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Preisdatenbank abonnierenA Troika pottery table lamp, initials to the base for Avril Bennet, embossed and incised with glazed geometric motifs over a textured buff and brown ground, painted marks to underside, 55cm high including shade, 31cm high excluding light fitting, A/FIf there is no condition report shown, please request
A Citrine and Diamond Dress Ring by Kiki McDonough, claw-set pear-shaped citrine set in crossover double half-eternity pavé-set brilliant-cut diamond bands, in 18ct white and yellow gold, full hallmarks, stamped KMcD, ring size K 1/2, approx 6.7gms Citrine in very good condition - some very light scratches to surface of facets. Overall ring in very good condition with little signs of wear. Citrine approx 15mm x 9.9mm. Date letter possibly 'y' for 1998. Stamped KMcD
A 19th century lapis lazuli and gilt metal hinged-lidded Box Casket approx 10cm x 6cm Noticeable crack to front section of lid - does not extend to interior side. Further noticeable crack to underside of lid. Other light cracks do not seem to be surface reaching. One chip to one of the ball feet. Discolouration and wear to the gilt metal.
A mid-century Sapphire and Diamond Cluster ring, claw-set oval mixed-cut sapphire, surrounded by ten pavé-set brilliant-cut diamonds on split-shouldered shank marked 18ct and PLAT, ring size M, approx 4.4gms Sapphire has very few internal features save a non-surface reaching 'feather' type inclusion to left side of stone. Striae visible at certain angles under x10 magnification - growth lines or polishing lines? Some light abrading to facet and girdle edges of sapphire. Very approximate total diamond weight 1ct. Approximate weight of sapphire 7.7mm x 6.6mm x 3.9mm. Shank, claws and mount in good condition. Please note stones have been measured within constraints of mount and no laboratory stone tests have been conducted.
A group of objets to include a French glass silver-topped Scent Bottle set turquoise stones, a red white and blue Nailsea Glass Flask, a Wedgwood jasperware Scent Bottle, a Nailsea Glass Seal Mount and a white opaque air-twist stemmed glass Swizzle/Rattle containing 1757 coin Nailsea Flask: discolouration, scratching/wear to the surfaces on which it has lain flat. Glass Swizzle/Rattle: loss of glass decoration to one of the ribs, some general surface scratches. Glass Scent Bottle: glass in good condition, some very tiny nicks to bevel edges, small nicks to neck, turquoise coloured stones (possibly glass) and marcasite present, stopper absent, considerable play in the hinge, denting to the silver around the turquoise coloured stone on the lid and scratching/cracking to turquoise coloured stone. Jasperware Bottle: has some light discolouration to surfaces and a few marks to central panel. Nailsea Seal: some light scratches to surfaces of glass.
Wendy Ramshaw, four silver moonstone cabochon stacking rings, with acrylic stand, all with maker's marks, two with silver hallmarks for London 1988 and 1995, ring sizes K 1/2, total weight 7gProvenance: Lesley Craze Gallery Overall good conditionLight to moderate general wearStand in very good conditionMoonstones are well matched, light to moderate surface wear to moonstones
The Bridge Tour - SOLD OUT - Billy Joel Collection of vintage t-shirts 1986 -1987 1. Nassau 18,19,21,22 black t - double print 36in 2. Bridge 86 87 black front print 30in 3. Bridge 86/87 front print black 40in Hef-T label. 4. 86/87 Grey front print 32in 5. 86/87 light Blue screen stars front print 40in
Evelyn (John). Silva: or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty's Dominions: as it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October, 1662...., together with an Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves, York: Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley [& others], 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece, 40 plates (1 folding), folding table at rear, 8 pp. list of subscribers, armorial bookplate of William Moore to front pastedown, occasional light spotting and offsetting, contemporary mottled calf, later red morocco title label lettered in gilt, some wear to extremities, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen BBI 615.
Camden (William). Britannia. Sive Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio, 4th edition, London: [Printed at Eliot's Court Press] impensis Georg. Bishop, 1594, large woodcut royal arms to title and early manuscript ownership 'Tho: Brydgema[n] Ex dono xposeri Meryeke: 26 July 1597', woodcut decorative initials, head & tailpieces, G8 loosely inserted from another copy, lacking final 20 leaves after 2Y8 (p.704), some dust-soiling mostly to first and last leaves, modern calf, 4to, together with:Leigh (Edward). England Described: Or the several Counties & Shires thereof briefly handled. Some things also premised, to set forth the Glory of this Nation, 1st edition, London: printed by A. M. for Henry Marsh, 1659, fore-margin of E2 repaired, light dust-soiling and occasional spotting, lacking front free endpaper, 20th-century light brown sheep, spine and upper joint torn, light wear to extremities, 8vo,Hentzner (Paul). Travels in England, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, translated by Horace, late Earl of Orford, and first printed by him at Strawberry Hill: to which is now added, Sir Robert Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia; or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth's Times and Favourites; with Portraits and Views, London: Edward Jeffery, 1797, 11 engraved portraits and plates (including portrait frontispiece, some printed in colour), toning, light offsetting and occasional spotting, bookplate of Buddle Atkinson to upper pastedown, 19th-century brown half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:STC 4506; ESTC S107385.
Ogilvie-Grant (W. R. , J. G. Millais & others). The Gun at Home and Abroad: British Game Birds and Wildfowl; British Deer & Ground Game, Dogs, Guns & Rifles; The Big Game of Africa & Europe; The Big Game of Asia and North America, 4 volumes, limited edition, London: London & Counties Press Association, 1912-15, colour, monochrome and photogravure plates, some light spotting to frontispieces and endpapers, top edge gilt, publisher's morocco gilt, spines a little rubbed with some fading, 4to QTY: (4)NOTE:Limited numbered edition set of between 600 and 950 copies.
