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Click here to subscribeDickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend 2 vol. first edition illustrated by Marcus Stone slight foxing contemporary half morocco 1865 § Goncourt (Edmond de) L`Amour au Dix-Huitieme Siecle author`s presentation inscription contemporary half morocco Paris 1875 § Macaulay (Lord) The Works 8 vol. calf 1875; plus 3 other leather bound vol. 8vo(14)
Dickens (Charles editor) The Life of Charles 2 vol. engraved frontispieces and plates contemporary calf gilt rubbed vol. II lower joint split 1879 § Kipling (Rudyard) The Second Jungle Book first edition illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling original cloth gilt 1895; and c. 25 others 8vo & 4to(c. 25)
Morrison (Arthur) The Child of the Jago first edition 39pp. publisher`s catalogue at end dated October 1896. ink & pencil name on front fly-leaf (including classics scholar Leonard Whibley) original cloth minor damp-mottling and rubbing 1896; and the first American edition of the same 8vo(2)
Rolfe (Frederick William "Baron Corvo".) Hadrian first edition original mauve cloth blind-stamped with a white image of the Pope rubbed and marked spine splitting foxed 1904; Without Prejudice One Hundred Letters from Frederick William Rolfe Baron Corvo to John Lane one of 600 copies dust-jacket 1963; plus 12 other books by/about Rolfe 8vo(14)
Dunne (J.W.) An Experiment with Time first edition pencil notes & scoring first few pp. little marked original cloth worn 8vo 1927 § Wilson (Colin) The Outsider first edition bookplate of Bethel Solomons original cloth frayed & chipped dust-jacket 8vo 1956 § Shakespeare (William) The Handy-Volume Shakespeare 13 vol. original red morocco gilt little rubbed g.e. small 8vo 1870-1871. and 3 others v.s.(18)
Wittgenstein (Ludwig) Philosophische 6 photographs illustrations last f. working loose original wrappers small tear at head of joint 1922 § Wittgenstein (Ludwig) Philosophische Untersuchungen / Philosophical Investigations first English edition parallel text in German and English original cloth 8vo Oxford 1953.
Doyle (A.C) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes first edition in book form 90 illustrations by Sidney Paget foxed ink inscription on front free endpaper contents loose within binding original dark blue cloth rubbed g.e. [Green & Gibson 14a] 1894 § Wagner (Richard) The Tale of Lohengrin 6 tipped-in colour plates by Willy Pogà ny other illustrations throughout contents loose within binding original pictorial cloth gilt rubbed spine ends and corners rather worn n.d. and 2 others 8vo & 4to (4)
Pargeter (Edith) Hortensius Friend of Nero first trade edition signed by the author on preliminary p. illustrations by John Farleigh boards rubbed at extremities jacket browned and slightly chipped at spine Lovat Dickson 1936; Ordinary People ink gift inscription on front free endpaper jacket darkened and rubbed frayed at corners and spine ends 1941; By Firelight jacket with a few small closed tears 1948; The Coast of Bohemia 1950; Most Loving Mere Folly 1953; A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury autograph dedication from the author on title 1972. first editions original cloth or boards dust-jackets; and c.45 others Edith Pargeter 8vo(c.50)
Pullman (Philip) The Tiger in the Well first edition original boards dust-jacket 1991; The Golden Compass first American edition signed bookplate original cloth-backed boards dust-jacket New York 1995; Lyra`s Oxford first edition signed by the author folding plan original cloth 2003; and 8 others Pullman 8vo & 12mo(11)
West (Rebecca) A Letter to a Grandfather first edition inscribed `with love to Bethel Solomons and all whom he loves or who love him 1973` original pictorial wrappers little soiled and chipped yapp edges little creased Hogarth Press 1933 ; Sunflower first edition Christmas card from `Rebecca` [West] to `Bethel` [Solomons] inserted original cloth dust-jacket 1986 § Stephens (James) The Charwoman`s Daughter reprint inscribed to `Bethel Solomons...the dedicatee - his mark 8.12.18. James Stephens` original cloth rubbed 1917; and 6 others inscribed or signed by the authors 8vo (9)
Wodehouse (P.G.) Money in the Bank first English edition browning original cloth dust-jacket price-clipped torn with some loss 8vo [1946] § Waugh (Evelyn) Love Among the Ruins first edition illustrations original buckram slight sunning dust-jacket browned & worn at edges a few small tears and repairs 8vo 1953 § Wells (H.G.) The War in the Air first edition plates 2pp. advertisements ownership stamp on front fly-leaf original cloth with mounted colour illustration rubbed and slightly soiled 8vo 1908 § Golding (William) The Pyramid first edition a few small closed tears to jacket 1967; and 6 others by Golding 8vo(10)
Kent (Rockwell) A Birthday Book limited edition signed & numbered by the artist illustrations within decorative borders by Kent ownership illustration filled-in damp-stain to lower fore-corner of first 3 ff. original pictorial cloth slightly browned and rubbed large 8vo New York Pynson Printers 1931.
