Wallace (Alfred Russel). Palm Trees of the Amazon and their Uses, 1st edition, London: John van Voorst, 1853, map frontispiece, 47 lithograph plates of palm trees and fruits, some mainly light spotting, monogram bookplate of C. J. Peacock (Tunbridge Wells book collector) with book curse, original green blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt, some fading to spine, one corner a little bumped, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Borba de Moraes p. 933; Nissen BBI 2097. The author's first book, only 250 copies were printed thus making it the rarest of all Alfred Russel Wallace's books.On his return to England from the Amazon in 1852, a fire broke out on board his ship and he and the crew had to abandon ship, all the specimens he had collected were lost save some notes and sketches, the basis of which formed the above work and A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, published in the same year..
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Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, visited during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R. N. during the years 1832 to 1836, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1844, folding map of Ascension Island by J. Walker, dated 1825, 14 wood-engraved maps and illustrations in text (including the Galapagos Archipelago to p. 98), 24 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear dated January 1844, pp. 41-48 and 129-168 unopened, slight offsetting from map to margins of title, small light stain to outer margin of rear endpaper, small previous owner inscription in blue ink 'L. R. Wager, 1949' to front endpaper (faint damp stains to inner margin of front endpaper, original blue blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt and priced at 10/6, spine and upper margins of covers faded to green, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 272; Norman 587.'The three parts of Darwin's geological results of the Beagle voyage were separately published over a period of five years, but they were intended, and described on the title pages, as parts of one work. They were all published by Smith Elder, with the approval of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, some of the £1,000 given for the publication of the results of the voyage going towards the cost of at least the first part... A publisher's advertisement of 1838 announced the preparation of a work in one volume octavo entitled Geological observations on volcanic islands and coral formations, but this plan was abandoned and the first part, Coral Reefs, appeared in May 1842, at a cost of 15s. The second part, Volcanic islands, was published in November 1844, at a cost of 10s. 6d. The one folding map is of Ascension Island and is dated 1825.' (Freeman p. 57).
Darwin (Charles). Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle round the world, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1845, half-title (with advertisements to verso), wood-engraved illustrations in-text, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements at end, a few leaves damp-stained at foot, hinges repaired, original publisher's blindstamped red cloth gilt, some light wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (1)
Freshfield (Douglas W.). Round Kangchenjunga, A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1903, half-title, 2 folding maps (1 in colour), 43 photographic illustrations on 41 plates (including one folding panorama by Vittorio Sella), occasional light spotting, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded and with neat repairs, 8voQTY: (1)
Lowe (Edward Joseph). A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns, 2nd edition, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1864, 72 hand-coloured plates, illustrations, occasional light spotting, original green cloth gilt, some fading to spine, 8vo, together with Our Native Ferns; or a history of the British species and their varieties, 2 volumes, London: George Bell & sons, 1874-76, 79 chromolithograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, publisher's list at end of each volume, some dust-soiling to endpapers,. original green cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Fern Growing. Fifty Years' Experience in Crossing and Cultivation, 1st edition, London: John C. Nimmo, 1895, portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, colour plate, plate of portraits, a little minor spotting, light water stain to front endpapers, original cloth gilt, one or two small stains, 8vo QTY: (4)
Speke (John). Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, 1st edition, London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1863, portrait frontispiece, 25 plates, 46 wood-engraved vignette illustrations in the text and 2 maps (one folding with a discreetly repaired closed tear), light occasional spotting, later marbled endpapers, later half burgundy morocco gilt, 8vo, together with Willcocks (Sir William). The Nile Reservoir Dam at Assuân and after, 2nd. edition, E. & F. N. Spon, 1903, folding photogravure frontispiece, tipped in errata slip, twelve folding plates, plate 6 torn along old fold, a loosely inserted contemporary photograph of European and Egyptian gentlemen, publisher's cloth gilt, slight wear to extremities, slim 8vo, with Lepsius (Dr. Richard). Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia and the Peninsula of Sinai, Henry G. Bohn, 1853, engraved frontispiece detached, title page with two near near-contemporary ownership signatures, folding engraved map, hinges cracked, publisher's cloth gilt, slight wear to extremities, small 8vo, with another similarQTY: (4)
* English playing cards. Shakespearean Playing Cards, Swan Sonnenschein & Co Ltd, 1904, a complete deck of 52 + 1 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts portraying characters from Shakespeare's plays, designed by Frederic Colin Tilney, with joker representing the jester Touchstone, each named and with suitable quote alongside, decorative ace of spades with maker's details amidst swans and Tudor roses in wreaths, a trifle dusty and toned, occasional light rubbing, 2C slightly finger-soiled, rounded corners, versos elaborate yellow and white on dark blue pattern of swans within captioned border, each card 92 x 61 mm, with original box, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board 53.5 x 40.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, The Playing-Cards of the World, [457]; Cartorama 62 #189.This pack, although published by Swan Sonnenschein, was printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd as stated on the ace of spades.
Baker (Samuel). IsmailÏa, A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, organized by Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, 2 volumes, 1st edition, presentation copy, London: Macmillan and Co, 1874, inscribed by the author 'The Lady Henniker from Samuel Baker 24 October 1874' to verso of front free endpaper, 52 wood-engraved full-page plates (including frontispieces), 2 maps (1 folding), bookplate residue to front pastedowns, hinges cracked or tender, occasional light toning, original publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt, spines faded, extremities rubbed and frayed, cocked, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Blackmer 66; Czech (Africa) p. 11. Exceedingly scarce signed or inscribed. We have been unable to trace another example at auction.
Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, 1894, frontispiece and illustrations by Sidney Paget, some light spotting, blue library ink stamp to title verso, small abrasions from library label removal to front pastedown, all edges gilt, original dark blue pictorial cloth gilt, slight fading to spine, spine ends and edges a little rubbed, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Green & Gibson A14a.
Cherry-Garrard (Apsley). The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, New York: George H. Doran Company; London: Constable & Company, [1923] colour and monochrome maps and illustrations, original linen-backed boards, volume I spine label torn with loss, some light toning to spine and partially to covers, 8vo QTY: (2)NOTE:Rosove 71. C1; 'The finest polar book ever written...'
