Lee (Ronald A.) The First Twelve Years of the English Pendulum Clock or The Fromanteel Family and their contemporaries 1658-1670: A Loan Exhibition..., first edition, illustrations, one colour, original printed wrappers, loosely inserted in publisher`s original cloth folder, spine very slightly spotted, [Bromley 520], 4to, 1969.
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Lee (Ronald A.) The First Twelve Years of the English Pendulum Clock..., first edition, illustrations, one colour, T.L.s. from the author to Col.H.Quill loosely inserted, also sheet of notes by Allix concerning a Fromanteel clock, bound in half red morocco over marbled boards, original printed wrappers bound in, spine very slightly soiled,[Bromley 520], 1969; and another Lee catalogue, 4to (2)
Manley (Wilhelm) Nutzlicher Unterricht von Sack-Uhren, third edition, folding engraved plate, text browned, small stain to foot of title, old ink stamp of S within a star on verso, bookplate of Joseph Sternfeld, original boards, rubbed, spine repaired, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Baillie p.144; Tardy p.169], 12mo, Vienna, Peter Konrad Monath, 1751. *** Concerning watch mechanisms, faults and setting a watch from a sundial. The first edition was reputedly published in Frankfurt and Leipzig in 1715 and a second edition in Frankfurt in 1728, with a slightly altered title, but Baillie knows of no copies of either. Only one copy of the work (this edition) listed on COPAC, in the National Library of Scotland. ÒThis is a mysterious book, as there is no known English work from which it can be translated, nor is there known any William Manley connected with horology. The book is well written and deserved its four editions.Ó Baillie
Mercer (Vaudrey) John Arnold & Son Chronometer Makers 1762-1843, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author with accompanying A.L.s. tipped in at beginning, old photocopy of Arnold`s patent no.1113 loosely inserted, 1972; The Life and Letters of Edward John Dent Chronometer Maker..., lacking front free endpaper, 1977; The Frodshams: The Story of a Family of Chronometer Makers, 1981, illustrations, very light water-staining to lower outer corner of first and last, original boards, dust-jackets, a little rubbed, the first frayed at edges; and a bundle of others, ephemera relating to the same including a Frodsham pamphlet on mercurial compensation pendulums of 1866 and table of latitude and longitude, v.s. (c.10)
Moinet (Louis) Nouveau Traite General Astronomique et Civil d`Horlogerie Theorique et Pratique..., 2 vol., engraved frontispiece, titles and 51 folding plates mounted on stubs, some light spotting and marginal water-staining, modern morocco-backed cloth, spines slightly faded, [cf.Bromley 587 & Tardy p.177, 1848 edition], 8vo, Paris, chez l`Auteur-Editeur, 1844. *** According to Charles Allix this is an unrecorded edition issued prior to the so-called first edition of 1848, possibly bound from parts (see signed autograph note by the author bound in at beginning).
Nelthropp (Rev. H.L.) A Treatise on Watch-work, Past and Present, presentation copy from the author, 1873 § Glasgow (David) Watch and Clock Making, second edition, 1893 § Saunier (Claudius) The Watchmaker`s Hand-book, third edition, 1891 § Britten (F.J.) The Watch & Clockmakers` Handbook, fourth edition, lacking title (supplied in facsimile), 1881; Old Clocks and Watches & their Makers, sixth edition, 1932, some illustrations, original cloth, the first pictorial gilt, a little rubbed; and 18 others, watchmaking etc., 8vo & 4to (23)
[Osterwald (Samuel-Frederic)] Description des Montagnes et des Vallees qui sont partie de la Principaute de Neuchatel et Valangin, second edition, with final blank, woodcut ornament on title and head- & tail-pieces, small old ink stamp of S within a star on verso of title, lightly browned, old ink inscription ÒDr. Heinrich Duthaler, Basel 1913Ó at head of front free endpaper, bookplate of Joseph Sternfeld on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, a little worn at corners and head of spine, label very slightly chipped, 8vo, Neuchatel, Samuel Fauche, 1766. *** Very scarce item of both mountaineering and horological interest, originally issued in Journal Helvetique in December 1764. Only 2 copies of this first edition in book form listed on COPAC, in the British Library and the National Library of Scotland.
