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Click here to subscribeEARLY 19TH CENTURY WELSH OAK BOOKCASE CUPBOARD having two glazed doors, the interior revealing two fitted ebonised shelves above two fitted drawers with brass loop handles and two blind panelled fielded doors, standing on projecting base and bracket feet. 108 x 38 x 186cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)
EDWARDIAN OAK THREE BOTTLE TANTALUS having originally plated mounts to angles and corners, containing three matching square section, hob nail cut spirit decanters with facet stoppers, two opening doors revealing compartments to the interior, above a lower blind frieze drawer to the front, containing playing cards and a peg board. 35 x 34 x 27cm approx (H x W x D).(B.P. 21% + VAT) Includes key. Mounts are polished back to brass base metal in most cases. The upper panel has minor losses to its front edge where decanters have been taken in and out. There are minor losses to the sides and the base commensurate with age and use. Decanters appear good, some blooming and odd chips to the inside of the stoppers.
18TH CENTURY CARDIGANSHIRE OAK DRESSER probably altered from a mule chest, having boarded two shelf rack back, three frieze drawers to the base over two blind panelled cupboards, on stile feet. 172 x 56 x 196cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) In very poor condition. The hooks are not original and 20th century. The boarded back is falling to pieces with old wallpaper. Scratches, marks and stains, losses in places. Evidence of worm. Poor condition overall.
LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY BREAK FRONT BOOKCASE by C. Hindley, Oxford St, London, having pierced gallery rail above a moulded top, the central two blind panelled doors with moulded lozenge decoration, flanked by adjustable shelving area, standing on four spade feet, with key. 230 x 39 x 113cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) The widest depth section is 39cm. Depth of sections on either side is 32cm approx.Gallery slightly loose and 2 noticeable splits/cracks. General wear overall, marks and scratches to shelves.
18TH CENTURY STYLE WELSH OAK COFFWR BACH having moulded top above three square fielded panels, the projecting base with two fitted drawers and a central pull out blind panelled drawer, standing on bracket feet. 65 x 34 x 44cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Very nice colour. Some wear and splits in places but overall good usable condition.
LATE 19TH CENTURY STAINED PINE SOLICITORS CUPBOARD having moulded cornice above two blind panelled and fielded doors, the interior revealing an arrangement of shelves, drawers and pigeon holes, with brass recessed handles, standing on a projected and moulded base. 122 x 34 x 195cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)Doors are not warped. Some woodworm in places - not alive. Very rustic condition, scratches and wear with age. Some handles are incomplete in centre. 2 handles damaged at base.
EXHIBITION QUALITY WORKING SCALE MODEL of the Royal Navy 'Flower' class corvette 'HMS Crocus' K49 launched June 1940, built by A & J Inglis Ltd of Glasgow, 1036 tonnes, 2005ft long with a beam of 33ft, single shaft propulsion with two fire tube Scotch boilers and one triple expansion steam engine producing 2750 horsepower. The term corvette was originally a French name for a small sailing war ship and in the Second World War the Royal Navy returned to this concept of a small escort war ship used in shipping protection roles, there were two types of vessels in this class, the later versions being slightly larger and somewhat better armed. With electric motor for radio control. 65cm long approx., on wooden stand and within blind wooden transportation box case. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Rather dusty and grubby but appearing in good condition.Provenance: these models by Robert Gerald Iles (1940-2019), a former British Army Officer who had always been interested in model making but did not have enough spare time whilst serving, resident in Pembrokeshire and joined the Pembrokeshire Model Sailing Yacht club where he won numerous trophies at club and national level. He also started his own business 'The Top Rig' making sails for model yachts, he then started making model ships for his own enjoyment, primarily British war ships and he took his models to modelling exhibitions all around the UK. Particularly well known in Wales.
LATE VICTORIAN OAK BREAK FRONT WARDROBE having moulded and dentil cornice with moulded cherub face and wings, the central projecting blind panelled cupboard, above an arrangement of two short and three long drawers, flanked by two bevelled mirrored doors, standing on a projecting base. 209 x 63 x 220cm approx.(B.P. 21% + VAT) Good condition overall for age. Retains a decent colour. Minor losses to mouldings in places but overall in good usable condition for its age.
