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Lot 710
(x) Great Britain1887-92½d. vermilion (2 shades), 1½d., 2d., 2½d., 3d. (3 shades), 4d. (2 shades), 4½d., 5d. die II, 6d. (2 shades), 9d., 10d., 1/- dull green, 1900 ½d., 1/- green and carmine, unmounted mint, the 9d., 10d. and first 1/- with some slight stains, chiefly fine. S.G. £1,254.50 Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 761
Great BritainKing George VI Issues1948-51 selection of four first day covers comprising 1948 (26 April) Silver Wedding £1 block of four (2, one illustrated), (1 Oct.) £1 brown block of four together with Silver Wedding 2½d. block of six, and 1951 £1 brown on Festival of Britain illustrated envelope. Mostly fine Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 765
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1953-72 collection of first day covers and special event covers (over 200) housed in two green albums contained in a carton, including 1953 Coronation (plain), 1958 Games, 1961 P.O.S.B. (2), early phosphor commemorative sets, 1965 Parliament dated 8 July 1965 (11 days before first day), etc., chiefly fine Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 766
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1952-99, a largely complete, unmounted mint collection arranged in two hingeless Lighthouse albums, contained in a carton, including Wilding sets with additional watermark varieties, 1952-54 Tudor crown, 1955-57 St. Edward's crown, 1958-61 graphite, 1959 phosphor-graphite with 2d. error of watermark, Waterlow Castle high values 2/6d. to £1 (2), better phosphor commemoratives, selection of minor varieties; also complete basic Postage Dues (first two sets mounted). Mostly fine. (thousands) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 784
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1967-704d. bright vermilion, 1 centre band, 1 band at left and 1 band at right, all on uncoated paper, the first and last with selvedge from the Cook book, unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 733b, 734a, 734Eba, £560 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 822
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1971 Literary Anniversaries5p. Thomas Gray, variety Gold (Queen's head) omitted, unmounted mint; some tiny wrinkles, fine. With normal for comparison. S.G.885a, £1,400. GBR 1770a, £1300, quantity: circa 35 and 2 first day covers. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 847
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1972 Broadcasting Anniversaries7½p. T.V. Camera, variety brownish-slate (Queen's head) omitted, on first day cover (typewritten address) with the other three values of the set, fine and rare. S.G. 911a, £4,500. GBR 1822a, £4,500. quantity: 6, all originally on first covers. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 848
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1972 Broadcasting Anniversaries9p. Oscillator and spark transmitter, variety brownish slate (Queen's head) omitted, contained in a vertical strip of three from the right of the sheet with centre marginal arrow, the first stamp completely omitted, the second largely omitted and the third normal, unmounted mint, fine and a rare positional piece. S.G. 912a, £7,500+. GBR 1824a, £7,500. quantity: circa 20. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 875
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1973 British Paintings7½p. Nelly O'Brien, variety cinnamon omitted, contained in a progressive horizontal strip of four with the first stamp being the error, the second with cinnamon parly omitted and two normals, unmounted mint, fine. A rare and striking variety. S.G. 933b, £22,000+. GBR 1866b, £22,000, quantity: circa 10. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 879
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1979 Death Centenary of Rowland HillMiniature sheet, variety Gold (Queen's head) omitted; unmounted mint, fine. S.G. MS1099c, £950. GB2198b. Quantity: circa 31 mint and 6 first day covers. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 880
Great BritainQueen Elizabeth II Issues1979 Death Centenary of Rowland HillMiniature sheet, variety pale greenish yellow omitted; fine unmounted mint. S.G. MS1099g, £850, GBR2198a. Quantity circa 34 mint and 2 first day covers Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 912
