Fine Books

SHAKESPEARE, William - Poems and Plays - London - 1854
Catalogue ID: CGS0227

The Works of William Shakspeare Containing His Plays and Poems From the Text of the Edition of Charles Knight, London H G Bohn, 1854.... [More]

£375.00

 

CHURCHILL, Sir Winston - My Early Life - 1943 Inscription to Herbert Morrison
Catalogue ID: CGS0223

My Early Life a Roving Commission, London, Thornton Butterworth Limited, By the Rt Hon Winston S Churchill. 1930.... [More]

£9500.00

 

DICKENS, Charles - Mystery of Edwin Drood - London - First Edition - 1870
Catalogue ID: CGS0222

The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London, Chapman & Hall, First Edition, 1870 by Charles Dickens.... [More]

£240.00

 

CERVANTES, Miguel De - Don Quixote - Two Volumes - Dove Press - London - 1818
Catalogue ID: CGS0221

The History and Adventures of the renowned Don Quixote from the Spanish of Miguel Cervantes Saavedra by T Smollett... in Two Volumes 1818.... [More]

£160.00

 

GREENHILL, Elizabeth ( Women Binder ) - Under Any Sky - Ditchling Press - 1956
Catalogue ID: CGS0220

Under any sky, being some letters of a subaltern on active service overseas by David Gilliat, 1942-1944. Privately Printed, Ditchling Pres, Sussex, 1956. 8vo bound by Elizabeth Greenhill. ... [More]

£1250.00

 

AUGUSTINE, Saint - Little Book of Contemplation of God's Word - John Daye - 1577
Catalogue ID: CGS0219

S. Augustines Manuell, or, litle booke of the contemplation of Christ : or of Gods worde, whereby the remembraunce of the heauenly desires which is falne asleepe may be quickned vp agayne. SAINT AUGUSTINE [probably false Attribution] At London : Printed by Iohn Daye dwellyng ouer Aldersgate. 1577.... [More]

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ATKYNS, Arabella [Pseudonym] The Family Magazine - Cookery & House-Keeping -1741
Catalogue ID: CGS0218

The Family Magazine: in two parts. Part I. Containing useful directions in all the branches of house-keeping and cookery... Together with the Art of Making English Wines, &c. Part II. Containing a compendious body of physick... by Arabella Atkyns [pseudonym]... [More]

£325.00

 

TRYON, Thomas - A New Art of Brewing Ale & Liquors - London - 1691
Catalogue ID: CGS0217

A New Art of Brewing Beer, Ale, and other sorts of Liquors; so as to render them more healthful to the body, and agreeable to nature; and to keep them longer from souring with less trouble and charge than generally practiced,.. by Thomas Tryon... [More]

£2200.00

 

MANNING, Anne - Household of Sir Thomas More - ZAEHNSDORF EXHIBITION - 1899
Catalogue ID: CGS0216

The Household of Sir Thos. More by Anne Manning with illustrations by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton and an introduction by the Rev. W. H. Hutton . London, John Nimmo, 1899.... [More]

£275.00

 

BYRON, Lord - The Prisoner of Chillon - Chromolithography - London 1865
Catalogue ID: CGS0214

The Prisoner of Chillon, poem by Lord Byron. Illuminated by W & G Audsley, Architects. London, Day and son, 1865.... [More]

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COTTON, Charles -The Compleat Gamester - Cards - Billiards - Chess - London 1709
Catalogue ID: CGS0213

The Compleat Gamester: or, instructions how to play at all manner of usual and most gentile games, either on cards, dice, billiards, trucks, bowls, chess. Also the arts and misteries of riding, racing, archery, cock-fighting. To which is added, the game of basset, never before Printed in English. All Regulated by the most Experienc'd Masters by Charles Cotton.... [More]

£625.00

 

SHERWOOD / CAMERON, Mrs (Other Authors) - 25 Chapbooks - 1830's -1850's
Catalogue ID: CGS0212

A Collection of 25 Houlston Chapbooks Bound in 2 volumes, 24mo, contemporary half calf lettered ‘Tales’, one in blue and one in brown. ... [More]

