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Two Chinese wedding banners, the first in red satin with appliqued blue velvet calligraphy and silk embroidered white satin border, silk tasselled netting and pink silk lining, the second in red silk brocade with appliqued velvet calligraphy and green silk brocade border on three sides; both late 19th-early 20th century, 30in. x 149in. 76cm. x 378cm. and 75in. x 120in. 191cm. x 305cm. The first with area of colour run to white satin. (2)
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A GROUP OF FIRST WORLD WAR AND SECOND WORLD WAR MEDALS including, The Great War for Civilization 1914-19, Medal with Palestine - 48 Bar, Bronze Death Plaque, presented to Private Herbert George Biddle, with 10th Royal Hussars Cap Badge and photograph, and a Palestine Medal presented to Mrs D M Fox-Strangways (a lot)
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A pair of Samson of Paris late 19th century armorial porcelain plates, one with the arms of the Royal family, the other with a Ducal armorial. 9.5in. (24cm) diameter. Together with a Spode Ironstone china plate, decorated oriental foliage, 10in. (25.5cm.) diameter and another Ironstone china plate. (All first half 19th century). Together with a pair of early 19th century French faience soup plates, blue and rust floral decorated, 9.25in. (23.5cm.) diameter and a Dutch blue and white plate, decorated a tub on a table and foliage, 7.5in. (19cm.) diameter. Together with a tureen stand in Kerdasten Japan pattern and a Fenton oriental style plate, 9.25in. (23.5cm.) diameter. (9).
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Burton (Richard F.). Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po, by A F.R.G.S., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1863,. folding b&w litho. map frontis. to first vol., b&w frontis. to second vol., single-word annotation to page 153 of second vol., frontis. to second vol. with very small portion to extreme upper outer corner torn away and missing, half-titles present, orig. yellow chalk-glazed endpapers, inner hinges cracked and shaken, orig. purple cloth gilt, blind-ruled borders to each cover, spine lettered in gilt, with pubs. name at foot (printed on two lines), rubbed and a little fraying to extrems., first vol. with some light damp discol., mainly to upper portion of upper cover, 8vo. Casada 70. Penzer pp. 70-71. (2)
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Conway (Sir William Martin). No Man's Land. A History of Spitsbergen from its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country, 1st ed., Cambridge, 1906, b & w plts., folding map in pocket at rear, contemp. cloth, 8vo, together with The First Crossing of Spitsbergen, Being an Account of an Inland Journey of Exploration and Survey..., 1st ed., 1897, frontis., plts. and folding col. map, t.e.g., orig. orig. two tone cloth, slightly damp mottled to lower outer edges of boards, 4to (2)
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Westgarth (William). Australia Felix; Or, a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Settlement of Port Phillip, New South Wales: Including Full Particulars of the Manners and Condition of the Aboriginal Natives, with Observations of Emigration, on the System of Transportation, and on Colonial Policy, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1848,. folding eng. map, hand-col. in outline, vign. of an Australian aboriginal native and his wife and full-page plt. of an Australian aboriginal group of women & children (both printed in brown tint), orig. dark green blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt, 8vo. Ferguson 4954. This copy has a forty-eight page 'Preface to the German Translation of Australia Felix' bound-in at front, with the upper blank portion of the first leaf excised to remove(?) previous owner's name. (1)
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Wright (Rev. G.N. & Allom, Thomas). China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits, of that Ancient Empire, 4 vols., c.1840, addn. vign. title to each (that to vol. 2 with vertical crease), 124 steel eng. views, correct as list, minor scattered foxing, first vol. with a few leaves detached, incl. vign. title and one plt. (both with some fraying to edges, latter with sl. loss), vol. 1 in orig. gilt dec. cloth (rubbed, covers detached and lacking front free endpaper and spine), remainder in near contemp. half calf, extrems. rubbed, spine gilt dec., 4to, together with Du Halde (Jean Baptiste), The General History of China, Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea and Thibet..., vol. 2 only (of 4), 1736, eng. port. frontis., and nine eng. plts., most folding, a few tears, and two plts. with one corner torn away, affecting edge of image, title-page printed in red and black, some foxing and soiling, a few leaves water-stained, hinges split, contemp. calf, heavily rubbed, joints cracked and sl. loss to spine ends, 8vo (5)
