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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
SMALLEGANGE, Matthaeus (1624-1710, editor and contributor). Nieuwe Cronyk Van Zeeland, Middelburg, 1696 [but 1700-[?]1704], folio, additional engraved title, 3 engraved maps and 87 fine engraved plates, contemporary panelled calf gilt. 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: £1,100
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Hantshire described and devided, London: [c.1676], hand-coloured engraved map of Hampshire, inset bird's-eye-view of Winchester, coats-of-arms, 375 x 505mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY.
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Hantshire described and devided, London: [c.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," [c.1676]. Hand-coloured engraved…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Oxfordshire described, [London, 1676], hand-coloured engraved map, inset bird's-eye-view of Oxford, 18 college coats-of-arms in the borders (some light staining at the centrefold), 385 x 525mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY.
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Oxfordshire described, [London, 1676], hand…
SPEED, John (1552-1629).  Oxfordshire described with ye Citie and the Armes of the Colledges of ye famous University. A. 1605. [London:] "Performed by John Speede and are to be sold by Thomas Bassett…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Sussex described, [London], George Humble, [c.1627], hand-coloured engraved map of Sussex, inset bird's-eye-view of Chichester (browned, trimmed close to engraved frame, repairs at centrefold), 390 x 510mm., framed and glazed.
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Sussex described, [London], George Humble, [c…
SPEED, John (1552-1629).  Sussex Described and divided into Rapes with the situation of Chichester the cheife [sic] citie thereof. [London:] George Humble, [c.1627]. Hand-coloured engraved map of…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
TAUNT, H. W. (1842-1922). A New Map [in book form] of the River Thames, Oxford, [c.1884], 8vo, Woodburytype frontispiece, folding table, 33 double-page maps incorporating 97 Woodburytype views, advertisements, original pictorial roan gilt. Fifth edition.
TAUNT, H. W. (1842-1922). A New Map [in book form] of the River Thames,…
TAUNT, Henry William (1842-1922).  A New Map [in book form] of the River Thames, from Thames Head to London, (On a Scale of Two Inches to a Mile,) From Entirely New Surveys Finished During the Summer…
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973). The Lord of the Rings, London, 1962-63, 3 volumes, 8vo, maps, 3 folding, original red cloth, dust-jackets, card slipcase. FIRST EDITIONS, the thirteenth, tenth and ninth impressions respectively. (3)
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973). The Lord of the Rings, London, 1962-63, 3…
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973).  The Lord of the Rings. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1962-63. 3 volumes, 8vo (222 x 145mm). Half titles, full-page map printed in red and black in volume one, 3…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-82). Travelling Sketches, London, 1866, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, modern slipcase. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. With 12 other works in 19 volumes. (20)
TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-82). Travelling Sketches, London, 1866, 8vo,…
TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-82).  Travelling Sketches ... [Reprinted from the "Pall Mall" Gazette.]. London: Chapman and Hall, 1866. 8vo (190 x 128mm). 24-pages of publisher's advertisements, dated…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
TRUMBULL, Henry (1781-1843). History of the Discovery of America, of the Landings of our Forefathers, at Plymouth, and of their Most Remarkable Engagements with the Indians, Boston, 1819, 8vo, folding hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece, 2 plates, calf.
TRUMBULL, Henry (1781-1843). History of the Discovery of America, of the…
TRUMBULL, Henry (1781-1843).  History of the Discovery of America, of the Landings of our Forefathers, at Plymouth, and of their Most Remarkable Engagements with the Indians, in New-England, From…
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £70 - £100
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
VOYNICH, Ethel Lilian (1864-1960). The Gadfly, New York, "Grosset & Dunlap Publishers", [?]1897 [but later, see note below], 8vo, burgundy buckram. PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "Mrs Lionel True's book, 20 Dec. '34. E. L. Voynich."
VOYNICH, Ethel Lilian (1864-1960). The Gadfly, New York, "Grosset & Dunlap…
VOYNICH, Ethel Lilian (1864-1960, née BOOLE).  The Gadfly. New York: "Grosset & Dunlap Publishers" [on verso of title: Henry Holt & Co.], [?]1897 [but later, see note]. 8vo (187 x 125mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
WILSON, Charles William (1836-1905, editor). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, London: J. S. Virtue and Co., [1881-84], 4 volumes, 4to, engraved titles with vignettes, 39 engraved plates, illustrations, contemporary half roan. FIRST EDITION. (4)
WILSON, Charles William (1836-1905, editor). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai…
WILSON, Charles William (1836-1905, editor).  Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt ... Assisted by the Most Eminent Palestine Explorers. London: J. S. Virtue and Co., [1881-84]. 4 volumes, 4to (323…
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
A SMALL GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAINS (4)
A SMALL GROUP OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAINS (4)
Qianlong
Comprising; a mandarin palette tea caddy and a matched cover painted with two large figure panels and smaller landscape panels, 14cm high; a mandarin palette tea caddy painted with figure…
Tea caddy and a cover- cover is matching. Some typical wear to the gilding. The cover with some restorationTea caddy- repaired break to the rim. Minor nick around the footrim. Some wear.Plate- some…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
25 June 2025 , 01:00 BST
25 June 2025 , 01:00 BST

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