Brinton (Daniel G.). The Myths of the New World: A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America, New York, 1868, together with THe American Race: A Linguistic Classification and Ethnographic Description of the Native Tribes of North and South America, New York, 1891, some minor spotting of prelims., t.e.g., matching half morocco gilt by Palmer Howe & Co., Manchester, together with Borrow (George), Romano Lavo?Lil: Word?Book of the Romany; Or, English Gypsy Language. With many Pieces in Gypsy, Illustrative of the Way of Speaking and Thinking of the Engligh Gypsies, 1st ed., 1874, contemp. half morocco gilt by Palmer Howe & Co., Manchester, a little rubbed on spine, plus Bayley (Harold), The Lost Language of Symbolism. An Inquiry into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy?Tales, Folklore, and Mythologies, 2 vols., reprinted, 1951, b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth in slightly soiled and frayed d.j.s., all 8vo (5)
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Caryl (Joseph). An Exposition with Practicall Observations upon the three first Chapters of the Book of Job [.. the Thirty?eighth, Thirty?ninth, Fortieth, Forty?first, and Forty?second (being the five last) Chapters of the Book of Job], 12 vols. (complete), 1647-666, first vol. with contemp. gift inscription to verso of title, dated 1687, some leaves close?trimmed to lower margin of first vol., with occasional loss or partial loss of a few words, catchwords, signatures etc., occasional marks and soiling, some foxing, contemp. calf, worn, with some covers detached (except 5 vols. rebound in modern quarter brown cloth), bookplate of Baptist College Library, Bristol, to front pastedown of each vol., 6 vols. with bookplate of Andrew Gifford to front pastedown also, rebound vols. with large oval ink stamps to front endpapers, small 4to. (12)
Dickens (Charles). Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vols., 1st ed. in book form, 1840,. b&w wood eng. illusts. by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne, sev. hand?col. plts. from a later edition inlaid to size, occn. minor marks and sl. soiling to bound?in wrappers, orig. part?wrappers bound?in at rear of each vol., t.e.g., late 19th/early 20th c., full brown morocco gilt (by Zaehnsdorf), 2nd vol. bumped to lower outer corner of upper cover, large 8vo. Attractive set. (3)
Dickens (Charles). Great Expectations, 2 vols., 1st issue, only state (Todd & Bowden "a", Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1861,. final leaf of text to first vol. with some staining, contemp. boards gilt, rubbed and some minor marks, a little frayed at head of spines, small 8vo, together with The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 2 vols., 2nd issue, 1st state (Todd and Bowden "Ab"), Tauchnitz, 1844, Hard Times, 1st issue, only state (Todd and Bowden "a"), Tauchnitz, 1854, Little Dorrit, 4 vols. bound in two, 1st issue, only state (Todd & Bowden "c"), Tauchnitz, 1856, & A Tale of Two Cities, 2 vols., 2nd issue, only state (Todd & Bowden "b"), Tauchnitz, 1859, b&w illusts. to Little Dorrit only, Martin Chuzzlewit bound in orig. cloth, remainder bound in uniform boards, gilt, rubbed and marked, Little Dorrit crudely restrengthened to spine with black tape, all small 8vo. Great Expectations is the first issue (of three) of the first book edition, set from advance sheets of the serial issue in All the Year Round (see Todd and Bowden, Tauchnitz International Editions, p. 133). (9)
Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1st book ed., 1837, frontis. and addn. eng. title, eng. plts. by R. Seymour & Phiz, general title dated 1838 (inscribed to upper margin), some spotting and staining, mainly to plts., a.e.g., near contemp. morocco, spine & joints repaired, together with Dombey and Sons, 1st book ed., 1848, addn. eng. title (lacks frontis.), eng. plts. by H.K. Browne, leaves I & P8 torn with loss and crudely repaired, few leaves loose, contemp. half calf, slight wear to spine & extrems., both 8vo (2)
Dickens (Charles). Little Dorrit, 1st ed., bound in two, 1857, illust. H.K. Browne, 'Rigaud' for 'Blandois' in book two, chapter xvii, usual scattered spotting, near?contemp. half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with Master Humphrey's Clock, by Charles Dickens, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1840-41, illust. George Cattermole and Hablot Browne, some minor scattered spotting, orig. blind?stamped cloth gilt, some wear to spines, tall 8vo (5)
