We found 118894 price guide item(s) matching your search

Refine your search

Year

Filter by Price Range
  • List
  • Grid
  • 118894 item(s)
    /page

Lot 379

Autographs: Sir Robert Helpman and Dame Margot Fonteyn, ballet dancers 1930s-1970s, in a cloth bound first edition of British Ballet, edited by Peter Noble.

Lot 394

Books: Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Poems of Passion, 8vo, of illuminated manuscript form by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, red suede bound, published by Siegle, Hill & Co, London; Commendatore C T Formilli, The Castles of Italy, 4to, first edition, published by A & C Black, London 1933; and Gautier, Emaux et Camees, 16mo, gilt tooled red morocco. (3)

Lot 557

Numismatic: a gold sovereign for the 1966 World Cup, presentation coin first day cover limited edition 250, a £2 commonwealth coin, a £5 banknote, and £5 silver coin, all mint, in one album.

Lot 289

JAGGER MICK: (1943-) English Rock Musician, lead singer of The Rolling Stones. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, a close-up portrait of Jagger, signed in bold blue ink across a light area at the base of the image. Together with an A.N.S., Mick, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Nicola, asking that she give an enclosure to her mother; and a printed CD sleeve insert for The Best of The Rolling Stones-Jump Back, signed by Jagger in black ink to the cover, `Hi! Happy 50th Birthday! Mick Jagger`, also including a hardback edition of Stone Alone by Bill Wyman, First Edition published by Viking, London, 1990. Signed in black ink by Wyman to the title page. Accompanied by the dustjacket. G to VG, 4

Lot 16

After Cecil Aldin (1870-1935) - 'The Grand National' - 'Valentines', 'The Canal Turn', 'Beechers Brook', and 'The First Open Ditch', all pencil signed to margin and with original hand-drawn remarque, limited edition to 30 prints, pub. Richard Wyman & Co, London, each approx 39 x 66 cm, all with W.H. Smith & Sons, York, labels to backing paper (4) Condition Report Foxing, discolouration, dirt behind glass, one glass a/f

Lot 444

William Golding, First Edition 'Lord of the Flies', published by Faber, 1954, hardback complete with dust jacket

Lot 445

John Le Carre, First Edition 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold', published by Victor Gollancz, 1963, hardback with dust jacket (a/f)

Lot 135

Hans Weisshaar & Margaret Shipman - Violin Restoration, a Manual for Violin Makers, limited first edition, no. 1087/2000; also eleven other various books relating to stringed instruments (12)

Lot 1086

Danny Moynihan - Boogie Woogie - A limited first edition with red cloth boards and dust jacket design by Damien Hirst, numbered 191/500, signed by Hirst to the rear cover.

Lot 87

I.Fleming - The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition with jacket

Lot 76

A collection of literary interest books to include: Goldsmith, Oliver, The Traveller, Art Union of London 1851; Sitwell, Sacheverell, Conversation Pieces, First Edition 1936; Havell, H L, Stories from the Iliad, Harrap 1909; Farrar, F A, Old Greek Nature Stories, Harrap 1910; Stein, Palma, Hungarian Songs (5)

Lot 1272

Bernard Mason, O.B.E - Clock & Watch Making in Colchester England, Country Life edition 1969, within original sleeve and with a letter from the author to the purchaser of the book; also C.F.C Beeson - English Church Clocks 1280-1850, 1979 first edition (2)

Lot 457

Richard William Hamilton CH, British 1922-2011- `Five Tyres Remoulded`, seven sheets (from the suite of eight) plus text sheet, published 1972 Professional Prints & Eye Editions, Switzerland, distributed by Petersburg Press, London; one relief cast in white silicone elastomer, signed and numbered 2/150 to the reverse, six serigraphs in monochrome on translucent mylar sheeting, one signed and numbered 4/150, with the text sheet, ea. 60x85cm, (8) (unframed) (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: "This suite of screenprints, which began with a drawing copied, in 1963, from an illustration of the development of tyre treads from 1902 -1950, in a 1951 edition of the magazine `Technique et Architecture`, demonstrates his interest in design technology… He developed the drawing first as a single screenprint in 1964 and again in 1970 when he was offered the services of an American computer programmer to plot the perspective of the drawings. A 3-d relief cast was produced as part of the suite and textual documentation is also an integral part of the work." Taken from V & A Collections description

