Stothard (Mrs. Charles). Letters written during a Tour through Normandy, Britanny, and other parts of France, in 1818: including local and historical descriptions; with remarks on the Manners and Characters of the People, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820, 22 aquatint plates (including hand-coloured frontispiece and five other hand-coloured plates), title with short closed tear to lower margin at gutter, occasional spotting, light dust-soiling and few marks, endpapers renewed with armorial bookplate of Edward Lowry Barnwell, Melksham House, Wiltshire and ex libris label of John Ewart Davies to upper pastedown, modern half calf preserving contemporary marbled boards, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, 4to, together with:Jones (Lewis Tobias). An Historical Journal of the British Campaign on the Continent, in the Year 1794; with the Retreat through Holland, in the Year 1795, 1st edition, Birmingham: Printed for the Author by Swinney & Hawkins, 1797, folding engraved map frontispiece with contemporary outline colouring (trimmed to printed edge of lower right corner and with long repaired closed tear), 4 engraved plans (2 folding, 1 with repaired closed tear, both trimmed to platemark at gutter edge), E1 with repaired hole to outer margin, hinges cracked, modern terracotta crushed half morocco over marbled boards, green morocco title and author labels to spine, 4to,Macdonald (John). Travels, in Various Parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, during a series of thirty years and upwards, by John Macdonald, a cadet of the family of Keppoch in Inverness-shire..., London: Printed for the Author, 1790, damp-staining mostly to first and last few leaves towards gutter, armorial bookplate of Sir Edmund Antrobus (of Antrobus Hall, Cheshire and Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire), contemporary calf gilt, morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Thicknesse (Philip). A Year's Journey through France, and Part of Spain, 2 volumes in one, Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, for the Author, 1777, seven engraved plates, three plates of music, some offsetting, staining to title of volume 2, contemporary speckled calf, modern reback with morocco title label, 8vo,Orrery (John Boyle, Earl of). Letters from Italy, in the years 1754 and 1755, by the late Right Honourable John Earl of Corke and Orrery. Published from the originals, with explanatory notes, by John Duncombe, M.A., Chaplain to his Lordship, Rector of St. Andrew's and St. Mary Bredman's, and one of the six preachers in Christ Church, Canterbury, London: B. White, 1773, engraved illustration to title, browning to margins of first and last few leaves, contemporary calf, modern reback with calf title label, 8voQTY: (5)
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Thorburn (A.). Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1923, 30 colour plates, some minor marginal toning & spotting, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine slightly rubbed & faded, folioBritish Birds, 4 volumes, 4th edition, 1918, 82 colour plates, some light toning & spotting, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated red cloth, spines lightly faded, large 4to, together with:Sowerby (John E.), British Wildflowers, re-issue, London: Gurney and Jackson, 1894, hand coloured frontispiece & 89 hand coloured plates, some minor marginal toning, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated embossed green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voThe Ferns of Great Britain, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1859, hand coloured frontispiece & 31 hand coloured plates, some minor toning & spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo plusSwanson (Ronald S.), Grand Cascapedia Giants..., 1st edition, New Jersey: Meadow Run Press, 2005, half-title signed & inscribed by the author, colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in slipcase, 8vo, un-numbered limited edition of 1000 copies, includes a typed & signed letter from Hoagy B. Carmichael, and other mostly modern natural history reference & related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio, includes 2 botanical prints, framed & glazedQTY: (6 shelves )
Drummond (William Henry). The Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1875, half-title, title with chromolithograph vignette, colour map, 12 tinted plates, one or two small stains, bookplate, top edge gilt, later green half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine faded to green, some fading and light soiling to covers, 8vo, together with Chapman (Abel). Savage Sudan. Its Wild Tribes, Big-Game and Bird-Life, 1st edition, London: Gurney and Jackson, 1921, map, numerous monochrome illustrations, a little slight toning to text, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo, with 3 others: The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter, by W. D. M. Bell, 1923, Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, by Marius Maxwell, 1925, and African Safaris, by Major G. H. Anderson, 1946 QTY: (5)
Chambers (Ephraim). Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Containing an Explanation of the Terms, and an Account of the Several Subjects, in the Liberal and Mechanical Arts, and the Sciences, Human and Divine. Intended as a Course of Ancient and Modern Learning..., With the Supplement, and Modern Improvements, incorporated in one Alphabet, by Abraham Rees, 4 volumes, London: Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington, A. Hamilton, T. Payne and Son [et al.], 1786, engraved frontispiece to first volume, 145 engraved plates (including four folding), six leaves of letterpress specimen types (including two folding), occasional light damp-staining to few leaves in volume 2, bookplate of William Alfred Cocks to upper pastedowns, contemporary reversed calf with contrasting morocco labels, some joints cracked, light wear to head and foot of spines and some board corners, folioQTY: (4)
Doolittle (Thomas). The Young Man's Instructer, and the Old Man's Remembrancer: or Controversies and practical truths, fitted to the capacity of Children, and the more ignorant sort of people. Being done in a Catechetical Exercise, on the Lords Day, in explaining the questions of the reverend assemblies shorter Catechisme, wherein several erroneous doctrines of Quakers, Socinians, Arminians, Antinomians and Papists are propounded and confuted. Together with a practical application of the truth confirmed; in both, the Child or Youth answering by yes, or no. Now published for an help to Masters of Families, in the instructing of their Children and Servants in the truths of the Gospel, and applying of them to their consciences, which would exceedingly tend to further the success of Ministers Labours, among their People. By Tho. Doolittel [sic], Minister of the Gospel, 1st edition, London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1673, [16], 112 p., 113-128 l., 129-367, [1]p., one page of advertisements to verso of final leaf, bound without [2A?]⁴ at rear of volume (continuation of adverts?), light worming, wormhole to fore-margin of some leaves towards rear of volume (not affecting text), slight dust-soiling to title, some light toning throughout, front free endpaper with early ownership signatures Joseph Simcox dated 1700, and Tom Smith dated 1882 and inscription 'Fred Cumston his book 18/4/1921 given to him by his father on this day 24 Birthday', contemporary sheep, joints cracked, leather loss at head and foot of spine, rubbed and some wear, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R4108; Wing D1906.ESTC refers to the collation as A-I⁸ i⁸ K-S⁸ *t⁸ T-Z⁸ [2A?]⁴, however this copy collates as A-I⁸ i⁸ K-S⁸ *t⁸ T-Z⁸. ESTC also states several copies in institutional libraries are bound without the final gathering of advertisements (as seen here) and calls for verification of the end of signature statement.
Butler (Captain H.) South African Sketches: Illustrative of the Wild Life of a Hunter on the Frontier of the Cape Colony, 1st edition, London: Ackermann and Co., 1841, lithograph additional title, 30 lithographs on 15 sheets including 16 hand-coloured, plates Xi and XII transposed, occasional light spotting, later cherry full morocco, spine lettered in gilt, folio, 38.5 x 28.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Travel 336; Czech African p. 48
Plato. Opera quae extant omnia. Ex nova Ioannis Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eiusdem notis illustrata: quibus & methodus & doctrinae summa breuiter & perspicure indicatur eivsdem annotationes in quorundam sue illius interpretationis locos. Henr. Stephani de quorundam locorum interpretatione iudictum & multorum contextus graeciemendatio, 3 volumes bound in 2 (volume 1 & 3 bound together), 1st edition, [Geneva]: excudebat H. Stephanus, 1578, text in Greek & Latin in 2 columns, decorative woodcut device to title of volume I, woodcut initials, head and tailpieces to text, wide margins, endpapers renewed, complete with blank Yy8 in volume I and blank AAi (except for signature) in volume II, gathering V misbound between S & T to volume I, repaired hole (not affecting text) to top margin to f.i - f.iv to end of volume III, light spotting to endpapers and some small areas of light water staining affecting a few leaves to both volumes, late 20th-century full calf, blind stamped panelled decoration to boards, contrasting gilt morocco title labels to spines, spines evenly faded to brown, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Adams P-1439.
