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Click here to subscribeDarwin (Erasmus) Phytologia; or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening first edition 12 plates 2 folding plate IV torn with marginal loss not affecting image 2A1-3 misbound after 2B1 a little light foxing offsetting later buckram-backed decorative boards spine faded [Nissen BBI 452] 4to T. Bensley for T. Johnson " 1800.
Geology.- Parkinson (James) Organic Remains of a Former World. An Examination of the Mineralized Remains of the Vegetables and Animals of the Antediluvian World 3 vol. first edition half-titles to vol.2 and 3 only engraved frontispieces title vignettes and 51 plates most hand-coloured offsetting some water-staining to vol.1 occasional spotting a few stains engraved bookplate of Caher contemporary polished calf gilt vol.1 upper cover detached vol.3 joints split corners worn rubbed [Nissen ZBI 3091; Norman 1641] 4to 1804-1811. *** Parkinson`s attempt to fill a gap in the English market for a work on the identification and interpretation of fossils. Volume 3 of the work introduces the British public to the discoveries of William Smith " Lamarck and Cuvier.
BYRON (LORD GEORGE), DON JUAN, first edition, comprising cantos III-V, 1821; VI-VIII, 1823; IX-XI, 1823; XII-XIV, 1823; XV-XVI, 1824; five Vols, all with original spine tabs laid down to a black at the end, later crushed green levant by Bedford and printed by Hunt (companion bindings to the previous lot)
MONTAIGNE (MICHAELL de), THE ESSAYES OR MORALL, POLITIKE AND MILLITARIE DISCOURSES, first English edition, translated by John Florio, three vols in one with title to each, with dedicatory leaf of verses by Sam Danyel, page of errors before first book, `vile` slip pasted down on B, Qq4 black at end of second book and three page errata at end, contemporary full vellum with ink title on spine, London by Val. Sims for Edward Blount, 1603; with later library plate for John Rhodes and additional leather covered slip case
BEAUMONT (F) & FLETCHER (J), COMEDIES AND TRAGEDIES, first collected edition, engraved portrait frontis by W. Marshall (first state with `vates duplex` and J. Berkenhead), [52], 75, [1], 143, [1], 165, [3], 71, [1], 172, 92, 51, p50, 28, 25-48 p, London, Humphrey Robinson at the three pidgeons, 1647; bound with, THE WILD-GOOSE CHAFE, A COMEDIE, [8], 56, London, Humpherey Moseley, 1652; mottled tan calf with gilt decorated spine (1)
PIERRE DANINOS "Le Secret du Major Thompson", cloth bound first edition copy, with illustrations by Walter Goetz, the frontispiece with ink inscription "To Lord Ismay his illustrious godfather and commanding general from Marmaduke and his parents", signed by Walter Goetz and "In memory of a moving Anglo-French ceremony, Paris 19 12 56", together with another volume in English "Major Thompson lives in France and Major Thompson and I"
§ Sam Taylor Wood, b. 1967 - artist`s working proof for `XV Seconds` produced in 2000 The original weighed two tons, stood 60 feet tall and ran 900 feet around the outside of Selfridges to the bemusement of shoppers on London’s Oxford Street. The giant photograph – Selfridges claim that it was the biggest photograph and artwork ever seen in London – was created by UK conceptual artist Samantha “Sam” Taylor-Wood, essentially to wrap the building and hide the scaffolding while workmen renovated the façade of the famous department store in 2000. Sam Taylor-Wood turned the project into a much vaunted work of art. Called “XV Seconds”, the photomontage was her version of the Elgin marbles, a frieze in which the Greek gods were replaced by 21 icons of modern culture including Sir Elton John, Blur guitarist Alex James, Ray Winstone, Richard E. Grant, Timothy Spall, Adrian Dunbar, Jane Horrocks, Amanda Ooms and models Jodie Kidd and Alex Wek. The artist’s working proof of the creation, a 24-foot computer-printed scale model of the finished article, signed on the reverse by Sam Taylor-Wood in black ink, is offered here. PROVENANCE; This lot is sent for sale by Mr Mario Capaldi, the creative director of the company responsible for overseeing production of the finished article, who believes the proof to be unique. He said: “The fit and colour management of the project was vital to its success. It was something no one had experience before, but it had to be bang on. I suggested the printers should produce a working proof, printed on the same material and exactly to scale, for Sam to approve. The job took many months to complete and when it was finished, the proof was returned to me. I cheekily asked Sam to sign it and I believe it to be unique. I remember her saying that even she did not have a copy.” “The full size version stopped the traffic