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Two round white cotton mats with silk fringes (190mm in diameter). In the centre of each mat is a drawing. The first shows a simian, heavily bearded man carrying a large folio volume under his arm and removing his top hat. The frame around the image is in the form of a heraldic garter on which is written "A specimen of the Darwinian race". The other mat has a drawing of a naval officer (in contemporary tail-coat) standing in front of a shaving mirror brandishing a cut-throat razor. Written on the garter is "A native trimming his beard".

Chicago: Novel Books, Inc. 1963.First edition thus. 178x108mm. pp. 160. Illustrated wrappers. Some rubbing and creasing to covers but overall in excellent condition. This little book tells the story of Carl Rollins Hammonds. Having grown small breasts as a teenager, Hammonds worked as "half-man/half-woman" as a carnival dancer under the name Hedy Jo Star. Estrogen began to change her appearance more radically and in 1955, "I changed my sex" first appeared. In 1962 she underwent full gender reassignment surgery and this paperback edition appeared the following year.

with an introduction by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Beverley: Wright and Hoggard.. [1917]. A rare pamphlet on Christian-spiritualist ecumenism First edition. 184x124mm. pp. 27 [1bl]. Original printed wrappers. It has been folded in half (vertically) and has a crease running along the centre but otherwise in very good condition. This little pamphlet reproduces a lecture given by The Reverend Fielding-Ould to the London Spiritualist Alliance on March 22nd 1917. The introduction by Conan Doyle is a letter to Fielding-Ould praising the lecture.

Bern: Verlag L.M. Kohler. 1946.First edition. A portfolio of twenty three loose photographs (each photograph measures 302x231mm) housed in a folder with boards and cloth spine and ties. Some marking to the boards and rubbing to the edges and the cloth spine is torn and damaged but holding. The twenty-fourth photograph is the image on the front cover pasted on board. (306x235mm) Four page folded introduction with one page introduction by Manuel Gasser and a list of the titles of the photographs. The plates are in very good condition with only some very slight rubbing to the edges.

London: J&C Brown & Co.. n.d.  1856. Early Detective Fiction 8vo. 158x95mm. pp. pp. iv, [2], 9-309 [1bl]. Frontispiece (some offsetting from frontispiece onto the title page opposite). This copy is undated but has the same title and imprint as the dated first edition of 1856 so we have assumed that it is from that year. Russell's works were often republished but with different titles which is not the case here. Bound with (and after) BELL, Robert The Ladder of Gold. An English Story London:G. Routledge & Co. 1858. vi, 7-440.

[London]: Printed for private circulation by Parkins & Son.. n.d. [c1909].Presentation copy. First edition. 214x136mm. pp. 53 [3]. Dark grey buckram, paper label to upper cover, lettered in dark blue. In a grey paper wrapper with an address label to "Gunner Stanley Collins" at an army address in France. On the front free endpaper is the inscription: "October 8th 1918. To Stanley Collins - A much greater Artist than I can ever hope to be, but who may, nevertheless like to read these Poems, sent by his old friend. The Author". Some foxing and hinges cracked but holding.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head. 1926. First edition. 285x220mm. pp. xiv, [2], 227, [1bl], [10pp adverts]. The reproductions of 156 etchings are all present. Original beige buckram, lettering stamped in red to upper cover and spine. Original brick red dustjacket, lettered in black. Some slight chipping to the extremities of the dustjacket but otherwise the binding is in excellent condition. Internally fine, many of the pages unopened.

London: Dow & Lester. n.d. [1909]. How to see a ghost 184x117mm. pp. [2], 23. 25 colour plates. Original blue-grey cloth lettered in black and illustrated with a silhouette of a skeleton (one of the images from the book). Some soiling to the boards and slight rubbing to the corners and head and foot of spine. Internally very good but with some offsetting from the images. Rare, only one copy (Ricky Jay's) appearing in the auction records. It seems to have been first published in New York in 1908 with a London edition issued in 1909 and then again 1915.

