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Click here to subscribeAlbum. A Decorative Scrap Album, 1837, containing watercolours, drawings and miniature chiaroscuro woodcuts, manuscript presentation inscription to the first front blank, "To Miss G. Petit from the Earl & Countess Delaware, Berlin May 19th 1837", decorative gilt morocco with inset floriate porcelain panel to the upper siding, bumped and a little worn, oblong 8vo (175 x 255 mm), contained in a marbled card slipcase, the case worn and rubbedQTY: (1)
Atlantic Islands. Bellin (Jacques Nicholas), Carte des Isles de Maiorque, Minorque et Yvice..., Par N.B. Ingenieur au Depost des Cartes et Plans de la Marine, Paris, 1740, hand-coloured engraved chart, two inset maps of the Port of Mahon and the Western Mediterranean (showing the location of the Balearics, relative to Spain and Africa), decorative cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, slight dust soiling, one short marginal closed tear, 420 x 575 mm, together with Sayer (Robert). A Chart of the Maderas and Canary Islands, from the Draughts and memoirs of Captn. George Glas..., 20th Feby. 1775, hand-coloured engraved chart, two inset maps of El Rio Harbour and a plan of Puerto de Naos and Puerto Cavallo, eight horizon profiles, one small marginal closed tear, additional vertical fold, 640 x 490 mm, with Morden (Robert). The Smaller Islands in the British Ocean [1695 or later], eight hand-coloured engraved maps on one sheet (as published), 360 x 420 mmQTY: (3)NOTE:The first described map was published in L'Hydrographie Francoise. Its influence was considerable in that it was copied by Covens & Mortier, Homann's Heirs and Matthaus Seutter.
Venables (Robert). The Experienc'd Angler: or, Angling Improv'd. Being a general discourse of angling. Imparting the aptest ways and choicest experiments for the taking of most sorts of fish in pond or river, 5th edition much enlarged, London: B. W. for B. Tooke, 1683, engraved additional title, engraved illustrations of fish (identified in manuscript), small wormtracks to a few leaves at end, a few light stains, previous owner inscriptions of John Langton, front and rear, a manuscript description about catching a tench, 25 April 1711 at front, bookplate of Thomas Langton, Teeton, Northamptonshire, later sprinkled calf, rebacked, edges a little rubbed, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R33734; Westwood & Satchell p. 214. First published in 1662.
Pugh (Peter). The Magic of a Name, The Rolls-Royce Story, the first 40 years, 3 volumes, reprinted, Cambridge: Icon Books, 2001, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets & slipcase, 8vo, together with:Schrader (Halwart), Rolls-Royce Cars and Bentley from 1931, the complete history, 1st English language edition, London: Nishin, 1989, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original blue cloth in torn plastic wrapper & slipcase, slight tear to the head & foot of the slipcase, large 4to, plusMorgan (Charles & Gregory Houston Bowden), Morgan 100 Years, the official history of the world's greatest sports car, 1st edition, London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2008, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, and other modern British motors & motor-sport reference, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (2 shelves)
Cook (James). A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. In which is included Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777, engraved portrait frontispiece, 63 engraved maps and plates (some folding), a few folding plates strengthened at folds, a few plates closely trimmed at foot touching publisher's imprint, closed tear to one folding map affecting image, table at end of volume 2 torn with loss to half of leaf, a few leaves loose (including volume 2 title and final text leaf), lightly dust-soiled, some marginal old damp-staining, contemporary mottled tree calf, gilt decorated spines with bird and foliate tools, contrasting morocco spine labels, joints cracked with upper joints repaired, lower cover of volume 2 detached, some wear, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Sabin 16245; Hill p.61.A first edition of the official account of Cook's second voyage, in which he was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle and definitively prove that there was no 'Terra Australis'.
Harris (John, Publisher). The Remarkable Adventures of an Old Woman and her Pig. An ancient tale in a modern dress, London: John Harris, [printed by S. and R. Bentley], circa 1827, 18 leaves, comprising title, 16 p. of text printed to one side of paper only with hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations (one leaf bearing watermark dated 1827) and advert leaf at rear, occasional dust and finger-soiling, some spotting, browning to final leaf of text and advertisement leaf, sewing partly broken, early ownership of Maria Brewitt to upper pastedown written in pencil, original stiff printed wrappers with wood-engraved illustration to upper cover, spine edge worn through, some marks and wear, slim 8vo, together with:Harris (John, Publisher). The History of the House that Jack Built. A Diverting Story, London: John Harris, circa 1824, 18 leaves, comprising title, 16 p. of text printed to one side of paper only with hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations (one leaf bearing watermark dated 1824) and advert leaf at rear, few leaves torn to extreme edge of gutter margin (with first two leaves strengthened to verso at gutter), four leaves with repaired closed tears, occasional dust and finger-soiling, some spotting, early ownership of Maria Brewitt to upper pastedown written in ink, original stiff printed wrappers with wood-engraved illustration to upper cover, spine edge worn through, some marks, dust-soiling and wear, slim 8vo,Harris (John, Publisher). [Grandmamma's Book of Rhymes, for the Nursery, 2nd edition, 1835], 46 p., lacking A1 (title), wood-engraved vignette illustrations throughout, some dust-soiling, spotting and few marks, upper pastedown with early ownership of Elizabeth Brewitt of Wickford to upper pastedown written in ink and juvenile drawings in pencil, original stiff printed wrappers, old cross stitch reinforcement repair to spine edge, dust-soiled and some wear, slim 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:1. Moon 708 (1). Harris' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction. no. 54. The wrapper bears the title: “The Old Woman and her Pig.”.2. Moon 362 (3). Harris' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction. no. 4. This issue has no printer name shown and the advert leaf lists 52 items.3. Moon 328 (2).