* George IV (1762-1830), King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. Document Signed, ‘George R’, as King, Court at Carlton House, 6 December 1823, manuscript document addressed to the Earl of Eldon, being a warrant for the affixing of the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Ratification of a Convention between King George IV and the Emperor of Austria, ‘for the definitive settlement of the Austrian Loan, concluded and signed at Vienna, on the Seventeenth day of November [1823]’, countersigned at the conclusion by George Canning (1770-1827, British Prime Minister April-August 1827 and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1807-09, 1822-27), 2 pages, with a further 6 pages annexed to the document, being a manuscript copy of the Convention in English and French, comprising 5 articles negotiated between Robert Gordon and Klemens von Metternich in which the Emperor of Austria agrees to repay the sum of ‘Two Millions Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling in satisfaction of the whole of the British Claims’, a total of 6 bifolia including final two blank leaves, tied with a blue ribbon and with a blind embossed paper seal affixed, folioQty: (1)
[Robinson, John]. An Account of Sueden: Together with an Extract of the History of that Kingdom, London: Tim. Goodwin, 1694, half-title present, occasional light toning, contemporary speckled calf, joints cracked, 8vo, together with: Egmont (John Perceval, Earl of), Faction Detected, by the Evidence of Facts. Containing an Impartial view of Parties at Home, and Affairs Abroad, 2nd edition, London: J. Roberts, 1743, half-title present, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, Sheppard (William), The Touch-Stone of Common Assurances: or, a plain and familiar Treatise, opening the Learning of the Common Assurances, or Conveyances of the Kingdom, 6th edition, revised and corrected, with notes and additional references, by Edward Hilliard, London: printed by A. Strahan & W. Woodfall, for E. & R. Brooke, W. Clark & R. Pheney, 1791, half-title present, ink stamp to front free endpaper, text block edges painted with words 'Chester Circuit Library', contemporary sheep, contrasting morocco labels to spine, lightly scuffed, 8vo Graydon (William), Reflections on the State of Ireland in the Nineteenth Century, 2nd edition, London: James Ridgway, 1825, blind stamp to title of Lansdowne House, contemporary cloth, old paper labels to upper board, joints split, spine ends frayed, 8vo, and other 18th and 19th century pamphlets etc., many relating to political current affairs of the timeQty: (30)
Jones (William). Les Reports de Sir William Jones Chevalier. Jades un des Justices del' Court de Common-Banck. Et devant Capital Justice d'Ireland..., London: printed by T.R. and N.T. for Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswel, 1675, early signature at head of title and armorial bookplate of Sir James Mountaque to verso, occasional marginal notes, slight dust-soiling, contemporary calf, old reback, boards detached, some wear, folio (Wing J1003), together with: Jones (Thomas), Les Reports de divers Special Cases en le Common Bank & en le Court del Bank le Roy. En le Reigne de le Roy Charles le II..., London: printed by the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins for Samuel Keble, 1695, early marginal notes throughout volume, light dust-soiling and toning to some margins mostly at front and rear, contemporary blind panelled calf, joints split, worn at head & foot of spine and to board corners, folio (Wing J999), Hutton (Richard), The reports of that reverend and learned judge, Sir Richard Hutton Knight; sometimes one of the judges of the common pleas. Containing many choice cases, judgments..., now faithfully translated into English, London: printed by T.R. for Henry Twyford and Thomas Dring, 1656, dampstaining and damp fraying to fore-margins throughout volume, contemporary calf, worn with loss to spine, slim folio (Wing H3843), [Barrington, Daines], Observations on the Statutes, chiefly the more ancient, from Magna Charta to The Twenty-First of James the First, Ch. xxvii. With an appendix; being a proposal for new modelling the statutes, London: printed by W. Bowyer, 1766, ownership inscription at head of title, armorial bookplate of Phillip Carteret Webb to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, joints split and light wear, spine darkened and lacking title label, 4to, and other similar 17th & 18th century law related, in contemporary calf, worn, folio & 4toQty: (11)
McCormick (Robert). Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1884, pp. xx, 432; xii, 412, [16], with 66 plates and maps (including 3 portraits, 5 linen-backed folding panoramas, 5 maps of which 1 folding and not listed ['Track Chart of the East Coast of the Wellington Channel'], and 29 other plates, these all tinted lithographs; and 24 wood-engraved plates), half-title and 16 pp. publisher's advertisements to volume 2, ex-Shoreditch Public Libraries with ink-stamps (cancelled), 20th-century quarter morocco library binding, 8vo (24.5 x 15.5 cm), together with: Amedeo (Luigi). On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1903, 16 engraved plates, 5 lithographic maps (of which 2 linen-backed and folding, in end-pocket), 2 folding panoramas (one repaired), publisher's blind stamp ('With the publisher's compliments') to volume 1 half-title, ex-St Pancras Public Libraries with perforation stamps to title-pages and other markings, 20th-century quarter morocco library binding, 4to (23.8 x 18.8 cm), Kane (Elisha Kent). Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856, engraved vignette-titles, frontispieces, 2 maps (1 folding), folding isothermal chart, 18 engraved plates, spotting, original cloth, wear to headcaps, adhesive labels to spines, 8vo, and 17 others, polar exploration (Heroic Age), not collated, mainly ex-library, including John Brown, The North-West Passage, 2nd edition, 1860; Alexander Armstrong, A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage, 1857; Frederick G. Jackson, A Thousand Days in the Arctic, 2 volumes, 1899; R. E. Peary, Nearest the Pole, London, 1907; Roald Amundsen, "The North West Passage", 2 volumes London, 1908; and similarQty: (25)NOTESArctic Bibliography 10582 (McCormick), 8373 (Kane).
