Rare Book Auctions

[AUSTEN, Jane]. Pride and Prejudice: A Novel, in Three Volumes, By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility", Second Edition [published in the same ye...

JOYCE, James. Finnegans Wake, FIRST ed. FIRST printing, original cloth, owner inscription on ffep: George Dannatt [abstract artist 1915-2009], off...

YEATS, W. B. A Vision, SIGNED limited ed. 353/600, private press, original parchment backed boards, d.j. with paper title label, internally bright...

YEATS, W. B. The Trembling of the Veil, SIGNED ltd ed. 996/1000, original parchment backed boards, d.j. with paper title label, internally bright,...

PLATH, Sylvia. Ariel, FIRST ed., original cloth with gilt lettering, unclipped d.j., light spotting around text block, internally bright, light ru...

The Letters and Poems of John Keats, ltd ed. 300/350, 3 volumes (complete), original publisher’s paper with black lettering, spotting in places, u...

LESSING, Doris. The Golden Notebook, FIRST ed., original cloth, unclipped d.j., offsetting at endpapers, some toning at edges, some bumping/wear t...

LESSING, Doris. Memoirs of a Survivor, FIRST ed., unclipped d.j., from the library of A. S. Byatt with inscription ffep, London: Octagon Press, 19...

LOWELL, Robert. the Voyage and other Versions of Poems by Baudelaire, illustrated by Sidney Nolan, SIGNED by author and artist, ltd ed. 43/200, la...

HEMMINGWAY, Earnest. A Moveable Feast, FIRST UK ed., unclipped d.j., good bright copy, tiny spot fore edge, d.j. well-preserved with some chipping...

ISHIGURO, Kazuo. A Pale View of Hills, SIGNED FIRST ed., unclipped d.j., signature at title page, fine copy, bright and unread, London: Faber & Fa...

ADAMS, Douglas. The Restaurant at the end of the Universe, FIRST ed., unclipped d.j., bright near-fine copy, London: Arthur Barker, 1980._COPPARD,...

WILDE, Oscar. Salome, ltd ed. 194/250, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, original blue cloth with gilt lettering, some offsetting/spotting at end p...

HARDY, Thomas. Wessex Poems and other Verses, FIRST ed., one of 500 copies published, original green cloth with gilt lettering and monogram, spott...

Sherlock Homes Interest: The Strand Magazine vol. V, featuring 6 Sherlock Homes’ stories, all gilt edges, some bumping/rubbing at boards, some spl...

The Book of Canaries and Cage Birds, original publishers cloth with embossed gilt pictorial decoration, owner inscription ffep, some spotting in p...

HULME, F. Edward. Familiar Wild Flowers, first series with coloured plates , attractive half-calf set, each volume has some spotting in places, so...

CHURCHILL, W. S. The Second World War, 6 books complete with dust jackets, Boston: Houghton Millfin, 1948-1951. (6) _CHURCHILL, W. S. A History of...

NEWTON, Sir Harry. K. Your Books, my Son, ltd ed. of 101 copies, original cloth with gilt lettering, original card slipcase, bookplate ‘Wendy Stew...

LARSSON, Stieg. Millenium Trilogy, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, FIRST UK ed./printing, unclipped d.j., near-fine, v. light toning/spotting at ...

HANKS, Tom. Uncommon Type, SIGNED FIRST ed./printing, near-fine, London: Heinemann, 2017._BROWN, Dan. The Da Vinci Code, FIRST ed./printing, near-...

MANTEL, Hilary. Mantel Pieces, SIGNED FIRST ed., unclipped d.j., fine, London, Fourth Estate, 2020._A Place of Greater Safety, FIRST ed., unclippe...

TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Fellowship of the Ring, second ed., second impression, 1967._The Fellowship of the Ring, second ed., third impression, 1968....

COWARD, Noel. Home Chat, SIGNED FIRST ed., unclipped d.j., original cloth with paper title at spine, offsetting at ffep edge and prelims, some ton...

GAY, John. Fables by the Late Mr. Gay, attractive contemporary full-calf with red Morocco title-plate, 2 parts in 1 volume, internally bright with...

Elegant Extracts: or Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, second ed., 4 parts in 2 volumes, internally bright, beautiful contemporary full tr...

HARE, Augustus J. C. The Story of my Life, SIGNED FIRST ed., 6 volumes (complete), presentation inscription tipped in to ffep ‘with 1000 good wish...