Great BritainRegionals1958-71, neatly displayed and written-up collection of Wilding regional issues housed on four Devon albums, contained in a carton, with cylinder blocks, varieties, unusual covers with better postmarks, frankings registered/recorded delivery, and including Harrison and Sons presentation cards/folder (3, one cancelled by Torquay Congress commemorative h.s.), hand-illustrated first day envelope with all six regional 3d. stamps, Guernsey 1958 (18 Aug.) 3d. used on day of issue signed on reverse by the designer E. A. Piprell, Isle of Man 1963 (17 May) 3d. chalky paper cylinder block of six, 1969 (26 Feb.) 4d. vermilion left marginal block of six (2 x 3) with sheet number misperforated affecting the left four stamps, Jersey 1958 (18 Aug.) 3d. used on day of issue signed on front by the designer W. M. Gardener, left marginal vertical block of twelve (2 x 6) with spectacular "missing colour" printing error resulting from inclusion of foreign body on the web, affecting vertical rows 1,2 stamps 5 to 9, top left corner strip of four with pre-perforating paper fold affecting the first stamp, Scotland 1958 (29 Sep.) 6d. misperforated due to misfeed, 1968 (12 Dec.) 1/6d. top marginal vertical strip of four with progressive dry print affecting top two stamps, Wales 1958 (18 Aug.) 3d. vertical strip of five progressive dry print affecting lower two stamps, a range of Talyllyn/Ffestiniog railway covers (18); also a stockbook of cylinder blocks and three further albums of mainly covers, some commercial. An interesting lot well worth closer inspection. (thousands) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 922
(x) Great BritainBooklets1971- 2009, a duplicated selection of prestige booklets, contained in a carton, and two albums with exploded booklets and first day covers. Face value £747+ Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 935
Great BritainIreland1841-1997 (c.), mixed mint and used accumulation arranged in five volumes, contained in a carton, including Great Britain used in Ireland selection, Saorstat overprints to 2/6d. used, Sinn Fein labels (4); also first day covers. Condition mixed. (hundreds) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 938
Great BritainCollections and RangesCollections of mint and used Regionals, Channel Islands and Isle of Man housed in six albums and loose contained in a carton, including values to £2, miniature sheets, covers, first day covers, presentation packs, etc., chiefly fine (many hundreds) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 942
Great BritainCollections and RangesA much duplicated, predominantly mint selection housed in four volumes, a box file and loose, contained in two cartons, including 1939-48 10/- dark blue used block of 12, 1960-67 phosphor set in blocks of 60, 1965 Churchill 1/3d. watermark inverted, 1967-68 no watermark 2/6d. to £1 blocks of 20, 1969 2/6d. to £1 in cylinder blocks of 12, 5/- corner block of eight, one with "confetti" flaw, commemorative sets and part sets, Regionals, Post office training stamps; also a selection of modern first day covers, etc. Chiefly fine. (thousands) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 943
Great BritainCollections and RangesAn early to modern mixed mint and used accumulation arranged in ten volumes and loose, contained in two cartons, including mint 1924 Wembley blocks of four, 1934 re-engraved Seahorses, 1951 Festival high values (2), booklets with 1935 Silver Jubilee 2/- (2), 3/- (3), 1936 K.E.VIII 2/-, 3/-; also first day covers and presentation packs, etc. generally fine with careful inspection essential. (thousands) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 950
Great BritainCollections and Ranges1840-1997 collection of mostly covers and cards housed in twenty-eight albums contained in three cartons, including 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet unused, 1d. envelope used, 1890-91 Post Office Christmas card, Edward 3d. on envelope registered to London, first day covers with 1951 2/6d. and 5/- on separate covers, booklet panes, postal stationery, Air letters, experimental cancellations with Colombia, Hoster, Channel Islands, etc., chiefly fine (thousands) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 134
