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Click here to subscribeA George III mahogany floor standing corner cupboard, the upper section with broken arch dentil cornice above a blind fretwork frieze and panelled door enclosing shaped shelves, the lower section with blind fretwork skirt above a similarly panelled door enclosing further shaped shelves, standing on a plinth base, 239cm high
Edwardian mahogany triple Wardrobe, the centre section with shaped cornice, blind fretwork frieze, above twin panelled doors with applied carved scrolls and florets and two short and three long drawers, all with scrolled appliqués and brass handles, flanked by cupboards, similar cornices, shaped bevelled mirrors and on a plinth base, 210cms, (7').
Phillips (John Arthur). Gold-mining and Assaying: A Scientific Guide for Australian Emigrants, 1st ed., 1852, advert leaf, half-title, b&w wood engr. frontis, title with wood eng. vignette, b&w wood eng. illusts. to text, 32pp pub. ads. at rear, contemp. owners ink signature of John D. Kerman, dated 1852, to head of title, booksellers tickets of J. B. Rowe, Plymouth, and Saunders, 6 Charing Cross, to front pastedown, orig. blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and some fraying to joints with a little wear at head of spine, covers partly faded, small 8vo, together with Withers (William Bramwell), The History of Ballarat, from the First Pastoral Settlement to the Present Time, "Ballarat Star" Office, 1870, additional col. title, fldg. panoramic view of Ballarat pasted before title, with printed key on preceding leaf, first few leaves slightly chipped to fore-margins, b&w illusts., facsimiles, plan etc., partly cracked on inner hinges, orig. cloth, rubbed and faded, minor fraying to extremities, 8vo, plus Stainsfield (C. W.), The Tradesmen's Tokens of the Australasian Colonies, together with An Account of the Early Silver Pieces and Gold Coinage of Australia, 1888, b&w illusts. to text, title and final leaf lightly browned, orig. yellow-glazed endpapers, orig. cloth, a little faded, slim 8vo. Ferguson 14124 for the first title; 18713 for the second title, and 16122 & 72 for the third title. (3)
Camden (William). Britannia, Newly Translated into English: With large additions and improvements, lst ed. of Edmund Gibson's translation, 1695, eng. port. frontis., by R. White, five eng. general maps, eight eng. plates of coins and antiquities, and twenty-seven eng. county maps by Robert Morden, occasional light marginal soiling (generally in clean condition), contemp. bookplate of William Wrightson of Cusworth in Yorkshire, to front pastedown, contemp. blind-panelled full calf, rubbed and some wear, joints cracked, folio Wing C359; Chubb CXIII. (1)
Kelly's Directory of Devonshire and Cornwall, 1893, two folding maps (map of Cornwall torn and repaired with sellotape), num. commercial ads. at rear, orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear to extrems., together with Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, 1939, folding map, ads. both front and rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed on spine, both large 8vo, with five others (7)
Pennant (Thomas). Some Account of London, 5th ed., with considerable additions, 1813, 15 eng. plts., some folding (incl. frontis.), plts. foxed, addn. eng. title, contemp. polished calf, gilt and blind dec., upper joint weak, 8vo, together with Fearnside (William Gray and Harrel, Thomas, eds.), Holmes's Great Metropolis: or, Views and History of London in the Nineteenth Century.. [1849?], thirty-four steel eng. plts., incl. frontis. and addn. title, upper hinge split, orig. cloth, faded and dust-soiled, spine frayed at head and with gilt dulled, small 4to, plus Meteyard (Eliza), The Hallowed Spots of Ancient London.. new ed., 1870, numerous letterpress illusts., orig. gilt dec. bevel-edged cloth, spine rubbed at ends and faded, 8vo, plus one other London interest (4)
Landsborough (Rev. D.). A Popular History of British Seaweeds.. , 3rd ed., pub. Lovell Reeve, 1857, twenty hand-col. litho. plts. and two uncol. plts., a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth with mounted circular disk to upper cover (printed by E. Evans Sr.), spine a little faded, small square 4to, together with Figuier (Louis), The World Before the Deluge, New Edition, The Geological Portion Carefully Revised, and much Original Matter Added, by Henry W. Bristow, 1867, num. wood engs., orig. blind stamped cloth gilt in bright condition, 8vo, plus Gelling (Margaret), The Place-Names of Oxfordshire, English Place-Name Society, vols. 23 & 24, Cambridge, 1953-54, two folding maps in pocket at rear of vol. 2, orig. cloth in d.j.s (d.j. of first vol. torn and broken), 8vo, and Bowles (E.A.), My Garden in Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter, David & Charles reprints, 1972, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo (7)
