Serres (John de). A General Inventorie of the History of France, from the beginning of the Monarchie, unto the Treatie of Vervins, in the yeare 1598,...translated by Edward Grimeston, London: George Eld., 1607, engraved title page plus further in-text illustrations & vignettes, later inscription to the head of the title page, bookplate to the front pastedown, gutters cracked, some marginal toning, lacking final page of 'The Table' to the rear, later embossed full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some loss, folio, together with:Mill (James), The History of British India, 3 volumes, London: printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817, some repaired slight damage to the foot of the title page to volume 1, lacking a map in volume 2, some light spotting & toning throughout, contemporary uniform gilt decorated plum half morocco, boards & spines slightly rubbed, large 4to, plusCampbell (J.), Lives of the British Admirals: containing a new and accurate Naval History, from the earliest periods, 4 volumes, London: printed for Alexander Donaldson, 1779, period inscriptions to the front endpapers of volumes 1 & 2, 4 engraved frontispieces, 4 folding maps, bookplates to the front pastedowns, gutters cracked, some marks & light marginal toning, contemporary uniform full calf, hinges cracked, boards & spines slightly rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th century literature, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
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Ford (Madox Ford). The Fifth Queen Crowned, 1st edition, London: Eveleigh Nash, 1908, light spotting to endpapers, original red cloth gilt, some fading to spine, 8vo, presentation copy to Constance Garnett from the author, dated March 20, 1908, together with The Good Soldier, 1st US edition, New York: John Lane Company, New York: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1915, advertisement leaf at rear, bookplate of Omar Shakespear Pound (1926-2010), Anglo-American writer and son of poet Ezra Pound, original blue cloth gilt, spine a little dulled and rubbed at ends, 8vo, plus Mr. Fleight, 1st edition, London: Howard Latimer, 1913, some light spotting, blank booklabel, original cloth, spine a little faded, a few light marks, 8vo, inscribed by Violet Hueffer to Violet Scott James (i.e. Isabel Violet Hunt, 1862-1942, author and founder of the Women Writers' Suffrage League and former lover of Ford Madox Ford), with 2 others first editions: The Fifth Queen: And how she came to court, 1906, and Zeppelin Nights, by Violet Hunt and Ford Madox Hueffer, 1916 QTY: (5)NOTE:First work inscribed to Constance Garnett (1861-1946), translator of Russian literature, with the bookplate of her son the writer David Garnett (1892-1981).
Newton (James). A Compleat Herbal of the Late James Newton, M. D. containing the Prints and the English Names of several thousand Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Flowers, Exotics, &c., London: Printed by E. Cave... and sold by Mr Watson..., 1752, engraved portrait frontispiece with long diagonal repaired closed tear, 190 engraved botanical plates, few plates and text leaves very lightly shaved, light dust-soiling and offsetting, late 19th/early 20th-century half calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, joints rubbed, 8vo, together with:Miller (Joseph). Botanicum Officinale; or a Compendious Herbal: Giving an Account of all such Plants as are now used in the Practice of Physick. With their Descriptions and Virtues, London: E. Bell, J. Senex, W. Taylor, J. Osborn, 1722, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, Meyrick (William). The New Family Herbal; or, Domestic Physician..., Birmingham: Printed by Thomas Pearson, and sold by R. Baldwin, 1790, engraved frontispiece, 14 hand-coloured engraved botanical plates at rear, armorial bookplate of Thomas Botfield to upper pastedown, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints cracked, spine and extremities rubbed, 8vo,Quincy (John). Pharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea. Or, a complete English Dispensatory..., 11th edition, enlarged and corrected, London: Thomas Longman, 1739, advertisement leaf before title, light dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, joints split, 8voQTY: (4)
Dodoens (Rembert). A New Herbal, or Historie of Plants: Wherein is contained, the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of Herbes and Plants: their divers and sundry Kinds, their Names, Natures, Operations, and Vertues..., First set forth in the Dutch or Almaigne tongue ... and now first translated out of French into English, by Henry Lyte Esquire, Corrected and amended, Imprinted at London by Edward Griffin, 1619, [24], 341, 343-349, 351-564, [30]pp., title within decorative woodcut border, first and last leaves lightly frayed to margins, some damp-staining, toning and light dust-soiling, later pastedowns, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked (by Salisbury Bookbinders, 1992), red morocco title label to spine, board corners repaired, folio (28.7 x 18.2 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S107362; Henrey 113; STC 6987.
Ferus (Johann). In Sacrosanctum Jesu Christi Domini Nostri Evangelium secundum Joannem, piae et eruditae juxta catholicam doctrinam enarrationes pro concione explicatae..., 3 parts in one, Antwerp: apud Martini Nutij viduam, 1562, printer's woodcut device to each title, some early annotations and marginalia, few light damp-stains, contemporary blind panelled calf with gilt decorative motifs, initials F. S. G. to upper board, rebacked and board edges neatly repaired, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Johann Ferus (1495-1554) was a German of the Franciscan order who wrote several commentaries on books of the Bible. Some of his commentaries were thought to favour Protestants; thus, some of his commentaries were prohibited by the Catholic church.
Smith (Albert). The Story of Mont Blanc, 1st edition, London: David Bogue, 1853, colour frontispiece with some light spotting, engraved in-text illustrations, period inscription to the front pastedown, blindstamp to the top corner of the front endpaper, some minor spotting & toning, bookseller's sticker to the foot of the rear pastedown, original embossed & gilt decorated orange cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, boards slightly rubbed & marked, 8voQTY: (1)
Edwards (George). Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, volume I only (of 3), 1st edition, London: Printed for the author at the Royal College of Physicians, 1758, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, half-title in English and French with large engraved vignette, 50 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light offsetting, endpapers renewed, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with most of original spine relaid, modern red label to spine, small neat repairs, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 1112; Nissen IVB 288; Zimmer 198.The whole work commences with The Natural History of some uncommon birds and of some other rare and undescribed animals, in 4 volumes, first published in 1743-51, with Gleanings of Natural History published as a continuation, in 3 volumes in 1758-64. The present copy is volume I only of the continued work.
