Auction of Antiquarian & Secondhand Books

[CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED] sm. q. of diverse material (Q). ...[more]

MINIATURE & small format books (Q). ...[more]

[LANGUAGE / INDIA] MOLESWORTH (J.) & CANDY (G. & T.) Dictionary, MARATHI & English, 4to, half calf (covers off), 2nd Edn., Bombay, 1857. ...[more]

PRICHARD (J.) Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations proved by a comparison of their dialects, 8vo, full calf with ducal armorial (spine gone, cover...

ILLUSTRATED & LIMITED EDITIONS, q., 4to et infra, various illustrators incl. Piper, Rex Whistler et al. (Q). ...[more]

SCRAP ALBUMS, misc. folio et infra, mostly 19th c. (1 box).

ACTS, TRIALS, etc., a full box of, mostly 18th / 19th c. (1 box).

[AERONAUTICA] 2 vols of "The Aeroplane" magazine from 1934; & book on Zeppelins (3). ...[more]

[BIBLIOGRAPHY] a good early continuous run of the Bibliographical Society Transactions, from Vol. 1, No. 1 until the periodical changed its name; ...

[ARCHIVE] large coll'n of material relating to the McLean family, esp. the water engineer / scientist William N. McLean, his brother Frank, etc; i...

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, q. of 19th & early 20th c. (Q). ...[more]

CHINESE CERAMICS & PORCELAIN ref. books; & misc. other vols (1 box). ...[more]

RAILWAYS INTEREST, q. of books, pamphlets, photos etc. (Q).

[TOY CATALOGUES] a good coll'n of catalogues, Bassett-Lowke, Hornby etc. (Q).

ROBSON (Forster) illustrator: The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man..., 4to, illus., Edition-de-Luxe 26/100 copies signed by artist, pict. ...

[PHOTOGRAPHY] a good coll'n of quarto vols, reference, monographs, etc; various photographers incl. Beaton, Gernreich et alia (1 box).

WITHERBY (H.) Handbook of British Birds, sm. 4to, vols 1-5, clo., d.w.'s, L., 1938-41; CASSELL'S 'Nature Book,' vols 1-7 with mounted col. plates,...

CHURCHILL (W. S.) coll'n of hardback vols by, in good condition (1 box).

VIRGIL, The Works of, English edn. by Robert Andrews, 8vo, contemp. calf (rubbed), Birmingham, Baskerville, 1766; & disparate mix of modern materi...

[BIBLE] La Saincte Bible..., 4to, ornamental engr. title-page only, numerous woodcuts to text, N. T. printed title present, ends at leaf YYy [6] o...

PEARLY KINGS, a good mid 20th c. archive of photos, articles & memorabilia, mostly relating to a particular Pearly King (Q). ...[more]

TOPOGRAPHY & TRAVEL, incl. Pevsners, New Forest etc. (Q). ...[more]

LITERATURE, HISTORY, transport & misc. subjects (Q). ...[more]

ANTIQUE & ART REF., incl. MASON (B.) Clock & Watchmaking in Colchester, 4to, 1969; books on paperweights etc. (1 box). ...[more]

BIBLIOGRAPHY, literary, scientific, etc. (1 box).

[TRAVEL, HISTORY, etc.] HEAD (Sir F. B.) A Narrative [with Appendices], 8vo, cloth gilt, 1st Edn., L., 1839; EDMONDS, History of the Great War...1...

LAWRENCE (R.) Complete Farrier [etc.], 4to engr. frontis & title + 13 plates, calf, L., [1816]; WILLIAMSON (Capt. Thomas) Agricultural Mechanism, ...

BROWN (R.) Domestic Architecture, 4to, portrait & 63 plates, cloth gilt, L., [1842]. ...[more]

HAYTER (C.) Introduction to Perspective Drawing, and Painting..., 8vo, frontis & 18 plates as called for, boards (rebacked), 3rd Edn., L., 1820; &...

[CARPENTRY] TARBUCK (E.) Encyclopaedia of Practical Carpentry..., 4to, frontis & 122 (of 125) plates, half-calf, L., ca. 1845; & 6 others (7). .....

NATURAL HISTORY, RURAL PURSUITS, PIGEONS etc. misc. 19th & 20th c. (1 box). ...[more]

HOBBIES, incl. magic, cards, judo (small q.).

