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Lot 266
A collection of seventy five hardback first edition novels, consisting of high fantasy and military, from the authors : Tom Arden (1), David Baldacci (1), Eric Berger (1), Steve Berry (8), Terry Brooks (3), Dale Brown (14), Chris Bunch (2), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1), Phillip Carter (1), Paul Christopher (1), Tom Clancy (7), Allan Cole (3), John Connolly (1), Stephen Coonts (13), Bernard Cornwell (2), Robert Crais (1), Charles Cummings (1), Clive Cussler (3), David and Leigh Eddings (1), Kate Elliott (10)
Lot 267
A collection of seventy five hardback first edition novels, consisting of high fantasy and military, from the authors : Robert Fabri (2), Raymond E. Feist (10), Colin Forbes (1), Alan Dean Foster (1), David Gemmell (13), David Gibbins (1), Mark Gimenez (1), Joe Haldeman (1), M.A.S Abdel Haleem (1), Harry Harrison (1), Elizabeth Haydon (7), Jack Higgins (2), Robert Hoffman (3), Robert Holdstock (2), Robert E. Howard (1), Kate Jacoby (5), Geoffrey Jenkins (3), J.V. Jones (4), Robert Jordan (15), Ben Kane (1)
Lot 268
A collection of one hundred and seven hardback first edition novels, consisting of high fantasy and military, from the authors : Guy Gavriel Kay (1), Patrica Kennealy (1), Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (3), Katherine Kerr (3), Katherine Kurtz & Deborah Harris (5), Chris Kuzneski (2), Lackey (2), Sterling Lainer (2), Valery Leith (2), Holly Lisle ( 1), Pittacus Lore (2), Robert Low ( 1), Ludlum (6), Brian Lumley (1), Allan Mallinson (1), Scott Mariani (1), George R.R. Martin (4), Andy McDermott (5), Michael Moorcock and Storm Constantine (1), Christopher Paolini (1), Stel Pavlou (1) Lynn Pickett and Clive Prince (1), Ricardo Pinto (1), Jean Rabe (1), Mario Reading (1), Matthew Riley (6), james Rollins (2), Karen Rose (1), Brian Ruckley (3), R.A. Salvatore (1), Harry Sidebottom (6), Karin Slaughter (2), Wilber Smith (2), Roger Taylor (10), Craig Thomas (2), Simon Toyne (3), Harry Turtledove (1), Eric Van Lustbader (9), Vernor Vinge (1), Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman (2), Don Winslow ( 1), Janny Wurts (2), David Zindell (4)
Lot 378
James Bond 007 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Ian Fleming - original First Edition, Second Impression 1963 by Glidrose Productions Ltd, Pub. Jonathan Cape. Hardcover, with dust jacket. The title page features a stamp ' With The Author's Compliments ' and a handwritten addendum ' In Memory Of The Heady Days In Room 39 ', in an unknown hand. History unknown, and sold strictly 'as is'. Unusual piece of Bond memorabilia.
Lot 1
NO RESERVE Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 4 maps, of which 3 folding, 1 with tear and neat tape repair, folding table at end vol. 2, occasional spotting, one or two short marginal tears with tape repairs, vol. 2 mostly unopened, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Hosken p.189], 1890; and a second edition of Du Chaillu's 'Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa', 8vo (3).
Lot 12
Levantine monumental inscriptions.- Chishull (Edmund) Antiquitates Asiaticae..., first edition, engraved title-vignette, 2 plates (1 folding) and illustrations, with the 4-leaf appendix but without the 12pp. 2nd part which only appears in a few copies, some light water-staining, modern morocco-backed cloth, uncut, [Blackmer 340; not in Atabey], folio, William Bowyer, 1728.⁂ "This work contains the inscriptions collected by Chishull while he was chaplain to the Levant Company at Smyrna from 1698 to 1702 and also those communicated to him by Samuel Lisle, chaplain at Smyrna from 1710 to 1719, and by Tournefort, who was in Smyrna in 1701." (Blackmer).
Lot 121
Demosthenes. The three Orations, first edition in English, translated by Thomas Wylson, largely printed in black letter, title within typographic border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, woodcut view of Athens to A3, lacking 4 preliminary leaves, B3, D1, G4 and final blank Y4, title a little soiled and frayed, [Pforzheimer 284; STC 6578], small 4to, by Henrie Denham, 1570.
Lot 124
Heywood (Thomas) Gynaikeion: or, Nine Bookes of Various History Concerninge Women, first edition, engraved title trimmed and laid down, lacking initial and final blank leaves and text leaf Nn4, this latter transcribed in manuscript in a neat hand onto two inserted leaves, outer edge of Q1 defective affecting ruled border but not text, a few other tears and minor burn-holes slightly affecting text, some soiling and water-staining, a few ink annotations and scribbles, later half calf over marbled boards, worn, [STC 13326], folio, Printed by Adam Islip, 1624.⁂ A rather tired copy of an important work by this contemporary of Shakespeare. Includes a section on witches (whence the leaf is missing)Provenance: Joshua Churchman (longitudinal ink inscription on A3 "Bought at London December 1692 Cost 6 shillings"); William Stonehouse (ink inscription on final leaf).
Lot 128
NO RESERVE Shadwell (Thomas) The Squire of Alsatia. A Comedy..., first edition, a little water-stained particularly towards end, some spotting, later half blue calf, rubbed and stained, [Wing S2874], 4to, for James Knapton, 1688. ⁂ One of Shadwell's most successful dramas, running at Drury Lane for an uninterrupted thirteen days and recording the fullest house to that date.
Lot 129
NO RESERVE Dryden (John) King Arthur: or, the British Worthy. A Dramatick Opera. Perform'd at the Queens Theatre by Their Majesties Servants, first edition, half-title, lacking A1 first ff. of dedication, light staining to head, chip to head of last few gatherings, just affecting a few headlines, light foxing or browning, disbound, [Wing D2299], sm. 4to, for Jacob Tonson, 1691.⁂ First edition of this opera, set to music by Purcell. This issue with the unsigned leaf inserted after A4 containing the 'Prologue to the Opera, spoken by Mr. Betterton', and H2 a cancel with 'The Epilogue, Spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle' verso; these are omitted in earlier copies.
![[Davenant (Charles)] Essays upon I. The Ballance of Power. II. The Right of making War, Peace, and Alliances. III. Universal](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6a8bdb47-1444-4c18-88a3-ae1c00bae725/5f96b45e-3b9e-4dc1-bfae-ae1c00bc769b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 130
[Davenant (Charles)] Essays upon I. The Ballance of Power. II. The Right of making War, Peace, and Alliances. III. Universal Monarchy, first edition, half-title (A1) with small loss to bottom corner, contemporary ink note to head B1, one fingerpost, I1 with small paper defect affecting page number, 3pp. advertisements at end, contemporary panelled calf, some expert restoration to joints and head of spine, slight bumping to corners, 8vo, for James Knapton, 1701.⁂ The text is correct and continuous despite the pagination.
![NO RESERVE Cookery.- [King (William)] The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, first edition, half-title,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6a8bdb47-1444-4c18-88a3-ae1c00bae725/6aa5bd16-7d4f-4e47-8831-ae1c00bca56f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 131
NO RESERVE Cookery.- [King (William)] The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, first edition, half-title, tiny rust-hole affecting odd letter (K5-6), light browning, previous owners ink signature, contemporary calf, rebacked, old stain to upper cover, neat repairs to corners, for Bernard Lintott, [1708] § The Breakfast Book, original embossed cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1865; and a tenth edition of Farley's 'The London Art of Cookery', 8vo (3).
Lot 133
Cookery.- Soyer (Alexis) Soyer's Culinary Campaign, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece with short tear, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, occasional foxing, hinges weak, contemporary half calf, rubbed, London & New York, 1857 § Howlant (Mrs. E. A.) The New England Economical Housekeeper, and Family Receipt Book, wood-engraved frontispiece, some foxing and browning, contemporary roan-backed printed boards, rubbed and soiled, spine worn and with crude tape labels, New London & Worcester, 1847; and 26 others, gastronomy, some defective, including several in the Mrs De Salis "A La Mode" series, 8vo (28)
Lot 135
Cotton (Charles) The Genuine works of Charles Cotton, Esq, first collected edition, 10 engraved plates, including 1 folding of Chatsworth, mostly marginal water-staining, some other staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, small piece of leather out of upper cover, foot of spine and corners worn, rubbed, Printed for R. Bonwicke [& others], 1715 § Fielding (Theodore H.) Synopsis of practical perspective: lineal and aerial, second edition, presentation copy from the author, half-title, 17 folding or double-page engraved plates, 1 of which hand-coloured, errata slip, some spotting, original cloth, original printed label to spine, fading, for the Author, by W.H. Allen & Co., 1836; and 3 others, 18th & 19th century English, 8vo (5)
![Provincial poetry.- Scottish dialect.- [Douglas (Francis)] Rural love, a tale. In the Scotish dialect. To which is added a gl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6a8bdb47-1444-4c18-88a3-ae1c00bae725/ad295704-2194-4636-9b3b-ae1c00bc2010/468x382.jpg)
Lot 141
Provincial poetry.- Scottish dialect.- [Douglas (Francis)] Rural love, a tale. In the Scotish dialect. To which is added a glossary, or alphabetical explanation of the Scotish words and phrases, first edition, some light soiling, spotting, lightly browned, 19th / early 20th century red calf, spine gilt, little worn, faded, Aberdeen, Printed by Francis Douglas, 1759; and 2 others, 18th century Poetry & Classics, 1 in an attractive red morocco binding, v.s. (3)
Lot 142
NO RESERVE Law.- Blackstone (Sir William) Law Tracts, 2 vol., first edition, 8 engraved plates, 1 (of 2) engraved tables (lacking the folding table, provided in facsimile), offsetting, spotting, contemporary calf, spines gilt and with later labels, spine ends and corners worn, joints split, but holding, rubbed and marked, 8vo, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1762. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Includes Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest. These tracts had appeared separately, but they are brought together here for the first time and benefit from Blackstone's additions and corrections.
Lot 143
NO RESERVE Shenstone (William) The Works in Verse and Prose..., 2 vol., engraved portrait, frontispiece, title-vignettes, head- & tail-pieces and folding plan of the Leasowes garden, some light spotting or browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, joints split, for R. & J.Dodsley, 1764 § Foote (Samuel) The Minor, a Comedy, second edition, engraved frontispiece, stitched in original wrappers, contemporary ink manuscript list of names to upper wrapper, rubbed and soiled, by J.Coote, 1760 § Irving (David) The Lives of the Scotish Poets, 2 vol.., errata leaf in each vol., contemporary book-label of Robert Davidson, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, upper joint of vol.1 split, Edinburgh, 1804; and another, Shenstone, 8vo & 12mo (6)⁂ The first includes Dodsley's 'Description of the Leasowes, the Seat of the late William Shenstone, Esq.', an important early natural landscape garden. A third volume of Shenstone's letters was published in 1769.
Lot 148
Edmondson (Joseph) A Complete Body of Heraldry, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 23 engraved plates, 1 engraved table, list of subscribers, scattered spotting, occasional tiny marginal worming, occasional marginal dampstaining (vol. 2), contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1780 § Dalloway (James) Inquiries into the Origin and Progress of the Science of Heraldry in England ..., aquatint vignette title, 27 engraved plates, 8 hand-coloured, folding table, illustrations, one or two faint pencil notes, H2 with small marginal paper defect, T1 with small hole affecting odd letter, scattered spotting, old ownership signature pasted to front pastedown, later half-morocco, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Gloucester, 1793; folio & 4to (3)
Lot 150
NO RESERVE Ramsay (David) The History of the American Revolution, 2 vol., first English edition, errata leaf at end of each vol., foxed and browned, trimmed close with some loss to pagination or side-notes, some caustic contemporary ink annotations, ex-library copy with accession numbers to titles, library cloth, 1791; and 7 others, miscellaneous, most ex-library, 8vo (9)
