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Lot 244
English School (19th Century) , A View of the Qutub Minar, Delhi; and A View of the Taj Mahal, Delhi, watercolour, unframed (a pair), each 20 x 17cm Colonel Lionel Grtimston Fawkes - a folio of portraits and other studies and sketches, together with Fawkes; An album of pencil sketches of Palgam, July '98, An album of pencil sketches of India - mainly around Palgam, Kashmir, India, mostly dated July 1892 (qty)
Lot 72
The WH Smith Folio 'So Few' Dedicated to All Who Fought and One The Battle of Britain, published 1992, Rolls Royce Merlin engine piston ring inscribed Royal Air Force, as an ashtray, Firmin and Guant military brass buttons, 30mm shell case, Cornwall cap badge, R.A.F sweetheart badge and a Luncheon menu, 'Freedom of The Bogouch of Huddersfield' to Earl Beatty with signatories.
Lot 270
""The Times "Atlas"" published at the office of The Times 1895, hinges cracked, half-leather, rather bumped and worn, large folio, The Oxford Advanced Atlas, Lepage-Medvey "National Costumes", The Hyperion Press 1939, colour plates, cloth with brown titles, dust jacket and another volume (4)
Lot 3117
'The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester', George Ormerod, second edition revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby, in three volumes. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882. Large folio, quarter cloth, illustrated throughout (topographical views, maps, portraits). An impressive history of Cheshire. Contents generally sound, occasional loose page, occasional discolouration/foxing, bindings very worn but intact. (3)
Lot 29
Barraud's, London, a mid 19th century mahogany cased eight day marine chronometer, signed 'Barraud's, London, 932, with chain fussee movement with maintaining power, the 4.5 inch signed and numbered silvered Roman dial with steel hands, running seconds below XII and state of wind aperture giving the duration left to run in upper case script, in a gimballed bowl, in a brass bound 'campaign' style mahogany case with original unrestored surfaces. 19cm square x 21cm high. Label inside 'F Smith & Sons, Chronometer Makers and Compass Adjusters, 23 OXFORD STREET, SOUTHAMPTON Ship Sardonyx, Folio, Sardonyx (steamer), The steamship Sardonyx was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company and placed on the route between Portland and British Columbia ports as a feeder for the Canadian Pacific Railway.[in 1887]. E. W. Wright, Large Increase in British Columbia's Inland and Ocean Steam Fleet, Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. New York: Antiquarian Press, Ltd., 1961., p.344. Paul Philip Barraud was a fine clock and chronometer maker, he worked from Cornhill, London. Master of the Clockmakers' Company in 1810 and a partner with W. Howells and George Jamison in 1797 - 1799 for making Thomas Mudge's Timekeepers. Model 992 is held at the Science Museum.
Lot 1414
Hurd (Rev. Dr William), A New and Universal History of The Religious Rites and Ceremonies of All Nations In The World: Giving a Complete and Impartial Account of All Religions, Both Antient (sic) and Modern, from the Creation down to the Present Time [...], Alex. Hogg, London [presumably 1780], disbound, engraved plates throughout, traces of early 19th century quarter-leather and marbled boards, crown folio Sold as a collection of plates only and not liable to return.
