We found 596772 price guide item(s) matching your search
There are 596772 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribe- List
- Grid
-
596772 item(s)/page
Lot 336
Fleming, Ian. Octopussy and the Living Daylights, first edition, light spotting, particularly to fore-edge, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, London: Jonathan Cape, 1966; You Only Live Twice, third impression, fore-edge spotted, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly soiled and spotted, 8vo, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, second impression, light spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly spotted and soiled, 8vo, London: Joanthan Cape, 1965 (3)
Lot 337
Fleming, Ian. Diamonds are Forever, first edition, Contents page mis-numbered, original yellow cloth, stained, 8vo, London: Jonathan Cape, 1956; Goldfinger, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, torn and defective, 8vo, London: Jonathan Cape, 1959; Thunderball, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, London: Jonathan Cape, 1961; You Only Live Twice, first edition, original cloth, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964; and 3 others, Book Club editions (7)
Lot 338
Fowles, John. Cinderella, 1974; Shipwreck, 1974; The Tree, dust-jacket torn and repaired, 1979; Islands, 1978; The Enigma of Stonehenge, 1980; Mantissa, 1982; NT Study Notes: Lorenzaccio, [1984]; Medieval Lyme Regis, 600 copies only, 1984; Land, 1985; Wormholes, first American edition, 1998; John Fowles, The Journals, volume 1, 2003; all signed first editions, many dated, original cloth, dust-jackets, in mylar sleeves, together with 5 others by the same author, v.s. (17)
Lot 34
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first issue, with 'wade' on p.21, half-title, illustrations by John Tenniel, occasional light spotting, pp.97-111 working loose, original cloth gilt, shaken, extremities rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, London: Macmillan & Co., 1872 [1871]
Lot 347
Murdoch, Iris. The sea, the sea, first edition, proof copy, original wrappers, 8vo, London: Chatto and Windus, 1978; Fowles, John and Fay Godwin. Islands, first edition, presentation copy, 'To Mr and Mrs H.F.V. Johnstone, With my personal best wishes... [etc] 1979', illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, extremities slightly chipped, 8vo, London: Jonathan Cape, 1978 (2)
Lot 348
Rushdie, Salman. The Satanic Verses, a photocopy of a corrected typescript, 310 leaves approx., with a cover sheet, inscribed 'To Dora Foschi with my very best wishes, Salman Rushdie', in binder, c. 1988; [The Satanic Verses], advanced proof copy, without title, original wrappers, 8vo, London: Viking, 1988; Haroun and the Sea of Stories, uncorrected advance proof copy, original wrappers, 8vo, London: Granta, 1990; another issue, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, London: Granta, 1990; Imaginary Homelands, uncorrected advance proof copy, original wrappers, 8vo, London; Granta Books, 1991 (5)
Lot 349
Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer... with illustrations by Barnett Freedman, first edition, number 202 of 300 copies, signed by the author and illustrator, original transparent vellum, top edge gilt, others uncut, dust-jacket, slipcase, extremities rubbed, 8vo, London; Faber and Faber, 1931
Lot 350
Shillitoe, Alan. Shaman and other poems, first edition, one of 100 copies signed by the author from an edition of 500, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, London: Turret Books, 1968; Smith, Stevie. Harold's Leap, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, London: Chapman and Hall, 1950; and 13 others, poetry and literature, plus two framed poems published by Poem-of-the-Month Club, Art Student, signed by Stephen Spender and Francesca in Winter, signed by Stevie Smith (15)
Lot 351
Spender, Stephen. Letters to Christopher, first edition, original boards, 8vo, Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980; Poems, first edition, original cloth, untrimmed, 8vo, London: Faber and Faber, 1932; Isherwood, Christopher. Down there on a Visit, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, London: Methuen, 1962; and 29 others by or concerning Stephen Spender and Christopher Isherwood, v.s. (32)
Lot 351a
Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies, first edition, original cloth, London: Chapman andHall, 1930; Black Mischief, first edition, original cloth, London: Chapman and Hall, 1932; Scoop: A Novel About Journalists, first edition, original cloth, London: Chapman and Hall, 1933; A Handful of Dust, first edition, original cloth, London: Chapman and Hall, 1934; and 8 others by the same author, all with dust-jackets, 8vo (12)
![Historical, 8 original parts, as issued, first edition, 9 [?of 10] engraved plates, including 3 by George Cruikshank, hand-co](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6f903f01-b92e-4753-bb9b-ac1f003aa4c3/4b064e4f-d7c2-4f80-95f0-ac21012ae64d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 353
Historical, 8 original parts, as issued, first edition, 9 [?of 10] engraved plates, including 3 by George Cruikshank, hand-coloured, some browning, original wrappers, some lacking, with later chemise and slipcase, 8vo, London: William Wright, 1820-1821, sold as a periodical, not subject to return RARE. This publication by William Wright was intended to agitate support for Caroline of Brunswick, then wife of George IV and future Queen of England. The attempts by George IV to obtain divorce were thwarted by Caroline's popularity with the British people. The pagination runs consecutively, but Part 3 appears to have been issued last, in January 1821.