Great Britain ? Parliament. A Coppy of the Journal?Book of the House of Commons for the Sessions of Parliament begun at Westminster the 21. day of October, 1678 .., in which is contained the First Discovery of the Popish Plot by the King to the two Houses of Parliament. As also the Accusation and Impeachment of the Earl of Danby .., 2 parts in one, 1680, contemp. ownership signature of Richard Onslow at head of title, unobtrusive oval blind?stamp to lower margin of title, contemp. calf, rubbed, 8vo Richard Onslow, first Baron Onslow (1654-717), Speaker of the House of Commons, eldest son of Sir Arthur Onslow of West Clandon, Surrey. DNB. (1)
Miniature book. London Almanack for the the Year of Christ 1788, printed for the Company of Stationers, [1787],. engraved throughout, contemp. owner name to view of St. Luke's Hospital, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. red morocco with cream, blue and red onlay in matching slipcase, rubbed, overall approx. 60mm x 38mm. Varner Welsh 4579. (1)
Bible [Italian]. La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta in lingua Italiana, e, commentata da Giovanni Diodati, 2nd ed., Geneva, Pietro Chovet, 1641,. addn. eng. title by Abraham Bosse, printed title with woodcut device (with single library ink stamp at foot), occn. light browning, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, single library ink stamp to verso of front endpaper, 18th c. panelled calf gilt, scuffed and some wear, joints partly cracked, folio. Darlow & Moule 5600. Ownership signature of A. Somersett (possibly Adolphus Somersett eleventh duke, 1775-855), to head of title, and with presentation inscription in ink to front endpaper "Uvedale Price his Book. The Gift of the Rght. Honble. the Lord Somersett, Poston, Nov: ye 2d 1718." The date would appear to be an error. (1)
Bible [Polyglot]. Apocalypsis Sancti Iohannis, ex Manuscripto exemplari è Bibliotheca Clariss. Viri Josephi Scaligeri deprompto.., Leyden: Elzevir, 1627, title in red and black within woodcut border, parallel Syriac and Hebrew text with Greek and Latin translations below, colophon with printer's woodcut device at end, old dampstaining increasing towards rear, old vellum, sl. soiled, 4to D & M 1438. First edition of the Book of Revelation in Syriac. (1)
New Testament [Greek]. Novum Testamentum. Juxta Exemplar Millianum. Typis Joannis Baskerville, Oxford: e Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1763,. title in Greek and Latin, occ. light spotting, bound in ms. letter to rear to Reverend William Newton of Bristol referring to the book as a gift and thanking him for his tuition, contermp. calf, rubbed, 8vo, together with The New Testament in Greek and English. Containing the Original Text Corrected from the Authority of the Most Authentic Manuscripts, 2 vols., J.Roberts, 1729, contemp. panelled calf, rubbed with cracking at the joints, 8vo (3)
New Testament [Mongolian]. Evangelium St. Mathaei in linguam Calmucco?Mongolicam translatum ab Isaaco Jacobo Schmidt cura et studio Societatis Biblicae Ruthenicae tybis impressum, Petropoli [St. Petersburg], Fridericum Drechslerum, 1815,. title page and thirty?four pp. of text, with inscription in ink to front pastedown "This Book belongs to the Baptist Missionary Society to whom it was presented by The Russian Bible Society recd Jan. 18. 1816", with an additional note in ink to first leaf of text "The first Book ever printed in this Language. Read it downward beginning at the left.", contemp. full calf, rubbed and scuffed, bookplate of Bristol Baptist College Library to rear pastedown, slim 4to (1)
Sargent (H.). The First Book of Virgil's Aeneid, translated into the Bengalee Language, Serampore: printed at the Mission Press, 1810,. occn. marginal browning, final leaf with trace of worm (not affecting text), uncut and untrimmed, bookplate and oval inkstamp to front endpaper, contemp. boards, some wear to spine, upper cover det., 8vo (1)
Ross (Alexander). Arcana Microcosmi: or, the Hid Secrets of Man's Body Discovered.. with a Refutation of Doctor Harvey's Book de Generatione, Comenius, and Others.., Printed by Tho. Newcomb, 1652, title printed in red & black, separate title to Appendix, few letters of running titles close shaved, closed tear to Q2 without loss and small hale to R5 affecting few letters, contemp. tree calf, elaborate gilt dec. spine with red morocco title label, slight wear to upper joint, 8vo Wing R1947, Krivatsky 9951. The 1st ed., appeared as a 12mo volume in 1651. (1)
