Books, Photographs, Documents & Ephemera

BLYTON (Enid): 'Five Run Away Together', London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1944: FIRST EDITION. publishers blue cloth with dustjacket, some chipping to ...

SHELLEY (Mary): 'Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus..': London, W Nicholson & Sons, n.d (circa 1890): publishers burgundy cloth blocked in blac...

DARWINISM 'Darwin's Theory and the Bible Reconciled at Last...New Rays of Light by Illuminatus': London, Gutenburg Press, n.d. (c.1890?): 105pp, o...

MOVEABLE BOOK: 'Metamorphoses Picture Book': printed in Germany, n.d (circa 1890s): upper cover printed in German, English and French, colour prin...

JOHN F KENNEDY: printed ticket on card, admitting bearer to reception area of Gatwick Airport for President Kennedy's visit, June 29/30 1963, a fe...

HENRY JAMES: 2 ALS from Henry James addressed 'My Dear Duchess', both undated on paper headed for 28 Wilton Place, Belgrave Square, each 2pp, fold...

EROTIC STEREOCARDS: 2 b/w photographic stereocards of partially clad female in domestic setting, continental, no place or publisher, circa 1900. (...

TOKYO EARTHQUAKE: group of 27 postcard-size b&w photographs of the Great Tokyo Earthquake 1923, 2 with long closed tears, pencil numbered to verso...

RAF SHOOTING GUIDE: World War II: 'Bag the Hun! estimation of range & angle off...try this series of exercises & improve your shooting...': for of...

VINYL LP: 'The First Lame Bunny Album (Spaceward Studios LP Eden LP53): VG+ condition, cover with minimal handling wear, to include original handw...

CHARLES DICKENS: printed cheque drawn from Coutts Bank for the sum of £80, dated 17th April 1865, payable to a Mr William Aldridge from Charles Di...

HAMIDULLAH KHAN (Lieutenant Colonel His Highness Mohammad of Bhopal): silver gelatin photographic portrait, 3/4 length, signed by sitter lower cen...

HIS HIGHNESS THE MAHARAJA SIR PRATAPSINH RAO GAEKWAD OF BARODA (1939-1951): silver gelatin full length photographic portrait by Hamilton Studios, ...

BAHADUR SINGH OF BUNDI (1920-1977): silver gelatin photographic portrait by Kinsey, 3/4 length, image approx 24 x 17.5cm, signed by subject lower ...

SCRAP ALBUM: Margaret Jordan: album amicorum of watercolours, prints and poetry, 1829 and later: containing 20 watercolours, 5 pencil drawings, 10...

LIBRARY CATALOGUE: manuscript catalogue of books, The Manor House, Sandford Orcas, 19th century, some later editions loosely inserted: contemporar...

EDWARDS (Norman): 'At Sea (1916-1919). A War Diary..': typescript, c.130pp: a concisely written account of experiences aboard merchant ship 'Maple...

SKETCH ALBUM: COOPER (John M): 'This Sketch-Book is dedicated to 'Buster' without who's untiring efforts, most, or if not all, these drawings coul...

WILLIAM WOODCOCK, FARMER: manuscript account book, c.1848-72: details noted include expenses at Lutterworth Market 1s 9d: 2 year old Welsh colt of...

SCOTTISH TRIALS: manuscript accounts of various trials, c.86pp filled: 'Anne Sommervielle was indicted for child-murder 4th June 1821': in Inverne...

MALTA: MEDLYCOTT (Edward B): album of pencil sketches and watercolours dated December 1st 1854, some 8 finished watercolour plus 4 double-page pan...

CARICATURE ALBUM: 'Political Donkeys': album c.1840, 12pp with watercolours and a few other pencil drawings: a series of political caricatures mos...

SKETCHES BY POW SCHMITZ: an album of drawings by a German POW at the end of World War I and after, showing views of POW camp at La Cloche, near Es...

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: Musicians & Artists: album of some 60 autographs, chiefly musicians and artists of 19th-early 20thc, including Sir Ralph Vaughan ...

RONALDS (Alfred): 'The Fly-Fisher's Entomology...with coloured representations of the natural and artificial insect, and a few observations and in...

LAWRENCE (John): 'The History and Delineation of the Horse, in all his varieties..': Albion Press, printed for James Cundee, 1809: with engraved t...

BEATTIE (William): 'The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain...illustrated by views taken on the spot by W H Bartl...

CARTE DE VISITE: album of approx 225 CDV portraits, embossed brown morocco covers with metallic closures, 4to: together with another album of cabi...

BELGIAN VACATION, 1899: 'My Holiday..A Record in Pen and Pencil', (so titled to upper cover): printed holiday diary book with real photographic an...

WISDEN CRICKETERS ALMANAC 1941: 426pp, original tan linen covers, light wear and marking, 2 small ink stains to lower cover but a good copy: toget...