![[Atkinson, John Augustus] The Miseries of Human Life, 2 volumes, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured folding engraved ad](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6f903f01-b92e-4753-bb9b-ac1f003aa4c3/2d0924d6-bebe-46db-ac49-ac1f01805f1c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 354
[Atkinson, John Augustus] The Miseries of Human Life, 2 volumes, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured folding engraved additional title and 15 [of 16] hand-coloured folding plates, folding theatre broadside, folding engraved plate 'Miseries Personified', torn, contemporary mottled calf, volume 1 rebacked, 8vo, London: William Miller, 1806-07 [Abbey: Life, 259]
Lot 38
Haskins, Sam. Cowboy Kate and Other Stories, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, folio, London: The Bodley Head, 1965; November Girl, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, slip-case, folio, London: The Bodley Head, 1967, both lightly affected by damp; Five Girls, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, stained, defective, folio, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1962 (3)
![Milne, A.A. Peter Plys [Winnie-the-Pooh], first edition, half-title, illustrations, original wrappers, spine chipped, 8vo, Co](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6f903f01-b92e-4753-bb9b-ac1f003aa4c3/b0d48877-fa1b-44f7-ba90-ac1f01809dbc/468x382.jpg)
Lot 5
Farleigh, John. Graven Image, first edition, illustrations, original pictorial boards, rubbed, 8vo, London: Macmillan and Co., 1940; Lewis, John. Printed Ephemera, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 4to, Ipswich: W.S. Cowell, 1962; and 20 others, publishing and bibliography, v.s. (22)
Lot 50
Rackham, Arthur, illustrator. The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirths and Marvels, first edition, 24 tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: J.M. Dent, 1907; Little Brother, Little Sister, 13 tipped-in coloured plates, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: Constable & Co., 1917; A Wonder Book, 16 tipped-in coloured plates, guards, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1922]; Some British Ballads, 16 tipped-in coloured plates, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: Constable & Co., [1919]; Rip Van Winkle, 50 tipped-in coloured plates, original cloth, 4to, London: William Heinemann, 1919 (5)
Lot 53
Repton, Humphry. Odd Whims; and Miscellanies, 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue guards, title vignettes, occasional spotting, contemporary etched calf, rebacked preserving original spines, extremities rubbed, the outer corners rounded with loss, 8vo, London: William Miller, 1804
Lot 72
Ellis, Henry. A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Gallery and California, In the Years 1746 and 1747, for Discovering a North West Passage..., first edition, folding engraved map frontispiece, 9 engraved plates, including 5 folding, occasional rust-marks, browning to last few leaves, contemporary calf, joints cracked, extremities rubbed, 8vo, London: H. Whitridge, 1748 PROVENANCE: Admiral Davidge Gould (1758-1847), with his signature on the title page.
![[Barbaro, Giosafat] Viaggi fatti da vinetia, alla tana, in Persia, in India, et in Constantinopli: con la descrittione partic](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6f903f01-b92e-4753-bb9b-ac1f003aa4c3/b4334063-f556-4061-a6ba-ac20004d99f8/468x382.jpg)
Lot 74
[Barbaro, Giosafat] Viaggi fatti da vinetia, alla tana, in Persia, in India, et in Constantinopli: con la descrittione particolare di Citta, Luoghi, Siti, Costumi, & della Porta del gran Tvrco: & di tutte la intrate, spese, & modo di gouerno suo, & della ultima Impresa contra Portoghesi, title and final leaf with wood-engraved emblem of Aldus, title with small repair, slightly soiled, ink-stains to I3 verso and I4, discolouration to I, some evidence of light water-staining to margins of D3-E8, occasional spotting and rustmarks, contemporary full vellum, from the library of Merthyr Guest, 8vo, Venice: Aldus, 1545 Giosafat Barbaro (1413-1494) was a member of the Venetian Barbaro family. He was a diplomat, merchant and explorer and unusually well-travelled for someone of his times. In 1472 he became Ambassador to Persia, later writing an account of his travels, demonstrating great sensitivity and observational skill. This work was first published in Venice by Aldus in 1543.
