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![Medicine, Phrenology--[Combe, George] A system of phrenology, manuscript of the fourth edition, 634 pages, 12mo, unbound, la](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2742925/299-106-10121_468x382.jpg)
Lot 303
Scott, Sir Walter & James Ballantyne & Co. Account current, the Trustees of Messrs. James Ballantyne & Co. and Sir Walter Scott, Bt., with John Gibson for expenses incurred on his journey to Paris collecting material for completing Napoleon, and other expenses, 15 May 1827, account submitted to Trustees of Sir Walter Scott by John Gibson for books purchased, 10 Sept. 1825; list of debts due by the proprietors of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal at 31 March 1826 (totalling £3,748); letter concerning the sale of the additional volume (the 9th) of the Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 29 May 1827; Copy part of letter Mr Gibson to Mr Rees, concerning sale of first edition of Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, 27 Sept. 1826, a quantity of requests and receipts from creditors for payment of dividends from the estate of Sir Walter Scott, account to James Ballantyne from John Young, bookbinder, for binding of books including 30 copies of Woodstock, 18 July 1827; Account submitted by James Ogilvy for examining the state of affairs of Messrs. Ballantyne & Co., 1 June 1827; Valuation of debts of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal, 27 May 1827, Letter from the publishers Longman Rees &c. to John Gibson regarding the sale of Sir Walter Scott's Poetical works, 27 Nov. 1826; Letter from Robert Cadell to John Gibson regarding the printing of 1100 copies of Tales and Romances, 11 Feb. 1838; Letter from John Hughes to John Gibson informing him of the arrival of the conclusion of the manuscript of Chronicles of the Canongate at the printers, 1 Oct. 1827; and many similar other receipts, invoices & documents (quantity) Note: On January 5 1826 the complex web of financial agreements made by the publishers Hurst Robinson & Co., Constable & Co., and James Ballantyne & Co. came to a head when a bill made out by Robinson in favour of Constable could not be honoured on its due date. As a private individual and as a partner in James Ballantyne & Co., Scott found himself with debts of £121,000. To pay off his debts Scott threw himself into a ferocious period of writing, that saw Woodstock, Chronicles of the Canongate and The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, the sales of which brought in £40,000 by Christmas 1827. Most of the papers in the present collection relate to the debts of Sir Walter Scott and James Ballantyne & Co. at this critical juncture in Scott's life.
Lot 316
Chess--Singer, Samuel Weller Researches into the history of playing cards. London: R. Triphook, 1816, first edition, 4to, one of 250 copies, title printed in red and black, half-title, list of subscribers, 8 plain and 11 hand-coloured plates, engravings and woodcuts in the text, some on india paper, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt, very neatly rebacked, red morocco label Note: One of the rarest English works devoted to chess. "Singer's most interesting compilation... only two hundred and fifty copies were printed. The beauty of the engravings added greatly to the work's value and interest" (DNB). Provenance: The Society of Writers to the Signet, gilt arms on sides
Lot 322
Livius Patavinus, Titus Historiarum ab urbe condita libri qui supersunt XXXV, recensuit & notis illustravit J.B.L. Crevier. Paris: G.F. Quillau & J. Desaint, 1735-38, 3 volumes, 4to, half-titles, contemporary calf, spines gilt, neatly rebacked, one joint cracked; Fielding, Henry Amelia. London: A. Millar, 1752, volumes 1-3 (of 4), 12mo, first edition, advertisement leaf at end of volume 2, contemporary calf, occasional light spotting, neatly rebacked; Cobbett, William The woodlands, 1825, 8vo, contemporary half calf; Winch, Nathaniel J. Flora of Northumberland and Durham. Newcastle, 1831, 4to, half calf, a little light spotting, rubbed, cover detached; Starforth, John The architecture of the farm, a series of designs, 1853, 4to, 62 plates, original cloth, hinges weak, covers dampstained, internally clean (9)
Lot 324
Novello, Sabilla Turandot: the Chinese sphinx. A dramatic oddity freely translated from Schiller, and cordially inscribed to Lady Percy Florence Shelley. London: S. French, 1872. First edition, 12mo, original wrappers bound in, later cloth, some repairs to wrappers, ink inscription on title page, some browning Note: A very scarce copy with original wrappers and title page still intact.
![Boué, A. Essai géologique sur l'Ecosse. Paris: V. Courcier, [1820], first edition, 8vo, 2 folding engraved maps, 1 hand-colo](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2742925/330-106-10121_468x382.jpg)
![[Browne, James] A critical examination of Dr. Macculloch's work on the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Edinburgh: D](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2742925/331-106-10121_468x382.jpg)
Lot 331
[Browne, James] A critical examination of Dr. Macculloch's work on the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Edinburgh: D. Lizars, 1825, first edition, 8vo, original boards, neatly rebacked, uncut; Miller, Hugh Scenes and legends of the north of Scotland, 1889; Footprints of the creator, 1890; The testimony of the rocks, 1890; My schools and schoolmasters, 1889; The old red sandstone, 1892; Geikie, J. The great ice age, 1894, third edition, maps and charts, occasional light spotting; Harker, A. The natural history of igneous rocks, 1909, rubbed, spine faded; Woodward, H.B. The geology of England and Wales, 1876, map, plates, hinges broken, rubbed; Peach, B.N. & others. The geological structure of the N.W. highlands of Scotland, 1907, map, plates; Harker, A. The tertiary igneous rocks of Skye, 1904, map, plates, rubbed; Kayser, E. Text book of comparative geology, 1893; Teall, J.J. Harris British petrography, 1888, 2 volumes, 8vo, 47 lithographed plates, half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut; all but the first and last original cloth, most rubbed (13)
![Macculloch, John The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1824, 4 volumes, 8vo, first edit](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2742925/342-106-10121_468x382.jpg)
Lot 342
Macculloch, John The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1824, 4 volumes, 8vo, first edition, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints splitting, bookplates of Bannerman of Elsick; [Varley, Delvalle] Conversations with mineralogy. London: Longman [&c.], 1822, 2 volumes, 12mo, 12 engraved plates, one hand-coloured, contemporary diced calf, lettering pieces, one joint split, one hinge weak (6) Provenance: Bannerman of Elsick, bookplates
Lot 347
Morris, Rev. F.O. A history of British birds. London: Groombridge, 1851-57. First edition, 8vo, 6 volumes, 358 coloured plates, later half calf gilt, heavily rubbed, some patches of foxing; Ibid. A natural history of the nests and eggs of British birds. London, 1853-56, 8vo, 3 volumes, 223 colour plates, uniform binding with previous, worn, some patches of foxing (9)
Lot 353A
Bible, New Testament, English and Latin The newe testament both Latin and Englysche ech correspondente to the other after the vulgare texte, communely called. S. Jeromes. Faythfully translated by Myles Coverdale. Southwarke: printed by James Nicholson, 1538. Second edition of Coverdale's diglot testament, with the text altered in Matthew, xxvi to "before the cocke do crowe" from "before the cocke synge", but with title page of the first edition (naming the translator as Myles Coverdale, rather than Johan Hollybushe), 8vo, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, double column, 41 lines, woodcut initials, Almanack and Kalendar printed in red and black, eighteenth-century panelled calf, lacking 2 leaves *3-*4 (3rd page of dedication, and 3pp. of "To the reader") at beginning, RR1and VV1-8 at end (pages 337-344, and 2 leaves of the table of Epistles and Gospels after Salysbury use), some early annotations, upper cover detached, a few light spots and stains, final seven leaves with very slight loss of inner lower margin Note: Second quarto edition of Coverdale's diglot Testament. Before leaving London in 1538 for Paris, where he had undertaken to prepare what was afterwards known as the Great Bible, Coverdale had settled that Nycolson should publish for him in London a New Testament with the Vulgate text and his own English version printed side by side. "The book appeared in 1538 in a handsome form, but so full of misprints and errors that Coverdale repudiated it, and immediately arranged for an edition under his own superintendance at Paris. This appeared in November of the same year from the press of Francis Regnault. Nycolson however, published, also towards the end of 1538, a revision of his first edition (Herbert 38); this, according to the title-page in some copies, was Faythfullye translated by Johan Hollybushe. In this second and corrected issue the type was reset and errors are far less common, though many still persist, e.g. in the numbering of the folios. Some copies have a title closely agreeing with that of the first edition, but with many more words in red ink; others, like the copy described in Herbert 38, have a title printed entirely in black, with the name Johann Hollybushe substituted for Miles Coverdale, which appears (from its different water-lines) to be a cancel-leaf. Provenance: Anthony Lynskell, early inscription on *2; A. Carious R.J.; Kenneth Mackenzie Downie 1864, inscription on endpapers.
Lot 388
Chiswick Press - Morris, William The hollow land... London: Chiswick Press, 1903. First edition, 8vo, original cloth backed boards, paper label cracked, interior very clean; Ibid. The hollow land. Maine, 1908. Third edition, 12mo, one of 425 copies on Japan vellum, original wrapper, later slipcase (2)
![Craigie, Dorothy - [Greene, Graham] The little train. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1946]. First edition, oblong 8vo, origin](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2742925/392-106-10121_468x382.jpg)
Lot 392
Craigie, Dorothy - [Greene, Graham] The little train. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1946]. First edition, oblong 8vo, original decorative cloth boards, dustwrapper, some small chips to head and tail of spine, rubbing to spine lettering and edges, not price clipped, interior very clean and bright Note: A scarce copy of Graham Greene's first book for children, written anonymously whilst working as a director for the publisher Eyre & Spottiswoode.
Lot 406
Kipling, Rudyard Just so stories. London: Macmillan & Co, 1902. First edition, 4to, original decorative red cloth designed by the author, lacking dustwrapper, backstrip faded, corners bumped, some light spotting on endpapers, bookplate, previous owner's ink inscription on endpaper Note: Martindell 80
Lot 411
Mostyn, David - Pullman, Philip Spring-heeled Jack. London: Doubleday, 1989. First edition, 8vo, illustrated by David Mostyn, original decorative boards, interior clean; Mosley, Walter Devil in blue dress. London, 1990. First edition, 8vo, signed by the author, original cloth, dustwrapper, a fine copy; Shaffer, Peter Amadeus. [London, 1980]. First edition, 8vo, original boards, dustwrapper, a fine copy (3)
Lot 413
Original Illustration - Chess, Victoria The witch mobile, 1969, original illustration from the book by Miriam Young, approx 14cm by 23cm high, framed and glazed, ; Grabianski, J. Cat by the dustbin, 1966, original endpaper illustration from Margaret Green's The big book of pets, approx 37cm by 25cm high, framed and glazed; Green, Margaret The big book of pets. New York, 1966. First American edition, 8vo, signed by the illustrator, dustwrapper [torn at edges]; Ibid. The big book of animal stories. New York, 1961, 8vo, signed by the illustrator, dustwrapper; Murdocca, Sal Original illustration from Tuttle's shell, 1976, approx 12 by 10.5cm high, framed and glazed [with] a copy of the book in dustwrapper (6)
Lot 425
Sendak, Maurice Ten little rabbits, a counting book with Mino the magician. Philadelphia, 1970. First edition, 16mo, original blue printed paper wrappers, illustrated title, 25 full page illustrations, a near fine copy; Grahame, Kenneth & Shepard, Ernest H. Bertie's escapade. London, 1949. First edition, 12mo, illustrated throughout by Shepard, original decorative boards, dustwrapper, a fine copy; Wells. H.G. The adventures of Tommy. New York, 1935. First edition, 4to, illustrated by the author, original decorative paper covers, some light dustmarking and rubbing to edges of covers, interior clean (3)
![Kruchenkyh, Aleksei and Velimir Khlebnikov Igra v adu: poema [Game in hell: a poem]. Moscow: [G.L. Kuzmin & S.D. Dolinsky, 1](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2742925/440-106-10121_468x382.jpg)
Lot 440
Kruchenkyh, Aleksei and Velimir Khlebnikov Igra v adu: poema [Game in hell: a poem]. Moscow: [G.L. Kuzmin & S.D. Dolinsky, 1912], first edition, 8vo (183 x 137mm.), [one of 300 copies], lithographed throughout with hand-written text by Kruchenykh and 15 lithographed illustrations and lithographed cover by Natalia Goncharova Note: Hellyer 224; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 7
Lot 446A
Electricity--Cavallo, Tiberius A complete treatise on electricity. London: C. DIlly, 1782, second edition, 8vo, 4 folding engraved plates, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, neatly rebacked, corners rubbed; Nollet, Jean-Antoine, l'abbé Essai sur l'électricité. Paris: Guerin, 1746, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 folding engraved plates, good antique style calf, raised bands, red morocco label, a little light damp-staining (2)
Lot 447
Engineering - Fairbairn, William Iron, its history, properties & processes of manufacture. Edinburgh, 1869, third edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, interior clean; Ibid. On the application of cast and wrought iron to building purposes. London, 1844, 8vo, folding frontispiece, folding table, 2 folding plates, original cloth, rubbed, heavy foxing to plates, one repaired; Walker, Charles Electrotype manipulation. London, 1850, twenty-fourth edition, 8vo, original cloth; Box, Thomas Practical hydraulics. London, 1882, sixth edition, 8vo, original cloth; Clark, David Kinnear A manual of rules, tables and data for mechanical engineers. London, 1878, second edition, 8vo, original cloth; Collins, J.H. A first book of mineralogy. London, 1873, 8vo, original cloth (6)
Lot 450
Medicine--Ellis, George Viner and G.H. Ford Illustrations of dissections in a series of original coloured plates the size of life, representing the dissection of the human body. London: J. Walton, 1867, folio, first edition, 58 chromolithographed plates, black half morocco, some spotting, some plates with pencil annotations, plate 44-45 cut round and mounted, rubbed, upper joint split at head
Lot 453
Stephenson, Messrs. Robert, and Co. Description of the patent locomotive steam engine. London: J. Wale, 1838, first edition, 4to, 4 folding engraved plates, original cloth, paper lettering piece on upper cover, some spotting, lower blank corner to plate 1 torn away, spine worn Provenance: J. Barnes, 23 Oct. 1840, inscription
Lot 454
Alken, Henry The beauties & defects in the figure of the horse. London: J. Toovey, 1881, 8vo, engraved title and 18 coloured plates, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, boards slightly rubbed; Simpson, Charles Trencher and Kennel, some famous Yorkshire packs. London: John Lane, 1928, first edition, 24 colour plates, illustrations, original red cloth, dust-jacket (2)
Lot 463
Grouse The grouse in health and in disease. London, 1911, 4to, 2 volumes, plates, original cloth; Shaw, F.G. The complete science of fly fishing and spinning, 1914, 8vo, original cloth; Levick, G.M. Antarctic penguins, 1914, 8vo, first edition, plates, original pictorial cloth; and a quantity of miscellaneous books
Lot 466
Sassoon, Siegfried Memoirs of a fox-hunting man. London: Faber & Faber, 1929. First English illustrated edition, number 224 of 300 copies signed by the author and illustrator, seven full-page and other illustrations by William Nicholson, original vellum lettered in black with designs in red and black, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers, upper cover very slightly bowed, backstrip slightly faded Note: Keynes A30(e).
