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Preisdatenbank abonnierenA light pink trinket box depicting Winnie the Pooh floating through the sky with a pink balloon. The interior cap reads ... a cloud floating in the blue. Halcyon Days backstamp. This item has its original box. Dimensions of the original box: 3.25"L x 2.75"W x 1.5"H. Dimensions: 0.75"H x 1" dia.Manufacturer: Halcyon DaysCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
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Aesop. The Fables, 2 vol., each with engraved title, 110 engraved plates, bookplate, N1 short tear and paper repair to upper margin, a few other very small marginal chips or short tears, offsetting, scattered light foxing, occasional very light marginal soiling, later calf, with contemporary diced calf covers with gilt borders laid down, spines gilt and with red morocco labels (little chipped), a few small marks, rubbed, wear to corners, vol. 1 upper joint cracked but holding, g.e., large 8vo, for John Stockdale, 1793.
Low Countries.- Strada (Famiano) De bello Belgico decas prima [- decas secunda], 2 vol., engraved folding 'Leo Belgicus' map, 2 additional pictorial titles (1 a 'Leo Belgicus' map), and 23 (of 24) portraits, occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, spines lacking label and darkened, covers lightly soiled, Rome, Hermann Scheus & heirs of Francesco Corbelletti, 1653-1648 § Puteanus (Erycius) Historiæ Belgicæ liber singularis, de obsidione Lovaniensi anni M. DC. XXXV., first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, folding engraved map of Louvain and a plate of projectiles, both trimmed to border and laid down, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, Antwerp, J. Cnobbaert, 1636; and 3 others, Low Countries, v.s. (6)
Lang (Andrew, editor) The Blue Fairy Book, first edition, hinge cracked, light spotting, 1889; The Brown Fairy Book, first edition, 1904; The Green Fairy Book, second edition, 1893; The Orange Fairy Book, new impression, 1914, bookplates, ink ownership inscriptions, original pictorial cloth, some gitl, lightly faded and rubbed; and another edited by Land, 8vo (5)
Aristocracy.- Barlow (Joel) Advice to the privileged orders in the several states of Europe, resulting from the necessity and propriety of a general revolution in the principle of government. Part I., second edition, final advertisement f. for a second part (published 1793), occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary light blue wrappers, torn and creased, Printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church Yard, 1792 § Protestant dissenters.- Petre (Robert Edward, Baron) Letter from the Right Honourable Lord Petre, to the Right Reverend Doctor Horsley, Bishop of St. David's, half-title, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, loosening, contemporary drab wrappers, lightly stained, Dublin, Printed for P. Byrns, and J. Moore, 1790 § Irish public records.- First report to His Majesty's Commissioners on the Public Records of Ireland, list of all public repositories in Ireland, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original printed wrappers, 18th February, 1811; and 11 others, 18th & 19th century English, 8vo (14)
NO RESERVE Bell (Quentin) Virginia Woolf, 2 vol., first edition, third impression, photographic plates, vol. 1 title loose, ink ownership inscription front endpaper, original cloth, vol. 2 spine sunned, dust-jackets, vol. 2 some light toning and small tear upper joint foot, minute running to spine heads, price clipped, 1972 § Lehmann (John, editor) Orpheus, 2 vol., photographic plates, original decorative cloth, dust-jackets, both with small holes or tears to spine, vol.1 light dust soiling, vol. 2 spine toned, extremities a little rubbed with tiny tears, 1948-49 § Greene (Graham) and Hugh Greene, The Spy's Bedside Book, ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, original cloth, spine head sunned, dust-jacket, spine head and fold ends with small tears, extremities rubbed and creased, 1957; and c.65 others, modern literature, 8vo & 4to (c.70)
NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, [Eckel pp.79-81; Smith I, 19], 1853; Little Dorrit, [Eckel pp.82-85; Smith I, 91], 1857 § Goldsmith (Oliver) The Traveller, A Poem, engraved title vignette, some light marginal browning and finger soiling, twentieth century half calf, extremities rubbed, T. Carnan and E. Newberry, 1770, the first two both, first editions in book form, frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by H.K. Browne, lacking half-titles, plates browned at edges, off-setting, occasional spotting, upper hinges nearly broken, contemporary half calf, worn, Bradbury & Evans; and 8 others Dickens, v.s. (11)
NO RESERVE Dering (Edward) A Collection of Speeches made by Sir Edward Dering Knight and Baronet, in matter of Religion, lacking initial blank and frontispiece portrait, trimmed, sometimes shaving pagination or text to foot, some light spotting and browning, the odd small stain, obscuring a few letters to B3-4, final leaf with soiling to verso, [Wing D1104], E.G. for F. Eglesfield, and Jo. Stafford, 1642, bound with A Declaration by Sir Edward Dering...With his Petition To the Honourable House of Commons, with final imprimatur leaf, light damp-staining to foot, [Wing D1108], J. Raworth, for Philemon Stephens, 1644, together 2 works in 1 vol., modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt and with red morocco label, small chip to spine head, 4to. ⁂ The first mentioned one of a few variants published in 1642, this with the title-page printed in black rather than red-and-black.
NO RESERVE Schiller (Friedrich) The Fight With the Dragon. A Romance, half-title, text in German and English, 15 engraved plates by Henry Moses only (of 16), bookplate, occasional light finger-soiling, some spotting or light foxing, mostly to plates and endpapers, hinges weak, original cloth, a little sunned, some soiling, rubbed, 1825 § Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Witches Frolic, illustrations by Ernest M. Jessop, soiling, the odd spot, a few small chips or tears to lower margin, leaves loose, original pictorial cloth, spotted and soiled, spine broken, 1888; and others, illustrated, including a broken run of c.29 parts of Trusler's Commemoration edition of the Works of William Hogarth, v.s. (c.35)
[Jewel (John)] [An Exposition vpon the two Epistles of the Apostle Sainct Paule to the Thessalonians], first edition, mostly in black letter, lacking sig. A (first 4ff.) and final blank, facsimile title-page tipped onto front endpaper, sig. E with worm trace to inner margin just touching text, P1 short tear into text without loss, occasional later pencil marginalia, soiling and staining, light browning, rear free endpaper with later ink inscription to verso, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine with green morocco label, [STC 14603], 8vo (153 x 93mm.), [R. Newberie, and H. Bynneman], [1583].⁂ Includes Jewel's diatribe against usury.
NO RESERVE Astronomy.- Proctor (Richard) Saturn and its System, first edition, 14 plates, of which one folding, some light off-setting, small ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, bookplate, contemporary tree calf with gilt arms to cover, spine gilt with red morocco label, spine chipped at foot, with small tear also to lower cover, 8vo, 1865.
Bindings.- Wilde (Oscar) The Happy Prince, illustrations by Charles Robinson, contemporary red crushed morocco, blind-stamped ornate borders in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, light scuffing to covers, 1920 § Howard (G.) Lady Jane Grey and Her Times, extra-illustrated with 33 engraved plates, mostly Tudor portraits, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary crushed blue morocco with gilt panelling, spine gilt in compartments, 1822 § Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, third edition, illustrations, contemporary sage green crushed morocco with ornate blind-stamping, upper cover inlaid with hand-carved resin piece, faded, 1927; and 43 others, mostly attractive, bright bindings, v.s. (46)
Fables.- Aesop. Fables, of Æsop and other eminent mythologists, edited by Sir Roger L'Estrange, 2 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece of the Aesop surrounded by animals, engraved portrait of L'Estrange by R. White after Geoffrey Kneller, final advertisement f., some foxing or mostly light browning, occasional spotting, contemporary panelled calf, spine in compartments and with antique style leather label and modern gilt date at foot, spine ends little worn, corners worn, joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, [Wing A709 & L1287], folio, Printed for R. Sare, B. Took, M. Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, G. Sawbridge, and H. Hindmarsh, 1699.
