We found 118894 price guide item(s) matching your search

London.- Dasent (Arthur Irwin) Piccadilly in Three Centuries, 2 vol., extra illustrated with over a hundred portraits, views and society scenes, in many different media including engraved, aquatint and plain plates,  several hand-coloured, some spots to occasional plates, bookplates, twentieth century half morocco, gilt, spines lightly sunned, Macmillan and Co., 1920 § Park (John James) The Topography and Natural History of Hampstead, engraved folding map and plates, some browning and spotting, modern green half calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, lightly sunned, edges uncut, by and for Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1818 § Faulkner (Thomas) History and Antiquities of Kensington, first edition, folding map and tables, several engraved plates, occasional spotting, later half calf, spine richly gilt with red and green morocco labels, for T. Egerton, et al., 1820; and 7 others London, an attractive group in leather, 8vo (11)   

Freemasonry.- Dermott (Laurence) Ahiman Rezon: or, A Help to a Brother; Shewing the Excellency of Secrecy...of Free-Masonry...To which is added, The greatest Collection of Masons Songs..., first edition, title and following f. printed in red and black, 4pp. list of subscribers, armorial bookplate of A. Leonard Fuller, contemporary ownership inscriptions to endpapers, versos of P3 & final f., 19th century ownership inscription to front free endpaper, title with upper margin slightly trimmed and ink ownership name to head mostly erased, a few very short marginal tears without loss, light browning, soiling, the occasional light stain, final f. with loss to lower blank corner, contemporary calf, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, joints split at ends but holding firm, 8vo, Printed for the Editor, and sold by Brother James Bedford, 1756. *** The first edition rare, we cannot trace a copy at auction since 2005. 

Sowerby (John E.) & Charles Johnson. The Ferns of Great Britain [&] The Fern Allies: A Supplement..., together 2 vol., first edition, 80 hand-coloured engraved plates by Sowerby, vol.1 with upper hinge broken, original blind-stamped cloth, faded, spine of vol.2 worn, 1855-56 § Coyne (J.S.) The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, vol.2 only (of 2), engraved vignette title and plates after W.H.Bartlett, occasional foxing, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, [c.1842] § Lardner (Dionysius, editor) The Museum of Science & Art, 12 vol. in 4, wood-engraved illustrations, some spotting, later half calf, 1854-56 § Hakluyt (Richard) The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation, 2 vol., folding map, original cloth, dust-jackets, spines faded, Cambridge, 1965, all rubbed; and a small quantity of others, miscellaneous, including a volume of Philosophical Transactions of 1837, v.s.; sold not subject to return (2 boxes)

Las Cases (Emmanuel, Comte de) Memoirs...Comprising a Letter...To Lucien Bonaparte, Giving a Faithful Account of the Voyage of Napoleon to St. Helena, first edition in English, half-title, early ownership inscription erased from head of title and following f., A6 with short repaired tear to inner margin, E8 small paper repair to lower blank corner, M3 & O3 with very small hole affecting couple letters, scattered spotting, some browning, later brown half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, some rubbing to joints and extremities, t.e.g., others uncut, for Henry Colburn, 1818; and others 19th century, various subjects, 8vo (8)

Economics.- True State of England (The). Containing the Particular Duty, Business and Salary..., first edition, light marginal water-staining to first few leaves, one or two marginal tears, some worming slightly affecting text, the odd spot, contemporary calf-backed boards, covers detached, rubbed and worn with loss to spine ends, C. King et al., 1729 § Lauderdale (Earl of) An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth, first edition, lightly browned, foxed, Edinburgh, Arch. Constable and Co., 1804 bound with Lauderdale's Observations, together 2 works in 1 vol., hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, spine cracked at end of first work, rebacked and recornered preserving original backstrip, some surface wear § Sturt (Charles) The Real State of France in the Year 1809, second edition, title spotted, J. Ridgway, 1809, in Miscellanies of France, no.353, early nineteenth century half calf, red morocco spine label, spine rubbed, upper joint slightly cracked; and c.160 others, mostly nineteenth century pamphlets and reports, v.s. (c.160)

Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vol., first edition in book form, wood-engraved illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne, some foxing and soiling, marginal light staining, some leaves lightly creased, original cloth, spines faded and lower covers partially so, 1840-41 § Trollope (Anthony) The Chronicles of Barsetchire, 8 vol., original cloth, spine ends slightly frayed, 1879; and a quantity of others, Dickens and Trollope, v.s. (qty)

London.- Wheatley (Henry B.) Round About Piccadilly and Pall Mall, first edition, half-title, frontispiece and map, wood engraved illustrations throughout, a couple of instances of very light foxing, Smith, Elder & Co., 1870 § Walford (Edward) Londoniana, 2 vol., half-titles, without advertisements to vol. 2, Hurst and Blackett, 1879 § Ross (Frederick) Bygone London, one of 500 copies, half-title and frontispiece, Hutchinson & Co., 1892, all in near contemporary half morocco, either black or red, spines gilt, some light sunning or rubbing in places; and 4 others similarly bound, an attractive group, 8vo (8)    

