Antiquarian and collectors' Books & Affordable Pictures

Goldsmith, O. The Vicar of Wakefield, 12 plates by Arthur Rackham, occasional browning, original cloth, rubbed & soiled, 4to, Philadelphia, [no ...

Tuer, A.W. Bartolozzi and his Works, 2 volumes, some spotting, original parchment, slightly soiled, 4to, [n.d.]; Westropp, M.S.D. Irish Glass, plates,

Bainbridge, H.C. Peter Carl Faberge, edition de luxe, one of 100 copies, plates, original blue half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., uncut, spine lightly

Masefield, John. The Wanderer of Liverpool, number 100 of 525 copies on Navigator mould-made wove paper, signed by the author, original blue buckram g

Wadsworth, E. and B. Windeler. Sailing-Ships and Barges of the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas, number 214 of 450 copies on Zanders hand-made

Kendrick, A.F. & C.E.C. Tattersall. Hand-woven Carpets Oriental & European, 2 volumes, number 211 of 1000 sets, plates, some coloured, origi...

Watts, I. Select Songs for Children... fifth edition, lacks D1-3, calf-backed marbled boards, worn, 12mo, Newcastle, 1773; The Transmigrations of Indu

[Hill, J. The Family Herbal], 54 hand-coloured engraved plates, one defective, slightly soiled, lacks title and preface, modern half calf, spine gilt,

Boethius, A.M.T.S. De consolatione philosophiae, engraved title vignette, woodcut device at end, original wrappers, 8vo, Padua, 1721 £50-70

Faraday, M. Chemical Manipulation, being Instructions to Students in Chemistry, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt, 8vo, 1880 £60-90

Naval Log of voyage from E. Indies to Penang, Cape of Good Hope, Plymouth, Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video, Falkland Islands, Valparaiso, Easter Island, L

Military. The London Cyclist Battalion, signed on endpapers by 30 members of the Regiment, plates, Published for the 25th London (Cyclist) Old Comrade

Travel. Burnaby, F. A Ride to Khiva, 1878; Loti, P. The Sahara, [n.d.]; Egypt, [circa 1909]; Vernon, P.E. Morocco from a Motor, plates, A & C Bl...

Trier, Johann Wolfgang von. Einleitung zu der Wapen Kunst, engraved frontispiece and plates, contemporary calf, slightly dampstained, one corner rubbe

Burton, Sir R.F. The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 volumes, lacks all plates and map, contemporary calf, 8vo, 1860 £80-130

Prescott, W.H. The Conquest of Mexico, 2 volumes, engraved plates, folding maps, contemporary calf gilt, 8vo, 1878 £50-100

Lindley, John. Ladies’ Botany, first edition, 25 hand-coloured engraved plates, each with 2 illustrations, half calf, spine gilt, 8vo, 1834 £10...

Hill, Sir John. The Family Herbal, 54 hand-coloured engraved plates, modern half calf, 8vo, Bungay, C. Brightly, [circa 1840] £100-150

Thornton, Robert John. An Easy Introduction to the Science of Botany, 14 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf,

Culpeper, Nicholas. Culpeper’s Complete Herbal, engraved portrait, 40 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light spotting, contemporary calf, neatly re

Eliot, T.S. The Confidential Clerk, first edition, presentation copy “To Henry Wilkinson, Master of Magdalene, from T.S. Eliot, 23 iii ‘54”, original

4 Photograph albums, British topographical views (Scotland, Lake district, Hastings, Worthing, N. Wales), cathedrals, churches, family portraits
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Science Fiction - Utopian Literature. [Besant, Walter] The Revolt of Man, first edition, original orange cloth, 8vo, 1882 £50-70

Four Victorian scrapbooks with engravings, watercolours, pencil sketches, reproductions of paintings, etc., three in contemporary bindings (4) £...

Earl of Suffolk The Encyclopaedia of Sport, 2 volumes, plates, illustrations, red half morocco, emblematic tooling in compartments, g.e., large 8vo, 1

Scott, S.D. The British Army, 2 volumes, plates, original cloth, 8vo, 1868 £40-60

A Collection of the most Remarkable and Interesting Trials, 2 volumes, engraved frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary marbled boards, neatly rebacked

Thompson, R. The Gardener’s Assistant, 32 plates, 12 chromolithographed, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, large 8vo, 1886 £70-100

Kelly, C. History of the French Revolution… Napoleon Buonaparte... Waterloo, 2 volumes, engraved frontispiece, 52 engraved plates, 7 hand-coloured map

Crowquill, A. [i.e. A. Forrestier] Leaves from the Memorandum Book, 4 parts bound in one volume, 4 original wrappers bound in, etched plates, contempo

Rousselet, L. India and its Native Princes, plates and illustrations, original cloth gilt, corners rubbed, tear to spine, hinges weak, large 4to, 1878

Holy Bible, 2 volumes, ruled in red throughout, contemporary brown morocco by Wiseman of Cambridge, sides gilt tooled, gilt edges, very lightly rubbed

The Holy Bible, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, buckram with the original panelled calf sides laid down, folio, C. Eyre &...

