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Click here to subscribeDavey (George, publisher). Views in the Vicinity of Bristol & Chepstow, c. 1838, nineteen lithographed plates after T. Rowbotham, J.S. Prout, J. Willis etc., some light spotting and browning, bound upside down in original cloth, upper cover titled in gilt, a little rubbed and stained, oblong folio (1)
Domesday. Domesday Book Studies, Somerset, 3 vols., 1987-89, numerous illusts. and facsimile documents, orig. qtr. cloth, contained in orig. drop-back box, folio, together with Seyer (Rev. Samuel), Memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and it`sNeighbourhood, from the Earliest Period Down to the Present Time, 2 vols. in one, Bristol, 1821-23, eng. title to vol. 1, adhesive tape to inner margins of title verso and following leaf, eng. plts. and plans, adhesive tape to endpapers, contemp. half calf, upper board near detached and slight wear to extrems., 4to, with The Charters and Letters Patent, Granted by the Kings and Queens of England to the Town and City of Bristol. Newly Translated, and Accompanied by the Original Latin, Bristol, 1812, title & front free endpaper detached, contemp. qtr. cloth, upper board near detached, spine torn with loss, 4to, plus Smith (Rev. A.C.), Guide to the British and Roman Antiquities of the North Wiltshire Downs in a Hundred Square Miles Round Abury, 1st ed., Marlborough College Natural History Society, 1884, double-page map frontis., b & w plts. and illusts., inner hinges cracked and adhesive tape to board papers, orig. cloth gilt, frayed and some wear, folio (4)
Skelton (Joseph). Oxonia Antiqua Restaurata, printed by S. and J. Collingwood, Oxford, 2 vols., 1823, folding plan, 134 eng. plts. (as list), occ. spotting to plt. margins, hinges strengthened, contemp. half calf, rebacked, corners repaired. rubbed, folio, together with Skelton`sEngraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire..., Oxford, 1823, eng. title, map of Oxfordshire, fifty plts., occ. spotting, few plts. with slight staining to lower blank corner, one plt. with slight loss to blank margin, contemp. half calf, rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed, folio (3)
Victoria County Histories. A History of the County of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, vols. 1-9 (plus index), mixed eds., 1938-89, numerous b & w plts. and maps etc., orig. cloth (index vol. in d.j.), folio, together with Buckinghamshire, vols. 1-3, mixed eds., 1905-69, b & w plts. and maps etc., orig. cloth, folio, with Chester, vols. 1-3, mixed eds., 1979-87, b & w plts. and maps etc., orig. cloth, folio, plus Durham, vols. 1-3, mixed eds., 1905-28, b & w plts. and maps etc., slight dampstaining to vol. 2, t.e.g., contemp. half morocco, slightly rubbed, folio. All volumes are ex-library copies with usual inkstamps & bookplates to contents and covers. (19)
Victoria County Histories. A History of the County of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, vols. 1-5 (plus index), mixed eds., 1900-14, numerous b & w plts. and maps etc., vol. 1 in orig. cloth, remaining vols. in contemp. half morocco, folio, together with Somerset, vols. 1-6, mixed eds., 1906-92, b & w plts. and maps etc., orig. cloth, (vols. 3 & 6 in d.j.s.), folio, with Cornwall, vol. 1, 1906, b & w plts. and maps etc., orig. cloth, folio, plus A History of Cornwall, parts 5 & 8 (plus duplicate of each), 1924, orig. wrappers, covers to duplcates repaired to edges, slim folio. All volumes are ex-library copies with usual inkstamps & bookplates to contents and covers. (17)
Victoria County Histories. A History of Wiltshire, vols. 1-6, 8-12, mixed eds., 1955-83, numerous b & w plts. and maps etc., orig. cloth, (vols. 6, 8 & 10 in d.j.s), folio, together with Berkshire, vols. 1-4 (plus index), mixed eds., 1923-72, b & w plts. and maps etc., vols. 1 & 2 in orig. cloth, vols. 3,4 & index in contemp. half morocco, folio, with Gloucestershire, vols. 2, 6, 7, 8, 10 & 11, mixed eds., 1907-81, b & w plts. and maps etc., orig. cloth, (vol. 6 in d.j.), folio, plus Worcestershire, vols. 1-4, mixed eds., 1901-71, b & w plts. and maps etc., vols. 1 & 2 in contemp. half morocco and vols. 3 & 4 in orig. cloth, folio. All volumes are ex-library copies with usual inkstamps & bookplates to contents and covers. (27)
