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Preisdatenbank abonnieren[Forsyth R.O.]. Beauties of Scotland. Edinburgh 1805 5 volumes 8vo engraved titles 106 [of 108] plates half calf gilt rubbed at extremities varying foxing throughout; Aikan James The History of Scotland. Glasgow: Blackie 1827 4 volumes 8vo portrait frontispiece in volumes I - III folding map volume I half calf gilt rubbed rebacked foxing staining (9).
Ashmole Elias. The institution laws & ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. London: Nathanael Brooke 1672. First edition title-page in red and black engraved illustrated in the text with an engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles II by Sherwin and 32 engraved plates (of which a number are double and 5 double sided) by Hollar with the errata leaf at the end contemporary mottled calf spine decorated gilt in compartments spine repaired with the original backstrip laid down title-page a little dusty and with a small piece torn from the lower corner (repaired) small tear in p 223 (no loss) with the blind book stamp of Edinburgh Public Library on the lower cover and in ink at the end. Note: Moule 250; Wing A 3983. "It is a notable work of scholarship handsomely produced and illustrated and dealing with many cognate matters." (Wagner Heralds of England p. 265. The work includes a fine series of engravings of Windsor Castle and the Chapel by Hollar. Ashmole who held the office of Windsor Herald was instrumental in founding the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford to which he bequeathed his collection of manuscripts and most of his printed books along with the famous collection of John Tradescant the naturalist who had presented his collection to Ashmole in gratitude for cataloguing it. Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of Thomas Hayward Southby of Carswell. Sheriff Bogie records his purchase from the Edinburgh bookseller Grant & Shaw in the following terms "The book was sold by Edinburgh Public Library along with seemingly others to the disgrace of Edinburgh.".
Edmondson Joseph. A complete body of heraldry containing: an historical enquiry into the origin of armouries Glover's Ordinary of arms augmented and improved An alphabet of arms containing upwards of fifty thousand coats with their crests &c. and A copious glossary explaining all the technical terms used in heraldry. London: for the author 1780. First edition 2 volumes 25 engraved plates (including a portrait frontispiece of the compiler) subscriber list contemporary tree calf spines decorated gilt in compartments red and green morocco lettering pieces occasional offsetting and a few leaves spotted. (2). Note: Moule 650 with a six page description of the contents. Edmonston who began life as apprentice to a barber and continued a coach painting business was "not a trained scholar and was a pushing and intrusive person but he was an enthusiast and a man of excellent natural judgment Of his published works the Complete Body of Heraldry was mostly Anstis and the Baronagium Genealogicum mostly Simon Segar. But he had the wit and enterprise to acquire their very valuable unpublished works when others might have done so but did not; and his publication of them even though without due acknowledgment was a public service." (Wagner Heralds of England p. 390). Provenance: With the book-plate of Harriet Duchess of St. Albans.
Fraser Sir William. Memorials of the Earls of Haddington. Edinburgh: Constable 1889. First edition 2 volumes 4to. engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume woodcut illustrated in the text 5 chromo litho facsimiles of manuscripts (including one folding) original quarter red morocco red cloth gilt t.e.g. others uncut extremities rubbed some spotting of endpapers. Note: Ferguson p. 78. No 20 of an edition of 150 signed by the author. Provenance: Presented to Sir Robert Abercromby.
Maule The Hon. Harry of Kelly. Registrum of Panmure: records of the families of Maule De Valoniis Brechin and Brechin-Barclay united in the line of the Barons and Earls of Panmure; compiled by the Hon. Harry Maule of Kelly. A.D. 1733 edited by John Stuart. Edinburgh: n.p. 1874. First edition 2 volumes 4to. engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 woodcut illustrated in the text 35 engraved plates (including several chromo litho) original red cloth gilt over bevelled boards t.e.g. covers faded in patches a little wear at heads and tails. (2). Note: Ferguson p. 127. No 60 of 150 copies printed for private distribution by Fox Maule-Ramsay 11th Earl of Dalhousie and signed by the editor. Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of Sir John Ogilvy of Inverquharity.
