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Lot 535
A 19th century moonstone and diamond brooch by Carlo & Arthur Giuliano in the form of a stylised flower, stamped 'C & AG' to the inside of the hinge, 2.8cms diameter, 7.1g.Condition ReportAll stones are present, one of the navette shaped stones has a chip to one corner, as per image, there are some very light surface scratches to the moonstones and some minor marks / indentations to the gold mounts around the stone, otherwise good condition.
Lot 635
A pair of Chinese blue & white baluster vases and covers decorated with birds and foliage, 49cms high (2).Condition ReportBoth vases have been extensively (and well) restored to the bodies and necks, both covers good condition and both vases look good but the extensive restoration shows under UV light.
Lot 8A
Two limited edition etched badge sets from Characters Cards Inc (3880 and 5150/8000), 3 holographic pictures (30 x 42cm), 2 cloth badge sets, Revenge Of The Sith "Light And Dark Side" lithographic art prints, limited edition 2822/3000 (all 30 x 42.5cm), 2 classic movie poster sets (778 and 5114/6000), 2 Masterworks The Movie Saga lithographic print collections, one contents still factory sealed (limited editions, 700 and 6133/8000) and Masterworks Revenge Of The Sith print set, limited edition 1806/2000. (13)
Lot 227
Erotica.- Somov (Konstantin Andreievich, illustrator) Le Livre de la Marquise. Recueil de Poesie et Prose, one of 800 copies, pictorial half-title, frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 20 plates and numerous illustrations by Somov, some with hand-colouring, scattered light foxing and offsetting, some cracking at gutter with a few gatherings loose, hinges tender, original green silk, rubbed and lightly soiled, spine faded, with portions of loss to silk and backstrip coming loose, joints split but holding, uncut, 4to, St. Petersburg, 1918.⁂ Published during the temporary lull in censorship immediately after the October Revolution, with erotic illustrations by Russian symbolist artist Konstantin Somov accompanying a selection of 18th century French poetry and prose. This copy is from the library of cultural critic Gershon Legman, with short pencil notes in his hand to the front pastedown and limitation page, speculating a possible German provenance for the book.
Lot 269
The Indian Rebellion, 1857.- Ball (Charles) The History of the Indian Mutiny, 7 vol., 2 steel-engraved vignette titles and 80 plates, 2 double-page engraved maps, both with hand-colouring, double-page printed table, 3 printed titles, tissue-guards (a few damaged), some light foxing and soiling, occasional cracking at gutter with the odd leaf working loose, vol. 3 upper hinge broken, vol. 5 lower hinge broken, a few others tender but holding, original red cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, rubbed with some wear to spines, light soiling, 4to, [1858].
Lot 102
Military.- Spain.- Moore (James) A Narrative of the British Army in Spain, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding engraved maps, 1 with hand-colouring and a few paper repairs to verso, some light spotting, nineteenth-century half calf, for Joseph Johnson, 1809 § Neale (Adam) Letters from Portugal and Spain, comprising an account of the operations of the armies..., first edition, engraved map frontispiece, several engraved plates, bookplate, some foxing, nineteenth-century half calf, for Richard Phillips, 1809 § Stothert (Capt. William) A Narrative of the Principal Events of the Campaigns of 1809, 1810 & 1811 in Spain and Portugal, first edition, engraved folding map frontispiece (light off-setting), single leaf publisher's advertisement at front, original boards with paper label to spine, joints cracked but firm, rubbed, for P. Martin, 1812 § [Daniel (John E.)] Journal of an Officer in the Commissariat Department of the Army: comprising a narrative of the campaigns under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, in Portugal, Spain..., first edition, list of subscribers, errata leaf, original boards, spine worn with chip to foot, stain to upper cover, 1820, 4to & 8vo (4)
![[Defoe (Daniel)] A Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-man, ink ownership inscription to title,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/16ee9b2e-a0e2-4358-bbc0-afd600fbcc7a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 146
[Defoe (Daniel)] A Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-man, ink ownership inscription to title, strip of paper laid down to margin of H2, some light browning, contemporary calf, upper cover almost detached, spine head a little chipped, [John How], 1703 § The Spectator, 8 vol., engraved frontispieces, some light offsetting, vol. 6 p.271 torn (affecting but no text loss), vol., 1 prize certificate laid down to front pastedown, book labels, ?contemporary calf with gilt crest of Winchester College to upper covers, rebacked, covers and corners rubbed, for Longman et al., [c1797] § Sterne (Laurence) The Works, 7 vol., engraved illustrations, single marbled leaf in colour, occasional light foxing, contemporary half calf, spines gilt with black morocco labels, very light scuffing, for J. Johnson et al., 1802, 8vo and small 8vo (16) ⁂ I. Unauthorised edition, printed before the authorised "True Collection..." of the same year.
