Specialist Books, Maps & Prints

~ H ~ Heny Mayo Bateman (1887-1970) Fellow of the Society for the Practice of Cheerful Martyrdom pen, ink and watercolour signed and dated ‘14 (ti...

~ H ~ Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1887-1959) “Observation. Ave a Squint through these ‘ere Bill; You can see one of the ----’s eatin’ a sausage as...

~ H ~ George ‘Bill’ Wakefield (1887-1942) and Terry Wakefield (1911-1989) Two Max Miller cartoons, for Film Fun 1941 ‘Still I’m a Knock-out at kno...

~ H ~ Basil Reynolds Marmaduke strip cartoon from ‘Skit Skat and the Captain’ from Mickey Mouse Weekly, December 30, 1939 pen and ink 44 x 30.5cm ...

~ H ~ Leslie Grimes (1898-1983) ‘We Shall Have to Move Dear, We have no Wall Space Big Enough for the Pacific’ charcoal drawing for the Star, Lond...

~ H ~ Bertie Brown ‘Six Second Sketches’ of Charlie Chaplin and Homeless Hector charcoal on creased paper, (two) 22 x 13cm and 14 x 16cm; with Joh...

~ H ~ Roy Wilson (1900-1965) Tommy Handley ‘Don’t Pick the Flowers’ 3 panel pen and ink cartoon from Radio Fun 1941 9 x 25cm and 8 x 12cm (framed ...

~ H ~ Roy Ullyet (1914-2001) Sonny Liston cartoon pen and ink drawing for the Daily Express, May 21, 1965 33 x 29cm; with Ern Shaw (d.1986) pen an...

~ H ~ Trog [Wally Fawkes] b.1924 Three panel caveman cartoon pen and ink with white heightening signed lower right 11 x 38.5cm; with John Jensen b...

~ H ~ Barry and Dobs Appleby The Gambols inscribed ‘With best wishes to all at the Cartoonists’ Convention Mount Royal Hotel 1976’ pen and ink car...

~ H ~ Josh Kirby (1928-2001) Knights of Madness - Further Comic Tales of Fantasy Preparatory artwork for the cover to the book edited by Peter Hai...

~ H ~ Humour and cartoons. A large collection of works circa 1940s and later, by Spike Milligan, Michael Green, Jules Feiffer, Willy Rushton (incl...

~ H ~ LAWSON WOOD. Collection of illustrated works including: Fun Fair, circa 1933; Splinters, in paper wrapper; Grandpop’s Book of Fun; 3 Grandpo...

CALDECOTT (R) Graphic Pictures, Complete Edition, George Routledge 1889, oblong folio, good, cloth gilt ...[more]

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RUSSELL FLINT (Sir W) Drawings, Collins 1950, first edition, with author’s gift inscription to first leaf ‘This is my friend Sidney Rogerson’s cop...

The Art of the Illustrator, circa 1918, as issued in 20 parts, original wrappers, artists featured include: Lawson Wood, C.E.Brock, Harry Rountree...

Illustrated. WALKER (R A) Some Unknown Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley, 1923, signed no. 133 of 500 copies, unopened, covers somewhat soiled; RICHARD...

STEINLEN Des Chats, Paris: no date (circa 1890), folio, pictorial lithographed boards, neat library blind stamps to some margins; LINDSAY (Lady) A...

NIELSEN (Kay; illustrator) East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North, deluxe edition [1914], number 76 of 500 copies signed b...

George Belcher (1875-1947) “I wants a postal arder Missus.., “ original cartoon drawing, signed 43 x 34cm (overall); and another similar smaller c...

Various, including Childrens: BEDFORD (F D) and E.V.LUCAS. Four and Twenty Toilers, colour illustrated, no date circa 1900, oblong 4to; AINSLIE (K...

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KIRBY (W F) European Butterflies and Moths, 1882, 4to, coloured plates, scattered spotting or staining, half morocco; BERGE (F) Schmetterlingsbuch...

DARWIN (Charles; after) The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle, in 4 volume facsimile limited edition, C.I.L. Ltd 1994, no. 681 of 1000 copies, h...

LAWSON (Henry, editor) The Monthly Microscopical Journal and Transactions of the Royal Microscopical Society, volumes I-XVIII, 1869-77, 8vo, illus...

[Whaling, America]. Taber Brothers (New Bedford, publishers) The Whaling Directory of the United States in 1869, With the Signals of the Fleet Lit...

Oyster Culture. Report of the Commission into the Methods of Oyster Culture in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Dublin 1870, 10 folding coloured li...

BOITARD, CAMUZET and others. Journal et Flore des Jardins, Paris 1832, 8vo, 36 good hand coloured engraved botanical plates with tissue guards, sp...

KIRKMAN (F B) The British Bird Book, 4 volumes 1911-13, 4to, colour plates, slight spotting (mainly to fore edges), one spine label chipped ...[...

