Lawrence (T.E.).- Allenby - A Brief Record of The Egypt Expeditionary Force ( General Sir Edmund H.H.) A Brief Record of The Egypt Expeditionary Force , portrait frontispiece, colour prin te d maps, Cairo, 1919 § Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph, one of 752 copies , 3 vol. with Illustrations, Castle Hill Press edition, 2 folding maps in pocket of rear pastedown of vol.I, 1997; The Mint , first edition , 1955; To his Biographer, Liddell Hart, one of 1000 copies signed by Hart , 1938; To his Biographer, Robert Graves, one of 1000 copies signed by Graves , 1938; Shaw-Ede: T.E. Lawrence's Letters to H.S. Ede 1927-1935, one of 500 copies , The Golden Cockerel Press , n.d., frontispieces in fourth and fifth, first o riginal clo t h-back e d prin te d wrapp e rs, marked and a little damp affected, very slightly worn at spine ends, last morocco-backed boards, else original cloth , second over boards, fourth and fifth uncut and t.e.g., second and third in dust-jackets, second, fourth, and fifth in slip-cases (fourth and fifth together), rubbed and marked ; and 8 others, Lawrence, 4to & 8vo (16)
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Rackham (Arthur).- Barrie (J.M.) - Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, first trade edition , colour frontispiece and 49 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, Contents f. misbound, but mostly loose, after frontispiece, original pictorial cloth gilt, worn and browned, ends of spine damaged, 4to , 1906.
Philby (H. StJ. B.) - The Empty Quarter..., first edition , half-title, frontispiece and plates, 3 folding colour maps, hinges pulling, 1933 § Keane (John F.) My Journey to Medinah , ink inscription to front endpaper, labels removed from pastedowns, 1881 § Herbert (Aubrey) Ben Kendim , second edition, bookplate of Symons to front pastedown, n.d. § Rihani (Ameen) Arabian Peak and Desert , 1930 § Hitti (Philip K.) History of the Arabs, 1937, plates, maps, some spotting, all original cloth, the second gilt, all rubbed, the first two with a little loss to spine heads, the first a little damp stained and faded ; and a large quantity of others, Arabia , v.s. (large qty)
Whittington Press.- Lawrence (T.E.) - Letters to E.T.Leeds, with a commentary by E.T.Leeds, edited by J.M.Wilson, 2 vol., number XLIV of 80 specially-bound copies with additional proofs of the illustrations , from an edition limited to 750, tipped-in frontispiece, illustrations by Richard Kennedy printed in brown, original pictorial russet morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, additional proofs loose as issued in original board folder, together in slip-case, 1988 § Macgregor (Miriam) Diary of an Apple Tree, 2 vol., number XXXIV of 65 semi-special copies with an additional suite of plates and signed by the author/artist, from an edition limited to 385, wood-engraved illustrations by Miriam Macgregor, original morocco-backed patterned-paper boards, additional plates loose as issued in original board folder, together in original board slip-case, 1997 § Weissenborn (Hellmuth) Roads, Rails, Bridges, number 46 of 60 copies signed by the artist , linocuts printed in a variety of colours and finished by hand, original boards sewn in Japanese style, slip-case, printed by the Whittington Press for the Acorn Press, 1979, the first two Andoversford or Risbury, Whittington Press ; and 3 others from the press, v.s. (8)
Travel & Exploration.- Wolff - Travels and Adventures… , 2 vol., second edition ( Rev . Joseph) Travels and Adventures , 2 vol., second edition, portrait frontispiece, inscribed by the author in English and Arabic to Rev. George Williams on verso of front fly-leaves , bookplates of Williams to front pastedowns, vol.I hinges pulling, uncut, 1860-61 § Younghusband (G.J.) The Story of the Guides, 1908 § Halliburton (Richard) The Flying Carpet, 1933 § Etherton ( Lt-Col. P.T.) Adventures in Five Continents, [1928] § Explorers' Club Tales, 1937, the last four with frontispieces and plates, all original cloth, first with joints splitting and damage to backstrips, boards faded, the third damp stained, all rubbed ; and c.25 others, Travel and Exploration, 8vo (c.30)
Russia.- Coxwell - Siberian and Other Folk-Tales… , first edition , map frontispiece (C. Fillingham) Siberian and Other Folk-Tales , first edition , map frontispiece, 1925 § Seymour (H.D.) Russia on the Black Sea , first edition , etched frontispiece, 4 lithographed plates (1 folding), large folding lithographed map, 1855 § Turner (Samuel) Siberia: A Record of Travel, Climbing, and Exploration, second edition, photographic frontispiece and plates, lower hinge pulling, lacking publisher's catalogue, 1911 § Nansen (Fridtjof) Through the Caucasus , frontispiece, photographic plates, 1931 § Crad (Joseph) Trailing Through Siberia, folding map, 1939, a little spotting, the second later calf preserving old inscribed endpapers, else original cloth, rubbed, the first damp stained ; and c.40 others, Russia, 8vo & folio (c.45)
