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Click here to subscribeMilitary -- Grenadier Guards -- Clayton, B. Costumes of the First or Grenadier Regiment of Guards from 1660. London, Ackermann & Co., 1854. First edition, large oblong folio, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates after B. Clayton, original cloth, binding worn and slightly soiled Note: Very rare: no copy in the British library, and no copy traced in any British institutional library.
Prison & penal policy -- Griffiths, Arthur Memorial of Millbank, and chapters in prison history. London: H.S. King, 1875. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, etched frontispieces, illustrations; [Idem] Secrets of the prison houses or gaol studies and sketches. London: Chapman and Hall, 1894. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispieces, illustrations; [Idem] Mysteries of police and crime. London: Cassell, 1892. 2 volumes, 8vo; [Idem] The chronicles of Newgate. London: Chapman and Hall, 1884. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, plates and illustrations; all in uniform maroon half moroco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, t.e.g., spines gilt (8)
Arnot, Hugo The history of Edinburgh from the earliest accounts to the present time. Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1788. 4to, frontispiece, 18 engraved plates, folding plan trimmed and linen backed, modern half calf gilt, later endpapers, repaired throughout, one plate torn, contemporary ink inscription to title; Wilson, Sir Daniel Memorials of Edinburgh in the olden time. Edinburgh & London: Adam & Charles Black, 1891. Second edition, 4to, 2 volumes, number 48 of 150 large paper copies, signed by the author and the publisher, 41 plates, folding plan, modern red morocco backed cloth, previous ink inscriptions to half title; [Anon.] A new history of the city of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1800. Fourth edition, 8vo, folding map, frontispiece, 12 plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, inner hinges strengthened, bookplate; Grant, James Old and new Edinburgh. London, [no date]. 4to, 3 volumes, illustrated, contemporary half calf gilt, some foxing; Home, Bruce J. Old houses in Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1905. Folio, First & Second series, 53 tipped in plates, contemporary cloth gilt, lacking wrapper; and 3 others (11)
Lorimer, Sir Robert - Hussey, Christopher The work of Sir Robert Lorimer. London: Country Life, 1931. First edition, folio, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, dustwrapper, wrapper torn at edges, some discolouration to edges of cloth, interior clean; Gillespie, James Details of Scottish domestic architecture. Edinburgh, 1922. Folio, plates, original cloth gilt, previous inscriptions to front endpapers (2)
Lorimer, Sir Robert - Hussey, Christopher The work of Sir Robert Lorimer. London, 1931. First edtion, folio, grained cloth, later labels, remains of torn dustwrapper inserted, ex-library copy; Gillespie, James Details of Scottish domestic architecture. Edinburgh, 1922. Folio, plates, original cloth gilt, previous inscriptions to front endpapers, foxing to cloth; Galletly, Alexander Ancient towers and doorways. London, 1896. Folio, frontispiece, plates, original green cloth gilt, boards dampstained at upper edge (3)
Lorimer, Sir Robert - Hussey, Christopher The work of Sir Robert Lorimer. London, 1931. First edition, folio, frontispiece, plates, grained cloth, blue labels, interior clean; Savage, Peter Lorimer and the Edinburgh craft designers. Edinburgh, 1980. Square 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, previous ink inscription to endpaper; and 4 volumes from the National Art Survey 1921-1933 [one lacking folio] (6)
Aldine poets London: W. Pickering, 1831. 28 (of 53) volumes, 12mo, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, some spotting and offsetting, slightly rubbed; Parry, W.E. Journal of the first, second and third voyages for the discovery of a north-west passage. London: J. Murray, 1828. 5 volumes, 12mo, plates [not as called for in Directions for placing the plates], contemporary half calf gilt, some spotting (33)
[Arnold, Matthew] The strayed reveller. London: B. Fellowes, 1849. First edition, 8vo, half title, original green cloth gilt, interior clean; [Idem] Empedocles on Etna. London: B. Fellowes, 1852. First edition, 8vo, half title, original green cloth gilt, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper (2) Note: These two volumes were the first two works of poetry published anonymously by Matthew Arnold. Only 500 were printed of each volume were published but, unfortunately, less than 50 of each were sold so the author withdrew the remainder.
