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Lot 430
IFS Travancore-Cochin. Officials; seriffed lettering. 1949 3a on 7ch complete unused sheet of 112 with the listed varieties; ‘S’ inverted R6/3 LP, first ‘E’ inverted R7/4 LP, ‘C’ inverted R4-5/1 RP (enabling correction from LP in the catalogues) and second ‘E’ inverted R3/2 LP. Central horizontal and vertical folds, a splendid multiple. SG O14+ (£1554)/CW O35+
Lot 575
St Helena. 1923-36 1d, first two columns of sheet with two Plate plugs, R2/1 broken mast and 5/1 cleft rock. Hinged on selvedge only (although with tiny disturbance to gum at base of R5/1), light natural bends, an attractive piece. On page with full write-up of the minor varieties. SG 98, a, c (£164)
Lot 7
Curzon (Hon. Robert). Armenia: a Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, 1st edition, John Murray, 1854, vignette title, wood engraved illustrations, single engraved map, all plates complete as listed, publisher`s catalogue dated January 1854 to final section, light foxing to first and last few leaves, owner`s name to front f.e.p., original blindstamped terracotta cloth gilt, fraying to extremities with some loss at head and foot of spine, 8vo (1)
Lot 10
Hakluyt (Richard). Hakluyt`s Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries of the English Nation, 6 vols. (including Supplement), new ed. with additions, 1809-12, contemp. uniform full tree calf gilt, old rebacks, with orig. spines laid down, rubbed and some minor wear to extrems., 4th vol. lacking title label, first and last vols. with upper covers det., large 4to (31.5 x 24cm) Sabin H29599. Howes H26. Printed in an edition of 325 copies, of which 250 were printed on royal paper and 75 on imperial paper. This copy being one of the 75 on imperial. The Supplement entitled A Selection of Curious, Rare, and Early Voyages and Histories of Interesting Discoveries, chiefly published by Hakluyt, or at his suggestion, but not included in his celebrated compilation, to which, to Purchas, and other general collections, this is intended as a supplement. "Contains fourteen rare works not easily accessible in any other form, and is quite as important as either of the volumes published in his time. It includes "Virgina Richly Valued`, "Anghiera`s "West-Indies", &c`. (Sabin). (6)
Lot 15
Lavoisne (C.V.). Lavoisne`s Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Atlas, 1814, 25 double-page hand coloured maps, 39 double-page historical tables, all plates complete, dedication and list of subscribers present, lacking title, a few leaves foxed, contemp. crimson half calf, spine defective, both covers and first and last few leaves detached, folio. (1)
Lot 27
Cary (John). Cary`s New and Correct English Atlas being a New Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys....., 1809, title and contents page, forty six engraved maps with contemp. outline colouring (complete as list), first 23 pps. detached, several maps with staining and scuffing, some maps with closed tears and holes, partially disbound, boards detached, lacking spine, rubbed worn and frayed, 4to. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
Lot 32
Mackenzie (Sir George). Observations upon the Laws and Customs of Nations as to Precedency, Edinburgh, 1680, lacking eng. port. frontis., title frayed with some loss, bound with The Science of Herauldry, Treated as a part of the Civil Law, and Law of Nations: Wherein reasons are given for its Principles, and Etymologies for its harder Terms, pub. Edinburgh, 1680, addn. eng. title, thirty eng. plts. of armorial bearings (many hand-col.), first and last few leaves frayed and detached, contemp. calf, boards detached, worn, small folio (Wing M186 & M204), together with Seyer (Rev. Samuel), Memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and it`s Neighbourhood..., 2 vols., pub. Bristol, 1821-23, two port. frontispieces to vol. 1, addn. eng. title, num. eng. plts., contemp. half calf gilt, spines torn, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, plus twenty-three others, incl. Bristol related (2 cartons)
Lot 76
Australasia. Djurberg (Daniel), Polynesien (Inselwelt) ober der FŸnfte Welttheil versasst von Herm Daniel Djurberg neu herausgegeben von Herm F.A.Schraemble, pub. Vienna, 1789, hand coloured engraved map of Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia and Hawaii, slight dust soiling, 480 x 710mm. First published in Sweden in 1780, this is a good example of the Austrian re-isssued edition by Schraembl. The calligraphic cartouche is replaced by a circular design, Australia is given its native name of Ulimaroa and this edition includes Hawaii. R.V.Tooley, "The Mapping of Australia`, no. 447. (1)
Lot 87
British Isles. Munster (Sebastian), Das Ander Buch Beschzeibrung Engellants und Schottlandts, Basle, [1578 or later], uncoloured wood block, slight overall toning and some marginal staining, 250 x 170mm, German text on verso, together with Das Ander Buch, [1550 or later],uncoloured simplified woodcut map of the British Isles with German text below and on verso, slight toning, map size 85 x 140mm, plus a wood cut panorama of Edinburgh with German text below the image, published by Munster in the "Cosmographia`, image size 115 x 190mmThe first decribed item, R.W. Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, no.122. The second described item, no.51. (3)
