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Click here to subscribeGreen (William). [Sixty Studies from Nature in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire], 1808-10, 12 soft-ground etched plates only (from the total of 60), sheet size 530 x 730 mm (20.75 x 28.75 ins), contemporary boards with handwritten title label to upper cover, some wear with upper cover detached, large oblong folio (1)
Read (Herbert). Staffordshire Pottery Figures, 1st edition, 1929, colour and monochrome plates, original blue cloth gilt, 4to, together with Chubb (Thomas), The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, A Bibliography, 1579-1870, reprinted Dawsons, 1926, original green cloth, 4to, plus Barker (Nicolas), Aldus Manutius and the Development of Greek Script & Type in the Fifteenth Century, 2nd edition, New York, 1992, monochrome illustrations, original maroon cloth gilt, folio, and other bibliography and reference, various, 4to/8vo (a carton)
Grove (Richard Andrew, of Lymington, publisher). Views of the Principal Seats, and Marine & Landscape Scenery, in the Neighbourhood of Lymington: Drawn on Stone by L. Hague, from Original Pictures taken on the spot by J.M. Gilbert, and Dedicated with Permission, to Admiral Sir Harry Neale ... Accompanied by Historical and Topographical Descriptions, 1832, uncoloured lithograph title (dusty and margins stained) and twenty-three plates (of 25?), all on india paper, spotting mainly to margins, six plates dampstained to upper blank gutter margins, list of subscribers present, lacking front free endpaper, rear free endpaper detached, stitching partially broken and text block loose in contemporary cloth sometime covered in brown paper, folio Scarce. Not found in Abbey. (1)
Tischendorf (Constantinus). Bibliorum Codex Sinaiticus Petropolitanus, Auspiciis Augustissimis Imperatoris Alexandrii II, volumes 1-3 (of 4), 1864, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt-decorated red cloth, loss to spines, large 4to, together with Quain (Jones, editor), The Muscles of the Human Body; in a series of plates, with references and physiological comments, 1836, numerous colour and black and white plates including frontispiece, some tears and loss to pages, contemporary gilt-decorated cloth, boards detached, loss to spine, sold as seen, folio, and other 19th-century large-format reference, some leather bindings, condition is generally good, folio (3 cartons)
Chichester (Henry Manners & Burges-Short, George). The Records And Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army, 1895, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, inscription to front endpaper, occasional paper annotations, ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated red and blue cloth, boards and spine slightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with H.M.S.O. Rifle Exercises and Musketry Instruction, Horse Guards, July, 1874, numerous black and white illustrations including folding plates, adverts to endpapers, some light marks, original gilt-decorated red calf with brass clasp, boards and spine slightly faded and rubbed with minor loss, small 4to, plus Bacon (John M.), By Land And Sky, 1st edition, 1900, 4 black and white illustrations, some light spotting, original green cloth, boards marked, spine slightly faded and rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, plus other late 19th century and modern military, travel and Middle Eastern historical reference and related, including publications by Airlife, P.S.L., Pen & Sword, Greenhill Books, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of England and Wales, 4 volumes, S. Hooper, London, 1773, ex-library marks, numerous black and white illustrations, full tree calf, folio, together with Knight (Charles), London, 6 volumes, Charles Knight & Co., 1841, ex-library marks, numerous black and white illustrations, half green morocco gilt, some wear to spines, 8vo, plus London Interiors: A Grand National Exhibition of the Religious, Regal and Civil Solemnities... , Joseph Mead, 1841, numerous black and white illustrations, full red morocco with gilt decoration to covers and spine, 4to, plus other travel, topography and miscellaneous reference, all with ex-library marks, 4to/8vo (3 shelves)