Bristowe (William Syer). The Comity of Spiders, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Ray Society, 1939-41, monochrome plates & illustrations, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, some light toning & spotting, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated & embossed plum cloth, spines slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Parsons (Michael), The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea, their systematics and biology, 1st edition, London: Academic Press, 1999, colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jackt, covers very lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, plusMoore (Raymond C., editor), Treatise on Invertebrate Palaeontology, 4 volumes [bound in 5], Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 1959-69, monochrome illustrations, original uniform blue cloth, 8vo, and other modern invertebrate & insect reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
Lavater (John Caspar). Essays on Physiognomy; For the promoting of the knowledge and the love of mankind, translated into English by Thomas Holcroft, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, London: C. Whittingham for H. D. Symonds, J. Walker and others, 1804, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, over 400 engraved plates after Henry Fuseli by William Blake, Thomas Holloway, Francesco Bartolozzi and others, a few detached in volume I, occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spines a little rubbed and slightly bowed, some worming to covers, 8vo, together with Drake (James). Anthropologia Nova; or, a new system of Anatomy. Describing the animal oeconomy, and a short rationale of many distempers incident to human bodies, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for S. Smith and B. Walford, 1707, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, 69 engraved plates only (of 83), occasional light spotting and toning, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8voQTY: (6)
[Fischer, Emil Sigmund], "Fei-Shi". Guide to Peking and its environs near and far, fully revised edition, Tientsin and Peking: Tientsin Press, 1924, folding maps, including plan of Peking contained in rear pocket, monochrome illustrations, small tear to rear endpaper, occasional minor spotting, original pictorial cloth, some fading to spine, 8vo, together with Peking. North China, South Manchuria and Korea, 5th edition, London:Thomas Cook & Son, 1924, folding maps and illustrations, hinges broken, textblock detached, light offsetting front end rear, original cloth, one corner bumped, a little rubbed, 8voQTY: (2)
Latham (John). A General Synopsis of Birds, 3 volumes bound in 6, 1st edition, 1781-85, Supplements 1 and 2, 1787 & 1801, Index Ornithologicus, volumes 1 and 2, 1790, together 10 volumes, engraved titles with hand-coloured vignettes for each volume except Index volumes, 142 fine hand-coloured plates, ex-libris, most plates with either Brooklyn Public Library perforated stamps or ink stamps (both to titles), some offsetting and light toning, occasional light spotting, top and bottom fore-edges with library ink stamps, green library buckram, spines titled in white with shelf numbers, 4toQTY: (10)NOTE:ESTC T146461; Nissen IVB 532.
Stephenson (John). Medical Zoology, and Mineralogy; or illustrations and descriptions of the animals and minerals employed in medicine, and of the preparations derived from them: including also an account of animal and mineral poisons, London: John Churchill, 1838, 46 lithograph plates, of which 44 hand-coloured, 3 plates (numbers 2, 17 & 44) repaired to lower margins with some loss of captions, one or two short closed tears, some light spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, a little rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:First published in 1832.
Needham (Joseph, editor). Science Religion and Reality, 2nd impression, London: The Sheldon Press, 1926, some light toning & spotting to the text-block, original brown cloth, spine slightly toned, boards & spine lightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, together with:Lightman (Bernard, general editor), The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Scientists, 4 volumes, Bristol: Thoemmes Continium, 2004, original uniform black cloth, boards lightly marked, 8vo, plusRudder (Samuel), A New History of Gloucestershire, Stroud: Nonsuch Press, 2006, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and other modern early 20th Century & modern science & history reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Moses (Henry). Picturesque Views of Ramsgate, with Descriptions..., to which is prefixed an Historical Account of Ramsgate, London: H. Moses, 1817, Large Paper copy, engraved frontispiece and 23 plates, captioned guards, occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, modern cloth-backed boards, with original printed paper label to upper board, large 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Upcott p.631.
Auction catalogue. British Portraits. A Catalogue of a Genuine and Extensive Collection of English Portraits Consisting of the Royal Families, Peers, Gentry, Clergy, Lawyers, Military, Literary, Artists, Actors, Writing-Masters, Musicians, Female Sex, Phenomena, Convicts, Monsters & c., from Egbert the Great to the Present Time... by an Eminent Collector... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, No. 31, the corner of Villiers-Street, in the Strand. In two parts, the first on Monday Feb. 3 and the seventeen following days; the second part on March 3, and the twelve following days..., 2 parts in one, London: printed by T. Burton, [1800], 323 pp., 'Days of Sale' leaf at front with sale total prices in ink, interleaved throughout with prices achieved for each lot in manuscript, ruled in red and totalled at foot, occasional light spotting, neat ink inscription of William Upcott, 1823, contemporary half calf gilt, a little rubbed with some worming to lower cover, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: 'Sir W. Musgrave's Catalogue of British Portraits. 1800. Priced. Auctioneer's Copy.', lettered in gilt to spine.Sir William Musgrave (1735-1800) was an antiquary and collector of portraits. He was a trustee of the British Museum to which he bequeathed a large part of his library. The sale of his collection of engraved portraits, some 10, 000 was conducted by auctioneer William Richardson over 31 days from February to March 1800. Another annotated copy by William Richardson is held in the British Library (BL, C. 191. a. 36).The ownership inscription is possibly that of William Upcott (1779-1845), antiquary and autographs collector.
