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Click here to subscribeMorris (John). A Series of Large Geological Diagrams, Illustrating and Describing the Principles of this Important and Practical Science, Comprising Elementary Section of the Earth's Crust, Interior of a Staffordshire Coal Mine. With Explanatory Notes Upon each Diagram, pub. James Reynolds, [1858], one folding hand-col. diag, five hand-col. double-page diags. & plts, slight dust soiling, orig. printed wrappers with closed tears to edges, large slim folio (1)
Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romans , Cambridge, 1676, eng. frontis. and facing explanation leaf, both sl. damaged with some loss of side notes to explanation leaf, both relaid, some eng. vigns. to text, old waterstaining throughout with some paper deterioration and tears to lower margins, later half calf, joints cracked, folio (Wing P2634), together with Vertue (George), A Catalogue of Engravers, who have been born, or resided in England, digested by Mr. Horace Walpole, 2nd ed, 1786, a little marginal browning, contemp. calf, joints cracked and some loss to head of spine, together with Juvenal, Sixteen Satyrs or, A Survey of the Manners and Actions of Mankind , ed. Sir Robert Stapylton, 1647, eng. port. frontis. and addn. title page (closely trimmed at lower margin), errata leaf at rear, lacks final blank, some occn. spotting and a few fore-margins sl. chipped, modern half calf, 8vo, (Wing J1291), plus Quarles (Francis), Emblems, Divine and Moral, together with Hieroglyphicks of the Life of Man, 1718, eng. frontis, eng. emblems throughout, lower outer corners of leaves A7/8. cutaway with some loss of text, contemp. panelled calf, joints cracked, 12mo, plus other 17th & 18th century classics and history (10)
Raleigh (Sir Walter). The Historie of the World, in five bookes, 1634, the Minde of the Front and title with engraved portrait both sl. torn and soiled, cut down and relaid, engraved frontis. sl. soiled and torn from the 1614 edition, seven (of 8) folding eng. maps including one sl. damaged along centrefold, a few prelims, maps and final leaf of table det, some spotting and soiling and fore-marginal dampstaining throughout, a few old tears and some repairs, contemp. calf, broken and covers det, folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)
Ruiz de Morales y Molina (Antonio). Regla, y Establecimientos Nuevos de la Orden, y Cavalleria del Glorioso Apostol Santiago, pub. Santiago, Spain, 1752, addn. eng. title-page, and two eng. plts, contemp. limp vellum, lightly dust-soiled, spine lettered in ms, sl. loss to one corner, remains of leather ties, sm. folio (1)
Sarpi (Paolo). The Historie of the Councel of Trent, Conteining Eight Bookes. , Written in Italian by Pietro Soaue Polano, and Faithfully Translated into English by Nathanael Brent, 1620, title slightly soiled and with woodcut device from an earlier work window-mounted neatly above imprint, colophon leaf at rear, some occ. spotting or soiling, lacks blank leaf at front and rear, contemp. mottled calf, rebacked, together with Hall (Joseph), The Works. , 1634, title within woodcut border (somewhat soiled and relaid), lacks pp. 231-2, 243-4, 529-764 and index after H supplied in old manuscript, some occ. spotting and soiling, minor fore-marginal worming and old marginalia, contemp. panelled calf, worn, plus Weever (John), Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands Adiacent. , 1631, eng. port. frontis. and addn. title (both cut down and relaid), some mostly marginal worming throughout, contemp. calf, rebacked, all folio STC 21761, 12640 & 25233 respec. (3)
Sbarra (Francesco). Il Pomo d'Oro, Festa Teatrale rappresentata in Vienna per la nascita del Serenissimo Arciduca Ferdinando primogenito della Sacra Cesarea, Real Maesta dell'Imperatore, Vienna, Matteo Cosmerovio, Stampatore della Corte, 1667, twenty-four folding eng. plts, including large folding frontispiece (tipped onto Bi), by Melchior Küsell, after Lodovico Burnacini, light waterstain to upper outer corner of first few leaves, a few minor marks (generally in clean condition), early 19th c. plain boards, rubbed and soiled, folio Il Pomo d'Oro (The Golden Apple), an opera by Antonio Cesti, with libretto by Francesco Sbarra, was written to celebrate the wedding of Emperor Leopold I of Austria, and Margherita of Spain, and was first performed in Vienna, on 12th and 14th July 1668. One of the most spectacular of Baroque operas, with set designs by the Italian theatre architect and designer Lodovico Burnacini, required elaborate stage machinery for the enactment of scenes from the lives of the Gods, portrayed here in a fine series of engravings by Mathäus Küsel. This 1667 edition pre-dates the standard edition of 1668. See illustration on front cover of this catalogue. (1)
