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Lot 997
WALTER ELLIOT. CANARESE KANNADA LANGUAGE INDIA. 1833 Memorandum : This Alphabet of the Ancient Canarese character commonly called Hala Canara and Prosvada Hala Canara, has been collected from a great number of inscriptions, on Stone and Copper found in the Southern Mahratta Country ; Bombay, November 1833. Folio size binding. Original cloth, manuscript titles to the upper board.One page of text [Memorandum, title from]. pp10, 13-40pp. Lacking one leaf [pp11-12]. A series of woodcut plates with calligraphic English headings of the Canarese Alphabet. **RARE; With just the one copy on Worldcat [Germany, not in B.L]. No auction results or others for sale. **Sir Walter Elliot, KCSI (16 January 1803 – 1 March 1887) was a British civil servant in colonial India. He was also an eminent orientalist, linguist, archaeologist, naturalist and ethnologist who worked mainly in the Presidency of Madras. Born in Edinburgh, he studied at the East India Company College at Haileybury and joined the East India Company's civil service at Madras in 1820 and worked on until 1860. He was invested Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in 1866.
Lot 995
MANUSCRIPT 3 vol. G R HUNTER RESEARCH BOOKS Pakistan. “The Texts of Harappa and Mohenjodaro by G. R. Hunter”. C1930s. All three volumes bound in period cloth, folio size bindings, with pen and ink titles to the upper boards. All three volumes written in manuscript hand, pen and ink showing seal inscriptions from Mohenjo-daro archaeological site in Pakistan. G. R Hunter in red pencil to all front pastedowns. Vol 4, 4 and 5 to the titles upper board,. Hand written to rectos only on thick paper stock. Approx 150 leaves. **With approx 1000 inscriptions of objects unearthed at the sites in Mohenjodaro and Harappa. ** G R Hunter author of; The Script Of Harappa And Mohenjodaro And Its Connection With Other Scripts 1934 London Kegan Paul. MANUSCRIPT OF G. R. HUNTERS RESEARCH. Important Archeology interest, Pakistan. **The following passage taken from the preface from G. R Hunters printed book “The Script Of Harappa And Mohenjodaro”… “This work was submitted in manuscript to the university of Oxford in June' 1929, when I was supplicating for the degree of Doctor of' Philosophy* Subsequently the, manuscript was reposed in the Bodleian library* Permission to publish it was received from the Government of India, Archaeological Dept*, in November 1932. it is my pleasant duty here to acknowledge my obligation to the Archaeological Department of the Government of India for permission to copy the inscriptions which form the subject matter of this volume* since this volume was written i have by their courtesy been enabled to copy all the inscriptions subsequently recovered from Mohenjodaro and Harappa up to April 1931* On this material i am still working* But it is important that i should here state that the study of this new material tends only to fortify most of the conclusions reached in the volume now offered to the public.”
![CONSTANCE GARNETT [Trans] and PETER STUART [Illus]: THE COLLECTED STORIES OF NIKOLAI GOGOL, London, The Folio Society, 2009Re](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/05fbad29-4270-429e-8e47-b27d0096f0b9/7b06e1e2-4a16-4ac6-b6d9-b2b40108efb5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 910
ADMIRAL CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD, typescript. c200ppCopies of secret letters received and sent by Admiral Collingwood. 'Delivered between May 1805 - July 1806, 'Received' May 1805 - October 1805. An emphasis on pre and post-Trafalgar, typist unknonw, but likely a US Citizen as the paper size and typeface (an IBM type) as from America. Bound within a contemporary black folio.Ex libris
![FOLIO SOCIETY: CHILDRENS': 4 Titles: PERRAULT'S FAIRY TALES [Illustrated by Edund Dulac], 1998; THE FABLES OF AESOP [Illustra](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/05fbad29-4270-429e-8e47-b27d0096f0b9/9b3104c9-f508-40e0-a89c-b2b40108e804/468x382.jpg)
Lot 194
FOLIO SOCIETY: CHILDRENS': 4 Titles: PERRAULT'S FAIRY TALES [Illustrated by Edund Dulac], 1998; THE FABLES OF AESOP [Illustrated by Edward Detmold], 1998; KENNETH GRAHAME: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, 1995; C S LEWIS boxed set: THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW; THE LION, THE WICTH AND THE WARDROBE; THE HORSE AND HIS BOY; PRINCE CASPIAN; THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER; THE SILVER CHAIR; THE LAST BATTLE, 1996
![PRIVATE PRESS. U.S PRINTINGS Limited Edition. DRYDEN [John] The Georgics of Virgil, Translated into English Verse by Mr John](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/05fbad29-4270-429e-8e47-b27d0096f0b9/de0f9cfe-2c4f-4ee0-ab19-b2b401139010/468x382.jpg)
