A late 19th/ early 20thC Edwards and Roberts writing table, in Chippendale style, the raised back with a pierced gallery, above a pair of small drawers and carved brackets, flanked by four pairs of slender turned columns, the base with a leather inset and a slide to each side above seven blind fret carved drawers, with brass handles on cluster column legs, stamped to the central drawer Edwards and Roberts, 76cm H, 120cm W, 67cm D.
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Missal.- Missale as sacrosancte Romane ecclesie usum / adiectis aliquot missarij offici[i]s...printed in black letter in red and black throughout, woodcut title, vignettes, borders, historiated initials and in-text plates, many hand coloured, ranging from skilful contemporary and later ink ownership inscriptions to prelims and top of title, sporadic marginalia throughout, collation: [8], [Pt 1] cxxxij, [Pt 2] xlviij, [Pt 3] lxxxvj, [1], lacks [Pt 2.] Fo.cxvii-cxx and Fo.cxxii-cxxx where binding is split with Fos. cxxi and cxxxi detached, worming affecting most of [Pt 3], increasing in intensity towards rear, contemporary calf over boards ornately tooled in blind, heavily worn and wormed, metal escutcheon's and corner pieces, one corner piece missing from top board lacking ties, spine split and lacking leather, boards wormed, folio, Paris, Yolande Bonhomme, 1551.
Burton (Richard) The History of the House of Orange, .. Together with the History of William and Mary. 4to Westminster 1814. New Edn., wd. cut frontis, red & bl. title, bound with: The History of the Kingdom of Scotland, 4to Westminster 1813, New Edn., wd. cut frontis, red & bl. title, & oval wd. cut portraits thro-out, & bound with two other reprints, cont. calf, gilt fillet and blind tooled border, upr. cover detached, otherwise v. good. (1)
From the 'House of the Dead'James Joyce's Timpiece[Joyce (James)] A George III period Grandfather Clock, the mahogany body with break neck pediment, and blind fretwork, over a glazed door, enclosing a painted dial signed May of Dublin, the shaped panel door with crossbanding flanked by reeded columns on a square base with bracket feet, approx. 236cms (93") high; together with a red brick block, taken during the restoration at 15 Ushers Island. (1)Provenance: No. 15 Ushers Island (House of the Dead) home of James Joyce's aunts, and by descent. The House surrounding the short story "The Dead" from the Dubliners, by descent to the present vendor.
Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1961, First Edn., black cloth with blind stamped skeleton hand and wrist on front cover, gilt lettered spine, jacket designed by Richard Chopping with skeleton hand and wrist clasp knife and playing cards, title in black d.j. clipped (not priced), clean copy. (1)
Joyce's Supreme AchievementCornerstone of any Irish CollectionNo. 30 of 100 Signed Copies on Handmade PaperJoyce (James). Ulysses. Shakespeare and Company, Paris 1922, First Edition, No. 30 of 100 copies Signed by Joyce and printed on fine Dutch handmade paper, from the full edition of 1000. Slocum & Cohoon 17. Finely bound by Buddenbrooks of Boston in full patinated black morocco with dark green inlays and an attractive geometric design in gilt and blind to upper and lower covers, continuing through spine and on reverse, spine titled in gilt, leather hinges, dark green silk endpapers, original blue paper covers bound in. Paper covers a little worn, neatly reinforced around reverse edges, upper cover lacking a tiny portion at lower inner corner, a few outer corners creased in prelims, some lower page corners slightly bruised. A few pages carelessly opened (e.g. 121-128), very slight edge-staining not affecting text around p. 273 and in a few other places, green crayon mark bottom of p. 105 well outside text, a few other marks, very light pencil marks in text p. 692-3 and 711-20 (Molly Bloom's soliloquy, apparently pause marks to facilitate a reading), but generally a splendid and impressive copy which has been read and minded with the greatest care.Unquestionably the most influential literary work of the 20th century, Joyce's supreme achievement, the first, best and by far the most desirable printing, copies of which are now all but unobtainable. Of the original 100 copies, the great majority are now securely lodged in institutional and other important collections from which they are unlikely to emerge.'... and I thought as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.'Provenance: From a very distinguished Irish collection. Laid in is a contemporary newscutting announcing first publication of the work, the 100 signed copies priced at 350 francs each - the bargain of the century! With a copy of the bookdealer Glenn Horowitz' census of the first 1000 copies, where this copy [no. 30] is listed to a Mrs. Donovan, Private Collection, then in the original wrappers.
