NO RESERVE Sava. Twenty-Five Caricatures, first edition, plates, tissue-guards, original cloth-backed boards, light rubbing to extremities, lightly faded, 1926 § Westwood (H.R.) Modern Caricaturists, first edition, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, lightly chipped and creased to extremities, 1932 § Brangwyn (Frank) & Hayter Preston. Windmills, colour plates, lightly spotted, original cloth, dust-jacket, t.e.g., others uncut, light chipping and short tears to edges, small portion lacking to spine head, 1923 § Collins Baker (C.H.) Catalogue of the Principal Pictures in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle, collotype plates, original pig skin-backed cloth, t.e.g., spine ends lightly rubbed and faded, slip-case, 1937 § Gassier (Pierre) The Drawings of Goya: The Sketches, Studies and Individual Drawings [&] The Complete Albums, 2 vol., illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, light creasing to spine ends, slip-cases, 1975; and c.100 others, art and art reference, v.s. (c.110)
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NO RESERVE Shaw (George Bernard) Flyleaves, one of 350 copies, folding plates, original cloth, North Hills, PA, Bird & Bull Press, 1977; Three Plays, "Franklin Library Edition", illustrations, original calf, gilt, Pennsylvania, 1979 § Mander (Raymond) and Joe Mitchenson. Theatrical Companion to Shaw, plates, endpapers browned, original cloth, dust-jacket, light chips and short tears to extremities, 1954 § Shaw: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, 23 vol. only, bookplate, original boards, dust-jackets, all but one in tact with light rubbing to extremities, no.15 worn and lacking spine, Pennsylvania, 1981; and c.30 others on Shaw, v.s. (c.55)
Dermatology.- Baterman (Thomas) Delineations of Cutaneous Diseases, new edition, 72 engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand, plate-guards, very occasional light browning, some light marginal spotting or finger-soiling, title with portion excised from head and restored with later paper, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, [Wellcome II, 114], 4to, 1840.
![NO RESERVE Guinness.- S.H. Benson Ltd. A Guinness Sport Folio, illustrations by Antony Groves-Raines, [c.1950s]; Album Victor](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/236ad2e0-d9e7-4fcd-87c5-af6600f51829/3689bd00-d23f-4117-9bf1-af660105f71b/468x382.jpg)
Veterinary.- Boardman (Thomas) A Dictionary of the Veterinary Art, 40 engraved plates, damp-staining, light spotting, Birmingham Medical Institute library label to front pastedown, modern brown buckram, 1805 § Gibson (William) The Farrier's New Guide, 2 parts in 1, first edition, 8 engraved plates (1 folding with loss to fore-edge), light soiling and browning, modern calf with contemporary calf panels laid onto covers, for William Taylor, 1820 § Schmid (H.) Lymphfollikel der Bindehaut des Auges, 3 double-page plates, light damp-staining to head, original printed wrappers, Wein, 1871; and 12 others, similar, v.s. (15)
NO RESERVE John (Augustus) Fifty-Two Drawings, with an introduction by Lord David Cecil, lithograph tipped to half-title, portrait frontispiece and 50 plates, 1957 § Furst (Herbert) The Decorative Art of Frank Brangwyn, plates throughout, some colour, illustrations, some light marginal toning or finger-soiling, hinges cracked but holding firm, 1924, a few corners creased, some cracking at gutter, original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled; and others art reference, including Lichtenstein and Picasso, v.s. (10)
NO RESERVE Printing.- Colour printing.- Earhart (J. F.) The Color Printer: A Treatise on the Use of Colors in Typographic Printing, signed presentation inscription from the author to Ada Earhart dated Dec. 22nd, 1892 to endpaper, signed presentation inscription from Ada Earhart to ?Payne Printing Company, additional signed presentation inscription from the author dated 1918 to foot of Preface, signed by the author at foot of dedication as issued, 90 colour-printed plates, occasional light staining to foot, original cloth, spine and covers darkened and stained, rubbing and fraying to extremities, Cincinnati, OH, 1892 § Chevreul (M. E.) The Laws of Contrast of Colour, translated by John Spanton, new edition, colour plates, original green cloth blocked in red and gilt, a very good copy, n.d.; and a defective copy of Internationaler Graphischer Muster-Austausch des Deutschen Buchdrucker-Vereins, 4to & 8vo (3)
Anatomy.- Winslow (Jacques-Benigne) Exposition Anatomique de la Structure du Corps Humain, first edition, 4 folding engraved plates, title with ink library stamp and ownership inscription to head, light spotting, book labels of J. L Harrison and I. L. Johnson (both of Penrith) to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked covers rubbed, Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1732 § Cheselden (W.) The Anatomy of the Human Body, eighth edition, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 40 plates by Vandergucht, some light foxing and toning, ink ownership inscription to title and endpaper, book label to front pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, joints cracked but firm, chip to foot of upper cover, rubbed, [Wellcome II, 335], H. Woodfall & c., 1763; and another, anatomy, 4to & 8vo (3)
Kent.- Philipott (Thomas) Villare Cantianum: or Kent Surveyed and Illustrated, first edition, large engraved folding map detached and linen backed with a few repaired tears, engraved illustrations, occasional light damp-staining or browning, the odd short marginal tear, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, some wear to extremities, new endpapers, [Wing P1989], small folio, by William Godbid, 1659.
