The Plantagenet King are antiquarian booksellers specialising in original printed and manuscript material from c.1750 to 1939 - books, pamphlets, broadsides, letters and periodicals preserved in the form they first reached their readers.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen the first illustrated 'Peacock' edition 1894
A small envelope panel signed by Charles Babbage dated 1868
ALS and a pamphlet by Sir Charles Barry to MP Benjamin Hawes dated 1844
Autograph signed note by Thomas Carlyle to Rev. Charles Kingsley dated 1855
Old Heart Goes on a Journey by Hans Fallada first UK edition 1936
Autograph letter signed by explorer Filippo De Filippi Central Asia dated 1914
A group of bookplates and correspondence by fencing historian Jacopo Gelli 1902
Letter signed by George Germain American War of Independence dated 1778
Balloons! Balloons! A broadside advertising Charles Green's balloon ascents 1845
Woman's Exhibition at Earl's Court by Imre Kiralfy first edition 1900
A group of ephemeral items about the death of Lord Kitchener, 1916
"Performers after a Respectable Funeral" a watercolour by John Leech c1850
Trade card / calling card of infamous hangman William Marwood c1870s
The Story of San Michele signed by Axel Munthe first edition 1929
Two autograph letters signed by scientist Richard Owen dated July 1844
Your King & Country Want You by Paul A. Rubens and John Hassell c1914
A folio leaf from the Second Folio by William Shakespeare dated 1632
Broadside Ballad Sheet: Ashantee War; Mother's Far Away. c1873
ALS between William Hellyer and Alfred Swaine Taylor Forensic Science c1840
Three invitation cards hand written by the Duke of Wellington dated 1840
A large broadside detailing the Duke of Wellington's Funeral 1852
Circus programme by Harry and Zaeo Wieland dated 1885-86
Votes for Women: an official song sheet of the Women's Social & Political Union
Votes for Women: Tune - "Teribus" official song sheet by the WSPU
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