Estienne (Charles) and Jean Liébault. Maison Rustique, or the Countrie Farme... also a short collection of the hunting of the Hart, wilde Bore, Hare, Foxe, Gray, Conie; of Birds and Faulconrie..., translated by Richard Surflet, first edition in English, woodcut device on title, ornaments, initials and illustrations, some full-page including 20 of knot gardens, lacking A1 (blank but for signature "A1") and 3N8 (final leaf of index), title trimmed and window-mounted, slightly faded at head, chipped with loss to a few letters of text, 2A⁴-⁶with tears to foot, paper repairs, affecting text with loss to a couple of words, occasional light soiling, some damp-staining, mostly at beginning and end, later calf, rubbed, rebacked, [STC 10547; Fussell I p.13], 4to, by Edm. Bollifant for Bonham Norton, 1600.
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NO RESERVE Eliot (T.S.) Murder in the Cathedral, first trade edition, BBC copy with ownership stamp to front free endpaper and extensive production annotations throughout in pen and pencil, some markings, bookplate removed from endpaper leaving paper remains, promoting leaflet for the live play at the Mercury Theatre loosely inserted, original cloth, worn and frayed, small chips to spine ends and extremities, 8vo, 1935.⁂ Interesting and quirky copy of Eliot's verse drama, first performed in 1935. This copy was presumably used by the BBC production team for the radio broadcast on 5th January 1936. Annotations include cuts to the text, 'cut to last chorus of Speaight's 30" speech', 'fade slowly out on speech', and 'mix to - '. Other annotations in a later hand are also present.
NO RESERVE Hall (Radclyffe) The Master of the House, first edition, number 92 of 172 copies signed by the author to limitation page, very light even spotting, original vellum-backed cloth, lightly scuffed but a crisp copy overall, original publisher's slip-case (worn and repaired with tape), tall 8vo, 1932.
Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket clipped, light creasing and marks, small clean edge tear to corner of upper panel, within clear wrappers, 1964; and c.50 others, including works by Julian Barnes, Virkam Seth, Margaret Attwood and J.G. Ballard, 8vo (c.50)
NO RESERVE Huxley (Aldous) Point Counter Point, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, 1928; The Olive Tree and other essays, first edition, 1936, cracked hinges, ex-library with labels and ink-stamps, original cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, § Bedford (Sybille) Aldous Huxley A Biography, 2 vol., frontispieces, ex-library with labels and ink-stamps, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jackets, slight cockling to vol. 1, slight creasing to edges, 1973-74; and 7 others on or by Huxley, 8vo (11)
Ishiguro (Kazuo) An Artist of the Floating World, first edition, signed by the author and dated (4th Oct' 86) on title, toning, original cloth, dust-jacket unclipped, within clear wrappers, a near-fine copy, 1986; and c. 55 others including first editions by Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis and Ian Rankin, 8vo (c.55)
NO RESERVE Kipling (Rudyard) Collected Verse, first edition, contemporary ink inscriptions to endpapers, endpapers browned, original cloth-backed boards, stained, browned, and frayed, 1912, § Wythen Baxter (George Robert) The Book of the Bastiles; or the History of the Working of the New Poor-Law, first edition, portrait frontispiece, light damp-staining, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine strip, endpapers renewed, lightly rubbed, 1841; and c.100 others, 19th and 20th century literature and history, v.s. (c.100)
Kipling (Rudyard) Songs of the Sea From Rudyard Kipling's Verse, first edition, one of 500 large paper copies signed by the author, mounted colour plates by Donald Maxwell tipped in, printed on handmade paper, half-title, armorial bookplate of Frank Reddaway, light foxing and browning to preliminaries, original publisher's quarter vellum blue boards, gilt, foxed and marked, spine ends a little bumped, edges uncut, 1927; The Seven Seas, first edition, vignette title, armorial bookplate of Frank Reddaway, later half morocco marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt within compartments, light rubbing to lower board, t.e.g., others uncut with foxing, 1896, 4to, 8vo (2)
![Foulis.- [Varlo (Charles)], "A real farmer". The Modern Farmers Guide. In Two Volumes. A New System of Husbandry: To Which Is](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5be86c0a-2c6f-46b3-bbdc-aef600b6a37d/13fc81b3-7da0-4361-bd34-aef600bc15a1/468x382.jpg)
