Hydrostatics.- Mariotte (Edme) Traité du Mouvement des Eaux, edited by P. de la Hire, first edition, lacking half-title, with woodcut ornaments and illustrations (one slightly trimmed at fore-margin), old ink signature to head of title, later half calf, rubbed, new red morocco label, corners repaired, Paris, Estienne Michalet, 1686; The Motion of Water, and other Fluids. Being a Treatise of Hydrostaticks...with A Little Treatise...giving Practical Rules for Fountains..., translated by J.T.Desaguliers, first edition in English, 7 folding engraved plates, advertisement leaf and 16pp. catalogue at end, text a little browned, plates very clean, Kenney copy small book-label to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spine chipped at head, corners worn, J.Senex, 1718, 12mo & 8vo (2)⁂ The first important contribution to hydrostatics after Galileo.
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Hydrostatics & Hydrodynamics.- Mariotte (Edme) The Motion of Water, and other Fluids. Being a Treatise of Hydrostaticks...with A Little Treatise...giving Practical Rules for Fountains..., translated by J.T.Desaguliers, first edition in English, 7 folding engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end, an excellent clean copy, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, upper joint split, lower corners bumped, J.Senex, 1718 § Bossut (Charles, Abbé) Traité Élémentaire d'Hydrodynamique, 2 vol., first edition, without half-titles, with titles in red & black, 16 folding engraved plates, occasional light soiling or staining, contemporary calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed, Paris, C.-.Jombert, 1771, 8vo & 4to (3)
Lathes.- Plumier (Charles) L'Art de Tourner...; Die Kunst zu Drechseln..., first edition in French and German, engraved additional pictorial title (duplicated at beginning of plates), title-vignette, charming head-piece of putti in a workshop and 83 plates, printed in double column in French and German, text a little browned, some foxing to plates, modern half calf, spine gilt with red calf label, spine slightly soiled, folio, Leipzig, B.C.Breitkopf, 1776.⁂ The first comprehensive work on lathes, first published in French in Lyons in 1701. The plates depict lathes designed for watchmakers, lens grinders, screw-cutters, engineers etc., and other tools.
NO RESERVE Lead.- Sainte Albine (Pierre Remond de) Mémoire sur le Laminage du Plomb, third edition, title with engraved vignette of foundry, woodcut ornament, 3 folding engraved plates by Dheulland, light spotting to title, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, corners a little worn, upper joint and spine ends repaired, small 8vo, Paris, Jacques Guerin, 1746.⁂ First illustrated edition of this scarce work on rolled-sheet lead for roofing and gutters, first published in 1731. Rolled lead had been in use in Britain since 1670 but there was resistance in France from the guild of plumbers. Sainte-Albine defends the advantages of rolled sheet versus cast lead and explains the manufacturing techniques.
Biology & Botany.- Bonnet (Charles) Considerations sur les Corps Organisés, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, titles with engraved vignettes and contemporary ink signature, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, neatly rebacked preserving old gilt spines, corners repaired, [Wellcome II, 200], Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1762 § Raspail (F.V.) Nouveau Système de Physiologie Végétale et de Botanique, 3 vol. including Atlas, engraved plates, light spotting, contemporary half mottled calf, red & green labels, rubbed, spines torn, Paris, 1837, 8vo (5)⁂ Bonnet, one of the fathers of modern biology, was one of the first to investigate photosynthesis.
NO RESERVE Lighthouses.- Stevenson (D.Alan) The World's Lighthouses before 1820, first edition, illustrations, upper hinge weak, original cloth, dust-jacket (price-clipped), slightly rubbed, 1959 § Findlay (A.G.) The Lighthouses of the World, and Coast Fog Signals, thirty-first edition, frontispiece, maps, tables, order slips for supplements and new editions printed on yellow paper, regulations on green, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed and faded, 1891; and another on lightships, 4to & 8vo (3)
Magnetism.- Ward (Samuel) Magnetis reductorium theologicum tropologicum..., first edition, second issue with preliminaries reprinted and table of contents added, engraved frontispiece, imprimatur to verso of title, light water-staining (mostly marginal), contemporary limp vellum, a little soiled and marked, [STC 25028], A[ugustine] M[atthewes], 1637 § Michell (John) Traités sur les Aimans Artificiels, translated by P.Rivoire, first edition in French, 4 folding engraved plates, very occasional soiling, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, upper cover a little stained and with small repairs, spine ends repaired, Paris, Hippolyte-Louis Guérin, 1752, 8vo & 12mo (2)⁂ The first mentioned is a curious little treatise offering a spiritual interpretation to various properties of the magnet. The second is a translation of Michell's important treatise containing recognition of the law of the inverse square for magnetic attraction and repulsion, first published in Cambridge as Treatise of Artificial Magnets in 1750.
