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Heal & Son London light oak Arts & Crafts dresser or sideboard, having plate rack top with hanging pegs and boarded elm or similar back, the base fitted two drawers and two cupboards, believed purchased from Liberty of London, the keys are currently housed in one of their envelopes, L152 x D52 x H170cm
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Brigadier Michael N Harbottle signed Battle of Kursk official FDC July 5th, 1943. Brigadier Michael N Harbottle OBE Ox and Bucks Light Infantry 1944. Marshall Islands Battle of Kursk stamp. Republic of the Marshall Islands First Day of Issue July 1994 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
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5 Signed World Light Aeroplane Piloting Championships Wels Australia 1977 official FDC. Signatures include Team Director David Hamilton, Pilot Tony Cattle, Pilot Jan Behrman, Pilot John Fenton, and British Judge Ian Hewitt. Cover taken by road, sea and road from RAF Hendon to Wels Australia where this cover was flown during the course of the Second World Light Aeroplane Piloting Championships. GB stamp, and Departure from RAF Hendon of British Team British Forces 1589 Postal Service July 1977 postmark. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
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Seebohm (Henry). The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae, or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies, 1st edition, 1st issue, Henry Sotheran & Co., [1887-8], 21 hand-coloured lithographic plates after J. G. Keulemans, heightened with gum arabic, wood-engraved text illustrations, light spotting to plates 1, 20 and 21 and occasionally to text, mild water-staining to text-leaf Q3, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, wear to head of rear joint, royal 4to (31 x 24.2 cm), together with an autograph letter signed from Seebohm to 'My dear Holdsworth', dated 22 November [18]92, concerning a meeting at a museum, single bifolium with letterhead (17.6 x 11.4 cm) Anker 455 ('A comprehensive account'); Mullens & Swann p. 516 ('A monument of Seebohm's work'); Nissen IVB 951; Sitwell p. 141; Wood p. 561; Zimmer pp. 568-9 ('The hand-colored plates are excellent'). One of 220 copies; the work was subsequently re-issued with inferior colouring, pagination added to the list of plates, and the Chilean dotterel rather than the slender-billed dotterel as the frontispiece. (2)
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Seebohm (Henry). Siberia in Europe: A Visit to the Valley of the Petchora, in North-East Russia [and:] Sibera in Asia: A Visit to the Valley of the Yenesay in East Siberia, 2 works, 1st editions, John Murray, 1880-2, half-title and folding map to each work, Siberia in Europe map spotted, light spotting to outer leaves of Siberia in Asia, green moir‚ silk doublures, inner dentelles gilt, bookplates of J. Hamilton Leigh, top edges gilt, uniform near-contemporary green crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf (dated 1900 on turn-ins), gilt arabesque lozenge to sides, spines sunned, 8vo (20 x 13.5 cm), together with: Dresser (Henry Eeles), A Manual of Palaearctic Birds, 2 volumes, 1st edition, by the author, 1901-3, frontispieces, engraved bookplates of William Henry Radcliffe Saunders, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary blue crushed half morocco for Hatchards, pale marks to sides, 8vo (23 x 15.8 cm), [Wheelwright, Horace William,] A Spring and Summer in Lapland, by an Old Bushman, 2nd edition, Groombridge and Sons, 1871,6 hand-coloured engraved plates including frontispiece, later red half sheep by R. Ackrill of Harrogate, slightly rubbed, 8vo (19 x 12 cm), Gurney (John Henry), The Gannet, a Bird with a History, 1st edition, Witherby & Co., 1913, colour and halftone plates, bookplate of Samuel Lister, 2nd Baron Masham (1857-1914), top ege gilt, contemporary crushed half morocco by Riviere & Son, 8vo (21.2 x 14.5 cm), and 2 others, both leather-bound, 8vo Mullens & Swann pp. 516 (Seebohm: 'two of Seebohm's most charming works'), 180 (Dresser), 625 (Wheelright); Wood pp. 561 (Seebohm, both works), 324 (Dresser), 624 (Wheelwright), 372 (Gurney); Zimmer pp. 567 (Seebohm, both works), 179-80 (Dresser), 671 (Wheelwright), 279 (Gurney: 'a detailed account'). This is the first edition of Wheelwright's work with coloured plates; the first edition proper (1864) was uncoloured. (8)
