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Click here to subscribeD Wang, Luidwig and Emil von Meerscheidt-Hullessem In und um Peking. Während der Kriegswirren 1900-1901. Berlin: Meisenbach Riffarth & Co., 1902. First edition, oblong folio, 1 heliogravure portrait, 35 leaves of plates (with photos on both verso and rector, folding map, original pictorial blue cloth gilt with dragon design, small tear to map (without loss)
Boyd, William An Ice Cream War. 1982; Stars and Bars. 1984; The New Confessions. 1987, signed copy, later inscription by owner on endpaper; Brazzaville Beach. 1990, signed copy; The Blue Afternoon. 1993; signed copy; The Destiny of Nathalie X. 1995, signed copy; Armadillo. 1998; Fascination. 2004; Waiting for Sunrise. 2012, signed copy; first editions, dustwrappers (9)
Yorkshire and County Durham, a very large collection including Hutton, W. The history of the Roman Wall. 1802. 8vo, folding map and 7 plates, 19th century calf, neatly rebacked; Watkins, William The fall of Carthage... first presented at The Theatre, Whitby. Whitby: T. Webster, 1802. First edition, 8vo, half-title, 4pp. list of subscribers, contemporary half calf; [Hegge, Robert] Saint Cuthbert, or the histories of his churches at Lindisfarne, Cunecastre and Dunholme. Sunderland: G. Garbutt, [1816], printed and woodcut title, contemporary boards, rebacked; Parson, William and William White History, directory and gazetteer of the counties of Durham and Northumberland. Printed for W. White & Co., 1827-28. 2 volumes, 12mo., original boards, uncut, without the maps (issued separately), boards covered in transparent adhesive material; Young, Rev. George A picture of Whitby and its environs. Whitby, 1840. 12mo. second edition, folding map, plates, some folding, contemporary cloth; Wellbeloved, D. Eburcum, or York under the Romans. York, 1842. 8vo, plates, maps, list of subscribers, original cloth, worn; Ornsby, George Sketches of Durham. Durham, 1846. 12mo, original cloth, worn; Gibson, W.S. Descriptive and historical notices of some remarkable Northumbrian castles, Churches and Antiquities. 1848. First Series only, frontispiece, original boards, some spotting, rebacked; [Abbatt, Richard] A history of the Picts or Romano-British Wall. 1849. 8vo, plates, original cloth; Richardson, George The annals of the Cleveland Richardsons and their descendants. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1850 "Not Published", presentation copy, original cloth, spine faded; [Rewcastle, James] A record of the Great Fire in Newcastle and Gateshead. 1855. 12mo, frontispiece, presentation copy from the writer, original cloth, repaired, new endpapers; Ordnance Survey Map of Hartlepool. 1861, hand-coloured folding map, backed on linen, morocco slipcase, worn; Heavisides, Henry The annals of Stockton-on-Tees. Stockton-on-Tees, 1865. First edition, frontispiece, original cloth, spine rubbed at head and base; Heavisides, Henry Courtship and matrimony. Stockton, 1864. 12mo, frontispiece, original cloth; [Mawr, Eta] Tributes to the Tees. Darlington, 1864, inscribed from the compiler, frontispiece, original boards; [Dresser, William, printer] The Tees in the olden time. Darlington, 1866, original green boards, worn; Baring-Gould, S. Notes on the folk lore of the Northern Counties of England. 1866, 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original cloth; Pickford, John A week in the Yorkshire Dales. Manchester, 1869, presentation copy from the author, original green cloth, title discoloured; Gordon, Samuel The watering places of Cleveland. Redcar, 1869. 8vo, original cloth, worn; Hamlyn, N.T. The Border ballad of Hedgley Moor. Durham, 1894. 4to., original cloth-backed boards; Palgreave, F.M.T. A List of the words and phrases in every-day use by the Natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham. 1896, original cloth, title slightly discoloured; [Dixon, S.F.] History of the Saxon Royal Town of Corbridge-on-Tyne. Newcastle, 1912. folding map, plates, original cloth; and c.230 books and pamphlets (approximately half being books), on Yorkshire, County Durham and Northumberland, mostly later
Lindsay, David A Voyage to Arcturus. London: Methuen, 1920. First edition, 8vo., 8pp., of publisher's catalogue at the end, publisher's red cloth, lettered in blind on the upper cover and in gilt with gilt rules on the spine, spine slightly faded, with the bookplate of R.J. Dickinson Note: Now considered a seminal work of science fiction and which has been described as the major "underground" novel of the 20th century, this, the author's first book printed in an issue of 1500 copies, was not originally a great success, with only 596 of the issue being sold on publication.
