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Click here to subscribeHobbes (Thomas, of Malmesbury). Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common - wealth, Ecclesiasticall and Civill, 1st ed., Andrew Crooke, 1651, additional eng. title and printed title (first issue with ornament of winged head), both cut down and relaid, folding table (torn and repaired without loss), some soiling throughout, sl. dampstained at lower outer corners towards rear, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked and corners refurbished, folio (1)
Locke (John). An Essay concerning Humane Understanding, 5th ed., with large Additions, 1706, old ownership signature of O[ctavius] G[raham] Gilchrist [1779 - 1823, antiquary, editor and publisher] to title, old eng. port. from another work pasted to front endpaper, contemp. calf, rubbed, some corner wear, rebacked, folio (1)
Foster (Birket). Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. With Pictures in Words by Tom Taylor, India Proofs, George Routledge and Sons, [1881], thirty wood - engraved plates, printed from the orig. blocks as India paper proofs, slight foxing, orig. parchment binding, block in red, brown, and gold, soiled and rubbed, edges untrimmed, folio 287/1000 copies. (1)
Heaphy (Thomas). The Likeness of Christ: being an Inquiry into the Verisimilitude of the Received Likeness of Our Blessed Lord, Ed. by Wyke Bayliss, David Bogue, 1880, twelve plates, being photographs from illuminated manuscripts, richly overpainted by hand in colours and gold, ( - ) publisher's full red morocco, gilt, slightly loose in case, a.e.g., folio. (1)
Jones (Owen). One Thousand and One Initial Letters, Designed and Illuminated by Owen Jones, Day & Son, 1864, title - page and twenty - six plates, chromolithographed in colours and gold, some spotting, orig. purple cloth, blocked in gilt, faded and worn, - a few leaves supplied from another copy, folio, together with Tymms (W. R.) and M. D. Wyatt, The Art of Illuminating as practised in Europe from the Earliest Times, Day and Son, 1860, title - page and 100 plts., mostly chromolithographs, letterpress text printed within borders in red or black, recased in orig. cloth, ornately blocked to an all - over design in gilt and red, rubbed at extrems., hinges weak, a.e.g., large 8vo, and Shaw (Henry), The Art of Illumination, as Practised during the Middle Ages, 2nd ed., Bell and Daldy, 1870, sixteen plts., twelve present in two states (lithograph and chromolithograph), a little foxed, orig. brown cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, slightly rubbed, a.e.g., large 8vo, plus eighteen others on illumination, alphabets, and related subjects, various sizes and bindings (21)
Rhind (W. G.). The Tabernacle in the Wilderness; the Shadow of Heavenly Things. Three Engravings, Coloured, and Inlaid with Gold, Silver, and Brass, According to the Texts of Scripture: with Explanatory Notes, Samuel Bagster, 1842, actually with four engraved plates in colours and gold, contemp. half roan, maroon cloth sides blocked in blind, uniformly faded, printed leather label on the upper cover, folio, good copy (1)
Bruant (Aristide). Le Mirliton, 194 orig. issues bound in 2 vols., a complete run, vols. 1, no. 1 - 22, no. 22, October 1885 - April 1906, num. col. and b&w illusts., principally by Steinlen, but also including Caillou, Uzes, Darré, etc., and one or two by Toulouse - Lautrec, a few minor marks to margins, etc., later library - style cloth, rubbed and some marks, 2nd vol. with light dampstain to lower margins of both covers, large 8vo/folio (2)
Burnet (John, and others). Engravings from the Pictures of the National Gallery, published for the Associated Engravers by John Pye, 1840, twenty - nine uncol. eng. plts., some scattered spotting, occ. minor marginal stains and discolouration, contents partly loose, and some consequent minor fraying, contemp. half calf, worn, atlas folio, together withThe Art Journal, 1849 & 1856,numerous steel engs., orig. gilt - dec. cloth, crudely repaired on spines, worn on edges, 4to (3)
