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Lot 294
MEYRICK SAMUEL RUSH. A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour as it Existed in Europe but Particularly in England. 80 eng. plates, of which 70 are hand coloured. Hand col. initials & decs. Folio. Old red morocco, internal foxing & spotting but a good set. Stamp & label for the Artists' Society. John Dowding, n.d. Condition report:No date in book.Publisher - John Dowding, 82 Newgate Street. Printer - Walter Spiers, 399 Oxford street. plates do not appear to have been stamped.
Lot 296
WHALLEY REV. PETER. The History & Antiquities of Northamptonshire Compiled from the Manuscript Collections of the Late ... John Bridges. 2 vols. Eng. port. frontis, 4 fldg. eng. maps & fldg. & other eng. plates, as called for. Subscriber list at end. Folio. Rebound maroon half morocco, a good set. Oxford, 1791.
Lot 43
FULLER THOMAS. The Church-History of Britain ... Endeavoured by Thomas Fuller, concluding with The History of the University of Cambridge & The History of Waltham Abby (sic). Fldg. eng. plan of Cambridge & 4 eng. plates, one (of arms) with some hand colouring. Folio. Neatly rebacked calf, some internal foxing & spotting but a very useful copy. 1655.
Lot 231
Joseph Skelton. Engraved Illustrations of the Principle Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from Original Drawings by F. Mackenzie, LARGE PAPER COPY, engraved frontispiece and title-page, 49 engraved plates, all on India paper, tissue guards, engraved illustrations in text, contemporary half calf, spine decorated gilt, folio, Oxford: J. Skelton, 1823. ** Spotting and browning throughout, recased and rebacked, preserving most of the original spine, but edges now lifting.
Lot 156
John Arrowsmith. The London Atlas, engraved title-page and contents, 50 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, 3 with folding elements, contemporary half calf, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, London: J. Arrowsmith, 1842. ** Extremities worn, foot of spine with hinge cracked.
Lot 316
Smith, Albert and family. Juvenile autograph manuscript poem, “I was a merry little boy, My father’s hope my Mother’s joy, Till I was sent to school from home, Which my fate then I much did moan”, 2pp., 4to., n.d..; Autograph recipe for cowslip wine, 1p., 8vo., n.d.; Autograph letter signed to his sister Laura, North End Lodge #1859 referring to her family, “! want George to come and stay with us…during the pantomimes…”, 3pp, 8vo., with original envelope; manuscript office copy of the will of Albert Smith of North End Lodge, listing bequests to his wife Mary, brother Arthur, sister Laura Eady and other members of the family, 7pp., folio, 1860 and 2 other documents relating to his legacy; printed sale particulars for the auction of North End Lodge, August lst 1860, By order of the widow…, hand coloured engraved folding plan; in memoriam for Arthur Smith, “Printed for Private Circulation only”, 8pp.,. #1861 ; Smith family tree in ink, folded, c1906; collection of accounts from the bookseller Walter T. Spencer of New Oxford Street to Sir Swinfen Eady relating to his purchase of works by Albert Smith, 1910. With other items concerning the family. Albert Smith was sent to the Merchant Taylors’ school in London in 1826. A note on the family tree (above) records the performances he gave to the Royal family, the gift of a diamond pin from Queen Victoria via her equerry Colonel [Charles] Phipps in 1856, his acting as a guide to the Prince of Wales in Chamonix in 1859, and the Queen’s enquiries during his Illness later that year, again through Colonel Phipps. Provenance: By descent from Albert Smith's sister Laura Eady. ** Mixed condition, the majority good with folds and slight loss.
Lot 103
Emily Eden. Portraits of the Princes and Peoples of India, lithographed title and 24 lithographed plates, guards, publisher's half morocco, decorated gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, London: J. Dickinson & Co., 1844. ** Somewhat spotted, loose, margins to some plates with minor tears, a few with dust-marks.