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Stevenson (Henry). The Birds of Norfolk, with Remarks on their Habits, Migration, and Local Distribution, 3 volumes, 1st edition, John Van Voorst [-Gurney and Jackson], 1866-90, 8 lithographic plates by Wolf or Smid (4 tinted, 4 hand-coloured), halftone portrait plate to volume 3, errata slips to volumes 1-2, 4 pp. publisher's advertisements to volume 2, light spotting to endpapers, frontispiece margins, title-pages, and plate facing p. 360 in volume 2, bookplates of Jannion Steele Elliott (British ornithologist, 1871-1942), original green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, blind panels to covers, 8vo, together with: Whitlock (F. B.), The Birds of Derbyshire, 1st edition, Bemrose & Sons, Limited, 1893, folding map frontispiece (very short tear to stub), 5 photographic plates, ownership inscription of mid-20th-century ornithologist Hubert E. Pounds, marginalia and laid-in manuscript notes in the same hand, original cloth, slightly marked, 8vo, Mitchell (Frederick Shaw), The Birds of Lancashire, 2nd edition, revised, Gurney & Jackson, 1892, folding map frontispiece, bookplate of J. E. Harting (English ornithologist, 1841-1928), marginalia, laid-in manuscript material and printed matter, original cloth, 8vo, Babington (Churchill), Catalogue of the Birds of Suffolk, 1st edition, John van Voorst, 1884-6, map frontispiece, 7 photographic plates, original cloth, 8vo, and 3 similar 19th-century county faunas, original cloth, 8vo Mullens & Swann pp. 561 (Stevenson), 648 (Whitlock), 408 (Mitchell), 251 (Babington); Wood pp. 582 (Stevenson), 626 (Whitlock), 466 (Mitchell), 215 (Churchill); Zimmer pp. 603 (Stevenson: 'An excellent local ornithology'), 439 (Mitchell). All bright copies. Stevenson's work is uncommon complete with the third volume as this was published 20 years after the second. (9)
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Strickland (Hugh Edwin, & Alexander Gordon Melville). The Dodo and its Kindred; or the History, Affinities, and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire, and Other Extinct Birds of the Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon, 1st edition, Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1848, half-title, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, 17 lithographic or anastatic plates including frontispiece (2 hand-coloured, 2 tinted; 1 of the latter folding), 16 pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, without errata slip, light toning, mild finger-soiling to title page and pp. 27-8, plates mounted on guards, apparent printing flaw in frontispiece skilfully restored, plate 2 slightly browned and with marginal damp-staining, ownership inscription 'Percy E. Coombe, 1896' to half-title and another 19th-century ownership inscription ('Revd Thomas Bell') to title page (see note), occasional ink or pencil marginalia and underlining to text, 7 pp. detailed annotations in Coombe's hand and mounted engravings and newspaper cuttings to terminal blanks, Niagara University library and deaccession ink-stamps to blanks, 19th-century green half calf, spine faded, joints slightly rubbed, large 4to (31.5 x 24,7 cm) Anker 486; Nissen IVB 900; Sitwell p. 145; Wood p. 585 ('The standard work on the subject'); Zimmer p. 606 ('A detailed account'). The list of subscribers records 127 copies printed. Provenance: Reverend Thomas Bell (ownership inscription), possibly the noted zoologist whose edition of White's Natural History of Selborne appeared in 1877; Percy E. Coombe (ownership inscription and annotations), correspondent of Edward Lear and of ornithologist O. V. Aplin (see Aplin, 'On the Distribution of the Cirl Bunting in Great Britain', in Harting, ed., The Zoologist, volume 16, p. 175). (1)
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Robertson (William). The History of America, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1777, four folding engraved maps by Thomas Kitchin, folding engraved plate of Aztec symbols, some light offsetting and spotting, bookplates of Robert George Wyndham Herbert (1831-1905, first Premier of Queensland, Australia), contemporary mottled calf gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 4to Sabin 71973. (2)
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Wolley (John). Ootheca Wolleyana: an Illustrated Catlaogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs begun by the late John Wolley, and continued with additions by the editor Alfred Newton, 4 parts in 2 volumes, 1st edition, [John van Voorst-] R. H. Porter, 1864-1907, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 21 chromolithographic plates of bird eggs numbered I-XXI, 16 further lithographic plates (tinted, chromolithographic or uncoloured) depicting birds, nests and landscapes lettered A-P, folding colour map, list of plates to each volume, editor's presentation inscriptions (probably secretarial) to blank interleaves between parts 1 and 2 and 3 and 4, and before section-title of part 3, either direct or on mounted letterhead, light spotting to egg plates and endpapers, bookplates of G. E. Took, top edges gilt, contemporary green crushed half morocco, spines sunned, royal 8vo (24.9 x 14.8 cm) Anker 541; Freeman 2817; Mullens & Swann p. 661; Nissen IVB 1014; Wood p. 633 ('This famous work'); Zimmer pp. 691-2. (2)
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Zinanni (Giuseppe). Delle uova e dei nidi degli uccelli ... aggiunte in fine alcune osservazioni, con una dissertazione sopra varie spezie di cavallette, 1st edition, Venice: Antonio Bortoli, 1737, engraved allegorical frontispiece, 22 plates of eggs, 3 engraved section titles, 8 plates of grasshoppers, leaves of quire A strengthened in gutter, occasional light finger-soiling to lower outer corners, small marginal stain to final plate, Italian institutional ink-stamps to frontispiece recto and title page, 20th-century half vellum, patterned paper sides, 4to (26.8 x 19 cm) Anker 161; Nissen IVB 1031; Wood p. 359. 'The first separate work on oology' (Nissen p. 42). (1)
