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Los 597
Henty (G.A.). The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt, 1889; Captain Bayley’s Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California, 1889; The Lion of St. Mark: A Tale of Venice, 1889, 1st eds., illustrations, one or two light spots, previous owner inscriptions, original pictorial cloth gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, with others by Henty, mostly 1st eds., including In Freedom’s Cause, 1885, The Bravest of the Brave, 1887, In Greek Waters, 1893, Through the Sikh War, 1894, A Knight of the White Cross, 1896 and Peter Newbolt’s G.A. Henty 1832-1902. A Biographical Study, 2nd ed., 2005. (39)
Los 600
Jefferies (Richard). Wild Life in a Southern County, 1879; The Life of the Fields, 1884; The Open Air, 1885, 1st eds., occasional light spotting, bookplates, original pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with two others by Richard Jefferies: Field and Hedgerow, 1889 and Red Deer, 2nd ed., 1892. (5)
Los 629
Upton (Florence K. and Bertha). The Golliwogg at the Sea-Side, 1st ed., 1898, col. illusts., one or two short edge-tears and some light finger-soiling, patterned endpapers, upper hinge split, stitching strained, orig. linen-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and dusty, with spine ends frayed and edges showing, oblong 4to, together with Rackham (Arthur, illust.), The Springtide of Life, Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburne, with a Preface by Edmund Gosse, 1st ed., William Heinemann, 1918, half-title, eight col. plts., free endpapers foxed, hinges split, orig. gilt dec. green cloth, some rubbing and marks, spine with ends frayed and gilt dulled, 4to, plus Robinson (W. Heath, illust.), Peacock Pie, A Book of Rhymes by Walter de la Mare, Constable, c.1915, col. frontis. (tissue guard offset to title), numerous b & w letterpress illusts., contemp. ms. inscription on half-title, endpapers browned, orig. gilt lettered green cloth, some markings, spine with ends frayed and gilt dulled, sq. 8vo, plus twelve other illustrated books simiilar, incl. Kate Greenaway, Gordon Browne, Henry Ford, etc.. (15)
Los 631
Warhol (Andy). The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), 1st ed., New York, 1975, light stain to foredge, original cloth-backed boards, small dent, d.j., light edge wear, 8vo, initialed “AW” in black marker pen to half title, together with Three Novels, by Ronald Firbank, pub. New Directions, c. 1950, original cloth, one or two light stains, d.j. designed by Andy Warhol, loss to upper panel, tears and repairs, 8vo. (2)
Los 634
Wodehouse (P.G.). the Adventures of Sally, 1922; The Clicking of Cuthbert, 1922; Good Morning Bill, 1928; Thank You Jeeves, 1934; Blandings Castle and Elsewhere, 1935, 1st eds., scattered light spotting, Clicking of Cuthbert rear endpaper excised, one or two hinges weak, some previous owner inscriptions, original cloth, varying condition, 8vo, with other Wodehouse first editions including Doctor Sally, 1932 (front endpaper torn away), Spring Fever, 1948, Nothing Serious, 1950, Ring For Jeeves, 1953, A Few Quick Ones, 1959, plus some reprints. (48)
Los 664
Universal History, From the Earliest Account of Time, vols. I-20, 1747-48, numerous folding engraved maps and plates, annotated throughout with ballpoint pen, some tears and light spotting, bookplates, contemporary speckled calf, some joints splitting, rubbed, 8vo, together with Montagu (Edward Wortley), Observations Upon a Supposed Antique Bust at Turin. In Two Letters, Addressed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, Reda Before the Royal Society, November 25, 1762, 1763, 19pp., engraved plate, disbound, 4to, plus Farnaby (Thomas), L. & M. Annaei Senecae at Que Aliorum Tragoediae, Frankfurt, 1625, title with woodcut device, occasional underlining and annotation, dampstains, contemporary calf, spine with tape reinforcement, rubbed, 8vo, with other antiquarian etc, including John Martyn’s Publii Virgilii Maronis Libri Quatuor. The Georgicks of Virgil, 2nd ed., 1746, and Edward Spelman’s The Expedition of Cyrus into Persia; and the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, new ed., 1776. (2 cartons)
Los 678
