NO RESERVE Theatre & film.- Adams (Francis) Tiberius: A Drama, number 12 of 250 copies, edited by W.M. Rossetti, ink ownership name to pastedown, 1894 § Lancaster (William) Eclogues and Monodramas, London and Cambridge, 1864 § Nicoll (Allardyce) Masks, Mimes, and Miracles: Studies in the Popular Theatre, illustrations, endpapers browned, 1931 § Sieveking (Albert Forbes, editor) Worke for Cutlers: or A Merry Dialogue Betweene Sword, Rapier and Dagger, boards lightly discoloured to foot, 1904 § Eyre (Richard) National Service: A Diary of a Decade, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, 2003, original boards or cloth, some lightly soiled or spine ends frayed, last with dust-jacket; and c.35 others, theatre, film, etc., v.s. (c.40)
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Willis (Thomas) Opera Omnia, engraved additional pictorial title and 37 plates, some folding, lacking portrait, some spotting, engraved title lacking upper outer corner just touching border (repaired), one or two plates torn and repaired, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, Amsterdam, H.Wetsten, 1682 § Motherby (George) A New Medical Dictionary, third edition, 30 engraved plates at end (misbound), a little light spotting or staining, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Wellcome IV.188], J.Johnson, 1791 § Freind (John) Opera omnia medica, first collected edition, initial imprimatur leaf, half-title, engraved portrait and title-vignette, title lightly soiled and with stain to lower outer margin, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, [Wellcome III.66], John Wright, 1733, all ex-library copies with traces of stamps to tiles and some plates; and another, 4to & folio (4) ⁂ The first is the third and best edition of the collected works of Willis, a founding member of the Royal Society and a pioneer in research into the anatomy of the brain, nervous system and muscles. The work includes his Cerebri anatome in which he coined the term "neurology". He also discovered the "Circle of Willis", a circle of arteries on the base of the brain.
Dieffenbach (Johann Friedrich) Die Operative Chirurgie, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, browned, contemporary half roan, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spines, corners renewed, [Wellcome II.466], Leipzig, 1845-48 § Tilanus (C.B.) Schets der Heelkunde tot leiddraad voor zijne lessen, first edition, presentation copy from the author to his medical teacher B.T.Suerman inscribed on front free endpaper, with other ink signatures and J.van der Hoeven bookplate, portion cut away from final imprint leaf, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, Amsterdam, 1835; and 5 others, medicine, 8vo (8)⁂ Dieffenbach is important for his work in reconstructive surgery, making significant advances in the procedures and techniques of plastic surgery.
NO RESERVE Farrell (James T.) Studs Lonigan, first edition in book form, jacket with tape repairs verso, 1936 § Moravia (Alberto) L'Imbroglio e Altri Racconti, signed by the author to title, original wrappers, 1952 § Williamson (Henry) The Pathway, first edition, 1928 § Needham (Violet) The Bell of the Four Evangelists, first edition, 1947 § Romains (Jules) The Body's Rapture, one of 1000 copies, 1933 § Toosé (Alfred) Madame Iago, 1928, all but the second original cloth, some light fading or creasing to spine ends, dust-jackets, spines faded or browned, light creasing and fraying to extremities, else in very good condition; and c.100 others, mostly 20th century literature, v.s. (c.105)
Lancisi (Giovanni Maria) Opera varia..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, titles with woodcut device (first in red & black), printed in double column, 2 folding engraved maps, 10 engraved plates, contemporary ink inscription "Ex Bibliotheca Mauritii Scrimeri" to title, an excellent clean and crisp copy in contemporary vellum, rubbed and stained, Venice, Sanctes Pecori, 1739 § Pascoli (Alessandro) Il Corpo-Umano..., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, portrait and 20 plates, with blank H4 & K4 as issued, woodcut initials & ornaments, light marginal water-staining towards end, engraved armorial bookplate of Joseph Goretti, contemporary limp vellum, spine torn, [Wellcome IV 312], Perugia, 1700; and 9 others including a 4 vol. Rome 1745 edition of the first, v.s. (11)⁂ The first includes works on public health and epidemiology, particularly concerning Rome's water-supply and the nearby malarial Pontine marshes, and on cardiac diseases.
Anatomy.- Tortebat (François) Abregé d'Anatomie, accomodé aux Arts de Peinture et de Sculpture, second edition, engraved pictorial title, 10 engraved full-page illustrations after Vesalius, some spotting and light marginal staining, old marbled wrappers, a little rubbed and stained, spine repaired, preserved in modern cloth folder and slip-case, Paris, J.B.Crepy, 1760; and an Atlas of 13 engraved plates illustrating Scarpa's anatomy (4 with partial hand-colouring), folio (2)⁂ The second most important work on anatomy for the use of artists, first published in 1667 and preceded only by van der Gracht's Anatomie... of 1634. The plates are taken from Vesalius, re-engraved and reversed, and feature male figures as skeletons or displaying their muscles, tendons, etc.
