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Shakespeare William. The complete works reprinted from the First Folio edition; edited by Charlotte Porter and H.A. Clarke with an introduction by John Churton Collins. London: Harrap [1906]. 13 volumes 8vo. photographic frontispiece and title-page to each volume contemporary half green morocco cloth boards t.e.g. others uncut by Morrel of London spines faded a few minor nicks slight offsetting to the title-pages. (13). Note: No 33 of 75 sets.
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Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley 1831 third edition 12mo additional engraved title and frontispiece with series half-title (Standard Novels No. IX); Schiller F. von. The Ghost Seer 1831 12mo additional engraved title and frontispiece together 2 works bound in 2 volumes original purple cloth uncut paper labels on spines spines slightly faded a little light spotting to frontispieces and engraved titles light discolouration of upper cover of first volume.
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Smith Revd. Sydney. The works. London: Longman etc. 1839-40. First edition 4 volumes 8vo. full light calf covers with border of gilt fillet and floral roll tool spine decorated gilt in compartments red and green morocco lettering pieces marbled fore-edges by Grieve of Edinburg (4). Note: Smith after a sojourn in Edinburgh became a lifelong friend of Stewart Scott Horner and others. It was he who suggested to Jeffrey and Brougham the starting of the Edinburgh Review and he supervised and contributed to the first three issues. "A lover of justice and truth he was a life-long defender of the oppressed. His failure to rise higher in the church is attributed to his wide reputation as a master of wit and satire. He is placed among the premier English wits and has been compared to Swift and to Voltaire." (Columbia Encyclopedia).
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Southey Robert. Essays moral and political. London: John Murray 1832. First edition 2 volumes 8vo contemporary calf gilt red and black labels rubbed and scratched hinges cracked bookplates removed from front endpapers; Journal of a tour in the Netherlands in the Autumn of 1815. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co 1902. First edition 8vo number 168 of 519 copies original quarter cloth marbled boards slipcase slipcase rubbed endpapers browned uncut (3).
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Abercromby Patrick. The martial achievements of the Scots nation: being an account of the lives characters and memorable actions of such Scotsmen as have signaliz'd themselves by the sword at home and abroad. Edinburgh: Robert Freebairn 1711-15. First edition 2 volumes folio volume 1 contemporary panelled calf volume 2 plain calf both volumes. rebacked some instances of marginal staining and paper generally a little discoloured throughout. (2).
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Aesop. Fables of Aesop and other eminent mythologists with morals and reflections by Sir Roger L'Estrange. London: Sare etc. 1694-99. second edition 2 parts in 1 volume engraved portrait frontispiece by White after Kneller of the translator engraved plate of Aesop and his characters contemporary blind ruled calf a few minor scuff marks tear in the lower half of the portrait plate (no loss) single wormhole in the outer margins of first couple of signatures some paper discolouration (chiefly in the second part). Note: Wing A 707.
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Blackstone William. Commentaries on the laws of England: book the first [the second]. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1766-67. second edition 2 volumes (of 4) engraved Table of Consanguinity and folding table of Descent in volume 2 contemporary light tan calf small gilt monograms of Dukes of Richmond and Gordon wear to heads and tails (2). Provenance: With the Gordon Castle book-labels and monogram of the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon on the spines. Loosely inserted is a receipt of 1767 for the original purchase of these two volumes by the Duke of Gordon from James Robson Bookseller in New Bond Street London.
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Blair Hugh. Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres. London: Strachan 1783. First edition 2 volumes 4to. engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 contemporary sprinkled calf red and green morocco lettering pieces small gilt monograms of Dukes of Richmond and Gordon a few scuff marks offsetting from the portrait to the title in volume 1 title to volume 2 a little spotted occasional instances of spotting elsewhere (2). Provenance: With the Gordon Castle book-labels and monogram of the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon on the spines.