![[Linnaeus, Carl]. The Families of Plants. with their Natural Characters, according to the Number, Figure, Situation, and Prop](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/910db78b-cd1e-4760-a5d0-b0dc011def41/20ef0ee3-ff88-4386-a7ad-b11e01208cf8/468x382.jpg)
[Linnaeus, Carl]. The Families of Plants. with their Natural Characters, according to the Number, Figure, Situation, and Proportion of all the parts of Fructification. Translated from the last edition (as published by Dr. Reichard) of the Genera Plantarum, and of the Mantissae Plantarum of the elder Linneus; and from the Supplementum Plantarum of the younger Linneus, with all the new Families of plants from Thunberg and l'Hertier..., by a Botanical Society at Lichfield, 2 volumes, Lichfield: Printed by John Jackson, 1787, half-title to each volume, upper margins to each title inscribed 'E. Darwin - July 21st, 1802' and front pastedowns also bearing the signature E. Darwin and dated 1802, contemporary half calf, green morocco title labels to spines, rubbed to spines, 8vo, together with:Gray (Samuel Frederick). A Natural Arrangement of Britsih Plants, according to their Relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. including those cultivated for use..., 2 volumes, London: Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy, 1821, engraved frontispiece and 20 hand-coloured engraved plates, offsetting from plates, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo,[Henry, Mary Jackson]. Sketches of the Physiology of Vegetable Life. By the authoress of "Botanical Dialogues", London: John Hatchard, 1811, half-title, signature of Mary Henry to upper blank margin of title, 14 engraved plates (including 5 folding), occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, original boards, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, plus others related, mostly 19th-century publications including Sowerby (James). Supplement to the English Botany, volume 4 only, 1849, numerous hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary calf, old rebacked, boards detached, worn, 8voQTY: (20)
Churchill (Winston S.) Marlborough. His Life and Times, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: George G. Harrap, 1933-38, half-titles, maps, plates and illustrations, a few colour, some light spotting, top edge gilt, modern burgundy morocco gilt spines (by Dieter Rader) over original plum cloth, Marlborough arms in gilt to upper covers, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Woods A40(a).
Butler (Samuel). Hudibras, 3 volumes (including notes volume), London: T. Rickaby, 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one and three, full-page engraved plates, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, modern half calf gilt, contrasting morocco labels, extremities rubbed, 4to, together with a two volume set of Hudibras published in 1744 and edited by Zachary GreyQTY: (5)NOTE:One of 200 copies.
Salmon (William). Botanologia. The English Herbal: Or, History of Plants Containing I. Their Names, Greek, Latine and English. II. Their Species, or Various Kinds. III. Their Descriptions. IV. Their Places of Growth. V. Their Times of Flowering and Seeding. VI. Their Qualities or Properties. VII. Their Specifications. VIII. Their Preparations, Galenick and Chymick. IX. Their Virtues and Uses. X. A Complete Florilegium of all the Choice Flowers Cultivated by our Florists..., 1st edition, London: Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes and J. Taylor, 1710, additional engraved title (few closed tears and tissue lined to both sides), title printed in red and black, numerous hand-coloured woodcut botanical illustrations throughout, with six-page 'Index morborum' (sometimes lacking), tissue repair to 6F1, final two leaves of volume (Index Latinus) frayed with loss to fore-margin and tissue lined to both sides, some leaves browned, light dust-soiling, scattered spotting throughout and few marks, modern calf-backed marbled boards, black morocco title label to spine, folioQTY: (1)
Hayes (William). [A Natural History of British Birds, &c. With their portraits accurately drawn and beautifully coloured from nature, London: printed for S. Hooper, 1771-75], engraved dedication, 40 hand-coloured engraved and etched plates after William Hayes, including 2 folding, a few with imprint, lacking title and all text, some light toning to 2 or 3 plates, otherwise in clean condition, some spotting to endpapers, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed with stains, folio, 50 x 36.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Anker 198; Fine Bird Books p. 80; Nissen IVB 421; Mullens and Swann p. 287; Zimmer pp. 293-94.
![Holinshed (Raphael). The Firste [- Laste] Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, 2 volumes, first edit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/910db78b-cd1e-4760-a5d0-b0dc011def41/8d0cd964-949c-4a13-b6c2-b11e011f3c26/468x382.jpg)
Holinshed (Raphael). The Firste [- Laste] Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, 2 volumes, first edition, London: for John Hunne & for Lucas Harison, 1577, woodcut titles to each part, with arms to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials, largely printed in double column black letter text, gutter margin of initial title to first volume repaired, erratic pagination, lower outer corner of leaf b7 in Historie of Englande (in first volume) torn with some text loss, leaf 2E3 in Historie of Scotlande (in first volume) torn with two-thirds of leaf missing and with photocopy facsimile tipped-in, cancelled leaves E6-8 in Historie of Irelande (in first volume) and F7 also a cancel (line 1 column 1 'the Belweathers' and watchword 'upon'), title to second volume with reduced margins and lined to verso, erratic pagination in second volume p. 541 headed 'Richarde the Seconde' with following page numbered 142, p. 1733 headed 'Queen Marie', p.1841 with catchword 'buried' (i.e. STC 13568 variant b), later engraving of the tomb of Katherine Parr at Sudely Castle dated 1782 tipped-in between 4F6 and 4F7 (pages 1612 and 1613), double-page woodcut of siege of Edinburgh bound between leaves 4Y6 and 4Y7 (pages 1868 and 1869) with slight close trimming to ruled border, occasional mostly light damp-stains to few leaves in both volumes, few marks and minor dust-soiling to few leaves, first volume with armorial bookplate of the Johnstone family bearing the motto 'Nun quam non paratus', with 19th-century manuscript notes to front endpapers, contemporary calf with blind roll work decoration to boards, bindings covered in old thin vellum with manuscript title and volume numbers to spine of each, lacking clasps, joints cracked and some wear, folio (approx. 29 x 20 cm), contained in modern archival card portfolio style boxesQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The bookplate to the first volume suggests the work belonged to either John Johnston(e) of Galabank, Annan (d.1774) or his son James Johnston(e) MD of Kidderminster (1730-1802).STC 13568b; Pforzheimer 494.First edition of the first volume of Holinshed's great narrative history of the British Isles. The work was conceived as part of a 'deliberate movement to elevate the status of England, English letters, and English language through writing and publishing maps, histories, national epics, and theoretical works on English poetry' (ODNB). It is the single most important chronicle written in English in the 16th century — a secular counterpart to Foxe's Actes and Monuments (1563) — and the principal source for all of Shakespeare's conventional English history plays as well as King Lear, Macbeth and Cymbeline.
Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 3 volumes, 5th edition, London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1789, x, 499, [1]; vi, 518, [6]; v, [1], 465, [51] pages, some scattered spotting and old light marginal damp staining at front and rear of each volume, bookplates of T. & M. James, contemporary tree calf, gilt-decorated spine with title labels (volume 2 chipped), lacking volume number spine labels, rubbed, some wear to spine ends and cracked on joints, edge and corner wear, 8vo (209 x 122 mm)QTY: (3)
Milne (A. A.). When We Were Very Young, 5th edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1924, previous owner inscription to the half-title, Now We Are Six, 2nd edition, 1927, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, both with monochrome illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some light spotting & marks, top edges gilt, both in original gilt decorated cloth, covers slightly rubbed & marked, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with further late 19th to modern juvenile & illustrated literature, including works by G. A. Henty, Roald Dahl, Lemony Snicket, Rudyard Kipling, mostly original cloth/boards, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Stukeley (William). Stonehenge, A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, 1st edition, London: W. Innys and R. Manby, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), 35 engraved plates (including 7 folding and 2 double-page), title with few short closed tears to margins and initial leaves creased, folding plate number V with long closed tear, plate XXIII cropped to ruled border and lined to verso, bound with Abury, A Temple of the British Druids, with some others, described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the British Islands, 'volume the second', 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author: and sold by W. Innys, R. Manby, B. Dod, J. Brindley, and the Booksellers in London, 1743, 40 engraved plates including folding bird's-eye view frontispiece of Avebury (4 plates folding including frontispiece), two woodcut tailpieces and one engraved illustration, frontispiece with short closed tear to fold near gutter and folding plate XXV slightly trimmed to fold with minor loss, together with:Stukeley (William). Itinerarium Curiosum: Or, An Account of the Antiquities, and Remarkable Curiosities in Nature or Art, Observed in Travels through Great Britain, Centuria I [& II), 2 volumes (text and plates), 2nd edition, with large additions, London: Messrs. Baker and Leigh, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece (slightly creased and offset to title), text to Centuria I and II bound together, plate volume containing 206 engraved plates, plans and maps (including 4 double-page plates, 2 double-page maps and 2 mezzotint plates), occasional light toning and minor spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform straight-grain red morocco, gilt border decoration to boards, spines with volume numbers I - III in gilt (comprising vol. I - Itinerarium Centuria I & II, vol. II - Itinerarium plates, vol. III - Stonehenge & Abury), spines lightly rubbed, first volume of Itinerarium Curiosum with remnants of small paper label to upper board, folioQTY: (3)
Maugham (W. Somerset). The Painted Veil, 1st edition, 3rd state, London: William Heinemann, 1925, inscribed by Maugham in black ink to front free endpaper 'To John & Maisie de la Valette, from their old friend W. S. Maugham', with additional gift inscription in black ink from John de la Valette to Diana Kilby beneath, a few light spots, original blue cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Inscribed copies of the British trade edition are scarce. This copy a third state with the cancel title and 26 titles half-title verso.
Conrad (Joseph). An Outcast of the Islands, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896, title printed in red and black, light toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, upper corners a little bumped, one or two small marks, 8vo, together with Tales of Unrest, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898, title printed in red and black, advertisements at rear, a little light spotting at front, original green cloth gilt, one or two small bumps to edges, 8voQTY: (2)
Plot (Robert). The Natural History of Oxford-Shire, being an essay towards the natural history of England, 2nd edition, Oxford: Leon Lichfield for Charles Brome, London: John Nicholson, 1705, folding engraved map by Michael Burghers, 16 engraved plates, contemporary ownership inscription of Thomas Hearne, 1714 to title, light soiling and small tears to front endpaper, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine repaired, small splits to joints, a little rubbed, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Upcott pp. 1069-70.
La Quintinie (Jean de). The Compleat Gard'ner; or, Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-Gardens and Kitchen-Gardens; with divers reflections on several parts of Husbandry. In six books. By the famous Monsr. De La Quintinye, chief director of all the gardens of the French-King. To which is added his Treatise of Orange-Trees, with the raising of Melons, omitted in the French editions. Made English by John Evelyn Esquire, 2 parts in one, 1st English edition, London: Matthew Gillyflower and James Partridge, 1693, engraved portrait frontispiece (early ownership signature to verso 'Tho Poore'), 11 engraved plates (including 2 folding), title in red and black, leaves P2 & P3 browned, light damp-staining to final leaf, bookplate of Rt. Hon. Charles Abbot to upper pastedown, bookplate of the Constitutional Club Library (gift of Rt. Hon. Lord Colchester 1887) to lower pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked and board corners repaired, board edges worn and showing, folio (31.7 x 20 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Frederick Alkmund Roach OBE (1909-2004).Keynes, John Evelyn 103; Henry 218; Hunt 388; Wing L431.
Missal. Missale Romanum, ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum, Pii V. pont,. Max. iussu editum, et Clementis VIII auctoritate recognitum, Antwerp: Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Joannem Moretum, Antwerp, 1605, title in red and black with engraved illustration (torn to upper margin), large woodcut illustration, text and music in red and black, light worm trail to gutter margin of last few leaves, contemporary calf, Jesuit gilt stamp to centre of each board, rebacked, 8vo, together with:Carranza (Bartolome de). Summa Omnium Conciliorum et Pontificum..., Paris: Apud P. de Laulne, filium, 1668, title in red and black with woodcut vignette, and early ownership signature, some spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo,Vergil (Polydore). De inventoribus rerum libri VIII. Et de prodigiis libri III. Cum indicibus locupletissimis, Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevirium, 1671, engraved title, some damp-staining, marbled endpapers with later cloth hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked, 12mo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian including a defective and wormed copy of Histoire des Drogues Espisceries, et de certains Medicamens simples, qui naissent es Indes & en l'Amerique, 2nd edition, 1619 QTY: (6)
Allom (Thomas, illustrator). China, in a series of views, displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire, 4 volumes in 2, London: Fisher, Son and Co., circa 1840, additional titles with engraved vignette for volumes I-III only (lacking in volume IV), 124 engraved plates, occasional light spotting and water stains, Caxton Press, Kuala Lumpur tickets, later half cloth, spines faded, some stains, 4to QTY: (2)
Lilford (Thomas L Powys). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 volumes, 2nd edition, London: R.H. Porter, 1891-97, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 421 chromolithograph or hand-coloured lithographed plates by A. Thorburn and J.G. Keulemans, leaves and plates guarded, small armorial bookplate with monogram to front pastedowns, scattered light spotting, top edge gilt, near-contemporary olive green crushed morocco gilt by Bickers & Son (signed to front free endpapers), spines faded to brown, extremities lightly rubbed, large 8voQTY: (7)NOTE:Nissen IVB 563; Anker 308; Fine Bird Books, p.91; Wood, p.436; Zimmer, p.399.
