Books, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs

LATHAM (SIMON) Faulconry, or the Faulcon's Lure and Cure [-Latham's New and Second Book of Faulconry], 2 parts in 1 vol., fourth edition, woodcut...

LEAR (EDWARD) Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'S.G. Jenkinson, from the author April 1874' o...

MARWOOD (WILLIAM) Autograph letter signed ('Wm Marwood'), to the Governor of Norwich Castle ('Dear Sir'), advising him of the date and time of his...

MOXON (JOSEPH) Mechanick Exercises, or the Doctrine of Handy-works. Began Jan. I 1677. And Intended to be Monthly Continued, vol. 1 (of 2), compri...

NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE) 'Our Indian Stewardship', [in] The Nineteenth Century. A Monthly Review, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the upper...

[O. (C.)] The Conduct and Character of Count Nicholas Serini, Protestant Generalissimo of the Auxiliaries in Hungary... with his Parallels to Scan...

ROSSETTI (CHRISTINA) Series of eight affectionate autograph letters signed ('Christina G. Rossetti'), to Scottish artist Alice Boyd ('My dear Miss...

RUSKIN (JOHN) A bound volume of engraved views after Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, INSCRIBED BY RUSKIN TO HIS FRIEND 'MARY CONSTANCE HILLIARD, wi...

RUSKIN (JOHN) War. A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 100 COPIES PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR to 'the C...

RUSKIN - BINDING SPIELMANN (M.H.) John Ruskin. A Sketch of His Life, His Work, and His Opinions with Personal Reminiscences, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR...

TYRON (THOMAS) Pythagoras his Mystick Philosophy reviv'd: or the Mystery of Dreams unfolded ... to which is added a discourse of the causes, natur...

WHISTLER (JAMES ABBOT MCNEILL) Two autograph letters signed ('J. Mc.Neill Whistler') and with his butterfly device, the first to the 'Gentlemen' ...

SUFFRAGE - 'VOTES FOR WOMEN' SASH Original 'Votes for Women' tri-coloured suffragette sash, woven in purple, green and white, with 'Votes for Wome...

SUFFRAGE HANDKERCHIEF Satirical handkerchief titled 'Women's rights and what came of it '1981'', depicting women of the future fulfilling traditio...

SUFFRAGE – 'MOTORING SCARF' Striped tri-coloured suffragette scarf with 'Votes for Women' printed at each end, cream Japanese silk, printed in pur...

SUFFRAGE - 'VOTES FOR WOMEN' SASH Handmade tri-coloured suffragette sash, in purple, green and white cotton with 'Votes for Women' stencilled in b...

SUFFRAGE – BROOCH Brooch in the form of a five-bar gate with the words 'Only For One' picked out in purple enamel, pinned to a tri-colour homemade...

SUFFRAGE - 'VOTES FOR WOMEN' SASH Original 'Votes for Women' tri-coloured suffragette sash, woven in purple, green and white, with 'Votes for Wom...

SUFFRAGE - VOTES FOR WOMEN Votes for Women. Edited by Frederick & Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, vol. I. October 1907 to September 1908 [nos. 1-29], ...

SUFFRAGE HAMILTON (CICELY) Beware! A Warning to Suffragists... With Sketches by H. Lowndes, D. Meeson Coates, C. Hedley Charlton, FIRST EDITION, ...

BELLOC (HILAIRE) Group of notebooks, letters and a signed photograph from the collection of Belloc's friend Emma Pescatore (1875-1930), comprising...

BINDING BENTZON (THÉRÈSE) Jacqueline... with Illustrations by Albert Lynch, NUMBER V OF 40 COPIES on Whatman paper with an ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR BY...

CAMPBELL (ROY) Archive of autograph and printed material relating to South African poet, Roy Campbell (1901-1957), much relating to the 1950 editi...

CHURCHILL (WINSTON) Signature ('W S Churchill'), in ink on reverse of a printed menu for the Cambridge University Conservative Association Annual ...

CHURCHILL (WINSTON) Two typed letters signed ('Winston S. Churchill'), to J.D. Abbott Esq. ('Dear Mr Abbott'), the first thanking him for his assi...

COMPUTING – DEUCE Manuscript programming guide for the DEUCE computer, titled 'DEUCE/ (Basic)' and dated '28.8.1961 to 28.11.1961' on upper cover,...

COSTUME DESIGN MESSEL (OLIVER) Design for the costume of 'The Mother', from the Music Box Theatre, New York production of 'Rashomon', ink, charco...

CRICK AND WATSON - DNA AND GENETICS WATSON (JAMES D.) AND FRANCIS H.C. CRICK et al. 'Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids. A Structure of Deoxyrib...

DOVES PRESS MILTON (JOHN) Areopagitica; a Speech... for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament [sic] of England, one of 300 copies ...

