Foster (Myles Birket). Poems by Thomas Hood, London: E. Moxon, Son & Co, 1872, 22 engraved plates by Birket Foster, contemporary gift inscription to front blank, small ownership ticket of A.B. Blackburn to front pastedown, a few light spots, near-contemporary red morocco gilt, all edges gilt, thick raised bands finished in gilt, elaborate gilt devices to spine compartments, broad gilt turn-ins, some wear to extremities, 4to, together with:Summer Scenes, a series of photographs from some of his choicest water colour drawings, London: Bell and Daldy, 1867, ALS from Birket Foster mounted to front blank, 15 photographic plates, spotting, contemporary blue morocco gilt, some wear, 4to, withPictures of English Landscape, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, with pictures in words by Tom Taylor, India proofs, presentation copy, London: George Routledge and Sons, [1881], 30 engraved plates on india, original cream paper boards gilt, rubbed & marked, some wear to spine extremities, folio, 804 of 1000 copies, with 7 others, many by or associated with Birket FosterQTY: (10)
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![[Hunt, William Holman]. The Decorator's Assistant, 4 volumes in 2, London: W. Gibbs, 1847-48, illustrated titles, numerous il](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/14d4f542-a179-4b38-b79b-afa100a4c073/714224c0-7cd4-4b55-845e-afab010bcd90/468x382.jpg)
[Hunt, William Holman]. The Decorator's Assistant, 4 volumes in 2, London: W. Gibbs, 1847-48, illustrated titles, numerous illustrations, occasional light spotting and offsetting, blindstamps of Derek Gair Gibson (1936-2021, eminent cardiologist and architectural book collector) to front endpaper, original cloth, a little rubbed with a few small stains, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: William Holman Hunt's copy, his signature to front endpapers. Derek Gibson's architectural library was sold by Forum on 20 October 2022.
Paine (James). Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Noblemen and Gentlemen’s Houses, and also of stabling, bridges, public and private, temples and other garden buildings; executed In the counties of Derby, Durham, Middlesex, Northumberland, Nottingham, and York. By James Paine, Architect, One of the Directors of the Society of Artists of Great-Britain. Part the first. Illustrated by seventy-four large folio plates, London: Printed for the author, and sold by Mr. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; Mr. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; Mr. Brotherton, Cornhill; Mr. Webley, near Chancery-Lane, Holborn; and at the author’s house, Salisbury-Street, Strand, 1767, 55 engraved plates numbered I-LXXIV (complete, comprising 36 single-page and 19 double-page which are given 2 numbers each), list of subscribers, bookplates of Richard Henry Roundell & John Currer de Kildwick Arm to front pastedown, occasional light spotting & offsetting, hinges cracked, contemporary speckled calf gilt, red morocco title label, spine separated into 8 compartments by raised bands, 7 compartments with elaborate gilt foliate decoration, some wear, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T135969; Archer 243.1; Fowler 207; Harris 664.The first edition of architectural designs by James Paine (1717-1789), including Chatsworth, Sandbeck, and Axwell Park. Volume two appeared in 1783, accompanied by the second edition of volume one.