Robin (C.) & F.Verdel. Traité de Chimie Anatomique et Physiologique Normale et Pathologique..., 4 vol. including Atlas, first edition, 45 engraved plates, some with partial hand-colouring, one or two with slight adhesions, original cloth-backed boards, spines faded, Paris, 1853 § [Guyot (E.-G.)] Nouveau Sisteme du Microcosme..., only edition, title in red & black, large folding engraved plate, light water-staining at end, ex-library copy with stamps, contemporary morocco, gilt, morocco doublures with gilt dentelles, The Hague, M.G. de Merville, 1727 § Orfila (M.J.B.) Traité de Médecine Légale, 4 vol., fourth edition, 4 hand-coloured lithographed plates of exhumed bodies, browned, contemporary half vellum, new endpapers, [Wellcome IV.268], Paris, 1848, rubbed; and 10 others, medicine, 8vo & 4to (19)⁂ The last concerns forensic medicine and is a study of the changes in dead bodies caused by earth, water, air etc. Orfila is considered by many to be the founder of modern medico-legal toxicology.
NO RESERVE Francis (Dick) Rat Race, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, some nicks and tears to jacket spine ends, 1970; Bonecrack, 1971; Slay-Ride, 1973; Knock Down, 1974; The Danger, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, 1983, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing and bumping to spine ends; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (8)
NO RESERVE World.- Barber (Thomas) Barber's Picturesque Illustrations, of the Isle of Wight, engraved title vignette and plates, some foxing, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine faded, [1834] § Chapman (F. Spencer) Watkins' Last Expedition, plates and map, original cloth, lightly faded, spine ends a little frayed, 1934 § Smythe (F.S.) The Kangchenjunga Adventure, first edition, plates, light marginal foxing or yellowing, original cloth, spine lightly faded, 1930 § Collyer (Rev. Robert) and J. H. Turner. Ilkley: Ancient and Modern, plates, light foxing, ownership inscription and stamp to endpapers, original decorative cloth, 1885; and c.45 others, travel and topography, v.s. (c.50)
Willis (Thomas) Opera Omnia, engraved additional pictorial title and 37 plates, some folding, lacking portrait, some spotting, engraved title lacking upper outer corner just touching border (repaired), one or two plates torn and repaired, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, Amsterdam, H.Wetsten, 1682 § Motherby (George) A New Medical Dictionary, third edition, 30 engraved plates at end (misbound), a little light spotting or staining, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Wellcome IV.188], J.Johnson, 1791 § Freind (John) Opera omnia medica, first collected edition, initial imprimatur leaf, half-title, engraved portrait and title-vignette, title lightly soiled and with stain to lower outer margin, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, [Wellcome III.66], John Wright, 1733, all ex-library copies with traces of stamps to tiles and some plates; and another, 4to & folio (4) ⁂ The first is the third and best edition of the collected works of Willis, a founding member of the Royal Society and a pioneer in research into the anatomy of the brain, nervous system and muscles. The work includes his Cerebri anatome in which he coined the term "neurology". He also discovered the "Circle of Willis", a circle of arteries on the base of the brain.
NO RESERVE Botany.- Stern (F. C.) A Study of the Genus Paeonia, 15 colour plates by Lilian Snelling, bookplate to front pastedowns, light bumping to corners, Royal Horticultural Society, 1946 § Pratt (Anne) Flowering Plants, Grasses and Ferns of Great Britain, 4 vol., colour plates, some occasional light spotting, original green cloth, spines darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing, [c.1880]; and c.120 others, botany, v.s. (c.125)
Dermatology.- Besnier (E.) and others. A Pictorial Atlas of Skin Diseases and Syphilitic Affections, edited by J. J. Pringle, 50 chromolithographed plates, tissue-guards, illustrations, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, contemporary half morocco, extremities rubbed, 1897 § Ricord (Philippe) Traite complet des maladies Veneriennes, 66 chromolithographed plates by Emile Beau, browning to text, light foxing to plates, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and worn, Paris, Rouvier, 1851 § Fox (George Henry) Photographic Illustrations of Skin Diseases, second edition, 85 tinted photographic plates, contemporary half morocco, covers detached and worn, New York, 1887; and 11 others on syphilis and diseases of the skin, v.s. (14)
NO RESERVE Farrell (James T.) Studs Lonigan, first edition in book form, jacket with tape repairs verso, 1936 § Moravia (Alberto) L'Imbroglio e Altri Racconti, signed by the author to title, original wrappers, 1952 § Williamson (Henry) The Pathway, first edition, 1928 § Needham (Violet) The Bell of the Four Evangelists, first edition, 1947 § Romains (Jules) The Body's Rapture, one of 1000 copies, 1933 § Toosé (Alfred) Madame Iago, 1928, all but the second original cloth, some light fading or creasing to spine ends, dust-jackets, spines faded or browned, light creasing and fraying to extremities, else in very good condition; and c.100 others, mostly 20th century literature, v.s. (c.105)
Lancisi (Giovanni Maria) Opera varia..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, titles with woodcut device (first in red & black), printed in double column, 2 folding engraved maps, 10 engraved plates, contemporary ink inscription "Ex Bibliotheca Mauritii Scrimeri" to title, an excellent clean and crisp copy in contemporary vellum, rubbed and stained, Venice, Sanctes Pecori, 1739 § Pascoli (Alessandro) Il Corpo-Umano..., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, portrait and 20 plates, with blank H4 & K4 as issued, woodcut initials & ornaments, light marginal water-staining towards end, engraved armorial bookplate of Joseph Goretti, contemporary limp vellum, spine torn, [Wellcome IV 312], Perugia, 1700; and 9 others including a 4 vol. Rome 1745 edition of the first, v.s. (11)⁂ The first includes works on public health and epidemiology, particularly concerning Rome's water-supply and the nearby malarial Pontine marshes, and on cardiac diseases.
Anatomy.- Tortebat (François) Abregé d'Anatomie, accomodé aux Arts de Peinture et de Sculpture, second edition, engraved pictorial title, 10 engraved full-page illustrations after Vesalius, some spotting and light marginal staining, old marbled wrappers, a little rubbed and stained, spine repaired, preserved in modern cloth folder and slip-case, Paris, J.B.Crepy, 1760; and an Atlas of 13 engraved plates illustrating Scarpa's anatomy (4 with partial hand-colouring), folio (2)⁂ The second most important work on anatomy for the use of artists, first published in 1667 and preceded only by van der Gracht's Anatomie... of 1634. The plates are taken from Vesalius, re-engraved and reversed, and feature male figures as skeletons or displaying their muscles, tendons, etc.
Law.- Justinian I (Emperor) Institutionum sive elementorum libri quatuor, edited by Arnoldus Vinnius, engraved additional pictorial title, title with woodcut printer's device, light spotting, contemporary vellum, slight spotting and toning, yapp edges, 12mo, [Willems 1408], Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1669.
NO RESERVE Photography.- Lyon (Marcus) Somos Brasil, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the artist to endpaper, colour photographic portraits, with several colour reproductions from the artist's Timeout exhibition loosely inserted, original cloth, light marking and staining to covers, Sao Paulo, 2015; and 2 others, photography (3)
Richter (August Gottlieb) Chirurgische Bibliothek, vol.1-8 only (of 15), first edition, 15 folding engraved plates of surgical instruments and procedures, some foxing, signature cut away from some front free endpapers, most contemporary boards, vol.8 contemporary vellum, Gottingen & Gotha, J.C.Dieterich, 1771-85 § Bohn (Johann) Circulis anatomico-physiologicus seu oeconomia corporis animalis..., second edition, light browning, old library stamp to title, contemporary vellum, morocco label, [Wellcome II.193], Leipzig, T.Fritsch, 1697 § Heister (Lorenz) Chirurgie, in welcher alles, was zur Wund-Artzney gehört..., fourth edition, engraved portrait, title in red & black with old ink signature cut away from foot, 38 folding engraved plates, a few small spots or stains, contemporary half calf, rebacked, [Wellcome II.236], Nuremberg, J.Stein, 1743, all a little rubbed; and 10 others, medicine, German, v.s. (20)⁂ The first is one of the earliest journals devoted to surgery and central to the development of surgery in Germany during the eighteenth century. It includes many contributions from abroad including Percival Pott on palsy, fractures & head wounds, Guerin on eyes, Hunter on teeth, Gesscher on amputation, Juville on hernia, amongst others. The last item is the fourth and much enlarged edition of the one of the most popular surgical texts of the 18th century, which went through many editions. Heister coined the term "tracheotomy" and designed a spinal brace.