Montfaucon Dom Bernard de OSB. L'antiquité expliquée et représentee en figures. Paris: Florentine Dealune [et al.] 1719. First edition 5 volumes in 10 folio (440 x 285 mm.) title-pages in red and black with 977 (of 998) engraved plates (including the engraved portrait plate of the dedicatee) of which 140 are double page with engraved vignettes as head-pieces contemporary mottled calf gilt central panel and broad gilt tooled boarders over a green background later rebacking some small patches of scuffing occasional leaves a little discoloured and splits in two or three margins (no loss) tear in plate 200 of volume 5 part 2 (no loss) otherwise a fine copy on large paper. (10). Note: Brunet III 861-1862; Cohen-De Ricci 731-732; Lipperheide 104; RIBA Catalogue 3 pp. 1170-1172 for the English edition. "Montfaucon intuitively saw what benefit might accrue to history from the study of figured monuments and if he was not the creator of archaeology he was at least the first to show what advantages might be derived from it In 1719 he published "L'Antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures" (10 volumes folio Paris) in which he reproduces methodically grouped all the ancient monuments that might be of use in the study of religion domestic customs material life military institutions and funeral rites of the ancients." (Catholic Encyclopaedia) The work was hugely successful and promptly ran to a second edition to which was added a supplement of five volumes. It was promptly translated into English. "Robert Adam owned a copy of the French edition and many have seen influences of Montfaucon's plates in some of Adam's Gothic designs." (RIBA Cat.). Provenance: With the armorial book-plate of George Forbes third Earl of Grannard (1685-1765).
Moule Thomas. Bibliotheca heraldica Magnae Britanniae: an analytical catalogue of books on genealogy heraldry nobility knighthood & ceremonies and a Supplement enumerating the principal foreign genealogical works. London: Lackington etc. 1822. First edition 8vo. engraved portrait frontispiece headpieces contemporary half calf marbled boards prelims. detached.
Peerage cases - Sutherland Peerage. Gordon Sir Robert. A genealogical history of the Earldom of Sutherland from its origin to the year 1630 with a continuation to the year 1651 Edinburgh: Constable 1813. First edition folio engraved portrait frontispiece large engraved vignette on the title-page engraved armorial and facsimile plates with the directions to the binder slip at the end contemporary diced calf gilt borders upper cover detached last few leaves spotted with the signature of Thomas Robert 11th Earl of Kinnoull Lord Lyon King of Arms; [Dalrymple David Lord Hailes]. The additional case of Elizabeth claiming the title and dignity of Countess of Sutherland by her guardians. Edinburgh [1769?]. 4to. folding pedigree contemporary half calf marbled boards; Maidment James. Reports of claims referred to the House of Lords in the cases of the Cassilis Sutherland Spynie and Glencairn peerages. Edinburgh: [n.p.] 1840. First edition 8vo. folding pedigree contemporary full red morocco a.e.g. (3). Note: Ferguson pp 178-9.