NO RESERVE Anatomy.- Spieghel (Adriaan van den) Opera quae extant omnia, edited by J.A. vander Linden, 2 parts in 1, first collected edition, with engraved architectural title by Francesco Valesio after Viallet, engraved portrait by Falck and c.110 engraved full-page illustrations only (of 117), also lacking half-title, title to vol.1, Ii3-4, 2 K3, and R4 from vol.2, woodcut initials and ornaments, a few leaves loosely inserted, water- and damp-staining, mostly at beginning and end or marginal, images generally clean, slight worming towards end, contemporary calf, worn, Amsterdam, Johannes Blaeu, 1645; and another defective disbound copy of the same but with some of the leaves missing from the first, folio; sold not subject to return (2)
NO RESERVE Plante (David) Relatives, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, 1972 § [Barnes (Julian)], "Dan Kavanagh". Duffy, first edition, 1980 § Bram (Christopher) Father of Frankenstein, first edition, signed by Ian McKellen to front free endpaper, some pencil underlining to text, 1995 § McCarthy (Cormac) The Crossing, uncorrected proof copy, soiling mark to upper wrapper, New York, 1994 § Trevor (William) The Old Boys, uncorrected proof copy, faded stamp and number marking to upper wrapper, 1964, first three original boards, dust-jackets, last two original wrappers, lightly creased to spines; and c.140 others, modern literature, v.s. (c.145)
NO RESERVE Photography.- Lyon (Marcus) Somos Brasil, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the artist to endpaper, colour photographic portraits, with several colour reproductions from the artist's Timeout exhibition loosely inserted, original cloth, light marking and staining to covers, Sao Paulo, 2015; and 2 others, photography (3)
Richter (August Gottlieb) Chirurgische Bibliothek, vol.1-8 only (of 15), first edition, 15 folding engraved plates of surgical instruments and procedures, some foxing, signature cut away from some front free endpapers, most contemporary boards, vol.8 contemporary vellum, Gottingen & Gotha, J.C.Dieterich, 1771-85 § Bohn (Johann) Circulis anatomico-physiologicus seu oeconomia corporis animalis..., second edition, light browning, old library stamp to title, contemporary vellum, morocco label, [Wellcome II.193], Leipzig, T.Fritsch, 1697 § Heister (Lorenz) Chirurgie, in welcher alles, was zur Wund-Artzney gehört..., fourth edition, engraved portrait, title in red & black with old ink signature cut away from foot, 38 folding engraved plates, a few small spots or stains, contemporary half calf, rebacked, [Wellcome II.236], Nuremberg, J.Stein, 1743, all a little rubbed; and 10 others, medicine, German, v.s. (20)⁂ The first is one of the earliest journals devoted to surgery and central to the development of surgery in Germany during the eighteenth century. It includes many contributions from abroad including Percival Pott on palsy, fractures & head wounds, Guerin on eyes, Hunter on teeth, Gesscher on amputation, Juville on hernia, amongst others. The last item is the fourth and much enlarged edition of the one of the most popular surgical texts of the 18th century, which went through many editions. Heister coined the term "tracheotomy" and designed a spinal brace.
Diemerbroeck (Isbrand de) Opera omnia, anatomica et medica, 4 parts in 1, first edition, additional engraved pictorial title (with letterpress privilege to verso), large fine folding engraved portrait by Romeyn de Hooghe, 16 folding engraved anatomical plates, old ink signature to verso of title and another of J.Gibson Glasgow 1742 to front free endpaper, most plates torn and/or creased, ex-library copy with small ink stamp to engravings, occasional soiling, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old spine, corners repaired, [Wellcome II.467], folio, Utrecht, M. à Dreunen & G. à Walcheren, 1685.⁂ First edition of the collected works, compiled posthumously by his son Tieman, and including Diemerbroeck's Anatome corporis humani and his important tract on the plague De peste libri quatuor...
Forbes (William) An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D...., 3 vol., second edition, Edinburgh, for Arch Constable et al, 1807 § Moore (Thomas) Memoirs of the Life of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 2 vol., second edition, light foxing to endpapers, 1825 § Gleig (Rev. G.R.) Memoirs of the Life of the Right Hon. Warren Hastings, First Governor-General of Bengal, 3 vol., 1841 § Tallentyre (S.G.) The Life of Voltaire, 2 vol., second edition, 1904, engraved portrait frontispieces, offset, bookplates, contemporary calf or half calf, morocco spine labels, second last soiled, others lightly rubbed; and 13 others, biographies etc., 8vo (23)
Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of, soldier and Prime Minister, 1769-1852) Autograph cheque signed "Wellington" paid to "W Wagner" for the sum of "Seventy pounds eleven shillings and seven pence" drawn on Messrs Coutts & Comp, 1 page, printed with manuscript insertions and crossed, folds, clipped hole, slightly chipped at right margin, 82 x 190mm., London, 11th April 1825.
