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Lot 319
Death and Restoration A Jonathan Argyll Mystery by Iain Pears. Signed first edition hardback book with dust jacket printed in 1996 in Great Britain 223 pages. Good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 380
The Fitzroy The Autobiography Of A London Tavern paperback book by Sally Fiber. First Edition Signed by Author. Published 1995 Temple House Books ISBN1-85776-023-9. 114 pages. Very nice condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 410
Phil Edmonds A Singular Man First Edition hardback book by Simon Barnes. Signed by Phil Edmonds. Published 1986 The Kingswood Press ISBN 0-434-9802-7. 180 pages. Dust jacket shows some slight wear but book in very nice condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 411
The Art Of Captaincy hardback book by Mike Brearley. First Edition Signed BY Author. Published 1985 Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-27086-1. 288 pages. Very good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 432
Tied Up In Tinsel hardback book by Ngaio Marsh. Published 1972 William Collins And Co. The Crime Club First Edition. ISBN 0-00-231823-7. 256 pages. Dust jacket showing some signs of age around the edges. Book in good sound condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 437
Arts Of The African Native hardback book by Marcel Griaule. Published 1950 Thames and Hudson First Edition. 107 pages. No dust jacket. Cover has some discolouration, especially along the spine but in good sound condition for age. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 84
First Four Minutes by Roger Bannister hardback book 223 pages Published 1955 Putnam. Book in good sound condition slight ding to spine some foxing on top and text edge dust cover very torn top and bottom edges and scratches to rest with discolouration. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99
Lot 205
John Wyld, Nottingham, a George III oak eight day longcase clock, c.1750/60, the 11 1/2" brass dial with date aperture and subsidiary seconds dial, signed Jn. Wyld, Notting, to a plain case, the hood with a swan neck pediment, key, two weights, pendulum, 217cm. John Wyld was born in 1709 and worked first for his uncle the locally renowned clockmaker James Woolley of Codnor, Derbyshire (c1700-c1780). Wyld worked independently from 1732, first at Codnor before moving to Chapel Bar, Nottingham in 1745. Wyld's son, John Wyld II, continued the business until c1770.
Lot 234
A Georgian 30 hour, oak longcase clock by John Wyld, Nottingham, a 12 inch brass dial with date aperture and signed, the chain driven movement striking on a bell, dial detached from movement, pendulum, 1 weight, 209 cm John Wyld was born in 1709 and worked first for his uncle the locally renowned clock maker James Woolley of Codnor, Derbyshire (c1700-c1780). Wyld worked independently from 1732, first at Codnor before moving to Chapel Bar, Nottingham in 1745. The case of the present clock is similar to a number of other known examples and it would appear that both Wyld and Woolley obtained their cases from the same maker. Wyld's son, John Wyld II, continued the business until c1770. The present clock is characteristic of a number of other locally made longcase movements of the period with features such as the arch cut-out back plate.
Lot 142
A collection of books to include, The Book Collector's Quarterly, edited by Desmond Flower & A J A Symon, Cassell & Co. LTD, together with, First Edition club 1930-1932, limited edition of 100 copies volumes 1-4 in red cloth, volumes 5-8 in marbled cloth. Further volumes and ephemera on collecting, typography, printing, binding and bibliography. 3 boxes (A quantity)
Lot 1358
Walpole (Hugh) The Fortress and Judith Paris, in slip cases, published by MacMillan and Co 1937 and 1931 Milne (A.A) The House at Pooh Corner eight edition 1936, with dust wrapper and Tales of Pooh first published 1930, two Spanish books 'La Guerra' D Las Muggers, Vol 1 and 2, Habana 1846 and four other works.
Lot 1111
Darren Marshall (British, b.1971). 'Liberty Meadows', 2001. Acrylic on canvas, 244 x 196 cm. Provenance: From a reputable private collection. Acquired from New Contemporaries, London by the present owner in 2003. Exhibitions: New Contemporaries 2002, New Contemporaries, London, 2002. Literature: Saatchi Gallery Loan of Art, pp.230. From Saatchi Gallery Loan of Art, pp.231: Many of the young artists featured in this book first came to prominence through the annual touring exhibition "New Contemporaries", a showcase for the talent of artist-graduates. Marshall was selected for the show in 2002, when these works were completed. He paints large-scale acrylic works that feature much-simplified motifs - an aeroplane wing, a melting cornet - locked to the surface by abstract rounds of ice-cream colour.
