Printed Books, Maps and Related Items

JACOBS, F.G. A History of Dolls' Houses, first edition, dust-jacket, 1954; BENSON, A.C. Everybody's Book of the Queen's Doll's House...

BARKER, CICELY MARY. Flower Fairies of the Spring, 24 plates, lacks backstrip; Flower Fairies of the Summer, 24 plates, dust-jacket; Flower Fairies of

CYCLING. PATTERSON, FRANK. Cycling, 9 ink drawings, all but 3 signed. Four of the drawings are captioned: `The Weaver's Village of Kersey, Suffo...

SERRE, SIEUR DE LA. Les amours des deeses... avec les amours de Narcisse, additional engraved title (just shaved at fore margin) and 6 engraved plates

MAPS. BOHEMIA. A collection of 7 maps of Bohemia by Ortelius, Mercator, Jaillot, Robert de Vaugondy, Homann, Homann Heirs, Lotter [1590-1751], double-

JACOBITISM. BALCARRES, COLIN LINDSAY, third Earl. Manuscript of "Balkeress his Memoirs anent the Revolutione", a contemporary copy, in the...

D'ESTERRE-KEELING, ELEONORE. The Music of the Poets. A Musicians' Birthday Book, with the signatures of Elgar, Poulenc, F. Corder, A. Rubens...

SANDFORD, FRANCIS. A Genealogical History of the Kings and Queens of England, 15 engraved plates, numerous engravings in the text, list of subscribers

HOPE, THOMAS. Costume of the Ancients, 2 vol. in one, 300 engraved costume plates, contemporary half calf, worn, one cover detached, 8vo, 1812 ...

WEEVER, JOHN. Ancient Funerall Monuments with the United Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands adjacent, first edition, fine addition

MAP. Morden, Robert. Cambridgeshire, engraved map hand-coloured in outline, small repair at fold, framed and glazed £40-60

MAPS. China by Vaugondy, laid down, 1751; China, By Hollar, hand-coloured in outline; Morden, R. Sussex, hand-coloured in outline; and 2 other maps an

POLYBIUS. The History of Polybius the Megalopolitan, translated into English by Edward Grimeston, title within woodcut border, woodcut initials and he

BARCLAY, REV. JAMES. A New and Universal English Dictionary, engraved title, 35 engraved plates, 31 engraved maps, contemporary calf, spine gilt, ligh

LAUGHTON, RICHARD. [1668?-1723] Copy of Latin tract: De scientia machinali, on physics, with diagrams, also notes on trigonometry and geometry in shor

PIPE ROLL, on vellum, 250 by 31 cms, in Latin, referring to Luffborough, Egerton, Tollerford, Corkden, Bundesborough, &c., dated 1696/97 &#...

RUSSIAN ART. The Art of Soviet Palekh, mounted coloured plates, red portfolio, 4to, Moscow, 1958; Three Hundred Years of the Romanov Family, in Russia

KING PENGUINS, 76 vol. (a complete set), 27 with dust-jackets, most very good or excellent condition £200-300

SHIRLEY, E.P. The Noble and Gentle Men of England, woodcut coat of plates, a few annotations, red half morocco, spine gilt, g.e., Westminster, 1866

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. GYLL, G.W.J. History of the Parish of Wraysbury, Ankerwycke Priory.., map, 1862; Charters granted to the Borough of Chepping Wycombe,

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. PARKER, J. The Early History and Antiquities of Wycombe, folding maps & plates, original cloth, 4to, Wycombe, 1878; Some Notes ...

CORY, WILLIAM [pseud. of WILLIAM JOHNSON] Ionica, first edition, ``by William Cory?'' neatly inscribed on title, original green cloth, head ...

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, 2 vol., green half morocco, joints slightly cracked, 1912; KENNEDY, A.W.M. The Birds of Ber

ATLAS. Wallis's New Pocket Edition of the English Counties, engraved title, address, map of England and 39 hand-coloured maps, lacks 4 maps but ...