Cockerell (Sydney C.). Old Testament Miniatures. A Medieval Picture Book with 283 Paintings from the Creation to the Story of David, pub. Phaidon, c. 1950, eighty?eight full?page col. reprods., orig. cloth in d.j., tall folio, together with The Book of Kells. Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin, with a Study of the Manuscript, by Francoise Henry, THames & Hudson, reprinted, 1976, num. full?page col. reprods., b & w illusts. to text, orig. gilt dec. cloth with slipcase, 4to, and others similar (10)
Jores (J.). A New Book of Iron Work, Containing A Great Variety of Designs (Useful for Painters, Cabinet?Makers, Carvers, Smiths, Fillegre?Piercers, &c.) with Gates of Various Sorts, Pilasters.., Weather?Cocks, Spindles, &c., 1759,. twenty eng. plts. (complete), ink library stamps to title page and oval ink stamp to majority of plts., modern cloth gilt, slim folio (1)
Case (Nora). Ten Little Nigger Boys and Ten Little Nigger Girls, 1907, numerous plts. printed in red & black, orig. pict dec. cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, 12mo, together with Attwell (Mabel Lucie), We Three and a Puppy, c.1924, illusts. printed in red & black, orig. printed limp boards wit cutout shape to head and fore edge, slightly marked, approx. 220 x 240mm, with Shepard (Ernest H., illust.), Cheddar Gorge, a Book of English Cheeses Edited by John Squire, 1937, numerous b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 4to, plus twenty?seven other similar childrens & illustrated books (30)
Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Shakespeare's Comedy of the Tempest, [1908], forty tipped?in col. plts., orig. gilt dec. cloth, slightly rubbed, 4to, together with Edmund Dulac's Fairy?Book, sixteen tipped?in col. plts., orig. dec. cloth gilt, rubbed (inner joints loose), large 8vo, plus Edgerton (Linda), Ten Little Nursery Dolls, pub. Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., [1945], num. col. illusts. printed on ten thick card leaves, with a tabulated frieze to upper margin depicting ten dolls in national costume (including Sambo), inner joints crudely repaired with tape, oblong 4to, and four other juvenile illustrated works (8)
Harrison (Florence, illust.). Guinevere and other Poems, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1912, twenty?four col. plts. mounted on grey paper, b & w illusts. to text, some minor scattered spotting, t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Rackham (Arthur, illust.), Undine, by De la Motte Fouque, adapted from the German by W.L. Courtney, 1909, fifteen mounted col. plts., b & w illusts. to text, orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little faded and rubbed on spine, 4to, plus Edmund Dulac's Picture?Book for the French Red Cross, n.d., c. 1918, twenty mounted col. plts. (including portrait of Dulac), some minor fore?edge spotting, orig. dec. cloth, a little rubbed and faded, 4to, and five other illustrated works, including Warwick Goble, George Sheringham, Willy Pogany and Dulac (8)
Brewer (James Norris). A Descriptive and Historical Account of Various Palaces and Public Buildings, (English and Foreign) with Biographical Notices of Their Founders, and Other Eminent Persons.., with Various Additions and Emendations, by B.R. Gill, 1821,. eng. frontis. and twenty?four eng. plts., title page neatly lined to verso and repaired to lower margin, lacks leaf v/vi, preface torn to inner margin, contemp. diced calf, gilt dec. spine with morocco label, extrems. slightly worn, 4to, together with Gibbs (H., publishers), Volume containing fifty?seven natural history plts., pub. 1822, includes plts. of fish & mamals (both British & foreign), a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. green straight grain morocco, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with Robinson (W.), The Parks, Promenades & Gardens of Paris.., 1st ed., 1869, wood?eng. plts. and illusts., orig. gilt dec. cloth, worn and covers loose, 8vo, with Delamotte (F.), The Book of Ornamental Alphabets.., 2nd ed., 1859,orig. cloth gilt, oblong 8vo, and with a 19th c. scrapbook containing numerous cuttings from fashion plts, plus others (a small carton)
Wilcocks (J.C., of Guernsey). The Sea?Fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in the British and Other Seas, and Remarks on Nets, Boats and Boating, 2nd ed., much enlarged, 1868, wood engs. and diags. to text, 32pp. pubs. ads. at rear, orig. cloth, stained and worn on spine, 8vo, together with Francis (Francis), A Book on Angling, being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling in every Branch, 1920, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth, rubbed, 8vo, with other misc. fishing books and a few framed pictures of fishing interest (2 cartons)
