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Click here to subscribeJohnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the Englsh Language: in which the words are deduced from their originals. to which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar, 2 vols, 8th ed, 1798, occ. foxing, first vol. with eng. of Johnson pasted to binder's prelim. blank, 19th c. brown half calf, rubbed, rebacked with cloth, orig. spines relaid, endpapers renewed, 4to. (2)
Linacre (Thomas). De emendata structura Latini sermonis libri sex. Cum Indice copiosissimo in eosdem, apud Seb. Gryphium, 1555, bound with Rudimenta grammatices. Ex Anglico sermone in Latinum versa, Georgio Buchanano Scoto interprete, Lugduni, apud Seb. Gryphium, 1552, 2 works in 1 vol, Gryphin's woodcut device on each title-page, with a larger version at the end of the first work, light general browning in the text, name excised in ink from the head of a2 in the first work, trivial worming confined to the gutter, later vellum, soiled, wormed, small 8vo. Adams L.693 and L.707 respectively. (1)
Mamertius (Claudianus). De Statu Animae, libri tres, Petrp Mosellano recognitore, Basileae, 1520, [colophon:] apud Adam Petri, title within a woodcut border by Hans Holbein, fine large woodcut initials, woodcut device of Adam Petri and of Lodovic Hornken on B3, a2 and a3 misplaced but all present, including the final leaf B4 with errata on the recto, title-page repaired at the fore-edge, some soiling and staining, ink annotation on a1 verso and the blank verso of the last leaf, 18th century boards, paper covering defective but stitching intact, small 4to. Adams M.311. The first edition of "De Statu Animae," in the recension of Petrus Mosellanus. (1)
Nannini (Remigio, Fiorentino). Orationi Militari. Raccotte per M. Remigio Fiorentino, da tutti gli historici Greci e Latini, antichi e moderni, in Vinegia appresso Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1560, woodcut printer's device on the title-page, num. historiated woodcut initials, light soiling and browning, loose in case in contemp. limp vellum, soiled, edges worn, stout 8vo. The second edition of this collection, first published in 1557. Not in Adams. Gamba 1545. (1)
Pemble (William). A Briefe Introduction to Geography; Containing a Description of the Grounds, and generall part thereof, very necessary for young Students in that Science, Oxford, 1685, iv + 47 pp, woodcut illusts. and diags. to text (one diag. close trimmed at fore-edge), some damp staining mainly to first & last leaves, slight surface abrasion to p.47 (final leaf), late 19th c. qtr. sheep, small slim 4to. This would appear to be a 6th edition. Refer to Wing P1113. (1)
Plinius (Secundus, Gaius Caecilius). Epistolarum lib X. Eiusdem Panegyricus Traiano dictus. Cum Commentariis Ioannis Mariae Catanaei, [Paris] veneunt Iodoco Badio & Ioanni Roigny, [colophon:] ex chalcographia Iod. Bad. Ascensii, mense Ianuario, 1533 , title within an ornate woodcut border, with Roigny's woodcut device, text faintly ruled in red throughout , with crible and historiated woodcut initials of various sizes, the final blank leaf F8 present, small ink smudge at the foot of the title-page, which has an old neat repair at the head, without loss, short closed tear in the gutter in the first eight leaves, 18th c, marbled boards, rubbed, worn and repaired roan spine, a tall, crisp copy, folio Adams P.1543. With the Bernard Quaritch label on the front pastedown, recording the volume's purchase from the famous Sunderland library at Blenheim Palace in March 1883. (1)
Rosa (Salvator). Satire, con le note d'Anton Maria Salvini e d'altri, ed alcune notizie appartenenti alla vita dell'autore, Amsterdam, 1770, port. frontis. of the artist by Canocchi, a few minor marks, modern half calf gilf, 8vo, together with Mengs (Anton Raphael), Opere di Antonio Raffaello Mengs primo pittore della Maesta'del Re Cattolico Carlo III, pubblicate dal Cav. D. Giuseppe Niccola d'Azara, e dallo stesso rivedute ed aumentate in questa edizione, 2 vols, Bassano 1783, half-title to each vol, titles with eng. vign, near-contemp. qtr. calf gilt, with morocco label to spine of each vol, rubbed and some marks, first vol. cracked on upper joint and partly cracked on rear joint, 8vo. (3)
Sansovino (Francesco). Le Cento Novelle scelte da'piu nobili scrittori della lingua volgare. Di nuovo ampliate, riformate, rivedute & correte per il medesimo, [colophon:] in Venetia, appresso Fr. Sansovino, 1562, woodcut device on the title-page, and the verso of the last leaf HHH8, full-page woodcut at the beginning of each of the 10 Books, woodcut initials, light browning in the text, a few expertly executed marginal repairs, 18th c. calf, spine gilt, surface of leather worn, spine chipped at extrems, small 8vo. Haym 5.355. Edbert 20304. Not in Adams. The second edition of this collection (first by Sansovino in 1561), noted as rare by Brunet. (1)
Silius Italicus (Caius). De Bello Punico Secundo, ed. Christophorus Cellarius, Leipzig, 1695, eng. frontis, title printed in red and black, six folding b & w maps, some light browning, contemp. vellum, very slightly soiled, small 8vo. An important work documenting the war between Hannibal and the Romans, which was first translated into English in 1661. (1)
Taylor (Isaac Junior). Elements of Thought, or, First Lessons in the Knowledge of the Mind, 1st ed, 1822, author's first book, errata slip after title, bound with two theological works by John Sheppard and Harvey Goodwin, a little staining to lower outer corner of early leaves of first work, contemp. half calf, sl. rubbed, together with Wayland (Francis), The Limitations of Human Responsibility, 1st London ed, 1838, orig. cloth, a little frayed on joints and at ends of spine, both 12mo, plus Duncan (David), The Life and Letters of Herbert Spencer, 1st ed, 1908, b&w plts. and portraits, bibliography at rear, orig. cloth, 8vo, plus others related, mostly 19th century. (13)
Dalton (John). A New System of Chemical Philosophy, volume 1, part 2 only, Manchester, 1810, paginated 221-560, contemp. owners name to title, four engraved plts. (numbered 5-8), occ. light spotting, contemp. marbled boards, spine worn with upper cover and first few leaves detached (but extant), 8vo. PMM 261; Dibner 44; Horblit 22; Sparrow 27; Duveen p.156. (1)
[Owen, Richard, compiler]. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Physiological Series of Comparative Anatomy contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, 5 vols. in 6, 1st eds. (except vol. 1 2nd ed.), 1852, 1834-40, seventy-nine eng. plts. (after William Bell, van Rymsdyck and others) incl. a few folding or partly col, occ. spotting or browning, ink inscriptions at head of titles, orig. cloth with leather spine labels, rubbed and faded on spines, 4to. Garrison Morton 326. Contains the first appearance of John Hunter's notes on his collection. (6)
Stephens (James Francis). Illustrations of British Entomology; A Synopsis of Indigenous Insects: Containing their Generic and Specific Distinctions; with an account of Metamorphoses, Times of Appearance, Localities, Food, and Economy, as far as Practicable, vols. 1-7 in 6, (of 11) and Supplement, 1828-35 & 1846, forty-eight hand col. eng. plts, some scattered spotting, mainly to prelims, contemp. quarter morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear, 8vo. The "Mandibulata" portion of the work, complete. Freeman, British Natural History Books, 3567: Freeman, The Works of Charles Darwin, p.19-20. Stephens' classic work, which was originally published in parts, is divided into four volumes of Haustellata and seven volumes of Mandibulata. Whilst an undergraduate at Cambridge, Darwin sent records of insects that he had captured to Stephens and some of these were published. About thirty records bearing Darwin's name appear in the first five volumes of the Mandibulata portion, the earliest being on page 188 of vol. 2. (6)
