Thoresby (Ralph). Ducatus Leodiensis: Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York, 1st edition, 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, eleven engraved plates (some folding & close-timmed), engraved armorials to text, plus few additional plates including some window mounted, one or two repaired and lined to verso, manuscript pedigrees and annotations, some browning and dampstaining throughout volume, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, brass clasps, rebacked and corners repaired, folio Upcott pp.1381-1383; Boyne 93. (1)
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Worsfold (John Napper). History of Haddlesey: Its Past and Present, 1894, black & white frontispiece, edges untrimmed, armorial bookplate of Lord Hawkesbury to upper pastedown, and with two related letters from the author loosely inserted, original cloth, front board mottled, 8vo, together with Clarkson (Henry), Memories of Merry Wakefield, An Octogenarian's Recollections..., Wakefield: W.H. Milnes, 1887, half-title inscribed by the author to the Editor of the Wakefield Herald, some scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, original green gilt decorated cloth, 4to, with Sykes (D.F.E.), The History of Huddersfield and its Vicinity, Huddersfield: Advertiser Press, 1898, front blank endpaper inscribed by the author, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, 8vo, and Wildrisge (T. Tindall), Old and New Hull: A Series of Drawings of the Town of Kingston-Upon-Hull, with Descriptive and Historical Notices..., Hull: M.C. Peck & Son, 1884, lithograph portrait frontispiece and plates, scattered spotting, gutta-percha perished and few leaves loose, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated cloth, 4to, plus other Yorkshire related (approx. 110)
*Eldridge (Mildred Elsie, 1909-1991). A collection of seven botanical drawings, pencil and watercolour on paper, two signed and one dated 1969 to lower margin, versos with artist's name and address in pencil in her hand, approximately 16 x 12cm (6.25 x 4.75ins), mounted Depicting: thistles; birds' nests amongst foliage (two studies); wheat; honeysuckle; love-in-a-mist; and polyanthus. Wife of R.S. Thomas, Mildred Eldridge, known as Elsie, was a portrait painter, mural painter, specialist in natural history studies, and illustrator of children's books. She was also a weaver, and produced designs for altar cloths, stained glass windows and wrought-iron chandeliers. She attended Wimbledon College of Art and the Royal College of Art, winning the prestigious RCA travelling scholarship to Italy in the early 1930s. (7)
*Plimer (Andrew & Nathaniel). A scrap book of letters, biographical notes and reproductions of illustrations relating to the miniature painters Andrew and Nathaniel Plimer, compiled by a biographer, George Charles Williamson, Mount Manor House, Guildford, circa 1900-1903, comprising approximately 100 leaves with tipped-in letters to Williamson concerning his project, captions for reproductions of portraits, further notes, etc., a total of approximately 100 leaves (versos blank), bookplate of George Charles Williamson to front pastedown, contemporary quarter buckram over marbled boards, slightly rubbed, some spotting and soiling, 4to, together with a small group of other autograph letters and related concerning art and collecting, including autograph letters signed from John Sheepshanks (1784-1863), Sir Francis Grant (1803-1878), Dawson Turner (to the portrait painter, Thomas Phillips), George James Welbore Agar Ellis, Sir Francis Chantrey, Edward Hodges Baily, Linley Sambourne, Francis Schenk, Sir John Fleming Leicester, Felix Topolski (postcard), James Wyatt (signature), etc., plus a quantity of engraved portraits and prints Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener. (a carton)
Birkenruth (Johanna). Rembrandt, Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre et Son Temps..., by Emile Michel, Paris: Librarie Hachette, 1893, half-title, portrait frontispiece, numerous plates and illustrations, marbled free endpapers, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, contemporary olive green crushed morocco by Johanna Birkenruth, with her ink stamp to preliminary blank, faded (especially to spine and upper cover), a trifle rubbed in places, raised bands, gilt panelled compartments with tulip tools, gilt lettered direct in second and fourth compartments, date lettered at foot, covers with gilt double fillet border, and inner double fillet panel with tulip cornerpieces, enclosing repeated double 'r' monogram between small sunburst tool, red morocco doublures with gilt border of hound's tooth roll and fleur-de-lys roll, and inner border of scrolling seedhead roll between triple fillets, enclosing a triangular panel filled with tulip sprays and dots and roundels, terminating in a palmette tool, large 4to Johanna Birkenruth was an early and eminent member of the Guild of Women Binders. She produced jewelled bindings which possibly inspired Sangorski and Sutcliffe to follow suit. She offered classes in bookbinding in South Kensington, and some of her bindings were exhibited in Chicago in 1893. (1)