MANUSCRIPT ARABIC-LATIN DICTIONARY, ?incomplete, bound in old vellum, hinges broken, folio, 17th or 18th century £100-150

ETON. A Collection of poems by Etonians, typewritten, bound in one vol., cloth, 1902; Gordon, Sir H. Eton v. Harrow at Lord's, no.140 of 325 cop...

GREENAWAY, KATE. Almanack for 1883, original cloth-backed boards, 16mo, 1883; Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes, original cloth, spotted, 8vo, G.

MAP. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Buckinghamiensis Comitatus, by William Blaeu, engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, coats of arms finished in gold, framed and

MAP. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, by John Speed, engraved map hand-coloured in outline, inset views of Buckingham & Redding, framed and glazed, Sold By Henr...

MAP. HONDIUS, J. Warwicum, Northhamtonia, Huntingdonia, Cantabrigia, Suffolcia, Oxonium, Buckinghamia, Befordia, Hartfordia, Essexia, Berceria, Middl

ETON COLLEGE, a large collection of books about Eton, Eton College publications, guides, &c., in one box £200-300

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. COCKS, A.H. The Church Bells of Buckinghamshire, plates, 1897; ROBINSON, F.E. Among the Bells, illus., [c.1900]; HARPER, C.G. Thames

COOKE, W.B.. Views on the Thames from the Source to the Sea, 84 engraved plates, occasional minor spotting, contemporary green morocco-backed cloth, c

WILLIS, BROWNE. Notitia Parliamentaria, or an History of the Counties, Cities and Boroughs in England and Wales, 3 vol., some spotting, contemporary t

[OWEN & BOWEN. BRITANNIA DEPICTA], engraved road and county maps (engraved from p.1-273), lacks title and ?other leaves before p.3 of table, som...

HALL, S.C. The Book of the Thames, plates, illus., contemporary green morocco gilt, 8vo, 1867 £150-200

HASSELL, J. Tour of the Grand Junction, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, original boards, uncut, printed label on upper cover, 8vo, for J. Hassell, 1

HASSELL, J. Picturesque Rides and Walks... thirty miles round the British Metropolis, 2 vol., 120 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary green ha

BLOME, RICHARD. Britannia, 24pp. engraved coats-of-arms, 44 (of 50) engraved folding or double-page maps, map of Jersey shaved, map of Great Britain a

JONES, OWEN. The Grammar of Ornament, 112 chromolithographed plates, original cloth, folio, B. Quaritch, 1868 £200-300

MAP. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, by Robert Mordern, engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, framed and glazed, [c.1695] £50-70

SHORTER, ALFRED H. Paper Mills and Paper Makers in England 1495-1800, plates, original cloth, 4to, Hilversum, Holland, 1957 £100-150

LYSONS, D. & S. Magna Britannia... containing Bedfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, numerous engraved plates and maps, contemporary diced...

WESTWOOD, J.O. Paleographia Sacra Pictoria: being a series of illustrations of the ancient versions of the Bible, 50 chromolithographed plates, contem

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. WILLIS, B. The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred and Deanry of Buckingham, pedigree not present (as usual), contemporary c

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. LIPSCOMB, GEORGE. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, 4 vol., engraved and lithographed plates, maps, illus., co

MORISON, STANLEY. John Fell. The University Press and the `Fell' Types, with the Assistance of Harry Carter, presentation copy inscribed by Harr...

LEAR, EDWARD. Book of Nonsense, 73 lithographed plates, occasional slight spotting, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt, upper hinge weak, oblon

NOSTRADAMUS, MICHEL. Les Propheties de M. Michel Nostradamus, woodcut vignette on title, occasional light spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt ar

IRVING, W. The Conquest of Granada, 1850; Life of Mahomet, 1850, red morocco gilt, 8vo (2) £100-150

BAKER, SAMUEL. Ismailia, plates, 1895; Wild Beasts & their Ways, presentation copy from Lady Baker with ALS, 1898; The Albert Nyanza, plates, 18...

