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Lot 217
G.P Taylor First Edition books; 'Woodworm' (4), 'Shadowmancer' (2), 'Doppleganger' (1), 'Tersias' (4) and 'Shadowmancer' Special Edition (2), all signed and Limited Edition 'Farperoo' by Mark Lamb (3), signed Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Lot 217A
G.P Taylor First Edition books; 'Woodworm' (4), 'Shadowmancer' (2), 'Doppleganger' (1), 'Tersias' (4) and 'Shadowmancer' Special Edition (2), all signed and Limited Edition 'Farperoo' by Mark Lamb (3), signed Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Lot 217B
G.P Taylor First Edition books; 'Woodworm' (4), 'Shadowmancer' (2), 'Doppleganger' (1), 'Tersias' (4) and 'Shadowmancer' Special Edition (2), all signed and Limited Edition 'Farperoo' by Mark Lamb (2), signed Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Lot 359
ORWELL (G), THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER, Left Book Club edition, orange cloth, London, Gollancz, 1937; DARWIN (C), THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX, second edition revised, Murray, 1896; WELLS (H.G.), MIND AT THE END OF ITS TETHER, Hinemann, 1945; LAWRENCE (D.H.), THE WHITE PEACOCK, first edition, Heinemann, 1911 (4)
Lot 349
FLEMING (I), YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, first edition, un-clipped d.j, black cloth with gilt lettering, Jonathan Cape, 1964; OCTOPUSSY AND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, first edition, Cape, 1966; with a 6th impression ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, a 6th impression THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, and copy of Licence Renewed, Book Club, 1981 (5)
Lot 386
SCOTT (W), illus, SOLDIERS VERSE, first edition, with colour litho plates, un-clipped d.j, Muller, 1945; OSBORNE (J), LUTHER, Faber & Faber 1961; LOOK BACK IN ANGER, 2nd impression 1957; THE WORLD OF PAUL SLICKEY, ex-public library, 1959; RATTIGAN (T), THE WINSLOW BOY, D.J, Hamish Hamilton, 1946; with, KARFELD (K), ZEPPELINBUCH, Leipzig, 1938 (6)
Lot 1244
Book - The Japanese Months Vol.1 - January to June - printed by The Kokubunsha Toyko in crepe with woodblock coloured prints, believed First Edition, published in the late 1800's in English, eight coloured double page prints - pages not numbered in this editionCondition report: Some corner folds and a little foxing/staining, colour plates vibrant
Lot 517
Squadron Leader M.P. Peter Brown AFC signed Book Hornchurch Scramble by Richard C. Smith. 1st Edition 2000 Introduction written by Squadron Leader M.P. Peter Brown AFC and signed with a personal message concerning 2nd June 1940 when his Squadron 611 were led in to combat for the first time over Dunkirk by the Flight Commander of 92 Squadron, Flight Lt R.R.S. Tuck. One of The Few S/Ldr Brown flew Spitfires with 611-41 Squadron in the Battle of Britain. Good condition
Lot 523
First wartime HMSO edition 1942 of the RAF booklet UNSIGNED We Speak from the Air containing 23 true accounts of the war in the air broadcast by BBC Radio. Because it was wartime for family security the names of all the participants were withheld. But the extract from. Contents. readily reveal a number of names e.g. Chapter 3 Sqn Ldr Bob Stanford Tuck, Chapter 11 Sgt James Allan Ward VC to name but two, and more are identified by research. 75 year old in. Good condition and eminently readable and collectable. Good condition
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Lot 676
Kipling [Rudyard] : A Fleet of Being, notes of two trips with the Channel Squadron, pub. The London Macmillan Company, 1898, blue cloth; Wyllie [W.L.] and Wren [M.F.] : Sea Fights of The Great War, (Naval incidents during the first nine months), pub. Cassell & Company Ltd., 1919 reprint; Two Further Maritime Related Books, The Life of Nelson (Robert Southey Esq. L.L.D.) and A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing (7th Edition). (4)
Lot 3006
'The National Shakespeare, a fac-simile of the text of the first folio of 1623', illustrated by Sir J. Noel Paton, unbound in cloth wrappers/folios (nine "portfolios" in total), undated but c.1900, photogravure plates; a 1971 edition of Camden's Britannia; a modern edition of Dugdale's 'Antiquities of Warwickshire'; 'The Hundred Best Pictures', C. Hubert Letts, 6th Edition. All folio. Together with a few smaller works. One box.
Lot 3026
Three boxes of antiquarian and vintage books, non-fiction/reference works. Includes: 'Workshop Receipts for the Use of Manufacturers, Mechanics and Scientific Amateurs', Ernest Spon, 1895; 'The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture', Herbert Cescinsky, 1931; 'Wrought Iron and its Decorative Use', Ayrton & Silcock, Country Life Ltd, 1929; 'The Old-World House, its Furniture & Decoration', Herbert Cescinsky, Macmillan, 1924 (two vols); 'A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines', Andrew Ure, 1853 (two vols); 'Turning and Mechanical Manipulation', Charles Holtzapffel, 1843; 'Life of Gladstone', John Morley, 1903 (three vols); 'The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton', Karl Pearson, 1914 (four vols); 'Vade Mecum: Or, the Necessary Pocket Companion', London, 1772; 'Footsteps of the Reformers in Foreign Lands', published in London by The Religious Tract Society, 1862 (First Edition), colour plates by Kronheim & Co. (3)
Lot 3056
Charles Dickens: 'Nicholas Nickleby', Chapman and Hall, 1839 (first edition), 8vo green 1/2 leather binding with marbled boards and endpapers, title label and gilt decoration to spine. 'Dombey and Son', Bradbury and Evans, 1848 (first edition), 8vo green 1/2 leather binding with marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Some discolouration/foxing to contents, particularly around plates/frontis. 'Nicholas Nickleby': inner hinge loose. 'Dombey and Son': Covers are complete but detached from text block.
Lot 3057
A Book on Angling', by Francis Francis, London, 1867 (First Edition). Complete with engraved illustrations, some hand-coloured. An interesting book that deals with fly fishing and spinning. Internally sound, some discolouration to page edges/occasional light foxing. Rebound in modern black leather.
Lot 4180
Formula 1 Memorabilia: A limited edition West McLaren Mercedes Benz and Mobil 'Edition Silver Arrows' presentation boxed set, 1998, comprising limited edition Tag Heuer watch number 167/500 with framed watch display case, (the watch unused, recently fitted with new battery and with case in separate box), twelve limited Edition Silver Arrows prints with printed title page and introduction, limited edition number 167/500, four with signatures of Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard, Stirling Moss and Hans Hermann, the prints are interchangeable in the watch display frame, and a glazed cased display housing a 1:18 scale Mercerdes-Benz W196, two 1:43 scale 1998 Formula 1 team cars, and four original parts from a McLaren Mercedes MP4-13 comprising samples of Mobil Oil and Bridgestone tyre rubber and an engine component and a chassis component, fitted into a presentation case, never produced for resale.Provenance: This item was given to the vendor by Mobil/Mercedes and was produced only for McLaren team and sponsors for first Mercedes McLaren Constructors Championship win in 1998.
Lot 106
Spark, Muriel Child of Light. A Reassessment of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Hadleigh: Tower Bridge Publications Limited, 1951. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to title-page: With much love to Mother, Dad and Robin from Muriel 22.10.51 with printed name crossed through, orange cloth, dust-jacket not price clipped but with some dust-soiling and slight bumping Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Lot 107
Spark, Muriel The Comforters. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1957. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to front free-endpaper: Robin with love from Mummy Feb. 1957 and signed Muriel Spark to title-page, with printed name crossed through, original blue cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price clipped but with some dust-soiling and torn to upper part of spine Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin Note: Muriel Spark's first novel.
Lot 108
Spark, Muriel The Comforters. London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1957. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to front free-endpaper: Robin's book love from Mum June 1977 (20 years later), original blue cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price clipped but with some dust-soiling and a couple of very small chips and tears Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Lot 109
Spark, Muriel Robinson, a Novel. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1958. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to front free-endpaper: To dear Mum & Dad with fondest love from Muriel. June. '58 and signed Muriel Spark to title-page, with printed name crossed through, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price clipped but with some dust-soiling, tears and repairs Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Lot 110
Spark, Muriel The Go-Away Bird, with Other Stories. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1958. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to front free-endpaper: Lots of love to dear Dad & Mum from Muriel original red cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price clipped but with some soiling and light wear Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Lot 111
Spark, Muriel The Ballad of Peckham Rye. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1960. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to front free-endpaper: Robin darling - This is your book - with love from Mummy and signed Muriel Spark to title-page, with printed name crossed through, original light blue cloth, dust-jacket not price clipped but with some dust-soiling and rubbing Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Lot 112
Spark, Muriel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1961. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to front free-endpaper: To Robin, Love & wonkies[?] Mummy xxx, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price clipped but a little soiled and bumped Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin Note: Probably Muriel Spark's best known, and most widely read, novel. The eponymous heroine is said to have been partly based on Christina Kay, one of Spark's schoolteachers at James Gillespie's School for Girls in Edinburgh. A photograph of Muriel Spark's school year can be found in lot 115.
Lot 114
Spark, Muriel The Very Fine Clock. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First edition, oblong 8vo, inscribed by Spark to an initial leaf: Love to Very Fine Robin from his Mum. xxx Edinburgh 16th October 1968, original orange cloth, dust-jacket not price clipped but with a few small tears Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Lot 116
Spark, Muriel - 4 early works, inscribed Memento Mori, 1959. Inscribed "Best love to Mum & Dad from Muriel", dust-jacket chipped, rubbed and soiled; [Idem] The Girls of Slender Means, 1963. First edition, dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin, fondest love, Mummy"; [Idem] Doctors of Philosophy, a play, 1963. dust-jacket, inscribed: "To Robin love Mummy June '63"; Poetry Awards, 1949, inscribed: "For Miss Moffat from the least of the contributors, with love Christmas 1949" Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Lot 117
Spark, Muriel - A Collection of Books, mostly inscribed from Muriel to Robin Spark, comprising Spark, Muriel The Public Image, 1968. First edition, dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin love from Mummy xxxxxxxxx"; [Idem] The Mandelbaum Gate, 1965. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Darling Rob - love from Mum, Dec - 1965"; [Idem] Memento Mori, 1992. Tanslated ino Hebrew by Sheffi Paz, with a note to the endpaper: "Dearest Rob - I bet you can't read this book from cover to cover! Fondest love xxx Mum"; [Idem]"Not to Disturb", 1971 (NY) red half calf gilt, inscribed: "For Robin, With fondest ever love, from Mummy, 1974; [Idem] John Masefield, 1953. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "For Robin, on his birthday, 1953, with love from his Mummy", also signed to title-page, dust-jacket soiled and chipped; Brontë, Emily Selected Poems, edited by Muriel Spark, 1952, inscribed: "Love to Robin, from his Mummy, 3rd Oct 1952", dust-jacket; Spark, Muriel The Seraph and the Zambesi, 1960, "this special edition of The Seraph and the Zambesi is privately printed and sent to the friends of the J.B. Lippincott Company, with greetings of the season", inscribed: "Robin, New Year 1961, Much love from Mummy", original printed wrappers; Maclean, A.D., editor Winter's Tales (Spark a contributor), 1960. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "To Rob, love fom Mummy, New Year 1961" with a person in hat doodle; Spark, Muriel and Derek Stanford Emily Brontë, 1953. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "For Robin, with love from his Mummy & from his friend, Derek", 1953; Spark, Muriel The Bachelors, 1960. Dust-jacket a little chipped and rubbed, inscribed: "Robin - heaps of ove, from Mummy, October 1960", signed to title; [Idem] The Takeover, 1976. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "For Robin, all loving wishes, from Mum, xxx, 1977"; Spark, Muriel and Derek Stanford My Best Mary, 1953. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "To Mother, Dad & Robin, With love from Muriel, 24.3.53"; Stanford, Derek Inside the Forties, 1977. Dust-jacket repaired and price-clipped; Spark, Muriel The Brontë Letters, 1954, inscribed: "To dearest Robin with love from Mummy 21-4-54", dust-jacket; [Idem] The Hothouse by the East River, 1973. Inscribed "Rob love Mummy xxx", dust-jacket; [Idem] Not to Disturb, 1971. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin, fondest love, Mum xxx"; [Idem] Collected Poems I, 1967. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin love from Mummy xxx"; [Idem] Collected Poems I, 1967. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin fondest fondest love from Mummy Rome Jun. 68"; [Idem] Collected Stories I, 1967. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin, love from Mummy xxxxxx"; [Idem] Collected Stories I, 1967. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Love to Robin from Mummy - Muriel Rome Jun. '68"; Spark, Muriel & Derek Stanford Letters of John Henry Newman. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "For Robin Spark (to whom this book is dedicated - see verso page 9) With all love from the editors - love to Rob - Mummy & Derek 15 June 1957"; [Idem] The Abbess of Crewe, 1974. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin fondest love xxx Mummy"; The Observer Prize Stories: The Seraph and the Zambesi and twenty others, 1952. Dust-jacket.; [Idem] The Driver's Seat, 1970. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin, love from, Mum xxx"; [Idem] Curriculum Vitae, Autobiography; and 38 other books, including copies of The Poetry Review Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Lot 155
Railways and Tramways, a large collection including Clay, R., printer Report of the Directors of the Northern & Eastern Railway Company, incorporated 1836, to the Proprietors at their first General Meeting. 1836, disbound, folding map, housed in folding cloth covers; Wood, Nicholas A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads. 1832. plates, contemporary cloth, some spotting, hinge broken; Osborne, E.C. & W. Osborne's Guide to the Grand Junction. Birmingham, 1838, folding map, original cloth; The Railway and the Mine Lever's Illustrated Year Book. 1861. 8vo, plates, original red cloth gilt; Grahame, Thomas A Guide to the North Midland and Midland Counties Railways. Leicester, 1842, folding map, engraved plates, bound with The History and Antiquities of Eyam, 1842; Day, J. A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Formation of Railways. 1848. Third edition, 8vo, original cloth; [Head, F.B.] Stokers and Pokers. 1849, 3rd edition, half calf; Osborne, E.C. & W. Osborne's London & Birmingham A treatise on Internal Intercourse and Communication in Civilised States. London, 1834, First edition, presentation copy from the author, original cloth-backed boards, uncut; Cundy, N.W. Inland Transit. The Practability, Utility and Benefit of Railroads. 1834. Second edition, 8vo, folding plate & 2 folding maps, original quarter cloth, rubbed; Lardner, D. The Steam Engine. 1840, frontispiece, original cloth; Railway Guide. Birmingham, [c.1845], 12mo, folding map loose, engraved plates, half calf; [Lever, C.] Tales of the Trains. 1845, 12mo, original pictorial cloth gilt; Measom, G. The Official Illustrated Guide to the North-Eastern, North British..... Glasgow, [n.d.], 8vo, half calf, cover detached; Young, F.T. The Economy of Steam Power on Common Roads. [1860], folding plate, illustrations, original cloth [Partridge, S., publisher] The Route of the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway. 8vo, folding map, original wrappers, rubbed; Shaw, G. The Official Tourists' Picturesque Guide to the London & North Western Railway. [c.1875], 2 copies, maps, original blue cloth gilt, one rubbed; Kent, W., publisher History of the Darlington & Barnard Castle Railway. 1877. original blue calf gilt; Williams, F.S. Our Iron Roads. 1883, 8vo, original cloth, slightly rubbed; Williams, F.S. The Midland Railway. 1888. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Baker, E., publisher A Handbook to various publications, documents and charts connected with the rise and Development of the Railway System. 1893, 12mo, original upper wrapper bound in, quarter cloth; Grinling, C.H. The History of the Great Northern Railway. 1898; Clarke, S. Clitheroe in its Railway days. Clitheroe, 1900, 8vo, original cloth; Tomlinson, W.W. The North Eastern Railway. Newcastle, 1914. 4to; Steel, W.L. The History of the London & North Western Railway. 1914; Warren, J.G.H. A Century of Locomotive Building by Robert Stephenson & Co., 1823-1923. 1923, 4to., original cloth; MacDermot, E.T. History of the Great Western Railway. 1927. 2 volumes; Marshall, C.F.D. Centenary History of the Liverpool. & Manchester Railway. 1930. 4to, original cloth; Marshall, C.F.D. A History of Railway Locomotives down to the end of the year 1831. 1953. 4to, dustwrapper; Bourne, J.C. Bourne's London & Birmingham Railway. 1970, folio, original cloth, dustwrapper, glassine sleeve; and others, similar; sold as a collection not subject to return
Lot 157
The Sportsman's Dictionary Or, the Country Gentleman's Companion... London: C. Hitch..., 1735. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, collates: A3, B-Bb8, [volume 2 title], Cc-Zz8, Aaa8, frontispiece, 25 engraved plates, contemporary calf with gilt tooled rosettes to spines and monograms to covers, notes in an early hand to endpapers, slight dust-soiling and occasional marks, labels chipped, spine ends slightly chipped (2)
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Lot 160
Bewick, Thomas, a collection including [Charnley, Emerson, publisher] Fisher's Garland for 1822, 1827-29, 1833-40, 1842, 1844-45, wood-engraved vignette by Bewick, unbound; A General History of Quadrupeds. Newcastle, 1811. Sixth edition, 8vo, late 19th century half calf; Select Fables. Newcastle, 1820. First edition, 8vo, half calf, worn, a few spots; Boyd, J. Bewick Gleanings. 1886. 4to., Small Paper copy no. 146 signed by the author; green half morocco, t.e.g., rubbed; Robinson, R. Thomas Bewick his Life and Times. Newcastle, 1887. 4to., original cloth; Bewick, T. Memoir. 1924, original cloth; Roscoe, S. Thomas Bewick. A Bibliography Raisonné. 1973, original cloth, glassine wrapper (7)
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Lot 161
Boyd, J.M. & I.L. The Hebrides [New Naturalist no.76]. London: Collins, 1990. First edition, 8vo., signed by the authors on title-page, dedication on half-title "For Ken and Marien Fraser with gratitude and affection from Morton" dated 20th August [1990], illustrated throughout, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, dust jacket, slight wear and tear to dust-jacket along top edge and on back
Lot 174
Natural History, including Hudson, C.T. & P.H. Gosse The Rotifera, or Wheel-Animalcules. 1886. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to., 34 plates (30 coloured), many double-page, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, g.e., corners slightly rubbed; Ralfs, John The British Desmidieae. 1848. First edition, 8vo, 35 engraved plates (34 hand-coloured), original green embossed cloth, list of subscribers, small split head of lower joint; Heurck, H. van A Treatise on the Diatomaceae. 1896. Large 8vo, frontispiece & 35 plates, original cloth, t.e.g., spine slightly faded; Lister, A. A Monograph of the Mycetozoa. 1911. 8vo, plates, original cloth (5)
Lot 176
New Naturalists, a collection of 32 volumes, including numbers 1 (1st & 3rd edition, slightly discoloured, one with split at fold), 3 (frayed with loss), 6 (3 copies, all rubbed, one frayed, one torn with loss), 13 (slightly rubbed & soiled), 17 (2 copies, 1 torn and repaired), 20 (spine faded, price clipped), 33, 52 (2 copies), 53, 55 (price-clipped), 56, 60 (2 copies, one reprint, one spine faded), 62, 63 (price-clipped), 71 (softback, 2 copies), 98, 99 (reprinted), 101-103, 105, 106, 108, 109, all hardback, first editions unless stated, most with protective wrappers; and 107 Grouse in paperback (32)
Lot 179
Rowning, J. A Compendious System of Natural Philosophy. London: S. Harding, 1753. 4 parts in 2 volumes, 8vo, 44 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, armorial bookplate of the Rt. Hon. Alex.r Lord Bamff; Birch, Thomas The Life of the Honourable Robert Boyle. London: A. Millar, 1744. First separate edition, 8vo, contemporary calf (3)
Lot 217
Coal Mining and Geology, a collection, including Dunn, M. A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries. Newcastle, 1852. 13 plates and plans (1 folding), original cloth; [Holland, John] The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, the Collieries, and Coal Trade of Great Britain. 1835.First edition, original cloth; Mantell, G.A. The Medals of Creation. 1844. 2 volumes, plates, original red cloth gilt; Mantell, G.A. The Wonders of Geology. 1848. Sixth edition, 2 volumes, frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, slightly soiled; Bryce-Wright's Catalogue of Mineralogical, Geological, Conchological & Archaeological Specimens. 8vo, plates, some coloured, original cloth; Anderson, J. The Course of Creation. 1850. 8vo, original cloth; Taylor, J. Geological Essays. 1864, original cloth; Hull, E. The Coal-Fields of Great Britain. 1861. 8vo, original cloth; Archier, M. A Sketch of the History of the Coal Trade of Northumberland and Durham. Part 1 (all published), with ALS from the author loosely inserted, original cloth; Greenwell, G.C. A Glossary of Terms used in the Coal Trade of Northumberland and Durham. 1888. 8vo, half calf; Duff, Joseph Notes and Investigations of the Coal Fields... of South Durham. Bishop AUckland, 1885. 8vo, folding map, original cloth; Smiles, Samuel Robert Dick... geologist and botanist. 1878, presentation copy to J.S. Smiles; Woodward, H.B. The History of the Geological Society of London. 1908; and others, similar (quantity); sold as a collection not subject to return
Lot 226
Microscopes and Microscopy, a large collection, c. 122 volumes, including Brewster, Sir David A Treatise on the Microscope. Edinburgh, 1837. First edition, 8vo, 14 plates, original blindstamped cloth; Gould, C. The Companion to the Compound, Oxy-Hydrogen, and Solar Microscopes. 1837. 6 plates (5 folding); Beck, Richard A Treatise on the Construction, Proper Use and Capabilities of Smith, Beck and Beck's Achromatic Microscopes. 1865, 4to, 28 plates, original cloth; Joyce, J. Dialogues on the Microscope. 1812. 2 volumes, 12mo, quarter morocco; another edition, 1828, 2 volumes, 12mo, quarter morocco, rubbed; Brocklesby, J. Views of the Microscopic World. New York, 1851; Wythes, J.H. Curiosities of the Microscope. Philadelphia, 1852; Hannover, A. On the Construction and Use of the Microscope. 1853, 2 plates, hinge broken; Quekett, John A Practical Treatise on the use of the Microscope. 1855. Third edition; Beale, L.S. How to Work with the Microscope. 1857; Notcutt, W.L. A Handbook of the Microscope and Microscopic Objects. 1859, 2 copies, coloured plates, half calf and later cloth; Gosse, P.H. Evenings at the Microscope. [c.1860]; Wood, J.G. Common Objects Of the Microscope. 1861; another edition. 1861; Lankester, E. Half-hours with the Microscope. [c.1865]; Suffolk, W.T. On Microscopical Manipulation. 1870; Clarke, L.L. Objects for the Microscope. 1871, 2 copies; Beale, L.S. How to Work with the Microscope. 1880; Davies, T. The Preparation and Mounting of Microscopic Objects. 1880; Coke, A.C. Studies in Microscopical Science. 1883. Vol. 1 only, coloured plates; Herrick, S.B. The Wonders of Plant Life under the Microscope. 1884; Cooke, M.C. Rust, Smut, Mildew & Mould. 1886; Martin, J.H. A Manual of Microscopic Mounting. 1878; Carpenter, W.P. The Microscope and its Revelations. 1901, 2 volumes; Naegeli, C. The Microscope in theory and practice. 1887; Bousfield, E.C. Guide to the Science Of Photo-Micrography. 1892; The Annual Illustrated Annual of Microscopy. 1900. 4to, half calf; Wright, A.E. Principles of Microscopy. 1906; Spitta, E.J. Microscopy. 1907; Gage, S.H. The Microscope. 1908; Spiers, W. Nature through the Microscope. [c.1909]; Cross, M.I. & M.J.U. Cole Modern Microscopy. 1912; Zeiss. Zeiss Mikroskope und Nebenapparate. 1927; Disney, A.N. Origin and Development of the Microscope. 1928; Belling, J. The Use of the Microscope. 1930; Clay, R.S. The History of the Microscope. 1932; Gage, S.H. The Microscope. 1941; Cooke, Troughton & Simms Cooke Microscopes. [1947]; Wredden, J.H. The Microscope. 1947; Espinasse, M. Robert Hooke. 1956; Burrells, W. Microscope Technique. 1963; Ford, B.J. The Optical Microscope Manual. 1973; Bracegirdle, B. Microscopical Mounts and Mounters. 1998; mostly original cloth; and a large quantity of similar volumes (quantity)
Lot 236
Tenerife - Astronomy - Smyth, C. Piazzi Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment. London: Lovell Reeve, 1858. First edition, 8vo, map, 20 photo-stereographs by A.J. Melhuish, half-title, 2 +24 +16 +3pp. advert. at end, original pictorial maroon cloth gilt, the binding a little damp-soiled and marked, armorial bookplate of Henry Reginald Corbet
Lot 238
Aberdeen, a collection of 13 volumes, including Kennedy, William Annals of Aberdeen. London, 1818. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to., 1 folding plate, contemporary half calf, slight wear to joints; Selections from the Records of the Kirk Session, Presbytery and Synod of Aberdeen. Aberdeen: Spalding Club, 1846; Extracts from the Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen 1398-1570 & 1570-1625. Aberdeen, 1844-48. 2 volumes, 4to.; Fasti Aberdonenses. Selections from the Records of the University and King's College of Aberdeen 1494-1854. Aberdeen, 1854. 4to., frontispiece; Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis. Edinburgh, 1845. 2 volumes, 4to., chromolithographed plates; Henderson, J.A. History of the Parish of Banchory-Devenick. Aberdeen, 1890. 4to., number 34 of 50 large paper copies, with slip signed by the author tipped in, plates, folding map, original buckram, t.e.g., a trifle rubbed; Walker, R.S. James Beattie's Day-Book 1773-1798. Aberdeen, 1948. 4to, plates, quarter cloth; Hamilton, H. Life and Labour on an Aberdeenshire Estate 1735-1750. Aberdeen, 1946, quarter cloth; [Aberdeen] Epistolare in usum ecclesiae cathedralis Aberdonensis. Edinburgh, 1924. 4to., original buckram, dustwrapper frayed; Burns, Robert The Songs & Poems. Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1913. Large 8vo, plates, original buckram, t.e.g., upper hinge weak (13)
Lot 240
Bates, Henry Walter The Naturalist on the River Amazons. London: J. Murray, 1863. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding engraved map, 9 engraved plates, 32pp. advertisements at end of volume 1, original brown cloth gilt, blindstamp to titles and bookplates of American Antiquarian Society, blank leaf before title holed, very slightly rubbed
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Coal Mining, Northumberland & Durham- Fordyce, William A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields, Progress of Coal mining... Iron, its ores and processes of Manufacture London: Sampson Low, 1860. First edition, large folio, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Robert Henry Allen Esq., in a presentation binding, large folding hand-coloured map, 32 steel engraved views, and 2 tables printed in red and blue, plates with tissue guards, contemporary red morocco gilt, with green morocco lettering piece on cover and spine, gauffered edges, watered silk endpapers, some spotting, lightly rubbed
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