Turner (Dawson, 1775-1858). Journal of a Three Weeks' Tour, with Thos . Phillips Esqr. R.A., from London, through Rouen, Vernon & Mantes, to Paris, in the Autumn of 1815, unpublished contemporary manuscript fair copy journal, [1], 2, 120, [5] leaves, text leaves written in a clear hand to rectos and a few versos with additional autograph manuscript inserts, additions and amendments in the hand of Dawson Turner, illustrated with approximately 86 illustrations including 48 original drawings and 38 etchings and engravings, the original mostly small drawings including 20 identified as by Thomas Phillips (13 pen and ink drawings and 7 pencil drawings), 6 initialled in the image and 5 initialled by him on the album leaf beneath, plus one unsigned monochrome wash illustration of characters on the font at Dieppe by John Sell Cotman (5 x 14 cm), an original pen and ink drawing of the plant sida incisa by Alexander von Humboldt, signed and dated at Quito, 1802, 24 x 14 cm, plus 10 watercolour views by J. Scott, mostly 29 x 23 cm and similar sizes, the 38 etchings and engravings including some executed by Mrs Turner including the two frontispieces of Dawson Turner and Thomas Phillips, additional inserts include Dawson Turner's folio passport completed in manuscript and dated 28 September 1815, a large folding printed menu for Legacque, Restaurateur, rue de Rivoli, No. 7 with manuscript amendments to dishes and prices, a printed list of the works of ancient art which were taken from Rome by the French in 1797 and carried to Paris, the journal ending with a manuscript appendix giving the state of the picture gallery of the Louvre in 1816, list of plates and index, occasional spotting and light browning and some scattered offsetting from engraved illustrations, contemporary half roan over boards, rebacked (remains of original gilt-titled backstrip loosely preserved), rubbing and some wear, folio (35 x 26 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESDawson Turner had briefly stayed in Paris with his family during the summer of 1814 and, as the introduction makes clear, stimuated his curiousity to return to a place embued with the effects of Napoleon's power over the preceding twenty years. Following the battle of Waterloo in June 1815 this desire was expedited: '... this desire would probably have remained long ungratified, had not an event little apparently to be expected, the spoliation of the Louvre and of the Library by the allied troops, presented no other alternative than that of its being gratified at once or for ever abandoned. It fortunately happened that at this time Mr Phillips was in Yarmouth, kindly awaiting the return of Mr and Mrs Hooker from Ireland; and few persuasions were necessary to induce a man so truly attached to an art in which he is just eminent, to cross the Channel once more, to take a look, however hasty, at the treasures of the collected avowedly unrivalled and now about to be dispersed, most probably for ever. For my own part I felt but too happy to place myself under the guidance of such a friend; and, as the shortness of our time would allow of very little being done, I prepared myself for the journey looking to no other object than that of improving my judgment in works of art by listening to his observations. Little therefore will be found in this journal, except on such subjects; and, tho' the name of Mr Phillips will not be formally appended to each remark, it must be understood, that for almost every one I am indebted to him. The resolution once formed, no time was to be lost in carrying it into execution: every day brought accounts of fresh pictures being taken away; the rapidity with which the work proceeded was equalled only by the secrecy in which the intentions of the sovereigns were involved; the delay even of an hour might give occasion to long regret. We had therefore scarcely determined on our plan, when on the 24th Septr. we seated ourselves in the Mail for London, where we stopped only for a few hours, just to allow my companion time to make some arrangements at home, during which interval I waited on Sir Josh. Banks, and saw Mr West's painting of Christ before Pilate and a collection of pictures now on sale at Pall Mall.' The journal begins from London to Brighton, then Newhaven to Dieppe, Rouen, and then the journey to Paris and Versailles, before returning to Calais.
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Cotman (John Sell). Engravings of the Most Remarkable of the Sepulchral Brasses in Norfolk, London & Yarmouth, 1819, numerous etched plates, mostly hand-coloured with a green wash, some folding, light marks to title, contemporary half morocco over later boards, spine faded, joints and edges rubbed, 4to, together with: Cotman (John Sell). Suffolk Brasses to Represent the Originals; Engravings of the Most Remarkable of the Sepulchral Brasses in Suffolk, Norwich & Yarmouth, 1819, 42 etched plates, blank interleaves with annotations referring to plates, spotting to endpapers, bookplate of Almack, contemporary half calf, rebacked, some edge wear, 4to (Qty: 2)
Cotman (John Sell). Specimens of Architectural Remains in Various Counties of England, but principally in Norfolk ... with descriptive notices by Dawson Turner and Architectural Observations by Thomas Rickman, 2 volumes, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1838, portrait frontispiece to volume 1, additional etched title to each and 240 etched plates (including dedication), occasional light scattered spotting, few leaves of text browned, armorial bookplate of Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave to upper pastedowns, cloth hinges splitting, top edges gilt, contemporary red half morocco, rebacked preserving remnants of original spines, covers slightly marked, large folio (Qty: 2)NOTESSir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave (1827–1919), economist, knighted 1909, author of Palgrave's Dictionary of Political Economy, and editor of Palgrave's Collected Historical Works. He married in 1859 Sarah Maria Brightwen, daughter of George Brightwen.
