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A Collection of CD's, to include Sting (2), Sting and the Police, Simon and Garfunkel, Prince and The Revolution Purple Rain, Curtis Mayfield, Eurythmics Greatest Hits, Robbie Williams, Kylie The Abbey Road Sessions, Madonna, etc (20). Plus a collection of DVD's, The Revenant, Bohemian Rhapsody, Miami Vice Complete Box Set, Top Gun, James Bond (Daniel Craig), etc (14). Books including Ancient Egypt, knitting and and craft books, Children's book, Dame Laura Knight Outdoor Paintings (paperback).
Art reference, a medium quantity of art reference books, 20th century, mainly on sporting artists including Stubbs, titles including Judy Egerton, George Stubbs, Painter. Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2007, with slipcase, Walter Shaw Sparrow, A Book of Sporting Painters, London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931, and similar, mainly quarto or folio and in dust jackets (qty) (approx fifty volumes in three cartons)
Travel. A large quantity of travel books, 19th and 20th century, including A. H. Layard, Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, 2 volumes, 1853 (original cloth, not collated), The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, translated from the Arabic by Captain Sir R. F. Burton ... Illustrated ... by Albert Letchford, 12 volumes, London: H. S. Nichols, 1897 (original decorative black cloth gilt), several Baedekers, various Churchill-related including Great Contemporaries (reprint, 1938), odd volumes of The World Crisis and similar, and a selection of British topography and local interest (7 cartons)
[TRAVEL] Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Mani, Travels in the Southern Peloponnese, Murray & The Book Society, London, 1958, boards, dustjacket, illustrations from photographs by Joan Eyres Monsell, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to tittle page, octavo; together with Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Roumeli, Travels in Northern Greece, first edition, Murray, London, 1966, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), illustrations from pghotographs, octavo; Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Between the Woods and the Water, first edition, Murray, London, 1986, boards, dustjacket (price-clipped), octavo; and Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Three Letters from the Andes, first edition, Murray, London,,1991, boards, dustjacket (non price-clipped), octavo, (4). Condition Report : Mani: Generally good condition; bookplate to front pastedown; Roumeli: Generally good condition; Woods: Generally good condition; ink gift inscription to front free endpaper; Andes: Generally good condition; ink gift inscription to front free endpaper. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[MISCELLANEOUS]. AGRICULTURE Stephens, Henry. The Book of the Farm, second edition, two volumes, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London, 1851, half calf, the spines in compartments gilt, with crimson and dark brown leather labels, fourteen engraved plate illustrations (as called for), further text illustrations, quarto. Condition Report : Generally good condition; papering to covers with some scarring; ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper of Volume 1; Volume 2 rubbed at head of spine; both volumes with foxing at either end. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[CHILDRENS]. ILLUSTRATED King, Jessie M., illustrator, & 'Marion'. Mummy's Bedtime Story Book, Palmer, London, no date [1929], pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, frontispiece and further full-page and vignette illustrations, quarto. Condition Report : Good condition; minor spine end and corner wear to covers. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Carroll, Lewis [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge]. Alice's Adventures Under Ground, being a facsimile of the original ms. book afterwards developed into 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', first edition, Macmillan, London, 1886, original crimson cloth gilt, all edges gilt, thirty-seven illustrations by the author, two-page publisher's list of works by the author, octavo. Condition Report : Some foxing and browning to pastedowns and blank endpapers, mainly at front; spine slightly faded; otherwise good, clean, bright and tight. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Bleak House, first edition in book form, Bradbury & Evans, London, 1853, half green calf with crimson leather title label to spine, retailer's / binder's label for King, Brighton to front pastedown, frontispiece, vignette half title page and a further thirty-eight plate illustrations by H.K. Browne (as called for, including ten 'dark'), issue points including p.xvi with five Errata, p.19 line 6 'elgble', p.209 line 23 'chair' for 'hair', p.275 line 22 'counsinship', and p.529 line 32 'picter', octavo. Condition Report : Rubbed and scuffed; lower joint with 6.5cm split at head; spine slightly faded and browned; pp.29/30 with fore edge marginal repair; one plate with fore edge marginal reinforcement verso; plates toned, with marginal browning. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Dickens, Charles. Master Humphrey's Clock, first edition in book form, three volumes, Chapman & Hall, London, 1840 / 1841 / 1841, Volumes I & II in original blind-stamped brown cloth gilt, Volume III in near contemporary plain brown cloth, frontispieces and text illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne, large octavo. Condition Report : Vols 1 & 2: Spine ends nicked and torn, with small losses; Vol. 3: Spine with small loss at head; frontispiece creased; All volume covers with worn corners. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT] Atkyns, Arabella (pseudonym). The Family Magazine: in Two Parts. Part I. Containing Useful Directions in all the Branches of House-Keeping and Cookery. Particularly Shewing How to Buy-it the Best of all Sorts of Provisions; as Poultry-Ware, Butchers-Meat, Fish, Fruit, &c. With several Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Pickling, Confectionary, Distilling, Brewing, Cosmeticks, &c. Together with the Art of making English Wines, &c. Part II. Being a Compendious Body of Physick; Succinctly Treating of all the Diseases and Accidents Incident to Men, Women, and Children: with Practical Rules and Directions for the Preserving and Restoring of Health, and Prolonging of Life, first edition, London, 1741, full leather, octavo. Condition Report : Covers scuffed; spine ends worn; upper joint partially split; lacking all before p.v, including Part I title page; some browning, soiling and graffiti; some additional recipes added by hand; ownership inscription to front free endpaper ('Robert Pitt his / Book Ano Domini / 1778'); Pitt family birth details 1783-1793 added to Part II title page verso; pp.27/28 torn, without loss. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Stapledon, Olaf. Odd John, A Story Between Jest and Earnest, first edition, first issue (final page dated '535'), blue cloth, eight-page publisher's catalogue, octavo; together with Stapledon, Olaf. Odd John, A Story Between Jest and Earnest, first edition, second issue (final page dated '835'), blue cloth, dustjacket ('Recommended by the Book Society', with printed price label but clipped corner), octavo, (2). Condition Report : First: Spine slightly browned; spine ends and lower joint slightly rubbed; red pencil ownership inscription to front free endpaper; Second: Dustjacket with peripheral wear and small loss at head; foxed at either end. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
Dorothy Newsome-Glenn (British 1900-1980): Lady and her Baby in a Cottage Garden with Rabbits Watching, watercolour signed 14cm x 9cm Notes: In the late 1920s Newsome and fellow artist Kathleen Irene Nixon, whom she met while studying book illustration at the Birmingham School of Art, were commissClick here to view further images, condition reports, sale times & delivery costs for this lot.
The Book of Football, circa 1906, featuring coloured prints of players, heavy damages pages 221 onwards. The History of The Football Association, 1953. Press cutting album featuring prints of Watford 1904-5 Leicester Fosse, Woolwich Arsenal v. Bury, The Sheffield United International Team, Notts County v. Corinthians at Leyton, the King and Prince of Wales watching the match. (3)
Hebraica.- Bible, English & Hebrew.- First [-Fifth] Book of Moses (The), 5 vol., mixed set, additional engraved titles by Solomon Polack, text in English & Hebrew on facing pages, a little browned, some soiling or staining, vol.1-3 & 5 contemporary tree calf, gilt, rather worn, upper cover of vol.1 detached, spines defective, vol.4 slightly smaller and contemporary calf rebacked in roan, rubbed, 8vo, Lion Soesmans, 1785-87.
Cookery.- American Indian Meal and Hominy Receipt Book (The): being a collection of American Receipts adapted to the English tastes, ex-library with remnant of label and discreet blind-stamps to title and upper cover, edges a little frayed and chipped, original blue printed wrappers, slight creasing to corners, 12mo, Nottingham, by John Stavely, 1847.⁂ Scarce, with only 3 on Library Hub at BL, University of Oxford & University of Cambridge.
NO RESERVE Cookery.- Beeton (Mrs. Isabella) The Book of Household Management, folding chromolithographed frontispiece and 12 plates (1 folding), illustrations, many full-page, occasional spotting, advertisements, cracked hinges, original calf-backed boards, rubbed, upper joint beginning to split but holding firm, chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1892; and a later copy of the same, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Spanish Civil War.- Koestler (Arthur) Spanish Testament, 1937 § Gannes (Harry) and Theodore Repard. Spain in Revolt, lightly spotted, 1936, Left Book Club Editions, original orange cloth, second with ink marks to upper cover, second spine faded and head a little frayed; and 6 others, Spanish Civil War, 8vo (8)
NO RESERVE Punch's Pocket Book for 1865 [-68], 4 vol., hand-coloured folding frontispiece and additional title, illustrations by John Tenniel and Charles Keene, contemporary manuscript insertions, one or two loose leaves, original roan wallet with flap, rubbed, small paper label to flaps, loss to spine coverings, [1864-67]; and another copy, 1875, and a mid-nineteenth century manuscript and paper parlour game in folded marbled covers, 12mo (6)
Aluminium.- Sainte-Claire Deville (Henri Étienne) De L'Aluminium. Ses propriétés, sa fabrication et ses applications, first edition, half-title, folding engraved plate, 2 advertisement ff. at end, foxing, original printed wrappers, lower wrapper detached, spine worn with loss of a few letters, a few short tears and chips, lightly stained, [Duveen 524; En Français dans le texte 279], 8vo, Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1859.⁂ 'An important book' (Duveen). The author was the first to develop a method of manufacturing aluminium at his foundry near Paris.
