Ballooning.- 3 scrapbooks of pamphlets, periodicals, extracts and newspaper cuttings relating to ballooning compiled by Hatton Turnor, presumably as research for his book 'Astra Castra', some with wood-engraved illustrations, some mounted on stubs, some pasted to blank leaves, several loosely inserted, one or two with parts cut away, some soiling and staining, a few creases, 2 vol. contemporary half cloth, manuscript label "Balloon Papers Hatton Turner 1864" to upper cover of one volume, another to spines, 3rd volume contemporary half roan, spine decoratively gilt and titled "Scraps", all rubbed, v.s. (3)⁂ Including:1. Blanchard (Jean Pierre) An Exact and Authentic Narrative of M.Blanchard's Third Aerial Voyage, From Rouen in Normandy, on the 18th of July, 1784, Accompanied by M.Boby; In Which they Traversed a Space of Forty-Five Miles in Two Hours and a Quarter..., first English edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (lightly spotted and offset onto title), half-title and final leaf soiled and spotted, mounted on stub, C.Heydinger, 1784. Blanchard was a pioneer in ballooning and was the first to cross the English Channel by balloon on January 1785, accompanied by the American Dr. John Jeffries. He used oars with his balloons, as depicted in the frontispiece, to row through the air.2. High and Low, or, Mr. Green among the Stars. Oxford: June 13, 1823, 8pp., first and last leaves soiled and stained, creased, mounted on stub, L.Thompson, 1824. Library Hub records only one copy (Bishopsgate Institute), WorldCat lists 2 others in America. 3. Medley (R.S.) The Air Balloon Spiritualized, 8pp., a little soiled, mounted on stub, E.Justins for L.I.Higham, 1823. 2 copies on Library Hub (BL & Oxford), 4 in America. 4. Authentic Narrative of the Great Balloon Voyage and Descent in Germany...Mr. Green's Own Account, 8pp., title with wood-engraved vignette, mounted on stub, W.Marshall, [1836]. One copy on Library Hub (National Aerospace Library), 2 in America.5. Seconde et Derniere Ascension du Ballon Monstre avant son Depart pour l'Angleterre...Mr Green fera sa Deux Cent Vingt-Huitieme Ascension, flyer, letters on "Ballon" composed of animals, typographic border, pasted to blank leaf, ink stamp to corner, Paris, Jules Didot l'Aine, 1837.6. 3pp. manuscript journal on the aeronaut Mr Kight's attempts to make various balloon ascents in Bombay, with entries dating from January 28th 1853 to December 27th 1853, describing the initial excitement about the ascent turning to disappointment when it was cancelled, the explosion of the balloon when "a native assistant unfortunately went too near the machine with a cigar in his mouth and pricked it with a penknife" and Kight's eventual ascent and plunge into the sea on 11th December, a little browned at upper edge, loosely insertedAnd various other items including flyers announcing balloon ascents by Charles Green, Mr. Gypson, Mrs. Graham and others, reports of ascents and accidents including the fatal parachute descent of Robert Cocking in 1837, a manuscript note in ink apparently by Edward Spencer who accompanied Green and Cocking, and an engraving with portraits of aerial travellers Mrs.Sage and Mr.Biggin from New London Magazine November 1783 (torn and frayed at corner).
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Cookery.- Cole (Mary) The Lady's Complete Guide; or, Cookery in all its branches, third edition "very much improved", half-title, some foxing, marginal tear to K7 neatly repaired, contemporary sheep, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked with gilt spine, new endpapers, [Cagle 623; Maclean p.29; Oxford p.117], for G.Kearsley, 1791 § [Glasse (Hannah)] The Art of Cookery, made Plain and Easy, sixth edition "with very large additions", with facsimile signature of authentication on p.1, some light soiling, stain to lower outer corner of some leaves, some fraying to fore-edges repaired, contemporary sheep, rubbed and stained, some repairs, rebacked, new endpapers, [Maclean p.59; Oxford p.77; this edition not in Cagle], for the Author...sold by A.Millar...and T.Trye, 1758 § Armstrong (John) The Young Woman's Guide to Virtue, Economy, and Happiness...with a Complete and Elegant System of Domestic Cookery..., eighth edition, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates of joints & seasonal table settings, some foxing and staining, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [cf.Cagle 548, fifth edition], Newcastle upon Tyne, 1828, 8vo (3)⁂ Mary Cole was cook to the Earl of Drogheda and appears to have been the first cookery writer to recognise and acknowledge systematically the source of some of her recipes. The second item, by Glasse, was the best-selling cookery book of the century but this was the first edition to contain some Jewish recipes. The last mentioned contains advice on all matters from letter-writing to letting lodgings, in addition to recipes.
