Rare Books

Experience the thrill of discovering rare and one-of-a-kind books with our collection of previously sold rare books, each possessing a unique and fascinating story.

Biblia Sacra 1534 EARLY VULGATE BIBLE; Post Incunable 16th Century Bible - RARE!

SOLD Biblia Sacra: Integrum Utriusq Testamenti Corpus Coplectens... Parisiis [Paris]: Yolande Bonhomme, vidua Thielmanni Kerver,...

The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry of Horace 1729 DUNSTER'S EDITION - RARE

SOLD Horace's Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry, Done into English, With Notes. By S. Dunster, The Fourth Edition. Printed by T.W. for...

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 1843 TRUE FIRST EDITION VERY RARE ! State Aa

SOLD A Christmas Carol In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. By Charles Dickens. With a Coloured Etching. Edition Sanctioned By The...

Ptolemy's Geographica 1541 The VERY RARE 2nd Servetus Edition VERY SIGNIFICANT !

SOLD Claudii Ptolemaei Alexan: Drini Geographicae Enarrationis, Libri Octo. Ex Biblibaldi Pircke. Ymberi tralatione, sed ad Graeca et...

Boccaccio's Decameron Giunta 1527 (but 1729) Very Fine Facsimile Edition - RARE!

SOLD Il Decamerone di M. Giovanni Boccaccio Nuouamente Corretto et Con Diligentia Stampato. 1527 (but 1729). The colophon states this was...

Tales From the Arabian Nights 17 Vols BURTON CLUB LIMITED EDITION #252 - V RARE!

SOLD The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Richard F. Burton. Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, the...

De Inventoribus Rerum by Polydore Virgil 1580 - A VERY RARE BANNED BOOK !

SOLD Polydori Vergilii Urbinatas de Rerum Inventoribus Libri Octo. Eiusdem in orationem Dominicam Commentariolum. Cum Indice & rerum...

Captain Cook's Voyage to the South Pole FIRST EDITION 1777 STUNNING PLATES; RARE

A rare book with sales records achieving over £11,000 SOLD A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His...

The New Testament of the Holy Bible 1579 - RARE Early London Printing Theo. Beza

Novum Testamentum, Theodoro Beza interprete. Londini, Excudebat Thomas Vautrollerius, Typographus MDLXXIX. The New Testament, translated...

History of Scotland 1579 FIRST EDITION - A Very Rare and Significant Book

Histoire Abbregee de Tous les Roys de France, Angleterre et Escosse, mise en ordre par forme d'Harmonie: contenant aussi un brief...

Aristotle on the Cosmos 1540 - Astronomy, Early Science POST INCUNABLE Very Rare

De Mundo Aristotelis Lib I. Philonis Lib I. Gulielmo Budaeo interprete, 1541. [Bound with] Ocelli Lucani veteris Philosophi libellus, de...

Erasmus New Testament 1522 RARE THIRD EDITION Novum Testamentum Omne - Tyndale

Novum Testamentum Omne by Erasmus of Rotterdam. Printed in February 1522 by Johann Froben in Basel, 682pp. [USTC 678650; VD16: ZV 19393;...

ISAAC NEWTON Principia Mathematica 1803 First Complete English Edition ! RARE

SOLD Isaac Newton: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (Principia Mathematica), printed for H.D. Symonds in 1803, with...

The Works of Machiavelli into English 1762 THE PRINCE etc 1/500 RARE! 2 vols

The Works of Niccolo Machiavelli (Nicholas Machiavel), illustrated with notes, anecdotes, dissertations, and the life of Machiavelli,...

As You Like It: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, 1777; A Very Rare Edition in Commerce!

As You Like it, by William Shakespeare, printed in London by J. Wenman in 1777. A rather scarce edition in commerce. For similar, see...

Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION 1865 - RARE!

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens with illustrations by Marcus Stone, published by Chapman and Hall in 1865. FIRST EDITION FIRST...

Biblia Sacra 1580: THE FIRST COMPLETE LATIN BIBLE PRINTED IN ENGLAND: VERY RARE!