Clark (William George). Peloponnesus: Notes of Study and Travel, 1st ed., 1858, five eng. maps at rear, correct as list, including one folding, a.e.g., modern cloth, 8vo, together with Palmer (Leonard R.), Mycenaeans and Minoans. Aegean Pre History in the Light of the Linear B Tablets, 2nd ed., revised, 1965, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in frayed d.j., and other similar Greek studies. (3 shelves)
Los 702
Simonin (Louis). Mines and Miners; Or, Underground Life, 1st English ed., [1868], colour plates and maps, b & w illustrations, light spotting, library stamps and sellotape marks at front, front hinges broken, a.e.g., original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Method of Ullaging and Inching all Sorts of Casks and Other Utensils, Used by Common Brewers, Victuallers, Distillers... Very Useful for the Officers of the Revenue and all Other Persons Concerned in Gauging, 1st ed., 1849, tables, previous owner signatures, library stamps and labels, label removed from title, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, plus Mechanics’ Magazine, vols. 1-3, 1823-25, b & w illustrations, light spotting, library stamps, contemporary half calf, two covers detached, rubbed, 8vo, with others on natural history, topography etc., mostly ex-lib copies. (3 shelves)
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Norwich. Braun (Georg & Hogenberg Franz), Nordovicum, [1581 but later impression by Jan Jansson, c.1657], uncoloured engraved town plan, occ. marginal closed tears not affecting image, light overall toning, 295 x 425mm, Latin text on verso. In the late 1650’s Jansson re-issued Braun and Hogenberg’s town plans, but he altered the plates. In this example the title is shortened and the costumed figures in the foreground have been removed. (1)
Los 869
* Boggis (J.M., Cambridge artist, exhib. 1832-46). A collection of approx. eighty-five British watercolour & pencil views and architectural studies,includes approx. thirty-seven watercolours, twelve pen & ink and thirty-six pencil drawings, including Killyleagh, Co. Down, Mumbles light house, Box Hill, Chatsworth, St. Clair Isle of Wight, Cheddar, Battle Abbey, St. Govan’s Chapel Pembrokeshire etc., various sizes mostly approx. 120 x 180mm, together with Underdown (E.M., 1830-1913). An album of thirty-two pencil sketches of continental views, mid 19th c., pencil on paper, each laid-down onto album leaves, includes views of Florence, Venice, Bay of Naples, Prague, Santa Lucia, Lake Como, Nuremberg etc., some dust-soiling, folio. (-)
Los 1080
* Edis (Olive, 1876-1955). Princess Louise, c. 1926, three-quarter length seated portrait, reading a book and lit from window light, vintage sepia-toned platinum print, 36 x 23cm, flush mounted with photographer’s ink signature and date 1926 to mount beneath, a few single worm holes to lower mount, together with a vintage sepia-toned platinum print of Princess Mary (daughter of Queen Mary), seated full length and reading a book [Queen Mary’s gift book?] at desk, 52 x 31.5cm, flush mounted with photographer’s pencil signature to lower mount, mount corners chipped. (2)
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* Korda (Alberto, 1928-2001). Fidel Castro at a press conference, early 1960s, vintage gelatin silver print, Castro with a peaked military cap with his left hand touching his sunglasses and standing with other men behind microphones with the legend ‘CMBF-TV’, a few minor marks and light crease to lower left corner, Korda Studios ink stamp to verso, 20 x 25cm. (1)
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A Pathé Kok 28mm projector, French, circa 1912, with black painted cast metal body and hand crank, with built in dynamo seated on a polished wooden base, 52.5cm wide, 35cm high, 25.5cm deep, along with two 28mm films on spools, titled `Part Trip on the Ganjies, Part French Magician on Stage` and a cased spare spool (3) Note: The projector was designed for home use by the Pathé Company. This projector was known as the `Kok` after the firms trademark a crowing cockerel. Introduced in 1912 it made home movies a reality. The Kok projector used non flammable cellulose acerate safety film and an electric light rather than the gas lights often used at the time. The crank handle was an added safety feature that moved the film and also drove a small dynamo to power the projectors light source which went out when cranking stopped.
