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Lot 107
Wine.- Tovey (Charles) Wine and Wine Countries: A Record and Manual for Wine Merchants and Wine Consumers, new edition, additional engraved title, ownership inscription on title, margins a little toned, cloth recased, endpapers renewed, 1877 § Thudichum (J. L. W.) & August Dupré. A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine, 1872 § Redding (Cyrus) A History and Description of Modern Wines, third edition, ownership name on frontispiece recto, upper hinge broken, spine faded, 1851, plates, some spotting or foxing, original decorative or pictorial cloth, light rubbing and bumping to extremities; and 3 others, including another on wine, and others on agriculture in Middlesex and Durham, 8vo (6) *** The two agriculture titles are dated from 1798 and 1810 on Middlesex and Durham respectively.
Lot 108
Montrosier (Eugene) Les Peintres Militaires, one of 60 copies, 20 photogravure plates, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, some marginal foxing, contemporary red half morocco, t.e.g., spine gilt, light rubbing, 1881 § List of the Officers of the Army and Marines (A), 3 vol. only (for 1796, 1828 and 1833), ink ownership inscription to front pastedown of 1796 vol., some spotting, original cloth or contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed and bumped, § Pennell (E.R. and J.) The Life of James McNeil Whistler, 2 vol., plates, very minor spotting, original cloth-backed boards, gilt, 1909; and 62 others mostly handsomely leather-bound, 4to and 8vo (68).
Lot 115
Cokayne (George Edward) The Complete Peerage, of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and The United Kingdom, 14 vol., some loosely inserted related ephemera, some foxing to endpapers, original green cloth, gilt, some volumes uncut, light sunning to a few spines, slightly rubbed, overall a very good complete set, 4to, 1910-1998.
Lot 117
Yeats (William Butler) The Bounty of Sweden, first edition, one of 400 copies, printed in red and black, hawk attacking small bird device by T. Sturge Moore on title in red, occasional spotting, light toning, original cloth-backed boards, spine sunned and a little torn, upper cover slightly rubbed, 8vo, Dublin, Cuala Press, 1925.
![[Smollett (Tobias)] The Memoirs of a Lady of Quality, one of 500 copies, illustrations by Véra Willoughby, endpapers t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/35a6a3f8-1b1a-47e9-9cf2-b0de00eaf025/e75817a9-6570-4d4f-a56b-b0e0011472f5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 118
[Smollett (Tobias)] The Memoirs of a Lady of Quality, one of 500 copies, illustrations by Véra Willoughby, endpapers toned, original boards, dust-jacket, torn and repaired with tape verso, light creases and short tears to extremities, for Peter Davies, 1925 § Singleton (Esther) French and English Furniture, plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt, New York, 1903; and c.95 others, non-fiction, v.s. (c.100)
Lot 12
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Collection Complettes des Oeuvres, 32 vol., including La Vie de Voltaire, half titles, engraved portrait frontispiece (to La Vie) and some plates, occasional faint spots, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, spines gilt with brown labels, some fading and light wear to extremities, 8vo, Geneva, 1771-86
Lot 120
Chronicles.- Thomas (A. H.) & I. D. Thornley The Great Chronicle of London, one of 500 copies, half-title, title in red and black, plates, light marginal toning to endpapers, original morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt, t.e.g., 1938 § [Tyrrell (Edward, editor)] A Chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483, one of 250 copies, facsimile frontispiece, some spotting, library stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original backstrip, red and brown morocco spine labels, 1827 § Rerum Anglicarum Scriptorum Veterum, vol.1 only (of 3), engraved vignette on title, P2 and 3 transposed, some foxing and spotting, very small tears to a few pages, library stamp to front pastedown, ink library inscription to title, modern speckled calf, 1684; and 3 other chronicles, either facsimiles or reprints, 4to and folio (6).
Lot 125
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The History of the English Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, light rubbing or chipping to extremities, spines faded with light stains, stilll a very good set, 1956-58 § Princess Mary's Gift Book, tipped-in plates and illustrations by Dulac, Detmold, Rackham, etc., ink presentation inscription on endpapers, contemporary russet morocco, bordered in bline, gilt lettering, stain to upper cover, spine faded, [1914]; and 12 others, including 5 vol. only of Churchill's Second World War, and other works, v.s. (18)
Lot 126
Rolt (L. T. C.) George and Robert Stephenson: The Railway Revolution half-title browned, 1960; James Watt, 1962; The Clouded Mirror, 1955; Landscape with Canals, 1977, first edition, all with signed presentation inscriptions from the author on front free endpapers, original boards, dust-jackets, light fading to spine, spine ends frayed and chipped; and 4 others, by the same, all but one with signed presentation inscriptions from the author,8vo (8) *** An excellent group of works signed and inscribed by Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt (usually abbreviated to Tom Rolt or L. T. C. Rolt), (1910 - 1974). He was a prolific English writer and the biographer of major civil engineering figures including Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Thomas Telford. He is also regarded as one of the pioneers of the leisure cruising industry on Britain's inland waterways, and as an enthusiast for both vintage cars and heritage railways. This volume came from the library of Sir John Smith, founder of the Landmark Trust, a fellow waterways enthusiast and close friend of L.T.C. Rolt and his family.