Etiquette.- Ladies' Vase (The); or Polite Manual for Young Ladies...By an American Lady, second edition, additional tinted lithographed pictorial title, [No printed copies recorded in UK libraries, and only one printed copy of 1843 first edition, BL], Hartford, Henry S.Parsons, 1847 § Lady's Manual of Modern Etiquette, only edition, 3pp. advertisements at end, one leaf lacking lower outer blank corner, [Library Hub records only 3 UK copies: BL, Nat. Lib. Scotland, Oxford], Paul Jerrard & Son, [1862] § Routledge's Etiquette for Ladies, first edition, chromolithographed frontispiece and additional title, [4 UK copies], 1864 § Complete Guide to Etiquette for Ladies & Gentlemen, presented gratis with The Young Ladies' Journal, stitched in original printed blue wrappers, spotted, frayed at edges, [No UK copies; only 2 in America], E.Harrison, [1866], all but the last original pictorial cloth, gilt, all rubbed, the first rebacked preserving original spine; and 2 others, modern, on etiquette, 8vo et infra (6)⁂ A good group of scarce little works on etiquette.
Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo") Anna Karénina, first American edition, translated by Nathan Haskell Doyle, 5pp. advertisements at end, floral endpapers, cracked hinges, slight shelf-lean, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, chipping and small loss to spine extremities, 8vo, New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1886.⁂ The first American edition, and the first to be published in English. This was published in variant bindings of olive green, blue and brown, of which there seems to be no established priority.
Nonesuch Press.- The Holy Bible and The Apocrypha Reprinted According to the Authorised Version 1611, 5 vol., copper engraved titles by Stephen Gooden, original parchment, gilt, toning to spines, vol. 2 upper joint with two small tears at ends, uncut, The Nonesuch Press, 1942-27 § Lawrence (T. E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 4 folding maps, original brown buckram, gilt, light water stain to upper cover, spine lightly sunned, 1935 § Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, 8 vol., titles in colour, original blue cloth, gilt, original glassine jackets, presentation slipcase, The Limited Editions Club, 1941-2; and others literature, mainly cloth, v.s. (qty)
Borden (Mary) Action for Slander, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, some light edge-spotting, original boards, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1 or 2 short nicks to head and foot, some spotting to lower panel, a sharp and excellent copy, 1936; and 3 others, modern literature, 8vo (4)⁂ The plot of the first revolves around a dispute concerning a poker game and was adapted for an Alexander Korda film the year following publication.
Broch (Hermann) The Unknown Quantity. A Novel, Translated by Willa & Edwin Muir, first English edition, fading to spine ends, jacket with light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to first word of title at head of spine, long closed tear with creasing to head of upper panel, 1935 § Muir (Edwin) First Poems, first American edition, some fraying to spine ends, jacket spine ends and corners chipped, chip to head of upper joint rubbed, New York, 1925; and another, 8vo (3)
Crowley (Aleister) Ambergris. A Selection from the Poems, first edition, portrait frontispiece, Betty May's copy with pencil note of provenance to endpaper, original boards, lettered in gilt, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, 8vo, Elkin Mathews, 1910.⁂ An interesting association copy of this scarce collection. The pencil note states "This copy belonged to Mrs. Betty Sedgewick, formerly one of Jacob Epstein's Models. She gave evidence in the case of Crowley v. Hamnett in April 1934". Betty Sedgwick was better known as Betty May (1894-?1980) was a bohemian dancer and model who led an eventful life. Her third husband, Frederick Loveday, became an acolyte of Crowley's. The pair travelled to Sicily and took part in some of Crowley's rituals, although May only tentatively in order to avoid being thrown out of Crowley's Abbey and separated from her husband. She was the principle witness in the Crowley's libel suit against Nina Hamnett, testifying on behalf of the defence to witnessing the ritual sacrifice of a cat during one of Crowley's ceremonies.
Felix-Jones (Ivor) The Walking Voice, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, some shadowing from jacket onto upper cover, dust-jacket designed by Clare Leighton, very light toning to spine, faint spotting, light creasing to spine tips, a sharp and excellent copy, 1927; and another, 8vo (2)
Heaney (Seamus) The Government o the Tongue, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Pearl, With happy memories of the pléaracha in Oxford, Seamus Heaney, 29.x.'93" to endpaper, other ink signatures to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine tips and corners, else fine, 8vo, 1988.