Spelman (Sir John). Aelfredi Magni Anglorum Regis Invictissimi vita Tribus Libris Comprehensa, 1st ed, Oxford, 1678, eng. illust. to title (with red ink armorial stamp to lower margin), seven eng. plts, eng. headpieces and one eng. illust. to text, early 19th c. calf gilt, boards, detached, folio Wing S4934. (1)
Spenser (Edmund). The Works of that Famous English Poet. whereunto is added, An Account of his Life; with other New Additions, printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin, 1679, eng. frontis, title printed in red and black, some minor marks to fore-margins, frontis. and title with sl. fraying to extreme fore-margin, early ownership inscription of R. Wilson to front blank, contemp. blind-panelled full calf, rubbed and marked and some wear, modern reback (endpapers renewed), folio (1)
Strada (Famiano). De Bello Belgico, The History of the Low Countrey Warres, 1st English ed, 1650, eng. port. frontis, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, lacks fourteen portraits, a.e.g, late 19th c. gilt panelled morocco by Riviere with arabesque designs to both covers and inner dentelles gilt, sl. darkened and rubbed, folio Wing S5777. (1)
Taylor (Jeremy). Antiquitates Christinae, or, The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus , in two parts , The Second [part] containing the lives of the Apostles . by William Cave, 1678, eng. port. frontis. (from another edition or copy) and additional eng. title page tipped-in, both somewhat soiled and chipped at edges, eighteen (of 20) eng. plts, eng. vigns. to text, some soiling and a few minor defects and repairs, contemp. calf, rubbed, folio (Wing 287A), together with Cave (William), Apostolici, or, The History of the Lives, Acts, Death, and Martyrdoms of Those Who Were Contemporary With, Or Immediately Succeeded the Apostles , 1677, half title and addn. eng. title, eng. illusts. to text, contemp. calf, covers det, plus Walker (John), An Attempt Towards Recovering An Account of the Numbers and Sufferings of the Clergy of the Church of England . in the Late Times of the Grand Rebellion, 1714, old waterstaining to fore-margins, some soiling, contemp. panelled calf, some wear and joints cracked, all folio, plus other 17th & 18th century theology, some with defects (12)
Yorke (James, blacksmith). The Union of Honour, Containing the Armes, Matches and Issues of the Kings, Dukes, Marquesses and Earles of England from the Conquest, Untill this Present Yeere, 1640, with the Armes of the English Viscounts and Barons now being, and of the Gentry of Lincolnshire , Edward Griffin for William Leake, 1640, addn. eng. title (small tear to lower margin), numerous woodcut armorials to text, some light dampstaining to lower margins at front of volume, worm trail to foredge margins at end with occasional loss of one or two letters, recent full calf, red morocco title label, small folio STC 26103. (1)
Ingamells (John). A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800, pub. Yale University Press, 1997, orig. cloth in d.j, 8vo, together with Tsigakou (Fani-Maria), The Rediscovery of Greece, Travellers and Painters of the Romantic Era, 1st ed, 1981, numerous col. and b&w illusts, orig. cloth in d.j, 4to, plus Saxl (Fritz and Wittkower, Rudolf), British Art and the Mediterranean, 1st ed, 1948, b&w illusts, orig. cloth, large folio, and others related on the Grand Tour, artists in Italy, etc, all modern pubs, incl. some catalogues, mostly 4to (28)
Kraus (H.P, Bookseller). Monumenta Codicum Manu Scriptorum, An Exhibition Catalogue of Manuscripts of the 6th to the 17th Centuries from the Libraries of the Monasteries pf St. Catherine Mount Sinai, Monte Cassino Lorsch Nonantola, and from the collections of Claud, Queen of France, the Duke of Roxburghe, New York, 1974, num. tipped-in col. plts, orig. cloth gilt, together with In Retrospect, a Catalogue of 100 Outstanding Manuscripts sold in the last four decades by H. P. Kraus, 1978, num. b&w illusts, orig. cloth gilt in d.j, plus Cimelia, a Catalogue of Important Illuminated and Textual Manuscripts published in Commeration of the Sale of the Ludwig Collection, Catalogue 165, 1983, num. tipped-in col. plts, b&w illusts, orig. cloth gilt in d.j, price list loosely inserted, and other Kraus catalogues, Bibliotheca Phillippica, Catalogue 153, 1979; Fifty Years, Anniversary Catalogue of 120 outstanding books printed before 1700, 1982; Sir a total of fifteen cloth-bound and approx. 75 paperback catalogues, folio/8vo, all VG (approx. 90)
