Scoresby (William). An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1820, half titles, folding engraved frontispieces, 22 engraved plates including 3 folding maps and charts (first map with short closed tear along fold), 2 plates numbered XII, 3 folding tables, bound without advertisement leaf, occasional light spotting, offsetting to titles, bookplate of Alexander Browne, Callaly Castle (in Northumberland), contemporary brown calf, spines with green labels and anthemion decorations in blind, joints cracking, 8voQty: (2)NOTESArctic Bibliography 15610; Lande 2036; Sabin 78167. Classic early work on Arctic exploration. "The first volume of this work relates to the progress of discovery in the Arctic regions, and the natural history of Spitzbergen and the Greenland sea, the second is devoted to the whale-fishery as conducted in the seas of Greenland and Davis's Strait. Mr. Scoresby, the commander of a Greenland whaler, has here displayed much judicious and active observation, combined with no ordinary share of acquired knowledge and scientific attainment, and prompted by an ardent and generous zeal for useful discovery." (Sabin).
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Stanford (Edward, publisher). Stanford's London Atlas of Universal Geography, 4th edition: quarto edition, London, 1892, half-title (spotted), 48 colour maps, a few leaves at front edge-frayed, gutta percha failing with first few leaves detached, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon half morocco, rubbed and marked with some wear, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, 4to, together with: Philip (George and Son, publisher), Philips' Select Atlas of Modern Geography ..., edited by William Hughes, London, 1859, 23 colour maps, and one colour diagram (complete as list), 2 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, occasional soiling (mainly to margins) and edge-tears, hinges cracked, original cloth gilt, covers partially darkened with some marks, spine darkened, some wear to extremities and rear joint, slim 4to, plus two others: Atlas Geografico Ibero-Americano, and Espana Regional (map volume only), both defectiveQty: (4)
Byron (John). Voyage autour du monde, fait en 1764 et 1765, sur le vaisseau de guerre anglois le Dauphin; dans lequel on trouve une description exacte du détroit de Magellan, et des géans appellés Patagons, ainsi que de septe isles nouvellement découvertes dans la mer su Sud. Traduit de l'anglois par M. R***, 1st edition in French, Paris: Molini, 1767, [4] lxviii 335 pp., engraved frontispiece, variable spotting and browning, bookplate of Kenn Back, uncut in contemporary carta rustica, 12mo (18.6 x 11 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Acquisition: Cueva Libros, Buenos Aires, 2011. Borba de Moraes I pp. 120-1; Sabin 9734. Published the same year as the first edition, in English. 'The 68 preliminary pages are entirely dedicated to proving that the Patagonian giants indeed exist' (Borba de Moraes).
Walpole (Robert). Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, and Other Countries of the East, edited from Manuscript Journals, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818, xxii, 615 pp., engraved map frontispiece, title-page vignette, 6 engraved plates of which one double-page, 3 engraved plans, 4 etched plates forming a 'panoramic view of Athens', list of plates (on slip, tipped in as issued), maps and plans spotted and browned, marginal tear to H1-2, early catalogue description of another copy mounted to p. iii partly obscuring heading and with related annotation dated 1880 below, marginalia in the same hand to p. 150, stitching broken between quire 4G and penultimate quire 4H, loose in original boards, 4to (27.8 x 22 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Robert Walpole of Waborne Hall, probably the author, with bookplate. Cf. Atabey 1310 and Blackmer 1762 for the first edition (1817).
Camden (William). Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English: with large additions and improvements, publish'd by Edmund Gibson, of Queens College in Oxford, London: printed by F. Collins for A. Swale and A. & J. Churchil, 1695, engraved portrait frontispiece with early ownership inscription of B. Blomfield to verso, 50 engraved maps (including 48 double-page and two folding), eight engraved plates of coins, few woodcut and engraved illustrations (including view of Stonehenge and the Rollright Stones, and one full-page), repaired short closed tear to fore-margin of B3, occasional minor marks and light dust-soiling to upper margins of few leaves, front endpaper with bookplates Alexander Mackennal and the Fildes family, cloth hinges to endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, morocco reback and corner repairs, board edges rubbed and some wear, folioQty: (1)NOTESFirst edition of Gibson's translation and the first to contain the fine maps by Robert Morden.
Of local interest - A collection of Reece Winstone Bristol As It Was to include Bristol In The 1940s, 1956-1959, 1914-1900, Bristol Blitzed, Bristol Tram and more. All signed by Reece Winstone. Together with a Graphic Bristol Story and a reprint of the first edition of the one inch Ordnance Survey of Bristol.
