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Preisdatenbank abonnierenBritain.- Cary (John) Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London to Hampton Court, Ware, Bagshot..., title, Advertisement, General Plan, General Map and 80 numbered strip maps on single sides of 37 leaves, engraved maps with original hand-colouring, occasional light offsetting, contemporary calf, envelope closing, tall 8vo, 1810.
Lapérouse.- Lesseps (Jean-Baptiste Barthélemy de) Voyage de La Pérouse, redigé d'après ses Manuscripts Originaux, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece and folding map, but without facsimile letter (as often), contemporary ink ownership inscription to frontispiece verso (some show-through), map a little creased at inner edge and with short tear, affecting image but without loss, some light foxing, peripheral ff. with minor damp-staining to head, contemporary calf-backed boards, spine gilt but lightly sunned, corners worn, rubbed, [Sabin 38965; Ferguson 1452], 8vo, Paris, 1831.
Bath & Bristol.- [Pratt (Ellis)] "E. P. Philocosm". The Art of Dressing the Hair. A Poem. Humbly inscribed to the Members of the T.N. Club, first edition, book-label of J.O. Edwards, title with small ink mark to head and book-label of W.S. Lewis to verso, worm trace to foot throughout, reducing to small holes to final two leaves, a few times touching text but no loss of sense, some light spotting or soiling, modern marbled wrappers, [Roscoe A422], Bath, R. Cruttwell, for the Author, 1770 § [Anstey (Christopher)] An Election Ball, In Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his Wife, at Glocester, second edition, frontispiece bound after E4 (lightly offset), a little chipped at edges, title with a few short tears to fore-edge, title and final f. a little browned and soiled, the odd light stain or spot elsewhere, later wrappers, chipped and worn, housed in a custom drop-back box, Bath, Printed for the Author, by S. Hazard, 1776; and others, poetry of Bath and Bristol interest or imprint, some disbound, v.s. (c.12)
NO RESERVE Smith (Albert) The Marchioness of Brinvilliers, engraved plates by John Leech, occasional light spotting to plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little soiled, corners bumped, spine ends bumped and creased, 1886 § Globus (Septimus) Der Freischutz Travestie, 12 etchings by George Cruikshank, hand-coloured, modern half morocco, spine gilt, 1824; and 14 others, mostly Victorian illustrated works, and 2 other early 20th century French illustrated works, v.s. (14)
Provincial imprint.- [Evans (Evan)] "a Curate from Snowdon". The Love of Our Country, A Poem, second edition, book-label of J. O. Edwards, title with contemporary ink ownership inscription to head and library ink stamp to verso, a couple instances of ink underlining or marginalia, title lightly browned and soiled, scattered light foxing, heavier at end, a few marginal chips or short tears to final few leaves, repaired with tape or later paper (tape just touching pagination to D4v), modern half cloth, corners and spine ends very lightly rubbed, Carmarthen, J. Ross, 1773 § Law (Samuel) A Domestic Winter-Piece...Exhibiting a full View of the Author's Dwelling-Place in the Winter-Season, first edition, half-title, light browning, the odd spot or small stain, heavier to verso of final leaf, disbound, Leeds, James Bowling, 1772; and others, poetry of provincial imprints including Newcastle, Whitby, Dunstable, Sudbury, Canterbury, Bishopstone (Sussex) &tc, v.s. (c.23)
Necker (Jacques) Du Pouvoir Exécutif dans les Grands États, 2 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, contemporary calf-backed boards, joints splitting, lightly rubbed, [Paris], 1792; Of the Importance of Religious Opinions, [translated by Mary Wollstonecraft], contemporary ink ownership notes to endpapers and title, light staining or occasional spotting, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, Boston, 1796; Sur La Législation et le Commerce des Grains, half-title, light marginal toning, modern calf-backed boards, Paris, chez Pissot, 1775; De l'Administration des Finances de la France, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding tables to vol.1, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions, contemporary mottled calf, Paris, 1784, 8vo (7)
Bouzonnet Stella (Antoinette) L'Entree de I'Empereur Sigismond a Mantoue, engraved title and 24 plates, light surface soiling to title, some light scattered foxing, patch of staining within image of first 13 plates, later half calf, rubbed, oblong folio, Paris, 1675.⁂ A copy of the 60 metre-long stucco relief by Giulio Romano in the Sala degli stucchi, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua.
