The Bibliophile Sale: Books & Works on Paper

Raleigh - The Arts of Empire , and Mysteries of State... ( Sir Walter) The Arts of Empire , and Mysteries of State Discabinated Publishe...

Josephus. - The Works...accoirding to the...French Translation of Monsieur Arnauld d'Andilly, trnslated by Thomas Lodge, title in red and black...

Virgilius Maro (Publius) - The Works, first edition of Dryden s translation , title printed in red & black, engraved frontispiece and 88 pl...

Milton (John).- [Toland (John)] - The Life of John Milton, lacking initial blank, title neatly reinforced at inner margin, old ms. addition to f...

[Swift (Jonathan, - contributor and editor. )] The Examiner: or contributor and editor. )] The Examiner: or, Remarks upon Papers and Occurren...

Cockburn (John) - The History and Examination of Duels. Shewing their heinous nature and the necessity of suppressing them, first edition , ...

Beaumont (John) - Gleanings of Antiquities. Containing Some Notes concerning Familiar Spirits, half-title, plate misbound at end, woodcut decor...

[Barrow (John)] - Dictionarium Polygraphicum: or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece and 54 folding plate...

[Picart (Bernard)] - [The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World], engraved dedication and 196 plates (16 fo...

Ovidius Naso (Publius) - Metamorphoseon Libri XV, translated by John Clarke, title in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, contempo...

[St. John - ] A Collection of Political Tracts , contemporary ink name on... (Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke )] A Collection of Political Tra...

Poll Book.- - Copy (A) of the Poll for a Citizen for the City and Liberty of Westminster... Peter Leigh, Esq., High-Bailliff, Candidates, the Ri...

[Victor (Benjamin)] - The Widow of the Wood, first edition , woodcut squirrel device on title, woodcut decorations, advertisement f. for the ...

Blacklock (Thomas) - Poems..., second edition, large paper copy, contemporary polished calf, spine gilt, for the author, 1756 § Leech ( Miss ...

Congreve (William) - The Works, 3 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, 5 engraved plates, bookplates, attractive contemporary speckled calf, g...

Pennington - An Unfortunate Mother's Advice to her Absent Daughters; in a... ( Lady Sarah) An Unfortunate Mother's Advice to her Absent Dau...

Voltaire - The Philosophy of History , first edition in English ([François Marie Arouet de]) The Philosophy of History , first edition i...

Johnsoniana.- [Campbell (Archibald)] - Lexiphanes a Dialogue..., contemporary ink name on title, modern calf-backed boards, J.Knox, 1767 § Haw...

Bible, - English. The Holy Bible, engraved frontispiece and 9 plates English. The Holy Bible, engraved frontispiece and 9 plates, ex-librar...

Chesterfield - Letters… to his son, 4 vol., engraved frontispiece, half-titles, vol (Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of ) Letters to his son,...

[?Combe (William)], "J.J. Rousseau". - Letters of an Italian Nun and an English Gentleman, first edition , half-title, contemporary tree calf...

[Kilner (Joseph)] - The Account of Pythagoras's School in Cambridge, 9 engraved plates including folding, some offsetting, later half calf, foli...

Marshall (William) - The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties, 2 vol., first edition , half-title to vol.I only (?as issued), folding engra...

Boswell (James) - The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with 'gve' to p.135, line 10, vol.1 lacking engraved portrait...

[Witton (Philip Henry)] - The Riots at Birmingham, 8 aquatint plates by W.Ellis after P.H.Witton, each with accompanying leaf of descriptive tex...

[Burney (Frances)] - Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth, 5 vol., first edition , list of subscribers, some tears, marginal fraying from carelessl...

Aristotle. - ...Ethics and Politics, comprising his practical philosophy, edited by John Gillies, 2 vol., half-titles, some light foxing, ink n...

Bindings.- [Howell (Laurence)] - The Orthodox Communicant by way of Meditation, engraved throughout, list of subscribers, ink ownership inscript...

Bacon (Francis) - The Works of Francis Bacon..., 10 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, two folding leaves, indexes (in Latin and English), s...

Defoe (Daniel) - The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 2 vol., engraved frontispieces and 13 plates only (of 14), upper corner trimmed fr...

Manners - The Satirist, or Monthly Meteor , 5 vol., 34 illustrations (George, editor ) The Satirist, or Monthly Meteor , 5 vol., 34 illu...

