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Miscellaneous Prints & Engravings. Buck (Adam, 1759-1833, after), Serena, pub. William Holland, 1799, hand tinted aquatint oval portrait by Wright & Zeiglar, light dust soiling, plate dimensions 360 x 250 mm, together with Lily (P., after), Oliver Cromwell, pub. John Bowles, late 18th century, uncoloured mezzotint portrait, plate dimensions 350 x 250 mm, and Hamilton (Clare, after), Dignity & Impudence, 19th century mezzotint by Frank Atkinson, image size 570 x 425 mm, and Chevillet (G., engraver), Untitled engraving of the death of Montcalm after Watteau, c.1760, uncoloured, 430 x 595 mm, plus many other prints and engravings including a Baxter print portrait of Nelson, other portraits, natural history, humorous, etc., some framed and glazed (approx. 70)
Beauclair (Paul Louis de). Anti-Contract Social, dans le quel on refute, d'u ne maniere claire, utile & agreable, les Principes poses dans le Contract-Social de J.J. Rousseau, 1st ed., The Hague: Staatman, 1764, half title, eng. vign. title, some light spotting, contemp. vellum gilt, sl. rubbed and soiled, 8vo. An early formal criticism of Rousseau's infamous 'Contrat Social' (1762), in which Beauclair offers orthodox replies to Rousseau's arguments. (1)
Beza (Theodore). Annotationes mairoes in Novum Destamentum ..., part one of two only, [Geneva: Henricus Stephanus II?], 1594, double-column text, folding diagram, some soiling and old damp staining throughout, sl. worming to upper outer corners of final leaves, occn. affecting letterpress, old (contemp.?) ink annotations to rear endpapers, 17th-century calf, heavily rubbed, 8vo, (Adams B896), together with Sibbes (Richard), Light from Heaven ..., in foure treatises, by ... Rich. Sibbs ..., two parts in one vol., 1638, both titles with woodcut borders, second title soiled and chipped at upper margin, covers def., 4to, plus [Bacon, Nathaniel], The History of the Life & Actions of Sight Athanasius, together with the Rise, Growth and Down-fall of the Arian Heresie, collected from the primitive writers, 1664, eng. port. frontis., final two leaves of index cropped at fore-margins, sl. affecting lettering, some spotting and soiling, upper outer corners of first few leaves stained, contemp. sheep, worn and covers det., 8vo, plus one other similar (4)
Binding. Madoc, by Robert Southey, 2 vols., 4th ed., 1815, half-title to first vol., a.e.g., contemp. maroon straight-grained morocco by Riviere, with his ticket to front pastedown of first vol., lightly rubbed, gilt dec. raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and fourth compartments, remainder filled with radiating volute tools, covers with border consisting of gilt double fillet, wide gilt palmette roll and blind drawer handle roll, gilt dec. edges and turn-ins, sm. 8vo, together with Shakespeare's Garland, being a Collection of New Songs, Ballads, Roundelays, Catches, Glees, Comic-Serenatas, &c. Performed at the Jubilee at Stratford Upon Avon, the Musick by Dr. Arne, Mr. Barthelimon, Mr. Ailwood, and Mr. Dibdin, 1769, half-title detached, some light staining and foxing, near-contemp. half calf, worn, with spine deficient, and upper cover detached, slim 8vo, plus Oliphant (Laurence), The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852, with a Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour Through the Country of the Don Cossacks, 3rd ed. revised and enlarged, 1854, litho. frontis., two eng. maps, one folding (frayed to fore-edge), numerous letterpress vigns., lib. ink stamp to front free endpaper, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, spine ends frayed, and joints split at head, 8vo, plus a copy of 'Shaksperiana', pub. John Wilson, 1827 (5)
Diderot (Denis & Alembert, Jean le Rond d'). Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, les Arts Liberaux, et les Arts Mechaniques, avec leur Explication, vol. 11 only, Paris, 1772, 193 eng. plts., inc. some double-page & folding, two plts. detached and one frayed to margins, occ. light damp staining to lower margins and slight dust soiling to few leaves, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, joints and extrems. rubbed & worn, folio. Includes diagrams of looms and weaving. (1)
