Contemporary SchoolPortrait of Sir Edwin Landseer LutyensIncorporating an architectural model for a 'chattri' roof, after the caricature bust made at Lutyens' Indian office in New DelhiDigital print on board 170.5 x 140cm (67 1/8 x 55 1/8in).Together with a similar example depicting Samuel Pepys, and a painted panel version of Sir Edwin Lutyens with a caricature of Sir Terence Conran (3)Footnotes:The relationship between Sir Terence Conran, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Samuel Pepys may not be obvious at first glance, however they all converge (across the centuries) at 85 Fleet Street. The birthplace of Pepys in 1633, the building was re-designed by Lutyens 300 years later for the Press Association and later served as Reuters head office for decades. In 2009, the building was taken over by Sir Terence and his restaurant group and named 'Lutyens' in homage of the architect, with an additional entertaining and events space named after Pepys.For an image of the Lutyens caricature bust see the Royal Institute of British Architects ref no. RIBA3080-37. This was originally provided to Sir Terence by RIBA after the purchase of the building, from which he commissioned artwork inspired by the original.The Samuel Pepys work is most likely based on the portrait by John Hayls at the National Portrait Gallery, ref no. NPG 211.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A George III style wingback armchairFirst half 20th centuryUpholstered in tan leather, on square section legs, 88cm wide x 86cm deep x 112cm high, (34 1/2in wide x 33 1/2in deep x 44in high)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A miniature table croquet setFirst half 20th centuryWith eight mallets, all with turned handles together with a stand, a pine case, ten painted tole hoops, eight turned bowls, and two painted pegs, each mallet: 74cm wide, 20cm deep, 34cm high (29in wide, 7 1/2in deep, 13in high) (qty)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A white leather and walnut Eames Lounge Chair and OttomanMade by Vitra, from The Conran ShopBoth labelled to the underside: Original Eames Lounge Chair, Charles Eames, vitra. 84cm wide x 92cm deep x 89cm high, (33in wide x 36in deep x 35in high) the Ottoman: 63cm wide (2)Footnotes:Described by Sir Terence as 'the perfect example of design, innovation and beauty all coming together in one package', the Eames Lounge Chair is an iconic piece of 20th century design.Charles and Ray Eames were an award-winning American duo that looked to revolutionise design by combining functionality and comfort with style and sophistication. Originally referred as 670 and 671, the chair and ottoman were first gifted to film director Billy Wilder in 1956. By 1975, 100,000 units had been sold and it is testament to the popularity of this design that the chairs continue to be in production today.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A London enamel street sign for Neal Street WC2Traditionally decorated in white, red and black for the City of Westminster, 85cm wide, 2cm deep, 44cm high (33in wide, 0 1/2in deep, 17in high) Footnotes:One of Sir Terence's first restaurants, Neal Street Restaurant, opened on Neal Street in Convent Garden in 1971. The sixty-four-seat restaurant had the menu designed by David Hockney, Frank Stella prints on the walls, and cutlery designed by David Mellor.D. Sudjic, Terence Conran: Making Modern Britain, Design Museum Publishing, 2021.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Borchgrevink (Carsten). First on the Antarctic Continent, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, 1901, frontispiece, 16 plates, many illustrations in text, 3 folding maps to rear, 32pp., publisher's catalogue, bookplate of Clinton E Geiser to front pastedown, occasional light spotting and toning, original red cloth gilt, owner's initials gilt-stamped to front board lower margin, headcap worn, lightly rubbed and marked, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Rosove 45.A1a; Spence 152; Taurus 24Using dogs for the first time on the Antarctic continent, Borchgrevink achieved the furthest south record.
Asia. Hondius (Henricus), Asia Recens Summa Cura Delineata, Jan Jansson, Amsterdam, circa 1641, uncoloured engraved map, ornamental strapwork title cartouche flanked by costumed figures, separate dedication cartouche, several sailing ships, sea monsters and indigenous animals, 375 x 500 mm, no text on verso, together with Ortelius (Abraham). Asiae Nova Descriptio [1575 or later], engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, slight fraying to the central fold, trimmed to the neatline and laid on later stiff paper, 370 x 480 mm, an allegorical engraving of a young woman representing Asia (L'Asie) by Rousselet on verso QTY: (2)NOTE:The first described map was originally one of the celebrated Hondius 'carte-a-figures' maps, featuring border vignettes of principal Asian cities and figures in various types of national dress. Because most of these maps were too large to fit into later atlas printings by Hondius and Jansson, the decorative borders were often removed or blocked out, which is why the border measurements on this example only feature on three of the four sides.
Bougainville (Louis Antoine de). A Voyage Round the World, performed by order of his most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769, Dublin: J. Exshaw, 1772, engraved large folding map, engraved folding plate, occasional light spotting, front free endpaper lacking, front hinge tender, contemporary calf gilt, red morocco title label, base of front joint cracked, rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Sabin 6869. Printed in the same year as the first London edition.
Essex. Chapman (John, and André, Peter). A Map of the County of Essex from an actual survey taken in MDCCLXXII: LXXIII & MDCCLXXIV by John Chapman and Peter André, 2nd edition, W. Keymer, Colchester, 1785, large scale engraved map sectionalised and laid on linen, bright contemporary hand colouring, large decorative cartouche, inset list of subscribers, inset plan of Harwich Harbour and map of Colchester and compass rose, together with the index key map on a separate sheet, all edged in blue silk, western sheet 2260 x 1170 mm, central sheet 2260 x 1190 mm, eastern sheet 2260 x 600 mm, index map 450 x 590 mm, slight offsetting, contained in a 19th-century cloth slipcase with old auction label to the upper cover, slipcase worn and rubbedQTY: (1)NOTE:Chapman and André's meticulously detailed and accurate survey of Essex resulted in the finest large-scale map of the county. It was the first to depict minor roads and included every country house and cottage, milestone, bridge, turnpike, creek, ferry, cliff and even a duck decoy. It is unlikely that more than 300 copies of the first edition were sold and the second edition, issued in 1785, sold even less. A little-known 3rd edition (not held by the British Library) was published in Chelmsford in 1833.
Cook (Frederick A.) Through the First Night 1898-1899. A narrative of the voyage of the"Belgica" among newly discovered lands and over an unknown sea about the South Pole, 1st edition, New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900, colour frontispiece, half-tone illustrations, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, a few small marks, 8vo, together with Pearce (Richard). Marooned in the Arctic. Diary of the Dominion Explorers' Expedition to the Arctic. August to December 1929, 1st edition, [1931], map and half-toned illustrations, endpapers a little toned, original cloth, spine ends rubbed, 8vo, with a presentation inscription from Lieut.-Col. C.D.H. MacAlpine, President of the Dominion Explorers, plus Peary (Robert E.) The North Pole, 1st UK edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910, half-tone illustrations, a little light toning, original green cloth with embossed medallion to upper cover, spine a little rubbed and faded, 4to (most likely a publisher's trial copy, as bound without the main text and map, foreword bound after illustrations, and spine title and illustration printed to lower cover), plus other polar exploration including A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen & Greenland... edited by Adam White, Hakluyt Society, 1855 (lacking spine, covers detached), In Search of a Polar Continent 1905-1907, by Alfred Harrison, 1908 (frontispiece and map detached), and A Winter Jaunt to Norway, by Mrs. Alec Tweedie, 2nd edition, 1894 QTY: (approximately 70)
Europe. Munster (Sebastian), Allegorical Map of Europe, Basel, circa 1598, uncoloured allegorical woodblock map of Europe, slight marginal water and dust staining, Image size 265 x 165 mm, German text above and on the versoQTY: (1)NOTE:Sebastian Munster's much copied allegorical map which appeared in his Cosmographia. The representation of Europa Regina or the Queen of Europe was first drawn by Johannes Bucius in 1537. This later simplified version appears in several editions of Münster's Cosmography from 1580 onwards. The map depicts Europe as a Virgin Queen, holding a crown, orb and sceptre, with Iberia forming her head and crown, Denmark her right arm, and Italy her left arm, with Sicily as her orb. Greece, the Balkans and Russia form her skirts, and Bohemia, positioned in the centre of her torso, is shown as a circular forest. A scarce cartographic oddity.