NO RESERVE [Hutcheson (Francis)] An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, third edition, engraved coat-of-arms at head of dedication, light offsetting, library stamp to title, bookplate to pastedown, hinge cracked, for J. & K. Knapton et al., 1729; An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections. With Illustrations on the Moral Sense, second edition, 1730, uniformly bound in contemporary calf, joints split but holding firm, rubbed; and a fourth edition of the first mentioned, 8vo (3)
Cheap Repository Tracts.- [More (Hannah)] Patient Joe, or the Newcastle Collier, woodcut illustration to head, text in 2 columns within typographical border, some light foxing, a few small marks, 440 x 260mm., Bath, S. Hazard; London, J. Marshall, and R. White, [1795]; The Shopkeeper turned Sailor, Or, The Folly of going out of our Element...Part I, woodcut illustration to head, text in 4 columns, a little frayed at edges (not affecting text), uniformly browned with scattered spotting, 235 x 360mm., [J. Marshall], [c.1796], single sheet printed broadsides; and other printed broadsides, songsheets and similar, including another copy of the first with alternative imprint, housed together in a large card portfolio, v.s., v.d. [majority 18th century] (c.15)
Britain.- Cary (John) Traveller's Companion or a Delineation of the Turnpike, Roads of England and Wales, 43 maps with outline hand-colouring, map of Yorkshire reinforced along fold joint, light toning, modern half morocco, a very attractive copy, 1791 § Aikin (John) England Described: or, the Traveller's Companion, first edition, some browning and water staining, heavier towards the end, modern calf-backed cloth, for R. Atkinson, 1788 § [Mackey (John)] Early Printing A Journey Through England in Familiar Letters..., light browning and spotting, heavier to first few pages, title with contemporary ink ownership name, title corners repaired, modern calf with gilt border, for J. Hooke, 1722; and 11 others, British roads and Traveller's companions, v.s. (14)
Lucas (Henry) Poems to her Majesty: to which is added a new tragedy, entitled, The Earl of Somerset, half-title, list of subscribers, tinted engraved frontispiece and one engraved plate, some light foxing or spotting, mainly to peripheral ff., minor browning towards end, uncut in original marbled boards, quite worn, a few light stains, lacks most of spine, Printed for the Author, by William Davis, 1779 § Oram (Samuel Marsh) Poems...An Introduction, By Percival Stockdale, title with engraved vignette, list of subscribers at end, book-labels of John Sparrow and J.O. Edwards, title very lightly soiled and with ink manuscript number to head, endpapers lightly browned, modern boards, spine chipped and a little faded, corners rubbed, Printed at the Philanthropic Press, for T. Cadell, 1794, first editions; and others, 18th century poetry, v.s. (c.20)⁂ The second mentioned with Edward Jerningham, Hannah More and Anna Seward among the subscribers.
Machiavelli (Niccolò) The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence, second edition in English, woodcut typographic ornament to title, woodcut typographic head-pieces and decorative initials, preliminaries *1-4 and **1-4 misbound at end, B1 loose and with small burn hole within text, with loss of a few letters, 3N1&2 loose, 3N3 loss to inner gutter and with short tear within text, but without loss, 3N4 couple of small holes / creasing to inner gutter, sig. 3S marginal and textual cut, without loss of text, occasional spotting or light staining, front free endpaper loose, engraved armorial bookplate of Samuel Goodford of Inner Temple, 1737 to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments and with chipped red leather label, upper cover detached, spine little crackled, spine ends little worn, corners worn, little marked, [Wing M129], small folio, Printed for John Starkey, Charles Harper, and John Amery, at the Miter, the Flower-de-Luce, and the Peacock, in Fleetstreet, 1680.
Shakespearean forgeries.- [Woodward (George Moutard)] Familiar Verses, From the Ghost of Willy Shakespeare to Sammy Ireland, lacking half-title, chipped and torn at edges with portions of marginal loss, title lightly browned, A3 with ink stamp to lower margin, some light soiling, loose and unbound, Richard White, 1796 § [Huddesford (George)] Bubble and Squeak, A Galli-Maufry of British Beef with the Chopp'd Cabbage of Gallic Philosophy and Radical Reform, disbound and loose, for J. Wright, 1799; Crambe Repetita, A Second Course of Bubble and Squeak, a few faint spots, a couple light stains to final few leaves, disbound, for J. Wright, 1799, first editions, all but first lightly browned and with one or two marginal ink marks; and others, disbound 18th century poetry, 4to & 8vo (c.32)⁂ The first on the Shakespearean forgeries of William Henry Ireland.
