Gift Ideas
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[BRITISH LIBRARY.]
The Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue.
[London,] British Library, 1983.
First and only microfiche edition of ESTC,...
£175
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[ANON.]
Quia Amore Langueo.
[Colophon:] Chiswick, Caradoc Press,...
One of 250 copies on paper (there were...
£75
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DURRELL, Lawrence.
Collected Poems.
London, Faber and Faber, [1960].
First edition, inscribed ‘For Geoff from...
£400
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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
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WAPPEROM, Jacobus Joannes.
Gezangen door J.J. Wapperom.
The Hague, 1805.
Very rare collection of songs by the Dutch...
£675
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REFELL, A.
Trugbilder: Eine Anleitung Erscheinungen,...
Stuttgart, Rieger, 1865.
First German edition, rare, of this fascinating...
£1250
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[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
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MARINIS, Dominico de.
Dissertatio philosophico-medica de re monstrosa...
Rome, typis Iacobi Mascardi ... sumptibus...
First edition of this scarce dissertation...
£1850
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[JAMIESON, John.]
Congal and Fenella; A Tale in Two Parts.
London, C. Dilly, 1791.
First and only edition of Jamieson’s...
£250
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ORIBASIUS.
Commentaria in Aphorismos Hippocratis …...
Paris, Simon de Colines, 1533.
First edition of this commentary on Hippocrates,...
£1750
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TERENCE Afer, Publius.
Comoediae sex, tum ex Donati commentariis...
Paris, Robert Estienne, 1529.
First folio edition of Terence’s comedies...
£1500
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SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley.
The School for Scandal, a Comedy [– The...
Dublin, William Porter for William Jones,...
The first attempt to publish a collected...
£275
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QUINTILIAN, Marcus Fabius, and Jacques-Louis d’ESTREBAY (editor).
Compendium libri secundi, tertii, et quinti...
Paris, Thomas Richard, 1558.
Very rare third edition of this compendium...
£350
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AYRTON, Michael.
Tittivulus, or the Verbiage Collector …
London, Max Reinhardt, [1953].
First edition, signed, of Ayrton’s first...
£100
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AUDEN, Wystan Hugh, and Christopher ISHERWOOD.
The Dog beneath the Skin or where is Francis?...
London, Faber and Faber Limited, [1954].
Sixth impression. When Bridson had reviewed...
£100
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THACKERAY, William Makepeace.
The Virginians, a tale of the last century.
London, Bradbury & Evans, November 1857...
First edition in the original monthly parts...
£600
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[OSBORNE, Francis.]
Historical memoires on the reigns of Queen...
London: Printed by T. Grismond, and are...
First edition of Osborne’s history of...
£475
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[EDWARD VII – COMMON PRAYER.]
[Cover title: ‘Prayer Book of...
[Norwood (MA), Plimpton Press for] New...
Authorised American edition of the Essex...
£500
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[GEORGE V.]
The Form and Order of the Service that...
London, Novello & Company, 1911.
A handsome copy of the Coronation service,...
£450