Riddell John. Various works by the distinguished authority on Scottish peerage law James Riddell (1785 - 1862) including: The Salt-foot controversy with a reply and some remarks on the present state of the Lyon Office. [Edinburgh n.p. 1818]. First edition in book form 8vo. original paper boards printed paper labels Riddell's first published book and one of a hundred copies; Vindication of the "Clanronalld of Glengary" against attacks made upon them in the Inverness Journal. Edinburgh: Tait 1821. First edition engraved title-page folding table modern cloth fore-edges uncut; Remarks upon Scotch peerage law as connected with certain points in the late case of the Earldom of Devon. Edinburgh: Clark 1833. First edition 8vo. contemporary blind and gilt tooled calf with the armorial book-plate of the Rt. Hon. Lord Gray; Tracts legal and historical with other antiquarian matter chiefly relative to Scotland. Edinburgh: Clark 1835. First edition 8vo. modern cloth inscribed from the author to Lord Lindsay on the title-page; Inquiry into the law and practice in Scottish peerages before and after the Union. Edinburgh: Clark 1842. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Abstract of the case of James Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. etc. claiming the original Dukedom of Montrose created in 1488. London: Clowes 1850. 8vo. folding tables half calf marbled boards; Comments in refutation of pretensions advanced for the first time and statements in a recent work "The Stirlings of Keir and their family papers." Edinburgh: Blackwood 1960. First edition 4to. original cloth printed paper label covers a little stained limited to 300 copies "for private circulation among members and friends of the Drumpellier Family and some Public Libraries"; The Riddell papers: a catalogue of the annotated books & manuscripts of the late John Riddell. Edinburgh: n.p. 1863. First edition 12mo. original photographic portrait of Riddell mounted at the front modern green buckram one of fifty copies for private circulation. A pencilled note at the front attributes the compilation to James Maidment. (9). Note: Riddell " loved genealogical research for its own sake and Sir Walter Scott who alludes in the ‘Lay of the Last Minstrel’ (canto i.) to ‘Ancient Riddell's fair domain’ described him as the only man from whose exclusive store of learning could be gathered an adequate notion of the state of society in Scotland in the age preceding the Reformation.".
Scottish Family History. Works on Scottish family history to include: MacDonell Josephine. An historical record of the branch of "Clann Domhnuill" called the MacDonells of Keppoch and Gargavach. Glasgow 1931. First edition 8vo. publisher's cloth; MacFarlane Walter. Genealogical collections concerning families in Scotland (Scottish History Society 33 & 34). Edinburgh 1900. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Mackay Angus. The book of Mackay. Edinburgh 1906. First edition 4to. portrait frontispiece plates original cloth spine faded no 116 of 500 signed by the author; MacLeod Revd. Canon R.C. The Book of Dunvegan. Aberdeen: for the Third Spalding Club 1938-39. First edition 2 volumes 4to. frontispiece to each volume plates folding plan original cloth; MacLeod Revd. Canon R.C. The MacLeods of Dunvegan. [Edinburgh] 1927. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original cloth; Grimble Ian. Chief of Mackay. London 1965. First edition 8vo. coloured frontispiece plates publisher's cloth; Mitchie Revd. J.G. The records of Invercauld MDXLVII-MDCCCXXVIII. Aberdeen: New Spalding Club 1901. First edition 4to. frontispiece plates original cloth no 124 of 525; Stirling T.W. The Stirlings of Cadder. St. Andrews 1933. First edition 4to. 2 folding pedigrees original cloth; Somerville James. The baronial house of Somerville. Glasgow 1920. First edition 8vo. frontispiece plates original cloth fore-edges uncut rubbed at head and tail; [Johnston Alexander]. A short memoir of James Young merchant burgess of Aberdeen. Aberdeen 1860. First edition 4to. portrait frontispiece facsimile original half roan marbled boards title-page stained and with frayed margins as are other leaves; [Johnston William]. A genealogical account of the descendants of James Young merchant burgess of Aberdeen. Aberdeen 1894. First edition 4to. original cloth over bevelled boards head and tail rubbed no 110 of 125 copies; Maxtone Graham E. The Oliphants of Gask: records of a Jacobite family. London 1910. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original cloth t.e.g. others uncut fore-edges spotted; Tayler A. & Tayler H. The domestic papers of the Rose family. Aberdeen 1926. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original cloth; Swinton A.C. The Swintons of that Ilk and their cadets. Edinburgh 1883. First edition 4to. plates (including folding facsimiles) quarter morocco cloth boards with marginal annotations copied from an annotated copy by Captain George Swinton Lord Lyon King of Arms in the library of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland one of 150 copies. (16).