Britain.- Miller (Edward) The History and Antiquities of Doncaster and its Vicinity, first edition, folding frontispiece map, 11 plates, small ink ownership name to title otherwise internally clean, contemporary half calf, joints split, rubbed, Doncaster, W. Sheardown, [?1804] § Markham (S. F.) The Nineteen Hundreds...Wolverton and Stony Stratford, first edition, illustrations and plates, light foxing, original cloth, spine faded, Buckingham, 1951 § Brogden Baker (Joseph) The History of Scarbrough, plates, foxing, heavier to title, original cloth, lightly rubbed at corners, endpapers renewed, 1882; and 7 others, British topography, v.s. (10)
Thomson (David Croal) The Life and Works of Thomas Bewick, one of 250 copies, illustrations, modern morocco-backed boards, 1882; The Water-Colour Drawings of Thomas Bewick, one of 525 copies with an additional suite of duplicate plates (rubbed), tipped in plates, bookplate, offset, original half pigskin, rubbed, 1930 § Bewick Memento, with an Introduction by Robert Robinson. A Catalogue with Purchaser's Names and Prices Realised of the Scarce and Curious Collection of...Bewick Relics, sold by auction, light spotting, original cloth, rubbed, 1884; and c.15 others on Bewick, v.s. (c.15)
London.- Shepherd (Thomas Hosmer) & James Elmes. Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century, 16 parts, 2 additional engraved titles, 156 engraved plates only (of 160), spotting, mostly marginal, original printer paper wrappers, light spotting, slight chipping and creasing to edges, housed in modern cloth drop-back box, bookplate, 4to, 1828-32.
Cruikshank (George).- [Combe (William)] The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint pictorial title and 29 plates by George Cruikshank, very occasional spotting, some light offsetting from plates but a good copy bound in handsome dark blue morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco spine labels, t.e.g., others uncut, light rubbing to corners but overall a very handsome copy, [Abbey, Life 356; Cohn 153; Tooley 151], 8vo, T.Tegg, 1815.
Tasso (Torquato) La Hierusalem délivrée. Poème Héroïque, additional engraved title, title vignette, plates, and head- & tail-pieces, light spotting to endpapers, otherwise internally very clean, bookplate, contemporary mottled sheep, joints rubbed, Paris, Denis Thierry, 1667 § Hell (Maximilian) Ephemerides Astronomicae Anni 1774 ... Adjecta appendice, supplementum dissertationis de parallaxi solis, 2 parts in 1, engraved plates, contemporary red morocco, ornate floral border, spine gilt in compartments, covers lightly rubbed, Vienna, typis et sumptibus Joannis Thomas de Trattnern, 1774; and 9 others, French and English literature, v.s. (11)
NO RESERVE Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) The Age of Lewis XIV, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispieces, light off-setting, contemporary calf, joints a little cracked but holding, for R. Dodsley, 1752 § The Spectator, 8 vol., engraved vignettes to titles, bookplates, vol. 2 with repair to upper hinge, contemporary calf with morocco labels, one or two missing, cracking to joints but holding, extremities rubbed, 1789; and 2 others, 8vo (12)
Aristotle. Moralia Magna, woodcut printer's device to title and final leaf verso, occasional early manuscript notations to margins in ink, book-label to front pastedown, occasional light foxing, contemporary blind-stamp pigskin, some soiling, metal clasps intact, [Adams A1733; Ahmanson-Murphy 422; Renouard Alde 150:5; EDIT 16 CNCE 2936], 8vo (169 x 109mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius's heirs and Andrea Torresano, 1552.⁂ The fifth book in Aristotle's Omnem Logicam, rhetoricam, et poeticam disciplinam continens (Venice, 1551)
[Anstey (Christopher)] The Patriot: A Pindaric Address to Lord Buckhorse, second edition, ink inscription "R Graves, from the Author - Christopher Ansty Esq" to foot of title, a few instances of ink correction or marginalia, the odd spot or light mark, disbound, Cambridge, Fletcher and Hodson, 1768 § Hayes (Samuel) Duelling: A Poem, first edition, title with contemporary ink ownership inscription to head, stab-holes to inner margin, loose and unbound, Cambridge, J. Archdeacon, 1775, light soiling to title and verso of final leaf; and others, 18th century poetry of Cambridge imprint or interest, some disbound, v.s. (c.14)
[Hemsterhuis (Frans)] Alexis ou l'age d'or, first edition, engraved folding diagram at end, occasional spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary green calf ?by Thomas van Os (we note similar foliage tools on a red morocco binding by him for another copy of the same work), gilt, covers with outer single filet border, within which an undulating foliage border, flat spine in compartments, lacking label, spine faded, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (binding 173 x 109mm.), Riga, Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1787.⁂ Here Hemsterhuis presents for the first time his concept of a golden age, which was embraced by the Sturm und Drang and Romantic movements.
