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Click here to subscribeInwood (Henry William) The Erechtheion at Athens, first edition, 34 lithograph plates, some double-page, one folding, some foxing and marginal browning, contemporary green half morocco, gilt, rubbed, covers stained, folio, 1831.⁂ Inwood was the architect of St. Pancras Church on Euston Road in London, partly modelled on the Erechtheion and one of the most important Greek Revival buildings.
Warner (Rev. Richard) Sermons on the Epistles or Gospels, for the Sundays Throughout the Year, 2 vol., first edition, bookplate and ink signature of Lord Eldon, contemporary half-vellum, gilt coronet to upper covers, a little rubbed, 1816; Practical Discourses, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, rubbed, 1803-04; and 2 others by the same, 8vo & 4to (6)
NO RESERVE Theatre.- Masefield (John) Tristan and Isolt: a Play in Verse, one of 275 copies signed by author, unopened, original vellum-backed boards, a little rubbed, 1927 § Walbrook (H. M.) J. M. Barrie and the Theatre, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates & illustrations, ink inscription, original decorative cloth, lightly faded spine, remnants of dust-jacket, 1922 § Pearson (Hesketh) The Last Actor-Managers, first edition, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, 1950 § Bax (Clifford) The Buddha: a Play, original cloth, dust-jacket, spotting, 1947; and others on the theatre and music hall, 8vo (c.40)
1890's.- [Beardsley (Aubrey) and others.] The Yellow Book: an Illustrated Quarterly, plates, illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, Laurence Housman, Walter Crane, Max Beerbohm and others, occasional spotting, cracked hinges, original pictorial yellow cloth, rubbed and browned, chipping to spine extremities, small loss to spine head (vols. 1 & 8), 13 vol., 1894-97; The Yellow Book: a selection, frontispiece, plates, original pictorial grey boards, water-stained, bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, small loss to corners and spine extremities, 1949 § Secker (Martin) The Eighteen-Nineties, first edition, inscribed by Secker, frontispiece, original cloth, browned spine, dust-jacket, lightly browned, 3 small tears to edges, 1948; and others, similar including 3 boxes of ephemera relating to G. Krishnamurti and the Eighteen Nineties Society , v.s. (lge. qty)
Levant.- Valiero (Andrea) Historia della Guerra di Candia, first edition, title with large engraved printer's device, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces (the last reiterating the title device), small contemporary ink ownership inscription to foot of title, very occasional faint staining, exiguous worming to front pastedown, final blank loose, hinges splitting a little, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, corners and extremities worn, scuffs and gouges, some loss at spine ends, worming at foot, [Blackmer 1710; Atabey 1268], 4to, Venice, Paolo Baglioni, 1679.⁂ "An account of the Turkish-Venetian wars in Crete from 1644 to 1669. Valiero had fought against the Turks himself at the sea-battle off the Dardenelles in 1646. In 1667 he was elected Provveditore Generale of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia." (Blackmer, p.360) Provenance: Luigi Cauriani and Georgios (Leonidas) Zarifis (bookplates).
Gilpin (William) Moral Contrasts: or, the Power of Religion exemplified under Different Characters, first edition, title trimmed at head, bookplate, contemporary tree calf, a little rubbed, Lymington, 1798; Lectures on the Catechism of the Church of England, ink signature to title, occasional faint spotting, lacking front free endpaper, bookplate, contemporary calf, rubbed, 1792; Three Dialogues on the Amusements of Clergymen, second edition, original boards, rubbed and worn, 1797; and 5 others by the same, including 3 pamphlets, 8vo & 12mo (8)
Children's Library.- Brown Hueffer (Ford Madox) The Brown Owl, first English edition, previous owner's ink inscription; The Feather § O'Grady (Standish) Finn and his Companions § Yeats (W. B. introduction) Irish Fairy Tales § Drosines (George) Stories from Fairyland, dust-jacket, tears, neatly repaired, browned § Hoffmann (E. T. A.) Nutcracker and Mouse King; frontispieces, original uniform decorative boards, slight bumping to spine extremities, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892; and 19 others, all 'The Children's Library', 8vo (25)
Pigna (Giovanni Battista) Historia de Principi di Este, first edition, title with large hand-coloured woodcut device incorporating the arms of various branches of the family, woodcut historiated initials, errata f. at end, K1 mounted on a stub, colophon f. foxed, occasional staining, contemporary limp vellum, creased and stained, [Adams P1204; EDIT 16 CNCE 38347], folio, Ferrara, Francesco Rossi, 1570.
NO RESERVE Middle East.- Stark (Freya) Traveller's Prelude, 1950; Beyond Euphrates, 1951; The Coast of Incense, 1953; East is West, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to corners, small loss to extremities, 1945, first editions, plates, original cloth, a little rubbed; and another by the same, an American first edition of Winter in Arabia, 8vo (5)
Big Game.- Bell (W.D.M.) The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter, first edition, plates, original cloth-backed boards, corners bumped, London & New York, 1923 § Stigand (Capt. C.H.) Hunting the Elephant in Africa, first edition, plates, binding almost detached, original cloth, gilt, spine ends a little rubbed, New York, 1913, 8vo (2)
Sophronia: or, Letters to the Ladies, first edition, occasional spotting, lacking lower corner (D11) affecting text, small paper flaw (G6), manuscript signature and inscription to endpapers and preliminary blank, contemporary calf, rubbed, cracked upper hinge, 12mo, William Johnston, 1761.⁂ Scarce anonymous novel about marriage.
Anon.- [Montgomery (Henry Francis Boyle)] THE BRITISH NAVY IN THE PRESENT YEAR OF GRACE BY AN UNDISTINGUISHED NAVAL OFFICER 1886 FIRST EDITION WITH LETTER AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPING PERTAINING TO THE LIBEL ACTION SURROUNDING THIS WORK 3 vol. bookplate of Cloudesley Varyl Robinson, letter on War Office Paper from Lord Louis Battenberg to C.N. Robinson referring to the legal case surrounding this work, publisher's cloth, 8vo
Davis (John) THE POST-CAPTAIN: OR, THE WOODEN WALLS WELL MANNED... 1806 FIRST EDITION frontispiece, title vignette, contemporary ink ownership signature of Major French D.C.M. on title, near-contemporary half calf over cloth, spine gilt, morocco spine label, [Sadlier 678d] 8vo The first edition is incredibly scarce. See illustration
Gower (Richard Hall) A TRESTISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SEAMANSHIP, TOGETHER WITH A SYSTEM OF NAVAL SIGNALS third edition volvelle, 1801; bound with .- A SUPPLEMENT TO THE PRACTICAL SEAMANSHIP, FIRST EDITION, 4 engraved plates, 1807, in-text woodcut plates, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, 8vo
Barrow (John, Sir) THE LIFE OF RICHARD EARL HOWE K.G.. 1838 FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY engraved frontispiece, presentation inscription from the publisher to Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, folding facsimile plates, publisher's cloth, 8vo, Sir Pulteney Malcolm (1768-1838) - Veteran of American and French Revolutionary Wars, War of 1812 and Napoleonic War
Millan (John) SIGNALS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY AND SHIPS UNDER CONVOY... [1746] FIRST EDITION 2 parts in 1 bound with Coins, Weights and Measures Ancient and Modern, hand-coloured flags, ink ownership signature of Admiral Lord Mark Robert Kerr on f.f.e., contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, morocco spine label, 8vo. See illustration
Penn (Granville) MEMORIALS OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR WILLIAM PENN... 1833 FIRST EDITION, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED 2 vol. frontispieces and numerous additional engraved plates from other works bound-in, bookplate of Frederick H. Dutton, contemporary tree calf, tooled in gilt, spine gilt, morocco spine labels, 8vo. See illustration
Prior (James) VOYAGE ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF AFRICA TO MOSAMBIQUE, JOHANNA AND QUILOA TO ST HELENA... 1819 FIRST EDITION 2 folding engraved maps and a plate; bound with NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE IN THE INDIAN SEAS IN THE NISUS FRIGATE... 4 engraved maps and charts, 1 folding, 1819, Parry (Edward) JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS, 4 engraved plates, 1818, uniform modern blue half morocco over cloth, 8vo (2)
Semmes (Raphael, Admiral) MEMOIRS OF SERVICE AFLOAT... FIRST AMERICAN EDITION modern half calf over patterned boards, g.e., Baltimore, 1869 , Scharf (J. Thomas) HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES NAVY... second edition, publisher's cloth, Albany, 1894, frontispiece and plates, tissue-guards, 8vo (2) `
Colomb (P.H.) THE DANGERS OF THE MODERN RULE OF THE ROAD AT SEA... FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR half-title, ownership inscription of Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, publisher's cloth, gilt, Portsmouth, 1885 , Parsons (G.S.) NELSONIAN REMINISCENCES, publisher's boards, Boston, 1843 , ''Tom Bowling'' [Pseud.] THE BOOK OF KNOTS, 3 folding engraved plates, publisher's boards, 1870 , Leggett (William) NAVAL STORIES, bookplate of H. Brock Hollinshead, publisher's boards, New York, 1834, 4to & 8vo (4)
Lechevalier (Jean Baptiste) VOYAGE DE LA PROPONTIDE ET DU PONT-EUXIN... An VIII [1800] FIRST EDITION 2 vol. 6 folding engraved maps, prize bookplate, contemporary tree calf, tooled in gilt, spines gilt, morocco spine labels, Paris Dentu [Blackmer 995; Contominas 398; Weber 2:649; Atabey 697], 8vo. See illustration
Salamé (A[braham]) A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO ALGIERS IN THE YEAR 1816... 1819 FIRST EDITION engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding engraved pates, one hand-coloured, Lyme bookplate, straight-grained morocco, tooled in gilt, skilfully rebacked with original spine laid down, spine gilt, 8vo, additional engraved plate of author loosely inserted. See illustration
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