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Manufacturing.- [Macquer (Philippe)] Dictionnaire Portatif des Arts et Metiers..., 3 vol., first edition, light spotting and browning, slight worming to inner front board and a couple of leaves of vol.3, contemporary mottled boards, slightly worn, together in modern cloth slip-case, Yverdon, 1766-67 § Aikin (A.) On Tanning and Leather-Dressing, bound with 5 other papers by the same on timber, saccharine substances, corn-mills, cotton, artificial light & candles, all reprinted from 'Transactions of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, &c.', signatures of W.O.Aikin and A.J.Aikin to front free endpaper, modern cloth-backed boards, 1834-39 § Clark (R.Ingham) A Few Notes on Varnishes and Fossil Resins, only edition, illustrations by James West, original pictorial cloth, [1891] § Schmidt (Dr.C.H.) Der Fabricant von Kautschuk- und Guttapercha-Waaren, only edition, 8 folding plates, foxed, light water-staining at beginning, old ink library stamp to title, old half cloth, rubbed, Weimar, 1856; and 9 others on manufacturing including a few trade catalogues, 8vo & 4to (15)⁂ The last item, on the manufacture of rubber and gutta percha, is rare; WorldCat locates a few copies on the Continent but only one in the UK (BL). The product was used for drive belts, gromits, insulation, shock absorbers for railway wagons, and for many medical & surgical items such as elastic bandages, straps, pads, supports, tubes, catheters, breast pumps etc.
Mechanics.- Lagrange (Joseph Louis) Mecanique Analytique, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, half-titles, some foxing and light water-staining, modern calf-backed boards, Paris, 1811-15 § [Emerson (William)] The Principles of Mechanics, third edition, 43 folding engraved plates, errata leaf, title browned and with contemporary ink signature at head crossed out, light water-staining to lower edge of plates, later sheep, spine gilt, rubbed and faded, G.Robinson, 1773 § [Rohault (Jacques)] A Treatise of Mechanicks, translated by Thomas Watts, second edition in English, lacking initial advertisement leaf, with 4 folding engraved plates (wrinkled by damp), engraved bookplate of George Home Drummond of Blair Drummond, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, for Edward Symon, 1717, 4to & 8vo (3)⁂ The first item, Lagrange's masterpiece, contains the discovery of the general equations of motions of any system of bodies, and laid the foundations of modern mechanics.
Pascoli (Alessandro) Del moto, che nei mobili si rifonde per impulso esteriore trattato Fisico-Matematico, first edition, half-title, title in red & black with engraved device, engraved initials, woodcut tail-piece, 7 folding engraved plates, contemporary vellum, slight worming, corners and spine ends worn, Rome, G.M.Salvioni, 1723 § Magalotti (Lorenzo) Lettere Scientifiche, ed Erudite, half-title, eoodcut ornaments and initials, contemporary vellum, Venice, Domenico Occhi, 1756, both a little rubbed; and another, 4to (3)⁂ The first deals with the motion of bodies due to external impact; the second is a series of letters concerning air pressure, attraction of rubbed amber, magnet in vacuo, snow, comets, light, wine, odours, snake venom, circulation of the blood etc.
