Henrietta Maria (Queen & Consort of Charles I, 1609-1669). Large vellum document signed 'Henrietta Maria R', 16 January 1666, folded vellum indenture, being a lease of fields at Caldecott in Northamptonshire in the county of Northampton, to Robert Lambe, yeoman, at a cost of thirty-two pounds, large title cartouche including portrait of Henrietta Maria, the first three words supplied in large gold script, signed Henrietta Maria R to upper right, additionally signed by Sir John Wintour (twice), Principal Secretary, Sir Charles Harbord, Surveyor Generall, Sir Henry Wood, Treasurer to Henrietta Maria, and Sir Peter Balls, Attorney Generall, with remains of large Royal seal attached at foot, and six additional smaller seals, some marks and generally light soiling, one or two small holes, not affecting legibility, overall size approximately 63 x 71 cmQty: (1)
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Hugo (Victor, 1802-1885). Autograph quotation signed, by Victor Hugo, brown ink on cream wove paper, 'la mer, c'est le Seigneur, le Vent, c'est le Seigneur, le navire, c'est l'homme. Victor Hugo', some light spotting, 70 x 87 mm, mounted below a large wood engraved portrait of the author Victor Hugo after D. Laugée, dated in the image 1884, late 19th century oak frame, glazed (59 x 39.5 cm)Qty: (1)
James II (1633-1701). King of England and Ireland and, as James VII, of Scotland, 1685-1688. Document Signed, ‘James R’, as King, at the head of the second page, Court at Whitehall, 11th May 1685, the first page of the manuscript document, dated February 1683, is an order to pay unto Sir John James the sum of ‘Fifteen hundred ninety nine pounds, fifteen shillings two pence’ as the balance, of £29,099.15.02, ‘of the Principall account of the New Forest’ and is signed in the margin by various Lord High Treasurers comprising Sidney Godolphin (1645-1712, 1st Earl of Godolphin, British politician who served as First Lord of the Treasury 1700-01 and as Lord High Treasurer 1702-10), John Ernle (1620-1697, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1676-89), Stephen Fox (1627-1716, English politician, Paymaster of the Forces 1661-76, 1679-80), Dudley North (1641-1691, English merchant, politician and economist, a writer on free trade) and Henry Frederick Thynne (1644-1705, Clerk of Privy Counsellors) and further signed at the foot by Robert Howard (1626-1698, English playwright and politician who fought for the Royalist cause in the English Civil War), the second page of the document is a warrant addressed to the Lord High Treasurer and stating, in part, ‘Whereas the Summe of five hundred Pounds wch. remaines due upon….the written Order and to compleate the Payment of the whole Summe of Twenty Nyne thousand & Nynety Nyne Pounds, fifteen shillings & two pence therein menconed cannot by reason of the Death of Our late Royall Brother of blessed memory be paid to the within named Sir John James without Direccon & Authority from us. And it being Our Royall Pleasure that the Said Summe….shalbe paid unto them….’, countersigned twice at the foot by Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) English statesman and writer, uncle of Queen Anne, and originally a supporter of King James II, although later supporting the Glorious Revolution in 1688, 2 pages with blank integral leaf, extensive splits to folds (integral leaf almost completely detached) and some light staining, tears and areas of paper loss to edges, slightly affecting text and some signatures, folioQty: (1)
Buchan (John, 1875-1940). British novelist, historian and Governor General of Canada. Autograph Letter Signed, 'John Buchan', 41 High Street, [Oxford], 23 November 1898, to Sir James [Fergusson], thanking him for the gift of his poems, 'I enjoyed the reading of them, very much. I was pleased to find so many fine old stories in so pleasant a form: and also I liked many of your lyrics', saying that he sees Louis pretty often and that the first Caledonian Club dinner 'comes off next week, and we hope it may be a success', inviting him to be a guest of the Club in the future and asking to be remembered to Lady Fergusson and the children, 'I have a very pleasant recollection of my visit to Spitalhaugh', embossed stationery of Brasenose College, Oxford, a little light creasing and minor marks at head and foot of inner margin of first page from old album hinges, two pages on first and third page of a bifolium, 8voQty: (1)Footnote:Lots 234-247 are from the Collection of Lady Mary Colyer-Fergusson (1871-1964).Provenance: Sir James Ranken Fergusson (1835-1924), barrister, published Poems and Ballads in 1876. Thence by descent through the family of the second son of his first marriage, Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson (1865-1951).John Buchan went to Glasgow University in 1892 where he published poems in the Glasgow University Magazine. He went on to Brasenose College, Oxford in 1895 and during his time studying there published his first novel, Sir Quixote of the Moors.
Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). British Prime Minister 1940-45 & 1951-55. Letter Signed, ‘Winston S. Churchill’, Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens, 19 August 1908, to [Rt Hon. Arthur] Cohen, ‘I hope you will forgive me when you find that the object of this letter is to ask whether you could possibly spare Mr Webster from the beginning of October to act as one of my private secretaries. I do not for a moment suggest that he should entirely give up his work in the Royal Commission on Shipping Rings, but I think, if you agree, that he might arrive at an arrangement for sharing his services…’, continuing to apologise but explaining that he asks because he had lost one of his own secretaries, and suggesting that it would be a good thing for Webster’s career ‘which I am sure you would view with satisfaction’, and further suggesting he might recommend a barrister called James Wylie to help Webster in the work of the Commission, and that he will write to him at once should Cohen approve of his idea, light marking from adhesion marks to left edge of first page where previously tipped into an album but well away from all text, 4 pages on Board of Trade stationery, in a secretarial hand with salutation and signed sentiment in Churchill’s hand, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: From the family of the recipient Rt Hon. Arthur Cohen (1829-1914), barrister and diplomatic counsel. Cohen had been appointed chairman of the royal commission on shipping rings in 1906. Cohen’s daughter Mary Freda Cohen (1871-1964) married Sir Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson (1865-1951) in 1914. Thence by family descent from Mary to the current owner.