India. 'The Tomb of Akbar', an early 19th c. pen, ink and watercolour view, some sl. soiling and minor marks, mounted on old paper, with title in ink, in English and Hindi, approx. 220 x 360 mm , together with an early 19th c. album containing nine small format pen, ink and watercolour views and studies of parts of the Taj Mahal, the Pearl Mosque, etc., with some unrelated manuscript verse and a few mounted prints of English scenery, one or two leaves loose, a.e.g., contemp. blind-decorated full morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear to head and foot of spine (contents detached), small 8vo (approx. 185 x 115 mm), plus 'A Rajah on his elephant', a mid-19th c. orig. watercolour, a few marks, one or two small stains, approx. 250 x 197 mm (3)
Cowper (William, 1731-1800). The Last Lock of Cowper's Wig, c. 1830, a lock of hair, tied with silk thread, mounted on card, and bearing manuscript inscription in ink 'the last lock of Cowper's wig, obtained from his late favourite gardener, Robert', and decorated with two sprigs from a shrub with manuscript inscription in ink below 'this shrub Cowper planted with his own hand', edged in gilt, and mounted on contemp. blind-embossed light blue card, overall size approx. 150 x 190 mm, and contained in contemp. folded sheet of paper, with an inscription in ink, 'the last lock of Cowper's wig. From Miss Aston of Newport Pagnell', a little soiled and sl. fraying to folds, together with an original copper plate by George Cruikshank, for vols. 2 & 3 of The Humourist, a 19th c. metal-faced relief printing block for the bookplate of Anne Isabella Ritchie, and a small quantity of proof plates of the frontispiece to Prideaux's Bibliography of Edward Fitzgerald, 1901 (4)
Victoria. State Procession, from the Queen's Palace to the Western Door of Westminster Abbey, on the 28th June, the Day of Her Majesty's Coronation.., Printed from a Corrected Copy Obtained from the Office of the Master of the Horse, by Cookes and Ollivier, [1837], multi-folding programme printed in blue with decorative border, listing in detail the order of carriages and attending foreign ambassadors, a little creased, approx. 126 x 25 cm, folded and nicely preserved in a Victorian blind-stamped cloth folder with broken lock and no key, together with William III - William of Orange, Civil and Religious Liberties, printed G. Tutill, 83 City Road, late 19th c., decorative silk printed in black showing William III astride a horse on a plinth, dated 1690 above a frieze commemorating the Battle of Aughrin, Boyne and Derry, a little dust soiled and marked in margins, approx. 38 x 32 cm (2)
Augustine (Saint Aurelius, Bp. of Hippo). Meditations and Manuall of the Incomparable Doctour S. Augustine. Translated into English [by John Floyd], [St. Omer, English College Press], 1621, xvi + 415 pp., one or two minor marks to title, 19th c. blind-panelled calf, with clasp, worn with spine det., 16mo STC 942.5 (Graham Greene, & Steven Cox only). (1)
Bible [English]. The Bible That is, The Holy Scriptures Contained in the Old & New Testament. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kinges Most Excellent Maiestie.., [1612], eng. Old Testament title with architectural border, New Testament title present dated 1611 (with ink inscription to verso dated 1684 & with small hole), colophon dated 1612, one full-page woodcut illustration, woodcut illusts. & maps to text, Old Testament leaves Bb2 & Bb5 duplicated, leaf Fff excised to lower margin, closed tears to lower margins of leaves Aa5 & Aa6 neatly repaired, long closed tear to leaf Vv2, Apocrypha lacks leaves Ttt3 & Ttt4, bound with the Genealogies by J.S. at front, with woodcut genealogies and double-page map by John Speed, and bound with the Whole Booke of Psalmes at rear, dated 1618, last few leaves of Book of Psalmes slightly damp soiled to margins and last two leaves neatly repaired with archival tissue, occ. small holes to few leaves throughout and some general browning to margins with some weakening of paper, modern blind panelled calf, folio Herbert 312. (1)
