Newton (Charles). A collection of 31 plates from A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae ..., London: Day & Son, [1862], 31 mostly tinted lithographed plates only, mostly antiquities and statues, with some half-page views, and including several uncoloured lithographed plans, from the total of 97 plates issued between 1862-1863, comprising plates: II, VI, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV, XV, XXX, XXXII, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIV, XLVI, XLVII, XLIX, LIV, LV, LVI, LVII, LIX, LX, LXXIV, LXXV, LXXVIII, LXXIX, LXXX, and LXXXIV, some marginal water-staining, light scattered spotting, most plates with several closed edge-tears and fraying, sheet size 55.5 x 37cm, with tinted lithograph title in similar condition, all loosely contained in original publisher's cloth gilt, heavy soiled and worn, large folio, together with: De Vaugondy (Robert), Asia Minor in suas partes seu provincias divisa, 1736, engraved map on two sheets, with outline hand-colouring, some fraying and minor staining to outer blank margins, sheet size 55 x 81cmQty: (2)NOTESAtabey 868; Blackmer 1192. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
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* Hohenstein (Adolf, 1854-1917/28). Iris, Musica di P. Mascagni, Libretto di L. Illica, G. Ricordi & C.-Editori, 1899, colour lithograph, printed by Imprimerie Chaix, for Maitres de l'Affiche, plate 180, some light mount staining (generally in good condition), image size 344 x 122 mm (13.5 x 4.75 ins), sheet size 29 x 40 cm, framed and glazed, together with: Lorant-Heilbronn (Vincent, 1874-1912). Messaline, Poeme d'Armand Silvestre & L. Morand, Musique de Isidore de Lara, 1899, colour lithograph, printed by Imprimerie Chaix, for Maitres de l'Affiche, plate 187, light mount stain, sheet size 29 x 40 cm, plus three other colour lithographs from Maitres de l'Affiche (Theophile Steinlen, Hellé, Opera en 4 Actes, Musique d'Alphonse Duvernoy, Poeme de C. du Locle et Ch. Nuitter, Guiseppe Boano, Teatro Regio Torino, & Georges Rochegrosse, Louise de Gustave Charpentier, Roman Musical en 4 actes et 5 Tableaux, plate 230), all framed and glazed (Boano with frame partly broken), plus two Baxter prints including Madamoiselle Jetty Treffz (1850), both framed and glazed, 6 later 19th century chromolithographs depicting famous female singers and opera houses, Marie Roze (Covent Garden, London), Kellogg (Academy of Music, New York), Gerster (Opera House, Vienna), Materna (Metropolitan Opera House, New York), Adelina Patti (Grand Opera House, Paris), and Anna Louise Cary (St. Petersburg), all in matching gilt frames, glazed, 90 Liebig chromolithograph trade cards, all relating to operas and opera houses, including Famous Opera Houses series, World's Most Famous Opera Houses series, Boris Godunov, Verdi, Wagner, La Reine de Saba by Goldmark, Le Cid by Massenet, Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saens, Oberon by Weber, Parsifal by Wagner, Heroes of Wagner Operas series, etc., and 2 sets of Wills's Cigarettes, Musical Celebrities series, 1st and 2nd series, chromolithograph cigarette cards, each set numbered 1-50 (both complete)Qty: (approx. 200)
* Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Programme of the Gala Performance, by Command of His Majesty the King in honour of the visit of the President of the French Republic, July 7th, 1903, silk programme, printed in colours by Finden Brown & Co., with a programme taken from Rigoletto/Carmen and Romeo et Juliette, featuring Nellie Melba Calve and others, 39 x 29 cm (15.25 x 11.5 ins), light folds were previously creased, with some light discolouration to upper and lower left corners, with tassel edges, framed and glazed (57 x 45 cm), together with Gala Performance by Command of His Majesty the King in Honour of the visit of His Majesty the King of Spain, June 8, 1905, silk programme with thread outer border, printed in colours, designed and printed in colours, designed and printed by Finden Brown & Co., with a programme from Romeo et Juliette, La Boheme and Gli Ugonotti, featuring Selma Kurz, Nellie Melba, Enrico Caruso and others, lightl central horizontal crease, generally in fine condition, 37 x 27 cm (14.5 x 10.5 ins), framed and glazed (56 x 44.5 cm), plus Programme of the Gala Performance by Command of His Majesty the King, in honour of the visit of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Denmark, July 11, 1907, silk programme printed in colours, by Finden Brown & Co., with tassel border, with a programme taken from Madama Butterfly, La Boheme and Die Meistersinger, featuring Emmy Destinn, Enrico Caruso, Nellie Melba and others, 37 x 28 cm (14.5 x 11 ins), framed and glazed (56 x 44.5 cm), and three others: Programme of the Gala Performance by Command of His Majesty the King in honour of the visit of the President of the French Republic, Wednesday May 27, 1908, featuring Tetrazzini, John McCormack, Melba and others, A Gala Performance in Celebration of the Centenary of the Royal Opera House and in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen and H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, Tuesday 10th June 1958, with a programme taken from Oberon, The Trojans, I Puritani, Peter Grimes and Aida, and also including a ballet performance entitled Birthday Offering, by Frederick Ashton and Margot Fonteyn, and others, directed by Ninette de Valois, silk programme printed in blue, black and dark pink, designed by Peter Hatch, with Royal arms drawn by Rex Whistler, printed by William Clowes, tasselled border, framed and glazed (69.5 x 41 cm), and Inaugural Performance in the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, the world premier of Samuel Barber, Antony and Cleopatra, designed by Franco Zeffirelli, and featuring Leontyne Price, Justino Diaz and others, silk programme printed in colours, designed by Julian Tomchin of Chardon, with tasselled border, framed and glazed (64 x 40 cm)Qty: (6)
Ogilby (John). Africa: Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia and Billedulgerid... Collected and translated from the most authentick authors..., 1st edition, London: Thomas Johnson, 1670, title printed in red and black, 8 single page engraved plates only (lacking the frontispiece, general map and 43 double-page maps and plates), engraved illustrations in text, printed tables, final two leaves torn with loss of text, a few leaves detached, some frayed and insect predated fore margins, a few marginal wormtracks, some light soiling, contemporary boards, lacking all leather except remnant to spine only, worn, folioQty: (1)NOTESMendelssohn 3, p. 571; Wing O1631. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
