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DICKENS (Charles) Master Humphrey's Clock, 1840-41, 8vo, numbers 1 to 88 in 20 separate parts numbered 1 to 20, original wrappers, some age staini...

DICKENS (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, first edition, London 1865, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, illustrated by Marcus Stone, engraved title and plates, cont...

DICKENS (Charles). Nicholas Nickleby, London 1839, 8vo, frontispiece and plates with typical marginal darkening or staining, lacks upper board; Ho...

Dreams and ghosts, 8vo and smaller. OLLIER (C) Fallacy of Ghosts Dreams and Omens. 1848; COLQUHOUN (J C) Seven Lectures on Somnambulism, 1845; BLA...

EURIPIDES. The Tragedies. London: forJ. Dodsley 1781-83, 4to, translated by Robert Potter, in 2 vols., vignette portrait to title of vol. I, templ...

HENRY (John) and James PARKER (publishers) Tales illustrating Church History. 3 volumes c.1859-60, 12mo, black morocco (slightly rubbed), the cont...

History and topography, general literature. Victoria History series, Huntingdonshire, 3 vols., and Index, red cloth; BALL (Rev. C J) Light from th...

History, Literature, Topography and Travel. Collection mainly 20th century including: BYNG (The Hon J) The Torrington Diaries, 4 vols. in slip cas...

History, military, maritime and travel. WALLACE (A R) Australasia, 3rd edition London 1883, thick 8vo, folding maps, cloth gilt; WILLIAMS (Gomer) ...

JOHNSON (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 6th edition, London 1778, 2 vols, 8vo, vol. I title torn at head with slight loss, preface ...

Literature and poetry, 18th and 19th century, 8vo or 12mo, mainly on mental afflictions. HEATON (J) The Extraordinary Affliction of a Little Boy. ...

Literature and poetry, 19th century, 8vo or 12mo, mainly on mental afflictions. [SLOUS (F L)] Leaves from the Scrap Book of an Awkward Man, 1844, ...

Literature and poetry, various, 17th century and later, including: BOLTON (Robert) A Discourse about the State of true Happiness. London 1631, 8vo...

Literature and poetry. CAPERN (Edward) Ballads and Songs. London 1858, 8vo, author's inscription to Miss Burdett Coutts, worn spine; TUPPER (M F) ...

Literature and poetry. LAWRENCE ( D H) Aaron's Rod. First edition London: Martin Secker 1922, 8vo; The Plumed Serpent. First edition London: Marti...

Literature, 16th century and later, including a volume of German manuscripts on music by Baumgart (1817-1871), a French atlas of folding battle pl...

Literature, mainly 18th century. LEE (Nat.) Caesar Borgia Son of Pope Alexander the Sixth A Tragedy. 1680, small 4to, rather soiled, title lower c...

Literature, various, mainly 19th century. THACKERAY (W M) The History of Pendennis, 2 vols., Bradbury and Evans 1850, 8vo, illustrated, blue moroc...

Literature, various. JOHNSON (Joseph) References to the Case of Mr Fuseli's Legacy.., Liverpool 1817, 8vo, inserted folded leaf on memorial words ...

Literature, various. Ten Minutes' Advice to Every Person Going to Choose a Husband. London: for J. Booker 1811, 12mo, 36pp., original paper wrappe...

Medical profession, conditions, treatments etc. 19th century. WARREN (Samuel) Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician, 2 vols. 1832-38, 12mo; ...

Mental health and conditions, addiction, therapeutics and juvenile education. TICHBORNE (T) On the Sources of Error., 1831; A Cure for Melancholy,...

NIGHTINGALE (Florence) Notes on Nursing, first edition, London: Harrison, [no date], issue with 'The Right of Translation is Reserved' to foot of ...

NORTH AMERICA. BELL (William Abraham) New Tracks in North America. First edition, 2 vols., London 1869, 8vo, folding map, lithographic plates (vol...

Poetry and Literature, 18th century and later. STEWART (John) The Sophiometer or Regulator of mental Power. c.1792, 16mo, in red morocco wallet; T...

Poetry, 18th and 19th century, 8vo. Collection including works by Thomas Moore [The Fudge Family], Major Power Snell, Samuel Rogers, George Maunse...

RICHARDSON (Jonathan & Jonathan snr.) An Account of Some of the Statues, Bas-reliefs, Drawings, and Pictures in Italy. London 1722, 8vo, armorial ...

SHERWOOD (Mary M.) The History of George Desmond. First edition, Wellington 1821, 8vo, frontispiece, later half binding rebacked preserving spine ...

TERTULLIAN. Opera. Venice; Typis Gasparis Girardi 1744, folio, vignette title, bound with Apologeticus, 1744, folding plate, worn vellum backed bo...