Barlaeus (Caspar). Rerum per Octennium in Brasilia et alibi nuper gestarum...., 1st edition, published Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1647, title page torn with slight loss to text, additional decorative title, engraved portrait of Maurice of Nassau, seventeen (only of twenty-five) uncoloured double page maps and twenty-three (only of thirty-one) uncoloured double page engraved plates of settlements and marine vistas, some toning and spotting throughout, all edges gilt, text block detached, contemporary vellum gilt, worn and frayed, folio Although lacking some maps and plates, a rare atlas detailing the Dutch colonial empire in Brazil. The maps and views were the main European reference source of the Brazilian landscape for 160 years. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
Bindings. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, bound with, Hymns Ancient and Modern, Proper lessons to be read at Mattins and Evensong and The New Testament, published Oxford, circa 1900, printed titles to each section, a few leaves frayed and detached, copious manuscript annotations and photographs to endpapers, mounted press cuttings of World War II casualty lists, additional illuminated vellum pages added to the pastedowns and endpapers, six page vellum calendar at rear, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco gilt with gilt decorated turnins, decorated gilt and painted spine with floral designs in six compartments, additional painted design and initials to upper siding, worn at extremities, 12mo, together with The Book of Common Prayer..., published Oxford, 1831, printed title, all edges gilt, contemporary crushed red morocco with gilt decorated spine and sidings, slight wear to extremities, 12mo, with Hunt (Leigh), Men, Women and Books; A selection of Sketches, Essays and Critical Memoirs..., 2 volumes, published Smith Elder & Co., 1847, engraved portrait frontispiece, printed titles, book plate of Francis Whitmore to front endpaper, contemporary half calf gilt, some wear to extremities, 8vo, plus Scrap book, circa 1830, small scrapbook containing six pencil drawings, one watercolour and pages of verse, one additional tipped in later watercolour of a lady at a masked ball, contemporary blind stamped red crushed morocco gilt with 'Jane Eleanor'to upper siding, 16mo, and Foster (John), Essays in a Series of Letters..., published J.Holdsworth, 1823, printed title, stamped ownership address to front endpaper, contemporary blind stamped calf with gilt decorated spine, bumped at extremities, 8vo (6)
Cotton (Sir Robert). An Answer made by Sr. Robert Cotton, at the command of Prince Henry, to Certain Propositions of Warre and Peace, Delivered to his Highnesse by some of his Military Servants. Whereunto is adjoyned The French Charity; or an Essay written in French by an English Gentleman, upon occasion of Prince Harcourts coming into England; and translated into English by F.S.J.E., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, William Sheares, 1655, A1 blank present, title in red & black, separate title & pagination to second part, contemporary shepp, lower joint slight split at foot, small 8vo, together with An Anwer to such Motives as were offer'd by certain Military-Men to Prince Henry, Inciting Him to Affect Arms more than Peace..., with a short view of the Life and Reign of Henry the Third King of England, by the same Author..., To which is annexed the French Charity or an essay written in French by an English gentleman, upon occasion of Prince Harcourts coming into England: and translated into English, by F.S. J.E., 3 parts in one, 2nd edition, second issue, Henry Mortlock, 1675, engraved portrait frontispiece, signature H. Grove to general title, with imprint date of 1675 (rather than misprint of 1665 as in the 1st issue), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, light wear to extremities, small 8vo Wing C6478 & C6480. The translation of the essay on French charity has been attributed to John Evelyn, but this ascription is not confirmed by Keynes. (2)
[Swift, Jonathan]. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships... , Second Edition, 4 parts in 2 volumes, [vol. 2, second edition, corrected], Benj[amin] Motte, 1727, portrait frontispiece of Gulliver lacking, 20pp. Verses, five engraved maps and one plate, advert leaf to volume two torn to lower blank margin and lined to verso, copious pencil notes & annotations throughout (note indicating former ownership as 'L. L. Hubbard's copy for corrections'), first & last few leaves strengthened to gutter margins (initial leaves a little loose), few leaves in volume 1 with small worm holes and short trail, some spotting and browning throughout, few stains mostly to fore-margins, later endpapers frayed and one torn, contemporary calf, rebacked and some corners repaired, rubbed, 8vo Teerink 293. The stated second edition, but actually the fourth octavo edition. Lucius L. Hubbard (1849-1933) was an author of books on mineralogy and geology, and a collector of Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe books. He wrote Contributions toward a bibliography of Gulliver's travels to establish the number and order of issue of the Motte editions of 1726 and 1727, their relative accuracy and the source of the changes made in the Faulkner edition of 1735, (published Chicago, W.M. Hill, 1922). (2)
Walpole (Horace). Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third, 2nd edition, 1768, line-engraved portrait frontispiece (close trimmed at head and foot), engraved plate, bound with An Answer to Mr. Horace Walpole's late Work... by F.W.G., 1768, half title, author name in manuscript to title, manuscript note and library stamp to first title verso, trimmed armorial bookplate at front, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, 4to, together with Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times; Regal, Noble, Gentilitial, and Miscellaneous, by Samuel Pegge, 1818, portrait frontispiece, three engraved plates, small abrasion to title affecting some letters, light spotting, bookplate, contemporary half cal, rebacked, 8vo, plus A Complete Account of the Ceremonies Observed in the Coronations of the Kings and Queens of England, 4th edition, 1727, two folding plates (one with short closed tear, illustrations, light dampstain front and rear, modern calf-backed boards, 4to, with others including A Catalogue of Pictures by British Artists, in the Possession of Sir John Fleming, by John Young, 1825 and Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, by Adolf Michaelis, 1882 (34)
Evelyn (John). Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions: As it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October, 1662, York, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece, 40 engraved plates, including one folding, folding table, previous owner signature to title and at front, front endpaper detached, a few minor spots, contemporary calf, joints cracking, spine a little rubbed and faded, 4to (1)
Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, 1st edition, Imprinted at London by John Norton, 1597, engraved title present (image somewhat rubbed, close-trimmed, creased, strengthened to gutter margin and one other repair to verso), numerous woodcut illustrations (including 7 neatly hand-coloured), lacking engraved portrait (leaf B6), first page of main text inscribed 'Edward Seymour, April 18, 1749, Seend', leaf 3I7 torn to fore-margin with minor loss to one or two letters of text, some dampstaining, occasional tears and marks, worm trail to fore-margins of index at rear of volume, final few leaves (including supplement of appendix of common names) creased and with some strengthening repairs to margins, later 18th century reversed calf, blind panelled decoration to boards, joints cracked at head & foot, extremities worn, folio STC 11750. Nissen 698. Henrey 154. This volume has an 18th century armorial bookplate of the Duke of Somerset, and the reverse of the title is inscribed Edward Duke of Somerset, Given to Lord William Seymour by the Duke of Somerset, January 2nd 1786. Provenance: This volume was also more recently owned by Edmund Owen (1847-1915) surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital, who lived at Great Cumberland Place, and thence by descent to the vendor. (1)
Alexandre (Arsene & Cocteau, Jean). The Decorative Art of Leon Bakst, Appreciation by Arsene Alexandre, Notes on the Ballets by Jean Cocteau, translated by Harry Melvill, 1st English edition, Fine Art Society, 1913, portrait frontispiece with facsimile signature, and 77 tipped in plates, including 50 in colour, some minor marks and occasional light corner creases to plates, most with discreet library blindstamp to lower blank corners, library stamp to foot of title and contents leaf, modern endpapers, with library labels to front endpaper, modern brown library cloth, folio (39.5 x 28 cm, 15.5 x 11 ins) (1)
Vallance (Aymer). The Art of William Morris, with reproductions from designs and fabrics printed in the colours of the originals, examples of the type and ornaments used at the Kelmscott Press ... also a classified bibliography by Temple Scott, Chiswick Press, 1897, additional half title, tipped-in monochrome photographic portrait, numerous plates and illustrations, including forty full-page colour plates, most with tissue guards, some dust and finger soiling throughout, library labels to front endpaper, most plates with ink library stamp to verso, hinges strengthened, near contemporary half morocco gilt, rebacked but retaining original spine, spine with old library label, some surface marks, wear and rubbing, corners and head and foot of spine repaired, folio Limited edition 145/220. (1)
