London. A Collection of Papers relating to the Thames Quay; with hints for some further improvements in the Metropolis, by Frederick William Trench, London: Carpenter and Son, 1827, 17 engraved and lithograph plates and plans (some folding), plate 1 with few repaired closed tears to folds, short closed tear to title and following leaf, modern maroon quarter morocco, cloth sides, 4to, together with:First Report of the Commissioners appointed by Her Majesty to inquire into and consider the most effectual means of Improving the Metropolis, and of providing increased facilities of communication within the same, 27 January 1844, [London]: Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed, 7 February 1844, several folding tables, 60 folding lithograph plates, some coloured (lacking 2 plates), occasional toning and minor scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary half calf, joints and extremities rubbed, folio,Reports from Committees: (2.) Bread; Supply of Water to the Metropolis; London Bridge; &c., Session 23 January to 11 July, 1821, volume 5, [London: Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed, 1821, general title with inscription to upper margin 'Presented by Messrs. E. & J. Lawford' and with ink stamp to verso, occasional scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of The Law Society to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, folio, plus Matthews (William). Hydraulia; An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Water Works of London, and the contrivances for supplying other great cities, in different ages and countries, London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1835, lithograph portrait frontispiece, ink stamp to title, 5 folding plans and 12 lithograph plates of 13 (including one folding, lacks plate facing p.15), some toning and minor scattered spotting, edge untrimmed, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, and Haskoll (William Davis). Examples of Bridge and Viaduct Construction, of Masonry, Timber, and Iron: from the contract-working drawings or admeasurements of select works, 2nd edition, London: Lockwood & Co., 1867, 50 lithograph plates (mostly double-page or folding), some scattered spotting, contemporary dark green half morocco, light wear to extremities, large 4toQTY: (5)
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New..., London: printed by John Baskett, and the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1716, letterpress general and New Testament titles, Apocrypha present, numerous engraved plates, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: printed by S. Collins, for the Company of Stationers, 1717, few ink marks to last two leaves, bound with at front The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ... together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: printed by John Baskett, and by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1717, engraved portrait frontispiece (with small ink splash to image), 3 engraved plates, ink marks to title with some repairs, three preliminary leaves torn with loss and repaired, some toning and occasional spotting throughout, colour copy marbled free endpapers, contemporary panelled brown crushed morocco, elaborate gilt decoration, repairs to joints, 4to, together with:Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments..., Oxford: printed at the Clarendon Press, by W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, 1786, letterpress general and New Testament titles, Apocrypha present, front free endpaper with ownership inscription 'John Timbrell, Bentham, Midsummer 1801', contemporary calf, light wear to extremities, 4toQTY: (2)
Byrom (John). The Universal English Short-Hand; or, The Way of Writing English, in the Most Easy, Concise, Regular, and Beautiful Manner, applicable to any other Language, but particularly adjusted to our own, 1st edition, Manchester: printed by Joseph Harrop, 1767, title with engraved ornamental illustration and with contemporary signature Jn. Kewley, 13 engraved plates of examples of short-hand text, some toning and light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Bewick (Thomas). A General History of Quadrupeds, 2nd edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1791, wood-engraved vignette to title, wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes throughout, occasional scattered spotting, upper pastedown with bookplate of Henry Brady of Gateshead dated 1855, near-contemporary brown half morocco, joints rubbed, 8vo (Roscoe 2b, 3rd state),Quarles (Francis). Emblems Divine and Moral: together with Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man, 2 parts in 1, London: printed and sold by H. Trapp, 1777, 95 engraved plates (including frontispiece), one leaf of text reattached, light dust-soiling and few marks, later endpapers, near-contemporary mottled sheep, rebacked, extremities rubbed, 12mo,Broekhuizen (Johan van). Poematum libri sedecim. Editore Davide Hoogstratano, Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1711, additional engraved title, vignette to title and decorative tailpieces, lacks leaf 2S4, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine torn at head with loss, joints cracked, 4to,Thomson (James). The Seasons ... with new and original notes..., London: printed by A. Paris for J. Strachan, W. Stewart and P. Hill, 1792, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title and plates, scattered spotting and light dust-soiling, hinges repaired, all edges gilt, contemporary calf, cloth reback, rubbed and some wear, 8vo, plus The Seasons, by James Thomson, with his life..., and notes to the Seasons by Percival Stockdale, London: A. Hamilton, 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece, title, plates and vignettes, occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, 20th-century cloth-backed marbled boards, 8voQTY: (6)
Culpeper (Nicholas). The English Physitian Enlarged; with Three Hundred, Sixty and Nine Medicines made of English Herbs, that were not in any Impression until this, London: for George Sawbridge, 1681, title torn with loss and repaired, lacking all leaves after Bb3, 19th-century marbled endpapers with John Fricker Library sticker numbered 3751 to front free endpaper (hinges crudely repaired), late 19th-century half calf, rebacked, bumped and rubbed, 8vo, together with: Henderson (William Augustus). The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family-Cook..., London: Thomas Kelly [1811], engraved portrait frontispiece, decorative and letterpress title pages, engraved plates, ownership inscriptions to portrait frontispiece and front free endpaper, contemporary full calf, spine rubbed with loss, corners bumped, small 4to Cust (Mary Anne). The Invalid’s Own Book: A Collection of Recipes..., 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1853, publishers advertisements to verso, publisher's original cloth, stained, small 8vo Francatelli (Charles Elme). The Cook's Guide, and Housekeeper's & Butler's Assistant..., London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1880, portrait frontispiece, illustrations to text, light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, publisher's cloth boards, small 8vo Filippini (Alexander). The International Cook Book..., New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907, bookplate of Paul Miles to front pastedown, contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed, 4to QTY: (5)NOTE:Wing C7511; ESTC R29495 for the first work.
![Bible [German]. Biblia, Das ist, die gantze Heilige Schrifft, Deudsch. D. Mart. Luth...., Wittenberg: [Hans Krafft Erben], 15](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f54c81ac-b580-4e6f-aec7-b2650117b382/63db697a-22ad-4531-89a8-b2670114bdd1/468x382.jpg)
Bible [German]. Biblia, Das ist, die gantze Heilige Schrifft, Deudsch. D. Mart. Luth...., Wittenberg: [Hans Krafft Erben], 1581, general title in red and black with decorative woodcut border (trimmed to border edge and remargined,Prophets part title in red and black with decorative woodcut border, numerous woodcut illustrations by Hans Brosamer including large portrait illustration with central small hole to image, decorative initials, double-column gothic script, occasional close trimming to marginal notes, first and last few leaves torn (some with text loss) and repaired, few other leaves torn with loss and repaired, full-page woodcut trimmed to border and lined to verso, some toning, damp-staining and scattered spotting, recent endpapers, contemporary blind decorated calf over wooden boards, brass corner pieces and central boss to each board, modern neat reback, lacking clasps, folio (36.5 x 22.5 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:This edition of the Lutheran Bible not in Darlow and Moule.Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Minchin (Captain H. Cotton, editor). The Legion Book, limited edition, London: privately printed at the Curwen Press, 1929, portrait frontispiece of King George V, title with engraved vignette by Clifford Webb, monochrome illustrations, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, original buckram, spine faded, a few small stains, 4to, limited signed edition 494/600 QTY: (1)NOTE:With a separate wrapper from the same work containing five loose sheets signed by approximately 80 literary and artistic contributors to the book, including Humbert Woolfe, Stanley Spencer, Eric Ravilious, William Rothenstein, Eric Gill, Laura Knight, John Galsworthy, Rudyard Kipling, Edward Bawden, Edmund Blunden, Eric Dalglish, William Orpen, William Heath Robinson, Laurence Binyon, Robert Bridges, Vita Sackville-West, Max Beerbohm, Hilaire Belloc, David Garnett, Rebecca West, Strube, Hugh Walpole, G. K. Chesterton, Sarah Gertrude Millin, John Drinkwater, Walter de la Mare, Edith Sitwell, Jacob Epstein, Stephen Gooden, Aldous Huxley, Clare Leighton, Bliss Carman, W. H. Davies, plus prime ministers Ramsay Macdonald, Stanley Baldwin and David Lloyd George.
Ackermann (Rudolph publisher), A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, 2 volumes, 1814, additional half-titles to each volume, portrait frontispiece of Lord Greenville, introduction and list of plates and subscribers, 64 aquatint plates after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall, Nash, and others, 17 stipple-engraved costume plates and 25 portraits of the founders, all with contemporary hand-colouring, (a few watermarked J. Whatman 1812), indexes to the rear of both volumes, some offsetting from the plates to the text, later manuscript ownership signature to the second front blank, later endpapers, bookplate of Sterling Edwin Edmunds, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, late 19th-century half morocco with gilt decorated spines, skillfully rebacked retaining the original spines, large 4to (355 x 300 mm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Abbey Scenery number 280. R. V. Tooley. English Books with Coloured Plates, number 5.
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Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, London: R. Jugge, 1568], lacking general title and 8 other leaves (Sum of Scriptures, 1st & 4th leaves of Genealogies, final leaf of Prologue/Description of Years, leaf of Order of Books, leaf V2 of Revelations, leaf V5 last leaf of Table/colophon and leaf V6 final blank), each provided in neat facsimile, New Testament title present with several ownership annotations including 'Miss Peggy Ogilvy 1753' and 'Geo. U. Adam 1818', numerous woodcut illustrations, engraved portraits of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and several decorative initials throughout, double-column black letter text, title to third part with ownership annotation 'Margaret Ogilvie her Bible 1753', some damp-staining particularly to calendar and initial leaves of Genesis, several minor paper repairs to margins (mostly first and last few leaves, three leaves of genealogies and two of Revelations with more significant loss impacting text), occasional light marginal dust-soiling, near contemporary panelled calf over wooden boards, 4 of 8 brass corner pieces to boards, brass clasps present, modern calf title label to spine, folio (39 x 26.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 89; Herbert 125; STC 2099.The first edition of the 'Bishops' Bible', A revision of the Great Bible version, undertaken by Matthew Parker (1504-1575), Archbishop of Canterbury, with the assistance of many bishops and well-known Biblical scholars. The Bishops Bible was the most lavishly illustrated folio Bible in English, which replaced the Great Bible for church use. Part 2 title page contains an engraved portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, within an oval frame with the motto Droit et Loyal. At the beginning of the Psalter occurs an engraving of William Cecil, Lord Burghley. The verso of the New Testament title with woodcut armorial initial to first word containing Archbishop Parkers' arms quartered with those of Christchurch, Canterbury, including the printed initials M P, and the date 1568. This is sometimes called the 'Treacle Bible,' though the rendering triacle in Jer. viii. 22is found in many Bibles of an earlier date, from 1535 downwards. A curious note occurs at xlv. 9: Ophir is thought to be the Ilande in the west coast, of late founder by Christopher Columbo: frō whence at this day is brought most fine golde.
![* [Smith, Adam]. The Penny of Scotland, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, 1797, bronzed penny token, obverse ‘THE PENNY OF SCOTLAND (1 OZ](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f54c81ac-b580-4e6f-aec7-b2650117b382/afd5f02e-c1fc-4bf1-9a8f-b2670114fc19/468x382.jpg)
* [Smith, Adam]. The Penny of Scotland, Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, 1797, bronzed penny token, obverse ‘THE PENNY OF SCOTLAND (1 OZ)’, bust right of Adam Smith, wearing coat with high collar, ‘WYON’ on truncation of bust, dated ‘17-97’ to either side of bust at bottom, in exergue, ‘ADAM SMITH/L.L.D:F.R.S./BORN AT KIRKALDY 1723’; on the reverse, ‘WEALTH OF NATIONS’ and an industrial scene showing agricultural implements, bales and a furnace by a quayside with three ships in the background, in exergue, ‘BOOG. JUNR./DES (above two entwined thistles); P. KEMPSON. FECIT. (reversed)’ along bottom edge, 36 mm diameterQTY: (1)NOTE:Lots 263-331 comprise the residual book stock of Hamish Riley-Smith (1941-2020). A fine and rare example of the one ounce Penny of Scotland commemorating Adam Smith. The portrait of Adam Smith is after the James Tassie medallion of 1787, which is described by John M. Gray in James Bonar’s Catalogue of the Library of Adam Smith, 1932, p. xxi: ‘The head, which appears turned in pure profile to the right of the spectator, shows a particularly full forehead, a full nose, slightly aquiline in its curve; a long thin upper lip, and a lower lip that protrudes a little; and a firm, well-shaped chin and jaw. The eyebrow is strongly curved, the upper eyelid heavy and drooping, the eyeball particularly prominent; and beneath the lower eyelid the skin is loose and wrinkled. A wig is worn, tied behind in a bag with ribbons, showing small curls in front, and two large curls at the side which cover and conceal the ear.’ The only other identified recorded portraits of Adam Smith before this penny token are the Tassie medallion of 1787, two etched portraits by John Kay of 1787 and 1790 and a 'very poor unsigned transcript in line' (Gray) after Tassie in the Scots Magazine of 1796.
