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I.M. Imprint (Press) Ian Mortimer: Ornamented Types, Twenty three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée (1782-1845), London Typographer...

Nonesuch Press: Tennyson, (Alfred Lord). 'In Memoriam'. London 1933. Untrimmed paper, black boards, spotted, scuffed etc., plus a further edition ...

Heritage Press. 'The Song of Songs which is Solomons'. Valenti Angelo Illus. New York 1935 signed in pencil on penultimate page. Fine red morocco ...

Incunabula Typographica. 'A descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Century (1460-1500) in the Library of Henry Walters'. Balt...

Perrot A-M. 'Collection Historique des Ordres de Chevalerie, Civils et Militaire'. Paris 1820. Colour plates. 4to. 1/4 leather plus Papworth's Ord...

Ploss, (Herman Heinrich) and Bartels, (Max and Paul). 'Woman', 'An Historical Gynaecological and Anthropological Compedium'. Heinemann, London 193...

Eden, (H.F.K). and Lloyd, (E.) The Book of Sundials. George Bell, London 1890 plus Bond, (Francis). Fonts and Font Covers. Frowde 1908 plus two as...

Christie's Catalogue of The Forman Archive of Crime and Punishment including The Albert Pierrepoint Collection. 29/5/1992 plus two Execution Certi...

Pugin, (A. Welby). Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament and Costume...2nd... Henry Bohn, London 1846. Numerous coloured plates, gilt decorative red...

Jones, (Owen) (1809-1874) 'The Preacher'. Longman London 1849. Chromo-lithographical pages in the style of an illuminated manuscript (300 x 210mm)...

Pickering, (William). Facsimiles of The Book of Common Prayer, Charles II 1662. Full embossed leather, London 1844 (350 x 245mm) plus The Book of ...

Pickering, (William). The Book of Common Prayer, London 1844. Red and black print, uncut pages, full vellum. Thick Fo. (360 x 250mm). Back split s...

The Bible in 3 volumes with The Book of Common Prayer. D'Oyley and Mant (Eds) Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge/Rivington, London 1850, gi...

Mortimer, (Rev. Alfred). 'S Mark's Church, Philadelphia and It's Lady Chapel' privately printed, New York 1909. Full embossed black leather (300 x...

The Book of Common Prayer printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Longman et al, London 1820. 8vo. Well bound in purple morocco by Hering, so l...

The Book of Common Prayer. Llyfr Gweddi Gyffredin; together with the 'Psalms of David' Thomas Gee, Denbigh 1823 printed in double column in Englis...

Missale Romanum ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini Restitutum, S. PII V. Pontificus Maximi, Venice 1725 ex Typographia Balleoniana. Title ...

The Holy Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate (Douay). 2 vols. Thick Fo. Virtue & Co. n/d c1880. Full gilded leather with cruciform ornament pl...

Churchill, (John). The Beatitudes. Six out of eight finely illuminated on parchment (252 x 190mm) contained within a blue leather bound folder wit...

A remarkable collection of c400 books relating to Death, Undertaking, Epitaphs, Graveyards, the Pschology and Culture of Death and Dying (c400) ....

Daniell, (David). Tyndale's Bible. 2 vols. Yale University Press 1989 plus a collection of Bibles and books relating to Religious Studies (qty) ....

The Luttrell Psalter, a facsimile. British Library publication 2006 plus a collection of facsimile publications of Illuminated Manuscripts, Book o...

Suarez, (M.F). and Woodhuysen, (H.R). The Oxford Companion to the Book. 2 vols. OUP 2010 plus a collection of titles relating to printing, typogra...

Bookbinding: Foot, (Mirjam, M). 'The Henry Davis Gift'. A collection of Bookbindings. 3 vols. British Library 1978. Off white cloth, red labels. 4...

Private Press: A collection of twelve titles including Petersen, W.S, The Kelmscott Press, Greygnog, Vale Press, Golden Cockerel, Nonesuch, Ashend...

Empson, (Patience). The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings. Dent, London 1959. 4to. black cloth X 2 plus Andrews, (Martin J). The Life and Work of...

Hughes-Stanton, (Penelope). The Wood Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton. Pinner 1991. 4to. black cloth s/c plus Rogerson, (Ian). The Wood Engravin...

Royal Interest: The Form and Order of....The Coronation of their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra...26th June 1902. O.U.P. Henry Frow...

Ashbee, H.S. Pisanus Fraxi - 'Biblography of Prohibited Books'. Facsimiles of 1877-85 ed. 3 vols. white cloth in slip plus a mixed collection of e...

Ashbee, C.R. Essex House Press, M Walter Dunne, New York. Prayer Book of Edward VII 1903. Small Fo. Purple cloth with armorial. Red and black prin...