Lot 127
* London. Mogg (Edward), An Entire New Plan of the Cities of London & Westminster with the Borough of Southwark, Comprehending the New Buildings and other Alterations to the present time....., 1813, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, the date 1816 added in near contemp ink manuscript to the title cartouche, "Waterloo bridge` added in near contemp. ink manuscript to the map, some staining, 475 x 880mm, framed and glazed, together with Phillips (Richard, pubs.),A Plan of London with its Modern Improvements, 1804,hand coloured engraved map, reticulated and with lettered margins, old folds, 240 x 585mm, mounted, framed and glazed. The first described item. James Howgego, Printed Maps of London, no.227, state 10. The second item. no.229, state 2. (2)
Lot 141
Poland. Ortelius (Abraham), Poloniae, Lituaniaeq Descriptio, c.1608, hand coloured engraved map, one repaired marginal closed tear, slight marginal staining, 375 x 490mm, Italian text on verso, together with Laurie (Robert & Whittle James, pubs.)A New Map of the Kingdom of Poland with its Dismembered Provinces and the Kingdm. of Prussia, 1794,engraved map, hand coloured in outline, central fold partially strengthened on verso, occ. marginal closed tears, 480 x 665mm, plus Bachiene (Willem Albert),Nieuwe en Naauwkeurige Kaart van`t Koningryk Polen...., 1771,engraved map after Emanuel Bowen, later outline colouring, 355 x 445mm, with Mercator (Gerard),Polonia et Silesia, n.d., c.1620,hand coloured engraved map, 350 x 465mm, French text on verso, and Bowen (Emanuel),A New and Accurate Map of Poland, Lithuania &c. Divided into its Palatinats....., n.d., c.1750,hand coloured engraved map, decorative cartouche, some marginal staining, 350 x 435mm. The first described item:- Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, no. 155. (5)
Lot 263
* Zundt (Mathis, 1498-1572). The Siege of Gotha (Large Plate), etching, trimmed to plate margin, encroaching on border to left hand margin, 26.7 x 36.5cm (10.5 x 14.5ins), corner-mounted, together with Amman (Jost, 1539-1591). A collection of five military etchings, including "various military ranks`,`the semicircular camp by a river`, "an army on the march with a burning castle`, "the entrenched camp`, "ballistic diagram`, each hinge-mounted and captioned in pencil, to mount, 275 x 370mm (11 x 14.5ins) The first work formerly in the Drugulin Collection. (6)
Lot 269
* Clade (J.E.). Gluck gehabt (I Was Lucky), n.p., n.d., c. 2000, printed paperback with half-tone illustrations, signed by the author and by ÒJimmyÓ James, pilot of the Bombay (August 7th 1942) to front f.e.p., orig. printed wrappers, together with a copy of Jagdgeschwader 27 "Afrika`, pub. Osprey, 2003, signed by Clade and Jimmy James to half-title, orig. printed wrappers, plus four further aviation books including one more signed by Jimmy James (Combat Kill), plus nine later printings of First World War rolled technical drawings of aircraft, each with small sellotape repairs (15)
![Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Oxford: The Theatre, 1683, eng. general title, New Testament title with woodcut royal arms,](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2862311/388-201271610957_468x382.jpg)
Lot 388
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Oxford: The Theatre, 1683, eng. general title, New Testament title with woodcut royal arms, numerous eng. plts., red ruled throughout, few leaves with closed-tears, bound with The Book of Common Prayer, pub. Oxford, 1683 at front and The Whole Book of Psalms, pub. Oxford, 1685 at rear of volume, initial leaves at front of volume detached and frayed to edges, contemp. gilt panelled and decorated morocco, a.e.g. (edges rubbed), upper board detached and some wear, 4to, together with The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New..., Oxford: printed by the University Printers, 1697, eng. general title by M. Burghers, letterpress New Testament title present, bound with The Book of Common Prayer..., Cambridge, 1696 at front of volume, with some leaves torn & repaired, and The Whole Book of Psalms..., Cambridge, 1696 at rear of volume, final leaf torn & repaired, some light browning and first & last leaves slightly frayed to margins, a.e.g. (edges rubbed), contemp. gilt panelled morocco, old reback preserving orig. spine, rubbed & worn & leather lifting to spine, 4to. Herbert 784 & 846. (2)
Lot 392
Bible [English]. The Bible Translated According to the Ebrew and Greeke..., Imprinted at London: by Robert Barker, 1607, New Testament title within dec. woodcut border, lacks general title and all before A1 (first book of Genesis), text printed in black letter, bound with the Whole Booke of Psalmes, pub. 1607, at rear of volume and an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front of volume, close-trimmed throughout with some loss to running titles and marginal notes, dust-soiling throughout, worming to inner margins of few leaves, near contemp. sheep, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, worn, 4to, together with an incomplete edition of the Bible, published Christopher Barker 1582. First title Herbert 290 with Gen. i.2: fourme. (2)
