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AUTOGRAPHS - ASSORTED An autograph book, the signatures comprising Charlie Drake (portrait postcard); David Jacobs; Cy Grant (portrait postcard); Joe Davis; Chris Brasher (printed portrait); Denis Compton; Len Hutton; Jim Laker; Stirling Moss (portrait in Grand Prix Vanwall, and accompanying letter, also signed); Jimmy Edwards (portrait postcard); Peter Brough & Archie Andrews (printed portrait); and others, mostly clipped or on smaller sheets of paper laid down back-to-back, leather-bound.
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ANTHONY, EARL OF SHAFTESBURY - CHARACTERISTICKS OF MEN, MANNERS, OPINIONS, TIMES, SIXTH EDITION, THREE VOLS, ENGRAVED TITLE AND PORTRAIT TO VOL 1, LATER CLOTH, 1737, O'MEARA (BARRY E) - NAPOLEON IN EXILE OR A VOICE FROM ST HELENA, TWO VOLS, SIXTH EDITION, PLATES, LATER QUARTER NAVY MOROCCO, 1827, EX PUBLIC LIBRARY, WAF AND BACON (JOHN) - LIBER REGIS VEL THESAURUS RERUM ECCLESISTICARUM BY JOHN BACON ESQUIRE RECEIVER OF THE FIRST FRUITS WITH AN APPENDIX... AND A COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL INDEX, HALF TITLE, (TITLE WANTING) PARLY UNCUT, RECENT BLUE CLOTH, LONDON : JOHN NICHOLS FOR THE AUTHOR, 1786, WAF, EX PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Burchett (Josiah). A Complete History of the most Remarkable Transactions at Sea, from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Conclusion of the Last War with France. Wherein is given an Account of the most Considerable Naval-Expeditions, Sea-Fights, Stratagems, Discoveries, and other Maritime Occurences that have happen'd among all Nations which have Flourished at Sea..., 1st edition, printed by W.B. for J. Walthoe, 1720, title printed in black and red, engraved allegorical frontispiece, engraved portrait bound following Contents (toned), nine folding engraved naval charts by Hermann Moll (three toned and spotted), without imprimateur leaf, errata leaf at rear, engraved head and tail-pieces and initial letters, armorial bookplate of Sir Fredk. Evelyn Bart. on front pastedown, red sprinkled edges, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco label, rubbed and scuffed, and with slight wear to spine ends, folio in 4s Sabin 9205. (1)
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Warder (Joseph). The True Amazons: Or, the Monarchy of Bees. Being a New Discovery and Improvement of those Wonderful Creatures, 9th ed., 1765, engraved portrait frontispiece, without publisher's advertisements at end, few ink marks to verso of title and at foot of A3, some light dampstaining, contemporary marbled calf, crudely rebacked, 12mo, (British Bee Books 74), together with Harrison (Joseph), The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine, vol. 9 only, 1841, fourteen hand-coloured engraved, aquatint & lithograph plates, some spotting, contemporary half cloth, some wear to extremities, 8vo, plus other natural history including Nature Delineated, by D. Bellamy, vol. 2 only, 1789, Rural Life, by John Sherer, circa 1870, The Illustrated Natural History by J.G. Wood, 1865 (7)
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Maxwell (Sir Herbert, ed.). Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1822-1908, Edward Arnold, 1908, portrait frontipiece, photogravure illustrations, a few spots, bookplate of Sir Edward Priaulx Tennant, top edge gilt, original green cloth, 4to, limited edition, 187/350, together with Heywood (Gerald G.P.), Charles Cotton and his River, 1st ed., Manchester, 1928, illustrations (frontispiece detached), a little light spotting, original green cloth, light edgewear, 4to, plus Coigney (Rodolphe L.), Izaak Walton. A New Bibliography 1653-1987, James Cummins, New York, 1989, colour frontispiece, illustrations, original red cloth, d.j., 8vo, limited edition, special binder's copy signed by the author, from a total edition of 540, with 17 others including William Nelson's Fishing in Eden, 1922, G.E.M. Skues' The Way of a Trout with a Fly, 2nd ed., 1928, Thomas J. Hanna's Fly-Fishing in Ireland, 1933 and The Book of the Fly-Rod, ed. Hugh Sheringham & John Moore, 1936 (20)
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Cotton (Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney). Nine Years on the North-West Frontier of India, from 1854 to 1863, Richard Bentley, 1868, black and white frontispiece, some scattered spotting, ownership inscription excised from front free endpaper, all edges gilt, contents slightly shaken, original publisher's decorative cloth, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with Lawrence (T. E.), Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a triumph, Jonathan Cape, 1935, black and white portrait frontispiece, black and white plates and maps, bookplate to front pastedown, original publisher's cloth, few minor marks, slightly scuffed, 4to, plus Ferrier (J. P.), Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan, John Murray, 1856, two (of 3) black and white plates, folding map (laid onto linen), some dust-soiling and finger marks, ex library with usual stamps and labels, later half morocco with spine label, 8vo, plus other Middle Eastern, and Indian travel, mainly 19th century (40)
