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Lot 86
AFTER ROBERT TAYLOR, "Spitfire" First Edition colour print, signed by Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader and Air Vice Marshall Johnnie Johnson, 40 x 53cms, unframed; AFTER DUGALD CAMERON, "Lancaster BIII" colour print, signed by Bill Reid, VC, in graphite beneath the image of the Victoria Cross, 29 x 44cms, unframed. (2)
Lot 113
Paul Brickhill - The Dambusters. 1953 reprint profusely signed to the front endpaper and half title by Johnnie Johnson, Douglas Webb, David Shannon, Len Sumpter, Jim Clay, Dudley Heal, Basil Feneron, George Chalmers, Bill Townsend, Beck Parsons and others. VG in VG dustjacket; Russell Braddon - Cheshire V.C. 1954 First Edition signed by Leonard Cheshire to paste down on half title. VG/VG+; Alastair Revie - The Lost Command. BC edition signed and inscribed by Albert Hepworth. VG/VG+. (3)
Lot 115
Jack Currie, DFC - The Augsburg Raid. First Edition signed by the author and eight others; Alfred Price - The Spitfire Story. Signed by Seven including Johnnie Johnson, Buck Casson and Ivor Broom; Brian J Rapier - Halifax At War. Signed by four including Tom Mclean; Richard Overy - Bomber Command 1939-45. Signed by twenty one including Grey Ward, Tom Bennett, Jack Ball, Jeff Gascoigne, Ken Johnson and Colin Cole. All Fine or better condition. (4)
Lot 121
First Day Covers - Twenty Seven Signed Covers Relating to The RAF, Dambusters and Others, including Wing Commander R.M. Horsley, Squadron Leader R E Curtis (MF2-MF7), Group Captain W.D. David, Ralph Von Rettberg (JS (CC)), Flying Officer Ray Grayston, Chan Chandler, Nicky Ross, Paul W Tibbets (Enola Gay) and two signed by Luftwaffe ace Adolf Glunz; Together with Nineteen Others Unsigned, and a small quantity of related stamps.
Lot 10
Bernardus Claravallensis. Floretus vitiorum metrice continentur una cum commento...Johannis Gersonis, title printed in red & black, woodcut device on last f., woodcut initials, occasional old marginalia, minor worming scattered throughout, some browning, staining to inner margins of later ff., a few other minor marks, first gathering and last f. frayed at edges slightly, new endpapers, contemporary calf blind-tooled with portraits of Saints, remains of clasps, rebacked in later calf, [not in Adams], Caen, Michel Angier, [1512].
Lot 14
Vida Christidos libri sex 1535 first edition, italic letter, early ink index at start, marginalia and a lengthy ownership inscription at end, water-stained, a few ff. with narrow worm traces to upper margin, modern limp vellum, [Adams V703], large 8vo, [Cremona], [in aedibus divae Margaritae by Lodovico Britannico], 1535. *** An epic in hexameters on the life of Christ, written at the instigation of Leo X..
Lot 19
Fuchs (Leonhard) Neu Kreuterbuch, 1543 first edition in German, title with contemporary hand-coloured printer`s device and portrait of Fuchs verso, full-page woodcut botanical illustrations, many with contemporary hand-colouring, final f. with contemporary hand-coloured woodcut portraits of the three artists, woodcut initials, lacking D3&4, K3, 2J1&6, 2X2 and 2Z6, title browned and frayed, a5 torn with loss of text verso, repair to lower corner, just touching woodcut illustration recto, repaired tears to e3, r1, s1, K1, Q6 (right across woodcut illustration), R5 and 2R3, all within illustration, loss and repair to outer margin of 2Z3, several wormholes to all to e4 and worm traces or slightly larger holes to all from 2G4 to end, touching text of parts of illustrations in most instances, but with no loss of sense of text, large stain tp P3, occasional water-staining, modern , spine gilt, [Adams F1107; Nissen BBI 659; Pritzel 3139], folio, Basel, durch Michael Isingrin, 1543.
Lot 26
Caro Apologia de gli Academici di Bianchi 1558 first edition, woodcut emblematic device of the lock-plate of an arquebus to title and the Viotti family device of a grazing unicorn to verso of final f., surface abraision to title, loss of 1 letter, lower corners of B1&4 repaired, marginal water-staining, 17th / early 18th century calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, spine with a few wormholes, rubbed at extremities, [Adams C739; Gamba 276], 4to, Parma, Seth Viotti, 1558. *** Scarce. Contains the author`s rebuttal of Lodovico Castelvetro`s attack on his poetry, which was part of one of the most celebrated literary quarrels of the Renaissance. Caro eventually emerged victorious in the battle..
