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Stamp Collection. Ace Deluxe Stamp Album full of many MINT and hinged used stamps. Well over a hundred pages of stamps some pages have only a few, some pages are full up. Includes 1937 Coronation, 1964 Shakespeare Festival, 1964 10th International Botanical Congress, 1964 Opening of the Forth Road Bridge, 1966 British Technology, 1967 British Discovery and Inventions, 1968 Bridges, 1969 British Ships and many many more. Good condition. All signed items come with Certificate of Authenticity. Can be shipped worldwide
Ligon, Richard. A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados, First Edition, Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1657. Folio, cont. sheep (spine and inner upper joint crudely repaired). Folding engraved map, 6 botanical plates, folding leaf (torn) and 3 folding plans (2 torn), (lacks leaf before title, ? blank). Ms. note on flyleaf states that "The writer…was second son of Sir William Lygon Kt of Madresfield…He was baptized at Madresfield 1594". Raglan bookplate inscribed "from Lord Beauchamp 1871" See illustration
A quantity of pictures to include a large print by Mark Spain, two original botanical watercolours of orchids and pansies by Alison Mather, a Vasaly Bratanyuk print, a wooden collage panel of a mountain town scape with a river in the foreground, a print of a young girl carry water, three prints of South American farm workers and one other
Leith-Ross (Prudence). The Florilegium of Alexander Marshal, in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, 1st edition, 2000, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with Elliot (Brent), Flora, an illustrated history of the garden flower, 1st edition, 2001, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original maroon cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Noltie (H.J.), The Dapuri Drawings, Alexander Gibson and The Bombay Botanic Gardens, 2002, numerous colour illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other modern botanical art and artist reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Cooper (Wendy & William T. [illustrator]). Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest, 1st edition, 2004, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original boards in dust jacket, large 8vo, together with Cribb (Philip), The Genus Paphiopedilum, 2nd edition, 1998, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original black cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, and McBurney (Henrietta), Mark Catesby's Natural History of America, the Watercolours from the Royal Library Windsor Castle, 1997, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly faded, large 4to, plus other modern natural history and botanical reference, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (4 shelves)
Martinet (Francois-Nicolas, [illustrator]. All the World's Birds, Buffon's Illustrated natural history general and particular of birds, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, folio, together with Peterson (Roger Tory & Virginia Marie), Audubon's Birds of America, 1990, numerous colour illustrations, original white cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, spine very slightly faded, folio, and Lack (H. Walter), Alexander Von Humboldt and the Botanical Exploration of the Americas, 2009, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth in slipcase, folio, plus 14 further volumes of modern natural history reference, including numbers 1-10 of The New Naturalist series, reprint editions, Louis XIV's Botanical Engravings by Alain Renaux, 2008, VG, 8vo/folio (17)
Four pairs of assorted Royal Worcester cabinet plates, including a scalloped design c.1930, floral hand painted reserves to a chrome green ground from 1939, cottage scenes from 1959, and hand painted botanical designs from A.H. Williamson 1963 (8) There are no obvious signs of significant damage or repair
A collection of nine Victorian Staffordshire pieces comprising two low tazzas with pierced borders and central painted floral studies, 23.5 cm diam x 8.5 cm high; three dishes each with scrolling gilt borders, two botanical plates, 24.3 cm an H & R Daniel plate, 23.5 cm and a similar Davenport plate, 23.5 cm (9) Condition Report Tazzas - Both good condition Three dishes - A few knife marks, no chips or cracks Two botanical plates - some knife scratches included to the leaves Davenport plate - cracked and re-glued
Two Chamberlain's Worcester plates, 26 cm and matching shaped dish each painted with flowers (botanical names on reverse), part of a one thousand piece service commissioned by a Persian Nadir and bearing Persian script within the borders, circa 1830 (3) Condition Report No cracks or chips. Crazing to the centre of each dish. A few visible knife marks and some gilding rubbed
A Ridgway mid-19th century part dessert service, finely painted with botanical flowers to the centre within highly gilded borders and reserves of flowers, comprising twin handle centrepiece, 36 cm diam x 20 cm high and four oval twin handle dishes, 31 x 25 cm and two plates, 23.5 cm, pattern 8831 (7) Condition Report Overall good condition, no chips or cracks. Some gilding rubbed to one plate. Little wear but a few knife marks - very minor
