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Lot 315
Randolph (Bernard), THE PRESENT STATE OF THE MOREA, CALLED ANCIENTLY THE PELOPONNESUS…, third edition, folding engraved map and 2 double-page plates, W. Notts, 1689; bound with THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ISLANDS IN THE ARCHIPELAGO… 4 folding engraved plates, including the panorama of Constantinople, Oxford, n.p., 1687, nineteenth-century calf, ruled in gilt, morocco spine label, [Wing R238 & 234; Blackmer 1385 & 1386; Contominas 601; Weber 2:388 & 389; Atabey 1012 & 1013], 4to† Ex-libris Stackpoole Court Library. See illustration Two maps in first part with repair to top edgeCollates as complete
Lot 319
Elphinstone (Mountstuart), THE HISTORY OF INDIA, FIRST EDITION, 2 vol., folding engraved map, bookplates of Henry Barnett, contemporary calf, ruled in gilt, spine gilt, morocco spine labels, 8vo, 1841. See illustration Not typical - spotting as shown in image at beginning and end of both vols, map is affected because it is at front of book, internally they are pretty clear of spottingImage represents worse case
Lot 325
Smyth (William Henry, Capt.), MEMOIR DESCRIPTIVE OF THE RESOURCES, INHABITANTS AND HYDROGRAPHY OF SICILY AND ITS ISLANDS…, FIRST EDITION, half-titles, folding engraved map, 13 only (of 14) engraved plates, contemporary half calf over patterned boards, [Abbey, Travel, 263], 4to, 1824. See illustration
Lot 336
Layard (Austen Henry), DISCOVERIES IN THE RUINS OF NINEVEH AND BABYLON…, FIRST EDITION, half-title, folding frontispiece, 3 folding plans, 10 tinted lithographed plates and 2 folding maps at rear, bookplate of Joseph Gundry, later half calf over patterned boards, [Atabey 687; Abbey, Travel 384], 8vo, 1853
Lot 344
The Meeting For Sufferings.- SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CONDUCT OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS TOWARDS THE INDIAN TRIBES IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE COLONIES OF EAST AND WEST JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece map, coloured in bodycolour, folding engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, publisher's cloth, [Sabin 86572], 8vo, 1844
Lot 388
Gibbs (James) A BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE CONTAINING DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS AND ORNAMENTS, FIRST EDITION 150 engraved plates, several double page, later half calf over patterned boards, binding worn but holding firm, (Berlin KAT 2270; Fowler 138; RIBA 1206) large folio, n.p. 1728 Internally very clean, additional images attached
Lot 92
Smiles (Samuel), ROBERT DICK BAKER, OF THURSO GEOLOGIST AND BOTANIST, FIRST EDITION, 1878 § Trimmer (Joshua) PRACTICAL GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY…, 1841 § Penn (Granville) CONVERSATIONS ON GEOLOGY…, hand-coloured frontispiece map and folding engraved hand-coloured geological map, 1840, publisher's cloth, 8vo (3)
Lot 27
John le Carre signed A Perfect Spy hardback book. First edition. Rare book also with signed dedication, and for Simone with my best David, Le Carres real first name.Some ageing spots. Dedicated. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
![[Shakespeare (William] [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, lacking all before B3 (including engraved](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce30ce3c-e8a9-49d1-8af6-aa6201074571/3808c03c-abbc-48c4-ab64-aa6c00fb96b2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 302
[Shakespeare (William] [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, lacking all before B3 (including engraved portrait), B6, 3c6, 3d1 & 2, printed in double-column, woodcut decorations and initials, one or two old manuscript corrections, B3 misbound after B5, damp-stained at beginning and end causing fraying to lower outer corners with some loss to text of first three and final three leaves, first and final leaves laid down, a few ink stains or smudges, some other soiling and staining, a few small rust-spots/holes, tears to K3 and V4 but no loss, some other minor marginal defects, old ink signature of Wm.W.Wintle to front free endpaper, eighteenth century half speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label and six raised bands, rubbed, joints split, corners bumped, [Wing 22274], folio (c.310 x 215mm.), [Thomas Cotes, for Iohn Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot], [1632].⁂ In addition to the title, portrait and preliminaries the missing text leaves from this copy are all but one leaf of The Tempest, one leaf of Two Gentlemen of Verona (B6) and three leaves from Cymbeline (3c6, 3d1 & 2).
