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A sturdy and handsome daybook which tells the story of the trading activities of a Lancashire merchant between the years 1824 – 1827. Packed full of hand written transactions, pricing and customer details pertaining to the provision of oats, barley, beans, salt etc in areas including Deansgate, Didsbury, Eccles, Salford, Bridgwater and Worsley. Tod… Read more…

A sturdy volume of the Dundee Directory dated 1896 -1897. Includes advertisements, ecclesiastical lists, municipal lists, judicial lists, postal directories, street, trades, general and professions directories and a fold out plan of Broughty Ferry. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: In good condition bound in brown cloth covered boards incorporating blind rulin… Read more…

FIRST EDITION: Published by subscription and compiled from original sources with an introduction by Hamon Le Strange. Includes within 8 signed hand written letters from the author to WT Bewley Esq. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Good original cloth boards showing modest spots of wear and a little surface abrasion with bevelled edges and gilt lettering to fr… Read more…

An opera lover’s copy of this unique account of the different characters and traditions of twenty famous opera houses in 14 European cities. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1957 Second impression. Pale blue cloth covered boards in fair to good condition. Gilt title over red ground to spine which is damp stained. Dust jacket in good condition, nicked to spine… Read more…

The manorial estate of Aperfield Court was broken up after its purchase in 1895 by Frederick Henry Dougal of Wandsworth and the land sold off cheaply in small parts. It was not until after the Second World War however that the name of the area was changed from Aperfield to Biggin Hill in recognition of the Biggin Hill Aerodrome and the role played… Read more…

First edition with authorial ephemera laid in of Colin Clair’s personal copy of Human Curiosities in which the author explores human nature and the shocking popularity throughout history of exhibitions, fairs and shows which set up human beings as freaks to be stared at by the public. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Dark blue paper covered boards embossed in… Read more…

Signed copy of the nineteenth book in the Mr Men series which, with its simple stories and brightly coloured illustrations has sold over one hundred million copies worldwide across twenty-eight countries. This is an original first edition printed in 1976. DESCRIPTION: Printed card wrapper, stapled to spine. Age toned, otherwise in very good conditi… Read more…

An 1892 collection of reprints of rare and unique 17 th and 18 th century tracts relating to Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne edited by Robert Robinson. Includes pastoral poems, letters, histories, notices of Newcastle worthies and excerpts from books. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Brown paper covered boards in good condition embossed to edge… Read more…

Handwritten oath of a freeman pledging allegiance and loyalty to the Town and authorities of Northampton in southern England in the early 18th century. John Slater made his oath to the Mayor of the town, Joseph Woolston and ultimately to the monarch, Queen Anne. Famously, the Oath of a Freeman had been adopted by the Massachusetts Bay Company nearl… Read more…

Pilot’s licence issued by Trinity House to a Great Yarmouth man, Richard Reeve James in January 1877, allowing him to practise his profession between Yarmouth and Southwold and extended down to Sizewell Bank. Printed on vellum and executed in black ink by Admiral Richard Collinson (explorer of the North West passage and would-be rescuer of Sir John… Read more…

A reissue with cancel title page of the edition that has ‘Thomas Boomer’ in the imprint. Additionally this version contains William Hopkins lengthy dissertation on Bertram. Eighteenth century calf, rebacked during the nineteenth century, speckled edges. Collates complete as per ESTC 14122, but lacking the final blank [8], CXXV, [3]; 137, [5]. Some… Read more…

A charming small booklet in good condition published in 1892 offering an official guide to Gustave Eiffel’s 300m tower built for the 1889 World’s Fair. Green illustrated card wrappers cleanly detached both front and rear from the text block of the booklet. A little browned to edges, slight nick to top right front corner. Internally leaves are in ve… Read more…

Sketch book compiled by an engineering student at the Ecole Centrale in Paris, one of the most prestigious of the grand ecoles that trained engineers and inspired similar organisations around the world. The author of this sketch book produced his work in the academic year 1869-’70; the alumni records of the Ecole Centrale record that Dunin graduate… Read more…

