![Greece and Turkey, 6 volumes, comprising [Skene, James Henry] The Danubian Principalities, the frontier lands of the Christia](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/02298196-2828-412d-8b94-ae1900c30dfa/15e685a4-7305-4fc3-8e8c-ae1b00fe4d74/468x382.jpg)
Greece and Turkey, 6 volumes, comprising [Skene, James Henry] The Danubian Principalities, the frontier lands of the Christian and the Turk. By a British Resident of twenty years in the East. London: R. Bentley, 1854. Third edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map, 1 lithographed plate, half-titles, original green embossed cloth, bookplate of R.A. Scott Macfie of Shaws, Lunds, spines slightly faded and slightly rubbed; Stanhope, L.F.C., 5th Earl of Greece in 1823 and 1824, being a Series of Letters and other documents on the Greek Revolution... new edition. London: 1825. 8vo, coloured frontispiece, 6 folding facsimiles, library cloth, library stamp to title and frontispiece of Worthing Public Library; Frankland, Capt. Charles Colville Travels to and from Constantinople in the years 1827 and 1828. London, 1829. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 maps, plan, 2 coloured plates and 28 plain plates, modern cloth, map torn without loss, creasing to some leaves, some spotting; Sandwith, Humphry A Narrative of the Siege of Kars. London, 1856. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, folding plan, folding map, original pale brown embossed cloth (6)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
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Greece, 6 volumes, comprising Stanhope, John Spencer Topography illustrative of the Battle of Plataea. London: John Murray, 1817. First edition, 8vo, without the plate volume, Sir John Hobhouse's copy with a few marginalia, contemporary half calf, rubbed; Wright, Waller Rodwell Horae Iionicae, a Poem, descriptive of the Ionian Islands. London, 1811. Second edition, 8vo, original boards, uncut; Tyrtaeus Spartan Lessons, or the Praise of Valour. Glasgow: R. & A. Foulis, 1759. 4to, engraved frontispiece, contemporary half roan, some spotting, worn; Drummond, William A Review of the Governments of Sparta and Athens. London, 1794. 8vo, contemporary half calf, rubbed, upper cover detached; [Anonymous] Letters from several Parts of Europe, and the East, written in the years 1750 &c. London, 1752, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, owner's name deleted from head of titles, rubbed (6)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
Greece, 8 volumes, comprising Howe, Samuel G. An Historical Sketch of the Greek Revolution. New York: White, Gallaher & White, 1828. First edition, 8vo, folding map hand-coloured in outline, 19th century half morocco, map browned, and split at fold without loss, rather spotted, boards detached; Hartley, Rev. John Researches in Greece and the Levant. London, 1833. Second edition, 8vo, original cloth, binding somewhat soiled; [Skene, Felicia] Wayfaring Sketches among the Greeks and Turks. London, 1847. 8vo, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt; [Colton, Walter] Ship and Shore: or Leaves from the Journal of a Cruise to the Levant. New York: Leavitt, Lord & Co., 1835. 8vo, original green cloth, worn, lacks spine, covers detached; Carnarvon, Earl of Reminiscences of Athens and the Morea. 1869. 8vo, folding map, red half morocco gilt; [Bonar, Alexander] A Narrative of a Mission of Inquiry to the Jews from the Church of Scotland in 1839. Edinburgh, 1843. 8vo, folding maps, plates, original cloth, rubbed; Wordsworth, Christopher Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive and Historical. 1859. 8vo, engraved title & plates, contemporary red morocco, g.e., slightly rubbed; Neale, Adam Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia and Turkey. London, 1818. 4to, 6 (of 11) hand-coloured plates, quarter calf, worn, some spotting and offsetting, title slightly browned (8)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
Greek Revolution and History, 8 French volumes comprising Mangeart, J. Souvenirs de la Morée. Paris, 1830. 8vo, folding plan, quarter calf; Voutier, Olivier Mémoire du Colonel Voutier sur la guerre actuelle des Grecs. Paris, 1823. First edition, 8vo, 5 engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt; Pouqueville, F.C.H.L. Histoire de la Régénération de la Grèce. Brussels, 1825. Third edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, spines gilt; Lacour, Jacques Louis Excursions en Grèce penadnat l'occupation de la Morée par l'armée Française. Paris, 1835. 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, with stamp of the Duke of Orleans [later King Loius Philippe of France] to half-title, g.e.; Legrand, Auguste Galeries des Antiques. Paris: Renouard, 1803. 8vo, engraved title, frontispiece and 92 plates, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt (8)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
Guthrie, Maria A Tour, performed in the years 1795-6, through the Taurida, or Crimea, the antient kingdom of Bosphorous. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1802. First edition, 4to, 2 folding maps and 11 plates, contemporary half calf, slightly spotted, rubbed, rebacked retaining original spine, ownership inscription of Thomas Jefferson Hogg, Univ. Coll. Oxon.Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
Guys, Pierre Augustin A Sentimental Journey through Greece, in a series of Letters written from London: T. Cadell, 1772. First edition in English 3 volumes, 12mo, half-title in volume 2 and 3, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints cracked/splittingFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
![Habesci, Elias The Present State of the Ottoman Empire London: R. Baldwin, 1784. First edition, 8vo, [ii], xv, [viii], 443, c](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/02298196-2828-412d-8b94-ae1900c30dfa/ece89aae-06ae-4975-b973-ae1b00fe8787/468x382.jpg)
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord Childe Harold's Pilgrimage London: John Murray, 1812. 4to, First edition of Canto 1-2, engraved facsimile of a Romaic letter bound in, with the advertisement leaf at end, bookplate of Earl Fizwilliam, contemporary tree calf, upper joint split, lightly rubbedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
Hervé, Francis A Residence in Greece and Turkey London: Whittaker & Co., 1837. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 additional lithographed titles and 12 lithographed plates, original pink cloth gilt, neat bookplates and ownership signatures, a little foxing and occasional staining from pressed petals, covers faded, one spine torn (2)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
Hughes, Thomas Smart Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania London: J. Mawman, 1820. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, 2 maps, double-page plan, 12 plates, publisher's boards with green cloth spines and original labels, some slight browning and dampstaining in places, bookplates (2)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
![Hutton, William A Voyage to Africa, including a Narrative of an Embassy to one of the Interior London: Longman [&c.], 182](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/02298196-2828-412d-8b94-ae1900c30dfa/62889d2b-f384-4621-b3dd-ae1b00feaad0/468x382.jpg)
Hutton, William A Voyage to Africa, including a Narrative of an Embassy to one of the Interior London: Longman [&c.], 1821. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy from the author to James ?Horley (inscription in recipient's hand), 2 folding maps, hand-coloured frontispiece and 3 hand-coloured plates, modern half calf, spine gilt, black morocco lettering piece, title page slightly dampstained, the maps somewhat spottedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
Linton, William The Scenery of Greece and its Islands London: the artist, 1856. First edition, 4to, presentation copy from the author to Douglas Jerrold Esq., engraved map and 50 plates, original green embossed cloth, rebacked retaining original spine, some spottingFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
Madden, Richard Robert Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia and Palestine in 1824, 1825, 1826 and 1827 First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece in volume 1, half title in volume 1, original boards, slightly spotted, uncut, rubbedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
Martin du Tyrac, Marie Louise, le Vicomte de Marcellus Souvenirs de l'Orient Paris: Debécourt, 1839, First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 engraved plates, 1 folding map, half-titles, contemporary green quarter calf and marbled boards, 3 errata leaves at end of volume 1, blue library stamp of the Bibliotheque d'Eugene De Frobervile, some spotting, one board detachedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
Mengous, Petros Narrative of a Greek Soldier, containing Anecdotes and Occurrences illustrating the Character and Manners of the Greeks and Turks in Asia Minor, and detailing events of the late war in Greece. New York: Elliott and Palmer, 1830. First edition, 12mo, original cloth-backed boards, slightly spotted, lacks spine, upper board detachedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
Morier, James A Journey through Persia, Armenia and Asia Minor to Constantinople, in the years 1808 London: Longman, Hurst, Rees [&c.], 1812. First edition, 4to, 3 engraved maps (2 folding) and 26 engraved plates, contemporary calf, rather spotted and browned, worn, upper cover detachedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
Mure, William Journal of a Tour in Greece and the Ionian Islands Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1842. First edition, 2 volumes in one, 8vo, 15 plates and maps, contemporary half calf, some spotting, boards detached, spine detached and partly lacking (but lettering piece present)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair
![Neale, Adam Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia and Turkey London: Longman [&c.], 1818. First edition](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/02298196-2828-412d-8b94-ae1900c30dfa/f30fdc97-3e14-44e9-a5bf-ae1b00fedd02/468x382.jpg)