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Camden (William). Britannia: Or, a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the Adjacent Islands... translated into English, with additions and improvements, by William Gibson, 2 volumes, 4th edition, 1772, engraved portrait frontispiece, titles printed in red and black, nine engraved plates of coins, one full page engraved illustration, 51 folding engraved maps by Robert Morden, slight fraying to one or two fore edges, occasional light offsetting and spotting, armorial bookplates of George Rice relaid, modern green morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, small shallow indentation to volume I upper cover, folio Chubb CXVII. (2)
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Hutchins (John). The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, volumes I-III only (of 4), 2nd edition, 1796-1813, 131 engraved maps, plates and plans, some folding (one or two close-trimmed affecting imprint), folding pedigrees, occasional offsetting and light spotting, bookplates, contemporary diced half calf, joints cracked, edges rubbed, folio, plus Anthony Wood's Athenae Oxoniensis, volume II only, 2nd edition, 1721 (4)
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Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the River Thames, from its Source in Glocestershire to the Nore; with Observations on the Public Buildings and other Works of Art in its Vicinity, 2 vols., 1792, half-titles present, additional sepia aquatint titles, two single-page maps, 52 sepia aquatint plates with tissue guards, occasional light spotting, contemporary marbled calf, joints split, upper board of volume 1 near detached, spines worn with loss of leather at head & foot and to labels, board edges rubbed and showing, 8vo (Abbey Scenery 430), together with Turner (J.M.W.), The Harbours of England, engraved by Thomas Lupton, from original drawings made expressly for the work..., with illustrative text by J. Ruskin, 1856, half-title, 12 engraved plates on India paper, occasional spotting, original cloth gilt, rubbed and some fraying to extremities, slim folio, with McCarthy (Justin), The Grey River, 1889, 12 etched plates by Mortimer Mempes and signed in pencil to lower margin, edges rough trimmed, original cloth gilt, soiled, spine torn at head with loss, folio (manuscript limitation note, no. 78 of 230 copies printed), plus Taylor (James), Lord Jeffery and Craigcrook, a history of the Castle..., Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892, black & white portrait, plates and plan, front free endpaper with mid/late 20th century inscription "Winnie from Douglas Croces Craigcrook Castle, Edinburgh", original cloth gilt, spine & board edges darkened, slim 4to (limited edition 139/150) (5)
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Smith (Theophilus). Sheffield and its Neighbourhood. Photographically Illustrated by Theophilus Smith, 1865, 16 mounted albumen photographs, additional portrait mounted at front, a little light spotting, bookplate, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, spine ends slightly rubbed but in overall good condition, small 4to, together with The Hall of Waltheof or the Early Condition and Settlement of Hallamshire, by Sidney Oldall Addy, London & Sheffield, 1893, etched plates and half-tone illustrations, occasional spotting, endpapers toned, top edge gilt, spine and top margin of upper cover faded, 4to, plus The Annals of Newark-upon-Trent, by Cornelius Brown, 1879, woodburytype photographic illustrations, p. 120 with small piece of silvered paper obscuring part of text (resultant offsetting to opposite leaf), some light spotting and toning, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, edges a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, with three others: Views of Haddon Hall (collection of India proofs and lithographs circa 1880), A History of Margam Abbey, by Walter de Gray Birch, 1897 and Herbert Fry's London. Illustrated by Eighteen Bird's-Eye Views of the Principal Streets, 1884 (6)
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Burbidge (F.W.). The Narcissus: Its History and Culture with Coloured Plates and Descriptions of all Known Species and Principal Varieties, 1st ed., 1875, 48 hand-coloured lithographed plates, tissue guards toned, a few minor spots, original cloth, spine faded with fraying at head & foot, 8vo (Nissen 297), together with Paul (William), The Rose Garden. In Two Divisions, 1st edition, Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1848, 15 hand-coloured lithograph plates, wood engraved illustrations, occasional toning and spotting, all edges gilt, 20th century light brown half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, 8vo (Great Flower Books p.124) (2)
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Churchill (Winston S.). The River War. An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1900, photogravure portrait frontispieces, folding maps and plans, illustrations, publisher's list at end of volume I, some light spotting, rear hinge of volume I tender, original blue cloth gilt, water stain to volume II upper cover affecting gilt vignette, a few marks, 8vo Woods A2(a). 500 copies printed. (2)
