Browse by Date—1850–1899
The Mabinogion (1877)
The second edition, translated with notes by Lady Charlotte Guest
Lady Charlotte Guest, translator
Bernard Quaritch, London, 1877
£80.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings | Leather Bound
The Autobiography of Hamlet Nicholson (1892, first edition)
Rochdale interest, and Nicholson persecution for fighting against Ritualism in the Parish Church
Hamlet Nicholson
Not stated, Rochdale, 1892
£20.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
Capt R S Cogle's Hand Book for Board of Trade Examinations
Liverpool, 1885, an instructive pocket book for mariners and sailors
Captain R S Cogle, and Captain R K Taylor
S R Gresson, Liverpool, 1885
£25.00
Transport | Hard Cover
Nonsense Drolleries (1889)
First edition thus of Lear's The Owl & the Pussycat, and The Duck and the Kangaroo, with illustrations by William Foster
Edward Lear, illustrated by William Foster
Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1889
£25.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First thus | Illustrated
In Memoriam, James Gordon Smith (1899)
Liverpool MP and philanthropist Samuel Smith's memorial book to his only son
Samuel Smith, MP, with sermons by Rev George Johnstone, Rev A J Doull, and Rev J J Muir
Turner, Routledge & Co, Liverpool, 1899
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | First Editions
The Registers of Lydlinch, Dorset from 1559 to 1812
A transcription of parish records of births, deaths and marriages, and list of Rectors
Charles Herbert Mayo, and Francis George Henley (transcribers)
The Parish Register Society, London, 1899
£20.00
Genealogy & Family HIstory | Hard Cover | First Editions
English Fairy and Folk Tales (1890)
Collected and edited by E S Hartland
Edwin Sidney Hartland, illustrated by C E Brock
Walter Scott Publishing Co, Ltd, London, 1890
£20.00
Mythology, Customs & Folklore | Hard Cover | First Editions | Illustrated
From London Bridge to Lombardy by a Macadamised Route (1869, first edition)
A witty, illustrated trip from London to Italy.
W R Richardson, illustrated by Sydney Prior Hall
Sampson, Low, Son & Marston, London, 1869
£50.00
Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol XXI, 1897/1898
Including articles on bud transference, pitcher plants, nepenthes, cyclamen etc
Rev W Wilks
Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1898
£30.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol XX, 1896
Including articles on chrysanthemums, gladioli, and forcing lilies of the valley
Rev W Wilks, and Mr John Weathers (editors)
Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1897
£30.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol XIX, 1895
including details of the Crystal Palace Fruit Show of 1895
Rev W Wilks, and Mr John Weathers (editors)
Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1896
£30.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol XVIII, 1895
Papers presented to a conference on trees, and on British-grown fruit
Rev W Wilks, and Mr John Weathers (editors)
Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1895
£30.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol XVII, 1894/1895
including Lord Bute's Vineyards, and rare trees in the Arnold Arboretum
Rev W Wilks, and Mr John Weathers (editors)
Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1895
£30.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol XVI, 1894
including the effect of urban fog on cultivated plants, the treatment of American Blight etc
Rev W Wilks, and Mr John Weathers (editors)
Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1894
£30.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol XV, 1893
including an array of articles on sunflowers, cultivation of the railway embankment etc
Rev W Wilks, and Mr John Weathers (editors)
Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1893
£30.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol XIV, 1892
Containing articles and presentations on Conifers
Rev W Wilks, and Mr John Weathers (editors)
Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1892
£30.00
Gardening | Hard Cover | First Editions
Pedigree of the Family of Bonham, signed association plus manuscript copy
1891, signed by Admiral Charles W Bonham, uncle of the author, Edward William Bonham
Edward William Bonham
Printed for the Author(s), 1891
£50.00
Genealogy & Family HIstory | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Handwritten
Le Manuscrit de Ma Mere
Half-vellum binding, 1886. Alphonse de Lamartine's editing of his mother's diary
Alphonse De Lamartine
Libraire Hachette, Paris, 1886
£30.00
Autobiography & Biography | Hard Cover | Fine Bindings
My Little Lady
1871. Eleanor Frances Poynter's first novel, complete in two volumes
Eleanor Frances Poynter, but published anonymously
Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1871
£12.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | First thus
Ellen of the Isle, A New Poem (Signed first edition)
Signed by James Flitton with photograph and with the original Stationer's Hall receipt of 1890
James Flitton
Thomas Laurie, London, 1890
Sold
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c1875, with eight colour plates
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Warne & Co, London, 1875
£30.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Illustrated
The Disciple and Other Poems
1874, an early printing of a collection of George MacDonald's verse
George MacDonald
Daldy, Isbister & Co, London, 1874
£50.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
Violin Songs and Other Poems
1874, an early edition of George MacDonald's poetry
George MacDonald
Daldy, Isbister & Co, London, 1874
£50.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
Poems and Prose by The Penge Poet
1899, the poetry of Joseph Gwyer, one of the world's worst poets
Joseph Gwyer, the Penge Poet
F Perraton, London, 1899
£50.00
Poetry | Hard Cover
Ballades, Les Rayons et les Ombres
1890, a pocket edition of Victor Hugo's poems in a fine leather binding
Victor Hugo
G Charpentier, Paris, 1890
£20.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound
