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Two photograph albums, 1930-36, Isola, Lake Maggiore, Port Said, light six wheeler trials, Rawalpindi, Syracuse, Rome, Florence, Bombay to Marseilles, Monte Carlo, Perthshire, Cutty Sark, Falmouth, Scotland, Rothesay, cleaning a Singer car, Cannes, Battle of Flowers Grasse, Scotland, fishing, etc
Los 113
Winterbotham (William). An Historical, Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the American United States and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, 4 volumes, 1st edition, printed for the Editor, J. Ridgway, 1795, twenty-six engraved plates and plans, including two with hand-colouring (tobacco plant and Baltimore oriole), without maps (as usual), five tables on three folding sheets, contemporary manuscript annotation in brown ink to the section on the religious houses of Pennsylvania correcting the ommision of the African Church and describing the inscription above the entrance 'The people that walk in darkness have seen a great light' (vol 2. p.417), occasional minor dust-soiling or very light spotting, bookplate of William Wycliffe Barlow to upper pastedown of volume one, contemporary half calf, corners rubbed, one or two boards loose, 8vo Howes W-581; Sabin 104832. (4)
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Turner (J.M.W., illust.). Wanderings by the Loire, by Leitch Richie, 1st ed., 1833, 21 engraved plates, including additional title, some light spotting and toning, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco gilt, edges a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Wanderings by the Seine, from Rouen to the Source, 1st ed., 1835, additional engraved title, 19 engraved plates, a few spots, bookplate, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt, a trifle rubbed, 8vo, plus The Danube, its History, Scenery and Topography... from Sketches taken on the spot by Abresch, and Drawn by W.H. Bartlett... ed. William Beattie, 1844, additional engraverd title, numerous steel-engraved plates, illustrations, scattered spotting, contemporary plum half morocco gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, with four others including Joseph Snowe's The Rhine, Legends, Traditions, History, from Cologne to Mainz, 2 vols., 1839 (8)
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Dix (John Adams). A Winter in Madeira. And a Summer in Spain and Florence, 1st ed., New York, 1850, wood-engraved illustrations, publisher's list at end, original green blindstamped cloth, spine ends a trifle rubbed, 8vo, a good copy, together with Driver (John), Letters from Madeira in MDCCCXXXIV; With an Appendix, Illustrative of the History of the Island, Climate, Wines, and Other Information up Year 1838, 2nd ed., 1838, a few light spots, original green cloth, spine faded, one or two light stains, 12mo, plus others related including W.H. Koebel's Madeira: Old and New, 1909, Ellen Taylor's Madeira, Its Scenery and How to See it, 2nd ed., 1889 and C.A. le P. Power's Tourist's Guide to the Island of Madeira, 1914 (11)
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Jones (& Co., publishers). Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, &c. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, & Ireland; with other Picturesque Scenery..., parts 4-42, 45-58, 60-71, 73-75, published 1829, numerous engraved plates on india paper, original printed wrappers, light wear, slim 4to, together with Shepherd (Thomas, illust.), Modern Athens! or Views in Edinburgh, parts 2-31 & 42-43, published 1829, numerous engraved plates on india paper, original printed wrappers, some worn, slim 4to, with Jones' Views of the Cities of Bath and Bristol, with other Picturesque and Architectural Illustrations of the Counties of Somerset and Gloucester, parts 1-27, 30-34, 36-43, published 1829, numerous engraved plates on india paper, original printed wrappers, some light wear, slim 4to, plus [Storer, James], The Antiquarian Itinerary, Comprising Specimens of Architecture, Monastic, Castellated, and Domestic..., 7 vols., 1815-[18], numerous engraved plates, edges untrimmed, original cloth backed marbled boards, printed title labels to spines, small 8vo, plus four volumes of Britton's Beauties of England and Wales for North Wales, South Wales (two copies of each) (small carton)
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Ray (John). Catalogus Plantarum Angliae, et insularum Adjacentium: Tum Indigenas ... una cum Observationibus & Experimentis Novis Medicis & Physicis, 1st edition, London: Typis E.C. & A.C. Impensis J.Martyn, 1670, title & dedication ink ruled, early manuscript signature to recto of title, detailed manuscript index and lists to front blank, verso of title, verso of dedication, leaf Y3, final leaf of text and front & rear endpapers, other occasional annotations throughout, heavy dampstaining throughout, with some consequent soiling, hinges repaired, modern calf, 8vo, (Wing R381), together with Fermin (Philippe), Histoire Naturelle De La Hollande Equinoxiale: Ou Description des animaux, plantes... dans la colonie de Surinam... , Amsterdam, 1765, black and white engraved frontispiece and title, lacking pp. 111-112, some light spotting, modern rebinding, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Hamburg (Daniel), Science Papers, chiefly Pharmacological and Botanica, 1876, presentation inscription 'Charles E. Boucher B. Se. Lond. October 1890' to front endpaper, 60 black and white illustrations, some light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 17th - 19t-century botanical and historical reference and related, including Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt... , by Vivant Renon, volumes 1 & 2, 2nd edition, 1803, The Gardener's Kalendar, by Philip Miller, 2 volumes (1734, 1769), mostly leather bindings including some decorative, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Los 647
