GUNN, Thom (1929-2004). My Sad Captains, London, 1961, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, 2nd impression, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "Thom Gunn, with best wishes for Clive." With 5 other books by Thom Gunn, all SIGNED BY THE POET. (6)
GUNN, Thom (1929-2004). My Sad Captains, London, 1961, 8vo, original cloth…
GUNN, Thom (1929-2004).  My Sad Captains and other poems. London: Faber and Faber, 1962. 8vo (217 x 140mm). Half title. Original purple cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket with the price…
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
[HANWAY, Jonas (1712-86)]. A Journal of Eight Days Journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames, London, 1756-58, 4to, 4 engraved plates, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. With 3 other works in 5 volumes. (6)
[HANWAY, Jonas (1712-86)]. A Journal of Eight Days Journey from Portsmouth…
[HANWAY, Jonas (1712-86)].  A Journal of Eight Days Journey from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames; through Southampton, Wiltshire, &c. with Miscellaneous Thoughts, Moral and Religious; In a Series…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £600
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
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - A fine illuminated manuscript on a single bifolium vellum leaf extracted from a prayer book, with exceptional decorative coloured borders heightened in gold, [?]mid- to late-15th-century, probably northern France, 210 x 285mm.
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - A fine illuminated manuscript on a single…
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - A fine illuminated manuscript on a single bifolium vellum leaf extracted from a prayer book or missal, incorporating four pages including prayers for the Feast Days of Saints…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). A Dictionary of the English Language, London, 1755, 2 volumes, folio, lacking the title to vol. II, but supplied in modern facsimile, modern old-style calf. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. (2)
JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). A Dictionary of the English Language, London,…
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…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
KELMSCOTT PRESS - William MORRIS (1834-96). A Note by William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith, 1898, 8vo, illustration by Edward Burne-Jones, ornaments, holland-backed boards. ONE OF 525 COPIES. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY.
KELMSCOTT PRESS - William MORRIS (1834-96). A Note by William Morris on…
KELMSCOTT PRESS - William MORRIS (1834-96).  A Note by William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press. Together with a Short Description of the Press by S. C. Cockerell, & an Annotated…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
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
LONDON PANORAMAS - [Matthäus MERIAN (1593-1650), the Elder], attributed. London. [Frankfurt, c.1638]. Hand-coloured engraved panorama of London, 230 x 710mm., framed and glazed. With another smaller panorama of London. (2)
LONDON PANORAMAS - [Matthäus MERIAN (1593-1650), the Elder], attributed.…
LONDON PANORAMAS - [Matthäus MERIAN (1593-1650), the Elder], attributed.  London. [Frankfurt: 1638 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved panorama of London extending from "Whyte Hall" to the Tower of…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £400 - £600
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). Marginalia ... Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1944, 8vo, illustrations, original black cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. Joshi A19.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). Marginalia ... Collected by August Derleth…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).  Marginalia ... Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1944. 8vo (188 x 130mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on the…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
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
LOWELL, Percival (1855-1916). Mars and its Canals, New York, 1906, 8vo, photogravure frontispiece and 15 plates, modern full green morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION.
LOWELL, Percival (1855-1916). Mars and its Canals, New York, 1906, 8vo,…
LOWELL, Percival (1855-1916).  Mars and its Canals. New York: The Macmillan Company, December 1906. 8vo (225 x 155mm). Half title, photogravure frontispiece and 15 plates including 4 printed in…
Estimate: £100 - £150
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
MANUSCRIPT TESTIMONIAL ON VELLUM - "An Address to the Venerable Stephen Creyke M.A. from the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of York." [York: c.1866]. Folio. A manuscript illuminated testimonial on 8 vellum leaves, original red morocco gilt (rubbed).
MANUSCRIPT TESTIMONIAL ON VELLUM - "An Address to the Venerable Stephen…
MANUSCRIPT TESTIMONIAL ON VELLUM - [Stamped in gilt on the upper cover:] "An Address to the Venerable Stephen Creyke M.A. from the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of York. Resident within the City of York…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £70 - £100
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
MERLIN, Romain (1793-1876). Origine des Cartes a Jouer. Recherches Nouvelles sur les Naïbis, les Tarots et sur les Autres Espèces de Cartes, Paris, 1869, 4to, 73 plates, a few printed in colours, original wrappers (detached, very worn). FIRST EDITION.
MERLIN, Romain (1793-1876). Origine des Cartes a Jouer. Recherches…
MERLIN, Romain (1793-1876).  Origine des Cartes a Jouer. Recherches Nouvelles sur les Naïbis, les Tarots et sur les Autres Espèces de Cartes. Ouvrage accompagné d'un Album de Soixante-Dix Planches…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
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: £100 - £150
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
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
[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
RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967). We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, London, 1937, 8vo, illustrations by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 6 other books by the same author. (7) Please see the full listing below.
RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967). We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, London, 1937,…
RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967).  We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea. London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. 8vo (200 x 140mm). Half title, illustrations by the author, some full-page (occasional mainly light marginal…
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
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

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