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Lot 106
Galsworthy, John: The Forsyte Saga. Heinemann, 1922, Signed Limited edition, No.188 of 275; Plus: A loosely inserted ALS on Wingstone headed paper, signed & dated Aug 15, 1923. Full soft leather, teg.Small rust mark to front endpaper; PLUS: Four of his other works, All first edns. with dust jacket (1915-29). (5)
Lot 118
HOGARTH, William (illus.): 1- Butler, Samuel & Z Grey: Hudibras In Three Parts, 2 vols. vol.1, Cambridge and vol.2. London, J Bentham, 1744. With frontis portrait plus 16 numbered plates BY Hogarth. Cont. full calf, rubbed, hinges cracked, covers of vol.1 almost detached and many plates loose (but all present); 2- Hogarth's Frolic. The five days' peregrination around the isle of Sheppey. Camden, c1872. With frontis, ill. title, folding colour plate plus 12 sepia plates. Orig. pictorial cloth; rubbed and with tear; inner hinges cracked with the first introduction page loose. 3- Trusler, Rev: Hogarth Moralized; A Complete Edition of all the Most Capital and Admired Works. Shakespeare Press for John Major, 1831, complete with 57 plates on 55 sheets. Full morocco with gilt decoration; rubbed and hinges cracked; 4- A'Beckett, G A: The Comic History of England; 5- Boccaccio, G; Rigg JM(Trasl.): Decameron of Boccaccio, 2 vols.. Navarre Society, 1921 (7)
Lot 3
'THE SAILOR’S SEA-BOOK, RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON NAVIGATION IN TWO PARTS...' by James Greenwood, published by John Weale, London, 1850, title page further inscribed ...Rudimentary Treatise on Navigation in two parts,.. to which are added Directions for Great Circle Sailing; an Essay on the Law of Storms and Variable Winds; and Explanations of Terms used in Ship-Building, with several engravings and Illustrations of the Flags of Maritime Nations, 167 pages plus engravings and coloured flag charts, contemporary blind-stamped green cloth with original paper title on front boardFootnote: The first edition of a succinct but extensive treatise on navigation “intended for the instruction of the professional mariner” which contains three chromolithographed plates (one bound as a frontispiece) depicting the flags of various, mostly European, seafaring nations and includes numerous British flags.
Lot 37
Made in heaven limited edition white vinyl with gatefold sleeve. very good, Uk first pressing has sticker on sleeve as seen in photo, this will need to be removed by whoever buys the lot Two inner posters in very good condition as is vinyl. very slight scuffs to edges of cover in places (minor)
Lot 1106
ELVIS PRESLEY - LPs (HIGH QUALITY RECENT/ANNIVERSARY PRESSINGS). Top quality collection of 16 x LPs. Titles include Elvis Is Back! (DCC Compact Classics LPZ-2037, ltd edition number 3018), Elvis' Golden Records '1' (Simply Vinyl 0786367462 1), Volume 3 (Simply Vinyl 07863 67464 1), Volume 4 (Simply Vinyl 0786367465 1) and Volume 5 (Simply Vinyl 0786367466 1) with 50th Anniversary releases of Reconsider Baby (blue vinyl), That's The Way It Is, The First Year, Gold Records Vol 5, I Can Help, Rocker, Elvis and Always On My Mind. Condition is often neat VG+ to Ex+.
![[BOOKS]. CHILDRENS Johns, Capt. W.E. Biggles in Australia, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1955, boards, illu](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b20873a-fa6d-426f-b7f6-ac6800d52fcd/265d9c5b-de18-4bcc-b159-ac6f010eca82/468x382.jpg)
Lot 48
[BOOKS]. CHILDRENS Johns, Capt. W.E. Biggles in Australia, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1955, boards, illustrations, octavo (lacking dustjacket; inscriptions to front pastedown and front free endpaper); together with a further fourteen works by Johns, mostly Biggles titles, none first editions, (15).
