Doré (Gustave, illustrator). The History of Don Quixote, by Cervantes, 2 volumes, London: Cassell & Company, 1906, plates and illustrations, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, edges lightly rubbed with one or two small bumps, 4to, together with 2 others illustrated: La Femme au Dix-Huitième Siècle, by Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, new edition, Paris, 1887, and The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, circa 1900 (both bound in half leather)QTY: (3)
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Bacon (Francis). The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral and Wisdom of the Ancients, edited by B. Montagu, London: William Pickering, [1845], occasional spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, early 20th-century brown half morocco by Root & Son, gilt-decorated spine, 12mo, together with:Ingoldsby (Thomas). The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels, Carmine edition, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1870, engraved frontispiece and illustrations, marginal damp-stains to frontispiece and title, some further scattered spotting, all edges gilt, 20th-century blue full morocco gilt, bird device blocked in gilt to spine compartments, covers with single-rule gilt border with cornerpieces, spine faded to green, a little bumped, 8vo, plusWalton (Izaak). The Compleat Angler, London: J. M. Dent, 1896, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, top edge gilt, 20th-century prize blue calf gilt, gilt armorial to upper cover, a few light marks, 8vo, with 27 other leather bindingsQTY: (30)
Warren (General Sir Charles). The Early Weights and Measures of Mankind, 1st edition, London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1913, 135 pp., light toning to endpapers, original cloth gilt, light fading to foot of spine, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper 'Charles Warren from Charles Warren, 9 August 1915' (i.e. double-signed by the author), with a small head and shoulders pencil portrait of the author loosely inserted.Sir Charles Warren (1840-1927) was a British Army officer and early archaeologist of the Holy Land, the Palestine Exploration Fund employed him from 1867 to conduct excavations, including the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, his discovery of a water shaft there named 'Warren's Shaft'. Later he was head of the Metropolitan Police from 1886 to 1888 during the Jack the Ripper murders before being recalled to serve in the Second Boer War.
Milner (John). The History Civil and Ecclesiastical, & Survey of the Antiquities, of Winchester, 2 volumes, Winchester: printed and sold by Jas. Robbins, [1801], engraved titles, 8 engraved plates (including 4 folding), folding engraved plan, edges untrimmed, modern brown full calf with maroon skiver labels to spines, 4to, together with Culpeper (Nicholas). Culpeper's Complete Herbal, and English Physician..., o which is annexed, The British Florist, or Flower Garden Displayed..., Manchester: J. Gleave and Son, 1826, engraved portrait frontispiece, hand-coloured engraved botanical plates, few repaired closed tears to some leaves of text, one leaf provided in facsimile, some wear, scattered spotting and some light dust-soiling, modern brown full morocco [by Anthony Stacey, 1923-2021], 4to, plus Knight & Lacey (publishers). The Worthies of the United Kingdom; or Biographical Accounts of the Lives of the most Illustrious Men, in Arts, Arms, Literature and Science, connected with Great Britain, London: Knight and Lacey, 1828, engraved frontispiece, engraved plates and wood-engraved vignettes, some scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recent marbled paper sidings to boards, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous 19th-century antiquarian, few volumes neatly rebacked and reboundQTY: (a carton)
Walton (Izaak & Charles Cotton). The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton.... London: John Major, 1823, engraved portrait frontispiece, full page illustrations and in-text woodcuts, light spotting and toning to a few leaves, together with:Walton (Izaak). The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson, London: John Major, 1825, engraved frontispiece, engraved plates and portraits, both volumes uniformly bound in full contemporary calf by W. Strong, gilt compartments to spine, spine faded, corners bumped, 8vo QTY: (2)
Merivale (Charles). History of the Romans under the Empire, 8 volumes, new edition, London: Longmans, Green, Longman Roberts, & Green, 1865, some light marginal toning, some gutters cracked & repaired, contemporary uniform gilt decorated tree calf, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, some boards detached, 8vo, together with:Walpole (F.), The Ansayrii, (or Assassins,) with Travels in the Further West in 1850-51..., 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1851, laid down engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, booksellers blind stamps to the head of the front endpapers, some light toning throughout, rebound retaining original uniform embossed red cloth boards & spines, rubbed with some small loss to the spines, 8vo, plusTilley (Christopher), An Ethnography of the Neolithic, early prehistoric societies in Southern Scandinavia, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1996, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and other 19th Century & modern scholarly archaeology reference, including publications by Oxford, Routledge, Oxbow, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth/boards in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves & a carton)
Erasmus (Desiderius). Des. Erasmi Roterod. Colloquia nunc emendatiora, Leiden: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1636, engraved title, all edges gilt, 19th-century calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, gilt decorated border to boards, spine torn and worn at head and foot, 12mo, (Willems 440), together with:Elgood (George). Italian Gardens, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1907, colour frontispiece and plates, light scattered spotting, top edge gilt, original green cloth, some damp-mottling to boards, folio, Yriarte (Charles). Venice. Its History, Art, Industries and Modern Life, London: George Bell and Sons, 1880, wood-engraved frontispiece and plates, minor scattered spotting, top edge gilt, original green cloth, with blocked decoration in black and gilt, lower board damp-mottled, folio, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian and modern books, including Carroll (Dixie). Fishing, Tackle and Kits, Cincinnati: Stewart & Kidd Company, 1919, monochrome frontispiece and plates, original cloth, 8voQTY: (2 cartons)
Ruskin (John). The Stones of Venice..., The Foundations..., with Illustrations drawn by the Author, 3 volumes, London: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1874, volume 1 signed by Ruskin to end of preface in brown ink, captioned plates by William Dickes, after Ruskin by Thomas Lupton, J. C. Armytage, R. P. Cuff, and others, sparse spotting to a few leaves, some gatherings loosening, publisher's original brown cloth gilt, light staining to upper cover of volume 2, head and tail of spines a little frayed, 8vo QTY: (3)NOTE:Signed limited edition, one of 1,500 sets signed by the author.
