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[London] Printed for Walter Runciman at the Temple Sheen Press. 1922.First, limited edition, one of 150 copies. 4to. pp43. Original beige cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine. Partially unopened. Slight rubbing to bottom corners and bumping to head and foot of spine but otherwise a very good binding. Contents in excellent, near fine condition. Thomas Runicman was a pupil of the artist William Bell Scott who was on the fringe of the pre-Raphaelite circle. His poems were written for his own pleasure and only appeared posthumously. With an introductory note by Walter Runicman.

n.p. [Germany] . 1840s.A pretty and touching little friendship box (87x140x18mm) containing fifteen cards, leaves of papers and embroidered silk stuck to card. They are all from different people and contain a mixture of poems, drawings, paintings, or just the initials of the giver. The theme is "friendship" and the first and the last leaves contain the word "Amitié". The box is made from card, covered with pale green vellum. Top is decorated with a rococo gilt frame and the word "Souvenir" stamped in gilt. Gilded metal clasp. Housed in a green card slipcase.

London: Burgess William & Co. early 20th century.Souvenir Japanese crêpe paper handkerchief with an outer border of purple pansy-type flowers and green foliage. In the centre is a picture (signed W. B [?] 84) of a poor mother with two young children. Above this is printed "Souvenir Programme of The Provincial Unemployed Demonstration" and either side of the picture are the texts "The profit of the earth is for all Eccles v.9" and "Labour is the source of all wealth". Below the picture are the details of the demonstration.

London: Burke Publishing Co. Ltd. 1961. First edition. 183x120mm. pp. 158. Green cloth, lettered in black to the spine. Original illustrated dustjacket. Slight creasing and two closed tears to head of jacket and rubbing to foot of spine of jacket but otherwise a very good copy of the sixth of MacVicar's Lost Planet series.

Amsterdami: Henr. Wetstenium.. 1697.8vo. 162x97mm. pp. [48], 192. Prettily bound in contemporary red morocco, both covers delicately tooled in gilt with a floral border framing an inner border of drawer-handle and flower motifs and small gilt dots, with arabesque cornerpieces. A central panel is decorated with drawer-handles, arabesque cornerpieces, leafy sprays and rococo patterns constructed with tiny dotted lines. All edges gilt, turn-ins tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers. Slight bumping and rubbing to corners and joints but otherwise a beautiful little binding in excellent condition.

n.p. . n.d. [1937]. A collection of typescripts of thirteen short stories by Lise Deharme with five signed drawings by Jean Cocteau. Some of the stories are drafts with manuscript or typed amendments and some in fair copy. Each story, with its illustration, is loosely inserted into a card folder. Also present is the original pink file which contained the stories and drawings. On the cover of this is inscribed, in De harme’s hand: “Lise Deharme, 146 rue de Grenelle, Paris VII. Quleque dessins de Cocteau”. All housed in a custom made box with paper label to spine.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1881.First edition. 4to. 278x215mm. pp. 100. Text from p.45-100 following twenty-one monotone Woodburytypes printed from Thomson's original glass plates. Each image is framed with a red line border and the title printed in red. The text (which follows the photographs) consists of a commentary and description of the images. Original green pictorial cloth with gilt title and decoration in blind with two figures in gilt. Floral endpapers (lacking front free endpaper). Hinges cracked but holding, corners a little worn, bumping and slight creasing to head and foot of spine.

Chelmsford: Clachar, Frost, and Gray. 1783 [but 1788].Small 8vo. 153x95mm. pp. xvii [i], 115 [1]; Part X, An endeavour to prove that reason is alone sufficient to the firm establishment of religion [1785]: 31 [1]; An Appendix to the Tenth Part: 64; A Physical Enquiry into the Powers and Properties of Spirit..., 1787, vi, 82; A Postscript to the Physical Enquiry..., 1787; 6, [4], 7-34; Part XI and XII: [141] -178; A Free Enquiry into the Enormous Increase of Attornies..., 1785 iv, 68. Modern half calf, marbled paper covered boards, original red roan label on spine, lettered in gilt.

Monaco: Imprimerie A Chène. 1930.Limited edition, number 92 of 200 printed on velin supérieur signed by the author. 244x157mm. 74 leaves. Quarter green cloth, white paper covered boards, colour illustration to centre of upper cover. Some marking and soiling to covers and scuffing to corners and edges of boards. Some foxing but otherwise a very good copy. Text printed in black, blue, red and green on recto only (verso blank), four illustrations. Daisy Fellowes was an heiress to the Singer Sewing Machine.

Venice: Lucantonio Giunta. 1526.Second edition, edited by Luca Gaurico (first edition, 1495) 4to. [28], 398 leaves. Contemporary vellum, yapp edges, small wormholes on covers (one on upper and three on lower) and some waterstaining on lower cover, ties missing. Manuscript lettering to spine (partly covered by label reading "A-b") and on bottom edge of text block. Internally very good, some waterstaining to a few of the early leaves (1i (title page)-2ii and 2vii-3ii), marking to leaf r3. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper crossed out. Overall in excellent condition. Introductory text in gothic type.

Milano: Studio Marconi Gennaio. 1970.Oblong 12mo. pp. 10. Five black and white illustrations (rectos only). Original spiral-bound card covers, edges faded.

London: Printed for Thomas Hodgkins at the Juvenile Library.. 1807.First edition, first issue. Two volumes. 12mo. 165x100mm. Vol. I. ix [i.bl], [2], 235, [1 with T. Davison imprint]. 10 engravings. Vol. II. [4], 261, [3pp. adverts with the Hanway Street address]. 10 engravings. Contemporary calf, spines with red morocco labels lettered in gilt and small round black labels numbered in gilt. At head of spine, in gilt, is the Pelican of Mercy and the motto, "Pandite Coelestes Fortae". This is the crest of James Gibson of Ingliston, Writer to the Signet whose armorial bookplate is on the front pastedowns.

