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Lot 125
E. HIRSH; an early 20th century mahogany cased station-type wall clock, the 12" enamelled dial set with Roman numerals, inscribed to the upper portion 'E. Hirsh' and further inscribed to the lower portion '61A Ledbury Road, W', overall diameter 38cm (af).Condition Report: The finish on the dial is heavily crazed and coming away in some areas with further patch repairs visible, case has light surface wear including scuffs, scrapes, fading, staining, etc, commensurate with use and age.
Lot 933
OMEGA; a 9ct gold wristwatch, the champagne-coloured dial set with Roman numerals and dots, on a fancy chain bracelet, stamped '375', the case numbered '1455', diameter approx. 18mm, in original case.Condition Report: - Approx. 16g. Does not tick when wound. Light scratches to back of case. Minor wear to glass. There is no paperwork present.
Lot 94
Lugar (Robert). [Architectural sketches for cottages, rural dwellings, and villas, in the Grecian, Gothic, and fancy styles, with plans; suitable to persons of genteel life and moderate fortune. Preceded by some observations on scenery and character proper for picturesque buildings, London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1805], title page lacking, with 38 aquatint plates and plans, some light spotting and damp-staining mostly to margins, contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco, rubbed and light wear, 4to, together with:Robinson (Peter Frederick). Rural Architecture; or, A Series of Designs for Ornamental Cottages, 4th edition, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1836, additional lithograph title, 96 lithograph plates, occasional spotting and offsetting, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, morocco title label to upper board, spine worn at head, 4to, Pugin (Augustus). A Series of Ornamental Timber Gables, from Existing Examples in England and France, of the Sixteenth Century, 2nd edition, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1839, additional lithograph title, 30 lithograph plates, scattered spotting, hinges split, original cloth, lower joint partly split, 4to, and others related including Ferrey (Benjamin). Recollections of A. N. Welby Pugin, and his father, Augustus Pugin, London: Edward Stanford, 1861; Dallaway (James). Observations on English Architecture, Military, Ecclesiastical, and Civil..., London: J. Taylor, 1806; Scott (George Gilbert). Remarks on Secular & Domestic Architecture, Present & Future, London: John Murray, 1857, and Scott (George Gilbert). Personal and Professional Recollections..., London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1879QTY: (7)
Lot 205
Cambridge University Press, publisher. Reports on Plague Investigations in India, issued by The Advisory Committee, 2 volumes [volume 1 parts 1 & 2], 1st edition, 1911, some minor spotting & toning, "Journ. Hyg." ink stamps to the text-blocks, original uniform gilt decorated red cloth, spines faded & slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Markham (C. R.), Memoir on the Indian Surveys, circa 1871, lacking title page & original front & rear endpapers, some repaired damage to pp.xxi-xxiv, 3 colour maps, some light toning & spotting, later gilt decorated quarter morocco, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th century India reference, including District Gazetteers, 21 volumes, circa 1910, all ex-library & bound in contemporary blue library cloth, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 123
Uttley (Alison). Wise Owl's Story, 1935; Fuzzypeg Goes to School, 1938; Little Grey Rabbit's Christmas, 1939; 1st editions, colour illustrations by Margaret Tempest, one or two minor spots, illustrated endpapers, original boards, a few light marks and bumps, spine ends a little rubbed, small chip at foot of Fuzzypeg front board, 8vo, with 21 others mainly by Alison Uttley including 1st editions Moldy Warp the Mole, 1940, Grey Rabbit & the Wandering Hedgehog, 1948 (2 copies), Hare and Guy Fawkes, 1956 (in dust jacket), Little Grey Rabbit's Valentine, 1953, and Hare Goes Shopping, 1965 (in jacket) QTY: (24)
Lot 148
Brown (Richard). The Principles of Practical Perspective, or, Scenographic Projection;..., part 1, 1st edition, London: printed for Leigh and Son, 1835, monochrome frontispiece, 50 engraved plates, some light toning & spotting, modern endpapers, modern gilt decorated full calf, some light marks to the boards, large 4to, together with:Brooks (S. H.), Designs for Cottage and Villa Architecture;.., 1st edition, London: Thomas Kelly, 1839, 111 engraved plates, period inscription to the partially detached front endpaper, some toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine rubbed, front hinge cracked to the head of the spine, large 4to, plusButlin (Martin), The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake, 2 volumes, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, large 8vo, and other art, architecture, & antiques reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks & small exhibition pamphlets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 48
* Illustrated Proverbs. New Round Game, Illustrated Proverbs, 1st series, consisting of 64 cards beautifully coloured, early edition, London: John Jaques & Son, circa 1870, the complete deck of 64 cards, comprising 12 hand-coloured engraved cards illustrating the proverbs, and 51 cards with another word from each proverb within a decorative cartouche, all cards with the full relevant proverb at the top, plus the printed Rules card, generally browned, somewhat dust- and finger-soiled, few corners creased, some light wear to extremities, square corners, versos lightly mottled blue, each card 87 x 57 mm, with original two-part box (worn), small label of Hamleys' Imperial Toy Warehouse at bottom of front panel, together with two decks of The Counties of England, by Jacques & Son: firstly a 3rd series (Eastern) deck, 61 cards plus key and rules cards, 1881 census figures, box A (defective); secondly a 2nd series (Midland) deck, 47 cards plus folding rules leaflet, 1911 figures, box B (worn), also two decks of The Kingdoms of Europe, Jaques & Son, circa 1885: a 1st series deck, 45 cards, with defective box, and a 2nd series deck, 45 cards and folding rules leaflet, plus a South Africa Souvenir pack by South African Railways and Harbours Publicity Dept., circa 1910 (see Berry, 2003, [W626]), 52 plus joker, with original box (worn), a Picturesque Canada Souvenir Playing Cards pack, published Canadian Pacific Railway News Service, manufactured U.S. Playing Card Co., 52 plus joker, with original box (worn), and a Cartes Lenormand deck by B. Dondorf, Wahrsage-Karten nr.1 (variant 2), circa 1878-1910, 35 (of 36, without 8D), rules booklet (repaired & worn), an 8D added from another similar deck by Max Kornicker, in original (defective) cloth and card boxQTY: (8)NOTE:First item: Apparently the engravings are after designs by H.K. Browne, also known as Phiz.