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Grimble (Augustus). The Salmon Rivers of Ireland, 2 volumes, 1903, map frontispieces, half-tone illustrations, light spotting to endpapers, original vellum-backed boards, some edge wear and marks, 4to, limited edition of 250, together with three others by Grimble: The Salmon and Sea-Trout Rivers of England and Wales, 2 volumes, 1904, limited edition of 350, Deer-Stalking, 1888 and Shooting and Salmon Fishing. Hints and Recollections, 1892 (6)
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Jonston (John). Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus... de Serpentibus... de Insectis... de Exanguibus Aquaticis... de Piscibus et Cetis... de Avibus, 6 parts in one volume, J. Schipper, Amsterdam, 1657, four engraved titles, two printed titles with woodcut vignettes, 250 engraved plates (complete), plate XXXIII in de Piscibus with tear and repair just affecting image, text in double column, small marginal wormtrack and hole to pages 1-68 or so, one or two small repairs to engraved titles, a couple of short closed tears and repairs, first title and endpaper detaching at gutter, occasional light spotting and soiling, bookplate, 18th century mottled half calf gilt, a few small neat repairs, folio Nissen ZBI 2131-2135; Nissen IVB 481. (1)
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Football programmes. A collection of approximately 50 F.A. Cup Final and international match programmes, 1950's-60's, including F.A. Cup Final programmes Blackpool v. Bolton Wanderers, 1953; Preston North End v. West Bromwich Albion, 1954; Manchester City v. Newcastle Utd, 1955; Birmingham City v. Manchester City, 1956; Aston Villa v. Manchester Utd, 1957; Bolton Wanderers v. Manchester Utd, 1958; Blackburn Rovers v. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1960; Leicester City v. Tottenham Hotspur, 1961, 1953 with result and address to rear wrapper in ink, 1958 with some ink scoring to upper wrapper, a few light creases and some soiling, together with F.A. Cup Final programme Arsenal v. Newcastle Utd, 1952 (covers detached with clear tape marks), F.A. Cup Semi-Final Blackpool v. Tottenham Hotspur, Villa Park, 1953 (torn along fold with some soiling and creases), Internationals including England v. Germany, 1954, England v. Denmark (at Molineaux), 1956, England v. Ireland, 1959, England v. Sweden, 1959, England v. Scotland, 1959, England v. Wales, 1960, England v. Portugal, 1961, together with a few F.A. Amateur Cup Finals (i.e. Bishop Auckland v. Hendon, 1955 & Barnet v. Crook Town, 1959), plus some 1948 London Olympiad programmes and ticket stubs and a quantity of 1960's cricket score cards, counties and internationals, some filled-in (approx 100)
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[Loudon, John Claudius]. An Immediate, and Effectual Mode, of Raising the Rental of the Landed Property of England; and rendering Great Britain independent of other Nations for a supply of Bread Corn. With an Appendix, containing hints to Commercial Capitalists, and to the Tenantry of Scotland. By a Scotch farmer, now farming in Middlesex, 1st edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1808, 157,[3]pp., includes two page publisher's list at rear, first & last leaves dust-soiled and occasional spotting, bound with Turner (Nicholas), An Essay on Draining and Improving Peat Bogs; in which their Nature and Properties are fully considered, 1784, [2],86,[2]pp., errata leaf present at rear, bound with Aiton (William), A Treatise on the Origin, Qualities, and Cultivation of Moss-Earth, Glasgow: Niven, Napier & Khull, 1805, [4],178,[2]pp., bound with A Treatise on Labouring, Manuring, and Cropping, of Moss-Earth; with Directions for Converting it into Manure, Air: Printed by J. & P. Wilson, 1809, 56pp., bound with two other agriculture related pamphlets, occasional light spotting and minor dust-soiling, early 19th century half calf, boards detached, 8vo, together with Sinclair (George), Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis: or, an Account of the Results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of Different Grasses and other Plants used as the Food of the more Valuable Domestic Animals: Instituted by John, Duke of Bedford, 2nd edition, 1825, hand-coloured etched plates., occasional spotting, contemporary diced calf, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, worn, 8vo, plus Dissertations Relative to the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables. Translated from the Italian of the Abb‚ Spallanzani, 2 volumes, new edition, corrected and enlarged, 1789, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, joints cracked, some labels lacking to spines, 8vo The first title is a rare work by Loudon; inspired by a trip to Pinner whilst convalescing, he "was impressed by the inferiority of English to Scottish farming. He accordingly persuaded his father to join him in taking a lease of Wood Hall, near Pinner, and published a pamphlet entitled 'An Immediate and Effectual Mode of Raising the Rental of the Landed Property in England' [published in 1808]. In 1809 he rented the large farm of Tew Park, Oxfordshire, where he took pupils in agriculture, and by 1812 he had made a profit of 15,000l. He then threw up his farm, dismissed his pupils, and started on a continental tour." - DNB. (1)