![Bees.- Thorley (John) Melisselogia [graece], or The Female Monarchy. Being an Enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/c0cb69d8-ff69-483f-9a96-afd600fce865/468x382.jpg)
Lot 71
Bees.- Thorley (John) Melisselogia [graece], or The Female Monarchy. Being an Enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government of Bees, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, 1 folding, list of subscribers, armorial bookplate, small hole to foot of title and L6, the latter affecting a couple of letters, occasional light foxing, later ink gift inscription to rear pastedown, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper cover repaired, rubbed and worn at corners, endpapers renewed, 8vo, Printed for the Author; and Sold by N. Thorley, 1744.
Lot 196
Chevalier (Tracy) Girl With a Pearl Earring, first edition, signed by the author on title, very light marginal toning, original boards, first state dust-jacket with misspelling "earing" to lower panel, slight creasing to spine ends, else fine, 1999; and 2 others of the same title, later editions, one also signed by the author, 8vo (3)
Lot 176
NO RESERVE Left wing politics.- Tillett (Ben) Socialism, light browning to first and last few pp., original wrappers, Christchurch, 1897 § Cooper (Sir William Earnshaw) Socialism and its Perils, scattered spotting, original cloth, 1908 § Hannington (Wal) The Problem of Distressed Areas, light marginal browning, ink ownership inscription "A. A. Service" to endpaper, page of autograph notes loosely inserted, original limp cloth, light toning to spine, 1937; and 9 others, similar, including some with the ink ownership inscription or stamp of Rodney Bickerstaffe, 8vo (12)⁂ Rodney Bickerstaffe (1945-2017), trade unionist, General Secretary of National Union of Public Employees (1982-1993) and UNISON (1996-2001).
Lot 82
Clare (John) Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, first edition, half-title, 10pp. publishers' catalogue at end, lacking 5-line errata slip (as often), small water-stain to head of first few ff., some light spotting or soiling, pp.179-182 with repaired horizontal tear, affecting text but without loss of sense, nineteenth century half calf, spine gilt and with black morocco label, rubbed, a little worn at extremities, 8vo, 1820.⁂ The author's scarce first book, published in an edition of 1000 copies in January 1820 and sold out by March of that year. Described as written by "a Northamptonshire peasant" on the title page, Clare's poetry concerns nature and the countryside and often uses Northamptonshire dialect.
Lot 66
Bacon (Sir Francis) Baconiana. Or Certaine and Genuine Remains of Sr. Francis Bacon, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, with imprimatur to A4r, later ink inscription to front free endpaper, trimmed close at head, a few times touching headline or pagination, small stain to verso of title and b1, occasional light spotting but generally a crisp copy, later mottled calf, gilt armorial device and monogram to covers, rebacked, rubbed, some wear to spine, [Wing B269; Pforzheimer 25], Printed by J.D. for Richard Chiswell, 1679; with another on the same, 8vo (2)⁂ This issue consistent with Pforzheimer 25, with the Contents (A gathering) bound after the blank leaf S8, and without sectional title at B1. ESTC records an alternative collation, with B1 present.
Lot 140
Herbal.- Culpeper (Nicholas) The English Physitian Enlarged; With Three Hundred, Sixty and Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs that were not in any Impression until this, library inkstamp to title, G1, Q3, Y5 and 2B7v, title with neatly repaired tear to head, the odd contemporary ink inscription or doodle, with longer ink ownership inscription to C8v, a few short tears or small portions of loss, most marginal and repaired, but G3 and 2A4 with loss to some words, I1-4 with small hole to text, affecting a few letters, final advertisement f. with half torn away and replaced with later paper, light soiling and the odd spot, printer's waste endpapers, modern polished calf, morocco labels to spine, very lightly rubbed, [Wing C7509], 8vo, Printed for George Sawbridge, 1674.