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first deluxe edition, London: Bloomsbury, 2000._And the Prisoner of Azkaban, first deluxe edit...

RABAN, Ze'ev (Illust.); Gur Aryeh. A Palestinian Appreciation of Energy, Devotion and Loyalty in the Days of Struggle for Liberation of Mankind, T...

A large set of 16th/17th-century jailer's keys with lock-picking kit, by repute from Newgate Prison, London [site of the present Old Bailey]. The ...

MOSS, Robert. Moscow Rules, SIGNED author’s dedication to Howe at half-title page, Howe bookplate at ffep, connection to Howe through Cold War/ter...

GORDIEVSKY, Oleg. Next Stop Execution, SIGNED author's dedication to Howe at half-title page, Howe bookplate, author was Soviet secret agent durin...

BAKER III, James A. The Politics of Diplomacy, FIRST ed., SIGNED author's dedication to Howe at title page, Howe bookplate, some light spotting at...

DA VINCI, Leonardo. Codice Trivulziano, ltd ed. 130/199, 'espressamente stampato per Sir Geoffrey Howe', convincing facsimile of Leonardo's notebo...

TANAKA, Kakuei. Building a new Japan, SIGNED author's dedication in Japanese, signature in Japanese and English, at title-page, Tanaka was a Japan...

NIXON, Richard. 1999 Victory Without War, FIRST ed., SIGNED by author, Howe bookplate, near-fine with a light age toning to d.j. and slight bumpin...

YEW, Lee Kuan. The Singapore Story, SIGNED author's inscription to Howe at title page, Howe bookplate, Kuan served as the first Prime Minister of ...

LOSSIN, Yigal. Pillar of Fire, SIGNED inscription from Chaim Herzog to Howe, Herzog served as President of Israel from 1983-1993, the card of Fran...

RIDDELL, Peter. The Thatcher Era, Lord President of the Council bookmark, some spotting/toning, Oxford: Blackwell, 1991._GOUIFFES, Pierre-Francois...

CAMPBELL, Alan. The Industrial Relations Act, ltd ed. 7/12, SIGNED author's dedication to Howe, a little toning, London: Longman, 1971._PIMLOTT, B...

WILLOCK, Colin. The Complete Dudley, author's SIGNED dedication to Howe, book features a photo and illustration of the Howe's Jack Russell Terrier...

THATCHER, Margaret. The Path to Power, FIRST ed. SIGNED by author, Howe bookplate, internally bright, light spotting at head of text-block, slight...

SELDON, Anthony. The Foreign Office, 4to, author's SIGNED dedication to Howe, slight spotting at head edge, d.j. a little bumped, London: Harper C...

HENDERSON, Nicholas. The Private Office Revisited, author's SIGNED dedication to the Howe's, a little light spotting head edge, near-fine, London:...

The Complete Yes, Minister, ed. by Jonathan Lynn and Anthony Jay the writers of the classic political sitcom, Howe bookplate, London: BBC, 1984._Y...

TROLLOPE, Joanna. Marrying the Mistress, Signed._ LYALL, Gavin. All Honourable Men, author's ded._ HOWARD, Sandra. Glass Houses, author's ded._ HA...

10 books related to Africa/South Africa._15 books related to politics. Books include SIGNED copies/personal dedications to Howe/Howe bookplates. A...

19 books relating to British Politics with strong connection to Howe. Books include signed copies/personal dedications to Howe/Howe bookplates. In...

37 books relating to politics, law, Britain, and world history. Books include signed copies/personal dedications to Howe/Howe bookplates/connectio...

23 books relating to law, world history, entertainment, media, social history and journalism. Books include signed copies/personal dedications to ...

42 books relating to art, travel, history, politics, and Britain. Books include signed copies/personal dedications to Howe/Howe bookplates. all in...

42 books relating to areas such as: Britain, history, law, travel, China, India and religion. Books include signed copies/personal dedications to ...

43 books relating to areas such as: parliament, royalty, law, politics, art, economics and Howe's dictionary, also 10 booklets with a personal con...

31 travel books, some diplomatic presentation copies from Howe's foreign trips, also 26 books relating to China/Asia, some with connection to Hong...

74 books relating to areas such as: travel, history, the Channel tunnel, and politics; also paperback novels and Edmund Burke - a life in caricatu...

69 books with gift inscriptions to Howe, some with Howe bookplate, relating to areas like: politics, history, Prime Ministers, Conservative party,...