Lot 570
PRIVATE PRESS. U.S PRINTINGS Limited Edition. DRYDEN [John] The Georgics of Virgil, Translated into English Verse by Mr John Dryden. 1931. #955 of 1200 copies. Cheshire House, Publishers New York. Folio, quarter leather. [DUMAS] Alexandre. La Dame Aux Camelias. Camille. Illustrated by Bernard Lamotte. Limited Editions Club 1955. #48 and signed by the illustrator. In blue patterned slipcase. Blue cloth, dyed blue edges. Tinted plates, large 4to. MCCLURE [Michael]. The Grabbing of the Fairy. With photographs by Stewart Brand. Truck Press. 1978.Cream cloth, one of 100 copies signed by the author. MEYER [Thomas] The Umbrella of Aesculapius. The Jargon Society Highlands, North Carolina. 1975. One of 5o copies hand signed and numbed to half title by Meyer.Large pictorial 4to. And one other [VIETOR] Alexander O. America Emergent. An Exhibition of Maps and Atlases in Honour. The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Yale. 1985. Oblong 4to [5]
Lot 1022
ARABIC English Dictionaries. A Collection of Dictionary’s in Arabic and English. Including; A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic and English with a dissertation of the languages, literature and manners of Eastern Nations. By John Richardson. 2 vol set 1806-1810. London William Bulmer. Large and thick 4to’s Period boards [all detached] text block split to vol 1. Lexicon Arabico-Latinum: Praesertim Ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique 1830-1837 Four vol set, Freytag, Georg Wilhelm. 4to. Lacking calf from the spine of vol 1, some boards detached. [+ 2 duplicate volumes]. Essai Sur L’Histoire Des Arabes.. Pendant L’Epoque de Mahomet. Caussin De Perceval. Paris 1847 Volume 2 of 2. Lacking calf from the spine 8vo. An Arabic English Lexicon.. By Edward William Lane. 1885. Williams and Norgate. 1885. Large 4to/Small folio. Book 1 Part 7. Morocco, with upper cover detached. A vocabulary Persian, Arabic and English by David Hopkins. 1810. London. Upper boards detached. Oberleitner,A. Fundamenta linguae Arabicae 1822. Vienna. A Grammar of the Pukhto, Pushto, or Language of the Afghans, part 2 only (of ?2), 1856, lacking lower cover, upper cover and first ff detached. Arabische Grammatik Caspari. Halle 1876.Period cloth backed boards. And Seven others. Mixed conditions. 2 boxes, large 4to and 8vo
Lot 367
NATIVE AMERICAN INTEREST: 8 Titles: THOMAS E MAILS: CREATORS OF THE PLAINS, Tulsa, Council Oak Books, 1997; THOMAS E MAILS: PEOPLES OF THE PLAINS, Tulsa, Council Oak Books, 1997; MIKE DIXON-KENNEDY: NATIVE AMERICAN MYTH AND LEGEND - AN A-Z OF PEOPLE AND PLACES, London, Blandford, 1996; TIM MCNEESE AND RICHARD HOOK (Illus): ILLUSTRATED MYTHS OF NATIVE AMERICA - THE NORTHEAST, SOUTHEAST, GREAT LAKES AND GREAT PLAINS, London, Blandford, 1999 reprint; ANGIE DEBO: A HISTORY OF THE INDIANS OF THE UNITED STATES, London, Folio Society, 2003; BRAD STEIGER: INDIAN MEDICINE POWER, Atglen, Whitford Press, 1984; ANTHONY J CICHOKE: SECRETS OF NATIVE AMERICAN HERBAL REMEDIES, New York, Avery, 2001; COLIN F TAYLOR: BUCKSKIN AND BUFFALO - THE ARTISTRY OF THE PLAINS INDIANS, London, Salamander Books, 1997 (8)
Lot 135
A mid 19th Century embroidered presentation folio with 4 tassels enclosing an offering of embroidered and hand sewn dolls clothing and 2 explanatory samplers and accessories from the children of Evesham Infant School to the Queen Dowager in 1848 together with related ephemera all housed in a mahogany box. Location:If there is no condition report, please request
Lot 362
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES: 'THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR PAINTINGS FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA'introduction by Marshall B. Davidson, volumes 1 and 2, published by American Heritage Publishing Co. Inc, New York, 1966, blue cloth bound with slip case; together with Dock Jr., George - 'The Audubon Folio' published by Harry N. Adams, New York, 1964, paper bound (2)
![LIBERTY & CO. CYMRIC SILVER [London: Liberty & Co., c.1900]. Small folio, [2] 109 [7] pp. Original japon-backed blue-green c](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/55dd7bd9-f2af-4e14-a163-b2ac0102f713/dc6d1bec-60c3-47cf-a96c-b2ac0104fa26/468x382.jpg)
Lot 203
LIBERTY & CO. CYMRIC SILVER [London: Liberty & Co., c.1900]. Small folio, [2] 109 [7] pp. Original japon-backed blue-green cloth, covers lettered and decorated in silver, top edge silver, full-page photomechanical illustrations throughout (many overprinted with colours), one folding plate to rear Rare trade catalogue. Library Hub cites copies at the British Library, Senate House Library, University of Exeter and the V&A; only.
