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Click here to subscribeJOHN MURRAY (publisher). A Narrative of Lord Byron's Last Journey to Greece. Extracted from the Journal of Count Peter Gamba. London: 1825. First edition, 8vo (215 x 127mm.) (Light browning, occasional minor spotting.) Contemporary half-calf (extremities scuffed). Provenance: Ralph Ricardo (armorial bookplate to front pastedown); Alex Bridge (ink inscription to reverse of front-free endpaper dated 30.8.1949).
RAILWAYS. - Robert E. CARLSON. The Liverpool & Manchester Railway Project 1821-1831. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969. First edition, 8vo (248 x 155mm.) (Some light browning.) Original cloth (top-edge browning), dust-jacket (minor nicks, light browning to inner-flaps). Provenance: Fattorini (bookplate to front pastedown). - And a quantity of other volumes relating to railways published by David & Charles (a quantity).
[WESTMACOTT, Charles Molloy] 'Bernard BLACKMANTLE'. The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous… Being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious. London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826. First edition in book form, 2 vols., 8vo (232 x 138mm.) 71 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispieces, 1 wood-engraved plate of the 'Five Orders', numerous wood engraved illustrations. (Light browning, some offsetting, spotting and occasional minor soiling, neat repairs to p.iii and p.107 in vol. I also title and p.213 in vol. II.) Later full crushed morocco, by Riviere & Son, spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and third, the others with repeat foliate decoration in gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (extremities lightly bumped). Provenance: Hugh Sartorius Whitaker (armorial bookplate to front pastedowns); Peter & Margery Morris (bookplate to front-free endpapers); S. Davies (inscriptions to front pastedowns).
ART REFERENCE. - Val WILLIAMS. Anna Fox Photographs 1983-2007. [N.p. but Brighton:] Photoworks, 2007. First edition, 4to (259 x 206mm.) Numerous colour illustrations. Original boards (extremities lightly bumped), dust-jacket (lightly scuffed). - And a quantity of other volumes of art reference mostly relating to photography and cinema (a quantity).
POTTER (B.) The Tale of Peter Rabbit. First Trade Edition. coloured illus. throughout, 98pp. (incl. half title); original dark brown paper boards, white-lettered on spine & upper board & with the rectangular coloured illus. mounted within blind-ruled panel on upper one, grey leaf-patterned e/ps., sm. 8vo. Frederick Warne and Co., (1902). * i.e. Oct., Nov. or Dec. 1902 - ' there are no recognizable differences between the first three printings ' - Linder; Xmas 1903 inscription at front. Illustrated
GLEICHEN (W.F.) Auserlesene Mikroscopische Entdeckungen bey den Planzen, Blumen and Bluthen, Inseckten und andern Merkwurdigkeiten . . . First Edition. 83 engraved plates (81 hand-coloured); rebound 20th cent. quarter calf & marbled boards, gilt-lettered & panelled spine (by Gray of Cambridge), 4to. Nuremberg, 1777. * lacks portrait; 6 plates are of the microscope. Illustrated
POTTER (B.) The Tale of Mr. Tod. First Edition. coloured & other illus. green-printed grey boards with coloured mounted illus., pictorial e/ps. (Oct. / Nov.) 1912. * these first issues apparently identical; Xmas 1912 inscription; sold with 3 other first editions by this author - Ginger & Pickles, Tom Kitten, Flopsy Bunnies and 2 reprints.
POTTER (B.) The Pie and the Patty-Pan. First Edition. coloured & b/w. illus., 52pp. (incl. half title); white-lettered maroon boards with the circular coloured illus. mounted within white decorative surround. Frederick Warne and Co., 1905. * the first issue (October); sold with early editions of three other titles in the series.