Foulis.- [Varlo (Charles)], "A real farmer". The Modern Farmers Guide. In Two Volumes. A New System of Husbandry: To Which Is Prefixed a Short Abstract of the Author's Life and Travels, 2 vol., first edition, 4pp. list of subscribers (a variant exists with 14pp.), 4 folding woodcut plates, 3 folding letterpress tables, ink inscription John Rippon to head of titles, 1 plate with short tear at fold (no loss), vol.1 L2 with closed tear to head, affecting a few letters, some foxing, occasional light damp-staining, lightly browned throughout, little heavier in the odd place, later calf-backed marbled boards, ink inscription A M Pemberton to upper covers, lightly rubbed with corners bumped, vol.2 lower cover worn, [Fussell II pp.90-91; Gaskell 480; cf. Perkins 1215], 8vo, Glasgow, for the Author, by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1768.⁂ Rare at auction, there being only one other set we can trace. 'Almost all the "rustick authors" of the eighteenth century proclaimed loudly that their writings were the results of their own practical experience on the land. Their statements were emphatic, but they did not as a rule support them with the story of their lives. No rule is without its exception, and one of them, not content with signing himself "A Real Farmer" [now identified as Varlo], prefaced his book... with an autobiography...' (Fussell).
Lawrence (D.H.) Sons and Lovers, first edition, a few faint scattered instances of spotting, lower hinge slightly weakened, original cloth, light damp-staining, 1913 § Bantock (Granville) and H. Orsmond Anderton. The Melvill Book of Roundels, title in red and black, colour frontispiece, ink inscription front endpaper, original morocco-backed boards, spine ends a little rubbed, The Roxburghe Club, 1916 § Gibbon (Monk) The Insubstantial Pageant, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, signed and dated lengthy ink inscription from author to front endpapers, signed manuscript poem by author loosely inserted, original cloth, spine sunned, 1951; and c.60 others C20th and modern literature, 8vo (c.60)
Sillitoe (Alan) Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, light marks, extremities a little bumped, edges foxed, dust-jacket unclipped, light creasing, spine chipped with some loss head and foot, toning and browning to spine panel verso and rear inner flaps, within clear wrapper, 1958; and 16 others with signatures including Penelope Fitzgerald, Peter Carey and Angela Carter, 8vo (17)
NO RESERVE Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Florenz (Karl) Japanische Dramen. Terakoya und Asagao, first German edition, colour woodblock illustrations by Yoshimune, occasional very light foxing, label removed from title with some tearing, bound and stitched Japanese-style, original pictorial wrappers, short tear to lower covers, light creasing and some spotting, some chipping to spine ends, [Sharf p. 73], small 4to, Leipzig, Amelang & Tokyo, Hasegawa, 1900.⁂ Florenz's popular introduction to Japanese theatre that ran to at least seven edition, scarce in first edition. Though composed in the author's native German, Hasegawa was keen to exhibit the work at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition and so gave precedence to the French translation. The Garman edition was published a little later, in September of the same year.
Fussell's copy.- Columella (Lucius Junius Moderatus) Of Husbandry. In Twelve Books: and his Book concerning Trees, first edition in English, lacking 8pp. index at end, some light foxing and occasional browning, hinges cracked but covers holing firm, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, preserving original back-strip, rubbed and worn at corners, spine ends chipped, [Goldsmiths' 8138; British Bee Books 98], 4to, for A. Millar, 1745.Provenance: Burnett of Kemnay (bookplate), Bibliotheca Piscatoria Lynniana (bookplate), G. E. Fussell (ink ownership inscription to pastedown, dated Jan. 1960).
Hale (Thomas) A Compleat Body of Husbandry, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, one folding, bookplate removed from pastedown, contemporary ink ownership signatures to pastedown, light staining but overall a very good clean copy, 20th century calf with contemporary calf covers laid down (worn), red morocco spine label, [Fussell I pp.37-38; Goldsmiths' 9099; Kress 5528; Perkins 737], folio, for T.Osborne and J.Shipton, 1756.
