An Auction of Antiquarian and Second-hand Books

ALBUMS, Scrapbooks, & loose, misc. 19th c. (1 box) ...[more]

ARDIZZONE (Edward) artist & illustrator: a fine 1 p. a.l.s. with ink sketch, to Mr. Jenks, dated 9th Sept. [19]76, on headed paper, re the compara...

19th c. WOOD-ENGRAVING, collection or material arranged in 2 portfolios, of material culled from 19th c. periodicals (Q)

MUCHA (A.) artist: printed periodical cover design for "L'Estampe Moderne," for July 1898 issue, 55 x 41 cms

[SOCIAL SATIRE] "The Girl Who Wouldn't Mind Getting Married," obl. folio, 11 of 12 plates only, ca. 1860, as a collection of plates

JOHN RUSKIN an archive of approx. 130 prints made by G. Allen, J.H.Le Keux & others after works by Ruskin, various subjects, mostly "proof" plates...

[MAP - ISLE of WIGHT] WHITCHER (J.) surveyor: "Map of an Estate in the Isle of Wight. The Property of John Fleming Esq.r., 1817," ink and watercol...

[MANUSCRIPT] near contemporary 3 pp. (+integral blank leaf) by "W.T." of Irish Sarah Johnson's message of revelation to the Queen, 1692; a rent re...

[PRINTING] 2 early printed black letter leaves, one with large woodcuts, the other from a folio Bible (2)

[JERSEY] an interesting collection of primarily legal documents (partages, Vente du Rentes, Procurations, etc.) relating to transactions in Jersey...

[FREEMASONS] 2 vellum documents, 1826 & (partially engraved) 1863, folded (2) ...[more]

[WARWICKSHIRE, BIRMINGHAM, HANDSWORTH, etc.] a small q. of vellum & paper deeds, indentures, etc., 1729-1839 (8) ...[more]

[WRITING PAPER] q. of unused Seasonal notepaper, incl. 2 with small, mounted photos, 19th c. (13 + 2 envelopes).

[SOCIAL HISTORY] a ms. "Oath of a Freeman of the Town of Northampton . . . John Slater sworne Free . . . 5 Octobr. 1710," 24 x 19cms; 2 part-print...

[MAPS] 6 maps of South Africa: Philip's Authentic Map of South Africa; Wyld's Map of the Transvaal; Stanford's Seat of War in South Africa; Phili...

[SATIRE] "L'Asino e il Popolo," disbound text etc., incl. 5 colour plates, Rome, 1908

[SAVOY] "Histoire de L'Etablissement de la Maison de Savoye, dans ses etats, folio, 12 pp. disbound, without the map called for in the text, Paril...

[LONDON] 3 folding maps: Map of the Environs of London; Stanford - Map of the Environs of London; G. Philip's Excursionist's Map of the Environs o...

[MAPS - AFRICA] PERTHES (Jules) South Africa [and] Tripoli, sm. Folio with folding maps and printed wrappers (chipping), 1899, 1911 (2)

[ASTRONOMY / METEOROLOGY] 21 plates on card from Blunt's "The Beauties of the Heavens," each 15.5 x 18.5cms (21)

[MAPS - LONDON] Stanford's folding map of the Port of London; Bodega, 1879 calendar with map of central London; Kelly's Post Office Directory Map ...

. [BINDINGS] TASSO, La Gerusalemme, 2 vols, 8vo, half calf black and gilt, labels, Paris, Baudry, 1836; uniformly bound with PETRARCH, La Rime, 2 ...

[MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY] BRANDT (Bill) Literary Britain, 4to, illus., clo., d.w. (tatty), 1st Edn., L., 1951; and 7 other vols, various (8)

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY REFERENCE BOOKS] SCHWARTZ (H.) David Octavius Hill, 4to, illus., clo., 1st Edn., L., 1932; & 10 other books, catalogues, etc., ...

[PHOTOGRAPHY] MILLER (Lee) Grim Glory, sm. 4to booklet, photo illus., illus. card covers and d.w. (worn), L., n.d.

[PHOTOGRAPHY] BENEDETTA (Mary) Street Markets of London, 8vo, photo-illus by L. Moholy-Nagy, cloth, 1st Edn., L., 1936

[MOVEABLE BOOK] MEGGENDORFER (L.) Always Jolly, sm. Folio, 9 leaves incl. 8 pull-tab scenes (2 with pop-ups also) paper pictorial card covers (clo...

ARTS & CRAFTS BINDING, Day Office of the Church, 8vo, 4th impression, n.d., red morocco, the upper cover with gilt lettered border & centre initia...

BOOK of COMMON PRAYER, 12mo, text block broken, covers off, extra-illustrated with engravings, L., 1732; BCP, 8vo, with extra plates, rebound in c...

