Beattie (William). The Danube: Its History, Scenery, and Topography, c. 1840, engraved portrait, additional title, two engraved maps, 80 steel-engraved plates after Bartlett, illustrations, scattered spotting, previous owner signatures, contemporary green half morocco, edges rubbed, 4to, together with Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, by Christopher Wordsworth, 1839, additional engraved title, two maps, 25 engraved plates, occasional marginal waterstain, a few spots, a.e.g., contemporary green morocco gilt, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus Sketches of Germany and the Germans, with a Glance at Poland, Hungary & Switzerland, in 1834, 1835 and 1836, by an Englishman Resident in Germany [i.e. Edmund Spencer], 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1836, colour frontispiece to each by George Baxter, lacking folding map, a few spots at front, contemporary presentation inscription, small circular bookplates, a.e.g., contemporary crimson full morocco gilt, 8vo (4)
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Letchford (Albert, illust.). A Series of Seventy Original Illustrations to Captain Sir R.F. Burton's "Arabian Nights", Reproduced from the Original Pictures in Oils, H.S. Nichols, 1897, half title, portrait and 70 gravure plates, printed guards, some spotting and marginal waterstains, hinges reinforced, contemporary green half morocco, spine with rasised bands and gilt decoration, a little rubbed and scuffed with dampstains, 4to Edition de Luxe, one of 250. (1)
Dickens (Charles). The Personal History of David Copperfield, 1st edition, Bradbury & Evans, 1850, bound from the parts, half-title discarded, etched frontispiece and additional title (toned), and thirty-eight etched plates by H.K. Browne, some plates with marginal spotting and minor water-staining to fore-edges, contemporary half calf gilt, extremities rubbed, slight loss to head of spine, 8vo, together with The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st edition, Chapman and Hall, 1839, bound from the parts, etched portrait frontispiece (toned and offset to title) and thirty-nine etched plates, occasional spotting, marbled endpapers and edges, hinges neatly repaired, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, plus Little Dorrit, 1st edition, Bradbury and Evans, 1857, etched frontispiece and additional title (water-stained at gutter), thirty-eight etched plates, some marginal spotting, hinges split, marbled edges, contemporary green half calf gilt, rubbed, and extremities a little worn, spine faded, 8vo (3)
Ward (Rowland). Records of Big Game Containing an Account of their Distribution, Descriptions of Species, Lengths and Weights, Measurements of Horns and Field Notes for the Use of Sportsmen and Naturalists, 4 vols., 1st, 4th, 6th & XVth (Africa) eds., 1896-1973, first three volumes with portrait frontispiece, illustrations, some light spots, previous owner inscriptions, original cloth, 1896 rebacked with most of original spine relaid, covers lightly rubbed with some stains, small 4to (4)
Manner of Giuseppe Macpherson (1720-1792). Sei Pittori Italiani, circa 1850, calligraphic title-page with gold initial letters, six oval portrait miniatures of artists, watercolour on card, mounted within gilt line border on thick card leaves (foxed), each with calligraphic name in black ink below: Giovanni Cimabue, Giotto, Tiziano, Raffaello, Annibale Caracci, Carlo Dolci, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, original brown morocco, lightly rubbed in places, spine faded, raised bands between blind rules, covers with blind double fillet border, gold metal clasp, small 4to (1)
Hill (George Birkbeck, ed.). Boswell's Life of Johnson, volumes 1-6 (complete), mixed editions, 1975-79, 6 black and white portrait frontispieces, original red cloth in dust jackets, volumes 5 & 6 with price-clipped dust jackets, covers slightly marked, 8vo, together with Thwaite (Anthony, [editor]), Selected Letters of Philip Larkin 1940-1985, 1st edition, 1992, original red cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Murdoch (Iris), The Sandcastle, 1st edition, 1957, signed by the author to front endpaper, original green cloth, boards and spine slightly faded, 8vo, plus Brookner (Anita), Providence, 1st edition, 1982, Look At Me, 1st edition, 1983, both signed by the author to front endpapers, both original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly faded, 8vo, and other modern literature, including V.S. Naipaul, Giacomo Casanova, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (2 cartons)