Blackie (W.G.). The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, 1884, colour wood engraved plates, double-page colour maps, all edges gilt, original half brown morocco gilt, heavily rubbed, large thick folio, together with A Description of England and Wales, 10 volumes, 1st edition (except first volume 2nd edition), 1769-75, 240 copper engraved plates, contemporary uniform full calf gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to extremities, volume 8 crudely rebacked with original spine laid down, small 8vo, plus Morris (F.O.), A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 volumes, William Mackenzie, circa 1860s, numerous chromolithograph plates, all edges gilt, original publisher's gilt-decorated cloth, rubbed and some wear, ex library copy with classification number in white ink to foot of spine of all except first volume (contents unmarked), 4to, and Rose (Thomas), Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, Illustrated, from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, &c., 1832, 215 steel engraved views, mostly 2 to a page, some with old colouring, some generally light spotting, contemporary full calf, rubbed and some wear to extremities, with upper cover detached, 4to, plus one other (Aubreville, La Flore Forestiere de la Cote d'Ivoire, 3 volumes, Paris, 1936) (a carton)
Los 486
[Portugal, Foreign relations]. The Privileges of an Englishman in the Kingdoms and Dominions of Portugal. Contain'd in the Treaty of Peace Concluded by Oliver Cromwell; and Various Laws, Decrees, &c. at sundry times, and on divers Occasions, made by the Kings of Portugal, in Favour of the English Nation..., to which is added, the King of Portugal's New Law, concerning the Diamonds found in the Brasils. Done in Portugueze and English, London: Printed for the Translator, 1736, titles and text in English and Portugese, some light toning mostly to margins of first few leaves, contemporary calf, slight wear to spine, 8vo (1)
Los 444
*Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Autograph letter signed 'Edward Elgar', Malvern, 5th December 1897, to Novello & Co., 'Enclosed I return proof of title-page: it, i.e. the inside cover looks rather a mixture: I have suggested on the proof that the name Chanson de Nuit shd. be divided from the rest of the matter which might possibly be in English: if this will not do please follow your usual plan. I am sorry to have been so dull over the title of this piece but I had hoped we might have kept to English', 2 pages, light vertical crease, 8vo (1)
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Tozer (Henry Fanshawe). The Islands of the Aegean, 1st edition, Oxford, 1890, folding map, single advertisement leaf at rear, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Wordsworth (Christopher). Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence there, 1st edition, 1836, half-title, two folding maps, three lithographed plates, folding plate of inscriptions, some offsetting and light spotting, partly uncut, 20th century polished calf, gilt decorated spine, 8vo Blackmer 1670, for the first work. Blackmer 1839, for the second work. (2)
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Sassoon (Siegfried). Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, 1928, a few minor spots, endpapers partially toned, contemporary previous owner inscription, top edge gilt, original blue buckram, spine faded, 8vo, limited edition, 120/260 signed by the author, together with The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy: by Brillat-Savarin, 1925, illustrations by Andrew Johnson, untrimmed, original vellum-backed boards, light edgewear, tall 8vo, limited edition, 32/750, plus The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, by Charles Dickens, 2 vols., 1910, colour and black and white illustrations by Cecil Aldin, scattered spotting, contemporary burgundy half morocco, some fading to spines, 4to, with others including John Masefield's South and East (limited signed eedition of 260), The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke, 1919 (limited edition of 1000), The Poetical Works of John Milton. With Notes of Various Authors, by Rev. H.J. Todd, 6 vols., 3rd ed. 1826 and others Nonesuch Press etc (26)
Los 324
*Hold-To-Light. A mixed collection of approximately thirty 'hold-to-light' engravings, mostly 19th century, mezzotints and engravings of portraits, historical, genre, religous and topographical scenes, many with excised portions replaced with tissue paper and colouring to verso, various sizes and condition (approx.30)
