Books & Ephemera

WORLD WAR II: a small quantity of correspondence, photographs, documents, etc, to include ALS from Capt A R (Dick) Cooper, wartime British secret ...

STARS OF STAGE: collection of cabinet cards, photographs and postcards, chiefly stars of English stage and music hall, late 19th-early 20thc, many...

JAMES (Edward): 'The Gardener who saw God...', London, Duckworth, 1937. 8vo, original black cloth, dustjacket, VG with minor wear: First Edition. ...

TROLLOPE (Anthony): 'The Works': 49 vols: 8vo, uniform tan half calf, gilt ruled/lettered, teg, various sizes, some first and early editions to in...

WORDSWORTH (Charles): 'Shakespeare's Historical Plays...': 3 vols, 1883: 8vo, contemporary tan half calf gilt, a little rubbed: with 5 other vols,...

DICKENS (Charles): collection of 23 works in 17 vols, Chapman & Hall circa 1890, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo. (17) ...[more]

BINDINGS: collection of 34 vols, 8vo and smaller, mainly 19thc literature in English and French language, calf bound. (34) ...[more]

BINDINGS: ARNOLD (Matthew): 'Culture and Anarchy...' London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1882: third edition: 8vo, contemporary prize binding of full vellu...

STEVENSON (Robert Louis): 'The Works': 35 vols in 17: 8vo, uniform green half calf gilt lettered: London, Heinemann, circa 1900: spines sunned, he...

LAWRENCE (T E): 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom...' London, Jonathan Cape, 1935. First Trade Edition. 4to, publishers cloth, spine sunned else VG: TOGETH...

POPE (Alexander, translator): 'The Odyssey of Homer...' London, printed for M Cooper, 1766: 2 vols, 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, scuffed. TOGETHE...

(HP) ALMANAC: 'Merlinus Liberatus: being an almanac for the year of our blessed saviour's incarnation 1703...' London, printed by Mary Roberts: 12...

(HP) SYNGE (Edward): 'Four Discourses by the Archbishop of Tuam..' Dublin, printed for R Owen, 1729: 8vo, contemporary red morocco gilt, rubbed an...

ELIZABETH COBBOLD: GEORGIAN CUT PAPER WORK: a remarkable album of cut-paper work, likely circa 1810-20, containing approx 45 intricately worked ex...

(HP) CRISP (Frederick Arthur): 'Visitation of England and Wales...' privately printed, 1893-1919. 20 vols: sm folio, original half vellum gilt let...

DICKENS (Charles): 'The Authentic Edition...the works of Charles Dickens in twenty-two volumes..': n.d, London, Chapman & Hall. 8vo, 22 vols, unif...

(HP) WAGNER (Richard): Parsifal: Lohengrin: Tannhauser..illustrated by Willy Pogany: 3 vols, 4to, uniform publishers green half morocco, spines gi...

(HP) HEATH ROBINSON (W): 'Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales...' London, Constable, 1913: 4to, publishers red cloth gilt, spine sunned and marked: TOGETH...

(HP) MALTHUS (T R): 'An Essay on the Principle of Population..' London, printed for J Johnson, 1807: fourth edition. 8vo, later brown buckram with...

(HP) AESOP'S FABLES: 'Fables of Aesop, with a life of the author: and embellished with one hundred & twelve plates', London, printed for John Stoc...

(HP) ALDIN (Cecil, illustrator & HOWE-NURSE, Wilfred): 'Berkshire Vale..', Oxford, Blackwell, 1927: folio, publishers cloth, rubbed and dustmarked...

FOLIO SOCIETY: 32 vols, most VG in slipcases, to include; Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Pevsner Cathedrals in Eng...

DUGDALE (Thomas): 'England and Wales delineated..' London, Tallis & Co, 1835: 6 vols bound in 2, broad 8vo, 19thc navy calf, richly gilt, marbled ...

FOLIO SOCIETY: Andrew Laing Fairy Books: a full set of twelve, all VG plus in original slipcases. (12) ...[more]

(HP) ILLUSTRATED BOOKS: collection of 23 vols, early 20thc-modern illustrated books, inc. 'The Ring of the Niblung', illustrated by Arthur Rackham...

(HP) BINDINGS: collection of 10 vols, 8vo, 19th-early 20thc, calf or morocco bound literature and reference including Thomas Crook's 'Economic Min...

TAVERN ANECDOTES: 'Tavern Anecdotes: and Reminiscences of the Origin of Signs, Clubs, Coffee-Houses, Streets, City Companies, Wards, &c...by one o...

(HP) SOUTHEY (Robert): 'The Life of Nelson..', London, printed for John Murray, 1813. 2 vols, 12mo, contemporary half calf gilt with twin morocco ...

COLLIBER (Samuel): 'Columna Rostrata, or, a Critical History of the English Sea-Affairs..', London, printed for R Robinson, 1727. 8vo, contemporar...

