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Lot 854
BLIGH (Wm.) Relation de L'Enlevement du Navire le Bounty . . . traduit par Danic Lescallier . . . 3 folded maps, half title; contemp. French sheep, gilt-decorated spine & marbled e/ps. Paris, 1790. * the first French edition; sold with BLIGH (Wm.) Voyage a Mer du Sud: enterpris par de S.M. Britannique pour introduire, aux Indes Occidentales, l'arbre a pain . . . avec une relation de la revolte a bord de son vaisseau etc. Traduit de L'Anglais par F. Soules. folded plate & 2 folded maps; 19th cent. calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-decorated & panelled spine, marbled e/ps. Paris, 1792.
![[BULKELEY, J. & CUMMINS, J.] Voyage a la Mer du Sud, fait par quelques officiers commandants le Vaisseau le Wager: pour serv](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a73ba49b-e5c0-4ae8-a0ff-a4b9008ce93a/36f08917-b10b-45d6-f719-02ca4323fa97/468x382.jpg)
Lot 855
[BULKELEY, J. & CUMMINS, J.] Voyage a la Mer du Sud, fait par quelques officiers commandants le Vaisseau le Wager: pour servir de suite au Voyage de Georges Anson. First French Edition. engraved vignette title (printed in red & black), engraved cartouche illus. at head of text, half title; contemp. French gilt-ruled mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine, marbled edges & e/ps., 4to. Lyon, 1756. * the Supplement to Anson's Voyage Autour du Monde (1749)
Lot 857
CHRISTIAN (F.) Letters from Mr. Fletcher Christian, containing a narrative of the Transactions on board His Majesty's Ship Bounty, before and after the Mutiny, with his subsequent Voyages and Travels in South America. First Edition. (lacking frontis), newly rebound calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine with morocco label. printed for the Proprietior and published by H.D. Symonds, 1796. * a supposedly spurious work, describing his 'escape from Pitcairn'.
![[COYER, G.F.] Lettre au Docteur Maty, Secretaire de la Societe Royale de Londres, sure les Geants Patagons. engraved decora](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a73ba49b-e5c0-4ae8-a0ff-a4b9008ce93a/0315aece-4664-4c9e-dba7-a9ec08071f0a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 858
[COYER, G.F.] Lettre au Docteur Maty, Secretaire de la Societe Royale de Londres, sure les Geants Patagons. engraved decorated title, half title; rebound marbled boards with gilt-morocco spine label, 12mo. Bruxelles (though apparently Paris), 1767. * first edition of the author's satire on Patagonian giants.
![[FLEURIE, C.P.C., Comte de] Decouvertes des Francois, en 1768 & 1769, dans le Sud-Est de la Nouvelle Guinee. Et reconnonssan](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a73ba49b-e5c0-4ae8-a0ff-a4b9008ce93a/c85a1b94-775e-4cf9-c4de-4c580fc6bcb5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 860
[FLEURIE, C.P.C., Comte de] Decouvertes des Francois, en 1768 & 1769, dans le Sud-Est de la Nouvelle Guinee. Et reconnonssances pasterieures de memes terres des navigateurs Anglois qui leaur ont impose de nouveaux noms . . . par M. * * *, ancien capitaine de vaisseau. 12 folded maps, illustrations note / errata leaf; 19th cent. sheep-backed marbled boards & e/ps. 4to. Paris, 1790. * the First Edition
Lot 862
FREZIER (A.F.) A Voyage to the South-Sea, and along the Coast of Chili and Peru, in the years 1712, 1713 and 1714. Particularly describing . . . the inhabitants, as well Indians as Spaniards: their customs and manners; their Natural History, Mines, Commodities, Traffick with Europe, &c. . . . with a Postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley . . . and an Account of the Settlement, Commerce, and Riches of the Jesuits in Paraguay. First English Edition. 37 engraved plates (incl. maps & plans, some folded), directions to binder leaf, title printed in red & black; contemp. blind-decorated polished calf, later gilt-ruled & panelled spine, 4to. 1717. * 19th cent. armorial bookplate of Thomas Munro. First English edition, with Halley's Postscript correcting some geographical errors.