Bronte, Charlotte, Emily & Anne Poems by Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1846. First edition, second issue, 8vo, errata slip, 1pp. of adverts at rear [undated], contemporary green cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, inner hinge weak, 19th century ink inscription on front endpaper
Burns, Robert Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect. Edinburgh: for the author, 1787. Second [First Edinburgh] edition, 8vo, half-title, first issue with "skinking" on p. 263 and "Boxburgh" for "Roxburgh" in list of subscribers, engraved frontispiece, list of subscribers, nineteenth century half calf, lower margins dampstained, binding worn
Byron, Lord - Rogers, Samuel - Southey, Robert Lara, a tale. Jacqueline, a tale. London: John Murray, 1814. First edition, 12mo, presentation inscription to Southey from Rogers on half title "Robert Southey Esq from the author of Jacqueline", additional portrait of Byron bound in before title, 4 pages of publisher`s adverts to rear, bound in decorative cloth by Mrs. Caroline Southey, bookplate, some fading to back, some faint tape marks to front endpapers Provenance: From the library of Robert Southey`s "Cottonian Library" at Greta Hall; Edward Kelly, bookplate
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Poems on various subjects. London: printed for G.G. and J. Robinsons, and J. Cottle, Bookseller, Bristol, 1796. First edition, 8vo, lacking half title but with the errata and advertisement leaf, contemporary blue morocco gilt, marble endpapers, a.e.g., hinges cracking, bookplates Provenance: From the library of Robert Southey, bookplate designed by Thomas Bewick; Percy L. Babington, bookplate. Note: First edition of Coleridge`s first collection of poems.
Fleming, Ian Casino Royale. London, 1953. First edition, first issue [without Sunday Times Review], 8vo, dustwrapper, not price clipped, original cloth with red heart to upper board, small tape repair to lower cover, some slight chipping to head and tail, some spotting to fold over flaps, spotting to endpapers Note: This lot will only be offered if the collection fails to sell as a group [lot 123].
Fleming, Ian Moonraker. London, 1955. First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, price clipped, wrapper dustmarked, some rubbing at edges, backstrip discoloured, original cloth with title in silver on upper board, some browning to endpapers Note: This lot will only be offered if the collection fails to sell as a group [lot 123].
Fleming, Ian From Russia, with love. London, 1957. First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some chipping to edges, backstrip discoloured, small stain to lower cover, original cloth with rose and gun motif on upper board Note: This lot will only be offered if the collection fails to sell as a group [lot 123].
Fleming, Ian Goldfinger. London, 1959. First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some fading to backstrip, short closed tear to lower edge of wrapper, original black cloth with skull in gilt and blind on upper board; For your eyes only. London, 1960. First edition, 8vo, lacking dustwrapper, original black cloth with white eye on upper board (2) Note: This lot will only be offered if the collection fails to sell as a group [lot 123].
Forster, E.M. Three works, the second and third presentation copies inscribed to William ("Woods") Gray: Howard`s End. 1910, fourth impression; A passage to India. 1924; Abinger Harvest. 1924; the last two first editions, original cloth, some foxing and some wear to cloth; together with 5 autograph letters signed by him, to William Gray, discussing arrangements to meet in London or Cambridge, King`s College, 8vo, 1959-63, with 4 autograph envelopes.