Haskins (Sam). Cowboy Tate & Other Stories, 1st edition, Haskins Press, 1965, black and white plates from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, slightly marked on lower wrapper, folio, (signed limited edition, 204/1500 copies), together with McCullin (Don), Sleeping with Ghosts, A Life's Work in Photography, 1st edition, 1994, black and white plates from photographs, signed by McCullin to title, original cloth in dust jacket, oblong 4to, plus Bailey (David), The Lady is a Tramp, Portraits of Catherine Bailey, Text by Fay Weldon, 1st edition, 1995, black and white illustrations from photographs, signed by David and Catherine Bailey to title (offset), original cloth with decorative onlay to upper cover, folio, plus Karsh (Yousuf), Karsh, A Fifty-Year Retrospective, 4th printing, Boston, 1986, black and white plates from photographs, original printed wrappers, 4to, with a self-portrait publicity photograph (image 12.5 x 10 cm) of the photographer, copyright stamp pencil dated 1978 to verso, inscribed by Karsh and dated 1988 to lower blank margin, plus other photography and pop interest including books signed by Snowdon, Fay Godwin and Curt Gunther (14)
Taylor (Roger & Wakeling, Edward). Lewis Carroll Photographer, The Princeton University Library Albums, 1st edition, Princeton University Press, 2002, sepia and black and white reproductions from photographs, original cloth-backed boards with pictorial onlays to covers, 4to, together with Dodier (Virginia), Clementina, Lady Hawarden, Studies from Life, 1857-1864, 1st edition, V & A Publications, 1999, colour and sepia illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, plus Stevenson (Sara), The Personal Art of David Octavius Hill, 1st edition, Yale University Press, 2002, black and white and sepia illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus others relating to 19th-century British portrait photographers (17)
Williamson (George C.). Catalogue of a Collection of Miniatures. The Property of His Royal Highness Prince Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, K.G., G.C.H., Chiswick Press, 1914, 74 plates, a few light spots, top edge gilt, contemporary calf, spine with green labels and gilt decoration, cloth slipcase, 4to, limited edition, 72/150, together with Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures on Loan at the South Kensington Museum, June 1865, 1865, armorial bookplate, all edges gilt, contemporary burgundy half morocco gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 4to, with two others: Basil Long's British Miniaturists, Holland Press, 1966 and Richard Walker's The Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, 1992 (4)
Folio Society. William Dampier, Buccaneer Explorer, edited by Gerald Norris, 1994, Akenfield, Portrait of an English Village, by Ronald Blythe, 2002, My Early Times, by Charles Dickens, 1988, The Grand Tour 1592-1796, edited by Roger Hudson, 1993, Great Stories of Crime and Detection, volumes 1-4, selected by Tim Heald, 2002, together with 102 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, except 22 volumes, without slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (110)
Montgomery (Bernard Law, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein). El Alamein to the River Sangro. Normandy to the Baltic, Arcadia Press, 1971, colour portrait frontispiece, maps and illustrations, all edges gilt, original black morocco gilt, slipcase, 8vo, limited edition 42/265, signed to title, together with Leader of the Few. The Authorized Biography of Air Chief Marshal The Lord Dowding of Bentley Priory, by Basil Collier, 1st edition, 1957, half-tone illustrations, a few spots, original cloth, dust jacket, spine ends chipped, a little rubbed, 8vo, with a 1 pp. autograph letter from Dowding dated 1959, pasted at front, with two others: Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, 1942, inscribed by Clementine Churchill and a note from Ivan Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador to London during the war: "1812-1942. We destroyed our enemy then, we will destroy our enemy now", and Never Give In!. The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches. Selected and edited by his grandson Winston S. Churchill, 2003 (signed by the author) (4)
