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Trade & Industry. The Case of the Makers of and Dealers in Cards and Dice, [London, 1718?], [2]pp., single sheet, caption and docket title, stab stitch holes to gutter margin, disbound folio, together with: Reasons Humbly offer’d Against a Clause in the Bill against Clandestine Running of Un-customed and Prohibited Goods, and for the more effectual preventing of Frauds relating to the Customs, which relates to the Package of Coffee for Exportation, [London, 1719], [2]pp., single sheet, caption and docket title, stab stitch holes to gutter margin, disbound folio, Reasons Humbly Offer'd Against the Bill for Ascertaining the Tythe of Hops, [London, 1719?], [2]pp., single sheet, caption and docket title, light dampstain to margins, stab stitch holes to gutter margin, disbound folio, An Act for amending the Acts therein mentioned relating to the making of bricks, [London, 1730], 3,[1]pp., caption and docket title, light dampstain to gutter margin and frayed at head, disbound folio (Qty: 4)NOTESESTC T17365, Goldsmiths' 5541.1, Hanson 2500 (3 UK institutional locations, British Library, Bodleian & Senate House); ESTC T17391 (1 UK location only, British Library); ESTC T17384, Goldsmiths' 5595, Hanson 2546 (4 UK locations, BL, Senate House, Oxford University - All Souls & Christ Church). No location found for final work.
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[ Wagstaffe , Thomas]. An Answer to a late Pamphlet, entituled Obedience and Submission to the Present Government, Demonstrated from Bp. Overall’s Convocation-Book. With a Postscript in Answer to Dr. Sherlock’s Case of Allegiance, London: Jos. Hindmarsh, 1690, 48pp., disbound 4to (ESTC R224324, Wing W202), together with: Fleming (Robert) , A Discourse on Earthquakes, as Supernatural and Premonitory Signs to a Nation, Especially as to what occurred in the Year 1692..., London: G. Terry, [1793], [2],iv,84pp., disbound 8vo, Hare (Robert) . Suggestions respecting the Reformation of the Banking System, Philadelphia: John C. Clark, 1837, 29,[1[pp., some browning, side stitched as issued, 8vo, Calhoun (John C.) , Remarks of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Delivered in the Senate of the U. States, on the subject of the removal of the deposites from the Bank of the U. States, January 14, 1834, [Washington]: Printed by Duff Green, 1834, 13,[1]pp., margins browned, light dust-soiling, uncut, disbound, 8vo, Temple (Richard Grenville) , An Appeal to Facts: in a Letter to the Right Hon. Earl Temple, London: A. Millar, 1763, [4],21,[1]pp., few marks, disbound, 4to, Bell (F. Dillon & Young, Frederick) , Reasons for Promoting the Cultivation of the New Zealand Flax, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1842, [2],34,[4]pp., side stitched as issued, 8vo, and other 18th, 19th and early 20th century pamphlets, mostly English but including a few continental works (Qty: approx. 80)
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. Hymns, Catechisms, Prayers, &c. for the use of the Wesleyan Societies in the Friendly Islands [Tonga], [Translated by John Thomas], 3 parts in one, 1st edition, Printed by James Nichols, 1861, English collective title-page and Preface leaf and thereafter printed in Tongan, additional collective title-page in Tongan, paginated in three parts (hymns, catechism, prayers) with separate title in Tongan to each part, some spotting, finger-soiling and light marginal browning, contemporary presentation inscription from the author to his cousin John Thomas (?)Myrley to front flyleaf and with printed book ticket of John Thomas to facing pastedown, hinges cracked, original cloth, soiling and wear, lacks spine, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: from the library of the late John Lawson (book dealer, 1932-2019). Rev. John Thomas (1797-1881) was Missionary to the Friendly Isles. Rare: Library Hub Discover locates 3 copies at the British Library, SOAS Library and University of Manchester; WorldCat locates only the British Library copy.