Hooker (William Jackson). Exotic Flora, Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare or otherwise interesting Exotic Plants, especially of such as are deserving of being cultivated in our gardens, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1823-27, half title for volume II only, 228 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 233, lacking 4 plates, i.e. numbers 178-181, 2 plates numbered 163), occasional light offsetting and minor spotting, bookplates of Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave (1827-1919, economist and grandson of Dawson Turner), contemporary boards, modern green morocco rebacks, some light edge wear, 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESDunthorne 140; Great Flower Books p. 103; Nissen BBI 920; Stafleu & Cowan 2993. Author's presentation copy, inscribed at head of volume I title 'Elizabeth Palgrave, from her affectionate brother the author'. William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), botanist and editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine became the first full-time director of Kew Gardens in 1841 married Maria Dawson Turner (1797-1872), eldest daughter of Dawson Turner in 1815; Lady Elizabeth Palgrave (1799-1852) was the second eldest daughter of Dawson Turner and married Sir Francis Palgrave in 1823.
Hooker (William Jackson). Musci Exotici; Containing Figures and Descriptions of new or little known Foreign Mosses and other Cryptogamic Subjects, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1818-20, half titles, 176 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light offsetting to text leaves, light spotting to endpapers, bookplates of Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, rebacked, joints and edges rubbed, 4to (Qty: 2)NOTESNissen BBI 925. Large paper copy and one of the scarcest works by Hooker.
Turner (Dawson). Descriptive Index of the Contents of Five Manuscript Volumes, Illustrative of the History of Great Britain in the Library of Dawson Turner, 1st edition, Great Yarmouth, 1843, scattered light spotting, bookplate to front endpaper, original blindstamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed with light fading, 8vo, inscribed by Dawson Turner, together with: [Turner, Dawson]. Guide to the Historian, the Biographer, the Antiquary, the Man of Literary Curiosity, and the Collector of Autographs, towards the Verification of Manuscripts, by reference to engraved fac-similes of handwriting, 1st edition, Yarmouth, 1848, some spotting, small water stain front and rear, original blindstamped cloth, a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo, with three others: A.N.L. Munby's The Cult of the Autograph Letter in England, 1962, inscribed by the author and two copies of Dawson Turner's Descriptive Index of the Contents of Five Manuscript Volumes..., 1851 (Qty: 5)
Turner (Dawson). Fuci sive Plantarum Generi... Fuci; or, Colored Figures and Descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the Genus Fucus, 4 volumes, London: J. M'creery, 1808-19, 255 colour-printed hand-finished engraved plates only (of 258, lacking plates 240-242 and relevant text), several folding, text in Latin and English, occasional light offsetting and marginal spotting, volumes I-III endpapers renewed, contemporary green half morocco gilt, rebacked with some of original spines relaid, joints and edges rubbed, 4to (Qty: 4)NOTESNissen BBi 2011; Pritzel 9567; Stafleu & Cowan 15367.Turner's 'magnificent' work (DNB) on seaweeds, including newly-discovered species from Australia.
Turner (Dawson). Outlines in Lithography, from a Small Collection of Pictures, for private circulation, Yarmouth, 1840, 51 lithographed plates, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Roland V. and Elizabeth Barker, original cloth gilt, spine faded with tears and losses, some fading and edge wear, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition of 100 copies. Presentation inscriptions from M.A. Turner to her newphew Francis Turner Palgrave, 1859, and to Elizabeth Barker from her father R.H. Inglis, 1898. Palgrave
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Turner (Mary Dawson). One Hundred Etchings, 'not published', [Great Yarmouth, circa 1830], 100 etched plates, occasional mainly light spotting, bookplate of T. & H.S. Brightwen, contemporary cloth-backed boards, spine faded, covers rubbed with some edge wear, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition of 49 copies. Presentation copy from Dawson Turner to daughter Hannah Sarah Dawson, six line personal inscription to front endpaper, signed and dated August 22, 1834.
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Turner (Mary Dawson). One Hundred Etchings, 'not published', [Great Yarmouth, circa 1830], 100 etched plates, occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary red half calf, rebacked, joints and edges rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition of 49 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper 'R.H.I. Palgrave, in remembrance of hiws loving Grandmother & Godmother, M.T. (Mary Dawson Turner).
Witchcraft. A Tryal of Witches, at the Assizes held at Bury St. Edmonds for the County of Suffolk; on the Tenth day of March, 1664. Before Sir Matthew Hale Kt. then Lord Chief Baron of His Majesties Court of Exchequer. Taken by a person then attending the court, 1st edition, London: Printed for William Shrewsbery at the Bible in Duck Lane, 1682, [4], 59, [1] pp., signatures J. Humphry & John Brightwen at head of title, blank foremargins of final 3 leaves with vertical manuscript ink line, occasional closed tears mostly to lower margins, some spotting, dust- & finger-soiling, light dampstaining to margins (mostly at foot), signature of John Brightwen 1862 to front free blank, marbled endpapers with late 18th/early 19th century bookseller's label for 'B.J. Waight, Bookseller, Bookbinder & Stationer, 265, High Holborn', late 18th/early 19th century half calf, old reback and corner repairs, upper board detached, rubbed and some wear, slim 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESWing T2240; ESTC R37899. The Great Yarmouth banker John Brightwen became involved in the Norfolk and Suffolk Bank in 1816, which had been founded by the Gurney family in the late 18th century. Dawson Turner was a successful banker, joining the bank in 1794 and he remained a main partner throughout his working life although much of the day-to-day administration was left in the hands of John Brightwen.