Nesbit (Edith) The Railway Children pictorial title hinges pulled with contents working loose some spotting contemporary ink inscription on front fly-leaf covers worn at spine and corners 1906; The Story of the Treasure Seekers light spotting 1899; Five Children and It spine faded 1902. first editions plates original gilt-pictorial cloth; and 5 others Nesbit including a first edition of Five of us and Madeline in a dust-jacket 8vo(8)
A Charles II oyster olivewood and floral parquetry chest on stand, circa 1680-5, the rectangular top above two short and three long drawers, the stand with an additional drawer above turned legs and shaped peripheral stretchers, on turned feet, 122cm high, 95cm wide, 61cm deep. An early reference to English furniture with floral marquetry of this type was made by the diarist John Evelyn in Silva (1670) edition, in which he explained the staining and colouring of woods by inlayers: ‘when they would imitate the natural turning of Leaves in their curious Compartiments and bordures of Flower-works, they effect it by dipping the pieces (first cut into shape and ready to In-Lay) so far into hot Sand’ (sic). The marquetry decoration projected against dark reserves separated by oyster veneering on this chest is related to a table in the Victoria and Albert Museum (W.53-1984, illustrated John F. Hayward, Tables in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1968, fig.11). This table can be dated to 1674 as it uniquely portrays Wingerworth Hall in the marquetry decoration of the top and appears to commemorate a marriage - in heraldic devices in the marquetry - between Sir Henry Hunloke and Katherine Tyrwhitt. Thomas Pistor, a leading furniture maker in London during the second half of the 17th century, is credited with making a similar group of floral marquetry furniture at Levens Hall, Westmoreland. Amongst his clients was James Grahme, a courtier of significant stature in the Royal Household of James II. Known for his fashionable taste and well-appointed house, in 1685 Grahme purchased several pieces of furniture from Pistor, including `a Large wall flowr’d Looking glass & Table and stands flowr’d’. A similar oyster olivewood and marquetry chest on stand was sold by Sotheby’s, The Age of Oak and Walnut sale, 28th September 2004, Lot 5. Condition Report:** Marks, scratches and abrasions consistent with age and use. Some old closed splits, lifting, chips, losses to to veneers. Some detached sections of moulding. Replacements to some sections of veneer and moulding. Handles, escutcheons and locks replaced. Holes from previous handles visible to interior of drawer fronts. Some fading in patches. Some warping to moulding around drawers causing some lifting. Some evidence of old worm and filler.Stand except drawer later reconstructed with elements of various dates. Bleached colour possibly due to sun fading, varnish blooming or cleaning with incorrect product.
`The Stapelieae` by Alain White and Boyd L Sloane with a map by William E Ruddolf being a first edition with presentation inscription for the award to H W Smith for a display of Esmpervivum at the Macclesfield Cactii exhibition in September 1960, which includes a letter from the author to a `Colonel Drake-Brockman` being a first edition printed by `Pasadena, California 1933` in black cloth with silver highlights
Home.Short Tract on the Formation of Tumours first edition engraved frontispiece and 2 plates 1 supplied in facsimile lightly soiled ex-library copy (inverted in binding) original boards corners and edges slightly defective rebacked [GM 2611] 1830 § Pearson (John) Practical Observations on Cancerous Complaints... third edition errata leaf at end title browned es-library copy with stamps modern cloth for the Author 1793 § Sims (John) On Malignant Tumours connected with the Heart and Lungs offprint from `Medico-Chirurgical Transactions` lithographed plate foxed modern cloth 1833 8vo(3) ***The first “contains the first illustrations of microscopic sections of cancer.” GM.
