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Lot 642
The Scotch Forcing Gardener, Comprising the Various Methods of Forcing Grapes, Peaches, Nectarines, Pineapples, Figs, Cucumbers, Melons, Strawberries, French Beans, Cresses, and Mustard: To Which is Added, a List of Fruits Worthy of Cultivation; Rare first edition, Temple, James Graham. Published by James Graham Temple, Edinburgh (1828). Leather boards, with hand written frontis piece by the Royal Horticultural Society. Rare First UK Edition
Lot 643
Camden (William) - Brittania: or, a Chorographical Description, of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Irenald , translated by Richard Gough. Believed to be Gough 's first translated edition 1695. In age appropriate condition with some scattered spotting, some plates oxidised, small closed tears to outer margins of some leaves, some larger tears and in need of new binding ( Currently original and NOT restored )
Lot 650
Caroll, LEWIS; Sylvie & Bruno Concluded. Very rare First Edition book1893, inscribed by the author. First Edition, presentation copy. With Forty Six Illustrations by Harry Furniss. Published by Macmillan & Co 1893. Beautiful red morocco covers, with gilt borders and panel work to front and verso. Signed / inscribed by the author, Lewis Carroll, to the frontis ' Catherine E Lloyd, with the regards of her old friend, the Author,' and then dated Dec 27, 1893. Finished with a flamboyant swirl, in the hand of the author. Carroll most famously wrote ' Alice's Adventures In Wonderland .' Very rare copy of this book, even rarer with inscription in the hand of Carroll.
Lot 652
IRONCLADS IN ACTION. A SKETCH OF NAVAL WARFARE FROM 1855 TO 1895 WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BATTLESHIP IN ENGLAND; Wilson, H. W.1898 Reprint. London, Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited, 1898. Two Volumes. Both with blue boards, and gilt decoration. ALONG WITH: The Downfall Of Spain, similar book. First Edition c1900.Same Author.
![[Grecia]. Marmora, Andrea. Della historia di Corfù. Venezia, Curti, 1672. In 4° (227 x 157 mm); [32], 456, [12] pagine. Front](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/70d3b061-5c4e-416a-86ec-a61700f76366/1b055e31-adc5-44d8-aeac-520045a5d3c2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 203
[Grecia]. Marmora, Andrea. Della historia di Corfù. Venezia, Curti, 1672. In 4° (227 x 157 mm); [32], 456, [12] pagine. Frontespizio inciso, ritratto dell’autore in ovale inciso da Bosio da originale di Lafevre, 1 carta geografica e 2 vedute a volo d’uccello a doppia pagina, 6 tavole di monete di cui 5 a piena pagina, e 8 tavole a doppia pagina (poche le carte arrossate.) Legatura coeva in piena pergamena con decorazione dorata, sui piatti doppio filetto con fleurons agli angoli interni, tassello in marocchino rosso al dorso per il titolo, tagli rossi a spruzzo. Prima edizione di questo noto trattato, arricchito da 8 tavole con scene mitologiche che non fanno parte dell’edizione. Atabey 774; Blackmer 1082: “First and only edition of the early standard history of Corfu”. € 1200
![Giovio, Paolo. Vitae duodecim vicecomitum Mediolani principum. Parigi, Robert Estienne, 1549. In 4° (243 x 173 mm); 199, [1]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/70d3b061-5c4e-416a-86ec-a61700f76366/35e06638-c3e8-4072-fa2b-56c0d7cc962f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 41
Giovio, Paolo. Vitae duodecim vicecomitum Mediolani principum. Parigi, Robert Estienne, 1549. In 4° (243 x 173 mm); 199, [1] pagine. Marca tipografica al frontespizio, 10 grandi ritratti xilografici nel testo (piccolo foro di tarlo al margine bianco delle prime 2 carte.) Legatura di poco posteriore in pergamena con tracce di un titolo manoscritto al dorso liscio. Ex libris Horace de Landau. Bell’esemplare con bella provenienza di questa prima edizione. Adams G-694; Schreiber 104: “First edition of this biographical history of the Visconti dynasty, illustrated with 10 splendid woodcut portraits of the Dukes of Milan. These woodcuts are signed with the Lorraine cross, which, together with their superior quality, led to an attribution to Geoffroy Tory. The present woodcut portraits are reduced copies of illuminated portraits in the original manuscript. This is the last of the only five illustrated books issued by Robert Estienne”. € 400
![[Gesuiti]. Constitutiones Societatis Iesu cum earum declarationibus. Roma, Tipografia del Collegio Romano dei Gesuiti, 1583.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/70d3b061-5c4e-416a-86ec-a61700f76366/cb6ac278-4107-4c0e-b489-370e4b1e8d29/468x382.jpg)
