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Click here to subscribeA Book on Angling', by Francis Francis, London, 1867 (First Edition). Complete with engraved illustrations, some hand-coloured. An interesting book that deals with fly fishing and spinning. Internally sound, some discolouration to page edges/occasional light foxing. Rebound in modern black leather.
A box containing the following: 'London- Night and Day'; 'Mrs Beeton's Household Management - revised'; 'The Constance Spry Cookery Book'; '1953 Festival of Britain'; 'British Women Go to War'; '1st Derbyshire Yeomanry 1939-1947'; stamps and stamp holder; set of first decimal coins; 6 ten shilling notes; 6 commemorative boxed coins and 1 unboxed; 1 1929 escudo; 38 farthings; 9x3p +2x3p coins; 2x6p+10x6p coins; 3 half crowns; 2 half p. coins; 3 1p.+ 112 loose pennies,etc; 1 Ronson lighter.
Football Medals: A collection of five sporting medals to comprise: a 'Nottinghamshire Football Association' 9ct gold medal, inscribed to back 'Senior Cup, 1909', hallmarked Thomas Fattorini, Birmingham, weight 8.3g, a 9ct gold cross medallion, inscribed 'Mid-Derbyshire League Champions 1902-3', hallmarked H.G.C., Birmingham, weight 4.6g, a 9ct gold medallion, inscribed 'S & D.C.L. 1924 Champions', hallmarked B & W, Chester, weight 6.2g, together with two silver medallions, the first depicting a cricketer at the stumps, scratched to the reverse 'Runners-Up 1925 S.T.W.C.', hallmarked Chester, 1925, gross weight 8.9g, the second depicting a standing pigeon, inscribed to back, 'S.S.F.L Cup Winners 1926', hallmarked Birmingham, gross weight 8.4g. (5)
Formula 1 Memorabilia: A limited edition West McLaren Mercedes Benz and Mobil 'Edition Silver Arrows' presentation boxed set, 1998, comprising limited edition Tag Heuer watch number 167/500 with framed watch display case, (the watch unused, recently fitted with new battery and with case in separate box), twelve limited Edition Silver Arrows prints with printed title page and introduction, limited edition number 167/500, four with signatures of Mika Hakkinen, David Coulthard, Stirling Moss and Hans Hermann, the prints are interchangeable in the watch display frame, and a glazed cased display housing a 1:18 scale Mercerdes-Benz W196, two 1:43 scale 1998 Formula 1 team cars, and four original parts from a McLaren Mercedes MP4-13 comprising samples of Mobil Oil and Bridgestone tyre rubber and an engine component and a chassis component, fitted into a presentation case, never produced for resale.Provenance: This item was given to the vendor by Mobil/Mercedes and was produced only for McLaren team and sponsors for first Mercedes McLaren Constructors Championship win in 1998.
All Sports Weekly: A collection of seven bound volumes of the early 1920's papers 'All Sports Weekly', volume 1 binding worn, first paper dating August 30th, 1919, to No. 52, August 21st 1920, volume 2, No.53 (August 28th, 1920) to No.104 (August 20th, 1921), containing Special 1921 F.A. Cup Final Souvenir No.87, volume 3, No.105 (August 27th, 1921) to No.156 (August 19th, 1922), containing Special Horse-Racing (The Two-Thousand Guineas) and F.A. Cup Final papers, No.139 and No.140 (April 22nd and 29th, 1922), volume 4, No.157 (August 26th, 1922) to No.210 (September 1st, 1923), containing 1923 F.A. Cup Final Souvenir, No.192, volume 5, No.211 (September 8th, 1923) to No.262 (August 31st, 1924), containing 1924 F.A. Cup Final Souvenir, No.244, volume 6, No.263 (September 6th, 1924) to No.313 (August 22nd, 1925), containing 1925 F.A. Cup Final Souvenir, No.296 and volume 7, No.314 (August 29th, 1925) to the last paper, No. 375, dating November 13th, 1926, containing 1926 F.A. Cup Final Souvenir, No. 348. (7)
Art Reference, Porcelain, Pottery & Glass, Antiques Reference, a large collection including Godden, G.A. Minton Pottery & Porcelain of the First Period 1793-1850. 1968; Godden, G.A. Caughley and Worcester Porcelains 1775-1800. 1969; Godden, G.A. The Illustrated Guide to Lowestoft Porcelain. 1969; Barrett, F.A. Derby Porcelain. 1971; Sandon, H. Royal Worcester Porcelain from 1862. 1974; Cushion, J. English Porcelain. 1974; Cushion, J. Continental Porcelain. 1974; Bell, R.C. Tynside Pottery. 1971; Whiter, L. Spode. 1978; Godden, G.A. An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain. 1966; Sandton, H. The Illustrated Guide to Worcester Porcelain. 1969; Godden, G.A. The Illustrated Guide to Ridgway Porcelains. 1972; Wills, G. English & Irish Glass. [n.d.], 16 numbers bound in 1, green half morocco gilt; most original cloth, dust-jackets; and others, similar (quantity)
Spark, Muriel Child of Light. A Reassessment of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Hadleigh: Tower Bridge Publications Limited, 1951. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to title-page: With much love to Mother, Dad and Robin from Muriel 22.10.51 with printed name crossed through, orange cloth, dust-jacket not price clipped but with some dust-soiling and slight bumping Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Spark, Muriel The Comforters. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1957. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to front free-endpaper: Robin with love from Mummy Feb. 1957 and signed Muriel Spark to title-page, with printed name crossed through, original blue cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price clipped but with some dust-soiling and torn to upper part of spine Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin Note: Muriel Spark's first novel.