Lot 311
Cookery.- Young Lady's Companion (The) in Cookery, and Pastry, Preserving, Pickling, Candying, &c., first and only edition, occasional spotting or soiling, small stain to inner margin of title, contemporary mottled sheep, gilt, a little worn, joints split, [Bitting p.619; Maclean p.154; Oxford p.64], 12mo, A.Bettesworth and C.Hitch [& others], 1734.⁂ "The following Receipts were Collected by a Gentlewoman who formerly kept a Boarding School; her often being Importun'd by her Friends, for Copies of them, has occasion'd their being published; thereby to oblige her Friends at an easy Expence and save herself much Trouble..." Advertisement.ESTC records only 2 copies in the UK (BL & Wellcome) and 4 in America.
Lot 314
Hairdressing.- Stewart (James) Plocacosmos: or The Whole Art of Hair Dressing..., first edition, lacking half-title, with engraved frontispiece printed in sanguine and 10 engraved plates, light foxing or browning, contemporary half morocco, g.e., slightly rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine (faded), corners repaired, 8vo, for the Author, 1782.⁂ Scarce work on all aspects of hair and hairdressing including growth & care and the effects of diet & lifestyle, tools, false hair, head dresses and cosmetics; the plates depict the extravagant hairstyles of the time. ESTC lists 5 locations in the UK: Birmingham Central Libraries, BL (2 copies), Edinburgh University, Bodleian, and Wellcome Institute.
![[Wordsworth (William) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.] Lyrical Ballads, with a few other poems, first edition, second (London) i](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce30ce3c-e8a9-49d1-8af6-aa6201074571/931bfe59-ef72-4911-8497-aa6c00fbc082/468x382.jpg)
Lot 320
[Wordsworth (William) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.] Lyrical Ballads, with a few other poems, first edition, second (London) issue, with errata leaf and advertisement leaf at end, light foxing, small stains to lower margin of a few leaves, contemporary ink signature "M.Alliott" to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt decorative border, spine gilt, lacking label, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn, paint stain to upper cover, [Rothschild 2604], 8vo, for J. & A. Arch, 1798.⁂ The beginning of the Romantic movement, a reissue of the exceptionally rare Bristol issue with a new title and leaves D8 & E1-2 'Lewti' replaced with four leaves comprising 'The Nightingale'.
![[Coleridge (Sara)] Phantasmion, first edition, half-title, a few spots to title and final leaf, contemporary burgundy morocco](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce30ce3c-e8a9-49d1-8af6-aa6201074571/1d0dc5db-751f-4dd1-9a71-aa6c00fb5d06/468x382.jpg)
Lot 321
[Coleridge (Sara)] Phantasmion, first edition, half-title, a few spots to title and final leaf, contemporary burgundy morocco with decorative leafy border in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., slightly rubbed, spine a little faded, 8vo, William Pickering, 1837.⁂ Scarce. A fairy tale, mingled with verse, by the daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Lot 322
Barrett (Elizabeth Barrett) Poems, 2 vol., first edition, 8pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1 1845 at beginning of vol.1 and advertisement leaf at end, light stain to pp.212-213 of vol.2, original blind-stamped green cloth, slightly rubbed and marked, spines a little faded, vol.2 with small split to foot of upper joint, 8vo, 1844.
![[Brontë (Charlotte, Emily and Anne)], "Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell". Poems, first edition, second issue, with errata slip](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce30ce3c-e8a9-49d1-8af6-aa6201074571/7135647d-2f15-4051-a0fa-aa6c00fac75b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 323
[Brontë (Charlotte, Emily and Anne)], "Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell". Poems, first edition, second issue, with errata slip tipped in at beginning, advertisement leaf bound at end and final blank, without publishers' catalogue sometimes found at end, a few small spots to title and contents leaf, original ribbed green cloth with blind-stamped border and central harp design to covers, pale yellow endpapers, Westleys & Co. binders' ticket at rear, spine faded, faint rubbed patch to lower cover, corners slightly bumped, [Smith 1 pp.6-14], 8vo, Smith, Elder and Co., 1846 [but 1848].⁂ A very good copy, scarce in such fine condition.
![[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] Notes by an Oxford Chiel, 6 parts in 1, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce30ce3c-e8a9-49d1-8af6-aa6201074571/966429ab-74d7-4ef7-aaae-aa6c00fb9dbd/468x382.jpg)
Lot 325
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] Notes by an Oxford Chiel, 6 parts in 1, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author, lower hinge a little weak, original green cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed at spine ends, 8vo, Oxford, James Parker and Co., 1865-74.⁂ The inscription on the front pastedown, in Dodgson's typical purple ink, reads "H.A. Barclay with the author's sincere regards. Ap. 27 1875". Further inscriptions on the facing endpaper reveal how the book was passed on after Barclay's death. Henry Alexander Barclay attended Christ Church with Dodgson and his daughter Ethel Florence (1864-1947) remained a friend for the rest of his life.
![[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Phantasmagoria, first edition, first issue, presentation copy inscribed by the](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce30ce3c-e8a9-49d1-8af6-aa6201074571/c3cb55c7-72e8-4cab-b9da-aa6c00fb8825/468x382.jpg)
Lot 326
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Phantasmagoria, first edition, first issue, presentation copy inscribed by the author on half-title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little dulled and ends slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1869.⁂ Inscription reads "Rev. J.W. Burgon with the Author's kind regards. Jan 1869." Burgon was a contemporary of Dodgson's at Oxford, a Fellow at Oriel College. The first issue has no mention of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on title.
Lot 329
Angling.- Cole (Ralph) The Young Angler's Pocket Companion; or a New and Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece of 3 plates on 2 sheets (one of anglers, 2 of fish & hooks), one bound separately, tear to fold between 2 plates, engraving of anglers shaved at foot, some light soiling or browning, modern calf, gilt, [Westwood & Satchell p.62], 12mo, for R.Bassam [& others], 1795.
Lot 331
Wallace (Alfred Russel) Island Life: or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of Geological Climates, first edition, 3 maps, one hand-coloured, text maps and diagrams, advertisement leaf at and, hand-coloured map foxed, occasional other light spotting or soiling, joints weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1880.⁂ Sequel to the author's Geographical Distribution of Animals of 1876, both ground-breaking works of zoogeography.
Lot 332
Africa.- Richardson (James) Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the years of 1845 and 1846, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait, 2 plates and folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, some foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, roan labels, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, 1848.⁂ James Richardson (1806-51) was an ardent campaigner against slavery and set out on this expedition to explore the area south of the Sahara to Timbuktu and Niger and discover more about the slave trade and how it would be possible to suppress it.
Lot 333
Americas.- Canada.- Heriot (George) Travels through the Canadas, first edition, fine folding aquatint frontispiece of Quebec and 26 aquatint plates after the author, all hand-coloured, 6 folding, hand-coloured folding engraved map of St.Lawrence River, tissue guards, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, light browning and occasional offsetting, some foxing to tissue guards, engraved bookplate of Melmoth Guy, unusual contemporary green and red glazed boards edged with gilt paper strips, uncut, rubbed and yellowed, scuff to lower cover, rebacked in red morocco, gilt, [Hill 801; Sabin 31489; cf.Abbey, Travel 618 (plates only)] 4to, 1807.⁂ "The earliest and most important aquatint book published on Canada". (Hill). It includes much information on Native Americans and their customs, linguistics and agriculture, as well as details of the fur trade and fisheries.
