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Asiatic Society of Japan. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, a run, vols. I-XLIX, October 1872-May 1922, & Second Series, vols. I-XVIII, December 1922-December 1939, bound in 56 vols. in all, b & w plts., illusts. etc., incl. some folding, the first 40 vols. bound in sixteen uniform maroon cloth gilt vols., a little rubbed, the remainder in orig. pubs. cloth-backed boards, occasional wear to spines, 8vo (56)
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Botero (Giovanni). Relationi Universali di Giovanni Botero Benese. Divise in Quattro Parti. Arricchite di Molte Cose Rare, e Memorabili, con l'Ultima Mano dell' Auttore. Accresciutovi Varie Osservationi di Girolamo Brusoni..., Venice: Per li Bertani, 1659, [8] + 747 + [36] pp., half-title present, four uncoloured folding engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, some minor spotting, later half vellum, gilt dec. spine with leather label, 8vo. A rare, and most complete edition of Botero's Relationi Universali, the first to contain the seventh part (pp. 664-746). This copy bound without Brusoni's Osservazioni and the following sections. With the bookplate of the classical scholar Edward Dodwell, and his signature on half-title - 'E. Dodwell, Rome, March 15, 1820'. Sabin 6800. (1)
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Chardin (Sir John). Voyages du Chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient, 10 vols., Paris, Andre Cailleau, 1723, eng. port. frontis. to first vol., folding eng. map, and seventy-seven eng. plts., including many folding, contemp. uniform calf, gilt spines, several vols. with some wear to joints and head and foot of spines, 4th vol. with some leather loss, 12mo (10)
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Fenner (Rest, Publisher). Fenner's Pocket Atlas, of Modern & Ancient Geography; The First Series Shewing the Different States of Europe, Asia, Africa & America..., The Second Series or Clasical to Illustrate Ancient History..., n.d., c.1830, eng. title & contents leaf, forty-five hand-col. maps (inc. 8 double-page and 1 folding map with short closed tear to central fold), contemp. qtr. morocco, slight wear to joints, small 4to (1)
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Hamilton (Sir William, and Hancarville, Pierre Francois Hugues d'). Antiquites Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines, tirees du Cabinet de M. Hamilton... (Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities from the Cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton, His Britannick Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Naples), vols. I & II (of 4), Naples, 1766-67, two hand-col. etched titles to each vol. in French and English, text in French and English, three uncol. etched dedication plts., and 220 plts. (including many double-page, and seventy-four hand-col.), several eng. illusts. to text, occn. minor marks, titles to first vol. lightly soiled and one with some creasing, small damp stain to extreme head of inner margin at front of first vol., marbled endpapers, contemp. full tree calf, rubbed and some marks, minor wear to extrems., early 19th-c. good-quality reback, scuffed to extrems., large folio. Cohen-de Ricci 474; Brunet I, 321. (2)
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Leake (William Martin). Travels in Northern Greece, 4 vols., 1st ed., 1835, four b&w eng. maps, incl. three folding, general map loose and with some creasing, six eng. plans, incl. five folding, and forty-four eng. plts. of inscriptions, wood eng. illusts. to text, some light foxing and offsetting, early annotations in ink to margins of pp. 403-405 of first vol. a.e.g., contemp. full calf, gilt dec. spines with red and green morocco labels, rubbed and scuffed to joints, a few labels sl. chipped, one or two joints a little frayed at extrems., 8vo. Blackmer 975; Atabey 692; Hopkirk, 556. An account of four separate journeys undertaken between December 1804 and January 1810. The first volume also contains a biography of Ali Pasha. (4)
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Oliver (Vere Langford). The History of the Island of Antigua, One of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, from the First Settlement in 1635 to the Present Time, 3 vols., 1894-99, b & w illusts. and maps, some folding, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt in bright condition, folio. Limited edition 138/150. A handsome set. (3)
