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Click here to subscribe[SHOOTING] Willock, Colin. The Gun-Punt Adventure, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1958, green cloth, dustjacket, black and white plate illustrations from photographs, octavo; and Willock, Colin. The Bedside Wildfowler, first edition, Deutsch, London, 1966, boards, dustjacket, black and white plate and text illustrations, octavo, (2).
[SHOOTING] `B.B.` (Watkins-Pitchford, Denys). Tide`s Ending, first edition, Hollis & Carter, London, 1950, grey cloth, dustjacket, sixteen colour plate illustrations including frontispiece, further black and white vignette illustrations, quarto; and `B.B.` (Watkins-Pitchford, Denys). Dark Estuary, first edition, Hollis & Carter, London, 1953, dark red buckram, fifteen colour plate illustrations including frontispiece, further black and white vignette illustrations, quarto, (2).
[EQUINE] Wentworth, Lady. Horses in the Making, first edition, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1951, blue cloth gilt, dustjacket, black and white illustrations from photographs, quarto; Summerhays, R.S. Encyclopaedia for Horsemen, fourth (revised) edition, Warne, London, 1966, black and white plate illustrations from photographs, quarto; and a further ten assorted works, most of equine interest, (12).
[CANINE] Ivester Lloyd, T. Hounds, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1934, green cloth gilt, dustjacket with pictorial onlay, sixteen colour plate illustrations including frontispiece, further monochrome vignette illustrations, quarto; and Scott, Peter. The Eye of the Wind. An Autobiography, second impression, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1961, blue cloth, dustjacket, four colour plate illustrations, further black and white plate illustrations from photographs, octavo, (2).
[CANINE] Croxton Smith, A. Sporting Dogs, first edition, Country Life, London, 1938, brown cloth, colour frontispiece and a further sixteen black and white plate illustrations by G. Vernon Stokes, quarto (lacking front free endpaper); Kipling, Rudyard, editor. Thy Servant A Dog, Macmillan, London, 1930, mottled blue leather gilt, illustrated by G.L. Stampa, octavo; Kipling, Rudyard, editor. Thy Servant A Dog, Macmillan, London, 1930, red cloth, illustrated by G.L. Stampa, octavo; `Black Knight`. The Diary of a Freeman, first edition, Cassell, London, 1953, boards, dustjacket, illustrated by Alfred Munnings, octavo; and Charlton, Moyra. Patch. The Story of a Mongrel, sixth edition, Methuen, London, 1948, orange cloth, illustrated by G.D. Armour, octavo, (5).
[EXMOOR] Aldin, Cecil. Exmoor. The Riding Playground of England, first edition, Witherby, London, 1935, buff cloth, five plate and further text illstrations, small quarto (ex library); Fortescue, John. Records of Stag-Hunting on Exmoor, Chapman & Hall, London, 1887, pictorial green cloth gilt, plate illustrations, folding map, small quarto; Marshall, H.J. Exmoor, Sporting and Otherwise, first edition, London, 1948, blue cloth, illustrations by Lionel Edwards, octavo; Snell, F.J. A Book of Exmoor, Methuen, London, 1903, crimson cloth gilt, plate illustrations from photographs, further illustrations, octavo; and twenty-nine other works of Exmoor interest, (33).
[TOPOGRAPHY]. SOMERSET & OTHER Jeboult, Edward. A General Account of West Somerset, Description of the Valley of the Tone, and the History of the Town of Taunton, Somerset & Bristol Steam Press, Taunton, 1873, blind-stamped brown cloth, map frontispiece and a further fourteen mounted monochrome multi-view plate illustrations, quarto (spine faded; partially re-backed; some foxing); Webb, Charles George (Toulmin, Joshua, & Savage, James). The History of Taunton in the County of Somersetshire, Webb, Taunton, no date, pebble-grained maroon cloth, frontispiece, quarto; Coleman-Smith, R., & Pearson, T. Excavations in the Donyatt Potteries, first edition, Phillimore, Chichester, 1988, boards, dustjacket, plate and text illustrations, quarto; and a further twelve assorted works, most of Somerset interest, (15).
