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Click here to subscribeBurnet, John. A Practical Treatise on Painting, 3 parts in one volume, first edition, half-title, 25 engraved plates, including 8 hand-coloured, some minor browning and light water stains, London: For the Proprietor, 1827; bound with, An Essay on the Education of the Eye with reference to Painting, 8 engraved plates, London: James Carpenter, 1837, contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked, 4to
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Don Quixote de la Mancha... translated from the Spanish [by Mary Smirke], 4 volumes, first edition, half titles, 48 engraved plates and numerous vignettes after Robert Smirke, publisher's morocco-backed boards, rubbed, untrimmed, 8vo, London T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1818
Pine, John. The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords: Representing the several Engagements between the English and Spanish Fleets, In the ever memorable Year MDLXXXVIII, first edition, engraved title, 6 double-page engraved maps, 9 [of 10] double-page engraved views (lacks no.6), tinted by hand, double-page 'Thamesis Descriptio' plate and double-page map of coast of Cornwall and Devon, some browning a light spotting, plates 8-9 with minor worming to lower margin, engraved bookplate of Robert Grosvenor of Eaton Hall, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracked, folio, London: J. Pine, 1739
[Bennet, Lucas] Memoirs of the Court of Lilliput. Written by Captain Gulliver. Containing an Account of the Intrigues, and some other particular Transactions of that Nations, omitted in the two Volumes of his Travels, first edition, wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt, joints weakening, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, 8vo, London: J. Roberts, 1727
Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek, 5 volumes, translated by Alexander Pope, first edition, half-titles, 24 engraved plates, lacking portrait frontispiece in volume one, publisher's catalogue at end of each volume, contemporary full calf, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, 8vo, London: Bernard Lintot, 1725-26
Spender, Stephen. Letters to Christopher, first edition, original boards, 8vo, Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980; Poems, first edition, original cloth, untrimmed, 8vo, London: Faber and Faber, 1932; Isherwood, Christopher. Down there on a Visit, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, London: Methuen, 1962; and 29 others by or concerning Stephen Spender and Christopher Isherwood, v.s. (32)
Greene, Graham. May We Borrow Your Husband?, number 230 of 500 copies, signed by Graham Greene, original boards, glassine wrapper, 8vo, London: Bodley Head, 1967; The Quiet American, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket chipped, lightly stained and torn, 8vo, London: William Heinemann, 1955; Our Man in Havana, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket chipped and torn, 8vo, London: Heinemann, 1958; The Complaisant Lover, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, London: William Heinemann, 1959; and 5 others by the same author, 8vo (10)
Huxley, Aldous. Limbo, first edition, original cloth, soiled, endpapers scuffed, ex-library copy, stamped 'Mechanics' Institute G.W.R. Swindon', 8vo, London: Chatto and Windus, 1920; [Jones, David, et al.] Diary with Dominican Calendar and XII Wood-Engravings, first edition on handmade paper, 12 wood-engraved vignettes, the first by David Jones, cloth-backed boards, lightly soiled, 8vo, Ditchling: S. Dominic's Press, 1928; Wolfe, Humbert. Tennyson, number 210 of 250 copies, signed by the author, original cloth, 8vo, London: Faber and Faber, 1930; Mansfield, Katherine. Bliss and Other Stories, second impression, original cloth, 8vo, London: Constable and Company, 1920; and 16 others, 20th century literature and poetry, v.s. (20)
Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, additional title and 41 engraved plates after H.K. Browne and others, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with a further 32 engraved plates after Thomas Onwhyn, modern red full crushed morocco by Root, decorated gilt, all edges gilt, slipcase, 8vo, London: Chapman and Hall, 1837 A FINE COPY. The issue points for this copy are mixed: p. 342, line 5 reads 'S. Veller'; p. 400, line 21 reads 'this friends'; p. 432, headline has imperfect F. The plates are unusually clean.
Pepys, Samuel. Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F.R.S.... edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke, 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 13 engraved plates, including one double-page plan, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with a further 62 engraved portraits and views, some laid to size, a few hand-coloured, nineteenth century straight-grained full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, tooled elaborately gilt, the covers with Pepy's motto blocked in gilt, all edges gilt, 4to, London: Henry Colburn, 1825
Francis, Dick. Bonecrack, first edition, inscribed by the author, 'May 1973, Darling Christianna, Harroagte-what a wonderful swansong to your chairmanship year. How can I possibly follow? Love and best wishes, Dick Francis', original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, London: Michael Joseph, 1971; Charteris, Leslie. The Fantastic Saint, inscribed, 'To Christianna Brand with admiration, Leslie Charteris, 84.4.13', original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, New York, Double Day, 1982; Underwood, Michael. Hand of Fate, first edition, inscribed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, Macmillan, 1981; Shem's Demise, first edition, inscribed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, Macmillan, 1970; and 12 others, crime fiction, most inscribed by the author to Christianna Brand, 8vo (17)
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition, early issue, with 'visiter' on p.123 and 'latter' on p. 160, engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 engraved plates after H.K. Browne, browned and spotted, contemporary half calf, upper joint partly split, spine rubbed, 8vo, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839
Zerbe, Jerome and Lucius Beebe. John Perona's El Morocco Family Album, first edition, printed in blue and black throughout, illustrations, original blue cloth, zebra-striped endpapers, folio, New York: Privately Printed, 1937 SCARCE. This album of the wealthy and famous clients of the El Morocco nightclub at 154 East 54th Street, celebrates its later success and 1931 prohibition era origin.
A'Beckett, Gilbert Thomas. The Comic History of England, 2 volumes, first edition, 20 hand-coloured plates and numerous illustrations in text after John Leech, 8vo, London: Offices of Punch, 1848; The Comic History of Rome, first edition, 10 hand-coloured engraved plates and numerous illustrations in text after John Leech, 8vo, London: Bradbury and Evans, [n.d.]; together 3 volumes, uniform full calf by Riviere, spines tooled gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt (3)
Brunhoff, Jean de. The Story of Barbar, the little elephant, first English edition, illustrations, a few leaves with minor foxing, dedication leaf with early ownership inscription, original cloth-backed boards, extremities rubbed, London: Methuen, 1934; Barbar's Travels, first English edition, illustrations, a few leaves with minor foxing, dedication leaf with early ownership inscription, original cloth-backed boards, extremities rubbed, London: Methuen, 1935; Barbar the King, first English edition, illustrations, a few leaves with minor foxing, dedication leaf with early ownership inscription, original cloth-backed boards, extremities rubbed, London: Methuen, 1936; Babar's Friend Zephir, first English edition, illustrations, a few leaves with minor foxing, original cloth-backed boards, extremities rubbed, London: Methuen, 1937; Babar at Home, first English edition, illustrations, a few leaves with minor foxing, original cloth-backed boards, extremities rubbed, London: Methuen, 1938, folio (5)
Hasted, Edward. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 4 volumes, first edition, large folding county map, hand-coloured in outline, 57 engraved plates, 3 folding, 40 engraved maps or plans, 36 folding, numerous engravings in text, a few with tissue guards, contemporary etched calf, neatly rebacked, extremities worn, folio, Canterbury: Simmons and Kirkby, 1778-1779
Philipott, Thomas. Villare Cantianum: or Kent Surveyed and Illustrated, first edition, large folding engraved county map, folds repaired and strengthened, occasional rust-marks and minor contemporary ink annotations, A2 repaired, Ddd1-Eee2 with staining to inner margin, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, some wear, new endpapers, bookplate of Sir John Lushington, folio, London: William Godbid, 1659
Lear, Edward. Illustrated Excursions in Italy, 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 55 tinted lithographed plates, guards, 2 lithographed maps, hand-coloured in outline, 2 leaves of engraved music, occasional spotting, two leaves with minor tears to margins, loose, as usual, publisher's original green cloth gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, London: Thomas M'Lean, 1846
Linton, William. The Scenery of Greece and Its Islands, first edition, 50 engraved plates, tissue guards, lithographed map, loose, some spotting, publisher's original green cloth gilt, all edges gilt, without the subscriber's and advertisement leaves, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, 4to, [Privately Published], 1857
Walsh, Robert and Thomas Allom. Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, 2 volumes, first edition, additional engraved titles, 2 engraved frontispieces and 92 engraved plates, tissue guards, 2 engraved maps, one double-page, occasional light spotting, publisher's original full morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, all edges gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, 4to, London: Fisher & Son, [c.1839] A FINE COPY.
Crawford, Adair. Journal of a Deputation sent to the East by the Committee of the Malta Protestant College, in 1849, 2 volumes, first edition, 2 tinted lithographed frontispieces, 3 engraved maps, one folding, two partly coloured by hand, woodcut plan, lithographed family portrait plate on India paper, tissue guard, light spotting, original cloth, 8vo, London: James Nesbit, 1854
Domenech, Abbe Em. Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America, 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 58 tinted plates, hand-coloured folding engraved map, slightly torn, but without loss, a few leaves working loose, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Longman, Green,et al., 1860
Smyth, Captain William Henry. Memoir Descriptive of the Resources, Inhabitants, and Hydrography, of Sicily and Its Islands, first edition, half-title, 14 [of 15] engraved plates, lacking the plate of St. John's Church, folding engraved map, plates spotted, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, 4to, London: John Murray, 1824
Gibbs, James. A Book of Architecture, containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments, first edition, 150 engraved plates, a few double-page, plates 146-150 with some water-stains and minor repairs, plate 19 cropped within plate mark, but image unaffected, text leaves slightly soiled, nineteenth century half calf, rubbed, upper joint slightly cracked, later endpapers, folio, London: [James Gibbs], 1728
Bury, Lady Charlotte. The Three Great Sanctuaries of Tuscany, Valombrosa, Camaldoli, Laverna, first edition, engraved additional title, engraved portrait and 6 aquatint plates, guards, publisher's original cloth, upper cover with skiver label, head of spine chipped, oblong folio, London: John Murray, 1832
Stanley, Henry M. In Darkest Africa, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin, 2 volumes, first edition, plates, folding maps, one lacking, plates, spotted, original publishers cloth, shaken, lacking free endpaper in volume one, 8vo, London: Sampson Low, 1890; Brander, A. A. Dunbar. Wild Animals in Central India, third impression, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: Edward Arnold, 1931; and 12 others, similar, v.s., sold not subject to return (15)
Ross, Captain James Clarke. A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the Years 1839-43, 2 volumes, first edition, 8 tinted lithographed plates, one folding, 8 engraved maps and plans, 3 folding, wood-engraved vignettes, modern half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1847 [Abbey Travel, 610]
Panama Canal. A collection of c. 100 volumes, including: Selfridge, Thomas Oliver. Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Practicability of a Ship-Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by way of the Isthmus of Darien, first edition, 14 lithographed plates, 16 [of 17] folding maps, some repaired, lacking 'The Isthmus of Darien', title repaired, original cloth gilt, spine repaired, new endpapers, 4to, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1874; Abbot, Willis J. Panama and the Canal, plates, illustrations, later half morocco, 4to, London: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1913; Pepperman, W. Leon. Who Built the Panama Canal?, plates, original cloth, 8vo, London: J. M. Dent, 1915; and approx. 95 others, including guide books and souvenirs, c. 1890-1940, histories and navigational aids, v.s. (c. 100)
HENRI L. JOLY & KUMASAKU TOMITA. 'Japanese Art & Handicraft', First Edition 1916, two volumes, London Yamanaka & Co, Limited Edition and number 3 of 175 copies. Vol 1 signed by Henri Joly, together with eight receipt forms entitled 'Loan Exhibition of Japanese Art 1915'.Condition report: There is wear or scratching to the green cloth on the cover of both volumes. Volume one has some hand written annotations to some pages on the margins neart the end of the volume. Both have some paper discolouration, especially at the edges, minimal foxing on the papers but some foxing on the tissues. See images of receipts.
ROBERT STERLING CLARK and ARTHUR de C. SOWERBY. 'Through Shen-Kan: The Account of the Cark Expedition in North China, 1908-9,' edited by Major C. H. Chepnall, first edition, original cloth, frontispiece map, folding map contained in rear pocket, six tipped-in colour plates, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1912.
THOMAS WITLAM ATKINSON. 'Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia,' first edition, original green cloth with gilt decorations, rubbed and bumped, twenty chromolithograph and tinted lithograph plates, folding map with tape repairs, Hurst and Blackett, London, 1858.