Somerville James Baron. Memorie of the Somervilles: being a history of the baronial House of Somerville. Edinburgh: Constable 1815. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume 9 engraved plates folding genealogical table at the end of volume 2 without the directions to the binder in volume 1 and the errata and directions in volume 2 contemporary light blue straight grain morocco decorated in gilt and blind spines decorated gilt in compartments a.e.g. light spotting of the plates. (2). Note: Ferguson p. 165; Todd Bowden 93A. Edited by Sir Walter Scott. "[This is] one of the most curious pieces of family history ever produced to the world on which he [Scott] laboured with more than usual zeal and diligence from his warm affection for the noble representation of its author." (Lockhart V.14). Provenance: With the armorial book-plates of John Borthwick of Crookston.
Scottish Family History. Works on Scottish family history to include: Wimberely D. A short account of the family of Irvine of Drum. Inverness 1893. First edition 4to. frontispiece 3 folding pedigrees original wrappers; Roe Hugh. A genealogical deduction of the family of Rose of Kilravock. Edinburgh: Spalding Club 1848. First edition 4to. frontispiece plates original cloth; Leslie Charles. Historical records of the family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868-9. Edinburgh 1869. First edition 3 volumes largely uncut and unopened; Lindsay Lord. Lives of the Lindsays or a memoir of the houses of Crawford and Balcarres. London 1839. First edition 3 volumes folding tables and facsimiles original blind stamped cloth; Vincent John. The Crawford papers edited by John Vincent. Manchester 1984. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece publisher's cloth; Crawford Lord. The Earldom of Mar. Edinburgh 1882. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Warrender Margaret. Marchmont and the Humes of Polwarth. Edinburgh: Blackwood 1894. First edition 8vo. coloured frontispiece plates original cloth inner joints cracking; Mackenzie Alexander. History of the Mathesons. Stirling 1900. second edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece later pigskin fore-edges uncut; one of 450 copies on ordinary paper; Menzies D.P. The "Red and White" Book of Menzies. Glasgow 1894. First edition 4to. portrait frontispiece plates original cloth slightly stained frontispiece loose; Seton George. The House of Moncrieff. Edinburgh 1890. First edition 4to. coloured frontispiece coloured illustrated of arms in the text original red cloth t.e.g. foot of spine damaged. (15).
Burns Robert. The works with an account of his life and a criticism of his writings to which are prefixed some observations on the character and condition of the Scottish peasantry by James Currie to which are added many other additions by Gilbert Burns. [with] Reliques of Robert Burns collected and published by R.H. Cromek. [with] Life of Robert Burns by J.G. Lockhart. London: Cadell & Davies 1820; the second work London: Cadell & Davies 1817. The third Edinburgh: Constable 1828. 8th edition of the works 4th edition of the Reliques and first edition of Lockhart's Life together 6 volumes engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 folding facsimile as a frontispiece to volume 2 vignette portrait of Burns mounted on india paper at the head of chapter 1 of the Life uniformly bound in contemporary light tan calf spines decorated gilt in compartments by Cars of Glasgow some patches of light foxing. (6). Note: Egerer 242 202 & 315.
Callander John. Two ancient Scottish poems the Gaberlunzie-man and Christ's kirk on the green. Edinburgh 1782 8vo full marbled calf gilt red label hinges cracked corners bumped some foxing bookplate of Robert Maxtone Graham; Bloomfield Robert Rural tales ballads and songs. London 1802. First edition 8vo half title portrait frontispiece woodcut illustrations contemporary half calf rubbed at extremities some foxing leaf C torn C2 repaired C4 torn; Macneill Hector The poetical works London 1801 2 volumes 8vo 9 engraved plates full calf gilt rubbed (4).