Lot 171
Bindings.- Edgeworth (Maria) Harrington, a Tale; and Ormond, a Tale, 3 vol., first edition, lacking advertisement at end vol. 3, spotting, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1817 § Sterne (Laurence) Letters of the Late ... To his most intimate Friends, 3 vol., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, 1775; and 12 others similar, 8vo (18)
Lot 173
Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Sardanapalus, a tragedy. The Two Foscari, a tragedy. Cain, a mystery., first edition, half-title, spotting, unopened, original drab boards, paper spine label, upper joint beginning to split but holding firm, a little rubbed, 1821; The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, plates, one or two with faint marginal staining, bookplate, contemporary red morocco, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, n.d.; 8vo (2)
Lot 176
NO RESERVE Fosbroke (Rev. Thomas Dudley) Encyclopædia of Antiquities and Elements of Archaeology, Classical and Mediæval, 2 vol., engraved frontispieces, additional engraved title to vol. 1 only, vignette titles, 30 engraved plates, illustrations, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1825 § Danet (Guillaume) A Complete Dictionary of the Greek and Roman Antiquities, first English edition, 3 folding engraved maps, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, for John Nicholson, 1700; 4to (3)
![Russia.- Whitworth (Charles, Lord) An Account of Russia as it was In the Year 1710, first edition, [one of 700 copies], engra](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6a8bdb47-1444-4c18-88a3-ae1c00bae725/b23512c7-8998-45dd-af69-ae1c00bc99a0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 18
Russia.- Whitworth (Charles, Lord) An Account of Russia as it was In the Year 1710, first edition, [one of 700 copies], engraved title vignette, errata leaf at end, previous owner's ink signature, leather and gilt bookplate, original drab paper wrappers, sympathetically rebacked in blue paper, a little rubbed, housed in modern morocco-backed slipcase, [Hazen 5], 8vo, [Twickenham], Printed at Strawberry Hill, 1758.⁂ The 23pp. 'Advertisement' at beginning is by Horace Walpole.
Lot 180
Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, etched frontispiece, title vignette, in later state, reading 'Weller', and 41 plates by R. Seymour, R. W. Buss and H. K. Browne ("Phiz"), ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, the odd small tear, most marginal, scattered spotting, some foxing and damp-staining to plates, contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed, extremities bumped, 8vo, 1837.
Lot 182
NO RESERVE Thackeray (William Makepeace) The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, advertisement leaf and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.3, hinges weak, especially vol.3 broken, original green cloth, paper spine labels rubbed and browned, covers a little mottled, preserved in cloth drop-back box, [Sadleir 3187; Wolff 6692], 8vo, 1852.⁂ Catalogue at end dated October 1852; author's name on half-titles and spine labels only; white endpapers; comma after 'Company' on title of vol.3; vol.2 title 'o' in Cornhill has dropped below the line, all denoting third issue.
Lot 185
Trollope (Anthony) Framley Parsonage, first edition in book form, 3 vol., 3 wood engraved-frontispieces and 3 engraved plates by Dalziel after J. E. Millais, 16pp. of publisher's advertisements dated April 1861 at end of vol.3, some spotting and soiling, vol. 2 cracking at gutter p.208, vol. 1 hinges beginning to crack, original blind-stamped purple cloth, spines and extremities sunned, joints and spines worn, vol. 3 with large chip, corners a little scuffed, slight shelf-lean, [Sadleir 11], 8vo, Smith, Elder & Co., 1861.
Lot 187
Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol. in 4, first edition in book form, 2 wood-engraved frontispieces and 38 plates by Marcus Stone, library stamps (including to title), manuscript ink numbering to titles and pastedowns, bookplates to front pastedowns, occasional spotting and finger soiling (including to plates), nineteenth century half calf, chips and tears to spine ends, spine, joints and corners worn, 8vo, 1865.
Lot 188
NO RESERVE Crimean War.- Cornwallis (Major Fiennes) Letters written from the Crimea, first edition, collected and edited by Mrs. Wykeham Martin, of Leeds Castle, errata leaf at end, original cloth, covers slightly marked, 8vo, Privately Printed, 1868.⁂ Rare 'memorial' volume to a survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade who ironically died in 1867 as a result of a fall from his horse while hunting. Pages 20-25 comprise his letter to his mother, written 2 days after the fateful episode recorded by Tennyson (printed on a leaf at the end): "Dear Mama, I write you a line to allay any fears you may have about me, as you will see by the Times that the Light Cavalry Brigade were let into a sort of Chillianwallah trap and cut to pieces."
Lot 191
Henty (G. A.) Under Drake's Flag, first edition, 12 plates, woodcut head-pieces and initials, spotting and foxing, original pictorial cloth upper cover laid down to front pastedown, later half morocco, spine lightly sunned, 1883 § Macaulay (T. B.) Critical and Historical Essays, 2 vol., light foxing to titles and endpapers, contemporary tree-calf, covers gilt with arms, spines gilt with morocco labels, 1890 § Tennyson (Alfred Lord) The Works, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half vellum, spine gilt with morocco label, small tear upper joint foot, some very light toning, 1901; and another, 8vo (5)
Lot 193
NO RESERVE Haggard (H. Rider) King Solomon's Mines, fourth printing, folding map with repaired tear, half-title, 16pp. undated advertisements at end, modern red crushed morocco, gilt, by Bayntun, 1885; Allan Quatermain, first edition, half-title, plates and illustrations, modern brown half morocco, 1887, 8vo (2)
Lot 2
NO RESERVE America.- Hunter (John Dunn) Memoirs of a Captivity among the Indians of North America, first English edition, portrait frontispiece, occasional spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, 1823 § Betts (C. Wyllys) American Colonial History illustrated by Contemporary Medals, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, front free endpaper trimmed at head, ex-library with usual stamps and labels, original cloth, gilt, New York, 1894; 8vo (2)
Lot 21
Switzerland.- Coxe (William) Sketches of the natural, civil, and political state of Swisserland, first edition, postscript f., N7 marginal tear, just touching part of 1 letter of catchword verso, some foxing, lightly browned, engraved armorial bookplate of the Hon. Lionel Damer, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, preserving original darkened gilt backstrip with a new red leather label, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for J. Dodsley, 1779.⁂ The author's first book. Includes an attempt to climb Mont Blanc.
Lot 211
Austen (Jane) Love & Friendship and other Early Works, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, pictorial endpapers, original cloth-backed decorative boards, gilt, dust-jacket soiled and chipped, 8vo, 1922.⁂ The first trade edition in quite scarce dust-jacket of several early works including the satirical novel Love & Friendship, written when she was just 14.
Lot 214
NO RESERVE Economics.- Schumpeter (Joseph A.) Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, first English edition, hinges broken, ex-library copy with bookplate and library card holder on rear pastedown, original cloth, rubbed, spine ends and lower joint worn, 8vo, 1943.⁂ A rather tired copy of this highly important work on social theory, named by the TLS as one of the 100 most influential books post WW2.
Lot 22
Voyages.- Fanning (Edmund) Voyages Round the World; with selected sketches of Voyages to the South Seas, North and South Pacific Oceans, China, etc., first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 4 plates, 2 folding, free endpapers lacking corners, spotting and staining, original cloth-backed boards, rebacked retaining original backstrip, modern printed spine label, faint staining to boards, [Sabin 23780], 8vo, New York, 1833.⁂ Includes an account of the first American exploration to the southern hemisphere, in 1829-30. This was sponsored by the U.S. government and was under the command of Benjamin Pendleton.
Lot 221
NO RESERVE Bindings.- Lane (Edward William, translator) The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, 3 vol., vol. 1 second edition, vols. 2-3 first editions, additional engraved titles and illustrations by Edward William Lane, faint spotting to endpapers, contemporary red morocco, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, 8vo, 1840-41.
Lot 229
NO RESERVE Koudelka (Josef).- Photography.- Beranová (Libuse) Diskutujeme o morálce dneska, first edition, 13 photographic plates by Koudelka, 3 double-page, original white blind-stamped cloth, a little stained and discoloured, some heavier marking to spine, Prague, Nakladatelstvi Politické Literatury, oblong 4to, 1965.⁂ First and only edition of this first work, a scarce photobook by the renowned Czech-French photographer Josef Koudelka (born 1938).
Lot 232
NO RESERVE Upton (Florence K.) The Golliwogg's Desert-Island, first edition, colour illustrations, previous owner's pencil signature to title, small Hamley's label to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1906;The Golliwogg's Polar Adventures, colour illustrations, occasional faint finger soiling, previous owner's ink signature to title, light staining to title, original cloth-backed pictorial wrappers, small tears to upper cover, light staining, 1903, oblong 4to.