GUTHRIE, WILLIAM. A New Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar, folding double hemispherical world map and 17 folding engraved maps by T. Kit

RHINE. Panorama du Rhin depuis Mayence jusqu'a Cologne, dessine...par F.W. Delkeskamp, grave par C.A. Helmsauer, folding engraved panorama, text...

HOLY BIBLE abridged; or the History of the Old and New Testament designed for the Use of Children. Illustrated with Cuts, by Bewick, numerous woodcuts

ADDISON, G.A. Original Familiar Correspondence between Residents in India, original cloth, spine faded, Edinburgh, 1846; THACKERAY, W.M. Notes of a Jo

HOLY BIBLE, The, engraved title (rather soiled, laid down, lacking upper corner), ruled in red, somewhat soiled, London, J. Field, 1648; bound with A

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, contemporary red panelled morocco gilt, worn, Oxford, 1773; [Holy Bible], lacks title to Old Testament, contemporary blue panel

DULAC, EDMUND. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam, 20 coloured mounted plates, original buckram gilt, somewhat worn, 4to, [n.d.] £50-80

BRITISH ESSAYISTS, The, 43 (of 45) vol., contemporary tree calf, a few vol. rubbed, 12mo, 1817 £100-150

SHAKESPEARE, W. The Complete Works, 3 vol., additional engraved titles & frontispieces, contemporary calf, spines gilt, 4to, J. Tallis, [c.1870]...

MILLER, PHILIP. The Abridgement of the Gardeners Dictionary... Methods of making Wine in England, fifth edition, engraved frontispiece, 12 folding pla

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. An History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 8 vol., FIRST EDITION, numerous engraved plates, contemporary calf, red morocco labels

SHAKESPEARE, W. The Plays, notes by Samuel Johnson, 10 vol., engraved portrait, contemporary calf, red morocco labels, 8vo, 1773 £200-300

ROLLIN, C. The History of the Arts and Sciences, 3 vol., folding engraved plates, 1768; The History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians &...

Miscellaneous books, a quantity, in 2 boxes £70-100

BINDINGS, c.38 vol., contemporary calf, a few rubbed, 8vo or 12mo, [c.1750-1850] £200-300

BERKENOUT, JOHN. Synopsis of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vol., third edition, contemporary tree calf gilt, 8vo, 1795 &#...

SWITZERLAND. Keller, Heinrich. Panorama vom Rigi Berg, folding aquatint panorama, uncoloured, in pink wrappers, guide in blue wrappers, both slightly

MAPS. Nouveau plan routier de la ville de Paris, folding engraved map with border of vignettes, short tear, Paris, Danlos, 1854; NOEL. Carte Routiere

BURKE'S Peerage, upper hinge weak, 1938; Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom, 2 vol., 1905 and 1907, all original red cloth gilt...

BYRON, G.G.N., Lord. The Works, 3 vol., slightly rubbed, 1819; Pindar, P. The Works, 3 vol., engraved titles, portrait, slightly rubbed, 1794;

CLUVERIUS, PHILIPPUS. Introductionis in universam geographiam... accessit P. Bertii, engraved title, 3 folding plates, 38 folding maps, 1 folding tabl

JACQUEMART, A. Flore des Dames. Botanique.., additional engraved title, 14 engraved plates (12 finely hand-coloured), contemporary purple morocco gilt

PRESTON, JOHN. The Saints Daily Exercise.. ninth edition, title within woodcut border, engraved portrait, N. Bourne, 1635; Sermons Preached before His

HUME,DAVID. The History of England, 8 vol., engraved portraits, contemporary calf, spines gilt, 8vo, 1825 £100-150

HOMER. The Iliad [The Odyssey], 5 vol., translated by A. Pope, contemporary diced calf, spines gilt, 8vo, 1817 £100-150

PLUTARCH. Plutarch's Lives, 6 vol., translated by J. & W. Langhorne, engraved frontispieces, contemporary calf, morocco labels, slightly rub...