Switzer (Stephen). The Practical Fruit-Gardener. Being the best and newest method of Raising, Planting, and Pruning all sorts of Fruit-Trees, agreeably to the Experience and Practice of the most eminent Gardeners and Nursery-Men, Revised and recommended by the Revd. Mr. Laurence and Mr. Bradley, London: Tho. Woodward, 1724, imprimatur leaf before title present, 3 folding engraved plates, 3 pp. publishers book list at rear, F8 slightly adhered to F7, gathering G with sewing partly broken, bound with [Beale, John]. Herefordshire Orchards, A Pattern for all England. Written in an Epistolary Address to Samuel Hartlib, Esq; by I. B., London: W. Mears, 1724, 36 pp., title in red and black, some browning, occasional light dust-soiling and scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, maroon morocco title label to spine, light wear to board corners and edges, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Frederick Alkmund Roach OBE (1909-2004).Henrey 1413; Hunt 461.
Darwin (Francis, editor). The Foundations of the Origin of Species, a sketch written in 1842 by Charles Darwin, Cambridge: printed at the University Press, 1909, half-title, portrait frontispiece, facsimile of a holograph, partly unopened, scattered light spotting, original parchment-backed printed boards, spine toned, a few small stains, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 1555. 'When Francis Darwin put together Life and letters he did not know that the sketch of his father's evolutionary ideas, which was written in 1842, had survived. The pencil manuscript was discovered in 1896, after the death of his mother, in a cupboard under the stairs at Down House. Its dating is discussed in the preface to the first printing in 1908, and in that of 1958. The first, dated June 23, 1909, was not published but was printed for presentation to delegates to the Cambridge festivities in commemoration of the centenary of Darwin's birth and the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species. (Freeman p. 182).This copy is presented by the syndics of the University Press to Cecil Wedgwood (1863-1916). He was the great-great-grandson of potter Josiah Wedgwood, becoming a partner in the firm in 1884, and was the first mayor of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910-11. He rose to the rank of major during the Second Boer War (1899-1902) and in 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War raised the 7th Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was killed at the Battle of the Somme in July 1916..
Giles (Herbert Allen). Synoptical Studies in Chinese Character, 1st edition, Shanghai: printed by A. H. de Carvalho, 1874, 118 pp., light toning to textblock, modern red half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, light edge wear, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Very scarce. Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) was a British diplomat in China from 1867-92, and professor of Chinese at Cambridge University from 1897, succeeding Sir Thomas Wade.
Bermuda. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M. Floating Dock "Bermuda," from England to Bermuda. Written in the Form of a Diary, by One of Those On Board, 1st edition, London: John B. Day, circa 1870, 4 tinted lithographed plates, one folding lithographed map, errata slip, light spotting and offsetting, original publisher's blue blindstamped cloth gilt, covers stained, extremities rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:A scarce eye-witness account of a great naval engineering feat.
Ransome (Arthur). Swallows and Amazons, 1st illustrated edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1931, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, cartographic endpapers, occasional light spotting and toning, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with:Swallowdale, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1931, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, cartographic endpapers, rear hinge cracked, occasional light spotting and toning, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, spine faded, 8vo, plusWinter Holiday, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1933, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, cartographic endpapers, original green cloth gilt, dust jacket, chipped with loss to head and tail of spine, paper reinforcements to verso of folds and extremities, 8vo, with 11 others by Ransome including first editions in dust jackets of Missee Lee, Secret Water, The Picts and Martyrs and Great NorthernQTY: (14)
Donovan (Edward). The Natural History of British Shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each, 5 volumes in 2, 1st edition, London: Printed for the author, 1799-1801, 180 hand-coloured engraved plates, lacking title of volume 5, a few plates toned, occasional light offsetting to adjacent text leaves, contemporary full calf gilt, boards with broad gilt foliate roll to borders, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:The Natural History of British Fishes, including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species, and an extensive selection of accurately finished coloured plates, 5 volumes in 2, 1st edition, London: Printed for the author, 1804-08, 124 hand-coloured engraved plates (some heightened), lacking title of volume 5, a few plates toned, occasional light offsetting to adjacent text leaves, contemporary full calf gilt, boards with broad gilt foliate roll to borders, lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (4)
Robinson (William, editor). Flora and Sylva, 3 volumes, London, 1903-05, numerous colour plates, letter from the editor dated '1st Dec 03' on headed notepaper, bookplates to the front pastedowns, period ink & pencil annotations throughout, some light marginal toning, original uniform half vellum, boards & spines slightly marked & rubbed, folio, together with:Cumberland (R.), Origines Gentium Antiquissimae; of, Attempts for discovering the Times of the first planting of Nation. In several tracts, London: printed by W. B. for R. Wilkin, 1724, front & rear gutters cracked, some toning & light spotting throughout, later calf spine retaining contemporary embossed full calf boards & spine label, rubbed, 8vo, plusKirkton (James), The Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland, from The Restoration to the year 1678, Edinburgh: John Ballantyne, 1817, 3 engraved plates, bookplate to the front endpaper, gutters cracked, some offsetting & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, front & rear boards partially detached, rubbed with some minor loss, large 4to, and other 18th to 19th century literature & ecclesiastical reference, mostly contemporary leather bindings, overall condition is generally fair to good, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)NOTE:Approximately 110 volumes
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Raleigh (Walter). The Historie of the World..., [London: Printed [by Robert Young] for G. Lathum, and R. Young, 1634], additional engraved title (frayed with loss to edges, stained), letterpress title with engraved portrait (edges frayed and some staining), six double-page engraved maps and two double-page engraved battle plans (few with light trimming), imprint from colophon, leaf T4 torn to fore-margin and lower margin, occasional light dust-soiling and minor spotting, few leaves slightly sprung, final leaf creased and margins frayed, front endpaper with 19th-century ownership signature M. A. Renoux and gift inscription to his brother Fred Reynoux dated August 1840, bookplate of D'Arcy Power to front pastedown and related name ink stamp to front free endpaper, later cloth hinges, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine worn and without title label, old joint repairs, boards detached, worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:STC 20641.