![* France. Ortelius (Abraham), Galliae Regni Potentiss: Nova Descriptio Ioanne Ioliveto [1570 or later], engraved map with con](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f2d55b0d-bea0-4ba1-96c5-af5f00b8a264/1d69e3f7-e2ec-4dbf-a020-af5f011dd1f5/468x382.jpg)
* France. Ortelius (Abraham), Galliae Regni Potentiss: Nova Descriptio Ioanne Ioliveto [1570 or later], engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, large strapwork cartouche, 345 x 500 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Hondius (Henricus). Provincia, La Provence, 1621, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement, slight creasing, 375 x 495 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (2)NOTE:The first described item, Marcel van den Broecke. Ortelius Atlas Maps, number 34. A decorative prospect of 16th Century France that is derived from Jean Jolivet's four-sheet woodcut map of 1560.
North Pole. Bauman (William). Map of the North Polar Region, circa 1876, colour lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset prospect of Wrangell Land, marbled endpapers, 635 x 800 mm, together with Jefferys (Thomas). A Map of Bengal and its Dependencies Collected chiefly from actual Surveys and first Published according to Act of Parliament the 1st Jany. 1772 by W. Bolts, circa 1773, uncoloured engraved map, old folds, one repaired closed handling tear, slight offsetting, 400 x 560 mm, with Murray (John, publisher). A Chart of the River Zaire. The lower part from the Mouth to Embomma..., 1817, uncoloured engraved map, old folds, inset map of the coast from Cape Lopez, two horizon profiles, some offsetting, 340 x 500 mmQTY: (3)
![Dampier (William). A New Voyage Around The World, 1st edition, London: James Knapton, 1697, [10], VI, 384, 387-550, [4] p., 5](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f2d55b0d-bea0-4ba1-96c5-af5f00b8a264/8506aaa9-a30a-43ec-b265-af5f011d73f9/468x382.jpg)
Dampier (William). A New Voyage Around The World, 1st edition, London: James Knapton, 1697, [10], VI, 384, 387-550, [4] p., 5 engraved maps (4 folding), errata and advertisements to rear, folding maps laid onto linen, ex-library, with maps and title with faint 'Royal Geographical Society London' stamps to versos, lightly dust-soiled, N1 & N4 trimmed closely to outer margin (touching page numbers), Ii2 upper margin trimmed close (affecting headline & page number), endpapers renewed, modern calf gilt, morocco labels, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R9942; Wing D161.Dampier's first book, covering his first circumnavigation from 1681 to 1691. After raiding Spanish colonies on the western coast of South America he travelled across the Pacific to the East Indies in Charles Swan's ship, Cygnet. They eventually moored near King Sound in Northwest Australia. Dampier was the first European to explore this area and made copious notes on the indigenous population as well as the local fauna and flora. After a later marooning in the Nicobar Islands, Dampier returned to England in 1691. He went on to become the first person to circumnavigate the world three times.
* Oxford, Buckinghamshire & Berkshire. Saxton (Christopher), Oxonii Buckinghamiae et Berceriae Comitatum una cum suis undiq confinibus, oppidis, pagis, villis, et fluminibus in eisdem vera descriptio. An Dm 1574 [1579], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, strapwork cartouche and a mileage scale surmounted by a pair of dividers, with the heraldic crest of Thomas Seckford, slight creasing, very slight spotting, 390 x 445 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:The first printed map of Oxford, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire.
* Switzerland. Le Clerc (Jean), Lacus Lemani Vicinorumq Locorum Nova et Accuraia Descriptio, Paris, 1619, hand-coloured map of the country around Lake Geneva, engraved by H. Picart, slight creasing, 355x 495 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare edition of Johann Baptiste Vrients map of the region around Lake Geneva, which was first published in the 1603 edition of Ortelius's 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'. Despite the similarity, Le Clerc has engraved an entirely new plate. The map was also later copied by both H. Hondius and Melchior Tavernier. Copac lists only two copies (Oxford University and the British Library) and there is a third example in the Bibliotheque National de France.
* Warwickshire & Leicestershire. Saxton (Christopher), Warwic Lecestriaeq. Comita Civitat. Oppidoru. Villaru. Fluminu. Ceterarumq. Rerum omnium in eisdem memorabilium, nova, veraq. descriptio [1579], map engraved by Lenaert Terwoort with contemporary hand colouring, large strapwork cartouche surmounted by the English lion and Welsh dragon, ornate strapwork mileage scale with an additional heraldic crest of Thomas Seckford, very slight spotting, 390 x 520 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:The first printed map of Warwickshire and Leicestershire. Unusually, for a sixteenth-century map, a road (Watling Street) is clearly marked and named, possibly because the road marked the county boundary.
* Military Pictures & Prints. A collection of military prints and watercolours, mainly later 19th and early 20th century, including two original watercolours of WWI battle cruisers by l. Lake (H.M.S.Cameleon and H.M.S. Cochrane, the first signed to lower right corner, 12.5 x 18 cm (5 x 8 ins) and slightly smaller, both framed and glazed, a large tin advertising chromolithograph or the N.Y.K. Far East to Europe-America-Australia, chromolithograph printed on tin after Charles Dixon, printed by Sir Joseph Couston & Sons, circa 1920s, rubbed and some marks, with art deco outer border design, 72 x 96.5 cm (28 1/4 x 38 ins), Horse Artillery in Action, by W. Simpson after Captain G. F. Atkinson, circa 1850s, colour lithograph, etching with drypoint by Maurice Milliere depicting studies of the heads of Indian soldiers, signed, and numbered 36 to lower left corner (some toning), a late 19th-century oil portrait of an Officer in blue uniform (possibly painted over a photograph), three framed pictures of silk samples of orders, decorations and medals of the British Empire, early to mid-20th century, mostly framed and glazedQTY: (24)
* De Schlagintweit (Hermann, Adolphe & Robert). Four Topographical views of Tibet and Asia. The Salt lake Tso Mitbál in Pangkóng Tibet, The Salt lake Tso Gam in Eastern Ladák Tibet, The Drift Sands in the Interior of the Sindh S?ger Duáb Pànjáb [and] Alluvial High Ground on the Western Border of the Singh S?ger Duáb Pànjáb, originally published in 'The Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia', F. A . Brockhaus Leipzig, Trübner & Co. London, lithographed by W. Loeillot, Berlin dated 1856 &1857, [published 1866], four lithographs with contemporary hand-colouring, each image tipped onto contemporary card with printed title and description below each print (as published), slight spotting, two prints 320 x 395 mm and two 310 x 470 mm (sheet size)QTY: (4)NOTE:In 1854, on the recommendation of Alexander von Humboldt, the East India Company commissioned the three brothers, Hermann, Adolf, and Robert Schlagintweit to conduct a scientific expedition in the Himalayas especially related to the Earth's magnetic field. Between 1854-1857 they travelled, sometimes in company, sometimes separately, in the Deccan throughout the Himalayas, investigating beyond the frontiers of the company's territory into the region of the Karakorum and Kunlun mountains. Hermann and Robert were the first Europeans to cross the Kunlun, and in honour of this achievement, the former had the title or surname of Sakunlunski bestowed upon him (in 1864). Robert returned to Europe early in 1857; Hermann, after a visit to Nepal, joined him on his homeward journey; but Adolf, who remained to prosecute his explorations in Central Asia, was put to death by the Amir of Kashgar. Hermann and Robert published a four-volume work with an atlas in 1866, which is regarded as one of the finest examples of the lithographic printing of topographical views from the 19th century.
