Winemaking. Manuscript book 'For making all kinds of British Wines', circa 1810, 23 leaves of neatly written recipes and instructions for making wine (mostly written to both sides on laid paper with Botfield watermark, dated 1808?), including 'raisin wine, currant wine, mulbury wine, lemon wine, grape wine, apricot wine, clary wine, quince wine, blackberry wine, turnip wine, elderflower wine, raisins elder wine, elderberry wine, orange wine, black cherry wine, another way to make cherry wine to taste of the kernel, birch wine, sage wine, white mead wine, damaseene wine, cowslip or marigold wine, gooseberry wine, ginger wine, balm wine, rose wine, and general instruction for brewing beer', occasional light dust-soiling and marks, contemporary wrappers, rubbed and few marks, slim 4toQty: (1)
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Reid (John Eaton). History of the County of Bute, and Families connected therewith, 1st edition, Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864, 8 albumen print photographs by Thomas Annan each on separate card mount with printed caption, folding lithographic plate, map, occasional light spotting to text, a little mild fading to albumen prints, modern quarter calf, 4to (28.2 x 20.6 cm), together with: Heron (Robert). General View of the Natural Circumstances of those Isles, Adjacent to the North-West Coast of Scotland, which are distinguished by the Common Name of Hebudae or Hebrides, 1st edition, Edinburgh: John Paterson, 1794, half-title discarded, upper fore corner of first 3 leaves consolidated, modern half calf, 4to (27 x 21 cm), [Browne, James]. A Critical Examination of Dr. MacCulloch's Work on the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Daniel Lizars, 1825, half-title discarded, spotting, edges untrimmed, modern half calf 8vo (20 x 11.5 cm), [Burt, Edward]. Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London, 2 volumes, 5th edition, London: for Ogle, Duncan, and Co., 1822, engraved frontispieces (offset), no half-titles, edges untrimmed, 20th-century red half calf by Maltby of Oxford, 8vo (22.6 x 13.2 cm), and 3 others, Highlands-related, including MacCulloch, A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, 1819 (text volumes only; not collated)Qty: (9)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC T40705 (Heron); Gernsheim 227 (Reid: erroneously described as containing nine photographs); Kress B2758 (Heron).
Averbakh (Y.). Comprehensive Chess Endings, 5 volumes, 1st editions, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1983-87, black & white illustrations, volume 1 & 3 in original wrappers, volumes 2, 4 & 5 in publishers original boards, spines lightly faded, 8vo, together with; Shipov (Sergey), The Complete Hedgehog, 2 volumes, Mongoose Press, Boston, 2009, black & white illustrations, publishers original wrappers, 8vo, and Freeborough (E. & C. E. Ranken), Chess Openings Ancient and Modern, 3rd edition, Kegan Paul...& Co., 1896, period inscription to verso of the title page, some light toning & spotting, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other mostly modern chess reference, including publications by Chess Digest Inc., Chess Evolution, Oxford, RHM, some original cloth in dust jackets, mostly paperbacks in original wrappers, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (Approximately 200)
Scott (Peter). Morning Flight, London: Country Life, [1935], 16 mounted colour plates, monochrome illustrations, a little minor spotting, top edge gilt, original cloth (marginal dust-soiling), dust jacket, a little rubbed with light spotting, clear tape residue marks, 4to, limited signed edition 304/750, together with Scott (Peter). Wild Chorus, London: Country Life, [1938], 24 colour plates, monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, dust jacket, light soiling and clear tape marks at head of covers and spine, 4to, limited signed edition 354/1250, plus J.G. Millais' The Wildfowler in Scotland, 1901Qty: (3)
* Canning (George, 1770-1827), British Prime Minister April to August 1827. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Geo. Canning’, Foreign Office, 1st June 1824, to Sir Sidney Smith, Canning informs his correspondent that he doesn't believe 'that it is in anybody's contemplation to re-establish the situation which Adm. Sir G. Ackerley (?) formerly filled at Lisbon' and therefore writes to simply acknowledge his correspondent's letter, also adding that he has no means of acting upon it, light toning affecting upper left part of letter, minor traces of former mounting to verso, 1 page, 4toQty: (1)NOTESSir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840) was a British Admiral who served in the American and French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleon Bonaparte said of Smith: 'That man made me miss my destiny'.
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, occasional minor dampstains 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.
Cicero (Marcus Tullius). The Familiar Epistles of M. T. Cicero. Englished and Conferred with the French, Italian and other translations, London: printed by Edward Griffin, [1620], engraved title page, woodcut headpieces and initials throughout, complete with leaves A1-2 (each blank except for signature-mark within rows of type-ornaments), light browning, A1-2 stained and with slightly brittle edges, engraved title-page closely trimmed at foot, a few other leaves closely trimmed only ever touching box-rules, 2E1 torn at upper inner corner to partial loss of headline on both sides (the missing fragment present: tipped in between 2E11-12), spill-burn in 2L4 to partial loss of a few letters recto, final two signatures (2R3-4) transposed, c.1900 black morocco, 12mo (13.2 x 7.7 cm), together with another copy (lacking signature A2, with old intermittent ink-stain in top margins briefly extending in quires S-T, K8 torn with loss of headline, 2M2 torn at lower corner touching a few letters, 2R1 with section re-attached retaining text, modern marbled boards)Qty: (2)NOTESESTC S107976; STC 5305. First complete edition in English of the Epistolae ad familiares, rare at auction. The translator Joseph Webbe made important contributions to 'the development of language teaching and of linguistic thought generally' (ODNB).
[Robinson, John]. An Account of Sueden: Together with an Extract of the History of that Kingdom, London: Tim. Goodwin, 1694, half-title present, occasional light toning, contemporary speckled calf, joints cracked, 8vo, together with: Egmont (John Perceval, Earl of), Faction Detected, by the Evidence of Facts. Containing an Impartial view of Parties at Home, and Affairs Abroad, 2nd edition, London: J. Roberts, 1743, half-title present, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, Sheppard (William), The Touch-Stone of Common Assurances: or, a plain and familiar Treatise, opening the Learning of the Common Assurances, or Conveyances of the Kingdom, 6th edition, revised and corrected, with notes and additional references, by Edward Hilliard, London: printed by A. Strahan & W. Woodfall, for E. & R. Brooke, W. Clark & R. Pheney, 1791, half-title present, ink stamp to front free endpaper, text block edges painted with words 'Chester Circuit Library', contemporary sheep, contrasting morocco labels to spine, lightly scuffed, 8vo Graydon (William), Reflections on the State of Ireland in the Nineteenth Century, 2nd edition, London: James Ridgway, 1825, blind stamp to title of Lansdowne House, contemporary cloth, old paper labels to upper board, joints split, spine ends frayed, 8vo, and other 18th and 19th century pamphlets etc., many relating to political current affairs of the timeQty: (30)
![Torfaeus (Thormodus). Orcades seu Rerum Orcadensium Historiae libri tres, 1st edition, Copenhagen: Justin Hög, 1697, [16],228](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/097ee6b6-2081-432a-b7f6-ac6000a6c3d8/115ccc84-483f-4bb9-959b-ac6001175402/468x382.jpg)
Torfaeus (Thormodus). Orcades seu Rerum Orcadensium Historiae libri tres, 1st edition, Copenhagen: Justin Hög, 1697, [16],228,[10]pp., title-page in red and black with engraved printer's device of lion, engraved tailpiece to final leaf of text, some browning and spotting, armorial bookplates of Charles Areskine of Alva and Clan Cheyne of Esselmont(?) to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, light craquelure and a few scuffs to sides, folio in 4s (33.5 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS First edition of this early dedicated history of Orkney, rare at auction. Thormodus Torfaeus (1636-1716) was an Icelandic historian who spent his career at the Danish royal court.
