Browse by Date—1850–1899

1876, leactures by the Dean of Westminster, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

John Murray, London, 1876

The second enlarged edition of Egerton Castle's history of bookplates

George Bell & Sons, London, 1893

Fourth edition of Caraciollo's convent scandal memoir Mysteries of the Neapolitan Cloister / Misteri del Chiostro Napoletano

Richard Bentley, London, 1865

Both from the library of Elizabeth von Arnim with her signature and ex libris plate

John Murray, London, 1899

A rare signed first edition of Stead's automatic writing communications from the deceased Julia A Ames

Grant Richards, London, 1897

Signed by Kitchener 5th November 1898 at 17 Belgrave Square in London

Not Published, London, 1898

Fridtjof Nansen's attempted trek to the North Pole

George Newnes, London, 1898

Benjamin Samuel Williams's first book, 'containing a Brief Description of Upwards of Two Hundred and Sixty Orchidaceous Plants'

Chapman & Hall, London, 1852

A French study of Chinese civilization, with three engraved plates

Alfred Mame et Cie, Tours, 1854

An attractive silk-bound copy of D G Rossetti's sonnet sequence

Ellis and Elvey, London, 1898

A nice quarter leather binding of François Coppée's poetry, c1880

Alphonse Lemerre, Paris, 1880

1875, second edition, Henry Havard's travels to the Dead Cities of the Zuiderzee

E Plon & Cie, Paris, 1875

Complete in four volumes, with Braybrooke's notes

Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1890

A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation, with two maps and colour plates

Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, London, 1867

1897, this copy owned by Admiral Gerald Walter Russell (1850–1928)

William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1897

Inscribed by William Haig Miller in 1867, illustrated by John Tenniel

Religious Tract Society, London, 1867

1882, a rare first edition from philosopher Penelope Frederica Fitzgerald

Printed for the Author by Trubner & Co, London, 1882

Signed by Mathieu Auguste Geffroy, with a handwritten letter to Charles Schefer, a prominent orientalist and bibliophile

Librairie Hatchette et Cie, Paris, 1887

The myths, legends and poems of the North African Berbers

Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1887

Rochdale interest, and Nicholson persecution for fighting against Ritualism in the Parish Church

Not stated, Rochdale, 1892

Liverpool MP and philanthropist Samuel Smith's memorial book to his only son

Turner, Routledge & Co, Liverpool, 1899

A transcription of parish records of births, deaths and marriages, and list of Rectors

The Parish Register Society, London, 1899

Collected and edited by E S Hartland

Walter Scott Publishing Co, Ltd, London, 1890

A witty, illustrated trip from London to Italy.

Sampson, Low, Son & Marston, London, 1869

Including articles on chrysanthemums, gladioli, and forcing lilies of the valley

Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1897