La Fosse (Etienne-Guillaume). Observations and Discoveries made Upon Horses, with a New Method of Shoeing, 1st English translation, London: J. Nourse, 1755, viii[i.e.vii],[1],120pp., four folding eng. plts. (misbound, three cropped to fore-edge with loss of printed border), page vii misnumbered ÔviiiÕ, few contemp. annotations, light dust-soiling, browning to margins of first & last few leaves, contemp. calf gilt, joints slightly cracked, 8vo, together with Coleman (Edward), Observations on the Structure, Oeconomy, and Diseases of the Foot of the Horse, and on the Principles and Practice of Shoeing, by Edward Coleman, professor of the veterninary college, principal veterinary surgeon to the British cavalry, and to His MajestyÕs most Honourable Board of Ordnance, and honorary member of the Board of Agriculture. Vol. 1 (all published of this edition), Dublin: printed by Graisberry & Campbell, 1798, xi[i.e.x],124pp., eight folding eng. plts., page x misnumbered ÔxiÕsome spotting and toning, armorial bookplate of George Pim to upper pastedown, near contemp. green half calf, gilt & blind dec. to spine (darkened), slim 8vo (ESTC T148951, Not in British Library catalogue. Only three UK institutional locations located for this edition) (2)
Lot 151
New Naturalist Series. Nos. 1-4, 6(b)-8 (2), 10 (2), 12-17, 19, 21, 24, 28, 31, 40, 43, 45-47, 52, 55, 58, 60, 62-63, 65, 85, 96-97, 101-102 (2), 103-104, 105 (2), 106 (2), 108-109, 116-118, mixed eds., 1946-2011, colour and b & w illustrations, a few spots, one or two presentation inscriptions, original cloth, d.j.s, a few price-clipped, a couple of jackets sellotaped to boards, occasional tears and light fading, together with 3 New Naturalist Monographs, 8vo, first editions comprise numbers 6(b), 7, 8 (2 copies), 10, 13, 16, 17, 19, 24, 28, 31, 40, 43, 45-47, 52, 55, 60, 63, 85, 96-97, 101-106, 108-109, 116-118, together with 22 other ornithology, published by T. & A.D. Poyser, 1970Õs & 80Õs (75)
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Lot 217
Hungary. Ortelius (Abraham), Hungariae Descriptio Wolgango Lazio Auct. [1584], engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, slight dust and finger soiling to margins, one small hole to upper margin, 355 x 500mm, Latin text on verso, together with, Homann (Johann Baptist), Regni Hungariae Tabula Generalis, pub. Nuremberg, c.1720, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, b & w cartouche and mileage scale, slight staining to margins, 480 x 570mm. First described item. Marcel van den Broecke. Ortelius Atlas Maps, no.150. (2)
Lot 237
North Pole. Cloppenburg (Johannes), Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio, pub. Amsterdam, c.1630, hand coloured engraved map, four inset circular vignettes of sub-arctic islands, 185 x 250mm, French text on verso, together with, Wyld (James), Chart of the Arctic Regions from the Admiralty Surveys [1849], engraved hand coloured circular map, with a dedication to Lady Franklin (Sir John FranklinÕs widow), central fold split with slight loss, repaired on verso, old folds, several marginal repaired closed tears, near contemp. manuscript annotations to upper margin of map, 400 x 450mm. The first item described was based on MercatorÕs earlier map of 1595. The pole is shown as four islands bisected by rivers. Published in the ÔAtlas sive CosmographicaeÕ. P.Burden. The Mapping of North America. no. 225. (2)
Lot 248
Peutinger Table. Jansson (Jan), Tabula Itineraria ex illustri Peutingerorum Bibliotheca...., pub. Amsterdam, c.1652, eight hand coloured engraved route maps, printed on four sheets (as published), slight marginal spotting and staining, some strengthening to central folds and margins, each approx. 415 x 515mm, Latin text on verso. R.W.Shirley, The Mapping of the World, no.393. A close copy of OrteliusÕs set of tables which were first published in 1598 in the ÔParergonÕ. (4)
Lot 321
*The Beatles. A set of Beatles autographs obtained 23 October 1963, signed one above the other in blue ballpoint pen on a plain piece of card, additionally inscribed ÔBeatlesÕ by Paul McCartney at head, written to the verso of an Air France carte de presentation card with date 23/10/63 written in ballpoint, 15 x 10 cm (6 x 4 ins), together with a Souvenir Programme for ÔThe Beatles Christmas ShowÕ, [1963], 24pp including stapled pictorial wrappers, covers slightly creased and marked, slim 4to, plus an original pressing of the LP Beatles for Sale (Parlophone PMC 1240, gatefold sleeve, mono), some light surface scratches to record, covers creased and corners bumped. The autographs were obtained in person by a family member then working for Air France. The Beatles Bible (online) confirms that on 23 October 1963, the band finished their final recording session for ÔWith the BeatlesÕ before flying to Sweden for their first foreign tour. -3
Lot 327