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Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack. John Wisden Cricketer's Almanack, a complete run, 1864-1973, 1864-1878 second facsimile edition (Lowe & Brydone, 1974), photographic plates to each from 1889 (lacking in 1890 & 1906) to 1915, illustrations from 1918 (1879 & 1885 lacking advertisements at end), scattered light spotting and occasional light toning, original wrappers for 1881, 1883-1884, 1886-1890, 1892-96, 1898-1902, 1905-1916, 1918-1937, 1938 onwards original limp cloth upper wrapper only for 1942-45, 1947, 1949-54, 1958-59, 1970 & 1973 (1887 wrappers heavily rubbed, upper wrapper only for 1890, 1912, 1934 & 1936-37), some general soiling, mainly to early wrappers, (1904 with sellotape repair at front, 1912 with two advertisement leaves at end torn out, 1909 wrappers with losses and repairs, 1913 upper wrapper repaired at gutter with a few leaves detaching and trimmed with loss, 1915 upper wrapper with closed tear, 1929 upper wrapper with lower corner torn away), some leaves and wrappers trimmed, all bound-in modern uniform light brown cloth, upper covers titled in gilt 'Wisden Cricketers' Almanack' and each volume dated to spine, 8vo A GOOD COMPLETE SET OF WISDEN FROM 1864 TO 1973. (111)
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Trollope (Anthony). How the "Mastiffs" Went to Iceland, 1st ed. 1878, half title, colour map, two mounted albumen prints, 14 uncoloured lithographed plates by Mrs. Hugh Blackburn, one or two light spots, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 4to Privately printed account of a trip to Iceland by Trollope and others as guests of Mr and Mrs John Burns, aboard their yacht the "Mastiff" in June and July of 1878. (1)
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Juan (Jorge & Ulloa, Antonio de). A Voyage to South-America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Towns, Provinces, &c. on that Extensive Continent. Interspersed throughout with Reflections on the Genius, Customs, Manners, and Trade of the Inhabitants; Together with the Natural History of the Country. And an Account of their Gold and Silver Mines, 2 vols., 1st English ed., 1758, seven engraved maps and plates, including six folding (backed and repaired with archival tissue paper), publisher's list at end of vol. I, one or two words of text crossed-through, some light offsetting and spotting, previous owner inscriptions, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed and stained, 8vo Sabin 36813. (2)
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*Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Autograph letter signed 'Edward Elgar', Forli, Malvern, 16 April 1895, to Novello & Co., returning proofs of the two part-songs for ladies' voices, asking for a footnote on the first page of each of them 'to the effect that the violin accompaniments are procurable separately', giving a further suggestion for a printed note with a view to assisting the sales of extra violin copies, indicating that he has made a note on the proofs relating to the turn-overs and where best that the music on pages 2 and 3 should begin and end, with a small diagram, hoping that the works will be ready in early May 'so that I can introduce them for use during the next school term', and referring to an enclosure [no longer present] giving a list of affiliated schools, 4 pages, publisher's ink acknowledgement mark and date stamp at head of first page and blue pencil line to final page, light vertical crease, 8vo (1)
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Frost (Robert, 1874-1963). A group of 10 poems printed as Christmas greetings booklets, New York: The Spiral Press, 1944/62, the first four inscribed by the author to titles (one signed and one initialled), mostly with a few woodcuts or wood-engravings, original stapled printed wrappers (some pictorial, first booklet stitched as issued), spines to 1951 and 1959 booklets frayed, 1957 a little browned on spine and minor marks to lower wrapper, 1959 browned on spine, 1960 a little light browning at upper margins and to wrappers, 1961 browned on spine and partly on wrappers with split at foot, 1962 a little marked, all slim 8vo and smaller sizes This lot consists of: An Unstamped Letter in our Rural Letter Box, 1944 (inscribed '[from] your neighbor R.F.'); Holiday Greetings, 1949 (inscribed 'For the Turners that may not forget the old neighborhood'); A Cabin in the Clearing, 1951 (inscribed '[a new poem] about your country [comes to you with Holiday Greetings] the most patriotic [Robert Frost] your old friend and neighbor round the corner from the Rudesel*', and beneath '*slurring name in our annals'); One More Brevity, 1953, (inscribed from 'Your old friend and neighbor Robert Frost'); Kitty Hawk, 1956'; My Objection to Being Stepped On, 1957; A-Wishing Well, 1959; Accidentally On Purpose, 1960; The Wood-Pile, 1961; The Prophets Really Prophecy as Mystics, The Commentators Merely by Statistics, 1962. (10)
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Sydney. The Handbook to Sydney and Suburbs, with a Plan of the City, and Map of the Colony, S.T. Leigh, Sydney [1867], folding plan at front, folding map at rear (repaired), two mounted albumen prints, colour plate of signal flags, four tinted lithographs, numerous advertisements, including small Australian Mutual Provident Society booklet, one or two closed tears, some light offsetting and spotting, original brown blindstamped cloth gilt, spine and extremities faded, 8vo Ferguson 11569. (1)
