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Click here to subscribeAnnan, Thomas. Glasgow Corporation Water Works. Photographic Views of Loch Katrine, and of some of the principal works constructed for introducing the Water of Loch Katrine into the City of Glasgow. Glasgow, 1877 first edition, oblong folio, 28 albumen prints mounted on thick card, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, lettered in gilt, g.e., joints rubbed
Edinburgh - Grant, James. Old and new Edinburgh. London: Cassell, [no date], 4to, 3 volumes, illustrated, original decorative brown cloth gilt, some rubbing, bookplates, inner hinge weak; RCAMS An Inventory of the ancient and historical Monuments of the City of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1951 4to, illustrated, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, a good copy; Edinburgh A civic Survey and Plan for the City and royal Burgh of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1949 folio, original red cloth, dustwrapper, bookplate; Stevenson, Robert Louis Edinburgh picturesque Notes. London, 1954 8vo, photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn, original red cloth, dustwrapper (6)
Girtin, Thomas [A Selection of Twenty of the most picturesque views in Paris and its Environs drawn and etched by Thomas Girtin. London, 1803] oblong folio (approx 35cm by 56 cm), 16 [of 20] engraved views, contemporary half morocco, worn, lacking title page, contents loose, some plates disbound, lacking engraved title, various plates creased and chipped at edges, dust marked, no watermark Note: The original soft ground etchings made by Girtin before he handed the plates over to F.C. Lewis and other engravers to complete in aquatint. Girtin died in 1802 and the Views of Paris were published by his brother John in 1803. "How many sets were issued we do not know, but John Girtin's house was destroyed by fire, and it is said that many of his brother's works, as well as copies of the Views, were lost in this way, a fact which would account for their scarcity." [Prideaux - Aquatint Engraving p. 93-94; Abbey, Travel 102].
Trench, Sir Frederick William. A Lithographic Sketch of the North Bank of the Thames, from Westminster Bridge to London Bridge, showing the Proposed Quay, and some other improvements suggested by Lieut.-Colonel Trench. London: Hurst & Robinson, 1825 oblong folio, first edition, folding map and 10 panoramic lithographed plates, (with two plates numbered 3 illustrating alternative proposals for Somerset House), one leaf of text, original wrappers with printed label on upper cover, a little light spotting to margin of a few plates, small light dampstain to margin of two plates, wrappers slightly dusty, label very clean Note: A rare and early lithographic panorama of the Thames in unusually clean condition.
DAVID LLOYD & CO. RIFLEMAKERS LTD., the sale of the name and goodwill of the company. David Lloyd established his rifle making business in 1932 at Pipewell Hall Northampton and ran the business until his death in 1996. He was succeeded by his wife Evadne Lloyd who continued the business until her death in 2003.It was then sold to John Shirley formerly Technical Manager of James Purdey & Sons . The business name and records are now offered for sale as the vendor is now living and working in Italy. David Llewellyn Lloyd served as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, competed regularly at Bisley and was a dedicated stalker – credited with over 5000 deer in a stalking career that spanned more than half a century. His frustration with the telescopic sight mounts available in the 1930’s and a desire to find a ‘Stable platform from which to shoot’, led to the development of his now famous fixed telescope mounting system for which he received British Patent number 646419 in 1949 that when locked into position was sufficiently robust to retain its zero even when subjected to the rigors of stalking without the need to re-zero prior to each hunt. Lloyd favoured the Mauser 98 action and Zeiss or Swarovski fixed power telescopic sights . Furthermore, Lloyd wanted a very flat shooting round to go with his rifle and in particular, a bullet that would transfer all its energy to the beast rather than just passing straight through it . Having built and sold several .240 calibre rifles during the 1930’s and 40’s he settled on the .244 calibre using an IMI Kynoch designed 100 grn aluminium and a copper tipped bullet, loaded into a necked down .375 Holland & Holland Magnum case. Lloyd had enjoyed a good relationship with Holland & Holland who liked the new cartridge and offered Lloyd £250 in 1954 to cover his development costs. Both parties agreed that the new cartridge should be called the .244 Holland & Holland Magnum and Holland & Holland built barrelled actions for Lloyd thereafter. A steel plate is included that was used for penetration tests which very clearly demonstrates the performance of comparative cartridges including the .244. David Lloyd created a classic British rifle with its distinctive scope and ‘butter knife’ bolt handle. Much admired by his contemporaries, in particular the late Bill Ruger (who owned a Lloyd rifle) and Roy Weatherby, as well as professional stalkers in Scotland and sportsmen including Lord Riverdale, Lord Linlithgow and Scotland’s premier lady deer stalker Patricia Strutt, who purchased a Lloyd rifle at the age of 75 after a stalking career in which she personally accounted for more than 2000 deer. The Shooting Times placed the Lloyd rifle at number 8 in their top 12 rifles of all time (the AK47 was number 7), whilst Country Life described Lloyd as a “National Living Treasure”. The sale includes a folio containing a comprehensive set of engineering drawings relating to the Mauser 98 action, the manufacture of the scope mount, modifications to the Mauser action, barrel and rifling profiles together with details of the specification of Sako rifles. In addition, there are two filing chests containing the patent modification drawings and the original patent certificate, correspondence with clients and suppliers, notably with IMI Kynoch on cartridge development and proof, Vickers Armstrong Ltd. on rifled barrels plus factory blueprints for the stripping and reassembly of telescopic sights from various European makers .There is also a multitude of gun trade invoices that show that firms such as W.W Greener, Webley & Scott, W.J Jeffery, Holland & Holland, Rigby, John Wilkes and Wiseman’s (who stocked more than 25 rifles for Lloyd during the 1940’s) all worked for or with David Lloyd. This correspondence gives a fascinating insight into the gun trade personalities and culture of the latter half of the 20th century. The rifle records, serial numbers and calibres can be found in Nigel Browns
Black (Adam & Charles, publishers). Black's General Atlas: Comprehending Seventy Maps... by Sidney Hall, William Hughes..., new ed., 1853, seventy hand-col. maps (inc. many double-page), maps of South France & England torn, few maps with fraying to edges, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed, scuffed & slight wear, folio (1)
Brees (S.C.). Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, 1st ed., 1847,. fine addn. uncol. eng. title on india paper (heavily spotted and fore-margins slightly affected by worm), sixty-five uncol. eng. views on twenty-one leaves (incl. one double-page), and two large folding maps at rear, some spotting and soiling, orig. blind-stamped cloth, soiled and worn, slim folio (1)
Prout (Samuel). Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany, [1833], fifty full page litho. views with tissue guards, (plt. of Ghent with hand-colouring to sky area), spotting to title and dedication leaf, near contemp. half morocco, rubbed and scuffed to corners & extrems., large folio (1)
Simpson (William). The Seat of the War in the East, 1st & 2nd series, bound in one, 1855-56,. addn. tinted litho. vign. title to each and seventy-nine tinted litho. plts. (correct as list), severe dampstain to upper portion of gutter margin, affecting upper righthand corner of all plts., a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. half morocco, soiled and worn, tall folio. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)
Simpson (William). The Seat of the War in the East, 1st & 2nd series, bound in one, 1855-56,. tinted litho. addn. title to each, seventy-nine tinted litho. plts. with tissue guards (many with printed key), letterpress inlaid, some minor scattered spotting and marginal soiling, a.e.g., orig. crimson half morocco gilt, soiled and worn, tall folio See illustration on front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Veron (Eugene). La Troisiene Invasion, Eaux-Fortes par Auguste Lancon, 2 vols., Paris, 1876-77,. 154 etched plates, fifteen b&w maps, scattered spotting or light browning, all loosely contained with letterpress as issued in two large cloth portfolios with ties, sl. rubbed, atlas folio. Limited edition, 240/500 on papier velin, from a total edition of 550.. (2)
Vogel (Dr. Carl). Schulatlas der Neueren Erdkunde mit Randzeichnungen, Leipzig, 1846, fifteen engraved maps, each hand coloured in outline with uncoloured decorative borders incorporating historical portraits and animals, a few spots and marks, contemp. sheep-backed marbled boards, rubbed with some damage to upper board, oblong folio (1)