Lot 423
[Gesuiti]. Constitutiones Societatis Iesu cum earum declarationibus. Roma, Tipografia del Collegio Romano dei Gesuiti, 1583. In 8° (168 x 112 mm); 309, [71] pagine. Frontespizio architettonico inciso (bruniture.) Legatura coeva in pergamena floscia con unghiatura, tracce di 2 bindelle e titolo manoscritto al dorso. Prima edizione della stesura definitiva del testo latino con le glosse marginali o “Dichiarazioni”. De Backer-Sommervogel V, 77; Quaritch catalogo 1226, The Society of Jesus, No. 9: “The Constitutions of the Society of Jesus. From its place in Sommervogel’s chronological listing we deduce that this edition is the first printing of the authoritative final recension of the Latin text”. € 400
Lot 1079
An Irish Regency gilt Suite in the manner of Thomas Hope, circa 1805 comprising a sofa and a pair of armchairs of Grecian style, carved with fluted cornucopia arms and on monopodia legs, each carved with lion masks and paw feet (3) Sofa 89cm high x 170cm wide Chairs 89cm high x 67cm wide Provenance: Private Collection, Norfolk Purchased circa 1976 By repute from Caledon Castle, County Tyrone Literature: Clifford Musgrave Regency Furniture 1800 to 1830; 1961; Fig 41A Percy MacQuoid and Ralph Edwards Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middles Ages to Late Georgian Period; 195; Fig 279 Ralph Edwards The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture 1987; page 165, fig 196 The Country Life Library of Antiques, Chairs, Edward T Joy, Revised Edition 1980, page 86, figure 67 (illustration of sofa) Splendour and Elegance: European Decorative Arts and Drawings from the Horace Wood Brock Collection; Museum of Fine Art , Boston From 1800-1810, Regency gilt neoclassical style furniture became very fashionable. Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806) in his influential book The Cabinet Dictionary of 1803 introduced designs subsequently copied and adapted by clients and their designers. A close example in design to Sheraton's drawings in the Cabinet Dictionary is the couch now on display at the Victoria and Albert museum designed by Gillow & Co in 1805 for the Reverend Edward Hughes and the Marquess of Sligo. There are similarities in design to this suite. At the same time well known Regency designers such as Thomas Hope and Henry Holland published their own designs. Thomas Hope's authorative publication of 1807 Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, included examples of monopedia legs with animal heads. The monopodium, a decorative support consisting of the head and one leg of an animal, often a lion or a leopard was first seen in Roman furniture but revivied during the late 18th Century. As with Sheraton, Hope's designs were taken and adapted by cabinet makers throughout England and Ireland. During his Grand Tour from 1794-1796, the English architect and designer Charles Heathcote Tatham (who studied under the cabinet maker John Linnell) drew similar monopodia to this suite and which were later published by Henry Holland.The frames have been regilded with some wear to the arms terminals
![[Literature Interest] - a quantity of books by various authors to include, WELLS, H. G - The War in the Air, 1908, first edit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f9b2a901-51fd-4ee2-aae6-a61f00d4b51d/37cea5ac-639e-46e5-c7c3-c2a35f61b7df/468x382.jpg)
Lot 274
Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator), two titles to include; The Rise of the Niblung pub. Heinemann, 1939, first edition, bound in publishers green cloth, with twenty-four full page coloured illustrations, as called for, together with The Compleat Angler pub. Harrap, 1931, with twelve full page coloured illustrations, as called for, (2)
Lot 303
BEMELMANS, Ludwig - a collection of five titles, four with dust wrappers to include Madeline in London pub. 1962, first edition; Madeline and the Bad Hat pub. 1958, first edition; Madeline pub. undated, first edition; Madeline's Rescue, undated, first edtion and Madeline's Christmas pub. 1984 (5)
![[Signed letter] YONGE, Charlotte. M - a handwritten letter to 'My dear Arthur', dated March 5th, 1892, and musing about gett](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f9b2a901-51fd-4ee2-aae6-a61f00d4b51d/87bc92af-f9dc-4113-f616-be20e0c91a01/468x382.jpg)
Lot 31
