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Lot 2
(Signed Copy)- MOORE, HENRY: Heads Figures and Ideas. Comments by Geoffrey Grigson. London, George Rainbird, 1958, First edition. Folio, double page pictorial title page, 57 pages of reproductions of Moore's sketches, Plus An Original Coloured Lithograph before the title page. Front blank endpaper facing the colour lithograph Inscribed & Signed “To Penelope with love, Henry M. Christmas, 1979”. Original pictorial boards; Occasional foxing.
Lot 21
Hughes-Stanton, Blair: THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES OR THE PREACHER. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS, 1934, The hundredth book printed by the Golden Cockerel Press and completed on the 15th day of October, 1934. Number 232 of 250 copies, printed in orange and black, 16 wood-engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Folio, original vellum-backed orange cloth over boards, top edge gilt, others uncut. The type used is the Golden Cockerel Fount designed by Eric Gill and the paper is Batchelor Handmade watermarked for the Press. Pencil inscription to front blank endpaper; foxing to paper edges. The boards showing a hint of inwardly bowed; otherwise VG+
Lot 38
1- Georgius Agricola de re Metallica- Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by H C & L H Hoover. L, The Mining Magazine, 1912. Folio, PP: xxxi, 637, (ii). With reproduction of the original plates. Full vellum; Covers detached; some light worm damage; 2- Elyard, S. J (ill.): Some Old Wiltshire Homes. C J Clark, 1894, 1st. Folio; original cloth; rubbed and with tear; inner hinges cracked and crudely repaired (2)Provenance: The Estate of the late Mrs Annabelle Comery.
Lot 46
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista; & Laura Piranesi: An Oblong Folio volume with 24 Plus 1 duplicate Engraved Plates (Possibly from the: Raccolta delle piú belle vedute antiche di Roma,..); 21 plates with Piranesi Architetoo dis.inc. And 4 plates with Laura Piranesi incise. No Date, (Late 18 Century/ Early 19 Century); the rear blank endpaper with 08 watermark. Four of the plates with the watermark of fleur-de-lys" within a double circle. Bound in half leather over marbled boards
Lot 47
VASI, Giuseppe Agostino : Delle magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna: Libro Primo PLUS Libro Secondo; TWO VOLUMES bound in one. Vol. 1- Le Porte e Mura di Roma. Rome, Nella Stemperia del Chracas Presso S. Marco al Corso, 1747, First Edition; PP: Title page, (i)blank, (i)Alla Sacra Real Maesta, (i)blank, iii-iv(prefazione), (ii)Frontispiece? (full page plate- not numbered), vii-Lxxxviii), (ii)Indice Primo & Secondo, Plus the 20 Plates (numbered 1-20); Vol. 2- Le Piazzi Principali di Roma. Rome, Nella Stamperia d Apollo, Presso gli Eredi Barbiellini, 1752, First Edition. PP: Title page, (i)blank, iii-Lii, (i)Indice, (i)blank, Plus 21 Plates (one extra, possibly Frontispiece). In all 42 Plates Plus a number of illustrations in the text. Oblong Folio (42X28 Cms.). Eight other volumes were published in this work. Bound in full vellum; Very Clean Plates.
Lot 5
Leyland, John and H. Avray Tipping (Ed.): Gardens Old and New. 3 Volumes. All published by Country Life, volume one 4th. edn. plain blue cloth with gilt lettering, volumes two & Three, First editions (1900) in highly decorative Art Nouveau bindings. Folio, all edges gilt. All 3 volumes with the Armorial Bookplate of “Moses Woolland” to front pastedown. Vol.1- covers rubbed. (3)
Lot 59
FLAXMAN, John; (Engraved by T. PIROLI): Four Works: 1- The Odyssey of Homer Engraved by Thomas Piroli From The Compositions of John Flaxman Sculptor Rome. 1793. PP: Title, 28 numbered Plates; Plus a duplicate of plate 23 (24 plates in all). Oblong Folio, card covers. Plus a loosely inserted manuscript page, watermarked 1807; possibly by Rev. W. Gunn (with his bookplate). Very Good and clean Plates ; 2- The Iliad of Homer Engraved by Thomas Piroli Rome. 1793. PP: Title, 34 numbered Plates. Oblong Folio, card covers. (with Rev. W Gunn’s bookplate). Very Good and clean Plates; 3- Compositions from Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1807. Oblong Folio, PP: Engraved Tile, Title, 38 numbered plates, Plus one not numbered; 38 numbered Plates; & 33 numbered Plates. Original embossed covers; rubbed. Occasional foxing; 4- Compositions from the Works, Days and Theogony of Hesiod. Engraved by WILLIAM BLAKE. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1817. Oblong Folio (46 X 32 Cms.), PP: 37 Plates including title, plus 4 smaller pages of the publishers catalogue, dated Feb, 1817; bound-in at the front. Front pastedown Inscribed: “To the Rev. William Gunn, With the author’s affectionate respects” The inscription is very possibly by William Blake. Card covers; chipped & torn; foxing. (4)
Lot 6
JEKYLL, Gertrude: 12 works, the following 8 are all first editions: Wood and Garden, 1899; Gardens for Small Country Houses, (written with Lawrence Weaver). nd, (1912); Wall and Water Gardens, 1901; Lilies for English Gardens, 1901, 1st. American edn; Roses for English Gardens, 1902; Old West Surrey, 1904 (Ex-Library in library binding); Colour in the Flower Garden, 1908; & A Gardeners Testament, 1937. PLUS 4 early reprints, including: Garden Ornaments (written with Christopher Hussey), 1927, 2nd. edn. Folio, an interesting Ex-CLOWES copy, full of ink notes to most of the illustration; A/F. (12)
Lot 7