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Berkeley (Hon. Grantley F.). The English Sportsman in the Western Prairies, 1st ed, 1861, half title, title with engraved vignette, nine wood-engraved plates, scattered light spotting, presentation inscription, bookplates, contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, a little rubbed, 8vo. (1)
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Bourgoing (Jean Francois). Atlas pour servir au Tableau de l’Espagne Moderne, reprinted for John Stockdale, 1808, folding eng. map and twenty-eight eng. maps & plts. (inc. two folding), occ. minor spotting and some light damp staining to lower outer margin corners, contemp. calf, boards detached and wear to spine & board edges, slim 4to. (1)
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Gilbert (Josiah & Churchill, G.C.). The Dolomite Mountains. Excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, & Friuli in 1861, 1862, & 1863. With a Geological Chapter, and Pictorial Illustrations from Original Drawings on the Spot, 1st ed., 1864, half-title, six chromo. plts., incl. frontis. (with early ms. name on reverse), two folding maps (the first with short edge-tear in one fold), letterpress engs., prelim. blank with contemp. ms. inscription, marbled endpapers, book ticket of John Henry Clarke, hinges sometime repaired, upper hinge split, contemp. tree calf prize binding, with gilt armorial to covers, sometime rebacked, with orig. spine relaid but now flaking with loss, board extrems. worn, 8vo, together with Landor (A. Henry Savage), In the Forbidden Land. An Account of a Journey in Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Authorities, Imprisonment, Torture and Ultimate Release, 2 vols., 1st ed., William Heinemann, 1898, photogravure port. frontis. to vol. 1, seven (of 8) col. plts., fifty b & w plts. (one or two detached and edge-frayed), folding map at rear of vol. 2 (with handling tear and frayed fore-edge), b & w illusts., half-titles with contemp. ms. signature, titles with embossed Presentation Copy stamp, untrimmed, orig. dec. cloth gilt, cocked, rubbed and damp-spotted, spines faded, 8vo, plus Williamson (John), Short Account of a Recent Tour in Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, 1st ed., printed [for private circulation] by Yates and Alexander, 1878, occn. light spotting, authorial inscription on front free endpaper ‘William Williamson. from Uncle John. April 1878’, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, extrems. rubbed and a little frayed, slim 8vo. (4)
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Meares (John). Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, From China to the North West Coast of America. To Which are Prefixed, an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage Performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the Ship Nootka; Observations on the Probable Existence of a North West Passage... 1st ed., 1790, seventeen engraved and aquatinted plates (lacking portrait frontispiece), nine engraved maps and charts (lacking map of Interior Part of N. America), contents disbound with some frayed foredges, tears and marginal losses, some light toning and soiling, library stamp, contemporary half calf, worn, 4to. Abbey Travel 594: “Meares’s voyages resulted in the Nootka affair between Britain and Spain, and were the foundation of Britain’s claim to Oregon, later ceded to the United States”; Sabin 47260. (1)
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Richards (Alfred Bates, Wilson, Andrew and Baddeley, St. Clair). A Sketch of the Career of Richard F. Burton, collected from ‘Men of Eminence;’ from Sir Richard and Lady Burton’s own works; from the press; from personal knowlege, and various other reliable sources, 1886, mounted photo portrtait frontis., with facsimile signature below, some light spotting to first few leaves and rear endpaper, orig. cloth-backed boards, rubbed, spine frayed, and corners rubbed, 8vo. (1)
Los 91
Roberts (David). The Holy Land, With Historical Descriptions by the Rev. George Croly, Divisions I-III only, pub. Cassell, c. 1879, three titles printed in red and black, 120 tinted lithographs, last few plates marginally dampstained, some light spots, a.e.g., contemporary half morocco over wooden boards, lacking spine, covers detached, 4to. (1)
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Selous (Frederick Courteney). Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa. Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambesi and its Tributaries; With an Account of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry in that Country, 3rd ed., 1893, folding map, numerous b & w plates and illustrations, pub. adverts. at end, one or two light spots, bookplate, original cloth gilt, 8vo. A good copy. (1)
Los 118