Leech, John. Pictures of Life and Character, 3 volumes, red half morocco, rubbed, 4to, 1886-87 £30-50

Cruikshank, George. The Table Book, edited by G.A. a Beckett, proof pulls on india-paper, wood-engraved pictorial title/wrapper design and 120 illustr

Cruikshank, George. Cobbold, R. The Bottle, or Cruikshank Illustrated, 8 plates by Cruikshank, additional illustrations inserted; bound with The Drunk

An Illustration of the Holy Bible, title to New Testament printed in red and black, engraved plates, contemporary calf, upper joint split, 3 of 5 cord

[The Gentleman’s Companion or a Character of True Nobility and Gentility], lacks A1-2, old calf, rebacked, 8vo, [?1672]; and 5 others (6) £80-120

Arnold, T. History of Rome, 3 volumes, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, 1848; Carlyle, T. Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches, 5 volumes in 2, contempora

Sowerby, J.E. British WIld Flowers, 80 hand-coloured engraved plates, half calf, 1860; Buckland, F. Curiosities of Natural History, 2 volumes, cloth,

Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh, first edition, original cloth, lightly rubbed & gilt dulled, 8vo, 1926 £100-150

Child’s school exercise books. Descriptive Geometry, Surveying, Free Drawing, half roan, 4to, 1873-5 £20-30

Longfellow, H.W. The Skeleton in Armor, blindstamped morocco, 8vo, Boston, 1877; Viollet-le-Duc. How to Build a House, original cloth, recased, 1874;

Price, George. A Treatise on Fire & Thief-Proof Depositories and Locks and Keys, illustrations, advertisements at end, original red cloth gilt, ...

Butler, Dr. Atlas of Ancient Geography, 21 (of 22) engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, lacks title, red half morocco, rubbed, 8vo, [circa 1800]...

Miles, H.D. Pugilistica, volume 3 only, some soiling, cloth, worn; Deghy, G. Noble and Manly, 1956; Bettinson, A.F. & B. Bennison. The Home of B...

Forsyth, W. A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-Trees, 13 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, hinges weak, 8vo, 1803 £30-40

Ceriziers, P. de. Les consolations de la philosophie et de la theologie, 2 volumes in one, engraved titles, vellum, 12mo, Paris, M. Soly, 1640 £...

Fenelon, F. de S. Les avantures de Telemaque, engraved frontispiece and map of the Mediterranean, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, 12mo, 1719

Volume of religious tracts including John, C.S. The Gods of the East Indies, or an Account of the Religion of the Hindoos, 1814, and A New and True Hi

Shakespeare, W. Works, 3 volumes, half calf, 1911; Byron, Lord. Don Juan, circa 1900; Arnold, M. Poems, circa 1900, vellum-backed boards; Moore-Carew,

Price, George. A Treatise on Fire & Thief-Proof Depositories and Locks and Keys, illustrations, advertisements at end, original blue cloth gilt,...

Shaw, G.B. Bernard Shaw’s Rhyming Picture Guide to Ayot Saint Lawrence, first edition, presentation copy from Harold White (owner of Leagrave Press, f

Kipling, R. The Jungle Book, first edition, original cloth, lightly rubbed, 1894; and a collection of Kipling stories in A.H. Wheeler’s Indian Railway

Sowerby, J.E. British Wild Flowers, hand-coloured frontispiece and 89 hand-coloured plates, 2 uncoloured, original cloth, hinge weak, 1878; Lamb, C. T

Walpole, Hugh. Judith Paris, autograph letter signed from Walpole tipped in, original cloth, lightly marked, 8vo, 1931 £30-40

Walton, I. & Cotton, C. The Complete Angler, first Hawkins edition, engraved frontispieces and 14 plates, engraved illustrations, contemporary c...

Mendelssohn, Moses. Die Psalmen, cut down engraved portrait loosely inserted, contemporary half calf, 8vo, Berlin, F. Maurer, 1783; Huxley, A. Time mu

Furst, H. The Modern Woodcut, illustrations, original buckram, uncut, 4to, 1924 £40-60

Gibbings, R. The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, original black buckram, transparent dust-jacket, 4to, 1959; Prospectus loosely inserted £5...