Lot 129
Steinbeck (Elaine) Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, one of 1000 copies, original cloth, spine faded, slip-case, 1975 § Rara Arithmetica. A Catalogue of the Arithmetics written before the year MDCI, plates, original cloth, light rubbing to extremities, spine ends frayed, Boston & London, 1908; and c.150 others, bibliography and literary criticism, including 2 small boxes of catalogues, v.s. (c.155)
Lot 130
Fleming (Ian) Diamonds are Forever, very faint foxing marks to first few pages, facsimile dust-jacket, 1956; Thunderball, light spotting and partially removed ink ownership inscription on endpapers, facsimile dust-jacket, 1961; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, boards a little creased, dust-jacket, lightly rubbed at extremities, the odd chip and nick to edges, small patch of mottling to lower panel, 1963, first editions, original boards; and 2 others by Fleming, first editions, 8vo (5)
Lot 131
Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, ink ownership name and bookseller's stamp on endpapers, light marginal toning, dust-jacket price-clipped, 1" split along upper joint from foot, 1961; The Man With the Golden Gun, staple stains on endpapers, 1965, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, nicks and creases along edges, spines lightly faded; and 4 others by Fleming, 8vo (6)
Lot 134
Olson (Charles) & Robert Creeley. The Complete Correspondence, vol.1-7 only (of 10), with 7 vol. of duplicates, each signed by Creeley on front free endpaper, Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1980 § Sorrentino (Gilbert) Selected Poems 1958-1980 [2 copies], Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow Press, 1981 § Souster (Raymond) Go to Sleep, World, ink ownership name on endpapers, original boards, lightly toned, dust-jacket, light toning to edges, occasional chip and nick to extremities, spine faded, Toronto, The Ryerson Press, 1947; and c.15 others, poetry from private presses, mostly American, v.s. (c.30)
Lot 136
Proctor (Edna Dean) Songs of America and Other Poems, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, bookplate, original cloth, gilt, spine a little faded, light mark to upper cover, Boston & New York, 1905 § Stafford (William) Things That Happen Where There Aren't Any People, signed presentation inscription from the author on half-title, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine faded, otherwise fine, New York, 1980 § Sinclair (May) The Dark Night, out-of-series 'Presentation' copy signed by the author, original parchment-backed boards, dust-jacket, rubbed, spine browned, 1924; and c.250 others, poetry, mostly American, v.s. (c.250)
Lot 138
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first printing, usual light marginal toning, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original pictorial boards, slight shelf-lean, small patch of sunning along top edge, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, an excellent example overall, [Errington A2(a)], 8vo, 1998.
Lot 139
Sitwell (Sir Osbert) Wrack at Tidesend, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Alice, to whom page 65 is dedicated, from Osbert" on front free endpaper, dust-jacket, light creasing and fraying at spine ends, spine a little browned, 1952 § Sitwell (Sacheverell) British Architects and Craftsmen, signed by the author on front free endpaper, jacket price-clipped, jacket lacking most of spine, chips and fraying to extremities, rubbed, illustrations, 1945; The Hundred and One Harlequins, signed by the author and another ownership inscription on front free endpaper, lightly toned, 1922, first editions, original cloth, light browning to spine; and c.35 others by or relating to the Sitwells, including 2 copies of the Sitwell bibliography, v.s. (c.40)
Lot 14
Rollin (M.) Histoire Ancienne..., 13 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, small ink ownership inscription front endpaper, Paris, 1775 § Plutarque, Les Vies des Hommes Illustres, 14 vol., half title, Maastricht, 1778 § Le Beau (Mons.) Histoire du Bas-Empire, 22 vol., half title, Maastricht, 1780-81, occasional spotting or browning, all uniformly bound, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, slightly faded, a few instances of light wear, overall attractive; and 28 others, likewise uniformly bound, small 8vo (77)
Lot 142
Blake (William).- Blair (Robert) The Grave. A Poem, first Blake edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of William Blake by Louis Schiavonetti after T.Phillips, engraved additional pictorial title and 11 plates by Schiavonetti after Blake, list of subscribers, 4pp. advertisements (prospectus) at end, light foxing, mostly marginal, modern bookplate of W. & P.J.Kupfer, later half morocco, rubbed, especially spine, 4to, T.Bensley for R.H.Cromek, 1808.
