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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVE Graff (Stephane) Chemical Light: 20 Photograms, number 12 of only 20 copies signed by the photographer and with his blind-stamp, 20 photographic prints mounted on thick paper, original cloth, original cloth drop-back box, 2000; Corps Anonyme: Photographic Nudes, number 6 of only 20 copies signed by the photographer and with his blind-stamp, illustrations, original cloth, 2000; and another on Graff, folio & oblong 4to (3)
NO RESERVE Hido (Todd) Between the Two, number 26 of 60 special copies with original signed print, signed by Hido on half-title, colour photographic illustrations, original boards, original black & white print numbered and signed in pen on verso and loose in original board folder, together in original cloth drop-back box, Portland, OR, Nazraeli Press, 2006; and 4 others by Hido, folio & 4to (5)
NO RESERVE Michals (Duane) Eros & Thanatos,1992; Now Becoming Then, Altadena, CA, 1990; Salute, Walt Whitman, 1996; Questions Without Answers, 2001, each one of 100 special copies signed by Michals, photographic illustrations, original cloth, original cloth slip-cases, all but the second Santa Fe, all Twin Palms, folio & 4to (4).
NO RESERVE Pfeiffer (Walter) In Love With Beauty, first edition, Gottingen, 2008 § Domröse (Ulrich, editor) Herbert Tobias: Der Fotograf 1924-1982, Gottingen, 2008 § Gasser (Martin) Jakob Tuggener: Photographs, Berlin & New York, 2000 § List (Herbert) Junge Männer, n.d. § Rautert (Timm) When We Don't See You, You Don't See Us Either: Photography 1996-2006, Gottingen, 2007 § Snoeck (T.W., editor) Andreas Gursky, Cologne, 2007 § Honnef (K.) & Michael Ruetz. Heinz Hajek-Halke: Artist, Anarchist, original cloth backed boards, Gottingen, 2006, photographic illustrations, some colour, all but the last original cloth or boards, the first five with dust-jackets; and c.20 others, German photography & photographers including 4 other copies of the sixth in variant bindings, 4to & folio (c.25)
NO RESERVE Polidori (Robert) Havana, 2001; Zones of Exclusion: Pripyat & Chernobyl, 2003; Metropolis, 2004; After the Flood, 2006; Parcours, Muséologique Revisité, 3 vol., original pictorial cloth, together in slip-case, with original cardboard box & lid, 2009, first editions, colour photographic illustrations, all but the last original cloth with dust-jackets, Gottingen; and 3 others by or about Polidori, 4to & oblong folio (8)
NO RESERVE Starn (Doug & Mike) alleverythingthatisyou, number 435 of 1000 copies, original cloth-backed boards, pictorial dust-jacket numbered in pencil, Aspen, CO, 2006 § Mocafico (Guido) Venenum: Medusa Serpens Aranea, 4 vol. including introductory booklet, one of 1200 copies, booklet in original wrappers, the rest in original cloth, together in slip-case, Gottingen, 2005 § Van Dongen (Ron) Alba Nero; Vulgaris; Nudare; Ops Opis; Effusus; Aurora, together 6 vol., each one of 2000 copies, Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press, 1999-2007 § Drabble (Neil) Tree Tops Tall, one of 1000 copies signed by Drabble, Gottingen, 2003 § Carter (Keith) Bones: Photographs, signed by Carter on half-title, San Francisco, 1996 § Zitzewitz (Vanessa von) Horses of Qatar: The Legend of Al Shaqab, Kempen, 2009, photographic illustrations, some colour, all but the first two original cloth, the last two with dust-jackets; and 7 others, natural history, 4to & folio (21)
NO RESERVE Sternfeld (Joel) American Prospects, first edition, Houston, 1987; American Prospects, reprint, signed by Sternfeld on title, Gottingen, 2003; Oxbow Archive, first edition, Gottingen, 2008, colour photographic illustrations, original cloth, the first two with dust-jackets; and 9 others by the same, oblong folio & 4to (12)
NO RESERVE Valle (Eduardo del) & Mirta Gomez. From the Ground Up, 2003; Fried Waters, 2005, numbers 11 & 20 respectively of 25 special copies signed by del Valle & Gomez and with an original print, signed on titles, colour photographic illustrations, original cloth, the first also with transparent dust-jacket, original prints numbered & signed in ink on verso and loosely inserted, together in original cloth drop-back boxes, spine of the first faded and slightly water-stained at foot, Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press; and 4 others by the same, some limited editions, 4to & oblong folio (6)
Van Dongen (Ron) Alba Nero, 1999; Vulgaris, 2000; Nudare, 2001; Ops Opis, 2004; Effusus, 2006; Aurora, 2007, each one of only 25 special copies signed by Van Dongen and with an original signed print, photographic illustrations, some colour, signed by Van Dongen on titles, original cloth with illustration mounted on upper cover, original print numbered & signed in pencil, loose in folder and tipped into rear of original cloth drop-back box to upper cover, folio, Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press (6)⁂ Stunning "portraits" of plants and flowers.