Astronomy.- Lalande (Joseph de) Exposition du Calcul Astronomique, first edition, title and woodcut ornament within woodcut greek key and foliage border, 3 folding engraved plates, some spotting, lightly browned, antique style calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, [Houzeau & Lancaster 11802.2], large 12mo, Paris, Royal Printers, 1762.⁂ The author's second book.
NO RESERVE De Morgan (Augustus) A Budget of Paradoxes, first edition in book form, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, a little rubbed, spine faded, 8vo, 1872.⁂ Including De Morgan's reply to Sir William Hamilton concerning the idea of a qualified predicate in logic, an argument which involved Georg Boole and eventually resulted in the creation of Boolean algebra.
NO RESERVE Medicine.- Johnson (James) Change of Air, or the Pursuit of Health; an Autumnal Excursion through France, Switzerland, & Italy, in the year 1829, second edition, 1831; An Essay on Indigestion; or Morbid Sensibility of the Stomach & Bowels, seventh edition, 5pp. reviews/advertisements at end (torn and repaired), title foxed, 1831, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary ink signature of Robert Wilson to head of second title and with his book-label, contemporary half calf, rubbed, new labels, 8vo
Buddhist cave temples.- Latter (Thomas) A note on Boodhism and the cave temples of India, addressed to F. Mouat, Esq., pencil and blue pencil underlining and marginalia, occasional spotting, lightly browned, book label of Ernest Leroux, Paris, bookseller to the Asiatic Society, later drab wrappers, some spotting and staining, 8vo, Calcutta, Printed at the Baptist Mission Press, 1844.⁂ Scarce. Library Hub records one copy (BL), and WorldCat adds six more (all on the Continent, except for one in Indiana).
NO RESERVE West Indies.- Bermuda.- Lefroy (Major-General J. H.) Memorials of the Discovery and Early Settlement of the Bermudas or Somers Islands 1515-1685, 2 vol., limited edition of 1000 copies, presentation inscription from publisher, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, folding maps in pockets at end, original green cloth, gilt, Bermuda, 1981 § Beebe (William) and John Tee-Van. Field Book of the Shore Fishes of Bermuda, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, previous owner's pencil signature, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1933 § Zuill (William) Bermuda Samplet 1815 - 1850, first edition, frontispiece, plates, illustrated endpapers, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1937 ; and others Bermuda, 8vo (7)
NO RESERVE West Indies.- Bermuda.- McCallan (E. A.) Life in Old St. David's Bermuda, first edition, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to corners, Bermuda, Bermuda Historical Monuments Trust, 1948 § Bushell (John J.) Picturesque Bermuda, plates, illustrations, folding map, previous owner's biro inscription to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1933 § Rider (Fremont) Bermuda. A Guide Book for Travelers, maps (1 folding), illustrations, original cloth, chipping to spine extremities, New York, 1922 § Bell (Euphemia Young) Beautiful Bermuda, illustrations and maps, original pictorial wrappers, tape repair to spine, date to upper cover, a little rubbed, New York and Bermuda, 1911, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE West Indies.- Virgin Islands.- Jarvis (J. Antonio) Virgin Islands Picture Book, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, Philadelphia, 1948 § Henle (Fritz) Virgin Islands, first edition, full-page illustrations, soiling to one leaf, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, New York, 1949 § Eadie (Hazel Ballance) Lagooned in the Virgin Islands, occasional spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, c.1930; and others, Virgin Islands, 8vo & 4to (6)
NO RESERVE Original Illustration.- Collection of 16 original book illustration designs, numerous illustrations for medieval themed romantic tale, pen and ink over pencil, each signed [?]'Crow', on thick paper blindstamped 'Bristol Boards', each sheet between 420 x 305 mm (16 1/2 x 12 in) and 475 x 360 mm (18 3/4 x 14 1/4 in), tipped onto paper support, unframed, [20th century] (16)
Jewellery.- Kunz (G.F.) & Charles Hugh Stevenson. The Book of the Pearl, first edition, signed and inscribed by Kunz to Ethel Stokes Hoyt on front free endpaper, title with decorative border in turquoise, plates, some colour, tissue guards, front endpapers a little browned but a good copy in the original decorated cloth, gilt, very slightly rubbed and soiled, a couple of small stains to upper cover, 4to, New York, 1908.⁂ George Frederick Kunz was a self-taught mineralogist who, helped by his encyclopaedic knowledge of gemmology, rose to be Vice-President of Tiffany's. Ethel Stokes Hoyt was active in a controversial movement linking medicine and religion, and author of Spirit, 1934.