Lot 144
Bookbinding.- Zaehnsdorf (Joseph W.) The Art of Bookbinding, first edition, inscribed by Anthony Gardner to Roger Powell "To Roger: in honour of the great Craft of Bookbinding: from Anthony: Xmas. AD: 1941" in red ink on half-title, original cloth, uncut, rubbed and slightly marked, spine faded and worn at ends, 1880 § Howe (Eric) The London Bookbinders 1780-1806, first edition, one of 250 copies, Anthony Gardner's copy with inscription "Purchased from the Author 18th Feby: Ano: Dom: 1952 price 2li. 10s. Anthony Gardner" in red ink on endpaper, illustrations by Gwen Raverat, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, some light soiling, The Dropmore Press, 1950, 8vo (2)
Lot 149
Flaxman (John) Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus..., engraved throughout with pictorial title and 30 plates engraved by Thomas Piroli after designs by Flaxman, all mounted on stubs, handsome contemporary calf stained with stripes in green and brown and wide ornate floral borders tooled in gilt, spine gilt with roan label, rubbed and scuffed, spine chipped at foot, new endpapers, J.Matthews, 1795 § Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Guinevere, 9 engraved plates by Doré, tissue guards, one or two with marginal stains or tears & repairs, 1877 § Coleridge (S.T.) Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 20 plates by J.Noel Paton, title heavily foxed and mounted on stub, some other light foxing, 1863, the last two original cloth, a little rubbed and stained, rebacked or recased, folio & oblong folio (3)
Lot 154
Leech (John) Mr.Briggs & His Doings. Fishing, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates heightend with gum arabic, some light marginal soiling or staining, contemporary half morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, original pictorial orange wrappers bound in (rather soiled and stained), t.e.g., rubbed, spine chipped at foot, corners worn, [Tooley 299; Westwood & Satchell, p.133], Bradbury & Evans, [1860] § Cruikshank (George) Illustrations of Time, etched throughout with pictorial title and 6 plates of multiple scenes, some light foxing and soiling, creased and slightly frayed at edges, with 4pp. letterpress catalogue bound in at beginning, stitched in original printed drab wrappers, uncut, rubbed and frayed at edges, a few stains to upper cover, spine worn, by the artist, [Cohn 179], 1827, oblong folio (2) The result of the artist's visits to fish with his friend Sir John Everett Millais, and featuring his popular character Mr Briggs.
Lot 161
Schetky (J. C.) A series of four sketches, illustrative of various situations of His Majesty's Ship Pique, on her homeward voyage, from the moment of her coming off the rocks on the coast of Labrador, until her being docked at Portsmouth, leaf of text recording details of Capt. Rous's court martial, 4 lithographed plates by Schetky (signed Schetkey), light foxing or soiling, original printed upper wrapper trimmed and mounted on blank leaf as title, with ink inscription "C.W.Bonham Midshipman 1835" to title and his later inscription to his son "Rear-Admiral Bonham R.N. 1879 Thomas P.Bonham R.N. Naval Cadet" to front free endpaper, later half roan over marbled boards, manuscript label to upper cover "H.M.Ship 'Pique' 1854 Voyage across the Atlantic", rubbed, spine ends worn, [Abbey, Life 343; Bobins 62, both coloured copies but probably later colouring], oblong folio, Portsea, Trives & Maynard, [1835]. *** Rare. HMS Pique ran aground in the Strait of Belle Isle near the Labrador Peninsula. She crossed the Atlantic without her rudder and taking on water, reaching Portsmouth a month later. On arrival the vessel was repaired and a large rock, which had plugged a hole in her hull and prevented her taking on more water, was removed. The rock remains on display in Portsmouth today. The captain, Henry John Rous, was court martialled "on board the Victory...in Portsmouth harbour" on 20th October 1835 but was acquitted due to faulty charts and instruments, and ultimately praised for reaching home safely. Charles Wright Bonham R.N. (1817-84) entered the Navy in 1832 and rose to Vice-Admiral. Royal Navy Records list him as being mate on the Pique under Capt. Edward Boxer from 1837-38 in North America and the West Indies.Thomas Parry Bonham R.N. (1873-1916), son of the above, was killed in action while in command of HMS Black Prince at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916.
Lot 165
Jones (David) An Introduction To The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, number XCVII of 115 copies signed and dated by Jones, from an edition of 330, title with engraved vignette, original vellum-backed boards, original glacine dust-jacket, in 2 pieces, small portion of loss to lower corner, slip-case (light scuffing to extremities), small folio, Clover Hill Editions, 1972.
