Auction of Antiquarian & Secondhand Books

[COUNTRY HOUSE] q. of auctioneer's illustrated sale catalogues some ink notes (1 box).

HEYER (Georgette) misc. novels, of which 13 are 1st Edns., (the earliest, 1938 but without d.w.) & 4 are not (17). ...[more]

[BRIDGE / CARD GAME] q. of modern / mostly h.b. in d.w.'s vols. (1 box).

[BINDINGS] misc. leatherbound by Hayday & others; incl. novels of Jane AUSTEN, 10 vols. illus. by Brock (spines faded), bound by Bayntun, L., Dent...

[BINDINGS] SHAKESPEARE, boxed set of 13 vols. bound by Wheeler of Weymouth in limp red leather, in original box (box flap detached, box covers v. ...

[CHILDREN'S BOOKS] OUTHWAITE (I. R. & G.) The Enchanted Forest, 4to, 15 tipped-in col. plates, 15 b/w. plates (as called for), cloth (pale damp st...

GAMES & GAMESMANSHIP, small q. ...[more]

ILLUSTRATED BOOKS various illustrators incl. Ardizzone, Russell Flint, John Banting, et al. (Q).

GLYNDEBOURNE, by Spike Hughes, 4to, illus., clo., d.w. (price-clipped), 1st Edn., L., 1965; & related (3). ...[more]

[ETON MUSIC] BRIDGES (Robert) words, & GOODHART (A. M.) music: Founder's Day, 4to, cloth-backed boards, L., n.d. but Boer War Period: proof copies...

JAMES (William) Varieties of Religious Experience..., 8vo, pp. [2], xii, 534, [2], [40 adverts], publisher's cloth, printed spine label (rubbed), ...

BELL (Sir Charles) The Hand, its Mechanism..., 8vo, text, illus., original cloth, spine label, publisher's adverts, L., Pickering, 1833; BAIN (A.)...

[TRADE CATALOGUE / GARDEN STATUARY etc.] Chiurazzi, Fonderie, Ceramicca, Marmeria, sm. 4to, photo illus., neoclassical goods cat., 373 pp., bound ...

[COOKERY] [GLASSES (Hannah)] The Art of Cookery...New Edition, 8vo, lacks folding table at end, calf, L., Strahan, 1774; ACTON (Eliza) Modern Cook...

[ITALIAN ART & ARCHITECTURE] large folio (24 x 16 inches) sammelband containing diverse works, early 19th c. (1). ...[more]

[LOCAL HISTORY] WOLFERSTAN (G.) An Illustrated Guide Book to MIDHURST and neighbourhood...Ruins at Cowdray, Priory at Easebourne, Woolbeding, Trot...

[INDUSTRY] "BROOK-HIRST" Magazine, vols. 1-7, 7 vols., illus. of the in-house magazine of electrical engineers Brookhirst, pict. cloth, 1919-30; s...

[BIG GAME HUNTING, etc.] 4to photograph album, 10 pp. of small format b/w photos of big game hunting in Rhodesia, etc.; 3 pp. of small format phot...

[CLEMENTS (Lewis)] Shooting Adventures. Canine Lore and Sea-Fishing Trips, 2 vols, 8vo, original cloth, L., 1879 (2).

[BIG GAME / AFRICAN TRAVEL] ELTON (F.) & COTTERILL (H.) Travels and Researches among the Lakes and Mountains of Eastern & Central Africa, 8vo, 3 f...

[FIELD SPORTS] OLIVER (R.) "Tell Us Another!" Or Funniest Shooting And Fishing Stories Ever Told On Earth Or Off. With Supplement, Serious And To ...

[MARITIME, SEA ANGLING, DIVING, etc.] KEANE (J.) On Blue-Water. Some narratives of sport and adventure in the modern Merchant Service, 8vo, orig. ...

[BIG GAME HUNTING BIOGRAPHIES] LOWTHER (Lieut.-Col.) From Pillar to Post, 8vo, photo-illus., clo., 1st edn., L., 1911; MILLAIS (J.G.) Life of Fred...

[INDIA BIG GAME] TYACKE (Lieut.-Col. R.) In Quest of Game. A Sportsman's Manual for Game Shooting in Kulu, Lahoul and Ladak to the Tso Morari Lake...

[BIG GAME / AFRICA] BUCHANAN (Angus) Exploration of Air. Out of the World in Nigeria, 8vo, photo plates, map, pictorial clo., L., 1921; DRAKE-BROC...

[BECKFORD (William)] Vathek, 8vo, frontis. & engr. title-page, later quarter calf, French text, "Londres" 1815; with a 1 p. contemporary [?] ink m...

[DUBLIN IMPRINT / COMBE (William)] The Diaboliad . . .[and] Additions, 12mo, 3 parts in 1, contemp. sheep, varying Dublin imprints, 1777; DE QUIN...

[KITCHINER (W/)] The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, 12mo, later half calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1821; TRIMMER (Mrs) Fabulous Histories, 12th E...