Lot 163
Chardin (John). Sir John Chardin's Travels in Persia, reprint edition, London: The Argonaut Press, 1927, monochrome illustrations, some light toning throughout, original quarter vellum, boards & spine rubbed with some toning & marks, 8vo, limited edition un-numbered copy of 975, together with other late 19th & early 20th century miscellaneous literature, including works by Aldous Huxley, R. L . Stevenson, Andrew Lang, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8voQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)
Lot 144
Bindings. Novels of George Eliot, 7 volumes, new edition, Edinburgh: William Blackford and Sons, circa 1880, monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voThe Novels of Sir Walter Scott, 25 volumes, London: George Routledge & Sons, 1879, monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voThe Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, 12 volumes, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1885, monochrome illustrations, ex-libris books plates to the front endpapers, some light spotting, some gutters cracked, contemporary uniform gilt decorated plum calf, spines lightly faded, boards lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with other 18th & early 19th century literature, including A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, 8 volumes, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1878-1890, extra illustrated, 8vo, all contemporary gilt decorated leather bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)NOTE:Approximatley 125 volumes
Lot 232
Lipscomb (George). The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: J. & W. Robins, numerous etched plates & maps, plus monochrome illustrations, some very minor marginal toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines lightly rubbed, large 4to, together with:Land (Andrew), Prince Charles Edward, London: Goupil & Co., 1900, colour frontispiece plus further monochrome plates with tissue guards, book plate to the front pastedown, some minor spotting & marginal toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated full red morocco, some light rubbing, folio, limited edition 701/1500, plus other mostly 19th century literature, mostly contemporary leather bindings, many gilt decorated, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)NOTE:Approximately 105 volumes
Lot 7
Harrison (Walter). A New and Universal History, Description and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, and their adjacent parts, London: J. Cooke, at Shakespeare's Head, 1776, 101 engraved plates, occasional light dust-soiling, contemporary calf gilt, upper cover detached, worn, folioQTY: (1)
Lot 156
Jortin (John). The Life of Erasmus, London: printed for J. Whiston & B. White, 1758, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, book plates to the front pastedowns, gutters partially cracked, some light toning, contemporary uniform full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with some minor loss, hinges cracked, 4to, together with:Sansovino (Francesco), Origine e Fatti delle Famiglie Illustri D'Italiadi..., Venice: Presso Combi, & La Nou, 1670, engraved title page vignette, some minor marks & marginal toning, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusMutio (Giromlamo), Historia de Girolamo Mutio Giustinopolitano de' Fatti di Federico di Montefeltro duca D'Urbino, Venice: Aprreso Gio: Battista Ciotti, 1605, engraved title page vignette, later inscriptions to the head of the title page, some light marginal toning, spine mostly detached, contemporary full vellum, boards & spine lightly marked, loss to the foot of the spine, 8vo, and other 17th-19th century Italian history, literature & related, including Stieler's Hand-Atlas über alle theile der erde und über das weltgebaude, 1825, oblong folio, some leather bindings, some original cloth, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)NOTE:Approximately 60 volumes
Lot 147
Curtis (John). British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, volumes 1 & 2 bound in 1, London: printed for the author, 1824-5, 98 hand coloured engraved plates, front gutter cracked, some light spotting & marginal toning, later 19th century half calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Wood (W.), General Conchology; or, a description of Shells,..., volume 1 only, London: printed for John Booth, 1815, 59 hand coloured engraved plates, period inscriptions to the front endpaper, some minor marginal toning, all edges gilt, contemporary ornately gilt decorated red full morocco, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusBryant (Charles), Flora Diaetetica: or History of Esculent Plants, both domestic and foreign, London: printed for B. White, 1783, period inscription to he head of the title page, book plate to the front pastedown, later endpapers, some light spotting & toning, later calf spine retaining contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, boards, 8vo, and other 18th-19th century & modern natural history reference, some leather bindings, some original cloth in dust jackets, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 67
Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotehecae, seu rerum antiquarum tum fabulosarum tum verartim historiae, priores libri sex, Poggio Florentino Interprete, Paris, Simonem Colinaeum, 1531, title with portion of fore edge torn away and repaired with later paper, some browning throughout, all edges gilt, later red full morocco, gilt-decorated spine, rubbed and some wear to joints, 8vo, together with Dion Cassius. Historiae Romanae libri XLVI, partim integri, partim mutili, partim excerpti..., frankfurt: Andreae Wecheli heredes, Claudium Marnium & Joan. Aubrium, 1592, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final leaf, folding genealogical table, few wormholes and slight worming at foot of gutter margin to initial half of volume (not affecting text), light toning and minor scattered spotting, sewing weak and partly broken, contemporary vellum, spine torn and lifting with slight loss, 8vo, plus two others: Thesoro delle Indulgenze di Bologna, 1589, and [Pietro Verri], Meditazioni sulla Economia Politica, Venice, 1771QTY: (4)NOTE:Adams 467 (Diodorus) and 506 (Dion Cassius).