Astronomy. The Heavens Illustrated, hand-coloured title vignette and plates, original cloth, spine chipped, 4to, S. Groombridge, 1844 £30-50

Shannon, R. A Practical Treatise on Brewing, Distilling... Foreign Wines, Cider, Brandies, engraved plates, plate 8 and last few leaves damaged, old c

Borlase, William. The Natural History of Cornwall, first edition, list of subscribers, folding map and 29 plates, contemporary reversed calf, worn, fo

Greenwood, John F. Twenty-Four Woodcuts of Cambridge, limited to 850 copies, original cloth-backed boards, 4to, 1926 £40-60

Art Journal, engraved plates, red half morocco, slightly rubbed, 4to, 1849 £50-70

Boyle, John, Fifth Earl of Orrery. Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, second edition, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, head

Rupert, biro scribble to first leaf, name in pencil, slight wear to head of spine; The Rupert Book, lacks spine, some crayon scribbles, Blyton, E. Nod

Scott, Peter. Morning Flight, number 592 of 750 copies signed by the author, with a typed letter signed from Scott to Mr Gibson Jarvie discussing the

Steinmetz, Andew. Japan and her People, second edition, plates, illustrations, original cloth, worn, 8vo, 1860; Milne, W.C. Life in China, folding map

Poole, Benjamin. Coventry: its History & Antiquities, plates, maps, plans, 2 loose, half morocco, 4to, [circa 1869] £50-70

Daimler Cars. Daimler Patrons, original wrappers, slightly soiled, 8vo, [circa 1920] £20-30

Fairbairn, J. Fairbairn’s Crests, 2 volumes, revised by L. Butters, 144 plates, original cloth, worn, [circa 1880]; Burke, J.B. A Visitation of the Se

Aesop. Aesop’s Fables, translated by V.S.V. Jones, number 1193 of 1450 copies signed by Arthur Rackham, 13 coloured and 5 plain plates, original white

Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, original cloth, 1936; Bewick, T. A General History of Quadrupeds, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaire

Walton, I. and C. Cotton. The Complete Angler, memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, 2 volumes, additional engraved title in volume 1, engraved pla

Franklin, John. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of The Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21 and 22, 4 folding maps and 30 plates, several coloure

Apollonius of Rhodes. Argonauticon libri IIII., edited by Henri Estienne, woodcut device on title, Greek text and Greek notes, some light dampstaining

Moore, T. Letters & Journal of Lord Byron, 3 volumes, engraved plates (spotted), maroon morocco gilt, g.e., 1833; [Moore, T.] Fables for the Hol...

Barnes, Julian. Flaubert’s Parrot, first edition, dust-jacket (not price-clipped), 8vo, 1984 £60-80

Taylor, Silas. The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, in the County of Essex, second edition, 14 engraved plates, modern half calf, 4t

Cromwell, T.K. Excursions in the County of Essex, 2 volumes, large paper copy, engraved titles, 95 plates, lacks map and pp. 161-175 volume 2 misbound

Jerome, J.K. Three Men in a Boat, original cloth, 11 Quay Street imprint, 1889 £20-30

Goldsmith, Oliver. The Miscellaneous Works, 4 volumes, engraved portrait, contemporary calf by Carss of Glasgow with ticket, 8vo, 1812 £50-80

Stanley, H.M. In Darkest Africa, 2 volumes, first American edition, 2 (of 3) maps in pockets, both complete but split along folds, 2 engraved portrait

Macaulay, T.B., Lord. The History of England, 8 volumes, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, 8vo, 1858 £100-150

Pogany, Willy. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam, tipped in coloured plates by Pogany, original cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, 4to, Harrap, [circa 1909] &#...

Wood, J. A New Compendious Treatise of Farriery, lacks frontispiece, old calf, worn, 12mo, 1762 £40-60

Robertson, William, lexicographer. [Hebrew title] Manipulus Linguae Sanctae & eruditorum, old boards, rubbed, upper cover detached, 8vo, Cambrid...

Salmon, William. Pharmacopoeia Londinensis. Or the New London Dispensatory… fitted to the whole Art of Healing, as also the Praxis of Chymistry, conte

Orwell, George. Nineteen eighty-four, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket (spine faded, with slight loss at head and tail of spine and corners,

Mitchell, Lt. Col. Sir T.L. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia, first edition, frontispiece, 7 maps, 11 plates, some sli

Polycarp, Saint, Bishop of Smyrna and Ignatius, Saint, Bishop of Antioch. Polycarpi et Ignatii epistolae... Iacobi Usserii dissertatio, 5 parts in one

Medical. Fabricius von Hilden, W. Observationum & Curationum Chirurgicarum Centuriae, volume 1 only, title printed in red and black with engrave...

Cruikshank, George. The Meteor, volume 1, third issue, 10 (of 24) hand-coloured engraved plates, folding and mounted on linen, the remainder full-page

Dickens, Charles. Sketches by Boz. First and Second Series, second edition of First Series, new preface, 16 engraved illustrations by G. Cruikshank, f

Cruikshank, G. The Comic Almanack, 4 parts in one volume, 48 etched plates and illustrations, 1841-44; The Comic Almanack, 2 parts in one volume, 24 e

Jones, J.P. A History of the South Staffordshire Regiment, plates, index and binding dampstained, 1923; The War History of the Sixth Battalion the Sou

Smollett, T. The Works, 12 volumes, edited by G. Saintsbury, original cloth, gilt spines, 8vo, Navarre Society, [n.d.] £40-60

Burton, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy... tenth edition corrected, 2 volumes, 3 engraved plates, ?lacks half-titles, contemporary tree calf, reback

Macaulay, T.B., Lord. Critical and Historical Essays, 4 volumes, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, 8vo, 1877 £40-60