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