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Lot 216
Priestley (J.B.) - Talking, number 35 of 75 copies signed by the author, frontispiece portrait, original cloth, dust-jacket, marked and slightly rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut , 1926; Angel Pavement, limited edition signed by the author, frontispiece portrait, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case (soiled) , 1930; Faraway, one of 25 speically bound copies , pictorial title by Kenneth Hobson, full morocco by Henry T.Wood Ltd, spine sunned, g.e. , [1932]; The Happy Dream , number 14 of 400 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, t.e.g., others uncut, Whittington Press, Andoversford , 1976, first editions ; and 27 others, Priestley, 8vo (31)
Lot 219
Salinger (J.D.) - Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, first edition, first issue without dedication , original boards, dust-jacket, spine a little faded, creasing to spine ends, closed tear to head of panels with tear to head of lower panel repaired, otherwise excellent, 8vo, Boston , [1963]. The scarce first issue, reportedly one of only 20 to 30 copies.
Lot 225
Sinclair (Upton) - The Jungle, first edition, first issue with broken '1' in 1906 on the copyright page, broken 'y' on line one of p.99 and large '3' on p.385, original pictorial sage cloth, spine slightly rolled, otherwise a very good copy, New York , 1906; The Brass Check. A Study of American Journalism, 3pp. advertisements, original wrappers, some minor marking, rubbed with some small splits, Pasadena , [1919], first editions ; and 17 others, Sinclair, including the hardback edition of the second mentioned, plus 2 Jack London titles, 8vo (21)
Lot 231
Waugh (Evelyn) - Brideshead Revisited, Book Society edition, faded in patches, dust-jacket, spine browned, loss to spine ends, corners chipped, surface soiling, 1945; Black Mischief, first edition, some light scattered spotting or finger-soiling to prelims, bookplate, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1932; Scoop, first edition, light browning to endpapers, spine faded, some light rubbing to extremities, 1938, original cloth ; and 4 others by the same, 8vo (7)
Lot 233
Wells (H.G.) - Bealby. A Holiday, first edition , 4pp. advertisements dated 'Spring, 1915' and 31pp. publisher's catalogue at end, a little light spotting to margins and edges of earlier ff., original cloth, slightly mottled, spine lightened , original orange dust-jacket printed in black with mounted colour illustration on upper panel, rubbed, some edge wear, split at upper fore-edge, spine lightened with some fraying at ends, [Wells 57], 8vo , 1915.
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Lot 234
Chaucer (Geoffrey) - The Works, [ with ] A Companion Volume to the Kelmscott Chaucer by Duncan Robinson , 2 vol., limited edition, the first a facsimile reprint of the Kelmscott Chaucer, printed in red and black, illustrations, many tipped in, original patterned cloth designed by William Morris, the first uncut, together in board slip-case (a little rubbed, chip to one edge), folio, Basilisk Press, 1974-75.
