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
FOTHERGILL, Jessie (1851-91). An autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's poem "O Me! O Life!", probably in the hand of Fothergill rather than that of the poet himself, inscribed at the foot, "Jessie Fothergill, Jan. 16. 1887", on one page, 204 x 126mm.
FOTHERGILL, Jessie (1851-91). An autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's…
FOTHERGILL, Jessie (1851-91).  An autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's poem "O Me! O Life!", probably in the hand of Jessie Fothergill rather than that of the poet himself, inscribed at the foot,…
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
HUBBARD, Elbert (1856-1915). Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors ... William Morris, New York, Roycrofters, 1900, 4to, coloured decorations, wrappers. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 767 OF 925 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. With another related book. (2)
HUBBARD, Elbert (1856-1915). Little Journeys to the Homes of English…
HUBBARD, Elbert (1856-1915).  Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors ... William Morris. Done into print by the Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shop. East Aurora, Erie County, New York: The…
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
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
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). The Lurker at the Threshold, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1945, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. Joshi I-D-i-20. RARE.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71). The Lurker at the…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71).  The Lurker at the Threshold. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1945. 8vo (184 x 128mm). Half title, woodcut publisher's device on the title…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
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
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò (1469-1527). The Arte of Warre, translated by Peter Whitehorne, London, 1562, small 4to, (lacking a few leaves), old calf. THE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH AND THE FIRST OF ANY WORK BY MACHIAVELLI TO BE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH.
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò (1469-1527). The Arte of Warre, translated by Peter…
MACHIAVELLI, Niccol (1469-1527).  The Arte of Warre, written first in Italia ... and set forthe in Englishe by Peter Whitehorne, student of Graies Inn: with an addicio of other like Marcialle feates…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
MARTINEAU, Harriet (1802-76). The Rioters ... Second Edition, London, 1842, 12mo, engraved frontispiece (some staining), original cloth (upper cover detached, spine torn with loss).
MARTINEAU, Harriet (1802-76). The Rioters ... Second Edition, London, 1842…
MARTINEAU, Harriet (1802-76).  The Rioters. A Tale ... Second Edition. London: Houlston and Stoneman, 1842. 12mo (138 x 90mm). Engraved frontispiece dated March 13 1827 [i.e. the date of the first…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset (1874-1965). Of Human Bondage, London, 1915, 2 half titles, original blue cloth gilt (lightly stained, without the exceptionally scarce dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. RARE.
MAUGHAM, W. Somerset (1874-1965). Of Human Bondage, London, 1915, 2 half…
MAUGHAM, William Somerset (1874-1965).  Of Human Bondage. London: William Heinemann, 1915. 8vo (188 x 120mm). Half titles, one before and one after the title, small publisher's woodcut device on the…
Estimate: £400 - £600
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). Lolita, London, 1959, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 4 other books including L' Affaire Lolita. Défence de l' Ecrivain (Paris, 1957, limited edition). (5)
NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). Lolita, London, 1959, 8vo, original black…
NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977).  Lolita. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959. 8vo (197 x 128mm). Half title (a few spots to the half title, title and a few margins). Original black cloth, the spine…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £150 - £250
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
[POUND, Ezra (1885-1972), editor] - Guido CAVALCANTI (1255-1300). Rime ... Edizione Rappezzata fra le Rovine, Genova, "Edizioni Marsano S. A.", 1931, 4to, original red wrappers. ONE OF 500 COPIES, POSSIBLY A PRESENTATION COPY, [?]inscribed by Ezra Pound.
[POUND, Ezra (1885-1972), editor] - Guido CAVALCANTI (1255-1300). Rime ...…
[POUND, Ezra (1885-1972), editor] - Guido CAVALCANTI (1255-1300).  Rime ... Edizione Rappezzata fra le Rovine. Genova: "Edizioni Marsano S. A. Anno X", 1931. 4to (290 x 225mm). 40 facsimile plates of…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
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
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
RUSSELL FLINT, William (1880-1969). In Pursuit. An Autobiography, London, The Medici Society, 1970, folio, illustrations, some coloured, original blue morocco gilt, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 1,008 OF 1,050 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST'S SON.