Bible [German]. Biblia.., Deutsch, D. Martin Luthers.., pub. B.C. Wust, Wittemberg, 1671, general title printed in red and black, OT and NT titles printed in black with decorative woodcut borders, separate title to Prophets, black letter double-column text and woodcut illusts. throughout, double-p. eng. plate in prelims. at front, general title and first few leaves sl. frayed with archival repairs, some leaves misbound incl. folios 7 to 156 of Prophets bound near front of OT, browning and some soiling throughout, contemp. blind-stamped pig skin over wood boards, with leather straps and brass fittings incl. an oval medallion of an angel (features rubbed away) to each cover, rebacked with remains of orig. spine relaid, large thick folio Not in Darlow & Moule which lists only a slightly smaller 1686 edition by the same publishers. Lacks an unknown number of maps and portraits and possibly some prelims. or end matter to one or more parts, and so sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)
[Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock]. John Halifax, Gentleman.. 3 vols., 1st ed., 1856, single ad. leaf present at rear of vol. 3, hinges reinforced with sellotape, cocked, orig. blind-stamped brown cloth, spines frayed in places at joints and at ends, front cover of vol. 2 with some minor water-staining, 8vo Sadleir 1812a, with no catalogue at rear of vol. 1. (3)
Latymer (Hugh). Frutefull Sermons preached by the right reverand father, and constant Martyr of Jesus Christ M. Hugh Latymer, newly Imprinted, with others not heretofore set forth in print .., printed by John Daye, 1578, title with woodcut decorative border, a little soiled, front blanks and title verso with old manuscript notes in ink, black letter text, woodcut initials, folding b&w woodcut plt. of Latymer preaching before King Edward VI, occn. old marginal notes in ink, incl. num. pointing fingers, final leaf with printers colophon and large woodcut to verso, further old manuscript notes in ink to blanks at rear and endpaper, contemp. blind panelled calf, later reback, rubbed, 8vo (1)
Panorama. The Tableau of the Procession at the Cornonation of Queen Victoria, June 28, 1838; being an Accurate Representation of the Splendid Pageant; with a View of Westminster Abbey, the Houses throughout the line of Procession, and a Delineation of their Respective Decorations, etc., pub. Robert Tyas, [1838?], hand-col. litho. panorama, bound concertina-style, lacking first section, occn. minor repairs, some folds with browning and a little wear, many folds restrengthened to verso., bound in orig. blind-stamped cloth folder, rubbed, oblong 8vo (approx. 600 cm in length), together with a defective copy of the Victorian Peepshow entitled The Interior of the Crystal Palace in London, by G. W. F., n.d., c. 1850s, consisting of four hand-col. lithographic sections, incl. cover, crudely repaired, approx. 180 x 225 mm The Panorama total length should be approximately 20 ft (620 cm). (2)
Pethahiah (ben Jacob, of Ratisbon). Travels of Rabbi Petachia, of Ratisbon, who, in the Latter end of the Twelfth Century, Visited Poland, Russia, Little Tartary, the Crimea, Armenia, Assyria, Syria, the Holy Land, and Greece. Translated from the Hebrew, and Published, Together with the Original on opposite pages, by Dr A. Benisch, with Explanatory Notes by the Translator and William F. Ainsworth, 1856, orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, slim 8vo (1)
Polygranus (Franciscus). Postillae sive enarrationes in Evangelia .. Pars prima [.. Pars altera], 2 parts, each with separate title-page, register, and pagination, Coloniae, apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni, 1570, with 3 blank leaves at the end of the first part, and 1 at the end of the second, bound with Passio Domini Nostri Iesu Christi Secundum Quatuor Evangelistas, cum Commentariis.. Cui accessit Sermo de meditatione Passionis Christi.., Coloniae, apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni, 1571; 2 works in 1, some staining and soiling, in contemp. blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, with the initials P.D.M. and date 1587, binding soiled and slightly worn, metal catches and clasps intact, together with an incomplete copy of the Book of Common Prayer, 18th c., 8vo (2)