Fuller (Thomas) The Church-History of Britain; From the Birth of Jesus Christ, Untill the Year M.DC.XLVIII, first edition, divisional titles, woodcut illustrations and initials, 5 engraved plates including folding plan of Cambridge, with blank ff. 2R4, 4H2 and 6C4, bookplate of A. Leonard Fuller, title lightly soiled and with ink initials to upper corner, few instances of contemporary ink annotation, mainly to 'History of the University of Cambridge' section, 2 plates loose, Cambridge plan with repaired tear, 3A, 3F4 & 4I3 small [rust-]hole affecting few letters, 4Z2-3 with heavy staining but still legible, very occasional small worming to gutter, sometimes affecting ruled border but no text loss, a few minor marginal defects or short tears into text without loss, occasional soiling, some light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed and worn in places, new endpapers, [Wing F2416], folio, for John Williams, 1655; and 2 others 17th century, including a defective copy of Fuller's Holy Warre, small 4to & folio (3)

Birds.- Wilson (Alexander) and Charles Lucian Bonaparte. American Ornithology: or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, 3 vol., engraved portrait, 97 hand-coloured engraved plates by W. H. Lizars after Wilson and others, lacking half-titles, bookplate of George John Miller of Frankfield, plates 10, 12 & 33 loose, plate 45 working loose at foot, plate 28 with tiny tear at inner margin (no loss), few text leaves loose, the occasional marginal tear, pp.167-172 tear into text but no loss, foxing to first few leaves vol. 1, the odd spot elsewhere, offsetting, some soiling, 19th century red half morocco, spines gilt, some staining, particularly to vol. 3 upper cover, rubbed, t.e.g., [Sabin 104598; Wood p. 630], London & Edinburgh, 1832; and 3 others ornithology, including vol. 1 only of Donovan's Natural History of British Birds (1794), 8vo (6) *** First published between 1808-14. Sir William Jardine (1800-1874), author and naturalist, arranged for the publication of this edition, overseeing Lizar's re-engraving of the original plates on a smaller scale.

La Motte (Antoine Houdar de) Fables Nouvelles Dediées au Roy, first edition, engraved vignettes by Cochin the elder, Claude Gillot, Edelinck and others after Gillot, Charles-Antoine Coypel and others, light water-stain to inner margin of first couple of leaves, light foxing and spotting, hinges slightly cracked but holding firm, contemporary calf, rebacked, repair to one corner, rubbed, Paris, Gregoire Dupuis, 1719 § [Malfilatre (Jacques Charles Louis Clinchamp de)] Narcisse dans l'Isle de Vénus, half-title, engraved title and 4 plates by Eisen and others, some worming, one or two marginal repairs, light scattered spotting, book-label to front pastedown, uncut, modern boards with morocco spine label, Paris, Lejay, [1769] § Boyle (Robert) Paradoxa Hydrostatica, first Latin edition, lacking plates, tape-marks to title and last leaf, light marginal water-staining to first few leaves, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, morocco spine label, slightly rubbed, Rotterdam, Arnold Leers, 1670; and 5 others, including vol.1 of Histoire Critique de Manichée by de Beausobre, continental literature, v.s. (8)

Carriages.- Small (James) A Treatise on Ploughs and Wheel Carriages, 5 engraved plates, of which 4 folding, first plate with very short tear repaired to verso (not affecting image), third plate with tiny hole to lower margin, some light browning and foxing, modern cloth, uncut, Edinburgh, for the Author, 1784 § Fuller (T.) An Essay on Wheel Carriages, half-title, 7 engraved plates, contemporary ownership name of Arthur Fuller to pastedown, some foxing, including to plates, browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to upper cover (some light soiling, small tear), spine sunned, some wear to extremities, 1828, first editions; and others relating to carriages, including a mixed edition set of Felton's Treatise on Carriages, 8vo (14)

Howitt (Samuel) A New Work of Animals: Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay, and Phaedrus, 100 etched plates, bookplate of A. Leonard Fuller, plate at p.13 with tear into image repaired without loss, few other plates with very short marginal tears, offsetting, scattered foxing, some light browning, 19th century straight-grain green morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, covers with central gilt stag within blind-stamped border, spine and upper cover a fraction faded, couple small spots to upper cover and tiny nicks to lower cover, light rubbing to joints and extremities, heavier to corners, g.e., Edward Orme, 1811 § Rowlandson (Thomas) [The Comforts of Bath], reprint, 12 uncoloured etchings with aquatint after Rowlandson, letterpress verses from Anstey's 'New Bath Guide' printed below, with letterpress preface concerning the reprinting, plates trimmed within platemark at head but not affecting image, first plate with text shaved to foot, a few very short marginal tears without loss, some light spotting, later half calf over marbled boards, some wear to extremities, [Abbey, Scenery 40 (first edition)], [Bath], [Rob.t Walker], 1858; and others illustrated, including the first Tilt published edition of Paradise Lost with mezzotint plates by John Martin (1833), v.s. (5) *** The second mentioned issued without a title page, the title originally printed on the upper wrapper (not here present).

Bath.- Warner (Rev. Richard) The History of Bath, 1 vol. bound in 2, first edition, specially-printed title to vol. 2, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding plan of Bath and 13 plates (portrait, plan and a few plates trimmed and mounted, plate 5 misbound at end vol. 2), vol. 2 with manuscript Index leaf bound at end, extra-illustrated with c.80 plates, portraits, maps and a few pieces of related ephemera, some laid down to blank leaves, others bound in, includes some illustrations laid down to plate margins, lacking half-title, vol. 1 with bookplate of Richard Warner of Woodford Row Essex, cut signature "V. faithfully R. Warner" laid down to verso of dedication leaf, couple leaves with ink annotation, a few folding plates with tears, occasional spotting or light browning, offsetting, bound in brown half morocco by Ramage, upper covers with central gilt arms of Bath, extremities lightly rubbed, little heavier to corners, t.e.g., Bath, R. Cruttwell, 1801; and others Bath related, including 2 vol. second edition of Wood's Description of Bath (1765), 8vo & 4to (8) 

London.- Hughson (David) London; being an accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and its Neighbourhood to thirty miles extent from an actual perambulation, first edition, 6 vol., engraved allegorical frontispiece and additional titles vol. 1-2, numerous engraved views, portraits and maps, most of the maps folding and several with hand-colouring, a little marginal worming to start of vol. 3, contemporary diced calf, gilt, spines gilt with morocco labels and black bands, some joints beginning to crack but holding firm, some very slight rubbing, 8vo, by W. Stratford for J. Stratford, 1805-09. *** First edition of this attractive set of a work which gives an impressive panorama of Regency London. 

Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding plates, offsetting to first few leaves of vol.1, the odd spot, bookplates, original boards, printed spine labels, damp-staining along spines, spine ends bumped, some splits to joints, extremities slightly rubbed, some soiling, uncut, modern morocco-backed slip-cases with printed spine labels, some joints broken, J. Richardson et al., 1823 § M'Cormick (Charles) Memoirs of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title head trimmed without loss to text, T3 torn affecting text, a few marginal tears and neat repairs, one or two marginal stains, light foxing, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, later morocco spine label, covers worn, Lee and Hurst, 1798 § Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, frontispiece and plates, 4 maps, 2 folding, 2 loose, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, hinges slightly cracked, original buckram, gilt, uncut, covers lightly soiled, spine lightly sunned, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, 1935; and c.25 others, including Ritchie's Ireland: Picturesque and Romantic, otherwise English history and Whig politics, v.s. (c.30)

Ceramics.- Atterbury (Paul) & others. The Parian Phenomenon: A Study of Victorian Parian Porcelain Statuary & Busts, Shepton Beauchamp, 1989 § Greenwood (Martin) The Designs of William de Morgan: A Catalogue, Shepton Beauchamp, 1989 § Jokelson (Paul) Sulphides: The Art of Cameo Incrustation, one of 500 copies signed by the author, New York, 1968 § Meteyard (Eliza) The Life of Joseph Wedgwood, 2 vol., facsimile reprint, Ilkley, 1980 § Lewis (J. & G.) Pratt Ware...1780-1840, revised edition, Woodbridge, 1993 § Koch (Robert) Louis C Tiffany, Rebel in Glass, second edition, New York, 1966, illustrations, some colour, the first three with book-label of James Stirling, original cloth or boards, the third & fourth with slip-cases, the rest dust-jackets, a little rubbed; and c.30 others on ceramics & glass, 4to & 8vo (c.35)

Holy Land.- Fuller (Thomas) A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the confines thereof, with the history of the Old and New Testament acted thereon, first edition, engraved additional title (few marginal repairs), engraved "Lector" plate (bound after "To the Reader" f.), large folding map of the Holy Land (small portion silked, tear into image repaired with fractional loss, scale slightly frayed at lower inner edge), 27 double-page plates, maps and plans, bookplate of A. Leonard Fuller, plates with small ink page number to verso, few plates with small marginal chips or tears, once or twice repaired, plate at I2 small repair along central fold to verso with very small loss to image, plate at 3I1 upper corner repaired (just within platemark) and tiny rust-hole within image, C2, L1 & X3 with marginal tears repaired, occasional very small worming to head of gutter, affecting a few plates, occasional light soiling or staining, the odd spot, some damp-staining to foot towards end, contemporary calf, later paper spine label, spine head chipped, corners worn, rubbed, front endpapers renewed, [Wing F2455], folio, J.F. for John Williams, 1650.

Somerset.- Warner (Rev. Richard) The History of Bath, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding plan of Bath and 13 plates, lacking half-title, bookplate of Thomas Fuller, a few plates trimmed within image, plan with a few short tears at folds but no loss, very small stain to a few plates, some spotting, browning, generally light but heavier to title, offsetting, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered in modern morocco, spine gilt and with red morocco label, old covers heavily rubbed, Bath, R. Cruttwell, 1801; and a 3 vol. set of Collinson's History of Somerset, 4to (4) 

Angling.- Wackett (L.J.) My Hobby is Trout Fishing, first edition, presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, frontispiece, light marginal staining, gutter slightly cracked in places, first gathering slightly proud, spotting to first and last couple of leaves, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some light soiling, 8vo, Melbourne, 1946. *** A scarce book, for which we cannot trace any appearance at auction outside of Australia.

Curtis (William) Lectures on Botany, vol. 1 & 2 only (of 3), first edition, engraved portrait, 95 hand-coloured engraved plates, vol. 1 with contemporary ownership name of D.B. Hanbury to front free endpaper, light offsetting, some light browning, occasional light foxing to text, the odd spot or very light soiling to plates, but overall good, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, vol. 1 spine little chipped at foot, some wear to corners, rubbed, upper joints split but holding firm, William Phillips, 1803-04; and 3 others by Buffon with hand-coloured natural history plates, 8vo (5)

Adams (Ansel) My Camera in the National Parks, first edition, signed by the author to blank, 30 plates, spotting to first and last few leaves, original printed card wrappers and spiral binding, rubbed, lacking dust-jacket, Boston, 1950 § Adams (Ansel) & Nancy Newhall. This is the American Earth, first edition, illustrations, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few short tears to upper flap, lightly spotted, San Francisco, 1960 § Adams (Ansel) & John Muir, first edition, early printing without date on title, plates, ink stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners slightly chipped and creased, Boston, 1948; and 9 others, Ansel Adams, and the Collected Facsimile Edition of Gustav Holst's Autograph Manuscripts, 4to and folio (12)

