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Preisdatenbank abonnieren1967, black, serial no. 2306961, with Carl Zeiss Sonnar f/4 135mm lens, serial no. 4586394, body, VG-E, shutter working, lens, VG, some very light internal marks, with maker's cap and caseNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
1966, black, serial no. 2306034, with Carl Zeiss Sonnar f/4 135mm lens, serial no. 4118245, body, G-VG, shutter working, lens, VG, some very light internal haze, with maker's cap Note: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
1968, black, serial no. 304650, with Kowa f/2.8 85mm lens, chrome, serial no. 224699, body, G-VG, lens, G, shutter working, some internal haze and very light fungus, together with Kowa f/3.5 55mm lens, chrome, serial no. 151199, body, VG, shutter sticking, elements, G, some internal fungus, and Kowa f/3.5 150mm lens, chrome, serial no. 160787, body, VG, shutter not working, elements, F-G, internal fungus, all in maker's original boxes
2001-, black, serial no. 8890079, with Pentax-FA 645 f/4.5 45-85mm lens, black, serial no. 4161247, body, VG, shutter working, some marks to prism, lens, VG, some very light internal haze, together with Pentax-FA 645 f/4.5 80-160mm lens, black, serial no. 4198233, body, G, missing front body ring, elements, VG, some light internal dust, complete with lens hoods and straps
1924, brown leather, serial no. 404011, with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar f/4.5 75mm lens, serial no. 572435, body, G-VG, lens, VG, shutter working, some light internal haze, in maker's caseNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
1924-26, black, serial no. 1213716, with Ernemann Ernon f/3.5 75mm lens, serial no. 106084, body, VG, shutter requires attention, lens, VG, some light internal hazeNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
1931-36, brown leather, with Foth Anastigmat f/3.5 50mm lens, serial no. 51348, body, G-VG, shutter working but sluggish, lens, VG, some light internal hazeNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
1931, black, with Plaubel Supracomar f/2 45mm lens, serial no. 92956, body, G, shutter working, lens, VG, some very light internal hazeNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
European possibly Spanish, mid 19th century, unsigned, constructed of stained French polished wood, with fret work front with two large viewing lenses in wooden frames, back of case with fold up top to allow light in, fold down back to allow light through the image for night scene viewing, with 5 hand painted scenes showing; an exhibition hall in daylight then a scene from inside when backlit; Eglise St Isaac St Petersburgh day scene in daylight then a night scene with street lamps and the moon when backlit; St Juan De Luz Carril De Lion showing the town and harbour in daylight with a train crossing a bridge when backlit; another showing a tomb in daylight and lit by lamps when backlit; another showing a city river scene in daylight then another building when backlit, viewer height 59cm
1925, upgraded from Ia, black, serial no. 998, with Leitz Elmar f/3.5 50mm lens, nickel, body, VG, shutter working, lens, G-VG, some light internal hazeNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
Agricola (Georgius) De re metallica libri XII, fourth Latin edition, woodcut title-vignette, 2 folding plates and c.270 illustrations attributed to Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch and Blasius Weffring, many full-page, title torn at inner margin through corner of vignette (repaired) and a little frayed at edges, light browning and occasional offsetting, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, staining to lower cover, folio, [Wellcome II, p.18; cf.PMM 79, first edition], Basel, Emanuelis König, 1657.⁂ "The first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy and one of the first technological books of modern times" (PMM). First published in 1556 this became the standard work on the subject for several generations of miners. The extraordinary quality and number of woodcuts give a wonderful graphic account of industrial activity in the mid-sixteenth century, eg. the use of waterpower, furnaces etc., and include a very early depiction of a railway.
Walker (J. & C.) A Geological Map of England and Wales, showing also the Inland Navigation by means of Rivers & Canals, with their Elevation in feet above the Sea, later issue, large folding hand-coloured engraved map, c.1280 x 1040 mm., dissected and mounted on linen with green endpapers, some light offsetting, folding into original dark green cloth slip-case with pull-off top, red morocco label, rubbed, spine a little faded, 8vo, [c.1862].⁂ A handsome map in good condition, originally issued in 1835. The colourist depicting the rail routes seems to have taken a few liberties and omitted some of Cumbrian network. The line to Truro is shown complete therefore dating the colourist's efforts to the beginning of the 1860s.
Wood (Nicholas) A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, and Interior Communication in General, first edition, 6 folding engraved plates, light foxing to plates and offsetting, frontispiece and title almost detached, bookplate of J.J.Haut, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine faded and slightly worn at head, 8vo, 1825. ⁂ One of the earliest books on the potential of steam-powered locomotion. Wood was a colliery man, colleague at Killingworth and life-long friend of Stephenson. Plates V and VI are fine engravings of Stephenson's prototypes Blucher & Locomotion. Wood was one of three judges at the Rainhill trials where Stephenson's Rocket triumphed, and by so doing ensured the success of the Stephenson enterprise.
