BINDING - E. B. CHANCELLOR (1868-1937). Memorials of St James’s Street, London, 1922, large 8vo, 16 plates, FINELY BOUND in red crushed morocco gilt by Bayntun. FIRST EDITION, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 74 engraved or aquatint plates, some hand-coloured.
BINDING - E. B. CHANCELLOR (1868-1937). Memorials of St James’s Street,…
BINDING - Edwin Beresford CHANCELLOR (1868-1937).  Memorials of St James's Street together with The Annals of Almack's. London: Grant Richards, 1922. Large 8vo (216 x 135mm). Half title, 16 half tone…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BINDING - The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1864, large 8vo, interleaved with 27 FINE FULL-PAGE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS ON VELLUM, IN A FINE HIGHLY ELABORATE 19TH-CENTURY EMBROIDERED BINDING.
BINDING - The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1864, large 8vo, interleaved…
BINDING - The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ... Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864. Large 8vo (205 x…
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45). The Beauty of the Heavens, London, 1845, 4to, 104 FINE coloured aquatint and chromolithographed plates by Charles Blunt, contemporary burgundy half morocco gilt.
BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45). The Beauty of the Heavens, London, 1845,…
BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45).  The Beauty of the Heavens. A Pictorial Display of the Astronomical Phenomena of the Universe. Exhibited in One Hundred and Four Scenes, Accompanying and Illustrating…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BONNYCASTLE, John (1751-1821). An Introduction to Astronomy, London, 1786, large 8vo, engraved allegorical frontispiece and 20 plates, most folding, contemporary half calf (very worn). FIRST EDITION.
BONNYCASTLE, John (1751-1821). An Introduction to Astronomy, London, 1786,…
BONNYCASTLE, John (1751-1821).  An Introduction to Astronomy. In a Series of Letters, from a Preceptor to his Pupil. In Which the Most Useful and Interesting Parts of the Science are Clearly and…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
"CARROLL, Lewis" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1872, 8vo, illustrations by John Tenniel, original red buckram, "Twenty-Ninth Thousand". With the same author's Through the Looking-Glass (London, 1872, "Thirty-Second Thousand"). (2)
"CARROLL, Lewis" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1872…
"CARROLL, Lewis" [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-98)].  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., printed by Richard Clay, 1872 [but October 1871]. 8vo in 4s (183 x 125mm).…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84). La Meridienne de l' Observatoire Royal de Paris, Paris, 1744, 4to, 14 folding engraved plates and maps, contemporary mottled calf gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION.
CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84). La Meridienne de l'…
CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84).  La Meridienne de l' Observatoire Royal de Paris, Vérifiée dans toute l' Etendue du Royaume par de Nouvelles Observations. Pour en Déduire la Vraye…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660). Alle de Wercken, Amsterdam, 1712, 2 volumes bound in one, folio, additional engraved allegorical title, engraved plates and c. 400 emblematic illustrations, contemporary calf gilt.
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660). Alle de Wercken, Amsterdam, 1712, 2 volumes bound…
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: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Monchelsea: Ebenezer Press, [1969], folio, coloured linocut text and plates by Clarke printed on folded sheets, each plate initialed by the artist, original boards. ONE OF 25 ARTIST'S PROOF COPIES.
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Monchelsea:…
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator).  Balyn and Balan. Boughton Moncheslea, Kent: Ebenezer Press, [1969]. Folio (510 x 355mm). Coloured linocut title, text and plates by Graham Clarke, printed on 16…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Laughing Anne, London, 1923, large 8vo (dampstained), vellum. FIRST EDITION. NO. 4 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "To L. H. who prepared this edition for the press, her friend, J. C., 1923.""
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Laughing Anne, London, 1923, large 8vo …
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Laughing Anne. A Play. London: The Vine Books, 1923. Large 8vo (240 x 160mm). Half title, title with a vignette of palm trees printed in green (heavily dampstained…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Lord Jim, New York, 1900, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, second issue,  with the copyright page on the verso of the title reading "Copyright, 1899 and 1900."
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Lord Jim, New York, 1900, 8vo, original green…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Lord Jim. A Romance. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900. 8vo (198 x 130mm). Half title, title within double rule border with woodcut device (some very light mainly…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £80
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
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Tales of Unrest, London, 1898, 8vo, title printed in red and black, original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION of this collection of five short stories, FIRST ISSUE.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Tales of Unrest, London, 1898, 8vo, title…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Tales of Unrest. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. 8vo (200 x 125mm). Half title, publisher's advertisement on the verso of half title, title printed in red and black, 14…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CULPEPER, Nicholas (1616-54). Culpeper's Last Legacy ... The Fifth Impression, London, 1676, 8vo, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author (variable mainly marginal spotting and staining throughout), modern old-style speckled calf. Wing C7521A.