Lot 405
Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 2 vols., 1st ed., 2nd issue, printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1791, eng. portrait frontispiece to first vol., two eng. plts. to second vol., ÒgiveÓ corrected in volume 1 (page 135, line 10), and ÒCorrections and AdditionsÓ list to verso of final leaf of Table of Contents, some light spotting, contemp. diced full calf gilt, later good-quality reback, with endpapers renewed, sl. rubbed, 4to. Rothschild 463. (2)
Lot 409
Chrysostom (John, St.). Tou en agiois patros emon Ioannou Chrysostomou apanta ta euriskomena. Sancti patris nostri Ioannis Chrysostomi opera omnia, 6 vols., Paris, 1636, first line of title translated from the greek, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, titles in red & black, double-column text in red & black, 18th c. half sheep, joints cracked, worn, folio, together with Commentaria in Novum Testamentum in sex tomos distributa..., 6 vols. in five, Paris, 1636, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1 (near detached), titles in red & black, vol. 1 with blind library stamp to frontis. and title, 18th c. half sheep, joints cracked and some wear, folio, with Jerome (Saint), Sancti Hieronymi Stridonensis Opera omnia quae reperiri potuerunt..., 4 vols. in three, Paris, 1609, some margins frayed at front and rear, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, joints split and some wear, folio, plus Sancti Hilarii Pictaviensis Episcopi Opera..., 2 vols., Verona, 1730 and Q. Septimii Florentis Terulliani Carthaginiensis Presbyteri, Opera Omnia..., 4 parts in one, Rouen, 1662 (11)
![Clare (John). [Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, 2nd or 3rd ed., 1820], pp.xxiii(Introduction)+[i]+220+[4](pubs. a](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2862311/410-2012716101019_468x382.jpg)
Lot 410
Clare (John). [Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, 2nd or 3rd ed., 1820], pp.xxiii(Introduction)+[i]+220+[4](pubs. ads.)+[v]-viii(Contents), lacking half-title and title-page (never present?) and with original ms. ownership name "Frederica S. Davy Sepr. 1820` (probably Frederica Sara Davy, 1802-1889) on first printed leaf (b1), i.e. p.[i] of Introduction, 4pp. Contents misbound at rear, foxed, front free endpaper with ink stamp title, ink stamp book ticket of E. Goodfellow Helpston above, and similar ticket stamped "Life of Clare` on front pastedown, hinges split, contemp. half calf gilt, joints cracked & extrems. rubbed, large 12mo, together with The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, 2 vols., 1st ed., printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1821, half-titles present, eng. port. frontis. (offset to title), first vol. with intermittent foxing, second vol. with extensive pencil annotations by Mrs. Emmerson, many initialled "E.L.E.`, both vols. with Goodfellow`s book ticket on front free endpaper, covering ms. signature of Edward Goodfellow dated 1888, untrimmed, orig. pubs. boards with printed title labels to spines, joints cracked, vol.1 spine slightly torn & worn, with slight adhesive residue, large 12mo, plus The Shepherd`s Calendar; with Village Stories, and Other Poems, 1st ed., John Taylor, 1827, half-title present, eng. frontis., frontis. and title-page foxed, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, front free endpaper becoming detached and with Goodfellow`s book ticket, hinges split, rough-trimmed, orig. qtr. cloth with printed paper title label to spine, large 12mo, plus The Rural Muse, 1st ed., Whittaker & Co., 1835, eng. frontis. and title-page (stained), frontis. with Goodfellow`s book ticket on reverse, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, prelim. leaves lightly foxed, rough-trimmed, endpapers foxed, orig. blind patterned cloth, with printed title label to spine, some damp soiling to upper board, 8vo. A set of John Clare`s scarce first four works in original condition, and with intriguing provenance. Authoress Eliza Laura Emmerson, whose annotations appear in the second volume of "The Village Minstrel`, was introduced to John Clare by Lord Radstock. At their first meeting Mrs. Emmerson burst into bitter laments at the rustic poet`s Òdesolate appearanceÓ and wept that Òso much genius and so much povertyÓ should go together. Clare was stung by her reaction, which compounded the angst he felt about his labourer`s garb as he moved amongst the smart and fashionable of London. However, subsequent interviews modified Clare`s first impression of Mrs. Emmerson, who became a close friend and helper of the "Northamptonshire Peasant` as she called Clare. Indeed John Clare became quite obsessed with Eliza at one point, until their relationship cooled, writing her scores of passionate letters, calling her his Laura, addressing verses to "E.L.E.