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Click here to subscribeA Jubilee Mint limited edition commemorative coin set for The 70th Anniversary of V-E Day comprising a gold plated sterling silver £5 coin and a silver plated example, with certificate of authenticity and a silver proof 2014 £2 coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War, each contained in presentation case.
Two books on studio ceramics including a first edition of 'Hans Coper' by Tony Birks (Harper & Row, 1983), eight Bonhams auction catalogues on contemporary ceramics, and 'Studio Pottery', a presentation pack of four stamps designed by Tony Evans featuring works by Bernard Leach, Elizabeth Fritsch, Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, pack no. 184, October 1987 (11).
[Byron (George Gordon Noel)] Monody on the Death of the Right Honourable R.B. Sheridan, first edition, first issue with first line on p.11 starting "To weep..." and last four lines on p.12, half-title, 2 advertisement leaves at end, some scattered spotting or light foxing, a few instances of light marginal finger-soiling, handsomely bound in modern green half morocco for Chas. J. Sawyer, spine gilt in compartments, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed, t.e.g., [Wise 115], John Murray, 1816 § [Middleton (Marmaduke)] Poetical Sketches of a Tour in the West of England, half-title, wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces, a few abrasion marks to front pastedown where bookplate removed, title with contemporary ink ownership inscription to head, occasional very light spotting, contemporary straight-grain red morocco, gilt, spine slightly sunned, rubbed with a few light stains, g.e., Sheffield, Printed for the Author by J. Montgomery, 1822, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 19th century poetry, v.s. (c.25)
London.- Howell (James) Londinopolis; an historicall discourse or perlustration of the city of London, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding plan of London after Wenceslaus Hollar, title in red & black, corner torn and 18th century name to front free endpaper, ?lacking initial blanks, some browning and spotting, a few stains, modern calf, spine sunned, bookplate to pastedown, endpapers renewed, [Wing H3091; Pforzheimer 515], small folio, printed by J. Streater, for Henry Twiford, George Sawbridge, Thomas Dring, and John Place, 1657.⁂ Largely taken from Stow's Survey. The view by Hollar shows The Globe theatre next to the Bear Garden.
London.- Herbert (William) Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 23 plates, tissue-guards, mostly unopened, scattered faint spotting, contemporary boards. printed paper label to spine small loss to spine extremities, bumping to corners, 1804 § Parton (John) Some Account of the Hospital and Parish of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, additional engraved title, 11 engraved plates and plans, 3 folding, engraved illustrations, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 1822; 4to (2).
Bibliography.- K[erney] (M[ichael], translator & editor) The Spanish Letter of Columbus to Luis de Sant'Angel...dated 15 Feburary 1493 reprinted in facsimile...from the Unique Copy of the Original Edition (printed at Barcelona early in 1493) now in the possession of Bernard Quaritch, the translator's proof copy with his pencil signature and detailed manuscript corrections and amendments, illustrations, original roan-backed cloth, spine worn and defective, [cf.PMM 35], Bernard Quaritch, 1891.⁂ A facsimile of the famous 'Columbus Letter', the first printed account of the New World, which Christopher Columbus wrote to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to inform them of his discovery of land, although at the time he still thought it was part of the Indies. The letter was soon printed in Barcelona and the only known copy of this printed version was discovered in Spain in 1889, was bought by Bernard Quaritch from a French dealer in 1890 and sold by him in 1892 to the Lenox Library in New York (now part of the New York Public Library).Michael Kerney was the chief cataloguer at the antiquarian bookseller Bernard Quaritch and responsible for many of the firm's distinguished catalogues and productions. A natural linguist with an extensive knowledge of books and early manuscripts he taught himself Arabic, Persian and other eastern tongues to add to his Greek, Latin and various modern European languages.
