Carroll (Lewis). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, sixty seventh thousand, London: Macmillan and Co., 1881, 42 illustrations by John Tenniel, later endpapers, later inscription to the verso of the half-title, frontispiece partially detached, some light toning & spotting, all edges gilt, rebound retaining original gilt decorated red cloth boards & spine, marked, faded & slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Sherlock (William), A Practical Discourse concerning a Future Judgement, 5th edition, London: printed for R. R., 1699, bookplates to the front pastedown & endpaper including 1 from the library of Richard D'Oyly Carte, inscription to the head of the title page by Eliza D'Oyly & dated 1764, light marginal toning throughout, some burn loss to the margin of pp.119, rebound retaining contemporary full calf, modern red morocco spine label, 8vo, plusCulpepper (Nicholas), The British Herbal and Family Physician to which is added a dispensatory..., later edition, Halifax: M. Garbick, circa 1850, 47 of 48 engraved plates, bookplate to the front endpaper, some toning, offsetting & light marks throughout, rebound retaining contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 17th to early 20th Century literature & reference, some leather bindings, some original cloth, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
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De l'Isle (Joseph Nicolas). Memoires pour servir l'Histoire et au Progrès de l'Astronomie, de la Geography, & de la Physique, recueillis de plusieurs dissertations lües dans le Assemblées de l'Academie Roiale des Sciences de Paris, & de celle de St. Petersbourg, qui n'ont point encore été imprimées; comme aussi de plusieurs pieces nouvelles, observations & reflexions rassemblées pendant plus de 25 annees..., 1st edition, St Petersburg: Academie des Sciences, 1738, woodcut diagrams to text, 13 folding plates bound to verso, contemporary ownership inscription of C[arl] F[erdinand] Degen and 19th-century ownership ink stamp (partially erased) to title, some contemporary marginalia, light worming at foot of gutter margins from Ii4 to end of volume, bookplate of Frank S. Streeter to front pastedown, contemporary panelled mottled full calf gilt, neatly rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, corners refurbished 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Carl Ferdinand Degen (1766-1825); Frank S. Streeter (1981-2006).Frank Sherwin Streeter was an important collector of atlases, books, pamphlets and maps on maritime exploration as well as theoretical mathematics and navigation. His collection was sold at Christie's New York: The Frank S. Streeter Library: Important Navigation, Pacific Voyages, Cartography, Science, 17th April 2007, this volume being lot 145.The first edition of De l’Isle’s account of the advancements in the fields of geography, physics and astronomy for navigation.The work covers meteorological and astronomical observations on the aurora borealis, his method for determining the heliocentric coordinates of sunspots and the first accounts of his 'universal thermometer'. De L’Isle went to Russia in 1725 by invitation of Peter the Great to establish the Academy of Sciences of St Petersburg and train the first generation of Russian astronomers. During this period he wrote and contributed to numerous important works on physics and cartography including the first atlas of Russia.
India Directories. Street's Indian and Colonial Mercantile Directory for 1867-8, London: G. Street, 1867, advertisements front and rear, stitching broken, some leaves detached, ink-stamps, a little light toning, original cloth gilt. lacking spine, a few stains to covers, 8vo, together with The Bombay Almanack and Directory for 1867, Bombay: "Bombay Gazette" Press, [1867], advertisements (lacking a few front and rear?), some light toning, a few ink stamps, original cloth gilt, modern reback, corners rubbed, 8vo, plus The Bombay Almanack and Directory for 1868, Bombay, [1868], lacking all before title, ink stamps to title and fore-edges, occasional light toning, modern cloth, 8vo, with others related including Thacker's Directory for Bengal, the North-Western Provinces, the Punjab, the Central Provinces, the Rajpootana States, Oude, and British Burma for 1868, Street's Indian & Colonial Mercantile Directory 1873, The Bengal Directory 1878, The Times of India Calendar and Bombay Directory for 1874, Street's Indian & Colonial Mercantile Directory 1882-3, and Thacker's Directory for 1909, in variable condition, some covers detached and defective spines QTY: (16)NOTE:Sold with all faults not subject to return.
Rowlandson (Thomas, illustrator). The English Dance of Death, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: J. Diggens, 1815, hand-coloured frontispiece, hand-coloured engraved title, 72 hand coloured aquatint plates, lightly dust-soiled throughout, a few light spots, contemporary half calf, backstrips deficient, boards loose, 8vo, together with:The Dance of Life, A Poem, 1st edition, R. Ackermann, 1817, hand-coloured frontispiece, hand-coloured vignette, 24 hand-coloured plates, lightly dust-soiled throughout, a few light spots, contemporary tree calf gilt, some wear, upper cover detached, 8voQTY: (3)
Bengal Past & Present. Bengal Past & Present, 31 volumes, a broken run, 1907-1938, volume I, parts 1 & 2 only in original wrappers (part 1 lacking rear wrapper & spine defective), other parts, not all complete bound in uniform black half calf until 1923, uniform blue half calf from 1928-38 (spines faded), maps and illustrations, occasional light spotting, 4to, together with The Indian Empire, by R. Montgomery Martin, 3 volumes, [1858-61] QTY: (37)NOTE:Sold with all faults not subject to return.
