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Lot 46
NO RESERVE Cookery.- Correct Art of Candy-Making (The), illustrations, some full-page, small loss to blank corners of last few leaves, original paper wrappers, becoming detached, chipping and loss to edges, Paris, London, New York, The Butterick Publishing Co, c.1900 § David (Elizabeth) Syllabubs and Fruit Fools, first edition, occasional faint soiling, previous owner's ink inscription, original paper wrappers, rubbed, 1969; Green Pepper Berries: a new taste, tape mark to final leaf, original paper wrappers, staining to wrappers, 1972; The Way to a Good Table Electric Cookery, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1937 § Heath (Ambrose) Vegetable Dishes & Salads, first edition, original decorative boards by Edward Bawden, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine head, small tears to corners and spine foot, rubbed, 1938; and 38 others, similar, v.s. (c.40)
Lot 59
NO RESERVE Claviere (Étienne) & J.P Brissot de Warville. De La France et des États-Unis, ou De l'Importance de la Révolution de l'Amerique pour le bonheur de la France..., first edition, with table raisonnée, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, a very little faint browning, most to peripheral ff., hinges splitting,19th-century half calf, worn, some loss at spine head, superficial splits to joints, 8vo, 1787.⁂Perhaps printed in Paris.Étienne Claviere (1735-1793) financier, confidante of the Comte de Mirabeau.
Lot 108
Blake (William).- Hayley (William) Ballads, first edition, 5 engraved plates by William Blake, first 6 leaves and first plate detached, occasional spotting and staining, small hole to p.5, contemporary half-calf, upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, cracked lower hinge, 8vo, [Bentley 465], Chichester, 1805.
Lot 47
NO RESERVE Cookery.- Hazlitt (William Carew) Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine, occasional faint marginal spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1886 § Lehmann (Gilly) The British Housewife, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, light staining, slight chipping to corners, Totnes, Prospect Books, 2003 § Weiss (Hans U.) Gastronomia: Eine Bibliographie der deutschsprachigen Gastronomie 1485-1914, limited edition of 1000, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth, Zürich, Bibliotecha Gastronomica, 1996 § Vicaire (Georges) Bibliographie Gastronomique, second edition, original cloth, 1954 § Carême à Saint-Pétersbourg, un-numbered copy from an edition of 125, illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, 2005; and 27 others, similar, v.s. (32)
Lot 196
Textiles.- Textile Sample Book, c.4000 samples of passementerie trimmings and braids mounted on both sides of 48 leaves, many incorporating jet beads, gold and silver thread and cord, glass and steel beads etc., various sizes and colours (many black), the samples interspersed with detailed ink drawings, each with file number and occasional further notes including prices and customers' names, a few missing but generally in good condition, original cloth, rubbed, large folio, [Germany], [first quarter 20th century].
Lot 165
NO RESERVE Leiber (Fritz) The Wanderer, first English edition, original cloth, very slight bump to spine head, price-clipped dust-jacket, 1967 § Wells (H. G.) The Brothers, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, a little rubbed, slight chipping to extremities, short tear to top edge, 1938 § Harrison (Harry) Deathworld 3, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small tear to bottom edge, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1969; and 5 others, similar, 8vo (8)
Lot 29
Botany.- Fern specimens.- Craig (Eric) New Zealand Ferns, c.100 specimens on 30 ff., each with letterpress or manuscript label, ink stamp "New Zealand Ferns mounted by Eric Craig, Princes St., Auckland" to first and final leaf, a few specimens becoming loose and one or two lacking, spotting, original cloth, lacking spine and lower board, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, folio, Auckland, [c.1880].⁂ A professionally-produced fern album from the emporium of one of New Zealand's best known fern collectors and retailers. Eric Craig was a dealer in tribal artefacts, curios and natural history specimens.
Lot 122
NO RESERVE Macaulay (Thomas Babington) The History of England from the Accession of James II, 5 vol., first editions, half-titles to vol.1, 4 and 5, advertisements, some spotting, original cloth, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrips, faded, corners worn, rubbed, [PMM 328], 8vo, 1849-1861.⁂ Scarce with all volumes in first edition. 'His colourful style and stirring power of description secured for the History a success such as no historical work in the English language has had since Gibbon' (PMM)
Lot 1
Africa.- Alexander (James Edward) Narrative of a Voyage of Observation among the Colonies of Western Africa, 2 vol., first edition, presentation copy from the author to Major Prosser, half-title, engraved frontispieces 16 plates, 2 full-page maps, tissue-guards, illustrations, spotting, modern half-calf, [Hosken p.3], 8vo, 1837.