Dugdale (Sir William). The History of St Paul's Cathedral in London, from its foundation. Extracted out of Original Charters, Records, Leiger-books, and other Manuscripts. Beautified with sundry Prospects of the Old Fabrick, which was destroyed by the Fire of that City, 1666...wherunto is added, a continuation thereof, setting forth what was done in the structure of the New Church, to the Year 1685., 4 parts bound in one, Second Edition corrected and enlarged by the Author's own Hand. To which is prefixed, his Life, written by himself. Publish'd by Edward Maynard, London: Printed by George James for Jonah Bowyer, 1716, portrait frontispiece of the author by Wenceslaus Hollar, 2pp. list of subscribers, errata and directions to binder, 41 uncoloured etched plates (11 double-page or folding, and 30 single-page plates), many by Hollar, occasional light toning and marks, title somewhat browned, old booksellers printed description to front pastedown, contemporary full calf, later reback, joints rubbed and outer corners renewed, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:'Not only did this book print the surviving documentary records of the cathedral, it also preserved the appearance of the building. Its Norman and Gothic details and the alterations made by Inigo Jones in the 1630's were recorded in extensive plates...' (ODNB).
Hore (Annie B.) To Lake Tanganyika in a Bath Chair, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps (with closed tears and relaid to verso), half-tone portrait, 32 pp. catalogue at rear, a few light stains, top right of front endpaper excised, original pictorial cloth, spine end edges rubbed with some fading, light water stain to lower cover, 8vo, together with Stanley (Henry M.) Through the Dark Continent or the Sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean, 1st one volume edition (with a new preface), London: George Newnes, 1899, folding map at rear (with closed tear and light soiling), monochrome illustrations, a few leaves detaching, hinges breaking, prize label, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine rubbed with some fading, thick large 8vo, plus other African travel including 1st editions A. Arkell-Hardwick's An Ivory Trader in North Kenia, 1903 and Through the Hear of Africa, by Frank Melland and Edward Cholmeley, 1912, and others in variable condition, rebound with ink stamps etc QTY: (38)
Rudder (Samuel). A New History of Gloucestershire, comprising the topography, antiquities, curiosities, produce, trade, and manufactures of that county..., 1st edition, Cirencester: printed by Samuel Rudder, 1779, folding engraved county map, 5 folding engraved plates and 3 single-page plans, some offsetting to a few leaves, gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1945, contemporary calf rebacked, gilt lettering and detail to spine, minor areas of wear to boards, folio, together with: Lysons (Samuel). A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the strand, 1804, 107 engraved plates, some with contemporary hand colouring, bookplate of Sydney Edward Bouverie Bouverie-Pusey to front pastedown, light spotting mostly to preliminaries, contemporary errata correction slip pasted to M2, top edge gilt, late 19th-century half calf by Bayntun, Bath, morocco title label and gilt ruling to spine, extremities a little scuffed, folioQTY: (2)
Corelli (Arcangelo). The Score of the Four Operas, containing 48 Sonatas Compos'd by Arcangelo Corelli. For Two Violins and a Bass [...] The whole revis'd and Carefully Corrected by Dr. Pepusch. Vol. I., London: J Walsh, [1735], engraved frontispiece by Gucht after Howard, title page, 176pp, engraved throughout, a full set of 48 sonatas, contemporary ownership inscription in ink 'Edwd. Horton Coll Regia Jan 2 1779', some light spotting, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt decorated green morocco label to upper cover, some wear, joints cracked and outer corners showing, folio, together with Kammell (Antonio). Sei Trii, di Violino e Basso, composti da Antonio Kammell; dedicate Ill.ma Sig.ra Lady Lucy Mann., London: Welcker, [1766], engraved title and 14pp, engraved throughout, basso continuo part only, bound together with four further volumes of engraved music: A Fourth Set of Six Grand Choruses from Mr. Handel's Oratorios adapted for Organ or Harpsichord, London: Wright & Co., no date, engraved title and 24pp, A Second Set of Twelve Canzonets for two voices composed by William Jackson of Exeter, Opera XIII., London: John Preston, [1782], engraved title, list of further publications, 26pp, engraved throughout, contemporary ownership inscription in ink 'Edwd. Horton' to title page, Eight Anthems, in score, for the use of Cathedrals and Country Choirs, composed by Samuel Webbe, Dedicated to the Revd. the Dean of Lincoln, London: printed for the author, [1794], engraved title, advertisement and index pages, 58pp, engraved throughout, light spotting, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, some wear, remains of spine label in morocco, folio, and Greene (Maurice). Spensers Amoretti set to Music by Dr. Greene, London: J Walsh, [1739], engraved title page with vignette of musical instruments, dedication page to the Duchess of Newcastle, index to rear, 47pp, engraved throughout, a full set of 25 sonnets for voice and keyboard accompaniment with figured bass, contemporary gilt-panelled full calf, some wear with upper cover detached, oblong folio QTY: (3)NOTE:Corelli, RISM C 3798; Kammell, RISM ID 806553136; Jackson of Exeter, RISM J 170; Webbe, RISM W 283. Greene, RISM G 3750.
D'Oyley (Samuel). Christian Eloquence in Theory and Practice. Made English from the French Original, 1st English edition, London: H. Clements, 1718, front free endpaper with contemporary ownership 'Joh: Conybeare. Coll: Exon. Soc: pr 4.9. 1719', bookplate to front pastedown with initials W.A., contemporary blind panelled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, light wear to joints and board corners, 8voQTY: (1)
Kirby (W. F.) Natural History of the Animal Kingdom, for the use of young people, 3 volumes (Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibia...), London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1889, hand-coloured frontispiece to volume I, 68 hand-coloured double-page plates only (of 90), a few detached and a little frayed to margins, light marginal toning, original cloth-backed illustrated boards, spine ends rubbed with small tears, some edge wear and stains, folio QTY: (3)
More (Henry). Philosophical Poems, by Henry More: Master of Arts, and Fellow of Christs Colledge in Cambridge, 1st collected edition, Cambridge: Roger Daniel, 1647 [with] More (Henry). Conjectura Cabbalistica. Or, a Conjectural Essay of Interpreting the minded of Moses, according to a Threefold Cabbala, London: James Flesher, 1653, printer's woodcut device to title of the first work (also with repaired tear across leaf), woodcut illustrations and diagrams, errata for both works present, contemporary manuscript list of Christopher and Elizabeth Whichcote's children to front pastedown, small hole to R4 (title of the third book in the first work) plus ink stain to text to p. 390, light toning to margins, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners refurbished, red morocco title label to spine, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC No. R14921; Wing M2670 for the first work.ESTC No. R202930; Wing 2647 for the second.