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[Willem (Johan)] - Memoirs of the Duke de Ripperda..., first edition , half-title, engraved head- and tail-pieces, ink inscription to front free endpaper, faint foxing throughout, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, for John Stagg & Daniel Browne, 1740 § Sitwell (Sacheverell) Portugal and Madeira, first edition , photographic frontispiece and plates, 1954 § Belloc (Hilaire) The Pyrennes, frontispiece, illustrations, maps (some folding), 1928 § Inchbold (A.C. & Stanley) Lisbon & Cintra, colour frontispiece and plates, 1907 § Hutton (Edward) The Cities of Spain, frontispiece, plates (most colour), 1927, the last four original cloth, rubbed, the last with dust-jacket ; and c.45 others, Spain and Portugal, illustrated, 8vo & folio (qty)
Davis - Carthage and Her Remains… , first edition (Dr Nathan) Carthage and Her Remains , first edition , frontispiece and 26 plates (1 folding, 2 colour), 5 maps (2 folding), 1 map and first few ff. working loose, a little worming in gutter of a few ff., original cloth, gilt and blind-stamped, uncut, spine and boards faded, bumped, 1861 § Mallowan (M.E.L.) Nimrud and its Remains, 3 vol. with Atlas, colour frontispieces, illustrations (some colour), Atlas with 8 folding maps and plans, original cloth, a little rubbed, text vol. with dust-jackets, creased and nicked, tape repair to upper cover of vol.I., 1966 § Butler (Howard Crosby) Sardis, 2 vol., plates and plans (some folding), illustrations (some colour), Brooklyn Public Library stamps on several ff. (its labels on front pastedowns), vol.I hinges splitting, original cloth over printed boards, rubbed and spotted, soiled, creases and backstrips splitting, Leyden, 1922; and 11 others, Antiquities and Archaeology, including 10 vol. of Archaeologia , 8vo & 4to (17)
Pouqueville (François Charles Hugues Laurent) - Travels through the Morea, Albania, and several other Parts of the Ottoman Empire, to Constantinople during the Years 1798 [-] 1801 , first English edition, folding engraved map, 2 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 1 folding, without the folding table, some spotting, twentieth-century half calf, marbled boards, 8vo, R. Phillips , 1806 § Degrand (A.) Souvenirs de la Haut-Albanie, first edition , half-title, text-illustrations, stamps on title, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, rubbed, Paris , 1901, 8vo, with a late eighteenth-century engraved Êrte de l'Arabie' by Rigobert Bonne and a large nineteeth-century engraving of 'Il Dromedario' with Italian text below, stained, margins frayed or torn (4)
Höhnel Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie , 2 vol Höhnel (Ludwig von) Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie , 2 vol., first English edition , plates and illustrations, 2 folding maps, foxing, ink stamp and ownership inscription on half-titles, bookplate on pastedowns, original cloth, gilt, frayed and splitting at spines, edge wear , 1894; and 6 others, Africa, including another set of the mentioned, 8vo (8)
Tyndale (Walter) - An Artist in Egypt, one of 150 copies signed by the artsist (this unnumbered), 27 tipped-in colour plates, presentation copy signed by Evelyn and Walter Tyndale to front free endpaper, original decorative vellum, lacking silk ties and slightly bowed, else fine, [1912] § Ockley (Simon) The Conquest of Syria, Persia, and Aegypt, by the Saracens, first edition, some worming to lower margin of first half of book, some foxing and soiling, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners worn, 1708; and 6 others, Travel, 4to and 8vo (8)
Hertfordshire.- Salmon (Nathaniel) - The History of Hertfordshire, first edition , engraved folding map, list of subscribers, bookplate to front pastedown, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, typographical head-pieces, handwritten index bound in, small closed tear to 3Z2, worming to fore-edges of several ff., even browning to most ff., contemporary calf, rebacked, worn along extremities and at spine e nds, upper crease splitting, 1728 § Manning ( Rev . Owen) & William Bray. The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey, 3 vol., Ilkley, 1974 § Morant ( Rev . Philip) The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, 2 vol., Ilkley, 1978 § Nicolson (Joseph) & Richard Burn. The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, 2 vol., Ilkley, 1976 § Collinson ( Rev . John) The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Gloucester, 1983, last four plates, illustrations, folding maps and genealogies, original cloth, dust-jackets, a little soiled ; and 8 others, British Antiquities, including three other facsimiles, folio & 4to (13)
