[Spyri, Johanna] Heidi, her years of wandering and learning; Heidi how she used what she learned. Boston: Cupples, Upham and Company, 1885. First American edition, later issue without publisher`s advertisements, 8vo, 2 volumes in one, original aqua-blue cloth blocked in black, folder and slipcase, contemporary inscription on front endpaper, spine lightly rubbed at head and foot, slipcase rubbed Provenance: Mabel Watson, inscription. Note: This translation by Louise Brookes is rare. The first appearance of the story in translation was the UK edition of 1884 but this is known by only one or two copies.
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Trollope, Anthony The last chronicle of Barset. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (220 x 135mm.), 32 wood-engraved plates and 32 wood-engraved vignettes by George H. Thomas, pale yellow endpapers, original blue cloth blocked in gold and blind, spines gilt, collector`s slipcase, slight spotting, extremities worn, bindings skewed Note: Sadleir 26; Woolf 6784.
Waldron, Francis Godolphin The Shakespearean miscellany. London: Lackington, 1802. 4to, 12 engraved plates, original boards, uncut, rebacked, rubbed; Burns, Robert Poems. Edinburgh, 1811. 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates after J. Burnet, contemporary panelled calf gilt, neatly rebacked; Crabbe, George Tales of the hall. London: J. Murray, 1819. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, without half-titles, some light spotting; Idem Tales. London: J. Hatchard, 1812. First edition, 8vo, half-title, contemporary calf gilt, joints slightly split; Byron, G.G.N., Lord Marino Faliero. London: J. Murray, 1821. 8vo, contemporary blind-stamped calf gilt, hinge cracked at head of upper joint; Hobhouse, J. Historical illustrations of the fourth canto of Childe Harold. London: J. Murray, 1818. Second edition, contemporary calf, title repaired on verso, rebacked retaining spine, some spotting; Wordsworth, W. The prelude. London: E. Moxon, 1850. First edition, half-title, contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e.; Lawrence, T.E. Seven pillars of wisdom. London: J. Cape, 1935. 4to, original buckram, uncut, spine lightly faded; Tennyson, A., Lord Maud. London: E. Moxon, 1855. 8vo, original cloth, rubbed; Lane-Pole, S. Stratford Canning. London: Longmans, 1888. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth (13)
Welsh, Irvine - Signed by the author Trainspotting. London: Secker & Warburg, 1993. First edition, 8vo, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, original soft covers, not price clipped, a very good copy; [Idem] The acid house. London: Jonathan Cape, 1994. First ediiton [full number line], 8vo, signed by the author on the half title, original soft covers, some light fading to backstrip otherwise very good (2)
Woolf, Virginia The years. London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1937. First edition, 8vo, original jade-green cloth lettered in gilt on spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Vanessa Bell, minor browning, browned dust-jacket split at joint with neat adhesive tape on reverse, slightly frayed at extremities with minor loss to head of spine Note: Kirkpatrick A22(a).