Johnson, Samuel A dictionary of the English language. London: J.F. & C. Rivington, [&c.], 1785. Sixth edition, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved frontispiece portrait, half-title in volume 1, contemporary reversed calf, worn, joints splitting; Hume, David Essays and treatises on several subjects. London: T. Cadell, Edinburgh: A. Donaldson & W. Creech, 1777. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, some spotting, rubbed, one cover detached; Brookes, R. The general gazetteer. London: 1797. 8vo, 8 folding engraved maps, contemporary calf, spine gilt; Clarke, E.D. Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. Part the Second: Greece Eygpt and the Holy Land. Section the First. London: T. Cadell, 1812. 4to, 33 engraved maps and plates, engraved illustrations, original boards, uncut, offsetting onto text, crudely rebacked, worn (6)
Lewis, C.S. The lion, the witch and the wardrobe. 1950. Dust-jacket chipped, closed split at inner edge of upper wrapper repaired on verso, chips to upper and lower edge of wrappers, cloth slightly soiled; Prince Caspian. 1951. The voyage of the dawn treader. 1952; The silver chair. 1953. Owner`s name on, and some spotting of, front endpaper, dust-jacket with slight loss to head and foot of spine and at lower edge of upper wrapper; The horse and his boy. 1954. Spine of dust-jacket slightly faded; The magician`s nephew. 1955. Owner`s name and address on front endpaper, postcard of the Pauline Baynes`s front cover of the first Puffin Book`s edition, signed by Pauline Baynes, loosely inserted, price-clipped; The last battle. 1956. Dust-jacket price-clipped, slight stain to spine and lower wrapper; all first editions, all with dust-jackets, slight marking or soiling to dust-jackets
Pullman, Philip The ruby in the smoke. Oxford. O.U.P., 1985; The shadow in the plate. Oxford: O.U.P., 1986; The tiger in the well. London: Viking, 1991; The tin princess. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1994. First editions, dust-jackets, all signed by Philip Pullman on the title page, in protective plastic wrappers, fine copies
Queen Victoria Leaves from the journal of our life in the Highlands. London, 1868. First published edition, 8vo, 2 plates, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, rear board stained, frontispiece stained; [Idem] More leaves from the journal of a life in the Highlands. London, 1884. Second edition, 8vo, 13 plates, original green cloth gilt, some rubbing (2)
Rossetti, William Michael - Shelley, Percy Bysshe Poetical works. London: Charles Daly, [c.1839]. 16mo, 2 volumes in one, inscribed and dated 1844 by William Michael Rossetti on front endpaper "this was the first Shelley wh. Gabriel & I got to read...", frontispiece, engraved title, original publisher`s cloth gilt, hinges cracked, rubbed at edges, fold over box Provenance: From the library of William Michael Rossetti, inscription. This volume was purchased by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, much against his mother`s wishes - who considered Shelley`s poetry to be quite indecent. In spite of the troubles Gabriel bought the volume and, according to his brother, "surged through its pages like a flame." (Doughty)
Sassoon, Siegfried Memoirs of a fox-hunting man. London: Faber & Gwyer, 1928. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, torn at head and tail, some spotting to wrappers; [Idem] The road to ruin. London, 1933. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, some fading to backstrip; [Idem] Vigils. London, 1935. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped along upper edge; [Idem] The old huntsman. London, 1917. 8vo, original boards, lacking wrapper; [Idem] Siegfried`s journey 1916-1920. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn [section lacking at base of backstrip; and 3 others by Sassoon (8)
Scott, Sir Walter The Lord of the isles, a poem. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1815. First edition, 4to, large paper copy, [? one of 25 royal copies], inscribed in a secretarial hand "from the author" on front endpaper, original boards, uncut, somewhat spotted, old boards detached, lacking paper covers, spine detached and defective
Signed copies - Rowling, J.K. The first four Harry Potter volumes, signed by the author, all paperbacks; Harry Potter and the philosopher`s stone. 57th impression; Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. 33rd impression; Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban. 12th impression; Harry Potter and the goblet of fire. 2nd impression, slipcase; Audiobook Harry Potter and the philosopher`s stone. Read by Stephen Fry, signed by Rowling on cover (5)
Signed copy - Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the philosopher`s stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. First paperback edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author on dedication leaf "To Rowan/ I hear you are a very good judge of literature, so I want to know what you think of it!/ Lots of love Jo/ (J.K. Rowling!)", original soft covers, some slight rubbing to lower edge, crease from lower edge, small pen mark to top edge [above large letter A], some slight fading to backstrip Provenance: This, and the following three lots, were received directly by the vendor from the author, who was a family friend.