[Dodsley, Robert]. The Modern Reasoners: an Epistle to a Friend, pub. Lawton Gilliver, 1734, 10pp., slight damp staining and dust soiling, few repairs to inner margin of title, modern wrappers, folio, together with [Hammond, James], Love Elegies Written in the Year 1732, pub. G. Hawkins, 1743, iv,20pp., small stain to title, disbound folio, with Pope (Alexander), An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle IV., pub. J. Wilford, [1734], (4),18,(2)pp., light damp stain to middle of fore-edge margin running through volume, disbound folio (3)
Francatelli (Charles Elme). The Modern; A Practical Guide to the Culinary Art in all its Branches..., 28th ed., 1886, eng. port. frontis. (slightly damp stained & with closed tear), closed tear to G7, few wood eng. illusts., orig. cloth, slight wear to joints & extrems., 8vo, together with The Cook's Guide, and Housekeeper's & Butler's Assistant..., 47th thousand ed., 1880, eng. port. frontis., wood eng. illusts., recent endpapers, orig. cloth, rebacked, 8vo, plus and 1880 edition of the same title, and Acton (Eliza), Modern Cookery, for Private Families..., newly revised & much enlarged, 1858, eng. frontis. and seven eng. plts., few wood eng. illusts., orig. cloth, rebacked, worn, 8vo, together with another copy of the same edition, and with Rundell (Maria Eliza), A New System of Domestic Cookery..., 72nd ed., 1847, eng. frontis., nine eng. plts., light adhesive mark to one leaf of ads. at rear, orig. cloth, rebacked, slightly rubbed to extrems., 8vo, with Senn (Charles Herman), Practical Gastronomy and Culinary Dictionary..., 3rd ed., revised & enlarged, [1895], dust soiling to title, modern cloth, thick 8vo. (7)
[Halle, Edward]. The Union of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, beeyng long in continual discension for the croune of this noble realme ... beginnyng at the tyme of kyng Henry the fowerth ... proceadyng to the reigne of ... kyng Henry the eight, the undubitate flower and very heire of both the sayd linages, [col:] Londini in officina Richardi Graftoni, 1548, title within an architectural woodcut border, the upper compartment showing the king sitting in parliament, full-page woodcut showing a similar scene on the verso of the last leaf of text XXX5, followed by the colophon bearing Grafton's large woodcut device, large woodcut initials, the integral blanks Rr8, KK6, and kkk8 present, expert repairs to the title-page, resulting in some 8 letters of letterpress being supplied or completed in manuscript, a few neat marginal repairs, some soiling in the text, and inoffensive light worming, contemp. manuscript Table of the contents relating to Henry VII on the three blank pages between the section and that relating to Henry VIII, early 19th Century russia, sides bordered in blind within gilt fillets, enclosing a single gilt fillet panel with decorative gilt cornerpieces composed of small tools, skilfully and sympathetically rebacked, a.e.g., small folio. S.T.C. 12722. First Edition, with the title-page reading "illustre". An excellent, complete copy of a work seldom found in such good condition. Described by S.T.C. as "an exceptionally difficult work to grasp because of perplexities in the order of its printing", this copy has S.T.C.'s early issue points. It is without tables, and has setting Pb of the Preliminaries, and 1b and 2ab of the text. Halle's "Chronicle" is a mirror of Tudor life. It is the best contemporary chronicle of the reign of Henry VIII, and a panegyric of the House of Tudor, and especially of Henry. Grafton, Holinshead, and Stow borrowed extensively from it, while Shakespeare, in his earlier historical plays, followed Halle closely. In 1555, with Mary Tudor on the throne, Grafton was stripped of his title "printer to the king", and Halle's work was prohibited by proclamation. (1)
Harris (Joseph). The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrery, to which is prefix'd, by way of introduction, a brief account of his solar system, 7th ed., 1751, seven mostly folding eng. plates, a few marks to extreme margins, one or two traces of worm, generally not affecting text, contemp. calf, darkened and rebacked with outer corners renewed, in modern cloth slipcase, together with Coddington (Henry), A Treatise on the Reflexion and Refraction of Light, being Part I of a system of optics, 1st ed., Cambridge, 1829, ten folding eng. plates at rear, some light foxing, mainly to front few leaves and plates at rear, recent half calf, both 8vo. (2)
