Browse by Date—1850–1899
Archive of original handwritten documents and case notes from Shropshire Police
from the career of Sgt John Davey, served in Acton Scott, Market Drayton & Newport
Sergeant John Davey
Not Published, Shropshire, 1893
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Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Chronicles of Uganda
1894, first edition, signed by the author's wife, Edith
R P (Robert Pickering) Ashe
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1894
£40.00
History | 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
£350.00
Photography | Hard Cover
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth
c1885, with pages printed in different colours and with 106 illustrations
William Wordsworth, with 106 illustrations by Birket Foster, J Wolf, and Sir John Gilbert, R A.
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1885
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
Old Rabbit the Voodoo and Other Sorcerers
1893, first edition of this collection of Missouri folklore tales, illustrated by Louis Wain
Mary Alicia Owen, introduction by Charles Godfrey Leland. Illustrated by Juliette A Owen and Louis Wain
T Fisher Unwin, London, 1893
£30.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions
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 Diamond Guide for the Stranger in Paris
1889, a comprehensive guide to Paris with superb advertisements
Paul Joanne
Libraire Hachette, Paris & London, 1889
£40.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover
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
£150.00
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
Tales of Terror and Wonder
1887, a compendium of Gothic ballads collected by Matthew Gregory
Matthew Gregory Lewis, with an introduction by Henry Morley
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1887
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First thus
The History of Freemasonry, Volume 4
1885, first edition of this volume of Gould's comprehensive history
Robert Freke Gould
Thomas C Jack, London, 1885
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
The History of Freemasonry, Volume 3
1884, first edition of this volume of Gould's comprehensive history
Robert Freke Gould
Thomas C Jack, London, 1884
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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
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe
1858, with original memoir. Full leather binding, profusely illustrated
Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated by F R Pickersgill, John Tenniel, Birket Foster, Felix Darley, Jasper Cropsey, P Duggan, Percival Skelton, and A M Madot
Sampson Low, Son & Co, London, 1858
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
An Unabridge Japanese-English Dictionary
1896. the first edition but in poor condition
Captain Francis Brinkley, and F Nanjo & Y Iwasaki, with the cooperation of K Mitsukuri & J Matsumura
Sanseido, Tokyo, 1896
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Language | Hard Cover | First Editions
Dismal England
Robert Blatchford's 1899 socialist articles following on from his "Merrie England"
Robert Blatchford
Walter Scott, London, 1899
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Social Sciences & Anthropology | Hard Cover | First Editions
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1876, an early printing of Lewis Carroll's classic
Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel
Macmillan, London, 1876
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Fiction | Hard Cover
Ghost Stories and Presentiments
1888, Arthur Conan Doyle's first appearance in book form with five short stories of horror and the supernatural
Arthur Conan Doyle, contributor
George Redway, London, 1888
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
W. H. Smith's & Son's Plan of London with Index, c1875
A large fold-out coloured map of Victorian London
John Bartholomew
W H Smith & Son, London, 1875
On Hold
Maps | Hard Cover
The Mill on the Floss, Adam Bede, Silas Marner, and Scenes from Clerical Life
Four George Eliot novels, part only of a set
George Eliot
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1890
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Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
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
£100.00
Topography & Local Interest | Soft Cover | Handwritten