GUIZOT, François Pierre Guillaume (1787-1874), statesman and historian.

Autograph letter signed (‘Guizot’)...

Brompton, 21 Pelham Crescent [London],...

A short but interesting letter written...

£150

SCHUMACHER, H., Professor.

Autograph letter signed (‘H. Schumacher’)...

Bonn, den Coblenzerstrasse 83, 10 February...

Schumacher’s spirited response to a colleague...

£150

TAINE, Hippolyte-Adolphe (1828-1893), French critic and historian.

A collection of eleven autograph letters,...

Various places, 1860s to 1880s.

An interesting group of letters by Taine,...

£850

THIERS, Adolphe (1797–1877), French politician and historian.

Three autograph letters signed (‘A Thiers’)...

Paris, 22 December 1852, 11 July 1854,...

A set of interesting letters from Thiers...

£200

THORNTON, William Thomas (1813-1880), economist and civil servant.

Autograph letter signed (‘W. T. Thornton’)...

8 Marlborough Hill, St John’s Wood,...

Thornton here replies to Guillaumin’s...

£250

FREEMAN, Arthur.

Julia Alpinula, Pseudo-Heroine of Helvetia:...

London, The Author, 2015.

Julia Alpinula is a legendary Swiss heroine,...

£15

[BALLAD.]

RUSTY DUSTY MILLER (The). A New Song.

[London, c.1780]

Another unrecorded ballad, even cruder...

£600

DAY, Thomas.

The History of Sandford and Merton; a Work...

London: Printed for B. Crosby … Darton...

First edition thus of Thomas Day’s wildly...

£150

HOLCROFT, Thomas.

The Adventures of Hugh Trevor …

London: Printed for Shepperson and Reynolds...

First edition of one of the cardinal novels...

£1000

HUGHES, John.

Poems on several Occasions. With some select...

London: Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts....

First edition of the principal collection...

£850

[KEENE, Marian].

The History of a tame Robin. Supposed to...

London: Printed for Darton, Harvey, and...

First and only edition. The tame Robin...

£325

LAMB, Charles.

John Woodvil a Tragedy ... to which are...

London: Printed by T. Plummer ... for...

First edition. John Woodvil was...

£1250

LLOYD, Mary.

Brighton a Poem. Descriptive of the Place...

London: Printed for the Author. Sold by...

First and only edition of Mary Lloyd’s...

£350

MARIVAUX, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de.

Le Paysan parvenu: or, the fortunate Peasant....

London: Printed for John Brindley …...

First edition in English, originally published...

£650

PRESENT FOR THE YOUNG (A).

London: Printed for The Religious Tract...

[c. 1827]

First edition. A finely illustrated anthology...

£175

SHENSTONE, William.

The Works, in Verse and Prose… in three...

London: Printed for J. Dodsley … 1777.

Fifth edition of the Works (1764),...

£325

BROME, Alexander.

Songs and other Poems … The second Edition...

London, Printed for Henry Brome … 1664.

Second edition, adding much new material...

£500

CLEVELAND, John.

Clievelandi Vindiciae: or, Clieveland’s...

London, Printed for Robert Harford ... 1677.

First edition, the issue with Robert Harford’s...

£950

FIELDING, Henry.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling....

London: Printed for A. Millar … 1749.

Second edition, although not so designated,...

£1350

SANDYS, George.

A Paraphrase upon the divine Poems …

London, At the Bell in St. Pauls Churchyard....

First edition, the issue with the Dedication...

£900