (of 248, i.e. lacking A1 / half-...

PRATT (Anne) Flowering Plants of Great Britain, 3 vols, lge 8vo, 243 plates, green cloth gilt, L., Warne, n.d.; & another set, 4 vols (7). ...[mo...

GRACE (A.) Course of Lessons in Landscape Painting in Oils, folio, chromo plates (some loose) boards, (worn), 2nd Edn., L., 1885; THOMPSON (S.) Li...

[ANON] The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education, 2 vols, 2 frontispieces, 34 folding plates, covers off, 8th Edn., L., 1793; & larg...

HISTORY, travel & misc. 19th/20th c (1 box). ...[more]

CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED, small q. (1 box). ...[more]

19th c literature, sm. q. (1 box).

GIBBONS (Stella) Conference at Cold Comfort Farm, 8vo, d.w., 1st, 1949; & small q. (1 box). ...[more]

SOWERBY & JOHNSON, Ferns of Great Britain, 8vo, 48 plates, bound with Supplement, 31 plates, cloth (spine split), L., 1859; & 3 other vols (4). ....

OZELL (Mr.) A New and Compendious Dictionary. French and English, 12mo, contemp. sheep, L., 1717; [DESFONTAINES (P.-F. G.)] Dictionaire Neologique...

PULLEYN (William) The Etymological Companion or Portfolio of Origins and Inventions, 8vo, half calf, L., 1828.

ROBERTSON (W.) Phraseologia Generalis...A Full, Large, and General Phrase Book..., 8vo, unpaginated, corner torn away (with loss) to ff. C6 & C7, ...

[DICTIONARIES] DYCHE (T.) A New General English Dictionary...Seventeenth Edition, 8vo, later diced calf, 1794; BAILEY (N.) An Universal English Di...

[RIDER (J.) &] HOLYOAKE (F.) [Rider's Dictionarie...] Dictionarium Etymologicum Latinum..., 4to, lacks prelim title (vide STC 13620], rebound, L.,...

COOPER (Thomas) Thesaurus Linguae Romanae & Britannicae..., folio in 6's, title laid down, lacking a prelim leaf; finishing at 6 m 4, later revers...

HALLIWELL (J. O.) A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, 2 vols., 8vo, clo., 8th Edn., L., 1874; WRIGHT (T.) Dictionary of Obsolete and Pro...

JAMIESON (J.) An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, 2 vols., 4to, old calf (reback now worn), Edinburgh, 1808; MURRAY (A.) History ...

small q. of misc. vols, incl. [ANON] Habits of Good Society, 8vo, L., ca. 1870; & 3 others (Q). ...[more]

[AMERICAN PRINTING] Memoirs of the Rev. William Tennent..., 16mo, roan-backed boards, inscribed "for M. Tennent Esq. of Belfast sent by his Nephew...

[CRICKET], a good collection of cricket & club history books, some signed (1 box). ...[more]

BELIZE, BERMUDA, HONDURAS; 5 vols., ex libris Gov. of Bermuda, Sir M. Porrett (5).

WILLIAM BLAKE'S Designs for Edward Young's Night Thoughts. A Complete Edition, 2 vols., lge 4to, clo., d.w.'s, slipcase, Oxford, 1980. (2).

[BINDINGS] New and General Biographical Dictionary, 14 (of 15) vols., 8vo, contemp. sprinkled calf gilt, labels, L., 1798 (14).

REYNOLDS (Frank) illustrator: Mr Pickwick, 4to, col. plates, rebound in green quarter morocco, part of original cloth binding bound at back, L., n...

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

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

PYNE (J. B.) The Lake Scenery of England, 4to, chromo pict. title & 24 tinted litho plates, cloth gilt (contents loose), L., n.d. ...[more]

HARGROVE, History . . . of Knaresborough, 4th Edition, 12mo, frontis., folding map, 5 plates, text illus., covers off, repair touching title lette...

[CHINA ATLAS] JOUAN (Rene) Geographie de la Chine, 4to atlas, maps & text, original printed wrappers, 3rd Edn., Shanghai, 1922. ...[more]

FLETCHER (H.) Bombed London, 4to, illus., pict. cloth (a/f), L., 1947; Burke's Landed Gentry, 1925 (2).

JAPANESE, late 19th/early 20th c. picture & pattern books; with morocco pull-off protective case (5). ...[more]

[ARTIC] M'CLINTOCK (Capt.) Voyage of the 'Fox'...A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin...,8vo, 17 plates (2 repositioned, ...

[NAVY] LAIRD CLOWES (Sir W.) et alia, The Royal Navy, A History, 7 vols., 4to, profusely illus., cloth gilt, l., 1897-1903; & 7 other vols., Naval...

[ANGLING] EDMONDS & LEE, Brook and River Trouting. A Manual of North Country Methods, sm. 4to, plates, clo., Bradford [1916], SKUES, Minor Tactics...

[BINDINGS] BROWNING (Robert) Men and Women, 2 vols., 16mo, LIMITED EDITION numbered 20/75 on Japanese vellum, full green morocco gilt by Riviere (...

[WWI & WWII] periodicals, [WWII] The War Illustrated, 5 vols., 4to, illus., 1939 & onward; World War 1914-1918, 2 vols., bound without wrappers; a...

[FALCONRY etc.] FREDERICK II (of Hohenstaufen), The Art of Falconry, 4to, illus., clo., d.w., reissue, Stanford 1961; & 1 other (2). ...[more]

[HORTICULTURE] GALLE (F.) Azaleas, 4to, illus., clo, d.w. revised edn., Portland [1987]; & misc. others on Rhododendrons, Alpines, etc. (1 box). ...

ROWLING (J. K.) five Harry Potter Titles, incl. 1st Edns. (5).

BIOGRAPHY, LAW etc. (1 box).

[CHINESE interest] Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Government Exhibits...in London, Volume III Painting and Calligraphy, 4to, illus., clo., d.w.,...

[GODWYN (T.)] Romanae Historiae...An English Exposition of the Roman Antiquities, sm. 4to, 3 arts (with separate t.p.'s in 1), contemp. calf (reba...

[CANT (W.)] Relation of the Conference between William Laud and Mr Fisher, folio, panel calf rebacked, L., 1686; with two early owner names, Lewis...

ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS, 12 vols. bound as 6, 12mo, contemp. calf (worn), L., 1753 (6).

[CHILDREN'S] misc. vols. by Enid Blyton, W. Johns, etc. (Q).

MARMADUKE MULTIPLY, 2 vols., early 19th c., h-col'd illus., lacking titles (2).

QUEEN CHARLOTTE, q. of books & related (1 box). ...[more]

SPORTING/GAMES, small q. (Q).

misc. lit. & non-fiction (1 box). ...[more]

q. of misc. lit., nat. hist., etc. (3 boxes).

CHILDREN'S, Ladybird, Dornford Yates, etc. (2 boxes).

BINDINGS, misc. mainly 19th c., science, literature, etc. (Q).

[RAILWAYS] an extensive collection of Railway history books, 4to et. infra., mainly hardbacks (6 boxes).