Lot 239
Sassoon (Siegfried) - The Path to Peace: Selected Poems, number 80 of 500 copies, printed in blue and black, initials supplied by hand by Margaret Adams, the first in gold, the rest in red and blue, with the additional poem 'Awaitment' loosely inserted (often missing), and with 3 other additional Sassoon poems printed by the press ('A Prayer at Pentecost', 'Nativity' and úith Unfaithful') tipped into wrappers and loosely inserted, original vellum-backed patterned-paper boards, transparent wrapper, Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1960; Something about Myself, reproduction of illustrated calligraphic manuscript by Margaret Adams, printed in blue and brown, original cream wrappers, cat in gold on upper cover, spine soiled, Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1966; Satirical Poems, first edition , light browning to half-title and final leaf, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little soiled, spine browned, 1926; and 4 others by or about Sassoon, 4to & 8vo (7)
Lot 243
Baring Gould (S.) - Amazing Adventures, first edition, coloured title-page and 24 full-page colour illustrations by Harry B. Neilson, original boards, rebacked, new endpapers, a few fore-edges slightly soiled, slightly rubbed , [1903] § Franc-Nohain (Marie-Madeleine) Les Memoires de Footit & Chocolat Clowns, first edition , illustrations by René Vincent, original cloth backed boards with photographic image by du Gay, rubbed at extremities, [1914] § Ries (Gerta) Dreamland, 7 panoramic seaside views with 32 of 55? slot-in figures by the author, original cloth backed boards, rubbed at edges, New York , [1925] § Weedon (L.L.), Evelyn Fletcher and others, The Model Menagerie, 6 chromolithographed pop-up plates of zoo animals in cages, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly rubbed at corners , [?1895], v.s. (4)
Lot 244
Brett (David) - Two Nursery Favourites, first edition, Untearable, original illustrations by the author, original decorated cloth, Dean & Son, [1905]; Ten Little Niggers with Music, illustrations by David Brett, decorated upper board, rubbed and soiled, [1905] § Trier (Walter) 10 Little Negroes, A New Version, illustrations by Trier, original boards, first three pages with lower corner lacking, n.d. § Gibbings (Robert) A True Tale of Love in Tonga, engravings by the author, original cloth backed boards, rubbed, 1935; and 16 other titles similar, v.s (c.90)
Lot 247
Goudge (Elizabeth) - The Little White Horse, first edition, colour frontispiece The Little White Horse, first edition, colour frontispiece, illustrations by C. Walter Hodges, original cloth, gilt, spine slightly dulled, dust-jacket, slightly browned, edges a little creased and rubbed, small piece torn away from head of spine, 8vo, 1946.
Lot 248
Milne (A.A.) - For the Luncheon Interval. Cricket and Other Verses For the Luncheon Interval. Cricket and Other Verses, slightly foxed and browned, original printed wrappers, slightly browned, edges uncut, 1925; Winnie-the-Pooh , fifth edition, 1927; When We Were Very Young, reprint, 1925; Now We Are Six, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, 1928, all but the second and third first editions, all but the first illustrations E.H. Shepard, all but the first original morocco, gilt, g.e., 8vo (5).
Lot 252
Ross (Charles Henry) - The Surprising Adventures of a Clumsy Boy Crusoe, first edition , 23 illustrations on 12 leaves, hand coloured, original cloth backed printed limp boards, upper board with slight crease, rubbed at extremities, oblong 8vo, Griffith and Farran , [1866] Only four copies mentioned on Copac and only one hand-coloured at Cambridge.
Lot 255
Tolkien (J.R.R.) - The Hobbit, thirteenth impression, colour frontispiece and map endpapers by the author, original green boards, spine slightly faded, pictorial dust-jacket, a little rubbed and frayed at edges, tear to upper joint, 1961 § Peake (Mervyn) Titus Alone, first edition , frontispiece by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned, 1959 § Wagner (Richard) Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, 1911 § Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, sixth edition , 1909, the last two with tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, some light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, spines faded ; and a quantity of others, mostly children's books, 8vo & 4to (Qty)
Lot 276
Baker (George P.) - Calico Painting and Printing in the East Indies in the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries, 2 vol. including portfolio of colour plates, first edition , text with map, colour plate and illustrations, light marginal soiling, original cloth-backed limp boards, uncut, portfolio with 34 colour plates only on 33 sheets (of 37 on 35, lacking plates 1, 7 & 30, supplied in high quality colour reproductions loose in folder), some plates a little frayed at edges, loose as issued with text in patterned cloth portfolio with ties, spine worn and frayed, large folio, 1921; sold not subject to return
Lot 300
Orgel (S.) & Roy Strong. - Inigo Jones: The Theatre of the Stuart Court, 2 vol., limited edition, London, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1973 § Mayor (A.Hyatt) The Bibiena Family, New York, 1945 § Ricci (Corrado) La Scenografia Italiana, Milan, 1930 § Mancini (Franco) Scenografia Napoletana dell'Età Barocca, signed by the authoron verso of title, Naples, 1964 § Ashton (Geoffrey) Pictures in the Garrick Club: A Catalogue, 1997, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, all but the third with dust-jackets, some rubbed, the first also with slip-case ; and c.15 others, theatre and theatre design etc., 4to (c.20)
Lot 309
Rutter (John) - Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, first edition, large paper copy with proof plates on india paper , half-title, hand-coloured aquatint additional pictorial title, letterpress title with mounted wood-engraved coat-of-arms on india paper, 14 engraved plates on india paper and mounted (including a different state of plate 5 and plate of visitor's ticket to Fonthill), with 2 hand-coloured aquatint versions of plates 6 & 7, folding lithograph map with routes hand-coloured, double-page genealogical table, wood-engraved vignettes on india paper, list of subscribers at end, some light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, generally a good copy, old ink inscription to half-title, contemporary half morocco over boards, upper cover with engraved vignette title, uncut, a little rubbed and stained, corners worn, rebacked in calf, [Abbey, Scenery 418], large 4to, Shaftesbury & London, 1823.
