Antiquarian and collectors' Books & Affordable Pictures

May, Sir Thomas Erskine. The Constitutional History of England 1760-1860, 3 volumes, contemporary calf, gilt, 8vo, 1891 £30-50

Cervantes Saavedra, M.de. The History of... Don Quixhote, 5 volumes, translated by Motteux, engraved frontispiece, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt

Bindings: Campos, D.R. de Art Treasures of the Vatican, 1975; Gibbs-Smith, C.H. A History of Flying, 1953; Addison, W. Essex Heyday, 1949; Wright, L.

Rackham, Arthur, illustrator. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm translated by Mrs Edgar Lucas, 40 tipped in coloured plates, captioned tissue guar

[Defoe, Daniel] The Political History of the Devil, 1 plate, lacks frontispiece, final leaf torn with loss of text, calf, worn, 8vo, Birmingham, 1772;

A Collection of Welch Tours, or a Display of the Beauties of Wales, 3 sepia aquatint plates, erasure on title, contemporary half calf, lacks spine, co

Lancashire Dialect. O Full True un Pertikler Okeawnt… Greyte Eggshibishun e’ Lundun, frontispiece, illustrations, half roan, 8vo, Rachde, 1864 £...

Encyclopedie Moderne. Atlas, 3 volumes, engraved plates, some folding, some spotting, calf-backed boards, 8vo, 1852 £50-80

Ruskin, John. The Works, 11 volumes, contemporary calf by Riviere, spines gilt, t.e.g., 8vo, 1880-83 £120-180

Anquetil & de Norvins. Histoire de France, 5 volumes, engraved plates, some spotting, morocco-backed boards, spines gilt, two corners rubbed, Pa...

Buffon, comte de. Oeuvres completes, volumes 2-5, and volumes 1-2 of Complements, hand-coloured engraved plates, some dampstaining, Paris, 1839; and 1

White, W. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Essex, title and map in facsimile, modern calf, ?1863; Kelly Directory of Essex, lacks map, 1910; map, 1

“Fiona Macleod” [William Sharp]. The Works, 7 volumes, uniform edition, red half morocco, spines gilt, some joints cracking, 1910 £30-40

Lamartine, A. de. Histoire de la Turquie, 8 volumes, morocco-backed boards, rubbed, 8vo, 12mo, 1854-55 £50-70

Bindings. Gautier, T. Oeuvres, 19 volumes, circa 1880; Richepin, J. Oeuvres, 25 volumes; Flaubert, G. Oeuvres, 4 volumes; and 3 others, uniform calf-b

Baker, S. The Albert N’Yanza, 2 volumes, plates, 2 maps (1 folding), contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, 8vo, 1867 £80-100

Johnson, Samuel. The Works, 12 volumes, edited by A. Murphy, contemporary calf, spines gilt, 12mo, 1824 £70-100

Yosy, A. Switzerland, as now Divided into Nineteen Cantons... with Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Swiss, 2 volumes, 50 ha

Daudet, A. Oeuvres, 25 volumes, brown morocco-backed boards, spines gilt, a few slightly rubbed, 8vo, Paris, various dates £50-80

Piron, Alexis. Oeuvres completes, 7 volumes, contemporary calf, spines gilt, worn, 8vo, Neuchatel, 1777 £40-60

Lewis, C.S. Out of the Silent Planet, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket (slight loss at head of spine, several other chips/slight loss), 8vo,

Callot, Jacques. De Droeve Ellendigheden van den Oorlogh Seer, engraved title and 17 engraved views by Leon Schenk after Callot, with six line French

Potter, Beatrix. The Pie and the Patty-Pan, first edition, original maroon paper boards, corners lightly bumped, 8vo, 1905 £150-250

Miscellaneous books (a quantity) £80-100

Bates, H.E. Through the Woods, 1936; Down the River, 1937, both with wood-engravings by A.M. Parker, 1936; Leighton, C. Four Hedges, 1936; Wood-Engrav

Simms, R. Bibliotheca Staffordiensis... Staffordshire, autograph letter from author tipped in, original cloth, 4to, Lichfield, 1894 £30-40

History of the Great War, edited by N. Flower, 14 volumes, original cloth gilt, 4to, Waverley, [circa 1919] £40-60

Miscellaneous books (a quantity) £50-80

Victorian Children’s Literature, pictorial bindings (a quantity) £50-70

Catullus, Gaius. The Poems in English verse, with the Latin text revised, 2 volumes, engraved frontispieces, contemporary calf, spines gilt, 8vo, J. J

Froude, J.A. Short Studies on Great Subjects, 4 volumes, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, 8vo, 1884 £30-40

The Cambridge Modern History, 13 volumes, original buckram, 1903-11; and others (2 boxes) £30-40