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Brannon George. Vectis scenery or a series of original select views exhibiting the picturesque beauties local peculiarities and general aspect of the Isle of Wight drawn from nature and engraved by George Brannon to which are prefixed A concise topographical description and the general tours of the Island. [s.l.]: published for the Engraver by the principal bookseller of the Island 1825. First edition oblong 8vo. engraved map and 26 engraved views with tissue guards original quarter roan paper boards printed paper label spine and corners worn some marginal spotting. Provenance: With the book-label of Susan Euphemia Beckford daughter of William Beckford as Duchess of Hamilton and wife of the 10th Duke.
![Byron George Gordon Noel Lord [i.e Polidori John William]. The Vampyre: a tale by the Right Honourable Lord Byron. Paris: Ga](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2677564/281-35-10121_468x382.jpg)
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Byron George Gordon Noel Lord [i.e Polidori John William]. The Vampyre: a tale by the Right Honourable Lord Byron. Paris: Galignani 1819. third edition 12mo. contemporary half calf marbled boards spine and corners rubbed and worn water stain at the top of the inner margin some spotting. Note: Summers Gothic bibliography pp. 121 & 542; Wise Byron p. 96 (for the first edition). By John William Polidori though often attributed to Lord Byron who explicitly denied the authorship in a letter to Galignani's Messenger April 27 1819. First published in the New monthly magazine April 1819 it was translated into French and German these translations persisting upon regarding Byron as the author. The real author who was uncle to Dante Gabriel Rossetti ended by taking his own life. Polidori is credited with creating the vampire genre. His vampire based on Byron to whom Polidori was personal physician is given the name Lord Ruthven a name originally given to a Byron based character in Caroline Lamb's Glencarron. Polidori's vampire was not only the first in English fiction but provided the character type that came to predominate in fantasy fiction i.e. the aristocratic fiend who preys on victims in high society. Provenance: With the book-label of Susan Euphemia Beckford daughter of William Beckford as Duchess of Hamilton and wife of the 10th Duke.
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Fraser James Baillie. Travels and adventures in the Persian provinces on the southern banks of the Caspian Sea with an appendix containing short notices of the geology and commerce of Persia. London: Longman etc. 1826. First edition 4to. contemporary quarter calf cloth boards signature on title-page a few instances of foxing.
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Campbell The Revd. the Hon. Archibald Bishop of Aberdeen. The doctrine of a middle state between death and the resurrection: or prayers for the dead: and the necessity of purification plainly proved from the Holy Scriptures; and the writings of the fathers of the church London: printed for the author and sold by Mr. Tayler 1721. First edition folio contemporary panelled and sprinkled calf spine decorated gilt in compartments covers slightly scuffed. Note: Chief work of the author who was variously described as "adorned with none of the qualifications necessary in a bishop and remarkable for some things inconsistent with the character of a gentleman" it sets out arguments for the reformed churches to reconsider a doctrine of purgatory. Dr. Johnson described Campbell as "the familiar friend of Hickes and Nelson; a man of letters but injudicious; and very curious but credulous." In his later years he founded a non-juring sect and is further remembered as being instrumental in the loss of the registers of the Church of Scotland from the reformation to 1590.
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Crawfurd George. The lives and characters of the officers of the crown and of the state in Scotland. Volume 1. Edinburgh: printed by Robert Fleming and Company and sold by Mr. James M'Euen 1726. First edition folio with the final leaf entitled '"The appendix. Num.XXXIII'" bound before the Index contemporary sprinkled calf spine rubbed and joints worn some leaves discoloured tear in p. 411 (no loss) last leaf partly stained and creased. Note: ESTC T144044 and NLS recording the publication of only the first volume despite the author's expressed intention in the Preface to issue a further volume "if I shall meet with due Assistance and Encouragement." (His italics not ours): the apparent non-appearance of the second volume leading to the conclusion that he received insufficient of either.
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Domesday-Book. Domesday-Book seu liber censualis Willelmi primi regis Angliae inter archivos regni in domo capitulari Westmonasterii asseruatus jubente rege augustissimo Georgio tertio praelo mandatus typis First printed edition 2 volumes large folio (46 x 28.5 cms) original marbled boards modern half calf occasional pages a little discoloured. Note: Updike Printing types Volume II pp. 121-122. Issued in 1783 without a title-page under the direction of Abraham Farley this is the first printed edition of the Domesday. The special types were cut by Joseph Jackson. The Record Commission issued title-pages (from where this entry is taken) in 1816 along with a further 2 volumes. of Indices and Additatemnta. Of the 1783 volumes. 1200 copies were issued at a total cost of #38000.