An early 6-bolt self -contained re-breather diving helmet by Siebe Gorman & Co ,London:, number '10711' (matching), circular front and oval side windows with guards, spitcock, rear inlet and outlets, angled telephone port, side outlet with cog, the corselet with hanging posts and reserve valve, rounded 12-bolt brails converted to six bolt, 46cm high. * Anthony Pardoe notes- 'Though it has never had a badge this is a Siebe Gorman 6 bolt Re-breather Helmet. It is shown in Deep Diving and Submarine Operations, Fourth Edition page 153. It could be used to depths of 150ft for up to 1 ½ hours. Being an early model it does not have the larger head, as it is not a conventional Deep Diving Helmet. It was one of the first helmets used as a self contained re-breather, and could have been used experimentally as a Deep Diving Model. * see pages 42-43, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
Lot 455
Richardson (Charles James). Observations on the Architecture of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James I, [first series], 1837, folding lithograph frontispiece (with closed tear), chromolithograph title, numerous lithograph plates, some spotting and toning, top edge gilt, publisher's half sheep, title label to upper board, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Ruskin (John), The Stones of Venice, 3 volumes, new edition, 1874, numerous engraved plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth gilt, large 8vo, with Crisp Jones (Kenneth, edit.), The Silversmiths of Birmingham and their Marks 1750-1980, 1st edition, 1981, black & white and colour plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plus other antiques and art reference (a carton)
Lot 383
Ravilious (Eric). Eric Ravilious: Landscape, Letters & Design, by Anne Ullmann, Christopher Whittick & Simon Lawrence, 2 volumes, Fleece Press, 2008, numerous colour illustrations, some tipped-in and folding, original cloth, slipcase, oblong 4to, limited edition of 650, together with Mr Derrick Harris, 1919-1960, by Simon Brett, Fleece Press, 1998, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, 4to, with two folders of loose illustrations, including Royal Flush, contained in original cloth dropover box, oblong folio, limited edition of 280, plus First Friends. Paul and Bunty, John and Christine - and Carrington, by Ronald Blythe, Fleece Press, 1997, illustrations, original boards, slipcase, folio, limited edition of 300, with others including Dear Mercia. Paul Nash Letters to Mercia Oakley, 1909-18, Fleece Press, 1991, Ian Rogerson's Barnett Freedman. The Graphic Art, Fleece Press, 2006, The Artistry of Leslie Cole. Today I Worked Well - the Picture Fell Off the Brush, told for the first time by Malcolm Yorke, Fleece Press, 2010, To War With Paper & Brush. Captain Edward Ardizzone, Official War Artist, 2007 and two framed original Punch cover artworks by Edward Ardizzone, 1955 and 1957 (10)
Lot 287
[Harris, James]. Hermes: or, a Philosophical Inquiry concerning Language and Universal Grammar, 1st edition, 1751, errata and advertisement leaf at rear, armorial bookplate of Joseph Warner-Henley (1793-1884, MP for Oxfordshire 1841-78, president of the Board of Trade 1852-5) and book label of the publisher and literary scholar R. W. Chapman to front pastedown, contemporary speckled calf gilt, joints cracked and small chip at foot of spine, corners worn, 8vo First edition of one of the most important and influential eighteenth-century works on language, which saw four further editions before the end of the century. Alston III, 810. (1)
Lot 301
Jung-Stilling (Johann Heinrich). Versuch einer Grundlehre s„mmtlicher Kameralwissenschaften zum Gebrauche der Vorlesungen auf der Kurpfalzischen Kameralhohenschule zu Lautern, 1st edition, Lautern, 1779, scattered minor spotting, contemporary ink inscription to title, contemporary boards, a little wear to spine and paper library label rubbed, 8vo First and only edition of a work written when Jung-Stilling (1740-1817) was lecturer in cameralist sciences at Marburg. Rare. Not in Einaudi, Goldsmiths' or Kress. (1)
Lot 319
Mirabeau (Victor Riquetti). L'Ami des hommes, ou trait‚ de la population 7 volumes, Avignon, 1758-64, half-titles, engraved frontispiece to vol. 1, 6 folding tables to vol. 6, woodcut initial, head- and tail-pieces throughout, ownership inscription of John Hamilton [friend of James Boswell and fellow student under Adam Smith] to titles, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt with gilt red morocco lettering-pieces (small loss to vol. 1), some joints cracked at extremities and spines slightly rubbed, small 8vo Early edition, in seven parts, with the inclusion of the final Th‚orie de l'imp“t, Mirabeau's hugely influential treatise, first published in 1756-60. Higgs 1631n; Kress 5737. (7)
Lot 295
