Fuller (Thomas). The Holy State, & The Profane State, 3rd edition, printed by R.D. for John Williams, 1652, title to each part, with woodcut vignette of a crown, and woodcut border to each, additional engraved title to first part, 20 engraved portraits to text, with fore-margin partially excised, upper outer corner and inner margin restrengthened, several engraved portraits to text, bound with The Historie of the Holy Warre, 3rd edition, Cambridge, Roger Daniel, 1647, additional engraved title, folding engraved map of the Holy Land, early ownership inscriptions of Henry Montfort at head of title, and 'William Williams His Booke 1692' to foot of main title, 19th century bookplate of John Russell to front pastedown, near-contemporary calf-backed boards, heavily rubbed and some wear, with joints partly cracked, folio (1)
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Athenaeus (of Naucratis). Athenaei Dipnosophistarum sive Coenae sapientum libri XV. Natale de Comitibus Veneto, nunc primum Š Graeca in Latinam linguam vertente. Cum pluribus ex manuscriptis antiquissimis exemplaribus additis: quae in GraecŠ hactenus impressis uoluminibus non reperiebantur..., Lyon: Sebastianum Barptolomaei Honorati, 1556, printer's woodcut device to title (with ink erased signatures & long diagonal repaired closed tear), worm trail mostly to upper blank margins of initial 130 leaves, some browning and staining, burn mark & embrittlement to leaves A1 & A2 (pages 369-372), contemporary limp vellum, yapp fore-edges, dust-soiled and marked, 8vo Not in Adams, Vicaire 50. The first(?) Lyon edition of the first Latin translation, which was originally published in the same year in Venice. This volume contains information regarding the food, drink, music, songs, dances, games, and courtesans of the Ancients. (1)
Hulle (Anselm van). Pacificatores Orbis Christiani, sive Icones Principum, Ducum, et Legatorum, qui Monasterii atque Osnabrug‘ Pacem Europ‘ Reconciliarunt..., Rotterdam: P. Vander Slaart, 1696, half-title with poem relating to engraved title on verso, additional engraved title, two letterpress titles (in Latin and Dutch), nine pages of text in both Latin and Dutch, 131 engraved plates after van Hulle, including one folding, each with a contemporary manuscript ink number, some soiling mainly to blank margins, several with closed tears to blank margins, some with repairs to verso, plate 1 with closed tear to lower blank margin extending 0.5ins into printed area, plate 22 laid down (repaired closed tear extending halfway up page), plate 46 with closed tear across top right corner of printed area (repaired on verso), plate 115 with 2ins closed tear to printed area (related to a paper fault), 4 plates with ink stamp to printed area 'Verein fr Geschichte und Altertumskunde Westfalens Mnster', ink stamp also present on Latin title-page, engraved title (one stamp to blank margin and one on corner of image), and verso of half-title, front free flyleaf with early ink manuscript ownership annotation and marginal repairs, both free endpapers and rear pastedown with ink stamp 'A. Colin Cole Portcullis Pursuivant College of Arms' to upper corner of each, front free endpaper with short closed marginal tears, front pastedown with armorial bookplate 'Alexander Colin Cole CVO TD FSA Garter Principal King of Arms', hinges strengthened, contemporary calf, previously rebacked, spine deficient, boards worn with some losses to extremities, folio In 1648 Anselm van Hulle was sent by his patron the Prince of Orange to Mnster, there to make portait paintings of the delegates to the Peace of Mnster. The first group of portraits were published in 1648. This edition of 1696 was the first to contain his full collection of related portraits - 131 in all, plus an additional engraved title-page and additonal commentry in both Latin and Dutch. (1)
Greene (Graham). Rumour at Nightfall, 1st edition, Heinemann, 1931, some heavy spotting to first few leaves and marks to front free endpaper, inner upper hinges slightly cracked, original cloth, partly faded and marked on upper cover, together with Yes and No and For Whom the Bell Chimes, 1st edition, 1983, original cloth gilt in glassine dust jacket, 8vo, (signed limited edition, 353/750 copies) (2)
Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, Founded on Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor..., with Descriptions of the Coal-Fields and Overlying Formations, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, John Murray, 1839, subscribers list, 2 maps and 54 engraved plates including 9 hand-coloured folding sections, some spotting or browning to plates, occasionally heavy, small closed tear repair to blank margin of first title, errata slip before plates at rear, lacks separate large geological map, engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary polished calf, neatly rebacked with leather spine labels, rubbed and some edge and corner wear, 4to (1)
Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 3 volumes, 5th edition, 1789, publisher's advertisement to verso of final leaf of third volume, contemporary ink signature of Blackford to head of title of each volume, and old engraved bookplate of John Forbes of Blackford to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary tree calf, rubbed and some marks, spine title labels deficient, rubbed and some marks, upper joint to first and second volumes cracked, 8vo Goldsmith's 13794. Kress B1722. (3)
Sinfield (Peter, 1943-). Under the Sky, a Collection of Lyrics & Poems, 1st edition, Boydell Press, 1974, black and white portrait to half-title, signed in black ink, original publisher's printed covers in d.j., jacket with few minor marks, 8vo, together with 4 large-format paperbacks of Roger Dean, Bruce Pennington, etc., artwork published by Dragon's World, plus a similar format publication on David Bowie by Roy Carr and 2 others, plus 2 rolled vintage posters, the first for The Incredible String Band and Stone Monkey at the Roundhouse, London, April [1970], the second a black and white poster for the Smiths' British tour 1985 (10)
Andrews (Henry C.). The Heathery; or a Monograph of the genus Erica: 6 volumes, 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, Henry G. Bohn, 1845, additional hand-coloured aquatint title to first volume, 300 hand-coloured engraved botanical plates, occasional minor marks, a few plates trimmed to lower edge with partial loss of printed caption, 19th century ownership armorial bookplate to front pastedown of each volume, with the motto 'En suivant la Verit‚', original uniform blindstamped green cloth, rubbed and soiled, with some fraying and minor wear to head and foot of spines, first volume restrengthened to foot of spine, 8vo Nissen BBI 33. (6)
Wilde (Oscar). The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1st US printing, M.J. Ivers & Co., American Series 195, New York, June 22, 1890, 195 pages, advertisements at end, text block toned, original light and dark blue wrappers, in good condition, bound in later russet half morocco by C. Walters, some fading to spine, 8vo A good copy of the first US abridged pirate edition, in thirteen chapters and published in the same year as the first appearance of the story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, London and Philadelphia. The first UK book form edition, with six new chapters and additions was published by Ward Lock and Company in 1891. (1)
![Bible [English - New Testament]. [The New Testament of oure Savyour Jesus Christ. Faythfully translated, & lately correct](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a79f5b87-a33e-46b3-9885-a6fa00ae143d/41655619-667a-4af0-af51-30714e1debd2/468x382.jpg)
Bible [English - New Testament]. [The New Testament of oure Savyour Jesus Christ. Faythfully translated, & lately correcte: wyth a true concordaunce in the margent, & many necessary annotacions declarynge sondry harde places coteyned in the text. Antwerp: Matthew Crom, 1538], Portion Only comprising 79 leaves (of 304), collation: R-R8, S2-Z8, a-c8 (Acts 1:6 to Ephesians 6:24), lacking all before R1 and all after c8, also leaf S1 deficient, printed in single column black letter text with 48 lines to a full-page, marginal notes also in black letter, seven woodcut illustrations including one full-page illustration of the Day of Pentecost, eight decorative initials and six decorative tailpieces, occasional pencil annotations and underlining, closed tear to b1, some dampstaining mostly to margins, dust-soiling and few marks, sewing weak and first & last leaves loose or detached, early 19th century sheep, upper board near detached, rubbed and worn, 8vo, leaf size 154 x 100mm Corresponds nearest to Herbert 40. The Coverdale version. Some consider this edition to be the earliest separate issue of Coverdale's New Testament, but James Nycolson's editions (Hebert 28 & 29, with 36 lines to a full page) are probably earlier. (1)
Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie in Four Books Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, printed for Anne Seile, 1669, 4 parts in one volume, additional engraved title page by John Fillian (the 3rd edition issue), some light soiling with upper outer corner replaced, printed title in red and black, separate printed title to each part, 4 folding engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, by Robert Vaughan (except Asia by John Goddard), one or two short closed tears to folds, but generally in good condition, imprimatur leaf facing engraved title page, old oval library stamp of Blackburn Free Public Library to upper outer corner of imprimatur leaf recto, engraved title, printed title and following leaf only, minor marginal soiling to first and last few leaves (contents generally in clean condition), late 19th or early 20th century black half morocco, with library bookplate to front pastedown, rubbed and scuffed to extremities, library inkstamp to head and foot of spine, folio (348 x 230 mm, 13.75 x 9 ins) Tooley, California as an Island, 12. The 5th edition, corrected and enlarged (although the additonal engraved title states 3rd edition, and is dated 1667). (1)
Maguire (John Francis ). Removal of Irish Poor from England and Scotland, shewing the Nature of the Law of Removal, the Mode in which it is Administered, the Hardships which it Inflicts, and the Necessity for its Absolute and Unconditional Repeal, 1st edition, London & Dublin, 1854, heavy spotting to first and last leaves, free endpapers browned, contemporary polished calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo Uncommon. (1)
Thompson (Thomas). Ocellum Promontorium, or Short Observations on the Ancient State of Holderness, 1st edition, Hull, 1821, frontispiece folding engraved map, one engraved plate and one full-page engraved illustration, cockled pages with spotting and discolouration (heavy towards rear of book), original paper wrappers (spine missing), with early ink manuscript title to front cover, stitching broken with final leaves nearly detached, 4to, together with Page (Edward), Holderness Drainage: the Report of Mr. Edward Page, upon the Better Drainage of the Lands within the Level of the Holderness Drainage, published Beverley, M. Turner, 1831, letterpress title, lacking folding map, three additional pages of contemporary manuscript notes at the end, signed by Thomas Hamer (surveyor of works of the Driffield Navigation) and on behalf of the author, followed by a handwritten statement of support signed by Thomas Hamer, page 15 with contemporary manuscript annotation to foot, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges, contemporary half calf, 4to Ocellum Promontorium: A second volume was later published and the two are usually bound together. Extremely rare to find the first volume alone in its original paper wrappers. (2)
Jocelyn Brooke: Drawings From The Living Plants, by Gavin Bowen; The Wild Orchids of Britain, limited edition, forty copies have been signed by the Author, complete with dust jacket; and W.R. Dykes MA: The Late Secretary Of The Horticultural Society, edited and illustrated by E. Catherine Dykes: Notes On Tulips Species, first printing 1930, with original dust jacket.
Stevenson, Robert Louis"The Works of...", Swanston ed, 905 of limited edition, Chatto & Windus 1911, red cl with gt titlesPonting, Herbert G "In Lotus-Land Japan", Dent & Sons 1922, photographic ills, dec blue clMaclaren, Ian"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush", ills William Hole, Hodder & Stoughton 1896, no.6 of first 50 copies signed by the author and the artist and contains an extra set of ills printed on Japanese vellum paper, quarter vellum, gt titles to spine, grey bds and five other antiquarian volumes (1 box and 7 books) CONDITION REPORT: note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information
1654 Maps of Ireland by Joan Blaeu, from Theatrum or Novus Atlas. A set of six hand-coloured, engraved maps of Ireland, Ulster; Munster, Connaught, Leinster and Catherlough (Carlow); in the first state as published in the 1654 fifth volume of Novus Atlas, Dutch edition, unframed. Sheet sizes up to 20¼ x 24in. (51.44 x 60.96cm)
Ross, Sir James Clark. A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839-43. John Murray, London:, 1847. First edition. 2 volumes. 8vo, Volume I: lii, 366 pp. Volume II: [vii]-x, 447 pp, lithographed plates and maps, some folding, illustrations in the text. Half brown calf and marbled boards, gilt titles at red spine labels. The Michael Gilkes Collection of Travel & Exploration Books, Private Collection. A highly important early expedition to Antarctica which contributed much to the cartographic emergence of the continent. Ross visited many sub- Antarctic islands & charted 900 km of Antarctic coast at Victoria Land in his circumnavigation of the continent. He was the first to penetrate the Ross Sea ice pack, discovering Ross Island and attainment by 4 degrees the furthest Southern expedition to date. Ross also accurately determined the position of the Magnetic Pole. "The first [voyage] to enter what is known as the Ross Sea, the first to sight the Admiralty Mountains, the first to see Victoria Land, Ross Island, Mounts Erebus and Terror, and the Ross Ice Shelf, amongst other momentous discoveries. Once this account became public, no one could doubt there was a great southern continent of immense proportions to be explored"
