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Click here to subscribeChina.- Mennie (Donald) The Grandeur of the Gorges, first edition, one of 1000 copies signed by the photographer, 50 tipped-in photographic plates, 12 hand-coloured, illustrations, some light spotting, one plate with short tear to lower margin (repaired with tape), original pictorial black silk printed in gold, very slightly rubbed at edges, tiny wormhole to lower joint, 4to, Shanghai, 1926.
India.- Hunter (Lt. James) Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore, Parts 1-8 & 10 only (of 10), first edition, hand-coloured stipple-engraved portrait of Tippoo Sultan and 36 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue guards, light foxing to title and portrait, some light marginal soiling to plates, plates of Part 7 (26-29) with a few damp spots, stitched in the original blue wrappers with hexagonal stipple-engraved pictorial labels depicting camel to upper covers and numbered in manuscript (one or two lacking or detached and loosely inserted), contemporary ink signature to upper outer corner of wrappers or first plate of each part, soiled and marked, some paper spines lacking or detached, [Tooley 275; cf. Abbey, Travel 424], oblong folio, W.Bulmer & Co. for Edward Orme, 1805.⁂ One of the finest colour-plate books of India with superb views and scenes of everyday life, and rare to be found in the original parts. It was later issued with Daniell and Ward's Twenty-Four Views in Hindostan as Blagdon's Brief History of Ancient and Modern India.
Levant.- Asmar (Maria Theresa) Memoirs of a Babylonian Princess.. written by herself, 2 vol., first English edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional very light foxing, original cloth, spines faded, covers a little spotted but a sharp and excellent copy overall, [not in Atabey or Blackmer], 8vo, 1844.⁂ A superb copy of a rare account of travels through Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine. Asmar (1804-c.1870) managed, against tremendous obstacles, to set up a school for women in Baghdad. She then welcomed in western Christian missionaries who promptly bribed the Turkish government to hand over the licence to them and then terminated Asmar's project.
Mountaineering.- Barry (Martin) Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, 16th-18th of 9th Month (SEPTR.), 1834, first edition in book form, first issue with "dicovering" in line 11 on p.33 and offset "t" in footnote below, presentation copy from the author inscribed "The Author, to his friends Samuel & Maria Fox" at head of front free endpaper, 2 lithographed plates on india paper and mounted on thick paper, some light foxing and soiling, bookplate of Amos Perry, original boards, rubbed and lightly stained, rebacked, [Neate B49; Meckly 014b with "SEPTR." on title in upper case; Perret 0275], 8vo, [Earlham, privately printed by H.Teape & Sons for the author], [1835].⁂ First published in the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal of January 1835. Although no priority is given between the issues it is clear this constitutes the earlier of the two states as the two errors on p.33 have been corrected in the other issue. There are also several differences in the first few lines on p.32.
Russia.- Lyall (Robert) The Character of the Russians, and a Detailed History of Moscow, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 22 plates of which 12 hand-coloured aquatints, 4 folding, 1 large folding map, tear, repaired, occasional spotting and off-setting, ex-library, blind-stamps to plate margins, later cloth, small paper labels to spine, rubbed, bumping to spine extremities, [Abbey Travel 227], 4to, 1823.⁂ An important work, which includes a fine folding panoramic view of the Kremlin from the river Moskva, a catalogue of local plants, and essay on Russian architecture and an account of Napoleon's burning of Moscow in 1814.
Spain.- Inglis (Henry D.) Spain in 1830, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece of the Alhambra to vol.1 (spotted), other light spotting at beginning and end, contemporary russia, gilt, spines richly gilt, 8vo,1831.⁂ A fine set of this quite scarce work covering the author's travels from Biscay to Toledo via Madrid (vol.1) and thence through Andalucia, Mercia and to Barcelona.
Pacific.- Suarez de Figueroa (Christobal) Hechos de Don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza quarto Marques de Canete, title with large woodcut arms, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and decorative initials, small repaired worm traces to title, *2 inner margin strengthened, last 4 ff. trimmed at head, affecting headlines, some spotting or staining, 20th century vellum, gilt, g.e., [Alden 616/111; Palau 323905; Medina (Chile) 41; JCB(3) II. 115; Sabin 93312], small 4to (194 x 124mm.), Madrid, la Imprenta Real, 1613.⁂ Rare first edition of this life of Garcia Hurtado de Mendoca, Captain General, and later Viceroy of Peru, complete with the 'Prologo' leaves, often missing. It includes an account of Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira's second voyage in search of the Solomon Islands and the discovery of the Marquesas Islands. The work was commissioned by Mendoza's family to counter the epic poem La Araucana, written by Ercilla, which disparaged Hurtado de Mendoza's bloody wars against the Araucana Indians in Chile.