Hodgson (James). The Doctrine of Fluxions, founded on Sir Isaac Newton's Method, Published by Himself in his tract upon the Quadrature of Curves, London: W. Owen, 1758, initial advertisement leaf discarded, with numerous geometric and algebraic-geometric diagrams throughout, occasional light toning and spotting, contemporary calf with worn morocco title label, joints cracked, wear at head and foot of spine and board corners, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T165561.This work was originally published in 1736.
Ray (John). Catalogus Plantarum Angliae, et Isularum Adjacentium, 2nd edition, London: John Martyn, 1677, initial blank present, [A1 cancelled], 2 engraved plates (opposite pp. 122 and 228), statement leaf at end after errata, a little spotting and light marginal browning, armorial bookplate of Weston Library, contemporary calf, edges rubbed, antique-style calf reback with spine label, 8voQTY: (1)
Whitson (John, Robert John, & Henry Smith Williams, editors). Luther Burbank, His Methods and Discoveries and their Practical Application, 12 volumes, 1st edition, New York: Luther Burbank Press, 1914-15, numerous tipped-in colour plates, dedication page signed by Robert John, some light marginal toning, top edge gilt, original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, spines lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Alrich (Peggy, et al), The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Illustrated Dictionary of Orchid Genera, 1st edition Sarasota: Cornell University Press, 2008, numerous colour illustrations, original boards, large 8vo, plusBrown (O. Phelps), The Complete Herbalist; or, the people their own physicians by the use of natural remedies;..., drawing room edition, London: published by the author, 1872, engraved illustrations, modern endpapers, some light marginal toning & spotting, all edges gilt, rebound modern green cloth spine retaining original gilt decorated boards & spine, lightly rubbed, some minor loss to the spine, 8vo, and other mostly modern horticultural, botanical, & natural history reference, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (5 shelves)
Wilson (Henry, foreword). An Examination of the Cause of the Outbreak in Mesopotamia, with an indication of some of the main factors underlying the disturbed state of the whole Middle East, London: H. M. Government, October 1920, folding map at rear, a few light spots, original red wrappers, staples perished with small portion of wear to upper cover, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Exceedingly scarce. The foreword states 'It is hoped, however, that the paper may serve as a basis from which to examine Near and Middle Eastern developments as a whole and as a definite unit in world politics'.
Ford (Madox Ford). Songs from London, 1st edition, London: Elkin Mathews, 1910, occasional light spotting, original wrappers (small split at foot of spine), contained in modern morocco-backed portfolio, 8vo, presentation inscription from the author to half-title, together with High Germany, Eleven sets of verse, review copy, London: Duckworth and Co., 1911, previous owner signature of R. Ellis Roberts (author and contributor of the article 'Homage to Ford Madox Brown' in the New Directions literary publication), original wrappers, residue from label removal to top left of upper wrapper, ink stamp 'To be published on 5 Feb. 1912' to title, 8vo, plus Collected Poems of Ford Madox Hueffer, 2nd edition, London: Marton Secker, 1916, light spotting front and rear, endpapers toned, original cloth, small chips and stains to spine label, 8vo, inscribed by the author and dated 1924, with 2 others by the author, both inscribed by the author: New York Essays, 1st US edition, 1927, and Collected Poems, New York, 1936 QTY: (5)
Speke (John Hanning). Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1863, numerous engraved illustrations, folding map to the rear pocket, later endpapers, some spotting & light toning, rebound with red cloth spine retaining original gilt decorated brown cloth boards & spine, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Stanley (Henry M.), Through the Dark Continent..., 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Sampson Low, et al, 1878, monochrome illustrations & colour maps, bookplate to the front pastedowns, gutters re-enforced with tape, some light toning & spotting throughout, rebound with later brown cloth spines retaining original gilt decorated brown cloth boards & spines, slightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor loss, 8vo, plusNorris-Newman (Charles L.), With the Boers in the Transvaal and Orange Free State in 1880-1, 2nd edition, London: Abbot, Jones & Co., circa 1890, colour & monochrome folding maps & plans, minor marginal toning, original green cloth, boards & spine very lightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th century history & travel reference, all original cloth/boards, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Wallace (Alfred Russel). Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Volume IV, number 16, Zoology, London: Longman, Green, Longmans and Roberts and Williams and Norgate, 1860, pp. 145-189, in which On the Zoological Geography of the Malay Archipelago, by Alfred R. Wallace. Communicated by Charles Darwin Esq., pp. 172-184, partly unopened, original wrappers, some fading, 8v0, together with Darwinism. An exposition of the theory of natural selection with some of its applications, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1889, portrait frontispiece, folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, advertisement leaf at rear, light spotting to half-title and endpapers, contemporary owner inscription of Rothsay Stewart, 1889 to half-title, original green cloth, spine darkened, tear at head of spine, 8vo, plus The Wonderful Century, its successes and its failures, 1st edition, London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1898, portrait frontispiece, 12 folding graphs at end, a little light soiling front and rear, bookplate of John Jackson Coates, his signature, original green cloth gilt, spine a little darkened and rubbed at ends, 8vo, with 2 others: Man's Place in the Universe, 1st edition, 1903, and The Malay Archipelago, new edition, 1898QTY: (5)
White (Lieutenant George Francis). Views in India, chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains. Edited by Emma Roberts, 1st edition, London & Paris: Fisher, Son, and Co., 1838, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved vignette title, 36 full-page engraved views, each with tissue-guard, pale water stain to title and final engraved plate, penultimate plate with short closed tear to blank fore-margin, occasional light water stains to plates towards rear of volume, owners bookplate of Thomas Brushfield, M. A. to front pastedown, and contemporary gilt inscription in brown ink to front blank 'S, E. Prideaux. May 4th 1840, for my dear daughter S. T. Douglass', all edges gilt, blind-decorated green cloth, rubbed and some wear, with tear to head of spine, some discolouration, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Yakushi W65.Some of the plates are from watercolours by J. M. W. Turner after White's original sketches.
Mun (Thomas). England's Treasure by Foreign Trade: or the ballance of our foreign trade in the rule of our treasure, London: Thomas Horne, 1718, [8], 175, one or two corners torn away, some toning and spotting throughout, later parchment-backed boards, label to spine, some light dust-soiling, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T151662; Goldsmiths' 5443; PMM 146 (for the 1664 first edition). First published in 1664, this copy is likely the 6th edition.'Thomas Mun was a highly successful merchant in Italy (where he tells us he did business with Ferdinando the first Grand Duke of Tuscany) and the Levant. In 1615 he was appointed a director of the East India Company, and his life and literary productions thereafter became totally involved with the life of the Company... Mun thought that the best way to increase the wealth of the country was by foreign trade, 'wherein', he said 'wee must ever observe this rule; to sell more to strangers yearly than wee consume of theirs in value'. In this programme for attaining a favourable balance of trade one prominent plank was the liberalisation of England from her semi-colonial economic status under the industrious peace-loving Dutch.' (PMM).John Mun, the author's son brought out the book twenty-three years after his father's death.
