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A Few Words on Nervousness.

By: BATCHELOR, Dr William

Price: £200.00

Publisher: The Author, c. 1861.:

Seller ID: 39715

Single broadsheet, 420 x 260 mm, printed both sides. Dr William Batchelor, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1835; Member and Licentiate of the Apothecaries’ Company, 1835; and Doctor of Medicine of Erlangen. 12, Finsbury Place South, London. Advertisement with testimonials and cases for his Nervo-Arterial Essence and Nerve Lozenges, sold by all chemists. His theory that many cases of nervous affections the cause lay in the obstruction of nervous and sanguineous fluids. “It partakes of neither Homeopathy nor Allopathy. So saying, however, the author would not be...
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Conditions of Admission into the General Hospital at Bath.

By: BATH HOSPITAL

Price: £120.00

Publisher: Bath: J. and J. Keene, Bath Journal Office, c. 1845.:

Seller ID: 39801

Handbill, single sheet, 225 x 153 mm. A little surface soiling, two old adhesion marks to verso. Among the many conditions, patients were directed to bring “...Three Pounds Caution-Money, if from any part of England or Wales: but if the patient comes from Scotland or Ireland, then the Caution-Money to be deposited before Admission is the sum of Five Pounds.” The Caution-Money “... is to defray the Expenses of returning the Patients after they are discharged from the Hospital, or of their Burial in case they die there.”
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[Prospectus] Edward Bawden: War Artist.

By: BAWDEN, Edward

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Hurtwood Press in Association wit the Imperial War Museum, 1986.:

Seller ID: 39970

Folio. pp. [4]. Reproduction of a watercolour by Bawden plus extract of a letter to his wife. Very Good. Intended as a fine press edition, the same size as the Hurtwood Press ‘Stowe’ by John Piper, this folio edition was abandoned and the material used in a much smaller format publication by Scolar Press in 1989.
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Poems of Christina Rossetti, chosen by William Rossetti.

By: BAYNTUN BINDING

Price: £480.00

Publisher: MacMillan, 1905.:

Seller ID: 39600

Small 8vo. pp. xxvi, 332. Full crushed green morocco, gilt, all edges gilt, by Bayntun of Bath, probably contemporaneous with the publication date. Green being a notoriously fugitive colour, the spine has inevitably faded a little, There is a little wear to the top right hand corner but a pleasant and attractive binding.
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Random Rhymes.

By: BAZALGETTE, Norman

Price: £50.00

Publisher: John Smith & Co., Printers, 1870.:

Seller ID: 38144

8vo. pp. [4], 67. Original cloth a little soiled and split on the spine, endpapers a little stained. Inscribed presentation copy “To Blangy old Bartle, from his affectionate friend Norman Bazalgette.” Charles Norman Bazalgette was the second son of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, he was a barrister much engaged with the advancement of Wimbledon but also with Local Government enquiries regarding sewerage schemes on the lower Thames. He was the author of various fascinating works including "Local and Municipal Government" and "The Law relating to County Councils". He als...
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Image for The following is a List of Persons Cured of Maniacal Symptoms by John Bell, Carpenter at Bowsden, Northumberland & his late mother who was midwife in that village for thirty three years...

The following is a List of Persons Cured of Maniacal Symptoms by John Bell, Carpenter at Bowsden, Northumberland & his late mother who was midwife in that village for thirty three years...

By: BELL, John

Price: £1,500.00

Publisher: Manuscript, 1789.:

Seller ID: 39792

Single sheet, 305 x 190mm, a list of 37 numbered names with parish, followed by signed attestation by John Bell, Berwick 26th January 1789. Also included is a separate reference for John Bell “This is to certify that John Bell of Bowsden in the County of Northumberland has been employed by me for some years as a carpenter and I consider him to be a sober & honest man. He holds a recipe for the curing of madness which some time ago I understand belonged to a Lady Clinton and I know no reason to doubt of it being a very good one. Bowsden Febry 9th 1789. Thos. Pinkerton.” An unu...
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Image for Positively for One Week Only. Extraordinary Novelty. Mr. Bellamy...Unrivalled Exhibition of Paragon Models...A Stupendous Model of Windsor Castle...modelling 1428 windows...

