* English School. 12th Lancers circa 1814, watercolour on paper, unsigned, 20 x 15.5cm (8 x 6ins), period mahogany frame, glazed, together with a large collection of similar watercolours including after Spooner, Officer of the Grenadier Guards circa 1810, watercolour on paper, showing a First Footguards Officer in winter dress, unsigned, 20.5 x 15cm (8 x 6ins), oak frame, glazed, Smithermann (Philip Henry, 1910-1980), 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars circa 1950s, watercolour on paper, artist monogram lower right, 43.5 x 20cm (17 x 8ins), framed and glazed, Stadden (Charles C, 1912-2020), Grenadier of 71st Regiment 1806, circa 1950s, watercolour on paper, showing a Grenadier of the 71st / 74th, 1st Bn The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regt), signed and dated lower left, 20.5 x 18cm (8 x 7ins), framed and glazed, plus other watercolours including J.M. Farquhar (Royal Marines 1805), C. Conroy, pair (5th Foot, Officer Northumberland Fusiliers / 5th Foot, Sergeant, Northumberland Fusiliers) and othersQty: (12)
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* English School. Knightsbridge Barracks, circa 1810, watercolour on card, showing the Governor's house, unsigned, 34 x 47.5cm (13.25 x 18.75ins), unframed, together with a collection of military uniform watercolours, mostly unsigned, 20th century comprising, 25th (Edinburgh) Foot (1770), 28 x 10cm (11 x 4ins), 92nd (Highland) Foot (1808), 58th Foot (1758-62), 12th Foot (1796), 43rd Foot (1823), 27th (Iniskilling) Foot (1751), South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (1803), 13th (First Somerset Light Infantry) Foot (1833), two by Smithermann (Philip Henry, 1910-1980), comprising The Royal Horse Guards Blue (1813), 42 x 26.5cm (16.5 x 10.5ins), 17th Queen's Own Light Dragoons Officer (1798), 39.5 x 22.5cm (15.5 x 8.75ins) and others, all unframedQty: (14)
* English School. Royal Horse Artillery, circa 1920s, watercolour on paper, showing a Royal Artillery Officer circa 1805, indistinct artist monogram lower right, 28 x 25.5cm (11 x 10ins), gilt frame, glazed, together after Knotel, 1st Empire French Napoleonic Army, circa 1920s, watercolour on paper showing a kettle drummer on horseback circa 1805, unsigned, 21.x 15cm (8.25 x 6ins), framed and glazed, plus other cavalry watercolours including 2nd Queen's Dragoon Guards 1846, unsigned, H. Jones (4th Hussars 1889), signed and dated 1915 lower right, C.R. Wymens (15th Light Dragoons 1759), 1st Surrey Light Horse (Mounted Rifles) 1864 (from a watercolour by Harry Payne) and others, all framed and glazedQty: (17)
* Apollo 11 Autographs. Two official colour NASA lithographs honouring the fifth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, 1974, one signed in blue felt tip by Buzz Aldrin and the other signed in black felt tip by Michael Collins, one small light corner crease top each, lower left and upper right respectively, 25 x 20cm, VGQty: (2)NOTESRR Auction COA supplied for both items.
Broadsheets & Broadsides. A collection of 21 broadsheets & broadsides, early 19th century, including, Spring-Heel Jack, The Monster Ghost, [London]: prnted by J. Catnach, [Jan. 1838?], single sheet printed to one side, large woodcut illustration, manuscript date at foot, slight fraying to margins, folio (38.5 x 26 cm); Women Beware of the Monster. The Apprehension of Spring Jack, with the Particulars in which the females has suffer'd by his cruelty in Town and Country, [London]: printed by Carpue, [Jan 1838?], single sheet printed to one side, two woodcut illustrations, manuscript date at foot, slight fraying to margins, folio (38 x 25 cm); The Dying Pilgrim, [London]: printed by J. Catnach, circa 1830s, single sheet printed to one side, three woodcut illustrations, slight fraying to margins, folio (38 x 25 cm), The Almanack of Life, [London]: J. Catnach, circa 1830s, single sheet printed to one side, 12 small wood engraved vignette illustrations, slight fraying to margins, folio (38 x 26 cm), and with a theatre advertising broadside, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. This present Monday, Dec. 21, 1807, will be acted the Comedy of Speed the Plough ... after which ... The Blind Boy, [London, 1807], single-sheet printed to one side, 26 x 19 cm, and other smaller ballad broadsides etc., including, Jack's Fidelity, [by Charles Dibdin], [London], printed by Jennings, [1802-09?], single-sheet, printed to one side, small woodcut illustration, (21 x 9.5 cm), and Lamentation of Mary Queen of Scotland, [London]: printed by J. Pitts, [1800-1810?], single-sheet, printed to one side, small woodcut illustration, tipped onto thin card, (23.5 x 9 cm), and others similar (some tipped onto thin card), together with: Chapbooks, Three chapbooks, early 19th century, including, Rhyming Dick and the Strolling Player: being a true account of the life and death of Richard Nancollas, the Alehouse Poet; and of a Portuguese Player, who died in London. With another Narrative, shewing the advantages of Societies for visiting the Sick, Nottingham: printed by C. Sutton, [1810?], 8pp., woodcut to title, uncut & folded as issued, small 8vo; Garland of New Songs. The Country Club, The Chandler's Shop, Paddy M'Shane's Seven Ages, Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by J. Marshall, [1810?], 8pp., woodcut to title, uncut & folded as issued, small 8vo; Garland of New Songs. Daft Watty's Ramble to Carlisle, I was the Boy for bewitching 'em, Mary once had Lovers two, The little Farthing Rush-Light, Paddy O'Leary, Newcastle upon Tyne, printed by J. Marshall, [1810?], 8pp., woodcut to title, uncut & folded as issued, small 8voQty: (18)
Sclater (Philip Lutley). Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76 ... Zoology – Vol. II. [Part II. Report on the Birds collected during the Voyage ...], 1st edition, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1881, [iii]-viii 166 pp., 30 hand-coloured lithographic plates by J. Smit, possibly lacking one preliminary leaf of 4 (half-title?, but only 2 preliminary leaves called for by Zimmer), text-leaves toned, spotting to early leaves, light spotting to a few plates, bookplate of Kenn Back, recent half calf, 4to (30.4 x 23.6 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Acquisition: Andrew Isles, Melbourne, 1991. Anker 452; Nissen IVB 842; Zimmer pp. 633-4.
Scott (Robert F.) The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: Smith, Elder, 1905, photogravure frontispieces, folding map contained in each rear pocket, half-tone illustrations, some light spotting, clear tape marks to endpapers, circular armorial bookplates of Richard Henry Tidswell (1848-1928, barrister), top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends slightly rubbed, thick 8vo, together with: Charcot (Jean). The Voyage of the 'Why Not?' in the Antarctic. The Journal of the Second French South Polar Expedition, 1908-1910, 1st English edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1911], half-tone illustrations, a little minor spotting and toning, endpapers renewed, original cloth gilt, spine a little faded and repaired at ends, 4to, Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi. On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea, translated by William le Queux, 2 volumes, 1st English editition, London: Hutchinson, 1903. two folding maps in volume 2 rear pocket supplied in facsimile, illustrations, light spotting, public library stamps to title, hinges reinforced, original cloth gilt, rebacked with original spines relaid, a few stains, 4to, Scott (Robert F.) Scott's Last Expedition, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: Smith, Elder, 1913, maps and illustrations (illustration at p. 350 in volume 2 detached), some light spotting, endpapers renewed, original cloth gilt, spines a little faded and repaired at ends, thick 8voQty: (7)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK.
* Education - Lancaster (Joseph). A printed flyer requesting subscriptions for a proposal to establish schools in villages & county towns for the education of ten thousand children, [1805], 'Repected Friends, The King, Queen, and Princesses, lately honored me with an audience at Weymouth, and after many enquiries respecting the mode of Education practised in my Institution, in the Borough Road, Southwark, expressed a benevolent desire to see the same benefit extended to the Country, and for this purpose began the following Subscription...,' single sheet, printed to one side, horizontal fold, 4to (23 x 18.5 cm), together with: ibid., Printed advertising flyer for a spelling book, [London, 1808?], 'Publishing by Subscription, by J. Lancaster, A Spelling Book, on a beautiful type, and new plan, that 500 Children may be taught to read from one book, instead of 500, as usually required for the same purpose; for the use of Schools, 5s, single sheet, printed to one side, 8vo (19.5 x 12 cm), [Mathias, Thomas James], A manuscript translation into English of excerpt verses of Petrarch undertaken by a student as an exercise for approval, circa 1790, 5 pages comprising 168 lines of neatly written verse, 3 blank pages, the recipient of the manuscript was Thomas Mathias, satirist & Latin scholar, and bears the name of the writer? "Mrs Wilmot", light toning, central horizontal folds, folio, and two others including an autograph letter from one teenage sister to another in which the writer discusses the typical occurrences of a young lady to another, Cambridge Jan. 12th, 1752, and a single sheet manuscript epitaph to the demise of 'Miss Colleton', circa 1795, and a single sheet manuscript note written by Sir George Pretyman-Tomline (1750-1827, tutor to William Pitt the Younger), to the bookseller-publishers Cadell & Davis ordering two publications which are to be sent 'as soon as may be convenient' by the Stamfords coach, Nov 16, 1802Qty: (6)NOTESThe first item is a rare item requesting donations to his scheme for educating children, by Joseph Lancaster, the pioneer of education.