Rogers (J. M., editor). The Topkapi Saray Museum, 4 volumes, 1st U.S. edition, Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1988, numerous colour illustrations, original uniform cloth in dust jackets & slipcases, folio, together with:Evans (Nancy Goyne), Windsor-Chair Making in America, from craft shop to consumer, 1st edition, Hanover: University Press of New England, 2006, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers very lightly rubbed to the head, folio, plusRaulet (Sylvie), Van Cleef & Arnels, 1st U.S. edition, New York: Rizzoli, 1987, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to the head, folio, andBell (J. Munro), Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite Furniture Designs, London: Gibbing and Company, 1900, numerous etched illustrations, some light toning throughout, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, and other late 19th Century to modern antiques, interiors & architecture reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)
James (M. R.) The Five Jars, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1922, illustrations by Gilbert James, a little minor spotting, endpapers toned, original cloth, 8vo, together with O' Flaherty (Liam). Thy Neighbour's Wife, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1923, light partial offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, chips and tears at spine ends and folds, some toning to rear panel, 8vo, plus Jerome (Jerome K.) Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1st edition, 1st issue, Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, London: Simkin, Marshall & Co., 1889, 1st issue with Quay Street (not 11 Quay Street) address on title, illustrations, light toning front and rear, W. H. Smith, London blindstamp and previous owner signature to half-title, cut and pasted author signature to half-title, Henry Sotheran ticket, original cloth, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, a few small stains, 8vo, with others including Skerrett, by Liam O' Flaherty, 1st edition, 1932, inscribed by the author, Irish Fairy Tales, by James Stephens, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1920, Cider With Rosie, by Laurie Lee, 1st edition, 1959, A Trojan Ending, by Laura Riding, 1st edition, 1937, Drums Under the Window, by Sean O' Casey, 1945, inscribed by the author, The Emigrant, by Frederick Howard, 1928, a Bend in the River, by V. S. Naipaul, 1979 and approximately 40 issues of John Julius Norwich's A Christmas Cracker, 1975-2018, a few signed, G/VG, 8voApproximately 100QTY: (3 shelves)
Newman, Graham & Co., publisher. Our Conservative and Unionist Statesmen, 2 volumes, London, 1900, 36 monochrome photograph portraits with paper guards, some light toning & spotting throughout, all edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated cloth, boards & spines slightly marked & rubbed with some loss to the head & foot of the spines, folio, together with:Price (F. G. Hilton), The Marygold by Temple Bar, being a history of the site now occupied by No. 1, Fleet Street,..., presentation copy, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1902, 27 monochrome plates plus in-text illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, bookplate to the front pastedown, some light marginal toning & spotting, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, limited edition 121/250, plusPepys (Samuel), The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 12 volumes, edited by Henry B. Wheatley, London: George Bell & Sons, 1897, monochrome frontispieces, some light toning & spotting, some gutters cracked, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, with 2 volumes of Correspondence plus 1 volume of Pepysiana, and other late 19th Century to modern history & banking reference, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of A Man of Color..., Written expressly for, and originally printed in, The Liverpool Mercury, Liverpool: Printed and Sold by Egerton Smith and Co., 1811, 12 pp., advertisement to title verso, some spotting and light browning, heaviest at front and rear, stitched as issued, slim 12mo QTY: (1)NOTE:Sabin 17850. A scarce memoir of the renowned pan-Africanist Captain Paul Cuffee, published in his lifetime. Paul Cuffe, also known as Paul Cuffee (1759-1817), was a businessman, whaler and abolitionist. The son of an emancipated African slave and Wampanoag Indian, Cuffe was an influential figure in America’s first back-to-Africa movement. He became a leader in the cause of African colonization, making several trips to Sierra Leone with extensive efforts to settle freed slaves. This rare biographical sketch, reprinted from The Liverpool Mercury, contains an outline of his life, struggles and successes, recording the difficulties he faced as one of the first African-American captains. ‘Thither he sailed, but on his arrival the people were filled with astonishment and alarm. A vessel owned and commanded by a black man, and manned with a crew of the same complexion, was unprecedented and surprising…’ (p. 9). Earlier in the account are related his encounters with ‘Refugee Pirates, who chased and seized both him and his vessel; robbed of everything he returned home penny less, but without sinking under this discouragement’ (p. 5). Cuffee is often considered the founder of the first racially integrated school in America; ‘[he] worked in earnest and had a suitable house built on his own ground, which he freely gave up to the use of the public, and the school was opened to all who pleased to send their children. How gratifying to humanity is this anecdote! and who that justly appreciates human character would not prefer Paul Cuffee, the offspring of an African Slave, to the proudest statesman that ever dealt out destruction amongst mankind?’ (p. 8). The account ends by noting that he has been received into the Society of Friends (or Quakers).
Thomas (Edward). In Pursuit of Spring, 1st edition, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1914, tipped-in illustrations by Ernest Hazelhurst, map endpapers (small previous owner label pasted to rear endpaper), top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Cloud Castle and Other Papers, 1st edition, London: Duckworth & Co., 1922, light offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, upper joint splitting, repairs to verso, 8vo, plus The Last Sheaf. Essays by Edward Thomas, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1928, light partial offsetting front and rear, original cloth (slight fading to extremities), price-clipped dust jacket, spine a little toned, a few small stains to rear panel, 8vo, together with others related including 1st editions Rest and Unrest, 1910, Light and Twilight, 1911, The Country, 1st edition, 1913, This England. An Anthology, 1915 (Michael Foot MP's copy with an autograph letter dated 1984 presenting the book loosely inserted), Twelve Poets, 1918, plus the 2nd issue of Rose Acre Papers, 1910, Poems by Edward Thomas, December 1917 reprint, plus others, biographies etc, G/VG, 8voApproximately 90QTY: (3 shelves)
Biondi (Francis). An History of the Civill Warres of England, between the Houses of Lancaster and Yorke..., Englished by the Right Honerable Henry Earle of Mounmouth, 2 volumes [bound in 1], 1st edition 3rd state, London: printed by T. H. and J. D. for John Benson, 1641, lacking frontispiece, later endpapers, small hole to the 1st page of 'The Genealogy of Edmund of Langley...', some light marks & minor marginal toning, circa late 18th century gilt decorated mottled full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Oldenburg (Herman), Buddha, London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904, bookplate to the front pastedown, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor spotting & toning, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated 3 quarter morocco, boards lightly rubbed, 4to, plusCromwell (Thomas Kitson), Excursions in the County of Norfolk..., 2 volumes, London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818, folding map frontispiece to volume 1, numerous topographical engraved plates, bookplates to the front pastedown, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, some minor toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated plum full calf, spines slightly rubbed & faded, 8vo, and other 17th to 19th Century literature & poetry, including Gareth and Lynette etc., by Alfred Tennyson, 1st edition, London: Strahan & Co., 1872, all edges gilt, contemporary ornatley gilt decorated red full morocco, slim 8vo, mostly contemporary leather bindings, many gilt decorated, some foreign language, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Morris (Francis Orpen). A History of British Birds, 6 volumes, 1st edition, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1851-57, 358 coloured engraved plates, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplates of Jain Ramsay of Kildalton to upper pastedowns, contemporary brown calf, gilt and blind decoration to spines with contrasting morocco labels, spines evenly faded, extremities lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (6)
Payn (James). A Description of Furness Abbey and its Neighbourhood, 1st edition, London: Hamilton, Adams & Co; Windermere: J. Garnett, [1864], double-page map, plan and 18 mounted albumen print photographs including frontispiece and circular vignette to title, some light toning and occasional spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt and blind-stamped burgundy cloth with bevelled edges, spine faded and a little frayed at head and foot, corners bumped, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Gernsheim notes that the number of photographs varies with 18, as here, being the maximum.