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[Heresbach, Conrad]. [Foure Bookes of Husbandry, collected by M. Conradus Heresbachius, counseller to the hygh and mightie prince, the Duke of Cleue: conteyning the whole arte and trade of Husbandry, with the antiquitie, and commendation thereof. Newely Englished, and increased, by Barnabe Googe, Esquire, 2nd English edition, London: Printed [by John Kingston] for John Wight, 1578], 893 [i.e. 193], [1] leaves, lacking title and also lacking following 11 preliminary leaves, black letter text throughout, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, upper inner corner of first leaf (A1) of first Book torn with text loss, gathering F from another copy (smaller margins at head and foot), G6 torn with slight loss, some marginalia, occasional close-trimming, some dust-soiling, light damp-staining and few marks, modern brown buckram, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Frederick Alkmund Roach OBE (1909-2004).STC 13197.The final 20 leaves cover the subject of Bees.
Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene, with an exact collation of the two original editions, published by Himself at London in Quarto, 3 volumes, London: J. Brindley, 1751, 32 folding double-page engraved plates, armorial bookplate of Charles Bedford and bookplate of Margaret Tait to front pastedowns, occasional light spotting, antique-style full calf gilt, contrasting morocco labels, extremities lightly rubbed, 4to QTY: (3)
Lawson (William). A New Orchard and Garden. Or The best way for planting, grafting, and to make the ground good, for a rich Orchard: Particularly in the North parts of England: generally for the whole kingdome, as in nature, reason, scituation, and all probability, may and doth appeare. With the Country Housewifes Garden for hearbes of common use, their vertues, seasons, profites, ornaments, variety of knots, models for trees, and plots for the best ordering of grounds and walkes. As also the Husbandry of Bees, with their seuerall vses and annoyances, all grounded on the Principles of Art, and precepts of experience, being the Labours of forty eight yeares of William Lawson, 1st edition, London: By Bar: Alsop for Roger Jackson, 1618, pp. [8], 59, [1]; [2], 25, [1], woodcut illustration to title (lined with archival tissue to verso), woodcut illustrations to text, black letter text, title to second part with imprint dated 1617, second part with separate pagination, lower outer blank corner of final leaf torn and leaf lined to verso with archival tissue, repaired closed tear to D1, leaves D2-D3 misbound with M1-M3, some damp-staining mostly to margins, toning and light dust-soiling, modern brown buckram, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Frederick Alkmund Roach OBE (1909-2004).Henrey 226; STC 15329.
Darwin (Charles). Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle round the world, 2nd edition, corrected, with additions, London: John Murray, 1845, wood-engraved illustrations, bound without half-title and advertisements, title with some light toning, a few minor spots and stains, modern red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 14.
Green (Thomas). The Universal Herbal; or botanical, medical and agricultural dictionary. Containing an account of all the known plants in the world, arranged according to the Linnean System, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Liverpool: Henry Fisher at the Caxton Press, [1816-20], hand-coloured engraved allegorical frontispieces, additional engraved title in volume I, 106 hand-coloured engraved plates, small Mansfield Public Library ink stamps at foot of letterpress titles, a few text leaves and plate versos, some offsetting and light toning, contemporary reverse calf, spine with red and olive labels, some edge wear and stains, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Great Flower Books p. 97; Nissen BBI 754.
Sotheby (Samuel Leigh). Ramblings in the Elucidation of the Autograph of Milton, London: printed for the author by Thomas Richards, 1861, monochrome photograph frontispiece, 25 plates of facsimile manuscript, some spotting throughout, all edges gilt, contemporary ornately gilt decorated green morocco with inlaid illustrated front & rear boards bound by J. Wright, some light rubbing to head & foot, some spotting & marks to the boards, folio, together with:Kingsley (Mary H.), West African Studies, London: Macmillan and Co., 1899, 28 monochrome illustrations, 2 colour folding maps, bookplate to the front paste down, front & rear gutter fix with blue tape, some light spotting & toning throughout, rebound later calf spine retaining contemporary half calf boards & gilt decorated spine, rubbed with some loss to head & foot, 8vo, plus other mostly 18th & 19th century literature, mostly contemporary leather or vellum bindings, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folioQTY: (5 shelves)NOTE:Approximately 65 volumes
* French playing cards. Educational pack, Firmin-Didot frères et Cie (?), 1858, a complete Piquet deck of 32 hand coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), single figure courts portraying named & dated historical characters, each ace with two related biblical scenes, AH with names of creator (Deschamps), artist (Moreau) and engraver (Minne), pip cards each with the appropriate number of medallions containing faces of famous men (named & dated), dusty, some light finger-soiling (mostly affecting edges), few minor marks or spots, KC with tiny surface abrasion to blank area, square corners, versos red dotted cells with black line across each corner, each card 83 x 56 mm, 21 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:D'Allemagne, Les Cartes á Jouer... I, pp.244-245; British Museum 1982,U.4590.1-32; Cary, FRA 281; WWPCM18609/01.D'Allemagne gives the publisher as Firmin-Didot frères et Cie. However the British Museum copy has a B.P. Grimaud & Cie wrapper with their pack.