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Fisher Admiral John Baron. Some notes by Lord Fisher for his friends. London: for private circulation only 1919. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original printed wrappers in a slip case no. 97 of 100 copies; Memoirs. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1919. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original red cloth (2). Note: Lord Fisher ("Jackie") became the chairman of the Hamilton Trustees in terms of the Hamilton Estates Act 1918. The 12th Duke's will in effect left his "distant kinsman" Alfred Douglas-Hamilton the 13th Duke a liferent of the Hamilton Estates and a mountain of debt and to his daughter inter alia the English Estates (mostly in Suffolk) and the Isle of Arran (Brodick Castle etc.) outright. The Executors of the 12th Duke's will found it extremely difficult to administer the estate as a whole given the complexity of the trusts and the possible conflicts of interest between the beneficiaries. They therefore raised a private Act of Parliament to enable a separate set of trustees to administer the Hamilton Estates and Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher was the first chairman of the Hamilton Trustees. As such it was he with his co-trustees who oversaw the granting of the lease to the Bent Colliery Company and the other steps which led eventually to the demolition of Hamilton Palace.
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Fraser James Baillie. Narrative of a journey into Khorasan in the years 1821 and 1822 including some account of the countries to the North-East of Persia; with remarks upon the national character government and resources of that kingdom. London: Longman etc. 1825. First edition 4to. large folding engraved map errata leaf contemporary quarter calf cloth boards light discolouration of the map with some off-setting to the title-page signature on title-page. Provenance: With the book-plate of the 14th Duke of Hamilton.
![Dumas Alexandre. La tulipe noire. Paris: Baudry [1850]. First edition 3 volumes 8vo. without half-titles and the blanks at t](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2677564/288-35-10121_468x382.jpg)
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Dumas Alexandre. La tulipe noire. Paris: Baudry [1850]. First edition 3 volumes 8vo. without half-titles and the blanks at the end of volume 2 & 3 contemporary half green calf marbled boards spines decorated gilt in compartments orange and red morocco lettering pieces some minor scuff marks at the joints and corners title of volume 3 discoloured and some patches of discolouration to other titles and elsewhere (3). Note: Carteret I. p. 239; Vicaire Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXe sieclè III 389. One of the most famous French writers of the 19th century Dumas is best known for his historical novels such as the The three musketeers The Count of Monte Cristo and The black tulip. Dumas is credited with revitalising the historical novel in France and along with Balzac and Sue pioneering the roman feuilleton or serial novel. In 1850 appeared The Black Tulip a romantic adventure set in the 17th century Holland. In the middle of the political struggle for freedom is Cornelius van Baerle a young man who has devoted himself to tulip-growing. Cornelius is falsely imprisoned for high treason. With the help of Rosa the daughter of a jailer he manages to grow a black tulip. Cornelius wins his freedom and hundred thousand guilders in glittering gold pieces as reward for the tulip. "This tulip" continued the Prince "will therefore bear the name of its producer and figure in the catalogue under the title Tulipa nigra Rosa Barlaensis because of the name Van Baerle which will henceforth be the name of this damsel.".
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Lamartine Alphonse de. Souvenirs impressions pensees et paysages pendant un voyage en orient 1832-1833. Paris: Gosselin 1835. First edition 4 volumes 8vo. with portrait folding table and 2 folding maps contemporary half red calf marbled boards some spotting throughout. Note: Carteret II p. 24. Lamartine's account of his travels with his wife and daughter led him to become known as l'Emir Francais. As with many other distinguished Europeans Lamartine made his way to the "court" of Lady Hester Stanhope on the slopes of Mount Lebanon and he records his visit in a long letter to the Vicomte de Marcellus as an appendix to volume 4. The death of his daughter in Beirut and political affairs in France led him to return home overland through Constantinople and the Danube valley (4). Provenance: With the initials of William Alexander 11th Duke as Marquess of Douglas & Clydesdale on the half title of volume 1 dated August 1835 at Zurich.