Drummond William. The Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden. Edinburgh: James Watson 1711. First collected edition 2 parts in one volume folio 2 engraved portraits small holes in I2 affecting two words later half calf uncut some spotting worn; Macpherson James Fingal an ancient epic poem. [n.p] 1762 4to contemporary calf worn text-block split; Temora. [n.p.] 1763. First editions 4to 2 copies contemporary calf worn one with covers detached titles slightly soiled or discoloured; The Poems of Ossian in original Gaelic. [n.p.] 1807 8vo 3 volumes translated into Latin by R. MacFarlan large paper copy engraved plates and map contemporary calf worn; Pinkerton John The History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary. London: C. Dilly 1797. First edition 2 volumes 4to engraved portrait frontispiece modern brown half morocco spines gilt (9). Note: Most copies have a single frontispiece portrait but a few appear to have a further 5 portraits. The present copy has two different engraved portraits of Drummond.
Fielding Henry. The works with an essay on his life and genius by Arthur Murphy. London: Rivington etc. 1821. 10 volumes contemporary light tan straight grain morocco red and black lettering pieces all volumes neatly rebacked heads and tails a little rubbed endpapers renewed lacking portrait frontispiece to volume 1. (10).
Aesop. Fables of Aesop and other eminent mythologists with morals and reflections by Sir Roger L'Estrange. London: Sare etc. 1694-99. second edition 2 parts in 1 volume engraved portrait frontispiece by White after Kneller of the translator engraved plate of Aesop and his characters contemporary blind ruled calf a few minor scuff marks tear in the lower half of the portrait plate (no loss) single wormhole in the outer margins of first couple of signatures some paper discolouration (chiefly in the second part). Note: Wing A 707.
Blair Hugh. Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres. London: Strachan 1783. First edition 2 volumes 4to. engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 contemporary sprinkled calf red and green morocco lettering pieces small gilt monograms of Dukes of Richmond and Gordon a few scuff marks offsetting from the portrait to the title in volume 1 title to volume 2 a little spotted occasional instances of spotting elsewhere (2). Provenance: With the Gordon Castle book-labels and monogram of the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon on the spines.
Fisher Admiral John Baron. Some notes by Lord Fisher for his friends. London: for private circulation only 1919. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original printed wrappers in a slip case no. 97 of 100 copies; Memoirs. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1919. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original red cloth (2). Note: Lord Fisher ("Jackie") became the chairman of the Hamilton Trustees in terms of the Hamilton Estates Act 1918. The 12th Duke's will in effect left his "distant kinsman" Alfred Douglas-Hamilton the 13th Duke a liferent of the Hamilton Estates and a mountain of debt and to his daughter inter alia the English Estates (mostly in Suffolk) and the Isle of Arran (Brodick Castle etc.) outright. The Executors of the 12th Duke's will found it extremely difficult to administer the estate as a whole given the complexity of the trusts and the possible conflicts of interest between the beneficiaries. They therefore raised a private Act of Parliament to enable a separate set of trustees to administer the Hamilton Estates and Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher was the first chairman of the Hamilton Trustees. As such it was he with his co-trustees who oversaw the granting of the lease to the Bent Colliery Company and the other steps which led eventually to the demolition of Hamilton Palace.
Jenkins James. The martial achievements of Great Britain and her allies from 1799 to 1815. London: L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh for J. Jenkins [n.d.]. Large 4to. (35.5 x 28 cms.) engraved title-page with hand coloured vignette 53 (including the frontispiece and dedication plate) hand coloured engraved aquatints by T. Sutherland D. Harvell & Dubourg after Heath without the list of subscribers and the portrait of the Duke of Wellington contemporary red morocco marbled boards edges rubbed and worn corners knocked top cut from front free endpaper upper inner joint cracked frontispiece loose edges of frontispiece slightly frayed and stained light water staining in the corners of the upper margins of later signatures margins of a few plates a little dusty. Note: Abbey Life 365; Tooley 281. Tooley noting that the work is considered complete without the portrait of Wellington. Originally issued in 1814-15 the plates in this copy are either unwatermarked or with the date 1825 except for a couple watermarked 1827. Provenance: With the book-plate of the 14th Duke of Hamilton.