NO RESERVE Crane (Walter) Triplets: Comprising The Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet, and the Baby's Own Aesop, one of 750 numbered copies, plates, lightly spotted throughout, original vellum-backed cloth, vellum rather soiled, corners and edges bumped and frayed, 1899 § Cruikshank (George) Cruikshank's Water Colours, number 164 of 300 deluxe copies signed by the publisher, plates, original pictorial cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, 1903 § T'ang to Mao Tse-tung. A Folding Screen, number 120 of 200 copies signed by the translators, original patterned cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case, Whittington Press, Andover, 1974 § Novello (Sabilla, collector) The History of Bluebeard's Six Wives, colour plates, light foxing, original cloth, rebacked and recornered, light retouching to upper cover, 1875 § Strachey (Lytton) Ermyntrude and Esmeralda, illustrations by Erté, signed by the artist to title, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light spotting but otherwise bright and sharp, 1969 § Suetonius. Lives of the Twelve Caesars, translated by H.M. Bird, illustrations by Frank Papé, signed by the artist and translator to limitation page, original cloth, very slight bumping to spine ends, otherwise a rare fine copy, slip-case, 1930; and c.30 others, children's and illustrated, v.s. (c.40)
![Hey [(Rebecca)] Sylvan Musings; or, The Spirit of the Woods, new edition, hand-coloured plates and heightened with gum arabic](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/236ad2e0-d9e7-4fcd-87c5-af6600f51829/d9869d3a-c225-45c7-95dd-af660109678b/468x382.jpg)
Hey [(Rebecca)] Sylvan Musings; or, The Spirit of the Woods, new edition, hand-coloured plates and heightened with gum arabic, some very light offsetting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, faded, spine joint broken and pulling away, 1849 § Huxley (Leonard) Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, 2 vol. bound in 4, frontispieces, later cloth with brown morocco spine labels, discoloured and a little marked, 1900 § Parkes (Samuel) The Chemical Catechism, with Notes, Illustrations, and Experiments, ninth edition, folding engraved frontispiece and plate, bookplate, contemporary calf, red morocco spine label, lightly rubbed, 1819, and 14 others, science, 8vo (20)
NO RESERVE Johnson (Samuel) The Works, With An Essay on his Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy, 12 vol., new edition, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece to vol.1, bookplates, some light foxing or damp-staining, contemporary calf with gilt border, rebacked, an attractive set, 8vo, Nichols & son et al, 1816.
Buckle (Henry Thomas) Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works, 3 vol., 1872; History of Civilization in England, 2 vol., third edition, 1861 § Greville (Charles C.F.) A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, edited by Henry Reeve, 3 vol., second edition, 1874; A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, 3 vol., 1885 [&] part II, 2 vol., 1887, red half crushed or straight-grain morocco, t.e.g, light scuffing to spine ends otherwise a very attractive group of near-uniform binding; and 18 others in attractive bindings, v.s. (31)
Forbes (William) An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D...., 3 vol., second edition, Edinburgh, for Arch Constable et al, 1807 § Moore (Thomas) Memoirs of the Life of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 2 vol., second edition, light foxing to endpapers, 1825 § Gleig (Rev. G.R.) Memoirs of the Life of the Right Hon. Warren Hastings, First Governor-General of Bengal, 3 vol., 1841 § Tallentyre (S.G.) The Life of Voltaire, 2 vol., second edition, 1904, engraved portrait frontispieces, offset, bookplates, contemporary calf or half calf, morocco spine labels, second last soiled, others lightly rubbed; and 13 others, biographies etc., 8vo (23)
NO RESERVE Europe.- Vues de Versailles. Le Chateau le Parc. Le Petit et le Grand Trianon, 24 lithographed illustrations, folding concertina-style into original cloth, spine chipped at head, [c.1850] § Whitty's Guide to Liverpool, folding map, advertisements, original pictorial boards, light rubbing and surface soiling, Liverpool, 1871 § Cassell's Map of England and Wales, folding lithographed map by Edward Weller, hand-coloured in outline, c.880 x 650mm., folding into original cloth, [c.1865]; and 8 others, Europe and Britain, v.s. (11)
NO RESERVE Dodge (David) Bullets for the Bridegroom, jacket with portions lacking from spine ends and corners, rather creased and rubbed to joints, New York, 1944; Hooligan, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, New York, 1969 § Ellroy (James) Blood on the Moon, New York, 1984 § Hillerman (Tony) The Blessing Way, 1970 § Peters (Ellis) The Will and the Deed, 1960 § Walters (Minette) The Scold's Bridle, signed by the author to title, 1994 § Rendell (Ruth) The Keys to the Street, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, 1996 § Deighton (Len) Horse under Water, 1963 § Mankell (Henning) The Dogs of Riga, first English edition, 2001, first or first English editions, original boards or cloth, dust-jackets, all but the first with light creasing to ends but overall sharp copies; and c.95 others, crime, thrillers, and mystery novels, v.s. (c.100)