Huc (M.). Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China, during the years 1844-5-6, 2 volumes bound in 1, London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, circa 1850, monochrome illustrations, front & rear gutters cracked, some light marginal toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated green half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Carlyle (Thomas), The French Revolution, A History, 2 volumes, London: Chapman and Hall, 1910, monochrome illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan, bookplate to the front endpaper, front & rear endpapers toned, some minor marginal toning, some minor water damage to the foot of the text blocks, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated quarter vellum, boards & spines slightly rubbed & toned with some water damage to the foot of the boards, large 8vo, limited edition 22/150, plusHershcel (John F. W.), Outlines of Astronomy, 11th edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1871, period inscription to the front endpaper, front gutter cracked, some spotting & light toning, contemporary gilt decorated blue full calf prize binding bound by S. Hogg, spine slightly faded & rubbed, front hinge cracked, boards lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century gilt decorated leather bound literature, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo52 volumesQTY: (3 shelves)
Frohawk (F. W.). Natural History of British Butterflies..., 2 volumes, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1924, 60 colour plates plus monochrome plates, some minor spotting, original uniform blue cloth with dust jackets, volume 1 dust jacket in pieces but present, volume 2 dust jacket rubbed with some tears & loss, folio, together with:Pennant (Thomas), British Zoology, 4 volumes, a new edition, London: printed for Wilkie and Robinson, 1812, numerous monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the head of volume 1 title page, some light spotting & toning, later endpapers, top edges gilt, rebound in later white cloth with calf spine labels, boards & spines slightly toned & marked, includes a loose period hand written letter in volume 1, 8vo, plusGambado (Geoffrey), An Academy for Grown Horsemen; containing the completest instructions..., 3rd editon, London: printed for W. Nicholson, 1808, monochrome copper plates, bookplate to the front pastedown, repaired tear to the frontispiece, some light marginal toning, later gilt decorated & embossed full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, and other 19th & early 20th-century natural history reference, including A Natural History of British Moths, by F. O. Morris, 4 volumes, 3rd edition, London: John C. Nimmo, 1891, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, 8vo, & Sporting Magazine, a broken run of 19 volumes, 1858-70, all in contemporary uniform half calf, 8vo, some leather bindings, some original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio QTY: (3 shelves)
Baines (Edward). History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, 4 volumes, London: Fisher, Son, & Co., 1836, numerous engraved plates, maps & folding plans, some spotting, offsetting & light toning throughout, contemporary uniform gilt decorated & embossed full calf, boards & spines rubbed with some loss, large 4to, together with:Pope (Alexander), The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq; complete, 6 volumes, new edition, Dublin: printed for J. Potts, 1770, period inscription to the title page of volume 1, monochrome plates, some minor spotting & toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusTillotson (John), The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, 10 volumes, Edinburgh: printed for Kincaid and Bell, 1759-60, marginal toning & light spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with some minor loss to the spine labels, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th century literature & reference, including The Antiquities of England and Wales, by Francis Grosse, 8 volumes, new edition, London: printed by C. Clarke, 1783, contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, large 8vo, mostly contemporary leather bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to 50 volumesQTY: (3 shelves)
David Robertson & Co., publisher. Whistle-Binkie of the Piper of the Party, being a collection of songs for the social circle, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Glasgow, 1878, some very minor toning, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, spines very lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Blight (J. T.), A Week at the Land's End, 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861, 11 monochrome plates, colour folding map plus numerous in-text illustrations, some light spotting, original embossed green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusFitch Daglish (Eric), Animals in Black and White, volumes 2, 4 & 6, mixed editions, 1928-29, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, black & white illustrations, bookplate to the front endpaper of volume 6, some light spotting, all in original illustrated boards, volumes 4 & 6 in dust jackets, slightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and other 19th-century & modern British topography & miscellaneous literature, including Thomas Bewick reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)
Robinson (William, editor). Flora and Sylva, 3 volumes, London, 1903-05, 66 colour plates plus monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, volumes 2 & 3 top edges gilt, original uniform half vellum, boards slightly marked, large 4to, together with:Bradley (Richard), New Improvements of Planting and Gardening both Philosophical and Practical, 7th edition, London, printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1739, engraved frontispiece, period & later inscriptions to the front & rear endpapers and the title page, front & rear gutters cracked, some light spotting & toning, contemporary full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss to the head & foot of the spine, 8vo, plusLowe (E. J.), Ferns: British and Exotic, 8 volumes, London: George Bell & Sons, 1872, numerous chromolithograph plates, some light spotting & toning, some spines lightly faded, original uniform gilt decorated & embossed plum cloth, 8voA Natural History of New and Rare Ferns:.., London: Bell and Daldy, 1872, chromolithograph plates, some light toning, original gilt decorated & embossed green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other antiquarian & modern botany reference, including The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain, 6 volumes, by Anne Pratt, London: Frederick Warne and Co., circa 1860, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (5 shelves)
Taylor (Sidney). Soviet & Soul, Russia through the eyes of youth, 1st edition, London: The Houghton Publishing Co., 1931, monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Booth (General), In Darkest England and the Way Out, 1st edition, London: International Headquarters of the Salvation Army, 1890, colour folding frontispiece, modern endpapers, some light toning, original blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8voSantalov (A. A. & Louis Segal, editors), Soviet Union Year-Book 1927, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1927, advertisements to the front & rear, colour folding map, some minor toning, original red cloth, spine faded, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, and other communist, socialist and political left reference & related, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Berg (Bengt). Birds of the North, 1st edition, Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1925, signed & inscribed by the author 'To the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Grey of Fallodon...' to the front endpaper, 60 monochrome plates, some light marginal toning, original boards with cloth spine, boards slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, folio, together with other modern natural history reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Bree (Charles Robert). A History of the Birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles, 5 volumes, 2nd edition, enlarged, London: George Bell and Sons, 1885-86, half-title for volume I, 252 colour plates of birds and eggs, uncoloured wood-engraved plate, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary green half morocco gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo QTY: (5)NOTE:Anker 59; Nissen IVB 136; Wood p. 254; Zimmer p. 88.
