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Lot 554

Wilson (C.T.R.). On a Method of Making Visible the Paths of Ionising Particles through a Gas [contained as pp. 285-88 in] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol. 85, 1911, together with Investigations on X-Rays and beta Rays by the Cloud Method Part One [and Two], contained as pp. 1-24 and 192-212 in vol. 104 of the same journal, 1923, both vols. with b & w plts. and illusts., a few ink lib. stamps, contemp. lib. buckram gilt, large 8vo. The first paper contains the first photographs of tracks of atomic particles (two figures on plate 9 of the whole volume). The second paper contains a total of twenty plates reproducing photographs that were used in textbooks thereafter. (2)

Lot 555

Art Journal, 1851, 1852 & 1853 plus the Great Exhibition Catalogue of 1851, engraved plates, wood engravings to text, uniform half calf gilt, rubbed to extrems., 4to (4)

Lot 557

British Museum. Catalogue of Printed Maps, Charts and Plans, 15 vols., 1967, & Ten-Year Supplement 1965-1974, pub. 1978, all orig. maroon cloth gilt, library bookplate to front pastedown of each vol., stamps to title versos, etc., folio, together with Index of Manuscripts in the British Library, 10 vols., Cambridge, 1984-86, orig. uniform maroon cloth gilt, library bookplate to front pastedown of each vol., ink stamps to title versos, etc., large 4to, plus Catalogue of the Newspaper Library Colindale, 8 vols., 1975, library bookplate to front pastedown of each vol., ink stamps to title versos, etc., orig. blue cloth gilt, folio, and other similar reference, including The Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue Microfiche, and a part set of the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, 34 vols. (of 45), pub. Lawrence & Wishart, 1975-91 (lacking vols. 14, 19, 26-27 & 32-37), 8vo (approx. 85)

Lot 562

Flint (Sir William Russell). Sir William Russell Flint 1880-1969. A Comparative Review of the Artist`s Signed Limited Edition Prints, by Keith S. Gardner and Nigel D. Clark, oub. Sir William Russell Flint Galleries Ltd., Bristol, 1986, numerous col. and b & w illusts., orig. publisher`s half morocco gilt, folio. Limited Collectors Edition 780/1500. (1)

Lot 563

Flint (Sir William Russell). Sir William Russell Flint 1880-1969. A Comparative Review of the Artist`s Signed Limited Edition Prints, by Keith S. Gardner and Nigel D. Clark, oub. Sir William Russell Flint Galleries Ltd., Bristol, 1986, numerous col. and b & w illusts., a.e.g., orig. publisher`s morocco gilt, folio, contained in orig. slipcase. Limited De Luxe Edition 364/500. Ex libris bookplate of Sir William Russell Flint. (1)

Lot 564

Gilbey (Sir Walter). Animal Painters of England from the Year 1650. A Brief History of their Lives and Works, 3 vols., 1900-11, portrait frontis., half title and title page, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, new endpapers, t.e.g., remainder uncut (vol. III recently trimmed to edges), uniform modern qtr. morocco with gilt dec. spines, 4to (vol. III smaller), Volume III has a slightly altered title of `Animal Painters of England from the Year 1600. (3)

Lot 570

Lee (Ronald A.). The Knibb Family, Clockmakers or: Automatopaei Knibb Familiaei, 1st ed., 1964, some colour and numerous b & w plates and illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in rubbed d.j., sl. frayed to edges, with minor loss to lower outer corner of upper wrapper, folio, limited edition 3/1000, together with Lloyd (H. Alan), The English Domestic Clock, its evolution and history, 2nd imp., June 1938, b&w illusts., orig. cloth-backed boards, large slim 8vo, plus The First Twelve Years of the English Pendulum Clock or The Fromanteel Family and their contemporaries 1658-1670, a lone exhibition, Ronald A. Lee, February 1969, b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, slim folio, plus two other copies of the same work, and Horological Master Works, English 17th-century Clocks from Private Collections, Antiquarian Horological Society/Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, 2003, numerous colour illusts., orig. printed wrappers, 4to, plus seven other related booklets (12)

Lot 575

Blacks Colour Guides. Rome, 1905; Florence & Some Tuscan Cities, 1905; Pompeii, 1910; The Italian Lakes, reprinted, 1912; Sicily, 1911; Venice, 1916; num. col. illusts., half title detached to Pompeii vol. occ. spotting, all orig. dec. cloth gilt, some wear and fading, 4to, together with thirteen others from the same series, plus nine from the Highways & Byways series. (28)

Lot 576

Boyd (Julian, ed.). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 1760-1790, 16 vols., New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1950-61, num. b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with 2 vols. Index by Elizabeth Sherwood, 1954-58, first covering vols. 1-6, second covering vols. 7-12, both orig. printed wrappers, 8vo, plus Morison (Elting E., ed.), The Letters of Theodore Roosevelt, 8 vols., Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1951-54, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, some rubbing, 8vo (26)