Harry Potter - Six books to include paperback Philosopher's Stone (Young Dumbledore and Joanne Rowling), paperback Chamber of Secrets, paperback Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition hardback Goblet of Fire, first edition hardback Half-Blood Prince and first edition hardback Deathly Hallows, together with four DVDs. (10)
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James Bond, 007 - Fleming (Ian): Thunderball, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1961, h/b, pictorial dustjacket designed by Richard Chopping (1917-2008), sold by MPH, Singapore, their contemporary ticket to pastedown, neatly inscribed flyleaf, 12mo; The Man with the Golden Gun, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1965, h/b, pictorial dustjacket designed by Richard Chopping (1917-2008), 12mo, [2] Condition Report: Please see further image
Lawrence (D.H.): The Lost Girl, first edition, Martin Secker, London 1920, original cloth only, 12mo; Women in Love, first trade edition, Martin Secker, London 1921, original cloth only, 12mo; Aaron's Rod, first edition, Martin Secker, London 1922, 12mo; The Ladybird: The Fox: The Captain's Doll, first edition, Martin Secker, London 1923, original cloth only, 12mo; Kangaroo, first edition, Martin Secker, London 1923, original cloth only, 12mo; & Skinner (M.L.), The Boy in the Bush, first edition, Martin Secker, London 1924, original cloth only, 12mo; The Plumed Serpent (Quetzalcoaltil), first edition, Martin Secker, London 1926, original cloth, 12mo; The Virgin and the Gipsy, first edition, Martin Secker, London 1930, original cloth only, 12mo; The Man Who Died, first and limited edition of 2000, Martin Secker, London 1932, h/b, d/j, small 4to; Lady Chatterley's Lover, first authorized British edition, Martin Secker, London 1932, original cloth only, 12mo; The Lovely Lady, first edition Martin Secker, London 1932, original cloth only, 12mo; A Modern Lover, first edition, Martin Secker, London 1934, h/b, d/j, 12mo; A Collier's Friday Night, first edition, Martin Secker, London 1934, h/b, d/j, 12mo; Movements in European History, first edition, Oxford University Press, 1925, pictorial grey cloth covers, 12mo; Assorted Articles, first edition, Martin Secker, London 1930, original cloth only, 8vo; Leavis (F.R.), D.H. Lawrence, The Minority Press, Cambridge 1930, pictorial drab card covers, 12mo; Murray (John Middleton), D.H. Lawrence (Two Essays), The Minority Press, Cambridge 1930, pictorial drab card covers, 12mo; further monographs and Lawrence studies; Penguin Book editions, various; etc
Literature - Anon, [Coombe (William)], The Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of the Picturesque: A Poem, third edition, with New Plates, R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, London 1813, hand-coloured caricatures by by and after Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), 20th century quarter-calf and marbled boards, 8vo; Hervey (Revd James), Meditations and Contemplations, two-volume set, Printed for T. Heptinstall, London 1796, engraved frontispiece and title-page vignettes, contemporary mottled calf covers and red morocco spines, 8vo, (2); Gray (Thomas), Poems, A New Addition, J. Dodsley, London 1768, contemporary speckled calf, the spine gilt with foliate bosses and raised bands, lettered piece to the second compartment, 12mo; Foulis Press, Milton (John), Paradise Lost, A Poem, two-volumes bound as one, Printed and Sold by R. & A. Foulis, Glasgow 1771, contemporary calf, 18mo; Irish Imprint, Anon, [Johnstone (Charles)], Chrysal: or, The Adventures of a Guinea [...], first edition, two volumes, Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, Dublin 1760, contemporary calf, 16mo, (2); Letters of Baron Biefield [...], Containing Anecdotes of the Prussian Court for the laft (sic) Twenty Years [...], two-volume set, Printed for J. Robson, London 1768, contemporary calf spines and marbled boards, 16mo, (2); Scottish Imprint, Thomson (James), The Seasons, Printed for Alexander Donaldson, Edinburgh 1774, contemporary speckled calf, 12mo; Seward (John), The Spirit of Anecdote and Wit, four-volume set, Walker and Co., London 1823, engraved frontispieces, contemporary red morocco gilt and blind tooled, all edges gilt, 18mo, (4); others, various sizes and bindings