`, and asking for her portrait. Mrs. Emmerson is full of praise for Clare`s poetry in her annotations to "The Village Minstrel`, with notes such as: Òfull of sober Christian feeling. I think like you my dr. Clare, E.L.E.Ó; ÒAn astonishing effort this - for such a man as Clare! - full of lonely, and sweet feelingÓ; ÒThis lovely poem was first written to me, in a Letter from the Author. E.L.E.Ó; ÒThou art indeed the Inspired poet of Nature my dear friend! - E.L.E.Ó. The subsequent ownership of E. Goodfellow, Helpston, is curious, as the last private owner of John Clare`s cottage in Helpston was owned by a Mrs. Robin Goodfellow, who sold the property to the John Clare Trust in 2005. See Frederick Martin, The Life of John Clare, 1964. (5)
Lot 418
Foxe (John). Actes and Monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church, with an uniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times..., 2 vols. in one, 4th ed., 1583, vol. 2 title present within decorative woodcut border, three folding woodcut plts. (torn & frayed with some loss), woodcut illusts. to text, continuous pagination throughout both vols. (with few errors in pagination), lacks general title and all before A1 (p.3) and all after 5F2 (p.2150), few leaves torn & frayed with occasional slight loss, some dust-soiling and few marks, recent endpapers, contemp. blind dec. calf over wooden boards, brass boss to lower board and two corner pieces present, modern reback, folio. STC 11225. The first edition was published in 1563. (1) It does contain four folding woodcut plates, as the BL copy. Please note that a small section of leaves (approx. 5 leaves?) are quite badly torn with loss within the centre of the volume
Lot 423
Josephus (Flavius). De antiquitate judaica & De bello judaica, translated by Rufnus Aquileiensis, edited by Hieronymus Squarzaficus, 2 parts in one volume, Venice: Reynaldus de Novimagio, 31 March 1481; 10 May 1482 [misprinted as 1400], 350 ff. (of 352; lacking two blank leaves), single column gothic text of 48 lines, inoffensive worming throughout mostly confined to inner margin, finger soiling to first and last few leaves, modern vellum, folio (28.9 x 20.8 cm) Goff J485. Part two bound before part one as often. (1)
Lot 424
Lapide (Johannes de). Resolutorium dubiorum circa celebrationem missarum occurrentium..., Cologne, 1506, 24 ff., paper repairs to first two leaves and final leaf, a few leaves strengthened at inner margin, one leaf with loss to outer corner not affecting text, modern paper-covered boards, 4to (1)
Lot 430
Nalson (John). A True Copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice for the Tryal of K. Charles I. as it was Read in the House of Commons, and Attested under the hand of Phelps, Clerk to that Infamous Court, 1st ed., 1684, eng. frontis. with explanation leaf present, one eng. plt. only (lacks portrait), some spotting and toning, lower blank margins of some leaves with worm holes & worming, manuscript annotations & notes to pastedowns, hinges cracked, contemp. panelled calf, joints cracked and board corners worn, folio (Wing N116), together with Bulstrode (Sir Richard), Memoirs and Reflections upon the Reign and Government of King Charles the Ist and K. Charles the IId..., now First Published from his Original Manuscript, 1721, eng. frontis., final leaf of text and frontis. lined to verso, later endpapers, contemp. panelled calf, joints cracked, worn at head & foot of spine and to board corners, 8vo (2)
Lot 441
[Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822]. The Holy Court in Three Tomes, written in French by Nicolas Caussin, translated into English by Sr. T[homas] H[awkins]. The Third Tome now first published in English: the first and second newly reviewed, [Rouen], printed by John Cousturier, 1634, [bound with] The Holy Court Fourth Tome, [Rouen], printed by John Cousturier, 1638, 4 parts in 1, each with separate register and pagination, nine full-page or smaller eng. ports., historiated and other woodcut initials, each vol. lacking an addn. eng. title-page, also lacking N3 in the First Tome, and M6 and P6 in the Second Tome, some soiling and staining in the text, some side-notes just touched by the binder, a few leaves frayed at the fore-edge, one with some paper restoration affecting the side-notes, without covers, and with the remains of an old calf spine, stitching intact, small folio. STC 4874 and 4875. Inscribed in ink in a neat, legible hand on the first title-page ÒPercy Bysshe Shelley. Hillson. Aug.7.06Ó. The poet Shelley (1792-1822) was fourteen years old and a pupil at Eton College at this time. The inscription, neatly and formally written, is not in Shelley`s own hand, as evidenced by comparison with examples of his holograph and signature. A Thesaurus in Eton College Library, inscribed and dated by Shelley in the same year, 1806, shows that even at the age of fourteen his signature was formed and very similar to that of his adult years. The obvious variation