CULPEPER, Nicholas (1616-54). Culpeper's Last Legacy ... The Fifth…
CULPEPER, Nicholas (1616-54).  Culpeper's Last Legacy: Left and Bequeathed to his Dearest Wife, for the Publick Good. Being the Choycest and Most Profitable of those Secrets which while he lived were…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
FERGUSON, James (1710-76). Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, London, 1790, large 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 17 folding plates, contemporary calf (worn). The Eighth edition.
FERGUSON, James (1710-76). Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's…
FERGUSON, James (1710-76).  Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, And made Easy to those who have not studied Mathematics. To which are added, a Plain Method of Finding the…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
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
GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528). Corona florida medicinæ: sive De conservatione sanitatis, Venice, "per Johannem de forlivio & Gregorium fratres", 1491, folio, 125 leaves, painted initials, old calf. Provenance: John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. RARE.
GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528). Corona florida medicinæ: sive De…
GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528).  Corona florida medicinæ: sive De conservatione sanitatis. [Title at [a1]:]  Florida corona medicinae omnibus sanitatem affectatibus utilis & necessaria ... Capitulum…
Hammer price: £8,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
GLISSON, Francis (1597-1677) & others. A Treatise of the Rickets ... Enlarged ... and ... amended ... By Nich. Culpepper, London, 1651, 8vo, calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Second, or first "enlarged", edition in English.
GLISSON, Francis (1597-1677) & others. A Treatise of the Rickets ...…
GLISSON, Francis (1597-1677), Nicholas CULPEPPER (1616-54, editor) & others.  A Treatise of the Rickets: Being a Disease common to Children. Wherein (among many other things) is shewed, 1. The…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
HARVEY, Gideon (c.1640-c.1700). The Disease of London: or a New Discovery of the Scorvey, London, 1675, 8vo, ornaments, contemporary calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wing H1063. RARE.
HARVEY, Gideon (c.1640-c.1700). The Disease of London: or a New Discovery…
HARVEY, Gideon (c.1640-c.1700).  The Disease of London: or a New Discovery of the Scorvey. Comprizing The Nature, Manifold Differences, various Causes, Signs, Prognostics, Chronology, and several…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
HEALDE, Thomas ([?]1724-89). The New Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Translated into English, With Notes, Indexes of New Names, Preparations, &c. &c. ... The Third Edition, Corrected, London, 1788, 8vo, contemporary calf.
HEALDE, Thomas ([?]1724-89). The New Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of…
HEALDE, Thomas ([?]1724-89).  The New Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Translated into English, With Notes, Indexes of New Names, Preparations, &c. &c. ... The Third…
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £70 - £100
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the River Medway, London, 1793, large 8vo, map, 29 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary tree calf. FIRST EDITION. With Picturesque Views on the River Thames (London, 1792, 2 vols., contemporary calf). (3)
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the River Medway, London…
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800).  Picturesque Views on the River Medway, from the Nore to the Vicinity of its Source in Sussex: with Observations on the Public Buildings and other Works of Art in its…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
JACOVLEFF, Alexandre (1887-1938). Dessins et Peintures, Paris, 1927, 4to, 50 coloured plates by Jacovleff, unbound as issued in original portfolios, booklet. NUMBER 104 of 750 COPIES, THIS COPY "POUR SIMONE VINDEVOGHEL."
JACOVLEFF, Alexandre (1887-1938). Dessins et Peintures, Paris, 1927, 4to,…
JACOVLEFF [or IACOVLEFF or YAKOVLEV], Alexandre Yevgenievich (1887-1938).  Dessins et Peintures d' Afrique. Exécutés au cours de l' Expédition Citroën Centre Afrique ... Édité Sous la Direction de…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MAYER, J. T. (1723-62). Tabulæ motuum solis et lunæ, London, 1770, 4to, 2 folding plates, calf. FIRST EDITION of this work which "enabled the moon's celestial position on any standard meridian at any given time to be predicted within just over a degree."
MAYER, J. T. (1723-62). Tabulæ motuum solis et lunæ, London, 1770, 4to, 2…
MAYER, Johann Tobias (1723-62) [& Nevil MASKELYNE (1732-1811, editor)].  Tabulæ motuum solis et lunæ novæ et correctæ; auctore Tobia Mayer: quibus accedit methodus longitudinum promota, eodem auctore…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MAYNWARINGE, Everard (c.1628-99). Morbus polyrhizos et polymorphæs. A Treatise of the Scurvy ... The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, London, 1666, 8vo, modern old-style calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Wing M1501.
MAYNWARINGE, Everard (c.1628-99). Morbus polyrhizos et polymorphæs. A…
MAYNWARINGE, Everard (c.1628-99).  Morbus polyrhizos et polymorphæs. A Treatise of the Scurvy ... The Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged by the Author. London: "Printed by J. D. for S. Thompson at…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST

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