* George V (1865-1936). King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. Two signed Christmas cards, 1927 & 1930, both signed as King, the first 'from George R.I.' with date '1928' inserted into the greeting above, the second initialled 'G.R.I.' and addressed in the King's hand to Cecil Colville with the date '1930-1' added in adjacent to the printed greeting, both on inserted sheets in folded card with reproduction colour pictures of maritime subjects after Bernard Gribble, silk ties, a few light spots, 16 x 20.5 cm and slightly smaller, together with a third Christmas card for 1937-38, signed by both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 'George R.I.' and 'Elizabeth R', folded sheet within folded card with colour reproduction print of the Spithead Coronation Review pasted to upper cover and frayed silk spine tie, light crease to upper right corner, 19 x 24.5 cm, with the original envelope addressed to Admiral The Hon. Sir Stanley Colville G.C.B. in the King's hand, registered postmarks and stamps, soiled, plus a group of approximately 16 documents and letters relating to Alec Henry Sharpe Broomfield (1897-1981), all WWI/WWII and a few inter-war items from Broomfield's time in the Hampshire 'Carabiniers' Yeomanry, initially and Home Guard latterly, including two commissions from 1915 and 1952 with facsimile signatures of the monarchs, plus unrelated groups of approximately 80 mostly manuscript receipts, circa 1870s/1900s, 10 legal and administrative letters, 1830s, plus 10 P&O menus and similar, 1975Qty: (approx. 120)NOTESAdmiral Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville (1861-1939) was a senior Royal Navy officer.
* Houdini (Harry, 1874-1926. Hungarian-born American Illusionist, Stunt Performer and Escapologist. Autograph sentiment signed, 1911, inscribed and signed in blue pencil on a small blue autograph album page, 'Best wishes from Harry Houdini, Feb 11/11', a little light creasing through sentiment and some fore-edge spotting, the leaf tipped into a contemporary autograph album with further individual autograph signatures of Ivor Novello, Vivien Leigh, John Mills, Robert Donat, Seymour Hicks, Hetty King (dated 14 June 1911), Stewart Granger, Gladys Cooper (1911), Anna Neagle, Donald Wolfit, Roger Livesey/Michael Redgrave/Monica Jeans (on same page), Noel Coward (with John Gielgud, dated 1944) to leaf verso, Anton Walbrook (leaf detached), Laurence Olivier, and Laurence Housman, etc., those mentioned on individual pages, plus other autographs of friends, amateur dramatics, etc., mostly 1940s, ownership signature of Catherine Brown of Aberdeen, dated 1937 at front, original limp morocco, rubbed, oblong 16mo (10 x 12 cm)Qty: (1)
Manuscript maritime exercise book. 'The Mariner's Compass', circa 1805, 53 leaves (106 pages) of neat copper plate writing divided into different sections including 'plane sailing, traverse sailing, middle latitude sailing, Mercators sailing, oblique sailing, current sailing, of tides, rules for correcting the dead reckoning, rules for keeping a journal, a journal of a voyage from London to Madera and Teneriffe in the Frances of London, William Johnson Commander kept by Joseph Mills, Mate & the manner of surveying the coasts and harbours', detailed pen & ink diagrams of the mariner's compass and one full-page chart of coastline, and numerous geometric diagrams, rear half of volume with short closed tear and crease at gutter, some light dust-soiling and few marks, 20th c. marbled boards, spine detached, small folio, together with five other manuscript volumes including 'Johnson vs. Hart duplicate Receiver's Account from Michas. 1828 to [1833],' and an early 18th century expenses account book, 18th century manuscript volume recording rental of land in Dunlop, and early 19th century manuscript mathematics exercise book etc.Qty: (6)
Shackleton (Ernest H.). Antarktis' Hjärta. Berättelsen om den Engelska Sydpolsexpeditionen 1907-1909. Öfversättning från författarens manuskript af Dr. Carl Forsstrand, 2 volumes, 1st edition in Swedish, Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söners, 1910, xlii 331; 408 pp., collotype frontispieces, numerous halftone or colour plates (all present as listed; a few folding), 3 folding maps, 1 folding plate and 1 folding diagram secured by card band to volume 2 rear pastedown as issued (rear inner hinge partially cracked in consequence), bookplates of Kenn Back, original light blue cloth, titles and a vignette of Shackleton raising the Union flag to spines and front boards, spines sunned, headcaps slightly rubbed, volume 1 sunned along top edge of each board, 8voQty: (2)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Acquisition: Norli, Oslo, 1999. First edition in Swedish of The Heart of the Antarctic, in a bright example of what may be the publisher's deluxe binding, other copies being noted in plain green cloth.
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* McNally (Leonard). Village Lawyer a Farce, [Dublin?], circa 1785, manuscript comprising 21 pages including title with Dramatic Personae list to verso, written throughout in a neat hand, in original wrappers, side-stitched, light dust-soiling, title in manuscript to upper cover, slim 4to, together with: Bristol - Frenchay, A list of subscribers for building a Bridge across the river at Frenchay, making good the road on each side, January 31st , 1788, five pages of manuscript lists, numerous blank leaves, original wrappers, manuscript title to upper cover, slim 4to, with 12 pages 19th century of manuscript notes relating to the history of the Frenchay area, Tennyson (Charles), Sonnets and Fugitive Pieces, 1st edition, 1st issue, Cambridge: B. Bridges, Market Hill and sold by John Richardson, 91, Royal Exchange, London, 1830, half-title, edges untrimmed, original boards, spine rubbed, slim 12mo, and other miscellaneous manuscript material & broadsides etc.Qty: (a carton)NOTESThe first item appears to be an early English translation of the anonymous 15th century French farce "L'Arogate Pierre Pathelin". It was first adapted for the stage by David-Augustin De Brueys (1640-1723) and Jean de Palaprat (1650-1721) as "Avocat Patelin", first performed in 1706 and published in French in 1715. The title is clearly written as by "Leonard McNally". Leonard McNally (1752-1820) was a Dublin barrister, playwright, lyricist, founder member of the United Irishmen, informer and government agent. The play was extremely popular in Regency times, and adaptations were made by other others including Charles Lyon, George Coleman and William Macready.
* Peel (Robert, 1788-1850). British Prime Minister 1834-35, 1841-46. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Robert Peel', Whitehall, 2 March 1822, to Thomas Sherlock Gooch, marked ‘Private’, Peel writes, in full, ‘The enclosed is the name of the man on whose behalf Lord Calthorpe applied to me’, some minor dust staining and light damp stain to lower right corner touching recipient's name at lower right corner, 1 page with blank integral leaf (neatly trimmed to the right edge), 8voQty: (1)NOTESSir Thomas Sherlock Gooch (1767-1851), British landowner who served as Member of Parliament for Suffolk 1806-30. Frederick Gough (1790-1868), 4th Baron Calthorpe; British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Hindon 1818-26 and for Bramber 1826-31.