*Kingsley (Charles, 1819-1875). An autographed manuscript sermon initialled ÔC.K.Õ, (given at Trinity Church, Chester, 1870), 22 pp. with numerous corrections and revisions, based on Genesis XLII.18 ÒI fear GodÓ, additionally initialled W.H. upper left margin, first and last leaf sl. frayed, lightly stitched at left margin, oblong 8vo, together with another in KingsleyÕs hand on the conversion of St. Paul with additional manuscript note and initials W.H. tipped on, plus one further draft sermon seemingly in KingsleyÕs holograph based on Judges V.24, 9 pp., plus five further manuscript sermons, four in the same unidentified hand, the fifth possibly in a third unidentified hand but with upper wrapper (torn away) initialled C.K. and titled Ô1 Cor. III.16 Whit Sunday afternoon May 26 1844, EversleyÕ, mostly 10/15 pp., some fraying, stapled or stitched, slim 8vo/oblong 8vo. Kingsley became rector of Eversley, Hampshire in 1844. (7)
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Lot 336
*The Simpsons. An original hand-painted cell depciting Bart Simpson with an open pop-up book, 20th Century Fox, [1992], image area 15.5 x 8cm (6 x 3ins), signed in purple by Nancy Cartwright (BartÕs voice actor) in blank cell area to left of his feet, framed and glazed with printed official information label to verso, overall 36 x 41cm (14 x 16ins). From Treehouse of Horror III, (Season 4, Episode 5, 29 October 1992). Bart: ÒFrom A-apple to Z-zebra, ÔBabyÕs First Pop-up BookÕ is twenty-six pages of alphabetic adventureÓ. Mrs Krabappel: ÒBart, do you mean to tell me you read a book intended for preschoolers?Ó Bart: ÒWell, most of itÓ. (1)
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Lot 341
Bible [Welsh]. Y Bibl Cyssegr-lan, sef yr Hen Destament aÕr Newydd, London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1620, general and New Testament titles present within woodcut dec. borders (general title trimmed, torn with loss & tipped onto front free endpaper), woodcut dec. initials, black letter text, Apocrypha present, occasional manuscript annotations to text and manuscript genealogical entries to endpapers, scattered worm holes to few leaves (inc. NT title), lacking final blank, spotting, toning & marginal dampstaining, dust-soiling and some fraying to margins mostly to first & last few leaves, contemp. reversed blind panelled calf, spine worn at head & foot with loss, leather slightly torn to boards, worn, folio. Darlow & Moule 9585. This edition formed a revision of the 1588 version. It became, and remains the standard edition of the Welsh Bible, though changes to the orthography have been made. (1)
Lot 347
Blackstone (William). Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 vols., mixed eds. (vols. 1,3 & 4 first eds., vol. 2 second ed.), Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1765-69, contemp. signature James Coulthard to titles of vols. 1, 3 & 4, two engraved tables (one folding), vol. 1 bound with 4 pages only (of 8) of ÒSupplement to the First EditionÓ (somewhat frayed to margins & with ink marks & marginalia), repaired closed tear to upper margin of vol. 4 title, light toning mostly to margins, minor dust-soiling and few marks, modern brown morocco with black leather title labels, 4to. PMM 212; Rothschild 407. (4)
Lot 350
Book of Common Prayer [Welsh]. [Lliver gweddi gyffredin, a gwemdogaeth y sacramentae...], Impinted at London: by Henry Denham, 1567, lacking title, woodcut dec. initials (some excised), black letter text throughout, bound with [Psallwyr neu PsalmaeÕ Dauid..., 1567], lacking title, woodcut dec. initials (some excised), black letter text, early annotations including ÔEdw. Evans oneth this booke and lent it to Rob. lloyd ye 24th Febr. 1682Õ, some dampstaining and soiling throughout, leaves frayed and torn with some loss, contemp. calf over wooden boards, wormed with loss, old repair to spine, folio, together with three other defective 17th c. antiquarian including an incomplete Welsh Book of Common Prayer & Psalms, 1634, bound with Llyfry Psalmau, Wedieu Cyfieithu..., 1638, some soiling and fraying, contemp. calf, brass clasps, 4to. For the first named item see Darlow & Moule 9579. The first Welsh edition of the Prayer Book, translated by Richard Davies, Bishop of St. DavidÕs, assisted by W. Salesbury. Together with the earliest Psalter in Welsh. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (4)
Lot 356