[TOPOGRAPHY & HISTORY]. SOMERSET Baker, Ernest, & Balch, Herbert. The Netherworld of Mendip. Explorations in the Great Caverns of Somerset, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and Elsewhere, Baker, Clifton, 1907, green cloth, black and white plate illustrations from photographs, quarto; Underdown, David. Somerset in the Civil War and Interregnum, first edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1973, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Storer, B. Sedgemoor: Its History and Natural History, first edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1972, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and a further five assorted works, (8).
[MISCELLANEOUS] Scott, Peter, & Fisher, James. A Thousand Geese, first edition, Collins, London, 1953, brick red cloth, dustjacket, colour frontispiece, black and white plate illustrations from photographs, octavo; The Art of Peter Scott. Images from a Lifetime, reprint, Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 1993, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, square quarto; Hyman, Susan, editor. Edward Lear in the Levant. Travels in Albania, Greece and Turkey in Europe, 1848-1849, first edition, Murray, London, 1988, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and a further eighteen assorted works, (21).
[MISCELLANEOUS] The Boat and the Caravan; A Family Tour Through Egypt and Syria, second edition, Bogue, London, 1849, blind-stamped pictorial brown cloth gilt, seven engraved plate illustrations including frontispiece, octavo; Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Mani. Travels in the Southern Peloponnese, first edition, Murray, London, 1958, boards, dustjacket, black and white plate illustrations from photographs, quarto; Stark, Freya. Ionia, first edition, Murray, London, 1954, cloth, dustjacket, black and white plate illustrations from photographs, quarto; and two other, unrelated works, (5).
[CHILDRENS] Blyton, Enid. Five Have A Wonderful Time, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1952, boards, illustrated by Eileen Soper, octavo; Blyton, Enid. The Mystery of the Vanished Prince, first edition, Methuen, London, 1951, boards, illustrated by Treyer Evans, octavo; and a further nineteen titles by the same, none first editions, most without dustjackets, (21).
[MISCELLANEOUS]. ANTIQUES & OTHER. Lyons, Albert. Predicting the Future. An Illustrated History and Guide to the Techniques, first edition, Abrams, New York, 1990, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, large quarto; Dorson, Richard. The British Folklorists. A History, first edition, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1968, cloth, dustjacket, portrait plate illustrations, octavo; Brown, R.J. Timber-Framed Buildings of England, first edition, Hale, London, 1986, boards, dustjacket, illustrations and diagrams throughout, octavo; and a further twenty-seven assorted works, (30).
[MISCELLANEOUS]. HISTORY, ART, & OTHER Dodd, George. Days at the Factories; or, The Manufacturing Industry of Great Britain Described, facsimile reprint of first seventeen chapters of 1843 edition, EP Publishing, Wakefield, 1975, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Whitfield, Roderick, editor. Treasures from Korea. Art Through 5000 Years, British Museum Press, London, 1984, pictorial soft covers, colour plate and black and white illustrations throughout, quarto; Irwin, Geoffrey. The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonization of the Pacific, first edition, Cambridge University Press, 1992, boards, dustjacket, maps and diagrams, octavo; and approximately a further fifty assorted works, (approximately 53).
[MISCELLANEOUS]. Galliou, Patrick, & Jones, Michael. The Bretons, first edition, Blackwell, Oxford, 1991, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Woodforde, John. Farm Buildings in England and Wales, first edition, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1983, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Briggs, Martin. The English Farmhouse, first edition, Batsford, London, 1953, boards, dustjacket, plate and text illustrations, octavo; and approximately a further thirty-two assorted other works, (approximately 35).