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Darwin (Charles Robert, 1809-1882). Letter signed, 'Ch. Darwin', Down, Bromley, Kent, S.E., 15 July [1866], to [Charles] Kingsley, written in the hand of Darwin’s wife Emma, thanking Kingsley for telling him where his lectures are published as ‘living in the country I might not have heard of their publication’, and that based on an abstract he saw in a newspaper he expects the lectures to much interest him, the rest of the letter being on the subject of the migrating eye in flatfish, ‘I can form no opinion about the wonderful case of the migration of the eye in flat-fish; whether Steenstrup is right who seems to think that the eye itself moves by absorption on one side and growth on the other; or whether Thompson [sic] is right who thinks that the eye itself does not move, but thinks that the adjoining parts are developed in a wonderfully unequal manner on the two sides of the head. The power of development on either side seems to me one of the most curious points of the case. When I read the paper I speculated how the unequal development c[oul]d have originated, and imagined that a fish feeding on the ground with its body held laterally might be benefited by the eye on the lower side becoming deeper and deeper imbedded in the skull, and instead of becoming blind and useless, travelling to the upper side, but this is all baseless speculation’, light creasing and one short split at upper margins, old tape adhesion marks at head and foot of first page (with some see-through) not affecting text, boldly signed ‘Ch. Darwin’ at foot of final page, 4 pages, 8voQty: (1)Footnote:Provenance: By family descent from the estate of Lady Mary Colyer-Fergusson (1871-1964) of Ightham Mote, Kent; and gifted to her by Mary Harrison in 1930. Mary Harrison (1852-1931), novelist and daughter of Charles Kingsley. Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) novelist, Church of England clergyman, social reformer and science populariser.An important, unpublished letter concerning the evolutionary problem of the migration of the eye in flatfish. It was written in response to the Rev. Kingsley's letter (12 July 1866), referring to the article by Charles Wyville Thomson, 'Notes on Prof. Steenstrup's views on the obliquity of flounders', published in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History for May 1865, in which Thomson gave an abstract, with commentary, of a paper by Japetus Steenstrup on the migration of the eye of flounders.Kingsley's letter is published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14 and at The Darwin Correspondence Project (DCP-LETT-5154], where it is noted that it was acquired from [Kingsley’s daughter] Mary Harrison in 1930 (as the letter offered here). 'The DCP do not have knowledge of Darwin's reply yet. The DCP do not have any letters from Darwin on the migration of eyes in flatfish’.The two lectures delivered by Kingsley at the Royal institution that he draws Darwin’s attention to are ‘Superstition’ and ‘Science’, both published in Fraser’s Magazine, vol. 73, June 1866, pp. 705-16 & vol. 74, July 1866, pp. 15-28.Charles Darwin and Kingsley began to correspond soon after the publication of Origin of Species in 1859. Kingsley was a great science populariser and, arguably, as important as ‘Darwin’s bulldog’ Thomas Huxley in promoting Darwin's ideas, in spite of his own theistic beliefs. Indeed, Kingsley was one of 90 men to whom Darwin had asked his publisher John Murray to send an advance copy of his work. Kingsley was quick to respond and told Darwin that from his familiarity with the breeding of domestic animals he was quite prepared to embrace its thesis of transmutation. He added that he found it ‘just as noble a conception of Deity, to believe that he created primal forms capable of self development… as to believe that he required a fresh act of intervention to supply the lacunas wh[ich] he himself had made. I question whether the former be not the loftier thought’ (Kingsley, letter to Darwin, 18 November 1859; DCP-LETT-2534). Darwin went on to add an edited version of Kingsley's remarks to the second edition of his book published in 1860. For a longer description of this lot please see the virtual or PDF formats of the catalogue online or contact the auctioneers.
Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870). Novelist. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Charles Dickens’, Office of All the Year Round letterhead, 13 April 1869, to [Walter] Thormbury, ‘I think that the crow is now in full feather, and could not be better. The three additional papers on the popular chemistry of cooking will be welcome. And more welcome yet will be anything that arises in your own mind’, a little paper wrinkling and a few minor marks and some minor ink smudge spots from where originally folded, several horizontal fold marks, torn at foot of leaf with minor loss to Dickens’s trademark squiggled flourish, light adhesion marks to verso, 1 page, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: From the family of Rt Hon. Arthur Cohen (1829-1914), barrister and diplomatic counsel. His daughter Mary Freda Cohen (1871-1964) married Sir Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson (1865-1951) in 1914. Thence by family descent from Mary to the current owner.(George) Walter Thornbury (1828-1876) was an author and a frequent contributor to the monthly magazines. He contributed to the later volumes of Household Words and from the inauguration of All the Year Round he became one of Dickens's most valued contributors. The allusion in the first sentence of the letter is to a series of English travel articles Thornbury wrote under the running title ‘As the Crow Flies’.
Gordon (Charles George, 1833-1885). British Army officer and administrator. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘C.E. Gordon’, 21 Cecil Street, Strand, no date, c. 1870s, to Miss Brown, saying he hopes to be at her house at 5.30pm on Friday, and asking for the London addresses of Arthur White and Ridley, a few light marks and creases, old adhesion marks along fore-edge where previously tipped into an album, not touching text or signature, 1 page, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: From the family of Rt Hon. Arthur Cohen (1829-1914), barrister and diplomatic counsel. His daughter Mary Freda Cohen (1871-1964) married Sir Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson (1865-1951) in 1914. Thence by family descent from Mary to the current owner.
Roosevelt (Theodore, 1858-1919). American President 1901-1909. Bold fountain pen ink signature, 'Theodore Roosevelt’, on official White House card, the address printed in blue in the upper right corner, a few minor marks, light creasing to upper right corner not affecting signature, 69 x 105 mmQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: From the family of Rt Hon. Arthur Cohen (1829-1914), barrister and diplomatic counsel. His daughter Mary Freda Cohen (1871-1964) married Sir Thomas Colyer Colyer-Fergusson (1865-1951) in 1914. Thence by family descent from Mary to the current owner.
Puccini (Giacomo, 1858-1924). Italian composer. Photograph signed, 'Giacomo Puccini', Naples, 25 January 1894, albumen print photograph by A. Ferrario, Milan, three-quarter length, seated and in profile facing right, blind-stamped G. Ricordi &c. lower left, some chemical imperfections with resultant light lines visible on the composer's jacket, image 215 x 160 mm, original card mount with photographer's embossed name stamp beneath image lower right, signed presentation inscription to Vincenzo Lombardi, inscribed, signed and dated upper right with signature and place partly on the image, some slight spotting, 33.5 x 24.5 cm overallQty: (1)Footnote:Provenance (lots 256-260): Vincenzo Lombardi (1856-1914), Italian conductor, teacher and voice coach. This would have been signed and presented by Puccini to the conductor during the run of performances of Manon Lescaut at Teatro San Carlo in Naples. The opera had its premiere in Turin on 1 February 1893, being Puccini's third opera and his first great success. It was then revived going first to Hamburg, then Bologna, then at the beginning of 1894 to Naples where it had its first performance on 21 January. Puccini devoted himself to the rehearsals and coaching the singers, among whom were Eva Tetrazzini, Fernando Valero and Arturo Pessina, under the conductor Vincenzo Lombardi.
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Embroidered map. Oval map of England & Wales by Eu.[nice Denton] Birch (1777-1877), 1784, map of England and Wales divided into counties, plus the edge of Scotland, Ireland, and France, top right corner with title and maker's name within a bow-tied foliate wreath, county outlines finely worked in chenille on linen, in blue, red, green, and yellow, text worked in cross-stitch in black thread, border of sinuous flower stems worked in polychrome silks, depicting carnations, rosebuds, lilies, heartsease, and morning glory, some minor toning and colour run (mostly marginal), light stain over north Wales, 50 x 40.5 cm, gilt oval mount, framed and glazed (62.5 x 52 cm), with manuscript label on backboard pertaining to the history of the pieceQty: (1)Footnote: An attractive map sampler in unusually bright condition.The manuscript label on the verso of the frame reads: 'Inscription by Samuel Bagster on back of Eunice's map of England: "This map of England and Wales was worked by Eunice Birch at Fortescue House Boarding School, Enfield, Middlesex, in the seventh year of her age 1784. The mounting(?), the tracing of the Counties, and the embroidery round entirely done by herself"'. The inscription could be by Eunice's husband, Samuel Bagster, but it is perhaps more likely that is was by her eldest son, also named Samuel.Eunice Birch was born in St Giles, Middlesex, on 23rd August 1777, married Samuel Bagster on 19th December 1797 at St Giles in the Field, London, and died in Old Windsor, Berkshire, on 22nd August 1877 - the day before her 100th birthday. She is buried in the family grave at Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington, London Borough of Hackney.
