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
COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND, ACT OF PARLIAMENT - An Act giving Licence for Transporting Fish in Forreign Bottoms, London, "Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector," 1657, bifolium.
COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND, ACT OF PARLIAMENT - An Act giving Licence for…
COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND, ACT OF PARLIAMENT - An Act giving Licence for Transporting Fish in Forreign Bottoms. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th Day of September, Anno Domini 1656.…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £70 - £100
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Laughing Anne, London, 1923, large 8vo (dampstained), vellum. FIRST EDITION. NO. 4 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "To L. H. who prepared this edition for the press, her friend, J. C., 1923.""
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Laughing Anne, London, 1923, large 8vo …
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Laughing Anne. A Play. London: The Vine Books, 1923. Large 8vo (240 x 160mm). Half title, title with a vignette of palm trees printed in green (heavily dampstained…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton (1925-2006). Glasgow Beasts, an a Burd ... Haw, an Inseks, An, Aw, a Fush, [Edinburgh], The Wild Flounder Press, 1962, 8vo, later cloth. Second edition. With an original autograph "concrete poem" on card, [?]signed by Finlay. (2)
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton (1925-2006). Glasgow Beasts, an a Burd ... Haw, an…
FINLAY, Ian Hamilton (1925-2006).  Glasgow Beasts, an a Burd ... Haw, an Inseks, An, Aw, a Fush ... a wee buik fir big weans. [Edinburgh:] The Wild Flounder Press, February 1962. 8vo (171 x 115mm).…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £70 - £100
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
FROISSART, John (1337-1405). Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the adjoining Countries, London, 1855, 2 volumes, large 8vo, 75 coloured lithographed plates, heightened in gold, attractively bound in contemporary red half armorial morocco gilt. (2)
FROISSART, John (1337-1405). Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the…
FROISSART, John (1337-1405).  Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II. to the Coronation of Henry IV ... Translated from the…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
FULLER, Samuel ([?]d.1736). Practical Astronomy, Dublin, 1732, 8vo, 10 folding engraved plates, 2 of which printed in sanguine, contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: Alice Grace (old armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
FULLER, Samuel ([?]d.1736). Practical Astronomy, Dublin, 1732, 8vo, 10…
FULLER, Samuel ([?]d.1736).  Practical Astronomy, in the Description and Use of both Globes, Orrery and Telescopes. Wherein the most useful Elements, and most valuable modern Discoveries of the true…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). Soames and the Flag, London, 1930, 8vo, original vellum, glassine wrapper, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 753 OF 1,025 COPIES. With 13 other books by the same author, one a signed limited edition. (14)
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). Soames and the Flag, London, 1930, 8vo,…
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933).  Soames and the Flag. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930. Large 8vo (230 x 150mm). Half title, title printed in turquoise and black with printer's device. Original…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528). Corona florida medicinæ: sive De conservatione sanitatis, Venice, "per Johannem de forlivio & Gregorium fratres", 1491, folio, 125 leaves, painted initials, old calf. Provenance: John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. RARE.
GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528). Corona florida medicinæ: sive De…
GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528).  Corona florida medicinæ: sive De conservatione sanitatis. [Title at [a1]:]  Florida corona medicinae omnibus sanitatem affectatibus utilis & necessaria ... Capitulum…
Hammer price: £8,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
GLISSON, Francis (1597-1677) & others. A Treatise of the Rickets ... Enlarged ... and ... amended ... By Nich. Culpepper, London, 1651, 8vo, calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Second, or first "enlarged", edition in English.
GLISSON, Francis (1597-1677) & others. A Treatise of the Rickets ...…
GLISSON, Francis (1597-1677), Nicholas CULPEPPER (1616-54, editor) & others.  A Treatise of the Rickets: Being a Disease common to Children. Wherein (among many other things) is shewed, 1. The…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
HARVEY, Gideon (c.1640-c.1700). The Disease of London: or a New Discovery of the Scorvey, London, 1675, 8vo, ornaments, contemporary calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wing H1063. RARE.
HARVEY, Gideon (c.1640-c.1700). The Disease of London: or a New Discovery…
HARVEY, Gideon (c.1640-c.1700).  The Disease of London: or a New Discovery of the Scorvey. Comprizing The Nature, Manifold Differences, various Causes, Signs, Prognostics, Chronology, and several…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MAPS - John SPEED (1552-1629). Holy Iland ... Garnsey ... Farne ... Jarsey, [London], 1610 [but 1611 or later], engraved map, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. With 15 other engraved maps and charts, framed and glazed. (16)
MAPS - John SPEED (1552-1629). Holy Iland ... Garnsey ... Farne ... Jarsey…
MAPS - John SPEED (1552-1629).  Holy Iland ... Garnsey ... Farne ... Jarsey. [London:] "Performed by John Speede, and are to be solde in Popes heade alley by Joh. Sudbury and G. Humbell," 1610 [but…
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MAYNWARINGE, Everard (c.1628-99). Morbus polyrhizos et polymorphæs. A Treatise of the Scurvy ... The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, London, 1666, 8vo, modern old-style calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Wing M1501.
MAYNWARINGE, Everard (c.1628-99). Morbus polyrhizos et polymorphæs. A…
MAYNWARINGE, Everard (c.1628-99).  Morbus polyrhizos et polymorphæs. A Treatise of the Scurvy ... The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged by the Author. London: "Printed by J. D. for S. Thompson at…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MAYOW, John (1640-79). Tractatus duo Quorum prior agit de Respiratione: Alter De Rachitide, Oxford, 1669, 8vo, 2 folding engraved plates at the end, contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Wing 1536. RARE.
MAYOW, John (1640-79). Tractatus duo Quorum prior agit de Respiratione:…
MAYOW, John (1640-79).  Tractatus duo Quorum prior agit de Respiratione: Alter De Rachitide. Oxford: "Excudebat Hen: Hall, Impensis Ric: Davis," 1669 [including, as part of the same work, but with…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1926, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original cloth (without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. With Henry Williamson's Tarka the Otter (London, 1927, 8vo, original cloth, FIRST TRADE EDITION). (2)
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1926, 8vo,…
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some full-page (occasional light mainly marginal spotting…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MISCELLANY - comprising a highly varied collection of printed and manuscript material, including drawings and watercolours, dating from the 17th- to the 20th-centuries. Please see the detailed listing below. (qty)
MISCELLANY - comprising a highly varied collection of printed and…
MISCELLANY - comprising a highly varied collection of printed and manuscript material, including drawings and watercolours, dating from the 17th- to the 20th-centuries, including 1) Joseph Cerbantes…
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MISCELLANY - Rudyard KIPLING (1865-1936). Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides, London, 1923, 8vo, original red buckram, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 18 other miscellaneous books. Please see the detailed listing below. (19)
MISCELLANY - Rudyard KIPLING (1865-1936). Land and Sea Tales for Scouts…
MISCELLANY - Rudyard KIPLING (1865-1936).  Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. Large 8vo (205 x 155mm). Half title, 2-pages of publisher's…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
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
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
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
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

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