Aria, Mrs. Costume, Fanciful, Historical and Theatrical, first edition, green cloth, Macmillan 1906; Dillon, H.A. Fairholts Costume in England, green cloth, George Bell, 1896; Ashdown, Mrs Charles H. British Costume during XIX Centuries, blue cloth, Thomas Nelson, 1958; Barton, Lucy. Historic Costume for the Stage, green cloth, Adam & Charles Black 1949; Norris, Herbert. Costume & Fashion, The Nineteenth Century Vol Six, dustjacket, Dent, 1933; Mann, Kathleen. Peasant Costume in Europe, cloth, Black 1937; Hansen, Henny Harald. Costume Cavalcade, dustjacket, Methuen, 1956; Ribeiro, Aileen. Fashion in the French Revolution, dustjacket, Batsford, 1988; Garland, Madge. Fashion, paperback, Penquin 1962; Settle, Alison. English Fashion, dustjacket, Collins, 1953, (10), (lot).
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A card-back Booklet `The Battle of Britain August - October 1940 - an Air Ministry Account of the Great Days from 8th August - 31st October 1940 (first published edition of 1941) and a card-back Booklet `We Speak from the Air` - broadcasts by the R.A.F. issued for the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information (London HMSO 1942). A fascinating compilement of stories incl. the Famous event during which an airman made his way out onto the wing of a Wellington bomber in order to extinguish a fire - earning himself the V.C.
Galilei (Galileo) Mathematical Discourses concerning Two New Sciences relating to Mechanicks and Local Motion in Four Dialogues translated by Thomas Weston second edition in English title in red and black engraved plate of tables wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams 2pp. advertisements at end a few ff. with minor water-staining in margins including title 3E2 with 3 small stains in outer margin otherwise generally crisp and clean modern leather gilt spine in compartments a very good copy 4to for J. Hooke 1730. *** `The first modern textbook of physics a foundation stone in the science of mechanics` (Grolier Science). The two new sciences are the engineering science of strength of materials and the mathematical science of kinematics.
Sinibaldi (Giovanni Benedetto) Geneanthropeiae siv first edition engraved additional title small tear at foot few wormholes in first few ff. light browning or staining stamp on title contemporary calf over wooden boards gilt rubbed and scuffed ends of spine damaged calf missing fro outer corner of rear cover clasps missing g.e. folio Rome Francisci Caballi 1642. *** Scarce perhaps the first fundamental monograph on sexuality.
Curtis (William) Flora Londinensis vol.I V & VI only (of 6) first edition vol.I with engraved title vignette letterpress dedication to the Earl of Bute list of subscribers preface leaf and 4pp. "General Observations" no titles in vol.5 & 6 with 216 finely hand-coloured engraved plates by Sydenham Edwards William Kilburn and James Sowerby each plate numbered in ink in lower outer corner sometimes within platemark light foxing mainly to vol.1 bookplate of Rev. Godfrey Wright contemporary calf morocco labels (one defective) rather worn covers detached or becoming so [Nissen 439; Henrey 595; Great Flower Books p.88] folio 1777.
![Roscoe (William) Monandrian Plants of the order Sc first edition [one of only 150 copies] 112 hand-coloured lithographed plat](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2809537/20-201111013382_468x382.jpg)
Roscoe (William) Monandrian Plants of the order Sc first edition [one of only 150 copies] 112 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Thomas Allport Rebecca Miller Margaret Rosoce and others title soiled and with small marginal tears at foot (reinforced) some other minor soiling but affecting final plate one or two plates foxed (Phrynium Grandiflorum & Phrynium Parviflorum the latter severely) but generally clean remains of label on front free endpaper library cloth rubbed large folio [Nissen 1677; Great Flower Books p.133; Stafleu 9505] Liverpool George Smith [1824]-28.
Stephenson (John) and James Morss Churchill. Medic edited by Gibert T.Burnett vol.1 & 2 only (of 3) new edition 127 hand-coloured engraved plates a few double-page or folding one with short tear to fold some light soiling contemporary half calf rubbed spines a little worn one cover detached [cf.Nissen 1891 first edition] 8vo 1834-35.