Jewellery.- Kunz (G.F.) Rings for the Finger, first edition, colour frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, illustrations, facsimile letter, a superb copy in the original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, glacine wrapper a little mottled and browned, with the publisher's original board slip-case (slightly rubbed), 4to, Philadelphia & London, 1917.⁂ The ship carrying the copies of this book intended for Britain was reputedly sunk by a U-boat.
18th century Poetry.- Poetry and Commonplace Book, 2 vol., manuscript in several hands, together c. 155pp. excluding blanks, a few ff. in pencil, original tree calf, gilt, rubbed, 1 vol. covers detached, other vol. joints splitting, gilt spines, g.e., 8vo, dated in text 1797.⁂ Poems by Cowper, Gray, Brundish, Hammond etc., and some anonymous from various contemporary literary magazines.
Bristol.- Commonplace Book, manuscript, c. 200pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, some ff. loose, others working loose, slightly browned, later pencil ownership inscription and modern ink ownership stamp on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, worn, covers detached, lacks spine, sm. 4to, watermarked 1815, 1816-50.⁂ Includes: Extracts from the "Mayor's Calendar"; Chronology of Bristol events 1816-50 (Duke of Wellington's visit to Bristol in 1816); on the writer as a Unitarian, the weather etc.
Commonplace Book & Diaries.- Whitehead (James, of Mill House, Norland, near Halifax) Commonplace Book, manuscript, 138pp., some entries in pencil, most in ink, 1f. with small hole, some ff. excised, browned, original leather, brass clasp, rubbed, 1829-68 & 1887; and 17 19th century diaries from a family in Northumberland (Otterburn, Hesleyside etc.) and elsewhere, 8vo (18).⁂ First mentioned, entries including: "Balmforth's Ointment for Scurvy"; "My Left Arm was Amputated Febry. 26 1816 - By Drs Shaw & Strafford and their Students"; "Ginger Beer" etc.
Commonplace Book, manuscript, c. 400pp., slightly browned, a few illustrations loosely inserted, original half calf, extensively rubbed, joints splitting, lacks part of spine, folio, [?Leicester], 1835.⁂ A collection of subjects, including language, classics, poetry, novels, astrology & horology, medicine and other miscellaneous pieces. Several of the sections are taken from various writers such as "A Course of 6 Lectures on the Modern discoveries in Astronomy by Dr Lardner, delivered before the 'Leicester Mechanic's Institute'".
Book Catalogue.- Fellows (Henry, barrister-at-law, 1840-1910) Book Catalogue, manuscript, c. 55pp. excluding blanks, in ink and pencil, slightly browned, circular bookplate of Fellows on front pastedown, original patterned boards, slightly rubbed, lacks spine, 1905; and another, Minutes of the Branksome Literary Society, manuscript, 1883, sm. 4to (2).