Ireland. A Few Observations on a Mirror for Courts Martial by a Friend to Discipline and Good Order, Dublin, printed by J.Exshaw, 1768, bound with Remarks, on a Pamphlet, entitled A Mirror etc, Drawn from the Proceedings of a General Court Martial on the Trial of an Appeal, brought before them by David Blakeney, Matross, 2nd edition, Dublin, 1768, bound with A Mirror for Courts-Martial: in which the Complaints, Tryal, Sentence and Punishment of David Blakeney, are Represented and Examined with Candor, by C. Lucas, Dublin, printed for Thomas Ewing, 1768, 3 pamphlets bound together, occasional light spotting, disbound, 8vo. Interesting accounts of military discipline and procedures in 18th century Ireland. (1)
Jerome (Saint). [Omnium operum Divi Eusebii Hieronymi Stridonensis ...], edited Desiterius Erasmus, vols. 3 & 4 (of 9) bound as one, Basle: Johann Froben, 1516, light old waterstaining to upper margins throughout, sometimes touching running heads and pagination, marginal worming to final signature, not affecting text, large eng. bookplate of a Cardinal to front pastedown, contemp. blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards with two clasps, one defective, sl. rubbed and corners bumped, folio. Adams J113. (1)
Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry, 4 vols., Harrison and Co., 1781-82, titles and first pages of each volume with engraved vignettes, 24 engraved plates, one or two leaves torn at corners with marginal loss, occasional light spotting, later half mottled calf, spines with lettering labels and gilt-decorated, very slightly faded, 8vo. (4)
Legh (Gerard). The Accedens of Armory, [col:] Imprynted at London ... by Rychard Tottel, 1568, woodcut title-page (with a few inkspots), folding woodcut plate, full-page woodcut on S4 recto showing a supposed portrait of Legh in the guise of the fictitious "Panther Herald", last leaf S8 present with a full-page woodcut on recto and "The way to understande Tryckyng" followed by the colophon on verso, some light soiling and staining, near-contemp. limp vellum, slightly soiled, 8vo. S.T.C. 15389. The second edition, first published 1562/63. (1)
Molina (Lewis de). De justitia et jure: Opera Omnia ..., 5 vols., new ed., Geneva, 1759, eng. port. frontis. to vol. one, occn. spotting or light browning, sl. worming to upper inner margin of vol. three, not affecting text, ink lib stamps to front free endpapers and half title of vol. 1, contemp. mottled calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting red leather labels, rubbed, a little wear to head and foot of spines, folio (5)
[Walker, Clement]. Relations and Observations, Historicall and Politick, upon the Parliament begun Anno Dom. 1640. Divided into II Bookes. I. The Mystery of the two Iunto's, Presbyterian and Independent. 2. The History of Independency, &c. Together with An Appendix, touching the proceedings of the Independent faction in Scotland, Printed ... 1650, bound with Anarchia Anglicana: or, the History of Independency. The Second Part, Printed ... 1649, title-page printed in red and black, some text printed in red, folding engraved plate depicting "The Royall Oake of Brittayne" being attacked by Cromwell's minions under his supervision, and The High Court of Justice or Cromwells New Slaughter House in England ... Being the III. Part of the History of Independency, Printed ... 1651 in the second Yeare of the States Liberty and the Peoples Slavery, title-page printed in red and black, and The History of Independency. The Fourth and last Part ... by T. M. Esquire, a Lover of his King and Country, Printed for H. Brome ... and H. Marsh, 1660, together four parts in one volume, extra-illustrated with four contemporary engraved portraits, some browning, and light marginal staining, contemp. vellum, soiled, red edges, small 4to. An anti-republication narrative of contemporary events. The author was one of the violently ejected members of the Long Parliament. On the publication of the second part of this work he was arrested and committed to the Tower where he died, without trial, in 1651. The fourth part was written by an anonymous author. Wing W334C; W317A; W325; and M81B respectively. (1)