Lot 30
Pantaleon Omnium Regum Francorum 1574 first edition, woodcut printer`s device to title and 61 half-page portraits within an ornate border, each with a biographical latin poem beneath, modern half morocco, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, [not in Adams], small folio, Basel, in officina Brylingeriana, 1574. *** An attractive series of portraits of the early kings of France..
Lot 33
Manutius (Paulus) Commentarius...1580 2 parts in 1, woodcut printer`s devices to titles, repairs to first title, no loss of text, some staining, lightly browned, early 20th century marbled boards, [Adams M464], Frankfurt, apud Andream Wechel, 1580 § Scapula (Ioannes) Lexicon Græco-Latinum, title printed in red and black, some water-staining and spotting, contemporary panelled calf, worn, but holding firm, sumptibus Ioannis Antonii Huguetan, 1663 § Bible, Greek, title printed in red and black and with woodcut printer`s device, marginal worming to last few ff., contemporary calf, covers detached, worn, [Willems 1558], Amsterdam, ex officina Elseviriana, 1678; and c.20 others, Continental, most classics, a few defective, v.s.(c.23)
Lot 58
Emery.Nouveau Recueil de Curiositez...,1685 des plus Admirables Effets de la Nature & de l`Art, 2 parts in 1, engraved additional pictorial title depicting a kitchen, gardening, an artist`s studio and an alchemist`s laboratory, 8 engraved plates, engraved book-label of Arthur Benomi Evans on front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine a little worn at head, [Bitting p.144; Caillet 3552 (as Nicolas Lémery); Duveen p.192, 1697 edition; Vicaire 327], 12mo, suivant la Copie de Paris, Leiden, P. Van der Aa, 1685. *** First published in Paris in 1684 and often attributed to Nicolas Lémery (1645-1715), author of Recueil des plus beaux secrets de medecine... comme aussi plusieurs secrets curieux sur d`admirables effets de la nature & de l`art, 1694. There are chapters of recipes, on wine, vinegars and conserving flowers, fruits etc.; the many other subjects include medical cures (a substantial section), fireworks, perfume and cosmetics. Arthur Benomi Evans (1781-1854, "The Bold Arthur"), miscellaneous writer, poet, composer & musician, linguist, and collector of coins. He was appointed professor of classics and history to the Royal Military College in 1805..
Lot 63
Catrou (François) l`Empire du Mogol 1st 1705 first edition, folding engraved map, engraved head-piece to dedication, preliminaries, endpapers and pastedowns stained, occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, spine in compartments and richly gilt, spine ends chipped, joints starting, but holding firm, 4to, Paris, chez Jean de Nully, 1705. *** Complete in itself. The work was re-issued in 1715 and a second part was added dealing with the reign of Aurangzeb. ..
Lot 64
Lancisi De Subitaneis Mortibus 1707 first edition, half-title, title with large engraved arms of Pope Clement XI, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, contemporary ink ownership of a Dr. Francisco ?di Osebo to verso of front free endpaper, very small stain to lower title, contemporary half mottled calf over attractive floral pastepaper boards, a few small wormholes to spine, a few small ink stains to covers, [GM 2731; Norman 1273; Wellcome III, p.441], a very good copy, 4to, Rome, typis Io. Francisci Buagni, 1707. *** The work that "laid the foundation for a true understanding of cardiac pathology" (Garrison-Morton). In it he gives the first description of valvular vegetation, and an historical survey of the literature and classification of cardiac diseases. .
Lot 68
Malebranche Premotion Physique 1715 first edition, title with woodcut ornament and contemporary ink inscription, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and richly gilt, joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, Paris, chez Michel David, 1715; and another, Malbranche, 8vo(2)
Lot 74
Lancisi De Motu Cordis et Aneurysmatibus 1st first edition, title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, engraved portrait, 7 plates and an illustration, errata f. at end, water-stained, contemporary polished calf, spine in compartments and richly gilt, joints starting, [GM 2973; Norman 1275; Osler 3152; Wellcome III, p.441], folio, Rome, apud Joannem Mariam Salvioni, 1728. *** A posthumoulsy published continuation of De subitaneis moribus, Lancisi`s first work on cardiac pathology..
Lot 79
Cassini (Jacques) Mathematische 1747 first German edition, engraved frontispiece and 7 folding plates, browned, later vellum, Arnstadt und Leipzig, 1741. *** `an important work...in which he confirmed support for the hypothesis of the elongation of the terrestial ellipsoid and opposed that of flattening, which was defended by the supporters of Newton and Huygens` (DSB)..
Lot 87
Estampes..Galerie Électorale de Dusseldorff engraved title-vignette, 30 engraved plates by Chretien de Mechel, title browned, first plate with light marginal spotting, final plate with light water-staining (mostly marginal),contemporary boards, rather worn, spine chipped at head and foot, oblong folio, Basle, 1778. *** Pictorial guide to the paintings in the Dusseldorf museum, with a plan and elevation of the gallery and showing how the paintings were hung on the walls..
