Nicholson (William, Bishop of Gloucester), David's Harp Strung and Tuned: Or, an easie analysis of the Book of Psalms, 1662, title page soiled and frayed at edges, some spotting throughout, contemp. calf, broken on spine, folio, together with Sandys Travailes: Containing a History of the Original and Present State of the Turkish Empire , 6th ed., 1658, addn. eng. title, folding map (trimmed and relaid), engs. to text, two or three leaves supplied in old manuscript facsimile, contemp. blind panelled calf, crudely rebacked, folio, plus other misc. books incl. antiquarian, plus 20th c. history, literature and illustrated works, etc. (3 shelves)
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Kentfield (Edwin, of Brighton). The Game of Billiards: Scientifically Explained, and Practically Set Forth, in a Series of Novel and Extraordinary but Equally Practical Strokes , 5th ed., 1850, double page uncol. litho. frontis., ninety-three single page diags., scattered minor spotting, contemp. half morocco with gilt lettered spine label and upper cover, rubbed, folio (1)
Kentfield (Edwin, of Brighton). The Game of Billiards: Scientifically Explained, and Practically Set Forth, in a Series of Novel and Extraordinary Strokes, to which is added the Rules and Regulations which Govern the Numerous Games as they are Played at the Present Day in all the Countries of Europe, 1st ed., 1839, double-page uncol. litho. frontis. heavily spotted and three short splits to lower margin, ninety three single-page diags. and eng. ad. leaf at rear,some spotting and finger-soiling throughout, hinges cracked, orig. cloth gilt, heavily soiled and some wear, old repair to upper joint, folio (1)
Mingaud (Francois). Noble Jeu de Billard, Coups Extraordinaires et Surprenants , 1st ed., Paris, 1827, eng. title and following text leaf, forty litho. diagramatic plates with some hand-col. of balls, plates back to back on twenty leaves, some dust soiling at front and rear, title a little chipped at edges, contemp. diced calf gilt with good quality reback, folio This scarce book was translated into English by John Thurston in 1830. and titled 'The Noble Game of Billiards'. (1)
Book of Football. A Complete History and Record of the Association and Rugby Games. Containing Special Contributions by F.J. Wall, C.W. Alcock, Alfred Davis, S.S. Harris, John Lewis, John Devey, William McGregor , 1st ed., Amalgamated Press Ltd., 1906, 292pp., num. b & w illusts. from photos., index present, orig. dec. cloth, worn on spine, upper cover almost det., folio (1)
Sportsmen. Fourteen portrait illustrations of sportsmen from the supplement of 'Silver Crescent: The Hall Magazine', pub. Cambridge, [1896-1900], fourteen col. litho portraits of football players and athletes etc., mostly by 'Pip', each captioned (includes Loo, Stingo, John Bieber & Poppet, Skinny, Shunting, Kipper, A Second Adam, Luny, Ben, P-T, John Steele, L.R.O. Bevan, Pedlar and Bimmy), bound together in contemp. half vellum binding, rubbed & marked, slim folio (1)
*Vanity fair cartoons. 918 chromo. caricatures by Spy, Ape, etc., pub. 1860s-90s, incl. many sportsmen, writers, artists, judges, etc., each sl. trimmed (but not affecting printed caption and date) and stuck onto an album leaf opposite the relevant text, all contained in nine contemp. green half morocoo gilt albums, rubbed, folio Some of the more interesting caricatures include "cricket" [W.G.Grace], "Australian cricket" [Mr. George John Bonner], "English cricket" [The Hon. Alfred Lyttelton], "The Champion of Champions" [Mr. Waltar Goodall George], "Oscar" [Oscar Wilde], "Bay" [Capt. William George Middleton], "The Demon Bowler" [Mr. Frederick Robert Spofforth], "Jim" [Mr. James Lowther], "Kent" [Lord Harris], "The Chamion Roberts" [Mr. John Roberts], "The Demon" [John Fordham], plus many jockeys, huntsmen, one athlete, at least four judges in red robes, men and women of the day incl. Darwin, Sarah Bernhardt, Whistler, Verdi, Tennyson, Zola, etc., etc. (9)
New Zealand v. Great Britain 1904. A copy of the Evening Post, Special Football Edition, Wellington, Saturday, 13th August 1904, with a full and detailed match report and background history to this historic Test encounter at the Athletic Ground, which New Zealand won 9-3, illustrations of the Captains Bedell-Sivright and Stead, other news stories and ads. to following pages, a few blue ball-point pen annotations, two minor holds at folds, 4pp., large folio (1)