Classical History & Literature.- Historiæ Romanæ epitomæ, engraved pictorial title, woodcut printer's device at end, final f. blank, 2B1 short paper flaw, with loss of a few letters, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, little spotted and soiled, Amsterdam, Johannes Janssonius, 1630 § Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius) Caius Suetonius tranquillus, cum annot. diversorum, engraved title with sphere device at centre and small portraits of Roman emperors, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, lightly soiled, Amsterdam, Blaeu, 1630; and 12 others, similar, including Cicero, some defective, v.s. (14)
Mathews (Mrs. C.) The West-Indian; or, Anecdotes of the Somerville Family, wood-engraved frontispiece, slight abrasion and tear to L6 and M1 slightly affecting text, some light foxing and soiling, inscription on front endpaper dated 1825, contemporary roan-backed boards, rubbed, [not in Gumuchian or Osborne], 12mo, Derby, Printed by and for H. Mozley, 1821.⁂ Rare, with no copy listed on Library Hub. The author is also known as Eliza Kirkham Mathews, nee Strong, who married the actor Charles Mathews in 1797.
Jansson (Tove) Moominland Midwinter, first edition in English, illustrations, some toning to margins and endpapers, original cloth, spine a touch faded and with light crease to head, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, fading to spine and small portion of upper panel, chipping to spine ends, very short tear into text to head of upper panel, lightly rubbed with a few small nicks to edges, still a very good example overall, 8vo, 1958.
NO RESERVE Williamson (Henry) Tarka the Otter, one of 1000 large paper deluxe copies, light spotting to fore-edge, some foxing and light browning to first and last few leaves, original buckram-backed cloth, lightly browned and marked, remains of glacine dust-jacket, toned, chipped and torn, t.e.g., others uncut, mostly unopened, 8vo, 1927.
NO RESERVE Music.- Sullivan (Sir Arthur) The Light of the World, an Oratorio, signed presentation inscription from the composer to head of title, dated 27. Aug 1873, 2pp. blank manuscript paper bound in after preliminaries, ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings, including circular ink-stamp to foot of title, occasional correction and annotation in pencil and ink, seemingly in a couple of hands, some spotting, mainly to peripheral leaves, bound in navy morocco, gilt, by Townsend, library marking to spine foot, rubbed, particularly at spine ends and corners, g.e., 4to, [c.1873].
Law.- Treason.- Eyre (Sir James) The Charge delivered...To enquire of certain high treasons, and misprisons of treason, within the county of Middlesex, to the grand jury...on Thursday the 2d day of October, 1794, Published at the request of the grand jury; and printed and sold by Daniel Isaac Eaton, 1794 bound with [Godwin (William)] Cursory strictures on the charge delivered by Lord Chief Justice Eyre to the Grand Jury, October 2, 1794. First published in the Morning Chronicle October 21, D.I. Eaton, 1794 and Buller (Sir Francis, attributed to) Answer to cursory strictures on a charge delivered to the Grand Jury, October 2, 1794. By Lord Chief Justice Eyre, said to be written by Judge Thumb. In the ministerial paper called the Times, October 25, 1794, drop-head title, D.I. Eaton, 1794 and [Godwin (William)] A reply to an answer to cursory strictures, supposed to be worthy by Judge Buller, by the Author of Cursory strictures, drop-head title, D.I. Eaton, 1794, together 4 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or light staining, unbound with later stitching; and 3 others, Trials & Law, 8vo (4)
Marx (Karl) O Capital, translated by Albano de Moraes, half-title with ink ownership inscription to head, uniform light browning, contemporary cloth-backed boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, 8vo, Lisbon, 1912.⁂ One of two Portuguese translations of Das Kapital to be published 1912, the first appearances of the text in Portugese. The other is translated by Emilia de Araújo Pereira, with no established priority between the two.
