Rare Books & Works on Paper

SUE TOWNSEND. 'the Secret Diary of Adrian Mole age 13 3/4'. First edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, fine, Methuan, 1982. ...[more]

Agatha Christie. 'Destination Unknown'. First edition, original cloth, repairs to unclipped dj, toning throughout, the Crime Club, London, 1954. ...

Signed and inscribed Baroness Orczy. 'The Celestial City,' flat signed and inscribed in ink by the author to the half title, 'To my dear kind frie...

Six illustrated works. CHARLES FOLKARD Illustrations. 'The Jackdaw of Rheims,' by Thomas Ingoldsby, original blue cloth, rubbed and bumped, colour...

Ian Fleming. Six works of which three are first editions. 'The Man with the Golden Gun,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth, Jonathan Cape, L...

Ian Flemings 'James Bond'. Thirteen paperbacks. Including 'Moonraker', 'The Spy Who Loved Me', 'For Bond Lovers Only', 'The Spy Who Loved Me', 'Fo...

John Buchan. Five first editions. 'The Power-House,' first edition, original cloth, toning to leaves, William Blackwood and Sons, 1916; 'the Battl...

George Orwell 'Animal Farm,' early reprint, rubbed original cloth, loss and tears to unclipped dj, light sporadic spotting, Martin Secker & Warbug...

'Familiar Garden Flowers'. By F. Edward Hulme and Shirley Hibberd, first three volumes, second series, rubbed and bumped, numerous colour illustra...

A first edition Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 'El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba (No One Writes to the Colonel),' first edition, Spanish text, fold m...

Six works from central America. LUIS CARLOS LOPEZ. 'La Comedia Tropical,' an anthology made by Jorge Zalamea, thin pictorial card wraps, single fo...

Thomas Glass (1709-1786). 'Commentarii Duodecim De Febribus A D Hippocratis Disciplinam Accommodati,' thin card wrap with contemporary ink title t...

Irish Republicanism interest. Two works. 'The Idea of a Nation,' by Chanel, thin card wraps, James Duffy and Co, Dublin, 1907; WILLIAM A. CARSON. ...

Mark Twain. Eight works. 'A Tramp Abroad,' first UK edition, orginal cloth with staining and rubbed, some spotting, frontis, Chatto & Windus, Lond...

George Du Maurier. Two works and a biography. 'Peter Ibbetson With an Introduction by his Cousin Lady **,' original dark blue cloth with pictorial...

Virginia Woolf. Seven classic works. 'The Waves,' first edition, lacks dj, sun bleaching to original cloth, spotting throughout, The Howgarth Pres...

Seven works by J. M. Barrie, including 'Peter and Wendy'. 'Peter and Wendy,' first, second and third edition, illustrated by F. D. Bedford, origin...

A Bertha Upton work. 'The Goll***gg's Christmas,' first edition, pictorial cloth backed boards, ink inscription to free endpaper, colour illustrat...

V. S. PRITCHETT THE TURN OF THE YEARS By Reynolds Stone and VS Pritchett (1982) Michael Russell. With an Introduction by Paul Theroux. Limited edi...

A signed Angie Stone work. 'Septimus Heap,' flat signed by author to titlepage, book two in the The Septimus Heap Series, original cloth, unclippe...

Maud Trelawny Illustrations. 'The Bunkum Book. A Topsy Turvy Tale,' by Aubrey Hopwood, pictorial card boards, cracked inner joints, coloiur illust...

Arthur Rackham Illustrations. 'The Sleeping Beauty'. First trade edition, cloth backed pictorial boards, small amount of spotting and some finger ...

RUDYARD KIPLING. 'Just So Stories,' First edition, rubbed extremities, contemporay ink inscription pasted in, some sporadic spotting, MacMillan an...

'Poetry St. Ives 3'. Featuring Peter Redgroce, Penelope Shuttle, Malcolm Ritchis, Nicki Jackowska, drawings by Andrzej Jackowski, thin card wraps,...

WALTER SCOTT. 'Rokeby; A Poem,' first edition. Original cloth, stained and repaired titlepage, some spotting, John Ballantyne and Co, Edinburgh, 1...

Arthur Rackham Illustrations. 'Cinderella'. First trade edition, original cloth backed pictorial boards, nibbles to unclipped dj, spotting to fron...

CORNWALL INTEREST THE HISTORY OF POLPERRO By Jonathan Couch (1871) Truro : W Lake. With intact folding plate. Orig green cloth. In protective wrap...

'Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic. The Oceans Greatest Disaster'. Rditred by Marshall Everett, original cloth, rubbed and bumped with loss to Tita...

Two works published by T. N. Foulis. JESSIE M KING Illustrations. 'Corners of Grey Old Gardens,' colour illustrations by Margaret Waterfield comp,...

'Hans Coper' by Tony Birks. Signed by the author, pictorial card wraps, illustrated throughout, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 1983. ...

CORNWALL ART INTEREST. ST IVES 1939-64 (1985) Tate Gallery (nd) and ST IVES 1883-1993 PORTRAIT OF AN ART COLONY By Marion Whybrow. Antique Collect...