Spark, Muriel The Comforters. London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1957. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to front free-endpaper: Robin's book love from Mum June 1977 (20 years later), original blue cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price clipped but with some dust-soiling and a couple of very small chips and tears Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Spark, Muriel Robinson, a Novel. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1958. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to front free-endpaper: To dear Mum & Dad with fondest love from Muriel. June. '58 and signed Muriel Spark to title-page, with printed name crossed through, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price clipped but with some dust-soiling, tears and repairs Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Spark, Muriel The Go-Away Bird, with Other Stories. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1958. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to front free-endpaper: Lots of love to dear Dad & Mum from Muriel original red cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price clipped but with some soiling and light wear Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Spark, Muriel The Ballad of Peckham Rye. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1960. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to front free-endpaper: Robin darling - This is your book - with love from Mummy and signed Muriel Spark to title-page, with printed name crossed through, original light blue cloth, dust-jacket not price clipped but with some dust-soiling and rubbing Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Spark, Muriel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1961. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Spark to front free-endpaper: To Robin, Love & wonkies[?] Mummy xxx, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price clipped but a little soiled and bumped Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin Note: Probably Muriel Spark's best known, and most widely read, novel. The eponymous heroine is said to have been partly based on Christina Kay, one of Spark's schoolteachers at James Gillespie's School for Girls in Edinburgh. A photograph of Muriel Spark's school year can be found in lot 115.
Spark, Muriel The Very Fine Clock. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First edition, oblong 8vo, inscribed by Spark to an initial leaf: Love to Very Fine Robin from his Mum. xxx Edinburgh 16th October 1968, original orange cloth, dust-jacket not price clipped but with a few small tears Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Spark, Muriel - 4 early works, inscribed Memento Mori, 1959. Inscribed "Best love to Mum & Dad from Muriel", dust-jacket chipped, rubbed and soiled; [Idem] The Girls of Slender Means, 1963. First edition, dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin, fondest love, Mummy"; [Idem] Doctors of Philosophy, a play, 1963. dust-jacket, inscribed: "To Robin love Mummy June '63"; Poetry Awards, 1949, inscribed: "For Miss Moffat from the least of the contributors, with love Christmas 1949" Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
Spark, Muriel - A Collection of Books, mostly inscribed from Muriel to Robin Spark, comprising Spark, Muriel The Public Image, 1968. First edition, dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin love from Mummy xxxxxxxxx"; [Idem] The Mandelbaum Gate, 1965. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Darling Rob - love from Mum, Dec - 1965"; [Idem] Memento Mori, 1992. Tanslated ino Hebrew by Sheffi Paz, with a note to the endpaper: "Dearest Rob - I bet you can't read this book from cover to cover! Fondest love xxx Mum"; [Idem]"Not to Disturb", 1971 (NY) red half calf gilt, inscribed: "For Robin, With fondest ever love, from Mummy, 1974; [Idem] John Masefield, 1953. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "For Robin, on his birthday, 1953, with love from his Mummy", also signed to title-page, dust-jacket soiled and chipped; Brontë, Emily Selected Poems, edited by Muriel Spark, 1952, inscribed: "Love to Robin, from his Mummy, 3rd Oct 1952", dust-jacket; Spark, Muriel The Seraph and the Zambesi, 1960, "this special edition of The Seraph and the Zambesi is privately printed and sent to the friends of the J.B. Lippincott Company, with greetings of the season", inscribed: "Robin, New Year 1961, Much love from Mummy", original printed wrappers; Maclean, A.D., editor Winter's Tales (Spark a contributor), 1960. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "To Rob, love fom Mummy, New Year 1961" with a person in hat doodle; Spark, Muriel and Derek Stanford Emily Brontë, 1953. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "For Robin, with love from his Mummy & from his friend, Derek", 1953; Spark, Muriel The Bachelors, 1960. Dust-jacket a little chipped and rubbed, inscribed: "Robin - heaps of ove, from Mummy, October 1960", signed to title; [Idem] The Takeover, 1976. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "For Robin, all loving wishes, from Mum, xxx, 1977"; Spark, Muriel and Derek Stanford My Best Mary, 1953. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "To Mother, Dad & Robin, With love from Muriel, 24.3.53"; Stanford, Derek Inside the Forties, 1977. Dust-jacket repaired and price-clipped; Spark, Muriel The Brontë Letters, 1954, inscribed: "To dearest Robin with love from Mummy 21-4-54", dust-jacket; [Idem] The Hothouse by the East River, 1973. Inscribed "Rob love Mummy xxx", dust-jacket; [Idem] Not to Disturb, 1971. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin, fondest love, Mum xxx"; [Idem] Collected Poems I, 1967. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin love from Mummy xxx"; [Idem] Collected Poems I, 1967. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin fondest fondest love from Mummy Rome Jun. 68"; [Idem] Collected Stories I, 1967. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin, love from Mummy xxxxxx"; [Idem] Collected Stories I, 1967. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Love to Robin from Mummy - Muriel Rome Jun. '68"; Spark, Muriel & Derek Stanford Letters of John Henry Newman. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "For Robin Spark (to whom this book is dedicated - see verso page 9) With all love from the editors - love to Rob - Mummy & Derek 15 June 1957"; [Idem] The Abbess of Crewe, 1974. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin fondest love xxx Mummy"; The Observer Prize Stories: The Seraph and the Zambesi and twenty others, 1952. Dust-jacket.; [Idem] The Driver's Seat, 1970. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin, love from, Mum xxx"; [Idem] Curriculum Vitae, Autobiography; and 38 other books, including copies of The Poetry Review Provenance: From the estate of the Late Mr Samuel H. L. Spark, known as Robin
[Jacobite Rebellion - Battle of Prestonpans] - Sir John Cope Two autograph letters from Sir John Cope to Lt.-General Thomas Fowke ("Dear Fowke"), sending news of national affairs "The eyes of all Europe are upon our Affairs in America, which 'tis imagined will draw consequences in this part of the World, for which wee are so formidably prepared by our natural strength, the Navy, that if Spain will but continue to think according to her old proverb, Peace with England & War with all the World, so far only...", expressing his desire (with a tacit reference to his unpopularity after 1745) ("I am just as desirous not to be employed, as those who could employ me are unwilling to do it, so in that we are perfectly agreed"), reporting that he hears well of Fowke's Governership of Gibraltar, mentioning "Mr paymaster Pit", telling him about the regime and life he follows at the spas of Bath and Cheltenham (... I find the company at Chiltenham is not very numerous, and by those you name none very entertaining..."), thanking him for sending him a fine Spanish horse, &c., 2pp & 2pp., St. James Place, 19 July 1753, & Bath, 8 July 1755 Note; The first important battle of the rebellion was at Prestonpans on 27 September 1745 and this was a decisive victory for Charles over Sir John Cope who was Lieutentant-General, Commander of King George I's forces in Scotland. There is a paucity of knowledge about Cope's life after his Court of Inquiry in 1746. After he was defeated at the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745 he was the subject of the Jacobite song "Hey, Johnnie Cope! Are ye waukin yet ?" Autograph letters by him are very rare.
A collection of items including Pennant, Thomas The History of the Parishes of Whiteford and Holywell. London: B & J. White, 1796. 4to., 2 engraved titles and 22 plates, 19th century vellum, binding rather dust-soiled; [Defoe, D.] Robinson Crusoe, Albion Press, J. & J. Cundee, c.1810, very soiled and defective; Epictetus Enchiridion, et cebetis tabula. Leiden, Ex Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1616. 16mo, contemporary calf, fore-margins worn at beginning, puncture mark to spine; Edwards, Lionel My Hunting Sketch Book. 1928- 30. 2 volumes; Forrad-on! 1930, rubbed; My Irish Sketch Book. 1938; Meads, F. They Meet at Eleven. 1956, illus. by Lionel Edwards, original cloth or original cloth-backed boards; Indenture 1604, between John Hewson Irinkston in Suffolk, Reginald Burroughe of St. Johns in Suffolk and Cuthbert Garner, and Sir John Deane, Knight, relating to the sale of the Manor or Lordshippe of ?Shellond in Suffolk, vellum, 3 seals attached; Holbrooke, Joseph Music manuscript. Dramatic overture "1914" (for Brass Band), 32pp., oblong folio, with note "Broadcast 1926-1928-1934 etc.", signed by Holbrooke on first leaf; Dramatic Overure "Clive of India", 12pp., 4to., slightly dust-soiled; with German music manuscript "Lieges Hymnus 1866 zur feir des 1 Januar 1867, composorit von Seiner Koniglichen Hoheit dem Prrinzen Albricht (Sohn) von Preusen", oblong 4to., 15pp., wrapper detached; Indenture, [Bradford, Yorkshire] between Samuel Dawson, Joseph & Ely Jowett and William Holden relating to the Rectory of Bradford in the County of York, on vellum, 1780, 58 x 76cm.; Printed Playbill for performance of Der Rosenkavalier, 7 Nov. 1953, 61 x 42.5cm., mounted on board, worn with some loss (quantity)
Railways and Tramways, a large collection including Clay, R., printer Report of the Directors of the Northern & Eastern Railway Company, incorporated 1836, to the Proprietors at their first General Meeting. 1836, disbound, folding map, housed in folding cloth covers; Wood, Nicholas A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads. 1832. plates, contemporary cloth, some spotting, hinge broken; Osborne, E.C. & W. Osborne's Guide to the Grand Junction. Birmingham, 1838, folding map, original cloth; The Railway and the Mine Lever's Illustrated Year Book. 1861. 8vo, plates, original red cloth gilt; Grahame, Thomas A Guide to the North Midland and Midland Counties Railways. Leicester, 1842, folding map, engraved plates, bound with The History and Antiquities of Eyam, 1842; Day, J. A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Formation of Railways. 1848. Third edition, 8vo, original cloth; [Head, F.B.] Stokers and Pokers. 1849, 3rd edition, half calf; Osborne, E.C. & W. Osborne's London & Birmingham A treatise on Internal Intercourse and Communication in Civilised States. London, 1834, First edition, presentation copy from the author, original cloth-backed boards, uncut; Cundy, N.W. Inland Transit. The Practability, Utility and Benefit of Railroads. 1834. Second edition, 8vo, folding plate & 2 folding maps, original quarter cloth, rubbed; Lardner, D. The Steam Engine. 1840, frontispiece, original cloth; Railway Guide. Birmingham, [c.1845], 12mo, folding map loose, engraved plates, half calf; [Lever, C.] Tales of the Trains. 1845, 12mo, original pictorial cloth gilt; Measom, G. The Official Illustrated Guide to the North-Eastern, North British..... Glasgow, [n.d.], 8vo, half calf, cover detached; Young, F.T. The Economy of Steam Power on Common Roads. [1860], folding plate, illustrations, original cloth [Partridge, S., publisher] The Route of the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway. 8vo, folding map, original wrappers, rubbed; Shaw, G. The Official Tourists' Picturesque Guide to the London & North Western Railway. [c.1875], 2 copies, maps, original blue cloth gilt, one rubbed; Kent, W., publisher History of the Darlington & Barnard Castle Railway. 1877. original blue calf gilt; Williams, F.S. Our Iron Roads. 1883, 8vo, original cloth, slightly rubbed; Williams, F.S. The Midland Railway. 1888. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Baker, E., publisher A Handbook to various publications, documents and charts connected with the rise and Development of the Railway System. 1893, 12mo, original upper wrapper bound in, quarter cloth; Grinling, C.H. The History of the Great Northern Railway. 1898; Clarke, S. Clitheroe in its Railway days. Clitheroe, 1900, 8vo, original cloth; Tomlinson, W.W. The North Eastern Railway. Newcastle, 1914. 4to; Steel, W.L. The History of the London & North Western Railway. 1914; Warren, J.G.H. A Century of Locomotive Building by Robert Stephenson & Co., 1823-1923. 1923, 4to., original cloth; MacDermot, E.T. History of the Great Western Railway. 1927. 2 volumes; Marshall, C.F.D. Centenary History of the Liverpool. & Manchester Railway. 1930. 4to, original cloth; Marshall, C.F.D. A History of Railway Locomotives down to the end of the year 1831. 1953. 4to, dustwrapper; Bourne, J.C. Bourne's London & Birmingham Railway. 1970, folio, original cloth, dustwrapper, glassine sleeve; and others, similar; sold as a collection not subject to return
The Sportsman's Dictionary Or, the Country Gentleman's Companion... London: C. Hitch..., 1735. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, collates: A3, B-Bb8, [volume 2 title], Cc-Zz8, Aaa8, frontispiece, 25 engraved plates, contemporary calf with gilt tooled rosettes to spines and monograms to covers, notes in an early hand to endpapers, slight dust-soiling and occasional marks, labels chipped, spine ends slightly chipped (2)
Bewick, Thomas, a collection including [Charnley, Emerson, publisher] Fisher's Garland for 1822, 1827-29, 1833-40, 1842, 1844-45, wood-engraved vignette by Bewick, unbound; A General History of Quadrupeds. Newcastle, 1811. Sixth edition, 8vo, late 19th century half calf; Select Fables. Newcastle, 1820. First edition, 8vo, half calf, worn, a few spots; Boyd, J. Bewick Gleanings. 1886. 4to., Small Paper copy no. 146 signed by the author; green half morocco, t.e.g., rubbed; Robinson, R. Thomas Bewick his Life and Times. Newcastle, 1887. 4to., original cloth; Bewick, T. Memoir. 1924, original cloth; Roscoe, S. Thomas Bewick. A Bibliography Raisonné. 1973, original cloth, glassine wrapper (7)
Boyd, J.M. & I.L. The Hebrides [New Naturalist no.76]. London: Collins, 1990. First edition, 8vo., signed by the authors on title-page, dedication on half-title "For Ken and Marien Fraser with gratitude and affection from Morton" dated 20th August [1990], illustrated throughout, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, dust jacket, slight wear and tear to dust-jacket along top edge and on back
Natural History, including Hudson, C.T. & P.H. Gosse The Rotifera, or Wheel-Animalcules. 1886. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to., 34 plates (30 coloured), many double-page, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, g.e., corners slightly rubbed; Ralfs, John The British Desmidieae. 1848. First edition, 8vo, 35 engraved plates (34 hand-coloured), original green embossed cloth, list of subscribers, small split head of lower joint; Heurck, H. van A Treatise on the Diatomaceae. 1896. Large 8vo, frontispiece & 35 plates, original cloth, t.e.g., spine slightly faded; Lister, A. A Monograph of the Mycetozoa. 1911. 8vo, plates, original cloth (5)
New Naturalists, 51 volumes, comprising no. 1 (slightly rubbed), 2 (slightly rubbed, spine slightly discoloured), 3 (reprinted), 6 (slightly rubbed), 13 (slightly rubbed), 14 (slightly spotted, short tear to upper wrapper), 16 (rubbed), 17 (tear at head of spine repaired), 19 (slightly rubbed & discoloured), 20, 24 (slightly frayed, faded, price-clipped), 25 (reprinted, repaired at spine ends), 33, 35 (slightly rubbed), 36 (facsimile wrapper), 38 (facsimile wrapper), 42 (reprinted, facsimile wrapper), 43 (tears to wrapper repaired), 45 (library stamps, facsimile wrapper), 51, 52 (spine discoloured), 53, 55, 56, 60 (name in ink on endpaper), 61, 62, 63 (price clipped), 71 (softback), 83 (spine faded), 88, 89, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, all first editions unless stated otherwise, some earlier volumes slightly marked or dust-soiled
New Naturalists, a collection of 32 volumes, including numbers 1 (1st & 3rd edition, slightly discoloured, one with split at fold), 3 (frayed with loss), 6 (3 copies, all rubbed, one frayed, one torn with loss), 13 (slightly rubbed & soiled), 17 (2 copies, 1 torn and repaired), 20 (spine faded, price clipped), 33, 52 (2 copies), 53, 55 (price-clipped), 56, 60 (2 copies, one reprint, one spine faded), 62, 63 (price-clipped), 71 (softback, 2 copies), 98, 99 (reprinted), 101-103, 105, 106, 108, 109, all hardback, first editions unless stated, most with protective wrappers; and 107 Grouse in paperback (32)
Rowning, J. A Compendious System of Natural Philosophy. London: S. Harding, 1753. 4 parts in 2 volumes, 8vo, 44 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, armorial bookplate of the Rt. Hon. Alex.r Lord Bamff; Birch, Thomas The Life of the Honourable Robert Boyle. London: A. Millar, 1744. First separate edition, 8vo, contemporary calf (3)
Bassandyne Bible [The Bible and Holy Scriptures... Edinburgh: Alexander Arbuthnot [and Thomas Bassandyne], 1579.] Small folio, one map of Canaan only, lacking one map and one plan, woodcut illustrations throughout, inscribed Wm M? on free endpaper verso dated February 22nd 1892, 16th or early 17th century embossed panelled calf and banded spine, title-page lacking and substituted with late 19th century replacement, lacking all leaves before ai (i.e. title and 9 leaves), xvi-z8 lacking (i.e. final 15 leaves), foxing, significant repairs to all leaves up to dv with some loss to text to initial leaves in particular, final 2 leaves of the New Testament repaired with some significant loss, soiling and other repairs with some throughout, some text obscured, a few small holes, including wormholes, throughout with some loss to text, some dampstaining, upper cover detached, lower joints split, covers and spine worn [ESTC S122098; Darlow & Moule (Rev. 1968), 158] Provenance: Inscription to final leaf of Revelation reads: "This buik apperteins to Johne Duncane"; Sir William Fettes Douglas, sold as lot 399 in the sale of his books on 7th December 1891; Ownership signature of John Glasse, Reverend of Greyfriars Tolbooth & Highland Kirk, Edinburgh, to endpaper verso beneath inscription; thence by descent. Note: Known as the 'Bassandyne Bible', after the Edinburgh printer Thomas Bassandyne, this was "the first complete Bible to be printed in Scotland" [http://www.nls.uk/collections/rare-books/collections/bibles]. Bassandyne had produced the New Testament in 1576, the title-page bearing this date, and following his death in 1577, the Old Testament was added and the complete work published by Alexander Arbuthnot in 1579.
Dukes of Hamilton - carte-de-visite album 118 cartes-de-visite, 3 cabinet cards, 14 albumen prints relating to the Dukes of Hamilton, probably compiled by Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850-1922), including photographs by Disdéri, Camille Silvy, Henry Peach Robinson, Alexander Bassano, Serge Levitsky, John Mayall and Thomas Annan, 19th century embossed morocco album, some fading and occasional light foxing, clasp broken, rubbed Provenance: From a private collection, purchased in Florence in 1968 Note: The album seemingly once belonged to a member of the immediate family of William Douglas-Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton (1811-1863). It was probably compiled by his daughter, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850-1922), who married Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1869. That marriage was annulled ten years later and she subsequently married the Hungarian nobleman Tasziló Festetics de Tolna. Among her descendants are Prince Rainier III of Monaco, the fashion designer Prince Egon von Fürstenberg, the socialite and actress Princess Ira von Fürstenberg and the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Karel Schwarzenberg. The album contains eight portraits of Lady Mary Victoria, including an engagement portrait taken with her first husband, Prince Albert I of Monaco. Among the other members of her family represented in the album are her father, the 11th Duke of Hamilton (7); her mother, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (2); her brother, the 12th Duke of Hamilton (2); her younger brother, 7th Earl of Selkirk (1); her cousin, Lady Susan Vane-Tempest (8); her cousin, the 6th Duke of Newcastle (7); his wife, the Duchess of Newcastle (8); and their son, the 7th Duke of Newcastle (2). Lady Susan Vane-Tempest (1839-1875), daughter of the 5th Duke of Newcastle, was for several years a mistress of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). Fearful of a scandal, he distanced himself from her when she bore his illegitimate child in 1871. Nothing is known of the baby's subsequent fate. Lady Susan died four years later, aged only 35. The album also contains a number of views of Hamilton Palace, the Hamilton Mausoleum, and Brodick Castle. There are also several reproductions of works of art depicting Lady Mary Victoria's ancestors: the notorious William Beckford: his wife Lady Margaret Gordon: and their daughter, Susan Euphemia Beckford, who married the 10th Duke of Hamilton in 1810.
Coal Mining and Geology, a collection, including Dunn, M. A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries. Newcastle, 1852. 13 plates and plans (1 folding), original cloth; [Holland, John] The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, the Collieries, and Coal Trade of Great Britain. 1835.First edition, original cloth; Mantell, G.A. The Medals of Creation. 1844. 2 volumes, plates, original red cloth gilt; Mantell, G.A. The Wonders of Geology. 1848. Sixth edition, 2 volumes, frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, slightly soiled; Bryce-Wright's Catalogue of Mineralogical, Geological, Conchological & Archaeological Specimens. 8vo, plates, some coloured, original cloth; Anderson, J. The Course of Creation. 1850. 8vo, original cloth; Taylor, J. Geological Essays. 1864, original cloth; Hull, E. The Coal-Fields of Great Britain. 1861. 8vo, original cloth; Archier, M. A Sketch of the History of the Coal Trade of Northumberland and Durham. Part 1 (all published), with ALS from the author loosely inserted, original cloth; Greenwell, G.C. A Glossary of Terms used in the Coal Trade of Northumberland and Durham. 1888. 8vo, half calf; Duff, Joseph Notes and Investigations of the Coal Fields... of South Durham. Bishop AUckland, 1885. 8vo, folding map, original cloth; Smiles, Samuel Robert Dick... geologist and botanist. 1878, presentation copy to J.S. Smiles; Woodward, H.B. The History of the Geological Society of London. 1908; and others, similar (quantity); sold as a collection not subject to return
Microscopes and Microscopy, a large collection, c. 122 volumes, including Brewster, Sir David A Treatise on the Microscope. Edinburgh, 1837. First edition, 8vo, 14 plates, original blindstamped cloth; Gould, C. The Companion to the Compound, Oxy-Hydrogen, and Solar Microscopes. 1837. 6 plates (5 folding); Beck, Richard A Treatise on the Construction, Proper Use and Capabilities of Smith, Beck and Beck's Achromatic Microscopes. 1865, 4to, 28 plates, original cloth; Joyce, J. Dialogues on the Microscope. 1812. 2 volumes, 12mo, quarter morocco; another edition, 1828, 2 volumes, 12mo, quarter morocco, rubbed; Brocklesby, J. Views of the Microscopic World. New York, 1851; Wythes, J.H. Curiosities of the Microscope. Philadelphia, 1852; Hannover, A. On the Construction and Use of the Microscope. 1853, 2 plates, hinge broken; Quekett, John A Practical Treatise on the use of the Microscope. 1855. Third edition; Beale, L.S. How to Work with the Microscope. 1857; Notcutt, W.L. A Handbook of the Microscope and Microscopic Objects. 1859, 2 copies, coloured plates, half calf and later cloth; Gosse, P.H. Evenings at the Microscope. [c.1860]; Wood, J.G. Common Objects Of the Microscope. 1861; another edition. 1861; Lankester, E. Half-hours with the Microscope. [c.1865]; Suffolk, W.T. On Microscopical Manipulation. 1870; Clarke, L.L. Objects for the Microscope. 1871, 2 copies; Beale, L.S. How to Work with the Microscope. 1880; Davies, T. The Preparation and Mounting of Microscopic Objects. 1880; Coke, A.C. Studies in Microscopical Science. 1883. Vol. 1 only, coloured plates; Herrick, S.B. The Wonders of Plant Life under the Microscope. 1884; Cooke, M.C. Rust, Smut, Mildew & Mould. 1886; Martin, J.H. A Manual of Microscopic Mounting. 1878; Carpenter, W.P. The Microscope and its Revelations. 1901, 2 volumes; Naegeli, C. The Microscope in theory and practice. 1887; Bousfield, E.C. Guide to the Science Of Photo-Micrography. 1892; The Annual Illustrated Annual of Microscopy. 1900. 4to, half calf; Wright, A.E. Principles of Microscopy. 1906; Spitta, E.J. Microscopy. 1907; Gage, S.H. The Microscope. 1908; Spiers, W. Nature through the Microscope. [c.1909]; Cross, M.I. & M.J.U. Cole Modern Microscopy. 1912; Zeiss. Zeiss Mikroskope und Nebenapparate. 1927; Disney, A.N. Origin and Development of the Microscope. 1928; Belling, J. The Use of the Microscope. 1930; Clay, R.S. The History of the Microscope. 1932; Gage, S.H. The Microscope. 1941; Cooke, Troughton & Simms Cooke Microscopes. [1947]; Wredden, J.H. The Microscope. 1947; Espinasse, M. Robert Hooke. 1956; Burrells, W. Microscope Technique. 1963; Ford, B.J. The Optical Microscope Manual. 1973; Bracegirdle, B. Microscopical Mounts and Mounters. 1998; mostly original cloth; and a large quantity of similar volumes (quantity)
Tenerife - Astronomy - Smyth, C. Piazzi Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment. London: Lovell Reeve, 1858. First edition, 8vo, map, 20 photo-stereographs by A.J. Melhuish, half-title, 2 +24 +16 +3pp. advert. at end, original pictorial maroon cloth gilt, the binding a little damp-soiled and marked, armorial bookplate of Henry Reginald Corbet
Aberdeen, a collection of 13 volumes, including Kennedy, William Annals of Aberdeen. London, 1818. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to., 1 folding plate, contemporary half calf, slight wear to joints; Selections from the Records of the Kirk Session, Presbytery and Synod of Aberdeen. Aberdeen: Spalding Club, 1846; Extracts from the Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen 1398-1570 & 1570-1625. Aberdeen, 1844-48. 2 volumes, 4to.; Fasti Aberdonenses. Selections from the Records of the University and King's College of Aberdeen 1494-1854. Aberdeen, 1854. 4to., frontispiece; Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis. Edinburgh, 1845. 2 volumes, 4to., chromolithographed plates; Henderson, J.A. History of the Parish of Banchory-Devenick. Aberdeen, 1890. 4to., number 34 of 50 large paper copies, with slip signed by the author tipped in, plates, folding map, original buckram, t.e.g., a trifle rubbed; Walker, R.S. James Beattie's Day-Book 1773-1798. Aberdeen, 1948. 4to, plates, quarter cloth; Hamilton, H. Life and Labour on an Aberdeenshire Estate 1735-1750. Aberdeen, 1946, quarter cloth; [Aberdeen] Epistolare in usum ecclesiae cathedralis Aberdonensis. Edinburgh, 1924. 4to., original buckram, dustwrapper frayed; Burns, Robert The Songs & Poems. Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1913. Large 8vo, plates, original buckram, t.e.g., upper hinge weak (13)
Bates, Henry Walter The Naturalist on the River Amazons. London: J. Murray, 1863. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding engraved map, 9 engraved plates, 32pp. advertisements at end of volume 1, original brown cloth gilt, blindstamp to titles and bookplates of American Antiquarian Society, blank leaf before title holed, very slightly rubbed
Coal Mining, Northumberland & Durham- Fordyce, William A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields, Progress of Coal mining... Iron, its ores and processes of Manufacture London: Sampson Low, 1860. First edition, large folio, presentation copy inscribed by the author to Robert Henry Allen Esq., in a presentation binding, large folding hand-coloured map, 32 steel engraved views, and 2 tables printed in red and blue, plates with tissue guards, contemporary red morocco gilt, with green morocco lettering piece on cover and spine, gauffered edges, watered silk endpapers, some spotting, lightly rubbed
Golf - Maughan, William C. Picturesque Musselburgh. Paisley: A. Gardener, [1906]. First edition, 8vo, plates, original cloth, dustwrapper slightly frayed, occasional spotting, endpaper inscribed "W.D. Anderson Dec. 26 1915 with best wishes for his birthday", endpapers a bit discoloured and spotted
Hughes, Thomas Smart Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania. London: J. Mawman, 1820. First edition, 4to., 2 volumes, [xii, [2], 532; viii, 393], 3 maps and plans [2 folding], 12 engraved and aquatinted plates, contemporary calf, gilt, morocco labels, armorial bookplates of the Earl of Lovelace, upper hinge of volume 1 partly split, lightly rubbed
Kingston upon Hull - Tickell, John The History of the Town and County of Kingston upon Hull. Hull: T. Lee & Co., 1798. First edition, 4to., folding frontispiece, engraved title and 17 plates and plans, some folding, contemporary calf tooled in gilt and blind, spine gilt, red morocco label, the Syston Park copy with bookplate, spine very neatly repaired, a clean copy
Lincoln - Howlett, Bartholomew A Selection of Views in the County of Lincoln. London: W. Miller, 1805. First edition, 4to., large paper copy (340 x 270mm.), list of subscribers, engraved title vignette, engraved dedication, hand-coloured map, 53 plates, vignettes, contemporary diced calf, gilt, neatly rebacked, spine gilt, corners rubbed