Orlich (Leopold Von). Travels in India, including Sinde and the Punjab, 1st edition in English, 2 volumes, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845, half-titles, frontispieces, wood-engraved illustrations to text, folding tables, advertisements to rear of both volumes, front hinges cracked, remnants of stickers to front pastedowns, a few marginal damp-stains, light toning and spotting, original green blindstamped cloth, backstrips chipped with loss (part of the cloth loosely inserted in book), rubbed, 8voQty: (2)
Parkinson (Sydney). A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship The Endeavour, 2nd edition, London: Charles Dilly and James Phillips, 1784, [2], xxiii, 22, 4, 212, lxxi, [213]-353, [2] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, 1 engraved double-page map of the world, 27 engraved plates, errata leaf to rear, rare Gomeldon supplement present, contemporary notation to front pastedown, light spotting, offsetting from plates, some marginal toning to preliminary and rear leaves, occasional light dust-soiling, hinges repaired, contemporary marbled calf gilt, spine separated into 7 compartments (6 decorated with gilt devices), title label lacking, joints repaired, head and tailcaps lacking, extremities worn and rubbed, folio (320 x 270mm approximately)Qty: (1)Footnote: Hill 1309. Mitchell Library Cook 714. Sabin 58788.Greatly expanded from the first edition of 1773. "Considered the best edition" (Hill).Large Paper copy, with the extremely scarce four-page Gomeldon supplement present. The supplement addresses a dispute between Joseph Banks and Stanfield Parkinson over the return of drawings and specimens to Sydney Parkinson, who had promised them to his cousin Mrs Gomeldon and others. Scarce. Only three copies with the supplement traced at auction (Brooke-Hitching copy - Sothrby's 2014, Maggs 1949 & 1984).
![The Artist. An Illustrated Monthly Record of Arts, Crafts and Industries, volumes 19-[28], (bound in 8 volumes, 30, 32 -33, J](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bdb07c26-397e-4c2f-bdb4-ae5c00ef4cbe/dd059b73-8657-4bc4-8da9-ae6d00f9238c/468x382.jpg)
The Artist. An Illustrated Monthly Record of Arts, Crafts and Industries, volumes 19-[28], (bound in 8 volumes, 30, 32 -33, January 1897-December 1899, 1900 (part), September-December 1901 & January-April 1902, together 11 volumes, the first seven bound in contemporary olive green cloth gilt, 1899 volume bound in contemporary half stained vellum, remaining 3 volumes bound in maroon cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, together withThe Portfolio. An Artistic Periodical edited by Philip Gilbert Hamilton, 1890, photogravures and other monochrome plates, light spotting to endpapers, contemporary plum half calf, rubbed and somewhat worn, folio, plusMilton (John). Le Paradis Perdu, traduction de Chateau Briand précédé de réflexions sur la die et les écrits de Milton par Lamartine, et en richi de vingt-sept magnifiques est ampes originales, Paris, Amable Rigaud, 1868, engraved portrait of Lamartine as frontispiece, numerous full-page steal engraved plates by Lalaisse and others after Lemercier, Flatters, and Melin, some marks and light spotting, mainly to margins, one or two marginal closed tears, all edges gilt, original dark green morroco-backed cloth, some wear mainly to joints and edges, large folioQty: (13)
Cahiers d'Art. Revue d'Art, directeur: Christian Zervos,14 original issues: numbers 1-2, 1932, 5-6 & 7-10, 1935, 1-3, 1937, 3-10, 1938, sole issue for 1945-1946, sole issue for 1947 and 1948, numbers 1 & 2, 1950, 1 & 2, 1951, & sole issue for 1955, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, some colour illustrations, original cover design by Braque to 1947 issue (rubbed and some marks and some loss to head of spine), Yves Tanguy to number 2,1950, Victor Brauner to number 2, 1951, etc., all original printed wrappers, a little rubbed and occasional marks (generally in good condition), 4to, together withMinotaure. Review Artistque et Litteraire, number 3-4, Paris 1933, a few colour and numerous monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers, rubbed, darkened and some light wear to spine, plus two other French art periodicals (L'Amour de l'Art, number 10, Octobre, 1925 & Arts et Metiers Graphiques, number 1, Septembre, 1927), both original printed wrappers, second item with some wear to spine, 4toQty: (13)
Cahiers d'Art, numbers 1 & 2, Paris: Editions "Cahiers d'Art" 1949, colour stencil and lithograph in issue 1, colour stencil in issue 2, monochrome illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, a few light spots, 4to Qty: (2)Footnote: Issue 1 contains a colour stencil after Fernand Léger and colour lithograph after Joan Miro, issue 2 contains a colour stencil after Max Ernst.
