Staunton (George). [An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, atlas volume only], 1st edition, [London: W. Bulmer for G. Nicol, 1797], 44 engraved plates, maps and plans, including a folding general map, several of the maps and plans double-page, armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Johnson Eden Bart to front pastedown, spotting (mostly marginal however occasional affecting image), some maps neatly restrengthened to gutter, contemporary half calf gilt, green morocco title label, upper cover near-detached, some wear and light marks, folio (57 x 40 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Cordier Sinica 2381-3; Western Travellers in China 545 (text volumes only).A good wide-margined copy. Aside from the detailed maps and plans, the plates mainly comprise vivid genre scenes and views after William Alexander.
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Heywood (Thomas). The Generall History of Women, containing the Lives of the most Holy and Prophane, the most Famous and Infamous in all ages, exactly described not only from Poeticall Fictions, but from the most Ancient, Modern, and Admired Historians, to our Times. By T.H. Gent., London: Printed by W. H. for W. H., 1657, additional engraved title slightly frayed to lower margin, erratic pagination, lacking final blank, some browning, light dust-soiling and scattered spotting, all edges gilt, 19th-century blind decorated calf, joints rubbed, 8vo (16.3 x 10.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Wing H1784.Scarce work on women by the playwright and author Thomas Heywood, which includes a section on witches.
Leland (Thomas). The History of Ireland, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Dublin: R. Marchbank, 1773, half-titles, armorial bookplates of Edward Lane to front pastedowns, occasional light dust-soiling, edges stained green, contemporary calf gilt, morocco labels, rubbed with occasional wear to extremities, 4toQTY: (3)
Travel & Topography. 25 volumes of mostly 19th-century travel & topography reference, including Nineveh and its Remains: with an Account of a Visit to the Chaldaean Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers; and an Enquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians, 2 volumes, by Layard, 3rd edition, London: John Murray,1849, some minor toning & spotting, small tear to the margin of the folding map to volume1, original uniform cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed, spine lightly faded with some minor loss to head & foot, 8voTravels in New Zealand: with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history of that country, 2 volumes, by Dieffenbach, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1843, 2 monochrome frontispieces, some light spotting, original uniform embossed & gilt decorated green cloth, spines slightly faded, some light rubbing & marks, 8vo Incidents Of Travel In Central America, Chiapas And Yucatan, 2 volumes, 1st edition, by Stephens, London: John Murray, 1841, monochrome map with small marginal tear & plates, some toning & spotting throughout, original uniform gilt decorated brown cloth, spines slightly rubbed & chipped, 8voNarrative of a Voyage Round the World: Performed in Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur. During the Years 1836 - 1840: Including Details of the Naval Operations in China, from Dec. 1840 to Nov, 2 volumes, by Belcher, London: John Murray, 1841,lacking a map to volume 1, some minor toning & marks, contemporary uniform cloth, rear board of volume 1 is detached with damp stains, 8vo, together with a further selection of travel and topography reference, all original cloth, 8voQTY: (25)
Berger (John). G, proof copy, London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1972, uncorrected proof copy, some light toning & spotting, original wrappers, covers & spine slightly rubbed & creased, 8vo, together with:Raven (Simon), An Inch of Fortune, 1st edition, London: Blond & Briggs, 1980, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and 9 further works by Simon Raven, plusBlisk (James), The Quincunx of Time, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1975, some very minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Aldiss (Brian W.), The Shape of Further Things, speculations on change, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1970, some ferry minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers & spine lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other modern fiction & science fiction, including works by Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, J. G. Ballard, Michael Frayn, Charkes Palliser, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves )
Grosart (Alexander B., editor). Chertsey Worthies' Library, 14 volumes, Printed for Private Circulation, Edinburgh: University Press, Thomas and Archibald Constable, 1878-81, frontispieces and plates to few volumes, some volumes with original part wrapper bound-in, front blank free endpaper of first volume with the ownership inscription 'Coleridge, 1 Sussex Square 1882' (most likely John Duke Coleridge, 1st baron Coleridge, 1820-1894), top edge gilt, contemporary light brown calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels, extremities lightly rubbed, 4toQTY: (14)NOTE:Authors contained in this complete set of Chertsey Worthies' Library include John Davies (2 vols.), Henry More (1 vol.), Nicholas Breton (2 vols.), Josuah Sylvester (2 vols.), Joseph Beaumont (2 vols.), Francis Quarles (3 vols.), and Abraham Cowlet (2 vols.).
Gloucestershire. Speed (John), Glocestershire contrived into thirty thre severall hundreds & those againe into foure principall devisions. The citie of Glocester & Bristowe discribed with the armes of such noble men as have bene dignified with ye titlles of Earles & Dukes thereof, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Gloucester and Bristol, slight marginal fraying and occasional closed tears, some marginal tape staining, slight creasing, light overall toning, 385 x 515 mm, English text on verso, together with Greenwood (C & J). Map of the County of Gloucester from actual Survey..., 1831, engraved map with bright contemporary wash colouring, calligraphic title, compass rose, table of explanation, table of reference to the hundreds, and an uncoloured vignette of Gloucester Cathedral, 620 x 710 mm, with Morden (Robert). Glocestershire [1695 or later], hand-coloured engraved map, 345 x 415 mm, with another copy similar, plus Moll (Herman). Glocestershire, circa 1724, hand-coloured engraved map, the vertical margins decorated with antiquities, 195 x 315 mm, with another copy similar, and Van den Keere (Pieter). Glocestershire, circa 1627, hand-coloured engraved map, some browning to the margins, 85 x 125 mm, with another seven maps of Gloucestershire, including examples by or after Cary, Badeslade & Toms, Owen & Bowen, Archer, J & C Walker, Phillips and Harrison, various sizes and condition QTY: (14)
Art & Architecture. A large collection of art & architecture reference, including Our British Landscape Painters from Samuel Scott to David Cox..., by Scott, 1st edition, Spalding & Scott, circa 1872, 16 steel plate engravings with tissue guards, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated green full morocco, some minor rubbing to head & foot, some minor loss to the spine, 8voThe Domestic Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens, by Butler, reprint edition, Antique Collectors' Club, 1989, original cloth in dust jacket, tear to the front cover & lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, by Benezit, facsimile edition,Lund, 1966, original cloth, spines lightly faded, 8vo, together with further art, artists & architecture reference, many from the library of art historian Martin Kemp, with his inscriptions to the front endpaper, some exhibtion and sale catalogues, 8voApproximately 150 volumesQTY: (6 shelves)
Headland (Isaac Taylor). Home Life in China, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1914, colour and monochrome illustrations, publisher's catalogue at end, a few light spots, previous owner inscription, original cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Lee (Yan Phou). When I was a Boy in China, 1st edition, London: Blackie & Co., [1887], portrait frontispiece, Blackie catalogue at rear, original cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened, 8vo, plus Vogel (J. PH.). Indian Serpent-Lore or the Nagas in Hindu Legend and Art, 1st edition, London: Arthur Probsthain, 1926, 30 half-tone plates, advertisement leaf, some light spotting, small previous owner stamp, original cloth gilt, a few small marks, 4to, with other travel and ethnographical interest including India in Primitive Christianity, by Arthur Lillie, 1909, A Sudanese Kingdom. An Ethnographical Study of the Jukum-speaking Peoples of Nigeria, by C.K. Meek, 1931, Siamese State Ceremonies, by H.G. Quaritch Wales, 1931, Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe, by Audrey I. Richards, 1932, and The Nuba. An Anthropological Study of the Hill Tribes in Kordofan, by S.F. Nadel, OUP, 1947 QTY: (approximately 80)
Plot (Robert). The Natural History of Oxfordshire, being an Essay toward the Natural History of England, Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1677, imprimatur leaf, engraved illustration to title, folding engraved county map, 16 engraved plates, occasional toning, light damp stain mostly to lower margins, later endpapers with armorial bookplate of George Bowden to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, morocco reback with earlier title label relaid, corners repaired, board edges worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Upcott p.1069.
* Clare (John, 1793-1864). English poet. Autograph Letter Signed, 'John Clare', no date, c. 1833, to an unidentified recipient, torn with loss at head of page with loss including most of first 2 lines, apologising for not replying sooner before continuing, 'The Poems are now in preparation for the press as I should hope will be published very speedily and I thank you very kindly for your liberal proposal of becoming a subscriber. I will send the book to the address you mention - I've heard of the name of Carrington the Poet but have never seen any of his Wr[iting] though I have seen his name highly spoken of... ', several ink smudges (not affecting signature) and fold tears including further paper loss affecting a couple of words to lower part of page, some light browning, partially adhered to an old paper sheet inscribed 'J. Clare the poet, 1833' in a later hand, 1 page, 4to (225 x 185 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:The poet Carrington referred to in the letter would be Nicholas Toms Carrington (1777-1830), an English schoolmaster and poet. At an early period of his life he began to contribute verse to London and provincial papers. His poems were mainly descriptive of the scenery and traditions of Devon. In 1820 he published The Banks of the Tamar, and in 1826 Dartmoor. His collected poems, with a memoir, appeared in 1831.
Bruce (James). Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 5 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: by J. Ruthven, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London, 1790, half-titles to volumes 2 and 3 only, engraved vignettes to titles, 58 engraved plates, 3 folding maps ('The Chart of Solomon's Voyage to Tarshish' supplied from a later edition), 4 leaves of Ethiopian dialects, armorial bookplates of William Hodgson Cadogan to front pastedowns, occasional light spotting and offsetting, titles to volumes 1 and 4 and 'Ceraste' plate in volume 5 repaired, early 19th-century half calf gilt, rubbed, 4toQTY: (5)NOTE:Blackmer 221; Cox I p. 388; ESTC T51608; Nissen ZBI 617; cf. Macro Arabian Peninsula 600-1 for later editions.A complete set of one of the great travel narratives of the 18th century. 'In conformity with 18th-century conventions of travel writing, it is an "immethodical miscellany", ranging from striking adventure stories, reported dialogues, and Shandean asides boasting of [Bruce's] success with African women, through a pedantic history of ancient Ethiopia (which occupies most of the first two volumes), to vivid sketches of contemporary Abyssinian life, politics, and natural history. It was immensely successful, most of the original edition being sold to retail booksellers within thirty-two hours, and was rapidly translated into French and German' (ODNB).
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[Heywood, Thomas]. The Life of Merlin, Sirnamed Ambrosius. His Prophesies, and Predictions Interpreted; and their truth made good by our English Annalls. Being a Chronographicall History of all the Kings, and memorable passages of this Kingdome, from Brute to the Reigne of our Royall Soveraigne King Charles. A subject never published in this kind before, and deserves to be knowne and observed by all men, London: Printed by J. Okes, and are to be sold by Jasper Emery, 1641, engraved frontispiece (torn to fore-margin at foot, not affecting image or text), "To the Reader" leaf present bearing letterpress name 'Thomas Heywood' at end, light dust-soiling and few marks mostly to initial leaves, some light toning throughout, early 19th-century calf, blind and gilt decoration to spine, extremities rubbed, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R10961; Pforzheimer, 478; Wing H1786.The first edition of "one of Heywood's most interesting pot-boilers" (Pforzheimer). Merlin is an important figure from British myth, associated primarily with the tales of King Arthur but with roots going further back into the mists of Welsh legend. This popular account by Thomas Heywood presents his story for contemporary English audiences.
Dunham (Dowes). The Royal Cemeteries of Kush, 5 volumes, 1st edition, Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1950-63, black and white illustrations and maps throughout (some folding, some after photographs), volume 2 and 4 with Wellcome Historical Medical Museum stamp to front pastedown, original brown cloth gilt (volume 3 cloth-backed paper covered boards, some wear to spine extremities), printed light blue dust jackets (volume 3 publisher's? plain drown dust jacket, chipped with small loss to extremities), volume 1 spine browned and frayed with some loss to head, head of spine with closed tear to volume 2, 4to (volume 3 folio, 61 x 48 cm)QTY: (5)NOTE:Exceedingly scarce complete in five volumes in dust jackets. We are only able to trace one comparable set in auction records.The titles of the volumes are: El Kurru, Nuri, Decorated Chapels of the Meroitic Pyramids at Meroë and Barkal, Royal Tombs at Meroë and Barkal, The West and South Cemeteries at Meroë.
Parkinson (John). Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. Or, An Herball of a Large Extent: Containing therein a more ample and exact History and declaration of the Physicall Herbs and Plants that are in other authours, encreased by the accesse of many hundreds of new, rare, and strange plants from all the parts of the world..., Distributed into sundry classes or tribes, for the more easie knowledge of the many herbes of one nature and property, with the chiefe notes of Dr. Lobel, Dr. Bonham, and others inserted therein. Collected by the many yeares travaile, industry, and experience in this subject, by John Parkinson apothecary of London, and the Kings Herbarist..., London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640, initial blank and additional engraved title not present, letterpress title with several manuscript inscriptions 'A good edition of a curious work, invaluable as the plates are all coloured by some private hand well worth 3-3-0', with partially inked out inscription 'Michel Pierre, ce 26/16 October 1689 pore 03 pièce moins 3 lint(?)', and 'Job Lousley's Book Hampstead Norris Berks 1854', woodcut botanical illustrations throughout with near-contemporary hand-colouring, decorative initials, headpieces, chapter line breaks also with near-contemporary hand-colouring, lower outer corner of N4 with short closed tear and slight printing fault (not affecting meaning of text), closed tear to L5 partially repaired, 2X5 & 2X6 damp stained, short closed tear at foot of 4B6 and repaired closed tear to 5P4, first leaf of 'The Table of the English Names' (7H1) at rear of volume frayed to edges, errata leaf present at rear, occasional light dust-soiling to margins, slight marginal damp staining to few leaves, late 20th-century endpapers with 18th-century armorial bookplate of Henri-Joseph Rega (1690-1754) relaid to front pastedown, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked preserving morocco title label, board corners neatly repaired, folio (33.4 x 23 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S121875; STC 19302.Henri-Joseph Rega (1690–1754) was a professor of medicine and rector of Leuven University, in the Habsburg Netherlands, where he established a botanical garden, laboratories for chemistry and physics, and an anatomical theatre, as well as adding a new wing to the University Hall (originally Leuven's medieval cloth hall).Job Lousley (1790-1855) was born in South Moreton, Berkshire and lived in Blewbury and Hampstead Norris, near Newbury. He was an avid book collector and published widely on agricultural, botanical and historical matters relating to Berkshire.