Local Interest - Chatsworth House, the Dukes of Devonshire and the Cavendish Family: Jewitt (Llewellynn, F.S.A), Chatsworth, Illustrated by Upwards of Fifty Engravings, J.S. Virtue & Co., London [1872], contemporary mauve cloth tooled with anthemions, gilt lettered upper-cover, square 8vo; Views of Chatsworth and Neighbourhood, [London, n.d., c. 1857], contemporary blue cloth, gilt lettered upper-cover, slim 8vo; Thompson (Francis), A History of Chatsworth [...], Country Life Limited, London 1949, h/b, d/j, crown folios, (2); later small paper copies, 1951, h/b, d/j, 8vo, (2); Sotheby's:~ Chatsworth: The Attic Sale, October 2010; Beyond Limits: Sotheby's at Chatsworth, A Sale Offering a Selling Exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture, 2006; Holland (Bernard), The Life of Spencer Compton, Eighth Duke of Devonshire, two-volume set, Longmans, Green and Co., London 1911, contemporary navy blue cloth gilt, 8vo; Rawson (Maud Stepney), Bess of Hardwick and Her Circle, second edition, Hutchinson & Co., London 1910, contemporary red cloth, 8vo; various works by Andrew and Deborah, the late Duke and Duchess, some signed, h/b, d/j; Derbyshire Record Society: The Buildings of Hardwick Hall, Part 1, The Old Hall, 1587 - 91 & Part 2, The New Hall, 1591 - 98, two-volume set, edited by David D. Durant & Philip Riden, 1980 - 1984, h/b, d/j, (2); another copy of Part 2 only; An Early Muniment Register from Hardwick Hall, edited by Philip Riden, 2014, h/b, d/j; The Household Accounts of William Cavendish, Lord Cavendish of Hardwick, 1597 - 1607, Parts 1 - 3, three-volume set, edited by Philip Riden, 2016, h/b, d/j, (3); William Senior's Survey of the Estates of the First and Second Earls of Devonshire c. 1600 - 28, edited by D.V. Fowkes and G.R. Potter, 1988, h/b, d/j; Kettle (Pamela), Oldcotes [...]; other publications and guides, including the garden, house, estate, family; qty
Local Interest - Provincial Imprints, Glover (Stephen): The History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby [...], Illustrated by a Map of the County, and Numerous Copper-Plate and Wood Engravings by the First Artists [...], edited by Thomas Noble, two-volume set, Printed for the Publisher by Henry Mozley and Son, Derby 1831 - 1833, contemporary green publisher's cloth and printed paper labels to spines, each pastedown with the Golden Age Armorial bookplates of the antiquaries and genealogists: William Harry Rylands (1847 - 1922), dated and inscribed Xmas 1910 in ink MS, and John Paul Rylands (1846 - 1923), 4to, (2); the octavo edition, 1829, contemporary publisher's boards, 8vo, [3]
Miscellaneous - [Johnson (Samuel)], The Prince of Abissinia (sic): A Tale, eighth edition, Printed for J.F. and C. Rivington [...], London 1790, contemporary calf, gilt ruled covers, the spine gilt with Neoclassical urns, 12mo; Milton (John), Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Printed for J. & R. Tonson [...], London 1751, full-page engraved plates, woodcut head and tailpieces, some initials, contemporary calf, two contemporaneous engraved book labels: John Bell, pastedown, and Rob:t Pick, free endpaper, 16mo; harlequin volumes in contemporary bindings and with contemporary bookplates, including odd Pope, Homer's Iliad, Cowper, etc; Fenning (Daniel), The Ready Reckoner; or Traders moft (sic) ufeful (sic) Assistant, in Buying and Selling [...], ninth edition, Printed by T. Martin, London 1788, publisher's boards, 16mo; Victorian prize binding; South (Richard), The Moths of the British Isles, First and Second Series, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London [n.d., c. 1930], colour plates, pictorial buckram as issued, large 16mo, (2), [13]
Miscellaneous - Memoirs of the Life, and Travels, in the Service of the Gospel, of Sarah Stephenson, first London edition, Printed and Sold by William Phillips [...], London 1807, pp: xi, [i], 204, contemporary tree calf boards, rebacked tan calf spine preserving fragmentary gilt-lettered oxblood morocco title label, contemporary ink MS presentation inscription: Eliza:th Stammers, London, to Hannah Evans, Warwick, 5th mo[nth] 25 1807, further indistinct pencil ownership inscription dated 1828, mid-19th century matrimonial architectural/pictorial dated bookplate to recto pastedown: James & Susanna W. Bissell, 1858, 12mo; Gay [John], Fables, second edition, Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts, London 1728, pp: [xiv], 1 - 12, 15 - 32, 35 - 194, engraved mask vignette to the conserved title-page, further engraved pastoral and Rococo plates prefixing each fable after designs by William Kent (c. 1685 - 1748) and John Wootton (c. 1682 - 1764), allegorical woodcut tail-pieces, later 20th century calf, the spine with gilt-lettered title label and raised bands, later endpapers, chamfered pages, mid-19th century ink MS ownership inscription to title-page, small 8vo, [2]
