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Lot 544
Group of 8 books - First Edition Shakespeare titles published by the Folio Society & 7 in original slip cases, all circa 1960's / early '70's. King Richard III, King Henry IV part 1 (1st, 2nd imp), Titus Andronicus, The comedy of errors, Pericles Prince of Tyre, Measure for Measure, The taming of the shrew, All's well that ends well (minor dedication).
Lot 132
Three boxes of miscellaneous books, to include Boswell's Life of Johnson by G.B. Hill 1887, six volumes, half morrocco bound, Portrait of Dante 1911 first edition, Anastatic Drawing Society for 1859, Goya as Portrait Painter by A. de Beruete y Moret published by Constable & Co Ltd London, Bombay & Sydney, 1922, Modern French Painters by Raynal etc
![Tweedale [Geoffrey]: The Sheffield Knife Book: A History and Collectors Guide', first edition, Hallamshire Press 1996, hardba](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/011a1508-3c45-41f2-91a9-a93100ad5b70/b30fb777-be0e-4bf2-ac38-5d366fce162f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 449
GOLF AND CRICKET INTERESTtitles include 'The Complete Golfer' Harry Vardon (Edwardian edition), 'This Game of Golf' Henry Cotton 1949, 'Bobby Locke on Golf' first published 1953, Ben Hogan 'The Modern Fundamentals of Golf' first published 1957, 'Knave of Clubs' Eric Brown first published 1961, and 'Arnold Palmer's Golf Book - Hit It Hard' 1961, 'Don Bradman Farewell to Cricket' first published 1950, 'Express Deliveries' Bill Bowes 1950 and 'English Cricket' Neville Cardus 1945
Lot 10
Near East.- Vincent (L.H.), E.J.H.Mackay and F.M.Abel. Hébron. Le Haram El-Khalîl: Sépulture des Patriarches, 2 vol. including plate vol., first edition, text with illustrations, errata leaf at end, modern cloth, 28 plates, 3 double-page, mostly photogravures, loose as issued in original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, lacking ties, 4to, Paris, 1923.⁂ Important work on the Tomb of the Patriarchs, also known as the Ibrahimi Mosque, with many of the photographs supplied by K.A.C.Creswell.
Lot 121
Religion.- Thorndike (Herbert) An Epilogue to the Tragedy of the Church of England, first edition, title in black and red, occasional spotting, page numbers added to contents by hand, small marginal hole, bookplate, later calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, [Wing T1050], J.M. and T.R. for J. Martin, J. Allestry, and T. Dicas, 1659 § Bingham (Joseph) The Works of the Learned Joseph Bingham, 2 vol., titles in black and red, 2 engraved plates, 10 engraved maps (1 folding), faint marginal damp-stain (vol. 1), occasional finger-soiling, 2 pp. publisher's advertisements bound at end, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spines laid down, modern spine labels, a little rubbed and worn, for Robert Knaplock, 1726; and 3 others, similar, folio (6)
Lot 122
Boyle (Robert).- Burnet (Gilbert) A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of the Honourable Robert Boyle, at St Martins in the Fields..., first edition, half-title, title within thick black mourning borders, title with small tears at edge, half-title corner torn and repaired and 2 other corners torn with small loss, ink inscription at head of half-title, slightly browned, modern boards [Wing B5899; Fulton 300], 8vo, Richard Chiswell and John Taylor, 1692.
Lot 125
Hogarth (William) The Analysis of Beauty. Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating Ideas of Taste, first edition, title with woodcut vignette, 2 large folding engraved plates, list of prints published by Hogarth and leaf of 'Figures referr'd to in the Book' at end, title lightly spotted, tear to lower margin of T1 repaired, slightly browned throughout, long ink marginal note in a contemporary hand on 1p., new endpapers, modern half calf, calf, gilt, 4to, J. Reeves for the Author, 1753.
Lot 134
NO RESERVE Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 3 vol., first Dublin edition, folding engraved facsimile handwriting and Round Robin plates, some slight foxing, browned, vol. III margins of title stained, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary tree calf, corners and edges repaired, rebacked in lighter calf, gilt, 2 morocco labels on spines, 8vo, Dublin, For R. Cross, W. Wilson, P. Byrne and others, 1792; and c. 50 others, English Literature, v.s., v.d. (c. 50).