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver`s Travels illustrated by Arthur Rackam, J.M.Dent, 1909. Hardcover cloth bound, First Edition. A limited edition 149 of 750 copies signed by Arthur Rackham, with 13 full-page colour mounted plates, two full-page black and white illustrations and seven chapter headings and tail pieces
A Royal Doulton figure "Mr Toadflax", No'd. "BH.10." from "The Bramley Hedge Gift Collection Copyright Jill Barklem 1983" (withdrawn first edition), with brown back stamp, together with one volume "The Four Seasons of Bramley Hedge" by Jill Barklem, published Collins 1988 (fifth impression 1991)
Thomas Rowlandson, `Comforts of Bath`, set of twelve hand-coloured etchings, in red leather bound and cloth folio, each image 7.5" x 10", NOTE These cartoons were later used to illustrate the 1858 edition of the New Bath Guide, written by Christopher Anstey and first published in 1766 PROVENANCE: Noted on folio "from the collection of L. C. Elger." Spine and corners of case worn. Case faded. 1. Edges and corners worn. 2. Crease in top corner. 3. A little light foxing. All corners clipped from having been stuck down. 4. OK. 5. Brown stain on back. Possible areas of repair or cleaning. 6. OK. 7. Light wear to edges. 8. Paper loss in top right corner. Creases to border and image. 9. Light wear around edges. 10. Tear in right margin. Edges and corners worn. 11. One tear in bottom margin. Losses in corners. 12. Losses to corners. Edges tatty. Bottom of each print says; Pubd Januy 6th 1798 by S.W. Fores No 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street
EASTON PRESS : Milton, John - Paradise Lost, illustrations by William Blake, extra gilt leather, 4to, 1976. With - Pickering (publisher) Paradise Lost in ten books the text exactly reproduced from the first edition of 1667, finely bound in full gilt vellum by Birdsall of Northampton, 4to, 1873.
Ecclesiastical – English Civil War A Relation of the Conference between William Laud then Lord Bishop of St Davids^ now Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and Mr Fisher the Jesuite by the Command of King James of ever Blessed Memorie with an answer to such exceptions as AC takes against it... London 1639. Original calf boards a little rubbed^ interior contents appear good^ folio 388pp. This was seen at the time by the increasingly entrenched Charles I as proof that his Archbishop’s doctrine was far from that of the Roman Catholics^ a vital element in his growing and continuing battle in Scotland against the Presbyterians. It did little however to absolve Laud from the nickname north of the border of ‘The Pope of Canterbury’. Religious discontent was one of the major elements in the outbreak of the Civil War three years later. This is considered the ‘second’ edition of this work – the first appearing as part two of Francis White’s ‘Replie’. This version was however greatly expanded before publication.
Historic Newspapers – Strand Magazine – Paranormal – Literature – Arthur Conan Doyle – the Cottingley Fairies edition of the Strand Magazine for Christmas 1920 in which is published for the first time Conan Doyle’s sensational assertion that two young girls in the village of Cottingley^ Yorks^ not only encountered fairies but also photographed them. The story took the post WWI world by storm and remained an intriguing mystery for most of the 20th c with the photographs defying even sophisticated scientific analysis – and was only finally unmasked as a well intentioned hoax by the girls when one of them^ as an elderly lady finally confessed on a television programme. The edition also carried original stories by P G Wodehouse and ‘Sapper’ amongst others.
Ecclesiastical – Sermons volume of approx 22 first edition printed sermons from 1692-1749^ each preached on the occasion of the celebration of the Restoration of Charles II^(Oak Apple Day) 4to^ calf binding little rubbed and loose but interior contents appear generally good throughout^ with ms list in an 18th c hand
Naval The New Navy List containing the names of all the commissioned officers in Her MajestyÂ’s Fleet....compiled by Charles Haultain^ Commander Royal Navy^ 1843 first edition^ 8vo 330pp^ original marbled boards rubbed but interior contents appear complete and in generally good order throughout. A very useful reference work.
Literature – Michael Drayton^ Elizabethan Poet England’s Heroical Epistals by Michael Drayton Esq^ London^ John Smethwicke 1637. 16mo^ modern binding^ interior contents in generally good order. Lacking engraved title page. An early edition of one of the major works by Drayton^ first published in 1597.