Thorburn (Archibald). British Birds, 5 volumes (including supplement), 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1915-16, half-titles, 82 full-page colour plates (2 in supplement), title printed in red and black, tissue-guards toned, original red cloth gilt (supplement in brown paper wrappers), spines faded, lightly rubbed, 4to, together with:Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1923, half-title, 30 full-page colour plates, red ink-staining to rear pastedown and endpaper, modern red half calf gilt, base of lower cover and spine stained, folio, plusBritish Mammals, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1923, half-titles, 50 full-page colour plates, vignette titles, titles printed in red and black, modern bookplates of Charles 12th Earl of Carlisle, a few light spots (a few water spots to title of volume 2), original red cloth, spines faded, lightly rubbed, 4to, with Thorburn's A Naturalist's Sketch Book (1919) and The Gun At Home and Abroad, British Game Birds and Wildfowl (1912)QTY: (10)
Zetetic Astronomy. Earth not a globe! "Parallax, "... will deliver three lectures, on the evenings on Wednesday, Nov. 4th, Friday, Nov. 6th, and Tuesday, Nov. 10th, 1857, in the lecture-hall, Castle-St., Aylesbury, no place or publisher, [1857], printed broadside with drop-head title and partly printed in 2 columns, including favourable local newspaper reviews of Parallax's previous lectures and flat earth theory, light toning, one page, 375 x 250 mm, together with another similar: Zetetic Astronomy: or experiments and observations tending to prove that the earth is not a globe, but an extended plane. By "Parallax", no place or publisher, c. 1857, printed broadside with drop-head title and 2 columns of text with 10 wood-engraved figures, giving an exposition of zetetic astronomy interspersed with newspaper quotations, one page, 430 x 280 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:Two rare broadsides concerning flat earth theory with no other copies traced.Samuel Birley Rowbotham (1816-1884) was an English inventor, writer and utopian socialist who propounded flat earth theory under the title zetetic astronomy. Publishing under the pseudonym "Parallax", Rowbotham lectured for two decades up and down the country promoting his unique theory. He laid out his world system in a book called Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe. This was originally published as a 16-page pamphlet (1849), expanded into a book (1865), with a third edition of 430 pages appearing in 1881. According to Rowbotham, the world's continents float on an infinite ocean which has a layer of fire underneath, and the lands we know are surrounded by an infinite wilderness of ice and snow, beyond the Antarctic Ocean, bordered by an immense circular ice cliff. The centre of the earth is what we call the North Pole.Rowbotham founded the Universal Zetetic Society, the Society's magazine entitled The Earth Not a Globe Review remaining active until the early part of the twentieth century. After a slow decline the movement was revived in 1956 as The Flat Earth Society.
Buffon (Georges Louis Leclerc). Natural History, General and Particular, 2nd edition in English, 9 volumes, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1785, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, numerous engraved plates (lacking plate no. 294 to vol. 8), 2 folding maps, occasional light spotting, bookplate of A. Maclean of Pennycross to front pastedowns, contemporary tree calf gilt, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels (some labels lacking), rubbed, worn at head and foot of spines, 8vo, together with:Clarke (Edward Daniel), Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa, 11 volumes, 4th edition, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816-24, engraved plates and maps (mostly folding), wood engraved illustrations, occasional browning, spotting and few damp stains, armorial bookplate of John Waldie to upper pastedown, contemporary straight grain calf, gilt decoration to spines, some boards detached and some spines lacking, worn, 8vo,Kay (John), A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, 2 volumes, new edition, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1877, numerous etched plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original quarter morocco, spines rubbed and extremities worn, large 4toQTY: (a carton)
Strachan (Walter). Poems, London: Christopher Hewett, 1976, signed by the author to the limitation page, monochrome engravings by Charles Marq, engraved frontispiece plus 4 signed & numbered engravings to the rear pocket, original cloth spine to blue paper boards in slipcase, 8vo, limited edition 16/200, together with:Thorn-Drury (G., editor), The Poems of Thomas Randolf, London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1929, signed by the author to the limitation page, engraved frontispiece, some light marginal toning & spotting, period inscription to the front endpaper, original full morocco, spine lightly faded, 8vo, limited edition 16/400, plus other 20th-century poetry & related reference, including works by Walter de la Mare, James Reeves, Keats, Clifford Bax, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G, 8voQTY: (5 shelves )
Moraes (Dom). Poems, 1st edition, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1960, some light toning, original cloth in dust jacket, spine very lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Levi (Peter), Life is a Platform, 1st edition, London: Anvil Press Poetry, 1971, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 8vo, plusThwaite (Anthony), Home Truths, 1st edition, East Yorkshire: The Marvell Press, 1957, some light toning to the endpapers, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and other modern poetry & poet reference, including works by Robert Lowell, John fuller, Paul Muldoon, Freda Downie, Adrian Mitchell, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voApproximately 210 volumesQTY: (3 shelves)
Mason (William). Arts Advancement or the most Exact, Lineal, Swift, Short, and Easy method of Short-hand-Writing hitherto Extant, is now after a view of all others, and twenty eight years practice) raised to a higher degree of perfection than any as yet published, 3rd edition, corrected and enlarged, [London]: Printed for the Author, 1687, 24 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title within architectural border, engraved text to one side of leaf printed within decorative border, leaf 3 with early ink doodle and leaf 21 with early manuscript, occasional fraying to margins, some light dust-soiling, front free endpaper with early manuscript calculation in brown ink and note 'S. Lowdell from Mrs Phillips', contemporary sheep, joints slightly cracked at head and foot, lightly scuffed, slim 12mo (14.4 x 6.9 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R23530; Wing M942. Wing gives format 16mo.Scarce, only two UK institutional copies found (Edinburgh Central Library and Senate House Library, University of London), and four copies in US institutional libraries found (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, New York Public Library, Newberry Library, Yale University and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library).William Mason (fl. 1672-1709; d. 1719?) issued three influential treatises on shorthand: the present work, first published in 1682, and the more romantically titled "A Pen Pluck'd from an Eagles Wing" (1672) and "La Plume Volante" ("The Flying Pen") of 1707. Developed over half a century, Mason's system used 423 characters, and words were written as they sound, a fact that makes it of interest to modern linguists for the light it can shed on 17th-century English pronunciation. Mason's system was adapted by Thomas Gurney for use as the official shorthand of the criminal courts at the Old Bailey, his influence on stenography stretched into the 19th century. Mason's one-shilling publications both supplemented his income and promoted his services as an instructor of stenography; the title page here advertises lessons available at his "Writing School, the Hand and Pen in Grace-Church Street."
