(Cornwall) Nineteen good works J. Erskine Clarke (ed). 'Parish Magazine,' 35 issues bound in one, sturdy half morocco with marbled boards, steel engravings throughout, vg, Bell & Daldy, London, local Illogan contributions published by James Tregaskis, Redruth, January 1867 to December 1869; Rev C. A. Johns. 'British Birds in Their Haunts,' 13th edition, prize binding with gilt tooled Truro College crest to front board, vg, Society for Christian Knowledge, London, 1911; Thurstan C. Peter. 'The History of Glasney Collegiate Church, Cornwall,' first edition, original cloth with gilt lettering, ink owner stamp to title page, vg, Camborne Printing and Stationary Co, Camborne, 1903; Charles Henderson. 'Essays in Cornish History,' first edition, original cloth, light toning, vg, At the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1935; 'Kelley's Directory of Cornwall, 1939,' gilt tooled cloth, lacks fold out map, text block loosening from binding, Kelly's Directories, London, 1939; with fourteen other works. (19)
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(Cornwall) Jan Jansson (1588-1664) Cornubia sive Cornwallia Fine hand coloured copper engraved map, German text to verso, centre fold, some very light toning noticeable primarily to the sea, leaf measures, 50cm x 58.5cm, a very crisp copy indeed, printed in the Novus Atlas Oder elt-Beschreeibung in Welcher, [c.1652].
(Cornwall) A fine collection of (mostly) scarce maps Richard Blome. 'A Table of the Hundreds in the County of Cornwall,' uncoloured engraved map, centre fold, engraved view of Pentillie Castle (page 54 in Quixley & Quixley for an interesting history of James Tillie), small nibbles to edges of leaf measuring 23xm x 33cm, [published in Cosmography and Geography, Samuel Roycroft, 1693]; Louise Stanislas D'Arcy De La Rochette. 'A Modern Map of Cornwall, Drawn from an Actual Survey,' uncoloured engraved map, centre fold, 23cm x 28.5cm, some light toning but generally vg, Robert Sayer and Carington Bowles, London, 1765; Astride-Michel Perrot and Migneret. 'Cornwall,' steel engraved map, T.4 to top right corner, leaf size, 15.5cm x 9.5cm, [c.1824]; Andrew Dury & Joseph Ellis. 'Cornwall,' later coloured, 12cm x 15.5cm, [c.1764]; Thomas Kitchin & Thomas Jefferys. 'A Map of Cornwall,' coloured borders, descriptive text below engraved map, 19cm x 15.5cm, centre fold, M. Payne and M. Cooper, London, 1749; Thomas Read & John Rocque. 'Cornwall,' uncoloured, leaf measures 23cm x 24.5cm, plate number 6, T. Read, London, 1746; Van Langeren (Jacob & Simmons Matthew). 'Cornewall,' uncoloured engraved map and mileage triangle, rare, 10.5cm x 10.5cm, [c.1662]; Pieter Van Den Keere. 'Cornuwallia,' copper engraved map, latin text to verso, one tiny spot (or burn), leaf measures 9.5cm x 14.5cm, plate number 101, Amsterdamn, 1617-1676; Thomas Badeslade & Thomas William. 'A Map of Cornwall,' copper engraved map with text, centre fold, some toning, 16.5cm x 18cm, W. H. Toms, London, 1721; Emanuel Bowen. 'The Road from Exeter to Truro,' uncoloured, page number 179, strip map from Exeter to Tavistock to verso, 19.5cm x 14cm, T. Bowles, London, 1720-1765; John Gibson. 'An Accurate Map of Cornwall from an Actual Survey,' uncloured copper engraved map, some text offsetting, fold, 21cm x 26cm, J. Payne, London, 1762; William Pinnock & Joshua Archer. 'Cornwall,' stark white on black printing, leaf measures 19.5cm x 27.5cm with remnants of tape, William Edwards, 1833; Edward Langley and William Belch. 'Langley's new Map of Cornwall,' coloured steel engraved map, vignette of St Michaels Mount, leaf measures 22cm x 35cm, centre fold, Langley & Belch, London, 1818; William Borlase. 'New Map of the County of Cornwall,' uncoloured, lacks imprint, folds, [c.1754]; With three various issues by Thomas Kitchin. (17)A diverse selection. Reference Antique Maps of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by R.C.E. Quixley and J.M.E. Quixley (2018)
(Funafuti and the Gilbert Islands) Two scarce natural history reports Frederick Chapman. 'On some New and Interesting Foraminifera from Funafuti Atoll, Ellice Islands,' The Journal of The Linnean Society, vol. XXVIII, No.179, rebound in a modern green cloth with gilt lettering, four plates, three other reports, vg, Longmans, Green, Co., and Williams and Norgate, 1900; Katherine Luomala. 'Ethnobotany of the Gilbert Islands,' thin card wraps, ink library stamp to title page Royal Irish Academy, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Published by the Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1953. (2) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
(Pacific Islands) Eight good works George Cousins. 'The Story of the South Seas. Written for Young People,' special centenary gift and New Year Offering edition, original pictorial cloth faded with a split to head of spine, vg text block profuse with illustrations and steel engravings, good, London Missionary Society, London, 1894; William Reed. 'Recent Wanderings in Fiji; Glimpses of its Villages, Churches, and Schools,' original decorative cloth with some light staining, lacks ffep, frontis steel engraving, spotting to edge of text block, good to vg, T. Woolmer, London, 1888; Frederick O'Brien. 'Atolls of the Sun,' decorative pictorial cloth, slight cracking to inner hinge, b+w photographic plates throughout, vg, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1922; W. Wyatt Gill. 'Jottings from the Pacific,' original green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, present inscription to ffep, sixteen steel engravings, vg, The Religious Tract Society, London, 1885; Louis Becke. 'Pacific Tales,' third edition, original green cloth, lacks ffep, frontis engraving of the author, vg, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1897; Sir Albert Ellis. 'Mid-Pacific Outposts,' original cloth, toning throughout, b+w photographic plates with some spotting, Brown and Stewart Limited, New Zealand, 1946; Ernest Beaglehole. 'Islands of Danger,' original rust cloth with paper label to spine, plates and frontis, vg, Progressive Publishing Society, Wellington, 1944; With two other works. (8) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
Kiribatian and Tuvaluan Nineteen scarce works Donald Gilbert Kennedy. 'Te Ngangana A Te Tuvalu. Handbook on the Language of the Ellice Islands,' printed on glossy paper, hole punched and string bound with card boards, vg, [printed by Websdale, Shoosmith, Sydney 1946], this could well be a later facsimile but appearance and paper suggest it is of its time, an interesting copy; E. Katauraoki Irouni Beinam. 'Te boki N anene Ma B'Ana Ae Aia boki Kristian Ni Karaoiroa Te Atua. [Gilbertese Hymn and Tune Book....],' original wraps, 313 songs with music score and Gilbertese/Kiribati language lirics, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, printed by Simmons Limited, Sydney, for The Pacific Christian Literature Society on behalf of The London Missionary Society, Gilbert Islands, 1963; 'Hymns and Praises. Church of Tuvalu,' printed card wraps with Ekalesia Tuvalu device printed to front wrap, staple bound with rust, 80 songs with score and lyrics, printed recto to rear wrap states This hymn collections is to be used only in the Church of Tuvalu English Speaking Services........Many of these hymns have been translated into Tuvaluan..., unknown imprint and date although undoubtedly printed on Tuvalu; G. H. Eastman (ed). 'An English Gilbertese Vocabulary of the most commonly used words,' thin card wraps, light spotting and toning throughout, vg, The London Mission Press, Rongorongo, Beru, Gilbert Islands, 1948, reprinted Photo-offset by Stanmore Missionary Press; Hiram Bingham. 'A Gilbertese-English Dictionary,' reprint , one of fifteen hundred copies, original red cloth with heavy staining, spotting to prelims and edge of text block, good, Reprinted with the consent of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Boston, Massachusetts, 1953; Niko Beisner (compiler). 'Tuvaluan Lexicon,' card wraos, pp.780, sporting to edge of text block, United States Peace Corps, Funafuti, 1981; 'Ttou Tauloto Te Ggana Tuuvalu. A Course in the Tuvaluan Language,' in the same series as the last with same covers and imprint etc; 'The Structure of Gilbertese,' yellow canvas wraps, errata, fold out appendix, vg, rare, printed at Rongorongo Press, Beru, Gilbert Islands, 1951; 'A Vocabulary of English Gilbertese Ellice. Common Usage,' thin cloth wraps sun-bleached, rust to staple bind, pp.62, printed by the G.I.P.C. Printery at Antebuke, Tarawa, 1968; With bibles, two other Dictionaries and four others. (19)Tuvalu National Archives major project | Endangered Archives Programme From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
(Occult) Seven scarce works W. Shaw Caldecott. 'Soloman's Temple. Its History and its Structure,' facsimile, printed card wraps, ring bound, book catalogue list printed to verso of front board, folded plan of Solomon's Temple and Palace loosely inserted, frontis, half title, very light spotting to edge of text block, a very interesting work considering it was printed by Health Research at Mokelhumne Hill, California in 1967, vg condition.Harry Edwards. 'The Evidence for Spirit Healing,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth with sunbleached back strip, toning and ink signature to ffep, plates, vg, Spiritualist Press, London, 1953;D. Bridgman-Metchim. 'Atlantis. The Book of the Angels,' original cloth, chipped to top of back strip, cocked, joints cracked, spotting to edge of text block and sporadically throughout, good, Swn Sonnenschein, London, 1900.Alice A. Bailey. 'The Rays and the Initiations,' second printing, original cloth, damp staining to first few leaves, pagination jumps from page 596 to 629 (loss of leaves does not seem apparent and indeed looks to be issued this way), Lucis Publishing Company, New York, 1965.Peter Redgrove. 'The Black Goddess and the Unseen Real,' first American edition, original cloth backed boards, spotting to verso of unclipped dj, light spotting to the edge of the textblock, Grove Press, 1987.Dr. Isidor Kalisch. 'Sepher Yezirah. A Book on Creation; Or, The Jewish Metaphysics of Remote Antiquity,' 14th edition, photolithographed edition, printed card wraps lightly soiled, light damp staining to first few leaves, vg, The Supreme Council of The Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, May 1978.'Stonehenge,' staple bound booklet, folded map to rear, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1955. (7)
(The Great Exhibition) Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue First edition, four volumes in original uniform gilt decorated cloth, Spicer Brothers & W. Clowes, London, 1851. (4)Volume I; Sun bleached spine, small nibbles and tears to the rear hinge, bright gilt decoration to front board, gilt edge, graphite notes to verso of ffep, advertisement, engraved title page by John Tenniel loosening from text block, large tear to fold out map, cxcii, steel engravings, plates, double page colour lithograph depicting 'View of the Great Suspension Bridge at Kieff....', pp.476 runs true, pp.76 of advertisements to rear, some light sporadic spotting, generally a very good text block.Volume II; Sun bleached spine, small nibbles and soling, bright gilt decoration to front board, gilt edge, spotting to title page and contents, pp.479-1002. watermarks to the head of colour lithographs not affecting illustrations, vg text block.Volume III; Sun bleached spine, small tears to ends of back strip, light soiling to front board, pp.1005-1469, gilt edge, plates, a small amount of finger soiling, a vg text block.Volume IV (Supplement); Large tear to head of back strip, gilt edge, xxvii, pp.1471-1532, liv, pp.211, pp.76, advertisement to rear, vg text block profuse with plates.
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(Husbandry, Cattle, Dairy Farming) A fine collection of works [William Youatt]. 'Cattle; Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases; With an Index,' full polished calf, raised bands and morocco label to spine, ex libris label George Jacob Bosanquet and Courtney Library, marbled edge and endpapers, vignette steel engraved title page and throughout, vg, the Society for the Diffusion of Usefull Knowledge, Baldwin and Cradock, London, 1838; 'The Complete Grazier and Farmers' and Cattle-Breeders' Assistant Forming a Compendium of Husbandry,' fourteenth edition, quarter red leather rubbed, ex libris labels, good to vg, Crosby Lockwood and Son, London, 1900; John Wrightson. 'Sheep. Breeds and Management,' No.1 in the Live Stock Handbooks series, original cloth sun faded, ex libris, steel engravings, good to vg, Vinton & Company, London, 1908; W. J. Malden. 'British Sheep and Shepherding,' first edition, original green cloth with gilt lettering, ex libris, advertisement to ffep, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, MacDonald & Martin, London, n.d; Willis P. Hazard. 'The Jersey, Alderney and Guernsey Cow: Their History, Nature and Management, How to Choose, Manage and Breed to the Most Profit,' tenth edition, vg pictorial gilt cloth, ex libris, frontis, graphite signature to title page, very light spotting to edge of text block, vg, Porter and Coates, Philadelphia, [n.d. but preface suggests c.1872]; 'The Golden Butter Breed. Guernsey Cattle,' printed card wraps with b+w photographic illustration pasted to front, string bound, ex libris label, advertisements, vg to fine, English Guernsey Cattle Society, London, 1928; 'The Herd Book of the Dairy South Devon Cattle Society 1927,' vol III only, cloth backed boards with gilt title to front board, ex libris, advertisements, fine, South Devon Cattle Society, [c.1927]; F. Oliver. 'Vacas, Ovejas y Cabras (Su explotacion lucrativa),' translated as 'Cows, Sheep and Goats (its lucrative exploitation),' first edition, cloth backed embossed boards, ex libris, vignette illustrations, fine, Jose Monteso, Barcelona, 1941; With approximatley 50 other works, including scarce booklets, mostly all vg. (50+ in three trays)
Robert Ritchie The Farm Engineer: A Treatise on Barn Machinery, Particularly on the Application of Steam and Other Motive Powers to the Thrashing Machine.... Original embossed cloth, corners turned, taped library label to foot of spine, some light soiling but generally vg, ex libris label Courtney Libray to front pastedown, xvi, pp.272, 23 plates with xviii as xx, wood engravings to text, pp.8 of publishers catalogue to rear, some scrunching of leaves to binding but a vg text block, Blackie & Son, Glasgow, 1849
(Signed ) John le Carre Seventeen fine works, mostly first editions and many signed 'The Constant Gardener,' signed to title, third impression, fine, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2001; 'The Looking-Glass War,' first edition, clipped dj, sun bleached spine, a very good copy, Heinemann, London, 1965; 'A Small town in Germany,' first edition, unclipped dj, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, Heinemann, London, 1968; 'A Most Wanted Man,' signed , limited edition 213/1000, card slip, fine, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2008; 'Absolute Friends,' signed, first edition, fine, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 2004; 'The Naive and Sentimental Lover,' first edition, unlipped dj, vg, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1971; 'Smiley's People,' first UK edition, small tape repair to vg unclipped dj, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1980; 'The Honourable Schoolboy,' thrid impression, clipped dj, vg, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1977; 'The Secret Pilgrim,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1991; 'The Little Drummer Girl,' first edition, clipped dj, vg, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1983; 'A Perfect Spy,' first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1986; With five others including 'A Delicate Truth' and Our Kind of Traitor' both signed. (17)