Britain.- Parkin (Charles) An Answer to, or Remarks upon Dr. Stukeley's, Origines Roystonianæ ..., first edition, 3 engraved plates, 2 folding, for the Author, by J. Hoyles, 1744, bound before, A Reply to the Peevish, Weak, and Malevolent Objections brought by Dr. Stukeley, in his Origines Roystonianæ ..., Norwich, for the Author, by Robert Davy., 1748, engraved frontispieces, scattered faint spotting, near contemporary half-calf, loss to spine head but holding firm, a little rubbed, § The Family Memoirs of the Rev. William Stukeley, M.D. ..., 3 vol., presentation copies from the editor inscribed to Henry ?Coore, portrait frontispiece, plates, scattered spotting, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, vol. 1 neatly recased, 1882-87; 4to & 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Dodge (David) Bullets for the Bridegroom, jacket with portions lacking from spine ends and corners, rather creased and rubbed to joints, New York, 1944; Hooligan, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, New York, 1969 § Ellroy (James) Blood on the Moon, New York, 1984 § Hillerman (Tony) The Blessing Way, 1970 § Peters (Ellis) The Will and the Deed, 1960 § Walters (Minette) The Scold's Bridle, signed by the author to title, 1994 § Rendell (Ruth) The Keys to the Street, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, 1996 § Deighton (Len) Horse under Water, 1963 § Mankell (Henning) The Dogs of Riga, first English edition, 2001, first or first English editions, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, all but the first with light creasing to ends but overall sharp copies; and c.95 others, crime, thrillers, and mystery novels, v.s. (c.100)
Yonge (James) Currus triumphalis, e Terebintho. Or an Account of the many admirable Vertues of Oleum Terebinthinae, first edition, old ink note to head of title, browned, a few minor marginal defects, modern bookplate of the orthopaedic surgeon/medical historian John R.Kirkup with his pencil notes to front pastedown, later calf, rubbed, rebacked, red morocco label, [Wing Y39], 8vo, J.Martyn, 1679.⁂ Concerning the use of oil of turpentine to suppress haemorrhage, and describing for the first time the use of a flap of tissue in amputations.
Anatomy.- Tuson (Edward William) Myology..., 2 vol. in1 including Supplement, vol.1 second edition, Supplement first edition, lacking title to vol.1 (supplied in facsimile), with a total of 17 hand-coloured lithographed plates with multiple flaps, each with explanatory leaf of text, plate 1 lacking flap A from figure 2, one or two others possibly lacking, dedication very soiled and stained with small tear repaired, some spotting and soiling to plates and offsetting to text, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt with red morocco label, large folio, 1828; sold not subject to return⁂ Complex teaching atlas with superb plates printed by Hullmandel, some with numerous flaps to simulate dissection. Tuson was a protégé of Astley Cooper and succeeded Charles Bell as surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital.
Bertuch (F. J.) Bilderbuch für Kinder, vol. 2 only (of 12), first edition, text in German and French, 100 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few trimmed at head, occasionally affecting imprint and just shaving image of plate 89, one text leaf with lower corner torn away but no loss to text, some scattered foxing and light browning but plates generally clean and bright, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with roan labels and gilt initials "G. A." to foot, one label chipped with loss to text, quite worn, joints split but covers holding, 4to, Weimar, Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1795.⁂ An instructive natural history for children, with 12 volumes published between 1792 and 1830. The plates cover a wide range of topics, including land and marine animals, botany, history, such as Roman soldiers and Egyptian mummies, and views under a microscope.
Britain.- Horsley (John) Britannia Romana: or the Roman Antiquities of Britain, first edition, half-title, 83 engraved plates, 22 engraved maps, 5 folding, occasional marginal pencil and ink notes and fingerposts, scattered very faint spotting, bookplates, previous owner's ink inscription, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, upper cover detached, folio, for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732.
![NO RESERVE [Trusler (John)] Hogarth Moralized. Being a Complete Edition of Hogarth's Works, engraved frontispiece and additio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/236ad2e0-d9e7-4fcd-87c5-af6600f51829/eee645a2-ccec-4343-9038-af660108d810/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE [Trusler (John)] Hogarth Moralized. Being a Complete Edition of Hogarth's Works, engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title, 75 engraved illustrations, a few tipped-in, armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Johnson Eden, frontispiece with small repaired tear to upper margin, C1 with short tear to foot, affecting only catchword to verso, some light spotting and occasional browning, patch of water-staining to head of first few leaves, hinges cracked, later blind-stamped calf, gilt, some rubbing, light spotting to upper cover, joints split, g.e., S. Hooper...and Mrs. Hogarth, 1768; and another 18th century on Hogarth, 4to & 8vo (2)
Geology.- Buckland (Rev. William) Geology and Mineralogy: considered with reference to Natural Theology, 2 vol., vol. 1 first edition, vol. 2 third edition, half-titles, 89 plates, 9 folding, 1 hand-coloured, advertisements and end, bookplate, scattered faint spotting, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, 1836-58.⁂ The Bridgewater Treatises (1833-36) were a series of 8 works written by leading scientific figures, in order to fulfill the bequest of £8000, made by Francis Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater, for a work on "the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in Creation." This work by Buckland was volume 6 of the Bridgewater Treatises.
