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ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "to Bryony - who is the most important person I've ever met in a signing queue & the first person ever to see merit in Harry Potter. With huge [underlined 4 times] thanks. J.K. Rowling" on the dedication leaf, Bloomsbury, 1997ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "to Bryony - who is the most important person I've ever met in a signing queue & the first person ever to see merit in Harry Potter. With huge [underlined 4 times] thanks. J.K. Rowling" on the dedication leaf, Bloomsbury, 1997. Sold for £118,812.50 inc. premium
RALEIGH (WALTER) TASSO (TORQUATO) Rime et prose del signor Torquato Tasso. Parte terza, WALTER RALEGH'S COPY, Venice, [Vittorio Baldini], appresso Giulio Vasalini, 1584RALEIGH (WALTER) TASSO (TORQUATO) Rime et prose del signor Torquato Tasso. Parte terza, WALTER RALEGH'S COPY, Venice, [Vittorio Baldini], appresso Giulio Vasalini, 1584. Sold for £47,562.50 inc. premium
MANET (EDOUARD) POE (EDGAR ALLAN) Le Corbeau; The Raven: Poëme, traduction française de Stéphane Mallarmé avec illustrations par Edouard Manet, Paris, Richard Lesclide, 1875MANET (EDOUARD) POE (EDGAR ALLAN) Le Corbeau; The Raven: Poëme, traduction française de Stéphane Mallarmé avec illustrations par Edouard Manet, Paris, Richard Lesclide, 1875. Sold for £31,312.50 inc. premium
EMERSON (PETER HENRY) AND T.F. GOODALL Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads... With General and Descriptive Text, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, half-title, title printed in red and black, 34 PLATINUM PHOTOGRAPHS (of 40), each mounted on card as issued, Sampson, Low, [1886]EMERSON (PETER HENRY) AND T.F. GOODALL Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads... With General and Descriptive Text, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, half-title, title printed in red and black, 34 PLATINUM PHOTOGRAPHS (of 40), each mounted on card as issued, Sampson, Low, [1886]. Sold for £30,062.50 inc. premium
JAQUES (FAITH) A large archive of original artwork for books illustrated, and sometimes written, by Faith Jaques, with other artwork for magazines (Radio Times, Cricket, etc.), [1960s-1990s] (large quantity)JAQUES (FAITH) A large archive of original artwork for books illustrated, and sometimes written, by Faith Jaques, with other artwork for magazines (Radio Times, Cricket, etc.), [1960s-1990s] (large quantity). Sold for £2,805 inc. premium

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ARABIAN NIGHTS - BINDINGS Le livre des mille nuits et une nuit, 12 vol., Paris, H. Piazza, [1926-1932]
BUTLER (CHARLES) The Feminine Monarchie, 1634
PURCHAS (SAMUEL) A Theatre of Politicall Flying-Insects, FIRST EDITION, Printed by R.I., for Thomas Parkhurst, 1657
BEEKEEPING RUSDEN (MOSES) A Further Discovery of Bees. Treating the Nature, Government, Generation & Preservation of the Bee, FIRST EDITION, for the Author, 1679
BEEKEEPING WILDMAN (THOMAS) A Treatise on the Management of Bees; Wherein is Contained the Natural History of Those Insects, FIRST EDITION, 8vo (5)
BINDINGS KINGLAKE (ALEXANDER WILLIAM) The Invasion of the Crimea, 8 vol., FIRST EDITION, William Blackwood, 1863-1887--GROTE (GEORGE) History of Greece, 12 vol., 8vo (36)
BINDINGS MOORE (THOMAS) Irish Melodies. Illustrated by D. Maclise, [c.1850]; and 4 others (5)
CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET) A collection of 41 albumen copy print portraits, [c.1865-1870]; and 8 others (49)
DRAWING MANUAL - BOTANICAL TESTOLINI (GAETANO) Rudiments of Drawing, Shadowing, and Colouring Flowers in Water Colors; Contained in Thirty-Six Instructive Lessons... Intended for Beginners and Students of this Delightful Art. With a Description of Colours Used & the Method of Mixing Them, FIRST EDITION, H.K. Causton for G. Testolini, 1818
DRAWING MANUAL Albert Durer Revived, [1679]
EMERSON (PETER HENRY) AND T.F. GOODALL Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads... With General and Descriptive Text, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, [1886]
HARMONICS - MATHEMATICS Album of original harmonic diagrams, [late nineteenth/early twentieth century]
HERALDRY - MANUSCRIPT "Edmondson's Heraldic Scrap-Book", [c.1910-1925] (3)
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - KATE EADIE. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray, illuminated manuscript on vellum
INDIA EAST INDIA COMPANY AND AURANGZEBNDIA Document headed "The Manner of His Excellency Sir William Norris... Publicque Entry at His Audience of the great Mogull at His Court before Panulla in the East Indies on the 28th day of Aprill 1701", 1701
IRELAND – COUNTESS MARKIEVICZ Autograph letter signed ("your affectionate unknown cousin Constance de Markievicz") to her Australian cousin, Eva Cumming, Liberty Hall, Dublin, [probably written 25/26 September 1920]
JERUSALEM – THE MOABITE STONE Autograph letter signed ("Charles Warren"), to the literary hostess Mrs Cunliffe, giving an account of his dealings with regard to the Moabite Stone to date, Jerusalem, 2 March 1870
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR - VATICAN Processus Contra Templarios. Exemplaria praetiosa III, 2 vol., NUMBER 455 OF 799 COPIES, Vatican Secret Archives, 2007; and a copy of the Italian edition (3)
MIDWIFERY GIFFARD (WILLIAM) Cases in Midwifery, FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo (3)
MINIATURE BOOKS The Book of Nouns, FIRST EDITION, 1800
MORGAN (JOHN PIERPONT) - BRONZES BODE (WILHELM) Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan. Bronzes of the Renaissance and Subsequent Periods, 1910; and a 3-volume set of Waring's Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture at the International Exhibition 1862 (5)
MUSIC ROSSINI (GIOACHINO) Autograph manuscript signed ("G. Rossini") of his song 'Mi lagnerò tacendo', the upper stave marked "Canto" and the lower two "Piano Forte", "Paris a 30 Avril 1834"
NAVAL [GREENWOOD (JONATHAN) The Sailing and Fighting Instructions or Signals As they are Observed in the Royal Navy of Great Britain], [c.1715]
RAILWAYS - PHOTOGRAPHY Construction of North Road Station, Plymouth, [c.1877?]