Shackleton (Ernest H.). Mon Expédition au Sud Polaire 1914-1917. Traduction de M.-L. Landel, 1st edition in French of South, Tours: Alfred Mame et fils, [1930], photographic frontispiece, similar illustrations throughout (many full-page but counted in pagination), folding map to rear, browning, bookplate of Kenn Back, gilt edges, original pictorial cloth, recased and spine-label added, folio, together with: Scott (Robert Falcon). La "Discovery" au Pôle Sud, 2 volumes, 1st edition in French of The Voyage of the 'Discovery', Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1908, numerous plates and maps, occasional light spotting to text, bookplates of Kenn Back, original yellow cloth lettered in gilt, a few marks, 4to, Amundsen (Roald). Au Pôle Sud. Expédition du "Fram", 1910-1912, 1st edition in French of The South Pole, Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1913, numerous plates, bookplate of Kenn Back, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, 4to, and 14 other foreign-language accounts of polar exploration (mainly Antarctic), including French and Scandinavian translations of English works, authors including Sverdrup, Nansen, Hurley, Ross, Scott and similar, the lot not collated and sold as seenQty: (22)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK
* Rouault (Georges, 1871-1958). French Painter. Signed postcard, 'Georges Rouault', no date, a vintage gelatin silver print photograph of Rouault by Yvonne Chevalier, head and shoulders pose in semi-profile, signed by the photographer lower left, and signed by the artist in blue ballpoint pen to plain back verso, 9 x 13.5 cm, together with: Delvaux (Paul, 1897-1994). Belgian Surrealist Painter. Signed and Inscribed Postcard, 'P. Delvaux', no date, a colour postcard with a reproduction of his work entitled 'La Ville Rouge', signed and inscribed by Delvaux in black ink to blank area of verso, light smudge slightly affecting final two letters of surname, 10.5 x 14.5 cm, plus: Hockney (David, 1937-). English Artist. First Day Cover, 1999, the postcard and stamp featuring Hockney's painting Salts Mill, Saltaire, (limited edition, 452/2000), artist's signed presentation inscription for James and Sally below limitation details, 10 x 21cm, Stella (Frank, 1936-). American painter. Signed postcard, circa 2000, showing a colour reproduction of Stella's painting Hyena Stomp, 1962, signed 'F. Stella' in blank ink to wide white margin beneath image, postally unused, 15 x 10.5cm, Cummings (Michael, 1919-1997). British Newspaper Cartoonist. Self-caricature, 1980, drawn in the centre of the paper in black marker pen and signed by Cummings, with a brief autograph note signed by Cummings in blue ballpoint pen to upper left corner, sending the cartoon and autograph, some overall light spotting, Daler Artboard, 36 x 47cm, plus 3 modern books signed by the British cartoonists Gerald Scarfe, Peter Brookes and Ralph Steadman, all VGQty: (8)
Royal Victorian Hairwork. Plaits made by Queen Victoria and Victoria, Princess Royal, circa 1857-60, the first by Queen Victoria from the light fair hair of her youngest child Princess Beatrice (1857-1944), some hairs dyed rose-pink, and then plaited into a tessellation of alternating pink and white triangles, 3 cm in length, the second and third plaits similarly tessellated with natural fair hair only, by Victoria, Princess Royal (1840-1901), from the hair of her eldest son Wilhelm II (1859-1941), the two strips measuring 3 cm & 6 cm in length, the three strips mounted on a contemporary scrap album leaf with contemporary ink identification in an unidentified hand at head of page, the remainder of the scrap album containing copies of poems, amateur verses, engravings and other illustrations including a few original drawings and watercolours, some signed or initialled by the authors and dated circa 1840s/1860s, a few leaves detached and frayed, calligraphic ownership name of Eliza-Maria Gray at front, a total of approximately 70 leaves, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated morocco, covers and backstrip detached (but present), 4to (30 x 24 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThe popular Victorian activity of hairwork and hair jewellery is more usually associated with mourning and death rather than, as here, birth and joy. The inscriptions at the head of the page with the hairwork reads I. Plaited by Her Majesty Queen Victoria on the birth of H.R.H. The Princess Beatrice. II. Plaited by The Crown Princess of Prussia (our own dear Princess Royal) on the birth of her son, and presented to the late Duchess of Kent [1786-1861, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld], on her birthday [17 August].'
* Vlaminck (Maurice de, 1876-1958). French Artist. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Vlaminck', Rueil-la-Gadeliere, no date, to [Christian] Zervos, in French, Vlaminck explains to his correspondent that he has read their letter and comments ‘I don’t have any pictures from the Fauvist era, or rather, I don’t have them anymore’, adding ‘You can write to Vollard or Fels on my behalf. As for sending you some pages about the Fauvist era, I have neither the time nor the energy for it. But you will find all the information you need in Fels’ book Vlaminck’, one light red crayon annotation at the head of the page, 1 page with blank integral leaf, 8vo, VGQty: (1)NOTESChristian Zervos (1889-1970) Greek-French Art Historian, Critic, Collector & Writer, founder of the magazine Cahiers d’Art; Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) French Art Dealer, one of the most important dealers in French contemporary art at the beginning of the 20th century; Florent Fels (1891-1977) French Journalist & Author, a prominent figure in the discussion of art in France.
Snow (William Parker). A Two Years' Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate: A Narrative of Life in the Southern Seas, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 1857, viii 376; viii 368 pp., half-title to volume 1, 6 lithographic colour plates, brown coated endpapers, printed advertisements to pastedowns, bookplates of Kenn Back, 3 folding charts, toning, light spotting to plates and charts, a few other marks, volume 1 signatures C1-2 clumsily opened, volume 2 inner hinges strengthened, original dark blue cloth stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt, volume 1 spine rolled, a little wear to rear joint, a few pale marks to boards, tips bumped, volume 2 more conspicuously bumped and marked, 8voQty: (2)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Acquisition: The Armchair Traveller, Emsworth, 1998. Sabin 85559. 'In 1854 Snow went to Patagonia in command of the South American Missionary Society's vessel Allen Gardiner, and for two years carried missionaries and their stores between Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, and stations on the mainland. This service ended in a disagreement between him and the superintending missionary at the Falkland Islands, who deposed Snow from his command for disobedience, and left him and his wife to find their own way to England. On his arrival Snow published A Two Years' Cruise off Tierra del Fuego (2 vols., 1857), which had some success, but he spent the proceeds on an unsuccessful action against the missionary society' (ODNB).
Bacon (Francis). The Historie of the Reigne of King Henry the Seventh ... Whereunto is now added a very usefull and necesary table, London: printed by R[obert]. Y[oung]. and R[ichard]. H[odgkinson]., 1641, title within decorative woodcut border (cropped to fore-edge and strengthened to verso), without front blank and portrait frontispiece, light dampstaining mostly to lower outer corners, light dust-soiling and occasional scattered spotting, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of George Ormerod of Sedbury Park, contemporary sheep, old reback (torn), old corner repairs (worn & lifting), worn, small folio in 4s (Wing B298; ESTC R11984; Pforzheimer, 33), together with: Locke (John), A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Galatians, I & II Corinthians, Romans, Ephesians. To which is prefix’d, An essay for the understanding of St. Paul’s epistles, by consulting St. Paul himself, 2 parts in one, London: printed by J. H. for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1707, imprint to second part dated 1706, some toning and light dust-soiling, lacking rear free endpaper, armorial bookplate of G.Y. Fort Alderbury to upper pastedown, contemporary panelled sheep, joints split, rubbed and worn, 4to, and The Workes of that Famous and Worthie Minister of Christ in the Universitie of Cambridge by William Perkins, volume 3 only (of 3), Cambridge: printed by Cantrell Legge, 1613, some ink and damps staining, some fraying and wear, contemporary sheep, worn, folioQty: (3)
Bagehot (Walter). Estimates of some Englishmen and Scotchmen, 1st edition in book-form, London: Chapman and Hall, 1858, 2 pp. advertisements, original light brown pebble-grain cloth, 8vo, together with: Ruskin (John). The Political Economy of Art, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857, advertisement endpapers, original printed yellow cloth, darkened, spine rolled, closed tear to headcap, 16mo, Hardy (Thomas). Wessex Tales. Strange, Lively, and Commonplace, 1st US edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888, wood-engraved portrait frontispiece, advertisement leaf, contemporary red half cloth, 8vo, and 26 others, 19th-century literature in the original cloth, generally bright copies, including Washington Irving, Abbotsford, 1st edition, John Murray, 1835; Maurice Davies, Fun, Ancient and Modern, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1878; and similarQty: (35)NOTESPurdy p. 60 (Hardy: this US edition of Wessex Tales includes a portrait frontispiece of Hardy 'for the first time in any of his books').