Cmdr J. ELLIOT BINGHAM. 'Narrative of the Expedition to China, from the Commencement of the War to its Termination in 1842,' two volumes, second edition, hand coloured engraving frontispiece to vol I, original cloth, Henry Colburn, London, 1843; The Earl of Dunmore. 'The Pamirs; Being a Narrative of a Year's Expedition on Horseback and on Foot Through Kashmir, Western Tibet, Chinese Tartary, and Russian Central Asia,' two volumes, silver tooled Buddha to front boards, original cloth, John Murray, London, 1893; JOHN GRANT BIRCH. 'Travels in North and Central China,' original decorative cloth, black and white photos throughout, Hurst and Blackett, London, 1902; ROY CHAPMAN ANDREWS. 'Camps and Trails in China: A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China,' first edition, original cloth, photographs by Yvette Borup Andrews, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1918. (6)
Capt WILLIAM GILL. 'The River of Golden Sand: Being The Narrative of A Journey Through China and Eastern Tibet to Burmah, first illustrated edition, original cloth with gilt decoration to spine, woodcuts and map, John Murray, London, 1883; Capt WILLIAM HENRY KNIGHT. 'Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet,' coloured engraved frontispiece of Ladak, Richard Bentley, London, 1863; WILLIAM WOODVILLE ROCKHILL. 'Diary of a Journey Through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892,' rebound in burgundy leather by Sam Ying Co, Hong Kong, illustrations and b+w photographs, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1894; Prof PAUL PELLIOT. 'Huc and Gabet: Travels in Tartary Thibet and China 1844-1846,' translated by William Hazlit, two volumes, George Routledge and Sons, London, 1928. (5)
LIN-LE (Augustus F. Lindley). 'Ti-Ping Tien-Kwhoh; The History of The Ti-Ping Revolution, Including A Narrative of the Author's Personal Journey,' two volumes, original cloth with gilt decorations, vol I with fold out frontispiece, some spotting but a generally clean and tight textblock, Day & Son, London, 1866. (2)Condition report: Foxing and spotting to title page, frontis and first few leaves. Some spotting sporadically, particularly on plates. Cloth rubbed and bumped with slight tapering to corners, loss of cloth to top and bottom of spines. Illustrations complete.
J. J. REIN. 'he Industries of Japan, Together with an Account of its Agriculture, Forestry, Arts, and Commerce. From Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government,' first Engish edition, original decorative boards with gilt crane's, forty-four illustrations and three maps, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1889.
ANNA C. HARTSHORNE. 'Japan and Her People,' first edition, two volumes, original cloth with gilt tooled decorations, illustrated, Henry T. Coates, Philadelphia, 1902; Sir RUTHERFORD ALCOCK. 'Art and Art Industries in Japan,' original cloth, Virtue and Co, 1878; ROKUJIUYEN. 'The Story of a Hida Craftsman,' translated by Frederick Victor Dickins, one of 550 copies, unclipped fore edge to textblock, Gowans & Gray, London, 1912; RICHARD GORDON SMITH. 'Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan,' decorative cloth boards, A & C. Black, London, 1908; with five other books on the subject of Japan. (11)
RICHARD C. RAPIER. 'Remunerative Railways For New Countries; With Some Account of The First Railway In China,' first edition, original maroon cloth with gilt tooled engine to front board, illustrated throughout with eight pasted and mounted photographs, foldout 'schedules of estimates', loosening of spine cloth, E. & F. N. Spon, London, 1878.
Sir FRANCIS YOUNGHUSBAND. 'Everest: The Challenge,' second edition original cloth with gilt tooled 'Dulwich College' coat of arms to front board, Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1936; ERIC SHIPTON. 'Blank on the Map,' original black cloth, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1938; T. LOBSANG RAMPA. 'The Third Eye: The Autobiography of a Tibetan Lama,' first edition, unclipped dj, spotting throughout, Secker & Warburg, 1956; HARRISON FORMAN. 'Through Forbidden Tibet: An Adventure into the Unkown,' first edition, cracked spine, Jarrolds, London, 1936; With six other books. (10)
JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS. 'Sketches of China; Partly During an Inland Journey of Four Months, Between Peking, Nanking, and Canton; With Notices and Observations Relative to the Present War,' first edition, two volumes, rebound with original cloth boards, fold out map, Charles Knight & Co, London, 1841; P. PIASSETSKY. 'Russian Travellers in Mongolia and China,' translated by J. Gordon-Cumming, two volumes, original cloth, Chapman & Hall, London, 1884; Mm CALLERY and YVAN. 'History of Insurrection in China; With Notices of the Christianity, Creed, and Proclamations of the Insurgents,' translated by John Oxenford, frontispiece engraving of Tien Te, original cloth, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1853. (5)
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