Gift Ideas
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NERVAL, Gérard de.
Lorely, souvenirs d’Allemagne. Paris,...
Giraud et J. Dagneau, 1852.
First edition, second issue, of a collection...
£800
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ANACREON.
Ανακρεοντος τηιου μελη...
Parma, [Bodoni] ‘in aedibus Palatinis’,...
Thick paper copy, apparently one of...
£650
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TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord.
Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington…
London: Edward Moxon … 1852.
First edition of Tennyson’s ode to...
£100
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CHALKHILL, John.
Thealma and Clearchus. A pastoral History...
London, Printed for Benj. Tooke … 1683.
First edition of Chalkhill’s unfinished...
£1850
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ROTH, Henry.
Call it Sleep.
London, Michael Joseph, 1963.
First UK edition of Roth’s precocious...
£250
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[BECKFORD, William.]
Vathek, conte arabe.
Paris, Poinçot; Chatellerault, P. J....
Extremely rare, the only traced copy,...
£3750
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VARILLAS, [Antoine].
La pratique de l’education des princes,...
Amsterdam, H. Wetstein & H. Desbordes, 1686.
A highly unusual pyrographic binding,...
£750
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[DELAMARCHE, Alexandre, cartographer; Bernard COUDERT, lithographer.]
‘Atlas’.
Paris, Legay, [c. 1889].
An attractive set of large educational...
£875
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MATURIN, Charles.
Melmoth the Wanderer: a Tale … Edinburgh,...
London, Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820.
First edition, with excellent provenance,...
£7500
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[WYNNE, John Huddlestone.]
The Child of Chance; or, the Adventures...
London, T. Hookham, ‘1796’ [recte 1786].
First edition of a very rare picaresque...
£3500
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WIELAND, Christoph Martin; William SOTHEBY, translator.
Oberon, a Poem …
London, Cadell and Davies, Edwards, Faulder,...
First octavo edition of Sotheby’s...
£500
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[TOMKIS, Thomas.]
Lingua: or, the Combat of the Tongue, and...
London, Nicholas Okes for Simon Waterson, 1617.
Third edition, rare, of this allegorical...
£3000
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ROHAN, Henri, Duke of; [Henry HUNT, translator].
A Treatise of the Interest of the Princes...
London, Richard Hodgkinson, 1641.
First edition in England (and second...
£1800
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[CHARLES II.]
RIVET, Jean. ‘Le favory du Ciel ou Meditation...
[Caussade en Quercy, 1664.]
A fascinating manuscript meditation...
£1850
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PRIOR, Matthew.
The Poetical Works … now first collected,...
Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley [and five...
A handsome copy of this collected edition...
£500
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PORTER, [Jane].
Thaddeus of Warsaw. In four Volumes …...
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809.
Fifth edition of Jane Porter’s famous...
£500
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PORTER, [Jane].
Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks,...
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807.
First edition, uncommon, of a collection...
£600
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[PRAYERS.]
The New-Years-Gift, complete: in six Parts....
London, Henry Mortlock, 1700.
Unrecorded edition of a very popular...
£1200
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KOTZEBUE, August Friedrich Ferdinand von.
Travels from Berlin, through Switzerland,...
London, Richard Phillips, 1804.
First edition in English, quickly...
£500
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KOTZEBUE, August Friedrich Ferdinand von.
The Guardian Angel. From the German …...
London, J. Wright for Vernor and Hood,...
First edition in English (and the first...
£650