Lot 200
NO RESERVE Hughes (Ted).- Douglas (Keith) Selected Poems, edited with an introduction by Ted Hughes, signed presentation inscription from Ted Hughes to his brother Gerald dated April 1964 on endpaper, some light spotting to head, original cloth, a little rubbed, [Sagar and Tabor B23 a.1], 8vo, 1964.
Lot 122
Gaultier (Léonard) Collection of 30 fine miniature bible illustrations from the Gospel of Luke, 30 engravings on laid paper with partial watermarks of ornate crowned armorial devices, each platemark approx. 60 x 58 mm (2 1/4 x 2/14 in), 135 x 98 mm (5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in), the first few leaves with light surface dirt and browning, vellum, gilt, oblong 8vo, [circa 1575-1580].
![[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first is](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/0ef35f2b-eb46-4dfd-9fa3-afd600fba53e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 225
[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first issue with misspelling "wade" on p.21, wood-engraved illustrations by John Tenniel, occasional light finger-soiling marks, modern aquamarine morocco, black morocco spine label, a little faded, 8vo, 1872.
Lot 121
Consul Joseph Smith's copy.- Dio Cassius. De' fatti de' romani dalla guerra di Candia, fino alla morte di Claudio imperatore, italic type, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, errata f., a couple of small worm traces to outer margin of first few ff., 2Q2 and 2S1 with small part of lower blank corner torn away, short neat tear just within text of final f., without loss, some mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, later gilt, covers with arabesque centre-pieces flanked by initials 'CH', spine with 2 later black morocco labels (the smaller one at foot worn), lacking ties, central vertical crease to spine, upper joint just starting, but holding firm, some spotting, soiled, [EDIT 16 CNCE 17208], 8vo, Venice, Gabriele Giolito De Ferrari, 1565.⁂ Provenance: Joseph Smith (1744-1760), British Consul at Venice, patron of Canaletto and others, and a passionate collector of art, books and manuscripts. He financed the press of Giovanni Battista Pasquali, from where he issued lavishly-produced books in extremely limited editions. These included a Catalogue Librorum Rarissimorum, which was a partial catalogue of the rarities in his own library (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
Lot 207
NO RESERVE Wright (Sir Almroth E.) The Unexpurgated Case Against Women's Suffrage, first edition, light scattered spotting to peripheral ff., endpapers browned, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, 8vo, 1913.⁂ The anti-suffragist argument of Sir Almroth Wright, a successful bacteriologist and immunologist, with appendix "Letter on Militant Histeria". Wright believed women incapable to deal with social and political issues, his work later satirised by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in her female utopian novel Herland.
Lot 46
Syriac.- Tychsen (Oluf Gerhard) Elementale Syriacum sistens Grammaticam, Chrestomathiam et Glossarium, title with woodcut ornament, 9 folding engraved plates of Syriac scripts, some light foxing, lightly browned, 19th century half calf, rebacked, spine in compartments and with leather label, corners worn, 8vo, Rostock, Koppian, 1793.⁂ Tychsen (1734-1815), German orientalist and Hebrew scholar, who was one of the founding fathers of Islamic numismatics.
![Greek printing.- Basilius Magnus (Saint, Archbishop of Caesarea) Hapanta ta tu theiu kai megalu kalumenu basileiu [graece], e](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/6b43a4ff-eff7-4d9b-be0a-afd600fce5f0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 120
Greek printing.- Basilius Magnus (Saint, Archbishop of Caesarea) Hapanta ta tu theiu kai megalu kalumenu basileiu [graece], edited by Janus Cornarius, text in Greek, title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, small worm trace / hole to upper margin at beginning and end, some mostly marginal water-staining, more pronounced in last 2 quires, where just touching text, occasional spotting or mostly light foxing, ornately blind-stamped contemporary calf over wooden boards, sympathetically rebacked, red leather label to spine in compartments, head of spine little chipped, outer edges little worn, rubbed (especially raised bands), [Adams B331; VD 16 B 639], folio (323 x 213mm.), Basel, [Hieronymus Froben & Nikolaus Episcopius], 1551.⁂ A wide-margined copy of the handsomely printed editio princeps of the complete works. Basil is considered important for his influence on both early Christian theology and church administration. The editor, Cornarius, was an itinerant physician and correspondent of Erasmus.