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Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland, Oxford: W. Baxter, 1820, a little light spotting front and rear, contemporary presentation inscription from the Archdeacon of St. Albans to front endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary blindstamped straight-grained navy morocco, joints and edges a little rubbed, 4to (1)
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Ciappi (Marco Antonio). Compendio delle Heroiche et Gloriose attioni, et Santa Vita di Papa Greg. XIII, 2nd edition, Accolti, Rome, 1596, title with woodcut papal arms, woodcut portrait to verso, woodcut initials and illustrations of chapels, palaces etc, a little light spotting and small water stains, later limp vellum, spine titled in manuscript, some mottled stains to covers, small 4to (1)
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Giovio (Paolo). La prima [-seconda] parte delle Historie del suo tempo di mons. Paolo Giovio vescovo di Nocera. Tradotte per M. Lodouico Domenichi. Aggiuntovi di nuovo i summarij di quanto si contiene nelle historie, con la sua Tauola copiosissima, 2 volumes, Venice: comin da Trino di Monferrato, 1558 & 1557, printer's woodcut device to both titles (volume 1 ttle lined to verso), some light damp stains, late 19th century dark green half morocco gilt, 8vo (Adams G659 & G660), together with Delle Istorie di mons Giovio. Prima parte [-Seconda parte]. Con una Selua di uaria istoria, nellaquale si ha notitia delle cose pu rare, che sono state ricordate sommariamente dal Giovio..., 2 volumes,Venice: Giorgio de'Caualli, 1564, printer's woodcut device to each title, early inscription at foot of volume 1 title, woodcut initials, occasional light worm trails to margins in volume 1, some toning, light stains and marks, near contemporary vellum, worm holes to spines, 4to in 8s, plus Facio (Bartolomeo), De bello Veneto Clodiano liber, Lyon: Gasparem … Portonariis, 1568, some spotting and browning, 20th century marbled boards, slim 8vo (5)
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Giovio (Paolo). Le vite di dicenoue huomini illustri, descritte da ... Paolo Giovio, et in diuersi tempi et luoghi stampate..., Venice: Giovan Maria Bonelli, 1561, printer's woodcut device to title, few decorative woodcut initials, light dampstaining mostly to title, 19th century quarter calf gilt, 4to, together with Bellini (Vincenzo), De monetis Italiae medii aevii..., Postrema dissertatio, 3 parts in one, Ferrara: Joseph Rinaldi, 1774-1775, few engraved plates, light dampstaining and mottling, contemporary marbled sheep, gilt decorated spine with slight wear, 4to, plus four other continental 18th & 19th century antiquarian (6)
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Maw (George). A Monograph of the Genus Crocus, 1886, half-title, double-page coloured map, eighty-one hand-coloured lithograph plates (plate 17 was never published), double-page tables, letterpress vignette illustrations, some general light toning and occasional marks, marbled endpapers with front free endpaper detached and frayed to edges, later cloth hinges, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, large 4to Nissen 1316. Considered the finest work ever published on the Genus Crocus. George Maw was a polymath whose occupations included chemistry, geology, botany, archaeology, watercolour painting and gardening. He was a manufacturer of caustic and other tiles which were exported all over the world. Maw and Company also produced art pottery, employing well-known designers such as Walter Crane. Maw was an experienced plant-hunter and accompanied Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker on a plant-hunting exhibition to Morocco and the Atlas Mountains in 1871. He became an expert on the Crocus and illustrated his monograph - the result of ten years toil - with his own watercolours, of which John Ruskin wrote that they were "most exquisite... and quite beyond criticism". (1)
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La Fontaine (Jean de). Fables Choisies, mises en vers, 4 volumes, Desaint & Saillant and Durand, Paris, 1755-59, half titles, engraved portrait frontispiece of Jean-Baptiste Oudry, engraved portrait of La Fontaine with his creations, 275 engraved plates after Oudry (complete), plate CLXXII 'Le Singe et le Leopard' in 2nd (lettered) state, occasional light offsetting, toning and small damp stains (plates generally clean), one or two small burnholes, armorial bookplates of Edward Arnold and Thomas Westwood, all edges gilt, near contemporary cat's paw calf gilt, small discreet repairs to spines, joints and edges a little rubbed, 41.5 x 28 cm (16.25 x 11 ins), folio First edition of the Fables illustrated by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755), the drawings produced from 1729-34, and later engraved for this edition. Ray French 5: 'This is one of the most ambitious and successful of all illustrated books'. Cohen de Ricci 548-550. (4)