Lot 239
Van Rossem (Ru) The Song of Songs, number 8 of 100, signed by artist on dedication, 6 engraved plates by Ru Van Rossem, tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, original morocco-backed boards, gilt, a little rubbed, The Collectors Book Club, 1950 § Hewitt (Graily) The Pen and Type-Design, one of 250 copies, illustrations, original red morocco, gilt, slight rubbing to upper cover, The First Edition Club, 1928 § The Autobiography of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, one of 300 copies, illustrations, original buckram, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, Newtown, The Gregynog Press, 1928; folio & small 4to (3)
Lot 240
NO RESERVE Architecture.- Bolton (Arthur T.) The Architecture of Robert & James Adam, 2 vol., frontispieces, 1 colour, copious illustrations, many full-page, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1922 § Turner (Laurence) Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain, presentation copy from the author with his inscription, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, bookplate of the Art Workers' Guild, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1927; and 9 others on architecture (12)
Lot 241
NO RESERVE Audsley (George A.) and James L. Bowes. Keramic Art of Japan, first edition, half-title, 32 plates, of which 16 in colours and gold, illustrations, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, half-title reattached with tape, the odd marginal tear, some light toning and spotting, original pictorial red morocco, covers detached, rubbed and worn, 1881 § Benson (Stella) Christmas Formula and Other Stories, first edition, one of 550 copies signed by the author, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece by Clare Leighton, bookplate to pastedown, some creasing to corners, endpapers very lightly spotted, 1932; and another on African art, v.s. (3)
Lot 242
Blondel (Jacques-François) De la distribution des maisons de plaisance et de la decoration des edifices en general, 2 vol., first edition, second issue (with Rue Dauphine in imprint and without errata), text within two-line border, titles in red and black and with engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece after Cochin, dedication and 155 plates and plans, some double-page or folding, engraved head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, some after Cochin, approbation f., without half-titles, vol.1 plates 17 and 39 with small hole or split at fold, with small loss to image in case of latter, vol.2 p.119 small hole within text, with loss of a few letters, but no loss of sense, spotting, occasional staining, lightly browned (little heavier occasionally), contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines in compartments and with later morocco labels, some gilt restored, joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, [Fowler 49; Berlin Kat. 2400; Millard 25], 4to, Paris, Rue Dauphine, Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1737-1738.⁂ The first book by Blondel, who greatly influenced architecture in France, and indeed Europe in general. This work concerns the country house, its decoration and gardens.
Lot 249
NO RESERVE Silver and Jewellery.- Pickford (Ian, editor) Jackson's Silver & Gold Marks of England, Scotland & Ireland, third edition, dust-jacket, torn at head of spine, 1989 § Hernmarck (Carl) The Art of the European Silversmith 1430-1830, 2 vol., first edition, dust-jackets, 1977 § Snowman (A. Kenneth) The Art of Carl Fabergé, reprint, 1974, illustrations, original cloth; and c.25 others, similar, v.s. (c.30)
Lot 25
World.- Macdonald (Rev. Duff) Africana; Or the Heart of Heathen Africa, 2 vol., first edition, plates (with tissue guards) and illustrations, ink ownership inscription to titles, vol. 2 ink stamp to front endpaper, some spotting, original cloth, spines toned, light wear to spine ends, joints and extremities, 1822 § Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., vol 1. with portrait frontispiece and folding coloured map (loose in pocket on lower pastedown, toned at fold on verso), illustrations and plates (some folding), endpapers browned, original cloth, spines sunned, ends a little worn, vol 2. tear along upper joint at spine head, 1923 § Agassiz (Prof. and Mrs) A Journey in Brazil, plates and illustrations, near contemporary ink notes to front endpaper, light marginal browning, original pictorial cloth, slight damp-stain upper cover, upper joint torn but holding firm, spine ends bumped, 1868; and 48 others travel, mainly Africa, Americas and Europe, v.s. (51)
Lot 26
World.- Wilkinson (William Henry) "Where the Chinese Drive". English Student-Life at Peking, first edition, 3 woodcut Chinese text blocks tipped-in, original cloth, small amount of light soiling, extremities lightly bumped, 1885 § Lovett (Richard) The History of the London Missionary Society 1795-1895, 2 vol., one of 250 copies signed by the author, plates and maps (some colour and folding), spotting to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, spines toned, bumped at ends, a little scuffed, t.e.g., uncut, 1899 § Seebohm (Henry) Siberia in Asia, folding colour map, illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, half-title loose, occasional spotting, upper hinge broken, original pictorial cloth, spine lightly toned, joints, spine ends and extremities a little rubbed, 1882; and 51 others travel, mainly Asia, India and the Pacific, v.s. (55)
Lot 30
London.- Brayley (Edward Wedlake) Londiniana; or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis, 4 vol., first edition, engraved folding frontispieces, 99 plates and maps, some folding, occasional faint off-setting, one or two pencil notes, front free endpaper becoming loose (vol. 1), final free endpaper detached but present (vol. 2), near contemporary half-morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1829.