(Pacific Islands) Twelve works Walter E. Traprock. 'The Cruise of the Kawa. Wanderings in the South Seas,' first edition, original cloth slightly grubby, lacks dj and map, photographic plates complete, vg, G. P. Putman's Sons, New York and London, 1921; Jack McLaren. 'My Odyssey,' first edition, original cloth, spotting to endpapers and edge of text block, b+w plates good, Jonathan Cape, London, 1923; Robert Gibbings. 'Over Reefs,' first trade edition, original cloth will gilt decorations, scarce unclipped dj, ex libris label, spotting to edge of text block, good to vg, J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1948; Sverre Holmsen. 'Singing Coral,' translated by Joan Bulman, first English edition, bookplate of Sir Raymond Edward Priestley MC (20 July 1886 – 24 June 1974), original cloth, unclipped dj, heavy spotting to endpapers and edge of text block, James Barrie, London, 1951; Sir George Grey. 'Polynesian Mythology & Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealanders. As Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs,' the New Universal Library, original cloth with gilt decorations to the spine, some light spotting, George Routledge & Sons, London, n.d; With seven other works mostly reprints. (12) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
(Cornwall) Nine works P.A.S. Pool. 'The History of the Town and Borough of Penzance,' signed and inscribed to title page, first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, light spotting to edge of text block, plates, vg, Published by the Corporation of Penzance, 1974; J. C. Tregarthen. 'wild Life at the Land's End,' first edition, original cloth, plates, vg, John Murray, London, 1904; Cyril Noall. 'A History of Cornish Mail- and Stage-Coaches,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg, D. Bradford Barton, Truro, 1963; With six other works on Cornwall including a limp back of the P.A.S. Pool. (9)
Herman Melville Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; A Sequel to Typee; Or the Marquesas Islanders New edition, original pebbled cloth a little grubby with gilt lettering to spine just readable, blind stamps and ink stamps to first few pages including frontis and title page, some light finger soiling, a tidy early copy, John Murray, London, 1861. From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
(Penzance) Eight ephemeral publications 'The Offical Guide to Penzance,' original blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board, book sellers label, inner hinge loosening, two fold out maps, some toning and light spotting, vg, Beare and Son, Penzance, [c.1876]; 'Guide to Penzance, Land's End, Kynance Cove,The Lizard, &c,' seventh edition, engraved paper wraps, rust to staple bind, plates and illustrations, advertisements, some spotting, F. Rodda, Penzance, [c.1900]; J. B. Cornish. 'Mate's Illustrated Penzance,' second edition, loss to printed cloth, rust to staple bind, b+w photographic illustrations throughout, advertisements, W.Mate & Sons, Bournmouth, 1904; With five other works. (8)
Erasmus (Desiderius) Adagiorum omnium, quae a Junio, caeterisque, post Erasmi Chiliadas, in lucem prodierunt, epitome, Contemporary full vellum with leather thong clasps, MS title to spine, light scratches to rear board, later ink signature to front free endpaper, signature scratched out above publisher's woodcut device on the title page, head and tailpieces, some scattered light spotting worsening to the index, pp.477 runs true, vg to fine, scarce in such fine condition, Apud Aegidium Beys, sub singo Lilij albi, via Iacobrae, Parisiis, 1583.The Adagia is a collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, mostly sourced from classical texts, compiled and annotated by Erasmus of Rotterdam. First published in Paris in 1500 when Erasmus was in his early thirties, it originally contained 818 proverbs. Over his lifetime, Erasmus expanded the collection through about twenty editions, eventually amassing 4,151 proverbs. In 1515, he renamed the work Adagiorum Chiliades, a title that remained until the final edition in 1533. The collection features major literary figures such as Cicero, Horace, Aristophanes, and Plato, along with lesser-known authors, and includes many quotations in Greek and Aramaic.
(South Pacific Islands) Charles Wilkes Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 Two volumes, full embossed cloth with gilt decorations to spine, small chips to ends of spine with vol II suffering worst, frontispieces, additional vignette titles, plates and illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end, some light sporadic spotting, a very good set with fascinating steel engravings, Ingram, Cooke, and Co, 1852. (2) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
Graham Green Eleven first editions 'The Quiet American,' first edition, original cloth, some mould staining to front board, vg unclipped dj, very light spotting to edge of text block, generally vg, William Heinemann, London, 1955; 'Our Man in Havana,' first edition, original cloth, nibbles and tape repairs to clipped dj, small amount of spotting, vg, Heinemann, London, 1958; With a later edition; 'The End of the Affair,' first edition, original cloth with some sun bleaching to spine, loss to unclipped dj, small amount of spotting to edge of dj, generally vg, William Heinemann, London, 1951; 'A Burnt-Out Case,' first English edition, original cloth, vg, Heinemann, London, 1961; With six other first editions, all in vg condition. (11)
(South Sea Islands) Julius L. Brenchley Jottings During The Cruise of HMS Curacoa Among the South Sea Islands in 1865 First edition, original green cloth with gilt tooled device to front board and gilt lettering to spine, light spotting to cloth but generally vg, inner front joint slightly cracked, spotting and toning to prelims, staining to fore edge starting at v and diminishing to p.67 not affecting text, spotting to edge of text block and sporadically, good to vg text block, xvi, pp.487, collated complete, Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1873.This volume has particularly fine text engravings depicting aspects of daily life of the South Sea Islanders: individual portraits of the King and Queen of Tonga, a Samoan chief; ear, nose and neck ornaments; native art and architecture. The 50 natural history plates (many hand coloured) include the following: 21 Bird plates with 27 figures; 4 Reptile plates with 9 figures; 10 Fish plates with 12 figures; 7 Shell plates with 32 figures; 8 Insect plates with 27 figures. From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
MOTTISTONE, Lord My Horse Warrior First edition, an uncommon volume with unclipped dj, cream paper dust jacket with red lettering to front and spine, dj is in fair condition, grubby and stained, spine darkened, top and bottom of spine missing, large section missing at front cover, stain to back cover (wax), chipped along edges, blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine, black illustration of a horse to front board, light water stains to covers, light stains towards bottom of front board, mild wear and mild bumping to corners,Decorative endpages. FEP has previous owner's book plate. Light foxing to endpages, textblock is cracked but holding between ffep and half-title page, all plates are present, the pages are mostly clean, and bright, though there is occasional light foxing. Illustrated by A. J. Munnings, Hodder & Stoughton, 1934.
