NO RESERVE Food & Drink.- Cagle (William R.) A Matter of Taste: A Bibliographical Catalogue of International Books on Food and Drink..., second edition, New Castle, De., 1999 § Oberlé (Gérard) Une Bibliothèque Bachique: Collection Kilian Fritsch, hinges weak, Paris, Loudmer, 1993 § Driver (E.) A Bibliography of Cookery Books Published in Britain 1875-1914, London & New York, 1989 § Attar (Dena) A Bibliography of Household Books Published in Britain 1800-1914, 1987 § Bitting (K.G.) Gastronomic Bibliography, one of 500 facsimile reprints, 1981 § Vicaire (G.) Bibliographie Gastronomique, second edition, 1954 § Westbury (Richard, Lord) Handlist of Italian Cookery Books, original wrappers, Florence, Leo S.Olschki, 1963, illustrations, all but the last original cloth or boards, the first four with dust-jackets; and c.35 others on food & drink and related items, mostly catalogues including the Crahan, John Lyle, Löchner, Cetus Library and Alan Davidson collections, 8vo & 4to (c.40)
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NO RESERVE Kingsley (Charles) The Heroes; or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, first edition, 8 wood-engraved plates after the author, lacking advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting, ink prize presentation inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, Cambridge, 1856.
Stained Glass.- Joyce (Rev. James Gerald) The Fairford Windows: A Monograph, first edition, 2 mounted photographs and 42 plates, most hand-coloured mounted woodburytypes, some marginal repairs, occasional foxing, original morocco-backed cloth, upper cover slightly cockled, corners rubbed, folio, 1872.
Agriculture.- Boswell (George) A Treatise on Watering Meadows, first edition, 4 folding engraved plates, errata leaf at end, Printed for the Author, 1779; bound with Fordyce (George) Elements of Agriculture and Vegetation...second edition...[with] an Appendix for the Use of Practical Farmers, 3 engraved schematic plates, Printed for J. Johnson, 1771, together 2 works in 1, clean copies, contemporary calf-backed boards, vellum corners, joints cracked, a little rubbed, 8vo
Computing.- Babbage (Charles) The Economy of Machinery, first edition, engraved title with vignette portrait of Roger Bacon, title and dedication leaf lightly foxed; 1832; On Currency, first separate edition, 1833, together 2 works in 1 volume, near-contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, small 8vo⁂ The 32-page pamphlet "On Currency" contains three chapters added to the third edition of the Economy of Machinery, and was published separately so that purchasers of the earlier editions could complete their copies.
NO RESERVE Harwood (Busick) A Synopsis of a Course of Lectures on Anatomy and Physiology, first edition, preliminaries misbound, some water-staining, with a final blank leaf but without the vi pp. at end called for by ESTC, some pencil annotations, bound in the middle of 4 other pamphlets on various subjects, early 19th century boards, spine label "Prose Tracts", foot of spine torn, Cambridge, Printed by F. Hodson, 1787; and 4 others, miscellaneous, v.s. (5)⁂ The mentioned work is rare, with ESTC locating only 3 copies (Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Wellcome Library; Countway Library of Medicine in USA; and Royal Australian College of Physicians).
NO RESERVE Italy.- Adams (H. M.) Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe, 1501-1600 in Cambridge Libraries, 2 vol., first edition, with errata/corrigenda leaflet loosely inserted, Cambridge, 1967 § Mortimer (Ruth) Harvard College Library...Italian 16th Century Books, 2 vol., Cambridge, Mass., 1974 § Pettas (W.A.) The Giunti of Florence...with a checklist..., [one of 300 copies], San Francisco, 1980 § Brooks (H.C.) Compendiosa Bibliografia di Edizioni Bodoniane, Mansfield, Ct., n.d. § Ottino (G.) & G.Fumagalli. Bibliotheca Bibliographica Italica, Graz, 1957 § Soranzo (G.) & E.A.Cicogna. Bibliografia Veneziana, 4 vol. in 3, New York, 1967, the last three all facsimile reprints, some illustrations, original cloth, the second with slip-case, the third dust-jacket, very slightly rubbed; and c.20 others on Italy and Italian printing, mostly early, a few catalogues, 4to & 8vo (c.30)
NO RESERVE Hydrostatics & Atmospheric Pressure.- Pascal (Blaise) Traitez de l'Equilibre des Liqueurs et d la Pesanteur de la Masse de l'Air, third edition, lacking 2 folding engraved plates, with woodcut illustration to text, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, spine ends worn, joints split, 12mo, Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1698.⁂ First published in 1663 this included the first appearance of Pascal's law.