* Clarke (Graham, 1941-). Graham Clarke's Grand Tour, Oxford: Phaidon, 1989, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, pictorial half-title with ink manuscript authorial inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, 4to, plus 5 other books signed by Clarke: One Hundred & Fifty years of Boughton Monchelsea School, 2000; The Watercolours (exhibition programme), 1990; W. Shakespeare Gent., His Actual Nottebooke, 1992 (two signed copies); Goût de Grenouille, 1981, with a collection of other Graham Clarke-related items including, The Hayle Mill Papermakers Song, 1977, (limited edition, 1 of 200 total copies), Notte Todaye, notes for the interested, 1984, printed at the Florian Press, signed by both Clarke and Graham Williams (printer), Graham Clarke, by Clare Sydney, 1986 (two copies), Joe Carpenter & Son, an English Nativity, by Graham Clarke, 1990, 12 calendars illustrated by Clarke (some duplicates, one signed by Clarke), copies of various books with illustrations by Clarke including: 2 copies of Siegfried Sassoon Centenary celebration programme, 1986; 1 copy of North Downs Way, 1999; 14 copies of The Turning of the Year, 1990, also a quantity of Graham Clarke illustrated greetings cards, including 8 signed by Graham and his wife (6 personally inscribed to 'Viv and Paul'), reproductions of watercolours and paintings by Clarke, numerous related posters, prospectuses, exhibition invitations, a Graham Clarke 1500 piece jigsaw puzzle, a vinyl LP copy of William Mathias' This Worlde's Joie, 1976, the cover illustrated by Graham Clarke, and other related ephemera, including Balyn & Balan, 1969, two colour wood and linocut illustrations only (of 23), and two text sheets only (of 18), with woodcut lettering, some light spotting, taken from the limited edition unbound book Balyn & Balan, each window mounted, mount aperture 44.3 x 32.8 cm and smallerQty: (-)
Segalen (Victor). Steles, 2nd edition, Peking & Paris: Georges Crès & Cie, 1914, leaves folded in concertina-format, 7 leaves of lithographic Chinese characters, 3 printed red seals, some light spotting and soiling, some toning and spotting to wrappers, original wooden boards, lacking most of ties, tall 8voQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition 365/640. Originally published in 1912 and the first book in Sagalen's Collection Coréenne.
Bonnycastle (John). An Introduction to Astronomy. In a series of letters from a preceptor to his pupil, 2nd edition, corrected and improved, London: printed for J. Johnson, 1788, engraved allegorical frontispiece, 19 engraved plates, most folding, advertisement leaf at end, a little light offsetting and spotting, bookplate of Captain Tottenham, Woodstock, 19th century red straight-grained morocco gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Nicol (J.P.) The Architecture of the Heavens, London: John W. Parker, 1850, half-title, plates and illustrations, a few folding, Sherborne Library bookplate, top edge gilt, contemporary blue half morocco by Leighton, spine faded to green, a little rubbed, 8vo, with 4 others leather-bound: another copy of John Bonnycastle's An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd edition, 1788, The Sun: Ruler, fire, light, and life of the planetary system, by Richard A. Proctor, 1871, The Moon: Her motions, aspect, scenery, and physical condition, 1873, and Samuel Barber's The Cloud World, 1903Qty: (6)
Briffault (Frederic T.) The Prisoner of Ham: Authentic details of the captivity and escape of Prince Napoleon Louis, 1st edition in English, London: T.C. Newby, 1846, portrait frontispiece, folding plan (with tear along one fold), 2 lithograph plates, 4 folding facsimile letters, Wigan Public Library ink stamp to title verso, a few blindstamps, occasional spotting and light toning, bequeathal bookplate to the library from Frank Halliday Cheetham (1872-1937), ink inscription 'H.A. Payne the gift of Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte' to front pastedown, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt head of spine and lower joint split, a little rubbed with light stains, 8voQty: (1)NOTESScarce. Account of French Emperor Napoleon III's attempt to seize power in 1840, his capture and imprisonment in the fortress of Ham, and subsequent escape back to Britain in 1846.
Dickens (Charles). Little Dorrit, 1st edition in book form, first issue, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857, etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, occasional light spotting mostly to plates, armorial bookplate of Lady Sarah Hay Williams to front free pastedown, contemporary half calf (spine a little faded), dark green morocco title label to spine, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with: Ibid., The Works of Charles Dickens, 20 volumes, Standard edition, London: Gresham Publishing Company, 1912, colour frontispieces and monochrome plates, original brown quarter morocco, cloth sides, some wear to head & foot of spines, 8vo, Trollope (Anthony), Orley Farm, 2 volumes in one, London: Chapman & Hall, 1866, etched frontispiece and plates, bound without title & preliminary leaves to volume 2, light scattered spotting, contemporary brown half morocco, maroon morocco title label, 8voQty: (22)NOTESFirst issue book form of Little Dorrit with signature BB2 misprinted as "B2" at page 371; "William" instead of "Frederick" on page 317, line 27; and the name "Rigaud" appears instead of "Blandois" on pages 469-473.
Heath (Benjamin). Notae sive lectiones ad tragicorum graecorum veterum. Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis, quae supersunt dramata deperditorumque relliquias, 3 parts in one, Oxford: E typographeo Clarendoniano, 1762, imprimatur leaf present, light scattered spotting, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 4to, together with: Clinton (Henry Fynes), Fasti Hellenici. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Greece from the earliest accounts to the death of Augustus, 3 volumes, Oxford: University Press, 1834, scattered spotting, armorial bookplates of Robert William Plumptre & Edward Vallis Cecil Plumptre to front endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines lacking labels, upper board of volume 1 detached, joints cracked, 4to, Weber (William Ernestus), Corpus Poetarum Latinorum uno volumine absolutum, one volume in two, Frankfurt: Henrici Ludovici Broenneri, 1832, scattered spotting, contemporary vellum, large 8vo, Dindorfii (William), Poetarum Scenicorum Graecorum, Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis et Aristophanis..., 2nd edition, corrected, Oxford: Joannes Henricus Parker, 1851, contemporary vellum, large 8vo Plato, Platonis opera omnia uno volumine comprehensa..., edidit Godofredus Stallbaumius, Leipzig: Ottonis Holtze, 1873, light scattered spotting, bookplate of Henry Rudolf Reichel to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, black morocco title label to spine, joints cracked at head, small folioQty: (8)
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Lea (Henry, publisher). The Champion Handbooks of Swimming, Cricket, Rowing, Gymnastics, London: Henry Lea, [1868], 4 parts in one, comprising The Art of Swimming, with Observations on the Saving of Life, Sea Bathing, Training for Swimmers etc, by Harry Gurr, 56 pp.; Cricket, and How to Play It: with the Rules of the Marylebone Club, by John Wisden, 64 pp.; Sculling, Rowing, and Yachting, by Henry Kelley, 63 pp.; Gymnastics, Physical Education and Muscular Exercises, including Walking, Running, and Leaping; with a Chapter on Training, by Captain Crawley, 62 pp., illustrations, some light soiling and a few stains, previous owner signature to general title, contemporary morocco, spine defective (part of backstrip loosely retained), some wear to lower cover, 8voQty: (1)NOTESPadwick 482 (for the second work 'Cricket and how to play it, by John Wisden). Collection of sports manuals by publisher Henry Lea, originally published by Darton and Hodge in 1866.
