Nonesuch Press, The Holy Bible, The Authorized or King James Version of 1611 now reprinted with the Apocrypha/In three volumes with reproductions of 105 of the sixteenth-century woodcuts of Bernard Salomon, first edition thus, London: 1963, Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by Brooke Crutchley, Printer to the University, at the University Press Cambridge, titles in elaborate borders, contemporary green cloth gilt, as issued, 8vo, (3); Binding, The Holy Bible, London [n.d., mid-20th century], Jerusalem olivewood boards, 32mo, (1); Edmundson's Journal, second edition, London: 1774, rebacked contemporary speckled calf, 8vo, (1); Gregory (George, D.D.), An History of the Christian Church [...], volume I only, London: 1795, b/w engravings, contemporary speckled calf binding, over marbled boards, 8vo, (1); Gisborne (Thomas, M.A.), An Enquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex, second edition, London: T. Cadell jun. [...], 1797, disbound, 8vo, (1); Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Kelly's Edition, London: [n.d., c. 1825], disbound, 8vo, (1); etc., various scripture, theology, and philosophy, [9]
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Piracy - Provincial Imprint, Douglas (T.), Lives and Exploits of the Most Celebrated Pirates and Sea Robbers, first edition, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Published by W. & T. Fordyce, 1841, pp: vi, 349, [1] (blank), [ii] (publisher's catalogue), contemporary cloth, 12mo, [1]Provenance: Steven Weston/His Book/Denby/Derbyshire/ 1852, various ink MS ownership inscriptions.
Political and Social Theory and History, Philosophy - Banton (Michael), White and Coloured: The behaviour of British people towards coloured immigrants, London: Jonathan Cape, 1959, dustjacket over symbolic two-tone cloth, 8vo, (1); Filmer (Sir Robert) & Laslett (Peter, editor), Patriarcha [...], first edition thus, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1949, h/b, d/j, 8vo, (1); Greenleaf, Order, Empiricism and Politics: Two Traditions of English Political Thought, 1964, h/b, d/j, 8vo, (1); Chaboud, Machiavelli & The Renaissance, 1960, h/b, d/j, 8vo, (1); Green, Political Obligation, second impression, 1963, h/b, d/j, 8vo, (1); Bridgen, The Labour Party [...] 1900-1924, 2009, h/b, d/j, 8vo, (1); Kondon, Robert and James Adam, Architects of the Age of Enlightenment, 2012, h/b, 8vo, (1); Decline of Jute, 2010, h/b, 8vo, (1); further economics, including Adam Smith; further academic titles and imprints, mostly h/b; trade unionism; etc., [approx. 65]
Private Presses - Peele (Cecily, illustrator), The Encylopædia of British Bogies, first edition, Oxford: The Alley Workshops, [n.d., 1939], [52]pp, illustrated with 24 woodcuts accompanied by quotations from literature and folk-lore, contemporary pictorial board, 8vo, (1); Gray (Thomas) & O'Connor (John, illustrator), Elegy/Written in a Country Church-Yard, London: The Rodale Press, 1955, 21pp, printed on pale green paper, illustrated with 7 woodcuts printed in green or brown, original cloth over pictorial boards, transparent lettered dust wrapper as issued, calligraphic ink MS ownership inscription and bookplate of Tom Westley (lecturer in typography), 8vo in 4s, (1); Ryder (John), A Suite of Fleurons [...], London: Phoenix House Ltd, 1956, gilt-lettered parchment over marbled boards, 12mo, (1); Binding, Earle (George Chester), "Love's not Time's Fool.", London: "Clarion" Office, [n.d., c. 1900], 36pp, contemporary Arts and Crafts limp brown calf binding, the upper-cover panelled in relief and lettered in blind, 16mo, (1); others, not private presses, including Keats (John) & Sandheim (May, illustrator), Isbaella [...], London: George Routledge, [n.d., 1910], copperplate etching frontispiece, contemporary cloth gilt, 8vo, (1); etc., [8]
Rowling (J.K.), Harry Potter: The Philosopher's Stone, first edition, fifth printing, 1997, (1); The Chamber of Secrets, first edition, twentieth printing, 1998, (1); The Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, second printing, 1999, (1); Goblet of Fire, first edition, eighth printing, 2000, (1); Order of the Phoenix, first edition, 2003, (1); The Half-Blood Prince, first edition, 2005, (1); The Deathly Hallows, first edition, 2007, (1), all Bloomsbury imprints, pictorial dustjackets over pictorial dustjackets, 8vo, [7]
Russia - [Alexander (William)], Costume of Russia/Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians, Illustrated in Sixty-Four Coloured Engravings, with Descriptions, ?first octavo edition, London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, Haymarket; By Howlett and Brimmer, Frith Street, Soho, [n.d., c. 1825], some of the leaves watermarked and dated: J. Green & Son/1825, pp: [ii], iv, [ii] (contents leaf), 64 hand-coloured stipple engravings and letterpress leaves, as called for, rebacked and retaining two fragmentary gilt-lettered morocco pieces, contemporary marbled boards with morocco corners, upper-cover with publisher's paper label, drab endpapers, untrimmed edges, large 8vo (25.5cm x 19.5cm), [Not in Abbey; Colas 2359], [1]Provenance: 1) Henry Owen Aryane, [? 1791-1848, later of New South Wales, Australia], contemporary Plain Armorial bookplate; later examined by Roger Griffiths of Sotheby's, 4th October, 1984, postcard en suite inscribed with a suggested estimate of £75-£100.
