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Victorian true crime collection, centring on the notorious 1850s case of the poisoner William Palmer, known as ‘The Prince of Poisoners’, a doctor found guilty of murdering his patients and described by Charles Dickens as ‘the greatest villain that ever stood in the Old Bailey’. A quarto half binding of calf over marbled boards in fair to good cond… Read more…

Signed First Edition. A book undertaken at the request of the Royal Canadian Air Force with the intention of providing airmen, military as well as civilian, with the most accurate and up to date photographic reference for flying over the Canadian Arctic. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Very good copy in original blue, gilt-blocked cloth. Very minor shelf wear… Read more…

A major historical work written by Admiral Sir H W Richmond with the signature of a twentieth century member of the SuffRen family and lovingly annotated by the same in reference to the French Admiral’s exploits. The book provides a study of the policy governing the naval forces in India and the operations conducted in the wars between 1763 and 178… Read more…

Catalogue number eight produced in June 1974 by RA Gilbert, 26 Maudlin St, Bristol, England. Contains a list of 32 books on the occult printed before 1850 and 201 printed after 1850 including many printed in America. Subjects include Magic, Witchcraft, Astrology, Folklore, Herbals, Mythology, Spiritualism, Mysticism, Egyptology, Oriental Religions… Read more…

First Edition. Bright blue paper covered boards in excellent condition, titled in dark blue to spine panel. Original dust jacket in fair condition, nicked to edges, shelf worn to spine panel tip and tail, browned to folds and edges, a little spotted. Possibly an ex-library copy with a pocket on the rear endpaper. Front pastedown stamped March 1960… Read more…

First Edition. Described as ‘a major literary event’ on its publication and signed by F.R. Scott, author, teacher, editor, professor of law and political activist. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Blue cloth boards lettered in silver gilt to spine in excellent condition. A very small nick visible to spine tail. Original dust jacket in good condition showing sl… Read more…

A gift given in the midst of Bletchley Park’s war-winning code-breaking work to a young woman working on the site, inscribed anonymously ‘from all at Bletchley Feb. 1942’. Given the date of February 1942 this seems likely to be either a birthday present or, perhaps, taking into account the phrase ‘all at Bletchley’, possibly a leaving gift for some… Read more…

Unknown except for a single copy held by the De Morgan Foundation, this is a full length memoir written by the artist and writer Emilie Russell Barrington in which she recalls her decades-long friendship with the preeminent Arts and Crafts designer, potter and friend of William Morris, William de Morgan. In this memoir which she wrote in the final… Read more…

A volume of love poetry written by a young Liberal politician who had fallen head over heels with the glamorous, newly single opera singer, renowned for her performances in Gilbert and Sullivan operas. A note laid into the volume reveals that it featured on BBC Antiques Road Show in February 2007. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Beautiful, bespoke vellum bin… Read more…

Visually fascinating photographic diary written by an officer with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps who - against all rules - took a camera to the front which allowed him to record the Battle of El Alamein (1942) as well as the chaotic British evacuation from St Nazaire (1940) from where he offers an eye witness account of the sinking of HMS Lancastri… Read more…

Inscribed first edition of Well’s first non-scientific book which relates twelve topical conversations with an imaginary uncle. The subjects covered by the authorial stand-in called George and his uncle include fashion, the resemblance of ideals to interior decoration, the art of being photographed, the agony of having to listen to a near neighbour… Read more…

A dozen 18th century imprints relating to Peerage Cases heard before the House of Lords concerning succession of the Scottish Earls of Sutherland and the Irish Earl of Anglesey. Items 1-8 relate to the counter claims of Robert Gordon, a descendant of the 1st Earl of Sutherland and Elizabeth Sutherland Leveson-Gower who won the case to become 19th C… Read more…

Order of Battle from 1792 of the Prince of Conde’s emigre army which was dedicated to over-throwing the French revolutionary government and restoring Louis XVI and the Bourbon monarchy. A single sheet of water-marked chain-lined paper (42x33 cm) bearing a diagrammatic hand-drawn, pen and ink outline of the disposition of the forces of the Prince of… Read more…

