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Lot 570
The Westminster Collection, Torch Relay Commemorative Cover Collection in two albums comprising 70 exclusive Commemorative Covers tracing the route of the Torch Relay around the British Isles. Featuring the Official London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Athletics Stamp, first cover from Land's End postmarked 19th May, there is a cover for each overnight stop along the route. All feature the Official London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Stamps, as new
Lot 105
SCI-FI/FANTASY:1. Reeve, Philip: A Darkling Plain. Signed copy;2. Theroux, Louis: The Call Of The Weird. Signed copy; 3. Cooper, Edmund: Overman Culture; Jupiter Laughs;4. Booth, S: Scared To Live;5. Bova, Ben: Kinsman; Voyagers; Vengeance of Orion;6. Brooke, K: Expatria;7. Brooks, Terry: Hook;8. Card, O S: Ender's Shadow;9. Carr, T: Best Scifi Of The Year 15;10. Carter, D V: Hunting Season;11. Cherryh, C J: Lois and Clark;12. Clement, H: Half Life;13. Dick, Philip K: Paycheck;14. Maine, D: The Flood;15. Naylor, D: Last Human;16. Ringo & Cochrane: Cally's War;17. Sheffield, C: Sight Of Proteus;18. Simak, C D: Where The Evil Dwells;19. White, Ted (Ed): The Best From Amazing;20. Wilhelm, Kate: City Of Cain; Huysman's Pet;21. Wilson, Colin: Spider World: The Tower;22. Zindell, D: Neverness (Author’s first book) (26)
Lot 108
GOLF and CRICKET: GOLF: STEEL, DONALD AND PETER RYDE: The Shell International Encyclopedia of Golf. 1975, 1st edn. Dw (£9.75); Title page signed by both. Dw taped to covers; o/w vg; Jarrett, Tom: St Andrews Golf Links. The First 600 Years. 1st dw; inscribed and signed; vg+; plus 14 others (almost all 1st edns. with dws.); CRICKET: Gooch, Graham: Captaincy. 1992, 1st edn, dw; Title page signed; vg; Edmonds, Frances: Cricket XXXX Cricket. 1st dw; inscribed and signed, vg; plus 14 others (almost all 1st. edns; with dws). (32)
![LAKE, Veronica; [With Donald Bain]: The Autobiography of VERONICA LAKE. W H Allen, London, 1969, 1st edn, dw (36s.); half ti](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/010d94e5-372a-4ec4-8973-a74b00f593c6/2ae0a387-5724-4e16-957b-a74e011d97bc/468x382.jpg)
Lot 118
LAKE, Veronica; [With Donald Bain]: The Autobiography of VERONICA LAKE. W H Allen, London, 1969, 1st edn, dw (36s.); half title inscribed and signed: ‘To John- the best in life to you always Sincerely, Veronica Lake’. This first English edition preceded the first American edition by two years. Small rust mark to top and bottom corner of front blank endpaper; O/W, vg. Note: The extraordinary story of one of the most interesting film-stars of Hollywood's wildest years and for a short time the number one box star, making 26 pictures. She disappeared for 20 years and was rediscovered working as a waitress in a night club
Lot 125
SIGNED/INSCRIBED COPIES:1. LERNER, Alan Jay: The Street Where I Live. Hodder & Stoughton, 1978, 1st edn. dw (£6.50); front endpaper inscribed and signed; vg; 2. Geldof, Bob: Is that it? Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986, 1st edn. dw (£10.99); verso of frontis inscribed: Is that it? and signed; vg; 3. Melly, George: Owning-up. Penguin paper back; title page inscribed and signed; vg; 4. Wolff, Marguerite: Adventures of a Concert Pianist. Artmusique, 1985, 1st edn. dw (£12.50); front endpaper inscribed and signed: Best Wishes Marguerite Wolff; vg; 5. Torme, Mel: on Judy Garland: The Other Side Of The Rainbow. Allen, 1971, 1st edn. dw (£2.25); title page inscribed and signed. vg.; 6. Domingo, Placido: My First Forty Years. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1983, 1st edn. dw (pc); title page signed. vg; 7. Borge, Victor: My Favourite Intervals. 1st edn. dw (£2.25); page 9 inscribed and signed. vg. (7)
Lot 126
SIGNED/INSCRIBED COPIES:1. BRODSKY, Joseph: A Part of Speech. Paper back, reprint; half title inscribed and signed and dated.; vg; 2. Gunn, Thom: The Man with Night Sweats. Paper back, 1992 2nd. Impr. First page signed; vg; 3- Spender, Stephen: Collected Poems 1928-1985. Faber, paper back. Half title signed; vg; 4. Simic, Charles: Frightening Toys. Faber, paper back; title page signed. vg; 5. Walcott, Derek: The Arkansas Testament. Paper back; title page signed and dated. vg; 6. Holub, Miroslav: The Jingle Bell Principle. 1992, Paper back; title page signed. vg; 7. Symons, Julian: Omnibus. 1984, Paper back; title inscribed and signed. vg; 8. Hecht, Anthony. Paper back, 1991. Title page signed. vg (8)