Russia - The Crimean War, Nolan (E.H., Ph.D., LL.D.), The Illustrated History of the War Against Russia, two-volume set, first edition, London: James S. Virtue, [n.d., 1856], printed in double-columns, engraved title-pages and full-page steel engravings, some coloured two-page maps, contemporary half-calf over pictorial cloth gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, large 8vo, (2); 20th century Soviet imprints and literature, Russian language and speaking books, various, (7), [9]
Shakespeare - [Halliwell (James Orchard)], A Fragment of Mr. J.O. Halliwell's "Illustrations of the Life of Shakespeare"/For Presents Only, number 18 from a limited edition of 50 (inscribed in ink MS on the title-page, ?by the author), London: Printed by J.E. Adlard, 1874, printed in parallel columns, various pagination, pp: 4, 86-91 (being the Appendix to the First Part), contemporary cloth (chipped, disbound), later institutional inscription, stamps, and bookplate, crown folio (39cm x 28.5cm), [1]
Shakespeare (William) & Robinson (William Heath, illustrator), Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dreams, first edition thus, London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1914, pictorial half-title and title-page, tipped-in colour plates, contemporary pictorial cloth, top-edge trimmed only, 4to, [1]
Shelley (Percy Bysshe) & Robinson (Charles, illustrator), The Sensitive Plant, first edition thus, London: William Heinemann, [n.d., ?1911], pictorial title-page, tipped-in colour frontispiece and plates, in-text vignettes, contemporary purple limp leather (the faded spine perished in a few small places), upper-cover elaborately pictorial gilt, foliate endpapers, top-edge gilt, 4to, [1]
Sleigh (Bernard, illustrator) & Ellis (Ivy Ann, illustrator), The Wish Stone, An Old Tale Retold for Modern Times, in one hundred and sixty-four words and nineteen woodcuts, signed and dated by both of the illustrators, first and only edition, [Royal Birmingham Society of Artists], [n.d., inscription dated 1933], 37pp, original pictorial wrappers, 8vo, [1]
Stevenson (Robert Louis) & Robinson (Charles, illustrator), A Child's Garden of Verse, first edition, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1909, pictorial title-page and colophon, in-text illustrations and decorative borders, contemporary pictorial cloth, 8vo, (1); Local Prize Binding, Kipling (Rudyard), Rewards and Fairies, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1920, contemporary publisher's red leather gilt, further emeblleished with the armorial Derby Grammar School prize binding supralibros, their bookplate, cased, 8vo, (1); Fitzgerald (Edward, translator) & James (Gilbert, illustrator), The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, [n.d., 1905], contemporary cloth over boards, 8vo, (1), [3]
Stokes (Adrian) & Piper (John, illustrator), Venice, limited to 400 copies, first edition, London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1965, pictorial dustjacket over green cloth boards, 4to, (1); Ian Fenwick, William Russell Flint, C.F. Tunnicliffe, other illustrators; children's; Parlour Game, The Money Game, London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1928, blue cloth, 8vo, etc., [14]
Talbert (Bruce James), Examples of Ancient & Modern Furniture, Metalwork, Tapestries, Decorations, &c., first edition, London: B.T. Batsford, 1876, pp: [iv], 6, [6], 21 photo-lithographed full-page plates by James Akerman, contemporary pictorial cloth, folio (44cm x 31cm), [1]Provenance: Stockdale Harrison, St Martins East, Leicester, 19th century ink MS ownership inscription.
