Gift Ideas

  1. MYERS, Robin, Andrew BURNETT, and Renae SATTERLEY.

    ‘I do not eat the bread of idleness’:...

    The Garendon Press, 2023.

    This volume brings together revised versions...

    £45

  2. WAPPEROM, Jacobus Joannes. 

    Gezangen door J.J. Wapperom. 

    The Hague, 1805. 

    Very rare collection of songs by the Dutch...

    £675

  3. REFELL, A. 

    Trugbilder: Eine Anleitung Erscheinungen,...

    Stuttgart, Rieger, 1865. 

    First German edition, rare, of this fascinating...

    £1250

  4. [COOK, James, and Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de la PÉROUSE.]

    Tableau des decouvertes du Capne. Cook,...

    S. Sauveur, l’an 7 de la République...

    A splendid hand-coloured engraving depicting...

    £1500

  5. MARINIS, Dominico de. 

    Dissertatio philosophico-medica de re monstrosa...

    Rome, typis Iacobi Mascardi ... sumptibus...

    First edition of this scarce dissertation...

    £1850

  6. [JAMIESON, John.] 

    Congal and Fenella; A Tale in Two Parts. 

    London, C. Dilly, 1791. 

    First and only edition of Jamieson’s...

    £250

  7. ORIBASIUS. 

    Commentaria in Aphorismos Hippocratis …...

    Paris, Simon de Colines, 1533. 

    First edition of this commentary on Hippocrates,...

    £1750

  8. TERENCE Afer, Publius. 

    Comoediae sex, tum ex Donati commentariis...

    Paris, Robert Estienne, 1529. 

    First folio edition of Terence’s comedies...

    £1500

  9. SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. 

    The School for Scandal, a Comedy [– The...

    Dublin, William Porter for William Jones,...

    The first attempt to publish a collected...

    £275

  10. QUINTILIAN, Marcus Fabius, and Jacques-Louis d’ESTREBAY (editor).

    Compendium libri secundi, tertii, et quinti...

    Paris, Thomas Richard, 1558.

    Very rare third edition of this compendium...

    £350

  11. [POETRY.] 

    ‘Trattato della [poesia Toscana]’. 

    [Asti?, 1780-1782.] 

    A manuscript treatise on the method of...

    £750

  12. AYRTON, Michael.

    Tittivulus, or the Verbiage Collector …

    London, Max Reinhardt, [1953].

    First edition, signed, of Ayrton’s first...

    £100

  13. AUDEN, Wystan Hugh, and Christopher ISHERWOOD.

    The Dog beneath the Skin or where is Francis?...

    London, Faber and Faber Limited, [1954].

    Sixth impression. When Bridson had reviewed...

    £100

  14. THACKERAY, William Makepeace. 

    The Virginians, a tale of the last century. 

    London, Bradbury & Evans, November 1857...

    First edition in the original monthly parts...

    £600

  15. [OSBORNE, Francis.]

    Historical memoires on the reigns of Queen...

    London: Printed by T. Grismond, and are...

    First edition of Osborne’s history of...

    £475

  16. [EDWARD VII – COMMON PRAYER.]

    [Cover title: ‘Prayer Book of...

    [Norwood (MA), Plimpton Press for] New...

    Authorised American edition of the Essex...

    £500

  17. [GEORGE V.]

    The Form and Order of the Service that...

    London, Novello & Company, 1911.

    A handsome copy of the Coronation service,...

    £450

  18. GREENE, Graham. 

    A burnt-out Case. 

    London, Heinemann, [1961]. 

    Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition...

    £275

  19. LEWIS, Wyndham.

    The Roaring Queen. Edited and introduced...

    London, Secker & Warburg, [1973].

    Limited edition, no XXVII of XXX copies...

    £500

  20. WILLIAMS, William Carlos.

    Paterson [Books 1, 2, 3 & 4].

    Norfolk, New Classics, [1951]. [with:]

    First collected edition of Books One...

    £1250