Religious Items & Folk Art

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Hobbit or There and Back Again, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on half-title 'Marga...

ART – ARTHUR HUGHES & THE PRE-RAPHAELITES Archive of material relating to the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Arthur Hughes (1832-1915), assembled by art h...

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPESSIONS, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPIES, inscribed on the front free endpa...

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) Farmer Giles of Ham, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on reverse of frontispiece 'Margaret from Ronald Tolk...

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) Smith of Wootton Major, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on half-title to Margaret Wiseman ('M from R/ 1967...

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) Tree and Leaf, first edition in paperback , AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to Margaret Wiseman ('M.W./from JRRT/Aug. 19...

ALBUM – LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE & POLITICS An extensive collection of nearly 300 autograph letters, cut signatures & free fronts, held in an albu...

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Road Goes Ever On. A Song Cycle. Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien. Music by Donald Swann, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM TOLKIE...

FLEMING (IAN) Moonraker, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, state A with 'shoo' for 'shoot' on p.10, toning, initials A.R.B in blue ink on first f...

Art Reference Books on Asian Art - Chinese Gorer Edgar and JF. Blacker J. F. Gorer Edgar and JF. Blacker J. F. Gorer Edgar and JF. Blacker J. F....

SUFFRAGETTES – PANKHURSTS & THE WSPU Two typed letters and one autograph letter, from Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick Lawre...

CUNNINGHAM (JOSEPH DAVEY) A History of the Sikhs, from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej, second edition 'with the author's ...

FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale, FIRST EDITION, second impression, light toning, publisher's black cloth with red heart on upper cover and letterin...

Art Reference Books on Islamic Art Bahari, Ebadollah Bihzad, Master of Persian Painting I.B. Tauris, London, 1996 Zebrowski, Mark Deccani Pai...

DICKENS (CHARLES) The Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, FIRST 'TRIAL' ISSUE, half-title and verso of t...

DICKENS (CHARLES) [Christmas Books] A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, second state, half-title in bl...

FLEMING (IAN) Live and Let Die, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, second issue, light toning, publisher's black cloth gilt, faint dust-staining, ...

First and Second World War military interest. A collection of books regarding the two world wars, majority in dust wrappers. The lot including Hom...

Art Reference Books - Silver, Gold & Jewellery Sitwell, Major-General H.D.W The Crown Jewels and Other Regalia in the Tower of London. 1953 St...

Art Reference Books on Asian Art - Japanese Bing, S Artistic Japan: Illustrations and Essays. Volumes V & VI Sampson Low, Marston , London, 18...

RHODES (CECIL J.) - FROM HIS LIBRARY GRAMMONT (ANTOINE) Memoirs of Count Grammont... a New Translation, with Notes and Illustrations, CECIL RHODES...

POTTER (BEATRIX) Peter Rabbit's Almanac for 1929, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'For Mrs McSon Beatrix Potter Aug 23.29' ...

POTTER (BEATRIX) The Tale of Tom Kitten, FIRST EDITION, half-title, frontispiece and 26 colour plates, black and white vignette on title, faint ...

WAUGH (EVELYN) Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder, ONE OF 50 SPECIALLY ISSUED PRE-PUBLICATION COPIES, ...

POTTER (BEATRIX) The Tailor of Gloucester, FIRST EDITION, PRIVATELY PRINTED, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, colour frontispiece and 15 colour plates, oc...

POTTER (BEATRIX) The Tale of Johnny Townmouse, FIRST EDITION, first printing ('N' missing from end of 'London' in the imprint), half-title, fron...

PRIVATE PRESS GRAVES (IDA) Epithalamion. A Poem, NUMBER 270 OF 330 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, one of 150 copies issued later, wood-engravings...

FLEMING (IAN) For Your Eyes Only, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, publisher's black cloth with white eye device on upper cover, spine lettered ...

FLEMING (IAN) Diamonds Are Forever, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, lightly cocked, original black bevelled cloth stamped with silver gilt (var...

Art Reference Books - Wallpapers Clouzot H. and Ch. Follot. Jean Bourguignon preface Histoire de Papier Peint en France, Illustrated with brigh...