Anatomy.- Watt (John James) Anatomico-Chirurgical Views of the Nose, Mouth, Larynx, & Fauces..., first edition, 4 fine hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates by J.Hopwood after T.Baxter, each with accompanying engraved outline plate, text and outline plates spotted but hand-coloured plates generally clean, some marginal soiling to title and text, old bookplate of John W.Walker, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, folio, 1809.⁂ The first coloured illustrations of the anatomy of the nose and throat to be published.
Botany.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, second edition, lacking initial and final blanks, also [par.]3 (Latin dedication) and 5N5, engraved pictorial title defective (lacking lower third, trimmed to border and laid down), with numerous woodcut illustrations, first couple of preliminaries torn and creased at inner margin, a little damp-stained at beginning but text generally clean, contemporary calf with central decorative lozenge in gilt, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, later endpapers, [Henrey 155; Hunt 223; STC 11751], folio, [by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers], [1633]; sold not subject to return⁂ The preferred edition of the greatest English herbal, expanded and improved by Thomas Johnson from the 1597 first edition.
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[Irving (Washington)], "Geoffrey Crayon". The Alhambra, 2 vol., first edition, contemporary polished calf, lacking spine labels (one or two loosely inserted), rubbed and scuffed, 1832 § [Dickens (Charles)], "Boz", editor. Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, 2 vol., first edition, first issue without the border added to vol.II p.238, 12 etched plates by George Cruikshank, lacking half-titles, plate list, and advertisements, contemporary half calf, joints cracked, rubbed, 1838 § [Mourier (James)] The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, in England, 2 vol., contemporary calf, lacking portion of lower spine, joints cracked, spines worn, 1828, bookplates; and c.35 others, 19th century literature and history, 8vo (c.40)
Europe.- Smith (James Edward) A Sketch of a Tour on the Continent, 3 vol., second edition, 2 ff. advertisements at rear, occasional light spotting, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with black morocco labels, minor wear to spines, Longman et al., 1807 § Londonderry (Charles Vane, 3rd Marquis) Recollections of a Tour in the North of Europe, 2 vol., first edition, 2 folding maps, 2 engraved portrait plates, some light spotting, endpapers renewed, original cloth, vol. 1 recbacked with majority of original back-strip preserved, spine head vol. 2 with small chip, spines sunned, Richard Bentely, 1838 § Wraxall (Nathaniel) Memoirs of the Kings of France... A Tour through the Western, Southern and Interior Provinces of France, 2 vol., first edition, ink ownership inscription to titles (remnants of; trimmed), bookplates, very occasional minor spotting, contemporary calf, spines gilt with green and red morocco labels, joints cracked with some splitting at feet, light scuffing, for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1777; and another, Switzerland, 8vo (8)
Plinius Secundus (Gaius) Historia Mundi Naturalis, title in red and black with woodcut vignette, numerous woodcut illustrations, ink ownership inscription to (renewed) front endpaper, title with portion at lower edge supplied in paper, and some other small paper repairs to verso at edges, lacking )(4 (blank), final f. supplied in facsimile (final f. of index, Z4), marginal damp-staining, a few ff. with small nicks at edges, modern half calf, a little rubbed, [Adams P1579. Nissen ZBI 3191. Wellcome I, 5122], folio, Frankfurt, Martin Lechler and Sigmund Feyerabend, 1582.⁂ First edition with the woodcuts by Jost Amman, Heinrich Burgkmair and Christian Weiditz, complied from various books produced by Sigmund Feyerabend.
NO RESERVE Ruskin (John) Praeterita, 2 vol. only (of 3), first edition in book form, half-titles, steel-engraved frontispieces, bookplate of John E. Acland-Troyte, A.L.s from the author to "Captain Troyte" tipped in to front free endpaper on Brantwood headed paper, dated 7th June 86, some scattered spotting, mostly to first and last few leaves (including letter), near contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards, lightly rubbed, spines sunned, vol. 2 with small chip to spine head, t.e.g., large 8vo, Orpington, 1886-87.⁂ Ruskin's autograph letter shows a warm familiarity with Troyte: "I am very happy in what you say of Praeteria...Bind it plainly and lightly - the book is heavier in the hand than it should be".
