February Book Sale

CARIBBEAN & CENTRAL AMERICA A collection of 16 maps, 18th & 19th Centuries. Many hand-col. & in excellent condition with good margins. &...

TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGRAVINGS A collection of about 300 18th & 19th Century engraved views. Steel engravings, copper engravings, lithos etc. A collec...

KENT - 113 steel engr. views, after Baynes, Shepherd, Salmon & others. A collection. £80-100

[original watercolour] A COLLECTION OF 23 WATERCOLOURS, WASH DRAWINGS etc. Mid-19th Century. Approx 14ins x 10ins x 12ins x 8ins. Several made in the

Tregear (G.S.) FLIGHTS OF HUMOUR Nos. 15: "The Covey Wot's Got a Knack of Taking People Off, and 32: "A Toast and Sentiment.....The ...

Heath (William) NIL FUIT UNQUAM TAM DISPAR SIBI!!! 1834. Hand-col engraving, approx. 33cm x 23.5cm. Framed and glazed. McLean (Thomas

Westminster Fire-Office INSTRUMENT OR POLICY dated 1780 in the name of Henry Lyte of Bloomsbury, London. Engraved sheet with portcullis device at head

Sun Fire-Office A DEPOSITION BY ABRAHAM SHEPPARD, SERGEMAKER, OF TAUNTON, JULY 1772,to the Sun Fire-Office in support of his claim for loss and damage

Bath Sun Fire-Office TWO ENGRAVED POLICIES ISSUED IN 1776 & 1790 and a BROAD SHEET OF PROPOSALS, 1776. With signatures, engravings, seals, stamp...

The Hand in Hand Office POLICY ISSUED TO HENRY SHEPHERD OF BASINGHALL STREET in March, 1786. Large fldg. sheet with engraving, seals duty stamps and d

A COLLECTION OF FIRE-OFFICE POLICIES 1802-1837. Issued by the SALAMANDER FIRE OFFICE SOCIETY, WEST OF ENGLAND FIRE OFFICE, PROTECTOR FIRE INSURANCE, P

A GROUP OF FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES AND DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY THE BIRMINGHAM OFFICES OF THE ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COMPANY, THE MILLERS AND GENERAL FIRE INSU

2 LEAVES FROM A 13th CENTURY FOLIO BIBLE Vellum. Text from II Chronicles, 16 & 17. Initials in blue & red. Worn & soiled. 2 LEAVES FROM...

Bull (George) OPERA OMNIA .... Ed: J.E.Grabe. 1703. Folio. Port. frontis. Subscribers' list. Separate title pages. Cont. panelled calf. Crimson ...

Swedenborg (Emanuel) A TREATISE CONCERNING THE LAST JUDGEMENT AND THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON. L. 1788. Half-title. [Bound with] A CONTINUATION CONCERN

Essen (Andreas van) TRUIMPHUS CRUCIS SIVE FIDES CATHOLICA DE SATISFACTIONE .... IN RESPONSIONE SUA AD LIBRUM .... HUGONIS GROTII. Amsterdam, 1649. 4to

Ovidius Naso (Publius) OPERA.... Leiden, 1689. Delphinus edn. 4 vols. 4to. Titles in red and black. Cont. panelled calf gt. Joints cracking, some sur

Plinius (Gaius Secundus, the Elder) HISTORIAE NATURALIS Ed: J.Harduin. Paris, 1723. 3 vols. Folio. Double-p engr. map. 11 plates. Light marginal stai

Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius) DUODECIM CAESARUM. Paris (J.Barbier) [ca 1508] Elaborate woodcut initials. Title leaf torn with some loss (not affecting

Plautus (Titus Maccius Accius) COMOEDIAE. Geneva, 1605. 4to. Engr. title. Some staining of index. Possibly cont. calf, corners bumped. Re-backed. &#...

Terentius Afer (Publius) LES COMEDIES .... Trans: - D'Acier. Ills: B.Picart & others. Amsterdam, 1724. 3 vols. 12mo. Engr. frontis. Titles i...

Chaucer (Geoffrey) THE WORKES .... [ca 1550] Folio. B.L. Lacking before fol.vii, 2 leaves in 'The Man of Lawes Tale' and 2 leaves in '...

Savile (Sir Henry) RERUM ANGLICARUM SCRIPTORES .... 1596. 1st edn. Folio. 4 divisional titles, each in engr. woodcut borders. Chronological tables at

Wolcot (John - 'Peter Pinder') THE WORKS Ills: after J. Gillray 1788-89. 4to. 10 works in 1 vol. Each with title page. Mezzotint port. front...

Addison (Joseph) THE WORKS 1804. 6 vols. Port. frontis. Cont. tree calf gt. Some joints cracked, or repaired. £70-90

ALMANACH ROYALE, ANNEE MDCCLXXXII Paris, [1781]. Cont. crimson morocco. Deep gt. floral border with coronets & dragonflies; gt. inner dentelles;...

