Two-day Books & Ephemera Auction

MARIA MCCANN: AS MEAT LOVES SALT, London, Flamingo, 2001, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w, vgc + JEAN LARTEGUY: THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS, trans Xan F...

JAMES DYRENFORTH & MAX KESTER: ADOLF IN BLUNDERLAND, ill Norman Mansbridge, London, Frederick Muller, 1939, 1st edition, contemporary inscription ...

SOMERSET DE CHAIR: BURIED PLEASURE, Braunton Devon, 1985 (100) numbered (30) and signed, further signed and inscribed to his brother Graham, origi...

DICK FRANCIS: ODDS AGAINST, London, Michael Joseph, 1965, 1st edition, inscription on ffep, original cloth, d/w (v small part losses) ...[more]

JAMES CORBETT: WHO WAS THE KILLER?, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1939, 1st edition, 4pp adverts at end, original cloth ...[more]

REGINALD HILL: 10 titles: RULING PASSION, London, Collins Crime Club, 1973, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (price clipped); A PINCH OF SNUFF, Lo...

RICHARD HORT: 2 titles: PENELOPE WEDGEBONE, THE SUPPOSED HEIRESS, ill Alfred Ashley, London, J & D A Darling, [1850], 1st edition, 8 hand coloured...

GEORGE THOMAS: 3 titles: A TENEMENT IN SOHO, OR TWO FLIGHTS UP, foreword John Oxenham, London, Jonathan Cape, 1931, 1st edition, pencil inscriptio...

THE 'HALLS', ill George Frederick Scotson-Clark, [introductory essay by George Gamble], London, T Fisher Unwin [1899], 1st edition, 24 plates as l...

H C BAILEY: 6 titles: COLONEL GREATHEART, ill Lester Ralph, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1908, October, 1st? edition, inscription on ffep, origina...

IRIS MURDOCH: 6 titles: THE TIME OF THE ANGELS, London, Chatto & Windus, 1966, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (small part losses); BRUNO'S DREAM...

IAN RANKIN: 12 titles: DEAD SOULS, London, Orion, 1999, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w; SET IN DARKNESS, London, Orion, 2000, 2nd impression, or...

COSMO MONKHOUSE: NONSENSE RHYMES, ill Gilbert Chesterton, London, R Brimley Johnson [1902], original cloth backed pictorial boards worn, scarce + ...

TOM SHARPE: 8 titles: PORTERHOUSE BLUE, London, Secker & Warburg, 1974, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w; BLOTT ON THE LANDSCAPE, London, Secker &...

AGATHA CHRISTIE: THE AGATHA CHRISTIE COLLECTION, London, Agatha Christie Ltd/Planet Three, circa 2001, 59 vols, original boards (59) ...[more]

P D JAMES: 10 titles: INNOCENT BLOOD, London, Faber & Faber, 1980, 1st edition, original cloth; THE SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN, London, Faber & Faber,...

CHARLES DICKENS: BLEAK HOUSE, ill H K Browne, London, Bradbury & Evans, 1853, 1st edition in book form with most of the early issue points, added ...

CHARLES DICKENS: THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, ill H K Browne, London, Chapman & Hall, 1839, 1st edition in book form, early issue...

CHARLES DICKENS: THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, London, Bradbury & Evans, 1850, 1st edition in book form, early issue, added engraved ...

GEORGE CRABBE: THE POETICAL WORKS OF THE REV GEORGE CRABBE WITH HIS LETTERS AND JOURNALS AND HIS LIFE BY HIS SON, London, John Murray, 1834, 8 vol...

WILLIAM HOGARTH: THE WORKS, ed John Trusler, London, Jones & Co, 1833, 2 vols, plates collated complete as list, 4to, contemporary calf gilt, spin...

FREDERICK A POTTLE (ED): 5 titles: BOSWELL'S LONDON JOURNAL 1762-1763, London, Heinemann, 1951 reprint, original cloth, d/w (price clipped, losses...

[WILLIAM HENRY IRELAND]: STULTIFERA NAVIS... THE MODERN SHIP OF FOOLS, London for William Miller, 1807, 1st edition, hand coloured folding frontis...

MAXIME DU CAMP: UNE HISTOIRE D'AMOUR, ill Alphonse Lamotte, (portfrontis) and Pascal Blanchard, Paris, L Conquet, 1888, (700) (500), numbered (634...

RESTIF DE LA BRETTONE: LE PAYSAN PERVERTEI OU LES DANGERS DE LA VILLE HISTOIRE RECENTE..., Amsterdam aux Depens de la Compagnie, 1776, 1st edition...

ZSUZSA GASPAR (ED): THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN DUAL MONARCHY (1867-1918), London, New Holland Publishers, 2008, 1st edition, 4to, original cloth, d/w, v...

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR, ill Lewis Baumer, London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1913], 1st edition, 20 tipped in coloured plates as list,...

THE ROTHSCHILD MISCELLANY WITH ACCOMPANYING COMMENTARY VOLUME, Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, London, facsimile editions, 1989 (550) numbered (107)...

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: THE PLAYS, London, William Pickering, 1825, 9 vols, Macro Miniature books, approx 85 x 48mm, vol 1 engraved portfrontis, orig...

RICHARD F BURTON: THE BOOK OF THE SWORD, London, Chatto & Windus, 1884, 1st edition, 4to, original decorative cloth ...[more]

RUDYARD KIPLING: A SONG OF THE ENGLISH, ill W Heath Robinson, London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], 30 tipped in coloured plates as list, title page...

