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Preisdatenbank abonnierenL'Estrange (Sir Roger) - Fables of Aesop and other eminent mythologists... lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, with engraved plate, Alphabetical Table of Fables, torn at corner with loss, some light finger-soiling, contemporary ink annotation and stains to last page, later tree calf, gilt, spine with raised bands, [Wing A706], 4to, R.Sare, T.Sawbridge, B.Took, M.Gillyflower, A. & F. Churchil and F.Hindmarsh, 1692.
Maud, and other poems, first edition, later issue with 8pp (Alfred, Lord ) Maud, and other poems, first edition, later issue with 8pp. catalogue at beginning dated August 1855, advertisement leaf at end, original cloth, spine faded and worn at ends, 1855; Poems, portrait, wood-engraved illustrations by the Pre-Raphaelites and others, light foxing, original decorated cloth, gilt, g.e., spine ends and corners a little worn, Moxon, 1860 § [Tennyson (Hallam, Lord )] Alfred Lord Tennyson, 2 vol., plates, presentation copy from the author with accompanying initialled note tipped in at beginning of vol.1, later calf, spines gilt, t.e.g., gouge to lower board, 1897; Tennyson and his Friends, portrait, signed presentation copy from the author inscribed on half-title, original cloth, 1911 § Arnold (Matthew) New Poems, original cloth, 1867 § Browning (Robert)The Ring and the Book, 4 vol., original cloth, 1868-69, first editions , some a little rubbed ; and 17 others by or about Tennyson, Arnold and Browning, 8vo et infra (27)
Walpole (Horace) - Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third, first edition , etched portrait frontispiece of King Richard III and 1 other plate , some offsetting and light spotting, addition/errata ff. at the end, ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, spine gilt, creases and extremities chipped, lightly rubbed and scuffed, J.Dodsley, 1768 § Walpole ( Sir Robert).- Reasons Founded on Facts for a Late Motion, title with woodcut ornament, occasional spotting, a few stains, loose in later wrappers, for T. Cooper, 1741; and a French edition of the first mentioned, v.s. (3)
[Huddesford (William)] - The Lives Of those eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony a Wood , 2 vol., first edition , 3 engraved portraits, 7 plates including folding, some light offsetting, mss. notes at end of one vol., bookplates of Francis Pigott, contemporary cat's paw calf, spines gilt, worn at spines ends and joints, 8vo, Oxford , 1772.
Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon Constructed & Directed by M. Green Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon Constructed & Directed by M. Green. A public Ascent with this celebrated Balloon à from The Barracks, In therue de Faubourg Poissonnire. To be conducted by Mr Green, being his 227th Ascent , printed bill on yellow paper, ink stamp at head, some light creasing, 438 x 265mm ., [Paris] , 19th December, 1836; and a bill for his second and lst ascent (2)
Pope (Alexander) - The Works, With his last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, [edited by William Warburton], 9 vol., 24 engraved plates, light browning, handsome contemporary tree calf, gilt, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, a little rubbed, corners worn, some labels chipped, a few renewed, 8vo, for C.Bathurst [ & others], 1770.
Catalogue of the Library at Chatsworth , 4 vol ( Duke of ) Catalogue of the Library at Chatsworth , 4 vol., number 4 of 50 large paper copies, this presented to Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, armorial device on titles, wood-engraved vignettes on mounted india paper, partly unopened, a little light staining affecting lower margin of some ff. in vol.I, otherwise internally very good, original green cloth, some rubbing and minor marking, occasional edge wear with vol.IV worn with splits at lower joint, uncut, folio , 1879.
C[okayne] (G.E.) - The Complete Peerage..., 13 vol. in 14, some loosely inserted related ephemera, spotting to a few ff., last vol. unopened, original cloth, gilt, very light sunning to a few spines, one vol. with some minor water-speckling near spine, overall a very good set, uncut, 4to , 1910-40.
Darwin (Charles) - The Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition, "with additions and corrections" (thirteenth thousand), folding lithographed table (light spotted), lacking half-title, a little cropped, modern half green morocco, gilt, by Bayntun-Rivière, quotation "There is grandeur in this view of life" in gilt on upper cover, spine gilt, g.e., 8vo, 1873.
Burke (James Lee) - The Neon Rain, 1987; Heaven's Prisoners , New York, 1988; Black Cherry Blues , 1989; A Morning for Flamingos , 1990, first or first English editions, first 2 signed by the author, last 2 with bookplates signed by the author loosely inserted, light browning to margins, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies ; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (10)
Deighton (Len) - The Ipcress File, second impression, edges spotted, jacket browned at head, spine ends and corners a little chipped with small tape repairds to verso, creasing to rear flap, 1962; Horse Under Water, crossword endpapers, jacket with very light browning and creasing to head, 1963; Funeral in Berlin, 1964; Billion Dollar Brain, jacket a little rubbed and scratched, 1966; An Expensive Place to Die, 'Transit Docket' loosely inserted, jacket spine faded, 1967, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent copies ; and c.55 others by the same, including the JFK assasination wallett, 8vo & folio (c.60)
The Lost World, plates, scattered foxing to margins and endpapers ( Sir Arthur Conan) The Lost World, plates, scattered foxing to margins and endpapers, front endpaper clipped, spine darkened, spine ends frayed, rubbed, [1912]; Uncle Bernac, plates, spine browned, spine ends frayed, corners bumped, light soiling, 1897, first editions, original cloth ; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (5)
Fitzgerald (F. Scott) - This Side of Paradise, light browning to endpapers, a little rubbed and soiled, facsimile dust-jacket, 1921 § Bruccoli (Matthew J., editor ) The Notebooks of F.Scott Fitzgerald, New York, 1978 § Turnbull (Andrew, editor ) The Letters of F.Scott Fitzgerald, jacket spine faded, 1963; Scott Fitzgerald, a Biography, jacket price-clipped, rubbed, New York, 1962 § Mizener (Arthur) The Far side of Paradise, a Bigraphy of F.Scott Fitzgerald, Boston, 1951, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and c.65 others, Fitzgerald and others, biography and similar, 8vo (c.70)
Fleming (Ian) - For Your Eyes Only, jacket with tape marks to spine ends and corners verso, some showing through, spine very slightly faded, some light rubbing, 1960; The Man With the Golden Gun, jacket spine slightly browned, 1965, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 3 others, Fleming, 8vo (5)
Fleming (Ian) - For Your Eyes Only, ink inscription, spine ends a little bumped, jacket price-clipped, spine faded, marking to upper panel, light creasing to head and foot, 1960; Thunderball, jacket with light discolouration to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, mark to upper panel, 1961, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
Fleming (Ian) - Thunderball, jacket spine lightly browned, some light creasing to head, 1961; The Spy Who Loved Me, jacket price-clipped and with 15s. price sticker, spine slightly darkened, some patches of browning and light surface soiling, 1962; You Only Live Twice, jacket spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, lightly rubbed at extremities, 1964, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)
Fleming (Ian) - On Her Majesty's Secret Service, a little bumped, jacket with creasing and surface soiling, 1963; The Man with the Golden Gun, ink inscription, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners with very light chipping and creasing, 1965; Octopussy and the Living Daylights, jacket spine lightly browned, 1966, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)
The Stark Munro Letters, 24pp.catalogue at end ( Sir Arthur Conan) The Stark Munro Letters, 24pp.catalogue at end, very light water-staining to lower margin at beginning and end, light spotting, 1895; The New Revelation, a little browned, 1898; A Study in Scarlet, third edition, fourth printing, with loosely-inserted 10pp. note on Sherlock Holmes by Dr.Joseph Bell (the model for Holmes) from a later edition (first included in 1893), 1892; The Sign of Four, third edition, lacking all before title, hinge weak, 1893, the first two first editions , original cloth, the last pictorial, a little rubbed, the second and third with faded spines ; and 2 others by or about Conan Doyle, 8vo (6)
Fowles (John) - The Collector, Boston, 1963; The Aristos, Boston, 1964; The Magus, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1965; The French Lieutenant's Woman, [2 copies], jacket spine light browned, 1969; [Another copy], Boston, 1969, first or first American editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, a little rubbed at head and foot, generally near-fine otherwise ; and 24 others by the same, 8vo & oblong folio (30)
Gardner (John) - Licence Renewed, signed presentation inscription from the author , light marginal browning, 1981; For Special Services, light marginal browning, 1982; Icebreaker, signed presentation inscription from the author, A.C.s. by the author loosely inserted, 1983; Role of Honour, A.C.s. by the author loosely inserted, 1984; Nobody Lives Forever, T.L.s. by the author loosely inserted, 1986; No Deals Mr. Bond, A.C.s. by the author loosely inserted, 1987, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light fading to spines, excellent otherwise ; and 28 others, mostly Bond and Fleming by the same and similar, 8vo (34)