NO RESERVE Belgium.- Stephens (Frederic G.) Flemish Relics; Architectural, Legendary, and Pictorial, first edition, 15 photographic plates by Cundall and Fleming, cracked hinges, black morocco and gilt bookplate to front pastedown, ex-library with occasional stamps, original cloth, loss of top half of backstrip, bumping and small loss to corners and spine foot, blind-stamp to upper cover, rubbed, 4to, 1866.⁂ Bookplate for the 'Oxford Local Examination, 1868' presented to J. J. P. Kirk, an author became better known as "James Prior". A pencil note below the bookplate, signed 'J. P. B.' (James Potter Briscoe) explains this.
NO RESERVE Europe.- Wright (Rev. George Newenham) The Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, engraved additional vignette title and 63 plates, tissue guards, some foxing, contemporary half roan, spine gilt, rubbed, spine faded, [c.1840] § Turner's Rivers of France, engraved vignette title and 56 plates, tissue guards, occasional light foxing, contemporary calf with marbled paper panel, spine gilt, rubbed, [c.1837] § Radcliffe (Ann) A Journey made in the summer of 1794, through Holland and...Germany...to which are added, Observations during a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, first Dublin edition, foxed, marginal repairs to first and last few leaves, modern rexine, Dublin, 1795; and another on Turner, 4to & 8vo (4)
Norway.- Hooker (William Dawson) Notes on Norway; or, A Brief Journal of a Tour made to the Northern Parts of Norway, first edition, presentation copy inscribed "Á La Majesté Louis Phillippe, Hommage devoué de W. J. Hooker", 8 lithographed plates, scattered spotting, small manuscript correction to title, previous owner's ink inscription, contemporary cloth, sunned spine, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Glasgow, 1837.
Polar.- Ross (Sir John) Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, first edition, 24 plates, of which 9 are hand-coloured or mezzotint, 6 maps, of which one is folding, contemporary ink ownership name to title, title, first 4 pages and final plate margins reinforced with tracing paper, some spotting and foxing to plates, original cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, worn, corners bumped and rubbed, [Abbey Travel 636], lge 4to, 1835.
South America.- Patagonia.- Byron (John) The Narrative... of the Great Distresses suffered by himself and his companions on the Coast of Patagonia, first edition, ink ownership inscription to title, bookplate, some light foxing and browning, mainly marginal, contemporary calf, joints cracked but firm, a little wear to extremities, small 8vo, Dublin, for W. and W Smith et al., 1768.
![NO RESERVE Syria.- Archaeology.- [Wood (Robert) & James Dawkins.] Les Ruines de Palmyre, autrement dite Tedmor au désert, sec](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5be86c0a-2c6f-46b3-bbdc-aef600b6a37d/48a1f9d3-f2ab-482d-a724-aef600be486d/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Syria.- Archaeology.- [Wood (Robert) & James Dawkins.] Les Ruines de Palmyre, autrement dite Tedmor au désert, second edition in French, half-title, 2 folding engraved plates of inscriptions and 57 plates, including a folding panorama, some foxing and staining, mostly marginal, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine richly gilt, upper cover detached, small piece from foot of spine (loosely inserted), rubbed, [cf. Fowler 443; Harris 939; Berlin Catalogue 1884], 4to, Paris, A. Constantin, Firmin Didot, Bance, 1819.⁂ 'Here was the first of a new breed of archaeological works presenting the results of on-the-spot investigations of ancient monuments, with ostensibly accurate measured drawings of the ruins, precise descriptions of the state in which they were discovered, and exact copies of what inscriptions there were' (Harris).