Milne (A. A.) Now We Are Six, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1927, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, light partial offsetting to half-title and final leaf verso, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt in bright condition, spine a little darkened, small bump to one corner, dust jacket, spine and extremities toned with chip at foot of spine, 8voQTY: (1)
Lewis (C. S). The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, 7th printing, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1964, illustrations by Pauline Baynes (including colour frontispiece), gift inscription in blue ink to front free endpaper, original blue cloth lettered in silver, dust jacket, extremities lightly worn, small closer tear to head of rear panel, 8vo, together with:The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, 3rd printing, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1960, cartographic front endpaper, publisher's 'File Copy' with large ink stamp to half-title, black and white illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original light blue cloth lettered in silver, spine faded, dust jacket, rear panel spotted, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusThe Last Battle, 4th impression, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1964, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, original turquoise cloth lettered in silver, dust jacket, 8vo, with the full set of the first paperback editionsQTY: (10)
New Naturalist series. New Naturalist series, numbers 1-98, 106 & 108-09, 106 volumes, 1946-2009, comprising 1st edition numbers 2, 5, 6, 8-13, 15-21, 24-25, 28-33, 36-39, 41-44, 46-48, 50-66, 68-109, the others later editions or reprints, reprint duplicates of numbers 6, 29 & 38, colour and monochrome illustrations, occasional light spotting, number 3 signed by the author, original cloth, dust jackets, some price-clipped and early titles with small tears and chips, some fading to spines, 97 & 106-109 in publisher's shrinkwrap, together with numbers 1-4, 9, 11-12, 17, 19-22 of the New Naturalist Monograph series, The Birds of the London Area, 1957, The Hawfinch, by Guy Mountfort, 1957 and 6 othersQTY: (126)
Howard-Bury (Charles Kenneth). Mount Everest, The Reconnaissance, 1921, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1922, photogravure frontispiece, 32 black and white illustrations after photographs (one loose), 3 folding maps at rear, 'Presentation copy' stamp to title, ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, occasional light spotting, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo, with loose publisher's advertisement slip, together with:Bruce (Charles Granville). The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1923, photogravure frontispiece, 35 black and white illustrations after photographs, 2 folding maps at rear, occasional light spotting, original red cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, plusNorton (Edward Felix). The Fight for Everest: 1924, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1925, colour frontispiece, 31 illustrations (7 colour), 1 large folding map at rear, 1 folding panorama, occasional spotting, a few small adhesive tape reinforcements to closed tear on folding map, original green cloth gilt, lightly marked and rubbed, 8voQTY: (3)
Locke (John). An Essay concerning Humane Understanding, 2 volumes in one, 6th edition, with large additions, London: A. and J. Churchill and Samuel Manship, 1710, titles with early inscription of Thomas Ludlow dated December 6th 1736, first title with few holes at head (without text loss), some toning and light spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, morocco title label to spine, 8vo, together with:Herbert (George). The Temple, Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, London: Pickering, 1844, engraved portrait frontispiece, front free endpaper inscribed "Charlotte Mildred Darwin Nov. 29 1900. A Mark of the parting of the ways from L. M. Forster 'An old friend is a new house' ", decorative textile endpapers, top edge gilt, late 19th-century/early 20th-century calf, some spotting mostly to upper board, 8vo, Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem..., Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1759, spotting and some browning, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, corners repaired, 4to, plus other miscellaneous 17th-19th-century antiquarian, including few defectiveQTY: (approx. 45)
Darwin (Charles). On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1862, folding plate, 33 wood-engraved illustrations, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear dated December 1861, partly unopened, Edmonds & Remnants binder ticket to rear pastedown, a few light spots, front endpaper with abrasion along gutter, bookplate of Arthur W. Nicholson, original plum vertically-lined blindstamped cloth, upper cover stamped with an orchid in gilt, spine faded, a little rubbed at ends, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 800, variant a. 2000 or less copies published.'Life and letters (Vol. III, p. 274) quotes Asa Gray as saying that 'if the Orchid-book (with a few trifling omissions) had appeared before the "Origin" the author would have been canonised rather than anathematised by the natural theologians', and notes that a review in the Literary Churchman found only one fault 'that Mr. Darwin's expression of admiration at the contrivances in orchids is too indirect a way of saying, "O Lord, how manifold are Thy works."'. Darwin himself wrote to John Murray on September 24th, 1861, 'I think this little volume will do good to the "Origin", as it will show that I have worked hard at details', (Freeman p. 112)
Hudson (C. T.) The Rotifera; or Wheel-Animalcules, both British and Foreign, 3 volumes in 2 (including Supplement at end of volume II), 2nd edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889, 34 double-page plates, most partly coloured, other plates and illustrations, occasional light spotting, bookplates of Andrew C. Campbell, original cloth gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 4to, together with Fryer (Alfred & Arthur Bennett). The Potamogetons (Pond Weeds) of the British Isles, 1st edition, London: L. Reeve & Co., 1915, 60 hand-coloured lithograph plates, light spotting front and rear, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, plus Allman (George James). A Monograph of the Fresh-Water Polyzoa, including all the known species, both British and Foreign, 1st edition, London: Ray Society, 1856, 11 engraved plates (10 hand-coloured), a little minor spotting, original cloth-backed limp boards, some wear to spine, small tear to upper cover, folio, with 5 others including T. H. Huxley's The Oceanic Hydrozoa, Ray Society, 1859, Studies in the Art Anatomy of Animals, by E. Seton Thompson, 1896, and Types of Floral Mechanism, by Arthur Harry Church, 1908QTY: (9)
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[Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig]. Great Campaigns. A succinct account of the principal military operations which have taken place in Europe from 1796 to 1870, edited from the lectures and writings of the late Major C. Adams... by Captain C. Cooper King, 1st edition, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1878, folding maps bound at rear, occasional pencil underlining and marginalia, a little light spotting, later cloth with morocco label to spine, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Field Marshal Earl Douglas Haig's copy, his signature at head of title. Loosely inserted is a battle plan, almost certainly the Battle of Gravelotte, the key battle in the Franco-Prussian War, in pencil to both sides of notepaper, headed 'Ramornie, Ladybank' in Fife, home to Hugh Haig, Douglas Haig's elder brother. Most of the annotations and underlining are in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 chapter at the end of the book and provide an interesting insight into Douglas Haig's tactical thinking.