Adamson (Charles Murray). Some More Scraps about Birds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: J. Bell & Co., 1880-81, vignette title, 4 autotype engravings, numerous lithograph illustrations from sketches by the author, some spotting, mainly at front and rear and to fore-edges, hinges cracked after endpapers, contemporary green half calf, rubbed, spine darkened, corners showing, 8vo, (limited edition, one of 120 copies), together with: Some More Illustrations of Wild Birds, London: Gurney & Jackson, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Mawson, Swan, & Morgan, 1887, vignette title, 24 photo-lithograph illustrations from pen and ink sketches by the author, small wormtrail to gutter of front endpapers, with single wormhole to gutter throughout, contemporary cream half sheep, somewhat soiled and rubbed, with some scuffing to edges, printed paper label to front cover, oblong 8vo, (limited edition, one of 200 copies), plus: Berners (Dame Juliana), A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle: being a facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing printed in England by Wynkyn de Worde at Westminster in 1496, with an introduction by Rev. M. G. Watkins, London: Elliot Stock, 1880, half-title, woodcut illustration of fisherman as headpiece, woodcut illustrations of fishing hooks and other implements in text, title lightly spotted, some spotting and toning to endpapers, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, soiled, darkened spine with small loss to front joint centrally, slim 4to, with: Phillips (Henry), The True Enjoyment of Angling, subscriber's copy, London: William Stevens, 1843, engraved portrait frontispiece (spotted), title with ink monogramme stamp, subscribers list, pictorial bookplate 'Arvid Eriksson', front hinge cracked, contemporary cloth, rebacked, gilt-lettering to front cover, a little fading and marks, somewear to extremities, 8vo, (limited edition, one of 100 copies), and 14 others travel and natural history, including: Journal of Travels, Twenty Thousand Miles, by sea and land, over Europe, Asia and Africa, by G. E. Winants, 1872; Journal of Travels Around the World, by the same author, 1877; Another Book of Scraps, by Charles Murray Adamson, 1882Qty: (18)
Carr (Sir John). Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807, 1st edition, London: for Mathews and Leigh, 1809, 12 aquatint plates including folding frontispiece, all with later hand-colouring, blind stamp of Maidstone Museum and Public Libraries to title-page, spotting and offsetting to text-leaves adjacent to plates, final page (p. 542, with advertisement) overlaid with translucent paper, contemporary green morocco gilt, rebacked to style, 4to (26.4 x 19.5 cm), together with: Reid (John T.). Art Rambles in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1878, 40 wood-engraved plates and numerous vignettes by Dalziel Brothers, inscribed 'Mrs Dodd, with kind regards from Dalziel Brothers, Christmas 1877' on initial blank, bookplate of Charles Robert Bignold (1892-1970), gilt edges, near-contemporary dark green crushed morocco gilt by Ramage, 4to (24.2 x 17.2 cm), Graham (Robert C.). The Carved Stones of Islay, 1st edition, Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1895, half-title, etched additional title, map, 32 plates with captioned tissue-guards (nearly all photogravures), top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original quarter cloth, a little pale mottling to sides, 4to, [Mudie, Robert]. A Historical Account of His Majesty's Visit to Scotland, 4th edition, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1822, 4 engraved folding plates backed on linen, one other folding plate, plates variably toned and spotted, first plate unevenly folded, gilt gauffered edges, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, arms of the city of Edinburgh to sides, 8vo (21.4 x 12.5 cm), and 7 similar, Scottish history and related, 19th and early-20th century, all finely bound, including Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and Kenneth Cloud, Songs of the Hebrides, volumes 1-2, 1909-17 (half-title, 3 halftone plates, collation unknown, contemporary dark blue morocco gilt for Maclehose, 4to)Qty: (12)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Abbey Scenery 488 (Carr).
Scotland. Blaeu (Johannes & Pont Timothy), Lidalia vel Lidisdalia Regio, Lidisdall, Amsterdam, circa 1654, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, large decorative cartouche and mileage scale, slight creasing, small blind stamp to lower right corner, 415 x 530 mm, Latin text on verso, mounted, together with Praefectura Kircubriensis quae Gallovidiae Maxime Orientalis pars est. The Steuartrie of Kircubright, The most Easterlie part of Galloway, Amsterdam, [1654 - 62], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, large decorative cartouche, 425 x 545 mm, no text on verso, mounted, with Fife pars Occidentalis, The West part of Fife, Amsterdam, circa 1654, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, two repaired marginal closed tears, just affecting printed image, 420 x 540 mm, Dutch text on verso, plus Mercia vulgo vice comitatus Bervicensis, The Merce or Shirrefdome of Berwick, Amsterdam, Circa 1654, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, one very small hole repaired on verso, 385 x 505 mm, Latin text on versoQty: (4)
Horne (Henry). Essays concerning Iron and Steel: The First, containing Observations on American Stand-Iron: The Second, Observations, founded on Experiments, on Common Iron-Ore, with the Method of reducing it first into Pig or Sow-Metal, and then into Bar-Iron; on the sort of iron proper to be converted into good steel ..., 1st edition, London: T.C. Cadell, 1773, [2],223pp., lacking A2, title with short closed tear to inner margin and leaf reattached, staining to inner blank margin of B1, short closed tear also to inner margin of gathering B, contemporary marbled sheep, blind decoration to spine, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, 12mo, together with: Cobbett (William), Cottage Economy: containing information relative to the brewing of Beer, making of Bread, keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry and Rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the Affairs of a Labourer's Family, Stereotype edition, London: C. Clement, 1822, contemporary signature 'Wm. Postlethwaite' at head of title, edges untrimmed, original boards, rebacked, 12mo, Rennie (Robert), Essays on the Natural History and Origin of Peat Moss, Edinburgh: printed by George Ramsay & Co. for the author, 1810, edges untrimmed, ink stamp to both pastedowns, original boards, joints split, 8vo, Candolle (Augustin Pyramus de & Sprengel, K.), Elements of the Philosophy of Plants: containing the Principles of Scientific Botany ... translated from the German, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T. Cadell, 1821, eight engraved plates, some dampstaining and spotting, edges untrimmed, original cloth, rebacked, 8vo, plus three others including The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, New edition, London: Ward, Lock & Tyler, 1869(?), lacking frontispiece, contemporary half morocco, extremities worn, 8voQty: (7)NOTES(Horne) - Sabin 33031; Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 10981; Higgs, Bibliography of Economics 1751-1775, 5669. An important work on the development of metallurgy in England, and the origins of the refining of iron into steel, or crucible steel, with an account of the author's experiments with iron ore from America, generally known as Virginia black sand.