The Practical Mechanic's Journal vols. V & VII, Second Series, April 1860 - March 1861/April 1862 - March 1863 & vol III, Third Series, April 1867 - March 1868, num. fldg. engr. plts. of engines and machinery, num. b&w wood eng. illusts. to text, one or two leaves loose and a little frayed, orig. cloth, backstrips deficient and cover detached, third vol. lacks upper cover, 4to, together with The Illustrated Carpenter and Builder, a weekly journal for joiners, decorators, painters, plumbers, gas - fitters, architects, etc., vols. V & VI, 1879 - 80, num. wood eng. illusts. throughout, both orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, some staining to margins and to rear cover of first vol., folio (5)
Architectural fittings & decorative ironwork. Fontaine Fres & Vaillant, Paris, Serrures Décoratives, Styles anciens, essais modernes, August 1900, approx. 140 pp., num. b&w plts. of decorative ironwork, including handles, knockers, candlesticks, railings, decorative hinges, etc., orig. cloth - backed green boards, a few minor marks, small 4to, together with Chrisofle & Cie, Tarif - Album des Ornaments en Bronze Galvanique pour Décoration de Meubles, Ebénisterie, Marbrerie, Tapisserie, Tapisserie, Serrurerie, etc., Paris, c. 1880s, sixty - three b&w photogravure plts. of galvanised bronze decorative fittings, a few minor marks, inner hinges cracked, orig. dark green cloth, rubbed and some damp - marking, a little fraying to head and foot of spine, large folio, plus J. M. Blashfield, Paddington, Catalogue of Articles and of Work which can be Executed in Terra Cotta, June 1854, without title page, twenty - two tinted litho. plts. of statuary, and num. b&w wood eng. plts. of garden furniture, etc., contemp. morocco - backed cloth, rubbed and some wear to spine, 4to, and three other related catalogues, all large format (Anaglypta Darwen, Relief Designs, 1929 - 31, Karl Lüth, Kiel, Moderne Wand: und Decken: Dekoration, c. 1930, Hauts Fourneaux et Fonderies de Brousseval, Haute Marne, Album, 1892), num. illusts. to each, 2nd item with chromo. plts. of wallpaper designs, mostly bound in contemp. cloth, folio (6)
Fireplaces and Ranges. Frost & Winfield's Pattern Book of Register Stoves, Tiled Grates and Kerbs for Tiled Hearths, Open and Close Fire Cooking Ranges..., Plain and Ornamental Gates, Railing, Balusters, Tomb Fences, Dust Screens..., City Road Foundry, Derby, c.1870, forty?eight litho plts. (mostly chromos), orig. cloth gilt, slightly frayed to extrems., oblong 8vo, together with H.F. & Co., General Ironfounders, Manufacturers of Close and Open Fire Leamington Kitchen Ranges. Yorkshire Patent Cottage and Excelsior Range..., pub. Glasgow, c.1880, seventeen chromo plts. inc. one folding, orig. printed chromo wrappers, recent cloth spine strip, slim 4to, with Hardy & Padmore, Iron & Brass Founders & General Engineers, Worcester Foundry, Worcester, Supplementary Drawings, 1885, litho plts. inc. few partly hand?col., some plts. torn with slight loss, title page creased, surface soiling, orig. wrappers, creased, oblong folio, plus Badger & Co.'s Patent Worcester Kitchener..., Worcester, 1882, 4pp., creased, 4to (4)
Fireplaces and Ironwork. Wright's Patent Bivalve Grates, Registers, Shams, Warm Air Stoves, Fenders, Ashes Pans, Fire Irons, Iron Tables, Umbrella and Hat Stands, Hall and Garden Chairs, Flower Stands, &c..., c.1870, wood eng. illusts., orig. half sheep, spine worn with slight loss of leather, slim oblong folio From the collection of John & Myfanwy Piper, with their bookplate to upper pastedown. (1)
Streeter & Co. Ltd. Catalogue of Gems including Amber Specialities, Bracelets, Brooches, Chains, Cigarette Cases, Pendants, Rings, Tiaras, Watches, etc., n.d., c. 1900, 62pp., num. chromo. illusts., some heightened with gold, orig. gilt dec. cloth, slim 8vo, together with S. Lesser & Sons Ltd., Catalogue of the Latest Designs of Electro?Plate and Cabinet Goods, n.d., c. 1890s, 16pp., printed in blue, orig. printed wrappers, spine repaired with sellotape, with a similar catalogue of Japanese Silvered Antimony?Ware, both slim 4to, and Hubscher & Co., Illustrated Nett Catalogue and Price List of Watches and Fancy Goods, Autumn, 1922, 16pp., creased where previously folded and outer pages somewhat soiled, slim folio (4)