Gretton (Lt.-Col. G. le M. & General Stannus Geoghegan). The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, 2 vols., 1911-1927, volume I second thousand, portrait frontispiece to each, folding maps (one contained in volume II rear pocket), a few spots, bookplates, t.e.g., original blue cloth gilt, spines faded with closed tears at ends, 4to, together with The History of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), compiled and edited by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Ernest Whitton, 2 vols., 1924, folding maps, light spotting, volume I frontispiece detached, bookplates, original blue and green cloth, a little rubbed and stained, 8vo, plus The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the World War, by Sir Frank Cox, 1928, maps and illustrations, bookplate, original blue cloth, small indentation to lower cover, 8vo, with others including Cyril Falls' The History of the 36th (Ulster) Division, 1922, Rudyard Kipling's The Irish Guards in the Great War, 2 vols., 1923 (spines faded and torn at ends), and Record of the 5th (Service) Battalion the Connaught Rangers from 19th August 1914 to 17th January 1916, 1916 (15)
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... new ed., 2 vols., York, 1786, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, 41 engraved plates, three tables (two folding, one double-page), one or two minor spots, contemporary tree calf, rebacked in modern tan morocco, with green labels and gilt tree motif in compartments, 4to (2)
Evelyn (John & Hunter, A.). 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 of October 1662, together with an Historical Account of the Sacredness and use of Standing Groves, 3rd edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged. To which is added the Terra: a Philosophical Discourse of Earth, 2 vols., York, 1801, engraved portrait frontispiece, 45 engraved plates (including 2 folding), edges untrimmed, original publisher's boards, printed title labels to spine, joints cracked and some wear, 4to (2)
Ponsonby (Sir Frederick). The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918, 3 vols., 1920, portrait frontispiece to each, maps and illustrations, light toning front and rear, bookplates, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, label residue to spines, 8vo, together with History of the Guards Division in the Great War 1915-1918, by Cuthbert Headlam, 2 vols., 1924, colour frontispiece to each, folding maps, some spotting, bookplates, original red cloth, spines faded, volume I spine splitting with tears, 8vo, plus The 2nd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in the Great War (1914-19), by Major W.E. Grey, 1929, numerous maps and illustrations, half title with 39 signatures of former servicemen, bookplate, original contrasting cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, with others including Sir Frederick Maurice's The History of the London Rifle Brigade 1859-1919, 1921, J.Q. Henriques' The War History of the 1st Battalion Queen's Westminster Rifles 1914-1918, 1923, Reginal Berkeley's The History of the Rifle Brigade in the War of 1914-1918, 3 vols., 1927-36, Colonel Mackinnon's Origin and services of the Coldstream Guards, 2 vols., 1833 and Wentworth Porter & Sir Charles M. Watson's History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, vols. 1-3 only (of 11), 1889-1915 (72)
*Suffragettes. A group of 7 autograph letters, notes and postcard, circa 1880s and later, including a four-page autograph letter signed from Emily Davies (1830-1921), Maidstone, 30 August 1918, concerning Mr Gardner's little boy, 'Mr Gardner Waterman tells me the Educational Authorities will take all responsibility about his case and visit him periodically... ', 8vo, a two-page autograph letter signed from Sarah Grand, 2 November 1912, apologising for not going to a lecture, 'but I had fixed that day for a Committee Meeting of the local branch of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Society of which I am president... ', autograph note of Mrs Fawcett dated 1908 (plus unused postcard of her), an autograph letter signed from her husband Henry Fawcett to Octavia Hill, 1884, signature of F.W. Pethwick-Lawrence on headed paper, autographs of Ethel Smyth and Nancy Astor on plain sheets of paper, the letter in a mount with reproduction portrait (8)
Ogilvie-Grant (W.R. & Millais, J.G., and others). The Gun at Home and Abroad. British Game Birds and Wildfowl, published The London & Counties Press Association Ltd, 1912, portrait photogravure frontispiece of King George V, additional half title, numerous colour and black and white illustrations throughout, limited edition 849/950, bookplate of C. Gordon Booth, t.e.g., remainder uncut, contemporary morocco gilt, spine a little faded, folio, together with, Kirkman (F.B. & Hutchinson Horace G. editors), British Sporting Birds, published T.C. & E.C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, 1924, additional half title, numerous colour and black and white illustrations throughout, publisher's decorative cloth gilt, 4to, with, Bowdler Sharpe (R.), Sketch-Book of British Birds, published S.P.C.K., 1898, title page with colour vignette, numerous colour illustrations to text throughout, bookplate of Alan Francis Brooke, publisher's decorative cloth gilt, slight staining, 4to, plus, Collinge (Walter E.), The Food of Some British Wild Birds: A Study of Economic Ornithology, published by The Author, York, 1924 - 27, portrait frontispiece, numerous uncoloured diagrams and illustrations throughout, t.e.g., remainder un-trimmed, near contemporary half morocco gilt, spine faded, 4to (4)
Taplin (William). The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or Modern System of Farriery Comprehending the Present Entire Improved Mode of Practice, 5th edition, published G.Kearsley, 1788, additional half title, publisher's advertisement bound at rear, modern endpapers, modern half calf, 8vo, together with another copy of the twelth edition (1793) with a portrait frontispiece and a near contemporary ink ownership signature to title page, bound with 'A Treatise on the Suitable Bitting of Horses..., published Edward Latchford, 1832, four engraved plates (including one folding), contemporary half morocco gilt, worn at extremities, 8vo, with another copy of the thirteenth edition (1796), bound in two volumes, contemporary tree calf gilt with contrasting label to spine, a little rubbed, 8vo (4)
Weeks (Edwin Lord). From the Black Sea through Persia and India, published New York, Harper & Brothers, 1896, gravure portrait frontispiece, additional half title, numerous illustrations to text throughout, slight adhesion to gutta on first few leaves, four original watercolours of scenes in Egypt, each initialled by the author to front pastedown, recto and verso of front endapaper and the verso of the portrait, hinges weak, t.e.g., publisher's gilt decorative cloth, frayed at head and foot of spine, 8vo (1)
Wyrall (Everard). The History of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1914-1919, 1st ed., 1932, portrait frontispiece, numerous folding maps, one leaf loose, bookplate, original green cloth gilt, a few light marks, 4to, together History of the Dorsetshire Regiment, 1914-1919, 3 parts in one vol., Dorchester, Henry Ling, [1932], three folding maps at end (one or two small holes), a few light spots, previous owner inscription, bookplate, original green cloth, some flecked dampstains, thick 8vo, plus With the Cornwall Territorials on the Western Front, by E.C. Matthews, Cambridge, 1921, portrait frontispiece, maps and illustrations, light spotting, later red cloth, 8vo, with others including Everard Wyrall's The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1914-1919, 1927, C.T. Atkinson's The Devonshire Regiment 1914-1918, 1926, The Rifle Brigade Chronicle for 1921-1938 and The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1922, 1924-41, 1943-48 & 1950-53 (67)
M'Lean (Thomas, pub.). The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings from Drawings made on the Spot, 1818, half title, hand-coloured stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece of Antonaki Ramadani, additional engraved title with aquatint vignette, 29 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some minor offsetting and a few spots, modern plum cloth, paper label to upper cover, folio Abbey Travel 373; Blackmer 1125. (1)
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[Savonarola, Girolamo]. Meditations Chrestiennes. Sur, Les Pseaumes: LI. O Dieu aye mercy de moy. LXXX. O Pasteur d'Israel. XXXI. Seigneur i'ay mis mon espoir, [translated by J. Castol], London: par Thomas Vautrollier Imprimeur demourant aux Black-Frieres, 1585, [32],191,[1]pp., woodcut device to title and portrait illustration to verso (soiled & torn with loss), few decorative woodcut initials, text in French & Latin, red ruled throughout, fraying to fore-edge margins of initial few leaves, some dust-soiling and mottling, contemporary inscription to rear endpaper (torn), lacking front endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, covers loosening, 16mo in 8s Adams S491. Rare. Only one UK institutional location found (Cambridge University). (1)