NO RESERVE Wall (Jeff) Jeff Wall, one of 1000 copies, original boards, pictorial wrap-around, Mexico, 2008 § Vischer (T.) Heidi Naef, editors. Jeff Wall; Catalogue Raisonné 1978-2004, original cloth, dust-jacket, Gottingen, 2005, photographic illustrations, some colour; and 2 others, Wall, folio & 4to (4)
Plautus (Titus Maccius) Comoediae, commentary by Joannes Petrus Valla & Bernardinus Saracenus, part 2 only (of 2), collation: aa6 a-z & ʔ ꝶ A-D8 E6 F4, 256 ff., 58 lines of commentary and headline, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, penultimate f. with woodcut printer's device recto, occasional early ink marginal and interlinear annotations, including manicules, some water-staining (see in particular sigs. s-u), soiling or spotting, 18th century calf-backed marbled boards, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with modern (but to style) red leather label and later gilt, backstrip crackled, corners worn, rubbed, [BMC V, 523; Goff P-784; HC 13082; Bod-inc P-356; BSB-Ink P.576; GW M33990; ISTC ip00784000], folio (340 x 230mm.), Venice, Simon Bevilaqua for Marco Firmiano, 17 September, 1499.⁂ A wide-margined copy of the first edition with this commentary.
Bible, Latin.- Biblia sacra, ad optima quaeque veteris et vulgatae translationis exemplaria... cum Hebraicorum, Caldoeorum et Graecorum nominum interpretatione, double column, title within ornate woodcut historiated border, numerous woodcut illustrations (a few full-page) by Pierre Vase, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking final f. of index, early ink names to title, final signature loose, mostly marginal worm trace at beginning and end, a few short tears, without loss, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary ornately blind-stamped panelled vellum over wooden boards, remains of metal clasps, covers with small vignettes including John the Baptist and the Crucifixion, some loss to vellum, but binding holding firm, soiled and marked, folio, Lyon, House of Guillaume Rouillé, 1566.⁂ A handsomely illustrated edition.