Bath.- Beckford (William).- Maddox (Wiles) Views of Lansdown Tower, Bath. The Favourite Edifice of the Late William Beckford Esqr., first edition, chromolithographed title with hand-coloured vignette, lithographed dedication, list of subscribers, 6 tinted lithographed illustrations in text, 13 hand-coloured lithographed plates on 12 card leaves by C.J. Richardson after Maddox, tipped-in 'Notes' slip, all but first plate with tissue-guard, dedication f. with very short repaired tear to upper margin, some leaves with insect damage to margins, mainly affecting dedication f. and first plate lower fore-edge, occasional light soiling, some text leaves toned, spotting, mainly to title and text, 19th century morocco, with original gilt lettering inlaid to upper cover, light staining, worn at foot, rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 420], large folio, Bath & London, Edmund English & Thomas McLean, 1844.

Grasses.- Hanham (Frederick) Natural Illustrations of the British Grasses, first edition, half-title, 62 plates of mounted dried specimens of grasses, advertisement leaf at end, half-title with very short closed tear to fore-margin, plate at p.36 with some loss to specimen, few other plates with specimens come loose and loosely inserted, some very light soiling to first few leaves, offsetting, original red morocco, gilt, some scattered small ink marks to upper cover and spine, wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, Bath, London & Edinburgh, [c.1846] § Pratt (Anne) The British Grasses and Sedges, 35 colour plates with tissue-guards, 4pp. advertisements at end, front free endpaper with small embossed stamp of Edwin Slater of Manchester and later pencil ownership inscription, original blind-stamped cloth, fraying to spine ends, spine and extremities sunned, g.e., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [?1858]; and others natural history, most grasses or ferns related, including 3 albums of mounted dried specimens of flowers and leaves, v.s. (25)

Duby (Georges) & Guy Lobrichon, editors. The History of Venice in Painting, New York & London, 2007 § Venturino Alce (P.) Il Coro di San Domenico in Bologna, edited by Renzo Renzi, Parma, 1969 § Ettlinger (L.d. & Helen S.) Raphael, Oxford, 1987 § Wittkower (R.) The Drawings of the Carracci...at Windsor Castle, 1952 § Blunt (Anthony) The Drawings of G.B.Castiglione & Stefano della Bella... at Windsor Castle, 1954 § Haskell (F.) Patrons and Painters: A Study in the Relations between Italian Art and Society in the Age of the Baroque, revised edition, New Haven & London, 1980, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the first with slip-case, the rest dust-jackets, the last three a little rubbed; and c.55 others, mostly Italian art, v.s. (c.60)

Browning (Robert) The Agamemnon of Aeschylus, first edition, advertisements at end, very occasional light spotting, mostly to first and last few leaves, original green cloth, minor loss to spine head, spine foot and corners lightly bumped, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1877 § Keats (John) The Poetical Works..., upper hinge slightly cracked but holding firm, silk endpapers, handsome contemporary green crushed morocco, gilt, by Ramage, covers decorated with elaborate floral design, spine gilt in compartments with floral motif, g.e., wide decorative gilt dentelles, spine faded, joints slightly rubbed, corners slightly rubbed, 1919, 8vo (2)

Polar.- Stefánsson (Vilhjálmur) My Life with the Eskimo, numerous photographic plates, one preliminary leaf loose, book-label to pastedown, hinges stating, original cloth, gilt, spine ends a little bumped, 1913 § Scoresby (Rev. William) Memorials of the Sea. My Father: being records of the adventures of the life of the late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby, first edition, 2pp. advertisements to rear, some finger soiling and toning, repairs to hinges, contemporary blind-stamped cloth, a few tears and wear to extremities, 1851, 8vo (2)

Barrie (J.M.) Peter and Wendy, first edition, frontispiece, pictorial title and 11 plates by F.D. Bedford, stain to pp.186-187 affecting text, light occasional spotting, endpapers browned, edges spotted, original variant cloth decorated in white, spine rubbed with loss to much of white decoration (as often), spine ends lightly bumped, some light fading and mottling, 8vo, 1911.

Rebeyrolle (Paul).- Sautreau (Serge) and André Velter Conte Rouge Pour Paloma, one of 175 copies on Arches paper signed by the artist and authors, additionally signed in pencil by the artist to first plate, 15 original colour lithographed plates, loose as issued within original wrappers, original chemise, spine lightly sunned, slip-case, a couple of joints slightly cracked, Maeght Éditeur, 1975 § Orlan (Pierre Mac) Vlaminck, limited edition, 5 original lithographed plates, one colour, by Maurice de Vlaminck, plates, original wrappers, slip-case, joints slightly cracked, Mourlot Frères, 1958 § Prévert (Jacques) Varengeville, first edition, 17 lithographic plates after Georges Braque, loose as issued within original boards, slip-case with pictorial label, Maeght Editeur, 1968, Paris, 4to and folio (3)

McLaren (John) Gardening in California Landscape and Flower, one of 100 copies signed by the author, illustrations, some full-page, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, bound in green half morocco by the Hicks-Judd Bindery, spine gilt but sunned, very small patch of soiling to upper cover, t.e.g., San Francisco, A.M. Robertson, 1909 § Baker (E.C. Stuart) Indian Pigeons and Doves, first edition, half-title, colour frontispiece and 26 plates, bookplate of Richard Sparrow, ink initials to pastedown, foxing, mainly to text, 20th century green half morocco, very slight rubbing to extremities, t.e.g., 1913; and others gardening or natural history, including Baker's Indian Ducks and their Allies, v.s. (5)