Miscellaneous Folios - Thomas Shotter Boys Original Views of London, First Published in 1842 Now Reprinted [...] with Twenty-Six Coloured Reproductions from the Original Lithographs, the Text of 1842, and a Parallel Modern Text by James Laver, C.B.E., two-volume set, Charles W. Traylen, Guildford 1954 - 1955, each with printed card covers, red cloth portfolio binding; Repton (John Adey) and Wilkins (William), Norwich Cathedral at the end of the eighteenth century, with descriptive notes [...], limited edition 546/1000, bookplate to pastedown, Gregg Press, Farnborough 1965, fold-out architectural elevations and plates, contemporary blue cloth, pictorial printed slipcase, atlas folio; Printing The Times Since 1785: Some Account of the Means of Production and Changes of Dress of the Newspaper, Illustrated with Upwards of Fifty Facsimiles of Pages and Many Line Engravings &c., Printing House Square, London 1953, black cloth, royal folio, [3]
Modern First Edition, World War One - Lamb (T.A.), T.N.T. Takes and A Few Wood Fancies, with a Cover Design by Jakob Kramer [1892-1962] and an Illustration by Geo. S. Dixon, later signed dedication from the author dated 1941, first edition, Published by B.H. Blackwell, Oxford 1919, pp: [1-9], 10-80, [1], card boards, pasted pictorial d/j, 12moFor another copy of this decidedly scarce volume see the collection of the Imperial War Museum, no. LBY 8322
Modern First Editions - Waugh (Evelyn), Scott-King's Modern Europe, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London 1947, frontispiece and pictorial dustjacket designed by John Piper (1903-1992), h/b 12mo; Signed Dedication Copy, Cecil (Lord David), Sir Walter Scott, inscribed dedication, signed and numbered 72/1000 by the author, Raven Press, Harrow, [for] Constable and Company Limited, London, 1933, woodcut frontispiece gilt lettered vellum spine and blue cloth boards as issued, top edge gilt, 8vo; Auden (W.H.), Look, Stranger!, first edition, Faber & Faber Limited, London 1936, drab cloth boards only, 8vo; O'Casey (Sean): Windfalls: Stories, Poems, and Plays, first edition, Macmillan and Co., Limited, London 1934, h/b, d/j, 12mo & Red Roses for Me: A Play in Four Acts, first edition, Macmillan & Co Ltd, London 1942, h/b, d/j, small 8vo, (2); Durrell (Lawrence), A Private Country: Poems, first edition, Faber and Faber Limited, London 1943, printed on laid paper, grey cloth boards only, 8vo; Lewis (C. Day), Word Over All, first collective edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1943, h/b, d/j, small 8vo; Binyon (Laurence), The Burning of the Leaves and Other Poems, first edition, Macmillan & Co. Ltd, London 1944, card covers as issued, 8vo; Lawrence (T.E., [of Arabia]), Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph, first public edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1935, brown cloth, 4to; Middle East Anthology, edited by John Waller and Erik de Mauny, Lindsay Drummond Ltd, London 1946, h/b, d/j 8vo; Adam: International Review, Our Dylan Thomas Memorial Number [...], Year XXI, No. 238, 1953, card covers as issued, 8vo; Houseman (A.E.), Introductory Lecture [...] 1892, University Press, Cambridge 1937, h/b, d/j, 12mo; The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw, first collective edition, 1934, h/b, d/j, 8vo; World War Two, prose and verse; etc
Science and Mathematics - Scottish Imprint, Elements of Algebra, for the Use of Students in Universities, third edition, Printed for W. Creech and C. Elliot, Edinburgh 1789, contemporary speckled calf, 8vo; Parkes (Samuel), The Chemical Catechism, thirteenth edition, Published by Longman [...], London 1834, 20th century brown calf, 8vo; Keith (Thomas), A New Treatise on the Use of Globes; or, A Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens [...], A new Edition, considerably improved, Printed for Longman [...], London 1836, seven fold-out engraved plates, 20th century quarter-calf and marbled boards, 12mo; Adolph (William), The Simplicity of the Creation; or, The Astronomical Monument of the Blessed Virgin, A New Theory of the Solar System, Thunderstorms, Waterspouts, Aurora Borealis, Etc., and the Tides, Catholic Publishing & Bookselling Company, Limited, London 1859, contemporary cloth (disbound), 12mo; Eyton (T.C.), A History of the Oyster, The Oyster Fisheries, first and only edition?, John van Voorst, London 1859, 6 full-page chromolithographic plates, contemporary half-calf and cloth boards (disbound), 8vo; Medicine, Brookes (R[ichard]), The General Practice of Physic [...], first edition, volume I only, J. Newbery, London 1751, contemporary gilt-ruled calf, lettering piece in the second compartment, 16mo; 19th and early 20th century prize bindings, various, (4); etc