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Prevost D'Exiles (Abbe Antoine Francois). Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, 60 (of 64) vols., lacking vols. 3, 6, 33, & 57, Paris, 1846-61, eng. port. frontis. to first vol., 302 eng. plts. and maps, including many folding, contemp. mottled sheep, gilt dec. spines, occn. wear to joints and head and foot of spines (generally in good condition), 12mo. Sold with all faults. (60)
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Shackleton (E.H.). The Heart of the Antarctic, Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, with an Introduction by Hugh Robert Mill, an Account of the First Journey to the South Magnetic Pole by Professor T.W. Egeworth David, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1909, half title and photogravure frontis. to each, col. plts. and numerous b & w illusts. taken from photos., three folding maps and a folding panorama cont. in rear pocket to vol. 2, t.e.g., remainder rough trimmed, orig. dec. cloth, covers of vol. 2 damp stained (mostly spine), thick 4to (2)
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Shackleton (E.H.). The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909..., with an introduction by Hugh Robert Mill, D. Sc., & An Account of the First Journey to the South Magnetic Pole, by Professor T. W. Edgworth David, F. R. S., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1909, photogravure frontis. to each, twelve mounted col. plts., num. b&w illusts. from photos., various maps and diags. (incl. three folding maps and a folding panorama contained in rear pocket of vol. 1), some minor scattered spotting, slight dampstains to upper margin of first few leaves in both vols., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. vellum gilt, a little dust soiled and a few minor marks, thick 4to, together with The Antarctic Book. Winter Quarters 1907-1909, double-page spread with orig. signatures of all sixteen members of the shore party, plus four mounted col. ports. from crayon drawings, six sepia etchings by George Marston, some minor scattered spotting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. vellum-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, a little dust soiled (Edition limited to 300 unnumbered copies), slim 4to. Limited edition 196/300. Volume 1 personally signed and inscribed on fly leaf by Shackleton, 'To W. B. Gentle from E. H. Shackleton with kindest regards and appreciation of his interest in the Imperial TransAntarctic Expedition, E. H. Shackleton, July, 1914'. Conrad p.148; Spence 1096. See illustration inside front cover of this catalogue. (3)
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Burton (Captain Sir Richard F.). First Footsteps in East Africa, or An Exploration of Harar, edited by his wife, Isabel Burton, 2 vols., Memorial Edition, Tylston & Edwards, 1894, four chromolitho. plts., two maps, all correct as list, orig. gilt dec. black cloth, sl. frayed at head of spines, 8vo (2)
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Cameron (Verney Lovett). Across Africa, 2 vols., Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1877, half-title and frontis. to each, numerous plts. and illusts., some folding, all correct as list, folding map in pocket at rear of first vol., pubs. ads. at rear of each vol., second vol.with institutional ink stamp to title and new endpapers. both orig. gilt dec. cloth, corners sl. bumped, 8vo (2)
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Lugard (Captain F.D.). The Rise of Our East African Empire, Early Efforts in Nyasaland and Uganda, 2 vols., Blackwood, 1893, half-title and frontis. to each, plts., illusts. and maps, incl. a folding map in pocket at both front and rear of first vol., orig. pict. cloth, sl. rubbed, first vol. rebacked with orig. spine laid-down, 8vo (2)
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Oswell (W. Edward). William Cotton Oswell, Hunter and Explorer, The Story of His Life, by his Eldest Son, 2 vols., Heinemann, 1900, port. frontis. to each, plts., two folding maps, orig. cloth gilt, spines sunned, upper joint to first vol. partially split, 8vo. With an autograph letter signed from the author loosely inserted. (3)