Testamenti Veteris Biblia Sacra Sive Libri Canonici, Priscae Judaeorum Ecclesiae a Deo Traditi, Latini Recens ex Hebraeo Facti...

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 1843 FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION STAVE I

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION, published in 1843 by Chapman & Hall. With the 'Stave I' header...

David Copperfield - Charles Dickens 1850 FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION Scarce

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION, published in 1850 by Bradbury and Evans, bound from the parts with...

Phonal Leaf of Music Printed in Venice in 1544 - Luczantonii RENAISSANCE MUSIC

AUCTION ENDING 04/04/2023 at 20:30 GMT Phonal Leaf of Music Printed in Venice in 1544 by Luczantonii from Florence. -------------------...

Illuminated Leaf c.1270 AD - Carthusian Monastery at Villeuve-Les-Avignons RARE!

AUCTION ENDING 04/04/2023 at 20:44 GMT Illuminated Bible Leaf Circa 1270 AD. Deuteronomy chapters 12-15. ------------------- This Bible...

Works of MARCUS TULIUS CICERO 1724 Opera VERY RARE Roman Law Philosophy Religion

AUCTION Ending 29/03/2023 at 19:26 GMT Latin: Marci Tullii Ciceronis Opera Quae Supersunt, Omnia, Cum Asconio & Scholiaste Veteri. Ac...

David Copperfield - Charles Dickens 1850 FIRST EDITION Bradbury & Evans SCARCE

SOLD. The Personal History of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, illustrated by H.K. Browne. Published in 1850 by Bradbury & Evans....

Bleak House - Charles Dickens FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL CLOTH 1853 Very Scarce VGC

SOLD. FIRST EDITION: Bleak House by Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. London; Bradbury and Evans; 1853....

Selections From Greek Poets 1766 Homer Hesiod Pindar SAPPHO Ancient Greece RARE!

Latin: Selecta Ex Poetis Græcis. Cum Vulgata Versione Emendata, Ac Variis Partim Scholiastarum Græcorum, Partim Doctorum Recentiorum...

FIRST EDITION SET: Winnie the Pooh SIGNED A. A. Milne 1926-28 Ernest Shepard

FIRST EDITION Set of A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh and His Other Works Uniformly Bound in Their Original Cloth with Author's Signature: -...

FIRST EDITION Dust Jacket - House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

SOLD. First Edition Original Dust Jacket for The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Published by Methuen...

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 1st EDITION 1st IMPRESSION NO PRICE Ian Fleming

SOLD. James Bond On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming. Published by Pan Books in 1964 in London. Printed in Great Britain by...

The Three Musketeers - Alexander Dumas 1844 FIRST EDITION Brussels SUPER RARE!

SOLD Les Trois Mousquetaires par Alexandre Dumas. Bruxelles. Meline, Cans et Compagnie. 1844. Collation: Title, [1-276], title, [1-303],...

Doge of Venice 1821 Lord Byron FIRST EDITION Marino Faliero RARE 1st Edition

SOLD. Marino Faliero, Dodge of Venice. An Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts. With Notes. The Prophecy of Dante, A Poem. By Lord Byron....

The Jungle Books FORE EDGE PAINTING! Rudyard Kipling BAYNTUN FINE BINDING Rare !

SOLD. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. With Illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling, C.I.E., and W.H. Drake. Published by Macmillan in...

Louis Simond's Journal 1817 LEATHER Tour of Great Britain TRAVEL Second Ed RARE!

SOLD. Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years 1810 and 1811 by Louis Simond. Two volumes. Second edition (2nd...

Essays: Michel de Montaigne 1873-75 LIMITED EDITION FINE BINDING Rare! 1/130 !!

SOLD. French: Les Essais de Montaigne; Rémprimés Sur L'Édition Originale de 1588 Avec Notes, Glossaire et Index; Par MM. H. Motheau et D....

Sir Andrew Wylie FIRST EDITION 1822 John Galt 3 vols LEATHER V RARE !

SOLD. Sir Andrew Wylie, or That Ilk by John Galt in three volumes. Printed for William Blackwood (Edinburgh) and T. Cadell (Strand,...