Pestalozzi (Johann Heinrich). Wie Gertrud ihre Kinder lehrt, ein Versuch den Muttern Anleitung zu geben, ihre Kinder selbst zu unterrichten, in Briefen, 1st edition, Bern & Zurich: Heinrich Gessner, 1801, engraved portrait frontispiece, 390 pp., scattered spotting, bookplate of (?)Adolf Andersen, contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards, black morocco spine label, rubbed, corners bumped, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Lots 263-331 comprise the residual book stock of Hamish Riley-Smith (1941-2020).
Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, London: printed by J. F. Dove, 1826, engraved portrait frontispiece, spotting throughout, sometimes heavy, inner hinges cracked, untrimmed, contemporary boards with cloth reback retaining paper spine label, some edge wear, thick 8vo, together with: McCulloch (James Ramsay), The Literature of Political Economy: A Classified Catalogue…, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1845, half-title, 32 pp. adverts at rear, some spotting, Lincoln’s Inn Library ink stamp to title, Riley-Smith bookplate to front pastedown, original blind-stamped cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Baert (Joannes Franciscus Benjamin), Adam Smith enzijnonterzoek naar den Rijkdom der Volken…, Leiden: Gebroeders Van der Hoek, 1858, half-title, some spotting, University of Chicago name stamp to text block edges, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original printed boards, rubbed and soiled, frayed on joints, 8vo and others relating to economics, politics and social sciences, including some ephemeral itemsQTY: (30)NOTE:Lots 263-331 comprise the residual book stock of Hamish Riley-Smith (1941-2020).
Estate Plan. A Map of the Manor of Newnton in the County of Wilts. Belonging to Edmn. Estcourt of Shipton Moyne in the County of Gloucester Esqr. Surveyed by Stephen Jefferys of Minchinhampton Gloucestershire, 1748, a very large manuscript estate plan of ink and watercolour on vellum, calligraphic title and cartouche, heraldic crest, table of explanation, compass rose, a scale of distance surmounted by dividers, and a portrait of the surveyor stating that he was aged 68, the margins decorated with a 'freize' of an etched floriate design with contemporary hand-colouring laid on to the vellum, slight fraying to the foliate border, some dust soiling and slight creasing, one small hole in the margins, with a stained early 20th-century wooden batten attached to the upper margin, 1980 x 1650 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:An unusually large and highly decorative estate plan.It has been noted that the above items may contain manorial documents, which are subject to the Manorial Documents Rules 1959, 1963 and 1967, administered by The Historical Manuscripts Commission at The National Archives on behalf of the Master of the Rolls. Accordingly, the purchasers of the documents must notify the Secretary of the Commission of their acquisition and provide details of where they will be kept. They may in no circumstances be removed from England and Wales without the prior consent of the Master of the Rolls. Every change of ownership must be reported.
Chaucer (Geoffrey). [The Workes of Geffray Chaucer newly printed with dyuers workes whych were never in print before: As in the table more playnly doth appere. Cum priuilegio, 3rd edition of the William Thynne translation, London: Richard Kele, circa 1551], lacking 28 leaves (A1-A8, B1-B5, Nnn1, Nnn6, Ppp1-Ppp6, Qqq1-Qqq6 and final blank) which are replaced in facsimile, additional title page in 17th-century manuscript with the ownership inscription of W. Rameson dated 1666, woodcut portrait illustration of the Squire and several woodcut initials throughout, several areas of contemporary annotation and marginalia, verso of X4 with 16th-18th-century ownership signatures including the names; Edw. Ameridith (?) dated 1625, Mary Grenfeld, Bennet Hunt, and Jonas Staw, verso and recto of title for Romaut of the Rose with several 16th-18th-century ownership signatures including; George Lathan, Emanuel Snelling, John Conant, Thomas T. and Bennett Hunt, Ooo1 torn with loss to outer upper corner and replaced in facsimile, some old paper repairs (not affecting text) to B6, D4, D5, L2, Pp6, Ooo2, occasional light staining or spotting, recent front free endpaper, rear free endpaper reattached, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf with modern reback, corners repaired, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Pforzheimer 174.This work differs from the 2nd edition in having The Plowman's Tale placed before The Parson's Tale. It was jointly published by four booksellers: William Bonham, Thomas Petit, Robert Toye, and Richard Kele. Copies were probably divided equally between them and were issued with any one of their names and addresses on the colophon. 'We have traced no less than six nor more than nine copies of any state... various dates from 1545 to 1555 have been suggested for this edition and it has even been said to antedate the 1542 edition. From the state of the blocks, however, it appears to have been printed about 1550, and furthermore Bonham's address as given in his colophon is one which he is known to have had in 1551... roughly this is a reprint of the 1542 edition' (Pforzheimer).
