Jerome, K. Jerome: a collection of volumes to include My First Book (1894), Stage-Land (1889), Novel Notes (1920), Three Men on the Bummel (1945), The Observations of Henry (1901), On the Stage- and Off (n/d), Three Men on Wheels (1900), Tommy and Co. (1904), Told After Supper (1891), John Ingerfield (1969), Tea-Table Talk (1903), Malvina of Brittany (1916), The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1899), Three Men in a Boat (1964 F/S in slip-case), Passing of the Third Floor Back (1908), Told After Supper (1891), The Street of the Blank Wall (1917), They and I (n/d), The Soul of Nicholas Snyders (1925), Sketches in Lavender Blue and Green (1920) Obras Selectas (Selected Works 1984) and Paul Kelver (n/d 6th edition.), together with a large collection of other volumes, many by the same author.
We found 106046 price guide item(s) matching your search
There are 106046 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribe- List
- Grid
-
106046 item(s)/page
‡ SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA limited edition (216/275) volume of 'Cutting Images' - printed on T H Saunders Waterford paper and printed by David Vickers, bound by John Sewell, complete with slip case, signed in pencil by the artistProvenance:private collection Monmouthshire, consigned via our Cardiff officePurchased from the Grygynog Press when first issuedCondition Report:please do not handle as the book has never been removed from original packaging
Henry Williamson, 'Dandelion Days', published by E P Dutton and Co. 1930, first edition, hardback with dust cover. Herbert Faulkner West, 'The Dreamer of Devon, an essay on Henry Williamson', published by Ulysses Press Ltd, 1932, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author, hardbackCONDITION REPORTS & PAYMENT DETAILSIMPORTANT * Descriptions do not include condition reports. Please contact us to if you require further information or images. * Please consider shipping costs before bidding as this may affect your decision to bid * Please familiarise yourself with our payment methods. Our preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. We do not take cash or card payments.
Ernest Hemingway, 'Death in the Afternoon', published by Charles Scriber's Sons, 1932, first edition, hardback with dust coversCONDITION REPORTS & PAYMENT DETAILSIMPORTANT * Descriptions do not include condition reports. Please contact us to if you require further information or images. * Please consider shipping costs before bidding as this may affect your decision to bid * Please familiarise yourself with our payment methods. Our preferred method of payment is by bank transfer. We do not take cash or card payments.
Collection of first edition books, to include J.K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis, G.P.Taylor; Shadowmancer, signed by author, Hans Hass; Men and Sharks, etc (15)
Collection of first edition books, to include John Boyne; The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, limited edition 910/1000, singed by author, Jasper Fforde; The Eyre Affair, signed by author, Mark Haddon; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time , D.A.Stern; The Blair Witch Project: A Dossier, etc (16)
Books relating to Veteran, Vintage, and early Motoring - HAYWARD (Charles) and others. Automobile Engineering, Chicago: American Technical Society, 1919, 6 vol., third edition, engraved illustrations, in-text illustrations, titles printed in red and black, original publishers uniform black soft leather, gilt titles to spines; KENNEDY (Rankin)The Book of the Motor Car, Caxton [c. 1913] 4 vol., each volume with a pop-up colour diagram, black and white plates, in-text illustrations, original publishers red cloth embossed in black, gilt titles to spines; HASLUCK (Paul, Editor) The Automobile, Cassell and Company, [c. 1906] 3 vol., Subscribers Special edition Enlarged; JUDGE (Arthur W.) Modern Motorcycles, Caxton [c. 1933] 3 vol; CAMPBELL (Sir Malcom) My Thirty Years of Speed. Hutchinson [1935] first edition; RUTTER (H. Thornton) Motors of To-day. Virtue & Co., [c. 1920s] 5 vol., with a duplicate vol. 5; and three other volumes related, 4to, 8vo. (25) Condition Report: rubbing to cloth, spine ends and corners bumped, light foxing.Campbell (Sir Malcom) My Thirty Years of Speed - foxing to edges and further foxed internally.
Autographs, Motor Racing.- Henry (Alan) Grand Prix Champions From Jackie Stewart to Michael Scumacher, Signed, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1995, first edition, Signed by Jackie Stewart in black marker pen on page 11, and further signed by Jody Scheckter in black marker pen on page 55, colour photo. Illustrated endpapers and throughout, original photo. illustrated boards, dust-jacket unclipped, further within clear wrappers, 4to, 23.8 x 30cm; together with a group of seven Autographed photographs signed by Stirling Moss, Damon Hill, Emerson Fittipaldi, Jochan Mass, David Coulthard, Derek Bell and Rene Arnoux, various sizes, the largest 8 x 12 inches. (8)Provenance: The vendor is an autograph collector and the signatures were signed in person. Condition Report: Henry (Alan) Grand Prix Champions - light creasing to top edge of dust-wrapper, internally clean with strong signatures.the photographs all good condition with strong signatures.
A group of Aston Martin related items - comprises: WYER (John) with Chris Nixon. Racing with the David Brown Aston Martins, Signed by Chris Nixon , Transport Bookman, 1980, 2 vol. first edition, monochrome photo. illustrations, full-page plates, original green cloth, gilt lettered to spines, dust-jackets unclipped, 4to; together with a large Authorised Aston Martin Dealers Lagonda Limited poster sticker (unused) 60.7 x 30cm; and a brass Aston Martin belt buckle, 9.5 x 5cm. (4)
Books relating to Veteran, Vintage, and early motoring - STURMEY, Hugh (1857-1930, Editor) and STANER, H. Walter (1901-after 1914). The Autocar. A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage. Coventry and London: Illife, Sons & Sturmey, 1897-1901, 7 vol bound in 5, vol II-VII, first edition, comprises: original issues, No. 62-322, January 2, 1897-December 28, 1901, title-page and Index, copiously illustrated throughout, advertisements, later uniform leather-backed marbled boards, red leather panels lettered in gilt to spine with raised bands, 4to; The Motor-Car Journal. Cordingley & Co., 1899-1903. 3 vol., vol 1, II, and IV, first edition, comprises: original issues, Vol. I, No. 1, March 10, 1899- Vol. IV, No. 28, February 28, 1903, title-page, index, illustrated throughout, contemporary red leather-backed marbled boards, leather panels lettered in gilt to spines with raised bands, 4to. (8)The magazine 'The Autocar' was first published November 2, 1895. John James Henry Sturmey is best known as the inventor, with James Archer, of the Sturmey-Archer three-speed hub for bicycles. Sturmey was a technical editor, journalist and a pioneer of the cycling and automotive industries, he stepped down as editor of the magazine and left the company in 1901.Condition Report: The Autocar - rubbing to boards, some scuffs to leather (with loss) spine ends and corners bumped, light foxing to endpapers and preliminaries, light foxing to edges, with white paint? splatters to top edge of vol. II and V, mostly clean and bright internally.The Motor-Car Journal - rubbing to boards, some scuffs to leather (with loss) spine ends and corners bumped, occasional foxing.
Book. Chocolate. Colmenero de Ledesma, Antonio. Chocolata Inda. Opusculum de qualitate et natura chocolatae. Norimbergae (Nuremberg). Wolfgangi Enderi. 1644. pp. (24) unnumbered, 73, (5) unnumbered of index, errata leaf. 24mo in 12s. Frontis, lacking folded half. Full vellum. First Latin edition of the first European work dedicated to chocolate and cocoa, a translation from the Spanish of Curioso tratado de la naturaleza y calidad del chocolate. Text is clean, only fault is the frontis.
A album of 486 Pokémon collectors cards by Topps, to include TV Animation Edition (1999/2000), consisting of 76 cards, both foils and regular, TV sub-set of thirteen cards, complete, fourteen German cards from Base Set 1, Heroes & Villains set, complete, eight out of twelve Embossed Jigsaw cards, a complete set of five Plastic Clear Cards With Picture, seventy three colour variation cards from the above sets, also including Movie Edition Sets, Mew-Two Strikes Back 1998, complete set, Pikachu’s Vacation, complete set, fifty one cards from the Pokémon Movie 2000, from a set of seventy, plus many more, all presented in a Pokémon Trading Card Game binder, Team Rocket edition. To be sold on behalf on Monkey World, Dorset.Being wrong-footed by pre-bidding! This lot is being offered on two other bidding platforms and in the room. Bids entered may be equal to those entered on other platforms. Until the auction is live and the lot offered, we cannot know whose bid, or from which platform the automated bidding process will start with. If you are intent on winning or participating in the bidding please ensure you are logged on and watch live. You may not be notified if you are outbid once the first lot of the auction is offered.
A album of approximately 940 Pokémon cards, including cards from Base Set 1 (1999) complete set of 102 cards including all 16 foil cards), as well as a additional 60 different cards from the same set, including a Charizard foil card, 63 of 64 cards from the Jungle set (1999), includes 1st edition and foil cards, a complete set of 62 cards from the Fossil set (1999-2000), 118 of 130 cards from Base Set 2 (1999-2000), with 12 of the 20 foil cards, a complete set of Team Rocket Theme deck, 83 cards, including a Dark Raichu foil, 123 of 132 cards from the Gym Hero set (1999-2000), with 14 foil cards and 2 1st edition cards, 123 of 132 cards from the Gym Challenge set, with 13 foils and 12 1st editions, 90 of 111 cards from the Neo Genesis set (1995-200), with 5 foils and 19 1st editions, also with cards from the Discovery and Revolution sets, as well as two Ancient New Pokémon League cards. To be sold on behalf on Monkey World, Dorset.Being wrong-footed by pre-bidding! This lot is being offered on two other bidding platforms and in the room. Bids entered may be equal to those entered on other platforms. Until the auction is live and the lot offered, we cannot know whose bid, or from which platform the automated bidding process will start with. If you are intent on winning or participating in the bidding please ensure you are logged on and watch live. You may not be notified if you are outbid once the first lot of the auction is offered.
Ecological Flora of the Shropshire region by Sinker, Packham, Trueman, Oswald, Perring and Prestwood published by Shropshire Trust For Nature Conservation 1985 First Edition large hardback 344 pages with an acetate overlay film loosely inserted and a dust jacket in good condition with slight browning to the dust jacket spine approx 30. 5cm x 21. 5cm. Good condition. All autographed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Metal Techniques For Craftsman by Oppi Untracht published by Robert Hale and Company, London 1969, First Edition, hardback approx 18. 5cm x 26. 5cm with dust jacket which shows some signs of age, wear otherwise the book is in good condition (see photographs) together with 3 x soft cover books comprising An Illustrated History of Jewellery by Harold Newman, The Technique of Jewellery by Rod Edwards and The Technique of Enamelling by Geoffrey Clarke and Francis and Ida Feher. Good condition. All autographed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Blues Brothers: Private by Judith Jacklin and Tino Insana published by Magnum Books First Edition 1980, soft cover approx 22cm x 28cm shows some signs of age, wear and otherwise is in good condition (see photographs). Good condition. All autographed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1963, First Edition hardback, approx 13cm x 19. 5cm, 288 pages, no dust wrapper. This rare first edition book shows some signs of age, wear particularly at top of spine and centre bottom of front cover (see photographs) otherwise it is in good, fair condition a rare book but has no dust wrapper and is not in stunning condition (£300 to £500 plus in really nice condition). Good condition. All autographed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
4 volume set - The Later Roman Empire 284-602. A Social Economic and Administrative Survey by A H M Jones published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1964, First Edition, Volume I has 522 pages, Volume II has 546 pages, Volume III is Notes, Appendices, List of Sources and Index, Volume IV contains 7 large folded maps (all present), each volume approx 16cm x 25. 5cm, hardbound in green cloth and all four volumes with dust wrappers. This is a very comprehensive set of four historical books and all four are in very good condition showing just very light age, wear with a small label mark on the dust wrapper spine of Volume I and similar mark on the front of Volume IV (see photographs really nice set of books.... retail region of £160 but have seen them for over £200. Good condition. All autographed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
3 x various books on Russia comprising Putin's People - How The KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On The West by Catherine Belton published by William Collins in 2020 (First Edition?) hardback with dust wrapper, Russia by Jonathan Dimbleby 2008 hardback with dust wrapper and Russia People and Empire by Geoffrey Hosking soft cover, these books show some light signs of age, wear otherwise are all in good condition (see photographs. Good condition. All autographed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
2 x interesting West Country books comprising Torquay and the Country Round by John Presland beautifully illustrated in colour by F J Widgery published by Chatto and Windus, London 1920, First Edition hardback approx 15cm x 23cm with dust wrapper and The River Dart by Ruth Manning-Sanders published by Westaway Books, London, 1951, First Edition hardback approx 14cm x 22cm with dust wrapper. The books both show very few signs of age, wear and are in good, very good condition, the dust wrappers both shows some signs of age, wear (see photographs). pretty books about £40 retail for the pair. Good condition. All autographed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
The Flora of Wiltshire by Donald Grose published by the Natural History Section of The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 1957 First Edition green hardback with gilt embossed lettering 11 plates and 40 maps in good condition approx 22cm x 14. 5cm together with the scarce Supplement To The Flora of Wiltshire Compiled and Edited by L F Stern published by the Natural History Section of The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 1975 First Edition green hardback with gilt embossed lettering with dust jacket in good condition with signs of age wear fading on dust jacket approx 25cm x 19. 5cm. Good condition. All autographed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
A first edition copy of 'A CIVIC SURVEY & PLAN for EDINBURGH' prepared by Patrick Abercrombie and Derek Plumstead published by Oliver and Boyd 1949. Oversized with red cloth covered boards and gilt lettering, pages intact. Includes maps, plates etc. Some wear to edges but generally good conditionApprox 1 pieces
2 bottles Lot of Glenmorangie Single Highland Malt in Presentation Boxes 2 bottles Lot of Glenmorangie Single Highland Malt in Presentation Boxes comprising: 1 bottle Glenmorangie Millennium Limited Edition ‘First Fill Casks’ Aged 12 Years together with 1 bottle Glenmorangie ‘Madeira Wood Finish’
Asquith (Lady Cynthia, editor) The Ghost Book, first edition, light foxing, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, internal chip to head of spine affecting title, spine ends and corners a little chipped and frayed, light surface soiling to spine, chip to foot of lower panel, tear with creasing to foot of upper panel, still an excellent example of a rare jacket, [Tymn 4.244], 8vo, [1926].⁂ Cynthia Asquith's influential anthology of supernatural fiction in the rare dust-jacket. We can trace no other example in the jacket at auction. Including works by D.H.Lawrence, Algernon Blackwood, L.P. Hartley, Mary Webb and Arthur Machen.
West Indies.- Busteed (George Washington) The Addresses, containing an Exposition of Ministerial Proceedings. well calculated to arouse a Free People to a sense of the dangers of a Corrupt Goverment..., Part I [apparently all published], first edition, small hole to final leaf affecting a couple of letters, modern cloth, 1832 § Lewis (Matthew Gregory) Journal of a West India Proprietor, kept during a residence in the island of Jamaica, first edition, half-title, original cloth, spine faded, [Goldsmiths' 34184.1], 1834 § [Courtenay (Thomas Peregrine)] Letters of Decius, in answer to the criticism upon the political account of Trinidad; and upon the defence of the crimes of Governor Picton.., first edition, foxing and soiling at beginning and end, modern half cloth, uncut, 1808; and 3 others on the West Indies, slavery and the sugar trade, 8vo (6)⁂ George Washington Busteed (1786-1859) had been from 1829 Chief Secretary of the island of St. Lucia but his zeal in the cause of emancipation led to his removal from office, and he later emigrated to Canada.
Scotland.- Articles of Militarie Discipline, 16pp., only edition, title with woodcut head-piece and ornament, woodcut initial, stitched into old wrappers, STC[21904.5], Edinburgh, James Bryson, 1639 § Mackenzie (Sir George) A Vindication of the Government in Scotland, during the Reign of King Charles II. Against Mis-Representations made in several Scandalous Pamphlets, first edition, with final advertisement/licence leaf, modern cloth, [Wing M213], for J.Hindmarsh, 1691 § [Monro (Alexander)] The Spirit of Calumny and Slander, Examin'd, Chastis'd, and Expos'd, in a Letter to a Malicious Libeller, first edition, modern half calf, [Wing M2446], for Joseph Hindmarsh, 1693 § Letter (A) concerning the Consequence of an Incorporating Union, in Relation to Trade, first edition, a little soiled and stained, modern calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 4294; Kress 2516], [Edinburgh], 1706, small 4to (4)⁂ The first lists the articles to apply to the army of 16,000 men formed by the "Covenanters" and commanded by Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (c.1580-1661). The third was a response to attacks on the episcopal party in Scotland by the journalist and pamphleteer George Ridpath.
James (C. L. R.) The Black Jacobins. Toussaint Louverture and the Saint Domingo Revolution, first edition, plates, occasional light foxing, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine browned, panels darkened, extremities chipped and creased, light soiling to lower panel, 8vo, 1938.⁂ James' acclaimed history of the Haitian revolution, and important landmark in the study of the African diaspora, rare in the dust-jacket.
![[England & Wales.] Two Ordinances of the Lords and Commons...for the speedie Demolishing of all Organs, Images, and all m](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/650b799e-12d1-43c1-aec5-afc1010564bb/468x382.jpg)
[England & Wales.] Two Ordinances of the Lords and Commons...for the speedie Demolishing of all Organs, Images, and all manner of Superstitious Monuments in all Cathedrall, Parish-Churches and Chappels..., 8pp., first edition, title with typographical border, woodcut initials and head-piece, printed partly in black letter, browned, trimmed, 19th century red straight-grain morocco-backed marbled boards, by Palmer & Howe of Manchester, a little rubbed, [Wing E2408A], for John Wright, 1645 § [Wake (William)] the Missionarie's Arts Discovered; or, an Account of their Ways of Insinuation, their Artifices and several Methods of which they serve themselves in making Converts, first edition, with initial imprimatur/errata leaf, first and last few leaves stained at inner margin and mounted on stubs, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Wing W.246A], by Randal Taylor, 1688; and another, small 4to (3)⁂ The draconian Ordinances of the first item were inspired by the enthusiastic Puritan elements in Parliament who regarded organs, images etc. as Satanic symbols of Roman Catholicism. They were licences to wreak havoc in English parish churches and, as a consequence, organs, stone altars, "tapers, candlesticks and basons", crucifixes and crosses, "images and pictures of any one or more persons of the Trinity, as of the Virgin Mary, and all other images and pictures of saints", were all to be defaced or removed. ESTC lists 3 UK copies only of this printing (BL, Bodleian and Corpus Christi College, Oxford) and 3 of that with Edward Husband in the imprint.The second is an anti-Jesuit essay particularly directed against Andrew Pulton or Poulton (1654-1710), the joint-master of the new Jesuit college established in the Savoy in London in 1687, and the methods used by the Jesuits to gain converts to the Roman church.
Wemys (Thomas) Beth-Hak-Kodesh. Or the Separation and Consecration of Places for God's publick Service and Worship, only edition, with initial imprimatur leaf, lightly soiled, slight worming to lower margin occasionally affecting a few letters, paper flaw to fore-margin of F4 affecting one letter, John Rawlet's copy with his ink signature to front free endpaper and library tab number attached to lower board, contemporary sheep, for Thomas Dring, 1674 § L'Estrange (Roger) Interest Mistaken, or the Holy Cheat; proving from the undeniable Practises and Positions of the Presbyterians, that the Design of that party is to enslave both King and People under the Masque of Religion, second impression, variant with 150pp., final advertisement leaf, engraved bookplate of Rt.Hon. Thomas Earl of Hadinton to verso of title, 19th century calf ruled in blind, [Wing L1262], for Henry Brome, 1661 § Account (An) of the Conduct of the Roman-Catholick Clergy and Zealots of France, from the First Toleration there of the Protestants, to their Expulsion, endpapers browned, later calf, gilt, spine gilt, worn at head, by J.Morphew, 1710, all rubbed; and another, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ The first has an interesting provenance: John Rawlet (1642-86), preacher and poet from Tamworth with non-conformist sympathies, who left his library to the town of Tamworth for the use of scholars. The library contained mainly theology but also some classical and English literature and an imperfect medieval illuminated manuscript Bible. Housed first in an almshouse and then the grammar school, in 1932 the library was sold at auction and dispersed. ESTC cites 7 UK locations but not including the British Library.Of the second item ESTC lists only 2 UK copies of this variant (Congregational Library and National Trust) and 5 others abroad.