Signed Copy - Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1998. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the author "To Rowan,/ who is definitely not a Muggle, with lots of love/ from Jo/ (or J.K Rowling/ as I`m sometimes/ known), original boards, dustwrapper, slight fading to backstrip of wrapper
Southey, Robert A tale of Paraguay. London: Longman, et al, 1825. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, uncut, bound in decorative cloth by Mrs. Caroline Southey, bookplate, loosely inserted engraving of the view from the author`s study, some foxing to frontispiece Provenance: From the author`s own "Cottonian Library" at Greta Hall with his bookplate [designed by Thomas Bewick].
Tranter, Nigel Robert the Bruce. 1969-71, First editions, first impressions, 3 volumes, volume 1 price clipped and very slight wear at head of spine; Montrose: the Captain-General. 1973. First edition, title slightly spotted, dust-jacket chipped with slight loss at head of upper wrapper; The Young Montrose. 1972. First edtion, dust-jacket; Rio d`Oro. 1955. First edition, dust-jacket slightly chipped and split at spine fold; Drug on the market. 1962. First edition, dust-jacket; Margaret the Queen, 1979. First edition, dust-jacket price clipped; Kenneth. 1990. First edition, dust-jacket; The Wallace. 1975. 2 copies. First editions, dust-jackets, one dust-jacket spine faded (11)
Waugh, Evelyn Put out more flags. London: Chapman & Hall, 1942. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, bookplate; Lee, Laurie Cider with Rosie. London: Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition, 8vo, illustrated by John Ward, original cloth, dustwrapper, a fine copy; Wodehouse, P.G. Quick service. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, previous ink inscription to front endpaper (3)
Geology -- Murchison, Sir Roderick J. Autograph letter signed, to Carl Ferdinand von Roemer [1818-1891 "The father of the geology of Texas"], "there is no geologist in Germany to whose opinions I attach greater value than yourself", thanking him his work: "you have not only verified my observations in Scandinavia but have also extended them largely", thanking him for his proposal to dedicate to him his forthcoming work which will be a "real honour", discussing his contribution to the Journal of Geological Society on "the Great Reform which I have attempted to make in the history of classification of the old rocks of the Highlands of Scotland", and his map "it was for this that my Scottish friends awarded to me last year the first Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - i.e. the first ever given", referring to Kierulf`s account, with a geological sketch and notes, 3 pages, Geological Survey Office headed paper, 9 March, 1860
Bewick, Thomas The fables of Aesop and others. Newcastle, 1818. 8vo, subscriber`s edition, signed by Bewick, frontispiece, full grained morocco gilt, heavily damp stained on early leaves, frontispiece loose; [Idem] A general history of quadrupeds. Newcastle, 1791. Second edition, full morocco gilt, some dampstaining; [Idem] History of British birds. Newcastle, 1797-1804. First edition, 2 volumes, rude engraving on page 285 [inked over], later full morocco gilt, patch of wear to upper hinge of volume 2, dampstaining; Robinson, Robert Thomas Bewick his life and times. Newcastle, 1887. 4to, frontispiece, original green cloth, boards and early leaves heavily dampstained; and a selection of leaflets relating to Bewick. Sold not subject to return. (9)
Ceylon - Legge, W. Vincent A history of the birds of Ceylon. London: published by the author, 1880. First edition, 4to, hand-coloured engraved map of Ceylon, uncoloured lithographed plate and 34 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans, list of subscribers, modern half calf, rather foxed at beginning and end, last 2 leaves with tears repaired without loss, small split to head of upper joint
Disney, Walt Walt Disney`s version of Pinocchio. London: Collins, 1939. 4to, number 80 of 100 copies, including 29 pages of photographic illustrations of storyboard sequences, animation cell shots, character models, etc., facsimile typescript of animators` sequence, original plastic ring-bound boards with title label on upper cover, minor spotting and browning, minor wear to binding, some loss to plastic spine; Pinocchio Souvenir programme. [No place]: [Walt Disney Productions, c.1940?]. 4to, colour illustrations, original wrappers, some soiling, remnants of cinema seat adhesive paper clasp; Taylor, Deems Walt Disney`s Fantasia. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. First edition, 4to, numerous plates and other illustrations, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, dustwrapper, some browning, wrapper worn at extremities (3)