(HP) ROOPER (William): 'The Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore, Knt. Lord High-Chancellor of England, in the Reign of K. Henry VIII..' London, pri...

SUSSEX DOMESDAY: 'The Sussex Domesday..', Alecto Historical Editions, London 1990: 3 vols, folio, original morocco backed slipcase, lightly marked...

FOLDING MAP: 'Bacon's Large-Print Wall Map of China and Japan'.., London, G W Bacon, circa 1900: colour printed map on paper, folding into origina...

RACKHAM (Arthur, illustrator): 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll...', London, Heinemann, n.d: large 8vo, publishers green cloth, ...

CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY: 'Our Native Land its Scenery and Associations...a series of thirty six water-colour sketches after Rowbotham, Read, Needham etc...

KELLY (Christopher): 'A New System of Universal Geography...' London, published Thomas Kelly, 1834. 2 vols, 4to, 19thc half calf gilt, rubbed, num...

BINDINGS: collection of approx 49 vols, 18th-19thc literature and reference in calf bindings, scuffing and wear. (49 vols, 2 shelves) ...[more]

(HP) CULPEPER (Nicholas): 'The Complete Herbal...' London, Thomas Kelly, 1850. 4to, later plain Japon gilt lettered, hand coloured wood engraved p...

BINDINGS: collection of 16 vols, largely 19thc calf bound history and literature, mostly 8vo, generally in good condition with some wear. (One she...

(HP) BINDINGS: GASPEY (Thomas): 'The History of England from the text of Hume & Smollet, continued to the present time..': London Printing and Pub...

(HP) BINDINGS: CLASSICS: collection of 19thc translations of the classics pub. Valpy, 1830s, bound into 18 vols: small 8vo, near contemporary half...

(HP) BINDINGS: collection of 21 volumes, calf bound literature and reference late 19th-early 20thc, to include George Eliot and Charles Dickens, a...

BINDINGS: collection of 15 vols, mostly large format 19thc publications in calf bindings, to include 10 vol set Chambers Encyclopedia 1895 (plates...

(HP) PEEPS AT MANY LANDS: collection of 38 vols in the 'Pepps at Many Lands' series, A & C Black, early 1900s: all 8vo, publishers cloth in differ...

(HP) TRAVEL: BUCK (E J): 'Simla Past and Present...', Bombay, Times Press, 1925: Second Edition. Large 8vo, publishers brown cloth, bumped and mar...

(HP) LITERATURE: a miscellany, early-later 20thc, some first editions, some in dustjacket. (19) ...[more]

(HP) LEWES (Vivian): 'Service Chemistry: being a short manual of chemistry and its applications in the naval and military services..' London, W B ...

(HP) MEMOIRS: a quantity of printed memoirs, diaries, correspondence, etc, largely early 20thc publications relating to 18th and early 19thc europ...

THEATRE PROGRAMMES: a quantity in small box, mixed period. ...[more]

(HP) ART & ANTIQUES REFERENCE: collection of 23 vols, mostly recent larger format publications on art and antiques reference, to include David Pol...

(HP) FIELD SPORTS: POLLARD (Hugh B): 'Game Birds', London, 1929: 4to, publishers green cloth gilt lettered, a little dust soiled: EDWARDS (Lionel)...

RANSOME (Arthur): 'Great Northern ?' London, Jonathan Cape, 1947: First Edition: 8vo, publishers green cloth in dustjacket, spine browned and edge...

BROUGH SMYTH (R): 'The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria, with notes on the modes of occurrence of gold and other metals and minerals....

WILLIAMSON (George, editor): 'Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers..' London, G Bell, 1913: 5 vols: 4to, uniform period burgundy half moro...

STARK (Freya): 'East is West', London, John Murray 1945: First Edition: 8vo, publishers blue cloth, dustjacket, rubbed to extrems: GAVIN (C M): 'R...

HARLAXTON MEDIEVAL STUDIES: collection of 10 volumes in this series, all VG with dustjackets: TOGETHER WITH 12 other vols, misc modern academic an...

TRAVEL: collection of approx 50 vols, misc travel early to later c20, some in dustjacket, generally in good condition: TOGETHER WITH 2 bound vols ...

HUNTING & FIELD SPORTS: ROBINS (George) 'Lays of the Hertfordshire Hunt and other Sporting Verses..' London, Arthur Humphreys, 1912: sm 8vo, full ...

THEATRE PROGRAMMES: a large and varied collection in one box, to include some post-war circus programmes. (Large quantity) ...[more]

CHICHESTER, DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA: collection of 19th century ephemera relating to Chichester, manuscript documents on paper and a few on vellum, i...

ORANGE ORDER: a small collection of regalia and paperwork relating to the Orange Order, mid c20, to include sash band bearing pin badge of Belfast...