Bossoli (Carlo) The War in Italy, first edition, additional chromolithograph title and 39 plates, lithograph map, tissue guards, bookplate, title spotted, contents shaken, some loose, original pictorial cloth, gilt, discoloured and rubbed, g.e., 1859 § [Lloyd (W. W.)] P & O Pencillings, mounted chromolithograph plates and map, hinge reinforced, original decorative cloth, spine ends lightly scuffed, [c.1891]; and 11 others, travel and related, v.s. (13)
NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Pictures from Italy, first edition, first 2 pages unopened, occasional light finger-soiling marks, otherwise internally clean, original cloth, spine faded, corners bumped, spine ends a little frayed, still overall an excellent copy, [Eckel pp.126-127], 1846; David Copperfield, first edition in book form, half-title and errata leaf, 40 etched plates by H.K. Browne, remarkably clean internally without browning, contemporary half calf, spine ornately gilt with red morocco spine label, [Eckel pp. 77-8], 1850, 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Hoover (Herbert) The Memoirs, vol. 3 only (of 3), first edition, portrait frontispiece, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, first few leaves with tiny chip to upper outer corner, endpapers with margins slightly faded, original cloth, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed, dust-jacket, chips and short tears to edges, with loss to a few letters to foot of spine, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo, New-York, 1952.
NO RESERVE Bacon (Francis) The Essayes or, counsels, civill and morall. With a table of the colours, or apparances of good and evill, and their degrees, as places of perswasion, and disswasion, and their severall fallaxes, and the elenches of them, lacking initial blank, contemporary ink ownership name to p.2, light marginal worming, some light stains, 18th century calf, rebacked, lightly scuffed at edges but a very attractive copy overall, [ESTC S100372], 4to, John Beale, 1639 § Forster (E.M.) Marianne Thornton: A Domestic Biography, first edition, plate detached, ink ownership name to browned endpapers, original cloth, lightly stained, spine a little frayed, 1956; and c.100 others, miscellaneous, v.s. (c.100)
China.- Bredon (Juliet) Chinese New Year Festivals: A Picturesque Monograph of the Rites, Ceremonies and Observances in relation thereto, first edition, 6 tipped-in colour plates, some splitting to gutter, some light finger-soiling, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to spine, some wear to spine ends and corners, spine slightly faded, extremities rubbed, 4to, 1930.⁂ A charming work with illustrations of typical New Years activities in China.
Kant (Immanuel) Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik die als Wissenschaft wird auftreten können, first edition, woodcut ornament to title, cherub head-piece to head of A2, and head- and tail-pieces, final f. blank, title with later ink ownership inscription and stamp, foxed and stained, lightly browned, 19th century half calf, spine gilt and with black leather label, 1 lower corner worn, rubbed, 8vo, Riga, Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1783.⁂ Important companion volume to his Critik der reinen Vernunft. Here Kant summarises the conclusions of his 'Critique of Pure Reason' in a more accessible manner, and provides a rebuttal to negative reviews received for it.
Clementina Sobieski (Maria, Princess, consort of James, Prince of Wales) Parentalia Mariae Clementinae Magn. Britan. Franc., et Hibern.regin. issu Clementis XII. Pont. Max., first edition, engraved title and head- & tail-pieces, 2 folding plates (one with short tear), some light worming to margins, some light foxing or marginal damp-staining, later wrappers, rubbed at edges, folio, Rome, Giovanni Maria Salvioni, 1736.⁂ Marking the death and burial of Bonnie Prince Charlie's mother. Rare.
[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz"., editor. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with "grotesque border" to final plate, half-titles, plates, foxing and spotting, original cloth, sunned, lightly rubbed, 1838 § Thackeray (William Makepeace) Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, first issue with the suppressed woodcut of Marquis of Steyne on p. 336 and "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p. 453, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title-page, and plates, wood-engraved vignettes, initial advertisement f.,6 pp. publisher's adverts at end, original cloth, rubbed and discoloured, recased, repairs along joints, spine sunned, endpapers renewed, 1848; and 18 others by Dickens and Thackeray, 8vo (20)
NO RESERVE Haggard (H. Rider) Joan Haste, 1895; King Solomon's Mines, folding map frontispiece, bookplate, spine broken, 1886; Colonel Quaritch V.C., ink ownership name to dedication page, 1889; Cleopatra, ink ownership name to half-title, 1889; Nada the Lily, bookplate, 1892, first editions, original cloth, rubbed at joints and extremities, some shelf-lean; and 30 others by the same, and some by Doyle and Kipling, including a first edition of The Second Jungle Book, 8vo (34)
America.- Fremont (John Charles) Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44, first edition, 22 lithographed plates, 4 maps (2 folding), lacking large folding map from pocket at rear, foxing, original cloth, light sunning to spine, spotting, light fraying to joints, corners and spine ends, 8vo, House of Representatives Issue, 1845.⁂ Fremont's most important work, chronicling his 1842 and 1843-44 expeditions to the Rock Mountains this the House issue issue without the astronomical and meteorological observations present in the Senate issue.