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible containing ye Old and New Testaments, Newly Translated out of ye Original Tongues..., London: printed by John Field, 1655, engraved title torn with loss at foot, cropped to other margins and lined to verso, letterpress New testament title, some running titles to upper margins closed trimmed, few leaves slightly frayed, front flyleaf with 19th-century ownership signature of Elizabeth Davis, N: 6 Sherborn Lane, and with manuscript presentation inscription, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 18th-century gilt decorated red morocco, 12mo (138 x 70 mm), together with:Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., Edinburgh: printed by Adrian Watkins, 1756, title with 19th-century inscription, torn at gutter with some loss and lined to verso, few leaves of text repaired, bound with A Companion to the Altar..., Oxford: printed by John Baskett, [1770?], bound with A New Version of the Psalms of David ... by N. Brady and N. Tate, Edinburgh: printed by Alexander Kincaid, 1777, some toning and light scattered spotting throughout volume, modern calf, 8vo,Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., Cambridge: printed by John Archdeacon, 1769, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins..., Cambridge: printed by John Archdeacon, 1767, modern calf, 8vo, plus 2 othersQTY: (5)NOTE:1. Darlow and Moule 509; Herbert 648.Darlow, Moule and Herbert suggest the 1655 Bible printed by Field exists in two varieties. This example has a general title bearing the words 'ye Old' which is not present in the other example. It also contains a colophon which they suggest appears in the other example. It is possible therefore that this volume is a variant of the two varieties that Darlow, Moule and Herbert suggest exist (D & M 508 & 509; Herbert 647 & 648). 'Another of Field's editions condemned by Kilburne; in 2 Cor. xiii v. 6 is omitted' (Darlow, Moule and Herbert).
* Theatre Broadsides. A group of 26 double-page broadsides for performances at Theatre Royal, Covent Garden and Drury Lane, c. 1824-1834, printed letterpress on off-white or blue-grey on wove paper, the headline performances including The Daemon or, The Mystic Branch, Ice Witch; or, The Frozen Hand, Zoroaster or, The Spirit of the Star! The Exile or, The Deserts of Siberia, Fairy Slipper, founded on the celebrated ballet of Cendrillon!, etc., a little occasional spotting or light browning and a few marginal tears, approx. 33 x 42 cm and similar sizes QTY: (26)
Manuscript Volume. Translations of Psalms; with Sacred Songs &c by the Rev. John Graham M. A., Lifford; Anno MDCCCXXIII, 1823, 23 leaves of 19th century neat calligraphic manuscript verse (to verso only), later ownership inscription in purple pencil to front pastedown of W. Leeper dated 1923, contemporary calf, corners bumped, joints weakening, 12mo (5 x 9 cm)Marshall (Charles). A Plain and Easy Introduction to the Knowledge and Practice of Gardening with Hints on Fish-Ponds, 3rd edition, F. & C. Rivington, 1800, light toning and spotting to a few leaves, ownership inscription of Delicia Hayward to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, rubbed and worn, 12moMawe (Thomas). Every Man his own Gardener, being a new and more complete Gardener's Kalendar than any one hitherto published..., 8th edition, Dublin: H. Whitestone, J. Beatty and R. Burton, 1784, contemporary ownership inscription partially excised from title page, numerous contemporary manuscript notes to front and rear pastedowns, gatherings loose, contemporary boards, rubbed and worn, 12moLocke (John). Some Thoughts concerning Education..., London: Printed for a Society of Stationers and sold by J. Baker at the Black Boy in Paternoster-Row, 1710, ownership inscription to front free endpaper dated 1816, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, worn, 12moWilson (John). The Rural Cyclopedia or a General Dictionary of Agriculture and of the Arts, Sciences, Instruments, and Practice..., John M. Wilson, 3 volumes, Edinburgh: A. Fullarton and Co, 1848, coloured frontispiece to volume 1 and illustrations to all volumes, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, bookplate of D. Hughes Charles to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, gilt decoration to spine compartments, 3rd volume in a darker leather, large 8vo, plus a copy of Picturesque Handbook to Carlingford Bay..., Greer, Newry, Curry, Dublin et al...,1946, original cloth, very worn, 12moQTY: (8)
Kipling (Rudyard). The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places, Allahabad: A. H. Wheeler & Co., circa 1891, period ink stamp to the head of the title page, some light toning, original blue wrappers with advertisements bound into the rear, contemporary gilt decorated plum half morocco, slightly rubbed, slim 8vo, plus other volumes by Rudyard Kipling from the A. H. Wheeler & Co. Indian Railway Library, mixed editions, all in original wrappers, together with:Priestley (J. B.), Angel Pavement, London: William Heinemann, 1930, signed & numbered by the author to the limitation page, some minor marginal toning, top edge gilt, original brown cloth, 8vo, limited edition 27/1025, and other works by J. B. Priestly, plus other late 19th Century & modern fiction, including works by Daphne Du Maurier, A. G. Street, J. M. Barrie, Margery Allingham, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Hunter (William). The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus, London: Sydenham Society facsimile edition, 1851, 34 engraved plates, some double-page, text in Latin and English, some water stains, spotting and frayed fore margins, contents loose, original limp cloth, some wear, folio (first published in 1774), together with [Ellis, George Viner & G. H. Ford]. [Illustrations of Dissections in a Series of Original Coloured Plates the Size of Life... Atlas only, 1867], 53 colour lithograph plates only (of 58), a few with closed tears, some spotting and small repairs, lacking title, contents loose, contemporary cloth-backed boards, lacking spine, some wear, folio, plus Sibson (Francis). Medical Anatomy: or, illustrations of the Relative Position and Movements of the Internal Organs, 1st edition, London: John Churchill & Sons, 1869, 20 colour lithograph plates only (lacking plate 19),plate10 with long closed tear, long closed tear to one text leaf, some small tears and light spotting, original cloth, lacking spine, some wear, folio, plus a few other plates from another Medical Anatomy by Francis SibsonQTY: (approximately 100)NOTE:Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
* Airship Ephemera. A collection of airship ephemera, including Reynold (Percy). "Zeppelinitis" 1915, original pen and ink drawing, showing a maid and housekeeper on the stairs, inscribed verso 'Zeppelenitsi, "Sarah! you might bring up my spectacles. I left them on the dining room table, and if a bomb should come I don't want them broken', signed and dated lower right, some light mainly marginal spotting and small tear and loss at lower left corner, 27.5 x 23.5 cm, unframed, a pencil colour drawing showing an RNAS officer by Roy 1928 showing 'Capt Percival Spencer' with parachutist descending from an air balloon, 26.5 x 18 cm, mount aperture and laid on card, unframed, Robinson (Lieutenant William Leefe, 1895-1918). Souvenir in Commemoration of Lieutenant W.L. Robinson's Great Feat of Destroying a Zeppelin on Sunday 3 September 1916, printed by S. Burgess, Strand, London, 34 x 35 cm, together with a tissue paper souvenir In Commemoration of Essex Aviation Display, 24 September 1932, printed by S. Burgess, Strand, London, 34 x 35 cm, airship photographs, brochures and other related itemsQTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: The John Procter Airship Collection (the final lot).