Donovan (Edward). 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. Taken entirely from original drawings, purposely made from the specimens a recent state, and for the most part whilst living, 5 volumes bound in 3, 1st edition, London: printed for the author and for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1808, 120 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, many heightened with gum arabic, occasional light spotting and toning, light water stains to volume V title, bookplates of Hermann Marx (1881-1947, German-born bibliophile) and Christopher Turnor (1809-1886, Conservative MP) of Stoke Rochford Hall, all edges gilt, contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt with fish vignette repeated to compartments, spines slightly faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo QTY: (3)NOTE:Nissen ZBI 1141; Wood p. 323.
Sandwith (Humphry). A Narrative of the Siege of Kars..., 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1856, engraved frontispiece & title page, folding map to the rear, some minor toning, original embossed brown cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor tears, 8vo, together with:Maughan (William Charles), The Alps of Arabia, travels in Egypt, Sinai, Arabia and The Holy Land, 1st edition, London: Henry S. King & Co., 1873, monochrome frontispiece map, some light marginal toning & marks, contemporary gilt decorated blue half calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusClement (Clara Erskine), Constantinople, The City of the Sultans, 1st edition, London: Gay and Bird, 1895, 20 monochrome illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, minor rubbing to the head & foot of the spine, 8vo, and other late 19th to early 20th Century Middle East reference & related, including Guide to Palestine, by S. Sharnopolsky, Tel-Aviv: Hashchar, 1931, original cloth in, 8vo, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8voQTY: (5 shelves)
Bindings. Waverley Novels, 24 volumes, by Walter Scott, Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1842-47, numerous engraved illustrations, blind stamp to the head of the front endpaper to volume one, some light spotting & toning, contemporary gilt decorated full calf bound by Hayday, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8voThe Singer Not The Song, by Audrey Erskine Lindop, reprinted, London: William Heinemann, 1953, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red three quarter morocco bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine slightly faded, 8voWhat The Judge Saw..., by Edward Abbot Parry, 2nd impression, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1912, top edge gilt, contemporary ref gilt decorated half calf bound by Morrell, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with others similar, all leather bindings, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8vo42 volumesQTY: (2 shelves)
Ovid. Heroidum epistolae. Auli Sabini, ut creditur, epistolae tres. Elegiarum libri tres. De arte amandi libri tres. De remedio amoris libri tres. in Ibin. Ad Liuiam, de morte Drusi. De nuce. De medicamine faciei. Recens accessere fragmenta quaedã ex Epigrãmatis Nasonis, Carmen ad Pisonem incerti autoris, elegantia tamen & eruditione iuxta nobile, [Basel: Henrici Petri, 1534], title within woodcut border with early ownership initials F. L. and annotation to lower margin (title slightly loose and partially reattached), several decorative woodcut initials, some early underscoring and annotations, leaf 2C2 detached, without final blank leaves at rear of volume (2C7 & 2C8), light toning and occasional minor spotting, closed tear to front free endpaper, inscription to front pastedown in Greek characters and bearing the name Fridericus Lagus, dated 1536, contemporary blind decorated pigskin, lightly rubbed to extremities, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:VD16 O 1515.
Bacon (Francis). Scripta In Naturali et Universali Philosophia, Amsterdam: Ludovico Elzevir, 1653, engraved additional pictorial title, folding letterpress table, upper hinge cracked, bookplate of Maurice B Worms to front pastedown, contemporary calf boards, rebacked, corners bumped, 12mo, together with: Bacon (Francis). Novum organum scientiarum, Leiden: Adriaen Wijngaerden and F. Moiardum, 1645, engraved pictorial frontispiece, old vellum spine over marbled boards, faded and stained, 12mo, Burnet (Thomas). The Theory of the Earth, for Walter Kettilby, 2 volumes bound in 1, London: printed by R. N. for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishop's Head in S. Paul's Church-Yard, 1697, lacking portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title-page (spotted), two engraved folding maps of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres (California shown as an island), in-text illustrations (including a map of Europe and Asia with Noah's Arc during the Great Flood), occasional spotting and damp-staining, contemporary panelled calf, spine relaid with loss, folio, Aikin (Arthur). The Natural History of the Year..., 2nd edition, London: J. Johnson, 1799, folding engraved frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscription of Caroline Taylor to verso of half-title, original boards, rebacked, small 8vo, Hues (Robert). Tractatus de Globis Coelesti Terrestri c eorum usu, Frankfurt: Daniel & David Aubry, 1627, woodcut engraving to title, contemporary vellum with repairs to spine, a little soiled, 12mo, Douglas (James). A Dissertation on the Antiquity of the Earth, London: Logographic Press and sold by George Nicol, 1785, engraved vignette to title, 8 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, small folio, Mathias (Thomas James). The imperial epistle from Kien Long. Emperor of China, to George the Third King of Great Britain, &c. &c. &c. In the year 1794..., London: printed for R. White, [1795?], light damp staining, later marble wrappers, 4to QTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: Maurice Benedict Worms (1805-1867) for the first work.