Lot 180
Young (Arthur).The Farmer's Kalendar; or, a monthly directory for all sorts of country business:..., London: printed for Robinson and Roberts, 1761, period inscription to the half-title, ex-library copy with associated bookplates & stamps, front gutter cracked, some light toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, front board partially detached, slightly rubbed & marked, 8voThe Farmer's Guide in Hiring and Stocking Farms..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for W. Strahan, 1770, period owner inscription to the title pages, ex-library copies with associated bookplates & stamps, some marginal toning & spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf,boards & spines slightly rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, together with:Randall (John), The Semi-Virgilian Husbandry, deduced from various experiments: or, an essay towards a new course of national farming,..., 1st edition, London: printed for B. Law, 1764, ex-library copy with associated bookplates & stamps, some water stains to the foot of the text-block throughout, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, plusHarrison (Gustavus), Agriculture Delineated: or, the Farmer's Complete Guide; being a treatise on lands in general, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1775, engraved vignette to the title page, gutters partially split, ex-library copy with associated bookplates & stamps, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, front hinge cracked, boards slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th century agriculture reference & related, many leather & original bindings, some odd volumes, all ex-library copies with associated marks, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 149
Aldin (Cecil). An Artist's Model, London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1930, signed by the author to the limitation page, 20 colour plates, some minor spotting, top edge gilt, original vellum in slipcase, 8vo, limited edition 182/310, together with:Watkins-Pitchford (Denys J. 'B.B'), The Little Grey Men, 1st edition, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1942, 'B.B's' Fairy Book Meeting Hill, 1st edition, London: Hollis & Carter, 1948, Manka The Sky Gypsy, 2nd edition, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1951, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, Down the Bright Stream, 1st edition, 1948, and 7 further volumes by 'B.B', numerous illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, some covers slightly rubbed to hae & foot, 8vo/4to, plus Crane (Walter, illustrator), Triplets, comprising The Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet, and The Baby's Own Aesop, London: George Routledge & Sons, 1899, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, rear endpaper partially detached, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated quarter vellum, boards & spine slightly marked & toned, oblong 4to, limited edition 278/500, and other 19th & 20th century illustrated & juvenile litertature & private press, mostly original cloth/boards, some in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Lot 194
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Ingoldsby Legends, or mirth & marvels, by Thomas Ingoldsby Esqre., reprinted, London: William Heinemann, 1909, 24 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the half-title, gutters cracked, some light toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, half of the spine lacking, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, together with:Nielsen (Kay), Fairy Tales, by Hans Andersen, London: Hodder and Stoughton, circa 1915, 12 tipped-in colour plates plus monochrome illustrations, minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated red cloth, hinges cracked, boards & spine rubbed & marked, large 4to, plus other early 20th century & modern illustrated literature, including works by Edmund Dulac, Edward Detmold, H. M. Brock, all original cloth/boards, overall condition is fair/good, 8vo/4to QTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 138
Helps (Arthur). The Spanish Conquest in America, and its relation to the history of slavery and to the government of colonies, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: John W. Parker and Son, 1855, numerous monochrome maps, period inscription to the front endpaper of volume 1, some gutters slightly cracked, some light spotting & toning throughout, original uniform green cloth, some minor rubbing to the head & foot of the boards & spines, 8vo, together with:Gerrare (Wirt), Greater Russia, the Continental Empire of the World, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, numerous monochrome illustrations plus a map, front & rear gutters cracked, some light marginal toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century travel & history reference, including some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (A carton)
Lot 146
Gordon (John, editor). Giles, Daily Express & Sunday Express Cartoons, number 1, 1st edition, Lane Publications: London, 1946, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning, original wrappers, covers very lightly rubbed to head & foot, oblong 4to, together with:Fermor (Patrick Leigh), The Traveller's Tree, reprinted, London: John Murray, April 1965, signed & inscribed by the author to the front endpaper in 1991, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusSearle (Ronald & Timothy Shy), The Terror of St. Trinian's, 1st edition, London: Max Parish, 1952, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to the head, spine very lightly faded, 8vo, plus 8 further works by & illustrated by Ronald Searle, and other miscellaneous 19th century & modern literature, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
Lot 139
Martialis (Marcus Valerius). Epigrammata cum notis Farnabii et variorum ... accurante Cornelio Schreveli, Leiden: Franciscum Hackium, 1661, engraved title, armorial bookplate of Joseph Loscombe Richards to upper pastedown with his ownership inscription to front free endpaper dated August 7th 1815, contemporary calf, joints cracked, lacking title label, some wear, 8vo, together with:Vignola (Giacomo Barozzi da). Gli ordini di Architettura ... accresciuti di altre interessanti tavole..., Milan: Fratelli Vallardi, 1810, engraved portrait frontispiece and 40 engraved architectural plates, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of T. H. Spurrier to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, black morocco title label to spine, 8vo, plus other 18th-19th century antiquarian and leather-bound volumes including Ireland (William Henry). New and Complete History of the County of Kent, 4 volumes, 1828-30, engraved title, numerous engraved plates and folding map, contemporary half morocco with gilt decorated spines, extremities rubbed, 8vo QTY: (a carton)
Lot 150
Craddock (Harry). The Savoy Cocktail Book, reprint, London: Constable & Company, 1931, colour illustrations, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting to the text-block, original silver & illustrated boards, some loss to the head of the front board, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Kelly & Walsh Limited, publisher, Kelly & Walsh's Hand-book of the Japanese Language for the use of tourists and residents, Yokohama, 1904, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor toning & wear, original limp red cloth, spine & rear cover slightly faded, front cover slightly marked, small 8vo, plusPenzer (N. M.), The Har?m..., 1st edition, London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1936, inscribed by the author to 'H. M. Burton...Xmas 1943' to the front endpaper, monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, loss to the head & foot of the spine, small tears to the head of the front & rear covers, covers slightly toned, 8vo, and other history & miscellaneous reference, including cricket, chess, military, literary criticism, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (5 shelves)
