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Lot 2250
Battle of Britain, a Set of 3 x Gold Medals struck by Johnson Matthey & Co. in 1965 for Metalimport Ltd to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain; the set comprises 3 x 18ct gold medals with obverses depicting a crowned wreath with the RAF eagle insignia in the centre with the legend ‘COMMEMORATING 25 YEARS BATTLE OF BRITAIN’ & with reverses depicting a WW11 Spitfire viewed from above with the legend ‘NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW’; the medals weigh respectively 35.62g (diameter 40mm), 18.07g (diameter 32mm) & 8.35g (diameter 22mm), a total 18ct gold weight of 62.04g (1.994oz), individually edge hallmarked & with individual certificates of authenticity, in velvet & satin lined Metalimport case of issue, some very light toning & faint handling marks o/wise all lustrous prooflike BU.
Lot 111
Fletcher (Hanslip, 1874-1955). Street scene with church in scaffolding, 1909, pen & black ink on wove paper, signed and dated lower right, mount mark to edges, with minor discolouration to upper left corner, sheet size 31.6 x 25.5cm (12 3/8 x 10ins), unframed, together with: Stained glass design, [for] Donhead E. Wdw, scale 3/4 in, c.1880, pen & black ink and watercolour on paper, one portion with an additional section of design tipped on (to cover original unfinished portion), title inscribed upper left, sheet size 25.3 x 13.5cm (10 x 5 1/4ins), laid on thick card (35.0 x 23.0cm), plus: Reddie (E.J., later 19th century), Portrait of a man, 1878, sepia watercolour on card, artist's monogram and dated centre right, pencil inscription to lower margin 'E.J. Reddie, 1 Bernard Street, W.C.', artist's pencil annotations to margins, closed tear to left side, extending 35mm into image, 45.3 x 33.6cm (17 7/8 x 13 1/4ins), unframed, with 52 other drawings, various mediums, some signed or initialled, a few dated, on paper or card, some laid down, various conditions, contained together in a card folder, works include: an oval watercolour Scottish castle and loch scene, signed A. Edwards, dated 1861, possibly by Amelia B. Edwards (1856-1891); a large portrait of two boys, coloured chalks on light brown heavy paper, laid on heavy paper, unsigned; and a group of pencil or pen & ink with watercolour wash copies of architectural or sculptural featuresQty: (55)
Lot 119
Hale (Kathleen, 1898-2000). Manda, the Jersey Cow, watercolour and pencil on paper, some light spotting (mainly at edges), mount aperture 26.0 x 34.0cm (10 1/4 x 13 3/8ins), framed and glazed (49.3 x 56.1cm), verso with red ink number 116, relating to the Kathleen Hale Memorial Exhibition held at the Redfern Gallery in 2001, and 2 pencilled numbers, together with: Hassan and Grace go for a Drive, circa 1958, two preliminary sketches for facing pages in Orlando's Magic Carpet (pp.20-21), which together form a continuous scene of the car journey, with camels and donkeys sharing the road with Hassan's car, both watercolour and pencil on paper, mount apertures 14.4 x 18.8cm (5 5/8 x 7 3/8ins), & 16.1 x 19.1cm (6 1/4 x 7 1/2ins) respectively, framed and glazed (36.6 x 40.0cm & 38.6 x 40.5cm respectively), the first with pencilled title on verso, with inscription 'Goldmark No 13', plus label of Goldmark Gallery, Rutland, and several numbers in coloured inks, one of which (no.87) relates to the Kathleen Hale Memorial Exhibition held at the Redfern Gallery in 2001, the second with 'Orlando's Magic Carpet' inscribed on verso, with the number 88A[?], plus: Can you see Mr. Fluff sitting like a Pom-Pom on the old Lady's hat?, 1940s, pen & blue ink and watercolour on paper, with some white bodycolour corrections, title inscribed by the artist in blue ink, a few spots and minor marks, mount aperture 31.0 x 21.5cm (12 1/4 x 8 1/2ins), framed and glazed (53.2 x 42.5cm), verso with pencilled 'No. No.', and number 32, and with red ink number 71, relating to the Kathleen Hale Memorial Exhibition held at the Redfern Gallery in 2001, with a print of the oil painting 'Orlando reclining amongst flowers', mount aperture 15.8 x 19.4cm (6 1/4 x 7 5/8ins), framed and glazed (27 x 29.8cm)Qty: (5)Footnote: Manda the Jersey Cow is also listed in the Michael Parkin exhibition A Summer Picnic of Pictures, 2002 (number 29) as 'Jersey Cow'. 'Can you see Mr.Fluff ...?' is a proposed illustration for an unpublished children's story 'Mr. Fluff', part reproduced in colour in Kathleen Hale's autobiography A Slender Reputation (plate 16).