Wood (Nicholas) A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, third edition, folding lithographed frontispiece, 13 folding engraved plates, errata slip, 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end, light water-staining to corner of a few leaves, hinges weak, 1831 § Whishaw (Francis) Analysis of Railways, first edition, presentation copy from the author to Sir Hussey Vivian with accompanying A.N.s. loosely inserted, 1837 § Williams (Frederick S.) Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction, and Social Influences, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very slight fading to spine but still an excellent copy, preserved in modern half dark maroon morocco slip-case with pull-off top, 1852, the first two original cloth, rubbed, all with slightly faded spines; and 3 others including vol.XXXIII of The London Magazine, 1764 including an article with an engraved plate of a horse-drawn coal waggon on a plateway, 8vo (6)⁂ The first was much expanded from the second edition and now includes material from 1831. The last is the standard early work on the development of railways in the United Kingdom. Williams is exhaustive in his researches, and has an interesting section on the various pneumatic schemes, whether driven by vacuum or plenum, and an addendum on rail insurance. " During the half year ending 31st December, 1851 the number of passengers... was 47,509,392 of these 113 were killed and 264 injured."
Wyld (James) Railway Map of England, Wales and Scotland...shewing the Lines of Railways with their Stations...the Inland Navigation, Great and Cross Roads, Cities, Market Towns & Villages, ?first issue, large folding hand-coloured engraved map in 4 parts, overall c.2060 x 1240 mm., dissected and mounted on linen with marbled endpapers, some light offsetting, folding into original cloth slip-case, printed label to upper cover (chipped), rubbed and faded, splits to joints, 8vo, Wyld, [pre-1847]].⁂ With the Central Scottish Railway to Perth marked as a prospect, and no marking for the Alloa branch. The Lancaster Carlisle line completed in 1847 is also shown as incomplete.
Wyld (James) Railway Map of England, Wales and Scotland..., ?second issue, large folding hand-coloured engraved map in 2 parts, overall c.2060 x 1240 mm., dissected and mounted on linen with cloth endpapers, some light offsetting, folding into original cloth slip-case, printed label to upper cover, rubbed and a little stained, splits to joints, 8vo, Wyld, [c.1855].⁂ This edition in rather stronger colour than the previous lot, and including the Central Scottish Railway to Perth with a branch to Alloa.
America.- [Bird (Isabella)] The Englishwoman in America, first edition, 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear dated "January 1856", occasional light finger-soiling and the odd spot, endpapers a little rubbed and marked with light dampstaining to fore-edge of front free endpapers, bookplate of John Murray of Touchdam to pastedown, hinges neatly repaired, original cloth, neatly and expertly recased, spine ends neatly and sympathetically repaired, light fading to spine and head of upper cover, a few light marks to covers, corners a little bumped, a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1956.⁂ The author's rare first book that launched her career as a travel writer and began her lifelong association and friendship with Murray.
The Great Pyramid.- Greaves (John) Pyramidographia: or a Description of the Pyramids in Aegypt, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, one with short tear, engraved and woodcut illustrations in text, 2 full-page, some text in Arabic, lacking initial blank leaf, a few headlines shaved close, just touching text, some light marginal soiling, early calf, worn, covers detached, spine head chipped, [Wing G1804], 8vo, for George Badger, 1646.⁂ The first book in English on the pyramids. John Greaves (1602-52) was a mathematician, astronomer and antiquarian who spent 1636-40 travelling in Italy and the Levant, with six months in Egypt carrying out the first detailed survey of the pyramids at Giza. Isaac Newton owned a copy of this book and used its information in his scientific research to help him determine the value of the ancient cubit and the circumference of the earth.
Japan.- Brinkley (Captain Francis) Japan. Described and Illustrated by the Japanese, 12 vol., Mikado Special Edition numbered 20 of 25, mounted frontispieces (2 painted on silk or brocade), mounted plates comprising; colour collotypes of flower studies, hand-coloured plates, albumen plates and, stencil plates printed in different colours, one or two mounts broken (not affecting plates), profusely illustrated, original publisher's Japanese-style decorative cloth, spines a little discoloured, light surface soiling to covers, edges and corners of vol. 12 frayed and becoming loose, folio, Boston, 1897-1901.