Stamps collection of signed and limited edition First Day Covers to include No 13 Royal Air Force signed by Wing Commander J B Parkinson RAF, the Night Blitz Battle of Britain cover signed by Flight Lieutenant R Miller RAF, Concorde cover signed by Senior First Officer D Whitton, Operation Deep Freeze cover signed by Vice Admiral E C Waller USN, North Devon Cricket Club cover signed by David Shepherd, set of 6 Mary Rose signed covers, Travelling Post Office cover posted aboard the Last Run South Eastern train, The First Flight from Britain to South Africa cover, Decimal Definitive cover delayed by Post Office strike 1971, other covers (8) to include 4 Bletchley Park (these cost £65 alone), 2 x Commemorative Coin covers
The History Of England, From The First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of William and Mary in 1688, by John Lingard, in 10 volumes (5 books) sixth edition, published by Charles Dolman, London 1855, The Great Battles of the British Navy by Lieutenant Charles R Low, published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd, With The King at Oxford, by the Reverend Alfred J Church, published London 1886, etc (10)
Westminster Mint issues - 8 x First Day Cover stamp issues limited edition 50p coin commemorative covers, 2 Paddington at Buckingham Palace 782/1000 and 220/1000, 2 x Paddington at Paddington Station 700/1000 and 140/1000, 1 x Sir Isaac Newton 22/495 and 3 x Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit 891/995 and 657/995 and 728/995 (8)
A COLLECTION OF ASSORTED POKEMON CARDS, to include complete master sets of XY Steam Siege, XY Flashfire and assorted cards from XY Fates Collide set, also includes assorted first edition Jungle set cards, Jungle error card Snorlax (11/64) (No Jungle symbol), assorted Black Star XY Promo cards including Charizard EX (XY121) etc, all cards in very good condition and are contained in plastic sleeves, includes foil, reverse holo and promo cards, (contained in four folders)
THE WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING, vol. XXVI, Rewards and Fairies, MacMillan & Co., London, hardback, Edition de Luxe, 1910, no dust cover, edition of 750, some foxing, pencil annotation to inside cover. Humorous Tales, Rudyard Kipling, (1865-1936), illustrated by Reginald Cleaver, hardcover, First Edition, 1931, MacMillan, London; THE SEVEN SEAS, Rudyard Kipling, Methuen and Co., London, 1896, hardcover, no dust cover, pencil marks to inside cover and dedication in pen (3)
Banksy (b.1973)"Trolleys"Signed and numbered 510/750, with the publisher's blindstamp, Pictures on Walls, London, screenprint in colours, 2007, 56cm by 76cmProvenance: Red House Gallery, Harrogate P.O.WThis work has been authenticated by Pest Control with a Certificate of Authentication to followBansky began his career as a street artist in Bristol in the 1990s working predominantly with stencils from the late 90s. His work became instantly recognisable in Bristol and London and steadily grew a huge following. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls and bridges around the world. Recently a Banksy painting depicting MPS as chimpanzees in parliament sold for £9.9 million pounds in a London auction held by Sotheby's."Trolleys" or "The Trolley Hunters" was originally released in 2006 as part of the Los Angeles edition for Banksy's "Barely Legal Show". The first edition of "Trolley Hunters" was unsigned and numbered out of 500. The UK release of "Trolleys" was at Pictures On Walls in 2007 in three different forms - an edition of 750 signed colour prints, 500 unsigned white prints and 150 signed white prints.Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business Has been float mounted and the paper has a deckled edge. There is some very light surface dirt and debris trapped under the glass to the mount. Not examined out of the frame.