Heaney (Seamus) New Selected Poems 1966-1987, first paperback edition, signed by the author on title, original stiff wrappers, rubbing to extremities, 1990 § Murdoch (Iris) The Book and the Brotherhood, limited edition signed by the author, original morocco, gilt, Franklin Library, PA, 1988; and 12 others, literature, all signed or inscribed, 8vo (14)⁂ Signed by authors including Ted Hughes, Christopher Isherwood, John Betjeman, David Mamet and John Galsworthy.
![Jekyll (Agnes).- Ne Oublie, [edited by Brabara Freyburg and Pamela McKenna], signed presentation inscription from Freyburg to](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/883c97f4-3081-4923-8aff-ae6900b5fcf4/aabe4f31-90f9-4d1a-aaca-ae6900bbdce0/468x382.jpg)
Jekyll (Agnes).- Ne Oublie, [edited by Brabara Freyburg and Pamela McKenna], signed presentation inscription from Freyburg to endpaper, A. L. s. from Freyburg loosely inserted, photographic portrait frontispiece, original cloth-backed boards, light toning to spine, [Guildford and Esher], [Printed for private distribution at Billing & Sons], [1937] § Thomas (Edward) Woodland Life, second edition, frontispiece, original green buckram, light sunning to spine, extremities a little rubbed, 1897; and 3 others, modern literature, 8vo (5)⁂ The first is a rare curiosity, compiled from Agnes Jekyll's commonplace book by her daughters in her remembrance. The inscription and letter are addressed to Olga or "Oggie", possibly the food-writer Olga Hartley.
Sinclair (Iain) White Goods, letter "I" of 26 lettered copies specially-bound and with a signed autograph poem and signed illustration inserted in pocket at rear, from an edition limited to 1,000 copies, signed by the author and illustrator on title, illustrations by Emma Matthews, original buckram, Uppingham, 2002; Lights Out for the Territory, number 141 of 250 copies signed by the author and photographer/illustrator, plates and illustrations by Marc Atkins, original cloth with photographic onlay, slip-case, 1997 § Sinclair (Iain) and Marc Atkins. Liquid City, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author and photographer to David Gascoyne on title, photographic illustrations, book label of David Gascoyne to inside front cover, original stiff wrappers, 1999; and 3 others, Sinclair, 8vo (6)
Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first American edition, Book-of-the-Month Club leaflet for the book with text by Christopher Morley loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short closed tear with creasing to foot of upper panel, extremities a little rubbed, lower panel with light surface soiling and minor damp-staining, Boston, 1945; and a copy of Thomas Merton's Waters of Silence with an introduction by Waugh, 8vo (2)
Woolf (Virginia and Leonard).- Bosanquet (Theodora) Henry James at Work, first edition, bookplate of Francis Bliss, original pictorial wrappers designed by Vanessa Bell, light toning to covers, spine split at foot, extremities a little rubbed, [Woolmer 42], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1924.⁂ The only pamphlet from this series hand-printed by the Woolfs.
Architecture.- Félibien des Avaux (Jean-François) Description de la Nouvelle Eglise de l'Hostel Royal des Invalides, first edition, with initial blank, approbation leaf (P1) bound at end with folding engraved plan by Loisel attached (shaved at edges), woodcut ornaments, small ink stamp to title, engraved bookplate of Bibliotheca Reuterholmiana printed in red and dated 1713 in manuscript, modern bookplate of Evert Strokirk, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, corners worn, spine ends chipped, 12mo, Paris, [printed by Antoine Chrétien], 1702.⁂ Rare first edition of this description of the new church for the Invalides designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart. Félibien's illustrated folio Description de l'Eglise Royal des Invalides was published when the church was consecrated in 1706, at the same time this work was reissued by Quillau with a second part. WorldCat lists only 3 copies of this 1702 edition.Nils Esbjörnson Reuterholm (1676-1756), governor of Dalarna in Sweden 1732-39 and of Örebro 1739-56, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from the year of its foundation in 1739.
