Navigation.- Speidell (John) A Breefe Treatise of Sphaericall Triangles, first edition, part 1 only (of 2), A4 blank except for diagram to verso, other diagrams, title browned, water-stained, B3 headline trimmed to recto and verso, modern panelled calf, cloth drop-back box, [STC 23060], 4to, Printed by Edward Allde, 1627.⁂ Without part two "A geometricall extraction...." as often. The work by mathematician John Speidell (1600-34), a follower of John Napier who made important contributions to the calculation of logarithms, is useful "in the solution of Propositions of both the globes in Dialling, Fortification, and Navigation, with hights and distances..."Provenance: Spence Scientific Library, Greenock (ink stamp to verso of dedication leaf).
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Boyle (Roger, Earl of Orrery) Guzman. A Comedy, first edition, initial advertisement leaf misbound after title, marginal browning, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Wing O478], folio, Printed for Francis Saunders, 1693.⁂ Pepys considered this play "very ordinary" whereas Downes said that it "took very well". Rare at auction.
Goodall (Charles) Poems and Translations, first edition, initial license leaf, E7 torn, slightly affecting text, some light foxing, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, [Wing G1092; Grolier, Wither to Prior 401], 8vo, Printed for Henry Bonwicke, 1689.⁂ Sometimes attributed to the Earl of Rochester.Provenance: Thomas Isted of the Middle Temple (bookplate to verso of title).
America.- Fox (George) An Epistle to all Professors in New-England, Germany, and other Parts of the called Christian World. Also to the Jews and Turks throughout the World, first edition, foxed, modern dark green crushed morocco, lettered in gilt, spine faded, [Wing F1806; Sabin 25350], 4to, 1673.⁂ Written by the founder of the Society of Friends soon after his return to England from America and two years before his Cain against Abel, a more direct attack on the persecution of the New England Quakers.Provenance: Charles Roberts (bookplate); Roderick Terry (bookplate, his sale at Anderson Galleries in 1935); Caroline Newton (bookplate).
Civil War.- New Marriage (A), Between Mr. King, and Mrs. Parliament. The banes forbidden by Captaine Army, with the Grounds and Reasons he gives for the same, first edition, 8pp., interleaved, eight lines of verse on title between two typographical rules, below which are a row of woodcut crowned rose, thistle, fleur-de-lys, and harp, all but the thistle repeated with ornaments at top of p.3, upper margin of title trimmed close, just touching letter "A" and on next leaf just touching pagination, later vellum-backed boards, [Wing N665], 4to, 1648.⁂ Very rare satire with ESTC recording copies at BL, LSE and Newberry only. This seemingly the only copy in auction records, its last appearance being in 1993 at the Fairfax sale, bought by Lawson. Provenance: Fairfax of Cameron (bookplate)
Marvell (Andrew) The Rehearsall Transpros'd: The Second Part, first edition, with initial licence-to-print leaf, lacking final blank, bookplate of Giles Lyttons Strachey, scattered foxing and browning, last few gatherings with very small worming to lower margin, hinges repaired, later half calf, rebacked, retaining much of original backstrip, [Wing M882], 8vo, for Nathaniel Ponder at the Peacock in Chancery Lane near Fleet-Street, 1673.⁂ The second part of Marvell's witty attack on the Anglican cleric Samuel Parker, published in the preceding year. Marvell's work had elicited several responses, including from Parker himself.
Tuberculosis.- Harvey (Gideon) Morbus Anglicus: or, The Anatomy of Consumptions...To which are Added, some brief Discourses of Melancholy, Madness, and Distraction occasioned by Love, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (?supplied from a later edition), later ink ownership inscription of N. Davis-Colley to verso of frontispiece and head of title, B4v with marginal paper repair, M1 with small rust hole in text, a couple other small marginal holes or short tears, P5 & P7 with upper corner burnt, not affecting text, R2 with paper flaw but no loss, scattered foxing and the odd mark, occasional damp-staining to head, autograph medical receipt in an early hand to rear free endpaper, a few ink scribbles to endpapers, contemporary sheep, wear to corners, spine ends frayed, [Wing H1070], small 8vo, for Nathaniel Brook, 1666.
