[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed)]. Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns, London, 1808, 8vo, 13 engraved plates (stained), contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. With another related work. (2)
[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed)]. Scloppetaria:…
[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed; see note)].  Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns with Reference to their Forming the Basis of a…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BIBLE, in English - The Bible, London, 1599 [but later], [with:] Psalms of David, in Scots Meter, Edinburgh, 1632. 3 parts in one vol., square 8vo, titles with woodcut borders, contemporary calf (rubbed). Geneva Bible, with "breeches" reading in Genesis.
BIBLE, in English - The Bible, London, 1599 [but later], [with:] Psalms of…
BIBLE, in English - The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CASAL, Gaspar (1680-1759). Historia Natural, y Medica de el Principado de Asturias. Obra. Posthuma. Madrid, 1762, 4to, engraved frontispiece (some staining), contemporary vellum. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
CASAL, Gaspar (1680-1759). Historia Natural, y Medica de el Principado de…
CASAL, Gaspar (1680-1759).  Historia Natural, y Medica de el Principado de Asturias. Obra Posthuma ... La Saca a Luz el Doct. Juan Joseph Garcia. Madrid: "En la Oficina de Manuel Martin, Calle de la…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Nostromo, London, 1904, 8vo, (some staining and spotting), original blue cloth lettered and decorated in white, spine gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of what is widely-regarded as the author's masterpiece.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Nostromo, London, 1904, 8vo, (some staining…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard. London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title, publisher's advertisement on the verso of half title, woodcut printer's…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
FOTHERGILL, Jessie (1851-91). An autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's poem "O Me! O Life!", probably in the hand of Fothergill rather than that of the poet himself, inscribed at the foot, "Jessie Fothergill, Jan. 16. 1887", on one page, 204 x 126mm.
FOTHERGILL, Jessie (1851-91). An autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's…
FOTHERGILL, Jessie (1851-91).  An autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's poem "O Me! O Life!", probably in the hand of Jessie Fothergill rather than that of the poet himself, inscribed at the foot,…
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
FULLER, Samuel ([?]d.1736). Practical Astronomy, Dublin, 1732, 8vo, 10 folding engraved plates, 2 of which printed in sanguine, contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: Alice Grace (old armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
FULLER, Samuel ([?]d.1736). Practical Astronomy, Dublin, 1732, 8vo, 10…
FULLER, Samuel ([?]d.1736).  Practical Astronomy, in the Description and Use of both Globes, Orrery and Telescopes. Wherein the most useful Elements, and most valuable modern Discoveries of the true…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
KENSINGTON, LONDON - Leigh HUNT (1784-1859). The Old Court Suburb, London, 1902, 2 volumes, 4to, plates and illustrations by H. Railton, C. Shepperson and Edmund J. Sullivan, vellum gilt. ONE OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTISTS. With 2 related books. (4)
KENSINGTON, LONDON - Leigh HUNT (1784-1859). The Old Court Suburb, London,…
KENSINGTON, LONDON - Leigh HUNT (1784-1859).  The Old Court Suburb: or Memorials of Kensington, Regal, Critical, & Anecdotical [sic] ... edited by Austin Dobson & newly embellish'd. London:…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MAPS - John SPEED (1552-1629). Holy Iland ... Garnsey ... Farne ... Jarsey, [London], 1610 [but 1611 or later], engraved map, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. With 15 other engraved maps and charts, framed and glazed. (16)
MAPS - John SPEED (1552-1629). Holy Iland ... Garnsey ... Farne ... Jarsey…
MAPS - John SPEED (1552-1629).  Holy Iland ... Garnsey ... Farne ... Jarsey. [London:] "Performed by John Speede, and are to be solde in Popes heade alley by Joh. Sudbury and G. Humbell," 1610 [but…
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - Miguel de Lardizábal y URIBE (1739-1820).  2 printed proclamations in Spanish, each 3-pages in a single bifolium, [n.p. but Madrid and/or Mexico City], 1814, 1815. (2)
MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - Miguel de Lardizábal y URIBE (1739-1820). 2…
MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - Miguel de Lardizábal y URIBE (1739-1820).  2 printed proclamations in Spanish, each 3-pages in a single bifolium, [n.p. but Madrid and/or Mexico City], 1814, 1815. In…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Now We Are Six, London, 1927, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original buckram (without the jacket). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. With A. A. Milne's Two People (London, 1931, 8vo, buckram, jacket, FIRST EDITION). (2)
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Now We Are Six, London, 1927, 8vo, illustrations…
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. 8vo (188 x125mm). Half title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard (some light browning to the half title and final blank).…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MISCELLANY - comprising a highly varied collection of printed and manuscript material, including drawings and watercolours, dating from the 17th- to the 20th-centuries. Please see the detailed listing below. (qty)
MISCELLANY - comprising a highly varied collection of printed and…
MISCELLANY - comprising a highly varied collection of printed and manuscript material, including drawings and watercolours, dating from the 17th- to the 20th-centuries, including 1) Joseph Cerbantes…
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Claude BLAIR (1922-2010). Pistols of the World, London, 1968, 4to, attractively bound in red half morocco, PRESENTATION COPY. With 22 related books, almost all attractively bound in near-uniform red morocco gilt. (23)
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Claude BLAIR (1922-2010). Pistols of…
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Claude BLAIR (1922-2010).  Pistols of the World. London: B. T. Batsford, 1968. 4to (294 x 228mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, half tone illustrations.…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Herbert J. JACKSON (dates unknown). European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries, London, 1923, 4to, plates, buckram. ONE OF 550 COPIES. With 21 other related works in 25 volumes. (26)
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Herbert J. JACKSON (dates unknown).…
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Herbert J. JACKSON (dates unknown).  European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries ... with a Treatise on Scottish Hand Firearms by…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MOELLENBROCK, Valentin Andreas (d.1675). Cochlearia curiosa: or the Curiosities of Scurvygrass, London, 1676, 8vo, 4 folding plates, contemporary calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). The only English edition. Wing M2381. RARE.
MOELLENBROCK, Valentin Andreas (d.1675). Cochlearia curiosa: or the…
MOELLENBROCK, Valentin Andreas (d.1675).  Cochlearia curiosa: or the Curiosities of Scurvygrass. Being an exact Scrutiny and careful Description of the Nature and Medicinal Vertue of Scurvygrass. In…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £600 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
PALMER, Samuel (1805-81, illustrator) - John MILTON (1608-74). The Shorter Poems of John Milton, London, 1889, folio, 12 etched plates by Samuel Palmer, original pictorial vellum gilt. NUMBER 52 OF 135 "LARGE-PAPER" COPIES.
PALMER, Samuel (1805-81, illustrator) - John MILTON (1608-74). The Shorter…
PALMER, Samuel (1805-81, illustrator) - John MILTON (1608-74).  The Shorter [half title: Minor] Poems of John Milton with Twelve Illustrations by Samuel Palmer, Painter and Etcher. London: Seeley &…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
PAOLOZZI, Eduardo (1924-2005, artist). Underground Design, London, 1986, 4to, 18 "thermographic" plates, ORIGINAL COLOURED LITHOGRAPH BY PAOLOZZI SIGNED BY THE ARTIST IN PENCIL, original black cloth box. FIRST EDITION.
PAOLOZZI, Eduardo (1924-2005, artist). Underground Design, London, 1986,…
PAOLOZZI, Eduardo (1924-2005, artist).  Underground Design. Folio X. Introductory essay by Peter Cook, Conversations between Eduardo Paolozzi and Alvin Boyarsky, and Script by Eduardo Paolozzi. …
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, MONGOLIA - An album of 20 mounted albumen silver print photographed views of the Russian colony in Urga [now Ulaanbaatar], Mongolia, the photographs of varying sizes, some mounted two to a page, [late 19th-century].
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, MONGOLIA - An album of 20 mounted albumen silver print…
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, MONGOLIA - An album of 20 mounted albumen silver print photographed views of the Russian colony in Urga, [now Ulaanbaatar], Mongolia, signed in the plate by the photographer, in…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
SAVONAROLA, Michele (c.1384-1466). Libro della natura et virtu delle cose, che nutriscono & delle cose non naturali, Venice, 1576, 4to, vellum. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Second edition of this important work on nutrition.