[Morgan, Thomas, attrib.]. Leycesters Common-Wealth: Conceived, spoken and published with most earnest protestation of all dutifull good will and affection towards this Realm ..., 1641, bound with Leycesters Ghost, 1641, blank facing title with tipped-in engraved portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester by W. Marshall, a few minor spots, preliminary blank with ink manuscript notes and extract from a sale catalogue with 'Maggs 1958' added in pencil, armorial bookplate 'Kennet of the Dene' with ink manuscript 'Wayland emit MCMXLIV' to top margin, 19th century calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, decorative gilt roll to turn-ins, somewhat rubbed, front joint cracked, small 4to, together with: Jefferies (Richard), Bevis, the Story of a Boy, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882, half-title to volume 1 (as issued), some toning, scarce light spotting, each volume with armorial bookplate 'Kennet of the Dene', front free endpapers repaired with chips, that to volume 1 with embossed W.H. Smith library stamp, volume 1 rear free endpaper detached, hinges cracked, original green pictorial cloth, extremities a trifle worn, spines darkened, some marks and stains, 8vo, plus: Trollope (Anthony), He Knew He Was Right, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Strahan and Company, 1869, black & white plates and illustrations by Marcus Stone, half-titles, some minor spotting (mainly at front and rear), stitching strained, hinges cracked, original blind-stamped green cloth, worn, 8vo, with: Carroll (Lewis), Sylvie and Bruno [and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded], 2 volumes, 1st editions, London: Macmillan and Co., 1889 [1893], black & white frontispieces and illustrations, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed with some minor marks, darkened spines with some fraying to ends (Concluded chipped at head), 8voQty: (8)NOTESFirst item: ESTC R200977. Second item: Sadleir 1305. Third item: Wolff 6780. Sylvie and Bruno Concluded: first edition first issue, with error in table of contents (chapter 8 incorrectly listed at page 110).
* Payne (Charles Johnson, 'Snaffles'). 'West of Gib and North across the Bay' (R. K.), "Blimey! What a life!" circa 1940, colour photolithograph, uncoloured remarque of a destroyer in heavy seas, crossed snaffle bit blind stamp, signed in pencil by the artist to lower left, overall size490 nx 685 mm, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESA bright clean example.
Conan Doyle (Arthur). The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1914, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917, 14 black & white maps & plans, blind stamps to front endpapers & title page, some light toning, publishers original blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Arthur (George), Life of Lord Kitchener, 3 volumes, Macmillan and Co., 1920, period inscriptions to front endpapers, 3 black & white frontispieces, some light spotting & toning, uniform publishers original blue cloth, spines slightly toned, 8vo, and other World War I reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)
Ali (Shahamat). The Sikhs and Afghans, in Connexion with India and Persia, immediately before and after the Death of Ranjeet Singh: from the Journal of an Expedition to Kabul, through the Panjab and the Khaibar Pass, London: John Murray, 1847, xxii 550 pp., half-title, 12 pp. advertisements to rear, binder's ticket (Edmond & Remnants) to rear pastedown, 24 pp. W. H. Allen and Co. catalogue ('Elementary Works in the Oriental Languages') tipped to front free endpaper, bookplate of the Cavalry Club to front pastedown, front inner hinge cracked and slightly tender, damp-stain to head of rear inner hinge not affecting text-block, original vertical-ribbed green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, spine and covers panelled in blind, spine slightly sunned and rolled, front joint worn at head and with 1cm tear to foot, a few pale marks to sides, corners a little bumped and worn (upper fore corner of front board slightly more so), large 12mo, together with: Andrew (Sir William Patrick). Memoir on the Euphrates Valley Route to India; with Official Correspondence and Maps, 1st edition, London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1857, pp. xvi 267 [1] 7, 3 pp. advertisements to front, half-title, 2 large folding colour maps, each map closed tear to stub (just touching image in first instance), bookplate of the Cavalry Club, original green cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened, tips bumped, a bright copy, 8vo, [India]. Recollections of the Deccan, with Miscellaneous Sketches and Letters. By an Officer of Cavalry, 1st edition, Calcutta: G. H. Huttmann, Bengal Military Orphan Press, 1838, pp. [8] 1-119, lithographic plan (slightly damp-stained), light variable damp-staining to margins, inscribed 'Mrs Crawford, with the author's very kindest regards' on the initial blank, bookplate of the Cavalry Club, contemporary calf by Martin of Calcutta, loss to head of spine and spine-label, front board damp-stained and near-detached, 8vo in 4s (24.8 x 15.2 cm), Bellew (Henry Walter). The Races of Afghanistan, being a Brief Account of the Principal Nations inhabitating that Country, 1st edition, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, and Co., 1880, pp. [3]-124, 2+38 pp. advertisements to rear, no half-title (unknown if called for), edges brittle with resulting loss to upper fore corners of first 10 leaves not affecting text, a few other nicks, bookplate removed from front pastedown, rear free endpaper pasted to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, wear to extremities, head of spine torn, rear board mottled, 8voQty: (4)NOTESShahamat Ali's work is notably uncommon. It was first published in 1846; it is unknown whether copies dated 1847 represent a second issue or a second edition, but as copies dated 1846 are paginated xviii 550 it appears likely that only the preliminaries were reset. Library Hub cites two locations for the third work (Recollections of the Deccan: British Library and Oxford).