Churchill (Winston S). The World Crisis, volumes 1-4, (1911-1914, 1915, & 1916-1918 parts I & II), reprinted, London: Thornton Butterworth, 1927, folding maps etc., original uniform dark blue cloth gilt, short snag at head of first volume, together with Thoughts and Adventures, 4th impression, London: Thornton Butterworth, 1932, original dark green cloth gilt, plusHodgkin (R. H.). A History of the Anglo-Saxons, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 1952, folding maps, monochrome plates and illustrations, original light blue cloth gilt, spines somewhat faded, and other history, military, memoirs, biographies, literature including L. E. Jones, A Victorian Boyhood/An Edwardian Youth/Georgian Afternoon/I Forgot to Tell You, mixed editions, 1958-65, F. Spencer Chapman, The Jungle is Neutral, reprinted 1949, John Bagot, Glubb, The Story of the Arab Legion, 1st edition, 1948, P. Keble Chatterton, King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855, 1st edition, 1912, etc. (approximately 75 volumes)QTY: (3 shelves)
Holman (James). Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland, Austria, Saxony, Prussia, Hanover, &c. &c. undertaken during the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, while suffering from total Blindness, and comprising an account of the Author being conducted a State Prisoner from the Eastern parts of Siberia, 2 volumes, London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825, engraved frontispiece to each (offset to title), 8 lithograph plates, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, joints rubbed and slightly cracked, 8vo, together with:[Byron, George Gordon], The Siege of Corinth. A Poem. Parisina. A Poem, 1st edition, London: Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1816, half-title, bound with at rear [Croker, John Wilson], The Battle of Talavera, 10th edition, London: John Murray, 1816, half-title, bound with at front Scott (Walter), The Field of Waterloo; A Poem, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1815, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, contrasting morocco labels to spines, joints rubbed, 8vo,Fellowes (William Dorset), A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe, in 1817: with notes taken during a tour through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the environs of Paris, London: William Stockdale, 1818, 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 engraved plates, one engraved illustration on India paper, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed, 8vo,Shaw (Thomas), Travels, or Observations, relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, corrected, Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ritchie, 1808, 13 engraved maps (10 folding), 21 engraved plates (3 folding), some light toning and occasional spotting, contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spines, some joints mostly lightly cracked at foot, 8voQTY: (6)
Waugh (Evelyn). 'Sword of Honour' trilogy: Men at Arms, 1952; Officers and Gentleman, 1955; Unconditional Surrender, 1961, 1st editions, some light spotting or offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, dust jackets (Unconditional Surrender price-clipped), spines a little faded, small nicks and tiny tears to spine ends of Men at Arms, small closed tear to front panel and slight spotting to rear panel of Officers and Gentlemen, 8voQTY: (3)
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Bindings. [Surtees, John]. Ask Mama, Plain or Ringlets, Handley Cross, Mr Facey Romford's Hounds, Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, 5 volumes, London: Bradbury, Evans & Co, [circa 1860], hand-coloured illustrations throughout by John Leech and Hablot Browne, Plain or Ringlets with hand-coloured additional title, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary green half morocco over red marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo, together with:Henry (O, Pseudonym, William Sydney Porter). The Works, 12 volumes, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1913-20, half-titles, all but 'Roads of Resting' with frontispieces, top edge gilt, blue half calf gilt for Henry Sotheran, red morocco title labels, rubbed, 8vo, plusKipling (Rudyard). The Works, 21 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co, 1904-28, all but 'Traffics and Discoveries' reprints, a few light spots, original red cloth gilt, gilt oval device to upper covers, lightly rubbed, dust jackets, rubbed with a few chips to extremities, 8vo, with 30 others including 5 further volumes of Surtees published by Bradbury and Evans, The Complete Works of Washington Irvine (2 volumes, 1834), Julius' Works (3 volumes, 1812)QTY: (68)
Marshall (John, editor). Mohenjo-Daro and The Indus Civilization, being an official account of Archaeological Excavations at Mohenjo-daro carried out by the Government of India between the years 1922 and 1927, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Arthur Probsthain, 1931, 164 plates (including folding plans, illustrations after photographs), 2 folding maps to rear pocket of volume 1 (plus an additional large folding map of the region from unrelated work), further smaller illustrations in-text, bookplate of W and P.J. Kupfer to front pastedowns, plate V neatly repaired to upper margin, original publisher's pictorial brown buckram gilt, a few light marks, folioQTY: (3)NOTE:An excellent set of this pioneering work on Mohenjo-Daro (meaning 'Valley of the Dead Men'), the largest settlement of the Indus Valley Civilisation. Located in Sindh, Pakistan, it is one of the earliest known large cities, founded in the 26th century BCE. Marshall's 'announcement in 1924 that he had there found a new civilization of the third millennium marked an epoch in modern discovery; the so-called Indus valley civilization is now recognized as the most extensive civilization of the preclassical world' (ODNB). His 'mass excavation of large areas at Mohenjo-daro . published in 1931, showed a great city, dating from before and after 2000 BC, planned and drained on a vast scale and in a regimented fashion, with wide thoroughfares and closely built houses and workshops. Detail was lost; but, like Schliemann before him, Marshall got to the heart of the matter and gave what was needed first in the current state of knowledge, namely the general shape, the sketch, of a hitherto unknown civilization. He was a pioneer of a high order' (Ibid).