![[Debes, Lucas Jacobson] Faeroe, & Faeroa Reserata: That is a Description of the Islands and Inhabitants of Foeroe: Being](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6f903f01-b92e-4753-bb9b-ac1f003aa4c3/af2dc4f0-877c-49c1-a066-ac1f0180d13a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 80
[Debes, Lucas Jacobson] Faeroe, & Faeroa Reserata: That is a Description of the Islands and Inhabitants of Foeroe: Being Seventeen Islands subject to the King of Denmark... Englished By J.[ohn] S.[torpin], first edition in English, folding engraved map, folding engraved plate of a whirlpool, woodcut, some browning and spotting, seventeenth century calf, extremities rubbed, rebacked, new endpapers, 12mo, London: William Iles, 1676 [Wing D511] PROVENANCE: Admiral Davidge Gould (1758-1847), with his signature to title. Admiral Davidge Gould was a distinguished Royal Naval officer, born at Sharpham Park near Bridgwater, Somerset. He was one of Lord Nelson's Band of Brothers at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 and served in the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Lot 81
Dillon, John Talbot. Travels through Spain, with a view to illustrate the Natural History and Physical Geography of that Kingdom, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved dedication leaf, folding engraved map, 6 engraved plates, 2 folding, engraved tail-piece, light offsetting, occasional spotting, nineteenth century half calf, spine defective, upper board loose, 4to, London: G. Robinson, 1780
Lot 92
Redford, George. The History of the Ancient Town and Borough of Uxbridge, first edition, 7 aquatint plates and 3 wood-engraved, later half calf by Zaehnsdorf, 8vo, Uxbridge: For the Authors, 1818; Barber, Thomas. Picturesque Illustrations of the Isle of Wight, engraved title, folding engraved map, split along fold, 40 engraved plates, some browning, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed, 8vo, London: Simpkin Marshall, [1834]; and 7 others topography, v.s. (9)
Lot 93
Tavernier, Jean Baptiste. The Six Travels... through Turky and Persia to the Indies, During the space of Forty years, 6 parts bound in one volume, first collected edition in English, translated by John Phillips, 30 [?of 34] engraved plates and maps on 26 leaves, 'Suburbs in Mesopotamia' plate trimmed with loss, 8 illustrations in text or margins, without maps of Japan or Persia, 2 bookseller advertisement leaves, one in Latin, K4 with paper flaw to margin, N1 and P2 with rusthole, affecting text, M1 with rustmark, Cc1 with paper flaw, affecting text, contemporary calf, worn, folio, London: [Moses Pitt] 1684
Lot 94
Tofino de San Miguel, Vicente. Espana Maritima, or Spanish Coasting Pilot; containing Directions for Navigating the Coasts and Harbours of Spain... translated from the Spanish by John Dougall, first English edition, 28 double-page or folding engraved maps and a further engraved plan in the appendix for the Town and Fortifications of Ceuta in Africa, maps occasionally browned, title with light staining, contemporary half calf, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, 4to, London: F. Faden, 1812
Lot 88
Two Asian copper tea kettles, each of globular form, the first with cover and spire finial, the first decorated in repousse with scrolling flowerheads and scale-pattern spout, on raised pierced foot, 36cm high, the second with Buddhistic symbols, masks and scrolling foliage and stylised mask spout, on spreading foot, 25cm high (2)
Lot 131
Two Chinese porcelain blue and white miniature vases, the first of baluster form, blue character mark to base, pencilled in blue with scrolling flowers within chevron borders and a bottle-shaped miniature vase similarly decorated, 11cm high Condition ReportBoth extensively cracked and repaired
Lot 462
Edwin H Hargrave, A J Sudborough Esquire, Lieutenant Colonel, a portrait, oil on canvas, 73cm x 59cm, Provenance by the artist - the painting was executed at "The Studio" Harpole Hall Northamptonshire, letter from A J Sudborough of The First Cadet Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment who resided in Wellingborough Road Northampton giving the painting to the Officers Mess in 1956.
Lot 212
Eric Earle Shipton C.B.E. (English Himalayan mountaineer 1907-1977), handwritten letter on Mount Everest headed paper posted from North Pole camp (22600 ft), dated 18th May 1933 giving an account of the Hugh Ruttledge 1933 Mount Everest Expedition to George Dowling Esq. London, the envelope bearing base camp 1933 postmark.Eric Shipton was a very accomplished mountaineer achieving a great number of first ascents throughout the world and was involved in many Everest expeditions of the 1930's when he worked with Tenzing. Also leading the 1951 Reconnaissance Expedition on Mount Everest climbing for the first time from Nepal with a young Ed Hilary (who in 1953 succeeded in conquering Mount Everest with Tenzing). The letter signed ' Yours very sincerely, Eric Shipton ' written on four sides of two sheets, retained in original envelope with printed readable letter
Lot 301
One volume, ' A Tour with Cook Through Spain ' being a series of descriptive letters by J.B. Stone, published London, 1873, presentation copy. This is an account of an early tour by Thomas Cook Travel Agency and Son, his first foreign tour was in 1855, together with one volume ' Notes on Spain, With a Special Account of Malaga and It's Climate ' by Edwin Lee, published London, 1854, in green blind stamped cloth
Lot 272
Three 19th Century black basalt bachelors teapots, the first surmounted by a reclining dog above a scroll and star burst body, the second with a gadrooned lid above a leaf scrolling body and the third with a seated figure above a scrolling foliate body, possible Cyples, (3) Meecham Collection
Lot 27
Collection of postcards, c1960's autograph album, First Day Covers (New Zealand/USA/ Monaco/Norway/Cyprus), GPO luggage labels, Theatre Temperance Hall c1888 tickets, football cigarette cards, postcards including RMLI Barracks Forton, RMLI Camp Browndon, Royal Naval Military and Air Force Tournament Kings Squad/Platoon Drill, Church Parade, Royal Marines Memorial, Autographs including Emile Ford, Tony Marsh, Harry Bailey, Tony Brent.
Loading...-
596772 item(s)/page