Raleigh (Walter). The History of the World, in Five Books... Wherunto is added in this edition, the Life and Tryall of the Author, 3rd edition, London: printed for Thomas Bassett, Richard Chiswell, Benjamen Tooke and others, 1687, additional engraved title (with small repairs to verso), letterpress title printed in red and black, engraved portrait of the author, 6 engraved double-page maps, 2 engraved double-page battle plans, occasional small burn holes in text obscuring a few letters, a few small marginal wormtracks, occasional light toning and small stains, bookplates of John Robert Mowbray (1815-1899, politician), previous owner inscription, Christ Church, Oxon, 1836, later blindstamped calf, rebacked and repaired, folio, 37.5 x 23 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R33765; Wing R168.
James II. Some Reflections on his Majesty's Proclamation of the 12th of February 1686/7 for a Toleration in Scotland, together with the said Proclamation [by Gilbert Burnet], [Amsterdam? 1687], 8p., caption title, (Wing B5926), bound with [Burnet, Gilbert]. An Enquiry into the Reasons for Abrogating the Test imposed on all Members of Parliament. Offered by Sa. Oxon., [London, 1688], 8p., caption title, first line of caption title ends 'abrogating and A4v last line of text reads 'first bit would quite disgust them', (Wing B5813), bound with [Burnet, Gilbert]. A Letter, containing some Remarks on the Two Papers, writ by his late Majesty King Charles the Second, concerning Religion. [London?, 1686], 8pp., caption title, (Wing B5816), bound with British Catholicism and Protestantism. An Historical Relation of several great and learned Romanists who did imbrace the Protestant Religion, with their reasons for their change, deliver'd in their own words. Collected chiefly from the most eminent historians of the Roman perswasion. To which is added a catalogue of sundry great persons of the Roman Catholick religion, who have all along oppos'd the tenents of the Church of Rome. With allowance, April 20. 1688, London: printed and are to be sold by Richard Baldwin, 1688, [2], 34 p., (Wing H2108), bound with Jurieu (Pierre). Seasonable advice to all Protestants in Europe of what persuasion soever. For uniting and defending themselves against Popish Tyranny. Written in French, by the learned Monsieur Peter Jurieu. Done out of French, London: R. Baldwin, 1689, [2], 16, 25-39, [1] p., (Wing J1213), bound with [Ferguson, Robert]. The Design of Enslaving England discovered in the Incroachments upon the Powers and Privileges of Parliament, by K. Charles II. Being a new corrected impression of that excellent piece, intituled, A just and modest Vindication of the Proceedings of the two last Parliaments of King Charles the Second, London: printed for Richard Baldwin, 1689, [4], 48 p., (Wing F734), bound with nine other late 17th-century pamphlets and sermons, old bookplate of Exeter Cathedral Library to upper pastedown with front endpaper bearing two ink stamps 'purchased from the Dean and Chapter of Exeter' with signature of S. C. Carpenter, Dean dated July 1938, late 17th-century calf, upper joint repaired and lower joint cracked, 4to, together with: Taylor (John). [Thesaurarium Mathematicae, or The Treasury of Mathematicks. Containing variety of usefull practices in arithmetick, geometry, trigonometry, astronomy, geography, navigation and surveying. As also the mensuration of board, glass, tiling, paving, timber, stone, and irregular solids. Likewise it teacheth the art of guaging, dialling, fortification, military-orders, and gunnery: explains the logarithms, sines, tangents and secants: sheweth their use in arithmetick, &c. To which is annexed a table of 10000 logarithms, log-sines and log-tangents, London: printed by J[ohn]. H[eptinstall]. for W. Freeman, 1687], [2], 328, [3], 340-507, [3] p., lacking title and following 9 leaves of preliminaries, 4 folding engraved plates only (of 8), lacking portrait, first plate torn to upper outer corner, some damp-staining, dust-soiling and marks, later endpapers, contemporary calf, worn at foot of spine, 8vo (Wing T534)QTY: (2)
![[Caradoc, of Llancarvan]. [The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales: a part of the most famous yland of Brytaine, written in](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f54c81ac-b580-4e6f-aec7-b2650117b382/5c65b786-b928-4d59-a2ac-b267011537af/468x382.jpg)
[Caradoc, of Llancarvan]. [The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales: a part of the most famous yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish language aboue two hundreth yeares past: translated into English by H. Lhoyd Gentleman: corrected, augmented, and continued out of records and best approoued authors, by Dauid Powel Doctor in divinitie, imprinted at London by Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham, 1584], lacking title and 28 other leaves (comprising preliminary and final leaves), few woodcut illustrations, black letter text, some dust-soiling and marks, typed label to front free endpaper, early 19th-century calf, lacking upper board, lower board detached, 8vo, together with: Barlow (Thomas). Brutum Fulmen: or The Bull of Pope Pius V. concerning the Damnation, Excommunication, and Deposition of Q. Elizabeth, as also the Absolution of her subjects from their Oath of Allegiance, with a Peremptory Injunction, upon pain of an Anathema, never to obey any of her Laws or Commands. With some Observations and Animadversions upon it. By Thomas Lord Bishop of Lincoln. Whereunto is annex'd the Bull of Pope Paul the Third, containing the Damnation, Excommunication, &c. of King Henry the Eighth, 2nd edition, London: printed by S. Roycroft for Robert Clavel, 1681, contemporary calf, morocco title label to spine, joints cracked and weak, extremities rubbed, 4to,Charles I. The Trial of Charles the First, King of England, before the High Court of Justice, for High-Treason: Begun January 20, in the 24th year of his reign, and continued to the 27th. To which is added, the Journal of the High-Court of Justice, for the Trial of the King, as it was read in the House of Commons, and attested by Mr. Phelps, Clerk to that Court. With additions, by J. Nalson Doctor of the Civil Laws, London: printed and sold by the booksellers in town and country, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, some browning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Sir Charles Larcom, Bt., adhesive fabric tape to endpaper hinges, early 19th-century diced calf, worn and boards detached, 8vo in 4s, plus other 18th and 19th-century miscellaneous antiquarian including Gentleman's Magazine, and history related, etc.QTY: (2 cartons)
Rousseau (Jean-Jacques). Supplément a la collection des oeuvres, 6 volumes, Geneva: no publisher, 1784, edges lightly spotted, contemporary half sheep gilt, old paper labels to spines, lightly rubbed, 12mo, together with:Millot (M.). Élémens D'Histoire Générale, seconde partie, histoire moderne, 5 volumes, new edition, Paris: Durand, 1777, half-titles, contemporary half sheep gilt, remnants of old paper labels to spines, 12mo, plusDe Saint-Foix (M.). Oeuvres complettes, 6 volumes, Paris: Duchesne, 1777, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 19th-century half calf gilt, lightly rubbed, 12mo, with 8 further French leatherbound volumesQTY: (25)