Sheringham (George, Illustrator). The Book of the Fly-Rod Edited by Hugh Sheringham & John C. Moore..., London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1931, signed by the illustrator to limitation page, frontispiece plus 11 illustrations (many hand-coloured), armorial bookplate of G. S. Garnier to front pastedown, light spotting to first and last few leaves, top edge gilt, original half vellum over cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to spine, 4to, limited edition 49/195, together with: Grimble (Augustus). The Salmon and Sea Trout Rivers of England and Wales..., 2 volumes, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, Ltd, 1904, map frontispiece to both volumes (small closed tear to each where bound), 52 full-page illustrations plus numerous in-text illustrations, armorial bookplate of Arthur Wood to front pastedown to both volumes, original quarter velum over paper-covered boards with title label pasted to spine, minor wear to extremities, lightly damp-stained, 4to, limited to 300 copies QTY: (3)
Cook (Peter & others). Archigram, 1st edition, London: Studio Vista, 1972, monochrome illustrations throughout, light damp staining to lower margins of first few leaves, original cloth in frayed dust jacket designed by Diane Jowsey, 4to, together with Fry (Maxwell & Drew, Jane), Tropical Architecture in the Humid Zone, 1st edition, London: B. T. Batsford, 1956, black and white plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, rubbed with some surface loss, 4to, plus Franck (Klaus), Exhibitions, A Survey of International Designs, 1st edition, London: Architectural Press, 1961, black and white illustrations from photographs, original cloth in slightly frayed and soiled dust jacket, oblong small folio, plus five others related including three copies of Focus Number Four (Summer 1939) and Plan 2 (1948)QTY: (9)
Cicero (Marcus Tullius). De philosophia, prima pars [- volumen secundum]. Academicarum quaestionum editionis primae liber secundus, editionis secundae liber primus. De finibus bonorum & malorum libri V. Tusculanarum quaestionum libri V. Cum scholijs & coniecturis Pauli Manutij. Index rerum & uerborum plenissimus, 2 volumes, Venice: Corrigente Paulo Manutio, Aldi F., 1555, printer's woodcut device to title, title to first volume with early manuscript to recto and verso, some early marginalia and underscoring throughout volume, lacking final blank (2M8) and initial 8 leaves with worming/hole to upper and lower inner corner (strengthening repair to verso of affected area of title), 2nd volume with final blank present (k8), uniform modern limp boards, dark green morocco title labels to spines, small 8vo (differing dimensions vol. 1 - 15.3 x 9.5 cm with page edges coloured red and vol. 2 - 16 x 10.5 cm with uncoloured page edges), together with:Cicero (Marcus Tullius). Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad quinctum fratrem, cum correctionibus Pauli Manutij, Venetiis: [Aldus, Paulus Manutius], 1567, lacking leaves Y7 and Y8, printer's woodcut device to title with early indistinct signature, occasional annotations, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Petri Nicolai Oliva de Turco, near contemporary vellum, later labels to spine, 8vo,Arianus (Flavius). Nuovamente di Greco tradotto in Italiano per Pietro Lauro, Venice: [appresso Michele Tramezino], 1544, woodcut to title and verso of title, title lined to verso, upper outer corner of F8 with paper fault and consequent loss of few letters of text, marbled endpapers lacking front free blank, 18th-century vellum, 8vo, plus two other 16th & 17th-century antiquarian volumes, both with defective titlesQTY: (6)NOTE:1. Adams C1761.
Freemasonry. The Antient Constitutions of the Free and Accepted Masons... A Speech of Edward Oakley, Architect... A Curious Collection of the most Celebrated Songs in Honour of Masonry, 3 parts in one, 2nd edition, London: printed for B. Creake, 1731-34, engraved frontispiece, 51 engraved leaves in first part, lacking leaf A2 (dedication?) in first part of 'A Curious Collection of the Most Celebrated Songs...', occasional light spotting and toning, first title foremargin a little frayed, contemporary owner signature of Samuel Heads, Woodbridge at foot of frontispiece, other early signature to frontispiece verso, endpapers renewed, later panelled calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, slight lean, 8vo, together with Pennecuie (Alexander). an Historical Account of the Blue Blanket: or, Crafts-Mens Banner. Containing the Fundamental Principles of the Good-Town, with the Powers and Perogatives of the Crafts of Edinburgh &c, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by John Mosman and Company, 1722, title printed in red and black, some toning and light spotting, bookplate of Wallace Heaton (Masonic collector), contemporary calf, spine rubbed with later chipped label, edges rubbed, 8vo, with 2 others including Ascanius: or the Young Adventurer; A True History [by Ralph Griffiths], 1st edition, 1746 (lacking frontispiece)QTY: (4)NOTE:ESTC T084749 and T117242 for first two works respectively.
Book of Common Prayer. The 'Book of Common Prayer,' as issued in the Year 1549 in the Reign of King Edward the Sixth, being The Original Edition of the Prayer Book, Privately Reproduced in Facsimile from a copy of the original edition for Mr. G. Moreton, Seal Chart, near Sevenoaks, Kent, 1896, decorative title and text in facsimile of original, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary blind panelled and decorated calf by Maltby of Oxford, upper board with gilt initials 'H. L.' and date 1934, clasps present, 4to (29 x 22.5 cm), (limited edition 296/500), together with:Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer noted by John Merbecke 1550, reprinted, London: printed by Charles Whittingham for William Pickering, 1844, additional title with decorative border, printed in red and black throughout, decorative initials, occasional spotting, mottling to margins, upper pastedown with bookplate of Marci H. Huthwaite, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, boards with gilt rule borders and central arabesque, rebacked, some wear to board corners, slim 4to,[Altar Book]. Order for the Administration of the Holy Communion and Occasional Offices according to the use of the Church of England, London: William Pickering, 1848, text in red and black, decorative initials, occasional light spotting, contemporary half vellum, black morocco title label to spine, dust-soiling, light wear to extremities, small 4to,Herbert (George). The Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, London: George Bell and Sons, Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham and Co., 1904, monochrome portrait frontispiece, decorative title in red and black, text in red and black, edges untrimmed, original gilt-blocked white cloth, in original printed cloth dust jacket, 4to (limited edition 357/370), plus Fellowes (Edmund H.).The Office of the Holy Communion as set by John Merbecke, London: Oxford University Press, 1949, original cloth in slightly worn and toned dust jacket, 8vo (limited edition 5/750)QTY: (5)NOTE:1. Griffiths 1896/5. The first facsimile edition of the first prayer book of Edward VI.2. Griffiths 1844/33.3. Griffiths 1848/26.
Folio Society. The Kelmscott Chaucer, London: Folio Society, 2008, illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, initial letters throughout, some titles and headings printed in red, afterword by William S. Peterson, top edge gilt, original gilt-decorated rust-brown cloth, with slipcase, folio, together with:Shakespeare. The First Folio of Shakespeare, the Norton facsimile, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996, original red faux leather-backed pictorial cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, folio, contained in original gilt-lettered slipcase, plusOvid. Metamorphoses, with illustrations from Titian, London: Folio Society, 2008, sixteen tipped-in colour plates, publisher's brown morocco gilt, original solander case, folio, 1238 of 2750 copiesQTY: (3)
Blacker (W[illiam]). Art of Angling, and Complete System of Fly Making, and dying of Coloures, illustrated with plates, Shewing Different Processes of the fly, before it is finished; giving the angler a perfect knowledge for every thing requisite to Complete him in this Noble Art, 1st edition, London: W. Blacker, 1842, engraved frontispiece, 1 uncoloured plate, signed by the author to verso of final leaf, spotting to frontispiece, title, p. 25 and uncoloured plate, all edges gilt, publisher's blind-stamped calf with geometric design, spine heavily rubbed with loss, some wear to extremities, 12mo (143 x 90 mm)Jackson (John). The Practical Fly-Fisher: more particularly for Grayling or Umber..., 1st edition, London: Charles Farlow: 1854, 10 hand-coloured plates of flies, publisher's blue cloth, blind embossed detail to covers, gilt title to upper cover, a little rubbed to head and foot of spine and joints, slight bowing to covers, 8vo (220 x 145 mm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell, p. 32 for the first work.Westwood & Satchell, p.122 for the second work.