Britain.- Stukeley (William) Palæographia Britannica: or, Discourses on Antiquities in Britain. Number I., 2 folding engraved plates, 1743, bound before, Palæographia Britannica: or, Discourses on Antiquities in Britain. Number II, 5 engraved plates, 3 folding, Index bound at beginning, Stamford, 1746, together 2 parts bound in 1, first edition, dedication copy with bookplate of Philip Lord Hardwicke, engraved frontispieces, scattered very faint spotting, bookplates, contemporary calf, richly gilt with decorative birds and bees border, rebacked retaining original backstrip, very worn, expertly restored and repaired, 4to. ⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of Philip, Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester, the dedicatee of both parts bound here. Hardwicke was a lawyer and politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Irving (Washington) A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, 2 vol., first English edition, without adverts at end, 1829 § Prior (James) Memoir of the Life and Character of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke..., 2 vol., enlarged second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol.1, offset, 1826; The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B., 2 vol., plates, lightly offset, 1837, bookplates, light foxing, first two contemporary calf, last contemporary half calf, light soiling, lacking or chipped spine labels (some loosely inserted); and c.40 others, v.s. (c.45)
NO RESERVE Naqsh (Jamil) Jamil Naqsh Pays Homage to Pablo Picasso, first edition, one of 1000 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, 2011 § Stavenow (Ake) and Ake H. Huldt. Svensk Form, first edition, original boards, re-backed, rubbing to extremities, Stockholm, 1961 § Lanyon (Andrew) Second Nature, one of 250 copies signed by the artist to copyright page, original cloth, white dust-jacket, short tears to upper panel and spine head, slip-case (a little rubbed), 1989; and c.100 others, art and art reference, v.s. (c.105)
Anatomy.- Maclise (Joseph) Surgical Anatomy, first edition, 35 lithographed plates with partial hand-colouring by Hanhart after Maclise, some light spotting and marginal water-staining, a few with tears at edges (some repaired), loose with the original printed upper wrappers of the 9 original parts in modern cloth portfolio with ties, folio, 1851.⁂ Rare with the original part wrappers.
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[Stevenson (Robert Louis)] The Trial of James Stewart in Aucharn in Duror of Appin, for the murder of Colin Campbell of Glenure, first edition, folding map (bound at rear, not front; tape repairs), book-label, title a little browned, first few ff. coming loose at foot, light spotting and finger soiling, later front free endpaper tipped-in, contemporary calf, rubbed, Edinburgh, G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1753 § Sprat (Tho.[mas]) The History of the Royal-Society of London, fourth edition, title printed in red and black, 2 folding engraved plates, with initial imprimatur f., contemporary calf, joints cracked but firm, rubbed, J. Knapton et al., 1734 § [Phillips (John)], Cyder. A Poem, lacking engraved frontispiece, woodcut decorations and initials, modern morocco-backed boards, for Jacob Tonson, 1708; and 4 others 18th century, 4to and 8vo (7)
NO RESERVE Coke (Sir Edward) Three Law Tracts, edited by William Hawkins, first collected edition, lacking engraved frontispiece, ink library stamp to title and 1 or 2 other pp., occasional tears to margins, tear to X2 running into text, library cloth, 1764; and 24 others, largely antiquarian, v.s. (25)
World's Fair.- Strahan (Edward) et al. The Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition 1876, 3 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispieces, additional engraved title to vol. 1 only, plates and illustrations, contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, light soiling to vol.1 & 2, 4to, Philadelphia, Gebbie & Barrie, [1876].⁂ The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 was the first World's Fair to be held in the United States of America. It was held in Philadelphia in 1876 in order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Scotland.- Gordon (Alexander) Itinerarium Septentrionale: or, a Journey Thro' most of the Counties of Scotland, first edition, 66 engraved plates, 8 folding, list of subscribers, early ownership signature to title, faint spotting to first few ff., one or two marginal pencil marks, modern endpapers, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, expert repairs to corners, a little rubbed, folio, for the Author, and sold by G. Strahan ..., 1726.
The Battle of Isandlwana and aftermath (Durnford's Watch).- [Thrupp (James Godfrey, surgeon, member of the Royal College of Surgeons, author, served as civil surgeon with the 1-24th Regiment during the Zulu War in South Africa 1879, 1849-1913), "J.G. Lefebre" & A. Egmont Hake. The New Dance of Death, 3 vol., first edition, J.G. Thrupp's copy with his original signed pencil annotations on the piece in vol. II concerning the battle of Issandlwana and its aftermath, ink inscription torn away from corner of each title, vol. I lower free endpaper corner torn away, some other small tears, browned, original decorated cloth, worn, vol. I covers detached, lacks spine, vol. III lower cover loose, vol. II & III spines working loose, 8vo, 1884.⁂ James Godfrey Thrupp was a surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital in London and became for a short time, Civil Surgeon during the Zulu Wars in South Africa. Due to the illness of a colleague he was too late to attend the battle at Issandlwana but arrived shortly afterwards and was responsible for removing Colonel Durnford's pocket watch after the battle. Later, Thrupp under the pseudonym of J.G. Lefebre (his mother's maiden name) collaborated with Alfred Egmont Hake in writing The New Dance of Death, a novel, but with an account of the battle of Issandlwana (and Rorke's Drift) and Thrupp's recollection of the actual events as he saw them after the battle and with his notes identifying fictitious and accurate parts of the text. Durnford's Watch. "...Beaumont walked on slowly until he was arrested by ['finding' substituted for 'recognising' by the author] the body of an officer who had held a high command. It lay head downwards, and was only partially stripped; a mess waistcoat, and the shirt beneath it, had been torn open, and hanging from a slender chain, fixed into a button-hole, was a small gold watch and bunch of charms. The expression of the face was peaceful, and the corpse apparently disfigured by only one long deep wound. Beaumont knelt down and removed the watch and chain, then taking up one of the cold stiffened hands shook it warmly, murmuring: 'Good-bye, dear old friend, you've done your best, and died hard, I know. I feel I could almost gladly change places with you.' This man had been a brave soldier, a good example and kind friend to all the men under him. The watch had been stopped by blood trickling into the works, and the hands pointed to a quarter to three." - Thrupp. A New Dance of Death, 1884.