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Muybridge (Eadweard). Animal Locomotion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements, 1872-1885, Author's Edition, Philadelphia, 1887, title leaf and twenty-one collotype plates printed by the Photogravure Company, each image approx. 32 x 22 cm without letterpress, spotting and some marginal finger-soiling throughout, orig. cloth with leather title label to upper cover, scuffed and marked, some fraying at extremities, 48 x 60 cm. Between 1884 and 1886 Muybridge and his team produced 20,000 negatives of various animals and humans in motion, which were then arranged on 781 plates and printed in 1887 as Animal Locomotion. This scarce copy of the Author's Edition contains selected plates 565, 616, 626, 647, 659, 710, 721, 739, 755, 3, 152, 174, 187, 214, 465, 471, 279, 289, 347, 133, 408. One other copy of this same edition traced at the University of California Berkeley contains the same first sixteen plates plus plates 57, 49, 209, 748, 469. See Frizot, 244ff. & Grolier, Truthful Lens 123. (1)
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Notes and Queries. Vols. 1-12 (first series), 1-10 & 12 (second series), 1-2, 6-12 (third series), 1849-67, a broken run, together with indexes to series 1-3 & 6, all ex. lib. with usual marks, orig. cloth with paper lib. labels to spines, 8vo. Containing numerous articles on early photography, etc. (36)
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Paris Commune 1871. Les Ruines de Paris et de ses Environs 1870-1871, Cent Photographies par A. Liebert, Texte par Alfred D'Aunay, 2 vols., pub. A[lphonse] Liebert, Paris, 1872, each volume with printed title, table of contents, 11/12pp essay and fifty albumen photographs, image sizes approx. 10 x 13.5 cm, each individually mounted with photographer's name and printed caption beneath, all correct as listed with tissue-guards present, slight paper damage to upper margin of contents leaf of volume 1 and rear endpapers of both volumes, a.e.g., orig. diced calf with gilt-lettered spines, some wear to corners and spine ends, spine of vol. 2 slightly torn and repaired without loss, oblong folio (approx. 22.5 x 32 cm). Truthful Lens 105 - first issue of 1871: 'Many photographers recorded the devastation of Paris and surroundings following the Franco-Prussian War and the uprising of the Commune. This, however, is the only collection published with descriptive text and letterpress captions... Among the subjects are views of the gutted City Hall, of the Tuileries, Saint Cloud, the overturned Colonne Vendome, etc.'. (2)
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Nelson (T., & sons, pub.). Souvenir of Scotland, Its Cities, Lakes and Mountains, 1889; Souvenir of The Highlands, The Trossachs, Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond, 1892; Souvenir of Edinburgh, 1892, all 1st eds., numerous chromo. views (complete as list), a.e.g., orig. dec. cloth, some fading to spines, and rubbing, sm. 4to, together with two further copies of the first item (one lacking six plts.), plus three other Scottish items, incl. two view books, one with chromos. (8)
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Bloodstock Breeders Review. An Illustrated Annual Devoted to the British Thoroughbred, 27 vols., a broken run, vols. 16-19, 36, 37, 39, 41-48, 53, 59-68, 70, 1927-1981, b & w illusts., mostly after photos., trade ads, first 22 vols. contemp. half and qtr. calf (first two rubbed), 1976 onwards in qtr. cloth, 8vo, (1970 onwards in larger format) (27)
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Buffon (Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de). Storia Naturale di Buffon, Nuovamente Ordinata e Continuata per Opera del C. di Lacepede, 102 vols., Livorno, 1829, port. frontis. to vol. 1, folding map at rear of vol. 2, 296 hand-col. plts., contemp. uniform dark green quarter calf gilt with vellum tips, 12mo. An unusual Italian edition of Buffon's Natural History. A new edition containing few plates than in most preceeding editions, with additions by Comte de LacŽpde, was first published in twelve volumes in 1817-1818, and reprinted in 1825, and 1828-29 in twenty-six volumes. (102)
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New Naturalist series, 23 vols., nos. 4, 8, 13, 17, 18, 21 (2 copies), 28 (2 copies), 36, 51, 53, 55-57, 60-63 (plus duplicate no. 63), 83-85, all 1st eds., 1946-99, b&w illusts. to each, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, a few earlier vols. rubbed and chipped to extrems., with minor loss, and first vol. with d.j. somewhat worn, later vols. generally in very good condition, 8vo (23)