Mahan (A. T.). Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1905, black & white illustrations & maps, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light toning, top edges gilt, uniform contemporary gilt decorated blue half morocco bound by H. Sotheran & Co., boards slightly marked, 8vo, together with; Lubbock (Basil), The Down Easters, American Deep-water Sailing Ships 1869-1929, 1st edition, Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Glasgow, 1929, numerous black & white illustrations, some minor spotting, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, The Last of the Windjammers, volume 1 only, 1st edition, Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Glasgow, 1927, numerous black & white illustrations, some spotting throughout, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, front boards slightly marked to foot, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and other early 20th century & modern naval & maritime reference, including publications by Jane's, Putnam, Conway, Seaforth, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )
Jones (William). Les Reports de Sir William Jones Chevalier. Jades un des Justices del' Court de Common-Banck. Et devant Capital Justice d'Ireland..., London: printed by T.R. and N.T. for Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswel, 1675, early signature at head of title and armorial bookplate of Sir James Mountaque to verso, occasional marginal notes, slight dust-soiling, contemporary calf, old reback, boards detached, some wear, folio (Wing J1003), together with: Jones (Thomas), Les Reports de divers Special Cases en le Common Bank & en le Court del Bank le Roy. En le Reigne de le Roy Charles le II..., London: printed by the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins for Samuel Keble, 1695, early marginal notes throughout volume, light dust-soiling and toning to some margins mostly at front and rear, contemporary blind panelled calf, joints split, worn at head & foot of spine and to board corners, folio (Wing J999), Hutton (Richard), The reports of that reverend and learned judge, Sir Richard Hutton Knight; sometimes one of the judges of the common pleas. Containing many choice cases, judgments..., now faithfully translated into English, London: printed by T.R. for Henry Twyford and Thomas Dring, 1656, dampstaining and damp fraying to fore-margins throughout volume, contemporary calf, worn with loss to spine, slim folio (Wing H3843), [Barrington, Daines], Observations on the Statutes, chiefly the more ancient, from Magna Charta to The Twenty-First of James the First, Ch. xxvii. With an appendix; being a proposal for new modelling the statutes, London: printed by W. Bowyer, 1766, ownership inscription at head of title, armorial bookplate of Phillip Carteret Webb to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, joints split and light wear, spine darkened and lacking title label, 4to, and other similar 17th & 18th century law related, in contemporary calf, worn, folio & 4toQty: (11)
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[Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of England ..., Atlas volume only, London: S.Lewis and Co., 1831], title deficient, folding engraved map of England and Wales and folding engraved plan of London, both with some light spotting, each with a closed handling tear, the former also with a tear to blank margin, 43 uncoloured engraved maps (including 13 folding), toning and spotting (mostly to margins), 1 with tear to blank margin, Yorkshire with handling tears, contemporary cloth, worn, faded and marked, rear joint cracked, 4toQty: (1)
Walton (Izaak & Charles Cotton). The Complete Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation, edited by John Major, 2 parts in one, London: Strahan & Co., [1840], steel-engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous steel and wood-engravings, a little minor spotting, hinges tender, top edge gilt, original half vellum gilt, a few marks, covers a little bowed with light fading, thick 8voQty: (1)NOTESEdition de Luxe 224/250.
Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. The second edition, revised and augmented, London: printed by S. Simmons next door to the Golden Lion in Aldersgate-street, 1674, [8] 333 [1] pp., without portrait frontispiece, final leaf of text and final blank leaf, with final leaf of text provided in later manuscript facsimile (18th century?), title with 2 ownership signatures of Richard Taylor (one dated 1800) and with faint ink line marks to title and repair to upper outer corner, light worm trails to A1-C2 (mostly to fore-edge blank margin), H7 with rust hole to one letter of running title, Q3 with small hole & printing fault affecting few letters, few minor ink marks and some browning mostly to margins, some light dust-soiling, modern good quality antique-style calf, calf title label to spine, 8vo (16.5 x 10.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC R13351; Grolier Wither to Prior 605 (not mentioning the final blank); Wing M2144; not in Pforzheimer. 'In this second edition the number of books in the poem has been increased from ten to twelve by dividing Books VII and XII into two each, and by adding three new lines to the beginning of Book VIII, and five new lines to Book XII. The "Argument" ... is also divided, and the separate parts prefixed to the books to which they severally apply. Milton's nephew, Edward Phillips, in his "Life of John Milton", 1694, states that these changes were made at Milton's direction' (Grolier). The second edition is also important for containing Andrew Marvell's commendatory poem 'On Paradise Lost'. According to ESTC the frontispiece is not found in all copies.
* Dolby (Edwin Thomas). Fores's Marine Sketches. The Iron Steam Yacht "Alexandria", 416 Tons, built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia by C. I. Mare & Co of Blackwall, designed by Mr Waterman Junr & fitted with engines of 140 horse power by Sir John & Mr George Rennie, London: Fores, May 14th 1852, colour lithograph printed by Michael and Nicholas Hanhart after Thomas Sewell Robins, short closed tear to lower blank margin, light toning and spotting, image 310 x 450 mm, sheet size 445 x 625 mm, mounted, together with: Herdman (W.G.), The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steam Ship Liverpool, Commanded by Lieutenant R. Engledus, R.N. To whom this Print is, with permission, respectfully inscribed, by his obedient Servant N.J. Kempe, Manchester: printed by T. Physick, [1838?], tinted lithograph after N.J. Kempe, some spotting, lined to verso, repaired closed tear to upper margin, image 246 x 350 mm, sheet size 358 x 482 mm, mountedQty: (2)NOTESA fine view of the Imperial Russian Steam Yacht. Also inscribed below the image with statistical details The ship's length was 195ft. 10in. with a breadth of 21ft. 7in.
Bewick (Thomas). History of British Birds (Land & Water Birds), 2 volumes, 2nd & 1st edition, Newcastle: Printed by Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick, 1797-1804, numerous wood engraved illustrations and vignettes, without half-titles, some scattered light spotting, bookplates of Hanbury Barclay and Rissa 'Her Book' to front endpapers, contemporary dark green half calf, gilt decorated spines with maroon morocco title label to each, 8vo, together with: Ibid., A Supplement to the History of British Birds, Parts 1 & 2, (Land & Water Birds), Newcastle: Printed by Edward Walker for T. Bewick, 1821, numerous wood engraved illustrations and vignettes, bookplate Rissa 'Her Book' to upper pastedown, contemporary dark green half calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, slim 8voQty: (3)NOTESProvenance: David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and secretary of the British Trust for Ornithology. Land Birds - Roscoe 15e. Price 10s. 6d. in boards. Water Birds - Roscoe 17d, variant B. Price 12s. in boards. Supplement to Land Birds - Roscoe 25c. Supplement to Water Birds - Roscoe 27c.
Murray & Highley (publishers). Peter and Aesop, a St. Giles’s Eclogue, London: Murray & Highley, J. Harding & V. Griffith, 1800, half-title present, disbound slim 4to, together with: [Buckler, Benjamin], A Reply to Dr. Huddesford's Observations relating to the Delegates of the Press. With a Narrative of the Proceedings of the Proctors with regard to their Nomination of a Delegate, April 28, 1756, Oxford: printed in the year 1756, title inscribed 'To the Revd. the Warden of Merton College', some browning, edges untrimmed, disbound slim 4to, [Douglas, James], Index Materiae Medicae: or, a Catalogue of Simple Medicines that are fit to be used in the Practice of Physick and Surgery, London: George Strahan, 1724, light spotting, disbound slim 4to, Shoel (Thomas), Mileshill, a Poem; or, a Short view of the Beauties of Saint Michael's Mount, at Montacute, in the County of Somerset; with a Slight Description of the Prospects from it, and occasional Reflections on them. Supposed to be written on its Summit, London: printed by March & Teape, 1803, contemporary signature at head of title, cropped at head & foot with slight loss to title and final leaf, 12mo, and other miscellaneous antiquarian books & pamphlets etc., mostly disbound, includes few late 17th & 18th century extracts of Philosophical TransactionsQty: (a carton)
* London. The Tower Bridge. The Memorial Stone was laid by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on behalf of H.M. the Queen on 21st June 1886, The Right Honourable John Staples Lord Mayor, Edward Atkinson Esqre. Chairman of the Bridge House Estates Committee, London: C.F. Kell, [1886], mounted chromolithograph by C.F. Kell, light surface abrasion, toning and spotting, image 323 x 570 mm, sheet size 468 x 725 mm, mounted, together with: Canot (Pierre Charles), A View of London Bridge before the late Alteration as in the Year 1760, London: Bowles & Carver, R.H. Laurie & R. Wilkinson, circa 1760, engraving on wove after Samuel Scott, later hand colouring, slight wear to imprint, 338 x 570 mm, mountedQty: (2)
* Menai Straits. Fagan (J. lithographer), The Wonders of the Menai in its Suspension and Tubular Bridges, printed Day & Son, published S. Hughes, Bangor, 1850, tint stone lithograph after S. Hughes, some marginal closed tears and fraying, but not affecting image, very slight light toning, 305 x 475 mm, mounted, together with Jones (Hugh, after). A West View of the Britannia Tubular & Menai Suspension Bridges, printed Day & Son, published T. Catherall, Chester & Bangor, circa 1850, tint stone lithograph, slight spotting, some marginal closed tears but not affecting image, margins strengthened with brown paper, 360 x 500 mmQty: (2)NOTESThe Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge designed to carry road traffic between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826 and is a Grade I listed structure. The Britannia Bridge was originally designed and built by the noted railway engineer Robert Stephenson as a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans for carrying rail traffic. Its construction was important in that it allowed trains to directly travel between London and the port of Holyhead, thus facilitating a sea link to Dublin.
