Books and Works on Paper

Cameo Series.- Watson (William) Wordsworth's Grave and other Poems, number 10 of 30 signed by publisher, inscribed by author to James Bromley, boo...

Pseudonym Library.- [Yeats (William Butler)] "Ganconagh" John Sherman and Dhoya, second edition, bookplate, 1891 § [Crawford (Ann)] "Von Degen" A ...

Children's Library.- Brown Hueffer (Ford Madox) The Brown Owl, first English edition, previous owner's ink inscription; The Feather § O'Grady (Sta...

1890's.- [Beardsley (Aubrey) and others.] The Yellow Book: an Illustrated Quarterly, plates, illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, La...

NO RESERVE Poetry.- Ibsen (Henrik) Brand: a dramatic poem, one of 250 copies, frontispiece, occasional faint spotting, original paper backed board...

NO RESERVE London.- Henley (W. E., editor) A London Garland, first edition, frontispiece, plates, occasional spotting, original decorative vellum,...

Beardsley (Aubrey).- Symons (Arthur, editor) The Savoy: An Illustrated Quarterly, 8 vol., first edition, plates and illustrations by Beardsley, Si...

Periodicals.- , Dome (The): A Quarterly containing Examples of All the Arts, 5 vol., first series, original boards, rubbed and worn, vol. 1 & 4 wi...

NO RESERVE Artist's Library.- Fry (Roger E.) Giovanni Bellini, at the sign of the Unicorn, 1899 § Moore (T. Sturge) Altdorfer, 1900 § Rothenstein ...

NO RESERVE Macfall (Haldane) Whistler: Butterfly, Wasp, Wit, Master of the Arts Enigma, first edition, inscribed and dated by Macfall, frontispiec...

Biography.- Noguchi (Yone) Lafcadio Hearn in Japan, portrait frontispiece & plates, occasional faint spotting, original paper wrappers, crease to ...

NO RESERVE Thompson (Francis) The Collected Poetry, limited edition of 100 copies signed by the publishers, portrait frontispiece, facsimile manus...

NO RESERVE Literary criticism.- Hodgson (Geraldine E.) Criticism at a Venture, first edition, occasional spotting, bookplate, original cloth, a li...

NO RESERVE Irish authors.- Freeman (John) A Portrait of George Moore in a Study of his Work, limited edition of 600 signed by the author, portrait...

NO RESERVE Theatre.- Masefield (John) Tristan and Isolt: a Play in Verse, one of 275 copies signed by author, unopened, original vellum-backed boa...

Chalmers (Patrick R.) Kenneth Grahame: Life, Letters and Unpublished Work, first edition, inscribed by Elspeth Grahame with autograph postcards lo...

NO RESERVE Female authors.- Head (Alice M.) It Could Never Have Happened, first edition, inscribed by author, portrait frontispiece, plates, one o...

NO RESERVE Publishers.- Franklin (Colin) The Private Presses, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1970 § Bishop (Philip R.) Thomas Bird ...

NO RESERVE India.- Arnold (Sir Edwin) The Light of Asia: being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, limited edition, plates and illustrations, origin...

Ferrariis (Theophilus de, Cremonensis) Propositiones ex omnibus Aristotelis libris excerptae, collation: A-G a-z & 2A-M8, 340 ff. (of 344, lacking...

Greek printing.- Panopolitanus (Nonnus) Metaboly tou kata Iōannyn agiou Euaggeliou. Paraphrasis evangelii secundum Joannem, title with woodcut pri...

Tiraqueau (André) Commentarius in l[ibrum] si unquam c[ommentarius] de revo[candis] donat[ionibus], title in large woodcut architectural border, w...

Pigna (Giovanni Battista) Historia de Principi di Este, first edition, title with large hand-coloured woodcut device incorporating the arms of var...

Froissart (Jean) Histoire et Chronique Memorable de Mesire Iehan Froissart, 4 vol. in 2, titles with woodcut printer's devices to first 2 vol., th...

Greek printing.- Martinengo (Tito Prospero) Poièmata diaphora ellenika kai latinika, òn men ta pleisa eisi theia te kai iera, title with woodcut c...

Heraldry.- Campinile (Filiberto) L'Armi, overo Insegne de' Nobili...del Regno di Napoli, woodcut arms throughout, some marginal worming, stained, ...

Elzevier.- Heinsius (Daniel) Aristarchus sacer, sive ad Nonni in Iohannem metaphrasin exercitationes, 2 parts in 1, parallel text in Greek and Lat...

Biondi (Francesco) L'Historia delle Guerre Civili d'Inghilterra, 3 vol. in 1, titles with engraved devices, water-stained, conteporary vellum, sta...

Hildebrand (Joachim) A Sammelband of Lutheran tracts, 15 works in 1 vol., comprising 7 by Joachim Hildebrand, 6 by Johann Andrea Schmidt, 1 by Ern...