Scottish Imprint and Provenance, Loudon (J[ohn Claudius]), Observations on the Formation and Management of Useful and Ornamental Plantations; on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening; and on Gaining and Embanking Land from Rivers or the Sea, first edition, Printed for Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh 1804, pp: 342, [16], [ii], 9 wood engraved plates only out of 10 by Lamb after Loudon's drawings: 7 full-page and 2 fold-out, comprising Plates I, II, III, VI, VII, VIII, IX & X; lacking Plate IV, contemporary quarter-calf and publisher's boards, the spine tooled in gilt with Adamesque bosses, near contemporary printed and inscribed book label to recto pastedown: G.D. Rome, Heathfield, [South Ayrshire], No.- 40.-, 8vo
Travel - Cameron (Verney Lovett, C.B., D.C.L., Commander Royal Navy, Gold Medallist Royal Geographical Society, Etc), Across Africa, with Numerous Illustrations, first edition, two-volume set, Daldy, Isbister & Co, London 1877, fold-out chromolithographs, line engraved full-page plates and vignettes, repaired 19th century quarter-calf and marbled boards, plain endpapers, half-titles with slightly later ink MS presentation inscriptions dated Dec[ember] 1887, 8vo, [2]
Travel and Exploration - Barrow (John), An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa [...], first edition, volume II only, Printed by A. Strahan, London 1804, ten-fold map of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 47cm x 70cm overall, 2 fold-out colour plates, 4 fold-out monochrome engravings, quarter-calf and marbled upper cover with perished calf spine only, 4to; Ayeen Akbery; or, The Insitutes of The Emperor Akber, Translated from the Original Persian by Francis Gladwin, volume II only, Printed by J Swan and Co., London 1800, contemporary mottled calf, 8vo; Voltaire, The History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great, Printed for J. Nourse & P. Vaillant, London [n.d., 1763], contemporary speckled calf, 8vo, (faults); Cary's New Itinerary: or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, Both Direct and Cross. throughout England and Wales [...], eleventh edition, Published by G. & J. Cary, London 1828, 20th century quarter-calf and marbled boards, thick 12mo; Thomson (James), Introduction to Modern Geography [...], eighteenth edition, Simms and M'Intyre, London 1845, contemporary black leather, 12mo; Frost (Thomas), Half-Hours with the Early Explorers, With numerous Illustrations, Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, London [n.d., c., 1875], King's College, London, presentation binding of panelled black pebble calf gilt, all edges gilt, inscribed presentation bookplate, 8vo; Amicis (Edmondo de), Morocco: Its People and Places, Translated by C. Rollin-Tilton, With Original Illustrations, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, London 1882, contemporary pictorial red cloth, all edges gilt, 8vo; Craigie (William A.), Scandinavian Folk-Lore: Illustrations of the Traditional Beliefs of the Northern Peoples, Alexander Gardner, Paisley 1896, red cloth, 12mo, [8]
Christopher Greenwood (1786 - 1855) and John Greenwood (fl. 1821 - 1840), Map of London from an actual survey made in the years 1824, 1825 & 1826 [...], first edition, Published by the Proprietors, Greenwood, Pringle & Co, London, August 21st, 1827, Engraved by James & Josiah Neele, fine large scale map with contemporary hand-colouring, 24 sectionalised folds laid on linen, calligraphic cartouche, table of explanation, inset named-views of Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral, dedication to George IV, edged in green silk, 127.5cm x 187cm (open), folding into a square: 32cm x 32cm, contemporary card slipcase (perished, chipped but map in situ and holding), fragmentary gilt-lettered green calf label to spine 33.5cm x 32.5cm, The Greenwood brothers Christopher and John spent three years preparing this remarkable new survey of London, prepared on the lavish scale of 8 inches to a mile, illustrating for the first time the planned development of Belgravia by Thomas Cubidt, the completion of the Grand Surrey Canal and Regent's Park one year before it was completed in 1828.