Greene (Graham) The Power and the Glory, bookplate, some spotting and toning, upper hinge cracked, original cloth, bumped at corners, slightly worn at head and foot of spine, 1940; The Complaisant Lover, some spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly spotted and rubbed at corners, 1959; Monsignor Quixote, some very light spotting, original cloth, dust-jacket, toned on flaps, 1982, first editions; and 11 others by Greene, mostly first editions with dust-jackets, 8vo (14)
Chapbooks.- Pastime (Dame) Seventy-Eight Quizzical Characters, with a Poetical Description, for the Amusement of Children, woodcut illustrations with hand-colouring, 1p. publisher's adverts at end, for J. Souter, at the School Library, 1819 § Whimsical Incidents: or, The Power of Music, a Poetic Tale, first edition, 15 copperplate engravings, hand-coloured, light offsetting and the occasional spot, J. Harris, 1805 [1806 on cover] § A Sequel to the Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog, 12 hand-coloured copper-engraved plates, contemporary ink ownership name to title, 1806, original printed wrappers, edges chipped and creased, spines worn; and 2 others, similar early 19th century chapbooks, 16mo (5)⁂ A collection of rare children's chapbooks.
Wellington's invasion of France in 1814.- Manuscript account of an Execution during Wellington's crossing of the Garonne, found in Joanna Baillie's A Series of Plays; In Which It Is Attempted to Delineate the Stranger Passions of the Mind, 3 vol., mixed editions, vol. I & II half-titles, vol. I signed presentation copy from the author to Robert Milligan, vol. II & III signed by Milligan, manuscript accounts found in vol. III, some slight foxing in places, contemporary diced russia, corners and edges slightly rubbed, spines rebacked, later morocco labels, gilt, 8vo, 1806 & 1812.⁂ Robert Milligan (1787-1875), fought in the 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons and wounded at Waterloo; married Elizabeth Margaret Baillie; her father was Mathew Baillie, physician to George III.
NO RESERVE [Cajot (Jean-Joseph)] Histoire Critique des Coqueluchons, first edition, title printed in red, endpapers lightly browned, handsome crimson morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet, spine in compartments, some very faint marks, uncut, Cologne [but Metz], [J. Collignon], 1762 § [Lemercier (Népomucène)] Les Quatre Métamorphoses. Poèmes, ?first edition, half-title, bookplate of Camille Aboussouan, tan morocco-backed marbled boards by Stroobants, spine gilt, one or two light marks, chipping to spine foot, Paris, Laloy, l'An VII de la République [1798 or 1799], scattered spotting, generally light, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed; and Baverel's Notices sur les graveurs, 12mo & 8vo (4)
Langhorne (John) The Tears of Music. A Poem To the Memory of Mr. Handel. With an Ode to the River Eden, half-title, book-label of J.O. Edwards, C2 with short tear to fore-margin, the odd marginal ink mark, including small ink scribble to head of title, light soiling, heavier to title, some faint staining to head, ink inscription to verso of final leaf, modern wrappers, for R. Griffiths, 1760 § [Jerningham (Edward)] The Magdalens: An Elegy, woodcut ornament to title, woodcut head- and tail-piece, title with contemporary ink inscription "The ingenious Authors present to R. ?Marsham" to head, some very light foxing or browning, later stitching, disbound, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763, first editions; and others, 18th century elegies, several disbound, 8vo & 4to (c.13)⁂ The first published in the year after Handel's death. We can trace no copy appearing at auction.
Mountaineering.- Whymper (Edward) Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc. A Guide, first edition, folding plate, 2 folding maps and plans, advertisements, scattered foxing, occasional light staining, original wrappers, neatly rebacked with original (slightly chipped) backstrip laid down, light creasing, ink ownership inscription to upper cover, preserved in custom drop-backed box, [Neate W60], 8vo, John Murray, 1896.⁂ Rare first edition of Whymper's popular guide.