PARKINSON (John) Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, an Herball.., 1640, folio, lacking title and all before ‘To the Reader’ leaf, numerous...

Dogs, etc. Various, including: WALSH (J H) The Dogs of the British Islands, 3rd edition, 1878; 3 other works by ‘Stonehenge’; BLAINE (D) Canine Pa...

Fur Feather and Fin Series, 12 volumes circa 1900, limited edition no.85 of 157 large paper sets, illustrated, edges uncut, bindings with faint ow...

Various including House and Garden. COBBETT (Anne) The English Housekeeper, no date, uncut, modern cloth backed boards; MAW & ABERCROMBIE. The Com...

Bound 18th century and later newspapers. The Weekly Register for April 1798-Dec 1799; The Record, 1829; Shepherds Bush and Hammersmith Gazette, 19...

DICKENS (C) All the Year Round, parts 105-112 inclusive (1868), including most of the Moonstone story, paper wrappers (some wear); with 7 Victoria...

Various. MOGG (Edward) Paterson’s Roads, 18th edition circa 1829, 8vo, folding general map, 9 other folding maps on fine paper (slight staining), ...

THACKERAY (William. M.) The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, 3 vols, London: Smith, Elder and Com...

~ H ~ SALA (George A, attributed to) Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 1878 Charles Fox issues, bound up from the parts with the pic...

~ H ~ CHARTERIS (Leslie) Collection of reprint editions of The Saint, several in dust wrappers, and typed letters signed to W.O.G. ‘Bill’ Lofts, c...

~ H ~ SWAN (Gerald G., Ltd., Publishers) Collection of 14 Thriller and Mystery stories circa 1944-50, first London editions in dust jackets (condi...

~ H ~ DICKENSIANA. Collection of works including: The Pic Nic Papers, Paris 1841, 8vo, half calf rubbed; ALDIN (C., illustrator) The Pickwick Pape...

~ H ~ The Reader’s Library Publishing Company Limited, circa 1930, a good collection of 101 works in dust jackets with many Film Editions includin...

~ H ~ Aldine Library of Invention, Travel and Adventure. Cloth bound collection of numbers 1 to 232, apparently complete, colour covers bound in, ...

~ H ~ STOKER (Bram) The Mystery of the Sea, 3rd impression 1902, inscribed presentation copy from the author to ‘Mrs Watson Rutherford the Lady Ma...

~ H ~ WELLS (H G) Collection of works, including: The Invisible Man, first edition, London 1897, half-title, 2pp. advertisements at end, some marg...

~ H ~ LEROUX (Gaston) Collection of 19 vols detective and mystery tales, with some first editions including: Balaoo; The New Terror (USA 1926) in ...

~ H ~ POE (Edgar Allan) Collection of 13 works, including: SLATER (M) The Centenary Poe, 1949, signed Edition de Luxe no. 19/120 for the Collector...

~ H ~ Detective and mystery stories. A collection largely of works by Sax ROHMER, including a signed inscribed first edition of Tales of Chinatown...

~ H ~ JAMES (M R) Collection of 11 works, including: More Ghost Stories, 2nd impression 1912, (title and half title fore edges reduced ?); Ghost S...

~ H ~ PREST (Thomas) [writer of Victorian ‘Penny Dreadfuls’], collection of 7 works circa 1850, now modern half morocco bound: The London Singer’s...

~ H ~ Victorian popular fiction. LLoyd’s Entertaining Journal, Vol. VI, 1847, with early use of ‘Zombi’ on pp.284-286, modern half morocco; LINDRI...

~ H ~ 19th century popular fiction - Romance- Gothic tales. The Terrific Register, 2 volumes 1825, 8vo, illustrations, rather stained, in worn dam...

~ H ~ STOKER (Bram) Dracula, seventh edition London 1899, 8vo, advert for ‘The Shoulder of Shasta’ and 16pp catalogue at end, slight scattered spo...

~ H ~ STOKER (Bram) The Jewel of Seven Stars, first edition London: Heinemann 1903, browning to margins throughout, red cloth (faded spine); The L...

~ H ~ STOKER (Bram) Collection of 8 works: The Man, 1st edition London 1905, slight spotting to extremities, spine worn; Dracula’s Guest, 1927 Sou...

~ H ~ War adventure, catastrophe and invasion. Collection mostly early 20th century, including: CONAN DOYLE (A) The Lost World, 1st edition (no da...

Literature, various. BRONTE (Emily and Anne) Wuthering Heights, and Agnes Grey, 1858 new edition, 8vo, adverts to pastedowns, faded worn cloth; BR...

Various, including BERTALL. The Communists of Paris, 1873, folio, hand coloured plates, cloth gilt; few disbound part works; photograph album - WW...

Literature, various, including leather bound: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1897, half morocco gilt by Sotheran; G.V. Dinners and Dinner-Parties, 2nd ...