Besley (Henry, pub.). Views in Cornwall, c. 1860, twelve steel-engraved views, light scattered spots, previous owner inscription, original printed wrapper, lightly rubbed, oblong 4to, together with Views of Devonshire, c. 1860, six engraved views, a few spots, original wrapper, a little rubbed and creased, oblong 4to, plus Views & Scenery of Torquay, c. 1870, twenty-four engraved views, one or two spots, original cloth, rear cover a little dampstained, oblong 8vo. (3)
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Boothroyd (Benjamin). The History of the Ancient Borough of Pontefract, Containing an Interesting Account of its Castle, and the Three Different Sieges it Sustained During the Civil War, Pontefract, 1807, engraved folding plan frontispiece, five engraved plates, occasional light spotting, hinges reinforced, bookplate, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo, together with The Sieges of Pontefract Castle. 1644-1648, ed. Richard Holmes & Thomas Tew, Pontefract, 1887, folding map, half tones plates, leaves browned at end, t.e.g., original red cloth, spine a little faded and rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to John Rhodes, Mayor of Pontefract, 23rd June 1887, Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, signed by Tew & Holmes, plus The Black Friars of Pontefract. An Account of their Rise, Progress, and Fall, by Richard Holmes, 1891, bookplate, t.e.g., original red cloth gilt, a little faded, 8vo, with three others: Lorenzo Padgett’s Chronicles of Old Pontefract, 1905 and two duplicates of above works, plus two others related. (8)
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Brannon (Philip). The Picture of Southampton, and Stranger’s Hand-Book to Every Object of Interest in the Town and Neighbourhood..., 2nd and complete ed., pub. Ackermann, [1850], 35 steel-engraved views including additional title, 15 engraved trade cards on nine sheets at end, scattered light spots, contemporary presentation inscription, original morocco-backed printed boards, rubbed, 8vo. (1)
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Grierson (Rev. James). Delineations of St Andrews; Being a Particular Account of Every Thing Remarkable in the History and Present State of City and Ruins, the University, and Other Interesting Objects of that Ancient Capital of Scotland: Including Many Curious Anecdotes and Events in the Scottish History, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1807, three engraved plates, engraved plan, occasional light spotting and soiling, previous owner inscription, contemporary calf, cover det., some wear, 8vo. The final chapter “Company of Golfers” contains a short history of golf and an account of the manufacture of “featheries”. Donovan & Murdoch 270. (1)
Los 150
Newman (& Co., pub.). Thirty Two Views of Brighton, c. 1870, 32 engraved views, last plate with small marginal insect damage, light marginal stain, fep loosening, original red cloth, edges with some insect damage, lower cover a little dampstained, oblong 8vo, together with Twenty Four Views of Brighton, c. 1870, 24 engraved views, one or two spots, original cloth, lightly rubbed and faded, oblong 8vo. (2)
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Westall (William, and Moule, Thomas). Great Britain Illustrated, pub. Tilt, 1830, additional engraved title, 118 engraved views on 59 sheets, scattered spotting, library bookplate, contemporary half calf, tears at foot of spine, rubbed, 4to, together with Wales Illustrated, North (only), 1830, 88 steel-engraved views on 44 sheets, occasional light spotting, bookplate, t.e.g., contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 4to. (2)
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The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York, 2nd ed., with many additions, corrections, map, and views of gentlemen’s seats, antiquities, &c., 1812, hand-coloured additional title, stipple engraved portrait, twenty-five fine hand-coloured aquatints by Samuel Alken after Rev. J. Griffith, twenty-eight full-page b & w mostly copper engraved plates, folding map (with short closed tear to platemark), correct as list, plus 22 duplicate engraved and uncol. aquatint plates bound in at end, some occasional light spotting and offsetting, a.e.g., contemporary calf gilt, upper cover detached, some minor loss at head and foot of spine (title portion loose), rubbed, lge 4to. Large Paper copy, with attractive colour plates by Samuel Alken. Boyne CLXXI: ‘There are LARGE PAPER copies of this Work in Imperial Quarto, with the Plates aquatinted by Alken, worked in colours, published at £15. 15s.’ Ex libris Jeremiah Glover, with his bookplate to front pastedown. (1)
