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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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

MORRIS, William (1834-96).  The Earthly Paradise. A Poem. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905, Parts I - XII, 8vo (188 x 125mm). Half titles, photogravure portrait of William Morris in the first…

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…

NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910).  A small single leaf, possibly extracted from a diary or notebook, each side headed "Morning Slate" [or possibly "state"], [undated but probably c.1853-56], listing…

"ORWELL, George" (i.e. Eric Arthur BLAIR, 1903-50).  Down and Out in Paris and London. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1933 [but 1932]. 8vo (197 x 130mm). Half title (some light mainly marginal…

[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…

REMARQUE, Erich Maria (1898-1970).  All Quiet on the Western Front. Translated from the German by A. W. Wheen. London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, March 1929. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title. Original…

[SALTONSTALL, Wye (c.1602-c.1640), translator].  Ovid's Heroical Epistles. Englished by W. S. ... This may be Reprinted, R. L. S. London: "Printed for the Company of Stationers," 1695. Small 8vo (142…

SPARK, Muriel (1918-2006).  The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd., 1961. 8vo (198 x 130mm). Half title. Original bright green cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket by…

WILLIAMS, Margery [or] Margery Williams BIANCO (1881-1944) & William NICHOLSON (1872-1949, illustrator).  The Velveteen Rabbit Or How Toys Become Real ... With Illustrations by William Nicholson.…

Comprising; a late Victorian silver gilt enamelled and colourless paste Diamond Jubilee lodge jewel, London 1897, a gold spherical globular pendant, the suspension designed as a Masonic square and…

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…

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…

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…

The chamfer top case surmounted by a pineapple finial, above panelled front and convex glazed 8in white-painted dial inscribed GRANT / Fleet Street / LONDON, with finely pierced blued steel hands, a…