World.- Martin (John) An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, engraved frontispiece and folding map, very light spotting to final ff., original cloth-backed boards, spines a little toned, corners and ends rubbed, 1818 § Christensen (Lars) Such is the Antarctic, first English edition, portrait frontispiece, tear at gutter with tape repair, plates and folding maps, occasional spotting, original cloth, rubbed, 1935 § Bertrand (Alfred) Au Pays des Ba-Rotsi Haut-Zambeze, portrait frontispiece, plates and maps, original cloth, gilt, spine joints and ends light scuffed, 1898; and 12 others travel, including a Samuel Bourne photograph of the Wazir Khan Lahore Mosque, c.1865, v.s., (16)
NO RESERVE World.- Peary (Robert Edwin) The North Pole, first edition, modern half-morocco, spine gilt, lightly discoloured, 1910 § Andersen (Johannes C.) Myths and Legends of Polynesians, 1928 § Guinness (Geraldine) Peru: Its Story, People and Religion, 1909, plates, light spotting or browning, last two original decorative cloth, these rubbed and discoloured, spine ends frayed and creased; and a large quantity of others, travel and the world, v.s. (4 boxes)
World.- Rothfeld (Otto) Women of India, illustrated by M. V. Dhurandhar, colour frontispiece, plates, captioned tissue-guards, occasional marginal pencil notes, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, cracked upper hinge, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Bombay, [c.1920] § Ball (John,editor) Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers, chromolithograph frontispiece and 6 plates, 9 folding maps, 1 with tears to foldlines, illustrations occasional pencil underlining and annotations, neat tissue repairs to some edges, occasional spotting and soiling, ex-library with labels, modern cloth, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1859 Chapman (F. Spencer) Northern Lights, first edition, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, cracked hinges, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1932 § Blake (Rev. J. F.) The Geological Results of Arctic Exploration. A Lecture ..., illustration, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, original paper wrappers, ink-stamp to upper cover, [1878]; and others, v.s. (22)
NO RESERVE Britain.- Middleton (Sir Arthur) An Account of Belsay Castle in the Country of Northumberland, photogravure plates, ex-library copy with some stamps, modern boards, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, for private circulation, 1910 § Hanshall (J. H.) The History of the County Palatine of Chester, additional engraved title, portrait frontispiece and plates, extra-illustrated with 2 water-colours, bookplate to pastedown, some foxing and browning, later green calf-backed cloth, spine ends lightly rubbed, Chester, by John Fletcher, 1817 § Griffith (Samuel Young) New Historical Description of Cheltenham and its Vicinity, first edition, engraved plates and map, bookplate to pastedown, some marginal foxing or water-stains, original boards, rebacked with later calf, extremities worn, Cheltenham, S. Y. Griffith, 1826; and c.25 others, British topography, including some loose maps and 3 estate sale catalogues, v.s. (c.25)
NO RESERVE Britain.- Moncrieff (A. R. Hope) Isle of Wight, first edition, colour-printed plates, 1908 § Hutton (Edward) Highways and Byways in Somerset, 1912 § Conybeare (Edward) Highways and Byways on Cambridge and Ely, 1910, plates, light foxing, original decorative cloth, gilt, lightly marked, extremities bumped and creased, ex-library copies with usual stamps and labels; and a quantity of others, British topography and English architecture, v.s. (7 boxes)
Cambridge.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Cambridge, 3 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, engraved portrait of the Duke of Gloucester, 95 plates including the 16 portraits of Founders, all fine hand-coloured aquatints or stipple-engravings by Stadler, Havell, Agar, Bluck, Hill and Reeve after Pugin, Westall, Mackenzie, Uwins and Pyne, with the 16 portraits of Founders contained in a separate vol., alongside the 33 portraits of Founders from Ackermann's Oxford, lacking half-titles, plates bright and clean but offset, very occasional browning, the odd spot, heavier to endpapers, contemporary diced russia, gilt, worn at corners, rubbed, vol. 1 with joints split, vol. 2 lacking spine, Founders vol. in contemporary half calf, quite worn, upper joint split at head, [Abbey Scenery 80; Tooley 4], large 4to, 1815.
London.- Papworth (John Buonarotti) Select Views of London, first edition, 76 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 5 folding, sight offsetting, occasional light spotting, later olive half calf, spine gilt, corners worn, rubbed, upper joint starting but covers holding firm, [Abbey Scenery 217; Tooley 361; Bobins II 698], 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1816.⁂ "Copies carrying Papworth's name (on the title-page [as here]) are somewhat scarcer than those without" (Abbey).
