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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVE Poetry.- Brighton.- The New Brighthelmstone directory: or, Sketches in Miniature of the British shore, first edition, spotted, occasional light staining, modern marbled wrappers, Printed for T. Durham, in Cockspur-Street, near Charing-Cross, 1770; and 5 others, Poetry, including Weymouth and Somerset subjects, v.s. (6)
NO RESERVE Popular press.- Crabbe (George) The News-Paper: A Poem, first edition, advertisement f. at end, stitched, as issued, lightly soiled, some creasing, preserved in a cloth chemise and morocco-backed slip-case, [Bareham & Gatrell A6; Tinker 785], 4to, Printed for J. Dodsley, 1785.⁂ A satire on the popular press.
NO RESERVE Burke (Edmund).- Boswell (James) The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, 3 vol., first Dublin edition, 2 folding engraved plates of facsimiles, 1 with repaired tear, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary calf, spines gilt with floral motifs and red and black morocco labels, spine heads little chipped, a few corners worn, stained and rubbed, [Pottle 80], 8vo, Dublin, For R. Cross, W. Wilson, P. Byrne [& others], 1792.⁂ Provenance: David Rochfort, friend of Edmund Burke. At the end of the last volume is a note which is presumably in Rochfort's hand, correcting Boswell in a particular regarding Burke: 'Mr. Burke told me that in his last conversation with Doctor Johnson, he [i.e. Burke] mention'd to him that his [Doctor Johnson's] writings tended very much to the improvement of mankind in morality & religion. Upon which he started up seized Mr. Burke's hand & with great vigour[?] said-you cou'd not at this time say anything more comfortable to me.-See p. 556 where I think therefore not accurately correct. D. Rochfort.' (armorial bookplates).
Archery.- Moseley (Walter Michael) An essay on archery: describing the practice of that art, in all ages and nations, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 4 plates, without errata slip, some foxing to plates, occasional spotting to text, contemporary tree calf, gilt, flat spine in compartments and with red morocco label, upper joint split, but holding firm, corners little worn, rubbed, [Lake Bibliography of Archery, p.212], 8vo, Worcester, printed by J. and J. Holl and sold by J. Robson London, 1792.⁂ The first comprehensive work on the subject following the publication of Roger Ascham's Toxophilus in 1545. While Ascham's knowledge was largely confined to the history of the art in Britain, Moseley extended his scope to cover other nations.
NO RESERVE Burke (Edmund).- Thelwall (John) Sober reflections on the seditious and inflammatory letter of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, to a noble lord. Addressed to the serious consideration of his fellow citizens, first edition, lacking half-title, occasional spotting, a few small stains, modern wrappers, printed for H. D. Symonds, No. 20, Paternoster-Row, 1796; and 5 others, Burke, including a 4 vol. first collected edition of his speeches, 8vo (6)
Agriculture.- Banister (John) A synopsis of husbandry. Being cursory observations in the several branches of rural œconomy. Adduced from a long and practical experience in a farm of considerable extent, first edition, folding letterpress table, lacking half-title, some spotting and light staining, contemporary reversed calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, joints splitting but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Fussell III, p.31], printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1799 § Hamilton (Sir David) A Treatise of a Miliary [sic] fever; with a collection of histories relating thereto. To which are prefix'd, rules for the practice of physick, first edition in English, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with black morocco label, joints split, but holding, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1737; and 3 others, 18th century English, 8vo (5)
Polar.- Amundsen (Roald) "The North West Passage" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the "Gjoa" 1903-1907, 2 vol., first English edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 1 folding map only (of 2), previous owner's ink inscription, original pictorial cloth, vol. 2 rebacked with original spine laid down, a little rubbed, 1908; Roald Amundsen: My Life as an Explorer, first edition, frontispiece, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1927; and 3 others on or by Amundsen, 8vo (6)
NO RESERVE Harris (James) The Works...with an account of his life and character, by his son the Earl of Malmesbury, 2 vol., first collected edition, large & thick paper copy, engraved portrait frontispieces, 4 engraved plates and one illustration, plates lightly foxed and offset, engraved bookplate of the Earl of Camden, handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco, ruled in gilt and blind, g.e., a little rubbed and scuffed, slight worming to joints, 4to, 1801.⁂ The works of the noted author of Hermes, a work on philosophical grammar, and others on the philosophy of art and on the philosophy of happiness. Harris was a politician and also a member of the Royal Society.