Beeverell (James). Les Delices de la Grand Bretagne, & de l'Irlande, 10 volumes, new edition, Leiden: Pierre Vander, 1727, comprising volumes 1-3 and 5-8 only, with duplicates of volumes 5 and 7-8, half-titles, folding engraved additional titles, 200 folding engraved maps and plates, one plate in volume 2 with clear tape-repair to margin verso, a little light offsetting and water stains, contemporary mottled calf gilt, joints cracking, a little rubbed, duplicate volume 7 front cover detached, 8vo (Qty: 10)NOTESSold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
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Moses (Henry). Vases from the Collection of Sir Henry Englefield, London: printed for Rodwell and Martin, [1820], engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title, 39 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), some light spotting, previous owner inscription, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, spine faded, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with: Taylor (J., publisher). Rudiments of Ancient Architecture, containing an historical account of the five orders, with their proportions, and examples of each from antiques, 3rd edition, enlarged, 1804, title with engraved vignette, 11 engraved plates, some offsetting and light spotting, original boards, lacking spine, covers detached, 8vo, with four others: Benjamin Ralph's The School of Raphael; or the student's guide to expression in historical painting, 2nd edition, 1782 (with 54 plates only, of 102), Thomas Hope's Costume of the Ancients, 2 volumes, new edition, 1812, and Achille Deville's Essai Historique et Descriptif sur l'Eglise et l'Abbaye de Saint-Georges-de-Bocherville, 1827 and Histoire de Chateau-Gaillard, 1829 (Qty: 7)
Tichy (Gyula, illustrator). Egy Tusos Uveg Mesei, edited by Simon Pollack, Budapest, 1909, frontispiece , 35 plates, 3 vignettes, staple rust, original wrappers with illustration to upper wrapper, green ribbon at head and foot of spine (lower ribbon broken, small tears and splits to spine), 4to, limited edition 4/25, together with: Koussikoff (Alexandre). Le Sablier. Poeme en trois nuits traduction de Y. Sidersky, Paris, 1924, 8 illustrations by Victor Barthe, light offsetting to tow text leaves, a few light spots, contemporary presentation inscription and loose letter, original wrappers, small splits to spine, 4to, limited edition of 500 (Qty: 2)NOTESFirst item a rare Art Nouveau erotic work by Hungarian artist Gyula Tichy (1879-1920).
Blake (William). Jerusalem. A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book, Trianon Press, circa 1950, colour facsimile illustrations, original cloth (a little light mottled marks), original drop-over box (small splits and corner wear), 4to, limited signed edition 482/516 reserved for bookseller John Lawson, 1965, together with: Blake (William). A Study of the Illuminated Books of William Blake. Poet. Printer. Prophet, by Geoffrey Keynes, Trianon Press, 1964, colour facsimile illustrations, top edge gilt, original morocco-backed boards, spine faded, slipcase, 4to, limited signed edition 176/525, with three others including Blake's Grave. A Prophetic Book... with a Commentary by S. Foster Damon, Brown University Press, Rhode Island, 1963, a portfolio of loose facsimile illustrations for The Book of Job (possibly one of 1000 issued by J M. Dent, 1902?) and a folding prospectus for the Folio Society's facsimile edition of Edward Young's The Complaint: or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, [2005] (Qty: 5)
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[Griffith, Acton Frederick]. Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica: or, A descriptive catalogue of a rare and rich collection of early English poetry, in the possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Illustrated by occasional extracts and remarks, critical and biographical, printed by Thomas Davison, for the proprietors of the collection, 1815, title printed in red and black, wood engraved illustrations, occasional minor spotting, 19th century half brown calf, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed and scuffed, bookplate of the Duke of Bedford and H.W. Edwards to front pastedown, 8vo, together with Corser (Rev. Thomas). Collectanea Anglo-Poetica: or, A Bibliographical and Descriptive Catalogue of a portion of a collection of early English poetry, with occasional extracts and remarks biographical and critical, 11 volumes (parts 1-11), Chetham Society, 1860-83, original near-uniform blindstamped cloth, spines gilt, very slightly rubbed to extremities, first 2 volumes somewhat sunned to spines, 8vo, plus Maskell (William). A History of the Martin Marprelate Controversy in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1st edition, William Pickering, 1845, author's faint ink signature dated 1845 to half-title, some marginal annotations in ink (by the author?), 20th century signature of Geoffrey Bullough to front pastedown, original blue cloth, with remains of paper label to spine, rubbed and lightly faded to spine, 8vo, and [Yeats, G.D.]. A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Writings of Patrick Colquhoun, printed by G. Smeeton, 1818, engraved portrait frontispiece, 64 pp., light waterstain to lower outer corner of frontispiece, inscribed in ink to front blank 'To James Ewing Esq. with Mr. J. Colquhoun's best regards. 17 July 1824', contemporary half black morocco, heavily rubbed, slim 8vo, plus other 19th century interest, mostly cloth-bound (Qty: 30)
Doyle (A. Conan). The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, 1894, illustrations by Sidney Paget, a little light spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription, hinges reinforced, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened and rubbed at ends, corners rubbed, 8vo, together with The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1903-04 (parts extracted from the Strand Magazine and bound together in a plain wrapper) (Qty: 2)
