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[Mary Queen of Scots]-[Blackwood, Adam] Martyre de la royne deEscosse, douairiere de France. Contenant le vray discours des trahisons ˆ elle faictes, ˆ la suscitation deElizabet Angloise. "Edimbourg: Jean Nafeild" [but Paris], 1589, 12mo, seventeenth century calf, one sidenote cut close, some light discolouration, binding worn; [Causino, Nicolo] Historia de Maria Stuarda, regina de Francia e di Scotia. Bologna: Carlo Zenero, 1645, 12mo, engraved portrait on verso of A4 (shaved), contemporary vellum, lower margin slightly dampstained at end (2)

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Brougham, Henry Lord Historical sketches of statesmen who flourished in the time of George III. London, 1839, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at edges; Cockburn, Lord Life of Lord Jeffrey. Edinburgh, 1852, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked, offsetting; Braybrooke, Richard Lord Memoirs of Samuel Pepys. London, 1828, second edition, 8vo, 5 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked, bookplate; Walpole, Horace Letters of Horace Walpole... to Sir Horace Mann. London, 1834, third edition, contemporary calf gilt, 8vo, 3 volumes, interiors clean; Gleig, Rev G. History of the life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington. London, 1858, 8vo, 4 volumes, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding maps, contemporary calf gilt, red and green labels, some foxing; Ibid. Essays... London, 1858, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at edges, interiors clean; Aiken, John Memoirs of the court of King James the First. London, 1822, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf gilt, foxing; Bethune, Maximilian de Memoirs of... London, 1763, fourth edition, 8vo, 6 volumes, portrait frontispiece to vol. I & II, folding map, modern quarter calf gilt; and approx 96 other 19th century historical works (qty)

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Caesar, Julius Commentaries... London: Matthew Gillyflower, 1695, folio, portrait frontispiece, 13 plates [some folding], modern calf gilt, water staining throughout, frontspiece repaired; Tacitus The works of... London, 1728-1731, folio, 2 volumes, translated by T. Gordon, contemporary panelled calf gilt, rebacked, wormhole in volume II from pp.65 to end [no text loss]; and 3 others (6)

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Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England begun in the year 1641. Oxford, 1707, 8vo, 3 vols in 6, half titles, portrait frontispieces, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, ink and pencil notes on endpapers and titles, some staining to edges; Ibid. The life of Edward Earl of Clarendon. Oxford, 1760, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, new endpapers (8)

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Defoe, Daniel The history of the union between England and Scotland. London, 1786 [1787], 4to, portrait frontispiece, later half calf gilt, tear in title repaired, new endpapers; Ludlow, Edmund Memoirs of... London, 1771, 4to, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, gilt arms on upper board, rebacked, interior clean; Dalrymple, Sir John Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1771, second edition, 4to, contemporary calf gilt, hinges cracking, corners bumped; Law, Rev. Robert Memorials or the memorable things that fell out within this island of Brittain from 1638 to 1684. Edinburgh, 1818, 4to, frontispiece, later half calf gilt, rubbed, offsetting to title; Johnson, Dr Samuel A dictionary of the English language. London, 1806, ninth edition, 4to, 2 volumes, modern quarter morocco gilt, new endpapers, lacking frontispiece, some foxing; and 3 others (9)

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Graham, James, 1st Marquis of Montrose-Wishart, George The history of the Kings Majesties affairs in Scotland under the conduct of the Most Honourable James Marques of Montrose ... in the years, 1644, 1645, & 1646. [London]: n.p., 1648, uncalled for portrait bound in as frontispiece, nineteenth century panelled red morocco gilt, watered silk endpapers Note: Wing W 3121. Bound in at the front is an imperfect copy (lacking all after p. 8 ) of A relation of the true funerals of the great Lord Marquesse of Montrose ... with that of the renowned knight Sir William Hay of Delgity , 8vo., [Edinburgh ?], 1661 (See New Wing R 882; Aldis 1717]

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Graham, James, 1st Marquis of Montrose-Wishart, George The compleat history of the warrs in Scotland under the conduct of the illustrious and truly valiant James Marquesse of Montrose. [?Holland], Printed in the year 1660, 8vo, engraved portrait, title printed in red and black, nineteenth century calf gilt, spine gilt, frontispiece laid down and just trimmed, adhesion affecting a few letters of [A2], some spotting, a few page numerals just shaved, corners worn, neatly rebacked