Africa.- Ethiopia.- Stigand (Capt. C.H.) To Abyssinia Through an Unknown Land, half-title, frontispiece, plates, 2 maps, 1 folding with tear, advertisements at end, Liverpool Free Public Library blind-stamps and bookplate, library blind-stamp to rear cover and numbering to spine, rubbed, bumped and darkened, 1910 § Hayes (A.J.) The Source of the Blue Nile, plates and maps, lacking front free endpaper, rubbed, 1905 § Rey (C. F.) In the Country of the Blue Nile, plates, light browning to endpapers, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, loss to head of spine, chipping to foot of spine and corners, 1927, first editions, original cloth; and c.70 others, Ethiopia and Africa, including a group of maps, v.s. (c.75)
NO RESERVE Rackham (Arthur).- Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends, first trade edition, illustrations, decorations and 24 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, original cloth, light toning to spine, extremities rubbed, 1907; and 15 others, illustrated books and furniture, v.s. (16)
NO RESERVE Dickinson (Emily) The Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson, edited by R. W. Franklin, 2 vol., original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, light bumping to spine ends, slipcase, paper label to spine, a little rubbed, Belknap Press, 1981 § Merian (Maria Sibylla) Schmetterlinge, Kafer und andere Insekten, 2 vol., facsimile edition, one of 1750 copies, numerous plates and illustrations, loose as issued in calf backed drop back boxes with green morocco labels (corners a little rubbed), worn, Leipzig, 1976, 4to (4)
NO RESERVE London.- Professional Survey (A) of the Old and New London Bridges ..., portrait frontispiece, 13 plates, illustrations, occasional faint off-setting, scattered faint spotting, occasional pencil underlining, original paper wrappers, lower cover detached, printed paper label and previous owner's ink signature to upper cover, defective backstrip but holding firm, light spotting, rubbed, 8vo, 1831.
Trollope (Anthony) Miss Mackenzie, 2 vol., first edition, light foxing to endpapers, contemporary half calf, spines faded, lightly rubbed, 1865; Castle Richmond, new edition, light spotting, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 1961; Orley Farm, 2 vol., frontispiece and plates, foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1862 § Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 5 vol., seventh edition, frontispiece to vol.1, contemporary tree calf, spines retouched, recornered, vol.1 spine label replaced, still a very attractive set, 1811, 8vo (10)
Scottish poetry.- Sillar (David) Poems, title with ink initial to head, A2-3 loose, browned and foxed, a few ink doodles to lower pastedown, uncut in original boards, rebacked with later paper, old covers quite worn and soiled, front endpaper renewed, Kilmarnock, John Wilson, 1789 § [Mercer (Thomas)] The Sentimental Sailor or St. Preux to Eloisa, engraved vignette title, divisional title following title-page, book-label of J.O. Edwards, title with two tiny holes to fore-margin, some scattered spotting, heavier foxing and light browning towards end, hinges repaired, later half calf, lightly rubbed, Edinburgh, for A. Kincaid and W. Creech, 1772, first editions, the odd small stain; and others, poetry of Scottish interest or imprint, a few disbound, including another copy of the second, 8vo & 4to (10)⁂ The second inspired by Rousseau's Nouvelle Héloïse and dedicated to him. Little is known about the author, possibly a Scot, whose collected poems appeared in Edinburgh and London in 1774.
Birds.- Stonham (Charles) The Birds of the British Islands, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, 318 photogravured plates, captioned tissue guards, 2 folding maps, scattered foxing, plates 241-244 with corner creasing, a few plates with light tide-marks to margin, armorial bookplate to front pastedowns, contemporary crushed green half morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments, some rubbing to extremities, some damp-staining to covers, t.e.g., [Nissen IVB 898; Zimmer 604], 4to, 1906-11.
Parry (James) The True Anti-Pamela: or, Memoirs of Mr. James Parry, Late Organist of Ross in Herefordshire. In which are inserted his Amours with the Celebrated Miss - of Monmouthshire, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (laid down), some light staining to title but a clean copy generally, contemporary calf, later endpapers, some tape marking around joints, 12mo, for the author, 1742.⁂ Rare early parody of Richardson's Pamela. ESTC lists 7 copies of this edition.