Thomas (John Penford) A TREATISE OF UNIVERSAL JURISPRUDENCE. 1829. 2nd edn. Inscribed by author on blank before title, and with ALS loosely inse

Volney (Constantin Francois) THE RUINS: OR, A SURVEY OF THE REVOLUTIONS OF EMPIRES 1801. 4th edn. Engr. frontis; fldg. world map; fldg. plate. Cont. c

NONARUM INQUISITIONES IN CURIA SCACCARII. TEMP. REGIS EDWARDI III 1807. 1st edn. Folio. Facs. plate. Cont. half calf gt. Sl. wear to extremities. &#...

A COLLECTION .... OF THE STATURES NOW IN FORCE IN IRELAND WHICH CONCERN ALL GRAND JURIES. DUBLIN, 1789. Cont. tree calf. Gt. ruled spine with cr

THE PLEADINGS AND ARGUMENTS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF KINGS-BANCH .... TOUCHING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LONDON. 1690. Sm. folio.

A COLLECTION OF ACTS RELATING TO LANDLORDS AND TENANTS. Dublin, 1816. Sm. 8vo. Cont. marginalia, and several pages of Ms notes at the end of vol

A BOKE OF PRESIDENTS EXACTLY WRITTEN IN MANNER OF A REGISTER .... (The Booke of Sundry Instrumentes). 1565. 12mo. B.L. Woodcut initial. Cont.

Perizon (Giacomo) AEGYPTIARUM ORIGINUM ET TEMPORUM ANTIQUISSIMORUM INVESTIGATIO .... Leiden, 1711. 2 vols. Titles in red & black. Woodcut coloph...

Whiston (William) A NEW THEORY OF THE EARTH .... 1737. 5th edn. Engr. frontis. 9 engr. plates. Some later pencil marginalia. Cont. calf gt. Spine a li

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOL.35. 1765. 6 fldg. engr. strip maps. Engr. plates (some fldg.) Cont. boards, leather title label. £70-90

Suetonius Tranquillus (Caius) THE HISTORIE OF TWELVE CEASARS Trans: P.Holland 1931. Ltd. edn. [289/400]. 4to. Engr. title and frontis. Partly untr

Mansfield (Katherine) JOURNAL ... Ed. J.Middleton Murry 1927. 1st edn. Orig. printed cloth. D/w. THE LETTERS ... Ed: J. Middleton Murry 1928. 1st edn

Conrad (Joseph) ONE DAY MORE. 1919. 1st edn. Ltd [274]. Out-of-series copy. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth-backed patterned boards. THE RESCUE. 1920.

Pargeter (Edith) THE BROTHERS OF GWYNEDD QUARTET. 1974-77. 1st edns. 4 vols. Maps on endpapers. Orig. cloth gt. Unclipped d/ws. £70-100

Sillitoe (Alan) SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. 1958. 1st edn. Unclipped d/w with sl. loss at foot of spine. £60-80

Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel) THE LORD OF THE RINGS 1955-56. 5th imp; 4th imp; 2nd imp. 3 vols. Fldg. maps. Orig. cloth with gt. armorial device. D/ws -

Levin (Ira) ROSEMARY'S BABY. N.Y.1967. 1st edn. Owner's inscription on f.f.e.p. Unclipped d/w. £50-70

Miller (Henry) MAX AND THE WHITE PHAGOCYTES. Paris, 1938. 1st edn. Half-title & title torn, probably as a result of careless opening of pages; s...

Golding (William) THE SPIRE. N.Y. 1964. 1st US edn. Signed by the author on title p. D/w with small chips at ends of spine. [ANOTHER EDITION] L. 19

Abelman (Paul) I HEAR VOICES. Paris, Olymia Press, 1958. 1st edn. Orig. cloth. D/w (rubbed and sl. chipped at extremities). £40-60

Sparling (H.Halliday) THE KELMSCOTT PRESS AND WILLIAM MORRIS 1924. 1st edn. Port. frontis. B/w plates. Booklist at end. Partly untrimmed. Orig. hessia

Hardy (Thomas) LATE LYRICS AND EARLIER. 1922. 1st edn. Partly untrimmed. Orig. cloth gt. D/w. HUMAN SHOWS FAR PHANTASIES. 1925. 1st edn. Untrimmed ...

Lewis (Wyndham) THE ENEMY. Nos. 1,2 & 3. 1927-29. 1st edns. 3 vols. Large 8 vo. Col. & b/w plates. Advts. Orig. wraps. No 1 lacks backstrip...

MacPherson (James) FINGAL, AN ANCIENT EPIC POEM. Privately printed, 1775. 4to. 19th Century owner's inscription on first blank. Rear e.p's ...