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Click here to subscribePoor Law.- Nolan (Michael) A Treatise of the Laws for the Relief and Resettlement of the Poor, 2 vol., first edition, lightly foxed, contemporary polished calf, spines in blind-ruled compartments and with red morocco label, spine heads little chipped, rubbed, 8vo, J. Butterworth, 1805.⁂ First edition of this detailed analysis of England's poor laws by the Irish lawyer Nolan.
Trees.- Boutcher (William) A treatise on forest-trees: containing, not only the best methods of their culture hitherto practised, but a variety of new and useful discoveries, the result of many repeated Experiments, first Dublin edition, advertisement f. at start, 1 engraved plate, advertisement and contents f. misbound before title, occasional spotting, bookplate of Earl of Annnesley, contemporary polished calf, head of spine chipped, upper joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Henrey 477], Dublin, printed for William Wilson, No. 6, and John Exshaw, No. 86, Dame-Street, 1776 § Speechly (William) A treatise on the culture of the vine, exhibiting new and advantageous methods of propagating, cultivating, and training that plant, so as to Render it abundantly fruitful, half-title, 5 engraved plates (1 large folding), 2 explanation of plates ff. (these misbound), folding plate with tear, small hole and light ink stain, some spotting or light staining, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, joints splitting, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Henrey 1377], Dublin, printed for P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, A. Grueber, W. Jones, and R. White, 1791; and 5 others, mostly trees, 8vo et infra (7)
Varlo (Charles) A Treatise on Agriculture, intitled the Yorkshire Farmer, 2 vol., second edition, first complete edition, list of subscribers, 5 wood-engraved plates, 3 folding, 3 folding letterpress tables, folding plates water-stained and with repaired tears, some spotting and staining, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, corners worn, [Fussell II, pp.90-91], Dublin, Printed for the author, by Alex M'Culloh, in Henry-Street, 1766; and 3 vol. of his fourth edition of A New System of Husbandry, 1774, from the library of Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale, 8vo (5)⁂ Rare at auction. Varlo was Yorkshire born, but farmed extensively in Ireland, and later America. He invented a new type of plough know as the 'Yorkshire or Rotherham plough'.
Varlo (Charles) The Essence of Agriculture; being, A Regular System of Husbandry . . . suited to the Climate of Ireland . . . With the Author's Twelve Months Tour thro' America: likewise How to raise the valuable Crops: of Tobacco, India-corn and Siberian Barley, first edition, folding letterpress table, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, upper cover detached and with ink stains, rubbed, [Fussell II, pp.90-91; Goldsmiths' 13169; Sabin 98632], 8vo, printed for the author, 1786.⁂ Rare at auction, we can trace only three copies in the last 50 years. "This book I have not seen. I had a chance to buy it and failed to take it!" (Fussell).Provenance: 'Larkin Dutton's Book bought at Auction 1817, Price 25 cts' and 'Larkin Dutton's book 1819, Aston Township Delaware County, State of Pennsylvannia'. (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper).
Botany.- Linnaeus (Carl) Species plantarum, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, second issue with the three cancelled leaves E6, F5 & R2 in vol.1, errata leaf at end, contemporary ink inscription to title of vol.1 and ink stain to title and following leaf with small hole to title (repaired), old ink bookseller's stamp at foot, some foxing as usual, damp-staining to last few leaves of Index causing fraying and slight loss to errata leaf, modern calf with border ruled and stamped in blind, spine gilt, [Hunt 548], 8vo, Stockholm, L. Salvius, 1753.⁂ The classification of plants and the foundation of modern taxonomy. This was "the first work to account for all the kinds of plants then known for the world, to classify them according to a simple system ... and to provide for each kind a name of two words. This addition of a binomial system of nomenclature ... to the polynomial system has caused this work to be designated as the starting point for the modern nomenclature of ferns and flowering plants. Because of this, Species plantarum has become the most important single work in the world's botanical literature." Hunt
America.- French and Indian War.- Palairet (Jean) Description Abrégée des Possessions Angloises et Françoises du Continent Septentrional de l'Amérique, pour servir d'Explication à la Carte publiée sous le même Titre, 62pp., first edition, half-title, with final blank, stitched in original wrappers, uncut, slightly spotted and soiled, small hole to upper wrapper, [Sabin 58309], 8vo, "Londres", Dublin, The Hague, Amsterdam & Berlin, 1755.⁂ Scarce pamphlet issued to accompany Palairet's map of the British and French territories at the outset of the Seven Years' War in America.
Trees.- [Venette (Nicolas)] The art of pruning fruit-trees, with an explanation of some words which gardiners make use of in speaking of trees. And a tract of the use of the fruits of trees, for preserving us in health, or for curing us when we are sick, woodcut illustrations within text, 3 advertisement ff. at end, small wormholes / traces to lower margins, occasionally encroaching on the odd catch-word or letter of text, with minor loss, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary speckled calf, covers detached, backstrip worn, [Henrey 1; Wing V187], 8vo, printed for Tho. Basset, at the George near St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street, 1685.⁂ Scare first English edition of L'Art de tailler les arbres fruitiers of1683, translated by 'a physician of Rochelle'.
