A LARGE SUNDERLAND LUSTREWARE MASONIC JUG (3)
A LARGE SUNDERLAND LUSTREWARE MASONIC JUG (3)
circa 1830
Pearlware, with three transfer printed panels, one with 'Northumberland 74' (HMS Northumberland was a 74 gun ship that carried Napoleon to St Helena), and two of Masonic poems, together…
The largest jug with restoration to spout and interior, star crack visible to exterior panel of 'Northumberland 74' approx. 16cm across. The medium jug with restored handle, small loss and crack to…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 January 2026 , 17:00 GMT
14 January 2026 , 17:00 GMT
PLATE LXIX FROM WILLIAM FREDERICK MARTYN'S A NEW DICTIONARY OF NATURAL HISTORY (8)
PLATE LXIX FROM WILLIAM FREDERICK MARTYN'S A NEW DICTIONARY OF NATURAL…
engraving
published 1786
32.5 x 19cm
together with the framed title page from A History of Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith, 22.5 x 11.5cm; and six other engravings of animals, each 14 x…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £30 - £50
14 January 2026 , 17:00 GMT
14 January 2026 , 17:00 GMT
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840). A System of Astronomy, Concord [New Hampshire], 1827, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 3 other books of related interest. (4)
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840). A System of Astronomy,…
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840).  A System of Astronomy, on the Principles of Copernicus: Containing, Besides the Usual Astronomical Calculations, A Catalogue of Eclipses Visible in the…
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BETJEMAN, John (1906-84). Continual Dew, London, 1937, 4to, illustrations, original black cloth, dust-jacket by Edward McKnight Kauffer. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.
BETJEMAN, John (1906-84). Continual Dew, London, 1937, 4to, illustrations,…
BETJEMAN, John (1906-84).  Continual Dew. A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1937. 4to (206 x 146mm). Half title, diagram of a tap on the title page, printed…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918). A one-page autograph letter from Edmund Blunden, and his PROOF COPY of an edition of Wilfred Owen's poems from 1931, and another later edition. (3)
BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918). A one-page…
BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918). A one-page autograph letter from Edmund Blunden, on paper headed "67 Pembury Road, Tonbridge,", and dated, "30 Jan. 1945", stating, "Dear Mrs…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016). Pierre Écrite, Paris, Mercure, 1969, 8vo, original wrappers. With 11 other books in French and German, mainly poetry. (12) Please see the full listing below.
BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016). Pierre Écrite, Paris, Mercure, 1969, 8vo,…
BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016).  Pierre Écrite. Paris: Mercure de France, 1969. Square 8vo (190 x 142mm). Half title. Original wrappers printed in black and blue (narrow rectangular stain along the top…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660). Alle de Wercken, Amsterdam, 1712, 2 volumes, folio, plates and c.400 engraved emblematic illustrations, contemporary calf. (2) Please see the full description below.
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660). Alle de Wercken, Amsterdam, 1712, 2 volumes,…
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660).  Alle de Wercken ... Ridder Oudt Raadtpensionaris van Hollandt. &c. De laatste Druk; waar on het Twee-en-Tachtig Jaarig Leeven des Dichters beneffens desselfs Slaapeloose…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
[CHURCHILL, Lady Gwendoline 'Goonie' (1885-1941)]. The Seventh of July 1941, [No place, 1941], 4to, original black morocco gilt. With a one-page autograph letter from John Churchill loosely-inserted.
[CHURCHILL, Lady Gwendoline 'Goonie' (1885-1941)]. The Seventh of July…
[CHURCHILL, Lady Gwendoline [sometimes Gwendelen] 'Goonie' (1885-1941)].  The Seventh of July 1941. [No place: no publisher, 1941]. 4to (260 x 195mm). Woodcut initials. Contemporary black polished…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
COOKERY & HUSBANDRY - [G. MARKHAM (c.1568-1637)]. The English House-Wife, London, 1668, 4to (browned and spotted throughout), later boards. The Eighth edition. With 12 other books, most related, including works by Hannah Glasse and Elizabeth Raffald. (13)
COOKERY & HUSBANDRY - [G. MARKHAM (c.1568-1637)]. The English House-Wife,…
COOKERY & HUSBANDRY - [Gervase MARKHAM (c.1568-1637)].  The English House-Wife containing The inward and outward Vertues which ought to be in a Compleat Woman: As her Skill in Physick, Chirurgery,…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). A Christmas Carol, London, 1843, 8vo, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech, original brown decorated cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of "the greatest Christmas book ever written in any language" (Eckel).
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). A Christmas Carol, London, 1843, 8vo, 4 hand…
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70).  A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. 8vo (164 x 102mm). Half title, title printed in red and blue within a blue…
Hammer price: £4,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). Oliver Twist, London, Richard Bentley, 1838, 3 volumes, 8vo, half titles in vols. I and II [as called for], 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank, original plum cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, second issue. (3)
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). Oliver Twist, London, Richard Bentley, 1838, 3…
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70).  Oliver Twist. London: "Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street," [?November] 1838. 3 volumes, 8vo (202 x 122mm). Half titles in volumes I and II [only, as called for], 24…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
DONNE, John (1572-1631). The Holy Sonnets, London, 1938, 8vo, 4 illustrations by Eric Gill, original black buckram gilt, inscribed to Clarissa Churchill by "Bluey". ONE OF 550 COPIES SIGNED BY ERIC GILL. With 5 other related works in 10 volumes. (11)
DONNE, John (1572-1631). The Holy Sonnets, London, 1938, 8vo, 4…
DONNE, John (1572-1631).  The Holy Sonnets. Introduction by Hugh I' A. Fausset. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd for Hague & Gill Ltd., 1938. Large 8vo (233 x 150mm). 4 full-page wood-engraved…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
DYKE, Zoë, Lady Hart (1896-1975). So Spins the Silkworm, London, 1949, 8vo, 27 plates, original blue cloth gilt, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper beneath her original drawing of a silkworm.
