Blake (William). The Book of Urizen, The Trianon Press, 1958, limited edition 101/526, 27 colour facsimile illustrations, original gilt decorated red half morocco in slipcase, 4to, together with Harada (Jiro), The Gardens of Japan, The Studio, 1928, numerous black and white illustrations, bookplate and period inscription to front endpapers, some light spotting, original gilt decorated embossed green cloth, lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo and Douglas (Norman), Nerinda (1901), Florence, 1929, limited edition 426/475, signed by the author to the limitation page, some minor toning, original cloth, boards and spine rubbed and lightly faded, hinges cracked with loss to head, 8vo, and other miscellaneous reference and literature, including Ian Fleming, Aldous Huxley, Iris Murdoch, Robert Graves, Madonna, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
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Cook (Moses). The Manner of Raising, Ordering, and Improving Forest-Trees, with directions how to plant, make and keep Woods, Walks, Avenues, Lawns, Hedges, &c., 2nd edition, very much corrected, 1717, engraved frontispiece, four folding plates, some loss and adhesive staining at gutter of folding plates (reguarded and one with adhesive tape repair & consequent stain), occasional spotting, early 19th century half calf, cloth reback preserving original spine, 8vo, together with Pontey (William), The Forest Pruner; or, Timber Owner's Assistant: Being a Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees..., Huddersfield: Printed for the Author, [1805], etched frontispiece, seven plates (4 hand-coloured & three folding), publisher's advert leaf at rear, edges untrimmed, recent endpapers, original blue boards, rebacked, light dust-soiling and board edges rubbed, 8vo (2)
Priestley (Joseph). An Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life..., to which are added, Remarks on a Code of Education, proposed by Dr. Brown, in a late treatise, intitled, Thoughts on Civil Liberty, 1st edition, London: C. Henderson, T. Becket, De Hondt, J. Johnson & Davenport, 1765, engraved chart at rear, engraved bookplate of Quenn's College, Cambridge to upper pastedown with withdrawn ink stamp below, 19th century half calf, joints slightly cracked and spine chipped at head & foot, board corners worn and showing, 8vo, together with Godwin (William), The Enquirer. Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series of Essays, 1st edition, 1797, half-title present, errata leaf at rear, light spotting mostly to first & last few leaves, bookplate of George Head Head, of Rickerby, contemporary marbled calf, upper board detached and rear board near detached, spine lacking title label, some wear, 8vo First title - Crook H387. The first edition of Priestley's work making recommendations that the school curriculum centre more upon civil history and policy, including the theory of laws, government and commerce, rather than the more traditional classes, including a suggested schedule of lectures. The second text offers a critique of Dr Brown's suggestion on a proposed code of education. The work concludes with a description of the chart of biography, divided into categories of historians, critics, divines etc. (2)
Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. Exhibiting a View of the Progress of Discovery in Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Natural History..., Conducted by Dr. Brewster and Professor Jameson, 14 volumes in 7, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1819-1826, numerous plates, maps, plans etc, some folding, a few with colour, scarce light spotting or toning, volume IX-X with some dampstaining and one contents leaf with loss to fore-margin (affecting one word), together with Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Improvements and Discoveries in the Sciences and the Arts, Conducted by Robert Jameson, 32 volumes in 16, Edinburgh: Adam Black, 1826-1842, scarce light spotting or toning, uniform contemporary red half morocco, faded and a trifle rubbed, 8vo First item: Volume I June 1819 includes 'Demonstration of a Theorem Relating to Prime Numbers' by Charles Babbage. Volume VIII January 1823 includes 'On the Theoretical Principles of the Machinery for Calculating Tables. In a letter from Charles Babbage... to Dr. Brewster'. (23)