Vogel (Dr. Carl). Schulatlas der Neueren Erdkunde mit Randzeichnungen, Leipzig, 1846, fifteen double-page engraved maps, each hand coloured in outline with decorative borders including historic portraits and animals, some minor spotting and marginal tears, contemp. calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed and marked, small folio (1)
Bridgeman (Charles). Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, Laid out by Mr Bridgeman ... Now Reprinted, to which is added an Account of the Original Publication and Descriptive Notes to each view, by George B. Clarke, BW Publications, 1987,. sixteen facsimile plts. incl. four double-page, orig. qtr. calf gilt, folio. Limited edition 138/450.. (1)
Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland...Revised, Digested, and Published, with Large Additions, by Edmund Gibson, 2 vols., 1722, LACKING ALL MAPS, contains port frontis. and plates of antiquites, etc., contemp. panelled calf, rubbed, folio, together with Fletcher (J.S.), A Picturesque History of Yorkshire, 3 vols., 1899, photogravure frontis. to each vol., numerous illusts. throughout, contemp. half sheep, some wear to extrems., small 8vo, and Collins (William & Sons, pub.), All Round the World: An Illustrated Record of Voyages, Travels and Adventures, 1870, numeorus folding maps and wood engraved illusts., folding frontis. torn, orig. dec. embossed morocoo, rubbed, 4to (6)
Cary (John). Cary's New English Atlas; Being a Complete Set of County Maps, from Actual Surveys, Corresponding in Size with his General Atlas; on which are particularly Delineated those Roads which were Measured by Order of the Right Honorable the Post Master-General, Corrected with Additions to the Year 1818, eng. title, forty-six double-page hand-col. eng. map sheets, 40pp. index at rear, small paper repair to lefthand margin of map of England, map of Kent partly split along centrefold, Lincolnshire linen backed and two-part folding map of Yorkshire also linen-backed, disbound, without covers, tall folio (1)
Cooke (Edward William). Views of the Old and New London Bridges. Drawn and Etched by Edward William Cooke, with Scientific and Historical Notices of the Two Bridges; Practical Observations of the Tides of the River Thames; and a Concise Essay on Bridges, from the Earliest Period ..., by George Rennie, 1833,. twelve uncol. etched plts. on india paper, some minor marginal dampstains and soiling, orig. cloth gilt, soiled and worn, slim folio See illustration inside front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Hasted (Edward). Hasted's History of Kent, Plates only, n.d., c. 1800,. sixty-six uncol. copper plt. eng. views and ground plans, etc., old closed-tear repair to lower margin of engraving entitled North Cray Place, some minor scattered spotting, contemp. half morocco, gilt dec. spine, scuffed, tall slim folio (1)
Kilby (Rev. Thomas). Scenery in the Vicinity of Wakefield; with a Brief Historical Descriptive Account, published by the author, at the Parsonage, Wakefield, 1843,. addn. uncol. litho. vign. title and fourteen uncol. litho. plts., list of subscribers at rear, some spotting, mainly to margins, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, worn on spine, slim folio (1)
Pyne (William Henry). The Costume of Great Britain, pub. William Miller, 1808,. half-title present, sixty fine hand-col. aquas., some minor scattered spotting, mainly to tissue guards, contemp. tree calf gilt, covers det., folio Abbey, Life, 430. See illustration inside front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Robinson (P.F., ed.). Vitruvius Britannicus, History of Castle Ashby: Illustrated by Plans, Elevations, and Internal Views, from Actual Measurement, 1841, printed title, twelve tinted and b & w litho. views and plans etc. (inc. dedication leaf), some spotting and dust soiling, pages detached, contemp. red half morocco, tilte label to upper board, lacks spine, boards rubbed and slightly worn, large slim folio This volume forms part 4 of Vitruvius Britannicus. (1)
Strutt (Jacob George). Sylva Britannica; Or, Portraits of Forest Trees, Distinguished for their Antiquity, Magnitude, or Beauty, 1st ed., pub. J.G. Strutt, 1826,. uncol. etched frontis. on india paper and forty-eight uncol. etched plts. on india paper, correct as list, list of subscribers, contents dampstained and spotted, mostly to fore-margins and verso of plts., a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, upper cover det., tall folio See illustration on front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Illustrated London News, vol. 27, July-December 1865, vol. 28, Jan-June, 1866, vol. 31, July-December, 1867,. num. wood-engs., some folding, all orig. publishers cloth gilt, some wear, together with The Illustrated News of the World and Drawing-Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages, Jan-June, 1859, steel-eng. ports., contents dampstained, orig. gilt dec. cloth, soiled and worn, plus The Graphic, an Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, vol. 23, Jan-June, 1881, vol. 44, July-December, 1891, num. b & w illusts. and ads., contemp. half morocco/cloth, all folio (6)
