ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962). Images, London, [n.d. but ?1919], 8vo, original paper boards. With 11 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS. (12) Please see the full listing below.
ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962). Images, London, [n.d. but ?1919], 8vo,…
ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962).  Images. London: The Egoist Ltd., [n.d. but ?1919]. 8vo (183 x 125mm). Half title. Original tan buckram-backed brown paper boards with printed label on the upper cover…
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
ASHBEE, C. R. (1863-1942). The Trinity Hospital in Mile End ... Being the First Monograph of the Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London, London, 1896, 4to, 13 plates, original tan wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
ASHBEE, C. R. (1863-1942). The Trinity Hospital in Mile End ... Being the…
ASHBEE, Charles Robert (1863-1942).  The Trinity Hospital in Mile End: An Object Lesson in National History ... Being the First Monograph of the Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater…
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 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
BINDING - Julia FRANKAU (1859-1916). An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver. John Raphael Smith. His Life and Works, London, 1902, plate volume only, very large folio, 50 fine photogravure plates, VERY FINELY BOUND IN GREEN MOROCCO GILT BY MORRELL.
BINDING - Julia FRANKAU (1859-1916). An Eighteenth Century Artist and…
BINDING - Julia FRANKAU (1859-1916).  An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver. John Raphael Smith. His Life and Works ... A Portfolio containing Fifty Examples of Stipple, Mezzotints Paintings [sic…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
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
CHELSEA, LONDON - A Map of Chelsea, Surveyed in the Year 1664 by James Hamilton. Continued to 1717, [London], J. Barlow, 1810, hand-coloured engraved plan, 290 x 440mm., framed and glazed. Please see note below.
CHELSEA, LONDON - A Map of Chelsea, Surveyed in the Year 1664 by James…
CHELSEA, LONDON - A Map of Chelsea, Surveyed in the Year 1664 by James Hamilton. Continued to 1717. [London:] J. Barlow, 1810 [or later]. Hand-coloured engraved plan by J. Barlow after Edward Ward,…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £80 - £120
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
DERLETH, August (1909-71). The Trail of Cthulhu, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1962, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION.
DERLETH, August (1909-71). The Trail of Cthulhu, Sauk City, Arkham House,…
DERLETH, August (1909-71).  The Trail of Cthulhu. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1962. 8vo (187 x 135mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on the title. Original black cloth, the spine…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
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
HARTLEY, L. P. (1895-1972). The Go-Between, London, 1953, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, dust-jacket (a few short tears to the upper edge without loss, some minor creasing to the head of the backstrip). FIRST EDITION.
HARTLEY, L. P. (1895-1972). The Go-Between, London, 1953, 8vo, original…
HARTLEY, L. P. (1895-1972).  The Go-Between. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. 8vo (184 x 120mm). Half title. Original red cloth, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top edges red (the gilding to…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell to Arms, London, 1929, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST U.K. EDITION. With the same author's The Old Man and the Sea (London, 1952, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST U.K. EDITION). (2)
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). A Farewell to Arms, London, 1929, 8vo,…
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).  A Farewell to Arms. London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. 8vo (193 x 128mm). Half title, small woodcut printer's device on the title (short tears without loss to the foot of a…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963). Those Barren Leaves, London, 1925, 8vo, original buckram, dust-jacket (backstrip darkened, frayed). FIRST EDITION. With 14 other books by the same author. (15) Please see the full listing below.
HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963). Those Barren Leaves, London, 1925, 8vo,…
HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963).  Those Barren Leaves. London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title (some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Original terracotta buckram, the…
Estimate: £500 - £800
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
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
LAWRENCE, D. H. (1885-1930). The Rainbow, London, 1915, 8vo, original cloth. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 500 COPIES PRINTED FOR 'METHUEN'S COLONIAL LIBRARY'. cf. Roberts A7.
LAWRENCE, D. H. (1885-1930). The Rainbow, London, 1915, 8vo, original…
LAWRENCE, D. H. (1885-1930).  The Rainbow. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. ["Methuen's Colonial Library" on half title], 1915. 8vo (188 x 125mm). Half title (maginal stain to a few leaves near the end).…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963). The Screwtape Letters, London, 1942. 8vo, Half title, original black cloth (without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. RARE.
LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963). The Screwtape Letters, London, 1942. 8vo, Half…
LEWIS, C. S. (1898-1963).  The Screwtape Letters. London: Geoffrey Bles, [February] 1942. 8vo (185 x 120mm). Half title (the title inconspicuously torn at the head without loss of letters, short tear…
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
LONG, Frank Belknap (1901-94). The Horror from the Hills, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1963, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, first issue, without the copyright notice.
LONG, Frank Belknap (1901-94). The Horror from the Hills, Sauk City,…
LONG, Frank Belknap (1901-94).  The Horror from the Hills. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1963. 8vo (187 x 125mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on the title. Original black cloth, the…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
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). H. P. L.: a memoir, New York, 1945, original red cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Gordon Dewey - a memory of H. P. L. Cordially, August Derleth."
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) - August DERLETH (1909-71). H. P. L.: a…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) - August DERLETH (1909-71).  H. P. L.: a memoir. New York: Ben Abramson, 1945. 8vo (203 x 140mm). Half title, mounted portrait frontispiece of H. P. Lovecraft printed in…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71). The Survivor and Others, Sark City, Arkham House, 1957, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. Joshi p.190.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71). The Survivor and…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71).  The Survivor and Others. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1957. 8vo (187 x 135mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on the title.…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). Beyond the Wall of Sleep, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1943, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. Joshi A17. RARE.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). Beyond the Wall of Sleep, Sauk City, Arkham…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).  Beyond the Wall of Sleep ... Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1943. Large 8vo (231 x 155mm). Half title. Original…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
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
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). Something about Cats and Other Pieces. Collected by August Derleth, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1949, 8vo, illustrations, original black cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. Joshi A25.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). Something about Cats and Other Pieces.…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).  Something about Cats and Other Pieces. Collected by August Derleth. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1949. 8vo (188 x 130mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). The Outsider and Others, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1939, 8vo, original cloth, facsimile dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION of "the first major collection of Lovecraft's tales" (Joshi) and the first book printed by Arkham House. RARE.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). The Outsider and Others, Sauk City, Arkham…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).  The Outsider and Others ... Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1939. Large 8vo (231 x 155mm). Half title. Original…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT

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