From The Library at Coole ParkLewis (Samuel) A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, large paper copy, 3 vols. (include Atlas), L. (S. Lewis & Co.) 1837, First Edn., fold. maps ( & 32 single page maps), bookplate of Richard Gregory, Coole Park, together with m/ss Letter signed / correspondence, re: ordering the book, with ptd. list of subscribers in County Galway (No. 1 - 1834) Limerick (Goggin) 1834, in fine full calf, with blind and gilt design, decor. spine (Rebacked). A quality set. (3)
Bindings: Kipling - The Seven Seas Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling, Vols. 1 - 23, (ex. 27). Together 23 vols. sm. folio N. York 1914 - 1915. Special Limited Edition No. 70 of 1050 Copies, in fine crushed hf. brown mor., blind tooled decor. & gilt lettered, silk sides. V. good. (23) N.B. Signed by Author
A BROADSWORD WITH WALLONIAN-STYLE HILT European circa 1640, with 36 1/2in. straight double edged blade, blind fuller for the first third, the fullers further engraved with stars and 'ME FECIT SALINGEN' (sic), stylised Solingen running wolf mark forwards of the fuller to both sides, the left hand side of the blade struck with an armourer's stamp, the right with a 'P' below a crown, typical pierced iron double kidney hilt with integral thumb-ring (both pierced panels re-attached), wire bound wood grip (wire loose), 'D'-shaped knuckle-bow and bulbous iron pommel, the whole dirty and stainedThis bladed product is not for sale to people under the age of 18. By bidding on this item you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.Please be aware that we are unable to send edged weapons or bladed products by postal courier to a UK residential address (Offensive Weapons Act 2019)
A .320 (SHORT REVOLVER) SIX-SHOT POCKET-REVOLVER, UNSIGNED, serial no. 10961, circa 1890, with blued octagonal 3in. barrel, swing-out ejector stored in the cylinder arbor, blued solid frame, blind fluted blued cylinder with coin-milled leading edge, double action mechanism with side safety, working replacement chequered walnut one-piece grip and iron butt-capSold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW. Robert Barker, London, 1613. Three vols bound together (Old Testament 1613, New Testament 1614, Concordance 1615) in old worn calf. Blind stamped panels to front and back boards. Raised bands and worn gilt titling and decoration to spine. Concordance lacking at least one leaf at the end. Condition report: Fitted with more recent endpapers. General edgewear and scuffing to leather. Page edge repairs to first and final leaf, other tears repaired at intervals throughout the text. Family details in ink on blank leaf facing preface. Soling to page edges.
Mid 18th Century inlaid oak-cased eight day brass dial longcase clock, Robert Buller, Abington (Abingdon), Oxfordshire, the 12" square brass dial with matted centre, subsidiary seconds and calendar square within chapter ring having inner quarter hour track, Roman hours and Arabic minutes all within mask spandrels, the stepped case with blind fretwork frieze over sunken columns, inlaid long trunk door and stepped base, 224cm high Condition: Dial plate has very light tarnishing otherwise sound, hands display general rusting, movement appears sound but is not tested or guaranteed, crutch is slightly bent, there is approximately half inch of packing beneath seat board, case - one brass finial is moose, small old loss to right hand hood door pillar, plinth base is an old replacement, sold with two weights plus pendulum and winder (pendulum feather is depleted) - **General condition consistent with age
JAMES BLYTH: 2 titles: THE SWOOP OF THE VULTURE, London, Digby Long & Co 1909 1st edition, 5pp adverts at end, original cloth: ICHABOD, London, John Milne 1910 1st edition, original blind stamped cloth, spine gilt titled, both futuristic war novels, from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor (2)
[FREDERICK MANNING]: A SERIES OF VIEWS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE BOSCOBEL TRACTS PUBLISHED 1660 SHEWING THE PRESENT STATE OF THE PLACES VISITED BY KING CHARLES II IN HIS MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE AFTER THE BATTLE OF WORCESTER..., London [1861], 1st edition, port frontis, 33 plates, autographed letter signed from author tipped in at front, 4to, original blind stamped cloth gilt worn, from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor
DAWSON TURNER: OUTLINES IN LITHOGRAPHY FROM A SMALL COLLECTION OF PICTURES, Yarmouth 1840 (100), 1st edition, "for private circulation", dedication leaf to Gurney Turner, 50 lithoplates, folio, original blind stamped cloth gilt, re-cased, from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor
WILL GOLDSTON: GREAT TRICKS REVEALED, London, George Routledge, 1935, 1st edition, signed, original cloth, dust-wrapper (losses) + WILLIAM HAMPSON: ILLUSIONS NATURELLES ET SCIENTIFIQUES, trans Henry Braun, Paris, 1908, 4to, original pictorial cloth + SAINT JEAN DE L'ESCAP: LES SECRETS DE LA PRESTIDIGITATION, Paris, 1923, 3rd edition, original decorative cloth gilt worn + GASTON TISSANDIER: 2 titles: POPULAR SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ASTRONOMY, GEOLOGY, CHEMISTRY ETC, London, Ward Lock circa 1885, original pictorial cloth gilt; LA PHYSIQUE SANS APPAREILS ET LE CHIME SANS LABORATOIRE, Paris, [1893], 6th edition, some foxing, original cloth + JOHN HENRY PEPPER: 2 titles: THE BOYS PLAY BOOK OF SCIENCE, London, George Routledge, 1866, new edition, original blind stamped cloth gilt worn, inner joints weak + another edition ed John Mastin, London, George Routledge [1912], 1st edition thus, original pictorial cloth gilt + GEORGE WILLIAM BELDAM & PEMBROKE ARNOLD VAILE: GREAT LAWN TENNIS PLAYERS, THEIR METHODS ILLUSTRATED, London, 1907, re-issue, original pictorial cloth gilt worn, re-cased + G A HUTCHISON (ED): INDOOR GAMES AND RECREATIONS, London, 1891, new edition, revised and enlarged, lacks frontis, original pictorial cloth gilt (9)
SIR THOMAS BROWNE: 2 titles: PSEUDODOXIA EPIDEMICA OR ENQUIRIES INTO VERY MANY RECEIVED TENENTS AND COMMONLY PRESUMED TRUTHS... WHEREUNTO ARE NOW ADDED TWO DISCOURSES, THE ONE OF URN-BURIAL OR SEPULCHRALL URNS LATELY FOUND IN NORFOLK, THE OTHER OF THE GARDEN OF CYRUS OR NETWORK PLANTATIONS OF THE ANCIENTS, London 1658, 4th edition, 4to, old calf recased (not recent), POSTHUMOUS WORKS, London 1712, 1st edition, 22 engraved plates including 4 folding (3 reinforced), old blind stamped calf, re-backed, morocco gilt spine label, new end papers, from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor (2)
ALBUM LYRIQUE COMPOSE DE DEUX ROMANCES CHANSONETTES AND NOCTURNES PAROLES DE A BETOURNE ORNE DE DEUZE LITHOGRAPHIES DE MESSIEURS DECAMPS AND ROQUEPLAN MIS EN MUSIQUE AVEC ACCOMPAGNEMENT DE PIANO PAR G ROSSINI, DFE AUBER, F HEROLD ET T LABARRE, Paris, E Troupenas, circa 1830, litho vignette title, 12 litho plates as called for, oblong 4to, original blind stamped crimson morocco gilt worn, inner joints weak
[WILLIAM BENENDEN]: 3 TITLES: GULIELMI BELLENDENI, MAGISTRI SUPPLICUM LIBELLORUM AUGUSTI REGIS MAGNAE BRITANNIAE..., [ed Samuel Parr], London 1787 2nd edition, 5 engraved plates including portraits of Edmund Burke, Frederic North and Charles Fox, old calf, spine gilt in compartments, morocco label, bookplate of Earl Cornwallis, PRAEFATIONIS AD TRES GULIELMI BELLENDENI LIBROS DE STATU, [ed Samuel Parr], London W Browne & J Warren, 1788, 2nd edition, scarce early issue without the usual added paragraph and the three plates, see relevant letter loosely inserted from John Sparrow of All Souls College, Oxford loosely inserted, small inscription by Parr on title page "I dono autoris", ex Christopher Dobson collection with his pencil notes on first blank, old calf + another copy of the 1788 2nd edition with the added paragraph and three engraved portraits, contemporary grained morocco gilt + [Samuel Parr]: A FREE TRANSLATION [BY WILLIAM BELLOE] OF THE PREFACE TO BELLENDENUS..., London, Stafford & Davenport for T Payne & Son, L Davies and J Debrett, 1788, 1st edition, disbound, lacks blanks + REV WILLIAM FIELD: MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE, WRITINGS AND OPINIONS OF THE REV SAMUEL PARR..., London, Henry Colburn 1828 1st edition, port frontis, half titles, volume 1 library stamp recto of port frontis and verso of title page, no other library markings, original blind stamped cloth, re-backed calf gilt, morocco gilt labels, from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor (6)
JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL (ED): THE NORFOLK ANTHOLOGY A COLLECTION OF POEMS BALLADS AND RARE TRACTS RELATING TO THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK, Brixton Hill, 1852 (80) printed for private circulation only, 4to, original blind stamped cloth recased preserving large part original spine, bookplate of Philip Hamond, from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morninghthorpe Manor
JOSEPH ADDISON: REMARKS ON SEVERAL PARTS OF ITALY ETC IN THE YEARS 1701, 1702, 1703, London for J & R Tonson, 1736, 5th edition, 12mo, old blind stamped calf + J P RABAUT: THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE, trans James White, London for J Debrett, 1793, 2nd edition, 1pp adverts at end, blanks at front loose, old tree calf + SIR RICHARD BULSTRODE: ORIGINAL LETTERS WRITTEN TO THE EARL OF ARLINGTON BY SIR RICHARD BULSTRODE, ENVOY AT THE COURT OF BRUSSELS FROM KING CHARLES II ETC..., London, 1712, old panelled calf gilt + [ABRAHAM STANYAN]: AN ACCOUNT OF SWITZERLAND WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1714, London for Jacob Tonson, 1714, 1st edition, old mottled calf worn, top board near detached + [PIERRE COSTE]: THE LIFE OF LEWIS OF BOURBON, LATE PRINCE OF CONDE DIGESTED INTO ANNALS WITH MANY CURIOUS REMARKS ON THE TRANSACTIONS OF EUROPE FOR THE LAST SIXTY YEARS, [trans Nahum Tate], London for T Goodwin, 1693, 1st edition, engraved portfrontis, half-title, old half calf worn, top board near detached (5)
JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY: 2 titles: OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELIGIOUS PECULIARITIES OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, London, York, Norwich and Edinburgh 1825, 5th edition, half title, 12mo, original boards, printed paper label; A LETTER TO A FRIEND ON THE AUTHORITY PURPOSE AND EFFECTS OF CHRISTIANITY AND ESPECIALLY ON THE DOCTRINE OF REDEMPTION, London, S Bagster for The Tract Association of the Society of Friends 1834, inscribed on grubby title page, lacks blanks, 12mo, rebound (not recent) cloth backed boards plus BERNARD BARTON: A MEMORIAL OF JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY, London, 1847, 1st edition, small 4to, original printed wraps plus JOSEPH BEVAN BRAITHWAITE: MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY, Norwich, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, 1855, 2nd edition, 2 volumes, 3 folding facsimiles, original blind stamped cloth plus DAVID E SWIFT: JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY BANKER REFORMER AND QUAKER, Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 1962, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor (6)
JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY: 4 titles: OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELIGIOUS PECULIARITIES OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, London, Norwich and Edinburgh 1824, 1st edition, inscribed presentation copy, half title, old calf worn, morocco gilt spine label, top board detached; ESSAYS ON THE EVIDENCES DOCTRINES AND PRACTICAL OPERATION OF CHRISTIANITY, London, York, Edinburgh and Norwich 1825, 1st edition, half title, original boards very worn, printed paper spine label, top board loose, ex Friends' Biblical Library Scarborough; OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISTINGUISHING VIEWS AND PRACTICES OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, Norwich 1842, new edition, 12mo, original blind stamped cloth worn and soiled; THOUGHTS ON HABIT AND DISCIPLINE, London and Norwich 1861, 7th edition, original blind stamped cloth, ex Library of the Society of Friends Birmingham plus BERNARD BARTON: A MEMORIAL OF JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY, London 1847, 1st edition, bound in with OFFICIAL CATALOGUE OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, [1851], corrected edition, small 4to contemporary half calf gilt worn by J & W Quinton Norwich, label of S Gurney Buxton on front pastedown, boards with John Henry Gurney gilt crest, from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor (5)