Steffen (Randy). The Horse Soldier 1776-1943, the United States cavalryman: his uniforms, arms, accoutrements, and equipment, volumes 1-4 (complete), 1st editions, 1977-79, numerous black and white illustrations by the author, original blue cloth in dust jackets, spines slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, together with Sargeaunt (B.E.), The Royal Monmouthshire Militia, being a detailed description of the regiment from the year 1660 to the time of its transfer to the special reserve, 1910, numerou black and white illustrations including frontispiece, some light spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated blue half morocco, hinges cracked, spine rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, plus Findlay (H.J., editor), A Memorial Record of Watsonians wh o servied in The Great War 1914-1918, Edinburgh, 1920, half-title signed by 'Ray Burgess Shepherd', numerous black and white illustrations, some light toning, publisher's original gilt-decorated boards, spine slightly toned, plus other early 20th-century and modern military reference and related, including publications by P.S.L., Ian Allen, Schiffer Military History, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & a carton)
Diehl (Charles). Manuel D'art Byzantin, volumes 1 & 2, 1910, numerous black and white illustrations, some slight toning, facsimile title to volume 2, rebound in modern green cloth, 8vo, together with Hardie (Martin), Water-colour Painting in Britain, volumes 1-3 (complete), reprint editions, 1969-71, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original grey cloth in dust jackets, covers toned and rubbed with some loss, large 4to, plus Bickerton (L.M.), Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses, An Illustrated Guide, reprint edition, 1991, numerous black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other modern art, antique and architectural reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Alighieri (Dante). La Divina Commedia Or The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English, Nonesuch Press, 1928, limited edition 1436/1475, 42 black and white illustrations, original publisher's gilt-decorated red stained vellum, spine faded, large 8vo, together with Browne (Thomas), Religio Medici, 4th edition, printed by E. Cotes, 1656, black and white frontispiece, later inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, contemporary boards retained to later spine, boards rubbed, 8vo, plus Dulac (Edmund, illustrator), Stories from the Arabian Nights, retold by Lawrence Housman, Nov. 1907, 50 tipped in colour plates with tissue guards, some minor marks, original gilt-decorated red cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, boards slightly marked, 4to, plus other 19th and early 20th-century fiction and illustrated literature, some leather and decorative cloth bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Baker (S.W.). The Rifle And The Hound in Ceylon, 1854, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, some light spotting, modern endpapers, contemporary green cloth, boards and spine faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Russel (Richard), A Dissertation on the Use of Sea Water in the Diseases of the Glands... , 4th edition, 1760, black and white frontispiece plus 2 black and white plates, contemporary inscription to head of title, some light marks, contemporary calf, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, plus Moggridge (J. Traherne), Harvesting Ants and Trap-Door Spiders. Notes and observations on their Habits and Dwellings, 1873, Supplement to Harvesting Ants... , 1874, numerous colour and black and white illustrations and plates, some light spotting, both rebound in modern uniform green cloth, 8vo (2 volumes in total), plus other 19th and early 20th-century antiquarian historical reference and related, some leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Lambeth (Joseph A.). Lambeth Method of Cake Decoration and Practical Pastries, 1st edition, 1936, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original gilt-decorated red faux morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed to hinges at head and foot, large 4to, together with Brokaw (Irving), The Art of Skating, its history and development with practical directions, 1st edition, Arden Press, 1910, numerous black and white illustrations including portrait frontispiece, some light spotting, original green cloth, boards and spine slightly marked and rubbed, 4to, plus Kraus (Hans P.), Sir Francis Drake, a pictorial biography, Amsterdam, 1970, numerous black and white illustrations and folding plates, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, folio, plus