India – Punjab – First Hand Account of the Sikh Wars. A Year on The Punjab Frontier^ in 1848-49 by Major Herbert B Edwardes^ London^ Richard Bentley^ 1st edition 1851. From the Library of Sir John Lawrence^ (Baron Lawrence of the Punjaub & Viceroy of India) with his bookplate to volume I^ with a handwritten transcript of a critique by John Ruskinthe writer and philanthropist John Ruskin stating this perfect book should have a place in every English library. Also contains a 4pp. Handwritten transcript of a review by the author’s wife Emma Edwardes asking Sir George Forrest whether it would be desirable if the book a ‘Year in the Punjab Frontier’ should have a condensed single volume edition as well. Two volumes. Contemporary three quarter calf with gilt compartments to spine. Vol I - xxiii^ 608 pp. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Edwardes^ & 4 plates (lacks map). Contents include: Vol II - xiv^ 734 pp. Colour frontispiece & 2 other colour plates & 2 folding. Major-General Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes (1819–1868) was an English administrator^ soldier^ and statesman active in the Punjab^ India. Edwardes served as ADC to Gough during the First Anglo-Sikh War and fought at Mudki on 18 December 1845^ where he was wounded^ and at the final bloody rout of the Sikhs at Sobraon on 10 February 1846. Following the Sikh defeat in the First Anglo-Sikh War (1846–47)^ the Punjab came to be ruled by a British Resident seated at the historic capital of Lahore^ supported by a Council of Regency acting for the infant Maharaja Duleep Singh. In 1846^ aged 27^ Edwardes was appointed by the new British Resident Sir Henry Lawrence^ as Assistant Resident. He is best known as the ""Hero of Multan"" for securing the British victory in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. On 22 January 1849 Diwan Mulraj surrendered^ following negotiations directed by Edwardes. Sir Henry Lawrence praised Edwardes`s pivotal role in the war^ stating that ""Since the days of Clive no man had done as Edwardes”
India Maharajah Duleep Singh Privately Printed Biography – fine 1884 first edition of Maharajah Duleep Singh & The Government^ 171pp^ privately printed for private circulation amongst Duleep Singh’s inner circle and nobles of rank. The book was the Maharajah’s auto-biography giving personal accounts and recollections of his childhood in Lahore^ his time as the ruler of the Sikhs^ his exile from the Punjab and his mistreatment by the British Government. The book was an appeal to the establishment and publications to gather support from his peers for a settlement of his financial affairs. Bound in dark red half calf by Sangorski^ with gilt edges and titles. Very rare.
India – rare Book on Shaheed Bhagat Singh A scarce book titled Bhagat Singh and his Comrades^ by one his colleagues Ajoy Kumar Ghosh^ who was Bhagat Singh’s comrade-in-arms and fellow accused in the Lahore Conspiracy Case 1st edition^ 1945^ 35pp^ with a 1946 presentation inscription on title page^ soft covers. Ajoy first met Bhagat Singh in Lahore in 1923 introduced by B K Dutt^ both were 15 year olds^ and became comrades in the Ghadar Party. In 1929 after the infamous Assembly Bomb^ Bhagat Singh and Dutt was arrested on the spot and Ajoy and his companions some days later after the accidental discovery of their bomb factory. Ajoy and his 12 companions where produced in court and here he met Bhagat Singh again^ and remarked ‘No longer was he the Bhagat Singh of the magnificent physique whose strength had been a byword in our party. A shadow of his former self^ weak and emancipated^ he was carried into the court on a stretcher’. Ajoy joined Bhagats hunger strike^ but on the farcical trial Bhagat Singh^ Rajguru and Sukhdev were sentenced to death by hanging^ while 7 of the men transported for life^ the others including Ajoy were acquitted due to lack of evidence. Amazing first hand and detailed account of Bhagat Singh last years from a man who had been part of his revolutionary party. Bhagat Singh (1907-31^) a Sikh Ja born in the Punjab^ was an Indian socialist considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. His legacy prompted youth in India to begin fighting for Indian independence and he continues to be a youth idol in modern India
