GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY, GRAND TOUR AND AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

Auction Catalogues - Bonhams:~ The Marouf Collections, Part I & II, December 2012 - May 2013, h/b, 4to, (2); Sotheby & Co:~ The René Fribourg Coll...

Baker (Sir Richard, Knight), A Chronicle of the Kings of England, From the time of the Romans Government Unto the Death of King Jmaes [...] Whereu...

Baskerville Imprint, Sallustius (G[aius] Crispus) and Florus (L[ucius] Annæus, [Histories], first edition, John Baskerville, Birmingham 1773, pp: ...

Bemrose (William), The Life and Works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., Commonly Called "Wright of Derby", With a Preface by Cosmo Monkhouse, Illustrated ...

Blome on The Bible, The History of the Old and New Testament; Extracted out of Sacred Scripture, and Writings of the Fathers, To which are Added T...

Botany - Thornton (Robert John, M.D.), The Temple of Flora, Essay and Descriptions of Plates by Werner Dressendörfer, Taschen, Köln 2008, large bo...

British Travel and Topography - Hakewill (James), The History of Windsor; and Its Neighbourhood, Edmund Lloyd, London 1813, full-page engraved pla...

British Travel and Topography - Shalder's Birmingham Directory 1854, Issued Annually, Wrightson and Bell, Birmingham [1854], line engravings and a...

British Travel and Topography - The British Tourist; or, Traveller's Instructive Guide through England and Wales [...], Printed and Published by R...

Burke's Peerage: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council and Knightage [...], ninety-fifth edition, B...

Camden (William), Britannia: or a Chorographical Defcription (sic) of Great Britain and Ireland, Together with the Adjacent Lands, Written in Lati...

Camden's Britannia, Newly Tranflated (sic) into Englifh (sic): With Large Additions and Improvements, Publifh'd (sic) by Edmund Gibson [...], Prin...

Cartography - The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World [...], Compiled and Engraved [...by] W.G. Blackie [...], Blackie & Son, London 1882...

Children's Book - Ruskin (John), The King of the Golden River, or The Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria, Illustrated by Richard Doyle, fifth edit...

Children's Books - Barrie (J.M.), Peter Pan & Wendy, Decorated by Gwynedd M. Hudson, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, for Boots [...], London [dated ...

COLE, John. The history and antiquities of Filey in the county of York, published by Scarborough, printed and published by J. Cole (1828)

Dictionnaire des Antiquités Grecques et Romaines d'Après Les Textes et Les Monuments [...], [and] Tables [supplement], complete and bound as nine-...

Egypt: Heliogravures After Original Views, With a Preface by C.G. Rawlinson, edited by R.M. Junghaendel, Thos. Cook & Son Special Edition, Cosmos:...

Fridtjof Nansen's, Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-96 and a of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journe...

Gaspey (William), Tallis's Illustrated London; In Commemoration of The Great Exhibition of All Nations in 1851, Forming a Complete Guide to The Br...

Giles Annuals - the first 45 series, pictorial paper covers as issued, oblong 4to, (45); a typed and signed letters from Mrs Giles on behalf of he...

Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von), Faust, Translated by Abraham Hayward, With Illustrations by Willy Pogany, Hutchinson & Co., London 1908, xx, 210pp, ...

Gordon Riots - The Trial of Lord George Gordon, [London n.d., 1781], pp: 66 (trial account complete but lacking presumed title-page and a blank pr...

Hill (Thomas), The profitable Art of Gardening, now the third time fet (sic) forth: to which is added muche (sic) neceffarie (sic) matter, and a n...

Hokusai (Katsushika), One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, three-volume picture book, [Tokyo?, Edo period, 1834 - 1868], illustrated throughout with t...

Horology - Goodison (Nicholas), English Barometers 1680 - 1860: A History of Domestic Barometers and their Makers, Cassell, London 1969, h/b, d/j;...

Japanese School (Edo/Meiji period), an eight-volume set of picture books, printed in monochrome woodblock with script, flowers, further flora and ...

Keble (Joseph, of Grays-Inn, Efquire (sic)), The Statutes at Large in Paragraphs and Sections or Numbers, From Magna Charta Until this Time, (Care...

Kent Topography & History - The History of Kent County Cricket [...], edited by The Right Hon. Lord Harris [...], Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1907...

Kitao (Tatsunobu), picture book, [dated 1764 in pencil], printed in monochrome woodblock with birds, flowers and script, papered covers, printed p...

