Sale of Antiquarian & Collectors' Books

CHURCHILL, Winston S. A History of the English-Speaking People. London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1956-1958. 4 vols., first editions, 8vo (229 x 1...

SHAKESPEARE, William. The Complete Works… reprinted from the First Folio, edited by Charlotte Porter and H.A. Clarke. London: George G. Harrap & C...

LANG, Andrew (editor). The Violet Fairy Book. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1901. First edition, 8vo (183 x 117mm.) 8 colour plates, numerous i...

MILNE, A.A. [The Christopher Robin Books.] London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927-1930. 4 vols., mixed editions, publisher's deluxe edition, 8vo (186 x ...

MILNE, A.A. [The Christopher Robin Books]. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927-1930. 4 vols., mixed editions, 8vo (188 x 120mm.) Illustrations by E.H...

SHAKESPEARE, William. The Whole of His Dramatic Works, with Explanatory Notes. London: for John Stockdale, 1784. The 'Stockdale' edition, 8vo (229...

FLAMINI, Marco Antonio. Carmina Quinque Illustrium Poetarum Quorum nomina in Sequenti Pagina continentur. Florence: Laurentium Torrentinum, 1552. ...

FIELDING, Henry. The History of Tom Jones. London: J. Walker, 1819. 2 vols., 12mo (131 x 67mm.) Frontispiece and title-page vignettes to each volu...

WHEATLY, Charles. A Rational Illustration of the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1794. First editi...

CIBBER, Colley. An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian and Late Patentee of the Theatre-Royal. London: John Watts, 1740. Second ed...

COMMON PRAYER, In English. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, by W. Jackson and A. Ha...

HORSE-RACING. - William PICK. An Authentic Historical Racing Calendar of all the Plates, Sweepstakes, Matches, &c. Run for at York, from the First...

EROTICA. - LONGUS. Poimenikon ton Kata Daphnin kai Chloen logoi tettares, recensuit Ludovicus Dutens. Paris: Guillelmum de Bure, 1776. 12mo (157 x...

[SOUTHEY, Robert]. - 'Don Manuel Alzarez ESPRIELLA'. Letters From England, translated from the Spanish. London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme,...

WALKER, John. The Universal Gazetteer, Being a Concise Description, Alphabetically Arranged, of the Nations, Town, Cities, Harbours etc… in the Kn...

VARLEY, D. Rudimentary Treatise on Mineralogy, for the Use of Beginners. London: John Weale, 1849. 8vo (177 x 112mm.) 2 plates (1 coloured), numer...

MIDDLE EAST. - Laurent D'ARVIEUX. The Travels of the Chevalier D'Arvieux in Arabia the Desart; Written by Himself, and… giving a very Accurate and...

PUCKLE, James. The Club: Or, A Grey-Cap for a Green-Head, containing Maxims, Advice, and Cautions, Being a Dialogue Between a Father and Son. Lond...

GREEK PHILOSOPHY. - EPICTETUS. The Manual of Epictetus. Glasgow: R. & A. Foulis, 1750. (Minor soiling to title.) [Bound with:] Eustace BUDGELL (tr...

MINIATURE BOOKS. - Dante ALIGHIERI. La Divina Commedia. London: C. Corrall, G. Pickering, 1822-1823. 2 vols., 16mo (88 x 47mm.) Engraved title, 4p...

MINIATURE BOOKS. - William SHAKESPEARE. The Plays. London: William Pickering, 1825. 8 vols. (of 9), 32mo (79 x 44mm.) (Mild toning, occasional spo...

REFERENCE. [Asprey's Reference Library. N.p.: n.d but circa 1924.] 5 vols. (of 8), 8vo (164 x 100mm and 114 x 65mm.) (Toning.) Contemporary green ...

AUSTEN, Jane. [The Works.] London: Robert Rivière & Son, [n.d. circa 1900.] 5 vols., 8vo (173 x 106mm.) Colour frontispiece to each volume. (Some ...

DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form, early printing, 8vo (203...

JAMES, M.R. Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary. London: Edward Arnold, 1906. Third impression, 8vo (210 x 136mm.) 3 plates by James McBryde. (Occasiona...

MILNE, A.A. [The Christopher Robin Books]. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924-1928. Mixed editions, 8vo (189 x 120mm.) Illustrations by E.H. Shepard...

BINDING. - H.C. MARILLIER. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, an Illustrated Memorial of His Art and Life. London: George Bell & Sons, 1904. Third edition, a...

MAURICEAU, Francis. The Diseases of Women with Child, and in Child-Bed… translated by Hugh Chamberlen. London: John Darby, 1683. Second edition, 8...

LANG, Andrew. The Violet Fairy Book. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. First edition, 8vo (184 x 118mm.) 8 colour plates, numerous uncoloure...

NAVAL. - [Jonas HANWAY]. The Bye-Laws and Regulations of the Marine Society… with the Several Instructions, Forms of Indentures, and Other Instrum...

