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Lot 254
Possibly Newman, England Fortune Telling playing cards. Black and white engraved cards. First edition. This is the original pre-Lenthall edition (with no Lenthall border). Possibly the first pack of cards ever made specifically for the purpose of fortune telling. Every alternate numeral card has an astrological sphere, and the others are filled with fortune-telling answers. The court cards are whole length figures, the Kings and Queens being the same in all four suits, although with different inscriptions. Every card has a ruled off space at the top containing the name of an astrologer, etc. On the knave of clubs Hewson, the regicide. 44 cards (lacking 3, Jack. King of Spades, 2 of Clubs, Ace, Jack, King of Hearts and 8 of Diamonds – note: all except King of Spades, 2 of Clubs and King of Hearts have been replaced with early handmade cards. Interestingly, the handmade King of Spades is entitled ‘Nestor’ rather than ‘Holophernes’. A duplicate King of Diamonds is also included. Lacking second half of Use of the Cards) in box..c1690
Lot 108
H.P. Gibson & Sons, London, England Peter Pan playing card game. First edition. From drawings by Charles A. Buchel. 52 cards, rules and slipcase. c1912. Together with Alice in Wonderland by De La Rue. First edition. From Sir John Tenniel’s designs. Her Majesty on side of box. 48 cards and rules in original slipcase. c1898
Lot 1650
Three signed limited edition RAF Lancaster prints comprising NIcolas Trudgian Home at Dawn (339/500) signed by the artist and Eric Jones DFC, Leslie Hay, Robert Souter and Ernest Webb; Nicholas Trudgian Homeward Bound (253/300) signed by the artist, Edward Johnston DFC and Ray Grayston and Thomas Gower and First Home (851/1500), largest approximately 48 x 67cm
Lot 1444
Stamp Interest - Rare limited edition (no. 7785) Westminster collection of 'Autographed Editions' signed first day covers in pristine condition. Includes Kenneth Wolstenhulme footballer, Petr Alliss golfer, Murray Wiker racing driver, Barry Davies sports commentator, Bobby Charlton footballer, and Trevor Bayliss inventor of the clockwork radio amongst other things.
Lot 79
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.
Lot 84
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.
Lot 107
A SMALL QUANTITY OF MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTABLE BOOKS to include James Jones - 'From Here to Eternity' reprint in good condition dust jacket, also by same author 'Some Came Running' second impression and 'The Pistol' first edition in very good dust jacket along with James Baldwin - 'Another Country' first edition in damaged dustjacket, Ernest Shepard illustrated books and a French paperback copy of 'Cinderella' by Saint-Ange dated 1942 etc.
Lot 122
JAMES BOND - IAN FLEMING - 'THE SPY WHO LOVED ME', first edition, Jonathan Cape, 1962 with dust jacket and boards which have silver dagger to front and silver titles to spine Condition Report:Dust jacket is not price clipped (15s), cut corners (see image), has had a protective clear wrapper sellotaped which unfortunately has left marks on the red endpapers, otherwise in very good conditionFor shipping estimate: https://www.mbe.co.uk/auction/sale/Cuttlestones_Auctioneers/29970
Lot 123
JAMES BOND - IAN FLEMING - 'ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE', first edition, Jonathan Cape, 1963 with dust jacket, and boards with silver swirl to front and silver titles on spine Condition Report:Book very good, dust jacket has very small tear top of spine, is not price clipped (16s) and has light staining to rear
Lot 124
JAMES BOND - IAN FLEMING - 'YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE', first edition, Jonathan Cape, 1964 with dust jacket, and boards with Japanese script in gilt on front and silver titles to spine Condition Report:Book very good condition and dust jacket is not price clipped (16s), also in very good condition
Lot 97
ARTHUR RANSOME - 'WINTER HOLIDAY', Jonathan Cape, 1933, first edition with dust jacket, together with 'Don Quixote of the Mancha', retold by Judge Parry, Illustrated by Walter Crane, published by John Sherratt & Son with dust jacket (2) Condition Report:Winter Holiday - book, small dint top edge otherwise very good - no inscriptionsdust jacket - not price clipped, damage to front title, small tears in edges, spine brownedDon Quixote - book good, dust jacket is price clipped, has loss both top and bottom of spine and other tears in edges
Lot 98
