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London. Wyld (James, pub.), A New Map of the Country Twenty-Five Miles Round London, c.1850, engraved folding map with original hand colouring, sectionalised onto linen, the whole approx. 1090. x 1335 mm, contained in orig. cloth slipcase with paper label to upper cover (some fraying to extrems.) Howgego 188 (12). A later edition of William Faden's map first published in 1788. (1)
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[Bickham, George], The Young Clerks Assistant; or Penmanship Made Easy, Instructive and Entertaining: Being a Compleat Pocket-Copy-Book, Curiously Engrav'd for the Practice of Youth in the Art of Writing, printed for Richard Ware, [1764], eng. frontis. and thirteen plts., text largely eng. on rectos only, contemp. ms. name to head of title, some foxing and browning, minor worming throughout to lower outer corner, first and final leaves a little creased/frayed, p.9 with piece torn from upper blank margin, disbound, 8vo A reissue of the 1733 edition, including Picart's 'New Drawing Book of Modes' and Leekey's 'Discourse on the Use of the Pen'. (1)
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Clapmarius (Arnoldus). Arn. Clapmarii De Arcanis Rerumpublicarum Libri Sex / Illustrati a Ioan. Corvino I.C. Accessit Chr. Besoldi, de Eadem Materia Discursus, nec non Arnoldi Clapmarii et Aliorum Conclusiones de Iure Publico, 1st ed., Ludovicum Elzevirium, Amsterdam, 1641, addn. eng. title, 19th c. inscription "Ex Libris J. Watt" to front free endpaper, bookplate of James Watt to upper pastedown, contemp. vellum with yapp fore-edges, darkened to spine, 12mo The first Elzevir edition of the principal work by Arnold Clapmaier (1574-1604) on practical politics. Clapmaier, a German, was professor of history and politics at the academy of Altdorf. Willems 972. (1)
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Davenant (Sir William). The Works... Now Published out of the Author's Originall Copies, Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman, 1673, eng. port. by Faithorne, 4-page catalogue of books printed for John Starkey at the end, slight soiling, some text browned, contemp. calf, rubbed, edges worn, rebacked, orig. leather label retained, folio Wing D 320. First collected edition. (1)
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Duchesne (Andre). Antiquities Les Antiquitez et Recherches, des Billes, Chasteaux et Places plus Remarquables de toute la France , Reveu, corrigé & augmanté sur les Menoires du deffunt, par Francois Du Chesne, Paris, 1648, some minor marginal waterstains to first few leaves, occn. foxing and minor marks throughout, contemp. mottled calf, gilt dec. spine, rubbed and some wear, joints cracked, thick 8vo See Evelyn Library sales catalogue, lot 492, for a 1624 3rd edition of the same work. (1)
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[Theatre]. Les Souffleurs, Comedie, by [Chilliat, Michel], 1st ed., pub. Paris, 1694, eng. addn. title-page, two plts., and six folding plts. of music, early ms. ownership signature at head of title-page crossed through, contemp. vellum, 12mo in 6's The earliest edition in UK libraries as stated in COPAC is the 1695 Amsterdam edition. This play was thought to have been written for the Comediens du Roy who occupied the theatre in Paris known as the Hotel du Bourgogne, with the first performance being given around 1684. 'Les Souffleurs', a play with music, was of a type which eventually evolved into the form known as opera-comique. (1)
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Rousseau (Jean-Jacques). Dictionnaire de Musique, 2 vols., Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 1768, half-title to each vol., folding table to first vol., and thirteen folding eng. plts. of music at rear of second vol. (lettered A-I & K-N), some minor marks, and light foxing to prelims., contemp. calf, rubbed and some wear, modern reback, 12mo Printed in the same year as the Paris first edition. (2)
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Meloni (Francesco). Gino Severini, Tutta l'Opera Grafica, Reggio Emilia, 1982, four col. plts., num. b&w plts. and illusts., orig. dark brown cloth in d.j., 4to, VG, together with Bettagno (Alessandro), Canaletto, Disegni, Dipinti, Incisioni (Grafica veneta 3), Vicenza, 1982, b&w plts., orig. printed wrappers, 4to The first work published in a Limited edition of 700. copies. This copy unnumbered. (2)
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Golden Cockerel Press. Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer, edited by Arundell del Re, with wood engravings by Eric Gill, printed and published at the Golden Cockerel Press at Waltham Saint5 Lawrence in Berkshire England, 1927, printed on vellum throughout, initials supplied in red and blue, wood engraved illusts. and border decorations throughout, incl. five full-page illusts., patterned endpapers, a.e.g., orig. full tan morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt-panelled, lettered direct in second compartment, blind fillets either side of raised bands continued onto returns and culminating in a trio of stylised ivy leaves, sl. markings to lower cover, upper cover gilt tooled with design by Gill depicting two figures sitting under a tree, leather and brass clasps, folio Chanticleer 50. Gill 279. Franklin, Private presses, pp.142-144. One of only six copies printed on vellum (of a total edition of 225 copies), this numbered 5, and signed by Eric Gill and Robert Gibbings. The first of the three most important productions of the Golden Cockerel Press (the others being The Canterbury Tales and The Four Gospels). Eric Gill's illustrations are a tour-de-force of imaginative design. (1)