Le Clerc.Description of Bandage/Dressings first English edition 48 engraved plates on 45 sheets 6 folding plate 42 defective (patch in facsimile) plate 43 also in facsimile some soiling final plate lightly stained contemporary calf rebacked new endpapers 1701; The Compleat Surgeon... third edition lacking A1 (?initial blank) C2 (pp.27-28) browned and defective (lacking lower half of leaf supplied in facsimile) contemporary ink signature on title some soiling no endpapers scribblings on front pastedown contemporary panelled calf rubbed rebacked patch on upper board repaired 1701 [Wellcome III p.469-470] 12mo for W.Freeman... (2)
Le Dran.Observations de Chirurgie 2 vol. first edition ink inscriptions on titles folding plate supplied in facsimile modern calf-backed marbled boards Paris C.Osmont 1731; Traité des Operations de Chirurgie first edition folding engraved plate ex-library copy with stamp on title and old inscription on front free endpaper modern half calf Paris C.Osmont 1742; Observations in Surgery third English edition half-title with advertisements on verso ink signature at head of title 6pp. advertisements at end 2 folding engraved plates modern half calf for S.Crowder 1758 the first two with author`s monogram on title all rather browned some soiling or spotting [Wellcome III p.472-473] 8vo(4)
Le Dran.Consultations..Maladies.. first edition 5 folding engraved plates all but one torn and repaired (mostly at edges or folds) with additional D1 & 2 G1 and I2 with alternative type-settings bound in before privilege leaves at end contemporary ink inscription on title lightly browned and with slight staining to upper margin contemporary sprinkled calf spine gilt with morocco label a little rubbed one corner repaired [Wellcome III p.473] 8vo Paris Charles Osmont 1730.
Liston.Memoir..Formation..Crural Arch and other parts concerned in inguinal and femoral hernia first edition 3 engraved plates (heavily foxed) title lightly stained modern marbled wrappers uncut Edinburgh 1819 § Arnaud (George) A Dissertation on Hernias or Ruptures first edition half-title browned ex-library copy with stamps contemporary calf rubbed rebacked corners repaired for A.Millar 1748; and another on hernias 4to & 8vo(3)
Mead (Richard) Medica Sacra 1749 first edition half-title engraved portrait cut and mounted lightly browned extensive manuscript notes in ink of “J. Baker surgeon” on pastedowns and endpapers contemporary calf gilt border and cornerpieces rubbed corners worn rebacked [Wellcome IV p.96] 8vo apud J. Brindley 1749.
Paré (Ambroise) The Workes 1st Eng. 1634 translated by Thomas Johnson first English edition fine engraved title with portrait and scenes of trepanning a herbalist at work distillation apparatus surgical instruments monsters etc. numerous woodcuts in text of similar subjects engraved title soiled and frayed at edge with very slight loss to border (repaired) dedication and To the Reader leaf defective at upper outer corner and fore-edge with loss of a few letters (repaired) Ff 3-5 and final two leaves also repaired light water-staining at beginning and end slight worming to lower margin modern calf ruled in blind [STC 19189] folio Th.Cotes and R.Young 1634. ***”Paré was the greatest of the army surgeons before Larrey...He is particularly remembered for his abandonment of boiling oil and the cautery for his revival of podalic version his re-introduction of the ligature and his invention of many new surgical instruments. He was the first to suggest that syphilis is a cause of aneurysm. He popularized the truss introduced artificial limbs and (in dentistry) re-implantation of the teeth.” GM.
Pinel (Philippe) La Médecine Clinique rendue plus précise et plus exacte par l`application de l`analyse second edition half-title 2 folding tables at end lightly browned contemporary half sheep spine gilt rubbed [GM 4922; Wellcome IV p.388] 8vo Paris J.A.Brosson 1804. ***”Pinel was among the first to treat the insane humanely; he dispensed with chains and placed his patient under the care of specially selected physicians...[He] founded the French School of Psychiatry.” GM.
Purmann.Chirurgia curiosa 1st Eng. 1706 [and] Natura Morboru Medicatrix...by Conrade Joachim Sprengell first English edition imprimatur leaf at beginning supplied in facsimile with errata leaf 5 folding engraved plates pagination erratic after p.106 one plate spotted and torn (repaired) another with small stains text browned ex-Wellcome Library copy with small ink withdrawn stamp at foot of title verso contemporary panelled calf rubbed rebacked red morocco label corners repaired [Wellcome IV p.449] folio for D.Browne... 1706. ***Natura Morborum Medicatrix has a separate title dated 1705..
Sabatier.De la Medecine Opératoire 3 vol. first edition half-titles browned some spotting ink signatures on half-titles and front free endpapers bookseller`s label on verso of half-title of vol.1 rear hinge of vol.2 broken contemporary half vellum spines titled in manuscript rubbed [Wellcome V p.1] 8vo Paris Didot le jeune 1796.
Spratt (G.) Obstetric Tables first edition 12 lithographed plates many with sectional overlays or moving parts some staining affecting inner & top margins modern cloth with morocco spine label 4to 1833. ***Renowned as the only English book on midwifery to be illustrated in this novel and useful way.