Hawkshaw (Ann). Cecil's Own Book. By "Granny." (Mrs. Hawkshaw), [privately printed, 1871], 8 mounted monochrome plates (last plate detached), some light spotting, bookplate of Francis Hamilton Wedgwood, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, spine and extremities faded, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Bennett (Arnold). The Grim Smile of the Five Towns, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1907, 10 pp. advertisements at rear, some light spotting, endpapers toned, original cloth, spine faded with tiny tear at head, small splits to joints, 8vo, with others by Arnold Bennett and Mark Twain including 1st editions Clayhanger, 1910, Hilda Lessways, 1911, The Regent, 1911, These Twain, 1916, Mr. Prohack, 1922, Lord Raingo, 1926 by Bennett, the Stolen White Elephant, 1882 (hinge broken, contents loose), and The American Claimant, 1892, both 1st UK editions, the latter inscribed by Cecil Wedgwood, 1893, Historical Records of the King's Own Stafford Rifles (3rd K. O. Stafford Militia) now the 4th Battalion the Prince of Wales's North Staffordshire Regiment, compiled by C. C. W. Troughton, Lichfield, 1903, and Memoir of Jane Austen, by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh, Oxford, 1926 QTY: (25)NOTE:The first work, Cecil's Own Book was written by the poet Ann Hawksworth for her grandson Cecil Wedgwood and is very scarce. It contains three short stories and ten poems to amuse Cecil, the surviving son of Ann's daughter Mary, who died shortly after childbirth in 1863, the other books in the lot are from the Wedgwood family.Cecil Wedgwood (1863-1916) was the great-great-grandson of potter Josiah Wedgwood, and after serving in the Second Boer War (1899-1902) where he rose to the rank of major and awarded the DSO, he became the first mayor of Stoke-on-Trent from 1910-11. At the outbreak of the First World War he raised the 7th Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment and was killed at the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. He was succeeded by his cousin Francis Hamilton Wedgwood as the firm's chairman and managing director.
Ralegh (Walter). The History of the World, in five books, 2 volumes, 11th edition, London: G. Conyers, 1736, titles printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece to volume one (with later hand-colouring), 8 engraved double-page maps, lightly dust-soiled, contemporary calf gilt, red morocco title labels, some loss to head of spine of volume two, rubbed with a few light marks, folio QTY: (2)
Wallace (Alfred Russel). Island Life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras. Including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1880, 3 partially hand-coloured maps, maps and illustrations in text, advertisement leaf at rear, occasional light spotting, residue from bookplate removal to endpapers, hinges a little tender, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed, one corner bumped, 8vo, together with Tropical Nature, and other essays, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1878, illustrations, advertisement leaf at rear, occasional light spotting, bookplate of George Fleming (1833-1901, Scottish veterinarian), original green cloth, spine a little darkened with small wormholes at ends, light edge wear, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:First work Freeman 3865; Norman 2179.
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[Morris, Reginald O. & Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth]. George Butterworth 1885-1916, printed for private circulation only, York & London: Delittle, Fenwick & Co, Fine Art Printers, 1918, portrait frontispiece, 4 plates, map, small abrasion to front pastedown, original contrasting buckram, tears at spine ends, some small stains, small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Very scarce memoir of the composer George Butterworth {1885-1916), by his father Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth friend and fellow soldier Reginald Morris.George Butterworth is best remembered for composing A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad (1911-12) and The Banks of Green Willow (1913), among others and collected folk songs with Ralph Vaughan Williams in the English countryside in 1907, also later working with Hubert Parry. At the outbreak of the First World War he was commissioned as 2nd lieutenant in the 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry and awarded the Military Cross for his action in capturing trenches at Pozieres on the Somme, July 16-17, 1916. He was killed on 5 August.
Alexander (William). The History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity, to the Present Time; giving some account of almost every interesting particular concerning that sex, among all nations, ancient and modern, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1779, contemporary speckled calf, red morocco title label to spines, joints splitting and spines cracked, extremities worn, 4to, together with:Del la Casa (Giovanni). Galateo: or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners. Addressed to a Young Nobleman from the Italian of Giovanni de la Casa, London: J. Dodsley, 1774, browning to margins of title and final leaves, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked, 16mo in 8s, plus Brown (John). Essays on the Characteristics, London: C. Davis, 1751, title in red and black with engraved vignette, light dust-soiling and occasional spotting, contemporary calf, lacking title label to spine, joints split and some wear, 8voQTY: (4)
Huxley (Leonard). Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1918, portrait frontispieces. folding map of Sikkim and Eastern Nepal, half-tone illustrations, a little minor spotting, bookplates of Maurice Francis Yorke, original navy cloth gilt, one or two small bumps, 8vo, together with Darwin (Francis, editor). The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1887, portrait frontispieces, facsimile letter, some minor toning and spotting, hinges tender, bookplates of Sir John Lubbock, original cloth, spines a little darkened, a few damp stains to covers, residue from label removal to volume IIi upper cover, 8vo, plus More Letters of Charles Darwin. A Record of his work in a series of hitherto unpublished letters, edited by Francis Darwin, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1903, photogravure and half-tone illustrations, a little light spotting and toning, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with other biography, letters etc including Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences, by James Marchant, 2 volumes, 1916, and T. H. Huxley's Diary of the Voyage of H. M. S. Rattlesnake, edited from the unpublished ms. by Julian Huxley, 1st edition, 1935 (2 copies)QTY: (20)NOTE:The second work is from the library of Sir John Lubbock (4th Baronet, 1834-1913), politician and polymath, who received a letter from Charles Darwin in July 1870 regarding the Census and consanguineous marriages (letter published on p. 129 in volume III).