Theatre.- Tairoff (Alexander) Das Entfesselte Theater. Aufzeichnungen eines Regisseurs, first German edition, photographic portrait, plates, 2 colour, original cloth-backed boards with striking upper cover in red & black designed by El Lissitsky (not found on Russian edition), slightly rubbed and soiled, faint crease across upper outer corner, neatly rebacked, Potsdam, 1923 § Craig (Edward Gordon, editor) The Mask: A Quarterly Journal of the Art of the Theatre, vol.4 (of 15), photogravure portrait of Craig by Edward Stecihen, plates and illustrations, some woodcuts, some on brown paper (offset on facing leaves), advertisement leaf at end, original limp vellum with yapp edges & ties, uncut, spine titled in manuscript (slightly worn away), a little soiled, upper cover warped, Florence, Arena Goldoni, 1911-12 § Royalty Theatre. Souvenir of the Anniversary Performance of Milestones [by Arnold Bennett & Edward Knoblauch], Wednesday Evening, March 5th, 1913, printed in red & black, 3 tipped-in colour plates by William Nicholson, 2 tipped-in portraits, later ink inscription to Roddy [the architect Rocerick Gradidge] on inside wrapper, original pictorial wrappers by Nicholson, uncut, very slightly soiled, 1913; and 3 others, theatre, 4to & 8vo (6)*** Alexander Tairoff was the leading progressive Moscow theatre director and here he puts forward his views on the current state of Russian drama (acting, production, stage design, etc). Tairoff had been in the forefront of avant-garde theatre in Moscow before and during the 1914-18 war, and for this book, originally published in Russian in 1921 and here in its first foreign language edition, he explains his role in recent Moscow theatre history and expresses his support for the theories of Edward Gordon Craig and other theatre reformers. The second is an important magazine by the great modernist theatre-designer himself. Craig settled in Florence in 1907 and began a very productive period of his life, mainly concerning his magazine The Mask, which continued sporadically for twenty years and contained numerous contributions by Craig on stage design, masks, puppets etc. As Craig's son Teddy later explained, "The format of The Mask was governed by the size of the paper, which was hand-made, cheap and came from near-by Fabriano.The typography was dependent on what founts of type the printers had to hand...The layout was based on an early copy of Vitruvius that he had picked up for a few lire." (Edward Craig. Gordon Craig: The Story of His Life p.231).

Mill (John Stuart) On Liberty, first edition, lacking advertisements, front free endpaper with contemporary ink ownership inscription (name crossed through) and another later in pencil, contemporary pencil notes to front free endpaper and occasionally to text margins (a few times rubbed out), title and margins slightly toned, occasional very light spotting, one or two small and light stains, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine and extremities lightly sunned, fraying to spine ends, corners bumped and rubbed, [PMM 345], 8vo, 1859. *** Mill's important and highly influential radical work, in its original binding. 

Entomology.- Donovan (Edward) The Natural History of British Insects, 16 vol. in 8, first edition, lacking half-titles except vol.14, 576 hand-coloured plates, all but a few hand-coloured, some off-setting, some spotting, mainly but not exclusively to text leaves, modern pale green half morocco, with original spine labels, a couple of which slightly chipped, spines sunned, [Nissen ZBI 1142], 8vo, for the author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 1792-1813. 

Nelson Debating Club (The): Newcastle-upon-Thyne, 2 sheets, 700 x 400mm and 730 x 400mm, rules in a calligraphic hand, members' names in signature form, linen-backed, some spotting, linen soiled, bookplate, folding into contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, lacking backstrip, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, [c.1840s]; and c.130 others, including a first edition of Tertulliani's Apologeticus, otherwise mostly bibliographies and catalogues, some manuscripts, v.s. (c.130)

Art & Architecture.- Russia & Eastern Europe.- [Zaharov (Andrea)] [Soviet Architecture Academy. Soviet Institute of Architecture], first edition, original cloth, small closed tear upper joint, overall an excellent copy, 1940 § Imre (Henszlmann) Monumenta Hungariae Archeologica. Magyarorszagi Regeszeti Emlekek, 2 vol. [vol. 2, parts 1-2], illustrations, some in colour, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, sunned, Budapest, 1869-73 § Béla magyar kiraly emlekezete, original cloth, gilt, spine head torn, Budapest, 1900 § de Radisics (Eugene) Le Pavillion Historique de la Hongrie a l'exposition universelle de Paris en 1900, several photogravure plates, near contemporary green half morocco, a little rubbed, original wrappers bound-in, Paris, [c.1900], all with numerous plates, some photographic, others in colour, general slight wear to extremities, 4to & folio (5)

Greece.- Savary (Claude Etienne) Letters on Greece; Being the Sequel of Letters on Egypt, half-title, folding engraved map frontispiece, folding plan of Cretan labyrinth, advertisement leaf at end, plates lightly offset, marginal browning and some very light spotting to first and last few leaves, some very light browning elsewhere, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt and with red and green morocco labels, corners rubbed, for C. Elliot & T. Kay, 1788 § Clark (William George) Peloponnesus: Notes of Study and Travel, first edition, half-title, 5 maps or plans, of which one folding, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper dated Eton 1868, the odd spot, bound in polished calf by Rivière, rebacked with old morrocco spine label laid down, some wear to corners and cover extremities, John W. Parker and Son, 1858; and others travel, various countries, including several volumes of The Landscape Annual, 8vo & 4to (16) *** The first mentioned published in the same year as the French original. 