Jombert (Charles-Antoine). Methode pour apprendre le dessein, ou l'on donne les regles générales de ce grand art, & des préceptes pour en acquérir la connoissance, & s'y perfectionner en peu de tems; enrichie de cent planches représentant différentes parties du corps humain d'après Raphael & les autres grands maîtres..., Paris: de l’imprimerie de l’auteur, 1755, woodcut device to title, 101 leaves with engraved plates (2 folding and several with multiple engravings per sheet), table of chapters bound in after 1st plate, 20th-century bookplate of Sigi Leonhardt to verso of front free endpaper, light toning to margins of title page, light spotting to a few text leaves, repaired tear in the front free endpaper and pencil annotations to verso, sewing broken with some gatherings detached from text block, contemporary cat’s paw calf, spine compartments gilt decorated, head and tail of spine chipped with loss, upper joint splitting, some areas of damp staining to boards, corners bumped, 4to QTY: (1)
Burton (Richard F.) The Lake Regions of Central Africa. A Picture of Exploration, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860, 12 chromoxylograph plates, folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, stitching broken in places, a few leaves detaching, some spotting and light toning, remnants of Mechanics' Institution Library labels, original red cloth, chipped Mudie's Library labels to upper covers, volume I spine torn with small losses, spines darkened, some stains and label remnants to covers, 8vo, together with A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome,.2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864, wood-engraved frontispieces (detached in volume Ii), hinges breaking, library label fragments, original burgundy cloth gilt, residue from label removal to upper covers, volume I damp stained with some wear, 8vo, plus others by Burton and related including The City of the Saints and across the Rocky Mountains to California, 2nd edition, 1862, Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po, 2 volumes in one, 1863, The Lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798, translated and annotated by Captain R. F. Burton, 1873, Etruscan Bologna, 1876, The Gold-Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities, 1878, and The Jew the Gypsy and El Islam, 1898 QTY: (20)NOTE:Penzer pp. 65-66 & pp. 72-73 respectively for first two titles.
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Bible [Latin]. Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis Sixti V. Pont. Max. iussu recognita. et Clementis VIII. auctoritate edita. Omnia de Exemplari Romano sidelissime & studiosissime expressa, Paris: Mathurinum Henault, via Jacobaea sub signo Angeli Custodis, 1647, half-title present, title in red and black with woodcut illustration and early ownership inscriptions including 'a la Bibliotheque des Augustins du fauxbourg St. Germain' (show-through to verso), small single wormhole to last few leaves of New Testament, index leaves with short worm trail to fore-margin, occasional light damp-stains, all edges gilt, 19th-century gilt decorated dark brown morocco, brass clasp in the form of crucifix, joints and spine rubbed, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:This edition not found in Darlow & Moule and no institutional location found.
Roye (Jean de). Histoire de Loys XI. roy de France, et des choses memorables aduenues̈ de son Regne, depuis l'an 1460. iusques a ̀1483. Autrement dicte la Chronique scandaleuse. Escrite par un greffier de l'Hostel de ville de Paris, Imprimee sur le vray original [Paris?]: [publisher not identified], 1620, paper fault to lower outer corner of 2E3 (not affecting text), some light damp-staining, endpapers renewed and with armorial bookplate of Gaddesden Library to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, 4to, together with:Fournival (Simon). Recueil général des titres concernant les fonctions, rangs, dignitez, seances, et privilèges des charges des Presidens, Tresoriers de France, Generaux des Finances, & Grands Voyers des Generalitez du Royaume..., Paris: Andre Chouqueux, 1655, title with woodcut armorial, woodcut decorative initials and headpieces, several leaves stained to lower outer blank corners, scattered spotting, contemporary mottled sheep, boards scuffed and worn (insect damage particularly to centre of lower board), folio,Dubos (Jean-Baptiste, Abbé). Histoire critique de l'établissement de la Monarchie Françoise dans les Gaules, 2 volumes, new edition, Paris: Pierre-François Giffart, 1742, half-titles, titles in red and black, armorial bookplate of Bibliotheque de Mouchy to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf gilt, boards and extremities lightly rubbed, 4to, plus other 18th-early 20th-century publications in French history, reference and literature etc., including a few odd volumesQTY: (approx. 35)
Johns (W. E.). Biggles Hunts Game a story of sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D. and his special air force, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton limited, 1948, colour frontispiece, 10 colour illustrations, period previous owner ink inscription to front endpaper, some occasional light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers and spine rubbed to head and foot with occasional minor tears, 8vo, together with: Biggles Delivers the Goods a ‘Biggles Squadron’ Story, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton limited, 1946, colour frontispiece, 9 black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers and spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus Biggles Sweeps The Desert a ‘Biggles Squadron’ Story, London: Hodder & Stoughton limited, 1942, colour frontispiece, 8 black and white illustrations, remainder of previous ownership label pasted down to front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, boards and spine rubbed and marked, 8vo, and other W. E. Johns titles mixed editions in dust jackets, 8vo, VG QTY: (5 shelves)
Shakespeare (William). Mr William Shakespeare: his Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, set out by himself in quarto, or by the players his fellows in folio, and now faithfully republish'd from those editions in ten volumes octavo; with an introduction: whereunto will be added, in some other volumes, notes, critical and explanatory, and a body of various readings entire, 10 volumes, London: Printed by Dryden Leach, for J. and R. Tonson, 1768, half-titles discarded, colophon to volume 10 with imprint to Aa2 before advertisements, margins browned to first and last few leaves to each volume, occasional light spotting throughout, 19th-century bookplate of Sarah Rooke to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary marbled calf rebacked, corners refurbished, 8voQTY: (10)NOTE:ESTC No: T138599.
Baskerville Press. Terence Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae, Birmingham: Typis Johannis Baskerville, 1772, front blank flyleaf with owner's ink inscription 'T. Trollope, Coll Joan. Cant. Donam amicissimi R. Heron Prid. Kal. Decemb. 1781', upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Sir John Trollope Bt., all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain red morocco, gilt decorated spine, 12mo, together with:Sallust. Caii Crispi Sallustii Belli Catilinarii et Jugurthini Historiae, Edinburgh: apud G. Hamilton et J. Balfour, 1755, light damp-staining and spotting at front and rear, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Sir John Trollope Bt., all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain red morocco gilt, 8vo,Vergilius Maro (Publius). P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, ad optimorum exemplarium fidem recensita, 2 volumes, Edinburgh: apud G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, 1755, browning to first and last leaves, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Sir John Trollope Bt., all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco, gilt decorated spines and borders to boards, contrasting morocco labels, upper board of volume 2 detached, other joints cracked, title label to volume 1 lacking, 8vo,Aristophanes. Aristophanis Comoediae duae, Plutus & Nubes: cum scholiis Graecis Antiquis, quilus adjiciuntur notae quaedaun, sinul cum genino indice, London: R. Wilkin, D. Midwinter & A. Ward, & B. Motte, 1732, title and text in Greek and Latin, title and front pastedown with ownership signature T. W. Trollope 1779, armorial bookplate of Sir John Trollope, Bt. also to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, lacking title label, joints cracked, worn at head and foot of spine, 8vo, plus nine other similar 18th-century antiquarian works of classical authors, many with the bookplate of Sir John Trollope and ownership signatures of T. W. TrollopeQTY: (14)NOTE:1. Gaskell 47.