Durrell (Lawrence). Clea, 1st edition, 1960, one or two light spots, original cloth, dust jacket, some fading to spine, a few small chips, 8vo, together with: Fermor (Patrick Leigh). Between the Woods and the Water, 1st edition, 1986, double-page map, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, signed by the author, plus others including Patrick Leigh Fermor's Roumeli, 1966 and A Time of Gifts, 1977, Graham Greene's Travels With my Aunt, 1969 etc (Qty: 21)
Woolf (Virginia). T he Waves, 1st edition, Hogarth Press, 1931, a little light spotting, bookplate and pencil annotation of George 'Dadie' Rylands (1902-1999, literary scholar and theatre director), original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, together with: Lee (Laurie). Cider With Rosie, 1st edition, 1st printing, Hogarth Press, 1959, 1st printin g with the fire in the Piano Works reference on p. 272, illustrations by John Ward, previous owner inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, small closed tear and a few nicks, 8vo, plus Fleming (Ian). The Man With the Golden Gun, 1st edition, 1965, original cloth, dust jacket, small tears at foot of spine, 8vo, with nine others including Arthur Rackham illustrated The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie, 1910 & Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, 1911 (both copies rebacked with original spines relaid), and The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 2 volumes, edited by Max Brod, 1948-49 (Qty: 13)
Plot (Robert) . The Natural History of Stafford-shire, 1st edition, Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1686, lacking map, 10 engraved plates only (of 37), early marginal ink annotations, some repaired leaves, slight worm trails at rear, light toning throughout, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary diced calf, rebacked preserving gilt decorated spine, covers detached & rubbed with loss, small folio, together with other 17th-19th century literature & reference, including Fruitfull Sermons: Preached by the right Reverend Father, and constant Martyr of Jesus Christ, Master Hugh Latimer, London: Printed by Thomas Cotes, 1635; The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain, by William Beattie & illustrations by W. H. Bartlett, 2 volumes, 1842, plus a defective Bible, London: Robert Barker, 1613, printed in black letter, lacking general title, some leaves detached and margins frayed, contemporary calf, lacking upper board, very worn, 4to (Qty: 2 cartons)
Robertson (William) . The Works of William Robertson, 9 volumes, 12th edition, 1791, printed for T. Cadell, 8 black & white folding maps, some light spotting, toning & offsetting, all edges marbled, uniform contemporary gilt decorated embossed full calf with dentelle, boards & spines slightly rubbed to, 4to, together with: F. Warne & Co [publisher] , The Spirit of Praise a collection of hymns Old and New, circa 1866, numerous black & white and gilt decorated engravings by Dalziel Brothers, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting & toning, all edges gilt, contemporary ornately gilt decorated green full morocco with dentelle bound by Bain, boards lightly marked, spin slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Heath (Charles) , Beauties of the Opera and Ballet, circa 1845, David Bogue, 10 steel engraved portraits plus numerous black & white wood engravings, bookplate to front pastedown, front & rear gutters split and reinforced with black tape, some light spotting & toning, all edges gilt, contemporary ornately gilt decorated red full morocco, 8vo, spine slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century literature & reference, including Charles Dickens, 8 volumes, circa 1856, mostly leather bindings, many gilt decorated, overall condition is good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)NOTESApproximately 150 volumes
Ratchford (Fannie E.) . Letters of Thomas J. Wise to John Henry Wrenn, a further inquiry into the guilt of certain nineteenth-century forgers, 1st edition, 1944, New York, black & white portrait frontispiece & facsimiles, some light marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed with minor chipping & loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with: Sterling (Louis) , The Sterling Library a catalogue of the printed books and literary manuscripts, 1954, privately printed, presentation copy, period inscription by the author to front endpaper, some minor toning & marks, original red quarter morocco, spine & hinges slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Archer (Caroline) , The Kynoch Press the anatomy of a printing house 1876-1981, 1st edition, 2000, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other early 20th century & modern bibliography, book & private library reference & related, including publications by The Whittington Press, Oxford, Cambridge, Chicago, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)
James (P. D.) . The Children of Men, 1st edition, 1992, Death In Holy Orders, 1st edition, 2001, both inscribed by the author to the title pages, some light toning, both original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with other modern 1st edition fiction, including Sebastian Faulks, Barbara Vine, Kathy Reichs, Jeff Lindsay, some signed by the authors, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, VG, 8vo (Qty: 6 shelves)
Dahl (Roald) . Switch Bitch, 1st edition, 1974, previous owners inscription to front endpaper , some light toning, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly toned, 8vo, together with other 1st edition modern fiction, including Philip Pullman, J. M. Coetzee, George R. R. Martin, Haruki Murakami, some signed by the authors, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, VG, 8vo (Qty: 6 shelves)
Doughty (Charles M.) . Travels In Arabia Deserta, 2 volumes, new edition, 1921, folding map to rear of pocket of volume 1, black & white illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, some minor marginal toning, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with: Lawrence (T. E.), Revolt In The Desert, 2nd impression, 1927, folding map to rear , cracked front gutter, 8vo, Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, a triumph, 1935, 4to, both with black & white illustrations, original brown cloth, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo/4to, and Valentine (L.) , Palestine Past and Present, 1893, 7 colour plates & numerous black & white wood engravings, some light toning & spotting, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th & 20th century Middle Eastern travel & history reference & related, including Freya Stark, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)
