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Los 447
BRITISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A LADY SEATED HALF LENGTH IN A BROWN DRESS, OIL ON CANVAS, 75 X 43CMSUCH PROMINENT PLACING OF THE OPEN BOOK IN THE SITTER'S HANDS IS CONCEIVABLY AN ALLUSION TO HER LITERARY PRETENSIONS, PERHAPS AS AN AUTHORESS.++Localised flaking in the lower part of the composition, pigments darkened with age, light cracqueleur and an impression of the stretchers visible when viewed at an oblique angle, unlined and on the original stretchers
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Various 19thC and later photographs, photographic prints, soldiers, part regiments, etc, to include a soldier quarter profile, Johnson & Hoffmann photography, indistinctly signed and dated 1885, 15cm x 11cm, (mounted and framed) various other photographic and other portraits, Herbert 60th rifle portrait, other early 20thC framed photographs and photographic prints of soldiers, etc. (a quantity)
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Mag (20thC). Portrait of a soldier quarter profile, pencil, signed, 31cm x 20cm, and various other prints, photographic prints, etc, regimental and others, soldiers, to include portraits, Harry Cherry British Legion certificate, dated 1933-1948, Lincolnshire Rifles Officer photographic print, etc. (a quantity)
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Various photographs, war, regimental and others, to include Signal Section 1/6th Cyclist Battalion, Suffolk Regiment Squadron photograph, various other soldiers, portrait, etc, photographic prints, Lord Roberts, oil on board hussar, Napoleonic prints, other framed soldier pictures, etc. (a quantity, various dimensions)
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Various early 20thC military and war related postcards, photographs, etc., soldier portrait cards, others aside sweetheart, soldier wedding cards, part battalions, The Australians glorious record of the Great War card, photograph of soldiers on old car, other pictorial soldier postcards, etc. (2 albums)
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Bindings. The History of England from the Accesion of James the Second, by Lord Macaulay, 8 volumes, 1882, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, contemporary tree calf by Riviere & Son, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, together with Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border..., by Walter Scott, 3 volumes, 5th edition, Edinburgh, 1812, engraved plates, occasional scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary olive green straight grain morocco, gilt and blind decoration, spines browned, 8vo, with The LIfe of Samuel Johnson..., by James Boswell, 4 volumes, 1823, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, two engraved plates of facsimile writing, armorial bookplate of Abraham Bower to upper pastedowns, contemporary half calf, gilt and blind decorated spines, 8vo, plus six others similar (21)
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Baines (Thomas). The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa, 1st edition, 1877, portrait frontispiece, three photographic illustrations, folding facsimile letter, folding map contained in rear pocket, advertisements at end, a few spots, blindstamp to front endpaper, previous owner signature, original green cloth gilt, spine a little darkened and rubbed at extremities, 8vo (1)
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Cassell Petter & Galpin, publishers. A Presentation Retirement Book for Henry Jeffery from members of Cassell Petter & Galpin, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, Christmas, 1880, mounted black & white photograph, illuminated title with initials J.F.W. to lower margin, illuminated address leaf, two mounted watercolour views of the printing & publishing works, seven leaves containing 60 albumen portraits & one pencil portrait of members of the publishing works (each with named caption in ink or pencil), fourteen leaves of signatures, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, green moire silk endpapers, gilt dentelles, contemporary calf gilt with initials J.H. to centre of upper board, joints cracked with crude leather strengthening, rubbed and some wear, brass clasp broken, 4to (1)
