Auction of Antiquarian & Secondhand Books

SIDNEY WEBB, a.l.s. dated 1898.

LEAN (JOHN) a collage costume design.

PRINTS & BROADSIDES, q. of good but damaged images, rarities (Q). ...[more]

LADIES' ALMANACKS, a q. of frontispieces & title-pages from late 18th / early 19th c. small format books (30+). ...[more]

ACKERMANN'S REPOSITORY, text & t.p.'s from periodicals (Q). ...[more]

Designs of Carracci, illus., loose, 1843.

Two 18th c. disbound plays / poems, incl. "Boldstroke for a Husband", 1784 (2).

Misc. DEEDS, agreements etc. 18/19th c. (Q).

DITTON PARK, architectural plans for the 1815/16 rebuilding.

PORTRAITS, misc. publ. by Richardson et al, loose in album covers.

VISIT...to MAIDEN AUNTS in the COUNTRY, 16 humorous plates, 1859.

[EARLY PRINTING] 16 leaves, folio 15.5 inches tall, loose, from an early 16th c. German printing [?], Latin text, hand illuminated caps, etc.; & 8...

[SHIP'S RIGGING / MARITIME] BOWLES & CARVER, publ. "The Section and Rigging of a Man of War with the Names of all it's several Parts", h-col'd lat...

[MAP] "India in 1784", school map lacquered, rollers, Edinburgh, W. & A. K. Johnston, n.d. (1). ...[more]

[MAP] "W. & A. K. Johnston's Series of History Maps, Canada and the United States..." school map, lacquered, rollers, Edinburgh, n.d. (a/f) (1). ...

[CHINA, PALESTINE, etc. PHOTOGRAPHS] a coll'n of small format mostly amateur b/w photos, of China and Palestine, but some Egypt, Sudan, Gibraltar,...

KIMBERLEY DIAMOND interest. 2 x photographs, medium / large format in mounts, one showing "Gervers & Pahlke Diamond Merchants" shop and staff, 19t...

[PRINTS] small q. of 19th c. prints, f. & g. (5). ...[more]

WATERCOLOURS, misc. 19th & 20th c. (Q). ...[more]

WATERCOLOURS, drawings etc., 19th & 20th c. (Q) ...[more]

[PHOTOGRAPHY] MONS. LAFAYETTE, Dublin, "Her Majesty Queen Victoria photographed direct from life in the Drawing Room at Osborne." & "Permanent Car...

[PHOTOGRAPHS] LAFAYETTE LTD, a collection of specimen & other portraits of High Society & others, mounted, pencil signed, details or inventory num...

ARMFIELD (George): artist; 2 signed ms. notes dated Feb. 1881 (2).

ROWLANDSON (THOMAS) Miseries of Human Life, 4to, 50 hand-col'd plates (J. Whatman watermarks for 1804, 1806), contemp. half calf (upr. cvr. detach...

TOMBLESON, Views of the Rhine, lge 8vo, engr. pictorial title, 68 plates, folding panorama at back, contemp. calf gilt & blind by Clout, a.e.g. (c...

[CYPHERS] NUTTING (J., Engraver & Print Seller), A New Book of Cyphers of Single & Double Letters, 8vo, 31 engr. pp. incl. caption title & imprint...

[19th c. ILLUSTRATION] BEWICK (T.) History of British Birds, 8vo, 2 vols., half calf (not uniform, worn; foxed), Newcastle 1797, 1804; SHERIDAN (L...

HOWITT (Mary) Love and Money, 12mo, frontis & add. engr. title, cloth, L., 1859; RICRAFT (J.) Survey of England's Champions, 8vo portraits, board...

[COOKERY] [ANON.] The Young Woman's Companion, or, the Frugal Housewife..., 8vo, 6 plates as called for, contemp. tree calf, Manchester, 1811.

[COOKERY & MEDICINE] MERLE (G.) & REITCH (J.) The Domestic Dictionary, 8vo, gatherings starting, original cloth (worn/faded), L., 1857. ...[more]

[COOKERY] HENDERSON (W.) & SCHNEBBELIE (J.) The Housekeeper's Instructor; or Universal Family Cook, 8vo, frontis & 10 plates (1 folding), contemp....

[COOKERY etc.] [ANON] The Housekeeper's Receipt Book..., 8vo, frontis & 1 plate (torn) (same as Oxford University copy; but collations vary), cont...

[COOKERY etc.] MACDONALD (D.) The New London Family Cook..., 8vo, 9 plates calf (rebacked & recased; some tears and minor faults), L., Albion Pres...