Burton (Richard F.) The Book of the Sword, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1884, monochrome illustrations, a little minor toning and light spotting, old bookseller description pasted to front endpaper, original pictorial cloth gilt, some fading to spine, one corner bumped, edges a little rubbed, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Penzer pp. 107-112. One of the scarcer works by Sir Richard Burton, who was a very skilled swordsman. Originally intended to be part of a three-volume work, the other two volumes remained unpublished due to poor sales.
Eliot (George). Works, 10 volumes, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, circa 1880s, photogravure frontispieces, occasional light damp-stains to fore-edges, early 20th-century half calf, gilt decorated spines, few extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with:Froude (James Anthony). Thomas Carlyle. A history of the first forty years of his life 1795-1835, 2 volumes, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882, and Thomas Carlyle. A history of his life in London 1834-1881, 2 volumes, 4th edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885, etched portrait frontispieces, occasional light damp-stains, top edge gilt, contemporary uniform calf gilt, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels (volume number labels 1-4), some boards with light damp-stains to corners, 8vo, plus other leather and cloth bound volumes including Morley (John). The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, 3 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1903, top edge gilt, contemporary maroon half morocco, gilt decorated spines, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, Froude (James Anthony). History of England, 12 volumes, new edition, 1870, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting labels, worn with some boards detached, 8vo, Robinson (Charles, illustrator). The Big Book of Fables, edited by Walter Jerrold, 1912 and various works by Thomas Macaulay etc.QTY: (approx. 50)
Monmouth (Geoffrey of). The British History, Translated into English from the Latin of Jeffrey of Monmouth. With a large Preface concerning the Authority of the History. By Aaron Thompson, late of Queens College, Oxon..., 1st edition in English, London: Printed for J. Bowyer at the Rose in Ludgate-Street..., 1718, list of subscribers and errata leaf present, engraved head and tail-pieces and initial letters, contemporary ownership signature 'Av Atkinson 1718' to front free endpaper, bookplate of James Metcalfe to front pastedown, small wormhole through front free endpapers, pinhole to title page, small areas of light spotting to a few leaves, some offsetting, contemporary Cambridge pane calf rebacked, corners bumped, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: 'A. Atkinson (signature); James Metcalfe (bookplate).
Stewart (Charles). The History of Bengal, from the First Mohammedan invasion until the virtual conquest of that country by the English A. D. 1757, 1st edition, London: Sold by Black, Parry, and Co., Leadenhall Street, Booksellers to the Hon. East-India Company. Watts, Printer, Broxbourne, 1813, folding engraved map frontispiece with outline hand-colouring (short closed tear to right hand and light fraying to lower right corner), scattered spotting and some toning, top edge gilt, 20th-century dark blue half morocco by Henderson and Bisset, spine lightly faded to bottle green, 4to, together with:Freire de Andrade (Jacinto). The Life of Dom John de Castro, the Fourth Vice-Roy of India, 2nd edition in English, translated by Sir Peter Wyche, London: Henry Herringman, 1693, early owners ship inscription at head of title of Fran: Morgan of London, lacking both engraved folding plate and portrait plate, some damp and ink staining to first and last leaves, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, boards rubbed and corners worn, folio (Wing F2156) QTY: (2)
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[Travers, Walter]. A full and plaine declaration of ecclesiasticall discipline owt off the word off God, and off the declininge off the churche off England from the same, [Heidelberg]: Imprinted [by Michael Schirat], 1574, ornamental woodcut device to title, printed in black letter, blank leaves b2 and 2B2 present, lacks folding plate (as often), outer corners to first and last few leaves expertly repaired, some minor dust-soiling and occasional light spotting, bookplate with the initials A[lbert]. E[hrman]. and bearing the motto 'Pro viribus summis contendo' to upper pastedown and bookplate Bibliotheca Broxbourniana J.P.W.E. 17 March 1949 to lower pastedown, all edges gilt, early 20th-century dark brown morocco by Lloyd of London, with blind and gilt ruled binding decoration and blind ornamental decoration, slim 4to (18.9 x 14.7 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S118505; STC 24184.
Archer (Edward Caulfield). Tours in Upper India, and in parts of the Himalaya Mountains; with accounts of the Courts of the Native Princes, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, occasional light spotting, Wolverhampton Library labels, contemporary half calf, volume II lower board detached, rubbed with some wear to spine, 8vo, together with Elphinstone (Mountstuart). The History of India. The Hindu and Mahometan Periods, 3rd edition, London: John Murray, 1849, folding map (detached with short tears to outer margin), lacking front endpaper, some light toning, contemporary half calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus Gleig (G. R.) The Life of Major-General Sir Thomas Munro, Bart. and K. C. B. Late Governor of Madras, with extracts from his correspondence and private papers, 2 volumes, new edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, folding map with outline colour, a few leaves detaching, some offsetting and light spotting, previous owner inscription 'J. W. Fraser, Bengal Artly' at head of titles, contemporary calf, gilt arms to covers, spines rubbed and lacking 2 labels, edges rubbed, 8vo, with 4 other volumes including Interesting Historical Events Relative to the Provinces of Bengal and the Empire of Indostan, by J. Z. Holwell, 2 parts only (of 3), 2nd edition, 1766-67, and The Modern History of Hindostan, by Thomas Maurice, volume I, parts 1 & 2 only (of 2 volumes), 1802, and 2 related odd volumesQTY: (9)
Bacon (Francis). Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning; or, The Partitions of Sciences IX Bookes. [Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious, and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Vicount St. Alban, Councellor of Estate, and Lord Chancellor of England]. Interpreted by Gilbert Wats, Oxford: printed by Leon Lichfield, printer to the University, for Robert Young and Ed: Forrest, 1640, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Marshall, engraved title with central portion of title excised (area measuring approximately 4 x 6 cm with infill repair), colophon dated 'MDCXXXX', initial leaves with light damp-stain to upper outer corners, upper outer corner of penultimate leaf of 'Catalogus Historiarum Particularium' repaired, fore-edge margin to penultimate leaf repaired, occasional light dust-soiling and few minor marks, all edges gilt, late 19th/early 20th-century brown half morocco by Zaehnsdorf (indistinct binder's stamp), gilt and blind decoration to spine, marbled paper sides, small folio (26.7 x 18.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Gibson, Bacon 141b.; STC 1167.The first edition in English of the expanded edition. The various issue points indicate this is a later issue.