Poppe (Johann Heinrich Moritz) Ausfurliche Geschichte der theoretisch-praktischen Uhrmacherkunst, first edition, errata leaf at end, a little browned, contemporary note in ink on rear free endpaper, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Abeler p.489; Bromley 710; Tardy p.201], Leipzig, Koch, 1801.
S[mith] (J[ohn], clockmaker) Horological Dialogues. In Three Parts shewing the Nature, Use, and right Managing of Clocks and Watches; with an Appendix containing Mr. Oughtred`s Method for Calculating of Numbers..., first edition, lacking A1 as usual (?blank), some light soiling and staining, title and a few other leaves with slight marginal defects (repaired), small old ink stamp on verso of title, washed, modern calf with double gilt rule border, red calf label on spine, preserved in marbled board slip-case, [Baillie p.103; Bromley 788-790; Tardy p.233; Wing S4105], 8vo, for Jonathan Edwin, 1675. *** The first book on clocks and watches published in England. The Appendix describes Oughtred`s method of calculating wheel-trains.
Smith (J[ohn], clockmaker) Horological Disquisitions concerning the Nature of Time, and the Reasons why all Days, from Noon to Noon, are not alike Twenty Four Hours long in which it appears the Impossibility of a Clock`s being always kept exactly true to the Sun....To which is added, The best Rules for the Ordering and Use both of the Quick-Silver and Spirit Weather-Glasses: And Mr. S.Watson`s Rules for adjusting a Clock by the Fixed Stars, first edition, imprimatur on verso of title, with letterpress table of equations printed in red and black on folding sheet tipped in (second table only, of 2, torn and repaired), very small tear to upper edge of title and following leaf repaired, washed, modern calf with double rule border in blind, red calf label on spine, preserved in modern marbled board slip-case, [Baillie p.120; Bromley 791-792; Houzeau & Lancaster 10172; Tardy p.233; Wing S4106], 8vo, for Richard Cumberland, 1694.
S[ully] (H[enry]) Regle Artificielle du Tems, pour Apprendre la Division Naturelle & Artificielle du Tems, & connoitre toutes fortes d`Horloges et de Montres, et la maniere de s`en servir adroitement, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece by Weickhmanseul featuring the author seated before his sea clock conversing with Father Time, engraved table, folding engraved plate at end, woodcut initials and tail-piece, with 6pp. `Remarques sur le Discours de Mr.H.S. touchant la maniere de gouvener les Horloges a Pendule & les Montres a Spirale` by Leibnitz at end, lacking K4 (blank), some leaves a little browned, old French pencil annotations concerning the plate on front free endpaper, near contemporary sheep, spine ruled in gilt, rubbed, slight worming to foot of upper joint and spine ends and corners a little worn, [Baillie p.141; cf.Tardy p.239], 8vo, Vienna, Andreas Heyinger, 1714. *** ÒThis is the first, and very rare, edition of one of the most famous of horological booksÓ. Baillie. Much of the work is concerned with the regulating of watches and clocks. The author was an English horologist who established a watch factory at Versailles after moving to Paris in 1714.
Sully (Henry) Regle Artificielle du Tems, Traite de la Division naturelle & artificielle du Tems, des Horloges & des Montres de differentes constructions, de la maniere de les connoitre & de la regler avec justesse, 2 parts in 1, second edition, no a1 (as in other copies), 4pp. privilege and errata leaves at end, folding table and engraved plate, woodcut initials and tail-piece at end of first part, some leaves browned, small tears to rear free endpaper, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, rubbed, spine ends chipped, [cf.Baillie p.141; Tardy pl239], 12mo, Paris, Gregoire Dupuis, 1717. *** Second edition with new title, an additional prefatory section De la Construction des Horloges, & des Montres en general and a 60pp. second part including Extrait de la Lettre du R.P.Kresa S.J. ecrite a M.Williamson, Horloger du Cabinet de Sa Majeste Imperiale, du 9, de Janvier 1715, traduite de l`Espagnol and Description d`une Montre de Nouvelle Construction... by Sully. The text of the first part appears to be a reissue of the first edition, in both editions pp.61-62 are mis-signed E5 rather than F5.
FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966). Mr Midshipman Hornblower. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. First American edition, 8vo (202 x 134mm.) Original cloth (slightly affected by damp, extremities slightly bumped), dust-jacket (torn and tattered with loss to spine). Provenance: Dorothy Forester (signed presentation inscription from the author); The Forester and Troughton-Smith Family Archive.
FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966). Hornblower and the Atropos. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1953. First American edition, 8vo (202 x 133mm.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (spotted, torn with some loss along top edge, spine faded). Provenance: Dorothy Forester (signed presentation inscription from the author, dated `July 1953`); The Forester and Troughton-Smith Family Archive.
FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966). Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies. Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1958. First American edition, 8vo (202 x 132mm.) Original cloth (endpapers slightly browned), dust-jacket (minor nicks at folds, some soiling). Provenance: Dorothy Forester (signed presentation inscription from the author, dated `April 1958`); The Forester and Troughton-Smith Family Archive.
FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966). Hornblower and the Hotspur. Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1962. First American edition, 8vo (203 x 133mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (slight scuffing and minor nicks). Provenance: Dorothy Forester (signed presentation inscription from the author); The Forester and Troughton-Smith Family Archive.
FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966). [The Works.] London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1946-1967. 18 vols., the majority first editions, 8vo (118 x 180mm. and larger). Contemporary blue (16), red (1) or green (1) morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, covers with gilt ruled margins, the spines gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (most spines faded, small chips to the head of the spine of one volume). Provenance: C.S. Forester and his second wife Dorothy (presentation copies, specially bound and given to the author or his wife by his publishers Michael Joseph, one with publisher`s presentation slip loosely inserted); The Forester and Troughton-Smith Family Archive. Note: a unique part-set of the U.K. edition of Forester`s Works, the majority the author`s own copies presented to him by his grateful English publisher. The set comprises (First edition, unless otherwise stated): Lord Hornblower, 1946; The Sky and the Forest, 1948; Mr Midshipman Hornblower, 1950; Randall and the River of Time, Feb. 1951, 2nd impression; Lieutenant Hornblower, Feb 1952, 3rd impression; Hornblower and the Atropos, 1953; The Nightmare, 1954, red morocco; The Good Shepherd, Sept 1955, 3rd impression; The Naval War of 1812, 1957; Hornblower in the West Indies, 1958; Hunting the Bismarck, 1959; Hornblower and the Hotspur, 1962, green morocco; The Young Hornblower, 1964; The Hornblower Companion, 1964; Captain Hornblower RN, 1965; Admiral Hornblower, 1966; Hornblower and the Crisis, an unfinished Novel, 1967; Long Before Forty, 1967 (18).
FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966). The Good Shepherd. Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1955. First American edition, 8vo (202 x 135mm.) (Occasional light soiling.) Original cloth (soiled, head and foot of spine slightly bumped), dust-jacket (torn and creased with minor loss). Provenance: Dorothy Forester (signed presentation inscription from the author, dated `March 7th 1955`); The Forester and Troughton-Smith Family Archive. - And four others by Forester, all signed first editions, comprising: The Bedchamber Mystery, 1944; The Sky and the Forest, 1948, no dust-jacket; Randall and the River of Time, 1950; The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck, 1959 (5).
FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966). [The Works.] Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1953-1970. 11 vols., all first American editions, 8vo (195 x 124mm. and larger). Occasional illustrations. Contemporary morocco, the spines gilt in six compartments, lettered in gilt in the second and fourth, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, t.e.g. (a few spines slightly faded, one faded to brown). Provenance: C.S. Forester and his second wife Dorothy (presentation copies, specially bound and given to the author or his wife by his publishers Little, Brown and Co., one with publisher`s presentation slip loosely inserted); The Forester and Troughton-Smith Family Archive. Note: a unique part-set of the American edition of Forester`s Works, the majority the author`s own copies presented to him by his grateful American publisher. The set comprises: Hornblower and the Atropos, 1953; The Nightmare, 1954; Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies, 1958; The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck, 1959; Young Hornblower, three complete novels, [n.d. but circa 1960. ?First U.S. edition thus]; Hornblower and the Hotspur, 1962; Fatal Fascination by Nigel Balchin, C.S. Forester, [et al], 1964; Hornblower during the Crisis, 1967; Long Before Forty, 1967; The Man in the Yellow Raft, 1969; Gold from Crete, 1970 (11).