* Attributed to Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881-1968). Study of a fountain sculpture in a continental town square, coloured pastels on paper, unsigned, mount aperture 212 x 194 mm (8 3/8 x 7 5/8 ins), framed and glazed (32 x 30.5 cm), together with Northcote (James, 1746-1831), Albert, Charlotte and Werter, 1784, stipple engraving printed in sanguine on laid paper, platemark 40 x 36 cm (15 3/4 x 14 1/4 ins), sheet size 44 x 39 cm (17 3/8 x 15 3/8 ins), framed (52 x 47 cm), plus Bartolozzi (Francesco, 1727-1815), The Annunciation (The Angel Gabriel, and The Virgin Annunciate), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1776, a pair of etchings with stipple engraving printed in sanguine, with margins, pale light-staining and pale scattered foxing, platemark 16.7 x 12.5 cm, sheet size 22.2 x 17.3 cm, framed (24.8 x 20.3 cm)QTY: (4)NOTE:First item: provenance: Dominic Winter Auctioneers 27th November 2006, lot 398 (label on frame verso).
![* Havell (Daniel). Mucculla in Abyssinia [and] The Town of Abha in Abyssinia, William Miller 1809, a pair of aquatints after](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f2d55b0d-bea0-4ba1-96c5-af5f00b8a264/898f9d33-c831-4136-8493-af5f011e1c89/468x382.jpg)
* Havell (Daniel). Mucculla in Abyssinia [and] The Town of Abha in Abyssinia, William Miller 1809, a pair of aquatints after Henry Salt, both with contemporary hand colouring, 'The Town of Abha' mount stained and toned overall, each approximately 465 x 615 mm, together with Merke (H.). Thebet Mountains, Edward Orme, 1804, aquatint after W. Daniell with contemporary hand-colouring, some marginal staining, occasional marginal closed tears, but not affecting image, 340 x 445 mm, with Aglio (A.). Exterior View of the Two Temples at Ybsambul, John Murray, 1820, etching after G. Belzoni, with contemporary hand colouring, one long closed tear affecting the printed image, the whole laid down on to later card, slight mount staining, 430 x 560 mmQTY: (4)NOTE:The first two engravings were originally published in 'Twenty-four Views in St. Helena, The Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt'. Abbey Travel II, 515 numbers 18 & 19.
![Iconology. A suite of 24 allegorical plates, [London?], no publisher, circa 1822, 24 hand-coloured lithographic plates, some](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f2d55b0d-bea0-4ba1-96c5-af5f00b8a264/7a34547d-9b8c-4220-90d3-af5f011e1e24/468x382.jpg)
Iconology. A suite of 24 allegorical plates, [London?], no publisher, circa 1822, 24 hand-coloured lithographic plates, some with initials 'Ph. P.' at foot and a few with watermark date of 1822, each with facing explanatory text leaf numbered 1-24 (with additional folio numbers 9-32 top right), a few minor spots and marks, ballpoint pen inscription to front blank & upper margin of plate 7, contemporary marbled wrappers, neatly rebacked and repaired, 4to, contained in a custom-made red quarter morocco clamshell box, gilt-titled 'Iconology' on spine, 30 x 25 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:The initials 'Ph. P.' suggest that some or all of the plates might be the work of Filippo Pistrucci (1782-1859), an artist, writer and Risorgimento patriot who spent part of his career teaching in England. His work, Iconology; or the art of representing by allegorical figures the various abstract conceptions of the mind was published in 1824, having been first published in Italian in 1819 with 240 plates. The subjects are often portrayed in opposing pairs such as 'fear and fanaticism', 'life and death', 'prudence and counsel', 'good and bad fortune', etc. These plates though similar in subject and theme are apparently not from that work and as their source has not been identified it is sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
* Marine. Sbonski de Passebon (Henri ), Galeasse a la rame, Laurent Bremond, Marseille, circa 1700, hand-coloured engraving by Claude Randon, slight marginal fraying but not affecting image, 440 x 565 mm, mounted with an old Weinreb & Douwma label to verso, together with Isaac (John R.). The Iron Steam Ship Great Britain..., Liverpool, circa 1860, uncoloured lithograph after C. P. Williams, repaired marginal fraying, chipping and closed tears, some affecting the image, 380 x 490 mm, with Lifeboats. The "Captain Hans Busk" Lifeboat (built by Messrs. White of Cowes) was presented by him, whose name she bears, to the Town of Ryde, on the 5th May 1869..., unattributed, uncoloured lithograph, some spotting and slight mount staining, 280 x 310 mm, mounted, plus Stevengraph. Britain's Bulwarks H. M. S. Mars, circa 1900, view of a British warship, woven in silk, contemporary mount with printed title below image on the mountboard, slight spotting, image size 140 x 230 mm, framed and glazed in a contemporary maple frame, overall size 365 x 490 mm, and Hamilton Ellis (Cuthbert). Travel in 1885. Furness Railway Steamer "Gondola" on Lake Coniston [British Railways, London Midland Region, 1951], chromolithograph, slight marginal creasing, 210 x 590 mm, mounted, with another five engravings, lithographs and photographs of ships, various sizes and conditionQTY: (10)NOTE:The first described item is from a rare collection of prospects of ships and their architecture that were to be found in the Mediterranean. The volume was called "Plan de Plusieurs Batiments de Mer avec leurs Proportions" and was published in Marseille in 1690. The plates were rapidly re-published by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam between 1693 & 1700 and this is an example from this slightly later edition.
Hall (Captain Charles Francis). Life with the Esquimaux: The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque "George Henry," from the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862, with the results of a long intercourse with the Innuits... and deductions in favour of yet discovering some of the survivors of Sir John Franklin's expedition, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1864, half-titles, engraved frontispiece to first volume, wood-engraved illustrations, folding lithograph map at rear of first volume, Clinton E Geiser to front pastedowns, lightly toned, endpapers renewed, modern black buckram gilt, lightly marked, 8voQTY: (1)
Diogenes Laertius. De vita et moribus philosophorum libri X, Lyon: Seb.Gryphium, 1551, printer's woodcut device to title (adhesive tape to gutter margin & leaf detached from main body of text block), woodcut decorative initials, light damp stain to upper margins, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, upper joint split, lacking ties, 8vo, together with:Shakespeare (William), The Plays... with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators; to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevans, 10 volumes, London: C. Bathurst, J. Beecroft, W. Stahan [& others), 1773, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, half-titles to volumes 2-10, title to first volume with early signature E. Edwards dated 1771, occasional scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Revd. J. Brereton D.C.L., contemporary half calf, contrasting morocco labels to spines (some volume number labels lacking), light wear, 8vo,Cocker (Edward), Cocker's English Dictionary, containing an explanation of the most refined and difficult words and terms..., 3rd edition, enlarged and altered by John Hawkins, London: T. Norris and A. Bettesworth, 1724, few ink markings to lower margin of title, occasional light browning and spotting, contemporary sheep, upper joint split and board attachment weak, lower joint cracked, 8vo in 4s,Fuller (Thomas), The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge: Printed by Thomas Buck, one of the Printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1639, preliminary leaf entitled "A declaration of the frontispice", additional engraved title-page, without map of the Holy Land and final seven leaves of chronological tables and index (leaves 2P4 & 2Q1-2Q6), contemporary calf, spine torn with loss and upper board detached, small folio (STC 11464)QTY: (13)
Hearne (Samuel). A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North-West Passage, &c. in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771 & 1772, 1st edition, London: printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795, 5 folding engraved maps, 4 folding engraved plates, large folding map at front with outline colour and small repairs to verso, some spotting and small marginal stains. p. 456 with small annotations to gutter, contemporary previous owner signature to title, hinges reinforced, contemporary tree calf, joints split, spine rubbed with losses at ends, a little rubbed with some edge wear, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T146967; Hill I p. 141; Sabin 31181. "It was the first of a long series of Arctic voyages and travels which reflect much honor on the British press. Its publication is due to the celebrated explorer La Perouse who captured Fort Albany, Hudson's Bay and found the MS. of Hearne. The fort was afterwards surrendered to the British but La Perouse stipulated for the publication of this work by the Hudson's Bay Company, which stipulation was honorably fulfilled in this beautiful volume... The author will always be remembered as the first white man that ever gazed on the dreary expanse of the Arctic or Frozen Ocean from the northern shores of the Continent of America" (Sabin).
