16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts

ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of autograph letters, clipped signatures etc. by Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, William O'Brien,...

AMEDEO, Luigi (1873-1933). On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea, London, 1903, 2 volumes, 4to, 16 photogravure plates, maps and illustrations, or...

ARIAS MONTANUS, Benedictus (1527-98). Sacra geographiae tabulam, Antwerp: [Plantin], 1571 [but 1572], engraved twin-hemisphere world map, galleons...

ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840). A System of Astronomy, Concord [New Hampshire], 1827, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards. FIRST EDI...

BAKER, Ezekiel (1758-1836). Remarks on Rifle Guns, London, 1835, 8vo, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 9 plates, including 7 hand-coloured,...

BAKER, Samuel White (1821-93). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon, London, 1854, 8vo, 6 coloured lithographed plates, attractively bound in modern ...

BARRIE, J. M. (1860-1937). Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up [in: The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie]. London, 1928, 8vo, o...

BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (c.1203-72). De proprietatibus rerum, Cologne, 1481, folio, 456 leaves, contemporary pen flourishes in red and grey ink to ...

THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR - Plan of the Attack of Lord Nelson, on the Combined Fleet, October 21st, 1805. [London:] November 1805, broadside, with a...

[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed)]. Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns, London, 1...

BERENGER, Charles Random de (1772-1845). Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property. With Instructions in Rifle and Pistol Shooting, London,...

BIBLE, in English - The Bible, London, 1599 [but later], [with:] Psalms of David, in Scots Meter, Edinburgh, 1632. 3 parts in one vol., square 8vo...

BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, London, "Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament", 1653, tall 24mo, engraved title, contemporary calf...

BINDING - E. B. CHANCELLOR (1868-1937). Memorials of St James’s Street, London, 1922, large 8vo, 16 plates, FINELY BOUND in red crushed morocco gi...

BINDING - "Lewis CARROLL" (1832-98). Alice in Wonderland, London, 1940, square 8vo, coloured plates after John Tenniel, FINELY BOUND in red half m...

BINDING - The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1864, large 8vo, interleaved with 27 FINE FULL-PAGE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS ON VELLUM, IN A FINE HIGHL...

BINDING - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). Complete Works and Life, London, 1904, 4 volumes, large 8vo, plates, attractively bound in contemporary...

BIZOT, Pierre (1630-96). Histoire Metallique de la Republique de Hollande, Paris, 1686, folio, additional engraved title, initials and illustratio...

BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45). The Beauty of the Heavens, London, 1845, 4to, 104 FINE coloured aquatint and chromolithographed plates by Charles ...

BONNYCASTLE, John (1751-1821). An Introduction to Astronomy, London, 1786, large 8vo, engraved allegorical frontispiece and 20 plates, most foldin...

BUCHAN, John (1875-1940). The Gap in the Curtain, London, 1932, 8vo, original green buckram, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the ...

"CARROLL, Lewis" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1872, 8vo, illustrations by John Tenniel, original red buckram, "Twenty-Nint...

CASAL, Gaspar (1680-1759). Historia Natural, y Medica de el Principado de Asturias. Obra. Posthuma. Madrid, 1762, 4to, engraved frontispiece (some...

CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84). La Meridienne de l' Observatoire Royal de Paris, Paris, 1744, 4to, 14 folding engraved plates and maps...

CATS, Jacob (1577-1660). Alle de Wercken, Amsterdam, 1712, 2 volumes bound in one, folio, additional engraved allegorical title, engraved plates a...

CHAUCER, Geoffrey (c.1343-1400). The Poetical Works, Edinburgh, 1782, 14 volumes, 12mo, engraved portrait and titles, contemporary diced calf (joi...

CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). The World Crisis 1911-[1918], London, April 1923 - March 1929, volumes I - IV only, bound in 5 (of 6), pla...

CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Monchelsea: Ebenezer Press, [1969], folio, coloured linocut text and plates by Clarke print...

COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND, ACT OF PARLIAMENT - An Act giving Licence for Transporting Fish in Forreign Bottoms, London, "Printed by Henry Hills and ...

CONDE José Antonio (1766-1820). Historia de la Dominacion de los Arabes en España, Madrid, 1820-21, 3 volumes bound in 2, small 4to, 6 engraved pl...