with Shelley`s hand precludes this from being an attempt at a forgery, thus suggesting that this is a presentation inscription, giving the volume to the youthful and precocious Shelley. It is perhaps relevant to observe that his birthday fell just three days before the date of the inscription, on 4th August. Extensive research has failed to identify ÒHillsonÓ, either as a place or name. It does not appear in the standard Gazetteers, nor has any reference been found to anyone of that name having connections with Percy Bysshe or the Shelley family. In August Shelley would have been on vacation from Eton, it is therefore perhaps a house name of a friend or family acquaintance. Caussin`s text does not appear in any of the published Òreading listsÓ of Shelley, and, apart from the inscription, the volume does not contain any other annotation whatsoever. (1)
Lot 443
Strand Magazine. An Illustrated Monthly, ed. George Newnes, vols. 1, 3, 5-16 1891-98, b&w illusts., contemp. morocco gilt, rubbed and some fading, 8vo (contains first appearance of Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle), together with Lytton (Sir Edward Bulwer), Works, 20 vols., 1848-55, occ. spotting, occ. inkstamps, contemp. uniform half calf gilt, wear to a few spine labels with one missing, spine split to one vol., 8vo, plus Dickens (Charles), Works, Fireside Dickens edition, 15 vols. (of 22), n.d., c. 1900, b&w plts., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear to extrems., 8vo (49)
Lot 445
Toy Book. Ellen, or the Naughty Girl Reclaimed, a Story, exemplified in a Series of Figures, 1st edition, S. & J. Fuller, 1811, nine loosely inserted hand-coloured aquatint card cut-outs with interchangable head, title torn to corner with a little loss, some leaves detached at inner margin with short resultant tears, original printed wrappers, contained in original printed card slipcase (rubbed and marked), 16mo, together with Millar (Robert, pub.), Twenty Six Choice Poetical Extracts, selected from Celebrated Authors and Printed from Copper Plates..., c.1820, engraved title, 26 pages of engraved text each with a vignette illustration, lacking first blank, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, rubbed and scuffed, 18mo (2)
Lot 450
Belidor (Bernard Forest de). La Science des Ingenieurs dans la Conduite des Travaux, de Fortification et d`Architecture Civile..., 6 parts in one, new ed., The Hague: Pierre Gosse junior, 1754, eng. frontis., title in red & black, fifty-three eng. plts. on 52 folding leaves (inc. two folding tables), one plt. protruding at fore-edge and with few closed tears to margin, together with Nouveau Cours de Mathematique, a l`Usage de l`Artillerie et du Genie..., new ed., Paris, 1757, thirty-four folding eng. plts. at rear, stain to leaves Iii-Iii4, uniform contemp. mottled sheep, gilt dec. spines, extrems. slightly rubbed, 4to. First title Brunet I,740. (2)
Lot 455
Mechain (Pierre Francois Andre & Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph). Base du Systeme Metrique Decimal, ou Mesure de l`Arc du Meridien Compris entre les Paralleles de Dunkerque et Barcelone, Executee en 1792 et Annees Suivantes..., vol. 1 only (of 3), Paris, 1806, eight folding eng. diags. at rear of volume, large armorial bookplate to upper pastedown of Hugh Robert Hughes of Kimnel & Dinorben, Co. Denbigh, contemp. calf, lacks spine, leather to upper board torn, 4to. Norman 1481 and PMM 260. The first edition of the highly important work which led to creation of the metric system. Volumes 2 & 3 were published in 1807 & 1810. (1)
Lot 464
Peckham (Ann). The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent Housewife. Being an entire New Collection of the most general, yet least expensive Receipts in every Branch of Cookery and Good Housewifery..., 2nd ed., Leeds, 1773, burn hole to leaves D5-D9 with consequent loss of text, light worming to lower inner blank margins, some spotting and browning, contemp. sheep, rubbed and worn to spine with slight loss of leather at foot, 12mo. Cagle 919 (first edition). (1)
Lot 477
Howard (Henry). Indication of Memorials, Monuments, Paintings, and Engravings of persons of the Howard Family, and of their Wives and Children..., Corby Castle, 1834, lithograph plates, some hand coloured, contemporary dark-green cloth, rebacked, folio, together with Brydges (Sir Egerton), Memoirs of the Peers of England, during the Reign of James the First, volume one [all published], 1802, engraved portrait frontispiece and three other engraved plates, contemporary half calf, joints cracking and some fraying, 4to, and Hodges (Charles Clement), Ecclesia Hagustaldensis; The Abbey of St Andrew Hexham, privately printed, 1888, additional colour lithograph title, sixty lithograph plates, contemporary quarter cloth, folio, plus two others including an album of prints and engravings relating to the Howard family (6)
Lot 482