Burton (Lady Isabel) The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, 2 chromolithographs, plates, vol. 2 with loss to the half-title, neatly restored, scattered spotting, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 1893 § Wilkins (W. H.) The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton, 2 vol., first edition, half-title, frontispieces, plates, water-stain to vol. 1 frontispiece, scattered spotting, bookplate, cracked hinges, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1897 § Sisted (Georgiana M.) The True Life of Capt. Sir Richard F. Burton, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, original cloth, light sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1896; [Penzer pp.308-311; 311-312], 8vo (5).⁂ Penzer says of the first, "Lady Burton was not a suitable person to write her husband's biography, she had neither the time, health, nor discrimination needed for such a task."
London.- Clinch (George) Marylebone and St. Pancras: Their History, Celebrities, Buildings and Institutions, first edition, plates and illustrations, staining to hinge of title, hinge cracked, original decorative cloth, spine faded, still a very bright copy overall, 1890 § Broodbank (Sir Joseph) History of the Port of London, 2 vol., first edition, plates, light foxing, worse to half-titles, original cloth, corners bumped, spine ends frayed, 1921 § Rendle (William) and Philip Norman. The Inns of Old Southward and their Associations, engraved plates, ink ownership name to pastedown, inscription to endpapers reading "from the library of Arthur Rackham", contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1888; and 9 others, London, v.s. (12)
Africa.- Ludolf (Hiob) A New History of Ethiopia being a Full and Accurate Description of the Kingdom of Abessinia, second English edition, engraved folding map and 8 plates only (of 9, including the Ethiopic Alphabet but lacking the sheep plate), double-page genealogy occasional light browning, ink ownership stamp on title, contemporary paneled calf, joints cracked, rubbed, [Wing L3470], folio, Samuel Smith, 1684.⁂ A good copy of the second edition, the first to include the map.
[Hemsterhuis (Frans)] Aristée, ou de la Divinité, first edition, initial f. blank, engraved vignette to title and head- and tail-pieces, neat ink author attribution to initial blank, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, covers with wide floral and foliage scrolling border, spine in compartments, one of which with red morocco label, the others richly decorated with a floral motif at centre, spine ends chipped, joints splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, g.e., Paris [i.e. Haarlem or The Hague], no printer, 1779; and his Lettre sur l'homme et ses rapports, 1772, large 12mo (2)
Burney (Charles) A General History of Music, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period, 4 vol., first edition, 13 plates including portrait frontispiece (detached), even browning and spotting, book-label to vol.4 pastedown, marginal tear to p.169/70 vol.3 not affecting text, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, 4to, for the author, sold by T. Becket and others, 1776-89.
American Revolution.- Poems Fit for a Bishop; Which Two Bishops will read, first edition, book-label of J. O. Edwards, title lightly soiled and with lower margin neatly repaired, modern wrappers, for J. Almon, [Sabin 63615], 1780 § Mob in the Pit (A): Or, Lines Addressed to The D--ch-ss of A---ll, second edition, half-title, edges a little soiled and frayed, two tiny holes to final leaf, one affecting a letter of text, half-title and verso of final leaf soiled, stitched, unbound, for S. Bladon, 1773; and others, 18th century poetry, 8vo & 4to (c.20)⁂ The first including the poem An American Prayer, For the Year 1777. It "consists of fifteen four-line stanzas, which might be sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle" (Sabin).