* Joseph II (1741-1790), Holy Roman Emperor 1765-90, King of the Romans 1764-90 and King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia 1780-90. Document Signed, ‘Joseph’, as Emperor, Vienna, 31 July 1766, manuscript document, in German, addressed to Heinrich von Bibra announcing the appointment of Count von Pergen as a minister plenipotentiary and also stating, 'In his stead, the highborn, faithful Royal Count Leopold von Neipperg who loves Our Graceful Emperor and Our Empire will take the position as Our minister plenipotentiary' and requests that von Bibra grants the new minister 'the same access and attention as his predecessor, if he has something to bring forward from time to time’, countersigned at the conclusion by two individuals including Franz Georg von Leykam, a few neat slits and a lengthy, neat split to the central vertical fold, none affecting the text or signatures, 2 pages, folio, with the original folio envelope wrappers bearing a large blind embossed paper sealQty: (2)NOTESJoseph II was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette. Heinrich von Bibra (1711-1788), Heinrich VIII of Fulda; Prince-Bishop of Fulda 1759-88. Johann Anton von Pergen (1725-1814), Austrian diplomat and statesman, one of the most influential individuals in the reformist administration of Joseph II. Count Leopold von Neipperg was an Austrian Diplomat who, in 1760, invented a letter-copying machine sometimes regarded as the first working typewriter.
* Payne (Charles Johnson Payne, Snaffles). 1915 - 16. That far, far-away echo, circa 1917, colour photolithograph tipped on to contemporary paper (as published) with an uncoloured remarque of a horse with its head over a stable door, crossed snaffle bit blind stamp and signed by the artist in pencil to lower right, slight cockling, overall size 370 x 500 mm, framed and glazedQty: (1)
Bamford (John). Illustrations of the Field Movements of Cavalry; in a Series of Copper Plate Engravings, 1st edition, London: for the author, 1824, [6] 18 [12] pp., half-title, 15 engraved plates numbered 1-13 (including unnumbered frontispiece and 'Table of Reference' plate; plates 1-6 double-page, plate 7 single-page, plates 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13 each on either side of one sheet), printed index slip tipped to 'Table of Reference' plate, frontispiece nicked along bottom edge, a little light spotting and offsetting, faint blind-stamps of the Royal United Services Institution to title-page, plate 7 and facing text-leaf, bookplate of the Cavalry Club, top edge gilt, early-20th-century half calf for Hatchards, spine defective (boards soundly held by linen supports to inner hinges), rubbed, tips worn, large folio (53.4 x 37.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHuth p. 99. Presentation copy of this rare work, inscribed 'from the author' on the half-title. One other copy traced in auction records, in 1978; six copies on Library Hub. The author is described on the title-page as 'adjutant to the Light Horse Volunteers; formerly adjutant to the Eighteenth Light Dragoons'.
Marshall (William). The Rural Economy of the West of England: including Devonshire; and parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Cornwall. Together with Minutes in Practice, 2 volumes, London: G. Nicol, G.G. and J. Robinson, and J. Debrett, 1796, folding engraved map frontispiece to volume 1 with offsetting and spotting to title. contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, light cracking to joints, 8vo, together with: Nott (John), Of the Hotwell Waters, near Bristol, 3rd edition, Bristol: printed by Emery and Adams, [1793], ink stamp to title and first leaf of text, final leaf torn to upper and lower blank corners and repaired, light dust-soiling and occasional spotting, ink stamp to front free blank, early 19th century calf, title in gilt to spine and upper board, slight wear to extremities, slim 8vo, [Incledon, Henry], Donations of Peter Blundell, [Founder] and other Benefactors to the Free Grammar School at Tiverton, Exeter: E. Grigg, [1792], two engraved plates, one folding pedigree, numerous annotations, tipped in letter to front pastedown from Benjamin Incledon dated 25 Oct 1793 and inscriptions to front free endpaper including that of Benjamin Incledon to John Rolle 1793, contemporary panelled calf with blind rollwork decoration, rebacked, recent red morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Roper (Ida M.), The Monumental Effigies of Gloucestershire and Bristol, Privately printed for the Author, Gloucester: Henry Osborne, 1931, monochrome frontispiece and plates, top edge gilt, contemporary dark blue half morocco, thick 8vo (limited edition 9/100, signed by the author)Qty: (5)
Wylly (Colonel H.C.). XVth (The King's) Hussars, 1759 to 1913, 1st edition, London: Caxton Publishing Company, 1914, 31 colour and black & white plates, 3 maps (one folding with short split to fold), some spotting to text, top edge gilt, original black morocco gilt, a trifle rubbed with some wear to extremities, joints strengthened, spine somewhat faded and marked, large 8vo, (limited edition, one of 250 copies), together with: Barrett (C. R. B., editor), The 85th King's Light Infantry ..., by "One of Them", 1st edition, London: Spottiswoode & Co., 1913, colour frontispiece and 41 colour and black & white plates, numerous monochrome letterpress illustrations and maps, some spotting (mainly to edges and at rear), original black half morocco gilt, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, spine somewhat faded, 4to, plus: Wheater (W., compiler), Historial Record of the Seventh or Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Leeds: Printed for Private Circulation, 1875, title with ink manuscript presentation inscription (to 'Kildare Street CLub') at head, 2 leaves at front with blind embossed stamp 'Kildare Street Club' to upper corner, first few leaves spotted, original embossed blue cloth gilt, rubbed and worn with some stains, folio, and a defective copy of The Historical Records of the Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers... by Walter Temple Willcox, 1908Qty: (4)
* Blanchard (Auguste). The Derby Day, E. Gambart & Co. March 2nd 1863, uncoloured engraving on India wove after William Powell Frith, proof before title but after letters, blind stamp of the Printsellers Association to lower right corner below image, large margins, some dust soiling to margins but not affecting image, 610 x 1190 mm, framed and glazedQty: (1)