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Culpeper (Nicholas). Culpeper's Complete Herbal, to which is now added, upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs..., 1814, engraved portrait frontispiece, 40 hand-coloured plates at rear, each with multiple illustrations of plants and herbs, heavy brown stain to upper margin at front and occasionally elsewhere, a little spotting and soiling, several ink library stamps, modern library boards with leather spine, 4to, together with Thorburn (Archibald), British Mammals, 2 volumes, 1920, 50 chromolithographed plates, numerous library ink stamps to text margins and plate versos, original cloth, rubbed and soiled with some fraying to extremities, 4to, plus Pratt (Anne), The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns, of Great Britain..., 4 volumes, 1891, 313 colour lithographed plates, ex-library with numerous stamps including to some plates, original cloth gilt, some fraying and white china ink classification numbers to foot of spines, 8vo, plus other mostly modern natural history publications, all ex-library with usual stamps and marks (32)
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*Williams (Thomas Richard, 1825-1871). Portrait of Katharine Agnes Kelsall and her younger sister Frances Penelope Kelsall, both girls seated and one with an open illustrated book on her lap, 1860, stereoscopic daguerreotype, hand tinted, arched top, paper passe-partout, glass separated in two with vertical central crack, seals torn with some loss, contemporary manuscript paper label to verso identifying sitters and the photographer and date, 'Taken in 1860 by Williams, Regent St.', 8 x 17 cm The two girls are the youngest sisters of the children shown in the preceding lot. (1)
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Collinson (Richard). Journal of H.M.S. Enterprise, on the Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin's Ships by Behring Strait. 1850-55. Edited by his brother Major-General T.B. Collinson (Royal Engineers), 1st edition, 1889, colour lithograph frontispiece, six folding maps (one fore margin a little frayed), photogravure portrait, a little light spotting, ink stamp of Collinson to front endpaper, original blue cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo Account of Collinson's two-ship expedition to find Sir John Franklin's lost party, via the Bering Strait. Collinson commanded The Enterprise and Commander Robert McClure The Investigator, both ships leaving Plymouth in 1850. They became separated after rounding Cape Horn and McClure got to the Being Strait first and after being frozen in on Banks Island, he was rescued and returned to England, becoming the first man to cross the North West Passage. Collinson, realising McClure was ahead of him turned back and overwintered in Hong Kong before returning to the Bering Strait the following year and was frozen in for three years before eventually reaching Point Barrow in 1854. Of all the search expeditions, Collinson had come closest to discovering the fate of Franklin, later learning from Rae's report that he had turned back just east of where Franklin's expedition had ended. (1)
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Amundsen (Roald). The South Pole. An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912, translated from the Norwegian by A.G. Chater, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, 1912, portrait frontispieces (volume I detached), two folding colour maps, half-tone illustrations (one detached in volume I), a little minor spotting, some toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original red cloth, spines a little rubbed and faded, small split to volume II upper joint, 8vo, together with Dumont d'Urville (Jules S-C). Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie, sur les Corvettes L'Astrolabe et La Zelee, 9 volumes (of 10), Paris, Gide, Editeur, 1841-46, half-title to each volume, 7 folding maps, a few closed tears to folds, early ownership signature of Alban Stuart to front endpapers or half titles, and with presentation inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper to Captain J. Threlfall Bragg, Ship Empress of the Sea with Mr. & Mrs Stuart's best wishes for his happiness and prosperity, Hill House, Irvine Street, Liverpool, May 6th/61, contemporary quarter calf gilt, rubbed and some wear to extremities, 8vo, plus Shackleton (E.H.), The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1909, three folding maps and a panorama contained in volumes I rear pocket, numerous half-tone illustrations, some light spotting, bookplates of Rowland Ward, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, upper covers blocked in silver, some fading to spines and extremities, covers a little bowed, 4to, with others including Edward Shackleton's Arctic Journeys, 1937, some disbound maps, ephemera etc (31)