[Umphelby (Fanny)] 262 Questions & Answers, or the Children's Guide to Knowledge, first edition, printing flaw to p.61 slightly affecting text, large tears to p.25 & 39 with loss of text, letter, newspaper cutting and manuscript notes to front, personal library label to rear pastedown, Thetford, by Samuel Mills, 1825 § Natural History of Quadrupeds, for Children..., engraved plates, contemporary presentation inscription to pastedown, some light browning or offsetting, for Harvey and Darton, 1824, contemporary morocco-backed boards, joints cracking, lightly rubbed, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is scarce, with Library Hub recording just two other copies.
NO RESERVE Economics.- [Place (Francis)] A Letter to a minister of state, respecting taxes on knowledge. Not for sale., first edition, presentation copy from Joseph Hume, occasional spotting or light staining, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, [Goldsmiths' 27119], 8vo, Innes, [1831].⁂ Rare. Place's crusade against the newspaper stamp tax. Joseph Hume (1777-1855) Scottish doctor, MP, and fellow of the Royal Society, who worked with Place to improve the conditions of the working classes. The newspaper stamp tax was not abolished until 1855, the year after Place's death.
NO RESERVE Glove trade.- Hull (William) The History of the Glove Trade, first edition, list of subscribers, errata slip tipped in, chip to lower blank corner of title, lightly browned throughout, occasional spotting, original cloth, original printed label to spine, head of spine little worn, rubbed, [Kress C.3742], scarce, large 12mo, Effingham Wilson, 1834.
Polar.- Hurley (Captain Frank) Argonauts of the South, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 3 detached and loosely inserted, 3 folding maps, occasional spotting, previous owner's label pasted to blank, New York, 1925 § Fuchs (Sir Vivian) and Sir Edmund Hillary, The Crossing of Antarctica, first edition, plates, previous owner's ink inscription, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, spotting to extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1958 § Ponting (Herbert G.) The Great White South or with Scott in the Antarctic, frontispiece, plates, occasional spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1923; and others, Antarctica, 8vo (12)
Polar.- M'Clintock (Francis) The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions, first edition, frontispiece, 13 plates, 2 folding maps only (of 3), folding facsimile letter, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1859 § Kane (Elisha Kent) The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 12 plates, 3 maps (1 folding), illustrations, occasional faint off-setting, browned endpapers, original cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping to spine extremities, New York, 1854; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (5)
Fowles (John) The Magus, first edition, signed by the author to front free endpaper, another presentation inscription to the same leaf, original cloth-backed boards, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing to spine and extremities, 1966; The French Lieutenant's Woman, first edition, original cloth, small stain to upper cover, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed and marked, spine faded, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Stein (Gertrude) Have They Attacked Mary. He Giggled. (A Political Caricature), first edition, number 54 of 200 copies, original red printed wrappers, little rubbed, preserved in a cloth-backed floral boards portfolio, [Wilson A4], a very good copy, New York, Vanity Fair, 1917; and Two (hitherto unpublished) Poems, first edition, limited edition, 1948, small 4to (2)
NO RESERVE Polar.- Nansen ( Fridtjof) "Farthest North" being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96, first English edition, plates, 4 folding colour maps, some foxing especially to endpapers and first few ff., original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly marked, spines a little faded, 8vo, Westminster, Archibald Constable and Company, 1897; and 7 others, by or about Nansen, v.s. (9)
Wells (H.G.) The Island of Dr Moreau, first edition, first issue, frontispiece, 33pp. advertisements at end, light marginal toning, a few advertisement ff. chipped at margins where carelessly opened, bookplate to paste down, original pictorial cloth, spine dulled, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, light surface soiling, [Hammond B3], 8vo, 1896.
Langlois (Eustache-Hyacinthe) Essai sur la Calligraphie des Manuscrits du Moyen-Age et sur les Ornements, first edition, 17 engraved plates, 4 folding, nineteenth century half dark green morocco, by Allô of Paris, very slightly rubbed at edges, Rouen, 1841 § Hannett (John) Bibliopegia; or, the Art of Bookbinding, third edition, 10 plates (some oxidisation), bookplate of Samuel Ashton Thompson Yates, modern half brown morocco, by Roger de Coverly, spine gilt, t.e.g., London & Derby, 1842, tall 8vo & 12mo (2)
Polar.- Peary (Robert Edwin) The North Pole, first English edition, frontispiece, plates, large folding map at end, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, large gilt medallion to upper cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1910 § Astrup (Eivind) With Peary Near the Pole, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, short tear (p.9) repaired, folding map at end, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1898 § Cook (Dr. Frederick) My Attainment of the Pole, first edition, frontispiece, plates, ex-library with occasional stamps, new endpapers, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1911; and 10 others, Polar, 8vo (13)
Polar.- Scott (Captain Robert) Scott's Last Expedition, 2 vol., mixed edition, vol. 1 first edition, vol. 2 second edition, frontispieces, plates, 18 colour, many folding, 3 folding maps backed onto linen, spotting, later calf backed boards, browned spines, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1913; and 7 others on Scott, 8vo (9)
Africa.- Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, first English edition, folding colour map frontispiece, maps and plans, occasional faint spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, rubbed an worn, bumping and chipping to corners and spine extremities, split to spine covering, [Hosken p.46], 1900; and others, Churchill, 8vo (9)
Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates,12 colour, illustrations, 3 folding maps and folding chart in pocket at end, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, facsimile dust-jackets, 8vo, 1909.
