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London: The Berlin Photographic Company. 1900.Limited edition, one of two hundred copies signed by Philip Burne-Jones. 667x500mm. Ninety one photogravure plates on china paper. Original blue morocco, gilt triple fillet to borders, lettered and decorated in gilt to upper cover. Rubbing to extremities and some scuffing to the boards and spine. Internally, there is some marginal foxing and spotting and staining to the top left of a number of the leaves. The front free endpaper and half title are creased but this is in excellent condition with the plates beautifully preserved.

London: Wyllyam Bonham. n.d. [1550].Third collected edition, ESTC describes it as one of four variants of this date with different publisher's names in the colophon. The text is the version edited by William Thynne. Folio. 295x197mm. ff. [8], cxciii, cxciii-cc, ccii-ccvii, ccx-cclxxi, cclxxiii-cclxxvii, cclxxix-ccclv. Lacking final blank leaf. Printed in double columns, woodcut initials and woodcuts of the Knight and the Squire. The Romaunt of the Rose has a separate title. Full brown sheep, single fillet border to covers, with corners decorated with crowned garlands framing dolphins. Spine with five raised bands, compartments decorated in gilt. Red edges.

London: Chapman and Hall. 1897.Thirty six volumes. The Gadshill Edition, "printed from the Edition that was carefully corrected by the Author in 1867 and 1868". 8vo. 195x138mm. This set contains the thirty four volumes plus two additional volumes of "Miscellaneous papers". Bound by Bayntun in navy blue half morocco, marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers. Some slight rubbing to extremities and scuffing to boards on four volumes but otherwise in beautiful condition. Internally excellent.

Edited by Howard Staunton. With Copious Notes, Glossary, Life &c.London: George Routledge and Sons. [1881].The Bard in beautiful blue calf6 volumes. Octavo. 225x150mm. Beautifully bound in contemporary dark blue half calf. Spine with 5 raised bands, compartments intricately and lavishly decorated in gilt. Red and brown labels lettered in gilt. All edges marbled and marbled endpapers. Some light shelfwear but overall a stunning binding in near fine condition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare. Volume 1 includes an introductory Preface and biography with an Appendix, Shakespeare's Will, Preliminary Matter on the 1623 Folio and Commendatory Verses. Each play has annotations.

London: Printed for the F.C. and J. Rivington. 1819.Ninth edition. 8vo. 215x126mm. pp. xxxii, 363 [1bl]. Frontispiece portrait of Catharine Talbot. Smartly bound in tan calf with a double fillet border framing an attractive plait design in gilt inside which is a further double fillet in blind with a small rococo leaf motif in blind on the inner corners. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Edges of boards and turn-ins decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Front pastedown has armorial bookplate of James Stewart Alltyrodyn.

London: John Murray. 1823.Reprint of the 1822 edition edited by Crabbe himself. A very nice set in contemporary straight-grained red morocco. Front and rear boards with fine gilt dentelles. Inside dentelles. Spines with four raised bands with gilt lettering and decoration. One area of marking on vol. vi. Text is in excellent condition and overall this is a lovely set. FIne.  Vol. I. Poems; Vol. II and III. The Borough; Vols. IV and V. Tales; Vols VI-VIII. Tales of the Hall.

London: Ward and Downey. . 1889.From the Libraries of Barry Humphries and Montague Summers. First single volume edition. 8vo. 191x125mm. pp. vii [ibl], 351 [1]. Six engraved plates by Brinsley Sheridan Le Fanu. Publisher's decorated cloth. Slight bumping and rubbing to corners and to head and foot of spine which is a little rubbed and darkened. Hinges weak and some minor marking but otherwise a very good copy of the first single volume edition of the novel initially issued in three volumes in 1869.

London: Criterion Theatre. 1955183x127mm. pp.8. Illustrated front cover. Bound with two staples. In very good condition with the original price ticket (6d) at the fore-edge where it also acted as a seal guaranteeing that the programme had not been previously opened.Waiting for Godot received its first UK performance at the Arts Theatre in London on 3 August 1955. The director was Peter Hall and the production was a turning point in English experimental theatre. A success, the play then transferred to the Criterion Theatre.

London: The Arts Theatre Club. 1960.188x125mm. pp. 8. Bound with one staple. In very good condition. An excellent copy of the rare programme for the first night production of The Caretaker on 27th April 1960. Starring Peter Woodthorpe, Alan Bates and Donald Pleasance, it was an immediate triumph in which, according to The Observer review of this first performance established "Mr. Pinter as a master of silence. There are repeated moments of the utmost eloquence in which nothing happened except that Alan Bates moves his pupils or a handbag is silently thrown from one hand to another.

Thelypthora; or, a treatise on Female Ruin, in its causes, effects, consequences, prevention, and remedy; considered on the basis of the Divine Law: Under the following Heads, viz. Marriage, Whoredom, and Fornication, Adultery, Polygamy, Divorce; With many other Incidental Matters; particularly including An Examination of the Principles and Tendency of Stat. 26 Geo. II. c.33. commonly called The Marriage Act. In two volumes. London: for J.Dodsley, 1780.First Edition. 2 vols, 8vo, (220 by 142mm) pp.xxiv, 412; [iv], 432, [x] indexes. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Paper repair to blank upper margin of first title, faint even browning.

Praze [Prague]: Fr. Borový, 1923.First and only edition of the Czech translation of Einstein's Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie first published in German in 1916 with the English translation appearing in 1920. It was intended by Einstein as a brief, popular introduction to his theory of relativity. This Czech edition has a special preface by Einstein written for this translation. Einstein worked in Prague for seventeen months in 1911-12 and retained a fondness for the city. 8vo. 210x135mmpp. 103 [2,1bl]. Original Blue card wrappers with striking design.

