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Lot 17
Dennis (G) The Cities & Cemetries of Etruria 2 vol., first edition, folding map (with small closed tear where carelessly opened), lithographed plates, maps, plans and illustrations, 16pp. publisher`s catalogue at end of vol.2, occasional foxing, ink ownership inscription on half-title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities rubbed, spine ends nicked and chipped, 8vo, 1848.
Lot 20
Gell & Gandy. Pompeiana... first edition, additional engraved title and 80 maps, plans and plates, some folding, occasional foxing, bookplates of J. B. and Michael Bury, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., rebacked with old spine laid down, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1817-1819.
Lot 25
Fleuriau missions Compagnie de Jésus 1715 first edition, folding engraved map, ink library stamp to title and A1, contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments and richly gilt, Jesuit Library label to upper cover, edges repaired with modern leather, upper joint split, rubbed, [Atabey 438; cf. Blackmer 610], 8vo, Paris, Nicolas le Clerc, 1715. ***The map is of the island of Santorini and includes a volcano..
Lot 26
Layard.Early Adventures in Persia..,2v,1st,1887 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, chromolithograph frontispiece, 3 wood-engraved plates, 3 folding maps, A.L.s. dated 1889 from the author to Henry Gibbs acknowledging receipt of catalogue of Gibbs`s books loosely inserted, with ink signature of Gibbs on front free endpaper and his bookplate, a fine copy in original decorated cloth, corners very slightly bumped, 8vo, 1887. ***Henry Gibbs (1819-1907, 1st Baron Aldenham), merchant and scholar who served as director and governor of the Bank of England. He was an enthusiastic bibliophile, member of the Roxburghe Club, and a philologist and lexicographer who assisted in the production of The New English Dictionary. A catalogue of some printed books and manuscripts at St.Dunstan`s, Regent`s Park, and Aldenham House, Herts. was privately printed in 1888..
Lot 27
Mumm.Five Months in the Himalaya.1909 A Record of Mountain Travel in Garhwal and Kashmir, first edition, half-title, frontispiece and 28 plates including one not called for and 4 folding panoramas, tissue guards, 2 folding colour maps, numerous illustrations mounted in text, some light foxing or soiling, 1 map torn, upper hinge weak, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, spine a little faded, [Neate M179; Perret 3147; Yakushi M565a], 8vo, 1909. ***An account of the author`s 1907 expedition to Trisul with Longstaff..
Lot 28
Belcher.Last..Arctic Voyages,2v,1st,1855 2 vol., first edition, 36 lithographed plates and 1 map (12 tinted or chromolithograph, 4 plates of ice crystals printed in mauve), 3 folding engraved maps at end of vol.2 (1 torn), wood-engraved illustrations, foxing to plates (mostly marginal), modern half calf, spines gilt, [Abbey Travel 645; Sabin 4389], 8vo, 1855. ***Account of the last expedition sent out by the British Government in search of Sir John Franklin..
Lot 29
Burton.Ultima Thule,2v,1st,1875 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 6 tinted lithographed frontispieces and double-page facsimile, 2 folding colour maps, wood-engraved illustrations, some full-page, 16pp. catalogue at end of vol.1, plates with marginal foxing, upper hinges weak, vol.1 broken with one gathering becoming loose, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, rubbed, spines a little faded, labels removed from upper covers, [Penzer pp.91-92], 8vo, London and Edinburgh, 1875.
Lot 31
Hommaire de Hell-Travels in the Steppes first English edition, contemporary calf, upper board becoming detached, 1847 § Oliphant (Laurence) The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852, tinted lithographed frontispiece, folding map, illustrations, presentation copy from the publisher inscribed at head of title, endpapers foxed, small marginal waterstain on first few leaves, contemporary half calf, Edinburgh and London, 1853, ink signature on titles, bookplate on front pastedown, spine gilt in compartments, morocco spine labels, extremities rubbed, 8vo(2)
Lot 37
Wimpffen (F.A.S.) Voyage a Saint-Domingue, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, folding table at end, browned, engraved bookplate of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (the playwright`s grandson) on front pastedown, contemporary half morocco, by S.Mepham of Dorchester with their ticket, rubbed, [Sabin 104711], 8vo, Paris, 1797.
