Gilt edges, Portrait frontis with an extra title page dated 1822. 220 pps.printed in Latin Bound in full green leather with raised bands and a gilt title on the spine.The endpapers are merbled and there is a green silk page marker. An excellent binding. Spielmann 476.

83mmsx 54mms.

Gilt edges with 32 humorous engravings. Bound in flexible leather with a gilt title set within a floral frame on the front cover. Old waterstain inside the covers not affecting the rest of the book. The same publishers and format as The Bijou Pictures of London, Paris etc. Rare. Welsh locates the Adomeit copy only.

30mms.x 25mms.

An advertising bird book. 28 pages including 14 full page coloured lithographs with other illustrations in the text.Bound in pictorial covers. A very good example of an advertising booklet and in fine condition.

73mms.x 62mms.

Gilt edges, bound in polished black leather in the wallet style. The edging is made of 9ct.GOLD as is the clasp which has an escutcheon decorated with Prince of Wales feathers. The front has, at some time, been neatly reenforced from inside.An unusual example of the smallest size in which these London Almanacks are to be found.

32mms.x 31mms.

Bound in brown publisher's cloth with paper labels. This was the first of the Pickering Diamond Classics to be printed in English. Few of them survive in their original bindings as owners prized them so highly that they had them rebound in morocco, often with lavish gilt decoration.

89mms.x50mms.

This is, in essence, a portable sun dial.The brass container opens to reveal a compass, a dial and a table of latitudes.The accompanying book gives examples of how it can be used.

75mms.x 50mms.

415pps.+adverts.Biographies and photographs of all the members of the Reichstag. Bound in decorated paper covers. Welsh 4190 locates only the copy in a 1964 Bondy catalogue.

72mms.x 47mms.

Printed and sold by G.Nicholson, Poughnill Nr. Ludlow. Frontis and 190pps. Chapters include Difference in the Sexes, Coquetry, Dress, Occupations of Women, Amusements etc. Bound in half calf with the spine relaid and with old marbled boards.

92mms.x 59mms.

Gilt edges, 876pps with 28 full page illustrations printed on India Paper. Bound in red leather with yap edges and with the title in gilt within a circle on the spine. A magnifying glass is located in a leather sleeve inside the front cover. A nice copy of the first edition of this publication. No.16 in Adomeit's List of 32 Books for the Serious Collector.

43mms.x 30mms

Gilt edges, containing an almanack with each month having an engraved headpiece, a Language of Flowers, a Vocabulaire, a Horloge De Flore and a Botanique. 155pps printed in French with illustrations in the text. Bound in blue publisher's cloth with pretty gilt decoration on the covers and spine. A nice copy. Not in Bondy or Welsh.

84mmsx 65mms.

Printed for the Company of Stationers. Gilt edges,engraved throughout and with a folding view of London Docks. Bound in red morocco in the wallet style with a silver catch and plate to close. A good copy.

58mms.x 38mms.

Published by David Bryce and Son Glasgow crca. 1904. Gilt edges, 59 double pages each with a decorated border. Bound in green flexible calf with the upper cover and spine decorated over all in gilt, in an oriental design.

53mms.x 35mms.

Both covers have scenes in repusse,of children concerned in various activities.The front has a naval background and the back is set in the countryside. The spine has nine bands with a ring to carry, fixed to the top.There is a Dutch silver mark for 1892, and a clasp to close.

44mms,x 38mms, (cclosed)

Produced From the Original Made For Her Majesty Queen Mary's Doll House. London. 1928. Gilt edges. Twelve double page coloured maps and bound in red flexible leather with the title in gilt on the front cover. Bondy p.153 writes,'To the best of our knowledge, this rare volume is the smallest miniature atlas in existence.'

42mms.x 34mms.

Gilt edges, frontis and 128pps printed within red ruled borders. bound in polished sycamore bords with an engraving of Bourbon - Lancy 'Quartier de l'Horloge' on the front cover. This is the first Mauchline binding I have had that has a French connection.