Coulomb (Charles Augustin) Theorie des Machines Simples, second (first collected) edition in book form, half-title, 10 folding engraved plates, occasional light foxing, uncut in original pink wrappers, spine a little faded and chipped at ends, printed paper label starting to peel, [Norman 528; Gillmor, Coulomb and the Evolution of Physics and Engineering in 18th-Century France, 1972], 4to, Paris, Bachelier, 1821.⁂ Superb copy in original condition of the rare second edition in book form of the most famous work by Charles-Augustin Coulomb (1736-1806), in which the French physicist founded the science of friction. "Coulomb's work in friction remained a standard of theory and experiment for a century and a half, until the advent of molecular studies of friction in the twentieth century" (DSB III, p. 442)Coulomb had first presented his fundamental Théorie des machines simples orally to the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1781, winning the prestigious 'Prix double de l'Académie des Sciences pour l'Année 1781'. The first appearence in print followed in 1785 in the Mémoires de Mathématique et de Physique Présentés à l'Académie Royale des Sciences (vol. X, pp. 161-332), while the first edition in book form was published in Paris in 1809. The second edition of 1821 also includes other papers by Coulomb on friction, mechanics and ergonomics.
D'Alembert (Jean le Rond) Traite de Dynamique, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 4 folding engraved plates, some light foxing and browning, [Honeyman 803; Norman 31; PMM 195], Paris, chez David l'aine, 1743; Traite de l'Equilibre et du Mouvement des Fluides. Pour servir de suite au Traite de Dynamique, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 10 folding engraved plates, some foxing and browning, some worming to preliminaries and errata leaf at end, with loss to text, worming to margin of plates, [Bibliotheca Mechanica 7; Honeyman 805; Norman 33], Paris, chez David l'aine, 1744, both in contemporary French mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments, paper label to upper compartment of first mentioned, slightly rubbed, 4to (2)⁂ The first edition of d'Alembert's most famous scientific work, which includes the first statement of what is known as d'Alembert Principle. The Traité de Dynamique is "a landmark work in the history of mechanics, reducing the science to its primary laws and principles. It consists of two parts: the first defining the general laws of motion and equilibrium, and the second covering general principles of the movement of bodies. Its statement that 'the internal force of inertia must be equal and opposite to the forces to produce the acceleration' is still known as d'Alembert's principle'. This principle is applied to many phenomena and, in particular, to the theory of the motion of fluids. It has become useful in the practical solution of many technical and mechanical problems, and is as important for the motion of bodies as is the principle of virtual velocities for their equilibrium" (PMM). The second work is a highly important treatise on fluid mechanics: "A companion volume to Traité de dynamique in which Alembert used his principle to describe fluid motion, dealing with the current major problems of fluid mechanics. Alembert's treatment of fluid mechanics was an alternative to that already published by Daniel Bernoulli [...] and he and Bernoulli often arrived at the same conclusions" (Norman). This copy in its second state, with pp.47-48 (fol. F4) entirely rewritten and reset in order to acknowledge the theories, among others, of Huygens, Newton, and Maupertius.
D'Alembert (Jean le Rond) Recherches sur la Precession des Equinoxes, et sur la Nutation de l'Axe de la Terre, dans le Systeme Newtonien, first edition, 4 folding engraved plates, occasional foxing, Paris, chez David l'aine, 1749; Reflexions sur la cause Generale des Vents, first edition, engraved title-vignette and head-piece by Delafosse after Eisen, 2 folding plates, some foxing and browning, the latter especially to margins of first few leaves, [Honeyman 806; Norman 34], Paris, chez David l'aine, 1747, both in contemporary French mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, paper spine label to upper compartments, slightly rubbed, 4to (2)⁂ Two important works: the first mentioned "The precession of the equinoxes, a problem previously attacked by [Alexis] Clairaut, was very difficult. D'Alembert's method was similar to Clairaut's, but he employed more terms in his integration of the equation of motion and arrived at a solution more in accord with the observed motion of the earth" (DSB). Second mentioned: The Réflexions sur la cause générale des vents contains the first general use of partial differential equations in mathematical physics, and in 1746 the original Latin version was honoured with the prize medal by the Berlin Academy of Science. The Paris edition of 1747 is divided into two parts, the first of which includes the writing translated into French by d'Alembert himself; the original Latin version follows in the second part.
D'Alembert (Jean le Rond) Essai d'une Nouvelle Theorie de la Resistance des Fluides, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, without blank leaf f4, occasional light foxing, contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label and paper label to upper compartment, very slightly rubbed and scuffed, [Norman 35; Wellcome II, p. 28], 4to, Paris, chez David l'aine, 1752.⁂ First edition of this fundamental work by the outstanding French mathematician, in which "the differential hydrodynamic equations were first expressed in terms of a field and the hydrodynamic paradox was put forth" (DSB). Along with Euler and Bernoulli, d'Alembert is considered one of the founders of modern fluid mechanics.
D'Alembert (Jean le Rond) Recherches sur Differens Points Importans du Systeme du Monde, 3 vol., first edition, 6 folding engraved plates, vol.2 without blank leaf a4 at end of preliminaries, occasional foxing and light browning, contemporary French mottled sheep, spines gilt in compartments with double red morocco labels, paper labels to upper compartments, a little rubbed and scuffed, small worm track to lower cover of vol.2, [Houzeau & Lancaster 1210], 4to, Paris, Chez David l'aine, 1754-56.⁂ First edition of one of the major contributions to the study of the motion of the Moon, which led to a major controversy with the mathematician and astronomer Alexis Clairaut (1713-1765). "Devoted primarily to the motion of the moon (volume III included a new set of lunar tables), it was written at least partially to guard d'Alembert's claim to originality against those of Clairaut. As was often the case, Alembert's method was mathematically more sound" (DSB).
Americas.- Gonzalez de Barcia (Andres) Historiadores Primitivos de las Indias Occidentales..., 3 vol., first collected edition, titles with woodcut device, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, vol.3 with engraved head-piece, vol.1 with contemporary ink inscription to title crossed out and A1 slightly defective at lower outer corner (repaired), vol.2 with H2 defective at inner margin, [para 2]1 short tear to lower margin, [para 3 & 4] signatures bound in wrong order and [para 7 & 8] signatures damp-stained at head, vol.3 with Dd1 torn along edge of text and C1 of Canto III shaved with slight loss to side-notes, browning to a few leaves but generally a good clean copy, bookplate of Sir Richard Vyvyan Bart., contemporary limp vellum with loops and toggles (one broken), spines with red roan labels (slightly chipped at edges), rubbed and soiled, nick to head of spine of vol.3, [Sabin 3350], folio, Madrid, [?Ibarra], 1749. ⁂ Important collection of works on the early settlement of the Americas including accounts by Columbus, Cortes, Nunez Cabeca de Vaca, Lopez de Gomara, Zarate, Xerez, Schmidel and others. A pencil note on the front pastedown of vol.1 reads, "Containing the scarce Cartas of Cortes and Narration of Cabeca de Baca. This collection of voyages is very rare because of the accidental destruction by fire of a large number of copies. J.S. Cox."
Euler (Leonhard) Institutiones Calculi Differentialis, first edition, title with woodcut device, woodcut decorations and initials, foxing and browning, singe-mark to upper margin of last quarter of book, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt in compartments, a little rubbed and scuffed, spine ends chipped, small nick to spine label, 4to, [Honeyman 1069; S.S. Demidov, "Leonhard Euler. Treatise on the Differential Calculus (1755)", I. Grattan-Guinness (ed.), Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940, Amsterdam 2005, pp. 191-198], Berlin, Officina Michaelis, impensis Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae, 1755.⁂ The first edition of the first complete textbook on differential calculus, a work of primary importance in the history of mathematics, and the last tile of Euler's trio devoted to this topics (see lots 000 and 000). The work represents the pinnacle of his studies on calculus, and, although printed in Berlin, its publication was financially promoted by the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, the city in which Euler resided for periods in his life, receiving a pension from the Russian court. "The existence of an early Latin manuscript 'Calculi differentiali' conserved in the Archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg [...] shows that Euler worked over a very long period to present his modern view of the differential calculus" (S.S. Demidov, Leonhard Euler, pp. 191-192).
Euler (Leonhard) Elemens d'Algebre, 2 vol., first French edition, half-titles, titles with woodcut device, woodcut decorations, some light foxing and browning, contemporary French mottled sheep, a little rubbed and scuffed, a few small worm-traces, spines gilt in compartments with double red morocco labels and old paper label to upper compartment, 8vo, Lyon, Jean-Marie Bruyset, 1774.⁂ Euler's authoritative work was first printed in a Russian version in St. Petersburg in 1768-1769 in a handful of copies; the first German edition followed in 1770, under the title Vollständige Anleitung zur Algebra. The famous Swiss mathematician Johann Bernoulli jr. (1744-1807) was responsible for the French translation from the German. For the first time Euler's work is supplemented with the lenghty additions by Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736-1813).The work was finished when Euler was blind, and the text was therefore dictated to his valet.
Fourier (Jean Baptiste Joseph) Theorie Analytique de la Chaleur, first edition, half-title, 2 engraved plates, occasional light spotting and browning, uncut in original wrappers, paper spine label with small chip, spine ends chipped, [Dibner, Heralds of Science 154; En francais dans le texte 232; Honeyman 1358; Norman 824; Sparrow, Milestone of Science 68], 4to, Paris, chez Firmin Didot, 1822.⁂ Exceptional large-paper copy of the first edition in the original wrappers, of the most important and influential work by the French mathematician and physicist Fourier (1768-1830), which represents a landmark in the history of physics, founding the study of heat diffusion on analytical or mathematical principles. "Fourier's application of new methods of mathematical analysis to the study of heat extended rational mechanics to fields outside of those defined in Newton's Principia, enabling the systematization of a wide range of phenomena. To further his study of heat, Fourier introduced the Fourier series and Fourier integrals. Fourier's mathematics are most widely used in problems of vibration such as in heat, sound and fluid motion" (Norman). Fols. 3/4 (with cancel and cancelled leaf), 4/3, 53/4, 59/3, 63/2, 64/3, 64/4, 65/1 are cancels.
Laplace (Pierre Simon, Marquis de) Traite de Mecanique Celeste, 5 vol. plus all Supplements, together 6 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved plate in vol.4, Supplement to vol.3, 2 Supplements to vol.4, first without title and second without half-title and title (though their presence seems to vary from copy to copy and in this set would appear never to have been included), Supplement to vol.5 in separate vol. and with 12pp. Catalogue des Livres de Fonds by Bachelier (dated July 1827) bound in, some foxing and browning, vol.3 with some staining to lower margin of opening few leaves, uncut in original pink wrappers, spines faded and worn, paper labels occasionally chipped or peeling, upper cover of vol.3 with lower portion missing owing to damp, [Bibliotheca Mechanica pp. 197-198; Dibner, Heralds of Science 14; En Français dans le Texte 201; Honeyman 1920; Horblit-Grolier 63; Norman 1277; PMM 252; Sparrow, Milestone of Science 125], 4to (274 x 212mm.), Paris, chez J.B.M. Duprat [& others], 1798-1827.⁂ An excellent set in original condition of this monumental and highly important work on astronomy. Laplace (1749-1827), rightly called the "Newton of France", significantly develops the theories elaborated by Newton, Euler and other astronomers. "Laplace maintained that while all planets revolve round the sun their eccentricities and the inclinations of their orbits to each other will always remain small. He also showed that all these irregularities in movements and positions in the heavens were self-correcting, so that the whole solar system appeared to be mechanically stable. He showed that the universe was really a great self-regulating machine and the whole solar system could continue on its existing plan for an immense period of time. This was a long step forward from the Newtonian uncertainties in this respect [...] Laplace also offered a brilliant explanation of the secular inequalities of the mean motion of the moon about the earth - a problem which Euler and Lagrange had failed to solve" (PMM).Our set has the title-page of volume 1 and 2 in the first state with the imprint of Crapelet and Duprat and "An VII". The fifth Supplément is also printed on large paper.
Laplace (Pierre Simon, Marquis de) Theorie Analytique des Probabilites, 1 vol. plus 4 Supplements in 3, third edition, half-title, occasional spotting and light browning, uncut in original pink wrappers, spines faded, chipped at head and foot, paper label just starting to peel, Paris, Mme. Ve. Courcier, 1820; Exposition du Systeme du Monde, third edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, some light browning, uncut in original pink wrappers, upper cover torn and detached, lower cover defective, spine cracked, torn and faded, [PMM 252], Paris, chez Courcier, 1808, 4to (4)⁂ First mentioned is the third and definitive edition, corrected by the author, of a work of the greatest importance in the history of mathematics. Laplace (1749-1827) is considered one of the founders of probability theory, and this is the most important contribution to this branch of mathematics. He "published the first edition of 'Théorie analytique' in 1812, at the age of 63 years. It represented the culmination of a professional lifetime of concern for the topic, and all of its text consisted of reworked versions of his earlier work. Laplace's prodigious abilities in the mathematical sciences were recognized early on, by his teachers in Normandy and by Jean d'Alembert in Paris when he was only 20" (S.M. Stigler, P.S. Laplace, Théorie analytique des probabilités, p. 329). Second mentioned is the third edition of Laplace's celebrated work on the origin and formation of the solar system. In comparison with his Celestial Mechanics (see lot 000), it is "a more popular book, with most of the mathematics left out: the Exposition du Système du Monde [...] includes a footnote on his famous 'nebular hypothesis'" (PMM). The first edition appeared in Paris in 1796.
Mechain (Pierre) and Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre. Base du Systeme Metrique Decimal, ou Mesure de l'Arc du Meridien compris entre les Paralleles de Dunkerque et Barcelone, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, 28 folding engraved plates, occasional foxing and browning, uncut, vol.1 and 2 in original marbled boards, vol.3 in original marbled wrappers, vol.1 and 2 with printed paper spine labels (rubbed and torn), vol.3 with manuscript spine lettering, spines worn and torn, board corners and extremities worn, [Norman 1481; PMM 260], Paris, Baudouin, 1806-07-10 § Biot (Jean Baptiste) and Dominique Francois Jean Arago. Recueil d'Observations Geodesiques, Astronomiques et Physiques, first edition, half-title, 2 folding engraved plates, occasional foxing and light browning, first few leaves partially frayed and stained to upper edge and corner owing to lack of top half of upper wrapper, uncut in original wrappers, paper spine label rubbed, spine worn, Paris, Mme. Ve. Courcier, 1821, 4to (4)⁂ First edition of the work which marked the introduction of the international metric system. In 1792 the pre-eminent astronomers Pierre Méchain (1744-1804) and Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre (1749-1822) were charged with measuring an arc of the meridien from Dunkirk to Barcelona. The results were presented in this ground-breaking publication. "The length of a metre [...] was marked on a platinum bar, and the unit of weight was also constructed of platinum [...] These original bars remained the basic standards until 1875 and are still preserved in Paris" (PMM).The Recueil of 1821, compiled by Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862) and François Arago (1786-1862) on behalf of the French Bureau des Longitudes, contains the extension of the arc to the Balearic Islands, and represents the supplement to the Méchain-Delambre mesaurements. The complete four-volume set rarely appears on the market, and is offered here in a particularly desirable copy in its original wrappers. Contemporary ticket on upper cover of the first 3 volumes of the bookseller and publisher Matteo Margaillan, originally from Briançon (Dauphine), active in Neuchâtel and later in Milan.
A Very Good Collection of Ltd Edition Corgi Die-cast Scale Models 1.50 1.76 ( 7 ) Seven In Total. All with Original Boxes, Papers and Certificates. All In Mint Condition, Never out of Box. Comprises 1/ Buses In Britain CC25801, Weymann Bus Birmingham City Transport. 2/ Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee 1952 - 2002 Corgi, Fully Glossed Gold Plated Tram. 1.75 Scale, CC25207, Mint / Box Never Opened. 3/ Corgi Tramway Classics Ltd Edition Birmingham Fully Closed Tram. Model No 36711. 4/ The Dinky Collection, Special Edition Matchbox Diecast Model. 1950 Mercedes-Benz Diesel Omnibus. Type 0.3500. 5/ Corgi Original Omnibus Company Scale 1,76 OM41303 Wright, Eclipse Fusion, First Hampshire, Double Coach. 6/ Corgi Diecast Scale Model Weetabix 59518 Articulated Volvo Lorry. 7/ Corgi Classics No 43503 Pre-war 1934 - 1939 Blackpool Balloon Tram. Model No 43503. Please See Photo.
Nine Agatha Christie first edition hardback books to include Curtain, Poirot's Last Case (1975), Third Girl (1966), Dead Man's Folly (1957), The Pale Horse (1961), Passenger to Frankfurt (1970), The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1962), Cat Among the Pigeons (1959), Destination Unknown (1954), By The Pricking of my Thumbs (1968), all with original dustwrappers (9).
δ Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) (after)La Fée ElectricitéNine Lithographs printed in colours, from the set of ten, 1953, the first plate signed by the publisher verso and numbered from the edition of 350 in pencil, on Arches paper, printed by Mourlot, Paris, published by Pierre Berès, Paris, each the full sheet printed to the edges, 1014 x 635 mm (39 ¾ x 25 in) (unframed) (9)The set of lithographs recreate Dufy's large-scale mural that adorned the entrance to the 'Pavillon de la Lumière et de l'Électricité' for the 1938 International Exposition in Paris. After the Exposition the mural was donated to Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, where it has been on view since 1964.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Jim Dine (b. 1935)Bolt Cutters (first state) (Krens 143)Etching, 1972, signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 75 in pencil, on Hodgkinson Mould Made paper, the full sheet, printed by Maurice Payne, published by Petersburg Press, London, the full sheet, 1016 x 762mm (40 x 30in) (unframed)
Ed Ruscha (b.1937)Every Building on Sunset Strip; Some Los Angeles Apartments; Twentysix Gasoline Stations; 34 Parking LotsFour artist's books, each comprising text and multiple images, 1966-1970, each on various papers, each bound as issued, 254 x 203mm (10 x 8in) (and smaller) (4) (vol)Every Building on Sunset StripThe first edition leporello fold book, 1966, bound in white wrappers housed within the reflective mylar covered slipcase (as issued), continuous image 7610 x 175mmSome Los Angeles ApartmentsComprising 34 black and white illustrations, from the second edition, 1970, the edition was 3000, bound in white wrappersTwentysix Gasoline StationsComprising 26 black and white illustrations, from the third edition, 1969, the edition was 3000, bound in white wrappers34 Parking LotsComprising 31 black and white illustrations, from the second edition, 1974, the edition was 2000, bound in white wrappers
Ed Ruscha (b. 1937)Babycakes with Weights; Real Estate Opportunities; Records; Nine Swimming PoolsFour first edition artist's books, each comprising text and multiple images, 1968-1971, each on various papers, each bound as issued, 191 x 152mm (7 ½ x 6in) (and smaller) (4) (vol)Baby Cakes with WeightsComprising 22 black and white illustrations, 1970, bound in light blue wrappers with pink ribbon, and title in green felt letteringReal Estate OpportunitiesComprising 25 black and white illustrations, 1970, from the edition of 4000, bound in white matt wrappersNine Swimming Pools (and a broken Glass)Comprising 10 colour illustrations, 1968, bound in white matt wrappersRecordsComprising 60 colour illustrations, 1971, bound in the original illustrated wrappers
DRAYTON, Michael 1553-1631, 'The Ballad of Agincourt' and 'The Ode to the Virginian Voyage', Shakespeare Head and Blackwell 1926, decorative red and white and tooled leather binding, 19.6 x 14.5cm plus THE FIRST EDITION CLUB, 'The Songs of Meleager', Chiswick Press, green tooled cloth plus The Nutbrown Maid, Shakespeare Head and Blackwell, Oxford 1925, decorative binding, 19.5 x 15cm (3)
A Worcester Fable shaped circular plate, ozier-moulded rim, painted in the centre with a landscape vignette with three hounds attacking a stag in woodland, gilt rim, 22cm diam, c.1770Provenance: Sir Peter Crossman, Tetworth Hall Sale, Christies November 2008; Newman and Newman, London 1958.Vendor's Note: These fable painting were first attributed to Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale or Fidele Duvivier but since they have been attributed to an unknown painter, the sources of some of the scene have been traced to an illustrated edition of John Gay's Fables. As there are so few of these plates with the Ozier border and imaginary animals, I suspect there was only one commissioned service made. Similar dish in the Sir Jeremy Lever Collection, Part l, Bonhams, Lot 88
Binns (W. Moore), The First Century of English Porcelain, Illustrated, Hurst and Blackett, Limited, London 1906, pictorial buckram as issued, 4to; Godden (Geoffrey A., F.R.S.A.): English Blue and White Porcelain, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge 2004, h/b, d/j, 4to & Eighteenth-Century English Porcelain: A Selection from the Godden Reference Collection, Granada, London 1985, h/b, d/j, square 8vo, (2); Watney (Bernard), English Blue & White Porcelain of the 18th Century, second revised edition, Faber and Faber Limited, London 1973, h/b, d/j, slim & tall 4to; Hillis (Maurice), Liverpool Porcelain 1756 - 1804, Gomer Press, Llandysul 2011, h/b, d/j, small folio; Boney (Knowles), Liverpool Porcelain of the eighteenth century and its makers, Portman Press, London 1989, h/b, d/j, 8vo; Hackenbroch (Yvonne), Chelsea and Other English Porcelain, Pottery and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, Thames and Hudson, London 1957, h/b, d/j, card sleeve as issued, small folio; 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels: The Joseph M. Handley Collection, Mulberry Press, California 1991, h/b, d/j, 4to; Girton (Dr Chris), The Two Quail Pattern, 300 Years of Design on Porcelain: A History of the Pattern and a Catalogue of Porcelain Factories from the East and West, Louvic Publications, 2004, floppy 4to, [9]
Marshall (H. Rissik, F.L.S.), Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period (1751 - 1783), Ceramic Book Company, Newport 1954, blue buckram, 4to; Branyan (Lawrence), French (Neal) and Sandon (John), Worcester Blue and White Porcelain 1751 - 1790: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Patterns, Barrie & Jenkins, London 1981, h/b, d/j, 8vo; Spero (Simon) and Sandon (John), Worcester Porcelain 1751 - 1790: The Zorensky Collection, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge 1996, h/b, d/j, 4to; Spero (Simon), Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection, Lund Humphries, London 1984, h/b, d/j, 4to; Sandon (John), The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain: Volume I, 1751 - 1851, The Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge 1996, h/b, d/j, 4to; Spero (Simon), Lund's Bristol and Early Worcester Porcelain 1750 - 1758: The A.J. Smith Collection, C and J Smith, London [n.d., 2005], h/b, d/j, small folio; Hobson (R.L.), Catalogue of the Frank Lloyd Collection of Worcester Porcelain of the Wall Period Presented by Mr. & Mrs. Frank Lloyd in 1921 to The Department of Ceramics and Ethnography in the British Museum, Privately Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London [n.d., c. 1921], contemporary tan leather, gilt lettered spine, marbled endpapers, stamped: Dept. of Medieval and Later Antiqs., British Museum, small 4to; Sandon (Henry), The Illustrated Guide to Worcester Porcelain 1751 - 1793, Herbert Jenkins, London 1969, h/b, d/j, 4to; others, second edition, 1974 and third edition, 1980, (2); Reynolds (Dinah), The Marshall Collection of First Period Worcester Porcelain, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1999, h/b, 8vo; Dawson (Aileen), The Art of Worcester Porcelain 1751 - 1788: Masterpieces from the British Museum collection, The British Museum Press, London 2007, h/b, d/j, square 4to; Barrett (Franklin A.): Worcester Porcelain, Faber and Faber, London 1953, h/b, d/j, 4to & Worcester Porcelain and Lund's Bristol, Faber and Faber, London 1953, h/b, d/j, 4to, (2); Godden (Geoffrey A.), Caughley & Worcester Porcelains 1775 - 1800, limited edition 1396/1500, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge 1981, h/b, d/j, 4to, [15]
Literature, Edward VII: Bodley, John Edward Courtenay: The Coronation of Edward The Seventh, a Chapter of European and Imperial History, 332pp, with three appendices and index, First Edition, gilt decorated boards, t.e.g., Methuen, London, 1903, bookplate of the Society of Writers to his Majesty’s Signet; Jones, William: Crowns and Coronations, A History of Regalia, 551pp, some engraved illustrations throughout, Chatto & Windus, London, 1902, stamps of the Garrison Library, Malta, re-bound in black leatherette, both in good order, a little foxing to second (2)
Great Inventors: The Sources of Their Usefulness, and the Results of Their Efforts. Profusely Illustrated. Anonymous. London and New York, Ward, Lock and Co., N.D. [1864]. First edition. 8vo. pp. xii, 308. Frontispiece. Illustrations in the text. Contemporary half green calf with gilt ruled edges, green cloth, raised bands, gilt decorated spine, red leather label lettered gilt, all edges marbled. School Prize book plate of C. Strickland dated 1894 on front pastedown endpaper. Book label of Grocott & Sherry, Grahamstown on rear pastedown endpaper. Spine, joints and corners rubbed, a few scuff marks to calf resulting in slight loss.
The Mystery Book edited by H. Douglas Thomson. London, Odhams Press Ltd., 1934. First edition. 8vo. pp. 1086. Frontispiece. 16 illustrations. Includes detective and supernatural stories. Original black morocco cloth with pictorial design on upper cover, top edge red. Contemporary ownership inscription on front pastedown endpaper. Upper joint split, nicked at head and foot of spine, various marks/spotting to lower cover.
TIM BULMER (BRITISH CONTEMPORARY), two limited edition etchings, the first 'The Blind Tasting' 141/200 of a man and woman tasting wine, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, mounted, framed and glazed, approximate size 22cm x 14.5cm, the second 'The Oldest Trick in the Book' 35/200 of a man and woman shopping, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, artist biography verso, mounted, framed and glazed, approximate size 17cm x 11cm
THIRD REICH SIGNED BOOKS - HIMMLER/ANGERER. 4 pieces of signed Third Reich ephemera to include a copy of Das Bauen Im Neuen Reich signed to first page by Heinrich Himmler, a copy of Bauten Der Bewegung signed by Josef "Sepp" Angerer, and copy of He.1000 (first edition with dust jacket) signed to first page by Ernst Heinkel. Also a typed letter with another Ernst Heinkel signature.
Anne (1702-14), silver Pre-Union Crown, 1705, plumes reverse, first draped bust left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, ANNA.DEI. GRATIA., rev. Pre-Union crowned cruciform shields, seven strings to Irish harp, Welsh plumes in angles, garter star at centre, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, .MAG BR. FRA ET. HIB REG., edge inscribed in raised letters of upright orientation to obverse, .++ DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. QVINTO, weight 30.06g (Bull 1341 R2; ESC 100 R2; C&R 563 R4-R6; S.3577). Very attractively toned, a couple of very light adjustment marks on shoulder of bust, otherwise a superb example of this key rarity in the Queen Anne Crown series, good extremely fine and of the highest rarity this well preserved. Provenance: Ex Agricola Collection (R. S. James), Spink Coin Auction 31, 12th October 1983, lot 340. Ex Collection of English Coins Property of a Gentleman, Spink Coin Auction 125, 3rd March 1998, lot 709, illustrated on colour plate. The plumes reverse indicate that this coin is made from silver sourced from Wales. We are only aware of two examples in this sort of grade of preservation, the other is the front cover coin of the English Silver Coinage 6th revised edition by Maurice Bull. The coin offered here does seem slightly sharper of strike than that other example.
Elizabeth II (1952-), gold Proof Sovereign, 2015, fifth crowned head right, initials J.C below for designer Jody Clark, legend with raised rim surrounding, ELIZABETH. II. DEI. GRA. REGINA. FID. DEF., rev. St George slaying dragon to right, date in exergue, B.P. to upper right of exergue for original designer Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled, issue weight 7.98g (S.SC10). FDC as issued in original box with certificate number “2628” of an edition limit of 7,000, with a maximum coin mintage of 8,800; the first year this portrait is used for the gold Sovereign.g This item is sold under the investment gold scheme. VAT may be reclaimed on investment gold lots by VAT registered traders.
Elizabeth II (1952-), gold Proof Sovereign, 2017, 200th Anniversary issue, fifth crowned head right, initials J.C below for designer Jody Clark, date at end of legend with raised rim surrounding, ELIZABETH II. DEI. GRA. REG. FID. DEF. 2017, rev. first type of St George slaying dragon to right, garter surrounding with French motto, HONI. SOIT. QUI. MAL. Y. PENSE., B.P. incuse under broken lance for original designer Benedetto Pistrucci, edge milled, issue weight 7.98g (S.SC12). FDC as issued in original box with certificate number “01269” of an edition limit of 10,500, with a maximum coin mintage of 13,050; a highly desirable one year only type coin with this reverse.g This item is sold under the investment gold scheme. VAT may be reclaimed on investment gold lots by VAT registered traders.
Elizabeth II (1952-), silver Proof Fifty Pence (16), 40th Anniversary Collection, 2009, examples of all the different reverses of the Fifty Pence 1969-2009, on the modern smaller Fifty Pence size heptagonal flan, fourth crowned head right, initials IRB below for designer Ian Rank Broadley, legend and raised rim surrounding, ELIZABETH. II. D. G. REG. F. D. 2009, rev. in chronological order of use, first type used in 1969 designed by Christopher Ironside, Britannia seated right with trident shield and olive branch, lion couchant, NEW PENCE legend; second designed by David Wynne for Accession to the European Economic Community dated 1973 with nine clasped hands in ring; third the same as the first type but with FIFTY PENCE legend; fourth designed by Mary Milner Dickens for the Presidency of the Council of European Economic Ministers and Completion of the Single Market 1992-93, birds-eye view of table and twelve chairs with twelve stars linked by lines on table-top; fifth designed by John Mills for the 50th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings on D-Day 1944, view of Allied Invasion Force; sixth designed by John Mills for 25th Anniversary of UK membership of the EU 1973-98, twelve stars reflecting European flag; seventh designed by David Cornell for the 50th Anniversary of the National Health Service 1948-98, radiating lines with pair of hands; eighth designed by Mary Milner Dickens for the 150th Anniversary of Public Libraries 1850-2000, book of turning pages on pillared lectern; ninth designed by Mary Milner Dickens for the 100th Anniversary of the Suffragette Movement 1903-2003, suffragette chained to railing with banners, tenth designed by James Butler for the 50th Anniversary of the first sub four minute mile 1954-2004, athlete’s legs and stopwatch; eleventh designed by Tom Phillips for the 250th Anniversary of Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary 1755-2005, definition inscriptions; twelfth designed by Clair Aldridge for the 150th Anniversary of the Institution of the Victoria Cross Gallantry Award 29th January 1856 – 2006, depiction of the VC both sides; thirteenth designed by Clive Duncan for the 150th Anniversary of the Institution of the Victoria Cross Gallantry Award 2009, soldier carrying wounded comrade within outline of a Victoria Cross with sunburst in saltire; fourteenth designed by Kerry Jones for the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Scout Movement 1907-2007, fleur de lis with stars on outer lobes over a globe; fifteenth designed by Matthew Dent 2008, component part of heraldic shield reverse; sixteenth designed by Christopher Le Brun for the 250th Anniversary of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew 1759-2009, vine encircling pagoda, issue weight 8.00g each (S.PSS40). FDC as issued in original box with certificate number “1693” of an edition limit of 2,500, interestingly the Spink Catalogue shows the number issued as only 1,168 sets, rare and contains the coveted Kew Gardens reverse. (16)
Alderney, Elizabeth II (1952-), silver four Crown Proof Set, 2009, 50th Anniversary of the Mini motor car, crowned head right, IRB initials below for designer Ian Rank-Broadley, legend and raised rim surrounding, ALDERNEY FIVE POUNDS ELIZABETH II 2009, series of reverses designed by Kerry Jones and David Cornell, 50th Anniversary of the first Mini, car to left on tiled floor; Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis, four opposing views of the Mini; Carnaby Street W1, view of street with Mini car right with pink coloured flower on door and bonnet; 1st in the Monte Carlo Rally, 1964, 1965, 1967, view of two Minis racing, edge milled, issue weight 28.28g each. A little tarnishing evident on the edges and/or rims otherwise as issued with box and certificate, not individually numbered but product edition limited to 2,000 sets. (4)
Early Victorian hand-coloured map - "Map of the Parish of Saint Matthew in the Borough of Ipswich and County of Suffolk 1846. This map is a true and correct copy of the First Class Map made for the Commutation of the Tithes, and examined and tested by the Tithe Comm:rs with the edition of that part of the Town of Ipswich lying in the Parish of Saint Matthew. William Browne & Co. Surveyors Norwich". Only three copies of this map were ever produced, one is in the National Archives. Together with part of the original metal tube case, 206cm x 130cm
Heraldry & Genealogy - Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Burke's Peerage Ltd, London 1952, Burke's Genealogical And Heraldic History Of The Peerage Baronetage And Knightage, one hundred & first edition, edited by L.G. Pine.. 1956 & The General Armory Of England Scotland Ireland And Wales, Bernard Burke, 1984 (3) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
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