Browse by Date—1850–1899

with sixteen illustrations, some in gilt and colour

Seeley & Co, London, 1885

or, Chapters on Chinamania, in a superb gilt binding

Chatto & Windus, London, 1875

A charming Victorian childrens book, illustrated by the Casella sisters

T De La Rue, London, 1881

1890–1900, the Chatto & Windus edition in blue cloth

Chatto & Windus, London, 1890

Philip Gilbert Hamerton's illustrated 'Studies in Religious and Historical Art, Portrait, and Genre'

Macmillan, London, 1892

1867, volume 1 only. A reference copy without boards or spine

Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, 1867

The third novel in Henryk Sienkiewicz's Trilogy

J M Dent, London, 1895

Both bound in black leather and slipcase

University Press, Oxford, 1885

The trial and execution of the Count of Egmont in 1568

Librairie de C. Muquardt, Bruxelles, 1854

1892, J R Henderson's study of Indian crustacea

The Linnaean Society, London, 1892

Quarter leather binding, a collection of writings from William Blades, printer and bibliographer

Elliot Stock, London, 1892

With bookplate, siganture and damning comment by Frances Pierrepont Barnard

T Fisher Unwin, London, 1890

1300+ pages of this popular Victorian reference work

Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co, London, 1892

A rare signed first edition of Stead's automatic writing communications from the deceased Julia A Ames

Grant Richards, London, 1897

Professionally rebound, complete with folding map

Kelly & Co, London, 1894

1884, first edition. A whimsical fantasy novel in the original decorative binding

Chapman & Hall, London, 1884

Addressed to British journalist Cyrus Redding

Not Published, 1860

Sent to British journalist Cyrus Redding

Not Published, 1862

Quarter vellum, published in Florence

G Barbera, Florence, 1867

Paul de Regla expose of the underworld of Constantinople

Tresse & Stock, Paris, 1892

The second of J-K Huysmans' Durtal novels

Tresse & Stock, Paris, 1895

Fourth edition of Caraciollo's convent scandal memoir Mysteries of the Neapolitan Cloister / Misteri del Chiostro Napoletano. In the Register of Erotic Books (Entry No 2950).

Richard Bentley, London, 1865

Benjamin Samuel Williams's first book, 'containing a Brief Description of Upwards of Two Hundred and Sixty Orchidaceous Plants'

Chapman & Hall, London, 1852

An attractive silk-bound copy of D G Rossetti's sonnet sequence

Ellis and Elvey, London, 1898

1875, second edition, Henry Havard's travels to the Dead Cities of the Zuiderzee

E Plon & Cie, Paris, 1875