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Schinz (Salomon). Anleitung zu der Pflanzenkenntniss und derselben nutzlichsten Anwendung, Zurich, 1774 [-1777], title with eng. vign., two single-page general plts. by J. P. Bullinger, after Schinz (entitled Primae Lineae Botanicae), and 101 single-page woodcut illusts., on 100 leaves (two plts. printed back-to-back), all with contemp. hand-col., contemp. boards with orange marbling, rubbed and some marks, a little chipped to joints and extrems., folio. Nissen 1761; Hunt 640. The first edition, printed and coloured at the Zurich Wansenhaus. The woodcuts were originally prepared for Leonhart Fuchs' De Historia Stirpium (Basel, 1542), here reprinted and hand-coloured. (1)
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Sowerby (James). English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, vol. 6 only, 2nd ed., 1839, 182 hand-col. eng. plts., contemp. half calf, worn, with boards detached, and lacking spine, 8vo, together with Hill (Sir John), The Family Herbal..., pub. Bungay, C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, [1820?], fifty-two hand-col. eng. plts., finger soiling throughout, lacking front free endpaper, contemp. calf, worn, with upper cover and first four leaves detached (title-page with ms. names at head, and with tape repair along gutter margin), 8vo, plus Jardine (Sir William), The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology, vol. 1 only, Humming-Birds, pub. Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1833, port. frontis., addn. eng. title, and thirty-one only (of 34) plts. (lacking 5, 22, 23), one plt. detached, ms. name at head of title-page, water-damaged throughout, contemp. half calf, rubbed, small 8vo, plus two other nat. hist. (5)
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World. Speed (John), A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne According to ye Truest Descriptions Latest Discoveries & Best Observations yt Have Been Made by English or Strangers, sold George Humble, 1626 [or later], hand coloured engraved twin-hemisphere map surrounded by engraved decoration including two celestial hemispheres, some surface marks and light finger soiling, closed vertical split repaired to verso with sellotape, close trimmed with some loss to upper printed border, the whole laid onto modern paper, approx. 395 x 520 mm. Shirley 317. The first map from an English atlas to show California as an island. (1)
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* HMS Bounty. Two original sheathing nails and a fragment of copper bottom from the HMS Bounty, c. 1787, each nail with an iron core and brass outer covering, both slightly bent and with traces of corrosion, white sediment on the longer nail, approx. 37 & 31 mm, the copper fragment approx. 85 x 50 mm and 1 mm thick, all decoratively mounted beneath a modern colour reproduction print showing Fletcher Christian and the Mutiny of the Bounty, the whole framed and glazed, together with two related Autograph Letters Signed from Fred Christian to Arthur Bradbury, Pitcairn Island, 14th August 1958 & 30th January 1959, the first on Shaw Savill Line letterhead, thanking Bradbury for his letter and continuing 'I am very sorry that I am not able to ge[t] you any of the wood from the Bounty but I am sending you two of the copper nails which I am sure that is the nails from the Bounty, my son Thomas Christian, get it right from the wreck of the Bounty when Mr [Luis] Marden was here little over a year ago. he help him when he was here, he live with us in our own home, he dive with Mr Marden to get what they can get from the old Bounty. you can rest assured that these two copper nail come direct from the Bounty', and as a signed postscript, 'This little peice of copper also comes from the Bounty', 2 pages, 4to, with two addressed envelopes and the original postmarked (date indistinct) brown paper package; the second letter on RMS Rangitiki letterhead thanking Bradbury 'for that beautiful picture of the Bounty you made for me it was so beautifuly done', continuing with worries about the world, wondering if Bradbury is married and noting his own family details, 'My wife is Flora Christian, and we have a son Tom Christian, he our wireless operator on the island... we also have our little grand daughter Olive', and hoping that they will meet one day, 2 pages on two leaves, 8vo, plus orig. postmarked (30th January 1959) envelope.