Lot 577

Burney (Fanny, Madame d`Arblay). The Journals and Letters, edited by Joyce Hemlow with Curtis D. Cecil and Althea Douglas, vols. 1-8 (of 12), Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1972-80, b & w plts., some folding, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j.s. with some fading to spines, 8vo, together with Johnson (Samuel), The Letters, edited by Bruce Redford, 5 vols., Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992-94, b & w plts., orig. cloth in d.j.s (with occn. light soiling), 8vo (13)

Lot 578

Cambridge. The Cambridge Guide, or, a Description of the University and Town of Cambridge, including Historical and Architectural Notices of the Public Building..., new ed., Cambridge, [1829], folding eng. map, thirty-two eng. illusts. on eight leaves, contemp. straight grain morocco, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Scale (Bernard), Tables for the easy Valuing of Estates, from one Shilling to five Pounds per Acre..., 1771, eng. title (trimmed with slight loss), 19th c. sheep, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with Valentine (Charles R.), Butter-Making (Illustrated), Vinton & Co., [1889],wood eng. illusts., lacks front free endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, slightly marked, 8vo, plus other misc. books including Snowdon (Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of), Public appearances 1987-1991, 1st ed., 1991, numerous col. illusts., signed "Snowdon" to half-title, orig. boards in price-clipped d.j., 4to (9)

Lot 587

Panorama. The Sovereigns of England from William the Conqueror to Victoria, containing Thirty-Six Portraits, pub. Read, [cover-title], c.1850, thirty-six hand-col. eng. ports. on eighteen leaves folded concertina style, some finger-soiling, paper repairs on verso, final plt. frayed at fore-edge (just clipping text), orig. blindstamped cloth, with pictorial label on upper cover, rubbed and soiled, extrems. sl. worn, 136 x 152 mm (5.5 x 6 ins), together with Jigsaw puzzle, Fairy Tale, A Box of Puzzles, Spear`s Picture Puzzles, early 20th c., three twelve-piece wooden jigsaw puzzles contained in orig. box, with two col. guide sheets, and third mounted on box lid, puzzles 150 x 150 mm (6 x 6 ins), plus Dick (T.E.M.), Bilberry Wood, Pictures by Elsa Beskow, Dean & Son, [1903], col. illusts. throughout, pictorial endpapers, ms. ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper, upper hinge split, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and lightly soiled, oblong 4to, plus six others, comprising five large picture books and six hand-col. engs. of children by Fuller, 1812, browned and foxed (9)

Lot 591

Robinson (W. Heath, illust.). Hans Anderson`s Fairy Tales, pub. Hodder & Stoughton for Boots, n.d., c. 1920, sixteen tipped-in colour plates, orig. gilt-dec. maroon cloth in bright condition, with d.j., chipped with a some loss to edges, 4to, together with Old-Time Stories told by Mr. Charles Perrault, illust. W. Heath Robinson, 1st ed., 1921, six tipped-in colour plates, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 4to, plus Peacock Pie, A Book of Rhymes by Walter de la Mare, illust. W. Heath Robinson, pub. Constable & Co., [1916], colour frontis., b&w illusts., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, large 8vo, and Heath Robinson`s Book of Goblins, a collection of folk-lore and fairy tales, pub. Hutchinson, [1934], colour frontis., six colour plates, numerous b&w illusts., some foxing to fore-margins, orig. dark blue cloth gilt, rubbed, 4to, plus similar early 20th c. children`s annuals and illustrated books, including Fairy Tales from Hans Anderson, illust. Harry Clarke, pub. J. Coker, n.d., c. 1920, Tales of a Fairy Court, by Andrew Lang, illust. A. A. Dixon, n.d., Stories from the Arabian Nights, illust. Edmund Dulac, pub. Hodder & Stoughton, for Boots, n.d., c. 1920, Chatterbox, 1903, The Captain, vol. XI, April-September 1904, Playbox Annual 1934, etc., mostly 4to (19)

Lot 594

Williamson (Henry). The Beautiful Years, revised ed., Faber & Faber, [1929], t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo. Limited edition 118/200 printed on hand-made paper and signed by the author. This is Book I of the Flax of Dream. (1)

Lot 597

[Arnold, Richard]. The Customs of London, otherwise called Arnold`s Chronicle; containing, Among Divers Other Matters, the original of the celebrated poem of the Nut-Brown Maid, reprinted from the first edition, with the additions included in the second, 1811, untrimmed, contemp. boards, soiled and worn with backstrip def., 4to, together with Usher (James), A Body of Divinity, or The Sum and Substance of Christian Religion, 6th ed., corrected and much enlarged, 1670, etched portrait frontis. loosely inserted, disbound without covers, folio, plus Deslandes (Andre-Francois), Reflexions sur les grands hommes qui sont mort en plaisantant, nouvelle ed., Amsterdam, 1776, t.e.g., early 20th c., half brown crushed morocco gilt, ex-libris Charles Whibley, with his bookplate and presentation inscription to him dated Christmas 1915, 8vo, and Stieler (Karl, and others), The Rhine, From its Source to the Sea, pub. Bickers and Son, 1878, numerous b&w wood eng. plates and illusts., a.e.g., contemp. gilt-dec. full red morocco, rubbed and some marks, upper joint partly cracked, folio, and other various antiquarian interest, reference, etc., including L`Histoire de Joseph, trans. Lemaistre de Sacy, Paris, 1878, with etched plates by various artists, large folio, Henri Cohen & Seymour de Ricci, Guide de l`Amateur de Livres a Gravures du XVIIIe Siecle, 6th ed., enlarged, Paris, 1912, bound in full green morocco, faded to spine, large 8vo, Edward Penfield, Posters in Miniature, 1897, & Herbert Cecil Duce, Poster Advertising, Chicago, 1912, Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden, 1825, a group of 20th c. framed silhouette portraits, etc. (a carton)

Lot 598

Bock (Elfried, and Rosenberg, Jakob). Die Niederlodischen Meister, Beschreibendes Verzeichnis SÅ mtlicher Zeichnungen mit 220 Lichtdrucktafeln, 2 vols. (text/plts.), Frankfurt, 1931, numerous b&w plts., ex-library with usual marks etc., orig. linen, faintly spotted, lettered in black, plt. vol. additionally lettered on spine in ms., folio, together with Burlington Fine Arts Club. Exhibition of Pictures of the School of Siena and Examples of the Minor Arts of that City, 1904, forty-seven col. and b&w plts. (as list), orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, rubbed and some marks, folio, plus Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, 1889, thirty-six b&w plts., occ. spotting, orig. cloth gilt, label to spine, rubbed, folio, and Bible [Tamil]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, under the auspices of The British and Foreign Bible Society, Madras, 1850, English title creased at gutter and becoming detached, printed in double column, typed letter tipped-in on verso of prelim. blank, pink figured endpapers, free endpapers sometime crudely strengthened at edges with linen, leather bookplate, gilt gauffered edges, contemp. black morocco (bound at the C.K.S. Press, Madras), elaborately gilt dec., rubbed and worn, with remains of crude repairs and spine detached at upper joint, 4to, and others various. Darlow and Moule 9126 (one of 500 copies in 4to) for the Tamil Bible. A revised edition, the result of a revision committee formed at Madras in 1847, acting in conjunction with the Jaffna Auxiliary Society. The bookplate reads: `To the Honorable John Fryer Thomas, Member of the Council of the Presidency of Madras, the Zealous and Constant Friend of Bible-Education for the Natives of India, This Tamil Bible, is presented by a few Hindoo Christians in token of their respect and esteem. March, 1855`. (one carton)

Lot 599

Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount). A Letter to Sir William Windham..., Some Reflections on the Present State of the Nation..., A Letter to Mr. Pope..., 1st ed., 1753, contemp. calf, joints cracked and weak, 8vo, together with Limborch (Philippus van), Philippi a Limborch SS. Theologiae inter Remonstrantes Professoris Theologia Christiana, ad praxin pietatis ac promotionem pacis Christianae unic? directa, Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstenium, 1686, title printed in red & black, contemp. panelled calf, extrems. slightly rubbed, 4to, plus other misc. books, including antiquarian and Victorian Acts of Parliament etc. (3 cartons)

Lot 601

Brown (Rev. John). A Dictionary of the Holy Bible..., 2 vols., 8th ed., 1818, eng. plts., folding map and plan, recent endpapers, near contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear to extrems., 8vo, together with Thomson (W. M.), The Land and the Book; or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land, 1866, num. col. plts., b&w illusts. throughout, folding map (with 4.5 inch handling tear), upper hinge broken, orig. cloth gilt, small split to spine, rubbed, thick 8vo, plus Hale (Kathleen), Orlando the Judge, 1st ed., [1950], & Orlando`s Zoo, 2 copies, 1st eds., [1954], col. and b&w illusts., throughout, orig. col. pict. wrappers, some splitting to base of spines, rubbed, oblong 8vo, plus approx. seventy other miscellaneous, incl. a large number of Penguin paperbacks, etc (a carton)

Lot 602

Durer Album. Herausgegeben von W.v. Kaulbach und A. Kreling, Nurnberg, n.d., c. 1870, forty-two b & w plts., contemp. panelled tree calf gilt by Potter & Son, upper hinge cracked, large 4to, together with Salviati (P.), Ricordo di Venezia, n.d., c. 1880s, eighteen albumen prints mounted on thick card, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, some wear to spine, oblong folio, with other miscellaneous books, mostly large-format (2 cartons)