Culpeper (Nicholas). The English Physitian Enlarged; with Three Hundred, Sixty and Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs..., London: Hannah Sawbridge at the Bible on Ludgate Hill, 1684, lacking C3, U2-U8 inclusive, V1, and all leaves after Bb6, some light staining, a few leaves chipped with minor loss, minor worming to inner margin to last few gatherings, early 20th-century ownership inscription of 'A. E. Castle, 64 Victoria S, Aylesbury' to front free endpaper, modern grey and cream paper covered boards, paper label to spine, small 8vo, together with:Culpeper (Nicholas). The English Physician Enlarged; With Three Hundred and Sixty Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs..., London: J. Churchill, at the Black-Swan in Paster-Noster-Row, 1714, lacking all leaves after S6, some areas of light toning, some leaves chipped, 18th-century ownership inscription 'Wm Mawen 1781' to title page and to B1, 17th-century planetary charts and ownership inscriptions 'Elizabeth Smithe, Her Book Anno Domini living In Boxhill 1743/4' and 'George Smith His Book' to front free endpapers, modern half calf, gilt decorated spines with title labels, 12mo Culpeper (N. & E. Sibly). Culpeper's English Physician and Complete Herbal. To which are now first added, Upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs, with a Display of their Medicinal and Occult Properties, Physically Applied to the Cure of all Disorders incident to Mankind, to which are Annexed, Rules for Compounding Medicine According to the true System of Nature, forming a Complete Family Dispensatory and Natural System of Physic, 4 parts in one, London: Printed for the Author, and sold at the British Directory Office, Ave-Maria-Lane, and by Champante and Withrow, Jewry-Street, Aldgate, 1810, engraved portrait frontispiece and hand-coloured engraved plates, damp staining to margins of title (with extensive repairs to margins), modern half calf, gilt decoration to spine, 4to QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: A. E. Castle for the first work, Wm Mawen, George Smith & Elizabeth Smithe for the second work.ESTC No: R218185 for the first work, ESTC No: T67000 for the second work.
Britten (Benjamin). Peter Grimes. An Opera in three Acts and a Prologue derived from the poem of George Crabbe, Words by Montagu Slater, Music by Benjamin Britten Op. 33. Vocal Score by Erwin Stein, London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1945, original wrappers, small tears at head of spine, light toning to rear wrapper, 4to, together with 3 other vocal scores: The Rape of Lucretia, 1946, the Turn of the Screw, 1957, and Death in Venice, 1975 (with 'File Copy' stamp and inscribed 'To Peter'), plus Royal Opera Covent Garden, Gala Performance programme, Mondy June 8, 1953, and The Twentieth Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts. The Inaugural Concert on the Occasion of the Opening of The Maltings Concert Hall, June 2, 1967, signed by Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and Imogen Holst QTY: (6)
Culpeper (Nicholas). Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or The London Dispensatory further adorned by the Studies and Collections of the Fellows, now living of the said Colledg. Whereunto is added, 1. The Vertues, Qualitites, and Properties of every Simple. 2. The Vertues and use of the Compounds. 3. Cautions in giving all Medicines that are dangerous. 4. All the Medicines that were in the Old Latin Dispensatory, and are left out in the New Latin one, are printed in this fourth impression in English with their Vertues. 5. A Key to Galen's Method of Physick, containing thirty three Chapters. 6. What is added to the Book by the Translator, is of a different Letter from that which was made by the Colledg., London: printed for Peter Cole, 1653, lacking portrait frontispiece, closed tears to title and following leaf (B1) mostly at gutter, final leaf also with closed tears at gutter, some fraying mostly to first and last leaves (particularly final leaf), some toning and light dust-soiling, few marks, damp-staining (mostly to margins, contemporary sheep, worn at head and foot of spine, joints and extremities rubbed, small folio, together with:Fisher (George). The Instructor, or Young Man's Best Companion..., 25th edition, London: Toplis & Bunney; Gainsbrough: J. Mozley, 1780, engraved frontispiece (with offsetting from title), folding engraved plate (detached), some toning and few marks, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper 'Henry Milward, Pershore, his Book', contemporary sheep, joints cracked and some wear, 12moQTY: (2)NOTE:1. Wing C7525.Provenance: Miss Elizabeth Apletree Davis (b. 1887), Woollas Hill Farm, Eckington, Bredon Hill, near Pershore, Worcestershire. The daughter of Frederick Davis (b. 1848) and Emma Davis (b. 1847). Her father was a farmer and horse trainer for Colonel Hanford Flood, of Woollas Hall, where the poet John Masefield (1878-1967) frequented in his younger days enjoying the books in the library.
Burton (Richard F.). The Book of the Sword, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1884, black and white illustrations in-text, small near-contemporary blue ink ownership inscription of William R. Millon to head of front blank, hinges cracked, original pictorial grey cloth gilt, spine somewhat faded, some marks and light wear, large 8vo, contained in cloth slipcaseQTY: (1)NOTE:Casada 27; Penzer, pp. 1078; Thimm p. 42.
