Matchbox Superfast Group of Early 1970's Issue American Cars & Trailers - (1) 41a Ford GT40 - white body with racing number 6 hood label, red interior, SCARCE SEA GREEN BASE, solid 5-spoke narrow wheels with tread pattern cast; (2) 43a Pony Trailer - lemon yellow body wit "IXA" cast below left hand wheel arch, light grey plastic ramp, bright green base, hollow 5-spoke narrow wheels, complete with horses removed from sprue; (3) 59a Ford Galaxie Fire Chief Car - red body with hood & door labels, ivory interior, bare metal base, hollow 5-spoke narrow wheels without tread pattern cast; (4) 72a Standard Jeep - darker yellow body, red seats, gloss black base with rear braces, balloon profile Spiro wheels with MAROON axle clips (crack to left hand bottom corner of windscreen) - Excellent to Mint in Good Plus to Excellent Plus "New" Type G Boxes. (4)
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Matchbox King Size K-22 Dodge Charger - metallic dark blue body, clear windows, light blue interior, bare metal base, chrome hubs - Excellent with a few small chips & small scratch to roof, in Near Mint Punched "New" Pictorial Window Box, with original North American reatailer's price label to header card.
Matchbox Superfast 2 x 59a Ford Galaxie Fire Chief Car - both are red body with blue roof light, ivory interior, bare metal base - (1) hollow large diameter 5-spoke narrow wheels with tread pattern cast - Near Mint (hood label applied off centre by the factory), in Good Plus creased on both striker sides "New" Type G box; (2) solid small diameter 5-spoke narrow wheels - Near Mint (labels applied off centre by the factory), in Good "New" Type G box with large surface tear to 1 striker side. (2)
Dinky Toys Group of 4 x 1960's Issue Commercial Vehicles - (1) 972 Coles 20-Ton Lorry Mounted Crane - orange cab & chassis, light blue driver, dark yellow crane with black & white hazard labels, without crane operator figure, black plastic hubs - Good in Fair detailed picture box; (2) 965 Euclid Dump Truck - primrose yellow, with cab windows - Fair to Good in Good yellow & red box with detailed picture panel; (3) 955 Commer Fire Engine with Extending Ladder, grey hose reels, red supertoy hubs - Fair with paint chips, in Good blue & white striped box; (4) 401 Coventry Climax Fork Lift Truck - burnt orange body, mid-green forks & ridged hubs, grey treaded tyres, plastic driver - Good with some paint chips, in Good yellow lift off lid box with blue base, complete with inner card packing. (4)
Matchbox Superfast 62b Mercury Cougar Rat Rod Dragster - light lime green body, red interior, bare metal base, RARE 5-SPOKE REAR WHEELS - Excellent Plus (glue just starting to show through labels which are a little discoloured), in Good Plus "New" Type G box (box very clean but has tear to 1 end flap).
Matchbox Superfast G-2 Big Mover Car Transporter Gift Set - containing (1) Super Kings K-11 DAF Car Transporter - ivory interior, metallic red grille & base; (2) 9b AMX Javelin - lemon yellow interior, bare metal base; (3) 32b Maserati Bora - metallic magenta body with racing number 8 hood label, lemon yellow interior, lime green base, 5-arch wheels; (4) 44b Ford Boss Mustang with bare metal base; (5) 45a Ford Group 6 - metallic magenta body with racing number 45 nose label, light amber windows, pale yellow interior, chrome engine, gloss black base; (6) 75b Alfa Carabo with lemon yellow base - all Near Mint to Mint in Near Mint Type I window box with ORIGINAL factory shrink wrap & outer card transit sleeve (shrink wrap split at 1 corner). Outstanding example!
Matchbox Superfast Pair of Fire Engines in RARE TRANSITIONAL TYPE F3 BOXES, ILLUSTRATING REGULAR WHEEL MODELS WITH BLACK SUPERFAST BRANDING & WHITE "SUPERFAST" BRANDING TO STRIKER SIDES. (1) 29a American La France Fire Pumper Truck - small diameter hollow 5-spoke narrow wheels with black axle clips - Excellent (roof light pushed down into the interior, but this has not gracked the glazing, along with usual slight distortion to plastic hose reels), in Excellent Type F3 Box (surface tear to 1 end flap & minor small tear to 1 inner end flap); (2) 35a Merryweather Marquis Fire Engine - metallic red bodysilver-grey grille & base with "Pat App" cast to rear of base, solid 5-spoke narrow wheels with black axle clips, front wheels with tread pattern cast, rear wheels without - Mint in Excellent to Excellent Plus "New" Type F3 Box.
Matchbox Superfast 4 x 28c Lincoln Continental MADE IN BULGARIA MODELS - all are black plastic roof, light amber windows, lemon yellow interior, silver painted Superfast Bulgaria base, dot-dash wheels - (1) white body with "Sharp" tampo print; (2) metallic silver body with "Hewlett Packard" tampo print; (3) metallic blue body with "Lagorda" tampo print; (4) metallic copper body with "Apple" tampo print - all generally Near Mint to mint with usual factory paint flaws. (4)
Corgi Juniors Vintage Mid 1970's Issue E3071 Growlers 6-Car Speed Set - all are chrome interior, black plastic base - containing (1) Porsche 917 - metallic silver body, light amber windows; (2) Jaguar E-Type with matt red body; (3) Marcos XP - metallic orange-gold body, light amber windows; (4) Can-Am Racer with metallic kingfisher blue body, white driver & engine (glue showing through label); (5) Ford GT70 with metallic green body; (6) Ferrari 512S - mid blue body with racing number 6 nose label - all generally Excellent with some chips to front & rear of each body, in Excellent 1975 Copyright Box with sellotape to both ends & original Mail Order Catalogue Reference Label "59 4619" to 1 end flap.
Matchbox Superfast Group of 6 x Early 1970's Issue Cars - (1) 33a Lamborghini Miura P400 - metallic gold body with low arches, ivory interior, bare metal base, hollow 5-spoke narrow wheels without tread pattern cast; (2) as (1) but lighter shade metallic gold body, front wheels are solid with tread pattern cast, rear wheels hollow without tread pattern cast; (3) 36b Hor Rod Draguar - metallic candy pink body with matt patint finish, with engine braces, light amber canopy, pale yellow interior, bare metal base (mark to inside of canopy); (4) 40a Vauxhall Guildsman - pink body with black circle flame hood label which has cut-out flames, turquoise green windows, pale yellow interior, bare metal base (later period Type H Box without "New"); (5) dodge Charger Mk III - metallic pink body, clear windows, black interior, metallic emerald green base (box has 2 x original retailers price labels applied); (6) as (5) but metallic magenta body - Excellent to Mint in Good to Mint Boxes. (6)
Matchbox Superfast 22a Pontiac GP Coupe - metallic light purple body WITH RARE SILVER GRILLE & HEADLAMPS, light grey interior, gloss black base, solid large diameter 5-spoke narrow wheels without tread pattern cast - Excellent Plus with scratch to rear of trunk, in Good Plus "New" Type G Box with matching model artwork.
