Binding. Aesop's Fables: A new version, chiefly from original sources, by the Rev. Thomas James... with more than one hundred illustrations designed by John Tenniel, London: John Murray, 1848, half-title, additional engraved frontispiece, wood engraved illustrations throughout, occasional light spotting to few leaves, front blank free endpaper with pencil signature William Stewart Sutherland(?), and pencil note "E & R from T. (Emily & Rebecca James from Thomas James)", marbled endpapers, gilt gauffered edges, contemporary vellum by Birdsall of Northampton, with illuminated title and decoration to spine, borders to boards in gilt and colours and also upper board also with onlaid morocco border bearing the repeated words in gilt 'In the Days of Croesus King of Lydia lived Aesopus', lower board with onlaid morocco border bearing the words in gilt 'E. & R. from T.', boards with small brass boss to each corner, few minor marks, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:The first edition of Rev. Thomas James' translation of Aesop, and the first Aesop illustrated by Tenniel.
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Smyth (William Henry). Aedes Hartwellianae, or Notices of the Manor and Mansion of Hartwell, 2 volumes (including Addenda), London: Printed for Private Circulation by John Bowyer Nichols and Son[s], 1851-1864, first volume with thirteen engraved maps, plans & plates (including lithographs and mezzotints & one hand-coloured), wood engraved illustrations, some spotting to title, second volume with eight engraved maps & plates (one map hand-coloured and manuscript note to verso of one plate), occasional light spotting, few minor damp stains to upper margins of few leaves, first volume with the bookplates of Captain William Henry Smyth, John Lee and Edward Chaddock Lowndes of Castle Combe, original blind-stamped cloth gilt, some fraying and light wear, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:This set appears to be Smyths own copy, with his bookplate and signature to the front pastedown of the first volume. The volume was further presented by Dr Lee- whose inscription, signature and bookplate appear. Smyth (1788-1865) was an important figure in the scientific world and was particularly recognised for his contribution to astronomy. His telescope was erected at Hartwell and was given to Dr Lee. Having completed his observations in 1839, Smyth relocated to Stone, Aylesbury, and his observatory was dismantled, the telescope sold to Dr. Lee and re-erected at Hartwell House in a new observatory designed by Smyth. Smyth still had occasion to use this instrument as his residence at St. John's Lodge was not far away, and again he made a large number of astronomical observations from 1839 to 1859.
Mill (John Stuart). The Subjection of Women, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, presentation inscription 'From the author' to half-title, probably inscribed by the publishers, signed and dated ownership inscription written adjacent, 'G.J. Holyoake, London: 2 June 1869', with slightly later presentation inscription in Holyoake's handwritten beneath, 'From Father to Eveline E. Praill, June 1876', bookplate of M.C. & N.E. Taylor to front free endpaper, a little spotting, a few scattered marginal and underscoring marks in blue pencil, original blind-stamped light brown cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, spine a little darkened, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906) was an English freethinker, co-operator and newspaper editor. Holyoake founded The Reasoner which ran from 1846 until 1861 and out of which came a new movement which in 1851 he called secularism. His acquaintances included John Stuart Mill, George Henry Lewes, Francis Newman and Harriet Martineau. Ellen (Eveline) Lallah Holyoake (1841-1919) was his second daughter who married Edward Praill.Holyoake was one of the first parliamentary candidates to give a prominent position to the woman question in his manifesto. He urged women like Harriet Martineau to start a woman-movement, even suggesting the title of a paper (Women's Journal) that was adopted later. A nice association item between Mill and Holyake for one of the most important treatments of women's rights in the nineteenth century.
Art and Letters. An Illustrated Quarterly, edited by Frank Rutter, Charles Ginner and H. Gilman, 10 issues [all published], July 1917-Spring 1920, comprising July & October 1917, January and June 1918, Winter 1918-19, Spring, Summer and Autumn 1919, Winter and Spring 1920, illustrations by Wyndham Lewis, Paul Nash, John Nash, Frank Dobson, Edward Wadsworth, Walter Sickert, Edward McKnight Kauffer, H. Gaudier-Brseska, Lucien Pissarro and others, some toning to a few leaves, slight marginal fraying to a few leaves and illustrations, original wrappers, Glasgow University Library label and withdrawn stamp, library cloth, corners a little bumped, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:A complete set of this British avant-garde art and literature magazine, originally intended to be published in Autumn 1914, but due to the outbreak of war, the first issue was in July 1917 continuing until Spring 1920. As well as the illustrations by the artists of the day, the magazine includes literary contributions by Wyndham Lewis, Aldous Huxley, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Osbert, Sacheverell and Edith Sitwell, Katherine Mansfield, A.E. Housman, Isaac Rosenberg among others. Rarely found complete, the Spring 1920 issue is particularly scarce.
