The Library of Barry Humphries

Thicknesse (Philip) Useful Hints to those who make the Tour of France..., first edition, title browned, spotted, with broadside from Thicknesse ad...

[Beckford (William)] Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters, first edition, with the final errata leaf (sometimes missing), light spotting...

[Beckford (William)] [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: with Notes Critical and Explanatory, first (but unauthorised) editi...

[Beckford (William)] [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: with Notes Critical and Explanatory, first (but unauthorised) editi...

[Beckford (William)] Vathek, Conte Arabe, first Paris edition, title with woodcut ornament, advertisement leaf at end, a few leaves lightly browne...

[Beckford (William)] Vathek, fourth edition, revised and corrected, lacking half-title, with engraved frontispiece after Westall, the author's cop...

Beckford (William) Modern Novel Writing, or the Elegant Enthusiast; and Interesting Emotions of Arabella Bloomville. A Rhapsodical Romance...By th...

[Beckford (William)] Azemia: A Descriptive Novel...By Jacquetta Agneta Mariana Jenks, of Bellegrove Priory in Wales, 2 vol., first edition, with h...

[Beckford (William)] The Story of Al Raoui, a Tale from the Arabic, first edition, text in English and German, German in gothic script, a little s...

Beckford (William) Italy; with Sketches of Spain and Portugal, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, with 1p. Autograph letter from Beckford written...

Beckford (William).- Irving (David) Memoirs of the Life and Writings of George Buchanan, first edition, lacking half-title and final blank, Willia...

Beckford (William).- Dalrymple (Sir David, Lord Hailes) An Inquiry into the Secondary Causes which Gibbon has assigned for the Rapid Growth of Chr...

Beckford (William).- [Alison (Sir Archibald) & others.] Travels in France, during the years 1814-15. Comprising a Residence at Paris, during the s...

Beckford (William).- Sheppard (John) Letters, descriptive of a Tour through some parts of France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany, in 1816, first ...

Beckford (William).- Rogers (Samuel) Human Life, a Poem, second edition, with half-title and final leaf blank but for imprint, William Beckford's ...

Beckford (William).- Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, first edition, large paper copy, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint fro...

Beckford (William).- [Sale Catalogue] The Valuable Library of Books in Fonthill Abbey. A Catalogue of the Magnificent, Rare, and Valuable Library ...

Beckford (William).- Hamilton Palace Collection.- Hamilton (Alexander, 10th Duke) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, Works ...

Beckford (William).- [Lansdown (Henry Venn)] Recollections of the late William Beckford, of Fonthill, Wilts; and Lansdown, Bath, edited by Charlot...

[Radcliffe (Ann)] A Sicilian Romance by the authoress of The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne, 2 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, small hol...

[Radcliffe (Ann)] The Romance Of The Forest: Interspersed With Some Pieces Of Poetry, 3 vol., first edition, vol. 1 with short tear to foot of tit...

Lewis (Matthew Gregory) The Monk: a Romance, 3 vol. third edition, first issue with 2 books advertised at end of vol.3, vol. 1 with worming to for...

Lewis (Matthew Gregory) Romantic Tales, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, without advertisements at end of vol. 4, scattered foxing and light br...

[Maturin (Charles Robert)], "Dennis Jasper Murphy". Fatal Revenge; Or, The Family of Montorio. A Romance, 3 vol., first edition, vol. 2 lacking fi...

[Utterson (Sarah Elizabeth, editor and translator)] Tales of the Dead, first edition, lacking half-title, light foxing and browning throughout, in...

Famous hoax.- Caraboo: A Narrative of a Singular Imposition, practised upon the Benevolence of a Lady residing in the Vicinity of the City of Bris...

Poesias Eroticas Escolhidas, half-title, dedication neatly ruled and decorated in gold, 4 finely-engraved plates depicting well-endowed monks at p...

[Polidori (John)] The Vampyre; A Tale, first edition, third issue, half-title, light foxing, attractive antique-style half calf, spine gilt with r...

[De Quincey (Thomas)] Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, first edition, ink presentation inscription "To the Editor of the Eclectic Review" to...

Ghost Stories; Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghosts and Apparitions, first edition, aquatint frontispiece an...

