* Dudley (John, 1504-1553). 1st Duke of Northumberland. A rare Letter Signed, 'John Lisle', as Viscount Lisle, Alnwick Castle, 6 March, c.1542-47, to Michael Stanhope, writing to reprimand his correspondent for mishandling the King’s business in Hull, in particular for having paid out sums which were already paid, including the charges of the ships pressed into His Majesty’s service at Hull, and providing instructions in order to rectify the mistakes and informing Stanhope that the ships he has sent are to be discharged, ‘Albeit by reason of yll weyther, they have byn so long uppon the Sees that moche of yt, ys spilt and lytell worthe wherin the kinges mat[jest]ie shalbe a gret loser’, 2 pages with integral address leaf (very slight traces of the seal and with two small areas of paper loss, neatly repaired), some dust-soiling and light overall age wear, neat split to the central vertical fold, not affecting the text or signature, folio (30 x 20cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: The Spiro Family Collection, Part I, Christie’s London, King Street, 3 December 2003 (Lot 21, £2,390). A rare signed letter from John Dudley, English general, admiral and politician, and de facto ruler of England who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550-53. Sir Michael Stanhope (c.1508-1552) English courtier, Master of the Kings Harriers (1548) and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1549). Brother-in-law of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector to the young King Edward VI. Stanhope was beheaded on Tower Hill on 26 February 1552 after he was convicted of conspiring to take the life of John Dudley and others.
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* Elizabeth II (1926-). Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . Document Signed, 'Elizabeth R', as Queen, no date, circa 1977, a pre-printed document with typewritten insertions, signet en placard upper left and blue ink signature upper right, being a pardon to Jean Moyo who had been convicted on 17 February 1977 'of unlawfully causing a vehicle to wait in a restricted street during the prescribed hours contrary to Article 5, the City of Westminster (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1976...' and was awarded to pay a fine of £10, the pardon also remitting her the fine imposed, some light creases, one page, folio (33 x 20 cm), framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESUnexamined out of frame where printed text to verso is indistinctly visible.
* George VI (1895-1952). King of the United Kingdom 1936-52 & Elizabeth (1900-2002), Queen Consort, the Queen Mother. Christmas card for 1947/48, signed by both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in blue ink, ‘George R’ and ‘Elizabeth R’, with ‘1948’ added by the King beneath printed message, the facing mage showing the Royal couple with their daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret on the upper deck of HMS Vanguard as they arrive at Cape Town at the start of the Royal Tour of the Union of South Africa in 1947, folded card with gold embossed crown to the front, a couple of very light, small stains to the lower edges but overall in excellent conditionQty: (1)
* Greece and the Anglo-French Entente. An important autograph letter signed from Lord Aberdeen (George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen), Foreign Office, 14 December 1843, marked 'Private' and addressed to Francois Guizot (French minister of foreign affairs, and later prime minister of France), '... I write to you at once, in order that no delay may take place in regulating the movements of Prince Wallerstein. I regard the question of his going to Athens at this time, very much as you do; but with rather a stronger inclination in favour of his undertaking the journey. The objections are obvious, and there can be no doubt that his appearance, or that of any Bavarian, in the country, will be very unwelcome, and may give rise to suspicion ... at all events, the knowledge we possess of the character of King Otto, and of his uncertain, wavering, and unsteady conduct, render it highly desirable that some person of weight and authority should be at his side, in order to give him advice, and to confirm him in his good resolutions... ', continuing with further thoughts about the benefits and drawbacks of Prince Wallerstein's visit to Athens before concluding that he will leave it to Guizot's 'better reflection and judgement', before concluding 'I would request you to recollect that if France and England, and friends of Constitutional Government in Greece, fail to make such a constitution as King Otto will accept, we give a signal triumph to Russia, and to those powers who view all our proceedings of this kind with an evil eye. We know not what advice the King may receive at the last moment, which may require to be counteracted by all the authority of his father's representative', 4 pp., light browning and a few minor marginal splits, 4toQty: (1)NOTESThis letter represents the beginning of the Entente Cordiale in practice, as Aberdeen and Guizot established a combined policy concerning the framing and adoption of the new Greek constitution of 1843-44, and need to avoid giving Russia an advantage in the region, the precariousness of the position of King Otto following the Greek revolution of 1843, and the sending of Prince Wallerstein as an emissary to aid Otto in constitutional matters.
* Mao Zedong (1893-1976). Chairman of the Communist Party of China 1943-76 and Chairman of the People's Republic of China 1954-59. An exceedingly rare vintage blue ink signature, [1960], in Chinese characters, inscribed to the verso of a printed invitation to a Buffet Party hosted by the China-Latin America Friendship Association at the Xinqiao Hotel, [Peking], on Thursday, 27 October 1960 at 6.30pm, 'in order to kindly see off the cultural friendship delegations of Latin American countries', the Chinese text printed in red on off-white paper, some very light overall soiling to both sides, barely affecting the signature, oblong 8vo (17 x 11cm)Qty: (1)NOTESFollowing the end of World War II, the Communist movement was flourishing in Latin America and in 1947 Mao Zedong was prompted to remark that 'the Latin American peoples are not the obedient slaves of United States Imperialism'. Chairman Mao and the Chinese communists' goal was the defeat of United States Imperialism and Latin America was regarded as vital to attaining this goal as, because of its geographical location, it supported Mao Zedong's theory of the establishment of rural revolutionary base areas. Chinese interest and activities in Latin America increased sharply in the early 1950s (there were believed to be 250,000 card carrying communists active in the area) and the countries were of considerable interest to the Chinese and viewed as a fertile ground for advancing Communism, not least Red China's own brand of the ideology. The China-Latin America Friendship Association was established in Peking (Beijing) in March 1960 and became the general fortress of cultural infiltration into Latin America. The American diplomat Roy R. Rubottom Jr., who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (1957-60), noted that, in 1960, Mao Zedong appeared to have 'gone out of his way' to receive Latin American Communist leaders and to exhort them to give their full backing to the kind of revolution he favoured. The present signature, also dating from 1960, was undoubtedly obtained during the Buffet Party which Mao Zedong attended in honour of Latin American communists. A nice example of one of the rarest and most sought after autographs of all major political leaders and cultural icons of the twentieth century. A PSA/DNA letter of authenticity certificate is included with this lot.
* Princess Margaret (1930-2002). Countess of Snowdon, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. A long autograph letter signed, 'Margaret', Government House, Pretoria, 4 April 1947, to 'Julian', sending a box of chocolates, 'I hope they are good and not filled with all the things you particularly dislike', describing their current accommodation in Pretoria, 'From the first floor you can look down into the drawing-room, so it is very dangerous to say anything rude or loud as everyone can hear one', detailing travels around the countryside, 'We drove for 80 miles one day very slowly through natives and mine workers for 7 hours, rivalling our drive to Drumlanrig for its exhausting qualities! Johannesburg is where the gay and rich and busy people live. A ball was given in honour of Lilibet [her sister Elizabeth] and me, and all the young men we danced with had come home either from Oxford or Cambridge, and they all said that after London they could hardly bear to live in Jo'burg, which from the South Africans' point of view is the smartest and fastest place in the Union', saying that she is determined to return and see more of the places she liked, commenting on the 'deliscious [sic]' but regretting that there is no twilight, saying that they are going to Rhodesia next week and she is looking forward to seeing the Victoria Falls, written in blue ink on Government House letterhead, slight creasing where previously folded, light marks to lower half of final page, not affecting signature, 4 pages, 8voQty: (1)NOTESThis letter was written towards the end of the three-month tour of Southern African undertaken by the 16-year-old Margaret, her sister Elizabeth and their parents. The princesses' chaperone during this tour was Peter Townsend, the king's equerry.
* South Africa Cricket Team 1907. Vintage signed postcard photograph of the team standing and seated in three rows, signed to the verso by all 15 members of the South Africa cricket team of 1907, comprising Stanley Snooke, William Shalders (also signed to the image), Dudley Nourse, Harry Smith, Maitland Hathorn, Bert Vogler, Johannes Kotze, Reggie Schwarz, Cyril Robinson, Percy Sherwell (also signed to the image), Jimmy Sinclair, Louis Tancred, Aubrey Faulkner, Tip Snooke and Gordon White, also bearing the name of the original collector, [Miss] James, to the upper edge of the verso, a few light surface creases and age wearQty: (1)NOTESThe South African cricket team toured England in 1907 and, although they had toured three times previously, this represented the first occasion they played in Test matches. The bowlers Schwarz, Faulkner, Vogler and White were praised for the quality of their googly bowling and two of the quartet, Schwarz and Vogler, were recognised as Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the following year. England won the three-match Test series, though across the whole tour South Africa won 21 of their 31 matches.
Utrillo (Maurice, 1883-1955). French Painter. Signed and inscribed exhibition catalogue for Exposition d’Oeuvres anciennes et recentes de Suzanne Valadon at the Galerie O. Petrides, Paris, 7-16 June 1938, signed and inscribed by Utrillo in bold pencil to lower margin of a page featuring a printed sonnet written by the artist in honour of his mother and opposite an image of her with a painting, original stapled wrappers, (one of 100 copies, this copy unnumbered), together with a 4-page printed catalogue for an exhibition of works by Maurice Utrillo and Lucie Valore at the Galerie Paul Petrides in Paris, 3-18 March 1950, signed and inscribed by Valore with her first name only, also on behalf of her husband, in French to the front cover, some light scuffing and age wear to both, light vertical creasing to first item and horizontal fold to the second catalogue, both slim 8voQty: (2)
* Wolsey (Thomas, 1470/71-1530). English archbishop, statesman and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Lord High Chancellor of England 1515-29. A very fine manuscript Document Signed, ‘Thomas Wulcy’, Richemount [Richmond], 25 November [1513], boldly penned in black ink in a secretarial hand on laid paper, being a Privy Council Warrant ordering [John Dauntesey] ‘Daunce’ to make payments in Flanders to Richard Fermour and William Brown, merchants of the Staple at Calais, of £1000 to be paid to William Copland for the purchase of ‘artillerye and other habilymentes of Warre’ and a further £1000 to be paid to Alan Kyng ‘for provision of Wyne for the kynges use’, a holograph receipt by Fermour and Brown (per me Rychard Fermer; per me Wyll[ia]m Browne junior) on the lower half of the document, dated 6 December 1513, Wolsey’s signature appears at the centre of the document alongside those of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443-1524, English soldier and statesman, Lord High Treasurer 1501-22, Earl Marshal 1509-24; signed ‘T. Norfolk’), Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (c.1460-1526, Lord Chamberlain 1509-26; signed ‘C. Som[m]ersete’), Richard Foxe (1447/88-1528, Bishop of Winchester 1501-28, Lord Privy Seal 1487-1516, the founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; signed ‘Ri Wynton’) and Sir Thomas Lovell (c. 1449-1524, English soldier and administrator, Speaker of the House of Commons and Treasurer of the royal household; signed ‘Thomas Lovell’), filing hole touching one letter in second line, incorrectly dated at the head of the document in a hand of c.1800, some light browning and overall age wear, one short split to left upper margin not touching text,1 page, 4to (210 x 180mm), endorsed: ex[aminat]ur p[er] Dalison (examined by Dalison) [George Dalison, Auditor of the Exchequer]Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: collection of Sir Joseph Dimsdale – ‘D’ (blind-stamp monogram collector’s mark with crest above to lower margin; not located in Lugt); subsequently part of the Ray Rawlins Collection of Historical Documents and Letters. The present document is illustrated in full in The Guinness Book of World Autographs by Rawlins (1977, p. 241). The document was included in the auction of the Rawlins Collection by Sotheby’s, June 1980 (Lot 67, £1,300, Thomas) and the small circular stamp of the Rawlins collection has been neatly removed from the lower left corner leaving a light, minor stain. Docketed in Rawlins’ hand in pencil to the verso as formerly part of the collection of Sir Joseph Dimsdale; XII 265; Alan G. Thomas (1911-1992) bookseller; Sotheby’s, London, 13 December 1993 (Lot 306, £2,000); International Autograph Auctions Ltd., 3 April 2011 (Lot 609, £5,600). In pencil, at top, c1850: Pl 2 No 1 implying illustration as Plate 2, number 1. The same hand has annotated the signatures of the privy councillors 1-5, and the same hand has written lines at right-angles below them, suggesting that the lower half of the document was not illustrated. Above the box formed by these lines is a short inscription of which only the words Thereabouts to be … can be made out. The left and bottom margins have been trimmed – note the straight cuts, the tightness of the trace of the circular stamp to the margin and the loss of a word in the left margin. Sir John Dauntsey (Daunce) (c.1484-1545) of Thame, Oxfordshire and London, rose from humble origins to the highest offices in King Henry VIII’s financial administration by way of the London company of Goldsmiths. ‘Richard Fermor (1480/84-1551) of Isham and Easton Neston, Northamptonshire and London, merchant of the Staple of Calais, merchant. Fermor was given a share in the contract for victualling the royal army during the Tournai campaign of 1513, and he exported large quantities of wheat, flour, beer barrels, cannonballs, harness, and saltpetre. As a reward he was given licences to export wool direct to Italy. … In 1524 Fermor was in Florence and gave financial assistance there to John Clerk, Wolsey's agent, who was negotiating for the cardinal's election to the papacy. At the time of his fall (1529), Wolsey owed Fermor £125 for various silks.’ For both Dauntsey and Fermor see History of Parliament Online for fuller details. George Dalison of Clothall in Hertfordshire, Cransley in Northamptonshire and Gray’s Inn, c.1480-1524. Gave 40 marks (£26 13s 4d) for the Auditorship of the Exchequer in 1507, and served in that office to 1521. Wolsey’s ability to keep a large number of troops supplied and equipped for the duration of the Anglo-French War (1512-14) was a major factor in its success. Wolsey also had a key role in negotiating the Anglo-French treaty of 1514, which secured a temporary peace between the two nations. Under this treaty the French king, Louis XII, would marry Henry VIII’s young sister, Mary. In addition, England was able to keep the captured city of Tournai and to secure an increase in the annual pension paid by France. The present document dates from the beginning of the power struggle between Wolsey and his co-signatory the Duke of Norfolk, who had fought for King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth (1485), and made an important contribution, as Earl Marshal, to the coronation of King Henry VIII. Norfolk challenged Wolsey in an attempt to become the new king’s first minister, although eventually accepted the cardinal’s supremacy. Two months before signing the present document Norfolk had been instrumental in crushing James IV’s forces at Flodden, 9 September 1513. His signature, T Norfolk, is anomalous since his father’s dukedom was not restored to him until 1 February 1514. It was also at the time of signing this document that Wolsey was given a significant opportunity to demonstrate his talents in the foreign policy arena. The war against France had begun in 1512 and, although the first campaign was not a success, Wolsey learned from his mistakes and in 1513, with Papal support, a joint attack on France was launched. Thomas Lovell, one of the privy councillors who signed the warrant, supervised the procurement of artillery and the fortification of Calais between 1511 and 1514 (ODNB). A handsome document of exceptional rarity.