Lot 336
Americas.- Hennepin (Louis) A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New Mexico...With a Continuation, 2 parts in 1, second English edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps and 6 folding plates, contemporary ink signature of Chas. Halkett to title and Sir John Halkett to verso of frontispiece with bookplate of Pitfirrane Castle, rather browned, particularly towards end, first folding map with tear, paper flaw tear/hole to lower edge of G3 and 2H3 just touching text, slight worming to outer margin, contemporary panelled calf, worn patch to upper cover, spine a little worn, upper joint split, [Sabin 31372; Wing H1452], 8vo, for Henry Bonwicke, 1699.⁂ Early account by a French missionary of his travels in the North American interior exploring the basin of the Mississippi River, and including the first printed description and engraving of Niagara Falls. ESTC cites only 5 UK copies.
Lot 341
Italy.- Lear (Edward) Journals of a Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria, 2 parts in 1, first edition, signed presentation copy from Douglas Freshfield to "William Paget Bowman from his sincere friend...on his leaving Eton Xmas 1862" inscribed on front free endpaper, half-titles, 2 lithographed maps and 20 tinted lithographed plates, some foxing, contemporary red calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with green roan label, a little rubbed and marked, spine faded, [Abbey, Travel 175], 8vo, 1852.⁂ Douglas Freshfield (1845-1934), lawyer, mountaineer and author, editor of the Alpine Journal, member of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club, and first President of the Geographical Association.Sir William Paget Bowman (1846-1917) became a barrister and Registrar of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy.
Lot 342
Channel Islands.- Jersey.- Complaint (The) of the Inhabitants of the Island of Jersey, of the Oppressions and Violences committed by the Officers and Soldiers of the Garrison there, 4pp., folded sheet, drop-head title, with ink manuscript note and a few corrections in a contemporary hand, a little soiled, disbound, creased from folding with slight wear to folds, small tear to first leaf,folio, n.p., [1690].⁂ The only known copy. COPAC and WorldCat list only the facsimile edition published by Toucan Press, St. Peter Port, 1977, reproduced from this copy, and that in one copy only (British Library).
Lot 343
Levant.- Thévenot (Jean de) The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant. In Three Parts. viz. Into I. Turkey II. Persia. III. The East-Indies, 3 parts in 1, first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 plates, errata leaf, with sheet of 'Malabar Alphabet' and another of 'Malabar Cyphers', portrait and title water-stained (supplied from another copy), part 3 with sheet I4 torn and repaired (presumably intended to be cancelled as text repeated a few pages on and sometimes lacking), small rust-hole to E3 of first part, otherwise clean, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, some wormed patches, rebacked, corners repaired, [Atabey 1217; Wing T887; cf. Blackmer 1650 (first edition)], folio, Printed by H. Clark, for H. Faithorne, J. Adamson, C. Skegnes, and T. Newborough, 1687. ⁂ "Thevenot's travels mark the beginning of the grand epoch of travel and exploration in the Levant." Blackmer
Lot 347
Voyages.- Hakluyt (Richard) The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Dicoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or overland..., 3 vol. in 2, second edition, second issue, printed in black letter, woodcut ornament on titles, woodcut head-pieces and initials, lacking the folding engraved map (as usual) but with the suppressed leaves on the conquest of Cadiz pp.607-619 (first state), title of vol.3 defective at lower outer corner with loss to ends of a few lines (repaired, loss supplied in manuscript, mostly to imprint), titles and final leaves a little soiled, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, a few other small stains, slight worming to vol.2 affecting a few letters of one line but not sense and to inner margin towards end, vol.1 with manuscript leaf of agricultural accounts for the Dorvil family dated 1696-1704 written on verso of title-page of a prayer loosely inserted, vol.1 & 2 contemporary calf with central arabesque lozenge in gilt and old cloth ties, spine in compartments with small gilt ornaments and eight raised bands, red morocco label chipped, rubbed, spine a little faded and worn at head, a few small stains, wormhole to lower cover, ties frayed and defective, vol.3 18th century mottled calf, spine gilt with roan labels, g.e., rubbed, spine rather worn and chipped, joints split, old rather crude repair to upper joint, [Hill 743; Sabin 29596-29598; STC 12626a], folio, by George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker, 1599-1600. ⁂ Monumental record of Elizabethan exploration and greatly expanded from the first edition of 1589; vol.3 is entirely devoted to the Americas. Vol.1 is a reissue of the 1598 edition with a new title-page.
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