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BASEBALL IN THE 1880s The Boys’ Book of Sports and Outdoor Life in America

Maurice Thompson; George B M Harvey
1887
Nicely bound English edition of Thompson’s Book of Sports which had appeared in the USA a year earlier and contains a baseball story by George Harvey. Attractive green publisher’s binding with gilt decoration; rubbed and a little worn at the head and tail of the spine. Spectacular art nouveau-style endpapers; a little browning to text which is illu… Read more…
#8532

£150.00

WITH ELIOT’S SIGNATURE The Family Reunion

T S Eliot
1950
A very smart copy with T S Eliot’s signature in blue ink on a small oblong of paper tipped onto the title page. A crisp copy of the 6th edition from 1950, near fine in a near fine jacket. Ownership signature from 1958 to the flyleaf over an erased earlier inscription. Eliot's signature is not difficult to find on limited editions but desirable on t… Read more…
#8518

£295.00

THE CATHEDRALS AND CONVENTUAL CHURCHES of England and Wales Orthographically Delineated

Daniel King; Wenceslaus Hollar
1656
Scarce if incomplete example of King’s Commonwealth era collection of views of churches and cathedrals with extensive provenance recorded on the book. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:Small folio-size bound in late 17th century panelled calf, rebacked, probably in the 19th century with a gilt heraldic device to the spine. Front pastedown has a c1800 manuscript… Read more…
#8525

£950.00

NOVA SCOTIA, Prince Edward Island, and Part of New Brunswick. Third Edition, with many Additional Names & Corrections [Map]

James Dawson [Sir Charles Trollope]
1854
Pictou-imprint map of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island from the estate of the British Commander in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the late 1850s, General Sir Charles Trollope. A map produced by James Dawson as the third edition in 1854 and lithographed in Edinburgh. Cloth-backed coloured map, dated 1854 (73x56cm) folded to 14x18cm; a little spotting.… Read more…
#8509

£300.00

THE HISTORY OF CLERKENWELL by the late William J Pinks

William J Pinks; Edward J Wood
1881
Expensively produced 19th century history and guide to this area of north London in the augmented second edition. Decorative publisher’s cloth binding over bevel-edged boards, red edges to text block; faded to spine with scuffing at head and tail of spine. Black coated endpapers; cracking to inner hinge before the first fold-out map by Pickburn. Co… Read more…
#8505

£165.00

SARACEN ARCHERY: an English Version and Exposition of a Mameluke Work on Archery ca AD 1368

J D Latham & W F Paterson - Al Yunani
1970
Very uncommon translation of Taybugha Al-Ashrafi Al-Baklamishi Al-Yunani's Complete Manual of Archery for Cadets, first written for a Mameluke Sultan. A fine copy in a good jacket - closed tears at the head of both panels; now in protective mylar. Originally priced at 7 Guineas, this was always an expensive book and remain a desirable addition to a… Read more…
#8501

£300.00

ALPINE PANORAMA Vue panoramique prise du sommet des Rochers de Naye (2044 m.)

Xaver Imfeld
1892
Alpine panorama made up of 24 folding segments (24x15cm) with a lithographed (Ch. Serex) image of the mountains on one side and steel engraved adverts on the other. Printed card wrappers, browned and scuffed to edges; internally a couple of closed tears along central fold, otherwise very good. A remarkable image. Read more…
#8500

£125.00

HALLEY’S COMET PROPHETICAL PAMPHLET The Mystery of Ambras Merlins, Standardbearer Wolf and last Boar of Cornwal

‘Lover of his Country’s Peace’
1683
Rare prophetical pamphlet published after the appearance of Halley’s Comet a year before. 4 page folio text with caption title and imprint from colophon. Small woodcut on last page depicting a ‘Flagg figured with a White Wolf’. 4 pages. Toning to paper edges and a couple of brown spots, otherwise a very good copy bound in modern quarter calf over m… Read more…
#8290