Busch (Dr. Moritz). Bismarck. Some Secret Pages of his History, 3 vols., 1898, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Hansard (George Agar), The Book of Archery, Being the Complete History and Practice of the Art, Ancient and Modern, 1st ed., 1841, eng. plts., some minor scattered spotting, recent green half calf gilt, 8vo, with other military history and warfare interest (3 shelves)
Milligan (Spike). A Book of Bits or a Bit of a Book, 1st ed., 1965, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., slim 8vo, together with Spike Milligan. The Family Album. An Illustrated Autobiography, 1st ed., 1999, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. laminated boards with matching d.j., 4to, plus Heyerdahl (Thor), Fatu?Hiva. Back to Nature, 1st ed., 1974, The Tigris Expedition. In Search of Our Beginnings, 1st ed., 1980, both signed by the author, num. col. and b & w illusts. by the author, both orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, with other misc. books, mostly modern first eds. (3 shelves)
Coates (Clive), Claret, 1st ed., 1982,. b&w illusts. to text, orig. cloth in d.j., together with Enjalbert (Henri), Great Bordeaux Wines of St. Emilion, Pomerol and Fronsac, 1st English ed., 1985, num. col. illusts. from photos., orig. pictorial laminated boards, two short closed tears at head of spine, and Evans (Len), Complete Book of Australian Wine, reprinted 1985, num. col. and b&w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to & folio, with others related, mostly recent pubs., G/VG (3 shelves)
Budge (E.A. Wallis). Osiris and the Egyptian Ressurection, 2 vols, Medici Society, 1911, The Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani, Scribe and Treasurer of the Temples of Egypt, about B.C. 1450, 2 vols., Medici Society, 1913, num. folding col. plts., b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt in slightly frayed d.j.s., large 8vo (4)
Murray (John, pub.). Handbook for Travellers in Greece, including the Ionian Islands, Continental Greece, the Peloponnese, the Islands of the Aegean, Crete, Albania, Thessaly & Macedonia; and a Detailed Description of Athens, 2 vols., 5th ed., 1884, folding maps and plans (one contained in rear pocket), wood engs. to text, orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Burdon (Katharine Janet), A Handbook of St. Kitts?Nevis, a Presidency of the Leeward Islands Colony, containing Information for Residents and Visitors concerning the Islands of St. Christopher or St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla, pub. West India Committee, 1920, b & w illusts. from photos., folding maps and plans, commercial ads. at rear, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Ebtehaj (G.H.), Guide Book on Iran, 2nd ed., n.d., pub. Pharos, Tehran, c. 1927, three folding maps, b & w illusts. from photos., commercial ads., etc., orig. cloth gilt, a little faded and rubbed on spine, 8vo, and seven other various guides (11)
Dyde (William). The History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time.., To which is Added, Some Account of the Medicinal Water, Near Tewkesbury, pub. Tewkesbury, 1790, folding eng. frontis., two eng. plts. (stained) and folding table (frayed to margin), small hole to title leaf (slightly touching few letters of text), recent calf, 8vo, together with Price (John), An Historical Account of the City of Hereford. With Some Remarks on the River Wye.., pub. Hereford, 1796, eng. frontis., six eng. plts. (inc. map & 2 plans), occ. spotting, recent half calf gilt, red morocco label to spine, 8vo, with Dyde (W.), The History and Antiquities of Tewkesbury, 2nd ed., pub. Tewkesbury & London, 1798, eng. frontis. & vignette title, three eng. plts. and one eng. map, front free endpaper inscribed "Rich. Alsop, Litchford Hall 22 July 1815, This Book bought in Tewksbury in the Month of August 1799", contemp. tree calf gilt, red morocco label to spine, 8vo (3)
Laurie (Robert and James Whittle). Laurie and Whittle's New Traveller's Companion; exhibiting a Complete and Correct Survey of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England, Wales and Scotland, 5th ed., 1810, folding engraved hand coloured map of England & Wales, twenty?five hand coloured double?page engraved road maps, text leaves a little close?cropped at lower margin, inner hinges split, contemp. limp morocco, rubbed with some wear to spine, small folio Chubb CCCXLIII ?'A very nicely prepared road book'. (1)
