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Lot 273
THOMAS BROWNE: THE STORY OF THE ORDINATION OF OUR FIRST BISHOPS IN QUEEN ELIZABETH’S REIGN AT THE NAG’S-HEAD TAVERN IN CHEAPSIDE THOROUGHLY EXAMINED --------, L, 1731, old blind stpd cf worn + BARON SAMUEL VON PUFENDORF: A VIEW OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCHES SHOWING HOW FAR THEY AGREE WITH THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND --------, TRANS THEOPHILUS DORRINGTON, L, 1714, old blind stpd cf worn, bds detchd (2)
Lot 285
THE TIGER TRIUMPHS THE STORY OF THREE GREAT DIVISIONS IN ITALY, HMSO for the Government of India, 1946, 1st edn, orig wraps + BY AIR TO BATTLE THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH FIRST AND SIXTH AIRBORNE DIVISIONS, HMSO, 1945, 1st edn, orig wraps + HIS MAJESTY’S SUBMARINES, HMSO, 1945, 1st edn, orig wraps + 9 others similar (12)
Lot 1021
Starter 1:43rd Resin & Alloy Kits A collection of mint and boxed examples to include 1969 Ferrari 312P Le Mans, 1982 Porsche 911 Tour de Course, 1990 First Place at Spa BMW M3, 1983 Porsche 956 LM, 1982 Porsche 934 LM, 1984 Porsche 956 Can Am, 1983 Porsche 956 Boss LM and sundry models. (20)
Lot 1024
Meri 1:43rd White Metal & Alloy Kits A collection of mint and boxed examples to include 1980 first place San Remo Lancia Stratos, 1988 Tour de Corse Ford Sierra Cosworth, 1975 Alfa Romeo Odolini, 1994 Subaru Impreza, 1988 Maserati first place at Monza Biturbo, as well as Abarth, Toyota, Ford, BMW, Peugeot, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Toyota Touring and Rally Cars . (24)
Lot 1025
Provence Moulage, Merry, BBR, AMR, Gama, Starter etc Unbuilt 1:43rd Kits A collection of mint and boxed examples to include some of the real classics of racing such as 1961 Ferrari 250 GTO Monza, 1957 Le Mans winning D-Type Jaguar, 1967 Le Mans Ferrari 330P4, 1973 LM Porsche Carrera RSR, 1959 first place at Le Mans Aston Martin BBR1, Fiat Abarth 1000TC, 1965 Maserati Typo 65 as raced at Le Mans, 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB LM, 1979 Porsche 934 Elf LM, 1977 Porsche 934 Danone Le Mans Car and others.(70)
Lot 2
Baedeker (Karl). The Mediterranean Seaports and Sea Routes, including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Handbook for Travellers, 1911, folding maps and plans, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, previous owner's initials 'CB' on front cover (first and only edition of this title and the only Baedeker in English containing a description of Constantinople), together with Deutschland (Das Deutsche Reich) Kurzes Reisehandvuch in Einem Bande fur Bahn und Auto, 5th ed., Leipzig, 1932, folding maps and plans incl. large road map Anzeigen-Anhang contained in rear pocket, a few sl. frayed at edges, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed (issued about one year before Hitler came to power, this edition still describes Germany under the Weimar Republic, with all Germany's pre-WWI boundaries clearly marked on the road map), with approx. fifty other European Baedekers and a few other similar guides, some imperfect (a carton)
Lot 7
Burton (Captain R. F.). The Lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798, trans. and annotated by Captain R. F. Burton, also Journey of the Pombeiros P. J. Baptista and Amaro Jose, across Africa from Angola to Tette on the Zambeze ..., 1st English ed., 1873, folding map frontis., inner hinges partly cracked, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, frayed along rear joint, and chipped to head and foot of spine, 8vo, together with Chiesi (Gustavo), La Colonizzazione Europea nell'Est Africa, Italia - Inghilterra - Germania, 1909, b&w illusts., folding maps, contemp. black cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, large 8vo, plus Gamitto (A. C. P.), King Kazembe and the Marave, Cheva, Bisa, Bmba, Lunda, and other Peoples of Southern Africa, being the diary of the Portuguese expedition to that Potentate in the years 1831 and 1832, trans. Ian Cunnison, 2 vols., Lisbon, 1960, b&w plates, maps and illusts., partly uncut, orig. printed wrappers, large 8vo, and four others on Central and Southern Africa (The Lango, A Nilotic Tribe of Uganda, by J. H. Driberg, 1st ed., 1923, The Great Plateau of Northern Rhodesia, by Cullen Gouldsbury, and Hubert Sheane, 1st ed., 1911, The Lambas of Northern Rhodesia, a study of their customs and beliefs, by Clement M. Doke, 1st ed., 1931, & Through Gasa Land and the Land of the Portuguese Aggression, by Parker Gillmore, n.d., c. 1880s), all orig. cloth, the first three generally in good condition, the first title with d.j., final title in rubbed and soiled gilt dec. cloth, with spine faded, and some fraying to extrems., all 8vo. (8)
Lot 16
Edwards (Bryan). The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1794, seven eng. plts., and nine maps (some folding), correct as list, errata leaf at rear of vol. 2, some water-staining, occn. foxing and finger-soiling, untrimmed edges browned, orig. boards, worn, both vols. lacking spine and second vol. lacking lower cover, upper cover to first vol. just holding, 4to. (2)
Lot 32