Lot 12
Livingstone (Davis and Charles). Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries; and of the discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864, 1st edition, London: John Murray,1865, folding wood-engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved vignette to title, wood-engraved plates, and illustrations, folding engraved map at rear, intact, with some light spotting to verso, minor spotting to last few leaves, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary half-calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, rubbed and some marks (generally a good copy), 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Following the success of his first book Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa (1857), Livingstone obtained Government funding for a further expedition up the Zambesi River. The journey took over six years instead of the expected just two, the expedition being recalled, following the impossibility of navigating the upper reaches of the Zambesi due to its rapids and waterfalls.
Lot 139
London. 'A perspective view of one frame of the centreing to Waterloo Bridge', circa 1817, pen and ink study by J. Neville, depicting a wooden frame bridging one column to another, builders carrying and chiselling wood work alongside the partially built bridge, artist's signature to lower right, ink caption and annotations to image, pale mount stain to image, some light toning, tipped onto card, unobtrusive closed tear to lower right blank margin, 16.3 x 23.9cm (6 4/8 x 9 3/8ins), mounted (24 x 30.2cm)Qty: (1)
Lot 14
Mason (John). Three Years in Turkey: The Journal of a Medical Mission to the Jews, 1st edition, London: John Snow, 1860, lithographic frontispiece, lithographic vignette to title, front hinge cracked, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, sporadic spotting, original publisher's blue ribbed cloth, lacking tailcap, extremities worn, boards dust-soiled, 8vo, together with: Constantinides (C.L). Turkish Tobacco, a manual for Planters, Dealers, & Manufacturers, 1st edition, London: W. & J. Rounce, 1912, signed by the author to upper margin of front free endpaper, 2 maps (one folding), 8 black and white plates, all edges gilt, spotting, light marginal toning, hinges cracked, original publisher's brown cloth gilt with gilt tobacco plant device to front board, extremities rubbed and worn, 8vo, with Bunel (M. Louis). Jérusalem, la cote de Syrie et Constantinople, Paris: Sagnier et Bray, 1854, lithographic frontispiece, 7 colour lithographs, text block separated from backstrip, spotting, some gatherings loose, later paper-backed marbled boards, head of spine chipped with loss, extremities worn, 8vo, together with three further related worksQty: (6)
Lot 153
Reynolds (Sir Joshua, 1723 - 1792). 'The Honourable Augustus Keppel', 1760, uncoloured mezzotint by E. Fisher after Reynolds, caption to lower margin reads 'Commander of His Majesty's Ship the Torbay on the 20th: Novbr: 1759', trimmed to image and tipped onto later card, some surface marks and light wear, very small area of restoration to blank lower left corner, 35 x 24.5cm (13 3/8 x 9 6/8ins), mounted, framed and glazed (64.2 x 53cm), plus: 'Sir George Bridges Rodney BAR, Admiral of the White', uncoloured mezzotint by J.Watson after Reynolds, trimmed to image and tipped onto later card, some surface marks and light wear, title area with slight loss and professional restoration but not affecting the letters, 38 x 28cm (15 x 11ins), mounted, framed and glazed (67.4 x 56cm)Qty: (2)Footnote: The Honourable Augustus Keppel mezzotint was printed in London for 'Rob: Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street, Hen. Parker & Eliz. Bakewell in Cornhill, & John. Bonles & Son, in Cornhil.'