![[BOOKS]. FUTURIST & FANTASY Mead, Syd, illustrator, & MacMinn, Strother. Sentinel, first edition, Dragon's Dream, He](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b20873a-fa6d-426f-b7f6-ac6800d52fcd/2f4a2570-e29b-4f27-92c7-ac6f010e9c2e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 5
[BOOKS]. FUTURIST & FANTASY Mead, Syd, illustrator, & MacMinn, Strother. Sentinel, first edition, Dragon's Dream, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, 1979, pictorial boards, colour illustrations throughout, large square quarto; Dean, Roger. Views, Dragon's Dream, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, 1981, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and Vallejo, Boris. Mirage, Paper Tiger, Limpsfield, 1983, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto, (3).
![[BOOKS]. BINDINGS Four assorted works, comprising Calvert, A.F., & Haddon, Trevor, illustrator. Southern Spain, first ed](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b20873a-fa6d-426f-b7f6-ac6800d52fcd/a8c262ea-ba02-4459-9ad1-ac6f010ec090/468x382.jpg)
Lot 38
[BOOKS]. BINDINGS Four assorted works, comprising Calvert, A.F., & Haddon, Trevor, illustrator. Southern Spain, first edition, Black, London, 1908, half leather gilt by Vroman, Pasadena, California, top edges gilt, paper-protected colour plate illustrations, octavo; and three others (one with damaged spine; one lacking spine label).
![[BOOKS]. MISCELLANEOUS Eight assorted works, including Batschmann, Oskar, & Griener, Pascal. Hans Holbein, first edition](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b20873a-fa6d-426f-b7f6-ac6800d52fcd/827291b5-a138-4507-823a-ac6f010eb7b5/468x382.jpg)
![[BOOKS]. MILITARY Five assorted works, including Ffrench Blake, Lt.-Col. R.L.V. A History of the 17th / 21st Lancers 1922-19](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b20873a-fa6d-426f-b7f6-ac6800d52fcd/1bc086c1-3ebb-44c3-9291-ac6f010eb6b2/468x382.jpg)
![[BOOKS]. TOPOGRAPHY, DORSET An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1: West, Royal Commission on Historic](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b20873a-fa6d-426f-b7f6-ac6800d52fcd/cfd1ec28-a611-40a5-b490-ac6f010eb4d5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 26
[BOOKS]. TOPOGRAPHY, DORSET An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1: West, Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, H.M.S.O., London, 1952, grey cloth, plate and text illustrations, plans, folding map in pocket at end, large quarto; Maxwell, Donald. The Landscape of Thomas Hardy, first edition, Cassell & Co., London, 1928, sand cloth, frontispiece and another eleven colour plate illustrations (as called for), further text illustrations, quarto; and four other works, (6).
![[BOOKS]. MISCELLANEOUS Maurois, Andre. The Women of Paris, translated by Norman Denny, first edition, The Bodley Head, Londo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b20873a-fa6d-426f-b7f6-ac6800d52fcd/b7a82c6f-4085-43a3-ace5-ac6f010ec83c/468x382.jpg)
![[BOOKS]. NATURAL HISTORY & SPORTING Nine assorted works, including Barker, K.F. Nothing but Horses, first edition, Black](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b20873a-fa6d-426f-b7f6-ac6800d52fcd/c09e9bb0-b04a-4d2d-8ae5-ac6f010ebddf/468x382.jpg)
![[BOOKS]. MISCELLANEOUS Crowquill, Alfred, illustrator. Fairy Footsteps; or, Lessons from Legends, Lea, London, no date, pict](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7b20873a-fa6d-426f-b7f6-ac6800d52fcd/07f1016b-fff9-48ee-b607-ac6f010ec5e9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 44
[BOOKS]. MISCELLANEOUS Crowquill, Alfred, illustrator. Fairy Footsteps; or, Lessons from Legends, Lea, London, no date, pictorial mauve cloth gilt, all edges gilt, illustrations, octavo (upper cover faded and slightly stained; spine browned; binding weak); together with Briggs, Katharine. The Vanishing People. A Study of Traditional Fairy Beliefs, first edition, Batsford, London, 1978, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo, (2).
Lot 386
Robert Bailey Smiths Defiance Artist Proof Edition, signed by Ian Smith, GCLM, ID, the print shows Lt. Ian Smith of 237 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF attacking a rail yard in the Italian Po Valley in July 1944. Lt Smith went on to become the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Africa (now Zimbabwe) in April 1964, on November 11th, 1965 he declared Rhodesias independence from Britain, the first Commonwealth Prime Minister to do so. During this attack Lt. Smith was shot down by flak and fought with Italian partisans before returning to Britain, number 17 50 Artists Proof with original Certificate of Authenticity, this print has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very good condition. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 380
Nicolas Trudgian En Route to the Bielefeld Viaduct The first time the Grand Slam bomb was used operationally Artists Proof Edition, signed by 2 aircrew who took part in the raid, number 49 50 Artists Proof with original Certificate of Authenticity, this print has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very good condition. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 384
Gerald Coulson The First Blow Artist Proof Edition published in 1989 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the first RAF bombing raid of WW2 carried out on 4th September 1939 by 15 Blenheim bombers of 107, 110 and 139 Squadrons, signed by Flt. Lt. George Booth, number AP 7 (Artist Proof 7) with original Certificate of Authenticity, this print has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very good condition. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 100
Andrew Mockett Owner & Pet, 2020 Prismaldo Pencil on Paper Signed verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) Andrew Mockett is an artist who carries the concerns and tropes of Pop Art into new and unexpected territories. His large-scale brightly-coloured images of popular cartoon characters and packaging designs from the 1960s and 70s do not rely on the mechanical reproduction processes of the Mass Media by which they were first disseminated. Instead they are painstakingly creates them with coloured pencil. This neat inversion of the accepted order confounds the viewer's expectations, and charges these alluringly familiar Pop images with a new and unexpected force. Mockett as an artist, designer, teacher and illustrator has worked on various prestigious projects including the creation of a limited-edition book for Paul Smith, book-cover designs for Bloomsbury Publishing and Faber & Faber, and an animated film for the opening of Tate Liverpool. Mockett's work has been extensively exhibited in exhibitions in public galleries across the UK. It is held in important public collections including Tate Modern, the V&A and the Yale Centre for British Art. In 2004 the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery held a dedicated show of his prints.
Lot 101
Andrew Mockett Airfix, Series 4: Scale 1-12, 2020 Prismaldo Pencil on Paper Signed verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) Andrew Mockett is an artist who carries the concerns and tropes of Pop Art into new and unexpected territories. His large-scale brightly-coloured images of popular cartoon characters and packaging designs from the 1960s and 70s do not rely on the mechanical reproduction processes of the Mass Media by which they were first disseminated. Instead they are painstakingly creates them with coloured pencil. This neat inversion of the accepted order confounds the viewer's expectations, and charges these alluringly familiar Pop images with a new and unexpected force. Mockett as an artist, designer, teacher and illustrator has worked on various prestigious projects including the creation of a limited-edition book for Paul Smith, book-cover designs for Bloomsbury Publishing and Faber & Faber, and an animated film for the opening of Tate Liverpool. Mockett's work has been extensively exhibited in exhibitions in public galleries across the UK. It is held in important public collections including Tate Modern, the V&A and the Yale Centre for British Art. In 2004 the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery held a dedicated show of his prints.
Lot 102
Andrew Mockett Suntan Eric, 2020 Prismaldo Pencil on Paper Signed verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) Andrew Mockett is an artist who carries the concerns and tropes of Pop Art into new and unexpected territories. His large-scale brightly-coloured images of popular cartoon characters and packaging designs from the 1960s and 70s do not rely on the mechanical reproduction processes of the Mass Media by which they were first disseminated. Instead they are painstakingly creates them with coloured pencil. This neat inversion of the accepted order confounds the viewer's expectations, and charges these alluringly familiar Pop images with a new and unexpected force. Mockett as an artist, designer, teacher and illustrator has worked on various prestigious projects including the creation of a limited-edition book for Paul Smith, book-cover designs for Bloomsbury Publishing and Faber & Faber, and an animated film for the opening of Tate Liverpool. Mockett's work has been extensively exhibited in exhibitions in public galleries across the UK. It is held in important public collections including Tate Modern, the V&A and the Yale Centre for British Art. In 2004 the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery held a dedicated show of his prints.