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Ude (Louis Eustache). The French Cook. A System of Fashionable and Economical Cookery, for the use of English Families, 9th edition, enlarged, W.H. Ainsworth, 1827, lithographed portrait frontispiece, 8 engraved plates of bills of fare (with some light offsetting), untrimmed, modern quarter calf gilt, together with other early 19th century cookery interest, including W.A. Henderson, The Housekeeper's Instructor, 17th edition, corrected by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie, printed for Thomas Kelly, [1823], S. Freeman, The Ladies Friend, or, Complete Physical Library..., 3rd edition, printed for the author, [1785?], defective copy, John Armstrong, The Young Woman's Guide to Virtue, Economy, and Happiness, 3rd edition, Newcastle upon Tyne, circa 1820, [Mrs. Randle], A New System of Domestic Cookery, new edition, corrected, 1819, Richard Dolby, The Cook's Dictionary and Housekeeper's Directory, new edition, 1833, Alexis Soyer, The Modern Housewife, or Menagere, 1849, Gibbons Merle, The Domestic Dictionary and Housekeeper's Manual, 1842, Anon, The Young Woman's Companion: or, Frugal Housewife, Manchester, 1811, John Hill, The Family Herbal, 1812, & Bonington Moubray, A Practical Treatise on Breeding, Rearing, and Fattening All Kinds of Domestic Poultry, 7th edition, 1834, mostly bound in contemporary or later calf, mainly 8vo (12)
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Jack (Major E. M.). On the Congo Frontier. Exploration and Sport, 1st edition, 1914, folding map, half-tone illustrations, a little light marginal toning, blue ink stamp to title verso, endpapers renewed, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, light clear tape residue mark across foot of spine and covers, 8vo (Czech p. 138), together with Neumann (Arthur H.), Elephant-Hunting in East Equatorial Africa. Being an Account of Three Years' Ivory-Hunting under Mount Kenia and among the Ndorobo Savages of the Lorogi Mountains, Including a Trip to the North End of Lake Rudolph, 1st edition, Rowland Ward, 1898, folding map contained in rear pocket (with Intelligence Division ink stamp), chromolithographed plate of butterflies, illustrations, modern half calf, small water stains at foot of lower cover, 8vo (Czech p. 207), plus Baldwin (William Charles), African Hunting and Adventure. From Natal to the Zambesi including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert from 1852 to 1860, 3rd edition, 1894, portrait frontispiece, folding map, four colour lithograph plates, wood-engravings, scattered light spotting, upper area of half title excised and repaired, original cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo (Czech p. 17), with three others related: Abel Chapman's Retrospect. Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist in Three Continents 1851-1928, 1928, Frank Puxley's In African Game Tracks, 1929 and A.J. Siggins' Shooting with Rifle and Camera, 1931 (6)
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Magic Lanterns. The Art of Projection and Complete Magic Lantern Manual, by an Expert, 1st edition, 1893, wood-engraved illustrations including two folding plates and commercial adverts at rear, original gilt-pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Diamond (Hugh W., editor), The Journal of the Photographic Society of London..., volume 7, [1860-1862], 1862, some wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams, one plate, original cloth, rubbed and spine and extremities faded, plus Litchfield (R.B.), Tom Wedgwood, The First Photographer..., 1st edition, 1903, two photos pasted to dedication leaf including a vignette portrait of the dedicatee Godfrey Wedgwood, inscribed for J.W. Browne from the widow of Godfrey Wedgwood to front free endpaper, original buckram, slightly rubbed and faded on spine, all 8vo, plus other magic lantern and early photography interest (10)
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Livingstone (David & Charles). Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries; and of the Discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864, 1st edition, 1865, folding wood-engraved frontispiece, folding map, illustrations, 32 pp. Murray catalogue at end, first few leaves detaching, bookplate, original cloth gilt, spine faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo, together with Stanley (H.M.), How I Found Livingstone; Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa; Including Four Months' Residence with Dr. Livingstone, 1st edition, 1872, photographic portrait frontispiece, four folding maps (torn without loss), illustrations, publisher's 8 pp. catalogue at end, occasional light spotting, hinges tender, original red cloth gilt, spine and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Monk (William, editor), Dr Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures, together with a prefatory letter by the Rev. Professor Sedgwick, 1st edition, 1858, portrait frontispiece (with light water stain), two folding maps, a few light spots, endpapers renewed, original blue cloth, rebacked, most of original spine relaid, 8vo, with a presentation inscription from the editor at head of title, with others, Livingstone related etc (19)