Lot 95
Prony Mécanique Philosophique, 1800 first edition, library stamp to title, occasional spotting, contemporary paste-paper boards, upper cover with engraved booksellers label of Milliken of Dublin, spine repaired, corners worn, soiled, 4to, Paris, de l`Imprimerie de la Republique, An VIII [1800].
Lot 98
Droz (Joseph) Essai sur l`Art d`Etre Heureux third edition, 1815 ; De la Philosophie Morale, first edition, 1823, name on fly-leaves, bookplates, contemporary marbled boards, Paris, A.A. Renouard § Weiss (Major) Principes Philosophiques, Politiques & Moraux, 3 vol., third edition, original wrappers, uncut, Geneva, Barde, Manget, 1789, 8vo(5)
Lot 99
Gamba.Relation..Expédition..Byron en Grece translated by J.T.Parisot, first French edition, half-title with contemporary ink signature at head, original boards, Paris, 1825 § Account of the Martyrs at Smyrna and Lyons..., nineteenth century half calf, spine gilt, uncut, Edinburgh, 1776, both a little rubbed, 8vo(2)
Lot 107
Verlaine (Paul) Sagesse, 1 / 25 copies, 1913 number 1 of 25 copies on papier chine with an autographed manuscript poem by the author tipped-in on front free endpaper, from an edition limited to 947 copies, portrait frontispiece, occasional foxing (mainly to first few leaves), contemporary black morocco, by Henri Blanchetiere, g.e., grey morocco doublures, signed in gilt at foot, silk endpapers, small chip to center of spine, original slip-case, a little rubbed, 4to, Paris, Albert Messein, 1913. *** The manuscript consists of 28 lines in Verlaine`s hand and is entitled "Vers pour l`Automne / I / En sortant d`un music Hall" and dated "Londres, Novembre 1893". .
Lot 134
Bochart (Samuel) Geographiæ Sacræ 1651 2 parts in 1 vol., first title in red and black, 4 double-page engraved maps, folding letterpress table, ink inscriptions to front free endpapers, a few marginal ink library stamps, small repair to upper corner of title, contemporary half calf, spine in compartments and gilt, rubbed, folio, Caen, typis Petri Cardonelli, 1651-1646.
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Lot 153
[Cleland] Etimological Vocabulary, 1768 for L.Davis and C.Rymers, 1768; Additional Articles to the Specimen of an Etimological Vocabulary, or, Essay, by the mean of the Analitic Method to Retrieve the Ancient Celtic, for Lockyer Davis, 1769; The Way to Things by Words, and To Words by Things; being a sketch of An Attempt at the Retrieval of The Antient Celtic, or, Primitive Language of Europe, for L.Davis and C.Reymers, 1766, first editions, bound with [Costard (George)] A Further Account of the Rise and Progress of Astronomy amongst the Antients in three Letters to Martin Folkes, first edition, diagrams, Oxford, at the Theatre, for Richard Clements, 1748, together 4 works in 1 vol., contemporary panelled calf, upper cover all but detached, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo
Lot 154
[Percy Hermit of Warkworth. 1st 1771 first edition, title with large engraved vignette, bound in is a f. with a ms. fair copy of a chapter (presumably from a local guide) entitled `The Hermitage at Warkworth`, it is headed by an original pen and ink and grey wash drawing of the Hermitage, later brown half crushed morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, 4to, for T.Davies, and S.Leacroft, 1771.
Lot 158
Reay (Henry Utrick, Sportsman`s Friend Bewick by a Gentleman Farmer, of Northumberland, first and only edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and 2 plates of horses by Thomas Bewick after Joseph Atkinson, author`s dedication f. with errata on verso, title with contemporary presentation inscription, contemporary marbled wrappers, slightly chipped, housed in a modern marble board portfolio and slip-case, [Hugo 163], 8vo, Newcastle, Edward Walker, [1801]. *** Rare. According to Hugo the initial reception of the work was bad on account of Reay`s poor writing. It was withdrawn from sale and most copies were supposedly destroyed..
