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Lot 2042
SCOTT, Walter, Ivanhoe. Archibald Constable & Co, Edinburgh. 1820 1st edition in 3 volumes. This is a first issue set with the pagination error at p159, vol 1. Half titles present in each volume. Author’s advertisement to vol 1 and three page publisher’s catalogue at the end of vol 3. Presented in worn contemporary half leatherLeather spines worn, but complete.Gilt titling and decoration worn and faded.
Lot 2057
Neve, Arthur H: The Tonbridge Of Yesterday, Illustrated By Geo. E. Mackley, Tonbridge: Tonbridge Free Press Ltd., 129 High Street, 1933, First Published: Serially in Tonbridge Free Press, 1932, In Book Form, February, 1933, with illustrations and folding maps as listed, first edition with dust jacket, crown 8vo, together with Tiffin, Alfred W: The Goudhurst Jubilee Book. A record of Celebrations in Goudhurst and Kildown (Kent) on May 6th, 1935, The Courier Printing & Publishing Company Limited Tonbridge Wells, 1935, 1st edition, purple cloth boards, 8vo. (2)
Lot 2058
Willement, Thomas: Historical Sketch Of The Parish Of Davington In The County Of Kent And The Priory There Dedicated To S. Mary Magdalene. With Appendices and Plates, London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 196, Piccadilly. 1862, first edition limited to 250 (280 in total), full cream leather with gilt title, foolscap 4to. (1)
Lot 2060
Somner, William: A Treatise of the Roman Ports and Forts in Kent. Published by James Brome, M.A. Rector of Cheriton, and Chaplain to the Cinque-Ports, Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1693, first edition, full leather with gilt titled spine, 8vo. together with The Kentish Travellers Companion in a Descriptive View of the Towns, Villages, Remarkable Buildings and Antiquities. Third Edition, Printed And Sold By Webster Gillman, Rochester and Chatham, And Simmons And Kirkby, Canterbury. 1790, gilt tooled leather binding, 8vo. (2)
Lot 2062
Warwick, Sir Philip: Memoires Of the reigne of King Charles I. With A Continuation To The Happy Restauration Of King Charles II. London, Printed for Ri Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard. 1701, first edition, frontispiece portrait, bound in gilt tooled red morocco with gilt tipped pages, crown 8vo., together with Walpole, Horace: Historic Doubts On The Reign Of King Richard the Third, second edition, Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. 1768, tan leather binding with gilt spine, 4to. (2) Warwick – appears complete, has been rebound, bumps and rubbed at corners, otherwise condition appears very good, with Sir William Vernon Guise and Jonathan R Lambert bookplates.Walpole – with Guy Fenwick and Jonathan Lambert bookplates.
Lot 2066
Gillingwater, Edmund: An Historical And Descriptive Account Of St Edmunds Bury In The County Of Suffolk: Comprising an ample Detail of the Origin, Dissolution, And Venerable Remains Of The Abbey, And Other Places Of Antiquity In That Ancient Town, Saint Edmund's Bury: Printed by and for J. Rackham, Angel Hill: Sold by Crosby and Co. London; Loder, Woodbridge; and by all Booksellers. 1804, first edition, uncroped copy original boards with paper label to spine and Joan Corder, F.S.A. label to inner cover, foolscap 8vo., together with Clarke, G.R.: The History & Discription of the Town and Borough of Ipswich..., Printed & Published By S. Piper. London, Hurst, Chance & Co., 1830 Subscribers edition, 1/4 morocco, demy 8vo. and Cromwell, Thomas Kitson: Excursions In The County Of Suffolk: Vols I & II, 1818 & 1819, full gilt tooled green morocco, pott 8vo. (4)
Lot 2067
Rawlinson, Richard: The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Rochester. London: Printed for E. Curll, at the Dial and Bible near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street, 1717, re-bound new calf with gilt title, crown 8vo., together with Dearn, Thomas, Downes Wilmot: An Historical Topographical And Descriptive Account Of The Weald Of Kent, With Eight Engravings And A Map, Cranbrook: 1814 first edition, later calf with gilt title and marbled boards, 8vo. and Holloway, William: The History Of Romney Marsh From Its Earliest Formation To 1837, London: John Russell Smith,1849, tan cloth bound with gilt title, medium 8vo. (3)
Lot 1150
A collection of assorted LP's, various dates and genres to include Billy Paul - Only The Strong Survive, Queen - A Night At The Opera, Ry Cooder - The Slide Area, Yellow Magic Orchestra - XOO Multiplies, Roxy Music - Avalon, Freddie Mercury & Monserrat Caballe - Barcelona (with Fleming & Smallman release date stickers), Bee Gees - One (promo), Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection, Rosie Flores - S/T (promo), The Style Council - The Cost Of Living (promo with Ferret N Spanner sticker), Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town, Stiff Little Fingers - All The Best and The Small Faces - Early Faces etc. (70)Generally good condition with the usual expected wear and tear.
Lot 73
Mixed lot of boxed Corgi die-cast 'Exclusive First Edition' vehicles. To include: - Bedford TK articulated Flatbed, british Railways 22204 - Atkinson Car Transporter 13001 - Austin Healey Sprite / MGB Roadster x2 - Atkinson Transporter 13004 - AEC RF Green Line 23305 - London R.T with Roof Box 16402 - Bristol LS Bus 16315 - Triumph Roadster 20TR / Triumph Vitesse MK II Convertible x2(10)
![[BOOKS]. MOTOR CARS & MOTORING Sixteen assorted works, including Davis, S.H.C. Rallies and Trials, first edition, Iliffe](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/16046a1e-1c38-4914-a1ac-aea000a7e875/e67ec89c-e209-485c-abf6-aefd00ab0b9d/468x382.jpg)
![[BOOKS]. MOTORCYCLES Seventeen assorted works, including Vanhouse, Norman. B.S.A. Competition History, first edition, Haynes](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/16046a1e-1c38-4914-a1ac-aea000a7e875/57ab40c0-c75f-44e9-b216-aefd00ab0d2b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 415
Wain, Louis. Miss Lovemouse's Letters, first edition, London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1896. Oblong folio, publisher's colour illustrated paper covers, 22pp., some light spotting & marks, paper covers with some creasing along edges & slight loss at corners, reinforced with cloth strip at spine. Scarce
Lot 425
Miscellaneous collection of books & ephemera to include Clayton Clark, Joseph, "Kyd" (Illus.). The Character Sketches of Charles Dickens, London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, n.d., 24 colour lithographic plates of characters, illustrated boards, contents loose, some pale spotting; Paisleys. Highland Dress, illustrated catalogue with appendix in rear wallet, ninth edition, n.d. [c.1940]; The Works of Aristotle, Containing his Masterpiece, London: Clifton, Chambers & Co., n.d. [c.1900], a popular sex manual and midwifery book that was first published in 1684; an Edwardian/WW1 album; a 1950s scrapbook; a small quantity of cigarette/trade cards; a small quantity of vintage menus; Isle of Man: 160 Art Photos with Map & Guide, Douglas: The Star Bazaars, n.d. [c,1910s]. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults
Lot 432
An extensive collection of railway publications to include The Railway Magazine (1938-1956 complete run, plus Nov-Dec 1937); Trains Illustrated (Aug 1951-Dec 1956; Jan-Dec 1957; Jan-Nov 1958; Jan-Dec 1960; Jan-Nov 1961); History of Railways magazines; World Railways, by Henry Sampson, first edition, London: Sampson Low, 1950-51. Together with a quantity of military publications by HMSO. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults, the whole in three cartons (3)
Lot 435
Science Fiction. Brackett, Leigh. The Sword of Rhiannon, first UK edition, London & New York: T. V. Boardman & Company Limited, 1955. Octavo, publisher's cloth with unclipped dust-jacket. Contents/text generally good and bright, ex-Silver Library with stamps, jacket in protective cellophane wrappers secured with tape at endpapers, inscriptions & offsetting to endpapers, lacking ffep, chipping to edges of jacket, sold as found with all faults
Lot 740
Cobbett, William. A Year's Residence in the United States of America, first edition, in three parts, New York: Clayton & Kingsland, 1818-19. The three parts bound as one, including three separate title pages, three prefaces, two dedications, two contents pages (for the first and second parts), and an index. 432pp. Octavo, rebacked half-calf, owner inscription dated 1826. Contents with very pale staining and spotting, binding worn as found. Scarce with the three parts
Lot 758
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, first edition in book form, first issue, London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. Disbound but exceptionally well-preserved. Pictorial title with '100£' on signpost, signed 'Phiz fecit'; errata set in 14 lines [second state errata according to Smith], the verso of errata blank; plate to face p.387 bound facing p.376, 'Mr Pecksniff discharges a duty, which he owes to Society'. Illustrated with etched frontispiece, pictorial title and 38 plates by Phiz. Comprising pale yellow ffep with contemporary owner inscription, half-title with gift inscription dated 21 May 1846, frontis., pictorial title, title, dedication, 2pp. preface, 4pp. contents, 2pp. list of plates, errata, 624pp, additional 16pp. publisher's advertisements, dated July 1845 (not on untrimmed pages like the remainder of book), pale yellow rfep. Despite being disbound, the contents are remarkably good, clean, bright, the plates incredibly well-preserved & fresh, a short tear to margin of dedication page (not affecting text), very pale spots & marks in places, a few bumps & slight wear to extreme edges of untrimmed pages, would benefit from a sympathetic binding
Lot 760
Fleming, Ian. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. Octavo, publisher's cloth, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping. Contents very good, clean, bright, the uppermost corners folded on several leaves; cloth split around top of spine, slight wear at bottom; dust-jacket torn around top & bottom of spine, rubbing, wear to corners
