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). Something about Cats and Other Pieces. Collected by August Derleth, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1949, 8vo, illustrations, original black cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. Joshi A25.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). Something about Cats and Other Pieces.…
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…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
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
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…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £300 - £500
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
MORRIS, William (1834-96). The Earthly Paradise, 1905, parts I - XII, 8vo, original holland-backed blue paper boards. With a small quantity of books of related interest. (qty).
MORRIS, William (1834-96). The Earthly Paradise, 1905, parts I - XII, 8vo,…
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…
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). A single leaf, headed "Morning [?]Slate", [c.1853-56], listing the numbers in various hospitals, with "Deaths in past week, 14," "201 Invalids sailed for England", "244 Convalescents sailed for Krimea" [etc], 122 x 81mm.
NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). A single leaf, headed "Morning [?]Slate…
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…
Hammer price: £220
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
[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
REMARQUE, Erich Maria (1898-1970). All Quiet on the Western Front, London, 1929, 8vo, original tan hessian lettered in green, dust-jacket (a section torn away from the backstrip). FIRST U.K. EDITION of one of the most important of all anti-war novels.
REMARQUE, Erich Maria (1898-1970). All Quiet on the Western Front, London,…
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…
Estimate: £400 - £600
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
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…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £400 - £600
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
[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, 8vo, woodcut illustrations, calf (worn). The sixth edition. Wing O672.
[SALTONSTALL, Wye (c.1602-c.1640), translator]. Ovid's Heroical Epistles.…
[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…
Hammer price: £150
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
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
A GROUP OF FORTY-TWO BRITISH MEDIEVAL AND LATER HAMMERED SILVER COINS (42)
A GROUP OF FORTY-TWO BRITISH MEDIEVAL AND LATER HAMMERED SILVER COINS (42)
To include a Calais Mint groat, long cross pennies, cut halfpennies and issues of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, The Commonwealth and further items
Hammer price: £205
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
A VICTORIA YOUNG HEAD SOVEREIGN PENDANT
A VICTORIA YOUNG HEAD SOVEREIGN PENDANT
The date drilled out, fitted with a scroll suspension, gross weight 8.6 grams
Hammer price: £580
Estimate: £400 - £600
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
A COLLECTION OF SIX MASONIC ITEMS (6)
A COLLECTION OF SIX MASONIC ITEMS (6)
See description below
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…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £240 - £280
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
FOUR SECOND WORLD WAR AND LATER MEDALS. A VICTORIA JUBILEE HEAD CROWN 1887 AND FURTHER ITEMS (7)
FOUR SECOND WORLD WAR AND LATER MEDALS. A VICTORIA JUBILEE HEAD CROWN 1887…
Comprising; The France and Germany Star, The 1939-45 Defence Medal, The War Medal, The Efficiency Medal, George VI issue, with suspension detailed Territorial to 1429310 BDR.H.R.CHADWICK. R.A., a box…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £70
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
A ROUTE TO VICTORY EIGHTEEN COIN SILVER PROOF SET OF FIVE POUNDS CROWNS
A ROUTE TO VICTORY EIGHTEEN COIN SILVER PROOF SET OF FIVE POUNDS CROWNS
Gibraltar with certificate cards, giving specifications and display box with lift-out tray and accompanying album of black and white photographs
Hammer price: £440
Estimate: £280 - £320
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 14:00 GMT
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER
By Bland & Long, 153 Fleet Street, London
With stepped moulded pediment, bevelled glazed panel and engraved ivory scales, original thick glass Mercury-filled tube, above a well figured trunk, later fitted with a removable ivory scale glazed…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £120 - £180
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 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
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

Our website uses cookies, as almost all websites do, to help provide you with the best possible browsing experience.

Accept Read more