ENID BLYTON - 'FIVE GO OFF IN A CARAVAN', 1949 3rd impression with dust jacket, 'The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat', 1950 6th edition with dust jacket, 'The Castle of Adventure', 1950 reprint with tatty dustjacket together with Walter Farley - 'The Black Stallion Returns', 1951 first edition with dust jacket (4) Condition Report:Five Go Off In A Caravan - inscription dated 1950 in ink on half title page otherwise very good in very good dust jacket with minor nicks in edges and very small tear top of spineMystery of Disappearing Cat - book very good with faint foxing on initial pages, dust jacket very good with slight wear top and bottom of spineThe Castle of Adventure - inscription dated 1950 in ink on endpaper, a couple of spots on spine and some illustrations coloured in with crayon, dust jacket has lossesThe Black Stallion Returns - book is very good with a little grubbiness on initial pages, dust jacket is torn top of spine and has other nicks in edges
Lot 100
Helvétius (Claude Adrien) De l'Esprit, first edition, second issue, title with large floral ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, soem spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, stained, [Smith E.1B, second issue of the work after the confiscation and burning of the first issue], 4to, Paris, Chez Durand, 1758.
Lot 101
NO RESERVE Noghera (Giambattista) Riflessioni su la Filosofia del Bello Spirito, first edition, engraved vignette title, contemporary limp marbled boards, uncut, Bassano, Remondini, 1767 § Gioja (Melchiorre) Esercizio Logico sugli errori d'Ideologia e Zoologia..., first edition, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, Milan, 1824 § Raynal (Abbé) Histoire du Parlement d'Angleterre, final leaves with marginal repair, contemporary half calf, worn, broken and loose, "Londres" [Paris], 1748 § Jesup (Edward) [The Lives of Picus and Pascal], lacking general title but variant with additional title and 16pp. dedication to Life of Picus, contemporary sheep, spine repaired at head, 1723, the first two with some foxing, all rubbed; and a 1751 English edition of the third, 8vo (50
Lot 11
Polar.- Back (Sir George) Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835, first edition, 16 engraved and lithographed plates, 1 large folding map at end, short tear to inner edge, illustrations, cracked hinges, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, bookplate, later half morocco, a little rubbed, 1836.⁂ Bookplate of Almeric Hugh Paget, first Baron Queenborough.
Lot 12
Spain.- Stone (Olivia M.) Tenerife and its Six Satellites, or the Canary Islands Past and Present, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, 9 colour maps, illustrations, one or two full-page, advertisements at end, spotting, bookplate, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1887.
Lot 128
Danet (Guillaume) A Complete Dictionary of the Greek and Roman Antiquities, first English edition, approbation f. at beginning, 3 folding engraved maps, advertisement f. at end, 1 map trimmed to border and laid down, occasional spotting, a few small stains, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Wing D171], for John Nicholson, 1700; and 14 others, Molière and Corneille, small 4to et infra (15)
Lot 129
NO RESERVE Collier (Jeremy, translator) The Emperor Marcus Antoninus his Conversation with Himself, first edition of this translation, engraved portrait, advertisement leaf at end, with contemporary ink inscription "The Gift of Lewis Atterbury LLD to the Library of Newport Pagnell Bucks 1731" on front pastedown, book-label of Wilfred Merton and bookplate of William Andrews Clark Jr., contemporary panelled calf, red roan label, a little rubbed, joints cracked, 8vo, for Richard Sare, 1701.⁂ Lewis Atterbury (1656-1731), royal chaplain and brother of Bishop Francis Atterbury, who left two hundred volumes of pamphlets to Christ Church Oxford and books to Bedford and Newport Pagnell libraries.
Lot 13
Voyages.- Annesley (George, Viscount Valentia) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, with 3 engraved vignettes and 68 engraved plates, maps and plans only (of 69, lacking plate 19 in vol.2 'Watch Tower between Mocha and Moosa'), some folding, tear to 3B4 in vol.2 but no loss, text with a few spots and marginal water-staining to plates in vol.3 but generally very clean, occasional foxing to plates, contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt with crest of the Earl of Darnley of Cobham Hall and black roan labels, a little rubbed, a few scuffs, [Abbey Travel 515], 4to, 1809.
