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Click here to subscribeBlackburn (Mrs. Hugh). Birds Drawn From Nature, Edinburgh, 1862, litho. title, and twenty-two uncol. litho. plts., correct as list, some minor scattered spotting, hinges split, orig. roan-backed printed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, spine sometime repaired with fabric tape (worn at ends), folio (1)
Fishing Laws. Bairische Landtsordnung, 2 vols. in 1, Ingoldstadt, 1553, printed in red and black, folding woodcut title of the Elector of Bavaria Albrecht V, on his throne, trimmed, with repaired sections to verso, 3 folding plates with woodcuts of ten fish, first plate with tape repair along fold affecting image, repair and short tear along fold of third plate, one further full-page woodcut of crustaceans, some worming and repairs, mostly marginal, sometimes affecting text, leaves E3 & E4 loose, second folding title with woodcut coat-of-arms, some mostly marginal dampstaining and soiling, later mottled calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, small folio One of the earliest books on fish and laws relating to fishing. As fish were such an important staple diet, illustrations representing the legal sizes of fish that could be caught are included in the present work. Nissen ZBI 4570. (1)
King (Sir George, & Robert Pantling). The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya (Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, vol. VIII), four parts bound in two, Calcutta, 1898, 453 mostly part hand-coloured litho. plates, some spotting throughout, some leaves a little chipped to extrems., loose as issued in orig. printed portfolios, soiled and a little wear, cloth spines and ties renewed, thick folio. Nissen 1051. Stafleu TL2 3660. A classic work of Himalayan botany, with descriptions and illustrations of the tribes of Malaxideae, Epidendreae, Vandeae, Listereae, Goodyereae, Ophrydeae and Cypripedieae. Printed in an edition of 300 copies, half with hand-colouring, and half without. (2)
Nieremberg (Juan Eusebio). Historia Naturae Maxime Peregrinae, Libris XVI Distincta, 1st ed., Antwerp, 1635, title with engraved vignette, printed in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations, leaf Eee2 misbound, lacking all after Ddd2 index leaves, title, colophon and Eee2 repaired, a few leaves with frayed foredges, occasional spotting or browning, recent vellum with calf ties, folio (1)
PERCY A SCHOLES: THE GREAT DR BURNEY, 1948, 1st edn, 2 vols, orig cl + CHARLES BURNEY: MUSIC MEN AND MANNERS IN FRANCE AND ITALY, ED H E Poole, folio society, 1969, 1st edn, orig cl slip case + SLAVA KLIMA & OTHERS (ED): MEMOIRS OF DR CHARLES BURNEY, 1988, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + KATE CHISOLM FANNY BURNEY HER LIFE, 1988, 1st edn orig cl d/w + CONSTANCE HILL: JUNIPER HALL, 1904, 1st edn orig deco cl gt, FANNY BURNEY AT THE COURT OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE, 1912, 1st edn, orig cl gt + JOYCE HEMLOW: THE HISTORY OF FANNY BURNEY, 1958, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + 7 other Burney interest (15)
SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER: THE ALBERT N’YANZA, 1962, 2 vols, orig cl d/ws + ANNE BAKER: MORNING STAR, 1972, 1st edn, orig cl d/w + MARY H KINGSLEY: TRAVELS IN WEST AFRICA, Folio Society 1976, 1st Folio Society Edition, orig pict cl, slipcase + TIM JEAL: LIVINGSTONE, 1973, reprint, orig cl d/w (5)
Ludolf (Hiob). A New History of Ethiopia. Being a Full and Accurate Description of the Kingdom of Abessinia, Vulgarly, though Erroneously called the Empire of Prester John..., 1682, nine eng. plts. (inc. 7 double-page), double-page table, lacks map, some double-page plts. with closed tears and few repairs, marginalia to single-page eng. plt. of Ethiopic alphabet, some light damp satining and few marks, contemp. calf, old reback, joints cracked and spine worn, folio. Wing L3468. (1)
Zocchi (Giuseppe). Scelta di 24 vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese, e palazzi della citta di Firenzi, Florence, Giuseppe Bardi, [1800], twenty-four fine copper eng. views, each with title engraved in Italian and French to lower margin, and numbered to lower right corner, final few plates with pubs. imprint, by Matteo Carboni, and Giovanni Battista Cecchi, after Zocchi, plate size 235 x 345 mm (9.25 x 13.5 ins), with margins, some light scattered spotting, later plain wrappers, slim oblong folio. A reduced format edition of Zocchi's famous album of views of Florence, mostly after his own designs, but including several after Giuseppe Puliti and Cosimo Rossi, which was first published in folio in 1744. (1)
Somner (William). The Antiquities of Canterbury. In Two Parts. I. The Antiquities or a Survey of that Ancient City... Also Mr. Somner's discourse caled Chartham News. II. Cantuaria Sacra: or the Antiquities of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church..., 2nd ed., revised, 1703, eng. frontis., nineteen eng. plts. & plans (inc. some folding), 20th c. half calf gilt, spine slightly faded, folio. Upcott I, 388. (1)