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Bacon (Nathaniel). An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England, from the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth..., 4th ed., 1739, title printed in red and black (with early inscription to upper margin), occ. minor spotting, contemp. mottled calf, gilt armorial of the 'Society of Writers to the Signet' to centre of each board, upper joint cracked & lower board detached, folio, together with Burnet (Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury), Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1724-34, some margins frayed, pages soiled, marked & few loose, contemp. calf, worn and upper board of vol. 1 detached, vol. 2 lacks spine, folio (3)
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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... Also Sanitary, Medical, & Legal Memoranda; With a History of the Origin, Properties, and Uses of all things Connected with Home, Life and Comfort, 1st ed., 2 vols., 1861, wood eng. frontis. and additional title to vol. 1, twelve full-page col. plts. with tissue guards, num. small wood engs. to text, a few minor marks, modern green half morocco gilt, 8vo. Bitting, p. 32. This work was first issued in The English Woman's Domestic Magazine in 1859-61 and was then produced in book-form in 1861. Four years after its' publication, while still in her twenties, Isabella Mary Beeton died of puerperal fever. (2)
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by his Maiesties speciall Commandement, 2nd ed. [Great 'She' Bible], imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1613/11, black letter text, fifty-nine lines in double column, large portion of woodcut general title still present (large portions to fore-margins missing, relaid), all eighteen leaves of prelims. present, without the Speed map usually found after the Genealogies, A2 repaired to margins, with some loss, A3 & 4 repaired to top margin, sl. affecting one or two words, several following leaves with paper repair to extreme top margin, not affecting text, eighteen leaves of Genealogies present (the first two leaves misbound before A2 of prelims.), NT woodcut title present (in good condition), lacks final leaf of text (Aa6), now supplied in old manuscript, Aa5 repaired and restrengthened to margins, with some loss of text to lower outer corner, occn. minor marginal repairs elsewhere, some minor damp stains, mainly to top margins at front of vol., occn. minor soiling (text generally in good clean condition), contemp. blind-panelled full calf over wooden boards, remains of brass clasps, diamond-shaped brass lozenge to centre of upper and lower covers, and brass bosses to corners of each cover (one missing to upper cover), 19th-c. reback, large thick folio. Herbert 319. A good copy of the Great She Bible, with the correction 'She' for 'He' in Ruth, III, 15. (1)
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Binding. Jacquemart (Albert). Histoire de la Ceramique, Paris, 1873, twelve b & w etched plts., b & w letterpress illusts., first two gatherings with minor insect damage to top outer corner, a.e.g., contemp. full vellum, elaborately blocked in red, blue and black by A. Souze, extrems. slightly rubbed, large 8vo (1)
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Braithwait (Richard). Barnabae Itinerarium, or Barnabee's Journal...edited from the First Edition by Joseph Haslewood, 1820, engraved plts., complete as list, contemp. owners name in ink to endpaper of vol. 1, contemp. crimson morocco gilt, skillfully rebacked, small 8vo. Only 125 copies printed. (2)
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Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie of the most auncient Philosopher Euclide of Megara. Faithfully (now first) translated into the Englishe toung, by H. Billingsley, Citizen of London. Whereunto are annexed certaine Scholies, Anotations, and Inventions, of the best Mathematiciens, both of time past, and in this our age. With a very fruitfull Preface made by M. J. Dee, specifying the chiefe Mathematicall Sciences, what they are, and whereunto comodius: where, also, are disclosed certaine new Secrets Mathematicall and Mechanicall, untill these our daies, greatly missed, 1st complete English ed., John Daye, 1570, woodcut title (a little browned and minor fraying to extrems.), lacks folding Groundplatt at end of preface, num. woodcut diags., initials, etc., Book XI with most moveable overslips missing (seven small slips still present but detached), final leaf of text with colophon to verso, and large woodcut port. of the printer John Daye (a little browned and marked to extreme edges), one or two leaves with minor rust hole or sl. damage, affecting one or two letters (generally in good condition), contemp. full calf, worn with backstrip deficient and covers detached, folio. STC 10560; Honeyman 1008; Thomas-Stanford 41. The first edition of the first complete English translation, with an important preface by John Dee. (1)