Positively for One Week Only. Extraordinary Novelty. Mr. Bellamy...Unrivalled Exhibition of Paragon Models...A Stupendous Model of Windsor Castle...modelling 1428 windows...

By: BELLAMY, John [EXHIBITION]

Price: £350.00

Publisher: c. 1848.:

Seller ID: 40836

Single advertising sheet, 275 x 220 mm. With manuscript alterations to location [From Bromsgrove to Bridgenorth. John Bellamy, [1808 - 1893] was an extrodinary showman who found his niche in creating huge models of famous buildings and touring them around the country in specially constructed caravans. They included models of Warwick, Kenilworth, Dudley, Goodrichand Berkely Castles the Abbeys at Flaxley, Tintern, Netley and Fonthill; and Bushy Park, the home of William IV when Duke of Clarence. His tour de force was his model of Windsor Castle, first exhibited in 1846 and eventually completed...
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The Poets of Great Britain Complete in One Hundred and Twenty-four Volumes.

By: BELLS BRITISH POETS

Price: £3,500.00

Publisher: Cadell & Davies...Samuel Bagster an others, 1807.:

Seller ID: 40217

12mo. 124 volumes. Bound in full mottled calf, contrasting coloured calf spine titling pieces, contained in two contemporary wooden book form cases with hinged lids as a travelling library of the poets. Some of the volumes are a little worn on the spines, but all sound. The boxes in the form of a 4 volume set and covered in leather are worn and scratched and the title labels for ‘Volume 2’ are missing. Originally published in 109 volumes in 1779 - 82, this expanded edition is rarely found. The binding design features a lyre or harp and although unsigned may be by an Irish bookbin...
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Bengal Military Fund.

By: BENGAL

Price: £150.00

Publisher: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for the India Office, 1875.:

Seller ID: 39905

8vo. pp. 8. Stitched as issued. The Fund was established in 1824 to provide benefits for members and their families who were retired or suffering hardship; officers only of course. It was transferred to the government in 1866. This scarce guide gives the rules and regulations controlling the fund and gives tables of subscriptions due by the various ranks as well as benefits payable to widows, etc.
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Picturesque York.

By: BENSON, George and JEFFERSON, J. England

Price: £100.00

Publisher: York: Printed for the Authors, 1886.:

Seller ID: 36508

4to. pp. 31; 50 full page sepia plates. Original cloth, near Fine. With the signature of one of the subscribers C.B. Norcliffe of Langton Hall. topog
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Motor Ship Venus. Cabin Plan.

By: BERGEN LINE

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Bergen: Bergen Line, March 1954.:

Seller ID: 40272

Folding deck plan opening to 395 x 480 mm.
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Chart of the World on Mercator’s Projection.

By: BERGHAUS, Hermann

Price: £625.00

Publisher: Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1873.:

Seller ID: 40146

7th Edition. Hand coloured folding map, 980 x 1590 mm., mounted on linen, cloth covers, a little wear. First published in 1863, this decorative map was published numerous times over the next 40 years; this issue shows a variety of physical features plus telegraph and shipping routes.
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[Game] Betts’s Tour Through Europe.

By: BETTS, John

Price: £400.00

Publisher: John Betts, c. 1852.:

Seller ID: 40919

615 x 685 mm. This map game leads players through 104 locations throughout Europe, From London,beginning in Calais, and ending up back in London. At bottom is a comparative chart depicting the mountains in various countries, from Spain, France and Italy, to Russia, the British Isles, and Iceland. A numbered key identifying the mountains and their height in feet is at top right. Dissected in 24 sections and backed in linen, the map folds into the original blue cloth-covered boards with embossing and a printed paper label on front cover. Slight wear. Rare. Library Hub lists BL only, Worldcat l...
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[Game] Betts’s Tour Through England & Wales.