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Halford (Frederic M.). Dry Fly Entomology, a brief description of leading types of natural insects serving as food for trout & grayling, 2 vols., pub. Vinton & Co., 1897, list of 100. subscribers, 28 single-page plts., including 10. hand-col. eng. plts., b&w illusts., second vol. with 100. actual samples of flies contained in twelve sunken thick card mounts (some foxing), several flies loose, and attached to later piece of paper at front of vol., t.e.g. to first vol. and a.e.g. to second vol., orig. full brown morocco, rubbed and scuffed, 4to Limited subscribers deluxe edition, 38/100, signed by the author. (2)
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[Marston, Edward]. An Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale (July 24th - August 14th, 1884), Phoenix Edition, 1910, to which is now added Dove Dale Revisited (1902), pub. Sampson Low, Marston, 1910, b&w illusts. after photos., orig. qtr. vellum, a little rubbed and some minor marks, small 8vo, together with Dove Dale Revisited with Other Holiday Sketches by the Amateur Angler, 1902, b&w plts. after photos., t.e.g., orig. green cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed, small 8vo, plus "On a Sunshine Holyday" by the Amateur Angler, 1st ed., 1897, b&w plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. vellum gilt, very sl. rubbed, 8vo, limited deluxe edition 51/250, initialled by the author, and two others by the same author, An Amatuer Angler's Days in Dove Dale, or, How I Spent My Three Week's Holiday (July 24-Aug. 14, 1884), pub. 1884 & Days in Clover by the Amateur Angler, pub. 1892), both orig. pict. stiff boards, rubbed and a little soiled, with some wear to spine of first title, and autograph signature of J. W. Waterhouse, dated November 1884 to front pastedown of first title, 12mo (5)
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Quantity of Triang and Hornby Railway catalogues: 6th - 9th Editions 1960-63 (4), 19th-48th Editions 1973-2002 (30) together with 3rd-8th Editions Track Plans 1975-1994 period, and First Edition 1985 New Cavendish Books ‘The Hornby Gauge 0 System (Hornby Companion Series). Catalogues GC - VGC, early examples FC. Hornby book VGC
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Polar Exploration, comprising of, Captain Scott by Stephen Gwynn, 1929; Those Greenland Days, by Martin Lindsay- Royal Scots Fusiliers published by Blackwood and Sons, 1932 and Edward Wilson of the Antarctic by George Seaver published by John Murray, First Edition 1933 (3 volumes) Provenance as lot 96
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16. Beatles Single dating back to 1963. including 5. First Edition Copies in their original Parlophone Green Covers including I Want to Hold Your Hand, A Hard Days Night, We Can Work It Out, Paperback Writer, Yellow Submarine, All You Need Is Love & several others including a 7. Sleeve only with Tony Sheridan
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Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1968) The Mirror; The Reading; Lady reclining upon a sofa Each limited edition photolithograph The first inscribed 780/850. lower right The second inscribed 272/850. lower right The third inscribed 122/850. lower right The first s. 32cm x 50.5cm The second s. 41.5cm x 58.5cm The third s. 41cm x 58.5cm
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A quantiy of Private Press material collected by a Mr H. Horrocks including correspondence between Mr Horrocks and various presses and private press catalogues these presses and societies include The Golden Cockerel Press The Shakespeare Head Press Nonesuch Press Cuala Press Reed Pale Press The Gregynog Press The Cresset Press The Woodcut Society The Swan Press The Pear Tree Press The First Edition Club a number of theatre and concert programmes and a copy of the Alcuin Press published The Choice of Type-Faces in Book-Production (Campden Gloucestershire [1928])
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Aviculture A Treatise on the Management of Foreign and British Birds in Captivity Hereford printed by Stephen Auston and Sons for The Avicultural Society 1925-1931 8vo (220mm x 140mm) three volumes three colour frontispieces plates some colour original red panelled cloth spines lettered in gilt some fading First Edition
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Churchill Winston S. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples London Cassell and Company Ltd 1956-1958 8vo (240mm x 140mm) four volumes half titles map illustrations contemporary red morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf of London inner gilt dentelles spines seperated by five raised bands and lettered in gilt g.e. First Edition
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Churchill Winston S. The Second World War London Cassell & Co Ltd 1948-1953 16mo (210mm x 130mm) six volumes half titles illustrated with maps some folding and coloured contemporary red morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf of London inner gilt dentelles spines seperated by five raised bands and lettered in gilt g.e. First Edition
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Bickerdyke John The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History London & New York Field & Tuer (and others) [1886] 8vo (250mm x 150mm) frontispiece title vignette historiated initials a few extreme outer margins frayed later calf backed spine black morocco lettering piece First Edition With a number of other works including Charles Walte Berry Viniana (London 1929) William J. Todd A Handbook of Wine How to buy serve store and drink it (London 1922) An A.B.C. of Wine Drinking by Bon Viveur (London 1963) William Terringtons Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks. (London and New York 1869) C. E. Hawkers Chats about Wine (London 1908) and the Booths distillers published An Anthology of Cocktails together with Selected Observations by a Distinguished Gathering and diverse Thoughts for Great Occasions (London n.d.)