NO RESERVE Trees.- Withers (W[illiam]) A Letter to Sir Walter Scott...exposing certain fundamental errors in his late Essay on planting, and containing observations on the pruning and thinning of woods, and maxims for profitable planting, first edition, occasional spotting or light staining, original printed wrappers, advertisements for other titles by the author to rear wrapper, small chip and split at foot of spine, but holding firm, lightly soiled, a good wide-margined copy, 8vo, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828.⁂ Rare in original printed wrappers. Withers owned two plantations near Holt in Norfolk. He objected to Scott's essays on planting in the Quarterly Review, accusing him of advocating the 'cheap, hole-digging, short-sighted Scotch system, which is calculated to bring upon those who adopt it only loss and disappointment.'. Scott had proposed a collection of his essays on planting and gardening, but late in 1828, perhaps as a result of Withers' criticism, he withdrew the proposal.
Hodgson (John) A History of Northumberland, 3 parts in 6 vol. only (lacking part 2 vol. 3), plates and illustrations, occasional foxing and light soiling, contemporary half morocco, vol. 7 with shelf-lean, rubbed, Newcastle, 1820-58 § Young (John) A Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures, of the Most Noble the Marquess of Stafford, at Cleveland House, London, containing an Etching of Every Picture, and accompanied with Historical and Biographical Notices, 2 vol., engraved plates on india paper, plate-guards, occasional foxing, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, a little scuffed, extremities rubbed, g.e., 1825; and 13 others, illustrated, v.s. (21)
World.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Etruscan Bologna: a study, first edition, half-title, folding lithographed frontispiece, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1876; The Lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe, first edition, large folding map frontispiece, small loss to margin, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, light spotting to fore-edges, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1873; Wanderings in Three Continents, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 4 plates, cracked hinges, bookplates, original pictorial buckram, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1901; [Penzer pp.92-3; 89-90; 158-159], 8vo (3).
Classics .- Plutarch. Omnium Quæ Exstant Operum, 4 vol., vignette title printed in red & black, text in Greek and Latin, pages toned, some light spotting, contemporary diced calf, spines gilt and rubbed, corners bumped, covers lightly rubbed, Paris, Societatem Græcarum, 1624; and 32 others relating to Classics, v.s. (36)
NO RESERVE London.- House of Commons. Reports from Committees...re-printed by Order of the House, vol.XIV: Miscellaneous Reports...Port of London...1793-1802, half-title, 56 engraved plates and plans, most folding, several hand-coloured or partly so, plan of Wet Docks in Wapping with volvelle of Tide Table for Blackwall, illustrations, some light offsetting, some spotting largely at beginning and end, Royal Artillery Library book label to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, covers detached, worn, 1803; and 12 others, committee reports, folio (13)
Atlases.- Reichard (C. T.) Atlas Portatif et Itineraire de L'Europe, seventh edition, half-title, 9 folding engraved maps, a few neat repairs to, some creasing, occasional light foxing, 1 map with note and a few markings in a contemporary hand, contemporary half calf, crack to lower joint, rubbed, 8vo, Weimar, 1813.
Hurdis (Rev. James) Tears of Affection, A Poem, Occasioned by the Death of a Sister Tenderly Beloved, first edition, with half-title and final advertisement leaf, book-labels of Simon and Judith Adams Nowell-Smith, half-title lightly browned, a few light spots, advertisement leaf with scattered spotting, modern parchment-backed boards, parchment a little toned, for J. Johnson, 1794 § Wonder of Wonders! The Secrets of the Rock; Or, The Rock-Dove and Jay, lightly browned, some faint water staining, inner margin skilfully repaired, two further very small repairs to verso of final leaf, modern half calf, Sold by G. Terry, 1788, book-label of J.O. Edwards, spines gilt; and others, 18th century poetry, v.s. (c.18)⁂ The second scarce. ESTC records two editions of 1788, one 11pp. (4 copies worldwide) and the other 15pp. (one copy in North America). This copy numbers 11pp.