Lot 312
Soane (John) - Plans, Elevations and Sections of Buildings executed in the... Plans, Elevations and Sections of Buildings executed in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire , first edition , list of subscribers, 47 engraved plates, title soiled, browned, some foxing, new endpapers, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, edges uncut, [Berlin Kat. 2341a; Harris 842], Messrs.Taylor, 1788; and another, a later edition of the same, folio (2).
Lot 316
Wilkinson (J.G.) - Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, 3 vol. and Atlas to Second Series (lacking 2 vol. text from Second Series), first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece, lithographed plates, some chromolithographed, some folding, illustrations, some light foxing, original pictorial green calf, gilt, rubbed, spines faded, splits to joints, 1837-41§ Faulkner (R.O.) The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts, 3 vol., Warminster, 1973-78 § Doxiadis (E.) The Mysterious Fayum Portraits: Faces from Ancient Egypt, 1995 § Haynes (Sybille) Etruscan Bronzes, 1985 § Armagan (Tahsin Özgüç'e) Anatolia and the Ancient Near East, Ankara, 1989, the last three with illustrations, some colour, all but the first original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, some a little rubbed or browned ; and c.30 others, archaeology and antiquities, some catalogues, 8vo & 4to (c.40)
Lot 319
Africa.- Denham - and Capt. Hugh Clapperton. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries... ( Major Dixon) and Capt. Hugh Clapperton. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, first edition , engraved frontispiece and 36 plates & plans by Finden after the authors, one printed in sepia and hand-coloured, large folding engraved map, vignettes, title a little foxed, some other light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, large folding map creased at edge, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked with gilt spine, 4to, 1826. Account of the expedition to discover the course of the Niger.
Lot 320
-. Tweedy (Owen) - By Way of the Sahara: The African Odyssey of Three Men and a Grocer By Way of the Sahara: The African Odyssey of Three Men and a Grocer's Van, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author with ink inscription on front free endpaper and ALs from the author with inscription: "My Dear Dick I send it with many thanks to you for everything. It is the first copy to go out & it goes to you by right, Yours ever Owen", rust marks on upper cover, half-title and title, plates, original cloth, gilt spine, upper cover marked, dust-jacket, browned, edges chipped, 1930; and 3 others, 8vo (4).
Lot 323
Robertson (William) - The History of America, 3 vol., first Dublin edition , half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece and folding plate, some ff. a little creased or soiled, ink ownership inscription to head of titles, bookplate to pastedowns, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and black morocco labels, corners lightly bumped, [Sabin 71973], 8vo, Dublin, for Messrs. Price et al., 1777.
Lot 325
Canada.- Palmer (Howard) - Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks, first edition Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks, first edition, photogravure frontispiece, plates, folding maps, 4pp. advertisements at end, 1p. torn, prize bookplate on front pastedown, upper hinge breaking, original plain green cloth, dust-jacket edges chipped with small loss, rubbed and faded, [Neate P07; Perret 3281], 8vo, New York & London, 1914; and 2 others, Travel, 8vo (3).