James (F.L.). The Unknown Horn of Africa, an exploration from Berbera to the Leopard River, 2nd ed., 1890, b&w illusts., orig. pict. cloth gilt, generally in bright condition, together with Oswald (Felix), Alone in the Sleeping-Sickness Country, 1st ed., 1915, b&w plts. after photos, orig. maroon cloth, rubbed and some marks, plus Landor (A. Henry Savage), Across Widest Africa, an account of the country and people of Eastern, Central and Western Africa as seen during a twelve months' journey from Djibuti to Cape Verde, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1907, b&w plts. after photos, folding map at end of vol. 1, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed and second vol. frayed to head of upper joint, and Johnston (Sir Harry), George Grenfell and the Congo, a history and description of the Congo Independent State and adjoining districts of Congoland, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1908, numerous b&w plts., illusts., maps, etc., light waterstain to upper outer corner of frontis. to first vol., orig. dark maroon cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some minor marks, plus Elliot (G. F. Scott), A Naturalist in mid-Africa, being an account of a journey to the Mountains of the Moon and Tanganyika, 1st ed., 1896, b&w plates and illusts., three folding maps at rear, including one torn and repaired without loss, some minor marginal soiling to first and last few leaves, later dark red qtr. morocco, all 8vo. (7)
Lot 46
Meyer (Dr. Hans). Across the African Glaciers. An Account of the First Ascent of Kilimanjaro, Translated from the German by E.H.S. Calder, 1891, half-title, mounted chromo. frontis. (tissue guard partly adhered), eight mounted sepia photos., twelve photogravures, three folding maps, wood engs. to text, t.e.g., orig. pict. cloth, lettered in gilt, a little rubbed on spine, large 8vo. Neate M92. 'First undisputed ascent of Kibo Peak'. (1)
Lot 50
Peary (Robert E.). The North Pole, with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, 1910, photogravure port. frontis., tipped-in b & w illusts. from photos., large folding col. map at rear, some damp staining throughout (with pencil note to front free endpaper" Damaged by water during the air raid 1941"), t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth, lettered and blocked in gold, slightly rubbed, one tie broken, thick 4to. Limited Edition de Luxe, 106/500, signed by Peary and Captain Robert A. Bartlett. Peary writes of Bartlett (see p.241) 'Bartlett had been invaluable to me, and circumstances had thrust upon him the brunt of the pioneering instead of its being divided among several ... I had given him the post of honour in command of my last supporting party for three reasons: first, because of his magnificent handling of the Roosevelt; second, because he had cheerfully and gladly stood between me and every possible minor annoyance from the start of the expedition to that day; third, because it seemed right to me that, in view of the noble work of Great Britain in Arctic exploration, a British subject should, next to an American, be able to say that he had stood nearest the North Pole'. Arctic Bib. 13230. (1)
Lot 57
Russell (W.H.). The Atlantic Telegraph..., Illustrated by R. Dudley, [1866], col. litho title, twenty-four col. litho plts. and one eng. plan, some spotting to plt. margins and few closed tears, a.e.g, gutta-percha perished and pages detached, orig. gilt dec. cloth, boards & spine detached, upper board marked, 4to, together with a small collection of facsimile sheets of Atlantic Telegraph summary update letters. The Atlantic Telegraph Company was a company formed in 1856 to undertake and exploit a commercial telegraph cable across the Atlantic ocean, the first such telecommunications link. The first transatlantic telegraph cable crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Foilhommerum, Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Heart's Content, in eastern Newfoundland. The transatlantic cable bridged North America and Europe, and expedited communication between the two. Whereas it would normally take at least ten days to deliver a message by ship, it now took a matter of minutes by telegraph. Five attempts were made over a nine year period in 1857, two in 1858, 1865, and 1866 before lasting connections were finally achieved by the SS Great Eastern with the 1866 cable and the repaired 1865 cable. Additional cables were laid between Foilhommerum and Heart's Content in 1873, 1874, 1880 and 1894. By the end of the 19th century, British, French, German and American-owned cables linked Europe and North America in a sophisticated web of telegraphic communications. (1)
Lot 71
Zocchi (Giuseppe). Scelta di 24 vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese, e palazzi della citta di Firenzi, Florence, Giuseppe Bardi, [1800], twenty-four fine copper eng. views, each with title engraved in Italian and French to lower margin, and numbered to lower right corner, final few plates with pubs. imprint, by Matteo Carboni, and Giovanni Battista Cecchi, after Zocchi, plate size 235 x 345 mm (9.25 x 13.5 ins), with margins, some light scattered spotting, later plain wrappers, slim oblong folio. A reduced format edition of Zocchi's famous album of views of Florence, mostly after his own designs, but including several after Giuseppe Puliti and Cosimo Rossi, which was first published in folio in 1744. (1)
Lot 93