Greene (Graham) - The Heart of the Matter, contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper, dust-jacket badly torn and creased , 1948; The Third Man and The Fallen Idol, bookseller's small sticker on front pastedown, jacket creased and frayed with loss to spine ends , 1950; The End of the Affair, ink name on front free endpaper, jacket worn and torn with some loss, spine darkened, 1951; The Quiet American, light spotting to jacket , 1955; Our Man in Havana, 1958 § Greene (Graham & Hugh) The Spy's Bedside Book, jacket price-clipped , 1957, first editions , original cloth/boards, dust-jackets, some minor rubbing ; and 5 others, comprising 4 duplicate Greenes and Deighton's Horse Under Water , 8vo (10)
Greene (Graham) - The Third Man and The Fallen Idol, first edition, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners chipped, a few short closed tears to head and foot with accompanying creasing, 2 very small chips to upper joint, 1950 § Highsmith (Patricia) Strangers on a Train, first English edition, jacket spine faded, spine ends and corners chipped, soiling and damp-stains to lower panel, rubbed at extremities, 1950 § Walker (Alice) The Color Purple, shelf-lean, a little soiled, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, 2 short closed tears to head with accompanying creasing, New York, 1982 § Spark (Muriel) The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, light spotting to endpapers, bookplate, jacket a little rubbed at head and foot, otherwise excellent, 1961, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets ; and 2 others, modern first editions, 8vo (6)
Harris (Thomas) - [The Silence of the Lambs Trilogy], 3 vol., New York, 1981-99; James (P.D.) The Black Tower, signed by the author, jacket lightly rubbed at extremities, 1975; Death of an Expert Witness, 1977 § Grisham (John) The Firm, light damp-staining to lower corner, jacket a little creased, New York, 1991; The Pelican Brief, light damp-staining to head and foot, New York, 1992, first edition, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 36 others, by the same and similar, thrillers, 8vo (43)
Hemingway (Ernest) - Death in the Afternoon, illustrations, light browning to endpapers, slight shelf-lean and soiling, jacket spine browned, ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head, some rubbing to extremities, spotting, 1932; For Whom the Bell Tolls, browning to endpapers, jacket with light surface soiling, light creasing to head, an excellent copy, preserved in custom drop-back box, 1941, first English editions, original cloth, dust-jackets ; and 21 others by the same including other first English editions, 8vo (23)
Hemingway (Ernest) - The Fifth Column..., songwriter Harold Arlen's copy, with his pencil inscription to endpaper, original cloth, facsimile dust-jacket, New York, 1938; Across the River and Into the Trees, ink ownership stamp, spine slightly faded, jacket with light fading to spine, light creasing to head and foot, New York, 1950; A Moveable Feast, ink ownership inscription, jacket spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, New York, 1964, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets ; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (9)
[King (Stephen)] "Richard Bachman". - Rage, light browning to outer margin, lightly rubbed at extremities, 1983 § King (Stephen) Firestarter, jacket with light creasing to head and foot, 1980; Cujo, jacket spine lightly faded, New York, 1981; Christine, New York, 1983, Pet Semetary, signed presentation inscription from the author dated 1984 to endpaper, jacket spine slightly faded, a little creased at head, New York, 1983 ; My Pretty Pony, slip-case, [New York, 1989], first or first English editions, all but the first in original boards, all but first or last with dust-jackets ; and 35 others by the same, 8vo & folio (41)
MacLean (Alistair) - H.M.S. Ulysses, jacket price-clipped, spine slightly browned, 1955; The Guns of Navarone, jacket price-clipped, lightly rubbed, 1957; South by Java Head, 1958; The Last Frontier, light browning to endpapers, 1959; Night Without End, light browning to endpapers, 1960; Fear is the Key, publisher's slip loosely inserted, 2 very short closed tears to head with accompanying creasing, 1961, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent ; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (13)
Marsh (Ngaio) - Died in the Wool, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tear to head of upper panel, light creasing to head and foot, 1945 § Walters (Minette) The Ice House, 1992; The Sculptress, 1993 § Hill (Reginald) A Fairly Dangerous Thing, jacket spine slightly faded, lightly creased at head and foot, 1972 § Cornwell (Bernard) Sharpe's Gold, bookplate signed by the author to endpaper, spine a little bumped at head, jacket spine slightly faded with light crease to head of spine, 1981, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 8 others, similar, 8vo (13)
Parker (Robert B.) - The Godwulf Manuscript [2 copies], jacket with closed tear to accompanying creasing to head of upper panel, staining to upper panel, light creasing to head and foot, Boston, 1974; God Save the Child, jacket spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to head of upper panel, 1974; Mortal Stakes, jacket spine slightly faded, 1975; Promised Land, 1976, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 63 others by the same, 8vo (68) A good though occasionally broken run of the author's works.