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[Defoe, Daniel]. Observations on the fifth article of the treaty of union, humbly offered to the consideration of the Parliament, relating to foreign ships, [Edinburgh, 1706], 4p., drop-head title, disbound 4to (ESTC T55499; Hanson 651), together with: [Religious tolerance pamphlet], Of Receiving the Communion in the Company of Such, whom we conceive not so good, holy, and rightly principled, as we wish they were, Oxford: Richard Davis, 1651, [2], 3 [i.e. 6] p., page 6 misnumbered 3, disbound 4to (ESTC R206524; Wing O141; Thomason E.626[16]; Madan 2166), Lukins (George), A Narrative of the Extraordinary Case of Geo. Lukins, of Yatton, Somersetshire, who was possessed of evil spirits for near eighteen years, also an account of his remarkable deliverance, in the Vestry-Room of Temple Church, in the City of Bristol, Extracted from the Manuscripts of several Persons who attended. To which is prefixed a letter from the Rev. W. R. W., Bristol: printed by Bulgin and Rosser, 1788, 23pp, title skinned to gutter margin, occasional light spotting, disbound, 8vo, plus one broadside, 20th century pamphlet and two miscellaneous printsQty: (7)
Thunberg (Charles Peter). Travels in Europe, Africa, and Asia, 4 volumes, 3rd edition, London: printed for F. and C. Rivington, 1795, 11 black & white engraved plates, some light toning & spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated mottled calf, spines rubbed, 8vo, together with; Andersson (Charles John), Lake Ngami; or Explorations and Discoveries, during four years' wanderings in the wilds of South Western Africa, 1st edition, London; Hurts and Blackett, 1856, monochrome illustrations, some spotting & toning throughout, rebound retaining publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, repaired loss to head & foot of the spine, boards slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, plus Colliard (François), On The Threshold of Central Africa..., 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1897, black & white illustrations, lacking map to the rear, contemporary previous owner inscription plus later stamps to the front endpaper, front & rear gutters cracked, some light spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century Africa travel reference, mostly original cloth, some rebound 8voQty: (30)
Molinier (Etienne). A Mirrour for Christian States: or, A Table of Politick Vertues considerable amongst Christians, divided, into three books, reviewed, and augmented, by E. Molinier... translated into English, by William Tyrwhit, 1st English edition, London: Thom. Harper, 1635, few woodcut decorative initials, some light marginal damp staining to few leaves, late 19th century/early 20th century calf, black morocco title label to spine, extremities slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESESTC S112798; STC 18003. First English edition of Étienne Molinier's Les Politiques Chrestiennes.
Ramsay (Allan). The Gentle Shepherd. A Pastoral Comedy, Glasgow: A. Foulis & London: J. Murray, 1788, half title, aquatint portrait frontispiece, 12 aquatint plates by David Allan, 9 engraved leaves of music at end, occasional light water stains and soiling, presentation inscription and annotation to front endpaper, contemporary half calf, some wear to corners, a little rubbed, 4toNOTESAbbey Life 244. First published in 1725, this is the first illustrated edition of the popular pastoral comedy, with the plates engraved by the artist David Allan, known as "the Scottish Hogarth".
Royal Society. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 18 parts, 1796-1808, comprising 1796-99, parts I & II; 1802, parts I & II, 1803, part II only; 1804, part II only; 1805-1806, parts I & II; 1808, parts I & II, folding engraved plates, a few leaves detached, occasional water stains and light toning, original wrappers (1802 part I lacking upper wrapper), a few signed 'Benjamin Hyett Esq', some wrappers detached and frayed with stains, spines defective, 4to, together with Archaeologia: or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, 7 volumes, 1800-12, plus An Index to the First Fifteen Volumes of Archaeologia, 1809Qty: (26)NOTESPhilosophical Transactions include accounts, contributions and communications by William Herschel, Joseph Banks, Everard Home, William Charles Wells, Benjamin, Count of Rumford, Nevil Maskelyne, Henry Cavendish, Sir Charles Blagden, John Frere, James Smithson, Humphry Davy, Thomas Young and others.