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Serlio (Sebastiano). Architettura... in sei libri divisia, ne' quali vengono dottamente, & con ogni chiarezza spiegate tutte le oscurita, & secreti dell'arte, Combi & La Nou, Venice, 1663, title within woodcut border, woodcut portrait to verso, woodcut and etched diagrams and illustrations, replacement woodcut illustrations on slips inserted at pages 245 & 333, parallel text in Italian and Latin, erratic pagination and signatures, N4 with tear and loss at foot just affecting image, one or two other closed marginal tears, a little light spotting and soiling, bookplates of the Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace and G.A. Storey, later sprinkled calf gilt, neatly rebacked and repaired, folio (1)
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Vinci (Leonardo da). A Treatise of Painting, translated from the original Italian... To which is prefix'd, the Author's Life; done from the last edition of the French, 1st edition in English, 1721, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black (top margin torn away), 35 engraved plates, including four folding, three page publisher's list at end), occasional manuscript corrections, a little light soiling, old reinforcement to frontispiece verso and front hinge, bookplate of Charles R. Robinson, contemporary panelled calf, covers detached, rubbed with some wear at spine ends, 8vo The first edition of Leonardo's da Vinci's treatise on painting was published in Italian in France in 1651 and compiled from his original notes by his pupil Francesco Melzi. (1)
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*Look Back in Anger. A printed typographical poster for the First Season of Contemporary Repertory by the English Stage Company, Artistic Director George Devine, at the Royal Court Theatre, 2nd April to 19th June [1956], offset lithograph printed in orange, yellow and black on white paper, listing five plays to be performed including Angus Wilson's The Mulberry Bush, Arthur Miller's The Crucible, John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, Ronald Duncan's Don Juan and The Death of Satan and Nigel Dennis's Cards of Identity, corner pinholes, very minor chipping at lower margin and some light creasing, 50 x 32cm, together with a theatre poster for Look Back in Anger at the Golden Theatre, 45th St., West of Broadway, [1956], printed in black on white wove thick paper, a little light dust-soiling and slight toning to right margin, 56 x 35.5cm, plus a theatre poster for David Storey's In Celebration, directed by Lindsay Anderson at The Royal Court Theatre, [1969], printed in red, black and grey on white glossy paper, multiple horizontal creases and a little rubbing at edges, 49.5 x 32cm Provenance: From the family of Sir Alan Bates (1934-2003). A very rare survival of what was probably the first poster to announce the premiere of John Osborne's ground-breaking play Look Back in Anger. The cast featured Kenneth Haigh as Jimmy Porter, Mary Ure as his wife Alison, and Alan Bates, in his first major role, as Cliff Lewis, an amiable Welsh lodger who attempts to keep the peace. The production moved to Broadway under producer David Merrick and director Tony Richardson the following year. It retained the original cast but starred Vivien Drummond as Helena. It ran first at the Lyceum Theatre, on Broadway, 1 October 1957 to 15 March 1958, before transferring to the Golden Theatre, off Broadway, 17 March to 20 September 1958. It received three Tony Award nominations including for Best Play. (3)
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Sclater (Philip Lutley and Oldfield Thomas). The Book of Antelopes, 4 volumes, 1894-1900, 100 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after J. Smit & M. Wolf, plate XLVII detached in volume III, some light spotting and toning to titles and endpapers (plates and text in clean condition), original cloth gilt, volume II lower cover bowed with damp stain, joints and edges a little rubbed, 4to Mendelssohn II, p.292; Nissen ZBI 3784; Wood p.558. A 'Magnificent Work' (Mendelssohn). (4)
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Pinter (Harold, 1930-2008). No-Man's Land, A Play, original typescript, [1975], signed inscription from the author in blue ballpoint pen to title-page, 'To Alan & Victoria from Harold', original plain light grey wrappers and butterfly clips, wrappers partly discoloured and slightly creased and marked, 4to Chris to add footnote. (1)
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Pinter (Harold, 1930-2008). Poems, 1st edition, Enitharmon Press, 1968, erratum slip laid in, signed inscription from the author in blue ballpoint pen to title-page, 'To Victoria & Alan [Bates] from Harold', original light grey wrappers, a little toned and slightly bumped at corners, small slim 4to (1)
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Shaw (George). Zoological Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1806 and 1807, 2 volumes, 1809, additional engraved titles, 167 engraved plates, one or two close-trimmed shaving imprint, some offsetting and light spotting, contemporary half calf, spines faded and a little rubbed, small wormholes at foot of volume I, 8vo Nissen ZBI 3837. (2)