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Graham, James, 1st Marquis of Montrose-Wishart, George Memoirs of the most renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose. Edinburgh: W. Ruddiman jun., 1756, 8vo, engraved frontispiece portrait, contemporary calf, owneres name in inner margin of title, joints cracked

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Grose, Francis The antiquities of Scotland. London, 1797, 4to, 2 volumes, engraved vignette title pages, folding map, 190 plates, contemporary calf gilt, red and green labels, slight rubbing to edges; Pennant, Thomas A tour in Scotland and voyage to the Hebrides. London, 1776, second edition, 4to, 2 volumes, 89 plates, contemporary calf gilt, hinges rubbed and cracking on volume 1, volume 2 rebacked, worn, bookplates; Ibid. A tour in Scotland. Warrington, 1774, third edition, 4to, vignette title, 39 plates. contemporary calf, rebacked, some spotting; Ibid. Antiquities and scenery of the north of Scotland in a series of letters - Bamff. London, 1780, 4to, lacking 3 plates, contemporary half calf gilt, worn, bookplate; Forbes, Duncan Culloden papers. London, 1815, 4to, portrait frontispiece, lacking plate, contemporary calf gilt, bookplate (7)

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Hallam, Henry The constitutional history of England. London, 1842, fourth edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, red labels, some patches of wear on boards, ink inscription on front endpaper; Hume, David The history of England under the house of Tudor. London, 1759, 4to, 2 volumes, half titles, contemporary calf, rubbed, cracking, foxing and worm damage; Hume, David The history of England. London, 1807, new edition, 8vo, 8 volumes, portrait frontispiece, later half calf gilt, rubbed, hinges cracking, some foxing; Robertson, William The history of the reign of the emperor Charles V. Dublin, First Irish edition, 1769, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary speckled calf, red label, bookplates; and another (16)

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Hutton, W. The history of the roman wall. London, 1802, 8vo, folding map, modern half calf gilt, new endpapers, ink stamp on original endpaper; Kennet, Basil Rome antique notitia. London, 1773, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, folding plates, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, bookplate; Adam, Alexander Roman antiquities. London, 1801, 8vo, fifth edition, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed at edges, some spotting, bookplate; DeArnay, M. The private life of the romans. Edinburgh, 1761, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, some cracking to hinges, some foxing; Crevier, John Baptist Lewis The history of the Roman emperors. London, 1814, 8vo, 10 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, hinges cracking, interiors clean; and 9 other 19th century volumes on Rome (23)

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Laing, Malcolm The history of Scotland. London, 1804, second edition, 8vo, 4 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red labels, some rubbing, bookplate; Robertson, William The history of Scotland. London, 1809, eighteenth edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary tree calf gilt, red and black labels, some rubbing; Dalrymple, Sir David Annals of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1797, 8vo, 3 volumes, modern calf gilt, owneres ink inscription on title; Buchanan, George The history of Scotland. Edinburgh & Glasgow, 1827, 6 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, some foxing (16)

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Napoleon-Bourienne, M. de Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte. London: R. Bentley, 1836, 4 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait, contemporary half calf, red and black lettering pieces, two volumes neatly rebacked with original spines laid down; [Napoleon Bonaparte] Copies of the original letters and despatches of the generals, ministers... at Paris to the Emperor Napoleon at Dresden. London: J. Murray, 1814, 8vo, red half morocco, uncut, rubbed, upper joint split; Clery, M. Journal of occurrences at the Temple, during the confinement of Louis XVI. London: sold by the author, 1798, 8vo, 16pp. list of subscribers, 2 engraved plates, recent period-style calf, occasional spotting and light marking (5) Provenance: Junior Carlton Club Library, bookplates.

