MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Claude BLAIR (1922-2010). Pistols of the World, London, 1968, 4to, attractively bound in red half morocco, PRESENTATION COPY. With 22 related books, almost all attractively bound in near-uniform red morocco gilt. (23)
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Claude BLAIR (1922-2010). Pistols of…
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Claude BLAIR (1922-2010).  Pistols of the World. London: B. T. Batsford, 1968. 4to (294 x 228mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, half tone illustrations.…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Herbert J. JACKSON (dates unknown). European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries, London, 1923, 4to, plates, buckram. ONE OF 550 COPIES. With 21 other related works in 25 volumes. (26)
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Herbert J. JACKSON (dates unknown).…
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Herbert J. JACKSON (dates unknown).  European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries ... with a Treatise on Scottish Hand Firearms by…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MOELLENBROCK, Valentin Andreas (d.1675). Cochlearia curiosa: or the Curiosities of Scurvygrass, London, 1676, 8vo, 4 folding plates, contemporary calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). The only English edition. Wing M2381. RARE.
MOELLENBROCK, Valentin Andreas (d.1675). Cochlearia curiosa: or the…
MOELLENBROCK, Valentin Andreas (d.1675).  Cochlearia curiosa: or the Curiosities of Scurvygrass. Being an exact Scrutiny and careful Description of the Nature and Medicinal Vertue of Scurvygrass. In…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis (1900-79). A one-page typed letter, with greeting and signature in autograph, to Vice-Consul W. H. A. Snook, relating to a visit to Corsic; with another letter by Mountbatten; and 3 by other correspondents, addressed to Snook. (5)
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis (1900-79). A one-page typed letter, with greeting and…
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79).  A one-page typed letter, with the greeting and signature in autograph, on paper headed "Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, c/o G.P.O.…
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MOYLE, John (d.1714). Abstractum chirurgiæ marinæ. Or, An Abstract of Sea Chirurgery, London, 1686, 12mo, contemporary calf (copious old annotation). Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wing M3028. RARE.
MOYLE, John (d.1714). Abstractum chirurgiæ marinæ. Or, An Abstract of Sea…
MOYLE, John (d.1714).  Abstractum chirurgiæ marinæ. Or, An Abstract of Sea Chirurgery: Designed for the use of such Chirurgeons who desire to serve at Sea, yet are unacquainted with Sea practice: In…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
NEAL, W. K. (1906-90) & D. H. L. BACK. Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, Norwich, 1984, 4to, illustrations, FINELY BOUND in morocco. ONE OF 750 COPIES. With 6 books by the same authors, including 2 PRESENTATION COPIES, all FINELY BOUND in morocco. (7)
NEAL, W. K. (1906-90) & D. H. L. BACK. Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740,…
NEAL, William Keith (1906-90) & David H. L. BACK (dates unknown).  Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740. [Norwich:] "Historical Firearms" [publishers], 1984. 4to (286 x 210mm). Half title, coloured and…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
NEVINSON, C. R. W. (1889-1946, artist) - Modern War, London, 1917, 4to, coloured frontispiece SIGNED BY NEVINSON in pencil, plates, boards. FIRST EDITION. With the same artist's The Great War (London, 1918, coloured frontispiece SIGNED BY NEVINSON). (2)
NEVINSON, C. R. W. (1889-1946, artist) - Modern War, London, 1917, 4to,…
NEVINSON, Christopher Richard Wynne (1889-1946, artist) - Modern War. Paintings by C. R. W. Nevinson. With an Essay by P. G. Konody. London: Grant Richards Limited, 1917. 4to (288 x 225mm). Half…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
NIELSEN, Kay (1886-1957, illustrator) - Hans ANDERSEN (1805-75). Fairy Tales, London, [1924], 4to, 12 mounted coloured plates, illustrations, original vellum gilt. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 21 OF 500 "EDITION DE LUXE" COPIES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR.