[RAILWAYS] an oblong folio bound collection of locomotive and engineering plates, German, mid 19th c.

YEATS (W.B.) editor: Irish Fairy Tales, 8vo, illus., with pictorial cloth covers by James Torrance, L., Scott, n.d.

YEATS (W.B.) The Tower, 8vo, pictorial clo. by T. Sturge Moore (no d.w.), 1st Edn., L., 1928.

YEATS (W.B.) Poems, 8vo, elaborate cloth gilt by Althea Gyles, bright copy, 1st Edn., L., 1899.

O'CONNOR (Frank) A Picture Book Illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers, 8vo, illus., cloth-backed pictorial boards, Limited Edition, 136/480 copies, Dubl...

LEVERSON (Ada) Letters to the Sphinx from Oscar Wilde, 8vo, cloth, L., 1930.

YEATS (W.B.) Plays for an Irish Theatre...with designs by Gordon Craig, 8vo, illus., cloth-backed boards, L./Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare Head...

YEATS (J.B) Early Memories, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, label, one of 500 copies but without the plate volume), Dundrum, Cuala Press, 1923.

YEATS (W.B.) The Winding Stair, 8vo, spine gilt and upr. cvr. in blind to the design of T. Sturge Moore, no d.w., L., 1933.

SYNGE (J.) The Tinker's Wedding, 8vo, red cloth / buff spine, Dublin, 1907.

YEATS (W.B.) Reveries over Childhood, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, limited edition 252/425 copies, Dundrum, Cuala Press, 1915.

YEATS (W.B.) Stories of Red Hanrahan, 8vo, illus. by Norah McGuiness, pictorial cloth gilt, bookplate of C.E. Rusbridge, 1st Edn., L., 1927.

YEATS (W.B.) Last Poems & Plays, 8vo, cloth (spine gilt, covers blind), d.w. (tanned / foxing), bookplate of Derek Dolby, L., 1940. ...[more]

YEATS (W.B.) The Death of Synge, 8vo, cloth boards, spine label, one of 400 copies, Dublin, Cuala Press, 1928.

another copy (label slightly chipped).

YEATS (W.B.) Poems, 8vo, pict. cloth gilt to the design of H.Granville Fell, ordinary edn., L., 1895.

JOYCE (J.) The Tales of Shem and Shaun, 8vo, cloth, d.w., 1st edn., Faber, 1932.

MACDERMOTT (M.) editor: The New Spirit of the Nation, 8vo, with contributions by Lady Wilde, Thomas Davis et alia, card covers (spine gone, cover...

YEATS (J.B.) illustrator: BORTHWICK (Norma) Ceachta Beaga Gaedhilge . . . Irish Reading Lessons . . . Book I (pp. 20, 2) Book II, (pp. 40) bound t...

[CUALA PRESS & Jack YEATS] The Wren Boys, sm. 4to, illus, yap-edged card covers (faded, v. slight chips and short tears to the yap-edges), Cuala P...

YEATS (W.B.) On the Boiler, 4to, pictorial card wrappers, yap edges, Dublin, Cuala Press, [ca. 1938].

YEATS (W.B.) Modern Poetry, 8vo pamphlet, card covers, 1st Edn., BBC, 1936.

JOYCE (J.) Pomes, Penyeach, 8vo pamphlet, 1st Faber edn., 1933.

JOYCE (J.) The Cat and the Devil, 4to, illus. by Gerald Rose, pict. boards, d.w., Faber, 1965.

[BEWICK], Supplement to the History of British Birds, Part I [& Part II, & Addenda], illus., original boards with printed label to upr. cvr., Newc...

EPICTETUS, Enchiridion, . . . editio secunda . . .per Edvardium Ivie, 12mo, contemp. calf gilt, Oxford, Sheldon Theatre, 1723.

[A. & C. BLACK] HUISH (M.) Happy England, as Painted by Helen Allingham, 4to, col. plates, LTD EDN. 580/750 copies, signed by Huish, cream cloth d...

HARRISON (Florence) illustrator: Christina Rossetti Poems, 4to, tipped in col. & b/w. plates, edition de-luxe, 170 of 350 copies signed, vellum gi...