Fisher (Irving) 'Mathematical Investigations in the Theory of Value and Prices' in Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. IX, pp.1-124, first edition, journal issue, ex-library stamp to title, hinge cracked, contemporary half morocco, spine lightly rubbed and dulled, 8vo, New Haven, by the Academy, 1892-1895.⁂ The first appearance of Fisher's doctoral work, which expounds the monetary theories for which Fisher became famous and established his international reputation. "It appears that, although only a student, Fisher had independently developed a theory of general economic equilibrium that was identical to part of Walras's and included the concept of the indifference surface, one of the fundamental bases of modern economic theory" (IESS V, pp. 476-7).
Women Poets.- [More (Hannah)] Florio: A Tale...and, The Bas Bleu, or, Conversation: Two Poems, first edition, without final advertisement leaf, book-label of J.O. Edwards, scattered foxing, modern boards, a few very light marks, for T. Cadell, 1786 § Seward (Anna) Louisa, A Poetical Novel, in Four Epistles, third edition, signed by the author on final leaf, half-title and final leaf lightly browned and soiled, some light soiling and minor spotting elsewhere, final leaf with a few chips and short tears to fore-margin, stab-holes to inner margin, some leaves starting to work loose, disbound, Lichfield, J. Jackson, and G. Robinson, 1784; and others by women poets, including another by Seward, 8vo & 4to (7)⁂ More was a prominent member of the Bluestocking group of women engaged in literary and intellectual pursuits. "The Bas Bleu" is a poetic celebration of her friends and circle. It remained the most significant defence of Bluestocking ideals for many decades after, the group most often subject to satire.
Cambridge Platonist.- Norris (John) An Account of reason & faith: in relation to the mysteries of Christianity, first edition, initial f. blank, errata (scored through in ink, but legible) and 2 advertisement ff. at end, spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked in lighter modern calf in compartments, gilt and with red leather label, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing N1243], Printed for S. Manship, at the Ship near the Royal-Exchange in Cornhil, 1697; and 2 others, by the same, 8vo (3)⁂ Norris (1657-1711) was the last of the Cambridge Platonists and a friend, and later critic, of John Locke.
Britain.- Brayley (Edward Wedlake) & John Britton. The Beauties of England and Wales..., vol.3 only [Durham], extra-illustrated with 25 engraved plates and maps, occasional offsetting, modern half calf, edges lightly rubbed, 1803 § Holwell (John) A Sure Guide to the Practical Surveyor, in Two Parts, first edition, 10 plates only (of 12, one in duplicate),water-staining from pp.177 onwards, modern panelled calf, spine with morocco labels, by W. Godbid for Christopher Hussey, 1678 § [Dibdin (T.F.)] The History of Cheltenham, and Account of its Environs..., frontispiece torn and repaired, additional title bound in, plates, some light even browning, modern half morocco, lightly sunned, Cheltenham, 1803; and 12 others, British topography, v.s. (28)
London.- London Scenes, or, A Visit To Uncle William in Town, 28 plates, spotting and browning, pp.35-58 detached, hinges broken in places, contemporary sheep-backed boards, worn, spine split, John Harris, [1824] § Hughson (David) Walks Through London, including Westminster and the Borough of Southwark..., 2 vol., first edition, folding map frontispiece and plates, staining and some browning, contemporary panelled calf, blind-stamped and gilt, corners rubbed, rebacked preserving original spine strip (worn), 1817 § Faulkner (Thomas) History and Antiquities of Kensington, first edition, 2 additional plates than called for, some spotting and browning, modern half calf, spine gilt, for T. Egerton, 1820; and 16 others, London, v.s. (20)