Leicestershire.- Burton (William) - The Description of Leicester Shire Containing Matters of Antiquitye, Historye, Armorye, and Genealogy, engraved title, double-page engraved map, woodcut decorations and initials, coats-of-arms to title and to text ff. all hand-coloured, misprinted pagination corrected by hand, further ms. table in 18th century hand bound-in at end, occasional ms. marginalia or highlighting, lacking portrait, some toning, damp-stain affecting first 60 ff. and map at top-edge to varying extent, contemporary calf, worn at edges, John White , 1622 § Robertson (David) A Tour through the Isle of Man, first edition , 8 aquatint plates printed in sepia, one plate with small repaired closed tear, minor scattered foxing, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, uncut, [Abbey, Scenery 555, hand-coloured copy], for the author , 1794, small folio (2)
Americas.- Fowlie (J.A.) - The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Varieties..., California, 1977 § Markham (Clements R.) Peruvian Bark , first edition , 1880 § Martineau (Alice) "Mrs. Philip Martineau". Gardening in Sunny Lands, first edition , introduction by Edith Wharton , ex libris label and pencil inscription to front pastedown, 1924 § Lawrence (R.D.) Where the Water Lilies Grow, 1968 § Miller (Amy Bess) Shaker Herbs , New York, 1976, plates in third, illustrations (many colour, full-page in first), 3 engraved folding maps in second (1 partly hand-coloured), all original cloth, rubbed, last two with dust-jackets ; and c.30 others, Flora of the Americas, v.s. (c.35)
-. Mortimer (W. Golden) - Peru: History of Coca, The Divine Plant of the Incas, first edition , frontispiece, illustrations including full-page, ink ownership inscriptions on preliminary ff., original cloth, spine slightly faded, [Dailey, Phantastica 194, " the greatest work ever published on the coca plant and the history of its use by the Incas and their descendants. Research on the active principle, cocaine, is documented from its isolation in 1859 to the end of the 19th century"], 8vo, New York , 1901.
Baxter (William) - British Phænogamous Botany ; Or, Figures and Descriptions of the... British Phænogamous Botany ; Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants, 6 vol., vol. I second edition, rest edition not stated (?first editions), hand-coloured engraved plates, internally good, ink name and bookplate to front free endpapers, original cloth, 3 vol. rebacked preserving original backstrips, spines faded, 3 spines with slight damage, [Great Flower Books p.74; Nissen BBI 107], 8vo, Oxford, by the Author, 1834-43.
Joy Division / Soridide Sentimental: Atmosphere c/w Dead Souls - Sordide Sentimental SS 33002 French 1979 limited edition 7" single plays at 33rpm, original first issue with foldout cover numbered 560 of 1578 with two inserts, a blue piece of paper which reads "Avertissement" and "Gesamtkunstwerk" plus an English translation sheet, the folder has a brown background with two faces image, the vinyl is EX+/NM the foldout cover is EX- with some slight corner knocks and minor creasing, left hand edge of inner pouch has become detached, inserts excellent , really nice example of this scares single
DICKENS (C.) Pictures from Italy. First Edition. wood-engraved vignette title, 3 wood-engraved text illus. (by Samuel Palmer), half title, preliminary advert. leaf ('Oliver Twist', etc.) & advert. leaf at end, publisher's blind-decorated blue cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, sm. cr. 8vo. published for the Author, by Bradbury & Evans, 1846
GRAHAME (K.) The Wind in the Willows. First Illustrated Edition. illus. throughout (some full-page, by Ernest H. Shepard), map on e/ps., half title, Methuen's 8pp. general literature list at end; publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, in pictorial d/wrapper. 1931. Illustrated
LIVINGSTONE (D.) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa . . . First Edition. engraved portrait, 2 folded maps (one in end pocket), 25 wood-engraved plates (2 folded), 20 text illus., 8pp. publisher's list; original blind-decorated chocolate cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, chocolate e/ps. (by Edmonds & Remnants, with their ticket). 1857. * contemp. gift inscription on front blank.