Lot 866
KIPPIS (A.) The Life of Captain James Cook . . . (without half title); rebound mottled calf, gilt-decorated & panelled spine with red label, marbled e/ps. Dublin, 1788. sold with KIPPIS (A.) La Vie du Capitaine Cook, traduite d'Anglais du Docteur Kippis . . . First French Edition, 2 vols. wood-engraved title vignettes, half titles; original grey wrappers, uncut, old ms. paper spine labels, contained in a modern burgundy cloth box, with black morocco gilt label (by Newbold & Collins, Sydney). Paris, 1789. * contemp. ms. note on inside of wrapper, vol. 1 records its purchase '. . . vente de la Biblioteque de M. Mailly a Dijon. 10 Mai 1792 '.
Lot 869
[MARRA, J.] Journal du Second Voyage du Capitaine Cook, sur les Vaisseaux La Revolution & L'Adventure, enterpris par ordre de S.M. Britannique, dans les annees 1774 & 1775. folded chart, half title; contemp. mottled calf, gilt-decorated & panelled spine, marbled edges & e/ps. Amsterdam (et se trouve a Paris), 1777. * ownership name stamped on half title - Victor Froussard; the first French edition.
Lot 873
[RICKMAN, John] Troisieme Voyage de Cook, ou Journal d'une Expedition faite dans la Mer Pacifique du Sud & du Nord, en 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 & 1780. Traduit de l'Anglois. First French Edition. folded frontis., folded map, half title, engraved title vignette; uncut in original marbled wrappers, & preserved in a modern cloth box with red morocco label. Paris, 1782. * second issue of this edition - in corrected state, with printer's name on last page; the English edition ( of 1781) was published anonymously and 2 years before the official account, the author (Second Lieutenant on the Discovery) retaining the copy of his journal of the voyage - despite Admiralty instructions to the contrary.
Lot 882
BLIGH (W.) A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat . . . First Edition. folded plan & 3 charts (2 folded); rebound red morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-ruled & lettered on panelled spine, 4to. 1790. * with the epic 'subsequent voyage' of 19 men in the ship's launch, travelling 4000 miles of open sea. Illustrated
Lot 883
FANNING (E.) Voyages Round the World; with selected sketches of voyages to the South Seas . . . China, etc. . . . also, information relating to important late discoveries . . . First Edition. 5 lithographed plates (2 folded); old cloth-backed boards (sometime rebacked), New York, 1833. * includes 'the report of the commander of the first American exploring expedition, patronised by the United States Government, in the brigs Serraph and Annawan, to the Southern Hemisphere'
Lot 887
PORTLOCK (N.) & DIXON (G.) An Abridgement of Portlock and Dixon's Voyage Round the World, performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. First Octavo Edition. portrait frontispiece & lge. folded chart (N.W. Coast of America); contemp. half calf & marbled boards (spine replaced), old red label. 1789 * armorial bookplate of J.B. Heath & his dated signature (1802) on front blank.
Lot 901
GROSE (F.) The Antiquities of England and Wales . . . First Edition, 4 vols. & the 2 vols. Supplement. engraved title vignettes, plates & plans (1 folded), index map (folded), hand-coloured county maps & many engraved views & buildings (with letterpress description beneath), addenda to preface (38pp.) end vol. 6 ( together with the extra plates); contemp. calf, gilt-ruled & panelled spines, red & green labels, folio. 1773-87. * most illus. vol. 1 hand-coloured; Londonderry armorial bookplates.
Lot 904
[HOWELL (James) Dendrologia] Dodona's Grove, or the Vocal Forrest. By I.H. Esqr. First Edition. pictorial engraved title, frontis & 2 other plates, headpiece decorations; 18th cent. calf, gilt-decorated spine, 4to. 1640. * Vane Londonderry armorial bookplate; a few old & neat marginal ms. notes.
Lot 924
DALRYMPLE (Sir J.) Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland . . . 2nd edition, 2 vols. contemp. calf, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, red & green labels, 4to. 1771-73; together with (from a later edition) Memoirs of Great Britain . . . vol. 2. pictorial vignette title, uniform binding with first item. 1788. * thus completing the work - 'from the battle off La Hogue till the capture of the French and Spanish fleets at Vigo'.
