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Click here to subscribeLondon.- Brayley (Edward Wedlake) Londiniana; or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis, 4 vol., first edition, engraved folding frontispieces, 99 plates and maps, some folding, occasional faint off-setting, one or two pencil notes, front free endpaper becoming loose (vol. 1), final free endpaper detached but present (vol. 2), near contemporary half-morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1829.
NO RESERVE Scotland.- Reid (Alan) The Regality of Kirriemuir, first edition, one of 650 copies, half-title, photographic frontispiece and 15 plates, folding map, illustrations, some splitting at gutter, endpapers browned with ink ownership inscription, spine ends and corners a little rubbed, t.e.g., 1909 § Hay (George) History of Arbroath, to the Present Time, first edition, frontispiece, 8 plates, frontispiece tissue-guard torn, ink inscription to title, rebacked with original spine laid-down, lightly rubbed, Arbroath, 1876, very occasional light spotting and finger-soiling, original cloth; and a study of eminent Arbroathians, 4to & 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Surrey.- Salmon (Nathaniel) Antiquities of Surrey, first edition, extra-illustrated by the insertion of a folding engraved map by J. Gibson, folding frontispiece of Hampton Court, 3 plates of miniature portraits by Vertue, portrait of John Evelyn (dedicatee) and 11 other portraits, 26 engraved 18th and early 19th century plates, some folding, one by Hollar (mostly views of Surrey towns, villages and churches), later calf, gilt, spine faded, for the Author, 1736; and 7 others, miscellaneous, 8vo (8)
Big Game.- Thornhill (R.B.) The Shooting Directory, first edition, first issue, with pp.214-220 counted as one and pp.225-226 omitted, half-title, aquatint portrait and 6 aquatint plates, 2 engraved plates of which 1 folding, 3 folding tables, advertisement at end, A1 with short tear and neat repair, one or two marginal pencil notes, previous owner's ink signature to half-title, scattered spotting, bookplate, later half-calf, a little rubbed, [Schwerdt II p.258], 1804 § Maxwell (Marius) Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, frontispiece, plates, several folding, map, spotting, bookplate, contemporary half-morocco 1925; and 2 others similar, v.s. (4).
NO RESERVE Botany.- Robinson (William, editor) Flora and Sylva. A Monthly Review for Loves of Garden, Woodland, Tree or Flower, 3 vol. [all published], first edition, 66 chromolithographed plates, tissue-guards, wood-engraved illustrations, scattered faint spotting, most to guards, original cloth, gilt, original cloth, t.e.g., slight bumping to spine extremities, 4to, 1903-05.
Gardening.- [Hale (Thomas)] Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening ..., compiled by Sir John Hill, first edition, engraved frontispiece, lacking upper corner affecting image, neatly strengthened, 59 engraved plates only (of 6), 4 defective with loss, with dedication ff. to the Earl of Bute, Contents and Preface misbound, lacking 3R2 and everything after 3Q2 (10pp), 3S2 lacking upper corner affecting page number, 8E1-8Q2 (end) with loss to bottom edges affecting text from 8H1 to end, water-staining, spotting, modern calf, [Henrey 776], folio, for T. Osborne, 1757; sold not subject to return
Horses.- Hunting.- Willoughby de Broke (Lord) The Sport of our Ancestors, limited edition signed by author and artist, frontispiece and plates by G. D. Armour, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, bookplate, modern morocco-backed boards, 1921 § Griffiths (William) A Practical Treatise on Farriery, second edition, frontispiece and engraved portrait, scattered spotting and staining, previous owner's ink inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, 1795 § Masefield (John) Right Royal, limited edition signed by author and artist, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Cecil Aldin, captioned tissue-guards, original vellum-backed boards, gilt, a little rubbed, 1922; and others similar, 4to (6)
China.- Staunton (Sir George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 vol. (including Atlas), second edition, engraved portrait frontispieces, both slightly offset onto titles, engraved plate and illustrations, Atlas vol. with 43 engraved plates and maps only (of 44, world map supplied in facsimile), some folding or double-page, occasional marginal damp-staining and spotting, browning, one plate with short tear to image caused by browning, abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, text vol. in contemporary tree calf, rubbed, extremities worn, joints split, Atlas vol. in modern half-calf, 4to and folio, 1798.⁂ The second edition of this important account of Britain's first embassy to China, sent in 1792 and headed by Lord Macartney. Staunton was the secretary to the embassy which travelled via Madeira, Tenerife, Brazil, Java and Sumatra - the account includes a lengthy description of Rio de Janeiro, as well as one of the most important insights into Chinese life at the time.