Wells (Edward). Young Gentleman's Trigonometry, Mechanicks, and Opticks, containing such elements of the said arts or sciences, as are most useful and easy to be known, 1st ed., printed for James Knapton, 1714, three parts in one, eight folding eng. plates, nine eng. plates, and fourteen folding eng. plates respect., light waterstain to fore-margins at front of vol., 20th c. qtr. cloth, rubbed and frayed to extrems., together with The Young Gentleman's Astronomy, Chronology, and Dialling ..., 4th ed., revised and corrected, with additions, 1736, twenty-five eng. plates, including several folding, contents in clean condition, contemp. calf, rubbed and some minor wear to extrems., morocco label replaced, both 8vo. (2)
[Bachmann, Augustus Quirinus]. Censura Medicamentorum Officinalum, Leipsig, 1701, 60 pp., uniform light browning, recent cloth, slim 4to, together with Virchow (Rudolf), Ueber den Hungertyphus und einige verwandte Krankheitsformen, Berlin, 1868, pages sl. browned at edges, contemp. marbled boards, sl. rubbed and marked, plus Typhus und Stadtereinigung, [1876], 31 pp., a little soiling at front and rear, disbound, loosely inserted in recent marbled boards, both slim 8vo. The second item: Garrison Morton 5376. (3)
Saverien (Alexandre). Dictionnaire Universel de Mathematique et de Physique, 2 vols., 1st ed., Paris, 1753, half title to vol. 1 only, 101 folding eng. plates (correct), some scattered spotting or light browning, single wormhole to lower margin of vol. 1, contemp. mottled calf gilt, rubbed, a little split at head of lower joints, 4to. (2)
Schenck (Johann). Observationes Medicae de capite humano ..., 1st ed., Basle: Froben, 1584, some light browning throughout, old ownership inscription dated 1683 to title, lacks 20 pp. index at rear, later gilt dec. calf with gilt stamped oval decorative design to both covers, rubbed and sl. cracked at head of upper joint, 8vo. Durling 4107; Waller 8593. (1)
Barbier (George). Falbalas & Fanfreluches. Almanach des Modes presentes, passees et futures, 5 vols., pub. Meynial, Paris, 1922-26, sixty fine hand-col. pochoir plates (12 plates to each issue), hand-col. decorative title to each, orig. wrappers with hand-col. decorative upper cover, occn. minor rubbing and light dust-soiling, but generally in very good condition, 8vo. It is rare to find the complete run of five. George Barbier was a celebrated fashion and costume designer working in Paris in the first quarter of the 20th century. Amongst other commissions he designed costumes for the Folies Bergeres and for the Ballets Russes. He also illustrated a number of books, all in a wonderfully art deco style, often with a touch of Greek classicism, as here. (5)
Famin (Cesar). Peintures, Bronzes et Statues Erotiques, formant la collection du cabinet secret du Musee Royal de Naples, Paris, 1832, half-title, forty-one line-engraved plates by Laree, some light scattered spotting throughout, title with some damp discol. to inner margin, a.e.g., contemp. half red morocco, gilt dec. spine, very sl. rubbed (generally in bright condition), 4to. (1)
Hertz (Johann Daniel). Natura Artis studio feliciter repraesentata, sive Humana Statura per singula membra juxta aetates et sexus nova inventione accuratissime delineata, oder: GrŸndlich und Volkommene Anweisung zum Zeichnen und Kunstmassige vollige Ausarveitung Menschlicher Statur ..., Augsburg, 1723, twenty-four engraved plates, including general title, and title to second part, some minor soiling and light spotting, light waterstain to most leaves, contemp. marbled wrappers, soiled and somewhat worn, upper wrapper det., slim oblong folio (1)