76mms x 54mms

Wood engraved pictorial frontis with 66pps and a hand coloured portrait of every monarch. Rebound in light brown sugar paper over boards and with the original paper label. A volume from the Library of Youth.

98mms x 58mms

Marbled edges with an engraved frontis and 328 pps. Bound in polished calf with gilt decoration and a red leather label. There is an additional paper library label with a manuscript title on the spine and the booksellers ticket of Baudry, Paris, inside the front cover. The marbled rear end paper has been cut close to the gutter otherwise a very decent copy.Only found in a Bondy catalogue of 1955.

67mms x 50mms

Printed for and sold by T.Blanchard. London (nd 1854) Gilt edges, portrait frontis and an engraved pictorial title page. Bound in red morocco in the wallet style with a gilt decorated flap to close. A presentation inscription reads "Susanna Veal Dec. 25. 1854" A very fine copy

68mms x 44mms

Seven Royal photographs fold, in panorama fashion, into a bookshaped container made of what appears to be coloured glass. The metal lid has a repouse portrait of the King and Queen within an oval frame, and the title 'To Commemorate The Silver Jubilee 1910 - 1935'

34mms x 28 mms

Engraved throughout and printed in red and black. Published by Schreiber Leipzig. Engraved frontis of Fridrich Augustus. Each month is headed by a vignette, with scenes of domestic and agricultural life. Rebound in contemporary marbled paper.

43 mms x 37 mms

A Spesi Di C Pickering. Londra 1822. Gilt edges engraved portrait frontis and 237 pps. plus index. Bound in full dark green leather with ruled borders and corner decoration on both covers. Gilt decoration and title on the spine and with a silk page marker. Printed throughout in Italian and with the Chatsworth library bookplate. A very fine Pickering Diamond Classic.

83 mms x 48 mms

Thomas a Kempis. Bijou edition, published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, London 1906. Gilt edges. 570 pps. illustrated. Bound in red leather with gilt decoration on the front cover and the spine. A very bright copy.

55 mms x 47 mms.

Designed by Alfred Mills.London 1809. 96pps + 48 full page engravings. Bound in red morocco with gilt decoration and title on the spine. Presentation inscription to Caroline Wedan from her aunt the Duchess of Marlborough. 1st Edition.

63mms x 60mms

Printed for J. Wallis.London 1801. With an engraved pictorial frontis, 63 pps. and a list of the titles from the set, the ten volume Library of Youth. Rebound in grey sugar paper over boards. Welsh 5202 locates the Spielmann copy only.

98mms x 58mms

A Pickering Diamond Classic. London 1823. 220 pps. Printed in Latin. A Portrait frontis and an extra title page. Bound in full leather.

88 mms x 53 mms

Published by Westerman and Zoon. Amsterdam. 1834 Printed in Dutch with 4 engravings of Flowers. Bound in pink boards with printed titles on both covers. From the series Bibliotheek in Miniatuur.

78mms x 64 mms.

Published by Schmidt and Gunther.Leipzig circa 1900. Bound in red cloth with printed titles on the front cover.

48 mms x 34 mms

Benziger and Co. New York 1878. Gilt edges 190 pp. plus ads.Printed in German and bound in highly decorated brown cloth

53mms x 37 mms

The front bears the title “Relic of the Eurydice lost March 22nd. 1878” The ship was hit by a blizzard off the Isle of Wight and only 2 of the 366 men on board survived. The legend of the haunting of the Eurydice is a strong one, and she has reportedly seen several times in full sail.

1 ½” x 1 ¼” (37mm x 30mm)

showing couples dancing the Sicillienne, the Rodowa and the Schotich. Preserved in a cover of Mother of Pearl with a Gilt edges A Dance Programme with spaces for the names of partners and 3 engraved plates plush spine and closed with the original ivory pencil. The front cover has a finely decorated floral pattern. The loops holding the pencil are fragile but still holding.