Lot 468
Agriculture - Brown, Robert A treatise on agriculture and rural affairs. Edinburgh, 1811, first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 6 engraved plates, original boards, uncut, occasional light spotting, worn, joints splitting; Wilson, John British farming, 1862, 8vo, 19 plates, original cloth gilt, hinges slightly weak; Morton, J.C. Arthur Young's farmer's calendar, 1862, 8vo, illustrations, contemporary half calf, spine gilt; Stephens, Henry The book of the farm, 1842-71, first and third edition respectively, 17 + 11 engraved plates respectively, original cloth, faded and quarter calf, worn, some spotting; Cobbett, William Rural rides, edited by G.D.H. Cole, 1930, 3 volumes, 8vo, limited to 1000 copies, cloth-backed marbled boards; Johnstone, John A systematic treatise on the theory and practice of draining land, 1834, third edition, 4to, 21 hand-coloured plates, original cloth-backed boards, lettering piece on upper cover, upper cover detached, lacking spine, occasional light spotting; Sinclair, James History of shorthorn cattle, 1907, subscriber's edition, number 30 signed by the author, plates, half calf; Marson, T.B. The Scotch shorthorn, 1946, 4to, original cloth; Tusser, Thomas Five hundred points of husbandry, 1744, 8vo, later wrappers, some light spotting, worn, upper wrapper detached (12)
![Agriculture - Thomson, John General view of the agriculture of the county of Fife. Edinburgh: W. Creech, P. Hill [&c.], 1800](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2742925/469-106-10121_468x382.jpg)
Lot 472
Boutcher, William A treatise on forest trees, Edinburgh, 1775, first edition, 4to, additional engraved title, list of subscribers, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, upper board detached; Baker, R. St. B. Among the trees. Puncknoll, privately printed, 1941, 2 volumes, 4to, limited to 1000 copies signed by the author; Brown, James The forester, 1881, 8vo, original cloth; Veitch, James A manual of the coniferae, 1881, 8vo, original cloth gilt; [Robertson, W.M.] Forest sketches, 1865, 8vo, 4 plates, green half morocco, one page loose (6)
Lot 474
Churchill, Winston S. The world crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1924-1931, 6 volumes, 8vo, comprising: volume 1 [The world crisis 1911-1914], 1924, third edition, second impression; volume 2 [The world crisis 1915], 1923, second edition; volume 3 [The world crisis 1916-1918 part I], first edition, inscribed "Jack Gilmour from Winston S. Churchill, 3.3.27" on half-title; volume 4 [The world crisis 1916-1918, part II], 1927, first edition; volume 5 [The Aftermath], 1929, first edition, inscribed "Jack Gilmour from Winston S. Churchill" on half-title; volume 6 [The Eastern front], 1931, first edition, maps, some folding, uniform publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spines (6) Provenance: Gilmour of Lundin and Montrave, bookplates Note: Woods A31a. Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet, was Secretary of State for Scotland 1924-26 and Home Secretary 1932-35.
Lot 480
Everard, H.S.C. A history of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club St Andrews from 1754-1900. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1907, first edition, 4to, plates, original green cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g., grey-black endpapers, slight spotting to preliminaries Provenance: John Gilmour, bookplate
Lot 481
Everard, H.S.C. A history of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club St Andrews from 1754-1900. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1907, first edition, 4to, plates, original green cloth lettered in black on upper cover, t.e.g., cream endpapers, discolouration to endpapers Note: A variant issue with cream coloured endpapers and the lettering in black on the upper cover. Provenance: Gilmour of Lundin and Montrave
Lot 492
Maxwell, H. Trees, a woodland notebook, Glasgow, 1915, 4to, number 4 of 275 copies, coloured mounted plates, quarter morocco, t.e.g., spine faded; Witherby, H.F. The handbook of British birds, 1938-41, first edition, 5 volumes, 8vo; Meinertzhagen, Col. R. Pirates and predators, 1959, 4to, dust-jacket; Nelson, B. The gannet, 1978; Maxwell, H. Memories of the months, first-seventh series, 1904-1922, 7 volumes, 8vo; Bean, W.J. Trees and shrubs hardy in the British Isles, 1919 [volume 3 undated], 3 volumes, 8vo, all original cloth, a few spines slightly faded (18)
Lot 495