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Fielding (Henry). The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq; With the Life of the Author, 8 vols., new ed., 1771, early 19th c. eng. port. of the author mounted as frontis. to first vol., contemp. uniform full sprinkled calf, gilt dec. spines with red morocco labels, a little rubbed and joints partly cracked, some vols. a little chipped to extreme head and foot of spines (generally an attractive set), 8vo (8)
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Filmer (Sir Robert). The Free-Holders Grand Inquest, Touching Our Sovereign Lord the King and His Parliament. To Which are Added Observations Upon Forms of Government. Together with Directions for Obedience to Governours in Dangerous and Doubtful Times, 10 parts in 1, 1679, lacks A1 (port. frontis.), occ. spotting, 20th c. half calf, with morocco title label, 8vo. Includes "Observations on Mr. Hobs's Leviathan: or, His Artificial Man a Commonwealth". Wing F914. The first edition was published in 1648. (1)
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Frazer (Mrs.). The Practice of Cookery, Pastry, Pickling, Preserving etc., containing Figures of Dinners, from Five to Nineteen Dishes, and a Full List of Supper Dishes, 1st ed., Edinburgh, Hill, 1791, two eng. plts., lacking half-title?, some old browning and staining, a few leaves frayed with loss incl. title, upper hinge cracked with a few leaves from first gathering loose, later half calf, rubbed, some wear to edges, 12mo. Oxford, p.120; Bitting p.166. (1)
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Gerli (Agostino). Opuscoli, 1st ed., Parma, Bodoni, 1785, title with large eng. vign., eight large eng. head- and tail-pieces, fifteen b&w eng. plts., incl. three folding, some light damp discol. towards rear of vol., untrimmed, modern brown half-calf, folio, contained in modern drop-over bookbox, with bookplate of Gšsta E. Florman, folio. A collection of essays on aerostatics, architecture, decoration, etc., incl. obsverations on the hot air balloon constructed by Paulo Andreani, of Milan, which made the first aerial ascent in Italy, in 1784. (1)
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The Housekeeper's Receipt-Book, or the Repository of Domestic Knowledge, containing a Complete System of House-Keeping, formed upon Principles of Experience and Economy, and Adapted to General Use, published by the Editor and Sold by all Periodical Publishers in Town and Country, 1815, eng. frontis., frayed and torn with some loss, five eng. plts. of bills of fare (apparently lacking bill of fare plt. for 'September and October'), some browning and spotting, a few repairs and a few leaves a little frayed, contemp. calf boards with recent calf reback and morocco label to spine, 8vo, together with Hunter (Alexander), Receipts in Modern Cookery, with a Medical Commentary, new ed., Murray, 1820, eng. frontis., recent half calf with morocco label to spine, 12mo, (first published in 1804 under the title 'Culina Famulatrix Medicinae, or Receipts in Modern Cookery') (2)
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Hunter (John). Traite sur Le Sang, L'Inflammation et Les Playes D'Armes a Feu, trans. J. Dubar, 3 vols., Paris, MŽquignon, 1799, occasional light spotting, later French polished quarter calf with marbled boards, sl. rubbed at spine ends, 8vo. First French translation of Hunter's landmark work. Signed 'ex libris Murat' to title page of third volume. (3)
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Schmidt (Isaac Jakob). Grammatik der Mongolischen Sprache, 1st ed., St Petersburg, 1831, one plate, annotations in pencil (mostly purple) throughout, lacks half-title, heavy spotting at front and some soiling throughout, ink lib. stamp to front endpaper and final leaf verso, later half cloth, rubbed and some wear, remains of orig. spine relaid, 4to. First edition of the first Mongolian grammar. (1)
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Les Maitres du Dessin. Publication Mensuelle editee par l'Imprimerie Chaix, sous la direction de M. Roger Marx... Les Dessins du Mussee du Luxembourg & Les Dessins Francais du Siecle a l'Exposition Universelle de 1900, First & Second series, 24 orig. parts, May 1899-April 1901, ninety-six b & w and sepia helioptype plts., orig. art nouveau style printed wrappers contained in two orig. card envelopes, together with Les Grands Modeles, Fourrures, 1940, 34 pp., num. col. fashion illusts. of ladies in fur coats, etc., orig. pict. stiff wrappers, slim folio, plus Le Petit Journal, approx 67 orig. issues, c. 1891-1911, col.-printed front and rear covers, slim folio, and a few other items (a carton)