Dinky group of 4 cars including 231 Masarati Racing Car, red and white, red plastic hubs, Good some paint chips, within Good box, 231 Masarati Racing Car, red and white, red ridge hubs, Good Plus some paint chips, within repro box, 230 Talbot Lago, blue, red hubs, Good loose and 102 MG Midget Sports, light green, cream interior and hubs, one tyre flattened over time, seats repainted, within Good box. (4)
Margaret de Patta, a modernist paste and gold ring, San Francisco, 1950s, set at an angle with a prism-shaped yellow paste with faceted ends, to a gold band of asymmetrical design, size U1/2, signed de Patta, stamped 14KMargaret de Patta (1903-64) was an American jeweller, artist and educator, who was among the founders of the Metal Arts Guild of San Francisco. Famed for her use of optical effects through innovative stone cuts known as 'Opticuts', her work forms part of the collections of several major American museums such as the Smithsonian Institute, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and was the subject of retrospective Space-Light-Structure: The Jewelry of Margaret De Patta at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York in 2012. The present ring was acquired directly from de Patta in the 1950s.
A pink diamond and diamond bracelet, designed as a wide band composed of curved links, set with brilliant-cut diamonds and variously-cut diamonds of pink tints, mounted in gold, length 17cm, stamped 750, inscribed D18.27 DF15.25Two random samples were taken for testing:Accompanied by report number 5785-0451 dated 28th November 2024 from GCS stating that the diamond weighing 0.30cts is fancy light pink, natural colour, SI2 clarityAccompanied by report number 5785-0452 dated 28th November 2024 from GCS stating that the diamond weighing 0.71cts is fancy light pink, natural colour, I1 clarity
† † A loose colour change sapphire, the oval colour change sapphire weighing 9.50 caratsAccompanied by report no.25354 from the Gem & Pearl Laboratory, stating that the sapphire is of Sri Lankan origin, with no indications of heat treatment. The sapphire is blue in daylight, purple in incandescent light.
Crescent OO & Meccano metal semaphore and Colour Light signals - Assortment of Lineside and overhead gantry semaphore signals of Home and Distant types. Some spares repairs items ae included, please see photo for reference. To Include Rovex and Hornby Dublo bridge items. Conditions: Generally Good Plus to Excellent.
Greene (Graham). The Man Within, 1929; The Name of Action, 1930; Stamboul Train, 1932; It's a Battlefield, 1934, 1st editions, occasional light spotting and toning, original cloth, spine ends a little rubbed, It's a Battlefield spine a little faded, a few light marks, 8vo, together with 9 other 1st editions by the author including The Ministry of Fear, 1943, The Lost Childhood and other Essays, 1951, The End of the Affair, 1951, Loser Takes All, 1955, and The Comedians, 1966 QTY: (13)
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[Locke, John]. [The Works of John Locke, Vol. 1 [of 3], 2nd edition, London: A. Churchill & A. Manship, 1722], lacks title-page, begins with ‘Contents of the Three Volumes’ at A2, scattered light browning, main text and index with innumerable contemporary brown ink crosses, paragraph ending marks and corrections to text, e.g. ‘unfited’ to ‘unfitted’ (p. 45), ‘Preception’ to ‘Perception’ (p. 47), ‘truch’ to ‘truth’ (p. 58), etc., contemporary paneled calf, joints broken and held by cords, some edge wear, folio in 4s (32 x 20 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:A curious copy, possibly used by a publisher or printer in preparation for the third edition of 1727. All the corrections marked in this copy were evidently amended in the very similar 3-volume third edition, which was printed for Arthur Bettesworth, Edmund Parker, John Pemberton and Edward Symon. Besides the textual corrections this copy has ink crosses adjacent to most of the page numbers, paragraph end marks, and crosses against all the index terms, with occasional page number corrections, etc. For detailed bibliographic information on these two editions, see Jean S. Yolton, John Locke: A Descriptive Bibliography (Thoemmes Press, 1998), nos. 364 & 365.
Guilford (Simeon Hayden). Orthodontia, or Malposition of the Human Teeth; its Prevention and Remedy, 1st edition, Philadelphia: Spangler & Davis, 1889, monochrome illustrations, previous owner ink stamp to dedication leaf, patterned endpapers, original cloth, edges a little rubbed, a few small marks, 8vo, together with Coles (Oakley). Deformities of the Mouth, Congenital and Acquired with their Mechanical Treatment, 3rd edition, London: J. & A. Churchill, 1881, 25 lithograph plates, 11 diagramatic plates, illustrations, occasional light spotting, previous owner inscription 'J. Henry Whatford, 1881' at head of title, original cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed with tiny tears, 8vo, plus Kingsley (Norman W.) A Treatise on Oral Deformities as a Branch of Mechanical Surgery, 2nd UK edition, London: H. K. Lewis, 1882, monochrome illustrations, 16 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear,. a little minor spotting, original cloth gilt, 8vo, with 6 others related including Anatomie Comparée du Systeme Dentaire chez l'homme et chez les principaux animaux, by L. F. Emmanuel Rousseau, 1st edition, Paris, 1839, Francis Lepper, Manufacturer, Importer, and Exporter of Dental Materials catalogue, 1891, and Orthodontia and Orthopaedia of the Face, by Victor Hugo Jackson, 1st edition, Philadelphia, 1904QTY: (9)NOTE:First work rare first text-book on orthodontics, which ran to a further three editions.
Jerome (Saint & Oecolampadius, Johann). Index in tomos omnes, operum Diui Hieronymi cum interpretatione nominum Graecorum & Hebraeorum..., in ordinem digestus, [Basel]: Johann Froben, 1520, title within woodcut border, few decorative woodcut initials, colophon and printer's woodcut device to final leaf, damp-staining to margins and scattered wormholes (particularly towards rear of volume), final leaf strengthened to margins, occasional light toning and marginal fraying, endpapers renewed, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, modern reback and some leather repairs to boards, peppered wormholes to original leather on rear board, lacking clasps, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams J114.
Fabyan (Robert). [Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. To whom be all honour, reuerece, and ioyfull contynaunce of his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure of god and weale of this his realme amen], 2 parts in 1, 2nd edition, London: Wyllyam Rastell, 1533, lacking A1 (title)-AA3 inclusive and Oo6 and Pp1also lacking, double column text in black letter throughout, woodcut initials, many contemporary marginal annotations and underlining, the word 'pope' erased on multiple pages, some light staining and dust soiling to a few leaves, O6 and ¶1 with closed tears, Ee1 with large water stain, gathering Pp with slight worming and marginal repairs, Pp6 (final leaf) laid down with no loss to text, armorial bookplate of Charles Walmsley, Westwood to front pastedown and ownership signature of the same, dated 1803, to front free endpaper, endpapers renewed, late 18th-century blind panelled calf neatly rebacked, corners bumped, small folio QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC No: S121369; STC 10660.The second edition but the first to bear the attribution to Fabyan. The erasure of the word 'pope' could be a result of the Act of Supremacy in 1534, in which Henry VIII ordered that the name of the Pope and any references to him be deleted from all books.
