BARROW, Katherine (1849-1915). Three Years in Tristan da Cunha, London, 1910, 8vo, 35 plates, original buckram. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed in pencil, "J. S. Chance, from the author." With 2 autograph letters.
BARROW, Katherine (1849-1915). Three Years in Tristan da Cunha, London,…
BARROW, Katherine Mary (1849-1915).  Three Years in Tristan da Cunha. London: Skeffington & Son, 1910. Large 8vo (211 x 135mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece, map, 34 half tone plates (mainly…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BETJEMAN, John (1906-84). Continual Dew, London, 1937, 4to, illustrations, original black cloth, dust-jacket by Edward McKnight Kauffer. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.
BETJEMAN, John (1906-84). Continual Dew, London, 1937, 4to, illustrations,…
BETJEMAN, John (1906-84).  Continual Dew. A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1937. 4to (206 x 146mm). Half title, diagram of a tap on the title page, printed…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BINDING - A. F. POLLARD (1869-1948). Henry VIII, London, 1902, 4to, fine coloured frontispiece, plates and illustrations, FINELY BOUND in contemporary full crushed scarlet morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 1,023 OF 1,150 "ON FINE PAPER".
BINDING - A. F. POLLARD (1869-1948). Henry VIII, London, 1902, 4to, fine…
BINDING - Albert Frederic POLLARD (1869-1948).  Henry VIII. London: Goupil & Co., 1902. 4to (325 x 250mm). Half title, fine coloured portrait frontispiece of Henry VIII after Hans Holbein, plates and…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BINDING - John MILTON (1608-74). Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, Comus, Arcades, Lycidas, Etc. Etc. Chiswick, 1823. 2 volumes, small 8vo, engraved titles, FINELY BOUND in contemporary crimson morocco gilt. (2)
BINDING - John MILTON (1608-74). Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson…
BINDING - John MILTON (1608-74).  Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, Comus, Arcades, Lycidas, Etc. Etc. Chiswick: "From the Press of C. Whittingham, College House," 1823. 2 volumes,…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £150 - £250
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BINDING - Julia FRANKAU (1859-1916). An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver. John Raphael Smith. His Life and Works, London, 1902, plate volume only, very large folio, 50 fine photogravure plates, VERY FINELY BOUND IN GREEN MOROCCO GILT BY MORRELL.
BINDING - Julia FRANKAU (1859-1916). An Eighteenth Century Artist and…
BINDING - Julia FRANKAU (1859-1916).  An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver. John Raphael Smith. His Life and Works ... A Portfolio containing Fifty Examples of Stipple, Mezzotints Paintings [sic…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BINDING - JUVENAL (b.55 A.D.). Satyræ ... Editio nova, Amsterdam, 1684, large 8vo, additional engraved title, contemporary full vellum, the covers each with a large deeply-embossed gilt figure of Minerva with a shield bearing the device of The Hague.
BINDING - JUVENAL (b.55 A.D.). Satyræ ... Editio nova, Amsterdam, 1684,…
BINDING - JUVENAL (b.55 A.D.).  Satyræ cum veteris scholiastæ & variorum commentariis. Editio nova. Amsterdam: Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1684. 2 parts bound in one, large 8vo (193 x 115mm).…
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673). Oxonium comitatus, Vulgo Oxford Shire, [Amsterdam, c.1645], hand-coloured engraved map of Oxfordshire, coats of arms including 16 college coats-of-arms in side borders, 380 x 500mm., framed and glazed.
BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673). Oxonium comitatus, Vulgo Oxford Shire, …
BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673).  Oxonium comitatus, Vulgo Oxford Shire. [Amsterdam: c.1645]. Hand-coloured engraved map of Oxfordshire, title within fully-coloured baroque cartouche surmounted by two…
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673)]. Æthiopia superior vel interior, [Amsterdam: c. 1645], hand-coloured engraved map, 380 x 495mm., framed and glazed. With Hondius's Guineae nova descriptio ([Amsterdam, 1606 or later]). (2)
BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673)]. Æthiopia superior vel interior, [Amsterdam:…
BLAEU, Johannes (1596-1673)].  Æthiopia superior vel interior, vulgo Abissinorum sive Presbiter Joannis Imperium. [Amsterdam: c.1645]. Hand-coloured engraved map, cartouche flanked by four figures of…
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918). A one-page autograph letter from Edmund Blunden, and his PROOF COPY of an edition of Wilfred Owen's poems from 1931, and another later edition. (3)
BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918). A one-page…
BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918). A one-page autograph letter from Edmund Blunden, on paper headed "67 Pembury Road, Tonbridge,", and dated, "30 Jan. 1945", stating, "Dear Mrs…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016). Pierre Écrite, Paris, Mercure, 1969, 8vo, original wrappers. With 11 other books in French and German, mainly poetry. (12) Please see the full listing below.
BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016). Pierre Écrite, Paris, Mercure, 1969, 8vo,…
BONNEFOY, Yves (1923-2016).  Pierre Écrite. Paris: Mercure de France, 1969. Square 8vo (190 x 142mm). Half title. Original wrappers printed in black and blue (narrow rectangular stain along the top…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
CANTERBURY - Georg BRAUN (1541-1622) & Franz HOGENBERG (1536-88). Cantuarbury. Cantuaria urbs fertilissimae Angliae celebris, [Cologne: c.1588], hand-coloured engraved bird's-eye-view of Canterbury, 290 x 430mm., framed and glazed.
CANTERBURY - Georg BRAUN (1541-1622) & Franz HOGENBERG (1536-88).…
CANTERBURY - Georg BRAUN (1541-1622) & Franz HOGENBERG (1536-88).  Cantuarbury. Cantuaria urbs fertilissimae Angliae celebris; Archiepiscopati sede, commendata. [Cologne: c.1588]. Hand-coloured…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660). Alle de Wercken, Amsterdam, 1712, 2 volumes, folio, plates and c.400 engraved emblematic illustrations, contemporary calf. (2) Please see the full description below.
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660). Alle de Wercken, Amsterdam, 1712, 2 volumes,…
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660).  Alle de Wercken ... Ridder Oudt Raadtpensionaris van Hollandt. &c. De laatste Druk; waar on het Twee-en-Tachtig Jaarig Leeven des Dichters beneffens desselfs Slaapeloose…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
CHELSEA, LONDON - A Map of Chelsea, Surveyed in the Year 1664 by James Hamilton. Continued to 1717, [London], J. Barlow, 1810, hand-coloured engraved plan, 290 x 440mm., framed and glazed. Please see note below.
CHELSEA, LONDON - A Map of Chelsea, Surveyed in the Year 1664 by James…
CHELSEA, LONDON - A Map of Chelsea, Surveyed in the Year 1664 by James Hamilton. Continued to 1717. [London:] J. Barlow, 1810 [or later]. Hand-coloured engraved plan by J. Barlow after Edward Ward,…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £80 - £120
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
[CHURCHILL, Lady Gwendoline 'Goonie' (1885-1941)]. The Seventh of July 1941, [No place, 1941], 4to, original black morocco gilt. With a one-page autograph letter from John Churchill loosely-inserted.
