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Click here to subscribecHARCOT, Dr Jean. The Voyage of the Why Not? In the Antarctic, English Version by Philip Walsh, first edition in English, London: Hodder and Stoughton no date [1911], half title, folding frontispiece, many plates from photographs, free end-papers rather stained, gilt blocked top cover with some bubbling of the cloth, somewhat worn and faded spine. Provenance: Ex Libris stamp of R.N.Rudmose-Brown with his signature dated May 28 1912
cHARCOT, Dr Jean. Le Francais au Pole Sud, first edition Paris: Ernest Flammarion 1906, inscribed and signed by the author to half title With best Compliments dated XII 1906, portrait frontispiece overleaf (this leaf a somewhat creased and finger soiled), folding map, plates, original printed wrappers bound in (some strengthening strips verso), general light marginal browning, later neat black cloth with gilt lettered spine, Provenance: Ex Libris stamp of R.N.Rudmose-Brown to half title and Ray Adies signature to first leaf
Crane Walter. The First Of May A Fairy Masque. Presented in a Series of Fifty-Two Designs by Walter Crane. Henry Sotheran: London 1881. First Edition. Limited edition 51 of 200 copies signed by Crane. 57 india proofs (photo-engraved and printed by Goupil & Co. contemporary half green calf spine lettered in gilt oblong folio
Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 1st ed., 1859, half title (3.5 cm strip excised at upper margin not affecting text), folding diagram at p. 117, 32pp pubs. cat. at rear dated June 1859 (Freeman's 3rd form), intermittent light brown stain to lower margins only and not affecting text, orig. light brown endpapers, hinges near broken, pages uncut, orig. green blind stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt (Freeman variant a), cloth sl. rubbed and nicked at extremities, two centimetres fraying in middle of lower joint, 8vo in 12s Freeman 373; PMM 344b; Grolier 23b; Dibner 199; Garrison Morton 220. All 1250 copies of the first edition were taken up on the day of publication. See illustration on front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Buonanni (Filippo). Recreatio Mentis, et Oculi in Obseruatione Animalium Testaceorum Curiosis Naturae Inspectoribus Italico Sermone Primùm Proposita a.p. Philippo Bonano..., Rome, 1684,. addn. hand col. eng. title (close trimmed to image), four un col. eng. plts., leaf Y1 (p.169/170) repaired to fore edge margin and leaves Bb2 Bb4 (pp.195 200) repaired to upper margins, bound with Icones Testaceorum quae in Parte Secunda Describuntur hand col. eng. title & 137 hand col. eng. plts., one plt. with closed tear (repaired & soiled), occ. minor scattered spotting, contemp. calf, neat modern reback with gilt dec spine, board edges and corners neatly repaired, 4to First Latin edition of the first shell iconography. The plates contain illustrations of over 500 shells. Nissen ZBI 754; Brunet I.1085. (1)
Forskal (Petrus). Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quæ in Itinere Orientali..., Post Mortem Auctoris Edidit Carsten Niebuhr..., 1st ed., Copenhagen, 1775, eng. map, first and final leaves browned and foxed, hinges split, contemp. marbled calf gilt, heavily rubbed, with sl. wear to spine ends and corners, upper joint splitting, 4to First edition of Forskal's fundamental description of the animals found on the Danish expedition to Arabia. As Forskal died in Jerim it was Carsten Niebuhr, the leader of the expedition and only survivor, who published Forskal's manuscripts. Many zoological species are here described for the first time. (1)
Kampen (Nicolas van et fils). Traite des Fleurs a Oignons: Contenant tout ce qui est Necessaire pour les bien Cultiver, fonde sur une Experience de Plusieurs Annees..., 1st ed., Haarlem, 1760, folding eng. frontis., few wood eng. tailpieces, inscribed by the author to verso of title, edges untrimmed, recent half calf gilt, orig. marbled wrappers bound in, slim 8vo First edition of this rare treatise on the cultivation of bulbous plants, particularly the hyacinth, tulip, anemone etc. The authors were bulb growers in Haarlem and an English translation of this work was published in 1763. (1)
