Miscellaneous Travel - Baedeker's: Northern Italy and South-Western France, both 1895, Spain and Portgual, 1913, limp red buckram as issued, each with Pictorial bookplate: Ex Libris Stella Crossley-Meates, 16mo, (3); Drummond (Henry, F.R.S.E., F.G.S.), Tropical Africa, With Map and Illustrations, eighth edition, Hodder and Stoughton, London 1897, red buckram as issued, 12mo; Davidson (D.) and Aldersmith (H.), The Great Pyramid, Its Divine Message: An Original Co-Ordination of Historical Documents and Archaeological Evidences, volume I, third revised edition, Williams and Norgate, Ltd., London 1926, original cloth as issued, 4to; other Egyptology books, (2); Lawrence (T.E., [of Arabia]), Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph, first public edition, Jonathan Cape, London 1935, buff buckram as issued, 4to; Presland (John), Torquay: The Charm and History of Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated by F.J. Widgery, Chatto & Windus, London 1920, full-page tipped-in plates, green buckram as issued, 8vo; etc, [11]
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Strickland (Agnes), Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman Conquest, Now First Published from Official Records & Other Authentic Documents, Private as well as Public, A New Edition, Revised and Greatly Augmented, Embellished with Portraits of Every Queen, eight-volume set, Colburn & Co., London 1851 - 1852, contemporary half-vellum and marbled paper boards, aeg, Seal Armorial bookplates to each pastedown: Rainald Knightley, 1st Baron Fawlsey, shelf numbering in pencil, 8vo
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Travel - North America, Vivian (A[rthur] Pendarves, M.P., F.G.S.), Wanderings in the Western Land, with Illustrations from Original Sketches by Mr. Albert Bierstadt and the Author, first edition, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London 1879, pp: xvi, 426, 32 (adverts), two fold-out maps, one full-page and complete with full-page and vignette illustrations, contemporary pictorial terracotta buckram as issued, 8vo
A mixed lot of books to include many first editions, and others to include Swinburne's 'Atalanta in Calydon', a facsimile of the first edition, Oxford University Press circa 1930, 'The Triumph of Philosophy or The True System of the Universe' by James Gillespie 1890, Dan Brown 'The Da Vinci Code' The Special Collectors edition; John Buchan, Sir Walter Scott, Ngaio Marsh Ist editions and others
1983 Alligator SM1 Limited Edition First Year Anniversary electric guitar, made in England, ser. no 0xx6; Finish: natural, minor blemishes; Fretboard: maple; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Other: imperfection to tip of head; Case: Zen-On oblong hard case; Overall condition: goodOne of only six made to mark the first anniversary of Alligator Amplification
PROG/PSYCH 'HOLY GRAIL' LPs - REISSUES. Superb collection of 22 x LPs, all of which are the cream of the crop; those elusive albums that, many of which, would be setting you back up to four figures for the original! Artists/titles are Affinity - Affinity (Lilith Records), Comus - First Utterance (Rise Above Relics RARLP006 limited edition green vinyl), High Tide - Sea Shanties (Sundazed), Killing Floor - Out Of Uranus (Sommor), Andy Fernbach - If You Miss Your Connexion (Tapestry Records), Pete Brown And His Battered Ornaments - A Meal You Can Shake Hands With In The Dark (Timeless), The Mandrake Memorial - S/T, Tea & Symphony - An Asylum For The Musically Insane (Harvest RE), Trees - Live! (MJJ341 and HBL 20404), On The Shore (LIK 12) and The Garden Of... (LIK 15), Gracious (BGO LP34), Forest - The Full Circle (ZAP 3), S/T and BBC Concert, Ben, Bakerloo, Tudor Lodge, The Pink Floyd (The Best Of, Dutch private copy) The Velvet Underground - S/T and Dr Z... Condition is virtually all Ex+ or 'as new'.
CLASSICAL LPs - FIRST EDITIONS. Terrific bundle of 4 x collectable 1st UK edition performances. Releases are Mischa Elman with The London Phil and Adrian Boult - Bruch/Wieniawski Concertos (Decca mono only gold/silver LXT 5222 - Ex+ lovely clean record/VG+ well presented original scalloped flipback sleeve with some light laminate wear), Otto Klemperer - Beethoven Number 6 'Pastoral' (turquoise/silver SAX 2260 - Ex/Ex nice and clean copy)Massenet - Le Cid (Ballet Music) (Columbia TWO 350 - Ex+/Ex) and Sir Malcolm Sargent with The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Women's Chorus - Holst - The Planets (ASD 269, side 1 Ex side 2 VG+/Ex with pretty trippy poster too!).