HAMERTON, Philip George (editor) The Portfolio. An Artistic Periodical Three volumes;1876 being a half burgundy polished calf, rubbed to extremities with the cloth boards suffering some slight sun fading, compartmentalized spine with morocco label, marbled edge and endpapers, ink gift inscription to ffep, frontis engraving by P. Le Rat after Raphael, vg text block with some very minor sporadic spotting, tissue guards to plates featuring A. Lurat, Ernest George, A. Burnette-Debaines, H. Toussaint &c. &c., ; Seely, Jackson, & Halliday, London, 1876.1880 bound in half maroon goat with compartmentalized spine and gilt lettering, marbled endpapers reinforced, vg text bock with some light sporadic spotting generally to margins, frontis by C. O. Murray after Gainsborough, good quality plates including T. S. Townsend, J. F. Lewis, H. Herkomer &c. &c., Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, London, 1880.1881 being bound in a half brown calf, compartmentalized back strip with gilt lettering, rubbed to edges and spine, marbled edge and endpapers, vg contents with some light sporadic spotting generally to margins, lacks frontis engraving by Armand Durand after Albert Durer, good quality plates featuring G. P. Jacomb Hood, Sir F. Leighton, Mantenga, Pietro Ghezzi &c, &c,; Seely, Jackson, & Halliday, London, 1881. (3)
(Ornithology) Fifty two works John Gooders (ed). 'Birds of Ocean and Estuary', 'Birds of Mountain and Moorland', 'Birds of Marsh and Shore', 'Birds of Heath and Woodland' and 'Birds of Hedgerow and Garden', all unclipped dj's, light sun bleaching to spines, colour illustrations throughout, vg, Orbis Publishing, London, 1978; Eric Hosking. 'Hosking's Birds. Fifty Years of Photographing Wildlife,' unclipped dj, Pelham Books, 1979; 'Waders,' unclipped dj, Pelham Books, 1983; 'Antarctic Wildlife,' unclipped dj, Croom Helm, 1982; Eric Hosking and Cyril W. Newberry. 'Birds of the Day,' first edition, original cloth, lacks dj, Collins, London, 1944; C. F. Tunnicliffe. 'Sketches of Bird Life,' first edition, unclipped dj, colour illustrations throughout, fine, Victor Gollancz, London, 1981; 'A sketchbook of Birds,' first edition, unclipped dj, colour illustrations throughout, fine, Victor Gollancz, London, 1979; Candace Savage. 'Bird Brains. The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies and Jays,' first edition, unclipped dj, colour illustrations throughout, fine, Greystone Books, Vancouver, 1995; Robert Burton. 'Bird Behaviour,' unclipped dj, illustrations throughout, fine, Guild Publishing, London, 1985; Robert Hudson. 'Threatened Birds of Europe,' unclipped dj, fine, MacMillan, London, 1975; Geraldine Lux Flanagan and Sean Morris. ' unclipped dj, illustrations throughout, Kestrel Books, 1975; Charles E. Raven. 'In Praise of Birds,' first edition thus, lacks dj, original cloth, vg, George Allen and Unwin, London, 1950; Eric Simms and Robert Gillmor (illustrations). 'A Natural History of British Birds,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg, J. M. Dent & sons, London, 1983; With thirty five other works. (52 in two boxes)
(South Pacific Islands) Twelve good works Austin Coates. 'Western Pacific Islands,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, b+w photographic plates, vg, HMSO, London, 1970; Margaret Gardiner. 'Footprints on Malekula. a memoir of Bernard Deacon,' unclipped dj designed by Terry Frost, illustrations, fine, Free Association Books, London, 1987; Stuart Inder. 'Tales of Papua New Guinea. Insights, Experiences, Reminiscences,' signed and inscribed to ffep by the editor, first edition, illustrations throughout, fine, Retired Officers Association of Papua New Guinea Inc, Australia, 2001; Sir Harry Luke. 'From a South Seas Diary 1938-1942,' first edition, lacks dj, cloth backed boards, b+w photographic plates, light spotting to edge of dj, vg, Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945; Bengt Danielsson. 'Forgotten Islands of the South Seas,' first English edition, clipped dj, plates, The Adventurers Club, London, 1956; With seven other works. (12) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
(South Pacific Islands) Twelve good works Frederick O'Brien. 'Mystic Isles of the South Seas,' first edition, decorative cloth, xv, numerous b+w photographic plates, fold out map, pp.534, vg, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1921; 'White Shadows in the South Seas,' first edition, decorative clove, racked inner hinge, sporadic light spotting to edge of text block, plates, xii, pp.450, vg, The Century Co, New York, 1920; [Pembroke, George Robert Charles, Earl of, and George Kingsley]. 'South Sea Bubbles. By the Earl and The Doctor,' third edition, original red cloth with bevelled edges,rubbed and bumped with some staining, ex libris Archibald Anderson Watt, pp.312, pp.12 publishers catalogue to rear, good, Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1872; Lieut-Colonel T. R. St. Johnston. 'The Islanders of the Pacific,' first edition, vg original blue cloth, heavy spotting throughout, b+w photographic plates, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1921; Major A. J. A. Douglas and P. H. Johnson. 'The South Seas of To-day,' first edition, staining to original cloth, text block loosening from binding, b+w photographic plates and three charts, fair to good with the text block being good, Cassell and Company, London, 1926; Frank Burnett. 'Through Tropical Seas,' first edition, vg cloth with gilt lettering, gilt top edge, heavy spotting throughout, plates, Francis Griffiths, London, 1910; Sir Harry Luke. 'Queen Salote and Her Kingdom,' original cloth, plates, vg, Putnam, London, 1954; With five other works including 'Notes from my Sea Log' by Louis Becke. (12) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
(Pottery and Porcelain) Richard Champion and Hugh Owen Two Centuries of Ceramic Art in Bristol - Being a History of the Manufacture of "The True Porcelain" 'With an Account of the Delft, Earthenware and Enamel Glass Works from Original Sources,' boards debound and lacking backstrip, some spotting and loose plates, fair to good, Printed Privatley for the Author, By John bellows, Gloucester, 1873; Alexandre Brongniart. 'Traite des Arts Ceramiques ou des Poteries,' Deuxieme Edition, half black morocco with marbled boards, compartmentalized spine with morocco label and gilt decorations, light rubbing to extremities, ex libris label Courtney Library gifted by Cyril & Jean Staal, marbled edge, pp.80, sixty plates, spotting throughout, good, Bechet Jeune, Paris, 1854; With two volume set of the 1844 edition, again with some spotting; William Burton. 'Porcelain. A Sketch of its Nature, Art and Manufacture,' first edition, original cloth, ex libris label, 50 plates, vg, Cassell & Company, London, [1906]; Dora M. Billington. 'The Technique of Pottery', third impression, B.T. Batsford, 1962; With five other works on Pottery and Ceramics. (11)
(Agriculture, Soils, Weeds and Pests etc) Forty eight good works John Morton. 'The Nature and Property of soils; Their connexion with the Geological Formation on Which They Rest.....,' third edition, later cloth with morocco label, ex libris to front pastedown Ernest Ridley Debenham (1865-1952, Debenhams Ltd), Courtney Library label to ffep, some light sporadic spotting, vg, James Ridgway, London, 1842; Primrose McConnell. 'the Elements of Agricultural Geology: A Scientific Aid to Practical Farming,' original green cloth with gilt lettering, ex libris label, frontis fold out map detached, plates and illustrations, spotting to edge of text block, vg, Crosby Lockwood and Son, London, 1902; Eleanor A. Ormerod. 'A Manual of Injurious Insects, with Methods of Prevention and Remedy for Their Attacks to Food Crops, Forest Trees, and Fruit....,' first edition, original embossed cloth, label to front pastedown reads Presented to the Library of the Royal Institution of Cornwall by John D. Enys...1904 (1837–1912, naturalist and botanist of Enys House), vignette engravings throughout, vg, W. Swan Sonnenschein & Allen, London, [n.d. but preface dated 1881]; With a second edition; Sir E. John Russell. 'The World of the Soil,' first edition, original green cloth, small nibbles to near fine unclipped dj, ex libris label, plates, vg to fine, The New Naturalist, Collins, London, 1957; Kenneth Mellanby. 