Bewick (Thomas). A History of British Birds, 2 vols. bound in one (Land & Water Birds), Newcastle, 1809, wood eng. vignette titles and numerous wood eng. vignette illusts. throughout, occ. scattered spotting, together with A General History of Quadrupeds, 6th ed., Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1811, wood eng. vignette titles and numerous wood eng. vignette illusts. throughout, uniform marbled calf, gilt dec. spines, lacks title labels, upper joint of first vol. cracked, spines rubbed, 8vo. Roscoe 20 and Roscoe 6. (2)
Lot 102
Dezallier d'Argenville (Antoine Joseph). L'Histoire Naturelle Eclaircie dans une de ses parties principales, l'Oryctologie, qui Traite des Terres, des Pierres, des Metaux, des Mineraux, et autres Fossiles, 1st separate ed., Paris, chez De Bure, 1755, title-page printed in red and black, twenty-six engraved plates, including the frontispiece, errata slip present at the end, some light browning, small indelible stamp on the title-page, contemp. mottled calf, rebacked, corners restored, orig. leather label retained, 4to. First published as part of a larger work including conchology in 1742, and here expanded, with added extra illustrations. The last two plates illustrate newly-discovered species of birds and fish. Ward and Carozzi 660. (1)
Lot 104
Franchieres (Jean de). La Fauconnerie ... De nouveau reveu‘, corrigee & augmentee, outre les precedentes impressions, Paris, chez Abel l'Angelier, 1607, title-page printed in red and black, with an engraved hunting scene, thirty woodcuts of falcons in the letterpress, some near full-page, decorative woodcut initials, text damp-stained, a few leaves restored at the top and bottom margins, not affecting letterpress, last three leaves supplied in facsimile, 18th Century French mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, joints cracked, small 4to. Schwerdt IV p.35. Harting 145. First published in an undated edition about 1531, this appears to be the fifth edition. Harting remarks that "Though thus frequently reprinted, it is still amongst the rarest of French works on the subject". (1)
Lot 109
Maund (Benjamin). The Botanic Garden; consisting of highly finished representations of hardy ornamental flowering plants, cultivated in Great Britain ..., vols. I-X, 1825-36, together 10 vols., eng. title eng. to each vol., approx. 240 hand-col. eng. plts. (appears complete), occn. light foxing to margins (generally in clean condition), 4th vol. with some insect damage to margins of first and last few leaves (generally not affecting plts.), contemp. uniform diced full calf, worn with most backstrips deficient, and many covers det., small square 4to. (10)
![Aldin (Cecil). An Artist's Models, pub. H.F. & G. Witherby, [1930], twenty tinted plts., incl. frontis., with captioned tiss](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2716528/135-68-10729_468x382.jpg)
Lot 135
Aldin (Cecil). An Artist's Models, pub. H.F. & G. Witherby, [1930], twenty tinted plts., incl. frontis., with captioned tissue guards, some foxing to first and final leaves, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. vellum gilt, foot of spine sl. bumped, but a clean copy, 4to. Limited edition 242/310, signed by Cecil Aldin. (1)
Lot 150
Edwards (Lionel, illust.). Songs and Verses, by G.J. Whyte-Melville, 1924, Hunting Songs, by R.E. Egerton Warburton, 1925, Over the Grass, by Will H. Ogilvie, 1925, A Handful of Leather, by Will H. Ogilvie, 1928, eight col. plts. to each, mounted on brown paper, orig. cloth gilt (first vol. in frayed and tattered d.j.), small 4to, with others by/about Lionel Edwards (28)
Lot 207
*Fishing in India and Ireland. An original typescript fishing diary written by Brigadier Frederick George Gillies, relating to fishing trips to India, the Pyrenees, Devon and Ireland, in 1911, 1925-36, and typed up in 1939, 118 neatly typed pages with a few related insertions, approx. sixty mostly small-format b & w good quality snapshots pasted and captioned on seven card leaves at rear, fish caught in India and Kashmir including bamin, brown trout, mahseer (72 lbs), chiru, tengra, calabanse, murral, etc., and in Britain, salmon (18.5 lbs), various trout, pike (30.25 lbs) and perch, together with an original 300-page unpublished typescript in 2 volumes by the same author, entitled 'Fishing Notes', contents, sketches and all with neat manuscript corrections, contained in contemp. ring-leaf cloth binders, 4to, plus a manuscript game book kept by the same author, listing duck and game shooting expeditions in Britain and India between 1896 and 1925, approx. thirty completed leaves, orig. morocco notebook with tongued flap, rubbed, oblong 8vo, plus a group of fifty of the author's captioned b & w photo negatives relating to his fishing expeditions in India and Ireland (all 1930s), (full set of recent b & w photo prints from the negatives supplied with the lot), plus a group of family photos and papers, incl. Gillies' passport, a commission signed by Queen Victoria appointing him to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, pensions correspondence, etc. Brigadier Frederick George Gillies C.B., O.B.E., (1881-1955) was educated at Tonbridge and after attending Sandhurst he was gazetted in 1900. His first Regiment was the 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry, Indian Army, and later he served in the Poona Horse and the Royal Garhwal Rifles. He attended the Staff College, Quetta, in 1913 and during World War One took part in the campaign in Mesopotamia, being mentioned twice in Dispatches. He was also mentioned in Dispatches for his services in Southern Persia in 1918 and in Waziristan in 1919 for which he was appointed O.B.E. Later he commanded the Royal Garhwal Rifles and then held command of the Ambala Brigade from 1932 to 1934. Copyright for the Diary, Fishing Notes and photographs transfers to the buyer of this lot. (a carton)