![Trade Catalogues.- Valspar, New York. [Catalogue of Paints & Varnishes], limited edition "counter book", 46pp., most with](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/883c97f4-3081-4923-8aff-ae6900b5fcf4/a204c788-d058-4e70-bbae-ae6900bba33b/468x382.jpg)
Trade Catalogues.- Valspar, New York. [Catalogue of Paints & Varnishes], limited edition "counter book", 46pp., most with mounted samples of paints, enamels, and varnishes for houses, boats, cars etc., a few missing, acetate guards (some frayed), a little browned, original ring-bound pictorial cloth, lacking rings, loose, rubbed, Valentine & Company, [New York], [1930s] § Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Glass Paints, Varnishes and Brushes: Their History, Manufacture and Use, colour samples and illustrations, 3 leaves loose and frayed at edges, a little stained at end, original cloth, rubbed, Pittsburgh, 1923, oblong folio & 4to (2)⁂ Valspar originated as a paint dealership in 1806 in Boston, becoming manufacturers under the name Valentine & Company in 1832. In 1903 the company developed "Valspar", the world's first clear varnish, which became their signature line and led to the advertising slogan "the varnish that won't turn white", even offering a $1000 reward if it did. This catalogue was obviously a shop's sample book, containing a label made out to "Mr.W.G.Frizzell of Albany NY" on the rear pastedown.
Ballooning.- Hampton (John) Disclosures relating to the loss of Mr.Hampton's Albion Balloon, together with the particulars of a New & Splendid Balloon, 16pp., only edition, stitched, a little soiled, lightly creased, 8vo, W.Snell, 1844.⁂ John Hampton made the first successful parachute descent by an Englishman in Cheltenham in 1838. Having been instructed to keep the balloon tethered, Hampton severed the rope and ascended in his balloon to approximately 9000ft whereupon he cut his parachute loose and returned to the ground twelve minutes later, proving his naysayers wrong, in particular the celebrated rival aeronaut Charles Green. Hampton describes the adventure in this pamphlet and attacks Green for tricking him out of possession of his Albion balloon, which Green purchased direct from the manufacturer while Hampton was in financial straits. Very rare. Not listed by Library Hub; WorldCat records no copies in libraries but does list it with an OCLC reference number.
NO RESERVE Ceramics.- Hyde (J.A.Lloyd) Oriental Lowestoft, New York, 1936 § Williamson (G.C.) The Book of Famille Rose, 1927 § Hobson (R.L.) Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, 1931; The Wares of the Ming Dynasty, 1923; The Later Ceramic Wares of China, 1925 § Pope (J.A.) Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine, second edition, 1981 § Wong (Anita Y.F., editor) Chinese Ceramic Tea Vessels: The K.S.Lo Collection, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, Hong Kong, 1991 § Beurdeley (M.) Porcelaine de la Compagnie des Indes, Fribourg & Paris, 1974 § Philon (Helen) Benaki Museum Athens: Early Islamic Ceramics Ninth to Twelfth Centuries, 1980, the first three limited editions, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the first with slip-case (rubbed), the last six with dust-jackets, some rubbed and frayed; and c.35 others on Asian ceramics, mostly Chinese, 4to & 8vo (c.40)
NO RESERVE Ceramics.- Rackham (Bernard) Victoria & Albert Museum: Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, 2 vol., second impression, 1977; Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery & Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, 2 vol., vol.1 second edition, Woodbridge, & Cambridge, 1987-35 § Earle (Alice Morse) China Collecting in America, 1892 § Litchfield (F.) Pottery and Porcelain: A Guide to Collectors, lacking front free endpaper, 1900 § Tudor-Craig (Sir Algernon) Armorial Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century, limited edition, staining to upper cover, 1925 § Garnier (Édouard) The Soft Porcelain of Sèvres, facsimile reprint, 1988, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the first with slip-case, vol.1 of the second and the last with dust-jackets, some rubbed; and c.65 others, mostly ceramics, v.s. (c.70)
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Devon.- Risdon (Tristram) [A Continuation of the] Survey of Devonshire, first edition, title trimmed, affecting text, and laid down, later folding engraved map bound as frontispiece, lacking preliminary advertisement, 2 engraved plates, list of subscribers with finger-posts pointing to William Gwavas of the Middle Temple and Thomas Tonkin of Llanbrigan in Cornwall, ?lacking continuation title, near contemporary calf, rebacked, upper board becoming loose, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, for E. Curll, 1714.⁂ This copy has a 34pp section after the Index, headed 'The Sheriffs Continued by Mr. Coffin'. This does not appear to be included in other copies listed on ESTC or WorldCat.