Forster (E. M.) Two Cheers for Democracy, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1951, some light spotting, endpapers toned, top edge red, original cloth, some fading to spine, slight lean, 8vo, signed to title by the author, with a mounted photograph to front endpaper and inscription 'Photograph of E. M. Forster taken at Red House, Great Glemham, 24 August 1967 - when he autographed this book', together with Bottomley (Gordon). The Gate of Smaragdus, 1st edition, London: Elkin Mathews, 1904, illustrations by Clinton Balmer, advertisements at rear, endpapers toned, original cloth-backed boards, spine a little faded, edges lightly rubbed, small folio, presentation copy, inscribed 'To Helen and Edward Thomas, from their friend Gordon Bottomley, April 1904 (under the Great Beam at Cartmel)', plus 2 others: Cathedrals. A Contribution of the Nine Hundredth Anniversary of Winchester Cathedral, Winchester College Printing Society, 1979, limited edition 32/900, signed by Elizabeth Jennings (one of the contributing poets), and a Private Commission. New Verses by Shakespeare, by Peter Levi, 1st edition, 1988, signed QTY: (4)
Nolhac (Pierre de). La Reine Marie-Antoinette, 1st edition, Paris: Boussod, Valadon et Cie., 1890, colour portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, monochrome portraits and illustrations, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary blue half morocco by Hatchards, spine lettered in gilt and decorated with Marie Antoinette monogram and fleur-de-lys in compartments, upper cover with her coat-of-arms stamped in gilt (light spotting to covers), folio, together with Skelton (John). Mary Stuart, 1st edition, Paris: Boussod, Valadon et Cie, 1893, chromolithograph portrait frontispiece, portrait and illustrations, a little minor spotting, top edge gilt, similarly bound in blue half morocco by Hatchards, spine with Lion Rampant and thistle decorations, upper cover with her arms stamped in gilt, 4to, plus Creighton (Mandell). Queen Elizabeth, 1st edition, London: Boussod, Valadon et Cie., 1896, chromolithograph portrait frontispiece, illustrations, a little light spotting, similarly bound by Hatchards, spine with Elizabeth monogram and Tudor rose decorations, royal arms to upper cover, 4to, with 7 others bound by Hatchards: Queen Victoria, by Richard R. Holmes, 1897, Marie Antoinette the Dauphine, by Pierre de Nolhac, 1897, Charles I, by John Skelton, 1898, Catherine de Medicis, by Henri Bouchot, 1899, Oliver Cromwell, by Samuel Rawson Gardiner, 1899, Josephine, Imperatrice et Reine, by Frederic Masson, 1899, and Sir Thomas Lawrence, by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower, 1899QTY: (10)
Pain (William). The Builder's Golden Rule, or the youth's sure guide: containing the greatest variety of ornamental and useful designs in architecture and carpentry... To which is added, an estimate of prices for materials and labour, and labour only, with references to the respective designs, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, London: printed for the author by H. D. Steel, 1782, 106 engraved plates, occasional light spotting and toning, previous owner inscription of John Playfair to title and rear blank, later ink inscription to front pastedown, contemporary tree calf, spine repaired at head and foot, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The Practical House Carpenter; or, Youth's Instructor: containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture, 2 parts in one, 7th edition, corrected, London: printed for J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, 1805, 148 engraved plates. some light spotting and toning, endpapers renewed, previous owner inscription, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, original spine relaid, a little rubbed with small stains, small 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Harris 617 and 658 respectively.
Ogle (W.). Aristotle on the Parts of Animals, London: Kegan Paul, 1882, a few pencil annotations to the margins, some light spotting & toning, original red cloth, spine & boards slightly rubbed & faded, 8vo, together with:Wood (J. G.), Homes Without Hands, being a description of the habitations of animals,..., London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1866, numerous engraved illustrations, period inscription & blind stamp to the front endpaper, gutters cracked, some minor toning & spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine partially detached & rubbed, 8vo, plusWaterton (Charles), Wanderings in South America..., new edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1880, monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the half-title, gutters slightly cracked, some minor marginal toning, original embossed & gilt decorated green cloth, 8vo, and other late 19th Century & modern natural history reference, including New Naturalist series, approximately 35 volumes, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, G/VG,8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
Kersey (Jesse). A Treatise on the Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Religion: in which are illustrated the profession, ministry, worship, and faith of the Society of Friends, 1st edition, Philadelphia: Emmor Kimber, 1815, some light spotting & offsetting throughout, some loss to the foot of pp.119, contemporary full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, together with:Scott (George Ryley), Phallic Worship..., 1st edition, London: Luxor Press, 1966, monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, plusSimmins (S.), A Modern Bee-Farm and its Economic Management, revised edition 11th thousand, Susses: published by the author, 1914, monochrome illustrations, advertisements to the front & rear, some light marginal toning, original decorated grey cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other mostly modern miscellaneous literature, reference, & fiction, including natural history, topography, travel, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (4 shelves)
Atkyns (Robert). The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire, 1st edition, London: W. Bowyer, 1712, engraved portrait frontispiece by Van der Gucht (margins strengthened to verso), title with ink erased signature and signatures of Richd. Ivyleafe, James Bush, June 1835, John Bush 1882, Abraham Bush 1908 and J. W. Ward 1940, 8 engraved plates of coats of arms of Gloucestershire families, engraved double-page county map, 64 double-page engraved views by Johannes Kip (with renewed guards, small hole to image of Miserden plate), closed tear to lower blank margin of text leaf B1, marginalia to verso of of leaf 4O3, occasional light spotting, later endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked, repairs to board corners and upper board repaired towards foot, folio (40 x 25 cm), together with a loosely inserted manuscript final concord document on vellum between George Atwood the younger v George Atwood the elder, Thomas Atwood and his wife Dorothy, who all release their interests to George the younger, of 3 acres or arable, 12 acres of pasture in Beach in the parish of Bitton, Gloucestershire, dated Three weeks after Michaelmas (so October), 1678, being the record of a fictitious dispute in the Court of Common Pleas, the purpose of which was to sidestep the dower rights of the wife of a vendor or settlor, written in brown ink on vellum, (12.5 x 43.5 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Upcott I pp. 246-250.