Calligraphy--Champion, Joseph The parallel, or comparative penmanship, exemplified in four, the greatest original foreign masters. London, the author, 1749. Oblong 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece, title, dedication and 19 (of 20) engraved plates, 4 pages printed text, interleaved copy, later wrappers, some staining, slight loss to plate 19; Tomkins, Thomas The beauties of writing exemplified in a variety of plain and ornamental penmanship. London: T. Varty, 1844. Oblong folio, engraved title, dedication and plates 3-28 and 33-41 only, contemporary half roan, worn, covers detached; Tomkins, Thomas The beauties of writing. London: for the author, 1777. First edition, oblong folio, engraved title, dedication and 40 plates, contemporary boards, some staining and spotting, boards worn (3)
Gardening - [Hill, Sir John] The gardener`s new kalendar. London, 1758. 8vo, 3 folding plates, woodcuts in text, modern half calf gilt, some waterstaining; Emmerton, Isaac A plain and practical treatise on the culture and management of the Auricula... London, 1819. Second edition, 8vo, colour frontispiece, original boards, backstrip roughly repaired, hinges strengthened; Jekyll, Francis Gertrude Jekyll, a memoir. London, 1934. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt; Hope, Frances Jane Notes and thoughts on gardens and woodlands. London, 1881. 8vo, original cloth gilt, some foxing; Sedding, John Garden-craft old and new. London, 1891. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth gilt, foxing to endpapers, bookplate; Robinson, W. Garden design and architects` gardens. London, 1892. 8vo, plates, original blue cloth gilt, previous ink inscription on half title; Maxwell, Sir Herbert Scottish gardens. London, 1908. 8vo, colour frontispiece, colour plates by Mary Wilson, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded; Thomas, H.H. The ideal garden. London, 1911. Third edition, 8vo, frontispiece and plates, original decorative green cloth gilt, foxing; Jekyll, Gertrude Lilies for English gardens. London, 1901. 8vo, plates, original cloth gilt; Cane, Percy Modern gardens, British & Foreign. London: The Studio, 1926-27. 4to, colour frontispiece, plates, contemporary decorative cloth gilt; Paterson, Nathaniel The manse garden. London, [no date]. Nineteenth thousand, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, foxing; and 35 others on gardening (46)
Gardening - Sackville-West, Victoria The garden. London, 1946. First edition, 8vo, lacking dustwrapper; [Idem] The land. London, 1926. New impression, 8vo, original cloth, lacking wrapper; More for your garden. London, 1955. First edition, frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper, protective wrapper, previous ink inscription; [Idem] Even more for you garden. London, 1958. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, dustwrapper, protective wrapper, previous ink inscription; [Idem] In your garden. London, 1951. Second impression, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, protective wrapper, previous ink inscription; [Idem] In your garden again. London, 1953. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, protective wrapper, previous ink inscription pasted to front endpaper; [Idem] Pepita. London, 1947. Fifth impression, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper; [Idem] Some flowers. London, 1937. First edition, 8vo, original decorative boards, backstrip discoloured; [Idem] Selected poems. London, 1941. Small 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper [protected with adhesive film], previous ink inscription on front endpaper; [Idem] Knole and the Sackvilles. London, 1922. 8vo, frontispiece, original decorative cloth; and 15 others (25)
Bertin, T.P. Les matinees de l`enfance ou historiettes amusantes et morales. Paris, Nepveu, 1811. 12mo, 4 volumes in 2, 24 engraved plates, by Dien after Morland, Northcote and Smith, contemporary calf gilt, worn; Antoine, A. Les petits peureux corriges. Paris: Pierre Blanchard, 1823. Fourth edition, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, pictorial title page and 4 plates, browned, caption of one plate inked over, contemporary cloth-backed boards; Nouveau contes pour les enfans: Frederic. Paris, Didot le jeune, 1818, 16mo, lacking cut-out figure and costumes, spotted, original boards, slipcase; Childrens Dog of knowledge, or memoirs of Bob, the spotted terrier. 1801, lacking frontispiece, wood-engraved title-vignette, advertisements at end, browned, [Moon 212]; Mavor, Dr. The nursery garland, being a selection of short poems. 1806. Second edition, engraved frontispiece, [Moon 527:2]; The little scholar`s mirror. 1812, wood-engraved illustrations, [Moon 498]; [Wilson, Lucy Sarah] Fruits of enterprise exhibited in the travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia. 1821, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates each with 2 illustrations coloured by hand, some browning, front endpaper loose, [Moon 982:1]; John Harris-Elizabeth of the exiles of Siberia, a tale founded on fact from the French of Madame Cottin. Derby, Thomas Richardson, 1833. Engraved frontispiece and wood-engraved illustrations in the text, some discolouration; A present for the young curious. Harvey and Darton, [c.1815]. Engraved frontispiece and 23 plates each comprising 2 illustrations, browned; Argus, Arabella The adventures of a Donkey. London: William Darton, 1823. Engraved frontispiece, some browning; and 3 others, original roan-backed boards , cloth or calf, worn, upper covers of the first and last mentioned loose, spines of most chipped, of the first lacking, 12mo (14)
Grimm, J.L.C. & W.C. German popular stories. London: C. Baldwyn, 1823. First edition, second issue, 12mo, one volume only (of 2), engraved title-page and 5 (of 11) plates by George Cruikshank, lacking advertisements, browned, cloth, worn; [Idem] The young Robinson, an interesting narrative of a French cabin boy who was shipwrecked on an uninhabited Island, from the French of Mad. Malles de Beaulieu. London: H.Holloway and H.R. Thomas, 1825. Second edition, 12mo, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title-page, browned, contemporary roan-backed boards, worn (2)
Brewster, David A treatise on new philosophical instruments. Edinburgh: J. Murray & W. Blackwood, 1813. First edition, presentation copy inscribed "To Mr James Veitch from the Author", 8vo, half-title, 12 folding engraved plates, original boards, uncut, with Veitch`s note on endpaper "for observations on this treatise see the Quarterly Review, for April and July 1814", plates rather spotted, head of spine worn, joints partly cracked
Brewster, David A treatise on the microscope. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1827. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed "To the Jedburgh Mechanics Institute, from the Author", 14 plates, original cloth, some light soiling, upper hinge weak, binding worn, small hole just below inscription; [Idem] The Cabinet Cyclopaedia: Optics. London: Longman, &c., 1838. 12mo, engraved title inscribed "Jedburgh Mechanics Institute Library", illustrations, some damp-staining, one leaf repaired, original cloth covered with paper; [Idem] The life of Sir Isaac Newton. London: J. Murray, 1831. 12mo, engraved frontispiece, inscribed "Jedburgh Academy 1854", old quarter calf, worn; Gordon, Mrs The home life of Sir David Brewster. Edinburgh: 1869. 8vo, mounted photographic frontispiece portrait, cloth soiled; another copy. 1881. 8vo, original cloth; Dick, Thomas The sidereal heavens. London: T. Ward, [c.1840]. 12mo, engraved frontispiece, half calf, lacks 5 plates, some soiling; Baikie, J. Through the telescope. 1906. 8vo, original cloth (7)
Medicine and Anatomy - Hunter, William Anatomia uteri humani gravidi tabulis ilustrata. The anatomy of the human gravid uterus exhibited in figures. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1774. First edition, large folio, 33 engraved plates, [of 34, lacks plate 6], contemporary half calf, fore-margin of plate 7 slightly frayed, some dampstaining, worn, upper cover loose
Big Game Hunting - Schillings, C.G. With flashlight and rifle. London, [no date]. Second edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, ownership inscription on front endpaper; Dowsett, J. Morewood Big game and big life. London, [no date]. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, plates, original blue cloth gilt, some damps staining to backstrip; Pitman, Captain C.R.S. A game warden among his charges. London, 1931. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, inner hinges weak; [Idem] A game warden takes stock. London, 1942. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original green cloth gilt, sunned; Cranworth, Lord Profit and sport in British East Africa. London, 1919. 8vo, colour frontispiece, folding map, plates, original green cloth gilt, faded backstrip; Kearton, Cherry Photographing wild life across the world. London, [no date]. 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt; Treves, Sir Frederick The elephant man and other reminiscences. London, 1923. Reprint, 8vo, original cloth gilt, some foxing to edges, ownership inscriptions; Leatham, A.E. Sport in five continents. Edinburgh, 1912. 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, rubbed; Sweden, Prince William of Wild African animals I have known. London, 1923. 4to, frontispiece, plates, original blue cloth gilt; White, Stewart Edward African camp fires. London, 1914. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt; and 8 others (18) Provenance: From the library of the late R. Campbell-Hewson, specialist bookseller in Africana.