Boswell (James). Letters of James Boswell, collected and edited by Chauncey Brewster Tinker, 2 volumes, OUP, 1924, portrait frontispiece and facsimile letter to volume i, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust jackets, spines a little toned with small chips, 8vo, together with: Cole (G.D.H. & Margaret, editors). Rural Rides... by William Cobbett, 3 volumes, Peter Davies, 1930, illustrations, map endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, 8vo, limited edition 320/1000, with others, letters, Johnsoniana etc, including The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, edited by Frederick Pottle, 4 volumes only (of 6), 1951-57 limited editions of between 400 and 1050 copies, George Hill's Letters of Samuel Johnson, 2 volumes, 1st US edition New York, 1892, Jane Austen's Letters to her sister Cassandra and others, edited by R.W. Chapman, 2 volumes OUP, 1932 (rebound in later cloth) and Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay, with preface and notes by Austin Dobson, 6 volumes, 1904-05 (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 50 volumes
Cooper (J. Fenimore) . The Novels of J. Fenimore Cooper, 32 volumes, 1861, New York, black & white illustrations, bookplates to front endpapers, some light toning & spotting throughout, publishers uniform original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with other late 19th century & modern miscellaneous fiction, biography & literature, including Rudyard Kipling, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG. 8vo (Qty: 6 shelves)
Twain (Mark) . The Writings of Mark Twain, 22 volumes, Author's Edition De Luxe, 1899, volume 1 signed by the author to the limitation page, black & white illustrations, some minor marginal toning & spotting to the fore-edge, top edge gilt, publishers original green cloth, spines & spine labels lightly faded & toned, 8vo, limited edition 21/620, together with: de Mézeray (François Eudes) , Abregé Chronologique De L'Histoire De France,..., 3 volumes, 1755, Amsterdam, some light toning & marks, uniform contemporary gilt decorated mottled full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 4to, and other 19th & early 20th century literature & miscellaneous reference, including publications by Oxford, Penguin, Batsford, some French language, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
Make (Thomas & John Abercrombie) . The Universal Gardener and Botanist: or, a general dictionary of gardening and botany, 2nd edition, 1797, printed for G. G & J. Robinson, period inscription to head of the title page, modern endpapers, some light toning, spotting & minor wear, modern gilt decorated quarter calf to marbled boards, thick 4to, together with: Jekyll (Gertrude) , Wall And Water Gardens, 2nd edition, 1903, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplate to front endpaper, some light toning & spotting, original green cloth, boards & spine slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and The Sportsman [publisher] , Racing Coursing and Steeplechasing, part 2, British Sports And Sportsmen, 1911, numerous monochrome illustrations & plates, some minor marginal toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated red full morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, plus other 18th, 19th & early 20th century horticulture, botany & natural history reference, including Arboretum Et Fruiticetum Britannicum;..., by J. C. Loudon, 8 volumes, 2nd edition, 1844, some leather bindings, many original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)
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William Pollard & Co. [publisher] . A Book of The South West, printed for the seventy-fifth annual meeting of the British Medical Association..., 1907, Exeter, numerous black & white illustrations, colour folding map, some light toning, publishers original gilt decorated vellum, boards & spine slightly spotted, 8vo together with: Lewis (Samuel) , A Topographical Dictionary of Wales,..., 2 volumes, 1834, black & white maps, bookplates to front endpapers, some spotting & offsetting, modern endpapers, modern green cloth spines retaining contemporary green cloth boards, boards slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and Stahlschmidt (J. C. L.) , Surrey Bells and London Bell-Founders, 1884, black & white illustrations, period signature to head of the title page, some toning throughout, original embossed green cloth, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th century & modern U.K. topography & campanology reference & related, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
Pritchard (H. Hesketh) . Through Trackless Labrador, 1911, numerous monochrome illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting throughout, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed, 4to, together with: Ives (George B. & Grace Norton) , The Essays of Montaigne, 2 volumes, 1925, Harvard University Press, U.S.A., minor marginal toning, publishers uniform original cloth, 8vo, and other early 20th century & modern literature, history reference & related, including publications by Oxford, J. M. Dent, Yale, Batsford, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