Darwin (Charles). The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th edition, with Additions and Corrections to 1872, (Thirtieth Thousand), London: John Murray, 1886, half-title, folding lithograph diagram, hinges cracked or splitting, original green cloth gilt, lower board slightly rubbed to upper edge, 8vo, together with:Darwin (Charles). The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2nd edition, revised and augmented, (Thirty-Third Thousand), London: John Murray, 1896, half-title discarded, few wood-engraved illustrations, occasional scattered light spotting, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Darwin (Charles). Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. "Beagle" round the World. Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R. A., new edition, London, New York and Melbourne: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891, wood engraved portrait frontispiece, signature to upper margin of title and ink stamp to verso, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, original cloth, damp-mottled and some wear, 8voQTY: (3)
Locke (John). The Works of John Locke, volumes 1 & 3 1st editions, London: printed for John Churchill, 1714, volume 2 2nd edition, London: printed for Awnsham Churchill, 1722, volume 1 with engraved portrait frontispiece, period inscription to the title page of volume 3, volume 2 lacking the front endpapers, some light spotting & minor toning, volumes 1 & 3 in contemporary uniform embossed full calf, volume 2 in contemporary embossed full calf, all with gilt decorated spines, boards & spines rubbed with some minor loss, lacking spine labels, folio, together with other 18th & 19th Century literature, all contemporary leather bindings, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
![* Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703). Armorial bookplate of Samuel Pepys, circa 1680-1690 [but later], engraving on laid paper, probab](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f54c81ac-b580-4e6f-aec7-b2650117b382/5711911c-b1aa-49ea-8a5b-b26701151d14/468x382.jpg)
* Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703). Armorial bookplate of Samuel Pepys, circa 1680-1690 [but later], engraving on laid paper, probably 18th century (with partial Strasbourg Lily watermark), being a large armorial bookplate incorporating the coat of arms of Talbot of Cottenham, showing sable on a bend or between two nag's heads, erased argent three fleurs-de-lis of the field in the 1st & 4th, gules a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed in the 2nd & 3rd, surrounded by mantling with a camel's head above, with a later 18th-century inscription in brown ink below the plate mark; 'Samuel Pepys of Brampton in Huntingtonshire Esq, Secretary of the Admiralty to his Ma.ty King Charles the Second: Descended of ye antient family of Pepys of Cottenham in Cambridgshire', plate size 12.4 x 13.1 cm, sheet size 29 x 21 cm, housed in a clear plastic ring binder sleeve QTY: (1)NOTE:According to William Younger Fletcher, Samuel Pepys used three bookplates for his library, 'one with his arms, quartering Talbot of Cottenham; a second with his portrait by Robert White, with his motto, Mens cuiusque is est quisque, from the Somnium Scipionis of Cicero; and a third bearing his initials, with two anchors crossed, together with his motto (W. Y. Fletcher, English Book Collectors, 1902, page 121).
Vanderblue (Homer B.). The Vanderblue Memorial Collection of Smithiana, Boston: Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1939, portrait frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, lightly marked, large 8vo, together with:Bonar (James). A Catalogue of the Library of Adam Smith, 2nd edition, London: Macmillan, 1932, frontispiece, black and white illustrations (a few folding), bookplate of Harvard University to front pastedown, armorial bookplate of Riley-Smith to front free endpaper, edges untrimmed, original brown buckram gilt, lower joint split and loose, rubbed, 8vo, plusLetters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus 1810-1823, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1887, portion of head of title excised, original brown cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, withScott (William Robert). Adam Smith, as Student and Professor, Glasgow: Jackson, Son & Company, 1937, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, armorial bookplate of Riley-Smith to front pastedown, ex-library with the stamp of Trinity College New Library to foot of title, original red buckram gilt, remnants of library stickers to upper cover and base of spine, lightly rubbed and faded, 4to, with 29 others related to Adam Smith and Thomas MalthusNOTE:Lots 263-331 comprise the residual book stock of Hamish Riley-Smith (1941-2020).
Businger (Joseph Maria). Lucerne et ses Environs, suivi d'un Itinéraire au Mont-Righi et autour du Lac des Quatre Cantons..., 2nd edition, Lucerne: Xav: Mayer, 1821, 2 engraved folding maps & 3 folding plates with some minor tears, period inscription to the front pastedown, some light toning, contemporary full tree calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Coxwell (Henry), My Life and Balloon Experiences, 2nd series, London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1889, presentation copy signed & inscribed y the author to the half-title, 13 engraved illustrations, some minor toning throughout, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed & faded, 8vo, plus[Arnot, Hugo], An Essay on Nothing. A Discourse Delivered in a Society, 1st edition, London: J. Murray & Edinburgh: C. Elliot, 1776, lacks final advertisement leaf, engraved portrait of three men including Arnot laid down to rear pastedown, minor spotting, modern marbled boards, slightly rubbed and soiled, 8vo, andNesbit (E., Graily Hewitt, Ernest F. Jackson & Spencer Pryse, directors), The Neolith, 4 issues, [all published], London: November 1907-August 1908, with contributions by G. K. Chesterton, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Machen, and others, 25 lithographic plates including 8 coloured (2 double-page), some spotting, soiling and occasional damp staining, original printed wrappers, some tears and largely split along spines and detached, slim folio, plus other 18th to 20th Century miscellaneous literature, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8vo/folio QTY: (5 shelves)
Grote (George). Review of the work of Mr John Stuart Mill, entitled, 'Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy', 1st edition, London: N. Trübner & Co., 1868, some spotting, hinges cracked and title and front free endpaper near detached, armorial bookplate of William Michael Collett, original green cloth, upper cover titled in gilt, slightly dust-soiled, small 8vo, together with:Grote (John), An Examination of the Utilitarian Philosophy. Edited by Joseph Bickersteth Mayor, 1st edition, Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co., 1870, 12 pp. adverts at rear, some marginal pencil marks and notes on rear endpapers, original brown cloth gilt, rubbed, some fraying to joints and a little wear to spine ends, 8vo, plusGrote (Harriet), The Personal life of George Grote: Compiled from Family Documents, Private Memoranda, and Original Letters to and from Various Friends, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1873, engraved portrait frontispiece (spotted and offset to title, facsimile leaf, small oval ‘Iveagh 1898’ embossed stamp to title, original green cloth with gilt-titled brown spine label, rubbed, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Lots 263-331 comprise the residual book stock of Hamish Riley-Smith (1941-2020).