Lot 540

A first edition "Michelin`s Guide", published 1900, soft cloth bound

Lot 363

A quantity of books to include Cobbett`s Rural Rides vol 1 1888 first edition and Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, leather bound, Observers Books etc

Lot 369

First edition Edward Ardizzone Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel" with paper dust jacket"

Lot 3001

GRAVES, Robert. Poems (1914-27). London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1927. Limited edition of 115 copies, this number 51 signed by the author, 8vo (220 x 140mm.) (Minor browning to first and last few leaves.) Original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g. (extremities lightly scuffed and soiled, boards lightly browned).

Lot 3003

THE NONESUCH PRESS (publishers). - HOMER. The Iliad [and] Odyssey, translated by Alexander Pope. [London:] 1931. Limited edition, number 448 of 1450 and 67 of 1300 respectively, together 2 vols., 8vo (263 x 148mm.) Text in Greek and English, wood-engraved head-piece by Randolph Koch and Fritz Kredel, with Meynell`s note `On first looking into Pope`s Homer` loosely inserted in each volume. Original morocco, t.e.g. (slightly affected by damp, slightly soiled and faded).

Lot 3010

RANSOME, Arthur. Swallows & Amazons. London & Toronto: Jonathan Cape, 1932. Second impression of the illustrated edition, 8vo (200 x 133mm.) Illustrations, many full-page, by Clifford Webb. (Occasional light spotting.) Original green cloth (spine slightly faded), dust-jacket (soiled, discoloured and torn with some loss). – And eleven others by Ransome, including five first editions with dust-jackets (‘Winter Holiday’, 1933; ‘Coot Club’, 1934; ‘Pigeon Post’, 1936; ‘Secret Water’, 1939; and ‘The Big Six’, 1940) (12).

Lot 3012

BLYTON, Enid. Last Term at Malory Towers. London: Methuen & Co, Ltd., 1951. First edition, 8vo (187 x 118mm.) Frontispiece and full-page illustrations by Stanley Lloyd. (Minor light browning, small nick to top edge of first few pages.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (nicks, small tears with loss and creases). – And twenty-two others by Blyton, including a few other first editions (23).

Lot 3016

OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette. Maidlin Bears the Torch, an Abbey Story. London: The Girl’s Own Paper Office, [n.d. but 1937.] First edition, 8vo (184 x 117mm.) Colour frontispiece. (Some light spotting.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped, upper cover slightly faded along top edge), dust-jacket (slightly soiled and creased, minor nicks).

Lot 3017

OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette. Rosamund’s Tuck-Shop. London: The Girl’s Own Paper Office, [n.d. but 1937.] First edition, 8vo (181 x 117mm.) Colour frontispiece. (Some spotting.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped), dust-jacket (slightly creased, minor nicks).

Lot 3018

OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette. Rosamund’s Victory, a Romance of the Abbey Girls. London, Bombay, etc.: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1933. First edition, 4to (197 x 140mm.) Colour frontispiece. (Some spotting, light browning to frontispiece.) Original blue cloth (extremities bumped and soiled, spine slightly faded). – And three others by Oxenham (4).

Lot 3020

SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator). – A.A. MILNE. The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. First edition, 8vo (190 x 124mm.) Numerous illustrations by Shepard. (Occasional pencil scribbles to several illustrations, occasional light browning or spotting.) Original pink cloth blocked in gilt, t.e.g. (slightly unevenly faded), dust-jacket (slightly soiled, torn with slight loss to head and foot of back-strip, other minor nicks).

