Books & Manuscripts

Frederick II (1712-1786), King of Prussia - Frederick the Great / Friedrich der große Letter signed, 17th August 1748 Ink on single sheet of laid...

East India Company "Swift" - account of a voyage to India and Malaysia 1794-5 (written 1796 or a little later) Attributed to Clement Sneyd, Secon...

Qur'an Miniature manuscript Qur'an, probably Ottoman territories, 19th century Arabic manuscript in black ink on lightweight wove paper, approx. ...

[Fyffe, Dr William, attributed, and others] - English Civil War manuscript remedy and recipe book Mid-17th century Comprising 82 pages of remedie...

War of the Spanish Succession 3 autograph letters signed to John Webb, victor of Wijnendale, 1708-9 Tipped into a 19th-century brown morocco album...

Cuthbert Collingwood (1750-1810, Vice-Admiral at Trafalgar and Nelson's second in command) ALS written to Admiral Sidney Smith Signed “Collingwoo...

Ecole spéciale militaire de St-Cyr Portfolio of sketches and manuscript exercises by officer cadet Camille de Caix, Baron de Chaulieu, 1876-1877 ...

Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (1877-1947) Collection of autograph letters signed and other signed pieces Comprising: 5 autograph letters signed to Gerd...

Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941) Clipped autograph signature on sheet of blue paper, mounted to the front free endpaper of A Writer's Diary (fourth im...

Edgeworth, Maria, and others Including a letter regarding the Irish Potato Famine and other matters Autograph letter signed, dated "Edgeworthtown...

Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham and the surrounding areas A quantity of legal documents, mostly on vellum including: 1541 lease of tenement with gard...

Scottish Railways Copy Letter Book, 1847-1848 Eborall, William Henry 46 manuscript ff. (of a total of 96ff.), February 1847-November 1848, 4to, c...

Guiot de Bes Historical French Manuscripts Certificate of Guiot de Bes confirming that Jehan Salle has delivered 15 pairs of shoes for the pages o...

Scottish Legal Documents, etc. A large quantity Comprising many documents relating to daily life from the early 1800s until c.1950s, including Di...

18th century France Four documents on vellum Louis IV Era, dated 1660, two documents tied together, both around 13 x 26cm, appointing certain peo...

17th century Scottish documents A collection Inventory of the ? of Balerno and Orchard Field, c.1635, long rolled document (30 x 139cm) on paper;...

Scottish covers and letters c.1719-1877 43 miscellaneous Scottish letters, mainly relating to Edinburgh, Dundee, Stirlingshire &co.;, some recoun...

18th and 19th century correspondence English and Scottish A miscellaneous collection of c.90 letters and covers from the 18th and 19th centuries,...

A small collection of letters and covers Including several legal items A collection of letters and covers, the letters dealing with every day, mos...

Documents on vellum, c.50 manuscripts Mostly relating to Newcastle upon Tyne and Maidenhead Dating from around 1590-1800, several with seals, inc...

Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. Grant of William Creichie Stylorum voterum ac recentiorum collectio a me Guilielmo Granteo juniore de Creichie fideliter co...

Manders, John, of Whitehaven and Andrew Steele Scott of Crosswoodhill and Edinburgh A collection of 7 Scottish manuscript notebooks Manders's boo...

Sussex - Shermanbury Estate - Ewhurst Manor Six vellum-bound estate ledgers and cash books Belonging to the Challen family, and dating variously ...

[Maritime and Engineering Interest] Including the ledger of Captain H.C. MacKays Trust c.1930 Ellerman Lines Ltd. Survey Ledger and Journal, c.19...

The Vatican 19 later copies of Papal Documents Including an undated copy of a document from the Papacy of Antipope Benedictus XIII (1394-1417); a ...

Scottish receipts, invoices, signatures and letters A quantity c.1802-1845 including signed notes from Sir Gilbert Parker, Dr Giles Parker, T.K. ...

Culloden Castle, Inverness 19th century manuscript recipe book Inscribed Donald Cameron, Cul[l]oden Castle, May 4th 1845 on front free endpaper, ...

[Canada] - Rutherford, John Mr John Rutherford's journal in a letter to Sir John Nisbet 19th-century account of Rutherford’s narrative [an episod...

Scottish Travel Diary Diary and Sketchbook - Oxford, J. A manuscript diary and sketchbook dated March 14th 1889 to May 1907, various high-quality...

Glasgow manuscripts Including The Society of Glasgow for Promoting Religious Knowledge Among the Poor Committee book of the Society of Glasgow fo...