RUSSELL FLINT, William (1880-1969). In Pursuit. An Autobiography, London,…
RUSSELL FLINT, William (1880-1969).  In Pursuit. An Autobiography. London: "Privately Printed for Sir William Russell Flint and his Executors and Published by The Medici Society Ltd.," 1969. Folio …
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
SAINT-EXUPÉRY, Antoine de (1900-44). The Little Prince, London, 1944, large 8vo, half title, coloured illustrations by the author, original pink pictorial cloth, dust-jacket. THE FIRST EDITION TO BE PRINTED IN THE U.K. RARE. With 4 other books. (5)
SAINT-EXUPÉRY, Antoine de (1900-44). The Little Prince, London, 1944,…
SAINT-EXUPÉRY, Antoine de (1900-44).  The Little Prince ... Translated from the French by Katherine Woods. London: William Heinemann, 1944. Large 8vo (220 x 150mm). Half title, coloured illustrations…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
[SANDYS, G. (1578-1644), translator]. Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in Figures, Oxford, 1632, folio, engraved title, portrait, 15 plates, later calf. The second folio edition, and the first to include the engraved plates.
[SANDYS, G. (1578-1644), translator]. Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished,…
[SANDYS, George (1578-1644), translator].  Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in Figures. An Essay to the Translation of Virgil's Æneis. By G. S. Oxford: John Lichfield,…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
WILSON, Angus (1913-91). Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, London, 1956, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION. With 2 other books by the same author, both FIRST EDITIONS. (3)
WILSON, Angus (1913-91). Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, London, 1956, 8vo,…
WILSON, Angus (1913-91).  Anglo-Saxon Attitudes. London: Secker & Warburg, 1956. 8vo (193 x 132mm). Half title (some mainly marginal spotting and staining to the first few leaves including the half…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY, CHEQUER OUTLINED AND INLAID WHEEL BAROMETER
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY, CHEQUER OUTLINED AND INLAID WHEEL BAROMETER
By Joseph Somalvico & Co, No. 256, Holborn, London
The arched pediment with brass finial above teh trunk inlaid with oak leaves and acorns in ovals, with a foliate roundel to the top and base, silvered inset thermometer scale above 8in circular…
Estimate: £120 - £180
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
A RARE CAST-IRON TWIN-TRAIN TURRET CLOCK
A RARE CAST-IRON TWIN-TRAIN TURRET CLOCK
By Arnold, Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, Dated 1853
The frame with four tapering uprights and acorn finials, strapwork horizontals and six vertical posts holding the trains with turned stepped bushes, the 6in setting dial signed ARNOLD / CHARLES…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY HIGH_QUALITY UNUSUAL REGULATOR
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY HIGH_QUALITY UNUSUAL REGULATOR
Anonymous, Circa 1850
The hood, now lacking its moulded pediment and with a canvas cover, above a glazed circular brass bezel and four foliate spandrels, flanked by a canted angle to each side, the trunk inset with a…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
A FINE QUEEN ANNE BURR-WALNUT MONTH-GOING STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
A FINE QUEEN ANNE BURR-WALNUT MONTH-GOING STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
By Daniel Quare, Exchange Alley, London, No. 40, circa 1707
The case with three later giltwood finials surmounting the elaborate hood above fretwork rectangular panel, moulded projecting cornice with arched glazed door with finely-cast gilt-brass framing…
Hammer price: £14,000
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS INLAID STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS INLAID STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
In the Regency style, circa 1920
Surmounted with a pineapple finial above a gadrooned stepped top, above panelled front with convex glass and 8in white-painted dial inscribed DESBOIS / LONDON, with finely cut blued steel hands, on…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
A GEORGE III GILTMETAL-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD TRIPLE-PAD TOP STRIKING AND REPEATING BRACKET CLOCK WITH PERIOD BRACKET
A GEORGE III GILTMETAL-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD TRIPLE-PAD TOP STRIKING AND…
By Alexander Cumming, London, circa 1770
The case with a brass carrying handle over three pads, each with well cut moulded edges, with broken arch above the hinged glazed door with convex glass over 7in white enamel circular dial, signed…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT

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