Illustrated London News, 15 vols. including vols. 2, 26-32, 34-39, 1843-61,. numerous wood engraved illusts., some leaves loose, contemp. bindings, folio, together with Art Journal, 9 vols., including 1880, 1883-86, 1888, 1890, 1896-97, contemp. bindings, some broken, 4to Some volumes incomplete. Sold with all faults. Not subject to return. (23)
Illustrated London News, 3 vols., Jan-June 1845 and Jan-Jun & July-Dec 1853,. illusts. throughout, some folding, some tears or losses, first vol. in orig. pubs. cloth gilt, second and third vols. in library cloth, some wear, folio, together with three others related. Sold not subject to return.. (6)
American War of Independence. Collection of nine original issues of "The Morning Post and Daily Advertiser" for the year 1779 , each issue containing news of the war in America including, the total destruction of the Grand American fleet at Penobsot Bay, lists of rebel ships taken and destroyed, copies of the rebel signals used, dispatches from Commodore Sir George Collier, returns of killed and wounded, Battle of Stone Ferry in South Carolina, returns of the killed and wounded, State of Massachussets Bay, Proclamations by Brigadier General Solomen Lovell, commander in chief of the state of Massachussets, lists of the armies under General Clinton in New York, General Prescot at Rhode Island, General Prevost in South Carolina, General Campbell in Florida, General MacLean in Halifax, etc., each 4 pp., folio (9)
* Badge Designs. Two albums of badge and other small format advertising motifs, c. 1956-64,. a total of over 2000 designs with designers annotations and colours on over 100 leaves in two albums, subjects including sport, soft drinks, Butlins camps, etc., contemp. half morocco and cloth-backed boards, soiling and wear, large folio (2)
Dublin Gazette. Collection of eleven separate issues for 1795 , printing of over fifty various printed proclaimations, includiing the transportation of criminals to America, Quarrantine of ships from New York, Norfolk Virginia, owing to the plague there, rewards for the capture of highwaymen, bounties for able bodied seamen enlisting, with list of the various bounties offered, mob attacks in Dublin, banning of people quitting Ireland to go abroad, division of counties into various districts, etc., disbound, sm. folio (11)
* Menus & Stationery. An album of approx. sixty items sent to and collected by Ruth Orme[-Smith], c. 1921-31,. including printed menus, dance cards, invitations, greetings cards, etc., some corner mounted or loose, majority laid in with three or four to a page, orig. limp boards, oblong folio, together with a group of 19th and 20th-century assorted watercolours and drawings (16)
* New Forest. Office copy of Charter of King James I to George Merrell & Ely of Purpresture Lands in the New Forest, 22nd December 1608, examined 11th August 1725,. the document comprising seventeen pages written to rectos only, some soiling and marginal chipping, a few old marginal repairs, stitched into vellum wrapper, folio (1)
Albert (Saint, Bishop of Ratisbon, surnamed the Great ). Beati Alberti Magni... Opera quae Hactenus Haberi Potuerunt, sub... Thoma Turco, Nicolao Rodulphio, Joan. Baptista de Marinis..., 21 vols., Claudii Prost..., Lyon, 1651, eng. illust. to title of vol. 1 (torn & repaired, lined to verso), some repairs to margins, 19th c. vellum, yapp foredges, some wera to spine, folio (21)
Anastasius (the Librarian). Anastasii Bibliothecarii De Vitis Romanorum Pontificum a B. Petro Apostolo ad Nicolaum I. Adjectis Vitis Hadriani II. et Stephani VI. Auctore Guillelmo Bibliothecario..., 4 vols., Rome, 1718-35, titles printed in red & black and with eng. illust., eng. frontis. to each vol., few eng. head & tailpieces, few eng. illusts. and plts., lower outer corner of leaf M4 repaired to vol. 2 and fore-edge margin of S3 repaired to vol. 3, occ. scattered spotting, contemp. vellum, some cracking to joints, folio (4)
Augustine (Saint Aurelius, Bishop of Hippo). Sancti Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi Operum: Post Lovaniensium Theologorum Recensionem Castigatus Denuo ad Manuscriptos Codices Gallicanos, Vaticanos, Anglicanos, Belgicos &c. nec non ad Editiones Antiquiores & Castigatiores, Operâ & Studio Monachorum Ordinis Sancti Benedicti è Congregatione Sancti Mauri, Editio nova a multis mendis purgata, 11 vols. in eight, Antwerp, 1700, eng. portrait to vol 11, minor damp soiling to some fore-edge margins, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, morocco labels to spines, some adhesive tape to spines, some wear to joints & extrems., folio (8)