HOARE (RICHARD HOLT) & CHARLES BOWLES: The History of Modern Wiltshire, Hundred of Chalk, Dedication Large Paper copy, frontispiece portrait, hand-coloured folding engraved map and 3 engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt fillet borders and central monogram 'V' on upper cover, rebacked preserving original spine,corners repaired, bookplates of C. Bowles and B. Jones-Bateman, folio, 1833 *An autograph note from R.C. Hoare tipped-in at the front, presents this copy to Charles Bowles, with four lines of poetry, Stourhead, October 1833. A further note on the end paper gifts it to 'Vera from Philip, June 1940 Sir Richard Colt Hoare published this history in a total of 15 parts between 1822 and 1843
STRATTON (ARTHUR): The English Interior, original vellum-backed cloth, folio, [1920]-LLOYD (NATHANIEL) A History of the English House, original buckram, folio, 1931-and 4 others on Furniture including Brackett's Encyclopedia, Lenygon's Decoration in England 1640-1760, Macquoid's Age of Satinwood and vol 1 of his Dictionary of Furniture (6)
ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM): Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, hand-coloured engraved title (creased and torn at central fold, margins strengthened, edges frayed), and text, no maps, some light browning, original blind-stamped vellum, gilt panels, corner, and centrepieces, slightly stained and cockled and with strip at fore-edge torn away, folio, [Amsterdam 1570?].
An album of sketches and watercolours by a member of the Terry Family various sizes subject matter and medium some signed and dated c. 1860s and another folio of sketches and prints Provenance: These items were purchased by the mother of the present vendor from house sales during the mid 20th century
Atkyns Robert The New and Present State of Glocestershire London T. Spilsbury for W. Herbert . and Sold by J. Millan . T. Payne . Davis and Reymers (and others) 1768 folio (420mm x 270mm) title vignette 8. coat-of-arms plates double-page county map 3. double-page views of the city of Gloucester 61. double-page plates showing views of the seat of local gentry engraved by Kipp contemporary annotations on verso of front cover contemporary calf red morocco lettering piece hinges and extremities rubbed Second Edition
Bainbridge Henry Charles Peter Carl Faberge Goldsmith & Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court & Crowned Heads of Europe London B. T. Batsford Ltd 1949 large 4to (290mm x 220mm) half title frontispiece title printed in red and black title vignette plates and illustrations many colour errata and addenda slip original red cloth gilt spine lettered in gilt dust-jacket price clipped One of 1750. Limited Edition copies With a number of other works including J. J. Cullimore Allens Sovereigns of the British Empire (London 1965) W. B. Honeys Victoria and Albert Museum Glass. (London 1946) the folio society published of Robert Louis Stevensons Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (London 1967) Douglas Ash How to Identify English Silver Drinking Vessels 600-1830. (London 1964) Andre Soubiran The Doctors (London 1954) and Howard Springs Fame is the Spur (London 1942)
Butler Arthur G. H. Gronvold and F. W. Frohawk (illustrators) Birds of Great Britain and Ireland Order Passeres. London Brumby & Clarke Limited 1907-1908 small folio (300mm x 220mm) 106. chromolithographed plates of Birds and 8. plates of Birds eggs all loose lacking all text leaves contemporary half calf spine lettered in gilt extremites rubbed
Cary John Carys New and Correct English Atlas: being A New Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys London printed for John Cary 1787 small folio (325mm x 230mm) frontispiece map of England & Wales hand-coloured in outline and 45. maps hand-coloured in outline occasional marginal spotting each leaf seperated with tissue paper contemporary half calf black morocco lettering piece front cover detached spine worn
Coles Charles and Maurice Pledge (illustrator). Game Birds London Collins 1981 folio (420mm x 295mm) half title 24. tipped-in colour plates and illustrations original quarter morocco gilt spine lettered in gilt t.e.g. slip-case No. 22. of 250. Limited Edition copies signed by the author and illustrator
