Two Day Books & Ephemera Auction

PETER SCOTT & HUGH BOYD: WILDFOWL OF THE BRITISH ISLES, London, Country Life, 1957, 1st edition, signed by Peter Scott on half-title together with...

"A KEEN HAND": THE GOLFER'S MANUAL BEING AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE NATIONAL GAME OF SCOTLAND, intro Bernard Darwin, London, The...

CHARLES JAMES APPERLEY "NIMROD": HUNTING REMINISCENCES..., ill Henry Alken & others, London, Rudolph Ackermann, 1843, 1st edition, engraved title,...

BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMAN: MODERN COMMERCE, TRANSPORT, MOTORING AND AVIATION - COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, London, Sports & Sportsmen Ltd, circa 192...

LORD DESBOROUGH OF TAPLOW: FIFTY YEARS OF SPORT AT OXFORD, CAMBRIDGE AND THE GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, eds A C M Croome, R H Lyttleton, Arthur Page an...

PIERRE BOITARD: LE JARDIN DES PLANTES DESCRIPTION ET MOEURS DES MAMMIFERES DE LA MENAGERIE ET DU MUSEUM D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE, intro Jules Gabriel ...

LESLIE WARD: FORTY YEARS OF "SPY", London, Chatto & Windus, 1915, 1st edition, original cloth gilt + CHARLES ADOLPH VOIGT: FAMOUS GENTLEMEN RIDERS...

ALFRED THAYER MAHAN: 3 titles: THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY, London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, [1890], 1st edition, 4...

ATTRIBUTED TO T H FENTON: THE LIFE OF ADMIRAL VISCOUNT NELSON, London, William Emans 1840 1st edition, half title added engraved vignette title, p...

JAMES STANIER CLARKE & JOHN M'ARTHUR: THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON, London, Fisher Son & Co [1839-40], 2nd edition, 3 volumes,...

[JOSEPH ASTON]: THE LIFE OF THE MUCH LAMENTED VICE-ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NELSON…, Manchester, Joseph Aston, 1805, 1st edition, engraved port front...

"A CAPTAIN OF THE BRITISH NAVY": MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON, London, R Taylor & Co,...

WALKER'S HIBERNIAN MAGAZINE OR COMPENDIUM OF ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE, Dublin 1805, single issue for December, contents include "A copious correct a...

JOSHUA WHITE: MEMOIRS OF THE PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF THE LATE MOST NOBEL LORD HORATIO NELSON…TO WHICH IS ADDED BY WAY OF SUPPLEMENT A CORRECT NARRATI...

FAIRBURN'S EDITION OF LIFE OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON CONTAINING A CORRECT ACCOUNT OF ALL HIS NAVEL ENGAGEMENTS AND UNIVERSALLY LAMENTED DEATH IN THE ...

ADAM COLLINGWOOD: ANECDOTES OF THE LATE LORD VISCOUNT NELSON INCLUDING COPIOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE THREE GREAT VICTORIES OBTAINED OVER THE COMBINED FO...

ANON: BRITAIN'S GLORY EXEMPLIFIED IN THE GALLANT LIFE OF LORD NELSON WHO NOBLY FELL FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY AND HIS KING ON 21ST OCTOBER 1805…, L...

JAMES RALPHE: NAVAL BIOGRAPHY OF GREAT BRITAIN CONSISTING OF HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF THOSE OFFICERS OF THE BRITISH NAVY WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES...

HORATIO NELSON: THE DISPATCHES AND LETTERS OF VICE-ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NELSON, ed Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, London, Henry Colburn, 1845-46, 7...

WALTER SICHEL: EMMA, LADY HAMILTON, FROM NEW AND ORIGINAL SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS…, London, Archibald Constable, 1905, 2nd edition, 1 vol in 2, 29 p...

JOHN CORDY JEAFFRESON: BEAUX AND BELLES OF ENGLAND, LADY HAMILTON AND LORD NELSON, London, The Grolier Society [1897] (1000) Edition de luxe, 2 vo...