Cipriani (Giovanni Battista). A Collection of Prints, after the Sketches and Drawings, of the late Celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Esqr. R. A. Engraved by Mr. Richard Earlom, pub. March 25th 1789 by Jn. & Josiah Boydell, comprising a coloured stipple-engraved portrait of Cipriani after Rigaud, a stipple-engraved title-page, and forty-nine aquatint or stipple-engraved plates being either plain, tinted, or printed in colours, the printed "Catalogue of the Prints", one leaf, present at the end, some soiling or trivial staining in the wide margins, a few plates with short marginal tears, the plates all captioned in pencil, recent qtr. calf binding, unlettered, marbled board sides, some plates becoming loose, folio. Abbey, Life, 199 "The first book printed in England in which aquatint is to be found as a method of rendering wash drawings, with plates in imitation of ink and chalk drawings". Prideaux p. 55. (1)
Delecluze (M.E.J.). Louis David, Son Ecole et son Temps, Souvenirs, Paris, 1855, a little foxing to first and last few leaves, owner's ink stamp to half title, contemp. quarter calf, rebacked with orig. spine laid down, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with Wildenstein (Daniel & Guy), Documents complementaires au Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Louis David, pub. Fondation Wildenstein, 1973, orig. printed stiff wrappers, somewhat faded to spine and edges, folio, plus Saint-Non & Fragonard. Panopticon Italiano, Un diario di viaggio ritrovato, 1759-1761, ed. Pierre Rosenberg, Rome, 1986, col. frontis, b & w illusts, orig. dark green cloth gilt in d.j, 4to, and others on French painting, inc. Poussin, Claude, Ingres, Watteau, Diderot, and others inc. some exhibition catalogues. (approx. 40)
Trusler (John). The Works of William Hogarth, In a Series of One Hundred and Fifty Steel Engravings by The First Artists, With Descriptions and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency, 2 vols, n.d, c.1860, port. frontis and half title to each and one hundred and forty six steel engs,one plt. loose, inner hinge of vol. one cracked, a.e.g, contemp. full morocco, blind stamped and gilt dec, 4to. (2)
Attwell (Mabel Lucie, illust.). Peter Pan and Wendy, by J.M. Barrie, Hodder & Stoughton, c.1926, 12 mounted tipped-in col. plts, incl. frontis,letterpress vignettes, contemp. ms. gift inscription at head of first chapter,stitching sl. strained, free endpapers lightly browned, orig. pict. yellow cloth, 4to, together with Barker (Cicely Mary), Summer Songs with Music from "Flower Fairies of the Summer". music by Olive Linnell, Blackie c.1927, twelve mounted tipped in col. plts, incl. frontis, vignettes on title and final page with neat colouring in a childish hand, contemp. ms. gift inscription on front free endpaper, orig. green cloth-backed brown boards, some fading and soiling, upper cover with mounted col. illust, 8vo, plus Anderson (Anne, illust.), The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley, 1st ed, [1924], twelve col. plts, incl. frontis, numerous letterpress vignettes, contemp. ms. inscription on half-title, free endpapers browned, orig. cream cloth, sl. dusty, spine and fore-edge of upper cover a little darkened, latter with mounted col. illust, large 8vo, plus five other items of juvenilia, incl. a sketchbook. (8)
Conrad (Joseph). Laughing Anne, A Play, 1st ed, 1923, t.e.g, remainder rough trimmed, orig. vellum, spine gilt lettered, 8vo, 133/200 copies signed by the author, together with Huxley (Aldous), Proper Studies, 1927; Two or Three Graces and Other Stories, 1926; Brief Candles, 1930; Music at Night & Other Essays, 1931, all 1st eds, all in orig. cloth with d.j's, some fading and chipping to d.j's, first item sl. foxed, and with bookplt. of Joseph Stanley Pennell, which is signed at the top by Aldous Huxley, d.j. to latter with top corner of front flap excised and with some tape repairs on verso, 8vo. (5)