Lot 32
George Grosz. Ecce Homo, first edition, title printed in red, 100 lithographed plates, including 16 coloured, original pictorial wrappers, folio, Berlin: Malik-Verlag, 1923 Ecce Homo was made available in five issues, with varying degrees of rarity. The copy offered here appears to be 'Edition C': an unsigned board binding with a print run between 6000-8000 copies. Few survived the Nazi dislike for Grosz and his work. ** Plate 25 with small tear in margin, original wrappers lightly browned, edges slightly creased, front free-endpaper detached from staples, card slipcase a.f., but title preserved on new replacement case.
Lot 226
James Leon Williams. The Home and Haunts of Shakespeare, 5 portfolios (all published), 45 full-page photogravures, tissue guards, illustrations in text, loose in portfolios, as issued, original cloth boards, ties, folio, London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1892. ** Occasional light spotting, some portfolios with ties lacking.
Lot 220
Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun. A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland, from Its Origin in the Year 1630, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved arms, double-page engraved facsimile of indenture, nineteenth century half calf, folio, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1813. ** Spotted and browned throughout, rebacked preserving original spine.
Lot 168
Mrs Hugh Blackburn. Birds Drawn from Nature, first edition, lithographed title and 22 lithographed plates, guards, original roan-backed lithographed boards, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862. ** Light spotting, foot of spine slightly wormed to surface.
Lot 165
Thomas Moore. The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, 51 nature-printed coloured plates, tissue guards, contemporary half morocco, all edges gilt, folio, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1855. ** Spotted throughout, some leaves browned, a few leaves with very minor loss lower right due to silverfish, boards worn, some loss to colth inset upper cover.
Lot 214
Walter Raleigh. The History of the World, in Five Books, additional engraved title, 8 double-page engraved maps and plates, contemporary mottled calf, folio, London: Robert White, et al., 1677. ** Lacks frontispiece and last few leaves of index after ***4, occasional spotting and rust spots, not affecting text, rebacked, extremities wormed with slight loss.
Lot 169
Philip Miller. The Gardener's Dictionary, seventh edition, 16 engraved plates, contemporary calf, folio, London: For the Author, 1759. ** Lacks frontispiece, title and other leaves lightly soiled, Ttt loose with fore-edge frayed, later leaves spotted and creased, calf worn and repaired, joints cracked.
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Lot 309
[Smith, Albert]. Printed sheet music, compositions mostly dedicated to Albert Smith: The Mont Blanc Quadrille; The Rigi Polka; The Chamouni Polka; Pek Shu Miu The Terrifying Tiger by G. A. Cooke, Performed daily at Mr. Albert Smith's Entertainments, and 2 others, all with illustrated covers, some wear, folio. Provenance: By descent from Albert Smith's sister Laura Eady. ** Well used condition with tears and detached pages.
Lot 225
Robert Monteth. A History of the Troubles in Great Britain: Containing a particular Account of the Most remarkable Passages in Scotland, From the Year 1633 to 1650... Translated into English by Captain James Ogilvie, first edition of this translation, publisher's advertisement leaf at end, contemporary calf, folio, London: G. Strahan and R. Williamson, 1735. ** Browned and spotted, a few leaves working loose, occasionally with small tears, rebacked, extremities worn.
Lot 117
John Rutter. Delineations of Fonthill and Its Abbey, first edition, LARGE PAPER COPY, half-title, hand-coloured engraved additional title and frontispiece, 11 engraved plates, one not called for, one hand-coloured, large folding plan of the estate, hand-coloured in outline, contemporary green half morocco, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, Shaftsbury: John Rutter, 1823. ** Very light occasional browning.
Lot 68
Berenice Abbott. American Photographer, number vi of xx copies identified as 'Photographer's Proofs' and signed by the photographer, plates, original cloth, slipcase, folio, New York: An Artpress Book, 1982 The signed photograph usually found with this edition is lacking. ** Endpaper with pencil annotation, slipcase slightly marked.