Beningfield (Gordon, late 20th c.). Butterflies, Paintings by Gordon Beningfield, Text by Robert Goodden, pub. Carter Nash Cameron, 1978, twenty mounted colour plates, a.e.g., orig. crushed brown half morocco gilt, with slipcase, large folio. Limited edition 40/250, signed by the artist, this copy with an additional pencil illustration by the artist to title page, signed. (1)
Ross (Martin and Somerville, E. Oe). A Patrick`sDay Hunt, c. 1902., eight coloured plates, illustrations, scattered light spotting, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed at edges, oblong folio, together with Some Irish Yesterdays, 1st ed., 1906, half-tone plates, occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, remnant of glassine wrapper, 8vo, plus Further Experiences of an Irish R.M., 1st ed., 1908, half-tone plates, endpaers browned, previous owner signature, original cloth, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with seven others by Somerville and Ross (10)
Snape (Andrew). The Anatomy of an Horse, containing an Exact and Full Description of the Frame, Situation and Connexion of all his Parts (with their Actions and Uses), 1687, forty eng. plts. (of 49), twelve plts. heightened with early watercolour, lacks the initial blank, title slightly dust soiled, few minor marks and occ. slight dampstaining, recent half calf, folio. Wing S4385. (1)
Woodhouse (L.G.O. & Henry, G.M.R.). The Butterfly Fauna of Ceylon, pub. Ceylon Journal of Science, Colombo, 1942, num. col. and b & w illusts. with captioned tissue guards, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spine, together with Comstock (William Phillips), Butterflies of the American Tropics. The Genus Anaea Lepidoptera Nymphalidae, pub. American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1961, thirty col. plts., orig. cloth gilt in sl. frayed glassine d.j., folio, plus Henning (Stephen Frank), The Charaxinae Butterflies of Africa, pub. Aloe Books, 1988, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. mock morocco boards in d.j., folio, and Parsons (Michael), The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea. Their Systematics and Biology, Academic Press, 1999, num. col. illusts., orig. boards in d.j., thick 4to, and others related, mostly G/VG (25)
[SOLD ON BEHALF OF A NATIONAL CHARITY] CISTERCIAN ORDER: a bound folio, 56 + viii pp. ms. antiphonarium in red & black ink (19th c); followed by 1388pp red & black printed antiphonarium (lacks title-page); followed by Missae Novae Graduali, pp. 35 (I), Cistercian Order, Belgium, 1872; followed by 2 other works; bound together, leatherbacked boards with crude iron studs (3 of 4 corner pieces gone), Belgium, 19th c.
FLEMING IAN: (1908-1964) British Author, creator of James Bond. Dark fountain pen ink signature (‘Ian Fleming’) on a small folio page removed from a visitor’s book, n.p., 27th January n.y. (c.1935). Fleming’s signature appears alongside those of twelve other guests including his younger brother Michael Fleming and Letitia Fleming. VG
KIPLING RUDYARD: (1865-1936) English Author, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1907. Series of two A.Ls.S., seven T.Ls.S. and a D.S., Rudyard Kipling, twelve pages (total), 8vo, oblong 8vo, 4to and folio, mainly Bateman’s, Burwash, Sussex and one from Cape Town, 1905-08, to F. Daunt and Thomas Jarvis. All of the letters relate to the lease of Kipling’s property Dudwell Farm and the accompanying Cattle Lodge to Jarvis, discussing terms of the lease (‘I note that the landlord only pays for whatever ploughing the tenant puts in during the last three months of his lease’), stating that he would prefer an arable field to be left fallow rather than planted with roots, reminding Jarvis that rent of £14 is due for hopland and grazing on 24 acres, and commenting on the proposed renewal of the lease (‘I have thought over your proposal that Mr. Jarvis might continue to take on Dudwell Farm, and I am favourable to that idea because I do not like changing tenants. I cannot however see my way towards reducing the rent of the best farm in the valley, as I should then be expected to reduce rents all round….’). The folio document signed by Kipling is the original tenancy agreement for Dudwell Farm (formerly known as Reeds Farm) between the writer and Jarvis for a term of three years, outlining the terms of shooting rabbits, keeping the land in order, preserving trees etc. One letter is accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Kipling. Generally VG, 10 Bateman’s, Kipling’s home at Burwash, now a National Trust property, had been purchased along with adjoining land, Park House Watermill and Dudwell Farm by the writer on 28th July 1902.
CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1660-85. Fine D.S., Charles R, (a good example), as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 5th May 1675. The manuscript document is addressed to Thomas, Earl of Danby and is a warrant for a payment of £100 to be made to Colonel Richard Kirby. Countersigned at the foot by the Earl of Danby (1631-1712, English Statesman, Lord High Treasurer 1673-1679). Accompanied by the original folder from Maggs Brothers of Conduit Street, London. Some very small, minor repairs at the edges and some extremely light overall foxing, about VG
JAMES II: (1633-1701) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1685-88. Fine D.S., James R, (a good example), as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Windsor Castle, 25th August 1688. The attractive manuscript document is addressed to William, Earl of Yarmouth and Henry, Lord Waldegrave and is a warrant requiring them to `forthwith give Order for the Sweareing and Admitting John Pierman into the place of Groome for provideing of Our Cartes in Ordinary...` With blank integral leaf. VG William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth (1654-1732) British Peer and Politician, Treasurer of the Household 1687-89. Henry Waldegrave, 1st Baron Waldegrave (1661-1689) British Peer and Jacobite supporter. Waldegrave married Henrietta Fitzjames, illegitimate daughter of James II. Comptroller of the Household 1687-88.
GODERICH VISCOUNT: (1782-1859) British Prime Minister 1827-28. Scarce A.L.S., F. Robinson, one page, 8vo, Park Place, n.d. (`Saturday 6 1/2 P.M.`), to A. C. Grant. The statesman informs his correspondent that he has just received his note and `a little of sherry` and adds that he will take ten dozen `if that will not be calling upon you too much`. In concluding he refers to mutual friends and says that he will dine with Granthorne and try and fix a time to see Grant. With integral address leaf, bearing remnants of red wax seal and with a small area of paper loss. Together with Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) British Prime Minister 1855-58, 1859-65. D.S., Palmerston, one page, folio, War Office, 8th January 1828. The partially printed document is addressed to Maria Purdy, widow of Lieutenant David Purdy of the King`s American Regiment in New York and states that the King has provisionally approved a pension of £40 per annum although asking Purdy to `without delay transmit certificates showing the age and cause of your Husband`s death`. With integral address leaf. Some light foxing, G to about VG, 2
European/British School, early 20th century- Portrait of a gentleman quarter-length turned to the left in a black coat; black chalk and watercolour heightened with white on buff paper, 39.5x27.8cm: European School, late 19th century- A fortuneteller and a musician; pen and brown ink on buff paper, 50.5x37.7cm: English School, early 20th century- "In an Eastern Bazaar"; etching printed in colours, signed in pencil, 17.5x20.5cm: together with a mixed folio of drawings and prints by various hands, (a lot), (unframed)
A P Brown, British, circa 1935- "Girls Dancing, Chari River"; (sic) watercolour, signed, 39x43cm: together with an extensive folio of watercolour, pencil, lithograph and screen prints, mostly signed and dated , covering the 1930`s, 1940`s and 1950`s by the same hand, various subjects, (a lot) (folio) (unframed)
Banks (Sir Joseph). BANKS` FLORILEGIUM, Part XXXIII only: Tierra Del Fuego, Plates 695-716, loose as issued in original solander case, set No 10 from an edition of 100 copies only. Marginal tears to preliminaries, title lacking small section not affecting text. Elephant folio. London: Alecto Historical Editions/British Museum, 1988
R Lambert, French mid 20th century- View of Sacre Coeur, Montmartre; oil on canvas, signed, 19x24cm: Edition Lucien Wolf, Rouen, Publ- "Rouen Pendant la Guerre"; folio, 4 of the original 25 reproduction prints after different hands: After M Milliere- "Allah Ditta, Musulman du Penjab"; reproduction print, signed and dated 1915 within the plate: together with a small quantity of other similar reproduction prints relating to North African subjects during the Great War, (a lot), (part unframed)
French School, late 19th century- Wallpaper designs and architectural interior designs depicting stately rooms,ceiling and wall murals; each plate from a folio published circa 1900, chromolithographs printed in colours and gold, each held in a silk mount of various colours and gilt decorative frame, 34x20cm, ea., (28)
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