Auction of Antiquarian & Secondhand Books

[NEEDLEWORK] a mid-19th c. album with mounted samples (approx. 85) of crochet work.

THEATRE (the) A Monthly Review and Magazine, Vol. 1 [New Series] - vol. 4, July 1880-Dec. 1881, 4 vols, 8vo, mounted woodburytype photos, L., Char...

THEATRE, q. of first-half 20th c. programmes (Q).

DRAWING and DESIGN, periodical, bound vol. containing No. 25, May 1917 - No. 56, April 1920, illus., clothbound.

BEARDSLEY (Aubrey) illustrator: Morte d'Arthur / Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur, 4to, illus.., half morocco by Baynton, bookplate of Florence ...

ALFORD (H.) The RIVIERA... from Cannes to Genoa, 4to, 12 chromo plates, text illus., cloth gilt by Burn, L., 1870.

[GOLDEN COCKERELL PRESS] BELL (Gertrude) The Arab War, 4to, 23/30 copies bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (worn), G. C. P., 1940; DE CHAIR (Somerset...

JERUSALEM, & environs, q. of WWI era photos etc. (Q). ...[more]

BARKER (Clive) Weaveworld, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st U.K. Edn., L., 1987; & misc. fiction, non-fiction, erotica, motor racing, etc. (1 box). ...[more]

[BINDINGS] FITZGERALD (E.) Letters & Literary Remains, 3 vols, 8vo, half vellum by Bickers, L., 1889; & misc. other leatherbound vols, 4to, et inf...

[ART & ILLUSTRATION] THOMSON (J.) Public and Private Life of Animals, 8vo, illus., by GRANDVILLE, pict. cloth gilt, L., 1877; "Once A Week," 7 vol...

GIBSON (Charles Dana) illustrator; 8 titles, lge obl. 4to, illus., cloth-backed pictorial boards, 1890's - ca. 1910 (8).

PHIL MAY'S ABC, 4to, illus., 227/1050 copies pict. clo., Leadenhall Press, 1897; & 2 other works by May (3). ...[more]

[ART REFERENCE] BLAKE'S PENCIL DRAWINGS, Second Series, 4to, illus., clo., 560/1550 copies, d.w., Nonesuch Press, 1936; & small q. mainly Aubrey B...

LEE (F. G.) Sights and Shadows being Examples of the Supernatural, 8vo, clo., 1st Edn., L., 1894 & small q. of misc. (Q). ...[more]

[GERMAN ART & CULTURE etc.] SPIESS (G.) Die Preussische Expedition nach Ostasien, wahrend der Jahre 1860-1862, 8vo, frontis & 8 plates, Japanese c...

[GERMAN ART & ILLUSTRATION] Adolph Menzel's Illustrationen zu den Werken Friedrichsdes Grossen, 2 vols, 4to, illus., Berlin 1886 & q. of others (Q...

[ART & ILLUSTRATION] SCHMITT (S. A. W.) editor: Z rcher Kassette, folio, numerous signed texts & illus., various authors etc., in original suede c...

[ART & ILLUSTRATION] HORTER (Margaret) Funf Minuten nach dem Tod, 4to, linocuts by Reinhold Liess, pict. boards, Viernheim 1960; ERHARDT (A.) Das ...

TOULOUSE LAUTREC, "Au Cirque," 4to, col. lithos, 868/1500 copies, Monte Carlo, 1952; & 2 others, Toulouse Lautrec (3). ...[more]

[ORIENTAL INTEREST] a fine red morocco clamshell case modelled as a book, with gilt title "W. R. Moss / 1914" on the spine, containing a colour ne...

RIDER HAGGARD (H.) Ayesha, 8vo, illus., cloth gilt, 1st Edn., L., 1905; & a small q. of misc. (Q). ...[more]

[CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED] 3 oblong folios of artwork by Barbara Sichel aged 11 - 141/2, 1906-8, in Youthful Art League covers; & small q. of book...

[LEEDS] Walks through Leeds, 12mo, frontis & 2 plates, text illus., half roan (worn) Leeds, 1834 bound with: [CAWOOD (J.)] Naaman's Leprosy...A Sa...

BELSON (Mary) The Orphan Boy or, A Journey to Bath..., 12mo, frontis & 1 plate, L., Darton, ca. 1814; [ANON] "The Alchemist," (worn), Darton, 1818...

WAETZOLDT (W.) D rer and his times, 4to, illus., CRAFT BINDING of full morocco, L., 1955.

HOGHUNTER'S ANNUAL, 8 vols, 4to, illus., card covers, Bombay, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1934-1938 (8).

[FORGERIES] PHIL MAY, Sketch from Punch, 4to, 1903; together with q. of letters from Fred May regarding forged artworks, and some examples (Q).