Lot 273
Hugh MacDiarmid and William Johnstone. Twenty Poems by Hugh MacDiarmid with Twenty Lithographs by William Johnstone, number 20 of 50 copies only, signed by author and artist, 20 fascicles, each with an original lithograph by Johnstone, signed and numbered, original full morocco chemise, slipcase, folio, Privately published by William Johnstone, 1977 RARE. ** Signature of Hugh MacDiarmid bleeding into paper, slipcase slightly marked.
Lot 241
The Life and Raigne of King Henry the Eighth, first edition, nineteenth century half calf, folio, London: Thomas Whitaker, 1649; and an eighteenth century Book of Common Prayer, 1747 (2). ** (i) Lacks frontispiece portrait, browned throughout, title soiled, calf worn (ii) Lacking one clasp, rubbed.
Lot 13
Rogatein La Nail. Lyon. Architecture et Decoration, 48 plates, loose as issued, original cloth-backed boards, silk ties, folio, Paris: Libraire des Arts Decoratifs, 1909; and 2 others, similar (3). PROVENANCE: Ex-libris Patrick Reyntiens. ** (i) Spine chipped at foot, with loss, boards with extremities chipped.
Lot 118
John David Glennie. Views on the Continent, tinted litho0graph title and 25 tinted lithographed sheets with 30 views, list of subscribers, contemporary morocco-backed cloth boards, gilt, folio, London: Privately Printed, 1841. ** Spotted, gutta percha binding perished, so loose in original boards.
Lot 215
Anon. An Universal History, From the Earliest Account of Time to the Present, volume 1, part 1, and volumes 2-5 (of 7) only, engraved plates and maps, many folding, contemporary calf-backed boards, folio, London: E. Symon et al., 1736-1740. ** Occasional ink marks, boards worn, joints cracked, sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
Lot 36
C. Wykeham Martin. The History and Description of Leeds Castle, Kent, first edition, 8 mounted albumen plates, guards, hand-coloured plan, double-page pedigree and facsimile letter, original publisher's cloth gilt, folio, Westminster: Nichols and Son, 1869. ** Some slight spotting, extremities chipped.
Lot 25
Henry Gally Knight. The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Italy, 2 volumes, 2 chromo-lithographed titles, 81 plates, mostly tinted lithographs, but with 3 chromo-lithographs, guards, publisher's half morocco gilt, folio, London: Henry Bohn, 1842-3. ** Light spotting, a few leaves working loose, boards with minor evidence of damp.
Lot 18
David Cox. A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours, 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 24 lithographed plates, and a further 31 aquatint views on 16 leaves, all with tissue guards, contemporary red straight-grained morocco, tooled elaborately gilt, original paper boards inset, all edges gilt, endpaper inscribed 'Theodore Grosvenor', bookplate of Merthyr Guest, oblong folio, London: S. and J. Fuller, 1814. ** Occasional light spotting, plate-marks occasionally cropped, not affecting image, front free-endpaper creased, extremities lightly rubbed, head of spine with evidence of minor worming.
Lot 116
Thomas Gerard. A Survey of Dorsetshire, Containing the Antiquities and Natural History of that County, first edition, folding engraved map frontispiece, 6 engraved plates of arms, contemporary mottled calf, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, small folio, London: J. Wilcox, 1732. ** Occasional light browning and spotting, outer margin with very slight worming to title, folding map and free-endpaper, not affecting text, calf marked with age.
Lot 26
Lewis Gruner. Specimens of Ornamental Art, first edition, 56 chromo-lithographed plates and 24 plain, guards, contemporary red half morocco, all edges gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, London: Thomas M'Lean, 1850. ** Some light spotting, occasionally notable, a few leaves loose, extremities of boards rubbed.