2” x 1 ½” (48mm x 38mm)

Gilt edges printed in red and black and bound in full leather with a gilt floral decoration. Closed with the original pencil having an ivory top.

3” x 1” (77mm x 28mm)

Gilt edges with a folding engraved view of the London Institution.
Bound in red morocco in the wallet style with a flap to close.

2 ¼” x 1 ¾” (60mm x 37mm)

With an engraved portrait frontis and 442 pages. Rebound in brown textured calf and with a gilt decorated spine.

3 ¾”x 2 ½” (100mms.x 63mms.)

Gilt edges and bound in full red leather with ruled borders . The front cover has sumptuous gilt floral decoration over all. Closed by the original ivory topped pencil, held within three loops. The bookplate of Stanley Marcus.

2 ½”x 2” (65mms.x 54mms.)

127pps. Illustrated. Bound in buff coloured boards with embossed decoration. Respined at some time and rubbed

3”x 2” (75mms.x 50mms.)

Illustrated with fine engravings of Provincial Costumes. Bound in embossed boards with a decorative title on the front cover. Preserved in a plain slip case.

3”x 2” (73mms.x 52mms.)

Gilt edges, 585 pages with illustrations. Bound in black leather with rounded corners and gilt titles. The bookplate of Cal Levitan

2 ½”x 2” (60mms.x 49mms.)

Gilt edges, Four volumes, Babyland, Night Laundresses, Up Horse and Pot Luck., each with two charming coloured plated. Each bound in a different cloured cloth binding with gilt decoration and preserved in a titled slip case.

3 1/4x 2” (84mms.x 53mms.)

Gilt edges. A blue leather spine, tartan sides and green and gilt patterned end papers. With the original bone pencil and a brass clasp to close. In fine condition

2 ½”x 1 ¾” (65mms.x 42mms.)

A finely engraved extra title and 107pps printed within green ruled borders. Illustrated. Bound in original gilt decorated green publisher’s cloth. Bondy, page 141, describes it as a finely produced volume

2 ¾”x 2 ¼” (69mms.x 55mms.)

Portrait frontis and 272pps. Bound in cream boards with titles and dates printed in red and black on both covers and spine. Closed with leather ties.

2”x 2 ¾” (52mms.x 70mms.)

76 pages + table. Contains codes Civil, de la Toilette, Epicurien, Galant, de l’Amour and Conjugal. Bound in paper with a splendid engraved pictorial front cover

3 ½”x 2 ¼” (87mms.x 55mms.)

Bound in calf with a gilt decorated spine. The covers are of French Ivory, with rounded corners, and the initials H.I.S, in silver, are fixed to the front cover.

Gilt edges, 2”x 1 ¾” (56mms.x 45mms.)

Published by G E Petter. Cheapside London. (c.1850) Gilt edges and bound in dark red leather with gilt decoration overall.

2”x 1 ¼” (48 mms.x 31mms.)

James Gillray

The dearness of corn, and the increasing scarcity of provisions and high price of bread, led to rioting in the months of June and July, 1795. The Minister is said to have sent some recommendations to the Lord Mayor which were represented as implying principles like those expressed in this print. The following lines are printed beneath the plate :—

Billy the Butcher's Advice to John Bull.
Since bread is so dear (and you say you must eat),
For to save the expense you most live upon meat;
And as twelve pence the quarter you can't pay for bread,
Get a crown's worth of meat,—it will serve in its stead.
John Bull presents a picture of starvation, which is not usual with him

