Tench (Major Watkin, of the Marines). Letters Written in France, to a Friend in London, between the Month November, 1794, and the Month of May, 1795, 1st ed., pub. 1796, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo Tench became First Lieutenant of Marines in 1778 and served in America, being a prisoner in Maryland in that year. In 1782 he was raised to the rank of Captain, and in 1787 was sent to Australia as one of the Captains of Marines in the charge of convicts. He published 'A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay, with an Account of New South Wales' in 1788. He was on board the Alexandra with Captain Richard Rodney Bligh when, after a fight of two and a quarter hours, the vessel was captured and taken into Brest. When Bligh was elevated to the rank of Rear-Admiral, Tench was selected by him as aide-de-camp and interpreter. Tench died in Devonport on 7th May 1833. (1)
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Canbray (P.G. and Briggs, G.G.B.). Red Cross & St. John. The Official Record of the Humanitarian Services of the War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, 1939-1947, pub. 1949, folding maps and tables, orig. cloth, rubbed, 8vo, together with Ayers (Gwendoline M.), England's First State Hospitals and the Metropolitan Asylums Board, 1867-1930, pub. Wellcome Institute, 1971, port. frontis., orig. cloth in slightly soiled d.j., 4to, plus Hodgkinson (Ruth G.), The Origins of the National Health Service. The Medical Services of the New Poor Law, 1834-1871, pub. Wellcome Institute, 1967, port. frontis., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and others related, including hospitals, the red cross, police, crime, etc. (3 shelves)
*Boer War - Siege of Ladysmith. An original diary written in pencil by Herbo [Herbert?] Thompson, Cavalry Brigade Camp, Ladysmith, 27th November 1899 to 1st March 1900, a 55-page diary written in the form of a letter to his mother in Bradford, Yorkshire, covering the whole period of the siege with first-hand details of day to day life and shelling attacks, saying that he is used to shelling except when really close, 'Sir George White has orders to hold Ladysmith until further orders which he is doing. The Boers have 21 guns around here at present, all in jolly good positions', saying that the Boers don't fight on Sundays which gives them a day off for sleeping and washing, telling that they have two war balloons which go up daily and can see everything, saying how beautiful the weather is, telling of the deaths of fellow soldiers, 'The Boers are no mean enemy. They are using the latest guns and have search lights which they use every night. There are 23,000 Boers around here at present and we have a garrison of about 12,000 all told and could hold this place for years', saying that he is able to recognise some individual enemies by sight, mentioning good spirits after hearing of the English victory at Moon River, later on telling of the increased suffering from shortage of food and other supplies, and finally how Ladysmith was relieved on 1st March 1900, written in a clear hand in a small exercise book, the letter beginning in the middle of the book and continuing from the front, the top four lines of pp. 44-50 slight affected by damp with loss of legibility, orig. stapled stiff paper wrappers, small 8vo, together with the orig. postmarked envelope (2nd [March] 1900, Ladysmith, Natal, and 2nd April 1900, Bradford, Yorkshire) Although there are gaps of a week or more between entries sometimes, this is nonetheless a good full account of the siege with reported statistical information. (1)
*Boer War. A group of eight autograph letters signed from Ernest Rokeby Collins, Major with the East Lancashire Regiment, 11th October 1900 to 28th August 1902, seven to his brother Jim and one to his sister Dolly, a total of 41 pp., the first four letters written in pencil, with details of camp life, hospital visits, and family chit-chat, 'On 24th inst. I was up about 5.00 am. I spotted a whole lot of Boers in 3 parties larking about outside my posts a good deal further away than the last time they came owing to our having shelled them out of their favourite rendezvous. I watched them for a long time but they would not come in range. However we got the gun ready in case they came near enough. About 6.00 am we saw a man coming in