Harris, William Cornwallis, Sir The wild sports of Southern Africa. London, 1852. Fifth edition, 8vo, folding map, vignette title, 25 colour plates, original red decorative cloth gilt, rebacked using original backstrip, later endpapers, some light foxing to interior; [Idem] The wild sports of Southern Africa. London, 1839. First edition, 8vo, half title, folding map, 7 plates, original decorative cloth gilt, rebacked using original backstrip, some foxing to interior; Bland-Sutton, J. Man and beast in Eastern Ethiopia. London: Macmillan, 1911. 8vo, presentation inscription from the author on title, illustrated in text, original red cloth gilt, gilt stamp of bucking wildebeast on upper board, fading to backstrip (3)
Keate, George An account of the Pelew Islands. London: G. Nicol, 1788. First edition, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding chart and 15 plates, errata leaf, later period style half calf, spine gilt, folding plate with short marginal tears, some spotting, chiefly to title and frontispiece
Senegal, West Africa--Adanson, Michel A voyage to Senegal, the Isle of Goree, and the River Gambia, translated from the French. London: J. Nourse & W. Johnston, 1759. First English edition, 8vo, folding engraved map, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, black morocco lettering piece, some offsetting to map; Coxe, William Travels in Switzerland. Dublin: L. White, 1789. 2 volumes, 8vo, 5 engraved plates, contemporary tree calf, red morocco labels, slightly rubbed, lacks 2 maps (3)
Tibet--Fergusson, W.N. Adventure, sport and travel on the Tibetan steppes. London: Constable, 1911. First edition, 8vo, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, numerous plates & illustrations from photographs, original decorative cloth gilt; Waddell, L.A. Lhasa and its mysteries, with a record of the expedition of 1903-04. London: Methuen, 1906. 8vo, folding maps, plates, original pictorial cloth (2)
Leyland, John., From the Peak of Derbyshire, Its Scenery & Antiquities, Dawson, Alfred & Railton, Herbert, (illus.), first edition, Seeley And Co Limited (London 1891); Walton, Izaak & Cotton, Charles, Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1921; Annual Register for the Year 1795 (London 1810) (3)
A test cricket centenary 1877-1977 first day cover with limited edition sterling silver medal, complete with wallet and pack of commemorative stamps, also an album of 1973 county cricket first day covers with accompanying photographs, together with three Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogues c.1956/1957.
OPPER (FREDERICK BURR) - Our Antediluvian Ancestors, London 1903, First UK Edition, fifty full page black and white illustrations with captioned text on opposing page, original gilt dec. red cloth, slightly faded and bruised corners Opper (1857 - 1937) was a pioneering American cartoonist, creator of the Happy Hooligan and others, The Antediluvians first appeared in Hearsts` New York Journal on Sunday, January 20th, 1901
CHARLES DICKENS, Our Mutual Friend, two volumes, Chapman and Hall, 1865, first edition, half leather over ribbed cloth with some foxing, "The Pickwick Papers", Chapman and Hall, 1837, pp.1-609 in one volume, first edition, later issue, heavy foxing and paper damage to final pages, "Master Humprhey`s Clock", Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841, two volumes, black morocco with marbled edges, some wear to binding (5)
Horological reference works- two first editions: Britten, F.J. Former Clock & Watchmakers and their Work E. & F.N. Spon, London, 1st edition 1894; Britten, F.J. THE WATCH AND CLOCKMAKERS’ HANDBOOK, DICTIONARY AND GUIDE W. Kent & Co., London, 1st edition 1884; with four hardbound volumes of ANTIQUARIAN HOROLOGY comprising; Vol I December 1953 to September 1956 (reprinted March 1977), Vol II December 1956 to September 1959 (reprinted October 1978), Vol III December 1959 to September 1962 (reprinted May 1979) and Vol IV December 1962 to September 1965 (reprinted May 1980), (6).
