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Click here to subscribeSolis y Ribadeneyra Antonio de The history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. London: for T. Woodward and J. Hooke 1724. First English edition translated by Thomas Townsend folio portrait frontispiece 2 maps 6 plates woodcut ornament contemporary calf worn upper board loose hinges split endpapers loose burn marks along top edge some stains
Barrie J.M. Peter and Wendy. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1911] titles printed in grey tones illustrated by F.D. Bedford original decorative green cloth gilt lacking dustjacket beautiful binding with clean interior throughout; Ibid A window in Thrums. London 1889. First edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt bevelled boards spotting; Ibid Margaret Ogilvy. London 1896. First English edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt bevelled boards some foxing; Ibid The little white bird. London 1902. First edition 8vo original blue cloth bevelled boards some foxing; Milne A.A. The house at Pooh corner. London 1928. First edition 8vo original pink cloth gilt some fading lacking dustwrapper some foxing to edges (5)
Barrie J.M. & Rackham A. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1912]. Second issue of first enlarged edition 4to 50 tipped in colour plates black and white illustrations in text original decorative green cloth gilt some rubbing to edges blank endpapers foxing; Ibid Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton [1916] 8vo 16 colour plates maps on endpapers original decorative green cloth gilt gilt stamp\of infant on upper board some bumping to edges foxing to edges; Rackham A The Allies' fairy book. London: William Heinemann [1916] 8vo. 11 [of 12] colour plates lacking frontispiece original blue cloth gilt rubbed at edges ink inscription to front endpaper endpapers browned inner hinges weak (3)
Brunhoff Jean de The story of Babar. London 1934 4to pp. 48 colour illustrations original decorative boards rubbed corners bumped inner hinge split; Ibid Babar's Travels. London 1935 4to pp.48 colour illustrations original decorative boards worn at edges inner hinge weak some foxing owner's ink inscription bookplate; Ibid Babar the King. London 1936 4to pp. 48 colour illustrations original decorative boards rubbed inner hinge splitting some foxing bookplate; Milne A.A. The house at Pooh corner. London 1928. First edition 8vo illustrated original cloth gilt faded corners bumped lacking dustwrapper some foxing owner's ink inscription to front endpaper; Potter Beatrix The tale of Benjamin Bunny 1904; The tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle 1905; The tale of the Flopsy Bunnies 1909; The tale of Mrs Tittlemouse 1910; all small 8vo rebacked boards rubbed with tape marks various ink and pencil inscriptions/ marks to interiors (8)
Chapbooks A collection of children's chapbooks to include; Nursery Rhymes. London: J.T. Wood pp.8 woodcuts yellow printed wrappers; Nursery Ditties. London: J.T. Wood pp.8 woodcuts yellow printed wrappers; Puss in Boots. London: J.T. Wood pp.8 woodcuts yellow printed wrappers; Robinson Crusoe London: W.S. Fortey pp.8 woodcuts pink printed wrappers; House that Jack built. [London] pp.16 colour woodcuts on first and last page; The HIstory of Jenny Wren. London: W.S. Fortey's pp.8 woodcuts some coloured pink printed wrappers; The history and adventures of three-fingered Jack the terror of Jamaica. Devonport: Samuel and John Keys pp. 12 printed pink wrappers and 16 others (23)
Nesbit E Five children and it. London 1902 8vo illustrated by H.R. Millar origial red cloth gilt stained backstrip faded some foxing some plates loose owner's ink inscription to front endpaper; Ransome Arthur The big six. London 1940. First edition 8vo illustrations in text original green cloth decorative endpapers dustwrapper chipped at edges sunned interior clean owner's ink inscription; Ibid Missee Lee. London 1941. First edition 8vo illustrated original green cloth gilt decorative endpapers dustwrapper sunned chipped at head and tail of backstrip interior clean owner's ink inscription (3)
Illustrated - Russel Flint W. Gilbert W.S. Savoy Operas. London 1909 32 colour plates original red cloth gilt some discolouration to backstrip some foxing; Stevens F.L. Through Merrie England. London 1928 8vo illustrated by F.D. Bedford original decorative green cloth gilt t.e.g. backstrip sunned bumping to edges some pencil marks to pages 12-13; Tennyson Alfred Lord Maud. London 1922. First edition 8vo illustrated by Edmund J Sullivan 8 colour plates original decorative white cloth silver faded backstrip interior clean; Canton William A child's book of saints. London 1898 8vo illustrated by T.H. Robinson original decorative cloth hinges splitting rubbing some foxing; Bone Gertrude Of the Western Isles. London: T.N. Foulis 1925 woodcuts by Stephen Bone original decorative boards foxing and 3 others (8)
Bracton Henry de Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri quinq. London: Richard Tottell 1569 first edition folio in fours 272 x 183mm.) woodcut initials ninteenth-century calf raised bands early inscription on title title and second leaf lightly dust-soiled Footnote: A tall clean copy of a classic work on English law. 'A formulation of principles which have determined the whole development of English law of which the use of precedents is perhaps the most characteristic' and 'a model for legal literature until the present day' (PMM). STC 3475. Provenance: W. Foster 1736 inscription on title The Hon. Henry Booth bookplate on *3; Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow gilt stamp to upper cover
Dalyrymple of Stair James The Institutions of the Law of Scotland. Edinburgh: A. Anderson 1681 first edition 3 parts in one volume eighteenth-century half calf title renewed in margins fore-margin of A1 and a1 renewed a few marks rebacked corners rubbed Footnote: Stair's Institutions of the Law of Scotland first published in 1681 was the foundation of modern Scots law.
