Books and Manuscripts

Various Poems with Designs by Cruickshank and others, 1830. 17 Poems bound as one volume. An interesting book of poems which have been selected for...

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...

The Art of Public Speaking, Ex-tempore; Including A Course of Discipline for Obtaining the Faculties of Discrimination, Arrangement, and Oral Discu...

Chrestomathie française ou choix de morceaux tirés des meilleurs écrivains français. Ouvrage destiné à servir d'application méthodique et progressi...

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 History of Tom Jones, A Changeling, by Lord Rothschild (Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild). The book is a fascinating account of the legal case...

The Two Paths; Lectures on Architecture and Painting, Pre-Raphaelitism and Notes on the Turner Gallery, by John Ruskin.  Published by Cassell and C...

French language Poetry scrapbook, belonging to Augustine Ruchet, c. 60 Manuscript / pictorial pages, 1870. The book could be Swiss in origin as Ruc...

The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate. Published by Macmillan and Co, London and New York, 1894.  A good full leather hardback with raised ba...

The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke: With a Memoir. Published by Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd, London, 1919. Sixth impression printed August 1919 (...

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...

Typical Photographs of Burma, Burmese Life and Scenes. The book provides a photographic record of life in Burma over 100 years ago. We have seen re...

Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland, to which are added, Translations from the Gaelic; and letters connected with those form...

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...

Leabar A' Chlachain; Home Life of the Highlanders 1400-1746. Printed for the Highland Village Association Limited; Scottish Exhibition of National ...

A Civic Survey & Plan for the City & Royal Burgh of Edinburgh; Prepared for the Town Council by Patrick Abercrombie, LL.D. and Derek Plumst...

Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels (25 volumes) Centenary Edition set. Complete. This is a truly exceptional set in a beautiful fine binding by ...

Les Premiers Hommes Dans La Lune (The First Men in the Moon), by H.G. Wells. Translation by Henry D. Davray. Illustrations by Martin Van Maele. SOL...

Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon; The Greatest Movie Never Made, by Alison Castle. SOLD Published by Taschen, Koln, Germany, 2011. First edition thus. Th...

The Post-War History of The British Working Class, by Allen Hutt. The author states his aim is "to tell the story of the British Labour movement fr...

Cloak & Cipher, by Dan Tyler Moore & Martha Waller. An illustrated guide for adults to understanding codes and ciphers, and how to crack th...