Africa.- Views of British North Borneo, first edition, map, illustrations, original cloth, [for the British North Borneo Company], 1899 § Beaver (Wilfred H.) Unexplored New Guinea, first edition, plates and maps, original cloth, dust-jacket spotted and soiled, short tear in upper panel, 1920; and another, oblong 4to and 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Egyptology.- Smyth (Prof. C. Piazzi) Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid, first edition, with frontispiece of mounted albumen print by Francis Bedford (faded), chromolithographed map, 17 lithographed plates, 3 double-page, illustrations, plates lightly foxed, upper hinge split, contemporary green calf prize binding with gilt arms of Craigmount House School, Edinburgh to upper cover, by Orrock & Son of Edinburgh, 8vo, spine gilt, rubbed, 1864.⁂ Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900) was Astronomer Royal for Scotland from 1846 to 1888 and made many studies of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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NO RESERVE Italy.- [Corbett (Thomas)] An Account of the Expedition of the British Fleet to Sicily, in the Years 1718, 1719 and 1720. Under the Command of Sir George Byng ..., first edition, folding letterpress table, short marginal tear (H1), occasional faint spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, rebacked, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1739.⁂ This is the 216pp edition, ESTC T72820. All other editions appear to have either 80pp or 96pp.
NO RESERVE Photography.- Gernsheim (Helmut & Alison) The History of Photography..., first edition, 1955; Incunabula of British Photographic Literature: A Bibliography...1839-75..., 1984 § Bramsen (H.) & others. Early Photographs of Architecture and Views in Two Copenhagen Libraries, original wrappers with illustration mounted on upper cover, Copenhagen, 1957, illustrations, the first two original cloth, the second with dust-jacket, slightly rubbed; and a bundle of catalogues on photography, 4to & 8vo (c.15)
Middle East.- Stark (Freya) Letters from Syria, first edition, autograph letter signed from author loosely inserted, dated November 1945, frontispiece, plates, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1942; Baghdad Sketches, frontispiece and plates, previous owner's ink inscription and letters loosely inserted, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, dust-jacket, rubbed, small loss to corners and spine head, tear to spine head, 1937; A Winter in Arabia, map frontispiece, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine extremities, a little rubbed, 1945; and 10 others all on or by Stark, 8vo & 4to (13)
NO RESERVE Playing Cards.- Benham (W.Gurney) Playing Cards: History of the Pack..., first edition, illustrations, some colour, light spotting to title, original pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed, a couple of bumps to lower edges, 1931; and a bundle of 15 playing cards by F.Solesio, Genoa, 1774, and 5 auction catalogues (one of chess, the rest cards), 4to & 8vo (6)
Essex.- Cromwell (Thomas Kitson) Excursions in the County of Essex, 2 vol., first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, 2 engraved titles and 96 plates, some light offsetting and marginal spotting to plates, bookplates of Captain (later Admiral) B. H. Page with a presentation inscription by him at top of both printed titles, contemporary blue patterned calf, spines gilt, joints rubbed, 8vo, 1819.⁂ The plates in the 12mo and 8vo editions are the same, but the text has been reset.
NO RESERVE Highways & Byways series.- Vincent (James Edmund) Highways and Byways in Berkshire, first edition, illustrations by Frederick L.Griggs, original cloth, 1906; and 31 others from the series (i.e. lacking only 2: Lincolnshire and Thomas Hardy's Wessex), plus a duplicate of London, most first editions, all original cloth, 7 with original dust-jackets, occasional wear, 8vo (33)
Law.- Ireland (Samuel) Picturesque Views with An Historical Account of the Inns of Court, in London and Westminster, first edition, half-title and final errata leaf, 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some light offsetting, good margins, modern red morocco by Lewis & Harris of Bath, spine gilt, g.e., [Abbey, Scenery 207], 8vo, 1800.