LAURENCE ECHARD: A GENERAL ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY FROM THE NATIVITY OF OUR BLESSED SAVIOUR TO THE FIRST ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRISTIANITY BY HUMANE LAWS UNDER THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE THE GREAT..., London, printed by Bowyer for Jacob Tonson, 1702, 1st edition, title page printed in red and black, engraved frontis, double page engraved map of the Holy Land, folio, old blind stamped calf worn, top board loose, requires re-backing
THE WHOLE PROCEEDING UPON THE ARRAIGNMENT TRYAL CONVICTION AND ATTAINDER OF CHRISTOPHER LAYER ESQ FOR HIGH TREASON IN COMPASSING AND IMAGINING THE DEATH OF THE KING, London, printed by S Buckley, 1722, 1st edition, bound in with 4 other relevant works comprising A REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TO EXAMINE CHRISTOPHER LAYER AND OTHERS..., London, printed for Jacob Tonson, Bernard Lintot and William Taylor, 1722, 1st edition; APPENDIXES REFERR'D TO IN THE REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TO EXAMINE CHRISTOPHER LAYER AND OTHERS ETC..., London, printed for Jacob Tonson, Bernard Lintot and William Taylor, 1722, 1st edition; SEVERAL EXAMINATIONS TAKEN BEFORE ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE TOGETHER WITH TWO LETTERS REFERRED TO IN SOME OF THE SAID EXAMINATIONS LAID BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, London, printed for Jacob Tonson, Bernard Lintot and William Taylor, 1723, 1st edition; A REPORT FROM THE LORDS COMMITTEES TO WHOM THE REPORT AND ORIGINAL PAPERS DELIVERED BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AT SEVERAL CONFERENCES WERE REFERRED AND WHO WERE IMPOWERED BY THE HOUSE OF LORDS TO EXAMINE CHRISTOPHER LAYER..., London, printed for Edmund Parker and Jacob Tonson, 1733, 1st edition, folio, contemporary blind stamped half re-backed (not recent), crimson morocco gilt spine labels, inner joints reinforced, previously sold in these rooms from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor with his bookplate on front paste down
H C WYLLY (ED): 1912 REGIMENTAL ANNUAL THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT, London, 1912, 1st edition, original two-tone cloth gilt + ALFRED LORD TENNYSON: THE WORKS, London, MacMillan, 1889, engraved portfrontis, contemporary calf gilt, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt + DIE BIBEL..., London, Samuel Bagster, circa 1870, blind stamped calf worn, all edges gilt, gilt metal clasp (3)
RICHARD CANNON: HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE NINTH OR THE EAST NORFOLK REGIMENT OF FOOT..., London 1848 1st edition, added engraved title, 3 hand coloured lithoplates, original blind stamped cloth gilt, + CHARLES HERBERT SHEPHERD: HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE 2ND BATTALION OF HIS MAJESTY'S NINTH REGIMENT OF FOOT NOW THE 2ND BATTALION NORFOLK REGIMENT, Cork 1898 1st edition, contemporary quarter crimson morocco, top boards gilt, titled, one copy only on COPAC + THE CITY OF NORWICH INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS NOW THE 1ST VOLUNTEER BATTALION NORFOLK REGIMENT, 1907 prize-giving programme and souvenir, original pictorial wraps bound in, oblong, 4to, contemporary blind stamped calf gilt, from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor (3)
EDGAR WALLACE: KITCHENER'S ARMY AND THE TERRITORIAL FORCES, THE FULL STORY OF A GREAT ADVENTURE, London, George Newnes [1915], 4to, original cloth gilt + GEORGE NEWNES (PUB): NEWNES' ILLUSTRATED A VOLUME OF PICTURES, ARTICLES AND STORIES CONCERNING THE GREAT WAR, 1915, volume 1, Nos 1-13 in one, 4to, original publisher's blind stamped cloth + BRITAIN'S GREAT MEN LORD ROBERTS THE MAN AND HIS CAMPAIGNS, London, George Newnes [bound in with BRITAIN'S GREAT MEN KITCHENER THE MAN AND HIS CAMPAIGNS], London, George Newnes [1914], bound in with EDGAR WALLACE: BRITAIN'S GREAT MEN FIELD MARSHALL SIR JOHN FRENCH AND HIS CAMPAIGNS, London, George Newnes [1914], 4to, original publisher's pictorial cloth + EDGAR WALLACE: THE WAR OF THE NATIONS, A HISTORY OF THE GREAT EUROPEAN CONFLICT, London, George Newnes, circa 1915, volume 6 (of 8 only) folio, original publisher's pictorial cloth (4)
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