Theology - literature, various, disbound folios or quartos, including MAYNARD (G H) The Works of Josephus, circa 1790, folio, map and engravings, ...

VICTORIA (Queen) Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands, 2nd edition 1868, 8vo, with the Queen's autograph inscription to Richard Ba...

WHYTE MELVILLE (George John) Works, edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell, 24 vols, c.1900, 8vo, 1050 copies, illustrations, original red cloth, some fadi...

YUNG (Theodore) Album de vingt batailles de la Revolution et de l'Empire. Paris, [c. 1860], oblong folio, 20 coloured plates, original quarter clo...

19th century literature. SURTEES (R S) set of Jorrocks tales, 8 vols. Folio Society, 1949-56, coloured plates, good in dust jackets, bookplate of ...

Cambridge University Press Christmas books and others similar, 11 vols., including: Two Men, Italic Quartet, The Four Elements, Emery Walker by Co...

CHATWIN (Bruce) First editions in dust jackets: The Viceroy of Ouidah, 1980; On the Black Hill, 1982; The Songlines, 1987; Utz, 1988; What am I do...

Childrens, novels, etc. A general collection of 20th century books including: JAMES (M R) A Thin Ghost and Others. London: Edward Arnold, 1919, fi...

CORNWELL, (Patricia) Postmortem, first edition 1990, signed to a laid in slip; HUNTER, (A) Gently Does It, first US edition, signed; and 5 further...

FAULKS (Sebastian) On Green Dolphin Street; Human Traces; both signed first UK editions in dust jackets; Charlotte Gray, A Possible Life, first ed...

GRAVES (Robert) Colophon to Love Respelt. The Stellar Press 1967, no. 236/386 copies, signed; Sevnteen Poems Missing from Love Respelt, 1966, no. ...

GREENE (Graham) May We Borrow Your Husband? London: The Bodley Head 1967, signed numbered edition no.184/500; ibid - Stamboul Train, first edition...

HIRST (Damien) I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now. First edition, Booth-Clibborn Edit...

HOUSMAN (A E) The Letters of --, edited by Archie Burnett, first edition, Oxford 2007, 8vo, 2 vols. in slip case; PROUST (M) In Search of Lost Tim...

Literature, varuous including Folio Society, novels etc. MARSH (Honoria D) Shades from Jane Austen, 1975, one of 300 copies, colour illustrations,...

MASEFIELD (John) Collection of 32 signed and inscribed works to Amy or Julia Dunlop, mainly in uniform blue cloth bindings, including: Some Memori...

Modern first editions and others, many in dust jackets. GREENE (G) The Quiet American, (chipped spine to dust jacket); WELLS (H G) Star Begotten; ...

Modern Poetry (and Literature), 1960s avant garde. Oz, 6 various issues; Fulcrum Press: SNYDER (Gary) The Back Country, 1967; A Range of Poems, 2n...

STOTT (Raymond Toole) A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876. First edition Derby 1976, 8vo, one of 1030 copies, signed, dust jacket; HALL ...

The Science Fiction Book Club, a complete run of numbered issues, nos. 1 - 170, from 1953 onwards, and 56 others July 1971 - Dec 1976 (together 22...

Popular science, prize bindings etc. WARD (C H) The London Spy, 1924, dust wrapper; FOULKES (C H) Gas! The Story of the Special Brigade, 1934; Chi...

[HARTLEY (J) History of the Westminster Election. London 1784, first edition 4to, 16 satirical plates (mostly folding), later worn half calf .....

ACKERMANN (Rudolph) A History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, 2 vols., London: R. Ackermann 1815, large...

ALLOM (T) and Rev. G N WRIGHT China, in a Series of Views, displaying the Scenery, Architecture and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire. 4 vols. ...

BELLASIS (George Hutchins) Views of Saint Helena, 1815, oblong folio, title, six hand coloured aquatints by Robert Havell after Bellasis each with...

BYRNE (William) Antiquities of Great Britain illustrated in Views of Monasteries, Castles and Churches. 2 vols. in one 1807, oblong folio, 83 plat...

CAESAR (Caius Julius) [Opera] Quae Extant, edited by Samuel Clarke, London: Tonson 1712, large folio, leaf size 485 x 330mm, engraved double page ...

CARNE (John) Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor. Three vols., Fisher circa 1840, 4to, vignette titles, plates and maps, some spotting and foxing, co...

CUVIER (Baron Georges) Recherches sur les Ossemens, Fossiles de Quadrupedes, 4 vols. Paris: chez Deterville 1812, 4to, uncut, 157 plates includin...

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