King (Stephen). Carrie, 1st UK edition, London: New English Library, 1974, ex-library with stamps to title and front free endpaper, residue of stickers to rear free endpaper and pastedown, price in pen to front free endpaper, lightly spotted and toned, split to gutter of title, original purple cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and marked, dust jacket, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, together with:The Shining, 1st UK edition, London: New English Library, 1977, ex-library with stamps to title, a few markings to endpapers, occasional light spotting, text block detached from backstrip, fore-edge faintly stained, original pictorial paper-covered boards, some wear, cocked, 8vo, plusPet Sematary, 1st UK edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983, ex-library with numerous stamps (including to title verso), scattered spotting, preliminary leaves damp-stained, original pictorial paper-covered boards, some wear, cocked, 8vo, with 31 others by Stephen King including The Tommy-Knockers (1988), The Dark Half (1989), Bag of Bones (1998)QTY: (34)
Parkinson (James). Outlines of Oryctology. An Introduction to the Study of Fossil Organic Remains; especially of those found in the British Strata: intended to aid the student in his enquiries respecting the Nature of Fossils, and their connection with the Formation of the Earth, London: Printed for the Author, 1822, half-title discarded, 10 engraved plates, spotting mostly to plates, top edge trimmed, remainder untrimmed, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with:Jameson (Robert), A Treatise on the External, Chemical, and Physical Characters of Minerals, 3rd edition, Edinburgh: Printed by Neill & Company, for Archibald Constable and Company, 1817, 8 engraved plates (including frontispiece, 6 folding), early signature to upper margin of title page, some damp stains to plates, edges untrimmed, modern boards, 8vo,Lyell (Charles), Principles of Geology, 4 volumes, 4th edition, London: John Murray, 1835, 5 folding engraved maps (2 hand-coloured), 2 single-page (1 hand-coloured), 3 double-page plates and 4 folding plates (including 1 hand-coloured aquatint), wood engraved illustrations, light offsetting and occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, some spine labels lacking, two boards detached, spine of volume 3 torn with loss, worn, 8voQTY: (6)
Cunningham (Peter, editor). The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, 9 volumes, London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1891, monochrome illustrations, some light toning, original uniform blue cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Hill (George Birkbeck), Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti to William Allingham 1854-1870, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897, monochrome portrait frontispiece, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed with some minor loss to the foot, 8vo, plus Railo (Eino), The Haunted Castle, a study of the elements of English Romanticism, 1st edition, London: George Routledge & Sons, 1927, 8 monochrome plates, some light toning & spotting, original red cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other mid-20th-century & modern literary reference &, letters & biography, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, sone odd volumes, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves )
Scott (Walter). Ivanhoe; A Romance, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable, 1820, half titles, pp. 159-305 misnumbered pp. 151-298 in volume I, occasional light spotting, previous owner inscription to front endpapers, later half calf gilt, some worming to spines, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Rob Roy, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne for Archibald Constable, 1818, half titles (bound after titles), some light spotting, later calf, spines with red and black labels and gilt decoration, 8vo, plus The Antiquary, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne for Archibald Constable, 1816, bound without half titles, pp. 181/182 with clear tape repair, head of chapter I in volume 2 (pp. 4/5) torn away with crossed-through signatures, later half calf, a little rubbed, with others by Walter Scott including 1st editions Peveril of the Peak, 4 volumes, 1822, The Fortunes of Nigel, 3 volumes, 1822, Quentin Durward, 3 volumes, 1823, and Redgauntlet, 3 volumes, 1824 QTY: (34)
Ivens (W.G.). Melanesians of the South-East Solomon Islands, 1st edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1927, colour and half-tone illustrations, a few minor spots, small ownership ink stamp, original cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with Landtman (Gunnar). The Kiwai Papuans of British New Guinea, 1st edition in English, London: Macmillan and Co., 1927, map frontispiece, half-tone illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, spine and extremities a little faded, 8vo, plus Malinowski (Bronislaw). Coral Gardens and their Magic. A study of the methods of tilling the soil and of agricultural rites in the Trobriand Islands, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York: American Book Company, 1935, illustrations, some light spotting, original blue cloth gilt, spines faded, 8vo, with other ethnographical and South Seas related including W.G. Ivens' The Island Builders of the Pacific, 1930, A. Bernard Deacon's Malekula. A Vanishing People in the New Hebrides, 1934, John Layard's Stone Men of Malekula, 1942, Tainui. The Story of Hoturoa and his Descendants, by Leslie G. Kelly, 1949, and Argonauts of the Western Pacific, by Bronislaw Malinowski, 4th impression, 1953QTY: (57)
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Attwell (Mabel Lucie, illustrator). Peter Pan and Wendy by J. M. Barrie, London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, [1921?], 12 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), line illustrations to text, original pictorial light blue cloth gilt, 4to, together with:Goble (Warwick, illustrator), The Book of Fairy Poetry, edited by Dora Owen, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1920, 16 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), few illustrations to text printed in black, pictorial endpapers with some offsetting to free endpapers, original pictorial cloth, 4to,Robinson (Charles), The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, London: Duckworth & Co., [1915], 12 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), illustrations and decorative initials to text, pictorial endpapers, original cloth, gilt-blocked spine, 4to,Robinson (William Heath), Old-Time Stories told by Master Charles Perrault, translated from the French by A. E. Johnson, London: Constable & Co Ltd., 1921, 6 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), illustrations to text (one neatly hand-coloured), occasional light scattered spotting, original cloth gilt with pictorial roundel to upper board, few blemishes mostly to rear board, 4to, plus other similar children's illustrated books etc., many in original pictorial cloth bindings, including some illustrated by Edmund DulacQTY: (24)
Geological Society. Transactions of the Geological Society, Established November 13, 1807, First Series, volumes 1-5 in 7, and Second Series, volumes 1-7, London, 1811-56, together 14 volumes, 479 engraved and lithograph plates, maps and plans including some hand-coloured, (including 113 folding & 28 double-page), few wood engraved illustrations, title pages to text and plates volumes of First Series volume 1 both with ink stamp 'G' surmounted by peer's coronet, occasional scattered spotting, untrimmed fore-edges to series 1 volume 5 parts 1 & 2, 20th-century uniform dark green cloth, 4to, together with:Ormerod (George Wareing), A Classified Index to the Transactions, Proceedings, and Quarterly Journal of The Geological Society of London: including all the Memoirs and Notices to the end of 1855, London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1858, original cloth, light wear to joints at head and foot, extremities rubbed, spine faded, 8voQTY: (15)NOTE:A complete run of both series of the this important & pioneering geological publication. During the publication period of 1811 to 1856, the Transactions featured almost 350 papers, many of which have become important classic works. Complete sets rarely appear for sale. For the First Series 'It was decided [by a Special General Committee of the Geological Society] first that there should be printed 750 copies of each volume of the journal, and second "That the ink employed shall be of the best quality". The Society was determined to produce a journal capable of standing comparison with any other of the world's leading periodicals' (Herries Davies, Whatever is under the Earth; the Geological Society of London 1807 to 2007, page 37). Important contributors to the first series include such names as Leonard Horner, Thomas Webster, James Parkinson, William Buckland, Richard Hennah, John Macculloch and J.S. Henslow. The Second Series contains articles by Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Buckland, Murchison, Richard Owen, Gideon Mantell, William John Broderip and W.D. Conybeare.