JOHNS, W.E. Biggles in Australia. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. First edition, 8vo (186 x 119mm.) 6 coloured plates by Studio Stead. (Occasional minor soiling or light browning, mostly to first and last few leaves.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (creased and torn with slight loss, adhesive tape repair to head of spine and fold). Provenance: John Woods (presentation inscription signed by the author `To John Woods / With best wishes / from the author / 1955 / W.E. Johns` with accompanying sketch of a bi-plane flying above clouds and a landscape).
JOHNS, W.E. Biggles Takes Charge. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1956. First edition, 8vo (184 x 118mm.) Coloured frontispiece by Leslie Stead. (Light browning and spotting.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (minor nicks and creases). - And eleven other first editions by Captain W.E. Johns featuring Biggles (12).
JOHNS, W.E. Biggles` Combined Operations. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1959. First edition, 8vo (185 x 119mm.) 6 coloured plates by Leslie Stead. (Occasional light browning.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (spine faded). - And seven other first editions by Captain W.E. Johns featuring Biggles (8).
JOHNS, W.E. Comrades in Arms, Stories of Biggles… `Worrals`… and `King`. London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1947. First edition, 8vo (183 x 118mm.) Coloured frontispiece and title-page, double-page illustrations printed in pale green and black, ?all by Stead. (Occasional minor creasing.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (minor chips to head and foot of spine). - And four others by Captain W.E. Johns, including three other first editions (5).
BLYTON, Enid. Five go to Smuggler`s Top. London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1945. First edition, 8vo (185 x 119mm.) Coloured frontispiece, numerous illustrations, some printed in red or blue and black. (One leaf torn with loss to margin.) Original cloth (extremities somewhat bumped, soiled and discoloured), dust-jacket (minor tears at folds, chipped with loss to head of spine, spine discoloured and creased). Provenance: Robert Webster (signature to half-title).
`RICHARDS, Frank`. Just Like Bunter. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1963. First edition, 8vo (181 x 114mm.) Coloured frontispiece. (Some spotting or browning.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (slightly soiled, lightly creased and a few small nicks). - And two other later editions by Frank Richards featuring Billy Bunter (3).
POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London & New York: Frederick Warne and Co., [n.d. but 1902.] First edition, 1st, 2nd or 3rd printing, 4to (137 x 104mm.) Coloured frontispiece and 30 coloured illustrations by Potter. (Occasional browning, light spotting or old creasing.) Original dark green paper-covered boards with coloured paper onlay to upper cover, leaf pattern endpapers (joints splitting, hinges split, all leaves now loosely inserted, frontispiece detached). Note: p.51 states `wept big tears`, `O` on cover and spine with dots in centre, and the leaf-pattern endpapers, all indicate an early printing of this first edition. Linder p. 421.
THEATRE. - Eden & Adelaide PHILLPOTTS. Yellow Sands. London: Duckworth, [n.d. but circa 1927]. Limited edition of 1000 copies for presentation to the members of the audience at the Anniversary Performance, 8vo (191 x 125mm.) Occasional plates. Original cloth-backed boards (endpapers browned). Note: signed by all members of the cast including Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Richardson (his first role in the West End), Dorothy Hall and others, additionally signed by Horace Watson, the manager of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, to title-page. - And a theatre programme for the `464th and Anniversary Performance` of the play and two duplicates of the same book, also signed (a lot).
PLUNKETT, Edward, 18th Baron DUNSANY. Plays for Earth and Air. London & Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., 1937. First edition, 8vo (183 x 115mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (slightly soiled). Provenance: Juliet Gardner (presentation inscription signed by the author and a 1p. a.l.s. loosely inserted).
DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1892. First edition in book form, 8vo (238 x 156mm.) Illustrations by Sidney Paget. (Some spotting and occasional light browning.) Original decorated cloth, g.e. (soiled, spine faded and chipped at head and foot, upper joint split, stitching weak. Note: p. 317 states `Miss Violent Hunter`.