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Le Vaillant (Francois). Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, by the way of the Cape of Good Hope in the years 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85, printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1790, eleven engraved plates (of twelve) only (lacking plate of Hottentot Woman from volume two, as often), occasional minor spotting or light offsetting to text, 20th century ownership inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, boards detached of volume one, 8vo (2)
Los 496
Rochefort (J. de). Le passe-tems agreable, ou Nouveau choix de bons-mots, de pensees ingenieuses, et de rencontres plaisantes, enrichi d'une elite des plus vives gasconnades, qui ne sont point dans le Gasconniana..., Rotterdam: Jean Hofhout, 1709, title printed in red and black, some scattered spotting and toning, contemporary vellum, stained and soiled, small 8vo, together with Le Clerc (Jean), Joannis Clerici ars critica in qua ad studia linguarum Latinae, Graecae et Hebraicae via munitur, 3 volumes (bound as one), Amsterdam: Henricum Schelte, 1712, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, titles printed in red and black, occasional light spotting, contemporary vellum, rubbed and worn with some loss to extremities, thick 8vo, plus two other vellum bound volumes, including Johann Friedrich Polack's Mathesis Forensis (4)
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Hobhouse (John Cam, Baron Broughton). A Journey Through Albania, and Other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople During the Year 1809 and 1810, 2nd ed., 1813, engraved uncoloured frontispiece, two folding engraved maps, engraved plan, two facsimile letters, engraved plate of Greek music, 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates only (of 17, lacking plate 13, View of Tophana), scattered light spotting, one or two frayed foredges, recent green half morocco by Maltbys, 4to Abbey Travel 202; Blackmer 821. The second edition, second issue with the continuous pagination in one volume. A famous account of the author's tour of Greece with Lord Byron in 1809 and 1810, which additionally provides much information on the court of Ali Pasha. (1)
Los 495
Reresby (John). The Travels and Memoirs of Sir John Reresby, Bart., printed for Edward Jeffery, 1813, thirty-nine engraved plates (of 40) only (as often), including many with hand-colouring, some light scattered spotting, offsetting and toning, armorial bookplate of William Burnyeat, Millgrove, to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary calf (by Morrell), gilt decorated spine, (generally in very good condition), 8vo, together with Wilson (H. W.), Ironclads in Action, a Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895, 6th impression, 2 volumes, Sampson Low, 1898, maps, plans and illustrations, occasional spotting, presentation bookplate of The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to upper pastedown, contemporaary calf, scuffed and a little rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th century literature, including, The Badminton Library, Yachting I & II, Racing and Steeple-chasing and Hunting (4 volumes, uniformly bound in half morocco), White's Naval Architecture, The Full Report of the Trial of Queen Caroline, (2 volumes), Jane Marcet's Conversations on Natural Philosophy, 1819, Mr Hoyle's Games (12th edition), Edward MacLysaght's Poems (limited edition), plus others similar, mostly 8vo, mainly contemporary leather (50)
Los 176
Winchester. The History and Antiquities of Winchester, setting forth its original constitution, government, manufactories, trade, commerce and navigation..., 2 volumes, Winchester, 1773, engraved frontispiece to each volume, 11 engraved plates, including some folding, contemporary calf, both volumes lacking upper cover, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges, 8vo, together with Picturesque Memorials of Winchester, published by E. Wheeler, circa 1830, 12 engraved plates, original blindstamped blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and minor fraying to extremities, slim large 8vo, plus Lowth (Robert), The Life of William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, 1st edition, printed for A. Millar, 1758, some marks and light spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed and somewhat worn, with upper cover near detached, 8vo, and others on Winchester and Hampshire, including Philip Brannon, The Coast Scenery of Dorset, Part I only, containing 8 engraved vignette views, A.R. Bramston and A.C. Leroy, A City of Memories, etchings and illustrations by W.B. Roberts, 1893, School-Life at Winchester College; or, The Reiminiscences of a Winchester Junior, 1866, H.C. Adams, Wykehamica. A History of Winchester College and Commoners, 1878, Beauties of England and Wales, volume 6 only (Hampshire & Herefordshire), (2 copies), J.S. Furley, Quarter Sessions Government in Hampshire in the 17th Century, Winchester, circa 1920, etc., mostly original cloth, including some booklets, mainly 8vo (32)
Los 501
Scheffer (Johannes). De Re Vehiculari Veterum libri duo, 1st ed., Frankfurt, 1671, additional engraved title by H. Roos (old circular library stamp to lower outer corner), 4 engraved illustrations, and 38 woodcut illustrations to text, some (generally light), scattered spotting, later 19th century book label of the Bibliothek des Reichs-Postamts to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, title to spine in manuscript, rubbed, small 4to Brunet 29030. First edition of Scheffer's study of transportation in antiquity. (1)
Los 633
