MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99). The Flight from the Enchanter, London, 1956, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 19 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS IN DUST-JACKETS. (20) Please see the full listing below.
MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99). The Flight from the Enchanter, London, 1956, 8vo,…
MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99). The Flight from the Enchanter. London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. 8vo (198 x 135mm). Half title (rectangular stain to the left-hand half of the half title). Original tan cloth…
Estimate: £500 - £800
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). Lolita, London, 1959, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 4 other books including L' Affaire Lolita. Défence de l' Ecrivain (Paris, 1957, limited edition). (5)
NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977). Lolita, London, 1959, 8vo, original black…
NABOKOV, Vladimir (1899-1977).  Lolita. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959. 8vo (197 x 128mm). Half title (a few spots to the half title, title and a few margins). Original black cloth, the spine…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £150 - £250
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
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
[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
[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
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
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
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
ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, London, 1999, 8vo, original boards, dust-jacket. With The Chamber of Secrets (London, 1998). EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITIONS, SECOND AND NINTH IMPRESSIONS RESPECTIVELY. (2)
ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, London,…
ROWLING, J. K. (b. 1965).  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. London: Bloomsbury, 1999. 8vo (197 x 128mm). Half title and title both with the Hogwarts' coat-of-arms. Original coloured…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON - The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1700 to the Year 1720.) Abridg'd and Dispos'd under General Heads, London, 1721, 4to, 19 folding engraved plates, tables, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. With 3 other volumes. (4)
ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON - The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1700…
ROYAL SOCIETY, LONDON - The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1700 to the Year 1720.) Abridg'd and Dispos'd under General Heads. In Two Volumes. By Henry Jones ... Vol. IV. Containing Part I.…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
RUSSELL FLINT, William (1880-1969). In Pursuit. An Autobiography, London, The Medici Society, 1970, folio, illustrations, some coloured, original blue morocco gilt, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 1,008 OF 1,050 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST'S SON.
RUSSELL FLINT, William (1880-1969). In Pursuit. An Autobiography, London,…
RUSSELL FLINT, William (1880-1969).  In Pursuit. An Autobiography. London: "Privately Printed for Sir William Russell Flint and his Executors and Published by The Medici Society Ltd.," 1969. Folio …
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
RYCAUT, Paul (1629-1700). The Present State of the Ottoman Empire ... The Third Edition, London, 1670, folio, frontispiece, 2 plates and 19 illustrations, original calf. A FINE COPY WITH A DISTINGUISHED TRIPLE MODERN PROVENANCE.
RYCAUT, Paul (1629-1700). The Present State of the Ottoman Empire ... The…
RYCAUT, Paul (1629-1700).  The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing the Maxims of the the Turkish Politie, The most material Points of the Mahometan Religion, Their Sects and Heresies,…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
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
SASSOON, Siegfried. (1886-1967). Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, London, 1929, large 8vo, 7 plates by William Nicholson, original buckram, dust-jacket, FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. With 3 other related books. (4)
SASSOON, Siegfried. (1886-1967). Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, London,…
SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967).  Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. London: Faber & Faber, 1929. Large 8vo (224 x 150mm). Half title, 7 plates by William Nicholson, illustrations (some very light mainly…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Works, London, Allied Newspapers Ltd., [c.1930], 39 volumes only (of 40), miniature 16mo, original leatherette, in 3-tier wooden bookcase. (39)
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Works, London, Allied Newspapers Ltd…
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616).  The Works ... Carefully Edited and Compared with the Best Texts. Complete with Glossary and Short Biography. In 40 Volumes. London: Allied Newspaper Ltd., [c.1930].…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £80
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
SMALLEGANGE, Matthaeus (1624-1710, editor and contributor). Nieuwe Cronyk Van Zeeland, Middelburg, [1700], folio, engraved maps and plates, contemporary speckled calf. 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: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
SPARK, Muriel (1918-2006). The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, London, 1961, 8vo, original green cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION.
SPARK, Muriel (1918-2006). The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, London, 1961,…
SPARK, Muriel (1918-2006).  The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd., 1961. 8vo (198 x 130mm). Half title. Original bright green cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket by…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Hantshire described and devided, [London, 1676], hand-coloured engraved map of Hampshire, inset bird's-eye-view of Winchester, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY. With R. Morden's Hampshire (London, c.1695). (2)
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Hantshire described and devided, [London, 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," [1676]. Hand-coloured engraved…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT

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