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Click here to subscribeJohn Masefield, comprehensive collection of novels and poetry including many first seditions ,and signed limited editions including MINNIE MAYLOWS STORY, THE TALKING OF THE GRY, THE BIRD OF DRAWING,. VICTORIOUS TROY, TRSITAN AND ISOLT, EASTER, KING COLE, POETRY, SHOPPING IN OXFORD, together with sundry other books including 10 volumes Chambers Encyclopedia, sundry other books including first edition (eg Jenning by Anthony Buckeridge)
HALL (William Henry) The New Royal Encyclopedia; or, Complete Modern Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, complete in Vols I-III, Printed for C. Cooke, London, first edition, undated c. 1788 Together with CHAMBERS (E.) Cyclopaedia: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, complete in Vols I & II, 1750, London (5 books)
A collection of militaria reference books on collecting Swords, Daggers, Knives and Bayonets etc. To include "The Sheffield Knife Book" by Geoffrey Tweedale: "The Complete Encyclopedia of Knives" by Hartink: "Me Fecit Solingen" by Skipper Greenwade: "Edged Weapons of Hitlers Germany" by Robin Lumsden": "The Pictorial Book of Bayonets" by FJ Stephens: "Knives 2001": "Levines Guide to Knives": "The Knife Guide" by Berhard Levine": "The Lyle Guide to Arms and Armour Review 1977" x 2: "The Lyle Guide to Arms and Armour Review 1978": "The Lyle Guide to Arms and Armour Review 1979": "Daggers & Swords" by F Wilkinson: "British Military Rifles"by Peter Duckers: "Pen Knives and other Folding Knives " by Simon Moore: "House of Swords Catalog No 11" : "In Gurhka Company" by JL Cross: "Alpine Elite" by James Lucas, etc
A collection of various hardback and softback model collecting books, to include The Great Book of Corgi,l The Great Book of Dinky Toys, Pauls Model Art Minichamps 2001 catalogue, Solido Toys by Dr Edward Force, John Ramsay's 8th Edition British Diecast Model Catalogue, and The Encyclopedia of Matchbox Toys by Charlie Mack, together with a Brumm model catalogue
FIVE VOLUMES ON EDGED WEAPONS AND GUNS. Neumann, George C. Swordd & Blades of the American Revolution, David and Charles, 1973. Robson, Brian. Swords of the British Army, Arms and Armour Press, 1975. The illustrated encyclopedia of Pistols and Revolvers, Military Collectables and Modern Firearms. 5 volumes.
Rare Simon and Halbig 1029 bisque head mulatto doll with pull string eye mechanism, circa 1896, with fixed brown glass eyes, brown painted metal eyelids with real lashes, open and close mechanism operated by two strings to back, open mouth with upper teeth, pierced ears, original cork pate and short dark brown wig, on a fully jointed wood and composition body and wearing original red dress with gold metallic thread, underclothes and gold beads to wrist and ankle, incised 1029 S H 7 1/2 , St, 16” (41cm) tall, condition: excellent, see page 282 in German Doll Encyclopedia by Jurgen and Marianne Cieslik.
Matthews (Andrew & Henry). 'The Birds of Oxfordshire and its Neighbourhood' [extracted from The Zoologist, London: John van Voorst, 1849-51], 2423-33, 2531-41, 2592-2603, 2623-6, 2736-9, 2982-3 pp., interleaved throughout and profusely annotated by Charles Matthew Prior (see note), his ink-stamps ('C. M. Prior, Trinity Hall, Cambridge') throughout, manuscript title-page, booklet of 25 autograph letters signed to Prior from various ornithologists and 2 leaves of further autograph notes by Prior laid in, contemporary pebble-grain maroon cloth (front inner hinge cracked), 8vo (22.2 x 13.6 cm), together with: Aplin (Frederick Charles, & others), A List of Birds of the Banbury District, 1st edition, Banbury: John Potts, 1882, original wrappers, inscribed to'C. Matthew Prior Esqre, with the author's compliments' on front wrapper, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: Charles Matthew Prior (1861-1940), of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and Adstock Manor, Buckinghamshire. Prior wrote 'three important studies' on thoroughbred horse breeding (Kent, ed., Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science , volume 38, supplement 3, p. 198). Ballance p. 252 (Matthews). The laid-in booklet of 25 autograph letters to Prior includes two letters from each of Lord Lilford (1833-1896), J. E. Harting (1841-1928), and J. H. Gurney (1848-1922), all on ornithological subjects.