Lot 335
Broughton (Thomas Duer) - Letters Written in a Mahratta Camp during the year 1809, first edition , half-title, 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates, directions to binder leaf at end, frontispiece loose, plates a little foxed and offset, modern half morocco, spine gilt, [Abbey, Travel 433; Colas 454; Tooley 114], 4to, 1813.
Lot 338
Postans (Marianne) - Cutch; or, Random Sketches taken during a residence in one of the northern provinces of Western India , first edition , half-title, lithographed additional pictorial title, 6 hand-coloured lithographed plates (1 double-page) and hand-coloured map, wood-engraved illustrations, one full-page, some foxing and browning, mostly to tissue guards but affecting some plates, modern half morocco, spine gilt, uncut, spine slightly faded, [Not in Abbey or Tooley], 8vo, 1839
Lot 348
-. Scott - The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 vol., 2 folding maps in pockets... ( Captain Robert Falcon) The Voyage of the 'Discovery' , 2 vol., 2 folding maps in pockets at end, central crease to spine, hinges cracked, 1905 § Shackleton (E.H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, 3 folding maps and foldng panorama in pocket at end, 1909, first editions, frontispieces, photographic and colour plates throughout, half-titles, titles printed in red & black, spotting and browning, original blue cloth, t.e.g., spine faded and worn with a couple of short tears, covers a little soiled § Mawson (Douglas) British Antarctic Expedition, 1907, Route and Surveys of the South Magnetic Polar Party 1908 - 09, chromolithograph map showing the route taken by Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition of 1908 to early 1909, laid on later card, 500 x 350mm, some light browning and a couple of spots, c.1909 ; and 3 others, a third edition set of Huxley and Markhams Scott's Last Expedition and a slipwear winking bear model inscribed "First at the Pole" with a paper label inscribed "This was made to commerate Scott. First at the South Pole", with remains of Union jack flag, v.s. (8)
Lot 350
-. Norman (Henry) - All the Russias, first edition , folding map, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e., uncut and unopened, small dent to upper cover, a very good copy, 1902 § Lloyd (L.) Field Sports of the North, 2 vol., 6 engraved or lithographed maps and plans, one folding, and 9 lithographed plates, 2 advertisement leaves at beginning of vol.1 and 16pp. catalogue at end of vol.2, some spotting, original cloth, uncut, spines faded, recased, 1842 § Trench ( Rev . Francis) Diary of Travels in France and Spain, 2 vol., half-title in vol.2, 4 tinted lithographed plates, wood-engraved illustrations, vol.2 water-stained at beginning, original cloth, spines faded, 1845, the last two rubbed, 8vo (5)
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Lot 354
-. Portlock - and Capt. George Dixon.- [Beresford ] A Voyage round the World;... ( Capt. Nathaniel) and Capt. George Dixon.- [Beresford (William)] A Voyage round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America , performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 Captains Portlock and Dixon, second edition, half-title, large folding engraved map, 20 engraved maps and plates only (of 21, lacking engraved sheet of music, supplied in facsimile), 7 folding, one or two plates cropped affecting imprint, occasional spotting and soiling, some offsetting, Nn1 & 4 soiled and frayed at edges, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and stained at edges, rebacked, spine gilt with red morocco label (old label loosely inserted), tips of corners repaired, [Sabin 20364 & 64390], 4to, 1789. The first commercial voyage to the Pacific North-West, with the aim of establishing fur-trading posts. It contains detailed information on the Native Americans and Russians, also on the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).
Lot 386
Darwin (Charles) - The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, second edition, twenty-first thousand, lacking half-title, spotting on a few ff., endpapers soiled, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, rubbed and marked, 1888 § Darwin (Francis, editor ) The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin , 3 vol., frontispieces, spotting, hinges of vol.I repaired, ex-library set with labels, original cloth, rubbed, spines faded, 1887; and c.20 others, natural history, 8vo (c.25)
Lot 389
Hibberd (Shirley) - The Fern Garden, first edition , 1869 § Sowerby (John E.) British Wild Flowers, 1882 § Martyn (Thomas) Thirty-Eight Plates with Explanations; Intended to Illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables, 1788, all with hand-coloured engraved plates, illustrations, offsetting, a little soiling, original cloth or modern boards , the first two with g.e., rubbed ; and c.100 others on botany, gardening etc. including some hand-coloured plates from Curtis's Botanical Magazine and a quantity of guides, seed catalogues and price lists, v.s (large qty.)