£325.00

 

BLAKE, WILLIAM - The Life of William Blake - Alexander Gilchrist - London 1863
Catalogue ID: CGS0211

Life of William Blake, "Pictor Ignotus." With Selections from his Poems and Other Writings. Illustrated from Blake's own Works, in facsimile by W.J. Linton, and in photolithography; with a few of Blake's Original Plates. ... [More]

£475.00

 

SHAKESPEARE,William - Dramatic Works - Hazlitt Edition - 4 Vols - London - 1862
Catalogue ID: CGS0210

The dramatic works of William Shakspeare from the text of Johnson, Stevens [sic], and Reed, with glossarial notes, life, &c. A new edition by William Hazlett In four volumes.... [More]

£375.00

 

Memoirs of Marie Antoinette - 3 Volumes - Limited Edition - 1917
Catalogue ID: CGS0209

Memoirs of the Private Life of Marie Antoinette, to which are added personal recollections illustrative of the reigns of Louis XIV, XV, XVI by Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan.... [More]

£600.00

 

CRUIKSHANK, George & Robert ( Illustrator ) - Seven Regency Plays - ZAEHNSDORF
Catalogue ID: CGS0206

A Remarkable Collection of Amusing Late Regency Comic Operas and Burlesques Illustrated by the Cruikshank Brothers and Finely Bound by Joseph Zaehnsdorf. ... [More]

£875.00

 

PYLE, Howard - Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - London - First Edition - 1883
Catalogue ID: WPLJ0205

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood in great renown in Nottinghamshire. London, Sampson Low, 1883 by Howard Pyle [Author and Illustrator].... [More]

£585.00

 

POCKET CHILDREN'S BIBLE - For Little Masters and Misses - circa 1810
Catalogue ID: CGS0204

The Pocket Bible for Little Masters & Misses. Wellington. circa 1810. ... [More]

£225.00

 

STEVENSON, Robert Louis - A Child's Garden of Verses - First Edition - 1885
Catalogue ID: CGS0203

A Child's Garden of Verses, London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1885 by Robert Louis Stevenson. ... [More]

£525.00

 

CHATELAIN, Madame de - Dolly's Picture Book - Hand Colour Plates - Circa 1870
Catalogue ID: WPLJ0202

Dolly's Picture Book with Twelve Original Coloured Designs... Translated from the German by Madame de Chatelain. Third Edition. Stuttgart, Theinemann's / London, A N Myers by Rudolph Geissler, translated by Madam de Chatelain, Circa 1870,... [More]

£395.00

 

CANADA SECOND WORLD WAR - Three Volumes of History - Ottawa - 1940's - BUMPUS
Catalogue ID: CGS0201

Three Volumes bound in One official publications of Canadian Military Head Quarters in Great Britain 1944.... [More]

£350.00

 

HOLY BIBLE - John Bill & Christopher Barker - Octavo - London - 1647
Catalogue ID: CGS0200

The Holy Bible : containing the Old Testament and the New : newly translated out of the originall tongues : and with the former translations diligently compared and revised : by his Majesties speciall commandment.... [More]

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FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN - Chess Made Easy - London - 1803
Catalogue ID: CGS0197

Chess Made Easy. New and Comprehensive Rules for Playing the Game of Chess with Examples from Philidor, Cunningham etc etc to which is prefixed a Pleasing Account of its Origin... and The Morals of Chess, written by the ingenious and learned Dr. Franklin.... [More]

£475.00

 

SHAKESPEARE, William - Complete Works - 1935 - Bound for HARRODS
Catalogue ID: CGS0194

The Complete Works of Shakespeare with Temple Notes. Cleveland, World Syndicate, 1935.... [More]

£135.00

 

KNOX, VICESIMUS, EDITOR / A VAN ROSUM - Extracts - Poetry - Prose - Epistles
Catalogue ID: CGS0192

[KNOX, VICESIMUS, EDITOR].: Elegant Extracts or Useful and Entertaining Poetry. WITH: Elegant Extracts...in Prose. WITH: Elegant Epistles...familiar and amusing letters. ... [More]

