Books Auctions

PAUL BOWLES: A LITTLE STONE – THE HOURS AFTER NOON, 1950, 1959, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £60-80

PAUL SCOTT, 2 ttls: THE ALIEN SKY, 1953, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE CHINESE LOVE PAVILION, 1960 proof, orig wraps, (Qty 2) £50-60

RICHARD SALE: NOT TOO NARROW, NOT TOO DEEP – CARDINAL ROCK, 1936, 1940, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £50-60

TRUMAN CAPOTE: LOCAL COLOR, [1950], (200), 1st edn, glassine and plain paper d/w £50-60

MERVYN PEAKE: TITUS GROAN, 1946, 1st edn, 2nd impress d/w, (tatty) £20-30

GRAHAM GREENE, 5 ttls: A BURNT-OUT CASE, 1961, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE COMEDIANS, 1966, 1st edn, cl d/w, (tatty); TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT, 1969, 1st edn, cl

THE YELLOW BOOK, 1895, vol 4 only, small 4to, orig pict cl £25-35

URSULA WOOD: FALL OF LEAF, 1943, 1st edn, sigd, 3 sigd poems loosely inserted, orig cl soiled £20-30

LAURENCE HOUSMAN: ECHO DE PARIS, 1923, (750) numbered, orig cl bkd bds £20-30

HENRY VAN DYKE: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE – THE STORY OF THE OTHER WISE MAN, Alhambra California, 1956, limited edn, orig qtr mor £25-35

WILLIAM MORRIS: ART AND THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH – SOME HINTS ON PATTERN DESIGNING, Chiswick Press, 1898, 1899, orig cl bkd bds worn, (Qty 2) £3...

WILLIAM GOLDING: RITES OF PASSAGE – THE PAPER MEN – FIRE DOWN BELOW, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 3) £25-35

ANTHONY BURGESS: DEVIL OF A STATE – THE KINGDOM OF THE WICKED, 1961, 1985, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £20-30

JONATHAN GASH: THE GRAIL TREE – THE VERY LAST GAMBADO, 1979, 1989, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £50-60

DENIS SAURAT: DEATH AND THE DREAMER, ill Edward Bawden, 1946, 1st edn, sigd by author, orig décor cl, d/w £20-30

ANTHONY POWELL, 2 ttls: THE MILITARY PHILOSOPHERS, Boston 1968, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE FISHER KING, 1986, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) £25-35

JAMES JOYCE: ULYSSES, L 1937, orig cl gt soiled £50-60

DASHIELL HAMMETT: RED HARVEST, N Y and L 1929, 1st edn, 3 prelim leaves carelessly opened, orig cl £300-350

ALDOUS HUXLEY: THE GENIUS AND THE GODDESS, 1955, 1st edn, cl d/w

WALTER DE LA MARE: DING DONG BELL, 1924, 1st edn, cl d/w £25-35

DAPHNE DU MAURIER: REBECCA, 1938, 1st edn, orig cl worn

THOMAS HARDY: A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES, 1891, 1st edn, orig cl gt soiled £30-40

DYLAN THOMAS: QUITE EARLY ONE MORNING, 1954, 1st edn, orig cl

CHARLES ALFRED ASHBURTON: A NEW AND COMPLETE HISTORY OF BRITAIN…, c1800, 3 engrd fdg maps, 2 laid down with faults, fo, cf worn £100-120

JAMES NEWLANDS: THE CARPENTER AND JOINER'S ASSISTANT, c1867, 4to, qtr cf, bds detached £50-60

CAHIERS DE LA CERAMIQUE…, 1962-66, Nos 28- 29, 36-37, 4to, orig pict wraps, loose in cloth box £20-30

J BASIL OLDHAM: ENGLISH BLIND STAMPED BINDINGS – BLIND PANELS OF ENGLISH BINDERS, 1952, 1958, 1st edns, fo, orig blue buckram + ALASTAIR DUNCAN AND GE

COMMENT DISCERNER LES STYLES ENSEIGNE PAR LIMAGE, LA DENTELLE – LA FERRONNERIE – LE STYLE EMPIRE – LE STYLE PIRANESI, c1850, 4 vols, 320 plts mounted

WILLIAM MORRIS: SOME HINTS ON PATTERN DESIGNING, Chiswick Press, 1899, 1st edn, orig cl bkd bds + GILLIAN NAYLOR (ED): WILLIAM MORRIS BY HIMSELF DESIG

