Hunter (John). An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the Publication of Phillip's Voyage, Compiled from the Official Papers, Including the Journals of Governors Phillip and King, and of Lieut. Ball; and the Voyages from the first Sailing of the Sirius in 1787, to the return of that Ship's Company to England in 1792, 1st ed., John Stockdale, 1793, stipple engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title with vignette (marginal repair and close-trimmed at foot just affecting imprint), five engraved maps and charts, including two folding, ten engraved plates (including the Aboriginal family plate by William Blake), a few tears and repairs, occasional light offsetting, some spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 4to Ferguson 152. (1)
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Jack (Robert Logan). Northmost Australia. Three Centuries of Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in and Around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1921, 17 folding maps contained in rear pockets, portrait illustrations, some scattered spotting, endpapers toned, original green cloth gilt, edges a little bumped, 8vo (2)
Moeller (Bernard). Two Years at the Front with Mounted Infantry, 1903, portrait frontispiece, numerous maps (some folding), some toning, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 8vo, together with Jackson (Murray Cosby), A Soldier's Diary South Africa 1899-1901, published 1913, black & white frontispiece & illustrations, original cloth gilt, 8vo, with Hofmeyer (Adrian), The Story of my Captivity During the Transvaal War, 1899-1900, published 1900, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, and Ralph (Julian), War's Brighter Side..., 1901, black & white frontispiece, some spotting, clipped author's signature to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 8vo, plus five others (9)
Napoleon (Emperor of France). Napoleone, Documenti Tolti dalla sua Segreteria da Edvige Santin‚ nella Notte dal 4 al 5 Maggio 1821 il Tutto di Proprio Pugno di Napoleone, o Scritto Sotto la sua Dettatura, Waterloo, di Victor Hugo, Rome: Noi Editori, 1969, numerous colour and black & white illustrations and plates, some folding, blue moir‚ silk doublures, deckled edges, original blue sheep-backed hammered silver metal boards, spine with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold, lightly rubbed at ends, upper cover with impressed profile portrait of Napoleon, lower cover with impressed medallion portrait of Napoleon and Josephine, blue silk ribbon marker, folio (42.5 x 33cm/16.75 x 13ins), original blue moir‚ silk slipcase, with perspex oval in upper side (some light soiling) Limited edition, 503/1499 copies, ordered by Sergio Angelini. (1)
Cook (Captain James). A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of his Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed under the Direction of Caprains Cook, Clerke and Gore, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. Being a Copious, Comprehenisve and Satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage, 1st octavo ed., 4 vols., 1784, half titles to vols. II-IV, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. I, folding chart (with repaired tear), 49 copper-engraved plates and charts, including folding plate of the Death of Captain Cook, some scattered spotting, marginal dampstains and offsetting, contemporary previous owner signatures to front endpapers, modern half calf, spines with red labels, 8vo (4)
Spence (Rev. Joseph). Polymetis: or an Enquiry concerning the Agreement between Works of the Roman Poets and the Remains of the Antient Artists..., published R. Dodsley, 1747, engraved portrait frontispiece, forty-one engraved plates (including 3 double-page & one folding), engraved illustrations, front free endpaper with Ben Damph Forest library ink stamp (seat of the Earl of Lovelace), contemporary speckled calf, joint split and some wear, folio (1)
Collins (Lieutenant-Colonel David). An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its First Settlement in January 1788, to August 1801: With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners &c. of the Native Inhabitants of that Country. To which are Added, some Particulars of New Zealand, Compiled, by Permission, from the MSS. of Lieutenant-Governor King: And an Account of a Voyage Performed by Captain Flinders and Mr. Bass; by which the Existence of a Strait Separating Van Diemen's Land from the Continent of New Holland was Ascertained. Abstracted from the Journal of Mr. Bass, 2nd ed., 1804, engraved portrait frontispiece, 25 engraved plates and charts (a few close-trimmed), eight text engravings, including one hand-coloured, advertisement leaf at end, one or two closed tears, some offsetting and spotting, waterstains at front and rear gutters, previous owner signature, contemporary half-calf, modern calf reback, 4to Ferguson 390. Contains detailed accounts of the First Fleet expedition and life in the colony. It is noted for the realistic illustrations of an Aboriginal initiation ceremony, from drawings by convict artist Thomas Watling 'he no longer uses the enobling poses of antique sculpture' (Smith, European Vision and the South Pacific). The second part contains the only account of Bass's journal, which was never recovered, and record for the first time the existence of the koala, wombat and lyrebird. (1)