London.- Lysons (Daniel) The Environs of London, 2 vol. in 4, second edition, plus An Historical Account of those Parishes in the County of Middlesex which are not Described..., together 5 vol., 3 engraved title-vignettes, 3 maps and 59 plates, first four volumes large paper, all volumes with pages unopened, folding plate of Hampton Court in vol. 5 has short clean tear without loss, otherwise internally fine, uniform roan-backed cloth, binding of vol. 5 stilted to same size as rest of set, some wear to spines and staining to cloth, corners rubbed, 4to, 1811 and 1800.⁂ This second edition of Lysons does not appear to have been a success, and is far less often met with than the various issues of the first. The Appendix, issued in 1811 to complete the earlier editions, is here incorporated at the end of the fourth volume. There are fewer plates than in the first editions, and substantial changes have been made to the text. The binding and condition suggest that this is an unsold copy of the work, remaindered about 1850, in an inexpensive remainder binding.
Graziani (Girolamo) Il Cromuele Tragedia, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 4 folding plates (of 5, lacking that for Act 3) showing elaborate stage settings, errata leaf at end, text clean but a little loose, contemporary vellum, creased and stained, lacking most of spine, 4to, Bologna, per li Manolessi, 1671.⁂ Written by the famous Italian poet and diplomat from Modena Girolamo Graziani and printed in Bologna, Il Cromuele dramatises the tyranny of Oliver Cromwell and the martyrdom of Charles I. Graziani dedicated the play to King Louis XIV of France, likely because King Louis had recently sponsored Graziani's successful efforts to arrange the marriage between Maria Beatrice d'Este of Modena and James Stuart, who would go on to become King James II of England.
Polish Draughts.- Lallement (J.G.) Les Quatre Jeux de Dames, Polonais, Egyptien, -Echecs, et a Trois Personnes, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 in 2 parts, each with half-title and separate title but continuous pagination, vol. 1 with 2 folding woodcut plates, one with small tear in middle, vol. 2 with 407 diagrams of games, ms correction note attached to p170 of volume1, blank margin of p.315 damaged and repaired, not affecting text, additional ms diagram attached to game 292 in vol. 2, vol. 1 water-stained throughout, more severely at beginning and end, but not damaging paper, ex libris of C van Hulthem, contemporary calf, spines elaborately gilt, covers of vol. 1 water-stained, 12mo, Metz, Chez l'auteur, 1802.⁂ Largely concerned with the game of Polish Draughts, played on a 10 by 10 board and much more complex than the 8 by 8 game played in Britain and America. The collection of Charles van Hulthem formed the core of the Royal Library of Belgium, but there is no indication that these volumes were ever housed there.
NO RESERVE Arms and Armour.- Meyrick (Sir Samuel Rush) Abbildung und Beschreibung von alten Waffen und Rüstungen ... zu Goodrich-Court in Herefordshire, first German edition, 151 lithographed plates, occasional faint spotting, near contemporary roan-backed boards, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, Berlin, G. Fincke'schen Buchhandlung, 1836.⁂ The first and only edition in German of Joseph Skelton's 'Engraved Illustrations of antient Arms and Armour, from the collection of Goodrich Court, Herefordshire' which was originally published in 2 volumes in London in 1830.
Agriculture for young offenders.- Mettray.- Demetz (Frédéric-Auguste) Notice sur la Colonie Agricole de Mettray, wood-engraved vignette of a beehive to title, wood-engraved plate at end, tables, occasional spotting, original pictorial wrappers, title vignette repeated on upper wrapper, ink presentation inscription to head of upper wrapper, Paris, Bouchard-Huzard, 1857 § Bignan (A.) Épitre aux Fondateurs de la colonie agricole de Mettray, some staining to head of title, occasional spotting, neatly disbound, Paris, Saint-Jorre, 1843 § [Sauvestre (Charles)]. Une visite à Mettray, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece of the colony, water-stained, original printed wrappers, water-stained, chip to foot of spine, Paris, J. Claye, 1864; and another pamphlet and 10 photographic postcards depicting scenes from the colony, v.s. (14)⁂ A very good group of rare material relating to this reformatory at Mettray, near Tours, designed and founded by Guillaume-Abel Blouet (architect of the Arc de Triomphe) and Frédéric-Auguste Demetz. The latter believed in the healing power of nature, his motto being 'ameliorer l'homme par la terre et la terre par l'homme, sous le regard de Dieu'. Accordingly, the colony's mission was to reform through manual agricultural work in the orchards, vineyards and fields, and through prayer. The project attracted favourable attention from the philanthropists of England, and led to a similar institution in Redhill, Surrey. Notable inmates included Jules Verne's son Michel and Jean Genet.