Lawrence, D.H. Love poems and others. London: Duckworth, 1913. First edition, 8vo., publisher's blue boards, t.e.g., offsetting to free endpapers, corners a little rubbed, very small stain on the spine, book label of R.J. Dickinson, (Roberts A3); [Idem] Pansies: poems. London: Martin Secker, 1919. First edition (ordinary copy), 8vo., publisher's blue and yellow decorative boards, blue cloth backstrip, t.e.g., others uncut, edges a little rubbed, bookplate of R. J. Dickinson, (Roberts A47b); [Idem] Pansies: poems. [London: Stephensen, 1929]. First edition thus (laid paper copy), stiff pink covers, edges uncut, (Roberts A47e); [Idem] Nettles. London: Faber & Faber, 1930. First edition, 8vo., publisher's printed paper wrappers (Roberts A52b); [Idem] Love among the haystacks & other pieces. London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930. First edition, 8vo., publisher's yellow cloth boards, natural cloth backstrip, dust wrapper, edges uncut, endpapers and fore-edges a little foxed, (Roberts A56a); [Idem] The ship of death and other poems: with wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. London: Martin Secker, 1933. First collected edition, tall 8vo., publisher's red brown paper boards, black cloth backstrip, with dust wrapper, (Roberts A66); [Idem] The man who died with illustrations drawn and engraved on the wood by John Farleigh. London: Heinemann, 1935. First illustrated edition, 4to., illustrations in red and black, publisher's marbled boards, tan cloth backstrip, fore-edges uncut, ownership signature on the front free endpaper, slight spotting of the prelims. and final leaves, (Roberts A50d); The ship of death and other poems. London: Faber & Faber, 1941. First edition thus, publisher's pink paper boards (Roberts A66 notes) (8)
Claudianus, Claudius Quae extant Nicolaus Heinsius Dan. Fil. Recensuit. Padua: typis Seminarii, 1734, 2 volumes, 8vo., contemporary vellum: Ovid. Nic. Heinsii commentarius in P. Ovidii Nasonis opera omnia. Leipzig: in libraria Veidmania, 1758. 8vo., contemporary vellum, title-page partly water stained, MS. notes on the front endpapers; Macrobius, Ambrosius Theodosius. Opera accedunt notate integrae Isacii Pontani, Joh. Meursii, Jacobi Gronovii. Leiden: Arnold Doude & Cornelius Driehuysen, 1670. 8vo., engraved title-page, woodcut figures in the text, contemporary vellum, overlapping fore-edges; Isocrates. Opera.Varias lectiones, versionem novam, ac notas adjunxit Gulielmus Battie. London: C. Davis, et al., 1749. 2 volumes, 8vo., contemporary calf, rubbed; Statius, Publius Papinius. Sylvarum lib. V Thebaidos lib. Xii, Achilleidos lib ii … illustrate a Johanne Veenhusen, Leiden: ex off. Hackiana, 1671. 8vo., engraved frontispiece , contemporary vellum; Hesiod. Quaecumque extant … ex recensione Joannis Clerici … & Danielis Heinsii Introductio in doctrinam Operum & Dierum. Amsterdam: G. Gallet, 1701. 8vo., engraved frontispiece, title-page in red and black, later half calf, marbled boards; Catullus, Tibulus & Propertius. Cum selectis variorum comentariis accurante Simone Abbes Gabbema. Utrect: Gisbert a Zyll & Theodor ab Ackersdyck, 1659. 8vo., contemporary calf, joints worn, lacking the engraved title-page; Cicero. De officiis … ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii. Amsterdam: H. Wetstein, 1691. 8vo., engraved title-page, printed title-page in red and black, contemporary sprinkled calf, dried and worn, lacking endpapers; Apuleius. Metamorphoseos. Gouda: G. vander Hoeve, 1650. 2 volumes, 8vo., engraved title-page to the first volume, later half red morocco (12)
China- Zhang Daqian Chinese Painting. With the Original Paintings and Discourses on Chinese Art. Hong Kong: East Art Co., 1961. First edition, folio, title printed in gold, portrait of the author and 73 colour illustrations, further illustrations, original silk covered boards, contrasting silk lettering piece laid on coloured paper to the upper board, with gilt vignette of two men in outline, in the original decorative silk slipcase, in the original cardboard box Note: A detailed guide to all aspects of painting in the Chinese style, covering techniques for depicting flowers and plants, people and landscapes, as well as guidelines for the handling of paper and ink, brush and water. Chang Da-Chien (1899-1983) was one of the best-known Chinese artists of the twentieth century, gaining renown not only in the traditional style, but also as an impressionist and expressionist, and as a master forger.