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Selkirk, Earl of Observations on the present state of the Highlanders of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1806, second edition, 8vo, half title, modern quarter calf gilt; some chipping to page edges; Wishart, George A complete history of the wars in Scotland. [No place], 1720, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, blind stamped on boards, bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell; Scot, John The staggering state of the Scots statesmen... from 1550 to 1650. Edinburgh, 1754, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, some spotting; Lindsay, Robert The history of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1778, third edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked; Drummond, William The history of Scotland. London, [no date], 8vo, portrait frontispiece, portrait plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, library bookplates, stamps and ink inscriptions; Pinkerton, John An enquiry into the history of Scotland. London, 1794, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, hinges cracking, interior clean; and 5 others (12)

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Stewart, Colonel David Sketches of the character, manners and present state of the Highlanders of Scotland. Edinburgh: Constable & Co, 1822, 2 volumes, 8vo, hand coloured folding map [torn along folds], modern half calf gilt, some foxing; Scotland A journey through Scotland. London, 1732, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, one advert leaf at start, interior clean; Dalrymple, Sir James Collections concerning the Scottish history. Edinburgh, 1705, 8vo, later calf gilt, worn, two ink inscriptions on title; Crawfurd, David Memoirs of the affairs of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1767, third edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, browning to page edges, ink inscription on front endpaper and another copy; Bond, Mr. Buchananes history of Scotland. London, 1722, second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt; and seven others (15)

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Campbell, John Lord The lives of the chief justices of England. London, 1849, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked; Brunton, George An historical account of the senators of the College of Justice. Edinburgh, 1736, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked; [Maidment, James] The Court of Session garland. Edinburgh, 1839, 8vo, one of 150 copies, contemporary calf gilt, some rubbing at edges; Lolme, J.L. de The constitution of England. London, 1775, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, foxing to endpapers; Ibid The constitution of England. London, 1784, fourth edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, contemporary tree calf gilt, offsetting, library stamps, ink inscription on front blank; Whibley, Charles Letters concerning the English nation. London, 1926, 8vo, modern quarter cloth gilt (7)

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Decisions - Gibson, Alexander The decisions of the Court and Session. Edinburgh, 1690, folio, portrait frontispiece, modern quarter calf gilt; Gilmour, Sir John A collection of decisions of the Lords of Council and Session. Edinburgh, 1701, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, brown label gilt; Hog, Sir Roger Decisions of the Court of Session from 1681 to 1691. Edinburgh, 1757, folio, contemporary calf, red label, rubbed, head of spine worn; Dalrymple, Sir H. Decisions of the Court of Session. Edinburgh, 1758, folio, contemporary calf, red label, some slight rubbing; Fergusson, Sir James Decisions of the Court of Session from the year 1738 to the year 1752. Edinburgh, 1775, folio, contemporary calf gilt, red label, scratched, hinges cracking; Craigie, William & Craigie, Robert Decisions of the Court of Session. Edinburgh, 1787, folio, contemporary calf, red label, heavily rubbed, ink inscription on title; Davidson, Robert Decisions of the Court of Session. Edinburgh, 1798, folio, modern quarter calf gilt, ink inscription on title; Grant, Patrick Decisions of the Court of Session. Edinburgh, 1813, 4to, 2 volumes, modern boards, some browning to page edges and 3 others (12)

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Scots Law - Stair, James Viscount The institutions of the law of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1693, second edition, folio, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, worm to top of title [some text loss], title page creased; Ibid The institutions of the law of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1826, fourth edition, folio, 2 volumes in 1, contemporary calf gilt, with gilt stamp on upper boards, rubbed at edges, hinges cracking, inner hinges tape repaired, bookplate and a another two volume edition in cloth; Erskine, John An institute of the law of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1812, folio, portrait frontsipiece, contemporary calf gilt, some foxing (5)

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Burns, Robert Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect... the second edition, considerably enlarged. Edinburgh: for T. Cadell, and William Creech, 1793, 2 volumes in one, 12mo, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, modern calf-backed marbled boards

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Burns, Robert Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Edinburgh: for the author, 1787, 8vo, second (first Edinburgh) edition, with "Boxburgh" on p. xxxvii and "stinking" on p. 263, engraved portrait frontispiece, half-title, list of subscribers, nineteenth century blue morocco gilt, g.e., with autographed phrase "for ae that" on slip of paper pasted in at head of frontispiece, foot of frontispiece and title with manuscript notes in ink relating to Burnse life, spine slightly rubbed