British Poets (The) 100 vol., in 50, engraved frontispieces, light offsetting, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, spines lightly fa...

Fore-Edge Painting.- Foster (John) - Essays in a Series of Letters, fifth edition, half-title, inscription on title, conteporary straight-grain ...

Scott - The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, 2 vol ( Sir Walter) The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, 2 vol., f...

Waterloo.- - Waterloo Subscription, printed broadsheet, folds, browned Waterloo Subscription, printed broadsheet, folds, browned, 395 x 315mm.,...

National Register (The). Our King, Constitution and Laws. No. 431 - Vol.IX, original broadsheet folded into 8 pp., neat ms. notation to one mar...

Politics.- [Wade (John)] - The Black Book, or Corruption unmasked 12 pp. announcements & advertisments at end , 1820 § [Hone (William)] The ...

Willement (Thomas) - Regal Heraldry, engraved frontispiece and 36 plates, all but a few hand-coloured or partly so, head-pieces on india paper a...

Meyrick - A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour…, 3 vol ( Sir Samuel Rush) A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour , 3 vol., additional e...

Trollope (Frances) - Belgium and Western Germany in 1833, 2 vol., lacking half-titles and advertisement/imprint leaf at end of vol.1 & 2 resp...

Muggletonians.- Frost (Isaac) - Suite of Six Plates, 6 engraved colour plates by W.P. Clubb after drawings by Frost, printed in oil colours by G...

Ainsworth (William Harrison) - The Lancashire Witches. A Romance of Pendle Forest, 3 vol., 2pp. advertisements, some foxing, ink stain to one f....

Emerson ( R[alph] W[aldo]) - Representative Men: Seven Lectures, first edition, first issue , ownership ink inscription to front pastedown, or...

Ruskin (John) - Works, 24 vol., contemporary half calf, red and black labels, gilt, rubbed, New York, n.d. [c.1900] § Goethe (Johann Wolfgang...

Wordsworth (William) - The Prelude, 7pp. publisher's catalogue at front dated July 1850, 2pp. notes and further advertisement p. at end, new end...

Photographic Portraits.- - Comprising 9 cartes-de-visite, including portraits of Ruskin, Tennyson, Robert Browning, Carlyle & Ellen Terry, mo...

Verne (Jules Gabriel) - The Field of Ice, first separate edition for the American market , numerous illustrations by Riou, publisher's advert...

Burton (Richard F.) - The Book of the Thousand nights and a Night, and Supplementary Nights, together 16 vol., titles printed in red and black,...

Caröe (W.D.) and E.A.J.Gordon - Sefton, number 25 of 40 large paper copies signed by Caröe , frontispiece and numerous plates and illustratio...

Pepys (Samuel) - The Diary..., 10 vol., number 23 of 250 large paper copies, plates, some folding, occasional foxing, browning to endpapers, bo...

Bible, - English . Lovett The English Bible in the John Rylands Library... English . Lovett (Richard) The English Bible in the John Rylands...

Swinburne (Algernon Charles) - Songs Before Sunrise, number 11 of 650 copies Songs Before Sunrise, number 11 of 650 copies, contemporary bli...

Churchill - Marlborough: His Life and Times, 4 vol., first editions, maps ( Sir Winston Spencer) Marlborough: His Life and Times, 4 vol.,...

Churchill (W.A.) - Watermarks in Paper, illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt cloth, extremities bumped and chipped, rubbed...

Churchill (Winston S.) - [The War Speeches], Into Battle, 1941; The Unrelenting Struggle, 1942; The End of the Beginning, 1943; Onwards to Victor...

Bookbinding.- Dudin (M.) - The Art of the Bookbinder and Gilder, translated by Richard Macintyre Atkinson, original morocco-backed buckram, Lee...

Fleming (Ian) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963; The Man With The Golden Gun [two copies], 1965, first editions , original boards, dus...

Fleming (Ian) - The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, original boards with a few markings to head, dust-jacket spine browned, light wear to head...

Fleming (Ian) - Thunderball, jacket spine a little browned, light wear to head, 1961; You Only Live Twice, first issue, jacket spine a little...

Fleming (Ian) - Goldfinger, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, old tape repairs to lower panel verso with colouring visible on recto,...