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Bible [New Testament]. [The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, translated out of Greeke by Theod. Beza..., London: Christopher Barker, 1580?], lacking title and one other preliminary leaf (ai & aii), also lacking final leaf 3H4, full-page woodcut map present, some dust-soiling, light damp stains, first & last few leaves with light marginal fraying, without endpapers, contemporary calf, upper joint split, light wear, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Herbert 167; Darlow & Moule 126.
Stow (John). The Annales of England, faithfully collected out of the most authenticall authors, London: Ralphen Newbery, 1601, black letter, a few early marginal notations, first 20 and final 10 leaves repaired & strengthened, lacking pp., 663-666, 887-890, 1311/12 & 1317, final four leaves defective with loss of text, faint damp-staining to lower margin throughout (sometimes affecting text), presentation bookplate and remnants of library sticker to front pastedown, contemporary panelled speckled calf, rebacked with portion of original spine retained, new black morocco title label, some wear to extremities, 4toQTY: (1)
Calvin (Jean). [The Institution of Christian Religion, Written in Latine by M. John Calvine, Translated into English according to the Author's last edition, with Sundry Tables to finde the principall matters intreated of in this Booke, And also the declaration of places of Scripture therein expounded, by Thomas Norton, London: John Norton, c. 1611], seven preliminary leaves only (of ten, lacking title and two other leaves), first preliminary leaf cut down, torn to lower outer corner with text loss and repaired, final leaf lined with tissue (browned), some damp stains and dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, worn, folio (26.7 x 18 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 4424.Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Playford (John). An Introduction to the Skill of Musick. In Two Books. The first: the grounds and rules of musick, according to the gam-ut, and other principles thereof. The second: instructions & lessons for the Bass-Viol: and instruments & lessons for the treble-violin... To which is added, the Art of Descant or composing musick in parts. By Dr. Tho. Campion. With annotations thereon, by Mr. Chr. Simpson, 7th edition, corrected and enlarged, London: W. Godbid for J. Playford, 1674, 2 parts in one volume, two letterpress engravings (of a Bass-Viol. & Treble-Violin), advertisement leaf at end lacking the portrait frontispiece (as often), leaf M7 in second part with tear and small loss of text, a few other small marginal tears, some light toning and stains, early annotations and previous owner signatures (including Nicholas Golboy) to front and rear endpapers (rear endpaper torn with losses), contemporary sheep, small losses at spine ends, spine rubbed, some worming to edges, 8vo, together withBoyce (William). Twelve Sonatas for Two Violins: with a Bass for the Violoncello or Harpsicord, 3 parts in 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for the author and sold by I. Walsh, 1747, 3 engraved titles, dedication to George II, list of subscribers (with 'His Grace the Duke of Ancaster' added in manuscript), engraved sheets of music, occasional light dust-soiling, modern marbled boards with paper labels to spines, folio, plusDonizetti (Gaetano, 1797-1848). Cavatina, con Rec:vo nella Linda di Chamounix, del Sigr. Maestro Cavalier Donizetti, circa 1842, 22pp of ink manuscript music in a contemporary Italian copyist's hand on 20-stave laid paper, with Neapolitan watermark of D. Giovanni G. and fleur-de-lys, closed vertical tear to lower margin of first leaf, without loss, generally in good condition, stitched as issued, oblong 4to, together with approximately 115 leaves additional pages of musical manuscript in a contemporary Italian copyist's hand for the vocal and orchestral parts of the Cavatina from Linda di Chamounix, brown ink on laid paper, ten staves per page, slightly larger oblong 4to, plus 3 other 19th-century music and related manuscripts: an album of songs from Handel, Scarlatti, and others compiled by Miss Cholmondely, early 19th century half red morocco with marbled boards, red morocco gilt ownership label to upper cover, rubbed and slight wear, 4to, a similar collection of songs compiled by Charlotte Katherine Harward, signed and dated April 24th, 1813 to front pastedown, contemporary calf, somewhat worn, 4to, and one other containing text only manuscriptQTY: (8)NOTE:First item: ESTC R11472; Wing P2480. Rare. First published in 1654 as A breefe introduction to the skill of musick eighteen editions were published, the last in 1730. According to Charles Burney, author of A General History of Music (1776-89), the book "contained no late discoveries, no new doctrines either in the theory or practice of the art; yet the form, price, and style were so suited to every kind of musical readers that it seems to have been more generally purchased and read, than any elementary musical tract that ever appeared in this or any other country."Second item: Inscribed by the composer and signed with initials 'W.B.' at foot of first volume and numbered 'No. 140'. Charles Burney wrote that these Sonatas were "more generally purchased and performed and admired than any productions of the kind in this kingdome except those of Corelli. They were not only in constant use, as chamber Music, in private concerts, for which they were originally designed, but in our theatres, as act-tunes, and in public gardens as favourite pieces, during many years."
Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: Printed by John Baskett, and the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1716, engraved portrait frontispiece (early inscription to verso) and 46 plates, all with near contemporary hand-colouring, bound with (between gatherings M & N of Book of Common Prayer) A Companion to the Altar: shewing the Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation, in order to our worthy receiving the Holy Communion..., 7th edition, London: Edmund Parker, 1711, engraved frontispiece, bound with at rear The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrew, London: Printed by William Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, 1715, red-ruled borders throughout volume, browning, spotting, few closed tears and wear, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon morocco with gilt panelled and decorated boards, modern reback, engraved silver clasps, board corners worn, 8vo, together with a similar Book of Common Prayer, London: John Baskett, 1725, title and first few leaves misbound, numerous engraved plates, bound with A Companion to the Altar, 10th edition, 1726 and The Whole Book of Psalms, 1725, some toning and spotting, all edges gilt, early 19th century gilt decorated straight-grain morocco, upper joint cracked, 8voQTY: (2)
Bradley (Richard). The Country Housewife and Lady's Director, in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm. Containing instructions for managing the brew-house, and malt-liquors in the cellar; the making of wines of all sorts. Directions for the dairy, in the improvement of butter and cheese upon the worst of soils; the feeding and making of brawn..., 6th edition, with additions, London: D. Browne and T. Woodman, 1732, engraved frontispiece, occasional early marginalia, light dust-soiling, marginal spotting and few marks, armorial bookplate of Hope Bt. of Craighall to upper pastedown, contemporary blind-panelled calf, rebacked, with dark green morocco title label to spine, light wear to board edges and corners, 8vo, contained in book-box, together with:Johnson (Samuel), Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL. D. to which are added some poems never before printed. Published from the original MSS. in her possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi, 2 volumes, London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1788, front endpapers with bookplates of Samuel Leightonhouse and Harlech College Library, contemporary marbled calf, morocco title labels to spines, joints splitting, with adhesive tape to joints of first volume, small area of leather loss to spine of second volume at foot of upper joint, 8voQTY: (3)
Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 volumes, Dublin: Thomas Ewing, 1775, early 19th-century ownership inscription 'A Surtees?' to front pastedown of volume 1, hinges repaired, lightly spotted and toned, a few gatherings faintly damp-stained, contemporary calf, rebacked, some wear, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:The first quarto edition of Johnson's Dictionary.