Bindings. Storia del Granducato di Toscana de Riguccio Galluzzio , new edition , 11 volumes , Florence, 1822, engraved portrait frontispieces to volume 1 & 11, engraved folding decorative pedigree at rear of volume 11, occasional scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Lord Northwick to upper pastedows, contemporary half vellum, gilt decorated spines with green morocco title labels, slight soiling and spotting to covers, 8vo, together with A Catalogue of Pictures, Statues, Busts, Antique Columns ... with notices of the large collection of Books in the various apartments, at Hendersyde Park, to which is added some particulars of the House and adjoining Buildings..., Printed for Private Circulation, 1859, tinted lithograph frontispiece, light toning and some spotting, contemporary dark blue calf gilt, 8vo, and I Genitori di Torquato Tasso note storche raccolte da Pier Desiderio Pasolini, Rome, Ermanno Loescher, 1895, frontispiece, plates and folding facsimile document, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco by Birdsall of Northampton, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, plus other English & Continental 19th century decorative bindings (Qty: 26)
Hodding (John). The Poll for the Election of Two Knights for the County of Wilts, to serve in the Parliament to be holden at the City of Westminster, the 4th day of August, 1818: Taken at Poll Booths Erected in a Field called the Old Camp Ground, Adjoining the Turnpike Road leading from the City of New Sarum to Devizes..., before Alexander Powell, Esq. Sheriff. Candidates: Paul Methuen, Esq., John Benett, Esq., and William Pole Tylney Long Wellesley, Esq., Salisbury: Printed and Sold by Brodie and Dowding, [1818], edges untrimmed, original boards with printed oval title label to upper board, light wear to joints and extremities, slim 4to, together with: Boswell (Edward) , The Civil Division of the County of Dorset, Methodically Digested and Arranged, Sherborne: Printed by W. Cruttwell, [1795], half-title, folding engraved county map by J. Cary, edges untrimmed, original wrappers, rebacked, 8vo, Hinchliffe (Henry John) , Thoughts on the Repeal of the Usury Laws, enclosed in a Letter to a Friend, London: James Ridgway, 1828, [4],35,[3]pp., including the final advertisement leaf, recent printed boards, slim 8vo (Kress C.2088, Goldsmiths 25567), Domestic Prospects , Domestic Prospects of the Country under the New Parliament, London: James Ridgway and Sons,1837, [4],47,[1]pp., half-title, inkstamp of Hastings Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford (1888-1953) at head of title and half-title, recent printed boards, 8vo (Goldsmiths 30222), Bristol Poor , An Act, for the Employment, Maintenance, and Regulation of the Poor of the City of Bristol; and for altering the mode of Assessing the Rates for the Relief of the Poor, and certain Rates authorised to be raised and levied within the said City..., Bristol: Albion Press, 1824, ownership signature of Edward Doggett to upper blank margin of title (adhesive stain to gutter margin), errata slip present at rear, edges untrimmed, contemporary boards, rebacked, 8vo (Qty: 5)
Gold Bullion. Report, together with Minutes of Evidence, and Accounts, from the Select Committee Appointed to Inquire into the High Price of Gold Bullion, and to Take into Consideration the State of the Circulating Medium, and of the Exchanges between Great Britain and Foreign Parts, Reprinted for J. Johnson & Co., 1810, separately paginated Appendix (Minutes of Evidence), and Appendix of Accounts, some spotting throughout (heaviest at front and rear) and occasional light browning, a few old water stains to inner margins, tears and repairs to lower margins of leaves B3/B4 (pp. 5-8 of main text) touching last three lines of letterpress of each page, uncut, library bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary quarter roan over plain boards, spine worn and covers detached, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESEinaudi 2740; Goldsmiths' 20056. Reprint, with corrections, of the first octavo edition of this important report, considered by J. R. McCulloch to be 'one of the most valuable papers that has ever proceeded from a committee of legislature'. It was largely written by Francis Horner with contributions by William Huskisson and Henry Thornton.
* George II (King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760). Manuscript warrant signed 'George P.C.R.' as Prince Guardian of the Realm, Hampton Court, 29 September 1716, authorising £167 8sd. to be paid to the commissary-general, Colonel Solomon Rapin, for the pay of several officers 'to take Care of the Rebell Prisoners at Chester Leverpool & Lancaster, from the First of July 1716 to the 31st of August following', directed to the Paymaster General, Henry, Earl of Lincoln, and countersigned by the Secretary-at-War, William Pulteney, with John Mulcaster's one-page manuscript account inserted, listing officers and civilians, including the master surgeon and cooks at Lancaster, Preston and Chester, with sums entered against each, contemporary docket (indicated as settled on 15 December), 3 pages on two bifolia, paper guard, some light dust-staining and spotting, a few minor edge tears, etc., but overall very good, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe Prince of Wales here authorises payment for the care of those who had risen against his father, King George I. Many of these prisoners would have been among the 1,500 who surrendered at the Battle of Preston the previous November, those who were not executed or transported being distributed between the gaols of Lancaster, Chester and Liverpool, where many of the trials were held, thanks to the reputation for being staunchly pro-Hanovarian and Whig. The majority of prisoners were to be released by the Act of Indemnity of July 1717. Prince George served as Guardian of that Realm during his father's absence in Hanover from July 1716 to January 1717, but relations between the two deteriorated rapidly, in part due to the popularity garnered by the Prince during his father's absence. On the four future occasions the King visited Hanover he never appointed the Prince as Guardian again. Consequently, documents signed by King George II in this capacity are uncommon.