NO RESERVE Searle (Ronald).- Webb (Kaye), Paris Sketchbook, first edition, ink inscription front endpaper, light foxing peripheral leaves, jacket with a few small tape repairs, some toning, Saturn Press, 1950 § Atkinson (Alex) The Big City, jacket with some minor damp-staining to edges, 1958; Russia for Beginners, ink inscription to front endpaper, 1960; first editions, all illustrated by Ronald Searle, original cloth, dust-jackets, all with a few small chips or tears to extremities, spines toned; and c.50 others illustrated by Ronald Searle, v.s. (c.55)
NO RESERVE Britain.- Stone (Francis) Picturesque Views of all the Bridges belonging to the County of Norfolk, 4 vol., 83 lithographed plates only (of 84), a few loose or working loose, some light damp-staining or toning to margins, original cloth-backed boards with paper labels to upper covers, ink ownership inscriptions, most covered detached or spines peeling, 1830 § Moses (H.) Picturesque Views of Ramsgate, with descriptions, 24 engraved plates, and one extra at rear, engraved map, one plate toned, otherwise some light foxing, book-label of W.A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey loose, later navy half calf, spine rubbed, 1817; and 3 others British topography, v.s. (8)
NO RESERVE World.- Wallace (Alfred Russel) The Malay Archipelago, 2 vol., second edition, plates and illustrations, maps, some folding, publisher's advertisements to rear vol. 2, repairs to hinges, original pictorial cloth, recased, small repairs to spine heads, feet and corners rubbed, 1869 § Alexander (Boyd) From the Niger to the Nile, 2 vol., photographic plates and illustrations, fold maps, vol. 1 frontispiece coming loose, original cloth, spines toned and a little soiled, spine ends bumped, 1908 § Williamson (J.W.) In a Persian Oil Field, photographic plates, map to front pastedown with ?later hand-colouring, slip tipped-in to front endpaper, occasional light foxing, original cloth, spine ends a little torn, 1927; and 13 others travel, v.s. (18)
Egypt.- Peet (T. Eric), C. Leonard Woolley and others. The City of Akhenaten, 3 parts in 4 vol., first edition, plates, maps and plans, some folding, a few in colour, ex-library with usual stamps and markings (including large red ink mark to front free endpapers), 'cancelled' stamps to front pastedowns and endpapers, vol. 1 with circular ink-stamps to recto and verso of each plate, vol. 2 to versos only, occasional very light soiling, some toning to margins and endpapers, original cloth-backed printed boards, library reference to foot of spines, vol. 1 & 2 with library blind stamp to lower covers, vol. 3 & 4 with gilt library stamp to upper covers, rubbed and soiled, vol. 1 spine ends and some corners worn, Egypt Exploration Society, 1923-51; and 3 others Egypt related, ex-library copies, including Frankfort's The Mural Painting of El-'Amarneh, 4to & folio (7)
NO RESERVE Medicine.- Kirkland (Thomas) Observations upon Mr. Pott's General Remarks on Fractures...., lacking half-title, 1770; An Appendix to the Observations..., half-title, engraved plate of hip joint, advertisement leaf at end, 1771, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, stab-holes, foxing and some soiling, first work with small ink stain to final leaf, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco label, T.Becket & P.A. de Hondt § Wathen (Jonathan) The Conductor and Containing Splints; or, a Description of Two Instruments, for the Safer Conveyance and More Perfect Cure of Fractured Legs, third edition, lacking half-title, with 5 engraved plates, 2 folding, some foxing, light offsetting to plates, later marbled wrappers, a little rubbed, T.Cadell, 1781, 8vo (2)
Blank paper.- An album of c.260 sheets, sheet size 350 x 237mm., some spotting or mostly light foxing, lower hinge broken, contemporary vellum, lacking ties, soiled, folio, [late 17th / early 18th century].⁂ The countermark is a fleur-de-lis over initials 'VA' or 'AV'. The watermark appears similar to the Arms of France and Navarre and is reminiscent of Churchill 305, 'Briquet / Les Filigranes' Vol I, 1854/1855, and Heawood 649/650. Provenance: An ink account entry for the year 1696 at end; ink inscription to upper cover dated 1772.
