An Auction of Antiquarian & Secondhand Books

ARCHITECTURE / WALES] a small archive of material relating to the building of the church at PENYFAI, 1901-1903; churchyard extension at Baglan; CO...

[INDIA / PHOTOGRAPHS] small coll'n of military & other photos, 1930's etc.; spoof WWI Xerox letter; etc. ...[more]

EPHEMERA, blank ledgers, ex-libris bookplates, etc. (Q).

[THEATRE / ACTING] Programme for the Magdalen College Dramatic Society December 3rd - 7th 1928; together with dinner programme signed by JOHN BETJ...

LONDON, 4 folded vellum indentures respecting a site in BETHNAL GREEN (3) & 1 in Liverpool St. [4]. ...[more]

ANGUS FAMILY, a small archive of mostly later 19th c. manuscript material, largely letters home from the daughters of William Angus from their sch...

[ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT] double-sided vellum sheet, Latin text, capitals illuminated in gold, blue, red, etc. 14th c. N. France?, 5.5 x 4 inches, ...

[TEXTILE DESIGN] FISCHBACH (F.) Ornament of Textile Fabrics, folio, 157 / 160 plates (loose, from this issue & the German issue; some fraying etc....

[ARCHITECTURE] 3 x ink wash pictures of Barnesley Park, Cirencester, 1820's, a few slightly later designs for church fittings in the church there ...

[TRAVEL] collection of Middle East photographs, 3 reprint photos of Gertrude Stein, & a ms. "Account of a hurried visit paid to JERUSALEM by Lieut...

LAKE DISTRICT, coll'n of 19th c. plates in mounts (Q).

DEEDS, INDENTURES, etc., incl. an 1810 Freedom of London vellum made out to Stephen Munday, Butcher; mostly 18th / 19th c.

DEEDS, INDENTURES, etc., mostly 18th c., some relating to LONG ACRE, Phoenix Alley etc., plus the Will & Codicil of Ann Jennings, widow of Thomas ...

VANITY FAIR Spy print caricature of Sir Richard BURTON (explorer & author), oak frame. ...[more]

PHOTOGRAPHS of shop fronts / trades, 19th and early 20th c. (5).

AMERICANA: 1822 letter from near "Westliberty, Ohio County," & other pieces (Q). ...[more]

ALKEN (Henry) "Symptoms" obl. folio, 35 / 42 plates present, binding broken, as a collection of plates (35).

[MURDER, etc.] 3 x York-related murder broadsides, trimmed with loss; & 5 other misc. broadsides (8). ...[more]

ART POSTERS, 20th c., (1 folder).

[ORNITHOLOGY] The Bird Paintings of Raymond Ching . . 1969-1975, folio, col. illus., cloth, d.w., pictorial slipcase, Collins [1978] ...[more]

[ORNITHOLOGY] FORSHAW (J.) & COOPER (William T.) Parrots of the World, folio, col. illus., clo., d.w., original posting box, [Australia] Lansdowne...

[NATURAL HISTORY] AMUCHASTEGUI (Axel) artist: Some Birds and Mammals of Africa, large folio, col. plates, quarter morocco by Zaehnsdorf, Limited E...

 [NATURAL HISTORY] AMUCHASTEGUI (Axel) artist: Some Birds and Mammals of North America, large folio, col. plates, quarter morocco by Zaehnsdorf, L...

[ORNITHOLOGY] The Birds of Edward Lear, folio, col. plates, 404/1,000 copies, d.w., slipcase, Ariel Press, 1975 ...[more]

[ORNITHOLOGY] The Birds of Edward Lear, folio, col. plates, 889/1,000 copies, d.w., slipcase, Ariel Press, 1975 ...[more]

135. [ORNITHOLOGY] The Birds of Edward Lear, folio, col. plates, d.w., 890/1,000 copies, slipcase, Ariel Press, 1975 ...[more]

[ORNITHOLOGY] The Birds of Edward Lear, folio, col. plates, d.w., 357/1,000 copies, slipcase, Ariel Press limited edition, 1975 ...[more]

[ORNITHOLOGY] The Birds of Daniel Giraud Elliot, folio, col. plates, d.w., 426/1,000 copies, Ariel Press, [1979] ...[more]

BOURNE, Great Western Railway, large folio facsimile edition, 127/500 copies, 1981; & ORME’s British Field Sorts, facsimile edn., no date (2) ......

[FINE PROVENANCE] Ovids Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in Figures, ...by G. S. [i.e. George Sandys], folio, engr. frontis ...

DEAN (Capt. Harry) & Sterling NORTH, Umbala, 8vo, INSCRIPTION on ff. e.p.,cloth (worn), 1st Edn., L., [1929]. ...[more]

[POP-UP BOOK] Krenn's Theater Album N.2 Dornroschen, obl. 4to, 5 pop-up scenes, cloth-backed pictorial boards (a few tears / losses, spine worn), ...

ATLAS of UGANDA, lge 4to, b/w. illus., col. maps, cloth, 2nd Edn., 1967 [1968].