* Anne (Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714). Manuscript Order issued by the Privy Council on behalf of Queen Anne regarding Scottish & catholic Oath of Allegiance to the Crown, 18th January, 1704 (i.e. 1705), single sheet written to one side in neat secretarial hand (approximately 350 words), with the signatures of each of the 8 members of the Privy Council including Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset (as Somerset); John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham (as Buckingham C.P.S.); Sidney Godolphin (as Godolphin); Montagu Venables-Bertie, Earl of Abingdon (as Abingdon); Henry Grey, Duke of Kent (as Kent); Thomas Mansel (as T. Mansel); Sir Charles Hedges (as C. Hedges); and Col. John Granville (as Granville), with the addressee of the instruction being Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, light toning, few old folds, damp stain and fraying to right hand, laid down on album leaf, folio (35.5 x 23.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThis written instruction from the Privy Council of Queen Anne is addressed to Thomas Herbert, Lord Lieutenant of Wilts and Monmouth, who at this time (1704/05) was the 8th Earl of Pembroke and also Lord President of the Council. The date of the Privy Council instruction, 18th January 1704 coincides with the passing into English law of the Alien Act. The manuscript reads: "After our very hearty commendations to your Lordsp. Her Maty. having received an Address from the Lords Spirituall and Temporall in Parliamt. Assembled, setting forth that their Lordps. having taken into consideration, divers Acts of Parliamt. lately passed in Scotland, and the dangerous and pernicious effects that are likely to follow from thence, humbly offer their opinion, that in this present juncture of affairs, the laws against papists and persons refusing or neglecting to take the Oaths to her Majesty be effectually put in execution, we do therefore in her Maties. name and by her express command, pursuant to their Lordps. advice in the said Address, hereby pray and require yor. Lordp. forthwith to give the necessary directions to the proper Officers of the Militia - effectually to put the laws in execution against all papists and reputed papists, and all persons within yor. Lieutenancys refusing or neglecting to take the Oaths to her Majty. in respect to their Armes and Horses, by - seizing the said Armes with the assistance of a Constable, and the Horses in the presence of a Deputy Lieutent. or a Justice of the Peace, or a Commission Officer of the Militia, not under the Degree of a Lieutenant. And that yor. Lordp. do appoint 3 or more of your Deputy Lieutens. to dispose of all such Horses either by restoring them to the owners, if they shall conceive them to be unduly siez'd, or otherwise, as your Lordp. shall find best for her Maties. service, according to the Act of Parliamt. in that behalf. And of yor. Lorps. proceedings in the execution of these her Maties. commands you are to return an account to be laid before her Maty. at this Board without delay, to the end it may appear to her Maty. what persons have done their Duty. And so not doubting of yor. Lordps. particular care herein, we bid yor. Lordp. very heartily farewell from the Councill Chamber at St James's this 18th day of January 1704. Yor. Lordps. very loving Friends ...".
* [Henry VIII]. Draft document regarding arrangements for a royal procession, circa 1529, single sheet written to one side in an unidentified secretarial hand, regarding a procession, possibly for a funeral, entitled "The order in procedyng forme [from] the p[ar]lement howse to the masse ("Requiham" altered to) churche & in lyk wyse to the p[ar]lement chamber", undated but temp. Henry VIII, and from the reference to the mass, presumably before 1529, right edge slightly obscured by cloth tape, light dust-soiling and marginal fraying, laid down, folio (310 x 210 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESThe manuscript appears to be a herald's working paper for arranging a royal funeral (or state procession of some kind, as "the kinges highnes" is to participate in the procession) perhaps for one of the children of Catherine of Aragon. Following the King comes "the Cappe of Astate to be borne by [blank]/ The kinges sworde to be borne by [blank]/ The staf to be borne by therle m[ar]shall, and befor him garter, and befor hym tharchbishope of Caunturbury, and the lord Chauncellor of his lyft hand ... and so to procede to the quere to ye Mas of the holy ghoste..." Includes bookseller's catalogue description entry dated in pencil 5/11/73.
* Lovell (Lovell Benjamin Badcock, 1786-1861). A collection of papers relating to Lovell's service in the Peninsular War with the 14th Light Dragoons and later, circa 1809-47, including a 14-page fair manuscript memoir with subjects including personal memoirs of the Peninsular War, a series of approximately 25 letters written to Lovell when serving in Portugal, 1830s, relating to diplomatic matters including relations with Spain, and including two letters of Henry Addington (later Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister), and four of Lord George William Russell as Minister to Lisbon, circa 1833, plus approximately 40 official letters and documents relating to General Lovell Lovell's orders and letters on administration of the Indian Army, 1839-1847, including a letter from Sir Robert Peel to the Master of the Rolls, plus approximately 16 mostly manuscript documents relating to drills and manoeuvres and a group of 7 further personal mostly manuscript documents, mostly folio and roughly grouped in four modern ring bindersQty: (4 ring binders)
Mexican-American War 1846-1848. A printed proclamation from Antonio Lopez de Santa-Anna to his Mexican compatriots, Mexico, 31 March 1847, concerning Veracruz and its occupation and a call for resistance, dropped title with name and date at foot, some light browning and old dampstaining (mostly along central folds), one page, folio (33.5 x 22.5 cm)Qty: (1)
* Recussancy & Bowls. Examination of an individual before a Recusancy session, circa 1630, single sheet with two pages of manuscript, recording an examination of someone before a Recusancy session (Recusancy was the secret practise of the outlawed Roman Catholic religion, commonly called papists), mention is made later in the text of the presence of Sir Thomas Tilsey, Sir G. Ellis, Sir H. Slingsby (1602-58), Royalist as councell at the session, mention is also made in passing to the playing of bowls (lines 4 & 21), light dust-soiling, old horizontal folds, few short closed tears and fraying to edges, folio (29.5 x 19 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTranscript of first 21 lines containing mention of bowls playing, "The passage before the L.P. was this. H.A. having occasion to goe unto some grounde he had upon the ninteinth of August last within the Lordship of Preston in Hoderness and his way lyinge thereon a pasture ground wherein their is a bowlinge green and understandinge that C.H. was their he went a little foorth of his way to salute him who tolde him he would goe homeward with him after he had bould a rubber or two which would take him some two howers time, at which time H.A. sayd he would returne from his grounde againe unto him, and so he did, and having with him one John Burrill a blacksmith upon occasion he had to use him he asked C.H. if he weere readie to goe, his answere was that he had nowe begun a rubber and he would not goe yet, but desired H.A. to stay awhile and then he would, but findinge no certainetie in him, and H.A. his busines calling him away, he tooke leave of him, (the Companie also he liked not for their were both papists and recusants their) and as he turned his horse the Smyth followinge him carried him to Headen John and make him drunke sayd a papist one Anthonie Nevill unto whome H.A. turned back and made answere unto him, that neither he nor all the papists in Holderness could make him drunke to which he replyed that his religion was as good as his and theirs H.A. left the boulers (bowlers)."
* Theology manuscript. 'A Heroic Poem. On the Nativity of Christ or Christmas Day', c.1730? 4 pages, comprising 83 lines (approx. 700 words) written in a neat hand, containing four sacred texts 'A Heroic Poem. On the Nativity of Christ or Christmas Day' (19 lines), 'A Hymn. On the Circumcision of Christ. To the tune of the hundred Psalm' (9 four line verses), 'A Complement to my friend seeing me melancholy gave me share of a bowl punch' (12 lines) and 'On Contentment' (16 lines), fore-edge blank margin of first leaf torn, small folio (30 x 18.5 cm), together with: Funeral Sermon, Manuscript draft of a sermon to be preached 'At Mr Gould's Funeral January ye 15th 1704/05', 4 pages (approx. 600 words) written in one hand in English, few corrections, light dust-soiling, 4to (19.5 x 15.5 cm), Savoy Lutheran congregation, 'To the Kings Most Excellent Majestie. The humble Petition of the Ministers and Church-wardens in behalf of themselves and the Whole Lutheran Congregation in the Savoy', London, 12th Oct 1722, single page written to one side, old folds, dust-soiling, folio (27 x 20 cm), and two othersQty: (5)
Bolton (Arthur T.). The Architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794), 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Country Life, 1922, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, some very minor marginal toning, all edges gilt, publishers uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed & marked, folio, together with; Lloyd (Nathaniel), A History of English Brickwork..., 1st edition, London: H. Greville Montgomery, 1925, numerous black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and Viollet-le-Duc (Eugene), Dictionnaire Raisonné de L'Architecture Francaise de XI Au XVI Siècle, 10 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Ve A. Morel & Cie, 1871-73, numerous black & white illustrations, some light spotting & toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red quarter morocco, spines slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, plus other early 20th century published architecture reference & related, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, 8vo/folioQty: (28)
* [Murphy, James Cavanah, 1760-1814]. A collection of 37 plates from The Arabian Antiquities of Spain, circa 1815, 37 engraved plates, including 9 hand-coloured and engraved sectional title, of views, reliefs, plans, elevations, mosaics, ornaments etc, a few mounted, occasional light spotting, the largest sheet size 47.5 x 64 cmQty: (37)NOTESCicognara 2536; Graesse IV, 631. The plates depict views and details of the Alhambra Palace in Granada and the Mosque at Cordoba, taken from James Cavanah Murphy's The Arabian Antiquities of Spain, first published in 1815-16 with Cadell & Davies continuing to publish the work until 1820. Murphy was an Irish architect who travelled to Cadiz in 1802 and spending some seven years studying the Moorish style at the Alhambra and the Mosque at Cordoba.