* The Rolling Stones. ‘I Wanna Be Your Man F 11764’, Decca promotional poster from their debut EP DFE 8560, [?London, 1964], featuring uncredited artwork of the five band members from a charcoal drawing to upper half of poster, with printed text beneath and a thumbnail image of the EP cover lower left, single central horizontal and vertical folds, some mostly marginal spotting and light browning at head and foot of vertical central fold, four small sellotape remains and stains to top and bottom margins, one closed tear to blank area upper right and diagonal creases to both lower corners, 33 x 39.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:‘I Wanna Be Your Man’ is a Lennon–McCartney-penned song, first recorded and released as a single by the Rolling Stones, and then recorded by the Beatles for their second studio album With the Beatles. The song was primarily written by the duo in the corner of a club in Richmond, London, while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were talking.Released as their second single on 1 November 1963, the Stones's version was the group's first UK top-20 hit, peaking at number 12 on the British chart. The EP was released on 18 January 1964.
Plath (Sylvia). Three Women. A Monologue for Three Voices, with an introductory note by Douglas Cleverdon, London: Oficyna Stanislawa Gliwy for Turret Books, 1968, frontispiece and linocut initials by Stanislaw Gliwy, original cream cloth gilt, some light spotting to covers, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 98/180 copies.
Warne's Juvenile Drolleries. Ten Little Niggers, London: Frederick Warne & Co; New York: Scribner, Welford & Armstrong, circa 1890, 12 chromolithograph plates, one or two short closed tears and some light spotting, contemporary presentation inscription, small W. H. Smith Library blindstamp to last plate, original wrappers (rear wrapper with loss and repair to upper inner corner), bound in contemporary maroon half morocco, 4to QTY: (1)
Erpe (Thomas van). Grammatica Arabica cum Fabulis Locmanni, etc. Accedunt Excerpta Anthologiae Veterum Arabiae Poetarum Quae Inscribitur Hamasa Abi Temmam..., Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans, 1748, title printed in red & black with engraved vignette and contemporary large ink ownership inscription written vertically to inner margin; 'Ex Lib: Bibl: Scrivar: Sig: Reg:', text in Arabic and Latin, light spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary and 20th-century shelf mark notes to front pastedown, contemporary vellum boards, manuscript title to spine, gilt armorial embossed stamps of The Society of Writers to The Signet to upper and lower boards, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Brunet, II, 1050.
Buckley (Arabella A.). The Fairy-Land of Science, London: Edward Stanford, 1879, monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper offset to the half-title, some light toning & spottingm original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, together with:Adams (Richard), The Girl In A Swing, 1st edition, London: Allen Lane, 1980, signed by the author to the title page, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers toned, spine slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8voThe Plage Dogs, 1st edition, 1977, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusTurner (H. H.), A Voyage in Space..., London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1915, 130+ monochrome illustrations, 'peep-hole' to pp.114 intact, some light marginal toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other late 19th to 20th Century miscellaneous literature & fiction, mostly original cloth, G, 8voQTY: (A carton)
Handel (George Frederic). Faramondo. An Opera as it is Perform'd at the King's Theatre in the Hay-Market, no. 633, London: printed for & sold by J. Walsh, early issue, circa 1740, engraved title, table of songs, 91 pp. engraved music, a few top corners excised, bound with at front Sampson. An Oratorio, the words taken from Milton set to musick by Mr Handel, London: printed for J. Walsh, early issue circa 1750, engraved title, table of songs, 91 pp. engraved music (numbered 2-91)m, a few light stains to title, later half calf, rebacked preserving original labels (a few small chips), marbled covers a little rubbed, folio QTY: (1)
Fielding (Henry). The Works of Henry Fielding, with an Essay on his Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, 10 volumes, new edition, London: printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821, engraved frontispiece to volume I, offsetting to title, endpapers toned with previous owner ink stamp at front, contemporary calf, rebacked,some worming to joints and covers, edges rubbed, a few stains, 8vo, together with Thackerary (William Makepeace). Works, 13 volumes, London:Smith, Elder & Co., 1898-1905, illustrations, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, spines a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, 4 volumes, Dublin, 1773, and one otherQTY: (28)
Langley (Batty). The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs:..., 1st edition, London: printed by J. Ilive, 1740, numerous engraved plates, facsimile title page through to pp.iv, modern endpapers, bookplate to the front pastedown, some light toning & spotting throughout, modern half calf, slightly rubbed, 4to, together with:Paley (F. A.), Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts, London: John Van Voorst, 1844, numerous engraved plates, modern endpapers, some light toning & spotting , rebound retaining contemporary gilt decorated & embossed half calf boards, modern moroccoo spine, 8vo, plusPlatt (Colin), The Architecture of Medieval Britain, a social history, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and others similar, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