Pound (Ezra). Antheil and the Treatise on Harmony, Paris, Three Mountains Press, 1st ed, 1924, half-title present, front free endpaper and first three leaves almost detached at gutter, paper browned as usual, rough-trimmed, orig. printed salmon wrappers, spine faded and with sl. loss at foot, 8vo, together with Antheil and the Treatise on Harmony with Supplementary Notes, Pascal Covici, Chicago, 1st US ed, 1927, orig. teracotta cloth blocked in black, 8vo. First item a limited edition of 400, this being one of 360 unnumbered copies. (2)
Stevenson (M.L.). 'Play!' The Story of the Carlton Cricket Club and a Personal Record of Over 50 Years' Scottish Cricket, pub. Edinburgh, 1946, port. frontis, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed on spine, square 4to, together with Thomas (Ivor B.), With the First British Bowling Team to Visit Australia and New Zealand, 1925-1926, Cardiff, 1927, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, with others of sports interest. (11)
International Rare Book Prices/Annual Register of Book Values, 70 vols, c. 1980s-90s, comprising Arts and Architecture, 12 vols, Early Printed Books, 7 vols, Literature, 10 vols, Modern First Editions, 17 vols, Science & Education, 12 vols, Voyages, Travel & Exploration, 12 vols, all orig. glazed boards, 8vo, with other various bibliography, auctioneers and booksellers past catalogues, etc. (3 cartons)
Lang (Andrew). Old Friends Among the Fairies. Puss in Boots and Other Stories, 1926, four tipped-in col. plts, num. b & w illusts, orig. dec. cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Lawrence (T.E.), Seven Pilars of Wisdom, A Triumph, First Trade Edition, 1935, num. b & w ports. and maps, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and damp marked, 4to, with other misc. books, incl. topographical guide books, touring maps, magazines, etc. (2 cartons)
Cary (John). Cary's New Itinerary: Or, an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, both Direct and Cross Throughout England and Wales; with many of the Principal Roads in Scotland, 5th ed, 1812, three folding eng. maps, (the first one imperfect), later half cloth, worn on spine and upper cover det, 8vo, together with Dunbar (J. Rimell), Park Riding, with some Remarks on the Art of Horsemanship, 1859, nine uncol. litho. plts. (complete), a.e.g, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed, slim 8vo, with other antiquarian and misc. books, incl. approx. 70 vols. of Scotts Works, c. 1820s. (3 shelves)
Huish (Robert). Memoirs of her late Majesty Caroline, Queen of Great Britain, 2 vols, 1832, eng. plts, some minor marginal dampstains, contemp. diced calf gilt, a little chipped at head and foot of spines, 8vo, together with Henricus Ariminensis, De Quatuor Virtutibus Cardinalibus, [Strassburg, 1472], leaves 67-74 only, rubricated in red and blue, folio, disbound (with a covering letter from the British Library), plus An Oversighte and Deliberacion uppon the Holy Prophet Jonas, c. 1550, lacks title and first leaf of the Epistle Dedicatory, contemp. vellum, soiled, small 8vo, with other misc. antiquarian and bindings. (3 shelves)
Edward Gilbert Hester, after John Sturgess, 'Punchestown, Conyngham Cup 1872 - The Start', hand coloured aquatint, 15.5" x 29.5" and the three companions -a set of four (4). Footnote: The first race at Punchestown, Co Kildaire was an informal meeting in 1824. The rolling countryside and layout of the natural obstacles lent themselves well to racing and the site was bought by the Kildaire Hunt in 1850. By 1860, the course was fully established and it remains one of Ireland's most popular race venues today.