Richard Phillips, printed for. An Account of a Voyage to India, China, &c. in His Majesty's Ship Caroline performed in the years 1803-4-5,..., by an Officer of the Caroline, 1st edition, London, 1806, folding table to pp.5, monochrome folding map frontispiece to the rear pocket, lacks original endpapers, some toning & light marks, modern mottled full calf, 8vo, together withReed (Stanley), The Royal Tour in India, a record of the Tour of T. R. H. The Prince and Princess of Wales in India and Burma, from November 1905 to March 1906, 1st edition, Bombay: Bennett, Coleman & Co., 1906, numerous monochrome illustrations, front & rear gutters cracked, some light marks & toning, original blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed with some minor loss to the foot of the spine, folio, plusBhushan (Jamila Brij), Indian Jewellery, Ornaments and Decorative Designs, 1st edition, Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., 1955, colour frontispiece, monochrome in-text illustrations plus 77 plates to the rear, lacking front endpapers, some toning throughout, original boards & brown cloth spine, rubbed & slightly marked, large 4to, and other early 20th Century & modern India & travel reference, including approximately 45 volumes of BACSA publications, some leather bindings, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)
Humphreys (Henry Noel). A Record of the Black Prince..., London: London, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849, 6 chromolithograph illustrations in colour and gold, 4 with chromolithograph borders in black or red, some light spotting, endpapers renewed, black papier-maché binding with red fabric showing through, morocco re-backed, gilt title to spine, rubbed with slight wear to head and foot, in modern slipcase, 8vo, together with The Miracles of our Lord, by Henry Noel Humphreys, London: Longman, 1848, 16 chromolithograph thick card leaves, some spotting to preliminaries, presentation inscription to front fly leaf dated May 1849, original moulded papier-maché boards, spine with blind embossed title, some wear to head and foot, 8vo, and Parables of Our Lord, 1847, 16 chromolithograph thick card leaves, final card leaf with index, some spotting mainly to preliminaries, presentation inscription dated May 1849 to preliminary blank, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, original moulded papier-maché boards, very small chip to one corner of rear board, spine rubbed with slight loss, tail of spine chipped, 8vo, in marbled slipcaseQTY: (3)NOTE:McLean page 210.
Poynting (Frank). Eggs of British Birds, with an Account of their Breeding-Habits. Limicolae, parts 1-4 (all published), 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1895-96, 54 chromolithographic plates, occasional spotting, original printed wrappers, spotted and light wear, 4to, with loosely inserted presentation note 'To Miss E. H. Poynting, with the Author's Compliments' dated 29th November 1895, together with Seebohm (Henry). The Birds of Siberia. A Record of a Naturalist's Visits to the Valleys of the Petchora and Yenesei, London: John Murray, 1901, wood-engraved illustrations, top edge gilt, original pictorial cloth, extremities lightly frayed, 8voQTY: (5)NOTE:1. Anker 406; Freeman 3069; Mullens & Swann p. 479 ('authoritative and beautifully executed'); Nissen IVB 741; Fine Bird Books p. 132; Wood p. 523; Zimmer p. 495. The publisher's prospectus stated 250 copies of this work were produced. 'The work is renowned for its reliability, which also distinguishes the beautiful plates' (Anker). The first part, on Limicolae, was all that was published owing to Poynting's death in 1897.
Ormerod (George). The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 3 volumes, London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, 1819, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, double-page hand-coloured engraved county map, engraved plates, wood-engraved vignettes and armorials, occasional light spotting, label excised from front pastedowns (revealing board beneath), all edges gilt, contemporary crimson straight-grain morocco, modern reback to each volume, some boards rubbed near joints, folio, together with: Leycester (Peter). Historical Antiquities, in Two Books. The First Treating in General of Great-Brettain and Ireland. The Second Containing Particular Remarks Concerning Cheshire..., Whereunto is annexed a Transcript of Doomsday-Book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the Original Record, London: printed by W. L. for Robert Clavell, 1673, title in red & black (dust-soiled and few marks), several woodcut heraldic crests to text throughout, without folding map of Cheshire, some light dust-soiling and occasional marks, 20th-century half calf gilt, small folio,Baines (Edward). The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, 4 volumes, London: Fisher Son & Co. 1836, portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map of Liverpool, folding pedigrees and numerous engravings throughout, marbled endpapers, bookplate of William H. Foster, contemporary diced calf with gilt decorated spines, worn at extremities, 4to,Earwaker (J. P.). East Cheshire: Past and Present; or A History of the Hundred of Macclesfield in the County Palatine of Chester..., 2 volumes, London: printed for the author, 1877, additional half-titles, title printed in red & black, illustrations throughout, bookplate of James Watts, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn at extremities, large 4to QTY: (10)
Jones (Owen). The Sermon on the Mount, 1st edition, London: Longman & Co., 1844, 32 stiff card pages with printed illumination in gold and colours, the text surrounded by chromolithograph borders in green, red, blue, black and gold, some light spotting to first and last few leaves and outer margins, all edges gilt, original blind-stamped plum full calf, with inset vellum panels to centre of each cover, rubbed and some marks, spine somewhat faded, 8vo, together with:Cundall (Joseph, publisher). A Booke of Christmas Carols, illuminated from ancient manuscripts in the British Museum, London: Joseph Cundall, [1846], 16 stiff card chromolithograph leaves drawn by John Brandard, heightened with gold, printed by M. & N. Hanhart, some light spotting, original publisher's decorative boards with panelled decoration and inset floral motif within a central lozenge to upper cover, rubbed and some wear, in later protected marbled card slipcase, plus five other 19th-century titles: The Plants of the Bible. Trees and Shrubs by John Hutton Balfour, London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1857, colour printed plates, some spotting, original blind- and gilt-decorated russet brown cloth, rubbed, William and Mary Howitt, Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain, 1st & 2nd series, 2 volumes, London: A. W. Bennett, 1862 & 1864, with mounted actual photograph illustrations by Bedford, Sedgfield, Wilson, Fenton, Tonson, Ogle and Hemphill, contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper and head of title respectively, some spotting, all edges gilt, both original gilt-decorated green cloth, lightly rubbed, Mr & Mrs S. C. Hall, The Book of the Thames, from its rise to its fall, London: Alfred W. Bennett, 1867, mounted actual photograph illustrations, wood engravings to text, all edges gilt, original publisher's elaborately gilt-decorated blue cloth, rubbed and some fraying to head and foot of spine, and Parlour Pastime for the Young: consisting of pantomime and dialogue charades, fire-side games, riddles, enigmas, charades, conundrums, arithmetical and mechanical puzzles, parlour magic, etc. etc., edited by Uncle George, 1st edition, London: James Blackwood, 1857, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated publisher's red cloth, a little rubbed and slight fraying to head and foot of spine and outer corners, all 8voQTY: (7)NOTE:McLean, Victorian Book Design, pp.86 and 224.
Collins (Captain Greenville, after). Cartes et plans de plusieurs parties des côtes d'Angleterre, d'Écosse et d'Irlande, copiées sur celles du Pilote Côtier de la Grande Bretagne, de Greenville-Collins, 1st edition in French, Paris: Jacques Bellin, 1757, engraved title page with index, 19 engraved charts mounted on guards, all but 1 double-page, some light marginal damp-staining, marbled endpapers, contemporary marbled French full calf with ornate gilt decorated spine and gilt armorials to upper and rear sidings, the armorials have fleur de lys enclosed by two ornate 'chains', surmounted by a coronet, upright folio, binding size 515 x 350 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Greenville Collins's pioneering Coasting Pilot of Great Britain was first published in 1693. This French edition was copied from the 1756 edition and published at the height of the Seven Years' War. There are charts of Rye Harbour, Sandwich Bay, Portland and Weymouth, the Devon coast from Exmouth to Salcombe (and more detailed charts of Dartmouth and Plymouth harbours), Fowey, Falmouth, the Scilly Isles, the Irish Channel, the Bristol Channel, Milford Haven, various Irish ports, the Firth of Forth, and the Orkneys.