Drake (Edward Cavendish) . A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time [2 copies], 1768, printed by J. Cooke, black & white plates & maps, period inscriptions to front endpapers, some toning, marks & light wear, contemporary full calf, boards & spines rubbed with loss, folio, sold as seen, together with: Snelling (Thomas) , A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, from the Norman Conquest to the present time,, 1762, printed for T. Snelling, 7 black & white engraved plates, bound with A View of the Origins, Nature, and Use of Jettons or Counters. Especially those commonly known by the Name of Black Money and Abbey Pieces, 1769, 7 black & white engraved plates, and A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of Scotland, from Alexander the First to the Union of the Two Kingdoms, 1774, 10 black & white engraved plates, front board & endpaper partially detached, some spotting & toning throughout, lacks rear endpapers, contemporary half calf, boards & spine rubbed with loss, large 4to, and Marks (J. [publisher]) , Scultpura Historico-Technica: Or, The History and Art of Engraving..., 3rd edition, 1766, 10 back & white engraved plates, previous owner mark to head of the title page, minor loss to the front endpaper, some light toning & offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, board & spine rubbed with minor loss to foot, 8vo, plus other 18th, 19th & 20th century illustrated literature, topography, history & miscellaneous reference, some leather bindings, many original cloth, some gilt decorated, some odd volumes, overall condition is fair/good, 8vo/folio, plus a carton of miscellaneous prints & engravings including 2 19th century scrap albums (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)
Grose (Francis) . The Antiquities of Scotland, 2 volumes, 1797, printed for Hooper & Wigstead, numerous black & white engraved plates with ink stamps to verso, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light toning, all edges gilt, ex-libray copies with associated marks, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, spines & hinges lightly rubbed, 4to, together with: Brayley (Edward Wedlake) , The Beauties of England and Wales;..., 6 volumes, 1808-15, printed for Thomas Maiden, numerous monochrome engraved illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, modern endpapers, some toning & light spotting, uniform later gilt decorated quarter morocco, spines rubbed, 8vo, and other mostly 19th century British topography & history reference, mostly leather bindings, some original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)
Stewart (Donald William). Old and Rare Scottish Tartans, Edinburgh: George P. Johnston, 1893, title printed in red and black with vignette, 45 colour specimens of tartan, offsetting to text opposite, occasional light spotting, armorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed in original black cloth gilt, spine ends a trifle rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESSigned limited edition, number 198 of 250 copies, from a total edition of 300.
Dryden (John) . Fables, Ancient and Modern; translated into verse..., 1700, printed for Jacob Tonson, bookplate to front pastedown, front endpaper detached, minor worming from front endpaper to pp.84, some toning throughout, contemporary mottled full calf, boards rubbed & detached, spine rubbed with loss, large 8vo, together with: Douglas (Robert) , The Peerage of Scotland:..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1813, printed by George Ramsey & Co., some light toning & offsetting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated fill calf, boards slightly rubbed & detached, spine rubbed, folio, and Aristotle , Aristotelis Opera ex recensione Immanuelis Bekkeri accedunt Indices Sylburgiani, 11 volumes, 1837, Oxford, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century literature & reference, some Latin language, mostly leather bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 5 shelves )NOTESApproximately 90 volumes
The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine . 76 volumes, Volumes 1-98 (1854-2004), Devizes, numerous black & white illustrations & folding plates, bookplates to front endpapers, ex-library copies with associated marks, some light spotting & toning, volumes 1-4, 6-38, 41, 43-51 in contemporary gilt decorated half calf, remaining volumes in mixed leather & cloth bindings, some boards & spines faded & rubbed, includes duplicate copies of volumes 56-58, 8vo (Qty: 76)
Walker (John). The Itinerant; a Select Collection of Interesting and Picturesque Views in Great Britain and Ireland: engraved from Original Paintings and Drawings, by Eminent Artists, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: for John Walker, [1795]-1799, engraved title-page, letterpress index leaf, 107 leaves each with engraved view and letterpress description, variable spotting, occasional light damp-staining, contemporary marbled half calf, red labels gilt to front boards, rubbed, folio (42.8 x 26 cm), and 2 others (Qty: 5)NOTESAbbey Scenery 5 (coloured copy). This copy lacks the view of Tattershall (Abbey's number 88) but contains eight not mentioned in Abbey or the list of plates (which both count 100 views in total). These are: Pont-y-Pool; Christ Church Abbey; Stilton; Hales Owen Abbey; Richmond Bridge; Tarnaway Castle; Usk; and Swaffham Bolbeck. Many of the views are after J. M. W. Turner (signed as 'W. Turner'). Copies are also noted with 180 plates.
Walpoole (George Augustus). The New British Traveller; or, a Complete Modern Universal Display of Great Britain and Ireland: being a new, complete, accurate, and extensive tour, London: Alex. Hogg, [1784], engraved frontispiece, 46 engraved maps on 23 sheets (including 4 folding) and 87 engraved plates, folding map of England & Wales torn to lower blank margin and lined to verso, repaired closed tear to map of Monmouthshire/Herefordshire, final leaf 'list of subscribers' torn with loss, dust soiling mostly to first & last few leaves, light scattered spotting, disbound folio (Qty: 1)
Costa (Emanuel Mendes da). A Natural History of Fossils, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: L. Davis & C. Reymers, 1757, engraved plate as frontispiece, cancel title, list of subscribers, some spotting to first & last leaves, contemporary speckled calf, red morocco title label, light cracking at head & foot of spine, joints and extremities a little rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESThe single plate is often bound as a frontispiece. Mendes da Costa based this book on his extensive fossil and mineral collection, and the book established him as a respected member of the scientific community. The first-issue title referred to 'Volume 1, Part 1', and although a second volume was suggested, it never appeared.