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) - T. J. WISE (1859-1937). A Bibliography of the Writings of Joseph Conrad, London, "For Private Circulation," 1920, 4to...

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) & Ford M. HUEFFER (1873-1939). The Inheritors. London, 1901, 8vo, original yellow pictorial cloth (some light staining)...

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Almayer's Folly, London, 1895, 8vo, title printed in red and black (some spotting), original green cloth gilt (bumped)...

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Laughing Anne, London, 1923, large 8vo (dampstained), vellum. FIRST EDITION. NO. 4 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR,...

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Lord Jim, New York, 1900, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, second issue, with the copyrig...

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Nostromo, London, 1904, 8vo, (some staining and spotting), original blue cloth lettered and decorated in white, spine ...

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Tales of Unrest, London, 1898, 8vo, title printed in red and black, original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION of this c...

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Arrow of Gold, London, 1919, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket (stained, dust-jacket in fragments). FIRST ENGLISH E...

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Mirror of the Sea, London, 1906, 8vo, half title, 40-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end dated August 1...

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Rescue, London, 1920, 8vo, original blue cloth, dust-jacket (frayed with slight loss, the backstrip darkened). FIR...

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Typhoon and Other Stories, London, 1903, 8vo, (some spotting), original grey cloth gilt, uncut (a few scuff marks, edg...

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Under Western Eyes, London, 1911, 8vo, half title, 32-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end dated August 1911...

CULPEPER, Nicholas (1616-54). Culpeper's Last Legacy ... The Fifth Impression, London, 1676, 8vo, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author (va...

DE SELINCOURT, Hugh (1878-1951). The Game of the Season, London, 1931, 8vo, frontispiece, original pink buckram, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE F...

DUELLING - The Art of Duelling, by a Traveller, London, 1836, 8vo, attractively bound in later green crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. The auth...

EDWARDS, Cyril (dates unknown). Seven Sonnets, London, 1934, 8vo, text engraved throughout, FINELY BOUND in original tree calf gilt by Birdsall. F...

FERGUSON, James (1710-76). Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, London, 1790, large 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 17 folding p...

FINLAY, Ian Hamilton (1925-2006). Glasgow Beasts, an a Burd ... Haw, an Inseks, An, Aw, a Fush, [Edinburgh], The Wild Flounder Press, 1962, 8vo, l...

FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). On Her Majesty's Secret Service, London, 1963, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's You...

FOTHERGILL, Jessie (1851-91). An autograph manuscript of Walt Whitman's poem "O Me! O Life!", probably in the hand of Fothergill rather than that ...

FROISSART, John (1337-1405). Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the adjoining Countries, London, 1855, 2 volumes, large 8vo, 75 coloured li...

FULLER, Samuel ([?]d.1736). Practical Astronomy, Dublin, 1732, 8vo, 10 folding engraved plates, 2 of which printed in sanguine, contemporary calf ...

GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). Soames and the Flag, London, 1930, 8vo, original vellum, glassine wrapper, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 753 OF 1,...

GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528). Corona florida medicinæ: sive De conservatione sanitatis, Venice, "per Johannem de forlivio & Gregorium fratres", 14...

GIBRALTAR - Vicente TOFINO DE SAN MIGUEL (1732-95). Plano Geométrico de la Bahia de Algeciras y Gibraltar. [Madrid:] 1786. Large hand-coloured eng...

GLISSON, Francis (1597-1677) & others. A Treatise of the Rickets ... Enlarged ... and ... amended ... By Nich. Culpepper, London, 1651, 8vo, calf....

GULF OF MEXICO - Thomas KITCHIN (1718-84). Map of the Gulf of Mexico, the Islands and Countries adjacent. [London: c. 1795]. Hand-coloured engrave...

HARVEY, Gideon (c.1640-c.1700). The Disease of London: or a New Discovery of the Scorvey, London, 1675, 8vo, ornaments, contemporary calf. Provena...

HAWKER, Peter (1786-1853). Instructions to Young Sportsmen, London, 1816, large 8vo, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 4 plates only (of 5),...

HEALDE, Thomas ([?]1724-89). The New Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Translated into English, With Notes, Indexes of N...