Lot 140
ELLIS, THOMAS MULLETT (1850-1919); Architect, Poet & Writer:A collection of Books & letters, Including: Autograph Album with 2 colour & 3 pencil sketches And a large number of signatures, part letters and addressed envelope covers (many with wax seals)- 1803-1900; to include the following: (Anti Slavery)- William Wilberforce To Thomas Clarkson, 5 lines & signed Also T. Clarkson’s Signature & a Signed 3 page letter; William Wordsworth, signature(??); Robert Peel: Signed Addressed envelope (1843); Duke of Wellington’s initials to anenvelope with wax seal; Agnes Strickland: note, Yours truly signed, also 'yours in sincerity' and signed again; Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (Scottish Admiral, defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown), addressed envelope, Signed (1803); Plus the following: George Gilfillan (Scottish author and poet); Lord John Russell; Lord George Bentinck; Sir Henry Pottinger; Lord Glenelg; Earl of Ripon; Charles Arbuthnot; Sir William Allan; Joseph Wolff; Etc.. PLUS a number of loose letters including: Tom Browne (English strip cartoonist, painter and illustrator): Illustrated postcard, five other ill. cards, 2 letters, and 10 other letters on his colour illustrated paper, all addressed to Mullett Ellis & signed;PLUS the following books written by Mullett Ellis: 1. ZALMA. Tower Publishing, 1895, 1st. edn. (The first book to foresee the use of Anthrax in warfare). PP438; Original cloth, the author’s own copy with his bookplate; G+; 2. The Earl’s Nose, drawn and written by T. Mullett Ellis. Meissner & Buch, nd, c1895, 1st. edn. with dw (torn). Original colour pictorial covers and colour illustrations; VG+; 3. The Fairies' Favourite. Ash Partners, 1897, 1st. edn. with 3 plates(one loose). Original pictorial cloth; rubbed; pages browned & front endpaper loose; Plus two paper back copies: What can a woman do for the Empire; G+, & The three cats-eye rings (A/F). 4. The Thrush (a periodical for the publication of Original Poetry); Founded & edited by Ellis: Royal edition, 1901, Limited edn. No. 37 of 73 copies; Plus:1901-02 Christmas double number, and Advance copies of No. 1, 4 and 8; (qty.)
Lot 153
FIRST EDITIONS:WODEHOUSE, P G: The Small Bachelor. 1927, 1st edn. cloth worn and soiled; Thank You, Jeeves. 1934, 1st edn. cloth worn and torn; Plus 23 Modern First titles by: Len Deighton; Jack Higgins; James Ellroy; J. Deaver; J Le Carre; J Harvey; A M Smith; J Archer; Tom Sharpe; Tom Holt; P Ackroyd; Chapman Pincher; plus 3 later edition. (28)
Lot 155
1. DICKENS, Charles: A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being A Ghost Story of Christmas. Chapman and Hall, no date, early edition. With 4 hand coloured engraved plates(including frontis) by John Leech. Even though the title page is not dated, this copy has 'Stave 1'; pp156, original cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to front cover and aeg. Half title torn and repaired; foxing and browning; 2. Dombey and son. Bradbury & Evans, 1848, 1st. edn. half calf; brown stain to first few pages up to “contents”; browning & foxing; 3. The Letters of Charles Dickens, in 2 vols. 1880, 2nd. edn. Original cloth, gilt; spine faded. 4. Thackeray, W. M: The history of Pendennis, in 2 vols. Bradbury & Evans, 1849, 1st. edn.; 5. The Virginians. In 2 vols. Bradbury & Evans, 1858, 1st. edn. Both works uniformly bound in half morocco; occasional foxing and browning. (8)
Lot 157
FRASER, George MacDonald:1. Flashman. Herbert Jenkins, 1969, 1st. edn. dw(25s.), the first Flashman adventure; VG+/Fine;2. Royal Flash. Barrie & Jenkins, 1970, 1st. edn. dw(30/-.); A couple of small tears to dw (without loss); o/w VG+;3. Flash for Freedom! Barrie & Jenkins, 1971, 1st. edn. dw. (3)
Lot 159
1. (Tolkien, J R R): Oxford Poetry 1915. Oxford, Blackwell, 1915, 1st. edn. this is the very scarce hardback, bound in the original Vellum backed boards and Contains 'Goblin Feet' by J R R Tolkien, which is the AUTHOR'S FIRST APPEARANCE in book-form. Also contains the first appearance in book-form by Dorothy L. Sayers plus a contribution by Aldous Huxley. Robert Nichols T. W. Earp; Gerald H Crow, W R Child, etc. 2. Oxford Poetry (3 other years): 1916, 1917, & 1918. All three 1st. edns. in original wrappers; with contributions by Robert Graves, Dorothy L Sayers, Aldous Huxley, Robert Nichols, T. W. Earp, Gerald Crow, etc. on the whole all very good;3. Crow, Gerald H: Chosen Poems. 1915, 1st. edn. dw. Inscribed to: 'Mother, and Signed Gerald, Sep. 1915'; + Another copy, no dw; The Island. 1919, 1st. wrappers; all in G+/VG condition. (7)
Lot 160
1. (Tolkien, J R R): Oxford Poetry 1915. Oxford, Blackwell, 1915, 1st. edn. Contains 'Goblin Feet' by J R R Tolkien, which is the AUTHOR'S FIRST APPEARANCE in book-form. Also contains the first appearance in book-form by Dorothy L. Sayers plus a contribution by Aldous Huxley. Robert Nichols T. W. Earp; Gerald Crow, etc. Original wrappers; G+; 2. Oxford Poetry (3 other years): 1916, 1917, & 1918. All three 1st. edns. in original wrappers; with contributions by Robert Graves, Dorothy L Sayers, Aldous Huxley, Robert Nichols, T. W. Earp, Gerald H Crow, W R Child, etc. The 1916 number is inscribed by one of the editors and a contributor: To 'G. H. C (Crow), with love, W. R. C (Child), 1916' ;3. Crow, Gerald H: Chosen Poems. 1915, 1st. edn. dw. Inscribed to: “Gran, and Signed Gerald, Nov. 1915”; + Another copy, no dw; The Island. 1919, 1st. wrappers; Ruskin (Great Lives series). 1st. dw.; 4. Andrew, M: Flight to Antarctica. Burlington Press, nd, (1985); Signed on title page and also inscribed and signed, facing title; VG; 5- Mayle, Peter: A Year in Provence, with water colours by Paul Hogarth. 1992, 1st. dw. Signed by both. VG+. all in G+/VG condition. (10)
Lot 164
1. RAFFALD, Elizabeth: The Experienced English House-Keeper. Printed for A. Miller, 1799, new edn. frontis portrait & 3 folding plates; PP(vii), 397. Rebound in full calf with gilt lettering and new endpapers; G+;2. HENDERSON, W. A: The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, universal family-cook… W. And J. Stratford, nd, 6th. edn. c1797? Frontis (which appeared in the first edn. of 1791), Plus 9 Plates only? PP440, (xvi)Index, (xii) adverts. Cont. full calf, new spine; damp stain to advert pages; the odd small stain. (2)
Lot 167
BEETON, Mrs Isabella: The Book of Household Management; Comprising information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen Maid, Butler etc… S. O. Beeton, 1861, First Edition, First Issue; With colour frontispiece, additional colour lithographed title, 12 colour lithographed plates & numerous illustrations. The imprint on the coloured lithograph title reads '"S.O. Beeton, 18 Bouverie St, London. E.C.' which on later issues reads "Strand, W.C."' to agree with the printed title. (The lithographed plates had been prepared some weeks before the publishers’ move to the Strand and were too expensive to scrap or alter, while the printed title was not set to type until the last moment. Thus, copies of the first edition, dated 1861, bearing the Strand address on the lithographed title are of later issue than those bearing the Bouverie Street address). References: Bitting p.32; Simon 186; cf.Quayle pp.217-247. PPxxxix, (i)blank, 1112. Original half leather; small damp stain to top corner of frontis & engraved title page; the odd small stain and tear (without loss); O/w G+; Plus: Mrs. Beeton’s cookery Book. W. Lock, nd. with 8 colour plates. Covers worn and chipped with loss; hinges cracked. (2)
Lot 182
HOGARTH, William: The Works of William Hogarth, from the Original Plates restored by James Heath; with the addition of many subjects not before collected: to which are prefixed, a biographical essay on the genius and productions of Hogarth, and explanations of the subjects of the plates, by John Nichols. Baldwin & Craddock, no date, c1821, with 116 sheets of plates, including two portraits. Elephant Folio (61 X 46 Cms.). Cont. half morocco and all edges gilt. Covers worn and hinges cracked; the first portrait cut down in size and re-laid onto later sheet; Title page torn and repaired and two other plates strengthened at edges; the suppressed plates not present; SOLD AS A COLLECTION OF PLATES, not subject to return.
Lot 191
BINDING, large quantity including: Memoirs of Madame de Remusat 1802-1808, 2 volume set, 1880;Historic Illustrations of the Bible principally after the Old Masters, first two series complete, and parts of series three and four; with 81 plates - dated 1840-43; cont. half leather and gauffered edges; Far Off: (2 volumes)- Asia; and Australia, Africa, and America. Hatchards, 1882 and 1881. Original pictorial boards; colour plates, maps, numerous full page illustrations. (qty.)
Lot 249
SCOTT, Sir Walter: Tales of My Landlord, ALL 3 SERIES. First series in 4 vols. Edinburgh, W. Blackwood, 1816, 1st. edn. Second series in 4 vols. Edinburgh, Constable, 1818, 2nd. edn. & Third series in 4 vols. Edinburgh, Constable, 1819, 1st. edn. All half titles present. In all 12 volumes bound in matching cont. full calf, gilt decoration to spines and marbled endpapers; Covers little rubbed; one page a little loose; Armorial bookplates; o/w G+ (12)
Lot 251
(BLUNDEVILLE, Thomas):The Foure Chiefest Offices; only two parts of the four, each complete by itself and with a title page:1. The Order Of Dyeting of Horses, as well when they rest, as when they traueyle, wherein is contayned not onely the keepers office, but also many preceptes necessarye to be knowne of the ferrer or horselech: / latelye set forth, by Thomas Blundeuill of Newto Floteman in Norffolke. Imprinted at London: by Willyam Seres, dwelling at the West ende of Pawles Church, nd (c.1570); ppvi(tp, dedication to Robert Dudley, Preface, and Contents), 24 leaves. Title page within pictorial woodcut border. Bound with: 2. The Arte Of Riding: newlye corrected and amended of manye faultes escaped in the first printing: as well touching the matter, as the Bittes ... but nowe made perfect through the diligence of the first Author Thomas Blundeuill of Newton Floteman in Norffocke. Imprinted at London: by Willyam Seres, dwelling at the West ende of Pawles Church.., nd (c.1570); pptitle page (within pictorial woodcut border), (xiv)dedication to R Dudley, preface, etc., 1-38, 37, 48, 41-58(misnumbering, but complete with all three books); plus the illustrations: two in the text; plus the following full-page woodcuts: The shape or figure of the headstrayne, Bytte: 1-17, broken portes: 1-25, whole portes: 1-8, (i)blank; in all 51 full page illustrations, plus two illustrations in the text. The two works bound in 19th century half leather; damp stain affecting most of the second work; former owners name to margins. Sold not subject to return
Lot 253
COLLECTION OF BOOKS MAINLY ON GURKHA REGIMENTAL HISTORY INCLUDING: 1. Woodyatt, Maj. Gen. Nigel: Regimental History of the 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles from April 1815 to December 1927. P. Allan, 1929, 1st edn. with maps and plates; original cloth; some foxing; 2. Barclay, C N: Regimental History of the 3rd Queen Alexandra's own Gurkha Rifles Volume II (1927 to 1947). W Clowes, 1953, 1st edn. with maps and illustrations; original cloth; G; 3. Northey & Morris: The Gurkhas, their manners, customs and country. J Lane, 1928, 1st edn. original cloth; worn; 4. Henderson H B: The Goorkah and Other Poems. by a Young Officer. Calcutta, India, 1817, 1st? p110, (i) Errata; cont. half leather, worn and damage to first few pages; 5. Sketches of India: Written By an Officer. Longman, 1826, 4th edn. rebacked; 6. Gibbs, H R K: The Gurkha Soldier. Calcutta, 1944, 1st original wrapper; vg;7. Chalmers, P R (ed.): Mine Eyes to the Hills. A&C Black, 1931, 1st edn. dw; some foxing;Plus 10 others on the Gurkhas and India. (17)
Lot 256
MINING SATIRE: Mining & Miners, and Diggers & Priggers. By a Shareholder. London: W. Kent & Co.,1854, first edition of a very rare satire, complete with 15 lithograph plates (Kurutz calls for only 13). 8vo. pp: 28, and errata slip at end. An extremely amusing and rare satire on the heights of folly that accompanied the California Gold Rush, personified in the character of 'Tom Tiddler.' ‘The author lampoons gold companies, like the delightful 'Great Doo and Diddle Gold, Silver, Copper, and Brass, Smash, Dash and Crash Company,' and comments on the feverish effect of the word 'gold' on people's imagination. 'Prigger' is defined as a thief. 'Tom Tiddler' can be translated as any place where pickings may be sought or had without effective interference’ - Howell. ‘This satirical piece is based on the experience of the English who invested in California and Australian mines. The company's holdings were located in the 'Moschetto and Torpedo Districts' of California’- Kurutz; BOUND WITH Watson, Joseph Yelloly: The Progress of Mining in 1854, with remarks upon the failure of gold mining in England. Truscott, 1855, 1st edn; PP: 33, (I); BOUND WITH: Scinde Railway- a letter from... Allen, 1854, 1st edn; PP:11, (i) blank; BOUND WITH: Roe, J: Further Report ... in respect of that portion of the main intercepting drainage, called the Northern Drainage. By Authority, J. Truscott, 1855, 1st. edn; PP: 11, (i) blank; BOUND WITH: Bazalgette, J W: Data employed in determining the sizes and estimating the cost of the works designed for the Main Drainage of the Metropolis. By Authority, J Truscott, 1855, 1st edn; PP: 19, and 3 folding tables (all torn and two with loss). All five pamphlets bound in one contemporary half leather volume, rubbed; the Armorial bookplate of Joseph Yelloly Watson (author of the second work) to front pastedown. O/W G+.
Lot 274
THREE WORKS BOUND IN ONE VOLUME: 1. Godwyn, Thomas: Moses and Aaron: Civil and Ecclesiastic Rites. S. Griffin for A. Crook, 1667, PP264, (x); 2. Godwyn, Thomas: Romanae Historiae Anthologia Recognita et Aucta. for Peter Parker, 1668, PPvi, 270, (xx); 3. Rous, Francis: Archaeologiae Atticae Libri Septem. Oxford, H. Hall, for John Adams.., 1671, PPxii, 375, (i), (viii). All the works are bound in one early c20 full leather volume; first title repaired; worm damage to bottom corners of few pages (well away from text); o/w G
Lot 28
BAUM, L Frank; John R NEILL (ill.):12 WORKS WRITTEN BY L. FRANK BAUM IN THE OZ SERIES; All published in Chicago (USA), the first 9 by Reilly & Britton Co. the last 3 by Reilly & Lee Co. Early or first editions; and apart from one, all illustrated with colour plates and black & white: 1. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz. Copyright 1908 (inscription dated Jan, 1917); 6 titles listed in advert up to John Dough and the Cherub; 256, (i) pp; With only 15 of 16 colour plates, and the frontis one torn; small stain to top corner of first 50pp; 2. Baum's Own Book for Children. Copyright 1912, 1st or early edn. This work was only illustrated in black and white; 196p; covers little chipped; 3. Tin Woodman of Oz. Copyright 1918, 1st or early edn. 11 titles listed, this last; 288p, with only 11 of 12 colour plates; covers worn and inner hinges cracked; damp stain to margin of some plates; 4. Scarecrow of Oz. Copyright 1915, 1st or early edn. 8 titles listed, this last; 288p, with only 11 of 12 colour plates; covers worn, torn and inner hinges cracked; lacking rear endpaper; 5. Rinkitink in Oz. Copyright 1916, 1st or early edn, (inscription dated 1916); 315p, with only 11 of 12 colour plates; covers worn and almost detached; 2 plates loose and a few with marginal damp stain; 6. Lost Princess of Oz. Copyright 1917, 1st or early edn, (inscription dated 1917); 313p, with only 11 of 12 colour plates; covers worn and front cover picture torn off; covers stained and hinges cracked; damp stain to some plates, A/F; 7. The Land of Oz. Copyright July, 1904, early edn, (inscription dated 1916); 287p, with only 13 of 16 colour plates; pictorial covers worn and torn; lacking endpapers; bottom corner of first 8 pages torn away; many of the text illustrations have been crudely coloured-in; 8. Tik-Tok of Oz. Copyright 1914, 1st or early edn, 272p, with only 11 of 12 colour plates; lacking back cover; A/F; 9. Ozma of Oz. Copyright July, 1907, early edn, 270p only?, With numerous colour illustrations; covers detached; incomplete? A/F; 10. Glinda of Oz. Copyright 1920; 13 titles listed, this last; 280p; with only 11 of 12 colour plates, inner hinges cracked; 11. Ruth Plumly Thomson: The Royal Book Of Oz. Copyright 1921, 1st edn. 1st issue with the caption on the plate facing page 255 has the misprint ‘Scarecorw's’ for ‘Scarecrows’; 312p including publisher's ads from p305-312; 12 colour plates , covers little worn; inner hinges cracked; 12. Thomson, R P: KABUMPO in OZ. Copyright 1922, 1st edn. 1st end. Portrait of Princes Dorothy appears on p299; 297, (i), (ii) pp; 12 colour plates; some with damp staining to margin, also the adjacent pages; rear pastedown torn. This collection sold not subject to return. (12)
Lot 286
1. The Genealogist: A Quarterly Magazine of Genealogical, Antiquarian, Topographical, and Heraldic Research. C 60 volumes: from Vol.1 (1877) to 1922 (lacking only the volume for 1888. (the first 6 vols. bound in half leather- with covers detached; 3 vols. in original blue cloth; and the rest are all in the original red cloth); Plus 14 later volumes In modern cloth; G+/VG;2. Genealogist Magazine; vols. 1-7; E. Stock, 1897-1904. Original gilt pictorial cloth; little rubbed; o/w VG; 3- The Ancestor, a Quarterly Review, Volumes 1-12 (All Published?); with plates and illustrations. Original cloth and paper labels; spine little faded; o/w VG, (qty.)
Lot 30
CHILDREN AND ILLUSTRATED:1. Household Stories, From The Collection Of The Brothers Grimm. Macmillan 1882, 1st edn. Original pictorial cloth; grubby and worn;2. Barrie J M: Little White Bird. Hodder & Stoughton, 1902; 1st edn. (First appearance of Peter Pan). Original cloth; covers worn;3. Hunter, Norman: Professor Branestawm's Treasure Hunt. John Lane, 1937, 1st colour frontis and illus. Original pictorial cloth and pictorial endpaper;4. Henty, G A: Out on the Pampas, (author's first book for children). Griffith, 1871, 1st edn. Lacking 2 out of the 4 plates. Half leather; rubbed; no half title, front endpaper or catalogue;5. Vincent, H: Newfoundland To Cochin China. Sampson Low, Marston, nd, (Prize label dated 1911). Fully illustrated; original pictorial cloth; worn;PLUS 2 others, A/F: Cruikshank (illus.): Greatest Plague of Life; and Oxenham, E J: Girls of the Abbey School. (7)
Lot 306
AUDSLEY, George Ashdown: The Art of Organ-Building: A comprehensive historical, theoretical and practical treatise on the tonal appointment and mechanical construction of concert-room, church, and chamber organs. In two volumes. NY, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1905, 1st. edn. Deluxe limited to 250 numbered sets signed by Audsley, this being set #78. Frontis. to the first volume, plates & illustrations. Folio, original vellum backed boards, teg; Vellum grubby; chipped at ends of spine, with some loss; corners bumped and chipped; o/w G (2)
Lot 311
1. Southwell, Henry: The Universal Family Bible.. (Old & New Testament); with upward of 100 plates. J. Cooke, nd, c1782. Folio, with 101 Plates & Maps; Cont. full leather, later spine; few tears(without loss);2. Book of Common Prayer, R. Ware, nd(1722), the engraved title and first 3 leaves repaired; Bound with: Old Testament, John Baskett, 1723; 3 folding maps; Bound with: New Testament, John Baskett, 1723; 3 folding maps; Bound with: Concordance, D. Leach, for R. Ware, 1726 (Not Complete); maps torn on folds; Original full panelled calf, with new spine & endpapers;3. A Latin Bible, Lacking all before “Primus Liber Moschis..”; PP1-777, 517, 320(only?). C20 half leather & new endpapers; A/F (3)
Lot 312
1. Sandys, George(trasl): Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd and Represented in Figures. Oxford, John Lichfield, 1632. Folio, Facsimile Frontis, engraved title, title & one plate(lacking the other plates); preliminary leaves repaired; 1-549, (i) Errata; folio, recent half leather; pages repaired and bleached; A/F; 2. Dryden, John(trasl): The Life of St. Francis Xavier, J. Tonson, 1688, 1st.?(p266 instead of 267), Facsimile title, first dedication page repaired(loss to margin, text not affected); PP(x), (viii)to Reader, 1-768, last page repaired, with loss); lacking map?; C20 three-quarter calf, marbled boards & new endpapers; light damp staining to few pages;3. Errington, A: Catechistical Discourses in.., Paris, 1654; facsimile title; lacking all before last page of Dedication; PP(xxii), 1-726, (xiv)table; last two leaves repaired(with loss); cont. full calf; new spine & endpapers (3)
Lot 37
CAM (Barbara Mary Campbell)- Written and Drawn by:1. Barbara Lamb. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1945, 1st. edn. 2nd. impr. DW(5 s.); VG+/almost Fine (Author's First book);2. The Story of Buttercup Fairy. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1945, 1st. edn. 1st. impr. DW(5 s.); light foxing to dw and covers; o/w VG;3. The Story of Timothy Tabbycat. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1947, 1st. edn. 1st. impr. DW(5 s.); browning to endpapers; small cut to back hinges; o/w VG+. (Three very rare works in this fine condition, both books and dws) (3)
Lot 43
STOKES, John Lort; HMS Beagle:Discoveries In Australia; with an account of the Coasts and Rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of HMS Beagle, in the years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's visits to the islands in the Arafura Sea. London, T. and W. Boone, 1846. first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (220 x 135mm.); with 8 folding maps in the cover pockets, 26 lithographed plates, plus illustrations; vol.1- ppxii, (4) including errata, 521, (no adverts), 3 folding maps in cover pocket; vol. 2- viii, (2), 543, 5 folding maps in cover pocket. Original publisher’s light blue blindstamped ribbed cloth. Inner hinges cracked, but holding well (2)
Lot 44
1. SMUTS, J C: Greater South Africa : plans for a better world; the speeches. Johannesburg, Truth Legion, 1941, 2nd edn. signed by author, dw; plus loosely inserted a colour portrait of Smuts, signed??; dw torn and chipped; o/w G+; 2. Scoresby, W: The Whaleman's Adventures in the Southern Ocean; Sampson Low, 1850, 1st pp: (ii) adverts, xiii, (i) list of ill., 304, 24 (publishers adverts); with additional engraved tinted title and 7 tinted engraved plates. Original cloth, worn and inner hinges cracked; adverts at back mostly loose; some damp staining to plates; 3. Bladon, S (Printers): Account of the Several Cities and Market-towns in England and Wales. No date, c1775; price 6d. plain wrappers sewn on; G+; 4. Livingstone, D: Popular Account of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. J. Murray, 1861; with folding frontis, folding map, 13 plates and 20 text ill. pp: (x), 436, 32(pub. Ads. Dated April 1861); original cloth; worn and inner hinges cracked; map torn on fold; 5. Two works in 1 vol.: The Bee (illustrated eastern & western periodical, in English and Arabic); Vol.1 no. 11: Nov. 15, 1877; p:161-176; bound with: Campbell, T: Gertrude of Wyoming. T. Bensley, for the Author, 1809; in 3 parts; pp:134. Half leather; worn; damaged to top corners of first work; 6. Birket Foster’s Pictures of English Landscape. Routledge, 1863, 1st original decorative cloth; spine torn; damp staining; many pages loose; A/F. (6)
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NORDEN, FREDERIK LUDWIG: (1708-1742): Travels in Egypt and Nubia. Translated from the original and enlarged with observationsby Dr. Peter Templeman,London: For Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, 1757, first English edition, 2 volumes bound in 1, folio (474 x 289mm.), complete with: 2 engraved frontispieces (including one portrait) plus 162 engraved plates, maps and plans on 160 sheets (plates numbered 1-159, with 2 plates having 2 numbers plus an extra 3, not numbered: making up the 162 plates on 160 sheets), engraved head - and tail - pieces and initials. Near cont. calf, rebacked in the last 50 years with new spine; lacking the marbled endpapers; light foxing; one plate with damp stain to bottom margin (well away from image); few small margin tears; on the whole a very good copy. Note: (Norden, a Captain in the Danish Navy, made a journey in 1737-1738 through Egypt as far south as Sudan at the request of King Christian VI of Denmark. He ‘was the first European to penetrate as far as Derr in Nubia and to publish descriptions of any Nubian temples. This important work was the earliest attempt at an elaborate description of Egypt, and its plates are the most significant previous to those by Denon’ (Blackmer)).