Korea.- Hall (Capt. Basil) Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island, first edition, 5 engraved maps (2 folding) and 10 engraved or aquatint plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, some light offsetting, lacking half-title, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, [Abbey, Travel 558], 4to, 1818.⁂ A very good copy of a work notable for the coloured aquatint plates after William Havell, who accompanied the embassy. "Hall's book... describes... his explorations in the little known eastern seas, and his visit to Canton (Guangzhou). His interview with Napoleon, who had known his father as a schoolboy at Brienne, is also recounted in the book" (ODNB).
NO RESERVE Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, first edition, large paper copy, engraved dedication, sepia aquatint map of the Mediterranean, plan of the Battle of the Nile and 40 plates, ex-library copy with ink numbers to verso of title and dedication and blind-stamps (inoffensive), mostly marginal but within image of around 18 plates, else generally clean with some occasional spotting or light staining, small repair to inner margin of title, modern half calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with earlier morocco label, [Abbey, Travel, 196; Blackmer 1813], folio (475 x 323mm.), Printed by T. Bensley for J. White, 1802.⁂ In 1798 Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure, a ship in the squadron under the command of Nelson. He was present at the Battle of the Nile and according to DNB his is 'the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle'. Includes views of Sicily, Egypt and Gibraltar. Provenance: Col. Samuel Barrett Miles, presented by his wife to Bath Public Library, 1920 (bookplate). Miles was a British Army officer, diplomat, and author of The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf, and several papers published by the RGS.
NO RESERVE Middle East.- Byron (Robert) The Road to Oxiana, first edition, half-title, photographic frontispiece and 15 plates, 5 full-page maps, advertisement f. at end, light foxing to preliminaries, original cloth, slightly rubbed at extremities, dust-jacket, small neat repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, a few minor spots or marks but in effect a near-fine copy, 8vo, Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1937.⁂ An attractive example of Byron's classic travelogue, difficult to find in good condition. His journey took him from Cyprus to Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Persia, and Afghanistan, ending in Peshawar.
Brees (Samuel Charles) Railway Practice: A Collection of Working Plans and Practical Details of Construction in the Public Works of the most Celebrated Engineers, First [-Third] Series (of 4), 3 vol., First Series, double-page lithographed frontispiece after Brees and 76 plates, list of subscribers, foxing and marginal water-staining, one or two plates frayed at edges or fold, modern morocco, 1837; Second Series, presentation copy from the author to RIBA library with accompanying A.L.s. tipped in at beginning and library bookplate, double-page etched frontispiece after Brees and 60 engraved plates, ink library stamp to verso of plates, contemporary half morocco, a little worn, 1840; Third Series, 69 engraved plates, light spotting, ex-Railway Club library copy with ink stamps, modern half morocco, 1847, first editions, plates folding and/or double-page, 4to (3) ⁂ One of the foremost sources of contemporary information on civil engineering issues relating to early railways and rolling stock. The First Series mostly concerns the London & Birmingham Railway; the Second includes aspects of the Great Western, the London & Croydon, and specifications and contracts for works on the Birmingham & Gloucester; the Third (and Fourth) are mostly devoted to French railways. Brees was one of those who engineered the London to Birmingham line under Stephenson. He later went to New Zealand, and Australia, and produced a topographical work on New Zealand. The Railway Club (disbanded 2009) was the first club for railway enthusiasts, founded in 1899.
Middle East.- Roberts (David) The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 6 vol. in 3, 248 tinted lithograph plates (including titles) and 2 engraved maps, occasional light foxing, corner of one title brittle, handsome set in contemporary red morocco, gilt, vol.1 rebacked preserving original spine, other skilful repairs to extremities, 4to, 1855-56.⁂ A handsome set of the quarto edition of Roberts' masterpiece.
Turkey.- Rycaut (Paul) The History of the Turkish Empire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, 3 other engraved portraits and one full-page illustration of "A Turkish Pageant", occasional light browning, a few marginal stains, contemporary ownership signature of Godf. Copley 1683 on recto of frontispiece and his engraved bookplate, modern blind-ruled calf, [Wing R2406; Atabey 1074], folio, by J.M. for John Starkey, 1680.
Voyages.- Cook (Captain James) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 3 text vol. only, first edition, 24 engraved plates and maps, some folding, a couple in vol. 3 proud at fore-edge and slightly frayed, folding table, slight marginal worming towards end of vol.1, some foxing, offsetting and light browning, contemporary diced russia, gilt, rebacked and vol.1 & 2 recornered, vol.3 corners worn, old lot number sticker to upper cover of vol.3, 4to, by W. and A. Strahan, 1784.⁂ First edition of the official account of Cook's third and final voyage. The third volume was written by Capt. James King. Without the accompanying folio atlas.