Lot 960
BATTY (E.F.) Italian Scenery. From drawings made in 1817, by Miss Batty. First Edition. engraved pictorial vignette title, 60 fine copper-engraved plates & end of text vignette (by Charles Heath & others, with guards); contemp. maroon straight-grain morocco, gilt-ruled & elaborately decorated covers, gilt-ruled & decorated panelled spine, generous inner dentelles gilt-ruled & decorated, also the board edges, g.e., buff e/ps. the pastedowns with embossed border design ( by Hering, with their Newman Street ticket) roy. 8vo. 1820; * Raleigh Trevelyan's copy, with his engraved booklabel, also the armorial/pictorial bookplate of Joseph John Crosfield (earlier 20th cent. horticulturalist & owner of Embley Park, nr. Romsey)
Lot 963
GILBERT (C.S.) An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall: to which is added is, a complete Heraldry . . . First Edition, 2 vols. engraved & printed titles, engraved dedication, 14 aquatint & 25 otherwise engraved plates, 23 armorial plates (only, of 25), mostly folded, 8 portraits (but 1 in facsimile), d-page map, folded table, text engravings; 19th cent. maroon half morocco & cloth (distressed), marbled e/ps. & edges, 4to. Plymouth-Dock: printed and published by J. Congdon, 1817-20. * apparently lacks 2 plates & errata/plates list leaf (pencilled note), however - 'copies are rarely met with containing a complete set of the engravings' (old catalogue extract quoting Boase & Courtney's Cornish bibliography); sold with: WHITE (Wm.) History, Gazateer, and Directory of Devonshire . . . publisher's blind-decorated calf, thick cr. 8vo. Sheffield, 1850. * without the map (as usual); invaluable local information.
Lot 977
MORSE (Jedidah) The American Geography; or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America . . . First Edition. 2 folded maps ( Southern & Northern States), corrections / directions for binder & corrections (France) leaves at end; old calf (distressed). Elizabeth-Town (N.J.): printed by Shepard Kollack, for the Author, 1789. * the maps are often lacking; this copy with contemp. presentation inscription - from Josiah Quincy (Harvard President 1829-45, & historian of the University) to Eliphalet Pearson (Acting President 1804-06), founder of the American Education Society, etc.); and with 2 loosely inserted letters (1964) relating to the volume's possible acquisition by Harvard University's Library.
Lot 978
SIRR (H.C.) China and the Chinese: their religion, character, customs, and manufactures: the evils arising from the opium trade . . . First Edition, 2 vols. 2 coloured, lithographed frontispieces, errata slip (vol. ii); contemp. gilt-decorated maroon morocco, g.e. 1849. * near contemp. inscription vol.1.
Lot 979
[GASKELL, Mrs. E.] Mary Barton: a tale of Manchester life. First Edition, 2 vols. advert. leaf in each vol.; original blind-decorated chocolate cloth, gilt-lettered spines ( by Bone & Son, with their ticket), contained in a modern gilt lettered box. 1848. * Chapman and Hall's series of 'original works of fiction, biography, and general literature'; contemp. ownership signature on free e/ps. & old bookseller's ticket - H. Whitemore, Market St., Manchester.
Lot 982
COXE (Wm.) Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark. Interspersed with historical relations and political inquiries. First Edition, 3 vols. 12 plates, 14 maps & plans (mostly folded), text illus., 5 advert leaves (vol. iii); contemp. speckled calf, gilt-ruled spines with red & green gilt morocco labels, 4to. 1784-90. * vol. 1 includes the 6pp. subscribers list.
Lot 992
SPARRMAN (A.) A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antartic Polar Circle and Round the World: but chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776. Translated from the Swedish original. 2 vols. folded view, folded map & 9 other copper-engraved plates; contemp. speckled calf (distressed), sm. 8vo. Perth: printed by R. Morison Junior, 1789. * a scarce provincial edition; the English translation first published London, 1785.