![NO RESERVE Oxford & Cambridge.- [Paris (John) & Samuel White.] The True State of Trinity College..., second edition,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f65b37a5-bb7b-4d51-a5e7-aa3301133ee4/a1f6f8b1-1aa9-4eb0-b84a-aa3800ae605c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 130
NO RESERVE Oxford & Cambridge.- [Paris (John) & Samuel White.] The True State of Trinity College..., second edition, for John Morphew, 1710 § [Mapletoft (John)] The Practice of a College..., contemporary ink presentation inscription to title, headlines shaved, for the Author, 1755 § The Last Blow: Or, An Unanswerable Vindication of the Society of Exeter College..., ?lacking half-title, contemporary ink markings to title, for S.Crowder and H.Woodgate, 1755, second and third first editions, each foxing and soiling, disbound; and 3 others, two being copies of sermons preached by fellows of Magdalen and Christ Church respectively, 8vo & 4to (6)
![Antigallicus (Titus, pseud.) An Ode for the Thanksgiving-Day, 4pp., drop-head title, disbound, [?Edinburgh], [1749] § [Burges](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f65b37a5-bb7b-4d51-a5e7-aa3301133ee4/6f997482-7277-4e4b-b1c4-aa3800ae6514/468x382.jpg)
Lot 132
Antigallicus (Titus, pseud.) An Ode for the Thanksgiving-Day, 4pp., drop-head title, disbound, [?Edinburgh], [1749] § [Burgess (Thomas)] Bagley; a Descriptive Poem, first edition, half-title, modern wrappers, Oxford, J. & J. Fletcher, 1777 § Clubbe (William) The Omnium, first edition, list of subscribers, original boards, uncut, lacking spine, Ipswich, George Jermyn, 1798 § Johnston (Charles) Sonnets, first edition, half-title, mounted lithographed portrait, title lightly foxed, contemporary calf, gilt, spine a little worn at head, 1823 § Carrington (N.T.) Dartmoor: a Descriptive Poem, first edition, 12 etched plates, pencil annotations, some spotting, one plate with ink spots and annotations, contemporary calf, gilt, joints split, a little worn, 1826; and a second edition of the last, 4to & 8vo (6)⁂ The first is an Edinburgh piracy of a satire on the peace of 1749, first published in London; only 3 locations on ESTC of the original (none in UK) and 10 of the piracy (6 UK and 4 US). The second is a scarce piece of topographical verse on Bagley Wood near Oxford (ESTC lists BL, Cambridge & 5 copies at Oxford, Harvard copy only in America, and one in Australia).
Lot 133
NO RESERVE Maclaurin (Colin) An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, second edition, 6 folding engraved plates, one defective, water-stained, for A.Millar, 1750 § Antes (John) Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Egyptians, first Dublin edition, 2 folding engraved maps with routes supplied by hand, engraved portrait, 2 folding letterpress tables, one with partial hand-colouring, foxed and browned, original boards, uncut, lacking spine, upper cover detached, Dublin, 1801 § Burnet (Gilbert) The Memoires of the Lives and Actions of James and William Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, first edition, half-title, 2 engraved portraits, errata leaf, addenda leaf becoming loose, [Wing B5832], by J.Grover, 1677 § Certain Sermons or Homilies..., black letter, [Wing C4091e], by T.R. for Andrew Crooke, Samuel Mearne, and Robert Pawlet, 1673, all but the second contemporary calf, worn; and 10 others, miscellaneous, including a defective copy of Sandys' Travells of 1670 and a 1710 folio Book of Common Prayer bound in contemporary red morocco, gilt, but severely damaged by damp, v.s.; sold not subject to return (14)
Lot 136
The Disappearance of Elizabeth Canning.- Canning's Magazine: Or, A Review of the Whole Evidence..., for C.Corbett, 1753 § Hill (Dr [John]) The Story of Elizabeth Canning Considered..., for M.Cooper, 1753 § The Case of Elizabeth Canning Fairly Stated..., lacking half-title, Harvard College and Houghton Library labels and stamps, several blank ff. bound-in, for M.Cooper and others, 1753 § Fielding (Henry) A Clear State of the Case..., first edition, closed tears and worm trails to inner margin, some repair, final f. detached, for A.Millar, 1753, first two woodcut decorations, third later quarter calf, others disbound, last in custom-made solander box; and 2 others, both second editions of last, one with booklabel of Donald & Mary Hyde, 8vo (6)
Lot 137
