MISCELLANY - Walter SCOTT (1771-1832). Quentin Durward, Edinburgh, 1823, 3 vols., original boards. FIRST EDITION. With 13 other books. (16)
MISCELLANY - Walter SCOTT (1771-1832). Quentin Durward, Edinburgh, 1823, 3…
MISCELLANY - [Walter SCOTT (1771-1832)].  Quentin Durward. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable, 1823. 3 volumes, 8vo (197 x 125mm). 4-pages of publisher's advertisements dated May 1832 at the…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
"THE PHONEY-WAR", DUNKIRK, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ - "The Leader Foolscap Folio Diary for 1940". Manuscript diary on c. 50 leaves kept by Thomas A. Johnson.
"THE PHONEY-WAR", DUNKIRK, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ - "The…
"THE PHONEY WAR", DUNKIRK, THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ - "The Leader Foolscap Folio Diary for 1940" [title printed on upper wrapper]. Folio (320 x 210mm). Manuscript diary on c. 50 leaves…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
"JANSON, Hank" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)]. Gun Moll for Hire, London, S. D. Frances, [1948 or later], 8vo, original coloured pictorial wrappers. With 19 other "pulp fiction" books by the same author. (20)
"JANSON, Hank" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)]. Gun Moll for Hire,…
PULP FICTION - "Hank JANSON" [i.e. Stephen Daniel FRANCES (d. 1989)].  Gun Moll for Hire. London: "Published by S. D. Frances. Sale Distributors: Gaywood Press Ltd.", [1948 or later]. 8vo (183 x…
Estimate: £70 - £100
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  A Prefect's Uncle, London, 1903, 8 plates, original coloured pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION, first issue.
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). A Prefect's Uncle, London, 1903, 8 plates,…
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  A Prefect's Uncle. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. 8vo (185 x 120mm). Half title, 8 half tone plates by R. Noel Pocock (3 plates detached, some mainly marginal…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Gold Bat. London, "Reprinted August 1911", 8 plates, original coloured pictorial cloth. With 3 other books by the same author, early reprints without dust-jackets. (4)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). The Gold Bat. London, "Reprinted August…
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Gold Bat. London: Adam and Charles Black, "Reprinted August 1911." 8vo (193 x 135mm). Half title, 8 half tone plates by T. M. R. Whitwell, 2-pages of publisher's…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Coming of Bill, London, 1920, original red cloth. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 5 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS without dust-jackets. (6)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). The Coming of Bill, London, 1920, original…
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Coming of Bill. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1920. 8vo (186 x 125mm). Half title, 4-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end (some spotting and staining).…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Piccadilly Jim, London, [n.d. but after 1919], original green cloth. Reprint. With 19 other books by the same author, mixed editions, without dust-jackets. (20)
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Piccadilly Jim, London, [n.d. but after 1919…
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  Piccadilly Jim.  London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [n.d. but after 1919]. 8vo (186 x 125mm). Half title (without illustrations, as issued). Original green cloth.…
Hammer price: £250
Estimate: £400 - £600
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts, Paris, 1786, vol. XXVIII [only], engraved plates, contemporary calf. With 15 other books. (16)
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et…
MISCELLANY - Observations sur la Physique, sur l' Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal de Physique, Janvier-Juin, 1786. Volume XXVIII [only], 4to (253 x  195mm). Woodcut…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
MARGUERITE DE LAUNAY, baronne de Staal (1684-1750).  Mémoires, Paris, 1891, etched illustrations in 2 states, VERY FINELY BOUND in contemporary crushed burgundy morocco gilt by Marius Michel.
MARGUERITE DE LAUNAY, baronne de Staal (1684-1750). Mémoires, Paris, 1891…
MARGUERITE DE LAUNAY, baronne de Staal (1684-1750).  Mémoires. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1891. Large 8vo (226 x 150mm). Etched illustrations by Léon Boisson after Charles Delort in 2 states, one…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90)]. Les Péchés de Minette, Montréal [?but Paris], [c. 1902], black crushed morocco gilt.
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90)]. Les Péchés de Minette, Montréal […
[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90), attributed]. Les Péchés de Minette. Par l' Auteur de La Passion de Gilberte. Montréal [?but Paris]: G. Lebaucher [?but Malakoff], [c. 1902]. Small 8vo (162 x…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Years, London, The Hogarth Press, 1937, original turquoise cloth, dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's Flush (London, 1933, modern green half morocco gilt, FIRST EDITION). (2)
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Years, London, The Hogarth Press, 1937,…
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941).  The Years. London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. 8vo (180 x 120mm). Half title. Original turquoise cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, the dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
BURROUGHS, William S. (1914-97). The Naked Lunch, Paris, The Olympia Press, 1959, original green stiff printed wrappers, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, first issue.
BURROUGHS, William S. (1914-97). The Naked Lunch, Paris, The Olympia Press…
BURROUGHS, William S. (1914-97).  The Naked Lunch. Paris: "The Traveller's Companion Series published by The Olympia Press", 1959. 8vo (175 x 110mm). Half title, title within green typographical…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita (1892-1962). The Garden, London, [1946], original tan buckram gilt. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 250 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita (1892-1962). The Garden, London, [1946], original tan…
SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita (1892-1962).  The Garden. London: Michael Joseph, [1946]. Large 8vo (229 x 145mm). Half title, wood-engraved decorations and sectional vignettes by James Broome-Lynne. Original…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
PRONY, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de (1755-1839). Neue Architektur Hydraulika, 1801, vol. II only (of 2), engraved plates, contemporary paper boards. With another book. (2)
PRONY, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de (1755-1839). Neue Architektur…
PRONY, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de (1755-1839).  Neue Architektura Hydraulika ... Zweiter Theil welcher die umstandliche Beschreibung der Dampfmafchinen enthalt. Aus dem Franzöfifchen von…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine, London, 1895, original publisher's buckram. FIRST EDITION.