Lot 391
Howard (H.Eliot) - The British Warblers, A History of Problems with their Lives, 2 vol., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed at head of half-title of vol.1, 35 chromolithographed plates including 3 of eggs and 51 photogravure plates, all after Henrik Gronvold, 12 maps, errata leaf in vol.1, plates and leaves numbered in pencil in upper outer corner, foxing to photogravures but chromolithographs generally clean (a few occasional spots), endpapers foxed, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly rubbed, [Anker 213; Nissen IVB 454], tall 8vo, 1907-14. Originally issued in 10 parts, hence the numbering in manuscript. "The coloured plates are excellent, and the same applies to the photogravures." Anker
Lot 392
Hulme (F. Edward) - Plants, Their Natural Growth and Ornamental Treatment, first edition , 44 chromolithographed plates (most colour), faint offsetting, original illustrated cloth, gilt, recased, worn at corners and spine ends , 1874 § Lamond (Henry) The Sea-Trout , first edition , 9 colour plates, illustrations, scattered spotting (none to plates), original cloth, gilt, uncut, worn and marked , 1916 § Jefferies (Richard) Wild Life in a Southern County, first edition , a few ff. spotted, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed , 1879 § Goldsmith (Oliver) A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 2 vol., plates (many hand-coloured), illustrations, browning and spotting, a little soiling, modern calf-backed boards, Glasgow, 1855; and c.60 others natural history, v.s . (c.65)
Lot 393
Jefferies (Richard) - Amaryllis at the Fair, first edition , 1887; Field and Hedgerow, first edition , 1889 § Witherby (H.F.) & others. The Handbook of British Birds, 5 vol., 1943-44, plates and illustrations, the first with upper hinge pulling, original cloth, the second recased, rubbed ; and c.30 others on conservation, woodland management, and naturalism, 8vo (c.35)
Lot 396
Millais (John Guille) - The Natural History of British Game Birds, first edition , number 238 of 550 copies, 18 colour plates after Millais and Archibald Thorburn, 18 other plates, all but one photogravure, tissue guards, slight staining to upper edge of first few leaves and stain to p.95, some light marginal foxing to a few leaves, engraved bookplate of James Harold Cuthbert, original buckram-backed cloth, t.e.g., spine faded, boards a little damp-stained, [Nissen IVB 636], folio, 1909.
Lot 400
Munnings - Pictures of Horses and English Life, plates, many colour and mounted ( Sir Alfred J.) Pictures of Horses and English Life , plates, many colour and mounted, original cloth, a little soiled, London & New York, 1927 § Léger (Charles) Redouté et Son Temps, limited edition, plates and illustrations, contemporary crushed half morocco, gilt, original upper cover bound-in, [Paris], 1945 § Sheppard (Rev. Revett) and Rev. William Witear . A Catalogue of the Norfolk and Suffolk Birds, offprint from 'Transactions of the Linnean Society', printed table, wrappers, [Wood p.567], 1826.§ Chapman (Abel) Wild Norway Spitzbergen, Denmark, Etc., first edition , plates and illustrations, original cloth, recased, spine ends and corners repaired, 1897, and 4 others, including 3 by Chapman, 4to & 8vo (8)
Lot 404
Potts (Thomas) - The British Farmer's Cyclopaedia, first edition, 41 engraved plates (24 hand-coloured), lacking engraved title and frontispiece, bookplate, contemporary calf, joints cracked, spine ends chipped, corners a little bumped, 4to, 1807. Including sections on cider-making, fruit culture and beekeeping.