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the Original Tongues..., Oxford: At the Theater, 1675, additional engraved titles to Old & New Testaments (OT title torn at gutter and 19th century genealogical entries to verso), letterpress titles present, spotting, browning and some light staining, dust-soiled, contemporary calf, old sheep rebacked, worn, 4to, together with: Bible [English], [The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised..., Oxford: at the Theater, 1675], additional and letterpress general titles lacking, with New Testament additional engraved title and New Testament letterpress title (both with stitch repaired closed tears, and with genealogical entries to verso), Apocrypha present, bound with at front The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments ... with the Psalter or Psalms of David ..., Oxford: At the Theater, 1675, early signature William Morgan at head of title (torn to upper & outer corners, creased), bound with an incomplete Book of Psalms, Oxford, 1675 at rear, some dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, joints split and spine torn at head with loss, 4to, New Testament [English], The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Newly translated out of the originall Greek, and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, Cambridge: Printed by John Field, Printer to the University, 1657, woodcut device to title and final leaf, few decorative initials, bound with at front The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ... Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1664, woodcut royal arms to title, bound with at rear The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English meetre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, Cambridge: Printed by John Field, Printer to the Universitie, 1657, titles and borders red-ruled throughout volume, sewing broken and some leaves detached, gilt gauffered edges, marbled endpapers, contemporary black morocco, without clasps, worn at head & foot of spine and to board edges, 8vo, Bible [English], The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New..., Oxford: Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill, Printers to the University, 1773, general and New Testament titles present, slight dust-soiling and finger marks, without front free endpaper, contemporary calf gilt, joints split and upper panel of spine torn with loss, worn, 8voQty: (4)
Bunyan (John). The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to come ... The Nineteenth Edition, with Additions of New Cuts [... The Second Part ... The Tenth Edition, with Addition of Five Cuts], 2 volumes, London: for M. Boddington [volume 2: for N. and M. Boddington], 1718 & 1717, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, woodcuts throughout, light browning, a few marks, volume 1 without final advertisement leaf, contemporary manuscript genealogy to frontispiece recto, volume 2 closely trimmed at head and foot frequently cropping headlines, catch-words and the bottom line of text, frontispiece laid down, uniform late 19th or early 20th century sheep by Birdsall and Son, 12mo (14.1 x 8.4 cm), together with: Malvezzi (Virgilio). Romulus and Tarquin. First written in Italian. And now taught English by H. Ld Cary of Lepington, the Second Edition, London: by J. H. for John Benson, 1638, engraved title-page, lacking signature N1, closely trimmed frequently shaving box-rules, a few marks and stains, bookplate (Thomas Holley FSA), contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, 12mo (12.9 x 7.2 cm), Keach (Benjamin). The Progress of Sin; or the Travels of Ungodliness, wherein the Pedigree, Rise (or Original) Antiquity, Subtilty, Evil Nature, and prevailing Power of Sin, is fully Discovered; in an apt and Pleasant Allegory, 1st edition, London: for John Dunton, 1684, engraved frontispiece repaired in fore margin, lacking signatures E6-7, browning, a few marks, contemporary calf, rebacked (and tightly bound in the process), 12mo (14 x 8 cm), and 7 others (not collated): Keach, War with the Devil, New Edition, Leeds, 1795; Quarles, Boanerges and Barbanas, 6th edition, 1664 (with engraved portrait); The Oxford Sausage, A New Edition, [1780?]; Owen's Book of Fairs, 6th edition, [1756?]; A Collection of Occasional Papers for the Year 1716, 1716; Maurice, An Impartial Account of Mr John Mason of Water-Stratford and his Sentiments, 1st edition, 1695 (title-page badly frayed and soiled, modern boards); and Cowper, Poems, New Edition, 2 volumes, 1800Qty: (12)NOTESESTC T58896 (Bunyan, volume one: ten copies world-wide), T58926 (Bunyan, volume two: two copies world-wide) S111908 (Malvezzi: four copies in UK libraries) R11998 (Keach, The Progress of Sin: four UK copies); STC 17220 (Malvezzi); Wing K80 (Keach, The Progress of Sin).
Chadwick (Edwin). Report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an Inquiry into the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain, 3 volumes, London: W. Clowes, 1842, lithographed maps and plates, Scotland volume with repaired title and contents leaves, some light spotting and toning, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, lacking the Supplementary volume '... the Practice of Interment in towns...', together with Creighton (Charles). A History of Epidemics in Britain, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1891-94, endpapers a little toned, previous owner signature to volume 2, original green cloth, edges a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Report from His Majesty's Commissioners for Inquiring into the Administration ad Practical Operation of the Poor Laws, Published by Authority, London: R. Fellowes, 1834, some light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, 8vo, with others on public health etc including Thomas Shapter's The History of the Cholera in Exeter in 1832, 1849, First [and Second] Report of the Commissioners for Inquiring into the State of Large Towns and Populous Districts, 4 volumes, 1844-45, J. Clarke Searle's An Essay on Cholera adapted for popular perusal, Bristol, 1831, Report on the Cholera Epidemic of 1866 in England. Supplement to the Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England, 1868 and English Sanitary Institutions, by Sir John Simon, 2nd edition, 1897Qty: (32)NOTESFirst work PMM 313.
Church of England. Certaine Sermons or Homilies, appointed to be read in Churches. In the time of the late Queene Elizabeth of famous memory. And now thought fit to be reprinted by authority from the Kings most Excellent Majesty, two parts in one, London: printed by R. H[orton] and J. N. for Richard Whitaker 1640 [i.e. 1650], title within decorative woodcut border, letterpress title to second part, decorative woodcut initials, black letter text, final leaf with early inscription at head and lower blank quarter of leaf torn away, bound with at front, Book of Common Prayer, The Book of Common-Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites & Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalmes of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating, of Bishops, Priests and Deacons, 2 parts in one, London: printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty, 1662, ink marks to general title, upper margin of a2 with ownership inscription Ambrose Moreton Aug. 8 1705, woodcut floral device to Psalms title, black letter text, initial leaves frayed to edges, occasional light damp staining to some margins, few leaves in Common Prayer with worming to lower outer blank corners and worm holes to lower outer blank corners in Common Prayer & Certaine Sermons or Homilies, light dust-soiling mostly at front & rear of volume, armorial bookplate of Thomas Graham, contemporary calf, gilt royal armorial to centre of each board, neatly rebacked preserving original spine, corners repaired, folioQty: (1)NOTESCertaine Sermons or Homilies - Wing C4091DA; ESTC R173967. Book of Common Prayer - Wing B3622A; ESTC R211954.
Defoe (Daniel). The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Embellished with Engravings from Designs by Thomas Stothard, 2 volumes, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1820, half-title to each, engraved vignette to each title (slight horizontal weakening creases at edge of platemarks), 20 engraved plates (including frontispiece to volume 1), occasional scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Simon Stephenson F.L.S. to upper pastedowns, contemporary blind decorated calf, both volumes rebacked with gilt & blind decoration, light wear to board edges, 8voQty: (2)
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Duval (Pierre). La Connoissance et l'usage des globes et des cartes de ge?ographie, Paris: L'autheur, 1654, 91,[1]pp., worming to fore-edge margins throughout volume (occasionally affecting text), contemporary limp vellum, near detached, marked and soiled, slim 12mo, together with: Burnet (Thomas), Thesaurus Medicinae Practicae..., 2 volumes in one, Geneva: Joh. Herm. Widerhold, 1678, engraved title, occasional light damp staining, contemporary vellum, thick 12mo, Wyld (Samuel), The Practical Surveyor, or the Art of Land-Measuring made easy..., to which is added, an Appendix, 5th edition, London: W. Johnston, 1764, folding engraved frontispiece and six folding plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, morocco title label, boards rubbed, slim 8vo, and an incomplete copy of A Description of the Air-Pump, made in Form of a Table; with the manner of making the most curious experiments thereon, by Thomas Ribright, London: Sold by the Maker, Thomas Ribright, Optician to His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, in the Poultry, 1759, folding engraved frontispiece (pencil drawing to verso), lacking final four leaves (pages 17 - 24), original wrappers, side stitched as issued, slim 8voQty: (4)
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[Ferguson, Robert]. No Protestant-Plot: or The present pretended Conspiracy of Protestants against the King and Government. Discovered to be a Conspiracy of the Papists against the King and his Protestant-Subjects, London: printed for R. Lett, 1681, [2], 37, [1] pp., few ink splashes to title, some dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing F756; ESTC R202083), together with: ibid., The Second Part of No Protestant Plot. By the same Hand, London: R. Smith, 1682, [2], 32, [2] pp., final leaf blank, stains to initials leaves, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing F759; ESTC R6677), [Pearse, Edward], The Conformist’s second Plea for the Nonconformists. Wherein the Case of the Non-Conformists is further stated; and the Suspension of the Penal Laws against them, humbly moved with all due submission to the Magistrate. By a Charitable and Compassionate Conformist: (author of the former Plea.), 2nd edition, corrected by the Author, London: printed by J. D[arby]. for Jonathan Robinson, 1682, [8], 79, [1] pp., some dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing P969J; ESTC R22907), [Penn, William], Good Advice to the Church of England, Roman Catholick, and Protestant Dissenter. In which it is endeavoured to be made appear that it is their Duty, Principles & Interest to abolish the Penal Laws and Tests. Licenced June the 30th 1687, London: Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle, 1687, [4], 61, [1] pp., short closed tear to lower outer corner of title, last few leaves stained to lower inner corner and final leaf with hole to lower inner corner, some dust-soiling, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing P1296; ESTC R16403), ibid., A third letter from a gentleman in the country, to his friends in London, upon the subject of the penal laws and tests. Licensed, May the 16th 1687, 19, [1] pp., few light stains to final leaves, some dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing P1381), with the cropped down separate leaves of 'A Second Letter, 1687', and other similar mostly 18th century pamphlets, mostly stitched as issued, some with original wrappersQty: (approx. 30)
Webster (William Henry Bayley). Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the years 1828, 29, 30, performed in H.M. Sloop Chanticleer, under the command of the late Captain Henry Foster, F.R.S., 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1834, half title to volume 2 only, 2 maps (one folding, with short closed tear along fold), 5 uncoloured aquatint plates, occasional light spotting, toning and offsetting, bookplates of Kenn Back, recent green half calf, spines with raised bands with gilt lettering and decoration, 8vo (21.6 x 12.4 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Acquisition: John Bonham, London, 2003. Abbey Travel 11; Borba de Moraes I p. 373; Sabin 102429. William Webster was ship's surgeon during the three-year scientific voyage of the Chanticleer to southern waters, undertaken to record pendulum measurements in order to establish the shape of the earth, and to chart the South Shetland Islands. The Chanticleer was due to return to make the second South America survey in 1831 but was in too poor condition after the three-year mission, and was replaced by the Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard.