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Scottish History Society,. First Series, vols. 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 29, 30, 33, 34, 36, 37, 44 & 50, Second Series, vols. 3, 6, 8, 11, 13, 18, & 19, Third Series, vols. 1, 13-19, 25, 26 (2), 49, 54 & 55, pub. Edinburgh, 1887-1964,. together 43 vols., ex-lib. copies with a few unobtrusive marks, all orig. cloth gilt, some a little rubbed, 8vo (43)
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Howitt (Samuel). The British Sportsman, pub. Edward Orme, 1812, seventy-two b&w etched plts., incl. addn. etched title, some foxing and light discol. to first and last few plts., water stain to lower inner margin at front and rear of vol., a.e.g., contemp. straight-grained full light brown morocco gilt, rubbed and covers dampstained, 4to (1)
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Reichenow (Prof. Dr. Anton). Vogelbilder aus Fernen Zonen-Papageien Abbildungen und Beschreibungen, pub. Damstadt, 1955, thirty-four col. plts., orig. qtr. cloth, boards slightly spotted, 4to, together with Audubon (John), The Original Water-colour Paintings by John James Audubon for the Birds of America, Reproduced in Colour for the First Time from the Collection at the New York Historical Society, 2 vols., New York, 1966, numerous col. plts., orig. cloth in slipcase, large 4to (2)
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Americas. Speed (John), America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings described, pub. George Humble, 1st edition, [1627],. engraved map of North and South America, hand coloured in outline, engraved inset views and figures in costume to upper and side margins, decorative title cartouche and inset map of Greenland, professional paper restoration to lower margin and bottom-left corner of engraved map, a few brown marks, plate dimensions 395 x 515 mm Tooley, Mapping of America III, California as an island, item 2. The first map published in an atlas to depict California as an island. See illustration on rear cover of this catalogue. (1)
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* Besley (Rupert, 20th c.). Greetings from Scotland! & It's So Nice To Be Waited On, Hand and Foot,. together two original pen, ink and watercolour cartoons, the first signed with initials, the second signed, approx. 145 x 110 mm (6 x 4.25 ins) and 125 x 170 mm (5 x 6.75 ins), respectively, both framed and glazed, together with a copy of the colour postcards of these two drawings, printed by J. Arthur Dixon Ltd. (2)
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* Caricatures. Rowlandson (Thomas). A Picture of Misery, pub. Thomas Tegg, April 10, 1811,. hand-coloured etching, plate size approx. 250 x 315 mm (9.75 x 13.75 ins), with margins, together with Rowlandson (Thomas). Joint Stock Street, pub. Thomas Tegg, March 10th 1812 [but sl. later], hand-coloured etching, paper watermarked 1816, plate size approx. 245 x 360 mm (9.75 x 13.75 ins), with margins, plus Rowlandson (Thomas). Libel Hunters on the Look Out, or Daily Examiners of the Liberty of the Press, pub. Thomas Tegg, April 12 1810, hand-coloured etching, plate size approx. 245 x 350 mm (9.75 x 13.75 ins), with margins, and three other similar hand-coloured etched caricatures (A Ridicule, or, A New Aera, New Manners; alias the Age of Wonders, pub. Thomas Tegg, May 1st 1812, Sing Tantararara Rogues All, or The Prisoner Turnkey, pub. Thomas Tegg, September 1818 & The Conclusion of the first Volume of the Caricature Magazine, by Woodward, pub. Thomas Tegg, 1st September 1807) (6)
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Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With Illustrations by Phiz. 1844; Dombey and Sons. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. 1848. The illustrations in both volumes browned with some spotting. Both first editions in full brown calf bindings, the spines gilt in compartments by Bayntun Riviere of Bath. (2).
