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Click here to subscribeAugustine (Saint Aurelius, Bp. of Hippo). [Of the Citie of God..., Englished by I.H [John Healy], 1st English ed., 1610], lacks first three leaves incl. blank and title, and last five leaves (index and final blank), text complete (pp. [1] - 921), some wooduct initials, some soiling, title (of 2nd English edition, 1620) plus one prelim. and four leaves table at rear supplied from another edition, contemp. calf, some wear, modern reback, folio (1)
Hobbes (Thomas, of Malmesbury). Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common - wealth, Ecclesiasticall and Civill, 1st ed., Andrew Crooke, 1651, additional eng. title and printed title (first issue with ornament of winged head), both cut down and relaid, folding table (torn and repaired without loss), some soiling throughout, sl. dampstained at lower outer corners towards rear, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked and corners refurbished, folio (1)
Malthus (Thomas Robert). An Essay on the Principle of Population, 2 vols., 4th ed., 1807, title to first vol. with owner's name scratched out, modern half calf, 8vo, together with a 5th ed. of the same work, in 3 vols., with important additions, 1817, plus Huskisson (William), The Question Concerning the Depreciation of our Currency Stated and Examined, 3rd ed., corrected 1810, inscribed to half title "From The Author", contemp. half calf, rubbed and marked, 8vo, and others related, including three early 19th c. editions of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments, 11th ed., 1812, etc. (19)
Priestley (Joseph). Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air, 3 vols., 1st ed. (except 2nd vol. later ed.), 1774 - 90, three folding eng. plts., of six, 1790 edition of 2nd vol. (here present) issued without plates, some marks and off setting to plates, a little soiling to first and last few leaves, contemp. calf, somewhat worn (mixed bindings), together with Experiments and Observations Relating to Various Branches of Natural Philosophy; with a Continuation of the Observations on Air, 1st ed., 1779, single folding plate, some soiling and foxing throughout, damp marked to endpapers, contemp. calf, recased, somewhat worn, contents partly loose, 8vo (4)
Austin (Stephen, printer). The Gulistan; or Rose - Garden, of Shekh Muslihu'd - din Sadi of Shiraz. Translated for the First Time into Prose and Verse ... by Edward B. Eastwick, Hertford, Stephen Austin, 1852, four reproductions of Persian MSS chromolithographed by Hanhart, text printed within borders lithographed in red, some foxing, orig. green cloth, blocked in gilt to an Oriental design, spine dull, endpapers lithographed in gold, together with another copy, slightly foxed, rebound in full red morocco, blocked in gilt, floral endpapers in red and gold, a.e.g., 8vo (2)
Foster (Birket, illust.). Sabbath Bells Chimed by the Poets, Bell and Daldy, 1856, wood - eng. vignettes after Birket Foster, printed by Edmund Evans in four or five colours, decorative initials and Cundall's monogram hand - coloured, some foxing, recased in orig. blue cloth, blocked in gilt, a little rubbed, a.e.g., together with five other copies of the same title, various editions, including a very good copy of the Cundall 1861 printing, all in orig. gilt - dec. cloth, 8vo. Edmund Evans' first full - colour reproductive engraving, devised by Joseph Cundall. (6)
The Practical Mechanic's Journal vols. V & VII, Second Series, April 1860 - March 1861/April 1862 - March 1863 & vol III, Third Series, April 1867 - March 1868, num. fldg. engr. plts. of engines and machinery, num. b&w wood eng. illusts. to text, one or two leaves loose and a little frayed, orig. cloth, backstrips deficient and cover detached, third vol. lacks upper cover, 4to, together with The Illustrated Carpenter and Builder, a weekly journal for joiners, decorators, painters, plumbers, gas - fitters, architects, etc., vols. V & VI, 1879 - 80, num. wood eng. illusts. throughout, both orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, some staining to margins and to rear cover of first vol., folio (5)