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Krafft (Jean-Charles). Maisons de Campagne. Habitations Rurales Chateaux, Fermes Jardins Anglais, Temples. Chaumieres, Kiosques, Ponts etc, 3 parts in 1, Paris: Maison Bance Aine, 1849, general title, 3 part titles, 291 numbered engraved plates only (of 292, lacking plate 85), plate 121 not printed?, some plates double-page and numbered twice on one sheet, pale water stain at front and towards end, occasional light spotting, later calf-backed boards, some edge wear and marks, folio Qty: (1)Footnote: Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
Langley (Batty). The Builder's Director, or Bench-mate: Being a pocket-treasury of the Grecian, Roman, and Gothic orders of architecture, made easy to the meanest capacity by near 500 examples, improved from the best authors, ancient and modern..., proportioned by minutes and by equal parts. Engraved on 184 copper plates. Wherein the orders of Andrea Palladio are truly laid down..., London: Printed and sold by I. Taylor..., and by all booksellers in town and country, [1790?], 184 engraved plates on 92 leaves, fore-margin of one plate with marginal annotation overlaid with paper strip, some light toning, browning to fore-margins of few leaves, without free endpapers, contemporary sheep, boards detached, some wear, small 8voQty: (1)
Rudbeck (Gustaf). Broderade bokband från äldre tid in svenska samlingar, Stockholm: Föreningen för Bokhantverk, 1925, half-title, 39 monochrome and colour plates, modern burgundy half calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco title label, folio, together with:Devauchelle (Roger), La Reliure en France de ses origines à nos jours, ouvrage couronné par l'Institut de France. Prix Calenacci 1959, volume 3 only (of 3), Paris: Jean Rousseau-Girard, 1961, mounted colour frontispiece, colour & monochrome plates, monochrome illustrations, original printed stiff wrappers bound in, modern dark brown half morocco, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, 4to (limited edition of 900 copies printed),Christian (Arthur), De?buts de l'imprimerie en France. L'imprimerie nationale, l'Hôtel de Rohan, Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1904, monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers, 4to (no. 27 of undisclosed limited edition),Hugo (Thomas), The Bewick Collector. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick..., London: Lovell Reeve & Co., 1866, numerous wood engraved illustrations, modern light brown half calf, gilt decorated spine with skiver title label, 8vo, plus Zaehnsdorf (Joseph W.), The Art of Bookbinding, a Practical Treatise, Technological Handbooks series, 2nd edition, 1890, facsimile reprint, 2nd impression, Farnborough: Gregg International, 1969, monochrome plates and illustrations, modern maroon half sheep, gilt decorated spine, small 8voQty: (5)
Spielmann (Sir Isidore). Royal Commission, St Louis International Exhibition 1904, The British Section, 1906, numerous monochrome illustrations, light spotting to preliminary leaves, top edge gilt, original pale green cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks and joints frayed at head and foot, folio, together withThe British Government Exhibit at the New Zealand International Exhibition (1906-1907), British Government committee, 1908, Souvenir of the Fine Art Section, Franko-British Exhibition 1908, British Art Committee, circa 1908 & International Fine Arts Exhibition, Rome, 1911, Souvenir of the British Section, issued under the auspices of the board of Trade, circa 1911, together three volumes, numerous monochrome plates, mostly after photographs to each volume, top edge gilt, original blue or green-blue cloth, rubbed and some marks, 1908 Franco-British Exhibition with some soiling and heavily frayed to upper joint, all large 4to, plusArts Decoratifs de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irland, Exposition organisée par le Gouvernement Britannique, Paris Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, Avril-Octobre 1914, monochrome plates, top edge gilt, original light bllue cloth gilt, in very good condition, 4to, andReports on the Present Position and Tendencies of the Industrial Arts as indicated at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, Paris 19025, with an introductory survey, Department of Overseas Trade, [1927], monochrome plates, original cream cloth with morocco title label to spine, little rubbed, 4to, plus others on important historical exhibitions, including, Lectures on the results of the Great Exhibition of 1851, Second Series, 1853, Illustrated Souvenir of the Palace of Arts, British Empire Exhibition 1925, Illustrated Souvenir, The Royal Academy Exhibition of British Art in Industry, 1935, The Daily Telegraph Exhibition of Antiques and Works of Art, Olympia, 1928, (original printed wrappers), Jeffrey A. Auerbach, Decorate Exhibition of 1851, A Nation on Display, 1999, etc.Qty: (26)
A & C Black. Edinburgh, signed deluxe edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904, signed to limitation leaf, half-title, numerous colour plates (each with tissue-guard), advertisements to rear, lightly spotted and toned, original white pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, backstrip faded, a few light marks to boards, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, number 240 of 250 copies together with:The Alps, described by W Martin Conway, signed deluxe edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904, signed to limitation leaf, half-title, numerous colour plates (each with tissue-guard), hinges cracked, spotted to preliminaries, original white pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, backstrip faded, a couple of small water-stains to boards, binding lightly marked and worn, 4to, number 274 of 300 copies, with Egypt, Painted and Described by R Talbot Kelly, signed deluxe edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1902, signed to limitation leaf, half-title, numerous colour plates (each with tissue-guard), lightly spotted, original brown pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, faintly rubbed to extremities, 4to number 30 of 500 copies, with 21 other works published by A & C BlackQty: (24)
Bindings. A Large Selection of Vellum Bindings, c.1900, extremities slightly rubbed in places, some with light scattered spotting, most full or half vellum bindings, many gilt, some spines toned, extremities often rubbed, mostly 8vo & 12moQty: (65)Footnote: An excellent collection of vellum bindings, in pleasing condition. With works by Dickens, Browning, Shakespeare, Tennyson, Eliot to name a few.
Bolitho (Hector). Victoria, the widow and her son, London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1934, colour portrait frontispiece and few plates, front blank inscribed by the author with manuscript poem "Mrs Richmond [subscriber], The Georges died: no one cried. General jubilation! Victoria reigned and regained virtue for the nation. Hector, July 11. 1934", top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, publisher's near-contemporary terracotta morocco, lightly marked, 8vo (limited edition of 40 copies produced, of which 30 were for sale numbered 1-30 and signed by the author. This copy is number 29/30, subscriber copy of Mrs Richmond, signed by the author), together with:Bolitho (Hector), Albert the Good, London: Comden-Sanderson, 1932, colour portrait frontispiece with flap, colour plates, folding pedigree, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, publisher's near-contemporary light terracotta brown morocco, gilt embossed armorial of HRH the Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha to upper board, some spotting, 8vo (limited edition of 70 copies produced, signed by the author)Qty: (2)
Seymour (H.D). Russia on the Black Sea and Sea of Azof..., 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1855, lithographic frontispiece, folding map to rear, 4 plates, advertisements to rear, lightly spotted, contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedown, original beige blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt, light stain to spine, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Leigh (W.H). Reconnoitering Voyages and Travels with Adventures in the New Colonies of South Australia: A Particular Descriptions of the Town of Adelaide and Kangaroo Island; and An Account of the present state of Sydney and parts adjacent,..., 2nd edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1840, frontispiece, vignette to title, 6 plates, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, edges finished in yellow, preliminary leaves spotted, contemporary brown half calf over blue marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, worn, 8vo, withA Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, Boston: Rowe and Hooper, 1816, contemporary notations to title and rear pastedown, preliminary leaves damp-stained, spotting, contemporary marbled sheep, spine lettered and bordered in gilt, front joint cracked, worn, 8vo, with 7 other travel volumesQty: (10)
Hodson (V. C. P.). Historical Records of the Governor-General's Body Guard, 1st edition, London: W. Thacker & Co., 1910, 7 colour & 13 monochrome illustrations, ex-library/museum ink stamp to the foot of the front endpaper, some marginal toning, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated full red morocco, boards & spine faded & slightly rubbed, 4to, together with;Cannon (Richard), Historical Record of The Forty-Sixth, or The South Devonshire, Regiment of Foot:..., London: Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1851, 2 colour illustrations, some toning & spotting, contemporary marginal annotations to pp.24 & 25, modern endpapers with previous owner inscription, modern half claf to marbeled boards, 8vo, plusRudd (R), The Early Historu of the 17th (North) Middlesex Volunteer Rifles (formerly the 29th) 1859 to 1889, London: R. and J. Widdicombe, 1895, black & white illustrations, front gutter cracked, rear gutter re-enforced with tape, some light toning, contemporary black quarter calf, 8vo, and other regimental histories, including A History of the Formation and Development of The Volunteer Infantry,.., by Robert Potter Berry, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1903, 8vo, Hiistorical Records of teh 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment), by H. Walrond, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897, 8vo, plus others similar, 8voQty: (18)
Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North, 1st edition, Hodder & Stoughton, [1914], decorative title, twenty-five tipped-in colour plates including frontispiece (complete), captioned tissue guards, monochrome illustrations to text, pictorial endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt decorated blue cloth, occasional light rubbing to extremities, 4toQty: (1)
Pixies. Minotaur, limited deluxe edition, Artist in Residence (record label), 2009, a box set compilation that includes CD & vinyl versions of the albums Come On Pilgrim, Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Bossanova, Trompe Le Monde, DVD & Bluray, books of artwork, 1 giclee print, a bookmark signed by the band, in the publishers original blue faux fur box with embossed 'Pixies' logo on the front, some light damp marks, 479/3000Qty: (1)
Pullman (Philip). The Northern Lights, 1st edition, London: Scholastic, 1995, author signed insert to the verso of the title page, some very light marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voThe Amber Spyglass, 1st edition, London: Scholastic, 2000, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, The Book of Dust, Volume One, La Belle Sauvage, limited edition, Oxford: David Flicking Books, 2017, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth in slipcase, 8vo, 602/5000, plus 9 further volumes by Philip Pullman, some signed, 8voQty: (12)
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Sendak (Maurice). Pictures by Maurice Sendak, London: Bodley Head [cover-title], 1971, 19 colour and black & white illustrations on single sheets, reproduced from books illustrated by Sendak, with four-leaf artist's explanatiory text (with colour illustration at head), loose as issued in original drop-spine box, upper cover with decorative floral print paper from a design by Sendak, faded, a couple of light scratches to front cover, some wear to corners, printed paper label to upper cover, folio, (limited edition, 993/1000 copies)Qty: (1)Footnote: Included are illustrations from Where the Wild Things Are, Lullabies and Night Songs, In the Night Kitchen, Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, and others.