Ballooning.- Turnor (Hatton) Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere, first edition, the author's son Christopher H.Turnor's copy inscribed "from his friend Annie Dixon September 1894" and with long manuscript quotation on front free endpaper, with 3 postcards showing the author and the French aviator Henri Salmet loosely inserted, plates and illustrations, mounted albumen print to dedication (as issued), spotting at beginning and end, contemporary painted vellum brushed in silver, upper cover with small foil onlays (some missing), inner gilt dentelles, g.e., rubbed, spine faded, 1865; and 2 others including another, imperfect, copy of the first, 4to (3)⁂ Comprehensive account of aeronautics up to the time, mostly concerning ballooning. The interesting quotation from Jesse Collings's Land Reform concerns the ownership of air and the potential hazards of air travel, "...if the discoveries of science should make aerial travel practicable - as some say they will - then owners could legally charge a toll for every aerial machine passing over their land...".The loosely-inserted postcards (2 actual photographs) show "Mr.Hatten Turner preparing for Flight with Mr.Salmet Nov.22 1913", "Mr. Hatten Turner with Mr.Salmet in Flying Machine..." and "H.Salmet on his 50 H.P. Bleriot Monoplane...". Henri Salmet was an early French aviator who, in 1912 & 1913, was sponsored by The Daily Mail to tour Britain and take up passengers on short flights. Christopher H.Turnor (1873-1940), author, architect and agricultural reformer. He trained under Lutyens, designed the Watts Gallery for his friend the painter George Frederic Watts, and invented the cattle grid.?Possibly Annie Dixon (1817-1901), miniature portrait painter, known particularly for her portraits of several of Queen Victoria's children.
Fore-edge Painting (Folkestone & St Michael's Mount).- Turner (Joseph Mallord William) Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England, first edition, 48 plates and 32 vignette illustrations engraved by W. B. and George Cooke and others after Turner, bookplate of William Strahan, front free endpapers and title detached, occasional light foxing and toning, some offsetting, contemporary olive straight-grain morocco, elaborately gilt, quite rubbed, especially at joints and extremities, lower cover detached, g.e. with double fore-edge paintings, 4to, 1826.⁂ The fore-edge paintings show the port town of Folkestone in Kent, and the Cornish island of St Michael's Mount.
London.- Ireland (Samuel) Picturesque Views on the River Thames, 2 vol., first edition, large paper copy, half-titles, additional aquatint titles and 52 aquatint plates, 1 with short marginal tear not affecting image, most with tissue-guards, 2 maps, illustrations, usual off-setting, scattered faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, rubbed and worn, 4to, 1792.
Hunting.- Thornton (Colonel Thomas) A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France, in the Year 1802, 2 vol. bound in 1, first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, 52 engraved and aquatint plates, 10 folding or double-page, 2pp. musical score, scattered faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1806.
Surtees (Robert Smith) Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, first edition in book form, first state with dedication to Lord Elcho, half-title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 12 plates by John Leech, numerous illustrations, partially erased ink library stamp to title verso, with some show-through to recto, some light spotting and toning, upper cover of Part V bound at rear (from original issue in parts) with advertisements to verso, also upper cover and spine of first book edition, later maroon straight-grain morocco, gilt spine in compartments with tan morocco labels, 1853; and 6 others by Surtees, uniformly bound, 8vo (7)
Japan.- Conder (Joseph) The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement, first edition, 54 plates, of which 14 colour, after Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Kawanabe Kiosui, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, cord binding, a little rubbed, folio, Tokyo, 1891.⁂ The first book in English on Japanese flower-arranging.
NO RESERVE Mushrooms.- Badham (Charles David) A Treatise on the Esculent Funguses of England, first edition, hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece, 20 plates, most hand-coloured, occasional faint off-setting, original decorative cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1847.
NO RESERVE Trees.- Steuart (Sir Henry) The Planter's Guide..., second edition, half-title with Advertisement slip attached, engraved frontispiece on india paper and mounted, 5 engraved plates, all foxed, original cloth-backed boards, paper label, uncut, spine faded, Edinburgh & London, 1828 § Strutt (Jacob George) Sylva Britannica; or, Portraits of British Trees, additional vignette title and 49 plates, all on india paper and mounted, some light foxing or soiling, original cloth, paper label, uncut, rubbed and damp-stained, for the Author, [1830], 8vo & large 8vo (2)⁂ The first describes the author's method for moving large trees.
Tull (Jethro) The Horse-Hoing Husbandry: or, an Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation, first edition, for the Author, 1733, bound before, A Supplement to the Essay on Horse-Hoing Husbandry, second edition, for and by the Author, 1740, together 2 vol. bound as 1, 7 engraved plates, wormhole to bottom margin, scattered spotting, bookplates, contemporary half-calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, folio.