Camden (William). Annales rerum Anglicarum et Hibernicarum regnante Elizabetha... prima pars emendatior alteranunc primum in lucem edita, Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1625, engraved title with early signature to upper margin 'P. G. le Sainte-Marthews', lacking portrait plate, sewing weak at centre of text block, occasional light dust-soiling, armorial bookplates to front pastedown including that of Rev. R. Dibben, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, 8vo, together with:Bartholin (Thomas). Anatome ex omnium Veterum Recentiorumque Observationibus Inprimis institutionibus b.m. Parentis Caspari Bartholini, ad circulationem Harvejanam et vasa lymphatica quartum renovata, Leiden: Jacobum Hackium, 1686, additional engraved title (torn to fore-margin), numerous full-page engraved illustrations and plates (few folding), lacking leaf T1 (pp.289/290 with full-page engraving), contemporary vellum, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:1. Willems 227.2. This is an enlarged and revised edition, incorporating later medical discoveries and detailed anatomical illustrations throughout, many new. Thomas Bartholin was a Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian. He is best known for his work regarding the lymphatic system in humans and his advancements in the theory of refrigeration anaesthesia, being the first to describe it scientifically.
Francis (Dick). A set of 41 novels, 1st editions, 1962-1998, a complete run from Dead Cert, 1962 to Field of 13, 1998, 2 copies of Bloodsport, 1967, occasional light toning to textblocks, a few previous owner inscriptions, original cloth, dust jackets for all except Dead Cert, a few chips, tears and losses to first few titles (mainly Nerve and For Kicks), some fading to a few early spines, Rat Race with adhesive tape reinforcement to verso, 3 titles (Straight, Longshot and Wild Horses) inscribed by the author, 8vo QTY: (41)
Holland (Peter). Select Views of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmoreland & Lancashire, 1st edition, Liverpool: no publisher, 1792, engraved title, 21 uncoloured aquatints (each with adjacent caption leaf), a few light spots, endpapers renewed, contemporary red half morocco, rebacked in later morocco, spine lettered in gilt, some wear, oblong 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Rare. Not in Abbey or Tooley.
Alldridge (T. J.). The Sherbro and its Hinterland, 1st edition, Macmillan and Co, 1901, inscribed by the author to 'Wm. G. H. Garrett' of 'Harting, Petersfield, Hants' in brown ink to half-title, portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps (1 contained in rear pocket), black and white illustrations after photographs, a few light spots, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, spine a little faded, a few marks to boards, 8vo, together with:Tritton (Joseph). Baptist Missionary Society. Rosie and Progress of the Work on the Congo River, 1st edition, London: Baptist Missionary Society, 1884, folding map frontispiece of Equatorial Africa (a few closed tears along folds), full-page wood-engraved illustrations throughout, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, occasional light spotting, hinges broken, original brown cloth gilt, small 8vo, plusBrock (William). A Young Congo Missionary, Memorials of Sidney Roberts Webb MD, 1st edition, London: H. R. Allenson, 1897, inscribed by the author to front blank, portrait frontispiece, black and white illustrations, bookplate of Ll. G. Goadby-Griffiths to front pastedown, early 20th-century red calf gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with 12 other related works on AfricaQTY: (15)
Mill (John Stuart). A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, being a connected view of the principles of evidence, and the methods of scientific investigation, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: John W. Parker, 1846, 32 pp., catalogue at rear of volume 1, advert leaf front rear of volume 2, original cloth-backed boards with paper labels to spines, slightly rubbed and soiled, a little corner wear, 8vo together with the 3rd, 4th & 5th editions of the same work, all 2 volumes, 1851, 1856 & 1862 respectively, the 3rd edition with advert leaf at rear of volume 1 and 4pp., adverts at rear of volume 2, the 4th edition with ink ownership name of John S. Collins (Sept [18]56) to both titles, some pencil annotations, partly uncut and unopened, 8pp., adverts at rear of volume 2, hinges cracked at rear of volume 2, the 5th edition with 4pp., adverts at rear of volume one and advert leaf at rear of volume 2, largely uncut and unopened, all with some spotting, light dampstaining to upper margins of first volume of 5th edition, original cloth with printed paper labels to spines, all rubbed and soiled, 8voQTY: (8)NOTE:Lots 263-331 comprise the residual book stock of Hamish Riley-Smith (1941-2020).First published in 1843 this influential work reached its 10th edition in 1879.
Calpurnius (Titus and Nemesianus, Marcus Aurelius Olympius). Calpurnii & Nemesiani Poetarum Buccolicum carmen Una cum Commentariis Diomedis Guidalotti Bononiensis, [Bologna: impressum per Caligulam Bazalerium, 1504], lacking G4, O1, P3, P4 and final blank Q6, imprint from colophon, dust-soiling and light stain to first leaf (with couple of repaired wormholes to lower margin), occasional damp-stains throughout (mostly light), modern blind panelled calf, folio in 6sQTY: (1)NOTE:Not in Adams.
Mill (John Stuart). A nemzetgazdaságtan alpelvei, s ezek némelyikének a társadalom-bölcsészetre való alkalmazása, [Principles of Political Economy], 5 parts bound in 4 volumes, 1st edition in Hungarian, translated by Dapsy László, Budapest: Légrády Testvérek, 1874, some light browning throughout, first few leaves of volume 1 creased, marbled edges, original brown cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with:Mill (John Stuart), A Deductiv és Inductiv Logika… [A System of Logic], 3 volumes, 1st edition in Hungarian, translated by Szász Béla, Budapest: Kiadja Ráth Mór, 1874-1877, some light browning, marbled edges, original green cloth gilt, 8voQTY: (7)NOTE:Lots 263-331 comprise the residual book stock of Hamish Riley-Smith (1941-2020).Attractive sets of two rare first Hungarian editions of works by Mill.