Hawker, P. Instructions to Young Sportsmen, 10 engraved plates, contemporary calf, 8vo, 1826; Marryat, Capt. The Pirate, engraved plates, red half mor

Burghley House, 3 coloured lithographs by B. Rudge, Worksop Manor House, 2 engravings by W. Watts after J. Malton; and 7 other engravings of Nottingha

Fashion Prints, Modes de Paris and others, hand-coloured engravings, various sizes, a quantity, circa 1835-1885 £40-60

Bindings. Shakespeare, W. The Works, 1-3 and 5-6 only, engraved plates, contemporary green calf gilt, rubbed, folio, 1793 £80-120

Alexander, William. Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks, London: T. M’Lean, [no date]; Ibid, London: J. Goodwin, [no dat

Ted Joans, Chicago Columbia Yale University Presses. Autumn Books, 1965, signed by Ted Joans on the title-page and upper wrapper, with eight typescrip

Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby, half-title, portrait and 39 plates, final plate with short tear, 1839; another copy, portrait and 39 plates, lack

Music ephemera, numerous concert programmes for concerts by Arnold Trowell, Kubelik, Vecsey, Frank Arnold, Fritz Kreisler, etc., circa 1900-1910
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Blaine, D.P. An Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports, original cloth gilt, 1840; Recreations in Natural History, engraved plates, wood-engravings by Bewick,

Jesse, E. An Angler’s Rambles, first edition, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, spine darkened, 1836; Hofland, T.C. The British Angler’s Manual, e

Howorth, H.H. The Mammoth and the Flood... Geology, presentation copy from the author, 1887; Forrest, H.E. The Atlantean Continent, plates, 1935, both

Campbell, T. Specimens of the British Poets, 7 volumes, contemporary calf, one volume rebacked, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1819 £50-60

Nichol’s Select Collection of Poems, 8 volumes, contemporary calf, worn, 1780 £70-90

Poetry. Collection of Poems by Several Hands, 6 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, slightly worn, 1758 £70-90

Agriculture. Hunter, A., compiler. Georgical Essays, 6 volumes, engraved frontispiece and 13 folding plates, York, 1803; and one unrelated volume (7)

Wilde, Oscar. , 16 volumes, original green cloth gilt, edges uncut, 8vo, Methuen, circa 1909-1923; Picture of Dorian Gray, Paris, 1910; lacking

Foote, Samuel. The Dramatic Works... A Life of the Author, 2 volumes, wood-engraved title vignettes, small library blindstamp in lower blank margin of

Taylor, John “The Water Poet”, Works not included in the Folio Volume of 1630, First-Fifth Collection in 4 volumes, original cloth, New York, B. Frank

Scotland. Lyndsay, Sir David. The Poetical Works, corrected & enlarged by George Chalmers, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, 8vo, 1806 £20...

Miniature book: Holy Bible, original cloth, 4.3 x 3cm, Glasgow, David Bryce, [circa 1902] £15-25

American Navy. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December 1867, Capt. Melancthon Brooks Woolsey’s copy with his signature, original cloth, 8vo, Was

Gunning, H. Reminiscences of the University, Town and County of Cambridge, 2 volumes, lithographed portrait, slight spotting, original cloth, slightly

Lofting, Hugh. Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office, first edition, original cloth, lower cover slightly soiled, 8vo, 1924 £20-30

Taylor, J. The Pictorial History of Scotland, 2 volumes, engraved titles and plates, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1859; Burns, Robert

Greenwood, J.F. Twenty-Four Woodcuts of Cambridge, original cloth-backed boards, slightly soiled, 1926; Rock & Co. Views of Cambridge, 6 engrave...

Moore, George. Esther Waters, first edition, original cloth, inner hinge cracked, 8vo, 1894 £20-30

Bindings. Dictionnaire de la Conversation de la Lecture, 52 volumes in 26, contemporary blue morocco-backed boards, spines gilt, some spines dulled, 8

Morris, F.O. A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 volumes, chromolithographed plates,

Bindings. Voltaire, F.M.A. de. Oeuvres completes, 87 (of 92) volumes, lacking volumes 55, 69, 70, 73, 86, contemporary calf, L’Imprimerie de la Societ

Bindings. Hume, D. and T. Smollett. Histoire d’Angleterre, 22 volumes, contemporary calf-backed boards by Kleinhans, spines gilt, 8vo, Paris, 1819 &...