Lot 103
Andrew Mockett Ralphs Tomato Ketchup, 2020 Prismaldo Pencil on Paper Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) Andrew Mockett is an artist who carries the concerns and tropes of Pop Art into new and unexpected territories. His large-scale brightly-coloured images of popular cartoon characters and packaging designs from the 1960s and 70s do not rely on the mechanical reproduction processes of the Mass Media by which they were first disseminated. Instead they are painstakingly creates them with coloured pencil. This neat inversion of the accepted order confounds the viewer's expectations, and charges these alluringly familiar Pop images with a new and unexpected force. Mockett as an artist, designer, teacher and illustrator has worked on various prestigious projects including the creation of a limited-edition book for Paul Smith, book-cover designs for Bloomsbury Publishing and Faber & Faber, and an animated film for the opening of Tate Liverpool. Mockett's work has been extensively exhibited in exhibitions in public galleries across the UK. It is held in important public collections including Tate Modern, the V&A and the Yale Centre for British Art. In 2004 the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery held a dedicated show of his prints.
Lot 381
Catriona Millar Mary Mary, 2020 Oil on Canvas Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh . In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh . Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the south east of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland .
Lot 382
Catriona Millar Celia, 2020 Oil on Canvas Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh . In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh . Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the south east of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland .
Lot 383
Catriona Millar The Fothergills, 2020 Oil on Canvas Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh . In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh . Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the south east of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland .
Lot 384
Catriona Millar Buster, 2020 Oil on Canvas Signed verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh . In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh . Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the south east of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland . Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality.
Lot 34
second edition, 4to, London, Dillion and Keating, 1789, 32 engraved plates, mostly folding, first published in 1787, but here with both the text and illustrations greatly expanded, contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbed, corners a little worn) marbled end papers, book-label of Theophilus Jones of Brecon - Welsh lawyer, known as a historian of Brecknockshire.At the end is an 8 page catalogue of ‘Optical, Mathematical and Philosophical Instruments made and sold by W & S Jones, including the original advert for this very book.
Lot 1
Agricola (Georgius) De re metallica libri XII, fourth Latin edition, woodcut title-vignette, 2 folding plates and c.270 illustrations attributed to Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch and Blasius Weffring, many full-page, title torn at inner margin through corner of vignette (repaired) and a little frayed at edges, light browning and occasional offsetting, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, staining to lower cover, folio, [Wellcome II, p.18; cf.PMM 79, first edition], Basel, Emanuelis König, 1657.⁂ "The first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy and one of the first technological books of modern times" (PMM). First published in 1556 this became the standard work on the subject for several generations of miners. The extraordinary quality and number of woodcuts give a wonderful graphic account of industrial activity in the mid-sixteenth century, eg. the use of waterpower, furnaces etc., and include a very early depiction of a railway.
Lot 100
Walker (James Scott) An Accurate Description of the Liverpool and Manchester Rail-way..., third edition, 2 folding engraved plates by I.Shaw of Rainhill Bridge and Olive Mount, 16pp.advertisements at end, stitched in original printed wrappers, a little soiled and frayed at edges, wrappers detached with frontispiece, Liverpool, 1831 § Booth (Henry) An Account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, first issue, lithographed frontispiece, folding cross-section of the line (annotated) and a plate showing 'Rocket' and 'Novelty', presentation copy from the author inscribed to Mr Dixon on front free endpaper, ink stain to fore-edge of last few leaves, modern half red morocco, Liverpool, [1830]; another edition, second, larger format issue with folding map, lithographed frontispiece, plate and folding cross-section, contemporary ink signature of John Temperley to head of title, bookplate of Arthur Elton, modern half calf, Liverpool, [after 1833]; and a modern facsimile of Shaw's Views...of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 8vo & 4to (4)⁂ The first is generally regarded as the first railway guidebook. The first edition of 1830 had a map, the second a map and a plate, the third edition was considerably expanded, but the map dropped. The frontispiece shows a Stephenson engine of the Planet type. The Liverpool Manchester railway was the first to offer both passenger (No Smoking only) and freight.Henry Booth was Treasurer of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The larger format second issue of his work includes a map showing branch lines including the St. Helens Widnes line which was not built until 1833, the larger format was needed to avoid an horizontal fold on the map. This copy was owed by the railway engineer John Timperley, the first recipient of the Telford medal.
![West (Theodore) [An Outline of the Growth of the Locomotive Engine], 14 lithographed sheets of drawings of British and Americ](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9a20ae7e-ffba-4e42-a051-ac5d00aaac37/2eca78f2-fa37-4829-80a8-ac60010f5453/468x382.jpg)
Lot 104
West (Theodore) [An Outline of the Growth of the Locomotive Engine], 14 lithographed sheets of drawings of British and American locomotives, each sheet with multiple images and vignettes at foot, all mounted on linen, some pencil annotations, a little soiled, first plate with tear, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, large oblong folio, Darlington, Harrison Penney, 1885-86.⁂ Complete set of these sheets giving the profiles of locomotive engines from the earliest days up to the 1880s. Drawn by the Chief Draughtsman of the N.E.R. Darlington works, they are very accurate, and at the foot of each sheet there are charming if slightly whimsical vignettes eg. "railway dogs" etc. Complete sets are very rare and a facsimile edition was produced in 1900.
Lot 105
Wood (Nicholas) A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, and Interior Communication in General, first edition, 6 folding engraved plates, light foxing to plates and offsetting, frontispiece and title almost detached, bookplate of J.J.Haut, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine faded and slightly worn at head, 8vo, 1825. ⁂ One of the earliest books on the potential of steam-powered locomotion. Wood was a colliery man, colleague at Killingworth and life-long friend of Stephenson. Plates V and VI are fine engravings of Stephenson's prototypes Blucher & Locomotion. Wood was one of three judges at the Rainhill trials where Stephenson's Rocket triumphed, and by so doing ensured the success of the Stephenson enterprise.
Lot 106
Wood (Nicholas) A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, third edition, folding lithographed frontispiece, 13 folding engraved plates, errata slip, 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end, light water-staining to corner of a few leaves, hinges weak, 1831 § Whishaw (Francis) Analysis of Railways, first edition, presentation copy from the author to Sir Hussey Vivian with accompanying A.N.s. loosely inserted, 1837 § Williams (Frederick S.) Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction, and Social Influences, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very slight fading to spine but still an excellent copy, preserved in modern half dark maroon morocco slip-case with pull-off top, 1852, the first two original cloth, rubbed, all with slightly faded spines; and 3 others including vol.XXXIII of The London Magazine, 1764 including an article with an engraved plate of a horse-drawn coal waggon on a plateway, 8vo (6)⁂ The first was much expanded from the second edition and now includes material from 1831. The last is the standard early work on the development of railways in the United Kingdom. Williams is exhaustive in his researches, and has an interesting section on the various pneumatic schemes, whether driven by vacuum or plenum, and an addendum on rail insurance. " During the half year ending 31st December, 1851 the number of passengers... was 47,509,392 of these 113 were killed and 264 injured."
Lot 11
Bradshaw (George) Bradshaw's Railway Companion, folding map with route in red, 13 double-page maps/plans, some partly hand-coloured, original brownish cloth, glazed green label to upper cover, 1843; another edition, 2 folding maps, 14 double-page maps/plans, some partly hand-coloured, folding cross-section, original brownish cloth, glazed green label to upper cover, 1845; Lengths and Levels to Bradshaw's Maps of the Canals, Navigable Rivers, and Railways, in the Principal part of England, first edition, 1833; Lengths and Levels...from Actual Survey, 2 engraved maps on folding sheet, 1832 bound with Extracts from the Minutes of Evidence given before the House of Lords on the London and Birmingham Railway Bill, half-title, folding engraved map of Stephenson's survey, 1832, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary cloth, spine faded; Bradshaw's Shareholder's Guide, Railway Manual and Directory, for 1856, 2 large folding maps with plates of patented inventions on verso, one torn, contemporary maroon morocco with brass clasp, title and "G.Gamble Esq." in gilt to upper cover, spine gilt, remains of old label to head, rubbed, London & Manchester, 1856; Bradshaw's British Railway Guide..., No.182, folding map, illustrated advertisements, original printed wrappers, spotted, upper cover frayed and detached, 3rd Mo (March) 1849; and 13 others, Bradshaw, v.s. (18)⁂ The Lengths and Levels are often found bound together with the Extracts of Minutes. The London to Birmingham Company had their original Bill refused after several nimby peers objected. However, in 1833 the Bill was passed and work started later that year, by 1838 it was complete. The journey took five and a half hours.