Humboldt (Alexander von). Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, translated from the German by E.C. Otte, 5 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-58, portrait frontispiece to volume I (detached with title and following leaf), occasional light toning, volume IO half title partly torn away, original cloth, rebacked, volumes III-V original spines relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Lloyds Natural History series, 13 volumes: A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain, by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 4 volumes, 1896-97, Hand-Book to the Order Lepidoptera, byW.F. Kirby, 1896-97, A Hand-Book to the Primates, by Henry O. Forbes, 2 volumes, 1896-97, and 3 others, numerous colour plates, a few small adhesive tape residue marks, uniformly bound in half morocco gilt, 8vo, with others including Fur, Feather and Fin series, 12 volumes, 1893-1905, The Royal Natural History, edited by Richard Lydekker, 6 volumes, 1893-96, and volume V only of A Collection of Voyages round the World..., 1790 QTY: (50)
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[Constable, Henry]. Diana. Or, The excellent conceitful Sonnets of H. C. Augmented with divers quatorzains of honorable and learned personages. Devided into viii. decades, At London, Printed by James Roberts for Richard Smith, 1584, facsimile edition, [London, 1818], occasional light spotting, manuscript notes to front endpaper and armorial bookplate of Charles George Milnes Gaskell to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, early 19th-century mid brown crushed morocco, gilt decorated spine, small 8vo (One of an edition of fifty copies. Edited by Samuel W. Singer), together with:Brewer (Anthony), The Love-sick King: An English Tragical History. With the Life and Death of Cartesmunda, the Fair Nun of Winchester, Dublin: Printed, and sold by the Editor W. R. Chetwood, Messrs. G. and A. Ewing, P. Wilson, H. Hawker, S. Price [& others], 1750, fore-margin of title torn and repaired to verso, scattered spotting, 20th-century calf, gilt decorated spine, 12mo in 6sQTY: (2)
Bath and West of England Society. Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, &c., volumes 1-6 & 10-14, mixed editions, Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1783-1816, together 11 volumes, few engraved plates including some folding, mixed bindings including original boards (volumes 6, 11, 12 & 13, some worn), contemporary full calf (volumes 2, 3 & 4), contemporary half calf (volume 10 & 14 which lacks spine), modern half morocco (volumes 1 & 5), 8vo, together with:Farey (John), General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire; with observations on the means of their improvement. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, 2 volumes, London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1815, 5 hand-coloured engraved maps and plans (4 folding) and 4 uncoloured engraved plates (1 folding), folding table, edges untrimmed, original boards, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo,Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, Proceedings, volumes 1-8, Bath, 1867-97, monochrome and few colour plates and plans, including some folding, bookplate of J. H. Savory to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary half calf, few morocco spine labels lacking, light wear, 8vo, with Marshall (William), The Review and Abstract of the County Reports to the Board of Agriculture, 5 volumes, facsimile reprint, Newton Abbot: David Charles Reprints, [1969], original cloth in dust-jacket, 8vo QTY: (26)
Misson (Henri, de Valbourg). Memoires et observations faites par un voyageur en Angleterre..., La Haye: Henri van Bulderen, 1698, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red and black (imprint date cropped at foot), folding engraved map and folding plan of London, 17 engraved plates (15 folding), browning mostly to text leaves, occasional damp stains to upper margins, armorial bookplate of Henry Thomas Buckle to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, early 19th-century calf gilt, lacking spine labels, joints cracked at head, 12mo, together with:[Nichols, John; Warburton, John & Ducarel, Andrew Coltee], Some account of the Alien Priories, and of such lands as they are known to have possessed in England and Wales, 2 volumes, London: Printed by and for J. Nichols, 1779, folding engraved map frontispiece to first volume, 7 engraved plates (3 folding), closed tear to L8 in volume 1, contemporary speckled calf, red morocco title labels to spines, joints cracked and light wear at head and foot of spine, 8vo,Boursault (Edme), The?atre de feu Monsieur Boursault, 3 volumes, new edition, Paris: Francois Le Breton, 1725, 18th-century continental armorial ink stamp with ducal coronet to titles and final leaves, toning throughout, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with continental ducal gilt embossed armorial at foot of spines, 12mo,Phaedrus, Fabulae et Publii Syri Sententiae, Paris: Ex Typographia Regia, 1729, printed on large paper, engraved frontispiece by Simmoneau, early19th-century crushed black half morocco gilt, slim 12mo (Graesse V p.253; Dibdin II p.280)QTY: (7)
Jacombe (Thomas). Osios ’egkainismos. Or A treatise of holy dedication, both personal and domestick. The latter of which, is (in special) recommended to the citizens of London, upon their entring into their new habitations, London: Ralph Smith and Samuel Gellibrand, 1668, first two words of title page in Greek characters, with early ink ownership at head of title (margins slightly frayed), without errata leaf at rear, some marginal browning mostly at front and rear, toning and scattered spotting, contemporary sheep, upper board detached, worn, 8vo (Wing J118), together with:Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Celebriores Sententiae, Apophthegmata et Similitudines ex Operibus M.T. Ciceronis collectae, Antwerp: Apud Henr. Aertssens, 1651, engraved title with early signature to upper margin and faint ink stamp to centre of leaf, ink stamp at head of A2, early manuscript to verso of final leaf, contemporary vellum, lacking ties, dust-soiled and few marks, 16mo,Milton (John), Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes and Poems upon several occasions..., 5th edition, London: J. Tonson, 1713, engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved plates, some light dust soiling and occasional scattered spotting, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf gilt, maroon morocco title label to spine (without volume number label), 12mo, plus two other antiquarian (one defective)QTY: (5)
Shakespeare. A large collection of modern William Shakespeare reference & works, including Shakespeare Adaptations: The Tempest, The Mock Tempest and King Lear, London: Jonathan Cape, 1922, bookplates & some minor staining to the endpapers, some uncut pages, original cloth, some light rubbing, 8vo, limited edition 163/1000Shakespeare's Comedy As You Like It., Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1910, monochrome & colour tipped-in plates & illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original cloth, spine lightly stained, large 8voThe Girlhood Of Shakespeare's Heroines A Series Of Fifteen Tales, by Clarke, Bickers & Son, 1879, 9 monochrome plates, contemporary full leather, some rubbing to the spine & edges, 8voShakespeare's Bones, by Ingleby, London: Trubner, 1883, tipped-in enclosure to the front endpaper, original leather spine & paper boards, slightly toned & rubbed, 8vo, together with other modern Shakespeare reference & works, mostly original bindings, many paperbacks [mostly RSC editions], G/VG, 8voApproximately 160 volumesQTY: (6 shelves)