Lot 145
Pennant (Thomas). A Tour in Scotland; MDCCLXIX, 3 volumes, 4th edition, London: printed for Benj. White, 1877, repaired folding map to volume 1, numerous engraved plates, contemporary inscriptions to the front endpapers, ex-libris book plates to the front pastedowns, cracked gutters, some light spotting & toning throughout, later calf spines retaining contemporary calf spine labels & tree calf boards, 4to, together with:Ireland (Samuel), Picturesque Views, on the river Medway, from the Nore to the vicinity of the source in Sussex:...,1st edition, London: T. and J. Egerton, 1793, engraved map frontispiece, hand coloured half-title plus further hand coloured plates, later end papers, bookplate to the front endpaper, some minor toning, all edges gilt, 19th century gilt decorated full calf, spine lightly rubbed & front hinge cracked, 8vo, plusChambers (John), A General History of Malvern,..., 1st edition, Worcester: printed for Wm. Walcott, 1817, engraved folding frontispiece & 3 further engraved plates, bookplate to the front pastedown, gutters cracked, some minor spotting & toning, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, spine slightly toned & rubbed, 8vo, and other 18th to 19th century Scotland, England, Wales & Ireland topography reference, including The Statistical Account of Scotland..., 21 volumes, Edinburgh: printed by William Creech, 1791-99, 8vo, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some in original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQTY: (5 shelves)NOTE:75 volumes
Lot 3
Bewick (Thomas). A General History of Quadrupeds, 5th edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by Edward Walker, for T. Bewick and S. Hodgson, 1807, wood engraved vignette to title and numerous vignette illustrations throughout, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Bishop of Bangor: The Library of Watkin Herbert Williams (1845-1944), contemporary half calf gilt, lower joint slightly cracked, worn at head and foot of spine, 8vo, together with Bewick (Thomas). A History of British Birds, volume 1 only of 2 (Land Birds), Newcastle: Printed by Charles Henry Cook for R. E. Bewick, 1832, title with wood engraved vignette and numerous vignette illustrations throughout, edges untrimmed, modern half calf gilt, in slipcase, 8vo,Smith (Gerard Edwards). A Catalogue of Rare or Remarkable Phaenogamous Plants, collected in South Kent: with descriptive notices and observations, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1829, 5 hand-coloured engraved plates, light dust-soiling mostly to title with early signature to upper blank margin of Robt. Sim Junr., 20th-century signature to front free endpaper, original green cloth, light wear to lower joint at head, slim 8vo, plus a duplicate of the same work in modern marbled wrappers, 8vo, plus other mostly 18th-19th century natural history and botany related including Spratt (George). The Medico-Botanical Pocket-Book, comprising a compendium of Vegetable Toxicology..., by G. Spratt, Surgeon, 1st edition, London: Published for the Author by John Churchill, [1836], 15 hand-coloured lithograph plates (old adhesive tape residue at gutter of one plate), original cloth, spine torn with loss, small 8voQTY: (17)
Lot 158
Kohn (Ferdinand). Iron and Steel Manufacture. A series of papers on the manufacture and properties of iron and steel;..., London: William Mackenzie, 1869, numerous engraved plates & illustration, modern endpapers, period inscriptions to the title page, some light marks & toning, modern cloth spine retaining original embossed cloth boards, slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, folio, together with:Shaw (Henry), Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, 2 volumes, London: henry G. Bohn, 1858, numerous hand coloured & monochrome plates & illustrations, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, some light spotting & minor toning throughout, rebound retaining original uniform quarter morocco boards & spine, rubbed with some loss to the original spines, 8vo, plusJohnson (Edward), Letters to brother John, on life, health, and disease, London: Saunders and Otley, 1837, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor spotting, original blue cloth, spine lightly faded, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th century history & biography, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 84
Trench (W. Steuart). Realities of Irish Life, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1868, 30 monochrome illustrations plus a map of Ireland, book plate to the front pastedown, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated green half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, together with:O'Brien (Henry), The Round Towers of Ireland,or the history of the Tuath-de-Denaans, new edition, London: W. Thacker & Co., 1898, monchrome illustrations, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, original green cloth, lightly rubbed, 8vo, limited edition 451/750, plus Dublin Decorative Plasterwork of teh seventeenth and eighteenth century, by C. P. Curan, 1st edition, London: Alec Tiranti, 1967, original clot in price-clipped dust jacket, 4to, The History of Ireland, from the Treaty of Limerick to the present time:..., by John Mitchel, Glasgow: Cameron & Ferguson, 1869, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, 8vo, Lady Gregory's Journals 1916-1930, edited by Lennox Robinson, 1st edition, Putnam & Company, 1946, original cloth in dust jacket, 8voQTY: (5)
Lot 82
Ingoldsby (Thomas, i.e. Richard H. Barham). Ingoldsby Legends, 3 volumes, 10th edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1855, half-titles, engraved titles, plates after John Leech and George Cruikshank, some browning and spotting, endpapers renewed, original dark blue cloth, gilt-blocked spines and blind decoration to boards, light scuffing to board edges, 8voQTY: (3)
Lot 170
Oliver (F. W.). The Natural History of Plants from their forms, growth, reproduction, and distribution, subscription edition, 6 volumes, London: Blackie & Son, 1897, numerous colour plates & monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original uniform green illustrated cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with:Miles (W. J.), Modern Practical Farriery , a complete system of the veterinary art..., London: The Gresham Publishing Company, circa 1890, colour & monochrome plates, period inscription to the front endpaper, some light spotting, marks & toning, contemporary plum half calf, boards & spine sluightly rubbed, folio, plusJordan (Rudolf), The Gait of the American Trotter and Pacer, an analysis of their gait by a new method..., 1st edition, New York: William R. Jenkins, 1910, colour frontispiece plus numerous monochrome plates & illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated red cloth, some minor rubbing, 8vo, and other 19th century & modern natural history reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (5 shelves)
Lot 152