Lot 45
Morant.Hist/Antiqs..County of Essex,2v,1768 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, 9 double-page or folding engraved maps, 23 engraved plates and plans, some folding or double-page, large folding plate in vol.1 (Wanstead House) rather browned, some light foxing and very occasional marginal water-staining but generally a good copy, bookplates removed from front pastedowns, nineteenth century half red morocco, by Birdsall & Son of Northampton, spines gilt, t.e.g., a little rubbed, folio, T.Osborne..., 1768. ***Including the second edition of The History and Antiquities of the most ancient Town and Borough of Colchester..
Lot 59
Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds 2 vol., first edition, wood-engraved illustrations by Thomas Bewick, titles with ink inscriptions of the Earl of lauderdale, 1890, Q4 verso and R1 recto borowned, some foxing, handsome contemporary dark green straight-grain morocco, gilt, corners bumped, rubbed, inner gilt dentelles and silk doublures and endpapers, dust-soiled, gauffered gilt edges, [Roscoe 14a-d & 17a-d], Newcastle, Sol.Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick, 1797-1804; and a copy of the fifth edition of Quadrupeds, uniformly bound, 8vo(3)
Lot 61
Budge First Steps in Egyptian 1895 first edition,, half-title, original cloth, spine gilt, 1895 § Sayce (Rev. A.H.) An Elementary Grammar of the Assyrian Language, original pictorial cloth, gilt, corners and spine ends frayed, n.d. [19th century]; and c.15 others, Egyptology and Antiquities, all dust-soiled, v.s.(c.17)
Lot 64
Hooker Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie 1639 6 parts in 1, 6 engraved titles, general title with a central stain and long ink inscription to verso, occasional water-staining, contemporary calf, rubbed, small folio, William Stansbye, [1639] § Melville (Sir James) The Memoires of Sir James Melvill...More Particularly relating to the Kingdoms of England and Scotland under the reigns of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots...,edited by George Scott, first edition, browned, small section excised from inner margin of final text f. (index recto, advertisement verso), just affecting a couple of letters verso, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Wing M1654], E.H. for Robert Boulter, 1683 § Stuart (Gilbert) The History of Scotland from the Establishment to the Reformation, 2 vol., first edition, ink inscriptions `Robert Mackenzie 25 June 1782` to titles, some damp-staining, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed and scuffed, Edinburgh, for J.Murray and John Bell, 1782; and 7 others, Scotland, v.s.(11)
Lot 65
Housman (A.E.) The Name and Nature of Poetry first edition, half-title, original printed boards, spine worn, with loss of a quarter at head, lightly soiled, Cambridge, 1933 § Wagner (Richard) Tannhäuser, mounted colour plates and illustrations by Willy Pogany, original pictorial ckloth, gilt, rubbed, soiled and rubbed, n.d. § Il Cantico del Sole di san Francesco, calligraphic manuscript, 4pp., initials in blue, contemporary morocco-backed, soiled, [20th century]; and c.10 others, Modern Literature & Illustration, v.s.(c.13)
Lot 66
MacLaurin Isaac Newton`s Philosophical third edition, half-title, 6 folding engraved plates, ink ownership inscription `M. Adam, 1810` to title, some browning (particularly to plates), occasional spotting, a few stains, contemporary calf, worn, but holding firm, for J.Nourse [&c.], 1775 § Conybeare (John) A Defence of Reveal`d Religion, half-title, advertisements at end, occasional spotting or soiling, contemporary calf, worn, for S.Wilmot, 1732 § Nisbet (Alexander) A System of Heraldry, 2 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, dedication with engraved coat-of-arms and plates, woodcut decorations, foxed and browned, armorial bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper covers detached, Edinburgh, 1722-42; and 6 others, including a single f. from the Nuremberg Chronicle, in very good condition, v.s.(10)
Lot 76
Persius Flaccus (Aulus) Satyrae Sex first Bond edition & first printing in England, woodcut to title, front free endpaper and title trimmed at head, contemporary `scribble` on last page of text, later paneled calf, rebacked hinges repaired, Excudebat Felix Kingstonius impensis Guliemi Aspley & Natanielis Butterii, 1614 § Smet (Henrich) Prosodia...proptissima qua syllabarum positione & diphthongis,....slightly browned and soiled, contemporary annotations at rear, front free endpaper torn in half with ink library stamps of Repton School Library & bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, London, T.P. pro Societate Stationariorum, 1668, v.s.(2)
Lot 84
Churchill (Sir Winston) Divi Britannici Being a Remark Upon the Lives of All the Kings of the Isle, first edition, title in red and black with large vignette, printers vignette, numerous engraced illustrations, slightly browned, minor staining in some margins, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked, [Wing C4275], Tho. Roycroft, 1675; and another, a waterstained copy of Hammond`s The Reign of King Charles, 1655, folio(2)
Lot 87
Rushworth (John) The Tryal first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking last f. (blank?), 2R4 corner creased and with small hole, 2 ink signatures smudged out at head of title, ex-library copy with 2 ink stamps on title, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Wing R2333], folio, for John Wright & Richard Chiswell, 1680.