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and New Testaments: Lately translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties special command. Appointed to be read in all Churches, London: printed by William Bentley, 1648, general and New Testament titles within ornamental borders, Apocrypha present, final blank leaf 3B4 present, bound with at rear The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English meter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: printed by William Bentley, 1649, title within ornamental border, bound with at front The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches, London: printed by John Bill, and Christopher Barker, 1662, all titles and borders red-ruled throughout volume, some dust-soiling, toning and few marks, occasional marginal fraying mostly to leaves at front and rear, front flyleaves with ownership inscriptions 'Rosamund Garthwait hir booke Anno Dom 1683', 'Dorothy Nowell given her by Mrs Rosamond Cundall in the year of our Lord 1748' and 'Caroline Mary Bushby afterwards C. M. Mascallgiven by him to Francis Mascall 21st Feb 1858', recent colour copy marbled free endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated dark brown/black morocco, rebacked preserving spine with recent morocco title and date labels, corners repaired, lacking clasps, 8vo (16.5 x 11 cm), together with:Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the original Tongues and with, the former Translations diligently compared and revised..., Cambridge: printed by Roger Daniel, 1648, engraved general title, letterpress New Testament title, bound with The Psalms of David in Meeter. Newly translated, and diligently compared with the original text ... Allowed by the authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland..., Edinburgh: printed by Evan Tyler, 1650, incomplete lacking all after B17, some dust-soiling, lacking rear free endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco, gilt decoration to covers, some wear to joints and extremities, 18mo,Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David. Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches, Oxford: printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, 1770, engraved frontispiece and several plates, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., Oxford: printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, [1770?], some gatherings sprung, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, upper joint repaired, light cracking to spine and slight wear, 12moQTY: (3)NOTE:1. Darlow and Moule 471; Herbert 607.2. Darlow and Moule 479; Herbert 615.
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Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures Conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke..., London: Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes Maiestie, 1582, text in roman type, double-column, title with decorative woodcut cartouche at head, and woodcut vignette to centre, several woodcut maps to text, folding woodcut plan of Solomon's Temple inserted between Kkk1 and Kkk2 (at end of Ezekiel), and folding woodcut map inserted between Iiiii2 and Iiiii3 (Actes of the Holie Apostles), occasional woodcut initials and several small illustrations to text, light soiling to title, minor water stain to lower outer corners of first few leaves, similar light water stain to upper outer corners of final few leaves, contents generally in clean condition with margins, marbled endpapers, with bookplate of Sir Nicholas Carew of Beddington, Surrey, and later bookplate of Latham to front pastedown, 18th century gilt-panelled and decorated brown full morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed and some surface marks to covers, folio in 6's (sheet size 27 x 18.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir Nicholas Carew (1686-1727) of Beddington Place, Surrey.Darlow & Moule, Herbert 173; STC 2133.
Herschel (William). The Scientific Papers ... including early papers hitherto unpublished ... with a biographical introduction compiled mainly from unpublished material, 2 volumes, London: The Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society, 1912, half-title and portrait frontispiece to each volume, 26 plates and tables, some folding, original buckram, slightly rubbed, 4to, together with:Smeaton (John), Reports of the Late John Smeaton, F.R.S. Made on Various Occasions in the Course of his Employment as a Civil Engineer, 3 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1812, engraved portrait frontispiece and 33 plates (one supplied in facsimile) to volume 1, 23 plates in volume 2 and 16 plates in volume 3, later ink ownership inscription at head of first page of main text to each volume, title and frontispiece of volume 1 browned, some spotting and light browning, uncut, modern boards with paper spine labels, 4toQTY: (5)
Richardson (Joseph). A Practical Treatise on Mechanical Dentistry, 1st edition, London: Trübner & Co, 1860, half-title, illustrations to text, original cloth gilt, heavily rubbed and soiled, large 8vo, together with: Coles (Oakley), Deformities of the Mouth, Congenital and Acquired, with their Mechanical Treatment, 3rd edition, London: J. & A. Churchill, 1881, 25 lithographic plates and 8 mostly double-page diagrams at rear, some spotting, ink library stamp to title, original cloth with gilt-titled leather label to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, spine faded, plus Taft (Jonathan), A Practical Treatise on Operative Dentistry, 1st edition, London: Trübner & Co., 1859, illustrations to text, some minor spotting and light marginal damp staining, original cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, heavily rubbed and stained, 8vo, and Evans (George), A Practical Treatise on Artificial Crown- and Bridge-Work, 2nd revised and enlarged edition, Philadelphia: S. S White Dental Manufacturing Company, 1889, illustrations to text, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, a little loss at head and foot of spine, 8vo, and other late 19th and early 20th century dentistry interest, mostly cloth-bound, 8voQTY: (28)
Simpson (William). Hydrologia chymica: or, the chymical anatomy of the Scarbrough, and other spaws in York-Shire. Wherein are interspersed, some animadversions upon Dr. Wittie's lately published treatise of the Scarbrough-Spaw... 1st edition, London: W[illiam]. G[odbid]. for Richard Chiswell, 1669, two engraved plates, initial two leaves with blind armorial stamp of the Earl of Macclesfield, closed tear at head of A4, without final blank (2D4), dust-soiling mostly to first and last leaves, some damp-staining mostly to margins, lacking free endpapers, upper pastedown with the armorial bookplate of Earl of Macclesfield of Shirburn Castle (South Library), contemporary sheep, worn at head of spine and to some board corners, 8vo, together with:[Monginot, François]. A New Mystery in Physick discovered by curing of Fevers & Agues by Quinquina or Jesuites Powder. Translated from the French by Dr. Belon, with additions, London: Will. Crook, 1681, first two leaves with blind armorial stamp of the Earl of Macclesfield, light paper skinning at gutter of a3, lacking F3-6 (last 4 leaves, containing advertisements) with rear free endpaper adhered to verso of F2, some damp-staining and sewing weakening, upper pastedown with the armorial bookplate of Earl of Macclesfield of Shirburn Castle (South Library), contemporary sheep, rubbed and light wear, 12mo,Steno (Nicolaus). De Musculis et Glandulis Observationum Specimen. Cum Epistolis duabus Anatomicis, Leiden: Jacobum Moukee, 1683, engraved illustration to A3, blind armorial stamp of the Earl of Macclesfield to initial 3 leaves, contemporary speckled sheep, some wear to extremities, 12mo,Gautier (Henri). Traité des ponts ou il est parlé de ceux des Romains & de ceux des modernes ... : et les edits, declarations, arrests & ordonnances qui ont été rendus à l'occasion des ponts & chaussées, rues, bacs, rivieres ..., Paris: A. Cailleau, 1716, engraved frontispiece, 30 engraved plates (29 folding), blind armorial stamp of the Earl of Macclesfield to frontispiece and following three leaves, upper pastedown with the armorial bookplate of Earl of Macclesfield of Shirburn Castle (South Library), contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, light wear mostly to spine, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:1. Wing S3833.2. Wing M2416. Early use of Cinchona or Peruvian Bark.
