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A 2 page hand written letter and receipt dated 1847 from the prominent 19th-century merchants John Gladstone & Co. who were associated with maritime trade and engineering interests in the city of Liverpool. The 2 page document consists of a receipt on paper headed ‘Manufactured by John Gladstone [Sons] & Co.’ which outlines an order for ‘2 pair pat… Read more…

Neuvieme - ninth edition - of this famous polemical work by Voltaire., with a signature purporting to be Voltaire’s on the title page. A good plus copy in contemporary calf boards with gilt filet to edges, titled to spine, slightly knocked to corners. Binding square and firm. Marbled endpapers clean, just cracking over gutters. Annotation in French… 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…

A good first edition in black cloth, signed to the title page by Armstrong. Worn and rubbed cloth, internally very good, a little foxing to the text block edges. 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…

First edition, very good, a little foxing to front fore edge and preliminaries. In a very good jacket, not price-clipped, red boards, eye-catching jacket by Roy and Sheila Sanford, short closed tear to foot of front panel. Read more…

Mill's and Boon's New Half-Crown Library edition in bright green cloth with black titles. In very good condition, a little rubbling to the edges, front hinge just starting to crack, but otherwise very fresh with no ownership inscriptions. In a Good pictorial dust jacket, somewhat chipped, torn and creased with a tape repair to verso, but a sound co… 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…

A very good First Edition of this novel set in Wales. In clean original cloth with gilt titles, the edges are a little soiled but the pages are clean in a tight binding. In a good dust jacket, chipped to the head of the spine with tape repairs to verso. Read more…

A very good First Edition in clean original grey cloth, the edges are a little soiled but the pages are clean in a square and tight binding. In a good dust jacket which is price clipped, chipped and torn along the joints, but scarce. Read more…

pp 313 Very good first edition in very good jacket of Thompson's full length novel, a recreation of the life of Buddha and of the India of two and a half millenniums ago. Price clipped; bright jacket over yellow boards. Foxing to end papers and one bumped corner the only minor blemishes. A very nice copy. Read more…

Architectural diagrams and illustrations describing 15 architectural educational visits by the English architectural historian, author and authority on medieval ecclesiastical buildings George Henry Cook. The intimate sketchbook like aesthetic is typical of G H Cook’s style and was most probably created by the man himself. Hand written title page l… Read more…

Rare first edition playscript written by Lady Madeleine Lees with the collaboration of her lover, the maverick imperialist Sir Francis Younghusband, a mere 44 years her senior. A bound, typescript titled ‘England’s Resurrection’... ‘For Private Circulation’ written by Lady [Madeline] Lees with a concluding chapter by the former imperialist and mili… Read more…

A small archive from Charles Skipper & East Limited, the London bank note printers including 2 hand written letters on company headed paper which divulge negotiations regarding the potential supply of new bank notes to the Banco da Republica dos Estados Unidos du Brazil and Banco Nacional de la Republica de Colombia. The letters are dated March and… Read more…

An eventful ‘Walk in the Dales’ recorded by artist John Gilbey Bowles on 32 leaves of a hard backed black cloth A4 sketch book. Accompanied by friends Richard Fozard and his wife Daphne the captioned illustrations record the outing, each depicting all three figures ‘stop for a pint’, ‘to[o] drunk for walking’, mid day hangover’, ‘panic’, ‘Daphne fo… Read more…

A complex association copy linking the author with a distinguished Professor at Leeds University. Paperbacked first edition in very good condition inscribed to title page ‘To Alistair with love from Hermione, September 1989’. Laid in is a handwritten note headed ‘Hardistys Farm’ written to ‘Dear Alistair, Almost 100 years ago you very kindly asked… Read more…

A lined ‘ John Heywood’ copybook containing 12 pages of printed invoices, letters, promissory notes, tradesman’s bills, inland bills and receipts to be copied by the student. The specimen transactions span a large geographical area and take place between a wide variety of clients. James Leech of Leeds requests and pays for goods from Jones and Reid… Read more…

An archive of career spanning and revealing letters written by Lieutenant, later Commander in Chief, Ralph Campbell Musbury Duckworth (1907–1983), the majority addressed to his ‘darling sister’ Sylvia who married into the Fawkes family of Farnley in Yorkshire. A lively correspondent with an eye for detail his earliest letters are written to his ‘da… Read more…

Salford Mayoral Visitors’ Book from the 1930s including the signatures of visiting industrialists, foreign officials including the Consuls for Norway, China (the Chinese Kuomintang government officially appointed its first consular representative to Manchester in February 1933), Finland etc and numerous Mancunian dignitaries and power-brokers. Serv… Read more…

Rare, short-lived high quality satirical journal written and printed in Bradford, with all 52 issues bound into a single volume. The Jackdaw was published in Bradford during 1904-1905 with the intention of poking fun at the local establishment, municipal spending, and the eccentricities of Victorian/Edwardian Bradford society - the very era that J… Read more…

A delightfully American-slanted presentation copy of Arnold’s New York and Boston lectures which the writer inscribed to his London friend Lady Dorothy Nevill after he was unable to attend her Fourth of July party in 1885. Arnold has inscribed the book on the half title: ‘To Lady Dorothy Nevill with unaffected regard from Matthew Arnold - July 10th… Read more…

Publisher’s red cloth boards in good plus condition, blind stamped to edges with a gilt motif to front and titled in gilt to lightly sunned spine. Printed maps decorate front and rear endpapers in very good condition; unmarked. Text block square and sound. Contains 12 leaves of beautifully coloured plates by illustrator Arthur Rackham, each in very… Read more…

pp142 A sale catalogue of books relating to "The Studio", an illustrated magazine of fine and applied art founded by Charles Holme in London in 1893, which was influential in the development of Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts movements. The book is very good in illustrated green wrappers; occasional pencil annotations and prices, and a laid in… Read more…

First edition presented by the inventor of the Bouncing Bomb to his philosopher son in law, Harry Stopes-Roe, son of Marie Stopes. Near fine book in magenta cloth, inscribed by Barnes Wallis at the head of the first flyleaf and evidently read with some care by Stopes-Roe who has made half a page of pencilled notes on the verso of the final flyleaf.… Read more…

A study of one of the leading 19th century British book illustrators - owned by one of the 20th century’s leading British book illustrators. A near fine copy in brown cloth: inscribed ‘Edward Bawden’ on the first flyleaf with the printed ticket of his local Essex bookseller opposite, ‘John Briggs, Bookseller and Stationer, 118 High Street, Braintre… Read more…