Ganymed. Jahrbuch für die Kunst. Herausgegeben von Julius Meier-Graefe, geleitet von Wilhelm Hausenstein, volume III, Munich, 1921, three original etchings by Max Beckmann, Rudolf Grossman, and Adolf Schinnerer, and three original lithographs by René Beeh, Karl Hofer and Alfred Kubin, a few colour and many monochrome plates, original cloth-backed printed boards, some marks and minor soiling, 4to (28 x 20.5 cm, 11 x 8 ins), together with Oscar Kokoschka, edited with an introduction by James S. Plaut, Boston/New York, 1948, two original lithographs (The Flute Player & Nude), colour and monochrome plates, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dustwrapper, rubbed and some marks, large 8vo (25 x 19 cm), plus Gurlitt (Fritz). Das Graphische Jahr. Die Graphischen Techniken und ihre Druckverfahren, eine darstellung von Reinhold Hoberg, Berlin, Fritz Gurlitt, Berlag, 1923, six original prints by Felix Meseck, Rudolph Grossmann, Lovis Corinth Georg Rössmer, Charlotte Berende and Reinhold Hoberg, each signed in pencil, numerous other illustrations, some pale spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth-backed board with lithographed design by Franz Meid to upper cover, some marks, 4to, limited edition 326/1000QTY: (3)
Moussinac (Leon). Etoffes Imprimées et Papier Peints, & Tapis (Collection Documentaire d'Art Moderne), 2 volumes, Paris: Editions Albert Lévy, 1924-25, 50 plates to first volume (complete), including 14 colour pochoir, after designs by Barbier, Dufy, Lurcat, Laboureur and others, 55 (of 56) plates to second volume, lacking plate 42, including some colour pochoir, after Ruhlmann, Benedictus, Süe et Mare and others, minor spotting to margins of first and last few leaves, loosely contained in original publisher's cloth-backed portfolios, with ties, some marks and soiling (mainly to first volume), 4to, together withFischel (Oskar). Das Moderne Buhnenbild, 1st edition Berlin, Verlag Ernest Wasmuth, 1923, 8 colour plates, numerous monochrome plates, original cloth-backed blue boards gilt, lightly rubbed, 4to, plusQuenioux (Gaston). Les Arts Decoratifs Modernes (France), 1st edition, Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1925, numerous monochrome illustrations mostly after photographs, top edge gilt, original patterned light green cloth, rubbed, 4to, and others on 20th century design, mostly printed in German, including Waltraud Neuwirth, Glass, 1905-1925, from Art Nouveau to Art Deco, 2 volumes, 1985, Gestaltendes Handwerk, Stuttgart Julias Hoffman, 1940, etc.QTY: (12)
XXe Siecle. 7 volumes, 1964-83, comprising Permanance du Sacré, Number 24, Decembre 1964, Panorama 70, Number 34, Juin 1970, Homage to Wassily Kandinsky, 2nd edition, 1976 (2 copies), Panorama 76, Number 46, Septembre 1976, Gentilini, Number 55, Mars 1980, & Chagall in Jerusalem, 1983, containing colour lithographs by Hartung and Miro, Chagall and Soulages, four woodcuts by Kandinsky (8 in total), colour lithgraph by Miro, two colour lithographs by Gentilini, and one colour lithograph by Chagall respectively, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations to each volume, all original cloth or boards, including four in dustwrappers, first volume bound in original printed wrappers, rubbed to spine (with original lithograph to upper cover by Bissiere), 4to, 32 x 24.5 cm, together withFriedlaender (Johnny). Gemälde und Radierungen Johnny Friedlaender, Ausstellung Galerie Orangerie, Juni-Juli 1973, original colour lithograph frontispiece, and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust wrapper, slim folio QTY: (8)
Ardizzone (Edward, illustrator). The Centenary edition of W. M. Thackeray's the Newcomes, 2 volumes, Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club, 1954, colour illustrations, original cloth-backed illustrated boards, slipcase (a little chipped), 8vo, limited signed edition 1206/1500, together with The Evergreen Tales; or, Tales for the Ageless, 3 volumes, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1949, comprising The Ugly Duckling, illustrated by Everett Gee Jackson, The Tale of Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, and The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage, limited edition 950/2500, first two signed by the illustrators, all contained in slipcase (a few splits and stains), folio, plus Buday (George, illustrator). The Vigil of Venus, London: Frederick Muller, [1952], wood-engravings, original cloth-backed boards, 4to, limited signed edition of 250, this copy unnumbered, with others illustrated including Trade Winds, United Steel Companies, Sheffield, 1948, limited edition 18/150 signed by 9 artists, Paul Hogarth's American Album, Lion and Unicorn Press, London, 1973, limited edition 212/400, Gulliver's Travels into Lilliput and Brobdingnag, illustrated by Jean de Bosschere, 1920, Enemy of the Stars, by Wyndham Lewis, 1932, The Spanish Ladie and Two Other Stories from Cervantes... illustrated by Douglas Percy Bliss, 1928 (inscribed by the illustrator), The Man Who Died, by D.H. Lawrence, illustrated by John Farleigh, 1935, Countryside Treasures. Quotations, illustrated by Horace J. Knowles, 1946, limited edition 611/1025, and The Three Wayfarers. A Play in One Act by Thomas Hardy, illustrated by William H. Cotton, 1930, limited edition 391/542 QTY: (44)
Trade catalogue. Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd., Lining Type, Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rules, Printing Material, Machinery, 3rd edition, London: Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd., [1923], monochrome illustrations, and specimen leaves of printed type, original dark green cloth gilt, extremities lightly frayed, 4to, together with:Senefelder (Alois). A Complete Course of Lithography, with a new introduction by A. Hyatt Mayor... and supplement of thirty-one plates from the first German and French editions, reprint edition, New York: Da Capo Press, 1968, frontispiece and monochrome plates, original cloth, spine worn, large 8vo,Bland (David), A History of Book Illustration: The illuminated manuscript and the printed book, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1958, colour frontispiece, colour and monochrome plates, illustrations, original cloth in slightly frayed price-clipped dust jacket, large 8vo,McMurtrie (Douglas C.), The Book: The story of printing & bookmaking, 7th edition, London, New York & Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1962, illustrations, original cloth, portion of original dust jacket adhered at head of spine, 8vo,Hardie (Martin), English Coloured Books, The Connoisseur's Library, General editor: Cyril Davenport, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1906, colour frontispiece, colour & monochrome plates, blind stamp at foot of title, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt-blocked red cloth, 8vo,Maggs Bros. catalogue, A Selection of Books, Manuscripts, Bindings and Autograph Letters, remarkable for their interest & rarity, catalogue 555, London: Maggs Bros., 1931, monochrome plates and illustrations, original printed stiff wrappers, spine darkened, folio, plus other printing and bibliography history and reference, approximately 90 volumesQTY: (3 shelves)
Grange (Amanda). Darcy's Diary, 1st edition, London: Robert Hale, 2005Mr Knightley's Diary, 2006Captain Wentworth's Diary, 2007Edmund Bertram's Diary, 2007Colonel Brandon's Diary, 2008Henry Tilney's Diary, 2011, all 1st editions, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, together with:Baron (Stephanie), Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor [Being the First Jane Austen Mystery], 1st U.S. edition, New York: Bantam Books, 1996Jane and the Man of the Cloth [Being the Second Jane Austen Mystery], 1997Jane and the Wandering Eye, [Being the Third Jane Austen Mystery], 1998Jane and the Genius of the Place [Being the Forth Jane Austen Mystery], 1999Jane and the Stillroom Maid, [Being the Fifth Jane Austen Mystery], 2000Jane and the Prisoner of the Wool House [Being the Sixth Jane Austen Mystery], 2001Jane and the Ghosts of Netley, 2003Jane and His Lordship's Legacy, 2005Jane and the Barque of Frailty, 2006, all 1st U.S. editions, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, plus other modern Jane Austen related fiction, including works by Carrie Bebris, Joan Aiken, Emma Tennant, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Kha?ib al-Tibrizi (Mu?ammad b. ?Abd Allah). Mishcat-ul-masabih or a collection of the most authentic traditions, regarding the actions and sayings of Muhammed; Exhibiting the origin of the manners and customs; the civil, religious and military policy of the Muslemàns. Translated from the original Arabic, by Capt. A.N. Matthews, Bengal Artillery, 2 volumes, Calcutta: Printed by T. Hubbard, at the Hindoostanee Press, 1809-1810, some repairs mostly to margins of first & last few leaves of both volumes, some worming mostly at front of volume 1, browning, some dust-soiling and occasional spotting, near contemporary vellum, rebacked preserving original spines, recent morocco title labels, board corners strengthened, some dust-soiling and few marks, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:The List of Subscribers accounts for 122 copies, with an additional 100 copies noted as being published on order of the Governor General in Council for the Honourable Company. A statement in an 1848 issue of the Journal of Sacred Literature suggests that most copies of the work were destroyed at sea, yet it was still advertised for sale in 1817 in the Literary Panorama (at the price of £4.4s).
Mawson (John). Records of the Indian Command of General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B., comprising all his General Orders remarks on Courts Martial, etc. etc., with an appendix, containing reports of speeches, copies of letters, and notices of public proceedings, extracted from content paronymous? prints, 1st edition, Calcutta: R. C. Leparge & Company, British Library, 1851, wood engraved portrait frontispiece, 244+lix pp., without the leaf of index and errata at end, light soiling to first few leaves, original printed boards with old plain cloth back strip, rubbed and marked with some wear to edges, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Scarce. Four copies in the U.K. (BL SOAS, Hull, and Aberdeen). WorldCat gives three locations in the USA and one in Canada.
Roberts (Emma). Scenes and Characteristics of Hindostan, with sketches of Anglo-Indian Society, 2nd edition, 2 volumes, London: Wm. H. Allen and Co, 1837, half-titles, advertisement leaf to rear of volume 2, contemporary ownership inscription of 'G Harbin? 1839' to front pastedown, spotting, original beige paper boards, 3 covers detached, worn, 8vo, together with:Notes of an Overland Journey through France and Egypt to Bombay, London: Wm. H. Allen and Co, 1841, ownership inscription of 'John Casement' to first contents page, publisher's catalogue to rear (two leaves torn out), spotting, title trimmed to upper and outer margin, endpapers renewed, original blindstamped black publisher's cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, withBarber (James). The Overland Guide-Book; a complete vade-mecum for the overland traveller to India vis Egypt, 2nd edition, London: Wm. H. Allen and Co, 1850, 11 lithographs, contemporary inscription to front free endpaper, lightly spotted, original blindstamped terracotta cloth gilt, rubbed, 8voQTY: (4)
Rycaut (Robert). The History of the Turks. Beginning with the year 1679. Being a full relation of the last troubles in Hungary, with the sieges of Vienna, and Buda, and all the several battles both by sea and land, between the Christians and the Turks, until the end of the year 1698, and 1699. In which the peace between the Turks and the confederate Christian princes and states, was happily concluded at Carlowitz in Hungary, by the mediation of His Majesty of Great Britain, and the States General of the United Provinces, 1st edition, London: Robert Clavell, 1700, 7 engraved portraits (including frontispiece), contemporary inscription 'Highmead' to front pastedown (offset to adjacent page), damp-stained to lower margin throughout (affecting text), hinges repaired with Japanese paper, contemporary speckled calf gilt, rebacked with original spine laid on, later title label, tailcap loose, boards water damaged to base, worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Atabey 1077; Blackmer 1466; Wing R2408.This volume 'forms the third volume of the first collected edition of Rycaut's histories and his edition of Knolles' history of the Turks'. (Atabey). 'Rycaut's history constitutes a fitting adjunct to Knolles' great work in an edition which brings together the two men most associated in the English literary world with Turkey.' (Blackmer).
Shackleton (Ernest H.). South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917, first edition, second impression, London: William Heinemann, 1919, colour frontispiece (contemporary ink gift inscription to blank recto), black and white plates from photographs, folding map at end, spotting to text block edges, original blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver, a little rubbed on joints, large 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Taurus Collection 105. A nice bright copy.
Simpson (William). The Seat of the War in the East, 2 volumes (First & Second Series), London: Paul & Dominic Colnaghi, 1855-[56], a collection of 102 tinted lithograph plates, including First Series with tinted lithograph title, dedication and 40 tinted plates, and Second Series with 32 plates only, together with another First Series volume containing 29 plates only, a few plates with water stains, occasional light spotting and soiling, one First Series title detached, one or two marginal tears, contemporary half morocco, rubbed with some wear, folio (sheet size 36.5 x 55 cm) QTY: (3)NOTE:Abbey Travel 237. The complete work in two volumes comprised 81 plates, including titles.
Smith (Lewis Ferdinand). The Tale of the Four Durwesh, translated from the Oordoo tongue of Meer Ummun, of Dhailee, Calcutta: Greenway and Co, [1811], near-contemporary ownership inscriptions front free endpaper recto, verso and title, spotting, first few gatherings loose, some leaves wormed (occasionally affecting text, some repaired), front hinge cracked, contemporary calf, worn, 4toQTY: (1)
Bolts (William). Considerations on India Affairs; particularly respecting the present state of Bengal and its dependencies, with a map of those countries, chiefly from actual surveys, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: J Almon, 1772-75, folding map of Bengal, armorial bookplate of 'Geo. Lord Macartney' to front pastedowns, some toning and dust-soiling, front free endpaper of first volume loose, contemporary calf gilt, worn, front boards detached, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: George McCartney, first envoy of Britain to Qing China, Governor of Grenada (1776-79), Governor of Madras (1781-85), Governor of Cape Colony (1797-98).