Behan (Brendan). The Quare Fellow, a comedy drama, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co. 1956, monochrome portrait frontispiece, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, 8voBorstal Boy, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson, 1958, monochrome portrait frontispiece, some light & spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, tape marks to the head & foot of the covers, 8voThe Hostage, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1958, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus 7 further works by Brendan Behan, together with:Moore (Brian), The Luck of Ginger Coffey, 1st edition, London: Andre Deutsch, 1960, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers toned & rubbed with a tear to the head of the front cover, 8voCatholics, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1972, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded & marked to head & foot, slim 8voThe Great Victorian Collection, 1st edition, 1975, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and 13 further works by Brian Moore, plusTóibín (Colm), The Master, 1st edition, London: Picador, 2004, signed by the author to the head of the title page, original cloth in dust jacket, 8voNora Webster, exclusive signed edition, London: Viking, 2014, signed by the author to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus 13 further works by Colm Tóibín, and other modern literature by Irish authors, including works by Seamus Heaney, Emma Donoghue, John Banville, William Trevor, Edna O'Brien, mostly 1st editions, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQTY: (5 shelves )
Natural History. A large collection of natural history reference, including New Naturalist Facsimile Box Set, the first ten titles, Collins, 2010, includes Butterflies, by E.B. Ford, British Game, by B. Vesey-Fitzerald, all original cloth in dust jackets & slipcase, some very minor wear to volumes 5 & 9, 8vo, plus with 9 further volumes of The New Naturalist, including 34 The Open Sea, by Hardy, 1956, & 35 The World of the Soil, by Russell, 1957, both 1st editions, original cloth in dust jackets,8voBirds of an Indian Garden, by Bainbridge, Fletcher, Ingils, London: Spink,1936, inscription to the front endpaper, some light spotting, original gilt decorated boards, 8vo Remarkable Insects, RTS, 1842, lacking front endpaper, original boards, some light fading, 8vo Talking of Moths, by Allan, Montgomery Press, 1943, some minor spotting, original boards, 8vo, together with other natural history reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voApproximately 130 volumesQTY: (6 shelves & 2 cartons)
Foster (Birket). Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape, 30 engraved plates by The Brothers Dalziel, India Proof edition, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881, some minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated vellum, boards & spine slight toned & marked, folio, limited edition 635/1000, together with:Thomson (John), A Great Free City, The Book of Silchester..., 2 volumes, London: Simpkin, Marshall, et al, 1924, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, original two-tone brown cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed & marked, large 8vo, plusBlunt (Reginald), Paradise Row, or a Broken Piece of Old Chelsea..., London: Macmillan & Company, 1906, monochrome illustrations, some minor spotting & marginal toning, original gilt decorated half vellum, 8vo, limited edition 32/110, and other late 19th & early 20th-century British topography reference & related, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some gilt decorated, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )
Fowles (John). The French Lieutenants Woman, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1969, illustrated endpapers, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus 5 further works by John Fowles, together with:de Berniéres (Louis), Captain Corelli's Mandolin, 1st edition, London: Secker & Warburg, 1994, light marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus 2 further works by Louis de Berniéres, plusRushdie (Salman), The Satanic Verses, 1st edition, London: Viking, 1988, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket spine lightly faded, 8voEast, West, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1994, signed by the author to the title page, original cloth in dust jacket, 8voThe Ground Beneath Her Feet, 1st edition, 1999, signed by the author to the half-title, original cloth in dust jacket, 8voShalimar the Clown, 1st edition, 2005, signed by the author to the title page, original cloth in dust jacket, 8voLuka and The Fire of Life, 1st edition, 2010, signed by the author to the title page, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus 7 further works by Salman Rushdie, and other modern fiction by British authors, including works by William Golding, Julian Barnes, A. N. Wilson, Lawrence Durrell, Kazuo Ishiguro, mostly 1st editions, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves )
Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, deluxe edition, London: Bloomsbury, 2000, all edges gilt, original decorated purple cloth, 8vo, together with:Cowan (James), Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori, 1st edition, Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1925, monochrome frontispiece, period inscription to the front endpaper, some light toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with some small loss to head & foot, 8vo, plus other modern juvenile & illustrated literature, including works by Enid Blyton, Quentin Blake, Arthur Ransome, Roald Dahl, W. E. Johns, mostly original cloth/boards, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves )
Jope (E.M). Early Celtic Art in the British Isles, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 3rd impression, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2000, black and white illustrations after photographs throughout, original black buckram gilt, dust jackets, 4to, together with:Symonds (Mary, and Louisa Preece). Needlework Through The Ages, a short survey of its development in decorative art, with particular regard to its inspirational relationship with other methods of craftsmanship, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1928, colour frontispiece, illustrations after photographs throughout (a few colour), ex-library with labels to front pastedown and endpaper (further ink stamps to title verso), lower hinge cracked, a few light marks, top edge gilt, original quarter vellum gilt, library shelfmark to foot of spine, some wear, 4to, with 3 further sets of Jope's Early Celtic Art in the British Isles (contained in shrink wrap or brown paper wrapping from publisher?) and Mark Jones' A Catalogue of the French Medals in the British Museum ( 2 volumes, in shrink wrap)QTY: (11)
Quintiliani (M. Fabii). Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri Duodecim, Lyon: Antonio Gryphium, 1575; bound with, ... Declamationes Undeviginti,... Lyon, 1575, together 2 works in one, each with woodcut printers device, woodcut initials, early annotations to first title and final leaf (dated 1659), some underlining and occasional light soiling, front free endpaper torn with loss, near contemporary calf gilt, covers stamped with oval gilt medallion, spine torn with losses, some edge wear, 8vo, together with:Lucan. M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia, sive de bello civili caesaris et pompeii, lib.x., Amsterdam: Joannem Blaeuw, 1643, engraved title, woodcut initials, contemporary ownership inscription 'Dr Rob Throck. Bart' & John Gage to head of title, a few gatherings lightly damp-stained, contemporary sheep, some wear, 12mo, withJuvenal. D. Junii Juvenalis Satyrae, omni obscoenitate expurgatae, cum interpretatione ac notis, Tours: PH Masson, 1687, woodcut vignette to title, early notations in Latin to pastedowns (ones to front scribbled out), lightly toned, contemporary calf gilt, worn, 12mo, with 4 other antiquarian volumesQTY: (7)
Jones (David). The Chester Play of the Deluge, edited by J. Isaacs, with engravings on wood by David Jones, 1st edition, Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1927, 10 large wood-engraved illustrations by David Jones, occasional light spotting, a few preliminary leaves with small portion of damp-mottling to outer margin, untrimmed, original red buckram gilt, backstrip faded, portion of staining to outer margin of covers, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, number 237 of 250 copies.Provenance: Robert Gibbing's copy, with his bookplate. The limitation page states 'This book was printed by Robert Gibbings at The Golden Cockerel Press'.Chanticleer 52.