'Pesticides and Pollution,' first edition, small nibbles to near fine unclipped dj, ex libris label, plates, vg to fine, The New Naturalist, Collins, London, 1967; G. R. Clark. 'The Study of the Soil in the Field,' fourth edition, 1957; Sir. A. D. Hall and G. W. Robinson. 'The Soil,' reprint, 1945; Brian T. Bunting. 'The Geography of Soil,' 2nd ed, 1967; Hugh Hammond Bennett. 'Elements of Soil Conservation,' 1st ed 5th imp, 1947; Sir E. John Russell. 'Soil Conditions & Plant Growth,' 8th ed, 1950; G. V. Jacks. 'Soil,' 1st ed, dj, 1954; C. S. Piper. 'Soil and Plant Analysis,' 2ndimp, 1944; C. Harold Wright. 'Soil Analysis,' 2nd ed, 1939; C. W. Rose. 'Agricultural Physics,' 1st ed, 1966; R. Adams, Clifford O. Jensoen and Paul M. Althouse. 'Introduction to Agricultural Biochemistry,' 1st ed, 1951; Arthur H. Savory. 'Grain and Chaff from an English Manor,' 1927; Donald E. H. Frear (ed). 'Agricultural Chemistry,' 2 vols, reprint, 1952; G. E. Fussell. 'The Farmers Tools 1500-1900,' 1st ed, 1952; Frank Hollis. 'Tractors on the Move,' 1st ed, 1963; Harold Bennett. 'Saga of the Steam Plough,' 1st ed, 1965; George H. Clark. 'Farm Weeds of Canada,' 2nd ed, 1909; Sir Charles A. Cameron and C. M. Aikman. 'Johnston's Elements of Agricultural Chemistry,' 17th ed, 1894; Walter Conrad Muenscher. 'Weeds,' 11th ed, 1952; 'Farm Weeds An aid to their recognition,' Shell Chemical Company, n.d; J. H. G. Lebon. 'the Evolution of Our Countryside,'; H. F. Barne. 'Gall Midges of Economic Importance,' two copies, 1946; E. C. Large. 'The Advance of the Fungi,' reprint, 1950; Ernst Gram, Prosper Bovien and Chr. Stapel. 'Recognition of Diseases and Pests of Farm Crops,' 1st ed, 1958; 'Common Farm Weeds Illustrated,' 1st ed, 1952; C. L. Walton. 'Farmers Warfare,' 1st, 1947; R. Randal Phillips. 'The Servantless House,' 1st ed, 1923; Hubert Martin (ed). 'Insecticide and Fungicide Handbook,'; Eleanor A. Ormerod. 'A Text-Book of Agricultural Entomology,' 2nd ed, 1892; D. H. Robinson and S. G. Jary. 'Agricultural Entomology,' 1st ed, n.d; Kenneth M. Smith. 'A Textbook of Agricultural Entomology,' 1st ed, 1931. (48)
Robert Louis and Mrs M. I. Stevenson Twelve works R. L. Stevenson. '....Memoirs,' first edition, colour card wraps, b+w photographic plates tipped onto rectos with corresponding text on opposite rectos, some light spotting to edges of leaves, vg, T. N. Foulis, London & Edinburgh, 1912; 'The Letters of.....,' two volumes, original dark blue cloth, frontis, some spotting, Methuen and Co, London, 1902; 'In the South Seas,' original dark blue cloth, sporadic light spotting, vg, Chatto and Windus, London, 1900; With four works by Robert Louis; Mrs M.I. Stevenson. 'Letters from Samoa 1891-1895,' first edition, original red cloth with paper label to back strip, frontis image of the author, spotting to edge of text block, vg, Methuen & Co, London, 1906; 'The Cruise of "Janet Nichol" Among the South Sea Islands,' first UK edition, original cloth, frontis photograph, b+w photographs throughout, Chatto & Windus, London, 1915; Thomson Murray MacCallum and Jessie E. MacCullum (illustrator). 'Adrift in the South Seas Including Adventures with Robert Louis Stevenson,' first edition, ex library stock for Seale South Sea Island Collection Pacific Grove Public Library with blind stamps and ink stamps etc, original cloth detaching from text block, fair to good, Wetzel Publishing Co, Los Angeles, 1934. (12) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
(South Pacific Islands) Fourty one works Arthur Grimble. 'Migrations, Myth and Magic from The Gilbert Islands. Early Writings of....arranged and illustrated by Rosemary Grimble,' first edition, slipped in card with inscription an signature from Rosemary Grimble, original cloth, unclipped dj, illustrated, some very light spotting, vg, Routledge & Keegan Paul, Lond, 1972; 'A Pattern of Islands,' thirteenth edition, clipped dj, vg, Jogn Murray, 1969; 'Return to the Islands,' fifth impression, clipped dj, vg, John Murray, 1970; Klaus-Friedrich Koch (ed) and H. E. Maude (introduction). 'Logs in the Current of the Sea. Neli Lifuka's Story o Kioa and the Vaitupu Colonists,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1978; Simati Faaniu, Vinaka Ielemia et al. 'Tuvalu. A History,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg, Institute of Pacific Studies, Ministry of Social Services, Tuvalu, 1983; 'The Epic of Tarawa,' original cloth, tears and loss to clipped dj, bright pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout, Odhams Press Limited, London, n.d; 'Stewarts Handbook of the Pacific Islands,' rebound in modern cloth with original printed wraps, lacks map, pp.556, small amount of sporadic spotting, bibliography of island works vg, McCarron, Stewart & Co, Sydney, 1922; Sister Alaima Talu, Mikaere Baraniko, Keina Bate et al. 'Kiribati. Aspects of History,' first edition, unclipped dj, colour plates, vg, Prepared for the Occasion of the Independence of Kiribati, 1979; With three other copies, two limp backs and one in Gilbertese; 'Among those Present. The Official Story of the Pacific Islands at War,' rebound in modern cloth, original paper wraps bound in, b+w photographic illustrations, vg, His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1946; Robert Sherrod. 'Tarawa. The Story of a Battle,' reprint, original cloth, facsimile letter printed to front pastedown with a sample of Tarawa sand pasted on, plates, vg, The Admiral Nimitz Foundation, Texas, 1973; Frederick O'Brien. 'Mystic Isles of the South Seas,' first edition, original cloth, b+w photographic plates, vg, Garden City Publishing Company in, New York, 1921; Thomas Gilbert. 'Voyage from New South Wales to Canton, In the Year 1788. with Views of the Islands Discovered,' facsimile, fold out plates to rear, N. Isreal, Amsterdam, Da Capo Press, New York, 1968; R. W, Robson (ed). 'Pacific Islands Year-Book 1935-6,' printed card wraps, fold out map, advertisements, vg, Pacific Publications, Sydney, 1935; Norman Laing. 'The Settlement of the Hua. A History of The Huia and adjacent parts of the Manukau Harbour,' first edition, one of 2,000 copies, card warps, ink inscription to title page, sepia illustrations throughout, vg, Lincoln Printing Company, Aukland, 1985; With twenty five other works. (41) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
(Signed) GORDON CUMMING, C. F. A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-War Signed by the author to the title page, new edition, light finger soiling to decorative green cloth, spotting to prelims and edge of text block, eight plates and folding map as called for, good, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1882. From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
(Artic Exploration) Fridtjof Nansen The Norwegian Polar Expedition 1893-96, or "Farthest North" First edition, two volumes, decorative pictorial cloth, rubbed to extremities otherwise lovely and bright, gilt edge, light sporadic spotting to prelims, plates and illustrations, a very good example, George Newnes, London, 1898; Alexander Fisher. 'A Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions, in His Majestiy's Ships Hecla and Gripper, in the Years 1819 & 1820,' presented to the Royal Artillery...?...Squadron, with ink inscription ffep, ink stamp of the 22nd Company Southern Division, R.A, a somewhat defunct copy with the rear board debound and loss to a map, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1821. (3)
John Rocque (1704–1762) Plan de la ville et faubourgs d' Exeter ..., A fine plan adorned with nine large vignettes of buildings and views in Exeter and its rural environs, engraving by R. White, on two sheets conjoined, backed onto linen, light spotting to edges, slight splitting of paper from linen to left edge centre fold, 75cm x 122.5cm scarce, 1744.Published two years before Rocque's monumental plan of London. Vignette views include: Exe Bridge; The Guild-Hall; The West Prospect of the Cathedral of St Peter; The North View of the Castle; The City Hospital; The City and County Hospital; The Prospect of the Custom House; The Work House; and The North Prospect of the Cathedral of St Peter. A small vignette just above the French title cartouche appears a portrait of a surveyor at work, presumably Rocque himself.