Lamartine Alphonse de. Souvenirs impressions pensees et paysages pendant un voyage en orient 1832-1833. Paris: Gosselin 1835. First edition 4 volumes 8vo. with portrait folding table and 2 folding maps contemporary half red calf marbled boards some spotting throughout. Note: Carteret II p. 24. Lamartine's account of his travels with his wife and daughter led him to become known as l'Emir Francais. As with many other distinguished Europeans Lamartine made his way to the "court" of Lady Hester Stanhope on the slopes of Mount Lebanon and he records his visit in a long letter to the Vicomte de Marcellus as an appendix to volume 4. The death of his daughter in Beirut and political affairs in France led him to return home overland through Constantinople and the Danube valley (4). Provenance: With the initials of William Alexander 11th Duke as Marquess of Douglas & Clydesdale on the half title of volume 1 dated August 1835 at Zurich.
Smith Adam. An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations: with a life of the author an introductory discourse notes and supplemental dissertations by J.R. McCulloch. Edinburgh: Adam Black and William Tait 1828 4 volumes 8vo. portrait frontispiece to volume 1 with half-titles full light tan polished calf spines decorated gilt in compartments red and blue morocco lettering pieces t.e.g. small book-stamp of Patrick Graham at front light spotting of blanks before half-titles and at end. (4).
Books from the library of Stanage Castle Wales. A collection of 18th and 19th Century works including Trapp Joseph The works of Virgil. London 1731 3 volumes 12mo contemporary calf gilt brown and black labels rubbed; The Spectator London 1753 7 volumes 12mo contemporary calf gilt red and black labels rubbed lower board of volume 1 lacking; Boccaccio Giovanni Cognominato principe galeotto. London 1762 4to portrait frontispiece contemporary calf gilt worn and a quantity of others bindings worn several with bookplates. Sold not subject to return (60).
Scottish Printing and Publishing--Tullis Press Cupar. Ferguson Robert. Poems on various Subjects 1800 additional engraved title-page engraved portrait contemporary tree calf; Vergilius Maronis Publius. Opera 1800 2 volumes contemporary diced calf gilt; Mackenzie Henry. The Man of the World 1802 contemporary calf rubbed; The Man of Feeling 1803 engraved title contemporary sheep rubbed; Julia de Roubigné 1805 quarter roan covers detached; Milton John The Poetical Works 1804 2 sets each 2 volumes contemporary calf; Paradise Lost 1804 contemporary calf; Burney Frances. Evelina 1804 2 sets each 2 volumes contemporary calf gilt and calf rebacked; [Playfair] Observations on a Passage in Mr Playfair's Letter 1805 sewn as issued; Douglas Alexander. Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect 1806 original boards rebacked; Rowe Elizabeth. Friendship in Death 1807 modern boards; Sallustius C. Crispius Bellum Catilinarium 1807 contemporary sheep with gilt arms of the Royal High School on covers; another edition 1812 contemporary calf gilt; Quae supersunt opera 1807 2 copies contemporary calf and contemporary half calf worn; Caesaris C.J. De bello Gallico et Civili 1809 2 volumes contemporary calf rebacked; Gray Charles. Poems 1811 original boards uncut rubbed; Horatius Flaccus Q. Opera 1812 contemporary calf gilt; another copy 1819 modern quarter calf strip excised from head of title; Adamson Laurence. Substance of a Discourse delivered at Cupar 1816 bound with Lee John. A Sermon preached in the West Church of Aberdeen 1821 half calf lettered on spine Modern Miscellany; Sturm C.C. Reflections 1818 2 volumes red half morocco; Hunter John. The Rudiments of the Latin Tongue 1820 contemporary sheep rubbed; Ascanius or the Young Adventurer 1821 modern cloth; Burke Edmund. A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful 1822 engraved portrait original boards uncut; Reid Thomas. An Inquiry into the Human Mind 1823 contemporary half calf; Vergilius Maro P. Opera 1825 modern maroon quarter morocco; Arnott David. The Witches of Keil's Glen 1825 2 copies one