Wellesley (Dorothy). Jupiter and the Nun, 1st edition, London: printed and published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1932, marbled endpapers, original marbled boards, light spotting and toning to boards, spine rubbed, slim 4to (limited edition 63/250 signed by Dorothy Wellesley), [Woolmer 313], together with:Trade Catalogue. Carrington & Co., Court Jewellers, Manufacturing Goldsmiths and Silversmiths, Watch and Clock Makers, Regimental Silversmiths, 130 Regent Street, London, c.1910, numerous monochrome illustrations from photographs, decorative printed endpapers, front free endpaper creased, original green cloth, title to upper board, few marks, slim oblong folio,Hunting Diaries. The Hunting Diary Illustrated for 1912-14, 1916-18, together 4 volumes, London: S. B. Vaughan, [1912-18], printed text and adverts, manuscript entries to sporting diaries at rear written by Alice Holroyd Smyth, husband of Rowland Holroyd Smyth, who owned Ballynatray House, County Waterford, Ireland, some dust-soiling and few marks, original cloth with monochrome pictorial panel to upper covers, slightly rubbed, some fading mostly to spines, 8vo,Almanack. The gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack, (as compiled by the late John Watson Stewart,) for the Year of our Lord 1824..., Dublin: printed by Stewart & Hopes, [1824], engraved frontispiece and additional title, light dust-soiling, contemporary red morocco, worn at foot of binding, 8vo, plus other antiquarian and miscellaneous books, including some Ireland interest, some wornQTY: (6 shelves)
Morris (F. O.). A Natural History of British Moths, 4 volumes, London: Henry Edward Knox, 1871, numerous colour plates, some light marks, toning & spotting, original uniform gilt decorated embossed green cloth, water marks to the boards, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Wood (W.), Index Entomologicus; or, A Complete Illustrated Catalogue, consisting of 1944 figures, of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain, London: William Wood, 1839, 54 colour plates, some light toning & minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, front hinge slightly cracked, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusCassell, et al, publisher, Cassell's Popular Natural History, 3 volumes, circa 1870, numerous hand coloured & monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, original uniform gilt decorated & embossed green cloth, spines faded with some small loss, slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, and other 19th Century natural history reference & plate books, some contemporary leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G, 8vo QTY: (3 shelves)
Martyn (William Frederick). The Geographical Magazine; or, New System of Geography with beautiful and correct views, mas, and globes, 2 volumes, London: printed for Harrison and Co., 1793, engraved frontispieces, numerous engraved folding maps & plates, some light toning, spotting & marks, gutters cracked, contemporary uniform reverse calf with red & black calf spine labels, boards & spines rubbed with some small loss, large 4to, together with:Farneworth (Ellis), The Works of Nicholas Machiavel, Secretary of State to the Republic of Florence..., 4 volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed for T. Davies, 1775, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 2 folding plates to volume 4 (1 with a tear), bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light toning & minor offsetting, contemporary uniform tree calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with some minor loss, some loss to the spine labels, 8vo, plusOsbeck (Peter), A Voyage to China and the East Indies, volume 2 only, London: printed for Benjamin White, 1771, front endpaper & title page detached & worn to the margins, some minor marginal toning & spotting, contemporary full calf, front board partially detached, boards & spine rubbed with some loss, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th Century literature & reference, all contemporary leather bindings, some odd volumes & incomplete sets, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8vo/4toApproximately 120 volumesQTY: (6 shelves)
Isle of Man. Speed (John), The Isle of Man exactly described and into several Parishes divided with every Towne, Village, Baye, Creke and Rivere therein conteyned..., 1st edition, [1611], hand-coloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, slight mount staining, central fold strengthened on verso, light overall toning, 380 x 495 mm, English text on versoQTY: (1)
Major (Richard Henry). The Life of Prince Henry of Portugal, surnamed The Navigator; and its results:..., 1st edition, London: A. Asher& Co., 1868, signed & inscribed by the author to the half-title, colour portrait frontispiece, folding maps to the rear, gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Hampton (Mr.), The General History of Polybius, translated from the Greek, 3 volumes, 4th edition, London: printed for J. Johnson et al, 1809, cracked gutters, some light spotting & toning throughout, original uniform cloth, boards & spines slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusHone (William), The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England:..., new edition, London: William Tegg and Co., 1855, etched portrait frontispiece, monochrome illustrations, gutters cracked, some light water marks, some spotting & toning, original embossed gilt decorated cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th Century history reference & related, all original cloth, G, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Beckett (Samuel). Waiting for Godot. A tragicomedy in two acts, 1st UK edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1956, publisher's note tipped-in, contemporary presentation inscription to front endpaper, light partial offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, spine a little toned, small chip at head of front panel, edges a little rubbed with small nicks and closed tears, 8vo, together with All That Fall. A Play for Radio, 1st UK edition, 1957 QTY: (2)