![Ortelius (Abraham). [Portrait], Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib orbem Orbi spectandum Galleus Ortelium. Papius, circa 1595](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea36b011-2df7-4bfe-b658-a5d301078b15/827a117b-b568-414e-81bc-37c3914e1698/468x382.jpg)
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Ortelius (Abraham). [Portrait], Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib orbem Orbi spectandum Galleus Ortelium. Papius, circa 1595, engraved portrait set within an elaborate strapwork border, contemporary hand colouring, slight overall toning, 330 x 230 mm, Latin text on verso, together with, Parergon sive Veteris Geographie Aliquot Tabulae..., [1603 or later], decorative title page with contemporary hand colouring, slight chipping to right hand vertical margin, left hand vertical margin extended, 385 x 265 mm, Latin text on verso (2)
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Denham (Major Dixon, Clapperton, Hugh and Oudney, Dr.). Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, extending across the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Northern Latitude, and from Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Felatah Empire, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1826, large folding engraved map at rear of first volume (with some light offsetting), 12 engraved plates, including 2 partly-coloured, 2 folding maps to second volume, some marks and scattered light spotting, small library ink number stamp to verso of title pages, later red half morocco, rubbed and with classification label to foot of spine of each volume, 8vo, together with Cailli‚ (R‚n‚), Travels Through Central Africa to Timbuctoo; and across the Great Desert, to Morocco, performed in the years 1824-1828, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, 1830, lithograph portrait frontispiece to first volume, folding engraved map, and some full-page wood engraved illustrations, library stamps to preliminary leaves erased, later light brown half morocco, heavily rubbed and marked, and somewhat worn, with spine to first volume detached, 8vo, plus other various 19th century travel, various, including Cornwallis Harris, The Highlands of Aethiopia, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, 1844, H. W. Bates, Illustrated Travels: a record of discovery, geography, and adventure, 6 volumes, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, circa 1870s, C. G. Schillings, With Flashlight and Rifle, 2 volumes, 1906, John Martineau, Life and Correspondence of Sir Bartle Frere, 2 volumes, 1895, W.A. Wills and L.T. Colingridge, The Downfall of Lobengula: The Cause, History, and Affect of the Matabeli War, [1894], etc., all ex-library copies with usual marks, 8vo, 4to Sold as seen, not subject to return. (24)
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*Mezzotint drolls. The Paintress of Maccaroni's, published Carington Bowles, 1772, mezzotint with contemporary hand colouring, some chipping and fraying to margins causing slight loss, 350 x 250 mm, together with, A Pleasing Method of rouzing the Doctor - or a Tythe Pig no bad fight, published Carington Bowles, 1775, mezzotint with contemporary hand colouring, some chipping and fraying with slight loss, repaired closed tears, laid on conservation paper, 355 x 255 mm The first described image is purported to a portrait of Maria Cosway. (2)
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Murray (Hon. James Erskine). A Summer in the Pyrenees, 2 vols, 2nd ed., 1842, twelve engraved plates, plates a little foxed, orig. blindstamped cloth, rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with Little (Archibald John). Mount Omi and Beyond. A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border, 1st ed., 1901, portrait frontispiece, folding map, half-tone illustrations, scattered light spotting, original pictorial cloth, corners bent, a little grubby, 8vo (Neate L43. "Account of journeys in 1892-97. The author passed close by vast snow-covered ranges which remained practically unexplored by Europeans. Omi-shan is a sacred mountain in north-west Szechuan."). plus Rockhill (William Woodville). The Land of the Lamas. Notes of a Journey Through China, Mongolia and Tibet, 1st US ed., New York, 1891, two double-page maps, b & w illustrations, t.e.g., original cloth, spine with red label, a little rubbed with dampstains, slight lean, 8vo Neate R62. (4)