![Barrie, J. M. Peter and Wendy, illustrated by F. D. Bedford, first edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. Octavo, p](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a3ded611-27e0-4d35-b436-aeee0113072d/1c4fd3ce-74ed-4d4d-a148-af0a010dca29/468x382.jpg)
Lot 762
Barrie, J. M. Peter and Wendy, illustrated by F. D. Bedford, first edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. Octavo, publisher's gilt green cloth, frontispiece, pictorial title and eight [of 11] plates. Contents generally good & bright, peculiarly set with some pages & plates slanted, neat contemporary gift inscription & small ownership stamp, Christmas 1911, a few pale spots & marks in places, one plate loose with edges worn, a couple of pages with nicks, cloth with some discolouration, wear at corners, sold as found with all faults
Lot 793
Awdry, Rev. W. Collection of nine Thomas books comprising: The Three Railway Engines, 16th edition, London: Edmund Ward, 1963, green cloth, clipped jacket; Thomas the Tank Engine, 9th ed., 1950, maroon cloth, unclipped jacket; James the Red Engine, 7th ed., 1952, navy cloth with unclipped jacket; Tank Engine Thomas Again, 7th ed., 1958, pale blue cloth with facsimile jacket; Small Railway Engines, first edition, London: Kaye & Ward, 1967, dark brown cloth with unclipped jacket priced 6/-; Enterprising Engines, first edition, 1968, navy cloth with clipped jacket; Oliver the Western Engine, first edition, 1969, navy cloth with unclipped jacket; Duke the Lost Engine, first edition, 1970, navy cloth with unclipped jacket; Tramway Engines, first edition, 1972, illustrated boards. Internally good & bright, the first book with later endpapers, jackets with general wear at corners & edges, a couple of short tears, in protective cellophane wrappers, sold with all faults (9)
Lot 794
Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh, second edition, London: Methuen, 1926, publisher's gilt green cloth; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, Methuen, 1928, gilt pink cloth; When We Were Very Young, 12th ed., Methuen, 1925, gilt blue cloth; Now We Are Six, third ed., Methuen, 1927, gilt red cloth. Contents good & bright with occasional handling marks & other light marks, one with neat contemporary owner inscription, one with gift inscription dated 1928, front endpapers creased on third book, bindings good, tight & square, top edges gilt, very light wear to extreme corners & edges, light bumping to a few corners, some discolouration to the second book's cloth, very slight discolouration to the fourth, sold with all faults. Together with Winnie-the-Pooh, 16th edition, London: Methuen, 1936; The House at Pooh Corner, 6th ed., Methuen, 1934; When We Were Very Young, 24th ed., Methuen, 1934; Now We Are Six, 8th ed., Methuen, 1934, octavo, blue cloth with dust-jackets, contents generally very good & bright, cloth & jackets varied, some with discolouration & wear, sold with all faults (8)
Lot 803
Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1969; The Magus, London: World Books, 1967; Daniel Martin, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. All with unclipped dust-jackets, contents generally good and bright with occasional pale marks, some ink annotation to the first title, wear to jackets (3)
![Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Lost World, first film edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [c.1925]. Octavo, publisher's red](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a3ded611-27e0-4d35-b436-aeee0113072d/cb9b14a5-69ba-452c-a1c4-af0e00f667ff/468x382.jpg)
Lot 804
Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Lost World, first film edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [c.1925]. Octavo, publisher's red cloth, unclipped yellow dust-jacket. Contents generally good with toning and occasional pale marks, text-block becoming loose from binding, dust-jacket with wear/loss in protective cellophane wrappers
Lot 344
Lawrence (D.H.),Woman in Love, Martin Secker, 1921, first edition, original cloth;idem, Kangaroo, Martin Secker, 1923, first edition, original cloth;idem, The Plumed Serpent, Martin Secker, 1926, first edition, original cloth;idem, England My England, Martin Secker, 1924, first edition, original cloth (4)
Lot 345
Orwell (George)Nineteen Eighty-Four, Secker & Warburg, 1949, first edition, original cloth (lacking dust jacket);idem, The Road to Wigan Pier, Victor Gollancz - Left Book Club, 1937, first edition, original cloth covers. (2)1984 - Name to front pastedown, cloth stained, contents VG. Collated (312 pages) Road to Wigan Pier - Name, date, and initial stamp to front free endpaper. XXIV, 264 pages including 32 illustrations, first leaf a blank, tear to page 161 (without loss), page 251 with corner crease, foxing to closed edges, hinge gaping in places, spine creased, covers well used, some light staining/foxing in places internally.
