Printed Books, Maps, Prints and Related Items

CARLETON, WILLIAM Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, 2 volumes, third edition, 5 (of 6) etched plates, wood-engravings, slight damp-staining i

DRINKWATER, JOHN & ALBERT RUTHERSTON. Claud Lovat Fraser, NO. 375 OF 450 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS, plates, mostly coloured, original black b...

MAETERLINCK, MAURICE. The Life of the Bee, 13 mounted colour plates by Edward Detmold, original white and gilt parchment, uncut, 4to, 1911 A FINE COPY

SMITH, JAMES E. AND JAMES SOWERBY. English Botany, vol. 2 and 7 only, second edition, 464 hand-coloured engraved plates, original cloth, spines faded,

LE ROUX DE LINCY, A.J.V. Les femmes celebres de l'ancienne France, 27 lithographed or engraved plates, 26 hand-coloured, some plates slightly di...

MESSEL, OLIVER. Stage Designs and Costumes, number 343 of 1000 copies, original cloth, pictorial glassine dust-jacket, 1933; Romeo and Juliet, origina

BROCKEDON, WILLIAM. Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps, 2 vol., 95 (of 96) engraved plates, 13 maps, contents loose, original green cloth, slight

THE FORTUNATE AND UNFORTUNATE LOVERS... Dorastus and Fawnia, 2 parts in one volume, woodcut frontispiece to part 2, part 1 lacking ?frontispiece, G4 o

WOOLSEY, GAMEL. Middle Earth, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece, original brown buckram, some slight discoloration and soiling, 8vo, Grant Richards, 1931; P

THEOLOGY: ANTI-NICENE CHRISTIAN LIBRARY, volumes 1-24, original cloth, somewhat rubbed and soiled, one volume damp-stained and binding defective, 8vo,

THE DEVIL IN SCOTLAND, being four great Scottish Stories of Diablerie, wood-engravings by Douglas Percy Smith, original boards, black wrappers adherin

SACHEVERELL, WILLIAM. An Account of the Isle of Man, B5 repaired with sellotape, some spotting and early scoring, modern calf, 12mo, 1702 £50-70

COINS: JOURNAL OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, edited by James Prinsep, numerous articles extracted from the Journal from the years 1833-37, mostly

FRIEDLANDER, MAX J. Early Netherlandish Painting, vols. I-VI only, plates, original cloth, 4to, Cambridge [Mass.], Harvard University Press, 1953 &#...

DUPLESSIS, GEORGES. Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe, et XVIIIe siecles, 42 hand-coloured engraved plates only, occasional slight spotting, purple

BRYDGES, E., editor. Collins's Peerage of England, 9 volumes, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed & rebacked, 8vo, 1812; HANKINSO...

ARCADIA PRESS: MONTGOMERY, FIELD MARSHAL. El Alamein to the River Sangro. Normandy to the Baltic, NO. 233 OF 265 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, plates,

ARCADIA PRESS: MONTGOMERY, FIELD MARSHAL. A History of Warfare, NO.233 OF 265 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, plates, maps, original black morocco with g

RUSSIA. The Costume of the Russian Empire, text in English and French, 73 hand-coloured engraved plates, preliminaries and first seven plates slightly

HARRISON, E.J. The Fighting Spirit of Japan, dust-jacket, [n.d.]; [HUNTER, J.] Who wrote Cavendish's Life of Wolsey, green morocco-backed boards...

ARCADIA PRESS: DESROCHES-NOBLECOURT, C. Tutankhamen, NO. 237 OF 265 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, plates, original tan morocco gilt, green and black sc

ARISTOPHANES. The Lysistrata, ONE OF 500 COPIES, facsimile edition, plates by Aubrey Beardsley, original blue boards, uncut, purple box, 4to, London,

ARMSTRONG, Sir WALTER. Sir Joshua Reynolds, lithographs, photogravures, red morocco gilt by Bumpus, gilt arms on upper cover, spine gilt, t.e.g., larg

DESBOROUGH, Lord & R.H LYTTLETON. Fifty Years of Sport: Eton, Harrow and Winchester volume, plates, red morocco gilt by Chivers of Bath, lightly...

