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Click here to subscribeAmundsen (Roald) Sydpolen, 2 vol., first edition, plates and illustrations, some folding at end of vol.2, one frayed at edge, a couple of plates working loose, vol.2 hinges weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, [Spence 14; Taurus 70 "splendidly baroque cloth bound version"], 8vo, Kristiania, 1912.
Markham (Sir Clements Robert) The Lands of Silence, first edition, photogravure frontispiece foxed, plates and illustrations, endpapers browned, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and marked, [Spence 755], Cambridge, 1921 - Rymill (John) Southern Lights, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author, plates, folding map, occasional spotting, original cloth, 1938, 8vo (2).
Murdoch (W.G.Burn) From Edinburgh to the Antarctic, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author, illustrations, folding map, 32pp. Advertisements at end, ink library stamp on half-title and title, hinges broken, original pictorial cloth, extremities rubbed, lower cover very slightly cockled, [Spence 825; Taurus 12], 8vo, London & New York, 1894. Rare with a fine presentation inscription on the half-title to the Caledonian United Service Club Library giving details of the expedition and the whales encountered, with two sketches of whales (Finner and Right).
Scott (Capt. Robert Falcon) The Voyage of the "Discovery", 2 vol., first edition, photogravure frontispieces, plates, folding map in pocket at rear of each vol., some foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt slightly rubbed on each vol., [Spence 1051; Taurus 41], 8vo, 1905. Loosely inserted in vol.1 is a single printed sheet short prospectus for The South Polar Times (little frayed and foxed). This copy is of the first issue, published by Smith, Elder & Co. Not John Murray.
Shackleton (Ernest H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps and folding panorama in pocket at end of vol.2, minor foxing, original pictorial cloth, spines faded, covers slightly sunned, slight wear to joints, [Spence 1097; Taurus 58], 8vo, 1909.
Worsley (Cdr. Frank Arthur) Under Sail in the Frozen North, first edition, inscription signed by the author on front free endpaper, plates, folding map, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, edges of covers damp-stained, 8vo, 1927. The inscription, to F.W.Potts, is a quotation from the poem "Wander-Thirst" by Gerald Gould, verse three: "Yonder the long horizon lies, and there by night and day, The old ships draw to port ["home" in the original] again, the young ships sail away, And come I may but go I must, and if men ask you why, You may blame the sun and the stars, the white road and the sky", ["You may put the blame on the stars and the sun and the white road and the sky" in the original].
Landor (A.Henry Savage) In the Forbidden Land, 2 vol., first edition, plates, 8 colour, one torn, repaired, illustrations, folding map, ink inscription on front endpaper, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines faded, rubbed, head and tail slightly frayed, [Yakushi L59], 1898 - Proskowetz (Max von) Vom Newastrand nach Samarkand. Durch Russland..., plates, illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, original paper spine laid down, rubbed, Vienna, 1889 - Bernier (Francoise) Travels in the Mogul Empire, 2 vol., slight foxing, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, corners bruised, 1826 4to & 8vo (5).
[Dalvimart (Octavien)] The Costume of Turkey, engraved title-vignette and 60 plates, all hand-coloured, some light oiling and offsetting, first plate with small tear to lower margin crudely repaired with sticky tape, modern cloth, g.e., rubbed, [cf.Blackmer 444 & Abbey Travel 370, notes], folio, 1804 [but text water-marked 1818 and plates 1820/21].
Hedenborg (Johan) Turkiska Nationens seder, bruk och kladedragter, first and only edition, lacking engraved additional title and portrait but with lithographed map and 47 plates, 46 hand-coloured, a few spotted, text lightly foxed, one leaf with lower margin stained, becoming loose, nineteenth century half cloth, rubbed, [Blackmer 800; Not in Abbey or Colas], 4to, Stockholm, 1839. Depicting the costumes of Turkey from members of the court to street-traders.
Pardoe (Julia) The City of the Sultan; and Domestic Manners of the Turks, in 1836, 2 vol., first edition, lithographed frontispieces and 7 plates, wood-engraved title-vignettes and illustrations, advertisement leaf at end in vol.1 and at beginning in vol.2, some light foxing, frontispiece in vol.2 loose, vol.1 with upper hinge broken and lacking front free endpaper, original embossed cloth, spines gilt, rubbed, spines a little worn at head and foot, upper joint of vo.1 split, [Blackmer 1253], 8vo, 1837.