Royal Academy. The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 52 issues bound in three vols., 1801-07, 1809-31, 1833-38, 1840, 1842-48, 1850-57, each issue approx. fifty pages, bound as issued without wrappers, occasional contemp. ink marginalia, a few leaves creased, small circular library blindstamp to front endpaper and initial title page in each volume, 19th century half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, one vol. with covers near-detached, 4to (266 x 203mm) Very scarce on the market. This publication, produced every year after the first RA exhibition in 1769, lists all of the works exhibited and the room in which it could be viewed. The final section of each cataogue contains a list of all the exhibitors along with their address. (3)
Lot 510
Dubail (Auguste & Fayolle, Marie-Emile). La Guerre racontee par nos generaux commandants de groupe d`armees, 2 vols. (De Liege a Verdun 1914-1916 & De la Somme au Rhin, 1916-1918), Paris, Librairie Schwarz, [1920], pictorial title to each vol. designed by Jean Lebedeff, first vol. with printed title, numerous tinted and b&w woodcut illusts. by Bonfils, Fremond, Fouqueray, Galanis, etc., single and double-page maps, the first vol. bound in orig. pubs. full morocco gilt, with a square polychrome coloured enamel mounted to upper cover depicting a poilu, by Dunand, executed by Claessens, rubbed and scuffed to joints and edges, second vol. bound in pubs. printed boards, rubbed and some soiling, with some fraying and sl. wear to head and foot of spine, 4to (2)
Lot 541
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Pogany (Willy, illust.). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, pub. George Harrap, 1930, number 737 of 750 signed copies printed for England, additional etched frontispiece signed in pencil, twelve mounted colour plates, b & w illustrations, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, original full turquoise morocco with gilt floral roundel to upper cover, contained in original card book-box (darkened with some edge wear), 4to, together with The Whittington Press. The Mirror & the Eye; Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam...illustrated by Richard Kennedy, 1984, number 85 of 126 copies signed by the artist and translator, lithograph plates, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, original quarter vellum, contained in original slipcase, folio, and Dulac (Edmund, illust.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Hodder & Stougton, [1909], mounted colour plates, decorative endpapers, original gilt decorated cream cloth, slightly rubbed, 4to, plus Fish (Anne Harriet, illust.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Bodley Head, 1922, colour plates heightened in gold and silver, decorative endpapers, original two-tone cloth gilt, rubbed to extremities, 4to, and Bull (Rene), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Hodder & Stoughton, [1910), mounted colour plates, illustrations to text, original light-brown cloth blocked in red and blue, a little fraying to extremities, 4to, plus Vedder (Elihu), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Boston & London, [1884], b & w lithograph illustrations, original decorated cloth, faded and some edge fraying, folio, plus a collection of other copies of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam including many illustrated editions (40)
Lot 545
Storey (David). This Sporting Life, 1st edition, 1960, original cloth, original dust-wrapper price-clipped and with some flaking at the head and foot of spine, together with James (P.D.), The Black Tower, 1st edition, 1975, original cloth in price-clipped dust-wrapper, and Lee (Laurie), Cider with Rosie, 1st edition, Hogarth, 1959, original cloth in dust-wrapper, a little edge flaking, plus Ishiguro (Kazuo), The Remains of the Day, 1st edition, 1989, original cloth in dust-wrapper, and other modern first editions, all 8vo (21)
Lot 558
Craven (Lady Elizabeth). A Journey Through the Crimea to Constantinople. In A Series of Letters from the Right Honourable Elizabeth Lady Craven, To His Serene Highness the Margrave of Brandebourg, Anspach, and Bareith. Written in the Year MDCCLXXXVI, 2nd ed., 1789, six eng. plts. but lacks folding map of the Crimea, some marginal dampstains, contemp. tree calf gilt, joints cracked, 4to, together with Oliphant (Laurence), Le Japon, traduction publiee par M. Guizot, new ed., Paris, 1875, wood-engs., recent quarter calf gilt, tall 8vo, plus The Strand Magazine. An Illustrated Monthly, Edited Geo. Newnes, vols. 1-12, 1891-6, numerous b & w illusts., index at rear of each, uniform near-contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed on spines, large 8vo (contains first appearance of "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes`, by A. Conan Doyle), plus other miscellaneous antiquarian, including a Victorian carte-de-visite album (2 cartons)
Lot 567