Lucey (Conor). The Stapleton Collection, Designs for the Irish neoclassical interior 1st edition, Tralee: Churchill House Press, 2007, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head of the spine, large 8vo, together with; Northwick Gallery, Catalogue of the Northwick Collection of Pictures, Miniatures, Enamels, Bronzes, Sculptures, and other choice works of art:...at Thirlestane House, Cheltenham; the property of John Rushout, Baron Northwick,...,1859, monochrome frontispiece, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, and Tattersfield (Nigel), Thomas Bewick, The Complete Illustrative Work, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: The Bibliographical Society, 2011, colour & black & white illustrations, publishers uniform original green cloth, spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Laffan (William), The Cries Of Dublin, Drawn from the Life by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1760, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Georgian Society, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers very lightly rubbed, large 4to, and other Irish & British art & architecture reference, many in original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, 8vo/4toQty: (Approximately 100)
Pozzo (Andrea). Rules and Examples of Perspective proper for Painters and Architects, etc. In English and Latin: Containing a most easie and expeditious method to Delineate in Perspective all Designs relating to Architecture, after a new manner ... by that great master thereof, Andrea Pozzo ... Engraven in 105 ample folio plates, and adorn'd with 200 initial letters to the explanatory discourses: printed from copper-plates ... by John Sturt. Done into English from the original printed at Rome 1693 in Lat. and Ital. by Mr. John James of Greenwich, London: Printed for J. Senex and R. Gosling, W. Innys, J. Osborn and T. Longman , circa 1725, engraved frontispiece & engraved general title (both neatly repaired to blank margins, general title with contemporary signature Geo. Pepys to upper blank margin), with additional engraved title 'Perspectiva Pictorum et Architectorum' present, 102 engraved plates (including two plates numbered 53, A & B, plus a duplicate of plate 100 bound at rear), engraved ornamental initials to leaves of text, short closed tear to lower blank margin of plate 39, lacking final leaf of index at rear, occasional minor damp stains to lower corners, light toning and spotting, modern professional half calf, marbled sides, folio (39.1 x 25 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHarris 704; Fowler 252 note. The second English Edition of the most important book on perspective of the late baroque period. It is a translation by John James of the 1693 Roman edition, Part I, but without the folding plate of the ceiling of St. Ignatius Church, which first appeared in the 1702 Roman edition of Part I. The descriptive text, printed on both sides of the leaves is in Latin and English, in italic and roman type respectively. The plates are reversed from those of the Italian edition and pl. LIIIA is the "Figura Ultima" and LIIIB is pl. LIII of the 1702 edition. This edition is ornamented with 200 initials engraved by John Sturt.
Verve.The French Review of Art, Numbers 5-6, July-October 1939, 7, April-July 1940, and 8, September-November 1940, colour lithographs after Braque, Rouault, Bonnard, Matisse and Klee to first volume, colour lithograph after Bonnard to third volume, numerous tipped-in colour plates and monochrome illustrations to each volume, first volume with colour lithograph cover design by Maillol, chipped with some wear to spine, with a little loss, second volume (Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry) with remains of glassine overwrapper, third volume with colour lithograph design to covers by Matisse (torn and frayed with some loss to spine and rear cover), folio, all contained in publisher's original card slipcase, somewhat soiled and worn, together with: Ribbed Vision, A Poem, Robert Vas Dias, Lithographs Jack Bosson, New York, 1963, three uncoloured lithographs by Jack Bosson, each signed and dated, and numbered 97/150, original boards stitched as issued, large slim folio, limited edition 97/150, signed by both poet and artist, plus: Joanne Harris, Rainy Days and Mondays, Pictured by Graham Ovenden, Ruralist Fine Art & Frogspawn, 2006, colour giclee illustrations throughout, original light blue cloth gilt, folio, limited edition 4/55, signed by author and artist, and other artists' illustrated books, including St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Rome, Giovanni and Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega, 1977, with colour frontispiece by Renato Guttuso, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original quarter vellum, folio, with card slipcase, limited edition 30/150, Andreas Felger & Martin Gutl, Du bist Abraham, Prasenz-Verlag/Verlag Styria, 1977, with woodcut illustrations by Andreas Felger, original cloth in dust wrapper and plain card slipcase, oblong 4to, limited edition 37/150, signed by the artist and authorQty: (17)
Beveridge (Sir William, Dr. Julian Huxley and Sir John Boyd Orr, editors). Target For Tomorrow, Numbers 1, 3, 8 & 12 (Industry After the War, Who Is Going to Run It? by Charles Madge, Food and The People by Sir John Boyd Orr, The Future of the Colonies by Dr. Julian Huxley and Phyllis Deane, and Remobilisation for Peace by Sir Ronald Davison), 4 volumes, Pilot Press, 1943-1944, monochrome illustrations after photographs, etc., all original boards, with cover design by Abram Ganes to each, dust wrappers a little rubbed and with some fraying to extremities, small loss to lower edge of upper cover of the first volume, slim 4to, together with: Florence (Lella Secor). Only An Ocean Between (America and Britain series, edited by P. Sargant Florence), 1st edition, George G. Harrap, 1943, colour illustrations, monochrome illustrations after photographs, original blue cloth in dust wrapper, with some light spotting, plus the second and third titles from the same series America and Britain: K.B. Smellie, Our Two Democracies at Work, George G. Harrap, 1944 & Lella Secor Florence, Our Private Lives, George G. Harrap, 1944, colour and monochrome illustrations to each, both original cloth in dust wrappers (the first with dust wrapper designed by Jon Heartfield), slightly frayed to extremities, large 8vo, and other World War Two-related propaganda booklets and publications, including His Majesty's Stationery Office, Bomber Command, The Campaign in Burma, Ark Royal, Frontline 1940-1941, Build The Ships, Land at War, Merchant Men at War, Fleet Air Arm, The Eighth Army, The Mediterranean Fleet, etc., Stephen Taylor, Battle for Health, a primer of social medicine (The New Democracy), 1st edition, Nicholson & Watson, 1944, Michael Young & Theodor Prager, There's Work for All (The New Democracy), 1st edition, Nicholson & Watson, 1945, both in dust wrappers, Maurice Lovell, Landsmen and Seafarers (The Soviets and Ourselves series), George G. Harrap, 1945, Spirit of the Soviet Union, Anti-Nazi Cartoons & Posters, foreword Lord Beaverbrook, 1st edition, Pilot Press, 1942, Oxford Pamphlets on World Affairs series, etc., original cloth, including some in dust wrappers, and many bound in original printed wrappers, stapled as issued, mainly 8voQty: (approximately 150)
* Salt (Henry, 1780-1827). Sandy Bay Valley in the Island of St. Helena, 1809, hand-coloured aquatint on heavy wove paper with J Whatman watermark, by Daniel Havell after Henry Salt, published by William Miller, May 1st 1809, light discolouration to margins, remnants of guard and tape mounts to verso, sheet size 54 x 74.5 cmQty: (1)NOTESTaken from Henry Salt's Twenty-four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, William Miller, 1809.
[Wolfe, Humbert]. Truffle Eater, by Oistros. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures, London: Arthur Barker, [1933], title and eighteen unpaginated leaves, printed to rectos, illustrations by Archibald Louis Charles Savory, one or two light finger marks, original boards, upper cover with colour illustration of Adolph Hitler in Struwwelpeter style with swastika-tipped fingernails, one or two marks, edges a little rubbed, covers slightly bowed, 4toQty: (1)NOTESAn early anti-Nazi satire.