Barbier (George) Vingt-cinq Costumes pour le Theatre, one of 25 hors-commerce copies, from an edition of 300, ink presentation to Louis Cartier on limitation page, etched portrait frontispiece of Barbier by Charles Martin and 25 fine mounted pochoir plates of costume designs, each with captioned tissue-guard, all printed on white Arches paper and mounted on grey Arches paper, with with first state proofs of plates III and IV loosely inserted,original pictorial wrappers, upper joint split at head and foot, one corner slightly bumped, green cloth-backed board chemise and slip-case (a little worn), [Colas 218], 4to, Paris, Camille Bloch & Jules Meynial, 1927.⁂ Exquisite work by one of the quintessential figures in Art Deco design and illustration. The designs are for Casanova, Le tapis Persane, Marion de Lorme, Madame Paulette Duval, Lysistrata and Amarylla. This copy is inscribed to the jeweller Louis Cartier.
Duelling.- Sharp (Granville) A Tract on Duelling, second edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on title, old marbled wrappers, uncut, rebacked, for B.White & Son, 1790 § Hamilton (Joseph) Some Short and Useful Reflections upon Duelling...By a Christian Patriot, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (lightly offset on title), advertisement leaf at end with newspaper cutting on the Anti-Duelling Association tipped in, later engraved bookplate of William Walter Dowding, original printed boards, rubbed and a little spotted, Dublin, for the Author, 1823 § Bluett (J.C.) Duelling and the Laws of Honour Explained..., first edition, half-title, 4pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, rubbed and faded, rebacked, 1835; and another on duelling, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ Three powerful anti-duelling essays. The first is an expanded version of Sharp's work of 1773 which tried to distinguish between manslaughter and murder in the case of duels. The second is attributed to Joseph Hamilton (the dedication is signed "Joseph") but it seems rather strange that Joseph Hamilton of Dublin should have written this little book as it was to be he who published, only six years later,The only approved guide through all the stages of a quarrel: containing the royal code of honour; reflections upon duelling; and the outline of a court for the adjustment of disputes, London & Dublin, 1829. Of the third item Library Hub records only one copy of this first edition (Birmingham University).
Clandestine Marriage.- Gally (Henry) Some Considerations upon Clandestine Marriages, second edition, light water-staining at beginning, modern marbled boards, by J.Hughs, 1750 § Leman (Sir Tanfield) Matrimony Analysed. Wherein is Proposed a Free and Candid Inquiry into the Force of the Objections against the late Act of Parliament for the better preventing Clandestine Marriages, only edition, lacking half-title, book-label of Charles Clark of Great Totham, Essex to verso of title with ink correction (?in his hand) to final leaf, a little browned, title torn at inner margin and mounted on stub, old roan-backed boards, rebacked, for H.Whatridge, 1755 § [Fry (John)] The Case of Marriages between near kindred particularly considered...with some Observations relating to the late Act to prevent Clandestine Marriages, first edition, lightly browned, modern calf-backed boards, morocco label, J.Whiston & B.White, 1756 § Stebbing (Henry) A Dissertation on the Power of States to Deny Civil Protection to the Marriages of Minors made without the Consent of their Parents or Guardians, first edition, half-title, modern marbled boards, C.Davis, 1755 § [Forster (Nathaniel)] Remarks on the Reverend Dr Stebbing's Dissertation..., first edition, modern marbled boards, J. & P.Knapton, 1755, 8vo (5)⁂ Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act of 1753, or An Act for the better preventing of clandestine marriage, was the first statutory legislation in England and Wales to require a formal ceremony of marriage. The Act had been precipitated by a dispute about the validity of a Scottish marriage, although pressure to address the problem of clandestine marriage had been growing for some time, as indicated by Gally's pamphlet. Until that time neither prior notice nor parental consent for minors was required for marriage but the Act ordered the reading of banns in church, parents' or guardians' consent for minors, and the service to be conducted by an Anglican clergyman. Henceforth couples had to travel to Scotland in order to marry, the nearest place being Gretna Green just north of Carlisle.
Du Maurier (Daphne) Rebecca, first edition, original cloth, some slight edge-spotting, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and panels, spine tips and corners a little chipped and frayed, closed tear with slight creasing to head some light marking and surface soiling, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1938.
Photography.- Adams (Ansel) My Camera in the National Parks, first edition, signed by the photographer/author to blank, 30 black and white plates, original printed card wrappers and spiral binding, dust-jacket, small amounts of chipping and creasing to spine ends and edges, two closed tears to spine, lower portion upper flap cut-away, folio, Boston, 1950.