ANON: BIOGRAPHY, SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON AND GENERAL BUONAPARTE - THE HISTORY OF EGYPT, RIVER NILE AND HOLY LAND…, Southampto...

[SIR WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE, BARON RADSTOCK] [ED]: THE BRITISH FLAG TRIUMPHANT! OR THE WOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND BEING COPIES OF THE LONDON GAZETTES...

JOHN CAMPBELL: LIVES OF THE BRITISH ADMIRALS CONTAINING A NEW AND ACCURATE NAVAL HISTORY FROM THE EARLIEST PERIODS…, London for Alexander Donaldso...

WILLIAM JAMES: THE NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE DECLARATION OF WAR BY FRANCE IN 1793 TO THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE IV…A NEW EDITION WITH A...

MODERN HALF CALF BOOK BOX, the spine gilt titled "From George Matcham's Collections" containing 5 items comprising LEONARD GILLESPIE: OBSERVATIONS...

CHARLES DIBDEN: THE SEA SONGS OF CHARLES DIBDEN WITH A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS BY WILLIAM KITCHINER, London for G & W B Whittaker and Clem...

ANON: A KEY TO THE PAPERS WHICH HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST THE EARL OF ST VINCE...

ANON: AN ANSWER TO MR PITT'S ATTACK UPON EARL ST VINCENT AND THE ADMIRALTY IN HIS MOTION FOR AN ENQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE NAVAL DEFENCE OF THE...

[BENJAMIN TUCKER]: OBSERVATIONS ON A PAMPHLET WHICH HAS BEEN PRIVATELY CIRCULATED SAID TO BE "A CONCISE STATEMENT OF FACTS AND THE TREATMENT EXPER...

THOMAS JOSEPH PETTIGREW: MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF VICE-ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NELSON, KB, DUKE OF BRONTE ETC ETC ETC, London, T & W Boone, 1849, 2nd ...

JOHN CORDY JEAFFRESON: 2 titles: THE QUEEN OF NAPLES AND LORD NELSON, AN HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY…, London, Hurst & Blackett, 1889, 1st edition, origi...

MATTHEW HENRY BARKER "THE OLD SAILOR": THE LIFE OF NELSON, London, William Tegg, 1867, folding facsimile Nelson letter tipped in at front, origina...

ANON: A VOICE FROM THE TOMB, A DIALOGUE BETWEEN NELSON AND WELLINGTON OVERHEARD AT ST PAULS, London, D Pattie, circa 1853, 1st edition, 42 parts c...

JEAN PIERRE EDMOND JURIEN DE LA GRAVIERE: SKETCHES OF THE LAST NAVAL WAR, trans Edward Plunkett, Baron Dunsany, London, Longman, Brown, Green & Lo...

GEORGE PEACOCK: NOTES ON THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA AND DARIEN, ALSO ON THE RIVER ST JUAN, LAKES OF NICARAGUA ETC WITH REFERENCE TO A RAILROAD AND CANA...

ELLIS CORNELIA KNIGHT: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS CORNELIA KNIGHT, LADY COMPANION TO THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES WITH EXTRACTS FROM HER JOURNALS AN...

SIR JOHN ROSS: MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF ADMIRAL LORD DE SAUMAREZ FROM ORIGINAL PAPERS IN POSSESSION OF THE FAMILY, London, Richard Bentley, 1...

WILLIAM NUGENT GLASCOCK "AN OFFICER OF RANK": NAVAL SKETCH-BOOK OR THE SERVICE AFLOAT AND ASHORE WITH CHARACTERISTIC REMINISCENCES FRAGMENTS AND O...

WILLIAM BURNEY: THE BRITISH NEPTUNE OR A HISTORY OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ROYAL NAVY FROM THE EARLIEST PERIODS TO THE PRESENT TIME, London for R...

ARCHIBALD DUNCAN: THE BRITISH TRIDENT OR REGISTER OF NAVAL ACTIONS…, London for James Cundee, 1809, 1805, 1805, 1805, 1806, 1809, 6 vols, vols 2-6...