Wilkins (John). The Mathematical and Philosophical Works ... containing, I. The Discovery of a New World..., II. That 'tis probable our Earth is One of the Planets, III. Mercury: Or, The Secret and Swift Messenger..., IV. Mathematical Magick: Or the Wonders that may be perform'd by Mechanical Geometry, V. An Abstract of his Essay towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language, to which is prefix'd the Author's Life, and an Account of his Works, London: J. Nicholson, A. Bell, B. Tooke and R. Smith, 1708, engraved portrait frontispiece, ink mark to gutter margin of general title, part titles, additional engraved title to first part, woodcut and few engraved diagrams and illustrations, some close-trimming at fore-edge and lower edges with occasional shaving of printed marginal notes and leaf signatures, 19th-century ownership label of Henry Mills to upper pastedown, 19th-century half calf, black morocco title label to spine, light wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (1)
Dickens (Charles). Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1st state of the later issue, London: Richard Bentley, 1838, later issue with 'Charles Dickens' as the author instead of 'Boz', and 'pilaster' for 'pier' or 'pedestal' on p. 164, cancel titles, 23 etched plates only by George Cruikshank (of 24, lacking plate 7 in volume II 'Mr. Bumble degraded in the eyes of the Paupers'), bound without half titles and advertisements, some spotting and browning, contemporary half morocco, spines and edges rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (Smith I, p. 35), together with Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41, illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne, occasional light spotting, contemporary ownership signature to frontispiece versos, modern tan half calf, large 8vo, plus Hard Times for These Times, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854, 2nd issue with p. 244 correctly numbered, half title, a little minor toning, previous owner signature, later half morocco, spine a little faded, 8vo, with others including 3 Christmas books (The Cricket on the Hearth, 1846; The Battle of Life, 1846 & the Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, 1848) 1st editions, later issues?, The Story of Little Dombey, 1858, and All the Year Round, a Weekly Journal, volumes I-VIII in 6 volumes, 1859-62QTY: (21)
Surtees (Virginia). Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), the paintings and drawings, a catalogue raisonné, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971, numerous monochrome illustrations, original uniform cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with:Gere (Charlotte & Geoffrey C. Munn), Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Crafts Jewellery, 1st edition, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1996, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, very lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, plusKelvin (Norman), The Collected Letters of William Morris, 4 volumes (in 5), 1st edition, Princeton: University Press, 1984-96, some light spotting to the text-block, original cloth in dust jackets, spines slightly faded, 8vo, and other early 20th-century & modern Pre-Raphaelite & William Morris reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, some duplicate copies, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves )
Narayan (R. K.). The English Teacher, 1st edition London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945, some light toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, rear cover slightly toned & marked, slim 8vo, plus 6 further works by R. K. Narayan, together with:Tonks (Rosemary), The Bloater, 1st edition, London: The Bodley Head, 1968, original cloth in dust jacket, minor tear to the rear cover, 8vo, plusJhabvala (R. Prawer), Like Birds, Like Fishes and other Stories, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1963, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus 2 further works by R. Prawer Jhabvala, and other modern fiction by foreign authors, including works by J. M. Coetzee, Dan Jacobson, Peter Carey, Nadine Gordimer, Francis King, V. S. Naipaul, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves )
Baxter (William). British Phaenogamus Botany, or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants, 2nd edition, 5 volumes (of 6), Oxford: J.H. Parker, 1834-43, lacking volume 2, hand-coloured engraved plates throughout, light scattered spotting, ex-library with Cheltenham Public Library stamps to rectos and versos of plates, bookplate and barcode to front pastedown and free endpaper respectively, contemporary half calf, title and volume labels lacking (apart from title to volume 3 and volume label to volume 6), worn, 8voQTY: (5)
London. A large collection of London history & topography reference from the collection of the late Dr.Derek Keene (urban historian & founding director of the Centre for Metropolitan History at the Institute of Historical Research), including Survey of London Vols XLII & XLIV, Poplar, Blackwall and the Isle of Dogs, Athlone Press, 1994, original cloth in dust jackets, some minor wear to head & footCalendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London, Parts I & II, Corp. City of London, 1889, part I is rebound in modern cloth with gilt titles to the spine, part II is in the original binding with the spine strip cracked to one sideThe History of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 2 volumes, by Moore, Pearson,1918, some spotting to text-block & endpapers, minor fading to spine & boardsRegistrem Statutorum et Consuetudium Ecclesiae Cathedralis Sancti Pauli Londinensis, 2 volumes (including the rarer Supplement), by Sparrow, Nichols & Son, 1873, some light spotting, original quarter calf, spines slightly rubbedThe Mercery of London, Trade, Goods and People, 1130-1578, Sutton/Ashgate, 2005Camden Society, London Record Society, together with other London reference, some leather bindings, some original cloth in dust jackets, G, 8voApproximately 110 volumesQTY: (6 shelves)
Christie (Agatha). The Man in the Brown Suit, 1st edition, London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1924, half-title and advert leaf at rear present, occasional minor scattered spotting mostly to first and last few leaves, original grey-brown cloth lettered and decorated in dark brown (in the same pattern used in Poirot Investigates), vertical crease to spine and lettering faint, rubbed and light wear, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Wagstaff & Poole, p.30-31.
Sutherland (William & William George). The Sign Writer and Glass Embosser, 1st edition, Manchester: Decorative Art Journals Co. Ltd., 1898, 32 lithographed plates by Kleinertz of Manchester loose in pocket at end (16 chromolithographed, 12 tinted, 4 single colour), a few heightened in gold, black and white illustrations to text (one full-page at end), a few small closed marginal tears to plate, occasional light dust-soiling, plate XV torn to upper margin with loss to heading (approx. 1.5 cm), a few margins frayed, with accompanying text, a few leaves with closed marginal tears, a few light spots, front hinge cracked, original brown pictorial cloth, worn, folio (45.5 x 32.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:A rare technical manual, especially so complete.
Caesar (Julius). Commentaries of his War in Gaul, and Civil War with Pompey..., translated by Martin Bladen, 2nd edition, London: printed for W. Pearson, 1712, engraved frontispiece, 13 engraved folding maps & plates,front board partially detached, some minor loss to the title text, some light spotting & toning throughout, rear gutter cracked, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, hinges split, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, together with:Milton (John), Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books, 13th edition, London: printed for Jacob Tonson, 1727, engraved frontispiece, 12 engraved plates, bookplate to the front pastedown, gutters cracked, light water stain to the front endpaper through to pp.xviii, some light spotting, toning & offsetting, contemporary full calf, spine split down the middle, hinges split, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusFerguson (James), An Easy Introduction to Astronomy, for young gentlemen and ladies:..., 3rd edition, London: printed for T. Cadell, 1772, 7 engraved folding plates, period inscription ' Mr. Powys' to the head of the title page, some light spotting, toning & offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, hinges split, boards & spine slightly rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th-century literature & reference, including Cyclopaedia: or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences..., 4 volumes, by E. Chambers, with the Supplement and Modern Improvements,...by Abraham Rees, London: printed for J. F. And C. Rivington et al, 1786, gilt decorated full calf, folio, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/folioQTY: (5 shelves )
Leighton (Clare). Four Hedges, A Gardener's Chronicle, 2nd impression, London: Victor Gollancz, 1935, previous owner inscription to the front endpapers,Country Matters, 1st edition, 1937, both volumes with numerous monochrome woodcuts, some light marginal toning, original cloth, lacking dust jackets, 4to, together with:Westlake (Herbert Francis), Westminster Abbey, the church, convent, cathedral and college of St. Peter, Westminster, 2 volumes, fine paper edition, London: Philip Allan and Company, 1923, 80 monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning & spotting, top edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spines slightly faded, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, plus other mostly 20th-century British topography reference & related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G, 8vo/folio QTY: (6 shelves )
WWI. A large collection of modern WWI reference & related, including VCs of the First World War, 12 volumes, Sutton, 10 volumes original cloth in dust jackets, 2 in original wrappers, 8voThe First World War 1914-1918: Personal Experiences Of Lieut. Col. C. A. Court Repington: 2 volumes, 8th impression, Constable, 1920, some light toning, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8voFacing Armageddon: The First World War Experience, by Cecil, Liddle, Pen & Sword, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with other mostly modern WWI reference & related, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voApproximately 120 volumesQTY: (6 shelves)
Curtis (John). British Entomology; Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects Found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found, volumes 1-5, London: Printed for the Author, 1824-28, 221 hand-coloured engraved plates only (incomplete, plus a miscellaneous plate bound at rear of volume 5), occasional light scattered spotting, a few plates scribbled on, a few plates torn with loss, contemporary green textured cloth, brown leather title labels lettered in gilt, rubbed, a few joints frayed and showing, 8vo, plus volume 3 of Curtis' The Botanical Magazine (1790)QTY: (6)NOTE:Nissen ZBI 1000. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
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