GRAHAM WALLACE, AUTUMN GOLD (CLAN STEWART) print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 2/4 Mounted 40cm x 70cm overall, along with nine others, including Island Sanctuary, print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 4/4, First Snow, print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 2/4, Brothers In Arms, print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 3/4, Impending Storm, print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 1/4, Vantage Point, print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 4/4, Tranquility, print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 3/4, Brothers In Arms, print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 1/4, First Snow, print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 3/4 and Brothers In Arms, print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 2/4 (10)
GRAEME WALLACE, IMPENDING STORM (CLAN CUNNINGHAM BY LOCH LOMOND) print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 3/4 Mounted 47cm x 87.5cm overall, along with nine others, including First Snow, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 3/4, mounted, 47cm x 87.5cm overall, First Snow 2, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 4/4, mounted, 47cm x 87.5cm overall, Impending Storm, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 1/4, mounted, 47cm x 87.5cm overall, Impending Storm 3, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 4/4, mounted, 47cm x 87.5cm overall, Tranquility, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 2/4, mounted, 47cm x 87.5cm overall, Tranquility 4, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 4/4, mounted, 47cm x 87.5cm overall, Impending Storm 2, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 2/4, mounted, 47cm x 87.5cm overall, First Snow, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 1/4, mounted, 47cm x 87.5cm overall and Last Light, print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 4/4, mounted, 47cm x 89cm overall (10)
GRAEME WALLACE, AUTUMN GOLD (CLAN GRAHAM BY LOCH LOMOND) print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 4/4 Mounted 40cm x 70cm overall, along with nine others by Graeme Wallace, including First Snow, print on paper, signed in pencil, limited edition 2/4, Tranquility, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 3/4, Last Night 2, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 1/4, Last Night 3, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 1/4, Vantage Point, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 4/4, Autumn Gold, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 3/4, Brothers In Arms, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 4/4, Vantage Point, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 2/4, Autumn Gold, print on paper, signed in pencil on the mount and numbered 1/4 (10)
A LARGE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘DOUBLE DRAGON’ PENDANT, HUANG, EARLY WESTERN HANChina, 2nd century BC. The elegantly curved huang with a stylized dragon head to either end. The mostly translucent stone of a sea-green tone with cloudy white and russet inclusions and shadings. Pierced for suspension.Provenance: The Collection of Irene and Wolfgang Zacke. The couple has been active in the art trade for well over half a century and were one of the first in Austria to offer Asian works of art for sale, starting in 1968. Since the late 1980s, they have been collecting ancient Chinese jades, building an extensive collection over the decades.Condition: Very good condition with old wear, signs of weathering, minuscule nibbling to edges, shallow surface scratches and other traces of use, minor erosion.Weight: 227.6 gDimensions: Length 33.5 cmThe surface is densely covered with small and slightly raised hexagons, a pattern called pu, or ‘cat tail’. During the Han dynasty, this motif was mostly used to decorate large funerary discs with carved masks. The squarish indentations carved on the border at the extremities of the ornaments evoke the stylized features of two dragon heads in profile: the chin, mouth, snout, and horns.Literature comparison: Three related huang carved with patterns of small, raised curls and hexagons were excavated from the princely tombs at Shizishan (Xuzhou, Jiangsu) between 1994 and 1995. Similar huang with jagged profiles but decorated with spirals and dated to the late Eastern Zhou period, are in the National Museum of History, Taiwan, and in the Samuel and Myrna Myers collection. Compare also with a very similar, yet significantly smaller pair in F. Salviati, 4000 Years of Chinese Archaic Jades, Edition Zacke, Vienna 2017, no. 285.Auction result comparison: Compare with a related jade huang, of significantly smaller size and dated to the Eastern Zhou dynasty, at Sotheby’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 18-19 March 2014, lot 151, bought-in at an estimate of USD 10,000-15,000.西漢早期大型青玉帶沁雙龍紋璜中國，公元前二世紀。弧形，典雅的黃褐色，兩端龍首，總體海綠色，半透明的玉石，帶有絮狀物和赤褐色的內含物。 穿孔。来源：Irene 與Wolfgang Zacke收藏。這對夫妻一直活躍於藝術品行業已有半個多世紀，自1968年起他們開始在奧地利經營亞洲藝術品，是最早的商人之一。自1980年代後期以來，他們一直在收集中國古玉，數十年來建立了一個大規模的收藏。 圖片：Irene Zacke 與 Prof. Filippo Salviati教授品相：狀況良好，有舊磨損，風化，細微的邊緣磕損，表面淺划痕和使用痕跡，輕微腐蝕。重量：227.6 克尺寸：長33.5 厘米拍賣結果比較：一件相近的東周玉璜，尺寸更小，見紐約蘇富比 Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art 拍場2014年3月18-19日lot 151, 估價 USD 10,000-15,000.
Africa.- Russell (Henry) The Ruin of the Soudan, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates with tissue guards, 3 folding maps (2 contained in rear pocket, minor defects and spotting at creases), occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1892 § Dubois (Felix) Timbuctoo The Mysterious, translated by Diana White, first English edition, illustrations, foxing to end papers and half-title, spotting, later cloth, 1897; and 6 others, Africa and Egypt, 8vo (8)
Beaumont (Joseph) Psyche: or Loves Mysteries in XX. Canto's: Displauing the Intercourse Betwixt Christ and the Soule, first edition, lacking initial blank, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, ink signature to title, small marginal loss neatly restored (C3), scattered faint spotting, faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, folio, [Wing B1625], by John Dawson for George Boddington, 1648.⁂ First edition of Beaumont's allegorical poem, written in eleven months following the author's expulsion as a Cambridge fellow for his royalist sympathies.
Savage (Henry) Balliofergus, or A commentary upon the foundation, founders and affaires, of Balliol Colledge..., presentation inscription from Martin Routh, president of Magdalen College, folding plate, near contemporary calf, a little rubbed, upper cover detached, [Wing S759], Oxford, by A. & L. Lichfield, 1668 § Breval (John Durant) The Art of Dress. A Poem., first edition, lacking half-title, dedication ff. and plate, for R. Burleigh, 1717 ; and 35 others, mostly 18th and 19th century, v.s. (37)⁂ The first mentioned with presentation inscription reading: "This copy of the Balliofergus was given to Charles A. Ogilvie, Fellow of Balliol College, by the Revd. Dr Routh, President of Magdalene College on the 21st Day of March 1827".
Middle East.- Laborde (Léon de) Journey through Arabia Petræa, to Mount Sinai and the Excavated City of Petra, first edition, lithograph frontispiece, 23 plates, 2 maps (1 folding), illustrations (several full page), occasional off-setting, spotting, previous owner's ink signature, near contemporary half-calf, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1836.
Le Grand (Antoine) Man without passion: or, the wise stoick, according to the sentiments of Seneca. Written originally in French, by that great and learned philosopher, first edition in English, advertisement f. at end, occasional modern pencil marginalia, worm trace within text in sigs. B-D, affecting part of a few letters, diminishing in size as work proceeds, some water-staining at head, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing L958], 8vo, Printed for C. Harper, and J. Amery, and sold by them at the Flower de Luce, and at the Peacock, both against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street, 1675.⁂ Le Grand (1629-1699) French Cartesian philosopher, who was a Franciscan missionary to England, spending many years in Oxfordshire.
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[Wright (James)] A Compendious View of the Late Tumults & Troubles in this Kingdom by way of Annals for Seven Years, first edition, ?additional folding engraved portrait, 3pp. advertisements at end, spotting to first and last few leaves, ex-library with discreet blindstamps, later half-calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo, [Wing W3692], by Edw. Jones for S. Lownds, 1685.
Middle East.- O'Connor (Frederick, Lt.-Col. Sir ) On the Frontier and Beyond, first edition, frontispiece, plates, map, ownership stamp to end paper, original cloth, dust-jacket soiled and frayed, 1931 § Maillart (Ella) Turkestan Solo, first English edition, translated by John Rodker, plates, maps, faded ownership signature to half-title, original cloth, spine soiled, 1934; and 11 others travel, most Middle East and Asia, 8vo (13)
Hopkins (Charles) Epistolary Poems; on Several Occasions: with several of the Choicest Stories of Ovid's Metamporphoses and Tibullus's Elegies, first & only edition, half-title, lightly browned, B3 lacking lower outer corner, small hole to head of D4 and small portion lacking from lower margin of F8 (none affecting text), contemporary ink inscription "Elisa Gregor her Book 1694" to front free endpaper and "read in 1694" to preceding endpaper, later bookplate of G.W.F. Gregor [of Trewarthenick House, Cornwall], contemporary speckled sheep, a little worn, split to upper joint, [Wing H2721], 8vo, by R.E[veringham] for Jacob Tonson, 1694.⁂ The first publication by Charles Hopkins, Anglo-Irish poet and playwright (1671?-1700), who was described by Dryden as "a poet who writes good verses without knowing how, or why; I mean he writes naturally well, without art or learning, or good sence". Elizabeth Gregor, née Moyle, wife of John '"the Giant" Gregor, a distinguished Cornish landowning family with mercantile roots in Truro, who acquired an extensive estate in and about Trewarthenick, Tregony, in 1640, and built the grand house there (remodelled in 1792 by Humphry Repton, and still formidably preserved) in 1686. Elisa was the sister of Walter Moyle of Bake, Charles Hopkins's close friend and recipient of the second poetical epistle in the book.