Churchill (T.O.). The Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronté, &c. Illustrated by engravings of it's most striking and memorable incidents, 1st edition, printed for R. Bowyer, 1808, 15 engraved plates, including portrait frontispiece, printed facsimile letter, occasional light spotting to plates, wide margins throughout, paper watermarked 1806, modern antique-style half calf gilt, endpapers renewed, large 4to (335 x 275 mm, 13.2 x 10.75 ins)Qty: (1)
Hale (Matthew). Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown, 2 volumes, In the Savoy [London]: F. Gyles, T. Woodward & C. Davis, 1736, occasional light damp mottling and spotting, contemporary calf, red morocco title labels to spine of each, green morocco volume number label to volume 1 only, rubbed and light wear, folio, together with: Yelverton (Henry), The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton ... Late one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, 3rd edition, In the Savoy [London]: William Feales, John Brindley, et al., 1735, title with contemporary signature of John Williams Attorney Carmarthen, armorial bookplate of Thomas Kymer to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, title label deficient, joints cracked and some wear, folio, Swinburne (Henry), A Treatise of Testaments and Last Wills, 5th edition, In the Savoy [London]: printed by E. & R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer), 1728, half-title, contemporary signature of John Williams Attorney Carmarthen to title, contemporary calf, lacking title label, upper joint split and later a little torn, folio, Jura ecclesiastica: or, the Present Practice in Ecclesiastical Courts ... Collected from the best authorities, and interspersed with various new cases. By a Barrister of the Middle Temple, 2 volumes, In the Savoy [London]: printed by Henry Lintot (Assignee of Edward Sayer) for T. Waller, 1749, contemporary calf, morocco title label to volume 1 only, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, and other similar 18th century law related, all in contemporary calf, folio & 8voQty: (18)
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[Townsend, Chauncy H.] A Descriptive Tour in Scotland, by T.H.C., 1st edition, Brussels & London, 1840, 12 uncoloured lithographed plates, some light spotting and offsetting, bookplates and signature of Sir Thomas Dawson Brodie (1832-1896, Deputy Keeper of the Privy Seal), all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, a few small stains, 8vo, together with Logan (John). Poems, by the Rev. Mr. Logan, one of the Ministers of Leith, 1st edition, London: T. Cadell, 1781, half title, additional portrait frontispiece, additional poem 'Ode to the Cuckoo', 1872 inlaid and bound-in at end, press cutting at rear, previous owner signature erased from title, a few faint spots, bookplate, top edge gilt, 19th century green morocco gilt, spine faded to brown, 8vo, plus [Ritson, Joseph]. Scottish Songs, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Glasgow: Hugh Hopkins, 1869, titles printed in red and black, engraved vignettes, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, 8vo, with two others: Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market and Other Poems, 2nd edition, 1865 and A Ballad Book by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. MDCCCXXIII, reprinted with notes and ballads from the unpublished mss. of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe and Sir Walter Scott, edited by David Laing, 1880Qty: (6)
Hutchinson (William). The Spirit of Masonry in Moral and Elucidatory Lectures. By Wm Hutchinson Master of the Barnardcastle Lodge of Concord, London: J. Wilkie & W. Goldsmith, 1775, engraved title and one plate, light toning and dust-soiling, dampstain at head throughout volume, contemporary calf with gilt decorated spine, maroon morocco label to upper board 'Royal Alfred Lodge at Diss', neatly repaired to joints and head & foot of spine, corners repaired, 8voQty: (1)
* Greenwich. Funeral Procession of the Lord Viscount Nelson, from Greenwich to Whitehall on the 8th January, 1806, [London: James Cundee, 1st April, 1806], aquatint by John Hill after Augustus Charles Pugin (1769-1832, with imprint showing name as C.A. Pugin), with contemporary hand colouring, lined to verso on thin card, light toning, 380 x 470 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESA panoramic view of Nelson's funeral procession. Nelson's funeral barge can be seen in the foreground on the River Thames as his coffin was rowed up to the Admiralty from Greenwich on Charles II's royal barge, accompanied by over 60 boats, including a variety of Admiralty and City livery barges. In the central foreground, a barge flying the red ensign fires a salute. Boats of the 'Sea Fencibles', a corps of naval reserves, line the route. Greenwich Hospital is clearly visible in the background with the Royal Observatory in the distance. After Nelson died at Trafalgar, his body was, by his own request, placed in a cask and preserved in spirits. On the return of his body to England, it was taken to Greenwich, where it rested in state between 4-7 January, 1806. On the 8 January, 1806, seamen from HMS ‘Victory’ carried his coffin to the funeral barge to begin the procession up the River Thames to the Admiralty, and his funeral at St Paul's Cathedral on the 9th.
* Albert (Prince, 1819-1861). Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, husband of Queen Victoria. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Albert', Buckingham Palace, 19 January 1847, to Lord Clarendon (as president of the Board of Trade), drawing his attention to 'L. Gruner's School Book of Patterns, which has been laid or will be laid before you by the Council of the School of Design. I consider its adoption by the Government as a measure of great utility' and concluding that it needs Clarendon's recommendation before the Treasury can sanction it, light browning to lower margin and light stain to upper margin, neither affecting signature and only touching a couple of words of text, 2 pages with blank integral leaf, 8voQty: (1)NOTESLudwig Gruner (1801-1882) was appointed as 'Advisor in Art' to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, and her consort, Prince Albert. Prince Albert promoted the School of Design, probably with the support of Gruner, who was charged with the production of a new 'Drawing-book for the School of Design'. This was intended as a continuation of the one begun by William Dyce and published in 1848.
Fittler (James, & John Claude Nattes). Scotia Depicta; or the Antiquities, Castles, Public Buildings, Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats, Cities, Towns, and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland, illustrated in a Series of Finished Etchings by James Fittler, from Accurate Drawings made on the Spot by John Claude Nattes, 1st edition, London: printed by T. Bensley, and published by W. Miller [and others], [1801]-1804, etched additional title-page, letterpress title-page, preface leaf, list of subscribers with contents verso, 48 etched plates each with leaf of descriptive letterpress, etched 'finispiece' including text, all bound in along top edge (the work issued in oblong folio format), light spotting to additional title-page, description leaf for plate 40 browned, contemporary diced russia gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, folio (40.4 x 27 cm), together with: [Sutherland, Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of]. Views in Orkney and on the North-Eastern Coast of Scotland taken in MDCCCV, 1st edition, [London?: privately printed], 1807, 27 pp., half-title, etched title-page, 28 etched plates (a few with multiple images), etched vignettes in text, toning, occasional spotting, without portrait noted in some copies but apparently not called for, top edge gilt, later half morocco, folio (36.6 x 25.2 cm), Drummond (James). Sculptured Monuments in Iona and the West Highlands, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for the Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1881, numbered 54 on half-title, 99 tinted lithographic plates, lithographic title-vignette, top edge gilt, contemporary green quarter morocco, vellum tips, joints rubbed, folio (36.4 x 25.2 cm), Gordon (Sir Robert, of Gordonstoun, Bart). A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland, from its Origin to the Year 1630. With a Continuation to the Year 1651. Published from the Original Manuscript, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable and Company, 1813, half-title, 3 engraved plates including frontispiece, plates offset, armorial plate damp-stained at foot, bookplate of the Earl of Zetland (earl's coronet with motto 'essayez'), top edge gilt, later 19th-century half morocco gilt, a few holes to front joint, folio (44.2 x 26.2 cm) White (Thomas Pilkington). Archaeological Sketches in Scotland. District of Kintyre, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1873, 53 lithographic plates, map, text-leaves partly unopened, top edge gilt, later maroon quarter morocco, folio (38 x 26.4 cm)Qty: (5)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS
* Basire (James). Messrs England's Light Locomotive Engine. Which will take a train with 100 passengers at 45 miles per hour, the consumption of coke not exceeding 7lbs per mile, London: J. Basire, circa 1851, lithograph on wove after E.E. Barnard, depicting the 2-2-2 locomotive 'Little England' built by the Hatcham Iron Works, upper right and left corners torn with loss and repaired, some repaired tears to verso of whole print, lined to verso with archival tissue, 425 x 665 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESThe Hatcham Iron Works was founded by George England (1811-78) of Newcastle upon Tyne, with records showing that he first paid rates on the property in July 1840, but it was not until the 1846 edition of the Post Office Directories that the firm was listed as ‘England, George & Co. Engineers and patent screw jack manufacturers. During the Great Exhibition of 1851 he had two items on display. Exhibit No 484 was a Patent Traversing Screw Jack ‘for raising and moving heavy bodies, both vertically and laterally’. Exhibit No 509 was one of George’s standard 2-2-2 tank locomotives, also named Little England, ‘intended to reduce locomotive expenses in proportion to the amount of traffic. It has been proved that this engine is capable of working express trains of six first class carriages at a speed of 60 miles per hour consuming only 8lbs of coke per mile’. A blue flag bearing the legend ‘Speed, Safety and Economy’ in gilt letters was suspended over the engine. The jury were impressed, and awarded a Gold Medal, praising the engine’s ‘ingenious arrangement and good workmanship’. The firm also exhibited in Paris in 1855 and at the second International Exhibition in London in 1862. During the 1860's George England's firm built a number of locomotives for the famous Festiniog Railway.