(105x155mm) Hand-coloured photographic postcard, with screenprint in red, from an unrecorded edition size thought to be around 150 published by 'Robert Fraser Gallery 69 Duke Street London W1'. These cards were given away at the Hamilton exhibition at Robert Fraser Gallery in 1969 exhibition or sent out with invitations. Printed on photographic pap… Read more…

A scarce copy, one in a series of Practical Books published by Crosby, Lockwood & Son, London. In good condition. Hardback landscape format binding in publisher's original cream paper covered boards. Edges a little bumped, age toned. Measures 24 cm x 16 cm. Black titling to front board. Endpapers spotted. Handwritten initials CA to front free endpa… Read more…

Thirteen Welsh imprints bound together in a small octavo volume. Tree calf binding, marbled edges to text block, a little bumped to corners and edges in good sound condition. Handsome spine in 5 compartments decoratively ruled and adorned, titled in gilt over black panel. Bumped to top and tail. Marbled endpapers and decorative text block edges in… Read more…

The beginning of sales psychology as we know it today! A book designed to help the retailer sell more goods through the use of modern and effective sign writing. This scarce copy contains 68 full page printed monochrome examples of alphabets, styles of lettering, spacing and layouts. Chapters on inks, brushes, pens, choice of paper, window strips,… Read more…

RESERVED An unrecorded John Day imprint drawing upon the text of Latimer’s Frutefull Sermons from the 1570s but released with a new title page that renders the collection as Sermons Preached by the Right Reverend Father in God. Though resembling a single copy of Latimer’s sermons held at Cornell University, this imprint is textually distinct from t… Read more…

RH Tawney made a lasting impact promoting equality through the restructuring and democratising of higher education. For more than forty years, from 1905 to 1948, he served on the Workers' Educational Association executive, holding the offices of Vice-President and President. He served on the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education, the Edu… Read more…

An interesting vellum bound handwritten early text in very good condition. Attractive limp vellum binding, sound if a little discoloured. Remnants of spine supports laced into velum cover remain visible as are remnants of previous ties close to foreedge. Spine hand titled in brown ink ‘Ronda in Logicum’ [Logical Cycle]. Front endpapers cracking ove… Read more…

This handwritten letter on Metropolitan Police Office headed paper dated 8 th Feb 1895 is written by Melville Leslie Macnaughton or Mac as he liked to be known who joined the Metropolitan Police in 1889 when the killer known as Jack the Ripper was still thought to be active in the Whitechapel area of London. Macnaughton was actively involved in the… Read more…

A personal account book belonging to Henry Collingwood Selby (1748 -1839) of Swansfield House, Alnwick and Holy Island covering the period circa. 1777 -1797. Page after page records his observations and his financial dealings with the great, good and notable persons of the area. Names and places are peppered throughout. Money is lent to Dr Thomas P… Read more…

A scarce copy in good condition, 56 leaves of engravings, rebound in a later full calf. Boards lightly marked, 5 panel spine in good condition titled in gilt over red ground. Endpapers clean front and rear. Full page b/w engraved title page by Hukett in good condition. Contents include a list of subscribers’ names, characters and abbreviations made… Read more…

Ernest Shackleton's Heart Of The Antarctic Nimrod Expedition frontispiece signed by 16 crew members including the expedition leader Shackleton himself, Adams, Mackintosh, etc. Other signers include, in alphabetical order: Jameson Adams; Bertram Armytage; Philip Brocklehurst; Bernard Day; Ernest Joyce; Alistair Mackay; Aeneas Mackintosh; Eric Marsha… Read more…

RESERVED Seemingly unique surviving copy of this 1804 work intended to teach arithmetic to young women. The author William Butler was quite prolific but this 1804 imprint intended for ‘the use of his own Scholars’ does not appear to be held in any library; the 1809 edition is recorded but OCLC but records no library holdings. Presumably printed in… Read more…