Lot 305
*Shaw (George Bernard, 1856-1950). Two autograph letters signed, 'G. Bernard Shaw' and 'GBS', both 4 Whitehall Court, London, SW1, 17th April 1932 & 28th February 1939, both to G.R. (the publisher Grant Richards), the first saying "My answer, which can hardly be unexpected, is a hollow laugh, I must not throw any more into the sea. The bank would do it if there were any reasonable chance. The shipwreck is universal; and if I take any more on my plank it may sink. Saying NO has become almost a reflex with me, no I have not acquired the savage enjoyment of it that will, I suppose, come some day", the second, "Sorry. What with widows and Jews I am in a corner in which I must roar NO ruthlessly to every further appeal. Let the whole human race perish if it must: not another pound will I part with until I am solvent again. I have actually had to borrow money. You cannot afford an operation, fortunately for you", both 1 p., oblong 8vo, the earlier with orig. postmarked envelope, together with a quantity of other Grant Richards' related correspondence, copy letters, etc., including two autograph letters signed from the artist Augustus John, one from Laurence Housman, one from A. E. Housman, etc. (a carton)
Lot 318
Antoninus (Marcus Aurelius). De siepso seu vita sua Liber XII nunc primum editi, Guilielmo Xylandro, Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1559, a little scattered spotting or soiling, a few short tears to upper margins of last few leaves and with a little paper loss and loss of text to running head and first two lines of final leaf of text, lacks final leaf (colophon?), contemp. limp vellum, rubbed and soiled, 16mo. Adams A1234. (1)
Lot 323
Bentham (Jeremy). An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, 2 vols. in one, new ed., 1823, half titles, eng. port. frontis., marginal damp staining and spotting, offset to title, ex lib. with inkstamps to endpapers and foot of final page of text, contemp. polished calf, gilt dec. spine, lower joint cracked and upper covers det., lib. mark at foot of spine, 8vo. First published in 1789, this second edition corrected by the author. (1)
Lot 324
Beza (Theodore). Annotationes mairoes in Novum Destamentum ..., part one of two only, [Geneva: Henricus Stephanus II?], 1594, double-column text, folding diagram, some soiling and old damp staining throughout, sl. worming to upper outer corners of final leaves, occn. affecting letterpress, old (contemp.?) ink annotations to rear endpapers, 17th-century calf, heavily rubbed, 8vo, (Adams B896), together with Sibbes (Richard), Light from Heaven ..., in foure treatises, by ... Rich. Sibbs ..., two parts in one vol., 1638, both titles with woodcut borders, second title soiled and chipped at upper margin, covers def., 4to, plus [Bacon, Nathaniel], The History of the Life & Actions of Sight Athanasius, together with the Rise, Growth and Down-fall of the Arian Heresie, collected from the primitive writers, 1664, eng. port. frontis., final two leaves of index cropped at fore-margins, sl. affecting lettering, some spotting and soiling, upper outer corners of first few leaves stained, contemp. sheep, worn and covers det., 8vo, plus one other similar (4)
Lot 328
Binding. Madoc, by Robert Southey, 2 vols., 4th ed., 1815, half-title to first vol., a.e.g., contemp. maroon straight-grained morocco by Riviere, with his ticket to front pastedown of first vol., lightly rubbed, gilt dec. raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and fourth compartments, remainder filled with radiating volute tools, covers with border consisting of gilt double fillet, wide gilt palmette roll and blind drawer handle roll, gilt dec. edges and turn-ins, sm. 8vo, together with Shakespeare's Garland, being a Collection of New Songs, Ballads, Roundelays, Catches, Glees, Comic-Serenatas, &c. Performed at the Jubilee at Stratford Upon Avon, the Musick by Dr. Arne, Mr. Barthelimon, Mr. Ailwood, and Mr. Dibdin, 1769, half-title detached, some light staining and foxing, near-contemp. half calf, worn, with spine deficient, and upper cover detached, slim 8vo, plus Oliphant (Laurence), The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852, with a Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour Through the Country of the Don Cossacks, 3rd ed. revised and enlarged, 1854, litho. frontis., two eng. maps, one folding (frayed to fore-edge), numerous letterpress vigns., lib. ink stamp to front free endpaper, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, spine ends frayed, and joints split at head, 8vo, plus a copy of 'Shaksperiana', pub. John Wilson, 1827 (5)
Lot 332
Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, nuovamente alla sua intera perfettione ..., ridotto per Girolamo Ruscelli, 2 parts in one vol., Venice, 1552, printer's woodcut device to title and final page, ten large woodcuts, itallic text, woodcut initials, some damp staining and browning throughout, closed tear to final leaf of prelims., some marginal worming, increasing towards rear but scarcely touching lettering of some side notes, old vellum, sl. rubbed and soiled, 4to. The first edition edited by Ruscelli, the woodcuts new to this edition. (1)