Webb (E. A. H.). History of the 12th (The Suffolk) Regiment 1685-1913, 1st edition, London: Spottiswoode & Co., 1914, monochrome illustrations, bookplate to the front endpapers, some minor toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red half morocco, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Freeman (Benson), The Yeomanry of Devon 1794-1927, 1st edition, London: The St. Catherine Press, 1927, 6 maps, colour plates, some light marginal toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly faded, calf spine label rubbed, 8vo, plusThe 43rd & 52nd Light Infantry Chronicle, 112 volumes, 1st editions, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode/Winchester: Culverlands Press, 1892-2001, monochrome illustrations, some top edges gilt, all original gilt decorated bindings, some boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th to 20th Century regimental histories & related, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
* Yorkshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Ducatus Eboracensis pars Occidentalis: The West Riding of Yorkshire, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, light overall toning, slight offsetting, printer's fold, 385 x 505 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)
Bryant (Jacob). Observations and Inquiries relating to various arts of ancient history; containing dissertations on the Wind Euroclydon, and on the Island Melite, together with an account of Egypt..., Cambridge: printed by J. Archdeacon, 1767, 7 folding maps, loss to the front endpaper, front & rear gutters cracked, some minor spotting throughout, later blue boards & cloth spine, rubbed with some small loss, 4to, together with:The Argonaut Press, publisher, A New Account of the East Indies, 2 volumes, by Alexander Hamilton, London: 1930, original uniform gilt decorated quarter vellum, 8vo, The Voyages of Christopher Columbus..., by Cecil Jane, 1930, original gilt decorated quarter vellum, 8vo, The Discoverie of the large and bewtiful Empire of Guiana, by Walter Raleigh, 1928, Ralegh's Last Voyage..., by V. T. Harlow, 1932, both in original two-tone cloth, 8vo, all with monochrome illustrations & maps, boards & spines lightly rubbed, plusKingsley (Mary H.), Travels in West Africa, Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1897, monochrome plates & illustrations, some light toning & spotting, front & rear gutters cracked, original red cloth, 'Mudie's Select Library' label to the front board, spine faded & rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th Century travel reference & related, including volumes of Navy Records Society, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
MacDougall (W. B., illustrator). Isabella or the Pot of Basil, by John Keats, London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co, 1898, decorative half-title, title printed in red & black, numerous woodcut illustrations, decorative borders & initials, final leaf with woodcut printer's device, few areas of minor spotting, top edge gilt, publisher's original cloth, spine and upper cover with gilt lettering and floral design, spine lightly sunned, slim 4to, together with:Maine (George F.). The Wind in the Pines, A Celtic Miscellany, London & Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis Ltd, 1922, title printed in red & black, numerous woodcut illustrations and headpieces, publisher's original cloth-backed printed paper covered boards, a little rubbed, 4to, plusThe Quarto. An Artistic, Literary & Musical Quarterly, 3 volumes (of 4) only, London: J. A. Virtue, 1896, 1897 & 1898, monochrome illustrations and advertisements, occasional light spotting, original green cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 4toQTY: (5)
Beaumont (W. Worby). Motor Vehicles and Motors, Their Design, Construction and Working by Steam, Oil and Electricity, 2 volumes, 1st editions, 1900-06, numerous monochrome plates & illustrations, bookplate & period inscription to the front pastedown of volume 1, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper of volume 2, some light marks & toning, original uniform red cloth, slightly rubbed to head & foot, volume 1 in original & lightly rubbed dust jacket, 8voQTY: (2)
[Kaukol, Maria Joseph Clemens]. Christliche Seelen-Schatz ausserlesener gebetter, [Bonn, 1729], 128 engraved leaves including frontispiece and title, part titles, headpieces and initials, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, spine faded, joints and edges rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Berlin Ornament-Kat 2340.
Yeats (William Butler, editor). Samhain. An Occasional Review, numbers 1-5 (of 7), Dublin & London: Sealy Bryers & Walker, and T. Fisher Unwin, October 1901, October 1902, September 1903, December 1904 & December 1906, several monochrome plates, all original printed brown wrappers, some fraying to edges, and consequent slight wear (issue for September 1903 more heavily frayed with a little loss, and upper wrapper detached), slim 8vo, together with Beltaine, The Organ of the Irish Literary Theatre, edited by W. B. Yeats, Number 2, February 1900, original printed wrappers, stapled as issued, some light soiling and fraying to extremities, plusThe Dome, volume IV, number 11, September 1899 & volume VII, May-July 1900, woodcut and other monochrome illustrations, both original printed wrappers, rubbed and somewhat worn to edges, and six others modern literature interest: Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, 1st edition, 1932, original blue cloth, rubbed and marked, Robert Graves, Poems (1914-26), 1st edition, 1927, W. H. Auden, Poems, 1st edition, 1930 (some wear), William Morris, Some Hints on Pattern-Designing, Chiswick Press, October 1899, D. H. Lawrence, New Poems, 1st edition, 1917 (some wear), R. C. Trevelyan, The Foolishness of Solomon, 1st edition, 1915, and Commerce, Cahier XXIX, Hiver 1932, all 8voQTY: (15)
Wells (H. G.) Twelve Stories and a Dream, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1903, 6 pp. and 16 pp. advertisements bound at rear, light spotting front and rear, top edge gilt, original green blindstamped cloth gilt, slightly rubbed at spine ends, one or two small light marks to spine and lower cover, else a bright copy, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Hammond C5.