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, By His Majesties special Command, Oxford, Printed at The Theater, and are to be sold by Peter Parker at the Leg and Star..., 1682, title ruled in red, and with some marks and light soiling, some spotting and occasional throughout, one or two leaves crudely repaired with plain paper overlaid to text, NT title present, Book of Common Prayer, dated Oxford John Baskett, 1721 at rear, with some defects, all edges gilt, 19th century blind decorated brown full morocco, rubbed with a brass clasp intact, folio, together with: Skelton (Joseph). Skelton's Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from Original Drawings by F. Mackenzie, Oxford, 1823, engraved plates and illustrations, many with tissue-guard, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, heavily rubbed and some wear to joints and edges, large 4to, plus: Jefferys (Thomas, publisher). A Collection of Dresses of the Different Nations, Antient and Modern. Particularly Old English Dresses. After the Designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar, and others... to which are added The Habits of the Principal Characters on the English Stage, volume 1 only, 1757, parallel text in French and English, both titles (in French and English) printed in red and black, 119 engraved plates of historical costume, each numbered to lower outer corner, ownership signature to title of Sir John Halkett, all edges gilt, early 19th century green full morocco, rubbed and some discolouration, 4to, and other miscellaneous antiquarian, mostly 18th and 19th century, including William G. Habershon, Records of Old London, Vanished and Vanishing, with coloured plate illustrations after original drawings, J.S. Virtue & Co., circa 1880, 36 colour lithograph plates, all edges gilt, original publisher's gilt-decorated maroon full morocco, rubbed and some discolouration, recased with original spine laid down, large folio, etc.Qty: (3 cartons)
Crompton (Richmal). Kathleen and I and of Course Veronica, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton [1926], a little minor spotting front and rear, original cloth, 3/6 dust jacket, a few small chips and tears, 8vo, together with Felicity Stands by, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, [1928}, some light spotting, original cloth (some marginal fading), cheap 2/6 dust jacket, spine faded, a few chips, 8vo, plus others by Richmal Crompton including Just William. The Book of the Film, 1939 (in faded and chipped dust jacket), Weatherley Parade, 1943, The Ridley's [1947], Kay Williams' Just - Richmal. The Life and Work of Richmal Crompton Lamburn, 1986, The William Companion, by Mary Cadogan, David Schutte and Kenneth C. Waller, 1990 (signed by all three contributors, with two letters from Mary Cadogan) and approximately 20 'William' titles, reprints and later impressions, a few in jackets and ex-libris in variable conditionQty: (carton)
Adams (George). [Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, 1794], 39 double-page engraved plates (complete) from the 5 volume work (without the frontispieces and text), a few small tears and repairs, stab holes to a few margins, a couple trimmed and laid down, a little minor spotting, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, small 4to, together with Frend (William). Evening Amusements; or the Beauty of the Heavens Displayed. In which several striking appearances, to be observed on various evenings in the Heavens, during the year 1805, are described, London, 1805, 6 engraved plates of celestial bodies, advertisement leaf at end, occasional light spotting, original boards, light wear and soiling, 8vo, plus two other Frend's Evening Amusements for 1807 and 1814, with others including John William Carleton's The Sporting Sketch Book, 1842, Thomas Keith's A New Treatise on the Use of Globes, new edition, circa 1839, Benedetto Marcello's Salmi di Davide. Parafrasati da Ascanio Giustiniani e posti in musica da Benedetto Marcello con accompagnamento di piano della composizione di Francesco Mirecki, Pollacco, e rivisto dal Maestro Cherubini, 4 volumes (Libro 3, part 1-4), Florence: Giuseppe Lorenzi, [1817], and 9 volumes of Charles Dickens novels in green half morocco (rubbed), published by Chapman & Hall & W.R. Howell, circa 1880Qty: (carton)
Stanford (Edward [publisher]). Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel, 5 volumes, (Asia, by Augustus H. Keane, 1882, North America, by F. V. Hayden & A. R. C. Selwyn, 1883, Australasia, by A. R. Wallace, 1884, slight tear to head of the spine, Africa, by Keith Johnston, 1884, Europe, by F.W. Rulder and Geo. G. Chisholm, 1885), numerous monochrome illustrations & colour maps, some folding maps with marginal wear, some light marks & toning, gutters slightly cracked, all in publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, contemporary & rubbed labels to the spines, 8vo, together with; Napp (Richard), The Argentine Republic, 1st edition, Bueno Aires: Sociedad Anonima, 1876, 4 folding tables, 5 colour & monochrome folding maps to the rear laid to cloth, some light spotting throughout, contemporary red half morocco bound by William Denny & Brothers, boards slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Pennell (T. L.), Among The Wild Tribes of The Afgan Frontier..., 1st edition, London: Seeley & Co., 1909, 35 black & white illustrations and map, colour folding map to the rear rubbed & torn, period inscription to the front pastedown, tape to front & rear gutters, ex-library plate to the rear pastedown, some light toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine rubbed & marked, 8vo, plus 12 further volumes of 19th & early 20th century travel reference, all original cloth, 8voQty: (19)
I. Clark [publisher]. Representations of the Embossed, Chased, & Engraved Subjects and Inscriptions, which decorate the Tabacco Box and Cases, belonging to the Past Overseers Society of the Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist in the City of Westminster, London, 1824, 34 monochrome engraved plates, later endpapers, ex-library stamp to foot of the front endpaper, some light toning, later red quarter morocco, boards & spine rubbed, 4to, together with; American Art Association Inc. [publisher], Works Of Art, collection of the estate of the late Judge Elbert H. Gary, sold by direction of The New York Trust Company, 2 volumes, New York, 1928, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplates to the front endpapers, some minor toning & spotting, publishers original gilt decorated boards in slipcases, boards & spines rubbed & marked slipcases rubbed with loss, large 4to, and other 19th & early 20th-century art & art collections reference, including Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, approximately 27 volumes, circa 1946-89, many in original wrappers, overall condition is fair/good, 8vo/4toQty: (3 cartons)
Thomas Astley [publisher]. A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels: Consisting Of the most Esteemed Relations, which have been hitherto published in any Language: Comprehending every Thing remarkable in its Kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America,..., volume 1 only, London, 1745, 19 black & white plates & maps, some marks & toning, contemporary crushed calf, lacking front board, rear board detached, spine rubbed with loss, 4to, together with; Seabrook (W. B.), The Magic Island, reprint edition, London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1931, black & white illustrations, some light spotting & marginal toning, publishers original black cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 18th to early 20th-century travel & miscellaneous history, some leather bindings, some original cloth, some French language & odd volumes, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/4toQty: (2 cartons)
Sprat (Thomas). The History of the Royal Society of London, for the improving of Natural Knowledge, 3rd edition corrected, London; printed for J. Knapton, J. Walthoe, B. and S. Tooke, D. Midwinter.., 1722, imprimatur leaf before title, with large engraved coat of arms to verso, title printed in red and black, with contemporary ownership inscription in brown ink at head 'Perryn XtCh;76;-', two folding engraved plates, contents in clean condition with wide margins, 19th century stamped ownership name of James F. Anderton to front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, worn with covers detached, small 4to, together with: Hodder (James). Hodder's Arithmetick: or that necessary art made most easie; being explain'd in a way familiar to the capacity of any that desire to learn it in a little time, the seven and twentieth edition, revised, augmented, and above a thousand faults amended, by William Hume, Philomath, London: printed for D. Midwinter..., 1739, without portrait before title, some marks and occasional soiling, outer corners rubbed, later quarter calf, rubbed, 12mo, plus Bacon (Francis). The Essays or Counsels, Civil & Moral, or Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Berulam, Viscount St Albam, with a Table of the Colours of Good & Evil..., printed by T. N. for John Martyn, 1673, some light marks and occasional pale browning, all edges gilt, 19th century straight-grained dark green morocco, scuffed to spine, 8vo (Gibson 23a Wing B287A), and Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius). The Declamations of Quintilian, being an exercition or praxis upon his XII. Books, concerning the Institution of an Orator. Translated (from The Oxford Theatre Edition) into English by a Learned and Ingenious Hand, printed by J. R. for John Taylor, 1686, occasional light marginal browning, some early ink marginalia, contemporary blind-panelled full calf, rubbed and somewhat worn with upper cover detached, 8vo (Wing Q224), plus other miscellaneous antiquarian, mostly 19th century, including several volumes of Edinburgh Annual RegisterQty: (a carton)
Thornley (John Charles & George W. Hastings).The Guilds of the City of London and their Liverymen..., London: The London & Counties Press Association, 1915, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning & marks, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated plum full morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, large 4to, together with; Hazlitt (W. Carew), The Livery Companies Of the City of London, 1st edition, London: Swann Sonnenschein & Co., 1892, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, slight toning throughout, top edge gilt, publishers original red cloth, spine slightly faded, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Welch (Charles), Coat-Armour of the London Livery Companies..., 1st edition, London: privately printed, 1914, 110 monochrome plates, bookplate to front pastedown, ex-library stamp to verso of the title page, some light spotting throughout, front & rear gutters cracked, publishers original cloth spine to blue boards, ex-library blind stamp to foot of the front board, boards & spine toned, rubbed & slightly marked, spine label toned & chipped with minor loss, large 4to, plus other late 19th century & modern London Companies & London reference, including The History of the Boroughs and Municipal Corporations, 3 volumes, by H. A. Merewether & A. J. Stephens, Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1972, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (5 shelves)