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Aldini (Tobia & Castelli, Pietro). Exactissima Descriptio Rariorum Quarundam Plantarum, que continentur Rome in Horto Farnesiano, Rome, Jacobi Mascardi, 1625, eng. title page (some worming to upper portion, and frayed with some loss to fore-edge, just touching engraved area, with modern paper repair), twenty-two engraved botanical plates, including cassia, amaryllis, yucca, several aloes, cinnamon, and including some foreign plants brought back by Jesuit missionaries, one plate with erased oval ink stamp, several woodcut illusts. to text, some light browning and foxing throughout, several worm tracks to margins, generally throughout, occn. touching engraved plates, final leaf of index with old repair to lower margin, apparently without loss of text, old vellum, rubbed and some marks, slim folio. Nissen BBI 13. Hunt 208, Pritzel 1590. An illustrated description of the rare plants in the Farnese gardens in Rome, generally accepted as the work of Pietro Castelli, Professor of Botany, and founder of the Botanical Gardens at Messina in Sicily, with assistance from the curator of the Farnese gardens Tobia Aldini. (1)
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Brander (Gustavo). Fossilia Hantoniensia Collecta, et in Musaeo Britannico Deposita, 1766, illust. to title, nine eng. plts., plus four addn. eng. plts. mounted on blue card, some light dampstaining, bound with Boys (William), A Collection of the Minute and Rare Shells, Lately Discovered in the Sands of the Sea Shore Near Sandwich, 1784, title in Latin and Engish, three eng. plts., contemp. half calf, worn to extrems., gilt morocco labels to spine with crack down center, 4to. (1)
Los 195
Chapman (Abel). First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling, 1st ed., 1896, b & w plates and illustrations, adverts. at end, scattered spotting, bookplate, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, inscribed to front endpaper: “With the author’s kind regards to Charles Baldwin. 17 Mar. 1896”, together with Macpherson (Rev. H.A.), A History of Fowling. Being an Account of the Many Curious Devices by Which Wild Birds are or Have Been Captured in Different Parts of the World, 1897, half-tone plates and illustrations, light browning at front and rear, bookplate, t.e.g., original cloth, spine a little faded, 4to, plus Duncan (Stanley & Guy Thorne), The Complete Wildfowler, 1911, coloured frontispiece, half-tone plates, previous owner signature, bookplate, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with two others by Abel Chapman: Bird-Life of the Borders on Moorland and Sea, With Faunal Notes Extending Over Forty Years, 2nd ed., 1907 (with loose presentation slip signed by the author) and The Borders and Beyond. Arctic... Cheviot... Tropic, 1924. (5)
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Conder (Josiah). Landscape Gardening in Japan, Tokyo, 1893, tinted lithographed and b & w plates and illustrations, one leaf with frayed foredge, one or two light spots, original green cloth gilt, rebacked a little rubbed, folio, without the Supplement which was also published in 1893, together with Japanese Gardens, by Mrs. Basil Taylor, 1912, tipped-in coloured plates, presentation label and stamp, some light spotting, hinges cracking, original red cloth gilt, spine rubbed and faded, 4to, plus Florence and Ella Du Cane’s The Flowers and Gardens of Japan, 1908. (3)
Los 203
Evelyn (John). Sylva, Or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions, 2nd ed., 1670, title with engraved vignette, four engraved illustrations (three hand-coloured), occasional light soiling and inksplashes, previous owner signatures and inscriptions, later cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed and stained, folio. Wing E3517. (1)
Los 209
Martin (William). Petrificata Derbiensia; Or, Figures and Descriptions of Petrifactions Collected in Derbyshire, vol. I [all published], Wigan, 1809, half title, 54 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light offsetting, bookplate of Northern England Geological Survey Office, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 4to. Nissen 2715. (1)
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Payne-Gallwey (Sir Ralph). Letters to Young Shooters, First series, 5th ed., Second series, 3rd ed., Third series, 1st ed., together 3 vols., 1896-1902, b & w plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, previous owner signatures, bookplates, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker, by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, 2 vols., 1893, portrait frontispiece to each, b & w plates, pub. list at end, scattered spotting, bookplates, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus The Salmon Rivers of England & Wales, by Augustus Grimble, 2nd ed. (single vol.), 1913, folding map and half-tone plates, one or two light spots, original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with six others including Mr. Facey Romford’s Hounds, 1st ed., 1865, W.H. Hudson’s A Shepherd’s Life. Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs, 1910, Walter Winans’ Deer Breeding for Fine Heads, With Descriptions of Many Varieties and Cross-Breeds, 1913 and The Sportsman’s Pocket Companion, by Lt-Col Peter Hawker, introduced by John Marchington, 1980, limited edition of 500. (12)