Metman (Louis and Tournelles, H. le Secq des). Le Métal, Première Partie, Le Fer, & Deuxième Partie, Le Bronze, 2 vols, Paris, c.1910, pamphlet of text to each, and numerous b & w plts. (those to first vol. with lib. stamp to versos), all loosely contained in orig. half cloth portfolios with ties, lib. labels to spine of first vol, printed upper covers, folio (2)
Palladio (Andrea). The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture, 4 parts in one volume, 1738, general title printed in red & black, eng. titles to each part, 210 eng. plts. (8. in letterpress, of 212), pubs. leaf at front of volume, initial leaves creased, few closed tears, ink stamp to upper margin of general title and to front pastedown, occ. minor damp staining to inner margins of few leaves at front & rear of volume, contemp. calf, boards detached and worn, folio Fowler 229. (1)
The Portfolio. An Artistic Periodical, ed. Philip Gilbert Hamerton, 20 vols, pub. Seeley, Jackson, 1876-93, incl. two duplicates, numerous eng. plts. and illusts, a.e.g, all orig. cloth gilt, except 1879, which is contemp. half morocco, rubbed, and some sl. wear to extrems, 1885 broken and covers detached, folio, together with one other (21)
Racinet (Auguste). Polychromatic Ornament, One Hundred Plates in Gold, Silver and Colours, comrising upwards of Two Thousand Specimens of the Various Styles of Ancient, Oriental and Medieval Art, pub. Sotheran, 1873, ninety-seven (of 100) chromo plts, some heightened in gold and silver, some spotting and staining, disbound, folio, together with a disbound similar French language volume with chromo. ornament plts. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (2)
Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future. Deluxe Collector Editions, vols. 1-12, ed. Mike Higgs, Hawk Books, 1987-1995, col. illusts. throughout, orig. pict. laminated boards, a few vols. with very minor wear at head of spines, folio, together with a small qty. of other Dan Dare-related material, incl. a copy of the '10th Anniversary Imprint of the 1st Deluxe Collector's Edition' from the same publisher, four framed and glazed prints, a souvenir album of printed postcards, first day covers, promotional leaflets, comic books and other related ephemera etc. (a carton)
Davies (Mary Carolyn). Bruin, The Adventure of a Little Bear, Pictures by Louis Moe, pub. Funk & Wagnalls, New York & London, c.1920s, illustrated title, eight full-page illusts, b & w illusts, slight damp satining to foredge margin, orig. pictorial boards, lower board slightly stained, recent cloth spine, oblong folio (1)
Golden Cockerel Press. Bligh's Voyage in the Resource, from Coupang to Batavia, Together with the Log of His Subsequent Passage to England in the Dutch Packet Vlydt and His Remarks on Morrison's Journal. With an Introduction and Notes by Owen Rutter, 1937, wood engs. by Peter Barker-Mill, untrimmed, orig. cloth, spine darkened, one corner bumped, folio Limited edition 108/350 copies. With two-leaf prospectus for 'A Voyage Round the World' loosely inserted. (1)
Golden Cockerel Press. John Fryer of the Bounty, Notes on His Career Written by His Daughter Mary Ann, with an Introduction and Commentary by Owen Rutter, 1939, wood engs. by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve, a few fox spots, t.e.g, remainder untrimmed (foxed), orig. cloth gilt, slim folio Limited edition 120/300 copies, signed by Rutter and Mackenzie-Grieve. With pencilled inscription on the front free endpaper: 'Sir Percy Bates - This fragment of naval history - with the Editor's best wishes. July 1941'. Loosely inserted is an ALS from Rutter to Sir Percy thanking him for his kindness and hospitality, and offering the book as 'an example of what my Golden Cockerel Press can still produce in the way of book craftsmanship despite Adolf Hitler!'. (1)
