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Preisdatenbank abonnierenEdward III, Pre-treaty period, Groat, London, series Gb mule, mm. cross 3, 4.18g/12h (N 1195; S 1570); Henry VI, Pinecone-Mascle issue, Groat, Calais, mm. crosses IIIb/V, 3.05g/11h (N 1461; S 1875); Edward IV, Light coinage, Groat, London, mm. crown on obv., sun on rev., quatrefoils by neck and on breast, small trefoils on cusps, 2.87g/12h (N 1571; S 2001) [3]. First chipped, fine and better £90-£120 --- Provenance: N. Gordon Collection (1964-2024)
Victoria (1837-1901), Half-Sovereign, 1841 (M 415; S 3859). Some light marks on obverse, otherwise fine, reverse better, scarce £180-£200 --- Investment Gold If this lot is purchased by a VAT-registered trader, he or she may claim back the VAT element on the buyer's premium from HM Revenue and Customs ---
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa by the late John Leyden, 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 3 folding engraved maps, contemporary calf, 8vo, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1817. *CR Light browning, neatly rebacked, new endpapers, larger map slightly torn.
Captain W. Cornwallis Harris. Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of South Africa, first edition, hand-coloured lithographed additional title, 30 hand-coloured lithographed plates, guards, lithographed illustrations in text, contemporary half Morocco, all edges gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, London: William Pickering, 1840. *CR Title slightly soiled, light spotting throughout, hinge split, morocco rubbed, extremities especially so.
Wilfred Thesiger. Arabian Sands, photographic frontispiece, numerous further photographic plates, original publishers cloth, dustjacket, 8vo, London: Longmans, 1959; Sir Percy Sykes. A History of Persia, 2 volumes, original publishers cloth, dustjacket, 8vo, London: Macmillan and Co, 1951 (3). *CR (i) occasional light spotting, dustjacket soiled and chipped with loss (ii) occasional light spotting, dustjackets soiled and torn.
Captain Greenville Collins. A Draught of Portland, the Shambles, and the Race of Portland, hand coloured engraved chart with rhumb lines and compass rose, 600mm x 420mm, framed and glazed, 86cm x 68cm overall. *CR light spotting and surface dirt, central fold discoloured. Under glass, unexamined out of glazed frame.
Edgar Allan Poe. Tales of Mystery and Imagination, first edition, 12 colour plates and black and white plates by Arthur Rackham, original publishers cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1935; Charles Kingsley. The Water Babies, with illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith, original publishers cloth, 4to, London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d.; and one other similar (3). *CR (i) occasional light age toning, dust jacket clipped, chipped and torn with loss particularly to folds (ii) Mixed condition.
Charles Smith. Smith's Classical Atlas, Containing Distinct Maps of the Countries described in Ancient History, engraved title, 14 hand-coloured engraved maps, including 8 double-page, contemporary half calf, folio, London: C. Smith, 1809. *CR Some spotting and light dusting, extremities rather worn.
Thomas George Stevenson. Edinburgh in the Olden Time, Displayed in a Series of Sixty-three Original Views Between the Years 1717 and 1828, one of 350 copies for subscribers, 63 engraved plates, twentieth century buckram, folio, Edinburgh: Thomas George Stevenson, 1880. *CR occasional light browning and spotting.
Dr Fridtjof Nansen. The Norwegian Polar Expedition 1893-96, or Farthest North, 2 Vols, first edition, illustrated with one chromolithograph after Nansen, fold-out coloured map/chart, numerous black and white full page and in-text illustrations, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, London: George Newnes Ltd, 1898. *CR light spotting, joints cracked, extremities bumped and scuffed.
Allan Ramsay. The Gentle Shepherd. A Pastoral Comedy, half-title, aquatint portrait frontispiece and 12 aquatint plates, 18 engraved plates of music, printed recto-verso, contemporary calf, 4to, Glasgow: Foulis, 1788. *CR Light spotting, a few leaves with staining to lower margin, joints cracked, corners bumped.
Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend, first edition, first state, title page, engraved frontispiece, 39 further plates by Marcus Stone as called for, matching all first edition first state issue points listed in smith, contemporary black Morocco, 8vo, London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. *CR occasional light spotting, extremities rubbed.
William Buckler and H. T. Stainton. The Larvae of the British Butterflies and Moths, 7 Volumes, numerous hand-coloured and chromolithographic plates, original publishers cloth, gilt, 8vo, London: The Ray Society. *CR occasional light spotting, library stamp for Chelsea College, some volumes with hinges cracked and pages loose, some with spine starting to fray at the joint, extremities and corners bumped.
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels, 2 volumes, vignette titles, 12 engraved plates (hand-coloured under the artist's supervision), 5 maps, 4 head and 4 tail-pieces by Rex Whistler, original green half morocco over vellum boards by Wood, top edge gilt, others uncut, lrg. 4to, London; Cresset Press, 1930. Considered by many as Whistler's magnum opus of illustration. He spent months on the work, apparently inspired by Richard Bentley's Designs for Six Poems by Mr T.Gray of 1753. *CR light offsetting, endpapers toned to extremities, spines faded, lightly rubbed with some browning and staining, boards marked.
Anon. Tales and Stories, containing The Waggon Load of Gold, The House That Jack Built, Jack Jingle, The Child's New Year's Gift, Little Red Riding Hood, Nursery Rhymes, The History of the Children in the Wood, Tom Tucker, Cinderella, and others, all illustrated with wood cuts, contemporary full morocco, gilt, all edges gilt, 60mm x 90mm, n.d. *CR some light browning and offsetting, extremities lightly rubbed.
E. A. Bowles. My Garden in Spring, first edition, frontispiece and numerous further illustrations, original publishers pictorial cloth, 8vo, London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1914; My Garden in Summer, first edition, frontispiece and numerous further illustrations, original publishers pictorial cloth, 8vo, London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1914; My Garden in Autumn and Winter, frontispiece and numerous further illustrations, original publishers pictorial cloth, 8vo, London T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1915 (3). *CR (i) contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, occasional light spotting, joint cracked showing string, corners bumped (ii) contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, occasional light spotting, spine lightly frayed (iii) contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, occasional light spotting, cloth slightly discoloured to spine, dustjacket torn with loss.
John Speed (1552-1629). Berkshire Described, hand-coloured engraved map, strapwork cartouche and compass rose with a panorama of Windsor castle, 530mm x 410mm, London: John Sudbury and George Humble, n.d, in a later glazed frame 60cm x 48cm overall. *CR some light browning and spotting, some areas of fading to the colouring. Under glass, unexamined out of glazed frame.
Giacomo Manilli. Villa Borghese, title in red and black with engraved oval vignette, view of the Villa Borghese on the reverse (one third of a page), numerous illustrations in text, modern cloth backed boards, folio issue, Leiden: Pietro Van Der AA, 1723. *CR later rebound with new endpapers, light browning and spotting.
Giacomo Casanova. The Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova Di Seingalt, translated into English by Arthur Machen, 12 volumes, original publishers vellum backed boards, 4to, London: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1922. *CR occasional light spotting, some volumes with spine label worn, corners bumped.
A. A. Milne. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, deluxe issue, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original publishers pictorial red leather, gilt, later cellophane jacket, 8vo, London: Methuen and Co 1928. *CR light age toning to endpapers, front hinge starting to crack, extremities lightly rubbed.
Jean de la Fontaine. Fables choisies, mises en vers, 4 volumes, half-titles, 275 engraved plates after Jean-Baptiste Oudry by Cochin, Tardieu, Prévost, Chedel Lempereur and others, wood-engraved vignettes, head- and tail-pieces by Lesueur after Bachelier, PRESENTATION COPY, the half-title to volume 1 inscribed, 'These fables/one of the Greatest geniuses France has produc'd/were given/to his ingenious, amicable young Friend/Mr. Thos. Rackett/by David Garrick', contemporary calf, spines tooled gilt, folio, Paris: Chez Desaint & Saillant, Durand, De l'Imprimerie de Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1755-1759. Thomas Rackett (1757–1840) was an English clergyman, known as an antiquary. At the age of 14 he recited to David Garrick the latter's ode for the Shakespearean jubilee and Garrick presented him with a gilt copy of it. Next year (1771) Garrick gave him a folio copy of Shakespeare with a laudatory inscription. This copy carries a pencil note that records it was sold at Sotheby's on December 2nd, 1920, for £445.00. *CR Occasional light spotting and rust-marks, volume 2 with pp.104–105 with margins soiled, rebacked preserving original spines, extremities lightly worn.
