Auction of Antiquarian & Secondhand Books

[MANUSCRIPTS] a coll'n of misc. ms, material, incl. 18th c. doc. relating to the Commission of Sewers, from head of the Ravensborne, Deptford, to ...

[MANUSCRIPTS] coll'n of 19th & 20th c. letters, incl. letter written by Bram Stoker on behalf of & signed by Henry Irving dated Feb. 1898, on Lyce...

[ARCHITECTURE] folder of 20th c. material relating to a house in Wimbledon (Q).

EPHEMERA, Prints, mss., periodicals, etc. 18th - 20th c. (1 box).

[EPHEMERA] BENSLEY (T.) publisher: 'An Analysis of the Print of Elymas the Sorcerer,' 4to, 8pp., buff printed wrappers, L., ca. 1820; 4pp. prospec...

SCOTT (William Bell) Illustrations to the Kings Quair, vignette on title, 6 plates on india laid, 46/110 ltd edn., signed & inscribed, portfolio (...

[THEATRE] 3 letters signed by HENRY IRVING (the main text of 2 in another hand & 1 in full) with 2 envelopes; a 4pp. amusing a.l.s. by Ellen TERRY...

QUEEN VICTORIA: a clipped signature & 2 copies (1 torn in half) of a facsimile letter to "all the Women of Great Britain & Ireland," June 22, 1887...

[AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION] an oblong folio album put together in 1898 (but including earlier contents) with a very wide ranging collection of signatur...

[EARLY PRINTING] leaf 'kiiii' from (according to accompanying note) A Book of Hours, Paris, 1475, by Pijouchet for Simon de Voster; black letter L...

[EARLY PRINTING] a collection of 7 misc. printed leaves, mainly 16th c., incl. a leaf from the London, 1527, printing of Boccaccio's 'Fall of Prin...

[PRINTING, etc] a leaf of printed Chinese text; a Peruvian birchbark painting (uncoloured) & 2 x 4pp. folio printed documents, early 19th c, Arabi...

A late 15th c folio leaf, numbered 114, headed "In die parascenes," manuscript on vellum, red & black ink (1). ...[more]

KELLY (K.) Landscaping the Saudi Arabian Desert, 4to, illus., clo., d.w., Philadelphia, 1976.

[TRAVEL & TOPOGRAPHY] Heath's Landscape Annuals for 1832/3, bound in contemp. red morocco; & misc. 19th & 20th c. (1 box). ...[more]

ROUNDELL (Mrs C.) COWDRAY: The History of a Great English House, 4to, photo & other illus., cloth gilt, L., 1884 (1). ...[more]

[HUNTING] WOLLOCOMBE (J. B.) The Tetcott Hunt Week, 8vo, plates, cloth, L., 1895; [ANON] Sporting Reminiscences of Hampshire from 1745 to 1862, 8v...

[CHILDREN's] [ANON] The Garden, sq. 8vo, plates, red roan-backed cloth boards, 4th Edn., L., J. Harris, 1836; LANDELLS (E.) The Boy's Own Toy-Make...

WAUGH (Evelyn) Decline and Fall, 8vo, clo. (worn), 1st trade Edn. L., 1928; Black Mischief, 1st trade edn., 1932; & small q. of lit. (7). ...[mor...

[CHILDREN's & ILLUSTRATED] POGANY (W.) illustrator: Tannhauser, 4to, illus., black cloth gilt, N.Y., n.d.; & small q. (Q). ...[more]

misc. mainly leatherbound 19th & 20th c. illustrated, incl. leather bindings (2 boxes). ...[more]

[GARDENING] a quantity of good quality 20th c gardening & garden history books (1 box). ...[more]

[GARDENING] q. of 19th c & later gardening books, Gertrude Jekyll, the Loudons etc. including: WHARTON (Edith) Italian Villas and their Gardens, 4...

[ALPINE PLANTS] WOOSTER (D.) Alpine Plants, [1st Series], 4to, 54 col. plates, cloth gilt, 2nd Edn., L., 1874; Series 2, 54 col. plates, 1874; & 3...

[BINDINGS] SISTERS BRONTE, Novels of, Thornton Edition, 12 vols., 8vo, tan half morocco by Riviere & Son, L., 1924 (12). ...[more]

misc. lit incl. an extensive coll'n of works by Philip GIBBS, leatherbound vols. of Junior Mechanics (from vol. 1, 1913) etc. (4 boxes).

[LONDON] SHARPE (R.) London and the Kingdom, a History, 3 vols., 8vo, illus., clo., L., 1894 (3).

[LONDON] MACHRAY (R.) The Night Side of London, 8vo, illus. by Tom Browne, pict. cloth, L., 1902; & misc. others on Hampstead, the Albany, etc. (1...

