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Click here to subscribeNO RESERVE Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) The Holy Grail And Other Poems, contemporary ownership inscription and light foxing to front free endpapers, original decorative morocco, g.e., 1870 § Rossetti (Christina G.) Poems, frontispiece and plates, bookplate to pastedown, endpapers browned with some light spotting, tissue-guard offset to title, original cloth, gilt, 1890; and c.130 others, poetry, v.s. (c.135)
Cookery.- Gouffé (Jules) The Royal Book of Pastry and Confectionery (Le Livre de Patisserie), first edition in English, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece (loose) and 9 plates, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, some gatherings working loose, occasional spotting or mostly light staining, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rather worn, but holding, Sampson Low, 1874 § "Aunt Chloe". One hundred and one methods of cooking poultry, with hints on selection, trussing, and carving, half-title, advertisements, bookplate of Sir Cloudesley Shovell, original pictorial wrappers, spine little worn and repaired, spotted, lightly browned, 1888; and c.45 others, Cookery, v.s. (c.47)
NO RESERVE Siege of Paris (1870-1871).- Restaurant Noel-Peters. Menu du Diner du 1 Janvier 1871, 3pp., printed, pasted down to blank leaf, light off-setting, slight creasing, Paris, [1871].⁂ The meat options on the menu include 'fillet of elephant' and 'haunch of she-bear' bearing testimony to the consumption of the city's zoo animals late in the Siege, most notably the popular elephant pair Castor and Pollux.
Palmer (Samuel).- Vergilius Maro (Publius) The Eclogues of Virgil. An English Version, half title and title in red and black, 14 plates including 5 original etchings by Samuel Palmer, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, occasional light offsetting and finger soiling, original pictorial cloth, covers detached and lacking backstrip, some staining to upper cover, extremities worn, folio,1883.⁂ Inscription reads 'Frederick Thrupp his book the gift of George Richmond, Nov. 1883'. It is possible that these are Frederick Thrupp (1812-1895) the contemporaneously renowned sculptor - whose public commissions include statues for the House of Lords, Mansion House and of William Wordsworth in Westminster Abbey - and George Richmond (1809-1896) - the society portrait painter and member of The Ancients.
NO RESERVE Douglas (Lord Alfred).- Custance (Olive) Opals, first edition, half-title, 20pp. publisher's advertisements at end, occasional light spotting, endpapers browned, original boards, original printed label to spine, spine darkened, lightly soiled, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1897; and another, Oscar Wilde, 8vo (2)⁂ Custance was Lady Alfred Douglas. This is her debut collection, preceding her marriage to Lord Alfred Douglas. From the collection of Lord Berners at Faringdon House (without ownership mark), to whom she refers as 'Cousin' in her 'The Blue Bird'.
Cookery.- Mary (Aunt) Plain Fish Cookery, occasional spotting, original pictorial wrappers, spotted and lightly browned, rubbed, William Collins, n.d. [c.1900] § Lady (A) My receipt book : a treasury of more than six hundred receipts in cooking and preserving, second edition, some spotting and light staining, lightly browned, original cloth, gilt, some staining, rubbed, n.d. [c.1890]; and a small quantity of others, 19th & 20th century Cookery, some pamphlets, v.s. (Sm.Qty.)
Eliot (George) Silas Marner, t.e.g., 1905 § Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) "Lewis Carroll" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, [c.1910] § Wood (Rev. J. G) The Boy's Own Book of Natural History, hinges cracked, 1898 § Alcott (Louisa M.) Eight Cousins, 1895, plates and illustrations, ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, some light spotting and browning to margins, original pictorial cloth or gilt, corners bumped; and c.150 others similar, pictorial cloth, 8vo (c.150)
Bindings.- Byron (George Anson, Lord) The Poetical Works, contemporary blue morocco, covers panelled with floral corner motifs in gilt, 1907 § Bray (William) Memoirs Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, ink ownership name to title, contemporary calf, a little scuffed, 1870 § Moore (Thomas) Lalla Rookh, illustrations, some light offsetting, contemporary green half morocco, some scuff marks, 1885, spines brightly gilt in compartments; and 7 others, bindings, folio et infra (10)
Churchill (Winston S.) The Second World War, 6 vol., first editions, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, light staining to foredges, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1948-54; A History of the English Speaking Peoples, 4 vol., first edition, maps, related clippings pasted to endpapers, previous owner's ink inscriptions, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1956-58 § Thomson (Malcolm) Churchill His Life and Times, 1965 § Churchill (Winston S.) Painting as a Pastime, 1962 § Heath (F.W., arranged) A Churchill Anthology, 1962; plates and illustrations, uniformly bound in red roan, black spine labels, gilt; and others, all on or by Churchill, 8vo & 4to (c.80)
Binding.- Johnson (Edward Gilpin) Sir Joshua Reynolds's Discourses, number 5 of 100 large paper edition copies, plates, frontispiece detached, contemporary crushed blue morocco with gilt pictorial palette to upper cover, spine gilt with raised 5 raised bands, inner dentelles, gilt, white leather doublures, very light scuffing to joints but overall a very attractive copy, uncut, t.e.g., 4to, Chicago, A. C. McClurg and Co., 1891.
