Auction of Antiquarian & Secondhand Books

ANTIPHONAL LEAF, large, 26 x 18 inches on vellum, 17th c., f. & g. ...[more]

MARITIME / PHOTOS coll'n of maritime historical photos, incl. H.M.S. Victory, b/w, some f. & g. (Q). ...[more]

[MAPS] q. of mostly UK town and country maps Duplex Map of London "and 25 miles around", some foreign guidebooks, etc. (Q).

CHURCHILL (Clementine) 2pp. a.l.s., dated July 1943, on 10 Downing Street headed paper.

RAF. Box of photograph albums and ephemera, uniform buttons, medals, etc some relating to Capt. C.M. Eady, R.N., 1920s-50s. Including India & ...

SLAVERY / CUBA. Group of manuscript documents recording the sale and transport of slaves / coolies, including a 'passenger list' giving the names...

RUSSIA / CENTRAL ASIA, group of 5 share certificates for Russian railways, including the Bukhara Railway, circa 1893-1914, with a typed legal agre...

PHOTOGRAPHY / MILITARY, quantity of 19th century photographs of uniformed soldiers, with two army lists, 1894.

PHOTOGRAPHY / TRANSPORT, group of 19th and early 20th century photographs of trains & cars, with a manuscript railway poem (1870s). ...[more]

DEEDS, Mortgages, group relating to FAREHAM, early 19th c.; an Abstract of title to 3 houses in Commercial Place, nears Regent's Canal / Hampstead...

[MAPS & PRINTS] misc. maps & prints, mostly 19th c. from periodicals et. (approx. 50). ...[more]

[PENMANSHIP etc.] section of French 18th c. book, "ECRITURES", 16 plates (16).

POETRY BOOKSHOP 'Rhyme Sheets' (5).

DE CHANTILLON (A.) "La Leverette en Pal Top", etched text & illus. (1). ...[more]

END-PAPERS, 18th c. & later (7). ...[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).

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

[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...

[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).

[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,...

[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...

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

BINDINGS, small q. (Q).

[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]

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

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

THE DUNLOP BOOK, 4to, 2nd Edn., L., n.d.; REE'S Cyclopedia, Plate Volume 4 (only), 4to, numerous plates, calf (covers off), L., 1820; & misc. othe...

[CYCLING] [PERIODICAL] "Cycling", 1 vol. bound issues without wrappers, running from No. 1616. Vol. LXIII, Jan. 1922 - June 1922, illus., publishe...

[PRINTING / TYPOGRAPHY] bounds vols. of "The British Printer", 9 vols 4to, for 1895, 1897 - 1902, 1905, 1914 (plus 1 loose issue); Penrose Annual,...

[PRINTING] ROOSES (M.) Christophe Plantin, Imprimeur Anversois, folio, illus., half morocco, (worn, covers detached), Anvers 1883.

[PHILIPPINES] CHRISTIE (E. B.) The Subanuns of Sindangan Bay, 4to, map frontis & photo plates, rebound in black cloth, Manila, 1909. ...[more]

[TRAVEL] small q. of misc. books and periodicals (Q).

MODERN LIT incl. 1st Edns. (Q).

[ART & ANTIQUES REF.] TWINING (Lord) History of the Crown Jewels of Europe, 4to, illus., clo., 1st Edn, Batsford, 1960; & misc. vols. ...[more]