Clocks. Waterbury Clock Company, Catalogue No. 155, 1909 - 1910, pub. Waterbury, Connecticut, c.1909, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, slim 4to, together with E.N. Welch Manufacturing Co., Superior American Clocks and Regulators. Fine Imported Marble and Gilt 15 - Day Mantel Clocks of all Descriptions, with or without Cathedral Bells..., Forestville, Connecticut, c.1885, b & w illusts., first & last pages yellowed, modern cloth, oblong 8vo (2)
Hain (Ludwig). Repertorium Bibliographicum, in quo libri omnes ab Arte Typographica inventa usque ad annum MD., 2 vols., Berlin, 1925, together with Supplement to Hain's Repertorium Bibliographicum, or Collections Towards a New Edition of that Work, Part II, vols. I & II, pub. Sotheran, 1898, contemp. vellum - backed boards, 1st two vols. darkened to spines, 8vo, plus Nachträge zu Hain's Repertorium Bibliographicum, Leipzig, 1910, orig. printed wrappers, bound in, modern blue cloth, slim 4to Copinger's Supplement was issued in two parts, the first containing corrections to Hain, the 2nd (here present) containing bibliographical particulars of six thousand works not referred to by Hain. (5)
Bradley (Helen). And Miss Carter Wore Pink, 1971; Miss Carter Came With Us, 1973; 'In the Beginning' said Great - Aunt Jane, 1975, all 1st eds., pub. Cape, col. illusts. to each, all orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j.s, oblong 4to, together with a later reprint of the first vol. and four framed and glazed Bradley prints (one with cracked glass) (8)
Deighton (Len). Funeral in Berlin, 1st ed., 1964, orig. cloth in VG price - clipped d.j., together with Billion Dollar Brain, 1st ed., 1966, orig. cloth in sl. chipped and frayed d.j., and Action Cook Book, 1st ed., 1965, orig. printed boards in clear plastic d.j. (a few tears), plus Airshipwreck, 1st ed., 1978, with three postcards loosely inserted, orig. cloth in VG price - clipped d.j., and others including first editions in d.j's of Horse Under Water, Only When I Larf, London Dossier, An Expensive Place to Die, plus other first editions by Deighton (61)
Egerton (George, née Mary Chavelita Dunne, later Mrs. Golding Bright). Keynotes, 7th ed., 1895; Discords, 1894, both pub. John Lane, first vol. with title and cloth design by Aubrey Beardsley, both orig. dec. cloth, rubbed, first vol. a little stained, 8vo, together with 6 others from the Keynotes series (8)
Tolkien (J.R.R.). A Middle English Vocabulary, 1st ed., Oxford, Clarendon, 1922, ads. at rear dated October 1921, orig. printed wrappers, some wear, incl. loss at foot of spine, 8vo, together with [Tolkien, et al.], Oxford Poetry 1914 - 1916, pub. Oxford, Blackwell, 1917, orig. cloth - backed boards, rubbed, spine faded, 8vo, plus Carpenter (Humphrey, ed.), Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, 1st ed., 1981, frontis., orig. cloth, 8vo, and four others, Tolkien related First mentioned item, the Author's first book, is a reading copy only. A previous owner has cut and marked the fore - edge of each leaf to create an improvised alphabetical thumb index. (7)
Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Fellowship of the Ring, 2nd imp., 1954; The Two Towers, 2nd imp., 1955; The Return of the King, 1st ed., 1955, folding map to each, first vol. with lengthy inscription to front free endpaper, second vol. with owner name, all orig. cloth, rubbed, second vol. faded at spine, 8vo (3)
Tozer (Katharine). Wanderings of Mumfie, Here Comes Mumfie, Mumfie the Admiral, Mumfie's Magic Box, Mumfie's Uncle Samuel, all 1st eds., 1935 - 39, num. col. and b & w illusts. by the author, all orig. linen - backed pict. boards, a little rubbed and a few minor marks, 8vo The first, second, third, fifth and sixth story in the series featuring Mumfie the toy elephant. (5)
Uzanne (Octave). La Chronique Scandaleuse, Anecdotes sur la Comtesse du Barry, & La Gazette du Cythère, together 3 vols., all pub. Paris, 1879, 80, & 81, respectively, half - title, etched frontis. and eng. head - and tail - pieces, etc., to each vol., marbled edges and endpapers, all contemp. uniform half morocco, gilt dec. spines, first vol. with some marks and fading to spine, and minor wear to extrems., third vol. with rear joint partly cracked, and sl. fraying to edges, all large 8vo (3)