Chrysostomus (Johannes, Saint) In totum Genesaeos librum Homiliae, title within woodcut historiated architectural border, printer's device, early ink annotations in margins, Paris, Jean Petit, 1524 bound with 3 other works by the same, together 4 works in 2 vol., some faint browning, two instances of worming at gutter affecting several ff. in each but not text, eighteenth century mottled calf, spines gilt with morocco labels, instances of wear to covers and extremities § Basil the Great (Saint) D. Basilii Magni Caesariensis, title within woodcut historiated architectural border, with some ink inscriptions, small worm holes to first half, affecting text with loss of letters, paper repairs to edges initial ff., [Adams B-334; VD16 B 641], Cologne, 1531, bound with another by Lactantius, together 2 works in 1 vol., light marginal damp-staining and paper repairs to edges towards rear, eighteenth century calf, cracking to joints but firm § Verheiden (Jacob) Imagines et elogia praestantium aliquot theologorum, title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved portrait illustrations, initials and tail-pieces, toning to title and margins of some ff., modern half calf, The Hague, 1725; and 2 others theology, folio and 8vo (6)
Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Opera Philosophica, paper repair to title gutter (just touching border), gutter split at 2Z1, [Renouard, Badius Ascensius, II, 280:4], Paris, Josse Badius & Jean Petit, 1531 bound with Opera Epistolica, lacking final blank (ãã6), titles within woodcut historiated architectural borders with printer's device of men in printshop, woodcut initials, occasional light spots or minor soiling, small amounts of worming at gutter head to a few scattered gatherings (end of first work, beginning and end of second), occasionally touching letters, contemporary calf, upper hinge broken, heavily worn, [Renouard, Badius Ascensius, 327:4], Paris, Josse Badius & Jean Petit, 1531; In Epistolas M. Tullii Ciceronis, quae familiares vocantur, with commentary by Paolo Manuzio, printers woodcut device to title, ink inscriptions scored through in ink, woodcut initials and head-pieces, some light marginal damp staining, and occasional browning and foxing, upper hinge broken (lower nearly so), contemporary vellum, toning and soiling, yapp edges, remains of ties, [VD16 C 3053], Frankfurt, Andreas Wechel, 1580; and another C19th Homer, folio & 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Acts of Parliament.- A collection of 19 Acts on various subjects including mining, woollen & textile trade and machinery, import of sea-coals from Newcastle, distemper amongst horned cattle, establishing a lottery, punishment for receiving stolen goods, trade with North America, growth of coffee, protection of oyster fisheries, repeal of customs duties, most in black letter, disbound, a little soiled or browned, 1711-1803; and 2 others, small folio & 4to (c.20)
Labour and Produce Accounts.- Hicks (Charles, farmer at Dairy House Farm, Great Holland, 1823-1829, Great Holland Hall, 1829-1864, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, bap. 1794-1879) [Farming Account Book], manuscript, title and 110pp. excluding blanks, in three hands (some in Hicks's hand), ruled in red, original vellum, soiled, folio (275 x 165mm.), 1823-67; and c. 30 other account books (including "J. Idle Esqr."), cellar books, bank books etc., v.s., v.d. (c. 30).
FORM NO. 2 VOL. 1, A QUARTERLY OF THE ARTS PUB. JOHN LANE, LONDON APRIL 1917 the volume comprising poetry from names including Francis Burrows, A. Huxley, Count Plunkett, Ivory Brown and many others, alongside illustrations by Stanley Anderson, Frank Brangwyn, Frederick Carter, Guy Pierre Fauconnet and many othersfolio sizeStanley Anderson produced the plates for the letters pictured (2)
FOLIO OF MONOCHROME SKETCHES AND LITHOGRAPHS INCLUDING SIR FRANK BRANGWYN one pencil initialled, together with an etensive seletion of predominantly German artists including Walter Spitzer, Rudolf Grossman, Hilda Goldwag, Max Kaus and Charles Heyman, presented loose in foldersImage of vendor's listing provided, while this is likely an accurate account we cannot offer a guarantee to this effect; some representative images of the collection also provided
JOHNSON (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 7th edition 1785, folio, engraved portrait frontis, gift inscription of Robert Shedden from his Godfather Major George Blair of Ayrshire, 1793, first blanks with contemporary MS list of books in his library, and two London Patriotic Fund and Vaccination Board certificates to Shedden inserted at the end, contemporary striped calf.Note: this was the first single volume edition and the final authorized folio edition of the Dictionary.