Bury (Thomas Talbot) Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Part I only (of 2), first edition, early issue with all but one plate in first state (plate VI in second as usual: 'Entrance into Manchester across Water-Street' rather than "Bridge Street"), 7 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by H.Pyall after Bury including the plate of rolling stock at the end, light browning to plates IV, V & VI, modern half dark maroon morocco, g.e., spine slightly faded, [cf.Abbey Life 400; Ray 45; Tooley 120, most later editions], 4to, Ackermann, 1831 [watermarked 1826, final plate 1831].
Voyages.- Ramusio (Giovanni Battista) Delle nauigationi et viaggi , 3 vol., vol.1 & 2 third edition, vol.3 second edition, lacking 3 double-page maps in vol.1 and the 7 double-page maps and plans in vol.3, all vol. lacking final blanks, vol.1 title with marginal restoration and some staining, vol.2 I3 with crude marginal repair, all vol. occasional spotting or light staining, 18th century blue and plain carta rustica, rubbed and scuffed, some staining, [Sabin 67732, 67738, 67741; cf. Church 99 (1554, 1559, 1556); Hill (2004) cf.1419 (1554), cf.1420 (1559), 1421; cf. Harrisse 304; EDIT 16 CNCE 27274; 36412 & 27293], folio, Venice, Giunti, 1563-1583-1565.⁂ 'His is one of the earliest and the most important collection of voyages and travels of the sixteenth century; the third volume being entirely devoted to America...the editions of 1563, 1583 and 1565 are considered to be the best' (Church). Vol. 1 relates to Africa and includes accounts of Amerigo Vespucci, Vasco da Gama, Magellan and Leo Africanus; vol.2 to Asia and contains Ramusio's biography of Marco Polo and an edition of his writings; and vol.3 on the Americas includes accounts by and about Cortés, Coronado, Pizarro and Orellana.
Bury (Thomas Talbot) Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, second edition, 13 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by H.Pyall and S.G.Hughes after Bury including the plate of rolling stock, with the 3 rare additional folding or double-page hand-coloured aquatint plates by Hughes after I.Shaw, light marginal soiling or staining, folding plates torn at folds and repaired, modern dark green morocco, upper cover titled in gilt and with gilt rule border with small decorative corner-pieces, [Abbey Life 400; Ray 45; Tooley 120], 4to, Ackermann, 1832 [double-page plate dated 1832, the rest 1833; watermarked 1832].⁂ The first combined issue of the original 2 parts, rare with the three additional plates, which are often missing as they were sold separately to the main work. They are: 'Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway', a pair, each with two views showing trains for First & Second Class passengers, and those for waggons and cattle (both in second state, with four yellow carriages in the first plate and a horsebox in the second); and 'View of the Intersection Bridge on the Line of the St.Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway'. Plates II & III have been re-engraved by S.G.Hughes and several of the others have been altered slightly to correct mistakes or updated.
Sweet (Robert) The British Flower Garden, 7 vol. (i.e. 1st series 3 vol. & 2nd series 4 vol.), 712 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few folding, by Weddell, F.W. Smith and others after E.D. Smith, J. Hart and others, vol.1 second series with rare 16pp. 'A Monograph on the Subordo V. of Amaryllideae, containing the Narcissineae' by Adrian Hardy Haworth bound in at end, occasional light foxing or offsetting, 1st series in contemporary half russia, worn, one backstrip defective, 2nd series in lovely full green morocco, gilt, g.e., 8vo, 1823-38.
Mathematics & Navigation.- Gunter (Edmund) The description and vse of the sector, crosse-staffe, and other instruments:...and the vse thereof in astronomie, navigation, dialling, and fortification, &c., 4 parts in 1 vol., second edition, engraved additional pictorial title and frontispiece, woodcut diagram to printed title, 2 woodcut plates, 2 printed slips ('The Scale of Chords and Rumba' and 'A Table for the use of the Chaine'), numerous woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text, without blank 2L2, the odd instance of later pencil marginalia, additional title with small ink stain and crease, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-ruled calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, rubbed, [Tomash & Williams G102; STC 12523], small 4to, Printed by William Iones, for Iames Bowler, and are to be sold at the Marigold in Pauls Church-yard, 1636.⁂ A solid copy of this considerably expanded second edition, which is rarely found complete (our copy lacking only a blank). Includes a chapter on the mathematics of fortification not published before. It 'must rank with Eden's translation of Cortes's Arte de Navegar and Wright's Certaine Errors as one of the three most important English books ever published for the improvement of navigation... [Gunter] opened up... an entirely new field, that of arithmetical navigation' (Waters, Art of Navigation, p. 359).