*Bolswert (Schelte Adams, 1576-1659). Johannes Baptista Barbé, after Anthony Van Dyck, circa 1635-40, etching with engraving on laid paper with indistinct watermark, a good strong impression, with wide margins, plate size 245 x 160 mm (9.6 x 6.25 ins), sheet size 355 x 229 mm (14 x 9 ins), together with Margareta Princeps Lotharingia Ducissa Serenissima Aurelianensis, after Anthony Van Dyck, circa 1640, etching with engraving on laid paper, with margins, plate size 245 x 180 mm (9.6 x 7.1 ins), sheet size 285 x 219 mm (11.25 x 8.6 ins), with collector's stamp of Oswald Stein to verso, plus Turner (Edward, 19th century), Rural landscape with ruined archway and figures on a path, pen & brown ink on paper, laid down on backing paper with contemporary ink ruled and wash mount, initialled E.T. to wash border lower left, and inscribed to verso 'May Forbes The gift of E. Turner March 31st and last day', 150 x 225 mm (5.9 x 8.9 ins), plus 14 other various pen & ink or pencil drawings, mostly 19th century, but including a few 18th century, including a pencil portrait on paper of the scriptural geologist Granville Penn (1761-1844), with monogram T.S. (autograph signature of the sitter attached to lower corner), a small pencil study of cherubs on laid paper, numbered in ink to top corner, 134, etc., various sizes Mauquoy-Hendrickx 20 for the first item, a portrait of the Flemish engraver Jean-Baptiste Barbé, published as part of Van Dyck's Iconographie. (17)
Baker (W.B.). Fields and Flowers; or, The Stockton Naturalist, 1st edition, 1867, black and white portrait photograph frontispiece, signed 'I am yours faithfully W.B. Baker' to frontispiece, some minor spotting, contemporary green cloth, boards slightly marked, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Phillips (Henry), Flora Historica: or the Three Seasons of the British Porterre... , volumes 1 & 2, 2nd edition, 1829, some slight spotting, uniformly rebound in modern green cloth, 8vo, and Grindon (Leo H.), Country Rambles, and Manchester Walks and Wild Flowers... , 1st edition, 1882, signed by the author to title-page, 6 black and white full-page illustrations, some water staining to frontispiece, original gilt-decorated green cloth, boards slightly marked, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th-century horticultural reference and related, mostly hardback publications, some original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Stanley (Henry M.). The Congo and the Founding of its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploartion, 2 vols., 1st edition, 1885, wood engraved frontispieces, plates and illustrations, folding maps (including one in rear pocket of each volume, browned to verso), original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, together with In Darkest Africa, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria, 2 vols., 5th edition, 1891, wood engraved frontispieces, plates and illustrations, three folding maps and one folding table, original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Livingstone (David), Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, 1857, engraved portrait frontispiece, one double-page colour lithograph plate, numerous wood engraved plates, one folding diagram and two folding maps, damp-soiling at rear of volume affecting folding maps, 20th century half morocco gilt, lower board damp-soiled, 8vo, plus 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, John Murray, 1865, double-page wood engraved frontispiece (strengthened to verso), wood engraved plates and illustrations, 20th century half morocco gilt, light soiling to board edges, 8vo (6)
Jewel (John). [The Works of the very Learned and Reverend Father in God John Jewell ... Newly set forth with some Amendment of Divers Quotations: and a Briefe Discourse of his Life, 4 parts in one, London: Printed by John Norton, 1609], lacking general title, individual titles for each part printed within decorative woodcut borders (title to first part slightly torn), some early ink underscoring, initial few leaves loose and frayed to margins, contemporary calf, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, some wear, folio, together with Pennant (Thomas), The Literary Life of the Late Thomas Pennant, Esq. by Himself, 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece, edges untrimmed, contemporary marbled boards, upper board detached, lacking spine, 4to, plus other miscellaneous books including The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1950, colour plates, original cloth, 8vo, Antique Point and Honiton Lace..., by Mrs. Treadwin, circa 1870s, two worn copies of Language of Flowers illustrated by Kate Greenaway etc., plus [Slezer, John, 1645-1717], Prospectus Civitatis Innerness - The Prospect of ye Town of Innerness, engraved view of Inverness printed by Thomas Millward, plate taken from Theatrum Scotiae, some toning, 27 x 43.3cm (10.5 x 16.75 inches), 20th century frame, glazed, plus four sets of late 19th-mid 20th century playing cards, contained in original boxes (a small carton)