Nicholson (Peter). The Principles of Architecture..., volumes 1-3, 1796-1798, numerous black and white illustrations including folding plates, some light toning and spotting, volume 2 front board detached, volume 3 lacking rear board and front board detached, spines and boards rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, together with Caesar (Julius), C. Julii Caesaris Et Aliorum De Bellis Gallico Civili Pompeiano..., Juxta Editionem..., 1780, Oxonii, 3 black and white folding maps, bookplate to front endpaper, some light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, boards and spine rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, plus Addison (Joseph), The Works of Anacreon, Translated into English Verse..., printed for John Watts, 1735, black and white engraved portrait frontispiece, plus engraved bust of Sappho to M4, some light spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, spine and borads rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th-century literature and reference, including The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon, volumes 1-12, new edition, 1818, Plutarch's Lives, volumes 1-8, Dublin, 1730, 8vo, all leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (59 volumes) (3 shelves)
Worlidge (John). Vinetum Britannicum: or A Treatise of Cider, and other Wines and Drinks extracted from Fruits Growing in this Kingdom. With the Method of Propagating all sorts of Vinous Fruit-Trees. And a Description of the New-Invented Ingenio or Mill, for the more expeditious making of Cider. And also the right way of making Metheglin and Birch-Wine. The Second Impression, much Enlarged. To which is added, a Discourse teaching the best way of Improving Bees, 2 parts in one, London: Thomas Dring & Thomas Burrel, 1678, engraved general frontispiece and frontispiece to second part, one other plate and two full-page illustrations, R4 torn to lower outer blank corner, small worm hole & trail to fore-edge margins, D5 & D6 of index at rear of volume torn to upper outer blank corners, and D7 creased & torn to fore-edge margin, lacking final leaf of index at rear (D8), light dust-soiling and minor marks, front free endpaper with manuscript ownership of William Jones 1756, and also inscribed 'Fredrk. Williams bought at Miss Saunders sale June 22 1844 at Usk', engraved portrait pasted to upper pastedown, contemporary sheep, worn, 8vo Wing W3609 & W3595. ESTC R34758. (1)
Maurier (George Du). The Martian, A Novel, New York, 1897, limited edition of 500 copies, 49 monochrome illustrations including portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated white boards, boards slightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Hall (S.C.), Pilgrimages to English Shires, new edition, 1853, numerous black and white illustrations by F.W. Fairholt, some light markes, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Buchanan (Robert), North Coast and Other Poems, 1868, numerous black and white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century illustrated literature and poetry, mostly original gilt decorated cloth, some leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo (3 shelves)
O'Connor (Francis Valentine & Thaw, Eugene Victor, editors). Jackson Pollock, A Catalogue Raisonn‚ of Paintings, Drawings, and Other Works, volumes 1-4, Yale University Press, 1978, numerous black and white illustrations, uniform original grey cloth in slipcase, spines slightly rubbed, large 4to, together with Foster (J.J.), Miniature Painters, British and Foreign..., volumes 1 & 2, 1903, limited deluxe edition, 159/570, numerous monochrome plates, some light toning, uniform publisher's original vellum, boards and spines marked, folio, and Spielmann (M.H.), British Portrait Painting to the Opening of the Nineteenth Century, volumes 1 & 2, 1910, limited edition of 350 copies, numerous monochrome plates with tissue guards, some watermarks and light spotting, uniform original half vellum, boards and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, folio, plus other mostly late 19th and early 20th century large format art reference, some leather bindings, mostly contemporary cloth, all ex library with associated stamps and marks, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Ratchford (Fannie E.). Letters of Thomas J. Wise to John Henry Wrenn..., 1st edition, New York, 1944, 26 black and white illustrations including portrait frontispiece, original gilt decorated black cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Mitford (Mary Russell), Our Village, 1893, 100 black and white illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine lightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Austen (Jane), Lady Susan, 1st edition, 1931, original blue cloth in dust jacket, coves slightly toned, 8vo, plus other 19th century and modern fiction, women's literature and bibliographical reference, including Mrs. Gaskell, Beatrix Potter, Emily Br”nte, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Owl (Grey [Wa=Sha=Quon=Asin]). The Adventures of Sajo and Her Beaver People, 5th printing, 1935, signed by the author to title page, black and white portrait frontispiece, some minor spotting, original red cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Huxley (Aldous), Brave New World, 2nd impression, 1932, some light