CRABBE, G. Tales of the Hall, 2 vol., contemporary tree calf gilt with ticket of Maud, Printer & Bookbinder, Andover, 1819; BURNS, R. The Works,...

KIPLING, RUDYARD. The Works, Edition de Luxe, limited to 1050 copies, 28 (of 30) vol., (lacks vol.28-29), original maroon cloth, spines gilt, vol.21 d

FIELDING, HENRY. The Works, with his Life by Arthur Murphy, engraved portrait, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, 12mo, 1808 £200-250

TENNYSON, ALFRED, Lord. Poems, with illustrations by Millais, Stanfield &c., engraved portrait, illus., contemporary red morocco gilt by Hayday,...

SALMON. The Modern Gazetteer, folding engraved twin hemisperical world map and 6 folding maps by T. Hitchin, contemporary calf, worn, one cover detach

ITALY. FISHER, J. Seventy Etched Fac-Similes.. after the original studies by Michael Angelo and Raffaelle in the University Galleries, Oxford, 70 plat

FENELON, FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE. The Adventures of Telemachus, translated by John Hawkesworth, list of subscribers, engraved vignettes in te

COOK, Capt. JAMES. A Voyage towards the South Pole and round the World, vol. 2 only, 27 engraved plates and maps, some folding, a few shaved or with o

RUSSELL. The History of Modern Europe, 4 vol., 1833; An Inquiry.. into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots, Edinburgh, 1772; SCOTT, Sir W. The Vi

STANFORD, EDWARD. Stanford's Library Map of London and its Suburbs, 24 folding lithographed maps and index, dissected and backed on linen, partl...

PILKINGTON, M. The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters, contemporary calf, morocco label, 4to, 1770 £80-120

LYTELTON, G., Lord. The History of the Life of King Henry the Second, 4 vol., 1769; HAMILTON, E. Memoirs of the Life of Agrippina, 2 vol., 1811; A Ser

MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, a quantity, in 3 boxes £70-100

STACKHOUSE, THOMAS. A New History of the Holy Bible, second edition, 2 vol., engraved plates and folding maps, one at p.127 defective, contemporary ca

[BELLEGARDE, l'abbe J.B.M.] Histoire universelle des voyages faits par mer et par terre dans l'ancien & dans le Nouveau Monde, 6 engrave...

JUVENILE. QUINN, P. Peter Quinn's Book of Marvellous Fairy Tales, orignal cloth, [n.d.]; CARRUTHERS GOULD, F. Froissart's Modern Chronicles,...

LOCAL IMPRINTS. DYER, G. A Restoration of the Ancient Modes of Bestowing Names on the Rivers, Hills, Vallies, Plains, half calf, 8vo, Exeter, G. Dyer,

ANDERSON, ROBERT, editor. The Works of the British Poets, 13 vol., additional engraved titles, contemporary diced russia, spines gilt, head of volume

SMOLLETT, T. The Works, 7 vol. (of 8), 1797; CICERO. Cato and Laelius, 2 vol., edited by W. Melmoth, 1777; THE ETONIAN, vol.1 and 2, Windsor, 1821; BU

FRENCH LITERATURE, c.78 vol., contemporary calf or half calf, rubbed or slightly rubbed, 8vo and 12mo, most 18-19th century £200-300

MAPS. ITALY. Pianta della citta di Roma, vignette borders, slipcase, Rome. V. Monaldini, 1829; SEGATO, G. Carta geometrica della Toscana, slipcase, F

THACKERAY, W.M. Mrs Perkins's Ball, coloured title & plates, original cloth-backed pink boards, 1898; GOULD, S.B. Old Country Life, illus., ...

HALL, S.C., editor. The Book of British Ballads, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e., large 8vo, [c.1860] £...