Blyton, Enid, and others, 35 books Blyton, Enid Five Get into Trouble. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1949. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket chipped; [Idem] Five on a Treasure Island, 1949. Sixth impression, dust-jacket chipped and price-clipped; [Idem] Five go Adventuring Again, 1949. Third impression, dust-jacket; [Idem] Five go off in a Caravan, 1949. Third impression, dust-jacket; [Idem] Five go to Mystery Moor, 1954. First edition, dust-jacket; [Idem] Five on a Secret Trail, 1956. First edition, dust-jacket; [Idem] Five get into a Fix, 1958. First edition, dust-jacket price-clipped; and 17 others by Enid Blyton; Needham, Violet The Red Rose of Ruvina. London: Collins, 1957. 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket price-clipped; [Idem] The Woods of Windri, 1944. Dust-jacket; Montgomery, L. M. Anne of Ingleside. London: George G. Harrap, 1941. Fourth printing, dust-jacket; Oxenham, Elsie Jeanette Goblin Island. London: Collins, [n.d.]. Dust-jacket price-clipped; Saville, Malcolm Not Scarlet but Gold. London; Newnes, 1962. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket; and 6 others by Saville, Needham, Oxenham and Brent-Dyer; sold not subject to return (35)
Coetzee, J.M., 22 books, and others Foe. London: Secker & Warburg, 1986. First edition, signed on title page, original cloth, dustwrapper; Life and Times of Michael K. 1983; Age of Iron. 1990; The Master of Petersburg. 1994; Boyhood. 1997, 2 copies; Disgrace. 1999; The Lives of Animals. 2001, paperback; Youth. 2002; Elizabeth Costello. 2003, 2 copies; Slow Down. 2005; Slow Man. 2005, signed; Diary of a Bad Year. 2007; Summertime. 2009; Disgrace. 2010, limited to 2500 copies; Scenes from Provincial Life. 2011; The Childhood of Jesus. 2013, 2 copies, First American edition signed & with slipcase; Hero and Now. 2013, original boards; The good story. 2015; The Schooldays of Jesus. 2016; McEwan, Ian Atonement. London: J. Cape, 2001. First edition, 8vo, signed on title page, original cloth; Ondaatje, Michael The English Patient. London: Bloomsbury, 1992. First edition, signed on title page, dustwrapper slightly rubbed at extremities; Sebald, W.G. Austerlitz. 2001, uncorrected proof copy, original boards; Austerlitz. 2001, 2 copies; The Rings of the Saturn. 1998, paperback; Vertigo. 1999, paperback; On the Natural History of Destruction. 2003; Unrecounted. 2005, paperback; A Place in the Country. 2013; all with dustwrappers unless noted (32)
Veterinary - Eight 19th century veterinary books, including Tindall, John Observations on the Breeding and Management of Neat Cattle. Leeds: for the author, 1811. First edition, 8vo, 3 engraved plates, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, two leaves of subscribers with lower third torn away; Beaumont, T. The Complete New Cow Doctor. Manchester: S. Johnson, 1835. [6th edition ?], 18mo, original blue cloth gilt, half-title, binding slightly soiled; [Youatt, William] Cattle. 1834. First edition, original cloth, neatly rebacked retaining spine; Webb, James The Farmer's Guide. Aberdeen, 1835. Third edition, 12mo., original cloth, some spotting and dampstaining, binding rubbed and stained; Turner, James A Register of Experiments Anatomical, Physiological and Pathological. 1858. [Sole Collected edition, 2nd issue], 8vo, original cloth, spine worn; Gamgee, John & James Law General and Descriptive Anatomy of the Domestic Animals. Edinburgh, 1861. Sole edition, 8vo, 2 double-page plates, original cloth, worn; Harris, Stanley Old Coaching Days. 1882. 8vo, frontispiece & 11 plates, original cloth, some spotting; Hobday, F.T.G. The Castration of Cryptorchid Horses. 1903. 8vo, 1 coloured plate, original cloth, ex-Wellcome Library copy with stamp to title verso (8)
Woolf, Virginia Orlando: a biography. London: Hogarth Press, 1928. First English edition, 8vo., frontispiece and other plates, publisher's orange cloth, fading of spine and boards, endpapers a little discoloured, (Kirkpatrick A11b); [Idem] A Room of one's own. London: Hogarth Press, 1929, First English edition, 8vo., publisher's cinnamon cloth, spine a little faded, corners slightly knocked, endpapers a little discoloured, (Kirkpatrick A12b); [Idem] The waves. London: Hogarth Press, 1931. First edition, 8vo., publisher's purple cloth, spine faded, head and tail rubbed, ownership signature on front free endpaper, (Kirkpatrick A16a); [Idem] Flush: a biography. London: Hogarth Press, 1933. First edition, 8vo., plates, publisher's buff coloured cloth, spine darkened, book plate of the Book Society (Kirkpatrick A19a); [Idem] The years, London: Hogarth Press, 1937, First edition, 8vo., publisher's green cloth, joints faded and rubbed, upper board slightly bowed (Kirkpatrick A22a); and 9 others (14)
India - Arrowsmith, Aaron To Mark Wood Esq. M.P., Colonel of the Army in India, Late Chief Engineer and Surveyer General, of Bengal, This Map of India Compiled from various Interesting and Valuable Materials is inscribed in tasteful testimony of his Liberal Communications. London: A. Arrowsmith, 1804. First edition, very large engraved map of India (187 x 165mm.), partly hand-coloured, mounted on linen, attached to roller at foot with wooden caption, at some point, probably in 19th century, painted over with ?varnish, varnish now unevenly worn & slightly yellowed, small tear to top left sheet (with no loss), few mm. loss extreme right lower corner, slight dampstain at left edge
Medicine, 3 items, comprising Charleton, Walter Spiritus Gorgonicus, vi sua saxipara exutus; sive De causis, signis, & sanatione litheaseos, diatribe. Leiden: Elsevir, 1650. First edition, 12mo, woodcut printer's device on title, contemporary vellum, slight marginal damp-staining towards end, occasional light foxing, [Wellcome II 329]; Rollo, John Remarks on the Disease lately described by Dr. Hendy, under the Appellation of the Glandular Disease of Barbadoes. London: C. Dilly, 1785. First edition, small 8vo, half-title, original blue paper boards, partly opened, rebacked, a little soiled, [ESTC T152137]; [Charcot, Jean-Martin] Pathologie interne [Lecture Notes] [Paris: c. 1865], manuscript in ink on paper on lecture, ff. [20], 4to, paper wrappers with title and contents in manuscript, edges reinforced (3)
Beer and Brewing Black, William. A practical treatise on brewing. New edition. London: Longmans, 1870. 8vo., publisher's cloth, rubbed and a little stained: [Robinson, James]. The art and mystery of making British wines, cider and perry, cordials and liquers: also, the whole art of brewing. London: Chapman & Hall, 1865. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, head and tail rubbed; Marchant, W.T., compiler. In praise of ale: songs, ballads, epigrams, & anecdotes relating to beer, malt and hops. London: Redway, 1888. 8vo., publisher's cloth; Wright, H.E. A handbook for young brewers. London: Crosby Lockwood, 1877. 8vo., publisher's cloth, stained, with some pencil annotations; The Public-Housekeeper's monitor: being a serious admonition to the masters and mistresses of those commonly called public-houses, of what kind or denomination so ever. To which is prefixed, A letter from a Minister to the Public-Housekeepers of his Parish, recommending this Tract to their serious Perusal. London: Rivington, 1793. 12mo., modern boards (ESTC T61552); and 9 others (13)
Woolf, Virginia Between the acts. London: Hogarth Press, 1941. First edition, 8vo., publisher's blue cloth, with the dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell, edges of wrapper chipped, a couple of small stains to spine and upper part of wrapper, spine of cloth binding darkened, inscription on front free endpaper (Kirkpatrick A26a); [Idem] A haunted house and other short stories. London: Hogarth Press, 1943. First edition, 8vo., publisher's crimson cloth, with the dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell, spine of wrapper darkened, with snags at head and tail, wrapper generally a little dusty, slight paper discolouration throughout, very slight spotting of fore-edges, (Kirkpatrick A28a); [Idem] The Captain's death bed and other essays. London: Hogarth Press, 1950. First English edition, 8vo., publisher's brown cloth, with the dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell, spine of wrapper chipped at head, off-setting from joints to endpapers, inscription on front free endpaper (Kirkpatrick A36b) (3)
Artillery & War Bethell, H.A. Modern artillery in the field. London: Macmillan, 1911. 8vo., frontispiece, plates, illustrations, publisher's cloth, rubbed and worn, library stamps of Elswick Institute; Admiralty. Rifle and field exercises for His Majesty's Fleet, 1913. Small 8vo., illustrations, original limp cloth; Phillips, Edmund Ragland. Hints on shooting. Leeds: Jackson, 1915. Pamphlet, 8vo., printed paper wrappers; French, Sir J.P.D. , Field-Marshall. Extracts from General Routine Orders issued to the British Army in the field. London: Harrison, 1915. Pamphlet, 8vo., printed paper wrappers; General Staff. Notes on trench warfare for infantry offices. Revised diagrams, December 1916. London: Harrison, 1917. Pamphlet, 8vo., printed paper wrappers; Canadian War Records Office. Canada in Khaki No 2. London: Pictorial Newspaper Co., 1917. 4to., plates, illustrations, publisher's cloth; The Wipers Times. London: Herbert Jenkins 1918. 4to., publisher's cloth, with dust wrapper, part of wrapper spine missing; Roberts, F.J., Lieut-Col., editor. The Wipers Times. London: Nash, 1930. First complete edition, 4to., portrait frontispiece, publisher's cloth; His Majesty's Censorship. The Mail-Bag: compiled by members of the Liverpool Postal Censorship. Liverpool: Daily Post Printers, [n.d., c.1920?]. 4to., plates, illustrations, publisher's cloth, with original printed paper covers bound in; Doyle, Arthur Conan. The story of British prisoners. London: National Patriotic Committee, [1915]. Pamphlet, printed paper wrappers; and 12 other similar books and pamphlets (21)
Facsimiles, A Collection Facsimiles to include: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Edinburgh: Bell & MacFarquar, 1771[i.e. New York, 1979] 3 volumes, 4to., publisher's cloth, a facsimile of the first edition: Shakespeare, William. The Norton facsimile: the First Folio of Shakespeare. New York: Norton, 1996. 2nd edition, folio, publisher's quarter morocco, buckram, in a slip case, a special edition exclusive to the Folio Society; Camden, William. Camden's Britannia 1695. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971. Folio, publisher's original buckram; Horseley, John. Britannia Romana or the Roman antiquities of Britain. Newcastle upon Tyne, 1974. Folio, publisher's cloth, a facsimile of the edition of 1733, no 270 of an edition of 700; Aelian. The tactiks. London, 1616. [i.e. Amsterdam: Da Capo Press, 1968]. Folio, publisher's cloth; and 3 others (10)
Ovid Operum. Editio nova accurrante Nicolao Heinsio. Amsterdam: H. Schelte, 1701. 3 volumes, 16mo., engraved title-page to the first volume, later vellum, gilt; [idem] Ovidiani flores seu electa moralia ex P. Ovidii Nasonis elegiis excerpta. Lyon: apud Ioannem Iacquemetton, 1628. 16mo., contemporary limp vellum, pastedowns loose; Rigault, Nicolas, and others. Quatuor clariss. virorum satyrae. Leiden: ex off. Marciana, 1620. 12mo., contemporary vellum; Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Cum C. Galli fragmenta quae extant. Amsterdam: apud Ioann. Ianssonium, 1630. 16mo., engraved title-page, contemporary vellum; Statius, Publius Papinus, [Opera]. Amsterdam: apud Guiljelmum Ianss. Caesium, 1624, 24mo., engraved title-page, contemporary calf; Aulus Gelius. Noctes atticae. Amsterdam: apud Ioannem Ianssonium, 1651. 12mo., engraved title-page, contemporary sprinkled calf; Apuleius. Opera omnia. Leiden: apud Ionnaem Maire, 1623. 12mo., contemporary calf; Boethius. De consolation philosophiae libri v. Amsterdam: I. Blaue, 1668. 24mo., engraved title-page, contemporary calf; Cunaeus, P. Satyra menippea incastrata item D. Iuliani Imperatoris saytra. Leiden: ex off. Iusti Livi, 1632. 12mo., engraved title-page, contemporary mottled calf; and 6 others in similar format (17)
Orkney & Shetland - Barry, George The History of the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1805. First edition, 4to, frontispiece, folding map, 10 plates, advertisement leaf, contemporary half calf, red morocco gilt label to spine, joints split, upper board detached, some spotting and offsetting
Polybius Historiaum libri qui supersunt, interprete Isacco Casaubono. Iacbus Gronovius recensuit … Accedit Aneae Commentarius de toleranda obsidione cum interpretation ac notis Isaaci Casauboni. Amsterdam: ex off. Johannis Janssonii a Waesberge & Johannis a Someren, 1670. 3 volumes, engraved title-pages to volumes 1 and 2, contemporary vellum, over lapping fore-edges, tear to lower part of the engraved title in volume 1, upper inner joint of volume 1 splitting, final blank leaves dusty, bookplate of the Earl of Kintore; Appianus. Romanrum historiarum … Alexander Tollius … emandavit, correxit & Henrici Stephani … selectas annotations adjecit. Amsterdam: ex off. Johannis Janssonii a Waesberge & Johannis a Someren, 1670. 2 volumes, 8vo., engraved title-pages to both volumes, contemporary vellum, splitting of outer inner joints; Justinus. Historiae Philippicae ex recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii cum eiusdem castigatinibus. Leiden: apud Jacobum Hackium, 1683. 8vo., engraved title-page, contemporary vellum; Velleius Paterculus, Caius. Cum selectis variorum notis: Antonius Thysius edidit & accurante recensuit. Leiden: ex off. Francisci Hakii, 1659. 8vo., engraved title-page, contemporary vellum, 18th century armorial bookplate: Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus. De bello civili cum Hug. Griotii, Farnabii notis & variorum selectiss. : accurante Corn. Schrevelio. Amsterdam: Elzevier, 1669. 8vo., engraved title-page, folding map, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine rubbed, front free endpaper removed, armorial book plate of Richard Jenkins; Caeser, Caius Julius. Quae extant, cum selectis variorum commentariis, quorum plerique novi, opera et studio Arnoldi Montani: accedunt Notitia Galliae et notae auctiores ex autogapho Iosephi Scaligeri. Amsterdam: Elzevier, 1670. 8vo., engraved title-page, engraved folding map and 4 engraved plates, contemporary sprinkled calf, armorial book plate of Richard Jenkins, marginal worming of first few leaves and a single worm through subsequent margins; Florus, Lucius Annaeus. Rerum Romanurum epitome: interpretation & notis illustravit Anna Tanaquilii Fabri Filia … In usum Serenissimi Delphini. London: impens. R. Clavell, et al., 1692. 8vo, title-page in red and black, contemporary sprinkled and panelled calf; Justinus. Historiae Philippicaecum integris commentariis Jac. Bongarsii … Curante Abrahamo Gronovio. Leiden: apud Theodorum Haak, 1719. 8vo., engraved frontispiece, title-page in red and black, contemporary vellum, gilt ruled, with gilt figure of Athena and corner panel ornaments in gilt; Kennett, Basil. Romae antiquae notitia: or the antiquities of Rome. London: Child, 1717. 6th edition, 8vo., engraved portrait frontispiece, title-page in red and black, 13 engraved plates (including folding), contemporary calf; Echard, Augustus The Roman history, from the building of the City to the perfect settlement of the Empire. London: for R. Bonwick, et al., 1719. 8th edition, 2 volumes only of 5, 8vo., engraved frontispiece to both volumes, title-pages in red and black, contemporary calf; Lipius, Justus. Roma illustrate sive antiquitatum Romanarum breviarium. London: Swale & Childe, 1692. 8vo., engraved frontispice, 1 folding engraved plate and engraved illustrations in the text, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and worn, (ESTC R231286), variant with "et" and "cum figuris aeneis" in the 7th line of the title (15)
Poetry, 2 volumes - John Tait and William Wordsworth, comprising [Tait, John] The Cave of Morar, The Man of Sorrows. A Legendary Tale. London: T. Davies.. and sold by J. Bew, and J. Balfour, 1774. First edition, 4to, lacking half-title, disbound, last leaf working loose, [ESTC T28960]; Wordsworth, William Yarrow Revisited, and other Poems. London: Longman, [&c.], 1835. First edition, presentation copy, 'From the Author' written on the half-title by a publisher's clerk, lacks erratum slip, margins slightly browned, marginal pencil markings, early twentieth-century brown half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g. (2)
Burma Photographs - Burmah Oil Company photograph album, c.1904 Photograph album containing views of Burma, including images of the staff and works of the Burmah Oil Company, [n.d., c.1904]. Oblong folio, 56 large format photographs, c. 11 x 8", majority uncaptioned though several captioned in the negative, a couple identified by hand, overall in good condition, album contemporary half roan, slightly worn, 5 further large format and 2 small photos loosely inserted. Note: The Burmah Oil Company was formed in 1886 in Scotland and by the early 20th century owned the larges oil fields in the British Empire, producing 90% of Burma's oil output. The first 8 images show group portraits of staff, the following 48 topographical or portait photographs, including oil fields, Rangoon, the countryside, an oil blaze and elephants at work.
Traven, B. The Death ship: the story of an American sailor. New York: Knopf, 1934. First edition of this translation, 8vo., publisher's black cloth, dust wrapper, edges uncut, slight wear to the edges of the wrapper, price not clipped, edges very lightly foxed, with the bookplate of R.J. Dickinson Note: The American edition differs from the English edition textually and was, unlike the English edition, translated by the author.
Collection of Modern Literature Mailer, Norman. The naked and the dead. London: Allan Wingate, 1949. First British edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper, repairs to head and tail of wrapper, lower inner joint splitting: The deer park. London: Allan Wingate, 1957. First British edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper, priced clipped; An American dream. London: Andrew Deutsch, 1965. First British edition, 8vo, publisher's cloth, dust wrappers, price clipped, inscription on front free endpaper; Advertisements for myself. London: Andrew Deutsch, 1961. First British edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Cannibals and Christians. London: Andrew Deutsch, 1967. First British edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Hughes, Richard. The fox in the attic. London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; White, Patrick. Voss. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Greene, Graham. May we borrow your husband? London: The Bodley Head, 1967. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Koestler, Arthur. The Yogi and the commissar and other essays. London: Cape, 1945. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper, price clipped; Spark, Muriel. The Abbess of Crewe. London; Macmillan, 1974. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; Adams, Richard. The plague dogs. London: Allen Lane in conjunction with Rex Collings, 1977. First edition, 8vo., publisher's cloth, dust wrapper; and 44 others (53)
Dionysius of Halicarnasus Chronologia dionysiu alikarnaseos ta heuriskomena, historika te kai retorika, syngrammata. Dionysii halicarnassei scripta quae exstant, omnia, et historica, et rhetorica … Opera et studio Friderici Sylburgii veterensis. Frankfurt am Main: apud heredes AndreaeWecheli, 1586. 2 volumes in one, folio, printer's device on the title-pages to both volumes and on the final leaf of volume 2, folio, early calf, gilt centre pieces of laurel wreath, modern rebacking, margins of first and last few signatures rubbed and worn, some slight marginal worming (mostly single hole) Note: USTC 637660
India - Cartier-Bresson, Henri Beautiful Jaipur. Jaipur: the Information Bureau, 1948. First edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, 64 half-tone photographs, original printed red cloth, dust-jacket not price clipped, some minor internal soiling and very slight damp-staining to corners, some soiling to lower part of covers, a few tears and some soiling to dust-jacket
Strutt, Joseph - Fine Extra-Illustrated Work A Biographical Dictionary containing an Historical Account of all the Engravers from the Earliest Period … to the Present Time and a Short List of their most Esteemed Works with Ciphers, Monograms, and Particular Marks, used by each master … to which is prefixed, An Essay on the Rise and Progress of the Art of Engraving, both on Copper and on Wood. London: Robert Faulder, 1785. First edition, 2 volumes, extended to 4, 19 original (of 20?) plates of which 2 are hand coloured, and extra illustrated by some 450 additional engravings, mezzotints, etchings, prints, portraits, etc. (mostly mounted, but with some loosely inserted), later full green morocco, gilt panelled, by Andrew Grieve, a.e.g (4) Note: With an extensive range of examples of the works of the various engravers produced at various periods, amongst which are an elephant and camel by Francis Barlow (Vol. 1 p. 62); 2 contemporary prints on gold silk by Jacques Callot from Les Miseres (there are 2 further prints by Callot, the 4th at Vol. 2 p. 283); The family of the Count Palatine by Crispin de Passe (Vol. 3 p. 204); "Minerva" after Golzius by Saenredam (loosely inserted opposite p. 290 on vol. 4); and 2 further prints on silk after Rembrandt by Thomas Worldige (after p. 248 in vol. 4). Loosely inserted at the front of vol. 1 is an AL from a bookseller (?), dated 16 August, 1872, to the effect that he has acquired the present set from Murthy Castle and that he proposes to have it rebound and the plates remounted. He notes that the original owner paid 110 guineas for it, but that he will be able to offer it at £45.00. Provenance: Alexander Lawson Duncan (1859-1924) of Jordanstone, Perth, gilt white leather book-label.