Lot 1112
Darren Marshall (British, b.1971). 'Techno Rabbit', 2002. Acrylic on canvas, 233 x 183cm. Provenance: From a reputable private collection. Acquired from New Contemporaries, London by the present owner in 2003. Exhibitions: New Contemporaries 2002, New Contemporaries, London, 2002. Literature: Saatchi Gallery Loan of Art, pp.230. From Saatchi Gallery Loan of Art, pp.231: Many of the young artists featured in this book first came to prominence through the annual touring exhibition "New Contemporaries", a showcase for the talent of artist-graduates. Marshall was selected for the show in 2002, when these works were completed. He paints large-scale acrylic works that feature much-simplified motifs - an aeroplane wing, a melting cornet - locked to the surface by abstract rounds of ice-cream colour.
Lot 1209
Tony Hart (British, 1925-2009). 'The Pioneer Platoon Sergeant Demonstrating Demolitions in Seria', watercolour on paper. Signed and dated '97. Also marked in pencil Seria 1976. Paper size 41.5 x 29.5cm. Provenance: being sold on behalf of The Gurkha Welfare Trust (GWT) and the entirety of the hammer price for this lot will be paid to the GWT. This picture is believed to have been painted for the 7GR Regimental Journal. The piece refers to a time when 7GR were stationed in Brunei when part of their responsibility was to guard the oil fields and refineries at Seria. Tony was regularly asked to provide illustrations for the 7GR Journal (although he himself actually served with 1GR). The picture was given to the GWT by Lady Judy Martin, wife of the late Sir George Martin, legendary producer of The Beatles and the 'fifth Beatle'. George and Judy were close friends with Tony Hart and Tony would regularly donate artworks to fundraising events that the Martin's held in their garden. It is likely at such an occasion that Judy bought this artwork. The Gurkha Welfare Trust: The GWT, established in 1969, provide vital support Gurkha veterans, their families and communities in Nepal. They enable people to live with dignity by delivering essential financial and medical aid and work with local communities to provide access to clean water and education. They operate through 19 Area Welfare Centres spread across traditional Gurkha recruiting areas in Nepal as well as one in India, they have around 400 staff working in the region. Tony Hart (1925-2009): Norman Antony Hart was a legend of British TV and Childrens programming. An artist and presenter, best known for his work in educating children in art through his role as a children's television presenter. Hart initially worked as an officer in a Gurkha regiment until the start of Indian independence, whereupon he became involved in children's television from the 1950s, working on Blue Peter amongst other shows for a few years before fronting a series of children's art programmes, including Vision On, Take Hart and Hartbeat. He received two BAFTA awards. His first, for Best Children's Educational Programme, came in 1984 for Take Hart, and he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. Tony lived in Shamley Green in Surrey from 1967 until he passed away in 2009.
Lot 1210
Tony Hart (British, 1925-2009). 'Striking Oil', watercolour on paper. Signed and dated '97. Also marked in pencil 1975. Paper size 30 x 42cm. Provenance: being sold on behalf of The Gurkha Welfare Trust (GWT) and the entirety of the hammer price for this lot will be paid to the GWT. This picture is believed to have been painted for the 7GR Regimental Journal. The piece refers to a time when 7GR were stationed in Brunei when part of their responsibility was to guard the oil fields and refineries at Seria. Tony was regularly asked to provide illustrations for the 7GR Journal (although he himself actually served with 1GR). The picture was given to the GWT by Lady Judy Martin, wife of the late Sir George Martin, legendary producer of The Beatles and the 'fifth Beatle'. George and Judy were close friends with Tony Hart and Tony would regularly donate artworks to fundraising events that the Martin's held in their garden. It is likely at such an occasion that Judy bought this artwork. The Gurkha Welfare Trust: The GWT, established in 1969, provide vital support Gurkha veterans, their families and communities in Nepal. They enable people to live with dignity by delivering essential financial and medical aid and work with local communities to provide access to clean water and education. They operate through 19 Area Welfare Centres spread across traditional Gurkha recruiting areas in Nepal as well as one in India, they have around 400 staff working in the region. Tony Hart (1925-2009): Norman Antony Hart was a legend of British TV and Childrens programming. An artist and presenter, best known for his work in educating children in art through his role as a children's television presenter. Hart initially worked as an officer in a Gurkha regiment until the start of Indian independence, whereupon he became involved in children's television from the 1950s, working on Blue Peter amongst other shows for a few years before fronting a series of children's art programmes, including Vision On, Take Hart and Hartbeat. He received two BAFTA awards. His first, for Best Children's Educational Programme, came in 1984 for Take Hart, and he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. Tony lived in Shamley Green in Surrey from 1967 until he passed away in 2009.