£550.00

 

DICKENS, Charles -Posthumous Papers Pickwick Club -First Ed- Early Isssue
Catalogue ID: WPLJ0191

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London, Chapman & Hall, 1837 by Charles Dickens.... [More]

£650.00

 

MORRIS, William - The Earthly Paradise - London - 1902-1904
Catalogue ID: WPLJ0190

The Earthly Paradise.  A Poem. London, Longmans Green and Co, 1902-1904. 4 volumes by William Morris.... [More]

£275.00

 

CERVANTES, Miguel de. / STEVENS, John - History of Don Quixote -1706
Catalogue ID: CGS0179

The History Of the most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote De la Mancha written in Spanish By Michael de Cervantes Saavedra, formerly made English by Thomas Shelton now revised corrected, and partly new translated from the Original by Capt. John Stevens, 1706.... [More]

£975.00

 

TIMBS, John. - Clubs and Club Life in London - 1872 - BAYNTUN
Catalogue ID: CGS0177

Clubs and Club Life in London: With Anecdotes of Its Famous Coffee-houses, Hostelries and Taverns, from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Time by John Timbs.... [More]

£350.00

 

QUEEN VICTORIA (Signed Presentation Copy) - LOFTIE, William J. - Windsor Guide
Catalogue ID: CGS0176

VICTORIA, QUEEN - A Presentation Copy: Windsor A Description of the Castle, Park, Town and Neighbourhood. By W J Loftie. London, Seeley and co, 1886 [1885]... [More]

£725.00

 

YOUNG, George. - Life and Voyages Captain James Cook - 1836
Catalogue ID: CGS0157

The life and voyages of Captain James Cook : drawn up from his Journals, and other authentic documents and comprising much original information by the Rev. George Young.... [More]

£325.00

 

KIPLING, Rudyard. - Verse - India Paper - SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE
Catalogue ID: CGS0156

Rudyard Kipling’s Verse Definitive Edition. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1949... [More]

£285.00

 

BRAYLEY, Edward W - Londiniana Reminiscences - London - 1829
Catalogue ID: CGS0155

Londiniana; or Reminiscences of the British Metropolis: Including Characteristic Sketches, Antiquarian, Topographical, Descriptive, and Literary.... [More]

£420.00

 

DEFOE, Daniel - Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - Limited 100 Copies - BAYNTUN'S
Catalogue ID: CGS0145

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner by Daniel Defoe. Illustrated by numerous engravings from drawings by George Cruikshank. Edited by John Major. London, Chatto & Windus, 1883.... [More]

£425.00

 

JEROME, J K (With Autograph) - Three Men in a Boat - First Edition - Early Issue
Catalogue ID: WPLJ0144

THREE MEN IN A BOAT [TO SAY NOTHING OF A DOG]BY JEROME K JEROME. Illustrations by A Frederics. Bristol, J W Arrowsmith, Quay Street, 1889. ... [More]

£445.00

 

CARLYLE, Thomas (TC Inscribed Family Copy) - Cromwell's Letters & Speeches 1845
Catalogue ID: CGS0140

Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations. By Thomas Carlyle In Two Volumes. Included with the Supplement to the first edition.... [More]

£875.00

 

BEAUFORT, James - Hoyle's Games (Billiards, Chess) - First Ed - 1775
Catalogue ID: CGS0139

Hoyle's Games Improved by James Beaufort. First Edition, London 1775.... [More]

£375.00

 

GILBERT, William S. & FLINT, William Russell (Illus)- Iolanthe -1910 -SOTHERANS
Catalogue ID: CGS0137

Iolanthe and Other Operas by W. S. Gilbert, Illustrated by W. Russell Flint, London, G. Bell & Sons Ltd, 1910.... [More]

£475.00

 

LEIGH HUNT, James. H. - The Old Court Suburb ( Kensington ) - BAYNTUN RIVIERE
Catalogue ID: CGS0134