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible ornamented with engravings, by James Fittler from celebrated pictures by old masters, the Letter Press by Thomas Bensley, 2 volumes, London: R. Bowyer & J. Fittler, 1795, engraved title to each volume, engraved New Testament title and 63 plates (including frontispieces), some toning, occasional spotting, offsetting and light marginal damp staining, blank leaves at front of each volume with 19th-century genealogical entries relating to the Gouthwaite family (Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Liverpool), all edges gilt, armorial bookplate of S. Hemingway to upper pastedowns, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, extremities rubbed, large 8vo in 4sQTY: (2)NOTE:Herbert 1394; Darlow & Moule 961. With misprint to Mark vii:27 reads 'Let the children first be killed' instead of 'filled'. The engravings are after pictures by Durer, Rembrandt, Rubens, etc.
Lingard (John). A History of England from the first invasion by the Romans to the accession of Henry VIII, extra-illustrated, 6 volumes, London: J. Mawman, 1819-25, extra-illustrated throughout with numerous full-page etched plates, very light occasional spotting, contemporary green half calf gilt, red morocco spine labels, rubbed, 4to, together with:Percy (Reuben & Sholto). The Percy Anecdotes, 2 volumes, London: Frederick Warne and Co, circa 1880, frontispieces, preliminaries lightly spotted, contemporary green half calf gilt, terracotta morocco title labels, rubbed, 8vo, withSheridan (Richard Brinsley). The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, London: Bell & Daldy, 1870, portrait frontispiece, lightly spotted to preliminary leaves, contemporary red half calf gilt, red morocco title label, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with 22 other antiquarian volumesQTY: (31)
Mitford (John). The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy. A Poem in four cantos with notes, 1st edition, 1819, title and dedication, twenty aquatints by C. Williams with contemporary hand colouring (including the frontispiece) correct as list, front endpaper near-detached, bookplate of John Worth of Oakley Suffolk, contemporary half calf, upper joint cracked, some wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Dagley (R.). Takings; or the Life of a Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Etchings..., 1821, additional half-title, dedication and advertisement, 26 etched plates with contemporary hand colouring, slight spotting, partially uncut, later endpapers, modern half morocco git, slight wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:The first described item. Abbey Life, 340.
Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, revised, corrected and illustrated with a new introduction by the author, [3rd edition] London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831, engraved frontispiece and additional title, bound without the letterpress series title ('Standard Novels No. IX'), light spotting and small marginal water stains to frontispiece and additional title, p. 13 with closed marginal tear at foot, bound with The Ghost-Seer! From the German of Schiller, volumes I & II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831, half title for volume I, bound without advertisements at end, p.21 in volume I with very small hole in text affecting one or two letters, p. 143 in volume II with small marginal tear and loss, previous owner signature of G. Hamilton in pencil to Frankenstein additional title and front pastedown, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, calf label to spine, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Sadleir 3734a; Wolff 6280a. The first Bentley edition, the first illustrated edition and the third overall of Frankenstein, with extensive revisions by the author, including the new introduction in which she relates the origin of the story in 1816 whilst at the Villa Diodati in Switzerland, prompted by Lord Byron' suggestion that all the guests write a ghost story. It was issued as the ninth volume of Bentley's Standard Novels series, the volume also contained Friedrich Schiller's Ghost-Seer volume I only. This copy unusually has both volumes of the Ghost-Seer bound-in. Frankenstein was first published in three volumes in 1818, the second edition appearing in 1823.
Burns (Robert). The Works..., with his life by Allan Cunningham, 8 volumes, London: James Cochrane, 1834, half-title to first volume, engraved frontispieces and additional titles to each, one folding plate of facsimile writing, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of Charles Jopp to upper pastedowns, contemporary dark green calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting labels, 8vo, together with,Wordsworth (William), The Sonnets..., Collected in one volume, with a few additional ones, now first published, 1st collected edition, London: Edward Moxon, 1838, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, slightly rubbed, 8vo,Campbell (Thomas), Specimens of the British Poets; with biographical and critical notices, and an essay on English poetry, 7 volumes, London: John Murray, 1819, contemporary half calf, blind and gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, spines and extremities rubbed, 8vo,Blore (Edward), The Monumental Remains of Noble and Eminent Persons, comprising the Sepulchral Antiquities of Great Britain, London: Harding, Lepard, and Co., 1826, numerous engraved plates, some damp staining, contemporary dark green half calf, gilt decorated spine, extremities rubbed, large 8vo, and other 18th-early 20th-century leather bindings, including publications in FrenchQTY: (47)
Herschel (John & Darwin, Charles). A Manual of Scientific Enquiry, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: John Murray, 1849, half-title (few short closed tears to fore-margin, one repaired), double-page engraved folding map mounted on verso of title page (title & map with old indistinct library blind stamp), large engraved folding map contained in pocket at rear of volume (folds strengthened to verso), inserted leaf unnumbered at p.98, woodcut illustrations, final leaf of appendix torn to lower outer corner with some text loss and repaired, toning and some browning to margins, upper outer blank corner F12 torn away, few leaves chipped to margins, modern green cloth, morocco title label to spine, 8vo in 12sQTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 325; Norman 1057.The first editon, first issue with pages 171-190 uncancelled. Charles Darwin contributed Section VI on 'Geology' (pp. 156-195). Other contributors included Richard Owen and William Hooker. This book, edited by Sir John Herschel, went through six editions, remaining in print until 1906. The first edition is found in three forms. In some copies there is a serious transposition of about two pages in the text of Darwin's article, although no matter is missing. This starts on page 178 at lines 2-4 which read 'Most bold coasts/are fronted by sharp promontories and even isolated/found by removing earth and birds' dung'. The transposition ends on page 180 where lines 2-3 read 'the now deeply submerged portions of the cliff have been/pinnacles:'. This transposition, of course, causes a third disjointed sentence at the point where the correct text begins again, on page 190 where lines 4-5 read 'these may be sometimes/simply worn away by the currents'. It would look as if the compositor had one sheet of the manuscript out of order. The correct text reads 'Most bold coasts/are fronted by sharp promontories and even isolated/pinnacles'; 'the now deeply submerged portions of the cliff have been/simply worn away by the currents' and 'these may be sometimes/found by removing earth and birds' dung'. (Freeman).
Thackeray (William Makepeace). The History of Pendennis, 2 volumes, 1849-50; The Newcomes, 2 volumes, 1854-55; The Virginians, 2 volumes, 1858-59, 1st editions, London: Bradbury & Evans, half titles for History of Pendennis volume I, the Newcomes volume II and The Virginians volume I, additional titles for each volume, steel and wood-engraved plates by the author and Richard Doyle, original wrappers bound-in at end, one or two small tears, some browning and spotting, a few water stains, previous owner inscriptions of E.C. Murray, 30 August 1886 at front, top edge gilt, later uniform tan half calf by Tout, spines with red and brown labels and gilt decoration, Pendennis volume I upper joint splitting, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Thackeray (William Makepeace). Vanity Fair, A Novel without a Hero, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848, initial advertisement leaf for Thackeray's Great Hoggarty Diamond present at front of volume, etched frontispiece, additional pictorial etched title, and 38 etched plates, woodcut illustrations to text, ownership signature in ink to front blank of E. C. Murray, dated 17 May 1886, occasional spotting, mainly to front and rear of volume, original printed wrappers for parts IV, VI, VII, X-XVI, XVIII-XX bound in at rear, and including advertisement for issue number 1, dated 1847, and another similar undated advertisement on pale pink paper, top edge gilt, late 19th-century half light brown calf over green marbled boards (by Tout), gilt decorated spine, rubbed, recased with original spine laid down, 8voQTY: (7)NOTE:Van Duzer 231.The first issue of the first edition of Thackeray's most famous novel, with the portrait of the Marquis of Steyne present on page 336 (omitted in later issues), and "Mr. Pitt" on page 453 (subsequently altered to "Sir Pitt").
Dickens (Charles). Our Mutual Friend, 1st edition in the original parts, London: Chapman & Hall, 1864/5, 20 monthly numbers in 19 original parts as issued (plus a duplicate of No. 1), 40 wood engraved plates after Marcus Stone, complete with advertisement slips called for by Hatton & Cleaver except: No. 9 lacking 6th insert at rear 'Astra Castra'; No. 14 lacking advertisements following plates and Mappin, Webb & Co's advertisement at rear (latter bound into No. 16); and the duplicate of No. 1 lacking advertisement pages 1-6, No. 1 with Fry's Homeopathic Cocoa on yellow paper (not pink), Nos. 1-3 with extra advertisement for publisher John F. Dunn not called for by Hatton & Cleaver, No. 7 with duplicate advertisements to rear (first set bound upside down), page 13 in No. 10 misprinted as 31, some foxing, toning, and staining, Nos. 19 and 20 with most of first page of advertising torn away, all in original printed blue-green wrappers, some losses to spines and edges, No. 1 with browned covers and first 2 leaves detached, No. 11 with loss to lower edge of rear cover, housed in a custom-made green cloth solander box with gilt lettering to spine, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Eckel pp.94/5; Gimbel A149; Hatton & Cleaver, pp.345-370.
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Iraq. Iraq in War Time, 2nd edition, Basrah: Government Press, [1919], monochrome illustrations from photographs throughout with captions in English and Arabic, front pastedown with early gift inscription 'To all with love from C., 3/10/20', crease to free endpapers, original cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, spine worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:This work was first published in 1918 and is an uncommon book. It is divided into four parts: Groups and Portraits; Local Events; Views; A Tour through Central Arabia, this last part possibly by Harry St John Bridger Philby.
Kittlitz (Friedrich Heinrich von). Twenty-four Views of the Vegetation of the Coasts and Islands of the Pacific with Explanatory Descriptions: taken during the exploring voyage of the Russian corvette "Senjawin,” under the command of Capt. Lu?tke, in the years 1827, 1828, & 1829, 1st English edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861, half-title, 24 mounted photograph plates, 'Explanation of Frame' paper frame leaf bound-in (usually loose, "in order to be able to find the various plants alluded to in the letter-press"), occasional light toning to few margins, modern dark green half morocco, marbled paper sides, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Arctic Bib. 8765; Gernsheim 157; Howes K-194; see Lada-Mocarski 119; Sabin 38025.The first English edition, with striking early photography, including the paper frame. Kittlitz’s original German, describing his botanical discoveries made as part of the Litke expedition, is here translated by Berthold Seemann. The plates are photographic copies of the original copperplate engravings, which Sabin describes as "some of the most interesting representations ever published of the unusual forms of exotic vegetation."
Kraus (Georg Friedrich, publisher). Raccolta di Num 160 vedute dell Citta Antica e Moderne di Roma..., circa 1800, title repeated in German and French, 160 engraved views on 40 sheets with forty separate sheets of titles, slight staining, near contemporary manuscript inscription to the verso of the first title sheet, contemporary half calf with contrasting morocco gilt labels to the spine, slight wear to the extremities, oblong folio, binding size 240 x 345 mmQTY: (1)
Bookplates. Three albums of bookplates containing approximately 328 bookplates, 18th-20th century, and 221 bookseller's labels, 19th-20th century, comprising British and continental bookplates including 'Mr Pollitt's Bookplate' by Aubrey Beardsley circa 1896, Sir Richard Walwyn engraved by W.H. Toms, circa 1760, William Lord North of Carthlage and Baron Grey of Rolleston 1703, with various bookplates designed by Anton Pieck, Robert Anning Bell, Gerard Gaudaen, D. Van Gelder, G.K. Hirsh, Hedwig Pauwels, Phil Johnson, and Sidney Hunt etc., together with six volumes of bookplate reference, including:Warren (John Leicester), A Guide to the study of Book-Plates, London: John Pearson, 1880, monochrome frontispiece and plates, top edge gilt, 20th century half calf gilt by Lloyd of London, red morocco title label to spine, 8vo,Hardy (William), Book-Plates, London: Kegan Paul, 1893, addition decorative title, frontispiece and plates, modern brown morocco-backed cloth by Maltbys of Oxford, 8vo,Leiningen-Westerburg (Karl Emich), German book-plates: An illustrated handbook of German & Austrian exlibris..., London: George Bell & Sons, 1901, colour frontispiece, monochrome plates and illustrations, top edge gilt, modern green morocco gilt by Maltbys of Oxford, 8vo, and three others similarQTY: (9)NOTE:Mr Pollitt's Bookplate was originally designed by Beardsley for his own use and was published as 'Bookplate of the Artist' in his book entitled 'Fifty Drawings'. He even proposed it as the 'permanent' picture for the catalogues of his publisher Leonard Smithers, saying that it would make 'a fine and eternal catalogue cover'. It is one of only three bookplates Beardsley is known to have designed (one is illustrated in the first volume of The Yellow Book). Having sold it in advance in 1896 to his friend Herbert Charles Pollitt (1871-1942), 'my sympathique and amusing collector', he wrote to him in 1897: 'There is one more wonderful bookplate in the world. That makes two. Yours and another I have just made for a Miss [Olive] Constance.' Pollitt is known for his relationship with the occultist Aleister Crowley.