original boards uncut one contemporary half calf light soiling or spotting; Fisher James. The Free Masons' Guide 1826 4 original parts 2 parts in printed wrappers 2 in plain wrappers folding collector's box; Graham William. Exercises on the Derivation of the English Language 1829 contemporary sheep worn; Brown John. Two Short Catechisms 1834 original wrappers; Grierson Dr. Saint Andrews as it was and as it is 1838 engraved title and plates original cloth; Fraser Robert. Poetical Remains 1839 original boards rebacked; Fife Fairs from 1619 to 1841 inclusive 1842 original cloth; another copy 1846 original quarter cloth; Reid John. The Philosophy of Death 1841 original cloth; Gardiner. Gardiner's Miscellany 1842 8vo original quarter cloth; Jack John. An Historical Account of St. Monance Fife-shire 1844 engraved title original cloth lacks front free endpaper; Passy and others. The Aristocracy of Britain 1844 original wrappers; Lawson John. Excursions through my Paradise 1846 modern quarter calf; Passy H. On Large and Small Farms 1847 original cloth; another edition 1848 2 copies original cloth; Gourlay Rob. Emigration and Settlement on Wild Land 1849 wrappers; Theta. Random Rambles 1849 presentation copy from the author to William Tullis original cloth; and various duplicates most 12mo a quantity sold as a collection not subject to return.
Stowe Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin with twenty-seven illustrations on wood by George Cruikshank. London: Cassell 1852. First English edition in book form 8vo. portrait frontispiece of the author and 27 woodcut plates by Cruikshank contemporary half red morocco cloth boards spine faded some spotting throughout and a few small marginal tears pp. 151 -154 partly loose. Note: Although several editions appeared in England in the same year the Cassell edition is generally credited as being the first preceded only by the Cassell edition in loose parts.
Cook Capt. James & King Capt. James. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean London 1785 4 volumes 8vo portrait frontispiece volume I 2 folding maps 48 engraved plates contemporary tree calf gilt red labels marble endpapers well rubbed labels loose absent from volume II backstrips chipped at head very occasional spotting; Nordenskiöld Nils Aldolf Erik The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe. London 1881 2 volumes 8vo illustrated [with] supplementary volumes containing 10 folding maps contemporary half calf gilt some staining and foxing edges of maps chipped (7).
English School (17th Century) Portrait of a Gentleman holding a Staff of Office oil on canvas 121 x 87cm Provenance From a private collection Hertfordshire The present painting probably dates from the 1630s. A number of people were entitled to carry white wands by virtue of office: the Lord Chamberlain the Vice-Chamberlain the Lord Steward the Treasurer of the Household and the Comptroller of the Household these were all political appointments
Manner of Piero de Cosimo (Italian Circa 1462-1521) Portrait of Laura de Noves (1308-1348) Muse of Petrarca the Poet oil on panel 26 x 21cm In a gesso gilded and painted 18th/19th Century frame Provenance Acquired by the vendors family at the Sothebys sale of the Ashburnham Collections Ashburnham Place Sussex Part 1 24 June 1953 lot 29 (according to an old label on the reverse) Private collection Suffolk
Darwin Bernard. Out of the Rough. London circa 1932 first edition green cloth cover blue flagpole vignette on the front cover chipped at edges spine faded water and ink marks to front cover some foxing to back pages; and Green Memories. London circa 1930 first edition portrait frontispiece of the author illustrated rebound green morocco cover some foxing to front and back pages (2)
Darwin Bernard. Green Memories. London n.d. first edition portrait frontispiece of the author illustrated with photographs green cloth cover edge to spine rubbed small stain to front cover front endpaper written in ink as a Christmas gift 1932; and Life is sweet brother. London 1940 first edition frontispiece illustrated cloth cover original dust wrapper dustwrapper showing signs of scuffing to spine small cellotape mark grime to back of the jacket internally good (2)