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Dickens, Charles The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman & Hall, 1839, first edition in book form, engraved portrait and 39 plates, contemporary half calf, spotted, rubbed, joints splitting; Ibid The mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman & Hall, 1870, first edition, engraved title, portrait & 12 plates, early cloth, slightly rubbed; Ibid The cricket on the hearth. for the author, 1846, 12mo, additional title and frontispiece, original cloth, rubbed and somewhat soiled; Ibid The battle of life. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846, first edition, fourth issue, 12mo, original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, upper joint fraying; Ibid Our mutual friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865, 2 volumes, 8vo, 40 plates, contemporary half calf (not uniform), rubbed; Ibid Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857, first edition in book form, additional etched title and 39 plates, contemporary half calf, spotted, slightly rubbed; and volumes 1-2 only of Master Humphreyes Clock (9)

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Hazlitt, William Political essays with sketches of public characters. London, 1819. First edition, 8vo, modern quarter calf, some slight spotting; Ibid Conversations of James Northcote. London, 1826, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, bookplate and ink inscription of Lord Carlingford [Chief Secretary for Ireland], original cloth gilt, inner hinges weak,some foxing; Ibid. Table-talk or original essays on men and manners. London, 1824, second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf, rebacked, foxing; Ibid. The spirit of the age. Paris, 1825, 8vo, 2 vols in 1, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, foxing and 5 others (10)

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Grant, Duncan & Bill Squires, actor 21 autograph letters signed and 13 autograph postcards signed to P.C. Gibbons about painting the actor Bill Squireses portrait, 1940es and 1950es, mostly from Charleston, Firle, Sussex, "I see that you do not think the portrait is very like Bill.... peoplees expressions naturally alter with everyone they meet. What I have tried to go for in my sketch is the structure of his face... perhaps as time goes on you can imagine a smile to come to his lips! Not that I got the impression that Bill is habitually melancholy"

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Classics - Gordon, William Cornelii nepotis vitae excellentium imperatorum. Edinburgh, 1790, 8vo, contemporary tree calf gilt, rubbed, ink inscription on front endpaper, bookplate; Young, Sir W. The history of Athens. London, 1804, third edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, some slight rubbing to edges, interiors clean; Langhorne, John Plutarches lives. London, 1823, 8vo, 6 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, foxing and offsetting; Kelsall, Charles The two last pleadings of Marcus Tullius Cicero againat Caius Verres. London, 1812, 8vo, contemproary calf gilt, bookplate; Plato The works of... London, 1772, third edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, interiors clean; Leland, T. All the orations of Demosthenes. London, 1777, third edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary tree calf gilt, red and black labels, some rubbing to edges; Melmoth, William The letters of Pliny. London, 1757, fourth edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, half titles, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, some spotting, bookplate; Littlebury, Isaac The Egyptian and Grecian history of Herodotus. London, 1723, third edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary panelled calf gilt, hinges weak; and 48 others (66)

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Shaftesbury, Anthony, Earl of Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. London, 1737-38, sixth edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, portrait frontispiece, vignette titles, contemporary calf gilt, tape marks to inner hinges otherwise very clean, bookplates (3)

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Churchill, Sir Winston - Stoneman, Walter A signed wartime portrait photograph of Sir Winston Churchill by Walter Stoneman, c. 1942, signed on mount in ink, approx 20 by 15.75cm, pasted onto card, no photographers stamp on mount, print not removed for inspection, framed and glazed Note: This portrait was taken on 1 April 1942. Stoneman was the chief photographer of J. Russell & Sons, photographers to the National Portrait Galleryes National Photographic Record, a position that allowed him to photograph over 7000 important figures of the period.

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Edinburgh - Shepherd, Thomas Modern Athens! London, 1829, 4to, engraved title, 100 views on 48 plates, contemporary half calf, rebacked, new endpapers, foxing; Arnot, Hugo The history of Edinburgh from the earliest accounts. Edinburgh, 1816, 8vo, folding map [repaired], contemporary calf, rebacked, foxing; Grant, James Old and new Edinburgh. London, [no date], 4to, 3 volumes, illustrated, contemporary tree calf gilt, hinges cracking, interiors clean; Wilson, Daniel Memorials of Edinburgh in the olden time. Edinburgh, 1848, 4to, 2 volumes, original cloth gilt, faded backstrip, foxing, some loose leaves; Heron, Alexander The rise and progress of the company of merchants of the city of Edinburgh 1681-1902. Edinburgh, 1903, 4to, with compliment slip from The Master Treasurer and Assistants of the Edinburgh Merchant Company, modern quarter calf gilt, some foxing; Stevenson, R.H. The chronicles of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, [no date], folding map, modern half calf gilt, some repairs; Stevenson, Robert Louis Edinburgh. London, 1896, 8vo, frontispiece, 8 plates by Hamilton Crawford, modern half morocco gilt, interior clean; Maitland, William The history of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1753, folio, lacking map and plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, new endpapers, browning throughout; Creech, William Edinburgh fugitive pieces. Edinburgh, 1815, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original boards, rebacked, offsetting to title, spotting (12)