England.- Cary (John) Cary's New and Correct English Atlas, initial advertisement leaf, engraved title and dedication, 47 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, tissue-guards, some spotting and light browning, occasional light water-staining, some staining towards end, hinges tender but holding, later green half morocco, spine gilt, worn at corners, heavily rubbed, joints split at head, for John Cary, 1793; and 5 others, a 4 vol. 1829 set of Brayley's Londiniana and a Souvenir of Scotland, 4to & 8vo (6)
Medicine.- Galenus (Claudius) Galen's Art of Physick...Translated into English, and largely Commented on...By Nich. Culpeper, title a little chipped at edges and silked verso, C8 with tiny repaired marginal tear, final leaf margins chipped, verso silked and with contemporary ink recipe (some loss), some light browning, occasional light spotting or soiling, modern calf, spine a touch sunned and with a few marks, very lightly rubbed, [Wing G160], J. Streater, 1671 § Culpeper (Nicholas) Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or, The London Dispensatory, title with date and a few marks to foot in ink, early ink inscriptions to [a]4 and verso of final f., K8 & R1 with small chip just touching text, lightly foxed and browned, some soiling, tiny puncture mark affecting a few letters towards end, later half morocco, spine sunned, rubbed, [Wing C7532], for J. Streater, 1667, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Birds.- America.- Wilson (Alexander) and Charles L. Bonaparte, American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, 3 vol., with notes by Sir William Jardine, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, 103 chromolithograph plates after the hand-colored originals, some light foxing, mainly to text leaves, original green morocco-backed red cloth, spines gilt with large bird of prey, wear to spines, t.e.g, [c.f. Nissen IVB 996], 8vo, Cassell Petter & Galpin, [c.1880]
Voyages.- Lesson (René-Primevère) Voyage Autour du Monde, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece and 41 plates, 2 folding, 19 of natural history with fine hand-colouring, tissue-guards, vol. 1 with contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, foxed, some light browning, 1 folding plate with repaired tear, a few natural history with minor water-staining to lower outer corner, contemporary morocco-backed glazed red boards, vol. 2 with a few tiny worm holes to joints, lightly rubbed with a few small marks, still an attractive set, [Sabin 40214; Hill 1012; Ferguson 2787], 8vo, Paris, 1839.⁂ The naturalist's account of the French scientific expedition of the Coquille, which sailed from 1822-25 under the command of Louis-Isidore Duperrey. The official account of the voyage was never published, rendering Lesson's work of particular importance. This is one of two issues, the other with the title to vol. 1 dated 1838 and containing only 37 plates (Ferguson 2533). A four volume version with just four plates was published in Brussels in 1839.
NO RESERVE Stewart (Cecil) Topiary, one of 500 copies, illustrated in colour by Peter Barker-Mill, some light marginal surface soiling, original half cloth and patterned paper boards, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1954 § J Whatman Paper Specimen Book, 4 original etchings, tipped in, wood-engraved illustrations, lettering in red and black, original paper-backed boards, by H. B. Studio, 1931 § Ellis (Havelock) Chapman, one of 700 copies, endpapers browned, modern cloth, The Nonesuch Press, 1934; and 10 others private press, limited editions or early C20th, v.s. (13)
NO RESERVE Art.- Young (John) A Catalogue of the Pictures at Grosvenor House, London; with Etchings from the Whole Collection, half-title, 46 etched plates, most with multiple illustrations, bookplate of W.W. Page, offsetting, occasional light spotting or finger-soiling, contemporary half morocco, worn, some soiling, 1820 § Kümmel (Otto) Meisterwerke chinesischer und japanischer Kunst. Sammlung Fuchs, 15 tipped-in plates, tissue-guards, title lightly toned, some light marginal spotting, loose as issued in original board portfolio with ties, printed paper label to upper cover, lightly rubbed and soiled, a few small chips to spine, Stuttgart and Berlin, [c.1922]; and others, art, including one on Georges Braque, v.s. (7)
[Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft)] Monsieur Nongtongpaw, illustrations by R. Cruikshank, ownership names to endpapers and title, light spotting, original wrappers, spine defective, rather creased and rubbed, 8vo, 1830 § Gorey (Edward) The Gorey Alphabet, first English edition, original boards, faded, spine rubbed, 1961 § Greenaway (Kate) Alphabet, spotted, original wrappers, spine reinforced with tape, creased and discoloured, [c.1885]; and c.100 others, mostly children's literature, also with a Thornton edition set of Novels of the Bronte Sisters, edited by Temple Scott, v.s. (c.110)⁂ The first is Monsieur Nongtongpaw is an 1808 poem thought to have been written by Shelley as an 11 year old. The poem is an expansion of Charles Dibdin's song of the same name and was published as part of William Godwin's Juvenile Library. Rare in original wrappers.