A George III Mahogany Cabinet of Seals, the tulipwood banded doors enclosing sixteen slim satinwood veneered drawers with turned ivory mushroom handles, containing its original full collection of glass, wax and plaster seals, arranged into allegorical and subject matter described on the "table de l'arrangement", the first one for example titled "Venus, les Graces, Mars - 491-525", the cabinet with basal drawer, gilt bronze side carrying handles, {37.5cm by 40cm by 25.5cm}
A First Period Belleek (Co Fermanagh, Ireland) Echinus Pattern Part Tea Service, each piece modelled as a section of sea urchin, comprising teapot and cover, with a finial within a frame of six "pincers" in gilt, pink coral twig handle, spout and foot, milk jug, and teacup and saucer, each piece with radiating panels in turquoise and orange enamels and gilt, transfer printed in black with wolfhound, tower and harp mark over "Belleek", also impressed Patent Office registration lozenge for 22nd February 1869, {the teapot 9.7cm high}
A Pair of Wedgwood Caneware Krater Kantharos Pastille Vases, first half 19th century, each of square-footed compressed bell form with upright grooved handles, applied with black vine and anthemion borders and medallions, impressed Wedgwood, {width across handles 26.5cm} (lacking inner and upper pierced covers)
Combe, William. First Tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of the Picturesque. London 1812 (2nd edn) with col engrs after Thomas Rowlandson; With Second and Third Tours (2nd and 1st edns). Uniform hf brown morr gilt. 8vo; ibid. The Grand Master or Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindoostan. London 1816. Mainly col plts after Rowlandson. Hf green cf (upper cover detached, lacks spine); ibid. First Tour of Doctor Syntax... London 1812 (1st edn - p.1 with 'Chapter 1'). Red hf morr, damaged. (5).
A rare early George III Hanoverian thread, shell and drop pattern* dessert spoon, engraved cypher, marks distorted probably by Isaac Callard, London c.1765, 1.25oz. * This rare pattern, also known as Lamerie was first produced in the mid 18th century and has been produced intermittently ever since.
Literature: Becker, V, Antique and 20th Century Jewellery, first edition hardbound with dust wrapper, NAG Press, 1980. Poynder, M, The Price Guide to Jewellery 3000 B.C - 1950 A.D, hardbound with dust wrapper, Antique Collectors Club, 1981 edition together with Newman, H, An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewellery, First Edition hardbound with dust wrapper, Thames and Hudson, 1981. (3)
An Historically Important Group of three medals awarded to Lieutenant-General T. Nuttall who, in the Second Afghan War, commanded the Cavalry Brigade at the Battle of Maiwand (27th July, 1880), surviving to fight with distinction at Kandahar, comprising:- a) INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-1895, 1 clasp, Persia (Capt. T. Nuttall, 29th Regt, Bombay N.I.; ABYSSYINIAN WAR (Major T. Nuttall Bombay Staff Corps); AFGHANISTAN, 1 clasp Kandahar (Brig.-Genl. T. Nuttall.), brooch mounted for wearing. Last extremely fine, first two nearly so.; b) DRESS MINIATURE, INDIA GENERAL SERIVCE MEDAL, 1854-1895, 1 clasp, Persia, buckle brooch fitting, in red leather case of issue with name and trade mark of Treacher & Co. Extremely fine.; c) An 1822 PATTERN WILLIAM IV DRESS SWORD by Hebbert with scabbard and etched blade 38in (96.5cm) long.#11;
Lit: Eight various publications: James, I.E: The Goldsmiths of Aberdeen, No 314 of a limited first edition of 500 copies, with dust wrapper, Moss, G.P: Provincial Silversmiths of Moray and their Marks, Moss, G.P and Roe, A.D: Highland Gold and Silversmiths, 1999, Turner, R.W: A Directory of Scottish Provincial Silversmiths & their Marks, 2003, The Honours of Scotland, (The Story of The Scottish Crown Jewels) and three pamphlets - Perth Silver, Elgin Silver and Inverness Silversmiths. (8)
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