Paine (James). Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Houses, and also of Stabling, Bridges, Public and Private, Temples, and other Garden Buildings; executed in the Counties of Derby, Durham, Middlesex, Northumberland, Nottingham, and York, Part One (of two), 1st ed., printed for the Author, 1767, eighteen preliminary leaves, including title, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, preface, and list of plates, some light soiling to title and to upper margins of several leaves of text, fifty-one (of 55) engraved plates, including many double-page, numbered I-LXXIV, lacking plates XXVI, XXVIII, XXXII and LSVIV, double-page plate (XXX-XXXI) partly split at head of centrefold, minor wormhole to extreme. fore-margin of last few plates, occn. minor soiling to margins, contemp. reversed calf, some wear with partial loss of surface leather, modern reback, folio (1)
Harleian Miscellany; Or, a Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, 12 vols., new ed., 1808, some spotting and light toning throughout, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed on spines, 8vo. Large paper copy. (12)
Kentfield (Edwin, of Brighton). The Game of Billiards: Scientifically Explained, and Practically Set Forth, in a series of Novel and Extraordinary Strokes; and Illustrated by Numerous Appropriate Diagrams. To which is added the Rules and Regulations which Govern the Numerous Games as they are Played at the Present Day, 1st ed., 1839, folding litho. frontis. with some splits to folds and subsequent tape repairs, 93 uncoloured engraved plates, final engraved advert leaf torn with loss, some light staining and marks, modern green cloth with spine label, folio (1)
Garsault (Francis A. de). The Art of the Tennis-Racket-Maker and of Tennis, originally published in French in 1767, and now translated into English for the first time by Catherine W. Leftwich, privately printed for Christopher B. Gabriel, 1938, half-tone frontispiece, 5 plates, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth gilt, spine faded with small nick, t.e.g., 4to. Limited edition 45/200, signed by Christopher B. Gabriel (1)
Austen (John, illust.). Manon Lescaut, from the French of L'Abbe Prevost. With an Introduction by J. Lewis May, 1928, twelve col. plts., line illusts. in the text, some foxing, orig. qtr. vellum, slightly soiled, blue buckram sides, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, 4to, (limited edition, 70/500 copies, signed by John Austen), together with Daphne & Chloe, Geoffrey Bles, 1925, twelve col. plts., and four b & w plts., occn. light spotting, untrimmed, orig. cream buckram gilt, lightly dust-soiled and a couple of small marks, 4to, plus Sheringham (George, illust.), The Duenna, a Comic Opera in Three Acts by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with an Introduction by Nigel Playfair..., [1925], twelve mounted col. plts., b & w plts., contents generally browned, orig. cloth-backed boards, edges a little rubbed, 4to, (limited edition of 75 copies, this lettered 'A' 'for presentation to the artist', and signed by him), plus seven other illustrated books similar (10)
Barker (Cicely Mary). Flower Fairies of the Garden, 1st ed., n.d., c.1920's, 24 coloured plates, original pictorial boards, light wear to edges and lower cover, together with 5 other Fairy books: Flower Fairies of the Spring; Flower Fairies of the Summer; Flower Fairies of the Autumn; Flower Fairies of the Wayside; Groundsel and Necklaces, 12mo (6)
Brittan (Charles & Brock, Charles, illust.). Lorna Doone. A Romance of Ermoor, by R. D. Blackmore, 1910, 16 coloured plates, some leaves uncut, original morocco, a little rubbed and scuffed, t.e.g., 4to, (Dulverton Edition, 231/250 copies), together with Dulac (Edmund), Stories from the Arabian Nights, retold by Laurence Houseman, 1907, 50 tipped-in coloured plates, original cloth gilt, edges very lightly rubbed, 4to, plus Folkard, Charles, The Jackdaw of Rheims, by Thomas Ingoldsby, 1913, 12 tipped-in coloured plates, light spotting to text, original cloth gilt, a little discoloured, t.e.g., folio, together with 21 other illustrated books, including Thomas Gray's An Elegy, Written in a Country Churchyard (illust. G. F. Nicholls) and James Elroy Flecker's Hassan (illust. Thomas Mackenzie) (24)
Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Edmund Dulac's Fairy-Book, Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations, 1st ed., Hodder & Stoughton, [1916], fifteen tipped-in col. plts., margins and edges foxed, patterned endpapers, orig. dec. cloth, spine v. sl. darkened, 4to, together with Tanglewood Tales, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1st ed., Hodder and Stoughton, [1918], fourteen tipped-in col. plts., patterned endpapers browned, orig. dec. cloth, extrems. sl. rubbed, and cloth lifting in places, spine a little darkened, 4to, plus Stories from Hans Andersen, Hodder and Stoughton, c.1920s, fourteen tipped-in col. plts., occn. light spotting, mostly to margins and edges, free endpapers browned, orig. bright blue cloth, a trifle rubbed to extrems. in places, large 8vo, plus four others illust. by Dulac (7)
Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1st ed., Hodder and Stoughton, [1918], fourteen tipped-in col. plts., one text leaf with small piece torn from lower blank corner, patterned endpapers browned, pencilled inscription from Eddie Marsh to his godson on verso of front free endpaper, orig. pictorial cloth, dust-soiled, extrems. sl. rubbed, and two corners bumped, 4to, together with Rub‡iy‡t of Omar Khayy‡m, Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, printed from the second edition, Hodder and Stoughton, [1909], twenty tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, occn. light spotting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, contemp. brown crushed morocco, spine faded, covers somewhat scratched and mottled, 4to, plus The Bells and Other Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe, 1st ed., Hodder and Stoughton, [1912], twenty-eight col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, dec. endpapers, free endpapers browned, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine rubbed, 4to, plus three others illust. by Dulac (6)
Fyleman (Rose). The Rose Fyleman Fairy Book, Selected from the Poems..., 1st ed., Methuen, 1923, twelve tipped-in col. plts., one creased along one edge, b & w illusts., all by Hilda T. Miller, occn. light spotting, pictorial endpapers, rough-trimmed, orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, spine faded and with gilt dulled, 4to, together with A Garland of Rose's, Collected Poems of Rose Fyleman, 1st ed., Methuen, 1928, col. frontis., and full-page b & w illusts. by Rene Bull, occn. light spotting, t.e.g., remainder foxed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo. (2)
Goble (Warwick, illust.). Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales, by Grace James, 1st ed., Macmillan, 1910, forty tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, occn. light foxing to text, endpapers foxed, contemp. ms. inscription to front free endpaper, blue edges, orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, short split at head of spine, some faint marks to covers, upper corners bumped, 4to. (1)
Haslehust (Ernest W., illust). The Silvery Thames, Described by Walter Jerrold, 1st ed., Alf Cooke, 1906, sixty tipped-in col. plts., some creasing, mainly to corners, scattered light foxing, mostly to text and mounts, pictorial endpapers and untrimmed edges a little foxed, orig. bevel-edged blue cloth gilt, extrems. rubbed and a few marks, spine faded, oblong folio (1)
McCormick (A.D., illust.). Drake's Drum and other Songs of the Sea, by Henry Newbolt, [1914], twelve tipped-in coloured plates, a little light foxing, orig. vellum, blocked in gilt and blue, lettered in gilt, a trifle soiled, with silk ties, t.e.g., others untrimmed, royal 8vo. Limited Edition, 29/250 copies, signed by A. D. McCormick. (1)
Robinson (Charles, illust.). The Happy Prince and Other Tales, by Oscar Wilde, 1st ed., pub. Duckworth, 1913, twelve tipped-in col. plts., numerous b & w illusts., scattered light foxing to text, free endpapers browned, orig. blindstamped cloth, spine faded and sl. rubbed at ends, in sl. rubbed and frayed d.j. with darkened spine, col. illust. mounted to front panel, 4to, together with The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1st ed., Duckworth, [1915], twelve tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, letterpress decs., pictorial endpapers, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, spine faded and gilt dulled, in deficient d.j., with front flap detached, and most of spine lacking, 8vo, plus Our Sentimental Garden, by Agnes and Egerton Castle, 2nd imp., 1915, eight col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, numerous letterpress vigns., scattered foxing, pictorial endpapers, edges foxed, orig. dec. cloth, extrems. v. sl. rubbed in places, 8vo, plus a 1920 reprint of The Happy Prince in orig. cloth, and another copy of Songs and Sonnets of Shakespeare, plus two books illust. by T.H. Robinson (7)