[Howlett, Robert]. The Anglers Sure Guide: Or Angling Improved, And Methodically Digested..., 1st edition, London: J. H. for G. Conyers at the Ring and T. Ballard at the Rising Sun, in Little-Brittain, 1706, engraved frontispiece, red ruling to title, 1 engraved plate, light spotting throughout, bookplate of John Wilson to front pastedown all edges gilt, 19th-century red full morocco, central gilt motifs to centre of boards, gilt lettering to spine, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with: Anonymous. The Gentleman Angler, containing Brief and plain Instructions by which the young Beginner may in a short Time become a perfect Artist in angling for all kinds of Fish..., London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1789, engraved frontispiece (a little water stained and attached to new guard strip) advertisements bound to rear, contemporary ink inscription at foot to verso of advertisement leaf, a few pages with extensive pencil notes to margins, 20th-century full red morocco with gilt decoration to spine and upper board, 12mo, plus Best (Thomas). A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling, confirmed by actual experience..., to which is added The Complete Fly-Fisher..., London: B. Crosby, 1798, engraved frontispiece (water stained, repaired tear and trimmed to platemark), ownership initials to top margin of title, light spotting throughout, upper hinge cracked, contemporary tree calf rebacked preserving boards, corners bumped, 6mo QTY: (3)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell p.110 for the first work.
* Oxfordshire. Plot (Robert). The Map of Oxfordshire, circa 1677, uncoloured map engraved by Michael Burghers, decorative cartouche, mileage scale, table of explanation and compass rose, old folds, slight spotting 500 x 480 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:Created by the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford and decorated with 172 coats of arms of the county's gentry, Oxford colleges, the city and the four county towns. One of the most decorative maps of Oxfordshire ever produced.
Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von). Die Wahlverwandtschaften. Ein Roman..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, Tübingen: J. G. Cotta, 1809, title to first volume torn at gutter and guarded, toning and spotting, modern dark brown morocco-backed marbled boards, 8vo, together with:Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von). West-oestlicher Diwan. Stuttgart: Cotta, 1819, engraved frontispiece and title (title page torn to upper outer blank corner), pages 399/400 repeated, page jumps from 494 to 497, spotting throughout, near-contemporary half sheep gilt, with marbled sides to boards, joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 8vo,Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von). Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre oder Die Entsagenden. Ein Roman..., volume 1 only (all published), Stuttgart and Tübingen: Cotta, 1821, upper outer blank corner of title torn away and repaired, some toning and scattered spotting, modern dark brown morocco-backed marbled boards, 8vo, Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von). Egmont. Trauerspiel, Leipzig: Georg Joachim Göschen, 1788 [actually reprint, c. 1830], early 19th-century signature Theodore Sedgwick to upper margin of title, toning and scattered spotting, modern quarter blue morocco, small 8vo, plus Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von). Herrmann und Dorothea..., Ausgabe zum Besten der durch die Wasserfluthen in der Nacht vom 4ten aus 5ten Februar 1825 Berunglucten, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg, 1825, 9 wood-engraved plates, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, original decoratively printed boards, lightly rubbed, 16mo in 8sQTY: (6)NOTE:1. Hagen 327. The first edition of Goethe's masterpiece provoked outrage with its treatment of adultery, and his thematic exploration of human relationships reflecting contemporary scientific concerns. Goethe borrowed the term 'elective affinity' from chemistry, and shows his intensive activity in the natural sciences during these years.2. Hagen 416.3. Hagen 425.
Darwin (Charles). The Descent of Man, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: John Murray, 1871, half-titles, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements (dated January 1871) at rear of each volume, wood-engraved illustrations to text, spotting to preliminaries and advertisements of both volumes, stitching partly broken on signature O of volume 1, ink ownership signature dated 1950 to upper margin of both half-titles, dark blue-black endpapers, original green cloth gilt, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Freeman 938. 2,500 copies of the first issue were published in February 1871 and 2,000 of the second issue published in March. The word 'evolution' occurs for the first time in any of Darwin's works, appearing on page 2 of volume one of the first edition.
* Prize Fighting. Cruikshank (George, attrib). The Close of the Battle or the Champion Triumphant..., circa 1811, etching with contemporary hand colouring, descriptive text describing the progress of the fight below the image, slight spotting and toning, 250 x 345 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:A depiction of the famous bare-knuckle boxing match between Tom Molineaux and Tom Cribb that took place on September 28th, 1811, at Thistleton Gap in Rutland. Cribb was the English champion and Molineaux was an African/American, possibly formerly enslaved. Molineaux had crossed the Atlantic to pursue a boxing career. The two men had fought first on December 3, 1810, at Shenington Hollow, Oxfordshire, with Molineaux defeated after 35 rounds in a disputed decision. Their return match, shown here, attracted at least 15,000 spectators including many members of the nobility. Cribb's second was John Gully and his bottle holder Joe Ward. Molineaux's second was Bill Richmond (also Black and formerly enslaved), and Bill Gibbons was his bottleholder. Molineaux hit with great power until Cribb broke his jaw in the 9th round, then knocked him out in the 11th.
Beever (John, pseudonym Arundo). Practical Fly-Fishing: founded on nature..., 1st edition, London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1849, light spotting throughout, bookplate of Arthur Howard Thompson to front pastedown, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, 20th-century deep blue full calf, elaborately decorated foliate borders to boards, gilt lettering to spine, 8vo, together with:Shirley (Thomas). The Angler's Museum: or, the whole art of float and fly fishing..., 3rd edition, London: printed for John Fielding, [1790], engraved portrait frontispiece (tear to platemark), vignette to title, a few tears to margins, some with loss, previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper, 20th-century deep purple half morocco, gilt decoration to spine, 12moMackintosh (Alexander). The Driffield Angler: in two parts: containing descriptions of the different kinds of Fresh Water Fish, and the best methods of taking them in rivers, lakes, and fish-ponds..., to which are added, Instructions for shooting..., 1st edition, Gainsborough, [1806], engraved frontispiece, light spotting to first and last few leaves, 20th-century brown half calf, gilt title label and blind embossed decoration to spine, 8vo, plusOliver (Stephen). Scenes and Recollections of Fly-Fishing in Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland..., 1st edition, London: Chaman and Hall, 1834, vignette to title, illustration to text, 20th-century brown half calf, gilt morocco title label and blind stamped decoration to spine, 8vo QTY: (4)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell p. 18; p. 194, p. 137, p. 162 respectively.
Sale (George). The Koran, Commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English immediately from the Original Arabis; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed a Preliminary Discourse, 1st edition in English, London: printed by C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734, title in red and black, engraved folding map of Arabia by R.W. Seale, three genealogical tables (2 folding) and one folding engraved plan and view of Mecca, some damp-stains to margins, modern light brown calf, gilt decorated motifs to spine compartments, morocco title label, incorrect publication date in gilt at foot of spine, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T146975; Rothschild 1811. The first edition in English directly translated from the Arabic. There was a 1649 translation in English by Alexander Ross but this was taken from the poor French translation by André du Ryer in 1647.