A Ridgway part dessert service, floral moulded dark green borders painted with fruit to the centre, comprising two rectangular twin handle dishes, one square twin handle dish, one circular twin handle dish and four plates, 23.3 cm diam to/w a Ridgway part botanical dessert service, circa 1840 comprising two plates, 22.5 cm and a twin handled oval dish and a Ridgway vine moulded dish painted with a Chinese apple tree, circa 1825, 22.5 cm x 20.5 cm (12) Condition Report Green dessert service - some gilding losses to the plates, A few knife marks and scratches to the green border Botanical - No chips or scratches but knife marks and some gilding rubbed
A Ridgway rectangular egg cup stand c/w six egg cups circa 1820s to/w a Ridgway muffin dish decorated with pink flowers and blue foliage, circa 1820s and a Ridgway twin handle bowl decorated with botanical flowers including 'The Button Wood' and 'The American Bramble', 29.5 cm long (3) Condition Report Egg cup stand - short hairline to stand - see picture Muffin dish - no chips or cracks Bowl - No chips or cracks nut transfer print rubbed internally to centre
"China Proper, Volume I, Physical Geography, History and Peoples July 1944" Naval Intelligence Division, B.R.530 (restricted) geographical handbook series for official use only, various illustrations, photographic and other, folding map in pocket on back board, "Volume II - Modern History and Administration June 1945", "Volume III - Economic Geography, Ports and Communications July 1945", green cloth, gilt titles Wilson, Ernest Henry "A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and Gun", Methuen & Co 1913, in two volumes, green cloth, gilt titles, numerous photographic illustrations Cox, E H M "Plant - Hunting in China - a history of botanical exploration in China and the Tibetan Marches", Collins 1945, photographic illustrations, colour frontis, red cloth worn Gutzlaff, Rev. Charles "The Life of Taou-Kwang, Late Emperor of China: with memoirs of the court of Peking...", Smith, Elder & Co 1852 and various other related volumes (12)
(x) Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1964 Botanical Congress9d. ordinary, 1965 Battle of Britain 9d. ordinary, 1/6d. phosphor, 1965 I.T.U. 9d. ordinary and phosphor, 1966 Landscapes 6d. phosphor, 1966 World Cup 1/3d. phosphor (block of four), 1967 Discoveries; all with watermark inverted, unmounted mint, fine. Cat. £570+ Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1964 Botanical CongressSet on first day cover, 1965 Lister set (blocks of four), 1965 Commonwealth Arts set, 1965 Battle of Britain 9d., 1/3d., 1965 United Nations, 1966 Landscapes 4d., 1/3d., 1/6d., all handstamped "cancelled" in black for the Post Office Forensic Department; the first set with different handstamps, chiefly unmounted mint and most unusual Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Stephens (John L.). Incidents of Travel In Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, volumes 1 & 2, 1841, numerous black and white engravings, black and white folding map to volume 1, map torn along folds and repaired with tape, bookplate to front pastedown of volume 1, some light spotting throughout, uniform contemporary gilt-decorated cloth, spines faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, Incidents of Travel In Yucatan, volume 2 only, 1843, numerous black and white illustrations including folding frontispiece, light spotting throughout, contemporary gilt-decorated cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, together with Wiggins (Ira L. & Thomas, John Hunter), A Flora of the Alaskan Arctic Slope, 1st edition, Canada, 1962, colour frontispiece, stamp and bookplate to front endpapers, original blue cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, and other 20th-century South American and North American botanical and travel reference, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Halle (Clifford). To Menelek In A Motor-Car, 1st edition, 1913, 72 black and white illustrations including frontispiece, black and white map by B. Bentley, inscription and stamps to front endpapers and title-page, some light toning, original blue cloth, 8vo, together with Reeve (Henry Fenwick), The Gambia, Its History Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern... , 1st edition, 1912, 63 black and white illustrations including frontispiece, 3 black and white maps, partially removed bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated maroon cloth, boards slightly rubbed, spine rubbed with minor loss to head, 8vo, and Bartlett (E.J.), In The Land of Sheba, 1st edition, 1934, 31 black and white illustrations including 2 maps, inscription to front endpaper, some minor spotting, original red cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly faded and rubbed with loss to foot of the front cover, 8vo, plus other 20th-century African travel and botanical reference, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Ray (John). Catalogus Plantarum Angliae, et insularum Adjacentium: Tum Indigenas ... una cum Observationibus & Experimentis Novis Medicis & Physicis, 1st edition, London: Typis E.C. & A.C. Impensis J.Martyn, 1670, title & dedication ink ruled, early manuscript signature to recto of title, detailed manuscript index and lists to front blank, verso of title, verso of dedication, leaf Y3, final leaf of text and front & rear endpapers, other occasional annotations throughout, heavy dampstaining throughout, with