other 20th-century historical, biographical and bibliographical reference and related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Morison (Stanley). The Fleuron, A Journal of Typography, No. VI, 1928, limited edition 7/160 in handmade paper, numerous black and white illustrations including tipped-in pamphlets, original gilt-decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with Field (Horace & Bunney, Michael), English Domestic Architecture of the XVII and XVIII Centuries, George Bell and Sons, 1905, 118 black and white plates, some light spotting, original boards with white cloth spine, boards and spine slightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, plus Powell (George T.), Foundations and Foundation Walls, for all classes of buildings... , New York, 1879, 60 black and white illustrations, period inscriptions to head of front endpaper and title-page, slight toning, original gilt-decorated brown cloth, boards and spine slightly marked and rubbed, 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th-century art, architecture, typographical and print reference, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Smollett (T.). Travels Through France and Italy... , volumes 1 & 2, 1766, contemporary inscriptions and ex-library stamps to title-pages, some light spotting and toning, pages trimmed and rebound in modern brown cloth, 8vo, together with Brook (Benjamin), The Lives of the Puritans... , volumes 1-3, 1813, some light spotting, ex-library with associated stamps and marks, volume 1 rebound in modern black cloth, volumes 2 & 3 trimmed and rebound in uniform brown cloth, 8vo, plus Culpeper (N.), Complete Herbal... , 1831, 40 hand-coloured plates, some spotting and offsetting, ex-library stamps to rear of title-page, disbound, contemporary calf boards, 4to, plus other 19th-century antiquarian reference and related, some leather bindings, all ex-library with associated stamps and marks, many rebound in modern cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Sumner (Heywood, illust.). The New Forest, Its History and its Scenery, by John R. Wise, Artist's Edition, London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883, twelve etched plates by Heywood Sumner, 63 illustrations on india paper by Walter Crane, engraved by W.J. Linton (including frontispiece), two map illustrations on india paper, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original quarter morocco gilt with wood veneer covered boards, blocked pictorial title to upper board, joints slightly rubbed, folio, (Limited edition 24/50), together with Sumner (Heywood), The Book of Gorley, Printed at The Chiswick Press, 1910, hand-coloured frontispiece, black & white illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, small folio, (Limited signed edition 20/25, with frontispiece coloured by Heywood Sumner), with The Ancient Eartworks of Cranborne Chase, London: Chiswick Press, 1913, numerous black & white plans and maps (including double-page & folding), occasional spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth in slightly torn dust jacket, small folio, (limited signed edition 123/200), plus Excavations in New Forest Roman Pottery Sites..., London: Chiswick Press, 1927, black & white plates & plans (few folding), edges untrimmed, with loosely inserted autograph letter signed by Heywood Sumner, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo (4)
Sumner (Heywood, illust.). The New Forest, Its History and its Scenery, by John R. Wise, Artist's Edition, London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883, 12 etched plates by Heywood Sumner, 63 illustrations on india paper by Walter Crane, engraved by W. J. Linton (including frontispiece), two engraved map illustrations on india paper, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original quarter morocco, wood veneer covered boards with blocked pictorial title to upper board, some wear to extremities, torn at head of spine, folio, (limited edition 216/350), together with The Ancient Earthworks of the New Forest..., London: Chiswick Press, 1917, black & white plates, illustrations & folding map by Heywood Sumner, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth with blocked decoration in black to upper board, small folio, (limited signed edition 98/200), with The Avon, From Naseby to Tewkesbury, 1882, 12 etched plates by Sumner, black & white illustrations, endpapers renewed, original gilt & blind decorated cloth, spine discreetly strengthened, folio, and The Book of Gorley, London: Chiswick Press, 1910, black & white frontispiece, illustrations and double-page map, marbled endpapers, original cloth, small folio, plus other topography, archaeology & literature books illustrated and by Heywood Sumner, including Cinderella: A Fairy Opera in Four Acts, Composed by John Farmer, [1882], Undine, A Romance, Translated from the German of Delamotte Fouque, 1888, Sintram and His Companions, A Romance translated from the German of Delamotte Fouque, 1883 (26)