Lot 167
Nonesuch Press.- Alighieri (Dante) La Divina Commedia or the Divine Version of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English, one of 1475 copies, translated by H. F. Cary, printed in Monotype Blado, text in Italian and English, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, light spotting to endpapers, original vellum stained orange, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, tiny spotting to upper cover, lightly faded spine, slight bowing, [Dreyfus 50], folio, The Nonesuch Press, 1928.
Lot 168
Nonesuch Press.- Homer. The Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, one of 1450 copies, text in Greek and English, printed in red and black on pale grey paper, wood-engraved head-pieces by Rudolf Koch, with printed note by Francis Meynell 'On First Looking into Pope's Homer' loosely inserted, very small tear to margin of pp. 625-8, original russet morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a few small stains to covers, light fading to heads of covers and spine, 8vo, printed by Johannes Enschede en Zonen for the Nonesuch Press, 1931.
Lot 169
Ricketts (Charles).- Raymond (Jean Paul) Oscar Wilde Recollections, one of 800 copies, illustrations by Ricketts, bookplate, endpapers toned, dust-jacket, light creasing along edges, Nonesuch Press, 1932 § Ricketts (Charles) Unrecorded Histories, one of 950 copies, illustrations by the author, 1933, original decorative cream buckram, very light fading to spine, otherwise excellent copies; and another copy of the first mentioned, without a jacket, 8vo (3)
Lot 171
Vale Press.- Apuleius (Lucius) The Excellent Narration of the Marriage of Cupide and Psyches, 1897 § Browning (Robert) Dramatic Romances and Lyrics, 1899, one of 210 copies, text in red & black, wood-engraved illustrations by Charles Ricketts, endpapers toned, original white buckram, light toning to spine, otherwise excellent copies, [Vale Press], 8vo (2)
Lot 172
Vale Press.- Rossetti (Dante Gabriel) Hand and Soul, 1899 § Campion (Thomas) Fifty Songs, edited by John Gray, bookplate, 1896 § Sidney (Sir Philip) The Sonnets, printed in red & black, 1898, [each one of 210 copies on paper], wood-engraved decorative borders and initials by Charles Ricketts, endpapers browned, original plain or patterned-paper boards, light browning to spines, edges a little bumped or rubbed, [Watry B24; B7; B15], 8vo & small 4to, [Vale Press] (3)
Lot 175
Architecture.- Moreira (Antonio José) Regras de desenho para a delineaçaoÌ„ das plantas, perfis e prespectivas pertencentes a' architectura militar, e civil, woodcut royal arms to title, 30 folding engraved plates (of which 10 taken from another copy; these mostly lightly browned and with some spotting), errata f., occasional spotting or light staining, bookplate of J.B. Bury to front pastedown, antique style half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [Innocêncio I, 173; Soares 1627], Lisbon, João Antonio da Silva, 1793; and 3 others, Architecture & related, including Dalla Bella on lightning rods, v.s. (4)
Lot 181
Frankel (Virginia) Interior Space, Interior Design, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, light chips and tears along edges, New York, 1973 § Marquardt (Klaus) European Knives, Forks, and Spoons, original wrappers, 1997 § Guild (Robin) The Complete Victorian House Book, original boards, dust-jacket, light creases to extremities, 1989, illustrations; and c.60 others, interior design, decorative arts, and some cookery, v.s. (c.65)
![Glasgow.- Maclure, Macdonald & Co., Electric Light Photographers, Glasgow. [The City Chambers, Glasgow], only edition, 30 alb](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/35a6a3f8-1b1a-47e9-9cf2-b0de00eaf025/adfe7aab-e2c9-45fb-a178-b0e0011581d9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 182
Glasgow.- Maclure, Macdonald & Co., Electric Light Photographers, Glasgow. [The City Chambers, Glasgow], only edition, 30 albumen prints mounted on thick card with printed captions and credits to photographers and the architect William Young, spotting in the prints, some soiling to mounts, one plate loose, bookplate of J.Guthrie Smith, ink presentation inscription from ?the architect to front free endpaper, handsome original dark blue morocco with elaborate border in gilt and blind, upper cover with title and city arms in gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, folio, Glasgow, [c.1889].*** In 1881 William Young, a locally born architect, won the competition to design a city hall befitting Glasgow’s importance as a centre of industry and commerce and its status as the second city of the British Empire. Young produced a beaux-arts masterpiece considered one of the great civic buildings of the nineteenth century. The photographers capture the building in all its late-Victorian magnificence. The work was likely prepared and completed in advance of Queen Victoria opening the building on 22 August 1889 and possibly as a gift for members of the City Council or other prominent citizens.John Guthrie Smith (1834-94), antiquarian and Dean of Guild in Glasgow 1891-1893. Together with D. O. Mitchell, Guthrie Smith provided the text for Thomas Annan’s Old Country Houses.