Autograph and letter album Including Henry Foley, Baden-Powell and Raja Sir Jagatjit Singh, ruler of Kapurthala, among others Autograph letter sig...

Hall, Admiral Sir William and the Byngs, Earls of Torrington Miscellaneous letters and papers Relating to Admiral Sir William Hall, his wife (nee...

McLachlan family archive Including a typed diary of a trip to China and Japan, manuscript heraldry and history of Brigadier-General McLachlan A q...

Alberto Morrocco (Scottish 1917-1998) Collection of original sketches for Zodiac: Journal of Aberdeen University Medical Society, 1948-9 17 pen-an...

Aileen Paterson MBE (Scottish 1934-2018) Two original illustrations ‘ABC of Once-Upon-a-Time’, 1970, signed and dated by the artist lower right, ...

Louis Wain (1860-1939) [Cat Orchestra] "Be it ever so humble there is no place like home" Design for postcard from Louis Wain's “Valentine's Serie...

E.H. Shepard (1879-1976) 9 pencil sketches, many for Punch, 3 signed Sketches for Punch featuring Phyllis Tudor, Shepard's model, and Daphne Hill...

Camouflage A collection of original illustrations 58 small sketches in pen and ink showing camouflage methods primarily for vehicles, 4 photograp...

Cruikshank, Isaac, by or after The Prodigal Son Four ink wash illustrations: Prodigal Son No.340 Plate 1, showing a family scene with the son lea...

Louis Wain (1860-1939) A Family Sketch Ink sketch, signed Louis Wain, depicting a scene of a woman, a nurse and four young children in 18th-centur...

Marcantonio Raimondi (c.1480-c.1534) after Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) [The Small Passion], 16th century 36 copper-engravings after Dürer's woodcu...

William Hogarth (1697-1764) John Wilkes Esqr Drawn from the Life and Etch'd in Aquafortis. Publish'd according to Act of Pariament May ye 16 1763...

Walpole, Horace Anecdotes of Painting in England  … with Considerable Additions by the Rev. James Dallaway. London: at the Shakespeare Press, by ...

Holbein, Hans Imitations of Original Drawings London: W. Bulmer, 1792. Folio, 6 (of 84) engravings only, red half morocco

Architecture and Furniture Design A small collection Langley, Batty. The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs. London: S....

Art and Architecture Group of 21 books White, John. Rural Architecture, illustrated by a new series of designs for ornamental cottages and villas...

McCarthy, Justin - Mrs Campbell Praed - Mortimer Menpes The Grey River London: Seeley & Co., 1889. Folio, number 14 of 30 presentation copies (of...

Butler, A.S.G. [The Lutyens Memorial] The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens London: Country Life Limited, 1950. 3 volumes, folio, frontispieces i...

[T. & R. Annan interest] Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) Annotated sales record of his works by the company T. & R. Annan 76 pp. bound manuscript, 29....

[T. & R. Annan interest] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (1890-1978) Annotated sales record of his works by the company T. & R. Annan 71 pp. bound manus...

[T. & R. Annan interest] Annotated sales records Annan's records for the works of D.Y. Cameron, James McBey, Francis Haden and William Strang Ri...

Piper, John, illustrator - Tambimuttu, author India Love Poems London: David Paradine, 1977. Large folio, number 73 of 200 signed and numbered co...

Nicholson, William An Alphabet London: William Heinemann, 1898. First edition, trade issue, 4to, original printed boards, 26 lithographic plates,...

Wright, John Buckland Baigneuses Wakefield: Fleece Press, 1995. Folio, one of 240 copies, with 25 wood engravings printed from the original block...

Hockney, David, R.A. Hockney's Alphabet London: Faber & Faber, 1991. 4to, 27 offset lithographic illustrations in colours, on Exhibition Fine Art ...

[Designer Binding - James Brockman] Isherwood, Christopher A Single Man. London: the Land Press, 1980. 8vo, one of 400 copies and number 9 of onl...

[Designer Binding - Denise Lubett] Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage. London: the Land Press, 1988. 8vo, Number 13 of 140 copies printed by...

Eric Gill (1882-1940) Gill family collection of photographs of the artist's work 25 photographs of Gill's sculptures and commissions, all labelle...

McCance, William (1894-1970) Collection of books from the library of William McCance, Scottish artist and controller of the Gregynog Press Includ...

[Lawrence, T. E.] - Eric Kennington (1888-1960) Set of endpaper designs for the Cranwell edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, c.1926 4 wood-engrav...