Morant (Philip). The History and Antiquities of the most ancient Town and Borough of Colchester, in the County of Essex, in Three Books, Collected chiefly from Manuscripts. With an Appendix of Records and Original Papers. Adorned and Illustrated with Sculptures..., 3 parts in one, 1st edition, London: W. Bowyer, 1748, engraved frontispiece view of Colchester, seven engraved plates (including folding plate of St Botolph's Priory church with short closed tear to printed area at lower right corner), engraved folding plan of Colchester, previous ownership signature 'J Bradley' to upper margin of title page, fore-margin of A2 with small closed tear, M2 with stain marks to text, occasional damp spots, light spotting to first few gatherings, late 19th-century brown half morocco over marbled boards, slightly rubbed to extremities, folio, together with:Topham (Edward). The Life of the Late John Elwes, esquire; Member in three successive Parliaments for Berkshire. First published in the paper of the World..., new edition, London: Printed by Thomas Davison for James Ridgway, [1790], etched portrait frontispiece (paper toned paper), folding pedigree, publisher's list at rear, contemporary calf, modern reback preserving maroon morocco title label to spine, slim 8vo, Brand (John). Popular Antiquities of Great Britain comprising notices of the moveable and immoveable feasts, customs, superstitions and amusements past and present. Edited from the materials collected by John Brand F.S.A. with very large corrections and additions by W. Carew Hazlitt. With a new and copious index, 3 volumes, London: John Russell Smith, 1870, titles in red and black, top edge gilt, modern brown half morocco by J. & E. Bumpus, light even fading to spines, 8vo, (limited edition of 350 copies printed) QTY: (5)
Gresham Publishing Co. The Principles and Practice of Modern House-Construction, 6 volumes, edited by G. Lister Sutcliffe, London, circa 1905, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, 4toThe Book of the Home..., 8 volumes, edited by H. C. Davidson, 1902, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning, original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, 8voScience in Modern Life..., 6 volumes, edited by J. R. Ainsworth Davis, 1908, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning, original uniform gilt decorated dark green cloth, 8voThe Modern Carpenter Joiner and Cabinet-Maker..., 8 volumes, edited by G. Lister Sutcliffe, 1906, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, folio, all covers designed by Talwin Morris, together with other similar sets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (58 volumes)QTY: (3 shelves )
Hanway (Jonas). An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea: with the author's journal of travels from England through Russia into Persia, and back through Russia, Germany and Holland. To which are added, the revolutions of Russia, during the present Century, with the particular history of the great usurper Nadir Kouli..., 2 volumes 2nd edition, London: T. Osborne, D. Brown, T. and T. Longman et al., 1754, engraved frontispiece to each volume, 17 engraved plates, 9 folding maps (5 with a closed tear and trimmed to edge where bound, light offsetting to most maps), wooden engraved headpieces to both volumes, explanation of Foreign Words and advertisements bond to verso of volume 2, bookplate of John Hely-Hutchinson to front free endpapers, last 2 preliminary leaves of volume 1 misbound between p. 457-459, light spotting throughout, gilt turn-ins, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt rebacked, gilt decoration and contrasting morocco labels to spines, scratches to lower board of volume 1, some staining and small loss to lower board of volume 2, corners bumped, 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: John Hely-Hutchinson, Chippenham Lodge, Ely, 1946 (bookplate).
Resende (André de). Sententiae, & exempla. Ex probatissimis quibusque scriptoribus collecta, & per locos communes digesta per Andream Eborensem Lusitanum. Et ne oneroso volumine grauaretur lector, totum opus in duos diuisum est tomos: quorum alter sententias, alter exempla refert, volume 1 only (of 2), Lyon: Theobaldum Paganum, 1557, printer's woodcut device to title, some damp-staining, few marks and light dust-soiling, all edges gilt, contemporary Lyon binding bound in full blind panelled calf with gilt decorative motifs to spine compartments and boards, joints cracked with light wear, some board corners neatly refurbished, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams A1050.The title page to volume 2 (not present here) reads: 'Exemplorum memorabilium cum ethnicorum, tum Christianorum è quibusqve probatissimis scriptoribus per Andream Eborensem Lusitanum selectorum, tomus posterior'.
Sparling (H. Halliday). The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master Craftsman, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1924, monochrome portrait frontispiece plus 16 further illustrations, advertisements to the rear, some light toning & spotting, original white cloth spine to blue boards, boards & spine slightly toned & rubbed, 8vo, together with:Lees-Milne (James), Ancestral Voices, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1975, Prophesying Peace, 1st edition, 1977, Caves of Ice, 2nd impression, 1983, all original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, with 7 further works by James Lees-Milne, all but 1 in dust jackets, 8vo, plusPowell (Anthony), To Keep the Ball Rolling, the Memoirs of Anthony Powell, 4 volumes, all 1st editions, London: Heinemann, 1976-82, monochrome illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, spines slightly faded, 8vo, and other modern literary & author reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)
Mercuriale (Girolamo). Hieronymi Mercurialis De Arte Gymnastica Libri Sex In quibus exercitationum omnium vetustarum genera, loca, modi, facultates, [et] quidquid deniq[ue] ad corporis humani exercitationes pertinet, diligenter explicatur, secunda editione aucti & multis figuris ornati, opus non modo medicid verum etiam omnibus antquarum rerum congnoscendarum, & valetudinis conseruandaestudiosis admodum vtile, ad maximilianum II imperatorem, 2nd edition, 1st illustrated edition, Venice: Juntas, 1573, printer's woodcut device to title page (minor spotting), 23 full-page woodcut illustrations, closed tear to F4 not affecting edge of margin or text, small single wormhole throughout entire text block, minor worming and a few light water stains to margins, small cut out of printed catalogue description pasted to front free endpaper, ownership inscription to front pastedown dated 1809 above paper scarring from removal of previous bookplate, 18th-century quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title label to spine, hinges and joints cracked, rubbed with areas of loss, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Garrison-Morton 1986.1.'One of the earliest books to discuss the therapeutic value of gymnastics and sports generally for the cure of disease and disability, and an important study of gymnastics in the ancient world. The second edition, De Arte Gymnastica libris sex, Venice, Juntas, 1573 is the first illustrated book on gymnastics.' (Garrison-Morton).