Wordsworth (William). Poems, Including Lyrical Ballads, and the Miscellaneous Pieces of the Author. With Additional Poems, a New Preface, and a Supplementary Essay, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1815, lacking frontispieces, lightly browned and foxed, near contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and worn, with loss to spine ends, joints cracked and upper covers just holding, 8vo (the first proper collected edition of Wordsworth`s poetry), together with Salisbury (William), The History of the Establishment of Christianity..., 1776, inkstamps to title and front endpaper, contemp. calf, lib. label to base of spine, upper cover detached, some wear, 8vo, plus other antiquarian (2 cartons)
Lot 593
Woolf (Leonard). Diaries in Ceylon, 1908-1911. Records of a Colonial Administrator. Being the Official Diaries Maintained by Leonard Woolf While Assistant Government Agent of the Hambantota District, Ceylon, During the Period August 1908 to May 1911, edited with a Preface by Leonard Woolf & Stories from the East, Three Short Stories on Ceylon by Leonard Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1963, first published in the Ceylon Historical Journal, February, 1962, port. frontis., four other b & w illusts., folding map, orig. boards in frayed d.j., 8vo, together with Tyacke (Lieutenant-Colonel R.H.), The Sportsman`s Manual in Quest of Game in Kulu, Lahoul & Ladak to the Tso Morari Lake. With Notes on Shooting in Spiti, Bara Bagahal, Chamba & Kashmir, and a Detailed Description of Sport in More Than 130 Nalas, pub. Calcutta, 1907, eight folding maps, commercial ads both front and rear, orig. cloth, a little rubbed and marked, small 8vo, with other miscellaneous books, including Ceylon interest, Folio Society, etc. (3 shelves)
Lot 594
British politics and related, mostly c. 1930s-70s, mostly hardback publications, some in d.j. From the library of the late David K. Clarke. Following a first class economics degree at Cambridge David Clarke worked for the Conservative Research department and became Director during the post-war period. He also worked as Director of Research at Administrative Staff College Henley, and then as Director of the School of Management Studies at University of Bristol and a research fellow in administration. He was Principal of Swinton Conservative College before retiring in 1972. (3 shelves & a carton)
Lot 599
Lubbock (Percy). The Last of the Windjammers, 2 vols., mixed eds., 1927-60, b&w plts., orig. blue cloth gilt, first vol. very sl. rubbed, large 8vo, together with The Nitrate Clippers, reprinted, 1953, The Colonial Clippers, 3rd ed., 1924, b&w illusts. to each, both orig. cloth gilt, first title rubbed and somewhat marked, plus Chapelle (Howard I.), The History of American Sailing Ships, 1st ed., 1936, b&w illusts., orig. cloth, rubbed and faded to spine, 4to, and others on shipping and naval history, etc., including Charles N. Robinson, Old Naval Prints, pub. The Studio, 1924, J. Spurling & Basil Lubbock, Sail, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1927, M.V. and Dorothy Brewington, The Marine Paintings and Drawings in the Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., 1968, Alan Russett, Dominic Serres, pub. Antique Collectors` Club, 2001, etc. (3 shelves)
Lot 603
Churchill (Right Hon. Winston Spencer, MP). Lord Randolph Churchill, 2nd ed. (first single-volume edition), 1907, photogravure port. frontis., facsimile Queen Victoria letter and three other illusts., correct as list, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Frazer (Sir James George), The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion, abridged ed., 1929, frontis., orig. gilt-dec. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and other miscellaneous books, mostly history and related (6 shelves & a carton)
Lot 606
Wilde (Oscar). The Trials of Oscar Wilde, Edited, with an Introduction by H. Montgomery Hyde, Notable British Trials series, 1948, b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, a little faded on spine, 8vo, together with Sherard (Robert Harborough), The Life of Oscar Wilde, 1st ed., 1906, photogravure port. frontis., b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. cloth gilt, thick 8vo, plus Trollope (Anthony), The Barchester Novels, 6 vols. (complete), n.d., c. 1920s, b & w illusts. by Millais, Shindler, Thomas, etc., orig. cloth gilt, in sl. frayed d.j.s, 8vo, plus Bond (R. Warwick), The Complete Works of John Lyly. Now for the First Time Collected and Edited from the Earliest Quartos, with Life, Bibliography, Essays, Notes and Index, 3 vols., 1st ed., Oxford, 1902, orig. gilt-dec. cloth in bright condition, 8vo, with other literature, history and biographies etc., including Kipling, Harrison Ainsworth, Carlyle, etc., mostly G/VG (7 shelves)
Lot 611
Jackson (Major-General Sir Louis C.). History of the United Service Club, 1st ed., 1937, colour and b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Westlake (Ray), British Batallions on the Western Front, January to June 1915, 1st ed., 2001, b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., plus Brown (Malcolm), The Imperial War Museum Book of 1918, Year of Victory, 1st ed., 1998, b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., and Harvey (A. D.), A Muse of Fire, Literature, Art and War, 1st ed., Hambledon Press, 1998, orig. cloth in d.j., plus other First World War and Second World War history, all recent publications, mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo (3 shelves)