JAMES, Henry. Stories Revived. London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. First edition, 3 vols., 8vo (192 x 123mm.) (Occasional light browning or creasing.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, chipped and soiled, lacking rear free endpapers to vols. I & II with resultant soiling to final leaves of text). Provenance: The Grosvenor Library (remnants of labels to upper covers).
DICKENS, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition, 8vo (165 x 100mm.) Engraved frontispiece and additional decorative title, occasional illustrations. (Some light browning.) Original cloth blocked in gilt, g.e. (rebacked, old spine laid down and recoloured). Provenance: Thomas J. Bremridge (bookplate).
DICKENS, Charles. Bleak House. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First edition in book form, 8vo (213 x 136mm.) Additional decorative title, frontispiece and 38 plates, all by H.K. Browne. (Some browning, heavy to plates and decorative title.) Contemporary half-calf (worn, upper cover detached).
CHILDREN`S BOOKS. - Jack HEMING. Blue Wings. London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1938. First edition, 8vo (191 x 129mm.) Frontispiece. Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (minor nicks at folds, minor creasing and light soiling). - And thirty-six other children`s books of similar interest (37).
RAVEN, Simon. Places Where They Sing. London: Anthony Blond, 1970. First edition, 8vo (195 x 126mm.) (Occasional light spotting.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (spotted with minor tears). Provenance: author`s presentation copy (compliments slip loosely inserted). - And three others by Raven, all first editions (4).
BAKER, Samuel W. Ismailïa. A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. London: Macmillan and Co., 1874. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (219 x 140mm.) Numerous plates, 2 maps (1 folding). (Some damp-staining, mostly to margins, some soiling.) Original green decorated cloth (extremities lightly bumped). Provenance: Henry Nevell Reynolds (presentation inscription dated 1876 to front free endpapers).
WILCOX, John. The Horns of the Buffalo. London: Headline, 2004. First edition, 8vo (233 x 149mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. Note: signed by the author and dated `26/1/04` to title-page. - And three other first editions by Wilcox, all signed (The Road to Kandahar, London: 2005, 8vo; The Diamond Frontier, London: 2006, 8vo; and Last Stand at Majuba Hill, London: 2007, 8vo) (4).
SCARROW, Simon. Under the Eagle. London: Headline, 2000. First edition, 8vo (233 x 147mm.) Two maps. Original cloth, dust-jacket. Note: signed by the author, inscribed `Placeat lector!` and dated `7th July 2000` to title-page. - And one other signed first edition by Scarrow (Young Bloods, London: 2006, 8vo) (2).
MODERN FIRST EDITIONS. - George MARKSTEIN. Traitor for a Cause. London, Sydney, etc.: The Bodley Head, 1979. First edition, 8vo (197 x 127mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (very slightly soiled). Provenance: Christopher Hodgson (presentation inscription signed by the author `For Christopher Hodgson / A Colleague, A Friend and a man I much admire! / If only he was a spy… / George Markstein` to title-page). - And thirty four others, many first editions, all of similar interest (35).
SOPER, Eileen Alice. Happy Rabbit. London: 1947. First edition, 4to (228 x 163mm.) Coloured illustrations throughout by Soper. (Occasional light browning, spotting to first and last few leaves.) Original glazed pictorial boards (bumped), dust-jacket (soiled and torn with some loss). Note: the author`s first book. - And three others (4).
MOUNTAINEERING. - Edmund HILLARY. High Adventure. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. First edition, 8vo (202 x 134mm.) Coloured frontispiece, uncoloured illustrations. Original cloth (spine faded and bumped at head and foot). Note: signed by the author to title-page. - And twenty-one others of mountaineering interest (22).
BEEKEEPING. - Hilda M. RANSOME. The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore. London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1937. First edition, 8vo (219 x 138mm.) Plates. (Light browning.) Original cloth (extremities bumped), dust-jacket (soiled). - And six others, the majority on bees or beekeeping (7).
GIBBON, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire…. a new edition. London: 1823. 8 vols., 8vo (217 x 134mm.) Portrait frontispiece to vol. I, four engraved folding maps. (Spotting to first and last few leaves of each volume, frontispiece offset.) Contemporary calf (spines chipped, scuffed and darkened, lower joint of vol. III splitting).

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