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Early manuscript copy - apparently English in origin - of a French novel of diabolic seduction that has inspired everyone from Jacques Lacan to Jonny Depp. Small quarto (16.5x20.5cm) bound in (likely) English full sheep, rubbed with some loss close to outer hinges but boards remain well attached. No decoration apart from a gilt roll to the edge of… Read more…

Handsome edition bound in full tree calf with an intriguing pelican device on the spine labels. Full tree calf; old repairs to the outer hinges (not affecting the endpapers). Pelican device framing the green spine labels relating to an unidentified family - ownership inscription of ‘W M Newton’ (?) on the front pastedown. Both volumes very good; in… Read more…

Rare collection of psalms and hymns printed for the Chapel of the Magdalen Hospital in Southwark in London ‘for the Reception of Penitent Prostitutes’. One of the reformed prostitutes is depicted in the frontispiece - the young women who sung these hymns were shielded from view in the octagonal chapel from behind a curtain. The Magdalen Chapel beca… Read more…

Attractive provenance relating to Samuel Webbe, friend of an early owner of the book whose borrowing of it lasted longer than expected. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1787. Sixth Edition. Both works are bound as one within contemporary calf boards with gilt roll tool to all edges. Boards bruised to the corners, showing minor abrasions and wear. Spine in 6 g… Read more…

Beautifully bound commonplace book and verse miscellany of ‘Stephen Bassett’. Medium quarto in straight-grained red morocco with gilt decoration to boards and spine, slight marking to boards, light rubbing to ends of spine; marbled end-papers; all edges gilt. 150 leaves (300pp) watermarked 1826 with 208pp blank and 92pp of handwritten entries inclu… Read more…

35 volume sequence covering 38 years of the Norwegian Tourist Association’s Yearbook between 1894-1981. All volumes bound in original blue publisher’s cloth but for one volume, 1963 in red. The following years are present: 1894-5; 1896-7; 1898-9 (two volumes bound in one, with advertisements) followed by individual year volumes for: 1930-1939; 1960… Read more…

A remarkable collection of mounted signatures of Members of the House of Commons and Peers covering the Liberal governments of Lord Palmerston, Gladstone and Disraeli, the death of Prince Albert, the 1867 Reform Act and W E Forster’s introduction of school boards. Small quarto red roan bound book with paper label to upper cover and in manuscript: ‘… Read more…

Most attractively bound in contemporary calf: four raised spine bands, double blind fillet framing boards with floral corner ornaments; red speckled edges. ‘Society Book’ in an early hand to the first blank which has slightly ragged edges. Probably same hand, ‘The Rev.d Mr Davids’ to the head of the title page. At the tail of the title page an earl… Read more…

pp 120 A compendium of mystifying magic tricks for the beginner or advanced amateur by American stage magician Howard Thurston. In good condition in lightly soiled brown cloth with black titles, nick to head of spine, slight spine lean, some spotting to edges and pages; no marks or ownership inscriptions. An uncommon title. Read more…

Jeweller and Metalworker's almanac bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to upper cover. Yellow coated endpapers and twenty pages of advertisements - a mixture of steel engravings and half-tone photographs precede 100 pages of Classified Directory (more adverts) and the Diary proper, interspersed with pink blotting paper. The original owner has… Read more…

Beautifully bound early nineteenth century reprint. The book is small format bound in full deep green morocco leather with pretty spine decoration. Gift inscription of ‘H D Lloyd from S Lloyd from [erased] 1839’. Engraved title page and frontispiece followed by letter press title page. A little spotting but a very good copy indeed. A lovely copy. Read more…

First edition; blue cloth, inscribed on the first blank to Tom Hutchinson: 'Tom, Yours Allan..76' Accompanied by a typed, signed letter to Hutchinson about the radio adaptation of the novel with Wilfred Pickles and referring to the picture of Prior on the back of the jacket. Near fine in near fine jacket. A very nice copy with an excellent associat… Read more…

First edition, a near fine copy inscribed by the author on the title page with a nickname: 'For Bryan and Maud. With the Author's Love and Best Wishes always, June 25.52. Goodfern Mac" ' and signed on the title page: 'C K Jaeger'. A very nice copy, near fine, a little foxing to top edge of text block in a very good jacket, light staining to lower p… Read more…

First edition, a near fine book, no ownership inscriptions in a very good jacket with a strikingly designed front panel by Lewis Morley - price-clipped, browning to rear panel of jacket. A nice copy. Read more…

First edition in red cloth, a very good copy, no ownership inscriptions in very good jacket, not price-clipped, closed tear along top inch of hinge between front panel and spine. A British bloodhound mystery. Read more…

First British edition in a striking dustjacket which features a crystal ball. Orange cloth, very good; the jacket is chipped twice along the bottom edge but not price-clipped and shows good colour. An uncommon title. Read more…

First edition, near fine, bright red boards, minor foxing to fore edge in a near very good jacket. Not price clipped, a few 2mm tears at head of spine. Dustiness to rear flap. Striking dust jacket design by 'Morris'. Read more…

An inscribed association copy connecting the church of Great St Mary in Cambridge with that at Orton Waterville and including a little group of research letters by the author, Cambridge historian W D Bushell, and the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner. The book’s flyleaf offers a grateful inscription from the author to the Rev W H Holdsworh ‘… Read more…

An attractively provenanced Oxford printing of the 'Nouvelle Edition' of the major works of the sixteenth-century French tragedian Pierre Corneille, once part of the Sitwell family library at Weston Hall and with an earlier ownership inscription by the artist Mary Heber (1787 -1846) half-sister of the great book collector, Richard Heber. PHYSICAL D… Read more…

A small archive which celebrates the life of Anglican clergyman and mystical poet Thomas Traherne who was born circa 1636 in Hereford, England. Following study at Brasenose College, Oxford he became the rector of Credenhill in 1657. In his lifetime he published only one book, Roman Forgeries (1673) and the rediscovery of his work is considered one… Read more…

Previously owned by Alan Coren, writer, humorist, broadcaster and satirist. The inscription in black ink to the front flyleaf reads, ‘Alan Coren St. John’s Wood 1964’. Alan Coren (1938 – 2007) was a regular panellist on the BBC Radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff. He was also the editor of Punch for almost… Read more…

RESERVED Scarce First Edition in near very good condition inscribed by the author Charles Stuart Forbes, a Royal Navy captain who had served with Garibaldi during the Risorgimento. This valuable first-hand account details Garibaldi's 1860 expedition to unify southern Italy, offering insights into battles and the political climate. PHYSICAL DESCRIPT… Read more…

Roger Mayne’s photographs of North Kensington, the streets of London W10 and in particular the children of Southam Street. The work takes the form of a reprint of the 1986 Victoria & Albert Museum catalogue accompanying Roger Mayne’s exhibition, incorporates further essays and letters and captures the vigour, colour and complexity of a collection o… Read more…

First English edition with provenance to the legendary book dealer HP Kraus of New York. Contemporary marbled boards with later calf spine. Binding square and firm. Armorial bookplate of Scrope Beardmore DD to front pastedown and that of Henry C Compton to rear. Title page and text block age toned, crisp and unmarked throughout. Very neatly repaire… Read more…

First edition of this 1880 collection of poetry by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Dedicated to Mrs Lynn Linton (1822 - 1898) who was the first female salaried journalist in Britain, and also her copy of the book. Linton was the author of over 20 novels, and who despite her ground breaking role as an independent woman penned many essays with a strong a… Read more…