Ornithology--Blackburn, Mrs Hugh Birds from Moidart and elsewhere. Edinburgh, 1895, 87 plates, original red cloth gilt, spine slightly faded; Baxter, E.V. and L.J. Rintoul The birds of Scotland, 1953 2 volumes, dustwrappers; [Ibid.] The geographical distribution and status of birds in Scotland, original cloth; Gray, Robert The birds of the west of Scotland, including the Outer Hebrides, Glasgow, 1871, first edition, 15 lithographed plates, original green cloth gilt, one plate loose; Turnbull, William P. The birds of East Lothian. Glasgow: printed for private circulation, 1867, 8vo, lithographed illustrations, original red morocco-backed boards, spine worn; Bonhote, J.L. Birds of Britain, 1907, 8vo, coloured plates, original cloth gilt (7) Provenance: Most with the bookplate of Gilmour of Lundin and Montrave
Lot 496
Paul, James Balfour The history of the Royal Company of Archers. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1875, first edition, 4to, coloured plates, original cloth gilt, loosely inserted are two printed reports by the Secretary of the Royal Company of Archers dated 1876; Hay, Ian The Royal Company of Archers 1676-1951. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1951, 4to, original cloth gilt (2)
Lot 500
Scrope, William Days and nights salmon fishing in the Tweed. London: John Murray, 1843, first edition, presentation copy inscribed to John Murray from the author, loosely inserted is an A.L.S. from the author to John Murray referring to Queen Victoria and Disraeli's "Coningsby", lithographed title and 12 plates; [Ibid.] The art of deer stalking. London: John Murray, 1839, new edition, presentation copy inscribed from the author, lithographed title and 12 plates, uniform green morocco gilt, g.e., joints rubbed, lower joint of first work cracked (2) Provenance: Gilmour of Lundin and Montrave, bookplates
![Greece--Gell, Sir William Narrative of a journey in the Morea. London: Longman, [&c.], 1823, first edition, 8vo, 9 lithograp](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2742925/530-106-10121_468x382.jpg)
![Macculloch, John The highlands and western isles of Scotland. London: Longman [&c.], 1824, first edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, co](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2742925/537-106-10121_468x382.jpg)
![[Shaw, Stebbing] A tour in 1787, from London to the Western highlands of Scotland, including excursions to the lakes of West](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2742925/544-106-10121_468x382.jpg)
Lot 544
[Shaw, Stebbing] A tour in 1787, from London to the Western highlands of Scotland, including excursions to the lakes of Westmorland and Cumberland. London: L. Davis [&c.], [1788], first edition, 12mo, presentation copy with inscription on verso of a6 "From the author to C.C., 29 Oct. 1791", contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original morocco lettering piece, corners neatly repaired Note: Rare. Only 4 copies recorded by ESTC, T106641
Lot 546
Slezer, John Theatrum Scotiae, containing the prospects of their majesties castles and palaces. Together with those of the most considerable towns and colleges. London: Abell Swalle, 1693, first edition, folio, title printed in red and black with engraved coat-of-arms, 32 engraved coats-of-arms, 57 double-page engraved plates mounted on guards, early nineteenth century panelled russia gilt, t.e.g., plate 19 and 45 cut round and mounted, a few plates with neat repair at extreme lower margin of fold, half-title cut down with small panel remounted, some light spotting affecting text, final plate dampstained in margin, other plates clean, neatly rebacked, corners rubbed Note: Wing S3993. Provenance: Ragley Hall, Worcestershire, armorial bookplate
Lot 547
Stoddart, John Remarks on local scenery & manners in Scotland during the years 1799 and 1800. London: W. Miller, 1801, first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 engraved titles, double-page engraved map (coloured in outline) and 32 tinted aquatints, contemporary tree calf gilt, red morocco labels, very slightly rubbed
Lot 552
Yorkshire--Raine, James The history and antiquities of North Durham. London: J.B. Nichols, 1852, first edition, folio, engraved frontispiece, map and 10 lithographed or engraved plates, 2 genealogical tables, 2 autograph letters from the author bound in, some manuscript notes loosely inserted, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, black morocco labels, rebacked retaining original spine
Lot 49