Chenu (M. le Docteur J.C.). Encyclopedie d'Histoire Naturelle, 7 vols., Paris, n.d., c. 1873, comprising Oiseaux (3 vols.), Coleopteres (2 vols.), Quadrumanes and Papillons, 266 engraved plates, illustrations, occasional light spotting, contemporary embossed calf, rubbed and scuffed, folio (7)
Trechslin (Anne Marie). Old Garden Roses, pub. Editions Le Moulin SA, Zurich, 1975, forty mounted col. plts. of roses, with accompanying volume of text, contained in orig. gilt lettered linen solander box, folio. Limited edition 2215/4800 copies, signed by Trechslin, Stelvio Coggiatti (author of the text), and also by the publisher. (1)
Aldin (Cecil). Just Among Friends. Pages from my Sketch Books, 1st ed., New York, 1934, num. col. and b & w illusts. of dogs on twenty-eight tinted leaves, orig. cloth, upper cover lettered in black, together with Sleeping Partners. A Series of Episodes, [1929], twenty col. plts., orig. cloth in soiled and torn d.j., both slim 4to, plus Chalmers (Patrick R.), 'A Dozen Dogs or so', London & New York, 1928, twelve col. plts. by Cecil Aldin, orig. cloth, sl. rubbed, slim folio, and seven others by Aldin (10)
Edwards (Lionel, illust.). 'More Shires & Provinces', by 'Sabretache' [Alfred Stuart Barrow], 1st ed., 1928, sixteen mounted col. plts., b & w illusts. to text, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little marked, in torn and tattered d.j., thick folio. Limited edition 158A/200, signed in pencil by Lionel Edwards and 'Sabretache'. (1)
Edwards (Lionel, illust.). Shires and Provinces, by 'Sabretache' [Alfred Stuart Barlow], 1st ed., 1926, sixteen mounted col. plts., b & w illusts. to text, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed (some sl. marginal browning), orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and a few minor marks, with orig. frayed d.j., thick folio (1)
Edwards (Lionel). A Sportman's Bag, 1st ed., Country Life, [1926], eighteen mounted col. plts., each signed in pencil by the artist to lower margin, later half morocco, gilt dec. spine with raised bands and contrasting labels, tall folio. Limited edition, number 35 of 100 autographed copies. (1)
Lawrence (Richard). A Complete Farrier, and British Sportsman: Containing a Systematic Enquiry into the Structure and Animal Economy of the Horse... , [1833], fourteen eng. plts., correct as list, some minor scattered spotting, several minor marginal tears, contemp. half morocco, rubbed and some wear, 4to, together with Miles (W.J.), Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System of the Veterinary Art as at Present Practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London, n.d., c. 1870s, col. and b & w illusts., some spotting and minor marginal finger-soiling, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and soiled, plus Sporting Pictures, edited E.W. Savory, with Descriptive Letterpress by B. Fletcher Robinson, 1902, forty-eight mounted col. plts., incl. Hunting, Shooting and Fishing, Polo, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, etc., a few tears and repairs to margins, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed and some wear, tall folio, plus other misc. books of equestrian and hunting interest. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (2 cartons)
Somerville (E. Oe.). Slipper's ABC of Fox Hunting, 1903, twenty full-page col. plts., complete (letters L & M, P & Q, R & S, T & U, and X, Y & Z combined in one illustration), orig. pict. cloth, soiled and worn, upper corners of both covers damp-stained, affecting contents, just touching upper right-hand corner of most images (illustration for the letter W damaged), large 4to, together with Ross (Martin and Somerville, E. Oe), A Patrick's Day Hunt, [1902], eight full-page col. plts., contents a little loose in orig. dec. cloth, rubbed and some wear to extrems., oblong folio, plus Edwards (Lionel), My Irish Sketch Book, 1st ed., 1938, nine mounted col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, b & w illusts. to text, minor dust-soiling to upper margins, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 4to, and four others of Irish interest (7)
Stewart (F.A.). Hunting Countries, 1935, 'Cross-Country with Hounds, 1936, Hark to Hounds, 1937, all 1st eds., thirty-two col. plts. and one plain, all orig. cloth gilt, second and third vols. in frayed and chipped d.j.s, oblong folio. 'Hark to Hounds' signed on the flyleaf by the artist in blue pencil. (3)
Italy. A collection of outline copper engraved plates of classical antiquities, from Antichita di Ercolano by Georg Christoph Kilian, vols. II-IV only, later 18th c., a collection of outline copper engraved plates on 115 leaves, contents partly loose and bound in early 19th c. cloth-backed boards, rubbed and some wear, large folio. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)