Byron. Lady Noel Byron and the Leighs: Some Authentic Records of Certain Circumstances in the Lives of Augusta Leigh, and Others of Her Family, that Concerned Anne Isabella, Lady Byron, in the Course of Forty Years After Her Separation... [edited by Ralph Gordon Noel Milbanke, Earl of Lovelace], Strictly Private, 1st ed., printed for the Descendants of Lord and Lady Byron by William Clowes and Sons, 1887, half-title/limitation leaf with ms. ownership inscription ÔJohn C. Fox, Goring on Thames. Given to me by Mary Countess of Lovelace, 14 September 1922Õ, and beneath in a different hand ÔGiven to C. Draper by Miss Elsie Fox 1961Õ, some pencilled marginalia, floral endpapers, free endpapers browned, hinges split, untrimmed, orig. boards with printed paper spine label, spine rubbed, with sl. loss to ends and joints cracked, 8vo, with ms. letter paper-clipped to front free endpaper from Mary Theophilus, the sister of Elsie Fox, to C. Draper, dated 23-10-65, saying that her sisterÕs death was a great shock, and that Ôas she gave you the book some years ago it is still yours to do with it as you like bestÕ. Limited edition 2/36 copies. Wise, Byron, II, pp.111-112. Provenance: Mary, Countess of Lovelace (1848-1941), prior to 1922; given to John C. Fox of Goring on Thames by Countess Lovelace, 14 September 1922; passed to Miss Elsie Fox by John C. Fox; given to C. Draper by Miss Elsie Fox, 1961. Mary Caroline, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of the Rt. Hon. James Stuart-Wortley, married Ralph Gordon Noel Milbanke, the 2nd Earl of Lovelace in 1880, who was the third child of William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace and his wife, Ada Lovelace, the only legitimate daughter of Lord Byron. Byron scholar Sir John Charles Fox discussed the separation of Lord and Lady Byron in his book ÔThe Byron MysteryÕ, published in 1924. Of ÔLady Noel Byron and the LeighsÕ Wise states ÒI suppose this must be the most hopelessly unobtainable book in the whole series of Byroniana, surpassing in rarity even Lord BroughtonÕs ÔContemporary Account of the Separation of Lord and Lady ByronÕ, privately printed in 1870, and the first edition of Lady ByronÕs ÔRemarksÕÓ. Wise goes on to assert that of the thirty-six copies printed only a few were distributed, and Òthe larger proportion of the issue was destroyedÓ. (1)
Lot 376
Lever (Charles). Works, 41 volumes, including some first editions, 1839 - 72, additional etched title and plates by ÔPhizÕ, occ. spotting, t.e.g., contemp. uniform dark green half morocco (by Fazakerley of Liverpool), with gilt dec. spines, a little rubbed to head of spines and extrems., with a few vols. very slightly chipped to head, 8vo (41)
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Lot 378
Milton (John). The Works of Mr. John Milton, [London], 1697, final leaf torn at head with slight loss of running title and few letters of text, light toning mostly to first & last few leaves, early 20th c. half morocco, upper board near detached, lower joint cracked, folio. Pforzheimer 728; Wing M2086. The first collected edition of prose works. (1)
Lot 379
Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books, [together with] Paradise RegainÕd..., 2 vols., Printed by John Baskerville for J. & R. Tonson, 1758, subscribersÕ list, Life of Milton bound into vol. 1, lacks initial blank to both vols., a.e.g, contemp. straight grain red morocco gilt by Cecil & Larkins, rubbed at extremities including joints, spine ends and corners, 8vo. Gaskell 4a & 5a. The first Baskerville octavo publication, published concurrently with the quarto edition of the same work. (2)
Lot 382
Plato. Dialogues of Plato [translated by Floyer Sydenham], 8 parts (of 13) in 2 vols., printed for W. Sandby, 1767-1780, general title to first vol. only, five parts with separate titles, eng. folding table, one eng. plt. with diags., vol. 1 with water-staining to first and final leaves, one or two minor closed tears, red sprinkled edges, 19th c. brown half morocco gilt, spines and returns faded, lightly rubbed in places, thick 4to. Comprising: The Banquet, parts 1 & 2; Philebus, parts 1 & 2; Meno; The Rivals (2 copies); Io; The Lesser Hippias. Floyer Sydenham (1710-1787) was a Greek scholar and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, who devoted himself to translating the works of Plato. His translations of the ÔDialoguesÕ were the first English translations of most of them; they were first published separately (1759-1780) and subsequently collected, and are not commonly found complete. (2)
Lot 383
[Prechac, Jean de]. The Illustrious Lovers, or Princely Adventures in the Courts of England and France. Containing Sundry Transactions relating to Love-Intrigues, Noble Enterprises, and Gallantry. Being an Historical Account of the Famous Loves of Mary sometimes Queen of France (Daughter to Henry the 7th.) and Charles Brandon the RenownÕd Duke of Suffolk: Discovering the Glory and Grandeur of both Nations. Written Original in French, and now Done into English, printed for William Whitwood, 1686, pp.[ii]+243+[8], lacking A1 (half-title?), title-page soiled and detached with sl. loss to edges, B1 with loss to upper outer corner (affecting headline and first two lines of text), disbound and text block in two pieces, sm. 8vo. Wing P3207aA. Extremely rare. Wing locates three copies (University of Illinois, Library of Congress, Yale University). Some references to the book state eight unnumbered leaves at rear, some eleven; our copy has text on verso of final leaf (following ÔFinisÕ on recto) which has had the rear free endpaper pasted to it. (1)