Davidian (H.H.). The Rhododendron Species, volumes 1-3, 1st editions, 1982-92, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, all original green cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed, spines slightly faded, large 4to, together with Batton (Auriol), Flowers of Southern Africa, South Africa, 1986, limited edition 547/4000, numerous colour illustrations, minor toning, original faux green morocco in dust jacket, covers slightly marked and faded, large 4to, and Keynes (Geoffrey), John Ray, A Bibliography, 1951, limited edition of 650 copies, 20 black and white illustrations including portrait frontispiece, bookplate to front endpaper, original green cloth in dust jacket, cover toned and slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th-century botanical history and reference, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves & a carton)
Miniature Book. Officium B. Mariae Virg. nuper reformatum, et Pii V. Pont. Max. jussu editum..., Antwerp: ex Officina Plantiniana apud viduam & heredes Balth. Moreti, 1677, [32],1-520, 523-712,[4]pp., title in red & black with small engraved portrait, fourteen full-page engraved illustrations, lacking leaf Kk5 (pp.521/523), text in red & black throughout, few leaves creased to corners and one slightly torn, occasional light dust-soiling and minor dampstaining, front free endpaper lacking, 19th century morocco, thick 32mo, (76 x 48mm) (1)
Fortune (Robert). A Residence among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea. Being a Narrative of Scenes and Adventures During a Third Visit to China, from 1853 to 1856, 1st ed., 1857, wood-engraved illustrations, a few light spots, original blindstamped cloth, small indentation to upper cover, some mottled stains, 8vo, together with Travels in Central Asia. Being the Account of a Journey from Teheran across the Turkoman Desert on the Eastern Shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand, Performed in the Year 1863 by Arminius Vambery, 1st ed., 1864, folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, stitching a little strained, original green cloth, light mottled stains to upper cover, 8vo, plus The Snows of Tibet through China, by A.E. Pratt, 1892, portrait frontispiece, folding map, illustrations, a few spots, blindstamps of the publisher and Royal Scottish Geograohical Society to title, bookplate, original blue cloth gilt, spine darkened and rubbed at ends, 8vo, with three others: Arminius Vambery's Sketches of Central Asia, 1868 (ex-libris), O. Olufsen's Through the Unknown Pamirs. The Second Danish Pamir Expedition 1898-99, 1904 and Sir Francis Younghusband's Peking to Lhasa, 1925 (6)
Kipling (Rudyard). The Jungle Book, reprinted edition, 1896, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, The Second Jungle Book, reprint edition, 1895, both numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting, both original gilt-decorated blue cloth, covers and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Dickens (Charles), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st edition, 1839, 40 black and white plates including portrait frontispiece, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting and offsetting throughout, internal hinges reinforced with brown tape, contemporary cloth boards, hinges cracked, spine rubbed, plus Little Dorrit, 1st edition, 1857, 38 black and white plates including frontispiece, some light spotting, contemporary half morocco, boards slightly rubbed, spine faded and rubbed to head and foot, both 8vo, and Fuller (Thomas), The Holy State, 3rd edition, 1652, later bookplate to front pastedown, front endpaper detached, contemporary inscription to head of title, title-page and A3 trimmed, some light spotting, contemporary calf, boards and spine rubbed with loss, 8vo, plus other 17th to 19th-century antiquarian literature and reference, some leather bindings, many Victorian pictorial cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Kinglake (Alexander William). The Invasion of the Crimea,: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan, vols. I-IV & VI only (of 8), 1863-80, folding plates, maps and plans, scattered spotting, original burgundy cloth, spines a little faded with repairs, 8vo, together with The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1914-1919, by Everard Wyrall, 1st ed., 1927, portrait frontispiece, folding maps, light toning, front endpaper excised at top corner, original half morocco, a few stains, 4to, plus The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919, by C.T. Atkinson, 1924, folding maps, original blue cloth, 8vo, with other military including The History of the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles, 1921 and "The Kensingtons" 13th London Regiment, c. 1935 (approx 40)
Spence (Rev. Joseph). Polymetis: or an Enquiry concerning the Argreement between Works of the Roman poets and the Remains of the Antient Artists..., published R.Dodsley, 1747, engraved portrait frontispiece, forty-one uncoloured engraved plates, bookplate of George Thornhill Esq., contemporary calf, skillfully re-backed, sidings worn and rubbed, folio (1)