Dickens (Charles). Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 volumes, London: Chapman and Hall, 1860-61, monochrome illustrations by George Cattermole & Hablot Browne, modern endpapers, some light toning & spotting throughout, uniform modern red half calf to marbled boards, 8vo, together with:Hawkins (John), The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation;..., 4th edition, London: printed for John Rivington, 1784, engraved illustrations, bookplate to the front pastedown, some minor marginal toning, contemporary gilt decorated mottled full calf, hinges cracked, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor loss, 8vo, plusMotley (John Lothrop), History of the United Netherlands, 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1860, monochrome frontispieces, folding map to volume 1, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, some light toning & spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf bound by W. Nutt, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other mostly 19th Century literature, including Biographical Sketches of the Queens of Great Britain..., edited by Mary Howitt, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851, contemporary ornately gilt decorated red full morocco bound by J. Wright, large 8vo, mostly contemporary gilt decorated leather bindings, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8voApproximately 105 volumesQTY: (6 shelves)
Sammelband. A Few Plain Reasons why a Protestant of the Church of England should not turn Roman Catholick, by a real Catholick of the Church of England, London: printed for R. Clavel, 1688, title page detached, Mr. Claudes's Answer to Monsieur de Meaux's Book, intituled, A Conference with Mr. Claude. With his Letter to a Friend..., London: printed for T. Dring, 1687, A Discourse Shewing the Protestants are on the Safer Side, notwithstanding the uncharitable Judgement of their Adversaries and that their religion is the surest way to Heaven, London: printed for Richard Chiswell, 1687, plus 2 further untitled, 18th Century ink inscriptions to the original front endpapers, some toning, marks & light wear, lacking original rear endpapers, modern quarter calf to marbled boards, 4to, together with:Bull (George), Nuper Episcopi Menevensis, Opera Omnia Latine conscripta: quibus Duo praecipui Catholicae Fideo Articuli, de S. Trinitate & Justificatione, Orthodoxè, Perspicuè, ac Solidè explanantur, illustrantur, confirmantur...., London: Guil. Bowyer, M. Smith, 1721, engraved portrait frontispiece, front gutter cracked, some light toning, contemporary embossed full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed with some minor loss, tear to the head of the spine, folio, plusEvelyn (John), Kalendarium Hortense, the Gard'ners Almanac..., edited by Rosemary Verey, Hackney: The Stourton Press, 1983, some minor spotting, contemporary custom green & brown morocco binding depicting a garden & flowers, 8vo, and other 17th to early 20th Century ecclesiastical literature & history reference, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some original cloth, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally fair to good, 8vo/folioApproximatley 130 volumesQTY: (4 shelves)
![[Flores, Juan de]. Historia di Aurelio et Isabella, nellaquale si disputa: chipiudia occasione di peccare, l'huomo alla donna](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f54c81ac-b580-4e6f-aec7-b2650117b382/c565f62e-08d4-47ca-9086-b2670114b547/468x382.jpg)
[Flores, Juan de]. Historia di Aurelio et Isabella, nellaquale si disputa: chipiudia occasione di peccare, l'huomo alla donna, o la donna a l'huomo. Di lingua spagnola in italiana tradotta da M. Lelio Aletiphilo, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1548, 40 leaves, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, title lightly soiled, last 3 leaves with small lamination with not loss of text legibility, occasional light spotting, modern limp vellum, small 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Second Giolito edition of this romance involving two lovers in the 'Isle of Scotland', which was hugely popular during the 16th century. Rare.
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised: By his Majesties special commandment. Appointed to be read in Churches, London: printed by the Company of Stationers, 1648, both titles present and within woodcut borders (general title with woodcut royal armorial to verso), Apocrypha inserted, titles and borders red-ruled throughout, Extra-Illustrated with 114 engraved plates (11 trimmed to platemark and mounted, one plate torn with image loss and repaired and another with repaired long closed tear), late 18th-century annotation to final blank (Zz8), bound with A Briefe Concordance, or Table to the Bible of the Last Translation..., carefully perused and enlarged by Mr. John Downame, B. in Divinitie..., London: N. Bourne and R. Young, 1642, woodcut royal armorial to verso of final leaf, bound with The Whole Book of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Hebrew, with apt notes to sing them all.., London: printed by A. M. for the Companie of Stationers, 1648, title within ornamental border, bound with at front The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, according to every Family and Tribe. With the Line of our Saviour Jesus Christ, observed from Adam to the blessed Virgin Mary, by J[ohn]. S[peed]., 1634, woodcut genealogies, full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, double-page woodcut map of Canaan, also bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer (lacking all before D1), titles and borders throughout volume red-ruled, some toning, occasional light dust-soiling and few minor marks, lacking front free endpaper, 18th/early 19th-century ownership signature of Elizabeth Faber of Willington, Derbyshire to upper pastedown, contemporary blind panelled and decorated brown morocco, embossed royal armorial to centre of each board (armorial to upper board and some decoration with evidence of gilt), with initial I. M. to each board beside foot of armorial, light wear to extremities (mostly foot of spine), lacking clasps, 8vo (17 x 11.3 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 472; Herbert 608.Apocrypha not called for, but inserted as in Herbert, Darlow & Moule.