![Anon [Daniel Defoe], Memoirs of the Church of Scotland, In Four Periods., Eman. Matthews, London 1717, first edition, 333pp +](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f1534c5a-9405-4c68-82a7-a4b900ee3037/9d8dff59-d6ad-4f81-fab9-d499116d3502/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1544
Books - Wodehouse (P.G.), The Code of the Woosters, Herbert Jenkins Limited, London 1938, first edition, hb; The Railway Diary and Officials' Directory For 1926, McCorquodale & Co. Ltd., London, hb; Kelly's 1940 Directory of Kingston, Malden and Coombe With Map; Grahame-White (Montague), At Thre Wheel Ashore and Afloat, G.T. Foulis & Company, Ltd., London, hb, dj; Fitzgerald (Catharine), Twelve Seconds to the Moon: A Story of the Wright Brothers, second edition, revised, signed; Brown's Bible, Thomas Kelly, London 1827, two volumes, full period bindings; The Gospels of Saint Mark, Saint Luke and Saint Matthew, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, London 1874-1875, three volumes, with engraved plates by Bidas, folios; qty
Lot 156
A collection of 6 hardback volumes by Charles Darwin. Published in London by John Murray. 1/ Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication Charles Darwin Published by John Murray, UK (1905) Used Hardcover Second Edition Volumes 1 + 2 2/ The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits, with illustrations, Fourth Thousand, DARWIN (Charles). Published by London John Murray (1881) Used Hardcover First Edition 3/ The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants Charles Darwin Published by John Murray, UK (1906) Used Original Cloth Second Edition 4/The various Contrivances by which Orchids are fertilised by Insects. Second Edition, popular, seventh impression. DARWIN, CHARLES. Second Edition Used Hardcover 5/The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex with Illustrations Darwin, Charles Published by John Murray, London (1906) second edition reprinted
Lot 234
Rundell Maria Eliza Ketelby. A new system of domestic Cookery founded upon Principles of Economy and adapted to the use of private families... Seventy-first edition. Improved by the addiction of 900 modern receipts. London: John Murray, 1847. In-12° (mm 160x103). Pagine XXIV, [1], 571, [16] con antiporta incisa e 9 carte di tavole fuori testo. Lievi bruniture. Legatura moderna in pelle rossa, titoli in oro al dorso. In fine ricetta manoscritta per i Pancakes. La prima edizione dell'opera apparve intorno al 1806, senza alcuna indicazione del nome dell'autrice ('by a Lady'). Ne seguirono, tra il 1806 e il 1847, oltre sessanta edizioni inglesi e quindici americane. Un successo commerciale con pochi precedenti, tanto che per anni fu il ricettario della Rundell a assicurare prosperità finanziaria all'editore Murray. The Domestic Cookery comprende tutte le ricette della tradizione gastronomica inglese, dal Bread Pudding al Curry Chicken.
Lot 499
History for Ready Reference from the Best Historians, Biographers, and Specialists…With numerous historical maps from original studies and drawings by A. C. Reilly. J.n. Larned. C.A. Nichols Co. Springfield. 1895-1910. 7 vols. 1st Ed. 7 Vols. Large & complete. The first five vols. are the original edition, whilst the latter two were supplements added to the series in 1901 and 1910 respectively. In brown buckram boards,with gilt titles and burgandy morocco half titles. In very good condition, this is an impressive work of historical scholarship, illustrated with many beautifully coloured maps. [7].