Fruit and Trees.- Ronalds (Hugh) Pyrus Malus Brent or A Concise Description of Selected Apples first edition 42 uncoloured lithographed plates by Elizabeth Ronalds plate 34 bound as frontispiece lacking half-title light foxing and traces of marginal damp-staining p.17/18 torn with slight loss (repaired) modern half morocco spine slightly faded corners bumped [Nissen 1671] 4to 1831.
(Luigi Ferdinando Count) Histoire Physique de la (Luigi Ferdinando Count) Histoire Physique de la Mer first edition engraved frontispiece frayed at fore-edge detached and with modern photograph of old portrait of the author mounted to recto title in red and black with engraved vignette 52 engraved plates maps and tables some double-page and/or folding a few plates with old ink annotations title with short tear and 2 repairs (one from ?removal of library stamp just touching engraved vignette) occasional spotting a few ink annotations to text contemporary calf spine gilt joints and extremities worn folio Amsterdam 1725.
Zoology.- Brown (Peter) New Illustrations of Zoolo first edition text in English and French 50 engraved plates usually in colour these uncoloured date erased from French title and penned on English title M.DCC.XX slightly dusty original boards loose lacking spine stitching defective [Nissen 151; Anker 72; Wood p. 264; Zimmer p. 101] 4to for B.White 1776.
Trembley (Abraham) Mémoires pour servir à l`Hi first edition title with woodcut ornament 13 folding engraved plates fine engraved vignettes and tail-pieces binder`s f. at end internally crisp and clean contemporary mottled calf spine gilt a little worn but holding firm [G-M 307; Nissen 4163; Norman 2094] 4to Leiden Jean and Herman Verbeek 1744. *** "Trembley discovered the hydra and was the first to observe in it asexual reproduction regeneration and photosensitivity in an animal without eyes. His experiments were of great importance in the study of regeneration of lost parts. He was the first to make permanent grafts and to witness cell-division" (Garrison-Morton 307). The hydra is a simple microscopic fresh-water animal.
Guimard (Hector) Le Castel Béranger first edition title with decorative Art Nouveau border printed in orange and turquoise 65 photographic plates printed with colour by Saude some foxed title a little soiled loose as issued in original half cloth portfolio with ties portfolio repaired and with one flap renewed rubbed lacking one tie oblong folio Paris [1898]. *** Hector Guimard (1867-1942) was one of the most important and influential exponents of the French Art Nouveau movement. He designed the Castel Béranger in 1898 originally in the Gothic style but following a visit to Belgium and a meeting with Victor Horta the design was altered to become one of the first Art Nouveau buildings outside Belgium. He also designed the distinctive cast iron and glass entrances to the Paris Métro.
Potter (Beatrix) The Roly-Poly Pudding first edition first printing colour frontispiece pictorial title-page and 17 full-page colour illustrations contemporary inscription to endpaper original red cloth pictorial label on upper cover small mark to lower panel light rubbing to corners and head and foot of spine small 4to Frederick Warne and Co. 1908. *** With "[All rights reserved]" at the foot of the title.
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher`s first edition first impression light marginal browning light water stain affecting title and half-title original printed boards a little scratched slight shelf-lean corners bumped 8vo 1997. *** One of a very small hardback print run largely intended to meet the needs of public libraries. This copy is without the usual library stamps and is therefore extremely rare.
Gessi Pasha (Romolo) Seven Years in The Soudan first edition frontispiece Appendix coloured folding map at end plates and illustrations edges spotted original decorative cloth scuffing to upper cover head and foot of spine worn 1882 § Mackenzie (D.R.) The Spirit-Ridden Konde frontispiece illustrations folding map at end original cloth spine a little faded head and foot a little rubbed 1925 § Hutchinson (Edward) The Slave Trade in East Africa map occasional spotting original cloth 1874 8vo (3)
Colomb (Philip Howard) Slave-Catching in the India first edition half-title frontispiece 7 plates folding map the Winterton copy with book label original cloth spine faded cocked 8vo 1873. *** A scarce work. Colomb captained the H.M.S. Dryad in the Persian Gulf where he made a study of the Arab slave trade centered around Zanzibar and Oman. "His book is by far the most interesting and informative of the accounts published by sundry officers who served on the East India station." Coupland The Exploitation of East Africa 1856-1890.