EDWARD SEAGO: A CANVAS TO COVER, 1947, 1st edn, cl d/w £30-40

JEFF CLEMENTS: BOOK BINDING, 1963, 1st edn, cl d/w + A D BAYNES-COPE: CARING FOR BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS, 1982, orig pict bds + GABRIELE GRUNEBAUM: HOW TO

JOHN DRYDEN, 2 ttls: THE WILD GALLANT, L 1684, sm 4to lacks wraps; SR MARTIN MARR- ALL, L 1691, sm 4to, modern cl bkd bds, (Qty 2) £25-35

FARRAGO, Ed Burra, Oxford 1930, Nos 1-4, orig pict wraps, (Qty 4) £40-50

G B HARRISON: AN ELIZABETHAN JOURNAL, 1928-33, 1st edn, 3 vols, rebnd uniform qtr leather, (Qty 3) £80-100

E BERESFORD CHANCELLOR: THE LIVES OF THE RAKES, 1924-25, 6 vols, uniform, orig cl bkd bds, (Qty 6) £25-35

JOHN MORLEY: THE LIFE OF WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, 1905-06, 2 vols, cl, (Qty 2) £20-30

ENID BAGNOLD, 5 ttls: A DIARY WITHOUT DATES, 1918, 1st edn, orig bds worn; SERENA BLANDISH OR THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING MARRIED, 1924, 1st edn, inscri

EDMUND BLUNDEN: UNDERTONES OF WAR – LEIGH HUNT'S 'EXAMINER' EXAMINED, 1928, 1928, 1st edns, orig cl, d/ws, (Qty 2) £50-60

CHARLOTTE, EMILY AND ANNE BRONTE: NOVELS, Folio Society , 1991, 7 vols, uniform cl gt, slipcase + 3 other Folio Society ttls, (Qty 10) £40-50

[JOSIAH WOODWARD]: AN ACCOUNT OF THE SOCIETIES FOR REFORMATION OF MANNERS…, 1699, engrd port frontis, advt lf and abstract of the Penal-laws at end, t

ROBERT BLAIR: THE GRAVE TO WHICH IS ADDED GRAY'S ELEGY…, L J Fielding, c1785, engrd ttl, frontis, bnd in at end, JAMES FORDYCE: A DISCOURSE ON P...

WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS: THE CELTIC TWILIGHT, 1902, orig cl gt £25-35

THOMAS MOORE: IRISH MELODIES…, Brussels 1822, lacks ffep, old cl bkd bds worn £20-30

[ROBERT WILD]: ITER BOREALE ATTEMPTING SOMETHING UPON THE SUCCESSFUL AND MATCHLESS MARCH OF THE LORD GENERAL GEORGE MONCK FROM SCOTLAND TO LONDON…, L

A PROPER MEMORIAL FOR THE 29TH OF MAY, THE GLORIOUS DAY WHICH BLESS'D THESE NATIONS WITH THE RETURN OF KING CHARLES II THEIR RIGHTFUL MONARCH BE...

BOSCOBEL OR THE COMPLEAT HISTORY OF HIS SACRED MAJESTIES MOST MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION AFTER THE BATTLE OF WORCESTER, 1680-81, 3 parts in 1, 1st part e

JOHN MORTIMER: CLINGING TO THE WRECKAGE – IN CHARACTER – TITMUSS REGAINED, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1st edns, cl d/ws, (Qty 3)

GEOFFREY ASHALL GLAISTER: GLOSSARY OF THE BOOK, 1960, 1st edn, cl d/w £20-30

RONALD REED, 2 ttls: THE NATURE AND MAKING OF PARCHMENT, Elmete Press, 1975, (450) (425) numbered, 4to, orig vellum bkd cl gt; ANCIENT SKINS PARCHMENT

VISCOUNT COBHAM AND SIR HENRY TRUEMAN WOOD (EDS): REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEATHER FOR BOOK BINDING, 1905, 12 col'd plts, mounted leather samp...

BERNARD C MIDDLETON, 2 ttls: A HISTORY OF ENGLISH CRAFT BOOK BINDING TECHIQUE, 1963, 1st edn, cl d/w; THE RESTORATION OF LEATHER BINDINGS, 1984 revise

JOHN MASON: A PRACTICAL COURSE IN BOOKCRAFTS AND BOOK BINDING, [1947], 1st edn, cl gt + LAURA S YOUNG: BOOK BINDING AND CONSERVATION BY HAND, 1981, 1s

GEORGE D PAINTER: WILLIAM CAXTON, 1976, 1st edn, cl d/w + F J M WIJNEKUS: ELSEVIER'S DICTIONARY OF THE PRINTING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES, 1967, 1st...