Lot 209
Bawden (Edward) Take the Broom, first edition, one of 350 copies, lithographed throughout with manuscript text and 7 full-page colour illustrations, one double-page, original lithographed pictorial wrappers, inscribed by the author at head "Best wishes from C. & E.B. 1952", 1952 § Paltock (Robert) The Life & Adventures of Peter Wilkins, pochoir plates and illustrations by Bawden, some double-page, illustrations, pochoir endpapers, light spotting to title, Ruari McLean's copy with his ink signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt, 1928 § Bradby (Christopher) Well on the Road, first edition, pictorial title and illustrations by Bawden, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, dust-jacket, a little rubbed and frayed at edges, spine panel defective, 1935, oblong 16mo & 4to (3)⁂ The first is an excellent copy of this scarce little book, originally drawn by Bawden for his children in 1944 and later produced as a Christmas gift by George Rainbird and Ruari McLean. This is one of the 100 copies for presentation by Bawden. The second item was his first illustrated book.
Lot 203
NO RESERVE Goddard (Robert) Past Caring, 1986; In Pale Battalions, 1988; Painting into the Darkness, 1989; Into the Blue, 1990; Take No Farewell, 1991; Hand in Glove, 1992, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine heads, otherwise excellent and near-fine copies; and 26 others, Goddard, 8vo (32)⁂ An extensive run of thriller writer Robert Goddard.
Lot 172
NO RESERVE General Catalogue of Books (A), offered to the public at the affixed Prices by Bernard Quaritch, some marginal tears or nicks to title, light foxing to title, contemporary ink ownership name to front free endpaper, contemporary half morocco, rebacked preserving original spine label, spine gilt, rubbed, thick 8vo, 1880.⁂ A very large and thick catalogue, representative of Quaritch's impressive 19th century sales.
Lot 170
Eliot (George) The Legend of Jubal, first edition, half-title, errata slip, lacking advertisements, later half green morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, sunned, bookplate, Blackwood and Sons, 1874; How Liza loved the King, first edition in book form, single advertisement leaf at front, upper hinge cracked but firm, original cloth, light wear to spine ends, Boston, Fields, Osgood and company, 1869; Early Essays by George Eliot, one of 220 copies (unnumbered), a couple of instances of light spotting, original cloth, boards a little warped, glassine wrapper, t.e.g, unopened, privately printed, 1919, v.s. (3) ⁂ I. Provenance: Charles Plumptre Johnson, Victorian bibliographer of both Dickens and Thackerary [bookplate to front pastedow]. II. Originally appeared in "Blackwood's Magazine" in May 1869, with no separate British edition published. III. Contains essays previously unpublished in book form.
Lot 90
NO RESERVE Landor (Walter Savage) Anthony and Octavius. Scenes for the Study, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author ""W. Savage Landor to his affectionate niece Catherine Landor" to endpaper with pencil note below "Written and given on his 81 birthday", modern half morocco, light fading to spine, 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1856.
Lot 72
Gray (Thomas) An Elegy Written In A Country Church Yard, fourth edition, bookplate of Thomas Clifford Allbutt, stab holes to inner margin, first few ff. with a few further holes or short tears along faint central fold, occasionally affecting text but without loss of sense, title with repaired tear to fore-edge, some light spotting and dust-soiling, marginal water-staining, later half morocco, spine gilt, heavily rubbed, Printed for R. Dodsley, 1751 § Dodd (Rev. William) Thoughts in Prison: In Five Parts, first edition, with final advertisement f., B2-3 working loose, some light foxing or browning, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, wear to spine and corners, lower joint split, upper cover working loose, Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1777; and others, 18th century poetry, including a 1794 edition of the poems of Lady Manners with notes seemingly in the author's hand, v.s. (c.28)
Lot 23
Fraser (Claud Lovat).- Drinkwater (John) and Albert Rutherson. Claud Lovat Fraser, one of 450 copies, signed by both authors, this copy with an original ink drawing traditionally understood to be a self-portrait by Claude Lovat Fraser (mounted on dedication f.), black & white frontispiece and 39 colour or black & white plates, captioned paper guards, original cloth, spine gilt, upper joint split, but holding firm, some light marking and soiling, William Heinemann, 1923; and 15 others, by or about Lovat Fraser, v.s. (16)
![[Higgins (John) and others.] A Mirour for Magistrates, 4 parts in 1, general title and 3 sectional titles, woodcut head-piece](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cd8b2ade-76c3-4bea-94a6-afd600e75cdc/156b7f95-1f52-44cf-82a9-afd600fd2db0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 53