Hamilton Thomas. First Earl of Haddington. Seventeenth century manuscript copy of the Earl of Haddington's rulings entitled ''My Lord Haddington's Decisions'' 262pp. manuscript record of legal cases 1609- 1623; and a further manuscript 124pp. relating to cases 1633-1636 4to nineteenth-century cloth Footnote: In 1616 Hamilton was appointed President of the Court of Session in 1619 was created Earl of Melrose a title he exchanged in 1627 for that of the Earl of Haddington.
Skene Sir John Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawwes and Constitutions of Scotland. Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason 1609 first edition small folio 2 parts in one volume woodcut initials contemporary calf part 2 lacking O1-3 title strengthened occasional spotting rebacked corners rubbed; Regiam Manestatem. Scotiae veteres leges et constitutiones. Edinburgh: T. Finlason 1609 first Latin edition small folio contemporary calf rebacked corners rubbed; and a copy of Neilson's Skene's Memorabilia Scotica 1923 (3)
Burton Robert The Anatomy of Melancholy. Oxford: for Henry Cripps 1651 sixth edition 4to (270 x 178mm.) engraved title by C. le Blon eighteenth-century calf-backed boards with vellum corners title just shaved in lower corner occasional light soiling rusthole to 3M3 and 4Q1 head of spine rubbed Provenance: twentieth-century inscription on front endpaper Note: The first posthumous edition and the last edition with Burton's own revisions which he had prepared for the press before his death in 1639.
Chatwin Bruce On the black hill. London: Jonathan Cape 1982. First edition 8vo original grey cloth gilt dustwrapper backstrip sunned price clipped interior fine; Ibid The songlines. London: Jonathan Cape 1987 original black cloth gilt dustwrapper a fine copy and another copy with some fading and creasing to dustwrapper; Ibid Utz. London: Jonathan Cape 1988. First edition 8vo original black cloth gilt dustwrapper a fine copy; Ibid What am I doing here. London: Jonathan Cape 1989. First edition 8vo original black cloth gilt dustwrapper small creases to top of backstrip some chipping to page edges; Borm Jan & Graves Matthew (eds) Anatomy of restlessness. London: Jonathan Cape 1996. First edition original red cloth gilt dustwrapper a fine copy (6)
Christie Agatha Mrs. McGinty's dead. London: Collins for the Crime Club 1952. First edition 8vo original red cloth dustwrapper hinges split [repaired] chipping along edges tear across backstrip interior clean; Ibid Hickory dickory dock. London: Collins for the Crime Club 1955. First edition 8vo original red cloth dustwrapper backstrip sunned tears to head and tail of backstrip rubbed; Ibid The pale horse. London: Collins for the Crime Club 1961. First edition 8vo orignal red cloth dustwrapper chipped at head and tail of backstrip small hole to rear [no loss to text] owner's ink inscription to endpaper; Third girl. London: Collins for the Crime Club 1966. First edition 8vo original red cloth gilt dustwrapper some slight chipping to upper edges; Ibid By the pricking of my thumbs. London: Collins for the Crime Club 1968. First ediiton 8vo original green cloth gilt yellow dustwrapper some small tears; Ibid Hallowe'en party. London: Collins for the Crime Club 1969. First edition 8vo original red cloth dustwrapper 3.5cm tear to upper small tear to head of backstrip (6)