Lot 189
Paccard (André) Traditional Islamic Craft in Moroccan Architecture, 2 vol., 1980 § Lovatt-Smith (Lisa) & Angelika Muthesius. Moroccan Interiors, 1995 § Meurant (Georges) Shoowa Design: African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba, 1995, original cloth, lightly marked, dust-jackets, light chips and tears along edges; and c.25 others, Islamic and Eastern art, v.s. (c.30)
Lot 2
Europe.- Neufville (Lequien de la) Histoire Générale de Portugal, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title and chapter-head vignettes, occasional faint spotting, contemporary calf, spines gilt, small worm-trail upper cover vol. 2, otherwise lightly scuffed, Paris, Anisson, 1700 § Les Delices du Pais de Liége, 2 vol. only (of 5), half-titles, title in red and black, 86 engraved plates (complete), most folding or double page, occasional light browning and spotting, contemporary half calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, extremities scuffed, Liege, Everard Kints, 1738; and 17 others Europe, v.s. (21)
![Pigault-Le Brun (C.A.G.) [The Works], 58 vol., some half-titles, some engraved plates, occasional light spotting, uniformly b](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/35a6a3f8-1b1a-47e9-9cf2-b0de00eaf025/bba2e114-97ec-4b0d-b7f5-b0e00112d206/468x382.jpg)
Lot 22
Pigault-Le Brun (C.A.G.) [The Works], 58 vol., some half-titles, some engraved plates, occasional light spotting, uniformly bound in contemporary calf-backed boards, spines richly gilt with purple and red labels, a few labels faded, some light scuffing to corners and edges, small 8vo, [c.1800-15]*** A pretty set.
Lot 223
Couch (Jonathan) A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, 4 vol., first editions, 252 hand-coloured plates, tissue-guards, bookplates, vol.1 with contemporary ink presentation inscription on endpapers, repaired tear to pp.91/92, contemporary green half morocco, extremities rubbed and scuffed, still a very bright clean set overall, 1862-1865 § Jeffreys (John Gwyn) British Conchology..., 4 vol. only (of 5), first editions, engraved or lithographed plates (only the 5 frontispieces hand-coloured), light damp-staining, original cloth, spines faded, ends frayed and bumped, 1862-69; and 11 others, natural history, v.s. (19)
Lot 226
Jardine (Sir William) The Naturalist's Library: Mammalia, vol. 1-2, 4-7, 11, 13, Entomology, vol. 1, 3-6, Ichthyology, vol. 1, 3-6, Ornithology, vol. 2-5, 8, 10, engraved frontispieces and hand-coloured engraved title vignettes (except vol. 1 Entomology), hand-coloured engraved plates (lacking one from vol. 5 Mammalia and 2 from vol. 1 Entomology), most with tissue-guards, woodcut illustrations, occasional spotting, light browning, a few leaves loose, Joseph Gillichan sticker to some front pastedowns, original boards, rubbed, some hinges broken, spines sunned and a few torn, 8vo, Edinburgh & London, 1833-43 (24).
Lot 227
Johnstone (William Grosart) & Alexander Croall. The Nature-Printed British Sea-Weeds, 4 vol., first edition, nature-printed plates of seaweeds by Henry Bradbury, very light marginal foxing, heavier to title, contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed, spines gilt with green morocco spine labels, faded, 8vo, 1859-60.