Nonesuch Press. Selected Poems of Coleridge, 1935, full-page woodcuts on letterpress by Stefan Mrozewski, some light spotting to first few leaves, withdrawn library label on preliminary blank, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original orange limp vellum gilt, tall 8vo, (limited edition 159/500), together with Cresset Press The Heroycall Epistles of the Learned Poet Publius Ovidius Naso, translated into English Verse by George Turberville, with ten full-page illustrations by Hester Sainsbury..., 1928, ten plates, Curwen Press label on front pastedown, library barcode label on rear pastedown, original quarter cloth, large 8vo, plus Aldin (Cecil, illustrator), A Gay Dog, Heinemann, 1905, twenty-four lithographed plates, first and final leaves spotted, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly bowed, a little marked and edge-rubbed, large 4to, plus twenty-one others, mostly larger format illustrated books, including A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems, translated by Arthur Waley, 1918; X Sermons Preached by that Late Learned and Rev. Divine John Donne, Nonesuch Press, 1923; The Man Who Died by D.H. Lawrence, illustrated by John Farleigh, 1935; and Maufra Peintre et Graveur, by Victor-Emile Michelet, 1908 (24)
Los 665
Faulkner (Thomas). An Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea and its Environs... , 1810, History and Antiquities of Kensington... , 1820, numerous black and white illustrations including frontispiece, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary half morocco and gilt-decorated calf bindings respectively, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, (2 volumes in total), together with Norman (Philip), London vanished & Vanishing, deluxe edition, 1905, 227/250, signed by the author to the limitation page, 75 colour illustrations with tissue guards, some marginal toning and spotting, modern gilt-decorated quarter calf, spine slightly rubbed, large 4to, and The Argonaut Press, A Spanish Voyage to Vancouver and the North-West Coast of America by Cecil Jane, 1930, limited edition 205/525, Voyages and Discoveries by William Dampier, 1931, limited edition 5/975, Ralegh's Last Voyage by V.T. Harlow, 1932, limited edition 261/775, black and white frontispiece, all original gilt-decorated quarter vellum, spines slightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, 4to, (3 volumes in total), plus other 19th and early 20th-century literature and London reference, including Theodore Dreiser, 18 volumes, some leather bindings, condition generally G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Los 659
Coggeshall (George). A History of American Privateers, and Letters-of-Marque, 1856, monochrome illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated brown cloth, spine rubbed to head and foot with minor loss, 8vo, together with Stephens (John L.), Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatas, volumes 1 & 2, new edition, 1842, folding map to volume 1, numerous black and white illustrations, some spotting and toning to margins, contemporary uniform gilt-decorated brown cloth, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and Roche (Regina Maria), The Children of the Abbey, A Tale, volumes 1-3 bound in 1, W.A. Leary & Co., Philadelphia, circa 1840, some light spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated red cloth, boards rubbed, spine faded and rubbed with split to head, thick 8vo, plus other 19th-century illustrated literature and historical reference including The Works of Charles Dickens, 30 volumes, Illustrated Library Edition, Angela Brazil, the Bronte sisters, H.B. Stowe, generally in good/very good condition, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
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Beardsley (Aubrey). The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley, with an introduction by C. Lewis Hind, John Lane, 1925, 154 plates, numbered 82 from an edition of 110, edges roughly trimmed, original publisher's cloth gilt, a little scuffed and few minor marks, large 4to, together with Grahame (Kenneth), The Headswoman, illustrated by Maria Lane Foster, John Lane, 1921, eight colour plates, light spotting, bookplate of Alex Bridge to upper pastedown, numbered 4 from an edition of 75, original publisher's vellum, gilt and blocked, small 8vo, plus Morris (William), The Aeneids of Virgil done into English Verse, Longmans, 1902, light scattered spotting, original publisher's boards, a little worn and lightly scuffed, folio, plus others related including art books and modern literature (2)
Los 477
Lister (Martin). An genius proposal for a new sort of Maps of Countrys together with Tables of Sands and Clays, such chiefly as are found in the North parts of England, contained in Philosophical Transactions, no. 164, October 20, 1684, pages 735-58, single engraved plate, light waterstain to extreme top margins, untrimmed, stitch marks where previously bound, slim 4to An important contribution by the zoologist Martin Lister (1638-1712) on how to make a geological map. This issue also contains contributions by Turbervile, letters to John Flamsteed on the solar eclipse and Bartholinus. (1)
Los 505