Lot 155
Rowlandson (Thomas, illust.). Hungarian & Highland Broad Sword. Twenty Four Plates..., under the direction of Mess.rs H.Angelo and Son, Fencing Masters to the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, dedicated to Colonel Herries, London: H. Angelo, 1799, pictorial architectural title in aquatint with contemporary hand colouring, nine aquatint plates only (of 23), all with contemporary hand colouring, occasional light dust-soiling and minor spotting, 19th century half morocco, worn, oblong folio (plates 30.3 x 39.3 cm), together with a selection of seven loosely inserted 19th century fencing and military related prints etc. plus one related watercolourQty: (1)Footnote: Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
Lot 16
Melland (Frank H.) Cholmeley (Edward H). Through the Heart of Africa, 1st edition, London: Constable, 1912, half-title, frontispiece, numerous plates, folding map to rear, occasional light spotting (mostly marginal), 'presentation copy' stamp to title, original publisher's red cloth gilt, top edge gilt, 8vo, together with: Sykes (C.A.). Service & Sport on the Tropical Nile 1903, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1903, portrait frontispiece, 16 black and white plates after photographs, folding map at end, top edge gilt, fore edge untrimmed, leaves lightly toned and spotted, endpapers toned, original publisher's red cloth gilt, joints worn, faint water stain to lower margin of front board, backstrip faded, corners and extremities lightly bumped, 8vo, together with Pearce (F.B). Zanzibar, the Island Metropolis of Eastern Africa, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1920, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 48 black and white plates after photographs, 3 maps (one folding), lightly spotted, modern blue half morocco gilt, spine lettered in gilt, foliate embellishments to spine compartments, compartments bordered in gilt separated by raised bands, boards a trifle worn, 4to, with Howard (C). West African Explorers 1951Qty: (4)
Lot 185
Baxter (Lucy). The Life of William Barnes, Poet and Philologist, by his daughter Lucy Baxter ("Leader Scott"), 1st edition, London & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1887, photographic portrait frontispiece, advertisement leaf at end, a little light spotting, original cloth gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, one corner bumped, 8vo, with a 4 pp. autograph letter and other notes from George Hare Leonard (1863-1941, Professor of History at the University of Bristol), to his mother discussing a visit to Dorchester and William Barnes loosely laid-in, together with 3 others: Edward Slow's Wiltshire Rhymes with Glossary of over 1,000 words, used by the peasantry in the neighbourhood of Salisbury, Salisbury & Wilton circa 1895, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect, by William Barnes, 1888, and Select Poems of William Barnes, chosen and edited with a preface and glossarial notes by Thomas Hardy, 1908Qty: (4)
Lot 189
Bindings. Seas and Lands, by Edwin Arnold, new impression, London: Longmans..., 1899, some light spotting & damp damage, bookplate to front pastedown, gilt decorated full red morroco bound by Bickers & Son, spine slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, by J. G. Lockhart, new edition, London: Bickers & Son, 1891, some light toning & spotting, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt decorated full tree-calf bound by Bickers & Son, boards & spine rubbed with some loss to the foot, 8vo, A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780 -1900), by George Saintsbury, London: Macmillan, 1906, some light Mark's, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt decorated blue full calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with 43 further volumes of 19th & early 20th-century gilt decorated leather bindings, some odd volumes, some French language, overall condition is generally good, 8voQty: (46)
Lot 196
Crystal Palace. The Great Glass House Opend; or The Exhibition Wot Is ! ! With a good deal of what isn't - but what ought to have been. - The front and the back the outside and the, inside the beginning, the middle, and the end. The whole forming a complete facetious Guide to the Fair, by George Augustus Sala, London: published by the Compy of Painters & Glaziers, 1851, [cover-title], 21 (of 24) hand-coloured etched panels only, bound concertina-style to form a continuous panorama, some marks and light soiling, many outer folding corners restrengthened with old clear adhesive tape, a little loss to upper left margin of the final panel, slightly affecting the image, bound in original limp cloth wrappers, with original title label to upper cover (soiled and darkened with some loss along the lower edge), spine frayed and detaching, oblong 8vo, 13.5 x 26cm (5.5 x 10.25ins), (sold as seen, not subject to return)Qty: (1)Footnote: Abbey, Life, 594. Seemingly one of the scarcest of the Sala panoramas, and when it does appear it is rarely complete. Sala's riotous array of figures include: a picture of a distressed looking Maori captioned 'Shocking Case of Starvation "I have not tasted human flesh since I left New Zealand'; a gibbet with six 'foreigners' strung up; and an Ojibbeway Chief in ceremonial dress attempting to gain entrance to the theatre 'Wouldn't he have scalped the doorkeeper - oh no not at all!'