NO RESERVE Hermeticism.- Lermina (Jules) A Bruler Conte Astral, first edition, signed presentation copy, half-title, title with wood-engraved hermetic device, browned, occasional staining, original cloth, yapp edges, hermetic device from title repeated on upper cover, short split to lower joint, some staining and marking, rare, 8vo, Paris, Bibliothèque Chacornac, 1889.⁂ The inscription is to a M. Kastner.
NO RESERVE Bibles & Languages.- Darlow (T.H.) & H.F.Moule. Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture..., 2 vol. in 4, vol.1 revised edition with errata slip tipped in, vol.2 limited edition, vol.1 original cloth, gilt, vol.2 original buckram, t.e.g., 1968-1911 § North (E.M.) The Book of A Thousand Tongues, ex-library copy with stamps, New York & London, 1938 § Collison (R.L.) Dictionaries of English and Foreign Languages, second edition, New York, 1971 § Starnes (De Witt T.) & G.E.Noyes. The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson 1604-1755, Chapel Hill, NC, 1946, original cloth, the second a little rubbed; and c.55 others on languages and exotic printing, mostly catalogues, 4to & 8vo (c.60)⁂ Vol.1 of the first is titled Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible 1525-1961 and is revised and expanded from the original edition of 1903 by A.S.Herbert. Vol.2 comprises polyglots and other languages in 3 parts.
Esoterica.- Fludd (Robert) Mosaicall philosophy: grounded upon the essentiall truth or eternal sapience, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations, head-pieces and decorative initials, later ink or pencil marginalia and a partial ms. index at end, lacking initial blank, Z1-Ee1 and Ee4, U4 hole within text and frayed, water-stained, spotting, lightly browned throughout, early 20th century green cloth, spine titled in gilt, upper cover detached, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Caillet 4037; Ferguson p.284, notes; Gardner, Rosicruciana, p.238; Wing F1391], small folio, Printed for Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1659. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Fludd was a fervent Rosicrucian, who believed in alchemy and astrology.
Beveridge (William) Institutionum Chronologicarum....Arithmetices chronologicae libellis, second edition, contemporary ink signature of John Cope on title, light staining towards end, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, small 4to, Samuel Rycroft, sold by William Kettilby, 1705.⁂ The first part deals with comparisons between the Julian and Gregorian calendars, calendars used by ancient civilizations and lunar and solar cycles; the second with how to perform basic arithmetical calculations using ancient numerical notations. At the time England still, belatedly, used the Julian system.
Philips (John) Cyder, a poem, first edition, large paper copy, first issue with the errata (including p.47 for 74 and "distitute" on p.44) uncorrected, engraved frontispiece, woodcut initials and head-pieces, roughly contemporary signatures of W. Myddleton and J. Trelawny on title, 18th century panelled calf, rebacked, [Rothschild 1534], 8vo, Jacob Tonson, 1708.⁂ Some copies of this work, with the errors corrected and two leaves cancelled, have been extracted from Philips' Collected Poems, where it is printed with its own title page and collation, but the uncorrected errors and the ownership signatures indicate that this is an original issue.
Strawberry Hill Press.- Whitworth (Charles, Lord) An Account of Russia as it was in the Year 1710, first edition, [one of 700 copies], engraved title vignette, errata leaf at end, some light browning, contemporary ink inscription "W Hawker, 1758" to front free endpaper, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, rubbed, joints cracked, spine label missing, [Hazen 5], 8vo, [Twickenham], Printed at Strawberry Hill, 1758.⁂ The 23 pp. 'Advertisement' at beginning is by Horace Walpole.