Spiritualism.- Seymour (John D.) Irish Witchcraft and Demonology, first edition, manuscript recipes in contemporary hand loosely inserted, endpapers browned, light spotting to first few pp., original cloth, gilt, a very handsome copy, 1913 § Summers (Montague) The Vampire: His Kith and Kin, first English edition, plates, some light spotting, half-title foxed, ex-library blind-stamps, original cloth, spine and covers lightly faded, 1928; and 2 other works on spiritualism, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Brangwyn (Frank).- Phillpotts (Eden) The Girl and the Faun, number 139 of 350 copies signed by artist and author, half-title, tipped-in colour frontispiece, 3 colour plates and illustrations by Frank Brangwyn, tissue-guards, previous owner's ink inscription, original vellum-backed boards, light spotting to spine as usual, slipcase, a little rubbed, 4to, 1916.
NO RESERVE Moncrieff (Charles Scott) The Song of Roland, first edition of this translation, presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, previous ownership inscription also to endpaper, light browning to endpaper and spotting to first few pages, original cloth, paper label to spine a little chipped and browned, spine faded and ends bumped, 8vo, 1919.
Military.- Cumming (Hanway R.) A Brigadier in France, first edition, half-title, lithograph portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, 9 maps, library stamp to front endpaper, occasional very light foxing, original cloth, manuscript number to spine, 1922 § Ferrar (Major M. L., editor) The Diary of Colour-Serjeant George Calladine, first edition, original cloth, discoloured, 1922 § Kemble (James) St Helena. During Napoleon's Exile, first edition, 3 black and white plates, original cloth, 1969 § Caldwell (George) and Robert Cooper, signed by author on title, one of 1000 copies, black and white illustrations, original leather, 1994; and 24 others relating to military history and warfare, mainly first editions, 8vo, (28)
Shakespeare (William) The Tragedie of Cymbeline, number 28 of 106 signed copies by the editor and illustrator to title verso, plates and illustrations, light scattered spotting to pastedown and endpapers, original vellum by Zaehnsdorf, gilt, t.e.g., some scuff marks and discolouration, corners bumped, 1923 § Hinman (Charlton) The First Folio of Shakespeare, second edition, original cloth, slip-case, 1996; and 50 others, by or relating to Shakespeare, v.s. (52)
Austen (Jane) The Novels, 10 vol., introduction and notes by R. Brimley Johnson, colour plates, occasional light spotting, some half-titles and titles lightly foxed, vol. 3 inner and lower marginal damp-staining, blue half leather, gilt spines, slightly faded, corners lightly scuffed, vol. 3 covers damp-stained, t.e.g., others uncut, 8vo, 1925.
Binding.- Masson (Frederic) Joséphine, Impératrice et Reine, original printed wrapper bound in at front, frontispiece and plates, captioned tissue-guards, bookplate to pastedown, one gathering detached, contemporary green morocco, gilt with Napoleonic shield and ornate border, spine gilt in 5 compartments, inner dentelles, very light discolouring to spine ends, else a very attractive copy, 4to, Paris, Goupil, 1899.