Lot 199
Dore? (Gustave, illustrator). The Holy Bible, containing The Old and New Testaments, 2 volumes, London & New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, circa 1870, numerous wood engraved plates, occasional light dust-soiling & damp staining mostly to margins and some light scattered spotting, marbled endpapers with later cloth hinges, gilt gauffered edges, contemporary blind decorated black morocco, rebacked preserving original spines, some light wear to extremities, large 4to (36.5 x 28 cm), together with: Bible [English], The Self-Interpreting Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, to which are annexed, an extensive introduction, marginal references..., by the Rev. John Brown, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London: William Mackenzie, circa 1870, numerous engraved plates, family genealogical notes at front, all edges gilt, contemporary blind & gilt decorated black calf, extremities a little rubbed and few scuffs, 4to, plus a Pitman's shorthand Bible, 1891Qty: (4)
Lot 205
Harris (John). Lexicon Technicum, or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, explaining not only the terms of Art, but the Arts themselves, 2 volumes, 2nd & 1st editions respectively, London: for Dan. Brown [et al], 1708-10, titles printed in red & black, engraved portrait frontispiece, 12 (of 14) plates, some folding, numerous engraved diagrams, illustrations and tables to text, generally browned, occasional spotting, volume 2 with some dampstaining at front and rear (mainly to margins), some folding plates with a short closed handling tear, hinges cracked, contemporary Cambridge panel calf, worn, joints cracked, folio, together with: A Supplement to Dr. Harris's Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, by A Society of Gentlemen, London: for the authors, 1744, title printed in red & black, 6 engraved plates, some dampstaining and browning, armorial bookplate 'John Somers, Lord Somers', rear hinge cracked, contemporary sprinkled calf, worn, front cover detached, folio, plus: [Gregoire, Gaspard], Explication des Ceremonies de la Fete-Dieu d'Aix en Provence, Aix: chez Esprit David, 1777, engraved portrait frontispiece, 13 engraved folding plates, scarce light spotting, one plate browned, near contemporary half calf, rubbed with some wear to extremities, 8vo, with 3 others: Le Parfait Indigotier ou Description de l'Indigo, by Elie Monnereau, 1748; Epitome Grammaticae Hebraeae, by Johann Buxtorf, 1646; Aeschyli Tragoediae quae extant septem, Cum versione Latina, et lectionibus variantibus, by Aeschylus, volume 2 only (of 2)Qty: (7)Footnote: Volume 2 of Lexicon Technicum contains the first printing of Isaac Newton's only paper in chemistry, together with its English translation.