Vergilius (Polydorus) An Abrigmen[n]t of the notable works of Polidore..., first edition in English, translated by Thomas Langley, woodcut initials, a few ff. with manuscript notes in ink to margins in an early hand, bookplate, lacking final f. with printer's device, small hole with paper repair to blank margin of title, also through 2 following ff. (A2-3) here repair touching letters, Q6v-R1 heavily browned, elsewhere light browning and marginal soiling, modern calf, gilt dentelles, [STC 24655; catchword a2r "life"], 8vo, by Richard Grafton, 1546.
Meteorology.- Goad (John) Astro-Meteorologica, or Aphorism's and Discourses of the Bodies Coelestial, first edition, woodcut diagram, scattered spotting, 2T1 with small marginal hole, 4R2 & 5H1 with small marginal losses not affecting, text, bookplates, contemporary calf, rebacked, bumping to corners, a little rubbed, [Horblit 468; Houzeau & Lancaster 5327; Wing G897], folio, for J. Rawlins, for Obadiah Blagrave, 1686.⁂ Provenance: Engraved bookplate of John, Earl of Loudoun. Bookplate of Harrison D. Horblitt, and the Garden copy with their black crushed morocco and gilt bookplate.
DOUGLAS GAWIN, Bishop of Dunkeld (Trans). Virgil`s Aeneis Translated into Scottish Verse ... To which is added A Large Glossary ... And to the whole is prefix`d An Exact Account of the Author`s Life and Writings. Folio. Panelled calf, a fine copy. Bookplate of Rigg of Downfield (Dounfield, Fife). Edinburgh, Andrew Symson & Robert Freebairn, 1710. "A New Edition", the 2nd & best ed. of this important translation; the Glossary being the first substantial work of Scots lexicography.
BALFOUR FRANCIS. The Forms of Herkern Corrected from a Variety of Manuscripts ... And Translated into English with an Index of Arabic Words Explained. 191pp plus 64pp index. Text in Persian & English. Small quarto. Worn bdgs. with top brd. & 1st 3 leaves det. but present, all complete. Bookplate of H.S. Chapman of Paisley, ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper. 1st. ed., Calcutta, 1781. "A book of Persian state letters (the Insha-yi Harkaran) first published in Calcutta in 1781 as a textbook for teaching the art of Persian letter writing. It includes English translations and a Persian-English vocabulary. The translator, Francis Balfour, was a Scottish physician employed by the East India Company from 1769-1807. A keen linguist and Orientalist, Balfour was one of the earliest members of the Bengal Asiatic Society, founded in 1784 under the patronage of Warren Hastings, to whom he dedicated this book" (Royal Collection Trust).
TWO AMBER-BEAD NECKLACES, the first one composed of graduated round yellowish amber beads, ranging from 0.9 - 2.5cm, total length approx. 44.5cm, the second composed of graduated oval orangish-brown amber beads, ranging from 1.1 x 0.7 – 2.5 x 1.7cm, with knots in between and a clasp, length approx. 45.5cm, total gross weight approx. 272g* Please note that both bead necklaces have been verbally tested at GCS laboratory in London in March 2023 and both were found to be natural amber beads with no indications of heating.Condition Report: A few natural growth features visible. The yellow bead necklace is slightly stretched in the cord. Overall in good condition. Total gross weight approximately 272 grams
ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL DATEJUST: A GENTLEMAN'S STAINLESS STEEL BRACELET WATCH with automatic movement, the silver dial with silver baton numerals, silver luminous hands and date aperture, with fluted bezel, no. 1207165, circa 1960, the case c.34mm diameter, together with an Import Receipt dated 29.6.1968, in a Rolex suede pouchProvenance: Belonged to the Late Timothy Green, who was Chief Reporter in the London Bureau of Time Life, where he met his wife who gave him his first assignment. He was appointed Editor of the Illustrated London News whilst still in his twenties, but then went on to forge a successful freelance career as a writer of a dozen books including "The World of Gold" and its many updates. He was a consultant and export on global gold business. He was given the Rolex during a reporting trip to the Gulf in 1968 by a Sheik in the middle of the desert treating his visitors to gifts and hospitality. That year he published "The World of Gold" just as the gold price was floated free, a pivotal moment in the global trade.The watch would benefit from a service.
[FREDERIC LAWIENCE KNOWLES]: THE COCKTAIL BOOK A SIDEBOARD MANUAL FOR GENTLEMEN, London, John MacQueen, 1902, 16 mo, original blind stamped cloth plus CHARLES WALTER BERRY: A MISCELLANY OF WINE, Foreword Andre Simon, London, Constable, 1932, first edition plus RALPH HOPTON & ANNE BALLIOL: BED MANNERS HOW TO BRING SUNSHINE INTO YOUR NIGHTS, London, Duckworth, 1942 reprint, original cloth (some soiling) (3)
EDWARD MEYRICK GOULBURN AND HENRY SYMONDS: THE ANCIENT SCULPTURES IN THE ROOF OF NORWICH CATHEDRAL.. TO WHICH IS ADDED A HISTORY OF THE SEE OF NORWICH FROM ITS FOUNDATION TO THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MONASTRIES BY EDWARD MEYRICK GOULBURN AND EDWARD HAILSTONES, London, The Autotype Fine Art Company, Norwich, Henry W Stacy, 1876, folio, original calf back decorative cloth gilt, all edges gilt, armorial book plate of Josiah Bavasseur plus MONTAGUE RHODES JAMES: THE SCULPTURE BOSSES IN THE ROOF OF THE BAUCHUN CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF PITY IN NORWICH CATHEDRAL, Norwich, 1908, first edition, folio, original cloth backed boards plus MARTIAL ROSE & JULIA HEDGECOE: STORIES IN STONE THE MEDIEVIL ROOF CARVINGS OF NORWICH CATHEDRAL, London, Herbert Press, 1997, first edition, 4to, original pictorial wraps (3)
EDWARD FREDERICK KELAART: PRODROMUS FAUNAE ZEYLANICAE BEING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ZOOLOGY OF CEYLON, [Columbo] Ceylon, printed for the author, 1852 first edition, inscribed on half title "From the Author Cork, Ireland" on half title, unopened, original blind stamped cloth, spine gilt lettered, very scarce
WASHINGTON IRVING: THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, ill A Rackham, London, George G Harrap, 1928 reprint (September), 8 coloured plates as list, 4to,original decorative cloth gilt, teg plus M C GREEN: MAGIC LANTERNS, London, The Bodley Head, 1949 first edition, 4to, original pictorial boards d/w plus WILLIAM MAYNE: THE GLASS BALL, ill Janet Duchesne, London, Hamish Hamilton, 1961 first edition, 4to, original pictorial boards d/w (price clipped and part losses) plus RAYMOND BRIGGS: FEE FI FO FUM, London, Hamish Hamilton, [1964] first edition, signed on ffep, oblong original pictorial boards d/w (small part losses) plus VERILY ANDERSON: NINE TIMES NEVER, Leicester, Brockhampton, 1962 first edition, original cloth d/w, (part losses) plus CLEMENT FREUD: GRIMBLE, ill Frank Francis, London, Collins, 1968 first edition, original cloth d/w (part losses) plus ROGER LANCELYN GREEN: SIR LANCELOT OF THE LAKE, ill Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone, London, Purnell, 1966 first edition, 4to, original cloth gilt worn (7)
THE SPEAKING PICTURE BOOK REPRODUCING THE VOICES OF THE COCK, THE DONKEY, THE LAMB, THE BIRD, THE COW, THE CUCKOO, THE GOAT AND THE BABY, London, H Grevel [1893], first edition, 8 coloured litho plates, 8 tabs (one replaced) when pulled produce animal etc noises "The Donkey" not working, original decorative pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, the top and bottom edges carved with leaves
MARTIN HARDIE: WATER-COLOUR PAINTING IN BRITAIN, 1970, 1968, reprint, first edition, vols 2 - 3 (of 3), 4to, original cloth d/w, card slip cases plus J JOHNSON & A GREUTZNER (Eds): THE DICTIONARY OF BRITISH ARTISTS 1880-1940, Woodbridge, 1980 reprint, 4to, original cloth d/w plus ALGERNON GRAVES (Ed): A DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS WHO HAVE EXHIBITED WORKS IN THE PRINCIPAL LONDON EXHIBITIONS FROM 1760 TO 1893, Bath, Kingsmead reprints, 1970, facsimile edition reprint, 4to original cloth d/w plus three others (7)
ALAN ALEXANDER MILNE: 2 Titles: WINNIE-THE-POOH AND EEYORE'S TAIL A POP-UP PICTURE BOOK, Ill E H Shepard, London, Methuen [1953], first edition, original pictorial boards, ring bound, WINNIE-THE-POOH AND THE BEES A POP-UP PICTURE BOOK, Ill E H Shepard, London, Methuen, 1943 first edition, contemporary inscription on title page, original pictorial boards, ring bound, plus E V LUCAS: PLAYTIME AND COMPANY, Ill E H Shepard, London, Methuen, 1925 first edition, original cloth backed pictorial boards (3)
C LANG NEIL: 2 Titles: AFTER-DINNER SLEIGHTS AND POCKET TRICKS, London, C Arthur Pearson, 1914 first edition, original pictorial boards worn, MODERN CARD MANIPULATION, London, C Arthur Pearson, 1915 fourth edition, original pictorial boards worn plus J F ORRIN: BRING UP THE CURTAIN, London, George Johnson The Magic Wand Office, 1930 first edition, original pictorial boards worn, plus ELLIS STANYON: CONJURING FOR AMATEURS, London, The Bazaar Exchange & Mart Office, circa 1905, original pictorial wraps worn plus NORMAN HUNTER: SIMPLIFIED CONJURING FOR ALL, London, C Arthur Pearson, 1923, original pictorial boards worn, plus NELSON DOWNS: CONJURING WITH COINS INCLUDING TRICKS, London, C Arthur Pearson, 1919 second impression, original pictorial boards worn (6)
P G WODEHOUSE: 4 Titles: "THE STRAND MAGAZINE" comprising DEEP WATERS, 1910 first edition in vol 39 number 234, "THE EPISODE OF THE EXILED MONARCH", 1914 first edition in vol 48 number 284, "CRIME WAVE AT BLANDINGS", in January 1937, "TEE FOR TWO", in September 1940, all in original wraps (4)
DAVID A JASON: THE THEATRE OF P G WODEHOUSE, London, B T Batsford, 1979 first edition, original cloth d/w, plus JOSEPH CONNOLLY: P G WODEHOUSE AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY, London, Orbis, 1979 first edition, original cloth d/w plus BENNY GREEN: P G WODEHOUSE A LITERARY BIOGRAPHY, London, Pavilion/Michael Joseph, 1981 first edition, original cloth d/w, plus FRANCES DONALDSON: P G WODEHOUSE A BIOGRAPHY, London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982 first edition, original cloth d/w, plus BARRY PHELPS: P G WODEHOUSE MAN AND MYTH, London, Constable, 1992 first edition, original cloth d/w, (price clipped) plus ROBERT MCCRUM: WODEHOUSE A LIFE, London, Viking, 2006 first edition, original cloth d/w, all titles vgc (6)
NOEL COWARD: PRESENT INDICATIVE, London, William Heinemann, 1937 first edition, original cloth d/w (part losses and repairs) plus MARGARET IRWIN: THE STRANGER PRINCE, London, Chatto & Windus, 1937 first edition, original cloth d/w (part losses) plus R C HUTCHINSON: TESTAMENT A NOVEL, London, Cassell, 1938 first edition, original cloth d/w (spine browned and very small part losses) plus SIR SAMUEL H SCOTT: THE EXEMPLARY MR DAY 1748-1789 AUTHOR OF SANDFORD AND MERTON..., London, Faber & Faber, 1935 first edition, original cloth d/w, (small part losses) (4)
WELLS JEROME: LAND OF THE TUMBLEWEED, London, Ward Lock, 1947 first edition, original cloth d/w, vgc plus TOM WEST: BUSHWACK BASIN, London, Ward Lock, 1946 first edition, original cloth d/w (very small part losses) otherwise vgc plus CHARLES H SNOW: THE MYSTERY OF DEVIL'S CANYON, London, Wright & Brown [1942?] [first edition?], original cloth d/w, vgc plus CHUCK MARTIN: RAWHIDE RUNYAN, London, Quality Press, 1946 first edition, original cloth d/w (price clipped and very small part losses) plus WALTER J SMYTH: RAIDERS OF THE IRON TRAIL, London, Frederick Muller, 1954 first edition, original cloth d/w (very small part losses) plus RANGER LEE: JUST DUSTY, London, William Collins Wild West Club, 1947 second impression, original cloth d/w (small part losses) plus FREDERICK SCHILLER FAUST "MAH GRAND" : 4 Titles: All Western Book Club editions, TRADEGY TRAIL, [1954], original cloth d/w, vgc, SPEEDY, circa 1955, original cloth d/w, vgc, SMILING DESPERADO, circa 1955, original cloth d/w, vgc, THE INVISIBLE OUTLAW, circa 1957, original cloth d/w, vgc (10)
CHARLES LANGDALE: MEMOIRS OF MRS FITZHERBERT WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HER MARRIAGE WITH HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES AFTERWARDS KING GEORGE FOURTH, London, Richard Bentley, 1856 first edition, engraved frontis and extra illustrated with 23 additional engraved plates, decorative brown morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, inner dentelles gilt, top edges gilt, by Kelly & Sons, Ex W A Foyle's Beeleigh Abbey Library, top board loose
HENRY BLYTHE: THE THREE LIVES OF NAOMI HENRY AN INVESTIGATION INTO REINCARNATION, London, Frederick Muller, 1956 first edition, original cloth d/w plus OLAF STAPLEDON: DEATH INTO LIFE, London, Methuen, 1946 first edition, original cloth d/w (small part losses) plus EDWARD GALL: MYSTICISM THROUGHOUT THE AGES, London, Rider [1934] first edition, original cloth d/w (price reduction label on spine) plus GRAHAM MOFFAT: TOWARDS ETERNAL DAY THE PSYCHIC MEMOIRS OF A PLAYWRIGHT, London, Rider [1948?], original cloth d/w (repairs) (4)
GEORGE HUBBARD: ON THE SITE OF THE GLOBE PLAYHOUSE OF SHAKESPEARE..., Cambridge University Press, 1923 first edition, original cloth gilt plus ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (ENGLAND): AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN LONDON, London, HMSO, 1928, vol 3 Roman London, 4to, original cloth plus SIR LAURENCE GOMME AND PHILIP NORMAN (Eds): LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL SURVEY OF LONDON, 1912, London County Council vol 3 The Parish of St Giles-in-the-Fields (part 1) Lincoln's Inn Fields, 4to, original wraps plus SIR HOWARD ROBERTS AND WALTER H GODFREY (Eds): LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL SURVEY OF LONDON, London County Council 1950, vol 22 Bankside, 4to, original cloth d/w plus J H FORSHAW AND PATRICK ABERCROMBIE: COUNTY OF LONDON PLAN PREPARED FOR THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL, London, McMillan, 1943 first edition, 4to original cloth plus PATRICK ABERCROMBIE: GREATER LONDON PLAN 1944, London, HMSO, 1945 first edition, 4to original cloth gilt (6)
G CLARKE NUTTALL: BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING SHRUBS, London, Waverley Book Co, [1920] first edition, 40 tipped in coloured plates as called for, 4to, original pictorial cloth gilt, plus GEORGE APPEY: THE BALANCE OF NATURE... London, George Routledge, 1909, first edition, original cloth plus T GEOFFREY W HENSLOW: GARDEN ARCHITECTURE, SECOND SERIES, London, Dean & So, 1928 first edition, original cloth gilt (3)