Lot 288
TALWIN MORRIS (1865-1911) LARGE COLLECTION OF WORKS IN BINDINGS DESIGNED BY MORRIS various formats, all in original decorative cloth gilt, including: Eyre-Todd, George (editor). The Book of Glasgow Cathedral. Glasgow: Morison Brothers, 1898. First edition, one of 1,000 copies only, large 4to, bookplates (Robina Spencer and Donald Buttress, architect), tips bumped and worn; Small, David (illustrator). By-Gone Glasgow: Sketches of Vanished Corners in the City and Suburbs. Glasgow: Morison Brothers, 1896. First edition, one of 450 copies, large 4to, binding rubbed and marked, wear to foot of spine; Sutcliffe, G. Lister. The Principles and Practice of Modern House-Construction. London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1899. First edition, 6 volumes, 4to; French, James Weir (editor). Modern Power Generators, London: Gresham Publishing Company, 1908. First edition, 2 volumes, folio; Marilaun, Anton Kerner von. The Natural History of Plants. London: Gresham Publishing Company, 1904. First edition thus, 2 volumes, large 8vo; Shakespeare, William. The Henry Irving Shakespeare. London: Gresham Publishing Company, 1906. 14 volumes, 8vo; and approx. 64 others, including: Science in Modern Life (6 volumes), The World of Today (6 volumes), The Homer Teacher (5 volumes), all published by Gresham; a run of 14 Blackie and Son editions of Victorian novels in varicoloured cloth with uniform Art Nouveau floral decoration to spine; approx. 40 works in the Blackie's Library of Famous Books series; in uniform bindings; and similar
Lot 355
Hardy (Thomas). Various works comprising The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Return of the Native, Jude the Obscure, The Woodlanders, and Far from the Madding Crowd, published by Folio Society, cloth bound in slipcase, together with the Wessex Tales, and Under the Greenwood Tree.
Lot 33
LANG, (Andrew). "Rainbow Fairy Books". A collection of seven Fairy Books, sealed/unopened in original cellophane wrappers, comprising: The Pink Fairy Book, The Violet Fairy Book, The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Fairy Book, The Green Fairy Book, The Grey Fairy Book, and The Red Fairy Book, large 8vo, publisher's attractively illustrated cloth, each book housed in a protective slipcase, sealed/unopened in fine & unread condition, as new, London: Folio Society, 2003-2013 (7)
Lot 62
IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPHS & PHOTOGRAPHS. An archive from the Mayor & Mayoress of Sheffield, 1940-41: 1. The Mayoress of Sheffield's wartime visitors' book, 1940-41, signed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965); King George VI (1895-1952); Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002); Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942); Mary, Princess Royal & Countess of Harewood (1897-1965); Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood (1882-1947); Clement Attlee [Deputy Prime Minister]; Ernest Bevin [Minister of Labour & National Service]; Herbert Morrison [Home Secretary]; Sir Robert Menzies [Prime Minister of Australia]; Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk; conductor Sir Adrian Boult; George Formby & Beryl Formby, and others, 4to (26.5cm x 22.5cm), bound in full crushed morocco lettered in gilt, "Mrs. Luther F. Milner, Lady Mayoress of Sheffield, 1940-41". 2. The Mayor of Sheffield's neatly compiled scrapbook of newspaper cuttings & original photographs recording visits from dignitaries & royalty (including those who signed the above visitor's book), events during the Sheffield Blitz, activity involving the Mayor & Mayoress, featuring 12 original photographs of Prime Minister Winton Churchill's visit on 8 November 1941 (pictured with Mayor throughout), the sizes ranging from 102mm x 153mm to 161mm x 210mm, a group portrait with Prince George, Duke of Kent (shown seated next to the Mayor), images of George VI & Elizabeth's visit to Sheffield, and others similar, manuscript annotation & dates, 162pp. (both sides of 81 leaves), most photographs mounted, some loose/in cards, folio (39.5cm x 28cm), half crushed morocco lettered in gilt, "Lord Mayoralty of Sheffield of Councillor Luther F. Milner, J.P. 1940-1941". 