Lot 167
Waddell (Helen) Mediaeval Latin lyrics inscribed by the author to ASM "as one bedside book to another", 1930 § Piper (John) and J. Betjeman. A Shell guide to Shropshire, first edition, 1941 § Hourmouzios (S.L.)Salute to Greece, cartoon illustrations, [1942] § Andrews (Kevin) First Will & Testament, inscribed by the author to the Megaws "who stood by", Athens, 1974, original cloth, the last in wrappers; and others, v.s.(17)
Lot 168
Tarsoule (Athena) Kastra kai politeies tou Moria first edition, plates, wrappers, signed by the author, Athens, [1936] § Anaskaphes...the British School at Athens, one of 200 copies, inscribed by the artist and director of the press to the Megaws, colour plates, original quarter morocco, Camberwell, 1986 § Payne (Humfry) and G.Mackworth Young. Archaic Marble Sculpture from the Acropolis, plates, original cloth, a little spotted, Cresset Press, n.d.; and 3 others, 4to & 8vo(6)
Lot 171
Connelly (Joan B.) Votive sculpture of hellenistic inscribed to Peter [Megaw], 1988 § Studies presented in memory of Porphyrios Dikaios, 1979 § Bryer (A.) and others. `The sweet land of Cyprus`, 1993 § Why we are in Cyprus; background notes for British servicemen, 1956, the first three with illustrations, cloth, last in wrappers, all Nicosia; and others, similar, some pamphlets, v.s.(c. 35)
Lot 179
Benlowes (Edward) Domino Iesu servatori nostro 10 leaves (A8, B2), drophead title, few tiny holes affecting a letter or two, 17th Cent. English calf, gilt spine worn, joints cracked, bound between 2 other books of neo-Latin verse, both imperfect, considerable contemporary annotation, some in a nice Italic hand, inscription "John Cooke his booke" on third title, many pen trials and names on first title, [Cambridge], [1640?] *** Unrecorded and probably unique; not in STC. Perhaps connected to the Honorifica armorum, recorded by Anthony a Wood, but not extant (see Jenkins, Benlowes, 1952, bibliography). Several of the poems appear in other Benlowes guises e.g. the Ad Magnae Britanniae anagramma quadruplex in Lusus poeticus , 1634 ( the supplement to Quarles); is closely connected with Carolo Augustissimo Britannicarum Monarchae...anagramma triplex, present here, which begins with the same lines. Also the excruciating geographic anagrams in the latin poem appended to John Sictor`s (4to) Panegyricon 1638 also appear here; see Jenkins p. 127.The date is suggested by a chronogram on the first page, but there are other possible interpretations. The other works are Jacopo Sannazaro, Opera omnia, Lyons, 1536( apparently lacking the last leaf with device) & Janus Dousa, Epodon, Antwerp, Plantin, 1584 (Voet 1109B; lacking A8)..
Lot 182
Coles.Adam in Eden,1st ed,lacks 2 ff,1657 The History of Plants, Fruits, Herbs and Flowers..., first edition, title printed in red and black, browning, some leaves misnumbered, lacking 2 leaves (paginated 75-78) from between pp.144 & 145 (namely Chap.LXXVI `Of Plantains` and Chap.LXXVII `Of Colombines`), armorial bookplate on front paste-down, later sprinkled calf, red morocco label, small folio, J. Streater for Nathaniel Brooke, 1657; sold not subject to return *** Jan sale, not Feb.
Lot 184
Tapp (John) Taps Arithmetick, second edition, title soiled, browned throughout, new endpapers, modern panelled calf, [Wing T159], 8vo, J. Streater for J. Wright, 1658. *** This scarce guide to mercantile mathematics and bookkeeping is an abridged version of "The Pathway to Knowledge" (1596). A writer on navigation and publisher, Tapp was responsible for the first almanac for sailors, the "Seaman`s Kalendar", which was initially issued in 1602..
Lot 188
Varenius (Bernhard) Geographia generalis first edition edited by Sir Isaac Newton, title printed in red and black, trimmed at top and bottom margins, backed and stained, contemporary ink inscription to front free-endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, Cambridge, J.Hayes & H.Dickinson, 1672.
Lot 197
Gavin (Antonio) Observations on Wherein the Frauds of Romish Monks and Priests are Farther Discover`d, first edition, a few small tears not affecting text, some foxing and browning, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners bumped, joints repaired, joints splitting, [Wing G393], 8vo, Robert Clavell, 1691.
Lot 202
Perrault.Treatise..Five Orders..Architecture translated by John James, first edition in English, engraved frontispiece, vignette title, dedication, list of subscribers, 7 plates (numbered I-VI, one unnumbered with 2 engravings) and illustrations in text, numerous charming engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials by John Sturt, with errata & 3pp. advertisements bound after contents rather than at end, occasional soiling, light water-staining to foot affecting one plate, modern bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Fowler 248; Harris 700], folio, Benjamin Motte, sold by John Sturt, 1708.
Lot 203
Pain (William) Builder`s Golden Rule..,1781 first edition, 104 engraved plates, errata cut and mounted on verso of title to `Estimates...` (as instructed at foot), rather browned and soiled, one or two small tears (mostly marginal), contemporary sheep, rebacked, worn, spine chipped at head, [Harris 616], 8vo, for the Author, by H.D.Steel, 1781. *** Including 58pp. Estimate of Prices, for Materials and Labour... at end..
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