Mathematics.- Euclid. Euclides Elements of Geometry: The First VI Books: In a Compendious Form Contracted and Demonstrated, by Captain Thomas Rudd, Chief Engineer to His Late Majesty. Whereunto is Added, the Mathematical Preface of Mr. John Dee, title printed in red and black with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials, diagrams, head- and tail-pieces, H2 with chip to margin, not affecting text, I2 with closed tear just running into text, last f. with small portion of restoration to upper corner, occasional light foxing or browning, some worming to inner margin, but a good copy generally, ink ownership inscription of Sam Davies to title, contemporary calf, rubbed, light rubbing and wear, [Wing E3396], small 4to, by Robert and William Leybourn for Richard Tomlins and Robert Boydell, the Sun & Bible neer Pie-corner, and at the Bulwark neer the Tower, 1651.⁂ The first Rudd edition, reprinted from Henry Billingsley's first English translation of 1570, with John Dee's mathematical preface, the "most influential of all Dee's published works" - Oxford DNB.
Newton (Sir Isaac) Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 3 vol. in 4, first 'Jesuit's' edition, half-titles in vol.1 and 2, titles in red and black with engraved vignette, diagrams, some light foxing and toning, small ink stain to S3 vol.1, vol.1-3 with 19th century prize labels and inserted prize presentation leaf in vol.1, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt arms of Trinity College Dublin on covers, spines gilt with later labels, joints repaired and cracking, a little rubbed, [Babson 30], 4to, Geneva, Barrillot & fils, 1739-42.⁂ Handsome set of "the first of the so-called Jesuit's edition, although its editors were Minims [Thomas le Seur, and Francois Jacquier], and valued for its copious commentary" (Babson).
Clichtoveus (Judocus) Opus insigne beate patris Cyrilli Alexandrini in Evangelium Joannis, translated by Georgio Trapezontio, collation: a-x8 y10 z8 &8 A-H8 I6, Paris, George Hopyl, 1520; bound with Comentarii in Leviticum, collation: A-H8, Paris, Wolfgang Hopyl, 1521; bound with Preclarum...Thesaur. nuncupass., collation: A4 A-K8 L6, Paris, Wolfgang Hopyl, 1521, together 3 works in 1 vol., each work with similar woodcut title, second and third works with same full-page woodcut illustration on verso of final leaf, first work with final blank leaf present, numerous woodcut illustrations, single worm-hole to inner margin at beginning, some light marginal water-staining, first title with lower edge trimmed and with small oval ?bookplate in lower margin, a few ink annotations, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, clasps, soiled, small folio (281 x 200mm.)⁂ Josse van Clichtove was a Flemish humanist theologian, priest and librarian of the Sorbonne. He was a great adversary of Luther, against whom he wrote extensively.
Bury (Thomas Talbot) Six Coloured Views on the London and Birmingham Railway, Part I [all published], first edition, 6 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.Harris, C.Hunt and N.Fielding after Bury, very occasional light marginal soiling but plates clean and bright, later half calf with gilt-stamped red morocco label to upper cover, spine gilt, with original buff printed wrappers bound in (slight wear to portion of upper wrapper but unobtrusive), boards a little rubbed and spine slightly faded, [Abbey Life 401; Tooley 122], 4to, Ackermann, 1837. ⁂ An excellent copy of "one of the rarest of English colour plate books". Tooley.
Carmichael (J.W.) and J.Blackmore. Views on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, first edition, large paper copy with plates in proof state, additional engraved vignette title and 23 plates after J.W.Carmichael, all proofs before letters printed on india paper and mounted, tissue guards, some light marginal foxing, modern half dark maroon morocco, t.e.g., fading to spine and head of upper cover, folio, Newcastle, Carlisle & London, 1839.⁂ Good copy of a work originally published in parts from 1836-38. The Newcastle and Carlisle was the first railway across England and opened in 1839 although its gestation had begun in 1825. The plates illustrate the major engineering works on the line including the Scotswood and Warden bridges with their stone piers and timber superstructures designed by Blackmore, who wrote the descriptions of the plates. Carmichael was a local topographical artist.
Opera.- Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) [Don Giovanni] Don Juan oder der Steinerne Gast, 2 vol., first edition of the orchestral score, vol.1 with additional engraved vignette title by Bolt after Kinninger (foxed), printed title and 2 following pp. of text, engraved musical score pp.6-292, vol.2 with printed title and engraved musical score pp.294-590, with separate printed divisional title "Anhang von spaeter eingelegten Stuecken", some light foxing and water-staining, some leaves trimmed at upper edge with loss to pagination in vol.2, modern diced calf, upper covers lettered in gilt, oblong folio, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Haertel, [1800 or 1801].⁂ Don Giovanni was the first of Mozart's operas to be published in full score. The 14-page German libretto by Rochlitz, not included with this copy, seems to have been printed separately and is therefore often not present. Haberkamp notes no differences between those scores that contain it and those that do not.