Quick (Hilda M.). Marsh and Shore, bird-watching on the Cornish coast, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1948, numerous black & white wood engravings, bookplate to the half-title, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, together with:Brodribb (C. W.), Virgils The Georgics, in English Hexameters, London: Ernest Benn, 1928, black & white woodblocks by Maud Reed-Cooper, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly spotted with some small tears to head & foot, 8vo, plusBlair (Robert), The Grave, a poem, London: T. Nelson and Sons, monochrome illustrations by Birket Foster, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor toning & spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other late 19th to mid-20th Century illustrated & miscellaneous literature, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to QTY: (6 shelves)
London. A Collection of Papers relating to the Thames Quay; with hints for some further improvements in the Metropolis, by Frederick William Trench, London: Carpenter and Son, 1827, 17 engraved and lithograph plates and plans (some folding), plate 1 with few repaired closed tears to folds, short closed tear to title and following leaf, modern maroon quarter morocco, cloth sides, 4to, together with:First Report of the Commissioners appointed by Her Majesty to inquire into and consider the most effectual means of Improving the Metropolis, and of providing increased facilities of communication within the same, 27 January 1844, [London]: Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed, 7 February 1844, several folding tables, 60 folding lithograph plates, some coloured (lacking 2 plates), occasional toning and minor scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary half calf, joints and extremities rubbed, folio,Reports from Committees: (2.) Bread; Supply of Water to the Metropolis; London Bridge; &c., Session 23 January to 11 July, 1821, volume 5, [London: Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed, 1821, general title with inscription to upper margin 'Presented by Messrs. E. & J. Lawford' and with ink stamp to verso, occasional scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of The Law Society to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, folio, plus Matthews (William). Hydraulia; An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Water Works of London, and the contrivances for supplying other great cities, in different ages and countries, London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1835, lithograph portrait frontispiece, ink stamp to title, 5 folding plans and 12 lithograph plates of 13 (including one folding, lacks plate facing p.15), some toning and minor scattered spotting, edge untrimmed, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, and Haskoll (William Davis). Examples of Bridge and Viaduct Construction, of Masonry, Timber, and Iron: from the contract-working drawings or admeasurements of select works, 2nd edition, London: Lockwood & Co., 1867, 50 lithograph plates (mostly double-page or folding), some scattered spotting, contemporary dark green half morocco, light wear to extremities, large 4toQTY: (5)
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New..., London: printed by John Baskett, and the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1716, letterpress general and New Testament titles, Apocrypha present, numerous engraved plates, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: printed by S. Collins, for the Company of Stationers, 1717, few ink marks to last two leaves, bound with at front The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ... together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: printed by John Baskett, and by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1717, engraved portrait frontispiece (with small ink splash to image), 3 engraved plates, ink marks to title with some repairs, three preliminary leaves torn with loss and repaired, some toning and occasional spotting throughout, colour copy marbled free endpapers, contemporary panelled brown crushed morocco, elaborate gilt decoration, repairs to joints, 4to, together with:Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments..., Oxford: printed at the Clarendon Press, by W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, 1786, letterpress general and New Testament titles, Apocrypha present, front free endpaper with ownership inscription 'John Timbrell, Bentham, Midsummer 1801', contemporary calf, light wear to extremities, 4toQTY: (2)
Cooke (Arthur William). Palestine in Geography and in History, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Charles H. Kelly, 1901, 2 folding colour maps, light offsetting to titles, prize label at front of volume I, original limp cloth, small adhesive mark to volume II upper cover, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Holmes (John Haynes). Palestine To-Day and To-Morrow. A Gentile's Survey of Zionism, 1st UK edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1930, light partial offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, spine toned and a little rubbed, light ring marks to front panel, 8vo, with 6 others including Austen Henry Layard's A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh, abridged edition, 1851, and Palestine. Land of Promise, by Walter Clay Lowdermilk, 1944 (without jacket) QTY: (9)
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Mercado (Tomás de). Summa de tratos y contratos, 2nd edition, Seville: Hernando Diaz, 1571, [12], 153, 226 [i.e. 220], [14] leaves, printer’s woodcut device of a friar holding a church and quill to title, flanked by a deleted early ink ownership inscription, ornamental woodcut initials, printed marginalia, table at end, some neatly restored wormholes and tracks in the blank margins, affecting occasional letters to lower outer corners at rear, some light dampstaining, mostly to early leaves, all edges gilt, early 20th-century vellum-backed cloth gilt, 4to (202 x 142 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Lots 263-331 comprise the residual book stock of Hamish Riley-Smith (1941-2020). Goldsmiths’ 155; Kress 105; Schumpeter, pp. 95, 101; Smith, Rara Arithmetica, p. 335. Not in Einaudi or Sraffa. Second edition of one of the most important economic treatises of 16th-century Spain. Dominican monk Tomás de Mercado was one of the most significant economists of the School of Salamanca, and this work, enlarged from the first edition of 1569, gives the first description of the quantity theory of money.
* Siebmacher (Hans, 1561-1611). Ex-libris Andreas Beham der Elter, 1595, copper engraving on laid paper, a few light spots, later backing paper to verso, with margins, sheet size 128 x 89 mm, together withFriedrich Wilhelm, Herzog zu Sachsen, Landgraf in Thüringen, Markgraf zu Meissen (1562-1602). Engraved bookplate for Frederick Wilhelm von Herzog von Sachsen, engraving on laid paper, hairline tear or fissure towards upper left corner (only visible to verso), trimmed to plate margins, sheet size 124 x 101mmQTY: (2)
Hardyng (John). The Chronicle of Jhon Hardyng in metre fro the first begynnyng of Englade, unto ye reigne of Edwarde ye fourth where he made an end of his chronicle. And from yt time is added with a cotinuacion of the storie in prose to this our tyme, now first emprinted, gathered out of diuerse and sondrie autours of moste certain knowelage [et] substanciall credit, yt either in latin orels in our mother toungue haue writen of ye affaires of Englande, 2 works bound in 1, 1st edition, London: Richardi Graftoni, 1543, text in black letter, woodcut criblé initials, lacking *1-*8, d1-d8, Ss3-Ss8, Tt1-Tt2 but all neatly replaced with leaves from a 19th century letterpress edition (extended margins), also lacking G8 (blank), Aa1 (title of 2nd work), Tt3-Tt8 & Vv1-Vv8, majority of leaves window mounted and several leaves with repaired margins, very faint early marginalia to R2-R4, some worming to text, very light spotting, maroon morocco bookplate of William Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, 19th-century blind decorative calf rebacked preserving original spine, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC No: S103772; STC12766.7.Hardyng dedicated many years to composing this rhyming chronicle of England which was revised multiple times to align with the interests of his patrons. The first version, completed in 1437, had a Lancastrian bias and was dedicated to Henry VI. In 1543, the printer Richard Grafton published two editions of Hardyng’s chronicle. This second edition, often mistakenly thought to be the first by mid-20th-century librarians, was tailored to support Tudor claims of legitimacy and reinforced England’s contentious claims over Scotland, aligning with political narratives during the reign of Henry VIII.
Murchison (Roderick Impey). Siluria. The History of the Oldest Fossiliferous Rocks and their Foundations; with a brief sketch of the distribution of gold over the earth. Third edition with maps and many additional illustrations, London: John Murray, 1859, colour lithographic frontispiece, 41 uncoloured plates including 7 double-page, 32 pp. adverts (dated January 1859), folding geological map of the Silurian Rocks (420 x 395 mm) in pocket at rear, folding sketch map, tabular diagram and numerous wood engravings to text, occasional spotting and light old damp staining to plates and descriptive text leaves at rear, small bookseller’s ticket to front pastedown, original blind-stamped brown cloth gilt, some fading to spine and extremities, large, thick 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Lots 263-331 comprise the residual book stock of Hamish Riley-Smith (1941-2020).A good copy of the third edition of this landmark geological work, first published in 1854.