World.- Johnston (Alexander Keith) The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, a new edition, half title (silked repairs), double-page frontispiece, 48 double-page maps, in colour, each with own index, 4 pp. publisher's advertisements tipped in to front endpaper (foxed), occasional light spotting, repairs to hinges (firm), original half morocco, gilt, cracking to upper joint head, extremities a little rubbed, 1876 § Leadbeater (Mary) Memoirs and Letters of Richard and Elizabeth Shackleton..., second edition, ink ownership inscription to title, others to front free endpaper, original boards, uncut, spine split and with loss at head and foot, 1823 § Fleming (Rev. Francis) Kaffraria and Its Inhabitants, plates and folding map, some spotted, 12 pp. catalogue at rear, modern half morocco, 1853 § Lagden (Sir Godfrey) The Basutos..., 2 vol., frontispieces, maps and plates, some light spotting, original cloth, spine ends lightly bumped, 1909; and 6 others, travel and mountaineering, 8vo (11)
NO RESERVE Hood (Thomas) Poems, engraved frontispiece and 21 plates by Birket Foster, 1872 § Whitman (Alfred) Samuel William Reynolds, one of only 500 copies, plates with captioned tissue-guards, small chip to spine head, 1903 § Burns (Robert) The Works, 6 vol., edited by Charles Annandale, contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpaper, engraved plates, spines a little sunned but still bright copies, [c.1887] § Prime (William C.) Pottery and Porcelain of All Times and Nations, illustrations, patch of damp-staining to foot, rear hinge tender, New York, 1878, all but last with some light foxing, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, a few marks to covers, t.e.g. or g.e.; and c.330 others, most pictorial or decorative cloth, v.s. (c.330)
![Derbyshire, Ticknall.- Grant, Robert son of William of Sapinton [Sapperton] to Edmund son of William of a tenement in Tykenha](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/236ad2e0-d9e7-4fcd-87c5-af6600f51829/6c2d9108-8262-4526-886e-af660109daf5/468x382.jpg)
Derbyshire, Ticknall.- Grant, Robert son of William of Sapinton [Sapperton] to Edmund son of William of a tenement in Tykenhale [Ticknall], witnesses: William le spens, William of Asnoton and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 11 lines, in light brown ink, right hand part of manuscript faded to illegibility, lacks seal, folds, creased, 97 x 244mm., Feast of St James [25th July] 1339.
NO RESERVE Fitzgerald (Edward) The Works, 7 vol., one of 775 sets, light spotting, London and New York, 1902 § Austen (Jane) The Works, "Adelphi edition", reprint, 1927 § Peek (Hedley) The Chariot of the Flesh, very occasional light spotting, ink ownership name to endpaper, London and New York, 1897 § Hardy (Thomas) The Complete Poems, edited by James Gibson, uncorrected proof copy, 1976; and c.170 others, literature, v.s. (c.175)
![Ariosto (Lodovico) Orlando Furioso [& Cinque Canti], 2 parts in 1 vol., part 1 with woodcut architectural title incorpora](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/236ad2e0-d9e7-4fcd-87c5-af6600f51829/a95aa75e-2add-4d1f-bde3-af6601088544/468x382.jpg)
Ariosto (Lodovico) Orlando Furioso [& Cinque Canti], 2 parts in 1 vol., part 1 with woodcut architectural title incorporating printer's device (torn, repaired and laid down, with small loss to extremities), part 2 title with woodcut printer's device, full-page woodcut illustrations, head- & tail-pieces and initials, lacking final blank, trimmed at head, occasionally shaving headline or pagination, a few leaves repaired at margins, repaired tears to D1 (affecting woodcut to verso), F3 and 2L8, with loss to a few letters, the odd other short tear running into text, part 2 with some early ink annotation, final leaf defective at fore-margin and repaired, with loss to small portion of text, some light spotting and staining, heavier at end, later vellum, spine titled in gilt, rubbed and toned, [EDIT 16 CNCE 2796], 4to, Venice, Heirs of Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1580.
World.- Anson (George) A Voyage Round the World, fourteenth edition, 3 folding engraved maps, of which 1 with tears and paper repairs to verso (no losses), bookplate, light off-setting, light uniform browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, H. Woodfall et al., 1769 § de Macedo (Joaquim Manoel) Notions on the Chorography of Brazil, translated by H.Le Sage, folding tables, several ff. unopened, spotting, upper hinge foot breaking at title, original cloth, spine with a couple of small tears, Leipzig, 1873 § MacGregor (J.) The Rob Roy on the Jordan, fourth edition, colour frontispiece, maps, plates and illustrations, bookplate, original cloth, recased with repairs to spine ends, some staining, 1874; and 2 others, 8vo (5)
Howard (John) An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; with various papers relative to the Plague...Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, second edition including Appendix, lacking half-title, with 22 engraved plates and plans, most folding, large folding engraved table, some light offsetting and marginal staining, armorial bookplate to verso of title, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving old spine, 4to, J.Johnson, 1791.⁂ Howard spent 15 months from 1785 travelling throughout western and southern Europe inspecting lazarettos (quarantine stations) for the treatment of plague victims.