Macdonell Anne (editor) The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened London Philip Lee Warner 1910 8vo (205mm x 130mm) half title frontispiece portrait pages un-cut original decorative cloth spine lettered in gilt t.e.g. [Newington Thomas] & Philip James (editor) A Butlers Recipe Book 1719 Cambridge University Press 1935 8vo (170mm x 105mm) 11. illustrations original cloth backed spine Printed from the original manuscript of Thomas Newington steward butler and manservant to a Brighton lady of title With a number of other works including The Finchley Manuals of Industry No. 1. Cooking; or Practical and Economical Training for those who are to be Servants Wives and Mothers. (London 1849) Nottingham High School for Girls Recipe Book Compiled by the Sixth Form In aid of The Games Field Fund (Nottingham 1914) The Newark Cookery Book of Well-Tried Recipes (Newark 1920) the folio society published Anne Hughes: Her Boke (London 1981) City of Sheffield Education Committee The heffield Book of Recipes. (Sheffield n.d) The Offical Handbook for the National Training School for Cookery containing The Lessons on Cookery . Compiled by R. O. C. (London 1885) and a number of mainly early 20th century cooking magazines such as Home Cookery and Conforts (London 1912)
Dingli Edw. Caruana Malta The Colour and Life of Malta from Original Paintings Valletta Critiens ca. 1920s small folio (320mm x 240mm) tipped in colour frontispiece title printed in red and brown 39. tipped in colour plates original card wrappers with colour plate mounted onto front cover With four other works including Charles Dickens The Life of our Lord (London 1934)
Macquoid Percy & Shirley Slocombe (illustrator) A History of English Furniture [The Age of Oak 1904; The Age of Walnut 1905; The Age of Mahogany 1906; and The Age of Satinwood 1908] London Lawrence & Bullen Ltd 1904-1908 elephant folio (380mm x 280mm) four volumes 4. half titles titles printed in red and black title with printers device 2. colour frontispieces colour plates monochrome photographic illustrations many full-page original cloth printers device in gilt on front covers spines and front covers lettered in gilt t.e.g. spines faded corners bumped armorial bookplate of Beatrice Eleanor Countess of Pembroke First Edition
Mannering Eva (editor) Mr. Goulds Tropical Birds London The Ariel Press 1955 folio (405mm x 290mm) title printed in green and black 24. colour plates illustrations original limp boards illustrated dust-jacket few marginal tears With the Ariel press published Pierre-Joseph Redoute Roses (London 1954) and a colour botanical print of Hypericum olympicum
Millais J[ohn] G[uille] (1865-1931) The Natural History of the British Surface-Feeding Ducks London New York and Bombay Longmans Green and Co 1902 small folio (340mm x 300mm) illustrated half title title printed in red and black 41. coloured plates by Millais and Archibald Thorburn (including frontispiece) 6. photograuves by Millais and 25. other illustrations original half green cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt booksellers label of Blackwells of Oxford No. 423. of 600. Large Paper Limited Edition copies
Moore Henry Heads Figures and Ideas London & Greenwich Connecticut George Rainbird Limited & The New York Graphic Society folio (470mm x 330mm) colour-authlithograph printed on hand made paper watermarked with Moores signature facsimile illustrations some colour lower margin of leaves stamped with Public Library Barrow original cloth backed spine extremities rubbed bookplate of County Borough of Barrow-in-Furness Public Libraries Reference Department With a number of other works Madanjeet Singh (introduction by) India Paintings from Ajanta Caves (New York 1954) Steuart Erskines Lady Diana Beauclerk (London 1903) a limited edition (No. 376. of 550) of Harry Wearne A Short Account of his Life and Work (New York 1933) The Dunlop Book The Motorists Guide Counsellor and Friend (London & Cheltenham n.d) John Rothenstein The Portrait Drawings of William Rothenstein 1889-1925. (London 1926) Henry R. Knipes Nebula to Man (London 1905) volume two only of Eugene Muntzs Leonardo da Vinci ondon & New York 1898) a three volume set of Robert Freke Goulds The History of Freemasonery (Edinburgh n.d) Walter William Skeat and Charles Otto Blagdens Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula (London 1906) a limited edition (No. 749. of 1040) of William Stirling-Maxwells The Cloister Life of the Emperor Charles V (London 1891) Robert Hichens Egypt and its Monuments (London 1920) E. Davies Mythology & Rites of the Druids (London n.d) two volumes only (of three) of John Whitakers Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated (London 1788) and a two volume set of William Tytlers An Inquiry Historical and Critical into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots (London 1790)