Lot 3021

SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator). – Kenneth GRAHAME. The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co Ltd., 1931. Thirty-eighth edition (but the first illustrated by Shepard), 8vo (188 x 123mm.) Numerous illustrations, publisher’s advertisements at rear. (Spotting, heavier to first and last few leaves.) Original green cloth (extremities bumped and slightly soiled, nicks to head and foot of spine).

Lot 3025

JOHNS, W.E. Biggles Fails to Return. London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1943. First edition, 8vo (185 x 118mm.) Colour frontispiece and occasional uncoloured illustrations by Stead. (Minor spotting.) Original cloth (slightly affected by damp and discoloured), dust-jacket (torn with minor loss). – And forty-two others by Captain W.E. Johns, most featuring Biggles (43).

Lot 3026

TUNNICLIFFE, C.F. (illustrator). – Henry WILLIAMSON. Tarka the Otter. London & New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1932. First illustrated edition, 8vo (184 x 121mm.) Numerous illustrations by Tunnicliffe. (Occasional spotting to fore-edge.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (browned, heavier to back-strip, nicks and tears). – And twenty-nine other children’s books (30).

Lot 3038

PRATCHETT, Terry. Men at Arms. London: Victor Gollancz, 1993. First edition, 8vo (229 x 150mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (minor abrasion to upper panel). – And thirteen others by Pratchett (14).

Lot 3039

BRENT-DYER, Elinor M. Jo Returns to the Chalet School. London & Edinburgh: 1936. First edition, 8vo (183 x 124mm.) Frontispiece and 3 plates by Nina K. Brisley. (Some spotting.) Original cloth (faded, extremities bumped, stitching weak). – And nine others by Brent-Dyer, including four first editions (10).

Lot 3040

BRENT-DYER, Elinor M. The Chalet School Reunion. Edinburgh & London: 1963. First edition, 8vo (185 x 121mm.) Colour frontispiece, 4 colour plates. Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (minor light creasing). – And original ‘Chalet School Club Member’ flyer with key to dust-jacket loosely inserted.

Lot 3041

BRENT-DYER, Elinor M. Althea Joins the Chalet School. Edinburgh & London: 1969. First edition, 8vo (183 x 120mm.) Frontispiece. Original cloth, dust-jacket (minor tear and light soiling).

Lot 3042

BRENT-DYER, Elinor M. Prefects of the Chalet School. Edinburgh & London: 1970. First edition, 8vo (184 x 124mm.) Frontispiece. Original cloth, dust-jacket (slightly soiled).

Lot 3043

BRENT-DYER, Elinor M. The Chalet School and Richenda. Edinburgh & London: 1958. First edition, 8vo (185 x 119mm.) Frontispiece. (Occasional minor soiling.) Original cloth (slightly soiled and faded, lightly bumped to head and foot of spine). – And thirty-two others by Brent-Dyer, including a few other first editions (33).

Lot 3053

DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, 8vo (209 x 127mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 engraved plates. (Some light spotting and light browning, heavier to plates.) Contemporary half-calf, spine gilt (rubbed and scuffed). – And five others by Dickens, all first or early editions in book form (6).

Lot 3060

BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. Dublin: 1792. 3 vols., 8vo (214 x 123mm.) 1 Folding plate of facsimiles of Johnson’s handwriting bound at rear of vol. III only (lacking “Round Robin” folding plate.) (Occasional spotting or light browning.) Contemporary tree calf gilt (spines slightly rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Samuel Spaight Reeves (armorial bookplates to front pastedowns). Note: the first Irish edition.

Lot 3064

ISHIGURO, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. London: Faber and Faber, 1989. First edition, 8vo (215 x 130mm.) Original cloth, (slight lean), dust-jacket (slightly soiled and lightly creased). Provenance: Clive Parsons (presentation inscription signed by the author to title-page).

Lot 3072

GILMOUR, John, and Max WALTERS. The New Naturalist Wild Flowers, Botanising in Britain. London: Collins, 1954. First edition, 8vo (215 x 145mm.) Numerous illustrations, many colour. (Some spotting.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (browned, torn to lower panel, abrasion marks recoloured). – And twenty-three others from the New Naturalist Series, including a number of first editions (24).

