Books and Manuscripts

The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. SOLD Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1977. First UK export editi...

A New Account of the East Indies, by Alexander Hamilton. With Numerous Maps and Illustrations. Now Edited with Introduction and Notes by Sir Willia...

Underwood & Underwood Stereoscope Viewer with 18 cards, c. 1905. The viewer is made my Underwood & underwood in New York, and carries a pat...

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens. Illustrations by Phiz. Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. First book ed...

A Companion to the Temple; Or, A Help to Devotion in the Daily Use of Common Prayer: In Two Parts. Part II, containing The Litany, with the Occasio...

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, by James Boswell, Esq. To Which are Added, Anecdotes by Hawkins...

The New Naturalist; The Sea Shore, by C.M. Yonge. With 61 Colour Photographs by D.P. Wilson and Others, 62 Black and White Photographs, and 88 Text...

The History of The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Translated from the Spanish by P.A. Motteux. In 4...

A Vision of Greece; Described and Painted by Vera Willoughby. SOLD In poetic and theatrical prose Vera Willoughby (1870-1939), winds her way throug...

Aquarelles de Grece (Watercolours of Greece), by F. Perilla. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British histo...

The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare, edited by Thomas Keightley. SOLD Published by Bell and Daldy, London, 1865. An uncommon edition. Printe...

Fables Choisies Mises en Vers Par Monsieur De La Fontaine. Bound in 2 Volumes; the second also containing Nouvelles Fables Choisies Mises en Vers, ...

Select Fables of Aesop and Other Fabulists, In Three Books, by R. Dodsley (Robert Dodsley). A New Edition. The book is complete, and after the prel...

Fables, By the Late Mr. Gay, by John Gay. Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts, London, 1733. The Fourth Edition. A handsome copy of this beautiful b...

The Oxford Thackeray With Illustrations; by William Makepeace Thackeray. Edited, with an Introduction, by George Saintsbury. This is a partial set ...

Sir Walter Scott; The Waverley Novels, 24 Volumes complete. SOLD Published by Henry Frowde / Oxford University Press, London, New York, Toronto and...

The Plays of Bernard Shaw, Boxed Set, 1927. 12 Volumes, boxed presentation set. SOLD Published by Constable & Company Limited, London, 1927. Re...

Byron; The Flawed Angel, by Phyllis Grosskurth. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academi...

Siamese Tales; Old and New, The Four Riddles and Other Stories, translated by Reginald le May, M.R.A.S. (Adviser to the Siamese Government in the M...

The Works of Lord Byron including his Suppressed Poems. Complete in One Volume.  Published by A. and W. Galignani, Paris, 1827. This particular boo...

Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland: With Details of The Military Service of the Highland Regiments...

The Scottish Gael; or Celtic Manners, as Preserved Among the Highlanders: Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Inhabitants, Antiquiti...

Argyll's Highlands: or MacCailein Mor and the Lords of Lorne; With Traditional Tales and Legends of the County of Argyll and the Campbells and Macd...

The Genealogie of the Mackenzies, Preceeding Ye Year M.DC.LXI. (1661); Wreattin in Ye Year M.DC.LXIX (1669), by a Person of Qualitie (unnamed, but ...