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Clapperton (Captain Hugh). Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa, from the Bight of Benin to Soccatoo... To which is added the Journal of Richard Lander from Kano to the Sea-Coast, partly by a more Eastern Route, 1st edition, 1829, engraved portrait frontispiece, single page plan, folding linen-backed map, some offsetting and light spotting, bookplate, contemporary half morocco, rebacked, edges rubbed, 4to (1)
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Swainson (William). A Selection of the Birds of Brazil and Mexico, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1841, 78 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates (6 window-mounted), occasional light spotting mostly to margins, contemporary half calf, joints and extremities rubbed and a little wear, 8vo Fine Bird Books, p.110; Nissen IVB 912; Borba de Moraes 844. "A rare book, much appreciated for the beauty of its plates" (Borba de Moraes) and one of the scarcest books on South American ornithology. (1)
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The Gun at Home and Abroad. British Game Birds and Wildfowl; British Deer & Ground Game, Dogs, Guns & Rifles; The Big Game of Africa & Europe; The Big Game of Asia and North America, 4 volumes, 1912-15, portrait frontispieces of George V, titles printed in red and black, numerous colour and monochrome plates and illustrations after J.G. Millais, Aymer Maxwell, Abel Chapman, F.C. Selous and others, a little light spotting, mainly to frontispieces and endpapers, top edges gilt, original publisher's brown morocco, spines lightly faded, joints and edges a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, limited edition 211/500, together with Fishing at Home and Abroad, edited by Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, 1913, portrait frontispiece of George V, colour and half-tone plates, light spotting to endpapers, top edge gilt, original morocco as above, spine lightly rubbed and faded, 4to, limited edition 211/750, plus volume III only of Racing at Home & Abroad. Racing & Breeding in America and the Colonies, 1931 (limited edition 112/475) (6)
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Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. volumes 1-7 First series, volumes 1-2 (of 3) Second series, 1812-42, nine engraved vignette titles (some with removed ink stamps), 86 hand-coloured engraved plates (some folding), 103 engraved plates and three folding tables, volume 2 lacking plate 18, volume 5 lacking 10 plates (numbers 1 and 4-12), and pp. 175-271, four plates in volume 2 second series with marginal staining, a few plates with shaved imprints and minor water stains, some light offsetting, modern half maroon morocco gilt, 4to Dunthorne 142; Nissen 2387. (9)
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Churchill (Winston S.). The Collected Works, Centenary Limited Edition, 34 volumes, Library of Imperial History, 1973-76, illustrations, all edges gilt, original full vellum, upper covers gilt-stamped with the Churchill family crest, occasional light natural discolouration to vellum, slipcases (a few light mottled marks), 8vo Woods p.391. Limited edition 314 of circa 2000 copies, this set published for P.J.P. Green, M.C. Originally intended to be produced in an edition of 3000, the publishers went into liquidation before completion, resulting in between 1750 and 2000 sets extant. A further 4 volumes of 'Collected Essays' were also issued in 1976, not present here. (34)
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Eisenhower (Dwight D.). The White House Years. Mandate for Change 1953-1956, 1st US edition, 1963, half-tone illustrations, bookplate of Ella Koeze (Ella Koeze Weed, 1905-86, Republican Party activist) to map endpaper, original cloth (light mottled stains), dust jacket (small abrasion and insect damage to rear panel), 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to half title: "For Ella Koeze, with best wishes from her friend Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 1964", together with The White House Years. Waging Peace, 1956-1961, 1st edition, 1965, illustrations, Ella Koeze's bookplate (detached, clear tape residue), original cloth (light mottled stain), dust jacket, a few creases and tears, 8vo, signed by Eisenhower, plus two others: Gerald R. Ford's A Time to Heal, 1979, inscribed by Ford to Koeze, and Nora Murray's I Spied for Stalin, 1st UK edition, 1950, inscribed from the author to actress Vivien Leigh, in remembrance of their meeting at Shepperton Studios during the filming of Anna Karenina in 1947 Nora Korzhenko was recruited by the NKVD during the Second World War to seduce John Murray, a diplomat at the British embassy in Moscow, to extract useful information from Murray after suspecting him of spying against the Soviet Union. The plan backfired somewhat as the couple fell in love and after being dismissed from the secret police she became Murray's housekeeper, eventually the couple reaching London in 1942. The book is her account of her story and their escape. (4)