Hanway (Jonas) Serious Considerations on the Salutary Design of the Act of Parliament for a Regular, Uniform Register of the Parish-Poor in all the Parishes within the Bills of Mortality...To which are added, some thoughts on the Usefulness of Ventilation; the pernicious Effects of bad Air, narrow Streets, and ruined Houses; the Advantages of Cleanliness and decent Cloathing..., first edition, engraved title vignette, modern calf with decorative border in blind, black morocco label, [Goldsmiths 9802; Kress 6026], 8vo, for John Rivington, 1762. ⁂ Among the scarcest of all Hanway's published works. The proposed register of "all the infant parish poor within the Bills of Mortality, as far as four years of age" is particularly interesting. Rare in commerce; we have been able to trace only this copy at auction, in these rooms in 2021.
![Wool.- [Brewster (Sir Francis)] A Discourse concerning Ireland and the Different Interests thereof, in Answer to the Exon and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ed94c307-2ea5-4819-9284-afc100bd58c0/8ade7330-5462-4930-88e4-afc100ffc379/468x382.jpg)
Wool.- [Brewster (Sir Francis)] A Discourse concerning Ireland and the Different Interests thereof, in Answer to the Exon and Barnstaple Petitions..., shewing that if a Law were Enacted to prevent the Exportation of Woollen Manufactures from Ireland to Foreign Parts, what the Consequences thereof would be both to England and Ireland, first edition, browned, cropped shaving a few head-lines and catch-words, Macclesfield North Library copy with bookplate, later half calf, a little rubbed, [Bradshaw 7221; Goldsmiths' 3482; Kress 2066; Wing B4433], for Tho.Nott...E.Whitlock, 1697/8 § Dum spiro spero. An Humble Representation of the State of our Woollen Manufactures, 16pp., only edition, cropped shaving pagination, title lightly stained (?label removed), modern marbled wrappers, preserved in modern cloth folder, [Goldsmiths' 3667; Kress 2230; Wing D2519], 1700, small 4to (2)⁂ Sir Francis Brewster (d.1704/5), merchant and writer on trade, was a citizen and alderman of Dublin, serving as Lord Mayor in 1674-5. In 1697 Brewster acted as a witness before the English Board of Trade in relation to the Irish woollen export issue.The second item is rare, with ESTC locating only 4 UK copies (BL, LSE, Cambridge & Goldsmiths') and 6 others in America.
Rogers (Capt. Woodes) A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the South-Sea, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope, second edition, engraved folding map frontispiece and 4 folding maps, bookplate of Frederick E. Ellis, his ownership inscription to front free endpaper, frontispiece trimmed at head along ruled border and with tiny hole to horizontal fold, one or two neat and expert repairs to other maps, occasional light foxing, the odd small stain but overall a crisp copy, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, preserving rather worn backstrip, worn at corners, elsewhere rubbed, [Sabin 72754], 8vo, Printed for Andrew Bell & Bernard Lintot, 1718.⁂ Famous account of privateering in the South Seas. Rogers set out from Bristol with William Dampier as his pilot, travelling along the coasts of Chile and Peru to seek out Spanish prizes. He landed on the Juan Fernandez islands in order to shelter from a storm, and there rescued the marooned Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
Wodehouse (P.G.) My Man Jeeves, first edition, 2pp. advertisements, original salmon-pink cloth, slight bumping to corner tips, small patch of cockling to lower cover, else fine, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, just touching imprint at foot of spine, spotting to upper panel, short tear to upper fore-edge, a few neat tape repairs to verso, an excellent example overall, slip-case, [McIlvaine A22a], 8vo, [1919].⁂ The first Jeeves and Wooster book, Wodehouse's most enduring characters. McIlvaine identified copies in a dustjacket priced at 1s 9d as constituting the first issue of the first edition, but the copy illustrated in her bibliography is believed to be the only surviving example. Copies of this second issue of the first edition in an identical dust-jacket other than the change of price to 2s are also very rare, particularly in an unrestored state.
Danish West Indies.- Danish Laws (The): or, the Trade of Christian the Fifth...for the Use of the English Inhabitants of the Danish Settlements in America, first edition in English, issue with pp.91 & 106 misnumbered 61 & 06 respectively and p.59 numbered correctly, woodcut ornaments and initials, browned, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, red morocco label, corners repaired, [Sabin 18501], 8vo, for N.Gibson, 1756.⁂ By 1756, Danish territories in the Americas included Greenland and the Danish West Indies (now the U.S. Virgin Islands), comprising the islands of St.Thomas, St.John and, from 1733, St.Croix. The economy of the Danish West Indies was almost wholly based on sugar and tobacco production by slave labour. The West Indian possessions were administered by the Danish West India and Guinea Company until 1754 when the Danish government's "Chamber of Revenues" took over control. However, without the benefit of a trade monopoly like the Dutch West India Company, the financially troubled company was liquidated in 1776.The Danish Code of Christian V had been developed by various Commissions under both King Frederick III (1648-1670) and Charles V (1670-1699), Charles himself signing his approval of the Code in 1682; it is regarded as an exemplar of a near-perfect modern legal system.