Warwick (Eden). Nasology: or, hints towards a classification of noses, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1848, monochrome vignettes, period inscription to the front endpaper, title page partially detached, some minor marginal toning, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed, some loss to the spine label, 8vo, together with:Bray (Mrs.), Life of Thomas Stothard, R.A., 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1851, portrait frontispiece plus monochrome illustrations & vignettes, book plate to the front pastedown, front gutter cracked, some light spotting throughout, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, some minor rubbing to the spine, 8vo, plusCarrington (Charles, publisher), A Plea for Polygamy, Paris, 1898, some pencil annotations, some minor spotting & toning, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed with some small loss, 8vo, and other 19th century literature, poetry, & reference, all leather bindings, some French language, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQTY: (5 shelves)NOTE:Approximately 100 volumes
Lot 129
* Rock / Pop. Collection of approximately 150 rock/pop vinyl records / LPs and approximately 50 singles, including albums by T.Rex, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Moody Blues, Thin Lizzy, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Dire Straits, Bob Dylan, Meatloaf, Electric Light Orchestra, Bread, Michael Monroe, David Bowie, Elton John, Supertramp, The Stranglers, Blondie, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, Status Quo, The Police, 10cc, Rod Stewart, Eagles, Tom Robinson, Chicago, Santana, Rick Wakeman, Golden Avatar, Brian Ferry, Lindisfarne, Queen, Culture Club, Elvis Presley and many others, a few duplicatesQTY: (2 cartons)NOTE:All records sold as seen and not subject to return
Lot 128
* Pink Floyd & Led Zeppelin. Collection of original vinyl records / LPs by Pink Floyd, including "Wish You Were Here" (1975, Harvest SHVL 814, UK 1st issue, early pressing, matrix numbers A1/B5, original card inner sleeve, corrugated edge postcard), "The Wall" (1979, gatefold 2-LP, Harvest SHDW 411, UK 1st issue, early pressing, matrix numbers SHSP 4111 A-4U, SHSP 4111 B-5U, SHSP 4112 A-1U, SHSP 41112 B-3U, original 1st issue unlaminated gatefold sleeve with original inners), "Relics" (1967, Starline SRS 5071, original UK 1st pressing, blue Starline label, textured sleeve, matrices A1/B3), "Obscured by Clouds" (1972, Harvest/EMI SHSP 4020, UK 1st pressing, light/dark green Harvest/EMI label with "Gramophone Company Limited" on the label, textured sleeve with rounded corners, matrices A2/B2), "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973, Harvest / EMI SHVL 804, gatefold sleeve, matrices A-10 / B-9, no posters or stickers), together with two Led Zeppelin LPs, including "Led Zeppelin I" self-titled debut album (1969, Atlantic 588171, early UK issue, laminated sleeve with orange text on the front and grey line on the bottom edge, orange/plum Atlantic labels with black text and white/silver centre strip, matrix numbers 588171 A//1 and 588171 B//1, second 8 scratched out and replaced) and "Led Zeppelin II" (1969, Atlantic 588198, gatefold sleeve, early UK issue, orange/plum Atlantic labels with black text and white/silver centre strip, matrix numbers 588198 A2 and 588198 B2)QTY: (7)NOTE:All records sold as seen and not subject to return
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Lot 137
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, [London]: Printed and sold by Richard Ware at Amen Corner ... [1725?], engraved general title, letterpress New Testament title page 'Oxford: printed by John Baskett, 1725', few leaves repaired, interspersed with The Historical Part of the Holy Bible or the Old and New Testament exactly and compleatly describ'd in above two hundred Historys curiously Engrav'd by J. Cole from Designs of ye best Masters, [London]: Solf by Richard Ware, [1735?], engraved title with 49 plates interspersed within Bible, bound with at front, Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, printer to the University, 1726, title lined to verso and few other leaves with repaired margins, bound with at rear an incomplete Concordance, London: Printed by D. Leach for E. Ware, 1726, some close-trimming to leaves at head throughout, some dust-soiling and light toning throughout volume, 19th-century calf, upper board lacking, lower board and spine detached, worn, 4to, together with:[Roscoe, William]. Memoir of Richard Roberts Jones, of Aberdaron: in the county of Carnarvon, in North Wales; exhibiting a remarkable instance of a partial power and cultivation of intellect, London: Printed for T. Cadell, J. and A. Arch, 1822, engraved portrait frontispiece, edges untrimmed, modern boards, slim 8vo,Catherall (Samuel). Cato Major. A Poem. Upon the model of Tully's Essay of Old Age, Liverpool: J. Sadler, 1755, engraved portrait, 19th-century boards, upper board detached, spine and extremities worn, slim 8vo, plus other miscellaneous books including Bridges (Richard). The Antiquities of Sefton Church, [London]: John Weale, 1835; Plummer (Charles). Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae, 2 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910; Plummer (Charles). Bethada Naem Nerenn Lives of Irish Saints, 2 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922QTY: (a carton)
Lot 154
Hunter (John). Observations on Certain Parts of the Animal Economy, 2nd edition, London: printed by G. Nicol & J. Johnson, 1792, 18 engraved plates, modern endpapers, ex-libris bookplate to the front pastedown, some light spotting & marks throughout, later, modern calf spine retaining contemporary gilt decorated half calf boards & spine, slightly rubbed, 4to, together with:Forsyth (William), A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-Trees;..., London: printed by William Nichols and Son, 1802, 18 folding plates to the rear, some light toning, spotting & offsetting, front gutter cracked, contemporary gilt decorated & embossed full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 4to, plusLydekker (R. & J. G. Dollman), The game Animals of Africa, 2nd edition, London: Rowland Ward, 1926, 31 full page plates & 34 in- text illustrations, some minor spotting & toning, original cloth in partial dust jacket [lacking half of the spine & entire rear cover], 8vo, and other 18th century to modern natural history reference, some leather bindings, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 19
Wright (John). The Flower Grower's Guide, 6 volumes, London: Virtue & Company, [1896-1901], 46 chromolithograph plates, each with tissue-guard, all edges gilt, original publishers light blue decorated cloth gilt, very lightly rubbed (generally in very good condition), 4to, together with[Edward Beck]. The Florist, Fruitist, and Garden Miscellany, 1861, 12 hand-coloured lithograph plates by J. Andrews, including one large folding plate of grapes (minor wear to folds), contemporary black half leather gilt, some marks to covers, 8vo, and other natural history and related including Robert Thompson, The Gardener's Assistant, new edition revised and extended by Thomas Moore, Blackie & Son, 1884, (with chromolithograph and monochrome plates, contemporary full calf, thick 8vo, plus John M. Wilson, The Rural Cyclopedia, or a General Dictionary of Agriculture, and of the arts, sciences, instruments, and practice necessary to the farmer, stock farmer, gardener, forrester, land steward, farrier, & c., 4 volumes, Edinburgh: A. Fullarton, 1848 (bound in contemporary uniform green half calf gilt, spines gilt decorated), E. J. Lowe, A Natural History of British Grasses, 1st edition, George Bell and Sons, 1871, in original publishers green cloth, and six othersQTY: (19)
Lot 119
Kipling (Rudyard). The Second Jungle Book, London: Macmillan and Co, 1899, half-title, black and white illustrations to text, occasional spotting, hinges tender, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo, together with:The Jungle Book, London: Macmillan and Co, 1902, half-title, black and white plates (some full-page), contemporary gift inscription to front pastedown, lightly spotted, original red cloth gilt, spine faded, marked and rubbed, 8vo, plus,Cowper (William). Poems, London: J. F. Dove, [1826], frontispiece, additional engraved title, a few light spots, notations to endpapers and blanks, contemporary black half morocco gilt, some wear to extremities, 16mo, with 2 cartons of 19th and 20th-century literature QTY: (2 cartons)