Lot 10
London.- Illustrated Exhibitor...the Principal Objects in the Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations. 1851, numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations, some folding including large exterior view of the Crystal Palace and several interiors, some staining, John Cassell, 1851 § Thornbury (W.) & Edward Walford. Old and New London, 7 vol. including folder of maps, 5 folding maps torn and repaired, loosely inserted in folder, n.d. § Andrews (W.) Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs in Great Britain, out-of-series limited edition, 1887 § Cook (Mrs. E.T.) Highways and Byways in London, illustrations by Hugh Thomson and F.L.Griggs, 1903 § Fitter (R.S.R.) London's Natural History, New Naturalist No.3, 1945, plates and illustrations, original cloth, the first two pictorial gilt, the last with dust-jacket, all rubbed, the first stained; and c.80 others on London, 4to & 8vo (c.90)
Lot 101
Early printing.- A group of c.30 Continental and English printed leaves, including Passau (Otto von) Die vierundzwanzig Alten, oder Der goldne Thron, ff. xxxi and xxxii, the latter with a large hand-coloured woodcut, mounted together on a stub, [Augsburg], [Anton Sorg], [1480]; Brant (Sebastian) Das Narrenschiff [Latin] Stultifera navis, f. xci., large woodcut recto, [Nuremberg], [Georg Stuchs], [after 1497]; and Bartholomaeus Anglicus. De proprietatibus rerum [English], a bifolium from Liber Tercius and Liber Quartus, the first f. frayed at head with loss of text, both ff. with wormholes, [Wynkyn de Worde], [c.1496], some spotting, staining or soiling, tipped-in or loose in a modern half morocco album, buckram slip-case, [c.1480-c.1623].
![Monsters, prodigies and portents.- [Wolffhart (Conrad)], "Lycosthenes". Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, large woodcut vi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/58a6100b-81ac-4f74-9c1d-ad6300fbef72/468x382.jpg)
Lot 104
Monsters, prodigies and portents.- [Wolffhart (Conrad)], "Lycosthenes". Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, large woodcut vignette to title, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, errata f. at end, lacking B3, S1 and Yy5, title torn and repaired with extensive loss of text, a2-4 repaired with loss of text to first f., sigs. KK and LL frayed / torn and repaired at upper corners with loss of text or part of a woodcut, including errata f., lower blank corners of same ff. frayed, water-stained, some spotting, loose in contemporary limp vellum, piece missing from head of spine, lacking ties, soiled, housed in a modern buckram drop-back box, [Adams W250; Durling, NLM, 2878; Wellcome I, 3917; VD16 W 4314], folio, Basel, Heinrich Petri, [August, 1557]. sold not subject to return.
Lot 107
NO RESERVE Bible (German).- Sacra Biblia, Das ist Die gantze H. Schrifft, Alten und Newen Testaments ... , engraved title creased and frayed with loss to edges, first 2 leaves (blanks) and engraved title detached, woodcut illustrations and initials, black letter, double-column, loss and fraying affecting text to first 18 ff., lacking A2-6, loss to margins not affecting text (U4, 4F4, 2C4, 2a6), large hole affecting text (3Y1), loss to bottom edge affecting text (4E4), occasional tears throughout affecting text, staining and browning, occasional small worming, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, worm hole, one brass clasp only (or 2), Köln, Johannem Kreps, 1630; sold not subject to return
Lot 11
London.- Jackson (J.G.) & G.T.Andrews. Illustrations of Bishop West's Chapel, in Putney Church, Surrey, first edition, half-title, lithographed additional pictorial title and 12 plates, one on india paper and mounted, tissue guards, with 2 additional engraved plates of the chapel from Lysons loosely inserted, contemporary manuscript errata slip tipped in, original lithographed wrappers, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, rebacked, 1825 § London Interiors..., 2 vol. in 1, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 74 plates only after Thomas Shepherd and others, some foxing, bookplate of F.E.Fetherstonhaugh, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, lacking label, rubbed, [c.1840]; and another with engraved plates of London, 4to (3)⁂ The first is by two young architects working in the office of P.F.Robinson in London.