Darwin (Charles). The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volumes 1-7, Cambridge: CUP, 1985-91, original cloth, volumes 1 slightly bowed, dust jackets, spines a little faded, 8vo, together with:Darwin (Francis, editor). The Foundations of the Origin of Species, a sketch written in 1842 by Charles Darwin, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1909, portrait frontispiece, facsimile plate, original parchment-backed boards, some light dust-soling and toning, 8vo, this copy presented by the Syndics of the University Press to John Scott Keltie (1840-1927, Scottish geographer), plus other Darwin related including The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, edited by Francis Darwin, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1887, and Emma Darwin Wife of Charles Darwin. A Century of Family Letters, by her daughter H. E. Litchfield, 2 volumes, privately printed, Cambridge, 1904 QTY: (23)
Martyn (Thomas). Flora Rustica: Exhibiting Accurate Figures of such Plants as are either useful or injurious in Husbandry. Drawn and engraved by Frederick P. Nodder…, 4 volumes bound in 2, London: F. P. Nodder, 1792 - 1794, 140 hand-coloured engraved botanical plates (plate 75 loose), slight spotting and offsetting throughout, heraldic bookplate of John Adam Milne to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt spines with contrasting title and number labels, joints rubbed and starting to split, boards rubbed and bumped, 8vo together with: Bryant (Charles). Flora Diaetetica: or, History of Esculent Plants Both Domestic and Foreign. In Which They are accurately described, and reduced to their Linnaean Generic and Specific Names…., London: Printed for B. White, at Horace’s Head, in Fleet-street, 1783, bookplate of Lavington to front pastedown, bookplate of Wilberforce Library, Backsettown to front free endpaper, errata bound to rear, light spotting throughout, contemporary tree calf, gilt decorated spine, lacking title label, joints split, boards a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo,Smith (Jacon Edward). Flora Britannica auctore Jacobo Edvardo Smith…, London: Typis J. Davis, 1800, bookplate of Edward C. Robson to front pastedown plus ownership inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary navy half-calf, gilt spines, joins and head caps rubbed, boards worn and edges bumped, 8voQTY: (6)NOTE:Provenance: John Adam Milne (bookplate) for Martyn (Thomas). Flora Rustica...,Lavington (bookplate), Wilberforce Library, Backsettown (bookplate) for Bryant (Charles). Flora Diaetetica...,Nissen BBI 1291 for Martyn (Thomas). Flora Rustica...,
Austen (Ralph). A Treatise of Fruit-Trees: Shewing the manner of Grafting, Setting, Pruning, and Ordering of them in all respects: According to divers new and easy rules of experience; gathered in ye space of twenty years. Whereby the value of lands may be much improved in a shorttime by small cost and little labour ... togeather [sic] with the spirituall use of an Orchard..., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Oxford: Tho. Robinson, 1653, engraved illustrated title, first leaf of dedication with early ownership signature of Robert Collins and marginal annotations, early annotations and marginal notes to several leaves throughout volume, front flyleaf with early manuscript verse, notes and ownership 'Robert Collins his book', some light damp-stains to margins of few leaves, light dust-soiling, corners dog-eared, contemporary limp vellum covers made from reused 16th-century(?) manuscript, lacking ties, slim 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Frederick Alkmund Roach OBE (1909-2004).Henry 5; Kress 867; Madan 2223; Wing A4238.The second part 'The Spirituall Use, of an Orchard; or Garden of Fruit-trees' attempted to demonstrate the role the orchard could play in personal happiness.
Wallace (Alfred Russel). The Geographical Distribution of Animals. With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the earth's surface, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1876, 7 colour maps (2 folding or double-page), 20 wood-engraved plates, folding map frontispiece in volume I with margins a little frayed, one fold reinforced to verso, pp. 573-76 of index leaves at end of volume II with small tears from rough opening, a little slight marginal toning, light marginal stains to volume II rear pastedown, top edge gilt, original green pebble cloth gilt, spines darkened and rubbed at ends and to joints, light fading to foot of spines, corners a little rubbed and bumped, 8vio QTY: (2)NOTE:Freeman 3863; Garrison-Morton 145.60; Norman 2178. 'A pioneering work in zoogeography, and Wallace's most comprehensive monograph' (Norman). One of two binding variants, some copies bound in a fine Diaper cloth, with no priority assigned.
Sowerby (John Edward). English Botany; or coloured figures of British Plants, edited by John T. Boswell Syme, 13 volumes, including Supplement, 3rd edition, enlarged and re-arranged, London: George Bell & Sons, 1873-99, 1943 hand-coloured lithograph plates, 2 uncoloured plates in Supplement, occasional light spotting, Lady Margaret Hall library bookplate and stamp to front pastedowns, top edge gilt, original green blindstamped cloth gilt, shelf number in gilt at foot of volumes 1-12, volumes 3 & 10 rebacked with original spines relaid, one or two other spines repaired at ends, volume I lower joint split, small splits to one or two other joints, a little light edge wear, 8voQTY: (13)NOTE:Nissen BBI 2227.
Melville (Herman). Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1847, map frontispiece, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements at end, residue of bookplate to front free endpaper recto, contemporary ownership inscription and a few modern notations to front pastedown, a few light spots, original publisher's blindstamped red cloth gilt, rebacked with majority of original spine relaid, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The true first edition of Melville's second published work, uncommon in the original cloth. The London edition preceded the New York edition by a month.