Swan (Joseph) Nerves of the Human Body first quarto edition 25 engraved plates light offsetting otherwise very good 8pp. catalogue tipped in at front Robert Bentley Todd`s copy with his bookplate King`s College stamp on title original cloth rebacked 4to 1834. ***Robert Bentley Todd (1809-1860) physician and physiologist; medical reformer..
Turner (Daniel) The Art of Surgery 2 vol. fourth edition mixed set engraved frontispiece (cut and mounted) and folding plate vol.1 modern calf vol.2 contemporary 1732 § Handley (James) Colloquia Chirurgica.. fourth edition contemporary calf 1733 § Brookes (R.) An Introduction to Physic and Surgery contemporary calf rebacked 1754 § Gooch (Benjamin) Cases and Practical Remarks in Surgery name cut away from head of title (repaired) folding engraved plates modern cloth 1758 soiled and browned the first three ex-library copies with stamps rubbed; and 4 others similar 8vo; sold not subject to return(9)
Willis (Thomas) Opera omnia edited by G.Blasius 6 parts in 1 second collected edition engraved portrait and fine additional engraved pictorial title (?by Romeyn de Hooghe) 38 engraved plates on 37 sheets some folding portrait defective at lower corner (washed and repaired) title trimmed to border and laid down slight browning and marginal worming a few folding plates torn ex-library copy with ink stamp on title modern half calf spine gilt slightly rubbed 4to Amsterdam H.Wetsten 1682. ***Including Willis`s three great works on the brain: Cerebri anatome; Pathologiae cerebri; and De anima brutorum. GM describes the first as “the most complete and accurate account of the nervous system which had hitherto appeared and the work which coined the term `neurology`.” GM 1378.
Wilson (James) Lectures on the Blood and on the Anatomy...of the Vascular System... advertisement leaf at end original boards uncut rubbed rebacked in calf 1819 § Inglis (T.) A Probationary Surgical Essay on Carotid Aneurism presentation inscription from the author to his uncle inscribed on verso of dedication modern roan-backed cloth Edinburgh 1817 § Blizard (William) A Lecture...[on] the large Blood-Vessels...Tourniquet second edition half-title folding engraved plate modern boards by J.W.Galabin for C.Dilly 1786 § Jones (J.F.D.) A Treatise on...suppressing the Hemorrhage... half-title 15 engraved plates lightly water-stained 1805 § Goodlad (William) A Practical Essay on the diseases...of the Absorbent System contemporary half calf rubbed 1814 all but the third first editions some spotting or browning the last three ex-library copies with stamps 8vo(5)
Wiseman (Richard) A Treatise of Wounds 1672 2 parts in 1 first edition with F5 & 6 (F5 blank other than signature F6 half-title to Appendix neither included in pagination) but lacking A1 (initial blank) and with K4 6 &7 (final leaves of part 2) supplied in facsimile K5 frayed at edges and silked contemporary ink inscription of Robert Curtis 1712 on final blank and with note “?Not yt all Propheticall Poisons re hypocondriacall” on blank F5 title with faint ink signature and soiled torn & frayed (laid down) a little browned with occasional soiling ex-King`s College Hospital Medical School library copy with ink stamp on a couple of leaves modern sheep black morocco label [Wellcome V p.456; Wing W3110] 8vo by R.Norton for Richard Royston 1672. ***”Wiseman ranks in surgery as high as does Sydenham in medicine...He was the first to describe tuberculosis of the joints...and he gave a good account of gunshot wounds. Wiseman became surgeon to Charles II in 1672.” GM 5573.
Bowman-Lectures...the Operation of the Eye... first edition half-title without the publisher`s catalogue sometimes bound in illustrations lightly browned contemporary cloth rubbed and spotted [GM 1505; Wellcome II p.217] 8vo 1849. ***”Bowman did more than any other man to advance ophthalmic surgery in England” GM..
Jones (Philip) Essay on Crookedness 1788 first edition engraved portrait frontispiece and 5 plates most folding folding facsimile of a testimonial letter contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper `The Hints supplied by Philip Jones - the work written by G.W: - M.D. 1788` offsetting to title contemporary calf joints splitting but holding firm lacking spine label corners worn rubbed and scuffed [Wellcome III 364] scarce 8vo S.Gosnell 1788. ***Copies had varying numbers of facsimiles of testimonials..
Metchnikoff (Élie) The Nature of Man Studies in Optimistic Philosophy first English edition signed by the author on title 2pp. prospectus bound in illustrations original cloth rubbing to extremities otherwise very good 8vo 1903. ***The key work by the creator of `gerontology` the study of aging..
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