A DESCRIPTION of the Memorable Sieges and Battles in the North of England, that happened during the Civil War . . . likewise an impartial History of the Rebellions in the years 1715, and 1745. First Edition. portrait frontis., folded engraved view (execution of the Earl of Derby), contemp. reversed calf. Bolton: printed for the editor, 1786; sold with an edition of 'Clarendon's Rebellion', (with the Life). * this lot sold as found.
CULLODEN PAPERS: comprising an Extensive and Interesting Correspondence from the year 1625 to 1748 . . . with occasional state papers of much historical importance . . . to which is prefixed, an Introduction, containing memoirs of the Right Honourable Duncan Forbes . . . First Edition. printed & pictorial engraved titles, 2 portraits & a facsimile plate; later 19th cent. half calf & marbled boards, 4to. 1815. * armorial bookplate of the Earl of Sefton (Croxteth Library); together with 3 related books - Doddridge's Life of Colonel Gardiner (1812); Home's History of the 1745 Rebellion (1802); Marchant's History of the Present Rebellion (1746); with also a related miscellany.
KINCAID (J.) Random Shots from a Rifleman. 2nd edition. advert. leaf before title & 2 leaves at end, rebound gilt-lettered rexine. 1847; sold with Gore's Account of Waterloo (1817); Journal of a Soldier of the Seventy-First Regiment (1819 & 1822 editions); Charras's Campagne de 1815 - Waterloo Atlas (1857) (5)
WAGNER (R.) Siegfried & Gotterdammerung . . . 30 coloured & mounted plates (with tissue-guards, by Arthur Rackham), half title; publisher's gilt-decorated quarter art vellum & brown boards, upper one gilt-lettered, gilt top & vellum-tipped corners, roy. 8vo. Frankfurt, 1911. * i.e. the first German edition with these illustrations.
DUBOURG (M.) Views of the Remains of Ancient Buildings in Rome, and its Vicinity . . . First Edition. 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates only (ex 26), with tissue guards & on thick paper, erratum slip; loose in old (distressed) half leather & boards, folio. printed for J. Taylor, Architectural Library, 1820. Illustrated
MORANT (Rev. P.) The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex . . . First Edition, 2 vols. engraved & folded county map, 8 folded maps of the hundreds, a folded plan & 22 other copper plates; 19th cent. half morocco & cloth, folio. 1768. * the principal antiquarian history; includes (as published) the revised Colchester text - with the North Prospect view & the detailed plan of the Borough; an EXTRA ILLUSTRATED set, with some 150 additional prints & maps inserted direct or mounted to size - including Buck's large views (ca. 1736), Weale's full- page engravings - some lithographed & coloured (1840s), Hooper's 18th cent. 'antiquarian' copper plates with letterpress, & Dawson's boundary maps (1840s); a handlist of items in these categories available on request
WRIGHT (T.) The History and Topography of the County of Essex . . . First Edition, 2 vols. engraved pictorial & printed titles, county map & 98 steel engraved plates; contemp. calf, gilt & blind-decorated panelled spines, marbled e/ps. & edges, 4to. 1836. * includes some interesting street & quayside views, & an 8pp. subscriber's list.
John Alvin (1948-2008), Harry Potter: Storm Within, pencil and mixed media, signed with initials and dated '01, 18cm x 11.5cm., with certificate of Authenticity. Please see lot 902 in the Book section Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, third print, and an uncorrected proof copy.
BIZARDIERE (M. De La) Histoire de la Scission ou Division . . . arrivee en Pologne . . . au sujet de l' election d'un roy. First Edition. contemp. French speckled calf, gilt-decorated & panelled calf with red morocco label, sm. 8vo. Paris, 1699. * Nordkirchen armorial bookplate with the ownership signature of Ferdinand, Baron de Blettonberg on title.
NELSON (Horatio) The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with notes by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas. First Edition, 7 vols. portrait, 4 folded facsimile letters & 3 battle plans (2 part-coloured); original blind & gilt-decorated cloth, 1844-46. * all volumes with publisher's catalogue/list; contemp. bookseller's ticket J.O. Clarke (Bath); crested booklabels of E.H. Ellis.