WYATT (C.W.) British Birds: being coloured illustrations of all the species of passerine birds resident in the British Isles, with notes in reference to their plumage. First Edition, 2 vols. (in one). 67 hand-coloured lithographed plates; near contemp. red half morocco & cloth, gilt-panelled spine, folio. William Wesley & Son, 1894-99. * birds of prey are included in the second volume. Illustrated
PAMPHLETS - 11, of a Pious Nature, in a modern cloth binding, all published by Joseph Downing, 1701-31. * includes: A Present for Servants, from their ministers, masters, or other friends . . . (12), 84pp. 2nd edition, 1726; BLACKWELL (S.) A Brief Scheme of Parochial Government . . . 48pp. 3rd edition, 1722; A Kind Caution to Watermen, and Such as Go upon the River. 12pp. first edition, 1707. * naturally emphasising the 'straight & narrow' - and a definite avoidance of 'Gin Lane' & other Hogarthian pursuits, the publisher being associated with the SPCK.; (see further details on internet catalogue). Illustrated
After John Ogilby, late 17th century strip map of The Continuation of ye Extended Road from Barnstable to Truro from the "Britannia" by John Ogilby, published in 1675 with later hand colouring . This map is Number 34 of 100 maps in the atlas and is entitled "The Continuation of ye Extended Road from Barnstable to Truro." From Hatherley to Ivy to Newport to Hall Drunkard to Cambleford to St. Indullion to Padstow to St. Colom to St. Michaell to Truro 35.5cm x 45.5cm, framed and glazed; together with a Robert Morden (fl. 1668 - 1703) Cornwall Map, possibly first edition c.1695 from Camden's Britannia, features a 'A Table of ye Explanation of ye figures in ye Map' and a further key with the note 'Here Note ye in all ye Maps Thefe Marks Signifie' and a list of symbols representing, towns villages, castles etc. 36.5cm x 43.5cm, framed and glazed (2) The Morden map trimmed to the plate marks and laid down
Dante A Lighieri 'La Vida Nuova: The New Life' Translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pictured by Evelyn Paul with Music by Alfred Mercer. First edition thus, in medieval hinged leather boards with thirty rivets, title cover with relief image of author within medieval letter "D", above and below "La Vita Nuiva"with the top edge gilt and all other edges uncut, marked to the rear page: "Empryntit at Ye Camperfield Presse in ye abbye toun of Saynt Albans England" 25 cm x 19 cm; together with Hulme's Ornamental Art (2) Top hinge with tear, some occasional spotting to early pages
A first edition of J. M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens illustrated by Arthur Rackham', Hodder and Stoughton, London 1906, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906, russet cloth with pictorial gilt design to upper and gilt titles to spine; grey end papers with map to flyleaf, complete with fifty mounted colour plates with captioned tissues bound at rear and frontispiece, 4to, some rubbing and wear to front cover, spine missing, some fly pages loose, foxing, dedication to title page dated Christmas 1906, together with a copy of 'The Water Babies' by Charles Kingsley, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith published by Boots the Chemist, no date but inscription to front cover dated 1929, gilt pictorial green cloth, 4vo, some foxing throughout. (2)
Gluck, Christoph Willibald: 'Iphigenie en Tauride, Tragedie en quatre Actes, par Mr Guillard, mise en musique & dediee par Mr Le CHer Gluck, Representee pour la premiere fois par L'Academie Royale de Musique le Mardy 18 May 1779, Prix 24', music in manuscript, first edition, folio, 200 pages, green backed boards, internal paper slip for A Aubry, libraire, 16 Rue Dauphine, Paris, owners name to frontis of A S Sartoris, Rushden Hall, Rushden.
Local interest books: John Clare 'The Village Minstrel and other poems', volume one only, first edition dated 1821. printed for Taylor and Hessey Fleet street and E. Drury Stamford, printed T. Miller Cheapside. 8vo marbled covers leather gilt spine, The Rev. H.K Bonney 'Historic Notices in reference to Fotheringhay illustrated by engravings', hard card covers, printed T. Bell, Oundle 1821, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 'The Antiquarian annals of Stanford' by Francis Peck, green hardback pub 1979 intro by Rogers and Hartley, along with six mounted prints of local topographical scenes and several images of local interest.
A quantity of mainly first edition golfing related books, to include a first edition of 'The World of Professional Golf 195', a first edition of 'Great Golfers in the Making 1932', a first edition of 'X-Ray Way to Master Golf', a first edition of 'A New Way to Better Golf' by Alex J Morrison and a first edition of '80 Five Minute Golf Lessons' etc (21)
A selection of first edition books to include; CONNOLLY Cyril, The Condemned Playground, London 1945, inscribed by author on front free endpaper; ALLSOP Kenneth, Hard Travellin', New American Library, New York (1967), in dustwrapper, signed and inscribed by author to Emma Rothschild commenting on his treatment of Joe Hill in the book; PATON Alan, Towards the Mountain, Cape Town 1981, dustwrapper, signed and inscribed by author; ANDREWS P.S.W. and BRUNNER E., Life of Lord Nuffield, Oxford 1955, 1st edition in dustwrapper, signed 'Nuffield' with Viscount Nuffield compliment card; ARUNDEL's Rembrances, privately printed for the members of the Roxburghe Club, London 1987, half red calf, gilt; and FLOWER Desmond (Ed.), Voltaire's Essay on Milton, privately printed Cambridge 1954, limited to 400 copies, half cloth, marbled paper on boards
A silver Man's First Moon landing commemorative medallion / medal No. 1756 marked to the rim, issued in a limited edition of 2500, depicting and inscribed Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins, 20 - 7 - 1969.A.D Apollo 11 mission in presentation case with certificate of authenticity. Estimate £30 - £50
CLARICE CLIFF BY BILLIE WATERS 'ART IN INDUSTRY' DEER PATTERN PLATE circa 1934, designed by Billie Waters (1896-1979), base stamped 'Designed by Billie Waters' with signature, 'Produced in Bizarre by Clarice Cliff, Wilkinson Ltd' and 'Copyright reserved, First Edition 1934', 25.5cm in diameter Note: In 1933 a project began to involve leading artists of the day in designing wares which were then produced by Clarice Cliff in the Bizarre workshops. The results were displayed in a Harrods tableware exhibition in 1934. The Art in Industry Exhibition then toured the country and the public could place orders for the exhibited designs.