when it was first unveiled in April 2000 and pictures of the artist posing in front of it with Elton John were on television and in all the newspapers. What happened to the original finished artwork is not clear, but on completion of the project Mr Capaldi was given this proof which he asked Sam Taylor Wood to sign for him. The artist commenced work on a series of major photographic works called “Five Revolutionary Seconds” in 1995. The title refers to an old Royal Air Force camera which registered a 360-degree view in one continuous five-second-long revolution. The Selfridges installation XV Seconds was her first major public commission. Its name was also a reference to the famous Warhol quip "Everyone is famous for 15 seconds". It was made with the special camera with her good friend Sir Elton John sitting in the centre of the circle as Zeus in a pose after the portrait by Ingres. The resulting photograph, which took 15 seconds to take, was the largest, heaviest, longest to print and the most difficult to achieve technically. Its unveiling coincided with the opening of Tate Modern and brought Sam Taylor-Wood’s work to the attention of a new and much wider audience. Nominated for the Turner Prize in 1998, she made her debut as a feature film director in 2009 with Nowhere Boy, based on the childhood experiences of John Lennon and was nominated for a BAFTA award last year. Since graduating in 1990 Sam Taylor Wood has had many solo exhibitions and has been represented in many multiple exhibitions throughout the World. The proof measures 19" x 24`, NOTE; A smaller version of this print was produced in 2000 in an edition of ten measuring 10" x 83" but it only covered part of the whole image. A copy was offered at Phillips de Pury in New York on 14th November 2008, lot no 417.
[Books]. RAILWAY. Randolph, Stephen. The Tetbury Branch, Wild Swan Publications, Upper Bucklebury 1985. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Russell, J.H. The Banbury and Cheltenham Railway 1887-1962, first edition, Oxford Publishing Co., Headington 1977. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Kay, Peter. Exeter - Newton Abbot. A Railway History, Platform 5 Publishing, Sheffield 1993. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, tall quarto; and assorted other works of railway interest, (30).
[Books]. RAILWAY. Reynolds, Michael. Locomotive Engine Driving, sixth edition, Crosby Lockwood & Co., London 1884. Pictorial crimson cloth gilt, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, octavo (upper hinge tender); Joby, R.S. The Railwaymen, first edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1984. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and assorted other volumes of related interest, including booklets, (total 27 volumes).
[Books]. RAILWAY. Bennett, David. Metro. The Story of the Underground Railway, first edition, Octopus Publishing Group, London 2004. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, tall quarto; Harris, Michael. British Main Line Services in the Age of Steam 1900-1968, first edition, Oxford Publishing Co., Sparkford 1996. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, square octavo; Casserley, H.C. Welsh Railways in the Heyday of Steam, Bradford Barton, Truro no date. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, square octavo; and a large quantity of other works of railway interest.
[Books]. RAILWAY. Vincent, Mike. Through Countryside and Coalfield. The GWR`s Bristol and North Somerset Railway, first edition, Oxford Publishing Co., Sparkford 1990. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, tall quarto; Redwood, Christopher. The Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway, Sequoia Publishing, Weston-Super-Mare 1981. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Arlett, Mike, & Lockett, David. Southern Steam in the South and West, new edition, Oxford Publishing Co., Sparkford 2007. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, tall quarto; and assorted other works of railway interest, including booklets, (total 25 volumes).
[Books]. RAILWAY. Cartwright, Ralph, & Russell, R.T. The Welshpool & Llanfair Railway, reprint, David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1981. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Brindle, Steven. Paddington Station, its History and Architecture, first edition, English Heritage, Swindon 2004. Pictorial boards, illustrations, quarto; Prideaux, J.D.C.A. The Welsh Narrow Gauge Railway, first edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1976. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and assorted other works of railway interest, including pamphlets, (total approximately 98 volumes).