FRANCOIS GARSAULT, ART DU PAUMIER-RAQUETIER, ET DE LA PAUME, Paris: 1767, 2¼ First Edition, collation: fly title, forward pp. iii-iv, text pp. 1-34 and 5 numbered engraved plates in good condition (some browning of text), modern red half morocco gilt by MacDonald of Connecticut, U.S.A [Mars Historical Notes, 1977, p.1] Besides edition various sections of the Dictionnaire des Arts et Metiers, from which this work on Real Tennis is extracted, Francois Alexandre Pierre de Garsault, published various books from 1733 onwards on horses, carriages, geography, plants, animals and medicine, and was captain "des haras de France" Although not of great length, his Art du Paumier-Raquetier was the first account of Real Tennis to follow the publication of the laws by C. Hulpeau in Le Jey Royal de la Paume, 1632, (reprinted in 1659 in La Maison Rustique). It is described by Noel & Clark as "one of the most important links between past and modern tennis," and by Mars as "one of the most valuable works available on the early history of tennis. At the time of its publication this book contained the most detailed descriptions available on every aspect of the game. The French first edition contains five excellent folio plates which have appeared in many later works on tennis. Provenance: Christie's South Kensington: Tennis and Racket Sports, 16 June 1995, Lot 11
Lot 472
Three important and historic Tottenham Hotspur manuscript documents relating to the foundation of Hotspur FC in 1882, three manuscript pages from a document titled ‘Hotspur Club Book’, p.1 listing the officers of the club; Lindsay Casey, John (‘Jack’) Thompson, Robert (‘Bobby’) Buckle, ‘Ham’ Casey;. The reverse of p.1 listing the subs received from the football club’s initial members dated between 5th September and 3rd December 1882 comprising: J.Anderson, H.Casey, E.Beaven, F.Dexter, J.Thompson, R.Buckle, D.Davis. T.Anderson, S.Leaman, L.Casey, E.Wall. Another entry for a J.Anderson, P.Thompson, R.Howlett, C.Iveson, Youell. Bumbry; p.2 being a financial account of the Hotspur F.C.’s initial acquisitions dating between 5th September and 23rd November 1882 and totalling 14s. 6d.; Goal posts 2s. 6d. Flag posts 1s. Flags 6d. Glass paper 1 1/2d. Jacks 1d. lb. of white paint 6d. Tape 1s. 6d. 1 1/2lb. of white paint 7 1/2d. 1 stamp & football 6s. 7d. 1 stamp 1d. stamps & note paper 5d. stamp & lace 2d. stamp 1.d, 2 stamps 2d. 1 stamp 1d.;. The reverse of p.2 a brought forward account dated 26th December 1882; p.3 being a match list for 1882-1883 but with just one result recorded, being Hotspur’s very first match v Radicals on 30th September, the result a loss by 2 goals;. The reverse of p.3. titled Disposals of the H.C.C. [Hotspur Cricket Club] with an account of cash received between 31st May and 6th July. The Hotspur Football Club was formed in 1882 from an older cricket club. Most of the founders were old boys from St. John’s Presbyterian School and Tottenham Grammar School. The Casey brothers were well to the fore The three double-sided manuscript documents being sold here are in the hand of Lindsay Casey, the Hon. Secretary. These historic survivals chronicle the very birth of Tottenham Hotspur FC. Titled ‘Hotspur Club Book,’ it accounts for Hotspur FC’s initial acquisitions including Goal Posts for 2s. 6d., and a stamped football for 6s. 7d. Another page is titled Disposal of the H.C.C., a reference to the Hotspur’s pre-existence as a cricket club. There is also a list of subs received from club members in Hotspur FC’s first season, and a match list for the first season 1882-1883-although just the first result had been entered, being against Radicals on 30th September. The result being recorded as a loss by two goals. These documents were reproduced in the lavish limited edition book The Tottenham Hotspur Opus
Lot 659
An autographed case bound limited edition of the 2000 F.A. Cup final official programme the last to be played at the old Wembley Stadium between Aston Villa and Chelsea, the programme containing an autograph sheet from both teams, very neatly signed, one laid down inside the front cover, and the other to the back cover, bearing a total of 19 Chelsea signatures and 22 Aston Villa signatures; sold together with a reproduction of the programme for the first F.A. Cup final at Wembley stadium in 1923 (2). It should be noted that the autographs were not originally part of the limited edition package for this programme. They were obtained subsequently by the present vendor.
Lot 660
An autographed case bound limited edition of the 2001 F.A. Cup final official programme the first to be played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff between Arsenal and Liverpool, the programme containing an autograph sheet from both teams, very neatly signed, one laid down inside the front cover, and the other to the back cover, bearing a total of 29 Liverpool signatures and 24 Arsenal signatures It should be noted that the autographs were not originally part of the limited edition package for this programme. They were obtained subsequently by the present vendor.
Lot 664
Carling Premiership Captains, a limited edition print, No. 195 of 250, celebrating the first season of The Premier League 1992-93, illustrating the twenty two club captains with signatures including Robson, Adams, Mabbutt, Wilkins, Strachan etc., 76 by 66cm., 30 by 26in. See previous lot for a comparable image.
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