Colman (George). The Comedies of Terence, translated into familiar blank verse, London: printed for T. Becket & P. A. De Hondt, 1765, 8 engraved copper plates, period ink marks to the head of the title page, some light spotting throughout, gutters cracked, contemporary front & rear boards partially detached, rubbed with some minor loss, large 4to, together with:Byron (Lord George), Don Juan, Cantos 1 to 5, London: G. Smeeten, 1821, monochrome title page vignette, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates by Cruickshank, bookplates to the front endpapers, front gutter cracked, some marginal toning & spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated full calf bound by Morrell,slight damage to the front board, some light marks to the rear board, hinges partially cracked, 8vo, plusChambers (William), A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture, London: Priestley and Weale, 1825 , engraved portrait frontispiece, 54 monochrome plates, modern endpapers with bookplate & text excerpts to the front endpaper, some light toning & spotting throughout, rebound modern calf spine retaining contemporary gilt decorated full calf boards & spine, slightly rubbed with some minor loss, large 8vo, and other miscellaneous 18th -early 20th century literature, some contemporary leather bindings, some original cloth, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
Ford (Ford Madox & Paul Nash). Mister Bosphorus and the Muses or a short history of poetry in Britain, variety entertainment in four acts, words by Ford Madox Ford, music by several popular composers with harlequinade transformation scene, cinematograph effects, and many other novelties, as well as old and tried favourites, decorated with designs engraved on wood by Paul Nash, limited issue, London: Duckworth & Co., 1923, 7 wood-engraved plates, each on different colour hand-made paper, 4 wood-engraved illustrations, pp. 32-33 with light adhesive marks at gutter, a little minor spotting, top edge gilt, original cloth-backed patterned cloth, slight fading to spine, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition 5/70, numbered and signed by the artist.
Ingamells (John). A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800,..., 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997, monochrome portrait frontispiece, original cloth in dust jacket, covers very lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Evans (Joan), Magical Jewels of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922, later inscription by the author to the front endpaper, monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning, original red cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusLeff (Gordon), William of Ockham, the metamorphosis of scholastic discourse, reprinted, Manchester: University Press, 1977, original cloth in dust jacket, spine & covers very lightly faded, 8vo, and other scholarly university published history & art reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo QTY: (6 shelves)
Wallace (Alfred Russel). Palm Trees of the Amazon and their Uses, 1st edition, London: John van Voorst, 1853, map frontispiece, 47 lithograph plates of palm trees and fruits, some mainly light spotting, monogram bookplate of C. J. Peacock (Tunbridge Wells book collector) with book curse, original green blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt, some fading to spine, one corner a little bumped, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Borba de Moraes p. 933; Nissen BBI 2097. The author's first book, only 250 copies were printed thus making it the rarest of all Alfred Russel Wallace's books.On his return to England from the Amazon in 1852, a fire broke out on board his ship and he and the crew had to abandon ship, all the specimens he had collected were lost save some notes and sketches, the basis of which formed the above work and A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, published in the same year..
Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, visited during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R. N. during the years 1832 to 1836, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1844, folding map of Ascension Island by J. Walker, dated 1825, 14 wood-engraved maps and illustrations in text (including the Galapagos Archipelago to p. 98), 24 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear dated January 1844, pp. 41-48 and 129-168 unopened, slight offsetting from map to margins of title, small light stain to outer margin of rear endpaper, small previous owner inscription in blue ink 'L. R. Wager, 1949' to front endpaper (faint damp stains to inner margin of front endpaper, original blue blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt and priced at 10/6, spine and upper margins of covers faded to green, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 272; Norman 587.'The three parts of Darwin's geological results of the Beagle voyage were separately published over a period of five years, but they were intended, and described on the title pages, as parts of one work. They were all published by Smith Elder, with the approval of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, some of the £1,000 given for the publication of the results of the voyage going towards the cost of at least the first part... A publisher's advertisement of 1838 announced the preparation of a work in one volume octavo entitled Geological observations on volcanic islands and coral formations, but this plan was abandoned and the first part, Coral Reefs, appeared in May 1842, at a cost of 15s. The second part, Volcanic islands, was published in November 1844, at a cost of 10s. 6d. The one folding map is of Ascension Island and is dated 1825.' (Freeman p. 57).
Darwin (Charles). Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle round the world, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1845, half-title (with advertisements to verso), wood-engraved illustrations in-text, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements at end, a few leaves damp-stained at foot, hinges repaired, original publisher's blindstamped red cloth gilt, some light wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (1)
Freshfield (Douglas W.). Round Kangchenjunga, A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1903, half-title, 2 folding maps (1 in colour), 43 photographic illustrations on 41 plates (including one folding panorama by Vittorio Sella), occasional light spotting, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded and with neat repairs, 8voQTY: (1)
Lowe (Edward Joseph). A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns, 2nd edition, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1864, 72 hand-coloured plates, illustrations, occasional light spotting, original green cloth gilt, some fading to spine, 8vo, together with Our Native Ferns; or a history of the British species and their varieties, 2 volumes, London: George Bell & sons, 1874-76, 79 chromolithograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, publisher's list at end of each volume, some dust-soiling to endpapers,. original green cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Fern Growing. Fifty Years' Experience in Crossing and Cultivation, 1st edition, London: John C. Nimmo, 1895, portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, colour plate, plate of portraits, a little minor spotting, light water stain to front endpapers, original cloth gilt, one or two small stains, 8vo QTY: (4)
Speke (John). Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, 1st edition, London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1863, portrait frontispiece, 25 plates, 46 wood-engraved vignette illustrations in the text and 2 maps (one folding with a discreetly repaired closed tear), light occasional spotting, later marbled endpapers, later half burgundy morocco gilt, 8vo, together with Willcocks (Sir William). The Nile Reservoir Dam at Assuân and after, 2nd. edition, E. & F. N. Spon, 1903, folding photogravure frontispiece, tipped in errata slip, twelve folding plates, plate 6 torn along old fold, a loosely inserted contemporary photograph of European and Egyptian gentlemen, publisher's cloth gilt, slight wear to extremities, slim 8vo, with Lepsius (Dr. Richard). Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia and the Peninsula of Sinai, Henry G. Bohn, 1853, engraved frontispiece detached, title page with two near near-contemporary ownership signatures, folding engraved map, hinges cracked, publisher's cloth gilt, slight wear to extremities, small 8vo, with another similarQTY: (4)
* English playing cards. Shakespearean Playing Cards, Swan Sonnenschein & Co Ltd, 1904, a complete deck of 52 + 1 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts portraying characters from Shakespeare's plays, designed by Frederic Colin Tilney, with joker representing the jester Touchstone, each named and with suitable quote alongside, decorative ace of spades with maker's details amidst swans and Tudor roses in wreaths, a trifle dusty and toned, occasional light rubbing, 2C slightly finger-soiled, rounded corners, versos elaborate yellow and white on dark blue pattern of swans within captioned border, each card 92 x 61 mm, with original box, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board 53.5 x 40.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, The Playing-Cards of the World, [457]; Cartorama 62 #189.This pack, although published by Swan Sonnenschein, was printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd as stated on the ace of spades.