Ransome (Arthur) - Coot Club, first edition , frontispiece and illustrations, including some full-page, errata slip, map endpapers (spotted), original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, a little chipped at head and foot with a few short closed tears, light surface soiling, 1934; and a thrid impression of Pigeon Post, 8vo (2)
Wells (H.G.) - The Invisible Man, first edition, first issue with misnumbered p.1, 2pp. advertisements, light marginal browning, front free endpaper affixed to pastedown, recased with text block positioned lower, original pictorial cloth, spine faded, a little rubbed and marked, [Wells 11], 8vo, 1897.
Westerns.- Schaefer (Jack) - Monte Walsh, signed presentation inscription from the author, jacket spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, lightly rubbed at extremities, Boston, 1963 § Guthrie (A.B. , Jnr. ) The Way West, browning to endpapers, jacket with loss to head, some creasing, rubbed, New York, 1949 § Henry (Will) To Follow a Flag, jacket with light creasing to head, a little rubbed, New York, 1953 § Le May (Alan) The Searchers, jacket spine faded, a little creased at head and foot, New York, 1954, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent unless where mentioned ; and c.95 others by the same or similar, 8vo (c.100)
Housman (Laurence) - Stories from the Arabian Nights, tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, captioned tissue guards, one plate loose, [1907] § Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, translated by H.Oskar Sommer, colour plates by Cecile Walton, 1911 § Kingsley (Charles) The Water Babies, tipped-in colour plates by Jessie Willcox Smith, tissue guards, [1929] § Lear (Edward) Nonsense Botany, and Nonsense Alphabets, fourth edition, illustrations, 1888, some light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed and marked, the first slightly damp-stained at edges, the first also with dust-jacket (rubbed and frayed) ; and c.20 others, children's, mostly facsimiles from the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books including Doyle's In Fairyland, v.s. (c.25)
Lang (Andrew) - Johnny Nut and the Golden Goose, light foxing, original cloth, t.e.g., extremities a little worn, 1887 § Milne (A.A.) A Gallery of Children, second edition, one ff. torn with loss (not affecting text) original cloth, rubbed , 1925 § De Brunhoff (Jean) The Story of Babar, The Little Elephant, some scattered marking, original cloth backed pictorial boards, 1939; and 5 others, childrens illustrated, v.s. (8)
Bradley (A.C.) - Shakespearean Tragedy, contemporary morocco prize binding, gilt, g.e., 1904 § Granville-Barker (Harley) Prefaces to Shakespeare, First -Third Series, vol.1 with tiped-in A.L.s. from the author and vol.3 signed and inscribed by him, 1927-30 § Sitwell (Edith) A Notebook on William Shakespeare, reissue, signed and inscribed by the author, 1962 § Tynan (Kenneth) He That Plays the King, 1950 § Trewin (J.C.) The Theatre since 1900,1951 § Anthony (Gordon) John Gielgud, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 100 and signed by the photographer, light spotting, original morocco-backed cloth, 1938 § Gielgud (John) Early Stages, T.L.s. from the author to Hodges tipped in , modern half morocco, gilt, with programmes of plays starring Gielgud bound in at end, 1939, first editions , all but the first and last original cloth, all but 2 vol. of the second with dust-jackets, a little rubbed, the fifth frayed ; and c.30 others on drama and theatre, 8vo & 4to (c.35)
Sendak (Maurice).- - Outside Over There, jacket a little creased at head and foot, 1981 § Stockton (Frank R.) The Bee-man of Orn, jacket with repaired closed tear to upper panel, 1967 § Hoffmann (E.T.A.) Nutcracker, ink ownership inscription, jacket with light creasing to head and foot, 1984, illustrations by Maurice Sendak, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 5 others, Sendak, v.s. (8)
Emily & Anne) [Works], "The Shakespeare Head Brontë", 17 vol Emily & Anne) [ Works ], "The Shakespeare Head Brontë", 17 vol. including 'Miscellaneous Writings' and 'Life and Letters' of Charlotte Brontë, frontispieces, occasional light spotting, original cloth, uncut, a little rubbed, 1931-38 § Trollope (Anthony) [The Barsetshire Novels], 14 vol., modern morocco-backed cloth, spines gilt with red roan labels, 1929, limited editions, Oxford, printed by the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon ; and 13 others, including 9 duplicate Brontë volumes, 8vo (44)