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Maitland Sir Richard of Lethington. The history of the House of Seytoun to the year M.D.LIX with the continuation by Alexander Kingston to M.D.C.LXXXVII. [Edinburgh: the Bannatyne Club] 1829. First edition 4to. engraved frontispiece original half roan paper boards upper joint split one of 100 copies; Debrett's baronetage of England. London C. & J. Rivington etc. 1828. 6th edition 2 volumes 12mo. engraved plates of arms later half calf marbled boards; Taylor James. The great historic families of Scotland. London: Virtue 1887. First edition 2 volumes 4to. plates original cloth printed paper labels labels chipped heads and tails rubbed prelims. foxed no 99 of 250 copies (5). Provenance: The Taylor signed on the title-pages by Lady Flora Douglas Hamilton sister of the 13th Duke.
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Nichelson William. A treatise on practical navigation and seamanship. London: for the author 1792. First edition 4to. engraved frontispiece 4 engraved plates contemporary half roan marbled boards extremities rubbed upper joint broken edge of lower margin of frontispiece wormed. Provenance: With the signature of Joseph Rowland of Avening on verso of front free endpaper.
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Sibbald Sir Robert. Scotia illustrata sive prodromus historiae naturalis. Edinburgh: ex off. typ. Jacobi Kniblo Josuae Solingenis & Johannis Colmarii 1684. First edition 3 parts in 1 volume folio without the armorial plate and with 19 engraved plates (of 20) contemporary mottled calf spine worn upper joint split paper a little discoloured. Note: Aldis 2491; Nissen 3847; Wing S.3727.
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Society of Antiquaries. A collection of ordinances and regulations for the government of the Royal Household made in divers reigns from King Edward III to King William and Queen Mary also receipts in ancient cookery. London John Nichols for the Society 1790. First edition 4to. contemporary half vellum marbled boards extremities worn inner joints cracking. Note: Bitting p. 532. There is a separate cookery section of 50 pp. with mainly fourteenth century recipes from a ms. in the Royal Society Arundel Collection no. 344. Here are over two hundred recipes for such dishes as Potage de frumenty Growell of forse Grene pesen with bakon Hares in padell Bouche Jane Sause for a goose Crem of almonde mylk and perhaps not surprisingly after all this Medicina optima pro stomacho!.
![[Harris Joseph]. An essay upon money and coins. Part I. The theories of commerce money and exchange. London: G. Hawkins 1757](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2677564/309-35-10121_468x382.jpg)
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[Harris Joseph]. An essay upon money and coins. Part I. The theories of commerce money and exchange. London: G. Hawkins 1757. First edition part 1 only 8vo. early wrappers original stab holes note in a contemporary hand on the recto of the front free endpaper. Note: Kress 5614; Goldsmiths 9259. "This is one of the very best treatises on money and coins that has ever been published. It is clearly and ably written; and in addition to an exposition of the principles that determine the value of coins and the course of exchange it contains some good illustrations of the influence of commerce and of the division of labour in furthering the increase of wealth. Part II is principally occupied with an examination and refutation of the various statements that have been from time to time put forward in vindication of a degradation of the standard" (McCulloch). Part II was published in the following year. The notes at the front refer to Hume and there is a ms reference to Law in the margin of p. 122 presumably to John Law's Money and trade considered.
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House of Commons. Select Committee. Report together with minutes of evidence and accounts from the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the cause of the high price of gold bullion Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 8 June 1810. London: Johnson 1810. 8vo. later half calf marbled boards by Maclehose of Glasgow part of previous owner's signature torn from the upper edge of the title-page; A Digest of the evidence of the Bank Charter taken before the Committee of 1832. London: Ridgway 1833. 8vo. later half calf marbled boards by Maclehose of Glasgow; Mills Richard Horner. The principles of currency and banking. London: Groombridge 1853. First edition 8vo. original cloth; Shaw W.A. The history of currency 1252 to 1894. London: Wilson 1896 second edition 8vo large folding table original cloth and 3 others. (7).