[Higgins (John) and others.] A Mirour for Magistrates, 4 parts in 1, general title and 3 sectional titles, woodcut head-pieces and initials, a few woodcut illustrations of Kings, with the 2 verse dedications (2O4 and 3E3) present, but with 3E3 signed "Nicols" to recto and misbound after A4, 3 of 4 titles with date amended to "1616" in early ink manuscript, a few other ink notes or marginalia, including to head of general title, first few ff. with small hole to blank inner margin, minor worming to first few gatherings, a few times touching text but without loss of sense, the odd short tear or fraying to margins, affecting text to M4, O8 and 3B8 but without loss, 2Q8 with portion torn away at head with loss to headline, some light soiling and minor marginal water-staining, heavier to final few ff., later panelled calf, spine gilt with black morocco label, rubbed, [STC 13446; Pforzheimer 738], 4to, Felix Kyngston, 1610-09.⁂ Possibly the source for Shakespeare's King Lear and for the title for The Winter's Tale. This edition is edited and enlarged by Richard Nicols, with the addition of both "A Winter's Night Vision" and "England's Eliza", a description of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Lot 104
Portugal.- Bradford (Rev. William) Sketches of the Country, Character and Costume, in Portugal and Spain, first edition, with engraved frontispiece (often lacking), 53 hand-coloured aquatint plates, without unlisted plate 'Toro from the River Douro' (as usual), bookplate and ink ownership inscription, one or two minor instances of soiling, occasional light spotting (mainly to plate borders), diced russia, gilt, rebacked with original backstrip laid down, corners scuffed, folio, for John Booth, 1809.⁂ First edition of this splendid work, being also the first English work on Portugal and Spain to be illustrated with aquatint plates. Bradford enjoyed considerable popularity in the aftermath of the Peninsular War, with further issues appearing in 1812, 1813 and 1823.
Lot 9
Architecture.- Wren (Christopher) Parentalia: or, memoirs of the family of the Wrens...chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren, ... Compiled, by his son Christopher, first edition, title printed in red and black, list of subscribers, mezzotint portrait frontispiece of Sir Christopher Wren by John Faber, engraved dedication f., 3 portraits, and 7 plates, offsetting, some mostly marginal water-staining to preliminaries (just encroaching within platemark of portrait), some spotting or mostly light foxing or staining, lightly browned in places, blind-stamped and gilt panelled russia by C. Kalthoeber, London, rebacked, preserving original little chipped backstrip in compartments, rubbed, g.e., [Harris 949], folio, Printed for T. Osborn; and R. Dodsley, 1750.⁂ One of the earliest biographies of architect, astronomer and inventor Sir Christopher Wren, to whom the work is chiefly devoted. The work list his many inventions before 1660: 'devices for surveying, musical and acoustical instruments, developments in fishing, underwater construction and submarine navigation, and experiments in printmaking; he experimented with, but did not invent, the mezzotint technique, which Prince Rupert demonstrated to the Royal Society in 1661.' (DNB).Provenance: Walter Charles, Lord Northbourne (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
Lot 208
NO RESERVE Andersen (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, 16 tipped-in colour plates, with captions tissue guards, black and white illustrations, light spotting to title, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine sunned, worn and ends and with tears at joints, 1913 § Salten (Felix) Bambi's Children, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, in two pieces (torn along joints), extremities with small chips and losses, New York, 1939 § Tassi (Robert) Grapham Sutherland Complete Graphic Work, colour illustrations, original pictorial cloth, minor instances of surface soiling, 1978; and 8 others children's and illustrated, v.s. (11)
Lot 235
Golden Cockerel Press.- Chair (Somerset de) The First Crusade, number 424 of 500 copies, wood-engraved plates and illustrations by Clifford Webb, original pictorial half vellum, gilt, by Sangorski and Suttcliffe, very light soiling, 1945 § Tellier (Jules) Abd-er-Rhaman in Paradise, number 35 of 400 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Paul Nash, original buckram-backed marbled boards, dust-jacket, spine a little rubbed and faded (chipped at foot), Waltham St.Lawrence, 1928, both t.e.g., others uncut, Golden Cockerel Press; and a pamphlet from the Fleece Press, small folio & 8vo (3)
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