NO RESERVE Beckett (Samuel) As No Other Dare Fail, number 26 of an edition limited to 50, black and white photographic illustrations, morocco-backed cloth, g.e., presentation slip case, 1986 § Thiébaud (Jules) Bibliographie des Ouvrages Français sur la Chasse, title in red and black, black and white illustrations, occasional light spotting, original printed wrappers, detached, many pages unopened, uncut, 1934 § Blakey (Dorothy) The Minerva Press, plain plates, original cloth-backed boards, slightly toned, many pages unopened, uncut, 1939 § Schmoller (Hans, editor) The Officina Bodoni, illustrations, original cloth, presentation slipcase, extremities slightly scuffed, 1980; and c.95 others, bibliography and literature, v.s. (c.100)
NO RESERVE Vidal (Gore) Palimpsest: A Memoir, small marks to dust-jacket rear, 1995 § Gilmore (Maeve) Peake's Progress, 2011 § Bradham Thornton (Margaret) Tennessee Williams Notebooks, 2006 § Bucknell (Katherine) Christopher Isherwood Lost Years, very light marginal toning, dust-jacket extremities bumped, 1996, all but last with illustrations, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets; and c.165 others, modern literature, v.s. (c.165)
Gustave (Doré).- Ollier (Edmund) Cassell's Doré Gallery, plates and illustrations after Doré, very occasional light foxing, later morocco-backed boards, a little scuffed, spine gilt, [?1890] § Doré (Gustave) The Legend of the Wandering Jew, title and 12 plates, wood-engravings, some spotting, corners lightly bent, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, corners and spine ends rubbed and bumped, [1857], folio (2)
NO RESERVE Lang (Andrew) The Arabian Nights Entertainments, g.e. 1898; The Invisible Prince and Other Stories, illustrations by H. J. Ford, light foxing to first few ff., 1909 § Jacobs (Joseph) Indian Fairy Tales, plates and illustrations by John D. Batten, some pages opened carelessly, 1892 § Stevenson (Robert Louis) A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrations by Charles Robinson, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, [1910]; frontispieces and illustrations, endpapers browned and spotted, some light spotting, original pictorial or decorative cloth, most gilt, lightly rubbed with corners bumped, some spines faded, and c.45 others, children's, v. s. (c.50)
NO RESERVE Calligraphic Manuscript.- Lamb (Charles) A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig, manuscript in English and Chinese, in red and black, on paper, 48pp., 11 hand-drawn and coloured illustrations, occasional very light finger soiling, hinges a little weak, modern calf-backed velum, lower joint torn at foot, 4to, [n.d.].
Newman (Isidora) Fairy Flowers, illustrations by Willy Pogany, modern pen mark to p.98, 1929 § De Vere Stacpoole (Henry) The Blue Lagoon, contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper, one tissue-guard torn, hinge weak, t.e.g., 1910 § Potter (Beatrix) The Roly-Poly Pudding, early edition, bookplate to endpaper, 1908, half-titles, plates and illustrations, occasional light spotting, original boards or cloth, some gilt, most rubbed and spines discoloured; and 25 others, children's literature, including a Victorian manuscript comic of 'Hookeybeak the Raven' from 1878, and an early English edition of The Struwwerlpeter, v. s. (28)
Strang (Herbert) The Big Book for Boys, ink ownership name to front free endpaper, occasional light foxing, 1929 § Kay (Anne) Girls of Deepdene, endpapers browned but a remarkably clean copy, 1937 § Brereton (Lt. Col. F. S.) Rough-Riders of the Pampas, first edition, prize bookplate to front free endpaper, 1919, illustrations,original pictorial cloth or boards, last two with jackets, lightly bumped and creased to extremities; and 2 others, similar, 8vo (5)⁂ First with rare original glassine dust-jacket.
Golden Hours Press.- Marlowe (Christopher) Doctor Faustus, illustrated by Blair Hughes-Staunton; The Rich Jew of Malta, illustrated by Eric Ravilious; Hero and Leander, illustrated by Lettice Sandford, each one of 200 copies, engraved illustrations, some very light off-setting, half-titles, errata slips, green cloth, slightly sunned, uncut, card slipcases, for the Golden Hours Press, 4to, 1932-33.