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Clark Lady of Tillypronie & Catherine Frances Frere (arranged and edited by) The Cookery Book London Constable & Company Ltd 1909 8vo (210mm x 135mm) half title original red cloth gilt spine and front cover lettered in gilt t.e.g. head and tail of spine a little frayed First Edition With three other works including Jane Eyre Fryers The Mary Francis Cook Book (London ca 1920) Margaret Frasers A Highland Cookery Book (London [1920]) and F. A. Stell & G. Gardiner The Complete Indian Housekeeper & Cook. (London 1904)
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Eaton Mary The Cook and Housekeepers Complete & Universal Dictionary including A System of Modern Cookery. Bungay printed and published by I. & R. Childs 1822. [1823] 8vo (210mm x 130mm) frontispiece portrait of the author additional illustrated title and four plates some spotting contemporary calf red morocco lettering piece red morocco bookplate of Jane Pugh front cover detached First Edition Bitting p. 139.
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Darwin Charles The Power of Movement in Plants London John Murray 1880 8vo (190mm x 130mm) half title illustrations advertisement leaves contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper original green cloth spine lettered in gilt head and tail of spine frayed corners bumped First Edition Second Issue
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Gerber Hilda & Katrine Harries (illustrator) Traditional Cookery of the Cape Malays Food Customs and 200. Old Cape Recipes Amsterdam & Cape Town A. A. Balkema 1958 8vo (200mm x 120mm) half title frontispiece illustrations original white calf spine and front cover lettered in gilt dust-jacket spine rubbed First Edition Gironci Maria Recipes of Italian Cookery London by Gaskill Jones and Co [1892] 8vo (175mm x 115mm) half title contemporary ownership initials on upper title margin and verso of front cover original cloth in the green white and red colours on the Italian national flag marked in places First Edition With a number of other works including Beryl Gould-Marks Eating the Russian Way (London 1963) Rosanne Guggisbergs Eating in Africa (Cape Town 1958) and Fosca Martini Romagna in bocca (Palermo 1978)
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Gouffe Jules The Royal Book of Pastry and Confectionery (Le Livre de Patisserie). Translated from the French and English and Adpated to English Use by Alphonse Gouffe Lodnon Sampson Low Marston Low & Searle 1874 large 8vo (245mm x 170mm) half title chromolithographed frontispiece title printed in red and black and nine chromolithorgraphed plates very occasional spotting modern green cloth spine lettered in gilt g.e. First English Edition Bitting p. 195.