JESUITS. - [John CORBET]. The Epistle Congratulatory of Lysimachus Nicanor of the Society of Jesu, to the Covenanters in Scotland. Oxford: by Leon...

MUSIC. - Mac REBENNACK, 'Dr. JOHN'. Under a Hoodoo Moon… the Life of Dr. John, the Night Tripper. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. First editio...

POETRY. - Sylvia PLATH. The Colossus. London: Faber and Faber, 1967. 8vo (218 x 133mm.) (Mild toning.) Original salmon cloth, dust-jacket (slight ...

POETRY. - Seamus HEANEY. North. London: Faber and Faber, 1975. First edition, 8vo (216 x 135mm.) (Browning, occasional spotting to endpapers and f...

BECKETT, Samuel. Molloy. Paris: The Olympia press, 1955. First edition in English, 8vo (180 x 131mm.) (Mild toning.) Original card wrappers (rubbi...

BETJEMAN, John. Summoned by Bells. London: John Murray, 1960. Limited edition, this being number 88 of 125 copies signed by John Betjeman, 8vo (23...

POETRY. - Philip LARKIN. The Whitsun Weddings. London: Faber and Faber, 1964. First edition, 8vo (218 x 134mm.) (Toning, some spotting to endpaper...

COWARD, Noël. Not Yet the Dodo and Other Verses. London: Heinemann, 1967. First edition, signed and inscribed by the author to the half-title, 8vo...

LEVY, Mervyn. Painters of Today - L.S. Lowry. London: Studio Books, 1961. First edition, signed and dated by L.S. Lowry, 4to (191 x 211mm.) 20 col...

DAHL, Roald. Going Solo. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. First edition, first impression, signed by the author to the half-title, 8vo (234 x 148mm.) ...

BLAKE, Quentin (illustrator). - Roald DAHL. Rhyme Stew. London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. First edition, first impression, with a tipped-in card signed...

HOSSEINI, Khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns. London: Bloomsbury, 2007. Limited edition, this being one of 1500 signed first edition copies, 8vo (23...

KING, Stephen. Hearts in Atlantis. New York: Scribner, 1999. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title-page, 8vo (234 x 1...

PRATCHETT, Terry and Neil GAILMAN. Good Omens. London: Gollancz, 1990. First edition, signed by Terry Pratchett to the title-page, 8vo (228 x 146m...

PRATCHETT, Terry. Jingo. London: Gollancz, 1997. First edition, signed by the author to the title-page, 8vo (228 x 145mm.) (Mild toning.) Original...

RANKIN, Ian. Dead Souls. London: Orion, 1999. First edition, signed by the author to the title-page, 8vo (234 x 147mm.) (Toning.) Original black c...

DEXTER, Colin. Last Bus to Woodstock. London: Macmillan, 1987. Reprint, signed by the author to the title-page, 8vo (198 x 119mm.) (Browning to ma...

CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Prey. London: HarperCollins, 2001. First edition, first impression, signed and inscribed by the author and others to t...

FRANCIS, Dick. High Stakes. London: Michael Joseph, 1975. First edition, signed by the author to the title-page, 8vo (198 x 119mm.) (Toning.) Orig...

MILLER, Arthur. Timebends. London: Methuen, 1987. First UK edition, signed and inscribed by the author to the title-page, 8vo (233 x 147mm.) Numer...

PULLMAN, Philip. His Dark Materials. London: Scholastic Press, 1995-2001. 3 vols., first editions, mixed impressions, all volumes signed by the au...

PULLMAN, Philip. The Book of Dust... La Belle Sauvage. London: David Fickling Books, 2017. First edition, first impression, signed by the author, ...

ISHIGURO, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go. London: Faber and Faber, 2005. First edition, first impression, signed by the author on a bookplate to the title...

BECK, William S. The Draper's Dictionary, a Manual of Textile Fabrics: their History and Applications. London: the Warehouseman & Drapers' Journal...

CROXALL, Samuel (translator). Fables of Esop and Others, translated into English with Instructive Applications, and a Print Before Each Fable. Gai...

MANUSCRIPT. [A hand-written book of references by Monsieur Maurice Lommer, pest controller. N.p: 1899-1938.] 340pp. manuscript, 8vo (186 x 121mm.)...

RELIGION. Novena de la Santissima Trinidad. Seville: D. Juan de Basoas, [n.d. but circa 1765.] Title with decorative woodcut border, 1 woodcut fro...

MANUSCRIPT. [A hand-written series of letters by the Rev. Samuel Cooper. N.p: n.d. but circa 1770.] 53pp. manuscript, 8vo (163 x 95mm.) Unnumbered...

BURKE, Edmund. - William MILES. A Letter to Henry Duncombe, Esq. Member for the County of York on the Extraordinary Pamphlet Lately Addressed by M...

INTERIORS. - Charles L. EASTLAKE. Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery and Other Detail. London: Longman, Green, and Co., 1869. Secon...