Lot 120
Qianlong, Emperor of China and Isidore-Stanislas Helman. Suite de seize estampes représentant les conquêtes de l'Empereur de la Chine, avec leur explication, 24 engraved plates on 22 sheets, (plates 18-19-20 joined and folded), engraved sheet with descriptive text, contemporary boards, oblong folio, Paris: chez l'Auteur, 1783-1788. RARE. This rare series of engravings record the battles and victories the Chinese Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799). The first series of views (nos.1-16) record the many conflicts with the Zunghars between 1754-1760 and were commissioned by the Emperor Qianlong in 1765. The original scheme was ambitious and when the production of the oversized copperplates faltered, a new printer and engraver, Isidore-Stanislas Helman, took over production, producing detailed copper-engraved plates on a more manageable scale. The original series of sixteen plates proved so successful, Helman produced two further series, smaller in scope, in 1786 and 1788. All series are present here. ** Some watermarks to lower right margin, light spotting throughout, text leaf creased and soiled with lower edge torn with minor loss of engraved borders, boards with extremities worn.
Lot 105
Matthew Gregson. Portfolio of Fragments Relative to the History and Antiquities of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, three parts bound in one, second edition, half-title, 20 full-page plates and one folding, folding map, folding plan, folding pedigree, profusely illustrated with numerous wood-engravings in text, contemporary panelled calf gilt, all edges gilt, folio, Liverpool: The Editor, 1824. ** Some spotting, calf with extremities rubbed, minor splits to joints.
Lot 14
Atlee B. Ayres. Mexican Architecture, first edition, plates, original cloth, folio, New York: William Helburn, 1926; Italo William Riccuti. New Orleans and its Environs, first edition, plates, original cloth, 4to, New York, William Helburn, 1938 (2). PROVENANCE: Ex-libris Patrick Reyntiens. ** (i) Upper fore-edge corner bumped (ii) extremities slightly rubbed.
Lot 308
Smith, Albert. A large collection of loose manuscripts in ink, principally partial manuscript of "Mont Blanc to China", his entertainment given at the Egyptian Hall which opened in December 1858, approx 34pp., with printed copy of the Programme, 4pp.; with numerous other writings relating to his travels, including Naples, Malta, Capri, Pompeii, The Rogue Forts, Canton, Hong Kong; theatre including "Anthony and Cleopatra. The Introduction"; "Tell Truth and Shame the----! A Supernatural interlude in one Act" ; "The Water of Life" (play with verse); other verse including "The Mediterranean Steamer" and "The Table d"™Hote", written on versos of 4pp printed sheets giving news of the "Destruction of Chamouni By Fire"; other prose including "Richborn Romance"; "The Engineer's Story"; "A Pilgrimage to Maggoty Johnson's Grave"; "The Yankee"; "Kitcha-Hotcha A popular Chinese melody"[apparently copy for The China Gazette]. Some with inserts in another hand, mostly folio. Contained in a broken box file, labelled Music. The book version of Smith's journey to China , "To China and Back" was published in 1859. Provenance: By descent from Albert Smith's sister Laura Eady. ** Mixed, see images.