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Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London [i.e. Amsterdam]: by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599 [i.e. circa 1599-1640], general title and New Testament title with woodcut border (imprint dated 1599), additional letterpress general title, few woodcut illustrations to text and decorative initials, double-column roman type, colophon at end of Tables dated 1599, bound without Apocrypha (as often), initial six leaves frayed to margins and repaired, manuscript notes to verso of final leaf of Prophets, verso of New Testament title with inscriptions 'Alexander Inglis was born October 11 1719, John Inglis dyed December 29 1733..., William Robertson Aught This Bible July 2th 1761', bound with at rear The Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., final leaf of tables at rear repaired to margins, rear blank flyleaf with inscription 'William Robertson & Janet Lang was married on July 1766', some light dust-soiling, occasional light damp-staining, spotting and few marks, modern calf preserving 18th-century calf covered lower board, blind initial J.M. to upper board, maroon morocco title label to spine, 4to (22.1 x 17.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Herbert 251; Darlow & Moule 190; STC 2176. Geneva version; with Thomson's NT, but with Junius' Revelation. With Esther i:1 '...seven and / twenty provinces'. Headline Ee3b corrected to 'Proverbes'. Many of the previous errors are corrected. This example also omitting line in Eccles. iv.9 as the previous 3 issues of the same version, Two are better [than one: for they have better] wages for their labour.These Bibles were printed probably in Amsterdam and Dort and adopted by Barker, for the use of English Puritans in the Low Countries. There are many editions bearing this date, which while agreeing closely are yet distinct. No doubt a certain number of copies were originally issued in a mixed state. The nominal date, 1599, is probably untrue in almost every case.
Hall (Radclyffe). The Master of the House, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1932, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth (spine a little faded, small stain to upper cover), price-clipped dust jacket, spine toned with tear at head, reinforcements to verso, 8vo, together with:Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Silmarillion, edited by Christopher Tolkien, 1st edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977, folding map, light partial offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, 8vo plus Mantell (Hilary). Wolf Hall, 2009; Bring Up the Bodies, 2012; The Mirror & the Light, 2020, 1st editions, original cloth (a few small marks to Bring Up the Bodies), dust jackets, Bring Up the Bodies price-clipped and rubbed at lower edges, slight fading to Wolf Hall spine, 8vo, and other modern 1st editions, including works by Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient, 1992), Nevil Shute, Alistair Maclean (HMS Ulysses, 1955 & The Guns of Navarone, 1957), J. G. Ballard, Muriel Spark, G/VG, 8voApproximately 75 volumesQTY: (3 shelves)
Byrom (John). The Universal English Short-Hand; or, The Way of Writing English, in the Most Easy, Concise, Regular, and Beautiful Manner, applicable to any other Language, but particularly adjusted to our own, 1st edition, Manchester: printed by Joseph Harrop, 1767, title with engraved ornamental illustration and with contemporary signature Jn. Kewley, 13 engraved plates of examples of short-hand text, some toning and light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Bewick (Thomas). A General History of Quadrupeds, 2nd edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1791, wood-engraved vignette to title, wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes throughout, occasional scattered spotting, upper pastedown with bookplate of Henry Brady of Gateshead dated 1855, near-contemporary brown half morocco, joints rubbed, 8vo (Roscoe 2b, 3rd state),Quarles (Francis). Emblems Divine and Moral: together with Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man, 2 parts in 1, London: printed and sold by H. Trapp, 1777, 95 engraved plates (including frontispiece), one leaf of text reattached, light dust-soiling and few marks, later endpapers, near-contemporary mottled sheep, rebacked, extremities rubbed, 12mo,Broekhuizen (Johan van). Poematum libri sedecim. Editore Davide Hoogstratano, Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1711, additional engraved title, vignette to title and decorative tailpieces, lacks leaf 2S4, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine torn at head with loss, joints cracked, 4to,Thomson (James). The Seasons ... with new and original notes..., London: printed by A. Paris for J. Strachan, W. Stewart and P. Hill, 1792, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title and plates, scattered spotting and light dust-soiling, hinges repaired, all edges gilt, contemporary calf, cloth reback, rubbed and some wear, 8vo, plus The Seasons, by James Thomson, with his life..., and notes to the Seasons by Percival Stockdale, London: A. Hamilton, 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece, title, plates and vignettes, occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, 20th-century cloth-backed marbled boards, 8voQTY: (6)
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, London: for George Sawbridge, 1681, title torn with loss and repaired, lacking all leaves after Bb3, 19th-century marbled endpapers with John Fricker Library sticker numbered 3751 to front free endpaper (hinges crudely repaired), late 19th-century half calf, rebacked, bumped and rubbed, 8vo, together with: Henderson (William Augustus). The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family-Cook..., London: Thomas Kelly [1811], engraved portrait frontispiece, decorative and letterpress title pages, engraved plates, ownership inscriptions to portrait frontispiece and front free endpaper, contemporary full calf, spine rubbed with loss, corners bumped, small 4to Cust (Mary Anne). The Invalid’s Own Book: A Collection of Recipes..., 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1853, publishers advertisements to verso, publisher's original cloth, stained, small 8vo Francatelli (Charles Elme). The Cook's Guide, and Housekeeper's & Butler's Assistant..., London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1880, portrait frontispiece, illustrations to text, light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, publisher's cloth boards, small 8vo Filippini (Alexander). The International Cook Book..., New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907, bookplate of Paul Miles to front pastedown, contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed, 4to QTY: (5)NOTE:Wing C7511; ESTC R29495 for the first work.
Tansur (William). The Royal Psalmodist Compleat: or, The New Universal Harmony, London: printed for the authors, 1753, approximately 105 leaves of score, some period ink annotations, lacking original endpapers, small tear & some minor loss to the title page, some light toning throughout, modern quarter calf to cloth boards, oblong 4to, together with:Hogarth (George), Memoirs of The Musical Drama, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1838, engraved frontispieces, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light toning, light spotting & offsetting, original uniform embossed green cloth, boards & spines slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, plusSmith (Laura Alexandrine), The Music of the Waters, a collection of the sailors' chanties,..., 1st edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888, some minor toning, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, small mark to the centre of the rear board, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th Century music & opera reference, including Massenet, by Louis Schneider, Paris: L. Carteret, 1908, publishers gilt decorated red full calf, folio, & some manuscript & facsimile scores, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
![Nannus (Dominicus). Polyanthea. Opus suauissimis floribus exornatum, Basel: A. Petri de Langendorff, 1512, [8], CCXIX, [1] le](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f54c81ac-b580-4e6f-aec7-b2650117b382/6bbe15cd-42d0-470a-ba68-b2670114abe4/468x382.jpg)
Nannus (Dominicus). Polyanthea. Opus suauissimis floribus exornatum, Basel: A. Petri de Langendorff, 1512, [8], CCXIX, [1] leaves, title printed in red and black with ornate woodcut border and signature to upper margin, decorative woodcut initials, occasional early underscoring to few lines of text and few marginal annotations, minor scattered worming slightly affecting first and last few leaves, light damp-stain to few margins mostly at rear of volume, modern boards covered in old letterpress printed paper, rubbed and lacking back strip, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:This edition not in Adams. A dictionary of scholastic terms being an encyclopaedic work containing a huge number of citations, in prose and verse, on all manner of subjects: chastity, Eucharist, excommunication, fame, glory etc. Also useful as a dictionary for interpreting emblem and allegorical literature
RAF Pilots' Handbook of the Cairo-Baghdad Route. Royal Air Force Pilots' Handbook of the Cairo-Baghdad Route, HMSO, revised (i. e. second) edition, January 1926, 12 double-page colour air-route maps, Appendix I & II contained in rear pocket, illustrations, a few light stains, previous owner inscriptions erased from front cover verso, 'Notes for Pilots Reconnoitring Tribal Areas in Iraq' booklet loosely inserted (with 2 leaves detached, some stains), original wallet-style cloth, spine faded with small splits, front flap splitting along fold, a little bowed with light stains, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The second edition, the first was published in 1923, and the third edition in 1929. All editions are rare. The preface states 'This book has been compiled with the object of providing pilots using the air route between Cairo and Baghdad, with a concise, and at the same time adequate compendium of instructions, orders and notes of general information which can be easily handled and referred to in the air.''In 1921, Winston Churchill, then secretary of state for the colonies was outraged that letters from London to Baghdad were taking 28 days. Much too slow for running an empire. An airmail line would cut that to under nine, and serve as a critical link in a path extending from Europe to India and eventually Australia. The missing piece was Cairo to Baghdad, 860 miles - and 540 of that was flat hardpan desert... The solution - an unsophisticated one - was to simply mark a line along the ground. Pilots could follow it, a downed plane could be found near it, and fuel caches could be placed along it...' (Graham Chandler in Air and Space magazine, June 2018). After the exhaustive groundwork was completed, the inaugural flight of two bombers (a DH-9 and DH-10) was made on June 23, 1921, the Royal Air Force handing over the route to Imperial Airways in 1926.
