Anon.

Handwritten Manuscript Book of [Anglican] Sermons and Prayers. First Heading is ‘First Sunday after Easter’. Last Heading reads ‘Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity’. A remarkably well executed handwritten manuscript book.

ND [assumed 19th century]. 23 x 16 cm. C. 170 handwritten pages. Writing in black with red ink annotations. See images. Full vellum. String sown. Two functional brass clasps [‘Truscott London’]. Red speckled edges. Very good condition. Binding darkened and scratched. Some rubbing and bumping. Front joint started to crack. Minor material losses to top end of spine. Internally very clean. Occasional dust dulling.

Anon. [Various Authors/Artists].

Early 20th Century Lady’s Travel Autograph Book. Small handwritten book with numerous text pages, pencil drawings, small paintings and sketches. The book appears to have belonged to a ‘Miss Hayden’, but most of the entries were made in various places in France, such as Paris, Deauville, Fontainebleau, Nice and others. Entries are dated between 1909 and c. 1920.

15 x 15 cm. c. 80 pages, some left blank. Maroon cloth boards. Hard cover. Inside a homemade linen cover (see images). Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Linen cover worn and stained. See images. A unique Item.

Anon.

Early Victorian Album. [A well executed Victorian Album with prose and poetry, and neat original drawings and water colours].

C.1840s. 20 x 16 cm. 106 pages; some coloured, some embossed, with tipped in images and letters, some drawings in colour and B&W. Contemporary cloth. Front board covered with blind stamped leather cover. Red textured end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding shaky, but holding. Some remnants of early tape repairs. Internally dust dulles, a few mild stains and closed tears. A fascinating piece.

Gaiman, Neil / Sancken, Renata.

American Gods: The Author’s Preferred Edition. Lettered Edition.

Limited Lettered Edition. Copy XX of 52. Three books in total. All signed by Neil Gaiman. One signed by Renata Sancken. Ossining, NY, Hill House, Publishers, 2003 & 2005. 533 pages [American Gods], 33 pages [A Guide ot the Gods], 20 pages [An Astonishingly Incomplete Bibliography], 661 pages [The Reader’s Copy]. Losely inserted envelop with ‘Door Replacement Instructions’. Hardcover, bound in a mauve japanese silk with slipcase, paper spine label and mounted illustration to the book cover. Matching slipcase with die cut window. Includes purple clothbound chapbook with printed paper title labels for the covers, and a bound-in ribbon placemarker. Both are housed in a custom box with a lacquered rosewood veneer, a door made of jet black marble with spiral doorknob. A sliding shelf holds the slipcased book and chapbook. Accompanied by ‘The Reader’s Copy’ of American Gods: Soft covers, also signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Near fine condition. Books are bright and clean and appear unread. Tiny chip (2 mm) at the rear top of the marbled door, otherwise pristine. A very nice copy of this most unusual publication. A real piece of Art.

Queen Victoria et al.

Official Military Appointment for Henry Edmund Lacon. Signed by Queen Victoria.

Saint James, London, 1968. c. 40.5 x 30.5 cm. Very good condition. Folds weakened. Some staining (see images).

[Carton, Ronald Lewis] / Anon.

The English Scene [Signed]. The Spirit of England in the Monuments of her Social Life and Industrial History. Special articles from “The Times”, with additional chapters by the same author.

First Edition. London, A. & C. Black, 1930. 23 x 15 cm. viii, 125 pages. Illustrated with B&W Photos. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Binding partially faded (see images). Edges and end papers age darkened. Signed by the author on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Raine, Craig.

Rich.

First Paperback Edition. London, Faber and Faber, 1984. 13 x 20cm. 109 pages. Original softcover. Spine and jacket slightly sunned, otherwise very good condition. Signed by the author on title page.

Zigman, Laura.

Animal Husbandry.

First Edition. New York, The Dial Press, 1998. 14 x 21.5cm. 304 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Partial sunning to wrapper, otherwise excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

Walser, Martin.

The Swan Villa. [Signed]. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz.

First American Edition. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 247 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckled edges. Excellent condition, other than very mild foxing to top edges. Signed by the author on front free endpaper.

Walser, Martin.

Breakers. [Signed]. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz.

First American Edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1987. 14.5 x 21.5cm. 305 pages. Original quarter-clothbound hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition other than very minor spotting to cloth edges. Signed by the author on title page.