* Picken (Thomas). Panoramic View of Liverpool from the River Mersey, Liverpool: William Thomson, 1853, lithograph on wove by Day & Son after T. Picken, with contemporary hand colouring, repaired closed tear to image at lower left corner, sky at right and edge at right hand, light spotting and toning, 480 x 1050mm, framed & glazed, with Richard Green, Frank T. Sabin Gallery label to versoQty: (1)NOTESThe lithograph was published by William Thomson of St. James' Street, Liverpool in 1853, from an original painting in the possession of Mr Daniel Scott. The townscape of the original painting was by J. Buttler and the shipping by S. Walters. The lithograph was dedicated to the Mayor of Liverpool Samuel Holme (1801-1872) by William Thomson. Holme had been elected mayor of the city in the previous year, 1852.
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Thomson (John). The Atlas of Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for John Thomson & Co., 1832, pp. [4] viii 18, engraved 'Index Map' hand-coloured in outline, 2 engraved plates ('A Comparative View of the Heights of the Principal Mountains of Scotland' and 'A Comparative View of the Lengths of the Principal Rivers of Scotland') both hand-coloured, folding and mounted on stubs, 29 engraved maps, all folding, mounted on stubs and hand-coloured in outline, a few with inset town plans, many on multiple sheets, printed caption slips to versos, title-page and dedication/contents leaf damp-stained and repaired with loss of imprint, toning, variable offsetting and dust-soiling, marginal nick to foot of Index map, repairs to sheets 3-4 of Edinburghshire, top margins of both sheets of Kirkcudbrightshire and to Ayshire map sheet 3 extending into image, marginal tear to Kincardineshire, light damp-staining to a few maps towards rear, final 2 text-leaves (part of index) with tissue-repairs with loss of text in the latter, a few other marks, modern red crushed half morocco, atlas folio (55 x 40 cm), together with: Bartholomew (J. G.). The Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Atlas of Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1895, 62 folding colour lithographic maps, all edges gilt, original blue half morocco, folio (44.5 x 30 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Chubb Scotland XXXII (Thomson: 'a splendid atlas').
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[Shetland; Fisheries]. A True Description of the Island of Shetland, containing an Account of its Situation, Trade, Produce, and Inhabitants. Together with an Account of the Great White Herring Fishery of that Place, 2nd edition, London: T. James [and others], 1753, toning, some spotting, title-page nicked and marked, top edge gilt, 19th-century half calf, 8vo (18.9 x 12 cm), together with: Hibbert (Samuel). A Description of the Shetland Islands, comprising an Account of their Geology, Scenery, Antiquities, and Supersitions, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1822, 6 engraved plates including frontispiece (2 folding), additional vignette section-title, folding map, engraved vignettes throughout the text (including a 'Plate 2' apparently counted in pagination and register), occasional light browning, plates and map spotted and offset, bookplate (George Seton Veitch), contemporary tan calf, rebacked, craquelure, discolouration and marks to sides, 4to (26.8 x 21.2 cm), ibid. A Description of the Shetland Islands, 2nd edition, Lerwick: T. & J. Manson, 1892, half-title, frontispiece, gilt edges, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 4to (24.6 x 17.5 cm), Edmonston (Arthur). A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809, half-titles, folding map (browned and offset), 20th-century green quarter morocco, 8vo (21.1 x 13 cm), Manson (Thomas, editor). Shetland's Roll of Honour and Roll of Service, 1st edition, Lerwick: T. & J. Manson, 1920, half-title, 70 plates (paginated 1-140) containing 560 halftone portrait photographs, contemporary half calf, 4to (27.9 x 21 cm), Grant (Francis J.). The County Families of the Zetland Islands, 1st edition, Lerwick: T. & J. Manson, 1893, half-title, frontispiece, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, contemporary quarter calf, 4to (25.1 x 18.5 cm), and 11 others (not collated), all Shetland-related, 19th and early-20th century, including Catton, History and Description of the Shetland Islands, 1st edition, 1838, Saxby, The Birds of Shetland, 1st edition, 1874, and Holbourn, The Isle of Foula, 1st edition, Lerwick, 1938, 3 other copies of Hibbert (2 copies of the 1st edition, 1822, and a 2nd edition, 1892), and another copy of Edmonston, 1st edition, leather bindings, various formatsQty: (19)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC T94721 (A True Description: six copies in UK libraries); Ward & Carozzi 1062 (Hibbert, first edition).
* Charles II (1630-1685), King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland 1660-85). Document Signed, ‘Charles R’, as King, Court at Whitehall, 13 June 1672, manuscript document addressed to the Attorney General, being a warrant for John Richards to be one of the Clerks of the Privy Seal 'next & immediately after the determination of Our Grants now in being to Hartgill Baron, Sr. Charles Bickerstaffe Knt., John Mathews & Thomas Watkins, Clerks of Our Privy Seale in possession, or any one of them, & ye same to execute by himself or his Sufficient Deputy, for & during his naturall life together with all offices, wages, Diets, profits & Priviledges to the said Offices or either of them, belonging or any wise appertaining, in as full & ample manner, to all intents & purposes, as the now Clerks of Our Privy Seale hold & enjoy….’, fine signature of the King at the head and countersigned at the foot by Henry Bennet (1618-1685, 1st Earl of Arlington, English Statesman, Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1662-74), some light age wear and minor dust staining at the folds, one page with integral blank leaf, folioQty: (1)
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Devon. Picturesque Views on the River Exe, 1st edition, Tiverton: Printed for J. Chaplin by T. Parkhouse, 1819, [2],32pp., 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates (including frontispiece), occasional spotting & light toning, original dark green morocco backed boards, neatly rebacked with title in gilt to spine, slim 4toQty: (1)NOTESAbbey Scenery 117.
Sinclair (Sir John). General View of the Agriculture of the Northern Counties and Islands of Scotland; Including the Counties of Cromarty, Ross, Sutherland, and Caithness, and the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. With Observations on the means of their Improvement, London: Colin Macrae, 1795, half-title lined to verso, small repair to lower outer blank corner of title, folding hand-coloured engraved map, some dust-soiling mostly to first & last few leaves, modern half calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, 4to, together with: Naismith (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Clydesdale..., Glasgow: Mundell & Son, 1798, folding engraved map frontispiece, light offsetting to title, modern half calf, spine faded, 8vo, Smith (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Argyll..., Edinburgh: Printed by Mundell & Son, 1798, one folding table, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo, Thomson (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Fife..., Edinburgh: Printed by J. Moir, 1800, folding engraved map frontispiece (closed tear to blank margin at gutter), 3 engraved plates, endpapers renewed, contemporary marbled boards with recent calf spine and contrasting morocco labels, board edges worn, 8vo, Leslie (William), General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Nairn and Moray ... Drawn up for the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement , London: Richard Phillips, 1811, folding hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece, signature at head of title, light scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of James Brodie of Brodie to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, gilt crest to upper panel of spine, some light rubbing to spine, 8vo, Aiton (William). General View of the Agriculture of the County of Ayr; with Observations on the means of its Improvement, Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture..., Glasgow: Sir Richard Phillips, 1811, half-title, folding engraved plan frontispiece, 7 engraved plates, plans & maps (6 folding), contemporary half calf, joints cracked, 8vo, Keith (George Skene), A General View of the Agriculture of Aberdeenshire..., Aberdeen: Printed by D. Chalmers & Co., for A. Brown, A. Constable, et al., 1811, folding hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece, 4 engreved plates & plans (2 folding), some offsetting, toning and spotting, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, 8vo, and 3 others similar, including General View of the Agriculture of Renfrewshire, by John Wilson, Paisley, 1812; General View of the Agriculture of the County of Berwick, by Robert Kerr, London, 1813; and General View of the Agriculture, State of Property, and Improvements, in the County of Dumfries, by Dr [William] Singer, Edinburgh, 1812Qty: (10)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Kress B3034 (Sinclair), B4299 (Thomson), B5853 (Leslie), B5847 (Keith).