DYKE, Zoë, Lady Hart (1896-1975). So Spins the Silkworm, London, 1949, 8vo…
DYKE, Zo, Lady Hart (1896-1975).  So Spins the Silkworm. London: Rockliff, 1949. 8vo (218 x 140mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece and 26 plates, 3 illustrations, one full-page. Original blue…
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
FOTHERGILL, Jessie (1851-91). An autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's poem "O Me! O Life!", probably in the hand of Fothergill rather than that of the poet himself, inscribed at the foot, "Jessie Fothergill, Jan. 16. 1887", on one page, 204 x 126mm.
FOTHERGILL, Jessie (1851-91). An autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's…
FOTHERGILL, Jessie (1851-91).  An autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's poem "O Me! O Life!", probably in the hand of Jessie Fothergill rather than that of the poet himself, inscribed at the foot,…
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
GUNN, Thom (1929-2004). My Sad Captains, London, 1961, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, 2nd impression, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "Thom Gunn, with best wishes for Clive." With 5 other books by Thom Gunn, all SIGNED BY THE POET. (6)
GUNN, Thom (1929-2004). My Sad Captains, London, 1961, 8vo, original cloth…
GUNN, Thom (1929-2004).  My Sad Captains and other poems. London: Faber and Faber, 1962. 8vo (217 x 140mm). Half title. Original purple cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket with the price…
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
[HANWAY, Jonas (1712-86)]. A Journal of Eight Days Journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames, London, 1756-58, 4to, 4 engraved plates, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. With 3 other works in 5 volumes. (6)
[HANWAY, Jonas (1712-86)]. A Journal of Eight Days Journey from Portsmouth…
[HANWAY, Jonas (1712-86)].  A Journal of Eight Days Journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames; through Southampton, Wiltshire, &c. with Miscellaneous Thoughts, Moral and Religious; In a Series…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £600
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
HUBBARD, Elbert (1856-1915). Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors ... William Morris, New York, Roycrofters, 1900, 4to, coloured decorations, wrappers. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 767 OF 925 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. With another related book. (2)
HUBBARD, Elbert (1856-1915). Little Journeys to the Homes of English…
HUBBARD, Elbert (1856-1915).  Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors ... William Morris. Done into print by the Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shop. East Aurora, Erie County, New York: The…
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - A fine illuminated manuscript on a single bifolium vellum leaf extracted from a prayer book, with exceptional decorative coloured borders heightened in gold, [?]mid- to late-15th-century, probably northern France, 210 x 285mm.
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - A fine illuminated manuscript on a single…
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - A fine illuminated manuscript on a single bifolium vellum leaf extracted from a prayer book or missal, incorporating four pages including prayers for the Feast Days of Saints…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). A Dictionary of the English Language, London, 1755, 2 volumes, folio, lacking the title to vol. II, but supplied in modern facsimile, modern old-style calf. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. (2)
JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). A Dictionary of the English Language, London,…
JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84).  A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the Best…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
KELMSCOTT PRESS - William MORRIS (1834-96). A Note by William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, 1898, 8vo, illustration by Edward Burne-Jones, ornaments, holland-backed boards. ONE OF 525 COPIES. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY.
KELMSCOTT PRESS - William MORRIS (1834-96). A Note by William Morris on…
KELMSCOTT PRESS - William MORRIS (1834-96).  A Note by William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press. Together with a Short Description of the Press by S. C. Cockerell, & an Annotated…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
KNOLLES, Richard (1545-1610). The Generall Historie of the Turkes ... The Third Edition, London, 1621, folio, fine engraved title page, 28 portraits, illustration, contemporary calf (old repairs).
KNOLLES, Richard (1545-1610). The Generall Historie of the Turkes ... The…
KNOLLES, Richard ([?]1545-1610).  The Generall Historie of the Turkes, from the first beginning of that Nation to the rising of the Ottoman Familie: with all the notable expeditions of the Christian…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
LOVECRAFT, H. P.  (1890-1937). The Shunned House, Athol, Mass.: The Recluse Press, 1928 [but please see the important note in the full description below]. Original publisher's black cloth gilt, modern book box. Joshi A5. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). The Shunned House, Athol, Mass.: The…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).  The Shunned House ... With a Preface by Frank Belknap Long, Jr. Athol, Massachusetts: "Published by W. Paul Cook. The Recluse Press, 1928" [but please see the important…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71). The Lurker at the Threshold, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1945, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. Joshi I-D-i-20. RARE.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71). The Lurker at the…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71).  The Lurker at the Threshold. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1945. 8vo (184 x 128mm). Half title, woodcut publisher's device on the title…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). Marginalia ... Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1944, 8vo, illustrations, original black cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. Joshi A19.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). Marginalia ... Collected by August Derleth…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).  Marginalia ... Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1944. 8vo (188 x 130mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on the…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT

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