Polar.- Shackleton (Ernest H.) South: the Story of Shackleton's last Expedition 1914-1917, first edition, second impression, colour frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, occasional faint spotting, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, small hole to spine head, 8vo, December 1919.
NO RESERVE Siberia.- Atkinson (Thomas Witlam) Oriental and Western Siberia: a Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures, first edition, lithographed frontispiece, lightly stained, plates and illustrations, folding map, tear (tape repair), bookplate, contemporary half-morocco, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1858.
Tibet.- Bonvalot (Gabriel) Across Thibet, frontispiece, illustrations, lacking map as usual, many full-page, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, later half-morocco, New York, 1892 § Bell (Sir Charles) Tibet: Past & Present, first edition, presentation copy from author inscribed on front free endpaper, colour frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps, occasional spotting, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners, Oxford, 1924 § Younghusband (Sir Francis) India and Tibet, first edition, frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps, publisher's advertisements at end, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1910; and others, Tibet, 8vo (13)
Tibet.- Landon (Perceval) Lhasa: an Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet ..., 2 vol., portrait frontispieces, colour plates, illustrations, many full-page, maps, faint spotting to first an last few leaves, bookplate, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1905 § Younghusband (Sir Francis) Peking to Lhasa: the Narrative of Journeys in the Chinese Empire made by the Late Brigadier-General George Pereira, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding maps, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1925; and 4 others, on Lhasa, 8vo (7)
Voyages.- Piracy.- Keppel (Capt. Henry) The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for Suppression of Piracy, 2 vol., first edition, lithographed frontispieces, 8 plates only (of 9), folding table, 6 folding maps, tears (tape repairs), 2 leaves loose, title becoming detached (vol. 1), modern half-calf, 8vo, 1846.
World.- Doughty (Charles M.) Wanderings in Arabia, 2 vol., second edition, frontispieces, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1908 § Parkyns (Mansfield) Life in Abyssinia, frontispiece, illustrations, folding map, tear (tape repair), bookplate, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, 1868 § Philby (H. St. J. B.) Sheba's Daughter being a Record of Travel in Southern Arabia, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map loosely inserted, annotations to blank, bookplate, occasional spotting, original cloth, rubbed and worn, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1939; and 41 others, travel memoirs and voyages, 8vo (45)
NO RESERVE China.- Little (Archibald John) Through the Yang-tse Gorges or Trade and Travel in Western China, first edition, half-title, folding map, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, edges and corners worn, rubbed, [Yakushi L230], 1888 § Little [Alica Ellen Neve] Round about my Peking garden, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, plates, 4pp. advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine faded, 1905; and 4 others, by the same, v.s. (6)
Africa.- Roosevelt (Theodore) African Game Trails, first English edition, inscribed by Theodore Roosevelt IV, frontispiece, plates, occasional spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 1910 § Dutton (E. A. T.) Kenya Mountain, first edition, A.Ls from author pasted to front pastedown, frontispiece, plates, folding maps at end, scattered spotting, original buckram, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1929; and 21 others, Africa, 8vo (23)
NO RESERVE Europe.- Tombleson (William) Views of the Rhine, first edition, edited by W.G. Fearnside, 68 steel-engraved plates and a folding panoramic view, occasional light foxing, contemporary calf, spine gilt, spine neatly repaired at head, light marking but overall a handsome example, 8vo, 1832.
Middle East.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Land of Midian (Revisited), 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding map, 6 colour lithographs, 10 plates (1 loose), 3 loose leaves, others becoming loose, several leaves torn and strengthened at joints, occasional marginal staining, contemporary half morocco, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Penzer pp.96-97], 8vo, 1879.