[CHINA] small format early 20th c. photo album - damp affected (1).

[BERKSHIRE] ms. & illus. artist's book entitled "What is Reading?" clothbound, undated, ca. 1960. ...[more]

KALASHNIKOV (Anatoli) illustrator: War and Peace, a Suite of Wood Engravings based on the Book by Leo Tolstoy, lge 4to, illus., clo., LTD EDN of 3...

PICASSO. Words, Gertrude Stein, Music: Virgil Thomson, folio, copy VI of XXV 'hors commerce,' unbound in clamshell box with book & CD, New York, J...

LOWE (E.) Beautiful Leaved Plants, 4to, 60 col. plates, later full tan morocco craftbinding, L., 1872.

[BINDING] Merveillueses Histoires de Nasr'Eddine, Racontes par Pierre Mille, illustres par Jacques Touchet, 4to, col. illus., pict. stamped full m...

[OCCASIONAL BOOK] ms. occasional birthday book, (i.e. with signatories and their birthdays) each page with elaborate pen and ink borders, many in ...

NAPOLEONIC UNIFORMS, by Col. J. Elting, 2 vols, 4to, illus. by Herbert Knotel, cloth, slipcase, L., 2007.

[INDIA] CHATERJEE (B.) The Hydro-Electric Practice in India, 2 vols, 4to, profusely illus. with photo images, folding diagrams, etc., cloth ex-lib...

CLEMENTS (F.) Blast Furnace Practice, 3 vols., 4to, illus., clo., diags in rear pocket, L., 1929.

[TRADE CATALOGUE], Decorative Metalwork Vol. 1, 4to, photo illus., cloth/boards, J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., 1936.

[COOKERY, ARCHITECTURE, fine reprints] GUARINI, Architettura, Civile, 4to, illus., quarter morocco, 19/200 copies, slipcase, Milan, 1968; Arte del...

HARVIE-BROWN (J.) & BUCKLEY (T.) A Vertebrate Fauna of the Outer Hebrides, sm. 4to, pictorial title by J. G. Millais, plates/illus., bookplate of ...

[BALLOONING] MARION (F.) Wonderful Balloon Ascents, 8vo, plates, cloth gilt, 2nd Edn., L., n.d.

ADAMS (Richard) Watership Down, 8vo, illus., folding map, SIGNED by Author, full blue morocco, printed presentation slip "to mark the 250th Annive...

[WWI etc.] Richard Radford Turner, 8vo, portrait frontis, presentation copy from the parents of author (killed in action), cloth/boards, L., P.P.,...

[GLENN MILLER] WAY (C.) In the Miller Mood, A History and Discography of the Glenn Miller Service Band, 1942-1945, 8vo, signed by author: & musici...

[TRADE CATALOGUE] James Dixon & Sons, Silversmiths, Sheffield, 4to, illus., cloth/boards, ca. 1926. ...[more]

POCOCK (Noel) illustrator: Grimm's Fairy Tales, 4to, frontis & 22 mounted col. plates, cloth gilt, Oxford [1926]; Westminster Abbey 900 Years, tal...

PEAKE (Mervyn) illustrator: The Book of Lyonne, 8vo, illus., clo., d.w. (d.w. chipped), 1st Edn., L., 1952; & small q. of children's books (Q). ....

MILNE (A. A.) House at Pooh Corner, 8vo, illus. by Shepard, pink cloth gilt, 1st Edn., L., 1928; a late 19th c. ms. cookery book, & 1 other (3). ...

[MANUSCRIPTS & EPHEMERA] Manuscript Diaries, school workbooks, photo albums & other ephemera (Q). ...[more]

[R.A.F.] Air Chief Marshall Sir John Grandy G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O. Appreciation book upon the occasion of his relinquishment of duty as military a...

[MILITARY] Manuscripts & Ephemera, ring-bound staff college officer training manuals, 1983-1984, covering basic tactics & Soviet forces etc. marke...

[CHILDRENS] Children's Literature, modern 1st Edns. (1 box).

[FANTASY] Forgotten Realms & Dragonlance books (2 boxes). ...[more]

[FANTASY] Modern First Edns., some signed and proof copies (1 bo).

GAIMAN (Neil) American Gods, Headline, 2001, First Edn., d.w.; Anansi Boys, Review, 2001 SIGNED LIMITED EDN., slipcase; and a quantity of American...

[FICTION] Modern First Edns., some signed (1 box).

VERSEMANN (Franz) artist: "Luneburger Land, Zwolf Metallzeichnungen," original portfolio & contents (title & 12 pencil signed prints) Bremen, n.d....

[PRINTS etc.] coll'n of misc. studies of women; misc. 19th c photos, etc. (folder).

PRINTING BLOCKS & die stamp, small coll'n (Q). ...[more]