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Illustrated London News, 3 vols., Jan-June 1845 and Jan-Jun & July-Dec 1853,. illusts. throughout, some folding, some tears or losses, first vol. in orig. pubs. cloth gilt, second and third vols. in library cloth, some wear, folio, together with three others related. Sold not subject to return.. (6)
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* Charles II - Herefordshire. Exemplification of Recovery, dated 28th May 1666 , beinf Randolph Tooke's petition agains William Wyld [related to Sir William Wyld, c.1611-1679], for the Manor of Brudenbury, otherwise Bridenbury in Herefordshire, first vouchee; Edward Saunders, gent, common vouchee; George Humston, etc., written in a fine ornate chancery script with large decorative initial letter encompassing the Royal coat of arms of Charles II, together with other decorative letters and an elaborate engraved top border. One of the judges mentioned in the document is Sir Orlando Bridgman (1609-1674), who presided at the trial of the regicides in October 1660. (1)
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* Magic - Maskelyne and Cooke. Berkeley Castle, January 20, 1870, In Honor of the Visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Messrs. Maskelyne and Cooke the Celebrated Illusionists will appear as above in their new and original Entertainment, Entitled, A Grand Melange of Science and Mytery!! Mirthful and Inexplicable Wonders. Programme, Part One. An Exposition of Spiritual Manifestations, a la Daniel Home... , Nevil Maskelyne original decapitation scene... , an illustration of Chinese Jugglery... , original Transformation scene... Introducing the Mystic Freaks of Gyges! Or, the Monster Gorilla in his Enchanted Den, printed A. & J.T. Norman, Cheltenham, [1870?],. orig. souvenir programme printed in gilt on blue silk with decorative border, fringed braid with corner tassels, 34 x 26 cm. John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917) was born in Cheltenham and descended from the astronomer royal Nevil Maskelyne. As a boy he was a keen amateur conjuror and in 1865 he exposed the famous spiritualists the Davenport brothers as imposters. This led Maskelyne and his friend George Alfred Cooke, a cabinet-maker, to embark on a joint career as professional magicians, their first appearance being at Jessop's Aviary Gardens, Cheltenham on 19th June 1865. They toured the provinces for eight years and eventually took a lease in the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly where they successfully remained until the buildings demolition in 1904. Maskelyne was also an inventor taking out patents on numerous commercial inventions, including a cash register, a typewriter and his coin-operated lock for public lavatories (1892) which remained in use in England until the 1950s. His son Nevil and grandsons Clive, Noel and Jasper continued the Maskelyne tradition of magic into the 1930s. (1)
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Military Orders Book. The Manuscript Orders Book of Lieut. Mitchell, Ensign, No. 5 Company, First Guards, 18th April 1851 to 22nd November 1852,. approx. 250 pp. in neat hand, covering duties in London, including orders on 6th November 1852 for the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, contemp. calf, worn and clasp broken, oblong 8vo (1)
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* Military Photos. A large collection of over 1500 b&w photos,. including British and German First World War and mostly Second World War interest including Luftwaffe and U-Boats interest, many postcard size and many larger with printed captions and copyright stamps to versos, plus a group of approx. 1000 b&w photo negatives, mostly of the Luftwaffe in WWII (a carton)
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* Napoleonic Wars. A contemporary pen & wash view of H.M.S. Britannia in the harbour at Toulon, French Mediterranean, 28th August 1796,. an original pen, ink & monochrome wash drawing by Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne, inscribed to centre of lower margin 'Betsey Wynne Britannia 28th Aug.,' and 'Cape Sepet distant 1 League' to lower left margin, and 'Grosse Tour WNW' to lower right margin, paper watermarked C & I Honic, image size approx. 130 x 230 mm, sheet size approx. 