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Palgrave R.H. Inglis editor. Dictionary of political economy. London: Macmillan 1894-99. First edition 3 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Smart William. Economic annals of the 19th century. London: Macmillan 1910-17. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Giffen Sir Robert. Economic inquiries and studies. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Mill John Stuart. Principles of political economy. London: Longmans Green 1886. 9th edition 2 volumes 8vo. contemporary half calf cloth boards by Maclehose of Glasgow and 5 others. (14).
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Tooke Thomas. Thoughts and details on the high and low prices of the last thirty years. London: John Murray 1823. First edition 4 parts. in 1 volume 8vo.folding table at end of first part contemporary half calf marbled boards a few minor scuff marks. Note: "A pioneer of the empirical method in economics Tooke worked extensively to understand the causes behind price fluctuations investigating such variables as changing seasons new machinery and monetary polices. He was a staunch critic of trade barriers opposing any government restriction on foreign trade." (Columbia Encyclopedia) The present work was altered and enlarged to become A history of prices and the state of the circulation during the years 1793-1856.
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Tooke Thomas & Newmarch William. A history of prices and of the state of circulation from 1793 to 1837 [1856]. London: Longmans etc. 1838-57. First edition 6 volumes 8vo. original blind stamped cloth with some wear to head and tails inner joints of volumes 5 & 6 splitting (6). Note: Kress C4744. In the first four volumes of this the author' s best know work he deals with the prices of corn and the circumstances affecting prices the prices of producing other products and the state of circulation. The final two volumes written in conjunction with William Newmarch deal with railways free trade banking in Europe and the effects of new discoveries of gold. "A standard work valuable alike to practical and speculative inquirers." (McCulloch Literature of political economy p. 196.
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Heath Ambrose. Good Drinks. London: Faber & Faber 1939. First edition 8vo cover and title designed by Edward Bawden original decorative paper boards dustwrapper in same design wrapper scratched and price clipped worm damage in lower corner of upper board; Open Sesame. London: Nicholson and Watson 1939. First edition 8vo decorative half cloth dustwrapper in same design wrapper sunned at spine and chipped boards very bright and another similar; Savoury Snacks. London 1939. First edition 8vo decorative half cloth dustwrapper chipped at edges one inch section of spine absent ink mark on upper board; What's left in the larder? London 1940. First edition 8vo decorative half cloth dustwrapper slight sunning to spine price clipped and 18 others on cookery (23).
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Mill John Stuart. Autobiography. London 1873 8vo original cloth slightly rubbed; Milton J. L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. London 1848 4to. First edition 30 plates by R. Doyle D. Roberts and others elaborately blind-stamped calf George Dalziell's copy with letters from the Secretary of the Board of Trade's secretary and Sir H. Absolom tipped in some light spotting; Aristophanes. The Lysistrata. New York 1967 facsimile edition illustrations by A. Beardsley original boards uncut; Wilson J.G. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland. London [1876] 8vo 4 volumes 2 tinted titles and 38 engraved plates original cloth gilt; Somerville William Hobbinol or the Rural Games. London: J. Stagg 1740. First edition 4to contemporary calf blind-stamped arms to covers neatly rebacked; Scott George (ed) The Memoirs of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill of the most Remarkable Affairs of State. London R. Boulter 1683. First edition 4to contemporary panelled calf small hole to C1 some spotting hinges weak and a quantity of miscellaneous books (qty).