Wilkinson (Tate). Memoirs of His Own Life, 1st edition, 4 volumes, York: Wilson, Spence and Mawman, 1790, light spotting, bookplate to front pastedown, offsetting, later calf, gilt spine, joints rubbed, marbled text block, corners bumped, spine extremities rubbed, 12mo, together with: Pittis (William), Some Memoirs of the Life of John Radcliffe, M.D. Interspersed with several Original Letters: also A True Copy of his Last Will and Testament, 1st edition, London: E. Curll, 1715, lacks half-title, spotting and toning (mostly marginal), contemporary notation to front endpaper, hinges cracked, contemporary panelled calf rebacked, corners bumped, boards rubbed, stain to rear board, 8vo, and two othersQty: (7)
Cook (Cyril). The Life and Work of Robert Hancock, an account of the life of the 18th-century engraver and of his designs on Battersea and Staffordshire enamels and Bow and Worcester porcelain, 2 volumes (including Supplement), 1st edition, 1948/55, monochrome plates, original blue cloth gilt in dust wrappers, first volume with dust wrapper price-clipped, a little rubbed and frayed with slight wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: Boney (Knowles). Liverpool Porcelain of the eighteenth century and its makers, 1st edition, Batsford, 1957, monochrome plates, original blue cloth gilt in price-clipped dust wrapper, large 8vo, plus: Gilhespie (F. Brayshaw). Crown Derby Porcelain, 1st edition, F. Lewis, 1951, numerous monochrome plates, some light scattered spotting, original blue cloth gilt, a little faded, limited signed edition 308/600, additionally inscribed to front endpaper 'Otologically Yours, Gilhespie', large 8vo, and other porcelain reference, including Stanley W. Fisher, English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th-Century, 1st edition, Batsford, 1947, F. Seberne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain, the Triangle and Raised Anchorwares, 1st edition, F. Lewis, 1948/Worcester Porcelain, The War Period and Its Anticedance, 1st edition, F. Lewis, 1950/Chelsea Porcelain, The Red Anchorwares, 1st edition, F. Lewis, 1951 (limited edition 30/500, limited signed edition 489/500, limited edition 138/500 respectively), 5 volumes of English Porcelain Circle transactions, 1928-48, Faber Monographs (Bernard Watney, Longton Hall Porcelain, 1957, Franklin A. Barrett, Worcester Porcelain, 1953, Bernard Watney, English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th century, 1963 and Arthur Lane, English Porcelain Figures of the Eighteenth Century, 1961), etc., mostly original cloth, some in dust wrappers, mainly 8voQty: (30)
Exhibition catalogue. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Birmingham Meeting, 1886. Exhibition of Local Products & Industries in Bingley Hall, Birmingham, from 26th August to 2nd October 1886, Official Catalogue, Birmingham: Houghton & Co. Ltd., 1886, folding lithograph plan, numerous wood engraved advertisements throughout including some folding, bookplate of Charles Hart and John L. Marks to front endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon morocco, gilt decorated spine and panelled decoration to boards with gilt title to upper board, light wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: Auction catalogue, Catalogue of a most superb and valuable collection of engravings & etchings ... form by ... George Smith..., which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, 4th March 1861, 78 p., manuscript prices realised throughout, armorial bookplate of Frederick Parr to upper pastedown, contemporary green half calf, printed paper label to upper board, 8vo, and The Baker Collection, Manuscripts of and relating to Admiral Lord Nelson, briefly noted by Sir John Knox Laughton, Knight, with three facsimiles, London: Chiswick Press, 1913, 3 folding monochrome plates, bookplate of John Roland Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary brown quarter morocco, green cloth sides, slim 4toQty: (3)
Flaxman (John). The Theogony Works & Days & the Days of Hesiod,.Designed by John Flaxman, engraved by William Blake, circa 1870, 37 numbered plates including 2 titles, light soiling to first title, library blindstamps to lower margins of titles, shelf numbers to first title verso, original boards, upper cover with paper label, joints splitting, some edge wear, oblong folio 32 x 46 cm, together with The Odyssey of Homer Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman, circa 1870, title and 34 plates, library blindstamp to first 3 plates, light soiling to title, original boards, joints cracked, light edge wear, oblong folio, plus Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus, Designed by John Flaxman, engraved by Thomas Piroli and Frank Howard, 36 plates, circa 1870Qty: (3)NOTESOriginally published by Longmans, Hurst, Rees and Orme in 1805-1817.
Cary (John). Cary's Traveller's Companion or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales; shewing the immediate Route to every Market and Borough Town throughout the Kingdom..., London: John Cary, 1806, calligraphic title, advertisement and contents leaf, 43 engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, (complete, including folding map of Yorkshire), dedication leaf & advert leaf for 3rd edition of Cary's New Itinerary detached, some light toning & offsetting, disbound 8voQty: (1)
Grego (Joseph). Rowlandson the Caricaturist. A selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, 2 volumes, London: Chatto & Windus, 1880, illustrations, some spotting, 4pp. autograph letter from the author to Colonel Gould Weston, 1880, presenting the work tipped-in to volume I half title, top edge gilt, original morocco-backed boards, spines gilt-decorated, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Catalogue of the Loan Collection of English Water-Colour Drawings held at the Institute of Art Research, Ueno, Tokyo, October 10-24th, 1929, 54 uncoloured plates, some light spotting and occasional marginal water stains, original limp cloth wrappers, portfolio with bone toggles, s[pine toned, folio, with 4 others including Turner's Liber Studiorum, reproduced in Autotype from the original etchings, 3 volumes, 1871, John M. Gray's George Manson and his Works, 1880, Notes by Mr. Ruskin on Samuel Prout and William Hunt, in illustration of a loan collection of drawings exhibited at the Fine Art Society's Galleries in 1879-80, Fine Art Society, 1880 and Laurence Binyon's The Followers of William Blake, Edward Calvert, Samuel Palmer, George Richmond & their Circle, 1925Qty: (9)
Reynolds (Graham). The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, 2 volumes (text/plates), Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 1996, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, text volume with some marginal water stains towards end, original cloth, dust jackets, 4to, together with Nicolson (Benedict). Joseph Wright of Derby. Painter of Light, 2 volumes (text/plates), Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, 1968, colour and monochrome illustrations, Henry Sotheran ticket, original cloth, dust jackets, a couple of small tears, 4to, with others including W.G. Strickland's A Dictionary of Irish Artists, IUP reprint, Shannon, 1968, A.E. Haswell Miller & N.P. Dawnay's Military Drawings and Paintings in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, 2 volumes, 1969-70, A.J. Finberg's The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum, 1924, and W.A. Churchill's Watermarks in Paper in Holland, England, France etc, in the XVII and XVIII centuries and the interconnection, 1935Qty: (13)
Atkinson (Thomas William). Oriental and Western Siberia. A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia, 1st edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1858, 20 chromolithograph and tinted lithograph plates, folding map at end (toned with reinforcements to verso), occasional light spotting, previous owner inscription of Charles Cotesworth, 1858 at head of title, endpapers renewed, original cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, lower corners worn, a little rubbed with a few stains, 8voQty: (1)
Compton (Thomas). The North Cambrian Mountains, or a Tour through North Wales, describing the scenery and general characters of that romantic country, 1st edition, London: C. Corrall for the author, 1817, 30 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, some light offsetting and spotting to letterpress, modern half calf over contemporary marbled boards, morocco label to upper cover, oblong 4toQty: (1)NOTESAbbey Scenery 522; Tooley 155.
Rosetti (Dante Gabriel). Dante Gabriel Rossetti. His Family-Letters, with a memoir by William Michael Rossetti, 2 volumes, London: Ellis and Elvey, 1895, portrait frontispieces, advertisement leaves at end, endpapers toned, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed cloth, some light stains, 8vo, together with Rossetti Papers 1862 to 1870. A compilation by William Michael Rossetti, 1903 (with a presentation inscription from W.M. Rossetti to F. Mabel Robinson, July 1903)Qty: (3)NOTESFirst work large paper limited edition 21/50.