[COOKERY] UDE (L. Eustache) The French Cook..., 8vo portrait frontis, text illus., contemp. cloth (rebacked), 13th edn., 1838; KEYZER (Mrs F.) Fr...

[COOKERY] Mrs A. B. Marshall's Cookery Book. Revised Edition, 8vo, portrait frontis, text illus., 33 pp. adverts, cloth, L., n.d.; SALA (George Au...

[COOKERY] VINE (F.) Ices for Shop Sale. A Practical Guide..., sm. 8vo, text illus., cloth-backed printed boards, L., 1910.

[COOKERY] APELL (Charles) Twentieth Century Candy Teacher, 8vo, illus., cloth, s.n.s.l. [U.S.A., ca. 1912]; with a contemp. confectioners (U.K.) p...

[COOKERY, CONFECTIONARY] CAMPBELL (D.) & ELLIS (D.) The Science and Practice of Confectionary, 8vo, illus., clo., L., 1928; & 3 others on pastries...

[GARDENING] MARSHALL (C.) Plain and Easy Introduction to...Gardening, with Hints on Fish-Ponds, 12mo, contemp. calf, 3rd Edn., L., 1800.

[GARDENING, TREES, etc.] [PERIODICAL] Annals of Horticulture, vol. 1 [only], lge 8vo, hand col'd frontis., add. pict. title, half calf, 1846; FORS...

COOK (James) & KING (James) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 4 vols., 8vo, portrait frontis. vol. 1, 48 plates (1 folding), 2 maps (1 large folding,...

BEWICK (Thomas) General History of Quadrupeds, 8vo, wood engraved illus., tree calf (worn), Newcastle upon Tyne, 1790; DICKENS (C.) Oliver Twist, ...

WOLLSTONECRAFT (Mary) Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 8vo, vol. 1 only, half calf (worn, cvr. off; small hole in t.p.), 3rd Edn., L., 1796.

[18th C. NOVEL] LEE (Sophia & Harriet) Canterbury Tales, 5 vols., 8vo, contemp. speckled calf (rubbed) vol. 1= 2nd edn., rest=1st, L., 1799, 1801,...

[ENGLISH CIVIL WAR] An Exact and most Impartial Accompt...of Twenty nine Regicides, The Murtherers of His Late Sacred Majesty..., 4to, lacks A1, b...

[CHINA] STAUNTON (George) Historical Account of the Embassy to the Emperor of China, 8vo, engr. frontis., add. engr. t.p., 21 plates, 2 folding ma...

[AMERICANA, REGENCY, etc.] HANGER (Col. George), Life Adventures and Opinions, 2 vols. 8vo, untrimmed, bound in later half calf by Worsfold, t.e.g...

BEWICK (Thomas) General History of Quadrupeds, 8vo, wood cuts, half calf (worn), ADMIRAL Richard BYRON'S COPY, 2nd Edn., Newcastle, 1791.

[SPORTING & NAT. HISTORY] MAYER (J.) The Sportsman's Directory, 12mo, text illus., 5th Edn., later half-morocco, L., 1828; & 5 others of sporting ...

misc. lit & q. of 78 r.p.m. L.P,'s, incl. dance music (rumba, fox trot, samba, tango) etc. (1 box). ...[more]

BINDINGS, small q. (Q).

BROCKEDON (W.) Italy, Classical, Historical and Picturesque, lge 4to, engr. title & plates after Roberts, Stanfield & others, half morocco (upr. c...

[TOYS] COOK (O.) Movements in Two Dimensions, 4to, illus., clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1963; & 3 others on toys (4). ...[more]

CRANE (Walter) illustrator: Story of Greece by Mary Macgregor, 4to, 19 col. plates, pictorial cloth, L., n.d.; Souvenir de Paris, foldout extendin...

[ALBUM] an early 19th c. scrap / occasional album, containing engravings etc. half-calf by Carrs of Glasgow (1).

[CHILDREN'S] NEWBERRY (Clare Turlay) The Kittens' ABC, 4to, illus., boards, N.Y., n.d.; & 10 others (11). ...[more]

LEECH (John) Follies of the Year, obl. 4to, 21 hand-col'd plates, contemp. half morocco, L., n.d.

MILNE (A. A.) A Gallery of Children, 4to, illus., cream cloth gilt, 494 / 500 copies SIGNED by Milne, L., [1925].

SHAW (Bernard) & others: The Book of the Martyrs of Tolpuddle 1834-1934, 4to, illus., blue crushed half morocco, L., 1934; & misc. other vols., a ...

SHACKLETON (Keith) Tidelines, 4to, illus., INSCRIBED & SIGNED in full, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., 1951; & "Wake", inscribed by "all at 175 Piccadilly",...