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The Art Union. A Monthly Journal of Fine Arts London 1846-1848 volumes VIII - X 3 volumes 4to illustrated including original talbotype of street scene by William Fox Talbot in volume VIII label on verso absent half red calf gilt gilt edged black labels backstrips faded rubbed; The Art Journal London 1849-1852 volumes XI-XII & III-IV new series 5 volumes 4to including illustrated catalogue of The 1851 Great Exhibition illustrated half red calf gilt gilt edged backstrips faded rubbed (8). Note: Volume VIII January to December 1846 contains an original calotype or "sun picture" by William Fox Talbot of a street scene opposite page 143 and the article "The Talbotype or Sun Picture". Fox Talbot patented the calotype in 1840 the first instance of a photograph secured on paper and produced with paper negatives which allowed for multiple copies of the same image to be made. His work "The Pencil of Nature" the first book to be illustrated with photographs was published in 1845 and the appearance of a "Talbotype" in the Art-Union is likely a response to the positive reaction to the book. This volume of the Art Union also includes several other articles on photography including "Photographic Miniatures" on page 19 "Mr. Beard's Photography Portraits" on page 139 and "The Application of the Talbotype" and the "Daguerrotype.". Note: Volume VIII January to December 1846 contains an original calotype or "sun picture" by William Fox Talbot of a street scene opposite page 143 and the article "The Talbotype or Sun Picture". Fox Talbot patented the calotype in 1840 the first instance of a photograph secured on paper and produced with paper negatives which allowed for multiple copies of the same image to be made. His work "The Pencil of Nature" the first book to be illustrated with photographs was published in 1845 and the appearance of a "Talbotype" in the Art-Union is likely a response to the positive reaction to the book. This volume of the Art Union also includes several other articles on photography including "Photographic Minatures" on page 19 "Mr. Beard's Photography Portraits" on page 139 and "The Application of the Talbotype" and the "Daguerrotype.".
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British Institution. A catalogue raisonée of the pictures now exhibiting in Pall Mall. [London] 1816 4to pp. 48 original red boards worn inner hinges weak. first few leaves damp-stained at edges title page torn at outer edge ink inscription on title ink stamp on title and front free endpaper foxing and browning bookplate.
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Macquoid Percy & Edwards Ralph. The dictionary of English furniture. London: Country Life 1924. First edition folio 3 volumes black and white illustrations and coloured plates publisher's green cloth t.e.g corners bumped some rubbing to edges; Cescinsky Herbert English furniture of the eighteenth Century. London: The Waverly Book Company [c. 1910] 3 volumes illustrated with black and white photographs half morocco gilt rubbed interior clean (6).
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AnnanThomas (photographer). Forbes Revd. A.G. Photographs of Glasgow with descriptive letterpress Glasgow: Duthie [n.d. 1868]. First edition small 4to frontispiece and 12 other mounted photographs by Thomas Annan publisher's cloth t.e.g. stained and worn contents loose in binding light water staining of the lower corners of the prelims. Provenance: Peter Nelson.
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Paton James & Annan James Craig. Scottish history & life. Glasgow: Maclehose 1902. First edition folio engraved frontispiece illustrated plates by T. & R. Annan & Sons original half blue morocco t.e.g. others uncut by Maclehose; The Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors & Soldiers at Erskine House. Glasgow: Maclehose 1917. Folio plates by T. & R. Annan & Sons original quarter red morocco t.e.g. others uncut by Maclehose; MacColl D.S. Nineteenth century art [with illustrations from pictures and objects in the Fine Art Loan Collection of the Glasgow International Exhibition 1901]. Glasgow: Maclehose 1902. First edition folio plates by T. & R. Annan & Sons original half blue morocco t.e.g. others uncut by Maclehose and another. (4).
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Goble Warwick illustrator and others. Kingsley Charles. The water-babies with illustrations in colour by Warwick Goble. London: Macmillan 1909. First edition thus 4to. coloured frontispiece and 31 other coloured plates tipped in publisher's gilt pictorial cloth a.e.g. slight fading of the spine couple of spots on the lower cover endpapers foxed; Caldecott R. Caldecott's collection of pictures & songs. London: Warne [n.d]. 4to. illustrated (including coloured) each title separately paginated original pictorial cloth over bevelled boards a little wear to head and tail upper inner and lower joints splitting; Caldecott R. Caldecott's second collection of pictures & songs. London: Warne [n.d.]. Oblong 8vo. illustrated (including coloured) each title separately paginated original pictorial cloth over bevelled boards a little rubbed inner joints splitting a few marginal tears repaired; Habberton John. Helen's babies. London: Grant Richards 1899 8vo. coloured frontispiece and illustrated in the text by Eva Roos original pictorial cloth split at foot spine slightly stained inner joints weak; Chisholm Louey. The golden staircase: poems and verses for children with pictures by M. Dibdin Spooner. London: Jack 1906. First edition 8vo. coloured frontispiece and other coloured plates original gilt decorative cloth t.e.g. others uncut; Greenaway Kate. Mother Goose or the old nursery rhymes. London: Warne [ n.d.]. 12mo. coloured illustrated original green limp reverse calf over lapping edges; Lear Edward. Nonsense songs & stories with additional songs and introduction by Sir E. Strachey. London: Warne 1897. 8vo. illustrated original pictorial cloth inner joints broken contents loose in binding. (7).