Tennant (Dudley, illust.). Poems of Passion and Pleasure, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, [1912], twenty tipped-in coloured plates, endpapers foxed, t.e.g., remainder untrimned, orig. gilt dec. vellum, occn. light dust-soiling, ties renewed, 4to, (limited edition, 114/500 copies, signed by Dudley Tennant and Ella Wheeler Wilcox), together with Folkard (Charles), The Jackdaw of Rheims, by Thomas Ingoldsby, 1913, twelve tipped-in col. plts. (frontis. creased to one corner), t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, free endpapers browned, ms. inscription to front free endpaper, orig. gilt dec. bevel-edged vellum, a little dusty, folio, plus Bell (Robert Anning), Palgrave's Golden Treasury, Dent, 1907, twenty-five tipped-in col. plts., final (imprint) leaf with horizontal closed tear, endpapers browned and foxed, orig. gilt dec. vellum, covers bowed, 8vo, plus two other illustrated books similar (5)
Wood (Lawson). Lawson Wood's Merry Monkeys, Birn Brothers, c.1940, sixteen col. plts., sl. creasing to lower outer corners throughout, contemp. ms. inscription to front free endpaper, orig. cloth boards, with col. pictorial label to upper cover, some rubbing, lower cover partially faded, 4to, together with Folkard (Charles, illust), the Jackdaw of Rheims, by Thomas Ingoldsby, 1st ed., 1913, twelve tipped-in col. plts., title-page lightly browned, t.e.g., untrimmed, orig. bevel-edged cream cloth gilt, occn. light dust-soiling, but generally a clean copy, folio, plus Songs from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Words by Lewis Carroll, Music by Lucy E. Broadwood, 1st ed., 1921, eleven tipped-in col. plts., correct as list, letterpress vigns. throughout, orig. cloth with col. illust. mounted to upper cover, some sl. rubbing to extrems., slim 4to, plus twenty-four other illust. books similar, incl. others by Lawson Wood and several illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (27)
Dahl (Roald). Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Ist edition, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1973, illustrations by Faith Jaques, original pictorial boards, small chips to spine ends and upper cover, some light edge wear, slightly cocked, 8vo, together with Dahl (Roald), Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes, 1st edition, Jonathan Cape, 1982, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original pictorial boards, a few small dents, 4to, with 2 other Roald Dahl reprints and a Dr. Seuss beginner book (5)
Defoe (Daniel). Novels, 14 vols., The Shakespeare Head Press, 1927-28, orig. cloth, t.e.g., 8vo, (one of 750 copies), together with Smollett (Tobias), Works, 11 vols., The Shakespeare Head Press, 1925-26, occasional light spotting, original cloth, t.e.g., 8vo, (one of 780 copies), plusSterne (Laurence), Works, 7 vols., The Shakespeare Head Press, 1926-7, occasional light spotting, original cloth, lightly rubbed, t.e.g., 8vo, (one of 530 copies), plus Fielding (Henry), Works, 10 vols., The Shakespeare Head Press, 1926, original cloth, t.e.g., 8vo, (one of 1,030 copies) (42)
Grahame (Kenneth). The Wind in the Willows, Methuen & Co., 1931, illustrations by Ernest Shepard, a few light spots, t.e.g., later green morocco by Cottage Bindery, Bath, upper cover with gilt tool of Mr Toad, with dragonfly at each corner, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, slipcase, 8vo. (1)
Hale (Kathleen). Puss in Boots, Folding Books Ltd, [1951], six coloured 3-dimensional pop-up displays, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, cloth tie, slight edge wear, square 8vo, together with Selous (Henry Courtney), Gerty and May, 1st ed., Griffith and Farran, 1867, four hand-coloured engraved plates by J. Greenaway, publisher's list at end, a few light scattered spots, presentation ink inscription, g.e., original cloth gilt, 8vo, with 3 other books including Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz, London, 1947, 2nd edition (5)