Smith (Henry). Flora Sarisburiensis; A Repository of English Botany, both General and Medical; being an accurate delineation from nature of English Plants, with their uses in Medicine, the Arts, and Agriculture..., 1st edition, Salisbury: Brodie and Dowding, [1817], 30 hand-coloured engraved plates by G. Testolini after T. R. Guest, some light spotting, without errata slip, ink stamp of Christopher Wordsworth bearing the motto 'veritas' to front pastedown and with signatures Chs. Wordsworth and W. Tennant to front free endpaper, 19th-century half sheep, together with:Martyn (Thomas). Thirty-Eight Plates with Explanations, intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables, and particularly adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany, London: J. White, 1799, 38 hand-coloured engraved plates by F. P. Nodder, advertisement leaf present, light toning and occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of John Agnew to upper pastedown, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, 8vo (Great Flower Books p.118; Nissen BBI 1792),Curtis (William). Linnaeus's System of Botany, so far as relates to his Classes and Orders of Plants; illustrated by figures entirely new, with copious explanatory descriptions. Drawn up for the use of his pupils..., London: Printed and sold by the author, 1777, [viii], 4, 15, [1] pp., 2 engraved plates each in 2 states, one plain the other hand-coloured, some offsetting and some spotting, modern green half morocco, slim 4to (Henrey 606)QTY: (3)
Gosse (Philip Henry). Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals, 1st edition, London: Van Voorst, 1860, 12 plates (11 hand-finished colour), frontispiece detaching, partly unopened, original cloth gilt, partial loss of gilt of author's name to spine, small tear at foot of upper cover, 8vo, together with Dana (James D.) Corals and Coral Islands, 1st UK edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1875, colour frontispiece, 3 maps (2 folding) at rear, illustrations, extra-illustrated with 13 plates, some identified in pencil to verso, publisher's list at end, light spotting front and rear, bookplate of Ernest & Beatrice Amsden, her signature, original cloth gilt, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, with 2 others related: Coral and Atolls, by F. Wood-Jones, 1st edition, 1910, and Coral Reefs and Atolls. Being a course of lectures delivered at the Lowell Institute at Boston February 1930, by J. Stanley Gardiner, 1st edition, 1931 QTY: (4)
* Prints & Drawings. A collection of approximately 60 prints & drawings, mostly 19th-century, etchings, engravings, watercolours and pen and ink drawings, including caricatures, portraits, juvenile, natural history, duelling, military, gardens and topographical views (including one 'hold to light'), various sizes and conditionQTY: (approx. 60)
Darwin (Charles). A Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae, or Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain; A Monograph on the Fossil Balanidae and Verrucidae of Great Britain, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for the Palaeontographical Society, 1851-54, 7 lithograph plates by James de C. & George Sowerby, illustrations, some light toning, mainly to Fossil Lepadidae text, Wigan Free Public Library blindstamp to Fossil Balandiae title, later brown half calf, spines and part of covers faded, 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Freeman 342; Norman 590. Darwin's two monographs on fossil Cirripedia appeared as volume V number 13 and volume VIII number 30 in the series of monographs published by the Palaeontographical Society, with Freeman considering the above monographs as one work.
Stein (Aurel). Old Routes of Western Īrān, Narrative of an Archaeological Journey carried out and recorded, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co, 1940, 8 maps (1 folding in rear pocket), black and white illustrations throughout, top edge gilt, original orange cloth gilt, gilt medallion to upper cover, a few light marks to upper cover, 8voQTY: (1)
Wallace (Alfred Russel). My Life. A record of events and opinions, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1905, half-tone illustrations, some light spotting, St. Peter's College Oxford library bookplate and stamps, original cloth gilt, residue from shelf number labels at foot of spines, light edge wear, 8vo, together with Social Environment and Moral Progress, 1st edition, London: Cassell and Company, 1913, portrait frontispiece, some light spotting, contemporary presentation inscription, original cloth gilt, spine and extremities faded, faint ring stain to upper cover, 8vo, plus Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel. Australasia, edited and extended by Alfred R. Wallace, 5th edition, London: Edward Stanford, 1888, folding maps and illustrations, , a couple of short closed tears to maps, a little minor spotting, original cloth gilt in bright condition, 8vo, with 9 others, reprints by the author including A Narrative of Travels in the Amazon and Rio Negro, Minerva Library of Famous Books, 3rd edition, 1890, Darwinism, 1890, Natural Selection and Tropical Nature, 1891 Island Life, 1892, Miracles and Modern Spiritualism, 1896, and The Wonderful Century, 1908QTY: (13)
Woodville (William). Medical Botany, containing Systematic and General Descriptions, with plates, of all the Medicinal Plants, Indigenous and Toxic, comprehended in the Catalogues of the Materia Medica, as published by the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London and Edinburgh: accompanied with a Circumstantial Detail of their Medicinal Effects, and of the Diseases in which they have been most successfully employed, 4 volumes (including Supplement), London: Printed and sold for the Author, by James Phillips, 1790-1794[-95], 274 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light toning, minor spotting to few leaves, bookplate of G[eorge]. W[ynne]. Jeudwine (1849-1933) to upper pastedowns, volumes 1, 2 and supplement in contemporary half calf gilt with hinges strengthened, volume 3 in matching modern half calf gilt, 4toQTY: (4)NOTE:Hunt 716; Henrey 1521-22; Nissen BBI 2183.Woodville's Medical Botany appeared in numbers (see preface, vol. 1). The plates in the three volumes and in the Supplement have publication dates, the earliest being '1 January 1790' (plates 1-5, vol. 1) and the latest '1 January 1795' (plates 271-274, Supplement).
Calvi (Donato). Scena Letteraria de gli Scrittori Bergamaschi aperta alla curiosità de suoi concittadini..., 2 volumes bound in 1, Bergamo: Marc'Antonio Rossi, 1664, engraved title page, further in-text portraits & vignettes, modern endpapers, liquid stains to the title page, some minor marginal toning, modern paper boards, 4to, together with:Mosheim (Johann Lorenz), De Rebus Christianorum ante constantinum magnum commentarii, Helmstadt: Friedrich Weygand, engraved title page vignette, bookplate to the front pastedown, ex-libris ink stamp to the foot of teh title page, some loss to the front & rear pastedowns, some light toning & spotting, contemporary embossed full vellum, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed, 4to, plusClement (Francois), L'Art de Vérifier les Dates des faits Historiques, des Chartes, des Chroniques et autres Anciens Monuments,..., nouvelle édition, Paris: G. Desprez, 1770, engraved title plus further vignettes, bookplates to the front endpapers, gutters partially cracked, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine marked & rubbed with some small loss to the extremities, hinges split, folio, and other 17th to 19th century Italian, French, & German language history & ecclesiastical reference, mostly contemporary leather & vellum bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)NOTE:Approximately 115 volumes
Munnings (Alfred James). Pictures of Horses and English Life, with an appreciation by Lionel Lindsay, limited issue, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927, 28 colour plates, monochrome illustrations, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition 221/250, numbered and signed by the artist.