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[Keir, William]. A Summons of Wakening; or, The Evil Tendency and Danger of Speculative Philosophy, Exemplified in Mr. Leslie's inquiry into the Nature of Heat, and Mr. Malthus's Essay on Population..., 1st edition, Hawick: Robert Armstrong, 1807, manuscript annotation to title (some spotting and toning), two folding engraved plates with some light offsetting to text, edges untrimmed, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, 8vo (Goldsmiths' 19549; Kress B.5204), together with [Barclay, James], [A] Treatise on Education: or, an easy method of acquiring Language, and introducing children to the knowledge of History, Geography, Mythology, Antiquities, &c. With reflections on Taste, Poetry, Natural History, &c. the manner of forming the Temper, and teaching youth such Moral Precepts as are necessary in the conduct of life, 1st edition, Edinburgh: James Cochran & Co., 1743, first leaf laid down to pastedown and with area of surface wear, first letter of title rubbed away and some soiling, initial leaves loose, light dust-soiling, contemporary calf, lacking title label, joints cracked and slight wear, 12mo, with Malthus (Thomas), An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness..., 3 volumes, 5th edition with important additions, John Murray, 1817, scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of George Hoper to front pastedown, article cuttings pasted to rear endpapers of volumes 2 & 3, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels, 8vo (Goldsmiths' 21761; Kress B6974), plus other 19th century publications relating to education and population, including An Essay on the Principle of Population..., 2 volumes, 1st US edition, from the 3rd London edition, George Town: J. Milligan, 1809 (18)
Sketchbooks. A group of three Edwardian sketchbooks by Frances Dorothy Beresford Maule Griffiths (nee Kerr), circa 1902-1905, each containing between 38-55 leaves, numerous drawings and sketches, both full-page and smaller, many unfinished, mainly pencil, some pen and ink, approximately 40 heightened with wash, a few with watercolour, captions include: 'Father'; Mrs Curtoys, wife of Capt. Curtoys RM'; 'going to court (Edward VII) Mrs Curtoys'; 'Dutch Girl'; Some Revolting daughters'; 'What splendid photos I can take now, she said'; 'I'm busy making up accounts, so go away'; 'Listen to me you chaps'; 'Messenger boy'; 'Countess of Warwick and Hon. Maynard Greville'; 'Grace singing'; 'Captain Miles Standish'; 'Hyde Park Corner'; 'In Hyde Park'; 'How pretty Sally was tonight in her shining satin dress', first volume with single leaf manuscript letter loosely inserted, neat cut along border of one sketch, one leaf detached, front hinge cracked, front pastedown with adhered label 'With my love, Frances Dorothy Beresford Maule Griffiths', second volume with some soiling and light dampstaining, first page marked, one sketch with surface loss, one with torn area , front pastedown with ink inscription 'Dorothy B.M. Kerr. Dec. 12. 04', stitching strained, textblock detached from binding, third volume with a small image neatly excised (affecting sketch on recto), one leaf detached and edge-frayed, front pastedown with ink inscription 'Dorothy Maule Kerr. April 23rd 1903', stitching somewhat strained, rear hinge splitting, each volume in contemporary cloth-backed boards, worn, second volume with spine cloth detaching, 4to Frances Dorothy Beresford Maule Kerr married William Arthur Griffiths. They were living in Alverstoke, Hampshire, when one of their sons, Patrick Maule Griffiths, died aged 27 in 1940 while serving in the Royal Navy (apparently whilst boarding the French submarine Surcouf). (3)
Edwards (Lionel). Sketches in Stable and Kennel, 1933, colour and monochrome illustrations, a little light spotting, original cloth, 4to, limited signed edition 102/110, together with My Irish Sketch Book, 1938, illustrations, some light spotting, original cloth gilt, spine a little darkened and rubbed, 4to, plus The Devon and Somerset Staghounds 1907-1936, 1936, illustrations, previous owner signature, original cloth, 4to, with nine others illustrated by Edwards including Tally-Ho Back!, 1931 and A Leicestershire Sketch Book, 1935 (12)
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[Johnson, Samuel, editor]. A Selection from the Harleian Miscellany of Tracts, which Principally Regard the English History; of which many are referred to by Hume, 1st edition, 1793, text in double column, some light spotting, contemporary owner inscription of Sir Robert Turing (1745-1831) to title, contemporary mottled calf gilt, light edge wear, 4to (1)
Nicholson (Benedict). Joseph Wright of Derby, Painter of Light, 2 volumes, 1968, numerous black and white illustrations, uniform original green cloth, large 4to, together with Goldberg (Norman L.), John Crome the Elder, 2 volumes, 1978, colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, and Webster (Mary), Johan Zoffany, 2011, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, tear to front cover, large 4to, plus other English art and artist reference, including The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick..., 2 volumes, edited by Iain Bain, 1981, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio Many with Pla[i]sh Hall bookplate. (6 shelves)