3. Miscellaneous. Comprising: Luther Frederick Milner's Commander of the British Empire (CBE) medal, housed in Garrard's case; three wartime greetings cards, one inscribed by Mary, Princess Royal & Countess of Harewood, "To the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Mary, 1940-41", counter-signed by Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood; two illuminated manuscripts from the City of Sheffield (one on a vellum scroll) thanking Luther Frederick Milner for his services, the scroll dated 10 November 1941; two framed photographs, one showing the Mayor & Mayoress with Churchill, the other with George VI & Elizabeth; a first edition of H. V. Morton's Middle East, inscribed, "To Luther, With grateful memories of a Memorable Year carried through with Grace and Distinction as Lord Mayor of Sheffield - From a Friend who was proud to be His Chaplain, George, Nov. 10. 1941"; two copies of Sheffield Blitz, by James S. Abrahams; a George Ibberson cased mother-of-pearl pocket-knife, engraved with the Sheffield coat-of-arms and "Luther F. Milner, Lord Mayor 1940-1"; a cased Royal Life Saving Society medal for N. Milner, 1929. ❧ Provenance: Bequeathed to the vendor by Norah Milner (1915-2001), youngest daughter of Luther & Lottie Milner, Mayor & Mayoress of Sheffield, 1940-41
Lot 159
Public Records of the Kingdom - 1800. Reports from the Select Committee. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 4 July 1800. Large folio, 18″ x 11″ x 2¾″, bound in original publisher's grey boards, re-backed in brown cloth. Verso of t/p printed "This Book is to be perpetually preserved in and for the use of the Cathedral Library, Lichfield." Note on endpaper confirming withdrawn in 2014. First and Second Reports, 667pp., containing Returns from several Government Offices, County Shire Halls, Universities and Cathedrals etc. in England, Scotland & Wales, 2 plates being Plans of the Repository for Public Records at Somerset Place, 5 folding Plates being Plans for the Office of Public Records in Scotland inc. Front Elevation and an exploded view of the Interior, 15 Plates, some folding of Ancient Charters and Deeds inc. Magna Carta, superb facsimiles of the originals, all plates are by the Basire family (see footnote), engravers to the Society of Antiquaries. 1800 ❧ William Blake (1757-1827) notably served his apprenticeship with James Basire
Lot 155
Votes of the House of Commons 1695 & 1787-94-95. Votes on a variety of subjects were published the following day. In 1695, these consisted of a single or double small folio leaf, printed by Thomas Cockerill at the Three Leggs in the Poultry & Timothy Goodwin at the Queen’s-Head against St. Dunstan’s Church in Fleet Street, each issue was numbered, pages numbered, 95 issues, January – May 1695. In the 1780s & 90s, folio of several pages inc. part bound vols., printed and sold by John Nichols at Cicero’s Head, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street et.al., 170 issues. A rare publication
Lot 129
BAXTER, Richard. The Saints Everlasting Rest, 5th ed., 8vo 19.3 x 15.5cm, full-calf, controversial preacher based at Kidderminster, no half-title, general tone to paper, wear around boards and spine, London: Thomas Underhill, 1654;_ EVANS, John. A Sketch of the Denominations of the Christian World, 12th ed., 12mo 17.5 x 11cm, contemp. full-calf, internally bright, some rubbing at edges, London: Crosby & Co., 1811;_ QUARLES, Francis. Emblems, 12mo, full calf re-backed, no prelims - starts at A3, interesting crude engravings throughout, bookplate for George Mallows Freeman, paper toned/chipped, wear around boards, scarce early edition, n.d. c.1700;_BENDIXON, S. (Illust.). Preceptive Illustrations of the Bible, folio (43.7cm x 33cm), contemp. half-calf, illustrated with hand-coloured lithographs, internally quite bright with occasional spot/mark, external wear and cracking at joints, London: Roake and Varty, [c. 1840], and 7 other books of a similar theme in varied condition (11)
Lot 140
EDMONDSON, Joseph. A Complete Body of Heraldry, First edition, Folio 40.5 x 27cm, complete 2 vol. bound together, re-backed full-calf, frontispiece and 23 full-page plates, title/dedication pages toned with some repairs to paper, damp staining in places, some toning/light spotting/marking at edges, occasional small tear, London: Edmondson, 1780
![[World War II]. An Account of the Operations of Second Army in Europe 1944-1945, in two volumes, "Secret Copy No. 38" [one of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1e4f5ada-b99f-4163-add4-b2a7010596bc/a1e21162-a577-407d-b813-b2bf00be32a7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 138
