L'Ecluse (Charles de). Clusius, Carolus. Exoticorum libri decem: quibus animalium, plantarum, aromatum, aliorumq?ue peregrinorum fructuum historiae describuntur: item Petri Belloni observationes, 3 parts in 1, Leiden: Raphelengius, 1605, [20], 378, [10], 52, [26], [12], 242, [2] pp., engraved illustrated title, woodcut illustrations to text throughout, engraved initials, 18th-century manuscript references in Latin to margins, scattered corrections in the same hand, occasional light marginal dust-soiling, a few leaves with light water-marks to lower margins, title reinforced with adjacent blank, bound with: Curae posteriores, seu pluminarum non ante congnitarum, aut descriptarum stirpium, peregrinorumque aliquot animalium novae descriptiones... Accesit seorsim Everadi Vorstii de Caroli Clusii vita et obitu oratio, 2 parts in 1, Leiden: Raphelengii, 1611, [6], 72, 24., title browned, a few leaves with water-stain to lower margin, later calf over original boards, 19th-century reback lettered in gilt, lower corners worn and showing, extremities rubbed, a few small wormholes to base of front joint, folio (350 x 220mm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Arber, Herbals, pp. 84-88; Hunt 180, 191 (4to edition of Curae); Johnston 149; Nissen BBI 372, 368 (4to edition of Curae); Pritzel 1759; Wellcome 1.1511, 1514 (4to edition of Curae); Blunt & Stearn The Art of Botanical Illustration p.82."L'Ecluse's work... can be described as the starting point of our modern knowledge for many genera. (Blunt & Stearn). The first work is the second volume of L'Ecluse's collected works, the first being published in 1601. The second work in this volume is the first folio edition of Curae Posteriores, L'Ecluse's last work which was published posthumously. It contains additions and corrections to his former works.
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Ray (John). Miscellaneous Discourses concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World..., 1st edition, Samuel Smith, 1692, imprimatur leaf, a little spotting, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, 'George Knight, Rector of Welbo[u]rn, [Lincolnshire], 1717', later bookplate of A.F. Richards to front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf gilt, very skilful restoration and discrete repairs to spine ends and corners, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Keynes 81; Wing R397. First edition of Ray's most comprehensive treatment of fossils.
Salmon (William). Botanologia. The English Herbal: or, History of Plants, 1st edition, [London: I. Dawkes for H. Rhodes & J. Taylor, 1710], additional engraved title (partly laid down with some losses), title printed in red and black (partly laid down with losses), numerous woodcut illustrations, first leaf of dedication partly laid down with small losses, final index leaf laid down with frayed margins, a few other leaves with archival repairs, a few repaired wormtracks in text and margins, occasional toning and light spotting, contemporary owner inscription 'Paul Roake Newbury' at head of title, bookplate of Percival F. Hinton, contemporary calf-backed (later) marbled boards, rebacked with original spine relaid, spine rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Sold with all faults not subject to return,
Timaeus von Güldenklee (Balthasar). Casus medicinales praxi triginta sex annorum observati, accessere et Medicamentorum singularium quae in casibus proponuntur descriptiones, Leipzig: Johann Erich Hahn, 1662, [24], 433 (i.e. 489), [9] pages, bound with:Baldassaris Timaei von Guldenklee et celebrium quorundam ... medicorum epistolae et consilia : Accessit et Hortolini Timaeani topographia metrica [by Aegidius van der Myle] et Inscriptiones, Leipzig: Johann Erich Hahn, 1665, [16], 464 (i.e. 496), [8] pages, bound withSuperpondium Alexicacon seu Consilium de Peste..., Leipzig: Christiani Michaelis, 1663, [24] pages, all texts double column, heavy browning and old dampstaining throughout, early ink inscriptions to first title, contemporary vellum with oval gilt stamps to both covers with letters 'NGB LRI', vellum reback and remains of cloth ties, rubbed and soiled, slightly torn at head of spine, 4to, plus a defective copy of Pierre Pomet's A Compleat History of Druggs, 2nd or 3rd edition, 1725 or 1737, 78 engraved plates (close-trimmed at foremargins), lacks all before page 11 and all after page 358, lacking a total of approximately 50 text leaves and 8 plates, a few tears with loss, modern calf-backed boards, rubbed, 4toQTY: (2)
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[Luther (Martin)] [A COMMENTARIE OF M. DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER UPON THE EPISTLE OF S. PAUL TO THE GALATHIANS : FIRST COLLECTED AND GATHERED VVORD BY VVORD OUT OF HIS PREACHING, & NOVV OUT OF LATINE FAITHFULLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FOR THE VNLEARNED] FIRST EDITION printed in black letter and ruled in red, lacks all before Ai (folio 1) and last ff. Mmviii (folio 282), near-contemporary calf, tooled in blind, worn, tooled in blind, lacks part of spine, 4to, [T. Vautrolier, 1575] ***First edition by collation ([8], 208, 211-282 leaves) and size (20cm). Lacuna in pagination not present in later editions. Hence lacking prelims [8] and ff.282.