Gilpin William The life of Bernard Gilpin. London: for the author [1752] 8vo portrait frontispiece title vignette and 9 enlarged engraved headpieces pp. 280 [bound with] Gilpin Bernard A sermon preached in the court at Greenwich before King Edward VI. London 1752 8vo pp. 52 [11] contemporary half calf worn modern taper reapirs to hinges some light foxing; Gilpin William The life of Hugh Latimer. London 1755 8vo pp. 197 [6] contemporary quarter calf worn lower board loose foxing; Ibid The lives of John Wicliff... London 1766. Second edition 8vo 4 plates [inc. frontispiece] contemporary calf worn upper board loose foxing; Herbert Lord Edward The life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury. London 1778. Third edition 8vo folding frontispiece contemporary half calf marble boards worn boards loose foxing to rear some offsetting first three leaves browned at upper edge bookplate; Goldsmith Oliver The vicar of Wakefield. London 1792 8vo title vignette contemporary tree calf worn hinges cracking interior clean; Melvill Philip Memoirs of the late Philip Melvill esq. London [no date] 8vo half title contemporary half calf gilt rubbed heavy foxing ink notes on half title; Birch Thomas The life of the honourable Robert Boyle. London 1744. First separate edition 8vo later blue calf gilt red label interior clean (8)
Graves Robert Goliath and David. London: Chiswick Press [1916]. First edition small 8vo 17pp [limited to 200 copies] original red paper covers edges faded corners bumped damp stain at base of spine red colour stain throughout volume approx 2cm high by 5cm wide at largest owner's stamp on title Provenance: Ink stamp of Robert Ross 40 Half-Moon St W.1. to title and bookplate of Commander W.B.C. Ross. Note: This volume was privately printed by the author in late 1916 limited to 200 copies. It is believed that Siegfried Sassoon distributed 118 copies of this work according to Graves instructions. As a friend of both Graves and Sassoon it is quite likely that Robert Ross was one on this list. Higginson and Williams 1987 p.8-9 reference A2.
Greene Graham The quiet American. London: William Heinemann 1955. First edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt dustwrapper backstrip faded small section torn from head [approx 0.5cm long by 1cm wide] interior clean; Ibid Loser takes all. London: William Heinemann 1955. First edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt blue and yellow dustwrapper rubbed price clipped interior clean (2)
Hemingway Ernest The old man and the sea. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1952. First edition later printing 8vo lacking "A" on copyright page original light blue cloth silver blind stamped on upper board some discolouration at lower edge second issue dustwrapper brown-tinted portrait on rear price clipped interior clean
Mailer Norman The naked and the dead. New York: Rinehart and Company 1948. First edition of author's first book 8vo signed by the author in Sept. 24th 1997 at a book signing in Waterstone's Sauchiehall St Glasgow [with ticket and leaflet for book signing event] original black cloth some wear to edges corners bumped second issue dustwrapper with "$4.00" price on front flap rubbing to edges and hinges small section of upper right-hand corner missing; Ibid A fire on the moon. London: Pan Books Ltd 1970 8vo signed and inscribed by the author on title page original illustrated paper covers wear to edges and backstrip owners ink inscription on inside of front cover interior clean; Ibid The fight. London: Pengiun 1991. 4th edition 8vo signed by author on title original paper covers (3)
Martinez Eugenio Genealogia de la Toledana discreta. Primera parte. Alcala de Henares: Iuan Gracian 1604. First edition 4to. later quarter calf marbled boards lacking upper board lower board detached margins of titlepage frayed affecting some letters of text slight paper discolouration throughout. Note:Palau V. p. 77 Chivalric epic composed from various sources by the Cistercian Eugenio Martinez (1559- c. 1620). Projected as a four part work the author completed only one. Its thirty-four cantos continue at a later unspecified date the battles of the Trojan war and abound with monsters joustsmagicians and enchanted castles.