Lot 405
Sclater (Philip Lutley) - A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-Birds or Families Galbulidae and Bucconidae, bound from the original 7 parts, first edition , list of subscribers, 55 lithographed plates by Hanhart after J.G.Keulemans (uncoloured),wood-engraved title-vignette and illustrations, trimmed, title mounted on stub, ex-library copy with trace of small stamp on title and several leaves but plates unstamped, p.109/110 torn and repaired, small hole to final leaf repaired, modern half morocco, spine gilt, [Anker 451; Fine Bird Books p.139; Nissen IVB 840], 4to, for the Author, [1879-82].
Lot 406
Sowerby (George B.) and others. - A Conchological Manual, second edition, 2 folding tables and 26 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional spotting, ink inscription to front free endpaper, modern half morocco, 1842 § De Kay (James E.) Zoology of New York, parts 5 and 6 only in 1 vol., 53 hand-coloured lithographed plates, foxing, portrait postcard to front pastedown, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, rebacked, New York, Boston & Albany , 1843-1844 § Chenu (Jean Charles) Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paleontologie Conchyliologique, 2 vol. in 1, numerous illustrations, foxing, rubbed, contemporary half morocco, gilt, g.e., Paris, 1859-1862; Lecons Elementaires sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux, 11 engraved plates only (of 12), printed in colour, minor foxing, original cloth, rebacked, rubbed, Paris , 1847; and a fourth edition of the first mentioned, 4to (5)
Lot 410
Trees.- - Newton A Treatise on the Growth and Future Management of Timber Trees Newton (G.W.) A Treatise on the Growth and Future Management of Timber Trees, and on Other Rural Subjects, first edition, 10 lithographed plates, slightly foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed, gilt spine, 1859; and 18 others, Trees etc., 8vo (19).
Lot 414
Witherby (H.F.) & others. - The Handbook of British Birds, first edition , 5 vol., 1938-41 § Austin (Oliver L.) Birds of the World, 1965 § Rutgers (A.) & John Gould. Birds of Europe, 1966, plates and illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, stained and marked, the first price-clipped ; and 24 others on birds, v.s. (31)
Lot 415
Yarrell (William) - A History of British Fishes, 2 vol. including supplements bound at ends, first edition , engraved portrait, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g., spines a little faded, [Nissen ZBI 4488], 1836-60 § Lamond (Henry) The Sea-Trout, plates, some colour, light foxing, 1916 § Holder (Charles Frederick) The Game Fishes of the World, pictorial title, plates, first leaf of Preface foxed, 1913 § Maxwell ( Sir Herbert) British Fresh-water Fishes [and] Aflalo (F.G.) British Salt-water Fishes, together 2 vol., Woburn Library of Natural History, plates, some foxing, 1904, all but the first original cloth, most pictorial gilt, very slightly rubbed, 8vo & 4to (6)
Lot 419
Edwards (Lionel).- Macdermot (E.T.) - The Devon & Somerset Staghounds 1907-1936, plates and illustrations, endpapers lightly foxed, dust-jacket, spine browned, a little chipped at head, 1936 § Collyns (Charles Palk) The Chase of the Wild Deer, one of 250 copies, photogravure plates, mounted illustrations, prelims foxed, original vellum-backed cloth, light fading to margins, 1902, first edition; and 11 others, sporting, 4to & 8vo (13)
Lot 421
Hardy (John James) - Salmon Fishing, plates and illustrations, light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, 1907 § [?Steel (J.M.)], "Black Palmer". Scotch Loch-Fishing, half-title with ink stamp to head, advertisement f., original cloth, very slightly rubbed, Edinburgh & London , 1882 § [Marston (Edward)], "The Amateur Angler. An Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale, first edition, one of 100 copies , additional engraved title, half-title, original wrappers, soiled, t.e.g., others uncut , 1884 § Knox (A.E.) Autumns on the Spey, first edition , 4 tinted lithograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, 3pp. advertisements at end, some occasional spotting, ink inscription to title, original gilt pictorial cloth, light cockling to upper cover, 1872; and 8 others, similar, 8vo (12)
Lot 424