Lot 180
NO RESERVE Architecture.- Catalogue of the Avery Architectural Library, frontispiece, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, corners worn, t.e.g., others uncut, New York, 1895 § The Freemason's Magazine for the years 1796,1841,1847, 1855, ex-library copies, minor staining, all but the first bound in near contemporary publisher's blue cloth, the first in original boards, folio & 8vo (5)
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Lot 184
Ginzburg (Ralph, editor) Eros, vol.1 nos.1-4 [all published], illustrations, some colour, original boards, the first with playing card mounted on upper cover, the rest pictorial, occasional very slight rubbing, preserved together in modern cloth drop-back box, 4to, New York, 1962.⁂ An excellent complete set of the controversial erotic magazine which was suspended after only four issues on grounds of obscenity. The third volume contains the last studio portraits of Marilyn Monroe, photographed by Bert Stein six weeks before she died.
Lot 37
Gunpowder.- Battlefield surgery.- Clowes (William) A profitable and necessarie booke of observations, for all those that are burned with the flame of gun-powder, &c. and also for curing of wounds made with musket and caliver shot, and other weapons of warre...used at this day both by sea and land, 2 parts in 1, third edition, mostly black letter, woodcut arms to verso of titles, 4 full-page woodcuts of surgical instruments to end of part 1, hole to p.181 with loss of a few letters, elsewhere the odd small hole within text with minor loss, trimmed at foot, affecting part of imprint on first title and signatures and catch-words throughout, occasionally just encroaching on main text, some staining or spotting, contemporary sheep, worm and repaired, spine and corners worn, a few repairs, rubbed, [STC 5445.7 (formerly 5443)], small 4to, Printed by M. Dawson, and are to be sold by Benjamin Allen and Peter Cole, 1637. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Clowes was the leading military and naval surgeon of his day and his books were highly-regarded. He served as surgeon to Queen Elizabeth. At the end of part two is a treatise on 'The nature and propertie of Quicksilver, by G. Baker, one of her Maiesties Chirurgions'.
Lot 158
NO RESERVE Fermor (Patrick Leigh) Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece, proof copy, photographic illustrations, ink-stamp to upper cover, 1966; Between the Woods and the Water, uncorrected proof copy, typed paper label to upper cover, light finger-soiling, 1986, original paper wrappers, rubbed § Boyd (William) Solo, first edition, signed by author, original illustrated boards, dust-jacket, 2013 § Dalrymple (William) White Mughals, first edition, signed by author, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to upper edge, 2002; and 7 others, 8vo (11)
Lot 107
NO RESERVE Printing.- Lemoine (Henry) Typographical antiquities. Typographical antiquities.History, origin, and progress, of the art of printing, from its first invention in Germany to the end of the seventeenth century, first edition, 20th century cloth, S. Fisher, 1797; and 2 vol. of 19th century reports relating to the BM Library and a set of Wing, large 12mo & 4to (7)
Lot 30
Lightfoot (John) Flora Scotia: or, A Systematic Arrangement in the Linnaean Method of the Native Plants of Scotland and the Hebrides, 2 vol., first edition, engraved additional titles, 35 engraved plates, bookplates, contemporary ownership inscription, some offsetting, occasional spotting and browning, front free endpapers detached to vol. 2, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed and worn, for B. White, 8vo, 1777.
Lot 91
NO RESERVE Maynwaring (Arthur) The Life and Posthumous Works of ..., first edition, tiny manuscript ink number to title verso, tiny marginal wroming to first few leaves, occasional spotting, ex-library with 1 or 2 blind-stamps, later boards, a little rubbed, 8vo, [Goldsmiths' 5280], for A. Bell; W. Taylor; and J. Baker, 1715.
Lot 193
Collection of WWI and later memorabilia, to include The First World War Remembered box set by Gary Sheffield, Britains Last Tommies eight medals in folder, Liberation of Czechoslovakia gold plated medal, reproduction memorial plaque, webbing belt, three War Poppy medals, five military themed playing card sets, two Korea postcard sets, also a Royal Navy Class II HMS Edinburgh cap.
Lot 209
Collection of books on War topics, to include: The first world war, photographic - Laurence Stallings, Flying for News- Rue Larry, With Jellicoe in the north sea -Shaw Frank H The retreat from Mons -Corbett-Smith A, Prisoner in red Tibet -Wignall Sydney, The siege at Peking -Fleming PeterHalf-hours in air and sky -Daldy, Isbister, Legionnaire an Englishman in the French Foreign Legion -Simon Murray, The secret War of International Terrorism -Claire Sterling, Forensic chemistry & scientific criminal investigation- A Lucas, Airshipwreck- Len Deighton & Arnold Schwartzman Charles O'Malley The Irish dragoon Vol II no cover- ed. Harry Lorrequer, Theory of Ballooning four lectures- Griffith Brewer The French Foreign Legion- John Robert Young, The Wooden World- N A M Rodger Shots Fired in Anger- John B George, Mechanical Traction in War- Otfried Layriz, World Army Uniforms since 1939- Andrew Mollo A Subaltern's Odyssey A memoir of the Great War 1915-1917- R B Talbot Kelly, Weapons & Equipment of the Victorian Soldier- Donald Featherstone Adventures in the far west- William H G Kingston, Congo- Michael Crichton, The Highway Conquest of space and time Edgar- B Schieldrop Jane's pocket book 13 RPVs Robot Aircraft today John WVR Taylor, Spear-head General- Henry Maule, Room 40- Patrick Beesly, Guns, gunners and Others- Desmond O'Callaghan (30 volumes)
Lot 252
Three WWII Boxed medal sets, the first addressed to H. Jones issued by REME and RAVC to include Defence Medal, War Medal, 1939/45, Africa and Italy Stars, the second addressed to L.R. Pearson issued by the Air Ministry to include Defence Medal, War Medal, 1939/45 Star, the third addressed to H. Ellis to include Defence Medal, War Medal, 1939/4 Star and Africa Star, together with one other France and Germany Star.
Lot 269
Four WWI British Medal sets, to include British War Medal 1914-1918 and Victory Medal for Corporal J. Findlay S-11976 Gordons, Private W. Henderson 4/061392 Army Service Corps and 47532 Essex Regiment, whose first theatre of war was the Balkans 16-4-15, also Sergeant A.P. Kirk 21679 of Northampton Regiment, Royal Engineers, East Surrey Regiment, also a Victory Medal and 1914-15 Star for Private J.W. Lomax 2925 West Riding Regiment.
Lot 201
Baldur Von Schirach, Pioneers of the Third reich, several photo portraits and sections struck through with blue pencil, one volume. Condition: The covers are scuffed in places and there is wear to the gilding on the spine. There are small dents to the bottom edges of the boards. There is minor foxing throughout and more concentrated patches to the first few pages and the last few pages. There are several names in the index that are struck through in coloured pencil and the corresponding photos and descriptions have also been struck through.
Lot 100
DICKENS (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities. London 1859, first edition in book form and first issue with p.213 mis numbered 113, and misprint affetcionately on p.134, line 12, with frontispiece, engraved title and 14 plates, very slight toning or foxing to title and plates *This lot will be subject to additional fees 44% on the hammer plus thesaleroom.com charges if applicable*
Lot 172
A COLLECTION OF 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY HORSE BRASSES, comprising two sets of tasselled harness bells, various swing fly terrets, a 'God Save the King' name plate, another pair of name plates, a 'Special Irish Whiskey' plaque, an 1883 horse exhibition Winchester first prize medallion, five 1920's and 30's RSPCA London Van Horse parade merit badges, and other assorted horse brasses, some on original leather martingales (qty)
Lot 445
HAYLEY, William, 'The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper (1731-1800)' with portrait engraving by W Blake after Romney, printed by Seagrave, Chichester, for Johnson, London 1803. 3 vols. 8vo. (270 x 215mm), full calf, re-backed red title plus 'Some Enquiries concerning the First Inhabitants Language...of Europe'. Oxford 1758. ex lib. 8vo. rebacked. Eric Gerald Stanley b/ps (2)
Lot 507
THORKELIN, Grímur Jónsson, Icelandic Scholar (1752-1829), The first printed edition of Beowulf, the old English Epic Poem translated from Anglo Saxon into Latin 'De Danorum Rebus Gestis Secul. III & IV. Poëma Davicum Dialecto Anglosaxonica' ex Bibliotheca Cottoniana Musaei Britannici, Havniae (Copenhagen) Rangel 1815. title page with colophon. dedication to Johanni de Bülow. 299pp with preface and addenda. 4to. (235 x 200mm). modern rebind in black cloth with gilt tooled leather spine
Lot 633
BURCHIELLI, Sonetti Del Burchiello Del Bellincionoi d D'Altri poeti Fiorentini Alla Burchiellesca, In Londra 1757, 8vo. Frontis. port. Dec. tp. 2 works in 1 volume. The first being in 4 parts, 295pp The second, Sonetti di Messer Antonio Alamanni Cittadino Fiorentino, Alla Burchiellesca. 80pp. full embossed cf. glt. Spine worn. Tog.with 6 Italian interest. (7)
Lot 454
HEARNE, Thomas, Ed. Hemingi Chartularium Ecclesiae Wigorniensis e Codice Ms. Penes Richardum Graves, Oxford 1723. Hemming's Cartularly. First printed edition with engraved frontispiece. 2 vols. gilt tooled full calf. wear and splits. 8vo. (235 x 155mm) Eric Gerald Stanley b/p plus HEARNE, Thomas, Ed. Titi Livii Foro-Juliensis Vita Henrici Quinti, Oxford 1716. end papers with early notes. 8vo. (230 x 150mm). full contemp. calf. Eric Gerald Stanley b/p (3)
Lot 607
A LATE 18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ON PERSPECTIVE, 4to. (232 x 190mm) vellum bound 'notebook' containing a treatise on perspective consisting of 20pp. of text, written in brown ink, with 15 hand drawn illustrations, demonstrating perspective (one double-page and a few with colouring), together with 8 lesser examples, mostly full page. The paper is watermarked 1796; tipped in is a 9pp. folio closely typed copy of the text, probably 1930's. There is no internal indications as to who created this 'work' but it was acquired alongside a copy of BREUIL, Jean, La Perspective Pratique, Premier Partie. (included here), 2nd Ed. 4to. (260 x 190mm) 342pp. with many full page illustrations, requires rebacking. Paris, Jean de Puis, 1663. On the front fly-leaf is the signature of 'Louisa Augusta Grevile, Paris 23rd Aug 1754' and on the inside of the front board the signature of Angelo Collen Hayter, artist (1864-1939) and with the heraldic coloured bookplate of William Churchill. Louisa Grevile was born in 1743 and was the daughter of the first Earl of Warwick and in 1770 married William Churchill. Louisa, from an early age, produced fine drawings and etchings of works by, for example, Caracci and Salvator Rosa; she was awarded prizes three times by the Royal Society of Arts and her work is represented in major public collections (2 +)
Lot 475
FITCHETT, John, Alfred, A Poem. Vol 1. printed for Cadell and Davies, London 1808 with ms inscription and poem 'To Miss Vernon with the first volume of the (unpublished) Poem of Alfred...J.F. 1836' on end paper. 4to. red gilt tooled morocco (270 x 220mm) plus PYE, Henry James, Alfred, An Epic Poem in Six Books printed by Bulmer, London 1801. paper boards torn and stained. 4to. plus COTTLE, Joseph, Alfred An Epic Poem in Twenty Four Books, London 1800, Longmans. 4to. marbled boards loose (3)
Lot 456
HEARNE, Thomas, Ed. Peter Langtoft's Chronicle (as illustrated and improv'd by Robert of Brunne from the Death of Cadwaladar to the end of K Edward the First Reign. 2 vols. Oxford 1725. full tooled calf. 8vo. (230 x 150mm) Eric Gerald Stanley b/p plus HALL, Joseph, 'The Remaining Works' with portrait engraving. J Cadwell for J Crooke, London 1660 (225 x 170mm). full calf. rebound (3)
Lot 563
NEWTON, Isaac, The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended to which is prefixed, a short Chronicle from the First of Things in Europe to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great, Tonson London 1728 with three engraved folding plates. 4to. full tooled calf, much battered and loose boards (1)
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