[World War II]. An Account of the Operations of Second Army in Europe 1944-1945, in two volumes, "Secret Copy No. 38" [one of only 48 printed], foreword by Lieut-General Sir Miles C. Dempsey, [xix], 493pp., illustrated with numerous photographs and folding colour maps, folio (33.5cm x 22cm), full crushed morocco lettered in gilt, internally very good, the folding maps are very well-preserved, gutter staples rusted, bindings with slight scuffing/wear to corners/edges but strong, lacking map case, Compiled by Headquarters Second Army, [5 August 1945] (2) ❧ A scarce and important text informing the ground campaign in Europe. The "Secret Copy" held in the collections of the Imperial War Museum is No. 37, this copy being the very next at No. 38
Lot 70
▲ Edward Bawden RA (1903-1989) 'We made our way down the precipitous slope and approached the body' (MG 184)linocut, from 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' published by the Folio Society, 1987, signed 'Edward Bawden' in pencil l.r., inscribed with title and numbered '13/75'image 45.5 x 31cmExhibited: The Fine Art Society, London, 'Broadly Bawden', 2005.Condition ReportFramed: 77.5 x 61.5cmAppears to be in good condition. Well presented and ready to hang. Not viewed out of glazed frame.
Lot 493
FOLIO SOCIETY; a collection of approximately twenty-two decoratively bound books, all in slipcases, including a cased set of four, 'The Babylonians', 'The Hittites', 'The Egyptians' and 'The Persians', also a cased set of three including 'The Maya', 'The Aztecs' and 'The Incas', also 'The Greek Myths I & II', 'The Canterbury Tales', 'Comic Short Stories', 'The Ottoman Empire', 'Wonders of the World', Blake's 'Jerusalem', etc.
Lot 511
FOLIO SOCIETY; a collection of nine decoratively bound books, all in slipcases, including Kenneth Clark's 'Leonardo da Vinci', 'The Language Instinct', 'The Prophet and His Other Finest Writings', two copies of 'The Folio Book of Humorous Anecdotes', 'The Best After-Dinner Stories', 'Diary of a Provincial Lady', etc.
Lot 470
Heneage Finch, Fourth Earl of Aylesford (British, 1751-1812) -Landscape scenes with cattle and figures -Two pen and ink drawings -Each approximately 19.5 x 13.5cm - 34.5 x 27cm framed -Apparently both from a folio of 32 similar drawings by the same hand -Provenance: Albany Gallery, London (2)
Lot 355
FOLIO SOCIETY; a collection of fifty-nine books comprising boxsets and single volumes many in slipcases, to include H. RIDER HAGGARD; African Adventures, six volumes, P. G. WODEHOUSE; Jeeves and Wooster, five volumes, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON; Treasure Island, ROGER LANCELYN GREEN; Robin Hood, STEVEN RUNCIMAN; A History of the Crusades, three volumes, and forty-three others (59).
Lot 290
† MAJOR JOHN GEDGE (1903-2001); an extensive collection of watercolours of Random Sketches and Architectural Notes, contained in three folio sized folders, many laid down on paper, with the first folio containing forty-six drawings with an index at the front identifying where the buildings and scenes were painted, the second and third folders containing many watercolours and pen and ink architectural drawings with many loose, with pencil descriptions to many below those stuck down, but neither have an index and some pages have had the sketches taken out, together with, by the same artist, a watercolour of an unknown church, 20 x 16cm, and an architectural watercolour titled 'Mereworth Castle, Kent, Colen Campbell Arch't 1722-1725, for the Hon. John Fane (later Earl of Westmorland)' and dated 1985, 42 x 75cm, both framed and glazed (2).Major John Gedge was an architect in Bedford and his specialist area of interest was the renovation of churches. He was a talented artist in his spare time travelling all over England painting buildings and landscapes. Condition Report: .
Lot 735
A folio of cartoons, caricatures, cartoons and opera house designs, mostly by Edwin Morrow (Irish) and Norman Morrow, to include 'Caution Weir here', 'The Sublime Good Deed' and 'Bluff at the Garrick', with a collection of 20th century pastels and paint brushes used by one of the artists. Condition - varies Only two George Morrows, each 34x49cm. 37 cartoons by Edwin."Due to past issues with items being damaged in transit, we regret to inform you that we are unable to offer packing and posting services on picture lots in this sale. This is non-negotiable. Picture lots must be collected in person, or external packing companies can be recommended. Thank you for your understanding."
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