Leach Henry. Great Golfers in the Making: By thirty-four famous players. London 1907 first edition frontispiece with twenty-four illustrations red cloth cover chipped edges grime marks to cover edges rubbed crayon and ink marks to endpaper foxing throughout missing back end papers ex-libris stamp and paper label; and Letters of a Modern Golfer to his Grandfather being the correspondence of Richard Allingham Esq. London 1910 first edition frontiepiece red cloth cover Inscription from the author fading to spine edges chipped corners rubbed loose binding; and another Letters of a Modern Golfer to his Grandfather being the correspondence of Richard Allingham Esq. London 1910 first edition portrait frontispiece of Richard Allingham red cloth cover fading to cloth cover and spine wear to edges of paper (3)
Jessup Elon & Dunn John Duncan. Intimate Golf Talks. London 1920 first edition frontispiece eighty-two illustrations blue decorative cloth cover ends rubbed small tear to cloth spine loose binding; Howard R.E. Lessons from Great Golfers. London 1924 first edition frontispiece illustrated blue cloth cover some rubbing to corners ink to end paper spine visable; Leitch Cecil Golf Simplified. London 1924 first edition portrait frontispiece illustrated green cloth cover tear to top of spine water mark to cover edges faded and rubbed name stamp to endpapers; Zaharias Babe Didrikson This Life I've Led My Autobiography. London 1956 first edition frontispiece illustrated red cloth cover original pictorial dust jacket small stain to end of spine small tear to wrapper slight wear to spine; and Knight Reg Learn Golf backwards. London 1965 first edition green cloth coversmall water mark to top of cloth cover wrapper rubbed at edges; Beldham George W. Great Golfers their methods at a glance. London 1904 second edition frontispiece illustrated by two hundred and sixty eight action photographs green cloth cover gilt vignette to cover t.e.g. slight rubbing to spine ends; Hughes Henry Golf for the Late Beginner. New York 1925 first edition frontispiece illustrationed green & gilt decorative cloth cover small tear to bottom of cover small nicks here and there chipped at ends corners rubbed; Campbell Major Guy Golf for Beginners. London 1927 third editionillustrated green cloth cover spine torn back cloth has a small tea to cover foxing to end paper; and Acree Edward C. Golf Simplified. Chicago 1946 second edition frontispiece illustrated green cloth cover original dustwrapper rubbing to edges lillywhites stamp tear to wrapper rubbing to wrapper (9)
Risk Robert K.Songs of the Links. London 1919 first edition illustrated by H.M. Bateman green cloth cover chipped at spine corners rubbed ex-libris label slight foxing to front pages; and Kirkaldy Andra My Fifty Years of Golf: Memories. London 1921 second edition frontispiece illustrated green cloth cover ink to front end paper; Cotton HenryGolf. first cheap edition portrait frontispiece illustrated red cloth cover black lettering to spine original dust jacket Eyre & Spottiswoode London 1934; Lang Andrew A Batch of Golfing Papers rebound morocco decorative end-papers Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. London 1892; Hogan BenPower Golf. first edition part of The Sportsman's Book Club portrait frontispiece of the author illustrated green cloth cover gilt lettering to spine original dust jacket London 1949(4)
After W. Douglas McLeod R.T. Bobby Jones limited edition reproduction etching from the orginal plate numbered 48/200 and signed with initials in the margin framed 46cm x 32.5cm This is the last copy of this important portrait to be offered for sale by the owner of the original plate. The plate has now been donated to the British Golf Museum St. Andrews on the condition that no further copies are produced.400. After John Smartt RSA'Dunbar Golf Club' etching signed in the plate 20.4cm x 29.5cm
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