Greek printing.- Aelianus (Claudius, Praenestinus) Varia Historia, parallel Latin and Greek text, title with woodcut printer's device, some later ...

Satire on Catholicism.- Satyre Menipee de la vertu du Catholicon d'Espagne, et de la tenue des Estats de Paris, title with woodcut printer's devic...

Jollain (Francois) Marie Eleonor D'Este, Princesse de Modene, Reine d'Angleterre, engraved full length portrait, part panorama of London beyond, t...

Loschi (Alfonso) Compendi historici ... per tutto l'anno 1693., 20 folding tables, water-stained, 19th century marbled boards, spine worn, rubbed,...

Tavernier (Jean-Baptiste) Les Six Voyages...en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes, 3 vol., mixed edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional ...

Claudianus (Claudius) Cl. Claudiani quae exstant, edited by Nicolaus Heinsius, engraved pictorial title, a little staining, contemporary vellum, V...

Pétau (Denis) Rationarium Temporum, engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 7 plates with 65 small portraits of notable persons, of ...

Mythology.- Auctores Mythographi Latini, edited by Augustin van Staveren, engraved frontispiece and illustrations, title in red and black, some sp...

Diderot (Denis) and Jean d'Alembert. Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, 39 vol. including 3 plate vol., ...

Napoleon I.- Group of 25 portraits, popular prints, and satires of Napoleon I (A), including Gottfried Schadow's 'Commencement du Finale', an engr...

NO RESERVE Napoleon I.- Pellerin (Jean-Charles, publisher) Five popular prints illustrating moments in the life of Napoleon I, including 'Mort de ...

NO RESERVE Pamphlets & periodicals.- Women.- Saint-Amand (Sophie) De l'avenir des Femmes, some staining, original printed wrappers, soiled and cre...

United States of Europe.- Daumier (Honore) Souvenirs du Congres de la Paix, set of 6 lithographed plates, signed in the stones, sheets 25.5 x 36 c...

Fayolle (Maréchal) & Géneral Dubail, La Guerre Racontée par nos Géneraux, 3 vol., plates and illustrations, maps, last few leaves of vol. 1 frayed...

Leroquais (Abbe. V.) Les Sacramentaires et les Missels Manuscrits, 4 vol., 125 photogravure plates, ex-library with usual labels and stamps, ink-s...

Yorkshire.- Ayscough & Hawksworth families.- Legal memorandum of the history of the Ayscough and Hawksworth families, manuscript, 10pp. excluding ...

George II.- Payment to Augustus Schutz the Master of the Robes for Coronation clothes, D.s. "George R", manuscript, 1p., cut at tail with some los...

George III.- Coronation of George III.- Hill (Richard) Autograph Letter signed to "Madam", 4pp., folio, Leicester, 17th October 1761, "... in rega...

Blank paper.- Volume of c.60 sheets of late 18th century/early 19th century blank paper, Britannia watermark, each sheet 200 x 165mm., slightly br...

George IV.- Summons to Thomas James Viscount Bulkeley to attend the Coronation, D.s. "George R", manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank, folds, slig...

Poetry.- Hasell (Dorothea, daughter of Edward King, of Hungerhill, Yorkshire, married Edward Williams Hasell, of Dalemain, near Penrith, Cumberlan...

Commonplace book.- The Tomate or Common Place Book of M.S. Mephistophilis - a cosmopolite - begun in the Brig Unity, manuscript, title and 70pp. e...

Poetry.- Terry (Horace) A Choice Collection of Poetry Upon Different Occasions Select Sentences And Extracts From Different Writers, 4 vol., manus...

NO RESERVE Watercolour.- Croft (T.W.) ?Ottoman cavalry fighting Cossacks, watercolour signed on verso, removed from an album, 150 x 195mm., 1839;...

Music.- Zimmerman (Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume, pianist, composer, and music teacher) A small group of letters and fragments received by him from vari...

Essex.- Gosselin (Martin Hadsley, of Ware Priory and Blakesware, Hertfordshire).- Map of Estates in the Parishes of Elmdon Chrishall and Littlebur...

American Civil War.- A.L.s. from Jonathan Beatty of the Ohio 13th Regiment of Infantry to his wife and child, in original envelope addressed in in...

Dorset.- Cattlebury Charity.- The Vicar, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum in account with the Cattlebury Charit...

Mill (John Stuart, philosopher, economist, and advocate of women's rights, 1806-73) Autograph Letter signed to "Cher Monsieur", in French, 133 x 1...

Gunpowder Plot Room, Ashby St. Ledgers.- Senhouse family.- Visitors book, containing thousands of signatures, c. 365pp., most pp. interleaved with...

Hangman.- Berry (James, hangman, 1852-1913) James Berry, Executioner, Bradford, Yorks, printed card on green celluloid, 42 x 75mm., [c. 1890]; and...