* South Devon Railway. Ivy Bridge Viaduct, Stonehouse: F. & I. Blackwell, circa 1850, tinted lithograph by O. Angel of Exeter after David Linn, contemporary hand colouring, image 257 x 385 mm, sheet size 377 x 470 mm, mounted, together with: Brunel (Isambard Kingdom, Engineer), Royal Albert Bridge. Wrought Iron Cylinder for Centre Pier. Saltwash, May 16th 1854, London: Day & Son, 1854, tinted lithograph by W. Simpson after C.A. Scott, cropped around image and to printed information at lower margin, few repaired marginal short closed tears, some light dust-soiling, dampstain to upper left corner, 240 x 400 mm, mountedQty: (2)NOTESThe Ivybridge Viaduct was originally designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the South Devon Railway. It was opened in 1848 as part of the Totnes to Laira (Plymouth) line. This line consisted of the last extension of the Great Western Railway from Bristol to Plymouth.
Morton (John). The Natural History of Northampton-shire; with some Account of the Antiquities. To which is annex'd a Transcript of Doomsday-Book so far as it relates to that County, 1st edition, London: R. Knaplock and R. Wilkin, 1712, engraved folding map by John Harris (detached and browned), 14 engraved plates, verso of title and A2 with early ownership signature (consequent show-through to recto of title), occasional early marginalia throughout volume, some light toning mostly to margins, ownership inscription to front endpaper (free endpapers detached), contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine with calf title label, covers rubbed and worn, boards detached, folio (Upcott pp.1003-1005), together with: Markham (Christopher A. & Cox, J. Charles), The Records of the Borough of Northampton, 2 volumes, published by Order of the Corporation o the County Borough of Northampton, London: Elliot Stock; Northampton: Birdsall & Son, 1898, titles in red & black, few photogravure & monochrome plates, folding lithograph plan in rear pocket of volume 2, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary half vellum gilt by Birdsall of Northampton, large 8vo (limited edition 4/600, this being one of 100 printed on large paper), Bonney (Henry Kaye), Historic Notices in Reference to Fotheringhay, Oudle: T. Bell, 1821, engraved frontispiece and eight plates, scattered spotting and some offsetting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, front hinge crudely repaired, later 19th century black half calf by Birdsall & Son of Northampton, upper board detached (adhesive residue to joint edge), lower joint split, 8voQty: (4)
* Duncan (Edward). The Archimedes Steamer. Fitted with Mr F P Smith's patent screw propeller, off the North Foreland, on her trip from Gravesend to Portsmouth.... 1839. Built by Mr Hy Wimshurst of Limehouse, for the Ship Propeller Company, London: William John Huggins, [1839], aquatint on wove after William John Huggins, with contemporary hand colouring, light toning, 390 x 515 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with: Duncan (Edward), The Monarch Steam Ship, the London and Edinburgh Company's Steam Ship Monarch, Wm. Bain R.N. Commander, passing the Bass Rock on her voyage to Edinburgh 21 July 1834. A voyage performed in 37 Hours..., London: William John Huggins, February 9th, 1835, aquatint on wove after William John Huggins, with contemporary hand colouring, browning and few spots, 450 x 630 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (2)NOTES'Archimedes' is notable for being the world's first steamship to be driven by a screw propeller. She subsequently had a profound influence on ship development, encouraging the adoption of screw propulsion by the Royal Navy. The Monarch paddle steamer in this aquatint view is seen from the port side, under full sail and steam, passing the cliffs of Bass Rock (on the left of the picture) in the outer reaches of the Firth of Forth. Owned by the London & Edinburgh Steam Packet Company, she is flying her name flag at the main mast, company flag at the mizzen mast and an ensign at the mizzen gaff. A sailing vessel on a port tack can be seen on the right, while a small, local boat in the left foreground, with several occupants, appears to be lowering her single sail.
Wallace (James). An Account of the Islands of Orkney. To which is added, an Essay concerning the Thule of the Ancients, 2nd edition, London: for Jacob Tonson, 1700, engraved folding map and plate, light uniform browning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo (19.1 x 11.5 cm), together with: [Groat, Alexander G.]. Thoughts on Orkney and Zetland, their Antiquities and Capabilities of Improvement ... Not printed for sale, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Neill & Co., 1831, half-title (marked), title-page with contemporary ownership inscription (Sir Howard Elphinstone, Bart) and shallow marginal chip, later cloth, 8vo (21.2 x 13.4 cm), Neill (Patrick). A Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for A. Constable and Company, 1806, half-title and advertisements discarded, deleted ownership inscription on title-page, near-contemporary half morocco, 8vo (21.5 x 12.8 cm), Peterkin (Alexander). Notes on Orkney and Zetland: illustrative of the History, Antiquities, Scenery, and Customs of those Islands. Vol. I [all published], 1st edition, Edinburgh: by John Moir, for Macredie, Skelly, and Company, 1822, 2 engraved plates, half-title discarded, plates browned and damp-stained, repaired closed tear in title-page, spotting, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, 8vo (22 x 13.5 cm), and 5 others, including 2 other copies of Wallace, An Account of the Islands of Orkney, 1st edition, 1700 (one in contemporary sheep, with map and plate both closely trimmed cropping part of image in plate, map with closed tear repaired verso; the other in contemporary panelled sheep, with map and plate in facsimile, and 16 pp. advertisements not mentioned in ESTC), Peterkin, Rentals of the Ancient Earldom and Bishopric of Orkney, 1st edition, 1820, a sammelband of 19th-century guides to the Orkneys and Shetland with maps, and Odal Rights and Feudal Wrongs: A Memorial for Orkney, Edinburgh, 1860, these last 3 not collatedQty: (9)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC R34706 (Wallace); Mullens & Swann pp. 609 (Wallace), 431 (Neill); Wing W491 (Wallace). Wallace's work was first printed in Edinburgh in 1693.
* Norie (Orlando, 1832 - 1901). Watercolour of the 15th Hussars, watercolour of a mounted officer, signed by the artist to the lower left, image size 260 x 185 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESThe 15th The King's Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army. First raised in 1759, it saw service over two centuries, including the First World War, before being amalgamated with the 19th Royal Hussars into the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars in 1922. After the Second World War, it was amalgamated with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars to form the Light Dragoons in 1992.
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* Perry (Henry). [The Midland Railway at Shillington, 1841], lithograph printed by J. Graf after Henry Perry, light spotting, 190 x 265 mm, sheet size 265 x 366 mm, mounted, together with: Russell (S.), North Midland Railway. Milford Tunnel, North Front, circa 1840, tinted lithograph by Day & Haghe after S. Russell, short closed tear to right-hand blank margin, sheet size 320 x 483 mm, Baldwin, Cradock & Joy (publishers), Steam Conveyance on a General Iron-Rail-Way ... by the Author of Observations on General Iron-Rail-way [Thomas Gray], [1823], engraving depicting three locomotives carrying passengers & freight, old folds where previously bound-in to volume as frontispiece, closed tear & repair to right-hand side, 380 x 330 mm, mounted, and View of the Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Rail Road, published 1826, lithograph depicting the opening of the railway in 1825 (plate taken from Adamson's Sketches of our information about Railroads, 1826), old folds and repaired long closed tears, 285 x 505 mm, mountedQty: (4)
Macdonald (James). General View of the Agriculture of the Hebrides, or Western Isles of Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Sir Richard Phillips, 1811, engraved plate and 5 folding maps, browning and some spotting, edges untrimmed, modern half calf, morocco title label, 8vo, together with: Robertson (James), General View of the Agriculture in the County of Perth: with Observations on the Means of its Improvement, 2nd edition, Perth: Printed by R. Morison, under the Patronage of the Board of Agriculture, 1813, folding engraved hand-coloured map frontispiece, 5 engraved plates, 2 folding tables, some spotting and toning, contemporary quarter calf, rebacked, vellum tips, 8vo, Shirreff (John), General View of the Agriculture of the Orkney Islands, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Printed by Stevenson & Company, for Archibald Constable & Co., 1814, small ink stain to title, numerous folding tables, some spotting and light toning, modern half calf, 8vo, Robertson (George), General View of Agriculture of Kincardineshire, or the Mearns, 1st edition, London: Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, 1813, folding hand-coloured engraved map, engraved plate, folding plan and tables, light toning, contemporary calf with Limerick Institution embossed emblem to boards, contrasting skiver labels, boards rubbed, 8vo, Henderson (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Caithness, 1st edition, London: Printed by B. McMillan, 1812, 12 folding engraved plates and plans, without folding map frontispiece, light skinning to title, some spotting, later half calf, 8vo, and one other relatedQty: (6)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Kress B.5867, B.2821 (for the first edition of 1794), N/A, B.6215, B.5996.