* Patience playing cards. German deck, Frankfurt: Johann Anton Steinberger, circa 1830, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), single-figured courts, JD with maker's details, some finger-soiling, several pip cards creased, JD with light horizontal crease, corners a little rounded from wear, versos red dotted pattern, each card 56 x 39 mm, with near contemporary two-part leather box (with compartments for 2 packs), inner lip with gilt lettered 'Pr. Breul Jr, Frankfurt & Munchen', together with: Swiss deck, Schaffhouse: J. Muller & Cie, circa 1890, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts are children in medieval costume, JC with maker's details, generally toned, a couple of pip cards wtih small edge stain, versos pale red ornamental pattern (small surface loss to JC verso), each card 59 x 40 mm, with approximately 89 other patience and miniature sized decks, 19th and 20th century, some double packs, publishers include: Titze & Schinkan, Schneider & Co., B.P. Grimaud, Josh Reynolds & Sons, C.L Würst, Cremer, Jean Muller, etc., a few cards from several packs mounted with photo corners onto 9 display boards (4 boards encapsulated in clear plastic), 29 packs part-mounted (using photo corners) into a ring-binder, remainder of each pack and remaining packs in individual bags, mostly in good condition, many with original box, (none checked for completeness)QTY: (Approx. 91)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Bube Dame König (1982) #122.
Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher). The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, harrow, and Rugby, and of the Free-School of Christ's Hospital, 1st edition, London: R. Ackermann, 1816, 48 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by J. Bluck, D. Havell, J. Stadler and others after A. Pugin, T. Unwins, W. Westall and others, plate 23 (Westminster School Room) 1st state with the masters bare-headed, plate 26 (Charter House from Play Ground) 3rd state with boys playing cricket instead of washerwomen, subscribers list, marginal repaired tear to p. 3, some offsetting and occasional light spotting to text (plates in generally clean condition), one or two small marginal chips to plates and small marginal closed tears to text, light dust-soiling to title, top edge gilt, later brown half morocco gilt by Hatchards, small patch of worming to lower edge of upper cover, 4to, 35.5 x 28.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Scenery 438; Tooley 3.
W[orlidge] (J[ohn]). . Systema Agriculturae, the Mystery of Husbandry Discovered… to which is added, Kalendarium Rusticum, or the Husbandmans Monethly Directions..., by J. W. Gent…, 1st edition, London: Printed by T. Johnson for Samuel Speed, 1669 additional engraved title, with preceding printed leaf of 'Explanation of the Frontispiece' within typographic border (full page hand-stitched closed tear repair), some damp staining and soiling to both leaves, woodcut illustrations to text, advertisement leaf at end, occasional light spotting or soiling, some worm tracing and pin holes to blank lower outer corners throughout, large florid ink ownership inscription of Richard Stafford to front and rear endpapers (dated 1694 and 1695), later ownership signature of William Wilson to front endpaper and further ink arithmetic calculations to endpapers and pastedowns at front and rear, contemporary calf, rubbed and some edge wear, neat repairs at head and foot of spine, new gilt-titled spine label, folio (29.5 x 19 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Wing W3598.Provenance: Richard Stafford, William Wilson.The first edition of this useful husbandry work which ran to five editions during Worlidge's lifetime.
Wilkins (John). The First Book. The Discovery of a New World. Or, A Discourse tending to prove, that ’tis probable there may be another habitable World in the Moone. With a Discourse concerning the possibility of a Passage thither. The third impression. Corrected and enlarged, 2 parts in one volume, London: John Maynard, 1640, engraved additional title showing Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler and the solar system by W. Marshall (with erased ownership inscription to top margin and to verso), separate title and pagination to second part, ruled borders throughout, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, errata leaf to book one present (R2), lacking errata leaf (R4) at end of book two, scattered marginalia, some spotting and light damp staining, mostly to upper margins at front and rear, P7 to part two printed without illustration to verso (as usual) and with old adhesion residue to blank space, some paper flaws with resultant closed tears (the largest to fore-margin of C3 of part two), ink ownership inscription of N. Newcomsen, University College, Oxford, dated 1698, to front free endpaper, later ink ownership stamp of R. H. Robbins to front pastedown, contemporary calf, upper joint and head of foot of spine neatly refurbished, gilt-decorated spine, small 8vo (160 x 100 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 25641; Macclesfield 2125.Wilkins’s first work, and his attempt to prove that the moon was habitable. 'The central argument was borrowed from Galileo: the moon is not a shining disk or whatever else men might have imagined, but a world with natural features much like the Earth. And if so then the moon might also be inhabited, although Wilkins does not find sufficient grounds to say what sort of beings the inhabitants are, thus neatly avoiding the touchy question of whether they are descendants of Adam', (DSB XIV, p. 346).
Plinius (Secundus Gaius, "Pliny, the Elder"). The Historie of the World: Commonly called The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke, 2 volumes in one, 2nd edition in English, London: Adam Islip, 1635-34, titles with large woodcut device, advertisement leaf with errata information bound at rear, small repair at head of volume I title, small burnholes to G5 in volume II affecting a few letters occasional light spotting and water stains, bookplate of Marshall Laird (1923-2007, New Zealand-born mosquito biologist), contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, a little rubbed with some minor worming to covers, folio, 33 x 21.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC 103160; Pforzheimer 496; PMM 5 (for the 1469 Venice first edition); STC 20030. Volume I title is a variant re-issue of the 1634 edition, with the title reset and addition of bookseller John Grismond in the imprint, volume II is dated 1634.The second edition in English (the first English monumental translation was published in 1601) with the dedication to Robert Cecil, by Philemon Holland, the great Elizabethan translator of classics. 'The 'Natural History' of Pliny the Elder is more than a natural history: it is an encyclopaedia of all the knowledge of the ancient world... When he died the 'Natural History' (the sole extant work out of one hundred and two volumes from his pen) was still incomplete. It comprises thirty-seven books dealing with mathematics and physics, geography and astronomy, medicine and zoology, anthropology, philosophy and history, agriculture and mineralogy, the arts and letters.' (PMM).
