BOWLES, Carington (1724-93). Post-Chaise Companion ... Second edition, London, 1782, 2 volumes, small 8vo, 101 double-page engraved maps, attractively bound in later full vellum gilt. With 5 other books of related interest. (7)
BOWLES, Carington (1724-93). Post-Chaise Companion ... Second edition,…
BOWLES, Carington (1723-93).  Bowles's Post-Chaise Companion; or, Travellers Directory through England and Wales: being an Actual Survey of all the Direct and principal Cross Roads, with the Mile…
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £300 - £500
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
"The Geographical and Historical Travellers through England & Wales. An Amusing and Instructive Game," [?London, no publisher], c.1840, hand-coloured lithographed map, views, folding into original cloth folder lettered in gilt. RARE.
"The Geographical and Historical Travellers through England & Wales. An…
"The Geographical and Historical Travellers through England & Wales. An Amusing and Instructive Game" [title taken from the upper cover of the folder]. [London: no publisher, n.d. but c.1840]. Hand…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
HUTTON, William (1723-1815).  The History of the Roman Wall ... The Second edition, London, 1813, 8vo, plates, contemporary calf. With 7 other works of related interest in 8 vols. (9)
HUTTON, William (1723-1815). The History of the Roman Wall ... The Second…
HUTTON, William (1723-1815).  The History of the Roman Wall, which Crosses the Island of Britain, from the German Ocean to the Irish Sea. Describing its Antient state, and its Appearance in the Year…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £300 - £500
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
MISCELLANY - Julius CAESAR (100 B.C.-44 B.C.). Rerum ab se gestarum commentarii, Lyon, 1603, small 8vo, 2 folding engraved maps, 2 full-page folding engraved illustrations, contemporary vellum, clasps. With 11 other miscellaneous books. (12)
MISCELLANY - Julius CAESAR (100 B.C.-44 B.C.). Rerum ab se gestarum…
MISCELLANY - Julius CAESAR (100 B.C.-44 B.C.).  Rerum ab se gestarum commentarii, Hac postrema editione, ab innumeris mendis, quibus scatebant, repurgati. Lyon: Apud Joan. Pillehotte, 1603. Small 8vo…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £400 - £600
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
The Chameleon  ... in French and English, for Young Persons, London, [c.1840], small square 8vo, engraved frontispiece, original red cloth. The author is unknown. With 4 other children's and illustrated books. (5)
The Chameleon ... in French and English, for Young Persons, London, [c…
The Chameleon; or, Conversations on Every-Day Subjects, in French and English, For Young Persons. By F. M. London: John Souter, [c.1840]. Small square 8vo (133 x105mm). Engraved frontispiece,…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £70 - £100
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
BOND, Michael (1926-2017). A Bear Called Paddington, London, 1958, 8vo, original pink cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST "PADDINGTON" NOVEL, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Nina, with best wishes, Michael Bond."
BOND, Michael (1926-2017). A Bear Called Paddington, London, 1958, 8vo,…
BOND, Michael (1926-2017).  A Bear Called Paddington. London: Collins, 1958. 8vo (200 x 135mm). Half title, illustration of Paddington Bear on title and other illustrations in the text by Peggy…
Hammer price: £4,800
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
BOND, Michael (1926-2017). Paddington Abroad, London, 1961, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, inscribed, "To Nina, with best thanks, Michael." With 5 other Paddington books, one a PRESENTATION COPY, and a typed letter from the author. (7)
BOND, Michael (1926-2017). Paddington Abroad, London, 1961, 8vo, original…
BOND, Michael (1926-2017).  Paddington Abroad. London: Collins, 1961. 8vo (200 x 135mm). Half title, illustrations on half title, title and in the text by Peggy Fortnum. Original blue cloth, spine…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £400 - £600
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
BOND, Michael (1926-2017). Here Comes Thursday! London, 1966, 8vo, illustrations by Daphne Bowles, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY; with 3 other books, 2 of which PRESENTATION COPIES. (4)
BOND, Michael (1926-2017). Here Comes Thursday! London, 1966, 8vo,…
BOND, Michael (1926-2017).  Here Comes Thursday! London: George G. Harrap, 1966. 8vo (213 x 140mm). Half title, illustrations on title and in the text, some full-page, by Daphne Bowles. Original blue…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £100 - £150