Beerbohm (Max) - Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story, first edition , half-title, title in brown and black, light spotting, endpapers a little stained, original blind-stamped brown cloth, uncut, rubbed, 1911; The Works, 6 vol. only (of 10), number 573 of 780 sets signed by the author, original cloth, each a different colour, paper labels, uncut, vol.1 with slightly faded spine, 1922; and 7 others by or about Beerbohm, 8vo (14)
Trade Catalogues.- Herrmann & Co. (C.) - Herrmann's Illustrated Catalogue, wood-engraved illustrations of hats, original pictorial wrappers, a little soiled, spine torn, San Francisco, 1885 § Carr, Jr. (Frank L.) The Wide-Awake Window Dresser, photographic plates, original cloth, worn, upper cover detached, New York, 1894 § Royal Manchester Institution. Catalogue of Exhibition of Cottage Designs, photographic illustrations, original printed wrappers, light stained, Manchester, 1909 § Evans & Co., Ltd. (D.H.) "Viyella" and 'Visylka' for Frocks, mounted textile samples, original printed wrappers, spotted , [1930s]; and a bundle of other catalogues, leaflets etc., mostly interior decoration, furniture and household fittings etc., 4to & 8vo (c.60)
Ireland.- Taylor (George) and Andrew Skinner. - Taylor and Skinner's Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed 1777 , large folding engraved map or Ireland, engraved title and dedication, index, 288 engraved road maps on 144 leaves, list of subscribers at the end, large map lightly browned and offset with closed tear along lower margin, a few contemporary ink inscriptions to some of the road maps, light scattered spotting and light soiling, contemporary calf, boards detached, rubbed and worn, large 8vo, Dublin, W.Wilson, 1778.
Maugham (W.Somerset) - The Moon and Sixpence, first edition, first issue , half-title, 4pp. advertisements at end, browned, modern half tan morocco, spine gilt with green morocco labels, t.e.g., [Stott A22a], 1919; Liza of Lambeth, limited edition signed by the author, original vellum-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut , 1947; Cakes and Ale, limited edition signed by the author and artist, portrait by Graham Sutherland, original calf, t.e.g., others uncut,spine very slightly rubbed, slip-case, [1954] § Bennett (Arnold) The Old Wives' Tale, reproduced in facsimile from the author's manuscript , 2 vol., one of 500 copies, original vellum-backed cloth, t.e.g., London & New York, 1927; Riceyman Steps, first edition , modern half tan morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., 1923 § De la Mare (Walter) Poems 1901-1918, 2 vol., number 84 of 210 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, roan labels, uncut, light spotting, vol.1 corners bumped, 1920 § Bridges (Robert) The Testament of Beauty, with loosely-inserted cheque from A.H.Bullen (publisher and founder of the Shakespeare Head Press) made out to Bridges for 15gns and signed by Bridges on verso, original vellum-backed marbled boards, uncut , 1930 § Housman (A.E.) A Shropshire Lad, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly faded, 1906; and 14 others by or about Maugham, Bennett, de la Mare, Bridges and Housman, some bound, 8vo & 4to (24)
Nichols (Beverley) - Prelude: A Novel, second impression, inscribed by the author "Oliver, This book was written for you, Beverley Sep.8.1923" in green ink on front free endpaper and with photograph inscribed "Oliver, a friend in need, Beverley" tipped to facing pastedown, browned, original cloth, gilt, mottled and faded, corners and spine ends worn, preserved in modern morocco drop-back box, gilt, 1920; 25, with tipped-in T.L.s. from the author to Jack Hodges dated 1972 concerning inexplicable experiences, 1926; Cry Havoc!, light spotting, 1933; The Fool Hath Said, 1936; Down the Garden Path, illustrations, endpapers and dust-jacket by Rex Whistler, 1932, all but the first first editions , occasional light spotting, original cloth, the last three with dust-jackets, the last browned and frayed at edges ; and 9 others by Nichols, 8vo (14) The first was the author's first book, the recipient was apparently Oliver St.John Gogarty (1878-1957), poet and doctor, friend of James Joyce and model for Buck Mulligan in Ulysses.