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine, London, 1895, original…
WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946).  The Time Machine. An Invention. London: William Heinemann, 1895. 8vo (177 x 115mm). Half title with one-page advertisement for "The Pioneer series" on the verso, 32-pages …
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
SANGUINETTI, Antoni (b. 1829). La Serrurerie au XIXe Siècle, Paris, [1875], 124 lithographed plates of ornamental French ironwork, original cloth gilt.
SANGUINETTI, Antoni (b. 1829). La Serrurerie au XIXe Siècle, Paris, [1875]…
SANGUINETTI, Antoni (b. 1829).  La Serrurerie au XIXe Siècle. Paris: Au Bureau des Publications, [1875]. 4 parts bound in one volume, oblong 4to (238 x 315mm). 124 lithographed plates by Zamor after…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 00:00 GMT
THE PARANORMAL AND "PSEUDO-SCIENCE" - A. Freiherrn von SCHRENCK-NOTZING (1862-1929). Materialisations-Phaenomene, Münich, 1914, half tone illustrations including many of "ectoplasm", cloth. With 24 other books of related interest. (25)
THE PARANORMAL AND "PSEUDO-SCIENCE" - A. Freiherrn von SCHRENCK-NOTZING …
THE PARANORMAL AND "PSUEDO-SCIENCE" - A. Freiherrn von SCHRENCK-NOTZING (1862-1929).  Materialisations-Phaenomene. Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung der Mediumistischen Teleplastie. Münich: Verlag von…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936). Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrusen, Wiesbaden, 1898, original wrappers. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. With another copy in half buckram. (2).
PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936). Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrusen, Wiesbaden, 1898…
PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936).  Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrüsen ... Autorisierte Ubersetzung aus dem Russischen. Wiesbaden: Varlag von J. F. Bergmann, 1898. Large 8vo (257 x 175mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
FIGUIER, Louis (1819-94). Les Merveilles de l' Industrie, Paris, [1873-77], 4 vols., contemporary morocco-backed boards. With 3 other works in 6 vols. (10)
FIGUIER, Louis (1819-94). Les Merveilles de l' Industrie, Paris, [1873-77]…
FIGUIER, Louis (1819-94).  Les Merveilles de l' Industrie ou Description des Principales Industries Modernes. Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie., [1873-77]. 4 volumes, folio (285 x 190mm). Half titles,…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
La Nature. Review des Sciences et de Leurs Applications aux Arts et l' Industrie, Paris, 1873-1912, 40 vols. bound in 39, 4to, illustrations, contemporary morocco-backed cloth. (39)
La Nature. Review des Sciences et de Leurs Applications aux Arts et l'…
La Nature. Revue des Sciences et de leurs Applications aux Arts et l' Industrie. Journal Hebdomadaire Illustré, edited by Gaston Tissander and others. Paris: G. Masson, 1873-1912. 40 volumes bound in…
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
DECORATIVE FRENCH PAPER AND CLOTH BINDINGS - Les Insectes, [Paris, c. 1825], original yellow decorated paper boards. With c. 30 others. (qty)
DECORATIVE FRENCH PAPER AND CLOTH BINDINGS - Les Insectes, [Paris, c. 1825…
DECORATIVE FRENCH PAPER AND CLOTH BINDINGS - Les Insectes. [Paris: chez Marcilly Ainé, c. 1825]. One volume (only, of 6), 12mo (148 x 95mm). Hand-coloured wood-engraved frontispiece. Original yellow…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £200 - £300
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
Der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Paris. Physische Abhandlungen, Breslau, 1748-54, 10 vols., plates, contemporary paper boards. With Mémoires de l' Institut National des Sciences et Arts (Paris, [1792-1803], 4 vols., boards). (14)
Der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Paris. Physische Abhandlungen,…
Der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Paris. Physische Abhandlungen. Breslau: Berlegts Johann Jacob Korn, 1748-54. 10 volumes, large 8vo (215 x 135mm). Woodcut ornaments on titles, 200 engraved…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £300 - £500
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
BANNERMAN, David Armitage (1886-1979). The Birds of the British Isles, Edinburgh, 1953-63, 12 vols., coloured plates by George E. Lodge, original cloth, dust-jackets. FIRST EDITION. (12)
BANNERMAN, David Armitage (1886-1979). The Birds of the British Isles,…
BANNERMAN, David Armitage (1886-1979).  The Birds of the British Isles. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1953-63. 12 volumes, 4to (268 x 190mm). Half titles, coloured plates by George E. Lodge,…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
The remainder of the science library of Peter and Margarethe Braune comprising a very large collection of miscellaneous periodicals, journals, catalogues, reference books, etc. Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. (qty)
The remainder of the science library of Peter and Margarethe Braune…
The remainder of the science library of Peter and Margarethe Braune comprising a very large collection of miscellaneous periodicals, journals, sale and dealer's catalogues, reference books, etc.,…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £0 - £0
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT
9 December 2021 , 17:00 GMT

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