Lantier (E.F.) Adolphe and Blanche, or Travellers in Switzerland, 6 vols, 8vo, calf, translated from the French into English for John Badcock, London, 1804, bearing the bookplate of Joshua Pim; MacGilliveray (W.) The Travels and Researches of Alexander Von Humboldt, 12mo, calf, illus. with map and engravings, third edition, Edinburgh, 1836; and Bagot (Richard) The Lakes of Northern Italy, 12mo, cloth, illus., first edition, 1907. (8)
Sheringham (H.T.) Fishing and Philandering, 8vo, cloth, illus., c.1914; Roscoe (E.S.) Brambles With A Fishing Rod, 4to, printed-cloth, illus., Edinburgh, 1906; Cornwallis-West (G.) Edwardians Go Fishing, 8vo, cloth, illus., first edition, 1932; Hardy's Anglers Guide and Catalogue, 4to, paper covs., Alnwick, 1960; and other books on Angling. (15)
Page (I.E.) Walks Round Alston, 16mo, original paper covs. enclosed by cloth binding, Carlisle, 1893, and another edition, published 1912; Penfold (Henry) Brampton and District: A Guide, 1901; Dickinson (George) Allendale Parish, 8vo, rebound in half-calf, first edition, 1886; James (Col. Sir Henry) Ordnance Survey Book of Reference to the Plan of the Parish of Allendale, lge. 8vo, illus. with map, 1862; and other Guides to places in Northumberland. (11)
Orpen (Sir William) An Onlooker In France, 1917-1919, 4to, cloth, illus., revised and enlarged edition, 1924, presentation copy with full-page self-portrait in pencil on the first blank preliminary page, inscribed "With best regards - This to show how The book was written, William Orpen, London, 1929"; together with an invitation to the Author to attend a dinner at St. James's Palace, 27th June 1930; and two original sepia photographs of No. 23 Squadron RAF.
Bradley (A.G.) The Romance of Northumberland, 8vo, cloth, illus., first edition, 1908; Herbert (Agnes) Northumberland, 8vo, cloth, illus. by Alfred Heaton Cooper, 1923; Jennings (Payne) Summer Holidays in North East England, 4to, printed boards, illus., n.d; and other books and publications relating to Northumberland.
Headlam (Maurice) A Holiday Fisherman, 8vo, cloth, illus., 1934; Gedney (C.W.) Angling Holidays In Pursuit of Salmon, Trout and Pike, 8vo, cloth, illus., first edition, 1896; Moore (T.C. Kingsmill) A Man May Fish, 8vo, cloth, illus., 1960; Adams (Joseph) Salmon and Trout Angling, 8vo, cloth, illus., n.d; The Book of the Flyfishers Club, 1884-1934, 4to, half-calf, illus., n.d; and two other books on Angling. (7)
Gribble (Francis) The Story of Alpine Climbing, 12mo, cloth, illus., revised edition; Kirkpatrick (W.T.) Alpine Days and Nights, 8vo, cloth, illus., first edition in book form, 1932; Irving (R.L.G.) The Alps, 8vo, cloth, illus., New York, 1942, with d.w; Burlingham (Frederick) How To Become An Alpinist, 8vo, cloth, illus., n.d; and other books on Alpine Climbing. (9)
Common (Jack) Kiddar's Luck, 8vo, cloth, first edition 1951, with d.w; Waine (Harry) Lays of Aad Sheels: Tyneside Tales, sml. 4to, cloth, Gateshead, first edition, 1952, with d.w; Spain (G.L.) Jottings from a Corner of the Moors, sml. 4to, cloth, illus., Newcastle, 1910; Rutherford (Frank) All The Way To Pennywell: Children's Rhymes of the North East, 8vo, printed paper covs., Durham, 1971; and three other books. (8)
Johns (Captain W.E.) Biggles Breaks the Silence, first edition, 1949; Biggles Foreign Legionnaire, second impression, 1955; Biggles Makes Ends Meet, first edition, 1957; No Rest for Biggles, first edition, 1956; Biggles' Combined Operation, first edition, 1959; and other Biggles books, including several first editions, all but one with d.w's. (27)
Societé D'Aquarellistes Francais, 8 vols, - loose leaf folders of text and illustration featuring significant 19th Century French artists, atlas folio, printed boards, H. Launette and Coupil & Co., Paris, late 19th Century; and Lacalotte (Michel) The Art & Spirit of Paris, 2 vols, 4to, cloth, illus., Abbeville Press, New York, first edition, 2003, in d.s.