JOSEPH W ZAEHNSDORF: THE ART OF BOOK BINDING, 1880, 1st edn, modern cl + W H LANGWELL: THE CONSERVATION OF BOOKS OF DOCUMENTS, 1958, cl d/w + S M COCK

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF BOOK BINDING, Washington 1962, pict cl + JOHN MASON: LETTER PRESS BOOK BINDING – STAT

ARTHUR RICHARD DUFTY: EUROPEAN ARMOUR IN THE TOWER OF LONDON, HMSO 1968, 1st edn, 4to cl + EWART OAKESHOTT: RECORDS OF THE MEDIEVAL SWORD, 1998, 4to,

ARABIAN NIGHTS: THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT, trans Sir R F Burton, Ed L C Smithers, 1897, library edn, 12 vols, orig elaborate cl gt,

WILHELM R VALENTINER: REMBRANDT PAINTINGS IN AMERICA, n y 1931, fo, hf cf + K G BOON: REMBRANDT, THE COMPLETE ETCHINGS, 1963, 1st edn, 4to cl, d/w, (Q

HARTMANN SCHEDEL: LIBER CHRONICARUM, 1493, 1st Latin edn, lf 20 hf pg woodcut of Ninevah and part of Genealogical tree from Adam to Christ £100...

HARTMANN SCHEDEL: LIBER CHRONICARUM, 1493, 1st Latin edn, lf 22 woodcut of Abraham & Memphis (Cairo) + woodcut of Ishmael & Visit from an an...

HARTMANN SCHEDEL: LIBER CHRONICARUM, 1493, 1st Latin edn, lf 102 woodcut of the Virgin Mary + Coronation of Mary & First Pope St. Peter £80...

R BRIMLEY JOHNSON (ED): MRS DELANY AT COURT AND AMONG THE WITS, 1925, 1st edn, orig cl soiled + C E VULLIAMY: ASPASIA THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF MARY GRA

HENRY MANNERS CHICHESTER AND GEORGE BURGES-SHORT: THE RECORDS AND BADGES OF EVERY REGIMENT AND CORPS IN THE BRITISH ARMY, [1899], 2nd edn, 24 col...

ESTABLISHMENT FOR FIELD INSTRUCTION ROYAL ENGINEER DEPARTMENT: A SIMPLE PRACTICAL TREATISE ON FIELD FORTIFICATION…, Chatham 1823-22, 4 parts in 1, old

JOHN KNOX LAUGHTON: THE NELSON MEMORIAL NELSON AND HIS COMPANIONS IN ARMS, 1896, orig cl gt soiled £25-35

DAVID POLLOCK: MODERN SHIP BUILDING AND THE MEN ENGAGED IN IT, 1884, 1st edn, lacks ffep, orig cl gt soiled £25-35

FIELD-MARSHAL SIR WILLIAM SLIM: DEFEAT INTO VICTORY, 1956, 1st edn, sigd and inscribed note on port frontis, 'The bullet holes in the photo were...

PAIFORCE THE OFFICIAL STORY OF THE PERSIA AND IRAQ COMMAND 1941-1946, HMSO 1948, 1st edn, cl d/w + WALTER B HARRIS: FRANCE SPAIN AND THE RIF, 1927, 1s

ALEC WAUGH: THE PRISONERS OF MAINZ, ill R T Roussel, 1919, 1st edn, orig cl £25-35

RANDOLPH SPENCER: WINSTON S CHURCHILL, 1966-67, 1st edn, vols 1-2, cl d/ws, (Qty 2) £20-30

RUDYARD KIPLING: THE IRISH GUARDS IN THE GREAT WAR, 1923, 1st edn, reprint, 2 vols, orig cl gt, (Qty 2) £50-60

C R B BARRETT: THE 7TH (QUEEN'S OWN) HUSSARS, 1914, 1st edn, 2 vols, orig hf cf gt + G M O DAVY: THE SEVENTH AND THREE ENEMIES, [1953], 1st edn,...

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: THE BRITISH CAMPAIGNS IN EUROPE, 1914-1918, [1928], 1st edn, orig cl £30-40

GEORGE ARIS: THE FIFTH BRITISH DIVISION 1939 TO 1945, 1959, 1st edn, orig cl worn £20-30

COLONEL H D HUTCHINSON: THE CAMPAIGN IN TIRAH, 1897-1898, AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION AGAINST THE ORAKZAIS AND AFRIDIS…, 1898 reprint, orig cl gt v s

JOSEPH HARTLEY: THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT'S COMPANION AND COMPLETE INSTRUCTOR TO THE TRADE…, L 1935, lacks ffep, old hf ...

SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL: MARLBOROUGH HIS LIFE AND TIMES, 1947, 2 vols, orig cl gt £ 20-30

CYRIL JOLLY: THE VENGEANCE OF PRIVATE POOLEY, 1956, 1st edn, sigd, cl d/w £25-35

WILLIAM BUCHAN: DOMESTIC MEDICINE OR A TREATISE ON THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF DISEASES… TO WHICH ARE NOW ADDED SOME IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING

RICHARD HELSHAM: A COURSE OF LECTURES IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, 1767, 4th edn, 11 engrd fdg plts, 2pp advts at end, old cf, rebkd, new eps £30-40

COOKS BOOKS – JOHN THORNE: CATALOGUE, assorted modern catalogues in two cloth bound vols, (Qty 2)

F MAURY: TRAITE COMPLET DE L'ART DU DENTISTE…, Ed Paul Gresset, Paris 1841, 3rd edn, 39 (of 42) litho plts, some spotting, old qtr cf worn £...

WILLIAM SALMON: THE FAMILY DICTIONARY…, c1710, engrd frontis, lacks ttl, old cf v worn + [MARIA ELIZA RUNDLE]: A NEW SYSTEM OF DOMESTIC COOKERY, 1824,

ELIZABETH RAFFALD: THE EXPERIENCED ENGLISH HOUSEKEEPER…, 1808, new edn, port frontis, 2 fdg plts, some staining, old cf worn, bds loose + [WILLIAM KIT

ELIZABETH MOXON: ENGLISH HOUSEWIFERY…, Leeds 1790, 13th edn, 3 plts damaged with loss, lacks ffep, old cf worn, bds crudely reinforced, (A/F) £...

JOHN HAMILTON: WAR AT SEA 1939-1945, 1986, 1st edn, sigd, 4to cl, d/w £30-40

THE FREETHINKER, (2), 1931 Jubilee issue with supplement, illuminated presentation leaf, sigd pres copy from Henry Jessop, fo, cf gt worn, 1933 Ingers

ROBERT FREKE GOULD: THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY, n d, 3 vols, 4to, hf cf gt + THE FREEMASON'S CHRONICLE, 1881, vol 13, fo, orig cl gt v worn &...

J P MACKINNON AND S H SHADBOLT: THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN, 1879, 1973 reprint, 4to cl d/w + IAN KNIGHT: BRAVE MEN'S BLOOD THE EPIC OF THE ZULU ...

WALTER RICHARDS: HIS MAJESTY'S TERRITORIAL ARMY, ill R C Woodville, n d vols 1, 4 only, 4to, orig pict cl, (Qty 2) £20-30

FREDERIC TIEDEMANN: PLATES OF THE ARTERIES OF THE HUMAN BODY, ill E Mitchell, trans/ed Dr Knox, Edinburgh 1829, 1st edn, 4to, old bds v worn, disbnd...

SIR JOHN POPHAM: REPORTS AND CASES COLLECTED BY…, L T Roycroft, 1656, fo, modern qtr cf £80-100

JOHN GUILLIM: A DISPLAY OF HERADRY…, L 1664, 5th edn, incomplete, fo, old cf worn, (A/F) £25-35

WALTER RICHARDS: HER MAJESTY'S ARMY, [1888-91], 3 vols, 4to, orig pict cl gt, (Qty 3) £150-200

OSCAR PARKES: SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVIES (BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS), 1935, obl orig cl + E C TALBOT-BOOTH: A CRUISING COMPANION SHIPS AND THE SE

CARDANUS RIDERS: RIDERS BRITISH MERLIN…, old cf worn £20-30

THOMAS HOBBS: HUMANE NATURE…, L T Newcomb, 1651, 2nd edn, 12 mo, old cf worn £50-60

THE LONDON ALMANACK, 1799 miniature book, 60 mm x 34 mm, orig décor mor gt worn £80-100

[JAMES BRAMSTON]: THE ART OF POLITICKS IN IMITATION OF HORACE'S ART OF POETRY, 1729, engrd frontis, disbnd, + MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF BARTON BOOT...

REV OSWALD COCKAYNE (ED): LEECHDOMS WORTCUNNING AND STARCRAFT OF EARLY ENGLAND…, 1864-66, 3 vols, part unopened, orig qtr cf, (Qty 3) £120-150