Watkins-Pitchford (Denys), "B.B". Wild Lone: the Story of a Pytchley Fox, first edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, spotting, slight chipping to top edge, 1938; Manka, the Sky Gypsy: the Story of a Wild Goose, first edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, light spotting, lightly sunned spine, slight chipping to top edge, 1939; Lord of the Forest, first edition, frontispiece and illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, lightly sunned spine, 1975; and 11 others by the same, 8vo (15)
NO RESERVE Flint (Sir William Russell) Breakfast in Périgord, one of 525 copies signed and numbered by the author, illustrations, original morocco-backed boards, light sunned spine, t.e.g., slip-case, a little faded, 1968 § Herrick (Robert) One Hundred and Eleven Poems, one of 550 copies, colour frontispiece and illustrations by Sir William Russell Flint, vellum-backed boards, gilt, slip-case, a little rubbed, Golden Cockerel Press, 1955; 4to (2)
Chinese ceramics.- Ayers (John) The Baur Collection, 4 vol., from a limited edition, numerous photographic plates, many colour, some folding, vol. 3 very occasional light spotting, vol. 2 upper hinge cracked, original cloth, dust-jackets, some light sunning and surface wear, heavier to vol. 3 also with adhesive remains upper panel, bumping to corners and chipped at spine head, vol. 2 spine head with very small chip, Geneva, 1968-74; and 3 others related, v.s. (4)⁂ Alfred Baur (1985-1951) donated his collection to the Baur Foundation shortly before he died. A life long collector, little was known of the breadth and quality of his collection until the present catalogues were published. The individual catalogues are as follows, Chinese Ceramics: 1 with Korean and Thai wares; 2 Ming porcelain, and other wares; 3 Monochrome-glazed porcelains of the Ch'ing dynasty and 4 Painted and polychrome porcelains of the Ch'ing dynasty.
NO RESERVE Gray (John) Action Art, spine toned with ends slightly bumped, 1993 § Foster (Stephen C.) The Critics of Abstract Expressionism, 1980 § Weisberg (Gabriel P.) and Elizabeth K. Menon. Art Nouveau, 1998 § Burnett (David) and Kenneth Lindley. Shimabara, number 45 of 45 copies signed by the author and illustrator, book-label of Margaret Winkelman to pastedown, very light soiling to boards, 1972, original boards or wrappers; and c.80 others, art, v.s. (c.80)
NO RESERVE Birds.- Smythies (Bertram E.) Birds of Burma, first edition, frontispiece and 30 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, folding map, some plates trimmed not affecting image, contemporary calf, light rubbing, short crack to upper joint, spine faded with light spots, 8vo, Rangoon, 1940.
Hudson (John) The Florist's Companion, half title, 11 engraved vignettes by Thomas Bewick, title verso and 3 other pages lightly soiled, damp-staining and browning, nineteenth-century red morocco, gilt, spine sunned, covers a little warped with some light surface soiling, extremities scuffed, Newcastle upon Tyne, [1794].
NO RESERVE Sexually transmitted diseases.- Turner (Daniel) A discourse concerning gleets. Their cause and cure. With a prefatory account of Professor Boerhaave's new comments on the venereal disease, first edition, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, spine ends and corners worn, joint splitting, but holding firm, Printed for John Clarke, 1729 § Hill (John) A review of the works of the Royal Society of London; containing animadversions on such of the papers as deserve particular observation, first edition, wormhole turning into small trace by end to lower margins, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary calf, gilt, rather worn, but holding firm, printed for R. Griffiths, 1751; and 3 others, 19th century Medicine, 8vo (5)⁂ The second part of the book is Turner's first blast in the pamphlet war between him and James Blondel.
Manutius (Paulus, editor).- Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Epistolae ad Marcum Iunium Brutum et ad Quintum Ciceronem fratrem, woodcut printer's device to title, G5 and N2 with ink annotations in Latin, bookplate to front pastedown, 1G and 1I with paper restorations to lower fore-edge corners (browned), N8 small marginal tear not affecting text, some marginal browning, occasional light foxing or soiling, early vellum with red morocco label to spine, some toning and soiling, 8vo, Venice, Aldus [Paulus Manutius], 1562.
Psalms, English.- [The Psalmes of David], collation: A-K⁸, lacking title, D⁵, F¹ & F⁴, title supplied in 19th century manuscript hand, some early or contemporary hand-colouring to initials, other in later hand, endpapers renewed, some browning and light staining, modern cloth, lightly marked, [STC 16332.2], folio, by Robert Barker, 1607.⁂ Extracted from the larger work, The booke of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.