Priestley (Joseph) Experiments and Observations relating to various branches of Natural Philosophy; with a Continuation of the Observations of Air, 3 vol., first edition, vol.1 issue with "peinted" in imprint, folding engraved frontispieces (that in vol.2 cropped close to image at fore-edge), vol.1 with errata & 3pp. advertisements at end, vol.2 & 3 with 6pp. advertisements, vol.2 also with additional pp.395-398* at end of Appendix (misbound), vol.1 a little browned and with water-staining to upper inner margin of some leaves, faint trace of library stamp to foot of titles, contemporary calf, rubbed, edges rather worn, rebacked in morocco with green labels, vol.1 London, J.Johnson, vol.2 & 3 Birmingham, Pearson & Rollason for Johnson, 1779-86; Histoire de l'Électricité, [translated by Abbé Nollet & M.J.Brisson], 3 vol., first edition in French, half-titles, 9 folding engraved plates, an attractive set in contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with red roan labels, slightly rubbed, Paris, Herissant, 1771, 8vo et infra (6)⁂ The first item comprises the three supplementary volumes to Priestley's Observations on Different Kinds of Air, 3 vol., 1774-77.
Radioactivity.- Aston (F.W.) Isotopes, first edition, some light foxing, original blue cloth, lower cover lightly stained and warped, [PMM 412], 1922 § Strutt (R.J.) The Becquerel Rays and the Properties of Radium, first edition, small ink ownership stamp to title, portion cut away from front free endpaper, some spotting, original cloth, spine a little rubbed and faded, 1904 § Curie (Pierre) Oeuvres, first collected edition, photogravure frontispiece, some foxing, modern cloth, original printed wrappers bound in (rubbed and frayed, repaired), uncut, [PMM 394b], Paris, 1908, plates and illustrations; and 4 others on radioactivity and nuclear science, 8vo (7)⁂ Aston, assistant to J.J.Thomson, developed the mass spectrograph to measure atomic weights; R.J.Strutt was the son of the physicist Lord Rayleigh and his work on alpha radiation was later proved by Rutherford; Pierre Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with his wife Marie and Henri Becquerel for their research into radioactivity.
Radioactivity.- Rutherford (Ernest), James Chadwick & C.D.Ellis. Radiations from Radioactive Substances, first edition, signed presentation copy from C.D.Ellis to his parents inscribed on front free endpaper and with printed slip tipped in, original green cloth, Cambridge, 1930 § Rutherford (Ernest) Radioactive Transformations, first edition, ink signature "J.H.Bowman UCL 1919" to front free endpaper, endpapers spotted, original blue cloth, 1906; Radio-activity, second edition, "K. Room .42" in red ink to front free endpaper, original green cloth, Cambridge, 1905, some plates and illustrations, tables, very slightly rubbed, 8vo (3)⁂ Rutherford's ground-breaking work on radioactivity earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908; the second edition offered here, published only a year after the first, is much enlarged and revised. The first work is a collaboration of three eminent pioneers in the field explaining alpha, beta and gamma radiations: Rutherford concentrates on alpha rays, Chadwick is concerned with scattered alpha and beta particles, while Ellis reports on beta and gamma rays. James Chadwick won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935. He and Ellis met in a German POW camp during the First World War and became friends through their shared interest in physics.
Sprat (Thomas) The History of the Royal-Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge, second edition, initial imprimatur leaf with engraved arms on verso, 2 engraved plates, one shaved close to image, lacking final blank, marginal water-staining, modern speckled calf with border of acorns and flowers tooled in blind, spine faded, for Rob. Scot, Ri. Chiswell, Tho. Chapman, and Geo. Sawbridge, 1702 § B[arker] (T[homas)] Analecta: or, a Collection of some of the Choicest Notions..., only edition, initial blank with contemporary ink inscription of "Tho. Parminter...1693" and another later of "T.Kernet M.C.C. 1792", a little browned and soiled, pencil markings to margins, contemporary sheep, worn, rebacked, [Wing B781], for Richard Cumberland, 1693, small 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ The first contains the earliest published accounts of many significant experiments by Robert Hooke, Sir William Petty, Sir Robert Morat, Lord Brouncker, Thomas Henshaw, Jonathan Goddard and others. The second is a collection of contemporary reviews of printed works concerning scientific discoveries including Robert Boyle's Experiments on Colour, Form, and Quality and The Sceptical Chymist as well as Hooke's astronomical observations, also works by Gassendi, Sanctorius, Burnet, Howell, Fienes on flatulence, and Gellibrand on navigation.