New Zealand.- Kerry-Nicholls (J.H.) The King Count first edition 32pp. advertisments at end large folding map portrait frontispiece portrait vignette on title 6 plates text-illustrations early ownership inscription on title original pictorial cloth little rubbed and marked front hinge tender 8vo 1884.
![[Alvarez de Colmenar (Juan)] Beschryving van Spanj 5 parts in 1 first edition engraved frontispiece title vignette dedication](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2809537/72-2011110133925_468x382.jpg)
[Alvarez de Colmenar (Juan)] Beschryving van Spanj 5 parts in 1 first edition engraved frontispiece title vignette dedication folding map 164 maps and views in the text half-title gathering * bound before half-title *1 & 4 tape-repaired the latter with margins defective & creased folding map foxed and with small tear at fold little marked elsewhere stamp on old fly-leaf modern brown half morocco folio Leiden Pieter van der Aa 1707.
[Castera (Jean-Henri de) The Life of Catharine II 3 vol. first English edition engraved frontispieces and a folding map of the Russian Empire 6pp. advertisements at end map foxed occasional spotting contemporary tree calf spines gilt and with red and green leather labels skilfully rebacked preserving original backstrips 8vo T.N. Longman nd J. Debrett 1798. *** With much on the geography climate and economics of Russia.
![[Choiseul-Gouffier (Marie Gabriel August Florent de Count)] Voyage Pitttoresque de la Grece vol.1 only (of 2) first edition f](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2809537/74-2011110133930_468x382.jpg)
[Choiseul-Gouffier (Marie Gabriel August Florent de Count)] Voyage Pitttoresque de la Grece vol.1 only (of 2) first edition first issue with 4 lines of text on p.xvi engraved vignette title and head- & tail-pieces 2 folding engraved maps (1 with route supplied in red) 126 engraved plates and plans by J.B.Hilaire and others on 100 sheets title and a few plates with very light foxing or browning plate 90/91 a little damp-stained otherwise a very good clean copy in handsome contemporary green straight-grain morocco gilt by Kalthoeber (with his ticket at head of front free endpaper) gilt-ruled border with small oval stamp in middle of each border spine gilt g.e. Greek key pattern inner gilt dentelles rubbed and faded a little worn at corners and spine ends [Atabey 241;Blackmer 342; Cohen-De Ricci p.238] folio [Paris] 1782. *** A second volume was published in two parts in 1809 & 1822 the latter posthumously.
Dodwell (Edward) A Classical and Topographical Tou 2 vol. first edition 66 engraved plates 2 hand-coloured some folding wood-engraved illustrations in text lacks folding map foxing and browning ink inscription in Greek on title of vol. I ink signature on front free endpapers hinges weak contemporary morocco-backed cloth rubbed and faded vol. II spine repaired with tape [Weber 1 62; Atabey 356; Blackmer 492] 4to 1819; sold not subject to return.
Cowper (H. Swainson) Through Turkish Arabia: A Journey from the Mediterranean to Bombay by the Euphrates and Tigris Valleys and the Persian Gulf first edition half-title double frontispiece 2 maps 1 folding plates -2 24 pp. advertisments at end some pencil marks original pictorial cloth gilt rubbed 8vo 1894.
Egypt.- Rosellini (Ippolito) Elementa Linguae Aegy first edition engraved plate dedication f. torn and repaired without loss little spotting ownership inscription on fly-leaf and front wrapper uncut in original wrappers spotted and little frayed spine repaired 4to Typographia Collegii Urbani 1837.
Tournefort (Joseph Pitton de) Relation d`un Voyage 2 vol. first edition 152 engraved plates and maps a few folding browned some offsetting and foxing vol. II some water-staining ink signature on titles and inscription on front pastedown crossed out hinges a little weak contemporary calf rubbed gilt spines red morocco labels [Blackmer 1318; Nissen Zool. 4154] 4to Paris 1717.
Gordon Hayes (J.) The Conquest of the North Pol Albert B. Armitage`s copy with his ink inscription on front free endpaper plates 1934 § Bertram (Colin) Arctic and Antarctic The Technique of Polar Travel first edition presentation inscription from the author to Armitage on dedication leaf "To. Captain A.B. Armitage./from/Colin Bertram/10/5/39." photographic frontispiece and illustrations Cambridge 1939 original cloth 8vo (2)(2)
(Capt. Robert Falcon) Scott`s Last Expedition 2 v (Capt. Robert Falcon) Scott`s Last Expedition 2 vol. first edition half-titles titles printed in red and black portrait frontispieces plates and maps some folding occasional foxing bookplate to front pastedowns original cloth gilt t.e.g. others uncut [Spence 1065; Taurus 77] 8vo 1913.
Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarct 2 vol. first edition half-titles photogravure frontispieces plates folding panorama and 3 folding maps in pocket at end of vol.2 some spotting but mainly to fore-edge bookplate to pastedowns blue half morocco apparently by Sangorski and Sutcliffe although unsigned t.e.g. others uncut vol.1 upper joint repaired spines slightly faded otherwise a fine copy 8vo 1909.
Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 4 vol. first octavo edition engraved portrait frontispiece to vol.1 folding map and 49 plates a few folding one loose half-titles to vol.2-4 list of subscribers and list of plates at end of vol.4 some offsetting later blue half calf spines gilt joints a little rubbed vol.1 lower cover almost detached and backstrip loose otherwise an attractive set 8vo 1784.
Pinkerton (John) A General Collection of the be 17 vol. first edition engraved plates vol. VII lacks plates and some pp. extensively foxed browned and offset contemporary half calf gilt rubbed some with tears to spines some crudely repaired with tape some covers detaching [Hill 1362] 4to 1808-14; sold not subject to return.
Sayer (R.) and J. Bennett. The American Militar being an Approved Collection of Correct Maps...of the British Colonies; especially...the Theatre of War first edition variant without colon after `London` on title 6 folding engraved maps on thick paper coloured in outline map 1 small tear at head map 2 tear at fold at head map 5 small tears at head map 6 tears at fold repairs on verso inner margins of title and text reinforced title browned offsetting and light browning to maps later calf-backed marbled boards covers scuffed corners worn new end-papers 8vo R. Sayer and J. Bennet [1776?]. *** The so-called `Holster Atlas` `calculated in its Bulk and Price to suit the Pockets of Officers of all Ranks` (from the Advertisment).
Atkyns (Robert) The Ancient and Present State of G first edition engraved portrait frontispiece with tape repair to outer edge 8 engrvaed plates of coats-of-arms all trimmed to lower edge 62 double-page engraved plates by and after Kip only (of 64) also lacking map plates generally clean some water-stining to text several repairs and margins or corners of text leaves replaced contemporary calf worn rebacked preserving old gilt spine and corners renewed folio by W.Bowyer for Robert Gosling 1712.
Robson (George Fennell) Scenery of the Grampian Mo first edition list of subscribers errata slip folding engraved map and 41 soft-ground etched plates by Henry Morton after the author title torn and repaired some light foxing staining at end affecting map endpapers and margins of last few leaves and plates engraved bookplate of Ironside of Tennochside on front pastedown modern buckram-backed boards a little rubbed [Abbey Scenery 504] folio by the Author 1814.
Favre Les Quatres Heures first edition half-title fine engraved additional pictorial title 4 plates and 5 vignettes or tail-pieces by Arrivet Halbou Legrand Leroy and Patas after F. Leclerc some light offsetting a few brown marginal marks caused by the loose insertion of paper strips contemporary marbled wrappers rubbed and faded a few short tears [Cohen - de Ricci 376-377] a good copy with wide margins 4to Paris Jean-François Bastien 1779. *** Included in the fine vignette on p.64 is a portrait of the Princesse de Lamballe to whom the work is dedicated.
![Gogol (Nikolai Vasilevich) Pokhozhdeniya Chichikov [The Adventures of Chichikov or Dead Souls: A Poem] 2 vol. first edition h](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2809537/128-2011110133550_468x382.jpg)
Gogol (Nikolai Vasilevich) Pokhozhdeniya Chichikov [The Adventures of Chichikov or Dead Souls: A Poem] 2 vol. first edition half-title to vol.1 folding lithographed facsimile of a f. from Gogol`s manuscript at end of vol.2 vol.2 lacking half-title and with title trimmed and mounted on stub small repair to lithographed plate within text but with no loss vol.1 preliminaries water-stained both vol. foxed vol.1 contemporary half calf spine gilt spine repaired rubbed vol.2 later half cloth in period style spine gilt [Kilgour 345 & 348; Fekula 4716 & 4719] large 8vo Moscow University Press 1842-1855. *** The rare first edition of one of the classics of Russian literature. The second volume was posthumously published by the author`s heirs having been pieced together from a number of drafts as Gogol burned the original second volume.