NO RESERVE London.- Sanders (Lloyd) Old Kew, Chiswick and Kensington, first edition, 1910 § Cecil (Evelyn) London Parks and Gardens, 1907 § Mayo (Walter H.) The Trinity House, London, 1905 § Westlake (H. F.) St. Margaret's Westminster, 1914, plates, some light foxing, original decorative or plain cloth, ex-library copies with extensive accession markings and stamps, spines faded, cloth ends lightly frayed and bumped; and a quantity of others, London, v.s. (3 boxes)
Livestock.- Culley (George) Observations on Live Stock, second edition, 2 engraved plates, folding table, ink ownership inscription of David Lewis to front free endpaper and C4 verso, plates with light damp-stain to inner margin, not affecting image, O4 with small hole to fore-edge, affecting a couple of letters of text, endpapers spotted and toned, uncut in original boards, rubbed and soiled, for G. G. & J. Robinson, 1794 § Parkinson (Richard) Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Live Stock, 2 vol., 8 engraved plates, Conyngham bookplate, modern boards, lightly rubbed, [Fussell II p.35], 1810 § [Horne (Thomas Hartwell)] A Treatise on the Choice, Buying, and General Management of Live Stock, second edition, engraved plate and illustrations, contemporary half calf, gilt, [Fussell II p.56], 1810, all but first with some light foxing and damp-staining; and others livestock, v.s. (21)
Grasses.- Amos (William) Minutes in Agriculture and Planting...Illustrated with Specimens, first edition, leaves of grass samples showing 10 samples in total, 2 leaves of corresponding hand-coloured plates, 7 engraved folding plates, each page with upper corner or margin excised and restored, some spotting or browning, modern morocco-backed boards, trimmed though not affecting text, corners bumped, otherwise a sharp and crisp copy, [Fussell III pp.11-12], Boston [Lincolnshire], J. Hellaby, 1804; and 2 others, grass samples, 4to & folio (3)
Plat (Sir Hugh) Diuerse new sorts of soyle not yet brought into any publique vse, first edition, collation: A-G⁴, H², woodcut title, occasional light annotations in contemporary hand, paper flaw to C3, light marginal toning,early 20th century calf, ruled in gilt, spine with red morocco label, corners and joints lightly scuffed, neatly rebacked, otherwise an attractive copy, [STC 19989, Fussell I p.15], small 4to, Peter Short, 1594.⁂ The second part only of Plat's most valuable contribution to husbandry, The Jewell House of Art and Nature, which includes much on domestic matters including preserving fruits, distilling, cookery and cosmetics.
Randall (John) The Semi-Virgilian Husbandry, deduced from various experiments: or, an essay towards a new course of national farming..., first edition, 3 engraved plates, contemporary calf, rebacked with spine laid down, rubbed, corners and extremities a little worn, [Fussell pp.58-61; Perkins 1413], 8vo, for B. Law and John Wilkie, 1764 § Clarke (Cuthbert) The True Theory and Practice of Husbandry: Deduced from Philosophical Researches, and Experience. To which is annexed... A Compendium of Mechanics: Calculated to assist The Husbandman, first edition, 5 engraved folding plates, light offsetting, occasional light browning or spotting, modern half calf, [Fussell p.111], printed for the author, 1777 § Farm's Compleat Guide (The), bookplate to pastedown, contemporary ink ownership signature to title, some damp-staining, contemporary calf, joints rubbed, for G. Kearsly, 1760; and 30 others, husbandry, v.s. (33)
White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, second quarto edition, part titles with engraved vignettes, folding engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved plates, one hand-coloured, and a tail-piece, plates foxed with some offsetting, occasional light foxing to text, p.267 with repaired horizontal tear, affecting a few words, later half calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, lightly rubbed, 1813; A Naturalist's Calendar, first edition, hand-coloured engraved plate, first few leaves working loose, title loose and slightly browned, some scattered spotting, later cloth, rubbed and lightly soiled, spine ends chipped, for B. and J. White, 1795; and others by the same, including 3 later editions of the first, 4to & 8vo (6)⁂ In the second mentioned, the hand-coloured plate of "A Hybrid Bird" is used as a frontispiece, rather than its common placement before p.65.