Husbandry. Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce invitation to award William Wallis Mason a medal for a method of stabbing hoven cattle into the stomach to discharge the rarified air from thence, after being overfed with moist clover, May 23rd, 1808, single sheet with wood-engraved vignette at head, signed at foot Charles Taylor MD sec., folded with wax seal applied and manuscript note to verso 'Mr Birkett has informed me that you cannot attend personally & that he will receive the medal for you', small folio, together with Broadside. A broadside advertisement entitled 'A Catalogue of the Truly Valuable Live & Dead Stock, Implements of Husbandry, Dairy Utensils, &c. of W. W. Mason, Esq. at Goodrest Lodge, near Warwick, which will be Sold by Auction, (on the premises,) by John Margetts, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 20th and 21st of April, 1808, and on Wednesday, the 27th Instant, all the Modern Household Furniture...', single sheet with old folds and some wear, folio, with Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Transactions of the Society..., volume 26, London: printed by R. Wilks, 1808, engraved portrait frontispiece and several plates, pages 128-131 relate to William Wallis Mason's trochar and canular instrument for relieving hoven cattle of gas, and with engraved plate of the relevant instruments, occasional scattered spotting, contemporary half sheep, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, and Evans (William). An English-Welsh Dictionary..., 2nd edition, Carmarthen: printed and sold by John Evans, 1812, contemporary half calf, joints splitting, worn, 8vo; Mortimer (John). The Whole Art of Husbandry: or, The way of Managing and Improving Land, volume 2 only, 5th edition, London: R. Robinson and C. Mortlock, 1721, toning and spotting, contemporary calf, joints cracked, rubbed, 8vo; Johnson (Thomas Burgeland). The Sportsman's Cyclopedia..., London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1831, modern cloth, 8vo, plus a pencil and watercolour on board half-length portrait of a schoolboy captioned in pencil 'J. G. S. 1816, An Old School fellow, Newark upon Trent', portrait dimensions approximately 7.5 x 5 cm, board dimensions 17.5 x 11 cmQTY: (7)
Dickens (Charles). Little Dorrit, 1st edition (bound from the parts), London: Bradbury Evans, 1857, monochrome illustrations by H. K. Browne, period inscription to the head of the title page, gutters cracked, some toning & light spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed with some minor lossThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839, monochrome illustrations by Phiz, front endpapers partially detached, some light toning & spotting, contemporary half calf, front board detached, rubbed, 8voDealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848, illustrations by H. K. Browne, period inscription to the front pastedown, lacking front endpapers, some light toning & spotting, contemporary half calf, boards & spine detached, rubbed, 8voThe Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, 1844, monochrome illustrations by Phiz, period inscription to the head of the half-title and dedication page, some light toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Bain (F. W.). A Essence of the Dusk, 3rd edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1911, monochrome frontispiece, The Descent of the Sun, 5th edition, 1911, A Digit of the Moon, 8th edition, 1911, 3 volumes, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, all with some minor spotting, all edges gilt, later uniform gilt decorated red full calf bound by Bumpus in custom book box, spines slightly faded, 8vo, plusOtway (Thomas), The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway, 3 volumes, London: printed for C. Hitch..., 1757, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, gutters cracked, some light toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated mottled full calf, volume 3 front board detached, boards & spines slightly rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th Century literature, mostly in contemporary leather bindings, some foreign language & odd volumes, overall condition is generally good, 8voApproximately 130 volumes QTY: (6 shelves)
Hedrick (U. P.). The Cherries of New York [State of New York - Department of Agriculture, Twenty-second Annual Report - Vol. 2 - Part II], 1st edition, Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1915, monochrome portrait frontispiece, numerous colour plates, some minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine very lightly rubbed to head & foot, folioThe Peaches of New York, 1st edition, 1917, monochrome portrait frontispiece, map, numerous colour plates, 'Compliments of Alfred J. Gilchrist, Senator 10th District' ink stamp to the front pastedown, some minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine very lightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, together with:Townsend (Frederick), Flora of Hampshire including the Isle of Wight..., new edition, London: Lovell Reve and Co., 1904, hand coloured frontispiece plus a further monochrome plate & map, period inscription to the front pastedown, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, original cloth, boards & spine lightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, plusPlowright (Charles B.), A Monograph of the British Uredineae and Ustilagineae..., 1st edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889, 8 monochrome plates plus in-text illustrations, some light marginal toning, original cloth, spine rubbed with some damage to the title text, 8vo, and other late 19th Century & modern botany reference & related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 4 volumes, new edition, Glasgow: R. Chapman, 1805, engraved frontispiece portrait of Adam Smith (from the Tassie Medallion), a little browning throughout, uncut and unopened on some gatherings, original pale blue boards with printed paper labels to spines, volume 1 rehinged with replacement endpapers, some soiling and wear including chips at heads of spines, slightly cracked on joints, some edge wear and corner bruising, 12moQTY: (4)NOTE:Lots 263-331 comprise the residual book stock of Hamish Riley-Smith (1941-2020).Vanberblue, p. 13.Rare first Glasgow edition, taken from the fourth edition of 1786. The first printing of the Wealth in Scotland and the first to contain a portrait of the author.