Wilde (Oscar). The Picture of Dorian Gray, 2nd ed., Ward Lock, [1895], half - title, ads. at rear, orig. boards, rebacked in vellum, rubbed, 8vo, together with Essays, Criticisms and Reviews, Now First Collected, privately printed [ie. pirate edition], 1901, orig. vellum - backed boards, rubbed, 4to, plus Beerbohm (Max), Fifty Caricatures, 1st ed., Heinemann, 1913, tipped - in b&w plts., orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine a little faded, 4to, and one other, related (4)
Miscellaneous books, mostly 19th c., incl. several vols. of The Anglo - Saxon Review, The Chromolithograph, 2 vols., 1868, Orchids by W. Watson, 1890, several folio vols. incl. The Christian's New and Complete Family Bible, pub. C. Cooke, n.d., c. 1780s, Bacon's New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of The British Isles, c. 1890, lacking one map, and a defective copy of the first volume only of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, 1583, printed in black letter, with some woodcut illusts. (a carton)
Nansen (Fridtjof). "Farthest North", Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram, 1893 - 96 ..., 20 orig. parts, 1898, col. plt. and folding map both present, numerous b&w illusts. from photos., ads., orig. printed wrappers, minor edge wear, first and last issues a little worn and darkened, modern presentation box, together with another set of orig. parts, lacking col. plt. and map, plus misc. books of polar interest (a carton)
Gray (Sir Thomas). Scalacronica: The Reigns of Edward I, Edward II and Edward III, trans. by the Right Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, pub. Glasgow, 1907, eighteen col. plts. of sheilds, previous owners note in blue ink to fore - margin of first leaf of index, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. vellum gilt, a little soiled and marked, 4to, (limited edition 95 of 95, initialled by the publishers), together with Tytler's History of Scotland, 9 orig. divs., n.d., c. 1870s, eng. plts., a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, slim 4to, plus others of Scottish interest (3 shelves)
A modern design hardwood coffee table, inlaid boxwood stringing, the square tapering legs with a stretchered undertier. 22in. (56cm) x 4ft. (122cm). A design attributable to Gordon Russell who was a close friend of the Carter family of Poole Pottery (furniture of this design was first exhibited at the 1951 Festival of Britain exhibition).
Black, Hermina. A collection of 25 novels from Strangers Can Love, 1953 to Two Ways of Loving, 1981. All first editions rebound in half red morocco bindings by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London. * From the authors collection all being Christmas presents from the publishers Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., many with printed cards (i. e. "Your own book in seasonable dress comes to you with every good wish for Christmas and the New Year from your publishers in the City of London" these cards are signed by the directors of the firm. (25).
De Givry, Grillot. Witchcraft Magic & Alchemy. Translated by J. Courtenay Locke. With 10 Plates in Colour and 366 Illustrations in the Text. 4to., 1931; Waite, Arthur Edward. The Book of Ceremonial Magic. Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goëtic Theurgy, Sorcery and Infernal Necromancy. 4to., 1911; Remy, Nicholas. Demonolatry ...... Drawn from the Capital Trials of 900 Persons, more or less, who with in the last fifteen years have in Lorraine paid the penalty of death for the crime of Witchcraft. 4to., [First published Lyon, 1595] This edition, 1930. Together with four other books about the occult, all with some pencil scoring. Various formats and bindings. (7).
TWO FIRST WORLD WAR MEDALS awarded to Private C W Hudson, of Labour Corps CRVS, a War for Civilisation medal, a 1914-18 medal together with a group of medals awarded to W C Hudson, MMNE.R.M. 1939-45 Star, the Atlantic Star, the Africa Star, the Italy Star, the Defence medal and two further medals
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