Lot 93
Adlerfeld(G) Military History of Charles XII translated by Henry Fielding, 3 vol., first edition in English, vol. 1 & 2 half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece and 6 folding plates, one or two with tears along folds, bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, hinges cracked, vol. 3 upper board becoming detached, J. & P. Knapton, 1740 § [Tooke (W.)] The Life of Catharine II. Empress of Russia, 3 vol., fourth edition, engraved folding map and plates, browned and stained, ink signature at head of title, marginalia throughout, bookplates on front pastedowns, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1800; and another, 8vo (7)
Lot 95
Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Lord) A Letter first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, half-title, lightly browned, contemporary tree calf, slightly rubbed, rebacked, for the Editor, 1753 § Junius, 2 vol., slightly browned, Henry Sampson Woodfall, 1772 § Walpole (Horace) Private Correspondence..., 4 vol., engraved frontispiece, foxed, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, rebacked with the original spines laid down, 1820; and 10 others, 8vo(17)
Lot 97
Burn, Richard Ecclesiastical Law 2 vol., first edition, armorial bookplate, later inscription endpaper vol. 1, front endpaper vol. 2 torn with loss, contemporary full calf, morocco labels (two lacking), joints cracking, H.Woodfall and W.Strahan, sold by A.Millar, 1763 § Nichols (John) Biographical and Literary Anecdotes, engraved portrait contemporary half calf, rubbed at head of spine with loss, for the Author, 1782 § Ogilvie (John) Rona, A Poem, first edition, illustrations, for J.Murray, 1777 bound with Mason (William) The Art of Painting of Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy, first edition, for A.Ward, York, 1783 bound with [Huddesford (George) Salmagundi; A Miscellaneous Combination of Original Poetry, 1791, contemporary half calf joints cracked, worn with loss to head of spine, 4to(4)
Lot 98
Trinity House. [Deptford Charter] The Royal Charte ...for the Government and Encrease of the Navigation of England and Relief of poor Mariners, their Widows, and Orphans, &c., lightly spotted, contemporary `Cambridge panelled` calf, arms of Trinity House on red circular panel probably from another binding to upper and lower covers, rubbed, and chipped, [Goldsmiths` 9914], 1763 § Taylor (Arthur) The Glory of Regality, first edition, contemporary half calf, gilt, joints cracked, bookplate, 1820, 8vo(2)
Lot 104
Burke (Edmund) Reflections first edition, `M` in date to the right of `D` of Dodsley on title, flower on p. iv facing right, no press figure on p. 354, B2 small chip in margin, slightly browned, occasional spotting, , ink inscription: "Dav. Love" at head of title, contemporary tree calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, rebacked, [Todd 53a; Printing and the Mind of Man 239], 8vo, J. Dodsley, 1790. ***Perhaps David Love (1750-1827), poet and pedlar..
Lot 107
Radcliffe (Ann) The Italian, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, T12 margin torn and repaired, occasional light soiling, vol. 3 marginal wormtrack affecting a few leaves at end, contemporary label of Thiselton, Bookseller and Stationer on front pastedowns, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in calf, rubbed, edges rather worn, [Rothschild 1703], 12mo, 1797.
Lot 108
Edgeworth (Maria and Richard Lovell) Practical Edu 3 vol., second edition, half-titles, engraved frontispiece and 2 folding plates, bookplate, contemporary tree calf, gilt, a little rubbed, some joints cracked,1801; Essay on Irish Bulls, first edition, engraved vignettes, some sight dampstaining, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, 1802, 8vo.(4)
Lot 110
Hamilton (Elizabeth) Letters on Education first edition, large paper, paper fault on corner c2, contemporary tree calf, gilt, lettering label, small split to upper joint, Bath, 1801 § Chapman (George) A Treatise on Education in two parts, fourth edition, considerably enlarged, modern quarter speckled calf over marbled boards, vellum corners, Printed for the Author, 1790, 8vo(2)
Lot 111
Raymond (James Grant) The Life of Dermody 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, some browning and water-staining, ink signatures on titles, contemporary calf, spines creased, modern labels, William Miller, 1806 § Larmine (William) West Irish Folk-Tales and Romances, half-title, bookplate, new endpapers, contemporary morocco-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, 1893; and 20 others, Ireland, 8vo & 4to(c. 20)
Lot 113
[Edwards (Richard)] The Paradise Reprinted From a Transcript of the First Edition, 1576, In the hand writing of the late George Steevens... and Introductory Remarks... by Sir Egerton Brydges, [one of 120 4to copies], title slightly soiled, a little browned, new endpapers, modern half calf, gilt spine, [not in BL], sm. 4to, for Robert Triphook and William Sancho, 1810.