Bindings. The Book of British Ballads, 1st & 2nd series in one, London: Jeremiah How, 1847 & 1844, wood engraved decorative titles and illustrations, light scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco by Hayday, large 8vo, together with A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485, written and illustrated by James E. Doyle, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864, hand-coloured wood engraved illustrations, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, 4to, and Prince Charles Edward by Andrew Lang, London: Goupil & Co., 1900, hand-coloured photogravure portrait frontispiece and numerous photogravure plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary brown half calf by J. & E. Bumpus, large 4to (limited edition 414/1500), and Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain..., by Edmund Lodge, 12 volumes, London: Harding and Lepard, 1835, numerous engraved plates, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, gilt decorated spines (faded), large 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century decorative leather bindings etc.QTY: (3 shelves)
Macoun (John). Manitoba and teh Great North West, 1st edition, Ontario: The World Publishing Comapny, 1882, folding panarama frontispiece, 3 folding maps plus monochrome plates, front endpapers partially detached, front & rear gutters cracked, blind stamp to the foot of the title page, some light toning & spotting throughout, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine partially detached, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Yriarte (Charles), Florence, l'histoire, les médicis, les humanistes, les lettres, les arts, 2nd edition, Paris: J. Rothschild, 1881, numerous monochrome plates & illustrations, previous owner inscription to the half-title, some light spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, plusAngelo (Sydney & Anthony Wagner), The Great Tournament Roll of Westminster, a collotype reproduction of the manuscript, 2 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968, 23 monochrome plates, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jackets & slipcase, 8vo/oblong 4to, and other 19th-century & modern North American & European travel reference & related, mostly original cloth,some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Gilpin (William). Observations on the Western Parts of England, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, London: printed for T. Cadell, 1798, 18 monochrome plates, modern endpapers, some light spotting & marginal toning throughout, modern gilt decorated half calf with a red morocco spine label, 8vo, together with:Pratt (Anne), The Ferns of Great Britain, and their Allies the club-mosses, pepperworts, and horsetails, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, circa 1887, numerous colour plates & monochrome illustrations, front endpaper through to the frontispiece detached, some marginal toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated green full calf, boards & spine rubbed, spine faded with some small loss to head & foot, 8vo, andHatton (Edward), A New View of London; or, an ample account of that city, 2 volumes bound in 1, London: printed for R. Chiswell et al, 1708, engraved frontispiece & 3 folding plates, modern endpapers, some light toning throughout, modern half calf with a red morocco spine, 8vo, plus a 20th-century facsimile of A Declaration of the State of the Colonie and Affaires in Virginia with the names of the adventurors, and surnames adventured in that action, London: printed by T. S. 1620, [but later 20th-c. facsimile], 39 pages, some marks, offsetting & toning throughout, 20th c. gilt decorated full morocco, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian literature & bookbinding reference & related, some leather bindings, some odd volumes, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some volumes broken & incomplete, sold as seen not subject to return, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)
Tunnicliffe (C. F., illustrator). Wandering With Nomad, London: University of London Press,1946, Out of Doors with Nomad, 1947, Over the Hills with Nomad, 1948, signed to the front endpaper by the author 'Sincerely Nomad', Roving with Nomad, 1949, Adventuring with Nomad, 1950, Northwards with Nomad, 1951, all by Norman Ellison, all 1st editions, numerous black & white illustrations, some light toning & spotting, all original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor tears & loss, 8vo, together with:Yapp (W. B.), Birds and Woods, 1st edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1962, black & white illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe, some minor toning, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, 8vo, plusWilliamson (Kenneth), The Sky's Their Highway, 1st edition, London: Putnam, 1937, black & white illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe, some spotting to the text block, original cloth in dust jacket, covers toned, spotted & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other works by & illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)