Bookbinding reference. An Historical Sketch of Bookbinding, by S.T. Prideaux, 1893, photogravure frontispieces, bookplate of Robert Fiennes Hibbert of Bucknell, Oxfordshire to upper pastedown, edges untrimmed, original cloth, slight fading, 8vo, together with Bookbinding for Amateurs, by W.J.E. Crane, London: L. Upcott Gill, [1885], numerous wood engravings throughout, original blocked cloth, spine faded and joints split, 8vo; Modern Bookbindings their design and decoration, by S.T. Prideaux, London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1906, photogravure frontispiece and plates, light scattered spotting, tip edge gilt, original cloth gilt, frayed at head & foot of spine, 8vo, and others related including few Maggs catalogues, plus a brass desktop ornament of a British Airways double propeller aeroplaneQty: (small carton)
Donaldson (M. E. M.). Further Wanderings - Mainly in Argyll, 1st edition, Paisley: Alexander Gardner, circa 1933, inscribed by the author 'To my old friend "Eagerheart" (May Wilkinson)...', numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned & rubbed with minor tears & loss to head & foot, 8vo, includes a sepia photograph laid to card & inscribed on the back by the author, Ibid., Wanderings In The Western Highlands, 3rd edition, Paisley: Alexander Gardner, circa 1930, signed by the author to the title page, numerous monochrome illustrations some minor toning & spotting, publishers original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with some loss to head & foot, 8vo, Ibid., Islesmen of Bride..., 1st edition, Paisley: Alexander Gardner, circa 1928, extra leaf inscribed by the author & laid down to the front endpaper, some minor spotting original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with: Jakobsen (Jakob), An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: David Nutt,1928, monochrome portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus Grieve (Symington), The Book of Colonsay and Oronsay, 2 volumes, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1923, volume 2 inscribed hy the author to head of the half-title, folding map to the front of volume 1, monochrome illustrations, some light spotting & toning, original uniform cloth in dust jackets, spines toned & rubbed with slight loss, 8vo, and other early 20th-century Scotland reference, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo/4toQty: (16)
Scottish Crofters. Evidence taken by Her Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry into the condition of the Crofters and Cottars in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 5 volumes, Edinburgh: Neill & Company, 1884, later endpapers, some light toning & spotting, uniform later gilt decorated green quarter calf, spines lightly rubbed, 8voQty: (5)
Begbie (Harold). The Political Struwwelpeter, London: Grant Richards, 1899, colour illustrations by F. Carruthers Gould on Japanese vellum, first 3 leaves detached, all edges gilt, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, contained in contemporary limp morocco protective cover (some fading and wear to spine), 4to, limited signed edition 44/250, together with Williams (Archibald). Petrol Peter or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures [drop-title], London: Methuen, [1906], colour illustrations by A. Wallis Mills, some light soiling, a few short closed tears to a few leaves at front, hinges tender, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine defective, rubbed with some soiling and stains, 4toQty: (2)
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. The Quest, numbers 1-3 (of 6) bound in 1 volume, printed at the Press of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, published by Cornish Brothers, Birmingham, November 1894-July 1895, woodcut illustrations, initials and ornaments by Edmund Hort New, Charles M. Gere, A J. Gaskin and others, occasional light offsetting, light spotting to endpapers, contemporary vellum, a few light stains, 4to, manuscript note at front: 'This edition is limited to 300 copies of which this is number nine, C.N.C.' (Claude Napier-Clavering), together with Vincent Press. Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. A Tale by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Written in 1759, Birmingham: Vincent Press, 1898, title and opposite leaf within wood-engraved border, printed in red and black, wood-engraved initials, original limp vellum, cloth ties, 8vo, limited edition of 310 copies, plus Five Ballads about Robin Hood, Birmingham: Vincent Press, 1899, wood-engraved illustrations, initials and ornaments, printed in red and black, bookplate of Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis VIII Baron Howard de Walden (1880-1946), original limp vellum, cloth ties, 8vo, limited edition of 210 copiesQty: (3)NOTESTomkinson pp. 187 & 175 respectively. The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft Press was founded in 1894 by Arthur Dixon, Montague Fordham and C. Napier-Clavering and originally intended as a scheme of craft classes for slum boys, ceasing publication in 1902. The Vincent Press began in 1898 with the object of reprinting classic works but only produced the two books present here.
Gifford (Thomas). An Historical Description of the Zetland Island, 1st edition, London: J. Nichols, 1786, folding engraved map (with light offsetting), bound without the half title ('Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. XXXVII'), recent half calf, morocco label to spine, 4to, together with a modern facsimile copy of the same workQty: (2)NOTESESTC T84178. Forms volume 5, part 7 of Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica (1780-90).