Lot 387
Rossetti (Christina G.). Poems, New and Enlarged edition, pub. Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1899, dec. gravure frontis., occ. slight spotting, t.e.g., contemp. red calf with gilt dec. spine by Bumpus of Oxford, spine a little faded, 8vo, together with, Fitzgerald (Edward, trans.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, pub. Thomas B.Mosher, Portland Maine, 1895, addn. half-title, title page printed in red & black with eng. printers device, limited edition of 925 copies, manuscript presentation to front blank, t.e.g., near contemp. gilt dec. calf by Hatchards, slim upright 8vo., with, Trench (Herbert), Lyrics and Narrative Poems, pub. Hodder & Stoughton, n.d., c.1910, addn. half-title, manuscript presentation to first front blank, t.e.g., gilt dec. morocco in the Arts & Crafts style, 8vo., plus, Lysaght (S.R.), A Reading of Poetry An Essay, pub. Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1934, addn. half-title, tipped in presentation card from the author, contemp. morocco gilt by Bayntun of Bath, slim 8vo, with another twenty-one volumes relating to poetry, leather bound, mostly 8vo (25)
Lot 391
Thornton (Alfred). Don Juan, 2 vols. (Volume the Second Containing his Life in London, or, A True Picture of the British Metropolis), 1st ed., printed for Thomas Kelly, 1821-22, thirty-one hand-col. aqua. plts. (including frontispieces), some offsetting to text, occasional spotting and soiling, marginal repair to final leaf of vol. 2 not affecting text, a.e.g., modern red half morocco gilt, 8vo, (Abbey, Life 323; Tooley 486), together with [Johnson, Charles], Chrysal; or The Adventures of a Guinea: by an Adept. A New Edition, to which is now prefixed A Sketch of the AuthorÕs Life, Embelllished with Plates..., 3 vols., printed for Hector MÕMean, 1821, fifteen hand-col. aquatint plts., half-titles discarded, eng. bookplate of bibliographer Albert Mayer Cohn to front pastedowns and first vol. with address ticket below ÔDownsland Court, Ditchling, SussexÕ, contemp. diced calf, gilt dec. spines, rubbed, 8vo, (Tooley 283) (5)
Lot 392
[Thornton, Alfred]. The Adventures of a Post Captain: By a Naval Officer, 1st ed., first issue (with printer as J. and T. Agg on verso of title), 1817, additional hand-col. aquatint title (detached), twenty-four hand-col. aquatint plts. by Williams, some spotting and offsetting (partly to tissue-guards), binderÕs instructions leaf and ad. leaf at rear, untrimmed, orig. boards with printed paper label to spine, covers det. and some damage to spine, contained in purpose-made cloth chemise with bookplate of Henry Martin Gibbs, and blue half morocco gilt slipcase, 8vo. Abbey, Scenery 347; Tooley 484. (1)
Lot 406
Andry de Boisregard (Nicolas). An Account of the Breeding of Worms in Human Bodies; Their Nature, and Several Sorts; Their Effects, Symptoms, and Prognostics. With the True Means to avoid them, and MedÕcines to Cure them, 1st ed. in English, 1701, five engraved plates (including one folding), occasional light spotting and dust-soiling, browning mostly to margins of first & last few leaves, hinges repaired, contemp. speckled calf, rebacked, 8vo. Garrison Morton 2448.2, ÒThe first medical parasitology text - an exhaustive study of the parasites of man, the diseases associated with them and their treatment. AndryÕs views were often ahead of his time. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he did not believe in the spontaneous generation of parasites but clearly stated that their seeds entered the body from outside sources and that some foods were particularly liable to contain themÓ. (1)
Lot 408