Lot 23
World.- Breton de la Martinière (Jean-Baptiste) China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, etc.,..., 4 vol., first edition in English, 80 engraved plates, some light off-setting, original boards and paper labels to spines, a little chipped and worn, uncut, [Abbey, Travel 535], J.J. Stockdale, 1812 § Tombe (Charles Francois) Voyage aux Indes Orientales, 2 vol. only (of 3; lacking atlas volume), first edition, half-titles, a little browning and spotting, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, board corners a little stained, Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1810 § Perouse (J.F.G. de la) Relation abregée du voyage de La Perouse, engraved folding map and plates, near contemporary calf-backed boards, spine gilt, Leipzig, 1799; and 10 others world, v.s. (17)
Lot 230
Astronomy.- Ferguson (James) Tables and Tracts Relative to Several Arts and Sciences, second edition with additions, half-title, advertisement leaf and 3 folding plates at end, title with light browning to margins, Macclesfield copy with small embossed stamp to title and North Library bookplate, also engraved bookplate of Hon. Lt. Gen. G.L.Parker, handsome contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with floral compartments and red roan label, very slightly rubbed at corners, for W. Strahan [& others], 1771 § [Linnington (R.T.)] A Companion to the Globes...By a Private Teacher, first edition, list of subscribers, 1817 § Graulhié (Gerard) Astronomie des Écoles et des Gens du Monde, first edition, half-title, 24 lithographed plates on 21 leaves, 7 folding, 14 hand-coloured, some offsetting, one plate torn and repaired, old ink stamp and signature to title and half-title, Paris, 1838, the last two contemporary mottled sheep, rubbed or worn; and another on astronomy, 8vo et infra (4)
Lot 237
Nanotechnology.- Feynman (Richard P.) 'How to Build an Automobile Smaller Than This Dot', first edition, in Popular Science, November 1960, vol. 177, pp.114-116, 230 & 232, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, a little creasing to spine and lower cover, New York, 1960; and 7 copies of the same, with light wear to spines, 8vo (8) *** One of the first printings of Feynman's famous and visionary after-dinner lecture, 'There's plenty of room at the bottom,' recognised as the birth of nanotechnology, given in 1959 in Pasadena at the American Physical Society's Winter Meeting of the West. Delivered without notes, a transcript from recordings was first printed in the February 1960 issue of the California Institute of Technology Journal of Engineering and Science. Here, the first readily attainable printed version, presents slightly enlarged argument.
![Eusebius Pamphili, of Caesarea. Evangelicae praparationis lib. XV. [&] Evangelicae demonstrationis lib. X., 2 parts in 1, col](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/35a6a3f8-1b1a-47e9-9cf2-b0de00eaf025/ac2c276a-9818-4562-959e-b0e00112fd2e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 29
Eusebius Pamphili, of Caesarea. Evangelicae praparationis lib. XV. [&] Evangelicae demonstrationis lib. X., 2 parts in 1, collation: a-z6, aa-ss6, tt4; Aa-Zz6, AAa-Ccc6, Ddd4, 498, [2]; 138 [i.e. 318], [2] pp., Greek text, woodcut printer's device on titles (Estienne's basilisk as King's printer) and his olive tree device on verso of final leaf, numerous grotesque and foliated head-pieces and initials, errata leaf at end of each part, contemporary ink annotation in Greek to first leaf of text, first title lightly soiled and mounted on stub (also a6), slight worming to lower margin of first part, light water-staining to first and last few leaves, a few minor ink stains, some creasing to corners and at end, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, rubbed and soiled, lacking portion of vellum from lower cover (repaired), folio (320 x 220mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, 1544-45.. *** A fine, wide-margined copy of the first edition of these two works by the Christian exegete Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, also known as Eusebius Pamphili. They are the second and third volumes in a series of Greek texts printed by the Typographus Regius Robert Estienne from manuscripts belonging to the Royal Library in Fontainbleau, which began with Eusebius' Ecclesiastica historia, published earlier in 1544. The Eusebius series represents the first appearance of the first font known as grecs du roi, the types commissioned by King François I and cut by Claude Garamond. "The cursive Greek types, still acknowledged as some of the finest ever cut, were based on the script of the calligrapher Angelo Vergezio, who was then engaged in transcribing and cataloguing Greek manuscripts for the royal library." (Mortimer, French, I, pp. 266-267). The editions are enriched by a handsome set of foliated and grotesque Greek initials and head-pieces, some of which are attributed to the renowned artist Geoffroy Tory. Literature: Adams E1082 and E1087; Renouard, Estienne, 59-60; Mortimer, French, 220.
Lot 30
Bible, Latin. Biblia Sacra, Ex postremis Doctorum, woodcut vignette on title with contemporary partial hand-colouring, woodcut illustrations, ink annotations throughout, light browning, spotting, some staining, contemporary blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, rubbed, worming to head of spine, lacking clasps, 8vo, Lyon, 1551.
Lot 34
Curtius (Cornelius) Virorum Illustrium, engraved architectural title and 30 full-page portrait plates by C. Galle after J. Francquart, illustrations, ink inscriptions to title, light browning, some foxing and spotting, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, a little rubbed and soiled, lacking ties, 4to, Antwerp, Joannes Cnobbaert, 1636.
Lot 37
Binding.- Pradon (M.) Le Bon Employ de la Journee, engraved frontispiece by Rocolet and folding plate by Cochin after Vleugels (caption folding in, creased at inner margin), light foxing, old library label to title, attractive contemporary red morocco with triple gilt fillet border & panel with ornaments at corners, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbed, small repair to gouge on lower cover, spine faded, 8vo, Paris, P.Rocolet, 1659.