Lot 603

East Africa. East Africa Protectorate. Ordinances and Regulations, 18 vols. in fourteen, Mombasa & Nairobi, 1903-1919, a broken run, mostly contemp. qtr. cloth, slightly worn, folio, plus others related including late 19th c. British Guiana Ordinances etc., mostly ex-lib. (2 cartons)

Lot 606

Mackenna (Stephen). Plotinus: The Ethical Treatises Being the Treatises of the First Ennead with Porphyry`s Life of Plotinus, and the Preller-Ritter Extracts forming a Conspectus of the Plotinian System, Translated from the Greek, 2 vols., pub. Philip Lee Warner/Medici Society, 1917, orig. holland-backed boards, soiled and some minor wear to extremities, 4to (limited edition of 1000 copies), together with Norman (E.R. and St. Joseph, J.K.S.), The Early Development of Irish Society. The Evidence of Aerial Photography, 1st ed., CUP, 1969, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., slim folio, and other miscellaneous books (2 cartons)

Lot 607

Montgomery (James Eglinton). The Cruise of Admiral D.G. Farragut, Commanding the European Squadron in 1867-68, in the Flag-ship Franklin, pub. New York, 1869, mounted albumen print port. frontis., wood-engs., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, minor wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Amundsen (Roald and Ellsworth, Lincoln), The First Flight Across the Polar Sea, 1st ed., [1927], b & w illusts. from photos, folding chart at rear, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, with other miscellaneous travel, etc. (a carton)

Lot 608

Nelson (T., & sons, pub.). The Arctic World: its Plants, Animals, and Natural Phenomena, with a Historical Sketch of Arctic Discovery, 1876, wood eng. frontis., plts. and illusts., occ. scattered spotting, t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, frayed to lower joint, gfolio, together with Lawrence (T.E.), Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1st trade ed., 1935, b & w port., plts. and folding maps, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, with The Letters of T.E. Lawrence, edited by David Garnett, 1st ed., 1938, b & w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus other misc. books including T.E. Lawrence, caving and mountaineering related etc. (a carton)

Lot 609

Schindler (Valentin). Epitome Bibliorum Continens Insigniora Veteris ac Novi Testamenti dicta Hebraice Chaldaice Syriace Graece Latine, et Germanice, In usum Scholarum collecta: et notis... illustrata, pub. Wittenberg: Joannis Cratonis, 1578, woodcut armorial to verso of title, few ink annotations & marks, some light staining, late 19th c. qtr. sheep, gilt dec. spine slightly worn, small 8vo, together with Cailliaud (M. Frederick), Travels in the Oasis of Thebes, and in the Deserts Situated East and West of the Thebaid; in the Years 1815,16,17, and 18, Translated from the French, 1822, eng. map frontis., fifteen plts. and one single-page eng. map (majority of plts. being uncol. aquatints, lacking one plt.), modern paper wrappers, 8vo, with Robson (Robert), The Mason`s Bricklayer`s, Plasterer`s, and Decorator`s Practical Guide, c.1840s, half-title (frayed to edges), litho title and numerous litho plts., modern tan half calf, 4to, plus other misc. books, including antiquarian and art reference, etc. (4 cartons)

Lot 611

Simms (Frederick W.). A Treatise on the Principal Mathematical Instruments, Employed in Surveying, Levelling, and Astronomy: Explaining their Construction, Adjustments, and Use, 1st ed., printed by T. Bensley, 1834, b&w illusts. to text, recent qtr. calf gilt, orig. label to upper cover, some marks, 8vo, together with Griffith (J. W. & Henfrey, Arthur), The Micographic Dictionary; A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of the Structure and Nature of Microscopic Objects, 2 vols. (text/plates), 4th ed., 1883, fifty-three eng. plts. (some hand-col.), b&w illusts. to text, both contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and some wear to extrems., 8vo, plus Chatterton (E. Keble), Ships & Ways of Other Days, pub. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1913, col. frontis., b&w plts and illusts. throughout, orig. gilt dec. cloth, 4to, plus thirteen other miscellaneous, incl. The Book of Sun-Dials, ed. H. K. F. Eden & Eleanor Lloyd, 1900; Maps and Map-Making..., by E. A. Reeves, 1910; Old Decorative Maps and Charts, by Arthur L. Humphreys, 1926, etc. (17)

Lot 612

Sowerby (J.E. and Johnson, C. Pierpoint). British Wild Flowers, 1876, num. hand-coloured plts., a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, soiled and some wear, 8vo, together with Burke (Sir Bernard), A Chronological and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, 2 vols., 8th ed., 1894, illustrated commercial ads. at rear of vol. 2, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, spines sunned, minor wear to extremities, thick 8vo, with other miscellaneous books (2 cartons)

Lot 614

Tizac (H. d`Ardenne de). Animals in Chinese Art, a Collection of Examples, with a Preface by Roger Fry, 1923, fifty col. and b & w plts., occn. fox spots, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. maroon cloth gilt, partially faded, extrems. sl. rubbed, folio, (limited edition, 130/250 copies), together with Hyde (J.A. Lloyd), Oriental Lowestoft Chinese Export Porcelain, Porcelaine de la Cie des Indes, with Special Reference to the Trade with China and the Porcelain Decorated for the American Market, 3rd ed., pub. Newport, 1964, numerous col. and b & w plts., ex. lib. with circular ink stamp on verso of title and labels on endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, a few faint adhesive marks, 4to (limited to 1000 copies), plus Sainsbury (Hester, illust.), Eve`s Legend, written in 1824 by Lord Holland, 1928, hand-col. wood eng. plts. and illusts., incl. title-page, untrimmed, orig. patterned boards, extrems. rubbed and some surface wear, printed spine label browned, contained in orig. board slipcase with label on upper side, rubbed, sm. folio, (limited edition 124/300 copies), plus twelve others, Chinese art related and misc. (13)

Lot 616

Wright (Thomas). The Life of William Blake, 2 vols., pub. Olney, Bucks., 1929, col. frontis. to each, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in frayed and torn d.j.s, 4to, together with other miscellaneous art ref., including The Studio (`Masters of Etching` series) and Print Collectors Quarterly, etc., all ex-lib. copies with usual marks (6 cartons)

Lot 617

Jones (W., Private Teacher of Writing, etc.). Poikilographia. Or various Specimens of Ornamental Penmanship, comprising Twenty-Two Different Alphabets, n.d., c. 1830s, port. frontis., eng. title, twenty-one eng. plts. on twenty-one leaves, all protected with tissue guards, some spotting and marginal soiling throughout, later quarter calf gilt with orig. paper label to upper cover, slim folio, together with Sharpe (Edmund), The Mouldings of the Six Periods of British Architecture from the Conquest to the Reformation, pub. E. & F.M. Spon, n.d., c. 1871, col. and b & w illusts., some folding, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extremities, 4to, with other miscellaneous antiquarian, mostly 18th and 19th c. (3 shelves)

Lot 619

Art Journal, 1866, 1867 & 1868, steel-eng. plts., some old marginal waterstains, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, worn, 4to, together with Gill (Conrad), History of Birmingham, 2 vols., 1st ed., OUP, 1952, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map in rear pocket of each, orig. blue cloth gilt, faded on spines, 8vo, plus Watkins-Pitchford (Denys `BB`), A Summer on the Nene, 1st ed., 1967, signed on title by the author, col. frontis., wood-engs., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and other miscellaneous books, mostly children`s and illustrated works, annuals, etc. (3 shelves)

Lot 621

Henty (G.A.). To Herat and Cabul. A Story of the First Afghan War, 1902, eight full-page b & w illusts., double-page map, 32 pp. publisher`s catalogue at rear, orig. pict. cloth gilt in bright condition, 8vo, together with The Modern Boy`s Book of Aircraft. The Romance of Man`s Mastery of the Skies in Picture and Story, n.d., c. 1931, col. frontis., num. b & w illusts., several contributions by W.E. Johns, orig. cloth with large pictorial panel to upper cover, 4to, with a News Chronicle aircraft identification wallchart, compiled by Ronald Walker, c. 1940 loosely inserted, with other miscellaneous children`s books and annuals, etc., including reprints of Sexton Blake and Jules Verne (3 shelves)

Lot 622

Zahn (Joanne). Speculae Physico-Mathematico-Historicae Tomus III. Conitines Microcosni sive Hominis Notabilia & Mirabilia scienda... , vol. 3 only, Nuremberg, 1696, addn. eng. frontis., trimmed at foot, three eng. plts., text generally somewhat browned, contemp. calf, worn on spine, folio, together with Carpenter (William B.), Introduction to the Study of Foraminifera, pub. Ray Society, 1862, twenty-two uncol. litho. plts., some minor scattered spotting, orig. linen-backed boards, covers detached, folio, with other miscellaneous antiquarian (3 shelves)

Lot 623

Vesalius (Andreas). On the Fabric of the Human Body. A Translation of De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem. Book I, The Bones and Cartiledges, by William Frank Richardson, in Collaboration with John Burd Carman, pub. San Francisco, 1998, b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with Sarjeant (William A.S.), Geologists and the History of Geology. An International Bibliography from the Origins to 1978, 5 vols., Arno Press, New York, 1980, orig. cloth, large 8vo, with other history of science reference and similar (3 shelves)

Lot 624

White (Rev. Gilbert). The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton, ed. Thomas Bell, 2 vols., 1877, eng. frontis. to each, a few engs. to text, orig. cloth gilt, sl. frayed at head of spines, 8vo, together with Hine (Reginald L.), The Natural History of the Hitchin Region, 1934, col. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, folding map contained in rear pocket, orig. cloth gilt, a little faded and rubbed on spine, large 8vo, with other natural history, geology and related (3 shelves)