Bury (Lt.?Col. Charles Kenneth Howard, 1883-963). Original manuscript diary of a journey from Jubbulpore to Amarkantak, January to February 1909,. followed directly by a description of a journey from Mandla to Bilaspur, November to December 1909, as part of a geographical expedition, but largely descriptive of big game hunting, with description of sightings and kills, plus several attempts to unsuccessfully catch a tiger, approx. 85 pp. in total, contemp. half morocco, rubbed and some damage to spine, 4to, together with other Howard?Bury ephemera including an Eton School history exercise book, a bundle of misc. letters and envelopes, plus a folder of assorted documents including a will, 1934, a letter on the resignation from his Regiment, Kings Royal Rifles, nomination to Sheriff of Kings County, a deed concerning the Charleville Estate (1904), and other related correspondence to this Estate, a military commission (1930), and two military commissions for his father, etc. (a bundle)
[Crimea] Duberley (Francis Isabella "Fanny"). Autograph note from Lord Burgheresh (nephew and A.D.C. of Lord Raglan),. sending her some gloves, together with a fawning and highly amusing letter from the Captain of the "Hannibal", dated 29th August, 1855, plus a long letter from her lawyer regarding the approaches to be made to Queen Victoria, to whom she wished to dedicate her book (the attempt failed due to Duberley's colourful reputation), with one other letter, post?Crimea (4)
English silversmiths. Assignment of the Share of Mr. Henry Chawner and Mrs Rebecca Emes, in the Capital, Goodwill and Effects of the Expired Partnership of Widow Emes and Barnard and mutual Releases, dated 20th February 1829, large vellum four?page indenture, red?ruled, signed and sealed by Henry Chawner, Rebecca Emes, Edward Barnard, and [his sons and partners], Edward Jun., John and W[illiam], 68 x 77 cm, together with the Stock Debtor and Stock Balance book for the firm of Edward Barnard and Rebecca Emes (and Henry Chawner), from its creation on the death of Emes's father John Emes in 1808 to 1824, with annual accounts and names of stock debtors, trades and amounts, breakdown of rent and taxes, finished stock duty marked and selling prices, each year signed off by one or more of the three partners, 224pp, 40pp blank at rear, orig. reversed calf with leather label, some wear, 4to (2)
Log Book. Manuscript log book of Richard Betton Sayce, Midshipman, on board H.M.S. Defence, Victory, Arontes, Argus, Juno, Royal Adelaide and Volage, from 9th April, 1865 to 1870,. over 200 pages of neatly written sailing data with remarks, fourteen pen and ink maps and illusts. tipped?in (incl. one contemp. albumen print view of Nagasaki, Japan), places visited include Shanghai, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Singapore, etc., contemp. half calf, somewhat worn and backstrip det., folio (1)
Music. Manuscript Music Book of William Hill, of Braunton, North Devon, dated 1809, comprising forty?eight songs and ballards, written in neat hand with contents leaf at front, 88pp., with four pages of tables on tenaments and prices for Braunton from 1739-788, all somewhat spotted contemp. boards, broken and contents det., small 4to (1)
Passport. Swiss Passport of Louis de Perrot of Neuchatel to journey in Italy, dated 18th of August 1842,. eng. document, num. Italian official stamps and anotations, approx. 45 x 34 cm, a little soiling and wear on folds, pasted into rear cover of passport book with over fifty leaves, heavily stamped and anotated by Italian officials, orig. limp morocco wallet, rubbed, small 8vo. A French note enclosed in the passport gives Perrot's dates as 1795-847 and indicates he was an unmarried businessman. (1)
Queen Mary. A small autograph book with signatures of some of the passengers from the Queen Marys maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, begun 27 May 1936, signatures include those of Fred Perry, Johnny Weissmuller (in pencil), Anna Neagle, Hugh Walpole, Helen Hayes, Beryl Markham, Gypsy Smith, Ethel Merriman and John Henry Lewis, some signatures dated later in 1996 presumably from second and third voyages, orig. printed boards, some wear, small oblong 8vo, together with a copy of the Queen Mary weekly illustrated special number, orig. printed wrappers, a little wear, folio (2)
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