Duncan (H. O.). The World on Wheels, limited edition, Paris: published by the author, 1926, numerous monochrome illustrations, signed by the author to the limitation page, crease to the 'Acknowledgements' page, front hinges cracked, some light marginal toning, publishers original half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, spine title label rubbed & partially detached with minor loss, large 4to, No. 97 of an unspecified number of copiesQty: (1)
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Freeman (R. Austin). Mr. Pottermack's Oversight, [1930]; Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke, 1931; When Rogues Fall Out, 1932; For the Defence: Dr. Thorndyke, 1934; Felo De Se?, 1937, 1st editions, a little light spotting, previous owner initials, original cloth (a little rubbed with some fading), dust jackets, some chips tears and stains, a few clear tape repairs, When Rogues Fall Out lacking front flap, 8vo, together with three copies of A Savant's Vendetta, 2/6 cheap editions, circa 1936, one inscribed by the author and dated March 1936 and 3 others
Galsworthy (John). The Works of John Galsworthy, Manaton Edition, 30 volumes, London: Heinemann, 1923-26, frontispiece to each volume, untrimmed and partly uncut, original publisher's uniform quarter vellum gilt with dust jackets, light toning to spines of dust jackets, with minor fraying to extremities, 8vo, limited signed edition 63 of 530Qty: (30)
Goble (Warwick, illustrator). Folk Tales of Bengal by Rev. Lal Behari Day, London: Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1912, 32 colour illustrated plates, captioned paper guards, small previous owner marks in pencil to front pastedown, minor toning to free front endpaper, edged in red, original red cloth gilt decorated boards, spine is faded with some loss of colour, edges are bumped, 4to, together with: Bull (René, illustrator), Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyán, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913, 10 tipped-in colour plates, including frontispiece, tissue guard to frontispiece not to other colour plates, some light spotting to front and rear, closed tear to colour plate p.74, repair to front hinge, rear hinge cracked, original decorative cloth boards, some bubbling to rear cover and spine, a little rubbed, 4to, plus others including Hugh Thomson's Quality Street by J.M. Barrie, 1913, Frank Brangwyn's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyán, London: T.N. Foulis, 1919, all 4toQty: (8)
Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Scotland, 2 volumes, London: Hooper & Wigstead, 1797, engraved frontispiece and engraved vignette title-pages to each volume, 185 engraved plates, toning, small ink stain to fore-margins of initial leaves in volume 1, some damp staining and scattered spotting throughout, bookplates of Richard Duffield and William Wilson to front endpapers, top edge gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, extremities rubbed, 4to, together with: Cardonnel (Adam de), Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland, London: Printed for the author, 1788, half-title, numerous etched illustrations throughout, tissue guards, light scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of William Copland of Colliston to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, early 19th century half morocco, gilt decorated spine, extremities lightly rubbed, 4to, Jamieson (John), Select Views of the Royal Palaces of Scotland, from drawings by William Brown, Glasgow; with illustrative descriptions..., Edinburgh: Cadell & Co., 1830, 24 engraved plates on India paper, tissue guards, scattered spotting throughout, armorial bookplate of Napier of Ballikinrain, all edges gilt, contemporary blind decorated morocco, extremities rubbed, 4to, and two others, St. John (Charles), Sketches of the Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands, 1878 and Geikie (Archibald), The Scenery of Scotland viewed in connection with its physical geology, 3rd edition, 1901Qty: (6)
Milne (A. A.). Winnie-the-Pooh, 1st deluxe edition, London: Methuen, 1926, numerous black & white illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, scarce minor marks or spots, upper outer corner of penultimate printed leaf a trifle creased, pictorial endpapers (some light toning in places), all edges gilt, original red limp leather gilt, somewhat rubbed, extremities worn, spine cocked, 8vo, together with: Ibid., Now We Are Six, 2nd edition, 1927, numerous black & white illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, a few minor marks, half-title & imprint page toned, front free endpaper with ink manuscript ownership name, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, some minor marks (mainly to rear cover), extremities rubbed, faded spine with lightly frayed ends, 8vo, plus: Potter (Beatrix), The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, 1st edition, London: Frederick Warne, 1905, colour illustrations throughout, half-title & frontispiece blank reverse each with contemporary ink manuscript inscription, scarce minor finger-soiling, p.77 with small area of paper adhered near top of image (skinned from facing leaf), stitching strained, pictorial endpapers, front pastedown with bookseller's ticket to upper corner, front hinge cracked, original brown boards, with inset colour pictorial panel to upper cover, spine crudely strengthened with green cloth, some minor marks, front corners rubbed, 16mo, with three other Beatrix Potter first editions: The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904), The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909, early issue with notice board in p.14 illustration), and Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes [1917], all defectiveQty: (6)
Milne (Alan Alexander). The House at Pooh Corner, 1st edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1928, ownership signature at head of half-title, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, repaired tear to one leaf of text, pictorial endpapers (browned), top edge gilt, original salmon pink gilt-blocked cloth, spine faded and covers slightly marked, 8vo, together with: Ibid., When we were very young, 5th edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1924, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, original navy blue gilt-blocked cloth, upper board slightly creased, light fraying at head & foot of spine, 8vo, Ibid., Winnie-the-Pooh, 5th edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1927, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, closed tear to one leaf of text and some juvenile scribbling to few pages, pictorial endpapers, lacking front free endpaper, top edge gilt, original gilt-blocked dark green cloth, light fraying at head & foot of spine, 8voQty: (3)
Herbert (Henry, publisher). London (Illustrated). A complete guide to the places of amusement, objects of interest, parks, clubs, markets, docks, principal railway routes and leading hotels; also a directory, in a concise form, of first class reliable houses in the various branches of trade, fourth year of publication, London: Henry Herbert, 1875, 239 pp., 2 maps, numerous advertisements within chromolithographed borders, occasional light spotting, publisher's label to front pastedown, all edges gilt, original green cloth gilt, head of spine torn, a little rubbed, 8voQty: (1)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, London: Heinemann, 1908, 40 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, including frontispiece, letterpress illustrations, light spotting to front and rear, previous owner signature to front endpaper, original gilt decorated cloth, spine a little darkened with small stains, 4toQty: (1)
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Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1912], 50 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, including frontispiece, letterpress illustrations, page 15 partly detached, light spotting throughout, toning to endpapers, original green gilt decorated cloth, damp stain to upper corners of covers, spine darkened and rubbed, 4to, together with: Ibid., Comus by John Milton, London: Heinemann, [1914], 24 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, including frontispiece, letterpress illustrations, some spotting throughout, original green gilt decorated cloth, small gouge mark to lower part of upper cover, slightly rubbed, spine darkened and rubbed, 4to, with three others, The Songs on Sonnets of William Shakespeare, illustrated by Charles Robinson, London: Duckworth & Co, [1915]; The Winters Tale by William Shakespeare, illustrations by Maxwell Armfield, London: J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, [1922] and As You Like It by William Shakespeare, illustrated by John Austen, London: William Jackson (Books) Ltd, 1930Qty: (5)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J.M. Barrie, 2nd edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907, 50 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting at front, contemporary presentation inscription to half title, original cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 4toQty: (1)
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Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Sleeping Beauty, told by C.S. Evans, London: William Heinemann, [1920], tipped-in colour plate, silhouette illustrations, light stains to rear pastedown, original pictorial boards, dust jacket, spine faded, diamond-shaped hole cut out to reveal illustrator's name, loss at head of spine, small tear and some fading to margins, 4to, together with Parker (Agnes Miller, illustrator). Tess of the D'Urbervilles, faithfully presented by Thomas Hardy, New York: Limited Editions Club, 1956, wood-engraved illustrations, original pictorial cloth, spine label chipped, small loss at head of spine, slipcase (some wear), 8vo, limited edition 1387/1500, signed by the illustrator, plus others including Leslie Paul's The Boy Down Kitchener Street, 1957 and Henry Cecil's Brief to Counsel, 1958 (in jackets by Edward Ardizzone), and other illustrated, Folio Society etcQty: (15)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour, London: Heinemann, 1910, 34 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, including frontispiece, letterpress illustrations, decorative endpapers, light spotting to front and rear, closed tear to right side of page 24, original cloth gilt, some light damp staining to covers, spines a little toned, 4to, together with: Ibid., Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour, London: Heinemann, 1911, thirty tipped-in colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, including frontispiece, letterpress illustrations, decorative endpapers, some light spotting, previous owner signature at front, original cloth gilt, some light damp staining to covers, spines a little toned, 4to, plus one other, Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner, translated by T.W. Rolleston, illustrated by Willy Pogány, London: G. Harrap, [1911]Qty: (3)
Rubaiyat. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald with an introduction by A.C. Benson, reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe, London: Siegle Hill, [1911], colour illustrations within illuminated borders heightened in gold, light spotting front and rear, previous owner inscription, top edge gilt, contemporary purple half morocco, spine lettered in gilt with vine decorations, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, together with Holme (Charles, editor). The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, Offices of 'The Studio', 1906, colour illustrations, presentation label to Mr G .L. Leigh, bookplate, floral endpapers (with marginal offsetting), all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt by P. Garrett, upper cover with circular green morocco onlay, with initials G.L.L. (the dedicatee), flower designs and title repeated in gilt, spine and edges a little rubbed, 4toQty: (2)
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[Woolfe, Humbert]. Truffle Eater, by Oistros. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures, London: Arthur Barker, [1933], title and 18 unpaginated leaves with illustrations by Archibald Louis Charles Savory, printed to rectos, one or two minor spots, original pictorial boards, a few light stains, small 4toQty: (1)NOTESAn early anti-Nazi satire.