Letchford (Albert, illust.). A group of forty-six reserved proof illustrations to Captain Sir R. F. Burton's "Arabian Nights", [1897], forty-six photogravures only, each pencil signed by the artist, lower right and with orig. numbered and captioned printed flysheet, slight soiling and chipping at edges, wide margins, large folio, loosely contained in an old cloth portfolio (46)
Maps. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (pub.), Six Maps of the Stars, 1830, 4 pp. letterpress and six uncoloured engraved charts, one small tear to margin of title, folio, together with a collection of thematic maps and diagrams including two late 18th century engraved Armillary Spheres, engraved maps of river systems and mountain ranges mostly large format by A.K. Johnston, etc. (approx. 30)
L'Assiette au Beurre, forty-five orig. issues, 1901-1911, col. litho. and b & w illusts. to each throughout, after Steinlen, Hermann Paul, M. Radiguet, Villemot, Poulbot, Louis Morin, D'Ostoya, Leon Georges, Galanis, Delannoy, Florane, Leal da Camara, Gris, etc., together with twenty-two orig. issues of Le Rire, Journal Humoristique, 1900-1901, col. and b & w illusts. to each after Metivet, Faivre, Willette, Leandre, etc., some wear to spines (generally in good cond.), slim folio (67)
Illustrated London News. Vols. 57, 58, 82, 84, 90, 103 (x 2), 104, 107, & 109, a total of 10 vols., 1870-96, together with The Graphic, vols. 27 & 36, 1883/87, all with numerous wood engs., many leaves det., various bindings, mostly broken and worn and many covers def., folio, together with a group of 50 x Saturday Evening Post magazine, all 1950s, orig. printed wrappers, slim folio, plus a few others unrelated (-)
*Albums. A Victorian photograph album, late 19th c., containing twenty-four albumen prints, incl. six by James Valentine (Fountains Abbey; Bolton Abbey; The Dropping Well, Knaresborough; Thornwick Bay, Flamborough; Ansteys Cove, Torquay; and Winchester Cathedral), several of Venice, incl. one of St. Mark's square from above, one of a large waterfall, possibly Niagara, two views of the Swiss Alps, and others, mostly British, incl. Dartmouth, Yarmouth, Bristol, etc., all 190 x 240 mm, orig. half morocco, some wear to extrems., oblong folio, together with a late Victorian scrap album, c.1880s, with numerous chromo. scraps of animals and flowers etc., some humorous, some hunting interest, also a number of greetings cards, Christmas and birthday, on aprox. thirty-seven thick card leaves, orig. morocco, rubbed and worn, with spine lacking, 4to, plus an album containing examples of heraldic crests and monograms, and another scrap album containing newspaper cuttings, invitations, dance cards, etc. (4)
*America - New Hampshire. A late 18th/early 19th c. document entitled "A State of all Transactions relative to the Lands forfeited by the Grantees in the province of New Hampshire from July 1767, The time of Governor Wentworths Arrival in the Government to the Middle of the Month of April 1772 the time that Mr. Livius left the province. Extracted from the Minutes of the Council", (London, 1772), two double folio leaves written to one side only, neat repairs to folds, approx. 423 x 339mm, contained in purpose-made slipcase. An interesting document relating to the settlement of New Hampshire. Arranged in tabular form, in columns giving the name of the township, the date when the petition for a re-grant was entered, the names of the petitioners, a brief summary of the petition and the "Determination of the Council". The "determinations" were for re-grants to the original grantees for a limited number of years in which time they were supposed to fulfil the terms of the grant. The list contains many names of towns now existing, in all 28 townships are listed. (1)
Ceremonial Dress. Seven scrap albums of photographs, newspaper and magazine cuttings etc, late 19th/20th c., featuring Royal, military and political figures of the day in official ceremonial costume, all with manuscript inventory numbers and explanitory notations, folio. This collection was formed as the basis of a proposed publishing project by Dr. C. D'Olivier Farran, an author of law books. (7)
*Pickford (Mary, 1893-1979). An original plain silk handkerchief, c. 1920s, with embroidered monogram initials M.G.[ladys] P., minor discoloration, approx. 22 x 22 cm, together with a thirteen-page photostat biographical sketch of Douglas Fairbanks Jr., dated June 1971, signed by Fairbanks on title leaf with bracketed inscription in his holograph, 'more or less accurate!!', stapled at corner, folio, plus a TLS from Mountbatten of Burma, dated 8th January 1969, to [Norman] Sterrett, a telegram from Mary [Pickford] to Norman Sterrett thanking him for his gift, dated 29th March 1978, and a small quantity of other ephemera incl. photographs of Jack Dempsey and Henry Cooper with Sterrett (-)
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