Hopkins (Charles) The History of Love. A Poem: in a Letter to a Lady, first edition, half-title, ink manuscript corrections (?by the author) to pp. 6 & 82, browned, one or two leaves with head-lines shaved, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old red morocco label, [Wing H2724], 8vo, by J.Dawks, for Jacob Tonson, 1695.⁂ The author's second book of poems, dedicated somewhat flirtingly to Isabella FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton. The contents, admired by Dryden and later reprinted alongside Dryden, Congreve, and others in Ovid's Art of Love (1709), are largely more adaptations of Ovid's Metamorphoses and Heroides.
Middle East.- Richardson (Robert) Travels along the Mediterranean, and Parts Adjacent ... extending as far as the Second Cataract of the Nile, Jerusalem, Damascus ..., 2 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, extra illustrated, 7 maps or plans (4 folding), 44 engraved or lithographed plates (25 folding or double-page, 1 hand-coloured), faint abrasion mark to titles and front pastedowns where ?library stamp removed, one leaf becoming detached (G1, vol.2), previous owner's ink signature, contemporary diced calf, gilt, slight rubbing to corners and joints, 8vo, 1822.
Religion.- Sewel (William) The History of the Rise, Increase and Progress of the Christian People called Quakers, first English edition, 2pp. advertisements bound at end, one or two marginal annotations, occasional marginal soiling and worming, scattered spotting, ex-library with discreet blind-stamps, contemporary calf, rebacked, bumping to corners and extremities, folio, 1722.
Thomson (James) The Seasons, presentation copy from the author to his father, title in red and black, 4 engraved plates, errata slip pasted at end, some staining and spotting, ink signature 'Maria Matilda Nevin' to head of title, contemporary calf, covers detached, spine ends chipped, rubbed, [Foxon T423], 8vo, Printed [by Henry Woodfall] for A. Millar, 1744.⁂ The inscription reads: ' From the author to my father'. The 1744 edition was the first expanded version of the poem, which may explain the presentation of a late edition.
Swift (Jonathan).- King (William) The Dreamer, first & only edition, title with woodcut ornament, advertisement leaf at end, engraved bookplate of William Gordon, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, red morocco label, a little rubbed and scuffed, spine ends and corners worn, [Rothschild 1302; Teerink 1623], 8vo, for W.Owen, 1754.⁂ Fanciful and satirical prose essays by the Jacobite Principal of St Mary Hall, literary scholar, and "incendiary orator" William King (1685-1763), and best known for the first printing of Swift's long verse reply, 'An Answer', to a ten-line epigram on the lawyer "Paulus" by Robert Lindsay (pp. 81-89). King himself had been the author of the infamous satire The Toast (1732, dedicated to Swift, who described it as "very malicious and worth reading"), and he later served as Swift's editorial advisor, until his textual pusillanimity ended their relationship.
Massey (W.) The Origin and Progress of Letters. An Essay, in two parts ... the Second Part consists of a compendious Account of the most celebrated English Penmen, first edition, engraved frontispiece, folding plate at end, 5 folding tables, occasional spotting, signature 'M' misbound, ex-library with usual ink-stamps throughout, later half-morocco, rubbing to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1763.
NO RESERVE Smollett (Tobias) The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, 3 vol., second edition, very light foxing or browning to endpapers and first few ff., for W. Johnston and B. Collins, 1772; The Adventures of an Atom, 2 vol., bookplate to pastedown, Robinson and Roberts, 1769, contemporary calf, extremities a little rubbed, spines worn, joints weak; and another novel by Smollett, 8vo (7)
Persia.- Malcolm (Col. Sir John) The History of Persia..., 2 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles but with folding engraved map and 22 engraved plates, some pencil annotations, map lightly browned and torn at edges (repaired, one tear to inner margin with slight loss), light foxing, one plate with heavier foxing and slight fraying to outer margins (repaired), bookplate of John Raynor Arthur, modern half calf over old marbled boards, boards slightly rubbed, 4to, 1815.
Language.- Monboddo (James Burnet, Lord) Of the origin and progress of language, 6 vol., vol.1 and 3 second edition, the rest first editions, 2 errata ff., lacking engraved portrait, some foxing (including title of vol.1) and browning, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, lacking 2 labels, some other chipped, worn, but holding firm, [Alston, III, 842], 8vo, Edinburgh, Printed for J. Balfour [and others], 1774-1792.⁂ An important contribution to the study of the origin of language. Monboddo tried to prove that language was not natural to man, but was a consequence of his social state. Alston notes that volumes 1 and 3 were reprinted in 1774 and 1786, when the publishers discovered that they had not printed a sufficient number, resulting in various combinations of mixed sets, as here.