Nietzsche (Friedrich) Also sprach Zarathustra, 3 parts in 1, some light browning, embossed ownership stamp to front free endpaper, ink inscriptions to title and following leaf, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, rebacked preserving original spine, [PMM 370], 8vo, Leipzig, E.W. Fritzsch, [1886].⁂ First edition, second issue, combining the sheets of the 3 parts originally published separately in 1883-84 and adding new general and divisional title pages. A fourth part was first printed privately in an edition of 45 copies in 1885 and then in a published edition dated 1891 but released the year after.
Follower of the Boucicaut Master.- Single leaf from an illuminated Book of Hours with arched miniature depicting the Flagellation of Christ, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, single column, recto 4 lines, verso 14 lines, in a Gothic bookhand, in black and blue ink, miniature depicting Christ tied to a narrow column and being scourged by two men in red tunics in front of a high priest and four others, set in a canopied arched room decorated in red background with gold stars under a starry sky, in gold and other colours, broad border on 3 sides in gold, pink and white, full border composed of coloured acanthus leaves and flowers in gold, 1 large 4-line initial, 1 2-line initial and 6 single-line initials in red, blue and gold, line fillers in gold and blue, miniature 87 x 65mm., leaf 170 x 120mm., [Paris], [c. 1420].⁂ A fine miniature by an accomplished artist, almost certainly a follower of the Boucicaut Master, an influential style adopted by many of the finest illuminators of the fifteenth century. The miniature shows characteristics of the Boucicaut Master, including tall figures and the use of light and perspective. The miniature introduces the hour of Terce.
Bible, Old Testament. Single leaf from the Book of Ezekiel, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a very small gothic bookhand, double column, 41 lines, in light brown ink, initials and chapter numbers with marginal pen and ink scrollwork in blue and red ink, very slight marginal staining, leaf 186 x 123mm., [Paris], [c. 1300]; and another, single leaf from a Book of Hours, [c. 1500], both framed and glazed, v.s., v.d. (2).
Colburn (Zerah) Locomotive Engineering and the Mechanism of Railways, 2 vol., 64 double-page lithographed plates, some illustrations and diagrams, some foxing to plates, modern half calf, spines ruled in gilt, London & Glasgow, [1871] § Clark (Daniel Kinnear)Recent Practice in the Locomotive Engine, 21 lithographed plates, all but one double-page, illustrations, light foxing, inscriptions to front pastedown, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, Glasgow, 1860, first editions, 4to (3)⁂ Colburn, a railway engineer born in America but who settled in England, died in 1870 aged 38. His work was completed after his death by his friend Daniel Kinnear Clark and others, and includes details from railways in several parts of the old world as well as America and New South Wales.
Thomas (Edward, poet and writer, 1878-1917) 3 Autograph Letters signed to Clement H. Whitby, on the publication of his books of poetry, Along the Way & The Light of Life and some other other poems, together 3pp., 2 letters in ink and 1 in pencil, sm. 4to, Steep, Petersfield, Hampshire & the Royal Garrison Artillery, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, 11th May & 2nd November 1914 & 8th October 1916, "It was a great pleasure to me to have your book & your letter & I should have said so at once but I was moving from place to place & only able to dip into your book at intervals. In fact I very seldom indeed find anything I can admire so much in devotional poetry. It is mostly conventional & often vague, while your simplicity makes familiar things new. I have particularly liked 'Health', 'Mindful of that Country' & 'Heavenly Beauty', & if I can find an opportunity of saying so I will", and writing as an enlisted soldier from the R.G.A. camp in Trowbridge, "As I have been in army now since July of last year I have got out of things & reading is difficult & in fact impossible... . After being in the ranks more than a year I am now half way towards a commission in the R.G.A."; and other correspondence, including from Alice Meynell and others to Whitby and newspaper cuttings concerning his poems, all laid down, browned, bound in a contemporary half morocco album, covers damp-stained, sm. 4to.⁂ ?Unpublished.
First World War.- Money (M.B., Private, later Corporal, Ox & Bucks Light Infantry, British Expeditionary Force, fl. 1915-18) Collection of material relating to the First World War, including: 3 maps of Hebuterne (1 a Trench map), notebook (disposition of grenades, "Mechanism of the Lewis Gun" etc.) and others, maps, foxed and browned, folds, notebook c. 65pp. (many pp. in shorthand), in pen and pencil, some ff. loose, others working loose, original leather, v.s., v.d., 1915-18 (8 pieces).⁂ Scene of the Battle of Hébuterne, which took place from 7 to 13 June 1915 on the Western Front in Picardy.