Fielding (Henry) Miscellanies, 3 vol., first edition, large paper copy, vol.I list of subscribers, woodcut tail-pieces and illustrations, ownership inscription "The Duchess of Sussex" to each volume title, lacking general title in vol.I, foxing, hinges splitting a little, [Rothschild, 845], 8vo, for the Author, 1753; The Works..., 4 vol., first collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting and staining, vol.III hinges splitting, 1762; A True State of the Case of Bosavern Penlez..., first edition, first printing, ownership label to front pastedown, a few pencil inscriptions, bound with several additional blank ff., 1749; Amelia, 4 vol., first edition, Harvard College and Houghton Library labels and stamps, vol.I lacking final blank, vol.II advertisement f., even browning, 1752, for A. Millar, first contemporary calf, rebacked, second later half sheep, third later half morocco, last contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, all rubbed or worn, last joints splitting, vol.II lower board detached; and 9 others, Fielding, with a second edition of first and another first edition of last, v.s. (21) ⁂The first contains the first publication of Johnathan Wild.
Lot 138
Fielding (Henry) The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, first edition, first issue, half-title, with final pp. misnumbered as usual, woodcut decorations, a very little faint browning and soiling, contemporary calf, worn at fore corners, lower joint splitting with loss at spine head, upper board detached taking with it front free endpaper, [Rothschild 857], 12mo, for A.Millar, 1755; and another copy, rebacked, with B2-7 detached, and lacking half-title, but with the bookplate of bibliographer and forger Harry Buxton Forman to front pastedown, 12mo (2)Provenance: first: Count Lockhart-Wishart, Donald & Mary Hyde (bookplates)
Lot 139
Phillips (Thomas) A Letter to a Student at a Foreign University on The Study of Divinity, contemporary ink inscriptions to title and front endpaper, for R.Baldwin, 1756 § Lévesque de Pouilly (Louis-Jean) The Theory of Agreeable Sensations..., second edition, woodcut decorations, lacking half-title, upper hinge splitting, for W.Owen, 1750 § Lloyd (Thomas) An Essay on the Literary Beauties of the Scriptures, Chester, by J.Fletcher, 1784 § [Wilcocks (Joseph)] Sacred Exercises. In Four Books..., engraved illustrations, title with woodcut coat-of-arms, woodcut decorations, front endpaper with ink inscription dated 1791, by B.Barker, 1759 § [Allestree (Richard)] The Art of Contentment..., title with woodcut device, woodcut decorations, [Evans, 7083], Oxford and Philadelphia, by James Chattin, 1753, each but second first edition, foxing and/or spotting, first later half calf, third later quarter cloth, preserving contemporary boards, others contemporary calf, fourth rebacked, all worn, first upper board detached, second and last joints splitting; and 22 others, similar, v.s. (27) ⁂The inscriptions identified as by William Smith (1711-87) poet, classicist, chaplain to Edward Stanley, the 11th Earl of Derby: they concern the gift of the book to Smith. Thomas Phillips (1708-74) Jesuit priest and scholar, chaplain to George Talbot, the 14th Earl of Shrewsbury. The inscriptions: to title: "T. Philips Author of a Life of Cardinal Pole, & Chaplain to | Ld Shrewsbury"; to front endpaper: "NB. This piece written by Father Philips, Chaplain | to the Earl of Shrewsbury, the first Earl of England and a Papist, | was sent as a present through the conveyance of Sr Rowland | Stanley a Papist to me, who am Chaplain to the second Earl, | of England, and the first Protestant Earl, the Earl of Derby".A further inscription on the front pastedown, in another hand: "This Book was a present from the author to | Dean Smith, whose hand writing appears | on the Title page, and on the leaf before | the Title".Provenance: second mentioned: John Bond, Grange (bookplate)
Lot 14
Voyages.- Anson (George) A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV..., edited by Richard Walter, first edition, list of subscribers, 41 engraved maps and plates only (of 42, lacking plate 30 'View of the entrance of Chequetan'), all but one folding, with Directions to Binder leaf at end, some soiling and staining, several tears to plates (mostly maps), one frayed at edge, contemporary sheep-backed boards, uncut, a little worn, one or two small holes to spine, [Sabin 101175], 4to, for the Author, by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.⁂ With reference to Alexander Selkirk (the model for Robinson Crusoe) on p.120.