NO RESERVE Winter (Jay) Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History, Cambridge, 1995 § Davies (Norman) Rising '44: 'The Battle for Warsaw', 2003 § Van Emden (Richard) Britain's Last Tommies, 2005 § Holmes (Richard) Tommy, 2004, first editions, signed or with signed presentation inscriptions from the authors, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine ends; and 20 others, including a similar group of signed World War works, as well as a group on American/ Native American wars, v.s. (26)
NO RESERVE Drama.- Rolt (Richard) Almena. An English Opera. As it is performed At the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, first edition, with half-title but lacking dedication leaf, very small repaired hole to half-title (not affecting text), the odd spot or light stain, first and final f. lightly browned, disbound and loose, housed in a card portfolio, for T. Becket, 1764; and others, drama, majority 18th century (9)
Africa and Middle East.- Vandeleur (Seymour) Campaigning on the Upper Nile and Niger, plates, folding map, original pictorial cloth, gilt, an excellent copy, 1898 § Brackenbury (Maj. Gen. Henry) The River Column, folding map and 2 plates, map with repaired tear, ink ownership inscription to half-title, book label to pastedown, original cloth, some staining, rebacked, retaining original backstrip, 1885 § Lawrence (T. E.) Oriental Assembly, maps and plates, light foxing, ink inscriptions to endpaper, original cloth, rubbed, dust-jacket, price-clipped, chipping to extremities, 1939; and c.30 others, similar, v.s. (c.35)
Voetius (Gisbertus) Politicæ Ecclesiasticæ, 3 parts in 4 vol., titles with woodcut printer's device, 'Pars secunda' with folding letterpress table, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, the odd marginal tear or small area of loss, some spotting or mostly light staining / water-staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, small 4to, Amsterdam, Waesberg at the house of Johannes Janssonius, 1663-1676.⁂ Rare complete set of this important work on ecclesiastical life. Voetius (1589-1676) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, who famously clashed with Descartes. Provenance: Titles of vol.1&2 with contemporary ink presentation inscriptions (?the first authorial).
Milton (John) Pro populo Anglicano defensio, contra Claudii Anonymi, aliàs Salmasii, Defensionem regiam, title with woodcut arms of the Commonwealth, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional minor worm trace or water-staining to lower margins, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, upper joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Willems 1134; Wing M2168B], London [i.e. Amsterdam], 'Typis Du Gardianis' [i.e. Louis Elzevier], 1651 § Filmer (Sir Robert) The Free-holders grand inquest, touching our Sovereign Lord the King and his Parliament, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, gilt spine in compartments, joints starting, but holding firm, spine and corners worn, rubbed, [Wing F914], no printer, Printed in the Year MDCLXXIX [1679]; and 2 others, 17th century English, v.s. (4) ⁂ The second mentioned discusses the first mentioned work, Hobbes' Leviathan, and Grotius' De jure belli.
Quakers.- Bugg (Francis) The Picture of Quakerism drawn to the life. In two parts., 2 parts in 1, first edition, double-page letterpress within woodcut frame plate, lacking initial blank to part 2, title trimmed within border at foot, closely trimmed at head, occasional staining, mostly light apart from outer margin of k5&8, 19th century calf, rebacked in modern gilt calf with burgundy leather label, corners little worn, covers rubbed and scuffed, [Wing B5381; Sabin 9072; Smith I, p.337], Printed for, and are to be sold by W. Kettleby at the Bishop's-Head in St. Paul's Church-yard, and W. Rogers at the Sun in Fleet-street, 1697; and 3 others, Quakers, v.s. (4)⁂ Rare at auction. Bugg (1640-1727) was fined for attending a meeting of the Friends around 1675. He believed that the preacher Samuel Cater should be liable for his fine, as it was he who had encouraged him to attend. However, arbitrators disagreed. Consequently, he attended the yearly Quaker meeting in London, and there complained to William Penn that the Friends had refused him justice. He eventually left the Society in 1680 and began to write against Quakerism.