Bonington (Chris) Everest The Hard Way, 8vo, cloth, illus., first American edition, 1976, and Book Club edition, 1976, with d.ws; Ahluwalia (Major H.T.S.) Faces of Everest, 4to, cloth, illus., 1978; Venables (Stephen) Everest: Summit of Achievement, obl. 4to, cloth, illus., 2003, with d.w; and other modern illustrated books on Mountaineering in the Himalayas. (11)
Boyle (J.R.) The First Newcastle Directory 1778, 4to, cloth, facsimile edition, limited to 25 hand-made lge. paper copies, this copy no. 15, Newcastle 1899; The History and Directory of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 8vo, printed boards, published by T. Bulmer & Co., Preston and Newcastle, 1887; and Bulmer (T.F.) (Editor) The History, Topography and Directory of Northumberland (Hexham Division), 4to, half-calf, Manchester, 1886. (3)
Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop, 8vo, cloth, first edition, 1933; Waugh (Evelyn) Officers and Gentlemen, 8vo, cloth, first edition, 1955, with damaged d.w; Sagen (Francoise) Bonjour Tristesse (translated by Irene Ash), 8vo, cloth, first edition in this version, 1955; Chandler (Raymond) The High Window, 8vo, cloth, 1946, with d.w; and other works of modern fiction and biography. (30)
Salwey (Jasper) Heart of Northumberland Footpath Guide, No. 67, 16mo., paper covs., first edition 1949, with d.w; Dale (Jonathan) Walks Round Hexham, 14mo., paper covs; Garson (William S.) A Ramble in Tynemouth and Cullercoats, 14mo., paper covs., Whitley Bay, n.d; Oliver (Stephen) Rambles in Northumberland, sml. 8vo, half-calf, 1835; and other Guides to Walking in Northumberland. (16)
Brockett (John Trotter) A Glossary of North Country Words, 8vo, half-calf and marbled boards, illus. with engraved frontispiece, first edition, Newcastle, 1825; Brockett (John Trotter) A Glossary of North Country Words, 2 vols. in 1, 8vo, gilt-morocco, Newcastle, third edition, 1846; and other books and pamphlets on North East Dialects. (9)
Bradley (Tom) The Old Coaching Days In Yorkshire, 8vo, printed cloth, illus., Leeds, 1889; Selway (N.C.) The Golden Age of Coaching and Sport as depicted by James Pollard, 4to, cloth, illus., Leigh-on-Sea, first edition, 1972; Nimrod's Hunting Reminiscences, 4to, cloth, illus., new edition, 1926; Rose (R.N.) The Field, 1853-1953, 8vo, cloth, illus., first edition, 1953; and other books on Field Sports and Sporting Art. (10)
Beattie (James) The Minstrel, 16mo, half-morocco, illus. with wood engravings, by Luke Clennell; Ritson (Joseph) Northern Garlands, 4 vols. in 1, 8vo, half-morocco, first collected edition, 1809/1810; and Chicken (Edward) The Collier's Wedding, 8vo, cloth, woodcut title page, Newcastle, 1829.
Cummings (C.C.) A Historical Survey of the Boiler Makers' and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society, 1834-1904, 4to, gilt-cloth, illus., Newcastle, 1905, presentation copy, signed by the Chairman and other members of the Society; Armstrong (Sir W.G.), Taylor (John), and Bell (I. Lowthian) (Editors) The Industrial Resources of the Tyne, Wear and Tees, 4to, illus. with double-page frontispiece, fold-out map, other maps and plates, Newcastle, 1864; and Flagg (Amy C.) Notes on the History of Shipbuilding in South Shields, 1746-1946, 8vo, cloth, first edition, 1979, with d.w. (3)
Firth (C.H.) The Life of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, 8vo, cloth, limited edition of 300 numbered copies, 1886; Northumberland (The First Duchess of) The Diaries Of A Duchess, 8vo, cloth, illus., 1926; and The First Duke and Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 8vo, half-calf and gilt cloth, illus., 1910.
Hall (Marshall) The Artists of Northumbria, first, second and third editions, 4to, cloth, illus. with d.w., Newcastle, 1973, 1982 and 2005; Rush (James) The Ingenious Beilbys, first edition in cloth for general sale, and first limited edition in full-calf, with d.w., signed and dedicated by the Author; Atkinson (Frank) The Man Who Made Beamish: An Autobiography, lge. 4to, cloth, illus., first edition, 1999, signed by the Author; Elliot (Grace A.) Border Charm: an original album of wood engravings annotated and hand-mounted by the Artist, Coldstream, 1934; The Cherryburn Times Newsletter, Vol. 1, No's. 1-4; and other works relating to Art and Craft in the North of England.
Milne (A.A.) Winnie the Pooh, 8vo, deluxe publisher's red and gilt full-sheep binding, illus. by E.H. Shepard, first edition, 1926; Now We Are Six, 8vo, gilt-cloth, illus. by E.H. Shepard, first edition, 1927; The House At Pooh Corner, 8vo, gilt-cloth, illus. by E.H. Shepard, first edition, 1928; and When We Were Very Young, 8vo, gilt-cloth, illus. by E.H. Shepard, eleventh edition, 1925. (4)
Turrill (Gardner Stilson) A Tale of the Yellowstone: In a wagon through Western Wyoming and Wonderland, lge. 8vo, original printed cloth, illus, first edition, Jefferson, Iowa, 1901, presentation copy inscribed 'To Mr. W. Emery Stark F.R.S.S., London, Eng., with the compliments of the Author, Jefferson, Iowa, July 3 1903' "En Route Through Nebraska & Iowa, USA".
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