St. Dominic's Press. Cantica Natalia viginti hymni in honorem Nativitatis Domini nostri Jesu Christi, Ditchling, Sussex: St. Dominic's Press, 1926, printed in red and black with musical notation, 10 wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill, David Jones, Desmond Chute and Philip Hagreen (3 hand-coloured), some light toning, modern maroon half morocco, gilt decorated spine, large folio (49.7 x 34 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Limited edition of 96 copies published, this example is unnumbered.The largest volume produced by the press and one of only a few to include hand-colouring. It was intended to stand on a lectern for the use of church choirs, originally the choir of St. Wilfrid's church at Burgess Hill, Sussex.
Lamb (Charles). Tales from Shakespeare, London: Sands and Company, 1902, frontispiece, marginally toned, spotted, award sticker to front pastedown, contemporary brown prize calf gilt, worn and rubbed, 8vo, together with:Carroll (Lewis). Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, 32 thousand, London: Macmillan & Co, 1872, frontispiece (upper margin snipped off), numerous illustrations to text, all edges gilt, spotted and dust-soiled, original red publisher's cloth gilt, rebacked, worn and marked, 8vo, withChateaubriand (M. de). Atala, Saint-Pierre (J. H. B). Indian Cottage, Gessner (Solomon). Idyls; and first navigator, London: Walker and Edwards, 1817, lithographic frontispiece, lithographic vignette to title, contemporary inscriptions to front free endpaper and pastedown, light spotted and toned, contemporary brown half calf gilt over marbled boards, red morocco label, raised bands finished in gilt bordered by two false bands, foliate embellishments to spine compartments, rubbed, 16mo, with 3 four cartons of antiquarian (mostly 19th-century)Qty: (4 cartons)
Pugin (Augustus Welby). Contrasts: or, A Parallel between the noble edifices of the middle ages, and corresponding buildings of the present day; shewing the present decay of taste, 2nd edition, London: Charles Dolman, 1841, frontispiece, additional title, plates and illustrations, a few plates and leaves detached at front, some light spotting and browning, previous owner inscription, front hinge broken, original morocco-backed cloth gilt, a little rubbed with some marginal fading, 4to, together with An Apology for the Revival of Christain Architecture, 1st edition, London: John Weale, 1843, plates and illustrations (frontispiece detaching), a little light spotting, endpapers renewed, original morocco-backed boards, head of spine chipped, 4to, plus 2 others: The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture: set forth in two lectures delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott, Edinburgh: John Grant, 1895, and Alexandra Wedgwood, A. W. N. Pugin and the Pugin Family (Catalogues of Architectural Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum), 1st edition, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985, all 4toQty: (4)
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). Aids to Reflection, London: Wiliam Pickering, 1843, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary green half morocco, worn, 12mo, together with:Baker (Samuel). The Albert N'yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources, new edition, London: Macmillan & Co, 1870, half-title, numerous maps and illustrations, light dust-soiling, spotting to preliminary leaves, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf gilt, rear board detached, worn, 8vo, withBrief Memoir of the late William Muir, Mechanical Engineer, London & Manchester, c.1890, 45pp, spotted and soiled, original red leather gilt binding, worn and rubbed, portion of backstrip missing, 12mo, with 2 cartons of others, some 19th-century antiquarian, some 20th-centuryQty: (2 cartons)
Sherer (John Walter). Daily Life During The Indian Mutiny, personal experiences of 1857, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co, 1910, half-title, portrait frontispiece, occasional light spotting and toning, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and lightly marked, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Copac locates only two copies (British Library and the University of Sheffield).
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[Dance of Death]. La grande danse macabre des hommes et des femmes precedee du dict des trois mors et des trois vifz, du debat du corps et de l'ame, et de la complaincte de l'ame dampnee, Paris: Baillieu, [1862], numerous woodcut illustrations, original printed wrappers bound-in (lined to verso), modern calf, 4to, together with:Baron (Auguste). La Belgique monumentale, historique et pittoresque, 2 volumes, Brussels: A. Jamar et C. Hen, 1844, half-titles (contemporary ownership to first half-title), engraved plates and illustrations (some plates hand-coloured), occasional scattered spotting and light toning, all edges gilt, modern blue half calf, gilt decorated spines with red morocco title labels, 8vo,Rockstro (Richard Shepherd & Georgina M.), A Treatise on the Construction, the History and the Practice of the Flute, including a sketch of the elements of acoustics and critical notices of sixty celebrated flute-players, London: Rudall, Carte & Co., 1890, few monochrome illustrations and music to text, modern red morocco, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, 8vo,Ashton (John), A History of English Lotteries Now for the First time Written, London: Leadenhall Press, Ltd., 1893, monochrome frontispiece and illustrations, modern calf, gilt decorated calf, red skiver title label to spine, 8vo,Davy (Humphry), Salmonia: or Days of Fly Fishing. In a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishing belonging to the genus Salmo, by an angler, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1829, engraved plates and wood engraved illustrations, modern speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, small 8vo,Betjeman (John), Continual Dew. A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1937, monochrome illustrations, all edges gilt, original cloth in slightly frayed dust-jacket, 8vo,Mackenzie (Compton), Extraordinary Women theme and variations, London: Martin & Secker, 1928, original cloth-backed boards, frayed & slightly torn dust-jacket, 8vo (signed limited edition 75/100), and other miscellaneous books including Blakeney (Edward Henry), The Angel of the Hours and other Poems, London: Elkin Mathews, 1907; Koehn (Alfred), Abundance of All, Peking: Lotus Court, 1948, The Ford Times, Dec 1926-Nov 1927; and Paris and France topography related etc. and two volumes containing a selection of albumen photographs of British and continental topographical views, 1875-88Qty: (a carton)
Surtees (Robert Smith). Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, London: Bradbury Evans, 1860, hand coloured plates & monochrome illustrations by John Leech, front gutter spllit, some spotting & light toning throughout, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red half calf bound by Hatchards, spine lightly faded & rubbed, 8voMr. Romford's Hounds, London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., circa 1853, hand coloured plates & monochrome illustrations by John Leech, some light spotting"Ask Mama", London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., circa 1853, hand coloured plates & monochrome illustrations by John Leech, some light spotting, both volumes in contemporary uniform gilt decorated red half calf, spines slightly faded & rubbed, boards lightly rubbed, 8voHillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire, a tale of country life, London: John C. Nimmo, circa 1860, hand coloured plates & monochrome illustrations, some spotting & light toning, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, spine slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, together with;Combe (William), Doctor Syntax's Three Tours: in search of the picturesque, consolation, and a wife, London: John Camden Hotten, 1868, colour plates illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson, front gutters cracked, some light toning throughout, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, plus other 19th-century & modern sporting /fox hunting reference, including The Badminton Library, The Lonsdale Library, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G, 8vo/folioQty: (2 cartons)
Hughes (Ted). The Best Worker in Europe, limited edition, The Atlantic Salmon Trust, 1985, signed by the author & illustrator to the limitation page, 3 monochrome illustrations by Charles Jardine, publishers original wrappers, 8vo, 130/156, together with;Banks (Iain M.), Inversions, 1st edition, London: Orbit, 1998, signed by the author to the title page, some light marginal toning, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, spine & rear cover lightly faded, 8vo, plusPriest (Christopher), The Space Machine, A Scientific Romance, 1st edition, Lobdon: Faber and Faber, 1976, signed by the author to the title page,The Affirmation, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1981, signed by the author to the title page, both original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, and modern & 1st edition fiction, many signed by the authors, including works by Kazuo Ishiguro, Chuck Palahniuk, Margaret Atwood, J. G. Ballard, Sebastian Faluks, Michael Dibdin, Nick Cave, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves )
Davila (H. C.). The Historie of the Civill Warres of France..., translated out of the original, London: printed by R. Raworth, 1647, contemporary inscriptions to the original frint endpaper, original front endpapers have some repaired tears & loss, the title page slightly torn with loss to the foot some including publication text, some general wear to the text block, marginal toning throughout, modern front & rear endpapers, modern gilt decorated half calf, folio, together with;Elstobb (W.), An Historical Account of the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford Level, and other Fens, Marshes and Low-Lands in this Kingdom, and other Places;..., London: printed by W. Whittingham, 1793, colour folding map with some toning & small tears to the margins, later previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, some spotting & toning, 19th century gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus"The Daily News", Diary of The Beseiged Resident in Paris, 2nd edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1871, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor spotting & light toning, all edges gilt, contemporary ornately gilt decorated red & green morocco bound by Hammond, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 17th - 19th-century literature & reference, including The History of the Council of Trent..., by Pietro Soave Polano, translated by Nathanael Brent, London: printed by J. Macock, 1676, folio, and some French language, all leather bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioApproximately 80 volumesQty: (5 shelves)
Savage-Landor (A. Henry). Across Unknown South America, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light spotting throughout, publishers original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, volume 2 boards rubbed & marked, 4to, together with;Du Chaillu (Paul B.), Explorations & Adventures on Equatorial Africa;..., London: John Murray, 1861, folding frontispiece plus numerous monochrome plates & a folding map to the rear, front gutter slightly cracked, small tears to the margins of the frontispiece, some light spotting & toning throughout, rebound retaining contemporary half calf, loss to the spine hinges, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusStark (Freya), A Winter In Arabia, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1940, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor spotting, publishers original green cloth, spine faded & rubbed to the head, 8voRiding To The Tigris, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1959, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th-century & modern travel reference & related, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves)
Downing (A. J.). Rural Essays, New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1854, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece & half-title, front gutter cracked, some light marginal toning, publishers original gilt decorated embossed green cloth, spine faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with other 19th-century & modern botany & gardening reference & related, all original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, some duplicate copies, G, 8vo/4to Qty: (3 shelves )
Casey (C.). Riviera Nature Notes,..., 2nd edition, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1903, black & white frontispiece, 31 plates & 93 in-text illustrations, small period inscription to the front endpaper, some spotting & light toning, top edge gilt, publishers original decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, together with;O'Brien (Michael J.), Grassland, Forest, and Historucal Settlement, an analysis of dynamics in Northeast Missouri, 1st edition, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, publishers original cloth, 8vo, plusBalows (A. et al [editors]), Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases, Principles and Practice, 1st edition, 2 volumes, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988, some light marks & toning, publishers original uniform green cloth, slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, andWiley (Martin L. [editor]), Estuarine Interactions, 1st edition, New York, Academic Press, 1978, publishers original cloth, 8vo, plus other modern natural history reference & related, including publications by the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Chicago, Harvard & Academic Press, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to Qty: (6 shelves )
Smythe (F. S.). Climbs and Ski Runs, Mountaineering and Ski-ing in the Alps, Great Britain and Corsica, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1929, numerous black & white illustrations, some light spotting & toning, publishers original blue cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with;Ruttledge (Hugh), Everest: The Unfinished Adventure, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937, 2 folding maps plus 63 black & white plates, front & rear gutters cracked, some light spotting & toning, publishers original blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusHunt (John), The Ascent of Everest, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953, colour & black & white illustrations, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly marked, spine slightly rubbed to th head, 8vo, and other modern mountaineering reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)
Conan Doyle (Arthur). The Great Boer War, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1900, 5 colour folding maps, publishers original blue cloth, minor rubbing to head & food, 8vo, together with;Holiday (Gibert), Horses & Soldiers, a collection of pictures, subscribed edition, Aldershot: privately printed by Gale & Polden, 1938, numerous colour & monochrome tipped-in plates, some light spotting throughout, publishers original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, plusCaruana (Adrian B.), The Age of Evolution 1523-1715 [The History of English Sea Ordnance 1523-1875-], 2 volumes, 1st edition, Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot, 1994, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, large 4to, and other modern military reference & related, including publications by Oxford, Yale, H.M.S.O., Leo Cooper, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, Some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )
Stevens (Henry). New Light on the Discovery of Australia, London: Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles, 1930, half-title, folding map to rear pocket, library stickers and markings to front free endpaper and pastedown, original blue cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with:Fitchett (W.H). The New World of the South, Australia in the Making, London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1913, portrait frontispiece, half-title, lightly spotted, original red pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, withBland (F.A). Government in Australia, Sydney: Alfred Henry Pettifer, 1944, contemporary blue cloth gilt, backstrip faded, 4to, with approximately 35 others unrelatedQty: (approx. 40)
Vibart (H. M.). The Military History of The Madras Engineers and Pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time, 2 volumes, London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1881, 47 monochrome linen backed folding maps, monochrome frontispieces, ex-library ink stamps to the front endpapers & title page of volume 1, some light toning & marks, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half morocco, volume 1 front board detached & spine partially detached with heavy loss, boards rubbed, 8vo, together with;Anderson (E. S. J.), With The 33rd "Q.V.O." Light Cavalry, 1915, monochrome photograph of a soldier on horseback pasted down to the frontispiece, period & later previous owner inscriptions to the front endpaper, 'National Army Museum' ink stamps to the front endpaper & title page, some minor toning, contemporary blue half morocco, front hinges slightly wormed, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusKuropatkin (General), The Russian Army and the Japanese War..., 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1909, black & white illustrations & maps, bookplates & previous owner inscriptions to the front endpapers, some light spotting, later uniform gilt decorated red half morocco bound by Hatchards, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century military reference & related, including The History of Lumsden's Horse..., by Henry H. S. Pearse, Londob: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903, ex-library copy with associated marks, original red half morocco, 4to, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )
Thevenot (Jean de). The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant. In three parts. Viz. into I. Turkey. II. Persia. III. The East-Indies. Newly done out of French. Licensed, Decemb. 2. 1686. Ro. L'Estrange, London: printed by Henry Clark for John Taylor, 1687, engraved portrait frontispiece (strengthened to margins on verso), each part has a separate dated title page, three engraved plates, engraved illustration of Malabar cyphers, errata on leaf i, without final two leaves (leaves Q3&4, alphabetical list of the principal places described), damp-staining at foot of initial leaves, some browning, scattered spotting and occasional light dust-soiling, contemporary calf with mottled surface, gilt decorated spine (gilt rubbed), without title label, joints a little cracked at head & foot, folio Qty: (1)Footnote:ESTC R228632; Wing T886; Atabey 1217; cf. Blackmer 1650 (first edition)."Thevenot's travels mark the beginning of the grand epoch of travel and exploration in the Levant" (Blackmer). Jean de Thevenot began his travels in the Levant in 1655, returning to Paris in 1659 to prepare the first part of his work for publication. It describes Constantinople, the Aegean Archipelago, Asia Minor and Egypt. He left Paris again in 1663, travelling to Damascus and Aleppo and thence across the desert to Bir, Orfa, Mosul and Bagdad. He spent five months in Isfahan observing local customs before joining a caravan led by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, with whom he fell out. He further explored Persepolis and sailed from Basra to India. On his return journey, he fell ill and died near Tabriz in 1667.
