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Lot 112
Saxton (Christopher & Hole WIlliam), Eboracensis comitatus pars Occidentalis vulgo West Riding, Eboracensis comitatus pars Septentrionalis vulgo North Riding [and] Eboracensis comitatus..., pars Orientalis vulgo East Riding [1607 - 1637], together three uncoloured engraved maps, some spotting to margins of the East Riding, some fraying to margins of the North Riding, various sizes, Latin text on verso of North Riding The North Riding is the first edition of 1607, the East Riding is from the 1610 edition and the West Riding is from the 1637 edition. (3)
Lot 118
Speed (John), The West Ridinge of Yorkshyre with the most famous and fayre Citie Yorke described, published C.Dicey & Co., circa 1770, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of York, slight creasing, 385 x 505 mm, no text on verso Dicey produced the last edition of John Speed's maps almost 160 years after they were first published. The maps were chronically out of date and didn't sell making this an uncommon edition. (1)
Lot 149
*Carnarvonshire. Speed (John), Caerarvon both Shyre and Shire-towne with the ancient Citie Bangor described, 1st edition, published John Sudbury & George Humble, [1611], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Carnarvon and Bangor, small hole in lower margin, 380 x 510 English text on verso, mounted, framed and glazed A good example of the first edition. (1)
Lot 20
Knolles (Richard). The Generall Historie of the Turkes from the first beginning of that Nation to the rising of the Othoman Familie with all the notable expeditions of the Christian Princes against them..., 2nd edition, printed by Adam Islip, 1610, engraved title (relined), numerous engraved illustrations to text, lacks A1 (blank) and A6 (final leaf of introduction), a few short closed tears (some repaired), occasional damp staining, mainly to blank margins, 6A5 with frayed fore-edge, 6C1 with some early ink amendments (offsetting), endpapers renewed, 19th-century half calf, rubbed and rebacked, folio (1)
Lot 230
Reference. A mixed collection of eighteen map reference books and facsimile atlases, 20th century, including Ogilby (John), Britannia volume the first..., 1675, facsimile edition, published Osprey, 1971, 100 double page strip road maps, publisher's cloth gilt, folio, together with facsimile atlases of 'Britannia Depicta' and Taylor & Skinners 'Survey of the Roads of North Britain or Scotland', with Shirley (Rodney W.), Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, revised edition 1991, [and] Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750, published 1988, two volumes, each with numerous illustrations, dust jackets, publisher's cloth gilt, 4to, plus Manasek (F.J.), Collecting Old Maps, published Terra Nova press, 1998, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, dust jacket, publisher's cloth gilt, 4to, and Booth (John), Antique Maps of Wales, 2nd edition, 1978, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, dust jacket, publisher's cloth gilt, 4to, with Skelton (R.A.), County Atlases of the British Isles, 1579 - 1850, revised edition 1978, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, dust jacket, publisher's cloth gilt, 4to, with others similar (18)
Lot 249
Surrey. Speed (John), Surrey described and divided into hundreds, 1st edition, published John Sudbury & George Humble, circa 1611, engraved map with near contemporary hand colouring, inset views of Richmond and Nonsuch palaces, slight staining, occasional marginal repaired closed tears not affecting image, 390 x 515 mm, English text on verso A scarce combination of the first edition and early hand colouring. (1)
Lot 26
Petrie (William Flinders, 1853-1942). Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri. First Series IVth to XIIth Dynasty, 2nd edition, 1899, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, publisher's catalogue at rear, signed by author to title 'Wm. Flinders Petrie', adhesion marks to front pastedown, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slight corner wear, 8vo, together with Douglas (Robert), God and Greater Britain: The British Race from the Twentieth Century BC to the Twentieth Century AD, 1st edition, [1902], presentation inscription to Flinders Petrie from Mrs E.J. Chapman dated 1912 to front free endpaper, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled and a little frayed at extremities, 8vo, plus an autograph letter signed from Mrs Louisa S. Cornish to Professor Flinders Petrie, 7th July, circa 1906, concerning the writing of the ancient Israelites, some spotting, 4 pp., 8vo (3)
Lot 29
Santa Maria (Giuseppe di). Prima Speditione all' Indie Orientali, 1st edition, Rome, 1666, half title, folding engraved map at end, lacking signatures U1-4 (pages 153-160), occasional light browning, contemporary limp vellum, some soiling, small 4to Account of the first Carmelite voyage to the Malabar Coast of south west India, in an attempt to reconvert the Christians there who had seceded from the Church of Rome in 1653. Provides an interesting account of the customs of the Malabar people. (1)
Lot 395
Continental binding. Officia Propria Sanctorum..., new edition, Bonn: H.T. Jansen, 1695, scattered spotting, mainly affecting first and last few leaves, lacks initial leaf (blank?), all edges gilt, contemporary elaborately gilt-decorated red morocco, spine with partial paper label to head, slight rubbing to extremities, rear joint with tiny hole at each end, spine with gilt-decorated raised bands and panels, covers with central lozenge surrounded by leafy sprays and other tools, within a multi-tooled border, gilt-rolled edges, small 8vo Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon. (1)
Lot 396
Continental binding. L. Ann‘us Florus. Cl. Salmasius, addidit Lucium Ampelium, E cod. MS. nunquam antehac editum, Leiden: Elsevier, 1638, engraved title, engraved head- and tail-pieces, including the 'black siren' at the head of the dedicatory epistle, title with small ink inscription 'W. Bateman Hague 1716' at head, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges and remnants of green silk ties, spine with manuscript title at head, covers with gilt armorial stamp to centre, front cover with faint early manuscript shelfmark to head, a couple of marks, contained in a marbled slipcase, 12mo, together with Patrick (Simon), The Christian Sacrifice, A Treatise Shewing the Necessity, End and Manner of Receiving the Holy Communion..., in four parts, 3rd edition, printed for R. Royston, 1675, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title relaid (both loose), three-quarter page engraving in text, A2 with loss at head, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, extremities rubbed and spine faded, spine with gilt decorated raised bands and panels, covers with decorative gilt panel design and central gilt armorial stamp of Anne Bayning, Viscountess Bayning of Foxley (1619-1678), Provenance: From the library of Howard M. Nixon. First item: Willems 467. (2)
Lot 409
Berkeley (George). A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge..., to which are added Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous..., 1st collected edition, printed for Jacob Tonson, 1734, separate title to part 2, occasional light spotting, 20th century panelled mottled calf, red morocco title label, 8vo First collected edition, and second edition of the Treatise (1st edition 1710); third edition of the Dialogues (1st edition 1713). (1)
Lot 41
Darwin (Charles). The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1868, 43 woodcut illustrations, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue dated April 1867 at end of volume I, 2 pp. publisher's list at end of volume II, pp. 63-64 in volume II with piece torn away from outer margin (from rough opening?) with no loss of text, stitching breaking at front of volume II with leaves loosening, light spotting front and rear, bookplates, original green cloth with blind decorations and spines lettered in gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo Freeman 877. First issue copy with the six line errata to volume I and seven line errata to volume II. Only 1500 copies of the first issue printed and "represents the only section of Darwin's big book on the origin of species which was printed in his lifetime and corresponds to its first two intended chapters. A second section, on natural selection, has been transcribed from the manuscript notes by R.C. Stauffer and appeared in 1975." (Freeman). (2)
Lot 429
Euclid. Euclides Elements of Geometry: The First VI Books: In a Compendious Form Contracted and Demonstrated by Captain Thomas Rudd, whereunto is added, the Mathematicall Preface of Mr John Dee, 1651, title printed in red and black (old ownership inscription of Wm C. Duffield at head, margins browned and chipped), woodcut initials and diagrams to text, some spotting or browning throughout including some embrowning to margins of first and last leaves from turn-ins, some occasional old marginalia and calculations, lacks initial blank, recent antique-style quarter calf over marbled boards, spine slightly faded, small 4to First Rudd edition of Books 1-6. Wing E3396, this variant with "at" at end of line 3 of imprint. (1)
Lot 432
Euclid. The Six First, together with the Eleventh and Twelfth Books of Euclid's Elements, Demonstrated after a New, Plain, and Easie Method, by Henry Hill, 1726, woodcut diagrams, initials, head- and tailpieces, subscribers list present, occasional spotting or browning, some old light dampstaining to upper margins of early leaves, closed tear to lower margin of leaf 3O2 without loss, old ownership inscriptions of Sarah and John Hodly to final leaf verso with slight see-through, manuscript folio numbering to upper corners of rectos throughout, armorial bookplate of Earl of Roden and library shelf label, contemporary calf, edges slightly rubbed, antique-style reback, 4to (219 x 166 mm) First Hill edition. (1)
Lot 433
Euclid. The Elements..., with Dissertations, intended to Assist and Encourage a Critical Examination of these Elements, as the most Effectual Means of Establishing a Juster Taste upon Mathematical Subjects, than that which at Present Prevails, by James Williams, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford, 1781-88, some woodcut diagrams to text, Dissertation IX at rear of volume 2 (sometimes not present), occasional spotting including somewhat heavy at first few leaves of each volume, closed marginal tear, contemporary green half calf gilt with spine labels, rubbed and a little wear with slight loss to head of spine of volume 1, 4to Volume 2 has variant imprint: London: printed by T. Spilsbury. (2)
Lot 438
Hobbes (Thomas, of Malmesbury). Hobbs's Tripos, in Three Discourses: The First Humane Nature..., The Second, De Corpore Politico..., The Third, Of Liberty and Necessity..., 3rd edition, 1684, general title and part titles, front endpaper renewed, hinges cracked, contemporary calf, joints lightly cracked, 8vo Wing H2266; Macdonald & Hargreaves 103. (1)
Lot 439
Ireland (W.H.). Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Late Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Confederation of Switzerland, 4 volumes, G. Berger, circa 1838, additional engraved titles, 27 uncoloured folding engraved and aquatint plates by George Cruikshank after Vernet, Denon et al (some waterstains, spotting and marginal fraying), page 341 in volume III with small tear and loss of text, front hinges of volumes II-IV broken, original green moire cloth, spines a little rubbed and faded, 8vo. Abbey Life 359 (for the first edition of 1823-28 by John Cumberland), plus Gibb (William & Holmes, Richard R.), Naval & Military Trophies & Personal Relics of British Heroes, a series of water colour drawings by William Gibb, the descriptive notes by Richard R. Holmes, 1896, chromolithograph plates, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, rubbed and minor fraying to extremities, folio, together with Records of the Royal MilitaryAcademy 1741-1892, Woolwich, F.J. Cattermole, 1892, hand-coloured plates, occasional minor marks, original dark blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling and wear, folio, plus Mayo (John Horsley), Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1897, colour and monochrome plates, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, rubbedand marked, 8vo, and others on medals, decorations, costume, military and naval art, etc., including Thomas Carter, British War Medals and How They Were Won, 1893, Henry Manners Chichester & George Burges-Short, The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army, 2nd edition, circa 1900, W. Augustus Steward, War Medals and Their History, 1st edition, 1915, E. Keble Chatterton, Ship-Models, 1923, Charles N. Robinson, Old Naval Prints, Their Artists & Engravers, 1924, Basil Lubbock, Adventures by Sea from Art of Old Time, 1925, M.S. Robinson, The Macpherson Collecton of Maritime Prints & Drawings, 1950, Thomas Rowlandson, Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs, facsimile edition, 1972, limited edition 361/400, etc., various sizes (34)
Lot 446
[Swift, Jonathan]. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships... , Second Edition, 4 parts in 2 volumes, [vol. 2, second edition, corrected], Benj[amin] Motte, 1727, portrait frontispiece of Gulliver lacking, 20pp. Verses, five engraved maps and one plate, advert leaf to volume two torn to lower blank margin and lined to verso, copious pencil notes & annotations throughout (note indicating former ownership as 'L. L. Hubbard's copy for corrections'), first & last few leaves strengthened to gutter margins (initial leaves a little loose), few leaves in volume 1 with small worm holes and short trail, some spotting and browning throughout, few stains mostly to fore-margins, later endpapers frayed and one torn, contemporary calf, rebacked and some corners repaired, rubbed, 8vo Teerink 293. The stated second edition, but actually the fourth octavo edition. Lucius L. Hubbard (1849-1933) was an author of books on mineralogy and geology, and a collector of Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe books. He wrote Contributions toward a bibliography of Gulliver's travels to establish the number and order of issue of the Motte editions of 1726 and 1727, their relative accuracy and the source of the changes made in the Faulkner edition of 1735, (published Chicago, W.M. Hill, 1922). (2)
Lot 447
Walpole (Horace). Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third, 2nd edition, 1768, line-engraved portrait frontispiece (close trimmed at head and foot), engraved plate, bound with An Answer to Mr. Horace Walpole's late Work... by F.W.G., 1768, half title, author name in manuscript to title, manuscript note and library stamp to first title verso, trimmed armorial bookplate at front, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, 4to, together with Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times; Regal, Noble, Gentilitial, and Miscellaneous, by Samuel Pegge, 1818, portrait frontispiece, three engraved plates, small abrasion to title affecting some letters, light spotting, bookplate, contemporary half cal, rebacked, 8vo, plus A Complete Account of the Ceremonies Observed in the Coronations of the Kings and Queens of England, 4th edition, 1727, two folding plates (one with short closed tear, illustrations, light dampstain front and rear, modern calf-backed boards, 4to, with others including A Catalogue of Pictures by British Artists, in the Possession of Sir John Fleming, by John Young, 1825 and Ancient Marbles in Great Britain, by Adolf Michaelis, 1882 (34)
Lot 450
William Wilberforce Family. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ..., Stereotype Edition, printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, for the Naval and Military Bible Society, 1818, ownership signature of Barbara Wilberforce (1799-1821) to front free endpaper and inscribed 'Rydal 1818' beneath, ownership signature of 'Wm Wilberforce' to title and beneath it written 'I began to use it Oct 2d 1830 at Brighton', some pencil marginalia and underscoring plus juvenile jottings to rear endpapers and scribble beneath front endpaper inscription, some light browning and dust-soiling, original calf with blind stamp of Naval and Military Bible Society to upper and lower covers, lacks clasp, heavily rubbed and some wear to extremities, joints weak, 12mo An interesting association item. The William Wilberforce signature and inscription on the title-page could be that of William Wilberforce (1798-1879) the son of the great philanphropist and slavery abolitionist William Wilberforce MP (1759-1833); or William Wilberforce MA (1821-1900), the eldest son of William junior. The handwriting and marginalia suggest a younger hand. At this time in 1830 William junior's venture as a dairy farmer at St John's Wood in London was failing. The first signature, that of Barbara Wilberforce (1799-1821) belongs to William senior's second-born child; and the location is that of Rydal Mount, the English Lake District home of William and Mary Wordsworth. William Wilberforce senior had connections to the Lake District and the Wordsworth family and in 1818 the Wilberforce family descended on the Wordsworths' home for a visit which lasted several months. It seems possible therefore that this book was given by Barbara to her young nephew William. The Bible Society was founded in 1779, but changed its name to Naval and Military Bible Society in 1804 when the British and Foreign Bible Society was founded by a group of people including William Wilberforce and Thomas Charles. The Naval and Military Bible Society changed its name again to the Naval, Military & Air Force Bible Society in 1961. (1)
Lot 46
Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, 1st edition, Imprinted at London by John Norton, 1597, engraved title present (image somewhat rubbed, close-trimmed, creased, strengthened to gutter margin and one other repair to verso), numerous woodcut illustrations (including 7 neatly hand-coloured), lacking engraved portrait (leaf B6), first page of main text inscribed 'Edward Seymour, April 18, 1749, Seend', leaf 3I7 torn to fore-margin with minor loss to one or two letters of text, some dampstaining, occasional tears and marks, worm trail to fore-margins of index at rear of volume, final few leaves (including supplement of appendix of common names) creased and with some strengthening repairs to margins, later 18th century reversed calf, blind panelled decoration to boards, joints cracked at head & foot, extremities worn, folio STC 11750. Nissen 698. Henrey 154. This volume has an 18th century armorial bookplate of the Duke of Somerset, and the reverse of the title is inscribed Edward Duke of Somerset, Given to Lord William Seymour by the Duke of Somerset, January 2nd 1786. Provenance: This volume was also more recently owned by Edmund Owen (1847-1915) surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital, who lived at Great Cumberland Place, and thence by descent to the vendor. (1)
Lot 511
Tidcombe (Marianne). Women Bookbinders 1880-1920, Oak Knoll Press/British Library, 1996, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, original green cloth-backed patterned boards, with paper label to upper cover, glassine protective wrapper, large 8vo, VG, together with Tomlinson (William, and Masters, Richard), Bookcloth 1823-1980, 1st edition, 1996, numerous cloth samples at rear of volume, some illustrations, original maroon cloth gilt, large 8vo, with slipcase, plus Middleton (Bernard C.), A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique, 2nd edition, 1978, & A Bookbinder's Miscellany, Oxford, 2015, colour and monochrome illustrations to each, both original cloth gilt, the first title in dust wrapper, 8vo, and others on the history of bookbinding, bookbinding techniques, etc., a large run of modern book auction catalogues, including mainly Dominic Winter & Bonhams, circa 2000-2016, Sotheby's Macclesfield Library, Parts 5, 8 & 9, Maggs Bros. Bookbinding in the British Isles, Catalogue 1212, 2 volumes, 1996, etc. (approx. 100)
Lot 518
Delteil (Loys). Le Peintre-Graveur Illustr‚, The graphic works of 19th and 20th century artists, An illustrated catalog, volumes I-X & XII-XXXII, New York, 1969-70, monochrome illustrations, library inkstamps to foot of title and verso, library bookplates to front endpapers, original uniform brown cloth gilt, with library classification label to foot of spine of each volume, slightly rubbed, 4to, together with Maison (K. E.), Honor‚ Daumier, Catalogue Raisonn‚ of the Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Thames & Hudson, 1967-68, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, library stamps to title and verso, library bookplates to front endpapers, original dark blue cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, first volume with adhesive tape to upper cover, library stamps to lower edge of text block, spines somewhat faded, with library classification label to each, 4to (33)
Lot 536
Stroganov (Sergei Grigorevich & Solntsev, Fedor Grigorevich). [Drevnosti Rossiskago Gosudarstva: Izdaniya po Vysochaishemu Poveleniyu, Moscow: Aleksander Semyon, 1849-1853, reissued in an English edition as:] Antiquities of the Russian Empire. Published by Imperial Command. Description of the Plates, Translated by W.S. Mirrielees & R. Harrison, 1855 (Reprinted 1892), 6 volumes bound in 4, 1849-53-92, chromolithographed title-page and printed English title in first volume, 6 chromolithographed volume titles, printed table of contents in English to each volume, 508 (mostly) chromolithographed plates with captions in Russian and French (numbered and complete: 112+101+147+37+72+39), volumes 4-6 bound as one, library stamps to lower margin of English printed title and volume titles of volumes 2-4 with manuscript library numbers to versos, ink numbers to lower margin of Russian title and further library numbers to verso, library stamps to lower margins of first contents page of volumes 1-4, some intermittent finger-soiling, heavy spotting to plate 29 of volume 5, printed library labels to front endpapers, contemporary half morocco, heavily rubbed and slight wear to extremities, library class numbers at foot of spines, volume 2 snagged at head of spine, final volume rebacked in morocco, folio (510 x 375mm) Colas 138; Fekula 6194. This elaborate description of a wide range of Russian artefacts was conceived by A.N. Olenin, President of the Academy of Arts, and undertaken with the patronage of Tsar Nicholas I. It was written by Stroganov and illustrated by Solntsev. It was published in a modest edition of 600 copies. The original edition included a seventh quarto volume of text in Russian and French, often missing. It would appear that this is a reissue, using all the plates from the original edition of 1849-1853, discarding the French chromolithographed title and Russian/French contents pages in favour of a printed English title-page and English contents pages. The English translations on the title-page would therefore refer to the contents pages here supplied, and the seventh Russian/French text volume not included. No other copies of this 'reissue' have been located, nor have any copies of Mirrielees and Harrison's translations of 1855 been found. (6)
Lot 597
Warner (George F.). Facsimiles of Royal Historical, Literary and Other Autographs in the Department of Manuscripts British Museum, First Series, 2nd edition, 1898, numerous monochrome facsimiles, some light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated green quarter morocco, spine slightly faded and rubbed, folio, together with Taylor (Richard), Index Monastius; or The Abbeys and Other Monasteries, Alien Priories, Friaries, Colleges, Collegiate Churches And Hospitals With Their Dependencies, formerly established in The Diocese of Norwich, 1821, numerous black and white heraldic illustrations, plus 3 folding maps, some spotting, minor loss to foot of front endpapers, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spine rubbed, folio, plus other 19th century large format reference, some leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, folio (2 cartons)
Lot 665
Kipling (Rudyard). 'Captain Courageous', A Story of the Grand Banks, 1897, black and white illustrations by I.W. Taber, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Barnes (Julian), Cross Channel, 1st edition, 1996, original black cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, 8vo, and Huxley (Aldous), Ape and Essence, 1st edition, 1949, bookplates to front endpapers, some minor spotting, original black cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with some loss to head and foot of spine, 8vo, plus other early to mid 20th century and modern first editions and fiction, including Hammoned Innes, Dennis Wheatley, Richard Adams, Agatha Christie, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves)
Lot 77
Nash (Joseph). Views of the Interior and Exterior of Windsor Castle, London: Thomas M'Lean, 1848, title printed in blue with hand-coloured lithographic vignette (lower blank outer corner cut away), dedication to Queen Victoria printed in blue, printed leaf of introduction and list of plates, 25 chromolithographic plates finished by hand, mounted on card and outlined in gold, a little dust-soiing to title-page margins, some spotting, mostly to plate mounts, offsetting to accompanying leaves of letterpress, some scattered soiling and a few text leaves a little frayed at edges, gutter percher perished, armorial bookplate of W.A. Pochin of Barkby Hall, Leicestershire, to front pastedown, the whole loosely contained in publisher's half morocco and blue velvet gilt portfolio, rubbed, some fraying at head of spine, large folio (714 x 525 mm) First and best edition of this 'early example of three-colour printing. The figures and smaller details are hand-finished, probably by the artist, this being one of the few "Royal Copies"' (Abbey, Scenery 360); Tooley 339. See illustration on front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Lot 1360
NEILL (P.), editor. Journal of a Horticultural Tour through some parts of Flanders, Holland, and the North of France . . . by a Deputation of the Caledonian Horticultural Society. First Edition. 7 engraved plates (incl. 2 folded plans), text illus.; gilt-ruled & panelled spine, marbled edges & e/ps. (by Birdsall). Edinburgh, 1823.
Lot 1371
WAUCHOPE (Maj. Gen. A.G.) A History of the Black Watch . . . in the Great War . . . 3 vols. 33 plates, 25 maps (mostly folded) & some text maps; insignia on covers. 1926; with The Royal Highland Regiment: the Black Watch . . . Medal Roll, 1801-1911. First Edition. coloured frontis.& 3 other photogravure plates; gilt cloth & d/wrapper, 4to. Edinburgh, 1913.
Lot 1378
TOMBES (R.) & SMITH (B.G.) The War with the South: a history of the Great American Rebellion . . . First Edition, 3 vols. pictorial engraved & printed titles, 67 portraits & other plates, 11 coloured maps/plans; publisher's half morocco & cloth, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, g.e., 4to. London & New York, (?1863).
Lot 1386
LEWIS (James) Original Designs in Architecture: consisting of plans, elevations and sections, for villas, mansions, town-houses, &c. and a new design for a theatre . . . First Edition, vol. 1 only (of 2). English / Italian title, 22 engraved plates, subscriber's list; contemp. half calf & marbled boards (distressed), folio. printed for the author, 1780 * this vol. reissued 1797 in conjunction with a newly published second volume; the subscriber's list details several copies going to Italy, whilst Sir Joshua Reynolds, Richard Carr, Henry Holland, George Dance & James ('Athenian') Stuart were amongst the British purchasers; this copy with shelf labels - 'Luffness/D2', i.e. Luffness Castle (E. Lothian), the Earls of Hopetoun.
Lot 1395
WRIGHT (A.), editor. Twentieth Century Impressions of HongKong, Shanghai, and Other Treaty Ports of China: their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. First Edition. very many illus. throughout (some full-page, including maps & plans); publisher's gilt morocco, with gilt decorated & panelled spine, g.e. & marbled e/ps., thick impl. 8vo. 1908. * an exhaustive treatise of some 848pp. Illustrated
Lot 1396
MARTIN (R.M.) China; Political, Commercial, and Social . . . First Edition, 2 vols. large folded & coloured map, 2 folded sketch maps & 4 folded tables, errata (etc.) leaf, half titles; later 19th cent. gilt-ruled polished calf, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, marbled e/ps. & edges (by Bickers). 1847. * pleasant Eton leaving inscription (with mounted photograph)
Lot 1398
KOTENEV (A.M.) Shanghai: its Mixed Court and Council . . . Chinese modern law and Shanghai municipal land regulations and bye-laws governing the life of the settlement. First Edition. errata leaf & (16 line) note tipped-in at p. 289; gilt-lettered cloth. Shanghai: North-China Daily News & Herald, 1925.
Lot 1403
CATLEEN (E.) Peking Studies. First Edition. decorative pictorial title, num. (rolleiflex) camera studies throughout, with sketches by F.H. Schiff (some coloured, incl. a pictorial plan); decorated cloth (with mounted photo. illus.) & pictorial d/wrapper, folio. Shanghai, 1934. * a decorative (with art-deco suggestions) & desirably idiosyncratic production. Illustrated
Lot 1424
PRIP-MOLLER (J.) Chinese Buddhist Monasteries: their plan and its function as a setting for Buddhist monastic life. First Edition. coloured frontis., 130pp. of full-page collotype photo. illus. (some of 2/3 images, 1 d-page), 32pp. of full-page plans & other drawings (6 coloured, 2 folded), a page of music, a sketch map, 4 large folded pocket plans & num. other text illus.; gilt-lettered parchment-backed paper boards, folio. Copenhagen & London, 1937. * a truly monumental work; unsurpassed & almost certainly unsurpassable. Illustrated
Lot 1430
MURPHY (A.) The Life of David Garrick, Esq. First Edition, 2 vols. portrait frontis.; rebound leather. 1801; BOADEN (J.) Memoirs of Mrs Siddons . . . First Edition, 2 vols. portrait frontis., half titles; rebound half leather & cloth. 1827; sold with Boaden's Life of Mrs. Jordan (2 vols., 1831) & another (related) book.
Lot 1431
WARD (A.W.) The Electress Sophia and the Hanovarian Succession. First Edition. coloured portrait frontis., num. other plates (incl. a large folded facsimile, all with captioned guards) & some text illus.; publisher's red gilt-ruled half morocco & watered silk cloth, gilt-decorated & panelled spine, gilt top & marbled e/ps., folio. Goupil & Co., 1903. * a typical de luxe production from this publisher; armorial bookplate of Sir Francis Danson; sold with some 26 related reproduction portrait prints.
Lot 1457
CHAUCER (G.) The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Edited from numerous manuscripts by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat. First Edition, 7 vols. facsimiles & other plates; gilt cloth. Oxford, 1894-97. * includes the supplementary volume; LANGLAND (Wm.) The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman . . . edited from numerous manuscripts, with preface (etc.) by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat. 2 vols., gilt cloth. Oxford, 1886; sold with Boswell's Life of Johnson (edited by G.B. Hill, revised L.F. Powell), 6 vols., 1934 & 1964; & Richardson's Novels (20 vols.), 1902
Lot 1462
VERNER (Capt. W.) Sketches in the Soudan. First Edition. 37 coloured lithographed plates (by Keulemans, from the author's sketches), a coloured plan, 4pp. subscribers list, publisher's advert. leaf & 8pp. list; original cloth-backed pictorial boards, oblong 4to. 1885. * with the Gordon Relief Expedition; subscriber's name on the title -'F.A.Anley / Woolwich 1885'. Illustrated
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