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[Combe (William)] The English Dance of Death, 2 vol., first edition, bound from the original parts, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional vignette title and 72 plates by Thomas Rowlandson, stab-holes, light offsetting, modern half brown calf, spines gilt in compartments, 1815-16 § [Westmacott (Charles Molloy)] The English Spy, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, 72 aquatint plates after Robert Cruikshank, Thomas Rowlandson and others, all but one hand-coloured, wood-engraved vignettes, some foxing and offsetting, contemporary diced calf, gilt, spines gilt with green roan labels (one split), rubbed, 8vo, 1825-26, [Abbey Life 263 & 325; Tooley 410 & 504], 8vo (4)
Hamilton (John) Stereography, or, a Compleat Body of Perspective, 2 vol., first and only edition, titles in red & black, engraved head-piece to dedication, list of subscribers, 130 engraved plates, each with preceding blank leaf, some light marginal water-staining, A2 of Table of Contents torn and frayed with some loss to text, contemporary blue paste-paper wrappers, uncut, lined with printer's waste from a French work of 1788 and an unidentified Chinese grammar in French with Chinese characters, rubbed, spines worn and defective, broken, preserved together in modern board slip-case, folio, for the Author, by W. Bowyer, and sold by S. Austen, 1738.⁂ Important treatise on perspective which influenced both Kirby and Malton, and unusually found unbound and intact with the blank leaves of the plate bifolia (intended to be discarded when bound up with the text).
NO RESERVE Medicine.- Whytt (Robert) An Essay on the Virtues of Lime-Water in the Cure of the Stone, first edition, with the final blank, old ink shelf-marks to front pastedown (apparently Cullen House), contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, slightly rubbed, 12mo, Edinburgh, Hamilton, Balfour & Neill, 1752.⁂ Whytt's first book, an enlarged version of a paper published in the Edinburgh Medical Essays in 1743 which attracted much attention. The Appendix relates the case of the Hon. Horace Walpole, younger brother of Sir Robert Walpole and uncle of Horace Walpole of Strawberry Hill.
Mercuriale (Girolamo) Praelectiones Pisanae...in epidemicas Hippocratis historias..., first edition, issue with final gathering unsigned, title with large woodcut device, woodcut initials, printed in double column, errata leaf, contemporary ink inscription to title and a few ink annotations to final section (possibly in another hand), stain to upper inner corners (mostly marginal), K3 & 4 browned, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, rubbed and soiled, some stains, upper cover and first few leaves nibbled at upper outer corner, [Adams M133; Wellcome 4249], folio, Venice, Giunta, 1597.⁂ Collection of lectures given at the University of Pisa on the Epidemiorum of Hippocrates and the plague, with additional lectures on conception, the baths and mineral waters of Pisa, and the medicinal virtues of wine and water. Mercuriale is mostly known for his work on gymnastics and the importance of exercise for health, first published in 1569.
Meteorology.- Luc (Jean André de) Idées sur la Météorologie, 2 vol., first edition, London issue, half-titles, 2 folding engraved plates, advertisement/errata leaf at end of vol.2, some foxing, contemporary half calf, small gilt monogram and crest of Francis Ferrand Foljambe of Osberton Hall, Notts. to foot of spines, rubbed, lacking one volume number label, 8vo, T.Spilsbury, 1786-87.⁂ Also containing important sections on heat and combustion, and the controversy over the discovery of latent heats on which De Luc had conducted experiments with James Watt.One of two issues: the work was reissued with cancel titles and preliminaries in Paris the following year.
Parasites.- Vallisneri (Antonio) Considerazioni, ed Esperienze intorno alla Generazione de'Vermi ordinari del corpo umano, first edition, title with small woodcut ornament, 4 folding engraved plates at end, small old ownership stamp to title, contemporary ink manuscript list of books loosely inserted, contemporary carta rustica, uncut, a little soiled, short tears to spine but a an excellent clean copy, [Blake p.468; Nissen ZBI 4219; Waller 9790; Wellcome V p.328], 4to, Padua, Giovanni Manfre, 1710.⁂ The first monograph on human parasitic worms. Vallisnieri, who had been a pupil of Malpighi in Bologna, played a decisive role in the spontaneous generation debate, confirming Redi's demonstration of the origin of insects from eggs.
