Browse by Date—1850–1899
The Crusader's Christmas
c1890, covers cut in the shape of the crusader's armour, and with super lithographs
Broadbrim, illustrations by Frank Feller
The Art Lithographic Publishing Co, Munich & New York, 1890
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Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, signed postcard dated 1899
The first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain in 1865
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Not Published, 1899
£100.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
A Farmer's Year, Being his Commonplace Book for 1898 (Signed copy)
This copy owned and signed by gardener William Robinson from Gravetye
Henry Rider Haggard
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1899
£250.00
Farming & Agriculture | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy
Bombardment of Scarbro by the Russian Fleet in 1891
1889, a rare, humorous, addition to Invasion Literature
Untruthful Thomas
Crown Publishing Co (Bonnett & Shum), London, 1889
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Fiction | Soft Cover | First Editions
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, handwritten letter from Brantford, Canada West, in 1866
Writing on promotions and his commanding officers
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley
Not Published, Brantford, Ontario, 1866
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Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, handwritten letter from Thorold, Canada, 1866
Offering an interesting view of military life and promotion prospects
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley
Not Published, Thorold, 1866
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Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, handwritten letter from Montreal, 1866
including the Fenian Raids
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley
Not Published, Montreal, 1866
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Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Henry Scott Tuke, handwritten letter from Swanpool, Falmouth
Henry Scott Tuke
Not Published, Swanpool, Falmouth, 1895
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Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten
Racing Reminiscences and Hints on Training
1897, a rare account of horse racing in India by jockey and trainer Jaffer Khan
Jaffer Khan
Thacker, Spink & Co, Calcutta, 1897
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Sports & Hobbies | Hard Cover | First Editions
Mr John Carnegie's Application and Declaration Relating to Land at Fish Creek
An report from the Australian Government into land acquisition in Victoria
Australian Government
John Ferres, Melbourne, 1885
£30.00
History | Soft Cover | First Editions
Madame de Maintenon d'apres sa Correspondance Authentique (Signed copy)
Signed by Mathieu Auguste Geffroy, with a handwritten letter
Mathieu Auguste Geffroy
Librairie Hatchette et Cie, Paris, 1887
£50.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Leather Bound
Our Little Sunbeams
1896, with the bookplate of the illustrator, Kenneth M Skeaping
Alice F Jackson, illustrated by Kenneth M Skeaping
Jarrold and Sons, London, 1896
£30.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions | Association Copy
Strange Tales from "Vanity Fair"
c1875, by Silly Billy, 28 short sketches, and with ownership signature of Horace Pym
Silly Billy, pseud Eustace Clare Grenville-Murray
"Vanity Fair" Office, London, 1875
On Hold
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus
1891, a decent Victorian pocket edition of a Gothic masterpiece
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
George Routledge & Sons, London, 1891
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Fiction | Hard Cover
Contes Populaires Berberes, Recuillis, Traduits et Annotes
The myths, legends and poems of the North African Berbers
Rene Basset
Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1887
£40.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions
Chroniques et Legendes des Rues de Paris
1864, the first French edition
Eduoard Fournier
E Dentu, Paris, 1864
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History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound
The Management of Grass Land
1881, with the bookplate of Blackburn confectioner James Boyle
Arthur Roland, edited by William H Ablett
Chapman & Hall, London, 1881
£20.00
Farming & Agriculture | Hard Cover | First Editions | Association Copy
The True Crime of Christmas
1897, an early crime novel set in Paris
P Hay Hunter
Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh, 1897
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
William Morris, His Art, Writings and Public Life
1898, with the bookplate of The Burlington Fine Arts Club
Aymer Vallance
George Bell & Sons, London, 1898
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Art | Hard Cover
Kelly's Directory of Cumberland 1894
Professionally rebound, complete with folding map
Kelly's Directories
Kelly & Co, London, 1894
£50.00
Genealogy | Hard Cover
Kelly's Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorsetshire 1895
Professionally rebound, with three maps
Kelly's Directories
Kelly & Co, London, 1895
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Genealogy | Hard Cover
Odd Bits of History (Signed copy)
Signed by Henry William Wolff, founder of the International Co-operative Alliance
Henry William Wolff
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1894
£15.00
Essays | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
The Miser, Ricketicketack
1855, early English printings
Hendrik Conscience
Lambert & Co, London, 1855
£12.00
Fiction | Hard Cover
Le Manuscrit de Ma Mere
Alphonse de Lamartine's editing of his mother's diary in a half-vellum binding
Alphonse De Lamartine
Libraire Hachette, Paris, 1886
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings
From London Bridge to Lombardy by a Macadamised Route
1869, the first edition
W R Richardson, illustrated by Sydney Prior Hall
Sampson, Low, Son & Marston, London, 1869
£50.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions
