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Click here to subscribeLewis, C.S. Prince Caspian, The Return to Narnia, first edition, half-title, plates and illustrations after Pauline Baynes, original cloth, slightly cocked, dust-jacket, unclipped, some tears, slight loss to ends of spine, 8vo, London: Geoffrey Bles, [1951]; The Silver Chair, first edition, half-title, plates and illustrations after Pauline Baynes, original cloth, dust-jacket, torn with loss, 8vo, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1953 (2)
Miller, Patrick. The Green Ship, first edition, number 14 of 200 copies, this one of 62 examples signed by the author and artist, specially bound and with an extra set of engravings on Japon paper, double-page title and eight designs by Eric Gill, extra set of engravings loose in card wallet, original green crushed full morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, top edge gilt, spine very slightly faded, 8vo, London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1936
Milne, A.A. Now We Are Six... with decorations by E. H. Shepard, first edition, half-title, illustrations, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Methuen & Co., 1927; another copy, second edition, half-title, illustrations, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Methuen & Co., 1927; A Gallery of Children, third edition, illustrations, browned, original cloth, 4to, London: Stanley Paul & Co., 1925 (3)
Miniature Books. Biblia, or a Practical Summary of Ye Old and New Testaments, 2 parts in one volume, 15 [of 16] engraved plates, lacking engraved title and first leaf of part one, contemporary red morocco tooled gilt, rubbed, binding sprung, all edges gilt, 22mm x 40mm, London: R. Wilkin, 1727; together with a copy of Small Rain Upon the Tender Herb, twenty-seventh edition, full calf, hinge broken, 25mm x 30mm, London: Religious Tract Society, [n.d.] (2)
Parker, B. The A.a.a.a.s and the K.k.k.k.s or Twice Three is Six... illustrated by N. Parker, first edition, half-title, 12 double-page chromo-lithographed plates, illustrations, original pictorial boards, light spotting, small stain on upper cover, extremities lightly chipped, oblong 4to, London: W. and R. Chambers, [1915]
Rackham, Arthur, illustrator. Rip Van Winkle, first edition, 50 tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, heavily spotted, original cloth gilt, spine torn at head with loss, 4to, London: William Heinemann, 1905; Reynolds, Frank, illustrator. Mr Pickwick, tipped-in coloured plates, some browning, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.] (2)
Rackham, Arthur, illustrator. Little Brother, Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm, first edition, tipped-in coloured plates, a few with corners creased, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: Constable and Co., 1917; The Ingoldsby Legends, first edition, tipped-in coloured plates, guards, some spotting, original cloth gilt, rubbed, 4to, London: J.M. Dent, 1907; and 4 others illustrated by Rackham, 4to (6)
Rackham, Arthur, illustrator. The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, first edition, 34 tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, illustrations, light spotting, original buckram gilt, 4to, London: William Heinemann, 1910; Tales from Shakespeare, 12 coloured plates, some browning, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1909; Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, late edition, coloured plates, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.] (3)
Stokes, G. Vernon and B. Parker. Blobbs at the Fair, first edition, 11 coloured plates, others monochrome, a few coloured by a previous owner, a few leaves with minor tears, original pictorial boards, 4to, London: W. and R. Chambers, [c.1920]; Kasson, G. and E. Tschantre. Tin Tan Tales, first edition, coloured illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 4to, London: Ernest Nister, [c.1900]; Hopwood, Aubrey. The Bunkum Book, coloured plates, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, oblong 4to, London: Frederick Warne, [c.1900]; and 7 others, similar (10)
Books: a collection of publications relating to manufacturers and other marques, to include: 'Brabham Ralt Honda', inscribed by the author; 'Mister Honda', inscribed by Toshio Ishino; 'The Story of March', signed on card Max Mosley et al; and 'Aston Martin, the Story of a Sports Car', first edition, in dustjacket. (40)
Anthropology.- Thoms (William J.) The Longevity of Man, its Facts and its Fictions, with a Prefatory Letter to Prof. Owen on the Limits and Frequency of Exceptional Cases, first edition, half-title, newspaper cutting mounted on verso of final blank preface f. offsetting onto frist f. of contents, occasional spotting, original blind-stamped cloth, 1873 § Klaatsch (Hermann) The Evolution and Progress of Mankind, first edition in English, half-title, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, some full-page, original cloth, spine and upper part of covers faded, [1923] § Jones (F. Wood) Arboreal man, half-title, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some creasing, 1916; and 11 others, similar, 8vo (14)
Fireworks.- Brock (Alan St. H.) Pyrotechnics: The History & Art of Firework Making, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, 6 coloured Japanese prints and numerous photographic plates, including one double-page, pictorial endpapers, a good, clean copy, original pictorial cloth, slightly darkened at foot, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, a little creased at head, dust-soiling, small 4to, 1922.
Naval.- Lediard (Thomas) The Naval History of England, 2 vol., first edition, lacking engraved portrait, with engraved head-piece and initial, a little browned at beginnings and ends, occasional soiling to upper margins, a few minor marginal tears, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with red and black labels, rubbed and scuffed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn, folio, for John Wilcox...and Olive Payne, 1735.
NO RESERVE Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 3 folding colour maps, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, foxed, 2 maps loose in pockets at beginning, one with small tears at folds repaired, hinges worn, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, cockling to lower cover of vol.1, 8vo, 1890.
[De Moivre (Abraham)] Miscellanea Analytica de Seriebus et Quadraturis..., first edition, subscribers' list, woodcut illustrations and head- and tail-pieces, errata, contemporary ink marginalia, worming at lower margin, never affecting text, a few ff. faint staining to fore edge, 19th-century speckled quarter calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [Norman 1531], for J.Tonson & J.Watts, 4to, 1730.⁂An important text in trigonometry.
Gardiner (John) A Discourse Concerning the Circulation of the Blood..., first edition, title soiled and with repaired tears, some upper margins trimmed, occasionally touching pagination, some light browning, modern half calf, [ESTC cites only 5 copies, 2 in UK 3 in USA], 4to, for Tho. Parkhurst, 1702.⁂ Very rare at auction - no copy traced for at least 35 years. Copies located by ESTC at BL and Bodleian, Folger, Library Co. of Philadelphia and University of Chicago.
Scotland.- Boswell (James) The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D., first edition, errata f. at end, without half-title, occasional spotting, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt and with red leather label, printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1785; and another, Hazlitt, 8vo (2)
Wales.- Giraldus Cambrensis. The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales A.D. MCLXXXVIII, translated and edited by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2 vol., first edition in English, half-titles, 54 engraved plates and plans only (of 55, lacking first plate of Menevia, St. David's at beginning of vol.2), 5 engraved maps, 3 hand-coloured, 2 folding (one large at end of vol.2 with short tear at edge), foxing to some plates, C3 in vol.1 with short tear to outer margin (repaired), ex-library copy with blind stamps to plates and some leaves of text, modern half calf, 1806 § Gough (Richard) Human Nature Displayed in the History of Myddle, [edited by Sir Thomas Phillipps], title and note by editor printed on thinner paper, lightly browned at end, pink Middle Hill boards, uncut, rubbed, lacking spine, folio, privately printed, 1834, 4to & folio (3)
Priestley (Joseph) Hartley's Theory of the Human Mind, on the principle of ideas, first edition, 3pp. advertisements and 1p. errata at end, some spotting, mostly at end, contemporary half calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine gilt and with red morocco label, corners worn, for J. Johnson, 1775; and another, John Hervey's reply to Berkeley's Alciphron: or, the Minute Philosopher, 1732, 8vo (2)
[Wagstaffe (William)] "The Author of Tom Thumb". The Ballad of the King Shall Enjoy His Own Again..., [not in Foxon], 1711 § [Gilbert (Thomas)] A View of the Town: in an Epistle to a Friend in the Country..., [Foxon, G149], for R.Penny, 1735 § Lloyd (Evan) The Power of the Pen. A Poem..., second edition, last f. detached, for the author, 1768 § Noyes (Robert) Distress. A Poem, half-title, list of subscribers, contemporary ownership inscription to half-title, ?Canterbury, for the author, 1783, each but third first edition, second woodcut device to title, also head- and tail-piece, soiling and browning, last as issued, stitched, others disbound, v.s. (4)
Woodman (John) The Rat-Catcher at Chelsea College..., folding engraved plate, [Foxon, W559], for the author, 1740 § [Defoe (Daniel)] No Queen: Or, No General..., half-title, [Moore, 227], 1712 § Hay (William) Mount Caburn..., [Foxon, H117-8], for J.Stagg, 1730 § [Prior (Matthew)] Carmen Sæculare..., half-title, [Wing P3507], for Jacob Tonson, 1700 § [Croxall (Samuel)] "Nestor Ironside". An Original Canto of Spencer..., third edition, [Foxon, C525], for James Roberts, 1714, each but last first edition, each but second and fourth woodcut decorations, soiling and browning, first later wrappers, others disbound, 8vo & 4to (5)
Language.- Dyer (G.) A Restoration of the Ancient Modes of Bestowing Names on the Rivers, hills, vallies, plains, and settlements of Britain, first edition, contemporary polished armorial calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, Exeter, for G. Dyer, 1805 § Grose (Francis) A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local Proverbs and Popular Superstitions, new edition, occasional spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, 1811 § Barclay (Rev. James) A Complete and Universal Dictionary, engraved frontispiece and plates, water-stained, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 1819; and a small quantity of others 19th century works on languages and dictionaries, v.s. (Sm.Qty.)
NO RESERVE [Landor (Robert Eyres, attrib.)] Guy's Porridge Pot; with the Dun Cow Roasted Whole, an Epic Poem in Twenty-Five Books, second edition, ink ownership inscription "E.S.Landor" to pastedown, book labels of Simon and Judith Adams Nowell-Smith, original boards, spine chipped, preserved in custom folding chemise, 1809; The Impious Feast: A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, signed presentation inscription from E. S. Landor to Rashleigh Duke to front free endpaper, foxing to endpapers and prelims, book label, later russie, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, spine faded, g.e., 1828; 8vo (2)⁂ Interesting association copie, E.S.Landor is either Landor's sister or mother, both named Elizabeth Savage Landor.
Callimachus. Hymni (cum suis scholiis Graecis) & Epigrammata, edited by Henri Estienne and Nicodemus Frischlin, Roman, Greek and italic type, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, some marginal water-staining, later vellum, [Adams C232; Hoffmann I, 428; Renouard, Estienne, 145:3], 4to, [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1577.⁂ The first critical edition of Callimachus, with the editio princeps of the Epigrams. 'The basis for all subsequent editions' (Hoffmann).
Lavater (Johann Caspar) Essays on Physiognomy, 3 vol. in 5, first English edition, half-titles to 2 vol., 173 engraved plates, 363 engraved vignettes, offsetting, some foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Welcome III, 458], John Murray, 1789-1793; and 2 others, Charles Bell, 4to et infra (7)⁂ 'Lavater was the last and most influential of the descriptive physiognomists', whose work 'also influenced artists of the period, both in the overall creation of portraits, and in the use of his physiognomical theories to construct individual faces in historical paintings' (Norman)
NO RESERVE Erasmus (Desiderius) Colloquia nunc emendatiora, engraved allegorical title, with a little marginal loss, gummed paper used to strengthen upper hinge encroaching on inner margin, Latin ownership inscription of Thomas Phillips of Trinity College Oxford to front fly leaf, a little staining and browning, a few ff. tape repair to fore edge, [Willems 1285], Amsterdam, Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1662 § Dubé (Paul) Le Medecin des Pauvres..., 2 parts in 1, seventh edition, title with woodcut device, front pastedown, fly leaf and half-title with methods for purging in contemporary ink manuscript, contents separating a little, Paris, Edme Couterot, 1699 § Prediche Quaresimali dell'abate D. Ignazio Venini, fifth edition, booklabel of the Redemptorist Library in Bishop-Eton to front pastedown, also a label bearing the word "conciones", a little faint soiling, Venice, 1816, first two with woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, first 20th-century full morocco, second contemporary calf, last contemporary paper-backed boards, second and third worn with some loss; and 4 others,12mo & 8vo (7)⁂The second part to the first mentioned being Dubé's Le Chirurgien des Pauvres, dated 1693.
Cookery.- Raffald (Elizabeth) The Experienced Housekeeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c., engraved portrait and 3 folding plates (one of a stove and 2 table plans), with final blank, some foxing, modern calf, spine gilt preserving old roan label, for A. Millar, 1789 § Evelyn (John) Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets, "second edition" (actually reissue of first edition of 1699 with cancel title), folding table, errata leaf at end, all but B & C signatures very browned, table torn and frayed (laid down), modern half calf, for B.Tooke, 1706 , 8vo (2)
Lisle (Edward) Observations in Husbandry, first edition, woodcut illustration, faint even browning, a very little soiling, contents separating, [Fussell pp.94-95], Dublin, for G.Faulkner, 1757 § Marshall (William) The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties..., 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, folding map, vol.II 2ff. publisher's catalogue, ?lacking plate, vol.I newspaper clipping pasted to front free endpaper, browning and offsetting, for G.Nicol & others, 1796, ink stamps of the Lawes Agricultural Trust, second also stamps of the Birmingham Free Library, hinges splitting, contemporary calf, worn, first loss at spine ends, second crudely rebacked; and 2 vol. of Dossie's Memoirs of Agriculture, 8vo (5)
O'Brian (Patrick) H.M.S. Surprise, first edition, 1973 § Graves (Robert) & Liddell Hart. T.E.Lawrence: To His Biographer, 2 vol., both number 50 of limited editions signed by the respective authors, frontispieces, New York, 1938 § Adlington (William, translator) The Golden Asse of Apuleius, limited edition, frontispiece, 1913 § Milne (A.A.) Winnie Ille Pu, translated into Latin by Alexander Lenard, illustrations by Shepard, 1961, original cloth, buckram, or quarter buckram, second and third uncut, each but third with dust-jacket, first price-clipped and spine a little faded, second darkened, second vestiges of slip-case; and c.30 others, Literature, v.s. (c.35)
Panckoucke (C.L.F.) Les Amusemens Mathématiques..., first edition, 8 engraved folding plates, woodcut illustrations, b5 margin torn with loss of 1 letter, 19th century ink ownership inscription, contemporary mottled calf, vertical cracks to spine, extremities a little worn, 12mo, Lille and Paris, Panckoucke and Tilliard, 1749.
La Rochefoucauld (Francois, Duc de) Moral Maxims and Reflections, first complete edition in English, engraved frontispiece, contemporary ink signatures on title and verso of title and frontispiece, a little soiled and stained, F11 with small repaired tear to lower outer corner, K2 (final leaf) defective at upper outer corner with slight loss to text, later half calf, red roan label, slightly rubbed at edges, [Pforzheimer 580; Wing L452], for M.Gillyflower...J.Sare...and J.Everingham, 1694 § Helvetius (Claude Adrien) De l'Homme, de ses Facultes Intellectuelles et de son Éducation, 2 vol., first edition, first issue with 639 & 760pp. and errata leaf at end of vol.2, some light browning, modern sheep-backed marbled boards, spines very slightly faded, "Londres", Société Typographique, 1773, 12mo (3)
Digby (Sir Kenelm) Of bodies, and of mans soul. To discover the immortality of reasonable souls. With two discourses Of the powder of sympathy, and Of the vegetation of plants, 4 parts in 1, woodcut diagrams, water-stained, contemporary blind-stamped and gilt calf, ?spine repaired, later olive morocco label, [Wing D1445], small 4to in 8's, printed by S.[Sarah] G.[Griffin] and B.[Bennet] G.[Griffin] for John Williams, 1669.⁂ First collected edition of Digby's scientific works.
Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, first edition, second issue, wood-engraved illustrations, lacking half-titles and publisher's advertisements, list of works to verso of titles of both vol., vol.I ownership inscription to front endpaper, vol.II ownership label to front endpaper, a very little spotting and soiling, contemporary half calf, spines attractively gilt, rubbed, later crudely-fashioned cellophane wrappers affixed with tape, [Freeman 937], 8vo, 1871.
Paulian (Aime Henri) Dictionnaire de Physique, 3 vol., first edition, engraved vignette titles and head-pieces, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, 16 folding engraved plates, occasional light damp-staining to vol.3, heavier to first gathering, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, extremities a little rubbed, Avignon, Louis Chambeau, 1761 § Encyclopedie Francoise, Latine et Angloise, 2 vol., titles in red and black, browning and occasional light damp-staining to vol.2, Harry Carter's copy with his ink ownership inscription to vol.2, contemporary half calf, rebacked, London and Lyons, J.-M. Bruyset, 1761, 4to (5)⁂ Harry Carter (1901-82), English typographer and writer.
Swift (Jonathan).- "by the Author of The Black-Bird's Song". A New Voyage to the Island of Fools..., second edition, 1p. publishers' catalogue, [Goldsmiths 5278], for James Read and R.Burleigh, 1715 § [Haywood (Eliza Fowler)] A Letter from H---- G----g, Esq..., [Spedding Ab.66.1a], 1750 § [Hill (John)] Lucina sine Concubitu..., half-title, by M.Cooper, 1750 § [Arbuthnot (John)] A Postscript to John Bull..., bound with A Continuation of the History of the Crown-Inn..., and A Farther Continuation..., and The Fourth and Last Part..., fourth edition, divisional titles, for J.Moor, [1714] § Cibber (Colley) A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope, contemporary ink inscription to half-title, by W.Lewis, 1742, second, third, and last first edition, woodcut decorations, faint soiling and browning, third as issued, stitched, last later wrappers, others disbound, third edges friable, 8vo (5) ⁂ The first a reissue of the sheets of the first edition but with a cancel title.
Pope (Alexander) An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, [Foxon, P802], by J.Wright, 1734 § Woodhouse (James) Poems on Sundry Occasions, errata slip pasted to title verso, [not in ESTC], for the author, 1764 § The Summer Miscellany..., [Case, 438b], for T.Cooper, 1742 § Pope (Dr . Walter) The Wish, third edition, half-title, publisher's advertisements, [Foxon, P994], for Tho.[mas] Horne, 1710 § Thomson (James) The Castle of Indolence..., advertisement f. (with glossary verso) bound after title, [Foxon, T181], for A. Millar, 1748, each but third first edition, first, third, and fourth woodcut decorations, some faint browning and staining, last edges friable, second 19th-century boards, lower board detached, last original wrappers, others disbound, last torn with loss; and c.65 others, similar, v.s. (c.70)
Africa.- Big game.- Bell (W.D.M.) The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, some spotting or staining, original buckram-backed boards, corners bumped, dust-jacket, with pieces missing from spine ends, affecting title at head, corners worn, some chipping and creasing, [Czech p.15], small 4to, 1923.⁂ Bell's first book, which is hard to find in a dust-jacket.
[Rawlinson (Richard, editor)] Miscellanies on Several Curious Subjects..., first edition, title with engraved portrait of Anthony à Wood, Contents leaf misbound at end, lightly browned, some leaves trimmed, later calf, gilt, rubbed, for E. Curll, 1714 § Addison (Joseph) Miscellanies in Verse and Prose, 4 parts in 1 (each with separate title and pagination), engraved portrait, general title and preliminaries bound after first part, lacking 2 final advertisement leaves, rather soiled and stained, D1 of 'Poems' (first leaf of 'The Bowling Green') torn with slight loss, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep, a little worn, rebacked, new endpapers, E.Curll, 1725, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE [Marcet (Jane Haldimand)] Conversations on Vegetable Physiology..., 2 vol., first edition, 4 engraved plates, 1829; Conversations on Chemistry..., 2 vol., twelfth edition, 18 engraved plates, vol.I 1 plate detached and taking following f., 1832, bookplate with Parke coat-of-arms to front pastedowns, Parke family ownership inscriptions, foxing to peripheral ff. and several ff. fore edges, some faint soiling, a few hinges splitting a little, contemporary green quarter calf, rubbed, spines faded, 8vo (4) ⁂Jane Haldimand Marcet (1769-1858) writer of popular books on both the natural and the social sciences; Michael Faraday acknowledged both a 'deep veneration' for her and the singular influence she had on his childhood development.
Metrology.- [Paucton (Alexis Jean Pierre)] Métrologie, ou Traité des Mesures, Poids et Monnoies des anciens Peuples & des Modernes, first edition, half-title, woodcut device on title and ornaments, with errata, 6pp. privilege and final blank at end, light damp-staining and slight fraying to half-title, title and first few leaves, old ink stamp to a few leaves, modern half calf, [Goldsmiths' 11963; Kress B.305], 4to, Paris, Veuve Desaint, 1780.⁂ Important work on weights and measures.
Owen (Richard) A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds, 1846 § Hutchinson (Rev. H.N.) Extinct Monsters..., booklabel of John Foster to front pastedown, publisher's catalogue, 1893 § Kippis (A.) A Narrative of the Voyages Round the World Performed by Captain James Cook..., 1893 § Whymper (Charles) Egyptian Birds..., 1909, first first edition, woodcut and/or lithographed illustrations and/or plates, first folding table, a little foxing, last full morocco prize binding, others original cloth, last prize plate to front pastedown, first rebacked, each a little rubbed, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Thurber (James) Fables for Our Time..., illustrations, Blackwell booklabel to front pastedown, a little foxing and soiling, 1940 § Whistler (Laurence) Rex Whistler 1905-1944..., frontispiece and illustrations, signed presentation copy from Sir John Maud to David Hardman, 1948 § Whistler (Laurence) Pictures on Glass, unnumbered from a limited edition, frontispiece and illustrations, Suffolk, The Cupid Press, 1972 § Lee (Brian North) The Bookplate Designs of Rex Whistler, one of 350 copies with frontispiece tipped-in, plates, Middlesex, Private Libraries Association, 1973 § Sitwell (Sacheverell) Valse des Fleurs..., unnumbered from an edition of 400, wood-engraved devices by Reynolds Stone, endpapers and slip-case to designs by Henry Moore, York, The Fairfax Press, 1980, first two first editions, first original printed boards, others original cloth or quarter cloth, second and third gilt, first two dust-jackets, nicks, tears, soiling, third, fourth, and fifth slip-case; and 12 others, similar, 4to & 8vo (17)⁂Sir John Redcliffe-Maud, Baron Redcliffe-Maud (1906-1982) British civil servant and diplomat, attendee at the Third General Conference of Unesco in 1948; David Hardman (1901-1989) MP for Darlington 1945-51, also an attendee. The inscription: "For David Hardman | in grateful memory of the Unesco Conference in Beirut | Christmas 1948 | from John Maud".
Mathematics.- Lydiat (Thomas) Tractatus de varijs annorum formis vsurpatis a gentibus quarum illustria fuerunt regna & res gestæ, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, tables, water-stained, contemporary limp vellum, 8vo, [STC 17047], [Printed at Eliot's Court Press] ex officina Nortoniana, 1605.⁂ First printed work of Thomas Lydiat of New College, Oxford, who relinquished the Church for the study of mathematics and chronology.
Food & Drink.- Tanara (Vincenzo) L'Economia del Cittadino in Villa, half-title, title with woodcut vignette of ploughing, old ink inscription on title, browned, water-staining at beginning and end, mostly marginal, small ink stain to lower margin of Bb1, modern half calf, uncut, Venice, S.Curti, 1674 § Redi (Francesco) Bacco in Toscana, engraved frontispiece, woodcut device on title and head- & tail-pieces, foxed, contemporary limp marbled boards, spine reinforced with paste-paper strip, manuscript label, uncut, rubbed, slight wear to spine, [cf. Simon BG 1268, first edition], Venice, Guglielmo Zerletti, 1763, 4to & 12mo (2)⁂ The second is a famous poem on wine and other drinks including chocolate, tea and coffee, originally published in Florence in 1685.
Slavery.- [Clarkson (Thomas)] An essay on the slavery and commerce of the human species, particularly the African; translated from a Latin dissertation, which was honoured with the first prize in the University of Cambridge, second edition, half-title, Printed and sold by J. Phillips, 1788 bound with Smith (Rev. Samuel Stanhope) An Essay on the Causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species. To which are added, Strictures on Lord Kames's discourse on the original diversity of mankind. By the Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith, D. D. Vice-President and Professor of Moral Philosophy In the College of New-Jersey; And Member of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia, advertisement f. at end, [Edinburgh], Philadelphia printed, and Edinburgh reprinted, for C. Elliot, Edinburgh; and C. Elliot and T. Kay, at Dr Cullen's Head, Opposite Somerset-Place, No 332. Strand, London, 1788, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, worn, but holding firm, 8vo⁂ The first mentioned work includes a list of 'Tracts on Slavery Printed for J. Phillips'.
Dictionaries.- Antiquities.- Danet (Guillaume) A Complete Dictionary of the Greek and Roman Antiquities, first English edition, approbation f. at beginning, 3 folding engraved maps, advertisement f. at end, 1 map trimmed to border and laid down, occasional spotting, a few small stains, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Wing D171], for John Nicholson, 1700 § Chambers (E.) Cyclopaedia: or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2 vol., second edition, titles in red and black, engraved plates, contemporary calf, worn, but holding firm, for D. Midwinter [and others], 1734; and 4 others, Dictionaries of arts, sciences or religions, most with engraved plates, v.s. (7)
[Gildon (Charles)] Love's Victim..., lacking advertisement f., foxing and browning, by M.Bennet, 1701 § Gay (John) The Distress'd Wife, half-title, no press figures on pp. 8 and 39, for Thomas Astley, 1743 § [Smollett (Tobias)] The Regicide..., contemporary ink inscriptions to title (one reading "Bank Coffee House"), for J. Osborn, 1749 § Woodward (Henry) A Letter...to Dr. John Hill..., third edition, for M. Cooper, 1752, each but last first edition, each but first woodcut head- and/or tail-pieces, soiling, foxing and/or browning, first two disbound, others later wrappers; and 40 others, similar, 8vo (44)
Soul of Harmony (The); being a Collection of...Glees, Catches, Duets, and Songs..., 2 parts in 1, ?first edition, engraved frontispiece, some browning, later half red calf, spine gilt, Norwich, R.M.Bacon..., [?1804] § Polyhymnia: Or, the Complete Song Book, small portion of loss to G3 and N1 affecting some text, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, 19th century green calf-backed boards, spine gilt, for F. Newbery, 1769, 8vo (2)⁂ The first dated 1816 at foot of spine but all but one copy on COPAC suggests 1804. The second with only 6 copies listed on ESTC (not in BL).
McCreery (John) The Press, a Poem. Published as a Specimen of Typography, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, title-vignettes and head- & tail-pieces, foxing, mostly to Part I, inscribed by the author to John Mallet Esq. and with manuscript poem by him tipped to verso of frontispiece, original boards, uncut, rubbed and stained, rebacked, 4to, Liverpool [Part II London], 1803-27.⁂ The second part is scarce and rarely found with the first.
NO RESERVE Shuckford (Samuel) The Sacred and Prophane History of the World Connected..., 2 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, faint browning, contemporary calf, spines gilt, also large gilt coat-of-arms to all boards, both vol. small library labels to spines, joints splitting a little, a little loss at spine ends, for R.Knaplock and J.Tonson, 8vo, 1728-30.
Turning.- Plumier (Charles) L'Art de Tourner..., first edition, engraved additional title, title in red and black with engraved vignette, Privilege leaf misbound after Preface, engraved head-pieces and 71 plates only (of 72, lacking plate 66), one folding, plate 65 shorter and loose (supplied from another copy), also lacking pp.155-158 of text, title lightly soiled, some browning and marginal water-staining, staining to a few plates, one with marginal tear, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, joints split, spine a little worn at head, [Berlin Kat. 1246], folio, Lyons, Jean Certe, 1701; sold not subject to return⁂ The first book on turning.
Japan.- Morse (Edward S. ) Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings, first edition, illustrations, attractive modern half calf, spine gilt, Boston, 1886 § Ayrton (M. Chaplin) Child-Life in Japan, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, splitting to upper joint, light wear to spine ends and corners, 1879 § Fortune (Robert) Yedo and Peking. A Narrative of a Journey to the Capitals of Japan and China, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved folding frontispiece, 8 plates, and illustrations, folding map at end, frontispiece a little browned and creased at folds, modern bookplate of Cliff Parfit and with ink ownership stamp on half-title and final leaf, modern black morocco, by Coleman, t.e.g., 1863, 4to & 8vo (3)
Woodcroft (Bennet, translator) The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria, from the original Greek, first edition in English, additional decorated title, illustrations, occasional light foxing, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and chipped, some splitting to lower joint, 4to, Charles Whittingham, 1851.
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