George Morland, (1763-1804), 'Pigs at a trough', oil on panel, signed with initials and dated 1797, 12" x 16.5Ó. Footnote: From a very early age, Morland showed a remarkable ability with some early sketches shown at the Royal Academy in 1773 when George was just ten years old. He was apprenticed to his father, Henry Robert Morland, (1719-1797) a London portrait painter where he stayed for five years. He rejected the advances of several leading artists of the day including Romney, who offered to take Morland into his studio for three years with a salary of £300 per annum. Morland was one of the first to avoid direct patronage and commissions and to paint purely at his own sweet will. His domestic scenes of country folk were often painted entirely from his imagination and, though lacking any intellectual content, were extremely popular with the general public. Though successful financially, Morland lead a self indulgent lifestyle secretly moving studios around London to avoid his creditors. This high living eventually took its toll and he died in a debtor's prison of a brain fever in 1804.
Circle of John Crome, (1768-1821), 'An angler on the banks of a stream in a wooded landscape', oil on canvas laid down on panel, 8" x 9.5". Footnote: Nicknamed 'Old Crome' to distinguish him from his artist son, John Crome founded the Norwich School of Painters.. The Norwich School was the first provincial art movement in Britain.
Death of Princess Charlotte, 1817, bronze medal, by Webb & Mills, 50mm. (B.H.M. 940), and George III, bronze 'dedication' medal, by Webb & Depaulis, from Mudie's set, 1817, 41mm. (B.H.M. 933), first with several light edge bruises but good very fine, second extremely fine, both toned; together with Death of Cardinal Henry Stuart (Henry IX), 1788, bronze medal, by Hamerani, 53mm. (B.H.M. 282; Woolfe 73:1), struck from rusty dies on a flan without a collar, very fine (3)
Olympic Games, London, 1908, white metal medal by Mackennal, struck by Vaughton, Fame standing upon a globe, rev. quadriga, 50mm. (edge neatly eng. K. Powell, Lawn Tennis), extremely fine, in (damaged) card box of issue; together with an extensive collection of athletics prize medals in gold (9 - total wt. 59gms., 9ct. fine), silver (10) and bronze (7), all named to K. Powell, mostly for hurdles, including Cambridge University (4 - 3 AR & 1 AE, all glazed), and badges (4), generally extremely fine, mainly cased as issued (31) Although not a 'prize' medal, it is believed that named examples of the first item were given to Competitors; Kenneth Powell was later killed in action during the Great War on 18th February 1915.
A Victorian silver fireman's helmet for the Newbury Volunteer Fire Brigade, London 1883 by Philip Smith Firmin, with a comb chased with fire-breathing dragons above a matt scrolling cartouche applied with the letters NVFB (Newbury Volunteer Fire Brigade), with round link chin-straps suspended from florets, 25.5cm high (10in); and a pair of epaulettes in the form of articulated graduated discs; together with the original oval black painted tin case with an applied brass plaque 'Firmin & Sons, Accoutrement Makers, 153 Strand & 13 Conduit St, London' In September 1878, due to the lack of men and equipment in the Newbury Borough Fire Brigade, about twenty tradesmen determined to form a volunteer fire brigade and, after some debate by the town's Watch Committee, a majority voted to accept the services of an auxiliary brigade. The first captain of the Newbury Volunteer Fire Brigade was Mr Brice Wilson and the first recorded call-out was in May 1879. Captain Wilson subsequently commanded the NVFB until shortly before his death around the end of 1887. In February 1884, at a dinner for the NVFB held in the Council Chamber and 'brilliantly illuminated by the electric light', Captain Wilson was presented with a silver helmet, epaulettes and an illuminated address. The address stated that past and present members of the NVFB 'beg your acceptance of the accompanying helmet and epaulettes as a token of esteem and to mark our appreciation of your untiring energy for the welfare of the Brigade.' In his reply Captain Wilson said that he would 'always use it when on duty' (Selected extracts from the Newbury Weekly News, February 14th 1884.) Given the hallmark date of this helmet (1883) and the fact that no other example of this date is known, there is every probability that this is the one presented to Captain Wilson at the Gala dinner in his honour in February 1884.
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