Fox (John). The Book of Martyrs: Containing an Account of the Sufferings and Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the First ... Originally Written by Mr. John Fox: and now Revised and Corrected by an Impartial Hand, London: printed and sold by John Hart and John Lewis, 1732, engraved title (Birkbeck College Library blind stamp to lower blank corner), 30 engraved plates including portrait frontispiece, engraved title, some light toning, marbled endpapers with printed ownership label of Thomas Seagood to upper pastedown, hinges split, contemporary blind panelled calf, neatly rebacked with elaborately gilt decorated spine and red morocco title label, board edges and corners repaired, folio (37.3 x 24 cm), together with: Strype (John), The History of the Life and Acts of the Most Reverend Father in God, Edmund Grindal, the first Bishop of London, and the second Archbishop of York and Canterbury successively, in the reign of Q. Elizabeth..., in Two Books, London: John Hartley, 1710, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red & black, wide margins, contemporary blind panelled calf, modern reback and corner repairs, folio (45 x 28.5 cm)Qty: (2)
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Heraldry - Edmondson (Joseph). A collection of 154 engraved plates of armorial bearings, [London, circa 1764-1784?], manuscript title in red & black, two leaves of manuscript index, 154 engraved plates of armorial bearings (many after Batolozzi, including one double-page), light toning, margins with short closed tears, frayed and brittle margins, ownership label of Sir Bernard Burke of Tullamaine House, Dublin to front free marbled endpaper (label with acquisition date of 29th September, 1886), all loosely contained within contemporary half calf boards (detached), lacking spine, worn, folio (44.5 x 27.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThe plates appear to be from 'Baronagium Genealogicum: or the Pedigrees of the English Peers,' 6 vols. including Supplement, 1764-84, by Sir William Segar and Joseph Edmondson. Joseph Edmondson (d. 1786), was a coach-painter, often employed to emblazon arms on carriages, an activity which led to the study of heraldry and genealogy. A fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, in March 1764 Edmondson was created Mowbray Herald Extraordinary.
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Jonson (Benjamin). The Workes, [volume 1 of 3], London: printed by Richard Bishop and are sold by Andrew Crooke, 1640, [12], 668; 228 pp., engraved portrait frontispiece (repaired, re-margined to gutter & lower margin), engraved title with elaborate architectural border, A3 with strengthening repair to upper outer blank corner, occasional light dust-soiling, slight damp staining to some fore-edge margins, contemporary calf, old reback, boards detached, folioQty: (1)NOTESSTC 14753; ESTC S112456. The first volume, printed by Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke, was a 1640 reprint of the 1616 folio with corrections; it has sometimes been termed "the second edition of the first folio." The second & third volumes were printed by James Dawson for Thomas Walkley in 1641.
Kitchin (John). Jurisdictions: or, the Lawful Authority of Courts Lee, Courts Baron, Court of Marshalseys, Court of Pypowder, and Ancient Demesn, 5th edition ('corrected and enlarged'), London: for Hen. Twyford, 1675, spotting and browning, old ink-stains and other marks, bookplate of the Barons Hawke (motto: 'Strike'), annotation 'Bought at Lord Hawke's sale 15 Oct 1822' to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo (17.5 x 11 cm), together with: Drummond (William). The Poems, London: for E. Jeffery, 1791, engraved portrait frontispiece, signature K spotted, bookplate (William Stirling, motto 'gang forward'), ownership inscription of English poet and collector Chauncy Hare Townshend (1798-1868) to title-page, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, worn, 8vo (15.8 x 9 cm), [Jones, David]. The History of the Most Serene House of Brunswick-Lunenburgh ... from its Origin to the Death of Queen Anne, 1st edition, London: John Pemberton, 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding genealogical table on two sheets, moderate spotting and browning, bookplate of William Lee Antonie (1764-1815), English politician, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, 8vo (19.1 x 11.4 cm), Goodman (John). Winter-Evening Conference between Neighbours, 8th edition ('corrected'), London: by J. L. for Luke Meredith, 1700, posthumous book-label of publisher and Bloomsbury-group member Roger Senhouse (1899-1970), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo (17.2 x 10.7 cm), Mead (Richard). A Mechanical Account of Poisons, in several Essays, 4th edition ('corrected'), London: for J. Brindley, 1747, 4 engraved plates (one folding), light spotting, toning, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, 8vo (19.8 x 12.3 cm), and 5 others, leather-bound, not collated: Richardson, Poems, chiefly Rural, 3rd edition, 1775; Bacon, Essays, 1718; The Correspondence of Theodosius and Constantia, 1799; Wight, A History of the Rise and Progress of the People called Quakers, in Ireland, 2nd edition, 1800; and Smith, An Authentic Narrative of ... the Death of Major André, 1808Qty: (10)
Lilly (William). Anima Astrologiae: or, a Guide for Astrologers. Being the considerations of the Famous Guido Bonatus Faithfully rendred into English. As also the Choicest Aphorisms of Cardeans Seaven Segments, Translated, and methodically digested under their proper Heads. With a New Table of the fixed Stars, rectified for several years to come..., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, London: B. Harris, 1676, engraved frontispiece, folding table, first part with single worm hole to blank fore-margin of last few leaves, second part with single worm hole developing to worm trail towards rear of volume (affecting text), some light toning, near contemporary calf, upper board soiled, worm damage to lower board and spine, worn, 8voQty: (1)NOTESWing L2208. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Mervyn (Audley). A Speech made before the Lords in the Upper House of Parliament in Ireland, by Captaine Audley Mervin. March the 4th, 1640. At the Impeachment of Sir Richard Bolton knight, L. Chancellour; John L. Bishop of Derry; Sir Gerrard Lowther knight, Lo. Chiefe Justice of His Maiesties Court of Common Pleas, and Sir George Ratcliffe knight, of High-Treason. By the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses of the Commons House of Parliament: with the Articles against them. And a Schedule of those Grievances of that Kingdome, which were voted in the Lords House, this 18. of February, 1640, [London]: Printed in the yeare of our Lord, 1641, [2], 27, [1] pp., light damp staining & dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing M1888A), together with: Welwood (James), An Answer to the Late King Jame's Declaration to all his Pretended Subjects in the Kingdom of England, dated at Dublin-Castle, May 8, 1689. Ordered by a vote of the Right Honourable the House of Commons, to be burnt by the Common-Hangman, London: Dorman Newman, 1689, [4],31,[1] pp., small hole to half-title (marked), dust-soiled, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing W1298), Stephens (Edward), Reflections upon the Occurrences of the Last Year from 5 Nov. 1688 to 5 Nov. 1689. Wherein, the Happy Progress of the late Revolution, and the Unhappy Progress of Affairs since, are considered; the Original of the latter discovered, and the proper means for remedy proposed and recommended, London: Printed in the Year, 1689, 36 pp., worm trial at foot throughout, slight dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing S5437), [Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of], Remarkes upon a Pamphlet Stiled, A Letter to a Dissenter, &c. In another Letter to the same Dissenter, [London]: September 10, 1687, 12 pp., caption title, some soiling to first & last leaves, margins frayed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing W127B), Ludlow (Edmund), A Letter from General Ludlow to Dr. Hollingworth, Their Majesties Chaplain at St. Botolph-Aldgate. Defending his former Letter to Sir E. S. [i.e. Edward Seymour] which compared the Tyranny of the first Four Years of King Charles the Martyr, with the Tyranny of the Four Years of the late Abdicated King. And vindicating the Parliament which began in Novemb. 1640. Occasioned by the Lies and Scandals of many bad Men of this Age, Amsterdam: Printed Anno Dom. 1692, viii, 72 pp., light damp staining & some dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, side-stitched as issued, 4to (Wing L1469), and seven others similar, few defectiveQty: (12)
Philosophical Transactions. Philosophical Transactions, giving some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious, in many Considerable Parts of the World, volumes 35 & 47, London: W. Innys, 1729, & C. Davis, 1753, folding engraved plates, some toning and light dust-soiling, volume 35 in contemporary panelled calf, crudely rebacked, worn, and volume 47 in contemporary calf, lacking upper board, worn, both 4to, together with: ibid, The Philosophical Transactions (from the Year 1700, to the Year 1720) Abridg'd, and Dispos'd under General Heads, by Henry Jones, vol. 5, containing Part I. The Anatomical and Medical Papers. Part II. The Philological and Miscellaneous Papers, 2nd edition, London: J. & J. Knapton, D. Midwinter & A. Ward, et al., 1731, folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, lacking title label to spine, joints split, worn, 4to, and an incomplete volume of Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London for the Year MDCCXCV, 2 parts in one, London: Sold by Peter Elmsly, 1795, and six disbound separate issues of Philosophical Transactions, nos. 156 (Feb 20 1683/4), 163 (Sep 20 1684), 164 (Oct 20 1684), 168 (Feb 23 1684/5), 170 (April 20 1685), 172 (June 22 1685)Qty: (10)NOTESContaining numerous transactions of interest including: An Account of Mr. Benjamin Franklin's Treatise, lately published, intituled, Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America. By Wm. Watson. A Letter from Mr Franklin to Mr Peter Collinson, F.R.S. concerning the Effects of Lightning. A Letter from Mr Wm. Smith to Mr Robert Austen, concerning a Fire-ball, seen in the Air July 22 1750 communicated to the Royal Society by the Rev. Wm. Stukeley, M.D. F.R.S. and Rector of St. George the Martyr, London. An Account of the same Meteor, by Mr Henry Baker, F.R.S. in a Letter to M. Folkes, Esq; Pr. R.S. Observations of the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, from 1700, to the Year 1727. By yhe Reverend W. Derham, M.A. Canon of Windsor and F.R.S. Communicated by Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. President of the College of Physicians and Royal Society, etc. A Description of a Roman Pavement found near Grantham in Lincolnshire, with the Oeconomy of the Roman Times in this Part of England, Communicated in a Letter to Dr Rutty, R.S. Secr. by W. Stukeley, M.D. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
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Raleigh (Sir Walter). The Historie of the World... [London: printed for H. Lownes, G. Latham and R. Young, 1628], letterpress title with engraved portrait, 5 folding engraved maps only (of 6, also lacking the additional engraved title and the 2 battle plans), maps detached, 'A Description of the Land of Gosen' map torn with some loss of text to top left, first map reinforced to verso, most with frayed margins, 'The Minde of the Front' leaf at front repaired, front endpaper repaired, small insect predation to title, occasional light spotting and soiling, first two leaves with water stains, early annotations to rear endpaper, later sprinkled calf, a little rubbed with small repairs, stains and wear to corners, folioQty: (1)NOTESSTC 20640. Sold with all faults not subject to return.