Lot 626

Jarrett (Philip, editor). Aircraft of the Second World War. The Development of the Warplane 1939-45, pub. Putnam, 1997, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 4to, together with Freeman (Roger A. and Anderton, David A.), The B-17 Fortress, B-29 Fortress at War, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. laminated pict. boards in matching d.j., folio, with other aviation, mostly recent hardback publications, many in d.j., G/VG (3 shelves)

Lot 627

Foster (John). Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886: Their Parentage, Birthplace, and Year of Birth, with a Record of their Degrees, 4 vols., Parker & Co., Oxford, 1888, num. wood-engs. and sepia plts., orig. cloth gilt, somewhat dampstained, large 8vo, together with Oliver (Basil), The Cottages of England. A Review of their Types and Features from the 16th to the 18th Centuries, 1st ed., Batsford, 1929, col. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Caird (Mona), The Morality of Marriage, and other Essays on the Status and Destiny of Woman, 1st ed., 1897, orig. cloth gilt, somewhat dampstained, 8vo, and other miscellaneous books, mostly late 19th/early 20th c. clothbound vols., including history and biographies, etc. (6 shelves)

Lot 628

Du Maurier (Daphne). Rebecca, 1st ed., Gollancz, 1938, text block lightly browned at edges., orig. cloth, rubbed and some minor wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Cameron (Katherine, illust.), In Fairy Land/The Enchanted Land, by Louey Chisholm, 1904 & 1906 respec., thirty full-page col. illusts. to each, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little rubbed and darkened on spines, 8vo, with other miscellaneous books including children`s and illustrated works (many illustrated by Amy Steedman), a few small format vellum bindings, etc. (3 shelves)

Lot 630

Baines (Thomas). Yorkshire, Past and Present: A History and a Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, from the Earliest Ages to the Year 1870... Including an Account of the Woollen Trade of Yorkshire, by Edward Baines, 4 vols., n.d., c. 1870, eng. plts., a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, rubbed and dampstained, some wear, 4to, together with Balchin (W.G.V., editor), Swansea and its Region, pub. British Association, 1971, b & w illusts. from photos, folding geological and population maps, etc., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus other various topography (3 shelves)

Lot 632

Rackham (Bernard). Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery & Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2 vols., CUP, 1935, num. col. plts., orig. cloth in sl. torn d.j.s, folio, together with Rubin (William S.), Dada and Surrealist Art, New York, n.d., c. 1970, num. col. and b & w illusts., some tipped in, orig. printed velour with d.j., thick 4to, with other miscellaneous art and antiques reference, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)

Lot 633

Senefelder (Alois). A Complete Course of Lithography: Containing Clear and Explicit Instructions in all the Different Branches and Manners of that Art... to which is Prefixed a History of Lithography, from its Origin to the Present Time, with a Preface by Frederic von Schlichtegroll, pub. Ackermann, 1819, port. frontis., soiled, recent half morocco gilt, 4to, together with Martineau (Harriet), The History of England During the Thirty Years` Peace: 1816-1846, 2 vols., pub. Charles Knight, 1849, eng. ports., folding maps, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to extremities, large 8vo, plus Colvin (Sidney), Early Engraving & Engravers in England (1545-1695). A Critical and Historical Essay, pub. British Museum, 1905, eng. plts., t.e.g., orig. quarter morocco gilt, worn on spine, large folio, with other miscellaneous antiquarian (3 shelves)

Lot 635

Pindar (Peter). The Works of Peter Pindar, 4 vols., 1794-96, port. frontis. to vol. 1, contemp. calf, joints cracked, 8vo, together with Maury (Alfred, Pulszky, Francis and Meigs, J. Aitken), Indigenous Races of the Earth; Or, New Chapters of Ethnological Inquiry, London & Philadelphia, 1857, litho. plts., large folding ethnographic table, contemp. half calf gilt, joints partly split, 4to, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian (3 shelves)

Lot 636

Cherry-Garrard (Apsley). The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic, 1910-1913 (first single-volume edition), 1952, col. frontis., b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Dugmore (A. Radclyffe), In the Heart of the Northern Forests, 1st ed., 1930, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth, rubbed and faded on spine, 4to, with other travel and miscellaneous books (3 shelves)

Lot 637

Shakespeare Head Press. A School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1930, b & w illusts. and decorations by Thomas Lowinsky, untrimmed and partly unopened, orig. three quarter vellum gilt, a little soiled, folio (475 copies printed), with other miscellaneous books, including topography, literature and poetry, etc. (3 shelves)

Lot 638

Stevens (Edward T.). Flint Chips. A Guide to Pre-Historic Archaeology, as Illustrated by the Collection in the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, 1870, uncol. litho. frontis., b & w illusts. to text, ex-lib. ink stamp on title, orig. cloth gilt, rebacked, preserving orig. spine, 8vo, together with Woodward (Arthur Smith), The Fossil Fishes of the English Wealden and Purbeck Formations, pub. Palaeontographical Society, 1916-19, twenty-six uncol. litho. plts., recent cloth, folio, with other natural history and geology, etc. (3 shelves)