Millais (J.G.). Rhododendrons, in which is Set Forth an Account of all Species of the Genus Rhododendron (including Azaleas) and the Various Hybrids, 1917 24, title pages printed in black and red, thirty four col. plts., twenty eight collotype plts., and fifty two half tone plts., by Beatrice Parsons, Archibald Thorburn, etc., orig. cloth gilt, sl. damp mottled and marked, extrems. a little rubbed, folio Limited edition, 306/550 and 278/550 copies (first and second series respectively). (2)
* Hudson (Sir Robert Arundell, 1864 1927, Politician). An original pen and ink cartoon of Hudson as a begging dog with a flat cap, by W. S. Gilbert, c. 1909,. also signed Bab and captioned Poor Dog Tray drawn on paper, approx. 12 x 11 cm, a little spotting and adhesion marks to corners, pasted onto the front free endpaper of The Bab Ballads ..., by W. S. Gilbert, 6th ed., 1906, b&w illusts. throughout, telegram from Lucy Gilbert, dated 1909, now split into four parts with one part pasted below caricature, hinges weak, orig. cloth gilt, a little nicked at head of spine, 8vo, together with other related Hudson items including a good quality half morocco gilt scrap album, lettered in gilt, and comprising 25 leaves of newspaper reviews of Spender's Memoir of Robert Hudson, plus loose photos and letters and a 20th century edition of Edward Lear's Book of Nonesense with Hudson's ownership signature During the First World War Hudson was Chairman of the Finance Committee for the Red Cross and his skill and determination to raise funds had him described as "the most skilful begger of the war period". Gilbert's original caricature drawn at an earlier date refers to this begging trait which made Hudson's name a household word. (approx. 15)
Leake (William Martin). The Topography of Athens. With some Remarks on its Antiquities,. together with The Demi of Attica, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1841, half titles present, eleven eng. maps, plans and plts., mostly folding, some minor scattered spotting, pages mainly unopened, orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, faded on spines, 8vo Blackmer 976 & 977. The best edition, very considerably expanded and emended from the first edition of 1821. The plates in volume one are dated 1854 and published by John Murray (as in the Blackmer copy), those in volume two are dated 1841 and published by Rodwell. It would seem likely that leftover sheets of the (1841) work, together with the original title page, were simply re issued in 1854 with the new plates. (2)
Pouqueville (F.C.H.L.). Travels in Greece and Turkey, Comprehending a Particular Account of the Morea, Albania, etc. A Comparison Between the Ancient and Present State of Greece, and an Historical and Geographical Description of the Ancient Epirus, 2nd ed., 1820,. half title present, folding eng. map and seven eng. plts., single ad. leaf at rear, uncut, some light browning and minor marginal dampstains, orig. boards, later paper backstrip, corners bumped, 4to Not in Blackmer. Atabey 989 (for the first edition of 1813). The second complete edition in English translated by Ann Plumptree (1760-1818) who was at once a democrat and an extravagant worshipper of Napoleon, going so far as to declare that she would welcome him if he invaded England, because he would do away with the aristocracy and give the country a better government. (1)
Whipping Tom. Or, a Rod for a Proud Lady, Bundled Up in Four Feeling Discourses, Serious and Merry, in order to touch the Fair Sex to the Quick, pub. James Hoey, Dublin, 1730,. 32 pp., some spotting throughout, later limp morocco, rubbed and small snag at head of spine, slim 8vo Possibly the first Dublin edition. Originally published in London in 1722 and reprinted there several times the same year. (1)