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Hobhouse, Sir Benjamin, Bart Remarks on several parts of France, Italy &c. in the years 1783, 1784 and 1785. Bath: [Privately Printed], R. Cruttwell, 1796, 8vo, contemporary russia gilt, very neatly rebacked, spine gilt Provenance: Charlotte Hobhouse, gift of Lady Hobhouse, presentation inscription dated 15 August 1831, small albumen portrait of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, 1st Bt. (1757-1831), bookplates of Sir C.P. Hobhouse Bt. and Robert Maxtone Graham.

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Martin, M A description of the Western Islands of Scotland. London: printed for A. Bell, 1716, second edition, 8vo, folding map, later panelled calf gilt, some browning to title page, bookplate; Hall, Rev James Travels in Scotland by an unusual route with a trip to the Orkneys and Hebrides. London, 1807, 8vo, 2 volumes, folding map, 26 plates, modern half calf gilt, some foxing and loose leaves; Boswell, James The journal of a tour to the Hebrides. London, 1807, fourth edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, half title, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, some foxing; [Johnson, Samuel] A journey to the Western Islands. London, 1816, new edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, some foxing to interior (5) Provenance: Bookplate of the Hon. John Sherard Esq.

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Travel - Boswell, James An account of Corsica, the journal of a tour to that island. London, 1768, second edition, 8vo, half title, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, hinges cracking, some staining to boards, slight foxing to page edges; Brydone, P. A tour through Sicily and Malta. London, 1790, new edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, backstrips rubbed, bookplates, owneres ink inscription on title; Wraxall, N. A tour through some of the Northern parts of Europe particularly Copenhagen, Stockholm and Petersburgh. London, 1775, second edition, 8vo, folding map, contemporary calf gilt, some rubbing; Beckford, William Italy, Spain and Portugal. London, 1840, new edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, modern quarter calf gilt, interior clean (5)

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Travel - Hall, Captain Basil Extracts from a journal written on the coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico in the years 1820, 1821, 1822. Edinburgh, 1826, 8vo, 2 volumes, engraved titles, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, some foxing to titles; Prescott, William History of the conquest of Peru. London, 1857, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed at backstrips, foxing and offsetting to title; Ross, Sir John Narrative of a second voyage in search of a northwest passage. London, [no date], 8vo, portrait frontispiece, prize binding and bookplate, calf gilt, rubbed, offsetting to title; Moore, John A view of society and manners in Italy. London, 1787, fourth edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, hinges cracking, bookplates; and another 2 volumes (9)

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Palladio, Andrea The architecture of A. Palladio, in four books... revised, designed and published by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian... the third edition corrected, with notes and remarks of Inigo Jones. London: A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne [& others], 1742, 2 volumes, large folio, engraved allegorical frontispiece by B. Picart after Sebastiano Riccio, engraved portrait of the author by Picart after Paolo Veronese, title in vol.1 printed in red and black, 215 engravings on 207 sheets, 15 double-page, by John Harris, Bernard Picart, Michael Vandergucht and John Cole, contemporary calf, head and tail of spines repaired, joints cracked, a few light spots Note: This edition is the third and best edition of Leonies English edition of Palladio; for the first time it includes notes taken from Inigo Joneses annotated copy which had recently been deposited at Worcester College, Oxford. Harris 685; this edition not in Fowler

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Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus-William Newton The architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio, translated... by W. Newton, architect. London: I. and J. Taylor, R. Faulder &c., 1791, 2 volumes, large folio, engraved frontispiece portrait after Robert Smirke and 46 plates engraved by James Newton, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked, spine tooled in gilt and blind, new marbled sides, light dampstaining to extreme lower corner of a few plates, volume 1 bound without the preface (pp. [iii]-viii) found in some copies Note: A very good copy of William Newtones edition. In 1771 Newton published an English version of Vitruviuses De architectura so that - as he explained in the preface - England might not be the only "polished nation" that did not possess Vitruvius in its own tongue. In this copy the plates of Volume I are numbered and there is no alteration slip pasted onto the imprints. Many of the plates have been re-engraved and some of the figures enlarged. This two-volume edition was published by James Newton who states in his notice "To the Public" that all of Volume I and part of Volume II were printed before his brotheres death in 1790. Brunet V, 1331; Cicognara 736; Fowler 428.