Fuller (Thomas) The Historie of the Holy Warre, first edition, additional engraved title, engraved folding map, both with marginal tears and paper repairs to verso, small marginal tear and paper repair to front endpaper, occasional spotting and staining, light marginal browning, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, small worm damage upper cover, [STC 11464], 8vo, Cambridge, Thomas Buck, 1639.
Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of England, engraved portrait frontispiece, laid down to later sheet and reinforced with paper, 3 manuscript leaves (possibly C18th?) mounted on stub and inserted at 1B, ink annotations, 2A3 and 5B3 marginal defects with slight loss of text, several other ff. with marginal tears (some affecting text but no loss), bookplate, damp-staining, some spotting and soiling, later calf, rebacked with original spine partially laid down, extremities scuffed, [Wing F2440], 1662 § Cabala, Sive Scrinia Sacra, title in red and black, book label, paper repairs to first leaf, occasional spotting and light surface soiling, endpapers renewed, later calf, rebacked, lower cover detached, spine worn and beginning to split at head, [Wing C185], 1663 § Naunton (Robert) Fragmenta Regalia, ink ownership inscription to title, manuscript leaf tipped in, bookplate, vellum wrappers, [Wing N250], 1641; and X others, history and biography, mainly C17th and C18th, v.s. (X)
NO RESERVE Livius (Titus) The Roman History Written in Latine, engraved frontispiece, title vignette, 2 maps and a folding plate (detached), light damp-staining to margins, heavier to p.245, contemporary calf, worn with joints split but holding firm, [Wing L2615], folio, for Awnsham Churchill, 1686.
Kenyon (Lloyd, 1st Baron, Lord).- Burnet (Gilbert) An Essay on the Memory of the Late Queen, first edition, Lord Kenyon's copy with his dated ownership signature to front free endpaper, engraved portrait frontispiece, light damp-staining to top corner, contemporary calf, rather rubbed but binding holding strong, [Wing B5783], for Ric. Chiswell, 1695; and an 18th century work in contemporary vellum, 8vo (2)
Cardano (Girolamo) Proxeneta: seu de Prudentia civili, second edition, title within metalcut decorative border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, foxing and staining, contemporary vellum, lacking ties, spotted and soiled, Geneva, Paul Marceau, 1630 § Romanian imprint.- Franciscans.- Franchini (Giovanni) Antiquioritatis Franciscanae conventualibus adjudicatae Apologema. some worming at beginning and end within text, but with small loss, some mostly light foxing, lightly browned, 20th century half cloth, spine gilt, worn, Oradea [Romania]: Printers of the Csákiani Seminary for Michaëlem Becskereki, 1747; and another, 17th century French, v.s. (3)⁂ The first mentioned is the second edition of 'The Mediator, or Civic Prudence' by the Italian polymath Cardano.
Sidney (Algernon) Discourses Concerning Government, occasional soiling, mainly marginal, eighteenth century calf, extremities rubbed, joints worn and cracked but holding firm, [Wing S3761], 1698 § Harrington (James) The Oceana, and Other Works, title in red and black, engraved frontispiece (coming loose at head), 2 engraved plates, browning to frontispiece, title and final two leaves, occasional foxing, contemporary half-calf, upper cover detached, spine head and foot and lower joint rubbed, 1747 § North (Roger) The Life of the Right Honourable Francis North, engraved portrait frontispiece, bookplate to front pastedown, occasional light marginal soiling, contemporary calf, extremities rubbed, joints cracked but firm, 1742; and X others, historical and political, mainly C18th, v.s. (8)
British Newspapers.- British Journal (The), Numb XXXVIII, 1723; The London Evening-Post Numb. 613, 1731; The Old Whig: or, the Consistent Protestant, Numb. 144, 1737; Owen's Weekly Chronicle; and Westminster Journal, Vol. VIII No. 358, 1765; The General Evening Post, Number 11,574, 1806; Bell's Weekly Messenger. No 593, 1807, together 16 newspapers, light spotting, folds, one or two short tears, occasional pencil marks, slight creasing and chipping to edges, v.s. (16).⁂ Including mentions of: the funeral of Queen Caroline of Ansbach, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; Philadelphia being ceded to the Spanish by the French; the first aerial trip over Paris; and various articles on the Napoleonic Wars and the Duke of Wellington.