Lot 132
Bayly, Captain Edward Henry. A collection of journals, photographs etc., relating to his naval career, and other items of family interest, comprising: H.M.S. Arab. Journal and Remark Book .For the Use of the Officers of H.M , Navy. Portsea: Griffin & Co., manuscript, 4to., cont. half black morocco gilt. The first 40pp in columns listing measurements and readings from Bombay August 1877 to England July 1879, thereafter a daily account of the ship's movements in the Arabian Gulf etc., 27th August 1877 "“ 13th June 1879. 66pp; with Remarks on Port Said, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Bombay, Karachi, Muscat, Bahrein, Trimcomalee etc. "The [Suez] canal is for the most part, just a great ditch"...", on Aden, "The place is full of coal", on Bombay, ""...the only thing is to get into the Orientalist dodge (?) of taking life easy"..." 34pp.Boxer Rebellion. Photograph of a group of four naval officers including Vice Admiral Sir Edward Seymour and J. R. Jellicoe, inscribed on verso in pencil "Taken before China Expedition". 27 x 20.5cms. (short tear at top not affecting image); another group on board ship with Bayly at centre, captioned in his hand on verso, "Self and Tientsin staff", 21 x 27cms; 9 views of Liu Kung Tan, ships at anchor etc., captioned by Bayly on versos, 21 x 27.5 cms. with a folder of small photographs presented to Capt. Bayly by a former German colleague, including the shelled Engine House at Tientsin Railway station in July 1900; 2 other photographs, groups on board ship -- H.M.S. Aurora Night Order Book kept from leaving Plymouth, 4th March 1899 to China and Japan, including Nagasaki, Woosung etc. and the return to England, last entry 7th March 1902. Completed in manuscript, most entries signed by Capt. Bayly. Small 4to., cont. half black morocco (lower joint split). approx. 117pp - Group of printed Notices, regarding movements of people etc. while under martial law, issued by Bayly, Commanding British Defence Forces, Tientsin, 24th June, (torn), 29th June, 3rd July, 5th July (with 2 duplicates), 7th July (with 2 duplicates), another, different format, also dated 7th July (torn and slightly defective), 4to and folio and 3 others similar in manuscript, one of them in Bayly's hand - 30 Photographs Taken on Accurate Bearings Some of the most Important Headlands & Outlying Islands of the China Coast Between Gulf of Pechili and Hongkong, Brewer & Co, Shanghai. Printed title and Preface., mounted photographs with printed captions, small oblong 4to., orig. cloth, (lower cover faded at outer edge) c. 1900.With two albums containing a large collection of loose photographs, late 19th c., including views of South Africa, Bermuda, Quebec, Montreal, Halifax, St. Helena. Madeira, Gosport, Portsmouth, Southampton, Norway, Port Said, Yokohama, Kobe, ships etc. Folio and oblong folio, cont. half black morocco gilt; another album, portraits of the Edwards family of Ness Strange Shropshire to whom Bayly was related by his marriage to Louisa Mary Edwards, 4to., cont. black leather with metal shield on upper cover; small collection of correspondence including a letter to Bayly mainly concerning the typhoid outbreak in Maidstone, Nov. 5th 1897; large family bible owned by Joseph and Sarah Bailey, James Hagger, n.d. (mid 19thc.) folio, cont. diced calf gilt, hand coloured engraved plates; and a mahogany games box with metal crest of H.M.S. Pelorus on lid. 12.5 x 22.5cms. (without key)Captain Edward Henry Bayly, C.B. (1849 - 1904) had a lifelong career in the Royal Navy. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in September 1873, Commander in June 1887 and Captain in January 1894, having served overseas in numerous ships, He was Captain of H.M.S. Pelorus during the Fleet Review for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, see lot for his correspondence with Rudyard Kipling. In 1899 he became Captain of the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Aurora which served on the China Station in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, some of her crew taking part in the Battle of Tientsin, and returning to England in March 1902. He retired at his own request in February 1904.Provenance. A descendant of Capt. E. H. Bayly. ** Mixed condition throughout, night order book with damaged spine, letters and others with some foxing, pages to some albums marked and spotted, notices/posters and some loose photos tatty in places. A fine archive in the condition one might expect.
Lot 54
Paul Graham. In Umbra Res, first edition, number 115 of 300, signed by the artist, plates, original cloth, acetate wrapper, folio, Manchester: National Museum of Photography, 1990; Martin Parr. Parking Spaces, limited edition, plates, original box, unopened, 4to, Privately Printed, 2007; Brian Griffin. Face to Face: A Retrospective, signed, wrappers, folio, 2010; and 3 others (6). ** Mixed condition.
Lot 66
Thomas Bewick, and others. A bound volume of proof woodcut engravings for Scripture Illustrated, 95 woodcuts on 55 leaves, early nineteenth century half calf, folio, London: Vernor Hood and Sharpe, 1807; Bewick Memento, illustrations, original cloth, 4to, London: Field and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1884 (2) Plate No. 10 is drawn by Bewick, who also cut Nos. 48, 49 and 51. ** (i) Boards worn (ii) extremities bumped.
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