Hall (B.P. & Moreau R.E.). An Atlas of Speciation in African Passerine Birds, published Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1970, additional half title, colour frontispiece, 439 maps showing the distribution of various species, publisher's cloth gilt, d.j., folio, together with, Fleming (C.A.), George Edward Lodge, Unpublished Bird Paintings, published Michael Joseph, 1983, additional half title, numerous colour plates, publisher's quarter cloth gilt with mock leather sidings, d.j., folio, with, Audubon (John James), The Original Water-Colour Paintings by John James Audubon for the Birds of America, Introduction by Marshall B. Davidson, 1966, colour portrait frontispiece, numerous colour plates, publisher's cloth gilt, d.j. price-clipped, folio, plus, Godfrey (W.Earl), The Birds of Canada, published Ottawa, 1966, additional half title, numerous colour plates and distribution maps throughout, map endpapers, publisher's cloth gilt, d.j., folio, and, Macdonald (J.D.),Birds of Australia, A Summary of Information, 1973, additional half title, numerous colour and black & white plates, pubisher's cloth gilt, d.j., 4to, with another ten volumes similar, all 20th century, mostly 4to and folio (15)
Elwes (Henry John and Henry, Augustine). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland, 7 volumes. in the original 15 parts, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1906-13, colour frontispiece to volumes. 1-5, colour pictorial titles, portrait and 413 plates, mostly photogravures, list of subscribers, errata and addenda in Index volume, uncut, original pictorial grey wrappers printed in blue, lacking upper siding on one volume (volume 7), all slightly rubbed and a little frayed, folio Nissen BBI 595. (7)
Passeri (Giovanni Battista). Lucernae Fictiles musei Passerii, 3 vols., Pisauri: Gavelliis, 1739-1751, titles in red & black, each with engraved vignette device (round ink library stamp to lower outer blank corners of each), engraved portrait plate and 322 engraved plates representing ancient objects from the collection of Passeri (many depicting types of oil lamps), lower margins of few plates in volume 3 with stain mark (not touching image, obscured with white chalk), armorial bookplate of Boyce Harvey Combe to upper pastedowns, contemporary full sheep, gilt decorated spines with contrasting labels, some light cracking to joints, folio Graesse V 156 and Brunet IV 418. (3)
Zeldin (Theodore). France 1848-1945, volumes 1 & 2, 1st editions, OUP, 1973-77, original black cloth in price-clipped dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Seton-Watson (Hugh), The Russian Empire 1801-1917, 1st edition, OUP, 1967, some light spotting, original blue cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked, 8vo, plus Hill (George Birkbeck), Footsteps of Dr Johnson (Scotland), 1890, numerous black and white illustrations including portrait frontispiece, some light spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated half morocco, boards and spine rubbed to head and foot, 4to, plus other modern historical and political reference and literature, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Harting (J.E.). A Handbook of British Birds..., 1901, additional half title, thirty-five colour lithographic plates, t.e.g., remainder uncut, publisher;s cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, together with, Dixon (Charles), British Sea Birds, published Bliss, Sands and Foster, 1896, additional half title, eight black & white illustrations by Charles Whymper, slight spotting, library blindstamp to front endpaper, publisher's cloth gilt with black and white plate to upper siding, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, with, Smith (Rev. Alfred Charles), The Birds of Wiltshire..., published R.H. Porter London and H.F. Bull Devizes, 1887, publisher's decorative cloth gilt, spine a little faded, bumped at extremities, 8vo, plus, Dixon (Charles), Bird-Life in a Southern County being Eight Years' Gleanings among the Birds of Devonshire, published Walter Scott Ltd., 1899, portrait frontispiece, additional half title, publisher's cloth gilt, 8vo, with another fifteen volumes similar, all related to birds and bird watching, various sizes and condition (19)
Wauchope (Major-General A.G.). A History of the Black Watch [Royal Highlanders] in the Great War, 1914-1918, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1925-26, folding maps, half-tone illustrations, light spotting, bookplates, original cloth gilt, tears at head of spines, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The Royal Scots 1914-1919, by Major John Ewing, M.C., 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1925, portrait frontispiece to volume I, maps and illustrations, bookplates, original blue cloth, spines faded, 8vo, plus The Border Regiment in the Great War, by Colonel H.C. Wylly, 1924, folding maps (three contained in rear pocket), some light spotting, bookplate, original green cloth gilt, 4to, with others related including The K.O.S.B. in the Great War, by Captain Stair Gillon, 1930, John Ewing's The History of the 9th (Scottish) Division 1914-1919, 1921, Colonel J.M. Findlay's With the 8th Scottish Rifles 1914-1919, 1926 and The Fifth Battalion the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1914-1919, 1936 (47)