Paris: The Black Sun Press. 1929.First edition. Number 38 of 100 copies on Japanese Vellum signed by the author. 4to. 212x168mm. [8], XV, [1], 55, [3]. Original cream paper wrappers lettered in black and red to upper cover and spine and with 'black sun' motif on the lower cover. Original glassine wrapper. Slight chipping to head of spine and there are some tears to the glassine wrapper at the spine and to the front wrapper but overall in very good condition. Internally excellent with only very minor marking in a few places.

New York: Larry Clark. 1987.Second edition. 293x227mm. pp. [148] Unpaginated. Black and white photographs with an autobiographical essay by Clark. Card cover illustrated with a black and white photograph of teenage lust. The cover and contents are in near fine condition. A superb copy of this controversial, explicit and dark collection of images and words. It formed the inspiration for Clark's radical film "Kids".

Germany Scalo. 1996.8vo paperback. 76pp, illustrated throughout.

Santa Rosa, California Black Sparrow Press. 1994.Limited edition, one of 750 paperback copies published for friends of Black Sparrow Press. 210x146mm. pp. 40. Original decorative wrappers, stapled. Very slight marking to lower cover but otherwise a near fine copy. Lawrence produced this work for the Daily Chronicle while waiting for Lady Chatterley's Lover to start selling. At a time when a bill giving women the vote was passing through Parliament, the British newspapers were very keen on this type of material. It was discovered by Roy Spencer in the files of the Daily Chronicle.

San Francisco Chronicle Books. 1993.Description:First edition. Inscribed and hand-stamped by Hockney on title page. 273x224mm. pp.248. Publisher's blue cloth with yellow lettering on spine and embossed illustration by Hockney featuring his initials on front cover. Original dust jacket. Light markings to head of dust jacket flaps. Slight bump to tail of spine, light foxing to edges. Overall in very good condition. The playful inscription in red and green ink reads "to Migan David Hockney"; stamps read SPECIAL, PERSONAL and 'hand stamped by D.H.'An illustrated memoir by one of the most successful British artists of all time.

First edition. Inscribed and hand-stamped by Hockney on title page. 273x224mm. pp.248. Publisher’s blue cloth with yellow lettering on spine and embossed illustration by Hockney featuring his initials on front cover. Original dust jacket. Light markings to head of dust jacket flaps. Slight bump to tail of spine, light foxing to edges. Overall in very good condition. The playful inscription in red and green ink reads “to Migan David Hockney”; stamps read SPECIAL, PERSONAL and ‘hand stamped by D.H.’ An illustrated memoir by one of the most successful British artists of all time.

London: Printed for J. Scatcherd. 1797.First edition. 8vo. 175x100mm. pp. xvi, 274. Folding frontispiece and twelve plates each with a monthly "Bill of Fare". Contemporary calf, recently and expertly repaired, red morocco label to spine lettered in gilt. Closed tear to E6 with no loss, some foxing but otherwise very good. An excellent copy of a rare book, ESTC recording only six copies. The Accomplished Housekeeper is an abridged version of Francis Collingwood's The Universal Cook and City and Country Housekeeper, itself a rare book, first published in 1792 with a second edition in 1797.

n.p. . n.d. [c1970].Two volumes. 254x202mm. pp. 7 [1bl], 42. 6 illustrations; 47 [1bl], 9 illustrations. Typed pages stapled at left edge with green card covers on the first volume and orange on the second. Some marks and toning on the covers and four of the leaves have been repaired with coloured tape at the edges. An utterly bizarre (and unrecorded) home-made production of which we have been unable to find another copy. At first sight, on encountering the photocopied illustrations, this would appear to be a fantasy work for rubber fetishists.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. 1871.First separate edition following its publication in Blackwood's Magazine. 8vo. 171x114mm. pp. 64, 8pp adverts. Original publisher's purple wrappers, somewhat faded and with tears to spine and the bottom outer corner torn from the lower cover. Some foxing but otherwise very good internally. Although not the first example of imaginary invasion literature (see previous item for that), The Battle of Dorking is the best known and was the most successful.

London: William Heinemann Limited. [1938].Three volumes. 230x152mm. pp. xxxi, [ibl], 1237 [1]. Paginates continuously. The maps that form the endpapers are bound in at the end of volumes two and three. Bound by Bayntun in red half morocco, cloth covered boards. Each volume housed in its own red cloth covered slipcase. In excellent condition throughout.

London: H.F. & G. Witherby. [1953].First edition. Two volumes. Signed by the author to the half title of volume II. Demy 4to. (285x220mm). pp.xvi, 510; vii, 314, [2]. Volume I in navy buckram, volume II in navy cloth lettered in gilt to the spine. Cream dust jacket lettered and decorated in black and red, price clipped. Plastic protective wrapper. Binding and jackets are in very good condition with only the slightest shelfwear. Internally both volumes are in excellent condition.

London: Hamish Hamilton.. 1951.Presentation copy with inscription to Alvilde Lees-Milne.First edition. Presentation copy with inscription to Alvilde Lees-Milne. 183x120mm. pp. 270. Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated dustjacket (supplied from another copy). Extremities bumped and lower board a little stained and cockled. Tears, with some loss, to head and foot of spine of jacket and slight chipping to edges at the flaps. Internally, there is some foxing, heavier to the half title and title page. Dedication page is inscribed "Alvilde with love from Nancy" and there is the ownership inscription of Alvilde on the front free endpaper.