some consequent soiling, hinges repaired, modern calf, 8vo, (Wing R381), together with Fermin (Philippe), Histoire Naturelle De La Hollande Equinoxiale: Ou Description des animaux, plantes... dans la colonie de Surinam... , Amsterdam, 1765, black and white engraved frontispiece and title, lacking pp. 111-112, some light spotting, modern rebinding, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Hamburg (Daniel), Science Papers, chiefly Pharmacological and Botanica, 1876, presentation inscription 'Charles E. Boucher B. Se. Lond. October 1890' to front endpaper, 60 black and white illustrations, some light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 17th - 19t-century botanical and historical reference and related, including Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt... , by Vivant Renon, volumes 1 & 2, 2nd edition, 1803, The Gardener's Kalendar, by Philip Miller, 2 volumes (1734, 1769), mostly leather bindings including some decorative, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
*Botanical Watercolours. A collection of six fine watercolours of flowers and fruit, Dutch, circa 1720s-30s, together six watercolours with traces of pencil on laid paper, one with a full-page drawing, the others with two or more studies to the leaf, including lilies, roses, tulips, daffodils and narcissi, apples, cherries, irises, and anemones, one with the addition of a butterfly, another with a fly, each study and each leaf with numeral in contemporary manuscript, slightly toned and dusty, with one or two minor marks, sheet size 31 x 19.5cm (12.25 x 7.75ins) Each with a large coat-of-arms watermark with initials 'KP' (similar to Heawood 415 or Churchill 68). (6)
Sieber (Franz Wilhelm). Travels in the Island of Crete, in the Year 1817, 1st English ed., 1823, folding frontispiece, two engraved plates, light offsetting, bookplate, modern buff boards, black morocco label to spine, 8vo Blackmer 1542. First published in Vienna in 1820. "Sieber spent two years in the Levant, one in Crete collecting botanical specimens and the other travelling in Egypt and the Holy Land." (1)
Wooster (David). Alpine Plants: figures and descriptions of some of the most striking and beautiful of the Alpine flowers, 2 volumes in 1, 1872-74, 108 hand-coloured illustrations with tissue guards, some minor spotting, rebound in modern green cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, together with Turrill (W.B.), The Plant-Life of The Balkan Peninsula, A Phytogeographical Study, Oxford, 1929, signed by the author to title-page, 10 black and white illustrations including frontispiece, 11 black and white maps including folding map to rear, original blue cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers slightly toned, 4to, plus Pratt (Anne), The Ferns of Great Britain, and their allies the club-mosses, pepperworts, and horsetails, circa 1870, 41 coloured illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, inscription to front endpaper, original gilt-decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, plus other 19th and 20th-century UK, Alpine and European botanical reference and related, mostly hardback publications, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Crane (Florence Hedleston). Flowers And Folk-lore From Far Korea, 1st edition, Japan, 1931, 45 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, illustrated endpapers, inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated black cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, together with Shaw (Norman), Chinese Forest Trees and Timber Supply, 1st edition, 1914, 33 black and white illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard plus folding map, some slight spotting, original red cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, and Beddome (R.H.), Handbook to the Ferns Of British India, Ceylon and the Malay Peninsula, 1883, 300 black and white illustrations, inscriptions to half-title, ex-library stamp to title, some light spotting, original decorative brown cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th-century India, China, Indonesia & Australian botanical and historical reference and related, including publications by Hakluyt Society, Antique Collectors' Club, some odd volumes, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Field (Barron, ed.). Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales; by Various Hands: Containing an Account of the Surveyor General's Late Expedition to Two New Ports; the Discovery of Moreton Bay River, with the Adventures for Seven Months there of two Shipwrecked Men; a Route from Bathurst to Liverpool Plains; Together with Other Papers on the Aborigines, the Geology, the Botany, the Timber, the Astronomy, and the Meteorology of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1st ed., 1825, uncoloured aquatint frontispiece, four folding maps, two botanical plates, some light marginal waterstains, occasional light soiling and crease marks, untrimmed, modern half calf, slight fading and small indentation to upper cover, 8vo Ferguson 1009. Contains early accounts of explorations and expeditions in Eastern Australia, including Oxley's expedition to Port Curtis and Moreton Bay, and the only published account of Allan Cunningham's exploration from Bathurst to the Liverpool Plains. (1)
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