SAVONAROLA, Michele (c.1384-1466). Libro della natura et virtu delle cose,…
SAVONAROLA, Michele (c.1384-1466).  Libro della natura et virtu delle cose, che nutriscono & delle cose non naturali, con alcune osseruationi per conseruar la sanità, & alcuni quesiti bellissimi da…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
SHURLOCK, Manwaring (dates unknown). Tiles from Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, Representing Early Romance Subjects, London, 1885, folio, frontispiece and 40 plates printed in colours, original-cloth-backed pictorial boards (shaken, text loose). FIRST EDITION.
SHURLOCK, Manwaring (dates unknown). Tiles from Chertsey Abbey, Surrey,…
SHURLOCK, Manwaring (dates unknown).  Tiles from Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, Representing Early Romance Subjects. London: William Griggs, 1885. Folio (485 x 340mm). Coloured frontispiece, title printed…
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
THAMES SHIPPING - The United Society of River Thames Ship Caulkers' Book of Prices, [?]London, 1824, 12mo, wrappers. RARE. With A Scale of Prices for Job Work, On Old Ships (London, 1825, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked). (2)
THAMES SHIPPING - The United Society of River Thames Ship Caulkers' Book…
THAMES SHIPPING - The United Society of River Thames Ship Caulkers' Book of Prices. [?London: no publisher], November 10, 1824. Square 12mo (105 x 92mm). 20-pages. Contemporary [or ?original] plain…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £70 - £100
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
THOMSON, James (1700-48). The Seasons, London, 1797, folio, 10 fine illustrations engraved by F. Bartolozzi and P. W Tomkins after W. Hamilton (lacks the frontispiece, some leaves browned), contemporary calf gilt. With 2 other books. (3)
THOMSON, James (1700-48). The Seasons, London, 1797, folio, 10 fine…
THOMSON, James (1700-48).  The Seasons ... Illustrated with Engravings by F. Bartolozzi, R. A. and P. W. Tomkins ... from Original Pictures Painted for the Work by W. Hamilton. London: Printed for P.…
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £100 - £200
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
VISSCHER, Nicolaes (1618-79). Novissima totius terrarum orbis tabula, [Amsterdam, c.1695], hand-coloured twin-hemisphere world map, with California as an island, Australia and Tasmania with partial outlines, 425 x 525mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY.
VISSCHER, Nicolaes (1618-79). Novissima totius terrarum orbis tabula, …
VISSCHER, Nicolaes (1618-79).  Novissima totius terrarum orbis tabula ... cum Privilegio Ordin: General: Belgii Foederati. [Amsterdam: c.1695]. Hand-coloured engraved twin-hemispherical world map…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
VOYNICH, Ethel Lilian (1864-1960). The Gadfly, New York, "Grosset & Dunlap Publishers", [?]1897 [but later, see note below], 8vo, burgundy buckram. PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "Mrs Lionel True's book, 20 Dec. '34. E. L. Voynich."
VOYNICH, Ethel Lilian (1864-1960). The Gadfly, New York, "Grosset & Dunlap…
VOYNICH, Ethel Lilian (1864-1960, née BOOLE).  The Gadfly. New York: "Grosset & Dunlap Publishers" [on verso of title: Henry Holt & Co.], [?]1897 [but later, see note]. 8vo (187 x 125mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
A CHINESE PORCELAIN AND WOOD FRAMED EIGHT-PANEL TABLE SCREEN
A CHINESE PORCELAIN AND WOOD FRAMED EIGHT-PANEL TABLE SCREEN
Late 19th/early 20th century
Each panel painted in famille-rose enamels with court scenes and panels of the Immortals riding on waves beside calligraphy, alternating with smaller blue and white…
Some typical wear to the enamels.Each panel has a later eye hook screwed to the top of the frame for hanging
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
25 June 2025 , 01:00 BST
25 June 2025 , 01:00 BST

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