Poetry. Howard (Nathaniel). Bickleigh Vale, with other poems, York: Printed by T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1804, engraved frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscription to title page, 1 engraved plate, some offsetting and spotting, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, hinges and joints cracked, contemporary tree calf, rubbed with loss, 8voWhite (Henry Kirke). Clifton Grove, A sketch in verse, with Other Poems..., London: Printed by N. Biggs, 1803, light spotting, bookplate, shelf label and bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, typed catalogue description strip pasted to foot of front free endpaper, hinges cracked, later quarter calf, gilt title label to spine, rubbed, corners bumped, 8voWesdley (Samuel). Poems on Several Occasions..., 2nd edition, Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, 1743, offsetting to margin of first and last few leaves, bookplate of the Wesley Historical Society to front pastedown, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed with areas of loss, spine chipped, 8voAkenside (Mark). The pleasures of imagination: a poem..., London: printed for Joseph Wenman, 1786, engraved frontispiece, light spotting to title, near contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, upper cover decorated with crimson and green morocco panels with gilt lettering 'Oh: In the Abscence of the Y. H T. Rends / Whom Shall I Find Unbyass, D in Dispute Eager to Learn Unwilling To Confute / The Grateful Joys That Flow F. M. B.t Of Friend / To Whom The Labours Of My Soul Disclose Reveal My Pleasures Or Discharge My Woes' and 'Mr Richd. Corner, Hull 1789', morocco label to spine, spine chipped at head and foot, corners bumped, ink stains to areas affecting lower portion of spine and lower cover, 24mo, together with 40 other 17th-century leather-bound volumes, some wear, all 8vo or smaller QTY: (1 carton)
* Elmes (W.). Jack in a White Squall amongst Breakers - on the Lee Shore of St Catherines, circa 1810, etching with contemporary hand-colouring, mount stained and with slight toning to the margins, 245 x 350 mm, together with Cruikshank (Isaac). The Royal Soldier in His Majesty's Service. He would be a Soldier the sweet Willy O, The first of all Swains that gladden'd the Plains, All Nature Obeyed him - the Sweet Willy O! published by S. W. Fores, May 10th 1798, etching with contemporary hand-colouring, slight toning to the margins, 410 x 255 mm, with Rowlandson (Thomas, after). Crawley, published by Messrs. Robinsons, June 1st 1790, aquatint by Samuel Alken (originally published as part of 'An Excursion to Brighthelmstone'), contemporary hand-colouring, trimmed to the plate mark, some staining but largely confined to the margins, 265 x 340 mm, plus Grozer (Joseph). Daniel Mendoza & Richard Humphreys [and] Thomas Johnson & Isaac Perrins, published W. Richardson, Novr. 5th 1789 [but early 20th-century restikes], two hand-coloured stipple engravings, large margins, slight dust soiling, each approximately 275 x 355 mm, and Woodward (G. M. style of). Tight Workmaster & A Good Story upon my Word, circa 1800, two watercolours signed to the lower left, some staining, each laid on later thick card, each approximately 205 x 240 mm, mounted, and Alken (Henry). Shakespeare's Seven Ages. The Soldier, published by E. & C. McLean, June 20th 1824, lithograph with contemporary hand-colouring, some staining, laid on later thick card, 220 x 270 mmQTY: (8)
* Gillray (James). Pantagruel's victorious return to the Court of Gargantua after extirpating the Soup-Meagres of Bouille Land, H. Humphrey, Feby. 10th 1794, etching on wove with bright contemporary hand-colouring, large margins, 310 x 360 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:BM Staires 8435. Gillray has executed a complex caricature, critical of the King, the extravagance of his wife, William Pitt and the drunken son of the monarch, Frederick the Duke of York. The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel is a series of five French novels by François Rabelais about two giants, Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. In the first book, Pantagruel returns from the University to fight against the Dipsodes to preserve his father's kingdom and property. The impetus for this print was the brief return of King George's favourite son, Prince Frederick, the Duke of York, from Flanders where he had been leading a British/Hanoverian army against France as part of a larger Coalition including Austria, Prussia, and the Dutch Republic. The King and Queen are portrayed as gullible, greedy and grasping. The king accepts the 'Keys of Paris' whilst at his feet are bags of money labelled For Horses, Hounds & other Nicknackatories. Behind the throne and hidden from view, the Queen holds out an apron, which is filled with money by a devil. Her money bags are labelled Spy Money 40000, Flatterers & Toad-eaters 10000, Pin Money 50000 and Private Whim Wham[s] 50000. Funding these nefarious, frivolous and extravagant expenses is the ever-inventive Pitt, who sits in an obsequious position at the king's feet, eagerly inventing new taxes, including Bricks, Brandy, Water and Air.
Renneville (Constantin de). Recueil des Voiages qui ont servi à l'établissement & aux progrès de la compagnie des Indes Orientales: formée dans les Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas, 7 volumes, Amsterdam: d'estienne Roger, 1703-07, 1710, engraved frontispiece and title printed in red and black to each volume, 53 folding plates, maps and plans, nine full-page engraved plates and one single-page plate, some browning, scattered spotting and occasional marks, one map in volumes 4 and 6 with closed tear, damp-stain to fore-margins at rear of volume 6, 18th-century armorial bookplate to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels, rubbed and light wear, few minor wormholes to some spines, 12mo QTY: (7)NOTE:The first volume is a second edition, published in 1710. The other volumes are 1st editions, published 1703-07.
Taylor (Thomas). England Exactly Described or a Guide to Travellers in a compleat sett of Mapps of all the County's of England being a map for each County where every Town & Village in each County is perticulerly Expressed with the names and Limits of every Hundred &c. Very useful for all Gentlemen & Travellers being made fitt for the Pocket, printed, coloured and sold by Thos. Taylor at ye Golden Lyon in Fleetstreet where are sold all sorts of mapps and fine French, Dutch and Italian Prints, [1715], engraved folding title, folding map of England and Wales and 39 uncoloured folding engraved maps by Richard Blome, later endpapers, 20th-century calf with contrasting morocco gilt labels to the spine, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:J. Hodson. County Atlases of the British Isles, volume 1, number 139. This edition is not listed in Chubb. A rare true first edition, published without the plate numbers on the maps and lacking the map of Scotland (which was added a few weeks after this edition). Title page in the first state.