175 x 268 mm. Interesting amateur view of the harbour at Toulon with the British man-of-war Britannia at anchor, by an eye-witness and friend of Admiral Nelson and Lady Hamilton. Elizabeth Wynne was born at Falkingham, Lincolnshire in 1778, and travelled with her father Richard Wynne and the rest of his family on an extended grand tour of Europe which began in 1789. They were forced to flea Florence on 23rd June 1796, due to Napoleon's military operations in Italy against the Austrians during the war of the First Coalition (1793-97). They were offered the protection of the English Fleet, and were accommodated on board the frigate Inconstant, under the command of Captain Thomas Fremantle. On 14th July 1796, the Wynnes were transferred to the Britannia at Toulon, much to the disappointment of Elizabeth who had formed a close attachment to Captain Fremantle. The two were subsequently married on 13th January 1797 at Lady Hamilton's house in Naples, with Nelson, Lady Hamilton and Prince Augustus as witnesses. The diaries of the Wynne sisters were published by Oxford University Press in three volumes (1935-40). (1)
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* World War I Diary. A manuscript diary written by Corporal J. E. Dix, 4th Middlesex Regiment, Devonport, 1st August to 1st October 1914,. 65 pp. written in a neat hand to rectos only of a notebook, ruled with 23 lines per page, giving a breathless first hand account of the first stages of the War, beginning with the barracks, the journey to France and subsequent battles of Mons, Landrecies, St. Quinton, Marne and Aisne, giving full first hand details of action, manoeuvres and casualties in a convincing and detailed manner, three full page sketch maps of the Battles and one later added note identifying a Lance Corporal of the 4th Royal Fusiliers, S. F. Godfrey [but actually Sidney Frank Godley, 1889-1957], who was gazetted for the Victoria Cross for bravery at Mons on 23rd August 1914, 'The enemy are coming out of the wood in thousands. Can't help hitting them. Range 900 yards. Infantry & Cavalry. They are trying to get the bridge down on the canal, some of them are swimming it. We are pouring in an awful fire & drive them back under cover of houses. Look they are driving the civilians out of their houses in front of them. Oh the cowards. Daren't fire. They get the bridge down. Now we are getting it. Where's our artillery. There shells are skimming(?) our ranks. A Toupe overhead gives our position away. Our right hand man (L. Cpl. Elliot) sends a message along that the enemy are advancing on our right. No notice taken by Officer. We are getting a crossfire now, something cruel. What's up with the Officer, is he mad. Sgt. Tee takes charge on his own & tells us to retire to the left by ones & twos. We are still keeping up our fire but they are outnumbering us by about 20 to 1. The shots are going very high, bad shooting. We all get away safe (twenty strong) can't find the Officer. Get to the town. Start to barricade the streets. Women & children all screaming. Shells coming over in scores. Join up with the 4th Fusiliers. They are holding onto a bridge that commands the main road. Their machine guns are doing murder. One gun out of action, the gunners all lying around dead & wounded. We are told to cover their retreat. Awful sights. We are all mad now. Our bayonets are fixed waiting the word "Go". The Fusiliers retire through us except the Machine Gun. A L.Cpl. & one Officer are manning this Maxim. The Officer drops but still this L.Cpl. sticks to his gun. We shout for him to come away but he doesn't seem to hear us. He must be raving mad but is doing hellish work. A shell burst nearby him. Can't see what's happened for smoke. It clears but no L.Cpl. to be seen. We pray to God that he has got away. Must have had a nerve like iron. Real British Pluck for he covered the retreat of his own Regiment', several leaves det., numerous blank versos with later doodles and scribblings, signed ownership signature to front pastedown and at rear of manuscript, orig. qtr. cloth, rubbed and some wear, large 8vo. It would appear that this is a contemporary fair copy written up by Corporal Dix shortly after his return to England, having been shot in the foot and leg at the Battle of Aisne on 14th September 1914. The conclusion of the diary notes that he went to the Southern General Hospital in Southmead, Bristol, from where he was discharged in mid October as convalescent. 'Wounds still painful but glad to get out of hospital. Think I am extremely lucky to be alive'. An excellent and vivid first-hand account of early World War I action and its terror.. (1)
