Browse by Date—1850–1899
Vocal Physiology, Vocal Culture and Singing (Signed copy)
Signed by J Harry Wheeler of the New England Conservatory of Music
J Harry Wheeler
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, 1883
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Music | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
A Harmony of the Essays, etc
1871, Arber's English reprint of all Francis Bacon's 58 essays
Francis Bacon, arranged by Edward Arber
Not stated (Edward Arber), London, 1871
£60.00
Essays | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound | First thus
The Paris Sketch Book (Edward Thomas's copy)
Signed by poet Edward Thomas to the ffep.
William Makepeace Thackeray
Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1888
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Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | Association Copy
A La Recherche du Bonheur
1885, sixth edition signed by Scottish educationalist Sophie Weisse
Leo Tolstoy, as Comte Leon Tolstoi, traduit et precede d'une preface par M E Halperne
Perrin et Cie, Paris, 1885
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
The Golden Sceptre
1899, a Ruritanian thriller romance
Gerald H Thornhill
C Arthur Pearson, London, 1899
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Letters from Head-Quarters; or, the Realities of the War in the Crimea
1857, including an eye-witness account of The Charge of the Light Brigade
Somerset John Gough Calthorpe, as An Officer of the Staff
John Murray, London, 1857
£40.00
Military & War | Hard Cover
Book of Common Prayer & Proper Lessons
c1860, beautifully bound leather set in leather carry case
Common Prayer
George E Eyre & William Spottiswoode, London, 1860
£120.00
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
Six Plantations Songs (Volumes 1 & 2)
c1893, first edition of Alfred Scott-Gatty's popular songs
Alfred Scott-Gatty
Boosey & Co, London, 1893
£20.00
Music | Soft Cover | First Editions
A Frenchman in America (Signed copy)
1891, Signed by Max O'Rell in 1894
Max O'Rell, pseud of Léon Pierre Blouet, illustrated by E W Kemble
J W Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1891
£30.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Superb 1880s album of albumen prints of Milan, Verona and Venice
Photographs by V Florianello, Giacomo Brogi and Fratelli Alinari
V Florianello, and Giacomo Brogi and Fratelli Alinari
Not stated, 1880
£200.00
Photography | Hard Cover
Daphnis and Chloe, A Pastoral Romance
c1890, Vizetelly & co, with 9 full page plates
Longus, with engravings after designs by Prudhon, Baron Gerard, and Philippe D'Orleans
Vizetelly & Co, London, 1890
£20.00
Classics | Hard Cover | First thus
The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain
1899, Anne Pratt's classic botanical title, revised by Edward Step and with 315 colour plates in four volumes
Anne Pratt, revised by Edward Step
Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1899
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Natural History | Hard Cover | First thus
A Short Account of the British Encampments
Lying Between the Rivers Rheidol and Llyfnant, in the County of Cardigan, and their Connection with the Mines (1866)
J G Williams
D Jenkins / The Observer Offices, Aberystwyth, 1866
£30.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
The History of Freemasonry, Volume 2
1883, first edition of this volume of Gould's comprehensive history
Robert Freke Gould
Thomas C Jack, London, 1883
On Hold
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Illustrations of the Principle Natural Orders of the Vegetable Kingdom
1874, a rare first edition with 109 hand-coloured plates by W H Fitch
Professor Daniel Oliver, illustrated by W H Fitch
Chapman & Hall, London, 1874
£300.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions
Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park
1855, illustrated and with maps, Great Exhibition interest
Samuel Phillips, illustrated by P H Delamotte
The Crystal Palace Library, London, 1855
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Topography & Local Interest | Hard Cover
RAILWAYANA original 1870s handwritten letter concerning George Stephenson
Disputing Stephenson's claim to have invented the Locomotive
William Beattie, and engine designer, to Rochdale Pioneer George Healey
Not Published, 1870
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Transport | Soft Cover | Handwritten
Oxfordshire Annals, 1869 (Signed copy)
Signed by John Marriott Davenport to Horatio Nelson Goddard, JP
John Marriott Davenport
E W Morris, Oxford, 1869
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Original 1877 Rate Book for Bishop's Hull, Somerset
With handwritten entries of all residents
Not stated
Knight & Co, London, 1877
£80.00
Topography & Local Interest | Soft Cover | Handwritten
The Crusader's Christmas
c1890, covers cut in the shape of the crusader's armour, and with super lithographs
Broadbrim, illustrations by Frank Feller
The Art Lithographic Publishing Co, Munich & New York, 1890
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, signed postcard dated 1899
The first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain in 1865
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Not Published, 1899
£100.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Bombardment of Scarbro by the Russian Fleet in 1891
1889, a rare, humorous, addition to Invasion Literature
Untruthful Thomas
Crown Publishing Co (Bonnett & Shum), London, 1889
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Fiction | Soft Cover | First Editions
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, handwritten letter from Brantford, Canada West, in 1866
Writing on promotions and his commanding officers
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley
Not Published, Brantford, Ontario, 1866
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Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, handwritten letter from Thorold, Canada, 1866
Offering an interesting view of military life and promotion prospects
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley
Not Published, Thorold, 1866
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Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, handwritten letter from Montreal, 1866
including the Fenian Raids
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley
Not Published, Montreal, 1866
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Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
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