Lot 34
NO RESERVE Scotland.- Reid (Alan) The Regality of Kirriemuir, first edition, one of 650 copies, half-title, photographic frontispiece and 15 plates, folding map, illustrations, some splitting at gutter, endpapers browned with ink ownership inscription, spine ends and corners a little rubbed, t.e.g., 1909 § Hay (George) History of Arbroath, to the Present Time, first edition, frontispiece, 8 plates, frontispiece tissue-guard torn, ink inscription to title, rebacked with original spine laid-down, lightly rubbed, Arbroath, 1876, very occasional light spotting and finger-soiling, original cloth; and a study of eminent Arbroathians, 4to & 8vo (3)
Lot 35
NO RESERVE Surrey.- Salmon (Nathaniel) Antiquities of Surrey, first edition, extra-illustrated by the insertion of a folding engraved map by J. Gibson, folding frontispiece of Hampton Court, 3 plates of miniature portraits by Vertue, portrait of John Evelyn (dedicatee) and 11 other portraits, 26 engraved 18th and early 19th century plates, some folding, one by Hollar (mostly views of Surrey towns, villages and churches), later calf, gilt, spine faded, for the Author, 1736; and 7 others, miscellaneous, 8vo (8)
Lot 36
Big Game.- Thornhill (R.B.) The Shooting Directory, first edition, first issue, with pp.214-220 counted as one and pp.225-226 omitted, half-title, aquatint portrait and 6 aquatint plates, 2 engraved plates of which 1 folding, 3 folding tables, advertisement at end, A1 with short tear and neat repair, one or two marginal pencil notes, previous owner's ink signature to half-title, scattered spotting, bookplate, later half-calf, a little rubbed, [Schwerdt II p.258], 1804 § Maxwell (Marius) Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, frontispiece, plates, several folding, map, spotting, bookplate, contemporary half-morocco 1925; and 2 others similar, v.s. (4).
Lot 37
NO RESERVE Botany.- Robinson (William, editor) Flora and Sylva. A Monthly Review for Loves of Garden, Woodland, Tree or Flower, 3 vol. [all published], first edition, 66 chromolithographed plates, tissue-guards, wood-engraved illustrations, scattered faint spotting, most to guards, original cloth, gilt, original cloth, t.e.g., slight bumping to spine extremities, 4to, 1903-05.
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Lot 43
Gardening.- [Hale (Thomas)] Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening ..., compiled by Sir John Hill, first edition, engraved frontispiece, lacking upper corner affecting image, neatly strengthened, 59 engraved plates only (of 6), 4 defective with loss, with dedication ff. to the Earl of Bute, Contents and Preface misbound, lacking 3R2 and everything after 3Q2 (10pp), 3S2 lacking upper corner affecting page number, 8E1-8Q2 (end) with loss to bottom edges affecting text from 8H1 to end, water-staining, spotting, modern calf, [Henrey 776], folio, for T. Osborne, 1757; sold not subject to return
Lot 46
Horses.- Hunting.- Willoughby de Broke (Lord) The Sport of our Ancestors, limited edition signed by author and artist, frontispiece and plates by G. D. Armour, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, bookplate, modern morocco-backed boards, 1921 § Griffiths (William) A Practical Treatise on Farriery, second edition, frontispiece and engraved portrait, scattered spotting and staining, previous owner's ink inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, 1795 § Masefield (John) Right Royal, limited edition signed by author and artist, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Cecil Aldin, captioned tissue-guards, original vellum-backed boards, gilt, a little rubbed, 1922; and others similar, 4to (6)
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