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Mounteney-Jephson (A.J.). Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator. A Story of Nine Months' Experiences in the Last of the Soudan Provinces, 1st edition, 1890, portrait frontispiece, folding map, folding facsimile letter, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, a few light spots, previous owner inscription, library shelf label of Lord Carew to front pastedown, original red pictorial cloth gilt, edges a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Emin Pasha in Central Africa. Being a Collection of his letters and journals. Edited and Annotated by Professor G. Schweinfurth; Professor F. Ratzel; Dr. R.W. Felkin; and Dr. G. Hartlaub, translated by Mrs. R.W. Felkin, 1st edition, 1888, two portraits, folding map (detached), one or two light spots, original cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa as Medical Officer of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, by Thomas Heazle Parke, 1st edition, 1891, portrait frontispiece, folding map contained in rear pocket, illustrations, original green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, a couple of small bumps and indentations, 8vo, with others related (24)
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Soyer (Alexis). The Pantropheon, or, History of Food, and its preparation, from the earliest ages of the world, 1st English edition, Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1853, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 41 engraved plates, including 2 double-page, some marginal spotting to plates, and occasionally elsewhere, waterstain to lower outer corners of first few leaves, 6 pages of adverts at rear (including Note by the Author at end), original gilt-decorated blue cloth, rubbed and some marks, recased with original spine laid down, large 8vo, together with Soyer's Culinary Campaign. Being historical reminiscences of the late war. With the plain art of cookery for military and civil institutions, the army, navy..., 1st English edition, Routledge, 1857, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional wood engraved title, 7 wood engraved plates, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, heavily rubbed and some discolouration to foot of rear cover and spine, plus other 19th century cookery interest: Eliza Acton, Modern Cookery, 3rd edition, 1845, Francatelli, The Modern Cook, 26th edition, 1880, & Royal Confectioner, English and Foreign, 2nd edition, 1866, Frederick Bishop, The Wife's Own Book of Cookery, circa 1860, Mrs Dalgairns, The Practice of Cookery, 4th edition, 1831, P. Masters, The Young Cook's Assistant, 1846, Eliza Acton, The English Bread-Book, 1857, Mary Holland, The Complete Economical Cook, 14th edition, 1839, and [Sara Hale], Modern Household Cookery, 1871, mostly bound in original publisher's cloth (Dalgairns, Masters & Acton Bread-Book rebound in modern cloth), mainly 8vo (11)
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Countess of Kent. A Choice Manual, or Rare Secrets in Phsyick and Chirurgery, collected, & practised by the Right Honorable The Countess of Kent, late deceased, 2 parts in one, 19th edition, printed for H. Mortlock, at the Phoenix in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1687, engraved portrait frontispiece (torn with loss at foot), leaves A6-8 supplied in facsimile, final leaf torn at outer margin with some loss of text, some fore margins frayed, occasional light soiling and waterstains, contemporary calf, some wear to edges, modern cloth slipcase, 12mo, together with Woolley (Hannah), The Queen-like Closet: or, A Rich Cabinet, stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery..., 5th edition, printed for R. Chiswel, 1684, opening four leaves and four contents leaves at end supplied in facsimile, some marks and light overall browning, modern quarter calf, 12mo Sold with all faults not subject to return. (2)
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Ballantyne (Robert Michael). Hudson Bay: or, Everyday Life in the Wilds of North America, 1888, 50 black and white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Hayes (Isaac I.), The Land of Desolation: being a personal narrative of observation and adventure in Greenland, New York, 1872, 40 black and white illustrations, including frontispiece, period inscription to front endpaper, some minor toning, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards lightly marked, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Parry (Edward), Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry, late 1858, black and white portrait frontispiece, colour map to front, advertisements to pastedowns, original embossed blue cloth, boards and spine rubbed, front hinge split, 8vo, plus 44 further volumes of 19th century Polar and Arctic reference, all original decorative cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo (47)