Lot 639

Tipping (H. Avray). Grinling Gibbons and the Woodwork of His Age (1648-1720), pub. Country Life, 1914, numerous b&w illusts. after photos, orig. qtr. cloth, with paper label to upper cover, rubbed and marked, folio, together with Jekyll (Gertrude), Wood and Garden, Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur, 7th impression, 1899, b&w plts., one or two leaves loose, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and spine a little dulled, 8vo, plus Sheppard (Edgar), Memorials of St. James`s Palace, 2 vols., 1894, b&w plts., occn. sl. foxing, t.e.g., orig. blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, and Pignatorre (Theodore), The Ancient Monuments of Rome, pub. Trefoil, n.d., c. 1930, b&w plts., orig. blue cloth gilt, large 8vo, plus other mostly early 20th c. topographical interest, art reference, etc., including 7 vols. Pelican History of Art series, Mrs. Henry Perrin & Professor Boulger, British Flowering Plants, 4 vols., pub. Bernard Quaritch, 1914, numerous col. plts., t.e.g., orig. uniform white cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, large 4to, Grove`s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5 vols., 3rd ed., 1928, Dante, The Vision of Hell, & The Vison of Pergatory and Paradise, illust. Gustave Dore, 2 vols., pub. Cassell, 1903, etc. (4 shelves)

Lot 641

Osler (William). The Principles and Practice of Medicine for the Use of Students and Practitioners, 6th ed., 1906, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, large 8vo, together with Senator (Prof. Dr. H. and Kaminer, Dr. S.), Health and Disease in Relation to Marriage and the Married State, New York & London, 1904, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, large 8vo, plus Pringle (J.J., editor), A Pictorial Atlas of Skin Diseases and Syphilitic Affections, in Photo-Lithochromes from Models in the Museum of the Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, 1904, b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, faded and rubbed on spine, tall 8vo, and others of medical interest, mostly early 20th c. (6 shelves)

Lot 642

Picasso (Pablo). Picasso. The Blue and Rose Periods. A Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings, 1900-1906, by Pierre Daix and Georges Boudaille, with the collaboration of Joan Rosselet, pub. New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1967, together with Picasso: Women. Cannes and Mougins, 1954-63, text by Helene Parmelin, pub. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1965, num. tipped in col. plts., both orig. cloth, a little rubbed and faded, 4to, with other art reference, mostly contemporary art, including catalogues and softback publications (3 shelves)

Lot 643

Baudelaire (Charles). Poesies Completes, 3 vols., pub. Editions de la Banderole, 1922, photogravure port. plt. to each vol., text in red and black, orig. printed wrappers retained and bound in contemp. half morocco gilt, spines darkened, rubbed, 4to, (limited ed. 331/570), together withLepelletier (Edmond), Paul Verlaine, His Life, His Work, trans. E.M. Lang, 1st ed., [1909], port. frontis. and b & w plts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, spine faded and a little frayed to lower joint, thick 8vo, with other mostly French literature, the majority Rimbaud and Verlaine interest including paperbacks (3 shelves)

Lot 644

Hofer (Tamas and Fel, Edit). Hungarian Folk Art, OUP, 1979, num. col. and b & w illusts., some tipped in, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with other art and design, crafts, antiques reference, photography, etc., mostly recent publications, many in d.j., G/VG (3 shelves)

Lot 646

Bradley (A. G.). When Squires and Farmers Thrived, 1st ed., 1927, b&w plts., ownership inscription to front blank, orig. cloth gilt in rubbed and frayed d.j., together with Valentine (Charles R.), Butter-Making, Illustrated, n.d., c. 1880, numerous b&w wood eng. illusts., orig. cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed, 8vo, plus Hudson (W. H.), A Shepherd`s Life, 2nd ed., November 1910, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, and Salaman (Redcliffe N.), The History and Social Influence of the Potato, Cambridge University, 1949, b&w plts., etc., orig. cloth, a little faded, all 8vo, plus others on agriculture, various, mostly late 19th & 20th c. publications, mostly 8vo (3 shelves)

Lot 648

Guizo (M.). History of Oliver Cromwell and the English Commonwealth, from the Execution of Charles the First to the Death of Cromwell, 2 vols., trans. Andrew R. Scoble, 1854, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and a little worn at extremities, 8vo, together with Rutt (John Towill), Diary of Thomas Burton, Esq., Member of the Parliaments of Oliver and Richard Cromwell, from 1656 to 1659: Now first published from the original autograph manuscript... , 4 vols., 1828, eng. frontis. to vols. 1-3 (spotted), orig. cloth with paper labels to spines, worn, 8vo, plus Grant (Mrs. Anne), Memoirs of an American Lady, with Sketches of Manners and Scenes in America as the Existed previous to the Revolution, 2 vols., New York, 1901, port. frontis. to each and b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. quarter vellum gilt, 8vo (limited edition 101/250, signed by the publishers), with other history and biographies, etc. (3 shelves)