Owen Simmons Book of Bread First edition, 4to, original green cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover, staining to rear cover, 2 tipped-in silver bromide prints on black card, 8 tipped-in black and white prints, 12 chromolithographed plates, photographic illustrations, advertisements and index to rear, some light finger soiling, generally vg, Maclaren & Sons, London, [1903.]
Religious Tract Society (Publishers) Four works from the 'By-paths of Bible Knowledge' series A.H. Sayce. 'Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments,' third edition, vol II, 1886; 'Assyria. Its Princes, Priests, and People,' vol VII, n.d; 'The Hittites. The Story of a Forgotten Empire,' second edition, vol XII, 1890; M.E. Harkness. 'Egyptian Life and History,' vol VI, 1884; All vg with gilt decorated cloths, plates and illustrations. (4)
(Signed) Gregorio Prieto Illustrations Six works 'El Molino de Gregorio Prieto en Valdepnas,' signed and inscribed to ffep, thin card wraps with image pasted on, illustrations throughout, vg, Coeccion El Molino, Madrid, [c.1954]; Henry Thomas (trans). 'The Crafty Farmer. A Spanish Folk-Tale.....,' first edition thus, vg yellow boards with a small tear to head of spine, original glassine wrap with small tears, light toning spots to prelims, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, The Dolphin Bookshop Editions, London, 1938; Miguel Torga. 'Farrusco The Black Bird and Other Stories From the Portuguese....,' first English edition, unclipped dj, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1950; With three other works illustrated by Prieto including The Sonnets of William Shakespeare. (6)
Gerd Koch (1922–2005) Fourteen publications 'The Material Culture of Kiribati,' translated by Guy Slatter, first English edition, rebound in half green goat with cloth boards, light spotting to edge of text block, profuse with plates and illustrations throughout, vg, Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific, 1986; With 'Die Materielle Kultur Der Ellice-Inseln' and 'Matrerielle Kultur Der Gilbert-Inseln' both in uniform binding to previous; 'Sudsee-Gestern Und Heute,' signed and inscribed by Koch, cloth backed boards, vg, Albert Limbach Verlag, Braunschweig, 1955; 'Die Musik Der Ellice-Inseln,' first edition, card wraps, TLS from the author on Staatliche Museen/Museum Fur Volkerkunde headed paper slipped in, spotting to edge of text block, vg, Museum Fur Volkerkunde, Berlin, 1964; Marion Melk-Koch. 'Auf der Suche nach der menschlichen Gesellschaft: Richard Thurnwald,' signed by the author, vg, Museum Fur Volkerkunde Berlin, 1989; With two other signed works and six reprints by Gerd Koch. (14) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
(Cornwall) W. Hawk Agricultural Experiments in Cornwall Presentation inscription to ffep W Borlase.......With the authors......, first esition orignal brown cloth rubbed to extremitites, ex libris label Courtney Library, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, Netherton and Worth, Truro, 1929; With eight issues of '....Agricultural ExperimentsConducted in Cornwall,' yeras 1897, 1899/1900 (x2), 1901/02, 1903/04 (x2) and 1905/06 (x2), slight varitaions of title, various conditions of wraps but mostly good; A pp.13 typescript, with MS title and signature by W. Borlase 'The Effect of Sea-sand on our Soils,' [c.1920's].
(Economics) David Davies The Case of Labourers in Husbandry Stated and Considered..... First edition, original publishers boards, spine nearly perished, ink stamps for the Prince of Wales, the Duchy Arms and County Library to debound front board, off setting to rear board, ink inscription Cornwall Library april 13 1797 to front pastedown, ex libris label Courtney Library to ffep, half title, Cornwall Library inscription to title page again, pp.8, pp.200 tuns true, lacks errata slip, a vg text block with some light toning to untrimmed edges, R. Cruttwell, Bath, for G. G. and J. Robinson, London, 1795.
(Americana) Government Printing Press, Washington Two fine works Washington Matthews. 'Ethnography and Philology of the Hidatsa Indians,' Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey Miscellaneous Publications No. 7, brown cloth with gilt tooled lettering to front board and spine, ex libris, very light spotting to the edge of text block, vg to fine, 239 pp, pp.125-209 of this work are a Hidatsa Dictionary, and 213-239 are a Hidatsa-English Vocabulary, Government Printing Press, Washington, 1877.Washington Matthews (1843–1905), an Army surgeon, was stationed at Fort Union in present-day Montana in 1865. During his time there, he developed a lasting interest in Native American cultures and languages. Between 1865 and 1872, he served at several forts in Dakota Territory, including Fort Berthold, Fort Stevenson, Fort Rice, and Fort Buford. While stationed at Fort Berthold, Matthews became fluent in the Hidatsa language and authored a series of works detailing their culture and language. 'Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the First Session of the Forty-Ninth Congress of the United States. December 1, 1885,' near contemporary cloth with gilt lettering to spine, ex libris label Courtney Library, two Royal Institution of Cornwall stamps to title page, pp.199, with 'Abstract of Reports of the Condition of the National Banks on December 20, 1884, March 10, May 6, July 1, and October 1, 18885. Arranged by states, Territories, and Reserve Cities,' running pp.202-pp.245, index, some very light spotting to edge of text block, vg, Government Printing Press, Washington, 1885. (2)
(Cornwall) Eleven limpbacks 'A Budget of Cornish Poems, By Various Authors,' printed paper wraps, lacks rear wrap, string bound, frontis, pp.52, W. Wood, Devonport, n.d; Arthur Caddick. 'the Admiral Benbow Ballads. Smugglers-Pirates-Wreckers,' drawings by Roland Morris, printed card wraps, staple bound, illustrations throughout, vg, Worden Ltd, Marazion, n.d; Jack Penhale. 'The Mine Under the Sea,' first book edition, printed card wraps, some light spotting, vg, j. H. Lake, Falmouth, 1962; John Curnow Laity. 'Newlyn Copper,' printed paper wrpas, staple bound, Produced for the 1986 Newlyn Copper Exhibition at Penlee House, Penzance; With six other works. (11)
The Great Seal of James I Licence to Sir Edward Heron to alienate land in Kent to Sir Oliver Boteles, 1st December 1609 Ink on vellum, Latin script, the second great seal visible and appended to vellum, rubbed and worn, framed and glazed measuring 60cm x 56cm, some light spotting to edges of vellum, very good considering age.