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[Gibbon (Edward)] A vindication of some passages in the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of the History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. By the Author, first edition, half-title, advertisement f. at end, half-title all but detached, preliminaries foxed, some spotting elsewhere, mostly towards end, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with red morocco label, upper joint split, but holding firm, rubbed, [Norton 30; Rothschild 947], 8vo, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1779.
NO RESERVE Gaelic.- Smith (John) Galic antiquities: Consisting of a history of the druids, particularly of those of caledonia; a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian; and a collection of ancient poems, translated from the Galic of Ullin, Ossian, Orran, &c., first edition, preliminaries foxed, occasional spotting, Edinburgh, Printed for T. Cadell, London, and C. Elliot, 1780 bound with Smith (John) Sean dana; le Oisian, Orran, Ulann, &c. Ancient poems of Ossian, Orran, Ullin, &c. Collected in the Western Highlands and Isles, water-stained, spotted, Edinburgh, printed for Charles Elliot; and for C. Elliot, T. Kay and Co., 1787, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, sympathetically rebacked, upper cover detached, corners worn, rubbed, 4to
Johnson (Samuel) The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works, 4 vol., first authorised separate edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Joshua Reynolds, vol.3 with final blank, vol.4 lacking final advertisement f., vol.2 O4 loose, portrait lightly foxed and browned, and lightly offsetting on to title, occasional spotting, contemporary polished calf, spines in compartments and with red morocco labels, vol.2 and 4 lacking labels, some chipping to spine ends, vol.3 joints splitting, but holding firm, [Rothschild 1265; Tinker 1365], 8vo, C. Bathurst [and others], 1781.
Russia.- Oliphant (Laurence) The Russian shores of the Black Sea..., first edition, half-title, frontispiece and two maps, one folding, short tears and spots to final map margins, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities bumped, spine a little faded, else a clean and bright copy, 8vo, William Blackwood & Sons, 1853.
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Shakespeare (William)].- [Downes (John)] Roscius Anglicanus, or, an Historical review of the Stage ... from 1660, to 1706 ... With Additions by the late Mr. Thomas Davies, second edition, 1789 in The Literary Museum, or a Selection of Scarce Old Tracts, [edited by G. F. Waldron], first edition, some chipping to head of title, some light browning, a few short closed marginal tears, contemporary boards, modern calf reback, light wear to extremities, rubbed, 8vo, for the editor, 1789.⁂ A scarce gallimaufry of literary reprints, including most significantly Downes' Roscius Anglicanus, the important contemporary account of the restoration stage with much on Shakespeare, first published in 1708, the first edition of which is extremely rare. The other works included are: De preclaris mulieribus; A delicate diet; Dispersed poems, by Spenser; The period of mourning; The works of Ben. Jonson Volume the First; The ceremonies for the healing... the King's Evil; The office of consecrating cramp-rings; Onne mie Maister Lydgate; The new Arcadia and The King in the country , all printed 1789.
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NO RESERVE Woman author.- Johnsoniana.- [Knight (Ellis Cornelia)] Dinarbas; a tale: being a continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, first edition, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, modern boards, [Rothschild 1304; Courtney & Nichol Smith, p. 94], Printed for C. Dilly, 1790; and 9 others, 19th century English, v.s. (10)
NO RESERVE Russia.- Turgenev (Ivan Sergeyevich) Russian Life in the Interior or the Experiences of a Sportsman, edited by James D.Meiklejohn, first edition in English, lacking half-title, with 8pp. advertisements at end and advertisements to pastedowns, new front endpaper, occasional spotting, original blue pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, spine ends worn, 8vo, Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1855.
Law.- Simeon (John) A Treatise on the Law of Elections..., second edition, some contemporary ink annotations, corner cut from head of title (removing signature, not affecting text and small section cut from foot of rear free endpaper, contemporary calf, red roan label, a little rubbed, 8vo, A.Strahan...for J.Butterworth, 1795.⁂ Considerably enlarged from the first edition of 1789. ESTC records only 5 UK copies (BL, Cambridge and 3 in Oxford)
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