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Automata broadside. Maelzel's Grand Exhibition, No. 29, St. James's Street, Consisting of the following unrivalled Automata, viz. The Automaton Chess Player ..., The Automaton Rope Dancer ..., The Automaton Trumpeter ..., The Conflagration of Moscow ..., Admission 2s.6d. Children 1s.6d. each, printed by W. Glindon, Rupert Street, Haymarket, [1818?], orig. printed broadside within decorative border and with woodcut vignette of 'The Turk' being played, faded ink note 'A4' top right, a little overall creasing and marginal dust-soiling, old paper guard to upper margin along edge of printed border, a few marginal small closed tears and small light damp stain to left margin not affecting border or text, 1 p., 255 x 190 mm The Turk was a famous hoax which purported to be a chess-playing automaton first constructed and unveiled in 1770 by Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734-1804). Kempelen first exhibited the Turk at the court of Austrian Empress Maria Theresa in 1770, and later took it on a tour of Europe for several years during the 1780s. Kempelen eventually decided that the Turk was occupying too much of his time and consigned it to a corner of the Austrian palace, and focused on other forms of automata. After Kempelen's death in 1804, the Turk passed through many hands, eventually ending up with Johann Maelzel, inventor of the metronome. He too toured it with mixed success. Eventually the Turk was destroyed in a museum fire in Philadelphia in 1854. No other copies of this broadside have been located during our researches. See illustration on front cover of this catalogue. (1)
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[Haddock, Marston]. A Description of Mr Haddock's Exhibition of Androides, or Animated Mechanism, also of the Telegraph, Worked by an Automaton, with Telegraphic Dictionary, &c., n.p., c. 1800, 23 pp., lacks title (pp. 1-2), ownership signature of Thos. Crofton Croker to upper margin of first page and his printed biographical library book label (dated 1848) pasted to final blank page, a little soiling and corner creasing, orig. stitching present, slim 12mo Only two other copies of this work have been located, both copies at the British Library. One is a Dublin printing [1797?] and one a Newcastle-upon-Tyne printing [1800] (full photocopy supplied with lot), but neither is identical to this copy (except in length) and this is either a London or other provincial printing from the period 1797-1800. Marston Haddock was an automaton and organ builder from Cork. Thomas Crofton Croker (1798-1854) was an Irish antiquary who married Marianne, daughter of the watercolourist Francis Nicholson in 1830. After his death at his home in Old Brompton, Middlesex, his library and antiquities were auctioned by his son, two lots of papers being purchased by the British Museum and the National Library of Ireland. (2)
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Bewick (Thomas and John). Select Fables; With Cuts, Designed and Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick... together with a Memoir; and a Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick, Newcastle, 1820, eng. port. frontis., numerous wood engs. to text, occn. light foxing, first few leaves lightly browned, Qq1-Rr1 with marginal water-staining, hinges repaired, modern half calf retaining orig. marbled boards, 8vo in 4's (1)
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Bible [German]. Biblia, das ist: Die Ganze Heilige Schrift ... aus den Grundsprachen treulich wol verteutschet, ed. Johann Caspar Ulrich, 2 vols. bound in one, Zurich, 1755-56,. eng. frontis. to first vol. (frayed and repaired to edges), lacks title, first few leaves of text frayed with some loss of words to fore-margins (repaired), second title torn with substantial loss, separate title to Aprocrypha intact, a few leaves torn with substantial loss, without maps or plates called for, contemp. blind stamped vellum over wooden boards, with remains of brass clasps, cover bosses missing, thick folio. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)
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Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, The Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament ..., [Geneva version], 1599, [but prob. published Amsterdam and later],. two titles within decorative woodcut borders, general title with woodcut vign., some spotting and soiling and old ink ownership names and marks, marginal repair to first woodcut title not affecting text, undated Book of Psalms bound at rear, lacks leaf G2 and ends leaf G7 (Prayers), contemp. blindstamped calf, rubbed, repaired and rebacked at a later date, 4to. Herbert 251. (1)