Fine Bindings. Sparrow (Walter Shaw). Angling in British Art through five centuries..., London: John Lane and the Bodley Head Limited, [1923], 200 illustrations (39 in colour), advertisements to rear, light spotting to a few leaves, edges untrimmed, 20th-century blue half morocco, gilt decoration to spine, 4to, together with: Oliver (Stephen). Scenes and recollections of Fly-Fishing, in Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland..., London: Chapman and Hall, 1834, vignette title, bookplate of Mr William Morris to front pastedown, 20th-century green full calf, gilt decoration and title label to spine, light marks to boards, spine evenly faded, 8voHofland (T. C.). The British Angler's Manual, or The Art of Angling in England Scotland, Wales and Ireland..., London: Whitehead and Co, 1829, engraved frontispiece and numerous engraving throughout (pasted in), large water stains to first and last few leaves, bookplate of Ludwig Neumann to front pastedown, gilt decorated turn-ins, top edge gilt, 19th-century green full morocco, elaborated gilt decorated spine, gilt ruling to boards, small folioColquhoun (John). The Moor and the Loch..., London: William Blackwood & Sons..., 1840, engraved frontispiece, numerous illustrations throughout, light spotting to a few leaves, top edge gilt, 20th-century brown half morocco, gilt decorated spine with morocco title labels, light spotting to boards, 8voFrancis (Francis). A Book on Angling..., London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1867, coloured frontispiece, numerous illustrations throughout, advertisements to rear, 20th-century red half morocco, gilt decorated spine, 8voDick (John). Flies and Fly Fishing..., London: Robert Hardwicke, 1873, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco, gilt lettering to spine, 8voPryce-Tannatt (T. E.). How to dress Salmon Flies..., London: Adam & Charles Black, 1940, coloured frontispiece and many illustrations to text, 20th-century blue half morocco with gilt decorated spine by Aquarius, London, spine evenly faded, 8voEdmonds (Harfield H.). Brook and River Trouting, A Manual of modern North Country Methods..., Bradford: published by the authors, [1916], previous ownership inscription to title page, illustrated throughout, 20th-century navy half morocco, gilt decoration to spine, 8vo, plus The Young Angler's Guide; comprising instructions in the art of Fly-Fishing, Bottom-fishing, Trolling..., London: printed for J. Cheek, 1839, copper plate and woodcut illustrations, catalogue of prices bound to rear, top edge gilt, 20th-century blue half morocco, gilt lettering to spine, lightly sunned, 8vo QTY: (9)
Bowlker (Charles [& Richard]). The Art of Angling, And Compleat Fly-Fishing. Describing the different Kinds of Fish, their Haunts, and Places of Feeding and Retirement..., 2nd edition, Birmingham: John Baskerville for the author; and sold by G. Robinson..., [1774], previous ownership inscription to head of title, light spotting to first and last few leaves, 19th-century full calf with morocco title label to spine, a few scuffs and marks to boards and spine, 12mo QTY: (1)
Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 3 volumes, 7th edition, London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1793, occasional light spotting, together with:Smith (Adam). The Theory of Moral Sentiments; or, An essay towards an Analysis of the Principles by which men naturally judge concerning the conduct and character, first of their neighbours, and afterwards of themselves. To which is added, a dissertation on the origin of languages, 2 volumes, 7th edition, London: A. Strahan, T. Cadell; Edinburgh: W. Creech, J. Bell & Co., 1792, half-titles present, uniform contemporary calf, contrasting red and black morocco labels, volume number labels in green morocco, light wear to some labels, few joints cracked, 8vo,Malthus (Thomas Robert). An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a view of its past and present effects on Human Happiness; with an Inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions, new edition, very much enlarged, London: J. Johnson, 1803, viii, [4], 1-320 pp., bound without final half of volume 'books 3 and 4' (pages 321-610), occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, modern boards, 4to (first half only of the 2nd edition, enlarged and revised. Kress B4701).QTY: (6)
Franck (Sebastian). De arbore scientiae boni et mali, ex quo Adamus morte[m] comedit & adhuc hodie cuncti homines morte comedunt, quidnam ea sit ..., et rursum quid sit arbor vit[a]e, contra totius humani generis sapientiam, probitatem, atq[ue] scientiam. Augustino Eleutherio authore, [Mulhusii: Superioris Elsatiae, per Petrum Fabrum], 1561, [2],130,[2]p., imprint from colophon, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, occasional early marginalia to few leaves, damp-stain to lower margins of few leaves towards rear of volume, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 18th-century light brown calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, light fading to part of lower board, joints slightly cracked, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams E108.This work is the first Latin edition of this treatise on the forbidden fruit and one of the more uncommon titles printed in Mulhouse, where printing only developed from the middle of the 16th century. Sebastien Franck (1499-1542), humanist and independent spirit, who used the pseudonymous name Augustinus Eleutherius was close to Michel Servet (Calvin's opponent) whom he met in Strasbourg.
Archigram. Archigram, edited by Peter Cook, 4 issues, numbers 6, 7, 8 & 9, London, 1965-1970, numerous illustrations and graphic designs printed on various size and colour paper, sheets folded and stapled as issued with original wrappers for Archigram 6 (wrappers with a few small tears and chips to edges, a few creases), 4to, 30.5 x 30.5 cm, Archigram 7 with loose printed sheets as issued, small 4to, 25 x 20 cm, Archigram 8 with loose sheets contained in wallet-style stapled wrapper, with address of purchaser to flap, stamp and postmark (flap with two tears and losses from rough opening along lower edge), 6 x 26.5 cm, Archigram 9 with folded sheets and stapled packet of seeds for Night Scented Stock in original wrappers, one or two small creases, 25.5 x 21 cm QTY: (4)NOTE:Archigram was a British avant-garde movement of architects that included Peter Cook, Ron Herron, Warren Chalk, Dennis Crompton, David Greene and Michael Webb, the first magazine, Archigram 1 was published in 1961.and continued to 1974, reflecting the group's futurist, and modernist thinking on designing and building future cities, inspired by new technology, the space race, science fiction and fantasy, with the aim of making architecture 'mobile, dynamic and pulsating' as the society that surrounded them.
* Gillray (James). Elegance Democratique - a Sketch near High Wycombe - whenever I wish to form a proper estimate of Mans Mind, I observe his Manners & his Dress, Lord Chesterfield, H. Humphrey, July 8th 1799, etching on wove with contemporary hand-colouring, thread margins, old tape hinge on the verso to the upper margin, 370 x 260 mm, together with Pylades & Orestes, H. Humphrey, April 1st 1797, etching on wove with bright contemporary hand-colouring, large margins, watercolour 'stain' affecting the image, 360 x 260 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:BM Satires 9438 & 9065. The first caricature is a comment on the slovenly appearance of John Henry Petty, the eldest son of Lord Lansdowne. Everything about his pose, bearing and dress is tasteless and inelegant. His clothes are ill-fitting and Gillray shows him as paunchy and round-shouldered with slack stockings. To top off this critique, Gillray includes a quotation by Philip Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield; one of the most famous arbiters of taste and dress.The second image shows William V, the Prince of Orange, as Orestes and his private Secretary, Count Nassalin, as the devoted Pylades. The British Museum describes the Prince's secretary as "hunchback." Gillray seems to have added the hump in a hurried afterthought. The secretary's hair, tied back with a black ribbon, falls behind him upon what would be a normal-looking back. The hump is then added unconvincingly behind the queue and somehow outside Nassalin's jacket—a rare example of carelessness by Gillray.
Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher). Poetical Magazine; Dedicated to the Lovers of the Muse, by the Agent of the Goddess, R. Ackermann, 4 volumes, London, 1809-11, engraved title to each volume, 47 hand-coloured aquatint plates (many by Thomas Rowlandson) and one uncoloured aquatint plate, toning and scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, modern cloth rebacked spines, board edges rubbed, 8vo, together with:Lavater (John Casper). The Whole Works of Lavater on Physiognomy..., translated from the last Paris edition, 4 volumes, London: W. Butters, [1800], engraved titles, 300 engraved plates (including frontispieces), toning and occasional spotting, modern light brown cloth-backed marbled boards, black skiver title label to each spine, 8vo,Meadows (Kenny, illustrator). Heads of the People or, Portraits of the English, Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1841, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved title, 39 engraved portrait plates, some toning and offsetting, contemporary brown half morocco, extremities lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Abbey, Life, 214; Tooley 421. First published in 1809 in serial form in Rudolph Ackermann's Poetical Magazine under the title "The Schoolmaster's Tour", the text was published in book form in 1812 due to its popular success and went through many reprints.