London: Penguin Books.. 1972. "too didactic to be artistic" Presentation copy with illustration of a clockwork orange on title page. 180x112mm. pp. 143 [1]. This is a reprint from the same year as the first Penguin paperback edition of A Clockwork Orange. In the highly distinctive David Pelham designed wrappers. Some rubbing to wrappers and soiling and toning to edges. Hinges delicate and slightly creased. Inscription in blue ink reads "(the last chapter is missing) To Kristian with kindest regards Anthony Burgess London 8.2.90", with Burgess's line drawing of a clockwork orange. A unique copy of a controversial novel.

1971. Eight telegrams from Curt Claudio in America to John Lennon at Tittenhurst Park, Ascot. The telegrams are pasted as a group onto red card and framed. Most are in good condition although two are water stained and two others have some staining to the edges but all eight are clear and legible. They are part of a strange and fascinating story. In May 1971, a young man from California was found in the grounds of John Lennon’s house, Tittenhurst Park, Ascot. His name was Curt Claudio and he had been sleeping in the garden for a few days.

Verona: Officina Bodoni. 1971.First Bodoni edition, one of ten copies for printed "ad personam", this copy with the presentation: "This copy has been printed for David Earl of Crawford". A further 160 numbered copies were also issued. Folio, 345x250mm. pp. 121, [1bl], 1 colophon. Original quarter vellum, spine lettered in gilt with the Bodoni device in gilt on upper cover. With plastic wrapper, housed in a custom green cloth slipcase. Woodcut illustrations by Fritz Kredel after Albrecht Dürer. A fine copy.

Salisbury: Sealy and Hodson. 1773.First edition. 8vo. 196x123mm. pp. [iv], 256. Contemporary half calf, marbled paper covered boards, rebacked, morocco label lettered in gilt. Rubbing to boards and bumping to corners. Internally very good but with some browning and closed tears to K2 and K3 (which also has a tear with loss to top margin). Overall a nice copy of a light and amusing collection of poetry and prose to keep while the hours spent travelling in a post chaise.

Cambridge: Printed for The Author, and sold there by Cornelius Crownfield. 1738.First edition. Two volumes. 252x194mm. pp. [6], vi, [8], 280; [2], 281-455, [1bl], 171, [13]. With the final errata, advertisement and instructions to the binder leaves and a total of 83 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf, five raised bands, compartments lavishly decorated in gilt, morocco label lettered in gilt. Front pastedowns have the bookplates of Belton House and of The Right Hon John Lord Brownlowe whose seat Belton was. Rubbing and some wear to extremities, corners bumped. Head and foot of spines bumped and torn.

n.d.Original architectural drawing by Thomas Sandby showing a neo-classical domed octagonal temple with baroque details. Pen and grey and black and pale blue and grey watercolour on laid paper with watermark "C&Honig". Sheet 497x258mm, window mount support (with ruled brown ink border) 478x333mm, taped at left edge onto heavy cream card 558x404mm. Slight spotting, otherwise in excellent condition. Although there are important institutional holdings of Sandby's architectural drawings, they are rare in commerce and this is a particularly fine example.

London: Printed for E. Curll. 1713.First edition. 8vo. 176x110mm. pp. [8], 79, [1]. Contemporary panelled calf, spine with four raised bands, second compartment with red morocco label lettered in gilt. In excellent condition. Internally very good with some browning and foxing, slightly heavier to title page. Attractively decorated with a variety of head and tailpieces and wood engraved initials. Front pastedown has ownership inscription: "E.Kynaston. 1743". A very nice copy of "the principal English work of early date on fish culture".

Vol. I. Containing the History and Description of Land Birds. Vol. II. Containing the History and Description of Water Birds.Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick. 1826. Attractive set of the birding classic Two volumes. Vol. I. Eighth edition. 8vo in 4s. (213x125mm). pp. xliv, 382. Vol. II. Sixth edition. pp. xxii, 432. Dark blue half calf, marbled paper boards. Spine decorated in gilt. Red morocco labels lettered in gilt. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Rubbing to extremities but otherwise in excellent condition and internally very good with only modest foxing and browning in places.