NIELSEN, Kay (1886-1957, illustrator) - Hans ANDERSEN (1805-75). Fairy…
NIELSEN, Kay (1886-1957, illustrator) - Hans ANDERSEN (1805-75).  Fairy Tales. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1924]. 4to (312 x 255mm). 12 mounted coloured plates by Kay Nielsen, full-page…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
OGILVIE-GRANT, W. R. (1863-1924), and others. British Game Birds and Wildfowl, London, 1912, 4to, portrait and 26 coloured plates by George E. Lodge, original morocco. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 564 OF 950 COPIES. With 4 other books of related interest. (5)
OGILVIE-GRANT, W. R. (1863-1924), and others. British Game Birds and…
OGILVIE-GRANT, William Robert (1863-1924), and others.  British Game Birds and Wildfowl. London: The London & Counties Press Association Ltd., 1912. 4to (316 x 258mm). Half title, photogravure…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
PALMER, Samuel (1805-81, illustrator) - John MILTON (1608-74). The Shorter Poems of John Milton, London, 1889, folio, 12 etched plates by Samuel Palmer, original pictorial vellum gilt. NUMBER 52 OF 135 "LARGE-PAPER" COPIES.
PALMER, Samuel (1805-81, illustrator) - John MILTON (1608-74). The Shorter…
PALMER, Samuel (1805-81, illustrator) - John MILTON (1608-74).  The Shorter [half title: Minor] Poems of John Milton with Twelve Illustrations by Samuel Palmer, Painter and Etcher. London: Seeley &…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
PAOLOZZI, Eduardo (1924-2005, artist). Underground Design, London, 1986, 4to, 18 "thermographic" plates, ORIGINAL COLOURED LITHOGRAPH BY PAOLOZZI SIGNED BY THE ARTIST IN PENCIL, original black cloth box. FIRST EDITION.
PAOLOZZI, Eduardo (1924-2005, artist). Underground Design, London, 1986,…
PAOLOZZI, Eduardo (1924-2005, artist).  Underground Design. Folio X. Introductory essay by Peter Cook, Conversations between Eduardo Paolozzi and Alvin Boyarsky, and Script by Eduardo Paolozzi. …
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
[PHILLIPS, Richard (1767-1840)]. The Wonders of the Telescope; or, a Display of the Starry Heavens and of the System of the Universe, London, 1809, 8vo, 14 engraved plates, contemporary boards. "New Edition." With 9 other works in 12 vols. (13)
[?PHILLIPS, Richard (1767-1840)]. The Wonders of the Telescope; or, a…
[?PHILLIPS, Richard (1767-1840)].  The Wonders of the Telescope; or, a Display of the Starry Heavens and of the System of the Universe: Calculated to Promote and Simplify the Study of Astronomy ...…
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - An album containing photographs chiefly of Indian interest, including the Calcutta Light Horse Regiment (2), views in Agra, Benares, Lucknow, Darjeeling, etc. [1900s]. With 7 other albums. Provenance: the Robertson/Eustace families. (8)
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - An album containing photographs chiefly of Indian…
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - An album containing photographs chiefly of Indian interest, including the Calcutta Light Horse Regiment (2), views in Agra, Benares, Lucknow, Darjeeling and Calcutta, social life,…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, INCLUDING VIEWS OF SYDNEY, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, MANILA AND JAPAN - An album of c.176 mounted albumen silver print photographed views, [c.1880]. Please see the full description below.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, INCLUDING VIEWS OF SYDNEY, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, MANILA…
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, INCLUDING VIEWS OF SYDNEY, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, MANILA AND JAPAN - An album of c.176 mounted albumen silver print photographed views, [c.1880], various sizes, some mounted several…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, MONGOLIA - An album of 20 mounted albumen silver print photographed views of the Russian colony in Urga [now Ulaanbaatar], Mongolia, the photographs of varying sizes, some mounted two to a page, [late 19th-century].