* George III (1738-1820, King of Great Britain and Ireland). Document Signed, 'George R', Court at St James's, 9 July 1762, manuscript warrant addressed to Henry Fox, Paymaster General of the Guards, Garrisons and Land Forces, ordering the payment of £2,255 4s. 7d. to the representatives of the late Sir James Colebrooke, Sir George Colebrooke, Arnold Nesbitt and Moses Franks for provisions made to seven transport ships bound for Martinique ('Martinico'), boldly signed at head by the monarch and countersigned at the foot by John Stuart, ( 3rd Earl of Bute 17 13-1792, Prime Minister 1762-63) and Lord Frederick North (1732-1792, Prime Minister 1770-82), light age wear and two small professional repairs to right margin, only very slightly affecting the text but not the signatures, one page, folio (37 x 23 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESA good document relating to the then British occupied Carribbean island of Martinique, enhanced by the countersignatures of two British Prime Ministers, including the rare signature of the Earl of Bute.
* Pitt (William, 1759-1806, 'The Younger'). Autograph Letter Signed. ’W. Pitt’, no place, no date, 'Monday night ½ past 11', to 'My dear Lord’, stating 'It does not seem to me to be very material that any of us should go down to Windsor tomorrow, and I meant to propose a meeting of Cabinet to talk over what we are to do on Thursday. I have seen the Chanc[ello]r this evening who wishes the meeting to be about One’, some light creasing at upper margin, 1 page with integral blank, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESPitt the Younger served as British Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-06.
* Perceval (Spencer, 1762-1812), Prime Minister, 1809-1812. Autograph Letter Signed, ’Sp. Perceval’, Downing Street, 24 April 1810, to ‘My dear General [Ross]’, ‘I am quite ready to do anything which you may wish' in regards to a fortune, explaining that if it is to be paid to trustees then the funds should be properly placed 'without loss of time' and that Ross should give his lawyer directions, further discussing the mortgage of Lord Henry Petty's estate and remarking 'I can have no objection to it, provided the title to the Estate is approved of, that it is an English mortgage’ and that the title deeds are correctly deposited, again advising Ross to consult his lawyer on the matter, some old light dust staining, 2 pages with integral blank, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESSpencer Perceval is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated. He was shot by John Bellingham when Perceval entered the House of Commons on 11 May 1812. Perceval’s correspondent may have been Major General Robert Ross (1766-1814) who served in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Lord Henry Petty would be the statesman Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863).
* Hair Jewellery - English Civil War. A coiled lock of light brown hair stitched onto white cloth and presented in an oval gilt metal locket, overall 7 x 4 cm, and enclosed in a later glazed wooden case with the title label 'John Hampden's hair' tipped onto a velvet ground beneath original locket, overall 13.5 x 10 cm, together with a corrected typescript of John Drinkwater's work 'John Hampden's England' [published by Thornton Butterworth, 1933], frayed wrappers with spine tie, manuscript presentation inscription from the author dated 21 June 1933 to upper wrapper, 4to, plus two Drinkwater family miniature portraits in wall frames, each with manuscript note to back board by John Drinkwater, noting that these were given to him in 1935 by Grace Drinkwater (Qty: 4)NOTESJohn Hampden (1595-1643) was a politician and civil war soldier, from Great Hampton, Buckinghamshire. The lock of hair is presumably from the exhumation conducted by Lord Nugent in 1828. It is possible that in the confusion Nugent may have recovered the wrong body and the lock of hair may come from Hampden's father, William Hampden (1570-1597).
* Hair Jewellery - Queen Victoria's Collie (186401879). 'Sharp. The Queen's Favorite Collie brought from Balmoral 1865. Died Nov. 17 1879, aged 15 years', a small wreath of fine woven hair set into the morocco desk stand of a small photo frame, the details gilt-stamped around the hair now seen through a glass aperture with brass rim, the stand now detached at upper hinges, the obverse showing a small photograph of Sharp lying down under a glass cover with name and date (1877) engraved on gilt metal labels above and below, the backing cloth over wood now faded and somewhat perished, 9 x 12.5 cm, together with : two small wisps of straight light brown hair tied with cotton, each approximately 7 cm long and housed in an embossed Georgian/Victorian envelope inscribed in a contemporary hand, '[Hair of] Princess Louisa' (Qty: 2)NOTESSharp (1864-1879) was Queen Victoria's favourite collie and the first collie to be kept by her as a pet. Princess Louisa of Great Britain (Louisa Anne; 1749-1768) was a grandchild of King George II and sister of King George III.