Naipaul V.S. A house for Mr Biswas. London: Andre Deutsch 1961. First edition 8vo original pink cloth gilt some sunning dustwrapper backstrip slightly faded section torn at head [approx 2.5cm high by 4cm wide] chipped at tail light foxing to outer edges of leaves; Ibid Mr Stone and the knights companion. London: Andre Deutsch 1963. First edition 8vo original brown cloth gilt orange dustwrapper some tearing to rear price clipped [approx 3.5cm high by 7cm wide section removed] and another copy with faded dustwrapper; Ibid In a free state. London: Andre Deutsch 1971 8vo. original black cloth gilt second impression dustwrapper owner's ink inscription on front endpaper; Ibid The overcrowded Barracoon and other articles. London: Andre Deutsch 1972. First edition 8vo original black cloth gilt purple dustwrapper owner's ink inscription to front pastedown; Ibid Guerrillas. London: Andre Deutsch 1975. First edition 8vo original brown cloth gilt green dustwrapper light foxing to page edges; Ibid A ben in the river. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1979. First US edition 8vo original black cloth gilt dustwrapper price clipped and 6 others by the same author (13)
O'Brian Patrick Desolation Island. London: Collins 1978. First edition 8vo original grey cloth gilt dustwrapper backstrip faded; Ibid The yellow admiral. London: HarperCollins 1997. First edition 8vo original red cloth gilt dustwrapper; Ibid The hundred days. London: HarperCollins 1998. First edition 8vo original blue cloth gilt dustwrapper; Ibid Blue at the Mizzen. London: Harper Collins 1999. First ediiton 8vo original blue cloth gilt dustwrapper (4)
Ross Robert Baldwin - Graves Robert Fairies and Fusiliers. London: William Heinmann 1917. First edition 12mo inscribed by author on front free endpaper "To Robbie [Ross] with affectionate regards from the author RG 1917" original red cloth backstrip badly faded with sections lacking some staining to boards lacking dust wrapper interior clean; Henley W.E. The Song of the Sword and other verses. London: David Nutt 1892. First edition 8vo inscribed by the front free endpaper by author "To R.B.R... W.E. Henley 13/8/92" original green cloth gilt stained and rubbed interior clean; Beerbohm Max And even now. London 1920. First edition 8vo original yellow cloth faded backstrip dust wrapper torn and rubbed sections lacking at head and tail of backstrip interior clean; Sassoon Siegfried The old huntsman and other poems. London 1917. First edition 8vo original paper boards large water stain on upper board dust wrapper torn and stained interior clean; Henley W.E. Poems. London 1903 sixth edition 8vo original green cloth gilt stained and faded interior clean (5) Provenance: Direct family provenance through William and Mary Ross sister of Robert Ross. Bookplate of Commander W.B.C. Ross in each volume. Note: Graves Fairies and Fusiliers Higginson and Williams A3.
Wells. H.G. The New America: The New World. London: The Cresset Press 1935. First Edition 8vo original cloth gilt original decorative dustwrapper chipped at edges some bending to boards interior clean; Yeats W.B. Four plays for dancers. London: Macmillian and Co 1921. First edition 8vo illustrated by Edmund Dulac original pictorial cloth boards some rubbing to edges interior clean (2)
Wilde Oscar After Reading Letters from Oscar Wilde to Robert Ross. London: The Beaumont Press 1921 8vo number 84 of 400 copies cover and decorations designed by Ethelbert White presentation copy to Alex Ross from Wilde's son V.B. Holland autograph letter signed from Holland to Alec Ross [Robert's brother] pasted to prelim dated April 20th 1921 further inserts throughout by Holland discussing contents of letters original decorative paper boards small hole to upper board some discolouration interior very clean; Ibid. After Berneval Letters from Oscar Wilde to Robert Ross. London: The Beaumont Press 1922 8vo number 84 of 475 copies cover and decorations by Randolph Swabe presentation copy from V.B. Holland to Alec Ross autograph signed letter pasted to prelim dated April 4th 1922 further inserts throughout discussing publication/ editing of letters original decorative paper boards some discolouration corners bumped interior clean (2) Provenance: Family provenance from Alex Ross brother of Robert Ross to his sister Mary Ross. Bookplates of Commander W. B.C Ross [husband of Mary Ross] in each volume. Note: Robert Ross (1869-1918) arrived in England from Canada at an early age. It is thought that he was Oscar Wilde's first homosexual lover and remained loyal to Wilde throughout his life. As Wilde's literary executor it was Ross who was responsible for the recirculation and reprinting of Wilde's works after the poet's death in 1900. Unfortunately he didn't leave to see these works completed.