[CHURCHILL, Lady Gwendoline 'Goonie' (1885-1941)]. The Seventh of July…
[CHURCHILL, Lady Gwendoline [sometimes Gwendelen] 'Goonie' (1885-1941)].  The Seventh of July 1941. [No place: no publisher, 1941]. 4to (260 x 195mm). Woodcut initials. Contemporary black polished…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Rescue, London, 1920, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket (frayed). FIRST ENGLISH PUBLISHED EDITION. With The Mirror and the Sea (London, 1906, cloth, FIRST EDITION) and 2 photographs of Conrad in an album. (3)
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Rescue, London, 1920, 8vo, original cloth,…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  The Rescue. A Romance of the Shallows. London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1920. 8vo (195 x 130mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on the title. Original…
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £80 - £120
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
COOKERY & HUSBANDRY - [G. MARKHAM (c.1568-1637)]. The English House-Wife, London, 1668, 4to (browned and spotted throughout), later boards. The Eighth edition. With 12 other books, most related, including works by Hannah Glasse and Elizabeth Raffald. (13)
COOKERY & HUSBANDRY - [G. MARKHAM (c.1568-1637)]. The English House-Wife,…
COOKERY & HUSBANDRY - [Gervase MARKHAM (c.1568-1637)].  The English House-Wife containing The inward and outward Vertues which ought to be in a Compleat Woman: As her Skill in Physick, Chirurgery,…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
CUNINGHAME, Margaret, Lady (d.1622). A Pairt of the Life of Lady Margaret Cuninhame ... that she had with her first husband, the Master of Evandale, Edinburgh, 1827, 4to, engraved frontispiece, contemporary paper boards. FIRST EDITION. [?ONE OF 50 COPIES]
CUNINGHAME, Margaret, Lady (d.1622). A Pairt of the Life of Lady Margaret…
CUNINGHAME, Margaret, Lady (d. c.1622).  A Pairt of the Life of Lady Margaret Cuninghame, Daughter of the Earl of Glencairn, that she had with her first husband, the Master of Evandale. The just and…
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
DERLETH, August (1909-71). Someone in the Dark, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1941, 8vo, black cloth, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of this collection of fourteen stories and two "novelettes", and the second book to be printed at Arkham House.
DERLETH, August (1909-71). Someone in the Dark, Sauk City, Arkham House,…
DERLETH, August (1909-71).  Someone in the Dark. [Sauk City, Wisconsin:] Arkham House, 1941. 8vo (172 x 115mm). Half title (short tear at the gutter opposite the half title, light stain at the…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
DERLETH, August (1909-71). Something Near, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1945, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION.
DERLETH, August (1909-71). Something Near, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1945,…
DERLETH, August (1909-71).  Something Near. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1945. 8vo (188 x 130mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on the title (very lightly and consistently browned…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
DERLETH, August (1909-71). The Mask of Cthulhu, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1958, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dust-jacket. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.
DERLETH, August (1909-71). The Mask of Cthulhu, Sauk City, Arkham House,…
DERLETH, August (1909-71).  The Mask of Cthulhu. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1958. 8vo (186 x 132mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on the title. Original black cloth, the spine…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
DERLETH, August (1909-71). The Trail of Cthulhu, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1962, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION.
DERLETH, August (1909-71). The Trail of Cthulhu, Sauk City, Arkham House,…
DERLETH, August (1909-71).  The Trail of Cthulhu. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1962. 8vo (187 x 135mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on the title. Original black cloth, the spine…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). A Christmas Carol, London, 1843, 8vo, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech, original brown decorated cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of "the greatest Christmas book ever written in any language" (Eckel).
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). A Christmas Carol, London, 1843, 8vo, 4 hand…
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70).  A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. 8vo (164 x 102mm). Half title, title printed in red and blue within a blue…
Hammer price: £4,500
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). Oliver Twist, London, Richard Bentley, 1838, 3 volumes, 8vo, half titles in vols. I and II [as called for], 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank, original plum cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, second issue. (3)
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). Oliver Twist, London, Richard Bentley, 1838, 3…
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70).  Oliver Twist. London: "Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street," [?November] 1838. 3 volumes, 8vo (202 x 122mm). Half titles in volumes I and II [only, as called for], 24…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
DOCUMENT ON VELLUM - Letters patent granting a baronetcy to Christopher Baynes of Harefield Place, Middlesex, on 2 sheets of vellum, with an engraved portrait of George III at the head of the first sheet, marginal decoration, wax seal, in shaped box.
DOCUMENT ON VELLUM - Letters patent granting a baronetcy to Christopher…
DOCUMENT ON VELLUM - Letters patent granting a baronetcy to Christopher Baynes of Harefield Place, Middlesex, on 2 sheets of vellum, with an engraved portrait of George III at the head of the first…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT

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