Fletcher (Thomas). Poems on Several Occasions, and Translations: wherein the First and Second Books of Virgil's Aeneis are attempted, in English, 1st edition, printed for Charles Harper, 1692, initial imprimatur leaf, final advertisement leaf, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, gilt frame to covers, most of gilt rubbed away on spine, short crack to head of front joint, light wear to extremities, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC 15620; Grolier, Wither to Prior 379; Wing F1362. Fletcher's translation of Virgil has been noted for its Williamite overtones, with his rendering of Jove's prophecy of the triumph of Aeneas interpreted as a celebration of William's victory in the Battle of the Boyne.
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[Avril, Philippe]. Travels Into divers Parts of Europe and Asia, Undertaken by the French King's Order to discover a new Way by Land into China. Containing many curious Remarks in Natural Philosophy, Geography, Hydrography, and History. Together with a Description of Great Tartary, and of the different People who inhabit there, 1st edition in English, printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1693, lacking A2 (Translator's Preface), title-page printed in red and black (with oval ink stamp 'Eastern District' to lower margin), publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, some spotting and toning (a few leaves browned/soiled), E8 with paper flaw resulting in slight loss to lower blank margin, manuscript signature on front pastedown, contemporary sheep, rubbed, with loss to spine ends, large 12mo (Qty: 1)Cordier Sinica 2088-9; ESTC R16481; Wing A4275. A translation of Voyage en divers états d’Europe et d’Asie , first published in Paris in 1692. Jesuit traveller Philippe Avril (1654-1698) set out in 1685 in an attempt to find an overland route to the Far East. He went via Cyprus, Syria, Asia Minor and Persia but was turned back on reaching Astrakhan on the Northern shores of the Caspian sea. He subsequently returned to Constantinople then to France via Poland and Moldavia, arriving home in 1690.
Hopkins (Charles). Epistolary Poems; on Several Occasions: with several of the Choicest Stories of Ovid's Metamorphoses and Tibullus's Elegies. Translated into English, 1st edition, printed by R. E[veringham] for Jacob Tonson, 1694, half-title, spotting and browning, C1 chipped at lower outer corner, effaced contemporary ownership inscriptions to half-title (A1) and A3 recto ('Timothy Thorpe P[?]', further contemporary inscriptions to foot of title and blank verso of final leaf, front inner hinge reinforced at an eary date contemporary sprinkled sheep, spine consolidated in places, label renewed, lower outer corners of boards restored, 8vo (18.5 x 11.5 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R13221; Wing H2721. The author's first published book, consulted by Dryden for his own translation of Ovid.
Leybourn (William). Pleasure with Profit: Consisting of Recreations of Divers Kinds, viz. numerical, geometrical, mechanical, statical, astronomical, horometrical, cryptographical, magnetical, automatical, chymical, and historical. Published to Recreate Ingenious Spirits; and to induce them to make farther scrutiny into these (and the like), sublime sciences..., to this work is also annext, A Treatise of Algebra... by R. Sault, 1st edition, printed for Richard Baldwin, and John Dunton, 1694, 2 full-page engraved plates, 5 engraved illustrations to text, numerous woodcut illustrations to text, including diagrams and charts, a few minor marks and some light browning, modern antique-style blind-decorated and ruled full calf, with gilt morocco title label to spine, folio (31 x 19 cm) (Qty: 1)Wing L1931; Wheeler Gift Catalogue 207; De Morgan, Arithmetical Books, page 54. A teacher of mathematics and professional land surveyor in London, William Leybourn (1626-1701) started out as a printer, his output including Thomas Salusbury's Mathematical Collections and Translations of 1661-1665, which contained the first appearance of Galileo in English. The present work includes Salusbury's translation of Galileo's La Bilancetta , under the heading Of The Ballance of Signeur Galileo Galilei (Statistical Recreations, Chapter III). Leybourn also prints Descartes treatise on mechanics in the section entitled mechanical recreations, using Salusbury's translation.
Mackworth (Humphrey). England's Glory; or, the Great Improvement of Trade in General, by a Royal Bank, or Office of Credit, to be erected in London; Wherein many great advantages that will hereby accrue to the Nation, to the Crown, and to the people, are mentioned; with answers to the objections that may be made against this Bank, 1st edition, 1694, 94 pp., some toning and light spotting, bookplate of George Spilsbury, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed with some small worming to lower cover, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC R1171; Kress 1850. Rare. Humphrey Mackworth (1657-1727), industrialist and politician, was knighted by Charles II in 1683, the present book his first work. He was a founder of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, later becoming embroiled in an industrial scandal with neighbour Thomas Mansel in Neath.
Antiquarian Books, Photographs, Maps and Ephemera - Photography, India/British Raj, Militaria, a late 19th/early 20th century Anglo-Indian Army regimental photograph, the officers and chaplain, their pith helmets inscribed King's, standing before a gut, 20cm x 24.5cm, mounted, maple cushion frame, 44cm x 49cm overall; another, of a Highland subaltern, wearing a kilt, the mount inscribed Rangoon, 44cm x 31cm, framed, (2); Books - Theology, La Sainte Bible, ou Le Vieux et Le Nouveau Testament, Traduits en François sur Les Textes Hébreu et Grec, Par les Pasteurs et les Professeurs de l'Eglise et de l'Académie de Genève, Chez J.J. Paschoud [...], A Genève 1805, later 20th century brown pebble calf binding, paper title-label to flat spine, pastedown preserving contemporary early 19th century crested bookplate: Hugh Percy (a scion of the Dukes of Northumberland), medium folio; Miscellaneous Folios, Thomas Shotter Boys Original Views of London, First Published in 1842 Now Reprinted [...] with Twenty-Six Coloured Reproductions from the Original Lithographs, the Text of 1842, and a Parallel Modern Text by James Laver, C.B.E., two-volume set, Charles W. Traylen, Guildford 1954 - 1955, each with printed card covers, red cloth portfolio binding; Repton (John Adey) and Wilkins (William), Norwich Cathedral at the end of the eighteenth century, with descriptive notes [...], limited edition 546/1000, bookplate to pastedown, Gregg Press, Farnborough 1965, fold-out architectural elevations and plates, contemporary blue cloth, pictorial printed slipcase, atlas folio; Printing The Times Since 1785: Some Account of the Means of Production and Changes of Dress of the Newspaper, Illustrated with Upwards of Fifty Facsimiles of Pages and Many Line Engravings &c., Printing House Square, London 1953, black cloth, royal folio, (3); Cartography, after John Speed, a two-fold map, of the county of Warwickshire, late 19th century monochrome strike, 31cm x 41cm, mounted and framed; 19th century map, of Staffordshire, Published by J & C Walker, London hand-coloured delineations, ebonised frame, (2), [8]
Books - Modern First Editions - Forster (E.M.): A Letter to Madan Blanchard, first edition, Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, London 1931, pictorial card cover as issued, 12mo; Nordic Twilight, first edition, Macmillan & Co. Ltd, London 1940, card covers as issued, 12mo, (2); Bates (H.E.), The Two Sisters, first edition, Jonathan Cape Limited, London 1926, h/b, d/j (fragmented to spine), 12mo, [3]
ELIZABETH II ROYAL MINT 2008 LIMITED EDITION PROOF SILVER FIVE POUNDS COMMEMORATIVE COIN PRINCE CHARLES 60TH BIRTHDAY EDITION OF 20,000, 28.28gms in plush lined case and box and ANOTHER PRINCE HARRY OF WALES TWENTY FIRST BIRTHDAY EDITION OF 2500 NO0133, 28.28gms in plush lined case with certificate (2)
A collection of good quality children's titles including a boxed edition of The Wind In The Willows, also The Wind In The Willows published by The Folio Society, Winnie The Pooh - The Complete Collection of Drawings and Poems published by Methuen, Beatrix Potter titles, etc, together with two first edition Harry Potter titles, one minus its original dust jacket
LOCK, JOHN, a Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Galatians, I and II Corinthians, Romans, Ephesians, to which is prefixed An Essay For The Understanding of St. Paul's Epistles, by Consulting St. Paul Himshelf, pub. Awnsham and John Churchill, London, 1707, the first collected edition of earlier publications, this is actually the work of John Locke, The Great English Philosopher and Physician, the boards are worn but complete and attached, though the top one of four binding stitches has come loose from the front board, some, non-obliterative, very old staining to early pages, otherwise a remarkably clean and readable text
A Clarice Cliff Art in Industry Bizarre Dinner Service, designed by Graham Sutherland, painted with black lines and green ovals, comprising two tureens and covers, two graduating meat plates, six dinner platers, six dessert plates, six side plates and a gravy boat, black printed mark DESIGNED BY Graham Sutherland A.R.E PRODUCED IN BIZARRE by Clarice Cliff WILKINSON LTD COPYRIGHT RESERVED FIRST EDITION 1934 (23) Produced as part of the ''Artists in Industry'' project. In the summer of 1933 the wares were shown at a major exhibition in London. Twenty-five designers took part, including Vanessa Bell, Dod Proctor, Graham Sutherland, Paul Nash, Frank Brangwyn, Dame Laura Knight, John Armstong and Gordon M Forsyth.
Five Limited Edition WWII RAF Prints Of Individuals Awarded The Victoria Cross All Signed To Include Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, Flying Officer John Cruickshank, Warrant Officer Norman Jackson, Wing Commander RAB Learoyd, And Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid, All Linited To 1000 And All Numbered In The First 100 Plus A Stan Buldock Print Of RAF Marshall Sir Arthur Harris Signed By The Artist.
Robert Taylor (20th century, Aviation Artist), by and after, Spitfire, signed in pencil by Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader, CBE, DSO, DFC and Air Vice-Marshal Johnie Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO, DFC, first edition coloured print, published by Universal Promotions Ltds., Bath 1979, 45.5cm x 60cm; others, Hurricane, signed in pencil by Wing Commander R.R. Stanford-Tuck, DSO, DFC, RAF (Retd.), first edition coloured print, 45.5cm x 60cm and Lancaster, signed in pencil by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, VS, DSO, DFC, first edition coloured print, 45.5cm x 60cm (3)**All lots in this sale are subject to a maximum of £2.50 plus VAT Buyers Premium**
Ephemera - Local Interest - Stevenson (Robert Louis), Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour In the Year 1751, first edition, Cassell & Company, Limited, London 1886, 12mo, viii + 311 + adverts [15], title-page with the Sketch of the Cruise of Brig Covenant [,] And the probable course of David Balfour's Wanderings, inscribed J.B. Marsden-Smedley 1886 [of Lea Green, Matlock, Derbyshire, 1869-30th March, 1959], original cloth boards; with a signed b/w photograph of John Marsden-Smedley taken on his 80th birthday, a later family photograph taken on his 90th birthday with a typed message of thanks for birthday messages received from the workers at the mills, as well as order of service for Smedley's funeral held on April 3rd, 1959Provenance - gifted to Marjorie Guy (née Hill), John Bertram Marsden-Smedley's private secretary until his death, on the dispersal of the contents and sale of Lea Green, Matlock, and thence by descent to the current vendor; football; RAF; Times Newspaper facsimile, boxed; etc (2 boxes) **All lots in this sale are subject to a maximum of £2.50 plus VAT Buyers Premium**
A 16th Century Map of Vilnius, Lithuania, Braun & Hogenberg, 1599, map title 'VILNA LITVANIAE' hand coloured, 53cm x 42cmNote: from first latin edition of Volume III, plate 59, of "Civitates orbis terrarum," drawn 1576, possibly based on an image by the Flemishartist, Guillebert de Lannoy, who visited Vilna in 1414
An 18th Century Map of Poland, Guillaume De L'Isle, published paris, c.1702, with cartouche which reads 'La Pologne Dressee sur ce qu'en ont donne Starovolsk, Beauplan, Hartnoch . . .', copper engraving, uncoloured, verso plane, dimensions 71cm x 53.5cmNote: Rare first edition of De L'Isle's map of Poland, one of the most influential maps of Poland published at the beginning of the 16th Century by perhaps the most important map maker of the period.
ELSIE WRIGHT The Cottingley Fairies - Alice and the Fairies photograph of Frances 'Alice' Griffiths, taken by her cousin Elsie Wright, July 1917, printed by Harold Snelling, c.1920, sepia gelatin silver print, mounted on original brown card with embossed brown title and copyright stamp to lower margin, with original brown card wrapper with tissue, image 11cm x 15cm, with a first edition of Arthur Conan Doyle The Coming of the Fairies Hodder & Stoughton 1922 (splits to spine)Provenance: This Cottingley Fairies photograph has been in the same family for at least two generations. The vendor, known to us as a long-established collector of antiques cameras, inherited the photograph from his mother who died some years ago. The vendor does not know whether she purchased or was given the photograph or inherited it herself. The book accompanied the photograph.
Pessoa (Fernando) 35 Sonnets, first edition, some light fraying along fore-edge, loose in original stitched printed wrappers, 8vo, Lisbon, 1918.⁂ An important early self-published work by Pessoa, rare. Pessoa was a committed anglophile with the majority of his early influence coming more from the likes of Donne and (especially here) Shakespeare than any Portuguese authors.
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mr. Tod, first edition, first or second printing with date on title, colour frontispiece and 14 colour plates, plain title vignette and illustrations in text, a little browned, very slight foxing, original light brown boards with mounted colour illustration, minor shelf-lean, corners bumped, head of spine chipped with slight loss, [Linder p.429; Quinby 21], 16mo, 1912.
Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Pigling Bland, first edition, first or second printing with date on title, colour frontispiece and 14 colour plates, plain title vignette and illustrations in text, pictorial endpapers, ink gift inscription on half-title, original green boards with mounted colour illustration, minor shelf lean, corners very slightly bumped, head of spine slightly rubbed, [Linder p.429; Quinby 22], 16mo, 1913.
Pratchett (Terry) The Carpet People, first edition, signed by author to title, illustrations, small pencilled number to rear free endpaper, Gerrards Cross, 1971; Diggers, 1990, first editions, original cloth, both a little bumped at spine head and foot, first a very little faint scuffing, dust-jackets, first with duraseal outer wrapper (with address label to front inner flap), both exiguous creases at spine ends, second spine faded, 8vo (2) ⁂The first Sir Terry's first book.
NO RESERVE Pratchett (Terry) Once More with Footnotes, signed by author to title, Framingham, NESFA, 2004; Only You Can Save Mankind, 1992, first editions, first second printing, both original cloth, a little bumped at spine ends, dust-jackets, second price-clipped; and a duplicate of first signed and a first edition of Johnny and the Bomb with excised front free endpaper, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Pullman (Philip) [His Dark Materials], 3 vol., Collector's Edition, signed and numbered by the author, [2005]; The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, 2010; The Scarecrow and His Servant, illustrations by Peter Bailey, 2004; Puss in Boots: The Adventures of that Most Enterprising Feline, illustrations by Ian Beck, 2000; The Tiger in the Well, 1991, each but first first editions, original cloth or pictorial boards, a little bumped, dust-jackets, last spine faded, first slip-cases and publisher's shrink-wrapped cellophane; and 16 others, Pullman, 8vo & 4to (23)
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first paperback edition, first printing, usual light marginal browning, original pictorial wrappers, light central crease to spine, light creasing to corners, some lifting to laminate along fore-edge, but generally an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1997.
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first deluxe edition, spurious author's signature to title crossed through, original cloth, lettered in gilt with pictorial onlay, 1999; and c.45 others from the Harry Potter series, including some later titles in first edition, 8vo (c.45)
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, first edition, author's signature laid down on front free endpaper, letters of provenance loosely inserted, usual light toning to margins, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, 2000; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, deluxe edition, 10th printing, signed by the author on title, certificate of authenticity loosely inserted, original cloth lettered in gilt with pictorial onlay, small stain to fore-edge, g.e., 1999, 8vo (2)
[Rowling (J.K.)] "Robert Galbraith". The Silkworm, signed by the author as Robert Galbraith on title, hologram sticker, 2014; Career of Evil, signed presentation inscription from the author 'To Gary, with love from J. K. Rowling (Jo!) aka Robert Galbraith to title, 2015, first edition, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies, 8vo (2)
Sadleir (Michael) Forlorn Sunset, first edition, limited edition, one of 25 copies, inscribed and signed by the author to his friend, frontispiece, plates, original vellum, slip-case, a little rubbed and faded, 1947; These Foolish Friends, inscribed and signed by the author, original cloth, lightly faded spine, slight bumping to corners, 1944; and another, by the same, 8vo (3)

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