India. Penhorn, B. de. Histoire de la conquete et de la fondations de l’empire Anglais dans l’Inde, 6 volumes, some spotting, green half morocco, slig

Lamartine, A. de. Cours familier de Litterature, 20 volumes, red morocco-backed boards, 8vo, Paris, 1856 £150-200

Grote, G. A History of Greece, 12 volumes, 1869; Smith, W., editor. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 3 volumes, 1890; original c

La Sylphide. Litterature, Beaux-Arts, Modes, 12 volumes only, hand-coloured engraved costume plates, light discoloration and browning, calf-backed boa

[Taylor, Isaac] Home Education, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, 1838 £70-100

Heylot, Pierre Histoire des ordres religieux et militaires, 8 volumes, numerous engraved plates, contemporary half calf, most volumes rebacked, 5 volu

Stoddard, J.L. Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Scenes, (illustrations from photographs), half calf, worn, oblong 4to, Chicago, Werner Co., [circa 1

Albumen prints of Hatfield House, Shrewsbury, & Exeter cathedral, Hudson’s series and J. Valentine, mounted recto and verso, 25 prints £20-30

Photographs of groups of British, American and Russian Generals and officials, surrounding Churchill, Molotov, Marshall, Harrison, Alan Brook, Anthony

Burma, photographs, some with captions in the negative, Rangoon, government buildings, Moulmein, Anarapura, Meingoon pagoda, Mandalay, cigar rolling,

Theatre. Angus McBean Christmas card for 1937 with mounted photograph, signed by the actor £10-20

Japan. Album of Old Japanese Prints of the Ukiyo-Ye School... from the collection of Ken-Ichi Kawaura, number 19 of 150 copies, plates, some coloured,

Noguchi, Yone. Korin, limited to 450 copies, 6 wood blocks in colour and black, 10 collotypes, original wrappers, cloth folder with ivory toggles, 192

Suckling, Alfred. Memorials of the Antiquities and Architecture, Family History and Heraldry of the County of Essex, first edition, 34 lithographed pl

Ogborne, Elizabeth. The History of Essex, engraved title, 11 engraved plates, engraved illustrations, original cloth, 4to, 1814 £50-70

Blomefield, F. A Supplement to Blomefield’s Norfolk, number 18 of 350 copies, edited by C. Ingleby, plates, brown half morocco, t.e.g., uncut, 4to, 19

Price, Sarah. Illustrations of Fungi, 2 volumes, 20 hand-coloured lithographed plates, contents loose, a few margins lightly frayed, original pictoria

Miscellaneous books (a quantity) £100-150

Storer, J. & H.S. The Oxford Visitor, or Picturesque Views of all the Colleges and Halls of the University, 56 engraved plates, tissue guards, c...

Lawrence, D.H. The Trespasser, first edition, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo, 1912 £200-300

Wordsworth, William. The Poetical Works, 7 volumes, engraved portrait, contemporary calf gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, 1849 £120-160

Churchill, Sir Winston My African Journey, plates, maps, 16 pp. advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, 1908 £250-300

Gay, John. Poems on Several Occasions, 2 volumes, 2 engraved plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, 12mo, 1737 £30-40

Darwin, C. The Origin of Species, sixth edition, original cloth gilt, 8vo, 1889 £30-40

Sturm, C. Family Devotions, 2 volumes, engraved titles and plates, diced calf, 4to, circa 1830; Homer. The Works, edited by W.H. Melmoth, engraved pla

Hardie, Martin. Watercolour Painting in Britain, 3 volumes, original cloth, dust-jackets, 4to, 1967-68 £80-100

Knight, C. London, 6 volumes in 3, illustrations, half calf, slightly rubbed, 4to, 1842 £30-50

Quevedo Villegas, Francisco de. Obras, volumes 1-3 and 6, engraved plates, calf, worn, 4to, Madrid, 1772 £30-40

Crabbe, G. Works, 7 volumes, contemporary half calf, some joints weak, one cover detached, 12mo, 1820; Byron, Lord. Works, 4 volumes in 2, contemporar

Terence. The Comedies, translated by George Colman, second edition, folding engraved plates, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, 1768 £40-60

Drake, Nathan. Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian, 3 volumes, 2 engravings, contemporar

Barker, Ciceley M. The Book of the Flower Fairies, [circa 1936]; Flower Fairies of the Summer, [n.d.]; A Flower Fairy Alphabet, [n.d.]; Flowers and th

Galilei, Galileo. Opere... nuova edizione coll’agginuta di vari trattati dell’istesso autore non piu date alle stampe, second edition, 3 volumes, half

Architectural History. Tipping, H. Avray. English Homes, 6 volumes (of 9), Periods I and II volume 2; Period II, volume 1; Period III, volume 1 &...

Edwards, Bryan. The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 2 volumes, first edition, large folding engraved map, 6

Cromwell, T.K. Excursions in the County of Essex, 2 volumes, engraved titles, folding map and plan, and 95 plates, modern half calf gilt, 12mo, 1818-1

Domesday Book, facsimile of part relating to Essex, original cloth, 1862; Barrett, C.R.B. Essex, 2 volumes, etched plates, illustrations, original clo

Gaskell, Mrs. The Works, 8 volumes, Knutsford edition, original cloth, one volume darkened, Smith Elder, 1906 and J. Murray, 1920 £130-160