THE STRANGLERS. Whatever happened to all the Shakespearoes? I'll tell you now, they're all here with this smashing lot of 12 x LPs, 21 x 7" and 1 x 12"! Titles include X Certs (Japanese original special 'limited edition' sleeve GP 670 - Ex condition LP and with the bonus 45 Choosey Susie 17F-3 in Ex+/Ex+ condition, complete with insert and 'half' of the obi, one side has unfortunately been torn/Ex light edgewear to the LP sleeve), Black And White (original UK UAK 30222 - Ex/Ex and complete with the 'free beige' coloured 45 Mean To Me that was issued with the first 75000 copies, Ex+ condition with insert), IV (UAG 30045), La Folie (LBG 30342), Dreamtime (EPC 26648), All Live And All Of The Night, Aural Sculpture, Feline (textured sleeve), The Raven ('stock' image) with sevens including Something Better Change (p/s), Bear Cage (p/s), Strange Little Girl (p/s), All Day And All Of The Night (p/s) and Golden Brown (p/s). Condition is often well presented VG+ to Ex+. A fantastic back catalogue!
33CX 1165 - JOHANNA MARTZY - BRAHMS VIOLIN CONCERTO, OP. 77 - UK ED1 LP. A name that needs little introduction now - here we have the mind blowing performance from virtuoso, or mulierosa if you will Johanna Martzy performing Brahms' Concerto In D Major, Op. 77 (33CX 1165). This is the first (mono only) UK edition on Columbia issued on flat edge vinyl with blue labels and gold text. Side 1 is strictly graded in VG+ condition with a small surface mark at the start of the side which causes some popping for around 30 seconds; the music can still be enjoyed and there are no jumps. Other than this, the rest of the side is in very clean Ex+ condition. Side 2 is in very well presented Ex condition with a couple of very light hairline markings. Matrix/stampers: XAX 524-3N 1 H & 525-3N 1 M. The fully laminated scalloped flipback design sleeve is in wonderful Ex+ condition - the striking primary colours are in stunning condition, the lamination is in top order and ultimately, there is very little actual wear to the whole of the sleeve.
(Signed Copy)- MOORE, HENRY: Heads Figures and Ideas. Comments by Geoffrey Grigson. London, George Rainbird, 1958, First edition. Folio, double page pictorial title page, 57 pages of reproductions of Moore's sketches, Plus An Original Coloured Lithograph before the title page. Front blank endpaper facing the colour lithograph Inscribed & Signed “To Penelope with love, Henry M. Christmas, 1979”. Original pictorial boards; Occasional foxing.
FLEMING, Ian: Diamonds Are Forever. J. Cape, 1956, First edition, first printing, in pictorial Dust Jacket designed by Pat Marriott, with original price (12s 6d.) present. The fourth James Bond novel. Publishers original black boards with silver lettering to spine, impressed diamond pattern and silver gilt diamond to upper cover. Dust jacket with few small tears and small loss (now in removable protective sleeve); very slight warping to covers; still a very good copy.
FLEMING, Ian (First Editions with dws): 1- For Your Eyes Only. J. Cape, 1960, First edition, first printing, in pictorial Dust Jacket design by Richard Chopping, with original price (15s. net) present. Publishers original black boards with gilt lettering to spine and white eye to upper cover. Very light wear to edges of dust jacket (now in removable protective sleeve); Otherwise a very good+ copy; 2- The Spy Who Loved Me. J. Cape, 1962, First edition, first printing, in pictorial Dust Jacket design by Richard Chopping, with blank rear flap but priced at (16s. rather than 15s.). Publishers original black boards with silver lettering to spine, dagger with silver blade to upper cover and red endpapers. Few small tears to edges of dust jacket (now in removable protective sleeve); tape residue and tear to bottom of front red endpaper. (2)
FLEMING, Ian (First Editions with dws): 1- On Her Majesty's Secret Service. J. Cape, 1963, First edition, first printing, Dust (12s. net). Publishers original boards with gilt lettering to spine and 'ski pattern' design to upper cover. VG; 2- You Only Live Twice. J. Cape, 1964, First edition, first printing, Dust (16s. net). Publishers original boards with silver lettering to spine and 'gilt Japanese characters' to upper cover. VG; 3- The Man with the Golden Gun. J. Cape, 1965, First edition, second state (no golden gun to cover), Dust (18s. net); VG; 4- Octopussy and The Living Daylights. J. Cape, 1966, First edition, first printing, Dust (price clipped); VG+; 5- Dr No. J. Cape, 1958, First edition, 2nd. impression. Original covers with silver lettering to spine and faint silhouette of lady to upper cover; covers little rubbed; small stain to front endpaper; 6- Goldfinger. Book Club, 1959. dust jacket torn with loss. (6)
Howitt, Samuel (Ill.): A New Work of Animals: Principally Designed from The Fables of Aesop, Gay and Phaedrus; Containing One Hundred Plates, drawn from the life and etched by Samuel Howitt. Edward Orme, 1811, First edition; large paper copy (11¼ x 9 in). PP: 1/2 Title (dated 1809), title-page (dated 1811), (i)blank, (ii) list of plates, (i) Advert, (i) blank, 5-115; PLUS 97 out of 100 Plates-LACKING 3 PLATES. Half leather with later endpapers; covers rubbed; one plate torn with loss to blank margin; occasional foxing and the odd small tear.
1- SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY): South, The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917. London: William Heinemann, 1919. First edition, FIRST ISSUE, with Errata slip. Illustrated with a large folding map, Coloured frontispiece, 87 photographic plates (1 double-page), plus maps in the text. Bound in the publisher's original blue pictorial cloth gilt, upper cover lettered and stamped with image of 'Endurance' in silver gilt. Head & foot of spine and corners rubbed; edges of folding map little frayed; A near very good copy with the page edges browned, as usual with this book. This first impression was printed on poor quality paper and is prone to browning. 2- Kane, Elisha Kent: Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin in Two volumes. Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson, 1857. With a portrait and extra engraved title page (dated 1856) to both volumes, plus 18 plates and 3 charts (2 folding). Bound in the original publishers cloth; occasional foxing. (3)
GRACE, W G: Cricket, One of only 10 Presentation copies, Bristol, J.W. Arrowsmith, 1891, First edition, Large Paper De Luxe Edition, one of only 10 Presentation copies Signed by W G Grace and W Methven Brownlee. Crown quarto, pp xii, 512 (including the list of Subscribers, the total edition was of 652 copies). With a portrait frontispiece and 44 illustrations, some full-page, all on India paper, mounted. Half leather, (rebacked and corners little rubbed), t.e.g. with two bookplates pasted to front pastedown: Charles Pratt Green (famous for his 149 historic bats’ collection), and A E Winder (famous for his vast collection of Cricket books). This volume is also unique, in that it has an extra 15 (mainly heads) illustrations, pasted in the margins next to the player, in the chapter: 'Cricketers I have met'. Also: a loosely tipped-in 2pp Autograph letter, Signed; on CCCC, Thrissell House, Stapleton Rd. Bristol, headed paper; dated June 7th. 1890: “Dear Sir, Will you kindly allow Woods? (Sammy Woods ?) to play for his county on June 19, 20-21 and at Bristol against the Australians on July 10,11,& 12. We are awfully short of bowlers or I would not ask….. “ Signed: W. G. Grace, and addressed to The Revd. H. A. James.
Cricket- Signed copies: 1- Arlott, John: Basingstoke Boy : the Autobiography. Boundary books, Guild Publishing, 1990, Signed Limited Edition #130 of 200 copies. Full morocco with a.e.g.; little faded; VG+; 2- Lewis, Tony & Colin Cowdrey: Double Century: The Story of MCC and Cricket. Hodder & Stoughton, 1987, Numbered Limited edition of 100 copies, this number 49, Signed by both. Full morocco with a.e.g. and slipcase; Fine; 3- Boycott, Geoffrey: The Autobiography. Macmillan, 1987, Signed Luxury edition limited to 151 copies to commemorate the number of my first-class centuries; this being #25, MCC v West Indies Board of control presidents XI, Bridgetown, Jan 5th. 1968; Score: 135. Full morocco and slipcase; Spine faded; o/w Fine (3)
1- Georgius Agricola de re Metallica- Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by H C & L H Hoover. L, The Mining Magazine, 1912. Folio, PP: xxxi, 637, (ii). With reproduction of the original plates. Full vellum; Covers detached; some light worm damage; 2- Elyard, S. J (ill.): Some Old Wiltshire Homes. C J Clark, 1894, 1st. Folio; original cloth; rubbed and with tear; inner hinges cracked and crudely repaired (2)Provenance: The Estate of the late Mrs Annabelle Comery.
MITFORD, Nancy: Christmas Pudding. Thornton Butterworth 1932, First edition, First impression, with Dust Jacket (7\6 net). This is Mitford’s second book. Bound in the original publishers' pink textured cloth with title on upper cover and spine and a blind stamp to corner of upper cover; PP: 256, (i) Publishers' Fiction List. CONDITION: Spine with two faded patches (where the dust jacket is torn with loss); Dust jacket with tears and loss, mainly to the spine; The bookplate of: “Cecil G. W. Eve to front pastedown."
MITFORD, Nancy: Wigs on the Green. Thornton Butterworth 1935, First edition, First impression, with Dust Jacket (7s 6d. net). This is Mitford’s third book. Bound in the original publishers' pink textured cloth (This is the only copy I found in the pink and not blue textured cloth), and with title on upper cover and spine and a blind stamp to corner of upper cover; PP: 253, (ii) Publishers' catalogue. CONDITION: Head and foot of dust jacket frayed with small loss; endpapers little discoloured and a brown stain to second page of the publishers catalogue; The bookplate of: “Cecil G. W. Eve to front pastedown."
VASI, Giuseppe Agostino : Delle magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna: Libro Primo PLUS Libro Secondo; TWO VOLUMES bound in one. Vol. 1- Le Porte e Mura di Roma. Rome, Nella Stemperia del Chracas Presso S. Marco al Corso, 1747, First Edition; PP: Title page, (i)blank, (i)Alla Sacra Real Maesta, (i)blank, iii-iv(prefazione), (ii)Frontispiece? (full page plate- not numbered), vii-Lxxxviii), (ii)Indice Primo & Secondo, Plus the 20 Plates (numbered 1-20); Vol. 2- Le Piazzi Principali di Roma. Rome, Nella Stamperia d Apollo, Presso gli Eredi Barbiellini, 1752, First Edition. PP: Title page, (i)blank, iii-Lii, (i)Indice, (i)blank, Plus 21 Plates (one extra, possibly Frontispiece). In all 42 Plates Plus a number of illustrations in the text. Oblong Folio (42X28 Cms.). Eight other volumes were published in this work. Bound in full vellum; Very Clean Plates.
NAVAL: 1- Riddle, Edward: A Treatise on Navigation and Nautical Astronomy. For Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1824, First Edition. PP: vi, (ii), 299, (i)blank, 252(Tables). Marbled paper boards & Label to spine; Rubbed and chipped; 2- Another copy; 1842, PP: xii, 332, 256. Full calf, rebacked with new spine; 3- Parker, Harry: Naval Battles from the Collection of Prints Formed and Owned by Commander Sir Charles Leopold Cust. 1911, Signed Numbered Limited edn. 2/150 and also inscribed & Signed by Cust. 19 plates, 4to. original cloth; rubbed and with cuts; 4- Burney, C: The Boy's Manual of Seamanship and Gunnery. Trubner, nd, 3rd. edn. cloth; rubbed & chipped; 5- Young Seaman’s Manual & Rigger’s guide. K Paul, 1901; 6- Dupin, C: A Tour through the Naval and Military Establishments of Great Britain in the Years 1816-17-18 and 1820. For R Phillips, 1822. with a folding frontis plus one other plate. Plain wrappers; Plus 3 others. (9)
POGANY, Willy (illus.): Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; The First and Fourth Renderings in English by Edward Fitzgerald. Harrap, 1930, Signed Limited Edition, No. 289 of 750 for UK. With 12 tipped-in colour plates Plus an extra etching SIGNED in pencil by Pogany. Original full crushed morocco gilt. Spine and part of covers faded; 2- Dulac, Edmund: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Hodder & Stoughton [1909]. With 20 tipped-in colour plates. 4to. Original cream and gilt pictorial cloth; little rubbed. (2)
SCOTT, Walter (8 works): 1- Rob Roy, in 3 vols. Edinburgh, Constable, 1818, first edition, first issue (with the overturned speech marks in the last line of p.193 in vol.2.). ½ titles present. Cont. half leather; rubbed; newspaper cutting pasted to endpapers; 2- The Abbot, in 3 vols. Edinburgh, Longman, 1820, first edition. ½ titles not present. Cont. half leather; rubbed; 3- The Fortunes of Nigel, in 3 vols. Edinburgh, Constable, 1822, first edition. ½ titles present. Leather backed marbled boards; rubbed; 4- Woodstock, in 3 vols. Edinburgh, Constable, 1826, first edition. ½ titles present. Cont. half leather; rubbed; 5- Anne Of Geierstein, in 3 vols. Edinburgh, Cadell, 1829, first edition. ½ titles present. Leather backed marbled boards; rubbed & hinges cracked; 6- Quentin Durward, in 3 vols. Edinburgh, Constable, 1823, first edition. ½ titles not present. Leather backed marbled boards; rubbed; TITLE MISSING from vol. 2; browning; 7- Kenilworth, in 3 vols. Edinburgh, Constable, 1821, 2nd. edition. ½ titles present. Cloth backed boards; rubbed; 8- Tales of my Landlord- First series; in 4 vols. Edinburgh, Constable, 1819, 5th. edn. Leather backed marbled boards; rubbed; ½ title taken out of vol.1; foxing. (25)
Meares, John: Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed ... A voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka;… London, printed at Logographic Press, and Sold by J. Walter, 1790, First Edition. Complete with: stipple-engraved portrait of the author, 10 Engraved Maps and Charts (3 folding), & 17 Plates (some folding or double-page). 4to. PP: viii, (v)List of Subscribers, (vii)Contents, xcv, (i)Errata, 372, (cviii)Appendix, Plus the 28 plates & Maps. Leather backed marbled boards, Armorial bookplate of Thomas Sneyd Kynnersley to front pastedown and another armorial bookplate to verso of title; a content page torn (without loss); one plate a little trimmed (but still with very good margin); some of the folding plates have been professionally strengthened on back of the folds; couple of pages with marginal tear & small loss (well away from text); occasional spotting and some offsetting.
Swammerdam, John: The Book of Nature; Or, the History of Insects: Reduced to Distinct Classes, Confirmed by Particular Instances, Displayed in the Anatomical Analysis of many Species... Translated from the Dutch and Latin Original Edition by Thomas Flloyd, Revised and Improved with Notes from Reaumur and Others, by John Hill. London, Printed for C.G. Seyffert, 1758, First Edition. title printed in red and black with engraved vignette plus 53 engraved Plates. Folio, PP: (iv)Title page & dedication, xx(Life), (ii) Elegia, (ii)Subscribers list, (iv)Contents, 236, 153, (i)blank, lxiii, (i)blank, 53 Numbered Plates, (xii)Index & Errata. Near contemporary full polished calf with gilt decoration to spine & morocco label; Armorial bookplate of Thomas Sneyd Kynnersley to verso of title.
Camden, William: BRITANNIA; or a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent; from the earliest antiquities; Translated from the edition published by the author in MDCVII. Enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough ; In Three Volumes. London, Printed by John Nichols for T. Payne, 1789, First Edition thus; Collated, complete with Portrait Frontis, 93 Plates & ill., 57 Maps by John Cary (Mostly Double-Page or Folding), Plus a folding table. Folio, PP: V1- (viii), (i)Contents, (i)blank, xxii, (iv), viii, cxlix, 351, +Index etc.; V2- 598, +Index etc.; V3- 760, +Index etc. Near contemporary full tree calf with two morocco labels; Armorial bookplate of Thomas Sneyd Kynnersley to verso of title on volumes 1&2; 4 inch split to hinge of first volume; some of the folding Maps have been professionally strengthened on back of the folds and one page torn & repaired. (3)
(Chambers, Robert): Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. L, John Churchill, 1844, First Edition. Half title present, PP: vi, 390. Rebound in red cloth, without the adverts. (The first exposition in English of an evolutionary theory, which brought together a large variety of data from both geology and the life sciences to support the idea of the Origin of Species; and according to Darwin: paved the way for the public's preparedness for his own 'On The Origin of Species' in 1859).
(SIGNED COPY)- TOLKIEN, J R R: THE LORD OF THE RINGS. London, George Allen and Unwin, 1969, First India Paper Edition. SIGNED BY J.R.R.TOLKIEN in ink facing the half title. Original gilt pictorial cloth, little rubbed; inner hinges cracked. Provenance: Belongs to one of the secretaries at George Allen Unwin, and Tolkien signed it on one of his visits to the publishers- he was taken out for lunch, and apparently preferred the company of the secretaries!
Remarque, Erich Maria: All Quiet on the Western Front. L, Putnam's Sons, 1929, First English edition with Dust Jacket, priced (7s. 6d.). Original oatmeal cloth titled in green. Possibly a later issue dust jacket (front flap has 'Press views' and not 'German opinions'. Dust jacket with tears and small loss; browning to endpapers.
A pair of limited edition Formula One prints, the first being of Michael Schumacher at Magny-Coirs in 2002, limited to 395 prints signed by the artist Dave Foord. The other print being a limited edition numbered 13/500 depicting Ralf Schumacher winning the 2001 German Grand Prix in the BMW Williams with Rubens Barrichello close behind. Signed by the artist Ray Goldsbrough with a COA
A first edition copy of 'The Film Till Now, A Survey of The Cinema' by Paul Rotha together with a vintage autograph album containing mainly sports teams including Essex/Nottingham/Warwickshire/Gloucestershire/Nottingham etc County Cricket Clubs and some national teams including Canada, Australia 1956, Pakistan 1954. Also includes some Southend Football team signatures, actors and musicians such as Marian Grimaldi, Cardew Robinson and Hugh Lloyd.
Taut (Bruno) 'Houses and People of Japan'First edition, with numerous coloured and black and white illustrations, published by John Gifford Ltd, 62 Frith Street, London 1938, bound in brown cloth with silver lettering, paperback book of Japanese scenes, with English and Japanese descriptions, bound in coloured paper with the Tokugawa Mon decoration, paperback on Hiroshima, showing the destructions from the worlds first atom bomb which was dropped on 6 August 1945, bound in paper with photographic illustration of ruined Hiroshima, Anderson (William) Japanese wood engravings, published by Seeley & Co, London 1908, bound in blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering (4)
Chambers (Robert) 'The life of King James I'In two volumes, published for Constable & Co and Hurst Chance & Co London 1830, bound in blue half calf with marbled boards, Sheridan (Richard Brinsley) 'The dramatic works' printed by Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, London 1906 bound in tan calf with gilt lettering, 'The book of gems from the poets and artists of Great Britain', edited by S C Hall, first edition, published by Bell and Baldy, London 1872, bound in tan calf with elaborate gilt decoration.
Hawksworth (John), "An account of the voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere"And successfully performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallace and Captain Cooke in The Dolphin, The Swallow and The Endeavour. The first edition in three volumes, with numerous illustrations, printed for W. Strathan & T Cadell in The Strand, London 1773, bound in tan calf with gilt lettering and decoration. CONDITION REPORT: No Straits of Magellan15 platesPlates 12, 16, 17 and 19 loseVol I3 lose fold out plates3 maps2 fold out mapsVol II3 plates2 fold out platesVol III3 plates (one lose)
Large collection of books on Scotland to include Galloway "The History of Galloway from the Earliest Period to the Present Time", in two volumes, illustrated with maps, printed for John Nicholson, 1841, bound in black half calf with gilt lettering, Agnew (Sir Andrew) "Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway", in two volumes, published by David Douglas, Edinburgh 1893, collection of books on Robert Burns to include Ferguson's "Letters of Robert Burns", two volumes, Burton (J H) "The History of Scotland" in eight volumes, Brown (Hume) "Scotland Before 1700 From Contemporary Documents", Hamma (William) "Memoirs of Dr Chalmers", in two volumes, Cameron (Isabel) "A Highland Chapbook", first edition published 1928. (100)
Hallam Murray (A H) "The High Road Of Empire Watercolour And Pen And Ink Sketches In India"Number 64 of a limited edition of 150 copies, published by John Murray, London 1905, bound with grey boards and yellow parchment with gilt lettering and decoration, Corbett (Jim) "Maneaters of Kumon", Indian first published edition dated 1944, bound in beige cloth, Cave (Henry W) "The Book of Ceylon", published by Cassell & Company, London 1908, further titles on the Far East and Half Hours in the Far East. (6)
De Brunhoff (Jean) "Babar And Father Christmas"First edition, published by Methuin & Co, London 1940, with decorative front board, further volumes to include "Babar at Home", "The Story of Babar the Little Elephant", with a preface by A A Milne. (3) CONDITION REPORT: Wear to cover, some splits and 2 written in.
Milne (A.A.), "Winnie-the-Pooh"First Edition dated 1926, decorations by Ernest H. Shephard, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd, London, bound in green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. CONDITION REPORT: lot 596Wear to spine top and bottom, scratch marks to back board, staining to front and back illustrations of "May", Word map written in ink, 3rd page name and address written in ink, mark to edge of pages. Images to follow.
Darwin (Charles), "The Descent of Man and Selection in relation to Sex" First edition second issue in two volumes, published by "John Murray", London 1871, bound in the green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. (2) CONDITION REPORT: Lot 600Marks to bindings2 marks to spine vol II, name plate to black inner cover and stamp WH SmithSome staining, dirt to title pagesImages to follow
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