Good colour and good condition. Water mark in the paper says N&Co

Print 1795

Approx 11 inches by 14 inches

Thomas Rowlandson

Two men sit in a dilapidated room, the floor completely covered by water in which three pigs wade, ducks swim and dive, and geese run aggressively towards a dog. Their feet rest on boulders. One stout man in a broken chair sits with his elbows on a small round table, holding up a large watch, the hands showing that it is 9.40, and yawning deeply. On the table is a decanter containing a tiny 'blue devil' and a guttering candle stuck in a potato at which a rat is nibbling. Another rat runs up the table leg. The other man (right), with closed eyes, and hands on knees, sits on a stool, registering melancholy resignation. One pig (left) devours a 'Racing Calendar' which floats on the water. A fire of sticks burns smokily on a wide hearth; a large pot is overturning, the contents gushing over. Above the chimney-piece hangs a picture in a broken frame of a country house. There is one small casement window, half boarded up, the other half partly stuffed up with a pair of breeches. A ham and a hare hang from hooks in the ceiling. High up on the wall is a small shelf on which is broken china; a cat stands on it.


Hand-coloured etching, with good margins.

published by H. Humphrey, 12 May 1812.

Water mark J Whatman 1817

Height: 12 inches, width: 18 inches

Charles Williams, pseudo. Argus

On the left Ministers assail a young woman, representing the East India Company. On the right the fort of Monopoly is attacked from the sea by gun-boats flying the flags of 'Free Trade' and the Out Ports. The Company, in a fainting condition, sits on the ground directed to the right and leaning against a large tea-chest inscribed 'Con[gou]', next which is one inscribed 'Bohea'; under her dropping hand is the 'Charter Granted to the East I[ndia] Co.' Her left arm rests on a pile of three bales of textiles inscribed respectively 'Chinz', 'Muslins', 'Nankeens'. The weapons of the Ministers are bulky rolled documents, all inscribed 'India Bill', which they hurl against her or use as bludgeons. The three foremost are Melville in Highland dress, Castlereagh, and Sidmouth. Behind them (left) runs up the fat Buckinghamshire, who has hurled one roll, and has two more under his arm. A paper inscribed 'a tour in Buckinghamshire' projects from his pocket. He is followed on the extreme left by Vansittart, Chancellor of the Exchequer, bringing up a load of 'India Bill' ammunition, and with papers inscribed 'Budget for 1813' in his pocket. Facing the distressed woman is a man who runs towards her with a protecting gesture, saying: "In Hume-man Man." A paper in his pocket inscribed 'Jack my Son's Speech' indicates Randle Jackson.
Among them stands a man scattering coins and holding up a sheaf of 'India Bonds', showing that these pamphleteers are venal. On the ground by the breech in the fort lies a large paper headed: 'Proofs of utility of E.I.C. debts 3.000.000, loss to the public £16 000, 000 gain to the company 10 pr Cent'.

Contemporary hand colouring.

Published February 1st 1813 by M. Jones, No.5 Negate Street.

Laid on to blue card. Good condition

Height: 8.5 inches Width: 19.5 inches

James Gillray

Contemporary copies of Gillray’s set of skating prints (BM10474-7).

(d) Making the most of a passing friend in a case of Emergency! A man who is falling through the ice clutches desperately at the leg of a passing skater so as to drag him towards the hole he has made. From the edge of the ice on the right projects a post with a notice board: Humane Society - - Whereas this Pond is very deep & dangerous, it is requested that no persons will rashly venture to Skate upon it.

Plate trimmed down and laid onto card. Original colour good condition.

Approx. Height: 9.5 inches Width:13 inches

James Gillray

Contemporary copies of Gillray’s set of skating prints (BM10474-7).
(c) A Fundamental Error in the Art of skaiting. One man falls violently, arms and legs in the air; he brings the ferrule of his stick heavily down on the eye of a neighbour who has just landed on his posterior, his legs and arms extended. In the background three other skaters have fallen, and lie or sit, legs in the air.

Plate trimmed down and laid onto card. Original colour good condition.