Lot 341
Cobbett (William). Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Somersetshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Hertfordshire: with Economical and Political Observations relative to matters applicable to, and illustrated by, the State of those Counties respectively, 1st ed., 1830, full-page map of the River Avon, 12-page catalogue of "Mr. Cobbett's Books" at the end, rather dust soiled, recent red half morocco, gilt, marbled board sides, stout 12mo. Kress C.2480. Goldsmiths II, 26074. Printing and the Mind of Man 294 "The vividness and force of his writing, whether in describing the countryside or his encounters with those who worked in it, have made his work an enduring classic. In his accounts of the poverty caused by widespread enclosure he struck the first blow in the long struggle for improving the condition of labourers on the land ..." (1)
Lot 348
Dickens (Charles). Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, Edited by 'Boz', 2 vols., 1st ed., 1838, half-titles present, port. frontis. to vol. 1, twelve steel-eng. plts. by George Cruikshank, 36 pp. publisher's ads. at rear of vol. 1, but lacks 'Embellishments' leaf between contents and introductory chapter in vol. 1, some minor scattered spotting, orig. embossed pink cloth, spines lettered and blocked in gilt, rubbed and some minor soiling, 8vo. Cohn 237; Eckel, p. 140. The first issue, the plate of 'The Last Song' without the border. (2)
![[Halle, Edward]. The Union of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, beeyng long in continual discension](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2716528/358-68-10729_468x382.jpg)
Lot 358
[Halle, Edward]. The Union of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, beeyng long in continual discension for the croune of this noble realme ... beginnyng at the tyme of kyng Henry the fowerth ... proceadyng to the reigne of ... kyng Henry the eight, the undubitate flower and very heire of both the sayd linages, [col:] Londini in officina Richardi Graftoni, 1548, title within an architectural woodcut border, the upper compartment showing the king sitting in parliament, full-page woodcut showing a similar scene on the verso of the last leaf of text XXX5, followed by the colophon bearing Grafton's large woodcut device, large woodcut initials, the integral blanks Rr8, KK6, and kkk8 present, expert repairs to the title-page, resulting in some 8 letters of letterpress being supplied or completed in manuscript, a few neat marginal repairs, some soiling in the text, and inoffensive light worming, contemp. manuscript Table of the contents relating to Henry VII on the three blank pages between the section and that relating to Henry VIII, early 19th Century russia, sides bordered in blind within gilt fillets, enclosing a single gilt fillet panel with decorative gilt cornerpieces composed of small tools, skilfully and sympathetically rebacked, a.e.g., small folio. S.T.C. 12722. First Edition, with the title-page reading "illustre". An excellent, complete copy of a work seldom found in such good condition. Described by S.T.C. as "an exceptionally difficult work to grasp because of perplexities in the order of its printing", this copy has S.T.C.'s early issue points. It is without tables, and has setting Pb of the Preliminaries, and 1b and 2ab of the text. Halle's "Chronicle" is a mirror of Tudor life. It is the best contemporary chronicle of the reign of Henry VIII, and a panegyric of the House of Tudor, and especially of Henry. Grafton, Holinshead, and Stow borrowed extensively from it, while Shakespeare, in his earlier historical plays, followed Halle closely. In 1555, with Mary Tudor on the throne, Grafton was stripped of his title "printer to the king", and Halle's work was prohibited by proclamation. (1)
Lot 370
Jolyot de Crebillon (Claude Prosper). Le Sopha, Conte Moral, 2 vols., 1st ed., Paris, MCXX [1742], half-titles, title-pages printed in black and red, woodcut head-pieces and initial letters, a.e.g., contemp. speckled calf, red morocco labels to gilt dec. spines, some wear to spine ends and corners, covers with gilt armorial of the King of Spain (Philip V and Elizabeth Farnese according to a pencil note to first vol.), sm. 8vo. A celebrated novel of comic transformation, 'Le Sopha' tells of an unfortunate young courtier, who as a result of former sins is transformed into a piece of furniture, the sopha of the title. He is not to be reincarnated as a man until a man and a woman sincerely in love with each other consummate their passion on him. It apparently secured Crebillon's temporary banishment from Paris (its characters were rather closely based on prominent society members) but became hugely popular and was translated into English by Eliza Haywood and William Hatchett. It has been described as a key work in the development of the French novel, and certainly a host of imitations followed. (1)
Lot 371
Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry, 4 vols., Harrison and Co., 1781-82, titles and first pages of each volume with engraved vignettes, 24 engraved plates, one or two leaves torn at corners with marginal loss, occasional light spotting, later half mottled calf, spines with lettering labels and gilt-decorated, very slightly faded, 8vo. (4)