Lot 110
Africa.- Salt (Henry) A Voyage to Abyssinia, first edition, half-title, 2 engraved vignettes, 8 maps on 7 sheets, most folding, one hand-coloured, 27 plates, some offsetting, foxing and occasional staining, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Blackmer 1479], 4to, 1814.⁂ "A very interesting work by Salt, who later became associated with Egyptology as the employer of Belzoni, friend of Burckhardt, and the owner of three important collections of Egyptian antiquities... He returned to Africa in 1809 on a government mission to establish contact with the King of Abyssinia which occupied him for two years. This work describes these travels and the appendix contains vocabularies of various African dialects" (Blackmer).
![America.- [Bird (Isabella)] The Englishwoman in America, first edition, 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear dated "January 185](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9a20ae7e-ffba-4e42-a051-ac5d00aaac37/cba5eec5-e590-4457-b616-ac60010f473c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 111
America.- [Bird (Isabella)] The Englishwoman in America, first edition, 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear dated "January 1856", occasional light finger-soiling and the odd spot, endpapers a little rubbed and marked with light dampstaining to fore-edge of front free endpapers, bookplate of John Murray of Touchdam to pastedown, hinges neatly repaired, original cloth, neatly and expertly recased, spine ends neatly and sympathetically repaired, light fading to spine and head of upper cover, a few light marks to covers, corners a little bumped, a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1956.⁂ The author's rare first book that launched her career as a travel writer and began her lifelong association and friendship with Murray.
Lot 113
Asia.- Lithgow (William) The Totall Discourse, of the rare Adventures, and painefull Peregrinations...in Europe, Asia, and Affrica, woodcut frontispiece and title ruled in red, woodcut illustrations, frontispiece repaired to recto, sig. B1 signed C1 and trimmed at foot, a few small defects to corners with loss of pagination, one short tear into text, some soiling and foxing, slight worming, mostly a single hole running through headline of much of the book, occasionally encroaching into text, 19th century blind-stamped russia, gilt, [STC 15714], 4to, by I. Okes, 1640.⁂ Revised and enlarged edition of a popular 17th century travel book. The catchword on p. 444 does not match the first word of p. 447, but text is continuous.
Lot 117
Central Asia.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart) An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India, first edition, 2 engraved maps, both hand-coloured in outline, one large and folding and repaired to verso, 14 aquatint plates, all but one hand-coloured, errata leaf, 2 leaves of advertisements at end, some offsetting, modern half rexine, uncut, [Abbey, Travel 504; Yakushi E63; Colas 960; Lipperheide 1483], 4to, 1815.⁂ Mountstuart Elphinstone was appointed ambassador to the Afghan court of Kabul in 1808. Although unsuccessful as an envoy, he came away 'stored with information, and already nursing that germ of frontier policy of which he was afterwards to be the fruitful founder and exponent'; he 'continued to inform British policy on the north-western frontier until the 1840s' (ODNB). The work includes fine costume plates which Abbey says "are of excellent quality."
Lot 119
Egyptology.- Carter (Howard) and A.C. Mace. The Tomb of Tut-ankh-amen, 3 vol., first edition, plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt, bump to corner of vol.1, otherwise a fine copy, 8vo, 1923-33.⁂ Superb copy of this account of the discovery of the most famous of all Egyptian Pharaoh tombs by Carter and Lord Carnarvon.
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The Great Pyramid.- Greaves (John) Pyramidographia: or a Description of the Pyramids in Aegypt, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, one with short tear, engraved and woodcut illustrations in text, 2 full-page, some text in Arabic, lacking initial blank leaf, a few headlines shaved close, just touching text, some light marginal soiling, early calf, worn, covers detached, spine head chipped, [Wing G1804], 8vo, for George Badger, 1646.⁂ The first book in English on the pyramids. John Greaves (1602-52) was a mathematician, astronomer and antiquarian who spent 1636-40 travelling in Italy and the Levant, with six months in Egypt carrying out the first detailed survey of the pyramids at Giza. Isaac Newton owned a copy of this book and used its information in his scientific research to help him determine the value of the ancient cubit and the circumference of the earth.
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