Sporting and racing. ALKEN (Henry) Symptoms of being amused, vol. I, London: Thomas McLean 1822, oblong folio, hand coloured title and 41 plates as called for, some general finger staining, half morocco, rubbed; NIMROD. Sporting, Embellished By Large Engravings And Vignettes Illustrative of British Field Sports, 1838, folio, engraved plates, some foxing, original cloth, worn in places; The Merchant Shipper's and Ocean Traveller's Atlas, 5th edition, London: G. Philip & Son 1902, large folio, 16 colour maps, cloth (stained) (3)
Literature and History. WALPOLE (Horace) The Castle of Otranto, Edinburgh 1811, 4to, half title, engraved title, staining, uncut, worn boards; FABRICIO (J) Historiae Bibliothecae Fabricianae Pars IV, 1721-24, small thick 4to, vellum; JORTIN (J) The Life of Erasmus, 1758, 4to, portrait frontis, 2 plates, calf, upper board detached; BELLANGE (H) Die Soldaten der Franzosischen Republik und des Kaiserreichs, 1843, 8vo, vignette title and mounted coloured plates, binding rubbed; Photographic Groups of Eminent Personages, no date, c.1890, with 7 photographs with key plates, folio, cloth gilt; 4 vols on Dew Ponds by Martin and Hubbard, others on Church Brasses, Baedeker guides, etc
BUONAIUTI (B. Serafino) Italian Scenery; Representing the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Different States of Italy. London: Thomas M'Lean 1823, folio, with 32 coloured engravings by James Godby after P Van Lerberghi, text in English and French, occasional slight staining, sewing weak at front of volume and leaves loosening, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain morocco, extremities rubbed
ANDREWS (John) and Andrew DRURY. A Topographical Map of the County of Wilts, Describing the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, Turnpike and Cross Roads, Canals, &c., Surveyed Originally in 1773..., 2nd edition, revised and corrected, London: W. Faden 1810, large folio, title slightly stained, table of the market towns and villages, folding Index, County Map of Wiltshire and complete with 18 double page sectional maps hand coloured in outline, Holland House armorial bookplate, later half calf over contemporary marbled boards
Eastern Counties directories. Return of Owners of Land 1873, vols. I and II, Bedford to York and Wales, folio; WHITE (W) History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk, 1883, thick 8vo, recased; 7 Kelly's Directories of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, 1869-1937, (2 rebound); 2 Post Office Directories for 1875 and 1879, maps, repaired bindings. Sold not subject to return.
Literature, bibliography, reports and reference. Bibliographica, 3 vols. 1895-97, 4to, half calf; another by Lewine, 1898; British Museum and Quaritch bound catalogues; DOW (C M) Anthology and Bibliography of the Niagora Falls, 2 vols, 1921, 8vo, illustrated, cloth; BROMLEY (Henry) A Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits, 1793, 4to, spotting, diced calf with good reback; MURRAY (M A) Cambridge Excavations in Minorca, 4 vols. 1934-38, small folio, cloth; with various others - several ex. library with stamps
PUGIN (A) Specimens of the Architectural Antiquities of Normandy, 1827, 4to, engraved by J. Le Keux, title and first few leaves waterstained, quarter calf; NEWLANDS (James) The Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant, 1867, folio, plates, half roan, rubbed; MAWE (Thomas) Every Man his own Gardener, 6th edition 1773, 8vo, frontis, contemporary calf; MARRYAT (Captain) Poor Jack, 1840, frontis damp stained, original cloth, rebacked, endpapers replaced; GOLDSMITH (O) History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 4 vols., 1797, 8vo, plates calf; few others including CASSON (Hugh) Oxford and Cambridge (both signed), and London
FARREN (Robert) Cambridge and its Neighbourhood. Macmillan & Co 1881, folio, etched title and plates, tissue guards, top edges gilt, others uncut, original cloth, spine ends worn; Cathedral Cities York, Lincoln and Beverley, 1896, large folio, etched title and plates (one loose), a little toned, cloth rather bumped and scuffed; together with a mounted photograph of central Cambridge circa 1880, 28 x 23.5cm (2)