ITALY: SKETCHES & WATERCOLOURS: a collection of accomplished sketches and watercolours of Italy in 10 albums, 1880s-90s, pages mostly filled and m...

FARLEY (John): 'The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant...': London, printed for J Scatcherd, 1792. 7th Edition. With fron...

BEWICK (Thomas, Illustrator): 'A General History of Quadrupeds..': Newcastle Upon Tyne, printed by and for S Hodgson, 1800: 4th Edition. Wood engr...

MOGG (Edward): 'Paterson's Roads..': London, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, 1824: 17th Edition: folding frontispiece map, period green pa...

COLOUR PLATE: 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed..': Vol XLIII: London, printed by Stephen Couchman, 1816: with 90 hand col...

TAXIDERMY: BROWNE (Montagu): 'Artistic and Scientific Taxidermy and Modelling..': London, Adam & Charles Black, 1896: publishers blue cloth gilt, ...

STANLEY (Henry M): 'In Darkest Africa or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria..': FIRST EDITION: London, Sampson Low et al, ...

MICROBIOLOGY: LEEUWENHOEK (Antonio): 'Anatomia Seu Interiora Rerum, Cum Animatarum tum Inanimatarum...': Leiden, Cornelius Boutesteyn, 1687: FIRST...

FLEMING (Ian): 'Thunderball': London, Jonathan Cape, 1961: FIRST EDITION. Publishers black cloth with dustjacket, a good clean copy, not price cli...

FLEMING (Ian): 'You Only Live Twice': London,  Jonathan Cape, 1964: FIRST EDITION: publishers black cloth with dustjacket, a little bumped and spo...

FLEMING (Ian): 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service': London, Jonathan Cape, 1963: FIRST EDITION: publishers brown cloth, very light sunning and bumpi...

FLEMING (Ian): 'The Spy Who Loved Me': London, Jonathan Cape, 1962: FIRST EDITION: 8vo, publishers black cloth lettered in silver, dagger device t...

LEWIS (C S): 'The Magician's Nephew..': London, Bodley Head, 1955. FIRST EDITION. Publishers green cloth with dustjacket, chipped with loss at hea...

WARD (Mrs Catherine G): 'The First Child; or, the Heiress of Monteith..': London, printed by J McGowan, 1824: contemporary burgundy morocco gilt w...

JAPANESE SWORDS: GREGORY (Ron & FULLER, Richard): 'The Oshigata Book..': privately published and printed by the authors, 1985: pink printed card w...

FIRST FOLIO FACSIMILE: 'The Norton Facsimile...the First Folio of Shakespeare..': London, W W Norton, 1996: original faux-leather backed boards gi...

WINCHESTER COLLEGE: ACKERMANN (Rudolph, publisher): 'The History of Winchester College..': London, R Ackermann, 1816: 10 hand-coloured aquatint pl...

MANUSCRIPT: City of London Clerk of Works Minute Book, 1762-63. With list of the commissioners followed by minutes of meetings etc, ownership sign...

JAZZ SCENE: autograph album, late 1970s period, containing approx 75 autographs of jazz artists including Stan Getz, B B King, Woody Herman, Dave ...

WORLD WAR I CHARITY PINS: cloth album containing circa 100 paper, fabric and metallic charity pins of WWI period, mostly English, but a few repres...

RAILWAY: BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS: a collection of 20 trade catalogues circa 1900-1905, half-tone illustrations, all in printed card wrappers stap...

NISTER MOVEABLE BOOK: 'Peeps into Fairyland...a Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories': introduction by F E Weatherly: London, Ernest Nister, n.d...

LIEUTENANT GENERAL WILLIAM AUGUSTUS JOHNSON (1777-1863): a manuscript memorial book, initial leaf dedicated 'To James Osborne from Miss Barbara Jo...

CRUIKSHANK (Percy): 'The Comic History of the Russian War..': London, Read & Co, n.d (c.1855): hand-coloured folding panorama in 16 sections, feat...

JUVENILE/MINIATURE BOOKS: 'Choice Emblems, Natural, Historical, Fabulous, Moral, and Divine; for the Improvement and Pastime of Youth...': London,...

LIBER AMICORUM: small format mid-19thc continental scrapbook, including 2 fine examples of pin-prick work, chromolithographic scraps and some manu...

CAPTAIN CAUSTON: TWO WATERCOLOUR SKETCHBOOKS: approx 69 watercolours in 2 albums, circa 1868-78, some identified faintly in pencil on facing page....

GILLRAY (James, 1757-1815): 'A Modern Cherub. Vide Peters..': etching on paper with contemporary hand-colouring, approx 12.5 x 8cm, tipped onto la...

MORTON (John): 'The Natural History of Northampton-shire; with some account of the antiquities...': London, printed for R Knaplock, 1712: FIRST ED...

BATTY (Miss): 'Italian Scenery from Drawings made in 1817..': London, published by Rodwell & Martin, 1820: 60 steel engraved plates, contemporary ...