Africa.- Du Bois (Le Sieur) Les Voyages faits...aux Iles Dauphine ou Madagascar, & Bourbon, ou Mascarenne, first edition, small paper flaw/tear in A2 not affecting text, 4 lines crossed out in ink on p.19 and one word on p.116 (? by censor), small ink stain to title, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints cracked, spine gilt, 12mo, Paris, chez Claude Barbin, 1674.⁂ Rare at auction with the last copy traced in 1957 (£11). Also includes Cap Verde, Saint Helena, and Ascension Island and covers customs and religions of the inhabitants as well as the natural history and geography.
Lapérouse (Jean-François de Galaup, comte) Voyage de La Pérouse Autour du Monde, 5 vol. including Atlas, first edition, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, Atlas with engraved title, portrait frontispiece and 69 maps and plates, many double-page or folding, tissue-guards, text with ink stamp of Domus Lugdunensis Soc. Jesu to titles, vol. 1 with ink inscription "ex dono Radactoris" to pastedown, dated Paris 1821, occasional light spotting, Atlas with bookplate of Frederick E. Ellis, some dust-soiling to extremities, upper hinge weak but holding, all vol. uncut in original decorative boards, printed paper labels to spines, wear to extremities, particularly spine ends and joints, with some chipping to paper, text with small paper label with manuscript shelfmark to spine foot, Atlas a little darkened and with label worn, upper joint split and repaired at head, preserved in 3 morocco-backed drop-back boxes, [Sabin 38960; Hill 972; Ferguson 251], 4to & folio, Paris, 1797.⁂ An impressive set of one of the finest narratives of maritime exploration, covering Easter Island, Hawaii, Macao, Formosa, the Aleutian Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Australia.
Hairdressing.- Stewart (James) Plocacosmos: or The Whole Art of Hair Dressing..., first edition, lacking half-title, with engraved frontispiece printed in sanguine and 10 engraved plates, a fine copy in contemporary tree calf, gilt, very slightly rubbed, skilfully rebacked with gilt spine in compartments and red morocco label, [Coles 2802; Hiles p.816; Lipperheide 1681], 8vo, for the Author, 1782.⁂ Handsome copy of a scarce work on all aspects of hair and hairdressing including growth & care and the effects of diet & lifestyle, tools, false hair, head dresses and cosmetics; the plates depict the extravagant hairstyles of the time.
Stonehenge.- James (Col. Sir Henry) Plans and Photographs of Stonehenge, and of Turusachan in the Island of Lewis; with Notes relating to the Druids and Sketches of Cromlechs in Ireland, first edition, 9 zincographed plates or plans, 8 mounted albumen prints of Stonehenge, a very good, clean copy, neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, lettered in gilt, neatly rebacked, neat repairs to corners, some light fading to covers, 4to, [Southampton, Ordnance Survey], 1867.⁂ A very good copy of this scarce and early report, an important photographic incunable.
Marine Society. The Bye-Laws, and Regulations of the Marine-Society, incorporated in MDCCLXXII...to which is prefixed, the Historical Account of the Institution..., first edition, engraved title with medallion vignette, list of subscribers, subscriber's copy with engraved bookplate of Sir Timothy Waldo, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, spines worn at foot, [Higgs 5565; Not in Goldsmiths'], n.p., 1772; and a seventh edition of 1829, 12mo (2)⁂ The "historical account" (62pp.) was written by Jonas Hanway himself for it was he who, in 1756, had got together a group of shipowners and merchants to form a society to supply men and boys for the sea service and to equip them with the proper gear (see also lot 66). During the war years, 1756-1763, some 10,625 men and boys were thus fitted out for sea duty. ESTC cites 6 UK copies of this first edition.Sir Timothy Waldo (d.1786), wealthy lawyer and City merchant who purchased Hever Castle in Kent in 1749. According to the list of subscribers Waldo contributed 30 guineas to the scheme.
Egypt.- Light (Sir Henry) Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Holy Land, Mount Libanon, and Cyprus, in the year 1814, first edition, half-title, engraved map misbound as frontispiece, 19 plates (2 folding), vignettes, some foxing and offsetting, contemporary blind-stamped calf, a little rubbed, joints cracked, 4to, 1818.
Darwin (Erasmus) The Botanic Garden; A Poem, in Two Parts, 2 parts in 1 vol., part 1 first edition, part 2 third edition, part 1 with general title and its own title, part 2 with half-title and letterpress title, engraved frontispieces and 18 plates, of which 5 by William Blake (including 4 unsigned of the Portland Vase), errata f. at end of each part, a few contemporary manuscript notes bound in, contemporary pencil marginalia, offsetting, some spotting and water-staining, heavier in places in part 1, lightly browned, modern green half calf, gilt spine in compartments, [cf. Henrey 468 & 470], 4to, Printed for J. Johnson, 1791.