Manchester and London: Abel, Heywood and Simpkin Marshall. 1882.A Dour Weird. A rare collection of Victorian supernatural talesFirst edition. 8vo. 183x120mm. pp. [8], 303 [1bl], 20 adverts dated February 1883. Publishers red cloth, block in black. Very light bumping to head and foot of spine. Some foxing but overall a very good copy. Worldcat locates only ten copies and none appear in the auction records.Mrs G.

Stockholm: Foto Expo. 1965.First edition. 12mo (199x147mm). pp. [32, [8] (unpaginated). 38 black and white photographs, text by Per Olaf Sundman, Peter Weiss and Tor-Ivan Odulf, design by Erik Pettersson. Original black and white photo-illustrated covers. Protected by transparent plastic wrapper. The whole is in fine condition. Strömholm was initially associated with Subjective Photography and Otto Steinert’s Fotoforum group who saw photography not as reportage but as a reflection of the photographer’s personal view of the world, though he left when he felt that their aspirations were too formalist.

London: Seeley and Co. Limited.. 1911.First edition. 8vo. 192x130mm. pp. xxiii [ibl], 25-328 [1]; adverts[8], 16. Sixteen plates and maps. Original navy blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Head and foot of spine bumped and some rubbing to extremities and marking to the boards. Leaves N6 and 7 have a small tear to upper right corner with loss but this does not affect the text.

London: Macmillan and Co.. 1882 and 1883.Two volumes. 8vo. (187x121mm). pp. xx, [2], 376, [4pp adverts]; xii, [2], 546, [2pp adverts]. Seven engraved plates in each volume. Brown cloth decorated with two bands of leaf and flower motifs with gilt borders to upper cover and spine with the design continued in blind on the lower cover. Spine lettered in gilt. Corners bumped and a small crease to spine of volume one and a small tear to head of spine of volume two.

London: Cassell. 1960. A pioneering book on a difficult subject First edition. 205mmx145mm. pp. [8],207,[3]. Publisher's original red cloth. Spine lettered in gilt. Slightly bumped at head of spine and slightly rubbed at foot but otherwise near fine. Original illustrated dust jacket has very mild creasing on head of front cover and some light chipping on head and foot of spine. Moderately foxed on back cover. Internally there is some foxing on front free end paper and toning to page edges but otherwise very good.  This pioneering 1960 book by Dr.

New York: Simon and Schuster. 1968. First edition, first printing. 195x125mm. pp. 215 [1bl]. Blue cloth. Original illustrated dustjacket. Spine of jacket has some fading and a repaired closed tear and there is some light foxing to lower cover. Internally excellent.  This classic western provided the basis for the famous John Wayne film the year after it was published and more recently the acclaimed adaptation by the Coen brothers. It remains much loved and one of the great American novels.[ref.

London: David Bogue. 1885.Presentation copy. First edition. 8vo. 175x110mm. pp. viii, 120. Publisher's green cloth, title and author in gilt to upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Pages uncut. Corners bumped and rubbing to extremities and boards slightly soiled. Internally very good with a little browning and soiling in places. Worldcat notes that this was issued in both green and red publisher's bindings and notes that in one copy of the red, the dedication leaf has been cancelled "which may be characteristic of the entire issue".

Alhambra, California National Excelsior Press. April 1963.First edition, number 209 of 400. Unpaginated, pp [48]. Original printed wrappers and with the original (and rare) glassine wrapper. Some slight spotting to edges of covers and a short blue biro mark to glassine on lower cover and a small spot on upper cover but overall in very good condition and Toning to edges and spine, crease to lower cover, head and foot of spine very slight chipped but overall in very good condition. Internally near fine.

n.p. n.d. c1780.Two volumes, being volumes III and IV of a four volume Political History of Europe. Manuscript on thick laid paper. 285x210mm. Paginated on verso with even numbers only. The text is on the recto of each leaf with occasional notes and references set out opposite.Vol. III: Germany [1] - 142; Switzerland: [143]-[215], 216-220 bl; Italy: [221]-372, [373]-376 bl; Turky (sic) [377]-[415]. Error in pagination at pp 114/115 but text is continuous and complete. Vol. IV.

A Letter to the Right Hon. Llloyd, Lord Kenyon and an Account of a Female of the White Race of Mankind, part of whose Skin resembles that of a Negro; with some observations of the causes of the differences in colour and form between the White and Negro Races of Men. With a Memoir of his Life, Written by Himself.  London and Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Archibald Constable and Co.. 1818.First and only collected edition. 8vo (225x135mm). pp. [viii, versos blank], vii-lxxiv, [i] bl., 439, (1) imprint.

n.p.. c1955.A plaster cast (108x90mm) and a model in bronze (170x140mm), both of which are prototypes for the BAFTA "theatrical mask" trophy. The plaster model is mounted on a short, thin metal rod and the bronze on a metal rod inserted into a wooden block. Both models have the symbol representing an atom with four electron orbitals around one eye and a rectangle symbolising a television screen around the other. These were central to the design from the beginning and represented the technology which underpinned film and television. The bronze has aged attractively with patches of verdigris.

Paris: Rene Juillard. 1956.First edition, first printing. 8vo. 190x120mm. pp.154 [6]. Original pictorial wrappers, printed in yellow, red and black. Slightly cocked, with a bump on the front flap near spine. Spine lightly creased with minor soiling.

New York: Aperture. 1982.Landscape format small 4to. 63pp, illustrated throughout in colour. Near-fine in burgundy cloth boards with burgundy gloss stamped titles. In near-fine pictorial DJ with only very minimal bumping to the top front corner and top of spine.