(The Fijian Islands) Ten good works Agnes Gardner King. 'Islands Far Away. Fijian Pictures with Pen and Brush,' presentation inscription by the author to half title, second edition, original cloth with pictorial embossing, scribbles to prelims, frontis, plates and vignette illustrations, vg, Sifton, Praed & Co, London, 1921; George Stringer Rowe (ed) and Thomas Williams and James Calvert. 'Fiji and the Fijians,' two volumes bound in one, second edition revised, original green cloth rubbed and bumped, light spotting to edge of text block, plates, with Heads of Chiefs in Full Dress coloured, fold out map, vignette steel engravings, generally vg, Alexander Heylin, London, 1860; H. Stonehewer Cooper. 'The Coral Lands of the Pacific: Their Peoples and Their Products,' new and revised edition, original blue decorative cloth, frontis engraving, spotting to edge of text block, vg, Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1882; C. F. Gordon Cumming. 'At Home in Fiji,' fifth edition, original decorative cloth with water daamged back strip, cracking to innier joints, MS gift note pasted to front pastedown, couple of tide marks to front and back but generally a good text bloock, frontis and plates, William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1885; Beatrice Grimshaw. 'From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands,' first edition, original red cloth with gilt lettering, backstrip a some what faded, frontis, ink MS gift inscription to halftitle, some spotting, plates and vignette illustrations, vg, Eveleigh Nash, London, 1907; Arthur Alban Wright (ed). 'The Colony of Fiji 1874-1929,' second edition, original card wraps with colour illustration pasted to front cover, nibbles and tears with a small amount of loss to ends of back strip, spotting to edge of text block, ink MS gift inscription to the verso of frontis, profuce with fascinating sepia photographic plates, fold out map, tight text block, vg, J. J. McHugh, Govenment Printer, Suva, Fiji, 1929; with four other works. (10) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
Charles Robinson Illustrations Five works Gabriel Setoun. 'The Child World,' first edition, original cloth with gilt decorations, small chip to head of back strip, gilt edge, ink inscription to ffep, vg, John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1896; Robert Louis Stevenson. 'A Child's Garden of Verses,' first edition, original green cloth with gilt decorations, gilt edge, light spotting throughout, John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1896; with a later copy; Eugene Field. 'Lullaby Land. Songs of Childhood,' original cloth with gilt decorations, rubbed and bumped, gilt edge, good to vg, John Lane The Bodley Head, London. n.d; Henry de Vere Starpoole. 'Pierrette,' original decorative cloth, tears to hinges but holding firm, some light spotting throughout, good to vg, John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1900. (5)
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[Valentin Llanos Gutierriz] Sandoval; or The Freemason. A Spanish Tale Volumes I and III only, half morocco with marbled boards, bright gilt tooling to spines, ex libris label D. & C. Stabback, some light spotting to fore edge, vg of an incomplete set, Henry Colburn, London, 1826; Johannes Schweighaevser. 'Epicteti Dissertationum ab Arriano Digestarum Libri iv Eivsdem Enchiridion,' vols 3, 5 and 6 only, marbled boards with leather spine, ex libris Devon and Exeter Institution, vg, In Libraria Weidmannia, Lipsiae, 1899; Rev. Francis Howes. 'Miscellaneous Poetical Translations, to which is Added a Latin Prize-Essay,' first edition, original publishers boards with loss to spine, a very good text block with some small nibbles to head, W. Flint for J. Mawman, In the Poultry, London, 1806. (6)
(Sheet Music) A sammelband of early 19th century music for the Piano Forte Folio, modern full cloth, generally vg text block with some light sporadic spotting, an outstanding collection.A Favourite OVERTURE for the Piano Forte in which is introduced A Popular Air by J. Gildon A ROSIERE For the Piano Forte or Harp Respectfully Dedicated to Lewis Danjou Esq. Composed by J.H. Butler THREE SONATAS for the Piano Forte ‘FIFE HUNT’ and National Airs of ‘RULE BRITANNIA: AS RONDOS by J.L. DUSSEK. BARBARA & ALLEN A Favourite BALLET Composed by Mr. I D’EGVILLE. FAVORITE AIR of HOPE TOLD A FLATTERING TALE arranged as a Duet with variations for Piano Forete & Flute by J.W. Wilms. MARCHE ET VALCE pour le Pianoforte, Composées A Salisbury, Chez Mr. Baker, par LOUIS VON ESCH. SONATA for the PIANO FORTE by Muzio Clementi Sicilienne et Cherzendo pour le Piano Forte composes et Ladies Madam George Bateson par Vouis Von Esch Three WALTZES for the Piano Forte by T. LATOUR Six WALTZES for the Piano Forte with Accompliment for the German Flute by M. P. Corrie ARABIAN RONDO for the Piano Forte by John Parry ECOSSOIS Amusment (?) for the Piano Forte by J. GILDON LINDOR With Variations taken from Clemenis The RUSSIAN DANCE arranged as a RONDO for Piano Forte by R.W. Keith The BRITISH MARCH and QUICKSTEP for Piano Forte by J Valentine Gildon’s FAVORITE ALLEGRETTO from his Grand Duetts Arranged as a Lesson for the Piano Forte ANDANTE & RONDO PASTORALE for the Piano Forte by J. Mazzinghi AIR ROMANTIQUE Composed & Arranged as a RONDO or Easy Lesson by J Gildon The Celebrated POLISH WALTZ arranged as a RONDO for Piano Forte by Augustus Voight AP SHENKIN A Popular Air arranged as a RONDO for the Piano Forte and Accompaniment for Flute or Violin By Augustus Voight A GYPSEY RONDO for Piano Forte by John Guest of Bath The PEASANTS JOY Rondo for the Harp or Piano Forte by R. M. Blagrove. The VILLAGE RONDO for Piano Forte by J.C. Nightingale. RICARDO or the PERSIAN DANCE arranged as a RONO by J. Gildon The Favorite DUTCH MINUET & NIGHTINGALE RONDO arranged as a Duett for two Performers on One Piano Forte by Philip Knapton The Favorite FINALE from Le Retour du Zephyr by Steibelt The Grand March in the Romance of BLUEBEARD for the Piano Forte accompanied for Tambourine & Guitar by Michael Kelly The Fairy Dance Arranged as a RONDO for Piano Forte by Augustus Voight The SAILOR’S GLORY a Favorite RONDO by R. M. Blagrove CULVER LODGE a favourite Dance arranged as a RONDO for the Piano Forte by Mr. Hook. AIR POLONAISE composed & dedicated to John Jay by his Pupil Miss Jane Cassels (?) A RONDEAU for Piano Forte by L. Kozeluch The GYPSY RONDO for Piano Forte by Mr. Holst Two Waltzes for the Piano Forte by T. Latour (2 Copies) The Celebrated POLISH WALTZ arranged as a RONDO for Piano Forte by Augustus Voight The Minuetto aa FANDANGO danced by Miss Lupino & Mr. Noble in the Grand Ballet of the Castilian Minstrel arranged as a RONDO for the Piano Forte by H.R. Bishop. FAVORITE COLLECTION OF WALTZES for Piano Forte & Harp by T. Marsano The YELLOW HAIR’D LADDIE HENRICO A Favorite Dance arranged as a RONDO for Piano Forte by J. Jones
(Māori Language) Edward Shortland How to Learn Maori. A Short Treatise on the Structure and Idiom of the Language First edition, printed card wraps split to the spine with front wrap loose, string bound, ex libris label Courtney Library to verso of titled front, half title, ii, pp.55 runs true, light spotting to first couple of leaves otherwise a fine text block, Upton & Co, Aukland, 1883.A scarce ephemeral work, with WorldCat showing 3 editions in 13 libraries. No sales results found.James Berry illustrations. 'Maori Place Names and Their Meaning,' first edition, decorative pictorial boards, ex libris label Courtney Library to front pastedown, charming vignette illustrations throughout, toned throughout, vg to fine, A. H. & A. Reed, Wellington, 1950. (2)