Montgomery (Archibald, Major-General Sir). The Story of the Fourth Army in the Battles of the Hundred Days, August 8th to November 11th, 1918, 2 vols. (text/maps), 1920, numerous half-tone illustrations, folding maps contained maps volume, some spotting and one or two detached leaves in text volume, hinges breaking, inkstamps, original red cloth gilt, some fading and soiling, map volume with shelf number to spine, 4to, together with The Fifth Army, by General Sir Hubert Gough, 1931, portrait frontispiece, folding maps, scattered spotting bookplate and signature, original cloth, edges a little rubbed, 8vo, plus The Thirty-Third Division in France and Flanders 1915-1919, by Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Seton Hutchinson, 1921, portrait frontispiece, maps and illustrations, some toning, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, some edgewear and mottled dampstains, 4to, with others including H.R. Sandilands' The 23rd Division 1914-1919, 1925, Sir Arthur B. Scott's History of the 12th (Eastern) Division in the Great War, 1914-1918, 1923, Colonel P.H. Dalbiac's History of the 60th Division (2/2nd London Division), 1927, Captain Stair Gillon's The Story of the 29th Division, 1925, H.M. Davson's The History of the 35th Division in the Great War, 1926 and other Division histories (32)
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... With Notes by A. Hunter, York, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi, 40 engraved plates, including one folding, folding table, list of subscribers and receipt for two Guineas for Lord Bishop of Kilmore tipped-in (with his signature to title and bookplate, occasional light offsetting and spotting, endpapers sometime renewed with bookplates relaid, contemporary calf, old reback preserving original spine, rubbed and scuffed, 4to (1)
Dugdale (Sir William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire, Illustrated from Records, Leiger-Books, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombes and Armes: Beautified with Maps, Prospects and Portraictures, 2 volumes, 1730, portrait frontispiece, title printed in red & black, double-page map of Warwickshire and five double page engraved maps of the county hundreds, twenty-five engraved plates (including twelve double page), numerous engravings to text, with many by Hollar, near contemporary speckled panelled calf, boards detached or near detached, a little worn at extremities, folio Upcott p.1259. (2)
Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, vols. I & II, V & VI only bound in 2 vols., 1855-56, 168 tinted lithographed plates, including four titles and one portrait, lithographed map, occasional mainly marginal light waterstains and spotting, gauffered gilt edges, contemporary red full morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, upper covers initialled 'M.W.', some light fading to first volume, a few scuff marks, 4to Abbey Travel 388. The first quarto edition. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (2)
Léopold Bernhard Bernstamm (Russo-French, 1859 - 1939), a patinated bronze portrait bust of Czar Nicholas II, portrayed wearing the uniform of the Life Guard Preobrazhensky Regiment, his cloak draped around his right arm and over the rectangular section socle, signed in the maquette at the base edge (verso) L. Bernstamm and dated 1897 , 48cm high Provenance: Previously sold at Bonhams London, November 28th 2012, the Russian Sale, lot 28 Bernstamm was born in Riga, now Latvia, entering the studio of Prof. David Jensen at age 13. A year later he entered the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Petersburg, where he won prizes. In the early 1880s he made around thirty busts of celebrated Russians including Fyodor Dostoyevsky (from his death mask), Denis Fonvizin, Aleksandr Ostrovsky and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. These busts established his reputation. He then spent 1884 in Rome and Florence, continuing his studies under Professor Rivalti In 1885 he settled in Paris, often returning to Saint Petersburg. His sculptures of eminent Frenchmen soon made him famous, including portraits of François Coppée, Paul Déroulède, Gustave Flaubert, Ludovic Halévy, Ernest Renan, Victorien Sardou, and Émile Zola. He also made portraits of Czar Nicholas II of Russia and members of the Imperial family (1896). His last work for Saint Petersburg was the bust of Czar Alexander III of Russia (erected in the Russian Museum garden, removed in 1918). All told, he sculpted approximately 300 portraits of Russian and European representatives of culture, science and politics, and sculpted some monuments. Bernstamm was made Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1891 IMPORTANT: This lot is subject to VAT and the buyer must pay VAT on both the hammer and the buyer's premium at a rate of 20%