[Books]. RAILWAY. Fay, Sam. A Royal Road: being The History of the London & South Western Railway, from 1825 to the present time, printed by Drewett, Kingston-on-Thames 1883. Royal blue cloth gilt, illustrations, octavo (spine torn and frayed); Russell, Janet. Great Western Horse Power, first edition, Oxford Publishing Co., Sparkford 1995. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, tall quarto; Kelley, Philip. Road Vehicles of the Great Western Railway, first edition, Oxford Publishing Co., Headington 1973. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto, SIGNED BY AUTHOR; and assorted other books and booklets of railway interest, (58).
[Books]. AVIATION. Warner, Graham. The Bristol Blenheim. A Complete History, first edition, Crecy Publishing, Manchester 2002. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Rawlings, John. Fighter Squadrons of the R.A.F. and their Aircraft, revised edition, Crecy Books 1993. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Bruce, J.M. et al. The Sopwith Pup, first edition, Air-Britain, Tunbridge Wells 2002. Pictorial boards, illustrations, tall quarto; and assorted other volumes of related interest, (15).
[Books]. AVIATION. Rawlings, John. Coastal Support and Special Squadrons of the R.A.F. and their Aircraft, first edition, Jane`s Publishing Co., London 1982. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Penrose, Harald. British Aviation. The Pioneer Years, revised edition, Cassell, London 1980. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, oblong quarto; Munson, Kenneth. U.S. Commercial Aircraft, first edition, Jane`s Publishing Co., London 1982. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and assorted other works of related interest, (42).
[Books]. AVIATION. Morgan, Eric, & Shacklady, Edward. Spitfire. The History, fifth (revised) edition, Key Books, Stamford 2000. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, large quarto; Jackson, Robert. Hawker Hurricane, first edition, Blandford Press, London 1988. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Laureau, Patrick. Condor. The Luftwaffe in Spain 1936-1939, first edition, Hikoki Publications, Ottringham 2000. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, tall quarto; and assorted other volumes of related interest, (61).
[Books]. AVIATION. Lewis, Peter. The British Bomber Since 1914, second (revised) edition, Putnam, London 1975. Cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Alexander, Jean. Russian Aircraft Since 1940, first edition, Putnam, London 1975. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Swanborough, Gordon, & Bowers, Peter. United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911, second (revised) edition, Putnam, London 1976. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and eight other Putnam and similar volumes of related interest, (total 11 volumes).
Plowden (Edmund) Cy ensuont certeyne Cases Reportes... 2 parts in 1 only (of 3: lacking 6ff. “Table...” following first part but with initial blank & 15ff. “Un Report fait per un uncerteine authour...” at end) first edition title with woodcut architectural border woodcut initials partly printed in black letter errata leaf at end of first part with contemporary ink annotations (some in shorthand) cropped affecting traces of contemporary inscription at head of title and marginalia a little browned modern blind-stamped calf roan label slightly rubbed at edges [STC 20046.3] folio Richard Tottell 1579. *** The second part of Les Commentaries ou les Reportes... published in 1571 with continuous foliation.
Petit (Samuel) Leges Atticae... first edition title in red and black with engraved vignette depicting a fountain surrounded by the four continents text in Latin and Greek lightly browned one or two minor marginal defects contemporary vellum yapp edges a little soiled folio Paris Charles Morel 1635. *** Important study of ancient Athenian law by the French orientalist.
Brownlow (Richard) and John Goldesborough Reports of Diverse Choice Cases in Law... 2 parts in 1 first edition engraved portrait frontispiece library ink stamp to title endpapers and lower edge some early ink marginalia some browning later calf worn [Wing B5198] 4to Tho. Roycroft for Matthew Walbancke 1651.