Daniel (W. B.). Rural Sports, 4 volumes (including supplement), 1807-13, calligraphic title to volume 1 and the supplement, additional half titles and allegorical frontispieces to volumes 2 & 3, portrait frontispiece to supplement, 75 engraved plates and tables (complete as lists) including one with contemporary hand colouring, scattered light spotting, bookplate of H. T. H. Taylor, contemporary morocco with gilt decorated spines, worn at extremities, supplement with some scratching to front board, 4to (Qty: 4)
Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of some other Rare and Undescribed Animals, Quadrupeds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, etc., 4 volumes, London: for the author, 1743-51 [i.e. 1776], 208 hand-coloured etched plates (of 211: lacking frontispiece, unnumbered, and plates 130-1), engraved uncoloured portrait plate (‘Un Samojeed’) to volume 2 (unnumbered), engraved vignette to general title-page in volume 1, lacking text-leaf H1 in volume 3 and D1-2 in volume 4, but volume 1 with list of subscribers (A1-2) not called for in this issue, plates offset, general title-page and volume-titles in volumes 2-4 spotted and browned, discreet contemporary manuscript numbering to foot of a few unnumbered plates, closed transverse tear through plate 21, a few other minor spots and marks, each volume with French translation (Histoire naturelle de divers oiseaux) bound in at rear, volume one including Robson (publisher), Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards (1776) and Linnaeus, A Catalogue of the Birds … in Edwards’s Natural History (1776) as issued, Some Memoirs containing 4 uncoloured engraved plates extra to the above count (of which 3 folding), contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, joints splitting, spine worn with loss of labels, 4to (28 x 22.8 cm), together with: ibid., Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, etc., volumes 1-2 (of 3), London: for the author, 1758-60, 100 hand-coloured etched plates numbered 211-310, engraved vignette to volume 1 title-page, lacking portrait frontispiece in volume 1 and text-leaves *a1-2 (dedication) in volume 2, offsetting, variable generally light spotting and browning mainly to volume 1, contemporary mottled calf uniform with the Natural History, joints partially split, volume 1 lacking one label, 4to (28.2 x 22.2 cm) (Qty: 6)NOTESProvenance: 1) Nathaniel Nicholls of Odiham, Hampshire (ownership inscriptions to Natural History part two initial blank and Gleanings general title, the latter dated 1823); 2) Frederick Baring (engraved bookplates with motto 'probitate et labore'). Anker 124 ( Natural History ), 126 ( Gleanings ), 127 (Robson, Memoirs ), 311 (Linnaeus, Catalogue ); Fine Bird Books p. 93; Lisney 190, 195, 198, 201 ( Natural History ), 192, 197, 200, 203 (French translation: Histoire naturelle ), 282 (Robson, Memoirs ), 288 (Linnaeus, Catalogue ), 205 ( Gleanings volume 1), 208 ( Gleanings volume 2); Nissen IVB 286 ( Natural History ) & 288 ( Gleanings ); Sitwell Zimmer pp. 194-6 ( Natural History ), 198-9 ( Gleanings ), 401-2 (Linnaeus, Catalogue ), 529 (Robson, M emoirs ) pp. 197-8 (French translation). First editions. A Natural History volumes one and two are Lisney’s third issue, published in 1776 by James Robson who in 1769 had acquired from Edwards all the remaining copies of the work, together with the plates and letterpress; Robson presumably reissued volumes three and four at the same time, though these copies are indistinguishable from those originally published in 1750-1. His reissue of 1776 is notable for the inclusion of two supplementary texts, Some Memoirs of the Life and Works of George Edwards , and Linnaeus’s Catalogue . Both volumes of Gleanings in this set are first issues. Lisney provides the most detailed and convincing account of the publication of this splendid work, identifying second and third issues of the first two volumes of A Natural History and a second issue of the first two volumes of Gleanings which Zimmer in each case erroneously subsumes under a misidentified ‘second’ edition (pp. 194-6 and 199-200): the true second edition is that of 1802-6, which was printed in a larger format with the text entirely reset and almost all the plates reversed.