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Bray (William). Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn..., The Whole Now First Published, from the Original MSS., 2 vols., 1818, engraved portrait frontispiece to each, ten engraved plates (one folding & one double-page), folding pedigrees, some spotting, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, 4to, together with Pepys (Samuel), Memoirs of Samuel Pepys..., and a Selection from his Private Correspondence. Edited by Richard Lord Braybrooke, 5 vols., 2nd edition, 1828, engraved portrait frontispieces and few plates (some folding), some spotting mostly to margins, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, early 20th century half calf by Hatchards, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels, 8vo, with Gibbon (Edward), The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with Notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot. Edited, with Additional Notes, by William Smith, 8 vols., 1854-1855, engraved portraits and folding maps, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spines, 8vo, and Fitzgerald (Percy), Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office..., 2 vols., 1888, numerous uncoloured plates, top edge gilt, early 20th century half morocco gilt by Bayntun of Bath, joints rubbed, 8vo, with Gorton (John), A General Biographical Dictionary, 4 vols., new edition, 1851, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, plus Clarendon (Edward, Earl of), The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England..., 7 vols., Oxford, 1849, original cloth, spines faded, some with slight wear to spine ends, 8vo (28)
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Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de). The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha, 2 volumes, translated by Charles Jarvis, published J. & R. Tonson, and R. Dodsley, 1742, engraved frontispiece and 68 engraved plates including a portrait of Cervantes, scattered minor spotting and light offsetting, contemporary mottled calf with recent antique-style rebacks and leather labels, some edge wear, 4to (285 x 230 mm) First edition of the Jarvis translation, with the Ozell translation of 'The Life of Michael De Cervantes Saavedra' bound in. (2)
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Chesterfield (Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of). Letters Written... to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Together with Several other Pieces on various Subjects, Published by Mrs Eugenia Stanhope, from the originals now in her possession, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd issue, 1774, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, half-titles, errata leaf at rear of volume 2, some text offsetting to frontispiece and from frontispiece to title, occasional spotting, contemporary calf with contrasting leather labels to spines, joints cracked, a little edge wear, 4to Rothschild 596. In the second issue the spelling error on page 55 is corrected. (2)
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Epiphanius (Saint, Bp. of Constantia in Cyprus). [Tou agiou patros emon Epiphaniou, episkopou Konstanteias Kypou, eis ton physiologon] Sancti Patris Nostri Epiphanii, Episcopi Constantiae cypri, ad Physiologum. Eiusdem in die festo Palmarum sermo. D. Consali Ponce de Leon Hispalensis, S.D.N. Sixti V. Cubicularii secreti, interpretis & scholiastae, bimestre otium, Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1588, first line of title transliterated from Greek, printer's woodcut device to title, one full-page portrait of St. Epiphanius and 25 etched half-page illustrations after Pieter van der Borcht within typographical border, few decorative woodcut initials, Greek & Latin text throughout including some in double-column, small rust hole to *2, bookplates of Julien Felix & Josephi Andreae to upper paste-down, late 19th century dark blue quarter calf gilt, small 8vo Adams E248; BM STC Dutch, p.69; Landwehr, Low Countries 162; Nissen ZBI 1301; Praz, p.328. This volume is the second edition as the first was published in Rome a year earlier. "Though not an emblem-book proper Epiphanius Ad Physiologum had a great influence on emblem-literature, and is rightly recorded among emblem-books in all catalgoues" (Praz). (1)
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[Grove, Joseph]. The History of the Life and Times of Cardinal Wolsey, 4 vols., 1st edition, 1742-44, 36 engraved plates and portraits, one or two close-trimmed, occasional light toning, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracking, rubbed, 8vo, together with The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote... Translated by Charles Jarvis, 4 volumes, 1801, half titles, folding map, engraved plates, presentation and previous owner inscriptions, later speckled half calf gilt by Birdsall, 8vo, plus Works of Virgil... Translated by Mr. Dryden, 3 vols., 5th edition, 1721, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, some spotting and waterstains, occasional wormtracks, previous owner inscriptions, contemporary panelled calf, one cover detaching, rubbed, 8vo, with others, mostly leatherbound, including Evelyn Waugh's The Holy Places, 1952 (limited edition, 581/900) (22)