A miscellaneous collection of six first editions comprising On Her Majesties Secret Service, Ian Fleming 1963 New American Library, The Looking-Glass War by John le Carr 1965, a Burnt Out Case by Graham Greene 1961 (first English language edition), Men At Arms by Evelyn Waugh 1952, The Espionage Establishment by D Wise & T B Ross 1967 together with a copy of The Second Man by Edward Grierson 1956 (second printing)
A small collection of miscellaneous books including a Portfolio of Photographs compiled by J L Stoddart, published by the Western Mail, Cardiff, a Book Club edition of The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming, published 1962, a 1920 edition of Little Women, the first authorised British paperback edition of Lady Chatterley`s Lover by D H Lawrence, etc
A large miscellaneous collection of books to include a first edition of Love Story by Erich Segal, first edition of As I Walked Out One Mid-Summer Morning by Laurie Lee, first edition of The Nearest Way Home by Daphne Fielding together with further books on gardening, including an edition of Beautiful Gardens of The World with an inscription by Tony Snowdon (from the library of Oliver Messell), together with a copy of Webster`s New International Dictionary (second edition)
An interesting collection of mid-20th century travel adventure and photography books, some foreign language editions, titles include a first edition of The Lost Camels of Tartary by John Hare, signed by the author, Dekho! The India That Was by Elizabeth Crawford Wilkin complete with slip cover, Mon Paris - Photographies de Sanford H Roth, texte de Aldous Huxley, etc
A miscellaneous collection of books comprising a first edition of The Captains Death Bed and Other Essays by Virginia Woolf, The Hogarth Press 1950 complete with dust jacket, a first edition of Literature and Science by Aldous Huxley, Chatto & Windus 1963, complete with dust jacket, a first edition of Hurrah For St Tinian`s and Other Lapses by Ronald Searle 1948, The Female Approach With Masculine Sidelights by Ronald Searle (seventh impression) June 1951, Indian Album by Cecil Beaton, published B T Batsford Limited 1945-6, Jane`s Fighting Ships 1942, etc
Mary Gunn & Enid Du Plessis The Flora Capensis of Jakob and Johann Philipp Breyne 27 X 27.7cm Brenthurst Series 4- General Editor Eric Axelson. The earliest published book to bear the title `Flora Capensis` was a nineteen-page publication by Linnaeus which appeared in 1759. Although published under Linnaeus`s name and in fact also written by hime, the work was the thesis of Carl Wannman, one of Linnaeus`s students. The title was again used for a book by C.P.Thunberg whose work appeared in two volumes from 1807 to 1820. `Flora Capensis` is the Latin for `Flowers of the Cape`, referring to the Cape of Good Hope. The `Flora Capensis` compiled by Jakob and Johann Philipp Breyne and bound in 1724 and here published for the first time, is a collection of water-colour paintings of some flowers of the Cape of Good Hope, rather than a botanical treatise. No earlier manuscript with the same title is known to us. Colour Frontispiece- and a further ninety colour plates with supporting text. Standard edition unnumbered volume of the 850 copies produced in standard edition.ISBN 0 909079 07 2. 218 pages text and illustrations. FINE. Fine Johannesburg The Brenthurst Press 1978
Various Brenthurst First Series - Set of 10 Volumes All are 265mm high This the complete set of the standard edition of the First Brenthurst Series of ten volumes limited to 850 copies.This set comes with many pre-publication brochures, order forms and booklets, including the 16 page booklet by Robert C.-H. Shell:`De Meillon`s People of Colour.` This is a commentary on the costumes depicted in the third volume in the series by De Meillon.The set in order of publication: 1)`The Brenthurst Baines`, edited by Marius and Joy Diemont. 2)`The Kitchingman Papers`, edited by Basil le Cordeur and Christopher Saunders. 3)`Cape Views and Costumes by H.C. de Meillon`, edited by Anna Smith. 4)`The Flora Capensis of Jakob and Johann Phillipp Breyne`, edited by Mary Gunn and Enid du Plessis. 5)`Invasion of Zululand 1879`, edited by Sonia Clarke. 6)`Paterson`s Cape Travels 1777 to 1779`, edited by Vernon S. Forbes and John Rourke. 7)`The War of the Axe 1847`, edited by Basil le Cordeur and Christopher Saunders. 8)`Baines on the Zambezi 1858 to 1859`, edited by Edward C. Tabler. 9)`The Defence of Ladysmith and Mafeking`, edited by Arthur Davey. 10) `Zululand at War`, edited by Sonia Clarke.CONDITION DETAILS: An image is provided of the dust jacket of the Brenthurst Baines folded out showing that its spine has some sun fading and there is a soil mark on the rear side. The remaining 9 dust jackets are in above average condition. An attractive set. Above average Houghton, Johannesburg Brenthurst Press 1975 to 1984