Tiles. Pattern Book for the use of Architects. Mansfield Tiles, Selection of the Newest Designs for Tiling of Walls, Hearths, Floors, &c. Ceramic Mosaic. Slabbed Pannels and Briquette Fireplaces made by Mansfield Bros. Encaustic Tile Works, Burton?on?Trent, c.1905, title printed in red & black, twenty - eight litho plts. (mostly chromos), orig. boards with cloth spine strip, rubbed to board edges, slim folio. (1)
Morison (Stanley). Four Centuries of Fine Printing. Upwards of Six Hundred Examples of the Work of Presses Established During the Years 1500 to 1914, [1924], num. facsimile illusts., orig. canvas and black cloth boards in frayed d.j., folio, (limited edition 19/390), together with Johnson (A. F.), One Hundred Title - Pages, 1500 - 1800, 1st ed., 1928, facsimile illusts., orig. linen - backed boards with d.j., 4to, plus Dilnot (George), The Romance of the Amalgamated Press, 1925, port. frontis., photogravures, col. plts. and other illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. half morocco, gilt dec. spine, a little rubbed, folio, and Modern Advertising. An Authoritative and Practical Guide to the Use of Every Form of Present - Day Publicity, with a foreword by the Right Hon. Viscount Burnham, 2 vols., Pitman, 1926, num. illusts., some col., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, thick 4to, and five others (10)
Walcot Hall, Northamptonshire. Alphabetical List of the Books in the Libarary at Walcot Hall, Northamptonshire, the Seat of H. Nevile Esq., Arranged 1851, 1852, 1853, by W. Langley, Bookseller, High Street, Stamford, 424 folios, with hand - col. plan of the library and tabulated index, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. olive green morocco, with onlaid red morocco label to upper cover 'Catalogue of the Books in the Walcot Hall Library, Northamptonshire, 1851', a little rubbed, upper joint, tender, thick folio. A handwritten note on the title reads 'This carefully compiled Volume, once well prepared and arranged for, but now found misleading, useless and ceasing to contain any works of merit enumerated within its numerous pages, has now this year of grace 1892 been superceded and surpassed by a smaller tome after three years of patient labour & devoutness, Walcot, Christmas, 1892, Griffith Dearden( - )'. (1)
Westwood (J.O.). Illuminated Illustrations of the Bible. Copied from Select Mss. of the Middle Ages, 1846, forty fine chromo - illuminated plts. (incl. addn. title), t.e.g., remainder rough - trimmed, orig. red half morocco gilt, marbled boards, curiously covered (and ruined) with white paint/varnish, 4to, together with Malone (Edmond), Catalogue of Early English Poetry and other Miscellaneous Works Illustrating the British Drama, Collected by Edmond Malone and now Preserved in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1836, 52pp., upper margins stained, later half morocco gilt, scuffed, slim folio, plus Warton (Thomas), History of English Poetry from the Twelfth to the Close of the Sixteenth Century, edited by W. Carew Hazlitt, 4 vols., 1871, with two orig. Als from Hazlitt to John Shelley tipped - in, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, (each vol. with bookplate of John Shelley), 8vo and others related (20)