Bell (W. D. M.). The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter, 1st edition, London: Country Life, 1923, monochrome frontispiece, and 80 plates, including many after photographs, bookplate of Sir George Albert Wade and bookseller's ticket of Rowland Ward Ltd., 197 Piccadilly, London to front pastedown, original mustard cloth-backed grey boards, rubbed and some light soiling, large 8vo, together withParkinson (John). The Dinosaur in East Africa, an account of the giant reptile beds of Tendaguru, Tanganyika Territory, 1st edition, London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1930, bookplate of Sir George Albert Wade to front pastedown, 12 full-page plates, mostly after photographs, and several sketch maps, original black cloth gilt, spine very lightly faded, 8vo, plusWard (Rowland). The Sportsman's Handbook to Practical Collecting, Preserving, and Artistic Setting-Up of Trophies and Specimens. To which is added a Synoptical Guide to the Hunting Grounds of the World, 6th edition, London: The Author, 1891, & Rowland Ward's Sportsman's Handbook to Collecting and Preserving Trophies & Specimens, edited by J. B. Burlace, 11th edition, London: Rowland Ward, 1923, bookplate of Sir George Albert Wade to front pastedown of each volume, original gilt-decorated brown morocco (rubbed and some light wear), and original mustard cloth respectively, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Czech, p. 15 (Bell). The author's first book, giving an account of his early elephant hunting days in the Karamojo region.
Cave (Henry W.). Picturesque Ceylon and its Ruined Cities, new edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1903, photogravure frontispiece and 122 plates, occasional light spotting and few marks, contemporary inscription to front flyleaf, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon morocco, gilt-blocked vignette to upper board and decorative motif to spine compartments, upper joint split and attachment weak, loss of leather at head and foot of spine near upper joint, some wear to extremities, 4to QTY: (1)
Staunton (George). An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 volumes, 1st octavo edition, London: printed for G. Nicol, 1797, 3 folding engraved maps (volume I map detached with 2 text leaves, short closed tear to volume II map), occasional light spotting, volume III hinges broken, textblock detached, a few leaves detached, some hinges reinforced, bookplates of Philip Lyttelton Gell (1852-1926, editor of the OUP from 1884-1896), contemporary calf, cloth rebacks, covers rubbed, 8vo QTY: (3)
Dickens (Charles). The Works of Charles Dickens, 30 volumes, Illustrated Library Edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1888, monochrome illustrations by Phiz, H. K. Browne, some light spotting & toning, original uniform embossed gilt decorated green cloth, some spines very lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voQTY: (30)
Mynsinger von Fründeck (Joachim). Apotelesma, siue corpus perfectum scoliorum, ad quatuor libros institutionum Juris ciuilis. Hac nouissima editione multò uberius et emendatius quam antea excusum..., Venice: apud haeredes Melchioris Sessae, 1595, printer's woodcut device to title with early ownership signature, some light damp-stains and scattered spotting, contemporary limp vellum, patch repair to upper cover and few discreet repairs to spine, folioQTY: (1)
Morris (F. O.). A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland..., 6 volumes, London: William Mackenzie, 1880, numerous colour plates, volumes 1 front endpaper to frontispiece detached, some gutters cracked, some light toning & minor marks, all edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed, large 8vo, together withDigby (Henry), How to Make £50 a Year by Keeping Ducks; and the breeding and management...of Geese, 1st edition, Huddersfield. published by the author, circa 1893, monochrome illustrations, advertisements to the front & rear, lacking front endpaper & frontispiece (?), some minor toning, original blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, slim 8vo, plusDitchfield (P. H.), The Cottages and The Village Life of Rural England, 1st edition, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1912, 52 pasted down colour plates by A. R. Quinton plus monochrome in-text illustrations, some light spotting & toning, original tan cloth, large 4to, and other late 19th Century to modern history, British topography, &c., including Cathedrals, Abbey, and Churches of England and Wales..., 6 volumes, edited by T. G. Bonney, London: Cassell & Company, 1895, original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, large 8vo, & approximately 30 volumes of Batsford publications, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)
Art Journal. The Art Journal, 7 volumes, 1852-1860, comprising 1852-57 & 1860, numerous engraved plates and illustrations, occasional light spotting, contemporary half morocco, gilt (1854-57 in uniform green half morocco), joints and edges rubbed, a few damp stains to covers some wear to 1852 upper cover, 1860 in original cloth (spine faded), folio, plus Illustrated Catalogue of the Universal Exhibition, published with Art Journal, 1867QTY: (8)
Crawford (Allan). C. R. Ashbee, Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist, 1st edition, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1985, numerous monochrome illustrations, mostly after photographs, original cream cloth in dustwrapper, 4to, together with The Work of Henry Ospovat with an appreciation by Oliver Onions, 1st edition, London: St. Catherine Press, 1911, several tipped-in colour plates, monochrome and tinted plates and illustrations, original brown cloth gilt, some marks and light soiling, 4to, plusHall (Elton Wayland). Frederick Garrison Hall, Etchings, Bookplates, Designs, with a biographical sketch by Ariel Hall & a personal memoir by Henry P. Rossiter, Boston: Boston Public Library, 1972, monochrome illustrations, original rust-orange cloth gilt, 4to and other mostly modern art reference, biography, design interest, etc., all 20th-century publications, mainly 4to/8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Tales of Mystery & Imagination, by Edgar Allan Poe, 1st deluxe edition, London: George C. Harrap, 1935, 12 colour plates, monochrome illustrations, bookplate of Hamish Orr-Ewing to front endpaper, top edge gilt, publisher's deluxe brown morocco gilt, small splits to upper joint, some wear at head of spine, some light edge wear, 4toQTY: (1)
Thackeray (William Makepeace). The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858, bookplate of Rachel Helen Ospovat to front pastedown and recto of front blank (designed by Henry Ospovat), engraved plates and illustrations by the author, some light spotting, all edges gilt, late 19th century polished full calf (by Maclehose, Glasgow), gilt decorated spine with red and brown morocco labels, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges, 8vo, together withCharles (B. G.). The Place-Names of Pembrokeshire, 2 volumes, Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1992, original blue cloth gilt in dustwrappers, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, plusHamilton (Antoine). Memoires du Comte de Grammont, nouvelle edition, 2 volumes, London: Jacques Carpenter & William Miller, printed by W. Bulmer, 1811, engraved portraits, bookplate of Samuel Courtauld to front pastedown of each volume (designed by Paul Nash), marbled edges, contemporary red half morocco, gilt spines, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, and other miscellaneous books, including 19th-century antiquarian interest, 20th-century topography, etc.QTY: (6 shelves)