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Lawrence T.E. Crusader castles London: Golden Cockerel Press 1936 4to. First edition number 810 of 1000 copies 2 volumes plates maps absent publisher's half tan morocco ivory cloth boards t.e.g. others uncut by Sangorski & Sutcliffe heads tails and corners very slightly rubbed. Sold not subject to return (2).
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Powys Llewyln. The verdict of Birdlegoose. London: Cape 1927. First edition 8vo. original cloth boards no 49 of 900; Blunden Edmund. Shelley and Keats as they struck their contemporaries. London: Beaumont 1925. First edition 8vo.original quarter vellum patterned paper boards corners a little knocked no 308 of 310 copies on hand-made paper; Plato. Plato's symposium or supper; newly translated by Francis Birrell & Shane Leslie. London: Fortune Press [n.d.]. First thus 8vo. vellum no. 62 of 175 copies signed by Leslie and 29 others (32).
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Stowe Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin with twenty-seven illustrations on wood by George Cruikshank. London: Cassell 1852. First English edition in book form 8vo. portrait frontispiece of the author and 27 woodcut plates by Cruikshank contemporary half red morocco cloth boards spine faded some spotting throughout and a few small marginal tears pp. 151 -154 partly loose. Note: Although several editions appeared in England in the same year the Cassell edition is generally credited as being the first preceded only by the Cassell edition in loose parts.
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Cave Henry W. Picturesque Ceylon Volume I. Colombo and the Kelani Valley. [Volume 2 Kandy and Peradeniya]. London: Sampson Low Martson 1893-94. First editions 2 volumes 4to. with 36 photographic illustrations on 30 plates in volume 1 and 33 photographic plates in volume 2 volume 1 in publisher's dark green morocco with gilt view on the upper cover a.e.g. volume 2 in publisher's full red hard grain morocco elaborate gilt borders inner gilt dentelles a.e.g. very light spotting of a few plate margins. (2).
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Calderwood W.L. The salmon rivers and lochs of Scotland. London: Edward Arnold 1909. First edition 4to. mounted coloured frontispiece 3 other mounted coloured plates 34 black and white plates (8 photogravure) and 18 plates of maps original buckram t.e.g. others uncut a few minor scuff marks on the lower cover. Note: No 157 of 250 copies.
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Somerville E. & Ross Martin. Some experiences of an Irish R.M. London: Longmans Green & Co 1899. First edition 8vo illustrated by E. Somerville original decorative green black and red cloth rubbed at extremities backstrip sunned foxing p. 297 torn at outer edge [no loss to text]; Further experiences of an Irish R.M. London: Longmans Green & Co 1908. First edition 8vo illustrated by E. Somerville original cloth gilt rubbed at edges backstrip sunned owners ink inscription on front free endpaper; Dan Russel the Fox. London: Methuen & Co 1911. First edition 8vo original orange-brown cloth gilt corners bumped; French Leave. London 1928. First edition 8vo original red cloth corners bumped (4).
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A Royal Doulton Proverb Series ware plate inscribed 'If At First You Don't Succeed Try Again. A Miss Is As Good As A Mile' decorated with the scene of a golfer patterned border 26cm diameter; a Foley china porcelain plate decorated with a scene of Panmure Ladies Golf House and with crossed flag and club dated March 1905 15.6cm diameter; and another plateTryst Golf Course Stenhousemuir 17.6cm diameter (3)
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A 9ct gold golfing medal the obverse cast with a golfer in swing and a caddie reverse engraved 'First Class J. Stacey' ring suspension with marks for Birmingham 1932 28mm; together with a silver ring or watch stand with crossed club supports on an oval base with marks for Birmingham 1911 6.3cm high (2)
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