with a white flag so we naturally thought that they wanted to surrender ...', together with two printed newspapers, a copy of The Friend (16th March 1900) and a copy of The Free State Newspaper (13th March 1900) plus related family correspondence relating to Lucknow (1894-97) to and from Ernest, his brothers Jim and Farnie and his father Francis, a total of 53 pp., plus an eleven-page manuscript document plus map entitled 'Burial Place of the Officers of the Guards who've held before Bayonne on 14th April 1814' Ernest Rokeby Collins was the son of the late Brigade Surgeon Francis Collins of Knaresborough and Pateley Bridge. Born in 1870 and educated at King Henry VIII School Coventry, and Peterhouse College, Cambridge, in 1919 he married Margaret Alice, daughter of the Rev. E. W. Sotheron-Estcourt of Estcourt, Gloucestershire. A Major in the East Lancashire Regiment, he served in the 8th Mounted Infantry during the South African War (DSO) and in World War One where he was severely wounded at the Battle of Le Cateau and taken prisoner by the Germans. He retired from the Army in 1920 and commanded the local detachment of the Home Guard in Pateley Bridge during World War II. See also World War I - Gloucestershire Regiment lot below. (a folder)
*Crimean War. Two mounted saltprints by James Robertson, 1854, one showing Balaclava Harbour and the other Sebastopol Harbour, the first with photographer's surname written in ink on image lower right, the second with ink and pencil inscription to lower margin, both somewhat faded with a little spotting and soiling, the first with a little loss to lower right hand corner and the second with a closed tear to lower margin, approx. 18 x 26 cm and 22 x 28 cm, each mounted to an album leaf with albumen print vign. portraits of W. H. Day M.D., and family to versos (2)
*Military Commissions. A series of seven printed military commission forms, each with manuscript insertions and signed by the current Monarch, appointing William Slade of the Corps of Royal Engineers to the various ranks, 13th November 1806 to 31st January 1837, the first two signed by George III, the third and fourth by George IV and the last three by William IV, the first appointing William Slade 2nd Lieutenant and the last appointing him Lieutenant Colonel, each signed by Monarch top left, counter-signed by various signatories including Chatham, Mulgrave, Wellington and Melbourne, all vellum with slight soiling and vertical folds (7)
*Military Commissions. Two printed Military Commission Forms, 1st October 1850 & 7th October 1854, the first appointing William Robert Churchill Spencer to be Captain of a Company in the Rifle Brigade, the second appointing John Douglas Johnstone to be Consign in the Thirty-Third Regiment of Foot, both with paper seals to left margin and autograph signature of Queen Victoria to upper margin, a little spotting and soiling, the first item with damp marks to vertical folds and along lower edge (2)
*Irish Regimental History. 122nd Regiment of Foot - Honourable John Stratford's Regiment. Regimental Description Book, manuscript ledger, 1794-95, engraved tabulated columns, completed alphabetically by surname in a copperplate hand, each alphabet letter beginning on a new double-page, a total of approx. 700 entries, many with name details completed for physical description, age, parish and county of birth (Dublin, Roscommon, Sligo, Wicklow, Antrim, Leitrim, Donegal, etc.), trade (weaver, labourer, shoemaker, mason, glassmaker, schoolmaster, servant, etc.), enlisting officer and date, plus occasionally death or desertion date or observation remarks, many leaves blank, contemp. reversed calf with red leather label gilt-titled 'Regimental Description Book. Honble. Lt. Col. Stratford's Regt.', some wear to extremities, tall folio, together with two related manuscript ledgers, the first a Cash Book with no entries, contemp. stained boards with gilt-titled leather label, some wear, spine deficient, folio, the second titled 'Adjutants Casualty Book', but listing in neat manuscript in tabulated columns names of all the soldiers for each of the Regiment's ten Companies, with columns for When Embarked, When Disembarked, Ship's Name (Peace, John & Bella, Ceres, and others), and occasionally completed for When Joined, Deserted, Retired and Remarks columns, each Company totalling three or four