Steam Engines.- Act of Parliament. An Act for vesting in James Watt, Engineer, his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, the sole use and Property of certain Steam Engines, commonly called Fire Engines, of his Invention..., title and 8pp., extract pp.1587-1594, by Charles Eyre and William Strachan, 1775; An Act to enable Matthew Boulton, Engineer, to export the Machinery necessary for erecting a Mint in the Dominions of His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of all the Russias, 3pp., extract pp.753-755, 1799, disbound, preserved together in modern cloth portfolio with morocco label § Partington (C.F.) An Historic and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf and 7 folding plates at end (foxed, some loose), trace of library stamp to title, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, 1822 § Young (C.F.T.) The Economy of Steam Power on common Roads, first edition, large folding plate of Boydell's Traction Engine, errata slip, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, spine faded, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [1860]; and another on steam engines, folio & 8vo (5)⁂ Watt took out his first patent on a steam engine in 1769; the first act here was an extension of that patent giving him and his partner Matthew Boulton the sole right to manufacture the engine until 1800. Boulton used Watt's invention to improve the minting of coinage, for which he took out a patent in 1790. He produced the machinery at his Soho Foundry in Birmingham, the second act enabling him to export it to Russia, which would otherwise have been illegal.
NO RESERVE Taylor (Michael) Tables of Logarithms of All Numbers, from 1 to 101000 ..., first edition, preface by Nevil Maskelyne, list of subscribers, diagrams, one or two pencil and ink marginal corrections, scattered spotting and staining to first and last few leaves, previous owner's ink signature to subscribers list and p.1, later calf, gilt, rubbed and worn, 4to, 1792.
Technology.- French (James Weir) Modern Power Generators: Steam, Electric and Internal-Combustion..., 2 vol., first edition, 11 fine colour plates with multiple flaps, illustrations, original decorated green cloth, gilt, designed by Talwin Morris, corners of vol.2 bumped, 1908 § Philip (Arnold) Dissected Model of a Direct Current Dynamo, colour plate with multiple flaps, spotting, original cloth-backed limp printed boards, stained, corners worn, scribbles to lower cover, London & Liverpool, 1899 § Nicholson (John) The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist, second edition, engraved plates, a few folding, title lightly soiled, modern calf-backed boards, [Goldsmiths' 24504], 1825 § Robots, Spaceships & other Tin Toys: The Teruhisa Kitahara Collection, colour illustrations, bound in crimson morocco with inlaid vertical strip of black morocco to both covers, spine titled in black, Cologne, 2011, some spotting, rubbed; and c.20 others, some issues of the Mechanics' Magazine, v.s.; sold not subject to return (c.25)⁂ The first includes sectional models of a boiler, steam engine, locomotive, motors, engines, automobile etc., and a history of the motor car up to that point.
Textiles.- Crookes (William) A Practical Handbook of Dyeing and Calico-Printing, first edition, plates and illustrations, numerous mounted textile samples, a few offset, original cloth, rubbed, rebacked, 1874 § Ure (Andrew) Philosophie des Manufactures ou Économie Industrielle de la Fabrication du Coton, de Laine, du Lin et de la Soie, 2 vol., plates and illustrations, some folding, folding tables, some foxing, modern calf-backed cloth, g.e., together in modern cloth slip-case, Paris, 1836; and vol. XLVI-XLVIII & L of The Textile Manufacturer, some with tipped-in textile samples, v.s. (7)
Young (Thomas) A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts, 2 vol., second edition, 43 double-page plates, most engraved, one or two printed in Baxter's oil colours, original cloth, 1845 § Watson (William) A Sequel to the Experiments and Observations tending to illustrate the Nature and Properties of Electricity, second edition, folding engraved plate, title and final leaf a little soiled, modern stiff wrappers, uncut, C.Davis, 1746 § Reichenbach (Charles von) Physico-Physiological Researches on the Dynamics of Magnetism, Electricity, Heat, Light...in their relations to Vital Force, first edition in English, folding plate, original cloth, 1851 § Einstein (Albert) & Leopold Infeld. The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from the Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta, first English edition, Cambridge, 1938 § Shockley (William) Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors..., first edition, pencil annotations, New York, Toronto & London, 1950, plates and illustrations, all but the second original cloth, the first rebacked preserving original spines, a little rubbed, some spines faded; and 13 others on physics, 8vo (19)
Pratchett (Terry), Five early Discworld series volumes to include The Colour of Magic.,Colin Smythe, 2nd (second) printing with a new introduction, 1989, presentation copy signed by the author with dedication on title, original cloth. First dust jacket by Josh Kirby. Pyramids., Gollancz, 1st edition, 1989, presentation copy signed by the author with dedication on title, original cloth. Guards! Guards!., Gollancz, 1st edition, 1989, presentation copy signed by the author with dedication on title, original cloth. Eric., Gollancz, 1st edition 1990, presentation copy signed by the author with dedication on title, original cloth. Moving Pictures., Gollancz, 1st edition, 1990, presentation copy signed by the author with dedication on title, original cloth.
FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WAR COMMEMORATIVE AND HISTORIC COINS. An Elizabeth II 2018 £2.00 coin and a similar 2015 'Battle of Britain' 50p coin, both slabbed and 'date stamped' in presentation case with reproduction miniature Distinguished Flying Cross and Royal Air Force Cross. A World War II 70th Anniversary Coin and Medal Set comprising two 1945 shillings, two shillings and half crown, encapsulated and mounted with three second world war reproduction miniatures. Elizabeth II Guernsey issue 70th Anniversary of the Normandy Landing silver coin set comprising three silver £.00 coins in presentation case, number 56 from an edition of 995. A four coin Elizabeth II Guernsey issue 'Battle of Britain silver £5.00 set in presentation case, number 2 from an edition of 250. 4 sets.
A POBJOY MINT FALKLANDS SET AND OTHERS WITH MILITARY SUBJECTS. A Pobjoy mint set 'Proof Sterling Silver 25th Anniversary of Liberation' coin set 2007, three crowns, a £2.00 coin and a 50p coin, total weight 121g, in presentation case with insert. A First World War Centenary three coin silver set, Elizabeth II Queen of Gibraltar, with insert numbered 9 from an edition of 950. An RAF Red Arrows 2016 display season silver 1oz proof commemorative, encapsulated in case of issue with insert numbered 871 from an edition of 2016. A Numisproof 'First World War Centenary' silver medal, encapsulated and in presentation case with insert numbered 307 from an edition of 495. 4 sets.
A COLLECTION OF RECENT COLLECTORS ISSUES AND SETS. Two Westminster Mint Elizabeth II Coin covers, '2015 First Edition' and '2015 Final Edition', both with four first class stamps 'Tower Hill London 2 Mar'15', both numbered 741 from an edition of 995, in Westminster Mint folders, A 40th Anniversary of decimalisation 2011 Royal Mint 6 coin set, A 2013 50p 'Betjamin Britain' brilliant uncirculated coin in Royal Mint presentation pack, Four from an historic coins collection with two penny coins, halfpenny, and sixpence with gilt highlights and a 'New Coinage' portrait medal with six 2015 coins set in a gilt copper medal, encapsulated in presentation case with insert. 6 items.
AN ELIZABETH II BRITANNIA AND SOVEREIGN TWO COIN SET. An Elizabeth II two coin set comprising a proof sovereign dated 2016, the obverse with the portrait by James Butler, slabbed and 'date stamped' with a first class stamp and postmark for 1 Jan 2016. 7.98g. And a 2016 Gold Britannia, similarly slabbed and postmarked. 31.10g. In presentation case and insert suggesting an edition size of 63 sets.
AN ELIZABETH II BRITANNIA AND SOVEREIGN TWO COIN SET. An Elizabeth II two coin set comprising a 2015 Sovereign dated 2015, slabbed and 'date stamped' with a first class stamp and postmark for 1st January 2015. 7.98g. And a 2015 Gold Britannia, similarly slabbed and postmarked, 31.10g. In presentation case and insert suggesting an edition of 50 sets.
AN ELIZABETH II 500TH ANNIVERSARY PROOF SOVEREIGN. An Elizabeth II Proof gold sovereign dated 1989, 500th Anniversary of the First Gold Sovereign 1489-1989 edition, encapsulated and in Royal Mint presentation packaging with insert numbered 01536 and a suggested edition size of 12,500, 7.98g.
'THE BRIDGE AT ARNHEM' PRINT SIGNED BY MAJOR GENERAL JOHN FROST. A colour print by Alan Fearnley 'The Bridge at Arnhem', signed in pencil in the margin 'John Frost' and titles 'First Edition print individually signed by Major general John Frost, CB, DSO, MC. framed and glazed, 56.5 x 66.5cm maximum dimensions.