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Christie (Agatha). Taken At The Flood, 1948; Crooked House, 1949, both 1st eds., pub. Collins Crime Club, both orig. orange cloth in rubbed d.j.s with internal tape repairs at head and tail of spines (with minor loss), 8vo, together with A Murder is Announced, 1st ed., Collins Crime Club, 1950, orig. cloth in rubbed d.j. with internal tape repairs, some edge wear, 8vo, plus They Came to Baghdad, 1st ed., Crime Club, 1951, orig. cloth in price-clipped d.j., rubbed, chipped at head and tail of spine, 8vo, and Mrs. McGinty's Dead, 1952; A Pocket Full of Rye, 1953; Hickory Dickory Dock, 1955, all 1st eds., all orig. cloth in sl. rubbed and faded d.j.s, 8vo, together with twenty other Christie first editions, c.1950s-70s (27)
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Christie (Agatha). The Hound of Death and Other Stories, 1st ed., Odhams, 1933, light spotting to edges, orig. cloth in d.j. with loss at head of spine and internal tape repairs, some edge wear, 8vo, together with Hercule Poirot's Christmas, 1st ed., Collins Crime Club, 1939, lacking front free endpaper, occasional spotting, orig. orange cloth, rubbed and marked with some spotting to spine, 8vo, plus The Thirteen Problems, 1st ed., Collins Crime Club, 1932, library cloth with markings on rear pastedown, rubbed, 8vo, and Partners in Crime, 1st ed., Collins, 1929, hinges broken, text block a little grubby, orig. black cloth, worn, particularly at spine ends, joints and corners, 8vo, together with eight other Christie first or early editions, some with library markings (12)
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Kipling (Rudyard). The Second Jungle Book, 1st ed., 1895, b & w illusts. to text, 2 pp. publishers adverts to rear, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, rubbed to extrems., 8vo, together with The Five Nations, 1st ed., 1903, 38 pp. publishers catalogue to rear, t.e.g. remainder untrimmed, orig. coarse cloth, 8vo, and The Maltese Cat Illustrated by Lionel Edwards, 1936, b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth in sl. soiled and torn d.j., small 4to, and others by Kipling incl. first editions (11)
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Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 1st ed., Warne, 1909, col. illusts., front free endpaper and first four leaves loose, front hinge split, orig. green boards with inset pictorial panel to upper board, faded and spine becoming detached at ends, together with The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, 1st ed., Warne, 1911, col. illusts., stitching broken, one leaf torn, orig. dark green boards, detached, with pictorial panel inset to upper cover, spine ends a little worn, with loss at head, plus fourteen other Beatrix Potters, a few worn, mostly early editions, all 16mo (16)
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Miscellaneous books, including From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile, An Account of the German Central African Expedition of 1910-1911, by Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, 2 vols., 1913, col. and b & w plts. etc., orig. cloth, rubbed and marked, some staining to first vol. and a little damage to head of rear joint, 8vo, together with The Great War in 1916, A Neutral's Indictment, Sixty Cartoons by Louis Raemaekers, pub. Fine Art Society, 1917, twenty-four (of twenty-five) vols. of the Punch Library of Humour, ed. J.A. Hammerton, n.d., c. 1920s, (lacking vol. 19), etc. (2 cartons)
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A Victorian slate mantel clock, of architectural form, with enamelled chapter ring, Arabic numerals, and presentation inscription 'Presented to First VBN Regt. Presented to Sgt. Major Collins by the Staff Sergeants and Sergeants as a mark of their respect and regard, December 10th 1894'; 11" high.
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Two double-sided printed silk maps, the first titled 'Sheet A', depicting the borders of France, Belgium and Holland, verso titled 'Sheet B' depicting the German-Swiss frontier and the border of France and Spain, 73.5cm x 75cm the second titled 'Sheet D', depicting the borders of France, Germany, Switzerland, and Belgium, 71.5cm x 73.5cm, verso titled 'Sheet C', depicting the borders of Holland, Belgium, France and Germany
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BEZAE (THEODORE) Jesu Christi D. N. Novum testamentum, sive Movum foedus., 2 parts, woodcut device on title-page, text in three columns - Greek, Beszae's Latin and the Vulgate, woodcut head and tailpieces, 525pp. in first part, 488pp. in second part, blank leaf, browning, dampstained, some small worm holes to a few leaves, contemporary annotations in an English hand in margins, 17th century Bezae bibliography written in manuscript on front free endpaper, contemporary calf, worn, folio, Geneva, 1582. This edition was Bezae's [or "Beze"] revised text based on the discovery of the important Codex Bezae, (Codex D), a manuscript of the Gospels and Acts probably written in the 5th century. Bezae personally owned this codex and presented it to Cambridge University in 1581.
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