CHILTON BOOKS

London Almanack for the year of Christ 1791.

18TH CENTURY MINIATURE BOOK - ALMANACK . · 1790

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.81 | ¥37,963)

London: Printed for the Company Of Stationers, [1790]. 0 Original miniature almanack for 1791, contained in a leather wallet, with fold-out engraving: "View Of The Queens Lodge and Castle at Windsor". 20pp. Engraved throughout, text on both sides of each leaf. All pages lightl...

The Domesday Book - Millennium Edition . [ 6 volume set, complete ] .

Williams, Ann (Editor-in-chief) ; Martin, G. H. (General editor) ; Alecto Historical Editions. · 2000

£1,800.00 (€2,157.56 | $2,378.06 | ¥379,625)

London : Alecto Historical Editions, 2000 . 0948459085 The Domesday Book - Millennium Edition is the complete text of the Domesday survey of William the Conqueror's kingdom in a limited edition of 450 [ No. 82 ], perfect facsimile copies. It is bound in a replica of the earlie...

A Smaller Biblia Pauperum, Conteynynge Thyrtie And Eyghte Wodecuttes Illustratynge The Lyfe, Parablis, and Miraclis off Oure Blessid Lorde & Savioure Jhesus Crist, With the Propre Descrypciouns theroff extracted from the Originall Texte.

WICLIF, John / Preface by: STANLEY, Arthur Penrhyn . · 1884

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

London: Imprinted atte the sign off The Grasshopper, bye Unwin Brothers, The Gresham Presse... and are to bee solde by T. Fisher Unwin, 1884 . 0 Scarce original binding. Gilt decorated vellum with one of two metal clasps (only) 4to. 20.6cm x 14.5cm x 2.6cm. Printed title in re...

Freemasonry and the Ancient Gods By J. S. M. Ward....With an introduction By The Hon. Sir John A. Cockburn...

WARD, J. S. M. · 1921

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd, 1921. 0 1st edition. "So far as possible, I have accumulated evidence of the use of our signs and symbols throughout the world; among savages, among the ancient nations and among the peoples of the East, wise in the ancient ...

Between Mrs Kate Grimwood and others to Mr George Andrew Brown .

Vellum document between Kate Grimwood, Arthur Grimwood, Frederick James Grimwood, and George Andrew Brown · 1898

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Sudbury, Suffolk; Thomas Bates, 6th September, 1898 . 0 Vellum indenture for the purchase of land in York Road (Wents Estate) between Mrs Kate Grimwood and Mr George Andrew Brown. ** "The Wents estate is the name given to a group of fields, among which there were several call...

Between Mr George Andrew Brown to Mr. Charles Lilly

Vellum document between George Andrew Brown and Charles Lilly. The Reconveyance between Charles Lilly and Esther Brown . · 1899

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Sudbury, Suffolk; Thomas Bates, 5th August 1899 . 0 Vellum indenture for the purchase of land in York Road (Wents Estate) between Mr George Andrew Brown and Charles Lilly of Clacton -on-Sea. Then a reconveyance on 23 June 1900 between Mr. Charles Lilly and Mrs Esther Brown. *...

Indenture Between Ether Brown

Vellum Document between Ester Brown and Arthur Grimwood. · 1899

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Sudbury, Suffolk: Thomas Bates, 5th August 1899 0 Vellum indenture for the purchase of land in York Road (Wents Estate) between Esther Brown, Widow and Arthur Grimwood, Builder. ** "The Wents estate is the name given to a group of fields, among which there were several called...

Enid, By Alfred Tennyson. Illustrated by Gustave Dore.

TENNYSON, Alfred ( Baron Tennyson 1809-1892 ) / DORE, Gustave 1832-1883. · 1868

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)

London : Edward Moxon and Co., Dover Street, W., 1868. 0 Scarce first edition with 9 engravings by Gustave Dore. A very good original Victorian binding. Printed by Swift & Co., King Street, Regent Street, London, England. Folio. 16.7" x 12.5" x 1.2". [4pp.]/pp.107 plus 9 ful...

The Ghosts of Borley. Annals of the Haunted Rectory.

TABORI, Paul and UNDERWOOD, Peter. · 1973

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1973. 071536118X First edition. "This is the first complete record of the unique Borley Rectory hauntings, detailing all the evidence that is known about this notorious haunted house...The illustrations include many hitherto unpublished photogra...

The House of Life: Being a Collection of Sonnets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Done into a printed book by the Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shop, which is in East Aurora, N.Y., USA

ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel / ROBARGE, Harriet (Illuminator) . · 1899

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.92 | ¥59,053)

East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shop, 1899 . 0 Signed limited edition. Number 716 of 925 copies. "Illumined by Harriet Robarge". Original half leather binding. 8vo. 20cm x 15.5cm x 2cm. pp.114/pp.cxv - cxvi/[4pp.] Signed by both Harriet Robarge & Elbert Hubb...

The Church Bells of Suffolk, A Chronicle In Nine Chapters : With a complete list of the inscriptions on the bells, and historical notes. By John James Raven, D.D.