Lawrence (T. E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph, 1st trade edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1935, folding maps and illustrations, a little minor spotting, original buckram gilt (spine slightly faded), dust jacket, a few tiny tears and some light spotting, 4to, together with 3 others including Revolt in the Desert, 3rd impression, 1927 and another copy of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1935 (with press cuttings etc pasted in)QTY: (4)
Rowlandson (Thomas). His Drawings and Water-Colours, London: The Studio, 1923, tipped-in colour plates throughout, further black and white illustrations, occasional light toning with a few spots, original vellum-backed paper-covered boards, onlaid purple cloth title label to upper cover lettered in gilt, spine frayed at extremities, some soiling, 4to, together with:Grego (Joseph). Rowlandson The Caricaturist, a selection from his works, 2 volumes, London: Chatto and Windus, 1880, frontispiece to volume 1, black and white illustrations throughout, sporadic spotting, top edge gilt, original red quarter morocco gilt, spines faded, some wear, 4to, plusHeath (Charles). Beauties of the Opera and Ballet, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: David Bogue, circa 1845, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, engraved black and white illustrations throughout, occasional spotting, a few gatherings damp-stained, a few further gatherings loose, front hinge cracked to volume 2, all edges gilt, original dark green morocco, elaborate gilt blocking to covers and spines, worn, 4to, with 2 others relatedQTY: (7)
Theatre Playbills. A group of 18 theatre playbills for Theatre Royal, Covent Garden and Drury Lane, c. 1820-1833, printed letterpress, all with musical interest and 5 featuring [Maria] Malibran at Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, June/July 1833, plus various operas featuring other performers, including Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Barber of Seville, Don Juan, Magic Flute, Signor Paganini in Concert, The Beggar’s Opera, etc., printed letterpress on off-white or blue-grey on wove paper, some occasional spotting or light browning and marginal chips or tears but generally in very good condition, approx. 33 x 20 cm and 5 double-page 34 x 42 cmQTY: (18)
Beeton (S. O., editor). Beeton's Christmas Annual, seasons 1-15 in 3 volumes, London: S. O. Beeton, 1860-[76], chromolithograph plates (including calendars), occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, together with:Lodge (Edmund). Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain..., 12 volumes, London: Harding, Mavor and Lepard, 1823-34, numerous engraved portrait plates, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon half morocco by J. B. Hawes of Cambridge, lightly rubbed, large 8vo,Cunningham (Peter, editor). The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, 9 volumes, London: Richard Bentley, 1857-59, engraved frontispieces and plates, top edge gilt, contemporary maroon half morocco, 'Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow' blocked in gilt to upper boards, extremities lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (2 cartons)
Lewis (Wyndham, & Fergusson, Louis F.). Harold Gilman, An Appreciation, London: Chatto & Windus, 1919, colour frontispiece, with tissue-guard, 33 monochrome plates, contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper 'John Simmons from A. M. C. March, 1920', original maroon cloth gilt, some very light marks (generally in very good condition), 4toQTY: (1)
Lydekker (Richard). The Royal Natural History, 6 volumes, London: Frederick Warne, 1893-96, numerous colour & monochrome plates & illustrations, 'Erratum' insert to the Preface of volume 1, some light toning & spotting throughout, original uniform gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor tears, large 8vo, together with:A. Bettesworth & C. Hitch, printed for, The Young Lady's Companion..., London: 1734, 19th century(?) inscription to the original front endpaper, modern front endpaper, repairs to the original front endpapers & title page, some marginal toning throughout, modern half morocco to marbled boards, paper spine label, 8vo, plusBonnycastle (John), Introduction to Astronomy. In a series of letters, from a preceptor to his pupil..., 3rd edition, London: printed for J. Johnson, 1746, etched frontispiece, 19 etched folding plates, loss & repair to the head of the title page, some light toning & spotting, later gilt decorated calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards, some small loss to the boards, 8vo, plus other 18th to early 20th Century natural history reference & related, some contemporary leather bindings, some original cloth, G/VG, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)
Scott (Walter). Waverley Novels, 48 volumes, Edinburgh: A & C Black, 1865-68, engraved frontispieces and additional titles, illustrations, occasional light spotting and toning, contemporary half calf, volume I upper cover detached, spines faded, edges rubbed, a few volumes with small tears at spine ends, a few stains to covers, 8vo QTY: (48)
Konody (P. G.). The Art of Walter Crane, 1st edition, London: George Bell & Sons, 1902, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning, top edge gilt, original decorated blue cloth, spine slightly loose, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, together with:Thoreau (Henry D.), Cape Cod, New York: Thomas Y. Cromwell, 1908, 33 monochrome illustrations by Clifton Johnson, some minor marginal toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine very lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusLaver (James), Whistler, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1930, monochrome illustrations, bookplate to the front pastedown, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket designed by Edward Ardizzone, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern miscellaneous literature & reference, including history, art & antiques reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, folio/8voQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)
Theatre Playbills. A group of 40 playbills for Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, c. 1816-1831, printed letterpress on off-white or blue-grey thin wove paper, titles include Faustus, Busy Body, Wild Oats, School for Scandal, Double Gallant, David Rizzio, Wealthy Widow, Belle’s Stratagem, Brutus, or, The Fall of Tarquin, Jealous Wife, A Grand Dioramic Display of the Falls of Niagara, etc., occasional spotting or light browning and a few minor marginal tears, but generally in very good condition, approx. 33 x 20 cm and similar sizesQTY: (40)
Matisse (Henri, 1869-1954). Henri Matisse par Philippe Marcel, L'Art d'Aujourd'hui, Paris: Editions Albert Morancé, Eté 1924, 16pp. of text with monochrome illustrations (pages numbered 33-[48]), 16 hors-texte full-page plates, including five with stencil colouring, loosely contained in original printed wrappers, some marks and light soiling, worn on spine and to edges, 4toQTY: (1)
Golfing Autographs. Big-Time Golf, illustrated by LeRoy Neiman, edited by Sharon AvRutrick, 4th printing, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, profusely illustrated, mostly from colour drawings by Neiman, containing 30 golfing autographs including major championship winners, obtained in person by the owner and signed on or adjacent to a related drawing in the book, comprising autographs of Peter Jacobsen, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Tom Kite, Johnny Miller, Jim Dent, Jose-Maria Olazabal, Nick Faldo, Doug Sanders, Chi-Chi Rodriguez, Charlie Sifford, Bernhard Langer, Jerry Pate, Fred Couples, Tom Watson, Corey Pavin, Larry Mize, Arnold Palmer, Chip Beck, Phil Mickleson, Jack Nicklaus, John Daly, Fuzzy Zoeller, Craig Stadler, Ray Floyd, Larry Nelson, Andy Bean, Curtis Strange, Paul Anzinger and Tammy Green, plus a large colour postcard form artwork by Neiman, signed in lower margin and loosely inserted, a few light sellotape marks to title and plain paper sleeves taped to pastedowns, original cloth in dust jacket, 4toQTY: (1)
* Whistler (Rex, 1905-1944). Illustrated Autograph Letter Signed, 'Rex Whistler', 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards, Pickering, Yorkshire, 10 April 1944, to James Minney, sending two more drawings for "A Place of One's Own" [drawings not present], 'I send you this time a more detailed suggestion for the entrance gate and the general appearance of the approach of the house from the road', with a pen and ink drawing of the gates on page two of the letter, continuing with further suggestions and ideas, the letter ending and signed in somewhat cramped form vertically at the head of page one, 2 pp., 8vo, together with three further autograph letters signed from Rex Whistler to James Minney, all on Battalion Welsh Guards stationery, all undated, circa 1944, one beginning, 'Of course I perfectly understand that you have had to rely upon others for so much of the designing for the film; I only wish I had been free to give it my whole and undivided attention and that I could have been more help to you...', a second letter saying he finds 'it a little difficult to suggest a definite figure, as I do not at all know how much - in the way of designs - you are going to require from me', and can only suggest that he take as a basis recent theatrical designing that he has done in the same way, and later, 'Of course I don't feel it makes much sense comparing the requirements of a play with those of a film...', the final letter saying that he is 'following these with a view of drawing room interior, and another part of the garden. Let me know which particular bits should be attended to first and I will concentrate on them', a few minor spots and one with a light damp mark to left margin, all 2 pages, 8vo, plus an unposted envelope addressed to James Minney, The Studios, Lime Grove, Shepherds Bush, in Rex Whistler's hand, and a group of four related black and white photographs of Rex Whistler's drawingsQTY: (9)NOTE:Rubeigh James Minney (1895-1979) was a British film producer, journalist, playwright, editor and author. This correspondence relates to A Place of One's Own, a 1945 British film directed by Bernard Knowles and produced by Minney, with stage designs by Whistler. The film was based on Osbert Sitwell's novel of the same name, published in 1942, and starred James Mason and Margaret Lockwood.