The Holy Land - La Trobbe (The Rev. J.A., M.A., [...]), Scripture Illustrations; Being a Series of Engravings on Steel and Wood, Illustrative of the Geography and Topography of the Bible [...], with Explanations and Remarks, first edition, London: L. and G. Seeley, 1838, pp: [2] (blank), [ii], vi, [1] (blank), [iv], 256, illustrated with 83 steel and wood engraved plates (2 of which are maps), contemporary burgundy quarter-morocco over grey cloth (rubbed), top-edge gilt, 4to, [1]
The Holy Land - Stanley (Arthur Penrhyn, D.D., F.R.S.), Sinai and Palestine, in Connection with their History, with Maps and Plans, seventh edition, London: John Murray, 1864, contemporary cloth as issued, contemporary publisher's ticket: Skeffington of Piccadilly, untrimmed edges, 8vo, (1); Travel, de Saulcy (Louis Félicien) & De Warren (Count Edward, editor), Narrative of a Journey Round the Dead Sea and in the Bible Lands; in 1850 and 1851, including an Account of the Discovery of the Sites of Sodom and Gomorrah, New Edition, two-volume set, first edition thus, London: Richard Bentley, 1854, frontispieces: volume I fold-out map, volume II fold-out plan of the Temple of the Mount, contemporary cloth as issued by Edmonds & Remnants, their ticket, contemporary publisher's ticket: Skeffington of Piccadilly, untrimmed edges, 8vo, (2); de Chateaubriand (François-René) & Shoberl (Frederic, translator), Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary, During the Years 1806 and 1807, volume I only, second edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1812, fold-out map, contemporary calf (upper-cover loose), 8vo, (1), [4]
The Holy Land - Thomson (William M., D.D.), The Land and The Book [...], Lebanon, Damascus, and Beyond Jordan, 147 Illustrations and Maps, first edition, London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1886, contemporary pictorial cloth, large 8vo, (1); Young (Arthur, Esq., F.R.S.), Travels [...], [in] the Kingdom of France, two-volume set, first Irish edition, Dublin: Messrs. R. Cross [...], 1793, lacks maps, nineteenth century stamp of Cheyne and Buchanan's Library, Edinburgh, some annotations, later 20th century institutional two-tone cloth, bookplates and stamps, 8vo, (2); The Traveller's Guide through Belgium and Holland, defective copy, probably the fourth edition, 1823, some fold-out maps, disbound, 16mo (1); Doughty (Charles M.), Travels in Arabia Deserta, Thin-Paper Edition in One Volume/Complete and Unabrdiged, London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. &, 1928, cloth (worn), 8vo, (1); Younghusband: (Captain G.J.) & (Captain Frank E., C.I.E.), The Relief of Chitral, first edition, London: 1895, contemporary cloth, 8vo, (1); Stanley's In Darkest Africa, volume II only, London: 1890, ex-lib, 8vo, (1); Baedeker's Rhine, 1889, contemporary covers, 16mo, (1); Moore's View of Italy, volume I only, sixth edition, London: 1795, contemporary calf (worn), contemporary owner's armorial bookplate: George Purling, later ink MS inscription, 8vo, (1); Rey's Abyssinia, 8vo, (1); Americana, Lovett (Richard), United States Pictures [...], [London]: 1891, b/w plates and illustrations, contemporary pictorial cloth, 4to, (1); etc., [12]
Topography - Morris (The Rev. F.O., B.A., editor), A Series of Picturesque Views of the Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, with Descriptive and Historical Letterpresses, volumes I-IV only, first edition, London: William Mackenzie, [n.d., 1870], illustrated throughout with chromolithograph full-page plates of stately homes and architectural edifices, contemporary pictorial cloth gilt, as issued, all-edges gilt, 4to, [4]
Topography - Moss (Fletcher): two copies, Pilgrimages in Cheshire & Shropshire, Didsbury: Published by the Author from his home The Old Parsonage [...], June 1901, b/w plates, contemporary pictorial red cloth gilt, top-edge gilt, others untrimmed, 8vo, (2); Pilgrimages to Old Homes, eight volumes, comprising 1903 (2), 1906, 1908 (2), 1910 (2), 1913, conforming red cloth gilt, 8vo, (8); Didsbury: Sketches, Reminiscences, and Legends, with Illustrations, Manchester: George Falkner & Sons, 1890, contemporary cloth, 4to, (1); Fifty Years Public Work in Didsbury [...], [Didsbury]: Published by the Author from his Home [...], May 1915, cloth, 8vo, (1); further early 20th century and later Manchester and Cheshire local history and topography, various; James (M.R.) & Chambers (G.E., illustrator), Suffolk and Norfolk: A Perambulation of the Two Counties [...], London: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1930, first edition, illustrated, contemporary two-tone cloth only, 4to, (1); The Thames, album of engravings, (1); pamphlets and periodicals; etc., [approx. 30]
