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Paul Cuffee, The Black Hero

c1880, a Victorian account of the African American businessman, whaler and abolitionist
Not stated
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Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover

Silas Marner, The Weaver of Raveloe

A reading copy of the 1861 first edition
George Eliot
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1861
£35.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

Wayside and Woodland Blossoms

1896, first edition of the Second Series
Edward Step
Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1896
£20.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions

A Synopsis of the British Diatomaceae

1853 & 1856, first edition, with 7 colour & 62 black and white plates
The Rev. William Smith, illustrated by Tufffen West
Smith and Beck, London, 1853
£250.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

The Seven Champions of Christendom

1861, decorative binding and illustrated by Edward H Corbould
Richard Johnson, illustrated by Edward H Corbould
Griffin, Bohn & Co, London, 1861
£30.00
History | Hard Cover | First thus

Henry Ponsonby, 1870 signed envelope with royal seal in black wax

and two cabinet card portraits of Ponsonby, Private Secretary to Queen Victoria
Henry Ponsonby
Not Published, Windsor, 1870
£50.00
Ephemera | Hard Cover

Original photograph: Tarporley, Cheshire 1886

showing two ladies, a horse and cart, and a pug by an ostlers
Not stated
Not stated, Tarporley, 1886
£20.00
Ephemera | Hard Cover

A Biography of David Cox; with remarks on his Works and Genius

1881, first edition of this study of the Birmingham artist David Cox
William Hall, edited, with additions, by John Thackray Bunce
Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, London, 1881
£25.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions

Blackberries

Am 1893 edition of William Allingham's verse
William Allingham
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1893
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover

Lectures on Art

1882, 1st edition, William Morris, E J Poynter et al...
William Morris, with Reginald Stuart Poole, Prof W B Richmond, J T Micklethwaite, and E J Poynter, RA
Macmillan, London, 1882
£20.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists: Philip Massinger, Volume One

1887, with the bookplate of MCC wicket-keeper and Oxford rower Joseph William Chitty
Arthur Symons, editor
Vizetelly & Co, London, 1887
£12.00
Drama | Hard Cover | First Editions

Church Music in the Metropolis

1884, first edition, a study of London's church music
Charles Box
William Reeves, London, 1884
£30.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions

Reminiscences of the Opera

1864, the memoirs of Her Majesty's Theatre owner Benjamin Lumley
Benjamin Lumley
Hurst & Blackett, London, 1864
£70.00
Music | Hard Cover | First Editions

A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe

c1880, a fairly poor reading copy.
John MacGregor
Sampson Low, Marston & Co, London, 1880
£15.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover

Poems and Prose by The Penge Poet

1899, the poetry of Joseph Gwyer, one of the world's worst poets
Joseph Gwyer, the Penge Poet
F Perraton, London, 1899
£60.00
Poetry | Hard Cover

Euphues, The Anatomy of Wit (1579)

and Euphues and his England (1580), published 1868 in Arber's English Reprint series
John Lyly, carefully edited by Edward Arber
Alex Murray & Son, London, 1868
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus

Language and Poetry of Flowers

1857, an early edition of this charming miniature Victorian book
Miss S C Edgarton
Thomas Nelson, London, 1857
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Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover

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

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

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