James VI and I, King of Scotland, Ireland and England Lordship and Regalitie of Dunfermline [Fife], 1620 Charles, Prince of Scotland and Wales, Du...

Melrose - Scott, Sir Walter Copy letter from Mr John Heiton to Sir Walter Scott regarding the sale to Scott of sixty six acres of Shearing flattes...

Monmouth, James, Duke of (1649-1685) Letter Signed 'Monmouth' addressed to Sir Stephen Fox desiring him to pay ten pounds to Ensign Baxter 'toward...

North Yorkshire - Croft, Jolby Deed of Gift from Henry, son of Alan de Joleby to Halath de Halnathby [Halnaby Hall] of a capital messuage and thre...

North Yorkshire - Croft, Jolby Deed of Gift from Samson de Gattenbi [Gatenby] and Alexandra his wife n.d., probably early 13th century, to Henry s...

Oxfordshire, Williamscote or Wilscott, near Banbury - Power of Attorney by John Danvers of Cothrop William Breton & John Kent, clerks, Henry Ffreb...

Paulet, William, 1st Marquis of Winchester (c.1483-1572) Close adviser of Henry VIII Document signed ("Winchester"), seemingly a warrant addressed...

Paulet, William, 1st Marquis of Winchester (c.1483-1572) Aston Tirrold and East Hendred, Berkshire/Oxfordshire Document signed, c. 1550, a Particu...

Richard II, King of England (1367-1400) Carlisle Castle Appointment of the Constable of Carlisle Castle. Extremely scarce and highly important his...

Royal Abbey of St. Thomas, Arbroath, Angus Grant signed by John Hamilton later first Marquess of Hamilton, as Commendator of Arbroath ("Jhone comm...

Sackville Sir Richard (c. 1507-1566), English administrator and M.P. Fine Document signed ('Ry Sakevyle'), the text in another hand being an order...

Scott, Sir Walter Autograph Document signed 3 July 1830, 1 page, 75mm by 285mm, a Bill of exchange payable to his publisher Robert Cadell, strengt...

Scott, Sir Walter & James Ballantyne & Co. Two Orders for payment from James Ballantyne & Co. signed by Walter Scott ("Accepts, Walter Scott"), £2...

Scott, Sir Walter Autograph Letter Signed ("Walter Scott") to William Laidlaw, referring to the purchase of Rutherford or Brownlees land at Abbots...

Scott, Walter Autograph Letter Signed ("Walter Scott") to Mrs Slade, stating that he "will forward you my last book for your opinion, yours most f...

Scottish Manuscripts Inveresragan, Argyll and Bute & Thurso, Caithness 5 Autograph Letters, 2 from Robin Hunter to Colin Campbell of Inveresragan,...

Sommerfield, John (1908-1991) The Death of Christopher A Novel. Author's autograph manuscript (c.. 209pp.) and heavily annotated and corrected typ...

Somerset - Indenture agreement between William Drulkinyng, William Porant and Robert Dynt of land in the Parish of Wraxall [Somerset] Document sig...

Stevenson, Robert Louis Autograph Letter Signed ("Robert Louis Stevenson") to Mrs Burgess, written during the midst of creative turmoil ("... I am...

Stevenson, Robert Louis Fine Autograph Letter Signed ("Robert Louis Stevenson") [to Sidney Colvin], beginning "When next I lend a clothes brush, i...

Swift, Jonathan Autograph Letter, Signed ("Jonath Swift") addressed: "My Lord, I return my most humble acknowledgement to your Grace and my Lady D...

Burns, Robert 9 words in his handwriting, three deleted on slip of paper 2 x 8cm., laid down with an engraving of the Burns monument

Burns, Robert Autograph Envelope and Part of letter consisting of a folded post marked envelope addressed in Burns' hand to John Ballantine Esq., ...

Burns, Robert [with Autograph Letter] Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect Edinburgh: Creech, 1787. Second edition [first Edinburgh edition], 8vo...

Burns, Robert Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect Edinburgh: T. Cadell, 1793. Second Edinburgh edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, without portrait frontis...

Burns, Robert Autograph letter signed ('Robt. Burns') To Captain Francis Grose, Ellisland, 1 Dec. 1790, 2 pages, 4to, (190 x 121mm), bifolium, doc...

Burns, Robert The Poet's Grid Iron With 2pp. testament that the grid iron once belonged to Robert Burns, provided by Robert Sharpe, J.P., dated 25...

Burns, Robert and Anges Maclehose ("Clarinda") A collection of 3 items, comprising 1) two autograph lines in Robert Burns' hand 'by meer dint of a...

Burns, Robert Autograph letter signed ('Robt. Burns') One page, 278 x 178mm, [Mossgiel, ca. 1 August 1786], to James Smith, regarding his turbulen...