Norman (Philip). London, Vanished & Vanishing, London: Adam & Chalres Black, 1905, 75 colour illustrations, endpapers toned, some marginal toning throughout, top edge gilt, original whit cloth, boards & spine toned & slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, limited de luxe edition 216/250, together with:Cunningham (Peter, editor), The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, 9 volumes, Edinburgh: John Grant, 1906, monochrome plates, some light toning, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spines very lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusLord Macaulay, The Life and Works of Lord Macaulay, 10 volumes, Edinburgh Edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896, monochrome portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light marginal marginal toning, original uniform brown cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other late 19th-century & modern literary reference & biography, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Lodge (George E.), Memoirs of an Artist Naturalist, 1st edition, London: Gurney and Jackson, 1946, 16 colour & 8 monochrome plates, some light toning throughout, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, together with:Lockley (R. M.), Puffins, 1st edition, London : J. M. Dent & Sons, 1953, monochrome illustrations, some minor toning to the text block, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plusTate (Peter), A Century of Bird Books, 1st edition, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1979, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine faded, 8vo, and other modern natural history reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)
Simms (Eric). A Natural History of British Birds, 1st edition, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1983, numerous monochrome illustrations by Robert Gillmor, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with:Pitman (Ian), And Clouds Flying, a book of wild fowl, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1947, 1 colour & 8 monochrome illustrations by Peter Scott, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusBratby (Michael & Peter Scott), Through the Air, adventures with wild fowl and small-boat sailing, 1st edition, London: Country Life, 1941, 21 monochrome illustrations, some light toning throughout, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern natural history reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (5 shelves)
Robertson (William). Soldiers and Statesmen 1914-1918, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Cassell and Company, 1926, 8 monochrome plates, some light spotting & toning throughout, original uniform black cloth, spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Dewar (George A. B.), Sir Douglas Haig's Command, December 19, 1915, to November 11, 1918, 2 volumes, 3rd impression, London: Constable and Company, 1922, some light spotting & toning, original uniform red cloth, spines slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other early to mid-20th-century reference, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Alighieri (Dante). La Divina Commedia or The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English, London: The Nonesuch Press, 1928, 'trial copy' starting at pp.225, monochrome prints, numerous blank leaves, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated orange vellum, spine faded & lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with:Farrer (Reginald), In Old Ceylon, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1908, 16 monochrome plates, original gilt decorated blue cloth, 'File Copy' label t the front board, lightly rubbed 8vo, plus Green (W. T., editor), Notes on Cage Birds: (second series) or practical hints...by various hands, London: L. Upcott Gill, 1899, monochrome illustrations, advertisements to the front & rear, some marginal toning, original gilt decorated light blue cloth, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, andWislinzenus (A.), Memoir of A Tour to Northern Mexico, connected with Col. Doniphan's Expedition in 1846 and 1847 [Miscellaneous No. 26], 1st edition, Washington: Tippin & Streeper, 1848, 3 folding maps, modern endpapers, spotting & toning throughout, bound in later red morocco to marbled boards, spine rubbed, thin 8vo, plus other miscellaneous literature & reference, including poultry, travel, military, illustrated literature, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Hall (Mr and Mrs S. C.). The Book of the Thames, from its rise to its fall, new edition, London: J. S. Virtue and Company, circa 1877, monochrome illustrations, prize bookplate to the front pastedown, front