JEDEDIAH STEPHENS TUCKER: MEMOIRS OF ADMIRAL THE RT HON THE EARL OF ST VINCENT, London, Richard Bentley, 1844, 1st edition, 2 vols, engraved port ...

SPEECH OF THE RT HON WILLIAM PITT ON THE KING'S MESSAGE WHICH WAS DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON FRIDAY FEB 1 1793, London for J Owen & H T ...

THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE LATE NEGOTIATION PRESENTED BY HIS MAJESTY'S COMMAND…TO WHICH ARE ADDED H...

ATTRIBUTED TO T H FENTON: A LIFE OF ADMIRAL VISCOUNT NELSON, London, William Emans, 1840, 1st edition, added engraved vignette title, port frontis...

A CLARKE: A FAITHFUL NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF LORD VISCT NELSON CONTAINING A COMPLETE STATEMENT OF THE VARIOUS BATTLES WHICH HE FOUGHT AND THE MAN...

SIR EDWARD BERRY "AN OFFICER OF RANK IN THE SQUADRON": AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF HIS MAJESTY'S SQUADRON UNDER THE COMMAND OF RE...

[SIR JOHN ORDE]: COPY OF A CORRESPONDENCE PARTLY PRIVATE BETWEEN THE RT HON EARL ST VINCENT ETC AND REAR-ADMIRAL SIR J ORDE, BT, TOGETHER WITH SOM...

ANON: BRITAIN'S GLORY, A NAVAL REMEMBRANCER OF THE PRINCIPLE VICTORIES OBTAINED BY THE BRITISH FLAG FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SPANISH ARMADA TO ...

[SIR EDWARD JAMES FOOTE]: CAPT FOOTE'S INDICATION OF HIS CONDUCT WHEN CAPTAIN OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP "SEA-HORSE" AND SENIOR OFFICER IN THE BAY OF N...

WILLIAM CLARK RUSSELL: HORATIO NELSON AND THE NAVAL SUPREMACY OF ENGLAND, New York and London, G B Puttnam's Sons, 1890 (250) 1st edition numbered...

THOMAS DOWNEY: NAVAL POEMS, PLEASURES OF THE NAVAL LIFE AND THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, London, printed by T C Hansard for C Cradock & W Joy, 1813, 1...

THE ORDER TO BE OBSERVED IN THE PUBLICK FUNERAL PROCESSION OF THE LATE VICE-ADMIRAL HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON…, London, George Eyre & Andrew Strahan...

AN IMPORTANT LETTER DATED 8TH JUNE 1790 FROM WILLIAM PITT OF THREADNEEDLE STREET, LONDON TO ROBERT WINCOPP OF KINGS LYNN ASKING ON BEHALF OF MESSR...

CHARLES EKINS: NAVAL BATTLES FROM 1744 TO THE PEACE IN 1814 CRITICALLY REVIEWED AND ILLUSTRATED, London, Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1824, 1st edition...

MUNGO MURRAY: A TREATISE ON SHIP-BUILDING AND NAVIGATION IN 3 PARTS…TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED A SUPPLEMENT, London, for A Millar, 1765, 2nd edition, 2...

HEWSON CLARKE: AN IMPARTIAL HISTORY OF THE NAVAL, MILITARY AND POLITICAL EVENTS IN EUROPE FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE EN...

JOSHUA WHITE: SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIFE OF THE LATE HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON EXHIBITING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PREPARATORY MEASURES ADOPTED IN ENGLAND...

ANON: AN OFFICIAL AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL DETAIL OF THE GRAND NATIONAL OBSEQUIES AT THE PUBLIC FUNERAL OF BRITAIN'S DARLING HERO THE IMMORTAL NELSON…, ...

JOHN CROOK: A SERMON PREACHED AT CHARMOUTH DECEMBER 5 1805 BEING THE DAY APPOINTED FOR A NATIONAL THANKSGIVING ON ACCOUNT OF THE LATE GLORIOUS VIC...