Lot 454
Folio Society. The Age of Constantine the Great, by Jacob Burckhardt, 2007, The Habsburgs, Embodying Empire, by Andrew Wheatcroft, 2004, Herodutus, The Histories, by Aubrey de Selincourt, 2006, The Power and The Glory, by Graham Greene, 2006, The Franchise Affair, by Josephine Tey, 2001, together with 70 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8vo/4to (75)
![Hogarth (William). The Works of William Hogarth...., 8 volumes, published Baldwin & Craddock, [1822], eight broken volumes pl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/602f3499-4c56-45fa-acbd-a7a900c85218/4be5eb26-d624-4cd0-d786-11fa3cf73816/468x382.jpg)
Lot 429
Hogarth (William). The Works of William Hogarth...., 8 volumes, published Baldwin & Craddock, [1822], eight broken volumes plus two part volumes disbound, all partially excised with quantities of prints removed, some duplicates in the remaining prints, mixed bindings, boards detached, rubbed, worn and frayed, folio Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return. (8)
Lot 45
Reichard (Heinrich August Ottokar). Atlas Portatif et Itinéraire de L'Europe...., 8th edition, published Weimar, 1818, additional half title, nine (only) engraved folding maps, contemporary half calf gilt, lacking upper board, 8vo, together with Gaultier (Aloisius Edouard Camille), A Complete course of Geography by means of Instructive games..., 1800, title repeated in French, eleven (only) engraved maps with crude near contemporary colouring, lacking endpapers, contemporary quarter calf, heavily rubbed, worn and frayed, boards near detached, partially lacking spine, slim folio, with Johnston (W & A. K.), Handy Royal Atlas, 1877, numerous engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, occasional splits to central folds, hinges and joints weak, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, heavily worn and frayed, folio, plus Bacon (G.W.), Commercial and Library Atlas of the British Isles..., 1902, preliminaries and titles water stained, numerous lithographic maps, all edges gilt, upper board detached, contemporary half morocco gilt, heavily worn and stained, folio, with another six atlases similar, various sizes and condition Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (10)
Lot 520
Jocelyn (Arthur). Awards of Honour..., 1st edition, A. & C. Black, 1956, numerous colour and black and white illustrations and medal examples, ex library copy with stamps to front endpaper and verso of title, rebound in modern gilt decorated quarter blue morocco, large 8vo, together with Atkinson (C.T.), A History of the 1st (P.W.O.) Battalion The Dogra Regiment 1887-1947..., Southampton, 1950, 40 black and white illustrations and maps, including frontispiece, ex library copy with associated stamps to title page, rebound in modern gilt decorated green morocco, 8vo, and McInnes (Ian), The Meritorious Service Medal, The Immediate Awards 1916-1928, Naval & Military Press, 1992, original red cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus other mid 20th and modern regimental, medal and uniform history, including History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, volumes 2-9, by Whitworth Porter, et al, circa 1950-80, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some leather bindings, some odd volumes and ex library copies, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)
Lot 486
Maurice (Frederick). History of the War in South Africa, 1899-1902, volumes 1-4, plus 4 volumes of maps to volumes 1-4, 1906-10, numerous black and white maps, some light marks, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Ewing (John), The Royal Scots 1914-1919, volume 1 only, 1st edition, 1925, numerous black and white illustrations, including folding map to rear, some minor toning, original blue cloth, boards lightly marked, 8vo, and other early 20th century and modern military reference and related, including publications by Airlife, Arms & Armour, P.S.L., Pen & Sword, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & a carton)
Lot 543
Napier (W.F.P.). History of The War in The Peninsula and in The South of France, From the Year 1807 To the Year 1814, volumes 1-6, 1993, uniform brown cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly faded, 8vo, together with other modern military, naval and aviation reference, including publications by Jane's, Putnam, Ian Allan, Airlife, P.S.L., mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (5 shelves + a carton)
Lot 888
Rankin (Ian). Knots and Crosses, [1987], a photocopy of the author's proof with Rankin's amendments and rewrites in the copy, 157 single-sided sheets, together with further photocopies of Rankin's handwritten notes for the plot and synopsis, etc., signed in ballpoint pen by Rankin on 'title-page' with noughts and crosses drawn beneath, this page a little marked, folio Believed to have been originally donated by the author for a charity auction, and now again being sold for charity. (1)
Lot 514
R.E.M.E. Middle East War Report, World War II, Parts I-V, no date, together with History of R.E.M.E. in B.N.A.F. & C.M.S., Parts I-V, both complete set of 'Restricted' reports, mimeographed text, plates and plans, including some from photographs and some folding, ex library with stamps to upper covers and first page of text, first set original linen-backed printed wrappers, second set original cloth-backed printed boards, library stamps and labels, spine ties of Parts I, III and V of second set broken and some leaves slightly frayed and contents partly loose, all folio, plus Hinsley (F.H. & others), British Intelligence in the Second World War, 3 volumes in 4, HMSO, 1986-88, folding plans, original cloth in frayed dust jackets, large 8vo, plusPlayfair (Iso), The Mediterranean and Middle East, 3 volumes, HMSO, 1954-60, plates and plans including some folding, library stamps and marks, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, large 8vo, plus other mostly Second World War interest, publishers including Leo Cooper, Arms & Armour Press, Jane's, etc. (6 shelves)NB. This lot description has been revised and more information has been added.