Carrington (Dora, painter, 1893-1932).- Brenan (Gerald, writer and Hispanic scholar, 1894-1987) Diary and Papers Relating to D[ora] C[arrington] 1925-1926, duplicated typescript with autograph corrections and signed by Brenan, presentation copy from the author to Ralph Partridge, inscribed "This copy left with R.S.P." [Ralph Sherring Partridge], 124pp., slightly browned, browned, spring loaded cloth boards, sm. 4to, [c. 1920's].⁂ Gerald Brenan's impassioned account of his unhappy relationship with Dora Carrington. The root of all this unhappiness lay with the relationship of Dora Carrington with Lytton Strachey, who had met during during the First World War and developed into a close and unbreakable bond, despite Strachey's homosexuality. In 1917 they set up home together, and in 1918, Ralph Partridge came to live with them. Strachey fell deeply in love with Partridge and Carrington married him in 1921 in order to stay close to Strachey. Partridge's closest friend was Gerald Brenan who became Carrington's lover, and whose relationship seems to have fluctuated according to Carrington's feelings about Strachey's and Partridge's behaviour. Lytton Strachey died in January 1932 of undiagnosed stomach cancer and a few weeks later Dora Carrington shot herself."CRD made love to me because R[alph] was in love with her; when I fell entirely in love and R. out, she left me for him, assisted by an unconscious jealousy of Frances [Marshall]. She [Carrington] will always be the same, restless, irritable, loving only those who do not love her, and turning quickly away from those who do. No one more unfit for social life could be found, and yet why do I still say that she is good, affectionate, gentle?" - Brenan.Brenan's diary mentions other members of the Bloomsbury Group, including Virginia Woolf, on her character, "Wherever Virginia goes, she undoes a knot like a Lapland witch and lets out a war", and her novels, "She conceives the characters clearly, different thoughts occupying their minds, yet they all speak in one tone. The peculiarity of V's novels lies in no part of the book being adapted for action...her characters are bundles of images - mostly memories: those abstracts qualifications which throw light on how they may be expected to behave under varying circumstances are absent: and, as nothing whatever does happen in the course of the book, and in V.'s conception of the world nothing, apparently, ever can happen, one does not miss anything".Provenance: (1). Reginald Sherring Partridge (1894-1960), worked for Leonard Woolf and Virginia Woolf, married first Dora Carrington and then Frances Marshall (2). Richard Heron Ward (1910-69), writer.
Shakespeare.- Drayton (Michael) The Battaile of Agincourt, first edition, lacks engraved portrait, final blank leaf present, slight worming to upper margin, occasionally affecting text, some light foxing, 18th century sheep, gilt, worn and scuffed, joints split, [STC 7190; Pforzheimer 301; Grolier, Langland to Wither 85], small folio, for William Lee, 1627.⁂ The elegy to Henry Reynolds includes mention of Shakespeare, Marlow, Chapman and Jonson.
Polybius. The History of Polybius the Megalopolitan, translated by Edward Grimeston, woodcut title, folding plan, initial and final blank leaves present, Z3 torn at inner margin, Z4 with small hole, both slightly affecting text, occasional light foxing, some marginal worming at beginning and end, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [STC 20099a], folio, by N. Okes for Cornelius Bee, 1634.⁂ One of three imprint variants dated 1633 or 1634 according to ESTC.
Dempsey (G.Drysdale) Railways. Papers on the Mechanical and Engineering Operations and Structures combined in the making of a Railway, first edition, expanded issue, 50 double-page plates mounted in stubs, light foxing, contemporary half roan, a little worn, rebacked preserving old spine, 1846; The Practical Railway Engineer, fourth (& best), expanded edition, mezzotint portrait (lightly water-stained), 71 double-page plates mounted on stubs, modern cloth, 1855; and 3 others including an earlier issue of the first but with fewer plates, 4to (5)
Binding.- [Allestree (Richard)] The Whole Duty of Man, engraved frontispiece (neatly laid down)and additional title, advertisement f. at end, lacking half-title (?and 4 preliminary ff.), [Wing A1177], by R. Norton for Robert Pawlet, 1673; The Causes of Decay of Christian Piety, imprimatur f., engraved title vignette, 2 engraved plates, 4pp. advertisements at end, [Wing A1101], by R. Norton for Robert Pawlet, 1672; The Gentleman's Calling, engraved additional title, 2pp. advertisements, by R. Norton for Robert Pawlet, 1673; The Ladies Calling, in Two Parts, second impression, engraved frontispiece, title vignette, Oxford, At the Theater, 1673, together 4 works in 1 vol., a few ff. closely shaved at foot, 19th century ink inscription to front free endpaper, attractive contemporary dark green morocco, gilt, Spine richly gilt with acorn, star, floral and foliage motifs, spine chipped at head, some light rubbing, g.e., 8vo.