gutter cracked, light marginal toning, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Mrs Brassey, A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam'..., London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1878, Sunshine and Storm in the East,..., 1880, The Last Voyage, 1889, folding maps, numerous monochrome illustrations, all ex-library copies with associated marks & stamps, modern endpapers, some light toning, all edges gilt, uniform modern gilt decorated red half morocco amateur binding, 8vo, plusSwift (Jonathan), A Tale of a Tub. Written for the universal improvement of mankind, 10th edition, London: printed for Charles Bathurst, 1743, 7 engraved plates, period inscription to the verso of the frontispiece, some toning & light wear, modern endpapers, modern half calf amateur binding, 8vo, and other miscellaneous literature, some amateur leather & cloth bindings, many original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
Dawson (William Leon). The Birds of California, Trade Souvenir Edition, 4 volumes, San Diego, CA: South Moulton Company, 1923, half-titles, 199 photogravure, duotone or colour plates, halftone text illustrations throughout, tissue guards, light spotting to blanks, marginal marks to pp. 336 and 1433, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original embossed pictorial cloth gilt, 4to QTY: (4)NOTE:See Chambers, 'Bibliographical Notes on Dawson's "Birds of California"', in The Condor, volume 41, number 6 (November-December 1939), pp. 231-243; Nissen IVB 225, Wood p. 313 and Zimmer p. 162 for other editions.Number 8 of 35 copies of the Trade Souvenir Edition, the most exclusive format, signed by the author on the limitation leaf, containing 'all the color plates ... and the entire equipment of dutotone plates (which appears elsewhere only in the format de luxe)', and issued solely 'to those who actually participated in the construction of the book' (limitation leaf).
Milton (John). The Poetical Works of John Milton, 6 volumes, London: John Macrone, 1835, monochrome illustrations by J. M. W. Turner, later inscriptions to the front endpapers, some minor toning & light spotting, top edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated blue half morocco bound by Root & Son, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Carlyle (Thomas), Sartor Resartus and On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History [Library of English Classics], London: Macmilland and Co., 1901, later inscription to the front endpaper, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco bound by Hatchards, lightly rubbed to head & foot, plusAngellier (Auguste), A L'Amie Perdue, 2nd edition, Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1903, later inscription to the front endpaper, some marginal toning, top edge gilt, contemporary ornately gilt decorated rose full morocco bound by P. S. Sanford, boards & spine slightly faded, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century literature, biography & reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
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Dawson (William Leon, & John Hooper Bowles). The Birds of Washington, Patrons' Edition [De Luxe], 2 volumes, Seattle: Occidental Publishing Co., 1909, 39 photogravure, colour or halftone plates, 14 tipped-in silver gelatin prints (some slightly oxidised along edges), numerous halftone illustrations in text, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original green full morocco over bevelled boards, gilt spines, gull-form morocco vignettes inlaid to front boards, spines slightly darkened, light wear to headcaps, mild discolouration and a few light scuffs to sides, 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Nissen IVB 224; Wood p. 313 ('Author's Edition'); Zimmer p. 161 ('Original Edition'). Number 72 of 85 copies of the 'Patrons' De Luxe Edition', from the total edition of 1250 copies.
Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the species inhabiting the Western Palaearctic Region, 9 volumes including Supplement, 1st edition, London: published by the author at the Office of the Zoological Society of London, 1871-96, additional lithograph titles, 721 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates and 2 uncoloured plates after Keulemans, Neate, Wolf and Thorburn, Supplement volume with original upper wrappers bound-in at end, plate 1 with some browning, a few plates with some light toning, occasional light spotting to text and endpapers, B.T.O. library ink stamps to front endpapers and final leaves, hinges reinforced, later green cloth, spines with tan labels lettered in gilt, edges a little rubbed, 4to QTY: (9)NOTE:Anker 120; Fine Bird Books p. 92; Mullens and Swann pp. 178-79; Nissen IVB 267; Wood p. 324. A 'magnificent treatise' (Wood). Dresser's monumental monograph on the birds of Europe, originally issued in 84 parts plus the supplement in nine parts.