DOYLE (ARTHUR CONAN) The Hound of the Baskervilles, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 'you' for 'your' on page 13, line 3, half-title, frontispiec...

FLEMING (IAN) Dr. No, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, publisher's first state plain black cloth boards (binding B), gilt stamped on spine, dust-...

FLEMING (IAN) Goldfinger, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, publisher's black cloth (first state), front cover blocked in blind with line drawing ...

FLEMING (IAN) The Spy Who Loved Me, UNCORRECTED PROOF, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, publisher's yellow-green wrappers, lettered in black, light wear an...

FLEMING (IAN) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, UNCORRECTED PROOF, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, some corner tips turned, publisher's yellow-green wrappe...

FLEMING (IAN) On Her Majesty's Secret Service, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 96 OF 250 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, colour frontispiece ...

FLEMING (IAN) You Only Live Twice, UNCORRECTED PROOF, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, very small grease stain at top outer corner of opening 60 pages, pub...

FLEMING (IAN) The Man with the Golden Gun, UNCORRECTED PROOF, LIMITED TO 596 COPIES, extensive corrections and emendations in pencil by the copy-...

FLEMING (IAN) Dr. No, second state cloth with silhouette, [1958]; Goldfinger, [1959]; For Your Eyes Only, [1960]; Thunderball, [1961]; The Spy Wh...

FLEMING (IAN) Thunderball, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, first issue, publisher's dark brown cloth, blindstamped (binding variant A), spine en...

FRINK (ELIZABETH, ILLUSTRATOR) Aesop's Fables, NUMBER 16 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED ON THE COLOPHON, WITH 4 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS SIGNED BY FRINK, and 4...

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS EPHEMERA A good collection including prospectuses (25), seasonal lists (23), subscription lists and advertisements (7), man...

GRAHAME (KENNETH) The Wind in the Willows, NUMBER 250 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY E.H. SHEPARD, colour illustrations by E.H. Shepard throughout, publ...

GREENAWAY (KATE) SPIELMAN (M.H.) AND G.S. LAYARD. Kate Greenaway, NUMBER 51 OF 500 DE LUXE COPIES, WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL SKETCH BY THE AUTHOR, l...

HEMINGWAY (ERNEST) The Old Man and the Sea, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 'A' and Scribner's seal on the copyright page, publisher's light blu...

LANG (ANDREW) The Rainbow Fairy Books, 13 vol. (including 'The Nursery Rhyme Book'), COMPLETE SET, Blue a third printing, Pink a second printing,...

LE CARRÉ (JOHN) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, NUMBER 86 OF 250 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, publisher's cloth, DUST-JACKET DESIGNED BY PAUL SMITH, ...

LINDBERGH (CHARLES) Two typed letters signed ('Charles A. Lindbergh'), to Rev. Dr. Rosslyn Bruce ('Dear Bruce'), the first expressing his sadness ...

MILNE (A.A.) Winnie-The-Pooh, [1926]; Now We Are Six, [1927]; The House at Pooh Corner, [1928], FIRST EDITIONS, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, pu...

MILNE (A.A.) Winnie-the-Pooh, 1976; Now We Are Six, 1977; The House at Pooh Corner, 1978, EACH LIMITED TO 300 COPIES SIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER MILNE, ...

NICHOLSON (WILLIAM) BIANCO (MARGERY WILLIAMS) The Velveteen Rabbit Or How Toys Become Real. With Illustrations by William Nicholson, FIRST EDITION...

O'TOOLE (PETER) Loitering with Intent. The Child, FIRST EDITION, THE DEDICATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper '30-10-9...

OMAR KHAYYAM [FITZGERALD (EDWARD, translator)] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Translated into English, [ONE OF 25 COPIES...

OMAR KHAYYAM - BINDING KHAYYAM (OMAR) Rubaiyat... Translated by Edward Fitzgerald, 5 colour plates by Frank Brangwyn, title and poetic text withi...

RACKHAM (ARTHUR) ANDERSEN (HANS CHRISTIAN) Fairy Tales, INSCRIBED WITH A LARGE PEN AND INK DRAWING BY RACKHAM, 'To Sister Mabel Fearn from his pat...

ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first deluxe edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on the dedication leaf, with the number seque...

ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the dedication leaf, publisher's pictorial boards, dus...

ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first English deluxe edition, with a full-page ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND AN ORIGINAL PENCIL IL...

ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, publisher's pictorial boards, dust-jacket [Er...

SINN FEIN - IRELAND A Sinn Fein banner with legend 'Sinn Fein. Craob.[h] Eíre Óg' [Branch of Young Ireland], with central decoration of a Celtic ...

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) Typed letter signed ('J.R.R. Tolkien'), to Justin Arundale ('Dear Justin'), thanking him for his letter, and continuing '...I am ...