Hundt-Radowsky (Hartwig). Die Judenschule oder grndliche Anleitung in kurzer Zeit, ein vollkommener schwarzer oder weisser Jude zu werden, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London [Aarau], 1823, engraved frontispiece, short marginal tear to fifth leaf of last quire in vol. 1 and repaired marginal tear to second leaf of last quire in vol. 2, contemporary half sheep gilt, 8vo Rare second edition of Hundt-Radowsky's anti-Semitic book, first published in Aarau one year earlier with a false 'Jerusalem' imprint, and in three volumes. COPAC list only one copy of the Jerusalem 1822 edition held at the British Library, and no copies of the second edition. (1)
Lot 424
Machado (Antonio). Poes¡as completas, 1st collected edition, Madrid, 1917, portrait frontispiece, errata slip laid in, 8pp. publisher's adverts at rear, some scattered spotting, uncut and unopened in the original printed wrappers, dust-soiled, small tear at head of upper joint, 8vo, cloth book box, 8vo First collected edition of Machado's poetry, including the first appearance of the complete Campos de Castilla cycle (1912-1917). (1)
![Bible [Cree]. [Old and New Testaments in Native American Cree language], 2 volumes bound in one, [translated by William Mason](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/57215a7a-30d8-4d40-a68e-a61d00a89a2c/7852857e-e56e-4284-d1fa-6d54bbffb682/468x382.jpg)
Lot 231
Bible [Cree]. [Old and New Testaments in Native American Cree language], 2 volumes bound in one, [translated by William Mason], British and Foreign Bible Society, 1861-62, [4], 855, [1]; 292 pages, title page to each volume, text in two columns, printed entirely in Cree, all edges gilt, original yellow chalk-glazed endpapers (some light staining to edges), contemporary blind patterned full morocco, rubbed and some wear to spine and edges, covers detached, and leather vertically split to spine, and chipped with slight loss to extreme head and foot, outer corners bumped, thick 8vo Darlow & Moule 3130. Ayer, Indian Linguistics, Cree 5. Presentation copy from William Mason, with handwritten inscription to verso of blank leaf facing title initialled H.V. and dated July 1862, 'The Bible in the language of the Cree Indians in North America - Given to me, June 1862, by the Rev. William Mason, Missionary among the Cree Indians - The translation was the work of Mr Mason & his wife - Mr Mason attended our Missionary Meeting in 1861. H.V. July. 62'. The first edition of the complete bible entirely printed in the Cree, prepared by the Methodist (later Anglican) Minister William Mason and his wife Sophia Thomas Mason while on missionary work in Prince Rupert's land, with the assistance of several native speakers. (1)
Lot 242
[Boisguilbert, Pierre le Pesant de]. Le Detail de la France, sous le regne present. Augment‚ en cette nouvelle edition, de plusieurs memoires & traitez, sur la mˆme matiere, 2 volumes, no place, 1707, scattered minor spotting, light marginal damp stain to vol. 1, small closed tear to A2 (vol. 1) and corner of A2 (vol. 2) torn away but not affecting text, library stamps of Jesuit College, Lyons, to titles, author's name added in ink to title of volume 1, a few contemporary marginal annotations, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed and joints slightly cracked, 12mo First collected edition of Boisguilbert's works of which there were at least seven different issues with varying paginations issued in 1707; this is the final one listed by Jacqueline Hecht in the INED bibliography of Boisguilbert. A supplement of 12 pages is sometimes found at the end of volume 2, but is not present here. Einaudi 581; Goldsmiths' 4429; Kress 2542. (2)
Lot 297
Jeney (Louis Michel de). Le partisan: ou l'art de fair la petite-guerre avec success selon le genie de nos jours; d‚taill‚ sur des plans propres … faciliter l'intelligence des dispositions & de tous les mouvemens necessaries aux troupes l‚gŠres, pour r‚ussir dans les marches, leurs embuscades, leurs attaques & retraites; avec une m‚thode ais‚e pour gu‚rir promptement les facheux accidents qui surviennent ordinairement aux hommes & aux chevaux durant la campagne, 1st edition, The Hague, 1759, half-title, title printed in red and black, 7 folding engraved plates, 16pp. publisher's adverts at rear, uncut, occasional light spotting, original marbled wrappers with paper spine label, faded on spine and frayed at edges, paper label on spine, 8vo First edition of a rare early treatise on guerrilla warfare, translated and published in English the following year. OCLC and COPAC locate two UK copies and six US copies. (1)
Lot 318