Basappa (P. Stephen). A Guide to Seringapatam and its Vicinity. Historical and Traditional, 1st edition, Bangalore: H. R. Missee at the Town Press, 1897, 2 sketch maps (one folding, torn with repairs), browned, original boards, rebacked, some toning to covers, 8vo, together with Brown (Percy). Tours in Sikhim and the Darjeeling District, 2nd edition, Calcutta: W. Newman & Co., 1922, folding maps and charts, illustrations, some light spotting,, previous owner signature, original wrappers, a few water stains, 8vo, plus Harrop (P. Beresford). Thacker's New Guide to Simla, Simla: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1925, folding map contained in rear pocket (pocket torn), folding section, adhesive tape residue marks front and rear, original cloth-backed boards, spine toned, small worming to joints, a few stains, 8vo, with others related including Thacker's Guide too Calcutta, by Rev. W. K. Frominger, 1906, The Nilgiri Guide and Directory, by J. S. C. Eagan, 2nd edition, 1916, and Benares: Past and Present by Dr. A. S. Altekar, 1943 QTY: (19)
Archaeologia Scotia: or Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 5 volumes, Edinburgh: printed for the Society, 1782-1890, monochrome illustrations, some light toning, top edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf bound by Andrew Grieve, boards & spines lightly rubbed, large 4to, together withProceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. A broken run of 118 volumes, 1851-2014, Edinburgh, printed for the society, monochrome illustrations, volumes 1-12 in contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf bound by Andrew Grieve, top edges gilt, boards & spines slightly rubbed, some boards detached, other volumes in original blue cloth, some spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Baskerville Press - Milton (John). Paradise Lost, A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. From the Text of Thomas Newton D.D. [and] Paradise Regain'd. A Poem in Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes: and Poems upon Several Occasions. The Author John Milton. From the Text of Thomas Newton, D.D., 2 volumes, Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1758, later marbled endpapers, contemporary calf, both volumes rebacked, red morocco labels to spines, board corners worn and showing, 8vo, together with:Juvenal and Persius. D. Junii Juvenalis et Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae, Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1761, title frayed to margins and with short tears to gutter margin, red ruled borders throughout, light toning, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving gilt decorated spine, board corners repaired, 4to, Sallust and Florus. C. Crispus Sallustius et Lucius Annaeus Florus, [Opera], Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1773, some light damp-staining, upper hinge repaired with wide paper strip, contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spine, boards detached, 4to,Sallust and Florus. C. Crispus Sallustius et Lucius Annaeus Florus, [Opera], Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1774, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, head of spine worn, 12mo,Terence. Publii Terentii afri Comoediae, Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1772, armorial bookplate of Thomas William Fletcher to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, upper board detached, 12mo, plus Lucretius. Titi Lucretii Cari de Rerum Natura libri sex, Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1773, title detached, contemporary calf, boards detached, 12mo, and two other odd volumesQTY: (9)NOTE:Gaskell 4b, 5b, 15, 51, 55, 47, and 50.
James Duke of York. Memoirs of the English Affairs, Chiefly Naval, from the year 1660, to 1673, 1st edition, London, 1729, engraved frontispiece, bookplate to the front pastedown, front & rear gutters cracked, some minor toning throughout, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed with some small loss, front hinge partially split, 8vo, together with:Laird Clowes (William), The Royal Navy, A History, from the earliest times to the present, 7 volumes, 1st editions, London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1897-1903, loss to the title page of volume 1, some light toning & spotting throughout, gutters cracked, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, plus Hythe (Viscount, et al, editors), The Naval Annual, a broken run of 11 volumes, London: William Clowes and Sons, 1914-48, monochrome illustrations, some light toning, original embossed blue cloth, 2 volumes in original dust jackets, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 18th to early 20th Century naval & military reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)
Pozzo (Giovanni Francesco da). Salmi di David dal l’ebraica alla nostra comune volgar lingua con gran diligentia giudicio, & elegante secondo il senso tradotti. Con li suoi argomenti che meravigliosamente in picciol somma aprono il vero sentimento di ciascun di loro. Vi e anchora aggionto lo Ecclesiaste di Salomone, & al fine una brieve ispositione di molti vocaboli oscuri & modi di parlar Hebrei, Venice: Batholomeo Zanetti, 1548 [colophon dated 1536], woodcut illustration to title depicting a Samaritan woman at the well offering Jesus some water (very discreet strengthening at gutter and to lower blank margin near gutter), several decorative woodcut initials, verso of final colophon leaf with full-page woodcut of a putto holding an olive branch leaning against a tree, upper pastedown with 18th century armorial bookplate of the German theologian Matthias Jacob Adam Steiner (1740-1796), and his manuscript notes to front free endpaper, 20th-century bookplate to lower pastedown, late 18th-century half calf, rebacked and board corners refurbished, 4to, together with:Cyprian (Saint, Bishop of Carthage). Opera, Venice: Ad signum Spei, 1547, title with woodcut illustration and ink manuscript annotation to gutter margin (ink offset to front free endpaper with consequent light ink burn), woodcut initials, early ink crossed hatching marks to recto of leaf after title (3*1), contemporary vellum, some minor marks, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Neither work in Adams; CNCE 5844 (Pozzo).Matthias Jacob Adam Steiner (1740-1796), German theologian. Steiner became a pastor in Oettingen, Bavaria for a number of years before moving to Augsburg in 1777 to take up the position of deacon. He later took the role of pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation at the St. Ulrichkirche in 1783 and held this office until his death. During his life, he collected an impressive library of literary works and Bibles.
Hasted (Edward). The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Containing The Antient and Present State of it, civil and ecclesiastical, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Canterbury: Printed for the Author, by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778-99, large engraved folding map of Kent (with outline hand-colouring and coloured cartouche), 94 hand-coloured engraved maps, plans and plates (of which 5 double-page & 36 folding), hand-coloured folding engraved pedigree, smaller hand-coloured vignettes in-text, maps backed with linen, occasional light spotting and dust-soiling, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, early 20th-century burgundy full morocco gilt by J. Adams, some scuffing to extremities, spines somewhat faded, folio QTY: (4)NOTE:Upcott I, pp. 358-68.An exceptional hand-coloured set.