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Yellow Book. An Illustrated Quarterly, volumes I-XIII [all published], London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane The Bodley Head, 1894-97, volume 1 later issue with April spelt correctly to front cover, 10 volumes first issue bound with advertisements to rear (lacking to volumes 1, 5 and 11), monochrome illustrations (each with tissue-guards) by Aubrey Beardsley, Walter Crane, Laurence Housman et al, contemporary ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, occasional spotting, original yellow pictorial cloth, lightly marked and rubbed, volume 3 headcap repaired, some spines faded, 8voQTY: (13)
Cook (Frederick A.). My Attainment of the Pole, being the record of the expedition that first reached the Boreal Center 1907-1909..., 1st edition, New York: The Polar Publishing Co., 1911, 51 monochrome illustrations, modern endpapers, some minor marginal spotting, original decorated brown cloth, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with:Atkinson (Thomas Witlam), Oriental and Western Siberia: a narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures..., London: Hurst and Blackett, 1858, 20 colour lithographic plates plus monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, modern endpapers, top edge gilt, modern gilt decorated full calf, 8vo, plusStanley (Henry M.), Through the Dark Continent..., 2 volumes bound in 1, London: George Newnes, 1899, monochrome illustrations & maps including a folding map to pp.48, some light spotting & toning throughout, contemporary gilt decorated black half calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century travel reference & related, some contemporary leather bindings, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio QTY: (3 shelves)
Candlin (G. T.). John Innocent: A Story of Mission Work in North China, 1st edition, London: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1909, 25 monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting throughout, original gilt decorated brown cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voDonne (T. E.), The Maori Past and Present..., 1st edition, London: Seeley Service & Co., 1927, monochrome illustrations, colour folding map to the rear, some light spotting throughout, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusSayers (Gerald F., editor), The Handbook of Tanganyika, First Issue, 1930, London: Macmillan and Co., 1930, colour folding maps plus maps to the rear, monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other late 19th-century & modern travel reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, 8vo/4toQTY: (5 shelves)
Nansen (Fridtjof). The First Crossing of Greenland, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890, half-titles, portrait frontispieces, numerous black and white illustrations (many full-page), 5 folding maps, bookplates to Clinton E Geiser to front pastedowns, spotted and damp-stained (damp-staining heavier to volume 2), endpapers renewed, modern brown half morocco gilt over marbled boards, 8vo, together with:"Farthest North". Being a Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen, with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram, 2 volumes, London, George Newnes, 1898, folding map (loose, with adhesive tape repairs to verso), monochrome illustrations, bookplates to Clinton E Geiser to front pastedowns, original backstrip bound to volume 2 rear, lightly toned, ex-library with stamps to a few text leaves, later speckled half calf gilt, red morocco title label, rubbed, 8vo, with Amundsen (Roald). "The North West Passage", being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Gjoa" 1903-1907, 1st English edition, 2 volumes, London: Archibald Constable and Company Limited, 1908, portrait frontispiece to volume I, folding colour map at end of each volume, black and white illustrations, bookplates to Clinton E Geiser to front pastedowns, spotted with occasional light damp-staining, volume 1 original green cloth gilt, volume 2 later green cloth with backstrip and portion of front cover laid on, top edge gilt, rubbed, 8vo, with 6 others relatedQTY: (12)
Chapbooks. A bound collection of 19 chapbooks, early 19th century, some woodcuts throughout, many with hand-colouring, occasional spotting, contemporary ownership inscription of Riou George Benson, April 9th 1842 to front free endpaper and later Benson inscription to front pastedown, front free endpaper and first 2 leaves detached, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, heavily rubbed and some edge and corner wear, 16mo (100 x 64 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:The titles comprise: Youthful Martyrs, in Ancient Times, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; Children's Plays, London: J. Davis, no date; The Adventures of William Friendly... , London: J. Davis, no date; The Giant Killer, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; One Thing at a Time, Religious Tract Society, no date; Harry and His Holiday, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; The Best Scholar in the School, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; The Idiot, printed by William Tyler, London, no date; The Knife-Grinder, printed by W. Clowes & Sons, no date; The Diamond Necklace, London: Religious Tract Society; Sins Found Out. An Address Delivered to the Children of the Birmingham Sunday School Union, by John Angell James, 2nd edition, Birmingham: T. Groom, 1832; The Way to Finish a Task. The Fire. Phillis and Damaris. And Other Pieces, Stourport: G. Nicholson, no date; A New Year's Gift; Being an Address of a Minister to his Parishioners, Birmingham: J.C. Barlow, 1831; Little Susan and her Lamb, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; The Vine, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; The Lord's Prayer, London: Religious Tract Society, no date; The Bible: The Best Book, by Charlotte Elizabeth, 2nd edition, Dublin: J. & M. Porteous, 1829; The Missionary's Death Bed; Described by the Missionary's Widow, Birmingham: T. Groom, no date.
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Chapbooks. The History of Tommy Titmouse, London: J. Harris, 1806, pp.58+[5](publisher's advertisements), frontispiece and 15 woodcuts on letterpress, printed blue wrappers (lightly soiled) and each leaf window mounted and bound into an album, mounts clipping edges of text in places, some foxing, mostly to first and final leaves, bound with Virtue and Vice: or The History of Charles Careful and Harry Heedless, London: J. Harris, [1804], pp.57+[7](publisher's advertisements), 18 woodcuts to text including frontispiece (of which only a remnant is extant), losses to title-page, following 2 leaves, and final advertisement leaf, lacking wrappers, plus The Adventures of Master Headstrong, and Miss Patient, London: J. Harris, circa 1805, pp.94, 21 woodcuts to text including frontispiece, first few leaves with burn mark to upper outer corner (resulting in some loss to frontispiece and title-page), lacking wrappers, and The Village Tatlers, London: London: J. Harris, circa 1803, pp.64, 13 woodcuts on letterpress including frontispiece (latter stained), final leaf edge-frayed with slight loss, lacking wrappers, plus Robin Goodfellow, A Fairy Tale written by a Fairy, London: J. Harris, 1805, pp.60, 23 woodcuts to text including frontispiece, all pages window mounted into an album, front pastedown with 19th century manuscript label 'The late W.E. Hays' Sale 10/8/80', preliminary blank adhered to front free endpaper and with inscription to verso 'Mounted June 1872 W.A.P.', late 19th century red roan, remnants of contemporary label to spine, extremities rubbed, small 4to (16.5 x 14 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Moon, John Harris's Books for Youth: see 365, listing two later editions only of Tommy Titmouse, 1809 and 1815, but citing Roscoe J177 for the first edition of 1786; 955(1); 9; 954(1); 724(1).Five rare chapbooks published by John Harris.
After Cruikshank (Robert, 1789-1856). The Dandie's Ball, or High Life in the City, 1831, an early ink manuscript facsimile part-copy of the book originally published by John Marshall in 1819, manuscript title (dated December 6th 1831) with embossed stamp at head 'Manor House, Maidstone', verso with armorial bookplate 'T.V. Scudamore', 14 illustrations (on rectos only) in pen & black ink and watercolour, after illustrations by Cruikshank, ink manuscript verse below each, versos blank, frontispiece as front pastedown, some spotting, mainly to pastedowns, rear pastedown with later ink manuscript note 'This book was made by Frederick Scudamore of the Manor House, Maidstone, Kent. At the age of 12', apparently the first and last leaves had separated (torn apart) and were reattached using thin paper and glue, before the booklet was stitched, original stiff marbled wrappers, a little marked and worn, slim 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The original book contained 16 illustrations, of which the young Frederick Scudamore has re-drawn 14. Frederick was born in 1819 and lived most of his life in Maidstone, Kent, working as a solicitor until he died in 1889.
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Darton (William, publisher). Death and Burial of Cock Robin [drop-title], circa 1814, 16 copper-engraved plates, with verse above and below, printed on one side of the leaf only (i.e. facing pages), lightly dust- and finger-soiled, faint dampstain to 1st leaf, early ink ownership inscriptions (dated 1843) to two blank versos and pastedown, one blank verso with small adhered engravings, facing blank page with associated surface skinning, contemporary engraved pictorial buff wrappers, the front with illustration of a woman carrying caged birds and a basket of produce, the rear depicting a man or boy on stilts, toned and somewhat creased, few pale spots, extremities and rear cover worn, 11.8 x 9.6cm, together with Chapbook, The History of Cinderella, or, the Little Glass Slipper [cover-title], Bradford: H. Wardman, mid 19th century, 12pp., 6 woodcut illustrations, somewhat dust- and finger-soiled, some spotting, edge-frayed and lightly chipped, few repaired tears (not affecting illustrations), final 2 leaves with some loss to upper blank margins, original pictorial wrappers, soiled with a little wear to extremities, front cover with ink manuscript inscription dated 1927[?], 15 x 9.8cm, and 3 others: A New Picture Book, London: by Knight and Bagster for J. Davis; The History of Harry Heedless, and The Four Seasons, both London: for The Religious Tract SocietyQTY: (5)NOTE:First Item: Lawrence Darton H255(2): 'This form of the poem has the Beadle, instead of the Beetle, sewing the shroud and introduces three verses at the end, with the grave being filled by the hawk, the will read by the daw and the hare writing the epitaph'. An early printing of 'Cock Robin', this is the second from Darton, with the imprint amended from 40 to 58 Holborn Hill, but still dated 1806. Darton gives this issue an approximate date of [c.1813], based on a bookseller's list on their rear cover, and the Opie copy being watermarked 1813. However, this copy has paper watermarked 1814.