Harbou (Thea von) Metropolis. Roman Prelozila Marie Dolejsi, first Czech edition, black and white photographic illustrations, lightly browned throughout, original pictorial cloth, gilt lettering to spine a touch faded, light sunning to spine and extremities, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed, slight shelf-lean, still an excellent copy, 8vo, Prague, 1927.⁂ This is the only edition which is illustrated with 66 still frames from the 1927 film directed by Harbou's husband, Fritz Lamb.
Binding.- Bible, English.- The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, and The Apocrypha, 3 vol., engravings by Charles Heath after Richard Westall, presentation inscription to front free endpaper of vol.1, occasional very light spotting, contemporary straight grain purple morocco, blind-stamped panelling with gilt heightening, with central '"Cathedral" design of alter with architectural backing, spine gilt with decorative pieces in compartments, folio, 1815.⁂ Provenance: Presentation inscription from William Chafy (1779-1843), Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and chaplain in ordinary to George III, George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria.
NO RESERVE Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Second World War, 6 vol., "Chartwell edition", colour frontispieces and plain plates, spotting to title v.1, original red cloth with leather inlay to upper covers depicting Churchill in profile, contrasting labels to spine, a few light scuffs or minor stains, [1954]; A History of the English Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., first edition, vol. 1-2 with facsimile inscription in imitation of author's hand to slip, stamped or printed in blue, laid down to front endpaper, contemporary red half morocco, vol. 1-3 neatly rebacked, preserving original spine, corners a little scuffed, 1956-58; and c.40 others either by the same, or relating to WWII, 8vo (c.50)
Geology.- Woodward (John) An Essay towards a Natural History of the Earth, and terrestrial bodyes especially minerals, third edition, small marginal chip to c.40ff, scattered spots, light marginal damp-staining, modern calf-backed baords, A. Bettersworth, et al., 1723 § Whiston (William) A New Theory of the Earth, fifth edition, engraved frontispiece (small hole to image) and 9 engraved plates, advertisements to rear, light damp-staining to gutter towards end, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, for Joh Whiston, 1737 § Whitehurst (John) An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth, second edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece and 7 plates only (of 8), some folding, p. 147 torn with hole (some text loss), browning and spotting to initial leaves, for W Bent, 1786; and 4 others, including a copy of A Treatise on the Deluge by Alexander Catcott (1768), 8vo & 4to (7)
Penzer (Norman M., editor) The Most Noble and Famous Travels of Marco Polo...[and] Nicolo de'Conti, limited edition, endpapers lightly spotted and toned, the odd spot elsewhere, original vellum-backed cloth, tiny closed tear to spine head, lightly soiled, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, uncut, partly unopened, Argonaut Press, 1929 § Harcourt Williamson (Mrs. F., editor) The Book of Beauty (Late Victorian Era), one of 300 de Luxe copies signed by the publisher, plates, tissue-guards (some creased), list of subscribers at end, light finger-soiling to title, some very light toning, some foxing, mostly to plates, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little toned, light soiling, some rubbing to extremities, uncut, Hutchinson & Co., 1896; and others, limited editions, including two others by the Argonaut Press, 4to & folio (6)
NO RESERVE First World War.- De L'Isle (Adéle) Leaves from a V.A.D.'s Diary, frontispiece and 9 plates, some colour, plates lightly toned, the odd spot, endpapers browned, original buckram-backed cloth, spine toned, some light soiling, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed, 1922 § [Howson (Hugh E.E.)] Two Men. A Memoir, portrait frontispieces, four photographic plates, occasional faint spotting, endpapers browned, original buckram-backed boards, printed paper label to upper cover, light browning to spine and portion of boards, a few patches of soiling, very slight shelf-lean, Oxford, 1919, first editions, 8vo & 4to (2)⁂ The first mentioned an autobiographical account of the War from a female perspective, in which De L'Isle remembers her time at an English military hospital and later a Red Cross hospital. The second mentioned is the memoir of Evelyn Southwell and Malcolm White, fellow teachers at Shrewsbury School and correspondents from the trenches. Both died at the Somme.