A boxed Sunstar Routemaster Bus 2908 'RM870 The First Production Leyland Routemaster' in red, complete with limited edition certificate. The nearside mirror and indicator are missing, the offside mirror and indicator and the platform pole are bagged together with the upper deck offside central 'opening window' which has become detached, otherwise appears VG in G/VG box. (1)
Mixed lot of boxed diecast models in various scales including a 1:34 scale First Gear Mack R Model Tow Truck - limited edition of 1000, a Universal Hobbies Scania Artic in 1:50 scale and two Minichamps models, a Mercedes Benz O 3500 Bus 'Bayern-Express' and a 2002 Bentley EXP Speed 8. All appear VG in VG boxes. (4)
Trade Cards, Star Trek, two modern Collectors Albums containing complete sets to name Star Trek 35 Starfleet File (Rittenhouse), Paramount Skybox Master Series, Skybox Star Trek The Next Generation, Skybox Star Trek First Contact, Skybox Star Trek Insurrection, Paramount Star Trek The Next Generation and Star Trek The Original Series Lenticular Cars (Premier Edition), also includes Star Trek Paramount 25th Anniversary Edition set in loose sleeves, and in bespoke folders The Legends of Star Trek (part J Kirk), Star Trek The Original Series 1967-1968 Season Two, Star Trek Nemesis and Star Trek Reflections of The Future, together with an empty Firth Contact Album and a vast quantity of loose cards, (vg, many autographed and rare cards)(qty)
Princess Diana TY Beanie Baby First Edition. Circa 1997 - Retired. Made In Indonesia. Made With PVC Polyester Fibre Pellets, Only Hand Made In Indonesia For 3-4 Weeks In December 1997. Red And White Tush Tag With Red Star TY Logo. Unnumbered. Clear Protective Glass Case. Very Good Condition. Plus A Further Later Princess TY Beanie Baby, Made With P.E Polyester Fibre Pellets Not PVC Pellets, Also In Very Good Condition.
Miscellaneous Books - The Saint Paul's Magazine, edited by Anthony Trollope, volumes I to X, 1868-1872, ten volumes, half-leather bindings; 1920s and 1930s fiction, Somerset Maugham and Adrian Bell first edition (2); others, later; children's annuals, various; Victorian leather and half leather bindings; others similar, later; folios of music; qty (4 boxes)
Baines (Edward), History of The County Palatine And Duchy of Lancaster, first edition, Fisher, Son, & Co., London 1836, volumes I, II and III only, illustrated throughout with antiquarian engravings, pull-out genealogical tables of descent, armorial bearings, etc., quarter-leather bindings, large 4to
Scarce Limited Edition[Casement (Sir Roger)] Singleton-Gates (P.) & Girodias (M.) The Black Diaries, An Account of Roger Casement's Life and Times with a collection of his Diaries and Public Writings. Thick roy 8vo L. (The Olympia Press) 1959. First Lim. Edn. No. 1493 (1500). Profusely illustrated, orig. cloth, & d.w. prospectus & another item loosely inserted. (1)
Scarce Work on Republican LeadersHannan (M.J.) Irish Leaders of 1916 - Who were they? 8vo Butte, Montana, [1920] Part I. First (Sole) Edition. Preface by Prof. T.E. Hardy, late of St. Malachy's College, Belfast. Frontis port. of P.H. Pearse, 107pp orig. cloth backed boards. (1)* Presentation copy, inscribed and signed in Irish to 'Do mo cara Caitlin De Barra...' April 30 - 1922; [To Kathleen Barry, sister of the martyr Kevin Barry.]
Croker (T. Crofton)ed. The Popular Songs of Ireland, 8vo L. 1839. First Edn., engd. port. frontis, wd. cut map, & 5 wd.-cut illus., uncut, recent cloth, orig. label laid down; together with a copy of the 1886 Edition of the above with introduction by Henry Morley, unopened, vellum backed cloth. Both v. good. (2)
The Book of KellsFacsimile - Verlag, Luzern, Publishers: The Book of Kells, The Most precious illuminated manuscript of the early middle ages, now reproduced, The First and Only complete Fine Art Facsimile Edition, published by Authority of the Board of Trinity College, Dublin, lg. thick 4to, Luzern 1990, Ltd. Edn. 714 (1480) in fine tanned leather over wooden boards, in specially created presentation box, the embossed surface with blind and gilt tooled Celtic decoration and silver and brass mounts; together with the commentary vol., with illus., leather bodied cloth. a wonderful opportunity to acquire a complete facsimile of one of the world's greatest art treasurers. (2)
Scarce Folio Volume1798: [Castlereagh (Lord)] Report from The Committee of Secrecy, [-House of Commons] 21st August 1798, reported by Rt. Hon. Lord Viscount Castlereagh. Folio [D. n.p. 1798] First Edn., 27pp + 'Papers Annexed to the Foregoing Report,' [4], 298pp., containing Appendix 1 - XXXIX, a few pages have had manuscript notes etc which were written on wide borders, cut away, not affecting text. (1)* This report is similar to the later 8vo edition issued by J. King & W. Sleater, and deal with the activities of the United Irishmen. The folio edition was not published commercially and were probably advance copies for members of the House only, and are very rare.
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