Bohemia. Jefferys (Thomas), The Theatre of War in the Kingdom of Bohemia, Drawn from the Survey of J. C. Muller Capt.n Engin.r to the Emperor: To which is annexed the Duchy of Silesia and Marquisates of Moravia and Lusatia, compiled from the German maps, London: Thomas Jefferys, 1757, folding engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, manuscript signature of Thomas Jefferies below title, a little toned, 490 x 580 mmAsia. Johnston (A. Keith), Stanford's Library Map of Asia constructed by Keith Johnston..., 1st edition, London: Edward Stanford, 1862, large-scale engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on later linen, areas of repair to platemark, edged in modern blue silk, 1520 x 1660 mm East Java. Philip (George). Oost Java. London: circa 1900, folding lithographic map printed in colour, sectionalised and laid on linen, bound in publishers' green cloth with printed label, 660 x 910 mmDanube River. Wyld (James), Seat of War on the Danube, London: 1854, folding tint stone lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 380 x 990 mm, bound in publishers' cloth with printed labelThe Baltic. Wyld (James), Wyld's Map of the Baltic or East Sea including the Gulf of Finland and surrounding countries embracing the present seat of war, London: James Wyld, 1854, lithographic map with contemporary hand-colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset of environs of St Petersburg and Russian territorial advances in Scandinavia, 510 x 700 mm, bound in publishers' cloth giltSwitzerland. Keller (Henry), Panorama prise au Sommet du Mont Rigi..., Zurich: Fuesseli & Co., 1820, folding engraved panoramic map with contemporary hand-colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 950 x 190mm, bound into publishers' gilt cloth boards, together with:Dheulland (Guillaume). Carte Nouvelle de Duché de Brabant et partie de la Holland, Paris, 1744, title with index map plus 24 engraved maps, all with contemporary hand colouring, plate numbers in manuscript to upper right margins, small area of abrasion to title, very light spotting throughout, 19th-century quarter calf over modern marbled boards, morocco title label to spine with crude repair, joints cracked, folio QTY: (7)
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Edwards (Lionel, illustrator). "More Shires & Provinces" by "Sabretache" [Albert Stewart Barrow], London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928, 16 colour plates, occasional light spotting, lower edges of blank flyleaves with light insect damage, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, slight discolouration to covers, else a bright copy, large 4to (limited edition 23/200 signed by artist and author), together with:Johnson Payne (Charles, pseud. Snaffles). 'Osses and Obstacles, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1935, numerous monochrome plates and vignettes throughout, all edges gilt, later terracotta brown half morocco by Bayntun-Riviere of Bath, 4to,Johnson Payne (Charles, pseud. Snaffles). 'Osses and Obstacles, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1935, numerous monochrome plates and vignettes throughout, original cloth in dust jacket (with few minor damp-stains to dust jacket), 4to, plus Red Letter Days by M. J. Farrell and Snaffles, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1933, colour frontispiece and plates, monochrome illustrations, occasional light finger-soiling, original red cloth, extremities rubbed, 4toQTY: (4)
Morris (Francis Orpen). A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 volumes, 3rd edition, London: George Bell and Sons, 1892, 251 chromolithograph plates, some light spotting, title printed in red & black, advertisement leaves tipped-in after pastedown to volume 1, contemporary ownership ticket to front pastedown, original cloth gilt in bright condition, a few small marks, 4to, together with:A History of British Butterflies, London: John C. Nimmo, 1893, 79 hand-coloured lithograph plates plus 2 pages of black & white illustrations, title in red & black, light spotting in areas, contemporary ownership inscription of Sidney Joicey of Longhurst to half-title, advertisement leaves tipped-in after pastedown, original green cloth gilt, head and foot of spine a little rubbed, corners bumped, 4toA Natural History of British Moths, 4 volumes, London: George Bell and Sons, 1872, 132 (only) hand-coloured lithograph plates, titles printed in red & black, occasional light spotting, text block cracked in a few places, original green cloth gilt, spines a little faded and bumped at head and foot, joints rubbed, a few minor marks to boards, 8vo QTY: (8)
Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly Printed. To that which was done in the former impression, thus much is now added. 1 In the life of Chaucer many things inserted. 2 The whole worke by old copies reformed. 3 Sentences and proverbes noted. 4 The signification of the old and obscure words prooved: also caracters shewing from what tongue or dialect they be derived. 5 The Latine and French, not Englished by Chaucer, translated. 6 The treatise called Jacke Upland, against Friers: and Chaucers A.B.C. called La Priere de nostre Dame, at this impression added, London: Adam Islip, 1602, title with architectural woodcut border, early ownership signature H. Benson and upper margin with scribbled out ownership, engraved portrait plate of the author by John Speed bearing early ownership signature H. Benson to lower margin, black letter text mostly in double column, woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, large woodcut armorial to divisional title, woodcut of Knight to B1, errata leaf at rear, lacking initial blank, third leaf of dedication with small hole and consequent loss of a couple of letters of text, repaired closed tear to final leaf of dedication, minor light damp-stain to few leaves at front and rear (mostly marginal), later front free endpaper, armorial bookplate of Knightly Rainald of Fawsley to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, red morocco title label to spine, joints cracked and wear to head and foot of spine, extremities rubbed, folio (33 x 21.7 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S107210; Pforzheimer 178; STC 5080.The seventh edition 'was considerably revised mainly with the aid of Francis Thynne. It is the earliest in which thorough punctuation was attempted, and in many other ways it is a distinct improvement upon Speght's first edition. Two hiterto unprinted pieces are inserted, one non-Chaucerian' (Pforzheimer).
Brontë (Charlotte). Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and Her Sisters, 7 volumes, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1884-87, engraved frontispieces & title pages, some light spotting marginal toning, top edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated red half morocco bound by Bayntun in bright condition, some very minor rubbing to head of the spine of volume 1, 8vo QTY: (7)
Woolf (Leonard). Autobiography of Leonard Woolf, 5 volumes, mixed edition, London: THe Hogarth Press, 1961-73, monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Hill (M. F.), Permanent Way, the story of the Kenya and Uganda Railway, 2 volumes, volume 1 2nd edition, volume 2 1st edition, Kenya: East African Railways and Harbours, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, some minor rubbing to the head of the foot of the spines, small tear to the head of volume 2 front cover, 4to, plusSennett (Richard & Henry J. Oram), The Marine Steam Engine, a treatise for engineering students..., 5th edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900, numerous monochrome illustrations, prize bookplate to the front pastedown, some light toning & minor spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern history, transport reference & biography, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
* Attributed to Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). Christian guided by Goodwill, from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (after a design by Thurston), circa 1806, original wood engraved boxwood printing block showing Christian carrying his burden, receiving guidance from Goodwill, who holds an unfurled scroll in his hand, and gestures towards shafts of light bursting through clouds behind them, later (probably late 19th or early 20th century) handwritten label to side 'T Bewick Thurston Bunyan Pilgrim Poole...'surface size 77 x 104 mm, together with Nativity Scene, original wood engraved boxwood printing block showing the interior of a stable with the Holy Family, a star shining through an open doorway, remains of handwritten label to side (not legible), surface size 80 x 50 mm, each with an impression taken from the block printed on modern good quality handmade paperQTY: (2)NOTE:The first work probably executed for the 1806 edition of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress published by J. Poole of Taunton; for B. Crosby & Co., London.