Torquemada (Juan de). Primera[-tercera] parte de los veinte i un libros rituales i monarchia indiana, con el origen y guerras, de los indios ocidentales, de sus poblaccones, descubrimiento, conquista, conuersion, y otras cosas marauillosas de la mesma tierra..., 3 volumes, 2nd edition, Madrid: Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, 1723, engraved titles to each volume (verso vol. 1 title discreetly strengthened to lower margin towards gutter, verso of vol. 3 title strengthened to upper outer corner and with early crossed through manuscript note), one folding engraved map, woodcut decorative initials, blind stamp to final leaves in each volume, occasional light damp stains, modern quarter white morocco, white buckram sides, small folio in 4s.QTY: (3)NOTE:Palau, 335033; Sabin, 95212. The second and best edition of this fundamental source of information for the history of California, the southwest, northern Mexico and Texas, was extensively revised by the Spanish historian Andres Gonzalez de Barcia Carballido y Zuniga (1673-1743), who added indexes and his own notes.The first volume contains the history of New Spain, the second volume the religious beliefs and practices of the Indians in Mexico and the third volume the development of the Catholic Church in New Spain. Written by the Franciscan provincial superior of Mexico, this edition was corrected and updated by Barcia Carballido y Zuniga. The text makes particular use of the unpublished manuscript of Gerónimo Mendieta, who reached Mexico in 1554 and spent his life among the Indians.
Wheeler (Stephen). History of the Delhi Coronation Durbar, held on the first of January 1903 to celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII Emperor of India, London: John Murray, 1904, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 48 plates (20 photogravure), 5 maps and plans (2 folding), light spotting and toning, original red decorative cloth gilt, top edge gilt worn, 4toQTY: (1)
A Winchester Model 120 12 bore pump action shotgun, with two barrels, the first being 28" with 3" chamber, multi choke, comes with three chokes and a 24" barrel with open sights, cylinder choke 3" chamber, three shot with 14" lop pistol grip stock. Serial No L1820618. SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
Two books, "Border Tales" by Hester Garnett-Orme from articles in the yearbooks of The Southern Border Terrrier club 1947-1965, printed at The Craven Herald Skipton 1967, together with "The Hunting of the Hare", The New Forest Beagles - A Narrative Poem by Steven Bracher, first published 1947.
H Poole & Co Army and Navy Tailors, a Victorian tin travelling case bearing the plaque for H Poole & Co, 36/37/38/39 Savile Row, London West, with further plaque Sir Francis Ley. Length 103 cm, width 33 cm, depth 11 cm. NOTE: Sir Francis Ley First Baronet (1846-1916) was the founder of Leys Malleable Castings, Vulcan Ironworks in Derby, he was also Lord of the Manor at Epperstone, Lazonby, Staffield, Glassonby and Kirkoswald in Cumbria.
Forty-four Teddy bear related books including The Dean's Rag Book Company The First 100 Years and Dean's of Yesterday Neil Miller, Steiff Sortiment 1892-1943 and 1947-2003, The Teddy Bear Encyclopaedia Pauline Cockrill, The Teddy Bear Companion Dee Hockenberry, Price Guide Buying and Selling Teddy Bears Michaud, The Teddy Bear Book Maureen Stanford and Amanda O'Neil, More Merrythought Magic Pat Rush, Teddy Bears Past & Present Linda Mullins, Teddy Bears Grey and Grey, A Collector's History of The Teddy Bear Patricia Schoonmaker, The Compete Encyclopaedia of Teddy Bears Jacki Brooks, Bing Bears and Toys Schiffer, The Magic of Merrythought, Christies Century of Teddy Bears, The Story of The Steiff Teddy Bear Gunther Pfeiffer, Button In Ear Jurgen & Marianne Cieslik, Teddy Bear Treasury, Linda Mullins Teddy Bears & Friends Identification & Price Guide etc.
Familiar Wild Birds by W. Swaysland illustrated by A. Thorburn and Others, published Cassell 1903 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th series, each with coloured plates and uniformily bound in decorated cloth with gilt titles (one plate loss at bottom corner margin). British Birds In Their Haunts by the Late Rev. C.A. Johns illustrated with 64 coloured plates by William Foster, published Routledge 1909 in gilt cloth. A First Guide to South African Birds by E. Leonard Gill 1945 illustrated (6)

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