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Ross, Alexander Pansebeia: or, a view of all the religions in the world .. the third edition, enlarged and perfected ... To which are annexed The lives, actions, and ends of certain notorius hereticks with their effigies in copper-plates. London: for John Saywell, 1658. 8vo., 2 parts, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved emblem on the titlepage (repeated on the titlepage to the Lives), 17 engraved portraits in the second work contemporary calf, later rebacking, edges rubbed, general light paper discolouration, inner joints cracking Note: Wing R1973; Sabin 73315. First published in 1653, it includes an account of the religions of both North and South America on pp. 102-120.

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Pococke, Edward Specimen historiae arabum ... accessit Historia veterum arabum ex Abuel Feda: cura Antonii I. Sylvestri de Sacy; edidit Josephus White. Oxford: e Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1806. Second edition, 4to., engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved vignette on the titlepage, text in Arabic and Latin, with the corrigenda slip at the end, original quarter cloth, paper boards, printed paper label, edges uncut, edges with a little wear, upper inner joint splitting, offsetting from the portrait to the title, some light paper discolouration Note: Barker 35 Edward Pococke or Pocoke (1604-91) acquired his knowledge of oriental languages at Aleppo where he was chaplain to the Turkey Merchants from 1630-1636, He was appointed to the new chair of Arabic by Archbishop Laud in 1636 who also sent him again to the East in search of manuscript material. The Specimen, of which this is the second edition and which was originally published in 1650, is a series of essays attached to a thirteenth-century description of the Arabs. The extensive use of Arabic and some Hebrew types probably drew on the type purchased at Leyden for the University Press in 1637. See Baker The Oxford University Press and the spread of learning, p.11-13.

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Boileau-Despreaux, Nicolas Oeuvres. Paris: David & Durand, 1747, 5 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait after H. Rigaud, 6 plates, engraved vignettes, contemporary half calf, worn, one spine split, two covers detached; Machiavelli, Nicolas Oeuvres. The Hague: aux depens de la compagnie, 1743, 6 volumes, 12mo, half-titles, contemporary calf, bookplate of the Hon. John Haldane of Gleneagles, 1707, rubbed; Fontenelle, Bernard de Oeuvres. Paris: Brunet, 1752, 8 volumes, 6 engraved frontispieces and 1 folding plate, contemporary calf, rubbed, one spine split, one board detached, several hinges weak (19)

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Goupil, Pierre E.A. Essai historique sur la vie privee de Marie Antoinette deAutriche. [No place or publisher], 1789; [Pidansart de Mairobert, M.F.] Anecdotes sur M. la comtesse du Barri. Londres, 1776, 8vo, 2 works bound in one, nineteenth century half calf, upper joint split, armorial bookplate of Lauder of Fountain Hall; Julien, Emperor Defense du paganisme. Berlin, C.F. Voss, 1764, edited by le marquis deArgens, 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper cover loose, armorial bookplate of Sir Archibald Edmonstone; [Fitz-James, James, duke of Berwick] Memoires du marechal de Berwick. Suisse: Libraires Associes, 1778, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding engraved map, contemporary half calf, worn; [Brune, Jean de la] La vie de Charles V duc de Lorraine. Amsterdam: J. Garrel, 1691, 12mo, later calf, spine gilt, armorial bookplate of Sir James Primerose Bart. of Carrington; [Anonymous] Histoire de la vie de la reyne Christine de Suede. Stockholm: Jean Plein de Courage, 1682, second edition, 12mo, engraved portrait on verso of A2, contemporary sheep, rubbed, hinge split; Bongars, Jacques Lettres latines de monsieur de Bongars resident et ambassadeur sous le Roy Henry IV. Paris: P. le Petit, 1668, 12mo, contemporary calf, rubbed (7)

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Doulton Lambeth Commemorative Jug, decorated with a portrait and inscribed, "William Ewart Gladstone ...", marked, numbered 4200.