Baxter E.V. & Rintoul L.J The birds of Scotland. Edinburgh 1953. First edition 8vo illustrated original green cloth gilt dustwrapper foxed interiors clean; Harvie-Brown J.A. & Buckley T.E. A vertebrate fauna of the Outer Hebrides. Edinburgh 1888 8vo various additions to include an autograph letter signed from author pasted onto dedication leaf obituary of T.E. Buckley pasted to verso of dedication leaf autograph letter signed from Lily Buckley [daughter of T.E. Buckley] pasted onto preface leaf copy of "Rockall" by Harvie-Brown pasted onto introductory leaf illustrations in text orignal green cloth faded some leaves loose inner hinge split; Gray Robert The birds of the west of Scotland including the Outer Hebrides. Glasgow 1871 8vo illustrated modern quarter morocco gilt foxing ink inscription on title; Dunn Robert The ornithologist's guide to the islands of Orkney and Shetland. London 1837 8vo engraved frontispiece two folding maps to rear modern quarter calf library stamps throughout of the American Museum of Natural History New York; Venables L. & Venables U. Birds and mammals of Shetland. Edinburgh 1955. First edition 8vo illustrated original green cloth gilt dustwrapper chipped foxed (6)
Bewick Thomas A general history of quadrupeds. Newcastle upon Tyne 1792. Third edition 8vo pp x 483 illustrations in text modern half calf gilt sunned some foxing ink inscription at top of pp1; Ibid The fables of Aesop and others. Newcastle 1818. First edition 8vo receipt prior to title page dated 1st October 1818 with engraved vignette signed by author pp xxiv 376 wood engraved vignettes throughout later half calf gilt rubbed hinges splitting label chipped some foxing bookplate and ink inscription to front fixed endpaper (2) Provenance: Bookplate in latter volume of Frederick Russell Denisthorpe alongside an ink inscription to Heather Denisthorpe dated December 1930.
Buc'Hoz Pierre Joseph Manuel médical et usuel des plantes tant exotiques qu'indigenes auquel on a joint un catalogue raisonné des plantes rangées par famille... Tome premier (-second). Paris: Humblot & Herissant fils 1770. First edition 2 volumes 12mo (170 x 92mm.) contemporary mottled calf spines gilt in compartments extremities rubbed; Ibid. Manuel alimentaire des plantes tant indigênes qu'exotiques qui peuvent servir de nourriture & de boisson aux différens peuples de la terre. Paris: J.P. Costard 1771. First edition 8vo (164 x 97mm.) later morocco-backed boards [Vicaire col.128] a few leaves slightly browned extremities slightly rubbed (3)
Darwin Erasmus The botanic garden. London: for J. Johnson 1791-1794 4to 2 volumes in 1 First edition of part I Fourth edition of part II 2 frontispieces 15 engraved plates [one folding] one by William Blake contemporary quarter red morocco gilt hinges cracking boards worn at edges heavy foxing at beginning and end of volume
Gesner Conrad Historia animalium liber iiii qui est de piscium & aquatilium animantium natura. Zurich: Christopher Froschauer 1558. First edition folio volume IV (of 5) woodcut device on title woodcut illustrations in text title-page very slightly frayed at fore-edge lacking final blank modern vellum Note: Nissen ZBI 1553; Horblit 39; PMM 77
Hume A.O. Contributions to Indian Ornithology - Cashmere Ladak Yarkand. London 1873 8vo volume I 32 colour plates original green morocco gilt rubbed at edges interior clean bookplate removed; Swainson William Birds of Western Africa. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars 18378vo 2 volumes volumes VII and VIII from The Naturalist's Library 64 colour plates some trimmed later half calf interiors clean; Meinertzhagen Colonel R. Birds of Arabia. Edinburgh 1954. First edition large 8vo illustrated original cloth dustwrapper some rubbing sunned; Smythies Bertram The birds of Burma. Edinburgh 1953. Second edition 8vo 31 colour plates original cloth some staining dustwrapper sunned chipping to edges; Hudson W.H. Birds of La Plata. London 1920 8vo 2 volumes one of 3000 copies 22 colour plates original quarter calf gilt dustwrappers rubbed split at hinges ex-library stamps to endpaper and verso of title occassional spotting; Bates Henry Walter The naturalist on the river Amazons. London 1864. Second edition 8vo illustrated later half calf gilt some discolouration inner hinges weak occassional spotting and 3 others (11)
[Allestree Richard] The works of the learned and pious author of the whole duty of man. Oxford and London: by Roger Norton and Edward Paulet 1704 folio 3 parts in one volume; The whole duty of man laid down in a plain and familiar way for the use of all... London 1703 pp.[13] 381; The gentleman's calling. London 1703 continuing pagination pp.[10] 393-456; The second part of the works of the learned and pious author of the whole duty of man. London 1704 to include The ladies calling the government of the tongue the art of contentment and the lively oracles given to us pp. [12] 324 [6] contemporary panelled calf hinges split rubbed occassional spotting; Ibid The art of contentment. Oxford 1675. First edition 8vo pp. [8] 214 frontispiece woodcut ornament contemporary calf worn foxing worm [Wing A1085] (2) Note: BM
Bible. New Testament. Greek [Greek title] Novum Jesu Christi D.N. Testamentum cum duplici interpretatione D. Erasmi & veteris interpretis; Harmonia item evangelica & copioso indice. [Geneva]: ex officina Roberti Stephani 1551 small 8vo pp. [iv] 463 verso blank text in two columns of Greek and Latin printer's woodcut device on the title ruled in red throughout modern soft calf binding lacking the Harmonia & indices Note: Adams B 1688; Armstrong Estienne p. 225-227 Printed with the smallest of the grecs du roy and with the verses numbered for the first time this is one of the first products of Robert Esteinne's new press at Geneva to where the printer had removed after facing increasing hostility from the Faculty of Theology in Paris who in 1574 had condemned his entire corpus of biblical publications in Latin. Provenance: Inherited by the vendor's family from the library of Lachlan McBean.