A collection of Tennis b & w photographs and trim cards from the 1920's to 1950'sphotographs comprising A.W. Gore (1910); Helen Wills v Kay Stammers, signed in black ink; Eileen Bennett (1928); King Gustav of Sweden playing 1934; Frank Shields 1934; Helen Wills with her dog 1935; Davis Cup Draw 1937; Von Cramm and Gussie Moran having tea 1950; Rosa Maria Reyes & Yola Ramwez; Betty Nuthall & Caroline Babcock; Lt. Elwood Cooke & his wife Sarah Palfrey Cooke; Mrs Mallory; Margaret Lumb magazine photograph pencil signed; Dorothy Head Knode signed card in red ink; trim cards of Eileen Bennett, B. Nuthall, both signed in ink; a rare 1933 Wimbledon Who's Who and Tennis Celebrities published by Dunlop and the 1974 Encyclopedia of Tennis, signed in ink on the title page by the editor Max Robertson, referee Mike Gibson, Virginia Wade and Elizabeth Ryan, (32)
Everyman's Encyclopedia in 12 vols, The Story of the Great War in 11 vols, early 20th century cloth bound books, The Poetical Works of John Milton, leather bound, 1855, Folk Tales from Many Lands, The Nurse's Dictionary 1930, stamps and other ephemera in four boxes Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Citolini (Alessandro) La Tipocosmia, first edition, woodcut printer's device to title, water-stained, title lightly browned, occasional spotting or light foxing, 18th century vellum, [Adams C2047; EDIT 16 CNCE 12614; Smith Rara arithmetica 306: "a synopsis of science, including arithmetic], 8vo, Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561.⁂ Wide-ranging vernacular encyclopedia, including mathematics, music, the natural world, food & drink, and children's and adults' games, amongst numerous others.
Three books to include; 'The New Royal Encyclopedia and Cyclopedia or complete modern and universal dictionary of arts and sciences' by George Selby Howard assisted by many gentleman of distinguished learning and abilities, three volumes printed for Alex Hogg at King's Arms London. (3)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Poor condition with broken bindings.
ƟZayn al-Din Sayyed Isma'il ibn Husayn Gorgani (or al-Jurjani), Zakhireh'i Kharazmshahi (encyclopedia of medical sciences), in Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, completed in 998 AH (1590 AD)] single volume, containing four chapters, final text leaf missing and replaced in manuscript facsimile otherwise each chapter textually complete, together 286 leaves, single column, 31 leaves of black naskh, headings and important words in red, each chapter opening with its own fihrist, some occasional water-staining along upper edges, penultimate leaves torn with slight loss to text (repaired along edges), some small smudges or stains elsewhere, else presentable condition, 370 by 245 mm.; contemporary morocco, covers with decoupé medallions with gol'o bolbol decorations in gilt, top corner of upper board repaired, a little scuffed in places Zayn al-Din Sayyed Isma'il ibn Husayn Gorgani (1040-1136) was a Persian physician, scientist and philosopher best known for being the royal physician for the Urganj region in Uzbekistan. During his time there he served the governor of the area, Khawarazam-Shah Qutub al-Din Muhammad I (reigned from 1097-1127), to whom he dedicated this medical compendium, the Zakhireh'i Kharazmshahi. This vast Persian encyclopedia builds on the foundations of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine, with many new entries added by Gorgani himself. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
Foreword John Hannavy started collecting Victorian photography in the early 1970 when starting out on an academic career which became increasingly involved in the teaching of photographic history in colleges in the north-west of English, finishing up as Professor in Photography and Photographic History at the University of Bolton. What started out as gathering together a few items to show to students during his lectures, grew into an absorbing passion, searching antique fairs, fleamarkets and auction catalogues to put together what became one of the largest collection of thermoplastic cases and cased images in Britain. They have featured as illustrations in many of John’s books on Victorian and Edwardian Britain over the years. Many of the items offered for sale here were illustrated in John’s well-received 2005 book Case Histories – the presentation of the Victorian photographic portait, published by the prestigious Antique Collectors’ Club. There are relatively few of these quintessentially Victorian objects offered for sale these days, and even fewer in pristine condition – early thermoplastic is a notoriously brittle material. Collecting and research continued after he retired from academic life in 2005 to take on the editorship the Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography for Routledge, but as the 'thrill of the hunt’ was a large part of what kept John spending weekends searching for new ‘finds', the scarcer they got, the less the personal satisfaction, and the decision to start researching something different! The descriptions for the collection are in the following sequence, giving information where known: Berg number, Berg scarcity, condition, casemaker, source, date, dimensions, image type, image size, photographer and address, image description Figural Union Cases, 1-45/1-33, Scarce, F-G, repair to hinges and flake to back corner, Samuel Peck and Co, Lyre in Wide Portal/Lord's Prayer, circa 1858, 124mm x 105mm, Ambrotype, quarter-plate, full-length seated lady at table; 1-22, Very rare oval on back, G-VG, chip to one back edge, Samuel Peck and Co, Capture of Major André Frederick Goll, Painting by Asher Durand, before 1857, 123mm x 102mm, Ambrotype, quarter-plate, seated lady, gilt highlights