Lot 349
Fleming (Ian)Thunderball, Cape, 1961, first edition, dust jacket, (priced 15s); idem, You Only Live Twice, Cape, 1964, first edition, first edition dust jacket (priced 16s);idem, The Man with the Golden Gun, Cape, 1965, first edition, dust jacket (priced 18s);idem, Octopussy and the Living Daylights, Cape, 1966, first edition, dust jacket (priced 10s 6d) (4) You only live twice - Name and Dates to front pastedown Thunderball - Booksellers stamp to front pastedownOther two volumes free of inscriptions
Lot 356
Peake, MervynThe Gormenghast Trilogy, comprising: Titus Groan. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946, first edition in heavily-clipped second state dust jacket (removing price and "Second Impression");Gormenghast. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950, first edition, unclipped dust jacket;Titus Alone. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959, first edition, clipped dust jacket;With Titus Groan, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1949, in torn jacket; Gormenghast Trilogy, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1968-70, in jackets; and the Trilogy, Folio Society, 1992, in slipcase. [10]
Lot 1
Rossetti family copy.- Aristotle. Trattato dei governi, translated by Bernardo Segni, collation: A-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Iii4, first edition of this translation, woodcut historiated initials, title with a few small repaired holes (affecting part of one number of date) and stained, some staining and spotting, the former heavier to sigs. A-C, late 18th / early 19th century calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip (worn at ends), modern black leather label to spine, edges worn, rubbed and little chipped, [EDIT 16 CNCE 2928], small 4to, Florence, Lorenzo Torrentino, 1549.⁂ Provenance: 'W.M. Rossetti, from his mother, 1876' (ink inscription to front free endpaper). William Michael Rossetti was the younger brother of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and a year older than his sister Christina. His mother was Frances Mary Polidori, sister of John William Polidori (author of The Vampyre and physician to Lord Byron). William was a founder member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and edited their literary magazine The Germ. He also edited the diaries of his uncle John William Polidori and the collected works of D.G. Rossetti and Christina Rossetti, as well writing a biography of D.G. Rossetti.
Lot 10
NO RESERVE Tacitus (Publius Cornelius) The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The description of Germanie, first edition in English, first f. seemingly the original blank, but laid down, so unable to confirm whether signature mark present, woodcut decorative initials, [STC 23644], lacking title and to the reader f., dedication f. with some chipping, margins repaired and mounted on stub, [By Arn. Hatfield, for Bonham and Iohn Norton], 1598 bound with (as issued) Tacitus (Cornelius) The Ende of Nero and beginning of Galba. Fower bookes of the Histories of Cornelius Tacitus. The life of Agricola, second edition in English, full-page engraved plan of Roman army camp, woodcut decorative initials, lacking final blank, [STC 23643], [By Edm. Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton], 1598, together 2 works in 1 vol., as issued, water-stained, spotting and staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, small folio sold not subject to return.