pages, interleaved and numerous other blank pages completed with unrelated publisher's accounts, etc. from a later date of c. 1830s, but with some related pages at rear including Monthly Returns for Stratford's Regiment March to June 1795, the final page with Dates of Commissions listing Lieut. Col. Commander the Honourable John Stratford 25th July 1794, contemp. reversed calf, broken and spine damaged, folio, together with some related loose leaves incl. six printed forms (Monthly Returns and Weekly State, giving the Regiment location as Wells or Poole) completed in manuscript, and a one-page ALS from Robert Brownrigg [1759-1833], Military Secretary to the Duke of York, dated 27th May 1795, to Lt. Colonel Shaw, 122nd Regiment, Poole, giving permission for two officers to attend a trial in Dublin Very little is known about John Stratford's Regiment which was formed in 1794 and disbanded in 1796. John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough, was born between 1742 and 1745 and died in 1823 in Belan, County Kildare, Ireland. He held the office of M.P. for Baltinglass between 1763 and 1776; M.P. for County Wicklow between 1776 and 1790; and M.P. for Baltinglass between 1790 and 1800. He held the office of a Governor of County Wicklow in 1795. He gained the title of 3rd Earl of Aldborough, of the Palatinate of Upper Ormond on 2 January 1801, and succeeded to the title of 3rd Viscount Aldborough, of Belan, co. Kildare, 3rd Baron of Baltinglass, co. Wicklow and 3rd Viscount Amiens on the death of his older brother in 1801. Following the decade with the American Revolution the British Army was very depleted, but wary of Revolutionary France and a volatile Ireland, new Regiments were created for deployment around the globe. What specific battles this short-lived Irish Regiment was deployed in is not known. (3)
Dampier (William). A New Voyage Round the World. Describing particularly, The Isthmus of America, several Coasts and Islands in the West Indies, the Isles of Cape Verd, the Passive by Terra del Fuego, the South Sea Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico; the Isle of Guam one of the Ladrones, Mindanao, and other Philippine and East India Islands, near Cambodia, China, Formosa, Luconia, Celebes &c. New Holland, Sumatra, Nicobar Isles; The Cape of Good Hope, and Santa Hellena ..., 3 vols., 4th ed. corrected, 1699-1703, twenty-three folding b&w eng. maps and plates, some folding, small wormhole to inner margin to first few leaves of first vol., and some worming to rear of 3rd vol. (affecting a few words to index) and the Account of several Plants, contemp. uniform panelled calf, rubbed and a little wear to extrems., 8vo (3)
Dickson (H.R.P.). The Arab of the Desert, a Glimpse into Badawin Life in Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia, 1st ed., 1949, port. frontis., six folding genealogical tables and nine maps on seven folding plts. to rear (complete: 'Motor Road from Kuwait to Riyadh' map not called fro in the first edition), numerous b & w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth gilt, extrems. sl. rubbed, 8vo (1)
Grant (Charles). The History of Mauritius, or the Isle of France, and the Neighbouring Islands; from their First Discovery to the Present Time; Composed Principally from the Papers and Memoirs of Baron Grant, who Resided Twenty Years in the Island, by his Son, Charles Grant, Viscount de Vaux..., 1801, three folding eng. maps (two repaired with repair tissue), initial leaves lined with archival tissue, some browning, modern qtr. calf gilt, 4to (1)
Spilsbury (Francis B.). Picturesque Scenery in the Holy Land and Syria, Delineated during the Campaigns of 1799 and 1800, 1823, eighteen (of 19) hand-col. aqua. plts., lacks first plt. of 'The Grand Vizier's Tent', some slight soiling, spotting and dampstaining throughout, orig. cloth, heavily dampstained and worn, 4to, (Abbey, Travel, 383), together with Kelly (Christopher), A Full and Circumstantial Account of the Memorable Battle of Waterloo... , 1816, additional eng. title, frontis. and seventeen eng. plts. incl. folding plan, lacks plts. opposite pp. 51 & 83, two plts. slightly cut down at margins and one with crude hand colouring, some soiling and staining to lower margins throughout, old corner repairs and to inner hinges, contemp. calf, rebacked, 4to (2)