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, MONGOLIA - An album of 20 mounted albumen silver print…
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, MONGOLIA - An album of 20 mounted albumen silver print photographed views of the Russian colony in Urga, [now Ulaanbaatar], Mongolia, signed in the plate by the photographer, in…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, THE SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR - An album of 25 FINE mounted albumen silver print photographed views, with a few other unrelated photographs, in a morocco gilt 4to album, [c.1879-80]. With a related printed work in 2 vols. (3)
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, THE SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR - An album of 25 FINE…
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, THE SECOND ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR - An album of 25 FINE mounted albumen silver print photographed views of Afghanistan taken during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, some double-page, each…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) - E. D'ORS (1881-1954). Pablo Picasso, London, 1930, 4to, 4 pochoir-coloured plates by Picasso, wrappers, portfolio. LIMITED TO 1,200 COPIES, THIS NO. 1,112 OF 650 COPIES IN ENGLISH. With 2 other related books. (3)
PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) - E. D'ORS (1881-1954). Pablo Picasso, London,…
PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) - Eugenio D'ORS (1881-1954).  Pablo Picasso ... Translated from the Spanish by Warre B. Wells. London: A. Zwemmer, 1930. 4to (282 x 225mm). Half title, 4 pochoir-coloured…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
PISO, Willem (1611-78) & others. De Indiæ utriusque re naturali et medica, Amsterdam, 1658, 3 parts in one volume, folio, additional pictorial title, illustrations, contemporary vellum. Provenance: John Yudkin (bookplate). Second enlarged edition.
PISO, Willem (1611-78) & others. De Indiæ utriusque re naturali et medica,…
PISO, Willem (1611-78) & others.  De Indiæ utriusque re naturali et medica. Libri quatuordecum, Quorum contenta pagina sequens exhibet. Amsterdam: "Apud Ludovicum et Danielem Elzevirios," 1658. 3…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
POCOCK, Roger Ashwell (1865-1941, editor), and others. The Frontiersman's Pocket-Book, London, 1909, small square 8vo, frontispiece, 6-pages of "signals" printed in colours, original limp roan gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION. RARE.
POCOCK, Roger Ashwell (1865-1941, editor), and others. The Frontiersman's…
POCOCK, Roger Ashwell (1865-1941, editor), and others.  The Frontiersman's Pocket-Book. Compiled and Edited by Roger Pocock on Behalf of the Council of the Legion of Frontiersmen. London: John Murray…
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c.1748-1817). A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America, London, 1789, 4to, portrait, folding general chart, 17 plates and charts only (of 18), old boards wrapped in hessian. FIRST EDITION.
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c.1748-1817). A Voyage Round the World; but more…
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c.1748-1817).  A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
RENDEL, A. M. (1910-91). Appointment in Crete. The Story of a British Agent, London, 1953, 8vo, original buckram, dust-jacket designed by John Craxton (jacket torn at head of backstrip and corners with some loss). FIRST EDITION. RARE.
RENDEL, A. M. (1910-91). Appointment in Crete. The Story of a British…
RENDEL, Alexander Meadows (1910-91).  Appointment in Crete. The Story of a British Agent. London: Allan Wingate, 1953. 8vo (196 x 128mm). Half title (some mainly light patches of staining to a few…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
RONSS, Baudouin van (1525-96). De magnis Hippocratis lienibus, Pliniique stomacace ac sceletyrbe, Wittenberg, 1585, 8vo, 2 full-page woodcut illustrations, modern boards. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Second edition.
RONSS, Baudouin van (1525-96). De magnis Hippocratis lienibus, Pliniique…
RONSS, Baudouin van (1525-96).  De magnis Hippocratis lienibus, Pliniique stomacace ac sceletyrbe, seu vulgò dicto scorbuto commentariolus. Accessere eiusdem epistolæ quinq: eiusdem argumenti.…
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-78). Oeuvres, Amsterdam, 1769, 11 volumes, 12mo, 5 engraved frontispieces and 36 plates, contemporary calf gilt. With John Tillotson's The Works (Edinburgh, 1748, 9 vols. only (of 10, lacking vol. 4), 12mo, calf. (20)
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-78). Oeuvres, Amsterdam, 1769, 11 volumes,…
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-78).  Oeuvres ... Nouvelle édition Revue, corrigée, & augmentée de plusieurs morceaux qui n' avoient point encore paru. Amsterdam: Chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1769. 11 volumes,…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, London, 1997, 8vo, original coloured pictorial boards by Thomas Taylor, dust-jacket. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, FOURTH IMPRESSION. Errington A1. RARE.
ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, London,…
ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965).  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. 8vo (197 x 128mm). Half title. Original coloured pictorial paper boards by Thomas Taylor, the upper board…
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST

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