Blount (Thomas) Fragmenta Antiquitatis. Ancient Tenures of Land and Jocular Customs of some Mannors first edition imprimatur and errata ff. some spotting name on title `W. Gossip 1743` neat notes in margins and on front endpapers contemporary sheep ruled in blind worn front cover loose [Wing B3333] 8vo Assignes of Richard and Edward Atkins 1679 § another edition edited by Josiah Beckwith last two ff. torn title spotted original boards worn covers loose 4to 1815 § [Harbin (George)] The Hereditary Right of the Crown of England Asserted first edition 5 pp. advertiments at end spotting 3 bookplates on paste-down contemporary panelled calf worn covers loose folio G. James for Richard Smith 1713 § Nelson (William) Lex Maneriorum or the Laws and Customs of England first edition spotting and marking contemporary calf worn front cover missing back cover loose folio E. & R. Nutt & R. Gosling 1726 § Eden (Robert) Jurisprudentia Philologica sive Elementa Juris Civilis first edition engraved frontispiece portrait some spotting at beginning and end name at head of title contemporary mottled calf worn front cover loose 4to Oxford e Theato Sheldoniano 1744 and another (6)
Basnage (Henry) Traité des Hypotheques... first edition title with woodcut vignette woodcut head-pieces and initials title very lightly spotted later ink signature on front pastdedown contemporary mottled calf spine gilt rubbed corners worn spine slightly chipped at head and foot 4to Rouen Jean Lucas 1681. *** Treatise on mortgages.
[Bridgman (Sir Orlando) Sir Orl.Bridgman`s Conveyances...] 2 vol. second edition vol.1 first edition vol.2 vol.1 lacking engraved portrait and letterpress title dedication with woodcut initial and soiled & frayed at fore-edge (loose) non-uniform contemporary calf both worn vol.1 with spine worn and upper cover detached lower lacking vol.2 rebacked and corners repaired [vol.1 Wing B4489aA] folio [by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins...] [1689]-1702.
Mackenzie (Sir George) The Laws and Customs of Scotland in Matters Criminal second edition title in red and black ex-library copy with old ink stamp on title by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson...for Andrew Symson 1699 § Abercromby (Patrick) The Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation 2 vol. Robert Freebairn 1711-15 § Arnott (Hugo) A Collection and Abrdigement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland... list of subscribers title defective and repaired ex-library copy with stamps for the Author by William Smellie 1785 § Dalrymple (James Viscount Stair) The Institutions of the Law of Scotland 2 vol. fourth edition contemporary half calf spines slightly defective for Thomas Clark 1826 some foxing and browning all but the last contemporary calf or sheep the first lacking spine and with covers detached the third rebacked folio & 4to Edinburgh (6) *** The first includes A Treatise of Mutilation and Demembration. (6)
Laws concerning Trade and Tradesmen 2 parts in 1 first edition advertisement leaf at beginning part 2 lacking title old ink signatures at head of main title advertisement leaf re-attached at inner margin browned (particularly at beginning) ex-library copy with ink number on title and stamp on one leaf library roan-backed buckram [Not in BL; ESTC records only 1 copy in UK (Nat. Lib. Scotland) and 4 copies in America] 12mo by J.Nutt Assignee of Edw.Sayer for J.Walthoe 1712.
Mallet (David) The Life of Francis Bacon Lord Chancellor of England first edition half-title title in red and black and with engraved vignette 3pp. advertisements at end contemporary calf gilt worn for A. Millar 1740 § Barrington (The Hon. Daines) Observations on the More Ancient Statutes from Magna Charta to the Twenty-First of James I contemporary calf worn but holding firm by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols 1769 § [Denham (Thomas)] The Temporal Government of the Pope`s State lacking front free endpaper a little light soiling contemporary calf spine gilt slight chipping to head rubbed for J. Johnson 1788; and 10 others English History v.s. (13) sold not subject to return.