Thomas a Becket Archbishop of Canterbury. Vita et processus Sancti Thome Cantuariensis martyris super libertate ecclesiasticae. Paris: J. Philippi 27 March 1495 first edition 4to 116 leaves Gothic letter double column woodcut colophon at end seventeenth-century calf gilt stamped ''Edward Gwynn'' on upper cover and ''E.G.'' on lower cover repairs to extreme lower corner of aa5 to end affecting a few letters of bb8 and cc1 lower third of colophon leaf (cc2) renewed not affecting colophon woodcut new endpapers rebacked Footnote:First edition of the first printed life of Thomas a Becket written about 1199 by Henry Abbot of Croyland Lincolnshire who used the writings of four close contemporaries of Becket. This copy is from the library of the seventeenth-century book collector Edward Gwynn with his gilt-stamp on covers and with the signature of P. Tyrwhitt on the title. This is possibly Sir Philip Tyrwhitt (1598-1667) of Stainfield Lincolnshire. Tantalisingly little is known about Gwynn (d.1649) a lawyer who lived in chambers in the Inns of Court for twenty years with Alexander Chorley to whom he bequeathed his considerable library. Gwynn's copies of the early Shakespeare works known as the Pavier quartos and bound in a single volume were sold to Folger around 1919 and are now in the Folger Shakespeare library along with another eighteen volumes from Gwynn's library with his name gilt-stamped on the upper covers. The stamping appears to have been done one letter at a time no two letterings being identical. W.A.Jackson (Records of a Bibliographer (Cambridge MA Belknap Press 1967 p.115-119) believed Gwynn's library to have been broken up in the 1670's or 1680's but a recent Maggs catalogue posited an earlier date citing the ownership inscription of Roger Twysden 1652 in a Gwynn volume. Sir Philip Tyrwhitt's dates coincide neatly with Gwynn's but so far there is nothing to connect the two men. Goff T159; cf. Brunet V 1319; Hain 15510
Beattie William Scotland illustrated in a series of views. London 1838. First edition 4to 2 volumes engraved titles 118 engraved plates folding map contemporary half blue calf gilt rubbed heavy foxing and offsetting throughout; Ibid Scotland illustrated in a series of picturesque views. London 1845 4to 2 volumes engraved plates cntemporary half calf gilt worn not matching foxing some staining; Wilson Daniel Memorials of Edinburgh in olden time. Edinburgh 1891. Second edition 4to 2 volumes engraved plates contemporary quarter red morocco gilt rubbed backstrip faded some light foxing bookplate; Ibid Memorials of Edinburgh in the olden time. Edinburgh 1875. Third edition 4to folding map plates original green cloth gilt rubbed at edges occassional spotting and another (9)
Canada The Quebec Mercury The Quebec Gazette and Lord Dalhousie Governor-in-Chief of British North America The Quebec Mercury volume 20 nos. 1-103 (Jan. 6 -Dec. 31 1824); volume 21 nos. 1-106 (Jan. 4- Dec. 31 1825; volume 22 nos. 1-103 (Jan. 3 - Dec. 30 1826) volume 23 nos.1-105 (Jan. - 31 Dec. 1827) and volume 24 nos. 70-104 (Sept. 2- Dec. 30 1828) and volume 25 nos. 1- 101 (Jan. 3 - Dec. 19 1829) bound in 4 volumes; The Quebec Gazette. Gazette de Quebec volume 1 nos. 1-55 (30 Oct. - 30 Oct. 1824) volume 2 nos. 1-55 (Nov. 4 1824- Oct. 27 1825) and volume 3 nos. 1-54 (Nov. 3 1825 - Oct. 26 1826) 4to contemporary half calf spines gilt red morocco labels (8) Footnote:Very rare Canadian periodicals from the library of George Ramsay 9th Earl of Dalhousie Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia and subsequently Governor-in-Chief of Canadawith his bookplates. After his appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1816 Dalhousie founded Dalhousie College in Halifax in 1816 which in 1863 became Dalhousie University. In 1818 he was promoted to Governor-General of Canada and then Governor-in-Chief of British North America (1820-28). The town of Dalhousie in New Brunswick is named after him. The first issue of The Quebec Mercury was published on 5 January 1805. It was to become a key political tool for the Tories vigorously denouncing the initiatives of the Canadian party. The Quebec Gazette founded by William Brown in 1764 is the oldest newspaper in North America. Brown born in 1737 at Nunton Dumfries and Galloway received an annual payment of £50 from the colonial authorities for official publications and went on to publish numerous books pamphlets catechisms and the rare Quebec almanacks.