Tyndale (Walter). An Artist in Egypt, a presentation copy, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912, front endpaper inscribed & signed by Walter Tyndale on 2 occasions , the 1st being to his wife 'Evelyn D. Tyndale from her affectionate husband...Xmas 1912', and the 2nd being 'Presented to the artists Rest Home Mount Pleasant by the author... 20 Sept 1941', also signed by the author to the limitation page, 27 tipped-in colour plates with paper guards, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning throughout, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated full vellum, boards lightly rubbed & toned, spine slightly toned & marked with a small tear between 'Artist' & 'Egypt', small split to the foot of the front hinge, 4to, un-numbered limited edition of 150 copies, together with:MacGeorge (A.), An Inquiry as to the Armorial Insignia of the City of Glasgow, 1st edition, Glasgow: privately printed, 1866, 74 monochrome illustrations, period inscription & signature by the Honourable John Blackie, Lord Provost of Glasgow, James Adair ex-libris bookplate to the front pastedown, later endpapers, some minor marginal toning & light spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, front hinge split to the foot of the spine, large 4to, plusLinton (E. Lynn & W. J.), The Lake Country, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1864, 100 monochrome illustrations, front & rear gutters cracked, frontispiece partially detached, some minor toning, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, and other 19th Century to modern U.K. topography reference, including Pilgrimages to Old Homes, 8 volumes, by Fletcher Moss, & publications by Pevsner/Penguin, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio QTY: (6 shelves)
* Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870). Autograph cheque signed, ‘Charles Dickens’, London, 3 February 1870, in favour of Mr. Carlin, for twenty-five pounds on a Messrs Coutts & Compy printed cheque, with Dickens’s manuscript insertions and autograph in blue ink, a little spotting, toning and light creasing, short closed tear near date upper right, ink receipt name stamp of ‘London & County Bank, Hanover Square’ partly obscuring ‘Cha’ at start of signature, payee name of ‘T. B. Carlin’ inscribed in brown ink to verso in another hand, 93 x 190 mm The recipient of the cheque was Mr Carlin of the firm of T. B. Carlin, cigar importers, 189 Regent Street, London. Dickens was a devoted cigar smoker who helped popularise the cigar in England, and the highly regarded cigar merchants T. B. Carlin were his suppliers. Thomas Barnes Carlin (1824-1859) had died before this cheque was drawn so it would have been another Carlin family member with whom Dickens was then dealing. In the conclusion to a letter written to Arthur Helps a month later, (6 March 1870), Dickens says: ‘In the accompanying box is a bundle of those choice little cigars duly dried in the summer heat of Gad’s Hill. If you continue to like them and will impress upon Mr. Carlin that you confide in his supplying you as he supplies me, I think you will rarely get any worse’ (The Letters of Charles Dickens: The Pilgrim Edition, Volume 12, 1868-1870, p. 500). Dickens died three months later, following a stroke at his Gads Hill Place home, on 9 June 1870.QTY: (1)
Childers (Erskine). The Riddle of the Sands. A Record of Secret Service, ninth impression (second edition), London:: Smith, Elder & Co., 1910, folding map frontispiece, 3 other maps, advertisements at rear, occasional light spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription to front endpaper, original cloth with yacht illustration to upper cover, spine faded, a few small marks, 8vo QTY: (1)
Encyclopaedia Britannica. 31 volumes (1-29, 31-32), 9th edition, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1898-1902, some light toning throughout, original uniform half morocco, boards & spines slightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with part sets of later editions & duplicate copies, large 8vo, GQTY: (5 shelves)
New Naturalist. 29 volumes, numbers 2, 6, 6-10, 12-19, 21, 23, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 46, 47, 49, 50, 54, 59, 66, mixed editions, London: Collins,1946-81, colour & monochrome illustrations, some light toning, some copies are ex-library with associated marks, all original cloth in dust jackets, some covers slightly rubbed with small loss to the head & foot of the spines, 8vo, together with 8 volumes of New Naturalist Monograph series, numbers 1, 4, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 22, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, with some duplicate copies, plus other modern natural history reference, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)
Rapin de Thoyras (Paul). The History of England, continued from the Revolution to the Accession of King George II, by N. Tindal, volume IV only, London: Printed for John and Paul Knapton, 1745, engraved frontispiece portrait of Queen Anne by Houbraken after Godfrey Kneller, dated 1744, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette by Grignion after Gravelot, [533]-796, and 392pp., 47 full-page engraved plates, including portrait of the Duke of Marlborough, and 44 double-page or folded, engraved head-pieces, some plates close-trimmed along lower margin, with partial loss of the engraved line 'for Mr. Tindal's Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England', contents generally in clean condition (some light and unobtrusive offsetting to plates), contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine, heavily rubbed and scuffed, with joints cracked, thick folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Includes attractive double-page and folding views of the Bay of Bulls, Vigo Harbour, Battle of Maestricht, Battle of Hochstet, folding Plan of The Town and Fortifications of Gibralter taken on the spot in the year 1738, double-page view of Blenheim House, Plan of the City of Barcelona, Menin, Malines, Turin, View of Casal, plan of the Camp Tarragona, Plan of Toulon, Plan of the City and Citadel of Antwerp, Ghent A Large City and Castle in Flanders, Plan of the Town and Harbour of Mahon, Mons, Plan of the City and Castle of Alicant, Plan of the City of Aire, Plan of the Battle of Saragossa, etc.
