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[RAVILIOUS, Eric, designer.] ‘Garden Implements’ mug. [London] Wedgewood, Queen’s Ware Collection.
£100.00 -
![[A pair of handmade Victorian optical shades.]](https://www.rosiehodgebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_0267-1024x832.png)
Optical toys
____ [A pair of handmade Victorian optical shades.] 1870s.£550.00 -
Art Deco
—– 1930s’ Brazilian butterfly-wing drinks’ tray. Rio [de Janeiro], Brasil. Zitrin Irmaos. [1930s]£95.00 -
Oberammergau Passion Play
BLACKBURN, Henry. Art in the Mountains. The Story of the Passion Play. London; Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. 1870£80.00 -
Prescursor to the French Revolution
COUNTESS DE LA MOTTE [Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy]. Authentic Adventures of the Celebrated Countess de la Motte, Including the Fraudulent Transaction with Cardinal de Rohan. Translated from the French. To which is added, A Narrative of her Escape to London as stated by herself, also Memoirs of her Sister, under the character of Marianne. London; Printed for the Translator and sold for him by E. Johnson, near St. Dunstan’s Church, Fleet-Street. 1787.£1,500.00 -
[ZEITLINGER, Dr. Heinrich] Biblioteca Chemico-Mathematica. Catalogue of Important Works, Chiefly Old and Rare, on Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry, and kindred subjects, Parts I-VI. London; Henry Sotheran & Co., Booksellers to his Majesty the King. 1906-1910.
£140.00 -
Soviet Cinema
KAMAROV. Catalogue of Soviet Feature Film. 1963. Mosca; Sovexportfilm. 1963£120.00 -
![Famous "J.C. Lane" High Wycombe Furniture [with 4 loosely inserted pictorial fold-out flyers].](https://www.rosiehodgebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_8736-885x1024.png)
Trade Catalogue
____ Famous “J.C. Lane” High Wycombe Furniture [with 4 loosely inserted pictorial fold-out flyers]. High Wycombe, Bucks. J.C. Lane Limited. [1930s]£65.00 -
![Houpette Pli [retracting 1920s' cosmetic brush in box].](https://www.rosiehodgebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_8666-768x1024.png)
Art Deco
____ Houpette Pli [retracting 1920s’ cosmetic brush in box]. France; Breveté S.G.D.G. 1920s.£225.00 -
KANNON, Jackie and Paul LAIKIN (co-authors). Mort DRUCKER (illustrator). JFK Colouring Book. New York Kanrom Inc. 1962
£45.00 -
____ Lane’s Telescopic View of the Great Exhibition. 1851. London; Published by C. Lane. 1851.
£850.00 -
Only 600 copies printed
CROSTON, James (F.S.A.). Nooks And Corners of Lancashire And Cheshire. A wayfarer’s notes in the Palatine Counties, Historical, Legendary, Genealogical and Descriptive. London; John Heywood. 1882£120.00 -
Word Puzzles
[PHILIP, Robert Kemp] Philosophy And Mirth United by Pen & Pencil. London; Houlston And Stoneman. 1856.£140.00 -
Cathedral Binding
The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Oxford; Oxford University Press. 1831.£120.00 -
![The Royal Commentaries of Peru. In Two Parts. The first Part. Treating of the original of their Incas or Kings: Of their Idolatry: Of their Laws and Government both in Peace and War: Of the Reigns and Conquests of the Incas: With many other Particulars relating to their Empire and Policies before such time as the Spaniards invaded their Countries. The Second Part. Describing the Manner by which that new World was conquered by the Spaniards. Also the Civil Wars between the Piçarrists and the Almagrians, occasioned by Quarrels arising about the Division of that Land. Of the Rise and Fall of Rebels; and other Particulars contained in that History. Illustrated with Sculptures. Written originally in Spanish, by the Inca Gardilasso de la Vega, and rendred [sic] into English, by Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt.](https://www.rosiehodgebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG_6316-768x1024.png)
First major work on the Inca Empire in the English language
VEGA, Garcilasso de la, ‘El Inca’. The Royal Commentaries of Peru. In Two Parts. The first Part. Treating of the original of their Incas or Kings: Of their Idolatry: Of their Laws and Government both in Peace and War: Of the Reigns and Conquests of the Incas: With many other Particulars relating to their Empire and Policies before such time as the Spaniards invaded their Countries. The Second Part. Describing the Manner by which that new World was conquered by the Spaniards. Also the Civil Wars between the Piçarrists and the Almagrians, occasioned by Quarrels arising about the Division of that Land. Of the Rise and Fall of Rebels; and other Particulars contained in that History. Illustrated with Sculptures. Written originally in Spanish, by the Inca Gardilasso de la Vega, and rendred [sic] into English, by Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt. London; Printed by Miles Flesher, for Christopher Wilkinson at the Black-Boy against St. Dunstan’s Church in Fleet Street. 1688£3,000.00 -
White Slavery
SHERARD, Robert Harborough (author). Harold PIFFARD (illustrator). The White Slaves of England. London; James Bowden. 1897.£160.00 -
Edited by Oscar Wilde
WILDE, Oscar (editor). The Woman’s World. Vol. 1 No. 7 June 1888. New York Cassell And Company Ltd. 1888.£225.00 -
![["Hold to Light" theatre handbill.] Wedding Eve. Comic Opera Every Evening at 8.15. The Trafalgar Square Theatre.](https://www.rosiehodgebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_4462-768x1024.png)
—– [“Hold to Light” theatre handbill.] Wedding Eve. Comic Opera Every Evening at 8.15. The Trafalgar Square Theatre. Nottingham; Grover & Co. 1892
£120.00 -
![Antes [to the cover, otherwise untitled, with the dedication, Für Billy and Alan Davie.]](https://www.rosiehodgebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_8207.png)
ANTES, Horst (artist). Antes [to the cover, otherwise untitled, with the dedication, Für Billy and Alan Davie.] Venedig Edizioni del Cavallino. 1973
£180.00 -
GODWARD, William (editor). De La Rue’s Improved Red Letter Calendar 1879. London De La Rue & Co. 1879
£85.00 -
—– Etiquette for the Ladies. Eighty Maxims on Dress, Manners, and Accomplishments. With an Appendix on the Etiquette of a Court Levee. London David Bogue. 1844
£75.00 -
![Flying Amy. [SHAPE BOOK.]](https://www.rosiehodgebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_5493-768x1024.png)
—– Flying Amy. [SHAPE BOOK.] [No imprint.] [Circa 1930.]
£75.00 -
Only 100 sets printed.
GAVAULT, Paul (preface by). Les Livres de l’Enfance du XVième au XIXième Siècle. Paris En Vente à la Librairie Gumuchian et Cie. 1930£400.00 -
![Life and History of Betty Bolaine [Late of Canterbury] A Well Known Character for Parsimony and Vice Scarcely equalled in the Annals of Avarice and Depravity. Interspersed with Poetry.](https://www.rosiehodgebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_4127-1024x1005.png)
Parsimony & Vice.
[BURGESS, Elizabeth (author)] Life and History of Betty Bolaine [Late of Canterbury] A Well Known Character for Parsimony and Vice Scarcely equalled in the Annals of Avarice and Depravity. Interspersed with Poetry. London Printed and Sold for the Author, by J. Saffery; also by Tipper and Richards, Leadenhall street; Lane, Newman, and Co. ditto and H.P. Symonds, Paternoster-row. 1805£850.00