Blackmore (Richard). A Treatise of the Spleen and Vapours, or, Hypocondriacal and Hysterical Affections, with three Discourses on the Nature and Cure of the Cholick, Melancholy, and Palsies, 1st ed., 1725, dampstaining mostly to margins and occasional spotting, modern calf, 8vo, together with Turner (Daniel), De Morbis Cutaneis. A Treatise of Diseases Incident to the Skin, in Two Parts, With a short Appendix concerning the Efficacy of Local Remedies, and the Manner of their Operations, 4th ed., revised & enlarged, 1731, eng. port. frontis., some adhesive tape staining to frontis. & inner margin of title, and with inner & fore-edge margins strengthened, spotting and dampstaining, endpapers renewed, contemp. calf, rebacked, 8vo, with Tyndall (John), Essays on the Floating-Matter of the Air in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection, 1881, b & w illusts., hinges repaired, orig. cloth, extrems. rubbed, 8vo, and Guyton-Morveau, L. B., Des Moyens de Desinfecter LÕAir, de Prevenir la Contagion et DÕEn Arreter Les Progres, pub. Paris, 1802, lacking port. frontis., contemp. half calf, joints cracked, spine torn with loss at head & foot, 8vo, plus Bardsley (James Lomax), Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis, de Rabie Canina..., Edinburgh, 1823, 84pp., modern qtr. cloth, 8vo. First title, see Hunter & McAlpine, pp.319-24. The author was physician to Queen Anne. He made important distinctions between mental diseases and advised against prolonged use of Ôpacifick medicinesÕ. (5)
Lot 413
Linnean Society. Transactions, [First Series], vols. 16-30, 1791-1875; Second Series: Botany, vols. 1-3, 1880-94; Second Series: Zoology, vols. 1-5, 1879-94, a total of 23 vols., numerous litho. plts. incl. some hand-col., occasional spotting, public library bookplates to front pastedowns, contemp. half calf, worn with leather loss and numerous covers detached, 4to (23)
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Schlegel (Gustave). Uranographie Chinoise, ou preuves directes que lÕastronomie primitive est originaire de la Chine..., 2 pts Text (bound as one) and Atlas, 1st ed., Hague and Leiden, 1875, folding table at end of first part, seven celestial plans in black and red to Atlas vol., some spotting and dust-soling, ex lib. with marks to front endpapers and pastedowns, Text vol. library half morocco, worn and covers det., Atlas vol. orig. half cloth, soiled and some wear at head and foot of spine, large 8vo/oblong folio (2)
Lot 455
Gerstinger (Hans, ed.). Die Wiener Genesis. Farbenlichtdruckfaksimile der Griechischen Bilderbibel..., 2 vols., Vienna, 1931, title-pages printed in red and black, twenty-six b & w plts. at rear of first vol., vol. 2 with col. plts. throughout, tissue guards, orig. maroon cloth, spines and upper covers gilt lettered, dustjackets with some minor fading and edge-fraying, large 4to (2)
Lot 470
Du Cange (Charles du Fresne, Sieur). Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae & Infimae Latinitatis, in quo Latina Vocabula Novatae Significationis, aut usus rarioris, Barbara & Exotica Explicantur, eorum Notiones & Originationes Reteguntur..., 3 vols., Frankfurt am Main: impensis Johannis Davidis Zunneri, typis Balthasaris Christophori Wustii, 1681, half-title to each (hole to vol. 1 half-title), addn. eng. title, letterpress general title in red & black, eleven engs. on nine plts., some spotting, later endpapers, contemp. calf, old rebacks & corner repairs, boards to vol. 3 detached, worn, folio, together with Bibliotheca Topographia Britannica, nos. 15, 23 & 27, (Extracts from the MS. Journal of Sir Simonds DÕEwes, the History and Antiquities of Hawsted in the County of Suffolk, History and Antiquities of Lambeth Palace), pub. 1783-85, few eng. plts., edges untrimmed, orig. boards, some detached (one lacking), lacks spines, worn, 4to, with others including Bagot (Lewis), Twelve Discourses on the Prophecies Concerning the First Establishment and Subsequent History of Christianity, Oxford, 1780, contemp. calf, slight wear, 8vo (a carton)
Lot 479
Johnson (Robert). Enchiridion Medicum: Or a Manual of Physick..., 1st ed., 1684, some old dampstaining throughout, lacks port. frontis., modern boards, 8vo, together with Miscellanea Curiosa, sive Ephemeridum medico-physicarum Germanicarum... , annus secundus [and] annus octavus... , Nuremberg & Bratislava, 1684 & 1678, half-titles and additional eng. title (one folding) to each, eng. plts. incl. some double-page and folding, one defective and relaid, heavily browned throughout, first vol. contemp. calf gilt, joints cracked, second vol. with some signatures at front and rear detached, disbound without covers, both 4to, plus Hippocrates. Hippocratis coi aphorismi Graece & Latine... , ed. Johannes Heurnius, Leyden: Plantin, 1601, some spotting and light browning, old inscriptions to title, modern quarter calf over cloth, sl. rubbed, 16mo, plus two further 17th-c. Latin medical publications and later miscellaneous medicine interest (a carton)
Lot 483
British Sports and Sportsmen. Cricket and Football/Big Game Hunting and Angling/Hunting, 3 vols., c. 1915/20, photogravure plts., b & w illusts. from photos, old light water staining to lower margins of first vol., a.e.g., orig. red. morocco gilt, rubbed, folio, (limited eds. 275/1000), together with other miscellaneous books including antiquarian (3 cartons)