T.A., MARCH HARES AND THEIR FRIENDS, first edition, oblong folio, colour pictorial frontis and plates, chromo boards, Dean & Son, [1892]; with, KERNAHAN (M), NOTHING BUT NONSENSE, illustrated by Tony Ludovici, London, James Bowden, 1898; with, RHODE (I), illus, THE GIMCRACK JINGLE ALPHABET, scarce first edition, (title page defective), London, Dean & Son, 1900 (3)
WELLS (H.G), THE ADVENTURES OF TOMMY, first edition, unclipped d.j, Harrap & Co, 1929; LANE (E), trans, THE MAGIC HORSE FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, limited edition, No 204, Gollancz, 1930; LYON (W), THE BRIDGEWATER DAYS, privately published, colour frontis by Dame Laura Knight, Stow-on-the-Wold, 1959; DOBSON (M), illus, HIDEAWAY HAMLET, by Phyllis Megroz, London, Country Life, [1933] - rare; three vintage Hull Museum whaling relics pamphlets and other items (Qty)
MAHLER (J), THE WESTERNERS AMONG THE FIGURINES OF THE TANG DYNASTY OF CHINA, first edition, Rome, 1959; EARLE (MAJOR C), THE EARL COLLECTION OF STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY, illustrated, pictorial cloth, London, 1915; GODDEN (G), COALPORT & COALBROOKDALE PORCELAINS, signed by the author, Woodbridge, 1981; O'CONNELL (C), THE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY, Burns & Oates, 1692; DE VERE GREEN (B), A COLLECTORS GUIDE TO FANS OVER THE AGES, Muller, 1975; BUNT (C), TWO CENTURIES OF ENGLISH CHINTZ, 1750-1950, Leigh-on-sea, 1957; GODON (J), PAINTED TAPESTRY AND ITS APPLICATION TO INTERIOR DECORATION, 1879, (6). Antiques reference
LATROBE (C), THE PEDESTRIAN, a summer ramble in the Tyrol, first edition, iv + 349, map frontis and vignette title, later full blue calf, London, Seeley, 1832; HALLAM (H), LETTERS FROM NORTH OF ITALY, two vols in one, later 3/4 green leather with marbled boards, London, Murray, 1819; BECKFORD (W), ITALY WITH SKETCHES OF SPAIN AND PADUA, Paris, 1834 (3)
PASTEUR (V), GODS AND HEROES OF OLD JAPAN, first edition, four colour plates, pictorial cloth, London, 1906; HOBSON (R), CHINESE ART, with 100 colour plates of pottery and porcelain of all periods, Ernest Benn, 1927 (ex-Lancaster Library); STRANGE (E), THE COLOUR PRINTS OF HIROSHIGE, 52 plates, cream cloth, Cassell, London, 1925; BINYON (L), JAPANESE COLOUR PRINTS, sixteen colour and thirty black and white plates, Yedo, 1923; STRANGE (E), JAPANESE ILLUSTRATION, A HISTORY OF THE ARTS OF WOOD CUTTING AND COLOUR PRINTING, first edition, yellow cloth, 1897 (5)
SOWERBY (GITHA & MILLISCENT), POEMS OF CHILDHOOD, first edition, colour mounted frontis an eleven other plates, d.j, 1/2 buckram, Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]; THE PRETTY BOOK, twelve full page colour plates, embossed pictorial front board, Hodder & Stoughton, [1915]; THE MERRY BOOK, frontis and eleven other colour plates, [1911]; THE HAPPY BOOK, colour frontis an eleven other plates, H&S [1909] Each a nice copy. (4)
RAINHILL TRIALS: MECHANICS MAGAZINE, MUSEUM, REGISTER, JOURNAL AND GAZETTE, three issues, comprising No 324 October 24th 1829, illustrated with and detailing The Rocket Locomotive Steam Engine of Mr Robert Stephenson; No 325, October 31st 1829 illustrated with and detailing The Sans Pareil Locomotive Steam Engine of Mr Ackworth of Darlington; and No 323, October 17th, 1829 illustrated with and detailing The Novelty Locomotive and Steam Carriage of Messrs Braithwaite and Ericsson, later 3.4 leather with Morocco mounted green boards, London, M.Salmon, Fleet Street. The engravings seen on the front of each edition are considered the first images produced of each engine, indeed the engraving of The Rocket is just 10 days after the Rainhill Trials. The trials were a competition to win the contract to produce locomotives for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Five locomotives entered and only Stephenson's completed the trials. Chapman Dendy Marshall, in his book 'Centenary History of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway', publ 1930 states that the engraving of the winning engine is 'The earliest known illustration of The Rocket is Mechanics Magazine for Oct 24th 1829'. The subsequent illustrations were considered inaccurate.