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Oliver (Vere Langford [editor]). Caribbeana, being miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography and antiquities of the British West Indies, 8 volumes, facsimile edition, Ontario: CanDoo, 2000, publishers original uniform red cloth, large 8vo, together with;Ashmole (Elias), The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the most Noble Order of the Garter, London: Frederick Muller, 1971, some light spotting to the text-block, publishers original blue full calf, large 8vo, plusSix (James), The Construction of a Thermometer, facsimile edition, London: Nimbus Books, 1980, 1 monochrome folding plate, publishers original brown cloth spine, 8vo, andLieske (Pam [editor]), Eighteenth-Century British Midwifery, 8 volumes, London: Pickering & Chatto, 2007, previous owner inscriptions to some front endpapers, publishers original uniform blue cloth, 8vo, plusVenn (John & J. A.), Alumni Cantabrigienses,..., 4 volumes, Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2001, publishers original uniform green cloth, 8vo, and other modern facsimile reprint editions, all in the publishers original cloth, 8vo/4toApproximately 60 volumes Qty: (3 shelves )
Wanklyn (Joan). Guns At The Wood, A Record of St. John's Wood Barracks, limited edition, London: privately printed, 1972, monochrome illustrations, some minor spotting, publishers original gilt decorated quarter vellum to green cloth, oblong 4to, together with;Brophy (John & Eric Partridge), Songs and Slang of the British Soldier: 1914-1918, 3rd edition, London: Eric Partridge Ltd., 1931, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, some light spotting, publishers original orange cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other modern military reference & related, including publications by Cambridge, Yale, Leo Cooper, Oxford, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves )
Lobley (J. Logan). Mount Vesuvius. A descriptive, historical, and geological account of the volcano and its surroundings, 1st edition, London: Roper and Drowley, 1889, 20 monochrome plates, lacks front endpaper, some light marginal toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head &foot, 8vo, together with;Woodward (S. P.), A Manual of the Mollusca being a treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells, 4th edition, London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1890, folding map to pp. 52, 23 monochrome plates plus further black & white illustrations, previous owner ink stamp to the verso of the frontispiece, top edge gilt, some light spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, slight wear to the head of the spine, 8vo, plusKennan (George), The Tragedy of Pelée, a narrative of personal experience and observation in Martinique, 1st edition, New York: The Outlook Company, 1902, 18 monochrome illustrations, bookplate to the front pastedown, some light marginal toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, spine light rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other late 19th-century & modern natural history reference & related, including Worlds Before Adam, the reconstruction of geohistory in the Age of Regorm, by Martin J. S. Rudwick, 1st edition, Chicago: University Press, 2008, 8vo, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )
Brees (Samuel Charles). Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, 2nd edition, London: John Williams, 1848, additional engraved title (dated 1847), 65 engraved views on 21 sheets, including one double page (small repairs to verso), occasional minor spotting, manuscript prize inscription, dated 1859 pasted to front endpaper, all edges gilt, original red blindstamped cloth gilt, spine repaired, some light edgewear, folio Qty: (1)
Kitto (John V.). St. Martin-in-the-Fields, The Accounts of The Churchwardens 1525-1603, limited edition, London: Simpkin Marshall Kent Hamilton & Co., hand written & signed letter by the author stuck down to the front pastedown, black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, some light toning throughout, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated quarter vellum, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked with slight loss to the foot of the front board, large 8vo, 53/250, together with;Sharpe (Reginald R.), Calendar of Wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London, A.D. 1258-1688, 2 volumes, London: printed for the Corporationof London, 1889-90, some light toning throughout, top edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated maroon cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusHumphreys (Arthur L.), East Hendred, a Berkshire Parish Historically Treated, 1st edition, London: Hatchards, 1923, monochrome frontispiece, some light toning throughout, modern red cloth retaining original spine & front board labels, 4to, and other 19th-century & modern English county history & related, including Harlean Society, 41 volumes, 1886-2019, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves )
Bassett (Fletcher S.). Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors, In all Lands and at all Times, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885, black & white illustrations, tape residue to the frontispiece & title page gutter, some toning & light spotting throughout, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with;Lang (Andrew), The Green Fairy Book, 17th impression, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1927, numerous black & white illustrations by H. J. Ford, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, front gutter taped, some toning & spotting, publishers original embossed green cloth, boards marked & slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusSadler (S. Whitchurch), Slavers and Cruisers, a tale of the West Coast, London: S.P.C.K., circa 1890, black & white illustrations & vignettes, gutters cracked, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, publishers original decorated blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century illustrated literature & fiction, including Randolph Caldecott, Surtees, H. Rider Haggard, Edith Wharton, all original cloth, overall condition is generally good, 8voQty: (3 shelves)
Rae (Edward). The White Sea Peninsula, a journey in Russian Lapland and Karelia, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1881, 27 monochrome illustrations plus a colour folding map to the rear pocket, front gutter cracked to the dedication page, some minor toning, publishers original gilt decorated black cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with;Vizetelly (Henry), Paris In Peril, 2 volumes, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1882, black & white illustrations, previous owner inscriptions to the front endpapers, some toning & light marks throughout, publishers original uniform blue cloth, boards lightly marked, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusLawrence (T. E.), Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a triumph, 1st trade edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1935, monochrome illustrations plus 4 maps, some minor marginal toning, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, spine lightly faded, 4to, and other late 19th & early 20th-century history & travel reference, & biography, all original cloth, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves )
Scott (R. F.). Scott's Last Expedition, 2 volumes, London: Smith, Elder & Co., monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, later uniform brown cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with;Henry (Blanche), British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, 1975, colour & monochrome illustrations, publishers original uniform cloth in slipcase, large 8vo, plus other early 20th-century & modern miscellaneous literature, includingKindler's Neues Literatur Lexicon, 21 volumes, München: Kindler Verlag, 1988, publishers original wrappers in slipcases, 8vo, mostly original cloth, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo Qty: (6 shelves )