![[Worlidge (John)] Dictionarium Rusticum, Urbanicum & Botanicum: or, a Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, Commerce](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5be86c0a-2c6f-46b3-bbdc-aef600b6a37d/81a1f267-2ba2-49b0-aa1e-aef600bcfa71/468x382.jpg)
[Worlidge (John)] Dictionarium Rusticum, Urbanicum & Botanicum: or, a Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, Commerce, and All Sorts of Country Affairs, second edition, 2 engraved plates, 1 folding, woodcut illustrations, title with contemporary ink note to fore-edge, some foxing and browning, light damp-staining at end, heavier to last few leaves, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn at corners, [Fussell II p.110/121; Goldsmiths' 5341], for J. Nicholson & others, 1717 § Potts (Thomas) The British Farmer's Cyclopaedia; or, Complete Agricultural Directory, first edition, additional engraved title (taken from the second edition and dated 1808), numerous engraved plates, many hand-coloured, bookplate of John E. Mattley, some scattered spotting, later half calf over marbled boards, lightly rubbed, 1807; and other agricultural dictionaries and encyclopaedias, v.s. (11)⁂ The first mentioned features food and drink, with recipes for "common drink and eatables" and a section on country housewifery. It also includes herbs, husbandry, angling and fishes, horses and country pursuits such as ferreting, hawking, fowling and cock-fighting.
Birds.- Thorburn (Archibald) Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, 30 colour plates, tissue guards, spotting to endpapers, [Nissen IVB 939], 1923 § A Naturalist's Sketchbook, number 20 of 105 large paper copies, frontispiece and 59 plates, most colour, each pasted to grey card and mounted to stubs, [Nissen IVB 940], 1919, original cloth, the second with some light damp-staining, spines and most board margins faded, a few light marks and scuffs, extremities lightly rubbed and bumped, t.e.g. (2)
Perrault (Claude) Memoirs for a Natural History of Animals, first English edition, 2 parts in 1, translated by Alexander Pitfeild, title in red and black, 35 engraved plates, woodcut tail-pieces, lacking additional engraved title, some light mainly marginal damp-staining (including to some plates), endpapers renewed, modern half calf, [Wing P1667; Nissen ZBI 3125], folio, Joseph Streater, for T. Basset et al., 1688.⁂ First English edition of an important work of comparative biology, first published by the French Académie des Sciences in 1671-1676. Memoirs was translated by Alexander Pitfeild, and The Measure of Earth (part 2, with separate title page) by Richard Waller, both Fellows of the Royal Society.
NO RESERVE Thorburn (Archibald) British Mammals, 2 vol., first edition, 50 colour plates, tissue guards, illustrations, armorial bookplates of Frank Reddaway, foxing to preliminaries, contents clean overall, original publisher's cloth, gilt, light rubbing, spines a little faded and bumped head and foot, 4to, 1920-21.
Bowden (Thomas) The Farmer's Director; or, a Compendium of English Husbandry, half-title and title with small loss to head, not affecting text, first few leaves slightly browned, occasional light spotting or staining, modern half calf over marbled boards, gilt, spine very lightly sunned, [not in Fussell; Goldsmiths' 11401.1], for Richardson and Urquhart, 1776 § Cullyer (John) The Gentleman & Farmer's Assistant, third edition, illustrations, signed by the author to preface, margins slightly browned at beginning and end, contemporary calf, rubbed, small loss to spine foot, Norwich, 1800 § Towne (Leonard) The Farmer's Directory, engraved frontispiece and plates, offset, some foxing, worming to fore-edge at end, not affecting text, upper hinge cracked, contemporary half calf, rebacked, with original spine laid-down, quite worn, 1822, all but last with half-titles; and others, farming guides or directories, v.s. (28)
Science.- Bonnet (Charles) Considerations sur les Corps Organisés, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved title vignettes, browning at corners to peripheral ff., contemporary half calf, spines gilt with morocco labels, one chipped, extremities a little scuffed, [Wellcome II, 200], Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1762 § Astruc (Jean) Tractatus de motus fermentativi causa, first edition, folding woodcut plate, ink inscription of Stephane Lespinasse to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine a little worn, [Wellcome II, p.64], Montpellier, H. Pech, 1702 § Robinson (Bryan) A Dissertation on the Food and Discharges of Human Bodies, tables, small ink inscription title foot, bookplate, near contemporary calf-backed boards, minor worming to spine, for J. Nourse, 1748 § Fourcroy (M.) Élémens de Chimie, 5 vol., fourth edition, 10 folding tables at rear vol. 5 (of which 1 torn at fold), booklabels, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, vol. 2, 3 and 5 with small leather repairs at extremities, Paris, Cuchet, 1791; and 9 others similar, 8vo and 12mo (18)
NO RESERVE Hollow Earth.- Bausor (Paul) The Discovery of Atlas; or the System of the Conformation of the World Explained ... Demonstrating that the Earth is not a Solid Body, But a Shell ..., first edition, presentation copy from author with printed label to front free endpaper, scattered spotting, ex-library with label, label remnants and ink-stamps, front free endpaper becoming detached, broken upper hinge, original cloth, paper labels to upper cover, rubbed, chipping to spine extremities, 8vo, 1836.⁂ Rare. Only 2 on Library Hub at the British Library and University of Bristol Libraries.