![NO RESERVE [Playstowe (Philip)] "An Officer". The Gentleman's Guide in His Tour Through France..., fifth edition, large foldi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f65b37a5-bb7b-4d51-a5e7-aa3301133ee4/4f4d9b43-4e03-4d92-a363-aa3800ae421a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 141
NO RESERVE [Playstowe (Philip)] "An Officer". The Gentleman's Guide in His Tour Through France..., fifth edition, large folding map, with loss, scattered browning, several ff. with closed tears, for G.Kearsly, 1772 § Fielding (Henry) The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews..., 2 vol., half-titles, a little browning to endpapers, worming to front pastedowns, hinges splitting a little, Paris, J. Fr. Valade, 1779 § [Mouhy (Charles de Fieux de)] The Busy-Body: or, Successful Spy..., 2 vol., half-titles, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, foxing and soiling, contents separating a little, hinges pulling, for F.Cogan, 1742, first half green morocco, second later vellum-backed boards, last contemporary calf, first rubbed, others worn, second loss at spine ends and with several worm holes and trails, last joints splitting and spine friable, also with loss at ends; and c.70 others, v.s. (c.75) ⁂The first rare in any edition: ESTC traces 3 copies of the fifth edition: in the British Library, the Thomas Plume Library, and the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Library in Poland.The translation of last sometimes attributed to Eliza Haywood: it is likely that she was involved with the publication or distribution of the novel.
![[Lawrence (Herbert)] The Passions Personify'd, in Familiar Fables, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, occasi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f65b37a5-bb7b-4d51-a5e7-aa3301133ee4/1990b9f3-5b4f-47f1-8587-aa3800ae3696/468x382.jpg)
Lot 142
[Lawrence (Herbert)] The Passions Personify'd, in Familiar Fables, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, occasional finger-soiling, bookplates, some abrasion marks to front pastedown where inscription removed, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, J. Whiston and M. Lawrence, [1773] § [Lyttelton (George, Baron)] Letters from a Persian in England, to his Friend at Ispahan, previous owner's ink signatures to front free endpaper verso, lacking free endpaper, occasional faint spotting, contemporary calf, cracked joints, rubbed and worn, 1735; and 7 others, sm.4to & 12mo (9)
Lot 144
NO RESERVE Johnsoniana.- Johnson (Samuel) A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, bookplate of Arthur G. Rippey to front pastedown, pencil inscription to front free endpaper, small paper label bearing an insignia pasted to title, also an ink stamp with the same insignia, another to final f., Dublin, by Thomas Walker, 1775 § Potter (Robert) An Inquiry into Some Passages in Dr Johnson's Lives of the Poets..., half-title, engraved frontispiece, for J.Dodsley, 1783 § [Callender (James Thomson)] Deformities of Dr Samuel Johnson..., second edition, for the Author, 1782 bound with four other miscellaneous 19th-century works, the volume with the bookplate of Lord Gray to front pastedown § [Lauder (William)] An Essay on Milton's Use and Imitation of the Moderns..., browning to endpapers, for J.Payne and J.Bouquet, 1750, first and last contemporary calf, first mottled, others later half morocco or calf, all but last rebacked, rubbed or worn; and 2 others, v.s. (6) ⁂The first being from an unauthorized pirated edition published soon after the first edition. Arthur G. Rippey (1907-?95) advertising executive and businessman; bibliophile and car collector; founder of the Johnson-Boswell Society of the Rocky Mountain Region.