Railways. Her Majesty passing a Triumphal Arch on Her trip to Scotland on the Great Northern Railway, circa 1850, lithograph with original hand colouring, image 192 x 265 mm, sheet 212 x 277 mm, together with a tinted lithograph of 'The Royal Train, near Windsor, c.1845' (so captioned to window mount), original hand colouring, circular image 155 mm diameter, mounted, framed & glazed, Parker Gallery label to back board, together with: Reid (Andrew, publisher), Reid's Monthly Time Table and Advertiser, of the York, Newcastle, & Berwick Railway, nos. 1 & 2, April & May, 1849, Newcastle upon Tyne: Andrew Reid, [1849], original printed wrappers, stitched as issued, 16mo, Great Western Railway, Experimental Trip of the "Great Western" New Locomotive Passenger Engine, made on the 13th June, 1846. Extracted from the Morning Herald of the 15th June, London: printed by W. Snell, [1846], title wrapper with blind stamp and manuscript calculations, hole to centre of initial two leaves slightly affecting text, some dampstains and marks, stitched as issued, slim 8vo, and other railway related pamphlets and ephemera, including a number of monochrome photographs of railway locomotives, model locomotive, steamships, traction engines etc. 1920s-60s, together with 2 cartons of The Railway Magazine, 1920s-80s,Qty: (3 cartons)
E. and J. L. Milner. The Churches, Castles, and Ancient Halls of North Lancashire, volume 1, Lancaster, 1880, 29 black & white illustrations, some light spotting throughout, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated blue full calf, boards & spine rubbed, front hinges cracked to head, 8vo, together with; Bogg (Edmund), Two Thousand Miles of Wandering in the Border Country, Lakeland and Ribblesdale, Edmund Bogg, Leeds, 1898, numerous black & white illustrations, blind stamp to front endpaper, some minor marginal toning, later red morocco spine retaining original red cloth boards, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and Parkinson (Richard), The Old Church Clock, 5th edition, Abel Heywood & Son, Manchester, 1880, 24 black & white illustrations, frontispiece lacking tissue guard, some light toning & marks, later endpapers, rebound in modern gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed,4to, plus other 19th & 20th century north of England history, topography & reference, including The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, 5 volumes, by Edward Baines, new enlarged edition, John Heywood, 1888, Manchester, some leather binding, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)
* Sporting etchings. Slocombe (Frederick), Salmon fishing, The Fine Art Society, March 1st, 1889, uncoloured etching on vellum, remarque to the lower right of a creel, gaff and brown trout, signed by the artist in pencil to lower left, slight marginal dust soiling, 415 x 595 mm, together with Whymper (Charles). Duck shooting, The Fine Art Society, Feby. 1st. 1886, uncoloured etching on faux-vellum, remarque to the lower right of a duck feather, signed by the artist in pencil to lower left, some marginal dust soiling and slight staining but not affecting image, 400 x 570 mm, mounted, with Kirk (Alex H.). The Angler, circa 1948, etching on wove, signed in pencil by the artist to the lower left, slight mount staining, 355 x 255 mm, plus Wilkinson (Henry). Trout Fishing, circa 1980, dry-point etching, printed in colours and finished by hand, limited edition 11/75, signed in pencil by the artist to lower left, 230 x 330 mm, and Birket Foster (Miles). Mother and Children in a Country Lane, The Fine Art Society, Feby. 2nd, 1891, uncoloured etching on faux-vellum, Print Sellers Association blind stamp to lower left and signed in pencil by the artist below image to lower left, slight marginal dust soiling, 565 x 400 mm, with another 6 etchings of portraits, sporting and genre subjects, various sizes and conditionQty: (11)
[Dietrich, Veit]. Kurtze Spru?ch aus den Euangelien des gantzen Jars mit Christlicher auslegung ... verfasset Durch Magister Veit Dieterich seligen weyland Prediger zu Nu?renberg. Mit Etlichen Scho?nen Predigten die der Fromme trewe diener Christi ... uber Etliche Episteln gethan hat zuuor Niemals in Druck Ausgangen, Nuremberg: Joachim Heller, 1557, title and text within decorative woodcut borders throughout volume, initial leaves and final leaf torn to margins and repaired, some gutter margins repaired at head, some staining and browning, light dust-soiling, few marginal worm holes, volume resewn and with recent endpapers, loosely contained in contemporary limp pigskin, with blind rollwork decoration, lacking ties, rubbed, 8voQty: (1)
Blackstone (William). Law Tracts, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1762, 2 engraved tables (one folding) and 8 plates, volume 1 with pale brown circular stain to leaves H6-8, contemporary calf, joints split, without title labels, 8vo, together with: [House of Commons debate], Ashby and White: or, the Great Question, Whether an Action lies at Common Law for an Elector, who is deny’d his Vote for Members of Parliament? Debated and Resolv’d. Together with the Case of Jay and Topham: and the Defence made by Sir Francis Pemberton and Sir Thomas Jones for their Judgment given therein. With other cases, [London]: Printed in the year, 1705, contemporary ownership inscription to title and occasional marginal notes, light dust-soiling, contemporary blind panelled calf, joints splitting, without title label to spine, 8vo, Simeon (John), A Treatise on the Law of Elections, in all its branches, London: T. Payne & Son and T. Whieldon, 1789, contemporary ownership of John Williams of Carmarthan to upper margin of title, light dampstaining, contemporary calf, joints split and some wear to extremities, 8vo, Sheridan (John), The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench, London: W. Flexney & J. Walker, 1784, some dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, joints split and some wear, 8vo, and five other 18th century law relatedQty: (10)
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, Edinburgh: printed by James Watson, Printed to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1722, general title in red & black and with woodcut royal armorial device, New Testament title with genealogical entries for members of the Bonnar family (entries dating from 1760s-70s), some browning, dust-soiling and spotting, bound with at rear The Psalms of David in Meter (caption title) with margins widened, browning, dust-soiling and spotting throughout, without front free endpaper, rear free endpaper detached and torn & frayed to margins (with two Bonnar family entries in manuscript), contemporary blind panelled calf, boards detached, worn, folio (445 x 280 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC T90370; Herbert 959. The General Assembly of 1717 had instructed the Commission to take steps 'to get printing, vending, and importing of the incorrect copies of the Holy Scriptures stopped and prevented.' This edition is specially commended for its accuracy by Lee (Memorial, pp. 188–191); it contains, however, a misprint in Ps. liii l, 'on God for no God' (Herbert).