[Morier (Sir James Justinian)] [Collected oriental romances], 24 vol., first editions, comprising The Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, 3 vol....

[Hogg (James)] The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, first edition, engraved facsimile letter frontispiece, some very light m...

[Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)] Specimens of German Romance, 3 vol., first edition, 3 etched frontispieces by George Cruikshank, light browning...

Pushkin (Alexander) The Talisman... with other pieces, [translated by George Borrow], first English edition, [one of 100 copies], light foxing to ...

[Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan)] Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, first edition, half-title and title in red and blue, frontispiece and 3 engraved p...

Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan) The Wyvern Mystery, first one-volume edition, Montague Summers' copy with his bookplate to front pastedown, frontispiece...

Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan) The Watcher and Other Weird Stories, first edition, frontispiece, pictorial title and illustrations by Brinsley Sheridan...

Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing all six suppressed poems, first issue with "Feurs" in headline on pp. 31 & 108, p...

Crowe (Catherine) Ghosts and Family Legends. A Volume for Christmas, first edition, armorial bookplate of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Cre...

Lortic (Marcellin, binder).- Cardoze (Jules) Lina, Histoire Vraie, extra-illustrated with 8 original drawings by T.Vardon comprising hand-coloured...

Symonds (John Addington) [Collected works], 17 vol., comprising The Escorial. A Prize Poem, Oxford, 1860; Sketches in Italy and Greece, half-title...

Symonds (John Addington) In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays, one of 50 large-paper copies, the odd spot and some light darkening to fore-ma...

[Bierce (Ambrose)], "Dod Grile". The Fiend's Delight, title page vignette, 32pp. advertisements at rear, lower hinge weak, original brown cloth de...

Éléonore ou l'Heureuse Personne, 2 vol. in 1, large paper copy with plates in 2 states, 6 engraved plates after the original 1799 edition, each in...

Wilde (Oscar) Ravenna. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 26, 1878, from the Newdigate Prize Poem series, first edition, later crushed brown mor...

Wilde (Oscar) The Picture of Dorian Gray, first published appearance in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, English issue, rare variant ?for overseas s...

Wilde (Oscar) After Reading [&] After Berneval, 2 vol., each number 10 of 75 copies on Japanese vellum signed by the illustrator and printer, wood...

Wilde (Oscar).- Saltus (Edgar) The Philosophy of Disenchantment, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Oscar Wilde Es...

Wilde (Lady Jane).- Saltus (Edgar) The Pace that Kills, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Lady Wilde - with the duty...

May (Phil) Artist's sketchbook with over 80 original drawings, sketches, and studies from life, 135 pp. with over 80 featuring sketches, predomina...

Riddell (Mrs. J.H.) Weird Stories, first edition, presentation inscription from the author "W. Riddell with the author's best wish for a happy new...

Moore (George) A Modern Lover, 3 vol., first edition, 31pp. advertisements to end of vol. 3, pencil mark to vol. 1 M5, very occasional light finge...

Johnson (Lionel) Sir Walter Raleigh in the Tower, first edition [1 of 7 copies], 2 editorial corrects to p.5, neatly repaired tears to fore-margin...

Johnson (Lionel) Poems, first issue, one of 25 copies signed by the author, title vignette and colophon device printed in red, light browning to e...

Johnson (Lionel) Ireland with other poems, first edition, title printed in red and black, endpapers browned, original boards, small mark to head o...

[Smithers (Leonard) and Sir Richard Francis Burton, translators and editors] Priapeia; or the Sportive Epigrams of Divers Poets on Priapus, one of...

Smithers (Leonard C., editor) The Transmigrations of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam (Chinese Tales), one of 5 copies on Japanese vellum, title page printed...

Sade (Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de) Opus Sadicum, number 1 of 50 copies using the sheets of the first edition in English, half-title, ti...

Max Klinger (1857-1920)Weiblicher Akt mit Faun, or Female nude with faunPen and black ink, signed with initials and dated 'MK 7.Aug 89' in the low...

Franz von Bayros (1866-1924)Die Fünf Sinne - Der GerüchPen and black ink, black wash, signed 'Choisy le Conin' and inscribed with title in the low...