Stow (John). The Survay of London: Containing, The Originall, Antiquitie, Encrase, and more Moderne Estate of the sayd Famous Citie. As Also, the Rule and Gouernment thereof (both Ecclesiasticall and Temporall) from time to time. With a briefe Relation of all the memorable Monuments, and other especiall Observations, both in and about the same Citie. Written in the year 1598 by John Stow, Citizen of London. Since then, continued, corrected and much enlarged, with many rare and worthy Notes, both of Venerable Antiquity and later memorie: such as were never published before this present yeere 1618, 3rd edition, London: Printed by George Purslowe, dwelling at the East end of Christ Church, 1618, lacking Aa3 and final leaves Rrr1-Rrr4 inclusive, woodcut vignette to title (title toned, paper flaw from thinning to imprint affecting one letter), text mostly in black letter, woodcut headpieces and initials, *1-2 bound-in between C2-3 (as usual), signature Ss2 signed as Ss4, Ccc2 signed as Ccf2 and Ggg3 signed as Hhh3, G4 with short closed tear into text to lower margin, Aa2 with short closed tear into text to upper margin, final leaf Qqq8 with repaired tear to lower outer corner with minor loss to text, some light toning and damp staining, modern dark calf with crimson title label and gilt decoration to spine, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 23344; Pforzheimer 994.
Bell (Thomas). A History of British Quadrupeds, including the Cetacea, 1st edition, London: John van Voorst, 1837, half-title, approximately 200 wood-engraved illustrations, light spotting to endpapers, contemporary maroon calf, spine richly gilt with green labels, 8vo, together with A History of British Reptiles, by Thomas Bell, 1st edition, 1839, and A History of British Starfishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata, by Edward Forbes, 1st edition, 1841, uniformly boundQTY: (3)
Harris (John). The History of Kent, volume one [all published], 1st edition, London: Printed and Sold by D. Midwinter, 1719, engraved portrait frontispiece (cropped to image and lined to verso), folding linen-backed engraved county map (detached), 40 engraved plates (including 29 double-page, 8 folding and 3 single-page, many after Kip, folding plates of Broome and Deane cropped to lower edge and both linen-backed, folding plate of Rochester linen-backed), 2 double-page maps and 1 folding, pages 251-254 cropped to upper and lower margins, damp-stain to lower outer corners of several leaves, occasional light spotting, upper pastedown with bookplate of Arthur Stuart Beazley, ownership label Henry Wood of Lewisham and modern ownership label of Douglas G. Bancroft, all edges gilt, early 19th-century calf, rebacked preserving gilt decorated spine, board corners worn and showing, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Upcott p. 354-357.
Stephens (James Francis). Illustrations of British Entomology; or a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: Containing their generic and specific distinctions; with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food and economy, as far as practicable, 12 volumes (including Supplement) bound in 5, 1st edition, London: Baldwin and Craddock for the author, 1828-46, 95 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light offsetting, spotting and toning, contemporary half calf, most covers detached, a few losses to spines, some wear, 8vo, together with volumes 6-9 in parts only (of 11) of The Lepidoptera of the British Isles, by Charles G. Barrett, 1900-03QTY: (9)NOTE:First work Nissen ZBI 3994.
Europe. Speed (John), Europ and the cheife Cities contayned therein described with the habits of most Kingdoms now in use, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell [1676], hand coloured 'carte-a-figures' map with costumed figures to the vertical margins and eight oval vignettes of principal cities along the upper margin, narrow margins, light overall toning, 395 x 515 mm, English text on versoQTY: (1)
Beamish (North Ludlow). History of the King's German Legion, 2 volumes, London: Thomas and William Boone, 1832-37, 9 hand-coloured plates of military costume, folding map, 9 plans, folding tables, light offsetting from map to volume Ii title, occasional small spots and stains, previous owner signature, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with 2 others: Historical Record of the Fifteenth, or the Yorkshire East Riding Regiment of Foot, compiled by Richard Cannon,.1848, and Impartial Journal of a Detachment from the Brigade of Foot Guards, commencing 25th February 1793, and ending 9th May, 1795,. by Robert Brown, 1795 (lacking the folding map but with an engraved plate not called for) QTY: (4)
* Gillray (James). Symptoms of Deep-Thinking, "Sinking from Though to Thought, a vast Profound", London: H. Humphreys, March 25th, 1800, etching on wove with contemporary hand-colouring, manuscript annotation to the upper margin, tipped on to later card, light overall toning, 255 x 205 mmQTY: (1)
Sowerby (George Brettingham). The Conchological Illustrations, London: Sowerby, 1841, 200 hand-coloured engraved plates (complete and in clean condition), catalogue of recent species text leaves (with occasional light toning), a few minor spots, contemporary green half morocco gilt, spine a little rubbed with some fading, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen ZBI 3909. Published from 1832-41 in 200 parts, each with a plate and explanatory text leaf, the text leaves cancelled on completion of the work and replaced with 'catalogue of recent species' or Index leaves.