Lot 112
Pirated memoir of a pirate.- Duguay-Trouin (René) Memoires de M. du Gue-Trouin, chef d' Escadre des Armées de S. M. T. C. & Grand-Croix de l' Ordre Militaire de Saint Louise, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, bookplate "Ex Libris Laurentii Currie" to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, gilt arms of De Bariville to covers and his ink ownership inscription to endpaper, spine gilt with some neat repairs, light wear to joints, 1 corner worn, [cf. Sabin 29098], 12mo, Amsterdam, chez Pierre Mortier, 1732.⁂ The pirated edition of the memoirs of this famous corsair who ransacked Rio de Janeiro in 1711. The first authorised edition was published in 1740 with much of the more colourful material (present here) suppressed.
![Coaching.- [Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois (François Alexandre)] Le Parfait Cocher, ou l'Art d'entretenir, & de conduire](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/fd4f7d6f-14d1-41cd-87ac-ad6300fcdbf2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 113
Coaching.- [Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois (François Alexandre)] Le Parfait Cocher, ou l'Art d'entretenir, & de conduire un Equipage à Paris & en Campagne, first edition, engraved frontispiece, with leaf of distances at end of preliminaries, light water-staining, some foxing, slight worming to lower margin, nineteenth century calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, upper corners a little worn, [Not in Podeschi], 8vo, Paris, F.G.Merigot, 1744.⁂ Scarce work on coaching and carriage-driving including information on highways, driving instructions, maintenance, and equestrian ailments.
![French Novels.- [Yon (Le Chevalier)] Les Femmes de Mérite. Histoires Francoises, first edition, errata on final leaf of text,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/7542ad5f-3a0f-4dc2-90a6-ad6300fccbb7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 115
French Novels.- [Yon (Le Chevalier)] Les Femmes de Mérite. Histoires Francoises, first edition, errata on final leaf of text, title lacking small portion at inner margin just touching rule at foot, some leaves lightly browned, [Martin, Mylne & Frautschi 59.27], [Paris or Amsterdam], n.p., 1759 bound after Lettres d'un Citoyen de Geneve, first edition, title with woodcut ornament and short tear to fore-edge, [Martin, Mylne & Frautschi 63.7; Dufour p.107], Cologne, et se trouve à Paris, au Cabinet Litteraire...Magazin de Grangé & Dufour, 1763, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt with floral motifs and green roan label, a little rubbed, slight worming to lower joint, 8vo & 12mo⁂ The first item is rare and appears to be the only prose work by the mysterious Chevalier Yon, who may also have written a couple of plays. Library Hub records only 2 UK copies (BL and Oxford). The second mentioned is a novel in imitation of Rousseau's Nouvelle Héloise.
![NO RESERVE Satire.- [Chevrier (Francois-Antoine)] Almanach des Gens d'Esprit, par un Homme qui n'est pas Sot. Calendrier pour](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/f18a2110-dfe7-488c-9d0e-ad6300fcd592/468x382.jpg)
Lot 116
NO RESERVE Satire.- [Chevrier (Francois-Antoine)] Almanach des Gens d'Esprit, par un Homme qui n'est pas Sot. Calendrier pour l'année 1762..., first edition, title with woodcut border, a little browned, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, upper joint split, head of spine and corners worn, 8vo, "Londres" [The Hague], Jean Nourse, 1762.
Lot 117
French Novels.- Riccoboni (Marie Jeanne) Les Vrais Caracteres du Sentiment, ou Histoire d'Ernestine, first edition, Liege, D. de Boubers, 1765 bound with Hawkesworth (John) Ariana ou la Patience Récompensée. Histoire..., first edition, half-title (a little stained), Londres, et se vend a Paris, Laurent Prault, 1757 and [Martigny (Comte de)] Voyage d'Alcimédon, ou Naufrage qui Conduit au Port, ?third edition, Nancy, J.B.Hiacinthe Leclerc & Paris, Merlin, 1768 and [Falconet (Ambroise)] Le Début ou les Premieres Aventures du Chevalier de⁂, ?first edition, L[ondres], et se vend à Paris, Rozet, 1770, together 4 works in 1 vol., contemporary sheep-backed blue paste-paper boards, spine gilt in compartments with spider's web motif and green roan label, rubbed, spine worn at head and with gouge to lower compartment, label split and chipped, lower joint split at head, [Martin, Mylne & Frautschi 65.40, 57.7, 51.38 & 70.45], 8vo & 12mo⁂ WorldCat lists only one copy of the first title (Bibliothèque Nationale) and two of the second (Bib. Nat. & Harvard).
Lot 118
Catherine II, Empress of Russia. Instruction...pour travailler à la rédaction d'un nouveau Code de Loix..., engraved title vignette, engraved portrait of Catherine by C.-A.Boily, Lausanne, François Grasset & Comp., 1769 bound after Jaquet de Malzet (Louis-Sébastien) Le Militaire Citoyen, ou l'Emploi des Hommes, first edition, one or two rust spots, Amsterdam, et se trouve a Paris, N.B.Duchesne, 1760 bound with Bourguignon d'Anville (Jean-Baptiste) L'Empire Turc considéré dans son Établissement et dans ses Accroissemens successifs, first edition, with initial and final blanks, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1772, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf-backed blue paste-paper boards, spine gilt with spider's web motif and green roan label, slightly rubbed, a couple of wormholes to foot of spine, 8vo⁂ The first mentioned is Catherine the Great's famous "Great Instructions", originally published in 1767 in Moscow. Catherine appointed a commission consisting of representatives from all ranks and provinces to create a new code of law in Moscow, which was dismissed without success in 1768. The present instruction for the commission reflected some progressive ideas adapted from the texts of Montesquieu and Beccaria. Library Hub lists only one copy in the UK (National Library of Scotland).
![French Novels.- [Saint-Lambert (Jean-François de)] Les Deux Amis, Conte Iroquois, first edition, title with engraved vignette](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/d88ee197-c0d2-4db8-8b00-ad6300fbe1d9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 119
French Novels.- [Saint-Lambert (Jean-François de)] Les Deux Amis, Conte Iroquois, first edition, title with engraved vignette, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, with final blank, a few leaves with untrimmed corner folded in, [?Amsterdam], 1770 bound with [Zachariae (F.W)] Louise, ou le Pouvoir de la Vertu du Sexe. Conte Morale, translated by G.A.Junker, Frankfurt, François Varentrapp, & se trouve a Paris & Chalons-sur-Saône, 1771 and Lettres d'Elle et de Lui. Par une Dame de la Cour & qui n'est pas d'une Académie, ?first edition, half-title, "Londres", 1772 and [?Desbiefs (Louis)] Les Refus. Par M.D.B., ?first edition, final page misnumbered "161", Amsterdam, & se trouve a Paris, Mérigot jeune, 1772, together 4 works in 1 vol., contemporary sheep-backed blue paste-paper boards, spine gilt in compartments with spider's web motif and green roan label, rubbed, spine defective at head, label split and slightly chipped, lower joint split at head, [Martin, Mylne & Frautschi 70.71, 71.47, 72.3, 72.8], 8vo⁂ WorldCat lists only 3 copies of the first, all in Germany.
![Erotica.- [Hayn (H.)], "H. Nay". Bibliotheca Germanorum Erotica, ink stamp to title, light browning, original cloth-backed bo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/36c97f8f-f3f3-4fc1-a648-ad6300fc5b4c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 124
Erotica.- [Hayn (H.)], "H. Nay". Bibliotheca Germanorum Erotica, ink stamp to title, light browning, original cloth-backed boards, light browning, spine ends and corners bumped and worn, Leipzig, [Privately printed], 1875.⁂ The rare first edition or this important catalogue, published pseudonymously.
![London.- K[eepe] (H[enry]) Monumenta Westmonasteriensia: or an Historical Account of...St. Peter's, or the Abby Church of Wes](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/bc376f95-b495-4daf-8dc3-ad6300fc0c3b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 13
London.- K[eepe] (H[enry]) Monumenta Westmonasteriensia: or an Historical Account of...St. Peter's, or the Abby Church of Westminster, first edition, engraved bookplate of Thomas Foley of Great Witley Court, Worcs. mounted on verso of title, a few marginal defects, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, [Wing K126], for C.Wilkinson and T.Dring, 1682 § Phillips (Hugh) Mid-Georgian London, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1964 § Blunt (Reginald) The Carlyle's Chelsea Home..., one of 100 copies on hand-made paper, original vellum-backed Irish linen, uncut, 1895 § Feasey (H.J.) & others. Westminster Abbey Historically Described, one of 360 copies, some spotting, broken and becoming loose, original vellum-backed cloth, spine spotted, 1899 § Cox (Montagu H.) The Parish of Saint Margaret, Westminster, Part III (Neighbourhood of Whitehall, vol.II), Survey of London vol.XIV, original wrappers, a little stained, 1931, all but the first with maps, plates and/or illustrations, some folding, rubbed; and c.15 others on Westminster and Chelsea, v.s. (c.20)
Lot 131
NO RESERVE Account books.- An account of money and bills found in the house of my father Warren Jane Esquire at the time of his decease, and also of all monies received and paid...according to the tenor of his will, manuscript on paper ruled in red, c.30pp., worming to foot of first few ff., diminishing in area as proceeds and mostly in blank areas, contemporary panelled reversed calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, rubbed, c.1805; and a late 18th century ms. account book and blank 19th century ledger, folio (3)
![Hawker (Robert Stephen [pseudonym Reuben], Cornish poet and Church of England clergyman, 1803-75) Reference to a Friend, prin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d1e4c605-fa49-49bb-ae32-ad6300d0a697/fffa53a2-5f1d-49b5-a7d3-ad6300fc2af6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 133
Hawker (Robert Stephen [pseudonym Reuben], Cornish poet and Church of England clergyman, 1803-75) Reference to a Friend, printed form with autograph manuscript insertions, tear in lower margin, folds, slightly creased, 255 x 205mm., Morwenstow, 5th June 1865, tipped-in to a copy of Hawker's Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall, half-title and front free endpaper working loose, some foxing, bookplate of Bernard Spencer Christian Drew on front pastedown, original blind-stamped cloth, 1903 § Church of England.- Certain Sermons or Homilies Appointed to be Read in Churches in the Time of Queen Elizabeth, title within ornamental border, very slight worming affecting upper and lower pastedowns, slightly browned, contemporary patterned calf, rubbed, rebacked in modern calf, 1757, 8vo & folio (2).⁂ First mentioned a commendation of a fellow vicar, the Rev. James Burdon Clyde, not far from Morwenstow, answering various questions as to his character, such as, "Has he been always, and is he now, sober and temperate?", to which Hawker replies, "He always been a temperate & sober man".
Lot 138
Painted binding.- Colles (Dorothy Margaret Tyas, 1917-2003) Her Anthology, manuscript poetry, contemporary vellum, hand painted and highly decorated, limp leather ties, c.1932-37 § [untitled], manuscript poetry, pencil and ink sketches, contemporary limp vellum, monogram 'T.M.' to upper cover, limp leather ties, one snapped and reattached, c.1913 (2).⁂ The first with the note "This book was Aunt Dorothy's: Granny gave it to me in 1931. Mummy had it made for her in Florence. I was called after her."Dorothy Colles was born in Cairo in 1917, where her father worked as a forensic scientist and medical school professor for the Egyptian government. When he retired to England in the 1930s Dorothy began her art training at the Central Westminster, Epsom and St Martin's schools of art. She exhibited at the R.A. and R.S.P.P. She co-authored a book entitled "Christian Symbols, ancient and modern: a handbook for students" with Heather Child, and also wrote and illustrated "Portraying Children" (The Studio, 1956).
Lot 14
London.- Morrison (John) & Harold Burdekin. London Night, first edition, photographic illustrations by Burdekin, 1934 § Drinkwater (John) & others. The Artist's London, title spotted, 1924 § Laver (James) & others. Art for All: London Transport Posters 1908-1949, 1949 § Hyde (Ralph) The Streets of London 1880-1928: Evocative Watercolours by H.E.Tidmarsh, 1993 § Warner (Malcolm) The Image of London: Views of Travellers and Emigrés 1550-1920, 1987, plates and illustrations, original cloth, the first with title and stars blocked in silver and spine faded, the last three with dust-jackets, a little rubbed and soiled; and 5 others on London, 4to (10)
Lot 141
Matthieu (Pierre) The Heroyk Life and Deplorable Death of the Most Christian King Henry the Fourth, translated by Edward Grimeston, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut portrait to A4 verso, a few rust-spots (one causing small hole with loss of a letter to 2P1), title and final leaf lightly soiled but generally a good clean copy, modern half blue morocco, slightly rubbed and faded, [STC 17661], small 4to, by George Eld, 1612.⁂ Matthieu (1563-1621) became the semi-official historian to the court of Henry IV of France and enjoyed special access to the king.
Lot 143
Dugdale (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum, 3 vol., first editions, additional engraved architectural title to vol. 1, titles printed in red and black, 109 engraved plates only of 120 by Wenceslaus Hollar (some double-page), some plates cut down and mounted, a few ff. with ink marks, 18th century manuscript note on the wooden church at Greensted, new endpapers, modern calf, gilt, vol. 1 lower joints slight splitting, spines a little faded, g.e., [Wing D2483-5-6], folio, Richard Hodgkinsonne, 1655-61-73; sold not subject to return.⁂ The Monasticon Anglicanum revealed the importance of charters as sources for the study of medieval history, and 'established for the first time since the Reformation the importance of monasteries and the scale of their territorial possessions' (ODNB).
Lot 144
NO RESERVE Annotated.- Gadbury (John) Genethlialogia. Or, The doctrine of nativities, containing the whole art of directions and annual revolutions, first f. blank, engraved diagrams in text, tables, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking portrait frontispiece, title, 2 preliminary ff., and all after p.294 at end, ink diagrams and calculations to front free endpaper, and some margins and blank pages, 3T1 torn and with large repair with loss of text, repairs, especially to preliminaries, a few margins trimmed, tears, spotting and staining, browning, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, [Wing G84], folio, [printed by Ja: Cottrel, for Giles Calvert], 1658. sold not subject to return.⁂ Provenance: John Allason, 1686; Wm. Brown, 1781; Wm. Janes, 1797; Frederic Shearing, 1872 (ink inscriptions).
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London.- Phillips (Hugh) Mid-Georgian London: A Topographical and Social Survey of Central and Western London about 1750, 1964 § Pearce (David) London's Mansions: The Palatial Houses of the Nobility, 1986 § Ellmers (C.) & Alex Werner. London's Lost Riverscape: A Photographic Panorama, 1988 § Carrier (R.) & Oliver Lawson Dick. The Vanished City: A Study of London, 1957 § Fletcher (Hanslip) London Passed and Passing: A Pictorial Record of Destroyed and Threatened Buildings, 1909 § Richardson (A.E.) & C.Lovett Gill. London Houses from 1660 to 1820, [c.1911] § Harrison (Wilmot) Memorable London Houses, one of 250 copies signed by the author, 1889, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, the first four with dust-jackets, the first two with publisher's original packaging, the last four a little rubbed; and 12 others on the architecture of London, 4to & 8vo (19)
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NO RESERVE Wycherley (William) Love in a Wood, or, St.James's Park. A Comedy, browned, H2 & 3 frayed at foot (paper flaw) with loss of a few words, slight worming to inner margin, later half morocco, a little worn, [Wing W3748], by T.Warren for Henry Herringman..., 1694 § [Havard (William)] King Charles the First: An Historical Tragedy, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, with 2 advertisement leaves at end, title with old ink signature at head and lightly soiled, ex-Harvard College Library copy with embossed stamp to title and ink stamp to verso, modern cloth, for J.Watts, 1737 § Prior (Matthew) The Poetical Works, edited by Thomas Evans, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece (lightly browned) and small portrait to first leaf, later bookplates of Edward Dewitt Taylor, later half morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g., spines faded, for W.Strahan [& others], 1779, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ The first was first published in 1672; the second is mistakenly identified by a contemporary hand on the title as being by Alexander Fyfe.