Lot 106
Herbal.- Culpeper (Nicholas) The English Physitian enlarged: with three hundred, sixty, and nine medicines made of English herbs that were not in any impression until this, initial f. blank, title within woodcut typographic border and with large woodcut printer's device verso, lacking longitudinal half-title C8, D1 printing flaw, X3 tear at foot with loss of several letters, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern speckled half calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Henrey 58; Krivatsy 2964; Wing C7502; cf. Henrey 57], 8vo, Printed by Peter Cole in Leaden-Hall, and are to be sold at his shop, at the sign of the Printing-Press in Cornhil, neer the Royal Exchange, 1653.⁂ A variant edition (as per note of Henrey 58), with an initial blank and 7 ff. in sig. C (C7r with the first word 'Eleven' and verso with catchword 'THE' matching the first word of D1r). We note additionally that signatures skip N, O and P (catchword and pagination matching).
Lot 107
Herbals.- Culpeper (Nicholas) Culpeper's English Physician, and complete Herbal, 2 vol. in 1, twelfth edition, engraved portrait and plates, modern half calf, 1809; The Complete Herbal, engraved portrait and hand-coloured plates, contemporary morocco, rebacked with gilt spine, 1843; The British Herbal and Family Physician, 2 parts in 1, engraved vignette title and plates, some anatomical printed in sepia, others hand-coloured, small hole to first leaf of second part, modern calf-backed cloth, Halifax, [c.1815]; The English Physician Enlarged, scarce early American printing, browned and water-stained, modern half sheep, uncut, Taunton, Mass., 1826; The English Physician Enlarged, contemporary tree sheep, rebacked, for J.Barker [& others], [c.1790]; Pharmacopoeia Londinensis; or, the London Dispensatory..., some leaves stained or frayed at edges with occasional slight loss, head-lines shaved, contemporary calf-backed boards, vellum tips, [Wing C7532a], by John Streater, 1669, some soiling and browning, some with modern inscription of "Ian Coughlin Herbalist", most rubbed; and 4 others by Culpeper including an imperfect second edition of The English Physician Enlarged of 1653, 4to & 8vo (10)
Lot 110
Herbals.- Green (Thomas) The Universal Herbal; or, Botanical, Medical and Agricultural Dictionary, 2 vol., first edition, stipple-engraved frontispieces and additional pictorial title in vol.1, engraved plates, a few printed in green, browned, worming particularly at beginnings and ends, modern half calf, Liverpool, Caxton Press, [1816-20] § [Miller (Joseph) Botanicum Officinale...], first edition, lacking title (supplied in facsimile), modern half morocco, for E.Bell..., [1722] § Meyrick (W.) The New Family Herbal; or, Domestic Physician, second printing, engraved frontispiece and 14 plates by Hancock, offsetting to title, contemporary sheep, rubbed, [Henrey 1091/1092], Birmingham, Thomas Pearson, 1790 § Thornton (R.J.) A New Family Herbal, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved illustrations by Thomas Bewick, some foxing, modern half calf, 1810 § Brook (Richard) New Cyclopaedia of Botany and Complete Book of Herbs, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece, additional vignette title and 99 plates, some foxing and browning, contemporary half calf, London & Huddersfield, [1854], some with modern ink inscription of "Ian Coughlin Herbalist"; and 5 others, 4to & 8vo (11)
Lot 112
NO RESERVE Herbals.- Turner (William) A New Herball, edited by George T.L.Chapman & others, 2 vol., facsimile reprint, Cambridge, 1995 § Emmart (E.W., editor) The Badianus Manuscript (Codex Barberini, Latin 241) Vatican Library: An Aztec Herbal of 1552, colour facsimile reprint, slight worming to hinges, Baltimore, 1940 § Woodward (Marcus) Gerard's Herball...from the Edition of Th.Johnson, 1636, 1974, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, the second slightly rubbed with faded spine, the first with cloth slip-case; and c.25 others, herbals & pharmacy, including 4 bound volumes of papers from the Department of Pharmacology Royal College of Surgeons 1966-77, 4to & 8vo (c.30)
Lot 113
Oxfordshire.- Plot (Robert) The Natural history of Oxford-shire, being an essay toward the natural history of England, first edition, initial imprimatur f., engraved title vignette, head-piece and initial to dedication, folding map of Oxfordshire with armorial border, and 16 plates, errata f., lacking final blank, map with some staining and laid down, index f. 3A2 torn at lower corner with loss of a few letters, occasional mostly marginal staining / water-staining, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt and label, upper cover detaching, spine ends crudely repaired, outer edges gnawed, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing P2586; Madan 3130], folio, Printed at the Theater in Oxford and are to be had there: And in London at Mr. S. Millers, at the Star near the West-end of St. Pauls Church-yard, 1677.⁂ Issue with price at foot of title. Provenance: W.F. Lowndes Stone, Brightwell Park (engraved armorial bookplate and inscription to head of imprimatur f.); J. Waterhouse (ink signature to head of imprimatur f.).