Fluid Mechanics.- D'Alembert (Jean le Rond) Traité de l'Equilibre et du Mouvements des Fluides, first edition, 10 folding engraved plates, engraved printer's device to title, engraved head-, tail-pieces and initials, ink stamp and manuscript notations to title, 3B2 with very small marginal defect (not affecting text), occasional light spotting, eighteenth century calf, spine gilt with morocco label, extremities a little rubbed, [Bibliotheca Mechanica pp.7-8; Norman 33] 4to, Paris, Chez David, l'aîné, 1744.
Livius (Titus) Ex XIIII T. Livii Decadibus, 4 parts in 1 vol. plus the fifth part Polybii Historiarum libri quinque, first folio Aldine edition, collation: A8 B6 a-m8 n10 *10 aa-mm8 nn6 **10 aaa-qqq8; A-I8, woodcut device on titles and divisional titles, some ink annotations, some soiling, occasional staining and ink splashes, occasional foxing, but generally clean and intact, later vellum, folio (294 x 200mm.), Venice, House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani, 1520-21.⁂ Very good copy of the impressive folio version of Aldine's Livy, complete with the fifth part and with good margins. This is a variant issue with last leaf qqq7 of part 3 correctly numbered 127 (cf. Adams L1324).Provenance: D. Giovanni Maria Arquati ex-Cappuccino alias F. Camillo da Busseto (book label); indecipherable ink inscription on A2 "Hic liber est..."; small ink stamp (partially smudged so indecipherable) to verso of A3.Literature: Adams L1324 and cf. L1323; Ahmanson-Murphy 196; Renouard Alde, 89:6; EDIT 16 CNCE 37644. Literature: Adams L1323; Renouard 89.6 "Elle est fort rare";
Torture of Christian martyrs.- Gallonio (Antonio) De SS. martyrum cruciatibus ... liber quo potissimum instrumenta, & modi, quibus ijdem Christi martyres olim torquebantur, first Latin edition, the second edition overall, title with woodcut printer's device, 25 full-page woodcut illustrations of tortures, final f. with woodcut device recto, otherwise blank, water-stained, foxing, lightly browned, later limp vellum, 19th or 20th century red morocco labels to spine, [Adams G162; EDIT 16 CNCE 20277], 4to, Rome, [Aloysius Zanetti], 1594.⁂ On the various methods of torture undergone by the early Christian martyrs.
Frankish rulers.- Palazzi (Giovanni) Aquila inter lilia, sub qua Francorum cæsarum a Carolo Magno usque ad Conradum imperatorem occidentis X., first edition, half-title, title in red and black and with large engraved printer's device, engraved portrait frontispiece, 10 plates, and numerous illustrations in text, some numismatic or emblematic, some water-staining, mostly at end, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary ornately blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, rebacked in contemporary vellum in compartments of a different shade with later ink title and numbers, lacking clasps, corners little worn, lightly soiled, [Praz p.442], folio, Venice, Giovanni Giacomo Herz, 1671.⁂ Profusely illustrated first volume (complete in itself) of this series. Two further volumes on Saxon and Bavarian rulers were published in 1673-74.
Falconer Madan's copy.- Fables & Astronomy.- Hyginus (Gaius Julius) Mythographi Latini, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait and astronomical illustrations, lacking engraved title, lightly foxed and browned, 19th century blind-stamped burgundy straight-grain morocco, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, g.e., 8vo, Amsterdam, Someren, 1681.⁂ Provenance: Falconer Madan (1851-1935) Librarian of the Bodleian and bibliographer (2 small ink stamps).
Music.- Corelli (Arcangelo) Concerti Grossi, 7 vol., first edition, each engraved throughout with title and musical notation, first vol. with fine engraved frontispiece by Van der Gouwen after Trevisani, and dedication leaf dated Rome 3 December 1712, without the portrait of and epistle by Pope Clement XI, some marginal soiling and occasional light toning, contemporary sheep-backed boards, gilt-lettered morocco label to upper covers, worn, 4to, Amsterdam, Estienne Roger, [1714].⁂ Rare set of Corelli's celebrated and influential Baroque work, which greatly influenced Handel and Vivaldi inter alia.
Greece.- Wheler (George) A Journey into Greece, first edition, folding engraved map and 5 plates (one divided into 3 smaller inserts), numerous engraved illustrations, occasional soiling and spotting, a few nicks at upper margin, later sprinkled calf, gilt, lower cover detached and with most of leather missing, head of spine chewed and slightly stained, encroaching on upper cover also, [Atabey 1328; Blackmer 1786; Wing W1607], folio, Printed for William Cademan, Robert Kettlewell, and Awnsham Churchill, 1682.⁂ Internally a very good copy generally and what was until recently a fine copy overall until the consignor's dog took a fancy to it and caused considerable damage by chewing the lower cover and top of spine. Probably reparable to recreate a very good copy again. Includes a description of the honey and bees from Mount Hymettus, south east of Athens with an illustration of a Greek Beehive (pp.409-413).Provenance: British Museum with duplicate stamp dated 1818 to verso of title and final leaf.
NO RESERVE Food & Drink.- Athenaeus. Banquet des savans, Traduit, tant sur les textes imprimés, que sur plusieurs Manuscrits, par M. Lefebvre de Villebrune, 5 vol., half-titles to vol. 1&2 only, errata and additions to end of each vol., lacking all engraved elements, some spotting and staining, a few areas of soiling, lightly browned, contemporary diced calf, gilt, spines in compartments and with double black labels, some corners worn, rubbed, [Vicaire 51-52; Oberlé Fritsch 6], 4to, Paris, Printers to Monsieur, 1789-1791. sold not subject to return. ⁂ The second edition in French, which according to Oberlé is the first serious attempt. With extensive footnotes.
India.- Cox (Capt. Hiram) Journal of a Residence in the Burmhan Empire, and more particularly at the Court of Amarapoorah, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured folding aquatint frontispiece and 4 hand-coloured plates, light offsetting from plates and occasional spotting, original boards, uncut, rubbed and spotted, neatly rebacked preserving original spine with paper label, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, [Abbey, Travel 402], 8vo, 1821.⁂ The author was an East India company official sent to Rangoon as Resident in 1796.
Cookery.- Gouffé (Jules) Le Livre de cuisine, first edition, chromolithographed frontispiece and 24 plates, tissue guards, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, plate margins mostly lightly browned, some offsetting and spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, rubbed, a solid copy, [Bitting p.195; Vicaire 417], large 8vo, Paris, Hachette, 1867.
Britains: A boxed Britains: Limited Edition, The Regimental Band of the First Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment, No. 5294. Comprising twelve figures. Together with a boxed Britains: Special Collectors Edition, The Duke of Cambridge's Middlesex Yeomanry, No. 8812. Comprising four horseback figures; a boxed Dennis Britain figure, Bandmaster and The Chelsea Pensioners. Figures all appear very good. Boxes generally good. Slightly grubby. (5)
Books - Romany of the BBC - George Bramwell Evans, a quantity of novels in dust wrappers and cotton, together with The Silent Traveller in Paris written and illustrated by Chiang Lee, first published 1956, Folio Society a 1975 seven-book set by Jane Austen, a sealed Folio Society The Brontes, A Life in Letters, and mixed books by the two authors including a limited edition and leather bound 1975 Shades from Jane Austen no. 163/300 Location: RWB
Interesting Collection of Military Books, Some Rare, Mainly on the Hampshire Regiment. Includes History of the First Volunteer Battalion Hampshire Regiment 1859-1889, Colonel T.Sturmy Cave (a little shaken), 2/4 Battalion Hampshire Regiment 1914-1919, 1st Edition, Victoria College Jersey, The Second Book of Remembrance, Being the record of those who gave their lives in the Second World War, 1939-45, A.H.Worrall, published in Jersey. Also Regimental History The Royal Hampshire Regiment Volume 2 1914-1918, Atkinson, 1st Edition & Regimental Record of the 24th Middlesex Post Office Volunteers from 1868 to 1896, 1st Edition 1868, folding photographs modestly repaired, Soldiers Died Part 41 The Hampshire Regiment,Some Account of the 10th and 12th Battalions The Hampshire Regiment 1914-1918 1st Edition 1930 Major Cowland, 14 issues of the 1st Vol. Batt. Hants Regt. Gazette from 1893,1894, 1895 & 1897, 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment, photographic study 1913, Records of the Infantry Militia Battalions of the County of Southampton 1757-1894 Colonel Lloyd-Verney, 1894, Lancing Roll of Honour, Bowley &Standing Orders Hampshire Carabiniers 1905, Brighton College War Record 1914-1919, & History of the Scottish Women's Hospitals, Eva McLaren, 1919,. (Quantity, viewing recommended)
One volume BERNARD LEACH “A Potter in Japan”, first edition, published Faber & Faber 1960, cloth board bound with tooled and gilded spine, with dust jacket, together with one volume BERNARD LEACH “A Potter's Work”, second impression, published 1974, with dust jacket, one volume BERNARD LEACH “Drawings, Verse and Belief”, published 1988 by One World, with dust jacket and one volume BERNARD LEACH “Beyond East and West - Memoirs, Portraits and Essays”, paperback, published Faber & Faber 1985, FRANCIS & VERA MEYNELL (ed) "The Weekend Book", published The Nonesuch Press 1939 the covers designed by Edward Bawden, together with a collection of other books with decorative covers in the Arts & Crafts manner
Nansen (Fridtjof, Dr). Farthest North: The Voyage of Exploration of the 'Fram' 1893-96 and the Fifteen Months' Sledge Expedition, volumes 1 and 2, first edition, with black and white illustrations and folding maps, green canvas bound with gilt tooling, published by Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897. (2)
Norton (E.F. Lieutenant Colonel). The Fight for Everest: 1924, first edition, with black and white illustrations and folding maps, green cloth bound with gilt tooling, published by Edward Arnold and Co, 1925, Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest, blue cloth bound, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1953, and Smythe (F.S.) The Kangchenjunga Adventure, green cloth bound published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1930. (3)
Scott (R.F., Captain). Scott's Last Expedition, volumes 1 and 2, first edition, with black and white illustrations and folding maps, blue cloth bound with gilt tooling, published by Smith Elder and Co, London, 1913, and Evans (Edward R.G.R., Admiral) South With Scott, with black and white illustrations and loose folding map, blue cloth bound, published by Collins, London and Glasgow. (3)
A good collection of hardback books relating to agriculture to include Live Stock of the Farm Volumes 1-6 by The Gresham Publishing Company, London. (The Sixth Volume appears to be slightly different from the rest) together with Live Stock In Health and Disease 'This Edition, being specially prepared for Subscription, is not obtainable through the general Booksellers. Cassell & Company Limited' together with 3 others to include The Shire Horse Society Sixty-Ninth Volume, Horses Dogs Birds Cattle First Aid and Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England Vol 62 1901 (4). Appear to be in good condition and believed to be complete. (10 in total)
A good collection of illustrated books ranging from the early - mid 20th century (16 books), generally in good condition and beliebed to be complete to include the following titles:The Story of Nelson and Wellington, Illustrated, Published by W & R Chambers Limited - Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, With many illustrations in colour and black and white by Helen Stratton, Published by Blackie & Son Limited - Animal Stories from Rudyard Kipling, Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian, Published by MacMillan and Co Limited - Boys' and Girls' Book for 1937, A Daily Express Publication ? containing a Rupert the Bear story - Girls' Crystal Annual 1948, Issued from The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London - Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor by R D Blackmore, With coloured illustrations specially prepared for this work: Landscapes by Charles E Brittan; Figure subjects by Charles E Brock, Published by Boots the Chemists - Mother Goose's Nursery Tales with illustrations by Charles Folkard, Edited by L Edna Walter, Published by A & C Black Ltd - The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders with twelve colour plates and 300 illustrations, Edited by Harry Golding, Published by Ward, Lock & Co Limited - The Wonder Book of Ships with eight colour plates and nearly 100 illustrations, Nineteenth edition, Published by Ward, Lock & Co Limited - The Wonder Book of Animals, Over 200 photographs and specially-prepared drawings, 8 full colour plates, Twenty first edition, Published by Ward, Lock & Co Limited - Children's Stories from Russian Fairy Tales and Legends, Translated and adapted by Seraphima Pulman, Illustrated by Arthur A Dixon and edited by Capt Vredenburg - The Adventures of Robin Hood with 16 plates in colour, 100 illustrations and text based on the First National Pictures Technicolor Production "The Adventures of Robin Hood", Published by Ward, Lock & Co Limited - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stephenson, Published by J Coker & Co Ltd - The Golden Age by Kenneth Graham with Nineteen Illustrations by R J Enraght-Moony, Published by John Lane (London and New York) and Bell & Cockburn (Toronto), MCMXV - Herbert Strang's Annual, 13th Year, Published by Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press London, MCMXXI - A Book of Boys' Stories, Published by Blackie & Son Limited, Book Production War Economy Standard.
A pair of books to include a 'Mirth A Miscellany Of Wit & Humour' edited by Henry J Byron, Published by Tinsley Brothers of 8 Catherine Street, 1878 together with 'Games of Patience for One or More Players' by Miss Whitmore Jones, Illustrated, Published by L Upcott Gill, 170 Strand, WC, believed to possibly be a first edition (2).
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