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
[LACROIX, Paul (1806-84, attrib.)]. Histoire de la Prostitution, Brussels, [?1851-54], 8 vols., 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary half black calf gilt. [?]FIRST EDITION. (8)
[LACROIX, Paul (1806-84, attrib.)]. Histoire de la Prostitution, Brussels,…
[LACROIX, Paul (1806-84, attributed)].  Histoire de la Prostitution chez tous les Peuples du Monde depuis l' Antiquité la plus Reculée jusqu'a nos Jours, par Pierre Dufour [i.e. a psuedonym].…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £70 - £100
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
HANLEY, James (1897-1985). Boy, London, 1931, 8vo, original buckram, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 133 of 145 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Gibbs A6a. With 10 other signed limited edition books by the same author, all but one PRESENTATION COPIES. (11)
HANLEY, James (1897-1985). Boy, London, 1931, 8vo, original buckram, FIRST…
HANLEY, James (1897-1985).  Boy. London: Boriswood Limited, 1931. 8vo (230 x 150mm). Half title, title printed in red and black with publisher's mushroom motif. Original tan bevelled buckram, spine…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £400 - £600
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
HANLEY, James (1897-1985).  Captain Bottell. London, 1933. 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket (some fraying). FIRST EDITION, second impression, PRESENTATION COPY. With c. 70 other books mostly by, and an archive relating to, James Hanley. (qty)
HANLEY, James (1897-1985). Captain Bottell. London, 1933. 8vo, original…
HANLEY, James (1897-1985).  Captain Bottell. London: Boriswood, 1933. 8vo (209 x 135mm). Half title. Original black cloth decorated in silver and red, dust-jacket with price of "8s. 6d." unclipped …
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
NAPIER, Alexander (1829-1910, editor). A Noble Boke off Cookry, London, 1882, 4to, contemporary vellum, limited edition on large paper; with 11 other miscellaneous books including 2 cookery manuscripts.  (11)
NAPIER, Alexander (1829-1910, editor). A Noble Boke off Cookry, London,…
NAPIER, Alexander (1829-1910, editor).  A Noble Boke off Cookry ffor a Prynce Houssolde or eny other Estatetly Houssolde. Reprinted Verbatim from a Rare Ms. in the Holkham Collection. London: Elliot…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £200 - £300
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
STRANGE, Edward F. (1862-1929). Alphabets, London, 1895, small 4to, printed on Japanese vellum, illustrations, attractively-bound in contemporary brown morocco. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 13 OF 75 COPIES ON JAPANESE VELLUM.
STRANGE, Edward F. (1862-1929). Alphabets, London, 1895, small 4to,…
STRANGE, Edward Fairbrother (1862-1929).  Alphabets. A Handbook of Lettering with Historical Critical and Practical Descriptions, edited by Gleeson White. London: George Bell, 1895. Small 4to (210 x…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
ALLEN, W. H. and Co. (publisher). Map of the Overland Routes between England & India, [London], 1842, large folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, lower board (only) of original green cloth folder. With another map of India. (2)
ALLEN, W. H. and Co. (publisher). Map of the Overland Routes between…
ALLEN, W. H. and Co. (publisher).  Map of the Overland Routes between England & India; shewing also the other lines of communication ... Drawn & Engraved by J. Walker. [London:] W. H. Allen & Co.,…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £200 - £300
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
WALES - John SPEED (1551-1629). The Countye of Monmouth, [London], 1610 [but from the Latin edition of 1616], hand-coloured engraved map, Latin text on verso (lightly browned), 385 x 510mm., framed and glazed. With 6 other Welsh county maps by Speed. (7)
WALES - John SPEED (1551-1629). The Countye of Monmouth, [London], 1610 …
WALES - John SPEED (1551-1629).  The Countye of Monmouth with the Sittuation of the Shire-towe Described. [London:] John Sudbury and George Humble, 1610 [but from the Latin edition of 1616]. Hand…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tailor of Gloucester, London, 1903, 12mo, 27 coloured plates by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST WARNE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. With 4 other books by Beatrix Potter, all but one FIRST EDITIONS. (5)
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tailor of Gloucester, London, 1903, 12mo,…