Moule (Thomas). The English Counties Delineated; or a Topographical Description of England..., 2 volumes, published George Virtue, 1837, additional decorative title, portrait frontispiece of William IV, folding decorative engraved map of England & Wales, trimmed with slight loss, four sheet map of England & Wales, a 'comparison' plate, one engraved plate of Canterbury Cathedral and forty-nine decorative engraved maps only (appears to lack the town plans fo Oxford, Cambridge and Bath), several maps trimmed with slight loss, slight spotting throughout, page 229 with small area of text neatly excised, near contemporary half calf, re-backed but retaining original spines, marbled sidings a little rubbed, 4to, together with, Aikin (John), England Delineated; or a Geographical Description of every County in England and Wales..., 3rd edition, 1795, folding engraved map of England & Wales and forty-two uncoloured engraved county maps, occasional pencil annotations to text, some staining to rear of atlas affecting maps and text, modern half calf gilt, 8vo (3)
Cesnola (Alexander Palma di). Salaminia (Cyprus), The History, Treasures, & Antiquities of Salamis in the Island of Cyprus, 2nd ed., 1884, wood-engraved half-title, colour lithograph frontispiece, single-page map, numerous black and white illustrations, single advertisement leaf to rear, ex library copy with usual stamps, including perforated stamp to half-title, occasional offsetting, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with Cesnola (General Louis Palma di). Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in that Island, 1st US edition, New York, 1878, portrait frontispiece, map and illustrations, contemporary previous owner signature, rear hinge breaking, front hinge reinforced, t.e.g., contemporary green half morocco, rebacked with original spine relaid, 8vo Blackmer 1237 (for the first English edition of 1877), for the second work. (2)
Camden (William). Annals, or, the Historie of the most Renowned and Victorious Princesse Elizabeth, Late Queen of England..., 3rd edition, 1635, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title (both lined to verso, dust-soiled and browned), ink stamps to letterpress title (& marginallia) and to following leaf, general toning, dust-soiling and light spotting, early 19th century calf, spine with gilt armorial of Trinity House to upper & lower compartments with motto 'Trinitas in Unitate' beneath, lightly rubbed & marked, small folio in 6s (1)
Mandelslo (Johann Albrecht von). Voyages Celebres & remarquables, faits de Perse aux Indes Orientales ... contenant une Description nouvelle & tres-curieuse de l'Indostan, de l'Empire du Grand-Mogol, des Iles & Presqu'iles de l'Orient, des Royaumes de Siam, du Japon, de la Chine, du Congo, &c., nouvelle edition revue & corrig‚e exactement, augment‚e considerablement ... & surpassant en bont‚ & en beaut‚ les pr‚cedentes editions, trans. A. de Wicquefort, 2 volumes, Amsterdam: Michel Charles le CŠne, 1727, half-titles, printed titles in red and black, engraved portrait of the author, folding panoramic engraved view of Yedo (Tokyo), fourteen further engraved folding plates, thirteen engraved plates (on seven pages), twenty engraved maps (including fourteen folding), plus some engraved plates and maps to text, carefully removed library stamps to half-titles and printed titles, catalogue numbers in ink to verso of titles and front free endpapers, overall toning throughout, contemporary marbled calf, spine varnished, joints and extremities rubbed and worn, library labels and shelf mark to spines, folio Brunet IV, 178; Cordier, Japonica pp.367-8. (2)
Raffald (Elizabeth). The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. Wrote Purely from Practice, and Dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author Lately Served as House-Keeper: Consisting of near Eight Hundred Original Receipts, Most of Which Never Appeared in Print..., 2nd edition, 1771, signed by the author on p.1, three folding engraved plates, including one of a stove, and two of table settings (one with large closed tear), final index leaf and advertisement leaf at rear (latter detached), some spotting and marks, one or two marginal tears, rear free endpaper detached and with adhesive tape at gutter, contemporary sheep, worn, with lower cover detached, 8vo, together with a third edition of The Female Economist, by Mrs. Smith, 1810 (frontispiece and covers detached) Maclean, p.121. One of the scarcer editions, and seemingly one of the few not to have a frontispiece portrait of the author. (2)
Lethaby (William Richard). Form in Civilization, collected papers on Art & Labour, Oxford University Press, 1922, half-title, library ink stamp to title, original boards, a little dust-soiled, small 8vo, together with Art and Life, and the Building and Decoration of Cities, a Series of Lectures by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, delivered at the Fifth Exhibition of the Society in 1896, Rivington, Percival & Co., 1897, including essays by Cobden-Sanderson, Lethaby, Walter Crane and others, original cloth-backed boards, few minor marks, 8vo, plus Scrip's and Scraps by W. R. Lethaby, gatehred and introduced by Alfred H. Powell, Cirencester: Earle & Ludlow, black and white portrait frontispiece, plus others relating to William Lethaby, including Town Theory and Practice, edited by C. B. Purdom (with a contribution on Garden Cities by Lethaby), and others (10)