NO RESERVE [Adams (John)] Index Villaris: or, An Exact Register, Alphabetically Digested, of all the Cities, Market-towns, Parishes, Villages, the Hundred, Lath, Rape, Ward, Wapentake, or other Division of each County, first edition, title in red & black, lacking map, bookplate to pastedown, library stamp to final page, half-title detached with portions of loss to margins slightly affecting text, light spotting, title and last two pages repaired at margins, later burgundy morocco, rubbed, folio, 1680; and a 1690 edition of the same work with an engraved folding map frontispiece with outline hand-colouring, but lacking 3ff. text, [Wing A479 & A480], folio (2)
NO RESERVE [Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)], "Mark Twain". Life on the Mississippi, first English edition, browning to endpapers, spotting to title, original pictorial cloth, spine faded, ends lightly frayed, 1883 § Lang (Andrew) Old Friends: Essay in Epistolary Parody, new edition, presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine ends frayed, 1892 § Burn (Robert) Ancient Rome and its Neighbourhood, plates, some folding, bookplate of H. M. Stanley to pastedown, original cloth, gilt, 1895; and 16 others, miscellaneous, v.s. (19)
NO RESERVE Hardy (Thomas) Jude the Obscure, first edition in book form, etched frontispiece by H. MacBeth-Raeburn, tissue guard (corner torn), full-page map of Hardy's 'Wessex' at end, light spotting to first first pages, original dark green cloth, gilt, t.e.g, others uncut, some marking and soiling, extremities bumped and frayed, still overall a very attractive copy, t.e.g., [Purdy pp.86-87],1896 [but 1895]; and 3 others, other 19th century literature, 8vo & 4to (4)
Maffei (Giovanni Pietro) Historiarum indicarum libri XVI, part 1 only, without life of St. Ignatius of Loyola (as often; noted in Sabin) and Letters, printer's device and later ink stamp to title, occasional early manuscript notes in ink to text margins, ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, 6ⴕ1-4 misbound in front of 5ⴕ1-8, small amount of worming to gutter through a few initial gatherings (sometimes affecting text with partial or whole loss of letters), R5 tear at lower edge (just touching text), X3 soiled, minor marginal damp-staining, occasional browning, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, metal clasps intact, [VD16 M 105; Sabin 43771], 8vo (161 x 98mm), Cologne, Officina Birckmann [Heirs of Arnold Birckmann] for Arnold Mylius, 1590.⁂ Second Cologne edition of this important work on the "Indies", both West and East; a collection of accounts of the Portuguese discoveries and missionary work in China and Japan, the East Indies, Brazil and the Americas. First edition was printed in Florence 1588, and while other Cologne editions contain a map, Sabin does not call for one in this edition.
Afghanistan.- Malleson (Col. G.B.) Herat: The Granary and Garden of Central Asia, first edition, folding map frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements and 40pp. publishers' catalogue at end, occasional scattered spotting, book label of Lord Rawlinson to front pastedown, original cloth, neatly rebacked, retaining original backstrip, 8vo, 1880.
NO RESERVE Book of Common Prayer (The), frontispiece and additional engraved title, plates, pages toned and lightly spotted, numerous ownership inscriptions in ink to first few pages and title, original calf, gilt, rubbed at extremities, corners bumped, edges and endpapers stained, 1736 § Brady (N.) and N. Tate, A New Version of the Psalms of David, some staining and spotting, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original calf, slightly rubbed and scratched, 1703 § Johnson (Arthur) Psalmi Davidici, second edition, some spotting, some manuscript inscriptions in ink to title and endpapers, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed at extremities, rebacked, retaining original spine, with red cloth label to spine, 1742, 8vo (3)
Africa.- Speke (John Hanning) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, first edition, portrait frontispiece, 25 plates. illustrations, 2 map, of which 1 folding in pocket at end, splits to foldlines, tape repairs to verso, original pictorial cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.151; Hosken p.188], 8vo, 1863.