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [October] 1903. 12mo (144 x 109mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece and 26 full-page coloured plates by…
Estimate: £300 - £500
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, London, [c.1909], 12mo, 27 coloured plates by Beatrix Potter, original boards rebacked and recornered in attractive morocco gilt. With 2 others by Beatrix Potter, uniformly bound. (3)
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, London, [c.1909]…
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. London: Frederick Warne, [n.d. but c.1909]. 12mo (138 x 102mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece and 26 plates by Beatrix Potter (a few…
Estimate: £300 - £500
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Sign of Four, London, 1892, 8vo, original cloth, 2nd. edition. With 3 others books by the same author, FIRST EDITIONS, in original cloth. (4)
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Sign of Four, London, 1892, 8vo,…
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930).  The Sign of Four ... Second Edition. London: George Newnes, 1892. 8vo (188 x 120mm). (Occasional light mainly marginal spotting and staining, a few darker spots.)…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
"MAZARINADES" - A collection of 30 pamphlets. Please see the full listing of titles and footnote below. (30)
"MAZARINADES" - A collection of 30 pamphlets. Please see the full listing…
"MAZARINADES" - A collection of 30 pamphlets, all printed in Paris in 1649 unless stated otherwise, comprising:1) L' Orphee Grotesque avec le Bal Rustique. En vers Burlesques. Premiere Partie [only] …
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £70 - £100
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
"GILES" - Giles Annuals, [London], 1945-89, First Series - Forty-third Series (a few duplicates, a few lacking), small oblong 4to, original coloured pictorial wrappers. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (qty)
"GILES" - Giles Annuals, [London], 1945-89, First Series - Forty-third…
"GILES" - Giles. Daily Express and Sunday Express Cartoons. [London:] Lane Publications Ltd., [n.d. but cartoons dated Oct. 3rd 1943 - Nov. 15th 1945]. Small oblong 4to (199 x 255mm). Half title,…
Estimate: £200 - £300
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
FONTANA, Domenico (1543-1607). Della Transportatione dell' Obelisco Vaticano, Rome, 1590, folio, engraved title, portrait and 38 plates, contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION.
FONTANA, Domenico (1543-1607). Della Transportatione dell' Obelisco…
FONTANA, Domenico (1543-1607).  Della Transportatione dell' Obelisco Vaticano et delle Facriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V. Fatte dal Cavallier Domenico Fontana, Architetto di sua Santita. Libro…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
FELLOWES, Daisy (1890-1962). Sunday or a Working Girl's Lament, Monaco, 1930, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. With 4 other books including 2 signed limited editions. (5)
FELLOWES, Daisy (1890-1962). Sunday or a Working Girl's Lament, Monaco,…
FELLOWES, Daisy (1890-1962).  Sunday or a Working Girl's Lament. Monaco: Imprimerie a Chène, 1930. 8vo (245 x 160mm). Text printed in red, black and green on rectos only, 4 coloured illustrations …
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £300
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
STANLEY, Henry Morton (1841-1904). In Darkest Africa, London, 1890, 2 vols., 8vo, maps and plates, original russet pictorial cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. With 5 other books of related interest. (7)
STANLEY, Henry Morton (1841-1904). In Darkest Africa, London, 1890, 2 vols…
STANLEY, Henry Morton (1841-1904).  In Darkest Africa or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1890. 2 volumes, 8vo (220 x…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £300 - £500
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
TRIMMER, Sarah (1741-1810). History of the Robins, Designed for the Instruction of Children respecting the Treatment of Animals, Dublin, 1819, 12mo, woodcut frontispiece and 5 full-page illustrations, vignettes, contemporary calf (rubbed).
TRIMMER, Sarah (1741-1810). History of the Robins, Designed for the…
TRIMMER, Sarah (1741-1810).  History of the Robins, Designed for the Instruction of Children Respecting their Treatment of Animals, by Mrs. Trimmer. Dublin: Printed by John Jones, 1819. 12mo (140 x…
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £70 - £100
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT
8 December 2022 , 00:00 GMT

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