* Brunel (Marc Isambard , 1769-1849). Autograph letter signed to Henry Law, Chilcompton, 22 October 1843, single sheet of light blue laid paper, written on both sides in black ink, signed 'M I Brunel' with his characteristic flourishes, manuscript endorsement verso 'From Sir Isambard, October 22nd 43', creased from folding, 12mo (19.8 x 11.8 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBrunel writes to Thames Tunnel engineer Henry Law (1824-1900) a few months after its completion in March 1843, discussing engineering and other matters: 'Will you refer to one of the drawings of the triangular frame engine, and take the exact dimensions ... for I am convinced that it must have been lighter than you made out. Does the new boyler work? ... Send me the Almanac Odart, as it contains tables that are of use in the estimation of metals ... How are you in health?'. Law began his career as an apprentice on the tunnel. He later wrote A Memoir of the Several Operations and the Construction of the Thames Tunnel (1857) and led the government inquiry into the Tay Bridge disaster.
* Flint (William Russell, 1880-1969). A series of 27 Autograph Letters Signed, to the songwriter and composer Vivian Ellis and his sister Hermione, 8 )ctober 1952 to 23 April 1969, written in his 'swishy hand' and discussing, for example, a reproduction of one of his drawings in Ellis's autobiography; his birthday ('80! Isn't it awful!'); invitations to various parties; his and his wife's health; a trip to South Africa; his granddaughter ('Sarah used to be (I'm told) rather awed by her grandfather but, certainly, she is not now!'); and Hermione's many gifts to him, mostly signed 'Willie', on headed paper of Peel Cottage, Campden Hill [London], 36 pages 4to & oblong 8vo, with 26 original autograph envelopes (Qty: 27)NOTES'... Am I really going to be in the same book as you? Well, I was trained as a lithographic printer but as that was art with a very small 'A' it cannot very well be called another profession. ...' '... I've been enjoying my peaceful studio, not painting all the time but thoroughly enjoying myself writing & arranging a little book without any illustrations at all. "In due course" Hermione & Vivian Ellis will receive a copy of it & equally "in due course", I'll await, trembling, their verdict upon it. ...' '... What a lovely visit - for ME. I hope I didn't exhaust you. You, by some magic, made me chatter, me, the dumb object usually! ...' '... I can imagine you working away at your autobiography in country quiet. It should be an unusual & interesting book. (I'll keep the secret). ...' '... You, Vivian, gave me real pleasure with your "Brighton Belles" in, I think, "Courier". I have also greatly enjoyed "Uproarious Devon" - quite delightful. ...' '... Your pale "daffadowndillies", Hermione, were a joy. I had them in a perfect jug & their paleness & beauty against the white walls of my room gave me real conscious pleasure. ...' Vivian Ellis (1903-1996) was the most prolific composer of British musicals in the 1930s and after the war, in collaboration with A.P. Herbert, wrote a series of successful light operas, the most enduring of which was Bless The Bride. One of his most famous songs, 'Spread a Little Happiness' enjoyed a revival in 1982 when it was recorded by Sting. Ellis never married, and lived with his sister Hermione for many years. His autobiography, I'm on a See-Saw (1953, reprinted 1974) contains a reference to the picture mentioned by Flint in these letters: 'In my London flat hangs a picture by that past master of English watercolour painting, Sir William Russell Flint. The subject is Eileen Lush as Sue, the little girl in the Cromwellian cap who played Pepys's maid and sang the treble line in the madrigal, "Gaze not on Swans"' (p. 255). Also included is an autograph letter by Flint's son, Francis Russell Flint (2 pages oblong 8vo, Jesmond Dene, Burgess Hill, 12 January 1970, with autograph envelope), thanking Vivian and Hermione Ellis for writing to him on the death of his father: '... I have a hard task ahead, but am determined to try to carry on his tradition in Water Colour, a task I hope will be easier, as I have inherited his paintbox. ...'