Topography - Whitaker (The Reverend John, F.S.A.), The History of Manchester, first and only edition, three parts in two volumes (all published), London: Mess. Dodsley, 1771, & Joseph Johnson, 1775, full-page engravings and fold-out maps and plots, contemporary speckled calf, gilt spines, 4to, (2); Provincial Dorset Imprint, Annotated Copy, Ellis (George Alfred, Surgeon), The History and Antiquities of the Borough and Town of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, first and only edition, Weymouth: Printed and Published by B. Benson, 1829, interleaved throughout with 19th century ink manuscript annotations, notes, and some printed ephemera, 20th century three-quarter mottled tan morocco over cloth, 8vo, (1); Timbs (John, F.S.A.), Curiosities of London [...], A New Edition, Corrected and Enlarged, London: Longmans [...], 1868, contemporary three-quarter calf, marbled edges and endpapers, 8vo, (1); Lambert's London, volume III only, London: 1806, calf, 8vo, (1); The New Town and Country Magazine, 1788, calf (faults), 8vo, (1), [6] Provenance: 1st: 1) William Pollock, contemporary 18th century wreath and ribbon armorial bookplate; 2) 19th century book label, indistinct monogram crested by a stag's head erased; 2nd: 1) ? Barrett, half-title inscribed with contemporary ink MS. ownership inscription.
Winston Spencer Churchill - Churchill (The Rt. Hon. Winston S., P.C., C.H., M.P.), Marlborough: His Life and Times, volume I only, first edition, first printing, London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1933, illustrated, rare with original dustjacket, contemporary gilt armorial claret cloth, top-edge gilt, 8vo, [1]
[TRAVEL] Whitney, Caspar. Jungle Trails and Jungle People. Travel, Adventure and Observation in the Far East, first edition, T. Werner Laurie, London, 1905, original blue cloth gilt, thirty-seven plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), octavo (slightly rubbed; white blocking to spine partially re-touched).
[MISCELLANEOUS] Neilson, Harry B. 'Auld-Lang-Syne'. Recollections and Rural Records of Old Claughton, Birkenhead and Bidston with Other Reminiscences, first edition, Willmer Brothers, Birkenhead, 1935, original green cloth, photographic portrait frontispiece, further full-page and text illustrations, octavo; Clark, Leonard. English Morning and Other Poems, first edition, Hutchinson, London, 1953, boards, dustjacket, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo; and ten other assorted works, (12).
[MISCELLANEOUS] The Book of Common Prayer, Collins, London, no date, mother of pearl and abalone covers with a leather spine, all edges gilt, duodecima; The Red Letter New Testament, Collins, London, no date, olive wood covers the lower inscribed 'Jerusalem' with a leather spine, all edges gilt, colour plate illustrations, octavo; Goldsmith, Oliver. Poems, first edition, for Wenman, London, 1791, full leather, engraved frontispiece, sextodecimo; and seven assorted small volumes, (10).
Margaret Thatcher Signed First Edition 'The Path to Power' brand new unopened copy, signed by Margaret Thatcher at Waterstones, Deansgate, Manchester. Published by Harper Collins, London. 1995. First edition of volume two of Margaret Thatcher's political reminiscences. To this day Margaret Thatcher divides the nation's political opinion, in that she is adored by some and fiercely detested by others. This is a truly immaculate copy of the book. boasting pristine boards and an impeccable spine solid, steadfast and spotless. The pages are unread and, therefore, untouched, and the dust jacket is glitzy perfection. Signed in 1995 by Margaret Thatcher. Together with a framed signed photograph of the lady.