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Lawrence (D.H.). Lady Chatterley's Lover, privately printed, [Paris], 1928, a little light spotting, original mulberry boards, spine a little faded, joints splitting at head and foot, 8vo Limited edition 1503/1800. Early pirated edition, with the 'Imprime en Allemange' imprint, although the original limitation corrected in manuscript from 1500 to 1800 copies. Roberts p. 99. (1)
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Bible. The Holy Bible, according to the Authorized Version; with notes, explanatory and practical... prepared and arranged by the Rev. George D'Oyly & the Rev. Richard Mant, 2 volumes in 3, Cambridge, 1830, engraved maps and plates, some light spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt, light spotting to covers, 4to, together with The Oxford University and City Guide, on a New Plan..., new edition, Oxford, 1827, folding engraved plan, engraved plates, some offsetting and spotting, previous owner inscription, contemporary cloth-backed boards, some wear to corners, 8vo, plus others, bibles, theology etc (2 cartons)
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Theocritus. Omnia Studio & Opera Danielis Heinsii, 1604, Ex Bibliopolio Commeliniano, later inscriptions to endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, some spotting, water damage and minor loss to rear, contemporary vellum, boards marked, 8vo, together with Withering (William), A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants..., 4 volumes, 4th edition, 1801, black and white plates, period inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, boards and spines slightly rubbed with loss to labels, 8vo, and Rowlandson (Thomas), The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of the picturesque, a poem, 7th edition, circa 1820, hand coloured plates, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting and marks, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, front board detached, rubbed, 8vo, plus other 17th-19th century theology, natural history and reference, mostly leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition generally good, 8vo/4to (approximately 150 volumes) (6 shelves)
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Knapp (Andrew & Baldwin, William). The Newgate Calendar..., 5 volumes, printed for J. and J. Cundee, circa 1810-12, black and white plates, some spotting and toning, uniform gilt decorated contemporary tree calf, modern calf spines to volumes 1 & 4, lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Cope (William H.), The History of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's own) formerly the 95th, 1877, 21 colour plates and maps, some light spotting, original gilt decorated embossed green cloth, spine rubbed, 8vo, and McNab (James, publisher), Glasgow, Past and Present..., 3 volumes, privately printed, 1851, bookplates to front endpapers, minor toning, uniform contemporary half calf board by J. Smith & Son, boards lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Bless Our Ship, by Eric Bush, 2nd impression, 1958, inscribed by the author to front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket and other miscellaneous history and illustrated reference, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (approximately 85 volumes) (3 shelves + a carton)
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Baker (E. C. Stuart). The Birds of Cachar, Bombay: Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 1900-1, 12 offprints in 1 volume, 9 chromolithographic plates lettered A-I, light marginal damp-staining to a few plates, inscribed 'With the authors love, EC Stuart Baker' on the initial blank, modern brown half morocco, 8vo (23.8 x 15 cm), together with: The Indian Ducks and their Allies, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, 1908, half-title, additional pictorial title-page, 30 chromolithographic plates after Green, Gr”nvold, Keulemans, or Lodge, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary half calf, large 8vo (26.5 x 17.4 cm), Indian Pigeons and Doves, 1st edition, Witherby & Co., [1908]-1913, half-title, 27 colour plates after Gr”nvold or Lodge, text-block toned, occasional spotting to leaves adjacent to plates, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco, large 8vo (26.8 x 17.8 cm), and The Game-Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon, 3 volumes, 1st edition, John Bale, Sons, & Danielsson, Ltd., 1921-30, half-titles, additional pictorial title pages, 67 chromolithographic and other plates after Gr”nvold, Keulemans and Lodge and from photographs, 2 maps, volumes 1-2 in original half morocco, spines sunned, volume 3 in later half cloth with dust jacket, large 8vo (26.6 x 17 cm) Nissen IVB 65 (Indian Ducks), 66 (Indian Pigeons and Doves), 67 (Game-Birds); Wood p. 218 (all items); Zimmer pp. 36 (Indian Pigeons and Doves), 36-7 (Game-Birds: 'Vol. I is entitled, "Second edition", since it represents a revision of the author's "Indian Ducks and their Allies"'). Second item (Indian Ducks): one of 1200 copies only. (6)
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