Folio Society. The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, London, 2008, illustrated by Harry Brockway, The Outsider, by Albert Camus, 2011, Birdsong, by Sebastian Faulks, 2008, some light marks, covers & spine slightly marked, Count Belisarius, by Robert Graves, 2010, The Floating Admiral, by Certain Members of the Detection Club, 2016, together with 59 further Folio Society publications, all fiction, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (64)
Concanen (Edward). A New Matrimonial Ladder, London: Ackermann & Co, circa 1840, 20 hand-coloured engraved plates by Charles Hunt after Onwhyn, many leaves loose, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, cloth to lower joint split, some staining and marks, 4toQTY: (1)
Alderson (E. A. H.). With the Mounted Infantry and the Mashonaland Field Force 1896, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1898, 10 monochrome illustrations & maps, front gutter cracked, some light toning & spotting, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine very lightly rubbed, 8vo, together withBaden-Powell (R. S. S.), The Matabele Campaign 1896, 2nd edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1897, approximately 100 monochrome illustrations, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning throughout, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine rubbed, rear hinge split to the head of the spine, 8vo, plusMansfield (Charlotte), Via Rhodesia, 1st edition, London: Stanley Paul & Co., 1910, numerous monochrome illustrations, front & rear gutters cracked, period inscription to the head of the front endpaper, some light toning, original blue cloth with illustration to the front board, slightly rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, and other late 19th Century & modern Rhodesia reference & related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)
Tizard (Thomas Henry). The Yangtse Kiang Pilot. Containing a Description of, and Sailing Directions for the Yangtse Kiang, from the Wusung River to its highest navigable point, including the Han Kiang, the Kialing Kiang, and the Min Kiang, 1st edition, London: printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1914, folding charts and diagrams, monochrome illustrations, occasional light spotting, original limp cloth, spine a little toned with small splits to joints, light dust-soiling, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Ethel A. Tizard (daughter of the author), her signature at head of first leaf. Thomas Henry Tizard (1839-1924), oceanographer and hydrographic surveyor, served on board HMS Challenger between 1872 and 1876, and authored several of the Challenger Reports.
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J. M. Barrie, 2nd edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907, 50 colour tipped-in plates, a couple of lower corners of paper sheets excised, presentation inscription to half-title, 1923, hinges splitting, original cloth gilt, joints splitting, some wear at spine ends, a few small stains, 4to, together with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, London: George C, Harrap, 1928, 8 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, occasional light spotting, presentation inscription, 1944 at front, top edge gilt, a little rubbed with small ink stain to upper cover, 4to QTY: (2)
Post Office Directory Australia. The Official Post Office Directory and Gazetteer of Victoria (Australia), containing the names, residences, and occupations of the inhabitants of the post towns of the Colony, together with a list of trades and professions in Melbourne and suburbs, arranged alphabetically, with cross references 1871-2, Melbourne: F. F. Bailliere, [1872], advertisements front and rear, lacking map called for, some light toning, original cloth gilt, spine faded with tears at ends, large 8vo, together with The Official Post Office Directory of Victoria (Australia), containing an alphabetical arrangement of the names, residences and occupations of the inhabitants of every post town in the Colony including Melbourne and suburbs, [1880], folding map (with tears and ink stamp to verso), advertisements, ink stamps to title, original cloth gilt, spine faded, upper joint splitting, large 8vo, together with 8 others, directories etc including Victoria Post Office Directory for 1884-1885, New South Wales Post Office Directory 1886-1887, The Australian Federal Directory of Commerce, Trades and Professions [1888-1889], Wise & Co's New Zealand Directory for 1880-1881, The New Zealand Post Office Directory (Wise & Co's) for 1883-4, The Canada Directory for 1857-58, and The Canadian Dominion Directory for 1871, in variable condition (spines defective, covers detached etc) QTY: (10)NOTE:Sold with all faults not subject to return.
Belcari (Fea). La Vita del Beato Giovanni da Siena, fondatore dell' Ordine di Poveri Giesuati, composta per Fea Belcari, e da lui dedicata al Magnifico Giovanni di Cosimo de Medici. Et inoltre, un'opera, nella quale si contiene parte della vita d'alcuni servi di Giesu Cristo e quali furono nella Compagnia di detti Poveri Giesuati, Siena: Calisto Francesco di Simione Bindi, 27 October 1541, 90 unnumbered leaves, A-K8, L10, title within decorative woodcut border, two large woodcut initials (to A1 and A2 versos), and small woodcut illustration to A2 recto, occasional marks and small ink stains, light marginal water stains (mainly to margins), later plain limp vellum, small 4to (binding measures 21 x 14.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Brunet I,738; Sander 857; Gamba 101: "Il testo e di maggior integrita di quello che si ha nella seguente edizione romana".First Sienese edition printed in the vernacular of the life of Saint Giovanni Colombini of Siena, a prosperous merchant and senator of the city, who abandoned his business affairs for a life of apostolic poverty, service and sermonising. Written between 1448 and 1449, the Vita del Beato Giovanni Colombini was first printed in 1477.
Aesop's Fables. The Fox and the Goat, late 18th-century, original woodcut printing block carved on boxwood, showing a wolf leaning over a well, looking down at a goat attempting to get out, a group of houses and hills in the background, some light paper residue to printable surface, surface size 38 x 50 mm, with an impression taken from the block on modern good quality handmade paper QTY: (1)
Aiken (J.). A Description of the Country from Thirty to Forty miles round Manchester, 1st edition, London: printed for John Stockdale, 1795, 73 etched plates & maps, 2 folding maps to the rear with small repairs, light water damage to the head of the front endpaper through to B1, gutters cracked, some light toning & offsetting, contemporary full calf, boards & spines rubbed with some loss, folio, together with:Leech (Bosdin), History of the Manchester Ship Canal from its inception to its completion, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Manchester: Sherratt & Hughes, 1907, monochrome plates & maps, 6 folding maps to the rear pockets, front gutters cracked, some light toning & minor spotting, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated black cloth, boards & spines lightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, plusProcter (Richard Wright), Memorials of Manchester Streets, 1st edition, Manchester: Thomas Sutcliffe, 1874, monochrome plates, period inscription to the head of the half-title, some light toning & spotting, gutters cracked, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine slightly loose & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other Manchester reference & related, including Manchester Old and New, 3 volumes, by William Arthur Shaw, London: Cassell and Company, circa 1894, original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, folio, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, 8vo/folioQTY: (28)
Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the River Thames, from its Source in Gloucestershire to the Nore: with observations on the public buildings and other works of art, 2 volumes, London: T. & G. Egerton, 1792, additional decorative aquatint titles, 2 uncoloured maps and 52 aquatint plates, all with contemporary hand-colouring, errata sheets at the rear of both volumes, occasional offsetting and light spotting, contemporary gilt diced calf, skillfully rebacked but retaining original gilt decorated spines, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Abbey, Scenery 430. Scarce with contemporary colouring.