Stockdale (John Joseph). Sketches, Civil and Military, of the Island of Java and its Immediate Dependancies: Comprising Interesting Details of Batavia, and Authentic Particulars of the Celebrated Poison-Tree, 1st ed., 1811, multi folding eng. map frontis. of Java, rubbed and creased and split along first fold, folding plan of Batavia, spotting throughout, old half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo (1)
Cotman (John Sell). Specimens of Architectural Remains in Various Counties in England, but Principally in Norfolk, with descriptive notices by Dawson Turner, and architectural observations by Thomas Rickman, 2 vols., 1838, addn. eng. title, and two printed titles to each vol., 238 b&w etched plts., some damp marking and browning to margins of second vol., occn. light foxing, t.e.g., contemp. half plum morocco, soiled and some wear, first vol. with upper joint partly cracked, folio (2)
Domesday Book. Domesday England, by John Garsons Williams, Hadnall, Shrewsbury, 1987, hand-col. title, heightened in gold, forty-four fine hand-col. maps printed on heavyweight linen paper, (each map approx. 370 x 480mm), orig. green half morocco, large oblong folio, contained in orig. slipcase Limited ed. 2/100, signed by John Garsons Williams to title. The first atlas volume was presented to HRH Prince William. When first published in 1986/7 the Domesday Atlas retailed at £975. (1)
Gilpin (William). Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772, on several parts of England; particularly the mountains, and lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1786, thirty mostly sepia aqua plts., together with Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales, &c. relative chiefly to picturesque beauty; made in the summer of the year 1770, 2nd ed., 1789, tinted aqua plts., mostly supplied in two states, plus Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776 ... particularly the high-lands of Scotland, 2 vols. in one, 1st ed., 1789, tinted aqua plts., etc., some minor spotting to title, and Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views (relative chiefly to picturesque beauty) illustrated by the scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1791, double-page partly hand-col. map, and thirty-one mostly tinted aqua plts., and Observations on the Western Parts of England, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, 1st ed., 1798, eighteen tinted aqua plts., a little foxing to first few leaves, a.e.g., near-contemp. uniform full polished calf gilt, rubbed and occn. wear to extrems., first vol. with portion at foot of spine det., Scotland vol. and Forest Scenery, vol. 2 recased with orig. spine laid down, final vol. with backstrip det., all 8vo (7)
[Pennant, Thomas], A Tour in Scotland, 3rd ed., printed by W. Eyres, Warrington, 1774; The Additions to the Quarto Edition of the Tour in Scotland, 1769, and the New Appendix, reprinted for the accommodation of the purchasers of the first and second Editions, printed for B. White, 1774, together two vols., vol. 1 with addn. eng. title-page, eighteen and twenty-one eng. plts. respectively, incl. some double-page/folding, uniform sprinkled calf gilt, rubbed, vol. 1 lacking spine, and with boards detached, vol. 2 with darkened spine, and cracked joints, 8vo (2)
Mantell (Gideon Algernon). The Medals of Creation; or, First Lessons in Geology, and in the Study of Organic Remains, 1st ed., 1854, six hand-col. lithos., and one b & w folding plt., text illusts., rough-trimmed, orig. gilt dec. red cloth, spines sl. faded, some splitting to joints, 8vo Inscribed by Mantell on the half-title to volume one: 'To Waterhouse Esqr with the kind regards of the Author'. (2)
Pratt (Anne). The Flowering Plants of Great Britain, 3 vols., pub. Frederick Warne, n.d., c. 1870s, num. chromo. plts., occ. minor foxing, t.e.g., orig. green cloth gilt, a little rubbed, large 8vo, together with Hulme (F. Edward), Familiar Garden Flowers, First-Fifth Series bound in one vol., pub. Cassell, n.d., c. 1870s, numerous col. plts., contemp. cloth, very sl. rubbed to extrems., thick 8vo (4)
*Cornwall - Edward III. Fine early vellum grant from the reign of Edward III, for land in Cornwall, dated 28th September 1340 , in which William de Polgrun [Polgrain], grants to James, son of Robert de Bedon, and his heirs in tail, a water corn mill and a piece of land 40 feet in length and 20 feet in breadth, in the village of Carnam, to hold of William de Polgrun and his heirs, paying an annual rent of 1d for the first seven years and 13s 4d for the following eleven years and .00 thereafter, etc., with accompanying translation (1)