Matthew Noble (1818 - 1876), an early Victorian sculpted Carrara marble bust of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852), portrayed in later years, his head declined slightly to dexter, his Waterloo medal adorning the lapel of his voluminously draped coat, above a waisted circular socle, the reverse inscribed WELLINGTON, M.NOBLE LONDON 1851, 82cm high, 57cm wide Provenance: Goodnestone Park, Kent This bust of the Duke of Wellington in later life is one of the very few known marble versions of a composition that was later worked up into a full length statue situated in Manchester`s Piccadilly. The prime version is dated 1851, and was apparently commissioned by the Army and Navy Club. This was exhibited at the RA the following year (no.1442) along with a statuette of Sir Robert Peel, and it seems that Noble then produced at least two other versions in marble during 1852. Gunnis notes that busts of Wellington and Nelson from that year were also made for Grocer`s Hall, London, and a further version exists in the Walker Art Gallery , Liverpool. Howerver, that made for Grocer`s Hall was apparently destroyed by fire in the mid 1960`s and the later is considered to be unsigned and dated . Several smaller bronze and parion versions are also dated 1852, but only three surviving full-scale marble busts other than that offered here have been publicly documented over the two years in question and none of these were dated for 1851. Wellington visited the RA exhibition on 28th of July 1852, and whilst it is not known if he went specifically to see Noble`s bust, the meeting would have been considered a public blessing for what would become the sculptor`s most influential portrait. Noble was born at Hackness, Yorkshire. He studied under John Francis (1780-1861) in London, and entered the first of 100 ensuing exhibits at the RA in 1845. Although still a relative unknown, he won the commission for the Manchester monument of Wellington (erected in 1856) against keen competition, and this was to be the work that established his name in the public mind. A consideration of the head and clothing of the statue show clear indications that it was modelled from this bust of the sitter - both bust and statue epitomise Noble`s style: classical controposto and dignity combined with a contemporary realism in the attention given to the rendition of the sitter`s costume and medal - and thus Noble`s most famous work was born from the same sitting that yielded the bust type a year before Wellington`s death in 1852. It is certainly likely that the sculptor secured the commission for the Manchester monument on the strength of the bust, both in the empathy of its characterisation and enduring heroism in capturing the sitter at the end of such a remarkable life. Noble himself was weak throughout his life, his constitution was so delicate that he was effectively killed by the shock of losing his son in a railway accident. An obituary in the Art Journal of 1876 commented that it seemed `surprising to those who knew him personally that he should have lived even the comparatively short period of his life, and yet more that he should have been able to continue his labours. Few men have been more esteemed or regarded, not alone for his great ability , the manifestations of talent that very closely approximated to genius, but for rare qualities of mind and heart....He was a gentleman of high rectitude, irreproachable in all the relations of life`(1). Other portrait busts include those of Queen Victoria and the Prince consort, Sir Robert Peel, W. Etty, R.A., the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of London. 1) R. Gunnis `Dictionary of British Sculptors` pg.274
Rare Interesting Early Indian Mutiny Era Photograph Album, showing single portrait and group shots of officers in military and civilian dress. One officer is wearing frock coat and peaked forage cap with insignia for the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot. Pencil sketches of officers and other ranks from the Indian Mutiny period. Some small reproduced serious and humorous cartoon prints. Photographs have been mounted onto card and then placed in a later leather bound album. Some pages are loose. Original photograph images from this period are rare. (16 photographs)
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