Walton (Isaac & Charles Cotton). The Complete Angler or Contemplative Man’s Recreation being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-ponds, Fish and Fishing, 3rd edition, London: John and Francis Rivington, 1775, 14 full page engraved plates, hinges repaired, some toning to endpapers and pastedown, contemporary sprinkled sheep repacked, covers and spine rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with;Pursh (Frederick), Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or an Accented Catalogue of Plants Indigenous and Exotic Cultivated in The Cambridge Botanic Garden, 9th edition, London: F. C. And J. Rivington, 1819, initials to pastedown, pencil markings throughout with some ink annotations, original boards, binding loose, rear board detached, covers and spine rubbed and marked, 8vo, plusJames (Henry), Daisy Miller: A Study. An International Episode. Four Meetings., 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1979, some light marginal joining, occasional minor spotting, original red cloth, hinge split, covers and spine rubbed and marked, spine chipped to head and foot, 8vo, and other 19th & 20th century non-fiction & fiction, biography, & history reference, some original cloth in dust jacks, some original cloth, some original wrappers, 8vo/4to, GQTY: (6 shelves )
Dezallier d'Argenville (Antoine). The Theory and Practice of Gardening: wherein is fully handled all that relates to Fine Gardens, commonly called Pleasure-Gardens, as Parterres, Groves, Bowling-Greens, etc., ... Done from the French original, printed at Paris, Anno 1709, by John James of Greenwich, 1st English edition, London: printed by Geo. James, 1712, [12], 218, [2] pp., title in red and black (with light early ink scribble marks), 32 engraved plates (9 folding and 23 double-page), list of subscribers present, lacking Royal Privilege leaf and list of errata, occasional minor scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, joints and spine worn, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Henrey III, 1426.An influential work on French formal garden design. Subscribers include Joseph Addison and Nicolas Hawksmoor. The first and last leaf of the preliminary leaves (i.e. pp. [i-ii and xv-xvi]) containing the Royal privilege, and a list of errata, respectively, are not found in the British Museum copy which may represent the earlier issue.
Hobbes (Thomas). Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Printed [by Thomas Warren and Richard Cotes] for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1651, 1-248, 247-256, 261-396 pp., additional pictorial engraved title by Abraham Bosse, with manuscript signature to lower blank margin 'W. Best' [?] dated 1713, letterpress title with woodcut ornament with head motif (indicating the first issue), folding letterpress table, errata list struck through in early ink to verso of A3, several leaves at front of volume (mainly between leaves B1-E2) with occasional early marginal notes, occasional ink markings and underlining, short closed tear to lower blank margins of I1, 2S2, upper blank margin of 2T1 tiny rust hole to 2D4 affecting one letter of text, repaired closed tear to lower edge of 3B3 (without loss), further manuscript notes (probably by the same annotator) to rear flyleaf, light toning or browning to outer margins of a few leaves, late 19th-century blind-ruled calf, decorative ligatures in blind and red morocco title label to spine, spine and extremities slightly rubbed, covers lightly faded, folio in 4s (leaf size 27.7 x 18 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Macdonald & Hargreaves 42; Pforzheimer 491; PMM 138; Wing H2246.The remarkable additional engraved title by Abraham Bosse, designed in collaboration with the author) in this copy is an excellent and strong impression. The face depicted on the figure of Leviathan (whose body represents the 'body politic') at the top of the title is almost certainly that of Hobbes himself.Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was born in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. His most important work of political philosophy Leviathan espouses the idea of a 'social contract' which is freely entered into between an absolute ruler and their subjects. It was his main work upon which his contemporary reputation was founded and aroused a storm of opposition. Its contents haunted political, religious, and philosophical writers for several decades, so necessary did they find it to refute Hobbes' ideas. The Roman Catholic Church placed the work on the Index of Prohibited Books for its idea that the sovereign should also act as head of the state's religion. Leviathan is the product of those troubled times leading up to and during the English Civil War. 'The State, it seemed to Hobbes, might be regarded as a great artificial monster made up of individual men, with an existence which could be traced from its generation through human reason under pressure of human needs to its destruction through civil strife proceeding from human passions. The individual (except to save his own life) should always submit to the State, because any government is better than the anarchy of the natural state' (PMM). Leviathan was written while Hobbes was resident in Paris and also tutor to the Prince of Wales. After the Restoration, he was protected by Charles II, who always retained affection for him.
La Pérouse (Jean-François de Galaup). A Voyage Around The World, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, 3 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: J. Johnson, 1798, 39 engraved plates (of 42, many folding, including maps and charts), a few folding plates slightly trimmed at foot, occasional light spotting, 19th-century half calf with later cloth boards and morocco spine labels, some light wear to extremities, spines faded, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Hill p.174; Sabin 38963.One of two English editions published in the same year, the other being published by John Stockdale. Hill notes 'The preface to the Stockdale edition leads one to suppose that Johnson's was issued slightly earlier'.
* English playing cards. Standard pattern Faro/Bassette pack, Edward Hall, circa 1803, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), reduced size with wide borders, single-figured courts with type I eyes, Garter type A4a ace of spades (die no.4), two court cards with a tiny brown mark to blank border, KD with very small area of surface abrasion to blank border, versos plain white, each card 87 x 57 mm, together with: Standard pattern type II, Hall & Son, circa 1810, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), single-figure courts, KH with initials HC to axe haft, Garter type A5 ace of spades (die no.76, 1st recut), AC with Superfine ink stamp, lightly toned and dusty, two small wormholes affecting 4 court cards and 3 pip cards, several pip cards and 2 court cards with surface loss affecting suit signs (black pips sometimes neatly re-coloured), on QD also slightly affecting bottom of costume, gilt edges, versos plain white, each card 88 x 61 mm, plus: Standard pattern type HB2, Hall & Bancks, circa 1830, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), single-figure courts, Old Frizzle ace of spades, lightly toned and dusty, 6H & 8H with some brown marks, minor mark to KH upper border, versos plain green-blue, each card 93 x 64 mm, with a Hall & Bancks Piquet deck, circa 1830, 30 (of 32, without QC & 8D), type II courts, with clean-shaven kings & jacks, Old Frizzle AS, lightly toned and dusty, AS with light brown mark horizontally, 7H with short crease, versos plain blue, each card 85 x 58 mm, and another 20 English late 19th-early 20th century decks, comprising: 4 packs by Bancks Brothers late Hunt, circa 1865-1880, including 1 pack with HB1 courts, one with HB1.1, and two with HB6 type courts - one being smaller format and printed in turquoise/red/yellow; five Goodall packs, circa 1860-1902), including one double-ended standard pattern with Old Frizzle and fuchsias versos, one Scientific Whist deck, Historic Playing Cards deck (with original box plus 2 advertising slips), Historic Shakespeare pack (with original box), Japanesque Playing Cards (with original box); one Heartsette pack, by Herbert Fitch of London, 1883 (with original box & rules booklet); De La Rue pack with Goodall AS (circa 1925); and 9 London Playing Card Company packs (one lacking KC, another without 3D & 8H), including a Copechat Paramount Sorting System deck, some with original box, all complete unless mentioned above, various conditions, a quantity of cards from all but one deck mounted with photo corners onto 15 display boards/cards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40.5 cm and similar QTY: (24)
Darwin (Charles). On The Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, London: John Murray, 1860, half-title, lacking folding diagram and publisher's advertisements (both never bound in), neat contemporary ownership inscription of G. E. Thorley in black ink to head of front free endpaper, light scattered spotting, B1 with small repaired closed marginal tear, bookseller's ticket of Slatter and Rose, Oxford to foot of front pastedown, bookbinder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants to foot of rear pastedown, original green blindstamped cloth gilt (Freeman's variant 'a' binding), 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 376. 'Certainly the most important biological book ever written'.An unusual example of this landmark text, with the missing folding diagram and publisher's advertisements never bound in. Otherwise an exceedingly bright example.The 1250 copies of the first edition of 1859 were sold out almost immediately and this revised second edition (identified by “fifth thousand” on the title page) was published some 3 months later. In a very important addition to his text, Darwin here tries to reconcile the theory of evolution with the traditional conception of God’s creation of the world.
