ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of autograph letters, clipped signatures etc. by Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, William O'Brien, Thomas Henry Huxley, Disraeli, Tennyson, Ruskin, etc. Please see the full description below.
ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of autograph letters,…
ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of c.50 autograph letters and clipped signatures, the letters variously mounted on hinges or secured by silk ribbons or loosely-inserted, the clipped…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
AMEDEO, Luigi (1873-1933). On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea, London, 1903, 2 volumes, 4to, 16 photogravure plates, maps and illustrations, original pictorial buckram gilt. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. (2)
AMEDEO, Luigi (1873-1933). On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea, London,…
AMEDEO, Luigi, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873-1933).  On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea ... With the Statements of Commander U. Cagni upon the Sledge Exhibition to 86º 34' North, and of Dr. A. Cavalli…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
ARIAS MONTANUS, Benedictus (1527-98). Sacra geographiae tabulam, Antwerp: [Plantin], 1571 [but 1572], engraved twin-hemisphere world map, galleons and sea-monsters, 315 x 530mm. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY OF THE VERY RARE FIRST STATE. Shirley 125. RARE.
ARIAS MONTANUS, Benedictus (1527-98). Sacra geographiae tabulam, Antwerp: …
ARIAS MONTANUS, Benedictus (1527-98) [with variants].  Sacra geographiae tabulam ex antiquissimorum cultor. Familiis a mose recensitis: ad sacrorum libror explicandor. Commoditatem Antwerpiae in…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
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…
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BAKER, Ezekiel (1758-1836). Remarks on Rifle Guns, London, 1835, 8vo, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 9 plates, including 7 hand-coloured, tables, contemporary half black morocco (heavily restored). Eleventh edition.
BAKER, Ezekiel (1758-1836). Remarks on Rifle Guns, London, 1835, 8vo, hand…
BAKER, Ezekiel (1758-1836).  Remarks on Rifle Guns: Being the Result of Sixty Years' Practice and Observation: with Specific Remarks on Fowling Pieces, the Percussion Lock, and Fire Arms in General.…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BAKER, Samuel White (1821-93). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon, London, 1854, 8vo, 6 coloured lithographed plates, attractively bound in modern green half morocco. FIRST EDITION.
BAKER, Samuel White (1821-93). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon, London,…
BAKER, Samuel White (1821-93).  The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon ... With Numerous Illustrations Printed in Colours, and Engravings on Wood. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. 8vo …
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £70 - £100
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BARRIE, J. M. (1860-1937). Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up [in: The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie]. London, 1928, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION of Barrie's play. With 2 other volumes from the same set. (3)
BARRIE, J. M. (1860-1937). Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up [in:…
BARRIE, James Matthew (1860-1937).  Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up [in: The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie]. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1928. 8vo (182 x 120mm). Half…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (c.1203-72). De proprietatibus rerum, Cologne, 1481, folio, 456 leaves, contemporary pen flourishes in red and grey ink to initials on two pages incorporating drawings of hares, old calf. Provenance: John Yudkin (bookplate). RARE.
BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (c.1203-72). De proprietatibus rerum, Cologne, 1481…
BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS or BARTHOLOMAEUS DE GLANVILLE [with many variants] (c.1203-72).  De proprietatibus rerum. [Colophon:] Cologne: "Impressus per me Johanem koelhoff de lubeck", 1481. Chancery…
Hammer price: £14,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR - Plan of the Attack of Lord Nelson, on the Combined Fleet, October 21st, 1805. [London:] November 1805, broadside, with a hand-coloured illustration of the Battle of Trafalgar (browned), 620 x 390mm., framed and glazed. RARE.
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR - Plan of the Attack of Lord Nelson, on the…
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR - Plan of the Attack of Lord Nelson, on the Combined Fleet, October 21st, 1805. [London:] "Published by R. Dodd under the Admiralty," November 1805. Contemporary broadside…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed)]. Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns, London, 1808, 8vo, 13 engraved plates (stained), contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. With another related work. (2)
[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed)]. Scloppetaria:…
[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed; see note)].  Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns with Reference to their Forming the Basis of a…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BERENGER, Charles Random de (1772-1845). Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property. With Instructions in Rifle and Pistol Shooting, London, 1835, 8vo, 10 plates, 2 of which folding, original green publisher's pebbled cloth. FIRST EDITION.
BERENGER, Charles Random de (1772-1845). Helps and Hints How to Protect…
BERENGER, Charles Random de (1772-1845).  Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property. With Instructions in Rifle and Pistol Shooting, &c. London: "Published for the Proprietor, by T. Hurst, 65,…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BIBLE, in English - The Bible, London, 1599 [but later], [with:] Psalms of David, in Scots Meter, Edinburgh, 1632. 3 parts in one vol., square 8vo, titles with woodcut borders, contemporary calf (rubbed). Geneva Bible, with "breeches" reading in Genesis.
BIBLE, in English - The Bible, London, 1599 [but later], [with:] Psalms of…
BIBLE, in English - The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, London, "Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament", 1653, tall 24mo, engraved title, contemporary calf with a design of tendrils and flowerheads and initials "F. P." stamped on each cover (rubbed, lacks clasps).