Foster (Joseph). Some Feudal Coats of Arms, Oxford: James Parker & Co., 1902, 2000 monochrome zinco etchings, bookplate to front pastedown, front gutters cracked, slight marginal toning throughout, publishers original decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, large 4to, together with; Stawell (Robert), The Story Of The Heavens, 17th thousand, London: Cassell & Company, 1890, 18 colour plates & numerous black & white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, bookplate to the front pastedown, front gutters partially cracked, some light marginal toning throughout, publishers original decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other 19th century & modern history reference & miscellaneous literature, including Children's Colour Book of Lands & Peoples, 6 volumes, London: Educational Book Co., circa 1920, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)
Maddox (Thomas). Firma Burgi, or an Historical Essay concerning the Cities Towns and Buroughs of England. Taken from Records, London: printed by William Bowyer, 1726, engraved title page, later endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning, small water stain to margin of pp. 243/244, later gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss, folio, together with; Raine (James), The History and Antiquities of North Durham, as subdivided into the shire of Norham, Island, and Bedlington,..., London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1852, 12 black & white engraved plates, Norham Church and Monument is on pp.159 not pp.259 as stated in the List Of Plates, bookplate to front pastedown, later marbled endpapers, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, later blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, calf spine label rubbed with some loss, folio, and Jekyll (Gertrude), Old West Surrey some notes and memories, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904, numerous black & white illustrations, some minor toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, Old English Household Life, Some account of Cottage objects and Country Folk, 1st edition, London: B. T. Batsford, 1925, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplate & later inscription to front pastedown, some minor spotting, publishers original red cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, both 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century English topography & history reference, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (4 shelves)
Andrew Reid & Sons [publisher]. A History of Northumberland, 15 volumes, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1983-1940, numerous monochrome illustrations & maps, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting & toning, top edges gilt, publishers uniform original gilt decorated cloth, spines slightly faded & rubbed with some minor tears to head & foot, tear to head of volume 1, large 4toQty: (15)
Eyre-Todd (George). The Book Of Glasgow Cathedral a history and description, limited edition, Glasgow: Morison Brothers, 1898, signed to the limitation page, numerous black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting & toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth designed by Talwin Morrisboards lightly rubbed, spine slightly rubbed with small tear to the foot, large 4to, limited edition of 1000 copies (un-numbered), together with; Fuller (John), The History of Berwick Upon Tweed including the villages of Tweedmouth and Spittal, &c., Edinburgh: printed for Bell & Bradfute et al, 1799, 7 engraved plates plus fold map, bookplate & previous owner inscription to the front pastedown, cracked gutters, some spotting & toning throughout, contemporary full calf, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, and Maxwell (Herbert), The Story Of The Tweed, limited edition, London: James Nisbet and Company, 1903, 21 monochrome plates by D. Y. Cameron, bookplate to front pastedown, endpapers spotted, some light toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, 197/375, plus other 19th century & modern Scottish topography & history including The River Clyde and THe Clyde Burghs..., by James D. Marwick, Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1909, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (5 shelves)
Haggard (H. Rider). Rural England, being an account of agricultural and social researches carried out in years 1901 & 1902, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902, colour maps & monochrome illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, period inscriptions to verso of volume 1 frontispiece & volume 2 half-title, some spotting & minor toning, publishers uniform original blue cloth, spines faded & slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Jekyll (Gertrude), Old West Surrey some notes and memories, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904, numerous black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor marginal toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Step (Edward), Wild Flowers Month by Month in their Natural Haunts, 2 volumes, London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1906, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, later inscription to volume 2 front endpaper, some light toning & spotting, top edges gilt, publishers uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other early 20th century & modern English rural, natural history & agriculture reference, including New Naturalists series, 7 volumes, numbers 4, 18, 22, 25, 31, 32, 45, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, & publications by Batsford, Routledge, Crosby Lockwood, Manchester University Press, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves)
Spencer (Edmund). The Works of Edmund Spencer, 8 volumes, London: printed for F. C. & J. Rivington et al, 1805, black & white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, bookplates to front pastedowns, later endpapers, some light toning & offsetting, later uniform gilt decorated half calf, boards & spines rubbed with some minor loss, some loss to spine labels, 8vo, together with; Hardy (Thomas), Thomas Hardy's Works, 19 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1903, contemporary previous owner inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting & toning, publishers uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, some boards & spines lightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other 19th-century & modern literature, including Folio Society, approximately 35 volumes, some leather bindings, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8voQty: (3 shelves)
Gunther (Robert T.). The Astrolabes of the World, based upon the series of instruments in the Lewis Evans Collection in the Old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, with notes on astrolabes in the collection of the British Museum, Science Museum, Sir J. Findlay, Mr S.V. Hoffman, The Mensing Collection, and in other public and private collections, 2 volumes, Oxford University Press, 1932, numerous monochrome illustrations, original white cloth gilt, rubbed and some light soiling, 4to, together with: Wheatland (David P.). The Apparatus of Science at Harvard 1765-1800, Harvard University Press, 1968, colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, original red cloth gilt, some marks, 4to, plus: Takacs (Kornelia). Compass Chronicles, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2010, numerous colour illustrations, original pictorial boards in matching dust wrapper, 4to, and others on antique scientific instruments, microscopes, clocks, globes, etc., including Edward Luther Stevenson, Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, Their History and Construction, 2 volumes, Newhaven, Yale University Press, 1921, Silvio A. Bedini, Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers, Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1964, L.A. Mayer, Islamic Astrolabists and Their Works, Geneva, Albert Kundig, 1956, Frank W. Cousins, Sundials, 1969, etc., including many related exhibition and auction catalogues, original cloth and printed wrappers, mainly 4to/8vo (approximately 150 volumes)Qty: (3 shelves)
Robinson (R. E. R. & W. J. P. Aggett). The Bloody Eleventh, History of The Devonshire Regiment, 3 volumes, 1st editions, Exeter: The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, 1988-95, numerous black & white illustrations & maps, some light spotting & minor toning, original cloth in dust jackets, spines slightly faded, 8vo, together with; Dennis (Peter et al), The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, 1995, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 8vo, and other military history & related, including publications by Spellmount, PSL, Greenhill Books, Sutton, Arms & Armour, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)
Watson-Watt (Robert). Three Steps to Victory, A Personal Account by Radar's Greatest Pioneer, 1st edition, London: Odhams Press, 1957, black & white illustrations, some light spotting & toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot with minor tears, 8vo, includes 2 loose black & white photographs of Sir Robert Watson-Watt at an awards dinner, together with; Olsen (Oluf Reed), Two Eggs On My Plate, 1st edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1952, 11 black & white illustrations, front endpaper maps, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket illustrated by Peter Rudland, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, minor loss to head & foot of the spine, 8vo, and Farran (Roy), Winged Dagger, Adventures on Special Service, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1948, black & white frontispiece & 14 maps, some minor spotting & toning, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers rubbed with some loss to head of the spine & front cover, 8vo, plus, Andrew (Christopher & Vasili Mitrokhin), The Mitrokhin Archive, The KGB in Europe and the West, 1st edition, London: Penguin, 1999, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and other mid-20th century & modern espionage & radar reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)