£1250.00

UNPUBLISHED ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SWISS PHYSICS - A Compendium of the Aristotelian: & Cartesian Physics

John Roberts - Johann Heinrich Schweitzer
1701
Manuscript translation by an English lawyer determined to inject his enthusiasm for Lucretius into this work by a 17th century Swiss natural philosopher - completing his English makeover with marginal references to Milton’s Paradise Lost. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Quarto in modern half tan calf over marbled boards; an eighteenth century presentation in… Read more…
#8245

£4950.00

JOHN LE CARRE’S A MURDER OF QUALITY SCREENPLAY - Shooting Script With Revisions and Annotation

John Le Carre
1990
No institutional copy located of this shooting script which has revised pages from 3 drafts of the screenplay and saw use by a cast member. Blue card wrappers with letterbox opening; closed tear above this probably removing an additional label previously stapled to the cover. Tape repairs overleaf. Binding secured by two flattened brads. Title page… Read more…
#8224

£850.00

FIRST EDITIONS - 2nd SERIES IN VANESSA BELL’S DUSTJACKET The Common Reader: First and Second Series

Virginia Woolf
1925
Beautiful examples of Virginia Woolf's two great essay collections that were published in her lifetime. The first volume is in first edition grey cloth-backed paper covered boards to Vanessa Bell’s design, a bright clean copy, internally unmarked, a near fine copy. The second volume is in publisher's green cloth which is brightly attractive and in… Read more…
#8204

£800.00

SCOTLAND’S 7TH NOBEL PRIZE WINNER - Nobel Prize Lecture & Personal Papers

Sir Alexander Todd
1927
Alexander Todd’s personal archive including school prizes from Glasgow schooldays, his Nobel Prize lecture and dozens of retained copies of his papers and speeches. Alexander R Todd (1907-1997) was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the synthesis of nucleotides - the groundwork for Watson and Crick’s elucidation of DNA. Born… Read more…
#8180

£2250.00

BRIGHTON MARITIME ARCHIVE: Waldram Day and Night Pier Signals - Pamphlet & Signals

Edward Waldram
1898
The archive of the inventor of Waldram’s Day and Night Pier Signals, including his unrecorded pamphlet and a part set of hand-painted miniature tin signalling flags - and compass. Edward Waldram’s proposal for a new set of Brighton maritime signals is housed within a custom-made wooden box (35x17x9cm) with a brass label on top: ‘International Code… Read more…
#7982

£700.00

ILLUSTRATED Log Book of the Proceedings on Board the Barque Wellington from the Port of London to Madras

Henry Borrer, Midshipman
1839
Extensively illustrated Midshipman’s log book of a return voyage from England to Madras with drawings of an albatross-shoot, whale-ships burning oil, a mirage at sea and a sequence of coastal views including St Helena and Tristan da Cunha. Folio-sized manuscript which has been copied by its author from the original document into a printed skeleton… Read more…
#7942

£1950.00

SPECIMEN OF PRINTING TYPES by Henry Caslon, Chiswell Street, London: Letter Founder to her Majesty’s Honourable Board of Excise

Henry Caslon
1842
Rare book of specimen type borders and ornaments offered for sale by the most famous of all British letter founders. Large octavo bound in speckled paper covered boards with new acid-free endpapers. Title page with decorative border (with spotting) followed by Caslon’s 1838 ‘Prices of Printing Types’ with tissue guard. A single leaf of letterpress… Read more…
#7941

£1250.00

Nature Series: Popular Lectures and Addresses, Volume I, Constitution of Matter

William Thomson - Lord Kelvin [inscribed to sister]
1889
Fine presentation copy inscribed by Lord Kelvin on the title page to his devoted sister: ‘Elizabeth King. 24 Hamilton Terrace from her brother W.T. March 2/ 89’. Very smart green publisher’s cloth binding with dark green coated endpapers, clean fresh text throughout, pp460 plus 2 pages of adverts at the end, illustrated throughout. Elizabeth Thomso… Read more…
#7800