Oliver & Boyd, publisher. The Accidents of Childhood, Narrated in Short Stories, Calculated to Deter Youth from Similar Actions, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, circa 1820, wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous woodcuts on letterpress (including title-page), some foxing and toning (particularly to first and final leaves), occasional finger-soiling, one gathering starting, splitting at gutter between frontispiece and title-page, large engraved bookticket of Edward J. Thomson placed longitudinally on front pastedown, original red roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed, and slight loss to head of spine, 12mo in 6sQTY: (1)NOTE:Rare: Not in Osborne or Gumuchian; only 1 copy listed on COPAC (V&A).A collection of short stories each narrating a salutary tale of misfortune befalling an unfortune child or children, with titles such as 'The Climbers', 'The Banks of the River', 'The Boiling Pot', 'The Powder Horn', 'Children Saved by a Young Shoemaker', 'The Fowling-Piece', 'The Bannisters of the Stairs', 'The Pin in the Soup'. There is little sympathy for the victim of each tale, for example, the child who accidently cut his finger "deserved it, as do all disobedient children", and the girl who got her head stuck in the bannisters was left there by her father until she managed to wriggle out "as a punishment for disobeying her mother".
Harris and Son (publishers). Portraits and Characters of the Kings of England, from William the Conqueror to George the Third, Parts I & II, London: John Harris, 1825, 16 and 17 hand-coloured engravings respectively, plus hand-coloured vignette titles, publisher's advertisements on rear pastedowns, first part with small nick in top edge of page block, second part with adhesive tape repairs to hinges, each part in original printed buff wrappers, rubbed and marked, mostly to Part I (latter re-spined and with ownership name at head of front cover), together withThe Infant's Grammar or a Pic-nic Party of the Parts of Speech, London: John Harris, circa 1830, 11 hand-coloured engravings, some spotting, 1 page publisher's advertisements at rear, contemporary ink inscription to front pastedown, original printed buff wrappers, slightly creased, spine rubbed, plusThe Peacock "At Home." By a Lady. And Butterfly's Ball; An Original Poem, by Mr. Roscoe, London: John Harris, 1834, 8 hand-coloured engravings on 4 leaves, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, early book ticket of Georgiana M. T. Dallas on front pastedown, original printed wrappers, dusty and marked, and 4 other chapbooks including: Industry and Idleness, by Mary Belson, 1820; The Flower-Basket, circa 1828; The Rudiments of Grammar, in Verse, by Madame Leinstein, circa 1820; Wonders! Descriptive of Some of the Most Remarkable of Nature and Art, 1821, all worn, slim 8voQTY: (8)NOTE:Moon, John Harris, 675 (2); 396 (4); 992 (1).
Puzzlebrains (Peregrine, pseudonym). Christmas Amusement; or, the Happy Association of Mirth and Ingenuity: Being an Elegant Collection of Original Riddles, Charades, &c. Culled from the Vase of Fancy, at Conundrum Castle, London: E. Newbery, 1st edition, 1799, engraved frontispiece, publisher's advertisement to last page, light spotting to first and final leaves, original wrappers, a trifle worn and marked in places, oval printed paper title label to front cover (slightly rubbed), two small indentations to left-hand side of front cover and first few leaves at gutter, 12mo in 6s (13.3 x 8.7 cm)QTY: (1)
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* [Bloxam, Richard Rouse]. Urania's Mirror, Or, A View of the Heavens, 1st edition, Samuel Leigh, [1825], 19 (of 32) engravings by Sidney Hall of the constellations on stiff card, with contemporary hand-colouring, perforated with varying size pinholes for each star, sized to reflect the relative magnitude of the stars, tissue guards (or flimsies) mounted on backs, each card 14 x 20 cm (or inverse)QTY: (1)NOTE:The plates present are: 1-4, 9, 12, 14-17, 19, 21-23, 25, 27-28, 30 and 32.Attractive hand-coloured issue of the first edition of 1825 with the constellations shown on a blank background. The second edition of the same year added surrounding stars to the constellations on each card. The first edition was available in both coloured and uncoloured states. The cards were intended to be viewed with backlighting to accentuate the pinholes and simulate the appearance of the stars in the sky.Literature: P.D. Hingley, Urania's Mirror, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, volume 104 (1994), number 5, pages 238-239.
Wallis (Edward, publisher). Wallis's Picturesque Round Game of the Produce and Manufactures, of the Counties of England & Wales, circa 1830,hand-coloured aquatint map, sectionalised on modern linen backing (South Wales and Cheshire sections erroneously transposed), toned and some marks, 66.5 x 49.5 cm, bound into original blind embossed navy cloth with gilt title to upper board, rubbed, together with a facsimile copy of the instructions bound in modern blind embossed navy cloth, slim 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Attractive map game, each county decorated with vignettes highlighting the various types of manufacturing and produce associated with that location. It was first published in 1826 and there were several subsequent editions. The British Library holds a copy of the 1844 edition.
* Austrian Paris Views Tarot. Pariser Ansichten tarot cards, Vienna, Austria: Josef Glanz, circa 1850s, 53 (of 54) hand-coloured engraved cards, ace of hearts replaced with facsimile, comprising 4 suits of 8 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-4 (red) or 7-10 (black) and 4 double-ended court cards depicting historic or Shakespearean characters, plus 22 trump cards, comprising 21 trump cards (bearing double-ended Roman numerals I-XXI) and Fool card, the trumps depicting Parisian landmarks such as the Notre-Dame and the Palais-Royal, few cards with some light spotting or toning, a little heavier to right side of VII of trumps, versos with blue maze pattern, each card 103 x 55 mm, 41 cards corner mounted onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display boards), the remainder loosely contained in a clear plastic bag, each display board 55 x 40.5 cm, together with: Tyrolean Rebellion cards, 'Andreas Hofer Pack', Innsbruck, Austria: Josef Fasser, 1879, the complete deck of 36 hand- and stencil-coloured wood-engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 9 (German suits), each with pip cards 2 & 6-10 and 3 full-length court cards (most named), 6 of bells 'Welli' card with artist's name (E[dmund] v[on] Wörndle), Imperial tax stamp, maker's and printer's names on 7 of hearts, 7 of leaves with seller's name and 'copyright' information dated 1878, the cards depicting Andreas Hofer (king of hearts) and other figures and scenes relating to Tyrolean history, 10 of leaves with small loss (infilled) to upper left corner, generally lightly toned, few pale spots or brown marks, 6 of acorns with corner crease, 7 of acorns with 3.5 cm vertical crease, versos with coloured acorns within trellis pattern, each card 95 x 55 mm, 24 cards corner mounted onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display board), the remainder loosely contained in a clear plastic bag, display board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:First item: Kaplan (Encyclopedia of Tarot), I, p.321.Rare. This pack can be dated to the 1850s from the manufacturer's address of Kohlmarkt, No 279 printed on the knave of hearts. The deck described in Kaplan (see above) has a tax stamp dated 1855. Second item: a rare and complete example of a local Tyrolean pack celebrating the 1809 rebellion and Tyrolean culture. The only related record we have found is a mention by Sylvia Mann (All Cards on the Table, p.93) of a pack she calls 'the Tyrol's struggle for independence'. Mann gives no further details, but it seems possible at least that this may be the same design as the present pack.
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