Lot 3
Atkinson (George Francklin). Curry & Rice, on Forty Plates: Or, the Ingredients of Social Life at "Our Station" in India, 4th editon, 1911, 40 colour plates after original sketches by the author, a few leaves loose, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated blindstamped cloth (designed by M. Digby Wyatt), a little rubbed, folio, together with Daniell (William), The Oriental Annual, Or, Scenes in India; comprising twenty-five engravings from original drawings..., and a descriptive account by the Rev. Hobart Caunter, published by Edward Bull, 1834, 25 engraved plates, including frontispiece and additional engraved title, some light scattered spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated blindstamped full morocco, heavily rubbed to joints and edges, with joints slightly split, 8vo, plus others on India, including William Howard Russell, My Diary in India in the Year 1858-9, several tinted lithograph plates, original blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, and faded to spine and edges, some wear to extremities, with inner hinges to first volume loosened, and a little loss to head of spine, 8vo, Margaret Cotter Morison, A Lonely Summer in Kashmir, 1st edition, 1904, W. Francis, Vizagapatam (Madras District Gazetteers), Madras, Government Press, 1915, folding maps in pocket at front of volume, original blue cloth gilt, Sir Henry Cotton, Indian and Home Memories, 1911 (bright copy), Lovat Fraser, India Under Curzon & After, 1911, The Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India 1911, 1st edition, 1914 (worn copy), Ardern G. Hulme-Beaman, Twenty Years in the Near East, 1898, Lord Curzon, British Government in India, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1925, etc., all original cloth, mostly 8vo (29)
Lot 772
Bates (H.E.). I Am Not Myself, Corvinus Press, 1939, top edge gilt, original green morocco-backed boards (faded to brown, small white paint mark at foot, small folio, limited signed edition 35/35, together with The Beauty of the Dead and One Other Short Story, Corvinus Press, 1941, a few light spots to pastedowns, top edge gilt, original cloth-backed boards, some fading to spine, small folio, limited signed edition 15/20, plus Mrs. Esmond's Life, privately printed, 1931, original manuscript leaf bound-in at front, original green cloth, some fading to spine and extremities, 4to, limited signed edition 35/50, with nine other limited editions including The Story Without an End and the Country Doctor, White Owl Press, 1932 (limited signed edition 69/130), The Hessian Prisoner, 1930 (limited signed edition 149/550, Bryan Forbes' copy with his bookplate and presentation inscription from the author), The Tinkers of Elstow, [1946] (limited edition 255/300 signed by author and illustrator), The Spring Song and in View of the Fact That, Lantern Press, San Francisco, 1927 (limited edition of 50, this copy unumbered but with presentation inscription from the author), A Threshing Day, 1931 (limited signed edition 55/300) and Sally Go Round the Moon, White Owl Press, 1932 (limited signed edition 74/150) (12)
![[Martyr, Peter]. The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towards the fruit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/602f3499-4c56-45fa-acbd-a7a900c85218/225b4cd6-05f8-4b68-ffdf-5749aa0ce473/468x382.jpg)
Lot 33
[Martyr, Peter]. The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towards the fruitfull and ryche Moluccas. As Muscovia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Fgypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan: With a discourse of the Northwest passage Gathered in parte, and done into Englyshe by Richarde Eden, Newly set in order, augmented, and finished, by Richard Willes, London: Richard Jugge, 1577], black letter, woodcut ornamental initials, woodcut illustration of the stars at the South Pole ('Pole Antartike') on folio 436 verso, some occasional browning, old damp staining largely confined to lower margins, worm holes and worm tracks to lower outer corners from beginning to folio 176, most significant to early leaves and affecting lettering of some sidenotes, some with archival repairs, a few other scattered marks and marginal tears and repairs, lacks first two leaves and final leaf of the 10 preliminary leaves (alternative title supplied in facsimile), also lacks folio 114 (Qii), third, fourth and fifth preliminary leaves defective and now inlaid, recent antique-style calf gilt, 4to (183 x 128 mm) The first English edition by Richard Eden was published in 1555. This is the very rare second and best edition of Richard Eden's translation of Martyr's 'History' and the first edition by Willes of the first collection of voyages in English, the first comprehensive account of Asia and the first account of Japan in English, and the first account in English of Magellan's circumnavigation, by the earliest historian of the Americas and originator of the term "The New World". This is also the first printed work to advocate a British colony in North America. Alden & Landis 577/2; Brunet I:294, II:943; Church 119; Cordier Japonica 71; Howgego M65; Sabin 1562; STC 649. (1)
Lot 319