BRANT, SEBASTIAN. The Ship of Fools, translated by Alexander Barclay, 2 volumes, woodcut illustrations, original blue cloth, volume 2 damp-flecked, 4t

FLEMING, IAN. Thunderball, 1961; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 2 copies, 1963; You Only Live Twice, 1964, FIRST EDITIONS WITH DUST-JACKETS (n...

FORE-EDGE PAINTING. The Book of Common Prayer, contemporary brown morocco gilt, gilt edges with fore-edge painting of St. Paul's and bridge acro...

ELIOT, T.S. Burnt Norton, first edition, original wrappers, sunned and bumped at foot, 1941; Little Gidding, first edition, original wrappers, sunned

GREENE, GRAHAME. The Name of Action, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, slightly rubbed, hinges weak, 1930; CLELAND, J. Memoirs of a Coxcomb, ONE OF 575 C

LISTER, R. The British Miniature, 1951; FOSKETT, D. British Portrait Miniatures, 1963; HAND, S. Signed Miniatures, original parchment (lightly soiled)

JELLICOE, Admiral Viscount. The Grand Fleet 1914-1916, 4 diagrams in pocket at end, folding plans, plates, frontispiece loose, original cloth, 8vo, 19

AUCTION CATALOGUES, a quantity, Sotheby's and Christie's, mainly picture catalogues and house sale catalogues, also: Stiftung fur Botanik, 3...

JEKYLL, G. & C. HUSSEY. Garden Ornament, second edition, plates, original cloth, folio, 1927 £200-250

JEKYLL, G. Some English Gardens, coloured plates, original cloth, 4to, 1904 £100-150

BLORE, THOMAS. The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland, vol.1 part II (all published), 11 engraved plates (without the 2 issued later), c

JAMESON, ANNA B. & W.H. GRUNER. The Decorations of the Garden-Pavilion in the Grounds of Buckingham Palace, title-vignette, 15 engraved plates (...

REPORTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS... respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom, 1800-1819, 2 volumes including Appendix to the Reports, 86 engraved fa

KENT. Sixty-two plates, plans and maps, some possibly engraved for Hasted's History of Kent, damp-stained, 2 with loss, 8 with tears or repairs,...

NORRIS, CHARLES. Saint Davids, in a Series of Engravings, 18 engraved plates, original boards, uncut, oblong folio, 1811 £60-90

WILD, CHARLES. An Illustration of the Architecture and Sculpture of the Cathedral Church of Lincoln, 15 (of 16) engraved plates, original boards, uncu

HULLMANDEL, C. Picturesque Views of Ancient Castellated Mansions in Scotland, parts 1-4 , 20 lithographed plates, some spotting, original wrappers, un

ROSSI or RUBEIS, GIOVANNI GIACOMO DE. Insignium Romae Templorum, engraved throughout, engraved title and 72 engraved plates, , folio, 1684; Dise

CUITT, GEORGE. Wanderings and Pencillings amongst the Ruins of the Olden Time, 73 etched plates and vignettes, contemporary green half morocco, spine

LINCOLNSHIRE: HOWLETT, B. A Selection of Views in the County of Lincoln, folding coloured map, 53 plates, 1805; TURNOR, E. Collections for the History

DER TODTEN-TANZ, wie derfelbe in der meitberuhmten Stadt Basel, engraved frontispiece, title vignette and 41 large woodcuts in text, nineteenth-centur

EARL OF SUFFOLK, PEEK, H. & F.G. AFLALO. The Encyclopaedia of Sport, 2 vol., plates, illustrations original green buckram gilt, spines lightly f...

CALENDARIUM INQUISITIONUM POST MORTEM, sive escaetarum, 4 volumes, contemporary maroon half morocco, spines gilt, chipped, some joints splitting, two

VETERINARY: FREEMAN, S. Observations on the Mechanism of the Horse's Foot, 16 engraved plates, each with engraved outline plate, one torn withou...