Golden Cockerel Press. Matthew Flinders' Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798, Preceded and Followed by Notes on Flinders, Bass, the Wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c, by Geoffrey Rawson, 1946, letterpress engs. by John Buckland Wright, t.e.g, remainder rough-trimmed, orig. cloth gilt, small mark to lower cover, slim folio Limited edition 109/750 copies. (1)
Gregynog Press. The Fables of Esope, Translated Out of Frensshe in to Englysse by: William Caxton, with Engravings on Wood by Agnes Miller Parker, pub. Gregynog Press, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1931, wood eng. illust. to title, numerous wood eng. illusts. and dec. initials, end-papers renewed, edges rough trimmed, contemp. sheep, spine darkened and covers marked, repaired at head & foot of spine, folio Limited ed. 221/250. (1)
Hardy (Thomas). Winter Words, NY, Macmillan, 1928, ltd. ed. 207/500, orig. vellum-backed boards, spine a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Williamson (Henry), Love and the Loveless, 1st ed, Macdonald, 1958, orig. cloth in d.j, closed tear to lower edge of upper cover, 8vo, plus Walkin (Carol, illust.), Theodora and Honoria, a translation from Boccaccio by John Dryden, Libanus Press, 1985, ltd. ed. 51/300, illusts, orig. linen-backed boards, small folio, and Lowry (Malcolm), Under the Volcano, 1st ed, Cape, 1951, orig. cloth, spine sunned, 8vo, plus Johnson (B.S.), Everybody Knows Somebody Who's Dead, Covent Garden Press, 1973, orig. printed wrappers, 8vo, together with a qty. of others, literature, poetry, bibliography, private press etc. (one shelf)
Maltby (Peg). Peg's Fairy Book, Melbourne, 2nd ed, 1945, col. plts, decs. to text, orig. cloth-backed boards (sl. stained on upper cover) in sl. chipped and stained d.j, folio, together with Hale (Kathleen), Orlando Keeps A Dog, 1st ed, Country Life, [1949], col. illusts. throughout, orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, sl. bumped at head of spine, minor edge wear, slim folio, plus Brunhoff (Jean De), Les Vacances de Zephir, Hachette, 1936; Babar en Famille, 1938, illusts. to each, binding of second vol. cracked internally, both orig. pict. boards, some wear to corners and edges, folio, together with the 1946 New Rupert Book in reasonable condition (5)
[Mussolini, Benito & Hitler, Adolf]. Reise nach Italien. [aus Anlass des Besuches Adolf Hitlers in Italien], Pizzi & Pizio, Rome, 1938, b & w illusts. from photos, some tipped-in col. illusts. and b & w plans and illusts, some minor waterstaining to foremargins, orig. cloth with inset b & w photo. of Mussolini, slightly stained, rubbed, frayed along lower edges, folio A scarce commemorative book commemorating Hitler's visit to Mussolini's Italy in May 1938. (1)
Art Journal, vol. 6, 1854, num. steel-engs, some minor scattered spotting, orig. gilt dec. cloth, worn, 4to, together with Illustrated London News, vol. 21, July-December, 1852, num. wood engs, some folding, orig. publishers blind-stamped and gilt dec. cloth, minor wear to spine, folio, with other misc. books, mostly large format, incl. The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott's contributions to The Graphic, Picturesque Palestine, Nolan's History of the Russia War, Old and New London, etc. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (3 cartons)
Cathedrals. A Contribution by Poets to the Celebration of the Nine Hundredth Anniversary of Winchester Cathedral , pub. Winchester College Printing Society, 1979, contributions by Anne Ridler, John Heath-Stubbs, Bishop John Taylor, Diana Carroll, Humphrey Lucas, Clive Sansom, Brian Morris, Elizabeth Jennings, Peter Levi, Kathleen Raine, and others, wood engs. by Richard Atkinson-Willes, t.e.g, remainder untrimmed, orig. navy morocco gilt (limited edition 16/900), together with a cloth bound edition of the same work, both small folio, with other topographical literature and related (2 cartons)
Latch (Jean). Plusieurs Tres-bons Cases, come ios estoyent adjudgees es trois premiers ans du Raign du seu Roy Charles le Premier, 1661, mostly black letter text, contemp. calf, covers det, folio, together with Edgeworth (Maria), Popular Tales, 3 vols, 3rd ed, 1807, contemp. half calf gilt, 12mo, with other misc. and antiquarian, including early 19th c. juvenile (2 cartons)
