Books Auctions

ERIC LINKLATER: PRIVATE ANGELO, 1946, 1st edn, cl d/w + OSBERT SITWELL: POUND WISE, 1963, proof, orig wraps + 11 others, (Qty 13) £ 20-30

D M THOMAS, 9 ttls: BIRTHSTONE, 1980, 1st edn, cl d/w; ARARAT, 1983, 1st edn, cl d/w; SWALLOW, 1984, 1st edn, cl d/w + 6 others, (Qty 9) £ 25-35

EDMUND BLUNDEN, 2 ttls: ENGLISH POEMS, 1925, 1st edn, uncut, orig cl; NEAR AND FAR, 1929, 1st edn, sigd pres copy, uncut and unopened, orig cl, (Qty 2

JAMES THOMSON: THE SEASONS, 1795, engrd ttl, port frontis, 2 plts, advt lf at end, old cf gt worn £ 25-35

LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS: SONNETS, 1935, 1st edn, uncut, cl d/w £ 30-40

SIR WALTER SCOTT: WORKS, 1867-68, copyright edn, 10 vols, qtr worn, (Qty 10) £ 40-50

GEORGE F WARNER AND HENRY J ELLIS (EDS): FACSIMILES OF ROYAL AND OTHER CHARTERS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 1903, vol 1, 4to, orig cl worn £ 30-40

THOMAS FULLER: THE HISTORY OF THE WORTHIES OF ENGLAND, 1662, 1st edn, engrd port frontis trimmed and laid down, ttl pg laid down with sm part loss, no

FRANCIS PECK: DESIDERATA CURIOSA OR COLLECTION OF DIVERS SCARCE AND CURIOUS PIECES RELATING CHIEFLY TO MATTERS OF ENGLISH HISTORY…, L 1779, 2nd edn, 2

NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI: THE WORKS, trans [H Neville], L 1675, 1st edn, 4to, old cf restored £ 450-500

S AUSTIN ALLIBONE: A CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS…, Phila 1902, 5 vols inc supplement, 4to, hf mor, (Qty

JAMES THOMAS BYFORD McCUDDEN: FIVE YEARS IN THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS, [1918], 1st edn, orig cl worn & soiled + GREAT WAR PERIOD PHOTO, DRIVERS OF ...

DANIEL FEATLEY: ANCILLA PIETATIS OR THE HAND-MAID TO PRIVATE DEVOTION…, L 1656, 8th edn, engrd frontis, 12 mo, old cf v worn, (contents loose requirin

[HENRY PARKER]: THE TRUE PORTRAITURE OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND…, L 1650, bnd in at front, K JAMES'S OPINION OF A KING OF A TYRANT… IN TWO SPEECHES...

ALBERT SCHLOSS (PUB): SCHLOSS'S ENGLISH BIJOU ALMANAC, 1839, miniature book, 20 mm x 15 mm, 6 engrd ports, orig gt decorated wraps, aeg, slipcas...

THE HOLY BIBLE…, Berwick 1793, lacks ttl & all before Genesis, James Humphry's 'Bletherin Jamie' copy, exhibited at the Burns exhibi...

DAVID CRAWFURD: MEMOIRS OF THE AFFAIRS OF SCOTLAND…, Edinburgh 1753, 2nd edn, with appendix, lacks blanks, 12 mo, old cf worn £ 120-150

WILLIAM B CARPENTER: THE MICROSCOPE AND ITS REVELATIONS, 1857, 2nd edn, rebnd hf mor £ 30-40

[WILLIAM KITCHINER]: THE ART OF INVIGORATING AND PROLONGING LIFE BY FOOD, CLOTHES, AIR, EXCERISE, WINE, SLEEP ETC…, TO WHICH IS ADDED THE PLEASURE OF

SIR JOSIAH CHILD: A NEW DISCOURSE OF TRADE…, TO WHICH IS ADDED A SMALL TREATISE AGAINST USURY, Glasgow 1751, 5th edn, old cf worn, top bd loose ...