(Cornwall) John Harrison and Edward Sudlow A Map of Cornwall Engraved From An Actual Survey Copper engraved map, borders coloured, inset Scilly Islands, very light centre fold, leaf measures 41cm x 54.5cm, J. Harrison, London, 1791 (although 1790 printed to foot); James Pigot & Co. 'Cornwall,' steel engraved map, partially coloured, vignette steel engraving of St. Mary's Church Truro, leaf measures 28.5cm x 41.5cm, later reprint, I. Slater, London, [c.1847]. (2)
(Cornwall) Seven good works George Bown Millett. 'The First Book of the Parish Registers of Madron...,' original pebbled cloth with gilt lettering, some damp staining to fore edge of boards, some sporadic spotting particularly around the three pasted photographic plate mounts, vg, Beare and Son, Penzance, 1877; Horace N. Pyme. 'Memories of Old Friends Being Extracts From The Journals and Letters of Caroline Fox.....from 1835 to 1871,' limited edition of only 750 copies printed, Japanese vellum backed boards, split hinges with loss to head of back strip, frontis portrait, a good text block with light toning to untrimmed edges, good to very good, Smith, Elder, & Co, London, 1882; F. W. L. Stockdale. 'Excursions in the County of Cornwall.....,' original publishers boards, cracked spine with loss, tide marks, toning and spotting, plates appear complete with fold out map, fair to good, Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1824; Douglas Ellory Pett. 'The Parks and Gardens of Cornwall,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg, Alison Hodge, Penzance, 1998; With a good set of Walter H. Tregellas's 'Cornish Worthies' and 'Norman Architecture in Cornwall' by Edmund H. Sedding. (7)
(Bindings) Three impresive bindings Rudyard Kipling. 'The Day's Work,' rebound in quite the lovely full dark blue calf, with a partly gilt and coloured leather patinated border to each board, raised band and gilt lettering to spine, gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, MacMillan and Co, London, 1898; John Galsworthy. 'A Modern Comedy,' first edition, rebound in a full darg green goat with gilt tooled decorations to each board, raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, rear board verso with the initials D.K. tooled, gilt top edge, original fine dj bound in, fold out frontis, vg, William Heinemann, London, 1929; Thomas Moore. 'Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance,' new edition, contemporary full red morocco, gilt tooled device to front and rear boards, spine with raised bands and gilt decorations somewhat rubbed, gilt edge, marbled endpapers, ink inscription to binders leaf, plates complete including the illuminated title page, Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, London, 1868. (3)
A. A. Milne Now We Are Six First edition, facsimile dj, fine original cloth with gilt decorations, gilt top edge, toning to half title as is the norm, a couple of small instances of spotting, a very good copy, Methuen & Co, London, 1927; 'When We Were Very Young,' eleventh edition, original cloth with gilt decorations, bleaching to spine, a vg unclipped dj with repair to head of spine, gilt top edge, small ink owner inscription to ffep, very light spotting to edge of text block, a very good copy, Methuen & Co, London, 1925. (2)
(Nonesuch Press) Andrew Marvell Miscellaneous Poems Limited edition, number 427 of 850 copies on Italian handmade paper with the Nonesuch watermark, small folio, original cream paper covered boards, gilt border and central device to covers, light browning to deckled edge, ex libris label Joan M. Burslem, portrait frontispiece, vg, The Nonesuch Press, London, 1923.
Four good works H.G. Wells. 'The Outline of History Two,' two volumes, original embossed red cloth with gilt lettering, ex libris label Frank Reddaway, colour plates and illustrations throughout, vg, George Newnes, London, [c.1925]; Roger Ingpen (ed). 'The Life of Samul Johnson by James Boswell,' two volumes, original green cloth with gilt portrait of Boswell to front boards, light spotting to prelims and edge of text block, plates and illustrations, vg, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London, 1907. (4)
(Private Press) Seven works by Ark Press GLORY ON THE EARTH By Donald Culross Peattie (1960). Illustrated by the wood-engravings of Otto Rohse. Light foxing. MAN IS A LITTLE WORLD By Michael Adam (1969) First edition. Together with THE CRY OF A GULL JOURNALS 1923-1948 ALYSE GREGORY Edited by Michael Adam (1973) and linocuts by Alan Richards and SO WILD A THING By Malcolm Elwin literary executor of Llewelyn Powys (1973) Ark Press. First edition with THE WILD STRANGE PLACE By Michael Adam (1971) All Ark Press Penzance/Dulverton together with MY WILD LOVE By Michael Adam (1987) Quay Books Penzance. Signed by the author. Paper boards. Last two with woodcuts by Robert Wyss and one other on the Ark Press. Nice bright collection (7)
(Politics) Four works Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz. 'Geschichte des siebenjährigen Krieges von 1756 bis 1763 (History of the Seven Year War in Germany from 1756 to 1763),' two volume bound in one, German text, contemporary half leather, marbled edge, ex libris label Sir William Molesworth, frontis engraving, fold out copper engraved map with no tears, pp.291 and pp.302, a fine text block, Haude and Spene, Berlin, [c.1787]; A. McManus (commentary). 'History of the Zinoviev Letter. Facts About the Infamous Letter,' printed thin card wraps, heavy spotting throughout, Communist Party of Great Britain, London, 1925; G. C. Baravelli. 'SWK. The Tragedy of the Stalin Canal,' printed thin card wrpas, some very light spotting, Societa Edrice Di Novissima, Roma, [c.1930]; Oswald Dutch. 'The Errant Diplomat. The Life of Franz von Papen,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, spotting to edge of text block, vg, Edward Arnold & Co, London, 1940. (4)
A vintage mid-century Mary Quant umbrella. Having a black handle and strap, the burgundy cover with a green, white and blue border, L80cm Condition Report: Overall in good condition. No tears or repairs to the fabric. SOme spots of discolouration and residue to the shade. Some loose threads around the edge. No obvious breakages. Signs of light wear including scratches and the 'popper' has lost some of the black overlay. Colours bright.
A Mulberry tan leather 'Lily' handbag. Featuring polished silver-tone hardware, chain and interwoven leather shoulder strap, detachable clochette with a concealed padlock, maker's signature postman's lock fastening, and one interior zip pocket, the brass tag numbered '78404', H14.5cm x W20cm x D7cm Condition Report: Overall in good condition. The exterior shows some light wear including some rubbing and several small and light marks. The interior is dusty with some small marks of discolouration. Some scratches and rubbing to the hardware. The lock turns smoothly.
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