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Click here to subscribeDUGDALE (William) Monasticon Anglicanum, 1718 folio, revised edition, added title by Hollar, plates including folding, calf gilt spine; STEVENS (John) The History of the Antient Abbeys, Monasteries..., being two Additional Volumes to Sir William Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum. London 1722-23, folio, plates, panel calf, gilt spines. The three volumes together bound in uniform style (3)
GERARD (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, Gathered by John Gerarde of London, Master in Chirurgerie, Very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson. 2nd edition, London: Adam Islipp, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers 1633, folio, engraved title page a little stained, ownership name to dedication, 6R6 with foremargin cut away, lacking initial and final blanks, some light soiling or staining, contemporary panel calf, rebacked
GESNER (Conrad) Historiae Animalium, 5 parts in 3 vols.: Liber I, De Quadrupedibus Oviparis, 2nd edition, Frankfurt: in Bibliopolio Cambieriano 1602, folio, woodcut title; Liber II dated 1586 bound in vol. I; Liber III, Qui est de Avium natura. 1604, final leaf of index dated 1585. Liber IV Qui est de Piscium & Aquatilium animantium natura. 1604. Liber V Qui est de Serpentium natura. Tiguri 1587, vignette title, separate title to 'de Scorpione'; variable worming to foot of inner portion of third volume, with loss affecting some text, but mainly to inner margins resulting in paper rather fragmented and weakened in places, later cloth bindings CONDITION: LACKS A LEAF TO FIRST VOL. (2D3). Some parts of de scorpione and de serpentibus misbound but present.
HILARIUS (Saint, d.367?) Opera complura. Paris: Ascensius, 1510, small folio, two parts in one vol., title in red and black with printer's device, some age-browning, damp-staining mainly to outer margins, edges browned and rather worn, few notes to title, engraved bookplate of Bibliotheca Conventus Bulsanensis, Tyrol, to first pastedown, very worn early calf with brass clasp mounts (lacking clasps), later rebacked
HOLINSHED (Raphael) The First and Second volumes of Chronicles, ... now newly augmented and continued to the year 1586 by John Hooker. London 1587, folio, 3 vols., second edition, black letter, general title within woodcut border and 5 other titles to first tome, no titles to vols. II or III, vol. II with Ai to Aiii having repaired foremargins, generally a sound copy in later crushed morocco ruled in gilt, marbled end papers, a.e.g., slight wear to bindings
Incunabula. LOMBARDUS (Petrus). Glossa magistralis Psalterii. [Nuremberg : Johann Sensenschmidt and Andreas Frisner, 1475-76], folio, some slight worming, 411 (of 415) leaves, lacking initial blank & ff. 31, 40 & 414, which are supplied in near-contemporary manuscript, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, worm holes, clasp missing. References: Goff P.476, Hain 12002, Proctor 2202; BMC II 408; ISTC No.ip00476000.
NEWCOURT (Richard) Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense; an Ecclesiastical Parochial History... London. 1708-10, 2 vols. folio, portrait frontispiece, 4 plates and a folding map with outline hand colour, some foxing and browning, binding tight in later straight grain morocco, library shelf number painted to foot of spines
RUPERTUS, (Abbot of Deutz) Commentariorum in Evangelium Johannis libri XIIII. Cologne: Frans Birckman, 1526, folio, printer's device to title; bound with: Rupertus. Commentariorum in Apocalypsim Johannis libri XII. Cologne: Frans Birckman, 1526, with woodcut illustrations in the text; bound with: Rupertus. De Divinis Officiis. Cologne: Frans Birchman, 1526. Decorative woodcut capitals throughout, final leaf with short tear to foot, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards, somewhat age worn, lacking clasps
SANDYS (George) Travels containing an history of the … Turkish Empire…, of Aegypt… Holy-Land… Italy…, 7th edition London 1673, folio, added engraved title from the 6th edition, lacks folding map, partial tear to one crease line of folding plate, illustrations in text, some light age staining and dust soiling, rebound in spotted calf in 1787 in Portugal (according to an old ink inscription at the rear)
Sermons and theology. TILLOTSON (John; Arch-Bishop of Canterbury) The Life of ---, London 1717, folio, reverse calf, 53pp., armorial bookplate of Wynne, 4 line contemporary ink anecdotal note at end; A bound collection of sermons, first quarter 18th century, 8vo, uncut, in rough boards; LAMBE (Charles) Sermons, 1717, black panel morocco gilt (rubbed); GEDDES (M) Several Tracts Against Popery. London 1715, 8vo, later detached boards; OWEN (C) The Validity of the Dissenting Ministry, 1716, 8vo, front board detached; other works by Bishop Edmund of Lincoln, Thomas Secker, James Hervey, etc, contemporary bindings in varying condition
TANNER (Thomas) Notitia Monastica, London: W. Bowyer 1744, folio, folding portrait frontispiece, 3 plates of arms, rebacked calf; Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernia. London: W. Bowyer 1748, folio, portrait frontispiece, full contemporary calf, upper joint starting, spine gilt in compartments (2)
19th century print albums. A collection of various small prints and pencil sketches, typical subjects, including mounted and loose; also - HARDING (J D) Lessons on Trees, no date, folio, 30 plates, light spotting to some, cloth; BRITTON (John) The Fine Arts of the English School, 1812, large 4to, 24 plates, stain to final leaves, worn boards; also - Boydell Press for The Heritage Collection by Iain Bain: The Childhood Etchings of Sir Edwin Landseer, 1974, cloth case
A small collection of historical letters and manuscripts. John Wesley, Dublin 1785, 1p.(stuck down), to Samuel Purvis Junr, Belford, Northumberland, '..If the pure word of God be spoken in simplicity, it is seldom without fruit... It seems not improbable that Mr Warrener may be useful a little longer in your Circuit.' Elizabeth Fry and Mary Gaskell, 1825, concerning the Asylum at Wakefield; Dr Peter Turner, 17th century, directions to a lady on bathing, 3pp, folio; Nathaniel Rich (d.1636) 2pp. in Latin; 'Dr. Huntons directions against ye Vertigo from my Lord of Huntingdon', 17th century, 3pp.; one other (9)
BLOMEFIELD (Francis) and Charles PARKIN. An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, in five volumes 1739-75, small folio, folding plates and others, a few lacking in vol. II (dedication, key to plan of Norwich, and monument of Bishop Hall), some old staining and creases, worn contemporary calf, vol. V with boards detached (5)
BOYER (A) The History of Queen Anne, 1735, folio, 2 engraved portraits, 2 folding plans, 3 plates, some toning, skilfully rebacked panel calf;CHAMBERLEN (Paul) An Impartial History of the Life and Reign of Queen Anne. 1738,folio, portrait frontispiece, 7 folding plates of naval scenes (laid down, some restoration in manuscript to text below, one plate damaged and incomplete), old staining, later morocco (2)
Surtees (Robert) The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham … Volumes I - IV, Nichols and Andrews, 1816-1840, four volumes, folio, eighty-two plates (the eighty-one called for with extra plate of Raby Castle, one plate with cropped margins), cloth; Raine (James), The History and Antiquities of North Durham, as subdivided into the Shires of Norham, Island and Bedlington …, Nichols and Andrew, 1852, folio, ten plates including portrait frontis and map, two pedigrees, cloth (uniform with Surtees) (5)
Woodhouse (Adrian) Beresford Egan, Tartarus, 2005, numbered limited edition of 750, quarto, dust wrapper; Gardner (Keith S.) & Clark (Nigel D.), Sir William Russell Flint, 1880-1969, A Comparative Review of the Artist's Signed Limited Edition Prints, Bristol; Sir William Russell Flint Galleries, 1986, numbered 'collector edition' of 1000 copies, folio, fore-edge a little thumbed, half morocco, slipcase; Palmer (Arnold), More Than Shadows, A Biography of W. Russell Flint, The Studio, 1943, presentation inscription signed by W. Russell Flint, dust wrapper; McManners (Robert) & Wales (Gillian), The Quintessential Cornish, The Life and Work of Norman Cornish, Gemini, 2009, signed by Norman Cornish and the authors, dust wrapper; with five others (9)
Arctic Blue Books Report of the Committee Appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to inquire into and report on The Recent Arctic Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin together with The Minutes of Evidence ..., H.M.S.O., 1852, folio, two folding charts, later card wraps with original front and rear covers laid down, preserved in solander box with mounted facsimile covers