Lot 114
Trees.- Evelyn (John) Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions, edited by Dr. Alexander Hunter, first Hunter edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi, 40 engraved plates (1 folding), folding letterpress table, list of subscribers, *c1 blank, water-stained at end (mostly marginal), some spotting and staining elsewhere, 20th century calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with leather label, corners worn, rubbed, [Henrey 137; Keynes 47; Pritzel 2766], York, Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley [&c.], 1776; and a defective 1670 Sylva, 4to & small folio (2)
Lot 115
Accidents & First Aid.- Earle (Henry) Two Lectures on the Primary and Secondary Treatment of Burns, only edition, 2 engraved plates, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, ex-library copy with stamp to title, contemporary half calf, 1832 § Sage B.G.) Expériences propres a faire connoitre que l'Alkali Volatil Fluor est le Remedie le plus efficace dans les Asphyxies, third edition, half-title, marginal staining, final leaf defective at lower corner (repaired) and with library stamp to verso, modern calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, Paris, 1778 § Hall (Marshall) Prone and Postural Respiration in Drowning.., first edition, frontispiece and illustrations, ink signature to head of title, original cloth, recased, 1857 § Struve (C.A.) A Practical Essay on the Art of Recovering Suspended Animation..., 6pp. advertisements at end, modern cloth, 1801, the first and third rubbed; and c.20 others on accidents, first aid and domestic medicine, 4to & 8vo (c.25)
Lot 116
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Anaesthesia.- Jackson (Charles T.) A Manual of Etherization...in Surgical Operations, first edition, illustrations, 2 advertisement leaves at end, an excellent clean copy in original blind-stamped cloth, a little faded, new label, small tear to fore-edge of front free endpaper repaired, Boston, 1861 § Arnott (James) On the Remedial Agency of a Local Anaesthetic or Benumbing Temperature..., only edition, presentation copy from the author to Dr. de Méric (author on venereal disease) inscribed at head of title, trace of library stamp to title, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, new endpapers, 1851 § [Lawrie (Edward)] Report of the Hyderabad Chloroform Commission..., first edition, ex-library copy with stamps, original cloth, rubbed, rebacked preserving original spine, Bombay, 1891; Chloroform: A Manual..., first edition, original cloth, 1901 § Smith (Hon. Truman) An Inquiry into the Origin of Modern Anaesthesia, first edition, engraved portrait, foxed, original cloth, Hartford, Ct., 1867; and 14 others on anaesthesia including an 1890 volume of 'The Lancet' containing a report on the Second Hyderabad Chloroform Commission, 8vo & 4to (19)⁂ The first item is an important work in the early history of anaesthesia, intended for naval and military surgeons, and published at the beginning of the American Civil War.
Lot 117
Andrology.- Graaf (Regner de) De vivorum organis generationi inservientibus, de clysteribus et de usu siphonis in anatomia, first edition, engraved portrait by Pinchard and pictorial title featuring instruments, 11 folding engraved plates, most torn and repaired, title soiled and with short tears to fore-edge repaired and contemporary ink inscription cut away from head touching platemark, later ink inscriptions of the space pioneer Dr. Constantine Generales to front free endpapers, modern limp stained vellum, yapp edges, [Wellcome III, 142], 12mo, Leiden & Rotterdam, Hackius, 1668.⁂ On the anatomy of the testicle and the male reproductive organ, with additional sections on enemas (clysters) and the author's improved siphon or syringe.