Kirby (W.F.) European Butterflies and Moths, London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1882, 61 hand-coloured lithograph plates, 1 uncoloured plate, occasional light spotting and offsetting, contemporary presentation inscription to title, contemporary half calf, some worming to spine ends, some edge wear and stains, 4to, together with Frohawk (F.W.) Natural History of British Butterflies, 2 volumes, London: Hutchinson & Co., [1925], 60 colour plates, 5 half-tone plates, occasional light spotting, original blue cloth, spine ends rubbed, some light fading, folio QTY: (3)
Lilford (Thomas Littleton Powys). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 volumes, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1885-97, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 421 chromolithographic plates after Foster, Lodge, Keulemans and Thorburn, all leaves and plates mounted on linen guards, spotting to preliminaries and to text-leaves adjacent to plates, light to moderate spotting to a small number of plates (largely restricted to margins), bookplates of Richard Heywood Thompson, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original maroon half morocco (ink-stamp, 'Bound by R. H. Porter', to front free endpapers), marbled sides, large 8voQTY: (7)NOTE:Anker 308 (second edition); Freeman 2244; Mullens & Swann p. 354; Nissen IVB 563; Sitwell p. 119; Wood p. 436; Zimmer pp. 399-400 (second edition). A handsome set of 'this truly magnificent work' (Wood).
Macgillivray (William). The Edinburgh Journal of Natural History, and of the Physical Sciences with the Animal Kingdom of the Baron Cuvier, 7 parts in 2 volumes, [all published], Edinburgh: published for the proprietor, 1835-40, 130 hand-coloured engraved plates (complete), plate 74 "Merops" in part C incorrectly listed as plate 94, occasional light spotting, original cloth-backed printed boards, some spotting to covers, light edge wear, folio QTY: (7)
Meinertzhagen (Richard). Nicoll's Birds of Egypt, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Hugh Rees, 1930, portrait frontispiece to volume I, 38 plates including 31 colour, 3 colour maps, light spotting front and rear, original green cloth gilt, a few light spots to volume I spine, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Anker 363; Nissen IVB 675. Provenance: Richard Meinertzhagen, his bookplate to volume I and a cut presentation inscription pasted to front endpaper.
Millais (J.G.) British Diving Ducks, 2 volumes, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1913, 74 plates by Archibald Thorburn, O. Murray Dixon, H. Gronvold and J.G. Millais, including 39 colour, occasional light mainly marginal water stains, presentation inscription to volume I, top edge gilt, original red cloth, some fading and small stains, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Limited edition 253/450.
Poyser publications. The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds, their distribution and abundance, 1st edition, London: T. & A. D. Poyser, 1997, colour illustrations throughout, original blue buckram, pictorial dust jacket, lightly marked & toned, 4to, together with:Ratcliffe (Derek). The Peregrine Falcon, 1st edition, London: T. & A. D. Poyser, 1980, full-page illustrations throughout (some in colour), further smaller illustrations to text, original maroon buckram, pictorial dust jacket, a few light marks, 8vo, withNewton (Ian). The Sparrowhawk, 1st edition, London: T. & A. D. Poyser, 1986, black & white illustrations throughout, original black buckram, pictorial dust jacket, a few light bumps, 8vo, with 26 other natural history interest published by PoyserQTY: (29)
Seebohm (Henry). A History of British Birds, with Coloured Illustrations of their Eggs, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: for the author by R.H. Porter & Dulau & Co., 1883-85, 68 chromolithograph plates, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary brown half morocco, slightly rubbed with some fading, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Presentation copy, volume I inscribed "Henry M. Howarth, Esq, with the author's compls.". Freeman 3343; Mullens & Swann pp. 517-18; Nissen IVB 851.
Swann (H. Kirke & Alexander Wetmore, editor). A Monograph of the Birds of Prey (Order Accipitres), 2 volumes, London: Wheldon & Wesley, 1930-45, half titles, 39 colour plates after H. Gronvold, 17 photogravure plates, original wrappers bound at rear, 2 plates detached in volume 2, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco gilt, slight fading to volume II spine, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Nissen IVB 917.