View Book - Windsor. Twenty Four Views of Windsor, pub. S. Collier, Castle Hill, c.1860s, steel eng. vigns, occn. light foxing/soiling, hinges with glue remains, orig. cloth boards gilt, rubbed, oblong 8vo, together with Six Views in Matlock and its Neighbourhood, pub. Bemrose, Matlock, c.1860s, steel eng. vigns, foxed, orig. printed wrappers, oblong 8vo, plus Loutherbourg (P.J. de), The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales, engraved by William Pickett, and Coloured by John Clarke, 1805, reproduced in facsimile by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Shropshire, 1979, numerous col. plts, orig. half morocco gilt, contained in orig. cloth solander box, folio, (limited edition, 15/1000 copies), plus other view books, topog. and misc. (a carton)
Sacheverell (Dr. Henry). An Impartial Account of what pass'd most Remarkable in the last Session of Parliament, Relating to the Case of Dr. Sacheverell, 1710, half-title present, port. frontis, bound with several related papers, contemp. calf, upper cover detached, folio, together with Mandey (Venterus), Synopsis Mathematica Universalis: Or, A Brief System of the Mathematics, for Young Students, and such as have not Arrived to a Great Prefection in those Studies, 1729, port. frontis, four folding eng. diags. and a folding table (complete?), some spotting and minor marginal dampstains, contemp. calf, upper cover detached, 8vo, with other misc. books, mostly antiquarian, incl. The Holy Bible, illust. Gustave Dore, c. 1870 (3 shelves)
Smith (Thomas). Extracts from the Diary of a Huntsman, 1st ed, 1838, tinted litho. frontis, three uncol. litho. plts, two folding plans, errata slip present, 16 pp. publishers ads. at rear, orig. cloth gilt, some wear to spine, together with Bowers (G.), Hunting in Hard Times, n.d, c. 1870, twenty chromo. leaves, printed to one side only, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed, oblong folio, with others related (3 shelves)
Greg (W.W.). The Shakespeare First Folio, Its Bibliographical and Textual History, 1st ed, Oxford, 1955, orig. cloth in slightly frayed d.j, together with Shakespeare's England. An Account of the Life & Manners of his Age, 2 vols, reprinted, Oxford, 1950, b & w illusts, orig. cloth in slightly frayed d.j.s, 8vo, with other Shakespearian studies (including a carton of paperbacks) (3 shelves)
Gay (John). Fables, 2 vols, 2nd ed, 1728, eng. plts, contemp. calf, covers detached, 8vo, together with The Fables of La Fontaine, pub. Boston, 1884, twenty-five etched plts. by A. Delierre, t.e.g, orig. quarter vellum gilt, rubbed and soiled, (Limited Edition de Luxe, 197/250), 4to, plus Pennell (Joseph), Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen. Their Work and Their Methods, a Study of the Art Today with Technical Suggestions, 1889, num. b & w illusts, orig. boards, rubbed and somewhat soiled, folio, plus other misc. books, mostly art reference, including exhibition catalogues, auction catalogues etc. (3 shelves)
Taylor (Mrs Basil). Japanese Gardens, 1st ed, 1912, twenty-eight tipped-in coloured illusts. after watercolours by Walter Tyndale, some minor scattered spotting, t.e.g, orig. gilt dec. cloth, torn at head of spine, 4to, together with Anderson (Anne, illust.), Grimms' Fairy Tales, n.d, c. 1920s, eight full-page col. plts, b&w illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine, folio, plus Burgess (J. Tom), Historic Warwickshire, 2nd ed, edited and revised by Joseph Hill, pub. Birmingham & London, 1893, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, and other misc. books, mostly juvenile and illustrated works (3 shelves)
Simon (Oliver and Rodenberg, Julius). Printing of To-day. An Illustrated Survey of Post-ward Typography in Europe and the United States, 1928, with a General Introduction Aldous Huxley, col. and b & w illusts, orig. linen-backed patterned boards in frayed and chipped d.j, folio, together with Leighton (Clare), Wood Engraving of the 1930's, pub. The Studio, 1936, num. b & w illusts, orig. cloth, a little worn on spine, folio, with others relating to engraving and 20th-century book illustration, etc. (3 shelves)
Shrewton and Wiltshire. 78 folio scrap books with pasted in magazine and newspaper cuttings and other ephemera. The collection relates particularly to Shrewton and districts but contains many other articles of interest. The collection commences in 1915 and ends in 1974 and is very eclectic Ð It would provide a mine of information for the local Historian and those interested in this remarkable period of recent history. In generally good condition although many pieces inserted show age and browning. (78).