Selous (F.C.) - Recent Hunting Trips in British North America, first edition , plates. some light foxing to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some light rubbing to extremities, New York & London, 1907 § Dollman (Guy) and J.B. Burlace, editors . Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game: African and Asiatic Sections, tenth edition, with the scarce addendum , filled-in by a contemporary hand, ink ownership inscription, plates, original cloth, 1935 § Burrard ( Major Gerald) The Modern Shotgun , 3 vol., first edition , plates and illustrations, scattered foxing to prelims, bookplates, original cloth, spines slightly dulled, 1931-32 § Sharp (Henry) Modern Sporting Gunnery, first edition , frontispiece and illustrations, light spotting to endpapers, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, spine slightly faded, a little rubbed, 1906; and 3 others, 8vo & 4to (9)
Lot 427
Stoddart (Thomas Tod) - The Art of Angling as Practised in Scotland, first edition , wood-engraved vignette title, bookplates, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, corners slightly bumped, a little rubbed, [W p.203], Edinburgh, 1835 § Granby ( Marquess of ) The Trout, number 154 of 157 copies on hand-made paper , plates, bookplates of Henry Ashworth James and John McKinley on front endpapers, original mock vellum-backed cloth, gilt spines, slightly browned, edges uncut, [W p.246], Fur, Feather and Fin Series , 1898 § Dimock (A.W.) The Book of the Tarpon, first edition, mounted cover illustrations, original cloth, New York, 1911; [Another copy], first English edition, ink inscription, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1912 § Skues (G.E.M.) The Way of a Trout With a Fly, third edition, plates, contemporary ink inscription to pastedown, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, a little creased at head and foot, 1935; and 14 others, similar angling, 8vo (19)
Lot 429
Whitaker (J.) - British Duck Decoys of Today, 1918, first edition, original cloth, 1918 § Everitt (Nicholas) Broadland Sport, first edition, second impression, signed presentation inscription from the author, tape to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1902 § Harting (James Edmund) Hints on Shore Shooting, first edition , spotting to prelims, original cloth, upper hinge a little weak, spine faded, 1871§ Schwerdt (C.F.G.R.) Hunting Hawking Shooting Illustrated in a Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, 4 vol., reprint, plates, original rexine, Hildesheim, Zurich, New York, 1985 ; and 7 others, wildfowling, 8vo & 4to (14)
Lot 432
Boyle - New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, touching the Spring of the Air ( The Hon . Robert) New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, touching the Spring of the Air, and its Effects , 3 parts in one, third edition, half-title, 1 engraved plate and fragment only of a second, blank f. 2v4 present, plate with marginal tears repaired, first few ff. little frayed., some marking, Miles Flesher for Richard Davis , 1682 Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse of Experimental Natural Philosophy, 2 parts in one, second edition, 3d4, blank but for longitudinal docket title, present, little marginal worming, some marking, Oxford, Hen. Hall for Ri. Davis , 1664, 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary vellum, rubbed & marked, joints cracked, foot of spine repaired, 4to .
Lot 450
Pasch (Georg) - De Novis Inventis..., second edition, engraved frontispiece, half-title, occasional foxing or browning, contemporary ink inscription to pastedown, contemporary vellum, soiled, Leipzig, J.Gross, 1700 § Musschenbroek (Petrus van) Cours de Physique Experimentale et Mathematique, translated by Sigaud de la Fond, vol.I & II only (of 3), half-titles, 42 folding engraved plates, 1 folding engraved table, contemporary mottled calf, some edge wear, Paris , 1769 § Sigaud de la Fond (Joseph-Aignan) Élémens de Physique , 4 vol., first edition , half-titles, approbation f., 25 folding engraved plates, a little minor creasing and fraying to folds of some plates, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, some rubbing, slight damage to foot of 2 spines, [DSB XI, 427-28], Paris , 1777; and another similar, v.s. (7)
Lot 453
Singer (Charles) - & others, editors . A History of Technology , 5 vol & others, editors . A History of Technology , 5 vol., 1954-58 § Dickinson (H.W.) A Short History of the Steam Engine, Cambridge , 1938 § Friedman (J.S.) History of Color Photography, Austin , 1944 § Lamme (B.J.) Electrical Engineering Papers, Pittsburgh , 1919 § Merrett (H.S.) A Practical Treatise on the Science of Land and Engineering Surveying, third edition, some spotting , 1878, illustrations, original cloth, the first with frayed dust-jackets (one defective at spine), all rubbed ; and a small quantity of others engineering, technology etc., including some issues of Municipal Engineering and Transactions of the Newcomen Society , 4to & 8vo (sm.qty.)