![Valerius Maximus (Gaius). [Facta et dicta memorabilia. Valerius Maximus cum commento Oliverii Arzignanensis Vicentini], Venic](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f54c81ac-b580-4e6f-aec7-b2650117b382/c8615512-a1d1-4e62-b590-b2670114a8d8/468x382.jpg)
Valerius Maximus (Gaius). [Facta et dicta memorabilia. Valerius Maximus cum commento Oliverii Arzignanensis Vicentini], Venice: Boneti Locatelli, for Octaviani Scoti, 30 April 1493, 206 (of 210) folios, numbered in roman numerals (signatures a-z, [con]8, [rum]10), lacking the first three leaves including title-page (a1-3), and the final blank leaf at end (rum10), printed head-line and 64 lines of commentary surrounding the main text, fine large white-on-black decorative initials, printer's woodcut device at end, capitals extensively supplied throughout in red and blue, with other textual marks neatly supplied in the same colours, early sections of the main text (principally concerning prodigies, dreams and miracles) with contemporary annotations in brown ink, scattered wormholes to the first third of the volume (not affecting legibility), several leaves with light browning, occasional minor stains, old blind-panelled full calf (probably late 16th or 17th-century), good-quality 19th century light brown calf reback, spine gilt with black morocco gilt labels, rubbed and marked, folio (shet size 297 x 200 mm), contained in modern purpose-made drop-over maroon cloth bookboxQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Possibly William Sotheby (1757-1833), grandson of James Sotheby (1682-1742), of Sewardstone (Epping Forest), and later Ecton Hall (with pencil inscription to verso of front endpaper 'Sotheby b17'); W. Richter, bookseller, London.; where purchased by George Jones by 1886 (inscribed to verso of front endpaper 'George Jones bought 14.10.86... from W. Richter, 45 Booksellers Row, W.C. This is my first XV Century purchase'.Goff V40. Hain/Copinger 15792. BMC V 441.The nine books of Memorable Deeds and Sayings by Valerius Maximus, a collection of around 1000 short tales and anecdotes of Roman life, arranged under topical headings as exempla, with an extensive commentary by Oliverius Arzignanensis of Vicenza, was popular throughout the Renaissance as it provided the main sourcebook of information on aspects of Roman life that were increasingly admired and emulated, especially in Italy and France. First printed in Strasbourg about 1470, this edition was printed nine times by 1500 (this being the fifth); in 1510 the eminent Parisian printer and editor Josse Bade published an edition with his own commentary added to that of Arzignanensis that went through some 30 printings in the 16th century in Paris, Venice and Milan.James Sotheby (1682-1742), a London merchant, was a keen collector of manuscripts and early printed books, who purchased Ecton Hall, Northamptonshire in 1673.The estate passed on to his son, also named James, who was born in 1682. The younger James's collection of books and manuscripts was inherited by his grandson William Sotheby, who was born on 9 November 1757, the eldest of four children of Colonel William Sotheby of the Coldstream Guards (the fourth son of James Sotheby and the grandson of the original purchaser of Sewardstone) and Elizabeth Sloane. The library at Ecton Halll was subsequently sold at auction on 24 July 1924.
![Cicero (Marcus Tullius). De invention et Arte Rhetorica, Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1536, [8], 95, [1] pp., large woodcut device](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f54c81ac-b580-4e6f-aec7-b2650117b382/c527f647-11bb-4e8f-8eba-b2670114b22c/468x382.jpg)
Cicero (Marcus Tullius). De invention et Arte Rhetorica, Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1536, [8], 95, [1] pp., large woodcut device to title, bound with Le Sueur (Nicolas), Urania de Oratore Perfecto M. T. Cicero, Paris: Christian Wechel, 1548, 67, [1] pp., woodcut printer's device to title and final leaf verso, bound with Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Epistola nona ad P. Lentulum, Paris: Michel Vascosan, 1550, 16 leaves, bound with Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Pro M. Caelio Oratio, Paris: Simon Calvarin, 1553, 40 pp., woodcut printer's device to title, bound with Cicero (Marcus Tullius), de Legibus libri III, Paris: Mauricius de Porta, 1555, 86, [2] pp., woodcut printer's device to title, final leaf blank, bound with Cicero (Quintus Tullius and Marcus Tullius), Epistolae Duae, Paris: Andreas Wechel, 1564, 60 leaves, woodcut printer's device to title, together 6 works in one volume, occasional light water-staining or spotting, early 19th-century ink ownership inscription of J. C. Aldrich, Lincoln College, Oxford, to front free endpaper, all edges gilt, disbound, vertical split to text block, 4toQTY: (1)
Stow (John). Annales or Generall Chronicle of England, Begun by John Stow: Continued and Augmented with matters Forraigne and Domestique, Ancient and Moderne, unto the end of this present yeere 1621, by Edmund Howes, 2nd edition, London: Richard Meighen, 1631, architectural woodcut title page cropped to foremargin and lower margin (extended and repaired), with later red double ruled border, blue ink stamp of St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster to lower right corner, leaves extended margins and repaired tears mostly at front and rear, some toning, occasional spotting and light damp staining, all edges gilt, endpapers renewed, bookplate of Robert Buchanan Stewart to front pastedown, early 19th-century blind embossed calf neatly rebacked, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC No: S117586; STC 23340.
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