Cussans (John Edwin). History of Hertfordshire, containing an Account of the Descents of the various Manors; Pedigrees of Families connected with the county; Antiquities, Local Customs, &c., 3 volumes, London: Chatto and Windus; Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons, 1870-81, first volume with engraved portrait frontispiece, general title to each volume with separate titles to hundreds, 22 plates, including chromolithograph and tinted, double-page hand-coloured lithograph map, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional spotting and light toning to margins, top edge gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco, gilt decorated spines, folioQTY: (3)
Jameson (James S.) Story of the Rear Column of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, edited by Mrs J. S. Jameson, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1890, portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, illustrations, light toning to endpapers, original green cloth gilt, a few light marks, 8vo, together with Baker (Samuel White). Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, 1st US edition, Hartford: O. D. Case, 1868, 2 maps (one folding), 16 plates, a little light toning, previous owner ink stamp to front endpaper, hinges cracking, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, plus Pasha (Rudolf C. Slatin). Fire and Sword in the Sudan. A personal narrative of fighting and serving the Dervishes 1879-1895, translated by Major F. W. Wingate, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1896, portrait frontispiece (detaching), 2 folding maps, illustrations, some light spotting and toning, contemporary ownership inscription at front, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, tears at spine ends, 8vo, with other travel including Travel and Adventures of John Ledyard, [by Jared Sparks], 2nd UK edition, 1834, A Journey to Ashango-Land, by Paul B. Du Chaillu, 1st US edition, 1867 (lacking front endpapers), Travels in Central Africa and Explorations of the Western Nile Tributaries, by John & Kate Petherick, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1869, The Ashanti War, by Henry Brackenbury, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1874, The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, 1909, and History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, by W. Walton Claridge, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1915 (ex-libris), QTY: (15)
![New Testament [English]. [The Newe Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, translated out of Greeke by Theod. Beza. Whereunto are](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/627c8e76-de74-432f-9aeb-b14e01191536/1325f574-a2f3-4263-93e1-b1880117a942/468x382.jpg)
New Testament [English]. [The Newe Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, translated out of Greeke by Theod. Beza. Whereunto are adioyned large expositions of the phrases and harde places by the authour and others: together with a table or concordance conteining the principall wordes and matters comprehended herein. Englished by L. Tomson..., Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1583], lacking initial blank leaf and title, black letter text throughout, decorative woodcut initials, woodcut map of Holy Land to verso of final preliminary leaf, final blank present, early manuscript ownership and genealogical entries etc. mostly to first and last leaves including 'Richard Weaver was born in January the fourth day 1670', 'John Weaver eius Liber 1681', Margarett Weaver the daughter of Richard Weaver was born ye twenty ninth daye of November 1720', 'Richd. Weaver son of Richd. Weaver was borne ye 20th day of September 1722', 'Elizabeth Weaver dauter of Richd. Weaver was born ye 15 of August 1726', and with the names of John Weaver 1681, Samuel Weaver, Richard Weaver, etc., colophon dated 1583, bound with at front an incomplete Book of Common Prayer, 1580 or 1586 (see Griffiths 1580/1 or 1586/1), lacking all before D1, printed in black letter, decorative woodcut initials, bound with The Psalter or Psalmes of David, after the translation of the great Bible, appointed as it shall be sung or aside in Churches, Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, [1583], printed in black letter, title within woodcut border, decorative woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, leaf C3 recto with typesetter's error at foot 'The righteous shall be punished', bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins & others: conferred with the Hebrue, with apt Notes to sing them withall, London: John Day, 1583, title within woodcut border with inscription to upper blank margin 'Hugh Mortimer June the 24th 1712', black letter text, lacking all after U4 (final 4 pages), few other early manuscript annotations throughout volume, slight dust-soiling and few marks, occasional light damp-staining mostly to margins at rear, later endpapers (not laid-down), contemporary calf, brass corner pieces, central boss to upper board over gilt arabesque, neatly rebacked, lacking clasps, large 4to (27 x 19.3 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:New Testament - Darlow & Moule 137; Herbert 180; STC 2885.The Geneva version, translated by William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and perhaps others, revised by Laurence Tomson.Book of Common Prayer - see Griffiths 1580/1 & 1586/1).Whole Booke of Psalmes - ESTC S102250; STC 2466.
Lysons (Daniel & Samuel). Magna Britannia; Being a concise topographical account..., volume 3 only, Cornwall, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814, folding engraved county map, extra illustrated containing a total of 61 engraved and etched plates (including 16 double-page), all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, morocco labels to spine (with volume number 'VI'), some fading and discolouration to covers, extremities rubbed, large 4to, together with:Vivian (John Lambrick). The Visitations of Cornwall, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573, & 1620. With additions by Lieutenant Colonel J. L. Vivian, Exeter: William Pollard & Co, 1887, minor damp-stain to text block edges at fore-edge of some leaves at rear of volume, contemporary black half morocco, gilt decorated spine, extremities lightly rubbed, large 4to,Glastonbury. The History and Antiquities of Glastonbury, collected from various authors. To which is added, an account of the Mineral Waters, and the Glastonbury Thorn, London: Nichols, 1807, 48pp., half-title present with light damp-stain at gutter, contemporary marbled wrappers, upper cover lightly damp-stained and slight wear to spine edge, small 8vo, plus Dyer (George). History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge, volume 1 only (of 2), 1814, additional engraved title, contemporary calf with gilt and blind decoration, morocco labels to spine, lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (4)
Hind (Henry Youle). Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857 and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860, 20 chromoxylograph plates, 7 colour maps (2 folding), folding geological section, publisher's list at end of volume I, one plate detached in volume II, light fraying to margins of folding map, original purple blindstamped cloth, spines faded, a few light marks, 8vo, together with Buckingham (James S.) Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the other British provinces in North America, 1st edition, London: Fisher, Son & Co., [1843], folding engraved maps with outline colour, 7 double-page engraved plates, advertisements at rear, some light spotting and small water stain to plates, previous owner inscription erased from head of title, bookplate, original blindstamped cloth gilt, edges a little rubbed, 8vo, plus A Winter in the West Indies, described in familiar letters to Henry Clay, of Kentucky, by Joseph John Gurney, 1st edition, 1840, and The Voyage of the Jeanette. The Ship and Ice Journals, by George W. De Long, edited by Emma De Long, 2 volumes, 2nd US edition, Boston 1884QTY: (6)NOTE:First work Abbey Travel 630; Sabin 31934.
Petley (Elias). [Leitourgia Brettanikē ēgoun Biblos dēmosiōn euchōn kai diakonēseōs mystēriōn kai tōn allōn thesmōn kai teletōn en tē Ekklēsia hēmōn Anglikanē eis t[ēn] tōn philhellēnōn neōn charin hellēnisti ekdotheisa. Liber precum publicarum] Liber precum publicarum ac celebrationis sacramentorum reliquorumq rituum & cæremoniarum in Ecclesiâ nostrâ Anglicanâ, in studiosae juventutis gratiam nunc primùm graecè editus. Operâ & studio Eliae PetilI presbyteri, & [Psalter], London: T. Cotes I, for Rich. Whitaker, 1638, first title in Latin and Greek and printed in red and black with contemporary ownership signature 'Celsaris Bradshaw' (trimmed close to printed edge with minor loss), title to Psalter printed in Greek character with printer's woodcut device, small hole with loss to text to last leaf, previous ownership signatures to front free endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary black calf boards, rebacked preserving a proportion of spine with loss, contemporary title label to spine, extremities rubbed, small 8vo, together with: Brezae (Theod.). Nouum D.N. Iesv Christi Testamentvm, cuius Graeco contextui respondent Versions duae, altera Gallica, altera latina, [Geneva]: Joannem de Tournes, 1629, printers device to title page, added half-title for Epistles, text printed in Greek, Latin and French in 3 columns, slightly toned to title page and a few leaves throughout, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, armorial bookplate of William Phelps to front pastedown, minor hole with small area of loss to C1 and bio-predation to lower margin from M1 through to P3 with loss to text to New Testamenti Altera Pars complectens Apostolicas Epistolas et Apocalypsin, rear endpaper torn, contemporary speckled calf with modern red morocco gilt title label to spine, boards a little scuffed and rubbed, 8vo,Mastricht (Gerhard von). Hē kainē diathēkē. Novum Testamentum..., Amsterdam: Officina Wetsteniana, 1711, engraved frontispiece, (light spotting to upper margin), title page and pages 8-9 of the first sequence printed in red and black, 4 folding maps and plans (some with light offsetting), colophon to final leaf, bookplate of Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843 to front pastedown, ownership signature to front free endpaper and front pastedown, upper hinge cracked, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with later spine, modern red morocco, title label to spine, boards a little scuffed and rubbed, 8vo, plus 4 other 18th and 19th-century volumes including 2 New Testaments in Greek, all leather bound, 8vo or smaller QTY: (7)NOTE:Griffiths p. 503 for the first work.