Lot 223
Bartlett (W. H., et al). The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and picturesque scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by views taken on the spot,..., 2 volumes, London: Virtue & Co., numerous monochrome plates with tissue guards, volume 1 gutter cracked, volume 2 front board & spine partially detached, some light toning & spotting all edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated & embossed green cloth, boards very lightly rubbed, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor loss, large 8vo, together with:Whellan (William), The History and Topography of the countries of Cumberland and Westmoreland, with Furness and Cartmel, in Lancashire,..., Pontefract: W. Whelland and Co., front gutter slightly cracked, some minor spotting & marginal toning throughout, original gilt decorated half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, thick 4to, plusMarshall (Mr.), The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire; including its Dairy :..., 2 volumes, Gloucester: printed for R. Raikes, 1789, engraved folding map frontispiece to volumes 1, volume 1 front board partially detached, period inscription to the front endpapers, some minor marginal toning, contemporary uniform half calf, hinges cracked, boards & spines rubbed, 8vo, and other late 18th & 19th century British topography reference, some leather bindings, some original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (2 shelves)
Lot 66
* White (Robert, 1645-1703). Carolus D.G. Angliae, Scotiae, Fran. et Hiber: Rex; Fidei Defensor etc, after Van Dyck, Sold by R. White in Bloomsbury Market, near the Golden Heart 1685, copper engraved portrait on laid paper, Strasbourg Lily watermark, trimmed to plate margin, a good impression, few minor marks, 7mm closed tear to top edge, hinge-mounted on verso of upper corners to modern backing card, sheet size 470 x 357 mm, together with Vertue (George, 1684-1756), Filius hic magni est Jacobi, haec filia magni Henrici, suboles dic mihi qualis erit, after Van Dyck, 1742, copper engraved double portrait on paper, trimmed to plate margin, overall light discolouration, few foxing spots, tiny spot of surface loss to upper left corner, laid on thick backing card, sheet size 420 x 572 mm, board size 56 x 76 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:First item: NPG D26318. Our copy is probably an earlier impression, as their imprint is undated and the publisher is John King, whose active dates are 1698-1759, wherease our copy was published and sold by the engraver himself.Second item: Wellcome collection reference: 570658i.
Lot 83
Levinge (Richard George Augustus). Historical Records of the Forty-Third Regiment, Monmouthshire Light Infantry, with a roll of the officers and their services from the period of embodiment to the close of 1867, 1st edition, London: W. Clowes & Sons, 1868, portrait frontispiece, errata slip, contemporary gift inscription in brown ink to front free endpaper verso, original red cloth gilt, a few light marks, 8vo, together with:Broughton-Mainwaring (Rowland). Historical Record of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, 1st edition, London: Hatchards, 1889, half-title, mounted photographic frontispiece, chromolithographic plates throughout, occasional light dust-soiling and spotting, original black cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid (endpapers renewed), rubbed, 8vo, withCannon (Richard). Historical Record of the Twenty-Third Regiment, or, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers; containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1689, and its subsequent services to 1850, 1st edition, London: Parker, Furnivall & Parker, 1850, engraved general series title, 4 chromolithographic plates (one double-page, one loose), occasional light toning, original red blindstamped cloth gilt, backstrip faded (with some loss at head), 8vo, withMore (John). The Story of the Monmouthshire Volunteer Artillery, 1st edition, Pontypool: Hughes & Son, 1958, black and white illustrations after photographs, mounted compliments slip and ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original blue cloth gilt, spine lightly faded, small 4to, together with 16 others related QTY: (20)
Lot 220
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature;..., 19 volumes [1-5, 7-20], 3rd edition, Edinburgh: printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1792-1801, numerous engraved plates, some light spotting & marginal toning, contemporary uniform full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with some minor loss to the head & foot, large 4to, together with a further set of Encyclopaedia Britannica,..., 21 volumes (complete), 7th edition, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1842, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf bound by Hayday, large 4toQTY: (3 shelves)NOTE:40 volumes
Lot 212
Popham (A. E.). Correggio's Drawings, 1st edition, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 1957, monochrome plates, original light blue cloth in torn dustwrapper, 4to, together withMcKillop (Susan Regan). Franciabigio, Berkley: University of California Press, 1974, colour frontispiece, monochrome illustrations, original cloth gilt in dustwrapper (light discolouration), 4to, plusColding (Torben Holck). Aspects of Miniature Painting, its origins and development, 1st edition, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, 1953, monochrome plates, top edge gilt, original cream cloth gilt, some light soiling to covers, 4to, and other art history and reference, monographs etc., including Otto Benesch, Collected Writings, 4 volumes, Phaidon, 1970-73, Charles de Tolnay, The Drawings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Zwemmer, 1952, Windsor Castles Drawings (French Drawings by Anthony Blunt, Castiglione by Anthony Blunt, Canaletto by K. T. Parker, Carracci, by Wittkower, German Drawings by Schilling), all original cloth, all but one with dustwrapper, 4to, Carpaccio, Paintings and Drawings, Complete Edition by Jan Lauts, Phaidon, 1962, etc., mostly original cloth, some in dustwrappers, mainly 4toQTY: (4 shelves)
Lot 159
Nanson (Fridtjof). "Farthest North"..., 2 volumes, London: George Newnes, 1898, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, spines & boards lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Soulé (Frank, John H. Gihon, & James Nisbet), The Annals of San Francisco;..., New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1855, folding map, 150 engraved illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, front gutter cracked, some light toning & minor spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated red full morocco, spine with a vertical crease & cracked with some small loss to the foot, front hinge slightly cracked, boards lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusLloyd (L.), Scandinavian Adventures, during a residence of upwards of twenty years, 2 volumes, London: Richard Bentley, 1854, 13 lithograph plates including map, 102 engraved illustrations, front gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting, top edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated red half morocco, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th century travel reference, including Polar, European, and African, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 178