Smart (Christopher). On the Eternity of the Supreme Being, 2nd edition; On the Immensity of the Supreme Being, 2nd edition; On the Omniscience of the Supreme Being, 1st edition; On the Power of the Supreme Being, 1st edition; On the Goodness of the Supreme Being, 1st edition, 5 parts in one, Cambridge: J. Bentham, 1752-1756, each part with title-page and separate pagination/collation, bound with Gray (Thomas), An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard, 9th edition, printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1754, occasional light finger-soiling, front free endpaper with early ownership signature 'Robt Ralston his Book 1787', contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, rubbed, with some loss to head of spine and surface of upper cover, 4to Complete set of Christopher Smart's famous Seatonian Prize Poems, which have often been described as the peak of his achievement. An annual award was set up at Cambridge University with the bequest of clergyman Thomas Seaton, for the best poem on the subject of the supreme being. Christopher Smart entered five times between 1750 and 1756 and carried the prize off each time. (1)
Los 664
Ciceronis (M. Tullii). Opera, volumes 1-5 bound in 2, Paris, 1538, ex officina Roberti Stephani, 5 black and white woodcuts, some worming, damp damage and spotting, later calf spine bound to vellum boards, rubbed with marks and minor loss to spines and hinges, folio, together with Hughson (David), London; being an accurate history and description of the British Metropolis and its Neighbourhood, to thirty miles extent, from an actual perambulation, volumes 1-6 (complete), 1807-09, numerous hand-coloured and black and white illustrations and maps, some minor toning, modern uniform green morocco, boards rubbed with some loss, spines faded and rubbed to head and foot with minor loss, 8vo, and Boswell (James), Life of Samuel Johnson L.L.D., volumes 1-10, 1835, black and white frontispiece and half-titles with tissue guards, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting, original decorated purple cloth, boards slightly marked, spines faded, 8vo, plus other 19th and early 20th-century literature and miscellaneous reference, including The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, 30 volumes, Skerryvale edition, 1925, The Popular History of England by Charles Knight, volumes 1-8, circa 1870s, condition generally G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & a carton)
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Bent (J. Theodore). The Cyclades, or Life among the Insular Greeks, 1st edition, Longmans, Green & Co., 1885, half-title, folding map, 18pp. publisher's adverts to rear, some pages unopened, ownership inscription of Kirk Nuttal to title, a little light spotting to first few leaves, hinges cracked, original publisher's cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and a little bumped at extremities, 8vo Blackmer 123: 'A very interesting account of the author's stay on each of the 19 islands of the Cyclades with descriptions of customs, beliefs and superstitions of the peoples'. (1)
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Spencer (Gilbert). The Ten Commandments, Drawings by Gilbert Spencer, Stanford Dingley, The Mill House Press, 1934, 13 tipped-in reproduction monochrome plates, with accompanying text, some light dampstaining to inner margins, and rear endpapers, original cloth, somewhat soiled and with some damp marking, large folio Printed in an edition of 75 copies by Kyrle Leng and Robert Gathorne Hardy, this copy unnumbered. Provenance: From the collection of Lady Ottoline Morrell. Gilbert Spencer was a close family friend of the Morrell's, and a frequent resident at Garsington Manor. Robert Gathorne Hardy was Lady Ottoline's literary executor and editor of her memoirs. (1)
Los 148
Stoney (H. Butler, Captain). A Residence in Tasmania: With a Descriptive Tour through the Island, from Macquarie Harbour to Circular Head, 1st ed., 1856, double-page map, eight tinted lithographed plates, 16 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, a few leaves loosening, scattered light spotting, previous owner signature erased from front endpaper, hinges a little tender, original green blindstamped cloth, small tears at head of spine, edges a little bumped, 8vo Ferguson 16295. (1)
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Milne (A.A.). Teddy Bear and Other Songs from "When We Were Very Young"... Music by H. Fraser-Simson, Decorations by E.H. Shepard, 1926, black and white illustrations, some light dust-soiling, original cloth-backed boards with paper label to upper cover, in d.j., board edges a little darkened, jacket dust-soiled and a little frayed, repaired closed tear to upper cover, torn with some loss to lower cover, large slim 4to (1)
Los 199
Morris (F.O.). A History of British Butterflies, 1st ed., 1853, 71 hand-coloured plates, a few misnumbered at end, one uncoloured double-page plate, some light spotting, presentation inscription, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with A History of British Butterflies, 7th ed., 1893, 79 hand-coloured plates, one uncoloured double-page plate, one or two light spots, bookplate, original green cloth gilt, a little rubbed with light dampstains, 8vo, plus A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vols., mixed eds., 1854-59 (defective, 225 chromolithographed plates only, of 232) (5)
Los 460