Seuss, Dr. [Theodore Geisel] The seven Lady Godivas. New York: Random House. First edition ("first printing" on imprint), presentation copy inscribed by the author ("For Hope Godiva, with love from Peeping Seuss"), on half-title, numerous illustrations by Dr. Seuss, original salmon cloth, illustrated endpapers, some soiling throughout, lacking publisher`s bookmark
Watkins, Dudley D. Oor Wullie Annual. London, Manchester & Dundee: D.C. Thomson & Co., [1940]. First annual produced, 4to, 96 pages, original printed wrappers showing Wullie sat on his trademark bucket, lower hinge torn at head, upper section of backstrip becoming loose, some creasing and short tear to outer edges, a few spots to page edges Note: A very rare copy of the first Oor Wullie annual produced by Dundee publishers D.C. Thomson & Co in October 1940 [priced 1/6]. The annual has 96 pages, which became the standard number, consisting of a title page illustration, a poem/song and 94 cartoon strips reprinted from Sunday Post Fun Sections. The creator of `Oor Wullie`, Dudley Dexter Watkins was born in Manchester on 27 February 1907. In 1925, he moved to Dundee to work for D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd. the company founded by wealthy Tayside shipping boss William Thomson in 1905. In 1935 R.D. (Robert Duncan) Low, the Managing Editor and Head of Boys Story Papers at the time, asked Watkins to help him produced a new comic book for D.C. Thomson. Low was keen to keep a degree of realism to the new characters and he encouraged Watkins to use real people as the basis for his cartoon characters. Many of the characters were based on Low`s own family , Oor Wullie being modelled on his son Ron.
Camden, William Britannia: or a chorographicall description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. London: T. Payne, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789. First Gough edition, 3 volumes, folio, engraved portrait, 56 maps and 94 engraved plates, 1 folding pedigree, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spines gilt, occasional spotting and offsetting
Lisiansky, Urey Fyodorovich A voyage round the world, in the years 1803, 4, 5, & 6... in the ship Neva. London: John Booth, Longman, Hurst, Rees &c., 1814. First English edition, 4to, xxi, [ii], 384, engraved portrait frontispiece, 8 hand-coloured charts, 3 folding and laid down on linen, 2 hand-coloured aquatint views, 3 engraved plates, nineteenth century calf, spine gilt, lacks final two leaves: pp. 385-388, some spotting and offsetting, slight discolouration to charts and text, waterstain to frontispiece, some dust-soiling to title and a few other leaves Note: "A highly important work on Sitka, Kodiak and other parts of the northwest coast" (Graff). Hill p.361; Sabin 41416 Provenance: To be sold on behalf of the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust.
London -- Colour plates -- Ackermann, Rudolph The history of the abbey church of St. Peter`s Westminster, its antiquities and monuments. London: R. Ackermann, 1812. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, list of subscribers, engraved plan, portrait and 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J. Bluck, J. Hamble, T. Sutherland & others after A. Pugin, F. Mackenzie, H. Villiers &c., attractive period style half calf, spines gilt, red and black morocco lettering pieces
Scotland - Forsyth, Robert The beauties of Scotland. Edinburgh: Bonar and Brown, 1805-8. 8vo, 5 volumes, engraved titles, engraved plates, lacking map, contemporary half calf gilt, worn, sections of backstrips loose, foxing; Wilson, Professor Scotland illustrated. London, 1850. 4to, engraved plates, later cloth gilt, inner hinges split; Johnston, T.B. Historical geography of the clans of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1899. Third edition, 4to, folding map frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, and another copy; White, Captain T. Archaeological sketches in Scotland. Edinburgh, 1875. Folio, 49 plates, original brown cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, inner hinges strengthened; Billings, Robert William The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1901. 4to, 4 volumes, plates, original blue cloth gilt, corners bumped; Anderson, John Tourist`s guide through Scotland. Edinburgh, 1838. Second edition, 8vo, folding map, original cloth, map and first few leaves loose, ink stain to upper boards; and 17 others on Scotland (31)
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