Lot 146
Forgeries.- Chatterton (Thomas) Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and others, in the Fifteenth Century, first edition, first issue with c4 advertisement leaf uncancelled (but torn for cancellation and laid down), engraved plate, errata leaf at end, bookplates/labels of Newton Charles Ogle of Kirkley (and ink signatures of earlier Ogles) and Hugh Walpole, contemporary calf, spine gilt with green morocco label, a little rubbed, joints repaired, [Rothschild 589], for T.Payne and Son, 1777; another copy, first edition, second issue with c4 cancelled (omitting "and were probably composed by him"), engraved plate, errata leaf, book-label of John Drinkwater, original boards, uncut, a little rubbed and stained, rebacked, for T.Payne and Son, 1777; Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, first edition, half-title, with engraved frontispiece (often missing) and plate, advertisement leaf at end, occasional spotting or soiling, original wrappers of printer's waste, uncut, soiled and frayed, rebacked, for Fielding and Walker, 1778, the last two John Drinkwater's copies with his ink signature, pencil note and small gilt book-label on front pastedown or endpaper, [Bibliotheca Fictiva 414, 415 & 419]; and 3 other editions of the first (3rd edition 1778, fourth edition 1782 & fifth edition 1794), all with the bookplate of Stuart Schimmel by Reynolds Stone, 8vo & 4to (6)⁂ An excellent group of Chatterton's famous Rowley Poems, all from the forgery collection of Stuart Schimmel. The poems were a celebrated literary hoax written by the young Chatterton, who later committed suicide aged seventeen.
Lot 147
Addington (William) An Abridgment of Penal Statutes..., second edition, signed by the author to title, ink stamp "Mr Thistlethwayte" to front pastedown, his signature to title, pencil inscriptions, a little browning, some worming at lower edge, a very little broaching text in Table of Contents, by W.Strahan and M.Woodfall, [?1777] § [Rudder (Samuel)] The History and Antiquities of Cirencester..., 2 folding maps, Cirencester, 1780 bound with [Cooke (John)] A Concise Description of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, ?lacking half-title, folding table, Sold Only at the Hospital, 1791, plates and table with closed tears § Impey (John) The Office of Sheriff..., for the Author, 1786 § Crawfurd (George) & William Semple. The History of the Shire of Renfrew..., a little scattered foxing, Paisley, by Alex.[ander] Weir, 1782 § [Nayler (Sir George)] A Collection of Coats of Arms..., engraved vignette title and 62 plates, signature B1 with engravings of both the ancient and the modern arms of the city of Gloucester, list of subscribers, by J.Good, 1792; first and third contemporary calf, last original wrappers, others later half calf, last edges uncut, all worn, first and third hinges splitting; and 13 others, v.s. (18)
Lot 150
Scottish poetry.- Sillar (David) Poems, first edition, presentation copy from the author, first sig. loose, some spotting, lightly browned, original boards, boards detached, Kilmarnock, 1789; and another Scottish poetry, 8vo & 12mo (2)⁂ Printed from the same type, and with the same border and title as appear in the Kilmarnock Burns, 1786. The volume is presented to an Andrew Adamson.
Lot 151
NO RESERVE Provincial Printing.- Wilson (John) A Short Treatise on the Law, Relative to Arbitration..., first edition, browning to peripheral ff., a few nicks to edges, signatures 2D2-2K4 exiguous marginal worming, also affecting lower pastedown, original paper-backed boards, edges uncut, stained and soiled, backstrip with superficial splits and with loss at spine foot, 8vo, Hull, for the Publisher, 1792.⁂ESTC and COPAC together trace 2 copies, at the British Library and the Harvard Law Library respectively.Provenance: John Clarke Stoughton, Wymondham, Norfolk (bookplate).