COLONEL WELSH, James, Military Reminiscences; extracted from a Journal of Nearly Forty Year's Active Service in the East Indies, London, 2 vols. bound as one, Vol. I 1830 2nd edition, Vol. 2 1830 3rd edition, b&w aquatint plates, plans, and woodcut illustrations some folding, 1/2 green calf, 8vo, pp 354 + 347 together with FORBES, James Oriental Memoirs Vol II only, London, 1813, 5 plates with contemporary hand colouring and 18 b&w engravings, 4to, 1/2 calf marbled boards, pp. 542., and ORME, Robert, A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, Vol. II only, London, 1778, J. Nourse, 14 plates, of which 7 engraved folding maps and plans and 2 fold out engravings, ornithological interest, 4to, full calf, pp. 739., (3)Condition: First Contents with light foxing mostly to plates occasional light offsetting. Spine faded Corners scuffed and bumped. Second both boards detached. 1 plate defaced with watercolour, some offsetting, occasional light foxing and spotting. Third occasional spotting and foxing, s, front and rears boards detached
MAJOR SYMES., Michel., Relation de L'Ambassade Anglaise Envoyee En 1795 Dans Le Royaume D'Ava, Ou L'Empire Des Birmans Par le Major Michel Symes, ..., traduits De l'anglais avec des Notes, par J. Castera. Atlas volume only, Paris, chez F. Buisson, 1800, first French edition, library stamp to titles page, full page engraved map of the Burmese empire, folding engraved map of the Irrawaddy River by Thomas Wood, 28 engraved plates of monuments, people, botany and Burmese culture to include the taming of wild elephants, the Temple de Schoe-Madou a Pegu and the ceromonial yacht of the Burmese Emperor, gilt dec. calf backed original dec. boards, folioCondition: Calf spin is cracking on both hinges at top of spine. Calf on spine is torn lower down and lifting. Contents clean with some marginal soiling and slight spotting otherwise contents clean
TURNER., Samuel, Ambassade au Thibet et au Boutan., ... traduit de L'Anglais avcec des notes, par J. Castera Paris, F. Buisson, 1800, first French edition, plate volume only, fifteen engraved plates, including one folding engraved map, and two fold out, 4to, period calf back boards,Condition: Engraved map has become unstuck from paper margin, Calf spine is worn and tired with losses top and bottom, boards rubbed and worn on edges. Contents with some occasional moisture staining to margins and light faint spotting
KAEMPER, Englebert., De Beschryving van Japan, behelsende een verhaal van den ouden en tegenwoordigen Staat en Regeering van dat RykAmsterdam, 1729, first Dutch edition, half title, b&w engraved frontis, printed title in black and red, 48 plates, many folding including full map of Japan,folio, marbled wrappers, pp. 500,Condition: Marbled End papers rubbed and worn. Binding loose. Vellum backing strips cracking and fatiguing. Some marginal spotting to frontis and endpapers with spotting. Some plates with marginal spotting. Small marginal worm hole in margin pages 395-500
FREZIER., Amedee Francoise., A Voyage to the South-Sea and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712,1713, and 1714. Particularly describing The Genius and Constitutions of the Inhabitants, as well as Spaniards; their Natural history, Mines, Commodities, Traffick with Europe, & c. with a postscript by Dr Edmund HalleyLondon, 1717, first English edition for Bowyer, title printed in red and black, 36 of 37 b&w copper engravings of which 18 fold out, 4to., contemporary full tooled speckled calf, ex-library, pp.335.Condition: Plate XXX absent. Library stamps to title page. front and rear boards detached. Boards edges worn, corners worn. Contents with occasional light spotting
Antiquarian children's books:The Little Female Orators; or Nine Evenings Entertainment. printed for T Carnan, 65 St Pauls Churchyard, 1773, 2nd edition, twelve woodcut illustration, original patterned boards, small 32mo., pp. 106. together with a pamphlet, A VISIT To Those Respectable Ladies and Gentlemen, Living in ALPHABET-HALL; wherein the strictest Attention to Politeness and Good-breeding is constantly paid. Also, a Short Conversation between Nine or Ten Comical Figures: to which are added Virtuous Maxims of a good Child, & C., Taunton, printed by J. Poole, 1809, illustrated with 15 woodcuts some with colouring, original printed blue wrappers, large 64 mo., pp. 31 and The Ladder to Learning. A Select Collection of FABLES consisting of Words of ONE, TWO, AND THREE SYLLABLES; WITH ORIGINAL MORALS. ornamented with a great Variety of Engravings on WOOD. London printed for J. Harris, 1810 new edition, half blue morroco with blue card boards, 32 mo., pp 223, pen inscription 'Edward Cardew bought with his own money saved, 1811' and other owners inscriptions (3)Condition: First board worn and scuffed at edge lightly soiled, Spine distressed and cracking. Binding a little loose. Second wrappers soiled and rubbed. Later paper spine added. corners bumped and turned over. Pen dedication dated 1822. Colouring and minor pen annotations. contents slight soiled. Spine chipped and cracking. Boards heavily rubbed and distressed
AFTER MARGARET CLARKSON; two pencil signed limited edition storyboard montage pictures, the first depicting bath time, with five coloured panels, all numbered 174/500, with pencil signature, the start of the storyboard with 'Two Minutes', 'Come Here', 'Careful Now', 'Hold Still' and 'Night Night', each storyboard panel 14.5 x 9cm, framed and glazed, frame size 30.5 x 71cm, the second picture a colour central panel flanked by two other panels, the storyboard depicting a chimney sweep, numbered 353/500, signed in pencil lower right, titled 'A Clean Sweep', frame size 43 x 63cm (2).
DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR; 'A Raw Youth', first Constance Garnett translation, London: William Heinemann, 1916, first edition, 560 pages, with the list of Garnett translations of Dostoevsky noting that the next volume, 'The Eternal Husband' is shortly to be published.The first edition of the seventh volume of Dostoevsky's works to be translated by Constance Garnett. CONDITION REPORT The book is reasonably firmly bound in the publisher's red cloth lettered and decorated in black, the boards are faded and marked, the corners are bumped and rubbed and there is some loss to the cloth at the spine ends. The text block is slightly toned, foxed and marked with some folded and dog-eared page corners and slight cracking at points.
NELSON MANDELA; 'Long Walk to Freedom', the autobiography bearing inscription and signature, 'To Peter compliments and best wishes 29.1.96'.We have not authenticated these signatures, please satisfy yourself as to the veracity of the item prior to bidding. CONDITION REPORT 1994 first edition with number sequence 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,pages very clean cover with only light bumps to the top and bottom edges and bumped corners
Julian Barnes, 'Flaubert's Parrot', first edition (London: Jonathan Cape, 1984), with original dust jacket. Note this is a library book, see condition report. Condition Report: Some clear wear to book, including library mark to the reverse of title page (as well as a library stamp along the edges of the pages), with some damage to binding. Some wear to dust jacket and general foxing throughout.
Collection of first edition Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling, to include: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' (two copies, with one missing its dust jacket), 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' (no dust jacket), 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' (no dust jacket), 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' (with dust jacket), 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' (two copies, both with dust jacket), with reprint edition of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'. (8)Condition Report: Varying degrees of wear to all books, with some damage to spines and binding on many copies, especially to the edges. Also please note that some copies lack original dust jackets, as stated in the main cataloguing.
Small box of books to include: first edition of 'A Book of Toys' written and illustrated by Gwyn White, published by the King Penguin books in 1946, 'The Holywell Family', Margaret Kornitzer, illustrated by Shirley Hughes and published by The Bodley Head, 'The Ant and the Grasshopper, a Georgian folk tale' published by the Soviet Children's Library and translated from Russian by Fainna Solasko, 'Ring out Bow bells' written and illustrated by Cynthia Harnet published by Methuen & Co Ltd London, first edition 1953, 'The Hunkendunkens', Richard R Livingstone, illustrated by Harriet Pincus, first edition published by Collins in 1969, 'The Little Cat Lost', Compton Mckenzie with illustrations by James Boswell published by Barry in 1965 first edition, 'Merry Adventures of Robin Hood', Howard Pyle, 'Up with the Joneses', Penelope Balogh illustrated by Shirley Hughes published by Victor Golanz Ltd 1965 first edition?, 'The Enchanted Night', Harold Jones, published by Faber & Faber 1947, first edition, 'Three Brothers & a Lady', Margaret Black illustrated by Edward R Ardizzone, 'The Acorn Press' first edition, 'The Children's Norse tales' adapted F.H Lee etc.(B.P. 21% + VAT)
Three boxes of assorted books on poetry, art etc. to include: R.S Thomas collected poems 1945-1990, Herbert Reed selected poetry, Welsh Artists talking to Tony Curtis, 'Ceri Richards' by Mel Gooding, 'Kyffin in Venice' David Meredith talks to Sir Kyffin Williams, Poetical works of Robert Browning with portraits published 1907, 'Life of Lord Byron' with his letters and journals by Thomas More, published in 1851, 'The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott' published 1871, '40 years and an epilogue' the autobiography of Stephen Hobhouse 1951, C. Day Lewis translation of the Georgics of Virgil, 'The Still Centre' by Stephen Spender, Faber & Faber first edition, 'The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels' by Thomas Ingoldsby published by J.M Dent & Sons 1922, 'The Canterbury Poets' by Edmund Spencer 1887 etc. Appear to be a number of first editions. (3)(B.P. 21% + VAT)
KEVIN FRANCIS, ROYAL DUX, Worcester, and other figurines group to include Susie Cooper by Kevin Francis Ceramics Limited Edition No 621/1000, boxed, Royal Dux kneeling model of a naked woman with cat, Royal Worcester First Touch 126/7500, Royal Doulton HN2750 Wedding Vows and a composition frosted glass effect figurine of a lady in ball gown
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