Tanner (Thomas). Notitia Monastica; Or, an Account of all the Abbies, Priories and Houses of Friers, Formerly in England and Wales. And Also of all the Colleges and Hospitals Founded Before A.D. MDXL... And Now Reprinted by James Nasmith, Cambridge: printed at the University Press by John Archdeacon, for John Nichols and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, London, 1787, engraved portrait frontispiece (light offsetting to title), armorial bookplate of Sir Edward B. Barker Bt. to upper pastedown, light damp stain to rear endpaper, contemporary marbled calf, expertly rebacked preserving original richly gilt spine and terracotta red morocco title label, corners neatly repaired, upper board with Devon County Library round blind stamp, folio, together with: [Allestree, Richard], The Works of the Learned and Pious Author of the Whole Duty of Man, 2 volumes in one, Oxford and London: by Roger Norton and Edward Paulet, 1704, engraved frontispiece, engraved illustration to general & second part titles, some light dust-soiling, contemporary panelled mottled calf, joints and head & foot of spine neatly repaired, folioQty: (2)
Trollope (Anthony). Cousin Henry, a Novel, 2 volumes, 1st UK bookform edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1879, half-titles, volume 1 with 3pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, some finger-soiling, occasional short closed edge tears, volume 1 p.1 with long tear (previously repaired), stitching strained, rear pastedown with binder's ticket of W. Bone & Son, hinges cracked, original blue cloth, stamped in gilt, black and blind, circulating library labels removed from front covers (as often), darkened and soiled, lightly rubbed, somewhat cocked spines, with ends and front upper corners bumped, 3 corners showing, 8vo, together with: Ibid., Can You Forgive Her, 2 volumes, 1st bookform edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1864-65, bound from the parts, half-titles, volume 1 with 20 etched illustrations by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz", volume 2 with 20 wood-engraved illustrations by Miss Taylor, variable toning and spotting to plates (affecting adjacent leaves), volume 2 sewing broken in gathering N, volume 1 front & volume 2 rear hinges cracked, armorial bookplates of Charles Walter Lyon and David Talbot Rice to each, contemporary dark brown half morocco, spines with gilt lines and lettering, rubbed, volume 1 front lower corner bumped, 8vo, plus: Lever (Charles), The Daltons or Three Roads in Life, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1852, 48 etched plates by 'Phiz', including frontispiece (in volume 2) and additional title, a few plates toned, occasional light spotting, one plate in volume 2 with short closed edge tear, armorial bookplate of David Talbot Rice to each front pastedown, volume 1 cover detached at rear hinge (front hinge cracking), contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, spines with contrasting labels, 8vo, with: Edgeworth (Richard Lovell and Maria), Essay on Irish Bulls, 1st edition, London: for J. Johnson, 1802, 2 engraved vignettes, scarce light spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed with some wear to extremities, 8vo, and 10 others, including: Comic Dramas in Three Acts, by Maria Edgeworth, 1817, and The History of Pendennis, by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1849-50, 2 volumes (volume 1 spine deficient)Qty: (21)NOTESCousin Henry: Sadleir Trollope 56. Vol. 1 with p. 95, line 2 "bedside" instead of "beside", and p. 197, has running headline "ABEL" for "ISABEL", also with page-numbers for vol. 1, p. 114, and vol. 2, p. 84, in a larger type, as noted by Sadleir in some copies. Cousin Henry first appeared as a weekly serial in early 1879. This bookform edition was published in November 1879 and was preceded by the US edition of September 1879. Can You Forgive Her: Sadleir Trollope 19.
Bahr (Abel William). Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China. Being Description and Illustrations of Articles selected from an Exhibition held in Shanghai, November 1908, London: Cassell and Company, 1912, 20 original paintings on silk by Wong Chun Hai, colour frontispiece, 101 monochrome illustrations, light spotting to endpapers and foredges, top edge gilt, original polychrome silk gilt over boards, corners rubbed, large 8voQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition 6/12, signed by the author, London, 12 September 1912. Extremely rare, no other copy traced at auction or institutions. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was born in Shanghai and began collecting Kangxi porcelain around 1905. His collection of early jades were acquired by the Field Museum, Chicago in 1928 and most of his Chinese paintings were bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1947. Provenance: A.W. Bahr Collection. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), collector of Chinese art and antiquities, and Secretary of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. A.W. Bahr is the author of Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China, being descriptions and illustrations of articles selected from an exhibition held in Shanghai, November 1908, published in 1911. A survey of Chinese paintings in the Bahr Collection by Osvald Siren was published by the Chiswick Press in 1938.
Holmes (Richard Rivington). Specimens of Royal Fine and Historical Bookbinding, Selected from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, London: W. Griggs & Sons Ltd., 1893, photogravure frontispiece, 152 chromolithograph plates, original red cloth with elaborate blocked decoration in gilt & colours, slight fraying at head of spine, folio, together with: Fletcher (William Younger), Bookbinding in France, London: Seeley & Co. Ltd., 1894, eight chromolithograph plates including frontispiece (final tissue guards slightly torn), monochrome illustrations, occasional light spotting to plate margins, top edge gilt, original cloth, brown morocco title label to spine, slim 8vo, Pollard (Alfred W.), Fine Books, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1912, monochrome frontispiece and plates, occasional minor spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original red cloth, gilt blocked decoration, short tear at head of spine, 8voQty: (3)
Siren (Osvald). Early Chinese Paintings from A.W. Bahr Collection, London: Chiswick Press, 1938, 27 tipped-in plates, a few colour, slight toning to endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary crimson morocco gilt, top corner bumped, light vertical mark to upper cover, folio, limited edition of 750, this copy unnumbered, presentation inscription to half title: 'Bound - with pleasure - for A.W. Bahr, August 1951, W.H. Langwell', together with Laufer (Berthold). T'ang, Sung and Yuan Paintings belonging to various Chinese collectors, Paris and Brussels: Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire/G. Van Oest and Co.,1924, 30 monochrome plates, gutta-percha perished, contents loose, original wrapper, spine titled in manuscript, light soiling, 4to, plus The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ch'ing Ming Shang Ho. Spring Festival on the River. A Scroll Painting (Ex Coll. A.W. Bahr) of the Ming Dynasty after a Sung Dynasty subject, New York, 1948Qty: (3)NOTESProvenance: A.W. Bahr Collection. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), collector of Chinese art and antiquities, and Secretary of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. A.W. Bahr is the author of Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China, being descriptions and illustrations of articles selected from an exhibition held in Shanghai, November 1908, published in 1911. A survey of Chinese paintings in the Bahr Collection by Osvald Siren was published by the Chiswick Press in 1938.