Brandling (Henry Charles). Views in the North of France, 1848, decorative lithographic title (with fold) and additional half title, list of subscribers and twelve mounted lithographic plates (complete) all with bright contemporary hand colouring, each with page of descriptive text, original decorative title and rear wrapper bound in, later marbled endpapers, 20th century half morocco gilt, slight wear to extremities, slim folio (1)
Camden (William). Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English with large Additions and Improvements..., published F.Collins, A.Swalle, A & J Churchil, 1695, title page with small contemporary ownership signature, eight engravings of coins, twenty (only) uncoloured double page engraved maps by Robert Morden, a few maps trimmed with slight loss, later endpapers, modern half calf gilt, folio, together with, Bartholomew (J.G.), The Survey Atlas of England & Wales..., 1903, additional half title, numerous colour lithographic maps, endpapers and preliminaries stained, publisher's cloth gilt, folio, with, Blaeu (Johannes), Blaeu's Atlas of England Scotland Wales and Ireland, published Thames and Hudson, circa 1970, additional half title, 115 maps (including five printed in colour), limited edition 102/500, publisher's half red morocco gilt, folio, contained in grey cloth slipcase, slipcase split, plus, Hodson (D.), The Printed Maps of Hertfordshire 1577 - 1900, 2nd edition, 1974, additional half title, publisher's cloth gilt, 8vo, with two other volumes similar The Robert Morden maps comprise of:- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, South Wales, North Wales, Westmorland, Cumberland [and] Northumberland. Sold as a collection of maps and reference books, not subject to return. (6)
A quantity of Folio Society books to include 'The Warden' by Anthony Trollope, 'The Island Of Sakhalin' by Chekhov, 'Cities and Civilisations' by Christopher Hibbert, 'The Reign of Henry VII' by Francis Bacon, 'Mother Courage' by Johann Von Grimmelshausen etc and a quantity of military related books to include 'London at War' by Phillip Ziegler, 'The Allied Convoy System' by Arnold Hague, 'Britain's Sea War' by John M. Young etc. CONDITION REPORT Books generally in good order. No visible signs of damage.
London. [Reports form Committees of the House of Lords..., for the Increased Trade and Shipping of the Port of London], 1796 - 1802, lacking title page, preliminary leaves. and pps 1 - 266, fifty-six (complete as list) single and folding engraved maps, plans, charts and engravings, several with contemporary outline colouring, one with a volvelle showing a tide table for Blackwall, slight staining and offsetting to some maps, modern cloth gilt, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie in Four Books Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas and Isles thereof, 1669, title printed in red & black, creased and worn, three (only of 4) engraved maps (lacking America), maps torn and frayed with loss, lacking last few leaves of index and endpapers, contemporary calf, worn and frayed with old paper label to upper siding, folio, together with another copy dated 1652 (1st edition) containing all four maps, but each map trimmed with some loss, some staining, contemporary blind stamped reverse calf, worn and frayed, folio, with another copy dated 1703 retaining only one map (Africa), contemporary panelled calf, boards detached, lacking spine, worn and frayed, folio, plus a further copy dated 1669, retaining three maps (lacking America) maps torn and creased with loss, tears crudely repaired, contemporary calf, chipped, worn and frayed, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (4)