Anon. Democritus, The Laughing Philosopher's Trip into England. Or, Seven Days Amusements and Contemplations, intermixed with uncommon reflections both serious and merry, on the follies and vices daily committed by both sexes of all religions and vocations, in the cities of London and Westminster. Written by a banish'd Hermit, lately arriv'd from Foreign Countries, 3rd ed., printed for Sam. Briscoe, 1723, eng. frontis. by Thornton (trimmed to fore- and lower-margin, with contemp. owner's name Thomas Edwards to recto), title with blank portion to lower margin trimmed, viii + 47 pp., near-contemp. half calf, rubbed and some wear, upper joint near-det., slim 8vo, together with Godart de Beauchamps (Pierre Francois), The History of King Apprius, &c. Extracted from the Chronicle of the World, from its Creation. Translated from a Persian manuscript found in the library of Schah-Hussain, Sophi of Persia, dethroned by Mamut in 1722, by a gentleman who served in the Persian armies, 1728, title printed in red and black, some light foxing to first and last few leaves, contemp. full calf, gilt spines, a little rubbed and upper joint sl. cracked at foot, 12mo First title: Ex libris Edward Hailstone, with his circular gilt-dec. bookplate to front pastedown. (2)
Beeton (Mrs. Isabella). The Book of Household Management; comprising information for the Mistress, Housekeeper, Cook, Kitchen-Maid, Butler, Footman, Coachman, Valet, Upper and Under House-Maids, Lady's-Maid, Maid-of-all-Work, Laundry-Maid, Nurse and Nurse-Maid, Monthly, Wet, and Sick Nurses, etc., 1st ed., pub. S. O. Beeton, 1861, tinted wood eng. frontis., addn. hand-col. title, col. wood eng. plts., numerous wood eng. illusts. to text, frontis., addn. title, and one or two plts. with light waterstains (contents generally clean), contemp. half calf, rubbed and a little scuffed, thick 8vo A good copy of the first edition of the most influential English cookery book. (1)
Bible [Latin]. Biblia Veteris ac Noui Testamenti, Summa Fide ac Studio Singulari, cum Aliorum Doctissimorum Interpretum, tum uerò in Primis S. Pagnini ac Fr. Vatabli Opera ita ex Hebraeis Graecisq[ue] Fontibus Expressa, & Latinitate Donata..., Thomam Guarinum, Basileae, 1564, printers woodcut device to title, double-column text in latin, hebrew & greek, numerous dec. woodcut initials, first & last gatherings detached, final leaf torn to lower outer corner , some old waterstains to margins, 18th c. reversed calf, worn with leather on spine torn and upper cover detached along inner hinge, folio (1)
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised..., printed by Sir D. Hunter Blair and J. Bruce, Edinburgh, 1811, a.e.g., contemp. straight-grained scarlet morocco, elaborately gilt dec., extrems. sl. rubbed, first vol. with binding detached but intact, 8vo An attractive set. (2)
Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published ..., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1791, b&w stipple engraved portrait frontis. to first vol. (some light foxing), some light foxing to first and last few leaves of each vol., bound with The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson, 1793, title page, plus 42 pp., some minor foxing, contemp. half calf with marbled boards, with gilt morocco title and volume label to spine of each vol., rubbed and some wear, upper joints partly cracked, 4to (2)
Calvin (Jean). A Commentarie of John Caluine, Upon the First Booke of Moses called Genesis: Translated out of Latine into English, by Thomas Tymme, printed by Henry Middleton for John Harison, and George Bishop, 1578, lacks title and all before *iii, woodcut to colophon (torn with loss), many pages frayed with some loss, some dust & damp soiling, contemp. lower wooden board only partially attached, lacking remainder of binding, 4to Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)