Mill (John Stuart). An Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy and of the Principal Philosophical Questions Discussed in his Writings, 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1865, lacks half-title, blank upper margin of title partly excised, some underscoring and marginalia in various coloured pencils, old ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed, 8vo, together with: Mill (John Stuart), Considerations on Representative Government, 3rd edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1865, half-title, marbled edges, contemporary gilt-decorated polished calf with morocco labels to spine, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Mill (John Stuart), Letters, edited, with an introduction, by Hugh S. R. Elliot, with a note on Mill’s private life, by Mary Taylor, 2 volumes, London: Longmans, Green, 1910, 6 portrait plates and a facsimile, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, frayed at spine ends, 8vo, and others, mostly late 19th- and early 20th-century works relating to John Stuart MillQTY: (28)NOTE:Lots 263-331 comprise the residual book stock of Hamish Riley-Smith (1941-2020).
Wheeler (Stephen). History of the Delhi Coronation Durbar held on the first of January 1903 to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII Emperor of India. London: John Murray, 1904, half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 48 plates (20 photogravure), 5 maps, plans and panoramic views etc. (2 folding), occasional scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original red decorative cloth gilt, damp-stained and mottled, extremities frayed, large 4toQTY: (1)
Einstein (Albert). Relativity. The Special and the General Theory. A Popular Exposition. Authorised Translation by Robert W. Lawson, 1st edition in English, London: Methuen & Co., 1920, portrait frontispiece and 5 diagrams within text, 8-page publisher’s adverts at rear, free endpapers browned (as usual) and the front one with a later ink ownership inscription of Vernon J. Tilley, original red cloth, lettered in blind on the upper board and in gilt on the spine, spine faded with lettering dulled, minor rubbing and marks, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Weil 90a. This important translation, based on the third edition of 1918, contains the first appearance of any of Einstein's works in English and has a new chapter written by him specially for this edition: Appendix III, The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity.
Vegetius Renatus (Flavius). Flave Vegece Rene homme noble et illustre du fait de guerre: et fleur de chivalerie, quatre livres. Sexte Jule Frontin... des Strategemes especes & subtilitez de guerre, quatre livres. Aelian de lordre et instruction des batailles... Modeste des vocables du fait de guerre..., Paris: Chrestian Wechel, 1536, [12], 320, [4] pp., printer's woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf (Wechel's Pegasus), woodcut initials, and 124 woodcut illustrations, including a full-page woodcut of a lansquenet, near-contemporary ownership inscriptions in brown ink to title 'Apartint a Johan de Hornez' and '1548 Jout a Temps Montmorency?', old damp-staining throughout (with occasional further mottling and soiling), a few gatherings loose with stitching intact, some leaves frayed, rear free endpaper loose, contemporary limp vellum, title in manuscript to spine, some mottling, hole in leather to lower cover (with corresponding leather patch mounted to endpaper beneath), folio (leaf size 29 x 20.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams V338; Brunet V, p.1162; Harvard Catalogue 488; BM STC French, 436.First French edition, in the translation from the latin by Nicolas Volkyr de Serouville (circa 1480-1540), poet, historian and secretary to Duc Antoine de Lorraine. The fine series of woodcuts represent military machines from antiquity to the middle ages, including battering rams, forts, artillery equipment, hydraulic machines, as well as two underwater combatants. The portrait of Emperor Maximilian I (page CCI) is a copy of the well-known portrait by Albrecht Dürer. Copac lists three copies (Cambridge, Durham and St. Andrews) and auction records trace a further two.
Jardine (William). The Naturalist's Library, 7 volumes, Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1834-37, engraved portrait frontispieces, engraved vignettes on title pages, hand-coloured engraved plates throughout, a few volumes with hinges cracked and separated, all with coloured S. Mepham binders label to inside front pastedown, titles comprising: Ichthyology vol I (plate 14 detached); Mammalia, vol II & vol V; Ornithology, vol III & IV (stitching loose to final gatherings); Entomology, vol III & IV; three copies with Arthur H. Dyke Acland book plate to front pastedown, some spotting throughout, all uniformly bound in quarter green calf over marbled boards, worn, spines with gilt title, darkened and rubbed, all 8voQTY: (7)
ARR Anna Zinkeisen (1901-1976) Portrait of Anna Christina MacKay, head and shoulders portrait, looking to dexter, wearing a pink roll neck top with white cardigan and hair in a contemporary Pixie crop style, signed lower right, oil on canvas, 51 x 41 cm, frame 61 x 52 cmNotes:Notes: Anna Christina Mackay was a relation to Anna Zinkeisen and the artist painted her on a number of occasionsZinkeisen was a Scottish painter, she and her sister Doris were popular society artists having won scholarshiops to study at the Royal Academy Schools and often worked together on murals including for the passenger liners RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth. Anna chose to specialise in portraiture and murals and was particularly known for her society portraits, capturing the elegance and poise of her subjects. Provenance: Gifted by the artist to the sitter who was related to the artist, thence by descent.
After Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Mary Grosvenor (1797-1891) née Leveson Gower, oil on canvas, 76 x 64 cm, frame 101 x 88 cmLady Elizabeth Mary Leveson Gower was born in 1797 to the 1st Duke of Sutherland and his wife, she married Richard Grosvenor the 2nd Marquess of Westminster and became the Marchioness of Westminster. Condition:The painting is an oil on canvas, framed without glazing. The canvas has been relined but otherwise appears okay, the tension is sound. There are some scuffs and accretions around the edges and to the lower left corner (see additional photographs). There is craquelure throughout but the paint surface generally appears stable. There is some potential repaired previous damage to the lower lip. Two chips are present to the lower right as photographed. There are some small patches of repainting to the background. Frame has some general wear and tear.