GARDENING: 1- Sitwell, G & John Piper(ill): On the making of Gardens. Dropmore Press, 1949, Numbered Limited edition 791/1000. Original cloth, gilt; little faded; 2- Robinson, W: Gravetye Manor or twenty years' work round an old manor house. John Murray, 1911, 1st. edn. with plates & ills. Folio; covers little rubbed; 3- Lutyens, Sir Edwin: Houses and Gardens. Described & criticised by Sir Lawrence Weaver. Country Life, 1925, 3rd. Impr. With altered title. Folio, later full cloth; VG; 4- Mawson, T H: The Art and Craft of Garden Making. Batsford, 1901 2nd. edn. revised and enlarged, with additional ills. 4to. original cloth; rubbed & faded; inner hinges cracked; 5- JEKYLL, Gertrude & Lawrence Weaver: Gardens for Small Country Houses. Country Life, 1920, 4th. edn. Later cloth backed boards; VG. (5)
Lot 98
Swammerdam, John: The Book of Nature; Or, the History of Insects: Reduced to Distinct Classes, Confirmed by Particular Instances, Displayed in the Anatomical Analysis of many Species... Translated from the Dutch and Latin Original Edition by Thomas Flloyd, Revised and Improved with Notes from Reaumur and Others, by John Hill. London, Printed for C.G. Seyffert, 1758, First Edition. title printed in red and black with engraved vignette plus 53 engraved Plates. Folio, PP: (iv)Title page & dedication, xx(Life), (ii) Elegia, (ii)Subscribers list, (iv)Contents, 236, 153, (i)blank, lxiii, (i)blank, 53 Numbered Plates, (xii)Index & Errata. Near contemporary full polished calf with gilt decoration to spine & morocco label; Armorial bookplate of Thomas Sneyd Kynnersley to verso of title.
Lot 99
Camden, William: BRITANNIA; or a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent; from the earliest antiquities; Translated from the edition published by the author in MDCVII. Enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough ; In Three Volumes. London, Printed by John Nichols for T. Payne, 1789, First Edition thus; Collated, complete with Portrait Frontis, 93 Plates & ill., 57 Maps by John Cary (Mostly Double-Page or Folding), Plus a folding table. Folio, PP: V1- (viii), (i)Contents, (i)blank, xxii, (iv), viii, cxlix, 351, +Index etc.; V2- 598, +Index etc.; V3- 760, +Index etc. Near contemporary full tree calf with two morocco labels; Armorial bookplate of Thomas Sneyd Kynnersley to verso of title on volumes 1&2; 4 inch split to hinge of first volume; some of the folding Maps have been professionally strengthened on back of the folds and one page torn & repaired. (3)
Lot 101
FOX, John: The Lives Of The Primitive Martyrs, From The Birth Of Our Blessed Saviour, To The Reign of Queen Mary I. With The Life of Mr. John Fox. [Together with]: The Book Of Martyrs: Containing An Account Of The Sufferings & Death of the Protestants In The Reign Of Queen Mary The First. Illustrated with copper-plates. Originally written by Mr. John Fox. Now carefully revis'd & corrected with a recommendatory preface by the Revd. Mr. Madan. H. Trapp, n.d. and 1776. Folio, PP: 287, (iv)Table; 815. With frontis to each volume Plus 37 of 38 plates (LACKING ONE PLATE). Cont. full leather, later spine; few pages frayed; occasional foxing
Lot 117
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM (Possibly by Sir Walter Egerton): Photos Taken on overland trip from Lagos to Calabar via Ibadan, Owo, Benin & Onitsha; March & April 1905. With 99 Panoramas with description in neat hand; Plus 13 loose Panoramas & 10 others. Oblong folio, Half leather with gilt lettering to upper cover and all edges gilt. A UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD. VG.
Lot 1
Dugdale, William - Perfect copy of all the Summons of the Nobility to the great councils and parliament of this realm, 1st edition, quarto, calf (repaired), London 1685; Morell, Thomas - Dictionary English and Latin, folio, half vellum, London 1773 and Fox, George - Gospel - Truth Demonstrated, folio, old calf (ragged and with loss), London 1706
Lot 21
Heylyn, Peter - Cyprianus Anglicus, or the History of the Life and Death of... William, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, folio, - contemporary calf - rubbed, hinges weak. London 1668,with Ecclesia Restaurata; or, the History Of the Reformation of the Church of England, London 1661, folio, calf, rebacked - Stillingfleet, Edward - Doctrines and practices of the Church of Rome truly represented London 1686 and Irenicum a Weapon-Salve for the Wounds…, London 1662 (4)
Lot 1038
Nine boxes of books of various genres inc the Caxton Balzac (12 vols); sci-fi and fantasy such as Holt, Niven and 11 volumes of the Millenium edition of Moorcock's works; Folio Society books (in slipcases) including Eco The Name of the Rose, Lewis The Screwtape Letters and Macaulay's History (3 vols) and Gibbon Decline and Fall (8 vols); and others
Lot 1111
Nance (R. Morton); 'Sailing - Ship Models', pub Halton and Truscott Smith, London, 1924, limited edn no. 637 of 1750, folio, cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration, together with Moore (Sir Alan); 'Sailing Ships of War 1800 - 1860', pub Halton and Truscott Smith, London, 1926, limited edn no. 297 of 1500, folio, cloth boards with gilt lettering (2)
Lot 189
A folio containing an 18th century engraving of the Repeal Act; a hand coloured engraving 'The Ghosts of Mirabeau and Dr Price appearing to old Loyola, two prints of Marine Engineering, six French engravings Le Coucher; Les Confidences; Le Lever; L'Indiscret; Le Contretemps and Le Directeur des toilettes, and others CAB
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