LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). The Shuttered Room, Sauk City, 1959, 8vo, half tone frontispiece and 4 plates, original black cloth, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Joshi A32.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). The Shuttered Room, Sauk City, 1959, 8vo,…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937), and others.  The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces ... Compiled by August Derleth. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1959. 8vo (187 x 130mm). Half title, half tone…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
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
MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99). Under the Net, London, 1954, 8vo, original bright green cloth, dust-jacket (small piece torn away from the backstrip). FIRST EDITION of the author's first novel. RARE.
MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99). Under the Net, London, 1954, 8vo, original bright…
MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99).  Under the Net. London: Chatto & Windus, 1954. 8vo (198 x 130mm). Half title (mainly marginal stains to pp.11-14). Original bright green cloth, the spine lettered and…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £100 - £150
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
NEWHOUSE, Daniel (dates unknown). The Whole Art of Navigation, London, 1718, 4to, half title, 2 engraved folding charts, illustrations, diagrams and tables, contemporary half calf (rather worn). The Fourth Edition. RARE.
NEWHOUSE, Daniel (dates unknown). The Whole Art of Navigation, London,…
NEWHOUSE, Daniel (dates unknown).  The Whole Art of Navigation: Containing the Application of Geometry and Astronomy to the Practice of Plain and Mercator's Sailing, both performed either with, or…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
ORWELL, George (1903-50). Down and Out in Paris and London, London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1933, 8vo, original black cloth (without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. Fenwick A1a. RARE.
ORWELL, George (1903-50). Down and Out in Paris and London, London, Victor…
"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…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
[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 ...…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967). Swallows & Amazons, London, 1930, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt (some fading, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. RARE.
RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967). Swallows & Amazons, London, 1930, 8vo,…
RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967).  Swallows & Amazons. London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. 8vo (200 x 135mm). Half title, frontispiece, armorial ornament on the title (p.163 with some light staining). Original…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, London, 1999, 8vo, original boards, dust-jacket. With The Chamber of Secrets (London, 1998). EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITIONS, SECOND AND NINTH IMPRESSIONS RESPECTIVELY. (2)
ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, London,…
ROWLING, J. K. (b. 1965).  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. 8vo (197 x 128mm). Half title and title both with the Hogwarts' coat-of-arms. Original coloured…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
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
SASSOON, Siegfried. (1886-1967). Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, London, 1929, large 8vo, 7 plates by William Nicholson, original buckram, dust-jacket, FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. With 3 other related books. (4)
SASSOON, Siegfried. (1886-1967). Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, London,…
SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967).  Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. London: Faber & Faber, 1929. Large 8vo (224 x 150mm). Half title, 7 plates by William Nicholson, illustrations (some very light mainly…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
SMALLEGANGE, Matthaeus (1624-1710, editor and contributor). Nieuwe Cronyk Van Zeeland, Middelburg, [1700], folio, engraved maps and plates, contemporary speckled calf. FIRST EDITION.
SMALLEGANGE, Matthaeus (1624-1710, editor and contributor). Nieuwe Cronyk…
SMALLEGANGE, Matthaeus (1624-1710, editor and contributor).  Nieuwe Cronyk Van Zeeland. Eerste Deel [all published], Vervattende De voor uitgegeven Cronyken van de Heeren, Jacobus Eyndius, en Johan…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
SPARK, Muriel (1918-2006). The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, London, 1961, 8vo, original green cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION.
SPARK, Muriel (1918-2006). The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, London, 1961,…
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…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Hantshire described and devided, [London, 1676], hand-coloured engraved map of Hampshire, inset bird's-eye-view of Winchester, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY. With R. Morden's Hampshire (London, c.1695). (2)
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Hantshire described and devided, [London, 1676],…
SPEED, John (1552-1629).  Hantshire described and devided. [London:] "Are to be Sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell in St. Paul's Churchyard," [1676]. Hand-coloured engraved…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
[STAFFORD, Thomas (?1576-1655)]. Pacata Hibernia. Ireland Appeased and Reduced, London, 1633, folio, engraved portrait of Elizabeth I, 16 engraved maps only (of 18, lacking the portrait of Carew), old calf spine (without the covers). FIRST EDITION.
[STAFFORD, Thomas (?1576-1655)]. Pacata Hibernia. Ireland Appeased and…
[STAFFORD, Thomas (?1576-1655), attributed].  Pacata Hibernia. Ireland Appeased and Reduced. Or, An Historie of the late Warres of Ireland, especially within the Province of Mounster, under the…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
TURNER, Richard ([?]1720-91). A View of the Earth: Being a short, but Comprehensive System of Modern Geography, London, 1762, 4to, engraved map of the world, 6 maps, plate, diagrams, boards (worn). And 2 contemporary manuscript exercise books. (3)
TURNER, Richard ([?]1720-91). A View of the Earth: Being a short, but…
TURNER, Richard ([?]1720-91).  A View of the Earth: Being a Short, but Comprehensive System of Modern Geography ... To which is added, a Description of the Terrestrial Globe: with its Application to…
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
WANDREI, Donald (1908-87). The Web of Easter Island, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1948, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.
WANDREI, Donald (1908-87). The Web of Easter Island, Sauk City, Arkham…
WANDREI, Donald (1908-87).  The Web of Easter Island. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1948. 8vo (184 x 130mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on the title. Original black cloth, the spine…
Hammer price: £75
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
[WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900)]. The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan, London, Leonard Smithers, 1899, 4to, original lilac cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 283 OF 1,000 COPIES.
[WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900)]. The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial…
[WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900)].  The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. 4to (208 x 155mm).…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
WILLIAMS, Margery (1881-1944). The Velveteen Rabbit, London, 1922, 4to, 7 coloured plates by William Nicholson, original boards. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "1922. For Ada Squires on her birthday, from William Nicholson."
WILLIAMS, Margery (1881-1944). The Velveteen Rabbit, London, 1922, 4to, 7…
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.…
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
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
AN ISLE OF MAN PLATINUM PROOF ONE POUND
AN ISLE OF MAN PLATINUM PROOF ONE POUND
1978, with a certificate of issue and a case
Condition ReportThe coin is mounted into plastic and is firmly fixed into the bottom rectangular section of the box.  It is apparently not possible to remove it without damaging the coin, gross…
Hammer price: £245
Estimate: £180 - £220
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
AN ISLE OF MAN PLATINUM PROOF ONE POUND
AN ISLE OF MAN PLATINUM PROOF ONE POUND
1978, with a certificate of issue and a case
Condition ReportThe coin is mounted into plastic and is firmly fixed into the bottom rectangular section of the box.  It is apparently not possible to remove it without damaging the coin, gross…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £180 - £220
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT

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