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Plague.- Hodges (Nathaniel) Loimologia: or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665...[with] An Essay on the Different Causes of Pestilential Diseases...by John Quincy, M.D., first edition in English, large folding table of funerals in London parishes (torn at folds and laid down), some soiling, first leaf of text stained and torn at lower margin (repaired), ex-library copy with stamp to verso of tile and one other leaf, [Goldsmiths' 5904], 8vo, for E. Bell, and J. Osborn, 1720.
Celsus (Aulus Cornelius) De re medica libri octo, edited by Jérémie de Dryère and Boudewijn Ronsse, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustration, errata at end, browned, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, [Wellcome I.1405], Leiden, Plantin, 1592 § Rode (Johann) De acia dissertatio ad Cornelii Celsi mentem...accedit De ponderibus et mensuris..., second edition, title in red & black, lacking engraved portrait but with 4 engraved plates & woodcut illustrations of clasps & other surgical sutures used in antiquity, lightly browned, contemporary calf, joints split and worn at ends, Copenhagen, M.Godiccheni for P.Haubold, 1672, rubbed; and 7 others on ancient medicine, v.s. (9)⁂ The first is the notable Plantin edition of the oldest medical document after the Hippocratic writings, written in around 30 A.D. and first published in Venice in 1478, the first medical book to be set in type.
Levant.- Ray (John) A Collection of Curious Travels & Voyages, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, with initial imprimatur leaf, blank Cc7 and 3pp. publishers' catalogue at end, one or two contemporary ink marginalia, very browned in parts, wormhole to outer margin of preliminaries, short tear to upper edge of pp.237-240 (end of second part) affecting a couple of letters, later ink inscription "G.Vernon 1817" to front pastedown, ex-Horticultural Society of New York copy with Kenneth K.Mackenzie bequest bookplate and one or two unobtrusive embossed stamps, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving old label, [Keynes, Ray 92; Wing R385], 8vo, for S.Smith and B.Walford, 1693.⁂ The first part is Ray's revision of Nicholas Straphorst's translation of Leonard Rauwolff's 1575 Travels in the Levant, done at the request of Hans Sloane. The second part comprises selected extracts from the works of Belon, Vernon, Spon, Smith, Huntingdon, Greaves, Alpinus, Thevenot and others, whilst the final part is Ray's own catalogue of Levantine plants. This is the standard issue, with catalogue at end headed in English and dated 1693.The plant Rauwolfia is named after Rauwolf who discovered it while travelling in India where it was used to treat snake bites, fever, dysentery and insanity. Mahatma Gandhi is said to have drunk it as a tea to relax at the end of the day. In western medicine it forms the basis of the modern drug reserpine, used to treat high blood pressure.
Bolingbroke (Henry St. John, Viscount) Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism ... at the Accession of King George the First, half-title, previous owner's ink signature to title, corrections and names inserted by hand, bookplate, faint spotting to first few leaves, contemporary calf, rebacked, bumping to corners, for A. Millar, 1749; and another copy of the same, 8vo (2).
NO RESERVE Manchester.- More Fruit from the Same Pannier; or Additional Remarks on the History of Manchester, first edition, small loss to foot title, old repair to verso, scattered faint spotting, ex-library with neat ink shelf-mark to title verso and occasional discreet blind-stamps, modern boards, slight bumping to corners, 8vo, 1781.⁂ Scarce. Only 3 on ESTC, at: Manchester Cheltenham's Library; The John Rylands Library, and; Yale University Library. ESTC suggests that this work refers to John Whitaker's 'The History of Manchester', which was first published in 1771.
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Hydrotherapy.- [Jones (John)] [The Bathes of Bathes ayde], lacking title (a1), engraved illustrations, lacking folding tables, C1-3 with tiny marginal worming, [STC 14724a.3], colophon at end, by Thomas East, for William Iones, 1572, bound before, [The benefit of auncient bathes of Buckstones ...], lacking title and folding tables, [STC 14724a.7],[by Tho. East and Henry Myddleton: for William Iones], [1572], together 2 works bound as 1, first edition, occasional spotting and staining, front free endpaper with titles in manuscript in a later hand, bookplates, later calf-backed drab boards, small paper label to spine foot, a little rubbed, slight bumping and extremities, small 4to.⁂ Scarce in retail.
NO RESERVE Thucydides. Thucydidis de Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo..., 2 vol., edited by Franciscus Goeller, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol.1, lightly offset, contemporary ink gift inscription "with E. Hawtrey's best wishes, 1840" to front free endpaper, contemporary morocco with gilt border, lightly rubbed, 1835 § Horne (George) Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, 4 vol., fifth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf with red and green morocco spine labels, lightly rubbed and stained, Oxford, for J. Cooke, 1795, 8vo.⁂ The first inscribed from Edward Craven Hawtrey (1789-1862) was one of the great reforming headmasters of Eton College, and had a particular interest in languages and translation. With W. M. Praed he helped to found he iconic school library.
Boyer (Alexis, Baron) Traité des Maladies Chirurgicales et des Operations qui leu conviennent, 11 vol., second edition, 7 engraved plates, 3 folding, foxing, original blue wrappers with paper labels, uncut, a little frayed at edges, some splits to joints, some labels slightly chipped, [Wellcome II.218], Paris, 1818-26 § Lombard (C.A.) Clinique des Plaies Récentes où la Suture est utile, et de celles où elle est abusive, only edition, half-title, engraved plate of suture needles, original wrappers, uncut, Strasbourg, An VIII [1800] § Malgaigne (J.F.) Traité d'Anatomie Chirurgicale et du Chirurgie Expérimentale, 2 vol., first edition, book-label of Thomas Hun, contemporary sheep-backed boards, [Wellcome IV.35], Paris, 1838, half-titles, a little rubbed; and 4 others, 8vo (18)
Evolution.- Darwin (Charles) The Descent of Man, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, wood engraved illustrations, publisher's advertisements dated 'January 1871' at end, faint spotting to last few leaves, bookplate, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Freeman 937], 8vo, 1871.⁂ This set bears the following issue points, as called for by Freeman. Vol. 2: verso of title with list of works by the author; half-title with verso blank. Vol. 1: first word on p.297 is 'When.'
Travel to the moon.- Wilkins (John) A Discovery of a New World... in the Moon, 2 parts in 1, fourth edition, engraved additional title, woodcut illustrations, light marginal browning, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, lower joint cracked, rubbed, [Wing W2186], 8vo, by T. M., 1684.⁂ Wilkins' first work and the first printed book in English to give serious consideration to space travel.
Parry (Caleb Hillier) Collections from the Unpublished Medical Writings..., 3 vol., only edition, errata slip and advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, vol.3 with partly hand-coloured engraved plate (foxed and offset onto title), ex-library set with ink stamps to titles of vol.1 & 2 but removed from that of vol.3, otherwise a good clean copy, modern cloth, together in slip-case, [Wellcome IV, 310], 1825 § Robinson (Bryan) Observations on the Virtues and Operations of Medicines, first edition, one folding engraved plate printed in sepia, tables, light marginal water-staining, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, J.Nourse, 1752 § Heberden (William) Commentaries on the History and Cure of Diseases, first American edition, ink signature to head of title, foxed, modern bookplate of Eric Bywaters, contemporary sheep, a little worn, Boston, 1818; and 11 others, medicine, 8vo (16)⁂ The first item is one of few works by Parry, edited posthumously by his son and including the rare third volume 'Introductory Essays by Charles Henry Parry'. Parry is known for his work on angina pectoris and, particularly, exophthalmic goitre.
NO RESERVE Beardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) Le Morte Darthur. The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, 2 vol., first edition in book form, edited by John Rhys, one of 1500 copies, plates, illustrations, and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, later red half calf, upper cover detached from vol.1, spines and corners rubbed, 4to, 1893-4.
NO RESERVE Alchemy.- Ferguson (John) Bibliotheca Chemica: A Catalogue of the Alchemical, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Books in the Collection of the late James Young..., 2 vol., first edition, [one of 250 copies on handmade paper], photogravure portraits, ex-library copy with embossed stamps and labels, endpapers spotted, original buckram, uncut & unopened, a little rubbed and faded, short splits to joints, privately printed, Glasgow, 1906; and 2 others, alchemy etc., 4to & 8vo (4)
Thackeray (William Makepeace) Vanity Fair. A Novel Without a Hero, first edition in book form, without the suppressed woodcut of Marquis of Steyne on p.336 but with "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p.453, initial advertisement leaf for "Great Hoggarty Diamond" present, additional vignette title, 39 etched plates (frontispiece present but misbound after p.618), wood-engraved vignettes, offsetting, a few leaves starting to work loose, upper hinge cracked, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, corners repaired, 1848 § Stowe (Harriet Beecher) Uncle Tom's Cabin, ?first English edition, wood-engraved portrait frontispiece, vignette title and 27 plates by George Cruikshank, contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpaper, hinges repaired, original blind-stamped cloth, John Cassell, 1852, some light foxing, rubbed; and 2 others 19th century, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Macfall (Haldane) The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser, plates, some colour, decorative endpapers, very occasional light foxing, boards lightly marked and spine ends faded, 1923 § Bennett (Arnold) Teresa of Watling Street, first edition, 1931 § Auden (W.H.) & Christopher Isherwood. The Ascent of F6, first edition, 1936, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, dust-jackets, a little rubbed and discoloured, extremities chipped and creased with some tape reinforcements verso; and another, 4to & 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Golding (William) The Pyramid, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, light very small stain to lower corner, spine creased, 1967; Rites of Passage, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped (torn), contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise fine, 1980; Free Fall, first edition, half-title spotted, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1959; The Spire, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly creased to spine ends, 1964 § Gekoski (R.A.) & P.A. Grogan. William Golding: A Bibliography 1934-1993, one of 100 copies signed by Golding, original morocco-backed cloth, slip-case, 1994; and another copy of the Golding bibliography from the larger limitation, 8vo (6)
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[Citri de la Guette (Samuel)] The History of the Triumvirates. The First that of Julius Cæsar, Pompey and Crassus ..., translated by Thomas Otway, licence ff. dated 1685-6, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink inscriptions, near contemporary calf, rebacked, bumping to corners, [Wing B4838A], 8vo, for Charles Brome, 1686.