Lot 38
Bible, Latin.- Biblia sacra vulgatae editionis Sixti V. pont. max. iussu recognita atque edita, 2 parts in 1 vol., double-column, engraved allegorical title, large woodcut device at end, very occasional light damp-staining to lower margin, contemporary speckled calf, spine ends and corners chipped with loss, cracking to joints, rubbed, [cf. Darlow & Moule 6184 (first edition)], 4to, Antwerp, Plantin Press, 1664.*** A later Antwerp edition of the Clementine Bible (1592).
Lot 43
Choisy (François-Timoléon, Abbé de) Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire de Louis XIV, 3 vol. in 1, titles in red & black, a little browned, first title slightly frayed at fore-edge, contemporary mottled calf with central gilt arms, spine gilt, joints split, Utrecht, Wan-de-Vater, 1727 § Castel (Charles Irenée) Annales Politques, 2 vol., half-titles, contemporary ink signature of Isabella Manchester to head of titles, engraved bookplate, contemporary calf, spines gilt, "Londres", 1757 § Marmontel (J.-F.) Les Incas, ou la Destruction de l'Empire du Pérou, 2 vol. in 1, half-titles, light water-staining, ink signature and book-plate of Charles Feilding, contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints worn, Paris, Lacombe, 1777 § Ch[ampion de Pontalier (François)] Variétés d'un Philosophe Provincial, 2 vol. in 1, old ink stamp to title, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, Brussels & Paris, 1767, all rubbed, 8vo (5)
Lot 51
Butler (Joseph) Stichtelycke Rymen van D R. Camphuysen, light spotting and staining to edges, morocco-backed boards, Amsterdam, Paulus Matthyz, 1652 § Agnew (E.) Geraldine oder Geschichte der Führung einer Seele, 3 vol., contemporary ink ownership name on endpapers and stamps on pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Augsburg, Kollmann, 1839; and c.15 others, mostly German literature, including 2 19th century works in manuscript, and c.10 modern theatre playbills, and a copy of La Court de St Germain, 1695, v.s. (c.20)
![ÄŒapek (Karel) Továrna na absolutno. [The Absolute at Large], first edition, decorative title in blue and black, full-page ill](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/35a6a3f8-1b1a-47e9-9cf2-b0de00eaf025/e3e658e3-1de8-438b-b9a5-b0e0011350f8/468x382.jpg)
Lot 53
ÄŒapek (Karel) Továrna na absolutno. [The Absolute at Large], first edition, decorative title in blue and black, full-page illustrations by Josef ÄŒapek, the odd spot or light stain, uncut in original decorative wrappers, toned and a little rubbed, upper wrapper with tiny closed tear to inner margin and a few very small chips to foot, upper joint split at foot, slight shelf-lean, still excellent overall, small 4to, Brno, Polygrafie, 1922. *** The author's rare first novel, a science fiction "future war" novel (set in 1943). First published in English in 1927.
Lot 57
Chaplin (Sir Charles, "Charlie", film actor and director, 1889-1977) and Sir Harry Lauder (Scottish singer and comedian, 1870-1950). Photograph of Chaplin and Lauder signed by both at foot, 240 x 190mm., light creasing some rubbing, [c.1918]; and 5 others, including another signed photograph of Lauder and letters and a legal document, v.s. (6) *** A signed photograph of two of the leading comic performers of their day. Lauder and Chaplin only appeared together in a 1918 short film, signed photographs of the two stars together are exceptionally rare, we have been able to trace no other examples at auction and this may be the only example. The letters and legal document (dated 1928) relate to a settlement between Lauder and a Mabel Jarman (the original owner of the present lot) in which Jarman agreed to hand over a number of letters for the significant sum of £780.