ROBERT NATKIN (AMERICAN 1930-2010) UNTITLED (ABSTRACT), C.1950s Oil on canvas(100cm x 85cm (39.5in x 33.5in))Provenance: Purchased by the present owner from Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, USA 1990 Note: Robert Natkin was born into a dysfunctional, impoverished Chicago family in 1930. The cinema and theatre proved a welcome distraction which the young Natkin would enjoy up to six times a week, often with his father, a rag-dealer (and, as he enjoyed recalling, a failed tap dancer). An encounter with a book of Paul Klee’s paintings in 1947 proved pivotal for Natkin, who found the vibrant evocations of the subconscious revelatory. Against his parents’ protestations, he resolved to become an artist. Klee’s influence is evident in the rhythmic, structural forms of ‘Untitled (Abstract)’, which is understood to date to the 1950s. Natkin stated that during this period he was influenced by the artificial lighting of theatre sets and Technicolour musicals, by turns dramatic and lurid, that had illuminated so much of his childhood. In this early work, intermingled pigments are pushed across the canvas, eliciting broad passages of moody, earthier tones, which are punctuated by flashes of pure cerulean, vermillion and tangerine. The bold linear mark-making anticipates the vertical planes that would dominate Natkin’s output throughout the 1960s, dubbed the ‘Apollo series’. Yet while his ‘Apollo’ paintings contrasted adjoining bands of solid colour to catalyse what he termed a ‘visual vibrato’, his earlier abstracts demonstrate an inquisitive and playful approach to his palette, as if he were testing his ability to manipulate colour and light. Robert Natkin studied at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1948 and 1952, where he was afforded access to their collection of Post-Impressionist paintings. In the early 1950s Natkin moved to New York to commence a successful and varied exhibiting career, and immerse himself in the contemporary art scene, which at the time was preoccupied with Abstract Expressionism. Natkin recalled that he was first exposed to the style when reading Life magazine’s 1949 spread on Jackson Pollock, which asked readers ‘Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?’; Natkin professed to never having warmed to Pollock’s work, instead preferring Willem de Kooning, but above all remaining committed to European abstraction. His most celebrated commission came in 1992, when he was invited to create a mural for the lobby of 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York. Situated on the corner of the Rockefeller Centre, the vast composition is visible from the street, and has become a beloved local landmark. By this point Natkin was in his 60s and living with his family in Connecticut, but in the summer of 1991 he relocated to New York to work on the mural full-time upon an elevated scaffold. Natkin was commissioned to fill a space measuring twenty by forty-two feet, and preparatory studies therefore proved integral to the successful fulfilment of the commission; he was adamant that his composition should retain its emotional intensity and integrity when transcribed from the smaller studies to the towering lobby wall. By this point his palette was lighter, and his forms softer and more luscious, influenced by a particularly fruitful stay in England in 1974. ‘Study for “1211 – Mural”’ provides an intriguing insight into the developing composition, and evidences a concern for textural mark-making and architectural form. Robert Natkin died in Connecticut in 2010, and is remembered as an important name in the development of American abstraction. He is well-represented in important national collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Centre Pompidou.Footnote: Exhibited: Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago
ROBERT NATKIN (AMERICAN 1930-2010) STUDY FOR "1211 - MURAL", 1992 Signed and inscribed with title and dated lower edge, acrylic on board(29cm x 59cm (11.5in x 23.25in))Provenance: Gifted by the artist to the present ownerFootnote: Note: Robert Natkin was born into a dysfunctional, impoverished Chicago family in 1930. The cinema and theatre proved a welcome distraction which the young Natkin would enjoy up to six times a week, often with his father, a rag-dealer (and, as he enjoyed recalling, a failed tap dancer). An encounter with a book of Paul Klee’s paintings in 1947 proved pivotal for Natkin, who found the vibrant evocations of the subconscious revelatory. Against his parents’ protestations, he resolved to become an artist. Klee’s influence is evident in the rhythmic, structural forms of ‘Untitled (Abstract)’, which is understood to date to the 1950s. Natkin stated that during this period he was influenced by the artificial lighting of theatre sets and Technicolour musicals, by turns dramatic and lurid, that had illuminated so much of his childhood. In this early work, intermingled pigments are pushed across the canvas, eliciting broad passages of moody, earthier tones, which are punctuated by flashes of pure cerulean, vermillion and tangerine. The bold linear mark-making anticipates the vertical planes that would dominate Natkin’s output throughout the 1960s, dubbed the ‘Apollo series’. Yet while his ‘Apollo’ paintings contrasted adjoining bands of solid colour to catalyse what he termed a ‘visual vibrato’, his earlier abstracts demonstrate an inquisitive and playful approach to his palette, as if he were testing his ability to manipulate colour and light. Robert Natkin studied at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1948 and 1952, where he was afforded access to their collection of Post-Impressionist paintings. In the early 1950s Natkin moved to New York to commence a successful and varied exhibiting career, and immerse himself in the contemporary art scene, which at the time was preoccupied with Abstract Expressionism. Natkin recalled that he was first exposed to the style when reading Life magazine’s 1949 spread on Jackson Pollock, which asked readers ‘Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?’; Natkin professed to never having warmed to Pollock’s work, instead preferring Willem de Kooning, but above all remaining committed to European abstraction. His most celebrated commission came in 1992, when he was invited to create a mural for the lobby of 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York. Situated on the corner of the Rockefeller Centre, the vast composition is visible from the street, and has become a beloved local landmark. By this point Natkin was in his 60s and living with his family in Connecticut, but in the summer of 1991 he relocated to New York to work on the mural full-time upon an elevated scaffold. Natkin was commissioned to fill a space measuring twenty by forty-two feet, and preparatory studies therefore proved integral to the successful fulfilment of the commission; he was adamant that his composition should retain its emotional intensity and integrity when transcribed from the smaller studies to the towering lobby wall. By this point his palette was lighter, and his forms softer and more luscious, influenced by a particularly fruitful stay in England in 1974. ‘Study for “1211 – Mural”’ provides an intriguing insight into the developing composition, and evidences a concern for textural mark-making and architectural form. Robert Natkin died in Connecticut in 2010, and is remembered as an important name in the development of American abstraction. He is well-represented in important national collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Centre Pompidou.
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