Dickens (Charles). Bleak House, 2 volumes, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1st edition, 1853, black & white illustrations, period inscription to volume 2 front endpaper, some spotting & toning throughout, contemporary uniform gilt decorated plum half morocco, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, together with; Gay (John), Fables. By the Late Mr Gay, 2 volumes, London: volume 1 printed for C. Hitch et al, 1757, volume 2 printed for J. & P. Knapton, 4th edition, 1751, numerous black & white engraved illustration, bookplates to the front pastedowns, later annotation to volume front endpaper, cracked front gutters to volume 2, some light toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated calf, boards & spines rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and Ainsorth (W. Harrison), Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance, London: Henry Colburn, new edition, 1844, black & white illustrations by George Cruickshank & Tony Johannot, later endpapers, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, later gilt decorated three-quarter blue morocco bound by Bayntun, boards slightly marked to head, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th-century reference & literature, including Poems on Several Occasions, London: Shakespear's Head, 1718, ADigest of Audged Cases in the Court of King's Bench,...by a Gentleman of Lincoln's Inn, London: W. Strahan & M. Woodall, 1775, mostly leather bindings, some original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves)NOTES125 volumes
Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa..., 2 volumes, London: Sampson Low, 1890, black & white illustrations, colour folding with tear to bottom right quadrant to the front of volume 2, period inscriptions to front endpapers, gutters cracked, publishers original uniform gilt decorated red cloth, boards slightly rubbed, spines rubbed with minor tears & loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with: Wheeler (Stephen). History of the Delhi Coronation Durbar, held on the first of January 1903 ..., London: John Murray, 1904, numerous photogravures, plates, maps etc. as listed, some spotting, mainly to blank margins, armorial bookplate of Sir Benjamin Franklin, rear hinge cracking, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, rubbed with some marks and fading, spine ends somewhat frayed, front cover with bumped corners, 4to, Hedin (Sven), Overland To India, 2 volumes, London: Macmillan and Co., 1st edition, 1910, colour & black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to front endpapers, yellow Mudie's Library label to the front boards & pastedowns, volume 2 front gutters cracked, some spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards slightly rubbed, spines faded & rubbed, 8vo, Martin (Percy F.), Through Five Republics (Of South America)..., London: William Heinemann, 1st edition, 1905, numerous monochrome illustrations & 3 maps, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, some light spotting & toning, publishers original green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other late 19 century & modern travel reference & related, including In Northern Mists..., 2 volumes, by Fridtjof Nansen, London: William Heinemann, 1st edition, 1911, ex-library copies with associated marks & stamps, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )
Cohn (Albert M.). A Bibliographical catalogue of the printed works illustrated by George Cruikshank, 1st edition, London, 1914, publisher original cloth, 8vo, together with; The Wellcome Historical Medical Library. A catalogue of printed books, London, 1962, Volumes 1&2, publishers original cloth, and Garnett (Richard & Edmund Gosse). English Literature an illustrated record, 4 volumes, New York, Heinemann, 1903, light spotting to front end paper, some black and white illistrations, publishers original cloth, slight sun fading spines plus other Bibliography & art reference publications including Yale, Cassell, T&H, Oak Knoll Press, G/VG folio/8voQty: (6 shelves )
Watt (Robert). Bibliotheca Britannica, 4 volumes, Facsimile edition, New York: Burt Franklin, circa 1970, original cloth, light spotting to middle and upper text block, minor rubbing to head and foot, 4to, together with; Proctor (Robert), An Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum: from the Invention of Printing to the year 1500, with notes on those in the Bodleian Library., New edition, London: The Holland Press, 1960, original cloth in dust jacket, rubbed with minor tears to head and foot, 8vo, and Pollard (Alfred W.), Old Picture Books with Other Essays on Bookish Subjects, 1st edition, London: Methuen And Co, 1902, previous owner period ink inscription to front endpaper, numerous black and white illustrations, light spotting throughout, original gilt lettered cloth, top edge gilt, rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other bibliography reference including publications by Cambridge, Oxford and Yale, G/VG, 4to/8voQty: (6 shelves )
Flemish Bible. Levens Van de Heylighe Patriarchen, Propheten, Rechteren, Koningen, ende andre Helden ende Heldinnen van't Oudt Testament, Anterwerp: Hieronymus Verduffen, 1711, black & white engraved title page, lacks original endpapers, some minor worming close to the spine binding from pp. 1-109, some toning & light marks throughout, contemporary full gilt decorated full calf, boards rubbed, spine lightly wormed & rubbed with loss to head & foot, 4to, together with other mostly late 19th & early 20th-century literature & reference, including Bracebridge Hall, by Washington Irving, illustrated by Randolf Caldicott, London: Macmillan & Co., 1887, The Golf Courses of the British Isles, by Bernard Darwin, illustrated by Harry Rountree, London: Duckworth & Co., 1st edition, 1910, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some gilt decorated, overall condition is G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves )
Greene (Graham). May We Borrow Your Husband? And Other Comedies of the Sexual Life, London: The Bodley Head, 1st edition, 1967, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket rear cover marked & toned, spine slightly faded with minor tears to head & foot, 8vo, plus 34 further works by Graham Greene, mixed editions, together with; Golding (William), The Spire, 1st edition, 1964, The Pyramid, 1st edition, 1967, London: Faber & Faber, both volumes with damp damage to upper spine corners from the front endpapers through to approximately pp.50-60, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper of The Pyramid, both original cloth in dust jackets, some damp marks to the front & rear covers, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other mid-20th century fiction & 1st editions, including H. E. Bates, Edith Sitwell, Anthony Burgess, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Aldous Huxley, Thomas Hardy, all original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (3 shelves)
![Fehsenfeld (Martha Dow, & Lois More Overbeck [editors]). The Letters Of Samuel Beckett 1929-1940, 1st edition, New York:](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/77bc0ec2-9b7d-4928-a674-acd400a80e4f/3fba7a7d-e3d7-4439-b5ec-acd400ed8546/468x382.jpg)
Fehsenfeld (Martha Dow, & Lois More Overbeck [editors]). The Letters Of Samuel Beckett 1929-1940, 1st edition, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with; Bloch (Michael), James Lees-Milne Diaries 1942-1997, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murry, 2006, original cloth in dust jackets, spines minor rubbing to head & foot of spines, 8vo, and Greene (Graham), The Pleasure Dome The Collected Film Criticism 1935-40, 1st edition, London: Secker & Warburg,1972, numerous black & white illustrations, Ex Libris bookplate to half-title, light marginal toning throughout, original cloth in dust jacket, chip to top of rear cover, jacket rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other bibliography & author reference including Peter Fleming, Bill Bryson and Oliver Sacks, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (3 shelves )
Foley (Edwin). The Book of Decorative Furniture its form, colour, & history, 2 volumes, London: The Caxton Publishing Company, circa 1910, numerous tipped-in colour plates & monochrome illustrations, previous owner inscriptions to front endpapers, some light toning & spotting, top edges gilt, volume 1 rebound retaining publishers original gilt decorated red cloth boards & spine, some loss to head & foot of the spine, volume 2 in publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, some tears & loss to head & foot of the spine, boards slightly marked & rubbed, spines slightly faded, large 4to, together with other art reference & related, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (5 shelves)
![Bowen (Emanuel). A Complete System of Geography, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Innys [and others], [1744]-1747, xi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/77bc0ec2-9b7d-4928-a674-acd400a80e4f/1037e1c4-4dc6-4460-8287-acd400ec83b9/468x382.jpg)
Bowen (Emanuel). A Complete System of Geography, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Innys [and others], [1744]-1747, xi [1] xxviii 1013 [3], [4] 804 [24] pp., title-pages in red and black, 2 engraved plates, 69 engraved maps (complete as list; mainly double-page; one map, 'The World in Two Hemispheres', double-page and folding), variable browning, a few contemporary ink-stamps to margins (crest of a stag's head), volume 1 with damp-staining to lower margins from about p. 585, gradually extending and with increasingly noticeable weakening and fraying of the paper, affecting bottom line of text towards rear, and affecting about half the maps in the volume (nos. 16-30 of 30; numbering from 'A List of the Maps and Plates' to front of volume) but encroaching on plate-marks in maps 29-30 only (Poland/Lithuania and Hungary), signature 11U bound back-to-front and upside-down, volume 2 with pale markings to a few maps, probably damp-related but any related staining minimal and limited to light damp-staining in lower margins of a few maps including nos. 60 (Carolina), 61 (Virginia and Maryland) and 62 ('Pensilvania, New York, New Jersey and New England'), small closed tear in map 66 (Jamaica), numbers 70 (Antigua) and 57 (West Indies) each with hole in lower margin, number 67 (North Pole) with small hole in image affecting caption only, small section of text-leaf 8X2 adhering to previous leaf obscuring text, holes in 9E2 and 9P1 to loss of text, 9F1-2 partially stuck together, final few signatures (9R-10A) frequently stuck together at a single point with concomitant loss of text, ownership inscriptions 'Clutterbuck, Ap. 1813' to title-pages, volume 1 with contemporary ownership inscription 'Sparrow' and price paid (3-3-0) to front pastedown and early pen-trials to endpaper, red-sprinkled edges, contemporary calf, joints cracked, loss to spine-ends, rubbing and stripping to sides, wear to corners, folio (41.8 x 25 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESESTC T140529; Tooley, Maps and Map-Makers pp. 55-6. A rare complete copy of Bowen's imposing atlas, based on the fourth edition of Moll's Complete Geography; variant, with the dedication signed 'The authors' rather than Stephen Whatley. The first volume is restricted to Europe, while the second concerns the rest of the world and contains some 20 maps of North and South America and the West Indies, as well as a map of the North Pole.