Handel (George Frederic). Six Concertos, In Score, For the Organ or Harpsichord, with accompanyments for Two Violins, Two Hautboys, Viola & Violoncello, & A Second Set of Six Concertos, In Score, For the Organ or Harpsichord, with accompanyments for Two Violins, Two Hautboys, Viola & Violoncello, [Arnold's edition plates numbered 121 128], c. 1793,. eng. frontis. of the Apotheosis of Handel, by Heath after Rebecca, eng. title to each part, 2 pp. list of subscribers at end, a little foxing to frontis. and first title, contemp. half calf, rubbed and some minor wear, lacks title label to spine, together with Israel in Egypt, A Sacred Oratorio In Score Composed in the Year 1738, [Arnold's edition, plates numbered 92 98], c. 1790, without frontis. of the Roubiliac statue, some marks and marginal soiling, contents page to verso of final leaf, 2 pp. list of subscribers at end, title at front strengthened to inner margin with tape, modern quarter dark brown morocco, both folio, both ex libris Birmingham Festival Library, with one or two ink stamps to prelims., plus Haydn (Joseph), The Creation, An Oratorio... adapted for Voices and Piano Forte by Muzio Clementi, printed by Clementi Banger, Hyde, Collard, and Davis, n.d., c. 1801 06, eng. title, 200 pp. of engraved music (numbered 2 201), modern half black morocco, rubbed and some marks, folio, plus a copy of Arnold's edition of Handel's Messiah, somewhat soiled with some occn. marks in pencil or ink and archivally repaired to title and several other leaves to inner and lower margins, and archivally repaired to lower outer corners throughout, modern quarter brown calf, folio, plus Boyce (William), The Chaplet. A Musical Entertainment. As it is Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, printed for I. Walsh [c. 1755], eng. title and forty six pp. of eng. music, with privilege leaf printed in a different type, bound with A Cantata and Six Songs set to Musick by a Gentleman of Oxford, printed by John Johnson ... and by Wm. Cross in Oxford, n.d., [c. 1745 49], eng. title, four pp. list of subscribers, and sixteen pp. of eng. music (numbered 2 17), some soiling and marks to first title, with contemp. gift inscription, dated 1767, from Mr. Buckeridge Ball Acworth, to Miss Mary Merest, modern morocco backed maroon cloth boards, slim folio Handel Descriptive Catalogue, p. 228 & 109 for the first two volumes. Haydn's Creation was first published in 1800. (4)
Passeri (Giovanni Battista). [Serie di Trecento Tavole in rame rappresentanti pitture di vasi degli antichi Etrusci tratta dalla Biblioteca Vaticana e da altri musei d'Italia, 2nd ed., Rome, 1787],. 105 copper eng. plts. only, of antique vases, including some double page, without letterpress, many with old ink inscription to upper or lower margin (occn. within the image), some soiling and waterstains throughout, mainly to lower margins, some leaves loose, early 19th c. boards, worn with backstrip def. and covers det., folio This second edition of the Picturae Etruscorum in Vasculis (first published 1767 75) was published without text in three volumes, containing 301 plates in total, as a source book for painters. See Blackmer 1266. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)
Apuleius (Lucius). Philosophi Platonici Apologia, Recognita & nonnullis Notis, ac Observationibus illustrata a Ioanne Pricaeo Anglo Britanno, Parisiis, apud Simonem Fevrier, 1635 , copper engravings in the letterpress, 2 of them hand coloured, text generally browned and soiled, contemp. limp vellum, soiled, stitching rather weak, small 4to First printing of John Price's edition. (1)
Bible. Irish. [The Holy Bible], Dublin, Printed by G. & J. Grierson & M. Keene... for the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1827,. some browning and staining, contemp. blind stamped calf, rubbed, lower joint damaged, stout 8vo d. and M. 5555. The first edition of the Bible in Irish character printed for the B.F.B.S. Edited by J. McQuige. Five thousand copies were printed. (1)
Bible. New Testament. Syriac. Novum..., Testamentum Syriacum, cum Versione Latina; Cura & Studio Johannis Leusden et Caroli Schaaf editum... Secunda Editio, a mendis purgata, Lugduni Batavorum, typis Joh. Mulleri, [etc.], 1717 , title page printed in red and black, with an indelible stamp on its reverse, contemp. panelled vellum, soiled, 4to Leusden and Schaaf's edition was first published in 1708. See D. and M. 8969n. (1)