HOPE's School Windows, List No. 259 . . ., folio, col. & b/w illus., card covers, Curwen Press, 1950; & a set of 52 (+1) circular John Waddington ...

[COOKERY MANUSCRIPTS] an early 19th c. quarter roan album with approx. 14 ff. manuscript recipes; together with a small 4to exercise book with pri...

[IRISH BINDINGS] Book of Common Prayer, 4to, Dublin, 1778 bound with Constitutions and Canons, Dublin, 1783, in full blue straight-grain morocco ...

[COOKERY] BEETON (Mrs) Book of Household Management, 8vo, plates & illus but lacking frontispiece & last advert leaf, "Supper" plate defective, qu...

[CHILDREN'S BOOKS] RACKHAM (Arthur) illustrator: Aesop's Fables, sm. 4to, frontis & 12 col. plates with guards, cloth, L., 1931; & 4 other books (...

[BENNETT (Arnold)] The Truth About an Author, 8vo, clo., 1st Edn., L., 1903; SMITH (J.T.) Book for a Rainy Day, 8vo, frontis, cloth (spine off & l...

[BINDINGS / ANGLING] Scientific Angler, 3rd Edn. & Walton's Complete Angler, 1890; both bound in half calf gilt (2) ...[more]

MINIATURE NEWSPAPERS, 3, incl. Aldershot News, 1894 (3)

[LEWIS CARROLL INTEREST / ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT CARDEN and KITCHIN FAMILY BOOKS for CHILDREN] an extraordinary collection of 6 illustrated & manu...

NERUDA (Pablo) We Are Many, sq. 8vo, photo-illus by Hans Ehrmann, cut-out by Jim Dine, SIGNED in green ink by Neruda & with a doodle in the text, ...

[ENGRAVED PLATES] Encyclopaedia Perthensis or Universal Dictionary, 21 vols 8vo (of 23, no American content), with plates for ELECTRICITY, MIDWIFE...

[PENTON (Stephen)] The Guardian's Instruction, or the Gentleman's Romance. Written for . . . those Educated in Oxford or Cambridge, 12mo, license ...

[GEOLOGY / FOSSILS] BUCKLAND (W.) Geology and Mineralogy, 2 vols, 88 plates, original cloth & printed labels, 1st Edn., L., 1836 (2) ...[more]

[GUNS] 1894 Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 8vo, 40 pp. illus catalogue, original wraps, bound with 2 other works; & a 4 pp. catalogue, loose (...

[TITANIC] PADFIELD (P.) The Titanic and the Californian, 8vo, illus., clo., d.w., 1st UK edn. (precedes the USA edn.), L., 1965

[INDIA] TYTLER (R.) An Inquiry into the Origins . . . of Budaic Sabism, 4to, 2 of 4 plates only, sugar-paper wraps (worn), Calcutta, Star Press, 1...

[JAPAN] photo / scrap album (worn) containing 1950's photos (incl. signed portrait of Hiroe Isiguro) and newspaper cuttings, Japanese theatre & Ka...

[PERIODICALS / BINDINGS] Modern Universal History, 8vo, vols 1-4, 6-17, 23-31 & 33, full contemporary sprinkled calf (except vol. 9 in boards), in...

[BINDINGS] SCOTT (Walter) The Poetical Works in Eight Volumes [and] Novels and Tales, 24 vols in all, contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt...

[IRISH PERIODICAL] The Dublin University Magazine. 6 vols 8vo, being volumes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8: 1) title, pp. iii (i),1 f., pp. 738, iv (595-599 b...

[WINDSOR] A Series of Views of the Neighbourhood of Windsor, including the Seats of Several of the Nobility and Gentry, 4to, engraved frontispiece...

[GOLF] SIMPSON (Sir W.) Art of Golf, 8vo, illus., quarter leather, Edinburgh, 1887; & another book (2) ...[more]

[IRELAND, CANADA, & other interest] a 19th c. scrapbook, diverse printed & ms. content, incl. Irish postal free-fronts for Loughrea 1820's and 30'...

BRITISH INTELLIGENCE, 5 vols various (5)

[JAPAN] KIDDER (J.) Japanese Temples, lge 4to, photo illus., cloth, L., 1964

[SOUTH AMERICA] POSNANSKY, Tihuanacu, 4 vols in 2, 4to, illus., clo., & a few other vols, history and archaeology (Q) ...[more]

ORWELL (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, 8vo, cloth (unevenly faded, marked), 1st Edn., L., 1949

CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED (1 box) ...[more]

ORNITHOLOGY, diverse worldwide monographs, 4to et infra (1 box)

[EARLY PRINTING] "The English Experience," a large collection of facsimile Early English Printed Books, all bound in red cloth or card covers, De ...

[BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS] HESLOP (I.) Notes & Views of the Purple Emperor, 4to, illus., clo., d.w., Brighton, 1964; & 4 other books (5) ...[more]