Horne (Henry). Essays concerning Iron and Steel: The First, containing Observations on American Stand-Iron: The Second, Observations, founded on Experiments, on Common Iron-Ore, with the Method of reducing it first into Pig or Sow-Metal, and then into Bar-Iron; on the sort of iron proper to be converted into good steel ..., 1st edition, London: T.C. Cadell, 1773, [2],223pp., lacking A2, title with short closed tear to inner margin and leaf reattached, staining to inner blank margin of B1, short closed tear also to inner margin of gathering B, contemporary marbled sheep, blind decoration to spine, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, 12mo, together with: Cobbett (William), Cottage Economy: containing information relative to the brewing of Beer, making of Bread, keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry and Rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the Affairs of a Labourer's Family, Stereotype edition, London: C. Clement, 1822, contemporary signature 'Wm. Postlethwaite' at head of title, edges untrimmed, original boards, rebacked, 12mo, Rennie (Robert), Essays on the Natural History and Origin of Peat Moss, Edinburgh: printed by George Ramsay & Co. for the author, 1810, edges untrimmed, ink stamp to both pastedowns, original boards, joints split, 8vo, Candolle (Augustin Pyramus de & Sprengel, K.), Elements of the Philosophy of Plants: containing the Principles of Scientific Botany ... translated from the German, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T. Cadell, 1821, eight engraved plates, some dampstaining and spotting, edges untrimmed, original cloth, rebacked, 8vo, plus three others including The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, New edition, London: Ward, Lock & Tyler, 1869(?), lacking frontispiece, contemporary half morocco, extremities worn, 8voQty: (7)NOTES(Horne) - Sabin 33031; Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 10981; Higgs, Bibliography of Economics 1751-1775, 5669. An important work on the development of metallurgy in England, and the origins of the refining of iron into steel, or crucible steel, with an account of the author's experiments with iron ore from America, generally known as Virginia black sand.
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[Morgan, Thomas, attrib.]. Leycesters Common-Wealth: Conceived, spoken and published with most earnest protestation of all dutifull good will and affection towards this Realm ..., 1641, bound with Leycesters Ghost, 1641, blank facing title with tipped-in engraved portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester by W. Marshall, a few minor spots, preliminary blank with ink manuscript notes and extract from a sale catalogue with 'Maggs 1958' added in pencil, armorial bookplate 'Kennet of the Dene' with ink manuscript 'Wayland emit MCMXLIV' to top margin, 19th century calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, decorative gilt roll to turn-ins, somewhat rubbed, front joint cracked, small 4to, together with: Jefferies (Richard), Bevis, the Story of a Boy, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1882, half-title to volume 1 (as issued), some toning, scarce light spotting, each volume with armorial bookplate 'Kennet of the Dene', front free endpapers repaired with chips, that to volume 1 with embossed W.H. Smith library stamp, volume 1 rear free endpaper detached, hinges cracked, original green pictorial cloth, extremities a trifle worn, spines darkened, some marks and stains, 8vo, plus: Trollope (Anthony), He Knew He Was Right, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Strahan and Company, 1869, black & white plates and illustrations by Marcus Stone, half-titles, some minor spotting (mainly at front and rear), stitching strained, hinges cracked, original blind-stamped green cloth, worn, 8vo, with: Carroll (Lewis), Sylvie and Bruno [and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded], 2 volumes, 1st editions, London: Macmillan and Co., 1889 [1893], black & white frontispieces and illustrations, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed with some minor marks, darkened spines with some fraying to ends (Concluded chipped at head), 8voQty: (8)NOTESFirst item: ESTC R200977. Second item: Sadleir 1305. Third item: Wolff 6780. Sylvie and Bruno Concluded: first edition first issue, with error in table of contents (chapter 8 incorrectly listed at page 110).
* Tomas Masaryk (1850-1937), Czechoslovak Politician & Statesman, the first President of Czechoslovakia 1918-35; AND Benes (Edvard, 1884-1948), Czechoslovak Politician & Statesman, the second President of Czechoslovakia 1935-38, serving again from 1945-48 and also leading the Czechoslovak government-in-exile during World War II. Official Typed Letter Signed, ’T. G. Masaryk’ and ‘Dr Edvard Benes’, Prague, 24th March 1933, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Czech, relating to the appointment of Milos Kobra as an envoy to the Kingdom of Hungary with effect from 1st April 1933, embossed crest upper left, light crease to lower blank area, 1 page, folioQty: (1)
Thomson (William). Mathematical and Physical Papers, 3 volumes, Cambridge University Press, 1882, ex-library copies with associated bookplates & stamps, some light toning & marks, uniform publishers original green cloth, spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with: Wood (Thomas), The Elements of Algebra designed for the use of students in the university, 14th edition, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1852, new endpapers, marginal toning throughout, modern quarter calf to marbled boards retaining contemporary red calf spine label, 8vo, and Leslie (John), Elements of Geometry, and Plane Trigonometry, 3rd edition, Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh, modern endpapers, some spotting & toning throughout, modern quarter calf to marbled boards, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th-century mathematics reference & related, some leather bindings, many original cloth, overall condition is good/very good, 8voQty: (6 shelves)NOTESApproximately 180 volumes.
Leonard (William). Reports and Cases of Law: Argued and adjudged in the Courts of Law, at Westminster. In the time of the late Queen Elizabeth, from the 18th. to the 33th. year of her Raign..., London: printed by Tho. Roycroft, for Nath. Ekins, 1658, fore-margins of initial leaves browned, light dust-soiling and dampstaining, contemporary calf, joints split, spine torn and extremities worn, folio (Wing L1103), together with: Hutton (Richard), The Reports of that Reverend and Learned Judge, Sir Richard Hutton Knight; sometimes one of the Judges of the Common Pleas ... in the several Raignes of King James and King Charles..., London: printed by T.R. for Henry Twyford & Thomas Dring, 1656, early ownership signature of W. Davis to title and faint early 19th century inscription, some dust-soiling mostly to title, front free endpaper excised at head, contemporary sheep, spine worn, joints split and boards loose, worn, slim folio (Wing H3843), Ventris (Peyton), The Reports of Sir Peyton Ventris Kt. Late One of the Justices of the Common-Pleas, 2 volumes, 2nd impression carefully corrected, London: printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins for Charles Harper and Jacob Tonson, 1701, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, some browning and occasional spotting, armorial bookplate to front pastedowns of each, contemporary calf, morocco title labels to spines, joints split and some leather torn to boards, folio, and other 17th century law related, contemporary calf, worn, folioQty: (7)
![[Glencoe massacre]. An Impartial Account of some of the Transactions in Scotland, concerning the Earl of Broadalban, Viscount](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/097ee6b6-2081-432a-b7f6-ac6000a6c3d8/1e029494-27c4-4fa5-9ffa-ac6001173dc4/468x382.jpg)
[Glencoe massacre]. An Impartial Account of some of the Transactions in Scotland, concerning the Earl of Broadalban, Viscount and Master of Stair, Glenco-Men, Bishop of Galloway, and Mr. Duncan Robertson. In a Letter from a Friend, 1st edition, London: printed, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1695, [2] 30 pp., errata slip pasted to title-page verso, browning and damp-staining, modern bookplate (David Murray), untrimmed, 19th-century red half morocco, title ('Massacre of Glencoe Etc. - 1695') gilt to spine, 4to (21 x 16.5 cm), together with: [Jacobite rebellion]. A Compleat History of the Rebellion, from its first Rise in 1745, to its total Suppression at the Glorious Battle of Culloden, in April 1746. By Mr. James Ray, of Whitehaven, Volunteer under his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, 1st edition, Mancester: for the author by R. Whitworth, [1747?], pp. 408, a few light damp-stains, stab-holes visible in gutter, contemporary ownership inscriptions (Richard Widdowson of Thrumpton), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 12mo (16 x 9.5 cm), ibid. A Journey through Part of England and Scotland along with the Army under the Command of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland ... By a Volunteer, 2nd edition, London: T. Osborne, 1747, worming, contemporary sheep, rebacked, 8vo (15.4 x 8.5 cm), Buchanan (George). Rerum Scoticarum historia. Ad optimam et castigatissimam Roberti Fribarnii editionem expressa, Edinburgh: Jo. Patoni, 1727, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map, duplicate of leaf 2D3 bound in after 3G5, bookplate (Maitland), contemporary mottled calf, spine rubbed, 12mo (17.2 x 10 cm), [Lord's Prayer; polyglot]. Oratio dominica ... Nimirum, plus centum linguis, versionibus, aut characteribus reddita et expressa. Editio novissima, London: Dan. Brown & W. Keblewhite, 1700, half-title, engraved title-vignette, the text containing the Lord's Prayer printed in some 100 languages (including Arabic, Chinese, Orcadian, etc., mainly using proper types, a few specimens engraved, e.g. Georgian), book-label of abolitionist Mary Anne Rawson of Wincobank Hall, Sheffield (1801-1887), contemporary polished calf, gilt spine, front joint cracked, 4to (19.9 x 14.7 cm), Lambarde (William). The Duties of Constables, Borsholders, Tythingmen, and such other low and Lay Ministers of the peace ... now carefully corrected and profitably augmented, London: Miles Flesher, and Robert Young, the assigned of John More, 1640, damp-staining towards rear, initial binder's blank torn, contemporary mottled sheep, small 8vo (14.4 x 9 cm), and 2 others, including Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, 3rd edition, 1631 (lacking engraved portrait; engraved title trimmed and mounted to front pastedown, contemporary manuscript genealogies in text, binding worn), and A Compleat History of the Proceedings of the Parliament of Great Britain against Dr. Henry Sacheverell, 1710 (lacking portrait; bookplate of Alexander Murray of Broughtoun)Qty: (8)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS ESTC R15762 (Glencoe massacre: nine UK copies), T118420 (Jacobite rebellion, first work), N6803 (Jacobite rebellion, second work: six UK copies), N13053 (Buchanan), R15295 (Lord's Prayer), S3976 (Lambarde: three copies); Wing I65 (Glencoe massacre), M2944 (Lord's Prayer); Sabin 57434 (Lord's Prayer).
