Gift Ideas

  1. WILSON, David (editor).

    A Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, &c....

    [Edinburgh:] Sold by the Editor at his...

    Second(?), expanded edition of this collection...

    £500

  2. MAJER, Andrea.

    Discorso sulla origine, progressi, e stato...

    Padua, ‘dalla Tipografia e Fonderia...

    First edition of Majer’s treatise on...

    £450

  3. ARNIGIO, Bartolomeo. 

    Rime dell’Arnigio per la ill[ustre] signora...

    Brescia, Giovanni Battista Bozzola, 1566. 

    First edition of Bartolomeo Arnigio’s...

    £1750

  4. FARINGTON, Susan Maria (illustrator). 

    The 104th Psalm.  Illustrated by Susan...

    ...

    The Faringtons or Ffaringtons were an ancient...

    £650

  5. BUONACCORSI, Biagio, and Niccolò VALORI. 

    Diario de’ successi piu importanti seguiti...

    Florence, Filippo & Jacopo Giunta, 1568. 

    First edition of an insider account of...

    £1000

  6. ANDREWS, Mark E.

    The Science and Engineering of Materials:...

    Toronto, A.E Publications, 2023.

    One of twenty-five finely bound numbered...

    £950

  7. DREYFUS, John. 

    Aspects of French Eighteenth Century Typography. ...

    Cambridge, The Roxburghe Club, 1982.

    A history of French type design in the...

    £120

  8. MILBANK, Augustus Sussex.

    A Treatise upon the political & social...

    [Richmond, M. Bell for] London, Messrs...

    First and only edition of a rare Yorkshire-printed...

    £125

  9. [BROUN, Richard, Sir.] 

    Memorabilia curliana Mabenensia. 

    Dumfries, John Sinclair, 1830. 

    Uncommon first edition of this charming...

    £450

  10. VALERIANI MOLINARI, Luigi.

    Discorsi concernenti la pubblica economia...

    Bologna, Masi, 1809.

    First edition of Valeriani’s (1758–1828)...

    £750

  11. [BRITISH LIBRARY.] 

    The Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue. 

    [London,] British Library, 1983. 

    First and only microfiche edition of ESTC,...

    £175

  12. STEVENSON, Robert Louis.

    Poems …

    London, [Florence Press for] Chatto &...

    £100

  13. [ANON.]

    Quia Amore Langueo.

    [Colophon:] Chiswick, Caradoc Press,...

    One of 250 copies on paper (there were...

    £75

  14. DURRELL, Lawrence.

    Collected Poems.

    London, Faber and Faber, [1960].

    First edition, inscribed ‘For Geoff from...

    £400

  15. MYERS, Robin, Andrew BURNETT, and Renae SATTERLEY.

    ‘I do not eat the bread of idleness’:...

    The Garendon Press, 2023.

    This volume brings together revised versions...

    £45

  16. WAPPEROM, Jacobus Joannes. 

    Gezangen door J.J. Wapperom. 

    The Hague, 1805. 

    Very rare collection of songs by the Dutch...

    £675

  17. REFELL, A. 

    Trugbilder: Eine Anleitung Erscheinungen,...

    Stuttgart, Rieger, 1865. 

    First German edition, rare, of this fascinating...

    £1250

  18. [COOK, James, and Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de la PÉROUSE.]

    Tableau des decouvertes du Capne. Cook,...

    S. Sauveur, l’an 7 de la République...

    A splendid hand-coloured engraving depicting...

    £1500

  19. MARINIS, Dominico de. 

    Dissertatio philosophico-medica de re monstrosa...

    Rome, typis Iacobi Mascardi ... sumptibus...

    First edition of this scarce dissertation...

    £1850

  20. [JAMIESON, John.] 

    Congal and Fenella; A Tale in Two Parts. 

    London, C. Dilly, 1791. 

    First and only edition of Jamieson’s...

    £250