ANGLING - H. V. DYKE (1852-1933). Fisherman's Luck and Some other Uncertain Things, New York, 1911, 8vo, plates, fine original decorated cloth gilt. Reprint. With 7 other books of related interest. (8)
ANGLING - H. V. DYKE (1852-1933). Fisherman's Luck and Some other…
ANGLING - Henry van DYKE (1852-1933).  Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Frontispiece, half title, and 7 plates by F.…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
ANGLING - The Diary of A. J. Lane ... A Hitherto Unpublished Manuscript by A. J. Lane, Gentleman (1843), Ellesmere, 1995, 2 volumes, 12mo, printed text and facsimile manuscript, in common cloth slipcase. With 9 other books of related interest. (11)
ANGLING - The Diary of A. J. Lane ... A Hitherto Unpublished Manuscript by…
ANGLING - The Diary of A. J. Lane. With a Description of Those Fishes to be Found in British Fresh Waters. A Hitherto Unpublished Manuscript by A. J. Lane, Gentleman (1843). A Transcript from the…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
ANGLING - Thomas Tod STODDART (1810-80). The Art of Angling as Practised in Scotland ... Second Edition, 1836, 8vo, illustrations, original cloth with title label on the upper cover. With 7 other books of related interest. (8)
ANGLING - Thomas Tod STODDART (1810-80). The Art of Angling as Practised…
ANGLING - Thomas Tod STODDART (1810-80).  The Art of Angling as Practised in Scotland ... Second Edition. Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1836. Small 8vo (155 x 105mm). Woodcut vignette on the title,…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
ANGLING, DRY-FLY FISHING - F. M. HALFORD (1844-1914). Modern Development of the Dry Fly, London, 1910, large 8vo, 43 plates, many coloured, original buckram. FIRST TRADE EDITION. With 3 other books of related interest. (4)
ANGLING, DRY-FLY FISHING - F. M. HALFORD (1844-1914). Modern Development…
ANGLING, DRY-FLY FISHING - Frederic Maurice HALFORD (1844-1914).  Modern Development of the Dry Fly. The New Dry Fly Patterns and the Manipulation of Dressing Them and Practical Experiences of their…
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962). Images, London, [n.d. but ?1919], 8vo, original paper boards. With 11 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS. (12) Please see the full listing below.
ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962). Images, London, [n.d. but ?1919], 8vo,…
ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962).  Images. London: The Egoist Ltd., [n.d. but ?1919]. 8vo (183 x 125mm). Half title. Original tan buckram-backed brown paper boards with printed label on the upper cover…
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
ASHBEE, C. R. (1863-1942). The Trinity Hospital in Mile End ... Being the First Monograph of the Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London, London, 1896, 4to, 13 plates, original tan wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
ASHBEE, C. R. (1863-1942). The Trinity Hospital in Mile End ... Being the…
ASHBEE, Charles Robert (1863-1942).  The Trinity Hospital in Mile End: An Object Lesson in National History ... Being the First Monograph of the Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater…
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840). A System of Astronomy, Concord [New Hampshire], 1827, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 3 other books of related interest. (4)
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840). A System of Astronomy,…
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840).  A System of Astronomy, on the Principles of Copernicus: Containing, Besides the Usual Astronomical Calculations, A Catalogue of Eclipses Visible in the…
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
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

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