'METEOR STRIKES ITS FIRST BLOW' FRANK WOOTTON. A signed limited edition colour print after Frank Wootton 'Meter Strikes its First Blow' Meteor EE216 Flown by F/O Dean flipped over a Vi bomb with his wing scorig its first combat success on 4th August 1944. Published in an edition of 850, this an artists proof, signed by Dean, Frank Whittle and Wootton with a pencil sketch of a jet with wheels down. Framed and glazed, 57 x 67cm.
Leaves of Gold - George M Whiley Ltd, designed by John Lewis, illustrated by John Minton, private limited edition no. 206, 1951 first edition in original slipcase, together with The Architects Journal, March - April 1933, The Wheelwrights Shop, by George Sturt 1923, Griffins Patent Cases, by Ralph Griffin 1887, and A Treatise on Practical Mensuration by A Nesbit 1845
Stanley Gibbons Imperial Albums, Volume 1 & 2, 9th Edition, of British Empire & Foreign Countries of over 1300 pages partially filled with mainly QV- KEVII period issues, a few KGV - defin, commem, officials, postage due and fiscal. GB incl two 1d Blacks (Red and Black MC), first issue 2d Blue SG 5, higher values to 5/- and other LE, embossed and surface printed issues. In Empire, some Australian states, Canada and provinces, Ceylon, Hong Kong, India, NZ, Southern Africa countries/protectorates plus others to a lesser extent. Good Europe incl Austro-Hungarian, Belgian, Danish, French, German States and Swiss plus USA from 1850s on up to 50c, some Chinese coiling dragons, S. American such as Brazil & Paraguay. 1000s.
Rowling, J. K. Collection of seven Harry Potter novels to include a first edition hardback of Deathly Hallows (adult edition), and a 53rd issue paperback of Philosopher's Stone. Together with The Tale of Pigling Bland, by Beatrix Potter, London: Warne & Co. Ltd., no date but not a first edition. Housed in a Hogwarts Express bag. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults (8)
Handbook for the Armored-Car, DAIMLER I and IIChilwell Catalogue No. 60/117, First Edition, Printed in England by A. F. & S. Ltd. September 1945, Format Lex. 8°, 304 S. mit mehreren Falttafeln und teils farbigen Abbildungen, darauf Blaupausen, Schemata, Diagramme etc. der Panzerfahrzeuge Daimler I und II inklusive Schaltplan, Querschnitten verschiedener Munitionstypen sowie beigegebener Schmierplan, Ganzleinenmappe mit Front- und Rückenprägung sowie Druckknopfverschluss, normale Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren.
Zwei Bücher RockgeschichteRolling Stone, Images of Rock & Roll, First Edition, Edited and Designed by Fred Woodward, Text by Anthony DeCurtis, Toronto bei Little, Brown and Company 1995, Format 4°, mit zahlreichen ganzseitigen, teilweise exklusiven Abbildungen diverser Rock-Legenden, Leineneinband mit Schutzumschlag, dieser mit Gebrauchsspuren und rückseitig kleinem Riss, sonst schöne Erhaltung; The Rolling Stones 50, mit über 1000 Abbildungen in s/w und Farbe, München bei Prestel 2012, Format 4°, 351 S., Pappeinband mit Schutzumschlag, geringe Gebrauchsspuren.