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Heath Ambrose Good Sweets and Ices London Faber and Faber [1947] 12mo (190mm x 120mm) half title booksellers label of Cook Books of Rottingdean Sussex pasted onto verso of back cover original red cloth spine lettered in gilt dust-jacket price clipped First Edition With a number of other mainly Ambrose Heath works including The Book of Sauces (London 1948) Good Cheese Dishes (London 1963) and Good Drinks (London 1939)
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Lowinsky Ruth & Thomas Lowinsky (illustrator) More Lovely Food London The Nonesuch Press 1935 8vo (215mm x 135mm) title vignette illustrations original red cloth spine lettered in black corners bumped With a number of other works including Daily News Cookery Book Star Series No.1. (London n.d) a first edition E. J. Kollist Frnch Pastry Confectionery and Sweets Continental Dishes (London 1929) C. Herman Senns Luncheon and Dinner Sweets including the art of Ice Making (London & Melbourne n.d) A. Bauttes Modern French and English Cookery for Private Families Hotels Restaurants and Clubs containing over 3500. recipies (London 1901)
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Manual of Army Catering Services 1954. London The War Office [1954] 4to (245mm x 180mm) illustrations original red cloth faded in places corners bumped With a number of other works including a first edition of Iris Syretts The Iris Syrett Cookery Book Collected Recipes of the Tante Marie School of Cookery (London 1960) Gerald Maurois Cooking with a French touch (London 1952) Claire de Pratz French Home Cooking (London 1958) Constance Spry and Rosemary Humes The Constance Spry Cookery Book (London 1966) Charmian and Spike Hughes Cold Dishes for All Seasons (London 1971) Fanny Cradocks Colourful Cookery (London 1968) and Josephine Emlees Cooking for Texture (London 1957)
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Smith E[liza] The Compleast Housewife: or Acomplishd Gentlewomans Companion being A Collection of upwards of Six Hundred of the most approved Receipts in Cookery Cakes Pastry Creams Confectionary Jellies Preserving Made Wines Pickles Cordials. London Printed for R. Ware (and others) 1750 8vo (200mm x 125mm) frontispiece 6. folding plates at end first plate a facsimile last plate with marginal tear lacking leaf R2 replaced with facsimile text leaf from another edition contemporary calf hinges and extremities rubbed Fourteenth Edition cf. Oxford p. 60. & Bitting 438.
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Fleming Ian On Her Majestys Secret Service London Jonathan Cape 1963 16mo (190mm x 120mm) half title original black cloth spine lettered in silver original dust-jacket corners bumped First Edition Fleming Ian You Only Live Twice London Jonathan Cape 1964 16mo (190mm x 120mm) half title original black cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt original dust-jacket corners bumped First Edition With a copy of Flemings Octopussy and The Living Daylights (London 1966) (see illustration on our website)
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Haggard H. Rider King Solomons Mines London Paris New York & Melbourne Cassell & Company Limited 1886 8vo (190mm x 120mm) half title folding colour frontispiecehalf title and title spotted frontispiece with a few marginal tears original red cloth head and tail of spine frayed First Edition With a number of other works including The Times Literary Supplement Special Autumn Number Personal Preference Appreciations by Clive Bell. (London 1954) an uncorrected proof copy of Henry Millers Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch (London 1958) Alfred Besters The Life and Death of a Satellite (London 1967) G. A. Hentys For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem (London 1888) John Lehmanns Forty Poems (London 1942) Lawrence Durrells Cities Plains and People (London 1946) Laurie Lee The Sun My Monument (London 1944) and Reginald Hebers Palestine A Poem recited in the theatre Oxford. (London 1809)
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Howard Eliot H[enry] An Introduction to the Study of Bird Behaviour Cambridge at the university press 1929 large 4to (315mm x 255mm) half title frontispiece title printed in red and black 10 plates and 2 plans original blue cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt dust-jacket First Edition With William Beebes Pheasants Their Lives and Homes (London 1937) and Jean Delacour & J. C. Harrison (illustrator) The Pheasants of the World (London 1951)
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Macquoid Percy & Shirley Slocombe (illustrator) A History of English Furniture [The Age of Oak 1904; The Age of Walnut 1905; The Age of Mahogany 1906; and The Age of Satinwood 1908] London Lawrence & Bullen Ltd 1904-1908 elephant folio (380mm x 280mm) four volumes 4. half titles titles printed in red and black title with printers device 2. colour frontispieces colour plates monochrome photographic illustrations many full-page original cloth printers device in gilt on front covers spines and front covers lettered in gilt t.e.g. spines faded corners bumped armorial bookplate of Beatrice Eleanor Countess of Pembroke First Edition
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Millais J[ohn] G[uille] (1865-1931) British Deer and their Horns London Henry Sotheran and Co 1897 4to (390mm x 300mm) half title title printed in red and black coloured frontispiece by the author and Sydney Steel plates and illustrations occasional marginal spotting loose front free endpapers original pictorial cloth worn First Edition
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Potter Beatrix The Roly-Poly Pudding London F. Warne & Co 1908 8vo (205mm x 150mm) eighteen colour plates illustrations pictorial endpapers some leaves loose original red cloth boards lettered in gilt colour outlay of Samuel Whiskers on upper cover extremities very lightly rubed First Edition First Issue
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