PIETRO BEMBO: IL PRIMO VOLUME DELLE LETTERE, Venice 1562, 2 vols in 1, 12 mo, modern hf leather £ 100-120

QUEEN VICTORIA: LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS, Ed A Helps, 1868, orig cl £ 20-30

RECUEIL PRECIEUX DE LA MACONNERIE ADONHIRAMITE…, PAR UN CHEVALIER DE TOUS LES ORDRES MACONIQUES, Phila 1786, 12 mo, old cf worn £ 100-120

GOTT IST DIE REINFRE LIEBE…, 1798, manuscript in German, 115 manuscript pages, plus a few leaves blank, decor crimson mor £ 25-35

THOMAS SNELLING: SEVENTY-ONE PLATES OF GOLD AND SILVER COIN…, c1760, 71 engrd plts on 24 thick ppr leaves, modern wraps £ 150-180

SIR THOMAS BROWNE: PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA…, L 1672, 6th edn, 3 parts in 1, lacks port frontis, 4to, old cf rebkd, (not recent) £ 200-250

EDMUND BURKE: REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE…, L 1793, 12th edn, interleaved copy with a few contemporary manuscript annots, modern hf leathe

GILBERT BURNET: A MEMORIAL OFFERED TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS SOPHIA…, L 1815, old cf worn, bds detchd £ 20-30

LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS: THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, trans F Shoberl, 1838, 5 vols, old diced cf v worn, bds loose/detchd, requiring rebnd, (Qt

THOMAS COKE AND HENRY MOORE: THE LIFE OF THE REV JOHN WESLEY…, L 1792, 2nd edn, port frontis, old cf worn £ 25-35

[THOMAS BIRCH]: AN INQUIRY INTO THE SHARE WHICH KING CHARLES I HAD IN THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE EARL OF GLAMORGAN…, L 1747, 1st edn, old cf worn £...

LES TERMES DE LA LEY OR CERTAIN DIFFICULT AND OBSCURE WORDS AND TERMS OF THE COMMON AND STATUTE LAWS OF THIS REALM…, L 1721, old cf worn £ 50-60

WILLIAM KING: THE ART OF LOVE IN IMITATION OF OVID DE ARTE AMANDI, L n d, 4pp advts at end, disbnd £ 25-35

[JOHN GOODMAN]: WINTER-EVENING CONFERENCE BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS, L 1689, 4th edn, 2 parts in 1, old cf worn, top bd loose £ 25-35

THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN…, L 1781, 2nd edn, vol 1 only, Robert Burns's copy with autograph presentation inscription by the Bards eldest son,...

GEORGE CLARK: THE PENAL STATUTES ABRIDGES..., Ed George Wilson, 1777, 2nd edn, old cf worn, bds loose £ 30-40

AN ESSAY ON CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN WITH A COMMENTARY ATTRIBUTED TO M DE VOLTAIRE…, Edinburgh 1778, new edn, lacks ffep, 12

STRATAGEMS OF CHESS…, L 1818, 4th edn, engrd frontis, hf mor worn £ 25-35

FEDOR VON COPPEN: THE ARMIES OF EUROPE ILLUSTRATED, trans Count Gleichen, ill R Knotel, 1890, 19 double pg chromo litho plts, orig pict cl gt £...

WILLIAM SMITH: A DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIAN ANTIQUITIES, 1908-1880, 2 vols, partly unopened, rebkd cl, (Qty 2) £ 40-50

REV DIONYSIUS LARDNER: AN ANALYTICAL TREATISE ON PLANE AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY…, L 1826, inscribed presentation copy to the Royal Society of Edinbu

THE HOLY BIBLE…, Cambridge 1682, engrd ttl, nt ttl dtd 1666, sm 4to, old cf rebkd £ 200-250

WILLIAM PALEY: THE WORKS, L 1837, hf cf worn £ 20-30

JOANNES CHRISTIANUS STOCKIUS: CLAVIS LINGUAE SANCTAE VETERIS TESTAMENTI…, Jenae 1744, port frontis, old cf worn £ 80-100

SALOMON GLASSIUS: PHILOLOGIAE SACRAE…, Frankfurt & Hamburg 1653, port frontis, sm 4to, old cf worn £ 150-200

JOHN GILBERT COOPER: THE LIFE OF SOCRATES…, L 1749, port frontis, old cf worn £ 40-50

ORIGINAL LETTERS OF HIS EXCELLENCY SIR RICHARD FANSHAW DURING HIS EMBASSIES IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL…, L 1701, advt lf at end, disbnd £ 20-30

BIBLI SACROSANCTA…, TIGURI C FROSCHOVERUS, 1544, 3rd ? edn of Zurich Bible, lacks ttl and all before a3, old cf worn £ 400-450

J COLVILLE: THE CHURCHILLIANS, 1981, 1st edn, cl d/w + J STRAWSON: CHURCHILL AND HITLER IN VICTORY AND DEFEAT, 1997, 1st edn, cl d/w + 4 others Church

THE NAVAL AND MILITARY SKETCH BOOK AND HISTORY OF ADVENTURE BY FLOOD AND FIELD, [1845], ends p448, modern cl £ 20-30