Rowe (Thomas). The Lives of Several Ancient and Illustrious Men, omitted by Plutarch: viz. Aeneas, Tullus Hostilius, Aristomenes, Tarquin the Elder, L. Junius Brutus, Gelo, Cyrus, Jason, 1728, contemp. vellum, rubbed and some soiling, 8vo, together with Erasmus. Colloquia, ed. Cornelius Schrevelius, Leiden, 1664, eng. title, old calf, rubbed and marked and some wear to spine, 8vo, plus Paterno (Ignazio), Viaggio per tutte le antichita della Sicilia, Naples, 1781, title printed in red and black, eng. port., contents stained and with some damp marking, final leaf repaired, early 19th c. vellum, small 4to, w.a.f., and other various antiquarian interest, mostly 18th and early 19th c. English literature, history, etc., including vols. 1 & 2 of Storer's Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, 1807, and a late 16th c. black letter English bible, defective at front and rear, bound in contemp. blind-dec. calf over wooden boards, with remains of brass clasps and bosses, worn with upper cover det., small thick 4to (17)
Bishop (John George). The Brighton Chain Pier: In Memoriam. Its History From 1823 to 1896, with a Biographical Notice of Sir Samuel Brown, Its Designer and Constructor, pub. Brighton, 1897, double-page frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos. and drawings, some minor scattered spotting, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little rubbed and dust-soiled, 4to, together with The Brighton Pavilion and Its Royal and Municipal Associations: To Which is Added a Guide to that Portion of the Edifice Open to the Public; Also a Catalogue of the Old Brighton Prints and Drawings in the Supplementary Museum, by John George Bishop, 1900, author's presentation copy to William Gentle, signed and inscribed on half-title, num. b & w illusts. from photos., a.e.g., orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, spine sunned, 8vo (2)
London. Cross's New Plan of London, Divided into Half-Mile Sqaures, with a Copious Street Directory, an Important Guide to Strangers Visiting the Metropolis, 1852, hand col. eng. map printed on linen, approx. 44 x 73 cm., edges and creases a little browned, orig. blind-stamped green cloth case with large printed paper label to upper cover, a little soiled and minor wear to extrems., small 8vo (1)
Roget (F.F.). Ski-Runs in the High Alps, 1st ed., 1913, col. frontis. and b & w illusts. by L.M. Crisp, six maps, t.e.g., orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Bonvalot (Gabriel), Du Caucase aux Indes a travers le Pamir, Paris, 1889, num. b & w illusts. by Albert Pepin, orig. printed wrappers retained in later blue cloth, rubbed, large 8vo, plus The Progresses of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness Prince Albert, in France, Belgium, and England, 1844, title printed in red and gold, num. wood engs., a.e.g., orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, a little chipped at head and foot of spine, slim 4to, plus other misc. books (a carton)
Bongars (Jacques). Gesta dei per Francos, sive Orientalium Expeditionum, et Regni Francorum Hierosolimitani, 2 parts in 1 volume, Hanover, 1609, LACKS ALL MAPS, engraved printers device to each title, lacking a few other leaves, some browning throughout, contemp. blind-stamped vellum, spine worn, folio, together with Martini (Martinus), Novus Atlas Sinensis, Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1658, LACKS TITLE, FRONTIS. AND ALL MAPS, some light browning, contemp. gilt dec. vellum, some marks, folio (2)
A good walnut arabesque marquetry longcase clock, the square brass 13cm dial with crown and sprawling boys spandrels, Roman and Arabic silvered chapter ring, inscribed Jno Austin, Watford, the matted centre chased with florets and outlined with draught turnings, silvered seconds dial and calendar aperture, eight day movement, striking on a bell, the hood with freestanding spirally turned pillars beneath a stepped cornice and blind fretwork frieze, fretwork side panels, the trunk door with oval lenticle, on a moulded plinth, the front inlaid with engraved and penwork floral arabesques with perching birds within strapwork borders, the sides veneered within strung borders, 217cm high
A Japanese black lacquered and gilt cabinet on plinth, the rectangular top above two cupboard doors decorated with typical oriental scenes, mounted with ornate brass hinges and lockplates, enclosing variously sized drawers, with carry handles to either side, on blind fret carved base, 70cm wide, 60cm high, 42cm deep
A George III mahogany chest on chest, the moulded and projecting cornice above a dentil and blind fretwork frieze and three short over three long graduated drawers, each flanked by fluted angles, the base with brushing slide and three long graduated drawers, the whole raised on shaped bracket feet, 113cm wide, 189cm high, 54cm deep
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