[LONDON] TIMBS (J.) Club Life of London, 2 vols., 8vo, illus., half calf (rubbed), L., 1866; & misc. other vols on London clubs, the SAVOY, etc. (...

[CRIME] Complete Report of the Trial of Miss Madeleine Smith for Alleged Poisoning, 8vo, portrait, disbound, Edinburgh, 1857; & 4 other vols (5). ...

[CRIME] coll'n of crime history / trial monographs (1 box).

[CRIME] British Notable Trials series, & related, approx. 30 vols (30). ...[more]

[JACK the RIPPER] KNIGHT (S.) Jack the Ripper. The Final Solution, 8vo, illus., clo., d.w., 1st Edn., 1976; & 2 others (3). ...[more]

[CAPITAL PUNISHMENT] small coll'n, incl. 1963 reprint of the Royal Commission report (Q).

[WOMEN & CRIME] small coll'n about Myra Hindley, Ruth Ellis, etc. (6). ...[more]

[PROSTITUTION] coll'n of books about the history of prostitution, & practitioners (19). ...[more]

[FEMALE HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY] PANKHURST (E. S.) The Suffragette Movement, 8vo, illus., clo., reissue, L., 1932; & 4 others (5). ...[more]

[ESPIONAGE] HYDE (H. M.) Room 3603, [with foreword by Ian Fleming], 8vo, clo., d.w., USA edn., 1963; & 2 anthologies (3). ...[more]

[ESPIONAGE] a good collection of hardback histories, studies, monographs etc. (2 boxes).

[HISTORY] misc. collection of social & other history, incl. leatherbound (1 box). ...[more]

[OSCAR WILDE] MUDDIMAN (B.) The Men of the Nineties, 8vo, boards, L., 1920; & sm. coll'n of Wilde related biography, etc. (8). ...[more]

misc. literature, (some 1st's), biography, etc. (2 boxes).

[HOGARTH] Hogarth Illustrated by John Ireland, 2 vols + Supplement, i.e. 3 vols, 8vo, plates (pen trials to some margins), near contemp. red moroc...

["PUNCH" artists] a collection of vols, folio et infra re: artists & writers incl. Phil May, Hablot K. Browne, etc. (6). ...[more]

[FRENCH SATIRE, etc.] q. of periodicals etc., incl. "L'Assiette au Beurre," & illus. works by Cham, Lami & others, s.w.a.f. (1 box). ...[more]

[CARICATURE, etc.] collection of works & monographs incl. Vanity Fair (8). ...[more]

[19th c ILLUSTRATED PERIODICALS] sm. coll'n, various titles, incl. "The Illustrated Almanac," "Pictorial Half-Hours," (4 vols) & others (8). ...[...

Der Bazaar, vol of 19th c German periodical & 3 other works (4). ...[more]

[BINDINGS] AUSTEN (Jane) 4 vols., novels, 1/2 calf by Riviere, L., n.d.; Greville Memoirs, 8 vols, navy ripple-grain half calf by Harrison & Sons,...

[BINDINGS] MORLEY (John) various titles, biog. (Rousseau, Burke, Cobden, Cromwell et al), lit crit. etc., 1873-1913, uniformly bound in brown half...

[BINDINGS] GROTE, History of Greece, 10 vols, 8vo, full blue morocco gilt by J. Low (of London, ticket), a.e.g., L., 1888 (10).

[RAILWAYS] misc. books, certificates, etc. (Q).

[ROME /ARCHITECTURE / ENGINEERING] ZABAGLIA (Niccola) Castelli, e ponti... con alcune ingegnose pratiche, e con la descrizione del trasporto dell'...

GENERAL STRIKE NEWSPAPERS May, 1926 [collection, comprising:] Strand Gazette, No's 4-9 (May 8, 10, 11, 12, 12, 14th). 2) Financial News, foolsc...

SMALL FORMAT books, quantity of (1 box).

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

[GOLF] NASH (G.) Letters to the Secretary of a Golf Club, 8vo, illus., clo., 1st Edn., L., 1935; & sequel, 1936; 3 other golf books & a book on "F...

[ANTIQUARIAN] GRAINGER (James) The Sugar-Cane, 4to, lacks frontis, 1st Edn., L., 1764, bound with other works; & a q. of misc. antiquarian (2 boxe...

[NUMISMATICS] WALSH (R.) Brief Notice of Some Ancient Coins..., 12mo, frontis. & 13 plates, PRESENTATION COPY, printed boards, 1st Edn., L., [1828...

[NATURAL HISTORY & BOTANY] WHITEHEAD (P.) & EDWARDS (P.) Chinese Natural History Drawings Selected from the Reeves Collection, lge folio, col. pla...