Livingstone (David). Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa;..., 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1857, 47 engraved plates, modern endpapers some light toning & spotting, rebound retaining original embossed brown cloth boards & spine, front boards slightly bumped to the top right corner, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Landon (Perceval), Lhasa, an account of the country and people of Central Tibet..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1905, numerous monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the head of the front endpapers, some light marginal toning, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated red cloth, spines & boards slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusBorrow (George), Lavengro; the scholar-the gypsy-the priest, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1851, engraved portrait frontispiece & period inscription to the head of the title page of volume 1, gutters cracked, some spotting & light toning throughout, original uniform cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, some minor loss to the paper spine labels, 8vo, and other miscellaneous mostly 19th century literature & reference, all original cloth, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)
Clarkson (Thomas). An Essay on the Impolicy of the African Slave Trade. In two parts, 2nd edition, London: J. Phillips, 1788, 138 pp., some spotting, original boards, rebacked with label renewed, light edge wear, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Kress B1381; Sabin 13480.Provenance: William Rotch (1734-1828), his signature to front endpaper. Rotch was a prominent New Bedford whaler, abolitionist and Quaker. He opposed the American Revolutionary War and ended up being accused of treason, disloyalty and sedition by the US, French, and British governments respectively, at various times from 1773 to 1795.Thomas Clarkson was a leading abolitionist and the present work is a continuation of his Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, 1786.
Billings (Robert William). Architectural Illustrations, History and Description of Carlisle Cathedral, & Architectural Illustrations and Description of the Cathedral Church at Durham, 2 volumes, 1st editions, London: Thomas and William Boone, and the author, 1840 & 1843 respectively, Large Paper India Proof copies, additional engraved title and numerous engraved plates to each volume, all supplied in two states (unlettered and lettered proofs on India paper), first and last few leaves with overall spotting, occasional light marginal waterstains, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, inside gilt dentelles, bookplates of John Oswald Mitchell, Glasgow and of Sir Henry Hope Edwardes to front pastedown of each volume, autograph letter from the publisher Thomas Toone to Sir Henry Edwardes, dated February 11th 1870, bound in at front of the first volume, giving details of this rare proof set, fine uniform contemporary dark blue full morocco (by F. Bedford), elaborately gilt-decorated with raised bands to spines, joints rubbed and some light marks to covers, royal folio (binding size 51 x 33 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Sir Henry Hope Edwardes (1829-1900) was the 10th Baronet of Shrewsbury, Shropshire; John Oswald Mitchell (1826-1904) was a Glaswegian historian and author (bookplates).Fine large Paper India Proof copies, of which only 6 sets were issued, according to the letter inserted in this copy written by the publisher.
English Civil War. Two Proclamations by the King. His Maiesties Proclamation for the more free passage of all His loving Subjects, and the free carriage and conveyance of their Horses, Provisions, or other Goods from any one place or part to another, within His Kingdom of England, and the Dominions thereof, Printed at York, and re-imprinted at London, by A. N. for Richard Lownds, at his shop without Ludgate, 1642, [2], 6 p., royal armorial woodcut at head of title, light dust-soiling mostly to margins of title, 20th-century terracotta half morocco, slim 4to, together with:English Civil War. A Continuation of the Proceedings of the Army under the Command of Sir Thomas Fairfax: from the eleventh of this July, to the nineteenth of the same. Whereunto is added a Petition presented at a Rendevouz of Club-men, with their Queries. As also certain Observations upon their Petition, with a few Crosse-Queries. Dated at Sir Thomas Fairfax his Quarters at Chedsey, neer [sic] Bridgwater, July 19..., Numb. 3...., London: Samuel Gellibrand, July 26. 1645, [2], 22 p., typographic border to title, modern brown morocco-backed cloth, slim 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:1. ESTC R20136; Kress 622; Wing C2857.2. ESTC P1047; Wing P3573A (for complete collection of part numbers).
English Civil War. The Six Secondary causes of the spinning out of this unnatural warre. By D.P.P., .... Octob. 19. 1644. Imprimatur, James Cranford, London: Printed by George Miller, 1644, [4], 94, [2] pp., woodcut floral device to title with manuscript annotation below letterpress initials of author, manuscript number to verso of title page, final blank leaf (N2) present, light dust-soiling and minor spotting mostly to first and last leaves, disbound, 4to, together with:English Civil War. The Four Bills sent to the King to the Isle of Wight to be passed. Together with the Propositions sent unto him at the same time, which upon the passing of those Bills were to be treated upon. And also the Articles of the Church of England; with the Rules and Directions concerning Suspension from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in cases of Ignorance. Unto all which doth refer, the late Declaration of both Houses of the fourth of March, 1647. concerning the papers of the Scots Commissioners, upon occasion of the last address to the King in the Isle of Wight. London: Printed for Edward Husband, March 20. 1647. [i.e. 1648], 46, [2] p., A1 detached and torn/frayed to blank margins, title cropped at foot with loss to ruled border, manuscript number to verso of A1 and title (A2), blank fore-margin to C2 cropped, final blank leaf (F4) present, some staining (mostly to fore-margins of C1-D1), toning, occasional light damp-stains, light dust-soiling and marks, disbound, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:1. ESTC R210030; Thomason E.18[13]; Wing P16.2. ESTC R12041; Thomason E.433[1] & E.433[2]; Wing E1541.
Keats (John). The Poetical Works of John Keats, Oxford edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1915, frontispiece, top edge gilt, contemporary quarter vellum, spine elaborately gilt, red morocco title label lettered in gilt, lightly marked, 8vo, together with:Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). The Poems, including poems and versions of poems now published for the first time, Oxford: Henry Frowde, 1912, frontispiece, top edge gilt, contemporary quarter vellum, spine elaborately gilt, orange morocco title label lettered in gilt, lightly marked, 8vo, withBrowning (Robert). Poems, Oxford: Humphrey Milford, 1916, frontispiece, top edge gilt, contemporary quarter vellum, spine elaborately gilt, black morocco title label lettered in gilt, some light spotting and marks, 8vo, with 7 further leatherbound works, 4 bound in quarter vellum and the James Watt volume bound by SangorskiQTY: (10)
Bonvalot (Pierre Gabriel Édouard). Through the Heart of Asia over the Pamir to India..., with 20 illustrations by Albert Pépin, Translated from the French but C. B. Pitman, 2 volumes, London: Chapman and Hall, 1889, numerous in-text and full-page illustrations, school prize presentation label dated 1898 to front pastedown of each volume, publisher's blue-green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, blocked pictorial panel to the upper boards, head and tail of spines and corners a little bumped, tall 8vo, together with: Moser (Henri). A travers l'Asie centrale, la Steppe Kirghize, le Turkestan Russe, Boukhara, Khiva, le pays des Turcomans et la Perse..., Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1885, title printed in red and black, folding map at verso (with tear to left edge where bound), engraved plates, light spotting to a few leaves, all edges gilt, red quarter morocco gilt over red textured cloth, gilt decorated spine, 4to QTY: (3)
Burberry-A 1970's beige double breasted 'Kensington' lightweight cotton trench coat having brown leather buckles to belt and cuffs, iconic branded tartan lining and lapels to shoulders, approx 36" chest x 46" long. Location:RailCondition:Clean lining intact with no strains, dry-cleaned with discolouration to outer collar fold, some light wear to leather buckles with faint marks of buckle leather on sleeve from leaning against fabric in storage, some light patches to outer garment from dry cleaning areas of historical marks (visible in bright light).