£550.00

The Order of Proceeding in the Public Funeral of the late Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
1852
Scarce Order of Proceeding with remnants of the black silk stab sewing. Eighteen printed pages in large folio setting out the order of proceeding from the night before the funeral with the processional details for the day of the funeral surrounding ‘The Body covered with a rich black velvet pall...’ A little browning and stainng to text which colla… Read more…
#7655

£550.00

LIVERPOOL MANUSCRIPT - Minutes of the Council Meetings of the Liverpool Architectural and Archaeological Society from October 16th 1867 to July 4th 1887

Francis Horner; Thomas Kilpin; Henry Hill Vale, Thomas D Barry; Joseph Boult; Henry Sumners, Charles Aldridge etc
1867
Manuscript records from one of the world’s oldest architectural societies containing hundreds of signatures of leading members including the architect of the Walker Art Gallery. Quarto manuscript book, half green morocco over marbled boards, stationer’s ticket of ‘Joseph A D Watts... Liverpool’ on marbled front endpaper with details for reordering.… Read more…
#7538

£650.00

THE GENTLEMAN’S RECREATION: In Four Parts; Viz Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing..

Nicholas Cox; Nathaniel Rolls; Ichabod Dawks; William Sherwin; William Dolle; John Manwood
1697
Nicolas Cox’s compendium of hunting, hawking, fowling, and fishing lore in one of the three variant imprints published in 1697. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Contemporary boards, sympathetically rebacked with a new spine, retaining the original endpapers. Extensively provenanced: ‘Ch: Parry 1742’ on the front pastedown looks to be the earliest owner follow… Read more…
#8482

£600.00

SHAKSPEARE TERCENTENARY COMMEMORATION SUPPLEMENT APRIL 23 1864 [with] Shakespearian Tercentenary Festival [Flyer]

William Shakespeare
1864
Lavish broadsheet Supplement issued by the Stratford Chronicle to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth in 1564, together with a flyer for the ‘Extra Performances in the Grand Pavilion’ for the second week of celebrations. Single bifolium (50x38cm), old folds, a couple of spots; a very nice copy. Illustrated with steel engravings… Read more…
#8415

£450.00

OPERA SINGER JESSIE ROSE’S BOOK OF LOVE POEMS - Written by a Lovelorn Suitor

Charles Sydney Buxton
1908
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…
#8477

£1250.00

PELICAN DEVICE TO SPINE The Dramatic Works of Samuel Foote, Esq; to which is Prefixed A Life of the Author

Samuel Foote Esq
1781
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…
#8481

£200.00

A TOXOPHILIC CLASSIC The English Bowman or Tracts on Archery

Thomas Roberts
1801
Crisp first edition of this classic account of the revival of archery, as a pastime, printed on blue paper. Half tree calf over marbled boards; bookplate to front pastedown; frontispiece and engraved dedication to the Prince of Wales, xlii, pp298 and Errata [2]. Minimal browning to an otherwise excellent copy. Acquired as part of a library of books… Read more…
#8483

£250.00

INSCRIBED TO GILBERT MURRAY Natalie Maisie & Pavilastukay: Two Tales told in Verse

John Masefield
1942
Double presentation copy, first in the year of publication from the author to one of his oldest friends, inscribed by Masefield on the flyleaf: ‘For Gilbert Murray from John Masefield. April. 1942’ and then, acquired on Murray’s death, and given by a visiting American scholar to his landlady in Oxford. Blue cloth, some discolouration to boards; int… Read more…
#8478

£110.00

THE WORKS IN VERSE AND PROSE OF WILLIAM SHENSTONE

William Shenstone
1768
Three delightfully bound volumes, Vols I & II in the third edition and Vol III in the second edition. Full tan calf with gilt decoration to the spine and a fillet to the boards; red and green spine labels. A little fading to the spine and the beginnings of wear to the head and tail of the outer hinges but a very good set. Marbled endpapers and gree… Read more…
#8480

£200.00