Faulkner (Sir Arthur Brooke). A Treatise on the Plague, designed to prove it Contagious, from Facts, collected during the Author's Residence in Malta, when visited by that Malady in 1813, 1st edition, London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, by S. Y Griffith, Cheltenham, 1820, pp. [14] [v]-xxxvi 277 [1] 43, half-title, engraved folding map of Malta, engraved folding plan of Valetta, toning, plan browned on one panel, edges sprinkled blue, contemporary sprinkled half sheep, embossed light green paper sides, rubbed and marked, 8vo (21.2 x 12 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESInscribed 'From William Willoughby Cole Faulkner, to Henry Cole Faulkner, 1876, Alexandria, Egypt' on the front free endpaper,
Hare (Augustus John Cuthbert, 1834-1903). English Travel Writer and Biographer. A lengthy autograph manuscript containing notes for Walks in Rome [first published 1871], written in brown ink in a neat and legible right-sloping small hand, a total of approximately 206 pp. plus some blanks of lined blue paper, interleaved with printed pages extracted from a complete copy of John Murray's Handbook for Travellers in Central Italy Part II: Rome and its Environs (4th edition, 1856), with approximately 50 of these leaves marked or annotated by Hare including the title-page bearing his signature 'Augustus J.C. Hare', additionally signed in light pencil to front fly-leaf 'Augustus Hare, Holmhurst, Hastings', 20th-century blue buckram with bookplate of Major J.R. Abbey to front pastedown and Abbey's code (J.A. 7000 / 10.12.1959' to rear endpaper, gilt-titled on spine, a little rubbed, 8vo (23 x 15 cm), together with a group of four autograph letters signed 'St. Leonards on Sea and Christchurch, 1886/1902, to various recipients, Hare mentioning in one how glad he is that his recipient is interested in '... my 'story' [probably his autobiography] which will never - I fear - reach another edition' [14 November 1900], and in another letter that '... The 'Stone of the Scauging' is preserved in a beautiful chapel called the "Orto del Paratiso" in S. Prassede (close to the S. Maria Maggiore) at Rome... The 'stone' - really a little pillar of blood-jasper - is said to have been given to Giovanni Collona... by the Saracens, when a vision of angels appeared to rescue him from captivity in their hands', the remaining two letters informing the recipients of Hare's whereabouts and general availability, a total of 7 pp., 8voQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: From the Library of Major John Rowland Abbey (1894-1969). Augustus Hare's Walks in Rome is one of the writer's most important publications and these are the preparatory notes for that work. In his extensive research Hare incorporated many quotes from numerous sources and this manuscript effectively represents Hare's holograph research for those quotes which are to be found in the published version. Individuals quoted by him include Mendelssohn, Stendhal, Shelley, Byron, Cardinal Wiseman, John Addington Symonds, Kuglar, Ampere and Mrs Jamieson.
Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, in Four Books. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof ... With an accurate and an approved Index ... much wanted and desired in the former, and now annexed to this last Impression, Revised and Corrected by the Author himself immediately before his death, London: Anne Seile, 1666, imprimatur leaf not present, additional engraved title stating 3rd edition and with imprint 'London: Printed for Philip Chetwind, 1666' and early signature to upper margin, letterpress cancel title in red & black, also with another letterpress title printed in black stating 3rd edition and with imprint 'London: Printed for Philipp Chetwind, 1665', four folding engraved maps dated 1666 (Europe, Asia, Africa, and Americas), map of Americas slightly close-trimmed and frayed to lower edge, divisional titles present (with varying imprints Philip Chetwind 1665 & 1662), lower outer blank corner of 3Z6 torn away, occasional very light damp stains mostly to upper outer corners or at head, contemporary blind panelled calf, foot of spine worn, folioQty: (1)NOTESWing H1691; Sabin 31655.
Brown (R. N. Rudmose). A Naturalist at the Poles. The Life, Work and Voyages of Dr. W. S. Bruce, the Polar Explorer. With Five Chapters by W. G. Burn Murdoch, 1st edition, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1923, half-title, all halftone photographic plates as called for including frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 4 pp. advertisements, irregular browning to endpapers, contemporary newspaper clippings mounted to front pastedown, bookplate of Kenn Back to front free endpaper, spotting to edges occasionally encroaching on margins, original dark grey cloth, titles and decoration in light blue, dust jacket (nicked, spine toned and with clear tape reinforcement to head and foot, similar reinforcement to joint of rear panel and flap), 8voQty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Rare in the dust jacket.
Locker (Edward Hawke). Memoirs of Celebrated Naval Commanders, illustrated by engravings from original pictures in the Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hospital, 1st edition: London: Harding and Lepard, 1832, 16 engraved portraits, 4 engraved plates, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 16 hand-coloured arms of each naval officer, some heightened in gilt at the head of the letterpress, a few close-trimmed, arms of Captain Cook slightly smudged, occasional light spotting and offsetting, large bookplate of Robert Hughes of Kinmel & Dinorben (1827-1911, genealogist), all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, large 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe extra-illustrated arms most likely to have been made by or for Robert Hughes of Kinmel & Dinorben.
![Mauritius. 'Trees and Fruits of the Mauritius' [spine-title], Port Louis, Mauritius: Devaux et Cie [and] J. Maisonneuve, c.18](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/77bc0ec2-9b7d-4928-a674-acd400a80e4f/628ee64f-f093-4716-a6d9-acd400ec98f9/468x382.jpg)
Mauritius. 'Trees and Fruits of the Mauritius' [spine-title], Port Louis, Mauritius: Devaux et Cie [and] J. Maisonneuve, c.1850, containing 20 lithographic plates by Edouard Pitot depicting trees native to Mauritius (each with series-title 'Ile Maurice' and imprint 'Devaux et Cie, Chaussée, Port Louis') and 10 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Alfred Richard depicting fruit native to Mauritius (imprint 'J. Maisonneuve, Chaussée No. 19'), each plate with tissue-guard, tree plates spotted, light marginal spotting to a few fruit plates ('Mabolo', 'Custard Apples', 'Mangoes'), contemporary gift inscription 'Elizabeth A. Bradbury, presented by Mrs Farnham of Mauritius in 1856' to margin of first plate ('Fan-Palm or Tallipot'), the recipient's ownership inscription or initials to margins of 5 other plates, comb-marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary brown morocco over bevelled boards, concentric frames and arabesque centrepieces to covers in blind, rubbed, large folio (52.2 x 34.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESVolume of two extremely rare suites of Mauritius-printed lithographs, containing in total 30 plates by Mauritian artists Edouard Pitot (1778-1860) and Alfred Richard (1824-1880). A similar volume was sold in these rooms on 30 January 2019 (lot 27), containing 16 lithographs of trees from the 'Ile Maurice' series, and 20 lithographs of fruits; the present volume contains four tree plates (Cocoa-nut tree, Tree firn, Red Malartic Plantain, Young filaos) and five fruit plates (Alligator pear, Sapodilla, Coco-nut, Queen's Apple, Sour sop) not in that copy. Another set of the 'Ile Maurice' series, with 16 plates, appeared in Paris in 2008 (Kahn-Dumousset, 4 April 2008, lot 18). There was an exhibition of Pitot's work at the National History Museum of Mauritius in 2018, and Richard is identified as leading figure among the 'accomplished Mauritian artists' who emerged in the second half of the 19th century (Kervern & Martial, Mauritius: 500 Early Postcards, p. 11). A full list of plates is available on request.
Meares (John). Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed, an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage performed in 1786. from Bengal, in the Ship Nootka; Observations on the Probable Existence of a North West Passage; and some Account of the Trade between the North West Coast of America and China; and the Latter Country and Great Britain, 1st edition, London: printed at the Logographic Press, and sold by J. Walter, 1790, viii [12] xcv 372 [108] pp., 4 engraved plates, 14 aquatint plates (many folding), 10 engraved maps (3 folding), plates and maps offset, variable spotting and browning to plates (stronger to folding plates), a few light spots to maps, 'A Chart of the Northern Pacific Ocean' with short split to one fold and repaired closed handling tear to inner fold, two similar handling tears (one repaired) to 'Chart of the N. W. Coast of America', title-page slightly soiled and with near-contemporary ownership inscription 'C. L. Spitta' (recorded as an officer in the East India Company Engineers, serving c.1830-40), signatures D3-E4 misbound but all present, repair to D1 fore margin affecting a few words verso, marginal repair to H2, top edge gilt, modern crushed morocco, ship vignette in blind to front board, 4to (28.8 x 22.8 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAbbey Travel 594; Cordier Sinica 2103; ESTC T98966; Hill (1974) pp. 195-6; Howes M469; Sabin 47260. 'John Meares was sent out in 1786 from Calcutta, by a group of merchants, to enter into the fur trade of the northwest coast of America. Establishing himself at Nootka Sound and flying the British flag, he built the first vessel to be launched in northern waters, made important discoveries, and explored the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Discoveries by Meares were part of the basis for the claim of Great Britain to Oregon. Competition with the Spanish almost caused war between the two countries and this struggle became known as the Nootka Controversy. The Spanish seizure of his ships led to the convention by which the Spanish claims to any northern territory were finally disallowed [sic]. This important narrative gives a very full account of the Indian nations of Northwest America' (Hill).
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