Ludolf Hiob A new history of Ethiopia...in four books. London: for Samuel Smith 1682. First edition folio folding table 8 plates [7 folding] pagination is irregular pp. 89-150 and 371-374 being omitted [no losses] contemporary calf worn boards loose title page torn at inner edge [some loss to margin] foxing Note: BM Wing L3468.
Parry William Edward Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the years 1819-1820 in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper. London 1821. First edition 4to (270 x 210mm.) 14 aquatint or engraved plates 6 charts and maps 4 folding contemporary half sheep over marbled boards some slight foxing and offsetting binding rubbed at extremities; Rowan J.J. The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada. London 1876. First edition 8vo folding map original cloth very slightly rubbed; O'Leary Peter. Travels and Experiences in Canada the Red River Territory and the United States. London: J.B. Day [1877] 8vo advertisements original cloth binding slightly worn and 2 others (Montreal Illustrated; or the stranger's guide to Montreal 1875 and a photo album c.1900) (5)
Roberts David The Holy Land Syria Idumea Arabia Egypt & Nubia from Drawings made on the spot by David Roberts R.A. With historical descriptions by George Croly London: David Moon 1842-1849 3 volumes in 2 large folio 3 pictorial titles portrait map and 60 full-page and 60 half-page tinted lithographs by Louis Haghe after David Roberts tissue guards contemporary half red morocco spine gilt gilt edges slightly rubbed some foxing Note: One of the most magnificent and costly travel books of all time. Robert's monumental work was a publishing sensation when it was first published in 1842 bringing to the Victorian public panoramic and topographically accurate views of the sites of the Holy Land and Syria that up till then had been known for the most part from crude engravings. Roberts the son of an Edinburgh shoemaker and born in Stockbridge was enormously proud that subscriptions from Edinburgh amounted to more than £1200 proportionally far greater than those in London. It is very likely that this copy has been in Edinburgh since originally subscribed for in 1842. Abbey Travel 385; Blackmer 1432.
Welwood William professor of the Civill Law at St. Andrews University. Early manuscript copy of ''An Abridgement of all Sea Lawes gathered forth of all writings & monuments which are to be found among any people or nation upon the Coasts of the great Ocean & Mediterranean Sea''. 111pp. small 4to contemporary calf upper hinge split Footnote: William Welwood (1583-1645) was successively professor of mathematics and law at St. Andrews University. In An Abridgement of All Sea-Lawes first published 1613 Welwood vehemently opposed on theological grounds Grotius's championing of the sea for navigation and trade purposes in his influential work Mare Liberum Provenance: Henry Home of Kames bookplate; William Gray advocate 18th century inscription; James Mackenzie; Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow: stamp on upper cover
After Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901- 'Couverture', lithograph printed in brown, together with ten other lithographs each with watermark and all numbered in pencil 522/1250, 56x43cm., ea., loose as issued in a bound cloth binding, publ Elles, first publication of the Toulouse-Lautrec Circle of London, issued November 1969 in an edition to 1250 copies for the world, (one bound volume)
A rare Clarice Cliff Brangwyn panel no.45 c.1933 designed by Frank Brangwyn and painted by Clarice Cliff, hand enamelled in bright colours with a myriad of figures, flowers and animals depicting life in Imperial India, diameter 44cm. First exhibited in Olympia in 1933. "The British Empire Panels" were designed by Frank Brangwyn and commissioned by Lord Iveagh for the House of Lords to commemorate deceased peers, though his designs were rejected by the Lords as too frivolously decorative. The original panels are now on display at Swansea Civic Centre and a panel identical to this one can be seen on display at Brighton Museum, 20th Century Art & Design Gallery. Clarice Cliff adapted designs from three of Brangwyn panels for limited edition wall plaques which were produced by Royal Staffordshire pottery