Blasius (Gerard) Observata anatomica in homine, simia, equo, vitulo, ove..., first edition, engraved additional title incorporating small portraits of the author & other anatomists and 15 engraved plates on 12 sheets, some folding, others slightly shaved at foot, modern limp vellum with yapp edges, [Wellcome II. 179], Leiden & Amsterdam, Caasbeeck, 1674 § Beverwyck (Johan van) Idea medicinae veterum, title in red & black with woodcut printer's device, lightly browned, later sheep-backed boards, rubbed, split to foot of upper joint, Leiden, Elzevier, 1637; and 2 others, medicine, Leiden printings, 8vo & 4to (4)⁂ The first is an important work on comparative anatomy.
Costume.- Bridgens (Richard) Sketches Illustrative of the Manners and Costumes of France, Switzerland, and Italy, first edition, additional hand-coloured title and 49 aquatint plates (last folding), additional title lightly marked, otherwise remarkably clean and crisp internally, contemporary half calf, rather rubbed, rebacked preserving spine, 4to, 1821.
Pomet (Pierre) A Compleat History of Druggs...divided into three classes, Vegetable, Animal, and Mineral; with their Use in Physic, Chemistry, Pharmacy..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition in English, titles in red and black, list of subscribers, 86 engraved plates, with duplicates of plates 3 and 8 bound in, near contemporary ink inscription to head of title, some browning and soiling (mostly to plates of animals in vol.2), N1 stained, ex-Horticultural Society of New York copy with Kenneth K.Mackenzie bequest bookplate, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving old label, new endpapers, [Nissen BBI 3219; Hunt 428; Wellcome IV.411; Not in Sabin], 4to, for R. Bonwicke, William Freeman, Timothy Goodwin [& others], 1712.⁂ The most complete materia medica of its time, by the chief druggist to Louis XIV, listing vegetables, animals and minerals with their pharmaceutical benefits. The work includes a catalogue of seeds brought back from America, and descriptions and plates of sugar-refining, indigo & tobacco preparation, bee-keeping, silk-manufacture, and whaling.
Alchemy.- Hydrophilus (Sincerus, pseud.) Falscher und wahrer Lapis Philosophorum..., fine engraved frontispiece of a laboratory with furnaces and apparatus, title in red & black, Gothic letter, engraved plate of horoscope, errata leaf at end, with red seal to end of Preface, short tear to lower edge of frontispiece repaired, title with old ink ownership stamp at head (and to final leaf of text) and another stamp cut out just touching a couple of letters (repaired), modern mottled sheep, a little rubbed and scuffed, [Caillet 3807; Ferguson I.263; Wellcome III.324], 4to, Frankfurt & Leipzig, Daniel Christian Hechtel, 1752.⁂ Second issue of this work first published under the title Der Chymischen und Heutigen Welt, Nutzbahre Schetz-Kammer of 1736, with a new title-page. "The frontispiece seems to be expressive of the laborious futility of the Alchemists...The Appendix...contains receipts and cures for various diseases. The second part is a sort of pharmacopoeia of common substances and the curative virtues of the preparations. They are far from attractive." (Ferguson).
NO RESERVE Polar.- Rasmussen (Knud) Greenland by the Polar Sea, first English edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, 7 colour, folding colour map at end, original variant blue pictorial cloth with contemporary blue morocco spine, silver titles, slight bumping to corners, lower cover a little sunned, 8vo, 1921.
NO RESERVE World.- Kemble (Frances Anne) Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839, first English edition, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, occasional light marginal soiling or the odd spot, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine darkened, bumping to extremities, [Sabin 37329], 1863 § Gurney (Joseph John) A Winter in the West Indies, third edition, frontispiece, 14pp. advertisements, original cloth, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, 1841; and 8 others, travel, 8vo & 4to (10)
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