Milton (John). The History of Britain, that part especially now call'd England, from the first traditional beginning, continued to the Norman Conquest..., first edition, first issue, printed by John Macocke for James Allestry, 1670, engraved portrait frontispiece, errata page at rear, early ownership inscriptions to title and initial blank, dust-soiling throughout (especially to foredge), occasional ink stain (particularly B and P-P3), Lord Lilford bookplates to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, 4to Pforzheimer 710; Wing M2119. (1)
Lot 337
Robespierre (Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de). Neuestes Manifest der Frankenrepublik an alle V”lker der Welt; oder Bericht des ”ffentlichen Wohlfahrtsausschusses ber die gegenw„rtige Lage und Verh„ltnisse Frankreichs gegen ganz Europa, no publisher, place or date, [November 1793 - January 1794], modern marbled boards, 8vo Very rare first edition in German of Robespierre's Rapport sur la situation politique de la Republique, the important National Convention speech delivered on the 17 November 1793, which decreed the speaker's international prestige as the true leader of France. An 'eminently political translation and an excellent example of Jacobin rhetoric' (Fischer), Andreas Georg Friedrich Rebmann's translation came out in two issues, the other with a 43-page text after 4 preliminaries. OCLC lists no copies outside Germany or Switzerland. (1)
Lot 420
Hardy (Thomas). half-titles, 4 pages of publisher's advertisements and rear of volume II only (lacking leaf of adverts at rear of vol. I), some spotting and few marks, free endpapers laid-down and hinges cracked, original smooth blue cloth, blocked in black on front with decorative bands and sprays of flowers and lettered in black, upper covers marked where labels removed, frayed at head & foot of spine and to board edges, 8vo, (Purdey pp.50-54; Sadleir 1111. The first edition of The Mayor of Casterbridge was published in an edition of 758 copies, of which 650 were bound at publication), together with A Group of Noble Dames, 1st edition, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co., 1891, half-title, some spotting to first & last leaves and endpapers, original cloth, gilt blocked to spine and upper cover (slightly darkened) with title in brown to spine, 8vo, plus the Colonial Edition of the same title, published Melbourne, Sydney & Adelaide: Petherick & Co., and London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891, original limp cloth gilt, 8vo Purdy pp.61-67. (4)
Lot 316
[Mazzini, Giuseppe]. La Roma del popolo. Pubblicazione settimanale di filosofia religiosa, politica, letteratura, 57 issues in 2 volumes, 1st edition, Rome, 1871-1872, last two issues printed with black border, index and bibliography at end, occasional pen underscoring and marginalia, a few adhesions with some letter loss, slight spotting, some creases and wear resulting from issue folding, contemporary plain stiff paper wrappers, ink titles to upper covers, worn at extremities, 4to, preserved in a recent board case First edition, rarely to be found in its entirety, of Giuseppe Mazzini's last periodical paper, published weekly from March 1st 1871 (the first issue was preceded by a 'programme issue' published February 8th) until March 21st 1872. (2)
Lot 258
Collins (Wilkie). Poor Miss Finch. A Domestic Story, new edition, 1873, some light spotting, hinges breaking, original blindstamped cloth, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo Author's presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: "E. Graves from Wilkie Collins", additionally inscribed to title: "To my dear Miss Shrive(?), with the love of "The Amanuensis" of the Great Master. October 1888", with a further signature of Frances E. Hulme beneath. The dedicatee, Caroline Graves (circa 1830-1895), christened 'Elizabeth' was the mistress of Wilkie Collins (officially his 'housekeeper') and possibly the original 'Woman in White'. They first met around 1856 and she lived with him on and off until his death in 1889, despite his relationship with Martha Rudd, with whom he had three children. Upon her own death in 1895 she was buried in the same grave as Collins in Kensal Green, London. (1)
Lot 270