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Simpson (Alexander). The Life and Travels of Thomas Simpson, the Arctic Discoverer, 1st edition, 1845, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map, light toning and spotting, original broen blindstamped cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with A Tarantasse Journey through Eastern Russia in the Autumn of 1856, by William Spottiswoode, 1st edition, 1857, folding map (torn without loss, a little frayed), six colour lithographed plates, scattered spotting, original green cloth, spine faded with splits, 8vo, plus Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat Voyage through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, in search of the Discovery Ships under the Command of Sir John Franklin, by Sir John Richardson, 1st US edition, New York, 1852, wood-engraved illustrations, publisher's catalogue at end, some spotting, a couple of leaves roughly opened, previous owner signature, original cloth, 8vo, with eight others related, some defects (11)
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Wright (Thomas). The Universal Pronouncing Dictionary and General Expositor of the English Language..., 5 volumes, The London printing and publishing company, circa 1850, portrait frontispiece, additional decorative title, sixty-five engraved portraits and topographical views, one comparison plate and eighty (complete) double-page engraved maps by J.Rapkin, all with contemporary outline colouring, a few maps trimmed with slight loss, book plate of George Watson, hinges strengthened, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spines, large 4to (5)
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*Stanley (Sir Henry Morton, 1841-1904). A signed portrait photograph, 1886, carbon print mounted on card, signed in ink 'Henry M. Stanley, Aug. 1886' at foot, image 23 x 17.7 cm (9 x 7 ins), tiny water stain and crease to upper blank margin, together with Authorized Souvenir Programme of the Henry M. Stanley Lecture Tour through the United States and Canada, New York, 1890-91, 24 pp., half-tone illustrations, a little soiled and creased with closed tear to final leaf, original wrappers (detached, frayed and chipped), 8vo, both contained in modern cloth foldover box (2)
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Milton (John). Paradise Lost, new edition, 1802, 12 black and white plates, plus portrait frontispiece and engraved half-title, period inscription to front endpaper, bookplate to front pastedown, some spotting and offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spine rubbed, 8vo, together with Marmontel (M.), Moral Tales, volume 1, T. Becket & P.A. De Handt, 1764, 9 black and white plates, plus portrait frontispiece and engraved half-title, period inscriptions to head of title and page 1, some minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spine rubbed with slight loss, 8vo, and Sprint (S, et al, publisher), The History of the Old and New Testament, Extracted out of Sacred Scripture and Writings of the Fathers, 1697, 234 black and white plates, and 3 maps, period inscriptions to front endpapers, loss, marks and spotting throughout, contemporary calf, front board detached, loss to spine, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century history and miscellaneous reference, including many colour and black and white plates, mostly leather bindings, some volumes partially excised, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folio, approximately 30 volumes Sold as seen, not subject to return. (2 shelves)
Los 446
Dibdin (Charles). The Musical Tour of Mr. Dibdin; in which Previous to the Embarkation for India he Finished his Career as a Public Character, Sheffield, 1788, engraved leaves of music, final leaf torn to inner blank margin, occasional spotting and browning, 19th century half calf, lower joint splitting and upper board near detached, worn, 4to, together with, Sea Songs, new edition, 1845, original chromolithograph wrappers, strengthened at head & foot of spine, 16mo in 8s, contained in purpose-made slipcase, with The Songs of Charles Dibdin..., to which is Prefixed a Memoir of the Author, by George Hogarth, 2 volumes, 1847, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, occasional spotting, contemporary green half calf, rubbed, 8vo, plus five other 19th century Dibdin related (9)