Little is known of would-be poet Frank Stanley Morgan’s life. The handwritten title page of his handsome album notes links to Herbert’s Lodge, Bishopston, Glamorgan and Christ Church, Oxford and is dated 1914. Within, 7 poems each titled and handwritten in a neat legible font are dated between 1906 and 1911. Each is signed off with the location of… Read more…

Elliott Kastner (1930-2010) was a larger-than-life American film producer, whose best-known credits include Where Eagles Dare and The Long Goodbye. This collection of 6 original screenplay scripts comes from his film production archive. All films remained unmade. The archive includes: 1 X The Violent Land screenplay script by actor and director Bri… Read more…

Original handwritten musical score and associated memorabilia for the song, ‘I’ve Just Begun’ written by Jule Styne for the musical Bar Mitzvah Boy. Signed and dedicated to Hollywood film producer Elliott [Kastner] and his wife Tessa. Jule Styne was an English-American songwriter and composer widely known for a series of Broadway musicals. He also… Read more…

Elliott Kastner’s film production archive spanning from 1975 - 1985 relating to an unmade feature film based on Irwin Shaw’s novel Night Work. Includes original screenplay scripts and memorabilia from the archives of Kastner’s Pinewood Studios office. Elliott Kastner was an American film producer who headed up Winkast Productions alongside Jerry Ge… Read more…

1830 map in very good condition. Attractive, hand coloured, very detailed and scarce map of Yorkshire in its original slip case. Published as a loose sheet map segmented and pasted on folding linen in twenty sections measuring 74 cm by 61 cm. All panels sound and intact, a little age toned. Strengthened to rear with later addition white linen fixed… Read more…

First edition, volumes 1-8 of this important and scarce 9 volume work by John Leland which records his journeys around England and Wales in the Tudor era, researching into local topography and providing a fascinating survey of England and Wales. In addition to the inclusion of the printed original manuscript from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, each… Read more…

Special Edition. Original, very scarce, 1917 card wrapped booklet of rhymes rebound in green, paper covered boards, internally in very good condition. Very minor bruising to corners of boards, gilt banding and lettering to spine reading ‘Riley’s Rhymes &c. – Part 2.’ Front and rear later addition endpapers clean incorporating owner’s bookplate ‘Tho… Read more…

Attractive, hand coloured, very detailed map of Westmoreland in good condition in its original slip case. Published 1820 as a loose sheet map segmented and pasted on folding linen in twelve sections measuring 49 cm by 40.5 cm. Top right panel separated along vertical join, 1 cm clean tear to fold of bottom left panel, otherwise all panels sound and… Read more…

Second edition, 1808. In good condition, attractive, hand coloured, very detailed map of Cumberland in its original slip case. Published as a loose sheet map segmented and pasted on folding linen in twelve sections measuring 47 cm by 52 cm.  All panels sound and intact, a little age toned. Visually the print is clear and clean. Original colour stil… Read more…

Calf binding in good condition, darkened and rubbed to edges, slightly nicked and spotted. Spine in six compartments, chipped and bruised. Front board is starting at the top of the spine. Text edges browned, a little puckered to bottom edge. 20.5cm x 12.5cm. Front and rear endpapers yellowed and browned to edges. ‘5A95’ written in black ink to top… Read more…

An account of an address given to the Gaelic Society of Perth on October 18th 1928 on the history of the Chiefs of Clan Donnachaidh. Bound in pebbled dark blue cloth in good condition with some darkening and moderate staining to edges and spine. 79 pp. collated and complete.Ownership details written on front loose endpaper allude to the book’s owne… Read more…

‘The Author’s copy’ - or more properly the Editor’s copy as Marie Stopes edited and anonymously wrote an introduction to this collection of poems after the young Welsh poet’s death. In addition to marking it as ‘The Author’s Copy’ Stopes seems to have used this copy to give readings, having noted down a potted biography on the first pastedown, writ… Read more…