INDIA: NAPIER, E. Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands, 2 vol., 19 lithographed plates, slightly spotted, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, 8vo, 1840

COSTUME: SHARF, G. Costumes francais de 1200 a 1715, 100 lithographed plates including pictorial title, contemporary vellum-backed boards, 12mo, Print

BEATTIE, WILLIAM. The Castles and Abbeys of England, 2 vol., engraved plates, original cloth gilt, 4to, [n.d.]; POST OFFICE London Directory, 3 vol.,

SHAW, HENRY. The Encyclopaedia of Ornament, coloured frontispiece and title, [circa 1898]; Details of Elizabethan Architecture, 2 copies, plates, 3 co

COLOUR PRINTING: LILLIE, H. The Alphabet of Monograms, engraved title & 26 colour printed plates, slight spotting, detached, original cloth-back...

NICOLSON, W. The English Historical Library, 2 parts in one volume, FIRST EDITION, rust-hole in A1, contemporary panelled calf, head of spine chipped,

SELKIRK, JAMES. Recollections of Ceylon, map, 9 lithographed plates, original cloth, spine faded and soiled, 8vo, 1844 £150-200

STANLEY, H.M. In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 3 folding maps (2 loose), plates, original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, 1890 £150-200

MILITARY: [BELL, GEORGE] Rough Notes by an Old Soldier, 2 vol., original cloth, rubbed, lightly soiled, 8vo, 1867; HUTTON, W. The Battle of Bosworth-F

[COLLINS, A.] The English Baronetage, 4 volumes in 5, 116 numbered engraved plates, some damp-staining, contemporary calf, worn, 2 covers detached, 8v

OVIDIUS NASO, P. Metamorphoseon libri XV... opera & studio Thomae Farnabii, additional engraved title and frontispiece from an English edition [...

BUCELINUS, GABRIEL. Nuclei insigni lectionis variae fructu locuples, additional engraved title ('Historiae universalis'), 16pp. engraved cal...

WALSINGHAM, Sir FRANCIS: CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. De philosophia, 2 volumes presentation copy inscribed [Greek & Latin inscriptions] "1559 e...

TASSO, TORQUATO. Gierusalemme liberata, woodcut coat-of-arms on title, inscribed by Seigneur du Bartas 1584 with poem on endpaper, 12mo, Ferrara, G.C.

BINDINGS, circa 60 volumes, contemporary calf or half calf, some rubbed or slightly so, most 12mo £200-300

SONGS, BALLADS, POETRY: DORAN, Dr. The Bentley Ballads, original cloth gilt, 1858; The Illustrated Book of English Songs, original cloth, [circa 1870]

HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION, a large collection of calendars of manuscripts and reports, green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, bindings sound,

PRATT, ANNE. The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 242 coloured plates, 1 uncoloured plate, [n.d.]; The Ferns of Great Britain

BARTON, B.H. & T. CASTLE. The British Flora Medica, 2 volumes, engraved portrait & 192 hand-coloured engraved illustrations on 48 plates, or...

BIBLIA SACRA sive libri canonici.. libri Apocryphi.. novi Testamenti libros, edited by E. Tremellius and F. Junius, 6 parts in one volume, woodcut dev

UBALDINI, PETRUCCIO. Le vite delle donne illustri del regno d'Inghilterra, & del regno di Scotia, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials ...

HOLY BIBLE. The Bible, translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, Old and New Testament titles within woodcut borders, bound with Concordances, O.T

VENICE: Le glorie de gli incogniti overo gli huomini illustri dell'Accademia de signori incogniti di Venetia, engraved frontispiece, 1 allegoric...