Crane (Walter).- Spenser (Edmund) The Faerie Queene, edited by Thomas J. Wise, 6 vol., one of 1,000 copies, illustrations and decorations by Walter Crane, usual browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines slightly darkened, light finger-soiling to covers, but a very good set overall, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, George Allen, 1897.
Bertuch (F. J.) Bilderbuch für Kinder, vol. 2 only (of 12), first edition, text in German and French, 100 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few trimmed at head, occasionally affecting imprint and just shaving image of plate 89, one text leaf with lower corner torn away but no loss to text, some scattered foxing and light browning but plates generally clean and bright, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with roan labels and gilt initials "G. A." to foot, one label chipped with loss to text, quite worn, joints split but covers holding, 4to, Weimar, Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1795.⁂ An instructive natural history for children, with 12 volumes published between 1792 and 1830. The plates cover a wide range of topics, including land and marine animals, botany, history, such as Roman soldiers and Egyptian mummies, and views under a microscope.
![NO RESERVE [Trusler (John)] Hogarth Moralized. Being a Complete Edition of Hogarth's Works, engraved frontispiece and additio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/236ad2e0-d9e7-4fcd-87c5-af6600f51829/eee645a2-ccec-4343-9038-af660108d810/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE [Trusler (John)] Hogarth Moralized. Being a Complete Edition of Hogarth's Works, engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title, 75 engraved illustrations, a few tipped-in, armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Johnson Eden, frontispiece with small repaired tear to upper margin, C1 with short tear to foot, affecting only catchword to verso, some light spotting and occasional browning, patch of water-staining to head of first few leaves, hinges cracked, later blind-stamped calf, gilt, some rubbing, light spotting to upper cover, joints split, g.e., S. Hooper...and Mrs. Hogarth, 1768; and another 18th century on Hogarth, 4to & 8vo (2)
Louvet de Couvray (Jean-Baptiste) Les Amours Du Chevalier De Faublas, 2 vol. only (of 4), new edition, 4 copper-engraved plates, contemporary cat's paw calf, vol.2 upper cover nearly detached, joints rubbed, Paris, Chez Ambroise Tardieu, 1821 § de Goncourt (Edmond & Jules) Madame de Pompadour, new edition, plates, some colour, contemporary crimson half morocco, spine gilt with floral and heart blind stamping design, Paris, 1888 § Le Comte de Ségur (M.) Mémoires, ou Souvenirs et Anecdotes, 3 vol., plates. contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, Paris and London, 1825 § Samain (Albert) Oeuvres, 3 vol., contemporary blue morocco, spines gilt in compartments with red spine labels, lightly scuffed, spines a little faded, Paris, n.d., bookplates, light scattered foxing; and c.20 others, French literature, v.s. (c.25)
Europe.- Smith (James Edward) A Sketch of a Tour on the Continent, 3 vol., second edition, 2 ff. advertisements at rear, occasional light spotting, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with black morocco labels, minor wear to spines, Longman et al., 1807 § Londonderry (Charles Vane, 3rd Marquis) Recollections of a Tour in the North of Europe, 2 vol., first edition, 2 folding maps, 2 engraved portrait plates, some light spotting, endpapers renewed, original cloth, vol. 1 recbacked with majority of original back-strip preserved, spine head vol. 2 with small chip, spines sunned, Richard Bentely, 1838 § Wraxall (Nathaniel) Memoirs of the Kings of France... A Tour through the Western, Southern and Interior Provinces of France, 2 vol., first edition, ink ownership inscription to titles (remnants of; trimmed), bookplates, very occasional minor spotting, contemporary calf, spines gilt with green and red morocco labels, joints cracked with some splitting at feet, light scuffing, for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1777; and another, Switzerland, 8vo (8)
Irving (Washington) A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, 2 vol., first English edition, without adverts at end, 1829 § Prior (James) Memoir of the Life and Character of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke..., 2 vol., enlarged second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol.1, offset, 1826; The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B., 2 vol., plates, lightly offset, 1837, bookplates, light foxing, first two contemporary calf, last contemporary half calf, light soiling, lacking or chipped spine labels (some loosely inserted); and c.40 others, v.s. (c.45)
Anatomy.- Maclise (Joseph) Surgical Anatomy, first edition, 35 lithographed plates with partial hand-colouring by Hanhart after Maclise, some light spotting and marginal water-staining, a few with tears at edges (some repaired), loose with the original printed upper wrappers of the 9 original parts in modern cloth portfolio with ties, folio, 1851.⁂ Rare with the original part wrappers.