![NO RESERVE Cruikshank (George).- [Hone (William)] Kilts and Philibegs!! The Northern Excursion of Geordie, Emperor of Gotham:](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/883c97f4-3081-4923-8aff-ae6900b5fcf4/660e7ea7-d08c-4070-8b76-ae6900bb2d12/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Cruikshank (George).- [Hone (William)] Kilts and Philibegs!! The Northern Excursion of Geordie, Emperor of Gotham: and Sir Willie Curt-His, the Court Buffoon, &c. &c., first edition, hand-coloured etched frontispiece by George Cruikshank, shaved at fore-edge, lightly foxed, later half green morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, spine titled in gilt, t.e.g., with original printed white upper wrapper bound in (soiled and laid down), slightly rubbed, spine a little faded, [Cohn 607], John Fairburn, [1822] § Beresford (Rev. James) The Miseries of Human Life; or The Groans [and Last Groans] of Samuel Sensitive, and Timothy Testy..., 2 vol., fourth edition of vol.1, first edition vol.2, vol.1 with folding hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece by W.H.Pyne (offset on title), vol.2 with folding stipple-engraved frontispiece by Edward Scriven after Beresford (offsetting and tear to edge), folding facsimile playbill, wood-engraved illustrations, one leaf in vol.1 frayed at fore-edge, later panelled calf, gilt, by E.P.Howell of Liverpool, spines gilt with red and black roan labels, g.e., rubbed, 1807, 8vo (3)
Umeau (François) De liene libellus, edited by Joseph Scaliger, first edition, with final blank, 1578 bound after Hippocrates. De capitis vulneribus liber, first separate edition, text in Greek and Latin in parallel columns, errata leaf at end, lacking folding table, contemporary ink marginalia and underlining, 1578, together 2 works in 1 vol., title with woodcut device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, light marginal staining towards end, contemporary limp vellum, soiled and stained, 8vo, [Adams U48 & H597; Krivatsky 4453 & 2405; Wellcome - Umeau not listed but the library does have a copy, Hippocrates 3210], Paris, Mamert Patisson for Robert Estienne ⁂ An interesting volume combining the first work on the spleen and an important Hippocrates edition on head wounds with contemporary annotations. Both are scarce but are sometimes found bound together as here.
Yorkshire.- Mineral Water.- Wittie (Robert) Scarbrough Spaw or, a Description of the Nature and Vertues of the Spaw at Scarbrough in Yorkshire, first edition, previous owner's signature to title, one or two corrections inserted by hand, scattered spotting and staining, near contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, [Wing W3231], small 8vo, for, and to be sold by Charles Taylor ..., 1660.
Cruikshank (George) The Humourist: A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Repartees, Witty Sayings, Epigrams..., 4 vol., first edition, reissue of vol.1, etched additional titles with hand-coloured vignettes and 36 hand-coloured etched plates by Cruikshank, paper guards, occasional foxing and offsetting, mostly to guards, attractive mottled calf, gilt, by Rivière, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., slightly rubbed, knock to one fore-edge, [Cohn 419], 8vo, J.Robins & Co., 1822-19-19-20.
NO RESERVE Tuer (Andrew W.) The Follies & Fashions of Grandfathers (1807), first edition, plates, some hand-coloured, some folding, later blue calf,gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt, g.e., with 2 cloth embroidered labels and bookmark from original binding mounted on rear free endpapers, 1886 § Hunt (Mrs. Alfred W.) Our Grandmothers' Gowns, hand-coloured plates, foxing at beginning and end, original patterned-cloth with ties, spine browned, [c.1880] § Phillimore (F.) & J.F.Dexter. Dickens Memento: [Sale] Catalogue...of the Pictures, Drawings and Objects of Art of the late Charles Dickens sold by auction...on July 9th, 1870, presentation copy from the second author inscribed at head of title, light spotting, original half cloth, [1884], all a little rubbed, 8vo & 4to, Leadenhall Press (3)
![[Disraeli (Benjamin)] The Young Duke, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles in vol.2 & 3 (not called for in vol.1), with 2 l](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/883c97f4-3081-4923-8aff-ae6900b5fcf4/2864e85f-fe24-46ba-bdaf-ae6900bc2ff0/468x382.jpg)
[Disraeli (Benjamin)] The Young Duke, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles in vol.2 & 3 (not called for in vol.1), with 2 leaves of Notes at end of vol.1 and one leaf at end of vol.2 but without advertisement leaf at end of vol.3, some spotting and marginal soiling, a few stains, final 4 leaves of vol.3 torn at upper margin just touching first line (repaired), contemporary half crimson calf, spines gilt with green roan labels, [Sadleir 738; Wolff 1849], 1831; Lothair, 3 vol., some foxing, contemporary half red calf, spines gilt, 1870, a little rubbed at edges, spines slightly faded; and 10 others, bindings, 8vo (16)
![NO RESERVE Kingsley (Charles) The Saint's Tragedy, [the author's first book], first edition, half-title, ink signature to hea](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/883c97f4-3081-4923-8aff-ae6900b5fcf4/d6f5f2d9-38c0-47c2-883e-ae6900bb7cc4/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Kingsley (Charles) The Saint's Tragedy, [the author's first book], first edition, half-title, ink signature to head of title, bookplate of Brian H.Hodgson, attractive contemporary olive straight-grain morocco, by Jeffrey, decorative gilt foliate roll border and floral corner-pieces, spine gilt in compartments with floral motifs, g.e., upper joint a little rubbed, 1848 § Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Maud, and other poems, first edition, spotting, contemporary calf elaborately gilt, E[leanor] V[era] B[oyle]'s copy with her initials to upper cover, spine gilt with flowers and thistles, 1855; The May Queen, wood-engraved illustrations by E.V.B., original embossed cloth, 1861 § W. (M.R.) An Incident of a Bazar and Other Stories, only edition, slight staining to first leaf of text, attractively bound in crushed olive morocco, upper cover tooled in gilt with large flower and flying bee, by Bickers & Son, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut, ivory silk endpapers, spotted and faded, privately printed, [c.1890], all a little rubbed; and 2 others, poetry, 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ The last item is rare, with only one copy recorded (British Library).