Homer's Iliad 1760 2 vols in 1 FULL VELLUM V Rare EARLY EDITION! Italian 1760

SOLD. Iliade D'Omero Tradotta Dall'original Greco in Versi Sciolti da Anton Maria Salvini. [i-viii], [1-336], [i-ii], [1-338] Homer's...

SIGNED Very Rare FIRST EDITION of The Emperor's Caress: Legend By Carl Hauptmann

German: Carl Hauptmann - Des Kaisers Liebkosende: Legende. Paul Stegmann Verlag Hannover; 1919. English: Carl Hauptmann - The Emperor's...

Great Expectations 1862 Charles Dickens FIRST EDITION THUS ORIGINAL CLOTH ! RARE

SOLD. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. A New Edition in One Volume. London, Chapman and Hall, MDCCCLXII (1862). -------------------...

Ancient Panegyrics 1728 VELLUM Panegyrici Veteres HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME - RARE

SOLD. Latin: Panegyrici Veteres. Interpretatione et Notis Illustravit. Jacobus de la Baune, Soc. Jesu, Jussy, Christianissimi Regis, Ad...

Holy Bible 1814 Old & New Testament 40 PLATES HUGE FOLIO George III Binding RARE

SOLD. The Self-Interpreting Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, with References and Illustrations; An Extract Summary of Several...

MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE 1780-81 Les Nouvelles de Marguerite VERY RARE 3 Vols

French: Les Nouvelles de Marguerite, Reine de Navarre. Berne, Chez la Nouvelle Société Typographique. 1780/1. English: The News of...

History of England DAVID HUME 1782 - 8 Vols Tree Calf Binding RARE EARLY EDITION

SOLD. A History of England, From The Invasion of Julius Caesar To The Revolution in 1688. In eight volumes by David Hume. Published in...

Appian's Ancient Roman History 1545 FIRST EDITION ALDINE PRESS Post-Incunable !

SOLD. The first Aldine Press edition of the works of Appian Allesandrino, the ancient Roman historian, 3 volumes bound into 1, printed in...

1559 New Testament in Latin Pigskin Leather Erasmus Holy Bible STUNNING & V RARE

SOLD. New Testament in Latin. Printed by Strasbourg, J. Rihel and S. Emmel in 1559 (just after post-incunable). Erasmus. Novi Testamenti...

1711 1ST ED The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher AMAZING PROVENANCE !

SOLD. The Works of Mr Francis Beaumont and Mr John Fletcher, printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespeare’s Head (The Strand, London) in 1711...

Richard Monckton Milnes SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY 1868 RARE Florence Nightingale

Richard Monckton Milnes, a.k.a. Lord Houghton, 1st Baron Houghton, FRS. A signed presentation copy of his selected poems dated June 1873,...

I Promessi Sposi 1827 Alessandro Manzoni VERY RARE FIRST EDITION V SIGNIFICANT !

SOLD. Italian: I Promessi Sposi. Storia Milanese Del Secolo XVII. Scoperta e Rifatta da Alessandro Manzoni. Livorno, Dalla Tipografia Di...

Julius Caesar's Commentaries 1514 POST INCUNABLE WOODCUTS, MAPS Gaul, Rome RARE!

SOLD. Julius Gaius Caesar: Commentaria Caesaris prius a locundo impressioni data, posterius a nobis diligentissime reuisa, et cum...

HENRY MORTON STANLEY Signed Presentation Book AMAZING HISTORY, Museum Quality !

SOLD. Fatima's Garden, Mumbai; Mostafaei by Sufi Said Muhammad Abid, c.1900. Presentation copy inscribed by Henry Morton Stanley "to my...

The History of MAGIC 1657 FIRST EDITION Naude English OCCULT SUPERNATURAL DEMONS

SOLD. First edition in English of The History of Magic by Way of Apology, For All the Wise Men Who Have Unjustly Been Reputed Magicians,...

1777 John Throsby Memoirs of the Town and County of Leicester RARE FIRST EDITION

SOLD. The Memoirs of the Town and County of Leicester: Displayed Under an Epitome of the Reign of Each Sovereign in the English History:...