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Robinson (W.). The Parks, Promenades & Gardens of Paris. Described and Considered in Relation to the Wants of our own Cities and of Public and Private Gardens, 1st ed., 1869, engraved plates and plans, bookplate (one removed from front pastedown), original green cloth gilt, minor tears at spine ends, 8vo, together with Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, new ed., 1870, chromolithographed additional title, eight chromo. plates, illustrations, occasional minor toning or fingermarks, bookplate, 20th c. red half calf, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, 4to, plus The Garden Beautiful. Home Woods and Home Landscape, by W. Robinson, 1st ed., 1907, eight engraved plates, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, d.j., spine ends a little chipped, 8vo, with five others including W. Robinson’s The Wild Garden, 5th ed., 1903 and Gertrude Jekyll’s Wall and Water Gardens, 5th ed., 1913. (8)
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Thorburn (Archibald). A Naturalist’s Sketch Book, 1st ed., 1919, coloured and b & w plates, light toning, t.e.g., modern cloth, 4to, together with Australian Parrots, by Joseph M. Forshaw, 2nd printing, 1972, coloured tipped-in plates, original cloth, d.j, 4to, plus Rails of the World. A Mongograph of the Family Rallidae, by S. Dillon Ripley, 1977, coloured and b & w plates and illustrations, original contrasting cloth, d.j., folio, with Frank T. Morris’s Impressions of Waterfowl of Australia, 1977 (321/350 copies signed by the author), Col. R. Meinertzhagen’s Nicoll’s Birds of Egypt, 2 vols., 1930 and James M. Harrison’s The Birds of Kent, 2 vols., 1953. (8)
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Wright (Lewis). Wright’s Book of Poultry, Revised and Edited in Accordance with the Latest Poultry Club Standards by S.H. Lewer, pub. Cassell, c. 1912, thirty coloured plates, b & w illustrations, occasional light spotting, bookplate, contemporary green half morocco, spine a little rubbed and faded, 4to. (1)
Los 281
Scrap album. Victorian scrap album, late 19th century, containing manuscript text, silhouettes, original water colours and drawings, photographs, engravings and lithographs of caricatures, marine, genre, topography, botanical and natural history, contemp. red crushed limp morocco, rubbed and frayed at extrems., 4to, together with Persian and Indian miniatures. A group of three Persian and seven Indian miniatures, 19th c., depicting various polo, hunting, courtly and leisure scenes, including one Indian mica painting, most within calligraphic border, some light soiling, the largest 18.5 x 15cm (7.5 x 6 ins). (2)
Los 295
Arrianus (Flavius). De expedit. Alex. Magni, Historiarum libri VIII ..., Part 1 (of 2) only, [Geneva:] H. Estienne, 1575, printer’s woodcut device to title, double-column text in Greek and Latin throughout, some spotting and light browning, disbound, folio. Adams A2010. The missing separately paginated second part (a-g6) contains Plutarch’s Life of Alexander and his essay ‘On the Fortune or Virtue of Alexander’ plus an index. (1)
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Bacon (Francis). Resuscitatio, or, Bringing into Publick Light Several Pieces of the Works Civil, Historical, Philosophical, and Theological, Hitherto Sleeping of the Right Honourable Francis Bacon, 2 parts in one, 3rd ed., 1671, eng. port. frontis. (with small piece torn from blank fore-margin), eng. port. plt., first few gatherings water-stained (mostly to margins), title-page with contemp. ms. ownership name at head, disbound and some leaves detached, 4to. Wing B321 & B322. (1)
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Diogenes (Laertius). Diogenis Laertii De Vitis, Dogmatibus et Apophthegmatibus Clarorum Philosophorum Libri X. Graece et Latine..., 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstenium, MDCVIIIC [1692], addn. eng. title (with slight loss to fore-edge margin), twenty-five eng. port. plts., some light toning, lacks front free endpapers, contemp. calf, elaborate gilt dec. spine, upper joint cracked, large 4to. (1)
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Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, i.e. Lewis Carroll, 1832-1898). Sylvie and Bruno, 1889; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, 1893, 1st eds., illustrations by Harry Furniss, publisher’s list at end, a few light spots, a.e.g., original red cloth gilt, spines a little rubbed and faded, first vol. torn & chipped at head with lower joint splitting, 8vo. Author’s presentation copies, vol. 1 inscribed (in purple ink): “Mrs Ranken, with sincere regards from the author. Dec. 12, 1889”; vol. 2 inscribed: “Mrs Ranken with the author’s sincere regards. Dec. 27, 1893”. Rev. William H. Ranken (1832-1920), scholar and afterwards Fellow of Corpus Christi College; he had taken a First in Mathematics at the same time as Dodgson and later they became friends. Ranken was vicar of Sandford-on-Thames and other livings. (2)