Commines (Philippe de). Les Memoires de Messire Ph. de Commines, Chevalier Seigneur d'Argenton, sur les principaux faicts & gestes de Louys XI. & de Charles VIII. son fils, rois de France. En ceste derniere edition ont est‚ corrigees plusieurs fautes notables, & queleques obmissions..., Paris, Pierre Le-Mur, 1615, title with engraved coat-of-arms, woodcut initials, etc., light waterstain towards front of volume, contemporary full vellum, worn with a little loss, mainly to spine and upper cover, folio (1)
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Thomson (Anthony Todd). The Occult Sciences. The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies and Apparent Miracles, volumes 1 & 2, 1846, contemporary inscriptions to title-pages, some light toning, contemporary uniform decorated black cloth, boards slightly marked, spines rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Colburn (Zerah & Maw, William H.), The Waterworks of London, together with a series of articles on various other waterworks, 1867, black and white illustrations including 21 folding plates to rear, contemporary maroon cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Anderson (John), A Defence of The Church-Government, Faith, Worship & Spirit of the Presbyterians, 1714, some loss to top of the title-page, water marks to title to 'Dedication', some toning throughout, contemporary calf, boards detached and rubbed with minor loss, 4to, plus other 19th-century literature and historical reference including Charles Dickens, The History of Greece by George Grote, volumes 1-10 (complete), 1872, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, volumes 1-8 (complete), 1881, The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Earl of Clarendon, volumes 1-7 (complete), 1849, mostly leather bindings, many gilt-decorated sets, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo (3 shelves)
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Mitchell (Lieutenant Colonel Sir T.L.). Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia, in Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria, 1st ed., 1848, 11 tinted lithographed plates, wood-engraved plate, seven maps, publisher's list at end, previous owner signatures to dedication leaf, a little light spotting, top edge gilt, later green morocco, spine with red labels and gilt decoration, one or two light stains, 8vo Ferguson 4828. (1)
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Astley (Thomas). A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels, consisting of the most Esteemed Relations which have been hitherto published in any Language, comprehending every thing remarkable in its kind in Europe, Asia, Africa and America...., 4 volumes, printed for Thomas Astley, 1745-47, engraved frontispiece to each volume (frontispiece to volume four misbound in textblock), two hundred and fourteen engraved plates, charts, maps and plans (including some folding), some overall toning, occasional spotting or light offsetting, partially removed library stamps to titles, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, boards detached, boards of volume two recovered with modern leather-effect tape, 4to (4)
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*Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Autograph letter signed 'Edward Elgar', Malvern, 19 February [1897], to Novello & Co., saying that by this post he is returning the full score and 8vo copy of "St John's Eve", 'I have made a note of the direction in the full-sc:- an asterisk appears to be omitted in the 3rd & 4th Horns... in St George I think I must make the Cornets (or at least one) obbligato - the quasi-military character of the work demands this', with a concluding note and postscript, 3 pages, publisher's acknowledgement mark at head of first page and ink date receipt stamp to final blank, light vertical crease, 8vo Novello had sent Elgar the score of 'St John's Eve' by Frederick Cowen (1852-1934) as a model. (1)
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Craddock (Harry). The Savoy Cocktail Book, reprint edition, 1931, advertisements to front, illustrated endpapers, numerous colour woodcuts, some slight offsetting, original Art Deco boards, slightly rubbed, spine rubbed and partially detached, 8vo, together with Johns (W.E.), Biggles Flies North, 1939, colour frontispiece plus 6 black and white illustrations, some light spotting, original blue cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, plus Milne (A.A.), The House at Pooh Corner, 1st edition, 1928, decorated endpapers, numerous black and white illustrations, previous owner's inscription to front pastedown, hinges cracked, some light marks, original gilt-decorated red boards, boards and spine faded and marked, 8vo, plus other early 20th-century and ultra modern literature and first editions, including John Le Carr‚, Cormac McCarthy, P.D. James, G.M. Fraser, J.R.R. Tolkien, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Los 140
Landsborough (William). Journal of Landsborough Expedition from Carpentaria, in Search of Burke and Willis, 1st ed., Melbourne, 1862, lithographed portrait frontispiece (with light waterstains), folding map (repaired) contained in rear pocket, light toning, modern tan half calf, 8vo Ferguson 11329. (1)