Baker (Samuel). IsmailÏa, A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, 2 volumes, 1st edition, presentation copy, London: Macmillan and Co, 1874, inscribed by the author 'The Lady Henniker from Samuel Baker 24 October 1874' to verso of front free endpaper, 52 wood-engraved full-page plates (including frontispieces), 2 maps (1 folding), bookplate residue to front pastedowns, hinges cracked or tender, occasional light toning, original publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt, spines faded, extremities rubbed and frayed, cocked, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Blackmer 66; Czech (Africa) p. 11. Exceedingly scarce signed or inscribed. We have been unable to trace another example at auction.
Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, 1894, frontispiece and illustrations by Sidney Paget, some light spotting, blue library ink stamp to title verso, small abrasions from library label removal to front pastedown, all edges gilt, original dark blue pictorial cloth gilt, slight fading to spine, spine ends and edges a little rubbed, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Green & Gibson A14a.
Cherry-Garrard (Apsley). The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York: George H. Doran Company; London: Constable & Company, [1923] colour and monochrome maps and illustrations, original linen-backed boards, volume I spine label torn with loss, some light toning to spine and partially to covers, 8vo QTY: (2)NOTE:Rosove 71. C1; 'The finest polar book ever written...'
![[Linnaeus, Carl]. The Families of Plants. with their Natural Characters, according to the Number, Figure, Situation, and Prop](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/910db78b-cd1e-4760-a5d0-b0dc011def41/20ef0ee3-ff88-4386-a7ad-b11e01208cf8/468x382.jpg)
[Linnaeus, Carl]. The Families of Plants. with their Natural Characters, according to the Number, Figure, Situation, and Proportion of all the parts of Fructification. Translated from the last edition (as published by Dr. Reichard) of the Genera Plantarum, and of the Mantissae Plantarum of the elder Linneus; and from the Supplementum Plantarum of the younger Linneus, with all the new Families of plants from Thunberg and l'Hertier..., by a Botanical Society at Lichfield, 2 volumes, Lichfield: Printed by John Jackson, 1787, half-title to each volume, upper margins to each title inscribed 'E. Darwin - July 21st, 1802' and front pastedowns also bearing the signature E. Darwin and dated 1802, contemporary half calf, green morocco title labels to spines, rubbed to spines, 8vo, together with:Gray (Samuel Frederick). A Natural Arrangement of Britsih Plants, according to their Relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. including those cultivated for use..., 2 volumes, London: Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy, 1821, engraved frontispiece and 20 hand-coloured engraved plates, offsetting from plates, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo,[Henry, Mary Jackson]. Sketches of the Physiology of Vegetable Life. By the authoress of "Botanical Dialogues", London: John Hatchard, 1811, half-title, signature of Mary Henry to upper blank margin of title, 14 engraved plates (including 5 folding), occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, original boards, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, plus others related, mostly 19th-century publications including Sowerby (James). Supplement to the English Botany, volume 4 only, 1849, numerous hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary calf, old rebacked, boards detached, worn, 8voQTY: (20)
Churchill (Winston S.) Marlborough. His Life and Times, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: George G. Harrap, 1933-38, half-titles, maps, plates and illustrations, a few colour, some light spotting, top edge gilt, modern burgundy morocco gilt spines (by Dieter Rader) over original plum cloth, Marlborough arms in gilt to upper covers, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Woods A40(a).
Butler (Samuel). Hudibras, 3 volumes (including notes volume), London: T. Rickaby, 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one and three, full-page engraved plates, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, modern half calf gilt, contrasting morocco labels, extremities rubbed, 4to, together with a two volume set of Hudibras published in 1744 and edited by Zachary GreyQTY: (5)NOTE:One of 200 copies.
Salmon (William). Botanologia. The English Herbal: Or, History of Plants Containing I. Their Names, Greek, Latine and English. II. Their Species, or Various Kinds. III. Their Descriptions. IV. Their Places of Growth. V. Their Times of Flowering and Seeding. VI. Their Qualities or Properties. VII. Their Specifications. VIII. Their Preparations, Galenick and Chymick. IX. Their Virtues and Uses. X. A Complete Florilegium of all the Choice Flowers Cultivated by our Florists..., 1st edition, London: Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes and J. Taylor, 1710, additional engraved title (few closed tears and tissue lined to both sides), title printed in red and black, numerous hand-coloured woodcut botanical illustrations throughout, with six-page 'Index morborum' (sometimes lacking), tissue repair to 6F1, final two leaves of volume (Index Latinus) frayed with loss to fore-margin and tissue lined to both sides, some leaves browned, light dust-soiling, scattered spotting throughout and few marks, modern calf-backed marbled boards, black morocco title label to spine, folioQTY: (1)
Hayes (William). [A Natural History of British Birds, &c. With their portraits accurately drawn and beautifully coloured from nature, London: printed for S. Hooper, 1771-75], engraved dedication, 40 hand-coloured engraved and etched plates after William Hayes, including 2 folding, a few with imprint, lacking title and all text, some light toning to 2 or 3 plates, otherwise in clean condition, some spotting to endpapers, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed with stains, folio, 50 x 36.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Anker 198; Fine Bird Books p. 80; Nissen IVB 421; Mullens and Swann p. 287; Zimmer pp. 293-94.