Literature, various. [BRONTE (C)] 'Currer BELL'. The Professor, 2 vols. in one, 1st edition, 1857, 8vo, half titles, adverts, catalogue dated November 1858 at rear, original cloth, worn along spine ends; Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, 1885, 8vo, illustrated, half morocco, rubbed; WELLS (H G) The Invisible Man, Nelson & Sons no date, 12mo, cloth; GREENAWAY (K) Little Ann, reprint edition, F Warne, boards; WREN (P C) Beau Geste, edition de luxe 1927, 8vo, one of 1000 copies, signed, with author's inscription, cloth; SAYERS (Dorothy L) Crime Collection, Folio Society, 5 vols. in slip case, in plastic wrapping; with other Folio Society titles; also Shakespeare's Works, Heinemann pocket editions 1904, cloth; etc
PLANAS (D. Eusebio) Historia de Una Mujer, [1880], folio, colour lithographic title and 45 (of 49) plates, lacking letterpress title, contents loose, a little worming to some inner margins, occasional dust stains and edge dents, stained detached boards. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
SIMPSON (William) The Seat of War in the East, 1st and 2nd series bound in one, London: Paul and Dominic Colnaghi and Co 1855, large folio (55.5 x 37cm), 2 lithographic titles and 79 tinted plates as required, tissue guards, descriptive plate list at end, variable light foxing or spotting, half morocco, rubbed
Histories and Guides. Batsford editions and Pevsner guides, 22 vols., including church architecture, in dust jackets; COOPER (C H) Annals of Cambridge, 4 vols 1842-52, 8vo, bindings worn; Twenty-Four Gems of Westminster Abbey, 1902, folio, mounted photographic plates, paper wrapper; Oxford History of England series, 17 vols including Consolidated Index, mostly reprint editions in dust jackets
Literature, various. WILLIAMS (Tennessee) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. London 1956, 8vo, 1st reprint edition, dust jacket; STONE (C) Eton, 1909, 8vo, half vellum; LYTE (H C M) A History of Eton College, 1889, rebacked; BUTLER (S) An Atlas of Modern Geography, circa 1800, 8vo, lacking world map, finger soiling; The Spectator, 8 vols., small 8vo, no date, calf, worn; Album des Deutschen Rennsports, 6 vols. Berlin 1908-13, folio, illustrated, cloth; GLADSTONE (W E) The State in its Relations with the Church, 1838, 8vo, calf, rebacked; with a few other odd vols. (25)
MACQUOID (Percy) and Ralph EDWARDS. The Dictionary of English Furniture, in 3 vols, Country Life, 1924-27, folio, dust jackets; MAWSON (Thomas) The Art and Craft of Garden Making, 4th edition, Batsford, folio cloth; LENYGON (F) Furniture in England, 1920, folio; FOLEY (E) The Book of Decorative Furniture, 2 vols., no date, 4to, cloth (7)
COLLINS (Captain Greenville) Great-Britain's Coasting Pilot. London: for Mount and Davidson 1792, folio, engraved frontis, 47 plates in total including 40 double page maps and charts (2 laid down), 4 single page size, 1 folding chart of the River Avon (laid down), larger folding chart of the English Channel (laid down) and another of the River Thames (laid down and lacking a partial lower section). All loose and rather stained, some chipped and frayed with losses to margins and edges, in contemporary calf boards; with inserted sheets including 'Directions for Ships sailing by the Goodwin Light, 1795' and another similar for Ramsgate Harbour. Sold not subject to return.
DONN (Benjamin) A Map of the County of Devon with the City and County of Exeter, Engraved by Thomas Jefferys. London: for the Author 1765, folio, hand coloured double page key map of the county and 12 section large scale map, the town plan single sheet uncoloured, light marginal staining and typical offsetting, in 19th century marbled boards and gilt lettered spine
CARY (Robert) Palaeoligia Chronica, A Chronological Account of Ancient Time, in Three Parts. London: J Darby for Richard Chiswell 1677, folio, title in red and black, folding table (marginal tear), panel calf, cracked in places; with another copy, lacking folding table and final index leaf damaged, author's gift inscription to foot of title, calf (2)
MAITLAND (William) The History of London, from its Foundation by the Romans to the Present Time. London 1739, folio, 23 plates only (of 24), lacking folding engraved panoramic frontispiece, title heavily repaired, somewhat toned throughout with variable age staining, some tears and creases, contemporary calf with good modern reback
STEVENS (John) The History of the Ancient Abbeys, Monasteries, Hospitals Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, Being Two Additional Volumes to Sir William Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum, 1722, folio, titles in red and black, plates including folding, some slight staining, vol. I with subscribers list, vol. II bound with The Appendix, calf, cracked along spines
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