NO RESERVE Modena.- Pagani (Gian Filiberto) Le pitture, e sculture di Modena indicate, e descritte, first edition, title with woodcut ornament incorporating motifs of the fine arts, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, errata f. at end, occasional light marking, contemporary calf, spine richly gilt and with morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Cicognara 4255], 8vo, Modena, Heirs of Bartolomeo Soliani, 1770.⁂ Scarce first edition of this guide to the arts of Modena. It includes a detailed guide to the paintings and drawings in the collection of Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena.
Naval.- Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, one of the Squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson... with a description of the Battle of the Nile on the First of August 1798, first edition, engraved dedication f. with arms at head, hand-coloured aquatint folding map, plan and 40 plates, some offsetting and staining, contemporary half calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, upper cover detaching, lower joint starting, spine end and corners worn, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel, 196], 4to, T. Bensely for J. White, 1802.⁂ In 1798 Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure, a ship in the squadron under the command of Nelson. He was present at the Battle of the Nile and according to DNB his is 'the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle'. The work includes views of Sicily, Egypt and Gibraltar.
Asia.- Gill (William) The River of Golden Sand: the Narrative of a Journey through China and Eastern Thibet to Burma, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, vignette titles, folding maps, new endpapers, publisher's advertisements at end, ex-library, original pictorial cloth, labels to upper covers, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1880 § The Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, plates, occasional spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1836 § Ronaldshay (Earl of) On the Outskirts of Empire in Asia, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding maps (1 loosely inserted), occasional spotting, original decorative cloth, remnants of paper label to upper cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1904; and 24 others, similar, 8vo (28)
NO RESERVE Rome.- Medieval architecture.- Piselli Ciuccioli (Orazio) Notizie istoriche della chiesa parrocchiale di S. Maria in Monticelli di Roma, first and only edition, half-title, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, half-title repaired verso, O1 holed with loss of several letters, some staining, mostly towards end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, small ink stamps of the Biblioteca Fondazione Marco Besso, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, foot of spine worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Pescarzoli 957; Rossetti 8237; Schudt 925], small 4to, Montefiascone, Seminary printers, 1719.⁂ Scarce only edition of this guide to the medieval church of S. Maria in Monticelli, Rome, which includes information about its renovation in 1715-1716 by the architect Matteo Sassi.
NO RESERVE [Grant (James)] The Great Metropolis, 2 vol. in 1, half-titles, original green cloth, uncut, spine faded, New York, 1837 § Baines (Thomas) Liverpool in 1859, folding map, 8pp. advertisements printed on pink paper at end (faded at edges), also 4pp. on the Royal Insurance Company printed in red and green, original blind-stamped cloth, London, Liverpool & Manchester, 1859, both a little rubbed, the second faded at edges and worn at head of spine, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is an interesting work on London, published using the sheets of the London edition with a New York imprint. There is information on theatres, clubs, gaming houses, and newspapers.
Rutland.- Wright (James) The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland, first edition, title in red and black, double page map, small hole, small tear (neatly repaired), engraved illustrations, [Wing 3696], for Bennet Griffin ..., 1684, bound before Additions to the History and Antiquities of Rutlandshire, engraved frontispiece ([A1]), engraved illustrations, [Wing W3691],for the author by Edw. Jones, 1687, one or two words scored out, manuscript note dated 1687 loosely inserted, bookplate, occasional faint spotting, later calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio
Archery.- Ford (Horace A.) Archery: its Theory and Practice, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, 5 plates and illustrations, light offsetting to title, spotting and finger-marking, endpapers foxed, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, spine faded and repaired, corners little worn, rubbed, 8vo, London & Cheltenham, Buchanan & Davies, 1856.⁂ Ford was one of the greatest target archers of all time, winning eleven consecutive championships.
Bees.- Gedde (John) The English apiary: or, the compleat bee-master, unfolding the whole art and mystery of the management of bees, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved frontispiece, advertisements, minor worm trace diminishing to a small single hole to upper margins of all to F6, water-stained, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with remains of red morocco label, spine repaired, [British Bee Books 81], 12mo, Printed for E. Curll, W. Mears, and T. Corbet, in the Strand, 1721.⁂ The second part is 'A new discovery of an excellent method of bee-houses and colonies'.
Bees.- Keys (John) The antient bee-master's farewell; or, full and plain directions for the management of bees to the greatest advantage, first edition, 2 engraved plates, lacking half-title, preliminaries misbound, washed, modern brown morocco, gilt spine in compartments, [British Bee Books 154], 8vo, Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1796.