Lot 3078

SHACKLETON, E.H. The Heart of the Antarctic. London: William Heinemann, 1909. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (240 x 167mm.) Titles printed in brown and black, plates (12 colour), numerous illustrations, panorama and 3 folding maps in pocket at rear of vol. II. (Some light spotting, one plate browned, p.211 with small marginal tear.) Original cloth blocked in silver, t.e.g. (extremities bumped, spines faded, lower joint of vol. I split).

Lot 3085

ANNESLEY, George, Viscount Valentia & Earl of Mountnorris. Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the Years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806. London: William Miller, 1809. First edition, 3 vols., 4to (295 x 232mm.) 69 engraved plates, plans and maps (12 folding). (Some spotting or browning, 1 folding map torn with minor loss to margin, marginal worm damage to final 7 leaves of vol. III.) Contemporary speckled calf (rubbed and scuffed, chipped to head and foot of spine, boards detached).

Lot 3096

FERGUSSON, James. A History of Architecture in all Countries… second edition. London: 1874-1873. 4 vols., 8vo (217 x 143mm.) Frontispieces, numerous illustrations, 2 folding maps. (Some spotting to first and last few leaves.) Contemporary calf, g.e. (extremities lightly scuffed, spines recoloured). Provenance: J. Blundell Maple (bookplates to front-free endpaper and signatures to title-pages).

Lot 3100

CAESAR, Gaius Julius. [The Commentaries.] Hoc Volumine Continentur Haec. Commentariorum de Bello Gallico libri VIII. De Bello Civili Pompeiano libri IIII. De Bello Alexandrino liber I. De Bello Africano liber I. De Bello Hispaniensi liber I. Venice: in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri, 1518 [but index dated 1519.] Second Aldine edition, 8vo (166 x 99mm.) Woodcut dolphin and anchor Aldus device on title-page and two colophons, 2 double-page woodcut maps and 5 full-page woodcut illustrations, italic type, initial spaces with guide letters. (Lacking all leaves prior to title, some soiling, browning and occasional light spotting, a few ink marginalia and occasional ink stains.) Near contemporary calf, elaborately panelled in blind to a foliate scroll design, the upper cover lettered in gilt ‘Coment.ce’ (rebacked and cornered, minor scuffs and holes). Provenance: unidentified early signatures to front pastedown and title; W. Deane Butcher (ink stamp to front pastedown). Note: the first Aldine edition was published in 1513. The text in this second edition uses the same preface by Aldus and the architect J. Jucundus, and the same woodcuts are used.

Lot 3115

UTTLEY, Alison. A Traveller in Time. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1939. First edition, 8vo (203 x 127mm.) Occasional illustrations. (Spotting to first and last few leaves.) Original cloth (extremities bumped and slightly faded), dust-jacket (torn with minor loss, back-strip darkened, scribble to lower panel).

Lot 3122

JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language… the sixth edition. London: 1785. 2 vols., 4to (275 x 210mm.) Portrait frontispiece to vol. I. (Some browning and damp-staining, minor worm damage to first few leaves of vol. III) 19th Century calf (extremities scuffed and bumped, hinges split, reinforced to vol. I). Provenance: Montague Williams (armorial bookplates to front pastedowns); S.E. Williams (bookplate to front pastedowns).

Lot 3125

HARNETT, Cynthia. The Lord of Unicorn. London: Methuen & Co Ltd., 1959. First edition, 8vo (217 x 140mm.) Illustrations. (Occasional light soiling.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. – And fifty-three others (54).

Lot 3128

PENGUIN BOOKS. – Christian BARMAN. Early British Railways [King Penguin Book 56]. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: 1950. First edition, 8vo (180 x 119mm.) 16 full-page colour illustrations. Original pictorial boards, dust-jacket. (torn with minor loss). – And a quantity of others published by Penguin, including other King Penguins and paperbacks with covers designed by Edward Young (a quantity).