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[Egerton, Michael]. Matrimonial Ladder; or, such things are. A gift for all seasons, drawn by M. E. Esq, 1st edition, London: Thomas McLean, 1825, hand-coloured engraved title, hand-coloured full-page subtitle, 19 hand-coloured plates (of 21), each with tissue-guard, armorial bookplate of the Marquis of Donegall to front pastedown, light spotting and offsetting, original brown morocco-backed paper-covered boards, printed title label to upper cover, backstrip deficient, covers loose, marked and worn, small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Life 292; Colas 939.
Brees (Samuel Charles). Railway Practice: A collection of working plans and practical details of construction in the public of the most celebrated engineers: comprising roads, tramroads, and railroads....etc., 4 volumes, series 1-4, London: John Williams and Co., 1847, 279 engraved plates (including double-page and folding), some damp-staining and spotting to few plates, occasional light dust-soiling, volumes 1 and 3 in original cloth (vol. 1 rebacked preserving remnants of original spine), volumes 2 and 4 in modern cloth, 4to (Ottley 2554), together with:Clarke (William, publisher). Recreations in Natural History: Or, Popular Sketches of British Quadrupeds, London, 1815, 24 engraved plates and numerous wood-engraved vignettes, some light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red straight-grain morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo,Skene (James Henry). The Danubian Principalities, the Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1854, half-titles, folding engraved map frontispiece to volume 1 and engraved frontispiece to volume 2, some spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, upper board of volume 2 detached, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous books, plus a selection of volumes containing mounted cigarette cards of 19th-20th century military and navy costume (mostly German), etc.QTY: (2 cartons)
Warde (Frederic). Printers Ornaments applied to the composition of decorative borders, panels and patterns, London: Lanston Monotype Corporation Ltd., 1928, 114 pp., including full-page colour printed samples, original red cloth gilt, 4to, together withJohnson (A. F.). Decorative Initial Letters collected and arranged with an introduction, London: Cresset Press, 1931, numerous monochrome illustrations (including some printed in red, top edge gilt, original dark blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some light surface marks, plusMaclean (Ruari). Victorian Publisher's Book-Bindings in Paper, 1st edition, London: Gordan Fraser, 1983, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, original dark blue cloth-backed pictorial boards in printed glassine dustwrapper, 4to, and others on printing, typography and book design, literature, etc., mostly 20th century publications, mainly 4to/8voQTY: (5 shelves)
Wodehouse (P. G.) William Tell Told Again, 1st edition 1st issue, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904, 15 colour plates by Philip Dadd, 2 plates detached, some light spotting, 2 pp. advertisement and additional 12 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, 1st issue pictorial binding, lettered in gilt to upper cover and spine, spine toned and rubbed at ends, a few small stains, small 4to (McIlvaine A5a), together with Lewis (Wyndham). The Childremass Section 1, 1st edition, London: Chatto and Windus, 1928, occasional light spotting, printed author's compliment slip tipped-in, original cloth (slight dust-soiling to spine), dust jacket, a little spotted, 8vo, plus Thomas (R. S.) Collected Poems 1945-1991, limited edition, London: J. M. Dent, 1993, original cloth, slipcase, 8vo, limited signed edition 207/250, together with others including Nervous Times. An Address given at the Savoy Hotel at the Annual Dinner of the Anglo-Israel Association on 10 November 1997 by John Le Carre, limited signed edition 15/250, Continual Dew, by John Betjeman, 1st edition, 1937, The Airconditioned Nightmare, by Henry Miller, 1st UK edition, 1947, and Entertaining A la Carte. Edward Bawden and Fortnum & Mason, Mainstone Press, 2007 (limited edition 178/1000)QTY: (44)
Stevenson (Robert Louis). The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, 28 volumes, Edinburgh Edition, Edinburgh: Longmans Green and Co., 1894, monochrome illustrations, top edges gilt, original uniform red cloth with slightly toned paper spine labels, 8vo, limited edition 519/1035, together with:Rackham (Arthur), Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1913, 43 tipped-in colour plates with paper guards, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting, original gilt decorated grey cloth, spine partially detached, boards & spine rubbed with some marks & minor loss, large 8vo, plusIngoldsby (Thomas), The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels, 3 volumes, 88th edition, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1894, monochrome illustrations, some marginal toning & spotting, original uniform gilt decorated & embossed blue cloth, boards lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th Century to modern fiction & illustrated literature, including works by Edmund Dulac, W. Heath Robinson, Rudyard Kipling, Charles Dickens, Folio Society, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo QTY: (6 shelves)
Paget (John). Hungary and Transylvania; with some remarks on their condition, social, political and economical, 2 volumes, new edition, London: John Murray, 1850, half-titles, double-page hand-coloured engraved map, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary previous owner signature to titles, minor spotting front and rear, contemporary half calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with [Wilkey, Edward]. Notes of a Ramble through France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland and Belgium; and of a visit to the scenes of "The Lady of the Lake", by a Lover of the Picturesque, 1st edition, London: Hamiton, Adams and Co., 1836, some light spotting and toning, previous owner inscriptions at front, contemporary half calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with others including Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education, by Hanah More, 2 volumes in one, 9th edition, 1801, Letters to Young Shooters on the choice and use of a gun, by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, 3 volumes, mixed editions, 1896-1902 and others leather-bound, prize bindings etc QTY: (33)
Seneca (Lucius Annaeus). Tragoediae; Post omnes omnium editiones recensionesque editio tertia auctior & emendatior opera & studio Thomae Farnabii, London: Felix Kyngston, 1634, title with woodcut device, stitching breaking, a few leaves detaching, occasional underlining and scoring, occasional light toning and small stains, previous owner inscription of Gavin Mitchell, 1768 to title, another signature erased, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, head of spine repaired, spine rubbed, 87vo, together with Plautus (Titus Maccius). Comoediae quae supersunt, 3 volumes, Paris: J. Barbou, 1759, half-titles, engraved frontispieces, all edges gilt, contemporary mottled calf gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Siddons (Henry). Practical Illustrations of Rhetorical Gesture and Action, adapted to the English drama. From a work on the same subject by M. Engel, 1st edition, London: printed for Richard Phillips, 1807, 66 engraved plates, plates list at end torn with loss (repaired), occasional light spotting, library blind stamp to head of title, bookplate, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked with most of original spine relaid, a few small stains and cracks to covers, 8vo, with others, theatre-related etc including A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage: together with the sense of antiquity upon this argument, by Jeremy Collier, 4th edition, 1699, The Life of David Garrick, by Arthur Murphy, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1801, Memoirs of George Fred. Cooke, Esq., by William Dunlap, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1813, Plays of William Shakespeare, from the correct edition of Isaac Reed, 12 volumes, 1809, and The Pocket Volume Shakespeare, 12 volumes, George Bell and Sons, 1894 (contained in original cloth box) QTY: (53)
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