Martin (Martin). A Late Voyage to St. Kilda, the Remotest of all the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland, 1st edition, London: for D. Brown, and T. Goodwin, 1698, half-title, engraved folding map, engraved folding plate (depicting a fulmar and an 'assilag', or storm petrel), advertisement leaf, browning, variable damp-staining in gutter, more extensive in last two quires (K-L), contemporary ownership inscription contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 8vo (17.9 x 11 cm), together with: ibid. A Voyage to St. Kilda, 3rd edition ('corrected'), London: for R. Griffith, 1749, bound with: Mallet (David). Amyntor and Theodora: or, the Hermit. A New Edition. Corrected by the author, London: for Paul Vaillant, 1748, 2 works in 1 volume, toning, occasional spotting, Martin title-page with small hole from removal of ownership inscription, 19th-century half calf, partial fading to front cover, 8vo (19.2 x 11 cm), Mackenzie (J. B., editor). Episode in the Life of the Rev. Neil Mackenzie at St. Kilda from 1829 to 1843. Edited by his son, minister at Kenmore, 1st edition, [Aberfeldy]: privately printed, 1911, 57 pp., original wrappers bound in, inscribed on front wrapper 'To Miss Marcus with Mr Mackenzie's compliments & best wishes, 1911', blind stamp of Malcolm Stewart, laird of Hoy to title-page, modern quarter calf, 8vo (24 x 14.8 cm), and 6 others, all St Kilda-related, including another 1st edition of Martin, A Late Voyage to St. Kilda (lacking half-title, but retaining map, plate and advertisement leaf, spotting and browning; contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, recornered and relined)Qty: (9)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC R12939 (Martin, first edition), T152363 (Martin, third edition); Foxon M49 (Mallet); Wing M847 (Martin, first edition).
* Aldin (Cecil, 1870 - 1935). Nine prints from the 'Old Coaching Inns' series, The Angel at Henley-on-Thames (2), The Talbot at Ripley, The Pickwickians nearing Rochester (2), The White Hart at Hook (3) & The Bull at Dartford, circa 1910, 9 colour photolithographs, each signed and numbered in pencil by the artist to lower left, some duplicates, each approximately 215 x 325 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Good Morning Mrs Flanagan [and] Good Morning Squire Brown, Lawrence & Jellicoe, circa 1910, pair of chromolithographs, slight spotting, each 275 x 400 mm, uniformly framed and glazed in contemporary stained wooden frames, with [News of the Victory - The Anchor Inn, Liphook], Eyre & Spottiswoode, circa 1910, photolithograph, finished in watercolour, proof before title, FATG blind stamp and signed in pencil by the artist to lower left, very slight spotting, 335 x 455 mm, framed and glazedQty: (12)
New Naturalists. An extensive run, mainly 1st editions, London: Collins, 1945-2012, comprising Bernhard & Loe's numbers 3B, 6BA, 6BB, 28A, 39A, 42B, 54A, 60A, 61A, 63-65A, 66B, 67A, 68A, 82A, 82B, 84A, 86-91A, 93-96A, 97A[?], 98A, 99-112A[?], 114-119A[?], i.e. numbers 3, 42 and 66 reprints, 97 and 99-119 unopened in original shrinkwrap (printings consequently unknown), all volumes in original green cloth with dust jackets, a little fraying to spines of 28-42, 58-67 jackets all with Duraseal covering as issued (except 66, reprint: none issued), Duraseal removed from 68, 6BB (Highlands and Islands, second edition) with book-label and blind-stamp of Malcolm Stewart, laird of Hoy (and pale mottling to cloth), 28 with bookplate (Peter Tate), 39 with collector's ink-stamp (Bruce Campbell), 6BA with dust jacket supplied from second edition and with publisher's overprice sticket (6BB-AP1), 28, 42 and 63 dust jackets price-clipped, 86 and 87 each with small sticker on jacket front flap not covering price, 8voQty: (50)NOTESProvenance: David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and secretary of the British Trust for Ornithology.
Guiccardini (Francesco). L'histoire d'Italie. Translatée d'italien en françois, et presentée à tres vertueuse, tres haute, et trespuissante dame et princesse, Katherine de Medicis, royne de France, par Hierosme Chomedey, Paris: Bernard Turrisan, 1568, signatures a4 A-3Z6 [par.]8, [4] 414 [8] leaves (lacking one leaf: signature H6, i.e. folio 48), text in roman letter, side-notes in italic, large woodcut Aldine device to title-page, woodcut headpieces and initials, red manuscript box-rules throughout, light browning, leaves a1-2 (a1=title-page) with restored loss to fore margins not affecting text, ownership inscription dated 1638 to head of title-page (another effaced), all edges gilt, later pigskin dyed black and tooled in gilt and blind, rebacked, rubbed, head of spine torn, folio (32.5 x 21.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThis edition not in Adams (cf. G1524-6 for later editions of Chomedey's translation); cf. PMM 85 for the first edition (published in Italian in 1561). First edition in French of 'the first history of Europe' (PMM).