Lot 3134

FRANCIS, Dick. In the Frame. London: Michael Joseph, 1976. First edition, 8vo (195 x 120mm.) Double-page map (Occasional minor light browning.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Provenance: ‘Reg’ (presentation inscription signed by the author, dated ‘Christmas ’76’ to front-free endpaper). – And twenty-five others (26).

Lot 3136

CHILDREN’S BOOKS. – Dodie SMITH. The Starlight Barking, more about The Hundred and One Dalmatians. London: 1967. First edition, 8vo (215 x 137mm.) Illustrations. Original cloth, dust-jacket (torn with slight loss). – And thirty-nine other children’s books (40).

Lot 3137

BIOGRAPHY. – John PEARSON. The Life of Ian Fleming. London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition, 8vo (229 x 150mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (slightly tattered). – And a quantity of others, most of biographical interest (a quantity).

Lot 3138

HALL, Radclyffe. The Well of Loneliness. London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. First edition, 8vo (220 x 144mm.) (Occasional spotting, first few pages creased.) Original cloth (extremities bumped). – And a quantity of others (a quantity).

Lot 3158

‘CHASE, Beatrice’ [Olive Katharine PARR.] The Passing of the Rainbow Maker. Bristol: The Burleigh Press, 1926. First edition, 8vo (178 x 115mm.) 6 plates. (Minor light spotting or browning.) Original card boards (slightly soiled and rubbed, back-strip faded). Note: signed by the author to front free endpaper. – And six others by Chase, including five signed (7).

Lot 3181

DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. First edition, 8vo (210 x 133mm.) Additional decorative title, 39 plates. (Some spotting or browning, heavier to plates.) Contemporary half-calf (extremities scuffed, head of spine slightly chipped, upper joint splitting). – And seven other volumes (8).

Lot 3189

GUGGENHEIM, Harry F. The Seven Skies. New York & London: 1930. First edition, 8vo (205 x 133mm.) Numerous full-page illustrations. (Some spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, spine faded). Provenance: Miss Annie O’Callaghan (presentation inscription signed by the author and dated ‘August 1920’ to half-title). – And one other signed volume by Guggenheim; together with three photographs of related interest (5).

Lot 601

A quantity of printed ephemera relating to Wembley Exhibitions, comprising `Ideal Home 1924`, first edition sale catalogue for the disposal of the British Empire Exhibition 1926, Graphic Empire Exhibition Number, Might London in 1924, Lest we Forget Empire Souvenir 1924, and a Great Exhibition of 1851 commemorative album published by the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Lot 785

A set of five silver coins for `Man`s first landing on the Moon`, limited edition 243/1000, with certificate, 5.24toz, and a lady`s silver pocket watch.

Lot 407

British Mountaineering by Claude E Benson - First Edition 1909 (label from Swiss Alpine Club Library)

Lot 410

The Observers Book of Paris - Elizabeth De Stoumillo first edition 1982 and The Observers book of Classic Cars After 1945 - Mark White first edition 1982

Lot 418

Three first edition Enid Blyton

Lot 59

Twenty boxed collectors models, including vanguards, Lledo Dandy commemorative models with reproduction first edition comics, etc

Lot 61

Two boxed Merrythought Limited edition teddy bears, the first a golden mohair teddy, this version a shop exclusive number 92 of a limited run, the teddy still in its original presentation box measures approximately 35cm in height complete with outer shipping box, the second a large limited edition teddy bear measuring 90cm in height has a catalogue reference of XAE32B and bears the certificate number 54 of a run of 250, the teddy complete in presentation clear topped box with original card shipping outer box (2)

Lot 373

London Mint Office Golden Edition set of pre-decimal coins and first series decimal coins, and seven additional pre-decimal coins, all with layered gold and enamelled decoration, certificates and two cases.

Loading...Loading...
  • 118894 item(s)
    /page

Recently Viewed Lots