Hooker (Richard) The Works, title in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved additional title, bookplate to front pastedown, 1I small marginal tear, occasional light soiling, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, worn, for John Walthoe et al., 1723 § Fuller (Thomas) The Church History of Britain, 5 engraved plates (1 double-page, 1 folding with small marginal tear, 2 coming loose from stubs), ink ownership inscription to title, book-label to front pastedown, 2B3 small hole with slight text loss, a few leaves with marginal defects no text loss, damp-staining, some soiling and marginal browning, vellum manuscript stubs at endpapers, lacking front endpaper, contemporary calf, spine and joints worn, spine foot chipped, for John Williams, 1655 § Lawd (William) and [John] Fisher SJ, A Relation of the Conference, woodcut head-pieces and initials, marginal stain to ß1-4, some damp-staining and marginal browning, later calf with red morocco label, rubbed, by Richard Badger, 1639; and X others similar, v.s. (8)
[Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, vol.1 only (of 2), 2 parts in 1, first edition, Teerink's 'B' edition, engraved frontispiece in second state with vertical chain-lines, 2 engraved plates, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, some light foxing or browning, faint contemporary ink signature "?Ed. Wyatt 1727" to front free endpaper, modern calf preserving old calf lower board (rubbed), spine ruled in gilt, for Benj. Motte, 1726 § Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World...Vol.III, 2 parts in 1, first edition of the spurious third volume, half-title, with pp.112-120 in part 1 misnumbered "110-118", lacking engraved frontispiece but with engraved plate and engraved map from vol.2 of the genuine work (plates V & VI) bound in, occasional browning, a few stains, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and red morocco label, 1727; and a rather foxed and stained copy of Teerink's AA first edition of vol.1 with second state frontispiece, [Teerink 291, 292, & 290; Rothschild 2108], 8vo (3)⁂ The second item is the famous pirated work containing 'A Second Voyage to Brobdingnag', 'A Voyage to Sporunda' (both imitations), and 'A Voyage to Sevarambia, &c.' taken from an earlier work by Denis de Veiras of 1675-9.
Scottish neo-Latin poetry.- Johnston (Arthur, editor) Delitiae poetarum Scotorum hujus aevi illustrium, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, titles with woodcut printer's device, vol.1 with addition f. '2A6', occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned throughout, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, lightly stained and marked, Amsterdam, Johann Blaeu, 1637; and an Elzevier edition of John Barclay, 1630, 12mo (2)⁂ 'a collection to grace any nation' (Samuel Johnson). The work is dedicated by the poet and physician Johnston to Sir John Scot, of Scotstarvit, whose own verse is included.
Hume (David) The History of Great Britain, 2 vol., first edition, some light browning, endpapers defective, early ink annotations to rear pastedowns, contemporary calf, spines gilt, vol.1 spine label chipped, joints cracked, vol. 2 upper joint partially broken, covers scuffed, extremities worn, 4to, 1754-57.
Boxing & poisoned arrows.- Farrago. Containing essays, moral, philosophical, political, and historical: on Shakespeare, truth, boxing, kings, Kings, Religion, Commerce, Governments..., 2 vol., some spotting and light staining, contemporary calf, vol.1 covers detached, vol. 2 lacking upper cover and spine label, both vol. worn, 8vo, Tewkesbury, Printed and sold by Dyde and Son, 1792.⁂ Rare in commerce. Includes 'Of boxing' and 'Of the use of poisoned arrows by the people of both hemispheres'. With a charming engraved bookplate for T.H. Wheeler, bookseller, stationer, bookbinder and printer.