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[Stevenson (Robert Louis)] The Trial of James Stewart in Aucharn in Duror of Appin, for the murder of Colin Campbell of Glenure, first edition, folding map (bound at rear, not front; tape repairs), book-label, title a little browned, first few ff. coming loose at foot, light spotting and finger soiling, later front free endpaper tipped-in, contemporary calf, rubbed, Edinburgh, G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1753 § Sprat (Tho.[mas]) The History of the Royal-Society of London, fourth edition, title printed in red and black, 2 folding engraved plates, with initial imprimatur f., contemporary calf, joints cracked but firm, rubbed, J. Knapton et al., 1734 § [Phillips (John)], Cyder. A Poem, lacking engraved frontispiece, woodcut decorations and initials, modern morocco-backed boards, for Jacob Tonson, 1708; and 4 others 18th century, 4to and 8vo (7)
NO RESERVE Cricket.- Standing (Percy Cross) Cricket of To-Day and Yesterday, 2 vol., signed presentation inscription from cricketer Sir H. F. G. Leveson Gower to both endpapers, plates and illustrations, light foxing, browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, wear and fraying to extremities, rubbed and marked, [c.1906].
NO RESERVE Printing.- Typography.- Specimens of Wood Type and Borders... Manufactured by The Hamilton Mfg. Co, covers chipped, creased and browned, Two Rivers, WI, [1892] § Wood Type. American Type Founders Company, pp.89/90 with one letter cut out, light toning and staining to covers, [c.1897], typographic specimens throughout, original wrappers; and 2 others, including an English engraved 19th century book of typefaces, v.s. (4)
World's Fair.- Strahan (Edward) et al. The Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition 1876, 3 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispieces, additional engraved title to vol. 1 only, plates and illustrations, contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, light soiling to vol.1 & 2, 4to, Philadelphia, Gebbie & Barrie, [1876].⁂ The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 was the first World's Fair to be held in the United States of America. It was held in Philadelphia in 1876 in order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Derbyshire, Ticknall.- Indenture agreement by William of Sapton [Sapperton] and Juliana his wife relating to pasture in Tykenhale [Ticknall], witnesses: Robert of Wildeston and others, manuscript in French, on vellum, in light brown ink, indented at head, slight surface abrasion affecting some text, lacks seal, folds, slightly creased, 102 x 201mm., 1332.
London.- Burrows (Edward J.) Westminster Portfolio (The), 9 original etchings, signed in pencil by the artist, tissue guards, most with some light spotting to mounts, original pictorial vellum-cloth, some light soiling, spine foot chipped, oblong folio, Cheltenham, W. H. Beynon & Co., [c.1880].⁂ Scarce; no other copies on World Cat.
NO RESERVE Furniture.- Macquoid (Percy) and Ralph Edwards. The Dictionary of English Furniture, 3 vol., second, revised edition, 1954 § Strong (Eugenie) Catalogue of the Greek & Roman Antiques in the Possession of the Right Honourable Lord Melchett, 1928, plates or illustrations, bookplate of Michael Matantos, light spotting and toning to endpapers, original cloth, spines slightly sunned, some rubbing, t.e.g., folio (4)
Travel to the moon.- Wilkins (John) A Discovery of a New World... in the Moon, 2 parts in 1, fourth edition, engraved additional title, woodcut illustrations, light marginal browning, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, lower joint cracked, rubbed, [Wing W2186], 8vo, by T. M., 1684.⁂ Wilkins' first work and the first printed book in English to give serious consideration to space travel.