Approx. Height: 9.5 inches Width:13 inches

James Gillray

Contemporary copies of Gillray’s set of skating prints (BM10474-7).
(b) The consequence of going before the wind. An elderly man, holding his umbrella in front of him to form a sail, cannonades into another skater, who falls, the apex of the umbrella entering his mouth, while his foot strikes the stomach of the aggressor. The ice cracks beneath them. The latter wears wrinkled ankle boots: the victim more fashionably dressed. In the background a boy with a basket laughs at the collision; near him a man falls forward, his umbrella and hat torn from him by a gust, whose strength is indicated by a wind-swept tree.

Plate trimmed down and laid onto card. Crease across top right corner. Original colour good condition.

Approx. Height: 9.5 inches Width:13 inches

James Gillray

Contemporary copies of Gillray’s set of skating prints (BM10474-7).

(a) Attitude! Attitude is everything! Two skaters strike attitudes in the foreground. The one of the left with hands on hips, describes a curve on the outside edge of the left foot, the right foot being held out stiffly. He looks aggressively towards the other, a younger man who bends his knees; arms extended, and grins at his rival. The former wears a Spencer over a short coat, the latter a tailcoat; both wear Hessian boots, but those of the latter, who is more fashionably dressed, reach to the knee and are tassled. Both hold sticks. In the background a pair of men with folded arms skate back to back in doing a figure of eight; a third skates forward fast with hands on hips. The scene is a lake in a snow-covered landscape.

Plate trimmed down and laid onto card. Original colour good condition.

Width 13.5 x Height 9.5 Trimmed within the plate mark

William Heath Print
Wellington, in his characteristic neat blue coat and white trousers, flees in terror, his hat falling off, from a large braying ass, wearing a Chain of Office and Alderman’s robes. As a result of an alarmist letter from the Lord Mayor-Elect John Key (Master of the Stationer’s Company), and many rumors of an assassination plot, Wellington had decided that the King’s visit to the Guildhall for the Lord Mayor’s Dinner should be cancelled. The papers ridiculed the Government’s cowardice, but even the radical politician Francis Place considered the Ministry’s fears well founded.

London, S. W. Fores 1830 Original hand colouring
Trimmed, good condition good colour.
BM 16305.

Width:13.5 inches Height: 9.75

William Heath

No publisher’s line could be a McLean. At the top of the image is ‘Quadrilles – Evening Fashions – Dedicated to the Heads of the Nation,’

A happy scene of two couple dancing. Beneath is printed;
“Nature, I thought perform’d too mean a parte
Forming her movements to the rules of art;
And vex’d I found the dandy barbers hand
Had o’er the Dancers heads too great command”.

Good original colour. c.1829

14 ¼ x 9¼. Trimmed within the plate mark,

Three days before this was published the London Horticultural Society had their fete at Chiswick and the weather was terrible.
Published June 30 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket.
B.M.15955

Width 13.5 x Height 9.5 Trimmed within the plate mark

George Cruickshank
Being depressed over debt meant having the "blue devils." The blue devils incite the miserable debtor to excess drinking and self-destruction.Below him appear from left, a coffin bearer, Death, three pregnant women, an usher from the Church of England,and a shark's open mouth.The small artist to the upper left is painting with fire while standing on a book,"Miseries of Human Life."
Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James’s St. January 10th 1823.B.M.14598

Plate trimmed and laid on card. Good original colour.

Height: 8.5 inches x 10 inches. margins.

English (c.1870).
Gilt edges, empty pages bound within wooden boards, and with a red leather spine. The front cover has a view of the Chain Pier,Brighton, within an oval frame. Having its original bone pencil housed in a red
leather loop and with a brass clasp to close. A bright item.

Gilt edges, 2 1/4"x 1 3/4" (60mms.x 42mms.)

Le Petit Paroissien de la Jeunesse. Published by Marcilly. Paris. (c.1840) Gilt edges and 96 pages with five engraved plates. Bound in orange paper covered boards with gilt decorated borders and spine. A nice copy.

1 ¾”x1 ¼”(40mms.x 25mms.)