Lot 53
Milton (John) - Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio, contra Claudii Anonymi, alias Salmasii, defensionem regiam, first Elzevir edition , title with simple woodcut coat-of-arms, 2 blanks at end, some age-toning and other minor light staining, old ink note on front fly-leaf relating to Milton's eyesight, bookseller's catalogue description on pastedown, contemporary vellum, [Coleridge 50; Willems 1134], 12mo, Londini [?Amsterdam], Typis Du Gardianis , 1651.
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Johnson (Samuel) - Rasselas, Prince d«yssinie, first French edition Rasselas, Prince d«yssinie, first French edition, translated by Alexandre Notré, half-title, slightly foxed and browned, ink ownership inscription of Caroline Goldsmith on front free endpaper, contemporary tree calf, slightly rubbed, joints splitting, gilt spine, green morocco label, London, G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1823; and 3 others, 8vo (4).
Lot 69
Selden (John) - The Historie of Tithes, first edition , title in red & black, fore-edges damp-stained, loss to fore-edges of peripheral ff., wormed, loss to text on a few ff., soiling, upper hinge detached, contemporary vellum, marked, worn, loss at lower cover fore-edge & spine ends, [Kress 360], 1618 § [Glanvill (Joseph) & George Rust.] Two Choice and Useful Treatises , engraved allegorical frontispiece, title in red & black, edges of text block nicked & gnawed, soiling, contemporary calf, blind tooled, upper board gnawed, worn along extremities & at corners, loss to spine, [Wing G833], 1682 § Ittig (Thomas) Historiæ Ecclesiasticæ , general title in red & black, engraved title vignettes, initials, & head-pieces, ink inscription to front fly-leaf, browning, contemporary vellum, soiled, Leipzig, 1709 § Cobbett (William) A History of the Protestant Reformation , 2 vol., a little spotting, contemporary marbled calf, gilt, worn, creases a little split, 1829, 4to & 8vo (5)
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Fontaine - The History of the New Testament, Being an Historical Account of…... (Nicolas, Sieur de Royaumont ) The History of the New Testament, Being an Historical Account of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated by Joseph Raynor, Dr Anthony Horneck and Henry Wharton, vol. II only, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 82 plates by Kip, Vanderguiest, Bouche, van Houen and Masson, mostly after Freman, 2 folding engraved maps by Blome (the Holy Land and the travels of the Apostles), ruled in red throughout, slightly browned, some foxing, modern ink signature on fly-leaf, bound in contemporary red gilt panelled morocco, small black stain on upper cover, some small surface wear, corners and edges rubbed, gilt panelled spine, slightly dulled and rubbed, upper joint splitting at head, g.e., folio, by Samuel Roycroft, for Richard Blome, 1688. Blome printed Fontaine's Histories of the Old and New Testaments in two volumes, of which the New Testament volume was the first to appear.
Lot 74
Cottonian Library.- Smith (Thomas) - Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Cottonianæ, first edition , double column, engraved portrait frontispiece and title vignette of the Sheldonian, portrait creased and with short tear within image with no real loss to printed area, but with loss of a small section of outer margin, title frayed and creased, no loss of text, occasional light foxing, a few small stains, contemporary calf, upper joint split, but holding firm, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing S4233], folio, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1696.
Lot 75
Clarendon - ) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in... (Edward Hyde, Earl of ) ) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in the year 1641, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispieces and title vignettes to each vol., slightly browned, occasional spotting, new endpapers, modern half calf, gilt spines and with red morocco labels, folio, Oxford, At The Theater, 1702-1704.
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