VARIOUS BOOKS, to include Robinson, Andrew & Schroder, Klaus Albrecht, 'Albrecht Durer Master Drawings, Watercolours and Prints from The Albertina', pub. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Delmonico books, Staffordshire, Birmingham, West Midlands Local History Books, to include 'Pevsner's Staffordshire' (1st Edition), 'Cannock chase Past', 'The Making of Victorian Birmingham' etc, 'The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art', edited by Gordon Campbell, three volume set, pub. Oxford University Press 2009 and 'The Encyclopedia of Visual Art', ten volume set, pub. Encyclopaedia Britannical International 1984'
After F. Wheatley, a set of 12 'Cries of London' engravings, directed by L. Schiavonetti, engraved by Neridramini, 25 x 20cm, together with an early 19th century framed gift enclosure sheet from 'The Star' London newspaper, "Sketches of Temperance'', tinsel edged engraving, 22 x 22cm, and a framed 19th century page from an early encyclopedia woodblock sheet of “Occupations”, 24 x 19cm
100+ railway related books, some with miniature engineering interest. Publishers include David & Charles, OPC, Ian Allan, Janes, Hamlyn, etc. Titles include; LBSC His Life and Locomotives, Power of the 9Fs, Steam Locomotive Design, Pacific Steam by Martin Evans, Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Album, Red for Danger, Encyclopedia of Railways, Sussex Steam, Lewes & East Grinstead Railway, British Railway in Action, etc. Some with dustjackets where appropriate. Generally GC-VGC. £50-70
After Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834),Six hand coloured lithographs on paper, made by William Day in 1824 and 1825 from originals by Rindisbacher, and published under the title:'Views in Hudson's Bay: taken by a gentleman on the spot in the years 1823 and 1824: illustrative of the customs, manners and costumes of those tribes of North American Indians amongst whom Captn. Franklin has passed in his present and former arduous undertaking: to be continued in numbers', Each 28cm x 39cm, In matching glazed frames, BACKGROUND FROM 'THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA':Rindisbacher immigrated with his family to the RED RIVER COLONY in 1821. He painted views of the HBC [Hudson's Bay Company] forts along the route from York Factory to the colony, leaving the only visual record of them, and the earliest pictorial record of the country west of the Great Lakes. He spent 5 years in the colony, contributing to family support by selling paintings of prairie and Indian life to HBC officers. Some of these, described as "taken by a gentleman on the spot," in 1823 and 1824, were lithographed and published in London, Eng, in 1824 and 1825. Rindisbacher died at age 28, just as he was gaining success as a portrait artist.
Stephens Henry ' The Book of the Farm' two vols, second edition, Wlliam Blackwood & Sons 1851, marbled boards, half leather, raised bands and gilts titles, backstrip chipped, Johnston Jas. F.W. ' Lectures of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology ' William Blackwood and Sons 1844, marbled endpapers, bookplate inside front, gilt titles, Russell Joseph ' A New System of Agriculture....to which are added the Management of Dairy.....the Horse, Cattle, Sheep....' printed for the author 1840 engraved frontis, engraved plate with tissue guard, half leather, 'The Rural Encyclopedia' in four vols, , Wilson, Rev John M (ed.) 1848, marbled boards, half leather, 'The Journal of Agriculture 1843 ......and other vols ( 2 boxes)
Quantity of books on heraldry including:-Fox-Davies, Arthur"The Art of Heraldry, an Encyclopedia of Armory", The Arno Press, folioFairbairn, James "Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland", New Orchard 1990, dj rather creased, blue cloth with silk ribbon markersCussans, John "Handbook of Heraldry", Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly 1893, colour frontis, various ills through text, pictorial clothScott Giles and Brook Little (revised by)"Boutell's Heraldry", etc (2 boxes)
Literature - British Museum. Handbook to the Ethnographical collections, 1925; British Museum. Handbook to the Ethnographical collections, 1910; Bιrιnice Geoffroy-Schneiter. Primal Arts, 2000; Scala. The Art of the Pacific, 2011; Scala. Art in Black Africa, 2011; Scala. Visual Encyclopedia of Art, Oceanic Art, 2010; T. Barrow. The Decorative Arts of the New Zealand Maori, 1964; African Art and Oceanic Art, 1972; Anne D'Alleva. Art of the Pacific, 1998; Ralph Linton, Paul S. Wingert & Rene D'Harnoncourt. Arts of the South Seas, 1946; A. Hamilton. Maori Art, 1972; Anthony JP Meyer. Oceanic Art, Part I & Part II, 1995, in a slip case; Steven Hooper. Pacific Encounters Art & Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860, 2006; Joseph Cornet. A survey of Zairian Art, 1978; Erich Herold. The Art of Africa: Tribal Masks, 1967; Judith Miller. Tribal Art, 2006; The Art of Eastern Australia, Fine Aboriginal weapons & artefacts, the David Petty collection, 2009; Theodore Toatley and Douglas Congdon-Martin. A Collector's guide to African sculpture, 2000; The Art of Southeast Africa from the Conru collection, 2002; Douglas Newton & Hermione Waterfield. Tribal Sculpture, 1995; Suzanne Greub (edited by). Art of Northwest New Guinea, 1992; D. C. Starzecka (edited by). Maori Art and Culture, 1996; Allen Wardwell. Island Ancestors, Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection, 1994. (23)
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