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Everest (Robert). A Journey through Norway, Lapland, and Part of Sweden; with some remarks on the Geology of the Country; its Climate and Scenery; the ascent of some of its principal mountains - the present political relations of the two countries - statistical tables, meteorological observations &c., 1st edition, 1829, engraved frontispiece, folding maps and geological sections with hand-colouring, light offsetting to title, a few spots, contemporary polished calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Modern Egypt, by the Earl of Cromer, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1908, portrait frontispiece and folding map to volume I, partly unopened, light toning to endpapers, oraiginal cloth, small tears at volume I head of spine, 8vo, plus Palestine, by Major C.R. Conder, Worlds Great Explorers and Explorations series, 1889, eight colour maps (one folding), illustrations, prize label, contemporary calf gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, with other travel etc, including Letters from Snowdon: Descriptive of a Tour through the Northern Counties of Wales, 2nd edition, 1777 (16)
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Wood (J.G.). The New Illustrated Natural History, 4th edition, 1893, numerous black and white illustrations, some light marks, original decorative green cloth, boards and spine rubbed, 8vo, together with MacDougall (James), Folk Tales and Fairy Lore in Gaelic and English, 1910, black and white portrait frontispiece, period inscription and bookplate to front endpapers, some minor toning, original green cloth, boards rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th and early 20th century literature and reference, all original cloth, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
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Stanley (Henry M.). The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.B., edited by Dorothy Stanley, 1909, photogravure portrait frontispiece, photogravure plates and portraits, folding map, folding facsimile letter, a few light spots, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, dust jacket, small tear and loss to rear panel, a few stains, thick 8vo, together with a 1st US edition of the same work, Boston, 1909 and Jakob Wassermann's H.M. Stanley-Explorer, 1932 (3)
Los 468
Farley (John). The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant, on a New Plan, Made Plain and Easy to the Understanding of Every Housekeeper, Cook, and Servant in the Kingdom..., 1st edition, 1783, engraved portrait frontispiece, twelve engraved plates of bills of fare, scattered spotting (mainly towards rear), contemporary sheep, hinges split, extremities worn, 8vo Cagle 675, Maclean p.50 and Bitting p.152. (1)
Los 472
Kidder (Edward). E. Kidder's Receipts of Pastry and Cookery, for the Use of His Scholars. Who Teaches at His School in Queen Street near St. Thomas Apostles..., Ladies May Be Taught at Their Own Houses, circa 1720-1730, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title and forty-two leaves of engraved text and tables (printed to one side only), eight engraved plates (three folding), scattered spotting, contemporary blind panelled calf, lightly marked, joints splitting, slim 8vo Cagle 793, Bitting, pages 258-59 and Oxford, page 71. A scarce handbook for students at the earliest known cookery school in England, run by Kidder in various London locations during the 1720s-30s, which moved to the Queen Street address in 1722 or 1723. The date of the first edition is unknown, but six different versions were issued as the cookery school moved around. Kidder was known to be still teaching at Queen Street in 1734, but he died in 1739. (1)
Los 111
Sparrman (Anders). A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, Towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World: But Chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the Year 1772 to 1776... translated from the Swedish original, 2 volumes, printed for R. Marchbank, Dublin, 1786, engraved frontispiece to volume I, folding map (with closed tear), nine engraved plates, including two folding (one with tear along fold), occasional light soiling, bookplates, contemporary calf, volume I lacking one label, joints cracking, some edge wear, 8vo, together with Travels in the Interior of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Morocco, by Christian Frederick Damberger, faithfully translated from the German, 1801, three hand-coloured aquatint plates, folding engraved map (with tear and clear tape marks), light spotting and offsetting, hinges reinforced, bookplates, contemporary tree calf, spine labels renewed, spine rubbed and chipped, edges rubbed, 8vo, plus The Eldorado of the Ancients, by Dr. Carl Peters, 1902, portrait frontispiece, two folding maps, illustrations, some light spotting, bookplate removal residue, original cloth gilt, label removed from upper cover, spine a little wrinkled and rubbed at ends, 8vo, with other African related (approx 78)