Bradley (Richard). A Survey of the Ancient Husbandry and Gardening, collected from Cato, Varro, Columella, Virgil, and others the most eminent writers among the Greeks and Romans..., with a Preface, shewing the use of Husbandry, and the necessity of erecting Public Gardens, London: B. Motte, 1725, early ownership signature 'Danl. Pocock' at head of title, four numbered engraved plates on two folding leaves (one frayed to fore-margin and repaired), occasional light damp-staining mostly to lower margins, some light dust-soiling, few gathering sprung at rear, contemporary panelled calf, upper joint split and some wear to extremities, 8vo, together with:Bradley (Richard). New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, both Philosophical and Practical, 6th edition, London: J. and J. Knapton, A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch, J. Pemberton and D. Browne, 1731, engraved frontispiece, 12 engraved plates including 10 folding (two folding plates repaired to fore-margins and one other frayed), few damp-stains and occasional light dust-soiling, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, 8vo,Marshall (William). Planting and Rural Ornament. Being a second edition, with large additions, of Planting and Ornamental Gardening, A Practical Treatise, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: G. Nicol, G. G. and J. Robinson and J. Debrett, 1796, half-titles, 2 pp. publisher's adverts at rear of volume 2, edges untrimmed, original boards, worn, 8vo,Hale (Thomas). A Compleat Body of Husbandry, 4 volumes, Dublin: P. Wilson and J. Exshaw, 1757, 16 engraved plates (14 folding), one title-page at rear of volume 2 torn with loss, light worm holes to fore-margins of volume 3, some damp-staining, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco title label to each spine, 8vo, plus three other related titles including Young (Arthur). Annals of Agriculture, and other useful Arts, 3 volumes, 1784; Kent (Nathaniel). General View of the Agriculture of the County of Norfolk..., 1796; [Lawrence, John]. The New Farmer's Calendar..., 5th edition, 1809QTY: (13)
Ford (Madox Ford). The Brown Owl. A Fairy Story, 2nd edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892, 2 monochrome plates by Ford Madox Brown, light spotting front and rear, original decorative boards, spine toned and a little rubbed at ends, 8vo, inscribed by the author 'Sincere regards from Ford. F. M. Hueffer', together with The Queen Who Flew. A Fairy Tale, 1st edition, London: Bliss, Sands & Foster, 1894, sepia frontispiece by Edward Burne Jones, border design by C. R. B. Barrett, endpapers a little toned, original grey-blue pictorial cloth, spine faded and a little rubbed, 8vo, plus The Feather, The Children's Library series, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892, frontispiece by Ford Madox Brown, advertisements at rear, original patterned boards, spine toned, 8vo, , together with five others, early titles by the author: The Brown Owl, 1st & 2nd US editions, 1891 & 1892, The Feather, 1st UK edition, 1892 (in variant green cloth binding), Rossetti. A critical essay on his art, [1902], and The Face of the Night. A second series of poems for pictures, 1904, and 2 other editions of The Brown Owl and The FeatherQTY: (10)NOTE:The first book, number one in the Children's Library series and the author's first book states 'second edition' to the title but is likely to be added in the press to the first edition sheets.
Shelley (Percy Bysshe). The Dramatic Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley/The Lyrical Poems and Translations of Percy Bysshe Shelley/The Narrative Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, together 4 volumes, London: Chatto & Windus for the Florence Press, 1922-27, a little minor toning, all edges gilt, contemporary blue half morocco gilt by Bayntun, Bath, slight fading to spines, 8vo, together with the Iliad of Homer, rendered into English blank verse by Edward Earl of Derby, 2 volumes, 5th edition, London: John Murray, 1865, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary tan full calf, upper covers stamped with gilt vignette of Homer, Greek key border, spine with red and green labels and gilt busts of Homer in compartments, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, with others leatherbound including History of the United Netherlands/The Rise of the Dutch Republic, by John Lothrop Motley, together 7 volumes, 1875-96, The Last Voyage of Capt. Sir John Ross to the Arctic Regions, for the Discovery of a North West Passage..., by Robert Huish, 1st edition, 1835 ('unauthorized account' according to Sabin 33626), and History of Scotland, from the Union to the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in MDCCXLVIII, by John Struthers, 2 volumes, 1827-28 QTY: (20)
Clapperton (Hugh). Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa from the Bight of Benin to Soccatoo... To which is added the journal of Richard Lander from Kano to the sea-coast, partly by a more eastern route, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1829, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, single-page plan and folding engraved map all laid down on linen, some spotting to plates, offsetting to title, some light marginal soiling, modern cloth-backed boards, 4to, together with [Skinner, John]. A True Relation of the Unjust, Cruell and Barbarous Proceedings against the English at Amboyna in the East-Indies, by the Neatherlandish governour and councel there, part 1 only (of 3), 2nd impression, London: [H. Lownes for N. Newbery, 1624], part 1 only, 38 pp., lacking woodcut frontispiece, title imprint shaved, upper corner of title repaired, some soiling and spotting, later half calf, rebacked, edges rubbed, 8vo QTY: (2)
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