[Burke (Edmund)] A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, new edition, armorial bookplate of Edward Pery Buckley, small marginal tear to title, a few instances of passage-marking or annotation in pencil, the occasional light stain, some light browning or foxing, contemporary calf, red morocco spine label (very small chip), some wear to extremities, rubbed, upper joint cracked but holding, for J. Dodsley, 1787 § [Marshall (William)] A Review of The Landscape...also of An Essay on the Picturesque; together with Practical Remarks on Rural Ornament, first edition, half-title, contemporary ownership name of Edward Crofton to pastedown, P2 very small hole affecting couple letters, some browning, occasional light spotting or small staining, contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, portion worn at foot of covers, otherwise extremities little rubbed, for G. Nicol, 1795; and 6 others 18th century, various subjects, including a 1798 edition of the first mentioned, 8vo (8)

Cornwall.- Borlase (William) Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly, first edition, half-title, 4 folding engraved plates, one engraved illustration, occasional light foxing, bookplate of John, Baron Rolle, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine ends worn, label chipped, 4to, Printed by W. Jackson, 1756.

Medicine.- Tuson (Edward William) A Supplement to Myology; containing the Arteries, Veins, Nerves, and Lymphatics of the Human Body, first edition, 9 hand-coloured lithographs with many flaps, first lithograph slightly cockled at head, 1828, bound with The Anatomy and Surgery of Inguinal and Femoral Hernia, first edition, 3 hand-coloured lithographs with many flaps, 1834, together 2 works in 1 vol., letterpress descriptions, few leaves with very small ink-stain to foot, some very light spotting, light soiling, contemporary calf, prize binding stamped in gilt and presented by Tuson to one of his pupils, brass clasp lock with key, lacking backstrip, lower cover with ink stain to foot, worn in places, rubbed, upper cover nearly loose but holding, folio.  *** Edward William Tuson (1802-65), began lecturing in anatomy after qualifying as a surgeon. He initially lectured from Gerrard Street in Soho, before moving to premises in Little Windmill Street. This book appears to have been a prize given to one of Tuson's Little Windmill Street students. The text on the binding reads, "Theatre of Anatomy. Little Windmill Street. May 5. 1835. This prize was awarded to Mr. C.H.M. Mules. For the great attention & diligence display'd in the study of anatomy. By E.W. Tuson."

Milton (John) Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, 2 vol., list of subscribers, I1 vol. 2 with small marginal loss, previous owner's ink signature to blanks, bookplates to front pastedown and title verso, contemporary calf. a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, Birmingham, John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, 1760 § Teignmouth (Lord) Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence, of Sir William Jones, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, one facsimile, previous owner's ink signature to title, 3I4 with small marginal hole, scattered spotting, previous owner's pencil notes to blanks at end, bookplate, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1804 § Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 6 vol., 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, scattered spotting, contemporary half-calf, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Oxford, 1823; and others, 8vo & 4to (24).

Herbal.- [Gerard (John) The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, first edition,] lacking title and possibly other leaves, some leaves from index at end misbound near beginning, many of these leaves trimmed short, repaired or defective, main body of book with engraved portrait and numerous woodcut illustrations, some rather crudely partially coloured by an early hand, damp-staining and soiling, modern half calf, folio, John Norton, 1597; sold not subject to return 

Abolitionist poetry by a woman.- Taylor (Emily) The Vision of Las Casas, and Other Poems, first edition, lacking half-title and publisher's advertisements, light water-staining to first few leaves, light occasional spotting, contemporary calf, morocco spine label, rubbed and worn with some loss to spine label, 8vo, Taylor and Hessey, 1825. *** An exceptionally rare first edition with only 5 copies on Library Hub and no traceable appearance at auction since 1925. Emily Taylor (1795-1872) was a schoolmistress, hymnist and poet who, in the title poem of this her first collection of poetry, envisions a dying Bartolomé de las Casas, the first bishop of Chiapas whose A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Historia de Las Indias chronicle the first decades of colonization of the Caribbean islands and the associated atrocities. Las Casas' vision ends with his being granted a prophetic glimpse of the abolitionist movement in Taylor's own time, with specific mentions of Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce. 

Dulac (Edmund, illustrator).- Khayyám (Omar) Rubaiyat, first Dulac edition, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 20 plates by Dulac, with captioned paper-guards, handsomely bound in contemporary green half morocco over vellum by Bumpus of Oxford, gilt, some light rubbing to extremities, and two very small marks to vellum lower cover, overall an excellent copy, 4to, Hodder and Stoughton, [1909].

Apples.- Knight (Thomas Andrew) Pomona Herefordiensis, first edition, 30 hand-coloured stipple-engraved and aquatint plates, title and other text leaves at beginning and end foxed, plates generally clean with some light offsetting and occasional soiling, from the Horticultural Society of New York with label and circular embossed stamp to margin of one text leaf, contemporary half roan, worn, upper cover detached, [Dunthorne 168; Nissen BBI 1072], 4to, Printed for the Agricultural Society of Herefordshire, 1811.

London.- Hatton (Edward) A New View of London; or, an Ample Account of that City, 2 vol., first edition, two folding engraved maps, 3 engraved plates of arms, of which 2 folding, scattered ink library stamps and labels to pastedowns of the Law Society, some mostly marginal browning and soiling, nineteenth century red half morocco, rubbed and slightly soiled, 8vo, for R. Chiswell, et al., 1708. 