* CDs. A collection of 115 rock and blues CDs, the 1970s to the present day, rock and blues albums including artists such as Supertramp, Elton John, Bryan Ferry, Scissor Sisters, Eagles, James Blunt, Genesis, INXS, Dire Straits, Eurythmics, Aretha Franklin, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, Nina Simone, Joss Stone, U2, Bob Marley, Mike and the Mechanics, Rod Stewart. Lighthouse Family, Mike Oldfield, Bryan Adams, Electric Light Orchestra, David Gray, Bruce Springsteen, R. E. M., Coldplay, KT Tunstall, Fleetwood Mac, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Steely Dan, Robbie Williams and Dido, together with several classical albumsQty: (115)
Lysons (Samuel). A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, 1st edition, T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1804, two engraved titles, 110 engraved or etched plates (few with original hand-colouring), blind library stamps throughout to text & plates (stamps to plates mostly to blank margins), scattered spotting, light damp stains to margins, all edges gilt, near-contemporary maroon half morocco, gilt decorated spine, boards detached, some wear to extremities, large folio (57 X 40.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESLarge Paper copy.
Middiman (Samuel). Select Views in Great Britain, engraved by S. Middiman from pictures and drawings by the most eminent artists, London: John and Josiah Boydell, 1830, 53 engraved plates, some offsetting and light spotting, crease mark to frontispiece, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grained morocco gilt, a little rubbed, 4toQty: (1)
M'Lean (Thomas, publisher). A Picturesque Description of North Wales: Embellished with Twenty Select Views from Nature, London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823, half title, 20 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, each with letterpress description, light spotting to endpapers, armorial bookplate of G.F. Scott, Penmaenucha, Dolgelley, Merioneth and original paper title label to front pastedown, modern red half morocco over original boards, morocco label to upper cover, a few marks to boards, oblong 4to, 21 x 29.5 cmQty: (1)NOTESAbbey Scenery 525.
D?rr (Dr.-Ing. E. H. L.). 25 Jahre Zeppelin-Luftschiffbau, 1st edition, Berlin: G. M. B. H., 1925, inscriped to the front endpaper by A v. Parseval (August von Parseval (1861-1942) was a German airship designer and rival of Ferdinand von Zeppelin), numerous monochrome illustrations, small tear to foot of the front hinge, some light toning, publishers original illustrated wrappers, front & rear covers lightly marked & rubbed, spine rubbed & worn with some loss to head & foot, large 8vo, together with other Zeppelin & airship reference, including Freiballon und Zeppelin Fahrten, by Herman Giehrl, 1st edition, Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Gohn, 1914, 8vo, Airships in Peace and War, by J. A. Sinclair, 1st edition, London: Rich & Cowen Ltd., 1934, 8vo, The Story of The Airship, by Hugh Allen, 7th edition, 1931, 8vo, some original cloth in dust jackets, some in publishers original wrappers, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (A carton )
Garnier (Philippe). Quatro dialogi di Garnero, con alcune curiosita che seguitano ... Tre sonetti di Petrarcha ... Ultima editione molto piu corretta che la prima, Geneva: Giouan di Tornes, 1627, printer's woodcut device to title, bound with, Sette dialogi e piacevoli a ragionamenti utili a i ... di questa lingua, il tutto correto e? rivisto di nuovo secondo lo stile moderno di scrivere, Geneva: Giovan di Tornes, 1645, printer's woodcut device to title, scattered spotting throughout, bookplates of William Stirling-Maxwell & Victor De Guinzbourg and Keir House to endpapers, late 19th century calf, blind embossed monogram of William Stirling-Maxwell to centre of each board, joints cracked and extremities rubbed, small 8vo, together with: Du Bois de Gomicourt (Jacques), Sentenze e Proverbii Italiani, cavati da diversi famosi autori antichi, e moderni, portati in Francese per commodita de'Virtuosi dell'una, e l'altra Lingua..., Rome: Michel Ercole, 1679, lacking initial and final leaf (blanks?), underscoring to text in red pencil, small hole to dedication leaf, light dampstains and toning, bookplates of William Stirling-Maxwell & Victor De Guinzbourg and Keir House to endpapers, hinges cracked and upper hinge repaired, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco, blind embossed monogram of William Stirling to centre of each board, rebacked, small 8vo, Manning (John), The Emblem, London: Reaktion Books Ltd., 2002, monochrome illustrations, original boards in slightly marked dust-jacket, 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th century books, including Peacham (Henry), Minerva Britannia 1612, facsimile edition, Leeds: Scolar Press, 1966, original cloth, 8vo; Moseley (Charles), A Century of Emblems, An Introductory Anthology, London: Scolar Press, 1989, original boards in dust-jacket, 8vo; McFarlane (I.D.), The 'Délie' of Maurice Scève, Cambridge: University Press, 1966, original cloth in dust-jacket, 8vo; Whitney (Geffrey), A Choice of Emblemes, London: Scolar Press, 1989, original boards, 8vo, and other Scolar Press facsimiles etc., plus a box folder of 20th century dice game booklets and magic books etc.Qty: (a carton)
Garnett (Frank W.). Westmoreland Agriculture 1800-1900, 1st edition, Kendal: Titus Wilson, 1912, numerous monochrome illustrations & maps, period inscription to the front endpaper, bookplate to the front pastedown, front & rear gutters slightly cracked, some light toning, publishers original quarter vellum, boards & spine toned & rubbed, 4to, together with; Campbell (Archibald), Records of Argyll, legends, traditions, and recollections of Argyllshire Highlanders, limited edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885, 17 monochrome etched plates, period inscription to head of the title page, some minor toning & spotting, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, boards lightly rubbed & marked, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, number 333 of an un-numbered limitation, plus Pinkerton (John), A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in all parts of the World;..., 3rd volume [A Tour in Scotland], London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809, black & white plates, modern endpapers, some spotting, offsetting & marginal toning, bound in modern black cloth with red calf spine labels, large 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century Scottish history reference, including The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland,..., 4 volumes, by John Macculloch, London: Longman..., 1824, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly in original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )
Muirhead (George). The Birds of Berwickshire,..., 2 volumes, limited edition, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1889, black & white illustrations, some minor toning, top edge gilt, publishers original uniform white cloth, boards & spines toned, marked & lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, 13/100 copies, together with; Nelson (T. H.), The Birds of Yorkshire, being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the county, 2 volumes, Hull: A. Brown & Sons, 1907, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, some light toning, top edges gilt, publishers original uniform green cloth, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, plus Stevenson (Henry), The Birds of Norfolk, with remarks on their habits, migration, and local distribution, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John van Voorst, 1866-90, colour & monochrome plates, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, some light marginal toning, publishers original uniform green cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century British counties ornithology reference, some leather bindings, mostly in original cloth, G/VG, 8voQty: (3 shelves )
Humphreys (H. Noel). The Genera of British Moths, 2 volumes in 1, London: Paul Jerrard & Son, circa 1860, 62 colour plates, some minor toning, reinforced front & rear gutters, edges gilt, rebound retaining publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, spine faded with some loss to head & foot, large 8vo, together with; Sladen (F. W. L.) The Humble-Bee, its life-history and how to domesticate it..., 1st edition, London: Macmillan & Co, 1912, 34 black & white illustrations plus 6 monochrome plates, later inscription & ink stamp plus loss to head of the front endpaper, minor marginal toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus Patterson (Robert Lloyd), The Birds, Fishes, & Cetacea of Belfast Lough, 2nd edition, London: David Bogue, 1881, monochrome map frontispiece, period inscription to the half-title, ex-library bookplate to the front pastedown, some light spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century 'picture cloth natural history reference, including Charles Dixon, Oliver G. Pike, C. A. Johns, Frank Buckland, all in original gilt decorated cloth, overall condition is good/very good, 8vo 60 volumesQty: (3 shelves )
Spencer (Edmund). The Faerie Queene, 4 volumes, new edition, London: printed by William Faden, 1758, period inscriptions to head of the title pages, some spotting & toning throughout, front boards & endpapers detached, uniform contemporary full calf, boards & spines rubbed with loss, 8vo, together with; [printed for] W. and J. Deas, The Fairiest, being a select collection of fairy tales and stories,..., Edinburgh, 1809, 6 hand-coloured plates, plate 1 torn with loss to the left margin, period inscriptions & ink stamps to the endpapers with offsetting to the title page, some light spotting & toning contemporary red quarter morocco to marbled boards, boards & spine rubbed, small 8vo, plus Benson (Charles William), Our Irish Song Birds, 2nd edition Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, & Co., 1901, 2 monochrome plates, minor marginal toning, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, spine slight rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 18th-century to modern miscellaneous literature & reference, including works by J. M. Synge, 7 volumes, library edition, Dublin: Maunsel and Co., 1911-12, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )
Fisher (A. K.) .The Hawks and Owls of the United States in their relation to agriculture [U. S. Department of Agriculture... bulletin no. 3], Washington: Government Printing Office, 1893, 26 colour plates with tissue guards, bookplate to front pastedown, some marginal toning throughout, publishers, original brown cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Cave (Francis O. & James D. Macdonald), Birds of The Sudan, their Identification and distribution, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1955, 12 colour plates plus numerous black & white illustrations & folding map to the rear, period inscription to the front endpaper, typed letter on 'British Museum' headed notepaper dated 17th May, 1955 to Col. G. Goodwin by & signed J. D. Macdonald, some light spotting, publishers original blue cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus Gosse (Philip Henry), The Birds of Jamaica, 1st edition, London: John van Voorst, 1847, period inscription to the front endpaper, bookplate to front endpaper, ink stamp to the title page, some marginal toning, original embossed green cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century ornithology reference, including Birds of the Eurasian Tundra [Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History volume 6, number 3], by Theodore Pleske, 1st edition, Boston: printed for the Society, April 1928, large 4to, mostly in original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves)
Borlase (William). The Natural History of Cornwall..., new edition, London: E & W Books, 1970, monochrome illustrations & folding map, some light spotting to the text-block, top edge gilt, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, folio, limited edition if 350 copies, together with; Henrey (Blanche), Britush Botanical Horticultural Literature before 1800, London: Oxford University Press, 1975, colour & monochrome illustrations, publishers original uniform blue cloth in slipcase, 8vo, plus Taubert (Sigfred), Bibliopola, 2 volumes, London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1966, numerous monochrome illustrations, publishers original uniform cloth in slipcase, large 8vo, and other modern bibliography reference & related, including publications by Edinburgh University Press, Yale, Oxford, Minerva, Witherby, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (4 shelves)
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Proceedings, 5 volumes, (volumes 13-27), Edinburgh: printed Neill and Company, 1879-93, numerous black & white illustrations, some light toning, top edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated plum half morocco, some boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, together with: Natural History Society of Glasgow. Proceedings and Transactions of the Natural History Society of Scotland, 5 volumes, new series, Glasgow: published by the society, 1887-1900, monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half calf, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8voQty: (20)
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