Rabelais (François) The Works, 2 parts in 1, translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart, engraved portrait frontispiece (shaved at fore-edge), repaired tear to Aa9, margin of Dd11 repaired, just touching text, occasional light foxing and browning, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Wing R104 & R109], 12mo, for Richard Baldwin, 1694.⁂ A translation of books 1 and 2 only (of 5) of Rabelais' works, covering Gargantua and Pantagruel.
Swift (Jonathan) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition, vol. 1 Teerink's 'AA' edition, vol. 2 Teerink's 'A' edition, engraved frontispiece in second state with vertical chain-lines, 6 engraved plates, titles within double-rule borders, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, advertisement f. to end of vol. 1 (not called for), vol. 1 H7 with short tear to upper margin, vol. 2 H1 and K3 lower corners repaired, occasional light scattered foxing, but very clean generally, early 19th century tree calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, light rubbing to extremities, later endpapers, [Teerink 289 & 290; Rothschild 2108], 8vo, for Benj. Motte, 1726.⁂ An attractive set of Swift's most famous work, with the second volume in its earlier state.
Bruys (Francois) The Art of Knowing Women, second English edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 final advertisement leaves, upper corner of K6 defective with slight loss of text, following few leaves with slight marginal defect to corner, some light foxing and browning, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, 8vo, for E. Curll and T. Payne, 1732.⁂ Quite scarce with ESTC recording BL and City of London Polytechnic Library copies only in the UK. Only one copy at auction in the last 50 years.
Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., vol.1 second edition, vol.2-6 first editions, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps, errata leaves in vol.2 and 3, vol.1 4F2 with short tear, lacking half-titles, vol.3 line 18 with misprint "Honorious" and p.177 correctly numbered, very occasional foxing or light browning, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, 4to, 1776-88.⁂ Magnificent set of this "masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style" (PMM).
NO RESERVE Grenville Homer.- Homer. Ilias kai Odysseia [graece], edited by Thomas Grenville with a collation of the Harleian MS. of the Odyssey by Richard Porson, 4 vol., one of 25 large paper copies, this a presentation copy from the editor and his brother Lord Grenville to Lord Cawdor, half-titles, engraved frontispiece by Lowry after C.H. Tatham, 2 engraved busts of Homer by L. Schiavonetti after Tendi, 2 engraved portraits of Lord Grenville and Thomas Grenville by T.A. Dean after Jackson and J. Hoppner, plates foxed and offsetting, some spotting or mostly light foxing, a few text ff. discoloured, inner gilt doublures composed of 14 filets, near contemporary red straight-grain morocco, covers with gilt arms of John Frederick, Earl of Cawdor, spines in compartments and lettered in gilt, spines faded, covers stained, rubbed at extremities, g.e., 4to (302 x 232mm; bindings 313 x 257mm.), Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1800.⁂ The Cawdor large paper copy of 'the most critical edition of Homer which the University of Oxford has published' (Dibdin). The library of Thomas Grenville was left to the British Library and was particularly rich in editions of Homer. Provenance: John Frederick, Earl of Cawdor (his arms to bindings, inscribed by Thomas Grenville 'From the Two Old Brothers... To their excellent Friend John Frederick Earl of Cawdor, 1829'; an A.L.s. from each brother bound in at start of vol.1).
Dumas (Alexandre) The Count of Monte-Cristo, 2 vol., first English edition, 20 wood-engraved plates after M. Valentin, light foxing to plates, vol.1 contents f. verso with some tearing adhesion towards gutter, occasional light marking or finger-soiling, contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, light rubbing to covers and extremities, an attractive set, 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1846.
[Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain" The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, first edition, light finger-soiling to margins, preliminary advertisement leaf, later front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, browned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, light surface soiling to covers, 8vo, 1876.⁂ The true first edition. This was first published in the UK in order to secure a British copyright. It precedes the American edition by approximately 6 months.
Houdini (Harry) The Unmasking of Robert Houdin, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author dated "Nov 24 - 1908, London Eng." on endpaper, frontispiece, illustrations, light discolouration to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, light rubbing to extremities, but a sharp and bright example overall, New York, 1908; with accompanying letter of provenance, newspaper clipping and bookseller's catalogue, v.s. (4)⁂ An excellent example of this classic work by Houdini, with a lovely provenance. According to the letter of provenance Houdini collected playbills and bought them from a Clapham-based book dealer. Following a successful show culminating in Houdini freeing himself from police handcuffs he came to the shop to escape the crowds, during which time the owner's wife treated his bleeding wrists. Houdini returned to the shop later that year with the present inscribed copy by way of thanks.
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