Conan Doyle (Arthur). The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1914, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917, 14 black & white maps & plans, blind stamps to front endpapers & title page, some light toning, publishers original blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Arthur (George), Life of Lord Kitchener, 3 volumes, Macmillan and Co., 1920, period inscriptions to front endpapers, 3 black & white frontispieces, some light spotting & toning, uniform publishers original blue cloth, spines slightly toned, 8vo, and other World War I reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)
Ali (Shahamat). The Sikhs and Afghans, in Connexion with India and Persia, immediately before and after the Death of Ranjeet Singh: from the Journal of an Expedition to Kabul, through the Panjab and the Khaibar Pass, London: John Murray, 1847, xxii 550 pp., half-title, 12 pp. advertisements to rear, binder's ticket (Edmond & Remnants) to rear pastedown, 24 pp. W. H. Allen and Co. catalogue ('Elementary Works in the Oriental Languages') tipped to front free endpaper, bookplate of the Cavalry Club to front pastedown, front inner hinge cracked and slightly tender, damp-stain to head of rear inner hinge not affecting text-block, original vertical-ribbed green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, spine and covers panelled in blind, spine slightly sunned and rolled, front joint worn at head and with 1cm tear to foot, a few pale marks to sides, corners a little bumped and worn (upper fore corner of front board slightly more so), large 12mo, together with: Andrew (Sir William Patrick). Memoir on the Euphrates Valley Route to India; with Official Correspondence and Maps, 1st edition, London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1857, pp. xvi 267 [1] 7, 3 pp. advertisements to front, half-title, 2 large folding colour maps, each map closed tear to stub (just touching image in first instance), bookplate of the Cavalry Club, original green cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened, tips bumped, a bright copy, 8vo, [India]. Recollections of the Deccan, with Miscellaneous Sketches and Letters. By an Officer of Cavalry, 1st edition, Calcutta: G. H. Huttmann, Bengal Military Orphan Press, 1838, pp. [8] 1-119, lithographic plan (slightly damp-stained), light variable damp-staining to margins, inscribed 'Mrs Crawford, with the author's very kindest regards' on the initial blank, bookplate of the Cavalry Club, contemporary calf by Martin of Calcutta, loss to head of spine and spine-label, front board damp-stained and near-detached, 8vo in 4s (24.8 x 15.2 cm), Bellew (Henry Walter). The Races of Afghanistan, being a Brief Account of the Principal Nations inhabitating that Country, 1st edition, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, and Co., 1880, pp. [3]-124, 2+38 pp. advertisements to rear, no half-title (unknown if called for), edges brittle with resulting loss to upper fore corners of first 10 leaves not affecting text, a few other nicks, bookplate removed from front pastedown, rear free endpaper pasted to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, wear to extremities, head of spine torn, rear board mottled, 8voQty: (4)NOTESShahamat Ali's work is notably uncommon. It was first published in 1846; it is unknown whether copies dated 1847 represent a second issue or a second edition, but as copies dated 1846 are paginated xviii 550 it appears likely that only the preliminaries were reset. Library Hub cites two locations for the third work (Recollections of the Deccan: British Library and Oxford).
![Lothian (John). Lothian's County Atlas of Scotland, 2 parts in 1 volume, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: J. Lothian, 1826 [i.e. 1830]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/097ee6b6-2081-432a-b7f6-ac6000a6c3d8/7bb887c9-ee3b-4e79-8cb0-ac60011745ff/468x382.jpg)
Lothian (John). Lothian's County Atlas of Scotland, 2 parts in 1 volume, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: J. Lothian, 1826 [i.e. 1830], 4;2;[2] pp., engraved frontispiece (dated 1829), 2 engraved title-pages (dated 1826 and 1829), 41 hand-coloured engraved maps on 39 sheets (all dated 1830 except the final map, 'Modern Scotland', dated 1827; 2 of the maps double-page: 'Scotland under the Romans' and 'Scotland in the Fifteenth Century'), toned throughout, light offsetting, small perforation from map 27 to end, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, original green paper label to front cover, rubbed overall, 4to (29.2 x 23 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Chubb Scotland XXVIIIa (p. 386). Chubb records this rare work under the title Atlas of Modern Scotland, and may not have seen a copy of either the first edition (1826) or the present edition, as he describes only the the third edition of 1838, in his view 'a neatly prepared and clearly printed atlas'. The second part contains seven historical maps and a 'Map of Modern Scotland'; the part-title indicates that the work was issued coloured, as here, and uncoloured.
Heylyn (Peter). Cosmography, in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof..., Revised,Corrected, and Inlarged by the Author himself immediately before his Death, London: Philip Chetwind, 1670, additional engraved title stating 6th edition and imprint dated 1670, letterpress title in red & black with signature at head, (includes letterpress general title of 3rd edition, 1665), four folding engraved maps of five (includes Europe, Asia, Africa, and Americas) each with imprint dated 1666, closed tear to fore-edge margin of 4R, some light toning and scattered spotting, later endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folioQty: (1)
Bamford (John). Illustrations of the Field Movements of Cavalry; in a Series of Copper Plate Engravings, 1st edition, London: for the author, 1824, [6] 18 [12] pp., half-title, 15 engraved plates numbered 1-13 (including unnumbered frontispiece and 'Table of Reference' plate; plates 1-6 double-page, plate 7 single-page, plates 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13 each on either side of one sheet), printed index slip tipped to 'Table of Reference' plate, frontispiece nicked along bottom edge, a little light spotting and offsetting, faint blind-stamps of the Royal United Services Institution to title-page, plate 7 and facing text-leaf, bookplate of the Cavalry Club, top edge gilt, early-20th-century half calf for Hatchards, spine defective (boards soundly held by linen supports to inner hinges), rubbed, tips worn, large folio (53.4 x 37.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHuth p. 99. Presentation copy of this rare work, inscribed 'from the author' on the half-title. One other copy traced in auction records, in 1978; six copies on Library Hub. The author is described on the title-page as 'adjutant to the Light Horse Volunteers; formerly adjutant to the Eighteenth Light Dragoons'.