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Doulton Lambeth Commemorative Jug, with a portrait medallion of General Gordon and relevant inscriptions, marked, numbered 1884.

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Victorian cast bronze Portrait Plaque - Gladstone, marked 'Cast by D Smith, 28 Clerkenwell Close, London E.C., 1888, and a similar portrait plaque - Queen Victoria, similarly marked, (2).

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Photographic Portrait Print, framed and other Prints, various.

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After Robert E. Fuller, Portrait study of a dog's head, coloured Print, signed and numbered 570/850.

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J Hayllar (1856) Female Portrait Study pastel, in oval mount 47cm high

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Pair of eighteenth century painted portrait miniatures, oil paintings on copper, of James Stewart (The Old Pretender) and his wife Christine Sobieski, on copper, in oval mounts and gilt frames, 11cm x 9cm

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A 19th Century Copeland pressed plastic clay tile hand enamelled in the manner of Lucien Besche with a profile portrait of a females head against a floral background set within gilded and painted borders, unmarked, 6" square, some rubbing.

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A late 19th Century Mintons China Works plastic clay tile, intaglio moulded with a three quarter length portrait of a young lady in fashionable dress, washed in a turquoise glaze, 7.5" x 4", S/D.

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A 19th Century Wedgwood dust pressed tile decorated with an under glaze blue transfer portrait of a bearded gentleman in an oval cartouche to a cream glazed ground, 6" square.

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A 19th Century Wedgwood dust pressed tile decorated with a central hand painted roundel with a portrait of a gentleman in period dress against a turquoise ground with flowering blossom boughs all within a classical repeat pattern border, 6" square.

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A set twelve of 19th Century dust pressed tiles possibly Wedgwood, each black and sepia line transfer printed for the months of the year with a portrait of a classical style lady within a central roundel with repeat pattern corners all over a sage green ground, each 6" square.

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A pair of 19th Century Malkin Edge & Co dust pressed tiles sepia line transfer printed with a small portrait roundel with figures in various hats against a blossom printed ground and circular repeat borders, 6" square.

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A late 19th to early 20th Century T.R. Boote dust pressed tile later tube line decorated with a profile portrait of a lady with floral garland to her hair picked out with majolica style glazed finish, 6" square.

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A pair of late 19th Century dust pressed tiles possibly by J & W Wade & Co each high relief moulded with a portrait of a lady and gentleman in Medieval style dress picked out in a deep aubergine glazed finish, 6" square. N.B-This design was also produced by the Trent Tile Co and the Providential Tile Works both Of New Jersey.

Los 204

A pair of late 19th Century dust pressed tiles possibly by J & W Wade & Co each high relief moulded with a portrait of a classical style lady and gentleman picked out in a treacle glazed finish, 6" square.

Los 233

An early 20th Century Sherwin & Cotton dust pressed tile relief moulded with a portrait of a classically dressed female amongst bull rushes in a deep brown majolica style glaze, 6" square.

Los 234

A pair of early 20th Century Sherwin & Cotton dust pressed tiles each relief moulded with a portrait of a terrier in a deep brown majolica style glaze, each 6" square.

Los 313

An early 20th Century Minton, Hollins & Co dust pressed tile panel group of six tiles in portrait formation decorated with a tube lined image of a galleon in full sail picked out in tonal green glazed finish, each tile 6" square, panel 12" by 18".

Los 324

A late 19th Century dust pressed tile relief moulded, tube lined and hand painted with a portrait of a female head and shoulders in period dress picked out with majolica glazed finish, 6" square.

Los 379

An early 20th Century J.H Barratt & Co., dust pressed Emaux Ombrants portrait tile of H.H.Asquith modelled by George Cartlidge after a photograph by Reginald Haines in a dark grey glazed finish, 9" by 6".

Los 399

An early 20th Century H & R Johnston Ltd dust pressed tile later tube line decorated with a stylised profile portrait of a gypsy wearing a spotted head scarf and hoop earring before a landscape setting, 6" square, together with a similar example with an Art Nouveau style ladies head.

Los 413

A late 19th Century dust pressed tile heavily relief moulded with a stylised ladies portrait with hair tied picked out in a pale ochre glaze, 6" square.

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