Ashbee (C.R., ed.). Peckover, The Abbotscourt Papers, 1904 - 1931, illust. Reginald Savage, printed at The Curwen Press and published by The Astolat Press, 1932, sev. col. plts., t.e.g., orig. qtr. vellum with patterned boards, very sl. rubbed to extrems., folio, together with Fanfrolico Press. The Mimiambs of Heronds, trans. Jack Lindsay, illust. Alan Odle, [1926], b&w woodcut illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. cloth with patterned boards, a little rubbed to extrems., fore - edges a little discol., 4to, limited edition 342/375, plus Nonesuch Press. The Letters of George Meredith to Alice Meynell with anotations thereto, 1896 - 1907, Nonesuch Press, 1923, untrimmed, orig. cloth backed boards, 8vo, limited edition 461/850, with tipped - in Als from George Meredith to Mr. Doubleday, dated March 14th 1898, and a pressed violet mounted on p. 12 (grown by Meredith for Alice Meynell) and other various Private Press books, including Chaucer's Merchant's Tale, pub. Lion and Unicorn Press, The Songs of Bilitis by Pierre Louys, pub. Fortune Press, etc (10)
Cresset Press. The Palace of Pleasure, by William Painter, with an introduction by Hamish Miles, illust. Douglas Percy Bliss, 4 vols., 1929, col. frontis. to each vol., b&w illusts., t.e.g., remainder rough - trimmed, minor foxing to prelims., orig. cloth - backed patterned boards, one or two minor marks and some light foxing to spines, folio, limited edition 413/500, together with The Poetical Works of Robert Herrick, with a Preface by Humbert Wolfe, illust. Albert Rutherston, 4 vols., Cresset Press, 1928, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. boards with glassine d.j.s, very sl. frayed to extrems., in card slipcase, some minor wear, 8vo, limited edition 724/750 (8)
Limited Editions Club. Don Quixote, The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, illust. Edy Legrand, 2 vols., 1950, num. col. plts., printed by Mourlot, orig. qtr. cloth with patterned boards, in slipcase (rubbed and some marks), folio, limited edition 702/1500, together with Publius Virgilius Maro, The Georgics, translated into English Verse by John Dryden, printed for Members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni Verona, 1952, b&w illusts., partly untrimmed, orig. qtr. cloth with patterned boards in orig. brown paper d.j., with slipcase, a little rubbed and marked, folio, limited edition 1302/1500, signed by Bruno Bramanti and G. Mardersteig, plus Publius Virgilius Maro, The Eclogues, illust. Vertès, printed for Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1960, num. col. plts., orig. pictorial cloth, with slipcase, folio, limited edition 1180/1500, signed by Vertès, and three other Limited Editions Club publications (Petronius, The Satyricon, illust. Antonio Sotomayor, 1964, Suetonius, The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, illust. Salvatore Fiume, 1963 & The Essays of Michel de Montaigne, trans. George B. Ives, 4 vols., 1946, Aristophanes, The Birds, illust. Marian Parry, 1959) (11)
Nonesuch Press. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, by Plutarch, trans. Thomas North, 5 vols., pub. Nonesuch Press, 1929 - 30, orig. uniform cloth with sl. chipped paper labels to spine, folio, together with Vanbrugh (Sir John), The Complete Works, 4 vols., Nonesuch Press, 1927 - 28, orig. uniform cloth with paper labels to spine, sunned at spines, 4to (9)
Tern Press. Saint Matheu, John Wycliffe, 1988, twenty - four col. illusts. by Nicholas Parry, untrimmed, orig. patterned cloth, folio, limited edition 20/140, signed by Nicholas and Mary Parry, together with The Rune Poem edited by Bill Griffiths, 1989, col. etched lino. prints by Nicholas Parry, untrimmed, orig. qtr. cloth with cork boards, small oblong 8vo, limited edition 33/125, signed by the artist, plus Cantica Canticori, John Wycliffe, 1991, tinted relief etchings by Nicholas Parry, untrimmed, orig. patterned cloth, small oblong 8vo, limited edition 7/110, signed by Nicholas Parry, plus two other Tern Press publications (John Porter, Air Space, 1991, limited edition 68/90 & John Clare, Woman, Sweet Witchingly Woman, ed. Eric Robinson, illust. Nicholas Parry, 1993, limited edition 31/100), both slim folio (5)
Crane (Walter). The Art of Walter Crane by P.G. Konody, 1st ed., 1902, eight photogravures, sixteen col. plts., num. b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little rubbed and darkened at edges, folio, together with The Claims of Decorative Art, by Walter Crane, 1st ed., 1892, b & w illusts. to text, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed on spine, small 4to, plus The Decorative Illustration of Books, by Walter Crane, George Bell Ex - Libris series, 2nd ed., revised, 1901, num. b & w illusts., orig. dec. cloth, faded on spine, 8vo (3)