Lot 5
An early C20th crayon on paper of a Lady ‘Jeune femme debout’ By Paul Cesar Hellou glazed and framed (1859-1927) 73cm x 43.5cm Additional information: According to Mrs. Paulette Howard Johnston, Helleu’s daughter, the present drawing depicts one of the daughters of an American family, the Kellys, who were presumably very wealthy and owned a large house in Deauville before the First World War. Helleu lived half the year on his yacht in Deauville harbour with his family. Ms. Howard Johnston recalled how jealous she was of Marguerite Kelly’s hats, which she bought at Coco Chanel’s shop in Deauville and recalled the American girls were particularly remembered for their taste in the latest fashions and their gift for tennis. The family left France at the outset of the war and she never saw them again. The drawings are not signed because they were framed on the verso of other Helleu drawings of the Kelly girls. Provenance: Private Collection, United States This authenticity of this drawing has been confirmed by Les Amis de Paul-Cesar Helleu. The drawing will be included in the up-coming catalogue raisonne of which the first volume will appear in a French and English edition in September 2014. Mrs. Paulette Howard- Johnston (Helleu’s daughter) has seen the drawing and specifically dated it as being done in 1914 during the war. Paul César Helleu worked as a painter and an engraver in France at the turn of the century. His work epitomises the charm and elegance of French culture at the time – the belle époque – with all its verve and focus on fashion. Whilst he was renowned for his portraits of society ladies on commission, and those of his childhood sweetheart who later became his wife (Alice Guerin). Helleu was born in Vannes in 1859 and moved to Paris as a young man. He later became a pupil of Jean Leon Gérome at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts and became a lifelong friend of fellow student John Singer Sargent. Gérome was to buy his first painting. Artists including Monet, Rodin and Tissot also recognised his talent whilst he was studying in Paris (he was later formally accepted as part of the Impressionist group). In fact, Tissot gave Helleu his own engraving tools because he was in such despair after the death of his beloved Kathleen Newton that he was unable to use them to make art. As a result, Helleu became an excellent drypoint engraver and one can see those skills for draughtsmanship and fine line work in this particular drawing. Helleu immortalised many beautiful women in paint and graphite because he became the darling of fashionable, aristocratic ladies at the time (including Coco Chanel). Perhaps what makes him all the more appealing to the modern viewer is that, despite this, he was not a cad; throughout their lives together, his favourite model was his wife. NO RESERVE
Lot 340
To include 'Why Not? The Story of The Hon Charles Stewart Rolls' by David Baines (a first edition, published in 2007 in original slip case), 'Rolls-Royce Hives Turbulent Barons SHRMF' historical series number 20. Published 1992. 'Bentley A Racing History' by David Venables published in 2011 and 'The Maharajas & Their Magnificent Motor Cars' by Gautam Sen (English Edition, published in 2011). (Qty)
Lot 83
A first edition de-luxe brochure for the 1933/34 "Derby" Bentley 3¢ Litre cars showing the "Stone Guard" radiator shell (which mimicked the W.O Bentley cars - extremely rare. This shell was not fitted to production cars. Excellent original condition and a seriously rare find in this condition.
Lot 103
Dickens (Charles) - The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition in 6 original monthly parts , 14 engraved plates by Dalziel, C. Roberts and others, all advertisements present, including the Cork Hats slip in part 2, 4pp. list of advertisements for Simkin, Marshall, and Co. loosely inserted, original pictorial wrappers, some foxing, original printed wrappers, a generally bright, near-fine set, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed slip-case, [Hatton & Cleaver pp. 373-384], 1870 § Lang (Andrew) and M.R.James. About Edwin Drood, one of 5 proof copies from an edition limited to 115 copies, tipped-in plate, original floral wrappers, Edinburgh, The Tragara Press, 1983; and 10 others, Droodiana, 8vo (12) An extremely difficult set to find in good condition.
Lot 107
Oliphant (Laurence) - Masollam, 3 vol., spines a little browned, 1886 § Yonge (Charlotte M.) Magnum Bonum, 3 vol., light foxing to titles, ink ownership stamp to titles verso, spines a little darkened, 1879; Beechcroft at Rockstone, 2 vol., ink ownership stamp to endpaper, 1888 § Wistan (Aden) Lucy Francis & Cousin Bill, 3 vol., browning to half-titles, spines lightly faded, 1892, first editions, original cloth, slightl shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped but excellent copies overall ; and 12 others, Victorian first edition novels and others, 8vo (23)
Lot 108
Barrie (J.M.) - Better Dead, first edition, original stiff pictorial wrappers, skilfully rebacked preserving part of original spine, some rubbing and light surface soiling, still very good overall, preserved in folding chemise and morocco-back slip-case, 8vo, 1888. The author's first book, scarce, particularly in good condition.
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