PARRY (E), THE RAILWAY COMPANION FROM CHESTER TO SHREWSBURY,..., the gigantic viaducts that span the vales of Llangollen and Ceiriog, with ancient border towns of Wrexham, Oswestry and Shrewsbury, first edition, with folding map, red cloth with gilt lettering, Chester, Thomas Catherall, 1849, in later hardboard cover, (a smart copy) (1)
THOMAS (D), COLLECTED POEMS 1934-1952, first edition, d.j, Gollansz 1956; REXROTH (K), IN DEFENCE OF THE EARTH, first edition, un-clipped jacket, Hutchinson, London, 1959; AMIS (K), A CASE OF SAMPLES, poems 1946-1956, un-clipped jacket, Dent, 1952; BARON CORVO (F), VENICE LETTERS, first UK edition, Cecil & Amelia, 1974; MATTHEWS (G), MON BAISER RESTE, first edition, privately printed, E.A. Bryant, 1933 (5)
SHAKESPEARE (W), SONGS OF SHAKESPEARE, illistrated by H.C. Hoskyns Abrahall, illuminated title and twelve full page chromolithograph illuminated plates, re-cased in original red cloth, Day & Son, London, [1860]; FRANKLIN (J), illus, ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, first edition, London, Virtue & Co, [1865] (2)
BIRT (R), XXII DRAGOONS 1760-1945, THE STORY OF A REGIMENT, first edition, with maps and plates as called for, yellow d.j, Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1950; WOOLLRIGHT (MAJOR H), RECORDS OF THE SEVENTY SEVENTH (EAST MIDDLESEX), THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE OWN REGIMENT, frontis and five other plates, red cloth, London, Gale & Polden 1907; ESSAME (MAJOR GENERAL), THE 43RD WESSEX DIVISINO AT WAR 1944-1945, frontis, plates and folding maps, d.j, London, Clowes, 1952; DELANEY (J), THE BLUE DEVILS IN ITALY, a history of the 88th Infantry Division, first edition, pictorial cloth, Washington, 1947 (4)
HINSHAW (B), NOW, first US edition, signed and dedicated by the author, 'To my good friend Sally Walker, Brian Hinshaw, April 4th 1944, pattered blue cloth, Nashville 1943; MOSS (R), THE HOUSE OF THE HUNDRED HEADS, first edition, signed by the author 'To Thomas Irving Jones - with the authors kind regards - and in the hope that one day he will return the compliment, Robert Moss, May 1939', Robert Hale, 1939 (re-backed) (2)
WELLS (H.G.), THE WAR IN THE AIR, first edition, 389 + 2, frontis and fifteen other plates, blue cloth, London, 1908; HENTY (G), AT ABOUKIR AND ACRE, first edition, red cloth, Blackie, 1899; A MARCH ON LONDON, first edition, vi + 352 + 32, frontis and seven other plates, blue cloth, 1898; BENSON (R), A MIRROR OF SHALOTT, first edition, green cloth, Sir Isaac Pitman, 1907; ANDERSON (S), STRANGE MISCHIEF, London, 1933 (5)
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