marks and toning, original blue cloth boards, spine and hinges rubbed, 8vo, and other early 20th century and modern fiction and reference, including Agatha Christie, Iris Murdoch, Dick Francis, Kazuo Ishiguro, Graham Greene, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Aurobindo (Sri). Letters on Yoga, volumes 1-3, Crown Size edition, India, 1991, black and white portrait to front of volume 1, uniform original gilt decorated red cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Evans-Wentz (W.Y.), Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa..., 1928, Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines..., 1935, both 1st editions, The Tibetan Book of the Dead..., 2nd impression, 1936, all O.U.P., black and white illustrations and frontispiece, uniform gilt decorated green cloth, spines slightly faded, 8vo, and Cheng'en (Wu), Journey to the West, volumes 1-3, 2nd edition, Foreign Language Press, Beijing, 1990, monochrome illustrations, uniform gilt decorated plum cloth in dust jackets, spines faded and slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other modern Hinduism, Buddism, Zen and Taoism, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Nicholson (Reynold A., editor). The Mathnawi of Jal lu'ddin R£mi, books 1-6 (bound in 3), reprint editions, 1990, uniform original blue cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Sidhant (Gurmat), Philosophy of the Masters, volumes 1-5, mixed editions, India, 1989-96, all original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Singh (Maharaj Charan), Light On Sant Mat..., 1st edition, India, 1958, inscribed by the author to front endpaper, black and white portrait to front, original grey cloth, 8vo, plus other modern Islam, Christianity and other religious reference, many original coth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)
Dugdale (William). The Antquities of Warwickshire Illustrated; From Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes, and Armes, 1st edition, Thomas Warren, 1656, etched portrait frontispiece and fifteen engraved maps and plates by Wenceslaus Hollar, some double-page, illustrations, title printed in red and black, one or two repaired tears, occasional light water stains and a few spots, 18th century calf gilt, brass clasps, some wear, folio Wing D2479; Upcott 1247-1259. (1)
Bertius (Petrus). Theatri Geographiae veteris Tomus prior in quo CL. Ptol. Alexandrini Geographiae libri VIII Graec‚ et Latin‚..., volume 1 (of two), circa 1618, title page trimmed to image and laid on near contemporary paper, text in Greek and Latin, engraved portrait of Gerard Mercator with overall toning, twenty (only) double page uncoloured engraved Ptolemaic maps by Mercator, lacking the portrait of Bertius and the Peutinger table sheets, index bound at rear, marbled endpapers, near contemporary calf with gilt decorated spine, worn and rubbed, spine partially lacking, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
Addy (Sidney Oldall). The Hall of Waltheof or the Early Condition and Settlement of Hallamshire, published London & Sheffield, 1893, etched plates, illustrations throughout, two leaves of text detached, original green cloth, extremities rubbed, 4to, together with Fletcher (J.S.), A Picturesque History of Yorkshire, 3 volumes, 1899, black & white plates and illustrations, later cloth, 4to, with Braithwaite (J.W.), Guide to Kirkby Stephen, Appleby, Brough, Warcop, Ravenstonedale, Mallerstang, &c., Kirkby Stephen: Printed by J.W. Braithwaite, 1884, folding colour map, wood engraved vignette illustrations, adverts at rear, original cloth gilt, 8vo, and Turner (Whiteley), A Spring-Time Saunter Round and About Bront‰ Land, Halifax: The Halifax Courier, 1913, black & white portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, plus other Yorkshire related, mostly 20th century publications (approx. 160)
Dingle (Edwin J.). China's Revolution 1911-1912. A Historical and Political Record of the Civil War, 1st US edition, New York, 1912, portrait frontispiece, two folding maps, half-tone illustrations, a little minor spotting, one or two fore margins with tears from rough opening, previous owner signature, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, small nicks and tears at head of spine, 8vo, together with View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of its Natural History, by Rev. Michael Russell, 2nd editon, Edinburgh, 1832, folding engraved map, additional title, 10 engraved plates, slight offsetting to additional title, later morocco-backed boards, 8vo, with four others: W. Max Reid's Lake George and Lake Champlain, 1910, Walter Barttelot's The Life of Edmund Musgrave Barttelot, Captain and Brevet-Major Royal Fusiliers, Commander of the Rear Column of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 2nd edition, 1890, T. Douglas Murray and A. Silva White's Sir Samuel Baker. A Memoir, 1895 (ex-libris) and Walter Tyndale's An Artist in Egypt [1912] (6)