![Legh (Gerard). The Accedens of Armory, [col:] Imprynted at London ... by Rychard Tottel, 1568, woodcut title-page (with a fe](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2716528/372-68-10729_468x382.jpg)
Lot 372
Legh (Gerard). The Accedens of Armory, [col:] Imprynted at London ... by Rychard Tottel, 1568, woodcut title-page (with a few inkspots), folding woodcut plate, full-page woodcut on S4 recto showing a supposed portrait of Legh in the guise of the fictitious "Panther Herald", last leaf S8 present with a full-page woodcut on recto and "The way to understande Tryckyng" followed by the colophon on verso, some light soiling and staining, near-contemp. limp vellum, slightly soiled, 8vo. S.T.C. 15389. The second edition, first published 1562/63. (1)
![Major (John). Historia Maioris Britanniae, tam Angli[a]e q[uam] Scoti[a]e, 1st ed., [Paris], Venundatur Iodoco Badio Ascensi](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2716528/374-68-10729_468x382.jpg)
Lot 374
Major (John). Historia Maioris Britanniae, tam Angli[a]e q[uam] Scoti[a]e, 1st ed., [Paris], Venundatur Iodoco Badio Ascensio, [col:] Ex officina Ascensiana ad Idus Aprilis 1521, printer's woodcut device on the title-page, woodcut arms of Scotland on the title-page verso, numerous crible woodcut initials, closed tears in the title-page repaired, some soiling and staining in the text, some leaves of sig. o misplaced, but all present, 18th century vellum, a little soiled, 8vo. First edition of Major's history of Greater Britain, in which the separate histories of England and Scotland are brought together. "Written in a Sorbonic and barbarous style, yet very truly and with great liberty of spirit ...": Wood's Athen. Oxon. John Major (1469-1550) spent a number of years in Paris, first as a student and later as professor of scholastic philosophy. In 1519 he returned to Scotland to become professor of theology at St. Andrews, where his students included George Buchanan and John Knox. His History contains a suggestion that Scotland would have much to gain from a union with England, and an early mention of the legend of Robin Hood. Adams M228. (1)
Lot 375
Malthus (T.R.). An Essay on the Principle of Population, or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness, 2 vols., 1st American, from the 3rd London edition, Georgetown, 1809, half-titles, spotting and heavy browning, leaves p4/p5 of vol. 1 detached, small loss to lower outer corners of first few leaves of vol. 2 not affecting text, contemp. tree calf, heavily rubbed and joints partly cracked, 8vo. (2)
Lot 391
Pignoria (Lorenzo ). De Servis, et eorum apud veteres ministeriis ..., 2nd ed., Padua, 1656, printer's woodcut device to title, eng. portrait, woodcut illusts. to text, minor scattered spotting, partly uncut, contemp. plain stiff wrappers, soiled and some wear, 4to. A history of slavery in classical Rome, first published in 1613. (1)
Lot 393
Plutarch. Moralia ..., ed. Wilhelm Xylander, Basle, 1572, colophon leaf at rear, some spotting and damp soiling throughout, title page creased and soiled with ink lib. stamp, later calf, spine damaged, 8vo, together with Sallust, Coniuratio Catilinae, et Bellum lugurthinum ..., Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1564, old pen and pencil marginalia and underscoring, some soiling and dampstaining throughout, sl. paper damage to title and final leaf affecting a few words of first five lines of text on final page, later calf, covers det. and spine damaged, plus an incomplete copy of Johann Sleidan's De Statu 1555 (lacks index leaves), 1555, and vols. 3 & 7 of Cicero's Opera, Paris, 1573, all 8vo. (5)
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Lot 411
Vergilius Maro (Publius). [Opera, Venetiis in aedibus Aldi et A. Soceri, 1514, i.e. 1519?], printer's woodcut device with dolphin's mouth wide open to a1 recto, italic text, headline and thirty lines to a page, white paper, lacks last four leaves (E5-8: colophon and three blanks), minor spotting and soiling throughout, a.e.g., early 18th-c. gilt-panelled red morocco with marbled endpapers, rubbed, rebacked with remains of gilt-dec. spine relaid, 8vo. Adams V466. Aldus launched his 'portable library' of Greek and Latin classics in 1501 with the publication of an earlier edition of this work which was also the first book printed in Italic type. The editions of 1514, ?1519 and 1527 have identical collations but different colophons at E5. E6/7 are errata leaves in the 1514 edition and blanks in the later editions the textual corrections having been made. The wide open mouth of the dolphin on the Aldine device in our copy would seem to indicate that this is the ?1519 edition, which Brunet cites as equally rare to that of the 1514 edition. See Renouard 68:8 and following. (1)
Lot 415
Wooler (T.J., pub.). The Black Dwarf. A London Weekly Publication, vol. 1, no.1 to vol. 3, no.51, Jan. 29, 1817-Dec. 22, 1819, hand-col. eng. frontis. (detached, , some dust soiling mostly to first and last leaves, last few leaves creased and slightly frayed, contemp. qtr. sheep, boards detached, spine and boards very worn, 4to. (1)
Lot 418