Enfield (William). The Speaker or Miscellaneous Pieces selected from the Best English Writers and disposed under proper heads with a view to facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking..., Derby: Henry Mozley, 1818, engraved frontispiece, 2pp. publisher's adverts to rear, occasional minor mark, contemporary sheep, rubbed and scuffed, boards detached, 8vo, together with Gregory (George), The Elements of a Polite Education, carefully selected from the letters of the Late Right Hon. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield to His Son, P. Phillips, [1807], engraved frontispiece (repaired to verso), stain to gutter margin affecting first few leaves, near contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, heavily rubbed and worn, boards detached, 8vo, plus Bennett (John), Letters to a Young Lady, on a variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects..., 2nd edition, 2 volumes, T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1795, half-titles, occasional scattered spotting, near contemporary ownership inscription of Nancy Cooke in ink to front free endpapers, Trewman & Sons, Exceter bookseller's label to upper pastedown of volume one, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed and scuffed, boards detached, plus three others similar (7)
Lot 404
Beaumont (Cyril W.). Impressions of the Russian Ballet 1918, Number One & Two, Cleopatra & The Good Humoured Ladies, 1918, hand-coloured illustrations to each by A.P. Allinson, original printed wrappers, stitched as issued, the first issue with mounted paper label to upper cover, some light soiling and minor marginal fraying (generally in good condition), large slim 8vo, each inscribed to Julian Morrell from T.W. Earp, and dated Christmas 1918 to front endpaper, and with an accompanying mansucript poem by T.W. Earp addressed to Julian Morrell in humorous verse, describing her ability as a dancer, dated 32 Beaumont Street, Oxford, December 28th 1918, together with Yates (Jack Butler, illustrator), A Broadside, editors: Dorothy Wellesley and W.B. Yeats, No. 7 (New Series), Cuala Press, July 1937, single folded sheet with 3 hand-coloured woodcut illustrations by Jack B. Yeats, printed in an edition of 300 copies only, plus other similar early modern literature and broadsides, including Cuala Press, A Broadside No. 3 (New Series), March 1937, with illustrations by Victor Brown, Claud Lovat Fraser, The Beggar by Ralph Hodgson, Playmates by Ralph Hodgson, The Gipsy Girl by Ralph Hodgson & The Robin's Song by Richard Honeywood, together 4 printed broadsides printed by A.T. Stevens, etc., for Flying Fame, 1913, Coterie, No. 2, September 1919, Frank Prewett, Poems, Hogarth Press, [1921] & Maxim Gorky, Reminiscences of Leo Nicolayevitch Tolstoi, translated by S.S. Koteliansky and Leonard Wolf, Hogarth Press, 1920, 4to/8vo (11)
Lot 325
[Paucton, Alexis Jean Pierre]. M‚trologie, ou Trait‚ des mesures, poids et monnoies des anciens peuples et modernes 1st edition, Paris, 1780, tables within the text, final blank present, contemporary marbled calf gilt, slight wear, 4to First edition of Paucton's classic in the history of weights and measures. Goldsmiths' 11963; Kress B.305; McCulloch, p. 137. (1)
Lot 48
Blomefield (Francis). The History of the City and County of Norwich, Containing it's Original Rise, and Increase..., a Description of the Streets, Walls, River, remarkable Houses, and other things..., [Fersfield] : Printed at Fersfield, 1741, title in red & black, six engraved plates of 8? (including one folding), few engraved illustrations to text, list of subscribers, short worm trail to few leaves at rear of volume, rear free endpaper detached, contemporary blind panelled calf gilt, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, folio ESTC T226404 and Upcott, p. 945-7. Three UK institutional locations found (Birmingham University Library, Cambridge University Special collections & Norwich Cathedral). This is a self-contained volume on Norwich, being Volume 2 of the first edition of Blomefield's work on Norfolk 'A Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, 1739'. The number of plates within this work appears to vary from 5, 6 or 8. Upcott calls for eight plates, with this copy lacking the city plan and also the monument of Bishop Hall in Heigham Church. (1)
Lot 459
Camden (William). Britannia: Or, A Chorographical Description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, translated... by Richard Gough, volumes 1-3 (complete), 1789, numerous black and white plates including frontispiece portrait, ex-library bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting, some pages partially detached, uniform contemporary calf, all boards rubbed and detached, folio, together with Dicey (Thomas), An Historical Account of the Island of Guernsey, from the first settlement, new edition, circa 1751, 6 black and white plates including frontispiece map, some water damage throughout, contemporary half calf, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 12mo, plus other 18th and 19th-century historical reference and related, including The Roman History by N. Hooke, volumes 1-6, new edition, 1823, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Lot 414