REGGAEL LABEL (MAINLY JAMAICAN) 7" COLLECTION - 'M TO P'. Onto the M to P (largely) Jamaican labels with 47 x 7" this time. Labels/artists/titles include Magnet, Mummy, Mahogany, Morpheus: Jooks - Every Natty, Massive: Little T - For One And All, The Mountain Label, Moodisc, Malaco: Freedom - Dance Sing Along, Mun-Dane, Mafia And Fluxy, Mixing Lab (x7), Maximum Sound: General Degree - See & Blind, New Beat: Tiger - African Beat, Nuff Records, Orchid Records - Lacksley Castell - Jah Love Is Sweeter (x2) and Devon Irons - Ketch Vampire, Ocean, Penthouse Records, Pressure Beat - Ken Parker/Joe Gibbs, PWA International, Pantomime, Playback, Phase 1 and Pick Out.
Will Carqueville (American 1871-1946), TENNIS PLAYER,illustration for the August 1895 edition of Lippincott’s Magazine, depicting a gentleman tennis player smoking a pipe and holding a racquet, blind stamp lower right LES MISTRESS DE L’AFFICH, framed, 41 by 30cm. Although he studied in Paris for a brief time, Will Carqueville lived in Chicago for most of his life. He founded his own lithographic press there and designed posters for Lippincott's as well as other American literary magazines. His work is classically American, being clean, stylish, simple and direct.
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.XLVI (46 stamped 43!). From July 3 to December 25, 1875. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12” Full green blind-stamped over boards, gilt lettering to spine, some wear, overall good. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including very early Lawn Tennis events one year after the game was invented, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations.
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.XLVII (47). From January 1 to June 24, 1876. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12” Full green blind-stamped over boards, gilt lettering to spine, some wear, overall good. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including very early Lawn Tennis events, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations.
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.XLIX (49). From January 6 to June 30, 1877. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12”, superbly professionally rebound, quarter-bound green leather spine and board corners, full blue blind-stamped over boards, gilt lettering to spine, superb condition. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including announcement of 1st. Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship event, extracts from The Annals of Tennis - Julian Marshall, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations.
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.LIV (54). From July 5 to December 27, 1879. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12” Full green blind-stamped over boards, gilt lettering to spine, some wear, overall good. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including notes on the 3rd. Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship event, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations
The Field, The Farm, The Garden, The Country Gentleman’s Newspaper, Bound Volume No.LVI (56). From July 3 to December 25, 1880. London, Field Office, 346, Strand. Elephant folio 18” x 12” Full green blind-stamped over boards, gilt lettering to spine, some wear, overall very good. Invaluable Victorian historical reference containing a full index. A fascinating time capsule with intricate detail on sporting and field events ranging from Angling to Yachting, with multiple references to Cricket, Football, Pastimes including the Wimbledon Championship and very early Lawn Tennis events, Shooting, Travel and Horse Racing. Also contains illustrations.
Original vintage work safety propaganda poster issued in the West Germany by the Deutschen Bundesbahn - German State Railways. Image of a worker in safetly goggles with text Like this? and a blind man with a guide dog with a text Or like this? Message at the bottom reads - Wear safety glasses! Acceptable condition, large tear at top left, folds. Country of issue: Germany, designer: Steffan, size (cm): 59x42, year of printing: 1950s
Original vintage movie poster for a Polish release of the Italian-French comedy drama film La piu bella serata della mia vita under a title Kraksa F Durrenmatta. Cool image of a white skull with two masks above white mountains on a black background. The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life (Italian: La piu bella serata della mia vita; French: La plus belle soiree de ma vie) is a 1972 Italian-French comedy drama film directed by Ettore Scola. It is based on the novel A Dangerous Game by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. A Dangerous Game is a 1956 novel by the Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Its original German title is Die Panne, which means "The breakdown". It is known as Traps in the United States. It tells the story of a traveller who, when his car breaks down, is invited for dinner by a former judge, after which nightmarish developments follow. The work was initially written as a radio play, but was adapted into prose almost immediately. It won the 1956 Blind War Veterans’ Prize for best radio play and the literary award of the newspaper Tribune de Lausanne. Very good condition, creasing at the top left edge. Country of issue: Poland, designer: Franciszek Starowieyski, size (cm): 82x57.5, year of printing: 1974
Georgian pine corner cupboard, projecting dentil cornice over blind fretwork frieze, the top section with canted fluted corners enclosed by two panelled doors, green painted interior with three shaped shelves, the bottom section with two panelled doors, on plinth base, W122cm, H218cm - Condition Report
Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (Northern British 1887-1976): 'Meeting Point', limited edition coloured offset lithograph signed in pencil with Fine Art Guild blind stamp numbered AJC from an edition of 600 pub. Adam Collection 1973, 49cm x 72cmDDS - Artist's resale rights may apply to this lot - Condition Report Good colour, no tears or creases. Slight browning on the margins, more so on top edge
Vinyl - 14 UK Rock and Prog Rock LPs 4 x Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Chance, Angel Station, Solar Fioore & Somewhere In Afrika), Cream x 2 (Wheels of Fire & Live), Blind faith ATco SD33-304B, stereo, Roxy Music self titled on Island ILPS9200, Uriah Heep x 2 ( Demons and Wizards & Live)Caravan & The New Symphonia, Spooky Tooth Ceremony and Jethro Tull x 2 vinyl ex, sleeves vary
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