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Estienne (Robert II, printer). Alphabetum Graecum, Paris, Robert Estienne II, 1580, unpaginated (A-D8), title with printer’s woodcut device, text in Greek and Latin, some light foxing (contents generally in clean condition, 18th c. red morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear to spine, 8vo. Renouard 175. Schreiber, The Estiennes, 244 ‘Very rare Greek type specimen book’. This specimen book or schoolboy’s primer illustrates all three sizes of the Royal greek types, and provides examples for practice reading, and also includes an article on their historical background by the Greek scholar Janus Lescaris. Ex libris Owen Salusbury Brereton (1715-1798), the antiquary, vice-president of the Society of Arts from 1765 to 1798, and fellow (later vice-president) of the Society of Antiquaries. He contributed several articles to Archaeologia. Inscribed to front blank in ink ‘Brereton. LL. B, 1744. Ex Bibliotheca Harleiana. NB. Alphabetum Graecum Roberti Stephani (sapius licet excusum) rarissime occurrit, vid. Maittaire’. With an additional note to the lower portion of the same leaf, in a similar, or slightly later hand ‘This being a sort of Greek Horn-Book, or Battledore, as we call the first Books for Children in English, it must needs be a Rarity to find one in such Preservation above 200 years old. It is very useful for the Reading of R. Stephens’ Greek Testament Wh abounds wt Abbreviations’. (1)
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Flaminius (Marcus Antonius). In Librum Psalmorum Brevis Explanatio, pub. Aldus, Venice, 1564, publisher’s anchor and dolphin device to title, woodcut initials and headpieces, a few small marginal holes, some light soiling and browning, ink annotation, 19th c. red ink censor stamps, contemporary vellum, a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo. This edition not in Adams. (1)
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Fontaine (Nicolas, Sieur de Royaumont). The History of the Old and New Testament, 2 parts in one, 2nd ed., 1701, five engraved maps, 240 engraved plates (complete), one or two plates with small holes, some marginal tears, occasional light browning and spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, joints splitting, rubbed, folio. (1)
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Guicciardini (Francesco). La Historia D’Italia... di nuovo Riveduta et Corretta per Francesco Sansovino, 3 parts in one, pub. Stoer, [Geneva], 1645, title printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, woodcut head-and-tail pieces and initials, previous owner inscription to title, scattered light spotting, 18th c. sprinkled calf, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, covers with a few scuff marks, 4to. The first edition was published in Florence in 1561 and contained only 16 books, the last four being unfinished and not published until 1564. (1)
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Heriodanus. Delle Vite Imperiali tradotte di Greco per M. Lelio Carani, Venice, Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari e Fratelli, 1551, title with printer’s woodcut device, woodcut initials and printer’s colophon to verso of final leaf, light browning to inner margins at front of vol., early vellum, 8vo. (1)
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Jones (David). The Secret History of White-Hall, From the Restoration of Charles II. Down to the Abdication of the Late K. James (and) A Continuation of the Secret History of White-Hall; From the Abdication of the Late K. James, in 1688, to the year 1696, 2 vols., 1697, a few light spots, previous owner initials, contemporary calf, joints splitting, rubbed, 8vo, together with Emblems Divine and Moral, Together with Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man, Bristol, 1808, engraved portrait and title, numerous engraved plates, bookseller stamp, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary calf, loss to spine, 8vo, plus The Works of Mr. John Oldham, Together with his Remains, 4 parts in one, 1684, Sir John Denham’s Poems and Translations; With the Sophy, a Tragedy, 5th ed., 1709 and Giacomo Barozzi’s Nouveau Livre des Cinq Ordres D’Architecture, 1776 (lacking two plates). (6)
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Magna Carta. Magna Charta, cum statutis, tum antiquis, tum recentibus, maxim opere, animo tenendis nunc demum ad unum, tipis aedita, per Richardum Tottell, 8 March 1576, seven prelims., inc. title, 247 folios, black letter text, occn. extensive ink annotations to margins throughout, in an early hand, some light soiling to title and final leaf, later calf, worn with backstrip def. and covers det., small 8vo. STC 9280. Beale, early English law books S19. This copy is without the blank between the preliminary leaves and the main text (1)
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