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German Poetry. Gedichte [and] Erinnerungen von Friedrich Althaus [1829-1897], 2 manuscript volumes, both largely in Althaus's hand, the first volume of original poetry, including poems originally written between 1846 and 1864 and written up later, mostly to rectos only of approximately 70 leaves, and including some poems written up in a neater unidentified hand and one published poem from 1848 tipped in with tape, the volume of memoirs of his life written up circa 1895 in London and also including a life of his father [Friedrich Althaus, general superintendent of Lippe-Detmold] and also his work on the portrait collection at Buckingham Palace between 1856 and 1864, approximately 130 pages written in a small and very difficult hand, typed contents leaf at front, plus a third typescript volume of Friedrich Althaus's poetry compiled the year after his death in 1898, title, contents, index and 80 leaves of text, neatly typed to rectos only, a few minor manuscript corrections, all top edge gilt, uniform contemporary half morocco, all with some wear and cracked on joints, final volume with covers detached and spine deficient, 4to Friedrich Althaus was a German writer and historian who moved to London after finished his doctoral thesis in History at the University of Berlin in 1852. He taught German at Woolwich Academy, later taking up the post of Professor of German at University College, London, in 1874, a post he held until his death in 1897. His publications include 'Englische Charakterbilder' (1869), 'On the Personal Relations between Goethe and Byron' (1888) and 'Erinnerungen an Thomas Carlyle' (1881), an account of the writing of biography and of the meetings between the two men. (3)
Wingfield (Colonel). Historical Record of The Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry, from its formation in 1795, up to the year 1887, 1888, 6 colour illustrations (lacking frontispiece), some light spotting, later quarter morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, together with Trotter (Lionel J.), The Bayard of India, A Life of General Sir James Outram, Bart. G.C.B., etc. 1903, black and white illustrations including portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, contemporary inscription to front endpapers, ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, original red cloth, spine slightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other late 19th and 20th-century military and war reference and related, including publications by Pen & Sword, Schiffer Military History, Arms & Armour Press, Airlife, H.M.S.O., mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves & a carton)
'SEVRES' PORCELAIN OVAL TRINKET BOX painted autour with pink roses and foliate scrolls on a white ground with foliate banded borders, the slightly domed, hinged lid applied in the centre with a bust portrait of a lady in a gilt metal frame, the gilt metal mounted reed and ribbon edges to the lid and box having an anthemion leaf hinged clasp, blue painted mark with number one on the base, 5" wide
A 20th century oil painting on canvas, shoulder length portrait of a young eastern woman with flowers in her hair and pronounced piercings to her ears, indistinctly signed bottom left L Lamar (?), with Hong Kong framers label verso, 56 x 45 cm approx in wooden frame with wide green hessian outer border
A collection of three oil paintings on board of life studies including a seated female nude figure, a shoulder length portrait of a character in black head dress, etc, 46 x 35 cm approx together with a further large oil painting on board of a seated female character with long hair, a charcoal study of an elderly woman reading a newspaper, signed bottom right Michael Gregory (?), etc
An early 20th century watercolour of oval form showing a portrait of a young boy, half length, wearing a dark grey jacket, 7 cm diameter approx in oval brass frame together with a further 19th century oval miniature portrait of a young child with blonde hair, 4 cm diameter approx in an oval gilt frame with brown velvet surround
An early 20th century miniature portrait on ivorine (?) showing shoulder length portrait of a young woman in pink dress and ruffled collar, with label verso - Elisa Farren (1759-1829), with further biographical details (possibly a copy of the portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence), 6 cm maximum approx in gilt metal frame with easel back and griffin and floral surmount together with a further oval miniature portrait, half length study of a young woman in early 19th century style dress with plaited hair and a fur cape, with old label verso inscribed - Lady Haddington, 6 cm maximum approx in gilt frame
A collection of Lilliput Lane cottages including Convent in the Woods, Grantchester Meadows, etc, together with a collection of Wedgwood blue ground Jasperwares including heart shaped box and cover with portrait of the Queen, a further trinket box and cover in the form of a playing card spade, two pairs of urns and covers, one in a sage green colourway, etc
Two platinum wedding bands, approximately 5.4gm, a Victorian hair scroll and pearl set pendant engraved verso 'Elizabeth Jane Glubb & Jane Glubb', a Victorian brooch with hair scroll to one side and miniature portrait to the other, a hair scroll brooch with seed pearl border and sundry buttons, medallions etc.
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Fortunino Matania [ARR]/L Battery R.H.A. Retreat from Mons/signed and dated 1915/impressed mark Fine Art Trade Guild, published by Henry Graves & Co/a photographic portrait of a gentleman, 57cm x 85cm and sundry pictures and prints/Provenance: Plas Gwyn, Anglesey Condition Report: Note: Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite") Regulations 2006 apply to this lot.
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