Martyn (John, & Ephraim Chambers). The Philosophical history and memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris: or, an abridgment of all the papers relating to natural philosophy, which have been publish'd by the members of that illustrious society. The whole translated and abridged by John Martyn and Ephraim Chambers. London: for John and Paul Knapton, and Francis Cogan and John Nourse, 1742, 44 engraved plates (of 45, as often), bookplate of Lord Power and Curraghmore to front pastedowns, brown ink ownership inscription of William Power of Gurteen dated 1750 to head of titles, occasional spots, contemporary calf, some light wear and marks, 8vo QTY: (5)
Beeton (Isabella). The Book of Household Management, 125th thousand edition, London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, [circa 1867], chromolithograph frontispiece and plates, wood-engraved illustrations, original red quarter sheep, gilt-blocked decoration to spine, light wear mostly at head of spine, extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with:Beeton (Isabella). The Book of Household Management, new edition, revised and corrected, 255 thou. edition, London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, [1869], chromolithograph frontispiece and plates, wood-engraved illustrations, 19th-century maroon quarter sheep, joints cracked and worn at head of spine, 8vo,Beeton (Isabella). The Book of Household Management, new edition, revised and corrected, 660 thou. edition, London: Ward, Lock & Co., [1869], folding chromolithograph frontispiece and plates, wood-engraved illustrations and plates, one text leaf detached and frayed, rear free endpaper torn, original maroon quarter sheep, gilt-blocked decoration to spine, joints split, spine cracked and worn, 8vo, plus three other later Beeton editions, plus an incomplete copy of Markham (Gervase). The English House-Wife containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a Compleat Woman: As her Skill in Physick, Chirurgery, Cookery, Extraction of Oyles, Banqueting stuff, Ordering of great Feasts, Preserving of all sorts of Wines, conceited Secrets, Distillations, Perfumes, ordering of Wool..., of Brewing, Baking, and all other things belonging to an Houshold...., 8th edition, London: printed by J. Streater for George Sawbridge, 1668, title present (detached and closed tears at gutter), lacking other preliminary leaves and all text before p.113 (3R1), disbound 4to QTY: (7)
Cook (James). The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, edited by J. C. Beaglehole, 5 text volumes only (lacking the atlas volume with charts and views), mixed editions, Cambridge: University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1967-74, volumes I-II 1968 reprints, folding maps and illustrations, pp. 125-129 with some light offsetting from adhesive tape on a loosely inserted postcard, original cloth gilt, dust jackets, a few small tears and marks, 8vo, together with Cook and the Russians, addendum pamphlet, 1973QTY: (5)
Peake (Mervyn, illustrator). Quest for Sita of Hanuman and the Divine Vultures Jatayus and Sampati, by Maurice Collins, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1946, full-page black and white illustrations, top edge gilt, original pictorial black cloth gilt, a few light marks, 4to, limited edition, one of 500 copies on handmade paper, together with:Moylan (D. C.). Manon Lescaut, with an introduction by Arthur Symons, 1st edition, London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1928, 11 full-page colour illustrations, some spotting, fore and bottom edge untrimmed, original grey cloth gilt, dust jacket, spine chipped with loss to head and tail, some loss of foot of lower panel, some further loss to extremities, small folio, plusRackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Land of Enchantment, 1st edition, London: Cassell and Company, [1907], full-page black and white plates throughout, original pictorial orange cloth, lightly marked and scuffed, 4to, with 3 othersQTY: (6)
* Manchester & Leeds Railway. Plan of the Rochdale Canal and intended Railway from Sowerby Bridge to Manchester..., [1830?], lithograph plan with longitudinal section (appears to be the earliest proposed survey by George Stevenson, as a continuation of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway), several vertical creases where previously folded, a few minor marginal tears, not affecting image, 45 x 165 cm, together with: Rochdale Canal. Plan of the Rochdale Canal and intended Railway from Sowerby Bridge to Manchester, circa 1830s, lithograph plan printed by C. Hullmandel with contemporary hand-colouring, some spotting and light dust-soiling, 24.5 x 46 cm, plus Stephenson (Robert, Engineer). Britannia Bridge, Platform and Construction of Tubes, September 1848; Britannia Bridge, Carnarvon Tower, September 1848; Conway Tubular Bridge, with the Preparations for raising the Second Tube, London: John Weale, [1849], together 3 hand-coloured and tinted lithographs by Day and Son after G. Hawkins, 42 x 55 cm, 53 x 37 cm and 54.5 x 37 cm respectively, plus 3 etched plates by E. W. Cooke relating to and depicting the demolition of Old London Bridge, London: J. Brown, 1832, each hand-coloured, 34 x 48 cmQTY: (8)

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