Herodian. Herodiani Histor. Lib. VIII. Cum Angeli Politiani interpretatione, & huius partim supplemento, partim examine Henrici Stephani: utroque margini adscripto. Eiusdem Henrici Stephani emendationes quorundam Graeci contextus locorum, & quorundam expositiones. Historiarum [Zosimi] Herodianicas subsequentium libri duo, nunc primum Graece editi, [Geneva]: Henricus Stephanus, 1581, printer's woodcut device to title with final four letters of title underlined in ink, double column text in Greek & Latin, minor marginal waterstain mostly toward end of volume, few marginal worm holes, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, insect hole to upper joint and wear with loss to yapp edge of front board, small folio Adams H388. (1)
Lot 457
Folio Society. Captain Cook's Voyages, 1768-1779, by Glyndwr Williams, 1998, William Russell, Special Correspondent to the Times, by Max Hastings, 1995, The Stones of Venice, by John Ruskin, 2002, London Characters and Crooks, by Henry Mayhew, 1996, Travels in West Africa, by Mary Kingsley, 2007, Mass-Observation, Britain in the Second World War, by Sandra Koa Wing, 2007, together with 92 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, some duplicates, G/VG, 8vo/4to (98)
Lot 416
Downes (Kerry). Vanbrugh, 1st edition, Zwemmer, 1977, together with Harris (John), Sir William Chambers, Knight of the Polar Star, 1st edition, Zwemmer, 1970, plus Leach (Peter), James Paine, 1st edition, Zwemmer, 1988, all with black and white plates, many from photographs, original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, plus Bolton (Arthur T.), The Architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794), 2 volumes, Antique Collectors' Club reprint, 1984, black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, small folio, plus other mostly dust-jacketed modern hardback publications on British architecture and related from the Tudor to Victorian eras, many with library number paper labels at foot of spines (48)
Lot 436
Millingen (James). Ancient Unedited Monuments. Painted Greek Vases, from collections in various countries principally in Great Britain, Series I & II, 2 volumes, 1822-26, printed title with colour aquatint vignette, and 62 mostly colour aquatint, engraved or lithographed plates, including 40 printed in red and black and several double-page, some spotting mainly to text, untrimmed, contemporary boards, some soiling and wear to spine and edges, first volume with large portion of spine missing, folio Blackmer 1135. The scholar and collector James Millingen (1774-1845) travelled extensively in Italy, and published a number of studies on ancient numismatics and vase painting in both French and English. Following the French Revolution, Millingen was arrested and imprisoned in Paris between 1792 and 1794, and other figures associated with the Grand Tour and early archaeological scholarship, including Denon, Walckenaer and Barthelemy. The present work is dedicated to Sir William Hamilton. (2)
Lot 265
*Printed Broadsides. Napoleon III. Proclamation de l'Empereur a l'Armée, 12 Juillet 1854, printed broadside proclamation on wove paper, printed by Boucquin, Paris, some creases and short closed marginal tears, police prefecture circular stamp to upper right corner, together with 20 other various printed broadsides and proclamations, including 10 printed in French relating to the years of the French Revolution, circa 1789-1800, and 10 printed in English, all early to mid-19th century, including election broadsides for Hereford, 1818 and Tavistock, 1859, auction particulars, etc, several printed on coloured stock, occasional marks and marginal fraying, various sizes, all folio (21)
Lot 372
Fludd (Robert). Tractatus secundus, de natura simia seu technica macrocosmi historia, in partes undecim histora, Editio secunda, Frankfurt: C. Rotel for J.T. de Bry, 1624, engraved title-page by Matthias Merian (relaid), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations, occasional browning, blank paper repair to inner margin of Kk1, illustration on Iii4 verso a little trimmed and full-page engraving on Lll4 recto closely shaved at head, lacks all 5 plates and final blank, recent antique-style calf with contrasting leather labels to spine, folio (310 x 190mm) Second edition of part two, the full work originally published 1617-18. (1)
Lot 414
Crawford (Alan). C.R. Ashbee, Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist, 1st edition, Yale University Press, 1985, black and white plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, together with Crook (J. Mordaunt), William Burges and the Victorian Dream, 1st edition, 1981, colour and black and white plates, original cloth in dust jacket, slightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus Hitchmough (Wendy), C.F.A. Voysey, 1st edition, 1995, colour and black and white illustrations mostly from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus Gray (A. Stuart), Edwardian Architecture, A Biographical Dictionary, 1st edition, 1985, black and white illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, small folio, plus other modern mostly hardback publications on Victorian, Edwardian and Arts & Crafts architecture and related, the majority with library number paper labels at foot of spines (34)
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