Gibbings (Robert). The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, with some Recollections by the Artist, edited Patience Empson, 1st ed., 1959, col. frontis., num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in orig. plastic d.j., with printed lettering in red, 4to, together with Guevara (Alvaro), St. George at Silene, The Hours Press, 1928, 8pp., orig. printed wrappers, a little frayed and browned at edges, slim folio, (the second work issued by The Hours Press, no. 90/150, signed by Guevara), plus Stourton Press, Pavane for a Dead Infanta, by Hugh Ross Williamson, 1972, b & w illusts. from drawings by Emily Gwynne - Jones, t.e.g., orig. qtr. morocco gilt, slim 4to, (limited edition 17/194), and others, mostly private press publications (20)
Nabokov (Vladimir). Lolita, 1st UK ed., Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1959, owner name, orig. cloth in price - clipped d.j., rubbed, 8vo, together with Orwell (George), Nineteen Eighty - Four, A Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript, Secker, 1984, orig. cloth in d.j., card slipcase, folio, plus Barnes (Julian), Cross Channel, Cape, 1996, orig. printed wrappers, sl. rubbed, 8vo, ltd. ed. 'proof' 446/500, and a qty. of other 1st eds., modern literature etc. (one shelf)
[Naval]. Block Sketches. I. - War Vessels. II. - Types of Merchant Vessels (British and Foreign), pub. Admiralty, Intelligence Department, June 1909, comprising prelims. and nine sheets of illustrations showing numerous ships in profile of various navies, orig. printed wrappers, a little creased and marked, oblong folio (approx. 335 x 430 mm), together with some related 19th century engravings of ships incl. five after Henry Moses, plus two early 20th century photographs of naval ships (11)
Barnard (Edward). The New, Comprehensive and Complete History of England, printed for the Author by Alex Hogg, 1782, eng. frontis., folding eng. map of England and Wales, numerous eng. plts. and ports., some staining, some leaves frayed or detached, subscriber's list at rear torn and frayed, contemp. old calf, worn, covers detached, folio, together with Pelham (Cavendish), The World, or the Present State of the Universe, 2 vols., 1806 - 08, eng. maps and plts., some folding, contemp. tree calf, worn, 4to, plus 14 others, misc. antiquarian incl. a volume of Caldecott's Contributions to the Graphic signed by John Chard (awarded the V.C. at Rorke's Drift) Both named items sold with all faults, not subject to return. (a carton)
Burn (Richard). Ecclesiastical Law, 4 vols., 6th ed., 1797, contemp. calf, upper joint of vol. 1 cracked, 8vo, together with Williams (S. Wells), A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language; Arranged According to the Wu - Fang Yuen Yin, with the Pronunciation of the Characters as Heard in Peking, Canton, Amoy and Shanghai, pub. American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1874, contents severely wormed at front and back, later cloth, backstrip def., thick 4to, together with other misc. antiquarian, incl. a 1602( - ) edition of Josephus, def. at front and end, disbound folio, and an eng. general title from a 1613 Holy Bible, folio (a carton)
Cooke (E.W.). Leaves from my Sketch - Book, 1876, twenty - six tinted litho. plts., a.e.g., orig. dark green mock morocco gilt, oblong 4to, together with Beauties of the Court of Charles II (so titled on spine), 1827, eight fine hand - col. stippple engs., lacks title, a.e.g., contemp. red half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, folio, plus Lhuer (V.), Le Costume Breton/Costume Auvergnat et Bourbonnais, n.d., pub. Paris, c. 1940, num. pochoir costume plts., loosely contained in orig. printed grey card folder with ties, 4to, and other misc. books (a carton)