Colonel R Meinertzhagen KENYA DIARY 1902-1906 8vo (24x17cms) 8+347 pages, illustrations : `packed with incident & excitement`; hardback, original boards sl rubbed to rear, dust wrapper shows signs of use & there is sl loss to top & base of spine, FIRST EDITION almost vg Edinburgh Oliver & Boyd 1957
Barclay, Rev James, revised by Henry W Dewhurst A Complete and Universal English Dictionary ([1841]) 270 x 220 x 75 Also part-encyclopedias and part-gazetteers, Barclay`s dictionaries, which were published in several editions by different publishers between 1782 and about 1850, also had (certainly in the copy in this lot) sections on linguistics, ancient and modern history, and Latin and French quotations and phrases. Publication of this edition will have been between late-1841 - the date of the Canterbury Cathedral engraving (opposite p 134) - and early-1842 (June 1842 was the month Robert Lucas signed his name at the front of the book). Henry Dewhurst, the reviser, was also the author of a book on whales and one on the oceanic inhabitants of the arctic regions. Our copy of Dewhurst`s revision of Barclay`s Dictionary is in remarkably good condition and is a pleasure to consult and read. The binding is sound, the pages open flat and the paper is thick enough to handle easily. The volume is half-bound in heavy tan calf and matching paper boards. The boards are extensively rubbed, but the leather remains sound, with no wear to the corners. The spine has been reinforced with four tan calf bands and there is other reinforcement between the spine and the covers and at the endpapers, which are thick turquoise marbled paper and which remain in very good condition. The first three leaves of the xxxiii + 960 pp of text are lightly foxed, the title-page, which is an inserted engraving on thicker paper, and the last three leaves are extensively foxed and stained, as are all the 20 inserted engraved plates (mainly maps of English counties). The remaining text pages are unfoxed, bright and unmarked. All three page edges were originally gilt, but only the top edge remains bright, with the other edges now dull brown. An unusual practice is that the entries beginning with a `U` or a `V` are grouped together. Our copy of Barclay`s is handsome and eminently collectable, needing no further restoration. It is interesting to note that some copies of other editions and bindings - we can find no information about other copies of our specific edition - carry price-tags of more than $1000.` Very Good Not stated
Nelson Mandela No Easy Walk To Freedom - SCARCE 1ST. EDITION OF MANDELA`S FIRST BOOK 8vo. A superior copy of this book, very scarce in the hardcover edition. It comprises a collection of his leading speeches and articles between 1953 and 1964 and includes accounts and transcripts of the three major trails in which Mandela was the chief accused, including notably his famous closing speech in the Rivonia trial. It was published while Mandela was incarcerated in Robben Island and for obvious reasons was banned in South Africa. The book was edited by Ruth First with a foreword by Oliver Tambo. A softback edition of this book was published simultaneously and is also scarce but appears occasionally on the market. There was also a US. edition which is somewhat more common. This copy would appear to be unread in about fine condition. The only flaw is an 8mm. circular orange mark on the front board (see picture) of uncertain origin. Internally it is clean and unmarked. The scarce dw. is in very good condition. It is price-clipped and has a 2cm. closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel and some light edge wear, but is otherwise complete and attractive. An essential item for all Mandela collections. Very Good Plus London Heinemann 1965