Lot 64
Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar, title printed in red & black, 5 double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs and 11 engraved plates and plans by Hollar & others, numerous engraved illustrations including many full-page, errata leaf at end but lacking final blank, marginal paper reinforcement to frontispiece verso, repaired tear running into text R1 (no text lost), marginal paper repair at corner S1, damp-staining, light browning, twentieth century calf, gilt, rebacked, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656
![[Cooke (Alexander)] A present for a papist: or The life and death of Pope Joan, engraved frontispiece, with two small holes a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/35a6a3f8-1b1a-47e9-9cf2-b0de00eaf025/52835e47-8a21-41d5-986f-b0e0011395a5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 67
[Cooke (Alexander)] A present for a papist: or The life and death of Pope Joan, engraved frontispiece, with two small holes and letter loss of text at foot, ink library stamp to title and final f. verso, hole to lower corner H4 with loss of a few letters, modern calf in antique style, extremities lightly scuffed, [Wing C5996B], for T[homas] D[awks], 1675 § L'Estrange (R[oger]) Seneca's Morals by way of Abstract, 3 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece, some light browning, twentieth century red morocco, joints a little rubbed, g.e., by Tho[mas] Newcomb for Joanna Brome, 1683 § Sidney (Sir Phillip) The Defense of Poesy, single leaf publisher's adverts at rear, glue stains gutter at title, modern calf, gilt, Glasgow, R. Urie, 1752; and 2 others, 8vo et infra (5)
![[Ward (Edward)] The Lord Clarendon's History of the Grand Rebellion Compleated, second edition, 83 engraved portrait plates (](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/35a6a3f8-1b1a-47e9-9cf2-b0de00eaf025/e0794a13-b752-4c06-b8e8-b0e00113a62e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 71
[Ward (Edward)] The Lord Clarendon's History of the Grand Rebellion Compleated, second edition, 83 engraved portrait plates (?of 84), 3 folding maps, 3 folding plates only (of 4), 4pp. printer's catalogue at end, title with ink initials to head, several portraits with marginal annotation in pencil, one with small worming to lower margin, one folding plate torn without loss and repaired, Q4v damaged and repaired with small loss of text, some light browning, occasional foxing or light soiling, occasional staining, particularly towards end, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, preserving old backstrip, morocco label to spine (little chipped), small split to spine foot, rubbed, 8vo, for John Nicholson, 1717. *** A supplement to Clarendon's History of the Grand Rebellion.
Lot 74
Pope (Alexander).- Homer. The Odyssey, 5 vol., translated by Alexander Pope, 5 vol., half-titles with imprimatur verso, bookplates, contemporary ink ownership name on endpapers, light marginal spotting, contemporary speckled calf with gilt border, light rubbing to extremities, Bernard Lintot, 1725-6 § Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha, 3 vol., translated by Thomas Shelton, title trimmed at head, ink ownership names and inscriptions on endpapers and date on titles, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, vol.3 calf come away from boards on lower cover, Dublin, 1733; and c.200 others, antiquarian, mostly 18th and 19th century, all calf-bound, v.s. (c.200)
Lot 75
Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) The History and Adventures of the renowned Don Quixote, 2 vol., translated by T. Smollett, engraved frontispiece and 27 engraved plates, errata leaf at end vol. 2, some faint off-setting, occasional scattered spots, contemporary diced russia, spines gilt with red and black morocco labels, gilt dentelles, vol. 2 spine large chip and upper cover light surface soiling, otherwise light wear to joints, 4to, for A. Millar, T. Osborn, et al., 1755.
Lot 8
Botany.- Linnaeus (Carl) Species plantarum, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with the three cancelled leaves E6, F5 & R2 in vol.1, lacking errata leaf, some light browning and marginal damp-stains, eighteenth century panelled calf, vol. 2 boards slightly bevelled due to damp, label peeling and a little toned generally, with a couple of small worm holes, [Hunt 548], Stockhom, L. Salvius, 1753; Genera Plantarum..., "sixth edition", title in red and black, lacking folding portrait frontispiece, contemporary boards ?rebacked, spine gilt with contrasting label, lightly scuffed, L. Salvius, Stockholm, 1764; and 4 others, 8vo (7)*** I. The classification of plants and the foundation of modern taxonomy. This was "the first work to account for all the kinds of plants then known for the world, to classify them according to a simple system [...] and to provide for each kind a name of two words. This addition of a binomial system of nomenclature [...] to the polynomial system has caused this work to be designated as the starting point for the modern nomenclature of ferns and flowering plants. Because of this, Species plantarum has become the most important single work in the world's botanical literature." Hunt
Lot 99
Dibdin (Rev. Thomas Frognall) An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics, 2 vol., fourth edition "greatly enlarged and corrected", one of 250 large paper copies, half-titles, engraved frontispiece in vol.1 of Complutensian Polyglot Bible (a little offset onto facing leaf), light foxing, modern half calf, red roan labels, slightly rubbed at edges, 4to, 1827.
Lot 97
A Highly Decorative Set of Twelve Late XIX Century Mother of Pearl Handled Dessert Knives and Forks, with engraved scroll decoration and shaped capped finials, contained in original fitted wooden case with inset brass shield (vacant), case 30.2cm.t) No visible markings/hallmarks to the dessert knives and forks. light abrasions and slight tarnishing. Eight forks and one knife have imperfect/losses/unsmooth mother of pearl handles.
Lot 14
John Adam Plimmer Houston R.S.A. (British 1812-1884) A pair of military portraits One signed and dated '82, oil on board (2).each 23 x 19cm (framed 35.5 x 31.5cm)Qty: 2The paintings are both in good, restored condition. Under UV light there is evidence of cleaning and overpainting. There is craquelure and hairline cracking across the surface of one painting. The paintings are both ornately framed and glazed. The frames have some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
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