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Olearius (Adam). Voyages trŠs-curieux & trŠs-renommez faits en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse... traduits de l'Original & augmentez par le Sr. de Wicquefort, nouvelle edition revue & corrig‚e exactement, augment‚e considerablement..., 2 volumes bound in one, Amsterdam, Michel Charles Le Cene, 1727, engraved portrait frontispiece, titles printed in red and black (lightly browned), 41 plates, mostly folding, including 1 portrait, 10 folding maps, 7 folding or double-page town views and plans after Nicolas Witsen, numerous engraved vignettes, occasional browning, contemporary cat's paw full calf gilt, rubbed and some wear, with upper joint partly cracked at head and foot, folio First published in 1656, the later editions of both 1719 and 1727 are considered superior due to their richly illustrated format. (1)
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Michelotti (Francesco Domenico). Sperimenti Idraulici. Principalmente Diretti a Confermare la Teorica, e Facilitare la Pratica del Misurare le Acque Correnti, 1st edition, Turin, 1767, folding engraved portrait frontispiece, titles with engraved vignettes, nine (of eleven) folding engraved plates, seven double-page tables, modern cloth, 4to, together with Tunis Earthquake. Rela‡am do Terremoto que ove na Cidade de Tunes, capital daquelle reyno, esseitos que causau nos Barbaros aquello ruina supersticiosas depreca‡oˆs que fizerao, parte segunda e fim da Historia escrita por Hum Curioso..., Lisbon: Manuel Alvares, [1753], 8pp. (b1-4), 19th century ownership inscription of Manuel Bernardes Branco (1832-1900) to title, modern paper wrappers, 8vo Francesco Domenico Michelotti (1710-1787) was professor of mathematics at the University of Turin and a pioneering topographic and hydraulics engineer. (2)
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Montaigne (Michel de). Essayes written in French... , Done into English according to the last French Edition by Iohn Florio... , 1613, title with woodcut historiated head-piece and small ornament, engraved portrait of Florio to A6 verso, second and third books with separate dated title-pages, final blank present, 2V3/4 duplicated, lacks leaves 3D3+4 (pp. 557-560), scattered light soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners refurbished, remains of original spine relaid, folio The second edition of Florio's translation. STC 18042. (1)
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Nepos (Cornelius). Cornelius Nepos de vita excellentium imperatorum, interpretatione et notis illustravit Nicolaus Courtin... Jussu Christianissimi regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini, Paris: Barbou, 1726, additional engraved title, printer's devices and decorative initials, light scattered spotting, additionally illustrated with portrait of the author pasted to initial blank, full vellum, spine labels, 4to, together with Sallust, Caii crispi Sallustii belli catilinarii et jugurthini historiae, Edinburgh: G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1755, bookseller's label Carpenter & Co. to initial blank, full vellum, gilt decorated spin, small 8vo in 4s, plus Theocritus, Ta tou Theokritou sesosmena, Theocriti quae extant : ex editione Danielis Heinsii expressa, Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1746, half-title, printed in Greek and Latin, armorial bookplate of William Danby to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, small 8vo in 4s, plus Cicero, M. Tullii Ciceronis, Tusculanarum disputationum libri quinque..., Glasgow: Robert Foulis, 1744, early ownership inscription to title, armorial bookplate of William Danby to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed and slightly worn, together with other 18th and 19th century literary works in attractive bindings (23)
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Poggio Bracciolini (Gian Francesco). Historia Florentina nunc primum in lucem edita, Venice, 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, folding pedigree, occasional light waterstain and marginal wormtrack, armorial bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked (faded), edges rubbed, 4to, together with Historia Critica Philosophiae, by Jacob Brucker, vols. I-V in three, 2nd edition, Leipzig, 1766-67, without Appendix volume VI; the second part of volume IV considered to be volume V, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, titles with engraved vignettes, a little light toning or spotting, previous owner signature, bookplate, contemporary vellum, some soiling, thick 4to (4)