Lot 118
Andrology.- Pott (Percivall) Practical Remarks on the Hydrocele or Watry Rupture, and some other Diseases of the Testicle..., first edition, engraved bookplate of S.Sandford surgeon pasted to verso of title, lightly browned, old boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, C.Hitch & L.Hawes, 1762 § Cooper (Sir Astley) Observations on the Structure and Diseases of the Testis, second edition, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 2 double-page, one folding, occasional spotting, ex-library copy with a few stamps, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine faded, 1841 § Scarpa (Antonio) Memoria sull'Idrocele del Cordone Spermatico, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, modern cloth, Pavia, 1823; and 2 others, French, on the testes and on amputation of the penis, 8vo & 4to (5)
Lot 119
Bauderon (Brice) The Expert Phisician: Learnedly treating of all Agues and Feavers Whether Simple or Compound, first edition in English, lacking engraved portrait (supplied in facsimile), title within typographic border (obscured at inner margin), woodcut initials, 3pp. advertisements at end, water-stained, slight wear to edges, old ink library stamp to verso of title, contemporary sheep, rubbed, corners worn, holes to lower cover, rebacked, [Wellcome II,116; Wing B1163], by R.I. for John Hancock, 1657 § Bellini (Lorenzo) A Mechanical Account of Fevers, first edition in English, old library stamp to title, modern half sheep, for A.Bell, 1720 § Lysons (Daniel) Practical Essays upon Intermitting Fevers, Dropsies, Diseases of the Liver, the Epilepsy, the Colic, Dysenteric Fluxes, and the Operation of Calomel, first edition, leaf of bibliography at end, slight worming to foot of first few leaves, modern calf-backed boards, Bath, S.Hazard, 1772 § [Cheyne (George)] A New Theory of Acute and Slow Continu'd Fevers, second edition, advertisement leaf at end, old ink library stamps, modern sprinkled calf, red morocco label, for Geo.Strahan, 1702; and 9 others on fevers, 8vo et infra (13)⁂ The first is a translation of Pharmacopée, first published in Lyons in 1583; rare in commerce.
Lot 12
Camden (William) Annales rerum Anglicarum et Hibernicarum regnante Elizabetha, first edition, first 2 ff. blank (mounted on stubs, but chain lines seemingly match), B1 cancel, lacking final errata f., some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, later gilt, spine in compartments and with later black morocco label, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [STC 4496], William Stansby for Simon Waterson, 1615; and the third edition of the same (lacking portrait), folio (2)
![NO RESERVE Chemistry & Pharmacy.- [Dossie (Robert)] The Elaboratory laid open; or, the secrets of modern chemistry and ph](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/07ce9fd4-2aa8-40e7-9cca-af0800f94abb/3dec87df-84e0-409c-b366-af0801110fc4/468x382.jpg)
Lot 121
NO RESERVE Chemistry & Pharmacy.- [Dossie (Robert)] The Elaboratory laid open; or, the secrets of modern chemistry and pharmacy revealed, second edition, some light staining and spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, upper cover detached, lower joint split, but holding firm, head of spine and corners worn, some staining, rubbed, [Cole 380; Neville I, p. 380; Partington II, pp. 761-762], rare in commerce, 8vo, Printed for J. Nourse, 1768.⁂ Industrial chemistry in the 18th century, including the first description of the manufacture of concentrated sulphuric acid on a commercial scale.
Lot 123
Copeman Family.- Copeman (Sydney Arthur Monckton) Reports on Inspections made with regard to the Incidence of Disease..., several reports bound in 1 vol. concerning outbreaks of scarlatina, diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, typhus etc. around the country, one on an outbreak of cowpox near Reigate in manuscript (26pp.) with 2 mounted photographs of infected cows, plates, folding maps and charts, 4pp. manuscript index at beginning, contemporary half morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, t.e.g., 1891-1904; Reports on Flies as Carriers of Infection, 7 parts bound in 1 vol., plates, some folding, bookplate of W.S.C.Copeman, contemporary half morocco, upper joint split, 1909-14 § Copeman (William Sydney Charles) Textbook of the Rheumatic Diseases, first edition, the author's copy with his typed list of corrections loosely inserted and his bookplate, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed & frayed, 1948; A short history of the Gout and the Rheumatic Diseases, inscribed by the author to his son Peter, bookplate of P.W.M.Copeman, contemporary red roan, gilt, 1964; and 13 others by or about Sydney, William or Peter Copeman including Peter's scrapbook about his father and 6 bound volumes of his papers, v.s. (17)⁂ Collection of works by and about the distinguished family of physicians:Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman (1862-1947), senior medical officer in the Ministry of Health, authority on vaccination.William Sydney Charles Copeman (1900-1970), rheumatologist.Peter William Monckton Copeman (1932-2018), dermatologist, know to his colleagues as "Dr. Spot".