[BIG GAME] BLACK (W.T.) The Fish River Bush South Africa and its Wild Animals, 8vo, 5 plates, original cloth, withdrawn from John Rylands Library,...

[BIG GAME HUNTING] BUCKLEY (W.) Big Game Hunting in Central Africa, 8vo, plates, original cloth, 1st Edn., L. [1930].

[TRAVEL / BIG GAME HUNTING] STUDLEY (J.T.) The Journal of a Sporting Nomad, 8vo, plates, review copy blindstamp, cloth, 1st Edn., L.,1912; CARRUTH...

[TRAVEL] Bermuda Sampler 1815-150, 8vo, clo., 1st Edn., Bermuda, 1937; Voyages & Travels, lge 8vo, full calf / Eton leaving present, L., 1842; & 2...

[SPORTING / HUNTING] GREW (J.C.) Sport and Travel in the Far East, 8vo, plates, presentation blindstamp, cloth gilt, 1st Edn., L., 1910; & 6 other...

[Paradine Press] The Historye of Reynart the Fox, Facsimile of William Caxton's 1489 edition, Paradine in association with Magdalene College, deco...

[Illuminated Manuscript Facsimile] Psalterium Beatae Mariae Virginis, Helikon, Budapest, 1991, decorated full leather in clamshell case.

DELDERFIELD (R. F.) A Horseman Riding By, Hodder & Stoughton, SIGNED, 1st Edition, d/w 1966. ...[more]

PETERS (Ellis) A Morbid Taste for Bones, Macmillan, 1st Edition, d/w, 1977.

FLEMING (Ian) Octopussy and the Living Daylights, Cape, 1st Edition, d/w, 1966.

GRAFTON (Sue) A is for Alibi, Macmillan, 1st Edition, d/w, 1982.

FAULKS (Sebastian) Devil May Care, SIGNED Limited Edition, No. 469 of 500 copies, red velvet clamshell box with silk lining, Michael Joseph, 2009.

CHOROER (Nicolas) The Dialogues of Luisa Sigea, custom fine full leather binding, Isidore Liseux, Paris, 1890.

HARDY (Thomas) The Gates Along the Path, Norman Collins Illustrator, Limited Edition of 100 Copies, unsigned, vellum spine, slipcase, Nottingham C...

ORWELL (George) Nineteen Eighty Four, Secker & Warburg, 1st Edition, text-block trimmed, in modern full leather binding, 1949 ...[more]

AUEL (Jean M.) The Clan of the Cave Bear, Hodder & Stoughton, 1st Edition, d/w, 1980 ...[more]

MITCHELL (David) Cloud Atlas, Sceptre, 1st Edition, d/w, 2004.

CLARKE (Arthur C.) 2001 A Space Odyssey, Hutchinson, 1st Edition, d/w, 1968.

[WW1] Accrington and Church Industrial Co-Operative Society Ltd. Roll of Honour The Great War 1914 - 1919, Presentation copy dedicated to G. Benne...

[IAN ST. JAMES AWARDS] Midnight Oil, The Winners of the 1991 Ian St. James Awards, presentation binding, full leather, SIGNED by all 12 winning au...

[RUGBY] WILKINSON (Jonny) My World, SIGNED Limited Edition, No. 73 of 200 copies, slipcase, Headline, 2004.

[HERALDIC ALBUM] Arms, Crests and Monograms, collection of over 500 cut crests, etc, decorated covers.

[SPORT] The Sportfolio, Portraits and Biographies of Sport and Pastime, George Newnes, 1896.

[BOTANY] The Japanese Iris: Its History, Varieties, and Cultivation. large folio, decorated cloth covers, clamshell case, The Japan Iris Society, ...

[PRIVATE PRESS] In Search of the Lost Chateaux, large folio clamshell cased collection of printed ephemera, maps, plans, views etc., Limited Editi...

[CHILDREN'S] Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (BB) BB's Fairy Book: Meeting Hill, Hollis & Carter, 1st Edition, d/w, 1948. The White Foxes of Gorfenletch,...

JOHNS (Captain W. E.) Biggles in Borneo, Oxford University Press, 1st Edition, d/w, 1943.

JOHNS (Captain W.E.) Biggles books, 10 titles in dustjackets, 1st Editions & some reprints. (10) ...[more]

WHITE (T.H.) The Once and Future King, Collins, 1st Edition, d/w, 1958.

LORE (Pittacus) Pseudonym, FREY (James) & HUGHES (Jobie) I am Number Four, Limited edition, No. 473 of 500 SIGNED copies, Slipcase, Michael Joseph...

GAIMAN (Neil) Mirrormask, Illustrated Film script of the motion picture, SIGNED by both Neil Gaiman and illustrator Dave McKean. Limited Edition N...

GAIMAN (Neil) The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountings, SIGNED by both Neil Gaiman and illustrator Eddie Campbell, Limited Edition No. 21 of 250...