Lot 209
Mathews (Anne). Anecdotes of Actors: with other desultory recollections, etc, London: T.C. Newby, 1844, extra-illustrated with over 30 plates, portraits, playbills and autograph letters, including an autograph letter fragment signed by William Wilberforce, autograph letters from actors James Denman, Andrew Cherry and James Russell, 2 playbills, one Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, October 3, 1828, the other Theatre Royal, Liverpool, June 16, 1830, occasional light offsetting, all edges gilt, modern red morocco gilt by Bayntun, Bath, upper joint and head of spine a little rubbed, 8voQty: (1)
Lot 21
Rangachar (N.). Diary of a Pilgrimage to Lake Manasarowar and Mount Kailas with H.H. the Maharaja of Mysore in 1931, 1st edition, Mysore: printed by the Asst. Supdt., Govt. Branch Press, 1936, black & white illustrations from photographs, folding map at rear, original printed wrappers, slim 8vo, together with My Jubilee Visit to London by Subadar Mahammad Beg, Sirdar Bahadur, 1st Madras Lancers, Translated by K. Srinivasa Rao, edited by Lieut.-Colonel E.E.M. Lawford, 1st Madras Lancers, Bombay: Thacker & Co., 1899, faint library ink stamp and blue pencil marks to title, a little spotting, institutional library bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth with small manuscript paper label at foot of spine, 8vo, plus Wilson (Minden), History of the Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Behar; Tirhoot and its Inhabitants of the Past; History of Behar Light Horse Volunteers, 1st edition, Calcutta: Calcutta General Printing Company, 1908, 4 black & white illustrations from photographs, a little spotting, inner hinges cracked, original cloth, rubbed and partly faded, a little edge wear, 8vo, plus Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland. Biographical Sketch and Letters, with Portraits, Translated into Gujerati by Sunabai Dinshah Taleyarkhan, 1st edition, Bombay: Education Society Press, 1897, title, dedication and translator's explanatory preface in English, main text in Gujurati, black & white plates including frontispiece, ink presentation inscription from the translator to the Honourable M.N. Bhownaggree, MP, CIE [British Conservative Party politician, like the translator of Indian Parsi origin], some spotting, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plus other assorted mostly early 20th-century India interest including 3 pamphletsQty: (14)
Lot 211
Needlework binding. The Love of the Angels, a Poem, by Thomas Moore, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823, half title, 4 pp. advertisements at end, some light spotting, unobtrusive Bolton Public Library ink stamps, decorative needlework over later plain boards, probably 18th century, with colour stylised flower designs and metal threads, a little rubbed at edges, modern cloth solander box, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: An old bookseller description at front states it is "covered with old Salonica needlework, a pretty design, worked in various coloured silks and gold threads". Probably a fragment from a larger panel.
Lot 22
Bellew (Henry Walter), Kashmir and Kashghar. A Narrative of the Journey of the Embassy to Kashghar in 1873-74, 1st edition, Trübner & Co., 1875, a little spotting and dust-soiling, pencil doodles to final blank page, inner hinges cracked, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, edges and spine ends frayed, 8vo, together with: Rennie (Surgeon [David Field]). Bhotan and the Story of the Dooar War including Sketches of a Three Months' Residence in the Himalayas, and Narrative of a Visit to Bhotan in May 1865, 1st edition, John Murray, 1866, frontispiece, title vignette, 3 plates from photographs and 5 illustrations to text, lacks map, a little spotting and soiling, and light marginal damp staining to early leaves, 32-page publisher's catalogue at rear, lacks front free endpaper, inner hinges cracked, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, some fraying to spine and edge wear, plus Hooker (Joseph Dalton), Notes of a Tour in the Plains of India, the Himala, and Borneo; Being Extracts from the Private Letters of Dr Hooker, Written during a Government Botanical Mission to those Countries. Part I. Englad to Calcutta [all published?], Reeve, Benham & Reeve, 1848, original printed wrappers, some spotting and soiling, spine darkening and wear with some loss, a few corner chips, slim 8voQty: (3)
Lot 225