Paxton (Joseph, editor). Paxton's Magazine of Botany, volumes 1-15 (of 16), 1st edition, London: Orr and Smith [-William S. Orr & Co.], 1834-49, approximately 697 engraved or lithographic plates, nearly all hand-coloured (one tinted only), many heightened in gum arabic, several folding, tissue-guards, a few plates closely trimmed with image or caption just shaved, volumes 1 and 5 with occasional marginal damp-staining, light offsetting to some folding plates, a few light spots to plates elsewhere, but internal condition generally bright, all edges gilt, contemporary green half calf by Joyce of Southampton, spines and extremities worn, labels perished or lifting, volumes 2, 5 and 10 spines defective, volume 5 front board detached, 8vo (23 x 15.2 cm) (Qty: 15)NOTESNissen BBI 2351. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
Sander (Henry Frederick Conrad). Reichenbachia. Orchids Illustrated and Described, 2 series in 4 volumes, 1st edition, St Albans: F. Sander & Co., [1886-95], half-titles, 192 chromolithographic plates, each with tissue-guard, all text and plates mounted on linen hinges, intermittent light spotting to margins (more extensive to half-titles and title-pages), series 1 volume 2 with light silverfish damage to foot of half-title and title-page, closed tear in tissue-guard of plate 85, a few plates towards rear faintly offset, plates 90, 93 and 95 with faint paper residue from previous adhesion of tissue-guards, series 2 volume 1 plates 1, 9, 10, 11, 13, 22, 25, 26, 28, 40, 41, 43 and 45 and series 2 volume 2 plates 54, 60, 75, 77 and 78 adhering to tissue-guards, variable paper residue to other plates in series 2 volume 1 (e.g. 3, 8, 27 and 44), light paper residue to series 2 volume 2 plates 56 and 69, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt by D. A. Lowthime of 17 Lamb's Conduit Street, London, slightly rubbed and marked, series 1 volume 1 worn along fore edge of front board, large folio (51.6 x 38 cm) (Qty: 4)NOTESProvenance: Sir David Salomons (1797-1873), 1st Baronet, banker and politician, and leading figure in the struggle for Jewish legal and political emancipation in the mid-19th century (engraved bookplate to each volume). Nissen BBI 1722; Stafleu & Cowan 10.219.
Sheppard (Thomas). William Smith: His Maps and Memoirs, Hull: A. Brown & Sons, 1920, monochrome plates, diagrams & tables (some folding), original green cloth, slightly mottled, 8vo, together with: Phillips (John), The Rivers, Mountains, and Sea-Coast of Yorkshire. With essays on the climate, scenery, and ancient inhabitants of the county, Subscribers' edition, London: John Murray, 1853, 36 lithograph plates (including 1 hand-coloured map), 16 page publisher's catalogue list at rear, light toning and occasional minor spotting to few leaves, modern pale terracotta morocco gilt, black morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Dufrénoy (Pierre Armand, Élie de Beaumont, & Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Le?once), Voyage Me?tallurgique en Angleterre, ou re?cueil de me?moires sur le gisement, l'exploitation et le traitement des minerais d'e?tain, du cuivre, de plomb, de zinc et de fer dans la Grande Bretagne, Paris: Bachelier, 1827, half-title, spotting throughout, toning and browning to first & last few leaves, contemporary quarter marbled sheep, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, vellum tipped board corners, 8vo (Qty: 3)
Sibbald (Robert). Scotland Illustrated: Or, an Essay of Natural History, in which are exquisitely displayed the nature of the country; the dispositions and manners of the inhabitants, and the various diseases incident to them... and the manifold productions of nature in its threefold kingdom, vegetable, animal and mineral, 3 parts in one, 1st edition, Edinburgh: by J[ames] K[niblo] [and others], 1684, additional title in English at front trimmed and laid down, Latin titles with woodcut device, engraved coat-of-arms (marginal tear and loss to sheet), 22 engraved plates on 20 sheets at end, a few poorly inked, some water stains and light soiling, later half calf, joints and edges rubbed, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESWing S3728. Early work on the natural history of Scotland by Scottish physician and antiquary Sir Robert Sibbald (1641-1722).
Wissett (Robert). A Treatise on Hemp, including a comprehensive account of the best modes of Cultivation and Preparation as practised in Europe, Asia, and America; with observations on the Sunn Plant of India ... with an Appendix, on the most effectual means of producing a sufficiency of English grown hemp, by the Right Hon. Lord Somerville, London: J. Harding, 1808, 5 engraved plates, light scattered spotting and toning, contemporary half calf, pale green morocco title label, spine rubbed and worn at head, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, 4to (Qty: 1)
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[Eden, William]. The History of New Holland, from its First Discovery in 1616, to the Present Time. With a particular account of its produce and inhabitants; and a description of Botany Bay, 1st edition, London: John Stockdale, 1787, folding engraved map of New Holland with outline colour, folding 'General Chart of the Passage from England to Botany Bay' supplied in facsimile, advertisement leaf, previous owner signature at head of title, a couple of closed marginal tears, occasional light offsetting and spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine and edges rubbed, one or two light stains, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESFerguson 24. Erroneously attributed to William Eden as it includes Eden's fourth chapter of his Principals of Penal Law , the work was written before the sailing of the First Fleet and largely consists of information from previous sources, mainly Cook.
Europe. Munster (Sebastian), Untitled map of Europe as a woman, circa 1580 , coloured anthropomorphic map of Europe as a queen, with Iberia at the head with Italy and Denmark comprising the arms, some spotting, 290 x 170 mm, German text above and on verso of map (Qty: 1)NOTESA design originally created by Bucius (Johannes Putsch) in 1537. It has been postulated that the character of the map is not a woman at all but a representation of Charles V of Spain showing Europe with Spain as its crown. In light of the recent referendum in the United Kingdom it is perhaps apposite that the British Isles are shown separate from and not integrated into the main body and figure of the map.
Seiko 'Turtle' gentleman's diver's automatic wristwatch ref. 6105-8119 with date aperture, luminous hour minutes and 'stop light' seconds hands luminous hour markers, black 'resist' dial, grey 'ghost' bezel, stainless steel case and signed 17 jewel calibre 6105B movement, on stainless steel bracelet, case diameter 44mm, serial number 470026.
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