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New Newly Translated Out of the Original Tongues..., printed by John Hayes, Cambridge, 1673, eng. general title (close-trimmed to image & laid-down), New Testament title present, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others..., printed by John Hayes, Cambridge, 1673, some damp soiling (mostly to first & last few leaves, contemp. gilt panelled calf, leather lifting, torn to boards & spine with loss, thick 4to Herbert 712. (1)
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Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson... comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works... , 3 vols., 2nd ed., revised and augmented, 1793,. eng. port. frontis. to first vol., one folding eng. facsimile leaf (lacks folding facsimile plt. of Johnson's handwriting at end of third vol.), first vol. with one leaf torn without loss (H4), contemp. calf, old reback, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., 8vo, together with [Heely, Joseph]. A Description of Hagley, Envil and the Leasowes, wherein all the Latin inscriptions are translated, and every particular beauty described ..., Birmingham, printed by M. Swinney, for the author, ..., n.d., [1775?], half-title, lacks C6 (pp. 31-32), contemp. half calf with patterned boards, rubbed and marked, broken on spine, 12mo (4)
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Erasmus (Desiderius). Apophthegmatum, [siue scite dictorum libri sex, Lyon: Sebastian Gryphius, 1531], lacks a1 (but title from Apophthegmatum libri duo, Lyon: Sebastian Gryphius, 1533, with woodcut device, supplied in its place, old ink amendments and deletions), also a2 (supplied as three pages in neat old manuscript), a8 and I8-L4 (from 'Festum' in Index to end), some old ink marginalia and occ. underscoring, old ink amendments and deletions to title, ink acid burn to margin of leaf k5, closely trimmed with loss to annotations, some light dampstaining and spotting throughout, contemp. sheep, wear to extremities and upper cover near det., 8vo Adams E489. The title page supplied was probably originally bound with its text at the end of this textblock so completing the work in eight books. Both works are rare, the work having been first published in Basle in 1531 and the edition of Libri Duo from which this title is taken is not in Adams, Brunet or The Erasmus Online Database. (1)
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Fore-edge paintings.. Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales; the Drawings... by Robert Garland, architect, with Descriptions by Thomas Moule, vols. 1 & 2 only (of 3), 1836-38,. addn. eng. titles, 119 eng. plts., correct as lists, first vol. with minor fraying to fore-edge of final three leaves repaired, and with Canterbury Cathedral plan torn at fore-edge with loss, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. maroon morocco by Richmond, extrems. rubbed, spines faded, 4to. First volume with a fore-edge painting of Ely Cathedral from the river, and second volume with a fore-edge painting of Wells Cathedral. (2)
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Gaskell (Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn). North and South, 2 vols., 1st bookform ed., 1855, half-titles present, vol. 1 with pubs. ad. leaf at front, and 4pp. pubs. cat. at rear, endpapers water-stained, and with biro name at front and rear, rough-trimmed, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, cocked, spines rubbed, and frayed at ends, 8vo, together with Picard (L.B.), The Gil Blas of the Revolution, 3 vols., 1st English ed., 1825, contemp. half sheep gilt, rubbed, 12mo, plus Westbury (Hugh), The Deliverance of Robert Carter, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1891, half-titles present, first vol. with pubs. ad. leaf at rear, orig. half cloth, cocked, extrems. rubbed, second vol. with water-staining to boards, plus two others similar (9)
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Grey (Elizabeth, Countess of Kent). A Choice Manual, or Rare Secrets in Physick and Chirurgery ..., whereto are added several experiments of the vertue of Gascons Powder, and Lapis contra Yarvam ..., as also most exquisite ways of preserving, conserving, candying, &c., 19th ed., 1687,. eng. port. frontis., bound (as often) with A True Gentlewomans Delight, wherein is contain'd all manor of cookery, together with preserving, conserving, drying, and candying, very necessary for all ladies and gentlewomen, pub. by W. G. Gent, 1687, a little occn. spotting and marginal dampstaining, small running wormhole affecting last few leaves of first work and first few leaves of second work at inner margin, some soiling to pp. 74/75 of second work, a few minor marginal splits, closely trimmed at foremargin, but not affecting text, old calf, rebacked with orig. spine relaid, rubbed, 12mo. Wing K317. (1)