[Ireland (William Henry)], Something Concerning Nobody, Edited by Somebody, Embellished with Fourteen Characteristic Etchings, first edition, Printed for Robert Scholey, London 1814, pp: xv, [i], 191, [i], 14 hand-coloured cartoon/caricature etchings, as called for, attributed to George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765 - 1809), later 20th century binding of quarter-morocco and marbled boards, the spine with raised bands enclosing a gilt-lettered red morocco title label, later endpapers, small 8vo
American Imprints - Mair (John), An Introduction to Latin Syntax [...], To Which is Subjoined, An Epitome of Ancient History [...], first American edition, Printed for Campbell, Conrad, & Co by J. Bioren, Philadelphia 1799, pp: [iii], iv - x, [i], 299, [1], contemporary mottled calf binding, the spine gilt with compartments, lettered red morocco piece to the second, contemporary ownership inscription: Jacob Mechlin's [...] City of Philad:, inscribed to recto and verso endpapers, name repeated on preface, slightly later to title-page: Daniel T****y, twice, 12mo; Bourrienne (M. de), The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Carey & Lea, Philadelphia 1832, contemporary calf, the spine gilt with compartments, lettered label to the second compartment, 8vo; Anon, [Haliburton (Thomas Chandler)], The Clockmaker; or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slicksville, Second Series, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia 1840, publisher's boards, 12mo, [3]
Rowling (J.K.), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Uncorrected Proof Copy of the first edition with typographical error to title-page: J.A. Rowling, Bloomsbury Publishing, London 1997, pp: [i-7], 8-224, yellow and white card wrappers as issued, neat ownership inscription in ink biro to half-title, 12mo A desirably scarce copy of approximately 200 uncorrected proof copies of the very first Harry Potter title, which is priced at £4.50 and has considerable variations in the lettering and blurb. Condition Report: Creased joints. Some light grime to covers. A generally good copy - please see further images
Baconiana: Or Certain Genuine Remains of S[ir] Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, and Vifcount (sic) of St. Albans; In Arguments Civil and Moral, Natural, Medical, Theological, and Bibliographical; Now the Firft (sic) time faithfully Publifhed (sic), An Account of thefe (sic) Remains, and of all his Lordfhip's (sic) other Works, is given by the Publifher (sic), in a Difcourfe (sic) by way of Introduction, first edition, Printed by J.D. for Richard Chifwell (sic), at the Rofe (sic) and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, London 1679, engraved portrait frontispiece of Bacon by Frederick Hendrik Van Hove (1628 - 1698), pp: [ii], [ii], 3 - 104, [8], [ii], 3 - 270, later 19th century panelled calf, the spine gilt lettered in the second compartment and banded with gilt foliage throughout, marbled endpapers, indistinct 18th/19th century ink MS ownership inscription to title-page, 12mo, (Wing B269)
Beckett (Samuel), Waiting For Godot: a tragicomedy in two acts, first edition, Faber and Faber Limited, London 1956, h/b, d/j small 8vo Condition Report: Please see further images, first two leaves of play loose but present, some wear, scuffs, browning, stable tear and creasing to dust jacket, speckled foxed edges, browning to each paste down, contents fairly fresh
