Browse by Date—1850–1899

Le Procès du Comte d'Egmont (1854, first edition)
The trial and execution of the Count of Egmont in 1568
Charles-Victor de Bavay
Librairie de C. Muquardt, Bruxelles, 1854
£30.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

A Contribution to Indian Carcinology
1892, J R Henderson's study of Indian crustacea
J R Henderson
The Linnaean Society, London, 1892
£20.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated

Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry (1888, first edition)
A reference copy only of W B Yeats's selection of Irish folk lore
W B Yeats, editor
Walter Scott Publishing Co, Ltd, London, 1888
£30.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions

Books in Chains and other Bibliographical Pieces (1892, first edition)
Quarter leather binding, a collection of writings from William Blades, printer and bibliographer
William Blades, edited with an introduction by Henry B Wheatley
Elliot Stock, London, 1892
£30.00
Crafts | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

The Barbary Corsairs (1890, first edition)
With bookplate, siganture and damning comment by Frances Pierrepont Barnard
Stanley Lane-Poole, with additions by Lieut. J D J Kelley, US Navy
T Fisher Unwin, London, 1890
£20.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions

Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (1892)
1300+ pages of this popular Victorian reference work
Benjamin Vincent
Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co, London, 1892
£30.00
Reference & Bibliography | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Letters from Julia (1897, signed by W T Stead)
A rare signed first edition of Stead's automatic writing communications from the deceased Julia A Ames
W T Stead
Grant Richards, London, 1897
£300.00
Paranormal, Supernatural & Occult | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions

Kelly's Directory of Cumberland 1894
Professionally rebound, complete with folding map
Kelly's Directories
Kelly & Co, London, 1894
£40.00
Genealogy & Family History | Hard Cover

Binko's Blues, A Tale for Children of All Growths
1884, first edition. A whimsical fantasy novel in the original decorative binding
Herman Charles Merivale, illustrated by Edgar Giberne
Chapman & Hall, London, 1884
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

London and India Docks, original documents 1889–1898
a bound collection of booklets, from the Chief Clerk's Office. including police, messengers, pay, regulations etc
London and India Docks
Port of London, London, 1889
£80.00
Ephemera | Hard Cover | First Editions

Mark Lemon, handwritten & signed envelope c1860
Addressed to British journalist Cyrus Redding
Mark Lemon
Not Published, 1860
£40.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

W Harrison Ainsworth, signed & handwritten envelope 1961
Sent to British journalist Cyrus Redding
W Harrison Ainsworth
Not Published, 1862
£50.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

Little Wives (1890)
Louisa M Alcott's sequel to Little Women, published in Warne's Star Series
Louisa May Alcott
Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1890
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover

The Life of David Roberts, R.A. (1866, first edition)
A reading copy only, with nine engraved plates
James Ballantine
Adam and Charles Black, London, 1866
£70.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese e Inglese-Italiano (1867)
Quarter vellum, published in Florence
J P Roberts
G Barbera, Florence, 1867
£20.00
Language | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings

Les Bas-fonds de Constantinople (1892, first edition)
Paul de Regla expose of the underworld of Constantinople
Paul de Regla
Tresse & Stock, Paris, 1892
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | First Editions

En Route (1895, 10th edition)
The second of J-K Huysmans' Durtal novels
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Tresse & Stock, Paris, 1895
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover

English Book-Plates, Ancient and Modern (1893)
The second enlarged edition of Egerton Castle's history of bookplates
Egerton Castle
George Bell & Sons, London, 1893
£40.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Illustrated

Memoirs of Henrietta Caracciolo, of the Princes of Forino, Ex-Benedictine Nun (1865)
Fourth edition of Caraciollo's convent scandal memoir Mysteries of the Neapolitan Cloister / Misteri del Chiostro Napoletano. In the Register of Erotic Books (Entry No 2950).
Henrietta Caracciolo, otherwise Enrichetta Caracciolo
Richard Bentley, London, 1865
£200.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Bookplate

The Orchid-Grower's Manual (1852, first edition)
Benjamin Samuel Williams's first book, 'containing a Brief Description of Upwards of Two Hundred and Sixty Orchidaceous Plants'
Benjamin Samuel Williams
Chapman & Hall, London, 1852
£80.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound | Illustrated

The House of Life (1898, The Siddal Edition)
An attractive silk-bound copy of D G Rossetti's sonnet sequence
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, frontispiece by Arthur Ellis
Ellis and Elvey, London, 1898
£30.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings

Poesies 1864–1869
A nice quarter leather binding of François Coppée's poetry, c1880
François Coppée
Alphonse Lemerre, Paris, 1880
£15.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

La Hollande Pittoresque: Voyage aux Villes Mortes du Zuiderzée
1875, second edition, Henry Havard's travels to the Dead Cities of the Zuiderzee
Henry Havard, illustrations by the author and van Heemskerck van Beest
E Plon & Cie, Paris, 1875
£60.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | Illustrated

The Alpine Journal, Vol III, 1867
A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation, with two maps and colour plates
H B George, editor, and members of The Alpine Club
Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, London, 1867
£60.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Life of Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, K.C.B.
1897, this copy owned by Admiral Gerald Walter Russell (1850–1928)
Rear-Admiral C C Penrose-Fitzgerald
William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1897
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies