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IVES (Edward): A Voyage from England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV, and an Historical Narrative of the Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive. Also a Journey from Persia to England, by an Unusual Route. For Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773, First edition, 2 folding coloured maps and 13 engraved plates; 4to. ppxii, 506. Contemporary full leather, rebacked with new spine; small tears to the folding maps; occasional foxing and the odd small stain
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HERDMAN, W. G; Photography by Brown, Barnes & Bell: Pictorial Relics of ancient Liverpool; in Two volumes. Liverpool, for Brown, Barnes & Bell, By G. G. Walmsley, 1878 (preface dated 1879), 1st. edn. thus?, the work was first published in 1843 with only 48 lithographic plates. Folio, complete with 72 plates in permanent Autotype Photography. Cont. half leather with gilt decoration and lettering to front covers and spines; Hinges cracked (but still firm); cut to sides of spines; damp stain to top corner of last 4 plates (well away from the image; o/w a clean set. (2)
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LANCASHIRE:1. Baines, Edward: History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster, in 2 volumes. Liverpool, W Wales, 1824-1825, 1st. edn. Ppviii, 660; xiii, 744. Text volumes only, maps and plans were issued separately. Cont. full leather; rebacked with cloth spines and leather labels; foxing and browning; 2. Baines’ LANCASHIRE: Plate volume; no title page, 4to. with 4 Maps (2 folding & 2 double-page), 112 Plates of views (all with one image, except for 2), + 40 other Plates. Plates dated: 1828-1836. Contemporary half leather; rubbed; occasional light foxing; o/w VG & Clean Plates; 3. Smith, J P: Genealogists' Atlas of Lancashire. Liverpool, H. Young, 1930. 4to. original cloth; rebacked; 4. Pink & Beavan: Parliamentary Representation of Lancashire, (County and Borough), 1258-1885. H. Gray, 1889 (Only 80 copies printed). Subscribers’ list. Leather backed boards, worn; occasional foxing; 5. Clarke, S. R: New Lancashire Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary. Teesdale, 1830, 1st. PPv, (i), 192. Cloth, worn and torn; title page torn with small loss; 6. Smethley, L: Letters on the claims of the College of arms in Lancashire, in the time of James the First. Chetham Society, 1875. Modern cloth binding; VG. (7)
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BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY:1. West, W: History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire. Birmingham, R. Wrightson, 1830. With large folding coloured Map & 27 plates. PP26(pub. Catalogue), xiv, 800. C20 cloth rebound; occasional foxing; o/w G; 2. Wheatley, H B: London Past and Present, in 3 volumes. Murray, 1891, 1st. edn. Later leather backed boards; VG; 3. Fishwick, H: History of the Parish of Preston. Rochdale, J Clegg, Aldine Press, 1900, 1st. edn. 4to. Illustrated. Half leather; covers chipped; pencil notes & lines in margin; browning to couple of pages; o/w G; 4. Stapleton, H: Memorials of Calverley Parish Church. Leeds, R Jackson, nd, limited edn No. 65/100. 4to. original full vellum gilt. Slight discolouring of covers; o/w VG; 5. Horley, E: Sefton, A Descriptive and Historical Account. Longmans.., 1893, 1st. with plates. Original cloth with gilt emblem to front cover; covers little chipped and grubby; o/w G+; 6. Harleian Society: Pedigrees Made at the Visitation of Cheshire, 1613… 1909. Full morocco with gilt decoration; little rubbed; o/w VG; 7. Blott, W: chronicle of Blemundsbury; a record of St Giles in the Fields and Bloomsbury…1892, 1st. with folding Maps/Plans & plates. Later leather binding. Last page of index with frayed edges; o/w VG; Plus 4 others: Tooley: Royal Palaces,1902, 1st, with plates; Mayhall: Annals of Yorkshire, 1862, 1st. with plates; Baines: Directory & Gazetteer of York. Vol. 1 only; 1822; Dean: Historical Middleton. Nd. with plates; & Money: First and Second Battles of Newbury and the Siege of Donnington Castle During the Civil War A.D.1643-6. 1884, 2nd. edn. with plans and plates. (14)
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