T. R. H. George V and Mary, Prince and Princess of Wales. A pair of studio portrait photographs by W. & D. Downey, London, mounted on board and signed "George 1901" and "Victoria Mary 1901" at foot of each, 108mm x 165mm (2) Provenance: From the house of former New Zealand Prime Minister RJ Seddon presumably presented by the Royal family on a visit to New Zealand. *CR some light silvering and browning around the edges otherwise good.
Charles Dickens. Dombey and Sons, first edition, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 38 plates after H. K. Browne, original publishers cloth, gilt, neatly rebacked by Abrams Bindery, 8vo, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. *CR occasional light spotting, boards soiled, neatly rebacked preserving original spine, corners bumped.
Maria Edgeworth. Tales and Stories, 18 volumes, additional titles and frontispieces, contemporary calf over marbled boards, 8vo, London: Baldwin and Craddock, 1832-33. *CR contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, occasional light spotting, joints split, spines chipped with loss, extremities worn.
Edgar Allan Poe. The Bells and Other Poems, coloured frontispiece, twenty-seven further colour plate illustrations by Edmund Dulac, original publishers grey-green cloth, gilt, 4to, London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d.; Abraham Hayward. Goethe's Faust, coloured frontispiece, further coloured plates by Willy Pogany, original publishers cloth gilt, 4to, London: Hutchinson & Co, 1908; and two others, similar, v.s. (4). *CR (i) occasional light spotting, corners bumped (ii) occasional light spotting, some plates loose, cloth somewhat faded, corners bumped (iii) mixed condition.
Charles Dickens. Master Humphrey's Clock, first edition in book form, 3 volumes, with illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne, contemporary half morocco, gilt, 4to, London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41 (3). *CR occasional light spotting, some marginal damp staining, volume three with back board detached and joints split, extremities scuffed.
The Rev. George D'oyly and Rev. Richard Mant. The Holy Bible, According to the Authorized Version; with Notes, Explanatory and Practical..., 3 volumes, numerous engraved maps and plans, contemporary buckram with brass cross laid on front board, 4to, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1839. *CR very light occasional spotting, extremities rubbed.
James Ferguson. Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles..., eleventh edition, 17 plates, many folding, contemporary full tree calf, gilt, bookplate of Jane Hodson, 8vo, London: A. Strahan, 1803. *CR occasional light spotting and browning, minor worming occasionally affecting text, extremities rubbed.
John Milton. Paradise Lost, engraved frontispiece, further illustrations throughout; Paradise Regained, engraved frontispiece, further illustrations throughout, uniform full brown morocco, gilt, 8vo, London: John Sharpe, 1827 (2). *CR occasional light spotting, some offsetting, extremities scuffed. Paradise Lost with front and back board detached.
John Galsworthy.The Works, Manaton Edition, 30 volumes, number 414 of 650 copies signed by the author, frontispiece to each volume, original publisher's uniform quarter vellum gilt, 8vo, London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1923-26. *CR occasional light spotting and browning, spines and boards marked and soiled.
Col. C. Field, R.M.L.I. Britain`s Sea Soldiers, A History of the Royal Marines, 2 Volumes, numerous colour plates, further b/w maps and plans, original publishers cloth, gilt, 4to, Liverpool: Lyceum Press, 1924; Britain's Sea Soldiers, seven coloured maps, loose in original publishers cloth folder, gilt, Liverpool: Lyceum Press, 1924 (3). *CR (i) occasional light spotting, boards damp stained to margins, extremities rubbed (ii) folded, some with slight tears to margins and creases, boards damp stained to margins.
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