Eighteenth-Century Bindings - Classical Literature and Belles-lettres - Elzevir Press, Horace, Opera, [edited by Daniel Heinsius], [Leiden] 1629, volumes II & III only, later 18th century crimson morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, 16mo, (2); Vadé (Jean-Joseph), Œuvres, volumes I-III only, Geneva 1777, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, contemporary crimson morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, 32mo, (3); Terence, Publii Terentii Afri Comœdiæ [...], volume II only, Natalem Le Loup & Jacobum Merigot, Lutetiæ Parisiorum [Paris] 1753, title-page portrait vignette of the author by Jacques-Philippe Lebas (1707-1783) after Hubert-François Gravelot (1699-1773), contemporary Parisian crimson morocco, the covers gilt with a triple-fillett border and floral bosses to angles, gilt spine, all edges gilt, embossed floral endpapers, contemporary ink MS shelf number to front free endpaper, 16mo; Ménage [Gilles], Menagiana, ou Les Bons Mots [...], volume I only, E van. Harrevelt, Amsterdam 1762, engraved allegorical frontispiece, contemporary Parisian crimson morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, 18mo; Fénélon (François Salignac de la Mothe), Les Aventures de Télémaque, Fils d'Ulysse, volumes I & III only, P. Didot L'aîné, Paris 1796, contemporary crimson morocco gilt, blue silk endpapers, 18mo, (2); an earlier edition, volume IV only, Paris 1783, contemporary crimson morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, contemporary armorial bookplate to pastedown: Elizabeth Duchefs (sic) Dowager of Manchester (widow of the 4th Duke, Ambassador to France in 1783), 18mo; Ovid, Opera Quæ Extant, volumes I, III, IV & V only, J. Brindley, [London] 1745, volume I with double-page engraved title-page by Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733), contemporary crimson morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, 18mo, (4); Tasso (Torquato), Il Goffredo, Overo Gierusalemme [...], volume I only, Thomaso Jolly, Parugia 1678, etched full-page plates, contemporary crimson morocco, 32mo; etc, [16]
Eliot (T.S.): Ash-Wednesday, first trade edition, Faber & Faber Ltd, London 1930, terracotta cloth, 12mo; various imprints of the Four Quartets; Preston (Raymond), 'Four Quartets' Rehearsed: A Commentary [...], first edition, Sheed & Ward, London 1946, h/b, d/j, 8vo; A Choice of Kipling's Verse [...], first edition, Faber and Faber Ltd, London 1941, h/b, d/j, 8vo; The Cocktail Party [...], first edition, Faber and Faber Ltd, London 1950, h/b, d/j, 8vo; The Elder Statesman: A Play, first edition, Faber and Faber Ltd, London 1959, h/b, d/j, 8vo; Murder in the Cathedral; etc
Gulf Crisis 1990 'Operation Desert Shield' Gulf Crisis R. F. A. Fort Grange on Gulf Supply and Support Operations, September 1990. Black White photograph (top left) R. A. F. Fort Grange' Cancelled London, Maritime Mail, 17 Sept. 1990. Maritime cover Limited Edition. . First Officer (s) stamp RFA Fort Grange 7 Sept. 1990. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
A Collection of Sixty Six Observer Books: The "Observer" books comprise nr 15 Ships 1952 - reprinted 1952; nr 15 Ships - revised edition 1964; nr 7 Hippo book Bomber Aircraft of the World 1962; The Bomber Aircraft Pocket Book,, Roy Cross 1964; nr 24 Pond Life - second edition 1967; nr 24 Pond Life - first edition 1956; nr 11 Aircraft - 28th edition 1979; nr 11 Aircraft - 14th edition 1965; nr 11 Aircraft - 13th edition 1964; nr 11 Aircraft 12th edition 1963; nr 38 Basic Aircraft Civil - (torn first page) 1967; nr 38 Basic Aircraft Civil - (with dust cover) 1967; nr 57 Sewing 1975; nr 72 Pets 1978; nr 70 Seashells 1977; nr 65 Tropical Fishes 1976; nr 64 Small Craft 1976; nr 66 Farm Animals x 2 reprint 1978 and reprint 1978; nr 33 Lichens 1963 - Rocky Ocean (dust cover); nr 33 Lichen 1977 (yellow lichen dust cover); nr 67 Vegetables 1977; nr 8 Dogs - revised edition 1966; nr 18 British Birds' Eggs 1954; nr 19 Common Fungi 1954; nr 22 Weather 1955; nr 21 Automobiles - first edition 1955 - seventh edition 1961; nr 20 Mosses and Liverworts 1955; nr 25 Garden Flowers 1957; nr 27 Cacti 1958; Grasses, Sedges & Rushes 1942; nr 26 Painting 1958; Trees & Shrubs (no date - very old); British Wild Flowers (no date - very old 48-1144); nr 14 Larger British Moths 1952; nr 34 Modern Art (signed Xmas 1964 ); nr 41 Heraldry 1966; nr 9 Horses & Ponies - reprint 1951; nr 9 Horses & Ponies 1959; nr 1 British Birds (very old - no date - signed Gordon Belfast); nr 23 Railway Locomotives 1955 (signed M Gordon); Freshwater Fishes 1941; British Butterflies (very old - no date); British Wild Animals (very old - no date); nr 19 Mushrooms £1.10 1977; nr 32 Astronomy - revised 1965; nr 24 Flags 1959; nr 40 Commercial Vehicles (6 shillings?) 