Ray (Man). Objets de mon affection, 1st edition, Paris: Philippe Sers, 1983, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, minor tears to head of front & rear covers, large 8vo, together with; Britt (David), Marcel Duchamp, The Portable Museum, The Making of the Boîte-en-valise, 1st U.K. edition, London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly toned to head & spine, large 8vo, and A. Kroch and Son [publisher], ADCC Record of Advertising Art, 1st edition, Chicago, 1944, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded & rubbed, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, Bell (Keith), Stanley Spencer, a complete catalogue of the paintings, 1st edition, London: Phaidon Press, 1992, numerous colour illustrations, light marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (4 shelves)
Gathorne-Hardy (A.E.). Autumns in Argyleshire with Rod & Gun, with illustrations by Archibald Thorburn, 1st edition, Longmans, 1900, monochrome plates, occasional light spotting, contemporary bookplate of H.V. Brooke to front pastedown, original gilt decorated maroon cloth, rubbed and some marks to covers, spine lightly faded, together with: Francis (Francis). By Lake and River: An Angler's Rambles in the North of England and Scotland, 1st edition, 'The Field' Office, 1874, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and a little fraying to joints, head and foot of spine, and outer corners, plus: Fisher (Major A.T.), Rod and River, or Fly-Fishing for Salmon, Trout and Grayling, 1st edition, Richard Bentley and Son, 1892, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling, plus: Dickie (J.L.). Forty Years of Trout and Salmon Fishing, 1st edition, Heath Cranton, [1921], monochrome illustrations after photographs, original dark blue cloth, rubbed, and others on angling, particularly salmon fishing, mostly early 20th century publications, including Sydney Buxton, Fishing and Shooting, 1902, R.H. Bruce Lockhart, My Scottish Youth, 1937, Eric Parker, Field, River and Hill, 1927, A.G. Bradley, Clear Waters, 1915, etc., all original cloth, a few in dust wrappers, generally rubbed and with some marks, 8vo (approximately 65 volumes)Qty: (3 shelves)
Kazhdan (Alexander P. [editor]). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, 1991, some light marks to text-block of volume 2, publishers uniform blue cloth, 8vo, together with; Bury (J. B.), The Cambridge Medieval History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1911-32, some light toning & spotting, publishers uniform original green cloth, top edges gilt, spines slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, includes 7 map volumes, and Dalberg-Acton (John Emerich Edward 'Lord Acton'), The Cambridge Modern History, volumes 13 volumes, mixed editions, Cambridge: University Press, 1902-12, numerous colour maps to the Atlas volume, some minor toning throughout, top edges gilt, publishers uniform original blue cloth, volume 1 rear board rubbed & water stained with heavy damage, 8vo, plus other Byzantium, medieval & miscellaneous history reference, including The Left Book Club, 73 volumes, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (5 shelves )
Lancaster, Jr. (Robert A.). Historic Virginia Homes and Churches, 1st edition, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1915, 316 monochrome illustrations, some light toning & minor spotting, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, front boards lightly marked, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Hammond (John Martin), Colonial Mansions of Maryland and Delaware, 1st edition, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1914, 65 monochrome illustrations, front gutters cracked, some spotting & toning, top edge gilt, publishers original pictorial cloth, boards & spine toned, 8vo, and Goodall (John), The English Castle 1066-1650, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other architecture reference & related including, Some Account of Domestic Architecture in England,..., 3 volumes, by T. Hudson Turner, Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1851-59, uniform gilt decorated half calf, 8vo, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)
Arnauld (Agnès). Les Constitutions du Monastere de Port-Royal du Saint Sacrement, Paris: Guillaume Desprez & Jean Desessartz, 1721, black & white engraved title-page vignette, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated full leather, boards & spine slightly rubbed, front hinges cracked to head of the spine, small 8vo, together with; Bossuet (Jacques Benigne), Elevations A Dieu Sur Tous Les Mysteres de la Religion Chre'tienne,..., 2 volumes in 1, Paris: Jean Mariette, 1727, some light toning & spotting, later inscription to the front endpaper, marginal loss to foot of volume 1 pp.91, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss to head of the spine, 8vo, An Exposition of the Doctrine of the Catholic Church, in Matters of Controversy..., London, circa 1785, period inscription to head of the title-page, some minor toning, contemporary full calf with manuscript spine label, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed, front hinges cracked, 8vo, and Gregorio (D. N.), Martrologium Romanum Gregorii XIII..., new edition, Mechliniae, printed for P. J. Hanicq, 1866, numerous period annotations & pasted down insert, some spotting throughout, all edges gilt, contemporary full morocco with brass clasps, boards & spines rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th-century theology, ecclesiastical & Port Royal reference & related, including De La Frequente Communion ou les Sentimens des Peres, des Papes et des Conciles,..., by Antoine Arnauld, new edition, Brussels: François Foppens, 1723, some leather bindings, some original cloth, overall condition is good/very good, 8voQty: (3 shelves)
Bindings. Dombey And Son, 2 volumes, by Charles Dickens, London: Chapman and Hall, 1875, black & white illustrations, some toning, contemporary gilt decorated half calf bound by E. Watson, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo The Lay of The Last Minstrel, A Poem; by Walter Scott, 3rd edition, London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806, period inscriptions to front endpaper, half-title & the title page, toning & light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full mottled cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, Marmion; A Tale Of Flodden Field, by Walter Scott, 3rd edition, Edinburgh: printed by J. Ballantyne and Co., 1808, period inscriptions to the endpaper, title page & dedication page, some spotting& minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, The Works of Charles Dickens, 15 volumes, London: Chapman and Hall, circa 1870, some light spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated green half calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with other 19th century literature, all leather bindings, may gilt decorated, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8voQty: (6 shelves)NOTES145 volumes
Camden (William). Brittania: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent; from the Earliest Antiquity... Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 3 volumes, London: John Nichols, 1789, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I (with marginal repair), 57 engraved maps by John Cary, most folding and re-guarded, a few close-trimmed, 96 engraved plates, volume II title in facsimile with remnants of original title laid down, some occasional spotting and offsetting, a few light stains, hinges reinforced, Surveyors Institution library presentation labels to front pastedowns, contemporary calf gilt, morocco rebacks, red labels to spine, covers a little rubbed with some edge wear, folioQty: (3)
Dugdale (William). The History of Imbanking and Draining of divers Fens and Marshes, both in Foreign Parts and in this Kingdom, and of improvements thereby, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Charles Nalson Cole, London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1782, 11 folding engraved maps and plans, a few closed tears along folds, p. 381 lower corner and margin excised, pp. 459-469 of index lower corners with insect predation affecting lettering, some light spotting and soiling, some contemporary and later annotations and inscriptions to title and throughout, contemporary calf, joints splitting, rubbed with some wear, folioQty: (1)NOTESESTC N9058.
Ellis (John). Ellis's English Atlas: or, a compleat chorography of England and Wales: in fifty-four maps. Containing more particulars than any other collection of the same kind. The whole calculated for the use of travellers, academies, and of all those who desire to improve in the knowledge of their country. From the last surveys of the several counties ... Engraved by, and under the direction of, J. Ellis, London: Carrington Bowles, [1768], title with vertical fold and torn with loss of right third (with loss to map index list to verso), 50 engraved maps of 54 each hand-coloured in outline (including 48 double-page & 2 folding, lacking folding general map & 3 others), few marks, occasional spotting and light toning, endpapers renewed preserving early 19th century inscription, contemporary half calf, marbled sides, morocco reback, some wear, 8voQty: (1)NOTESChubb CCXXVIII. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.
* Botanical drawings. Three drawings, comprising two pencil and wash drawings on laid paper, probably by the same competent hand, one depicting sweetpea flowers, with watermark ... , lightly toned, the other depicting daisy flowers, with watermark ..., light marginal toning, a few fox spots, and an ink stain to lower left corner, contemporary pencil inscription in Dutch on verso pertaining to the characteristics of the plant pictured, sheet size of each approximately 32 x 20cm (12.5 x 8ins), and a third pencil drawing on laid paper, depicting a stem of ivy leaves, with watermark ..., some light spotting, sheet size approximately 31 x 18cm (12.25 x 7ins), all 3 drawings with blue ink stamped monogram 'ES' on verso denoting collection of Eugène Susini (Lugt 3769), each mountedQty: (3)NOTESLugt 3769. Professor Eugène Xavier Dominique Susini (1900-1982) amassed a collection of mainly Italian, French and Northern European drawings from the 16th to 18th centuries, which was sold after his death in a series of auctions at Christie's, London, and elsewhere. His friend the art historian Jacques Fryszman (1909-1998) had the monogram stamp made and the drawings marked so that knowledge of ownership would be preserved.
Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of England and Wales, 8 vols., London: Hooper & Wigstead, circa 1797, engraved frontispiece and title to each, 56 engraved maps, including one large folding general map and 55 maps of the counties & islands dispersed within the text, numerous engraved plates & plans, some spotting throughout mostly to titles and margins, contemporary diced calf, each volume rebacked, some joints cracked, occasional light wear to extremities, 4toQty: (8)
* Prints & Engravings. A collection of eleven engravings, 18th & 19th century, including Heath (James & Middiman Samuel). Adam and Eve in Paradise, J & J Boydell, 1799, uncoloured mixed method engraving after Jan Brueghel, toned and mount stained, margins abraided, stained and torn with some loss but only to the platemark, 530 x 665 mm, together with Peltro (John). Hunting Plate I, Brushing into Cover, John Harris, 1790, uncoloured engraving after J Sartorius, some creasing and slight surface abrasion, trimmed to plate mark some staining to margins, old adhesion scaring to verso, 480 x 605 mm, with Woollett (William). [Shooting Plate IV] Thomas Bradford, circa 1771, uncoloured engraving after George Stubbs, laid on near-contemporary linen and toned overall, title and eight lines of verse trimmed from below the image and place on the verso, 450 x 550 mm, plus Cousins (Samuel). [Bolton Abbey, ], circa 1837, mixed-method engraving on India wove after Edwin Landseer, proof before title and letters, signed in pencil by the artist and the engraver below the image, slight spotting to the margins, light overall toning, 660 x 770 mm, and Landseer (Thomas). [Geneva, Henry Graves and Company 1860], uncoloured mixed-method engraving in India wove after Sir Edwin Landseer, proof before title and letters, some spotting and water staining, margins frayed and with several closed tears but not affecting the image, 630 x 940 mm, together with Pether (William). A Philosopher giving a Lecture on the Orrery, 1768, uncoloured mezzotint after Joseph Wright, heavily creased with several repaired closed tears affecting image, laid on later thin card, 485 x 590 mm, with Wilkie (David). The Reading of the Will [and] Rent Day, Henry Gibbs & Robert Simpson respectively, circa 1840, two uncoloured engravings by John Burnet and A. Raimbach respectively, both toned and spotted and laid on later thin card, each approximately 480 x 620 mm, plus another three large scale engravings, various sizes and conditionQty: (11)
* Robinson (Henry). An accurate Representation of the Meteor which was seen on Augt. 18th 1783. - At first it appeared as one Ball of Fire, but in a few Seconds, broke into many small ones. It's Course was from N.W. to S.E. - This extraordinary Phaenomenon was of that Species of Meteor which the great Phisiologist Dr. Woodward and others call the Draco volans or Flying Dragon. - The above View was taken at Winthorpe near Newark upon Trent, by Henry Robinson, Schoolmaster. - and Published by him as the Act directs, 14 Octr. 1783, uncoloured mezzotint on laid paper, a very good impression, with margins, light spotting to sheet edges, plate size 188 x 250 mm (8.4 x 9.8 ins), sheet size 217 x 282 mm (8.5 x 11 ins)Qty: (1)NOTESOnly three institutional copies located (British Library, British Museum, and Wellcome Collection). Rare mezzotint in excellent condition depicting the great meteor seen over Britain on August 18th, 1783. The great meteor of 1783 was visible for a thousand miles over northwestern Europe. It “ranks among the brightest and most spectacular of such objects ever recorded” and was responsible for some of the “first detailed and generally accurate representations of such a phenomenon” (Beech). Witnesses reported that the meteor lit up the whole sky, with a letter in the Evening Chronicle recounting that its “lustre almost equalled the sun”. The natural philosopher Tiberius Cavallo viewed the meteor with a group of friends from the terrace at Windsor Castle, later writing that “every object appeared very distinct; the whole face of the country being instantly illuminated” (Payne). Literature: Martin Beech, The Great Meteor of 18th August 1783, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, volume 99, number 3 (1989); Richard J. Payne, Meteors and perceptions of environmental change in the annus mirabilis AD 1783-4, North West Geography volume 11, number 1, 2011.
* Watercolour Drawings. An album of sketches by S.F. Perrin, circa 1920, 15 pen, ink, and watercolour (or coloured pencil) drawings, mostly loosely inserted between 12 coloured album leaves (some mounted first), and a few laid down on album leaves, a number initialled S.F.P., comprising figure studies, including costume studies and children, a landscape of trees, and a drawing of a singer beside a grand piano against a whirl of multi-coloured light, annotated 'Impression of first hearing Roland Hayes singing in London accompd. by Lawrence Brown' signed S.F. Perrin and dated 'about 1927(?)', sheet size 18.5 x 13cm (7.25 x 5.25ins), original green wrappers printed 'Greyhound Pastel Book', front cover initialled by the artist and titled 'Scriblets', 8vo, together with 7 other original watercolours and drawings, including a framed watercolour titled 'Le Tennis', circa 1930s, depicting 2 ladies in a car, another beside holding a racket, and 2 figures playing tennis, signed F. Martinez, 19.5 x 27.5cm, and a calligraphic rendering of 'A Smuggler's Song' by Rudard Kipling, below a pen, ink, and watercolour illustration titled 'Mevagissey Lugger' signed Henson Bamford '37, 29 x 13cm, mountedQty: (8)
Ormerod (George). The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby, 3 volumes in 6, London: George Routledge, 1882, portrait frontispiece to volume I, colour map, numerous engraved plates, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, joints and edges rubbed, some fading, folioQty: (6)
* Leather - Goatskin. A large selection of goatskin bookbinding leather, full and large part skins, colours including terracotta (3 skins), burgundy red, green, black, dark grey, light tan, burgundy, mustard yellow, dark pink, graphite grey, light blue, together with two skins of black calf and five of red/brown sheepQty: (approx. 20)NOTESIn excellent condition.
* Leather - Goatskin. A large selection of goatskin bookbinding leather, full and large part skins, colours including terracotta (2 skins), green (3 skins), dark brown (2 skins), light tan, black, olive green, burgundy, dark blue, together with one skin of black calf, five skins of red/brown sheep and 2 dark grey sheepQty: (approx. 20)NOTESIn excellent condition.
* Paper. A quantity of Barcham Green handmade papers etc., including 35 sheets Chatham vellum paper, 9 sheets Barcham Green "Edinburgh" buff laid Royal Not 110gsm paper, 7 sheets Barcham Green "Dover Castle" buff laid Not 70 gsm, 10 sheets Barcham Green "Bodleian" light-toned laid Not 55 gsm, one sheet Barcham Green "Mediterranean blue" laid Not 115 gsm, two sheets Barcham Green "Saudi I" blue/grey Not 285 gsm, two sheets Barcham Green "Primrose" yellow laid Not 115 gsm, one sheet Barcham Green "Saudi II" lavender Not 285 gsm, one sheet Barcham Green "Valerie III" grey Not 285 gsm, and 125 sheets of cream mould-made paper (possibly Saunders cream?), in original packagingQty: (193)
Seyer (Samuel). Memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and Its Neighbourhood, 2 volumes, Bristol, printed for the author by John Mathew Gutch, 1821, engraved plates, maps, etc., signature and bookplate of Charles Henry Fox, of Brislington, dated 1863, contemporary diced calf, old reback, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with: Storer (J. & H.S., and J.N. Brewer). Delineations of Gloucestershire; Being views of the principal seats of nobility & gentry; and other objects of prominent interest in that county, 1824, numerous engraved plates and views on india paper, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco, gilt decorated spine, some marks to covers, 4to (Large Paper copy), plus other Bristol and Gloucestershire interest, including Rudge, History of Gloucestershire, 1803, Corry & Evans, The History of Bristol, 1816, J.S. Prout, Picturesque Antiquities of Bristol, Bristol; Published by George Davey, lithographic title, dedication leaf and 29 lithographed plates, printed by Hullmandel, light spotting to title, 20th century calf-backed cloth, folio, etc.Qty: (18)

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