Johns (W. E.). Champion of the Main, 1st edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1938, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, illustrated endpapers, original blue cloth, backstrip faded, dust jacket (from third edition), rubbed and creased, a few closed tears, 8vo, together with:The Unknown Quantity, 1st edition, London: John Hamilton, [1940], original red cloth, printed paper title label to spine, dust jacket, lightly rubbed and creased to extremities, 8vo, plusThe Modern Boy's Book of Aircraft, 1st edition, London: The Amalgamated Press, [1931], colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original blue cloth, mounted colour illustration to upper cover, dust jacket, relined with brown paper to verso, rubbed and creased with some loss, 4to, with two first edition copies of Modern Boy's Book of Pirates (one in dust jacket)QTY: (5)
* Nelson (Horatio, 1758-1805). A white marble half bust after Franz Thaller (1759-1817) and Matthias Ranson (active, circa 1800), first half 19th century,a fine half bust modelled as Nelson with his head turned slightly to the left, in naval dress with two large naval medals engraved 'Trafalgar' and 'Nelson' and classical drapery, mounted on a socle, unsigned, 68 cm high, damaged, the nose been restored, there are several chips notably to the edges and the Nelson medal, presented on a wooden pedestal inscribed 'The Immortal Nelson' QTY: (1)NOTE:Following a visit by Nelson to Vienna in 1800, the Austrian sculptor Franz Thaller (1759-1817) was commissioned to carve a bust of Nelson and this bust is the most widely reproduced sculpted image of Nelson. Thaller was assisted by Matthias Ranson who was active circa 1800 but little is known of him. The bust was completed in 1801 and shipped to England, where it was kept at Merton by Lady Hamilton. The original bust is inscribed 'Franz Thaller etMatthias Ranson Vienae Austr. MDCCCI'. It is now displayed in the National Maritime Museum along with a plaster cast of Nelson's face which formed thebasis of the bust. The 'Thaller and Ranson' type was reproduced in different media, often with small anomalies. For further reading see Walker (Richard),The NelsonPortraits, pages 235-236. Other examples have been sold at auction in recent years for example,Sotheby's London, 5 October 2005, lot 75, £45,000Cheffin's Cambridge, 23 November 2023, lot 679, £22,000Duke's Dorchester, 5 Apil 2023, lot 97, £40,000
Lodge (Edmund). Illustrations of British History, Biography, and Manners, in the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, and James I, exhibited in a series of Original Papers, selected from the Manuscripts of the Noble Families of Howard, Talbot, and Cecil..., 3 volumes, London; G. Nicol, 1791, half-titles, 15 engraved plates including frontispieces, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Lord Kinnaird to upper pastedowns, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines, joints lightly cracked, 4to, together with:Montaigne (Michel de). The Essays of Michael seigneur de Montaigne..., made English by Charles Cotton, 3 volumes, London: Daniel Brown, J. Nicholson, R. Wellington [et al.], 1711, engraved portrait frontispiece to each, toning and some scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spines, with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Molière. Les oeuvres de Monsieur de Molière, 8 volumes, new edition, Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1730, titles in red and black, several engraved plates, scattered spotting, front blank to first volume bearing the early signature of Sarah Whatman, armorial bookplate of James Whatman to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt declared spines, title labels worn, joints cracked, 8vo,Raynal abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François). Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes, volumes 1-6, 8-10, Geneva: J. L. Pellet, 1781, engraved frontispieces, folding tables, contemporary half sheep, light wear, 8vo,Palmer (Charles). A Collection of select Aphorisms and Maxims; with several Historical Observations: Extracted from the most Eminent Authors, London: printed by E. Cave, 1748, engraved frontispiece, title reattached, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 4to, plus other 18th-century antiquarian QTY: (31)
Dallaway (James). Constantinople Ancient and Modern, with excursions to the shores and islands of the archipelago and to the Troad, 1st edition, London: T. Bensley for T. Cadell jun. & W, Davies, 1797, engraved title with aquatint vignette, 9 aquatint plates, map, some offsetting, toning and spotting throughout, Malta Garrison Library ink stamps to title and first few leaves, modern cloth-backed boards, calf label to spine, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Atabey 308; Blackmer 441: 'Dallaway spent 18 months as chaplain with Liston's embassy at the Porte (1794-6). He travelled to Constantinople overland in 1794 with Liston's entourage, which included John Sibthorp, author of the Flora Graeca and Gaetano Mercati who became Liston's draughtsman.'
Slade (Felix). Catalogue of the Collection of Glass formed by Felix Slade, with notes on the history of glass making by Alexander Nesbitt, printed for private distribution, 1871, 22 chromolithograph plates, some heightened in gold, monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary olive half morocco, joints and edges a little rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: This copy was owned by Edward Talbot Day Jones. Later Foxcroft of Hinton House Hinton Charterhouse, first cousin to Felix Slade. It has been passed down by descent since 1871.
Nightingale (Florence). Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: Harrison, [1860], with '[The Right of Translation is reserved.]' at foot of title and yellow endpapers with printed advertisements dated 1860, some spotting and dust-soiling throughout, free endpapers slightly browned, contemporary ink ownership inscription of 'Anne J. Clough, Jan[ua]ry 20 1860' at head of title, some modern pencil notes to front free endpaper verso and title, original limp pimpled black cloth, gilt-title to upper cover, slightly frayed at head of spine, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Anne Jemima Clough (1820-1892) was an early English suffragist and a promoter of higher education for women. She was the first principal of Newnham College, Cambridge.Anne's brother was Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861), an English poet, educationalist, and assistant to Florence Nightingale. Whether this copy of Nightingale's book was given to Anne by the author is a matter of speculation. Nightingale does mention Anne in one of her letters; 'From the very first moment I ever saw either Miss [Anne Jemima] Clough or her lost brother (the "Man of God") - I felt, "these people are quite of a different clay from ours. They move in quite a different order of ideas & feelings from what we do"' (letter to Fanny Nightingale, 7 March 1862). Either way, it is undoubtedly an early issue, the earliest known copy of the book has an inscription dated New Year's Day, 1860, in Florence Nightingale's hand, now at St Thomas's Hospital, London]. It is without advertisement and also without the words 'The Right of Translation is reserved' on the title-page. By February 1860 copies with the dated advertisements and title-page amendment were being issued.
Johns (W. E.). Wings, A Book of Flying Adventures, 1st edition, London: John Hamilton, 1931, colour frontispiece, 4 full-page black and white illustrations (all loose, the first with a small closed tear), additional 8 black and white illustrations at rear, advertisement to verso of final leaf, pictorial endpapers, prize bookplate to front free endpaper, spotting, original publisher's blue cloth gilt, gilt faded to spine, rubbed, dust jacket (priced at 3s 6d), some wear with loss to spine extremities and folds, closed tear to rear flap, 8voQTY: (1)
Aldam (W. H.) A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making," by an Old Man well-known on the Derbyshire streams as a first-class fly-fisher a century ago. Printed from an old ms. never before published, the original spelling and language being retained, with editorial notes and patterns of flies and samples of the materials for making each fly, 1st edition, 2nd issue, 'Unauthorized issue' London: John Day, 1876, later state 'Unauthorized issue' without the two mounted chromolithograph plates after James Poole, 25 flies and materials contained in 22 sunken oval mounts on 6 thick card leaves, some scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell p. 3. The first issue bears the date 1875, the second issue is dated 1876 and both had the two chromolithograph plates after James Poole, the present copy is a later state issued by Day, likely without Aldam's approval as he described them as 'spurious copies'.