Lot 649

Serven (James E.). Colt Firearms from 1836, pub. Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1979, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Nelson (Thomas B. and Musgrave, Daniel D.), The World`s Machine Pistols and Submachine Guns (1964-1980), vol. IIa, pub. Chesa Ltd., Hong Kong, 1980, presentation copy from Tom Nelson, signed on front pastedown, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth, 4to, plus Howe (James Virgil), The Modern Gunsmith. A Guide for the Amateur and Professional Gunsmith in the Design and Construction of Firearms, with Practical Suggestions for all Who Like Guns, 2 vols., New York & London, 1934, num. b & w illusts. from photos, a.e.g., orig. navy morocco, gilt-dec. spines, a little rubbed, 4to, and others, mostly relating to guns, weapons and military history (5 shelves)

Lot 652

Lord (Mrs M.V.). Tweed`s Poultry-Keeping in India. A Simple and Practical Book on their Care and Treatment... , 6th ed., revised, Calcutta & Simla, 1927, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, some minor wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Wrightson (John), Sheep. Breeds and Management, 3rd ed., 1898, wood-engs., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Raison (C.), The Milk Trade. A Comprehensive Guide to the Development of the Dairy Industry, n.d., c. 1933, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. dec. cloth, a little rubbed on spines, large 8vo, and others of agricultural interest. These books have been stored in a barn in Herefordshire for the past twenty to thirty years and are all somewhat dusty and dampstained. (4 shelves)

Lot 653

Morris (Rev. F.O.). A Natural History of British Moths, 4 vols., 1871, num. col. plts., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, worn at extremities, 8vo, together with Hampson (Sir George F.), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 2 vols., 1898-1900, b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt in bright condition, 8vo, plus Edwards (F.W., Oldroyd, H. and Smart, J.), British Blood-sucking Flies, pub. British Museum, 1939, forty-five plts. (plt. 4 supplied in facsimile), orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, tall 8vo, and others relating to butterflies and insects, etc. (6 shelves)

Lot 654

Bogert (Charles M. and Martin del Campo, Rafael). The Gila Monster and its Allies. The Relationships, Habits, and Behaviour of the Lizards of the Family Helodermativae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1956, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. printed wrappers retained in recent leather, 4to, together with Toovey (Jacqueline), Tigers of the Raj. Pages from the Shikar Diaries, 1894 to 1949 of Colonel Burton, Sportsman and Conservationist, 1st ed., 1987, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, with others relating to mammals and reptiles, mostly recent hardback publications, many in d.j. (6 shelves)

Lot 655

Roberts (T.J.). The Birds of Pakistan, vol. 1 (of 2), Oxford University Press, 1991, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. simulated leather boards in d.j., 4to, together with Cramp (Stanley, and others), Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, vols. 1, 2, 3 & 6 only, pub. RSPB/OUP, 1977-92, num. col. illusts., distribution maps, etc., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, VG, and others of ornithological interest (6 shelves)

Lot 656

Farrer (Reginald). My Rock-Garden, 1907, Alpines and Bog-Plants, 1908, In a Yorkshire Garden, 1909, all 1st eds., b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt in bright condition, 8vo, together with Bean (W.J.), Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 3 vols., 7th ed., 1950, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. frayed and chipped d.j.s, 8vo, with others of gardening and horticultural interest (6 shelves)

Lot 660

Oman (Charles). A History of the Peninsula War, 7 vols., Clarendon Press, 1902-1930, num. folding maps, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Essame (Major-General H.), The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1944-1945, 1st ed., 1952, b & w illusts. from photos, folding maps, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus Farrar-Hockley (Anthony), The British Part in the Korean War, 2 vols., HMSO, 1990, b & w illusts. from photos, num. folding maps, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, with others of military interest (6 shelves)

Lot 661

Burn (Jacob Henry). A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-House Tokens Current in the Seventeenth Century; Presented to the Corporation Library by Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy, 2nd ed., 1855, port. frontis. and two other eng. plts., blind-stamped cloth gilt, worn on spine, 8vo, together with Bowditch (N.I.), Suffolk Surnames [United States of America], 3rd ed., London & Boston, 1851, eng. port. frontis., orig. cloth gilt, worn at extremities, thick 8vo, plus Kemp (E.G.), The Face of Manchuria, Korea & Russian Turkestan, New York, 1911, col. frontis. and sepia illusts. by E.G. Kemp, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous books including travel, topography, genealogy, etc. (3 shelves)

Lot 227

Two Iona silver Celtic style brooches by John Hart, struck JH & Iona, a silver Celtic style ring and bracelet

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