Cornwall.- Gilbert (Davies) The Parochial History of Cornwall, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, foxing, stain to lower margin in vol.4, later half morocco, 1838 § Hawkins (Sir Christopher) Observtaions on the Tin Trade of the Ancients in Cornwall, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 8pp. advertisements at end, brokwn, uncut in original plain boards, most of backstrip missing, 1811 § Grylls (Rev. Henry) Descriptive Sketch of the Windows of St. Neot Church, fourth edition, tinted lithograph frontispiece (foxed), original purple morocco, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, g.e., London, Oxford, Plymouth and Devonport, 1854; and 24 others on Cornwall, v.s. (30)

London.- Faulkner (Thomas) A Historical and Topographical Account of Fulham; Including the Hamlet of Hammersmith, first edition, engraved frontispiece, dedication, folding map and 8 plates (including 1 folding pedigree), bookplate of Arthur Bentley Connor, folding map trimmed to border, some spotting and light browning, plates offset (some heavily), contemporary half calf, rebacked, morocco spine label, corners worn, old covers rubbed, 1813 § Thornbury (Walter) Haunted London, first edition, half-title, errata leaf at end, gutter cracked at points, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends little bumped, very slightly rubbed, still a bright copy, 1865 § Croker (Thomas Crofton) A Walk from London to Fulham, revised and edited by T. F. Dillon Croker, half-title, very slight marginal toning, bound in red half morocco over marbled boards by L. Broga, spine gilt in compartments, slight rubbing to extremities, g.e., 1860, illustrations; and others London related, 4to & 8vo (8) 

Cornwall.- Norden (John) Speculi Britanniae Pars: A Topographical and Historical Description of Cornwall, first edition, additional engraved title, frontispiece, dedication, folding general map, 9 double-page maps of the hundreds, illustrations, foxing and occasional marginal water-staining, engraved title chipped, later half calf, rubbed, 4to, Printed by William Pearson, for the editor, 1728.

Humphreys (Henry Noel) The Genera and Species of British Butterflies, additional title and 32 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some browning, some spotting and foxing, light offsetting, contemporary half morocco, spine lightly sunned, few small stains, spotting to lower cover, rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 2053], Paul Jerrard and Son, [1859] § Wood (William) Index Entomologicus; or, A Complete Illustrated Catalogue...of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain, new edition, 59 hand-coloured engraved plates containing numerous specimens, tissue-guards, few words excised from first f. of catalogue at end, occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt with moth motif, some wear to joints and extremities, rubbed, t.e.g., [Nissen ZBI 4458], G. Wilis, 1854; and others natural history, including volumes of the Naturalist's Library, v.s. (c.35)

Cosgrave (Bronwyn) & others. Sample. 100 Fashion Designers. 010 Curators: Cuttings from Contemporary Fashion, illustrations, many colour, original pleated white boards with elastic strap, fore-edge cut at angles, cloth slip-case, 2005 § Coton (A.V.) The New Ballet: Kurt Jooss and his Work, first edition, illustrations, some colour, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed, a little frayed and chipped at edges, 1946 § Ballets Jooss. Souvenir programme, illustrations, a little browned, hand-printed pictorial wrappers designed by Hein Heckroth, spine slightly worn, Totnes, Dartington Hall, [c.1938]; and 7 others on ballet & dance, mostly Ballets Jooss including a duplicate of the last, 4to & 8vo (10) 

Dugdale (Sir William) The Baronage of England: or, An historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility, 3 vol. in 2, first edition, double column, 2 titles in title in red and black, 5 folding genealogical tables (1 with tape repairs to verso at folds), vol. 1 without errata leaf, N4 small chip, Rrr2-3 taped along fore-edge, modern panelled calf, spines gilt with navy morocco labels, [Wing D2480], folio, by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry Herringman, 1675-76.

London.- Stow (John) The Survay of London, third edition, partially printed in black letter, *1-2 bound in between C2 and C3, woodcut initials and head-pieces, occasional small ink notes to margins, title darkened and laid down to sheet with top edge trimmed touching letters and very small portions of marginal loss, [par]2 small closed tear and hole affecting text, P2 & Q2 closed tears affecting text, Hhh5 small defect with partial loss of words at foot, final 2ff. frayed, some trimming to top edge touching headlines, browning and soiling, linen repairs to hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, retaining majority of original back-strip, [Pforzheimer 994; STC 23344], George Purslowe, 1618 §  K[eepe] (H[enry]) Monumenta Westmonasteriensia: or an Historical Account of... St. Peter's, or the Abby Church of Westminster, first edition, engraved bookplate of Thomas Foley of Great Witley Court, Worcs. mounted on verso of title, a few marginal defects, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, [Wing K126], for C. Wilkinson and T. Dring, 1682, small 4to & 8vo (2)

London.- Binding.- Godfrey (Walter H.) A History of the Architecture in London, first edition, half-title, black and white photographic illustrations, several folding maps to rear, these with a little light foxing, finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Zaehnsdorf in black morocco, ornately gilt with panel design to covers and decorative banding and foliate devices to spine and dentelles, edges ruled in gilt, white watered silk endpapers and doublures, g.e., 8vo, 1911.*** A very handsome copy. 