Geography.- Dionysius Periegetes. Dionysii orbis descriptio: commentario critico & geographico, 8 folding engraved maps (including a world double-hemisphere), worming to varying degrees to outer margin of all to sig. D, including 1 map, M1 small paper flaw within text, without loss, occasional spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, lightly soiled, [Wing D1521], 8vo, M. Clark for J. Martyn, 1679.
NO RESERVE Milligan (Spike) A Book of Bits, jacket with minute rubbing to spine and fold ends, 1965; The Little Pot Boiler, ink inscription front endpaper, tiny spot to upper cover, jacket with light rubbing to extremities, 1963, first editions, with black and white illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets with light surface dust soiling; and 30 others by, or relating to the same, many first editions, v.s. (32)
Caricatures.- Looking Glass (The); or, Caricature Annual, vol. 3 only (of 7), for 1832, lithographed pictorial title, printed preface leaf, lithographed caricature illustrations arranged in twelve monthly parts, some characters identified in pencil in a contemporary hand, light foxing, heavier to first and last few leaves, bookplate of Timothy Allen to front free endpaper, contemporary ink ownership inscription of Robert Holme Parker to rear pastedown, hinges repaired, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, rubbed, particular at joints and corners, a few light scratches and stains, spine gilt, [1833]; and a volume containing c.95 lithographed political caricature plates by "H.B." (John Doyle), folio & oblong 4to (2)
NO RESERVE Literary Criticism.- Davies (Thomas) Dramatic Miscellanies: Consisting of Critical Observations on Several Plays of Shakespeare, 3 vol., frontispiece portrait of Thomas Betterton to vol.1, bookplates to each vol., some toning and light spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt-ruled, red morocco labels to spines, some light rubbing to extremities, spines neatly restored at heads, 1783-84 § Adamson (John) Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Luis de Camõens, 2 vol., portrait frontispiece and vignette title to each vol., 2 plates, one folding, bookplate, ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, very light spotting, half-calf over marbled boards, rebacked, spines decoratively tooled with red morocco labels, extremities slightly rubbed, edges and endpapers marbled, 1820, first editions, 8vo (5)
NO RESERVE Woman novelist.- [West (Jane)] The Infidel Father, 3 vol., first edition, 2, 3, and 2pp. advertisements respectively at end of each vol., lacking half-title in vol.2 (the only called for), some spotting / mostly light foxing and staining, lightly browned, ink inscription 'Mary Franks, 1805' to front free endpaper of each vol., contemporary tree calf, spines gilt and with black leather vol. number labels, lacking title labels, vol.1 upper cover detached, vol.2 lower cover detaching, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Not in Sadleir; Wolff 7111; ], 12mo, A. Strahan for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1802.