Eusebius. The Ancient Ecclesiastical Histories of the First Six Hundreed Years After Christ. Written in the Greek Tongue by three learned Historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius... faithfully translated... by Meredith Hanmer. The fifth Edition corrected and Revised, Hereunto is added Eusebius his Life of Constantine..., Printed by Abraham Miller... sold by Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins, 1650 , title page soiled, with some ink scribbling, part of top margin torn away, general soiling and staining in the text, contemp. calf, unlettered, rubbed, folio wing E.3421. (1)
Imprimerie Royale. Notice sur les Types Etrangers du Specimen de l'Imprimerie Royale, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1847 , [iv] +65 pages, numerous type specimens in the text, orig. printed boards, very slightly chipped, folio first public edition of this important type specimen, deemed by Updike as "one of the most enlightening documents about French typefaces in existence". Audin 16. Updike II 186/7. (1)
Richards (Thomas). Antiquae Linguae Britannicae Thesaurus: being a British, or Welsh English Dictionary... To which is prefix'd, A compendious Welsh Grammar, Bristol, Printed and Sold by Felix Farley, 1753,. 16 page list of Subscribers present, errata leaf present at the end, followed by an advert. for John Kemys, who "Makes, Repairs, and Tunes, Organs, Harpsichords, Spinnets, &c.", strip torn from the head of the title page, some text soiled, contemp. calf, recently neatly rebacked, orig. label retained, 8vo rees 4341. The first edition of Richard's Dictionary, based on the earlier works of John Davies of Mallwyd. (1)
Sarpi (Paolo). The Letters of the Renowned Father Paul, Counsellor of State to the most Serene Republick of Venice... Written to Monsieur Del Isle Groslot... Monsieur Gillot, and others... Translated out of Italian by Edward Brown, Printed for Richard Chiswell, 1693,. engraved portrait (trivial worming in the lower border), the errata leaf present, contemp. calf, corners rubbed, recently neatly rebacked, 8vo first English Edition. Wing S.698. (1)
Williams (Peter). Mynegeir Ysgrythurol: neu Ddangoseg Ymadroddion Yn yr Hen Destament a'r Newydd, yn Ddwy Ran..., 1st ed., Caerfyrddin [Carmarthen], Argraffwyd tros yr Awdur, gan J.Ross, 1773 , some text soiled, contemp. panelled sheepskin, unlettered, worn, 4to Rees 5397. The isssue with c2 correctly signed. Peter Williams is best remembered for his annotated edition of the Welsh Bible, 1770, which was the first Welsh Bible to be printed in Wales. The "Mynegeir Ysgrythurol" was considered a great help for the Welsh folk in their Bible study. (1)
Aesop. Fables of Aesop and Others. Newly done into English. With an Application to each Fable. Illustrated with Cutts, printed for J. Tonson ... and J. Watts, 1722,. eng. frontis. by G. Van der Gucht, numerous b&w woodcut illusts. to text, a.e.g., later panelled full calf gilt (by Bedford), rubbed and bumps to outer corners, later reback, with orig. morocco label to spine retained, 8vo The first edition of Samuel Croxall's translation. (1)
Bloomfield (Robert). The Farmer's Boy, A Rural Poem, 1st ed., Vernor & Hood, 1800,. half title, ad. leaf at rear, wood engraved head and tail pieces [by John Anderson], a little spotting and soiling throughout, uncut, modern morocco, sl. rubbed and spine faded, 8vo This would appear to be the smallest of the four issues of the first edition. (1)
Culpeper (Nicholas). The English Physician Enlarged ..., 1778,. half title, spotting and soiling throughout, contemp. calf, worn, together with [Heath, James], Flagellum, or The Life and Death, Birth and Burial of O. Cromwell ..., 4th edition with additions, 1669, eng. port. frontis., some spotting and soiling throughout, contemp. ownership inscription of Abraham Scofeld (?), contemp. sheep, worn, plus Bible [English], The Holy Bible, 1642, woodcut title to both parts, first title det., closely trimmed affecting running heads and side notes, various repairs and other defects, modern calf, all 8vo, plus other misc. antiquarian, many with defects (23)
Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von). Gli affani del Giovani Verter ..., translated into Italian by Corrado Ludger, 1788,. 123 pp. manuscript transcription by Margritt Sebatier, in a fair hand, prob. early 19th c., contemp. elaborately gilt dec. red morocco, rubbed and a little wear to extrems., slim 8vo, together with Scott (Walter), The Vision of Don Roderick and Other Poems, 2nd ed., Edinburgh, 1811, some spotting, initial leaves det., signed presentation inscription from the novelist F[rederick] Marryat to front free endpaper, contemp. diced calf, covers det. and spine def., 8vo, plus Fontenelle (Bernard le Bovier de), Nouveaux Dialogues des Morts, New Revised Edition, Amsterdam, 1701, some spotting and soiling, ownership names of Richard Bulkeley, and Lord Lovat [Simon Fraser, 1667 1747] to title, contemp. calf, upper cover and first two leaves det., small 8vo All with various ownership inscription of the Nutting family. (3)
Foster Michael. Hornby Dublo Trains reprint New Cavendish Books London 1993. Boards dustjacket illustrations oblong quarto; Hammond Pat. Tri-ang Railways: The Story of Rovex Volume 1 1950-1965 first edition New Cavendish Books London 1993. Boards dustjacket illustrations oblong quarto; and assorted other works of railway interest
A collection of railway-related books including Indian Railways: One Hundred Years 1853 to 1953 first edition Ministry of Railways New Delhi 1953. Black cloth illustrations quarto; and Vaughan John. The Newquay Branch and its Branches first edition Oxford Publishing Sparkford 1991. Boards dustjacket illustrations octavo
Fourteen Exclusive First Edition 1/76 scale model buses comprising No.26201 Guy Arab I Utility 'Coventry Transport'; No.20423 Bristol VRIII 'Stagecoach United Counties'; No.18606 Bristol VR Mk III (Open Top) 'Cumberland'; No.12103 Cavalier Coach 'Hebble'; No.16513 Leyland Atlantean 'Salford City'; No.24315 Leyland B.E.T. 'Salford City'; No.19706DL A.E.C. Regent V Orion 'Hebble'; No.99642 Weymann B.E.T. 'Todmorden British Railways'; No.22711 Alexander Y Type 'South Yorkshire'; No.16306 Bristol L.S. 'Lincolnshire'; No.24312 Leyland Tiger Cub Willowbrook 'Crosville'; No.14003DL Bristol FLF Lodekka 'Crosville'; No.15103 Leyland National 'Northern'; and No.18305 Leyland TS8 Tiger 'East Midland' generally mint or near mint all boxed.
A. Thorburn, "Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland", with thirty illustrations by the author, first edition, published Longmans, Green & Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London, 1923, publishers red cloth, gilt title to spine, top edge gilt, in leather outer cover with gilt title spine.
Hallam, Henry - VIEW OF THE STATE OF EUROPE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES, and INTRODUCTION TO THE LITERATURE OF EUROPE, and THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - complete set of ten volumes (3 vols, 4 vols, 3 vols), first edition, seventh edition, and eleventh edition, John Murray, London, 1860, 1864, and 1866, 7.1 by 4.9ins., in pale brown cloth with blindstamps (10).
Willmott (Rev. Robert Aris). THE POETS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, Illustrated, New Edition 1866, small quarto, gilt-decorated cloth (Presentation inscription on the first free endpaper: 'Xmas '65/Miss Clara M. Boehmer/from G.Daillie (?)'). * Clara Boehmer was the maiden name of Agatha Christie's mother.
Christie (Agatha). A POCKET FULL OF RYE, first edition 1953, octavo, cloth, dust-wrapper (indistinct presentation inscription on front free endpaper 'For James/with love from/Agatha/Nov. 1953'). *This seems likely to be an inscription either to the author's brother-in-law or nephew, both named James Watts.
Christie (Agatha). A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED, first edition 1950, octavo, cloth. (Presentation inscription on front free endpaper 'With love from/Agatha/??? 1950'). #300-500. 429. Christie (Agatha). CARDS ON THE TABLE, first edition 1936, octavo, cloth. (Presentation inscription on front free endpaper 'with love/from/Agatha').
Christie (Agatha). THE LABOURS OF HERCULES, first edition 1947, octavo, cloth. (Presentation inscription on front free endpaper 'Rosalind/from/Agatha Christie'). * The author has started writing 'Christie' as Rosalind's surname, getting as far a 'Chris' and then deleting it. By this time Rosalind was the widow of Hubert Prichard before she married Anthony Hicks in 1948.
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