Book Auction

CHARLES F BLUNT: THE BEAUTY OF THE HEAVENS…, 1845, 101 (of 104) col'd plts, orig décor cl gt rebkd preserving old spine £40-50

THE HOLY BIBLE, Oxford, T Baskett, 1755, old cf worn, top bd detached, £30-40

ILLUSTRATED LIFE AND CAREER OF WILLIAM PALMER OF RUGELEY CONTAINING DETAILS OF HIS CONDUCT AS SCHOOL-BOY MEDICAL- STUDENT RACING-MAN AND POISONER….,L

THE PROCEEDINGS AND TRYAL IN THE CASE OF THE MOST REVEREND FATHER IN GOD WILLIAM LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY…, L 1689, engraved multi port frontis,

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, c1661, many defects, bound in with THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID…, 1672 and T STERNHOLD, J HOPKINS AND OTHERS: THE WHOLE B

E F KNIGHT: THE UNION-CASTLE AND THE WAR 1914-1919, ill EG Fuller, 4to orig two tone cl gt £20-30

CERTAIN SERMONS OR HOMILIES APPOINTED TO BE READ IN THE TIME OF ELIZABETH…, c1840, engraved port frontis, lacks general ttl, 4to old hf cf worn, A/F

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER…, ed Rev Henry Stebbing, c1850, pict edn, old blind stamped cf £30-40

EDWARD BLORE: THE MONUMENTAL REMAINS OF NOBLE AND EMINENT PERSONS…, 1826, 30 engraved plts, hf mor worn £25-35

T E GREGORY: THE WESTMINSTER BANK THROUGH A CENTURY, 1936 (60), privately printed, special edn, 2 vols, presentation copy to Sir William Norton Hickli

FRANCIS E McMURTRIE (ED): JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1943-4, [1944], obl 4to orig cl £30-40

VOCABOLARIO DEGLI ACCADEMICI DELLA CRUSCA COMPENDIATO, Venice 1741, 5 vols, 4to old mottled cf gt worn, (5) £25-35

GLENN O'BRIEN: MADONNA SEX, 1992, 4to ring bnd metal bds with CD (this unopened), orig foil packet + M HUGO AND M SHREIBR: MADONNA NUDES 1979, 1...

CHARLES PIGOTT: PIGOTT'S NEW HOYLE OR THE GENERAL REPOSITORY OF GAMES…, c1790, 3rd end, 12 mo, old cf worn £50-60

STEPHEN ADDINGTON: A COLLECTION OF PSALM TUNES…, 1780, 3rd edn, obl old cf bkd bds, v worn, nr disbnd £20-30

SMALL EARLY 19TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT MUSIC BOOK, obl qtr cf v worn £30-40

PACKET: 3 SMALL TITLE PAGES FOR 1537 BIBLE + FEW OTHER SIMILAR LEAVES

THE HOLY BIBLE…, L Bradbury Agnew & Co, c1890, 10 vols, 'handy-volume' edn, orig cl, orig battered cl case £20-30

BENTLEY DRIVERS CLUB LIMITED: THE TECHNICAL FACTS OF THE VINTAGE BENTLEY, 1984, 4th edn, 4to orig cf ring binder gt £100-120

T STEVENS COVENTRY, VICTORIAN WOVEN SILK BOOK MARK, moralistic text, with tassell intact, 11" £20-30

ROBERT H SCOTT: INSTRUCTIONS IN THE USE OF METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS, 1877, orig cl gt £25-35

ANDRE L SIMON: BY REQUEST AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 1957, 1st edn, signed and inscribed to Youngman Carter who drew the port frontis, orig cl d/w £60-80

[GERTRUDE STEIN]: THE ALICE B TOKLAS COOKBOOK, 1954, 1st edn, orig cl d/w £25-35

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE: NOTES ON NURSING WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT, L Harrison [1860], 1st edn, orig limp cl gt, rebkd £100-120