![Racing.- [Surtees (Robert Smith)] Handley Cross, n.d.; Mr. Romford's Hounds, n.d.; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, n.d.; Ask Mama](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/236ad2e0-d9e7-4fcd-87c5-af6600f51829/6867223d-dd99-4d50-be20-af6601089177/468x382.jpg)
Racing.- [Surtees (Robert Smith)] Handley Cross, n.d.; Mr. Romford's Hounds, n.d.; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, n.d.; Ask Mama, n.d.; Hawbuck Grange, n.d.; Plain or Ringlets, n.d., colour plates, illustrations, red crushed half morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, spines gilt in compartments with hunting motifs, some scuffing to covers, light sunning to spines, t.e.g.; and c.30 others, sporting and illustrated, v.s. (c.35)
Opera.- Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) Idomeneo, Rè di Creta. Opera seria in tre Atti, early edition, engraved throughout, title in Italian and German, 1pp. cast list preceding score, a few leaves repaired at margins, some abrasion marking, affecting the odd letter or note with neat corrections in ink, light offsetting, contemporary half calf, diamond shaped black morocco label to upper cover, gilt, worn at spine ends and corners, rubbed, Bonn, N. Simrock, [1798]; Oeuvres Complettes [Part VI]. XIV Différentes Pièces pour le Pianoforte, engraved additional title with bookplate to verso, ink stamp to final leaf, most leaves reinforced at inner margin, occasional cracking at gutter, contemporary boards, worn, joints split, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, [c.1820], ink ownership inscriptions to pastedowns, some light foxing, oblong 4to (2)
NO RESERVE Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8 vol., portrait frontispiece and folding maps, small contemporary ink ownership name to endpapers, contemporary half calf by Bumpus, spine gilt in compartments, lightly scuffed, Cowie et al., 1825 § Prothero (Rowland E., editor) Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794), 2 vol. [&] Gibbon's Autobiographies, contemporary half morocco by Hatchards, t.e.g., others uncut, 1896 § Whitaker (Rev. John) Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire..., light staining, modern polished calf, for J. Murray, 1791, bookplates; and 5 others by Gibbon, 8vo (17)
Parry (Caleb Hillier) Collections from the Unpublished Medical Writings..., 3 vol., only edition, errata slip and advertisement leaf at end of vol.1, vol.3 with partly hand-coloured engraved plate (foxed and offset onto title), ex-library set with ink stamps to titles of vol.1 & 2 but removed from that of vol.3, otherwise a good clean copy, modern cloth, together in slip-case, [Wellcome IV, 310], 1825 § Robinson (Bryan) Observations on the Virtues and Operations of Medicines, first edition, one folding engraved plate printed in sepia, tables, light marginal water-staining, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, J.Nourse, 1752 § Heberden (William) Commentaries on the History and Cure of Diseases, first American edition, ink signature to head of title, foxed, modern bookplate of Eric Bywaters, contemporary sheep, a little worn, Boston, 1818; and 11 others, medicine, 8vo (16)⁂ The first item is one of few works by Parry, edited posthumously by his son and including the rare third volume 'Introductory Essays by Charles Henry Parry'. Parry is known for his work on angina pectoris and, particularly, exophthalmic goitre.
Burney (Frances) Cecilia: or, Memoirs of an Heiress, 4 vol., ninth edition, 1809 § McDonough (Felix) The Hermit in Edinburgh; or, Sketches of Manners and Real Characters and Scenes in the Drama of Life, 3 vol., 1824 § Hawkesworth (John) [and Samuel Johnson]. The Adventurer, 3 vol., engraved architectural titles, 1806 § Austen (Jane) Sense and Sensibility, 2 vol., from The Novels of Janes Austen, edited by R. Brimley Johnson, illustrations by C.E. Brock, 1898, bookplates, some light offsetting, all but the last contemporary calf, morocco spine labels, light rubbing or scuffing, last contemporary half calf, spine with raised bands, t.e.g.; and 20 others, novels, 8vo (c.30)
Sandes (Lieut.-Colonel E.W.C.) The Royal Engineers in Egypt and the Sudan, foreword by General Reginald Wingate, with a signed presentation inscription from Wingate tipped-in to front endpaper, portrait frontispiece, maps, plates and illustrations, some folding, with a related map loosely inserted at rear, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, light toning (especially to spine), small nicks and tears at edges, most with tape repairs to verso, 8vo, Chatham, Institution of Royal Engineers, 1937.⁂ Signed presentation inscription reads, "To Ethel ?Palmer from her old friend Reginald Wingate" dated "20. Nov. 1948". Map loosely inserted illustrates "Anglo-Egyptian Soudan and Eritrea. Sabderat to Todluc", showing the Agreement of April 16th 1901.
Thackeray (William Makepeace) Vanity Fair. A Novel Without a Hero, first edition in book form, without the suppressed woodcut of Marquis of Steyne on p.336 but with "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on p.453, initial advertisement leaf for "Great Hoggarty Diamond" present, additional vignette title, 39 etched plates (frontispiece present but misbound after p.618), wood-engraved vignettes, offsetting, a few leaves starting to work loose, upper hinge cracked, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, corners repaired, 1848 § Stowe (Harriet Beecher) Uncle Tom's Cabin, ?first English edition, wood-engraved portrait frontispiece, vignette title and 27 plates by George Cruikshank, contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpaper, hinges repaired, original blind-stamped cloth, John Cassell, 1852, some light foxing, rubbed; and 2 others 19th century, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Macfall (Haldane) The Book of Lovat Claud Fraser, plates, some colour, decorative endpapers, very occasional light foxing, boards lightly marked and spine ends faded, 1923 § Bennett (Arnold) Teresa of Watling Street, first edition, 1931 § Auden (W.H.) & Christopher Isherwood. The Ascent of F6, first edition, 1936, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, dust-jackets, a little rubbed and discoloured, extremities chipped and creased with some tape reinforcements verso; and another, 4to & 8vo (4)
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