Dawson (Thomas) Memoirs of St. George The English Patron; and of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, first edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black and with engraved Garter medal, 1 engraved plate, occasional water-staining to head, light browning and occasional spotting, modern morocco, red morocco spine label, Henry Clements, 1714 § Terence's Comedies Made English With His Life, tear to E1 affecting text, occasional worming slightly affecting text, lightly browned and spotted, later calf, rebacked with red morocco spine label, slightly rubbed, A. Swall and T. Childe, 1694; and 10 others, English literature, including a sammelband of eighteenth century plays, v.s. (12)

India.- Sullivan (Sir Edward) The Conquerors, Warriors & Statesmen of India, first edition, folding map of India, lacking publisher's advertisements at end, embossed stamp to title, the odd very faint stain, bookplate, near-contemporary buckram, spine gilt, John Murray, 1866 § History of the Trial of Warren Hastings (The), first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking folding plan, a few leaves browned, light occasional spotting, original cloth-backed boards, morocco spine label, spine sunned, upper joint slightly split, spine ends and corners bumped, a few stains to covers, J. Debrett, 1796 § Hastings (Warren) Memoirs Relative to the State of India, first edition, lacking frontispiece, offset onto title, ex-Shropshire county library with usual labels and stamp, foxing, contemporary half calf, morocco spine label, shelf mark in manuscript to upper cover, spine ends and corners bumped, rubbed, J. Murray, 1786; and 10 others, Warren Hastings and India, 8vo and 4to (13)

Carriages.- Felton (William) A Treatise on Carriages; comprehending Coaches, Chariots, Phaetons, Curricles, Whiskeys, &c..., 2 vol., vol. 1 first edition, vol. 2 second edition, 53 engraved plates, some folding, lacking half-titles, armorial bookplate of Thomas Fuller, vol. 1 with 8pp. 'Plan of the Register-Office for Buying and Selling Carriages and Horses', 5pp. List of Contents and errata leaf all bound after preliminaries, light soiling to vol. 1 title, few plates trimmed just within image, a couple folding with short tear but no loss, occasional light foxing, some light browning, light offsetting, modern calf by Salisbury Bookbinders, spines gilt but sunned, marbled endpapers, vol. 1 for the Author, vol. 2 for J. Debrett, 1794-96; and 3 others relating to carriages, 8vo (5) *** Rare. One of the most sought-after works on carriage construction, with details of carriage parts, harnesses etc. and their prices. Vol. 2 includes the 119pp. supplement at end. 

Three boxes of modern first edition books.

Collection of circa World War II era black and white Press photographs, some 'Issued by the British Council Press Division', a number with typewritten detail verso, briefly to include: British Topography (St. James's Palace; Abbeys of Britain; Scotland - Mull; Iona; Glamis Castle; Edinburgh Castle, etc),Portraiture (John Gielgud as Macbeth (x 2); T. S. Eliot Icelanders See Exercise In England (various) USSR Pictorial Survey, (various) Most 6 x 8 inches / 15cm x 20cm, and smaller, unframed, (qty, approx 70), Together with a part set of World War II era American ETO 660th Battalion folding maps of various German towns, First Edition AEF, 660th Engr. Topo. Bn. 1945, drafted by 649th & 656th Engr. Topo. Bns, scale 1:200,000, 23 maps in all

Omega - A steel 'Chronostop Driver Edition' flyback chronograph wristwatch, circa 1967, model 145.010, serial number 25869211, circular grey '12 o'clock at 3 o'clock' dial, with silvered batons, white hands and centre orange chronograph sweep, signed 17 jewel mechanical crown wind movement calibre 865, with crown at 1H and start/stop/reset pusher at 11H, case, 35mm diameter, to a black strap with pin buckle Omega first released the Chronostop in 1966, and it was well regarded within the watch industry - it won the 1967 Honour Prize for “Chronographs and Sport Watches”, sponsored by the Swiss Watchmaking Federation, and also took the first prize for Industrial Aesthetics at the Utrecht Spring Fair in 1968.It was selected as the official Omega timer at the Pan-American Games in Winnipeg and the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico.Unlike conventional chronographs that record seconds, minutes and hours with two or three subdials, the Chronostop was designed to be used for short interval timing - less than one minute - with a sweep hand for seconds and a single pusher. Pressing the pusher starts the timing hand, pressing again and holding stops the hand, and releasing will return the hand to the 12 o’clock position.The 145.010 is the most sought after of the 'Chronostop' series and was designed specifically for rally drivers. The dial has been moved through 90 degrees and the watch is worn under the wrist, allowing the driver to glance down at the time without having to remove the hands from the steering wheel. It was a unique attempt by Omega to completely change how a wristwatch was worn, and is now a rare and collectable item. Crystal - Complete. Minor scratches and one or two nicks all over, as to be expected and commensurate with age and use. Ω logo to the centreDial - Some spotting to the dial and the batons, visible under magnification. Some spotting and minor deterioration to the hands.Movement - Not currently fully operational. Ticks for one or two seconds, then stops.Case - Minor scratches and one or two nicks all over, as to be expected and commensurate with age and use.

Exclusive First Editions (EFE), a boxed Set group to include London's Transport Museum Limited bus set; London Transport Museum Limited Edition bus set 6 RML 2296 & RML 2309 and others. Conditions generally appear to be Near to Mint in Excellent to Near Mint boxes. See photo.

EFE (Exclusive First Edition) & Corgi, a boxed group of buses to include 110549 EFE Bus Set 14 Limited Edition "Dartford"; Corgi OM99172 "Metrobus" and others. Conditions generally appear to be Excellent to Near Mint in Good to Excellent boxes. See photo.