Fitzgerald (Edward). The Variorum and Definitive Edition of the Poetical and Prose Writings of Edward Fitzgerald...., 7 volumes, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1902, volume 1 with tiny wormholes at gutter (one affecting first part of textblock), each volume with pictorial bookplate of William and Amy Ewers, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original grey cloth, lightly soiled in places, each spine with gilt-lettered label (rubbed and chipped), somewhat marked spines slightly rubbed at ends, large 8vo, (limited edition, 61/100 sets on hand-made paper, of 375 total copies, signed by the publisher), together with Heron-Allen (Edward), Edward Fitzgerald's Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam..., Bernard Quaritch, 1899, monochrome frontispiece, decorations by Ella Hallward, scattered light spotting, mainly to first and last few leaves, free endpapers toned, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, spine very lightly faded, rear cover faintly marked, 8vo, plus 29 others related (including some duplicates), including: The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur, Translated... by Eben Francis Thompson, Privately Printed, 1906; Edward Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam..., Translation by Eben Francis Thompson, Privately Printed, 1907 (37)
Amis (Kingsley). That Uncertain Feeling, 1st edition, 1955, previous owner inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, some toning to spine and extremities, 8vo, together with Scott-King's Modern Europe, by Evelyn Waugh, 1st edition, 1947, colour frontispiece, minor marginal spotting, original cloth, dust jacket, light spotting, 8vo, plus The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, 1st edition, 1957, previous owner inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, tiny tears at spine ends, 8vo, together with others, mainly poetry and related, including Dylan Thomas's Deaths and Entrances, 1st edition, 1946, Rosemary Tonks' Notes on Cafes and Bedrooms, 1963, inscribed to novelist and biographer Arthur Calder-Marshall, Arthur Rimbaud's A Season in Hell, illustrated by Keith Vaughan, 1949, John Betjeman's New Bats in Old Belfries, 1945, Ezra Pound's The Pisan Cantos, 1st UK edition, 1949, and others by T.S. Eliot, Robert Graves, William Empson etc (approx 90)
Drabble (Margaret). A Natural Curiosity, London Limited Editions, 1989, original cloth-backed boards, 8vo, limited signed edition 17/150, together with Brazzaville Beach, by William Boyd, London Limited Editions, 1990, original cloth-backed boards, 8vo, limited signed edition 48/150, plus The Dark Tower VI. Song of Susannah, 1st edition, Grant/Scribner, New Hampshire, 2004, illustrations by Darrel Anderson, a few light spots to fore edges, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, signed by the author to title, with a loosely inserted photograph of King at a book signing, with others including Edmund Blunden's Near and Far, New Poems, 1929, signed by the poet with later previous owner inscription, The Poems of Edmund Blunden, 1930, limited signed edition 199/210, Francis Warner's Nightingales. Poems 1985-1996, limited signed edition 7/500, and Tao, by Raymond Lister, 1965, limited signed edition 18/34 (approximately 45)
Railwayana / Collectables, a quantity of rail and other ephemera from the early 20th Century onwards to include rail tickets (many Irish circa 1960s), books e.g. Sligo Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, Steam on the Narrow Gauge, The Bishop's Castle Railway, British Railway Signalling, The Garstang and Knott End Railway, The Mellis and Eye Railway, The Dublin and Blessington Tramway, The Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, Railway Locomotives Collectors Reproductions. Other ephemera includes a length of Coronation ribbon, a Pacific Steam Navigation Company enamelled teaspoon, a Crawford's Delightful Biscuits sample tin, vintage Christmas and greetings cards, RMS Samaria greeting card, plan of Druminor estate Aberdeenshire sold by auction in 1954 etc. (mostly good) (100+).
Rugby Union, Cardiff Rugby Club selection, 1950s-70s, inc. programmes for 75th anniversary match v. British Lions 22 Sept 1951, also the WRU XV 31 Oct 1970 for opening of new ground together with match ticket and scarce newspaper-style programme, also 14 programmes for games v the Barbarians 1963-87, inc. 1964 (new flood light match) and also tickets for the matches in 1981 & 84. Sold with Centenary year brochure 1976-77 (fair/gd) (20+)
Theatre Programmes, a very large collection of London and provincial theatre programmes (Inc. IOW) from the 1930s onwards. Notable performers include George Formby in Zip Goes a Million, Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway in My Fair Lady, Harry Secombe, Danny La Rue, Leslie Crowther etc. Also includes late 19th C souvenir programmes for 'King John' and 'London Pride' a 1964 Bertram Mills Circus programme, King's Shropshire Light Infantry Regimental Journal (1954) and some 1930s travel brochures (gen gd) (100s)
Large 19th century Swiss Mandoline cylinder music box by Nichole Freres, Geneva and London, playing eight hymns, in light and dark burr walnut and scumbled case with inlaid stringing and twin cast metal handles, manuscript tune card, L No. 62, G. No 52289, S No. 2962. 80cm wide, with 44cm/17 1/4" cylinder.Slight wear, scratches and small areas of veneer loss to case consistent with age. Plays well once going though mechanism may need slight attention/cleaning/oil as occasionally needs coaxing to start playing. All teeth present on comb.
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