RAVEN, John James . · 1890

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London : Jarrold and Sons, 3, Paternoster Buildings, 1890 . 0 Limited edition - One of only 500 copies printed. 4to . [although described as Royal 8vo] 27cm x 18cm x 2.8cm. pp.15/pp.266 (ending with index) . Maroon boards with black titles to front board. Spine faded with gi...

The End of Borley Rectory.

PRICE, Harry. · 1947

£26.00 (€31.16 | $34.35 | ¥5,483)

London: George G. Harrap & Co.Ltd, 1947. 0 2nd impression. Sequel to Harry Price's 'The Most Haunted House in England'. "Another hundred persons - mostly educated and sceptical - record the strange things that they have seen or heard at the Rectory since the place was partly d...

The Red Barn Mystery. Some new evidence on an old murder .

McCORMICK, Donald . · 1967

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London: John Long, 1967 0 First edition with dustwrapper. Excerpt from cover: "...McCormick's research deals with the puzzle of how Maria's stepmother came to dream of the exact place where Maria had been buried, and he discusses the previously unexplained riddle of how Maria ...

The History of Great Yarmouth, By Henry Manship, Town Clerk, Temp. Queen Elizabeth. Edited By Charles John Palmer, F.S.A.

MANSHIP, Henry (active 1562) / PALMER, [Charles John Palmer 1805-1882 - editor] . · 1854

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

Great Yarmouth : Published By Louis Alfred Meall, The Quay ; J. Russell Smith, Soho Square, London. MDCCCLIIII [1854]. 0 A very good quarter leather binding. 4to. 24.5cm x 20.0cm x 4.4cm. pp.vii/[3pp.]/pp.435/[1p - Colophon]/pp.iv - List of Subscribers. 11 leaves of plates: in...

Five Thousand Receipts In All The Useful And Domestic Arts: Constituting a complete and universal practical library, and operative cyclopædia.. By Colin Mackenzie, author of One thousand experiments in manufactures and chemistry. Third Edition .

MACKENZIE, Colin (1775?-1827) . · 1824

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London: Printed For G. And W. B. Whittaker, Ave Maria Lane... 1824 . 0 A very good original full leather binding as issued by the publisher. 12mo. 15.0cm x 14.5cm x 4.3cm. pp.827/[1p. - Advert]. Brown full calf, edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Gilt title to front board: "Fami...

The Cook. Plain and practical directions for cooking and housekeeping; with upwards of 700 receipts. By W. G. Lewis. A New Edition, Corrected And Improved, By G. Read .

LEWIS, W. G. / READ, G. · 1849

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London : Houlston and Stoneman, 65, Paternoster Row, [1849?]. 0 A scarce early cook book. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with shelf wear, head and tail of spine and extremities, carefully strengthened. Boards lightly marked. Internally, firmly...

The Garden of Kama And other Love Lyrics from India. Arranged in Verse by Laurence Hope .

Laurence Hope [ Pseud. Adela Florence Nicolson 1865-1904 ] . · 1912

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London: William Heinemann, 1912 . 0 A very good half leather binding by "Truslove & Hanson". 8vo. 21.0cm x 15.0cm x 2.2cm . pp.vii/[1p.]/pp.173/[1p.] . Blue calf spine and corners over blue buckram. Spine with five raised bands and gilt titles. Top page edges gilt. Blue marbl...

Illustrations of the life of Martin Luther engraved in line after original paintings by P. A. Labouche`re ; with letterpress descriprions by J. .H. Merle d'Aubigne, D.D., author of the History of the Reformation of the sixteenth century.

LABOUCHERE, Pierre Antoine 1807-1873 / Merle d'Aubigne, J. H. 1794-1872. · 1862

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

London : Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, 6 Gate Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, 1862 . 0 First edition. A very scarce volume in which scenes from the life of Martin Luther are depicted in lithographs after the paintings of Pierre-Antoine Labouchere. Elephant F...

The Highways and Byeways of old Norwich. : A descriptive ramble through Conisford, the New Burgh, Westwick, Northwic & Tokethorpe, Wymer & the Liberty of the Prior, & down the Wensum ...

KINGHTS, Mark / STIMPSON, Percy E. (Illustrator) · 1887

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Norwich : Jarrold and Sons, Publishers; London: 3, Paternoster Buildings, E.C., 1887 . 0 Limited edition of 350 (No. 66), Demy Quarto. A very good later quarter leather binding. pp.120. 27.3cm x 20.6cm x 3.8cm . Brown calf spine over marbled boards. Spine with 5 raised bands, ...

D. Junii Juvenalis, & Auli Persii Flacci Satyræ : cum veteris scholiastæ, & variorum commentariis, Editio nova.

JUVENALIS, ca. 55-140 AD / [ RIGAULT, Nicolas 1577-1654 / SCHREVEL, Cornelis 1608-1664 - Preface and Commentary ] . · 1684

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.34 | ¥63,271)

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam] : Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1684. 0 Richly gilt beautiful contemporary vellum ' Schoolprize binding ' with large gilt "Hagae Comitis" (The Hague, Netherlands) coat of arms stamp within gilt borders on both covers, gilt spine with floral ornaments, and ...