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Leybourn (William). The Compleat Surveyor: containing the whole art of surveying of land ..., the third edition, corrected and enlarged, with the addition of three entire books not before printed, 1674,. title printed in red and black, eng. port. frontis., five eng. folding plates, two eng. illusts. to text, woodcut diags., initials and headpieces, old marginal waterstaining to first few leaves, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, rubbed, joints cracked and some wear to extrems., folio. Wing L1909. (1)
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Macklin Bible. The Old Testament [& New Testament], embellished with Engravings, from Pictures and Designs by the Most Eminent English Artists, 7 vols., printed for Thomas Macklin, by Thomas Bensley, 1800, 6 vols. bound in seven,. list of subscribers to first vol., eng. dedication, and seventy full-page eng. plts. after De Loutherbourg, Northcote, Artaud, W. Hamilton, T. Stothard, Tresham, P. West, Opie, and others, numerous eng. vigns., a.e.g., contemp. gilt-dec. blind- and gilt-dec. polished full calf, rubbed and scuffed, particularly to edges, later rebacks (3 vols. non-matching), folio. Herbert 1442. Bequeathed to the Bishoprick of Cornwall by the Rev. Franke Parker, Rector of Luffincott, Devon, in 1883 (bookplate to front pastedown of each volume). (7)
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Milnes (Richard Monckton). Poems of Many Years, new ed., 1844, front free endpaper inscribed by the author to Hans Christian Andersen: 'Rich. Monckton Milnes to Andersen, London, July 19th 1847', 8pp. pubs. cat. at front, rough-trimmed, orig. cloth, faded, with printed paper label to spine, 8vo, together with Some Writings and Speeches of Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton, in the Last Year of His Life, with a Notice in Memoriam by George Stovin Venables, Q.C., Privately Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1888, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. vellum, sl. bowed, gilt lettered to upper cover, sm. 4to, plus Poems, Legendary and Historical, new ed., 1844, half-title inscribed 'With the author's kind regards', rough-trimmed, orig. cloth, spine faded, with printed paper label (rubbed and chipped), sm. 8vo, plus ten others related A small group of books concerning Richard Monckton Milnes, politician, poet, man of letters and collector of erotic verse. He became the first Lord Houghton and his eldest son became the third Marquis of Crewe. Milnes was a friend of Gladstone, Tennyson, Thackeray, Palmerston, Trollope, Florence Nightingale and W.S. Landor, among others. He was present at the opening of the Suez Canal and was the model for Mr. Vavasour in Disraeli's novel 'Tancred'. The first item was inscribed by Milnes to Andersen during the latter's European tour in 1847. Andersen was invited by Lady Blessington to a dinner at Gore House, Kensington, mainly so that he could meet Charles Dickens, but here he was also introduced to Richard Monckton Milnes. (13)
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Shakespeare (William). The Life and Death of King John/The Life and Death of King Richard the Second/The Second Part of King Henry the Sixt, with the Death of the Good Duke Humfrey/The Third Part of King Henry the Sixt, with the Death of the Duke of Yorke/ The Tragedy of Richard the Third: with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field/The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight, [drop-titles], together six plays extracted from Shakespeare's Second Folio, 1632,. pp.1-46+119-232, first two plays with consecutive pagination, ditto last four plays, printed in double-column, woodcut head and tail-pieces and initial letters, some browning/soiling, close-trimmed, with occn. loss of ruled border or catchword, six plays bound together in modern Cambridge pane calf by Henry Sotheran, upper cover gilt lettered in centre, board edges with blind dotted line roll, slim folio (approx. 300 x 190 mm) (1)