SCOTLAND LOGAN (JAMES) AND ROBERT RONALD MCIAN. Clans of the Scottish Highlands, Illustrated by Appropriate Figures, Displaying their Dress, Tartans, Arms, Armorial Insignia and Social Occupations, 2 vol. FIRST EDITION, Ackermann and Co., 1845-1847
STAFFORDSHIRE – CHETWYND FAMILY AND INGESTRE Calligraphic richly illustrated volume on vellum tracing the deeds and architectural accomplishments of the Chetwynd family of Ingestre Hall, 1690
YACHTS MEIKLE (J.) AND H. SHIELDS. Famous Clyde Yachts 1880-87, FIRST EDITION, 1888
LITERATURE AND THE SCIENCES Album containing autograph letters, cut signatures etc. including John Ruskin, Robert Southey, Caroline Norton, Charles Darwin (cut signature), royalty, politicians, artists etc.
ALBUM – POLITICS AND ARTS Album containing a collection of over 140 autograph letters, the majority to Thomas Baring, eminent banker and politician, 1780s to 1860s
ART, LITERATURE AND PHILANTHROPY Series of autograph letters to Lady Louisa Goldsmid, the philanthropist, educationalist and suffragist, from Robert Browning, Millicent Jarrett Fawcett and Edward Lear
[AUSTEN (JANE)] JEFFERSON (Rev. Thomas, of Tunbridge) Two Sermons, on the Reasonableness, and Salutary Effects of Fearing God... , for the author, by Maunder and Holmes, Tunbridge, 1808
[AUSTEN (JANE, OF KIPPINGTON)] GENLIS (C.S.F.) Théâtre à l'usage des jeunes, 1781, AUSTEN'S COUSIN'S COPY
BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, AUTHORISED VERSION The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New, folio (330 x 210mm.)
BIBLE, IN ENGLISH, BISHOPS' VERSION [The Holie Bible], 4 parts (of 5, lacking all New Testament) bound in 2 vol., [Richard Jugge, 1572]
BLAKE (WILLIAM) Illustrations of the Book of Job. Invented & Engraved by William Blake, [ONE OF 100 SETS ON 'DRAWING PAPER'], Published... by William Blake, 8 March 1825 [but 1826]
BRONTE (CHARLOTTE) Shirley. A. Tale. By Currer Bell, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, 8vo, Smith, Elder (4)
CHARLES II Warrant signed ("Carolus R") at foot, with engraved initial letter portrait of Charles II, Whitehall, 27 February 1679/80
CLEMENS (SAMUEL L.) 'Mark Twain' The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, FIRST EDITION, Chatto & Windus, 1876
COLLINS (WILLIAM WILKIE) Autograph letter signed ("Wilkie Collins"), to Mrs Cunliffe, 10 July 1874
DICKENS (CHARLES) The Works, 30 vol., "Illustrated Library Edition", Chapman and Hall, 1874-1876
HANAPER OFFICE – THE DUKE OF CHANDOS AND CORONATION OF GEORGE II Abstract of accounts and record of warrants issued during the years 1728 to 1733, Hanaper Office, 1727-1734 [compiled c.1734/5]
JAMES II - SCOTLAND Document signed ("James R") at head, to William, Duke of Queensberry ("our Treasurer Principall") and John, Earl of Kintore ("our Treasurer Deput of our ancient Kingdome of Scotland"), "Given at our Court at Whitehall", 22 January 1685/6
MILTON (JOHN) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books; Paradise Regain'd, 8vo (30)
MILTON (JOHN) Paradisus amissa. Poema... Liber Primus [Paradise Lost. A Poem... Book the First], London, Printed 1702
MOFFAT (ROBERT) Autograph letter signed ("Robert Moffat"), to the Rev C.B. Taylor ("My dear Friend & Brother"), mentioning the achievements of Dr Livingstone, Kuruman [Northern Cape], 9 July 1869
NIGHTINGALE (FLORENCE) Autograph letter signed ("Florence Nightingale"), to "Sir", making enquiries as to Private Stanley, General Hospital Scutari, Balaclava, June 1/ 56
PETTUS (JOHN) Fodinae regales. Or, the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England, Wales, and the English Pale in Ireland, FIRST EDITION, 1670
RALEIGH (WALTER) TASSO (TORQUATO) Rime et prose del signor Torquato Tasso. Parte terza, WALTER RALEGH'S COPY, Venice, 1584
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