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*Queen Victoria. A pair of handkerchiefs commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897, two black printed white cotton handkerchiefs, each with a circular portrait of Queen Victoria surrounded by vignettes and titled 'The Longest Reign in History', one showing the young Victoria and the date 1837, the other showing the elderly Queen and the date 1897, some light spotting, each approximately 33 x 33cm (13 x 13ins) Scarce pair of commemorative handkerchiefs summarising in their imagery the many remarkable industrial and territorial conquests made during Queen Victoria's reign, including the printing machine that could make 50,000 copies per hour; advances in machine loom weaving; the ability to send telegrams at 100 miles per minute; production of the maxim gun, allowing 600 shots per minute; the West Coast railway's corridor train which travelled 60 miles per hour; and the ability to travel across the Atlantic in just 5½ days. (2)
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Cunningham (Peter). Two Years in New South Wales; Comprising Sketches of the Actual State of Society in that Colony; of its Peculiar Advantages to Emigrants; of its Topography, Natural History &c., 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1827, half titles, folding map (laid down and repaired), some spotting and toning, later burgundy half calf, a few small mottled dampstains, 8vo, together with Grey (George), Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1841, 22 lithographed plates, including six hand-coloured, two folding maps contained in later rear pockets and pp. 101-117 volume II supplied in facsimile, library blindstamps, some light soiling, contemporary cloth-backed boards, vol. I upper cover detached, upper joint split, some edgewear, 8vo, with two others: William Henry Breton's Excursions in New South Wales, Western Australia and Van Diemen's Land, During the Years 1830, 1831, 1832 and 1833, 2nd ed., 1834 and James Bonwick's Discovery and Settlement of Port Phillip, Melbourne, 1856 (6)
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*Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Autograph letter signed 'Edward Elgar', Malvern, 3 October 1897, to Novello & Co., a brief note, 'Enclosed I send the assignment of the "Te Deum &c" duly executed', 1 page with integral blank, publisher's ink receipt stamp at head of first page, light vertical crease, 8vo, together with two letters from the music copiers Alex Bles to Novello's, 7 & 9 August 1897, concerning engraving for the same work, both 1 page, one partly toned, oblong 8vo (3)
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Whymper (Edward). Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1892, wood engraved plates and illustrations, folding map in pocket at rear, untrimmed, original gilt-decorated light brown cloth, spine sunned (generally in bright condition), together with Fitz Gerald (E.A.), The Highest Andes, a record of the first ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the exploration of the surrounding valleys, 1st edition, Methuen, 1899, monochrome plates after photographs, folding maps at rear, some spotting to first few leaves, original red cloth gilt, spine somewhat dulled, plus Ponting (Herbert G.), The Great White South, being an account of experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition, and of the nature life of the Antarctic, 1st edition, Duckworth, 1921, monochrome plates after photographs, original blue cloth gilt, spine sunned, short closed tear to head of spine, and Amundsen (Roald and Ellsworth, Lincoln), The First Flight across the Polar Sea, 1st edition, [1927], monochrome plates after photographs, some spotting to first few leaves and outer edges, original blue cloth gilt in bright condition, all 8vo (4)
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Baedeker (Karl). Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking, 1st ed., Leipzig, 1914, 40 maps and 78 plans, one or two light stains, contemporary previous owner inscription to half title, original red cloth, slight fading to spine, 8vo, together with Egypt and the Sudan, 8th ed., 1929, numerous maps and plans, original red cloth, spine a little faded, 8vo, with four other guides including The Mediterranean Seaports and Sea Routes Including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, 1911 and Spain and Portugal, 4th ed., 1913 (6)
Los 155
Wentworth (William Charles). A Statistical Account of the British Settlements in Australia; Including the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land..., 2 vols., 3rd ed., with an Appendix, 1824, engraved view of Sydney, two folding engraved maps (one with repair to verso), some spotting, offsetting and waterstains, bookplates, modern half calf, some light marks, 8vo Ferguson 990. (2)
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Hunter (John). An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the Publication of Phillip's Voyage, Compiled from the Official Papers, Including the Journals of Governors Phillip and King, and of Lieut. Ball; and the Voyages from the first Sailing of the Sirius in 1787, to the return of that Ship's Company to England in 1792, 1st ed., John Stockdale, 1793, stipple engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title with vignette (marginal repair and close-trimmed at foot just affecting imprint), five engraved maps and charts, including two folding, ten engraved plates (including the Aboriginal family plate by William Blake), a few tears and repairs, occasional light offsetting, some spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 4to Ferguson 152. (1)
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