![[Lamb (Charles [and Mary]) Tales From Shakespear Designed for the Use of Young Persons, 2 vol., first edition, first issue wi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7a0f113-2b45-4305-84bd-a92800ebcde5/ba5d2de3-e1f6-46b1-a5ba-d0cc72779b60/468x382.jpg)
Lot 137
[Lamb (Charles [and Mary]) Tales From Shakespear Designed for the Use of Young Persons, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with imprint "T. Davison" to the foot of vol.1, p.236, and the address "Hanway Street" in the vol. 2 advertisements, engraved frontispieces and 18 plates after William Mulready, 3pp. advertisements, vol. I juvenile ink signature at end, vol. II frontispiece small stain, A1 & A2 some foxing, slightly browned, bookplates on front pastedowns, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, joints splitting, gilt spines, rubbed, housed in a modern box, [Osborne p.905], 12mo, Thomas Hodgkins, At The Juvenile Library, 1807.
Lot 139
Orme (Edward) Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes, first edition, 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some spotting and soiling, offsetting onto tissue-guards, one plate with tear repaired to verso, crayon drawing to front free endpaper, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed, [Abbey Life 376; Tooley 353], 4to, 1819.
Lot 152
Rowlandson (Thomas).- Combe (William) The Dance of \Life, A :Poem, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional vignette title and 24 plates, advertisement f. at end, offsetting, contemporary diced calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, 1817; and an illustrated edition of Gay's Fables, 1793, 8vo (2)
Lot 153
Africa.- , Account of the Colony of Sierra Leone (An), engraved folding map frontispiece, small tear, repaired, faint damp-staining to first few leaves, occasional pencil underlining and soiling, modern half calf, James Philips, 1795 § Rankin (F. Harrison) The White Man's Grave: a Visit to Sierra Leone in 1834, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, vol. 1 frontispiece laid down, 2 plates, occasional damp-staining and browning, modern half calf, 1836; 8vo (3)
Lot 156
Africa.- Hohnel (Lt. Ludwig von) Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie, 2 vol., first English edition, half-titles, wood-engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 maps (2 folding and colour), wood-engraved plates and illustrations, foxing, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, recased, a little rubbed, [Czech p.78], 8vo, London & New York, 1894.⁂ "An excellent work of exploration and sport, this scarce set represents African adventure at its finest." (Czech)
Lot 157
Africa.- Kilham (Hannah) Report on a Recent Visit to the Colony of Sierra Leone, ink inscription (trimmed) to title head, modern half cloth, a little rubbed, William Phillips, 1828 § Biller (Hannah, editior) Memoir of the Late Hannah Kilham, first edition, engraved frontispiece, occasional marginal markings, ex-library with usual stamps, occasional faint spotting, modern cloth, 1837; 8vo (2)
Lot 49
Gunther (Robert T.) The Herbal of Apuleius Barbarus from the Early Twelfth-Century Manuscript formerly in the Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds (MS. Bodley 130), limited edition, original half morocco, t.e.g., a little rubbed and scuffed, spine slightly faded, Oxford, for presentation to the Members of the Roxburghe Club, 1925; The Greek Herbal of Dioscorides illustrated by a Byzantine A.D.512..., facsimile reprint, New York, 1959 § Collins (Minta) & Sandra Raphael, editors. A Medieval Herbal: A Facsimile of British Library Egerton MS 747, Janet Backhouse's copy inscribed on front free endpaper, 2003 § Herrlinger (Robert) Histoy of Medical Illustrations from Antiquity to A.D.1600, 1970, plates and illustrations, some colour, all but the first original cloth, the last two with dust-jackets; and 9 others on herbals, natural history and medicine in illuminated manuscripts, v.s. (13)
Lot 5
Near East.- Archaeology.- Saller (Sylvester) The Memorial of Moses on Mount Nebo, 3 vol. including 'Pottery' by Rev. Hilary Schneider, Jerusalem, 1941: Excavations at Bethany, Jerusalem, 1957 § Kennedy (Sir Alexander) Petra: Its History and Monuments, damp-stained at edges, 1925 § Colt (H.Dunscombe, editor) Excavations at Nessana, vol.1 only [?all published], Jerusalem, 1962 § Bell (Gertrude) Amurath to Amurath, second edition, 1924 § § Amiran (Ruth) Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land, 1970, maps, plates and illustrations, the first two original orange wrappers, uncut, spines faded, the rest original cloth, the third damp-stained; and c.20 others on the Holy Land etc., 4to & 8vo (c.25)
Lot 53
James (M.R., introduction) The Romance of Alexander: a Collotype Facsimile of MS. Bodley 264, first edition, 4 colour plates heightened with gold, tissue guards, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket price-clipped, a little soiled and frayed at edges, larger tears to lower panel repaired, Oxford, 1933 § Ross (D.J.A.) Illustrated Medieval Alexander-Books in Germany and the Netherlands, illustrations, original cloth, Cambridge, 1971, folio (2)⁂ The first is a facsimile of probably the most famous illuminated manuscript in the Bodleian Library.
Lot 56
Kyeser, of Eichstätt (Conrad) Bellifortis, 2 vol. comprising facsimile and translation & commentary by Götz Quarg, prospectus loosely inserted, original vellum-backed boards, Dusseldorf, 1967 § Weingarten Manuscript (The), 2 vol. including commentary, one of 850 facsimiles, original calf, spine a little scuffed and faded, commentary original cloth, together in slip-case, 1969 § Herrad of Landsberg. Hortus Deliciarum (Garden of Delights), edited by A.Straub and others, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 750, original rexine, New Rochelle, NY, 1977; another edition, 2 vol. comprising facsimile and commentary by Rosalie Green & others, original cloth, slightly soiled, London & Leiden, 1979, plates and illustrations, many colour, v.s. (7)⁂ The first is a facsimile of the oldest German manuscript dealing with weapons.
Lot 74
Islamic Art.- Creswell (K.A.C.) Early Muslim Architecture, 2 vol. in 3, vol.1 Parts 1 & 2 second edition, vol.2 first edition [one of 500 copies], colour frontispiece to vol.1 part 1, numerous plates, plans and illustrations, some folding, original green cloth, dust-jackets a little rubbed and frayed at edges, particularly vol.2 (soiled, spine defective at head and repaired), folio, Oxford, 1969-40.⁂ Important survey of early Muslim architecture with vol.1 revised and greatly expanded from the first edition of 1932 into 2 volumes. The whole work comprises vol.1: Ummayyads A.D. 622-750 in 2 parts, and vol.2: Early Abbasids, Ummayads of Cordova, Aghlabids, Tulunids, and Samanids A.D. 751-905.
![Minsheu (John) Hegemon eis tas Glossas [graece], id est Ductor in Linguas, The Guide Into Tongues, 2 parts in 1 vol., first e](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a7a0f113-2b45-4305-84bd-a92800ebcde5/1c814acf-6c1c-463d-97d1-361fc333918b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 91
Minsheu (John) Hegemon eis tas Glossas [graece], id est Ductor in Linguas, The Guide Into Tongues, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, title with decorative woodcut border (laid down with portion of loss not affecting text), woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, text in double or quadruple column, occasional browning, part 2 title misbound at front, bookplate, later diced russia, gilt, spine reubbed and faded, joints split, corners bumped, [STC 17944], folio, [by William Stansby] for John Browne, 1617.; sold not subject to return.
Lot 96
Stonehenge.- Jones (Inigo) The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, Vulgarly Called Stone-Heng on Salisbury Plain, first edition, 7 double-page or folding woodcut plates (a few torn and with repairs to verso), 3 full-page woodcut illustrations, lacking engraved portrait, occasional light foxing or damp-staining to margins, 19th century half calf, a little rubbed, [Wing J954], folio, James Flesher, for Daniel Pakeman and Laurence Chapman, 1655.
Lot 97
Oxford.- Plot (Robert) The Natural History of Oxford-shire, being an essay toward the natural history of England, first edition, engraved title vignette, folding map of Oxfordshire with armorial borders (a little browned), 16 engraved plates, with imprimatur, errata and final blank, occasional light marginal damp-staining, 18th century ink inscription to endpaper and occasionally to margins, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Wing P2586], folio, Oxford, 1677.
Lot 257
A small group of books predominantly relating to military and navy to include 'Jane's Fighting Ships 1990-91', 93rd edition, also 'After the Battle' first issue, Normandy 1973, and a group of ephemera relating to theatre and history of Britain, also 'Practical Information for All', by R Ewart Williams.
Lot 54
Australia, Silver Proof 8 Dollars 2013P, 'Year of the Snake,' 5oz .999 silver; rev. snake on branch, 'Year of the Snake' below & Chinese characters in field, slabbed 'PF70 ULTRA CAMEO, ONE OF THE FIRST THOUSAND STRUCK' by NGC (Numismatic Guaranty Corporation) FDC & USA 1oz silver proof replica of a 100 dollar banknote 2015, .999 silver, limited edition 0f 9,999, with cert (No.6451), encapsulated in velvet-lined CofI FDC
Lot 62A
A Royal Crown Derby model of a National Dog, English Spaniel, specially commissioned by Sinclairs to celebrate the Royal Crown Derby event at Chatsworth House, October 2002, Hugh Gibson and Sue Rowe signatures in gold, limited edition 117/1,000, first quality, printed mark, certificate, boxed; others, a Royal Crown Derby model of a Welsh Corgi, specially commissioned by Sinclairs to celebrate the Royal Crown Derby event at Penrhyn Castle, May 2001, Hugh Gibson and other signatures in gold, limited edition 402/500, first quality, printed mark, certificate, boxed; a Royal Crown Derby model of an Irish Blue Kerry, specially commissioned by Sinclairs to celebrate the Royal Crown Derby event at Mount Stewart, Northern Ireland, April 2004, limited edition 66/1,000, first quality, printed mark, certificate, boxed (3)
Lot 461
[MEDICINE] PERSHING, HOWELL T - THE DIAGNOSIS OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES London, Rebman, 1901. 8vo, cloth, stamp to title, illustrations; FOSTER, M - A TEXT BOOK OF PHYSIOLOGY London, Macmillan, 1884. 8vo, illustrations, cloth; BROCK, SAMUEL - THE BASIS OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY Baltimore, W Wood, 1938. 8vo, cloth; DU BOIS, EUGENE - BASAL METABOLISM IN HEALTH AND DISEASE Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1936. 8vo, cloth; Longmans, 1910. 8vo, illustrations, cloth; MAGGIO, ELIO - MICROHEMOCIRCULATION: OBSERVABLE VARIABLES AND THEIR BIOLOGIC CONTROL Springfield, Charles C Thomas, 1965. Royal 8vo, illustrations, fine in original wrapper; STEWART, G N - A MANUAL OF PHYSIOLOGY London, Bailliere, 1906. 8vo, profusely illustrated, colour plates, half red leather, McDOWALL, R J S - THE CONTROL OF THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD London, Longmans, 1938. First edition, 8vo, cloth; OCHS, SIDNEY - ELEMENTS OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY New York, John Wiley, 1965. 1st edition, 8vo, original wrapper; LORD, J R - CONTRIBUTIONS TO PSYCHIATRY, NEUROLOGY, AND SOCIOLOGY, DEDICATED TO THE LATE SIR FREDERICK MOTT. London, H K Lewis, 1929. 1st edition, Royal 8vo, cloth; a good collection, including some volumes from the estate of Dr. Macdonald Critchley, past President of the World Federation of Neurologists (approx 229)
![kIPLING, RUDYARD - [A COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITIONS] - KIM London, Macmillan and Co, 1901. First edition, 8vo; REWARDS AND FAI](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7cdf44ee-83ff-49f2-9984-a93000f680e6/db306afd-c88e-4533-fe87-289afdec908c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 462
kIPLING, RUDYARD - [A COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITIONS] - KIM London, Macmillan and Co, 1901. First edition, 8vo; REWARDS AND FAIRIES 1910 First edition; FROM SEA TO SEA 1900 First edition, 2 volumes; LIMITS AND RENEWALS, 1932 First edition; and another (WEE WILLIE WINKIE 1899 Uniform edition) - all in original red publisher's cloth with gilt Ganesh elephant device to upper boards (6)++Internally good, cloth bindings rubbed, slight wear at extremities, spines either a little darkened/faded
Lot 463
EISLER, ROBERT - THE MESSIAH JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST, According to Flavius Josephus' Recently Rediscovered 'Capture of Jerusalem' and the Other Jewish and Christian Sources. London, Methuen, 1931. First edition, 8vo, photographic and other plates "including reproductions of the Inedited Russian, Rumanian, and Hebrew Mss. and Kindred Documents". From the library of Hugh Ross Williamson (1901-1978), British historian and dramatist++Near-fine internally, cloth very slightly rubbed but good
Lot 464
THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE - VANITY FAIR, London, Bradbury & Evans, 1848. 8vo, first edition mixed issue (with printed title dated 1848, engraved title-page dated 1849, "Mr.Pitt" on page 453, but without the woodcut of the Marquis de Steyne on p336), engraved plates, calf, joints cracked, rubbed/worn++Internally okay with light occasional spotting, calf rubbed and worn and joints cracked
Lot 466
REMINGTON, FREDERIC - DONE IN THE OPEN, DRAWINGS BY FREDERIC REMINGTON with an Introduction and Verses by Owen Wister and Others. New York, P F Collier & Son, 1902. Folio, first edition with misspelling of 'Frederick' on the upper board, numerous illustrations including several double-page, the coloured plate 'Caught in the Circle: the last stand of three troopers and a scout overtaken by a band of hostile Indians' is present, original boards with coloured illustration to upper board, stitching loose. Pages are unpaginated, sold as a series of plates, not subject to return++Stitching loose, as are a few plates, boards rubbed with some light chipping to the edges, sold as a series of plates and not subject to return
Lot 467
LAW, ERNEST - VANDYCK'S PICTURES AT WINDSOR CASTLE London, Franz Hanfstaengl, 1899. First edition number 191 of 300 copies on Dutch hand-made paper, fine plates, worn half calf, joints cracked and loose; THE ROYAL RIVER THE THAMES FROM SOURCE TO SEA London, Cassell, 1885. First edition, large 4to, profusely illustrated, good in the original blue pictorial cloth with gilt lettering; WORNUM, RALPH NICHOLSON - THE TURNER GALLERY A SERIES OF SIXTY ENGRAVINGS London, Chatto and Windus, 1875. First edition, scarce, atlas folio, fine engraved plates, plates and text all now loose, half green calf, sold as a collection of engravings; and six others, w.a.f. (9)
Lot 470
WARREN, F E - THE ANTIPHONARY OF BANGOR AN EARLY IRISH MANUSCRIPT IN THE AMBROSIAN LIBRARY AT MILAN London, Harrison & Sons, 1893 & 1895. First edition, two volumes, folio, contains a complete facsimile of the manuscript in black and white full-page photographs, black cloth with gilt armorials to boards, top edge of vol 2 uncut, very good and a rare set; DAVIDSON, DAVID - THE COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY BIBLE London, Blackie & Son, 1860. Folio, engravings, full black diced calf, spine gilt, minor wear to extremities but good; AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE HOLY BIBLE Stafford, Nicholas Boden, 1772. Folio, title with long tear, engravings, original boards with old re-back, a scarce imprint; and three other 19th century Bibles (7)
![[NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEREST] BAILEY, THOMAS - ANNALS OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM Including the Borou](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7cdf44ee-83ff-49f2-9984-a93000f680e6/edd2bcb5-054e-4f12-fcfc-941be7b7ab65/468x382.jpg)
Lot 472
[NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEREST] BAILEY, THOMAS - ANNALS OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM Including the Borough. London, Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, [1853]. First edition, four volumes bound in two (complete), large 8vo, titles to vols 1 & 2 bound at beginning of each book, other titles discarded, folding map present, later half brown morocco leather, good; plus a rare printed 'PROGRAMME OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE' for Nottingham in 1897, being the copy of Richard FitzHugh J.P. who was a member of the Jubilee Celebration Committee, in original leather binding; and another 'OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE DIAMOND JUBILEE...', 1897, a presentation copy from the Town Clerk, Sir Samuel Johnson, original cloth binding (4)
![[NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEREST] BROWN, CORNELIUS - LIVES OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WORTHIES and of Celebrated and Remarkable Men of the C](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7cdf44ee-83ff-49f2-9984-a93000f680e6/5ba40399-ebeb-4d9d-bc8d-f00a6c548a67/468x382.jpg)
Lot 473
[NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEREST] BROWN, CORNELIUS - LIVES OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE WORTHIES and of Celebrated and Remarkable Men of the County, from the Norman Conquest to A. D. 1882. London, H Sotheran, 1882. First edition, 4to, Woodburytype photograph frontispiece of Philip James Bailey, other Woodburytype plates, good in the original green cloth; RODGERS, JOSEPH - THE SCENERY OF SHERWOOD FOREST with an Account of Some Emininent People Once Resident There. London, Fisher Unwin, 1908. First edition, 4to, illustrations, publisher's green cloth; HAMMOND, T W - NOTTINGHAM PAST AND PRESENT Fifty Reproductions of Crayon Drawings. Nottingham, J & H Bell, 1926. First edition, 4to, tipped-in colour and other plates, folding map of Nottingham (not called for) bound in at the rear, good in original buckram with gilt lettering (3)
Lot 839
A collection of military books comprising The Congreves Father & Son General Sir Walter Norris Congreve V C and B T Major William La Touche Congreve V C by Thornton and Fraser 1930 first edition, The Life of Sir Henry Lawrence by Sir Herbert Edwardes and Herman Merivale third edition, Unexpected A Book of Memories by Lt Gen Sir Douglas Brownrigg, Auchinleck A Critical Biography by John Connell, Khaki and Gown autobiography by Field Marshal Lord Birdwood and two copies of Man of Valour, Field Marshal Lord Gort V C
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