Bees.- Thorley (Rev. John) Melissēlogia [graece]. Or, the female monarchy. Being an enquiry into the nature, order, and government of bees, those admirable, instructive, and useful insects, first edition, engraved frontispiece, list of subscribers, 4 engraved plates by Thomas Loveday, 'Explanation of the Plates' leaf at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, plate at p.54 outer margin cut away, occasional spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [British Bee Books 97], 8vo, printed for the author; and sold by N. Thorley, at the Lock and Key facing the Mansion-House; and J. Davidson, at the Angel in the Poultry, Cheapside, 1744.⁂ 'Thorley's secret was the puffball narcotic, which he used when uniting colonies...Of English writers, Thorley was the first to mention having found wax scales in the pockets of worker bees' (British Bee Books).
Asia.- Stein (Sir Marc Aurel) On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece, plates, some colour, some folding, folding colour map at end, previous owner's name stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1933.
Bees.- John Thorley's copy.- Rusden (Moses) A further discovery of bees· Treating of the nature, government, generation & preservation of the bee. With the experiments and improvements arising from the keeping them in transparent boxes, instead of straw-hives, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 2 (of 3) plates, woodcut head-pieces, water-stained, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, repaired, [British Bee Books 55; Wing R2313], 8vo, printed for the author, and are to be sold at his house next the sign of the King's Arms in the Bowling-Alley, near the Abby in Westminster, 1679.⁂ An apothecary by trade Rusden was appointed 'Beemaster to the King's most excellent Majesty' at the instigation of John Evelyn. Provenance: Rev. John Thorley, author of Melisselogia. Or, the Female Monarchy, 1744 (ink signature to front free endpaper); Sir William East of Hall Place, Berks, 1788 (note explaining Thorley provenance and how Lady East is a 'Bee Mistress & Proprietor of many Colonies managed upon new principles [by] Thos. Edwards'.
Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, 2 vol., vol.2 a first edition, vol.1 third edition, engraved title vignette and illustrations, book label to pastedown, endpapers browned, contemporary half calf, rebacked, covers lightly rubbed and faded, uncut, Newcastle, by Edward Walker, 1804-5; and an edition of Bewick's Fables, 8vo (3)
Bewick (Thomas) History of Quardupeds, engraved title vignette and illustrations, some light spotting, faint ink ownership signature to title, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Newcastle Upon Tyne, by Edward Walker, 1824 § Walton (Izaak) and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, title in red & black, engraved portrait frontispiece and illustrations, previous ownership signature to front free endpaper, modern half calf, decorative blind stamped spine, gilt, lightly rubbed, else an attractive copy, 1925 § Farrer (Reginald) The English Rock Garden, 2 vol., first edition, plates, endpapers browned, original cloth, lightly rubbed, 1919, and 21 others, natural history, v.s. (25)
Brookes (Richard) A New and Accurate System of Natural History, 6 vol., first edition, 146 engraved plates, occasional spotting, a few marginal repaired tears to text, previous ownership signature removed from vol.1 pastedown, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, some spine labels worn with loss, some joints cracked, for J. Newbery, 8vo, [Nissen ZBI 598], 1763.
China.- Morrison (Rev. Robert) Horæ Sinicæ: Translations from the Popular Literature of the Chinese, first edition, ex-library with ink-stamps to title, occasional faint spotting, broken upper hinge, later boards, tape repair to spine, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1812.⁂ Rare. Seemingly the first work published by the famed missionary and Chinese scholar.
NO RESERVE Horses.- Veterinary.- La Fosse (Étienne-Guillaume) Observations and discoveries made upon horses, with a new method of shoeing, first edition in English, 4 folding engraved plates, some spotting or foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Dingley 368; Huth, p. 36], 8vo, Printed for J. Nourse, 1755.⁂ Rare in commerce.
Millar (G. H.) A New and Complete, and Universal Body, or System of Natural History..., first edition, engraved frontispiece and plates, light marginal staining to frontispiece, endpapers creased and working loose, contemporary calf, rubbed, spines split, spine ends chipped with minor loss, folio, for Alex Hogg, 1785.
NO RESERVE Samouelle (George) The Entomologist's Useful Compendium..., first edition, hand-coloured frontispeice and 12 plates, some offsetting or light spotting, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, spine lightly creased, for Thomas Boys, 1819 § Stainton (H.T.) British Butterflies and Moths, half-title, 16 hand-coloured plates, modern buckram, by J.E. Taylor, 1867, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Trees.- Rooke (Hayman) Descriptions and sketches of some remarkable oaks, in the park at Welbeck, in the county of Nottingham, a seat of His Grace the Duke of Portland. To which are Added, Observations on the Age and Durability of that tree, first edition, 10 engraved plates, offsetting, occasional spotting, antique style calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with red morocco label, 4to, printed by J. Nichols, for the Author, 1790.
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