Lot 616
Jefferies (Richard). Amaryllis at the Fair, 1st ed., 1887, some light spotting to title, orig. dec. green cloth gilt, in bright condition, together with others by and about Richard Jefferies, Edward Thomas, Thomas Hardy, George Gissing, etc., including some first editions, all 8vo (3 shelves)
Lot 617
Waterton (Charles). Essays on Natural History, Chiefly Ornithology, First, Second & Third Series, 3 vols., 1st eds. (except first vol. 3rd ed.), 1839-57, b&w frontis. to each vol., a.e.g., bookplate of William Carr to front pastedown of each vol., near-contemp. gilt-dec. full morocco, a little rubbed, small 8vo, together with Holt-White (Rashleigh), The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne, 2 vols., 1901, b&w plts., t.e.g., orig. dec. green cloth gilt, in bright condition, plus White (Gilbert), The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, revised by James Edmund Harting, 3rd ed., 1884, b&w illusts., some spotting to prelims., a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. plum cloth, a little rubbed and spine somewhat faded, and other natural history, and related, including T. H. Huxley, Alfred Russel Wallace, Humboldt, etc., mostly late 19th and 20th century (3 shelves)
Lot 620
Mayerne (Theodore Tourquet de). Opera medica, edited Joseph Browne, 3 parts one volume, 1700, lacks portrait frontispiece and pp. 1-89 to first part, ink lib. stamps, occasional browning, old morocco, modern calf reback, (Wing M1430), together with Woodall (John), Military and Domestique Surgery ..., 1639?], engraved plate and folding table, remains of engraved title relaid, lacks engraved portrait frontis and three plates, numerous defects and repairs, ink lib. stamps, some dampstaining, some old marginalia, modern calf, plus Guidi (Guido), Artis medicinalis, vol. 3 (of 3), Venice, 1611, some engraved illustrations to text, some browning and old dampstaining, lib. stamps, late 19th-century cloth, all folio, plus other miscellaneous medical books, all ex-library with stamps and marks inside and out, including a few further folios, but mostly octavos including odd volumes and other defective antiquarian (6 shelves) These are all being sold with all faults and are not subject to return.
Lot 34
An alloy ashtray commemorating the first Zeppelin trans-Atlantic flight, October 1928. With the “Graf Zeppelin DLZ.127” resting on a stylized skyscraper and hexagonal ashtray base inscribed “Ozeanuberquerung des D. Luftschiff 127 Graf Zeppelin vom 11-15 Oktober 1928” 160x140mm (max). GC some age wear. Plate.2
Lot 109
“Zeppelin, The Story of a Great Achievement”. By Harry Vissering, 1922. Chronicling the development of Count Zeppelin’s airships and aircraft from the first to the last, with numerous photographs and diagrams. The fly-leaf signed by the author and dated 1923. Also bearing stamps of the U.S. Post Office Department Library and surplus stamp of the U.S. Library of Congress. Also “Airship Design” by Charles P Burgess, Ronald Aeronautic Library 1927, with Smithsonian Institution Office Library cancellation stamp, being a technical work on the construction of airships. GC. (The latter with some damp stains). (2). Plate.6
Lot 157
A small watercolour of the first Zeppelin to be destroyed in WW1. Showing the LZ37 in flames against a night sky, with the small monoplane fighter of Lt. R.A.J Warneford, RNAS, who was awarded the VC for his action over Belgium on the night of June 6/7, 1915, 120x75mm. Plus an oval miniature version of the same, 55x40mm. Both mounted and framed in gilt. GC. (2). Plate.6
Lot 186
An assortment of Zeppelin ephemera. A black and white photograph of a family in the saloon on board the Graf Zeppelin. 165x115mm. A photo print of Graf Zeppelin’s first water landing 19.6.1931. 190x140mm. A single blue sheet with a picture of the Graf Zeppelin and farewell menu on reverse. Hamburg-America Line, no date. Also a 2 page leaflet by Sieger with comprehensive details of Graf Zeppelin’s polar flight. Including philatelic information, 17.5.1929. Plus a large black and white picture (280x220mm) of Graf Zeppelin himself and one of his early air ships and a hand written letter on the reverse. GC Plate.12
Lot 222
An album of 23 press release photographs of the British airship R34, completed in March 1919. These show stages of construction, group photos (identified) of the production team, and crowds of male & female cheering workers. Also shown is the airship being hauled from its hanger, close-up views of the hull and gondolas, first flight etc. In grey card album with R34 stamped on front cover. GC. Plate. 13
Lot 231
A sepia photo, “First Test Flight of DLZ127”, Evidently taken through the cabin windows of another aircraft, showing the “Graf Zeppelin”, (No. DLZ127 just visible), over lakeshore scenery. With bold caption “First Test Flight with 90 persons aboard covered 620 miles in 9.5 hours, 18.5x23cm mounted and framed, (frame some wear). GC. See website.
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