1966; nr 37 Sculpture - 6/- net 1966; nr 31 Sea and Seashore - fifth reprint 1970; nr 69 Coins, European Costume 1975, Pottery and Porcelain 1973, Birds Book I reprint 1966, Manned Spaceflight 1975, Postage Stamps 1967, Furniture 1964, Coarse Fishing 1977, Zoo Animals reprinted 1978, Unmanned Spaceflight 1974, Ancient and Roman Britain 1976, Old English Churches 1965, Music 1953, Architecture 1951 and 1954, British Ferns 1950, British Geology 1952, British Insects reprint 1953, Automobiles 1955, Cats 1959. Note: This is the private collection of Malcolm Fayerweather Gordon C.B.E D.Sc. Gordon in association with Dr de Bruyne created a laminate of flax roving and paper soaked with liquid phenolic resin and cured under pressure and used on the tail fins of the Spitfire thus named Gordon Aerolite. This reinforcement was suggested by Mr Malcolm Gordon in response to a publication of Dr de Bruynes lecture to the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1937, Gordon's family had connections to a Belfast linen business which supplied Dr de Bruyne with flax.
Howard Fast - Peekskill, USA: A Personal Experience" Book. First Russian Edition in English, published in Moscow Foreign Language Publishing House 1954, with note by the publisher in Russian. An invitation pasted to the inside reads "On the occasion of The National Liberation Day - The Polish Ambassador and Madame Milnikiel request the honor of the company of Mr Leslie Brower at a Reception to be held at the Embassy on Tuesday 22nd July, 1958 6.30 - 8 pm" - R.S.V.P. Private Secretary, 47 Portland Place, W1, autographed by Paul Leroy Robeson Civil Rights Campaigner, American Baritone Singer, Stage and Film Actor known for his political activism.
Books - Miss Marple, Christie (Agatha), A Caribbean Mystery, first edition, Published for The Crime Club by Collins, London 1964, h/b, d/j, 12mo; Fowles (John), Daniel Martin, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1977, h/b, d/j, small 8vo; Barthorp (Michael), The Frontier Ablaze: The North-West Frontier Rising 1897-98, colour plates, h/b, d/j, small folio; Jupp (James), The Gaiety Stage Door: Thirty Years' Reminiscences of the Theatre, first edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1923, red cloth, 8vo; The Plays of J.M. Barrie, In One Volume, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, London 1928, blue cloth, 8vo; further theatre, stage and drama interest, including plays; etc
Three volumes E T McDermot, History of the Great Western Railway by GWR 1927-31An H Greenly and W J Bassett Lowe "Model Railways and Locomotives", bound copies of the magazines, volumes 1 to 5, 1909 to 1913. ABC Railway Guide for 1921, The Life of George Stephenson, second edition, published 1857, R Jung, Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive, first edition published 1923 along with other assorted railway interest, A box of ephemera and pamphletsTo include a David Hockney BT Bradford Phone Book, 1989, Dennis Wheatley murder mystery "Who killed Robert Prentice", first edition, two titles in the Ariel Poem series by W H Auden and Stephen Spender, a set of Cruik Shank prints, a Francis Moore's Loyal Almanac for 1858, Maple's Furniture Catalogue 1953 and other items, 8 Volumes The Children's Hour Illustrated with Numerous Colour Plates.
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