Bayle (Pierre). Dictionaire Historique et Critique..., 4th ed., 1730, few annotations to margins, 19th c. half calf, joints cracked and some wear to bindings, folio, together with Dictionaire Historique et Critique..., 5 vols., 1734, small hole to title of vol. 1, edges untrimmed, contemp. half calf, some wear to bindings, folio (9)
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New ..., [Amsterdam], 1679,. lacks engraved title at front of vol., and two maps by J. Moxon, some soiling and marginal staining, mostly to front and rear of vol., some marks and minor defects, handwritten family tree inserted before NT title, contemp. calf, worn, joints cracked, folio (1)
Bible [German]. Biblia, das ist: Die Ganze Heilige Schrift ... aus den Grundsprachen treulich wol verteutschet, ed. Johann Caspar Ulrich, 2 vols. bound in one, Zurich, 1755-56,. eng. frontis. to first vol. (frayed and repaired to edges), lacks title, first few leaves of text frayed with some loss of words to fore-margins (repaired), second title torn with substantial loss, separate title to Aprocrypha intact, a few leaves torn with substantial loss, without maps or plates called for, contemp. blind stamped vellum over wooden boards, with remains of brass clasps, cover bosses missing, thick folio. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New..., [Amsterdam?], 1708, addn. general title, New Testament title present (pub. date 1707), six folding eng. maps by Joseph Moxon, Old Testament lacks pp.137-140 (M3 & M4), bound with The Whole Books of Psalms: Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and Others, printed for the Company of Stationers, 1679, endpapers renewed, contemp. diced calf, gilt dec. borders to boards, recent reback, folio Herbert 897. (1)
Calov (Abraham). Biblia Testam. Veteris illustrata. In quibus emphases vocum ac mens dictorum genuina è fontibus, contextu, & analogia Scripturae eruuntur: II..., 5 vols. in four, 2nd ed., Dresden & Leipzig, 1719, eng. port. plt., some damp soiling to lower outer margins of vol. 5, contemp. vellum, marked, inner joint of vol. 5 broken & joints split, folio (4)
Chrysostom (John, Abp. of Constantinople). Opera Omnia Quae Exstant, Vel Quae Ejus Nomine Circumferuntur..., 13 vols., pub. Venice, 1734-41, eng. port. frontis. to vol.1, title of vol. 1 printed in red and black, a.e.g., contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, lacking some spine labels, joints & extrems. worn, folio (13)
Coccejus (Johannes). Johannis Cocceji... Opera Omnia Theologica, Exegetica, Didactica, Polemica, Philologia..., 10 vols., 3rd ed., ex typographia P. & J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1701, general title to vol. 1 printed in red & black (with early inscription in ink to outer margin), contemp. vellum with blind ebossed arabesque to boards, some dust soiling to bindings, folio (10)
Cowley (Charlotte). The Ladies History of England; from the Descent of Julius Caesar, to the Summer of 1780. Calculated for the Use of the Ladies of Great-Britain and Ireland; and likewise adapted to General Use, Entertainment and Instruction, 1st ed., 1780,. two folding eng. maps by Thomas Bowen, num. engs., contemp. reversed calf, a little worn on spine, folio (1)
Du Bartas (Guillaume de Saluste). His Divine Weekes, and Workes with a Compleate Collectio[n] of all the other most Delight-full Workes Translated and Written by yt Famous Philomusus Josuah Sylvester Gent, 6th ed., 1633,. eng. title and port. frontis. (both with loss to margins & some image, laid-down), leaves A1 & A2 excised to upper margins, woodcut head & tailpieces, few minor marks, contemp. calf, old reback, lower outer corner of lower board repaired, some wear to extrems., folio STC 21654. (1)
Du Cange (Charles du Fresne, Sieur). Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae et Infimae Graecitatis..., 2 vols., 1st ed., Lyon, 1688, half-title and eng. frontis. to vol. 1, woodcut illust. to title of vol. 1, slight worming to inner margins of initial leaves in vol. 1, contemp. speckled calf, gilt dec. spines, some wear at head & foot of spines, folio Brunet II.851. (2)
Fontaine (Nicolas, Sieur de Royaumont). The History of the Old and New Testament..., vol. 1 only (of 2), printed by Samuel Roycroft, for Richard Blome, 1690, eng. frontis. detached (with closed-tear), two folding eng. maps, 150 eng. plts. and one eng. folding plan, reuled in red throughout, title with closed tears and slight loss, lacks all after 3G1 (p. 210), contemp. half calf, worn and boards detached, folio (1)
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