A Gunze Sangyo 1/24 scale unmade Lotus Elan S3 kit, in unopened box; an SMTS No.RL6 unmade Lotus 33 white metal kit, boxed; an SMTS No.RL10 unmade Lotus 38 white metal kit, boxed; an Airfix 1/32 scale M.G. K3 Magnette unmade plastic kit, boxed; a Tameo No.WCT63 unmade Lotus 25 white metal kit, boxed; and an Exclusive First Editions code 3 promotional A.E.C. Mammoth Tanker `Milk Marketing Board`, limited edition 895/1000, green, boxed, (6). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports. Best Bid
The History of Kingswood School; together with the register of Kingswood School and Woodhouse Grove School, first edition, Kelly, London 1898. Dark green cloth gilt, plate and text illustrations, octavo; Ives, A.G. Kingswood School in Wesley`s Day & Since, first edition, Epworth Press, London 1970. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and three other works, (5). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports. Best Bid
Baker, E.A., & Balch, H.E. The Netherworld of Mendip, Baker / Simpkin et al., Clifton / London 1907. Green cloth, plate illustrations, octavo; Butler, T. Howard. The History of Wm Butler & Co. (Bristol) Ltd 1843 to 1943, first edition, Butler, Bristol 1954. Blue cloth, illustrations, quarto, SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Kelly`s Directory of Bristol, 1960; and other works of West Country interest, (10). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Darwin, C. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first edition, Murray, London 1872. Dark green cloth, illustrations, four page publisher`s catalogue dated Nov. 1872, octavo (covers frayed and loose; binding weak); and another work by the same. This lot sold with all faults, not subject to return. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Gent, Nicholas. The Shapes and Patterns of the Pinxton China Factory 1796-1813, first edition, by the author, Pinxton 1996. Cloth, dustjacket, colour illustrations throughout, tall quarto; and Curtis, Jean-Louis. Baccarat, Thames & Hudson, London 1992. Boards, dustjacket, English text, colour illustrations throughout, tall quarto, (2). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Hogben, Carol, (editor). The Art of Bernard Leach, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1978. Cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, tall quarto; Groot, Irene de. Landscape Etchings by the Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century, first edition, Fraser, London 1979. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and assorted other works of art interest, (20). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Baker, Charles, (editor). Bibliography of British Book Illustrators 1860-1900, first edition, Birmingham Bookshop 1978. Cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Lewis, Roy H. Fine Bookbinding in the Twentieth Century, first edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1984. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and two other works, (4). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports. Best Bid
Watney, Bernard. Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century, first edition, Dennis, Shepton Beauchamp 1997. Boards, dustjacket, colour and black and white illustrations throughout, tall quarto; Boney, Knowles. Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century and its Makers, Portman Press, London 1989. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Godden, Geoffrey. Lowestoft Porcelains, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1985. Cloth, dustjacket, colour and black and white illustrations, quarto; Spencer, Christopher. Early Lowestoft, first edition, Ainsworth & Nelson, 1981. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, tall quarto; and a further five books / booklets of related interest, (9). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Nance, E. Morton. The Pottery & Porcelain of Swansea & Nantgarw, limited edition facsimile reprint 161/500, Thomas, Haverfordwest 1985. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Hallesy, Helen. The Glamorgan Pottery, Swansea 1814-38, first edition, Gomer, llandysul 1995. Cloth, dustjacket, colour and black and white illustrations, square octavo, (2). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports. Best Bid
Coysh, A.W., & Henrywood, R.K. The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery 1780-1880, two volumes, reprint and first edition respectively, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1982 & 1989. Cloth, dustjackets, illustrations throughout, quarto; Godden, Geoffrey. Mason`s China and the Ironstone Wares, revised edition, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge 1980. Cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; Godden, Geoffrey, & Gibson, Michael. Collecting Lustreware, first edition, Barrie & Jenkins, London 1991. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, tall quarto; and a further eight works on ceramics, (12). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Sandon, Henry. Worcester Porcelain 1751-1793, third edition, Barrie & Jenkins, London 1980. Cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Adams, Elizabeth, & Redstone, David. Bow Porcelain, first edition, Faber & Faber, London 1981. Cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Drakard, David, (editor). Limehouse Ware Revealed, English Ceramic Circle, 1993. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and assorted other works on ceramics. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Travers, Pamela. Mary Poppins Opens the Door, first U.S. edition, Reynal & Hitchcock, New York 1943. Buff cloth (hinges weak), illustrations by Mary Shepard and Agnes Sims, octavo, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Travers, Pamela. Mary Poppins in the Park, first U.S. edition, Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York 1952. Blue cloth (damp marked), dustjacket (worn, with loss), illustrations by Mary Shepard, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; together with copies of Aunt Sass; Ah Wong (2); and Johnny Delaney, each a limited edition of 500, privately printed by the author as a Christmas Greeting, each INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, (6). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

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