Leigh (Charles, Doctor of Phyfick (sic)), The Natural History of Lancafhire, Chefhire, and the Peak, in Derbyfhire (sic, Lancashire, Cheshire & De...

Local Interest - Derbyshire - Glover (Stephen), The History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Derby [...], edited by Thomas Noble, Henry ...

Local Interest - Ilam Anastatic Drawing Society 1865, Printed For The [...] Society, by M. Hoon, Ashbourne 1865, full-page anastatic plates with a...

Local Interest - Illustrations of Haddon Hall: From Sketches Made Upon the Spot, By that Eminent Painter, George Cattermole, Esq., Containing Fort...

Lord Byron - Anon [George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron], Don Juan: Cantos 1 & 2, Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, London 1819, adverts[viii], [vi], 227pp...

Mackenzie (Compton): Greek Memories, first edition - the suppressed edition, Cassell and Company, Limited, London 1932, h/b, d/j, 12mo & Gallipoli...

MacQuoid (Percy) and Edwards (Ralph), The Dictionary of English Furniture: From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period, With a General Introd...

Marcoy (Paul), A Journey Across South America, From the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, Illustrated with Six Hundred Engravings on Wood, Draw...

Mathematical Sammelband - early-mid 19th century math papers, including Poisson [Siméon Denis], Mémoire: Sur le mouvement des fluides élastiques d...

Mela (Pomponius), Pomponii Melæ de Situ Orbis, Libri Tres, Ad omnium Angliae et Hiberniae Codicum MSS. fidem fumma (sic) cura et diligentia recogn...

Miscellaneous - A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments: Explanatory of their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utilit...

Miscellaneous - Geddie (John), The Home Country of R.L. Stevenson: Being the Valley of the Water of Leith from Source to Sea, Illustrated by Josep...

Miscellaneous - The National Cyclopædia of Useful Knowledge, twelve-volume set, Charles Knight, London 1847 - 1851, line engravings illustrating t...

Miscellaneous - The New, Complete, and Universal History, Description, and Survey of The Cities of London and Weftminfter (sic), The Borough of So...

Morant (Philip), The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, Compiled from the Best and Most Ancient Historians; From Domesday-Book, Inqui...

Natural History - Morris (The Rev. F.O., B.A.), A History of British Butterflies, With Seventy-Two Coloured Plates, fifth edition, George Bell & S...

Natural History - Ray Society, McIntosh (Prof. W.C.), The British Marine Annelids, volumes III Part II - Plates, IV Parts I & II only, Dulau & Co....

Naval History and Warfare - Baudry (Lieutenant A., French Navy), The Naval Battle: Studies of the Tactical Factors, Followed by Observations on Un...

Nelson Interest - Association Copy, Clarke (The Rev. James Stanier, F.R.S.) and M'Arthur (John, Esq., LL.D., Late Secretary to Admiral Lord Viscou...

Orient - Schinz (Alfred), The Magic Square: Cities in Ancient China, Edition Axel Menges, Stuttgart and London 1996, h/b, d/j, square folio; Old P...

Ornithology - Brown (Leslie) and Amadon (Dean), Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World, two-volume set, Country Life Books, Feltham 1968, brown bu...

Paterson (Daniel), A New and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales [...], eighth edition, F. Power...

Philately - Morley's Philatelic Journal: A Monthly Paper for Collectors of Postage, Revenue, Telegraph and Railway Stamps, volumes I - VI, Walter ...

Philately - Wilson (Sir John, Bt, Keeper [...]), The Royal Philatelic Collection, edited by Clarence Winchester, Published by The Viscount Kemsley...

Picturesque Palestine: Sinai and Egypt, edited by Sir Charles Wilson, R.E., K.C.B., F.R.S., Assisted by the Most Eminent Palestine Explorers, With...

Polynesia - Routledge (Mrs. Scoresby), The Mystery of Easter Island: The Story of an Expedition, Printed for the Author by Hazel, Watson and Viney...

Private Presses - Thompson (Silvanus P., F.R.S.), William Gilbert, and Terrestial Magnetism in the Time of Queen Elizabeth, presentation copy, Cha...

Provincial Imprint, Blomfield (The Rev. E.), A General View of The World, Geographical, Historical, and Philosophical; On a Plan Entirely New, two...

Provincial Imprint, The Christian's New and Complete Family Bible: Being a New, Clear, Full, and Universal Exposition and Commentary of the Holy S...

Royal History - Provincial Imprint, Hulbert (C.), Royal Biography: or, Sketches of the Lives of Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses, Eminent for...