Wittgenstein (Ludwig). Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. With an Introduction by Bertrand Russell, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1922, without the adverts at end (as in later issues), a few light spots to prelims., contemp. owner's ink inscription to front pastedown of Joan Aiken, orig. cloth, some marks and discol., recased with orig. spine laid down, 8vo, together with Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, 1st ed., 1956, orig. cloth, sl. faded to extreme head of spine, in rubbed and soiled d.j., chipped with loss to head and foot of spine and corners, 8vo, plus Philisophical Grammar, 1st ed., 1974, & Remarks on Colour, 1977, both orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo, VG (4)
Wodehouse (P.G.). Leave it to PSmith, 1st edition, Herbert Jenkins, 1924, half-title, a few leaves dampstained and browned, original green pictorial cloth, faded with light edge wear, 8vo, together with Kipling (Rudyard), The Jungle Book, 2nd edition, Macmillan, 1894, plates and illustrations, occasional light spotting, presentation ink inscription on front free endpaper, a.e.g., original blue cloth gilt, sl. edge wear, 8vo, with The Second Jungle Book, 1st edition, Macmillan and Co., 1895, illustrations, occasional spotting, ink inscription on front free endpaper, original blue cloth gilt, sl. edge wear, 8vo, together with a quantity of other modern literature including Pawson (Stuart), The Mushroom man, 1st edition, 1995, Orczy (Baroness), Leatherface: A Tale of old Flanders, 1st edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1916, etc., etc. (approx. 50)
Addison (pseud. ). A Collection of Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments; attending to amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, printed for the author, 1793, a little foxing to first and last few leaves, bookplate of John Peyto Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke to front pastedown, contemp. sprinkled calf, later reback, with orig. morocco label retained, 4to, together with Sharp (Thomas), A Dissertation on the Pageants or Dramatic Mysteries Anciently Performed at Coventry, by the Trading Companies of that City; Chiefly with Reference to the Vehicle, Characters, and Dresses of the Actors... to which are added, the Pageant of the Shearmen & Taylors' Company, and other Municipal Entertainments of a Public Nature, Coventry, 1825, eng. plts., some light foxing, orig. blind-stamped cloth, worn with some loss to spine, large 4to, plus Burnet (Bishop), Bishop Burnet's History of his Own Time, 2 vols., 1724, extensive 18th and early 19th c. annotations after notes by William Earl of Dartmouth and other authors, list of subscribers at front of first vol., contemp. calf, somewhat worn with joints cracked, folio, and other misc. antiquarian, mostly 19th century (2 cartons)
Du Chaillu (Paul B.). The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland, 2 vols., (3rd thou.), 1881, wood-engs., folding map contained in rear pocket of vol. 1, publisher's ads. at rear, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed and frayed at head and foot of spines, 8vo, together with Doyle (A. Conan), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 2nd ed., 1893, b & w illusts., a.e.g., orig. Strand Library light-blue cloth gilt, soiled and worn, 8vo, plus The Book of Fairy Poetry, ed. Dora Owen, 1920, sixteen tipped-in col. plts. by Warwick Goble, orig. cloth, worn at head of spine, 4to, and other misc. books, mostly late 19th century cloth-bound publications, incl. travel, natural history, literature and art reference, etc. (3 shelves)
Brexton Four Person Picnic Set Believed to date from the 1950s in stout light blue case with matching interior contents including plates, cups/saucers, cutlery, cruet, 2 Thermos flasks, 2 sandwich tins, beakers and various glass/plastic storage jars. Very good condition throughout, 61x35x15cm.

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