Lake District.- Robinson (John) A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, first edition, engraved folding map frontispiece and 20 plates, light spotting and browning, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, 1819 § [Harwood (John)] Harwood's Illustrations of the Lakes, 30 engraved plates, tissue-guards, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, corners bumped, [c.1850] § Whellan (William) The History and Topography of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, occasional spotting, margins lightly water-stained, contemporary ink ownership name to title head, modern half calf, lightly rubbed, spine gilt, 1860 § and 5 others, similar, 8vo & oblong 8vo (8)
NO RESERVE Edgeworth (Maria) Helen: A Tale, 3 vol., 1834 § Maberly ([Catherine]) Emily: or, The Countess of Rosendale, 3 vol., portrait frontispiece working loose, ink ownership name to title, light spotting, 1840; The Love-Maker, ink ownership name to title, frontispiece detached, 1741 § Hofland ([Barbara]) Decision: A Tale, frontispiece, offset, contemporary calf in prize binding with morocco label to upper cover, gilt, 1824, bookplates, light spotting or offsetting, all but the last half calf, rubbed; and a copy of Rustic Excursions by Mary Elliott, 8vo (11)
[Sheridan (Richard Brinsley)] Verses to the Memory of Garrick, first edition, first issue with "deference" misspelt as "difference" in the dedication and corrected in ink manuscript, half-title, stipple-engraved frontispiece by A. Albanesi (loose), frontispiece lightly offset to half-title, B2 with very small chip to fore-margin, foxed and lightly browned, a couple ink spots obscuring a letter or two of text, disbound, Published by T. Evans [&tc], 1779 § Wynne (J. H.) The Prostitute, A Poem, title with engraved vignette, some very light marginal staining, modern wrappers, worn, for J. Wheble, 1771; and others, 18th century poetry, most disbound, 4to (c.20)
Lawrence (T.E.) The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, leather book-label of John Connly Walsh to front free endpaper, modern brown morocco with marbled endpapers, a very attractive copy, 1935; Secret Despatches from Arabia, number 76 of 1000 copies, frontispiece, the odd spot, original black morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, card slip-case (some splitting to joints), [Pertelote 145], The Golden Cockerel Press, 1939; Oriental Assembly, first edition, plates, some foxing, original buckram, dust-jacket, light fading to spine, otherwise a fine copy, 1939; and a copy of the Mint, tall 8vo & 4to (4)
NO RESERVE World.- d'Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon) An Atlas of Ancient Geography..., title, ten maps only (of 12), nine double page, one single, lacking the two 'Orbis Romani' maps, engravings with original hand-colouring in outline, each double page sheet 545 x 765 mm (21 1/2 x 30 1/8 in), minor surface dirt and light toning, the map of France with some mottling visible in the margins, otherwise handling creases, and a few small nicks and marginal losses, contemporary half calf, spine splitting with losses to lower and upper section, scuffed and bumped, very worn, folio, Richard H. Laurie, 1821.
[Boothby (Sir Brooke)] Sorrows. Sacred to the Memory of Penelope, first edition, half-title, frontispiece and 2 stipple-engraved plates after Fuseli and Joshua Reynolds, 3 vignette illustrations, tail-pieces, without errata slip, book-labels of Peter Scupham and Roger Senhouse, the latter also to front endpaper, frontispiece trimmed close with loss to imprint, offsetting, light scattered foxing, heavier towards end, endpapers lightly browned, upper hinge weak, contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt and with green morocco label, a few small chips to spine ends, rubbed, joints split but holding, W. Bulmer and Co., 1796; and 2 poetical miscellanies, one including Sotheby's Tour Through Parts of Wales with aquatint plates by S. Alken, 4to (3)⁂ The first published in a small run following the death of Boothby's daughter aged 5.
Turkey.- [Marana (Giovanni Paolo)] Letters writ by a Turkish Spy..., 8 vol., twelfth edition, engraved frontispiece in vol. one, armorial bookplate of Edward Chatterton-Orpen to each vol., some toning and light spotting, uniform calf, with spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, lightly rubbed at extremities, 1748 § Rycaut (Paul) The History of the Turks. Beginning With the Year 1679, first edition, portrait frontispiece, 6 further portrait plates, some toning and spotting, front endpapers loose, with manuscript ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, upper hinge cracking, original mottled calf, slightly rubbed, 1700 § Slade (Adolphus) Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c., two vol., coloured frontispiece to each vol., lacking half-titles, folding facsimile map in vol. one, lacking from vol. 2, 1833; and one other relating to Turkey, v.s. (12)
Pope (Alexander, translator).- Homer. The Iliad, 6 vol. in 3, first folio edition, frontispiece and 5 engraved plates (2 folding including map of Greece), titles for vol. 1, 2, and 3 bound at the start of respective vol., without titles and privilege ff. to vol. 4, 5 and 6, lacking vol. 3 privilege f. and bank f. at end of vol. 1, light foxing or browning, light damp-staining to vol. 1 title, 19th century half calf vol. 1 joints cracked and repaired, rubbed, some wear to extremities, [Rothschild 1573], folio, by W. Bowyer, 1715-[20].
London.- Cary (John) Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London to Hampton Court, Ware, Bagshot..., first edition, 2 general engraved key maps, 1 folding (short split at fold), with 80 engraved road strip maps on 40 plates, all with hand-colouring, some light offsetting occasional foxing, margins of first few pages browned, contemporary limp calf, corners and edges a little chipped, re-backed, tall 8vo, 1790.
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