SEYMOUR (GEORGE DUDLEY) William F. Hopson and His Bookplates, No. 52 from an edition of 100 on Victorian paper signed by William Hopson and the Author, 6 plates, original quarter parchment with decorative boards, paper label, slightly grubby, 4to, Privately Printed, Washington, 1929. This copy includes an autograph inscription on headed notepaper from William Hopson to Charles and Ada Sherborn, mounted on the front f.e.p., plus 2 ALS from Hopson to them on the front paste-down. Loose inside are further examples of Hopson's engravings: 8 sheets of printed illustrations, 13 proof pp. (6 duplicates in red), and another proof portrait of a girl on tissue. There is a copy of Hopson's obituary in the New York Herald Tribune in 1935 on the rear paste-down. Hopson wrote several papers on the design of bookplates, including an "Appreciation" of his friend Charles William Sherborn, the English engraver and designer of bookplates. Included in this Lot is a Ms. poetry book (a bit rubbed but nicely-bound) that belonged to Charles Sherborn's mother, which Charles has used to record record "An Index of bookplates engraved by C.W. Sherborn" between 1860-1908. Also included is A History of the Family of Sherborn by Charles' son, one of 250 copies, contemp. tree calf, rebacked, 1901. This is interleaved with further genealogical details. Plus the Ms. for this history, a bound copy of photographed documents, and 2 other 19th c. Ms. items. LOCATION CABINET
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REID (W. HAMILTON) Beauties Selected from the Writings of the Late William Paley, D.D. Archdeacon of Carlisle, portrait frontis, contemp. calf gilt, sl. rubbed, 1810--HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE VIEW OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, To Which is Added a Reprint of Hegg's Legend of St. Cuthbert...title vignette, folding map but missing the folding plan, contemp. half calf gilt, n.d. , and 1 other (3) LOCATION A
COOK (JAMES) The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World, new edition, portrait frontis, folding map, 26 (of 28) engraved plates, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, worn but varnished and hinges reinforced, 1824--DARWIN (CHARLES) A Naturalist's Voyage, Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' Round the World, 16th thousand, prize binding, 1884--DUFFERIN (LORD) Letters From High Altitudes, 1st ed, plates but missing the folding maps, contemp. half calf, sprung, 1857 (3) LOCATION B
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER...With...Psalms of David, Oxford, John Baskett, 1724, Bound With THE HOLY BIBLE Containing the Old Testament and The New, John Baskett, 1724. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER: engr. portrait frontis, engr. title; BIBLE: double-pp. engraved titles, 48 plates (1 with corner missing, loss), later black morocco, faded and sl. rubbed, 8vo LOCATION H
POPE (ALEXANDER) Works, 8 Vols: Homer's Iliad, Vols 1, 3, 5 & 6, portrait frontis, double pp. map, 1 plates, head and tailpieces, 4to, W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintot, 1715-20; The Odyssey of Homer, Vols 2 and 5 only, head and tailpieces, Bernard Lintot, 1725-26; Works, Vols 3 and 4 only, 4to, Printed for C. Bathurst, etc. 1769--RUFFHEAD (OWEN) The Life of Alexander Pope, 2 frontis, 4to, C. Bathurst, etc. 1769, all uniformly bound in contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, rubbed, some covers detached and spines split (9) LOCATION D
BRYANT (G. E.) The Chelsea Porcelain Toys, No. 608 from 650 signed by the Author, orig. cl. marked, 4to, The Medici Society, 1925--RONTGEN (ROBERT E.) The Book of Meissen, 1st ed, dustwr, 4to, Schiffer, 1984--PUGH (P.D. GORDON) Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era, revised ed., dustwr, 4to, Antique Collector's Club, 1987--EYLES (DESMOND), DENNIS (RICHARD) & IRVINE (LOUISE) Royal Doulton Figures, 1st ed, dustwr, 4to, 1987--JORG (C.G.A.) Porcelain and the Dutch China Trade, dustwr, 4to, The Hague, 1982--and others similar (20) LOCATION B
BURNET (GILBERT) The History Of The Reformation Of The Church of England, Vols 1 and 2 (a supplementary vol. followed later), 1st edition, 2 engraved titles, 15 engraved plates, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, rubbed, Vol. 2 rebacked with original spine laid down, hinges reinforced both Vols, school library plates and paper shelf marks, folio, 1679-81--MONK (JAMES HENRY) The Life of Richard Bentley, D.D. 1st ed, engr. portrait frontis (loose, foxed), contemp. calf gilt, worn, spine missing LOCATION C
DION CASSIUS. Historiae Romanae... in Greek and Latin, 2 vols, 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, contemporary calf, spines gilt, rubbed, Vol. 1 joints broken, Vol. 2 joints cracked, splits to both spines, creased endpapers, staining, folio, Hamburg, Sumptibus Christiani Heroldi, 1750-52 LOCATION D
FOY-VAILLANT (J.) Numismata Aerea Imperatorum Augustarum et Caesarum, In Coloniis, Municipiis, et Urbibus...2 parts in one, 1st edition, engraved portrait frontis, title vignette, map, illustrations, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, upper cover detached, cracks to spine, Wellington College library plate and remains of bookplate on verso of title pp., marginal tear bottom of frontis, title pp. sl. dusty, marginal stain top edge 2 ll. prelims, folio, Paris, Apud Thomam Moette, 1688 LOCATION D
A General officers cocked hat, black beaver with gilt tassels fore and aft, bullion loops with button, silk lining, in its tin case with nameplate "Major Genl Sir George Balfour KCB", and old tailor's consignment label, with photostat portrait and details of Balfour's life and career, 1809-1894. GC (no plume, tin rusted)
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