NO RESERVE Nottingham.- Catalogue of the Books belonging to the Nottingham Artizans' Library, interleaved with blanks, early blank neatly strengthened at edges, manuscript notes and insertions throughout, occasional light soiling, ex-library with occasional neat ink-stamps, abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, modern cloth, Nottingham, 1859 § Johnson (Richard) Cursus Equestris Nottinghamiensis. Carmen Hexametrum, spotting, ex-library with usual labels, bookplate, later half-calf, a little rubbed, Johan. Matthews, 1709; Noctes Nottinghamicae; or Cursory Objections against the Syntax of the Common Grammar ..., ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, modern morocco-backed boards, library blind-stamp to upper cover, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1814; 8vo (3)
Costume.- Tönsberg (Nils Chrstian) Udvalgte Norkse Nationaldragter, [second edition], text in Danish, German and English, chromolithographed title and 15 plates, 8pp. music at end, tissue-guards, some light foxing, mostly to text, occasional very light marginal finger-soiling, contemporary red half morocco, gilt, "Costumes of Norway" in gilt to upper cover, very slight fading to fore-edge, rubbed at joints and edges, g.e., Christiania, 1861 § Bridgens (Richard) Illustrations of the Manners and Costumes of France, Switzerland and Italy, additional engraved title and 47 plates only (of 49), mostly aquatint, all hand-coloured, one folding, title with ink ownership inscription to head, ex-library copy with usual bookplates and markings, including ink-stamp to verso of each plate, a few small marginal chips, a few short tears and tape repairs to verso, folding plate torn without loss and with ink-stamp to lower margin, some light spotting and browning, mainly to text, some soiling and staining, particularly towards end, modern library cloth, 1835; and others, a single volume of the Paquet brothers' Modes et Costumes Historiques, and c.60 disbound hand-coloured plates from a work on Russian costume, 4to & 8vo (c.63)
Pomet (Pierre) A Compleat History of Druggs...divided into three classes, Vegetable, Animal, and Mineral; with their Use in Physic, Chemistry, Pharmacy..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition in English, list of subscribers, 86 engraved plates, lacking pp.251-4, title and final f. hinged in, margins with minor paper repairs, occasional light even browning, some plates trimmed, modern panelled calf, [Nissen BBI 3219; Hunt 428; Wellcome IV.411; Not in Sabin], 4to, for R. Bonwicke, William Freeman, Timothy Goodwin [& others], 1712.⁂ The most complete materia medica of its time, by the chief druggist to Louis XIV, listing vegetables, animals and minerals with their pharmaceutical benefits. The work includes a catalogue of seeds brought back from America, and descriptions and plates of sugar-refining, indigo & tobacco preparation, bee-keeping, silk-manufacture, and whaling.
Desgodets (Antoine) Les Loix des Batimens, suivant la Coutume de Paris, first edition, some light browning, a couple of marginal defects to preliminaries, contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, Paris, 1748; and 3 others including 2 defective 16th century Italian works, v.s. (4)
NO RESERVE Cats (Jacob) Alle de Wercken, Zoo Oude als Nieuwe, engraved frontispiece and title vignettes, occasionally trimmed, occasional light staining spots, contemporary vellum, upper corner ripped away, lacking silk ties, lightly marked, large 4to, Amsterdam, by I. I Schipper, 1665 § Hooft (P.C.) Neederlandsche Histoorien..., first edition, 2 parts in 1, additional engraved title, margins neatly repaired, light water staining, contemporary vellum, marked and rubbed, tall 8vo, 1642. sold not subject to return.
Kafka (Franz) Prosessen. [The Trial], first Norwegian edition, half-title, original pictorial wrappers, upper wrapper with tear and small chip to foot neatly repaired, repairs to spine ends, very light dust-soiling to lower wrapper, joints and extremities lightly rubbed, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, Oslo, 1933.⁂ The first published translation of Kafka's Der Prozess, the first English translation appearing four years later in 1937. Scarce, we can trace no examples in commerce. The upper wrapper features a woodcut design by Norwegian artist Kaare Espolin Johnson.
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