Browse by Date—1800–1849

Original 1839 Commission into the Royal Guernsey Militia
For Peter Bonamy Collings, signed by James Douglas (Lord Lieutenant) and Edward Martin, Deputy Inspector RMG
James Douglas
Royal Guernsey Militia, Guernsey, 1839
£50.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

The Book of Common Prayer
1830, this copy from Colonel John Bell's pew in St George's Church, Cape Town
Common Prayer
George Eyre & Andrew Strahan, London, 1830
£20.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Association Copy

Wanderings by the Loire
1833, with twenty-one engravings by J M W Turner
Leitch Ritchie, with engravings after drawings by J M W Turner
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, London, 1833
£45.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

An Historical and Descriptive Account of The Coast of Sussex
1833, with delightful hand-coloured plates
J D Parry
Printed for The Author by Wright & Son, Brighton, 1833
£60.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Aesop's Fables
1824, Dublin imprint, with 106 fables and illustrated by Thomas Kelly
Aesop, illustrated by Thomas Kelly
W Espy, Dublin, 1824
£50.00
Classics | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Oeuvres de Crebillon
1812, in a Simier R. du Roi binding, and plates by Clement Marillier
Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon
P Didot L'Aine, Paris, 1812
£30.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Bookplate

Legends and Stories of Ireland
1832, the second edition of Samuel Lover's tales from Irish folklore
Samuel Lover, with six etchings by the Author
W F Wakeman, Dublin, 1832
£70.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

The New Canterbury Tales
1811, a rare early title from Oliver Outline, pseudonym of poet Edward Quillinan
Oliver Outline, pseudonym of Edward Quillinan
Henry Colburn, London, 1811
£80.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Two Spanish Boleros for the Harp and Piano Forte
1810, the harp part of these pieces by Philippe-Jacques Meyer
Philippe-Jacques Meyer
Robert Birchall, London, 1810
£20.00
Music | Soft Cover

Four Original Lessons for the Harp (First set)
c1825, four sonatas for the harp
Philippe-Jacques Meyer
Robert Birchall, London, 1825
£30.00
Music | Soft Cover

Duncan Gray & Lewis Gordon from Oscar & Malvina
Meyer's arrangement for Harp and Piano, c1800
Philippe-Jacques Meyer, after William Reeve [1757–1815]
Robert Birchall, London, 1800
£20.00
Music | Soft Cover

The Water Witch, or The Skimmer of the Seas
1834, the first single volume edition with a new introduction by J F Cooper
J Fenimore Cooper
Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, London, 1834
£70.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus

The Spy, A Tale of the Neutral Ground
1831, the first single volume edition with a new introduction by J F Cooper
J Fenimore Cooper
Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, London, 1831
£50.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus

The National History and Views of London and its Environs
1835, volume 2, with 270 engravings on 54 pages
C F Partington, editor
Black and Armstrong, London, 1835
£35.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Original documents on the Naval career of Alfred Whitehouse 1847–1907
Including two original commissions, 1850 & 1858. Whitehouse became the Paymaster-in-Chief for the Navy
Alfred Whitehouse. Paymaster-in Chief of the Royal Navy
The Office of Admiralty, London, 1847
£150.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare
In a decorative painted calf binding, 6 vols including the Tragedies, Comedies, Biography and Doubtful Plays
William Shakespeare, edited by Charles Knight
Charles Knight, London, 1842
£150.00
Drama | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Bookplate

A General Treatise on Cattle, the Ox, the Sheep, and the Swine
A rare 1809 2nd edition of John Lawrence's study of farm animals
John Lawrence
Sherwood, Neely & Jones et al, London, 1809
£120.00
Farming & Agriculture | Hard Cover

The History of Romney Marsh from its Earliest Formation to 1837
1849, a rare first edition of the first history of the Marsh
William Holloway
John Russell Smith, London, 1849
£100.00
Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover | First Editions

Journal of a Route Across India, through Egypt, to England
1819, Fitzclarence's account of the journey, with maps and hand-coloured aquatint plates
Lt.-Col. George August Fitzclarence
John Murray, London, 1819
Sold
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Joseph John Gurney, a handwritten, signed letter to his family from New York, 1838
An important Quaker letter, referencing the schism in Quakerism, and his reforms in America
Joseph John Gurney
Not Published, New York, 1838
Sold
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
1823, published by Thomas McLean, Haymarket
Edmund Burke
Thomas McLean, London, 1823
£44.00
Philosophy | Hard Cover

The Life and Conversion of Cornelius Cayley
1837, 7th edition with portrait
Cornelius Cayley
Ebenezer Fowler, London, 1837
Sold
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover

An Act Relating to the Relief of the Poor (Scotland) 1845
Rebound in plain blue cloth
Not stated
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1848
£15.00
History | Hard Cover

Observations on Various Passages of Scripture
Clarke's Harmer, 1808, volume 3 only, on honouring the dead, Judea and Egypt
Adam Clarke, from the writings of The Rev Thomas Harmer
J Johnson, London, 1808
£15.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

On the Cure of Piles, Fistula, Hoemorrhoidal Excrescences, Tumours and Strictures
1844, S J Van Butchell's treatments and cases
S J Van Butchell
H Renshaw, London, 1844
£40.00
Health & Medicine | Hard Cover
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