Corelli (Arcangelo). Sonate à Tre, Due Violini e Violone Col Basso per l'Organo, Opera Prima, Dernière Edition à laquelle on a ajouté le Portrait de Feu Arcangelo Corelli, Four parts in 4 vols., Amsterdam, Chez Estienne Roger & Michel Charles Le Cene, [c. 1720], first vol. with eng. port. frontis. by Folkema, bound with Sonate da Camera à Tre ..., Opera Seconda, Amsterdam, [1720?], Sonate à Tre ..., Opera Terza, Amsterdam, [1720?], & Sonate da Camera à Tre ..., Opera Quarta, Amsterdam, [1720?], together four parts to each vol., titles to each part with plt. no. 351, 352, 353 & 354 respectively, a few minor marks, one or two leaves with some browning (contents generally in good condition), some covers det., contemp. blind-panelled reverse calf, later reback, heavily rubbed and scuffed, and some marks to covers, 4to Ex libris the Hon. Edward Walpole (1706-84), the second son of the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford. With his ownership inscription to front pastedown of each volume 'Edwd. Walpole. Coll: Regal:'. Edward Walpole's chief interests were music and drawing and he played the bass viol in the Prince of Wales' private orchestra. (4)
Cruikshank (George). The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote; From the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, by T. Smollett, M.D., To Which is Prefixed a Memoir of the Author, by Thomas Roscoe, 3 vols., 1833, wood eng. port. frontis. by Kenny Meadows to each vol., fifteen etched plts. by Cruikshank, t.e.g., contemp. black half morocco gilt, with gilt griffin crest at foot of each spine, small 8vo The first Cruikshank edition. Part of Roscoe's Novelist's Library which ran to 19 volumes in total; all but the first two were illustrated by Cruikshank. Cohn 710. (3)
Dickens (Charles). Hard Times. For These Times, 1st ed., 1854, half title, a few minor marks, mostly to margins, half title with portion of fore-margin restrengthened, small paper repair to fore-margin of final leaf, modern qtr. calf gilt, 8vo, together with Dombey & Son, 1st ed., 1848, Bleak House, 1st ed., 1853 & Our Mutual Friend, 2 vols. in one, 1st ed., 1865, b&w plts. to each, some foxing, all rebound in modern half calf gilt, 8vo The copy of Hard Times conforms to the printing variations given by Walter E. Smith, Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth, for the first printing. (4)
Fore-edge painting. [Barrington, John Shute], The Rights of Protestant Dissenters, in Two Parts. The First Being the Case of the Dissenters Review'd. The Second, a Vindication of their Right to an Absolute Toleration, from the Objections of Sir H. Mackworth, in his Treatise, intitul'd Peace at Home, 1704, intermittent foxing and browning, contemp. morocco, spine gilt dec. and covers gilt panelled, extrems. sl. rubbed, 4to With fore-edge painting of London from the Thames. (1)
Haversham (John Thompson, Baron). The Lord H----s Speech in the House of Lords, on the First Article of the Impeachment of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, 1710, 8 pp., together with Carmen Seculare, For the Year 1720. An Ode Humbly Inscribed to the King, on his Return from Hannover, 1720, [4] + 28 pp., minor toning, folio, and Fiddes (Richard), Proposals for Printing by Subscription the Life of Cardinal Wolsey, in his Private, his Political & Ecclesiastical Capacity..., c.1720, [2] + 41 pp., a few tears, plus others including an incomplete copy of Pietas Universitatis Oxoniensis in Obitum Augustissimae & Desideratissimae Reginae Mariae (Oxford, 1695), all unbound (8)
Hoogstraten (Frans van). Het Voorhof der Ziele, Behangen met leerzaeme Prenten en Zinnebeelden, Rotterdam, 1st ed., 1668, addn. eng. title-page and numerous large engs. to letterpress by Romeyn de Hooghe, final few gatherings stained to lower blank margin, rough-trimmed, contemp. vellum, early ms. title to spine, staining to lower cover, small 4to Rare first edition of the first work illustrated by the important and prolific Dutch engraver Romeyn de Hooghe. (1)
Johnson (Captain Charles). A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates, and also their Policies, Discipline and Government, from their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence in 1717, to the Present Year 1724, With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1724, three eng. plts., including two folding, 19th c. gilt-panelled sprinkled calf (by Hayday & Co.), spines with morocco labels, a little rubbed to extrems., 8vo Sabin 36187. Handsome copy. (2)