Lot 152
Heraldry.- Dallaway (James) Inquiries into the Origin and Progress of the Science of Heraldry in England, first edition, engraved title, dedication leaf, 25 engraved plates, 8 hand-coloured, 2 folding, 1 facsimile, 1 folding genealogical table, illustrations, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, bookplates, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, Gloucester, 1793 § Anderson (James) Royal Genealogies, first edition, title in red and black, subscriber's list, bookplate, occasional marginal worm-damage, occasional faint marginal soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, 1732; and 8 others, genealogy and heraldry, v.s. (10)
Lot 153
Robertson (Thomas) The History of Mary Queen of Scots..., half-title, extra-illustrated with 26 plates, each pasted to ff. bound-in, some folding, 2 loose, 2 illustrations, a few pasted-in clippings, spotting and offsetting, Edinburgh, 1793 § [Morer (Thomas)] A Short Account of Scotland..., title with horizontal chain lines, by B.Bragg, 1706 § Dobson ([John]) Chronological Annals of the War..., folding genealogical table, advertisement to verso of final text f., [Sabin, 20415], Oxford, Clarendon, 1763 § [Salmon (Thomas)] The History of the Life and Reign of her Late Majesty Queen Anne..., title in red and black, 18 engraved plates, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, extra-illustrated with engraved broadside The Glory of Old England bound-in as frontispiece, this "Printed & Publish'd according to Act of Parliament", signed "Sarah Marlborough", and dated 1738, frontispiece with marginal fold, by the Booksellers in Town and Country, 1740, each but second first edition, some spotting or browning, first later half morocco, others contemporary calf, last spine attractively gilt in compartments, all a little worn, a few scuffs, last upper board detached; and 32 others, v.s. (36)⁂The second mentioned is a re-issue of the sheets of the first edition; ESTC states that the re-issue has a cancel title with discernible vertical chain lines.The broadside in the last mentioned is rare: COPAC records 2 copies, at the University of Leicester and the National Library of Scotland respectively; ESTC lists 1 copy, in the Kenneth Spencer Library at the University of Kansas. Provenance: first: Major-General Arthur Lyttleton-Annesley (inscription and bookplates), Catherine Kinnear (bookplate); second: William Brodie of Brodie (bookplate).
Lot 156
NO RESERVE Shakespeare Forgeries.- Ireland (Samuel) Mr. Ireland's Vindication of his Conduct, respecting the Publication of the Supposed Shakspeare MSS., being...A Reply to the Critical Labors of Mr. Malone..., first edition, lightly browned, disbound, preserved in modern cloth folder, by Mr. Faulder and Mr. Robson..., 1796 § Chalmers (George) A Supplemental Apology for the Believers in the Shakspeare-Papers: being a Reply to Mr.Malone's Answer..., errata leaf at end, 1799; An Appendix to the Supplemental Apology..., lacking final two leaves and folding facsimile, 1800, together 2 works in 1 vol., browned, old embossed library stamp to first title, later half calf, spine faded, rubbed, both from the forgery collection of Stuart Schimmel with his bookplate by Reynolds Stone, 8vo (2)
Lot 161
US Imprints.- Wharton (John) The Virginia Wreath; Or Original Poems, subscribers' list, contemporary ownership inscriptions to front and rear endpapers, two Methodist quarterly tickets dated 1845 loosely inserted, [Sabin 103102], Winchester, Virginia, for the author, 1814 § Hawkins (Joseph) A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa..., engraved frontispiece, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions, crossed through in pencil, [Evans, 32239], Philadelphia, for the author, 1797 § Johnson (John) A Mathematical Question..., [Evans, 32317], Amherst, by Samuel Preston, 1797 § The Charters and Acts of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania..., 2 vol. in 1, title with woodcut state seal, [Evans, 9227], Philadelphia, by Peter Miller and Comp., 1762, first two first edition, browning and/or foxing, contents separating, contemporary calf or sheep, all worn, second and last joints splitting, last boards detached; and 2 others, v.s. (6) ⁂The first not in ESTC.
Lot 166
NO RESERVE Darley (George) Thomas À Becket..., first edition, author's presentation copy to the Reverend Thomas Worsley, later cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 1840.Thomas Worsley (1797-1885) Master of Downing College, Cambridge, 1836-85: Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1837-8: Rector of St Mary the Virgin in Scawton, Yorkshire, 1828-82.Provenance: Ian Jack (ex libris)
Lot 167
NO RESERVE Military.- Bisset (Com. Gen. Sir John) Memoranda and Observations regarding the Duties of the Commissariat on Field Service Abroad, first edition, folding tables, occasional spotting, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., very slightly rubbed at edges, 8vo, 1846.⁂ Concerning transport, victuals and finance for cavalry and infantry during the Peninsular Wars.
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