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, London, "Printed by John Field,…
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible Containing Ye Old and New Testaments Newly Translated out of ye. Original Tongues and with the Former Translations diligently compared and revised. London: "Printed…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BINDING - E. B. CHANCELLOR (1868-1937). Memorials of St James’s Street, London, 1922, large 8vo, 16 plates, FINELY BOUND in red crushed morocco gilt by Bayntun. FIRST EDITION, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 74 engraved or aquatint plates, some hand-coloured.
BINDING - E. B. CHANCELLOR (1868-1937). Memorials of St James’s Street,…
BINDING - Edwin Beresford CHANCELLOR (1868-1937).  Memorials of St James's Street together with The Annals of Almack's. London: Grant Richards, 1922. Large 8vo (216 x 135mm). Half title, 16 half tone…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BINDING - "Lewis CARROLL" (1832-98). Alice in Wonderland, London, 1940, square 8vo, coloured plates after John Tenniel, FINELY BOUND in red half morocco gilt by Bayntun (Rivière), the spine gilt in compartments with white rabbit and playing card motifs.
BINDING - "Lewis CARROLL" (1832-98). Alice in Wonderland, London, 1940,…
BINDING - "Lewis CARROLL" [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-98)].  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., 1940. Square 8vo (208 x 155mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BINDING - The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1864, large 8vo, interleaved with 27 FINE FULL-PAGE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS ON VELLUM, IN A FINE HIGHLY ELABORATE 19TH-CENTURY EMBROIDERED BINDING.
BINDING - The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1864, large 8vo, interleaved…
BINDING - The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ... Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864. Large 8vo (205 x…
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BINDING - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). Complete Works and Life, London, 1904, 4 volumes, large 8vo, plates, attractively bound in contemporary burgundy half calf gilt (covers stained, spines lightly rubbed). "The Hampstead Edition." (4)
BINDING - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). Complete Works and Life, London…
BINDING - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616).  Complete Works and Life. London: James Finch & Co., Limited, 1904. 4 volumes, large 8vo (188 x 125mm). 4 photogravure portrait frontispieces, titles…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BIZOT, Pierre (1630-96). Histoire Metallique de la Republique de Hollande, Paris, 1686, folio, additional engraved title, initials and illustrations, 12 engraved plates, contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION of this work on Dutch coins, medals and emblems.
BIZOT, Pierre (1630-96). Histoire Metallique de la Republique de Hollande,…
BIZOT, Pierre (1630-96).  Histoire Metallique de la Republique de Hollande. Paris: "Chez Daniel Horthemels Libraire, rue Saint Jacques, au Mecenas," 1687. Folio (370 x 240mm). Additional engraved…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45). The Beauty of the Heavens, London, 1845, 4to, 104 FINE coloured aquatint and chromolithographed plates by Charles Blunt, contemporary burgundy half morocco gilt.
BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45). The Beauty of the Heavens, London, 1845,…
BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45).  The Beauty of the Heavens. A Pictorial Display of the Astronomical Phenomena of the Universe. Exhibited in One Hundred and Four Scenes, Accompanying and Illustrating…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BONNYCASTLE, John (1751-1821). An Introduction to Astronomy, London, 1786, large 8vo, engraved allegorical frontispiece and 20 plates, most folding, contemporary half calf (very worn). FIRST EDITION.
BONNYCASTLE, John (1751-1821). An Introduction to Astronomy, London, 1786,…
BONNYCASTLE, John (1751-1821).  An Introduction to Astronomy. In a Series of Letters, from a Preceptor to his Pupil. In Which the Most Useful and Interesting Parts of the Science are Clearly and…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BUCHAN, John (1875-1940). The Gap in the Curtain, London, 1932, 8vo, original green buckram, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the author's only novel which incorporates supernatural and science fiction elements.
BUCHAN, John (1875-1940). The Gap in the Curtain, London, 1932, 8vo,…
BUCHAN, John (1875-1940).  The Gap in the Curtain. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1932. 8vo (186 x 130mm). Half title, 4-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end. Original green buckram with a…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
"CARROLL, Lewis" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1872, 8vo, illustrations by John Tenniel, original red buckram, "Twenty-Ninth Thousand". With the same author's Through the Looking-Glass (London, 1872, "Thirty-Second Thousand"). (2)
"CARROLL, Lewis" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1872…
"CARROLL, Lewis" [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-98)].  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., printed by Richard Clay, 1872 [but October 1871]. 8vo in 4s (183 x 125mm).…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CASAL, Gaspar (1680-1759). Historia Natural, y Medica de el Principado de Asturias. Obra. Posthuma. Madrid, 1762, 4to, engraved frontispiece (some staining), contemporary vellum. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
CASAL, Gaspar (1680-1759). Historia Natural, y Medica de el Principado de…
CASAL, Gaspar (1680-1759).  Historia Natural, y Medica de el Principado de Asturias. Obra Posthuma ... La Saca a Luz el Doct. Juan Joseph Garcia. Madrid: "En la Oficina de Manuel Martin, Calle de la…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84). La Meridienne de l' Observatoire Royal de Paris, Paris, 1744, 4to, 14 folding engraved plates and maps, contemporary mottled calf gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION.
CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84). La Meridienne de l'…
CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84).  La Meridienne de l' Observatoire Royal de Paris, Vérifiée dans toute l' Etendue du Royaume par de Nouvelles Observations. Pour en Déduire la Vraye…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST

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