* Egypt. 10 engraved views on 8 sheets from Description de l'Egypte, 1820-29, 10 hand-coloured engraved views on 8 sheets by Baltard, Testard, Louvet and others after Conte, Cecile, Jollois et Devilliers and others, from volume I, namely plates 18 (Environs du Kaire), 25 (Ile de Philae), 40 (Koum Ombou, Ombos), 46 (Koum Ombou, Ombos), 53 (Edfou, Apollinopolis Magna), 52 (Le Kaire), 73 Esne (Latopolis), 92 (Erment, Hermonthis), closed marginal tear to plate 52, some light spotting, publisher's blindstamps of Panckoucke to margins, sheet size 67 x 52 cmQTY: (8)NOTE:Atabey 343; Blackmer 476. Plates from the Panckoucke second edition, published in Paris 1820-29.
Turton (William). Conchylia Dithyra Insularum Britannicarum. The Bivalve Shells of The British Islands, systematically arranged, Cassel: Theodor Fischer, 1848, 20 hand-coloured engraved plates, ownership ink stamp of Richard I Johnson to title upper margin, light occasional spotting, later half calf gilt, a few light marks, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen ZBI 4189.
Whitaker (J.L.S.) The Birds of Tunisia. Being a History of the Birds found in the Regency of Tunis, 2 volumes, London: R.H. Porter, 1905, photogravure frontispieces, 2 folding colour maps, 15 hand-coloured lithograph plates after H. Gronvold, 2 half-tone illustrations, light spotting and toning to half titles and endpapers, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo QTY: (2)NOTE:Limited edition 238/250 signed in initials by the publisher. Anker 525; Nissen IVB 983; Wood p. 624 ('this meritorious work'); Zimmer p. 672.
* Cayley (Neville Henry Peniston, 1854-1909). Shot ducks, watercolour on paper, signed lower right, 72.5 x 57.5 cm, small closed tear at foot, unframed, together with two other unframed ornithological watercolours, one of a spotted eagle and osprey (marked 'VII' with small printed identification note to recto, the other with 5 birds in watercolour (Golden Oriole male and female, starling, red-winged starling and rose-coloured pastor), marked 'XXIV' and similarly identified, a few light stains and some marginal fraying and tears, 62 x 77.5 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: From the Collection of Robert Gilmor (1936-2022).Norwich-born Nevile Cayley emigrated to New South Wales in Australia in 1877, where he became widely known for his bird paintings after the second annual exhibition of the Art Society of New South Wales.
Fellows (Charles). An Account of Discoveries in Lycia, being a Journal Kept during a Second Excursion in Asia Minor, 1840, John Murray, 1841, lithograph frontispiece, two maps and thirty-five lithograph or etched plates (correct as list, including 2 folding, 1 double-page and one hand-coloured), one folding leaf of letterpress, line-engravings to letterpress, old damp stain to front pastedown where label or bookplate removed, original cloth gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, occasional light marks, light wear to extremities, large 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Blackmer 579.
Galibert (Léon & Clément Pellé). Angleterre, 4 volumes, Paris: Firmin Didot, 1842, engraved plates throughout, lightly spotted, contemporary brown quarter morocco gilt, backstrips worn, 8vo, together with:Stralheim (Carl). Die Wundermappe oder sämmtliche kunst und natur-wunder des ganzen erdballs, 8 volumes, Frankfurt: Comptoir für Literatur und Kunst, 1833-36, engraved plates throughout, a few light marks, original paper wrappers, extremities frayed, issue 93 lacking backstrip and loose, 8voQTY: (12)NOTE:Die Wundermappe consists of numbers 33, 31, 10, 66, 69, 77, 52, 93.
* Segerstrale (Lennart, 1892-1975). Hare/Vinterlandskap,1924, etching, signed to lower left margin, artist's proof, image size 16 x 22 cm, sheet size 29.5 x 39 cm, hinge-mounted, together with A pair of geese, 1926, etching, signed to lower right margin, artist's proof, image size 16 x 24 cm, sheet size 27 x 37.5 cm, a little light marginal spotting and toning, mounted, plus Geese departing, etching, signed to lower right margin, artist's proof, image size 16 x 23.5 cm, sheet size 27 x 37.5 cm, light marginal spotting, mounted QTY: (3)NOTE:From the Collection of Robert Gilmor (1936-2022).
