1965. More

Adelaide, Rigby, 1952. More

Paris, Institut d'Etudes des Questions Juives, [circa 1942]. A virulently antisemitic leaflet, with the cover artwork credited to Apis (the pseudonym of the French illustrator Jean Chaperon, 1887-1969), and it would appear that he was responsible for the entire content. The message is loud and clear from the first page... More

Edinburgh, John Grant, 1911 and 1912. A reissue of the ten-volume edition of 1898 (comprising Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Northanger Abbey; Mansfield Park; Emma; and Persuasion), with an additional two volumes containing Lady Susan, The Watsons, and letters of Jane Austen. More

The sepia-toned high-gloss albumen paper photograph (image size 153 × 196 mm) is in excellent condition; the original card mount (253 × 303 mm) is stained in one margin, with minor loss to one corner and another margin. The photographer is not credited, but someone at a later date has... More

London, John Wallis, 24 December 1794. An attractive Georgian board game, with the winner being the first player to reach London. The letterpress gives rules for playing the game and details of the history and manufactures of the 117 towns mentioned. It is not necessarily accurate; for instance, Henry VI... More

London, Secker & Warburg, 1990 (second impression)/ 1990. The title page is signed by the author. More

London, Folio Society, 2011 (first thus, with illustrations by Andrew Gibson). This novel was awarded the 1999 Booker Prize. The title page is signed by the author. More

Sydney, Australian Board of Missions, 1933. 'In his former books the author deals largely with the customs, rights, implements and habits of this interesting people, describing at length his own unique contacts with them during experiences extending over forty years. In the present work the author records for all time... More

London, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1920. Frederick William Harvey (1888-1957), English poet and officer in the 5th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment; 'he was captured on 17 August 1916 and spent the remainder of the war in prisoner-of-war camps. His first volume of poems, "A Gloucestershire Lad", was published shortly after... More

Two of the photographs are approximately 100 × 150 mm, the other two are approximately 70 × 75 mm. All four have been removed from an old album leaf and remounted on acid-free card; each one has a small number pencilled unobtrusively in the sky in the top right-hand corner... More

Bourton, The Bourton Press, 1973. Number 471 of 600 copies signed by the author and artist (respectively, the former curator of the Herbarium at Kew Gardens, and the official botanical artist at Kew Gardens). The name of the original subscriber, David W.G. Kennett, has been calligraphically inscribed on the same... More

Paris, Librairie Militaire J. Dumaine, 1866. Auguste Chevallier's ingenious photographic plane-table produced a disc-shaped horizontal panorama by means of a rotating lens. Comparing images taken at different vantage points allowed the surveyor accurately to calculate distances and heights as with a regular plane table, but with less room for human... More