Auenbrugger (Leopold). Manuel des pulmoniques ou traite complet des maladies de la poitrine ..., Nouvelle methode de reconnoitre les maladies iternes de la poitrine, two parts bound in one, Paris, 1770, contemp. mottled calf, gilt dec. spine with red leather label, a little rubbed, 12mo. Garrison Morton 2672: 'The greatness of Auenbrugger's discovery of the value of immediate percussion of the chest as a diagnostic measure was not at first recognised.' (1)
Lot 443
Martyn (John). The Philosophical Transactions (from the year 1732, to the year 1744) abridged, and disposed under general heads, the latin papers being translated into English, 2 parts in one, vol. 8 (first of two vols. only), 1747, titles to both parts, thirty-two folding eng. plates, and two folding tables, spotting and offsetting, recent qtr. calf gilt, 4to. (1)
Lot 445
Moore (Jonas). Moores Arithmetick, Discovering the Secrets of That Art, in Numbers and Species, in two bookes ..., 2 books in one, 1st ed., 1650, three folding tables, woodcut borders to titles, lacks port. frontis., a little spotting and browning at front and rear and fore-margin of main title close trimmed, sl. affecting decorative border only, old ink arithmetic to endpapers, engraved presentation bookplate to Warrington Museum and Library tipped in at front, recent antique-style half calf gilt, 8vo. Wing M2563. Jonas Moore was the first practial mathematician in England to promote alligation alternate systematically to a medical application, where the method is used to find the amount of each ingredient needed to make a mixture of given quantity. (1)
Lot 451
Prevost (Jean). Medicaments for the Poor or Physick for the Common People, in two books ..., translated into English, with additions, secondly, health for the rich and poor, by diet, without physick, by Nicholas Culpeper, 1670, advert to page at end, some soiling and marginal browning throughout, first and last few leaves a little chipped at edges, contemp. calf, correct on joints and worn, 8vo. Wing P3327. (1)
Lot 465
Barbier (George). Falbalas & Fanfreluches. Almanach des Modes presentes, passees et futures, 5 vols., pub. Meynial, Paris, 1922-26, sixty fine hand-col. pochoir plates (12 plates to each issue), hand-col. decorative title to each, orig. wrappers with hand-col. decorative upper cover, occn. minor rubbing and light dust-soiling, but generally in very good condition, 8vo. It is rare to find the complete run of five. George Barbier was a celebrated fashion and costume designer working in Paris in the first quarter of the 20th century. Amongst other commissions he designed costumes for the Folies Bergeres and for the Ballets Russes. He also illustrated a number of books, all in a wonderfully art deco style, often with a touch of Greek classicism, as here. (5)
Lot 488
Pugin (Augustus Welby). Specimens of Gothic Architecture; Selected from Various Ancient Edifices in England: Consisting of Plans, Elevations, Sections and Parts at Large; Calculated to Exemplify the Various Styles, and the Practical Construction of his Admired Class of Architecture, 2 vols., 3rd ed., c. 1825, num. b & w plts., some foxing to first and last few leaves, a few leaves partly loose, t.e.g., contemp. quarter morocco gilt, rubbed and a little scuffed, together with Examples of Gothic Architecture; Selected from various Antient Edifices in England, printed for the author, 1831, num. litho. plts., incl. one or two in col., contemp. calf, rubbed and scuffed to joints and edges, plus Details of Antient Timber Houses of the 15th & 16th Centuries Selected from those Existing at Rouen, Caen, Beauvais... [bound with Gothick Furniture, Designs for Gold & Silversmiths, and Designs for Iron & Brasswork], 4 parts in 1 vol., pub. Ackermann, 1836, partly col. eng. title and ninety-nine eng. plts., t.e.g., contemp. half calf, rubbed and heavily scuffed, owner's name excised from head of title, and Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament and Costume, pub. Henry G. Bohn, 1844, chromo. title and num. mostly chromo. plts., ink stamps of St. Pauls College Library, Rugby to front endpaper, contemp. half maroon morocco gilt, heavily rubbed and some soiling, recased with orig. spine laid down, all 4to, plus six others related, incl. A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family by Alexandra Wedgwood, pub. V & A Museum, 1985, A.W.N. Pugin, An Annotated Critical Bibliography, by Margaret Belcher, 1987, etc. (11)
Lot 516
Levi (Riso). Billiards in the 20th Century, printed and published by Riso Levi, Manchester, c.1930, b & w illusts. and diagrams to text, 8pp. ads. at rear, free endpapers partially browned, edges foxed, orig. green cloth gilt, in bright condition, 8vo, together with Billiards for the Million, 5th thou., published by Riso Levi, Manchester, [1921], b & w illusts. and diagrams to text, first few leaves and edges spotted, free endpapers browned, label removed from front free endpaper, orig. blue cloth gilt, spine ends and corners a little rubbed, 8vo. (2)
Lot 523
Cricket bat. Full-size bat made by M.C.C. Company Ltd., signed to the flat-side by the members of the English and Australian teams at the 1st test, June 11-16, 1953, all signed in ballpoint pens, some a little faded, signatures include A.L. Hassett, A.R. Morris, R. Benaud, W.A. Johnston, G.B. Hole, D. Tallon, J.C. Hill, R.R. Lindwall, Len Hutton, A.V. Bedser, T.E. Bailey, Denis Compton, J.H. Wardle, D.J. Kenyon, T.W. Graveney, P.B.H. May, R. Tattersall, R.T. Simpson, T.G. Evans, and a few others, plus the signatures of the teams of Gloucestershire and the Duke of Beaufort XI to the back. A stirring test that England should have won but the last two days were blighted by rain and the match ended in a draw. England went on to win the ashes for the first time since 1932/33. (1)