NO RESERVE Architecture.- Geldart (Rev. Ernest) The Art of Garnishing Churches at Christmas and other times, revised, enlarged edition, errata slip, price lists printed on blue paper, Cox Sons, Buckley & Co., 1882 § Cutts (Rev. Edward L.) An Essay on Church Furniture and Decoration, first edition, 1854 § Pugin (A.Welby) The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England, first edition in bookform, pencil inscription of the architectural historian Edward Hubbard to front free endpaper, 1843 § [Boissier (G.R.)] Notes on the Cambridgeshire Churches, first edition, 1827 § Godwin (George) & John Britton. The Churches of London, 2 vol., typed list of references to stained glass by Michael Kerney loosely inserted, 1838, plates and illustrations, some engraved, original cloth, a little rubbed, some spines slightly faded; and c.35 others on churches, architecture & topography including some volumes of The Ecclesiologist, v.s. (c.40)⁂ The first is a scarce and important trade catalogue from the firm of church furnishers Cox, Sons, Buckley & Co. of Southampton St., London, an expanded version of the first edition of 1868 with additional plates and price lists. The plates depict an array of furnishings including illuminated texts, banners, flower holders & troughs, altar vases, candlesticks, altar crosses & lecterns etc., all in Gothic style mostly derived from Pugin and Butterfield.
Africa.- Livingstone (David) The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, 14 plates, 2 folding maps, 1 in pocket at end, publisher's advertisements at end, previous owner's ink signature to frontispiece verso, scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1874 § Montefiore (Arthur) David Livingstone, twenty-eighth thousand, frontispiece, illustrations, many full-page, original pictorial cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; and another on Livingstone, 8vo (4).
Bath & Bristol.- [Pratt (Ellis)] "E. P. Philocosm". The Art of Dressing the Hair. A Poem. Humbly inscribed to the Members of the T.N. Club, first edition, book-label of J.O. Edwards, title with small ink mark to head and book-label of W.S. Lewis to verso, worm trace to foot throughout, reducing to small holes to final two leaves, a few times touching text but no loss of sense, some light spotting or soiling, modern marbled wrappers, [Roscoe A422], Bath, R. Cruttwell, for the Author, 1770 § [Anstey (Christopher)] An Election Ball, In Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his Wife, at Glocester, second edition, frontispiece bound after E4 (lightly offset), a little chipped at edges, title with a few short tears to fore-edge, title and final f. a little browned and soiled, the odd light stain or spot elsewhere, later wrappers, chipped and worn, housed in a custom drop-back box, Bath, Printed for the Author, by S. Hazard, 1776; and others, poetry of Bath and Bristol interest or imprint, some disbound, v.s. (c.12)
Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, vol.1 only (of 3), first edition, [one of 750 copies], half-title, slightly browned, endpapers foxed, original cloth, spine gilt, extremities a little rubbed, spine ends creased and frayed, lower cover lightly marked, 4to, Cambridge, 1910.⁂ Whitehead and Russell's brilliant but failed attempt to place mathematics on a logical basis. Volume I was printed in a run of 750 copies but met with disappointing sales, largely due to the baffling complexity of the work.
[Combe (William)] Doctor Syntax in Paris; or a Tour in Search of the Grotesque, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, title vignette and 17 plates after Thomas Rowlandson, some pages a little trimmed, occasional offsetting or foxing, modern half calf, spine faded, [Abbey, Life 358], 1820 § [Combe William, imitation of)] The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and Picturesque..., 24 plates after Rowlandson, some finger-soiling marks or spots, modern half calf, spine faded, 1821 § [Combe William, imitation of)] Doctor Comicus; or The Frolics of Fortune...by A Surgeon, additional engraved title and aquatint plates in the style of Rowlandson, all hand-coloured, title rubbed and laid down, modern half morocco by Bayntun, [1828], 8vo (3)
Provincial imprint.- [Evans (Evan)] "a Curate from Snowdon". The Love of Our Country, A Poem, second edition, book-label of J. O. Edwards, title with contemporary ink ownership inscription to head and library ink stamp to verso, a couple instances of ink underlining or marginalia, title lightly browned and soiled, scattered light foxing, heavier at end, a few marginal chips or short tears to final few leaves, repaired with tape or later paper (tape just touching pagination to D4v), modern half cloth, corners and spine ends very lightly rubbed, Carmarthen, J. Ross, 1773 § Law (Samuel) A Domestic Winter-Piece...Exhibiting a full View of the Author's Dwelling-Place in the Winter-Season, first edition, half-title, light browning, the odd spot or small stain, heavier to verso of final leaf, disbound, Leeds, James Bowling, 1772; and others, poetry of provincial imprints including Newcastle, Whitby, Dunstable, Sudbury, Canterbury, Bishopstone (Sussex) &tc, v.s. (c.23)