ANGELO, DOMENICO. The School of Fencing, 47 engraved plates on 44 leaves, near contemporary calf, oblong 8vo, 1787 £700-900

DERING, EDWARD. XXVII Lectures or readings, upon part of the Epistle written to the Hebrues, title within woodcut architectural border, with blank lea

[TRAVERS, WALTER] A full and plaine declaration of Ecclesiasticall Discipline owt off the word off God and off the declininge off the churche off Engl

LEWIS, M.G. Tales of Wonder, 2 volumes in one, FIRST EDITION, ink note and deletion to first title, advertisement leaf at end of volume 2, some spotti

[SETTLE, ELKANAH] Fears and Dangers, Fairly Display'd: being a New Memorial of the Church of England, FIRST EDITION, contemporary black morocco ...

HOLY BIBLE: A Curious Hieroglyphic Bible, fifth edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary tree calf, spi

VENICE. Discorsi Academici de' Signori incogniti havviti in Venetia... del G.G. Loredano all G. Thuillerio, woodcut device on title, half-title,...

CULVERWEL, NATHANAEL. An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature, inscribed on endpaper 'ex dono Gabrel Dillingam 1652', contem...

PARLIAMENT: Speeches and Passages of This Great and Happy Parliament, from the third of November 1640, to this instant June, 1641, contemporary calf,

MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, a quantity, in 6 boxes £150-200

GARDENS: BLOMFIELD, R. The Formal Garden in England, 1892; JEKYLL, G. Home & Garden, 1900; Wood & Garden, 1899; AMHERST, A. A History of Gar...

PUBLIC RECORDS: Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, volumes 28-49, black half morocco, rubbed, 8vo, 1862-87 £50-100

ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORY, a collection of volumes, mostly nineteenth-century, original cloth, in five boxes £100-150

PLATINA, B. De vitis pontificum Romanorum, woodcut on title, numerous woodcut portraits in text, some gatherings rather browned, contemporary calf, he

COTTON, PIERRE, S.J. Lettera declaratoria de la Dottrina de Padri Giesuiti, conforme a i decreti del Concilio di Costanza, woodcut device on title, sl

FASHION PLATES: GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE OF FASHIONS, Fancy Costumes, and the Regimentals of the Army, volume 1 (1828), vol.2 (1829) & vol.3 (18...

DONATUS, ALEXANDER. Roma vetus ac recens, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, 3 folding engraved plates, engraved illustrations in text, contemporar

BEETON, ISABELLA. The Book of Household Management, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved title & 12 coloured plates, bound in 2 volumes, frontispiece an...

CLARENDON, E., Earl of. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, 6 vol., plates, some spotting, contemporary calf, slightly worn, Oxfor

DOMESDAY BOOK, seu liber censualis Willelmi Primi, 4 volumes, engraved plates, two titles laid down, later half morocco, worn, some boards detached, l

SILVESTRE, JOSEPH BALTHASAR. Palaeographical Album of Facsimiles of Writings of all Nations and Periods, 79 chromolithographed plates (as called for),

TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. The Chronicles of Barsetshire, 8 volumes, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, 8vo, 1879; Travelling Sketches, 1st collected editio

RAYNER, S. The History and Antiquities of Haddon Hall, 2 volumes, large paper copy, 32 lithographed plates, most on india paper, rather spotted, origi

CALENDARIUM Rotulorum Chartarum et inquisitionum ad quod damnum, half calf, rubbed, 1803; Calendarium Rotulorum patentium in Turri Londin

JOHNSON, SAMUEL. A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 volumes, fourth edition, title of vol.1 creased & with portion of lower margin torn awa...

DUGDALE, Sir WILLIAM. A Perfect Copy of all Summons of the Nobility to the Great Councils and Parliaments of this Realm, eighteenth-century russia, so

SANDERS, W.B. Half-Timbered Houses and Carved Oak Furniture of the 16th & 17th Centuries, plates, some spotting, original cloth, folio, 1894; NE...

DICKENS, CHARLES. The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition in book form, engraved portrait, additional title and 12 plates, 2 pp. advertisements at e

DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, 22 vol., original cloth, 8vo, 1908; and Index & Epitome (1903) and Concise DNB 1900-1950 (24) £100-200