Antiques & Collectables including Selected Books

Beatrix Potter : The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit, 1906. 12mo Hb. Wallet style format. First edition [Quinby 12] in original wallet binding, green...

Jane Austen : Pride and Prejudice, 1894. 1st. Edition thus of the 'Peacock' edition published by George Allen. 8vo. Original pictorial dark green...

Ernest Shackleton : The Heart of the Antarctic, 1909. 1st. Ed. Vols. I & II. Royal 8vo. Original blue cloth, silver gilt titling & illustration, t...

Franciscus Schottus : Itinerario Overo Nvova Descrittione De' Viaggi Principali D'Italia, Parte Prima, 1650. Small 8vo. Hb. Possibly original bin...

Charles Knight : The Works of Shakespeare, C.1880. Vols. I & II. Large folio with a specially commissioned binding featuring elaborately decorated...

A PETER PAN ARCHIVEThe Story of Peter Pan retold from Sir. J.M. Barrie's Fairy Play by Daniel O'Connor and illustrated by Alice Woodward, 1916. 8v...

Miscellany of Architecture - A variety of titles and formats including : Stratton : The Orders of Architecture, Parts I,II & III, 1931. Qto Hb + D...

Richard Barham : The Ingoldsby Legends illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1919. Royal 8vo Hb with illustrated cloth binding. Colour frontis and mounte...

First Editions, signed/inscribed : Janet Dunbar : Flora Robson, 1960. Signed inscription by author & Flora Robson to Miss L. Paulin ( County Libra...

John Cary : A Map of Buckinghamshire from the best authorities, 1789. 1st. Ed. Decorative title, rose compass, hand coloured in outline, framed an...

Stuart Dodgson Collingwood : The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll, 1898. 1st. Ed. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt decoration & titling, teg. Port...

Breeches Bible, 1625. Small qto with pannelled boards but retaining original clasps. Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton and John Bill. Elaborate...

David Livingstone : Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, 1857. 1st. Ed. Royal 8vo. Original brown, blind-stamped cloth binding, gilt...

Crime and Criminals : Goodman J. : The Killing of Julia Wallace, 1929. ( Signed ); Young F. : Trial of Hawley Harvey Crippen, 1950; Odell R. : Jac...

Tindal N. : The Continuation of Mr Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, second edition, 1751. Vols. I & II. Large folio, full calf, gilt. Text w...

Hilda Cowham's Blacklegs and Others, 1911. 1st. Ed. Qto. Illus. Hb. Teg. Text with colour plates; A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book with Drawings in co...

A Relation of The Conference Betweene William Lawd Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and Mr. Fisher the Jesuite by the Command of King James, 1639. 1...

Mme De Witt, nee Guizot : Les Chroniques De J. Froissart, Edition abgregee avec texte rapproch du Francaise moderne, 1881. Small folio, maroon lea...

British Sports and Sportsmen - Hunting, compiled and edited by The Sportsman, London 1912, Limited edition, no. 67 of 1000. Large folio, two-tone ...

Takeshi Saito : English Poems, Translations and Interpretations, 1924. Vol. II. 8vo. Flexible brown silk cloth binding, gilt illustration and Japa...

Bonney T. : Cathedrals, Abbeys and Churches of England and Wales, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial, 1891. Qto. Qtr. binding, gilt, marbled edges...

Village & Local Histories : Slater P. : History of the Ancient Parish of Guiseley, 1880. 1st. Ed. Qto. Hb. Original blind-stamped, gilt cloth. Tex...

Wright H. : The Fruit-Grower's Guide, C. 1920. Vols. I & II. Royal 8vo. Hb. Green cloth, gilt. Text with colour plates and line drawn vignette ill...

Spence D. : The Church of England - A History for the People, 1898. Vols. I - IV. Qto, Qtr. Binding, gilt, marbled edges & eps. Text with engraved...

Henry Dewhurst : Barclay's Universal English Dictionary, 1860. Qto. Full calf, gilt. Engraved frontis & title page. 50+ engraved maps by Thomas Mo...

Hume, Smollett, Farr & Nolan : The History of England, C.1860. Vols. I - III. Qtr. binding, gilt,marbled edges & eps. Text with engraved plates wi...

Auguste Lefebure : Dentelles et Guipures, 1904. 8vo. Hb. Maroon textured cloth, gilt binding. Text with illustrations. French lace-making classic ...

Arthur Mee : The King's England. Twenty six vintage County titles from this series, all 8vo. Hbs. with the original dustwrappers. Together with Ha...

Local History Miscellany including : Snow : Willesden Past; Malster : History of Ipswich; Pam : History of Enfield; Dyer : The Stopsley Book; You...

Oliver Goldsmith : A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, C1820. Vols. I - IV. 8vo. Qtr. binding, gilt. Text and hand coloured plates. Togeth...