Lot 124
Dermatology.- Duhring (Louis Adolphus) Atlas of Skin Diseases, first edition, 36 chromolithographed plates, ex-library copy with stamps to title and one or two plates and ink inscription to title, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, rebacked, Philadelphia, 1876 § Besnier (E.) & others. A Pictorial Atlas of Skin Diseases and Syphilitic Affections, edited by J.J.Pringle, 50 chromolithographed plates, tissue guards, remains of old library label to title but no stamps, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine, London & Philadelphia, 1897 § Crocker (H.Radcliffe) Atlas of the Diseases of the Skin, 8 parts, 96 chromolithographed plates, one or two plates or leaves browned, loose as issued in original cloth-backed board folders with ties, some ties defective, rubbed, part 4 a little water-stained but not affecting contents, 1903; and 7 others on dermatology, v.s. (17)
Lot 127
Hair.- Rango (Conrad Tiburtius) De capillamentis seu vulgo parucquen,first edition, additional double-page engraved pictorial title (a little obscured at centre from tight binding), slight worming to lower margin of first few leaves just touching edge of engraved title and imprint of letterpress title, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, Magdeburg, T.Schröter...J.Müller, 1663 § Rowland (Alexander) The Human Hair..., 7 lithographed plates, 3 chromolithographed of hair follicles, the others of hairstyles through the ages, ex-library copy with stamps, original cloth, uncut & unopened, rubbed, spine faded and worn at ends, 1853, 12mo & 8vo (2)⁂ The first is a comprehensive account of hair and wigs in the writings of the ancients; the second is a study of hair fashions and the science of trichology.
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Health.- Elyot (Sir Thomas) The Castel of helth corrected and in some places augmented, black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut arms at end of table and historiated initials, lacking D&E1-4, F1&4, G1-4 and U2-4, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, modern limp vellum, yapp edges, [STC 7644], small 4to, [Thomas Berthelet], [1541]. sold not subject to return. ⁂ A rare edition at auction. The 1541 edition was the first to contain Elyot's preface, replacing the dedication to Cromwell. Includes beer, cider, and honey.
Lot 129
Howard (John) An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe...relative to the Plague..., first edition, variant without price below imprint on title, with half-title and final Directions to Binder leaf, 22 folding engraved plates & large folding table, some tears and repairs, ex-library copy with small ink stamp to title and verso of plates, modern half calf, [Goldsmiths' 13969], Warrington, William Eyres, 1789 § Smyth (James Carmichael) A Description of the Jail Distemper...amongst the Spanish Prisoners, at Winchester, in the year 1780, first edition, contemporary ink signature to title, light marginal water-staining, modern morocco-backed boards, 1795 § Blackburne (W.) Facts and Observations concerning the Prevention and Cure of Scarlet Fever..., only edition, modern cloth, 1803 § Tissot (S.A.D.) An Essay on Bilious Fevers; or, the History of a Bilious Epidemic Fever at Lausanne, in the year MDCCLV, first edition in English, ink inscription to head of title (cropped), some spotting, modern half calf, 1760 § Hamilton (James) Observations on the Utility and Administration of Purgative Medicines in Several Diseases, first edition, 32pp. bookseller's catalogue at end, a few stains, ex-library copy with label but no stamps, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, [Wellcome III, 203], Edinburgh, 1805; and c.20 others on infectious and contagious diseases, v.s. (c.25)⁂ John Howard spent 15 months from 1785, travelling throughout western and southern Europe inspecting lazarettos (quarantine stations) for the treatment of plague victims.
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Inoculation.- Burges (James) An Account of the Preparation and Management necessary to Inoculation, second edition, title and front free endpaper repaired at inner margin, first and last few leaves with margins browned, light spotting to title, the odd spot or mark but generally a clean copy, modern calf, 8vo, Printed for P. Vaillant, 1766.
Lot 131
Le Paulmier de Grentemesnil (Julien) De morbis contagiosis libri septem, second edition, woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, contemporary ink signature of Robert Nicaud (writer on hypochondria) to title (with note at foot) and front free endpaper, also of the historian of vaccination F.G.Crookshank, rather browned, paper flaw to H3 causing loss of a few letters, worming to upper margin of last few leaves, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, a little stained, Frankfurt, C.Marne & heirs of J.Aubrys, 1601 § Fracastoro (Girolamo) Operum, 3 parts in 1, first title with woodcut device and contemporary ink signature of Will. Kemp, a few woodcut diagrams, paper flaw to lower margin of R1 of first part affecting signature, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, [Wellcome 2400], Geneva, Samuel Crispin, 1621; and 8 others, continental, on infectious and contagious diseases, 8vo & 4to (10)
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