Holy Land. An untitled collection of maps, plans, tables and engravings of the Middle East and the Holy Land, circa 1760, an uncoloured folding engraved map of the world on a Mercator projection by T.Kitchin, frayed with loss and laid on later paper and a further forty-five maps by Kitchin and Bowen of Egypt, Israel, Syria and Southern Europe, including fourteen double page and/or folding, bound with thirty-six engraved plates and tables, depicting ancient ruins, pyramids, cities and plans, including fourteen double page, various sizes and condition, later endpapers, old library label to front pastedown, 19th century half sheep, worn and rubbed with paper library label to rear siding and gilt title of 'Bristol Free Library' to upper siding, small folio Sold as a collection of prints and maps, not subject to return. (1)
Reference. A good mixed collection of approximately 155 map and atlas reference books, 20th century, reference books with the majority concerning world and foreign countries with a particular emphasis on North America, including, Portinaro (Pierluigi & Knirsch Franco),The Cartography of North America, 1500 - 1800, published Bison Books, 1987, numerous colour plates, publisher's cloth gilt, d.j., folio, together with, Cumming (W.P., Skelton R.A. & Quinn D.B.),The Discovery of North America, published Elek Books Limited, 1971, numerous colour and black & white illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, d.j., folio, with, Goss (John),The Mapping of North America, published The Wellfleet Press, 1990, numerous colour illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, d.j., folio, plus, Swift (Michael),Mapping the World, published Chartwell Books, 2006, numerous colour illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, d.j., oblong folio, with others similar, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition (approx.155)
Spain & Portugal. Senex (John), A Correct Map of Spain & Portugal According to the newest Observations and Discoveries comunicated to the Royal Society at London and the Royal Academy at Paris, circa 1720, large engraved map on two conjoined sheets, contemporary outline colouring, slight creasing, old folds, one short closed tear along an old fold, 630 x 930 mm, together with, A New and Correct Map of the Ten Spanish Provinces..., 1714, large engraved map on two conjoined sheets, contemporary outline colouring, old folds with splits to base of central fold and along old folds, 630 x 945 mm, with, De Wit (Frederick), Totius Hispaniae et Portugalliae descriptio, published Amsterdam, circa 1680, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, slight spotting and overall toning, central fold partially split, lower margin chipped and frayed but not affecting image, 465 x 565 mm, the three maps bound in contemporary blindstamped reverse calf, stained and worn, slim folio The two maps by Senex appear to be the 'remainder' of a larger atlas of maps and the De Wit is loosely inserted. (3)
Johnston (W. & A.K., publishers). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, 1887, additional half title, fifty (complete as list) double-page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, text block shaken and a little loose, upper hinge broken, book plate of E.H. Greenly, a.e.g., contemporary half morocco gilt faded and worn, folio, together with, Bartholomew (J.G.), The Survey Atlas of England & Wales, published The Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1903, additional half title, numerous colour lithographic maps and tables, some spotting to endpapers, contemporary ownership signature to front endpaper, t.e.g., publisher's cloth gilt, faded and worn at extremities, folio, with four other atlases similar (6)
Labillardiere (Jacques Julien Houten de). Atlas pour Servir … la Relation du Voyage … la Recherche de la P‚rouse fait par ordre de L'Assembl‚e constituante, published H.J.Jansen, Paris, in the 8th year of the Republic, [1799], engraved title page, folding engraved route map and forty-three uncoloured engravings of ethnological, botanical and ornithological interest, slight spotting, book plate of Comte de Kerchove de Denterghem, near contemporary quarter morocco, lacking spine with upper board detached, boards re-covered in 19th century speckled paper, worn and frayed, folio (1)