[HANNAH GLASSE]: THE ART OF COOKERY MADE PLAIN AND EASY…, 1748, 3rd edn, lacks eps, old cf v worn + disbnd MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BOOK MAINLY 19TH CENTURY

18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BOOK, qty blank leaves, full vellum worn £80-100

19TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BOOK, qty blank leaves, full vellum worn £40-50

ALEXIS SOYER: THE MODERN HOUSEWIFE OR MENAGERE…, 1849, 2nd edn, orig blind stamped cl, rebkd preserving old spine, new eps, £60-80

MARY JEWRY: WARNE'S MODEL COOKERY…, 1869, new edn, cl soiled + another edn, c1877, cl worn, (2) £80-100

AGNES B MARSHALL: MRS A B MARSHALL'S COOKERY BOOK, c1897, revised and enlarged edn, orig cl gt joints split + 19TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BO...

[ELIZABETH HAMMOND]: MODERN DOMESTIC COOKERY, 1851, orig blind stamped cl gt worn + MRS DALGARNS: THE PRACTICE OF COOKERY…, c1862, 15th edn, orig cl v

JAMES MASON: CHESS OPENINGS, 1897, orig cl gt £20-30

L STANHOPE, F BUCKINGHAM: MEMOIRS OF MARY STUART QUEEN OF SCOTLAND, 1844, 1st edn, 2 vols, engraved port frontises, orig bld stamped cl, (2) £2...

LUCY AIKIN: MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, 1819, 3rd edn, 2 vols, engraved port frontis, old cf gt, (2) £50-60

LUCY AIKIN: MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF KING JAMES THE FIRST, 1822, 2nd edn, 2 vols, engraved port frontises, old cf gt, (2) £40-50

MALCOLM LAING: THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND, 1819, 4 vols, old cf gt, (4) £80-100

JEREMY TAYLOR: THE RULE AND EXERCISES OF HOLY LIVING…, L 1686, 2 vols in 1, lacks final contents leaf, rebnd hf cf £50-60

BENITO PEREZ GALDES: OBRAS COMPLETAS, Madrid 1950, 3 vols, each with stencil decoration on head, tail and foredge, orig limp leather gt, (3) £4...

HENRY GLASSFORD BELL: LIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, 1890, (102), numbered, 2 vols, later qtr cf, (2) £40-50

DAVID CRAWFURD: MEMOIRS OF THE AFFAIRS OF SCOTLAND…, Edinburgh 1753, 2nd edn, lacks blanks, 12 mo, old cf worn £60-80

H E WYLLY: THE LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT, 1933, vol 1 only, orig cl gt + SIR CHARLES J NAPIER: LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MILITARY LIFE, 1851, 2nd edn

W L VALE: HISTORY OF THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT, 1969, 1st edn, orig cl gt d/w £20-30

BERNARD M ALLEN: GORDON AND THE SUDAN, 1931, 1st edn, orig cl gt £80-100

WILLOUGHBY VERNER (ED): THE RIFLE BRIGADE CHRONICLE FOR 1920, 1921, orig cl soiled £20-30

SIR THOMAS BARCLAY: THE TURCO-ITALIAN WAR AND ITS PROBLEMS, 1912, 1st edn, some water staining, orig cl soiled £20-30

J A S COLQUHOUN: WITH THE KURRAM FIELD FORCE, 1881, 1st edn, 5 plts, 2 fdg maps, fdg table, orig cl worn £100-120

GEOFFREY PYKE: TO RUHLEBEN AND BACK, 1916, 1st edn, orig cl £25-35

SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL: IAN HAMILTON'S MARCH, 1900, 1st edn, orig cl gt £400-450

EARLY VICTORIAN ARTILLERY OFFICERS MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK AN AIDE-MEMOIRE DETAILING ALL HIS PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES CONCERNING GUNS, RIFLES, POWDER

EDWARD YOUNG: ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES, 1952, 1st edn, signed and inscribed, orig cl d/w £20-30