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Osborn (Sherard). Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51, 1st edition, 1852, folding map, four chromolithographed plates, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, pp. 87-9o detached, some light offsetting and a few spots, previous owner signature and blindstamp to front endpaper, original brown blindstamped cloth, small splits to spine ends, some light fading to covers, slight lean, 8vo, together with Shillinglaw (John J.), A Narrative of Arctic Discovery, from the earliest period to the present time. With the details of the measures adopted by Her Majesty's Government for the relief of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin, 1st edition, 1850, engraved portrait frontispiece, two folding maps contained in front pocket, original blue cloth gilt, tear at head of spine, small nick at foot, 8vo (2)
Los 479
Phillips (Sarah). The Ladies Handmaid: or, A Compleat System of Cookery; on the Principals of Elegance and Frugality. wherein the useful art of cookery is rendered plain, easy and familiar: containing the best approved, yet least expensive receipts in every branch of housewifry..., 1st edition, 1758, engraved portrait frontispiece, four engraved plates, leaf Ooo1 in facsimile, recent calf, spine with gilt-lettered label (lightly faded), 8vo Bitting pp. 369-370; Cagle 926. Rare according to Bitting; COPAC lists copies in four UK locations. (1)
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Camden (William). Britannia: or a chorographical Description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands Adjacent; from the earliest antiquity..., enlarged by the latest discoveries by Richard Gough, four volumes, 2nd. edition, published John Stockdale, 1806, printed title to each volume, portrait frontispiece to volume one, fifty-one folding maps by John Cary, all with contemporary hand colouring, two uncoloured folding maps and three single sheet maps, 103 engraved plates (including eight folding), occasional spotting, 19th century half calf, boards detached or lacking, spines lacking, worn and rubbed, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (4)
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*Queen Victoria and family. The royal Family on the terrace at Osborne House, photographed by Caldesi & Montecchi, published by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi, 10 May 1858, showing Prince Alfred, Prince Albert, Princess Helena, Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Queen Victoria holding Princess Beatrice, the Princess Royal, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, the Prince of Wales, 29 x 37 cm, original mount with printed title and credits beneath, framed and glazed, together with a photogravure three-quarter length portrait of King Edward VII by Lafayette, published by S. Hildersheimer, circa 1910, image 51 x 33 cm, framed and glazed The photograph by Leonida Caldesi (1822-91) was taken on 26 May 1857. Some pencil and watercolour retouching was done and this photograph is taken from the resulting hybrid. (2)
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Surtees (R.S.). Handley Cross, volumes 1 & 2, "Ask Mamma", volumes 1 & 2, Hawbuck Grange, "Plain or Ringlets?", volumes 1 & 2, Mr Romford's Hounds, volumes 1 & 2, Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, volumes 1 & 2, all circa 1899, numerous black and white illustrations by John Leech, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red half calf bound by Riviere & Son, some minor marks to boards, spines rubbed, 8vo, together with Gibbon (Edward), The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volumes 1-6, new edition, 1783, black and white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 2 folding maps, bookplates to front pastedowns, some minor spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, and John Stockdale, publisher, Notes Relative to the Late Transactions in the Marhatta Empire, Fort William, 15th December 1803, 1804, 5 military plans, some minor spotting, contemporary brown half calf, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th century literature and reference, including Waverley Novels, 28 volumes by Walter Scott, circa 1877, all original black full calf contained in bespoke wooden case bookshelf, some leather bindings, some original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to (4 shelves)
Los 105
Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria, 1st US edition, 2 volumes, Scribner's, New York, 1890, portrait frontispieces, six signed etched plates by M.G. Montbard, 36 wood-engraved plates, four maps, top edge gilt, original brown half morocco over vellum boards, a little rubbed with light marks to covers, 4to Edition de luxe 169/250 signed by the author. (2)
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