* Chairs. An attractive pair of Regency period 'Trafalgar' chairs, circa 1811, the ebonised chairs with gold painted highlights and a distinctive shell back and with sabre legs, modern upholstered seat, 83 cm high QTY: (2)NOTE:This style of chair was very fashionable after 1808. The design was first published in the trade catalogue 'The London Chair-Makers and Carvers Book of Prices Supplement' when it was described as the 'Trafalgar', being noted for its distinctive feature of a continuous, curving line formed by the sides of the back, the seat rail and the chair legs. It incorporated the outward curving front leg also known as the 'sabre' leg.
Chapman (Abel). The Borders and Beyond, 1st edition, London: Gurney and Jackson, 1924, colour frontispiece, full-page colour illustrations with further in black and white, 2 folding maps, autograph letter from Chapman to Ethel Sneyd-Kynnersley pasted to front blank recto, albumen print of Chapman to verso, small newspaper cutting to recto of another blank leaf, some spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and cocked, 8vo, with author's compliments slip loosely inserted, together with:On Safari, Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa, with studies in bird-life, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1908, photogravure frontispiece, black and white illustrations (some after photographs), scattered light spotting, original pictorial black cloth gilt, cocked, slightly rubbed at extremities, 8vo, plusUnexplored Spain, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1910, 'presentation copy' ink stamp to title, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original green pictorial cloth gilt, a few spots, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with 5 other first editions by Abel Chapman, including Wild Spain, Memoirs of Fourscore Years Less Two, Retrospect Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist, Bird-Life of the Borders and Savage SudanQTY: (8)
Hickes (George). Two Discourses, whereof the first is, an Exhortation to the Strict Observance of Ash-Wednesday. The second, a Defence of those who keep Lent... , London: W. Carter, 1708, [30], 64 pp., lacks initial leaf of adverts, contemporary ownership signature of 'Wil. Smith' to title and with another inscription shaved at upper margin, bound with A Key to the Business of the Present S------ N: viz. I. His H---'s Speech to his Life-Guard of Switzers... , London: T. Cooper, 1742, 51, [1] pp., title soiled and with short tear with loss affecting 2 letters of imprint, bound with The Character of the Pretender, by his Secretary, the Late Lord Bolingbroke, [Edinburgh?], 1756, 15, [1] pp., some dust-soiling, closely trimmed at foremargin shaving a few letters of first few leaves, bound with [Forrester, James], The Polite Philosopher: or, an Essay on that Art which makes a Man Happy in Himself, and Agreeable to Others, 5th edition, Edinburgh: John Wood, 1751, 32 pp., bound with The Nominal Husband: or, Distressed Innocence. A True Secret History, taken from an old Saxon manuscript... , London: W. Owen & G. Woodfall, 1750, [2], ii, 52 pp., short tear to inner margin of final leaf touching a few letters, bound with [Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of], An Apology for a Late Resignation: in a Letter from an English Gentleman to his Friend at the Hague, London: John Freeman, [1748], 46m, [2] pp., final blank present, bound with [Carlyle, Alexander], An Argument to Prove that the Tragedy of Douglas ought to be Publicly Burnt by the Hands of the Hangman, Edinburgh: [s.n.], 1757, 24 pp., bound with [Hawkesworth, John], A Letter to Mr David Hume, on the Tragedy of Douglas; its Analysis, and the Charge against Mr Garrick. By an English Critic, London, J. Scott, 1757, 19, [1] pp., bound with [Haldane, John, upholsterer in Edinburgh], The Players Scourge: or a Detection of the Ranting Profanity and Regnant Impiety of Stage Plays, and their Wicked Encouragers and Frequenters... , [Edinburgh?, 1757?], 8 pp., drop-head title, closely trimmed at lower margin affecting catchwords and a few letters, bound with A Letter to the Reverend the Moderator, and Members of the Presbytery of Haddingtoun, Edinburgh: [s.n.], 1757, 8 pp., bound with Occasional Reflections on the East-India Company's Ships, which are at Present in the Road of Leith, Edinburgh, [s.n.], 1757, 8 pp., title dust-soiled, bound with [Horne, George], A Letter to Adam Smith LL. D. on the Life, Death, and Philosophy of his Friend David Hume Esq., new edition, London: [s.n], 1782, 24 pp., some general dust-soiling and occasional spotting throughout, all margins closely trimmed, book ticket of the Lyons family and remains of another bookplate to front endpapers, 20th-century cloth, leather spine label, slightly rubbed and soiled, small 8voNOTE:ESTC nos. T54542, T13500, T106589, T118698, T01676, ?N2736, T64092, T78021, T54325, T73142, T185625, and the last not in ESTC.
* Gillray (James). The Republican-Hercules Defending his Country, H. Humphrey, Feby. 19th 1797, etched caricature on wove with contemporary hand-colouring, some marginal fraying with slight loss, repaired on verso, slight surface abrasion to the printed image, old adhesion scaring to the verso, 365 x 255 mm, together with French - Telegraph making Signals in the Dark, H. Humphrey, Jany. 26th 1795, etching with aquatint, contemporary hand-colouring, old adhesion scaring to the verso, 245 x 350 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:BM Satires numbers 8987 & 8612. Two caricatures on the perennial theme of Charles Fox's ambiguous and equivocal approach to France, its revolution and the threat it posed to the British Isles. The first print shows Fox 'pulling the strings' of an invading French fleet. In the second, Fox is signalling - with the newly invented semaphore - to a French armada that creeps across the English Channel. Gillray clearly regards Fox's behaviour as deeply disloyal and possibly treasonous.
Giles. Daily Express & Sunday Express Cartoons. First [and] Second Series, [1946 & 1947], both with a little scattered minor spotting, unclipped, small bookplate to front wrapper versos, original pictorial wrappers, a little rubbed and soiled, '10' to upper margin of both front wrappers, minor fraying to spine extremities and small crease to lower outer corner of upper wrapper of first volume, oblong 4toQTY: (2)
[Young, Arthur]. A Six Months Tour through the North of England, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, London: W. Strahan, W. Nicoll, T. Cadell [et al.], 1771, 29 engraved plates (14 folding), 6 folding tables, upper blank margin to first leaf of contents in volume 1 torn and repaired, leaf L4 in volume 3 with repaired closed tear and lower outer corner of 2G4 torn and repaired, occasional damp-staining, edges untrimmed, modern boards, 8vo, together with:Young (Arthur). Travels during the years 1787, 1788, & 1789; undertaken more particularly with a view of ascertaining the cultivation, wealth, resources, and national prosperity of the kingdom of France, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: W. Richardson, 1794, folding engraved map frontispiece to volume 1, two folding maps (one hand-coloured), maps strengthened to folds, occasional scattered spotting, modern brown quarter morocco, marbled paper covered sides, 4toQTY: (6)
Pigna (Giovanni Battista). Historia de Principi di Este..., primo volume [all published] nel quale si contengono congiuntamente le cose principali dalla rivolutione del Romano Imp. in fino al M. CCCC. LXXVI, 1st edition, Ferrara, Francesco Rossi, 1570, [maltese cross]⁴ A-4I⁴ K⁶ a-p⁴, title with large woodcut device of the arms of the Este family within a figurative frame with the names and arms of individual family members, 'primo volume' in title scored-through in brown ink, early 18th-century full calf, upper joint cracked (with board loosening), some wear, title label mostly lacking, folio (34 x 22 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC Italian Books 1465-1600, page 519; Adams P1204; EDIT 16 CNCE 38347; Gamba 1580; Lozzi 1716.The first edition of Pigna's history of the Este family. A second volume was to be written by Pigna's successor, the poet Torquato Tasso, but never came to fruition.