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Pope (Alexander, trans.). The Iliad/Odyssey of Homer, 11 volumes in 6, 1st edition, W. Bowyer for Bernard Linott, 1715-26, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I (with closed tear), list of subscribers, folding plate of the Siege of Troy (close-trimmed at lower margin just affecting imprint), bound without the map of Greece and Shield of Achilles plate, Odyssey titles printed in red and black, engraved vignette to first volume, occasional wormtracks, some spotting and toning, one or two leaves detaching, contemporary calf, joints splitting, rubbed, folio (6)
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Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World. In Five Books, [London: Printed by William Jaggard for Walter Burre], additional engraved title dated 1614, engraved portrait to letterpress title, Minde of the Front bound after letterpress title, six double-page engraved maps and one double-page battle plan only (of two), imprint from colophon, initial nine leaves detached and following gathering loose, occasional stains mostly to margins, few leaves torn or frayed to margins (particularly two leaves of tables at rear), contemporary calf, upper board detached and lower board loose, spine leather torn with loss, worn, folio STC 20639. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)
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Rossi (Ottavio). Le Memorie Bresciane, Opera Historica, e Simbolica, riveduta da Fortunato Vinaccesi, Brescia, 1693, additional engraved title, engraved portrait, folding engraved plate, engraved illustrations including some full page, woodcut initials, a little spotting, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, 4to (1)
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Peary (Robert E.). The North Pole, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910, portrait frontispiece, folding map, numerous tipped-in illustrations, occasional light spotting and soiling, hinges tender, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, lacking ties, clear tape repairs to lower joint, shelf number to spine, some soiling, thick 4to Edition de Luxe, 118/500 signed by Peary and R.A. Bartlett. (1)
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Zsamboky (Janos). Emblemata, et aliquot nummi antiqui operis Ioan Sambuci tirnaviensis pannoni, 4th revised edition, Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1584, printer's woodcut device to title and portrait of the author to verso, 222 woodcut emblems and 45 pages of ancient coins, skillful closed tear repair to leaf L8, all edges gilt, modern red crushed morocco [by Darlaud Freres], inner dentelles gilt and book tickets of Robert Hoe and C.A. & V. Baldwin to front pastedown, small 8vo, preserved in a modern chemise cloth-covered clamshell box The first edition of Zsamboky's (or Sambucus, 1531-1584) Emblemata was published in 1564. Among the emblems depicted are one showing a game of tennis and one a bookstore, possibly Zsamboky's own library which was to become the foundation of the Austrian National Library. Hoe Catalogue III, 2822. (1)
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Burne-Jones (Edward). The Work of Edward Burne-Jones, Ninety-One Photogravures Directly Reproduced from the Original Paintings, published by The Berlin Photographic Company, circa 1900, half-title/limitation leaf, title-page printed in red and black, single leaf with artist biography/publisher's note, 18pp. List of Plates with descriptions, small single leaf list of plates, portrait frontispiece and ninety numbered plates, some marginal spotting and water-staining, latter occasionally and unobtrusively touching image, minor edge fraying in places, each 67 x 50.5cm (26.5 x 20ins), with tissue guards, loosely contained as issued in original black morocco portfolio, lightly rubbed, gilt lettered and decorated on upper cover, large folio Scarce limited edition of 200 copies, signed by Philip Burne-Jones. (1)
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Sandwith (Humphry). A Narrative of the Seige of Kars and of the Six Months' Resistance by the Turkish Garrison under General Williams to the Russian Army ..., 1st ed., 1856, wood engraved frontispiece, wood engraved vignette title, two folding maps and plans, light scattered spotting, contemporary half marbled calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, 8vo, together with Lake (Colonel Atwell), Kars and Our Captivity in Russia, 1st edition, Richard Bentley, 1856, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, light spotting and fingersoiling, original publisher's blind decorated cloth, rubbed and worn (especially to spine), 8vo, plus other Russia, Crimea, Caucasia and Black Sea related titles (7)
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Keynes (Geoffrey, ed.). A Bibliography of Dr. Robert Hooke, OUP, 1960, illustrations, original cloth, price-clipped d.j., spine a little toned, 4to, together with A Bibliography of the Works of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, by Denis Duveen & Herbert Klickstein, 1954, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, bookplate, original cloth, d.j., a couple of closed tears, royal 8vo, plus John Evelyn. A Study in Bibliophily with a Bibliography of his Writings, by Geoffrey Keynes, 2nd ed., OUP, 1968, illustrations, original cloth, d.j., 4to, with other science and natural history bibliography (36)