Three portraits, cleared from the Drawing Room at 86 Eaton Square, to include two pencil drawings signed Molly Bishop '93, in glazed gilt oval frames, of Baroness Rawlings and her mother; and another of a gentleman torso portrait, signed with initials and dated 72, framed and glazed. PROVENANCE: part of the 86 Eaton Square, London, clearance for Baroness Rawlings
Two large framed portraits by Edmond Soussa (1898-1989), both signed, cleared from 86 Eaton Square, one of a portrait of a gentleman in a suit, signed lower right , signed Ed Soussa, dated 1954; the Portrait of a lady in evening dress, signed lower left Ed Soussa, dated 54, both approx 79 cm x 64cm ; and Peter Sheil, C20th, an oil portrait of a lady, signed lower left Sheil dated 60, in gilt frame, PROVENANCE: part of the 86 Eaton Square, London, clearance for Baroness Rawlings, 120 lots in this auction 29th January; & a 5th March Specialist Vintage clothes and accessories Auction.
Four gilt framed and glazed portrait prints, all signed in pencil Sydney Wilson. Portrait of a child, label verso reads "Artists Proof, The Golden Age, Engraved by Sydney Wilson, After Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA, Vicars Brothers, Fine Art Dealers, 12 Old Bond Street, numbered and reference, 34 x 28cm approx; Portrait of 5 childrens heads, labelled verso, Artists Proof, Heads of Angels, Engraved by Sydney E WIlson, After Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA etc, 39 x 32cm approx,; A portrait of a lady, 34 x 29cm approx, some water stains to lower print, label verso Ames, 4 Bruton Street; Standing Portrait of a boy in blue, 43 x 29cm approx, label verso Ames 4 Bruton Street. All four frames with some losses and wear.
A collection of late 19th century cobalt and gilt china. The lot comprising a Spode jug with lizard handle, an early 20th century Austrian lidded trinket dish with hand painted vignette portrait of a Neoclassical lady, and a Sevres handled vase with Regency ribbon & gilt design.Tallest measures approx. 13.5cm tall.
A pair of 20th century heavy plaster bookends in the form of cherubs, along with two plaster book ends / doorstops with central Regency style cartouche. Each cherub bookend depicted reading a book, stamped to underside Artisco. The doorstops each in black, red and gilt, featuring central cherub portrait cartouche.Cherubs measure approx. 26cm tall.
A large quantity of All-World coins contained in five albums. The African album contains coins from Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi; East African album contains coins from Zanzibar, East Africa, Kenya; Asia album contains coins Macau, China, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Philippines, Indonesia, Djibouti, Seychelles, Mozambique, Somalia, Mauritius, Gulf States; The European album contains from Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Channel Islands, Canada. This lot concludes with an interesting album of coins containing six silver Maria Theresa Thaler dated 1780, four silver Emperor Menelik II silver one birr coin with Amharic lettering around the edge with a portrait of Emperor Menelik II, together with a half birr and one eighth birr silver coins; German East Africa 'Gun metal' 20 Heller x 2, 5 Heller and 4 x 1 Heller, two French Indochina 1 piastre dated 1897 and 1898, a 1930 Nederland 2 1/2 G silver coin and six bronze Roman coins. Condition ReportMenelik II coins - Emperor of Abyssinia from 1889-1913. He attempted to replace the silver Maria Theresa thaler as the dominant coin of trade with the one birr coin, originally minted at the Monnaie de Paris. Maria Theresa silver thaler, minted by the Austro-Hungarian empire, the major trade coin in use throughout the Arab world. Gun Metal Heller coins - Beleaguered German forces in German East Africa under commander Von Lettow-Vorbeck ran short of trade coinage and resorted to melting down scrap brass and copper sourced from the "Konigsberg" battle cruiser which had been scuttled in the Rufiji river delta in the south of the country, designated 'Heller', stamped at a mint in Tabora still used today in Tanzania's Swahili language as a word for 'money'.
George II 1758 shilling struck in silver. The obverse features the 'Old Head' portrait of George II, whilst the reverse features a crowned cruciform shields and the year 1758 together with a silver 1918 threepence piece; a copper Centenary Death of Nelson at Trafalgar medallion, using copper from the flagship HMS Victory - British and Foreign Sailors Society from The Admiralty 1915 and a Queen Victoria bronze National Prize in Science, housed in the original box together with a boxed Royal Mint coins set for Bailiwick of Guernsey.
This limited edition of Dubliners by James Joyce, published in 1979 by The Franklin Library, is an exceptional collector’s piece. Illustrated by Allan Mardon, this finely crafted volume features premium leather binding, gilt-edged pages, and intricate decorative details, reflecting the Franklin Library’s dedication to producing elegant and collectible works of literature. First published in 1914, Dubliners is a groundbreaking collection of 15 short stories that cemented James Joyce’s (1882–1941) reputation as one of the most innovative and influential writers of the 20th century. Written with meticulous realism and psychological depth, Dubliners provides a vivid and unflinching portrait of life in early 20th-century Dublin. Through its richly drawn characters and themes of paralysis, epiphany, and longing, the collection explores universal human experiences within the framework of a specific time and place. Stories like The Dead, Araby, and Eveline are celebrated as masterpieces, showcasing Joyce’s unique ability to merge poignant detail with profound insight. Dubliners is often hailed as the gateway to modernist literature and as a precursor to Joyce’s later revolutionary works, including A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses. James Joyce is widely regarded as one of the greatest literary figures of the 20th century. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Joyce pioneered new narrative techniques, including stream-of-consciousness writing, that reshaped the boundaries of modern fiction. His works delve into the complexities of identity, history, and the human condition, offering readers unparalleled depth and innovation. Dubliners represents a pivotal moment in literary history, marking Joyce’s transition from realist storytelling to the modernist experimentation that defined his later works. Artist: James JoyceIssued: 1979Dimensions: 6"L x 1"W x 9"HManufacturer: Franklin Mint CorporationCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Very good. Foxing in the first pages.
Large original etching on laid paper with Social Realism themes. The composition is divided in three parts: one depicts the scene of a accident where two workers carry their colleague; a large American Star is etched without ink on its right; on the lower part, the artist depicts a close-up portrait of a man behind bars. Signature on lower right: illegible. Artwork dimensions: 17"W x 22"H. Mat size: 21"W x 26"H. Issued: c. 1970Country of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.
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