Necker (Jacques) Du Pouvoir Exécutif dans les Grands États, 2 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, contemporary calf-backed boards, joints splitting, lightly rubbed, [Paris], 1792; Of the Importance of Religious Opinions, [translated by Mary Wollstonecraft], contemporary ink ownership notes to endpapers and title, light staining or occasional spotting, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, Boston, 1796; Sur La Législation et le Commerce des Grains, half-title, light marginal toning, modern calf-backed boards, Paris, chez Pissot, 1775; De l'Administration des Finances de la France, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding tables to vol.1, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions, contemporary mottled calf, Paris, 1784, 8vo (7)
NO RESERVE [Hutcheson (Francis)] An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, third edition, engraved coat-of-arms at head of dedication, light offsetting, library stamp to title, bookplate to pastedown, hinge cracked, for J. & K. Knapton et al., 1729; An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections. With Illustrations on the Moral Sense, second edition, 1730, uniformly bound in contemporary calf, joints split but holding firm, rubbed; and a fourth edition of the first mentioned, 8vo (3)
Lambert (Johann Heinrich) Neues Organon oder Gedanken über die Erforschung und Bezeichnung des Wahren und dessen Unterscheidung vom Irrthum und Schein, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, first title with 2 library ink stamps verso (each with cancelled stamp), showing through, vol.1 R4 small part of lower blank corner neatly cut away, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary half vellum over plain boards, foot of spine worn, stained and soiled, [DSB VII, pp.595-600; Goedeke IV/1, pp.478-9; Ziegenfuss II, pp.10-11], 8vo, Leipzig, Johann Wendler, 1764.⁂ Rare copy at auction of Lambert's most important philosophical work, which John Stuart Mill believed to be 'one of the most elaborate and complete expositions which had ever been made of the syllogistic doctrine ...characterised by great ingenuity and clearness of thought.' (A System of Logic). The work contains one of the first appearances of the term 'phenomenology', and was highly thought of by Kant.
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains. An Exploration, 2 vol., first edition, photographic portrait frontispiece, faint stain to top edge not affecting image, 4 wood engraved plates, 1 folding map, short tear at gutter, publisher's advertisements at end, new endpapers, original cloth, recased, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, [Penzer pp.70-71], 8vo, 1863.
Odd Volumes.- Homer. Iliad [Homeri Ilias] Græce et Latine, vol. 1 only (of 2), folding map frontispiece, lacking final free endpaper, pencil and ink annotations throughout, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, 1774 § [Mercier (Louis-Sébastien) Memoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred, vol. 2 only (of 2), translated by W. Hooper, bookplate, contemporary sheep, faint staining to upper cover, a little rubbed, 1772 § Lahontan (Baron) New Voyages to North-America ..., vol. 2 only (of 2), second edition, lacking engraved frontispiece, 9 engraved plates only (of 10), of which 3 folding, one with small marginal loss not affecting image, tears and small loss to fore-edge of first few ff., lacking 2R7, marginal worming toward end, previous owner's ink signature to title, occasional faint staining, cracked hinges, new endpapers, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, for J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin, J. and J. Bonwicke ..., 1735; and others, odd volumes, v.s. (9)
Britain.- Cary (John) Traveller's Companion or a Delineation of the Turnpike, Roads of England and Wales, 43 maps with outline hand-colouring, map of Yorkshire reinforced along fold joint, light toning, modern half morocco, a very attractive copy, 1791 § Aikin (John) England Described: or, the Traveller's Companion, first edition, some browning and water staining, heavier towards the end, modern calf-backed cloth, for R. Atkinson, 1788 § [Mackey (John)] Early Printing A Journey Through England in Familiar Letters..., light browning and spotting, heavier to first few pages, title with contemporary ink ownership name, title corners repaired, modern calf with gilt border, for J. Hooke, 1722; and 11 others, British roads and Traveller's companions, v.s. (14)
Colloquy of Montbéliard.- Andreae (Jakob) & Théodore de Bèze. Acta colloquii Montis Belligartensis: quod habitum est, anno Christi 1586, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, short errata to final verso, title with small repair to upper blank corner and modern ink library stamp verso, minor worm trace to outer margin of first few ff., some water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments, [VD 16 A 2485], small 4to, Tubingen, Georg Gruppenbach, 1587.⁂ Rare copy at auction of the first edition of the proceedings of the colloquy held at Montbéliard on 21st March, 1586. It was an unsuccessful attempt by Friedrich, Count of Württemberg, to reconcile theological differences between the Calvinists (represented by de Bèze), and the Lutherans (represented by Andreae).