NIGHTINGALE (F.) Notes on Nursing: what it is, and what it is not. First Edition. 79pp. (including Appendix title), yellow e/ps. with both pastedowns & free recto / verso e/ps. having adverts.; original blind-ruled & gilt lettered black cloth (defective), slim 8vo. Harrison (1860). * contemp. bookseller's sm. embossed stamp -'Kelly / Market Street / Manchester'
BAYLIS (Edward) A New and Compleat Body of Practical Botanic Physic, from the Medicinal Plants of the Vegetable Kingdom . . . First Edition, vol. 1 (all published). 30 hand-coloured plates & viii, 352pp. contemp calf-backed marbled boards (distressed), 4to. printed for Stace and Maids, 1791. * scarce; apparently a part publication; according to Henrey this first (& only) volume should have 564pp. & 48 plates.
SKUES (G.E.) Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout. First Edition. coloured frontis & d-page plate; gilt-lettered cloth & d/wrapper. 1939. * with author's relevant a.l.s. tipped-in; FRANCIS (F.) Angling. First Edition. 4 line- engraved plates; publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth, slim 8vo. 1877. * almost entirely unopened; contemp. ownership name at front; together with an interesting angling miscellany of older books.
PRITT (T.E.) Book of the Grayling: being a description of the fish, and the art of angling for him . . . First Edition. 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates (frontis. folded), advert. leaf; original blind & gilt-ruled and gilt-lettered claret cloth, patterned e/ps., slim 8vo. Leeds, 1888. * pictorial (angling) bookplate of J.A. Radcliffe. Illustrated
O' BRIEN (D.H.) The Narrative of Captain O' Brien, R.N.) Containing an account of his shipwreck captivity, and escape from France . . . First Edition. contemp. half calf & marbled boards. 1814. * 'Re-printed from the Naval Chronicle, with Additions by Captain O' Brien'; presumably the dedication copy as the ms. inscription at head of title reads - 'from Captain D.H. O' Brien with his best regards to Captain Sir William Hoste . . .', under whom he had subsequently served in HMS. Bacchante
JAMES (Henry) Portraits of Places. First English Edition. half title, original cloth. 1883. * John Addington Symonds copy, with his armorial bookplate, & label 'From the Author'; [GREENAWAY] Kate Greenaway Pictures: from originals presented by her to John Ruskin and other personal friends. With an appreciation by H.M. Cundall. mounted portrait frontis. & 20 coloured & mounted plates (with tissue guards); gilt & black-lettered buckram, patterned e/ps., 4to. 1921; together with an interesting (mainly literary) cloth selection.
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[JOHNSON] Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To which are added Some Poems Never Before Printed. Published from the original mss. . . . by Hester Lynch Piozzi. First Edition, 2 vols. sub title for Poems; contemp. tree calf, later gilt spine with red labels. 1788. * pictorial bookplates of Sydney Waterlow; together with some other leatherbound volumes - including Bewick's British Birds (2nd edition, 2 vols. 1804) with bookplates of Joseph Crawhall & booklabels of Hugh Trevor-Roper (9)
GRAY (T.) The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings, by W. Mason . . . First Edition. portrait frontis., half title, errata leaf; contemp. calf, gilt-ruled & panelled spine with red label, 4to. York: printed by A. Ward . . . 1775. * Vane Londonderry armorial bookplate; the second edition was published later the same year; [PORTRAITS] The Gallery of Portraits; with Memoirs. 5 vols. 120 engraved portrait, text illus; original gilt cloth, 4to. 1835. * Londonderry book labels ('Earl Vane, from the library of the Rev. John Vane'); contemp. bookseller's ticket (Bain, Haymarket).
![GILPIN (W.) [Collected Works on Scenery]. 5 works - being 8 vols. (bound in 4). d-page hand-coloured map, 8 hand-coloured](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/eea48093-787b-476f-879e-a50200d69f2c/9a9ca25c-22a6-47ff-dc0c-7ae948d524fa/468x382.jpg)
GILPIN (W.) [Collected Works on Scenery]. 5 works - being 8 vols. (bound in 4). d-page hand-coloured map, 8 hand-coloured plans, a table & 117 plates (mostly tinted, 2 hand-coloured); near contemp. uniform mottled calf, gilt-decorated spines, 1791-92. * comprises: Remarks on Forest Scenery . . . First Edition, 2 vols. (in one), 1791; Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty . . . Particularly the High-Lands of Scotland. 2nd edition, 2 vols. (in one), 1792; Observations . . . Particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland. 3rd edition, 2 vols. (in one), 1792; Three Essays (On Picturesque Beauty. Picturesque Travel: Sketching Landscape . . . ). First Edition, 1792; and bound with: Observations on the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales . . . 3rd edition, 1792 * old booklabels of Lady Catherine Bligh & Maj. Gen. Sir Charles Stewart.