(Rev. Thomas) Notitia Monastica: or An Account of all the Abbies Priories and Houses of Friers heretofore in England and Wales... engraved portrait and 3 plates of coats-of-arms engraved device on title and verso of final leaf old signatures and inscriptions at head of title also ink stamp portrait creased title soiled some browning by William Bowyer for John Whiston [etc.] 1744 § Watson (William) The Clergy-Man`s Law: or the Complete Incumbent third edition light water-staining at beginning E. & R. Nutt and R.Gosling for D.Browne [etc.] 1725 contemporary calf worn the first lacking spine and with upper cover detached; and 2 copies of the fourth edition of Watson`s Clergy-Man`s Law folio (4) (Rev. Thomas) Notitia Monastica: or An Account of all the Abbies Priories and Houses of Friers heretofore in England and Wales... engraved portrait and 3 plates of coats-of-arms engraved device on title and verso of final leaf old signatures and inscriptions at head of title also ink stamp portrait creased title soiled some browning by William Bowyer for John Whiston [etc.] 1744 § Watson (William) The Clergy-Man`s Law: or the Complete Incumbent third edition light water-staining at beginning E. & R. Nutt and R.Gosling for D.Browne [etc.] 1725 contemporary calf worn the first lacking spine and with upper cover detached; and 2 copies of the fourth edition of Watson`s Clergy-Man`s Law folio (4)(4)
America.- Abridgment (An) of Burn`s Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer first edition with blank leaf following preliminaries advertisement leaf at end title slightly defective at upper outer corner I4 torn without loss browned contemporary sheep roan label worn upper cover detached 4to Boston Joseph Greenleaf 1773. *** Scarce; COPAC lists only one copy in the UK.
America.- Clerk`s Assistant (The) first edition Poughkeepsie 1805 § Jones (Sir William) An Essay on the Law of Bailments edited by John Balmanno Brattleborough Vt. 1813 § Kilty (John) The Land-Holder`s Assistant and Land-Office Guide errata leaf at end Baltimore 1808 § Dunlap (John A.) The New-York Justice... New York 1815 browned contemporary sheep worn some covers detached; and 2 others American law 8vo (6)(6)
America.- Lloyd (Thomas) The Trials of William S.Smith and Samuel G.Ogden for Misdemeanours... first edition New York 1807 § Act (An) establishing Rules and Articles for the Government of the Armies of the United States... Albany 1812 § Gillieland (J.C.) The Counting-House Assistant or a brief digest of American Mercantile Law Pittsburgh 1818 § Clinton (George) and others. The Speeches of the Different Governors to the Legislature of the State of New-York... original boards uncut lacking upper cover lower detached Albany 1825 all browned all but the last contemporary sheep worn some covers detached; and 2 others American law etc. 8vo et infra (6)(6)
Dennis (John) Miscellany Poems with Selected Translations....To which is added The Passion of Byblis... second edition with large additions lacking A1 (blank) contemporary annotations to title small repair to upper edge Sam.Briscoe Covent-Garden 1697 bound with [Blackmore (Sir Richard) Remarks on a Book entitled Prince Arthur an heroick Poem... first and only edition S.Herrick and R.Sare 1696 modern calf gilt lettering 8vo
Chambers (Ephraim) Cyclopaedia: or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences 2 vol. first edition 2 engraved folding frontispieces and 19 plates 1 browned some text leaves lacking contemporary panelled calf front boards detached rubbed and scuffed corners worn folio James and John Knapton [& C.] 1728
(Rachel Lady) Letters... first edition half-title Edward and Charles Dilly 1773 bound with Observations on a Late Publication Entitled “Memoirs of Great-Britain by Sir John Dalrymple lacks A1 (?blank) E2 tear mostly in margin ink signature of W. Jerningham (a prominent Roman Catholic family in Norfolk) J. Almon 1773 browned new endpapers contemporary calf edges worn rebacked with the original spine laid down 4to. (Rachel Lady) Letters... first edition half-title Edward and Charles Dilly 1773 bound with Observations on a Late Publication Entitled “Memoirs of Great-Britain by Sir John Dalrymple lacks A1 (?blank) E2 tear mostly in margin ink signature of W. Jerningham (a prominent Roman Catholic family in Norfolk) J. Almon 1773 browned new endpapers contemporary calf edges worn rebacked with the original spine laid down 4to.
Walpoole (George Augustus) The New British Traveller new edition revised by William Hugh Dalton engraved frontispiece and plates 1 folding map first few ff. creased map creased with browning and tear at fold contemporary half calf front cover becoming loose spine chipped worn folio for Alex Hogg [1794].
Dickens (Charles) Martin Chuzzlewit first edition in book form first issue half title engraved frontispiece and title plates by Phiz 1 loose plates foxed particularly at edges contemporary half calf spine gilt extemities rubbed spine darkened 8vo 1844. *** The engraved title has the pound sign on the poster transposed to read “100£”. “Copies with the error are scarce.” Eckel p.68
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