Sextus (Empiricus). Pyrrhoniarum hypotyp[o]se[o]n libri III., quibus in tres philosophiæ partes severissime inquiritur ... Latine nunc primum editi, interprete Henrico Stephano, [Geneva]: Henricus Stephanus, 1562, title with printer's woodcut device and early ownership signature Henricus Graffus to lower margin, bound with Appianus (of Alexandria). Hispanica & Annibalica. Latinè numc primùm deita, ex Francisci Beraldi linguae Graecae professoris doctissimi interpretatione..., [Geneva]: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, illustris viri Huldrici Fuggeri typographus, 1560, printer's woodcut device to title, some light damp-staining mostly to first work in volume, occasional minor spotting, marbled endpapers with monogrammed bookplate, 18th-century calf, gilt decorated spine, joints cracked, spine worn at head and foot, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams S1027 and A1348.
Buchan (John). A fine collection of all 28 first editions of the novels, all 5 short story collections (plus one additional signed US first edition) and two non-fiction titles, London: Hodder & Stoughton, etc., 1895-1941, the majority in modern green half morocco gilt by Bayntun-Riviere, except two in original cloth (Sir Quixote of the Moors and A Lodge in the Wilderness) in matching green half morocco book boxes, and three titles (Scholar-Gypsies, The Thirty-Nine Steps and The Power-House) in matching full green morocco gilt, near-uniform 8vo (the book boxes slightly larger), fineQTY: (36)NOTE:The collection comprises:NOVELS:Sir Quixote of the Moors (1895), John Burnet of Barns (1898), A Lost Lady of Old Years (1899), The Half-Hearted (1900), A Lodge in the Wilderness (1906), Prester John (1910), Salute to Adventurers (1915), The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), The Power-House (1916), Greenmantle (1916), Mr Standfast (1919), The Path of the King (1921), Huntingtower (1922), Midwinter (1923), The Three Hostages (1924), John Macnab (1925), The Dancing Floor (1926), Witch Wood (1927), The Courts of the Morning (1929), Castle Gay (1930), The Blanket of the Dark (1931), The Gap in the Curtain (1932), The Magic Walking Stick (1932), A Prince of the Captivity (1933), The Free Fishers (1934), The House of the Four Winds (1935), The Island of Sheep (1936), Sick Heart River (1941). SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS:Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People [includes poetry] (1899), The Watcher by the Threshold, and other tales (1902), The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies [includes poetry] (1912), The Runagates Club (1928), The Runagates Club (1st US edition, 1929, signed), The Long Traverse (1941).NON-FICTION:Scholar-Gipsies (1896), The Last Secrets (1923).
Six albums of covers and stamps comprising an album containing approximately 50 Royal Mail Mint Stamp Presentation packs, two albums of FDCs, an album of assorted stamps and an album of water damaged stamps and presentation packs. Condition- the stamps in the red album (closed in first photo) are all good, the water damaged stamps in the blue album vary from fair to poor.
Dorothy Margaret Tyas Colles (British 1917 - 2003), portrait of a woman in evening dress with shawl, signed. Oils on canvas. 75x64cm approx. Framed. Together with single volume by Dorothy Colles, 'Portraying Children', published by Studio Publications First Edition 1956. (2) (B.P. 21% + VAT)
Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan signed Limited Edition Lithograph with COA This absolutely stunning item of signed Cricket Memorabilia a striking action lithograph that takes you on a photographic and factual journey through Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan's continuing battle to become the world's greatest wicket taker. Personally signed by both spinners and independently authenticated and certified by the major chartered accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, 'Record Pursuit' is available in a strictly limited edition of 350Officially licensed by Cricket Australia and Sri Lanka Cricket, each are individually numbered and measure in at a large and impressive 650mm by 450mmRivals, friends, headline-makers and two of the world's greatest bowlers, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan will remember 2004 as a watershed in their colourful careers, with both spinners passing 500 Test wickets and continuing their 'battle' to become the world's greatest-ever wicket taker Their race to be the first spin bowler to take 500 wickets was a classic ' cat and mouse' struggle during Australia's 3-Test series in Sri Lanka in March 2004. After a well-publicised and determined duel, Warne was victorious, taking wicket number 500 on March 12, during the 1st Test in Galle. By the end of the tour, the ledger read: Warne 517 wickets, Muralitharan 513 - with West Indian great Courtney Walsh's world record of 519 wickets ready to be broken It was Muralitharan who first claimed that illustrious 'crown', passing Walsh's record during Sri Lanka's Test series against Zimbabwe in May 2004. The champion off-spinner set a new world record when he captured his 520th wicket in the 1st Test in Harare on May 8. Muralitharan then dismissed a further seven Zimbabwean batsmen in the series to take his tally to 527. Shane Warne's quest to overhaul Muralitharan in the world wicket-taking began in the two-Test series against Sri Lanka in Darwin and Cairns in July. Warne took 3 wickets in the 1st Test in Darwin to move within reach of Muralitharan, before equalling his world record mark with a sensational haul of 7 wickets in the 2nd Test in Cairns! Warne held the record until it was broken by Muralitharan on December 3, 2007A superb item of Cricket Memorabilia to celebrate the two statistically greatest Bowlers of all time! Edition number may vary. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Giacomo Agostini signed limited edition print with signing photo Over the course of a remarkable career of 17 years, the peerless Giacomo Agostini won 15 world titles, 12 Isle of Man TT crowns and an astonishing 122 Grand Prix'. He became motor cycling's first genuine world superstar and, whether riding a 350cc or 500cc racing motorcycle, he was nearly always the man to beat whenever he took up his position on the starting grid.After winning his final world title in 1975, Agostini enjoyed his last competitive year in 1976. Fittingly, his last career victory came at the Nurburgring - the German venue where he had won his very first Grand Prix race back in 1965.This stunning print chosen by Giacomo, shows him on his favourite road circuit in the Isle of Man. He has personally signed each print and you will receive a separate photo of the signing (as shown in the inset image).Actual Size 560mm x 410mm - limited edition of 250 and part of the Sporting Masters editions - Photo printed on 250gsm, high quality art board - The accompanying photo of the personality signing this item will include a copyright over the image and the edition number may vary. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Andre Turcat (1921-2016) and Brian Trubshaw (1924-2001), Concorde Test pilots. A dual signed 'GPO Concorde' FDC, with a set of three stamps and First Day of Issue 3 Mar 1969 cancellation. Turcat flew the first prototype of Concorde for its maiden flight. Trubshaw was the first British pilot to fly Concorde, in April 1969. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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