Bisquit Cognac Grande Champagne Baccarat Decanter, 1950s. This is our earliest edition of the decanter set Baccarat made for Bisquit Circa 1950's, without the gold foil that would adorn them from the 1960s onwards. Bisquit was the first brand after Remy Martin to issue decanters from Baccarat
St Dominic's Press. Old English Clocks. Being a Collector's Observations on some Seventeenth Century Clocks by F. H. Green, 1st edition, one of 300 copies only, Ditchling Common: St Dominics Press, 1931. 4to, later quarter calf, 49 halftone photographic plates (complete: the first 4 unnumbered, remaining plates numbered 1-51, but numbers 40-51 in fact on either side of 6 plates only; most plates tipped in as issued), errata slip, together with 3 other works on horology including James Ferguson, Select Mechnical Exercises: shewing how to construct different Clocks, Orreries, and Sun-Dials, 1st edition, 1773 (8vo, contemporary sheep, incomplete, lacking plate 4 and part of plate 5) (4)
Wordsworth (William)The White Doe of Rylstone; or The Fate of the Nortons, A Poem. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815, quarto, first edition, xi, 162 pages, engraved frontis, half title present, original boards with linen spine (worn), presentation inscription from Basil Montagu who was 'on intimate terms with Coleridge and Wordsworth' (DNB). Loosely inserted is the lower part of an ALS by Wordsworth.Foxing to frontis and title page, engraved bookplate and bookseller's pencil inscription to front pastedown. Wear to spine which lacks the spine label. Corners bumped, boards rubbed.
Dickens (Charles)The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Chapman and Hall, 1838, half green morocco gilt by Riviere (spine tanned);idem, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Chapman and Hall, 1937, lacking half title, marbled edges and endpapers, full calf gilt;idem, Dombey and Son, Bradbury and Evans, 1848, first edition, issue not stated, marbled edges, half calf;idem, Dombey and Sons, Bradbury & Evans 1848, first edition, issue not stated, half morocco;idem, The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, Bradbury & Evans, 1848, first edition, issue not stated, original cloth (5)
![Arts and Crafts BindingLe livre d'or de J.-F. Millet. Par un ancien ami, Paris: A. Ferroud, E. Bénézit-Constant, [1891]. 4to](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/14475c71-50ce-4469-99eb-ae1400d34598/503a68ec-8c06-4947-8a78-ae9000e1eb78/468x382.jpg)
Arts and Crafts BindingLe livre d'or de J.-F. Millet. Par un ancien ami, Paris: A. Ferroud, E. Bénézit-Constant, [1891]. 4to (333 x 248 mm), near-contemporary tan morocco by the Marygold Bindery (dated 1924 on rear turn-in), overall design of massed leaves, interlacing fillets and interstitial dots in blind, corners of central panels with red morocco onlays gilt-tooled with sunburst design, pink morocco doublures with similar sunburst designs gilt to corners, hand-printed endpapers, edges untrimmed, half-title, 9 etched plates including frontispiece, etched vignettes to title-page and in text, extra-illustrated with a lithograph and 2 woodcuts after Millet (each mounted to an initial blank with manuscript caption in French mounted opposite), original wrappers bound in at rear, light staining to pp. 111-12. Together with 2 others (Cresset Press, The Shepheards Calendar, 1930, one of 350 copies on hand-made paper, and John Evelyn, Memoirs, 1827, 5 volumes, red dark half morocco for Sotheran's, these not collated) (qty: 7)First edition, one of 500 copies on hand-made Holland paper, this copy inscribed on the limitation page to 'Monsieur Vicaire, bien sincère hommage de l'editeur'; there were also 50 copies on japon. The Marygold Bindery was established by Sangorski and Sutcliffe trainee Rosamund Philpott in Cambridge c.1904, operating until 1932.
Luther (Martin)A Commentarie or Exposition upon the twoo Epistles generall of Sainct Peter, and that of Sainct Jude ... familiarlie translated into Englishe by Thomas Newton, London: for Abraham Veale, 1581. 4to (195 x 145 mm), contemporary vellum, text mainly in black leter, allegorical woodcut border to title-page, woodcut initials, later ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, binding soiled, old ink-stain and partial loss to title-page, variable worming to lower margins from quire G, occasional damp-staining to fore corners, H2 with hole in gutter, Q3 and T3 with lower fore corners torn away, R3 with hole in fore margin just touching edge of text, X3 torn in lower margin.ESTC S108928 (five copies in UK libraries).First edition in English of the author's Enarrationes in Epistolas Divi Petri duas et Judae unam. Rare in commerce.