A Journey Undertaken in an insane moment through Central Europe on foot. London: Richard Bentley and Son. 1891.Presentation copy. Psycho-geographyPresentation copy. First edition. 8vo. 202x135mm. pp. [viii], 388. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt and blind to upper cover and spine and with some decoration in blind. Rubbing to edges, corners bumped and worn. Bumping and some slight nicks and chips to head and foot of spine which is a little sunned. Slightly foxed and toned with some creasing to the foot of the last ten leaves. Overall a very good copy.

London: William Rider. 1914. The Astral Tramp Second edition. 8vo. 184x122mm. pp. xiii [1bl], 356, [4pp publisher's adverts]. Original green cloth decorated with the image of a temple printed in white and then, in blind a sacrificial tripod and bowl. Title and author stamped in blind to upper cover and in gilt to spine where the cover design is repeated in white and gilt. Corners a little rubbed and bumped. Some small tears to head and foot of spine.

Boston: Chapman & Grimes. 1939.First edition. 8vo. 196x135mm. pp. 255 [1bl]. Publisher's blue cloth and original dustjacket. Some closed tears to the jacket and there is a handwritten alteration to a printed address on the lower cover. Inscribed "To Mr Fred E. Mason from Ida F. Powell Author. Christmas 1941". Loosely inserted is a two page letter and a Christmas Card from Powell to Mason. In the letter, Powell describes the book as a "romance...while the details of the detective theme is founded upon actual knowledge of facts which I gathered by contacting the police".

London: Printed by E. Owen. 1750.First edition. 4to. 264x205mm. pp. [viii], 191 [1bl]. Engraved title page within an attractive rococo border and engraved illustrations on the left margin of each page and three engravings in the text. Contemporary calf, upper and lower covers with gilt dog-tooth border and gilt fleurons at the corners. Spine with five raised bands, compartments lavishly decorated in gilt although somewhat rubbed and faded. Tan morocco label lettered in gilt. Corners bumped and rubbed and a small scuffed patch on the lower cover. Marbled endpapers. Edges sprinkled red. Internally very good.

Buenos Aries: Editorial Atlantida. 1975.Silver gelatin photograph. 180x240mm. Taken using a fish-eye lens, it shows Borges and Sabato sitting together talking over a cup of coffee in a café. On the verso is the photographer's stamp from the magazine Editorial Atlantida. It has also been inscribed by Sabato "Para Juan contodo mui afecto. E. Sabato. 15 de Mayo de 1998". Protected by a transparent plastic envelope and housed in a heavy card folder covered with marbled paper.

to which is added the remarkable account of the apparition in Sunderland, with other notable relations from England; Together With Observations About Them, And Instructions From Them Designed To Confute And To Prevent The Infidelity Of Denying The Being And Apparition of Spirits; Which Tends To Irreligion and Atheism.n.p. [Trevecca?]. 1780. "a farrago of the most astonishing superstitions". The author's copy First edition. 8vo in 4s. 188x117mm. pp. viii, 134, [2]. Nineteenth century half calf, marbled paper covered boards, slightly bumped and rubbed. Internally a little browned but overall a very good copy of a rare book.

London: Thomas Bosworth. 1853. Presentation copy First UK edition, published the same year as the first US edition. 8vo. 170x105mm. pp. xxxii, 93 [1], [2], 14pp adverts. Publisher's brown cloth (binder's ticket - Westley's - on rear pastedown), decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. Spine has a paper label with the title and author written in pencil. Presentation copy from publisher, inscribed in ink on the front free endpaper "with the publisher's compliments". Front pastedown has bookplate of Alan Gauld and T.J. Ring.

West Smethwick . 1933.A Ruskin single-handed vase with a wide-flared neck decorated with a high fired sang-de-bœuf and mottled green and white glaze with specks of green and black. 200mm high, 115mm wide at opening. Base is marked "Ruskin. 1933. England". A beautiful example of the distinctive Ruskin High Fired Flambé process in one of the most striking colours used by the pottery. As William Howson Taylor explained in his 1912 booklet on Ruskin Pottery (see previous item), the aims of the Pottery were "good potting, beauty of form, and rich or tender colouring".