Lot 525
Cricketing interest, mostly modern books and ephemera, including 13 x Wisdens (1977 and later), Warwickshire Country Cricket Club ephemera, worn copies of Fry's Book of Cricket and Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, Prudential Cup 1975 First Day Covers, a small group of modern autographs on card, b&w press photos, books, tickets, and programmes, etc., plus a framed and glazed colour print of England -v- Sri Lanka, by Flinders 2002, signed by Ashley Giles (5 cartons)
Lot 527
Lillywhite (Frederick). The English Cricketers' Trip to Canada and the United States, 1st ed., 1860, addn. wood eng. title, twenty-three full-page wood eng. plts., folding map, ads. at rear, several openings with archival tape repairs at gutter, one leaf frayed to upper and fore-edge, hinges strengthened, lending library label to front free endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, small 8vo. Padwick 4893. From the library of Prinknash Abbey. A day-by-day account of the first of all overseas cricket tours, by the scorer of the England team. It is an amusing account of what, in those days, must have seemed a somewhat perilous journey. With scores of all the matches. (1)
Lot 534
Wanostrocht (Nicholas). Felix on the Bat, being a Scientific Inquiry into the Use of the Cricket Bat, together with the History and Use of the Catapulta ... also the Laws of the Game as Revised by the Marylebone Cricket Club, [2nd ed.], Baily Brothers, 1850, half-title, hand-col. litho. frontis. (detached but present), six col. and three b&w litho. plts., illusts. to text, occasional spotting, pencil sketch to rear pastedown, contents a little shaken, a.e.g., orig. blindstamped cloth, rubbed, torn at foot of spine, some wear to lower board and joints, 4to. Padwick 397. The first cricket book to be illustrated with coloured lithographs. (1)
Lot 575
*Patterson (Frank, 1871-1952). A group of four original pen and ink drawings, 1933-36, all cover designs for Cycling magazine, titled Siesta, Swanbourne Lake, 1933, Xmas Greetings, 1936, Speeding the Young'un, 1936, and The Touring of Glencoe, 1936, the first three with some blue pencil shading, all signed and dated, the first two with pubs. pencil marks to lower margin and all with various marks to versos, approx. 44 x 32 cm (4)
Lot 577
*Patterson (Frank, 1871-1952). A group of four original pen and ink drawings, c. 1930s, titled The First "Twicer", showing two men on a rocker tandem outside The Farmer's Boy Pub, some blue pencil shading, a few marks, the second titled Grandpa Tourists and Pots, showing two cyclists and their Penny Farthing cycles outside The Anchor Inn, the third titled Under Threat!, showing two cycles outside The Plough Inn, and Mine Inn, all signed but undated, pubs. marks to margins and versos, approx. 44 x 32 cm (4)
Lot 578
*Patterson (Frank, 1871-1952). A group of three original pen and ink drawings, c. 1930s, titled Man Up!, showing a night-time cycling scene, Povey Cross, with a racing cyclist and unfinished figures on a Penny Farthing and a tricycle, the third showing an Inn interior entitled 'Why good digestion waits on appetite and health on both', dated 1938, the first with a little marginal blue pencil shading, all signed, pubs. pencil marks to margins and stamps to versos, approx. 46 x 32 cm and similar (3)
Lot 580
*Patterson (Frank, 1871-1952). A pair of orig. pen and ink and sepia wash drawings, c. 1930s, the first titled Grampian Solitude, showing a cyclist on a racing bike descending the mountain valley, artists pasted on alteration to cycle lamp with related initial note in upper margin, the second titled Cavalcade, showing a road cyclist with pen and ink and body colour sketches of a walker, a cyclist, two carriages and a horse rider following, with a hanged man by the roadside bend, both signed but undated, pubs. pencil marks to lower margins and ink stamps to versos, approx. 44 x 32 cm. (2)
Lot 587
Forgan (Robert). The Golfer's Handbook, including History of the Game, Hints to Beginners, the Feats of Champion Golfers, Lists of Leading Clubs and their Office-Bearers, etc., 1st ed., pub. John Innes, Cupar, Scotland, 1881, 83pp., four wood eng. plts. plus illusts. to texts, ads. both front and rear, some minor scattered spotting, mainly to prelims., orig. linen-backed printed boards, a little soiled and corners bumped, slim 8vo. Donovan & Murdoch 1230. A good copy of the rare first edition of the first golf book to be successful in sales. Robert Forgan (1824-1900) was apprenticed as a joiner and carpenter and in 1852 joined his uncle, Hugh Philp, in the clubmaking business. Four years later, on the death of his uncle, Robert took over the business and was soon joined by his younger brother, James. Forgan, who was a shrewd businessman, successfully set about supplying all the needs of golfers from under the same roof: in 1881 his staff numbered about 12 and by 1895, the number had grown to about 50. Forgan gained a reputation for a very high standard of workmanship and his clubs are prized by collectors for the quality of their shafts, as straight today as they were more than 100 years ago. (1)
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