Art Reference Books on Asian Art - Indian Dallapiccola, Anna Libera Die "Paithan"-Malerei. Studie zu ihrer stilistischen Entwicklung und Ikono...

BAINES (THOMAS) Explorations in South-West Africa being an Account of a Journey in the years 1861 and 1862 from Walvisch Bay... To Lake Ngami and ...

HARRIS (WILLIAM CORNWALLIS) Narrative of an Expedition into Southern Africa, During the Years 1836, and 1837, from the Cape of Good Hope, through ...

MILLAIS (JOHN GUILLE) Wild Life in Africa, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 30 COPIES, title printed in red and black, 20 collotype plates (9 hand-colo...

PONTING (HERBERT GEORGE) The Great White South, or with Scott in the Antarctic, tenth impression , AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED 'To Miss...

POTTER (BEATRIX) The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, FIRST EDITION, 14 illustrations on panorama pages, publisher's green cloth wallet lettered in...

PALLAS (PETER SIMON) Travels Through the Southern Provinces of The Russian Empire in the years 1793 and 1794, 2 vol., 54 aquatint or engraved pl...

HARLEQUINADE - MANUSCRIPT FLAP-BOOK A seventeenth century manuscript pictorial flap-book 'Painted By Sal. Court, Price 2s.', on paper, ink and w...

SMITH (DODIE) I Capture the Castle, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by her 'To Ambrose Heal from Dodie Smith, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, O...

ACKERMANN (RUDOLPH) A History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles, 95 ...

DENTISTRY HARRIS (CHAPIN AARON) The Dental Art, a Practical Treatise on Dental Surgery, FIRST EDITION, 3 lithographed plates, light arc of stain...

SMITH (DODIE) The Hundred and One Dalmations, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY inscribed 'To Ambrose Heal, with love from Dodie Smith...

FLEMING (IAN) Dr. No, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, publisher's first state plain black cloth (variant B, fabroleen) boards, gilt stamped on spine...

FLEMING (IAN) Goldfinger, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, publisher's black cloth (second state), front cover blocked in blind with line drawin...

FLEMING (IAN) For Your Eyes Only, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, publisher's black cloth with white eye device on upper cover, spine lettered ...

FLEMING (IAN) Goldfinger, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, publisher's black cloth (first state), front cover blocked in blind with line drawing...

Second World War military interest. A collection of vintage reference books regarding aviation, bombers and flight, D-Day and Normandy during WW2....

First World War military interest. A collection of reference books and biographies relating to WW1. The lot including titles such as Tommy by Rich...

First and Second World War military interest. A collection of reference books. The lot to include four volume Regimental Records of the Royal Welc...

First and Second World War military interest. A collection of reference books and biographies. The lot including titles such as General Reflection...

Military interest. A collection of vintage reference books relating to Gurkhas and their history. The lot including such titles as The Gurkhas by ...

Military history incl. First and Second World War. A collection of reference books and army lists. The lot to include Navy List 1948, Army List 19...

A group of books by J.B Priestley signed by the author and two signed letters Comprising 'English Journey', Adam in Moonshine and Benighted', '...

NATIVE CHIEFS AND ROYAL VISITS The Native Chiefs and their States in 1877, FIRST EDITION, half-title, toning, bookplate of the Sitaram Narayan P...

LIVINGSTONE (DAVID) Autograph letter signed ('David Livingstone'), to Hamidi Mahamad, writing '...in acknowledgement of his good services...', sta...

MACKINNON (J.P.) AND SYDNEY SHADBOLT The South African Campaign, 1879, 61 mounted photographic portraits, 2 folding maps (one loose), early gree...

SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1911-1917, FIRST EDITION, half-title, colour frontispiece, 87 photogr...

LEAR (EDWARD) Autograph fair copy of 'Some Incidents in the Life of My Uncle Arly', 'Rittleout for E. Carus Selwyn', comprising all 7 verses of 7 ...

ROWLING (J.K.) A collection of six Harry Potter titles, all INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to a family friend, comprising; Harry Potter and the Philo...

BRUNEL (ISAMBARD KINGDOM) Autograph letter signed ('IK Brunel'), to Walter Shelley ('Sir'), beginning '...Your suggestion is worth consideration b...