[Kettilby, Mary]. A Collection of Above Three Hundred receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses by Several Hands, 5th ed., to which is Added a Second Part, Containing a Great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, &c., 1734, some light browning, and a few leaves with faint marginal water-staining, lacking free endpapers, contemp. sheep, rubbed and worn, with joints cracked, and upper cover almost detached, 8vo, together with Eikon Basilike, The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majesty in His Solitudes and Sufferings, 1685, eng. port. frontis., occn. soiling, front pastedown torn away, contemp. Cambridge pane, rubbed, extrems. worn, 8vo Bitting p.258 (first item). (2)
Manuzio (Paolo). Epistolarum Paulii Manutii Libri XII uno Nuper Addito, Eiusdem Quae Praefationes Appellantur, pub. Aldum, Venice, 1580, eng. border to title-page, lib. oval ink stamps to first two leaves, final leaf and rear free endpaper detached, occn. foxing/browning, upper hinge split, and lacking front free endpaper, 18th c. vellum, spine titled in ms., and with lib. shelf label, few small worm holes to spine, 8vo (1)
New Testament [Greek]. [Tes kaines diathekes hapanta Euangelion...] Novum Jesv Christi D.N. Testamentum. Ex Bibliotheca Regia, 2 parts in one, Ex officina Roberti Stephani typographia Regii, Paris, 1550, printer's device to title & last leaf, first part of the title transliterated from the Greek, with early signature 'David Jones' to title, dec. initials, head & tailpieces, damp staining & damp soiling throughout, long horizontal closed tear to p.175/176 (part 1) and closed tears to some other pages, early limp vellum, binding attachment weak, folio "The third and most important of R. Stephanus' editions, known as the 'Editio Regia'. From this the 'Textus Receptus,' found in ordinary Greek Testaments, is substantially derived.... The most interesting feature of this Testament is the critical apparatus, printed in the inner margin of the text, which gives various readings and additions from MSS. collated by H. Stephanus..., and the MSS. borrowed from the Royal Library at Paris". Darlow & Moule 4622. (1)
Old Testament [Latin]. Liber Psalmorum Davidis. Annotationes in Eosde ex Hebræorum Commentariis, Robert Estienne, Paris, 1546, woodcut device to title-page, date on title sl. obscured, first and final leaves browned, minor staining to prelim. leaves, bookplate of the Earl of Macclesfield (and his crest blindstamped to first few leaves), 18th c. speckled calf gilt, rubbed, faded spine with sl. loss at head, and with discreet shelf labels to head and foot, 8vo (1)
Raffald (Elizabeth). The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, etc. Wrote Purely from Practice, and Dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author Lately Served as Housekeeper... , 5th ed., 1776, eng. plt. of 'a curious new-invented fire stove, wherein any common fuel may be burnt instead of charcoal,' and two folding engs. of table plans, contemp. calf, upper joint cracked, 8vo Signed by the author 'Eliz. Raffald' on first page of text. 'No book is genuine but what is signed by the author'. (1)
Robbins (N.). An Exact Abridgement of all the Irish Statutes, from the First Session of Parliament in the Third Year of the Reign of King Edward II to the end of the Eighth Year of His Present Majesty King George II... , pub. Dublin, 1736, imprimatur leaf present, final seven leaves of index somewhat creased and single ad. leaf torn and frayed, without loss, contemp. calf, worn on spine, thick 4to (1)
Ude (Louis Eustache). The French Cook, 8th ed., greatly enlarged, 1827, b & w litho. port. frontis., eight b & w eng. plts. of bills of fare, untrimmed, contemp. boards, rubbed to extrems. and some spotting to endpapers, recent paper spine and printed label, 8vo, (Bitting 471), together with Hammond (Elizabeth), Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book; Containing the Most Approved Directions for Purchasing, Preserving, and Cooking Meat, Fish, Poultry, Game, &c... with all branches of Pastry and Confectionary, A Complete Family Physician. Art of Making British Wines, Brewing, Baking, &c., printed by A.K. Newman, 1818, eng. frontis., addn. vign. title, four eng. plts., and printed title all (but two plts.) water-stained, untrimmed, orig. printed boards, rubbed, rebacked, 12mo, with [Rundell, Maria Eliza], A New System of Domestic Cookery; Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families. By a Lady, new ed., corrected, pub. John Murray, 1823, eng. frontis. (browned, and offset to title), and nine eng. plts. (some marginal staining), scattered foxing, upper hinge split, contemp. half morocco, slightly rubbed, 12mo, plus A New System of Practical Domestic Economy; founded on Modern Discoveries, and the Private Communications of Persons of Experience, 3rd ed., revised and greatly enlarged, to which are now first added, Estimates of Household Expenses..., 1823, hinges split, orig. figured cloth, rebacked, large 12mo (4)