A Clarice Cliff Brangwyn panel no.23 designed by Frank Brangwyn and painted by Clarice Cliff, hand enamelled in bright colours with a myriad of figures, flowers and animals depicting life in the tropical forest, diameter 43.5cm. First exhibited in Olympia in 1933. "The British Empire Panels" were designed by Frank Brangwyn and commissioned by Lord Iveagh for the House of Lords to commemorate deceased peers, though his designs were rejected by the Lords as too frivolously decorative. The original panels are now on display at Swansea Civic Centre and a panel identical to this one can be seen on display at Brighton Museum, 20th Century Art & Design Gallery. Clarice Cliff adapted designs from three of Brangwyn panels for limited edition wall plaques which were produced by Royal Staffordshire pottery
Francis Smith 1881-1961 PLACE a LISBONNE signed oil on canvas 73 by 60cm.; 28.75 by 23.625in. Place ˆ Lisbonne epitomises Francis Smith's passionate devotion to his homeland that occupied so much of his oeuvre. The familiar sensitive palette and the delicacy of the execution place this painting at the centre of the artist's achievements. Set in a small square in Lisbon light floods the composition bringing the geometric architecture of the townscape into sharp focus whilst offsetting it with the dappled shadowy foreground. As a result the most striking element of the painting is its daring attempt to balance a series of opposing forces: the hard angularity of the buildings with the soft and vibrant trees; the broad confident planes of colour with the small and delicate figures; the warm pinks with the cool pastel blues and the high vantage point against a soaring hillside. Stabilising the composition at the centre is the monument around which the rest of the image unfurls; an anchor in the eye of a maelstrom of opposing and vertiginous forces. These tensions reveal the paradox behind Smith's work: an image that at first glance appears so serene and peaceful is in fact a complex and finely balanced work of great delicacy and sureness of touch. And yet for all its complexity this work remains one of Smith's most beautiful and compelling works.
Salvador Dali 1904-1989 HOMMAGE a TERPSICHORE inscribed Dali numbered 162/350 and stamped with the foundry mark Perseo 1984 bronze with a green and gold patina in two parts each: 70.5cm.; 27.75in. Conceived in 1977 and first cast in bronze in 1984 in a numbered edition of 350 plus 35 Artist's Proofs. Literature The Stratton Foundation (ed.) Dali Milan 1990 p.73 no. 24 illustration in colour of a larger cast Robert & Nicholas Descharnes Dali - le dur et le mou - sculptures et objets Paris 2004 p.234 no. 593 illustration in colour of another cast
Salvador Dali 1904-1989 LE PROFIL DE TEMPS inscribed Dali numbered 186/350 and stamped with the foundry mark Perseo 1984 bronze with a green and gold patina height: 51cm.; 20in. Conceived in 1977 and first cast in bronze in 1984 in a numbered edition of 350 plus 35 Artist's Proofs. Literature Robert & Nicholas Descharnes Dali - le dur et le mou - sculptures et objets Paris 2004 p.238 no. 615 illustration in colour of another cast
Salvador Dali 1904-1989 LADY GODIVA AVEC LES PAPILLONS inscribed Dali numbered 333/350 and stamped with the foundry mark Perseo 1984 bronze height: 51cm.; 20in. Conceived in 1976 and first cast in bronze in 1984 in a numbered edition of 350 plus 35 Artist's Proofs. Literature Robert & Nicholas Descharnes Dali - le dur et le mou - sculptures et objets Paris 2004 p.248 no. 640 illustration in colour of another cast
Salvador Dali 1904-1989 LA LICORNE inscribed Dali numbered 209/350 and stamped with the foundry mark Perseo 1984 bronze height: 58cm.; 23in. Conceived in 1977 and first cast in bronze in 1984 in a numbered edition of 350 plus 35 Artist's Proofs. Literature A. Reynolds Morse Albert Field & Robert Descharnes Dali Camblest 1980 pp.52-53 illustration of another cast. Robert & Nicholas Descharnes Dali - le dur et le mou - sculptures et objets Paris 2004 p.244 no. 627 illustration in colour of another cast
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