Barth (Fredrik). Features of person and society in Swat, collected essays on Pathans [selected essays of Fredrik Barth volume II], 1st edition, London: Routlegde & Kegan Paul, 1981, some minor spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with:Oguz Press, publisher, The Country of the Turkomans, an anthology of exploration frm the Royal Geographical Society, London, 1977, monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning & spotting to the text-block, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusBeck (Lois), The Qashqa'i of Iran, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986, monochrome illustration, some light spotting to the text-block, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern travel reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Lot 1
Aflalo (F. G.) British Salt-Water Fishes (Woburn Library of Natural History), 1st edition, London: Hutchinson, 1904, title printed in red and black, 12 chromolithograph plates, advertisement leaf, some spotting, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed with small stains, 4to, together with Hofland (T. C.) The British Angler's Manual, or the art of angling in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, 1st edition, London: Whitehead and Co./R. Ackermann, 1839, 14 engraved plates, illustrations, water stains to a few plates, some light spotting, endpapers renewed, original blindstamped cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid, some fading and stains, 8vo, plus other fishing including another copy of British Salt-Water Fishes, 1904, Pike Fishing, by Tom Seccombe Gray, 1923, Trout Fishing from all angles (Lonsdale Library), 1929, Modern Sea Fishing, by Eric Cooper, 1937, and 20 volumes from the 'How to Catch Them' series, mixed editions, most in jackets, 1950's-60's QTY: (40)
Lot 6
Greathed (H. H.) Letters written during the Siege of Delhi, edited by his widow, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1858, folding plan of Delhi, bound without advertisement leaf at rear, endpapers a little spotted, previous owner inscription, bookplate, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, upper cover detached, a little rubbed with light water stains to covers, 8vo QTY: (1)
Lot 75
Montagu (George). Ornithological Dictionary; or, Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds, 3 volumes including Supplement, London: printed for J. White by T. Bensley, 1802-1813, half-title not present, hand-coloured frontispiece to volume 1, 24 uncoloured engraved plates (in the Supplement), list of plates and errata leaf to Supplement (with advertisement to verso), occasional light spotting (somewhat more heavily spotted to first volume, with associated browning to final end leaves), and some light offsetting from plates to facing leaf of text in the third volume, top edge gilt, ink stains on page ends of Montagu Supplement, contemporary gilt-decorated dark brown half morocco (by Hatchards), joints rubbed, and spines sunned to lighter brown, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Freeman 2630; Mullens & Swann p. 410; Wood p. 470; Zimmer pp. 441-2 ('An exceedingly useful publication').'Montagu is recognized as the father of British ornithology through his papers and the Ornithological Dictionary (1802) and supplement (1813) in which he established scrupulous standards for observation and description' (ODNB).
Lot 153
Tim Garthwait, printed for. Golden Remains of the ever Memorable Mr John Hales of Eton College &c, 1st edition, London, 1659, engraved frontispiece & title page, extensive circa 1800 annotations to the original front & rear endpapers, further modern endpapers, some marginal toning, modern calf spine retaining contemporary boards, boards rubbed with some minor loss, 4to, together with:Presso Alberto Salicato, publisher, La Civil Conversatione del Signor Stefano Guazzo, gentilhuomo di Casale di Monferrato. Diuisa in quattro libri, Venice, 1577, engraved title page vignette, later inscription to the foot of the title page, book plate to the front pastedown, front gutter & spine partially detached, some light marks & toning, contemporary full vellum, spine toned with some minor loss, boards slightly faded & marked, 8vo, plusMilbourne (Robert), A Defence of the Liturgie of the Church of England, or Booke of Common Prayer, London: printed by W. S, 1630, black & red architectural engraved title page, some marginal toning throughout, horizontal red ink stripes to the text block, contemporary full vellum, boards & spine rubbed with loss to the spine, 8vo, and other 16th-18th century literature, including Instructor Clericals: The Second Part. Being a Collection of most choice and usual presidents for declarations both in the King's Bench and Common Pleas:..., 2nd edition, London: printed for T. Bever, 1700, modern half calf, 8vo, all leather bindings both contemporary & modern, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to QTY: (3 shelves)NOTE:Approximately 70 volumes
Lot 13
Scott (Robert Falcon). The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1905, folding maps contained in rear pockets, colour and half-tone illustrations, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, with 3 others including The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913, by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one volume reprint edition, 1937, and Diary of the Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic 1910-1912, 1972QTY: (5)
Lot 16
Turner (J. M. W.) The Rivers of France, 1st edition, London: published for the proprietor by Longman, Rees, Orme et al, 1837, engraved general title, 60 steel-engraved plates by W. Miller, J. Cousen, R. Wallis and others after Turner, occasional light spotting, hinges reinforced, light residue from bookplate removal to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary russet blindstamped calf gilt by Lawrie & Knight, Edinburgh, spine a little faded, edges a little rubbed, small 4to QTY: (1)
Lot 106
Barres (Fernand; Bremaud, Eugene & Schoeller, Adolphe). Les Transformateurs d'Energie. Generateurs, Accumulateurs, Moteurs avec les plus recentes applications a la navigation aerienne..., 2 volumes (text and plates), Paris: Librarie Commerciale [et al], 1910, monochrome illustrations, 22 coloured plates with multiple overlays illustrating their internal workings, upper pastedown with light skinning to paper surface, original pictorial cloth, spines lightly rubbed at head and foot, small folioQTY: (2)
Lot 210
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, London: William Heinemann, 1911, 30 tipped in colour plates with tissue guards, some light toning & spotting throughout, original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & marked, 8voSome British Ballards, London: Constable & Co., circa 1920, 16 tipped in colour plates, frontispiece detached, some light spotting & toning throughout, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine rubbed & slightly faded, 8voWhere the Blue Begins, London: William Heinemann, 1922, 4 colour & 16 monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Milne (A. A.), Now We Are Six, deluxe edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1927, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue morocco, spines lightly faded & rubbed, boards slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voNow We Are Six, 1st edition, 1927, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine & boards slightly faded & rubbed, 8voThe House At Pooh Corner, 1st edition, 1928, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine faded & slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voWhen We Were Very Young, 16th edition, 1927, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly faded & rubbed, 8voFourteen Songs from When When We Were Very Young, 6th edition, 1925, original cloth in dust jacket, covers marked & torn, large 4to, all with monochrome illustrations by E. H. Shepard, plus other early 20th century & modern illustrated & juvenile literature, including works by J. K. Rowling, Lewis Carroll, G. A. Henty, W. E. Johns, Rudyard Kipling, mostly original cloth, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/4to QTY: (5 shelves)