Abernethy (John). Surgical Observation ... 2 vols., 1st eds., 1804-06, old water staining to lower outer corners of vol. 1, contemp. half calf, some wear, together with Physiological Lectures, Addressed to the College of Surgeons, 1825, bound with four other items, modern cloth, plus The Hunterian Oration, for the Year 1819, [2nd ed.], 1819, half title, ad. leaf at rear, modern cloth, all 8vo, plus two related First item: Garrison Morton 5584. (6)
Ballance (Charles A. & Edmunds, Walter). A Treatise on the Ligation of the Great Arteries in Continuity with Observations on the Nature, Progress and Treatment of Aneurism, 1st ed., 1891, port. frontis. and twelve b&w plts., some occn. heavy spotting, initialled presentation inscription from B.... to half title, orig. cloth, rubbed and spine faded, together with Erichsen (John E.), Observations on Aneurism ..., Sydenham Society, 1844, partly uncut and some pages roughly opened, orig. cloth, sl. rubbed, both 8vo, plus ten related extracts and offprints including three Garrison Morton items First item: Garrison Morton 2965. (12)
Bateman (Thomas). A Practical Synopsis of Cutaneous Diseases, 2nd ed., 1813, hand-col. litho. frontis., title sl. browned, recent half calf, together with Plumbe (Samuel), A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Skin..., 2nd ed., corrected anbd enlarged, 1827, two col. plts., folding table, contemp. boards, some wear, rebacked, plus Hutchinson (Jonathan), A Descriptive Catalogue of the New Sydenham Soceity's Atlas of Portraits of Deseases of the Skin, Pts 1 & 2 bound as two, Text only, New Sydenham Soceity, 1869-75, eng. illusts. to text, Pt 1 recent cloth, Pt 2 orig. printed wrappers, a little wear, all 8vo First item: Garrison Morton 4021. (4)
Bell (Charles). Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery, Trepan, Hernia, Amputation, Aneurism, and Lithotomy, 1st ed., 1821, twenty fine uncol. etched plts. printed in black, some foxing and minor marginal dampstaining to plts. throughout, hinges cracked, orig. plain cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled and some fraying to extremities, oblong folio The first issue with the imprint date and the inclusion of "Hurst" in the list of publishers. Copies are often found with some or all plts. printed in sepia and some or many plts. hand-coloured. Garrison Morten 5588. (1)
Bernard (Claude). Lecons sur le Diabete et la Glycogenese Animale, 1st ed., Paris, 1877, modern half calf, with upper printed wrapper retained, together with L'Oeuvre de Claude Bernard ..., 1st ed., Paris, 1881, mounted oval photo port. frontis., some spotting, uncut and unopened, orig. printed wrappers, some minor chipping, both 8vo First item: Garrison Morton 3942. (2)
Bichat (Xavier). Traite d'Anatomie Descriptive, 5 vols., 1st eds., Paris, [1801-03], sm. ink lib. stamps to title versos, modern cloth, together with Physiological Researches on Life and Death, 1st UK ed., 1815, some spotting, lacks half-title, contemp. half calf, heavily rubbed and some corner wear, all 8vo Garrison Morton 404 & 597 (First French ed.) (6)
[Brown, John]. Observations on the Principles of the Old System of Physic, Exhibiting a CCompend of the New Doctrine..., 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1787, old presentation inscription to title verso with name obscured by ink blot, contemp. calf, corner wear, rebacked, together with Yeldham (Stephen), Homoeopathy in Acute Diseases, 1st ed., 1849, orig. cloth, extremities rubbed, spine faded, both 8vo, plus five related The first work was the first appearance in English of the Brunonian theory of medicine. Opium and alcohol were extensively used and it is said that such treatment reesulted in more deaths than the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars together. (7)
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