A mid 19th Century Anglo-Indian embroidered cape having blue ground with intricate cream silk embroidered images of shells, a cream tassel fringe, 2 small blue pockets to the lining and cream silk lining, approx 40" chest x 32" long. Location:RWB Wooden RailCondition: sun damage/light mark to lining where it had been stored inside out.
Lakshmi anointed by elephants (Gajalakshmi),Bikaner or Udaipur, Rajasthan, second half 19th century,Opaque pigments and silver heightened with gold on paper, two elephant flanking and dousing the haloed deity's on the bank of a river strewn with waterlilies, a palace in the background, within yellow margins and thin double white rules, wide red borders with thin single white rule, the reverse with old rectangular collection stamp with inventory number 1124, Thai red ink stamp "อติโรจติ ปญญาย สมฺมาสมฺพุทฺธสฺส สาวโก ศ...?... มทลวง", small oval label with ideogram 藤田 (Fujita ?), label reading "2454 Skinner 125", small inscription in blue ink "OOKTH81", other inscription in pencil, corners lacking, some losses to edges,28 x 22.4cm.Condition Report: The edges are scuffed with very noticeable losses. Some tears, some burns. The corners are lacking. The borders are dulled, creased, show some perforations and circular losses and some loss to the red pigments. The silver pigments used to paint the pond and the two surahis remain strong. They have not extensively corroded. The white pigments have cracked and flaked off. This is most noticeable to the right hand side elephant's hind limbs, the neck and arm of the deity, the head and arm of the attendant to its actual left. The pigments of the edifice in the background have held better. however, the left side of the painting seem to shows the most extensive losses : the pavilion roof (opposite the monkey) and the window below have been more affected than the rest of the palace - safe for the central red hanging under the awning-. A closer inspection will reveal some other losses, sometimes minute, overall, especially to the palm trees and some creased areas, the latter also visible on the catalogue on online illustrations.This lot would benefit form further attention and light cleaning.Please note this work has not been inspected under U. V light to prepare this condition report.
An illustrated album folio : a forlorn ladyProvincial Mughal, North India, mid-19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, possibly an illustration to a ragamala series, facing left, she reclining on a bolster, her elbow resting on another, her veiled attendant standing behind, laid on card within thin polychrome margins, wide pink borders with large gold floral blooms on swaying tendrils, the reverse plain with old circular collection label in black ink cursive script, No (?) 2132 Eaa, applied to the upper left corner, inventory number in pencil 59 to the upper right cornerPainting 15.4 x 8cm., folio 31 x 29.2cm. Condition Report: The edges and corners are in fair condition : present, slightly scuffed. The wide light orange/formerly pink borders are dulled and lightly stained. The narrower margins and rules are in similar condition although a marked darker stain can be seen in the lower right corner. The painting is in fair condition overall with strong pigments and no untoward damages to the sitters face or upper body. The white pigments are lightly dulled with very occasional cracks and one minute area of flaking behind the servant's head. the most noticeable crack is behind her, at ankle level, running from the border to the bolster, and another less conspicuous one is located behind her back. Some other pigments have lift off. This can be seen on the bolster, to the main sitter's knee and the rectangular cushion below her. Further rubbing to the pigments is noticeable to the grey background to the sitter.
An unusual footed bronze bowl, Deccan, India, 18th century, on a splayed foot, with rounded sides and narrow everted lip, engraved and laid with black lac with floral and hatched designs, possibly imitating porcelain designs, 10cm. highCondition Report: This lot's rim is dented and shows a small loss. The engraved decoration is rubbed in places. The well is corroded. Further sign of corrosion to the hollowed areas especially below the rim and the central raised band. This lot would benefit from light cleaning.
The worship of Sri NathjiNathdwara, North India, circa 1860The bare chested and bejewelled blue skinned deity standing in a shrine clad with a floral and latticed picchvai, two priests worshipping, one holding a oil lamp, the other a morchal, the reverse with pencilled numerals to the lower right corner, mountedThe painting 28.8 x 25cm.Provenance:Christie's New York, September 14 September 2010, lot 205 Robert O. Muller collection (1911-2003)Footnotes: From the Robert O. Muller Collection.Christie's New York, 14 September 2010, lot 205Condition Report: The edges are sharp although patched in scattered areas. The corners are scuffed with the lower left lacking. The pigments are strong. Contrast is sharp overall. The upper part of this painting shows some worm holes. Those affect the shrine pennants, the shrine roof top, the sky, the left hand side tree top, the black rule above, the wide red border and a small part of the latticed picchvai to the lower left side. The latter is patched. There are two noticeable areas of rubbing where the pigments have lift off : the right marginal area and the lower left marginal area of the painting. The white lower ground below the priests' and deity's feet shows some light pigment flaking and tarnish. A larger aureole of possibly water staining can be seen under the priest's feet to the right while another although smaller one affects his yellow garment. The red borders are tarnished, pitted and show some colour pigment loss.
A standing portrait of a ruler, Jodhpur, Marwar, Rajasthan, early 19th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicted holding a tulwar, a katar tucked into his sash, a shield and another tulwar at his waist, depicted wearing white shirt and orange jama and purple slippers, on an ochre ground with sky above, within wide red border, the reverse with devanagari inscription, 30.2 x 25.6cm. Condition Report: The edges are in good condition. The corners are present but for the upper left one. The wide red borders show some light losses to their upper edge and further very minute losses scattered throughout. One droplet stain is visible near the upper left corner. The painting shows some minimal losses and rubbing to its very lower part, : the grassy area below the standing ruler. It is otherwise clean. The reverse plain, ink stained and pitted, inscribed in black ink and pencil.
A botanical painting,Rajasthan, India, probably 19th centuryGouache on paper, with a flowering plant and two open flowers on a yellow ground to recto, the reverse depicting a scene from the Bhagvata Purana, Krishna overhearing a conversation in the garden, within a red border21.7 x 21cm.Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 14 October 2005, Lot 314 (part lot)Condition Report: Overall good condition, with some scuffing to corners, general loss to pigment and light wear to gilding
A portrait of a kneeling nobleman on a terrace, Lucknow, North India, circa 1800Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, kneeling on a blue carpet with hexagonal pattern, white cushions at his side and to his right, books to the foreground, wearing a pale pink shawl with embroidered border, striped blue and white jama and a white chemise tied at the waist, a green turban and light facial fair denoting his youth, to the back ground a white pillar and architectural niche set into the wall behind, an inscription in Persian below 'Momin Khan [illegible] the Divan-e-Momin', laid on card, painting 17.8 x 12.5cm. Condition Report: This painting and its wide border show some damages caused by the careless removal of an older mount. Some pigments have been removed. There are traces of glue and remnants of card or paper along the periphery of this painting. The painting is rippling : there are scattered folds and creases which likely resulted from the drawing being carelessly laid on card. Those can be mostly seen to the knee of the sitter, the white wall behind him. Careful inspection will reveal scattered areas of flaking and pigment loss throughout the painting. The work is stained, mostly to its lower quarter, to the carpet, the manuscript stack, the rectangular cushion. This work would require further attention.The department would recommend the work be inspected in person before bidding.
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