Dayes (Edward). The Works of the Late Edward Dayes: Containing an Excursion through the Principal Parts of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, with Illustrative Notes by E. W. Brayley; Essays on Painting; Instructions for Drawing and Coloring Landscapes; and Professional Sketches of Modern Artists, 1805, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved vignette title, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, single-page hand-coloured engraved county map by Badeslade & Toms, 32 engraved & 2 lithograph plates (including 5 hand-coloured and 15 mounted), occasional minor spotting, near contemporary half calf, joints slightly cracked at head & foot, extremities rubbed & scuffed, 4to Large paper copy. Boyne 39. (1)
Hinderwell (Thomas). The History and Antiquities of Scarborough and the Vicinity..., 1st edition, York, 1798, folding engraved map, four engraved plates (of 5, lacks frontispiece), extra-illustrated with a further three plates, faint ink ownership signature to title, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th century dark green half morocco by Charles Winstanley of Manchester, spine rubbed & scuffed, 4to (Boyne 280), together with Graves (Rev. John), The History of Cleveland, in the North Riding of the County of York; Comprehending an Historical and Descriptive View of the Ancient and Present State of Each Parish with in the Wapontake of Langbargh..., published Carlisle, 1808, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, seven engraved plates, few wood engraved illustrations to text, one folding pedigree, ink stamp of the Oxford & Cambridge University Club to title, occasional scattered spotting and slight browning to text, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th century maroon half morocco gilt, joints slightly cracked, 4to (Boyne 266 and Upcott p.1421), plus Dayes (Edward), The Works of the Late Edward Dayes: Containing an Excursion through the Principal Parts of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, with Ilustrative Notes by E.W. Brayley..., 1805, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title and eight plates, near contemporary half calf, rubbed and some wear, lacking leather to lower outer corner of upper board, 4to (3)
MURPHY (A.) The Life of David Garrick, Esq. First Edition, 2 vols. portrait frontis.; rebound leather. 1801; BOADEN (J.) Memoirs of Mrs Siddons . . . First Edition, 2 vols. portrait frontis., half titles; rebound half leather & cloth. 1827; sold with Boaden's Life of Mrs. Jordan (2 vols., 1831) & another (related) book.
WARD (A.W.) The Electress Sophia and the Hanovarian Succession. First Edition. coloured portrait frontis., num. other plates (incl. a large folded facsimile, all with captioned guards) & some text illus.; publisher's red gilt-ruled half morocco & watered silk cloth, gilt-decorated & panelled spine, gilt top & marbled e/ps., folio. Goupil & Co., 1903. * a typical de luxe production from this publisher; armorial bookplate of Sir Francis Danson; sold with some 26 related reproduction portrait prints.
BURKE (H.F.) The Historical Record of the Coronation of their Most Excellent Majesties King Edward VII. and Queen Alexandra . . . First Edition. photogravure frontis. & 32 other portrait plates (some coloured, by Byam Shaw) & text illus.; half morocco & gilt-pictorial paper boards, gilt top, impl. folio, contained in the original gilt-lettered cloth slipcase. privately printed by Harrison & Sons, 1904. * not only a splendid record, but a detailed source for relevant ceremonial/heraldic information; the Proceedings of the Court Claims (reported in verbatim, on some 60pp.).
BEWICK (T. & J.) Select Fables; with cuts, designed and engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and Others . . . together with a Memoir; and a Descriptive Catalogue . . . engraved pictorial vignette title, portrait frontis. & many illus. throughout; later 19th cent. blind-ruled half morocco & marbled boards, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, g.e. & marbled e/ps. Newcastle: printed by S. Hodgson, for Emerson Charnley . . . 1820. * armorial bookplate of the Earl of Cromer & neat title stamp of Melchet Court, Romsey; together with BEWICK (T.) A History of British Birds . . . 2 vols. pictorial vignette titles & engraved illus.; bindings (& marks of ownership) as previous. Newcastle: printed by Edward Walker, 1821.
A group of fourteen portrait engravings and lithographs, subjects to include: Louis Dauphin de France, Philippe Duc d'Anjou; Louis Duc de Bourgogne; Louis Doupin; Louis de France; Duke of Drset; Duke of Kingston; Gerard Edelinck; Ludovicus XIIII; Francois Mansart, with works after Kneller, Dupont, Rigaud, Troye, Delpech, Mauvin, Mignard, Tortebat, Namur, Champaigne and others.(14) Illustrated

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