Lot 117
Nares, Robert A Glossary; or Collection of Words, ...which have been thought to require Illustration,...Shakespeare and his Contemporaries, first edition, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, ex-libris ink stamps to endpaper and verso of title, For Robert Triphook,1822 § Symson (Andrew) Lexicon Anglo-Græco-Latinum Novi Testamenti..., title printed in red and black, slightly browned and soiled small Ediness Library stamp to title, W.Godbid for J.Clark etc. 1658, issued with, HGHS KAINHS DIAQHKHS SUMFWNIA or, An Alphabetical Concordance of all the Greek words in the New Testiment; rebound in modern morocco with original reversed calf sides laid-on, gilt, for I.Clarke, 1658 § [Booksellers` Catalogue], Longman, Rees, Orme and Browne. Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica, frontispiece, illustrations, contemporary half morocco, 1815, v.s.(3)
Lot 118
British (The) Essayists prefaces by James Ferguson, 40 vol., second edition, some slight foxing and browning, bookplates on front pastedowns, spines gilt in compartments, vol. I rebacked with the original spine laid down, 1822-1823 § Cellini (Benvenuto) The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, a Florentine Artist, translated by Thomas Nugent, 2 vol., first edition in English, engraved portrait (offset on title), some foxing and browning, new endpapers, edges darkened, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, T.Davies, 1771, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; and 2 others, 8vo & 4to(44)
Lot 126
Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey`s Clock 3 vol., first edition in book form, 3 engraved frontispieces, 2 plates, illustrations, some tears to inner margins, a few gatherings sprung with some leaves becoming loose, hinges pulled, original cloth, shaky, rubbed, frayed at spine ends, some marking, 8vo, 1840-41.
Lot 131
Webb-Particulars of the"Great Eastern"...Ship authenticated edition (second issue), engraved frontispiece and plan, 2 pp. advertisements at end, some marginal soiling, edges a little frayed, p.30 two lines of text crossed through in pen, modern half calf, original upper wrapper bound in (soiled and with ink signature at head), 8vo, 1857. ***A rare pamphlet describing the S.S. Great Eastern. Almost certainly printed in the first half of 1857 and heralding the ship`s impending launch in `July or August` although the ship was not actually floated until January 1858 due to technical difficulties. The ship, under construction at Millwall, became a tourist attraction as Brunel`s partners, strapped for cash as the costs spiralled out of control, encouraged sightseers to pay to come and view the works much to Brunel`s consternation. This pamphlet was probably produced to sell to those sightseers or to encourage people to take a trip out to Millwall to view the ship..
Lot 135
Jefferies (Richard) Wood Magic, a Fable 2 vol., first edition, original decorated cloth, uncut, [Sadleir 1317], Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1881 § [Peacock (Thomas Love)] Rhododaphne: or The Thessalian Spell, A Poem, first edition, original boards, slightly worn, 1818 § Wordsworth (William) The Prose Works, 3 vol., edited by Rev.Alexander B.Grosart, original green cloth, gilt, 1876, v.s.(6)
Lot 138
Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, plates, 32pp. advertisements, slight splitting to front hinge, original blue cloth, gilt and black, very slight rubbing, overall a very good example, 8vo, Vizetelly & Co., 1886. ***The tragic tale of Emma Bovary`s attempts to escape marriage & motherhood`s failure to live up to her own romantic expectations, through doomed affairs & excesses, ending with her own suicide in the face of insurmountable debts. Translated by Karl Marx`s daughter, who also took her own life by poison..
Lot 140
Churchill.London to Ladysmith 3 folding maps,1 colour, diagrams, 32pp. catalogue at end dated `10/99`, 1900; My African Journey, 3 maps, 1 folding, plates, advertisements at end, slight damp-staining to frontispiece, 1908; Savrola, first English edition, modern morocco, gilt arms on upper cover, 1900, the first two first editions, both with some spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, the first rebacked preserving original spine, [Woods A4, A12 & A3 (b)], 8vo
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