MARJORIE JUTA: THE PACE OF THE OX THE LIFE OF PAUL KRUGER, London, Constable, 1937 first edition, original cloth d/w (part losses), plus REBECCA WEST: THE THINKING REED A NOVEL, London, Hutchinson [1936] first edition, original cloth d/w (losses and repairs) plus ROSAMOND LEHMANN: THE WEATHER IN THE STREETS, London, Collins, 1936 first edition, original cloth d/w (part losses) plus RICHARD BLAKER: BUT BEAUTY VANISHES, London, William Heinemann, 1936 first edition, original cloth d/w (small part losses) (4)
AMERICAN DISHES AND HOW TO COOK THEM FROM THE RECIPES OF AN AMERICAN LADY, London, T Fisher Unwin, 1883 first edition, original pictorial cloth worn and soiled, inner joints weak plus ELIZABETH DAVID: A BOOK OF MEDITERRANEAN FOOD, London, Cookery Book Club, 1968 first edition thus original cloth d/w (losses) plus MARIA LO PINTO & MILO MILORADOVICH: THE ART OF ITALIAN COOKING, London, Ward Lock [1956] first edition, original cloth d/w (part losses), plus EVELEEN DE RIVAZ: LITTLE FRENCH DINNERS, Ed "Isobel" of Home Notes, London, C Arthur Pearson [1898], The Isobel Handbook No 9, original cloth soiled plus AUGUSTUS MUIR (Ed): HOW TO CHOOSE AND ENJOY WINE, London, Odhams Press, 1953 first edition, original cloth d/w (part losses) plus A FRIEND IN NEED ENGLISH-TAMIL COOKERY BOOK, Ed The Ladies Committee FINS Womens Workshop, Madras, 1950 third edition, original cloth backed pictorial boards, worn and soiled plus ISABELLA BEETON: 2 Titles: ALL ABOUT COOKERY, London, Ward Lock Bowden, 1892 new edition, original cloth very worn and soiled, inner joints split, EVERYDAY COOKERY, London, Ward Lock, ND new edition, original cloth very worn, near dis-bound (8)
ROBERT THOMPSON: THE GARDENER'S ASSISTANT..., Glasgow, Edinburgh & London, Blackie & Son [1859] first edition, 12 chromolitho plates as list, contemporary diced calf worn, plus W ROBINSON: THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN AND PLEASURE GROUND, London, John Murray, 1899 first edition, original cloth gilt worn (2)
P G WODEHOUSE: 7 Titles: FULL MOON, London, Herbert Jenkins [1948] first edition, original cloth d/w (small part losses and creases) SPRING FEVER, London, Herbert Jenkins [1948] first edition, original cloth, UNCLE DYNAMITE, London, Herbert Jenkins [1948] first edition, original cloth, COCKTAIL TIME, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1958 first edition, original cloth SERVICE WITH A SMITH, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1961 first edition, original cloth, DO BUTLERS BURGLE BANKS?, London, Herbert Jenkins, 1968 first edition, original cloth, SIR AGRAVIANE, Ill Rodger McPhail, Poole, Glandford Press, 1984 first edition, oblong original cloth d/w (7)
KENNETH ROYCE: SPIDER UNDERGROUND, London, Hodder & Stoughtonm 1973 first edition, signed, original cloth d/w, plus DONALD MCNUTT DOUGLASS: REBECCA'S PRIDE, London, Eyre & Spottiswood, 1956 first edition, original cloth d/w (price clipped) plus CYRIL JOYCE: A HITCH IN TIME, London, Robert Hale, 1980 first edition, original cloth d/w, (very small part losses and creasing), plus HARRY PATTERSON: DILLINGER, London, Hutchinson, 1983 first edition, original cloth d/w, plus ELMORE LEONARD: TOUCH, London, Viking, 1988 first edition, original cloth d/w, plus ELIZABETH FERRARS: TRIAL BY FURY, London, Collins, 1989 first edition, original cloth d/w (6)

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