Games.- Hoyle (Edmund) A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, fourth edition, with preliminary leaf 'To the Reader' signed by Hoyle (trimmed at head where signature removed and with stain to lower margin and facing title), upper hinge weak, original boards, uncut, rubbed, spine worn, for F.Cogan, 1743 § [Payne (William)] Maxims for Playing the Game of Whist..., A New Edition, stitched but unbound, uncut, soiled, marginal tear to title, for T.Payne and Son, 1778 § Matthews (T.) Advice too the Young Whist Player, seventh edition, pencil signature to head of title, a few stains, old book-label of James Houlbroooke Smith, contemporary half sheep, worn, upper cover detached, Bath, 1813; and 2 others on games, 12mo (5)⁂ The first is scarce with only 4 UK copies on ESTC (3 at Oxford, and National Trust; not in BL) and 2 more in America.
NO RESERVE Nicholls (George J.) Bacon and Hams, first edition, chromolithographed frontispiece of a pig with 14 ever-diminishing fold-out flaps showing the skeleton and anatomy down to piglets in the womb, plates, signed presentation copy from the author to "Her Royal Highness The Princess Mary on the occasion of Her Marriage, February 28th, 1922..." inscribed on front free endpaper, bound in white pigskin ruled in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., a little rubbed and soiled, small stain to foot of upper cover, large 8vo, Institute of Certificated Grocers, 1917.⁂ Princess Mary (1897-1965), later the Princess Royal, was the only daughter of George V and Queen Mary. She married Henry Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood, in 1922. During the First World War she trained as a nurse and actively supported the Girl Guides, the VADs and the Land Girls.This rather curious wedding present (one wonders how useful the Princess found it) includes an illustration of the author in fancy dress as a side of bacon.
Barrie (J.M.) Peter and Wendy, first American edition, first printing with "Published October, 1911" and publisher's seal to title verso, frontispiece, pictorial title and 11 plates by F. D. Bedford, 2 plates detached and a little frayed at fore-margin, original pictorial cloth, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, New York, 1911.
![[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first iss](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/883c97f4-3081-4923-8aff-ae6900b5fcf4/d08760cd-3433-4cbf-89fa-ae6900bc36b8/468x382.jpg)
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first issue, with 'wade' for 'wave' on p.21, half-title, wood-engraved illustrations by John Tenniel, previous owner's faint inscription to title, occasional light foxing, later half-morocco, gilt, g.e., 1872; and a later edition of the same, 8vo (2).
Nesbit (E.) The Railway Children, first edition, frontispiece, pictorial title and 18 plates by Brock, 10pp. advertisements, lacking front free endpapers, occasional light foxing or minor finger-soiling, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine darkened, spine ends and corners bumped, extremities rubbed, light cockling, 8vo, 1906.
Ballooning.- Joly de Saint-Valier (Lt.-Col.) Lettre...a Madame la Princess de⁂, a Petersbourg, sur les Balons appellés Globes Aëro-statiques, 56pp.., first edition, Hatton Turner's copy with his ink signature dated Sept. 1864 and price "2/6" to front free endpaper, title soiled, water-stained towards end, stab-holes, nineteenth century wrappers, manuscript label to spine, rubbed, spine slightly worn, 8vo, Ostend, 1783.⁂ Rare; not in the British Library. Library Hub lists only two copies (National Library of Wales and Newcastle University); WorldCat lists only a copy in the Library of Congress.
Pogany (Willy).- Rolleston (T. W.) The Tale of Lohengrin, first trade edition, colour tipped in plates, decorations and profuse illustrations by Willy Pogany, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, large 8vo, [1913].
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