Matthew Watson : A New and Complete Explanation of the Common Prayer Book, Explanatory Notes and Commentaries on St. Athenasius's Creed, Catechism...

Daniel O'Connor, Publisher & Editor., Archive : A miscellaneous collection of books published by him and presented to him by authors; together wit...

Robert Clutterbuck : The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, 1815. Vols. I,II & III. One of the scarce elephant folio subscribers l...

Flora Europaea, 1996 - 2001. Vols 1 - 5. Qto. Hb. + Dj. Together with - Conard H. : The Waterlilies - A Monograph of the Genus Numphaea, 1991. Sm...

Bradbury F. : History of Old Sheffield Plate and of Antique Silver and White or Britannia Metal Trade, 1983. Marshall F. : Catalogue of the Jewell...

Francis Thompson - The Hound of Heaven. An archive featuring - Krishnamurti (Ed). The Hound of Heaven, 1967. Limited Edition, 377/500, published ...

Joseph Osborne : The Horse-Breeders' Handbook containing a History of the Rise and Progress of the British Stud, 1898. Fourth Edition. Royal 8vo H...

Edward Gibbon : The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1781. Vols. I - VI. 8vo. Full calf, gilt. Engraved frontis & text. CONDIT...

A. Henry Savage-Landor : Across Unknown South America, 1913. Vols. I & II. 1st. Ed. Qto. Original blue cloth, gilt & heraldic devices. Frontis por...

Winston Churchill - Folio Society : The Second World War, 2003. Vols. 1 - 6. 1st. Ed. 3rd. printing; The World Crisis, 2007. Vols. 1 - 5. 1st. Ed;...

Johan Merken & Anderer Theil : Liber artificiosus ALPHABETI MAIORIS, ( newly invented art, writing and drawing book ), 1782. Landscape qto. hb qt...

R. Douglas Brown : East Anglia, 1939 - 1944. Small qto. Hb. + Dj. Seven Volumes set which traces how civilian life changed during WWII particularl...

Winston Churchill. A substantial collection of 50+ titles, personal, biographical, historical narrative and political commentary including works b...

Bedford and Bedfordshire History. A selection of less common titles including -Farrar : Bedford, The Architecture of a County Town; Dodson : Warb...

John Milton : Paradise Lost, Lyceum Press, 1906. Qto. Original grey papered boards, matching buckram spine, paper label. Fore & lower edge uncut. ...

Paul Scott : The Raj Quartet - Towers of Silence, Jewel in the Crown, Day of the Scorpion & Division of Spoils, 2009. Illustrated bindings & colou...

Rowling J.K. : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005. 1st. Ed. 8vo. Hb + Dj. This is the scarce 1st. Edition copy featuring the misprint on...

George Abbott A'Beckett : The Comic History of England, 1864. Two volumes in one. Illustrated by John Leech with 20 coloured etchings ( inc. fron...

Cook, Lang & Poyser ( Eds. ) : Cyclists' Touring Club, British Road Book, Vol. I. Southern Counties, Kent to Cornwall, 1897; Vol. II. South Midlan...

Libro - De - Oro Dl Comercio Navegacion Industria Y-Banca De-Espana, 1921. Very large folio Hb, red cloth, elaborate gilt marginal decorations and...

Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, 1916-1917, 1918. Vols. XX, XX1 & XXII. (housed in two vols. ) Royal 8vo. Hb., Blue cloth spine, gilt, m...

Thomas Browne : Pseudodoxia Epidemica or, Enquiries into very many received Tenets and commonly presumed Truths, 1646. 1st. Ed Small folio, full (...

Brayley W.E., Ed. Walford E. : History of Surrey, C.1870. 2nd. Edition. Vols. I - IV. Large Qto. Maroon cloth, elaborate heraldic and foliate gilt...

Fregattenkapitan Gunter Hessler : German Naval History - The U-Boat War in the Atlantic 1939 - 1945. Folio Hb. Slip case, together with a folder ...

Pevsner N. & Metcalf P. : The Cathedrals of England, 2005. - The South East, West & Midlands, North & East Anglia. Folio Society 1st. Eds. Qto. tw...

World War II. James Holland : Battle of Britain; Dam Busters; Burma '44; Italy's Sorrow; War in the West Vols. I & II; Normandy '44; Big Week; For...

World War II : UK Military Airfields. Action Stations, Volumes 1 - 10, featuring regional airfields by various authors, together with : Action Sta...

The History of Don Quixote by Cervantes illustrated by Gustave Dore, C.1880. Large qto hb. green gilt-decorated cloth, aeg. Engraved plates and vi...

John Bunyan : The Pilgrim's Progress and The Life & Death of Mr. Badman,1928. 8vo. Hb. Distinctive marbled cloth binding, gilt leather label, teg,...

Richard Worsley : The History of the Isle of Wight, 1781. 1st. Ed. Folio, qtr. binding, gilt, marbled boards. Engraved vignette to title, folding...