Palmer Sutton Berkshire Water-Colours London A. & C. Black Ltd 1922 8vo (225mm x 155mm) colour frontispiece and 14. colour plates original boards with in-laid illustration on front cover spine rubbed With a number of other works including the folio society published Publius Ovidius Naso Ars Amatoria (London 1955) Michael Gilberts Fear to Tread (London n.d) Maxim Gorkis The Artamonovs (London 1955) three Richard Gordon works Doctor in the House (London 1952) Doctor at Sea (London 1953) Doctor at Large (London 1955) Lord Butler of Saffron Walden (forward by) The Churchill Years 1874-1965. (London 1965) Oliver Bracketts English Furniture Illustrated (London n.d) and John Hunts The Ascent of Everest (London 1953)
Robinson William My Wood Fires and Their Story. Showing the Beauty and Use of the Wood Fire. London & New York published at the offices of Country LifeÓ 1917 8vo (250mm x 190mm) half title plates original cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt g.e.g scuffed in places With a number of other works including Henry Cecils Brothers in Arms (London 1955) Ian Flemings Diamonds are Forever (London n.d) the folio society published Hassan The Story of Hassan and how he came to make the Golden Journey to Samarkand (London 1966) and Nancy Mitfords Madame De Pompadour (London 1954)
Savage Ann The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles London Phoebe Phillips/Heinemann 1982 small folio (300mm x 230mm) half title illustrations many colour original cloth spine lettered in gilt pictorial dust-jacket With a number of other works including William Packers Fashion Drawings in Vogue (London 1989) Linell Nash Smith edited Loving Letters from Ogden Nash A Family Album (London 1990) Barbara Lloyds The Colours of India (London 1988) W. Keble Martin The New Concise British Flora (London 1982) Edmonde Charles-Roux Chanel and Her World (London 1982) Ian McDowall Perfectly Dead (London 2003) and Andrew Wiltons Turner in his time (London 1987)
Steinbeck John The Wayward Bus London William Heinemann Ltd 1947 12mo (200mm x 125mm) half title original red cloth dust-jacket edges frayed First UK Edition With a number of other works including the folio society published Anne Brontes The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (London 1966) Nevil Shutes Requiem for a Wren (London 1955) Australia from the dawn of time to the present day (Sydney 1966) Oliver L. Austin & Arthur Sinder (illustrator) Birds of the World (London n.d.) Dennis Wheatleys The KA of Gifford Hillary (London 1956) G. K. Yeates Bird Haunts in Southern England (London 1949) and E. G. Heaths The Grey Goose Wing A History of Archery (Reading 1971)
Thorburn A[rchibald] Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland London New York Toronto Bombay Calcutta and Madras Longmans Green and Co 1923 folio (375mm x 270mm) half title colour frontispiece title printed in red and black and 29. colour plates original red cloth spine lettered in gilt t.e.g. front cover faded in places Zimmer A Series of splendid plates accompanied by notes on the general habits of the species which are illustratedÓ
PYNE, W.H. ETCHINGS OF RUSTIC FIGURES, FOR THE Embellishment of Landscape. n.d. Small folio, cont. qtr. green roan. Lithographic plates (some spotting, inner upper joint cracked) -- CASSAGNE, ARMAND. Traite Pratique de Perspective. Paris 1889. 8vo., cont. half brown morocco. Plates and illustrations (2)
GARSTIN, SIR WILLIAM. REPORT UPON THE BASIN OF THE UPPER Nile..Cairo, 1904. Folio, orig. cloth backed boards. Maps and illustrations. -- STIGAND, Capt. C.H. and D.D. LYELL. Central African Game and Its Spoor. Second Edition, 1909. 4to., orig. cloth (scuffed). Plates. By Millais J.G. Far Away Up the Nile, 1924. 8vo., orig. cloth (3)
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