Hills (Robert). [Etchings of Cattle, Sheep, Deer, Donkeys, Pigs, etc.], 1796-1816, a collection of 49 etched plates, including several title pages (Fallow Deer Drawn from Nature, Cattle in Groups for the Embellishment of Landscape, Etchings of Roebucks), some with pencil additions to the foreground and landscape background (presumably in the artist's hand), all mounted on 35 card sheets, together with [Sketches in Flanders and Holland; with some account of a Tour through parts of those countries, shortly after the Battle of Waterloo, 1816], 34 (of 36) uncoloured aquatints (but including 4 of the 5 hand-coloured aquatints of costume), on Whatman paper, watermarked and dated 1810, all loosely contained in contemporary dark green half morocco portfolio, titled in gilt to upper cover Etchings of Animals and Aquatint Views in Flanders & Holland by Robert Hills, some wear and fraying to edges and corners, large folio (47 x 32 cm) See Abbey, Travel 187 for the Sketches in Flanders & Holland. Apart from his Sketches in Flanders & Holland, the artist Robert Hills (1769-1844) was chiefly preoccupied with sketches and studies of animals, especially cattle, sheep, deer, donkeys, pigs, dogs, goats and horses. (2)
Levasseur (Victor). Atlas National Illustr‚ des 86 D‚partements et des Possessions de la France..., published A. Combette, Paris, 1852, decorative title, ninety-nine (of 100, lacking number 23) decorative engraved maps, all with contemporary outline colouring, hinges and joints weak and cracked, rear board near detached, contemporary quarter morocco, worn at extremities, folio (1)
*After David Roberts (1796 - 1864). Sidon looking to Lebanon, late 19th century, pencil and watercolour, titled in pencil to lower right, 330 x 480 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with, Stennett (Michael), Scene from Peter Grimes, Welsh National Opera, 1983, mixed medium on paper, titled and dated to lower left, 430 x 580 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with, Stevens (Walter),River scene, 1899, oil on canvas, signed and dated to lower right, 290 x 500 mm, framed, plus, Studio Editions (publisher),David Roberts R.A. The Holy Land, 1989, numerous colour plates throughout (including the first described item in this lot), publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket, folio (4)
Mandelslo (Johann Albrecht von). Voyages Celebres & remarquables, faits de Perse aux Indes Orientales ... contenant une Description nouvelle & tres-curieuse de l'Indostan, de l'Empire du Grand-Mogol, des Iles & Presqu'iles de l'Orient, des Royaumes de Siam, du Japon, de la Chine, du Congo, &c., nouvelle edition revue & corrig‚e exactement, augment‚e considerablement ... & surpassant en bont‚ & en beaut‚ les pr‚cedentes editions, trans. A. de Wicquefort, 2 volumes, Amsterdam: Michel Charles le CŠne, 1727, half-titles, printed titles in red and black, engraved portrait of the author, folding panoramic engraved view of Yedo (Tokyo), fourteen further engraved folding plates, thirteen engraved plates (on seven pages), twenty engraved maps (including fourteen folding), i.e. lacking at least one plate, plus some engraved plates and maps to text, carefully removed library stamps to half-titles and printed titles, catalogue numbers in ink to verso of titles and front free endpapers, overall toning throughout, contemporary marbled calf, spine varnished, joints and extremities rubbed and worn, library labels and shelf mark to spines, folio Brunet IV, 178; Cordier, Japonica pp.367-8. Sold as seen due to difficulties of collation. (2)
Vanity Fair, volume XXIX parts I & II 1893, folio. Condition Report: Volume 1 - Has minor water damage to the front cover, going through to the plain first page. Whilst all pages appear free from foxing/spotting, there are some grubby finger marks and all pages have brown edging. Volume 11 - Clean condition outside. All inner pages appear free from foxing/spotting but have brown edging.
Book of Common Prayer, London: T Baskett and the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1745, folio, title in red and black, boards detached; Book of Common Prayer and Psalter, London 1669, folio, black letter, engraved title page by P. Williamson, some old graffiti and ownership names to first and last blank leaves, some recent repairs mostly to lower corners with occasional loss to text, skilfully rebacked with Royal arms to both old boards; Book of Common Prayer and Psalter, London: Mark Baskett and the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1766, large folio, engraved frontispiece of St Paul's Cathedral, four leaves with some damage and loss to text (repaired), one calendar leaf with slight loss, sporadic stain to upper margins, bound with Psalter 1758, contemporary calf ruled in blind, skilfully rebacked and repaired with raised spine bands (3)