LAVATER (J.C.) Essays on Physiognomy . . . translated from the French by Henry Hunter. First English Edition, 5 vols. many engraved illus. (some as plates - 'executed by or under the superintendence of, Thomas Holloway', half titles; earlier 19th cent. gilt-ruled diced calf, panelled spines, marbled e/ps. & edges (by Bohn, with Frith Street ticket), folio. 1789-98. * Earl Vane (Rev. John Vane) book labels; probably complete, but sold as found.
KOTZEBUE (Otto von) Neue Reise um die Welt, in dem Jahren 1823, 24, 25 und 26. 2 vols. (in one). 2 plates & 3 folded charts (2 large); later 19th cent. calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-decorated spine with red label. Weimar & St. Petersburg, 1830. * first German edition; Kotzebue's third and last world voyage; Escholtz's (32pp.) Verbersicht der Zoologischen . . . (at end) with part title (this not found with the Russian or English editions)
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[FLEURIEU, C.P.C., Comte de] Discoveries of the French in 1768 and 1769, to the South-East of New Guinea, with the subsequent visits to the same lands by English navigators . . . (and) an Historical Abridgement of the Voyages and Discoveries of the Spaniards in the Same Seas . . . translated from the French. 9 folded charts & 3 other folded plates, half title; earlier 20th cent. claret half morocco & cloth, gilt-decorated & panelled spine, patterned e/ps., 4to. 1791. * the first English edition.
Published Spink, 1911 AD. One of the classic Valentine volumes, the text in his clear handwriting and with his meticulous drawings throughout [1st edition, 203pp.; illustrated; 6 coloured maps]; hardback. 620 grams, 25 x 16cm (10 x 6 1/4"). [No Reserve] Good condition; lower corners bumped, last gather slightly loose. Scarce first edition.
The illustrated history of the war against Russia. E.H. Nolan, James S. Virtue. London, N.D. Cicra 1860. Historical & Military interest. 8vo. One vol. of two. Full of portraits, plates and coloured maps, beautifully illustrated. Foxing to some plates. Three-quarter burgundy leather with gilt tooling to boards and 4 raised bands to spine. Olive morocco half-title. Some scuffing to boards and spine. Marbled endpapers & page ends. A really attractive copy. Sold with "The invasion of the Crimea" vol. 2 only. Complete with hand coloured maps to rear. Some worming to boards and text. Otherwise V. Good. [2].The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660-1783, Captain A. T. Mahan United States Navy, ND. C, 1890. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. May be first edition, if not, certainly early edition. Spine dates the book from 1889. The first library marking is from March 1893. Ex military Library of Aldershot with expected markings. 4 pages misbound with damage, but no significant loss to text. Rubbing and scuffing to boards and spine. Back cover coming away but still attached. Many illustrations, with 4 linen backed, one folding. Overall delicate, but in reasonable condition. [1]. .
COMICS - a collection of approximately 800+ paperback comics to include a set of Preacher comics 1-26, first edition titles of comics such as Lost Universe, Come Together Zatanna, Primortals, Mr Hero, Mike Danger, Justice, Hardware, Kamandi At Earth's End, Kid Enternity, Babylon 5 (collectors edition), Static, American Freak and The Beginning of Tomorrow - Batman Legend of the Dark Knight. Titles further include 2000AD, Judge Dredd, Lobo, Shade the Changing Man, 666 Mark of the Beast, Bloodines and a host of further titles.
WEDGWOOD/ROYAL WORCESTER/COALPORT - a collection of 7 figures (6 with certificates of authenticity) to include 4 x Wedgwood females by Shirley Curzon - Abigail (no CoA), Georgina, Harriet and Christina (af), Coalport's First Love, and 2 x Royal Worcester limited edition girls Sweet Violet (7366/9500) and Sweet Rose (7480/9500).
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