East India Company.- By-Laws, Constitutions, Orders, and Rules, for the Good Government of the Corporation of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East-Indies..., stitched in old marbled wrappers, a little rubbed and soiled, [Kress B.2702], 1794 § [Monson (William)] A Letter to a Proprietor of the East-India Company, first edition, lacking half-title, stab-holes, modern boards, [Goldsmiths' 8511; Kress 5050], for T.Osborne, 1750 § Address (An) to the Proprietors of India Stock, shewing...the necessity of sending Commissioners to Regulate and Direct their Affairs from Abroad..., first edition, with half-title and final blank (both a little soiled), modern cloth, S.Bladon, 1769 § Pulteney (William) The Effects to be expected from the East India Bill, upon the Constitution of Great Britain, if passed into Law, first edition, foxing to final leaf, modern marbled boards, [Goldsmiths'12531; Kress B629], J.Stockdale, 1783, 8vo (4)⁂ The By-laws... had been revised by the East India Company's Committee of By-laws, not least to try and stamp out the practice of illicit trade by some Company directors. This is one of several printings of the Company's rules of engagement, each now very rare. Of this 1794 printing ESTC locates other copies only at BL and 2 in America (Kress, Harvard and Bancroft Library, Berkeley). The second concerns the capture and ransom of Madras by the French in 1746.
Blyton (Enid) The Folk of the Faraway Tree, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, illustrations by Dorothy M. Wheeler, many coloured by a later (though neat) hand, original cloth, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo, 1946.⁂ The third title in Blyton's Faraway Tree series, scarce signed.
Roquefeuil (Camille de) Journal d'un Voyage Autour du Monde, Pendent les Années 1816, 1817, 1818 et 1819, first edition, 2 vol., 2 folding engraved maps, including double-hemisphere world map, contemporary ink ownership inscription of Mr. de Flavigny tipped-in before half-titles, maps with light offsetting, some foxing, contemporary calf-backed boards, spines gilt, rubbed, [Sabin 73149], 8vo, Paris, 1823.⁂ The scarce sole account of the third French circumnavigation of the globe. Commanded by Roquefeuil, the ship Bordelais visited the Pacific and Northwest coast of America, including Hawaii, California and Alaska.
Health of the Poor.- Rules and Orders of the Public Infirmary at Liverpool, 24pp., a few spots, modern boards, Liverpool, T.Billinge, 1803 § Proceedings of the Board of Health in Manchester, first edition, small stain to title, old Greenock Library label to front pastedown and gilt stamp to upper cover, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked with gilt spine, Manchester, S.Russell for Cadell & Davies, [1805] § Clerke (Rev. Sir William) Thoughts upon the Means of Preserving the Health of the Poor...addressed to the Inhabitants of the Town of Manchester, 27pp., first edition, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards with red morocco label to upper cover, [Goldsmiths' 14475; Wellcome II p.359], J.Johnson, 1790, 8vo (2) ⁂ The Liverpool Infirmary was founded in 1743 and took six years to build at a cost of £2,600. It was brought about due to the insanitary conditions of Liverpool at that time. The population, which had been only about 5,000 in 1700 had by 1749 quadrupled to 20,000. Many were housed in ill-drained streets, the unsanitary conditions leading to widespread illness. The Rules and Orders was a comprehensive handbook outlining the governance of the hospital, with detailed rules about admission and discharge of patients, and the roles of medical staff, patients, and visitors. Patients were forbidden to swear, gamble or smoke and were expected to assist with tasks if they were able. This 1803 printing is rare with only a BL copy listed by Library Hub.The second item is in effect a detailed diary of the work of the Manchester Board of Health between its foundation in January 1796 and August 1804. It had been set up in 1796 by local medical men and Manchester's philanthropists "to consider of proper means to secure the general health of the town and neighbourhood of Manchester from the contagion of an infectious fever, which has long prevailed amongst the manufacturing poor". Library Hub locates 4 copies but none in British Library.
Voyages.- Roberts (Captain George) The Four Years Voyages of Capt. George Roberts; being a series of Uncommon events, first edition, 4 engraved plates, 1 folding engraved map, scattered spotting, lightly browned, bookplate, later calf, rebacked, bumping to corners and extremities, [Sabin 71888], 8vo, 1726.⁂ This work is occasionally attributed to Daniel Defoe, however this is disputed by Furbank and Owens.
Mountaineering.- Fellows (Charles) A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, presentation inscription from author to half-title, mostly erased, hand-coloured title vignette, 10 hand-coloured plates, 1 table, 1 facsimile, occasional pencil annotations, scattered faint spotting, new endpapers retaining bookplates, ex-library with marginal ink-stamps, contemporary half-calf, rebacked and recornered, library labels to upper cover, a little rubbed, [Neate F18], 4to, 1827.⁂ The rare coloured issue, of which Meckly claims only 18 are known. Provenance: Inscribed to Rev D. Wilkins, and with his bookplate. Occasional marginal pencil notes, presumably in Wilkins hand.
Du Maurier (Daphne) Jamaica Inn, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, ink gift inscription in another hand "M. M. Chatterton Easter 1936 from L. W. S." to front free endpaper, light edge-spotting occasionally straying to margins, light browning to half-title and rear endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine, 8vo, 1936.⁂ Scarce signed.
Loading...-
106046 item(s)/page