Eggert (Franz Xaver). Die Glasgemälder der neuerbauten Mariahilf-Kirche in der Vorstadt au zu München, ein Geschenk Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs Ludwig I. von Bayern und auf Allerh?chstdessen Befehl in der königl. Glasmalerei-Anstalt in München, unter der Leitung des Professors Heinrich Hess, gefertigt. In getreu auf Stein gravirten Abbildungen herausgegeben von Franz X. Eggert..., Munich: [Fr. Gyperu & R. Risch], circa 1845, 12 folding engraved plates (of 20), with original bright hand-colouring heightened with gum arabic (each made from two or three conjoined sheets with linen hinges), letterpress title of dark blue paper, hand-coloured decorative dedication leaf and single-page uncoloured plate, occasional light toning, scattered spotting, offsetting and minor dust-soiling, all loosely contained in portfolio (each folding plate opening out to sheet size of 120.5 x 40.5 cm)Qty: (1)
Lot 229
Indian Textiles. Illustrations of Textile Manufactures of India, London: Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education, South Kensington Museum, 1881, printed title, 86 chromolithograph plates of Indian textiles, including turbans, men's garments, embroidered scarfs and shawls, carpets, etc., some light soiling, mainly to margins, light oval ink stamp to upper outer corner of each plate, just touching image, tissue-guard to each, one or two short closed tears, title with some light marks and vertical creasing, original library bookplate to front pastedown of the Science and Art Department, South Kensington, top edge gilt, contemporary yellow cloth, rubbed and some soiling, some wear to joints and loss to head and foot of spine, large folio (47 x 34 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: The India collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum) originated in the East India Company's Museum, or Oriental Repository, founded in 1791. Caspar Purdon Clarke (1846–1911), who became keeper of the art collections and subsequently director of the museum, had arranged the new Indian section in 1880, and in 1881 was sent to India with instructions to collect objects in everyday production to encourage the 'native art manufactures' of India, and provide models of design and ornamentation for British manufacturers and students.
Lot 24
Ruttledge (Hugh). Everest 1933, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1934, 59 plates after photographs (including frontispiece), 4 maps (3 folding), newspaper article pasted to rear leaves, occasional light spotting, original publisher's cloth, dust jacket, extremities chipped with slight loss, library label to base of spine, rear panel slightly dust-soiled, 4to, together with: Ghambashidze (D). Mineral Resources of Georgia and Caucasia, with a chapter on the Manganese Industry of Georgia, 1st edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1919, 8 black and white plates, folding map, endpapers toned, original green publisher's cloth, dust jacket, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, with Hulbert (Homer B & Washington B Vanderlip). In Search of a Siberian Klondike, London: T Fisher Unwin, 1906, portrait frontispiece, numerous black and white illustrations after photographs, lightly spotted, original blue pubisher's pictorial cloth gilt, spine lettered in gilt, backstrip faintly marked rubbed, 8vo, together with 3 others relatedQty: (6)
Lot 241
Venturi (Lionello). Botticelli, New York: The Phaidon Press, no date, numerous full-page colour illustrations, lightly spotted to preliminaries, broad turn-ins bordered in gilt, signed by binder Bernard Kiernan to lower margin of rear pastedown, purple and yellow pictorial morocco gilt, spine lettered in gilt, boards decorated with spherical tools finished in gilt, joints and extremities slightly worn, rear board with a few light spots, housed in a custom beige chemise and slipcase, folio, together with: Aymé (Marcel). Images de l'amour, Paris: Éditions Georges Guillot, (1957), number 170 of 190, frontispiece, numerous full-page illustrations, further illustrations to text, broad turn-ins with quadruple gilt border, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edge untrimmed, contemporary red morocco gilt, title lettered in gilt to front board, spine lettered in gilt, joints and extremities worn, boards faintly marked, folio, with Hofmannsthal (Hugo). Ariadne auf Naxos, Munich: R.Piper & Co, 1922, numerous illustrations to text, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins, preliminaries and rear leaves lightly spotted, contemporary calf gilt, raised bands with gilt edges, red morocco title label lettered in gilt, gilt borders to covers, extremities rubbed, folio, with 5 others relatedQty: (8)
Lot 245