PHILIP WILLIAM MAY: THE PHIL MAY FOLIO OF CARICATURE DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES IN LINE BLOCK HALF-TONE AND PHOTOGRAVURE WITH A BIOGRAPHY, London, W Th...

SHARON TURNER: A HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF HENRY THE EIGHTH, COMPRISING THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ENGLISH REFORMATION, London...

SAMUEL JOHNSON: THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORKS, London for C Bathurst et al, 1781, 1st edit...

JEAN DE BOSSCHERE: JOB LE PAUVRE WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION, London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1922, (500) (450), [Edith Sitwell, Rebecca West, Al...

JOHN RUSKIN: SESAME AND LILIES, London, Arthur L Humphreys, 1906, Royal Library Belles Lettres series, original wraps, glassine d/w, uncut and uno...

[STEPHANIE FELICITE COMTESSE DE GENLIS]: THE AFFECTING HISTORY OF THE DUCHESS OF C - WHO WAS CONFINED NINE YEARS IN A HORRID DUNGEON UNDERGROUND W...

LILLIAN BECKWITH: 5 titles: THE HILLS IS LONELY, ill Douglas Hall, London, Hutchinson, 1966, 15th impression, inscription on ffep, original cloth;...

FRANCIS KILVERT: KILVERT'S DIARY, ed William Plomer, London, Jonathan Cape, 1971, 3 vols, original cloth backed boards gilt, d/ws (3) ...[more]

CHARLES KINGSLEY: THE HEROES, London, MacMillan, 1889, contemporary inscription on ffep, original cloth gilt, spine dulled ...[more]

GUSTAVE FLAUBERT: SALAMMBO, ill Edward Bawden, Cambridge, Limited Editions Club, 1960 (1600) numbered (474) and signed by artist, 8 double page co...

JULES VERNE: LES ENFANTS DU CAPITAINE GRANT VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, ill Edward Riou, Paris, J Hetzel, circa 1875, Bibliotheque D'Education et de R...

RICHARD SMITH (ATTRIBUTED TO): THE FRATRICIDE OR THE MURDERERS GIBBET BEING THE RIGHT TRAGICAL HYSTORIE OF SIR JOHN D GOODERE BART, WHO WAS MURDER...

OLD ENGLAND, A PICTORIAL MUSEUM OF REGAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, BARONIAL, MUNICIPAL AND POPULAR ANTIQUITIES, London, Charles Knight, 1845 - [46], 1st ed...

FREDERICK GEORGE LEWIN: RHYMES OF YE OLDE SIGN BOARDS, LETTERED BY J A SAVORY, Bristol, E W Savory, London, Elliot Stock [1911], 1st edition, slim...

FRANK BRANGWYN: BOOKPLATES, [Westminster, The Morland Press, 1920], 1st edition, 4to, original cloth + HERBERT FURST: THE DECORATIVE ART OF FRANK ...

FRANCESCA ALEXANDER (TRANS/ILL): ROADSIDE SONGS OF TUSCANY, ed John Ruskin, Orpington, Kent, George Allen, 1885, 1st edition, 20 plates mounted on...

ROBERT HARRIS: FATHERLAND, London, Hutchinson, 1992, 1st edition, inscription on title page, original cloth, d/w + LEN DEIGHTON: BLITZKRIEG, Londo...

R F DELDERFIELD: TO SERVE THEM ALL MY DAYS, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1972, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (small part losses) ...[more]

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY: THE SENSITIVE PLANT, ill Charles Robinson, London, William Heinemann, Philadelphia, J B Lippincott, [1911], deluxe issue, 18...

ELIZABETH HELME: THE FARMER OF INGLEWOOD FOREST, ill Bobert [Robert] Barrow, London, John Lofts [1850?], old half calf marbled boards worn, one co...

ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: THE WORKS, London, Strahan & Co, 1872-73, 6 vols, original green cloth gilt worn and soiled (6) ...[more]

DAVID HUME & TOBIAS SMOLLETT: THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND..., London, printed for Christie & Son et al, 1819, 16 vols, Regent's edition, 16mo, original...

RUPERT BROOKE: POEMS, ill Sidgwick & Jackson, 1916, inscribed on ffep 'Oswald, with best wishes New Year 1917 Edith', original cloth worn ...[mor...

WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH: THE TOWER OF LONDON, ill George Cruikshank, London, Richard Bentley, 1840, 1st edition, 40 engraved plates as list, co...

BEVERLEY NICHOLS (ED): A BOOK OF OLD BALLADS, ill H M Brock, London, Hutchinson, 1934, 1st edition, 16 coloured plates as list, 4to, original clot...

TED HUGHES: CAVE BIRDS, AN ALCHEMICAL CAVE DRAMA, ill Leonard Baskin, New York, The Viking Press, 1938, 1st edition, signed and inscribed by artis...

DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE: 2 titles: LOVE AMONG THE HAYSTACKS AND OTHER PIECES, London, The Nonsuch Press, 1930, (1600) numbered (124), some foxing w...

SIR EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON: WORKS, London, Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1860-64, 16 vols, uniform contemporary half green morocco marbled boards, s...

JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY: HISTORY OF THE UNITED NETHERLANDS..., London, John Murray, 1875-76, new edition, 4 vols, dark green morocco gilt prize bindin...