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Alston (Charles). A Dissertation on Quick-Lime and Lime-Water, 2nd ed. with additions, Edinburgh, 1754,. bound with A Second Dissertation... , Edinburgh, 1755, [and] A Third Dissertation... , Edinburgh, 1757, lacks Preface (4 pp.) to second dissertation, Preface to third dissertation bound in twice after first Preface, some occ. embrowning, crude repair to outer margin of pp. vii/viii of first Preface, uncut, modern cloth-backed paper boards, rubbed along fore-edges, 8vo (1)
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Bonet (Theophile). A Guide to the Practical Physician, 1686,. lacks half title, final leaf of table det. and defective, some embrowning throughout, occn. mostly marginal worm tracing, ownership signature of Peter Clare [probably the London Surgeon, 1738-86; see DNB], contemp. mottled calf, worn and joints cracked, folio. A re-issue of the first edition of 1684 with a cancel title page. (1)
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Barker (Cicely Mary). The Book of the Flower Fairies, 1st ed., [1927], seventy-two col. plts., ms. name in a juvenile hand to half-title, upper hinge split, orig. green cloth gilt, spine sl. faded and rubbed at ends, faint mark to upper cover, 8vo, (the first complete edition, comprising Flower Fairies of the Spring, Summer and Autumn), together with Dulac (Edmund), Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross, [1915], nineteen only (of 20) mounted col. plts., free endpapers browned, orig. dec. cloth, extrems. rubbed, spine faded, 4to, plus Rackham (Arthur), Gulliver's Travels, into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Jonathan Swift, pub. Temple Press, 1937, twelve col. plts., letterpress illusts., foxing to first and final leaves and fore-edges, orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo (3)
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Buckeridge (Anthony), Jennings' Diary, 1953; According to Jennings, 1954; Jennings as Usual, 1959, all 1st eds., pub. Collins,. col. frontis. to each, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, d.j.s of first and second vols. creased and chipped at edges, with loss at foot of spine of d.j. to second vol., 8vo, together with five other Jennings reprints in d.j.s. (8)
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Harrison (Florence, illust.). Early Poems of William Morris, 1914, sixteen tipped-in col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, b & w illusts., half-title with four small incisions, first and final leaves lightly foxed, dec. endpapers, ownership sticker to rear pastedown, t.e.g., remainder foxed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, one corner bumped, 4to, together with Brickdale (Eleanor Fortescue), Idylls of the King, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, [1911], twenty-one tipp-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, free endpapers browned, ownership sticker to rear pastedown, edges foxed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, extrems. a little rubbed, spine with gilt dulled, and sl. frayed at ends, a few minor marks to covers, 4to (2)
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Robinson (W. Heath, illust.). The Adventures of Uncle Lubin, 1st ed., Grant Richards, 1902, half-title, col-frontis. and b & w illusts. throughout, dec. endpapers, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed on spine and sightly to upper cover, 4to The first work written and illustrated by William Heath Robinson. (1)
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Wilde (Oscar). The Picture of Dorian Gray, first illustrated edition, Paris, Charles Carrington, 1908 [1910],. title printed in red and black, seven full-page wood engs. by Eugene Dete from drawings by Paul Thiriat, each with captioned tissue guard, light waterstain to lower margin, a.e.g., later red morocco by Times Book Club, a few minor marks, small 4to (1)
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A mixed lot comprising: Two various silver mounted easel backed Photograph Frames, the first of plain rectangular form with bevelled glass and green velvet easel back, Chester 1901, Makers mark H M, the second of gadrooned rectangular form, with central vacant cartouche to the top, Marks rubbed, (2)
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A mixed lot comprising: Three various late 19th Century open face gun metal keyless Pocket Watches, the first with jewelled movement, to a Roman enamelled dial with day, date and month subsidiaries over further subsidiary seconds and moonphases, in a hinged case; Together with two further examples, (3)
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