Leland (Thomas) The History of the Life and Reign of Philip, King of Macedon, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispieces, plate of coins and large folding map of ancient Greece, list of subscribers, full leather with mismatched covers, rebacked, 4to,Thomas Harrison for W Johnston, 1758.
Owned by a woman silversmith.- An account of the constitution and present state of Great Britain, together with a view of its trade, policy, and interest, respecting other nations, & of the principal curiosities of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, engraved frontispiece, title and 7 plates, ink marks / scribbles to Y6v, Z1r, Z4v and Z5r, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, later cloth, spine gilt, upper cover detached, taking with it frontispiece, marked and rubbed, [Roscoe J1 (1)], 12mo, Printed for J. Newbery, 1759.⁂ Provenance: Theodosia Ann Atkins (1778-1835) silversmith (ink name to verso of frontispiece)
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[Scott (Sarah) and Lady Montague]. A Description of Millenium Hall and the Country Adjacent..., first edition, frontispiece and final advert leaf, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, pastedown soiled and stained, contemporary calf, rather rubbed, lower joint weak, [ESTC T107679], 8vo, J. Newbery, 1762.⁂ A utopian novel formerly attributed to Goldsmith, describing a model community where a group of women have retreated from the world to create a more caring society.
Shenstone (William) The Works in Verse and Prose..., 2 vol., engraved portrait, frontispiece, title-vignettes, head- & tail-pieces and folding plan of the Leasowes garden, some light spotting or browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, joints split, for R. & J.Dodsley, 1764 § Foote (Samuel) The Minor, a Comedy, second edition, engraved frontispiece, stitched in original wrappers, contemporary ink manuscript list of names to upper wrapper, rubbed and soiled, by J.Coote, 1760 § Irving (David) The Lives of the Scotish Poets, 2 vol.., errata leaf in each vol., contemporary book-label of Robert Davidson, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, upper joint of vol.1 split, Edinburgh, 1804; and another, Shenstone, 8vo & 12mo (6)⁂ The first includes Dodsley's 'Description of the Leasowes, the Seat of the late William Shenstone, Esq.', an important early natural landscape garden. A third volume of Shenstone's letters was published in 1769.
Baskerville.- Somervile (William) The Chase, a Poem: to which is added Hobbinol or the Rural Games, first edition using Baskerville type, small mark on title under M of "Poem", occasional foxing, contemporary calf, corners bumped, [Gaskell, Baskerville Add 3], Birmingham, by Robert Martin, 1767; Hobbinol, Field Sports and the Bowling Green, half-title, 15 wood-engraved vignettes by Nesbit and Thurston, three full-page, modern half calf, William Bulmer for R Ackermann, 1813, 8vo and 4to (2)
Sterne (Laurence) and John Hall-Stevenson. A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy; Yorick's Sentimental Journey Continued; A Political Romance, 5 parts in 1 vol., pirated edition, each with a title page but not published separately, continuous pagination, rear free endpapers and margin of first title page browned, last leaf close cropped at lower edge, affecting the word "finis", contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, corners worn, 8vo, 1769.⁂ Pirated edition, the year after first publication. Written under the pseudonyms "Yorick" and "Eugenius". It is sometimes claimed to contain the first edition of A Political Romance, suppressed on issue in 1759, but this is actually the same abridged version, under the original title, entered in the Collected Works as History of a Good, Warm Watch-coat.
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NO RESERVE Agriculture & Trade.- [Young (Arthur, attributed to)] Letters concerning the present state of the French nation. Containing a comprehensive view of the political state, agriculture, Trade and Commerce, Revenues, Military Power, Government, Ranks of the People, Manners, Laws..., first edition, some spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with modern black morocco label, upper cover detached, lower joint split, but holding firm, head and tail caps missing, corners worn, rubbed, rare in commerce, 8vo, Printed for W. Nicoll, (no. 51,) St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1769.Provenance: Sir Edward Blackett, 4th Baronet, MP for Northumberland.