NO RESERVE Almack (Edward) A Bibliography of The King's Book or Eikon Basilike, one of 150 large paper copies signed by the publishers, 1896 § Madan (Francis F.) A New Bibliography of the Eikon Basilike of King Charles I, original printed wrappers, uncut, Oxford, Oxford Bibliographical Society, 1950 § Bennett (H.S.) English Books & Readers 1475 to 1557 [-1603 to 1640], 3 vol., Cambridge, 1952-70 § Abbott (W.C.) A Bibliography of Oliver Cromwell, Cambridge, 1929 § Corbett (M.) & Ronald Lightbown. The Comely Frontispiece: The Emblematic Title-page in England 1550-1660, 1979, plates and illustrations, all but the second original cloth, the third and last with dust-jackets (price-clipped), a little rubbed; and c.15 others on 17th century books, some catalogues including Maggs's 3 vol. catalogue of James Stevens Cox's collection of STC & Wing items, 4to & 8vo (c.20)
NO RESERVE Bookplates.- Lee (Brian North) British Royal Bookplates..., Aldershot, 1992; Early Printed Book Labels, Pinner, 1976 § O'Dell (Ilse) Deutsche und Österreichische Exlibris 1500-1599 im Britischen Museum, 2003 § Lieber (V.) Les Ex-Libris Genevois, original wrappers, Nyon, 2002, illustrations, all but the last original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the second a little spotted and frayed; and c.20 others on bookplates, mostly from the Bookplate Society, 4to & 8vo (c.25)
NO RESERVE Ireland & Irish Literature.- Pollard (M.) A Dictionary of the Members of the Dublin Book Trade 1550-1800..., 2000 § Munter (Robert) A Dictionary of the Print Trade in Ireland 1550-1775, New York, 1988 § Phillips (James W.) Printing and Bookselling in Dublin, 1670-1800: A Bibliographical Enquiry, Dublin, 1998 § Brown (Stephen J.) Ireland in Fiction, vol.1 (second volume published in 1972), reprint of 1919 edition, Shannon, 1968, original cloth or boards, all but the first with dust-jacket; and 5 others on Irish literature & printing, some catalogues, 8vo (9)
NO RESERVE Pforzheimer (Carl H.) The...Library: English Literature 1475-1700, 3 vol., New Castle, De. & Los Angeles, [1997] § Grolier Club. Catalogue of Original and Early Editions...of English Writers from Langland to Wither [& from Wither to Prior, 3 vol.], together 4 vol., New York, [1963] § Hazlitt (W.Carew) Hand-Book to the Popular, Poetical, and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain, 8 vol. including Index, New York, 1961, all facsimile reprints, some illustrations, original cloth; and c.10 others on early literature & printing, mostly catalogues, 4to & 8vo (c.25)
NO RESERVE Printers & Printing.- Greg (W.W) & others, editors. Records of the Court of the Stationers' Company 1576 to 1602 [& 1602 to 1640], together 2 vol., 1930-57 § McKerrow (R.B.) Printers' & Publishers' Devices in England & Scotland 1485-1640, 1949 § Isaac (F.) English & Scottish Printing Types 1501-35 * 1508-41, 1930 § Plomer (H.R.) & others. Dictionaries of the Printers and Booksellers...in England, Scotland and Ireland 1557-1775, reprint with 4 vol. in 1, 1977 § Maxted (Ian) The London Book Trades 1775-1800, 1977 § Todd (W.B.) A Directory of Printers...London and Vicinity 1800-1840, 1972, some illustrations, the first three original cloth-backed boards, the last three original cloth, the last with dust-jacket, slightly rubbed; and c.20 others on the Stationers' Company, printing & printers, some catalogues, 4to & 8vo (c.25)
NO RESERVE Printers, Publishers & Booksellers.- Lackington (James) Memoirs of the Forty-Five First Years of the Life..., engraved portrait (a little foxed), contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine & morocco label, for the Author, 1794 § Gaskell (Philip) John Baskerville: a Bibliography, lower outer corner stained, Cambridge, 1959; A Bibliography of the Foulis Press, second edition, 1986 § Isaac (Peter) William Bulmer: The Fine Printer in Context 1757-1830, 1993 § Plomer (H.R.) & others. A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers...in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775, reprint, Oxford, 1968 § Roscoe (S.) John Newbery and his Successors 1740-1814: a Bibliography, 1973 § Zachs (W.) The First John Murray and the late Eighteenth-Century London Book Trade with a Checklist of his Publications, 1998, some illustrations, all but the first original cloth, the last two with dust-jackets; and 17 others on printers, publishers and booksellers, 8vo & 4to (24)
NO RESERVE Swift (Jonathan) The Correspondence..., edited by Harold Williams, 5 vol., Oxford, 1963-65 § Teerink (Dr.H.) & Arthur H.Scouten. A Bibliography of the Writings of Jonathan Swift, second edition, Philadelphia, 1963 § Griffith (R.H.) Alexander Pope: a Bibliography, 2 vol., reprint, 1968 § Foxon (D.) Pope and the Early Eighteenth-Century Book Trade, revised and edited by James McLaverty, Oxford, 1991, some illustrations, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, some spines a little browned or faded; and c.15 others on Swift and Pope, some catalogues, 8vo & 4to (c.25)
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