Arctic Blue Books [Nares (George)], Papers and Correspondence relating to the Equipment and Fitting Out of the Arctic Expedition of 1875 ..., H.M.S.O., 1875, folio, library stamp to page 19, later half morocco, bound without original wrappers; idem, Chart to Accompany Papers and Correspondence relationg to the Equipment ..., H.M.S.O., folio, title page, large folding chart, later half leather, bound without original wrappers (2) [provenance - Franklin Brooke-Hitching #920 and #921]
Gibbs (James) Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture in a More Exact and Easy Manner than has been heretofore practised, by which all Fractions, in dividing the principal Members and their Parts, are avoided, Innys, Richardson et al, 1753, third edition, folio, first leaf is a blank, 63 (of 64) engraved plates, half calf (worn); Gotch (J. Alfred), Architecture of the Renaissance in England ..., Batsford, 1894, two volumes, folio, ex-library, 145 plates with stamps verso, top edges gilt, original half morocco; Shaw (Richard Norman), Architectural Sketches from the Continent, Day, n.d. [1858], folio, litho title, 100 litho plates, modern cloth (4)
Drygalski (Erich von) The Southern Ice-Continent, The German South Polar Expedition aboard the Gauss, 1901-1903, Bluntisham Books/Erskine Press, 1989, first edition in English, folio, original pictorial cloth; Filchner (Wilhelm), To the Sixth Continent, The Second German South Polar Expedition, Bluntisham Books/Erskine Press, 1994, first edition in English, folio, original cloth; with nine others (11)
Arctic Blue Books Papers Relative to the Recent Arctic Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin and the Crews of H.M.S. 'Erebus' and 'Terror', H.M.S.O., 1854, folio, five folding charts, later cloth with original front and rear covers laid down, preserved in solander box with mounted facsimile covers
Blanc (M. le) & Armengaud (M.M.) The Engineer & Machinist's Drawing-Book, A Complete Course of Instruction for the Practical Engineer ..., Blackie, 1871, folio, seventy-one plates including frontis and engraved title, modern half morocco; French (James Weir), Modern Power Generators, Steam Electric and Internal-Combustion, Gresham, 1908, two volumes, folio, eleven colour composite sectional model plates, original Talwin Morris 'Glasgow Style' cloth gilt; with one other (4)
Whitaker (Thomas Dunham) An History of Richmondshire, in the North Riding of the County of York …, Longman, Hurst …, 1823, two volumes, folio, forty-five engraved plates after Turner et al, twenty-seven pedigree plates, contemporary half calf (worn, loss of part of backstrip, joints cracked) [Boyne p.175]
Browne (William Henry) Ten Coloured Views Taken During The Arctic Expedition of Her Majesty's Ships ''Enterprise'' and ''Investigator,'' under the Command of Captain Sir James C. Ross ..., Ackermann, 1850, folio, ten tinted lithographed plates on seven sheets, light staining and dust marking, recent half calf binding, lacking publisher's wrappers
Home (Gordon) Yorkshire, Coast and Moorland Scenes, Adam and Charles Black, 1904, numbered edition de luxe limited to 200 copies, signed by the author, quarto, thirty-two colour plates, folding map, top edge gilt, original cloth; Wood (John), Town Atlas of Northumberland and Durham, 1820-1827, Frank Graham, numbered limited edition of 400, large folio, original cloth; with a large quantity of others on local history and topography (qty)
Shackleton (E.H.) et al South Polar Times, Folio Society, RGS et al, 2012, numbered limited facsimile edition of 1000 copies of the twelve original parts, housed in a cloth covered slipcase with magnetic closing lid, together with accompanying Commentary volume, by Ann Savours, cloth, slipcase
Heslop (B.H.) The River Tees, from Source to Sea, Stockton: B.H. Heslop, 1893, first proof edition, landscape folio, illustrated title, thirty-six plates, subscribers list, original leather gilt (re-backed and cornered); Walbran (John Richard), The Antiquities of Gainford, in the County of Durham .... and of Barnard Castle: with Accounts of the Township of Headlam and Chapelry of Denton, Ripon: Harrison, 1846, quarto large paper, frontis, two plates, three pedigrees, printed without vignette to B1, plate of Raby loosely inserted, half calf (rubbed); with eight others (10)