Sir Percy Fitzpatrick Jock of the Bushveld True first edition, first impression. Published by Longmans, Green, and Co. in 1907. Containing all the original illustrations which were changed in later impressions by request of the author. Illustrated by Edmund Caldwell. 474 pages. Inscription of previous owner in front. This copy is in good condition. Good London Longmans, Green & Co 1907
Rider (Cardanus) RIDER`S BRITISH MERLIN (1733) 130 x 80 x 15mm RIDER`S (1733.) British Merlin: Adorn`d with many delightful Varieties and useful Verities, for the Year of our Lord God 1733. It being the first after Bissextile or Leap-Year: Fitted for all capacities within the Islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Also Chronological Observations of Principal Use, WITH Notes of Husbandry and `Highways`, Fairs and Marts, ALSO Directions and TABLES for many good Purposes. 54pp. Contemporary red morocco, richly gilt in emblematic Rococco style. Red and black text throughout. Hand-coloured Marbled end-papers. Pencil notes on preliminary blanks (dated 1845 and 1849), contemporary full leather rubbed and dry, more heavy scuffing and leather loss at edges. Cracked spine-hinges but binding is still holding firm. Clasp is missing. Light to moderate general age toning to text. Text-block is well sewn. Rider`s British Merlin was first published in 1656 and continued into the 19th century. Extremely scarce. This is the earliest available edition and only one of its kind to be found anywhere on the internet. Starting bid is set at the minimum AA reserve. The estimated value however is in keeping with later editions and as such is realistic. Fair London E and R. Nutt for the Company of Stationers 1733
Fuller (Andrew C.) LEGAL NOTES ON MOTORING - ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTH AFRICA 218mm x 152mm x 25mm A reprint of LEGAL NOTES ON MOTORING as published from time to time in the official journal of the ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTH AFRICA with comprehensive index and reference to over six hundred decisions delivered in the supreme courts of South Africa on which such notes were based. 412pp. Half Calf Leather over blue cloth boards. Gilt titles to front board and blue cloth label to spine. A very good first edition. Light fading to cloth and leather margins. Internally clean and tight. Very good South Africa Royal Automobile Club of South Africa 1949
Various 5 Anglo-Boer War titles The Anglo-Boer War: A Chronology by Pieter G Cloete. 2000 first impression large hardcover with 351 pages. A very good copy. The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 by Fransjohan Pretorius. 1998 second edition large paperback book with 96 pages in good condition. The Work of War Artists in South Africa by A C R Carter. 1999 first edition large hardcover with dust jacket. This copy is unused and copy number 743 of a limited amount of 1000 printed. 52 pages. The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902: A Pictorial History by Johannes Meintjes. 1976 first edition large hardcover. The dust jacket indicates some wear. A good copy with 192 pages. Scorched Earth by the editor Fransjohan Pretorius: 2001 first edition large hardcover with dust jacket in good condition. 292 pages. This lot weights 5 kg.
Root (A.I.) ABC AND XYZ OF BEE CULTURE 228mm x 160mm x 43mm An Encyclopedia Pertaining to Scientific and Practical Culture of Bees. 16pp Preface plus 720pp. Original gilt embossed, impregnated cloth hardcover. Illustrated in b/w throughout. Very light stain to bottom margin of the first few pages, otherwise a very good clean and tight copy. From the preface to the 1940, 1945, and 1947 Editions; It has not been thought necessary to reproduce the prefaces of each succeeding edition of this work. All told, there have been nearly thirty editions, with an aggregate number of nearly three hundred thousand copies. If we include the editions printed in foreign languages, the number would be close to 50,000 more, or nearly 350,000 in all. It therefore transpires that the book written by A.I.Root for beginners, has finally developed into the ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture. A.I.Root`s first book (published in 1877) was designed primarily for beginners, and hence the name, `ABC of Bee Culture`. Later on there came a call for a book which would cover the need of the more advanced as well as that of the beginner...... Very good Medina, Ohio The A.I. Root Company 1948
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