Curtis (John). Farm Insects: Being the natural history and economy of the insects injurious to the field crops of Great Britain and Ireland, and also those which infest barns and granaries. With suggestions for their destruction, London: John van Voorst, 1883, 16 hand-coloured steel-engraved plates, illustrations, light toning to a few plates, a little minor spotting, bookplate, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, spine decorated with stag beetles in gilt, some fading to spine and extremities, 4toQTY: (1)
* Company School. Exotic Birds, five watercolours on wove paper (one watermarked, Monckton, Kent), heightened with gum arabic, showing various colourful birds, sheet size 23.6 x 19.3 cm, and similar, some light spotting, all individually framed and glazed (36 x 30 cm), together with 5 chinese rice paper drawings of people, birds and butterflies, some with small areas of restoration, 20.2 x 14.8 cm mount aperture, all individually framed and glazed (37 x 32.5 cm) and 3 similar watercolours on bodhi leaves, each showing a different insect or bird, one leave with small loss to upper margin, each leaf 12 x 11 cm, each individually mounted, framed and glazed (32.5 x 27 cm)QTY: (13)
Lydekker (Richard, editor). The Royal Natural History, with preface by P. L. Sclater, 6 volumes, 1st edition, London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1893-96, half-titles, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary crimson half morocco gilt by Hatchards, light partial fading to covers, royal 8voQTY: (6)
* German playing cards. XP5 pattern, unknown maker, circa 1860, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, scenic aces (German scenes), dusty, some light finger-soiling (mainly affecting edges), few minor marks, 9C and 2D with some staining (2D some surface loss), square corners, versos red dotted tortoiseshell pattern, each card 89 x 60 mm, together with: Crimean War pack, Frankfurt: C.L. Wüst, circa 1856, the complete deck of 52 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts are named Royalty and military figures, 1st edition with both Alexander and Nicholas on KC, each ace shows two battle scenes, dusty, KH with pale mark, KS with brown marks to one edge, square corners, gilt edges, versos gold floral ornamental pattern on pale blue, each card 91 x 62 mm, plus: Non-standard XP-type deck, possibly Nurnberg: Johann Conrad Jegel, circa 1855, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts with Paris pattern names, aces with ladies portraying the continents, dusty, some finger-soiling, rubbing and marks, 2 pip cards with small loss to one pip sign, pip cards lightly bowed, square corners, versos red blotches pattern, each card 92 x 61 mm, with 16 other German decks, including: Bavarian pattern, C.L. Wüst (circa 1850, 36 complete); Vues et Caracteres Suisses, B. Dondorf no.22, (circa 1870, 51 of 52, without AD, with original box, worn), the others all 20th century, plus another 21 20th century East German decks, a quantity of cards from most decks mounted with photo corners onto 37 display boards (54.5 x 40 cm and similar), some encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bagsQTY: (40)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Second item: Shaw & Symons (Playing Cards from the Factory C.L. Wüst ...) Set 30.
Buonanni (Filippo). Numismata summorum pontificum Templi Vaticani fabricam indicantia : chronologica ejusdem fabricae narratione, ac multiplici eruditione explicata, at que uberiori numismatum omnium pontificiorum lucubrationi veluti prodromus proe missa..., Rome: Sumptibus Felicis Caesaretti, & Paribeni, Typis Dominici Antonii Herculis,1696, engraved vignette to title, 86 plates (13 folding) of coins, architectural plans and diagrams, some light toning to a few leaves, small wormhole beginning at P2 to end of volume causing minor loss to a few plates, together with:Buonanni (Filippo). Numismata pontificum romanorum, quæ aÌ€ tempore Martini V. usque ad annum M.DC.XCIX. vel authoritate publica, vel privato genio in lucem prodiere, explicata, ac multiplici eruditione Sacra, & Prophana illustrata A P. Philippo Bonanni Societatis Jesu, Tomus Secundus..., Volume 2 (only, of 2), Rome: Ex typographia Dominici Antonii Herculis, 1699, woodcut vignette to title, 51 plates (6 folding) of coins, architectural plans and views, some light toning to a few leaves, some plates with spare spotting, both volumes uniformly bound in modern half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spines, both spines lightly and evenly sunned, minor scuff mark to foot of spine to the first work, tall 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Filippo Bonanni (1638–1725) was an Italian Jesuit scholar, naturalist, and historian, best known for his work in conchology. He was one of the earliest scientists to systematically classify mollusc shells and published Recreatio mentis et oculi in observatione animalium testaceorum (1681), the first comprehensive books on shells.
Tegetmeier (Denis, illustrator). A Version by Donald Attwater of the Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman. With woodcuts by Denis Tegetmeier, limited edition, 36/225, London: [printed at the Curwen Press, published by] Cassell and Company Ltd, 1930, 7 full-page hand-coloured woodcuts, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original quarter cloth with blue paper covered boards, gilt text to spine, 4to, together with Peake (Mervyn, illustrator). Quest for Sita of Hanuman and the Divine Vultures Jatayus and Sampati, by Maurice Collins, 1st edition, limited edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1946, full-page black and white illustrations, one of 500 copies on handmade paper, top edge gilt, original pictorial black cloth gilt, a few light marks, 4to, plus 13 other illustrated early 20th century books, including: Sculptured Melodies by Mera Sett, 1922; Between Sun and Moon by Cecil French, 1922; The Recruiting Officer: A Comedy by George Farquhar, 1926; Rest Billets by Philip Gosse, 1927; Seed of Israel by Gerald Bullett, signed, limited edition 22/55, 1927; The Lottery Ticket by V.G. Calderton, 159/400; The Vigil of Venus; A Dog of War by John Taylor the Water Poet, 146/375; etc., 4to and smallerQTY: (15)
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