Craven, Elizabeth, Lady A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople... London: G.G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789. First edition, 4to, folding map and 6 plates, contemporary calf rebacked with a later gilt tooled spine, bookplate of Alexander Trotter of Dreghorn, map torn with some spotting and offsetting, a little spotting and browning throughout, particularly around plates
Quintilianus, Marcus Fabius Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim. Summa diligentia ad fidem vetustissimorum codicum recogniti, ac restituti. Cum rerum verborumque indice locupletissimo. Declamationum liber. Lyon: apud Sébastien Gryphe, 1549. 8vo., 2 parts in one volume, printer's device on title-pages to both parts, early calf, spine decorated gilt, rubbed at head and tail, joints cracking, small stain in the outer hand margin through first couple of signatures, lacking the final blank to the second part, amateur colouring to both title-pages (USTC 150302)
Moses, Henry A collection of antique vases, altars, paterae, tripos, candelabra. Sarcophagi &c. London: Taylor, [1814]. First edition, small 4to., engraved title-page, with 151(the number 115 used twice) engraved plates (some hand coloured) numbered 150, and 18 engraved illustrations in the text, modern quarter calf, marbled boards; Windus, Thomas. A new elucidation on the subject of the celebrated Portland vase formerly called The Barberini. London: Nicholas for W. Pickering, 1845. First edition, folio, hand coloured frontispiece and 9 plates (some tinted), illustrations in the text, modern rebinding with original upper cover laid down, new endpapers, frontispiece with water stating to left upper margin, some other instances of similar staining; Gell, William, Sir and John P. Gandy. Pompeiana: the topography, edifices, and ornaments. London: Chatto and Widnus, 1875. 8vo., frontispiece and 100 plates (of which two are hand coloured), rebound in modern cloth, plate 75 misbound before 74: Pompeii its destruction and re-discovery. New edition, London: Cox, 1853. 12mo., illustrated, contemporary half calf, marbled boards; Mackenzie, W.M. Pompeii: painted by Alberto Pisa. London: Black, 1910. First edition, 8vo., plates, publisher's cloth; Gell, William, Sir. The topography of Rome and its vicinity. London: Saunders and Otley, 1834. Volume 1 of 2, 8vo., original cloth; Gray, Elizabeth Caroline. Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria in 1839, London: Hatchard, 1841. 2nd edition, 8vo., hand coloured engraving to accompany p. 210 used as frontispiece, other engraved plates with some folding and hand coloured, publisher's cloth: Burn, Robert. Rome and the Campagna. Cambridge: Deighton Bell, 1876. 4to., frontispiece, numerous maps (some folding), plates and illustrations, publisher's cloth over bevelled boards, t.e.g., edges rubbed, bookplate and library stamp of Durham School Library; Schliemann, Henry. Troy and its remains: edited Philip Smith. London: John Murray, 1875. 8vo., frontispiece, plates, maps, illustrations, modern cloth, t.e.g. (9)
A Southern Railway 9ct gold 50 years' service medal, presented to A Clark 1888-1938, cased, a small black and white photograph of A Clark, and a British Railways St John's Ambulance 35 years First Aid Efficiency 1969 medal plaque, presented to Leslie Clark (son), St John's Ambulance medal, and a small black and white photograph of L Clark, together with a ticket puncher
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