![[WARD (Edward)] A Compleat and Humorous Account of all the Remarkable Clubs and Societies in the City of London and Westminst](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/64c475a3-ba19-411d-821a-a7f4010c9f56/aec41617-bbf2-405e-9720-9ed99034419a/468x382.jpg)
[WARD (Edward)] A Compleat and Humorous Account of all the Remarkable Clubs and Societies in the City of London and Westminster, from the R-l S-y down to the Lumber Troop. London, printed for the author, sold by Joseph Collier 1745, small 8vo, engraved frontispiece after Hogarth, title in red, somewhat soiled, p.121-247 misnumbered 201-327, first and last leaves creased and worn, 5pp adverts at end, binding detached, lacking one board. **Written by the author of The London Spy (a survey of the London lowlife scene), this rare work provides florid descriptions of curious clubs such as the No-Nose Club, the Farting Club, the Man-killing Club, the Club of Ugly Faces and the Chatter-Witt Club, the Mock-Heroes Club and the Small-Coal Man's Music Club.
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FARRER (Rev. Edmund). The Church Heraldry of Norfolk: a description of all coats of arms on brasses, monuments, slabs, hatchments, &c., now to be found in the county. 3 vols. Norwich, 1887-93, 8vo, illustrations, light spotting to first and last leaves, half morocco gilt by Roger de Coverly; BRAITHWAITE (J B) Memoirs of Joseph John Gurney, 2 vols. 2nd edition, 1855, later half calf; a Norfolk scrap album with prints, drawings, and small photographs, bookplate of Arthur Somerville Gurney, (front cover detached); and 5 others, 19th century, Gurney family related
MILNE (A. A.) When We Were Very Young, first edition, London: Methuen & Co 1924, 8vo, first state without 'ix' to p.9 (contents), illustrated by E. H. Shepard, very neat inscription dated 1924 to first leaf, original blue cloth gilt with very slight loss of colour to front board, with original dust wrapper showing light typical wear and staining
Science at Cambridge. HERSCHEL (J F W) Collection of Examples of the Application of the Calculus of Finite Differences, Cambridge 1820, 8vo, foxing, bound with: BABBAGE (Charles) Examples of the Solutions of Functional Equations, 1 plate at end, worn boards near detached; PEACOCK (George) A Collection of Examples of the Applications of the Differential and Integral Calculus. Cambridge 1820, 6 folding plates at end, slight foxing, uncut, original boards; EDDINGTON (Arthur S.) The Mathematical Theory of Relativity. Cambridge University Press, 1923, 4to, original cloth; WHITEHEAD (A N) The Principle of Relativity, 1922; LIVESLEY (R K) An Introduction to Digital Computers, 1957, first edition, dust wrapper; one other (5)
![[KEYNES (George)] The Roman Martyrologe set forth by the Command of Pope Gregory XIII. St. Omer: Thomas Geubels, 1667, small](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/64c475a3-ba19-411d-821a-a7f4010c9f56/1986c18e-cc7a-4ae5-aa35-54d548d7fe10/468x382.jpg)
![DICKENS (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition, first issue [with p213 misnumbered 113], Chapman & Hall 1859, 8vo, ill](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/64c475a3-ba19-411d-821a-a7f4010c9f56/eefa4706-4694-4d72-c7a2-cee1be8d395c/468x382.jpg)
DICKENS (Charles) A Tale of Two Cities, first edition, first issue [with p213 misnumbered 113], Chapman & Hall 1859, 8vo, illustrated by H. K. Browne, added vignette title (repaired), frontispiece and plates, as called for, sporadic typical light foxing, bookplates of Nancy Astor and Peter O' Toole , half morocco rubbed along spine
Report of the Committee of the Society of Arts... Relative to the Mode of Preventing the Forgery of Bank Notes. London 1819, 8vo, 6 plates, signature of Earl Compton to first end paper, a clean copy, uncut in original boards; BAGEHOT (Walter) Economic Studies, 2nd edition, edited by Richard Hutton, 1888, 8vo, half morocco (2)
POTTER (Beatrix) The Tale of Tom Kitten, 1907, lacks first free end paper, grey-green boards; The Tale of Mr Tod, 1912, lacks first free end paper, pale grey/green boards; both first editions, colour illustrations, without ownership inscriptions, slight soiling or staining, Tom Kitten with corners rubbed (2)
FERMOR (Patrick Leigh) Mani, John Murray 1958, first edition with author's bold inscription, also signed by Ludovic Kennedy, in dust jacket; 8 others of later date by the author; AMIS (Kingsley) 15 vols. first or early editions in dust jackets; 5 by Patrick White, including Voss (1957); others
![[ABBOTT (Edwin A.)] "A Square". Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions, first edition, London 1884, small 4to, half-title, il](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/64c475a3-ba19-411d-821a-a7f4010c9f56/c1e6c21e-361c-4b76-9886-a67704e71b07/468x382.jpg)
GOLF. PARK (Willie) The Art of Putting. Edinburgh 1920, first edition, 8vo, 47pp., illustrated with plates from photographs, very light dust staining or foxing to first and last leaves, t.e.g. others uncut, original blue cloth boards; BELDAM (G W) and J. H. TAYLOR. Golf Faults Illustrated. London no date, [c.1900], 8vo, cloth; DARWIN (Bernard) Six Golfing Shots by Six Famous Players. London: Dormeuil Freres, no date, illustrated, original blue wrapper (3 copies) (5)
Icones Biblicae.... Figgers of the Bible, Amsterdam: Cornelius Danckerts, 1648, oblong 8vo, first edition thus, three parts in one vol. - 110pp., 111-326pp (last page blank), 159pp., with 3 engraved titles, c.221 plates (paginates apparently without loss), several leaves carefully repaired, later full bound by Zaehnsdorf, a.e.g.
SACKVILLE-WEST (Vita) Collection of works, including: Seducers in Ecuador, Hogarth Press 1924; Collected Poems, Vol. I, dust wrapper, 1933; Poems of West and East, and, Orchard and Vineyard, John Lane 1917 and 1921, both uncut in boards; Grey Wethers, first edition 1923; Garden Book, proof copy, paper wrapper, 1968; King's Daughter, Hogarth Press 1929; and others, also to include few by Virginia Woolf, etc. (c.45)
GREENE (Graham) Works, 38 vols., including: Stamboul Train, 1932, first edition, lacking dust wrapper; The Heart of the Matter, first edition, 1948, dust wrapper a little creased to front panel; Loser Takes All, and, The Quiet American, both 1955 first editions in dust wrappers; and others by Greene, also including three volume Biography by Norman Sherry, all first edition in dust wrappers (38)
![RUSKIN INTEREST. [RUSKIN (J)]. SEVERN, (Joan Ruskin and family). A small group of autograph letters to and from members of th](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/64c475a3-ba19-411d-821a-a7f4010c9f56/e2bc3b23-57b2-4734-c409-923ed3584022/468x382.jpg)
RUSKIN INTEREST. [RUSKIN (J)]. SEVERN, (Joan Ruskin and family). A small group of autograph letters to and from members of the Severn family, various dates, 1832 - c.1904, about 30 letters in total plus a few rather amateurish drawings and watercolours attributed to Cecil Lawson Jr. (son of the artist Cecil Lawson). This group includes a three-page letter (a copy letter?) apparently by John Ruskin, but not in his hand, to his god-daughter Constance [Oldham], Brantwood, Coniston. 28th August 1886, signed G. P. (Godparent) at the end in which he apologises for his behaviour - 'I admit that I must have been inexcusably horrid, even now that I begin to think myself the least bit nice again - and I'm utterly frightened that I should be ever so horrid again. And I'm very penitent and dreadfully puzzled and wondering whether I'm a bit worth all the worry - and the turtle soup - and the peas - and the pretty letters and the no end of sugar almond messages - from my G. D. (god-daughter?) ...'. This letter possibly dates from a time when Ruskin was suffering from a bout of mental instability. Another letter to an unidentified person's mother describes a visit to Brantwood with Constance and a meeting with Ruskin - '...yesterday I had to drive to Brantwood to take back the priceless treasures he had lent us and he made me stay luncheon and sail back afterwards. I was shown at once to a study - placed where I had the best view the lake afforded & then shown treasure after treasure...Then he showed me books - the ms. of Scott's novels....'. Another letter also describes a meeting with Ruskin. Also a testimonial written by Vincent Novello, dated 1832, for the organist Thomas Henry Severn (brother of Henry Severn who was the father of the artist Arthur Severn), and a long 3 page letter also from Novello, dated 1846, to Thomas Severn. Included also are letters by Seffler, T. Cooke, Henry Smart and others to T. H. Severn on musical matters; together with The Ruskin Birthday Book, 1883 first edition, large 8vo, morocco. Included are inscriptions or entries by Joan Ruskin Severn to her cousin Marion Severn - 'with love, & all good wishes...11th March 1901' and 42 manuscript entries, including John Ruskin (signature cut from a crossed cheque and pasted in), Edward Elgar, Arthur Severn, with pen and ink sketch, Joan Ruskin Severn and Mary Severn Perry with small pen and ink sketch of the Pyramids and the Nile. There are also the signatures of a number of musicians with autograph music quotations including Hamilton Harty, Hubert Barth and Roger Quilter.
RENDELL (Ruth) Collection of 12 signed first editions, inscribed to her editor John Foster White, c.1970s and later; 6 other signed first editions including A Dark Adapted Eye (1986, signed 'as Barbara Vine'), and 2 others unsigned including Some Lie and Some Die (1973); all in original dust wrappers (20)
Thrillers, mysteries and suspense novels. Various 20th century works by Peter Cheyney, Dennis Wheatley, James Hadley Chase, also - SANSOM (C. J.) Dissolution, 2003; Dark Fire, 2004; Sovereign, 2006; Heartstone, 2010, first editions in dust jackets; and many others, with some Crime or Thriller Book Club editions in dust wrappers (quantity)
MILNE (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, London: Methuen & Co 1928, 8vo, illustrated by E. H. Shepard, half title and imprint leaf at end with pale offset stain, neat inscription dated 1933, original pink cloth gilt, in original dust wrapper (lightly chipped to spine ends and edges)
1902 2½d dull purple and ultramarine, watermark crown CA and 1907 (14 Apr)-11 2½d bright blue, watermark MCA, both showing variety 'Wide "A" in "LEEWARD"' (SG 23a, 40a), a little toned, first rather indistinctly used, latter light surface rubbing, this used by part Antigua cds with year date '12' visible, both with RPS certs, cat £340
1914 (17 Oct)-15 Surcharge type I on German New Guinea, 'G.R.I.' and value 6mm apart, 3d on 30pf black and orange/buff, setting I, pos.4 (SG 8), tied to small piece RABAUL two line d.s. for Oct 17 1914 (first day) in violet (Gibbs type 2), one short perf at top but attractive and very scarce, BPA cert (2017), cat £500
1862 Type-set provisionals, 1c rose as type 10, 2c yellow type 10 and 4c blue type 13 (SG 116, 119, 122), first two some thinning and no rouletting, last rouletting present on all four sides and only minor creasing, all three lightly used and good representative examples, each with RPS cert, cat £2,250
Postal Fiscals: Small used selection on stock card including 1874-1902 $2 dull green and $3 dull violet, crown CC, perf 15½x15, $2 dull bluish green, perf 14, colour just fractionally washed, used HK cds with year date '98' visible, 1880 12c on $10 rose-carmine, fiscally used by H.K. Paid All cds, 1891 $5 on $10 purple/red, 1897 $1 on $2 olive-green and $1 on $2 dull bluish green, mostly used by part cds, former Shanghai, all but first two with RPS certs
1868-90 Montreal printings, perf 12 15c deep slate, 15c slaty-blue and 15c slate-purple (SG 68/70), first u/m, second short perf, fresh o.g., last small part o.g., also Ottawa printings on poor quality paper,15c slate-violet (SG 71), u/m, each with RPS cert issued between 1999 and 2009, cat £490
1894 Opobo bisect provisionals, "½" (type 15) in red on half 1d pale blue perf 13½-14, "1" (type 16) in vermilion on half 2d grey-green and carmine and "½" (type 15) in blue on half 1d vermilion (SG 58c, 59, 64), first two tied to small pieces by OPOBO RIVER cds for SP 19 94 and OC 18 94 respectively, last used by part similar cds for SP 16 94, SG 59 some perf soiling, others fine and each with clear BPA cert (2017)
1871 (4d) dull rose-red and 6d orange-vermilion (SG 49/50), 1872 clean-cut perf 14½-15½ 6d orange-vermilion (SG 53), perf 11-13x14½-15½ (4d) dull vermilion (SG 57) and 1873 watermark large star, perf 14½-15½ 6d orange-vermilion (SG 60), each used by large part cds, all but first with date legible, with RPS certs except SG 50, an attractive group much above average
Useful used balance on two 'New Ideal' pages including 1870-77 odds to 1s, First British Occupation 1877 opt type 4 1d bright red, 3d lilac, 6d pale blue, 6d blue/rose, opt inv, 1s yellow-green, 1877-79 opt type 6 1d red/blue, 1d red/orange, 3d mauve/green, 3d mauve/buff, 6d blue/green, 6d blue/blue, 1878-80 ½d to 2s (½d with fake cancel), Second Republic 1885-93 £5 deep green used Johannesburg cds for 1 AUG 99, 1900 VRI opts to 10s, 1902 to 10s black and purple/red, 1904-09 £1, also 1907 postage dues to 1s, condition a little mixed (100+)
1904-10 8a violet, 1r green, 2r olive-yellow and 5r purple-brown (SG 47/50), first three used by virtually complete Kishangarh/Raj P.O. cds, 1r and 2r on small pieces, former some toning, latter very fine, 5r c.t.o. used by part SARWAR P.O./RAJ (KISHANGARH) cds, this typically toned, 2r BPA cert (2014), 1r and 5r RPS certs (2010 and 2013 respectively)
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