![Holinshed (Raphael). The Firste [- Laste] Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, 2 volumes, first edit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/910db78b-cd1e-4760-a5d0-b0dc011def41/8d0cd964-949c-4a13-b6c2-b11e011f3c26/468x382.jpg)
Holinshed (Raphael). The Firste [- Laste] Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, 2 volumes, first edition, London: for John Hunne & for Lucas Harison, 1577, woodcut titles to each part, with arms to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials, largely printed in double column black letter text, gutter margin of initial title to first volume repaired, erratic pagination, lower outer corner of leaf b7 in Historie of Englande (in first volume) torn with some text loss, leaf 2E3 in Historie of Scotlande (in first volume) torn with two-thirds of leaf missing and with photocopy facsimile tipped-in, cancelled leaves E6-8 in Historie of Irelande (in first volume) and F7 also a cancel (line 1 column 1 'the Belweathers' and watchword 'upon'), title to second volume with reduced margins and lined to verso, erratic pagination in second volume p. 541 headed 'Richarde the Seconde' with following page numbered 142, p. 1733 headed 'Queen Marie', p.1841 with catchword 'buried' (i.e. STC 13568 variant b), later engraving of the tomb of Katherine Parr at Sudely Castle dated 1782 tipped-in between 4F6 and 4F7 (pages 1612 and 1613), double-page woodcut of siege of Edinburgh bound between leaves 4Y6 and 4Y7 (pages 1868 and 1869) with slight close trimming to ruled border, occasional mostly light damp-stains to few leaves in both volumes, few marks and minor dust-soiling to few leaves, first volume with armorial bookplate of the Johnstone family bearing the motto 'Nun quam non paratus', with 19th-century manuscript notes to front endpapers, contemporary calf with blind roll work decoration to boards, bindings covered in old thin vellum with manuscript title and volume numbers to spine of each, lacking clasps, joints cracked and some wear, folio (approx. 29 x 20 cm), contained in modern archival card portfolio style boxesQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The bookplate to the first volume suggests the work belonged to either John Johnston(e) of Galabank, Annan (d.1774) or his son James Johnston(e) MD of Kidderminster (1730-1802).STC 13568b; Pforzheimer 494.First edition of the first volume of Holinshed's great narrative history of the British Isles. The work was conceived as part of a 'deliberate movement to elevate the status of England, English letters, and English language through writing and publishing maps, histories, national epics, and theoretical works on English poetry' (ODNB). It is the single most important chronicle written in English in the 16th century — a secular counterpart to Foxe's Actes and Monuments (1563) — and the principal source for all of Shakespeare's conventional English history plays as well as King Lear, Macbeth and Cymbeline.
Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 3 volumes, 5th edition, London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1789, x, 499, [1]; vi, 518, [6]; v, [1], 465, [51] pages, some scattered spotting and old light marginal damp staining at front and rear of each volume, bookplates of T. & M. James, contemporary tree calf, gilt-decorated spine with title labels (volume 2 chipped), lacking volume number spine labels, rubbed, some wear to spine ends and cracked on joints, edge and corner wear, 8vo (209 x 122 mm)QTY: (3)
Milne (A. A.). When We Were Very Young, 5th edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1924, previous owner inscription to the half-title, Now We Are Six, 2nd edition, 1927, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, both with monochrome illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some light spotting & marks, top edges gilt, both in original gilt decorated cloth, covers slightly rubbed & marked, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with further late 19th to modern juvenile & illustrated literature, including works by G. A. Henty, Roald Dahl, Lemony Snicket, Rudyard Kipling, mostly original cloth/boards, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Stukeley (William). Stonehenge, A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, 1st edition, London: W. Innys and R. Manby, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), 35 engraved plates (including 7 folding and 2 double-page), title with few short closed tears to margins and initial leaves creased, folding plate number V with long closed tear, plate XXIII cropped to ruled border and lined to verso, bound with Abury, A Temple of the British Druids, with some others, described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the British Islands, 'volume the second', 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author: and sold by W. Innys, R. Manby, B. Dod, J. Brindley, and the Booksellers in London, 1743, 40 engraved plates including folding bird's-eye view frontispiece of Avebury (4 plates folding including frontispiece), two woodcut tailpieces and one engraved illustration, frontispiece with short closed tear to fold near gutter and folding plate XXV slightly trimmed to fold with minor loss, together with:Stukeley (William). Itinerarium Curiosum: Or, An Account of the Antiquities, and Remarkable Curiosities in Nature or Art, Observed in Travels through Great Britain, Centuria I [& II), 2 volumes (text and plates), 2nd edition, with large additions, London: Messrs. Baker and Leigh, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece (slightly creased and offset to title), text to Centuria I and II bound together, plate volume containing 206 engraved plates, plans and maps (including 4 double-page plates, 2 double-page maps and 2 mezzotint plates), occasional light toning and minor spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform straight-grain red morocco, gilt border decoration to boards, spines with volume numbers I - III in gilt (comprising vol. I - Itinerarium Centuria I & II, vol. II - Itinerarium plates, vol. III - Stonehenge & Abury), spines lightly rubbed, first volume of Itinerarium Curiosum with remnants of small paper label to upper board, folioQTY: (3)
Maugham (W. Somerset). The Painted Veil, 1st edition, 3rd state, London: William Heinemann, 1925, inscribed by Maugham in black ink to front free endpaper 'To John & Maisie de la Valette, from their old friend W. S. Maugham', with additional gift inscription in black ink from John de la Valette to Diana Kilby beneath, a few light spots, original blue cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Inscribed copies of the British trade edition are scarce. This copy a third state with the cancel title and 26 titles half-title verso.
Conrad (Joseph). An Outcast of the Islands, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896, title printed in red and black, light toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, upper corners a little bumped, one or two small marks, 8vo, together with Tales of Unrest, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898, title printed in red and black, advertisements at rear, a little light spotting at front, original green cloth gilt, one or two small bumps to edges, 8voQTY: (2)
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