Physics.- Everett (Hugh) '"Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Mechanics' in Reviews of Modern Physics, vol.29, number 3, pp. 454-462, first edition, original wrappers, lightly soiled and discoloured, frayed at edges, overall a very clean copy, housed in custom-made box, 4to, Lancaster, PA and New York, for the American Physical Society, 1957.⁂ First publication in which Everett formulates what has come to be known as the Many-World Interpretation, a controversial but now widely (if not universally) accepted response to many of the paradoxes seemingly inherent in traditional quantum theory.Based largely on Everett's doctoral thesis, the paper articulates Everett's reformulation of quantum theory, arguing that the process of observation and measurement happens entirely within that theory's wave mechanisms, and follows the mathematical framework of Dirac and von Neumann, rather than, as the Copenhagen school of Bohr and others argued, having a special role which causes a wavefunction collapse.
Bradley (Richard) A Complete Body of Husbandry, first edition, half-title, 4 engraved plates, modern half calf with red morocco spine label, [Fussell I pp.111-112; Perkins 213], James Woodman and David Lyon, 1727; The Country Gentleman and Farmer's Monthly Director, sixth edition, engraved frontispiece, bookplate to pastedown, later calf, extremities and joints rubbed, for D. Browne, 1736, very light spotting or browning to endpapers or one or two finger-soiling stains, otherwise both remarkably clean internally; and another by Bradley, 8vo (3)⁂ Bradley was a Fellow of the Royal Society and in 1724 was elected the first Professor of Botany at Cambridge. Henrey says that he was "outstanding for his versatility".
NO RESERVE Worsdale (John) Genethliacal Astrology. comprehending an Enquiry into, and Defence of the Celestial Science ..., first edition, engraved frontispiece, 5 engraved folding plates, scattered spotting and staining, faint marginal staining to first few leaves, ex-library with label and ink-stamps, later cloth, paper label to upper cover, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Newark, 1796.⁂ Rare. Only 3 on ESTC, all in North America.
NO RESERVE Tennis and sport.- Marshall (Julian, editor) Tennis Cuts and Quips, in Prose and Verse, advertisements to pastedown and endpapers, lightly browned, later ink ownership names to endpaper, light finger-soiling, original boards, rubbed, 1884 § Tompkins (Frederick Charles) Court Tennis Racquets and Squash, first edition, illustrations, ink ownership name to endpaper, original buckram, lightly rubbed and bumped, Philadelphia, 1909; and 3 others, including a privately published work on the one-hundred year history of the Philadelphia tennis club, v.s. (5)
NO RESERVE Crafts and decorative arts.- Maskell (Alfred) Ivories, first edition, 1905 § Munro Bell (J.) Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite Furniture Designs, 1900 § Moore Binns (W.) The First Century of English Porcelain, 1906, plates, hinges cracked, some toning, ex-library copies with extensive marks and labels, original cloth or library morocco-backed boards, rather scuffed and dulled; and a quantity of others, crafts and decorative arts, v.s. (5 boxes)
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