The Old Court Suburb: or, Memorials of Kensington Regal, Critical, & Anecdotal by the late J.H. Leigh Hunt Esq.... [More]

£285.00

 

FLORAL ARTS & CRAFTS BINDING - Poetical Works of Henry F Longfellow - 1908
Catalogue ID: CGS0133

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longellow, London, Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1908.... [More]

£385.00

 

NOBLE, William - Watering Places on the Coast between Exe & Dart - Devon - 1817
Catalogue ID: CGS0117

A Guide to the Watering Places, on the Coast, between the Exe and the Dart; Teignmouth by William E Noble.... [More]

£565.00

 

HEGI, Franz - SWISS Collection of Hand Colour Costume Plates - Circa 1820
Catalogue ID: WPLJ0115

Portfolio of original prints of Swiss Costumes of the Cantons, comprising etched title page with hand coloured vignette.... [More]

£875.00

 

BRYCE,D. MINIATURE -TINY ALPHABET OF ANIMALS & ALPHABET OF BIRDS - 2 vols in 1
Catalogue ID: CGS0107

Tiny alphabet of animals and Tiny alphabet of birds, David & Son. Glasgow. 2 volumes bound in 1, circa 1900... [More]

£250.00

 

SUDEIKIN or SOUDEIKINE, SERGEY. Pochoir Artwork Cover- Moscow Theatre Programme
Catalogue ID: CGS0082

Theatre de La Chauve-Souris: The BAT theatre Moscow. London Pavilion Under the direction of Charles B Cochran. ... [More]

£185.00

 

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER - Full Red Morocco Gilt Binding in Miniature 1781
Catalogue ID: CGS0058

A possibly unrecorded edition of The Book of Common Prayer... with the Psalter of Psalms of David, Oxford, printed at the Clarendon Press by W Jackson and A Hamilton… and sold by D Dawson at the Oxford Bible Warehouse in Pater-noster Row, London. 1781.... [More]

£375.00

 

1819 SOUTHAMPTON REGION GUIDE BOOK - Double Page Hand Coloured Double Page Map
Catalogue ID: CGS0055

A companion in a tour round Southampton comprehending various particulars ancient and modern of the New Forest, Lymington, Christchurch, Ringwood, Romsey, Winchester, Bishop's Waltham, Titchfield, Gosport, Portsmouth: With notices of the villages, gentlemen's seats, curiosities, antiquities, &c. occurring in the different roads described; and various biographical sketches.... [More]

£125.00

 

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS - The Voyages to Discover America & West Indies 1772
Catalogue ID: CGS0051

The History of the Voyages of Christopher Columbus in order to discover America and the West Indies... [More]

£550.00

 

Illustrated Book on Food and Drink 1590 by Pedro CHACON in Latin
Catalogue ID: CGS0035

De Triclinio, sive, de Modo Convivandi apud priscos Romanos, & de conviviorum apparatu, 2nd edition, Heidelberg, [Officina Sanctandreana], 1590. ... [More]

£550.00

 

Rare RUSSIAN GHOST STORY - Two Nights In a Haunted House 1873 1st Ed
Catalogue ID: BKN0029

Two nights in a haunted house in Russia, by the author of 'A night in a haunted house in Ireland'.[By Edward Tracy Turnerellli. ... [More]

£600.00

 

Four Gospels 1880 Russian - Chromolithograph Reproduction of 1507 Manuscript
Catalogue ID: BKN0025

The Four Gospels 1507, pages LVIII to LXXXVI. ... [More]

£225.00

 

Three Very Rare / Important USTONSON FISHING ADVERTS with Complete Angler 1766
Catalogue ID: BKN0022

The Complete Angler: Or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish, and Fishing. In Two Parts...to which now is prefixed The Lives of the Authors...by John Hawkins. ... [More]

£450.00

 

Gold Printed Book from the 1800's [Technique Unrecorded]
Catalogue ID: CGS0011

Delineations Graphical and Descriptive of Fountains' Abbey, in the West Riding of the County of York. By J & H S Storer, With Historical Notices... [More]

£750.00

 
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