British Boxer Dennis Andries MBE Signed 16x12 Black and White Photo. Signed in Gold Marker Pen. Dennis Andries MBE, born 5 November 1953, is a British former professional boxer who fought at light heavyweight. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
George Hamilton signed 10x8 black and white photo. Hamilton is an American film and television actor. His notable films include Home from the Hill, By Love Possessed, Light in the Piazza, Your Cheatin Heart, Once Is Not Enough, Love at First Bite, Zorro, The Gay Blade, The Godfather Part III, Doc Hollywood, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, Hollywood Ending and The Congressman. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
BEAVER & TAPLEY LTD; a mid-20th century teak glazed bookcase with pair of sliding doors enclosing a single shelf, raised on tapering supports, 78 x 122 x 27cm (af).Condition Report: The veneer to the top has some splits visible and some losses to the left hand side. Further signs of light wear throughout, including scuffs, scrapes, fading, staining, etc, commensurate with use and age.
DELLA ROBBIA; an early 20th century plate, with green and brown ground and abstract leaf decoration, central floral image within a green border with incised hearts, blue and impressed marks to the base, Della Robbia mark and initialled 'DC', impressed initials 'CR', diameter 20cm.Condition Report: Overall good condition, minor loss to small area of glaze on the reverse. Some crazing and light surface scratching. Slight leaching of colour on back near outer rim, slight manufacturing imperfection to rim on front. Has a dull ring.
MINTONS; a Secessionist plate with stylised flower within a green border, impressed mark to the base, diameter 23cm.Condition Report: Some rubbing to tube lined decoration, some crazing and light surface scratching. Two chips to foot rim. Has a dull ring, and some minor blemishes to the glaze.
A Victorian rosewood fold-over table to rectangular column support with carved acanthus leaf decoration, to four paw and ball supports, length when extended 86cm.Condition Report: ***Please note amended description*** The top is loose on the column, and there are various scuffs and scrapes to the top, fold over top also has some light surface scratches. The beading to the lower part of the frieze is missing on both sides. Chips and losses to veneer, with further splits visible and minor scuffing to feet.
LEICA; a IIIb Rangefinder in black and chrome, serial no. 349617, with Leitz Elmar f=5cm 1:35 lens, in brown case, together with a Leica Hektor f=13.5cm 1:4,5 lens, serial no.326049.Condition Report: Camera shows signs of wear, such as heavy marking to chrome and corrosion on the body. The fitted lens has light scratches to front element, and light fungus within. Haze present in additional lens.
Various vintage booklets to include a quantity of 1960s National Angling Championships, wartime and military related, to include Small Arms Training pamphlets including 'Grenade 1942', 'Weapon Training 1942', 'Light Machine Gun', 'The Stork Wartime Cookery Book', a 'Motor Car Rations Book', 'The Oscilloscope and its Applications', etc.
A modern metal circular sunburst-type mirror, width 110cm, together with a mid-20th century tile-top coffee table in muted brown and cream colourway, with painted wooden frame, 34 x 94 x 40cm and a 1930s square-form white opaque ceiling light, printed with geometric shapes in brown, height 22cm (3).
A Highland Light Infantry swagger stick, early-C20th, with Malacca shaft; a trench knife loosely modelled on a Fairbairn-Sykes Commando knife, the cruciform blade adapted from a French Lebel bayonet; and a British Sanderson 1907 pattern bayonet, the blade stamped with "GR" royal cipher, housed in a metal-mounted leather scabbard (3) Condition Report:Available upon request
VINYL LP RECORDS a well looked after collection of prog rock, rock and pop vinyl records with Rush, Neil Young, Bryan Adams, The Flying Burrito Bros, Jackson Browns, The Doobie Brothers, Joan Armatrading, Jefferson Starship, Donna Summer, K.D. Lang, Runrig, Van Halen, Electric Light Orchestra, Ellen Foley, Marillion, Elton John, Ossian, Steve Forbert, David Bowie, Patti Smith Group, The Rods, Bryan Ferry, Queen, Roxy Music, Styx, Jim Steinman, Whitesnake, The Beach Boys, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers etc (88) Condition Report:Available upon request
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