London.- Ireland (Samuel) Picturesque Views on the River Thames, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, additional aquatint titles and 52 plates, 2 maps, illustrations, occasional off-setting, scattered faint spotting, A1 vol. 2 with small marginal loss to bottom corner, not affecting text, strengthened joints, contemporary speckled calf, red and green spine labels, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, small 4to, 1792.
Photography.- Weifenbach (Terri) Lana...Photographs Made of a Single Locale, number 10 of only 50 copies signed by Weifenbach and with an original print, from an edition limited to 2000, 2002; In Your Dreams, number 286 of 500 copies, 1997; Hunter Green, number 54 of 100 copies signed by Weifenbach, 1997 § Weifenbach (T.) & John Gossage. Snake Eyes, one of 500 copies, Berlin & Washington D.C., 2002, colour photographic illustrations, original cloth or boards with original colour print mounted on upper cover, 4to & folio, the first three Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press (4)
Reinhold (Karl Leonhard) Versuch einer neuen Theorie des menschlichen Vorstellungsvermögens, first edition, title with woodcut vignette, occasional contemporary ink marginalia and underlining, occasional ink staining, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, flat spine in compartments, lacking label, corners worn, rubbed, [Goedeke V, 5, 7; Ziegenfuss II, 333; Adickes 252 & 253], Prague & Jena, C. Widtmann & I. M. Mauke, 1789 § Schelling (Friedrich Wilhelm Josef von) Erster Entwurf eines Systems der Naturphilosophie, first edition, foxed, lightly browned, bookplate of Alfred Denker, contemporary marbled wrappers, spine ends worn, faded, some staining, [Schneeberger 5; Ziegenfuss II, 432], Jena & Leipzig, Christian Ernst Gabler, 1799; and 3 others, German, v.s. (5)⁂ The first mentioned is Reinhold's main work, in which he in which he attempted to simplify Kantian theory.
Ballet.- Haskell (Arnold. L.) Baron Encore, one of 250 copies signed by Baron and Haskell, illustrations, one or two foxing marks, original red morocco, gilt, original slip-case (rubbed), 1952 § Money (Keith) The Art of Margot Fonteyn, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, creased and rubbed at edges, 1965; and 11 others, ballet, including a couple of catalogues, v.s. (13)
Britain.- Miller (Edward) The History and Antiquities of Doncaster and its Vicinity, first edition, folding frontispiece map, 11 plates, small ink ownership name to title otherwise internally clean, contemporary half calf, joints split, rubbed, Doncaster, W. Sheardown, [?1804] § Markham (S. F.) The Nineteen Hundreds...Wolverton and Stony Stratford, first edition, illustrations and plates, light foxing, original cloth, spine faded, Buckingham, 1951 § Brogden Baker (Joseph) The History of Scarbrough, plates, foxing, heavier to title, original cloth, lightly rubbed at corners, endpapers renewed, 1882; and 7 others, British topography, v.s. (10)
Cruikshank (George).- [Combe (William)] The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint pictorial title and 29 plates by George Cruikshank, very occasional spotting, some light offsetting from plates but a good copy bound in handsome dark blue morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco spine labels, t.e.g., others uncut, light rubbing to corners but overall a very handsome copy, [Abbey, Life 356; Cohn 153; Tooley 151], 8vo, T.Tegg, 1815.
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