Powell (Dawn)A Cage for Lovers, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1957, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to J. B. Priestley, Priestley bookplate to pastedown, dust jacket (priced 3$.);idem, Turn Magic Wheel, Constable, 1936, first edition, price-clipped dust jacket;with four others by the author. (6)
Hinderwell (Thomas)The History and Antiquities of Scarborough and the Vicinity ..., York, E. Bayley, 1798, quarto in twos, a Graingerised first edition, presented by the author to Dr. William Travis, in addition to the plates called for (the frontis appears to be a replacement), the book contains a large number of insertions including maps and plans, original artwork, engraved prints (some colour), broadsides, newspaper cuttings, etc. There is early annotation adding to or correcting the content. Williamson's Description of the Tumulus ... at Gristhorpe, near Scarborough .. 1836, (18 pages) is bound in after page 22. Several additional plates and notes of provenance are loosely inserted. Half morocco binding with wear to joints.
Charlton (Lionel)The History of Whitby and of Whitby Abbey ..., York: A. Ward ..., 1779, first edition, quarto, folding plan frontis, three engraved plates, lacking final index leaf/leaves, marbled endpapers, contemporary calf gilt [with]Graves (John), The History of Cleveland in the North Riding of the County of York, Carlisle: F. Jollie ..., 1808, first edition, quarto large paper copy, frontis, engraved title, folding engraved map (hand-coloured in outline), eight engraved plates, folding pedigree, contemporary tree calf with gilt tooled spine, Sir H. Vane-Tempest's copy with ms. note to the binder at rear, Vane Londonderry bookplate to both books (2)
Dugdale (Sir William)The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Divers Fenns and Marshes, both in Forein Parts, and in this Kingdom, London: Alice Warren, 1662. Folio (338 x 210 mm), contemporary panelled sheep (rebacked and restored), pp. [8] 424 [2] (ESTC collation incorrect), 11 engraved folding maps, modern bookplate (Margaret Joan Price), purchase note dated 1823 to front pastedown, worming to fore margins towards front (touching shoulder-notes and a few letters in main text; disappearing by quire K), a few marginal damp-stains to maps, a few maps (e.g. facing pp. 16, 218, 374) trimmed to edge of plate-mark along top or bottom edges, map facing p. 418 slightly soiled, closed tear in sig. Z1, final text-leaf (3I1) repaired. Together with a copy of Aylett Sammes, Britannia Antiqua Illustrata: or, the Antiquities of Ancient Britain, derived from the Phoenicians ... The First Volume [all published], 1st edition, London: Tho. Roycroft, for the author, 1676 (folio, old sheep, rebacked, lacking map, a few tears and losses, stitching loosening towards rear) (qty: 2)ESTC R975.First edition, scarce in commerce. 'An account of the great drainage schemes that had been carried out in the fens, mainly during the Commonwealth years, by the initiative of Lord Gorges and John Thurloe, secretary to the council of state. This book was effectively commissioned by Gorges to advertise the success of the project' (ODNB).
Ardizzone (Edward)Four Songs, South Leigh Press, 1978, year round poster and greeting card with six illustrations on sheet 420mm x 296mm, folding with illustrated cover title and imprint on reverse;idem, Baggage to the Enemy, John Murray, 1941, first edition, Evelyn Waugh's copy, cloth;Gorham (Maurice), Londoners, Percival Marshall, 1951, first edition, illustrated by Ardizzone, dust wrapper;with fifteen others by, illustrated by, or about, Edward Ardizzone. (18)Evelyn Waugh's name and date in manuscript to front free endpaper. Image has been added to website.
Rowling (J. K., 1965-). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, London: Bloomsbury, 1998. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, spine rolled, faint creasing and delamination to tips, small closed tear to foot of rear wrapper, text-block toned, occasional very shallow paper-erosion to foot, spot and effaced ownership inscription to upper outer corner half-title, another spot in the same position on the last few leaves.Errington A2(b).First edition, paperback issue, inscribed by the author 'to Tom (again!), J. K. Rowling' on the dedication page. This copy was inscribed at a book-signing in York at the time of publication, and subsequently purchased by the current vendor from the mother of the original recipient.
Saint-Exupery (Antoine de)The Little Prince, William Heinemann, 1944, first UK edition, dust wrapper (priced 9s. 6d. net.), light foxing to endpapers and flaps of wrapper, wrapper tanned with lightly chipped top edge.Some foxing in places, particularly pastedowns and closed edges (see images). Pencil price opposite title, spine slanted. Tanning and foxing to dust wrapper, small tears and creasing to top edge, small nick at tail of wrapper adjacent to front joint.
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