Landseer (Thomas). Ten Etchings, Illustrative of the Devil's Walk, 1st ed., pub. F.G. Harding, 1831, ten uncol. etched plts., some minor scattered spotting, orig. morocco - backed printed boards, a little soiled, slim folio, together with The Communists of Paris. Types - Physiognomies - Characters, by Bertall, 1871, forty hand - col. caricatures, orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, some wear to spine, 4to, plus Paston (George), Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century, 1st ed., 1905, num. b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, minor wear to head and foot of spine, tall folio, and others (a carton)
Miscellaneous books, mostly 19th c., incl. several vols. of The Anglo - Saxon Review, The Chromolithograph, 2 vols., 1868, Orchids by W. Watson, 1890, several folio vols. incl. The Christian's New and Complete Family Bible, pub. C. Cooke, n.d., c. 1780s, Bacon's New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of The British Isles, c. 1890, lacking one map, and a defective copy of the first volume only of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, 1583, printed in black letter, with some woodcut illusts. (a carton)
Macaulay (Thomas at Babington). The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, 5 vols., 1849 - 61, (vol. 1, 4th ed., rest 1st eds.), orig. cloth gilt, a little worn on spines, 8vo, together with Joslen (Lieut - Col. H.F.), Orders of Battle. United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War, 1939 - 1945, 2 vols., HMSO, 1960, orig. cloth in slightly frayed d.j.s., folio, with others of military interest, mostly WWII period, many in d.j.s. (3 shelves)
Stoll, R. T & Roubier, J. Architecture and Sculpture in Early Britain. Celtic Saxon Norman. Small folio, 1967; Holmes John M. Colour in Interior Decoration. 4to., 1931; Dalton, Ormonde Maddock, Byzantine Art and Architecture. New York, 1961; Morris, William. William Morris by Himself. Edited Gillian Naylor. Small folio, 2000; Jones, Owen. The grammar of Chinese Ornament. Small folio, 1997; Wilton, Andrew. British Watercolours 1750-1850. 4to., Oxford, 1977. Together with a small collection of books about architecture, art and antiques. Various formats and bindings. (20+).
Morris (Rev. F.O.). Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain, 9 orig. divs., n.d., c. 1880s, num. chromos., orig. gilt dec. cloth, worn at head and foot of spines, slim 4to, together with Illustrated London News, vol. 5, July - December, 1844, and vol. 24, January - June, 1854, num. wood engs., contemp. half morocco, worn, folio, with other misc. books, incl. juvenile works and childrens annuals (3 shelves)
Illustrated London News, vols. 1 & 2 bound in one, May - December, 1842 & January - June, 1843, num. wood engs., disbound (without covers), folio, together with Tyrrell (Henry), The History of the War with Russia, 6 orig. divs., n.d., c. 1860, steel eng. plts., double - page maps and plans, orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, rubbed, slim folio, plus Wallett (W.F.), The Public Life of W.F. Wallett, the Queen's Jester: An Autobiography, edited John Luntley, 1870, port. frontis., orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, and other misc. antiquarian, etc. (3 shelves)
MELVILLE, Herman - The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles, illustrated by Rico Lebrun, engraved by Leonard Baskin, Northampton 1963, not numbered, signed by Lebrun and Baskin and inscribed 'printers copy/for Holgar, from his dear friend Leonard 1982', 6 plates signed by Baskin, sculpt. aslo inscribed Lebrun, del. and proof in Baskin’s hand, loose as issued, blue cloth clamshell, folio.
EURIPIDES - Hippolytos, illustrated by Leonard Baskin, Northampton 1969, signed by Leonard Baskin in inscribed 'printers copy/for Holgar, a dealer and friend after my heart, Leonard 1982', (unnumbered) 10 etched illustrations each signed Baskin in pencil and proof, (loose as issued), quarter brown calf and clamshell box, folio.
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