[Burns, Robert] - Miss Wilhelmina Alexander Autograph envelope front Addressed to Mrs [or Miss] Alexander of Ballochmyle, Mauchline, 8 x 12cm., wi...

Johnson, James - Robert Burns, contributor The Scots Musical Museum Edinburgh: James Johnson, [1787-1803]. 6 volumes in 3, 8vo, engraved title-pag...

[Burns, Robert] A book from the library of Robert Burns The History of Great Britain. London, 1781, Second edition, volume 1 only (of 2), with ins...

[Didérot, Denis] Recueil de Planches sur Les Sciences... Agriculture et Economie Rustique [ a part of Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des S...

19th Century Ladies Fashion 2 volumes [Toensend] [Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes,] October 1831-December 1833, nos. 82-108 comp...

4 works, comprising Mayer, Alfred M. Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters. Edinburgh, 1884. 2 volumes, 11 Japan proofs, other plate...

Hunt, Leigh - Percy Bysshe Shelley, and others The Keepsake for 1828 London: Hurst, Chance & Co., November 1827. 8vo, original red cloth gilt with...

MacCormack, Geoff - David Bowie From Station to Station. Travels with Bowie 1973-1976 Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2007. 4to, number 517 of 20...

Wolley, Hannah The Queen-Like Closet, or Rich Cabinet: Stored with all manner of rare receipts For preserving, candying and cookery. London, Richa...

[Pre-Raphaelites - Dante Gabriel Rossetti] Allingham, William The Music Master... with Nine Woodcuts by Arthur Hughes, D.G. Rossetti and John E. M...

[Welsh] Taliesin: sef cylchgrawn chwarterol at wasaneth y cymdeithsan llenyddol, yr Eisteddfodan, a'r Orsedd yng Nghymru. Rhuthyn: Cyhoeddwyd Gan ...

Antiquarian Bibliography 15 volumes, comprising Ferguson, John. Bibliotheca Chemica. Glasgow, 1906. 2 volumes, 4to, original buckram, uncut and un...

Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice London: George Allen, [1895]. Second edition, 8vo, illustrated by Hugh Thomson with his famous 'peacock' cover de...

Bannatyne Club 3 items, comprising Catalogue of the Bannatyne Club Publications, since the institution of the Club. January 1841, Bibliotheca Lind...

Beckett, Samuel 4 items, comprising Waiting for Godot London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1956. First UK edition, 8vo, original yellow cloth, dust-ja...

Beerbohm, Max - Maugham, W. Somerset Collection of 8 volumes, comprising Beerbohm, Max Zuleika Dobson. London: William Heinemann, 1911. First edit...

Benson, Arthur Christopher Le Cahier Jaune, Poems Eton: printed by George New, 1892. First edition, 8vo, original printed yellow wrappers, yellow ...

Bernieres, Louis de 4 signed first editions, comprising Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Secker & Warburg, 1994. First edition, inscribed "For Craig, L...

Boyd, William 7 Signed First Editions, comprising An Ice Cream War, 1982. Signed copy; [Idem] Brazzaville Beach, 1990. Number 34 of 150 copies sig...

Brontë, Charlotte - Brontë, Emily - Brontë, Anne The Shakespeare Head Brontë Oxford: The Shakespeare Head Press / Basil Blackwell, 1931. 8vo, 11 v...

Brown, George Mackay Books inscribed to George Mackay Brown Mays, Spike Last Post. London: Eyre Methuen, 1974. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not...

Brown, George Mackay A collection of books from his library Blunden, Edmund Shelley. London: Collins, 1946. 8vo, with George Mackay Brown's owners...

Capote, Truman In Cold Blood London: Hamish Hamilton, 1966. First UK edition, inscribed "For Willie Kay, with all good wishes, Truman Capote", ori...

Cervantes, Miguel, de Saavedra The Life and Exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha London: J. and R. Tonson, 1749. Second ed...

Conrad, Joseph 5 first, first British or first American editions, comprising The Nigger of the Narcissus. London: William Heinemann, 1898. First B...

Cornwall - [Paltock, Robert] The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man Berwick: Harrison, 1783. 2 volumes, 12mo, modern half calf wi...

Cruikshank, George The Greeks London: J.J. Stockdale, 1817. Sixteenth edition, 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece, 5 hand-coloured plates, advert lea...

Dickens, Charles Five books, comprising The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition, 8vo, portrait...

Dickens, Charles [Works] London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., [n.d.] 8vo, 15 volumes comprising: The Old Curiosity Shop; Our Mutual Friend; Nicholas Nic...

Diderot, Denis Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences Paris: Briasson..., 1751. 5 volumes (of 17) only, comprising volumes 1-5, folio...

Disraeli, Benjamin, First Earl of Beaconsfield Endymion London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1880. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth, bo...