Frederick Forsyth First Edition Signed Copy 'The Fist of God'. Hardback book with dust cover, signed on title page and dated May 1994. Book first published in 1994. This is a thriller set against the background of the Gulf War. It features the organization of Saddam's war cabinet, the behind-the-scenes politicking of the Allies, SAS patrols roaming behind Iraqi lines, and the covert trade of the CIA, the British SAS and the ruthless Israeli Mossad.
William Cave 1687 Apostolici of The History of the Lives, Acts and Deaths and Martyrdoms of those who were contemporary with, or immediately succeeded by, the Apostles As Alpho The Moft Eminent The Primitive Fathers of the Fithft 300 Years to which is added a chronology of the First Ages of the Church by William Cave, the Third Edition Corrected. Dated 1687. Together With The Lives Of The Primitive Fathers Volume II by William Cave1683Complete But Front Covers And Spines Loose
A mixed box of books, mainly Ian Fleming to include Dr. No, Book Club First edition 1958; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Book Club First edition with dustcover, 1963; The Man with the Golden Gun, Book club first edition, 1965; Leslie Charteris, 'Vendetta for the Saint', book club first edition, together with several James Bond vintage paperbacks, modern boxset
Four Royal Mint commemorative fine silver £20 coins to include '2015 Sir Winston Churchill', '2013 A Timeless First Edition George and the Dragon', 'Outbreak 2014 WWI' commemorative coin and 'The 90th Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen', each backed on presentation/information card and sealed within unopened plastic wallet (4).
Four Royal Mint commemorative fine silver £20 coins to include '2015 Sir Winston Churchill', '2013 A Timeless First Edition George and the Dragon', 'Outbreak 2014 WWI' commemorative coin and 'The 90th Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen', each backed on presentation/information card and sealed within unopened plastic wallet (4).
Four Royal Mint commemorative fine silver £20 coins to include '2015 Sir Winston Churchill', '2013 A Timeless First Edition George and the Dragon', 'Outbreak 2014 WWI' commemorative coin and 'The 90th Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen', each backed on presentation/information card and sealed within unopened plastic wallet (4).
A Royal Mint '2018 United Kingdom Silver Proof Commemorative Coin Set', limited edition no.233/1000, comprising five coins to include £5 'Prince George of Cambridge', £2 'Royal Air Force', £2 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein', £2 'First World War Armistice' and a 50p 'Representation of the People Act 1918', in black lacquered presentation case with booklet and specification card, in outer presentation box.
A Royal Mint 'The 100th Anniversary of the First World War, A Story in Coins 1918-2018', £5 silver proof six-coin set, limited edition no.251/1918, comprising six 925 silver encapsulated coins, each approx 28.8g, with booklet, specification card, in black presentation box, black cardboard outer box and blue box sleeve.
A Royal Mint 'The 100th Anniversary of the First World War, A Story in Coins 1918-2018', £5 silver proof six-coin set, limited edition no.213/600, comprising six silver encapsulated coins, 'Remembrance Day', 'War Memorials', 'Poppies', 'Imperial War Museum', 'Commemorative War Graves' and 'Peace', each approx 28.8g, with booklet, specification card, in matte black presentation case, in black box and white outer presentation sleeve.
A Westminster Collection 'Great Britain 10th Anniversary of the Last £1 Note' coin first day cover, limited edition no.3340/6000, a Benham issued 'Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II New £5 Note First Day of Circulation', in a presentation envelope, limited edition no.81/100, serial no.AM31939948, and also three mint Royal Bank of Scotland £10 notes, Diamond Jubilee edition, 6th February 2012, with consecutive numbered TQDJ1996904/05/06 (5).
An autographed hardback book 'The Ascent of Everest' by John Hunt, pub. Hodder & Stoughton, first edition 1953, with foreword by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and Chapter 16 by Sir Edmund Hilary, signed to frontispiece by Edmund Hilary, George Lowe, George Band, Alfred Gregory, Tom Bourdillon, Michael Ward, Wilf Noyce and others, thirteen signatures in total of members of the 1953 Ascent of Everest expedition team. CONDITION REPORT These signatures have not been verified.The cover has some tears and is a bit tatty around the edges. The pages appear in good condition. There are no pen marks. All the pages appear to be present. There is no Tenzing Norgay signature
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