Lincolnshire, 2 volumes, comprising Turnor, Edmund Collections for the History of the Town and Soke of Grantham. London: W. Miller, 1806. First edition, 4to., large paper copy (338 x 267mm.), hand-coloured map and 8 plates, modern period style half calf gilt retaining original marbled sides, a little spotting; Weir, George Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Town and Soke of Horncastle. London, 1820. First edition, 4to., large paper copy (350 x 275mm.), 8 engraved plates, vignettes, contemporary red half calf gilt, some spotting, rubbed (2)
Marshall, [William] The Rural Economy of the West of England, including Devonshire; and parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire and Cornwall... London: G. Nicol..., 1796. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map, contemporary tree calf, bookplates of Joseph Radcliffe, some browning [ESTC T94233] (2)
New Zealand - James Cowan - Maori Portraits - Gottfried Lindauer Sketches of Old New Zealand. Maori Biographies. Descriptive Catalogue of Maori Portraits painted by Herr G. Lindauer. Auckland: Printed for H.E. Partridge, 1901. First edition, 8vo, vignette illustrations, original printed boards, a few spots to boards; Cowan, James Another copy of the same work, with 46 contemporary photographs of the original paintings pasted or tipped-in throughout, photographs somewhat faded, occasional small areas of text adhering to image, notes in ink to endpapers and majority of portrait photographs identified to the verso in pencil or ink, publisher's morocco, gilt lettered, spine perished, contents loose, with loosely inserted 1) a typed copy letter from St. Louis, 24/11/1904 to Mr Partridge from F.E. Donne, informing the recipient of the Gold Medal awarded for his Maori paintings at the St. Louis World's Fair, &c.; 2) copy on 3 leaves typed with picture titles and sizes, corresponding with the "Contents" list in Sketches of Old New Zealand 3) a typewritten letter to Mr U.F. McCabe from H.E. Partridge discussing the conditions under which, in the future, he might sell his collection; 4) folding pedigree of Kahungunu, on linen-backed paper, [c.1940]; Centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi, 6 February 1940, Souvenir Programme. 1940, 8vo, wrappers, worn and detached Note: Gottfried Lindauer (1839-1926) was a Czech and later a New Zealand artist famous for his portraits, especially that of the Maori. He moved to Auckland in the 1870's where he met businessman Henry Partridge who, over 30 years, commissioned from Lindauer numerous portraits of eminent Maori, as well as large-scale depictions of traditional Maori life and customs. Many prominent Maori chiefs commissioned his work, which accurately records their facial tattoos, clothing, ornaments and weapons. His life-size portraits were exhibited by Sir Walter Buller at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886, and in 1901 Partridge, Lindauer's earliest and most important patron, opened a gallery in Auckland which featured 40 of Lindauer's Maori portraits. By the time Partridge sold his Lindauer collection to the Auckland Art Gallery in 1915, there were 62 portraits. The historian James Cowan (1870-1943), who wrote the descriptive catalogue of the exhbition, described the collection as 'Unrivalled in the world' and a record of the 'old order' which in his opinion 'passed away forever' with King Tawhiao's death in 1894.
Newcastle and Northumberland, 10 volumes, including Bates, C.J. The Border Holds of Northumberland. Newcastle, 1891. First edition, 4to., volume 1 (all published), one of only 15 4to. copies, subscribers' names and limitation noted on original wrappers. 2 cancelled leaves, 6 cancelled plates and original wrappers bound in at end, plates and plans, errata slip, contemporary maroon half morocco, t.e.g.; Boyle, J.R. Vestiges of old Newcastle and Gateshead. Newcastle, 1890. 4to., frontispiece & 34 plates, modern maroon half morocco gilt; Richardson, M.A. The Local Historian's Table-Book, of Remarkable occurrences... connected with the counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham. Newcastle, 1841-42. 8 volumes, 8vo, woodcut vignettes, contemporary half calf gilt, morocco labels (10)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne - Brand, John The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne. London: B. White & Son, 1789. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to., list of subscribers, engraved titles, portrait, folding plan, and 31 plates, early 20th century brown morocco, tooled in blind and gilt, uncut
North Lincolnshire - Peck, W. A Topographical Account of the Isle of Axholme, being the West Division of the Wapentake of Manley, in the County of Lincoln. Doncaster: for the author, 1815. First edition, volume 1 (all published), 4to., title within red woodcut border, 9 plates (3 coloured), modern brown half morocco gilt by Bayntun, spine gilt
Scoresby, William An Account of the Arctic Regions... Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo., folding frontispiece in volume 1, and 23 plates and maps (numbered 1-22, with an additional plate also numbered "12", several folding), folding tables, contemporary half calf rebacked with modern spines, some foxing, browning and a few small marginal tears, tear to one leaf in volume 1 with slight loss to a meteorological table, covers slightly rubbed and chipped (2) Provenance: Bookplates of James Smith of Jordanhill, a Scottish merchant, antiquarian, architect, geologist and author of "Newer Pliocene" (1862) and "Voyage and Shipwreck of St Paul" (1848). Also with the purple ownership stamps of Jos. Lowrey.
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