Lot 201
Kennet (White). Parochial Antiquities Attempted in the History of Ambrosden, Burcester and other adjacent parts in the counties of Oxford and Bucks, 1st edition, Oxford: printed at the Theater, 1695, engraved title page vignette, 9 engraved plates, later obscured inscription to the front endpaper, some pencil annotations to the margins, repaired worming to the head of the Glossary pages, plus some loss due to burn damage to the foot of pp.369-376 & and on Glossary pages D & P, rebound retaining later gilt decorated tree calf, some loss to the original boards & spine, 8vo, together with:Nicholson (Peter), The New Practical Builder, and Workman's Companion:..., 2 volumes, London: printed for Thomas Kelly, 1823, numerous engraved plates to volume 2, period inscriptions to both front endpapers, some light toning & spotting, rebound retaining contemporary uniform gilt decorated tree calf, some loss to the original boards & spines, large 8vo, plusSearles-Wood (H. D. & Henry Adams), Modern Building, 6 volumes, London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1921, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations & folding plates, some minor toning, original uniform green cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, and other local histories, topography & architecture reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
Lot 69
Suckling (Sir John). The Last Remains of Sr John Suckling. Being a full collection of all his poems and letters which have been so long expected, and never til now published. With the license and deprivation of his noble and dearest friends, London: Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Arms at Saint Paul's Churchyard, 1st edition, 1659, engraved portrait frontispiece, errata leaf and 16 pp. advertisements at end (lacking one advertisement leaf?), one or two small wormtracks, and some light spotting and marginal toning, early signature of Henry Bellingham to title, bound without front endpaper, contemporary sheep, joints splitting, rubbed, 8vo (Wing S6130), together with Fragmenta Aurea: A Collection of all Incomparable Peices, written by Sir John Suckling and published by a friend to perpetuate his memory, 3rd edition, London: printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1658, engraved portrait frontispiece (trimmed with loss at foot), rear endpaper partly excised, occasional light damp stains, bookplates, contemporary calf, some worming to head and foot of spine, joints tender, rubbed, 8vo, plus Norris (John). A Collection of Miscellanies: consisting of poems, essays, discourses & letters, occasionally written, 2nd edition, corrected, London: J. Crosley and Samuel Manship, 1692, imprimatur leaf, 4 pp. advertisements at rear, bound without front blank A1, some spotting, endpapers renewed, bookplate, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, repaired, 8vo QTY: (3)
Lot 141
Hamilton (Walter). The East-India Gazetteer; containing particular descriptions of Empires, Kingdoms, etc..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., 2 monochrome folding map frontispieces with some offsetting to the title pages, some light water marks to the head of both volumes & light toning throughout, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with some minor loss to head of the spines, 8vo, together with:Fairburn (John, publisher), Cox versus Kean. Fairburn's Edition of the Trial between Robert Albion Cox, Esq. plaintiff, and Edmund Kean, defendant, for Criminal Conversation with the plaintiff's wife,..., circa 1822, hand coloured caricature folding frontispiece, later endpapers, some marginal toning, later green half calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed, slim 8vo, plusOstell (Thomas, publisher), The Artist's Assistant; or School of Science. Being an introduction to painting in oil, water, and crayons..., 1st edition, London, 1807, engraved frontispiece, 6 folding plates plus 4 further plates to the rear, some minor marginal toning, contemporary half calf, spine slight faded & rubbed, some minor loss, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th century miscellaneous literature, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)NOTE:Approximately 70 volumes
Lot 233
Atkinson (Thomas Witlam). Oriental and Western Siberia: a narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures..., London: Hurst and Blackett, 1858, 20 lithographs including the colour frontispiece, front gutter cracked, front endpaper through to the title page partially detached, tape to the gutter of the illustrations contents pages, repaired folding map to the rear, some light toning, spotting & wear, original gilt decorated & embossed green cloth, hinges cracked, boards & spine rubbed with some small loss, 8vo, together with:Slatin Pasha (Rudolf C.), Fire and Sword in The Sudan,..., 1879-1895, 3rd edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1896, 22 monochrome illustrations, colour folding map & advertisements to the rear, some loss to pp.xv-xvii, some very minor marginal toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed with some loss, 8vo, plusParker (Gilbert & Claude G. Bryan), Old Quebec, the fortress of New France, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903, monochrome plates & illustrations, some minor toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other late 19th early 20th century travel & middle eastern reference, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
Lot 221
Fletcher (W. Y.). Bookbinding In France, London: Seeley and Co., 1894, 8 colour plates & futher monochrome illustrations, some light toning & marks, top edge gilt, original quarter vellum to marbled boards, 8vo, together with:Glasse (Hannah). The Art of Cookery made plain and easy, by A Lady, facsimile edition, London: Prospect Books, 1983, original gilt decorated blue cloth in slipcase, large 8vo, plusDavis (Roger), Kendrew of York and his chapbooks for children, Wetherby: The Elmete Press, 1988, monochrome illustrations, contains a paper wallet with 3 facsimile chapbooks, original red cloth in slipcase, 8vo, and other bibliography reference, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (2 shelves)
Lot 190
Whitaker (Thomas Dunham). Loidis and Elmete; or, an attempt to illustrate the districts described in those words by Bede;...Leeds: printed by T. Davison, 1816, engraved plates & illustrations, period inscription to the title page, book plate to the front pastedown, some light marginal water stains, some minor toning & spotting, front gutter cracked, rear board detached, contemporary gilt decorated quarter calf, boards & spine rubbed with some loss, folio, together with:Cayley-Webster (H.), Through New Guinea and the Cannibal Countries, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898, monochrome illustrations & map, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusGrant (James), Travels in Town, 2 volumes, London: Saunders and Otley, 1839, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, some minor marginal toning & spotting, original uniform embossed green cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th century travel & UK topography reference & related, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
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