Browse by Date—1850–1899

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (Signed postcard)
A signed & handwritten postcard dated 1899. The first woman to qualify as a doctor in 1865
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Not Published, London, 1899
£100.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

A La Recherche du Bonheur
1885, signed by Scottish educationalist Sophie Weisse
Leo Tolstoy, as Comte Leon Tolstoi, traduit et precede d'une preface par M E Halperne
Perrin et Cie, Paris, 1885
£25.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Euphues, The Anatomy of Wit (1579)
and Euphues and his England (1580), two volumes bound as one, published 1868 in Arber's English Reprint series
John Lyly, carefully edited by Edward Arber
Alex Murray & Son, London, 1868
£40.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Leather Bound | First thus

A Biography of David Cox; with remarks on his Works and Genius
1881, hardback, first edition of this study of the Birmingham artist David Cox
William Hall, edited, with additions, by John Thackray Bunce
Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, London, 1881
£25.00
Art | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Evolution of the English House
1898, first edition of S O Addy's illustrated history of domestic architecture
Sidney Oldall Addy
Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1898
£40.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions

Flowers of the Field
1851, the first edition of this seminal botanical book, complete in two volumes
C A Johns
SPCK, London, 1851
£30.00
Natural History | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Original 1877 Rate Book for Bishop's Hull, Somerset
With handwritten entries of all residents
Not stated
Knight & Co, London, 1877
£80.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Handwritten

H G Wells, The Argonauts of the Air (1895)
A first edition of Wells's short story, printed in Phil May's Winter Annual 1895, bound with Hood's Comic Annual for 1877
H G Wells, et al, including Violet Hunt, John Davidson etc
The Office, London, 1895
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions

1880s album of albumen prints of Milan, Verona and Venice
42 albumen prints by V Florianello, Giacomo Brogi and Fratelli Alinari
V Florianello. Giacomo Brogi and Fratelli Alinari
Not stated, 1880
Sold
Photography | Hard Cover

Binko's Blues, A Tale for Children of All Growths
1884, first edition. A whimsical fantasy novel in the original decorative binding
Herman Charles Merivale, illustrated by Edgar Giberne
Chapman & Hall, London, 1884
£60.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated

Contes Indiens
Indian folk tales. 1883, Les Trente-deux Recits du Trone (Batris-Sinhasan / Singhasan Battisi)
Leon Feer
Ernest Leroux, Paris, 1883
£40.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions

Mrs Ashton's New Pupil
The 1892 first US edition, published by Bradley & Woodruff.
Mrs S S Robbins, (Sarah Stuart Robbins)
Bradley & Woodruff, Boston, 1892
£20.00
Childrens | Hard Cover | First Editions

Book of Common Prayer & Proper Lessons
c1860, beautifully bound leather set in a leather box with handle
Common Prayer
George E Eyre & William Spottiswoode, London, 1860
On Hold
Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Victorian leather-bound accounts ledger, c1880
Partially used but vast majority of pages clean and unused
Not stated
G J Goodwin, Macclesfield, 1880
£40.00
Ephemera | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Christmas Greeting (From a Fairy to a Child)
1884, a rare single sheet printing of Lewis Carroll's Christmas poem
Lewis Carroll
Macmillan, London, 1884
Sold
Poetry | Soft Cover | First thus

Gunner Jingo's Jubilee
1893, first edition of T Bland Strange's entertaining military autobiography
Thomas Bland Strange
Remington & Co Ltd, London, 1893
£60.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Building News and Engineering Journal, Volume 47, July to December 1884
1000+ pages, profusely illustrated, including an early photo-lithograph of the Statue of Liberty
The Building News and Engineer
E J Kibblewhite for the Building News, London, 1884
£60.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Building News and Engineering Journal, Volume 45, July to December 1883
1000+ pages, profusely illustrated, a remarkable sourcebook of Victorian architecture
The Building News and Engineer
E J Kibblewhite for the Building News, London, 1883
£120.00
Architecture & Design | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, Volume 2
1885, ex-library but in strong readable condition
Charles Darwin
John Murray, London, 1885
£20.00
Natural History | Hard Cover

Rambles Round London Town
1891, a late Victorian tour of London sights
C L Mateaux
Cassell, London, 1891
£20.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover

Water Analysis
1876, A Practical Treatise on the Examination of Potable Water
J Alfred Wanklyn, and Ernest Theophron Chapman, rewritten by J Alfred Wanklyn
Trubner & Co, London, 1876
£12.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover

Popular Astronomy
1866, A Series of Lectures Delivered at Ipswich
George Biddell Airy
Macmillan, London, 1866
£25.00
Science, Mathematics & Technology | Hard Cover

Home Comfort: A Complete Manual of Domestic Economy
1876, in an impressive fine black velvet and engraved white metal binding
Jane Stoker
W Stewart & Co, London, 1876
On Hold
Food & Drink | Hard Cover | First Editions | Fine Bindings

Henry Ponsonby, 1870 signed envelope with royal seal in black wax
and two cabinet card portraits of Ponsonby, Private Secretary to Queen Victoria
Henry Ponsonby
Not Published, Windsor, 1870
£50.00
Ephemera | Hard Cover

Blackberries
Am 1893 edition of William Allingham's verse
William Allingham
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1893
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
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