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Madan (Falconer). Oxford Books. A Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to the University and City of Oxford or Printed or Published there, 3 vols., OUP, 1895-1931, illustrations, original cloth, volume I with a few damp spots to covers, 8vo, together with Notes on a Century of Typography at the University Press Oxford 1693-1794, by Horace Hart, facsimile edition, ed. Harry Carter, OUP, 1970, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth gilt, one or two light stains, d.j., closed tear at head of spine, 4to, plus The Cambridge University Press 1696-1712. A Bibliographical Study, by D.F. McKenzie, 2 vols., CUP, 1966, original cloth, price-clipped d.j.s, spines faded, royal 8vo, with other Oxford and Cambridge University related bibliography etc (36)
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Speke (John Hanning). Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, 1st ed., 1863, portrait frontispiece, folding map (contained in rear pocket, folds reinforced to verso), single page map, wood-engraved illustrations, title with light offsetting from portrait, a few spots, bookplate, endpapers renewed with original spine laid down at front, modern half calf over original boards, 8vo Speke's account of the expedition, undertaken to prove his claim that the Nile issued from Lake Victoria Nyanza, for which he was awarded a gold medal from the Royal Geographic Society. (1)
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Strawberry Hill. A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill Collected by Horace Walpole, printed by Smith and Robins, [1842], lithographic portrait frontispiece on india paper (some spotting), additional wood-engraved title, some slight corner curling, original linen-backed printed upper wrapper, contemporary ownership name of Mrs Hayman excised, rubbed and soiled, small loss to lower outer corner and lower wrapper deficient, 4to (1)
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Dreyfus (John). A History of the Nonesuch Press , 1st edition, 1981, original cloth in dust jacket, (limited edition 337/950 copies), together with Marderstaig (Giovanni), Die Officina Bodoni, Das Werk einer Handpresse 1923-1977, edited Hans Schmoller, Hamburg, 1979, a few illustrations, original cloth in card slipcase (one of 1500 copies), plus Arnold (John), The Fanfrolico Press: Satyrs, Fauns & Fine Books, 1st edition, 2009, black and white illustrations including frontispiece, original cloth gilt, (one of 900 copies), all folio, plus Needham (Paul, editor), William Morris and Art of the Book, Oxford University Press, 1976, black and white plates including portrait frontispiece, original cloth in dust jacket, a little faded and chipped at head of spine, 4to, plus other modern private press and related including some in wrappers (36)
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Bentley (G.E., Jr.). Blake Books, Annotated Catalogues of William Blake's Writings in Illuminated Printing, in Conventional Typography and in Manuscript, revised edition, OUP, 1977, portrait frontispiece, original cloth in slightly rubbed and soiled dust jacket, thick 8vo, together with Wise (Thomas James), A Bibliography of the Writings in Verse and Prose of George Gordon Knowle, Baron Byron, 2 volumes, reprint, 1972, original cloth in dust jackets, slightly rubbed, soiled and faded, plus Healey (George Harris), The Cornell Wordsworth Collection: A catalogue of books and manuscripts presented to the University by Mr. Victor Emanuel, 1st edition, Cornell University Press, 1957, black and white plates, original cloth, (one of 750 copies), all large 8vo, plus other mostly 19th-century poet bibliographies and related (30)
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Colebeck (Norman). A Bookman's Catalogue: The Norman Colebeck Collection of 19th-Century and Edwardian Poetry and Belles Lettres, in the special collections of the University of British Columbia, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Vancouver, 1987, portrait frontispiece to each volume, original cloth gilt, large 8vo, together with Summers (Montague), A Gothic Bibliography, facsimile reprint edition, Fortune Press, n.d., some black and white plates, original cloth in rubbed and soiled dust jacket, partly faded, thick 8vo, plus Penzer (Norman M.), An Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Burton, facsimile reprint, New York, 1973, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, 8vo, plus other 19th-century bibliographies and reference (55)
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