Lot 155
Tyrius (Maximus) Dissertationes ..., text in Greek and Latin, Gilbert Wakefield's copy with his signature to blank, occasional marginal pencil notes, occasional very faint marginal damp-staining, cracked hinges, ex-library with bookplate and ink- and blind-stamps to title, modern cloth, Cambridge, Joann. Hayes, 1703 § Cooper (John Gilbert) The Life of Socrates ..., engraved head-pieces, lacking A1 (?blank), small tear to foot A3, ex-library with ink-stamps as usual, abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, for R. Dodsley, 1749; and another, eighteenth century Greek title, 8vo (3).⁂ The first inscribed and dated by Rev. Gilbert Wakefield (1756-1801), and English scholar and controversialist, who was also a rector in Nottinghamshire and later Kingston-upon-Thames.
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NO RESERVE Hervey (James) Theron and Aspasio: or, a Series of Dialogues and Letters upon the Most Important and Interesting Subjects, 3 vol., extensive ownership signatures and names to pastedown and title, first few pp. frayed at margin, contemporary calf, rubbed, by Charles Rivington, for John and James Rivington, 1755 § Lewis (Thomas) The Scourge: in Vindication of the Church of England, additional frontispiece, contemporary calf, covers detached, rubbed, 1720, and 2 others, 17th or 18th century works, 8vo & 4to (6)
Lot 164
Bible, English.- The Christian's Family Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments at Large; and the Apocrypha, the first to be edited and revised by Rev. William Rider, 3 vol., 9 engraved maps and 97 plates, some light foxing or soiling, occasional tearing to leaves, vol. 1 with contemporary and later ink familial inscriptions, contemporary calf, spines gilt, joints cracked, chipped and rather worn, [D&M 1178], folio, for the Author, 1763-7.⁂ A scarce edition.
Lot 165
Gibbon (Edward) An Essay on the Study of Literature, first edition in English, without the 2 advertisement leaves at end (sometimes missing), short tear to inner margin of title repaired, title and possibly some other leaves washed and pressed, engraved bookplate of John Yorke, modern panelled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, slightly rubbed at edges, [Norton 6; Rothschild 939], 8vo, for T.Becket and P.A.De Hondt, 1764.⁂ The great historian's first book, originally published in French in 1761.
Lot 166
Jackson (Richard) Literatura Graeca, first edition, contemporary ink ownership name to pastedown, front free endpaper working loose, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, lower cover working loose, for F. Newbery, 1769 § Tindal (N.) A Guide to Classical Learning; or Polymetis Abridged, second edition, bookplate to pastedown (another removed), lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, joints split and working loose, Dublin, for John Exshaw and Sarah Cotter, 1767, 8vo (2)
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Holland House.- Prostitution.- Restif de la Bretonne (Nicolas Edmé) Le Pornographe, ou Idées d'un Honnête-homme sur un Projet de Réglement pour les Prostituées, propre a prevenir les malheurs qu'occasionne le publicisme des femmes, 2 vol., Holland House bookplates to pastedown, with usual crayon markings to bookplate, half-titles, front free endpapers detached to both vol., contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, upper covers detached, vol.1 spine split but holding strong, 8vo, London & The Hague, 1776.⁂ Third edition, the most complete and best of the first title of the Idées Singulières series, which includes the separate titles of La Mimographe, le Gynographe, l'Andrographe, and le Thesmographe. It is identical to the second edition, though enlarged by supplement and note on pp.477-492. The first part takes the form of an epistolary novel between a libertine and his confidante, and Bretonne develops a utopia of legal brothels administered by the state. In the second, smaller part, the author devotes himself to historical manifestations of prostitution. Provenance: Bookplates of Holland House, an early Jacobean country house in Kensington, known as the Whig social epicentre of early 19th century. The house was passed down to Henry Richard Fox by his uncle and frequented by the Holland House set.
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Naval.- Capt. G.H. Towry Royal Navy, late of the Diadem, aquatint, image 54 x 244mm., full sheet 120 x 294mm., ms. additions at foot, lightly soiled and creased, no printer, [c.1800].⁂ Possibly a printer's proof, as pointed to by the ms. corrections to what seems to be the proposed caption lettering. The plate is dedicated to John Jervis, 1st Earl of St. Vincent, first Lord of the Admiralty. It celebrates the achievements of Captain Towry during his command of both the Dido and Diadem, and in particular the capture of the French frigate La Minerve in June, 1795, and his part in the British victory against the Spanish at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
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