Arthur Rackham Illustrations. Nine works. 'The King of the Golden River,' first trade edition, thin card wraps with unclipped dj, nibbles, frontis...

The Memoirs Of Lady Vane, 1751 Illustrations by Vera Willoughby Limited edition review copy on mould-made paper;Printed for Peter Davies, at 1 Bed...

The Compleat Angler, 1897 Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton John Lane, The Bodley Head, London and New York. 1897. Edited with an introduction by Ric...

RODDY DOYLE THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS By Roddy Doyle (1996) First edition. Some age toning to edges and A STAR CALLED HENRY (1999) Both publ...

FOLIO SOCIETY WILLIAM GOLDING, Lord Of The Flies; RICHARD FORTEY, The Earth - An Intimate History; WILLIAM BLAKE, Jerusalem; ROBERT GRAVES AND ALA...

Gustave Dore Illustrations. Four works. 'Historical Cartoons from the 1st Century to the 19th,' rebacked boards with original pictorial paper laid...

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE. 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'. First edition, in a perilous condition, original boards with masking tape spine, many tap...

Four works by and about H. M. Tomlinson. THE SEA AND THE JUNGLE. By HM Tomlinson (1930) Harper & Brothers Publishers. With woodcuts by Clare Leigh...

H. M. Bateman. Sixteen works. 'Burlesques', first edition, pictorial boards, some toning, illustrated throughout, Duckworth & Co, London, 1916; 'S...

CORNWALL INTEREST. A SHORT HISTORY OF PENZANCE, ST MICHAEL’S MOUNT, ST IVES AND THE LAND’S END DISTRICT By Rev WS Lach-Szyrma (1878) Simpkin, Mars...

Eight humorous works on WWI and WWII. 'The Doings of Donovan in & Out of Hospital,' pictures by J. H. Dowd, pictorial boards, tears to spine panel...

'Crumbs from Cornwall'. 'Christmas 1917,' cloth backed card boards, illustrated throughout, The Climax Rock Drill and Engineering Works, Carn Brea...

JOSEPH HELLER. GOD KNOWS By Joseph Heller (1984) Jonathan Cape First edition Price clipped. Some spotting to edges else VG copy and CLOSING TIME (...

CORNWALL INTEREST. THE AGE OF THE SAINTS. A MONOGRAPH OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN CORNWALL WITH THE LEGENDS OF THE CORNISH SAINTS By William Copeland...

TED HUGHES MEET MY FOLKS By Ted Hughes (1961) Faber and Faber. First edition. VG copy in price clipped dust jacket. Contents clean. Inkstamps to e...

JESSE JAMESON. SEAN WRIGHT : THE TWISTED ROOT OF JAARFINDOR By Sean Wright (2004) First edition Fine copy. Signed and dated 27/10/2004 by author. ...

Six illustrated works. GERALD GOULD and WILL DYSON. 'Lady Adela,' first edition, nibbles and loss to original pictorial boards, Cecil Palmer, Lond...

H. Belloc and B. T. B . (Lord Basil Temple Blackwood). Five works. 'The Bad Child's Book of Beasts, Together with More Beasts for Wise Children,' ...

ECCLESIASTICAL INTEREST. ECCLESIASTICUS OR THE WISDOM OF JESUS THE SON OF SIRACH With introduction by C Lewis Hind (1927) Illustrations by Violet ...

CORNWALL INTEREST. TRADITIONS AND HEARTHSIDE STORIES OF WEST CORNWALL By William Bottrell (1870) W Cornish. Orig green cloth. Rubbed and bumped. T...

Cholera in England. REPORT AND PAPERS ON CHOLERA IN ENGLAND IN 1893 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD HMSO...

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM The Fourth Rendering in English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald with illustrations by Willy Pogany (1934) London ; George G Ha...

A MANUAL OF PHARMACY By William Thomas Brande (1829) London : Thomas and George Underwood. Second edition. later blue cloth. Some light scattered ...

ECCLESIASTICAL INTEREST. Bound pamphlets - A Declaration of the Faith and Order Owned and Practiced in the Congregational Churches in England, Agr...

MEDICAL ANTIQUARIAN. THE MEDICAL WORKS OF RICHARD MEAD PHYSICIAN TO HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE II (1762) London : C Hitch and L Hawes. Bound in ...

SIR THOMAS BROWNE RELIGIO MEDICI AND OTHER ESSAYS By Sir Thomas Brown London : Chapman & Hall. Including Hydriotaphia : Urn Burial , A Letter to a...

FOLIO SOCIETY. PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS By John Milton (1991) With an Introduction by John Wain and Illustrations by Ian Pollock. Fol...

McIAN’S COSTUMES OF THE CLANS OF SCOTLAND By James Logan (1845) Glasgow: David Bryce and Son. Seventy-four coloured illustrations. From the origin...

MARK TWAIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine (1924) Harper and Brothers Publishers. In two volumes. Orig cloth. Tissue-guarded ...