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, 3 vol. only (of 4), 154 engraved plates, some browning, light soiling, foxing and offsetting, ex-library copy with stamp to endpapers, bookplate excised from front pastedown, contemporary calf, joints cracked, extremities worn with some loss, 4to, for Thomas Astley, 1745-1746.
Woolf (Virginia) - Mrs. Dalloway, light spotting, original cloth, rubbed, a few small stains, spine slightly faded, 1925; The Waves, modern half blue morocco, spine gilt and slightly faded, t.e.g., 1931 § Sackville-West (Vita) All Passion Spent, with tipped-in A.L.s. from the author to Mrs Cazalet concerning the book and an invitation " I would indeed love to bring the boys over in the summer holidays ", original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly spotted and soiled, a few small tears to upper edge, 1931 § Mansfield (Katherine) Journal , edited by J.Middleton Murry, original cloth, spine a little rubbed and browned, 1927, first editions , the first three Hogarth Press ; and 12 others by or about women writers, 8vo (16)
Born (Ignaz Edler Von) - Testacea Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis..., engraved vignette title and numerous head- and tail-pieces, 18 folding engraved plates of shells by Schtz or J. Adam after Fr. Fuxeder, 36 illustrations of shells, all engraved by Schtz, C. Conti and others, light dampstaining, ink ownership inscription and bookplate of Katherine H. van Winkle Palmer to front free endpaper and front pastedown respetively, later half calf, red morocco label to spine, joints cracked and extremities worn, [Nissen ZBI 470], folio, Vienna, J.P. Kraus, 1780. One of the most handsome of all conchological works. The work was commissioned by Empress Marie-Therese in order to record and codify her natural history collection in Vienna. In 1778 Born published a descriptive catalogue of the collection; the present work, published two years later is on a much larger scale than the first work and included the fine coloured plates. The collection has remained in Vienna and is now in the Natural History Museum.
Brookes (Samuel) - An Introduction to the Study of Conchology, 11 lithographed plates, of which 9 are hand-coloured, occasional foxing and light offsetting, ex-library copy with Sion College stamp to title verso, ink ownership inscripion and repaired tear to front free endpaper, modern cloth, [Nissen ZBI 599], 4to, 1815.
Knorr (George Wolffgang) - Les Delices des yeux et de l'esprit, ou Collection generale des differentes especes de coquillages que la mer renferme , 6 parts in 3 vol., 6 hand-coloured engraved frontispieces and 190 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light foxing and offsetting but otherwise a clean and bright set, bookplate and booksellers sticker to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with floral motifs, joints cracked and chipped but remain firm, extremities worn, [Nissen ZBI 2235], 4to, Nuremberg, 1760-1773.
Reeve (Lovell Augustus) - Conchologia Systematica, or Complete System of Conchology..., 2 vol., first edition , folding table and 301 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light offsetting and occasional foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, covers elaborately tooled with foliate borders, rebacked and recased preserving original covers (with several repairs to insect damage), g.e., [Nissen ZBI 3332], 4to, 1841-1842.
Blackall (John) - Observations on the Nature and Cure of Dropsies, fourth edition, signature torn from top of title, light oxidising, original boards, worn , 1824 § Solon (Martin) De l'Albuminurie ou Hydropisie , half-title, 5 coloured lithographed plates, ink name on half-title, spotting and damp-staining throughout, contemporary half calf, Paris , 1838; and 5 others, Medicine, 8vo (7)
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