Bligh (Captain W.). The Log of H.M.S. Providence, 1791-1793, Genesis Publications Ltd, 1976, preface by Mountbatten of Burma, col. frontis, folding maps and charts, orig. gilt dec. half calf, contained in orig. cloth slipcase, with printed label to upper side, thick folio Limited edition, 257/500 copies. (1)
Cook (Lieut. James). The Journal of H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771, Genesis Publications Ltd, in Association with Rigby Ltd, 1977, preface by Mountbatten of Burma, col. and b & w illusts, folding facsimile of Solander's description of the kangaroo, orig. gilt dec. half calf, contained in orig. cloth slipcase, with printed label to upper side, thick folio Limited edition, 257/500 copies. (1)
Costume. The Costume of the Russian Empire, pub. John Stockdale, 1811, hand-col. title, seventy hand-col. plts, (of 72, lacks plts. 30 & 67), text printed in English & French, contemp. half calf, rebacked, board edges worn and spine faded, folio Abbey, Travel, 246. See illustration inside rear cover of this catalogue. (1)
Dapper (Olfert). Naukeurige Bischryving der Eilanden, in de Archipel der Midtelantsche Zee, en ontrent dezelve, gelegen: Waer onder de voornaemste Cyprus, Rhodus, Kandien, Samos, Scio, Negroponte, Lemnos, Paros, Delos, Patmos, en andere, in groten getale , 1st ed, Amsterdam, 1688, add. eng. title, six folding or double-page eng. maps, twenty-six double-page eng. plts. and plans, numerous engs. to text, double-page eng. view of Chios slightly browned, some occn. slight browning of text, two small insect (?) holes to fore-margins of final four leaves, contemp. gilt panelled calf, gilt dec. spines, raised bands, red morocco label, minor wear to extrems, folio A good copy of this book on travels in the Mediterranean Islands compiled by the Dutch Physician and Scholar, Dapper. (1)
Album of Vanity Fair prints, containing 104 chromo. portrait plts. by Spy et al, 1899-1900, some plts. closely cropped or folded, each plt. bound opposite the corresponding clipping from the original weekly part, occasional light spotting, a.e.g, contemp. half morocco with gilt dec. spine, boards rubbed, folio (1)
Great Eastern. Pictorial History of the Great Eastern Steam-ship, W. H. Smith & Son, [1859 or 1860], 41 pp, three chromo. plts. including folding frontis. after a painting by Edwin Weedon, four folding wood-eng. plts. including one double-sided, numerous wood-eng. illusts. to text including some full page, some spotting and soiling throughout, mostly to margins, chromo. plt. margins somewhat browned, orig. pict. green printed wrappers, soiled and worn with crude tape repairs to spine, slim folio (1)
Johnston (W. & A.K, publishers). The World-Wide Atlas of Modern Geography, 5th ed, 1900, 128. colour printed maps, orig. dec. cloth, some fraying to extems, together with The Times (pub.), "The Times" Atlas, 1899, 118. colour printed maps, orig. leather backed boards, wear to extrems, plus six other atlases by George Butler, Encyclopeadia Britannica, etc, folio, plus a quantity of approx. 50 topographical engravings including tinted litho. views, small steel engravings, etc. (a carton)
Lewis (John Frederick). Lewis's Sketches and Drawings of the Alhambra, made During a Residence in Granada, in the Years 1833-4. Drawn on Stone by J.D. Harding, R.J. Lane, A.R.A, W. Gauci & John F. Lewis, pub. Hodgson, Boys & Graves, [1835], litho title, frontis. & twenty-five plts. (correct as list), occ. scattered spotting to margins, contemp. qtr. morocco, extrems. rubbed & worn, folio (1)
South Africa. Pretoria Friend, nos. 1-17, [all published], 26 June 1900-14 July 1900 [later issues], bound in contemp moiré cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, slim folio This short-lived periodical was founded by Lord Stanley during the British occupation and consisted largely of official notices, proclamations and officially sanctioned news. (1)
Borlase (William). Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall. Consisting of Several Essays on the First Inhabitants, Druid-Superstition, Customs, and Remains of the Most Remote Antiquity in Britain, and the British Isles, Exemplified and Proved by Monuments now Extant in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, with a Vocabulary of the Cornu-British Language, 2nd ed, 1769, folding map (sl. browned), twenty-six eng. plts. (incl. 1 folding & 1 single-page map), eng. letterpress illusts, stitching partially broken, and one plt. detached, hinges split, contemp. diced calf, rubbed and worn, calf torn to upper side, with some loss, folio Upcott p.82-86. (1)
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