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NO RESERVE [Marshall] Catalogue of Five Hundred Celebrated Authors of Great Britain, now living, first edition, previous owner's ink signature to title, occasional spotting, short tear to foot C4, later diced calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1788.⁂ Including figures such as; John Adams, James Boswell, Edmund Burke, Charles Burney, Frances Burney, Robert Burns, William Cowper, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Gibbon, William Godwin, John Jefferson (ie. Thomas Jefferson), Thomas Paine, Joseph Priestley, Joshua Reynolds, Anne Seward, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Adam Smith, Horace Walpole and George Washington.
Music.- Callcott (Dr. John Wall) A Musical Grammar, in Four Parts: I. Notation, II. Melody, III. Harmony, IV. Rhythm, first edition, musical notation throughout, small ink-stain on half-title, which is bound after contents, small piece torn from blank margin of I6, just touching text and repaired with translucent paper, contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed, 1806 § Oliphant (Thomas) La Musa Madrigalesca, first edition, list of 128 subscribers including Dr Burney, most pages unopened, original coarse cloth, spine label damaged, sunned, 1837, 8vo (2)
Games and word puzzles.- New Collection of Enigmas, Charades, Transpositions, &c (A), new (third) edition, half-title, solutions included at end, contemporary signature on title, uncut in original boards, marked, joints broken, spine worn, 1810 § Wheatley (H.B.) Of Anagrams, first edition, unobtrusive blind-stamp of Wigan reference library, modern calf-backed boards, t.e.g., 1862, 8vo (2)⁂ The rare Wheatley work also covers macaronic poetry, chronograms, acrostics, palindromes and other literary devices.
Stewart (Dugald) Philosophical Essays, first edition, half-title, errata bound-in, advertisement leaf at end, occasional spotting, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, a little rubbed, 4to, Edinburgh, 1810.⁂ Includes essays on Locke, and the metaphysical theories of Darwin, Priestley and Hartley.
A large quantity of Del Prado metal military figures to include Napoleonic figures, Canadian Mounties, Scottish Highlanders, Hussars, English 18th century military figures, Officers of the Indian Wars, Garde Imperiale L'Empereur Des Français au First Regiment Des Grenadiers à Pied and a quantity of boxed Britains toy soldiers from the Special Collectors' Edition to include 'The Sherwood Foresters Drum Major', 'Band Master', 'The Sherwood Foresters Side Drummer', etc and a quantity of mainly plastic figures from the American Civil War, cowboys and Native Americans on horseback, etc.
L & C Schroter. Coloured Vadei-Mecum To The Alpine Flora, sixteenth and seventeenth edition, published Zurich., Rudyard Kipling. The Years Between, first edition, published 1919., Sunlight Year Book 1897 and 1899., and Sunlight Almanac 1899., and Violet Stevenson's Flower Arranging cards, etc. (a quantity)
Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 1612. The fourth edition of the most important poem of this author, published in two parts 1611? to 1612. An imperfect copy missing the first title page and dedication leaf, pages 359-364 at end and a few other pages marked in the text. The book is unbound the pages generally in good condition. The work was first published in 1590 and 1596. This edition was published together with the author's other poems between 1611 and 1617. Estimate £80-100.
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, a Fragment of the 1542 edition. A two page fragment of The Reues Tale, published in London by John Reynes. Black letter text. The first leaf has a charming wood cut illustration of the pilgrim, which was originally in Caxton's edition. The paper is in delicate condition but the text is clear and readable. The edition has been verified from John Hetherington, 1964. Estimate £100-120.
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch "Apollo XVII" wristwatch, men, limited edition 508/1972, provenance documents and original box Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch "Apollo XVII" wristwatch, men, limited edition 508/1972, reference 311.30.42.30.03.001, manual winding mechanism, calibre 1861, Navy dial, yellow gold indices, three registers and tachymeter around the bezel. Original stainless steel bracelet and deployant-type closure. Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch "Apollo XVII" model was designed as a limited edition of 1.972 pieces, commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Moon landing, in 1972. "05:34 GMT" is printed in red, marking the hour when Gene Cernan took his first step on the Moon, while the register at the 9 o'clock stands out through a representation of the god Apollo and the Moon, engraved in PVD, in silver-grey colour. Accessories: two additional chain-links; original box and provenance documents: dated guarantee card, pictogram card, certificate of authenticity and instruction manual. d=41 mm
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