Durrell (Gerald). My Family and Other Animals, 1st edition, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956, original publisher's cloth in dust jacket, jacket price clipped, and very slightly rubbed at extremities, 8vo, together with The Drunken Forest, 1st edition, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956, illustrations by Ralph Thompson, original publisher's cloth in dust jacket, minor wear to head and foot of spine, 8vo, plus Encounters with Animals, 1st edition, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958, black and white illustrations by Ralph Thompson, original publisher's cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed at spine and slightly dust-soiled, 8vo, together with nine other first editions by Gerald Durrell, all in dust jackets (12)
Lot 289
Herbert (George). The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, 7th edition, printed by T.R. for Philemon Stephens, 1656, bound with The Synagogue, or, The Shadow of the Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. In imitation of Mr. George Herbert, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, printed by J.L. for Philemon Stephens, 1647, title to each part with woodcut decorative border, contemporary ink signature of Richard Earle to front endpaper, contemporary blind-decorated plain full calf, very slightly rubbed, 12mo, together with Waller (Edmund), The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: in verse and prose. Published by Mr. Fenton, printed for J. Tonson, 1730, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved portrait of Lady Margaret Cavendishe and two other engraved plates, including one folding at rear, contemporary full calf, rubbed and scuffed with joints partly cracked Ex libris Denton Manor library, Lincolnshire. Wing H1518 for the first work. (2)
Lot 368
Woodward (John). An Essay Toward a Natural History of the Earth: and Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: as also of the Sea, Rivers, and Springs. With an Account of the Universal Deluge: and of the Effects that it had upon the Earth, 1st edition, 1695, title torn to outer corners and lower blank margin, publisher's advert leaf present at rear, lacking imprimatur leaf (A1), T2 torn to fore-edge blank margin at foot, last few leaves with short worm trail to lower blank margins, 20th century amateur speckled calf, 8vo Wing W3510. The author's first book. (1)
Lot 328
Pomet (Pierre). A Compleat History of Druggs, Written in French by Monsieur Pomet... from Messrs. Lemery, and Tournefort, Divided into three classes, Vegetable, Animal and Mineral; with their use in Physick, Chymistry, Pharmacy, and several other Arts, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition in English, 1712, titles printed in red and black, 86 engraved plates, some folding (a few close-trimmed affecting imprint or images), lacking several index leaves at end (from F1 onwards), text block split in two from p.399, p.53 with small hole and loss of text, first title and dedication leaves reinforced at gutter, a few tears, some toning and light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, joints cracking, a little rubbed, 4to Hunt 248; Pritzel 7258. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)
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Capper (Benjamin Pitts). A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom compiled from Parliamentary and other Authentic Documents and Authorities..., 1st edition, 1808, engraved folding map of the British Isles, title page and forty-five engraved maps (including six folding), all with contemporary hand colouring, slight toning to some maps, contemporary calf with contrasting morocco gilt label to spine, worn and bumped at extremities, 8vo, together with, Aikin (John), England Delineated; or a Geographical Description of every County in England and Wales..., 3rd edition, 1795, title page, hand coloured folding engraved map of England & Wales and forty-two (complete) uncoloured engraved maps, some offsetting, additional double page pen and watercolour map of England & Wales bound in before title, contemporary dated ownership signature to first front blank, later endpapers, modern half calf gilt with marbled boards, 8vo Chubb CCCXXVII and CCLXXXVII respectively. (2)
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