Lot 489
Echard (Laurence). The Roman History, from the Building of the City, to the Perfect Settlement of the Empire by Augustus Caesar, 2 vols., 7th ed., revised, 1713, b&w eng. frontis. to each vol., titles printed in red and black, contemp. panelled calf gilt, rubbed and a little wear, 8vo, together with Hall (S. C., ed.), The Book of British Ballads, pub. Henry G. Bohn, 1853, numerous wood eng. illusts., some spotting to first and last few leaves, a.e.g., contemp. gilt-decorated red full morocco (by Henderson & Bisset), a little rubbed and some marks, small 4to, plus other mostly 19th-century leather bindings, including E. Le Sueur, Galerie de Saint Bruno, Paris, 1808, an album of hand-coloured aquatint plates of designs for window curtains, beds, etc., published by Ackermann and Taylor (without letterpress), etc. (3 shelves)
Lot 493
Colonna (Francesco). Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. The Strife of Love in a Dream, The Entire Text translated for the first time into English with an Introduction by Joscelyn Godwin, 1st ed., 1999, orig. brown cloth in d.j., 174 b & w woodcut illusts., sl. wear to d.j., large 8vo, together with Bland (David), A History of Book Illustration, The Illuminated Manuscript and the Printed Book, 2nd ed., 1969, orig. gilt-dec. red cloth in d.j., col. frontis. plt., numerous b & w & colour illusts. & plts., sl. vertical crease to d.j. spine, large 8vo, and Pound (Ezra), Seventy Cantos, 1st ed., 1950, orig. cloth in d.j., sl. marking to front and rear boards, rubbing to spine, some loss to top and bottom of d.j. spine and front and rear flap hinges, 8vo, together with other literature and literature reference, including Manuel Du Libraire, tome I-VI by Jacques-Charles Branet, 1921, In Tearing Haste, 1st ed., 2008, The Broken Road, from the Iron Gates to Mount Athos, 1st ed., 2013, Three Letters from the Andes, 1st ed., 1991, A Time of Gifts, reprint, 1978, Between the Woods and the Water, 1st ed., 1986, signed by the author, all by Patrick Leigh Fermor, mostly 20th-c. hardback publications, many in d.j.s, G/VG (3 shelves)
Lot 510
Johns (Captain W.E.). The Raid, pub. John Hamilton, n.d., c. 1930s, one leaf loose and very sl. frayed to extreme fore-edge, orig. cloth, rubbed and some marks, with spine a little dulled, 8vo, together with Fleming (Ian), The Man with the Golden Gun, You Only Live Twice & Octopussy and The Living Daylights, all 1st eds., 1964/65/66 respectively, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, first and second vols. with a d.j.s a little rubbed and sl. fraying to extremities, plus Hoffmann (Heinrich), The English Struwwelpeter, 28th ed., pub. Griffith & Farran, n.d., c. 1870s, hand-col. illusts. throughout, some soiling and repairs, orig. cloth-backed boards, slim 4to, and other childrenÕs and illustrated literature, modern first editions, etc., including The New Coterie, nos. 1-6, November 1925-Summer/Autumn 1927, Kingsley Amis, Margaret Tempest, Leslie Brooke, etc. (3 shelves)
Lot 517
Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols., printed for Thomas Tegg, 1832, eng. port. frontis. to first vol., a.e.g., contemp. matching plum full morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed, thick 4to, together with Clarke (Francis L.), The Life of the Most Noble Arthur, Marquis and Earl of Wellington, 3 vols., printed by and for J. & J. Cundee, n.d., c. 1820s, eng. plts., maps etc., contemp. uniform half calf, heavily rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, plus Bruce (James), Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, vol. II (of 5) only, Edinburgh, 1790, contemp. full tree calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, with joints cracked and some wear to spine, 4to, and other 19th-c. leather-bound history, literature, etc. (3 shelves)
Lot 529
Jones (Rev. Robert, edit.). The Poetical Works of the Rev. Goronwy Owen... with his Life and Correspondence, 2 vols., 1876, contemp. half calf, spines rubbed, 8vo, together with Archaeologia Cambrensis, A Record of the Antiquities of Wales and its Marches, and the Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, first series vols. 1-4 and new series vols. 1-2, 1846-51, eng. and litho plts., wood eng. illusts., occasional spotting, contemp. uniform half calf gilt, 8vo, plus other welsh antiquarian and reference, including issues of the Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (3 shelves)
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