Beeton (Isabella). The Book of Household Management, 60th thousand, London: S. O. Beeton, 1863, 8 colour plates plus numerous black & white vignettes, lacks original front & rear endpapers, some spotting, toning & light wear throughout, rebound in modern quarter morocco to brown cloth boards with gilt decorated black calf spine label, spine lightly faded, 8vo, together with; Soyer (Alexis), The Gastronomic Regenerator: a simplified and entirely new System of Cookery,..., 3rd edition, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1847, black & white illustrations, lacks original front & rear endpapers, some spotting, toning & light wear throughout, rebound retaining the publishers original red cloth, original boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss to head & foot, 8vo The Modern Housewife; or Ménagère, 36th thousand, London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1861, black & white illustrations, lacks original front & rear endpapers, some spotting, toning & light wear throughout, rebound retaining the publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, original boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, and plus 5 similar cookery books, 8voQty: (8)
Lot 25
Shanghai. "So - This is Shanghai", Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh Limited, (c.1935), 25 black and white plates after photographs, first plate toned to area exposed by front cover, lightly spotted, original paper wrappers, a couple of small light water-stains to front cover, extremities a little bumped, oblong 8vo, together with: Felkin (Margaret). Malayan Sketches, Singapore: Privately Printed, (c.1925), 8 (out of 12) colour plates after paintings by Felkin, one torn and detaching, plates loose, original paper wrappers, torn and worn to extremities, oblong 8vo, with Canary Islands. Views of Las Palmas, Grand Canary. Las Palmas: E.P.M. Lawson, (c.1925), 12 mounted black and white plates after photographs (1 loose), toned and offset, original paper wrappers, oblong 8voQty: (3)
Lot 258
Clarke (F. C. H.). The Franco-German War 1870-1871, 8 volumes (part 1 volumes 1 & 2, part 2 volumes 1 & 2 Maps part 1 volumes 1 & 2, Maps part 2 volumes 1 & 2), London: H.M.S.O., 1874-83, previous owner inscriptions to the front endpapers, some light toning throughout, all in contemporary gilt decorated plum half morocco, part 1 volumes 1 & 2 spines partially detached, part 1 rear board detached, boards & spines slight rubbed & faded, Maps part 1 volume 1 has 10 folding maps, Maps part 1 volume 2 has 24 folding maps, Maps part 2 volume 1 has 25 folding maps, Maps part 2 volume 2 has 16 folding maps, contemporary hand written lists tipped into the front of each Map volume, Map volumes in matching book boxes, slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voQty: (8)
Lot 264
Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1959, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some water-spotting to fore-edge, original publisher's pictorial cloth, dust jacket, small closed tear to front panel, some light spotting to verso, spine lightly toned, extremities rubbed with slight loss, 8voQty: (1)
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Lot 266
Greene (Graham, editor). Night and Day, 26 issues [all published], July 1, 1937 - December 23, 1937, illustrations and advertisements, occasional light toning, loosely bound together in contemporary cloth boards, lacking spine, lower cover detached, 4to, together with the detached upper wrappers only, some adhered back to back with some edge wearQty: (1)Footnote: Short-lived periodical, edited by Graham Greene, with contributions by Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell, John Betjeman, Henry Miller, Christopher Isherwood and others.
Lot 267
Hodgson (William Hope). Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, 1947; Deep Waters, 1967, 1st US editions, Mycroft and Moran & Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, slight toning at gutter of Carnacki endpapers, original cloth, dust jackets, spines a little toned with small nicks at ends, 8vo, together with: Machen (Arthur). Luncheon on Wednesday 3rd March 1937, at the Westgate Hotel, Newport, Mon in Honour of a Man of Gwent, 6 pp. menu including a 2 pp. extract from Henry Danielson's bibliography bound-in, some light spotting, a folded compliments slip from the Arthur Machen Testimonial Committee loosely inserted, original stiff string-bound wrappers with monochrome illustration to rear wrapper, 8voQty: (3)Footnote: Carnacki the Ghost-Hunter was first published in London in 1913; Deep Waters is the first book form edition of short stories. The author was an observation officer in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War and was killed near Ypres in April 1918. Unusual item of Arthur Machen ephemera.
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