COOKE, William (d.1780). The Medallic History of Imperial Rome, London, 1781, 2 volumes, folio, 61 engraved plates, attractively bound in contemporary tree calf, spines elaborately gilt with red and black morocco lettering-pieces. FIRST EDITION. (2)
COOKE, William (d.1780). The Medallic History of Imperial Rome, London,…
COOKE, William (d.1780).  The Medallic History of Imperial Rome ... With the Several Medals and Coins, accurately Copied and Curiously Engraven. To which is prefixed, an Introduction, containing a…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
DAVIES, G. C. (1849-1922, photographer). The Scenery of the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk & Suffolk, London, [1883-84], First & Second Series, folio, 48 fine photogravure plates, unbound as issued in original half cloth portfolios. FIRST EDITION. RARE. (2)
DAVIES, G. C. (1849-1922, photographer). The Scenery of the Broads and…
DAVIES, George Christopher (1849-1922, photographer).  [Title from the upper cover of the portfolios:] The Scenery of the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk & Suffolk. London: Jarrold & Sons, [1883-84].…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
EMERSON, Peter Henry (1856-1936). Wild Life on a Tidal Water, London, 1890, 4to, 30 photogravure plates, folding chart, original buckram gilt (spine and corners rubbed). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 21 OF 500 COPIES. RARE. With 3 medals awarded to Emerson. (4)
EMERSON, Peter Henry (1856-1936). Wild Life on a Tidal Water, London, 1890…
EMERSON, Peter Henry (1856-1936, photographer).  Wild Life on a Tidal Water. The Adventures of a House-Boat and her Crew ... Illustrated with Thirty Photo-Etchings by P. H. Emerson and T. F. Goodall …
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956). A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz", Falls Village, CT, New Haven, CT, New York City, and Stockbridge, MA, 1939-55. (15)
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956). A series of 15 letters, of which two…
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956, German-American expressionist painter).  A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz"…
Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Live and Let Die, London, 1954, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket (jacket in second state). FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND OF THE AUTHOR'S JAMES BOND NOVELS. Gilbert A2.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Live and Let Die, London, 1954, 8vo, original…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  Live and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. 8vo (189 x 125mm). Half title. Original black cloth with blind-stamped circular device to the upper cover, the spine lettered…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Moonraker, London, 1955, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket (frayed with slight loss). FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S THIRD JAMES BOND NOVEL, with "shoo" corrected to "shoot" in the penultimate line of p.10. Gilbert A3.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Moonraker, London, 1955, 8vo, original black cloth…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  Moonraker. London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. 8vo (188 x 125mm). Half title (faint strip of browning to left side of half title, a few leaves with marginal stains, in particular at…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Goldfinger, New York, 1959, 8vo, half title (a few pages with light stains and spots), original black cloth with skull design stamped in blind with gold coins as eyes, dust-jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Gilbert A7b.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Goldfinger, New York, 1959, 8vo, half title (a few…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  Goldfinger. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959. 8vo (188 x 120mm). Half title (a few pages with light stains and spots). Original black cloth with skull design stamped in…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
FRANCE, Anatole (1844-1924). Le Puits de Sainte Claire, Paris, 1895, 8vo, later morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 27 OF 55 COPIES. With Paul Bourget's Le Disciple (Paris, 1889, 8vo, later morocco gilt, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 150 COPIES). (2)
FRANCE, Anatole (1844-1924). Le Puits de Sainte Claire, Paris, 1895, 8vo,…
FRANCE, Anatole (1844-1924).  Le Puits de Sainte Claire. Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1895. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on title. Attractively bound in later dark blue half…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). The Dark Flower, London, 1913, 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "Conrad Ackner, Cordially, John Galsworthy." With 4 other books by Galsworthy, all PRESENTATION COPIES to Conrad Ackner. (5)
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). The Dark Flower, London, 1913, 8vo, original…
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933).  The Dark Flower. London: William Heinemann, 1913. 8vo (184 x 120mm). 7-pages of publisher's advertisements at the front, half title (a few small stains and spots).…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
"GILES" - Giles Annuals, [London], 1945-89, First Series - Forty-third Series (a few duplicates, a few lacking), small oblong 4to, original coloured pictorial wrappers. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (qty)
"GILES" - Giles Annuals, [London], 1945-89, First Series - Forty-third…
"GILES" - Giles. Daily Express and Sunday Express Cartoons. [London:] Lane Publications Ltd., [n.d. but cartoons dated Oct. 3rd 1943 - Nov. 15th 1945]. Small oblong 4to (199 x 255mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - A. E. COPPARD (1878-1957). Rummy, Waltham Saint Lawrence, [1932], large 8vo, illustrations by Robert Gibbings, original morocco-backed cloth. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 26 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ARTIST. With 3 others. (4)
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - A. E. COPPARD (1878-1957). Rummy, Waltham Saint…
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - Alfred Edgar COPPARD (1878-1957) & Robert GIBBINGS (1889-1958, illustrator).  Rummy. That Noble Game expounded in Prose, Poetry, Diagram and Engraving ... With an Account of…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £250
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1931, 4to, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, boards. 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR & ARTIST, ARTIST'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to the publisher, and further inscribed by the publisher.
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1931, 4to,…
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932) & E. H. SHEPARD (1879-1976, illustrator).  The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co., 1931. 4to (227 x 182mm). Half title, woodcut publisher's device on the title,…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84) - Johnsoniana, London, John Murray, 1836, 8vo, engraved plates, FINELY BOUND in half tan morocco by Zaehnsdorf. With a one-page autograph letter from John Murray IV loosely-inserted. FIRST EDITION.
JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84) - Johnsoniana, London, John Murray, 1836, 8vo,…
JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84) - Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: being, Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr Johnson. London: John Murray, 1836. 8vo (222 x 140mm). Engraved frontispiece, additional…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
JONES, Paul (1921-97, illustrator). Flora Superba, London, 1971, folio, 16 coloured lithographed plates by Paul Jones, original half vellum by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 48 of 506 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.
JONES, Paul (1921-97, illustrator). Flora Superba, London, 1971, folio, 16…
JONES, Paul (1921-97, illustrator).  Flora Superba. Selected and Painted by the Artist. Text by Wilfrid Blunt. Foreword by Sir George Taylor. London: The Tryon Gallery, 1971. Folio (528 x 370mm).…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). 23 autograph letters and cards, signed, and 5 typed letters, signed ("Rudyard Kipling", "Ruddy"), to Edward ("Teddy" or "Ted") Price or to Teddy's mother, Sarah (six letters), Bateman's, and elsewhere, 1900-35.
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). 23 autograph letters and cards, signed, and…
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936).  23 autograph letters and cards, signed, and 5 typed letters, signed ("Rudyard Kipling", "Ruddy"), to Edward ("Teddy" or "Ted") Price or to Teddy's mother, Sarah (six…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Collected Verse, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1912, 4to, original full limp vellum, ties, slipcase. NUMBER 368 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER AND PRINTER.
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Collected Verse, London, Hodder & Stoughton,…
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936).  Collected Verse. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. 4to (265 x 205mm). Half title, title printed in turqoise and black, turqoise initials (some very light marginal…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LAW - The Book of the Bench, London, 1909, large 4to, 39 mounted coloured portraits of judges by "Spy" and others, original pictorial vellum gilt. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 76 OF 175 COPIES.
LAW - The Book of the Bench, London, 1909, large 4to, 39 mounted coloured…
LAW - The Book of the Bench. With Thirty-Nine Reproductions in Colour from Paintings by "Spy" and Other Cartoonists. London: James Mackenzie Limited, 1909. Large 4to (325 x 260mm). Half title, 39…
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Mrs Digby Wyatt, San Remo, 6 February 1871. Two-pages, 210 x 265mm, illustrated with three self-caricature drawings.
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear…
LEAR, Edward (1812-88).  Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Mrs Digby Wyatt, San Remo, 6 February 1871. Two-pages, 210 x 265mm, illustrated with three self-caricature drawings…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LONDON - [David HENRY (1710-92)]. An Historical Account of the Curiosities of London and Westminster, in Three Parts, London, 1759-61, 12mo, contemporary calf. With 9 works of related interest in 10 vols. (11)
LONDON - [David HENRY (1710-92)]. An Historical Account of the Curiosities…
LONDON - [David HENRY (1710-92)].  An Historical Account of the Curiosities of London and Westminster, in Three Parts. Part I. Contains a full Description of the Tower of London ... Part II. Contains…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LONDON - George CLINCH (1860-1921). Mayfair and Belgravia, London, 1892, 4to, plates, attractively bound by Henry Sotheran in burgundy crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. With another related work by the same author, uniformly bound. (2)
LONDON - George CLINCH (1860-1921). Mayfair and Belgravia, London, 1892,…
LONDON - George CLINCH (1860-1921).  Mayfair and Belgravia: Being an Historical Account of the Parish St. George, Hanover Square. London: Truslove & Shirley, 1892. 4to (238 x 175mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LONDON, CHIEFLY THE WEST END - Arthur Irwin DASENT (1859-1939). Piccadilly in Three Centuries, London, 1920, large 8vo, plates, attractively bound in green half morocco gilt. With 12 other books of related interest, all leather-bound. (13)
LONDON, CHIEFLY THE WEST END - Arthur Irwin DASENT (1859-1939). Piccadilly…
LONDON, CHIEFLY THE WEST END - Arthur Irwin DASENT (1859-1939).  Piccadilly in Three Centuries with some Account of Berkeley Square and the Haymarket. London: Macmillan and Co., 1920. Large 8vo (220…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LONDON, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED - John NELSON (dates unknown). The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Islington, London, 1823, 8vo, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with c.175 plates, FINELY BOUND in half morocco. With 8 works in 12 vols., all EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. (13)
LONDON, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED - John NELSON (dates unknown). The History and…
LONDON, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED - John NELSON (dates unknown).  The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Islington ... Second Edition. London: "Printed for and Sold by the Author," 1823. Large 8vo (225…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LONDON, GENERAL - E. B. CHANCELLOR (1868-1937). "Original Views of London as it is, by Thomas Shotter Boys, 1842". A Re-Issue, London, 1926, 2 works in one vol., 4to, plates, FINELY BOUND in morocco. With 16 other works in 20 vols, all leather-bound. (21)
LONDON, GENERAL - E. B. CHANCELLOR (1868-1937). "Original Views of London…
LONDON, GENERAL - E. Beresford CHANCELLOR (1868-1937).  "Original Views of London as it is, by Thomas Shotter Boys, 1842". A Re-Issue of the Complete Set of these Scarce and Valuable Delineations of…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LONDON, GENERAL - Warwick DRAPER (1873-1926). Chiswick, London, 1923, small folio, plates, original buckram-backed paper boards. FIRST EDITION. With 23 works of related interest in 24 volumes, bound in cloth or buckram. (25)
LONDON, GENERAL - Warwick DRAPER (1873-1926). Chiswick, London, 1923,…
LONDON, GENERAL - Warwick DRAPER (1873-1926).  Chiswick. London: Philip Allan & Co., 1923. Small folio (253 x 165mm). List of subscribers, half title, coloured frontispiece by Christopher Draper,…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST

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