By: BETTS, John

Price: £500.00

Publisher: John Betts, c. 1852.:

Seller ID: 40920

700 x 630 mm. This map game leads players through 91 locations throughout England and Wales, starting and finishing from London. At the bottom is a comparative chart depicting the highest mountains with numbered key identifying the mountains and their height in feet at top right. The population size of individual towns identified using the key. Dissected in 24 sections and backed in linen, the map folds into the original purple cloth-covered boards with embossing and a printed paper label on front cover. Slight wear. Rare, no locations traced.
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Three Biba Fashion Catalogues, designed by John McConnell and photographed by Harri Peccinotti, Helmut Newton, and Sarah Moon

By: BIBA

Price: £500.00

Publisher: Biba, 1968-9.:

Seller ID: 40127

Multi-fold catalogues, closing to 347 x 178 mm. A little rubbed along the edges but complete with the original order forms. Three of the classic Biba catalogues from their heyday in the late 60s.
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Image for The Memoirs of Mr. C.J. Yellowplush; The Fitz-Boodel Papers; Cox’s Diary; and Character Sketches, by William Makepiece Thackeray. With illustrations by E.J. Wheeler, George Cruikshank, J.P Atkinson and F. Barnard.

The Memoirs of Mr. C.J. Yellowplush; The Fitz-Boodel Papers; Cox’s Diary; and Character Sketches, by William Makepiece Thackeray. With illustrations by E.J. Wheeler, George Cruikshank, J.P Atkinson and F. Barnard.

By: BINDING

Price: £495.00

Publisher: Smith Elder and The Chaucer Company, 1879.:

Seller ID: 40967

Tall 8vo. pp. 153 - 334; illustrations. This Extra Illustrated Edition of the Smith Elder & Co. Large Paper Thackeray is limited to Fifteen Numbered Copies of which this is Number 2 - Volume 34 only. Full green crushed morocco, gilt by Zaehnsdorf for Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with red morocco doublures inlaid with a branch of green calf leaves and white roses and buds, watered green silk endleaves. Very Good.
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Autograph Letter, signed.

By: BLUNDEN, Edward

Price: £75.00

Publisher: 22 November 1928.:

Seller ID: 40110

Single page letter 175 x 110 mm. 9 lines, signed in full. Letter to [Royal National Institute for the Blind] giving permission to use his poems from the Augustan Series “I am happy to think that they may be of some use to yr general purpose.”
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Manuscript Design/Order Book.

By: BOON AND SON, Coachbuilders of Worthing, East Sussex

Price: £1,950.00

Publisher: Worthing: Boon and Son, 1865 - 1908.:

Seller ID: 38701

Folio [370 x 240 mm]. pp. 207 [+ blanks], [5, index]. Contemporary sheep backed boards, loose, front inner joint broken and one section loose. Original manuscript order book which probably covers the entire output of the firm under this name; in 1911 it became Boon and Son, Proprietor J.S. Arnold; then J.S. Arnold (Coachbuilders) Ltd., still in existence as a body shop to this day. A highly detailed and fascinating record of the output of a skilled local joiner and cart maker who made carts, carriages, wagons and vans for private, commercial and council customers, many for repeat orders. In ch...
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An Artist’s Ramble in the North of Scotland.

By: BOUQUET, Michel

Price: £4,500.00

Publisher: [Ackermann], [1849]:

Seller ID: 38456

Large folio. Engraved title page and 24 full page lithographs, some tinted. Publisher’s original half morocco a little worn on the corners, cloth sides unevenly discoloured, lettered in gilt. Gutta percha starting to perish with a number of plates loose. Internally clean and bright. Presentation copy inscribed by the artist “a Monsieur J. Mills Souvenir de reconnaissance et d’affection M Bouquet.” Michel Bouquet [1807 - 1890] was a French landscape painter working predominantly on the Continent, North Africa and Asia Minor. This is a very fine series of lithographs by...
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First Rate Man of War 120 guns.

By: BOWDEN, Richard Bayly

Price: £150.00

Publisher: 1843 or earlier.:

Seller ID: 40886

Pencil heightened with a touch of watercolour for the union jack. 125 x 170 mm. within border. Titled and initialed just below the border. Inscribed on the paper mount “From Lieut R.B. Bowden R.N. Reculver, Herne Bay Kent. Sept 22nd 1843.” Richard Bayly Bowden, was present on board the Britannia during the Battle of Trafalgar as Midshipman. By 1843, when this drawing was presented, he was employed in the Coast Guard.
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