Private Press. THOMAS (Edward), Chosen Essays, Gregynog Press, 1926, 4to, no. 47 of 350 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Maynard & Horace Bray, original blue buckram gilt, some fading; Enitharmon Press: Ceri Richards and Dylan Thomas, Keys to Transformation, 1981, dust wrapper; two others; various Nine Elms Press monographs including NASH (John R.) Mr Cobden-Sanderson's Two-handed Engine, signed edition of 350, (3 copies); others signed by David Gerard, Dorothy Harrop, etc; Winchester School of Art - A Winchester Folio, c.1984, no.49 of 50 copies, unbound, with ten etchings, in folding cloth case; one other
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, London: Adam Islip Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers 1633, folio, engraved title trimmed and remounted, first leaf bearing a dedicatory inscription in Latin dated 1819, profusely illustrated, final leaf of errata, later diced calf with modern reback Lacks 7 leaves of text (pp.993-996; 1099-1006; 126-1262). The first leaf bearing a dedicatory inscription in Latin dated 1819, profusely illustrated, final leaf of errata, later diced calf with modern reback
BACON (Francis) Sylva Sylvarum; or, a Natural History, in Ten Centuries, 7th edition, 1658, small folio, portrait frontispiece, added engraved title, worming to outer fore margin, some staining, half sheep (worn); DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU. A Practical Treatise of Husbandry, 2nd edition London 1762, 4to, folding table, 6 plates, worn calf (2)
WILSON (H W) With the Flag to Pretoria, two vols., 1900, folio, illustrated, folding maps, half calf rubbed; After Pretoria, two vols., 1902, folio; Illustrated London News for November and December 1899 with full page illustrations, cloth; ILN for 1855 [Crimea War]; Black & White Weekly Illustrated, vol. XV, January - June 1898 [Sudan war volume]; also- Diary of Services of the Royal Scots during the Boer War, London 1904, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth
FARREN (R), The Granta and the Cam, from Byron's Pool to Ely, Cambridge, 1880, folio, vignette title and mounted etched plates on India paper, title slightly toned, original boards (rubbed spine); Cambridge and Its Neighbourhood, 1881, folio, etched throughout, slight dust staining, original cloth, slightly marked (2)
CREASY (E), Illustrations of Stone Church, Kent, 1840, folio, plates, foxing, binding detached; SHEPHERD (G) et al. Virtue's Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain, Kent, 4to, plates, staining; PUGIN (A.) Specimens of Normandy Architecture, 1827, 4to, plates, foxing, cloth; French Revolution. Tableaux Historiques de la Revolution Francaise, circa 1800, folio, lacking title, 24 engraved plates after Prieur, worn binding. Sold not subject to return (4)
The Holy Bible, Oxford: The Theater 1682, 4to, title pages red ruled, some leaves loose and chipped mainly at the head, worn calf, detached boards, [probably Herbert 771]; A Welsh Bible, circa 1700, folio, incomplete, lacking titles, some leaves loose and frayed to margins, binding worn; Holy Bible, Oxford 1854, imperial 4to, good morocco binding by Norman & Medcalf, a.e.g. (3)
Book of Common Prayer and Psalter, Oxford:, T. Wright and W. Gill 1776, folio, slight worm damage to lower margins of first leaves, few leaves damaged with some loss to text, sporadic water stain, bound with Psalms dated 1772, reverse calf with 'Stoke 1781' lettering piece to front board (worn); Another copy, Oxford 1783, folio, slight fraying to few leaf corners, reverse calf with 'Stoke 1789' lettering piece; Another copy, Oxford 1809, folio, spine slightly damaged, diced calf (3)
CROKER (T. H.) and others. The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, London 1764, 3 vols., folio, maps and plates, lacking a few plates, worn contemporary calf; and others later, art reference, illustrated, historical etc, including: SCOTT (Sir Giles G.) An Essay on the History of English Church Architecture, 1881, 4to, illustrated, worn cloth; ALMACK (E) Eikon Basilike, De La More Press 1903, folio, uncut, boards;
SWAMMERDAM (Dr John) The Book of Nature or The History of Insects, ... including the Generation of the Frog, the History of the Ephemerus, the Changes of Flies, Butterflies and Beetles, with the Original Discovery of the Milk Vessels of the Cuttle Fish, and many other curious Particulars, translated by T. Flloyd, revised and improved by notes by Dr J. Hill, 1758, folio, 53 engraved copper plates, old half calf (worn), damaged binding.
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