Sett, (Moira). Illustrator. 'Omar Khayyam'. Galloway and Porter, Cambridge 1914. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt titles. Fifteen plates. 1st 'Sett' Edi...

An eclectic group of four titles including John Dunne, Bunyan, Sterne - Tristam Shandy, and Stas, (J.) Les Lois des Proportions Chimiques, Bruxell...

Langland, (Robert). 'The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plouhman'. John Murray, London 1813. 4to. (270 x 200mm). Brown morocco with gilt title...

Augustine, St Aurelius (Bishop of Hippo) Philosopher and Theologian 354-430 AD10 Volumes of Works:- 'De Tempore' (1571), 'Sermones' (1561), 'Psalm...

Breviarum Romanum, Pars Aestiva and Pars Verna, Clementis Plomteux Liege 1782. Red and black print. Thick 8vo. Contemporary gilt calf plus Titiliv...

An early 18th century miniature Bible with engraved general title page 'printed by His Majesties Printers 1715'. New Testament printed by the Assi...

The Holy Bible in Latin with engraved general title page Johamiem(?) Jacobi Schipper, Amsterdam 1569. Theodore Beza, New Testament (in Latin). bou...

An 18th century miniature Bible, Cambridge University Press 1769. Thick 8vo (140 x 75mm) plus a collection of 19 small format Antiquarian titles a...

An 18th century Psalter in English and French. Baskett, Oxford 1717. 8vo. Gilt tooled calf. A further Psalter, Baskett, London 1738 plus three ass...

Schlevsner, (Ioh Frieder). 'Novum Lexicon Graeco-Latinum in Novum Testamentum'. 2 vols in 4. Leipzig 1808. 4to. Full tooled calf plus a collection...

Bayly, (William) (1629-1675) Quaker Writer. A collection of works in one volume c1675. Title page deficient plus three further Antiquarian history...

Clarke, (Samuel) (1599-1682). 'A Mirror or Looking Glass both for Saints and Sinners'. Title page lacking c1654? Small Fo, full calf plus Cicero, ...

A 17th century Bible lacking general title page and first pages of advice 'To the Reader'. New Testament title page with engraved decoration. Robe...

Camden, William. 'Britain or a Chorographical Description of the Most Flourishing 'Kingdomes, England, Scotland and Ireland'. Original pub. 1637. ...

Humphreys, Henry N. 'The Coinage of the British Empire'. David Bogue, London 1855. In a finely carved ebony binding with heraldic ornament (250 x ...

A group of six 17th century Parliamentary Acts printed by Henry Hills and John Field, London 1657, plus a 17th century m/s Indenture with wax seal...

Gibbon, (Edward). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. William Smith Ed. 8 vols with portrait and maps. 8vo. John Murray, Lond...

Morris, (The Rev. F.D). 'A History of British Birds'. 3rd Ed. 6 vols. 394 plates. Nimmo, London 1891. plus 'A Natural History of the Nests and Egg...

Morris, (The Rev. F.D. Ed). 'A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland'. 6 vols. 4to. Mack...

Froude, (James A). 'History of England...' 12 vols. 3rd Ed. Parker Son and Bourn, London 1862. 8vo. Full brown calf by Hawes, Cambridge, b/p. plus...

Vassor, (Michel Le). Histoire du Regne de Louis XIII, Roi de France et de Navarre. 9 pts in 10 vols. With dedication to 'My Lord Vicomte de Woodst...

Surtees, (Robert) Leech, (John). Illus. 'Handley Cross'. Bradbury Agnew, London c1854. plus 5 associated titles. Half red morocco with gilt title,...

Scott, (Sir Walter). Waverley Novels. Cadell, London 1862. 12 vols. 4to. Half calf and marbled boards plus Dickens, (Charles). Household Words. Vo...

Austen, (Jane). Works Thereof. Folio Society 1975. 7 vols. Red cloth, slip case plus Defoe, (Daniel). A Tour Through The Whole Islands of Great Br...

Scottish Interest:-Mackay, (Robert). History of the House and Clan of Mackay. Edinburgh 1829. Half calf and tartan binding for restoration plus a ...

An assortment of old Childrens and Illustrated books approximately 40 Potter, Uttley, etc., all in much used condition (c40) ...[more]

Ormerod, (George). 'The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester'. 2nd Ed. Thomas Helsby Revised. 3 vols. Thick Fo. Routledge, London 18...

Macquoid, (Percy). A History of English Furniture. Collins, Laurence and Bullen, London 1919. 4 vols. Fo. red cloth plus Cescinsky, (Herbert). Eng...

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