Tocqueville (Alexis de) Oeuvres et Correspondance edited by Gustave de Beaumont 2 vol. first edition signed presentation copy from the editor to Lord Radnor with 3 pp.a.l.s. tipped in from Comte Louis de Kergolay half-titles occasional spotting inscription on half-title of vol. I bookplates of Charles Awdry and (in vol II only) Exeter City Library contemporary calf morocco spine-labels little rubbed gilt shelf-mark at foot of spines 8vo front free endpaper of vol I (with letter attached) all but loose) 8vo Paris 1861. *** Willian Pleydell-Bouverie third Earl of Radnor (1779-1869) radical politician supporter of parliamentary reform the abolition of the slave trade the repeal of the corn laws &c. Vol. II contains half-a-dozen letters addressed to him by de Tocqueville. Comte Louis de Kergolay (1769-1856) cousin and close friend of de Tocqueville who defended him in a celebrated legal case in 1833 apparently the only occasion on which de Tocqueville practiced law in court. The letter tipped-in here on black-edged mourning paper addressed to `My Lord` presumably also Lord Radnor refers to de Tocqueville`s friendship with the recipient.
Mandelshtam (Osip) Tristia first edition half-title 2 tape marks to title and verso of contents f. at end a few spots original pictorial wrappers lightly browned a good copy [Hellyer 759; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 377] 8vo Petersburg & Berlin: Petropolis 1922. *** Mandelshtam`s second collection of poetry.
![[Nabokov (Vladimir)] Podvig: Roman [Glory: Novel] first edition one of 1000 copies half-title lightly browned original printe](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2809537/133-201111013362_468x382.jpg)
Cudworth (Ralph) The True Intellectual System of t The First Part; wherein all the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted.... first edition [all published] engraved frontispiece cut down and mounted title in red and black title torn at tail and laid down 4B4 cut in margin a few other folds slightly browned in places new endpapers modern calf-backed boards [Wing C7471] folio for Richard Royston 1678.
![Freemasonry.- Prichard (Samuel) Masonry Dissected: twelfth edition lightly browned disbound for J.Robinson [1745]. *** All ed](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2809537/142-2011110133615_468x382.jpg)
William Blake.- Gay (John) Fables 2 vol. first edition with these illustrations fine engraved titles and 67 (of 68) plates by William Blake and others list of subscribers some offsetting occasional spotting or foxing contemporary speckled calf rebacked preserving original gilt backstrips corners worn rubbed [Bentley 460] large 8vo for John Stockdale 1793.
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Biographia Literaria or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions first edition 2 vol. advertisement pp. to end of vol. 2 spotting hinges of vol.1 weakening with front free endpaper detached contemporary blue half morocco rebacked preserving original spines vol.1 joints cracking rubbed 8vo 1817.
Fraser (George MacDonald) The Steel Bonnets first edition original cloth dust-jacket creased at head and joints tear to lower cover 1971 § Prideaux (Humphrey) The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations 2 vol. fourth edition some marginal worming to vol. 2 contemporary panelled calf joints slightly cracked vol.2 watermarked corners worn for R.Knaplock and J.Tonson 1743 8vo (3)(3)
Auden (W.H.).- Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wi first trade edition signed presentation copy from W.H.Auden to his father with the bookplate of the latter frontsipsiece (detaching) and plates original cloth gilt spine faded with ends slightly worn rubbed 4to 1935. *** Inscription reads "G.A.A./ with love/ from/ Wystan./ August 27th 1935". Along with Christopher Isherwood Auden maintained a deep interest in T.E.Lawrence throughout the 1930s. This culminated in the writing of "The Ascent of F6" in 1937 whose central character was substantially based upon Lawrence.
Auden (W.H.).- A set of unpublished photographic n 4 negative strips preserved in original wrappers n.d. § Spender (Stephen) W.H. Auden A Memorial Address with the scarce card regarding the unveiling of a stone in Poets` Corner loosely inserted privately printed for Faber & Faber 1973; and 3 others Auden including a first edition of Spain and a score of Auden/Britten`s Our Hunting Fathers v.s. (5)
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