Pennant (Thomas) The literary life of the late Thomas Pennant, Esq. By himself, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Gainsborough and 3 plates, one folding and hand-coloured, some marginal foxing to plates, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, preserving original richly gilt backstrip in compartments and with red and green morocco labels, corners worn, rubbed, Sold by Benjamin and John White, 1793 § Ryley (Terence) A new a bridgment of the rules of French prosodia, according to bussier's observations, title lightly soiled and detaching, lightly browned, disbound, rare, no printer, 1756 § Provincially-printed.- Goldsmith (Oliver) The poetical works, occasional spotting or light staining, contemporary half calf ?by J. Ackland of Bristol (ticket), spine gilt and with burgundy leather label, rare, Cheltenham, S. Harward, 1798; and 10 others, 18th century English Literature, v.s. (13)
Plinius Secundus (Gaius) Historiæ Naturalis Libri XXXVII, 2 vol. in 3, edited by Jean Hardouin, 1 folding engraved map, 11 engraved plates of coins, engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, small marginal rust hole (4X1, vol. 1), small holes affecting text (7O1 & 8N1, vol. 2), previous owner's ink inscription, contemporary vellum, titles to spines in manuscript, light soiling, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio, Paris, Antonii-Urbani Coustelier, 1723.
Trevor Grimshaw (British 1947-2001) Cityscape, signed and dated '74, gouache.9cm x 14.5cm (3.5in x 5.75in)Footnote:Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.Condition report:The painting is in good, original condition. There are some light surface marks and dirt across the surface of the painting. The painting is unframed.
Anni Corbett (20th/21st century) "Macclesfield Rooftops", signed, dated 'May 1978' and numbered 3/3 in pencil in the margin, etching.plate size 45cm x 63cm (17.75in x 24.75in)Footnote:Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.Condition report:The print is in good, original condition. There is some very light time staining and yellowing across the sheet and some minor spots of foxing. The print is framed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
James Longueville P.S., R.B.S.A. (British 1942-) "Norfolk Beach", both signed, titled and dated 1983 on artist's labels verso, oil on board.each 14cm x 19cm (5.5in x 7.5in)Qty: 2Condition report:The paintings are both in good, original condition. The surfaces of both the paintings and frames are stained by nicotine and would certainly benefit from a light clean. One of the paintings has some minor surface scuffs and scratches in the sky area. The paintings are both ornately framed but not glazed.
Caroline Bailey (British 1953-) Floral still life, signed, watercolour.71cm x 54cm (28in x 21.25in)Footnote:Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.Condition report:The painting is in good, original condition. The paper has yellowed universally and there is some light time staining and browning around the edges of the sheet running parallel to the mount board. There are some minor spots of foxing across the paper. The painting is ornately framed and glazed.
Trevor Grimshaw (British 1947-2001) "An Isolated Church" and two others, all signed and numbered in pencil in the margins, lithographs, together with a signed brochure "Stilled Life - The Passing of the Steam Locomotive", published 1977 and a 1975 Trevor Grimshaw calendar.various image sizes 17cm x 23cm (6.75in x 9in)Qty: 5Condition report:The prints are all in good, original condition. There is some light time staining and discolouration across the sheets and some minor spots of foxing. The brochure is in good, original condition. The top corner of some of the pages are folded over and there are some minor spots of foxing throughout. All the items are loose.
John L. Chapman (British 1946-) "Manchester Cathedral", signed, titled on artist's label verso, oil on board.49cm x 60.5cm (19.25in x 23.75in)Footnote:Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.Condition report:The painting is in very good, original condition. There is some fine vertical surface cracking across the painting. The surface of the painting is stained by nicotine and would certainly benefit from a light clean. The painting is ornately framed but not glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
Ian Grant (British 1904-1993) Self-portrait, unsigned, oil on canvas.75cm x 49.5cm (29.5in x 19.5in)Footnote:Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.Condition report:The painting is in good, restored condition. The painting has been re-lined. Under UV light there is evidence of cleaning and overpainting. The painting is ornately framed but not glazed.
Trevor Grimshaw (British 1947-2001) Northern cityscape, unsigned, oil on board.15cm x 14.5cm (6in x 5.75in)Footnote:Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.Condition report:The painting is in very good, original condition. The surface of the painting is dirty with dirt and grime across the surface and would benefit enormously from a light surface clean. There are some minor flecks of paint loss around the edges of the board and a minor split in the board from the lower left-hand edge. The painting is unframed.
Ian Grant (British 1904-1993) "Ben Assynt, Westeross", signed, titled on gallery label - 'R.L. Pointon, King Street Gallery, Knutsford' verso, watercolour and pencil.25cm x 36cm (9.75in x 14.25in)Footnote:Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.Condition report:The painting is in good, original condition with strong colours. There is some light time staining and browning around the edges of the paper near the mount board and some minor spots of foxing across the painting. The painting is framed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
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