Marshall (William). The Rural Economy of the West of England: including Devonshire; and parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Cornwall. Together with Minutes in Practice, 2 volumes, London: G. Nicol, G.G. and J. Robinson, and J. Debrett, 1796, folding engraved map frontispiece to volume 1 with offsetting and spotting to title. contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, light cracking to joints, 8vo, together with: Nott (John), Of the Hotwell Waters, near Bristol, 3rd edition, Bristol: printed by Emery and Adams, [1793], ink stamp to title and first leaf of text, final leaf torn to upper and lower blank corners and repaired, light dust-soiling and occasional spotting, ink stamp to front free blank, early 19th century calf, title in gilt to spine and upper board, slight wear to extremities, slim 8vo, [Incledon, Henry], Donations of Peter Blundell, [Founder] and other Benefactors to the Free Grammar School at Tiverton, Exeter: E. Grigg, [1792], two engraved plates, one folding pedigree, numerous annotations, tipped in letter to front pastedown from Benjamin Incledon dated 25 Oct 1793 and inscriptions to front free endpaper including that of Benjamin Incledon to John Rolle 1793, contemporary panelled calf with blind rollwork decoration, rebacked, recent red morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Roper (Ida M.), The Monumental Effigies of Gloucestershire and Bristol, Privately printed for the Author, Gloucester: Henry Osborne, 1931, monochrome frontispiece and plates, top edge gilt, contemporary dark blue half morocco, thick 8vo (limited edition 9/100, signed by the author)Qty: (5)
Stevenson (Alan). Account of the Skerryvore Lighthouse, with notes on the illumination of lighthouses, 1st edition, Edinburgh & London: Adam & Charles Black and Longman & Co., 1848, 34 engraved plates, plans & maps (including frontispiece on india paper and 3 folding), tissue guards, diagrams to text, partly unopened, some light toning and occasional spotting, 20th-century half calf, gilt decorated spine with contrasting morocco labels, large 4to (31.8 x 24 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS
Jones (Owen, & Henry Warren, illustrators). The History of Joseph and his Brethren. Genesis Chaprs XXXVII. XXXVIII. XL., 1st edition, London: Day and Son, [1865], [52] pp., chromolithographed throughout, heightened in gilt, leaf [5] loose, light spotting to margins and outer leaves, stronger spotting to initial blank, gilt edges, original decorative cloth gilt, spine and tips worn, 4to, together with: Greenaway (Kate). Queen Victoria's Jubilee Garland. Engraved and Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans, 1st edition, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1887, wire-stitched in original pictorial wrappers, stitching rusted, tied with later yellow silk ribbon, narrow oblong 8vo, Rampant Lions Press. Areopagitica. A Speech of Mr John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England, Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1973, original cloth, folio, number 9 of 25 copies out of series specially bound for presentation (this copy with presentation plate dated 1988 mounted to limitation leaf), Martin (Helena Faucit, Lady). On Some of Shakespeare's Female Characters, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885, 3 engraved plates, largely unopened, untrimmed, original japon, slightly soiled, 4to, Barrie (J. M.). Theatre Royal, Haymarket, The Little Minister, Souvenir of the 200th Performance, May 7th 1898 [cover title], 18 plates from photographs or from caricatures after Phil May, loose as issued in original textured porfolio (collation unknown; silk tie split), folio, and 9 others (including: Lécuyer, Histoire de la Photographie, Paris, 1945, photographic illustrations throughout in various media, with 3D-glasses in pocket as issued, original leatherette, folio; and Lucius Rossi, illustrator, The School for Scandal, [1891], front joint weak, original cloth, folio)Qty: (14)
![* Military. Walker (F.). The Tenth in India, Kirkee 1854 [and] The Tenth in India Kirkee 1854, In Front of the Main Guard, Ru](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/097ee6b6-2081-432a-b7f6-ac6000a6c3d8/d33937b8-cc1d-48cc-977f-ac6001181329/468x382.jpg)
* Military. Walker (F.). The Tenth in India, Kirkee 1854 [and] The Tenth in India Kirkee 1854, In Front of the Main Guard, Rudolph Ackermann, printed by Day & Son, 1855, pair of lithographs after Fairlee Esq. 10th Hussars, contemporary hand colouring, each approximately 275 x 375 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed, together with Vintier (J. A., lithographer). A Christmas Dinner on the Heights before Sebastopol, Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., 1855, lithograph after W. Simpson with contemporary hand colouring, 270 x 370 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with two unattributed aquatints with contemporary hand colouring of The Bombay Light Cavalry and the 14th Light Dragoons, possibly by John Harris, plus Isabey & Verney (publishers). Revue du Gal Bonaparte Per Consul, circa 1800 [but early 20th-century impression], hand coloured gravure, some dust soiling, 400 x 600 mm, framed and glazed, with two others similar, all framed and glazed, with another 17 small lithographs, wood engravings and aquatints of military engagements and portraits, 16 with contemporary hand colouring with some heightened with gum arabic, each approximately 185 x 115 mmQty: (25)
Hobbes (Thomas). Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Printed for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1651, engraved allegorical title by Abraham Bosse (short repaired closed tear to left-hand of image, cropped to fore-edge of image), letterpress title with woodcut "head" ornament, 1 folding letterpress table, worm trail to inner margins of leaves NN2-3D4, close-trimmed at fore-edge, few minor ink marks, light dust-soiling, occasional spotting and minor dampstains etc., front free endpaper detached, near contemporary calf, old reback with gilt decorated spine, worm trails to board leather, head & foot of spine and corners worn, folio (26.7 x 17 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Reputedly rescued from the cellar of Wickham Court, West Wickham, Kent, in 1946/47, during the time the property was requisitioned for use as Army offices and accommodation. Macdonald & Hargreaves 42; Pforzheimer 491; PMM 138; Wing H2246. Hobbes' masterpiece of political theory formed on the experience of the English Civil War, in which the State is seen as an artificial monster to which individuals submit for their own survival. "This book produced a fermentation in English thought not surpassed until the advent of Darwinism. Its importance may be gauged by the long list of assailants it aroused. It was placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum 7 May 1703, though all Hobbes's works had previously been condemned in toto, and it still remains a model of vigorous exposition, unsurpassed in the language" (Pforzheimer).
Stevenson (Robert). An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House, including the details of the Erection and Peculiar Structure of that Edifice. To which is prefixed a Historical view of the Institution and Progress of the Northern Light-Houses, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1824, engraved frontispiece after Turner, additional engraved title (bound after introduction) and 21 engraved plates, maps and plans (16 folding), frontispiece and additional title on india paper (mounted), some offsetting, browning and spotting, later cloth hinges to endpapers, contemporary calf by J. Mackenzie, neatly rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, 4to (30.6 x 23.4 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Provenance: Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861), 'England's earliest female bibliophile' (De Ricci, English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts, p. 141) and the inspiration for Charlotte Brontë's pseudonym, Currer Bell (bookplate). At her family seat of Eshton Hall, Yorkshire, Currer built a library which according to Dibdin placed her 'at the head of all female collectors in Europe' (Reminiscences of a Literary Life, II, p. 949). She was also a prolific local benefactress, donating to the school attended by the Brontë siblings and possibly helping their father Patrick pay off his debts in 1821.
* Armorial Bookplate. Engraved armorial bookplate of Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805), circa 1797, engraved bookplate on heavy cream laid paper, incorporating Nelson's shield and crest (depicting the stern of the San Josef), and with the motto below 'Faith and Works', light soiling or handling marks to edges (generally in very good condition), plate size 98 x 66 mm (3.85 x 2.6 ins), sheet size 132 x 100 mm (5.2 x 3.95 ins)Qty: (1)NOTESRare armorial bookplate of Admiral Lord Nelson, incorporating the shield and crest granted to him in February 1797, following the capture of the Spanish 114-gun first-rate ship of the line, the San Josef, during the Battle of Cape St. Vincent on 14th February 1797. Nelson's coat-of-arms was augmented after he received a peerage in November 1798, following his victory at the Battle of the Nile.
Baif (Lazare de). Annotationes in L. II. De captiuis, & postliminio reuersis: in quibus tractatur de re nauali. Eivsdem annotationes in tractatum De auro & argento leg. quibus vestimentorum & vasculorum genera explicantur. Omnia ab ipso authore recognite & aucta. Antonii Thylesii De coloribus libellus, a? coloribus vestium non alienus, Paris: Robert Estienne, 1549, printer's woodcut device to title, woodcut illustrations (including many of nautical subjects), leaves Y4 & Y5 torn to fore-edge blank margin with repair to Y5, some dampstaining at foot of last few leaves, occasional light toning and spotting, all edges gilt, 19th century diced plum polished sheep, with gilt decorated spine and gilt border decoration to boards, 8voQty: (1)NOTESAdams B37.
Wylly (Colonel H.C.). XVth (The King's) Hussars, 1759 to 1913, 1st edition, London: Caxton Publishing Company, 1914, 31 colour and black & white plates, 3 maps (one folding with short split to fold), some spotting to text, top edge gilt, original black morocco gilt, a trifle rubbed with some wear to extremities, joints strengthened, spine somewhat faded and marked, large 8vo, (limited edition, one of 250 copies), together with: Barrett (C. R. B., editor), The 85th King's Light Infantry ..., by "One of Them", 1st edition, London: Spottiswoode & Co., 1913, colour frontispiece and 41 colour and black & white plates, numerous monochrome letterpress illustrations and maps, some spotting (mainly to edges and at rear), original black half morocco gilt, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, spine somewhat faded, 4to, plus: Wheater (W., compiler), Historial Record of the Seventh or Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Leeds: Printed for Private Circulation, 1875, title with ink manuscript presentation inscription (to 'Kildare Street CLub') at head, 2 leaves at front with blind embossed stamp 'Kildare Street Club' to upper corner, first few leaves spotted, original embossed blue cloth gilt, rubbed and worn with some stains, folio, and a defective copy of The Historical Records of the Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers... by Walter Temple Willcox, 1908Qty: (4)
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