Partington (C.F.) The Builder's Complete Guide ..., Sherwood, Gilbert .., 1825, five plates as called for, boards (re-backed); Cotes (J.), The Young Surveyor's Guide; or, A Treatise on Practical Land Surveying .., Crosby, 1808, second edition, original printed paper boards (re-backed retaining fragments of original back-strip); Ormerod (W.P.), On the Sanatory Condition of Oxford, Oxford: Ashmolean Soc., 1848, unopened, folding map, original printed wraps; Fire Prevention, Resolutions of the Associated Architects; with the Report of a Committee ... to Consider the Causes of the Frequent Fires, and the Best Means of Preventing the Like in Future, n.d. [1793], 'to be adopted in all new houses built on the Duke of Bedford's Estates', unopened, wraps; City of Manchester, Housing of the Working Classes ..., Manchester: Sanitory Committee, 1904, 36 plans, elevations and photographs, cloth-backed printed papers boards (worn); Report From the Select Committee on Buildings Regulation and Improvement of Boroughs .., House of Commons, 1842, folio, seven plates, ex-library, library cloth; Humber (William), A Comprehensive Treatise on the Water Supply of Cities and Towns ..., Crosby Lockwood, 1876, large quarto, fifty double-page plates, half morocco (worn, joint partially cracked) (7)
The Graphic Arctic Number, Nov 8, 1876, folio, pages 3 - 34, including double-page illustration, modern quarter cloth, bound without wraps; Anon., Arctic Travels; or, An Account of the Several Land Expeditions to Determine the Geography of The Northern Part of the American Continent, Dublin; Thomas White, 1830, frontis (loss to corner of frontis and title without loss of text), five plates, modern morocco; Royal Geographical Society, A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology .., John Murray, 1875, two folding maps, original cloth; with four others (7)
Hair (T.H.) A Series of Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, by T.H. Hair, with Descriptive Sketches and a Preliminary Essay on Coal and the Coal Trade by M. Ross, James Madden and the Author, 1844, folio, forty-two plates, later morocco [provenance - Thomas Bell; Frank Graham; Colin Higgins]
Osborne (Sherard) & McDougall (Geo. F.) Facsimile of the Illustrated Arctic News, Published on board H.M.S. Resolute: Capt. Horatio T. Austin, in Search of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin, Ackermann, March 15th, 1852, folio, lithographed throughout, colour illustrations, three leaves loose, original cloth gilt
Walker (George) The Costume of Yorkshire, Illustrated by a Series of Forty Engravings, being fac-similes of Original Drawings with Descriptions in English and French, Richard Jackson, 1885, numbered limited edition of 600, folio, frontis, forty chromolitho plates (one with evidence of minor adhesion to tissue guard), top edge gilt, original quarter morocco (repairs to hinges)
Arctic Blue Books Further Papers Relative to the Recent Arctic Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin and the Crews of H.M.S. 'Erebus' and 'Terror', H.M.S.O., 1855, folio, twenty-nine charts (seventeen folding, one torn, one possibly trimmed), three plates, later half cloth, bound without original wrappers
Surtees (Robert) The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham … Volumes I & II, Nichols and Andrews, 1816-20, two volumes, folio large paper, twenty-two plates, some staining, seal plates not present in volume II, contemporary half vellum (stained); idem, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham … Volume III, Nichols and Andrews, 1823, large paper folio, eight (of fourteen) plates, contemporary calf (joints worn and cracked); idem, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham … Volume IV, Nichols and Andrews, 1840, folio, the twenty-four plates issued with the volume bound in at rear (these were to be bound throughout the four volumes), calf (rubbed); idem, Memoir of Robert Surtees, n.d., folio, quarter calf (5)
Arctic Blue Books [Nares (George)], Journals and Proceedings of the Arctic Expedition, 1875-6 under the Command of Captain Sir George S. Nares, H.M.S.O., 1877, folio, seventeen maps and charts (fourteen folding), fifteen plates (twelve folding), cloth (re-backed), original blue wrappers present [provenance - Alfred Newton bequest bookplate]
A large collection of vintage folding maps to include Bartholomew's Map of England And Wales (31 sheets), Scotland (7 sheets), map of Central and East Africa, Tourist and Cyclists, HArrogate, Oban District, Orkney, Geological map of the British Islands, Wick, Ordnance Survey Thurso and Reay, London Transport Central Buses, Bacon's County map and guide Lincoln, Scarborough, Orkney Islands, Plymouth and Torquay etc., Rugby, Exmoor and many more. Also a larger folio of coloured paper maps.
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