[BINDING] JONES (S.) A New Biographical Dictionary..., 12mo, contemp. vellum gilt, red labels, a.e.g., 7th Edn., L., 1822.

[CHILD'S MANUSCRIPT STORY] DEARE (B.) A Fairy Tale...The Witch and Prince Arthur, 8vo, title & 5pp. story, n.p., 1916. ...[more]

[ANTIQUARIAN] ROBERTSON (William) History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V, 3 vols, 4to contemp. calf (hinges cracked), 1st Edn., L., 1769; &...

[ANTIQUARIAN NATURAL HISTORY] THORNTON (R. J.) Elements of Botany, 2 vols bound in 1, engr. plates etc. complete, half calf (cover detached), 1st ...

[JOHN BUNYAN] The Church Book of Bunyan Meeting 1650-1821, folio, facsimile text, yap-edge vellum, 291/675 copies, slipcase, L., 1928.

[TOPOGRAPHY] SCOTT (Walter) Border Antiquities, 2 vols., 4to, 2 additional engr. titles & 93 plates, contemp. straight-grain red morocco gilt (one...

VOET (Paulo) Mobilium et Immobilium Natura, 8vo, 4 ff., pp. 274, 9 ff. index, 2 ff. catalogue, later half calf, Ultrajecti, Ex Officina Johanis Ri...

[BIBLE] The Christian's Complete Family Bible, folio, 2 vols in 1, illus., 47 of 55 plates (that number stated in the title), reversed calf, Ormsk...

[FRANCE: BRITTANY, NORMANDY, etc.] TURNER (Dawson & Mary) & COTMAN (John Sell, illustrator:) Account of a Tour in Normandy; undertaken chiefly for...

JOHNSTON (Andrew) Notitia Anglicana, 2 vols, 8vo, plates complete but 2 out of sequence, contemp. calf (rebacked to style), 1st Edn., L., 1724; BR...

[PAMPHLETS] [SATIRE] The Secret History of Arlus and Odolphus, Ministers of State to the Empress of Grandinsula... The Third Edition, 8vo, pp. 37 ...

[VICTOR (Benjamin)] The Widow of the Wood, 12mo, half-title present, contemp. calf, ownership name of Amelia Bayley, some of the name-blanks fille...

[NAPLES] MACIRONE (Francis) Interesting Facts Relating To The Fall And Death Of Joachim Murat, King Of Naples, The Capitulation of Paris in 1815; ...

COBBETT (William) Cottage Economy,12mo, (pagination jumps from p. 166 -[169], but is complete) untrimmed in original boards, printed spine label (...

[OCCASIONAL ALBUM / SCRAPBOOK] ROCK & CO., "Album" 4to album, signed binding and many leaves of embossed paper also with manufacturer's name, (reb...

[SHORTHAND etc.] [PITMAN (Isaac)] ae Fonografic Star for ae Yer 1850, 8vo, 12 monthly issues, illus., with the year title and index leaves misboun...

[IRELAND] [BANIM (John & Michael)] The Croppy; A Tale of 1798, 3 vols, 8vo, pp. [4], 314, [2. advert.]; [4], 299 (1); [4], 318, [2, advert.], (tea...

[MANUSCRIPTS] SHEPPARD family, metal-smiths, of Netheravon, Wiltshire, 7 folio / demi-folio ledgers, each filled with ms. entries, ranging from 17...

[MARITIME] YOUNG (Charles F.T.) The Fouling and Corrosion of Iron Ships: their Causes and Means of Prevention with the Mode of Application to the ...

[SHIPWRECK] [MOON (Henry)] An Account Of The Wreck Of H.M. Sloop "Osprey;" with the Encampment Of her Crew, and their March across The Island Of N...

[ROYALTY] RODD (Rennell) Frederick, Crown Prince and Emperor, 8vo, portrait photo with printed signature on the mount as frontispiece, contemp. ha...

[IRELAND] a collection of DUBLIN imprint ALMANACKS, as follows: 1778, Watson; 1788 Watson + Exshaw + Wilson; 1791Watson + Exshaw; 1805 Triple Alma...

[CORNWALL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM] 4to album (upr. cvr. off) with 3 loose portraits etc. (with provenance on the back: Holman, Avery & Stocher families, ...

[PLAYING CARDS / GAMES] TAYLOR, History of Playing Cards, 8vo, lacks frontis, clo., L., 1865; 3 other books and a printed poem about Whist (5).

ETHERIDGE / ETHEREGE (George) The Works, 8vo, pp. [6, lacks] 288, flamed calf (worn, hinges cracked, clear tape to part of title inner margin), L....

[WESTMINSTER SCHOOL] [Greek title] Sive Poematum Graecorum Minorum..., 8vo, contemp. calf tooled in blind, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1725. Ink owne...

CONGREVE (WILLIAM): sammelband, comprising: The Old Batchelor & other titles, "Printed in the Year 1730", however, the register etc. suggest these...