* The Beatles. Autographs of George Harrison & Ringo Starr, c.1963, in blue ballpoint pen on a cut pale blue album leaf, tipped into a small contemporary autograph album, old sellotape hinges to three edges including touching the initial upstroke of 'R' of 'Ringo', arranged with 4 hinged newspaper cut-out heads of the Beatles on a double-page spread, a few further indecipherable autographs but most pages blank, autograph of Cliff Richard on creased ruled paper loosely inserted, contemporary boards, oblong 16mo, together with a folded Beatles poster, c.1964, the four posing musicians in grey suits and full-length against a light brown background with facsimile signatures at foot, some age wear, 139 x 98 cm (Qty: 2)
* Bristol Reward Poster. A printed poster advertising a reward of 150 guineas for the apprehension of Thomas Gray, John Morgan, and Emanuel Lewton, charged with having stolen large quantities of leaf and manufactured tobacco, and quantities of corn, from the warehouses and premises of Messrs. Franklyn and Humphries, Welshback, Bristol, circa 1802, printed broadside poster, printed by Rudhall & Gutch, Printers, Small-Street, Bristol, the text providing details of the appearance of the three suspects, some scattered spotting, light creases where previously folded, 49 x 29.5 cm (19.25 x 11.6 ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)
* Court Roll: Bampton , Devon. Court roll of the Court Leet of Bampton in Devon, 1 8 August 1547 (unfinished), an undated court, a court of 19 Mar 1548, and of a Borough Court, 23 May 1548, manuscript on two rolled vellum membranes, stitched at head, the dorse of second membrane blank, some light rubbing and soiling, the first membrane 50 x 22 cm, the second membrane 22 x 20 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESThe membrane has been trimmed with the loss of the conclusion of the court of 18 August 1547 and the beginning of an undated court, the revenue from which amounts to 6s 6d. It is clear (see below) that very little is missing of the proceedings of the two defective courts. The first court begins with the names of the jury of 12; a presentment by the ale-tasters of 12 brewers, each for a single brewing, and their amercement of 3d each; the entry of a plea of debt; the presentment by the constables of the peace of a servant ‘of bad conversation’, interference with the constable, an assault with a cutting knyff and that Alice, wife of William Bowbeare the elder is a communis scandalozatrix to the nuisance of her neighbours; William Bowbeare the younger is amerced 4d for allowing people to play at dice and cards in his house on feast-days and at night. The Portreeve presents 13 people for allowing their pigs to wander in the streets – they are amerced 4d each; the bailiff presents default of suit of court by 19 individuals or groups. The jury confirms the presentments, and makes appointments to the offices of constables of the peace, borough reeves and ale-tasters; they present a list of people who have not been sworn to the king’s assize, an assault and a sale of ale by unlawful measures and without displaying a sign. Finally they present that [ blank ] Twygg, a free tenant holding a burgage, has died since the last court. This last entry has been trimmed. It is clear that another court was entered, beginning either at the foot of the face of the membrane or at the head of its dorse. The revenue from that court amounted to 6s 6d, of which 5s 0d can be accounted for from the marginalized amercements which survive. The court’s business consists of the presentment of ale-tasters, proceedings in three private suits, and orders of distraint against three men and two women in pleas of trespass brought by the lord. The court of 19 March 1548 begins with the names of the jury, ale-tasters’ presentments against 27 individuals for brewing whose amercements add up to 7s 6d; the Portreeve presents 20 people for allowing their pigs to wander in the streets – they are amerced 4d each; the constables of the peace present assaults, one with a thrasshell and a billhook; there follow two entries of process in private litigation, and the jury’s presentment of a mutual assault with fists; the court produced 16s 11d for the lord. The borough court includes the presentment by the ale-tasters of 12 brewers, each for a single brewing, and their amercement of 3d each; a plea of trespass with an inserted note of its compromise and the defendant’s amercement in 3s; the amercement of the bailiff for having failed to distrain two men and two women against whom the lord had brought pleas of trespass; and a plea of debt of 39s 11½d, the hallmark of an action in a local court where the limit was usually 40 shillings. The borough court produced 4s 3d for the lord; the total for the courts held in 1547-1548 is left blank. Bampton in Devon emerged as a borough between 1180 and 1210. A fair on St Luke’s day was granted to the rector in 1258, and a market and fair on the same day were granted to the lord of the manor in 1267. The few surviving manorial documents – and estreat roll of 1538-1541, a court book of 1850-1913 and a rent book of 1915-1926 – are all held by the Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust).This lot is subject to the Manorial Documents Rules 1959, 1963 and 1967, administered by The Historical Manuscripts Commission at The National Archives on behalf of the Master of the Rolls. Accordingly the purchasers of the documents lie under an obligation to notify the Secretary of the Commission of their acquisition and to provide details of where they will be kept. They may in no circumstances be removed from England and Wales without the prior consent of the Master of the Rolls.
* Letters Patents, 1586 & 1604. Pardon (letters patent), Westminster, 10 March 1604, The Crown granting a pardon to Lazarus Garth, gentleman, one of the cursitors of the Court of Chancery; by the Lord Chancellor by virtue of the king’s warrant, together with: Exemplification (letters patent) of a decree in the court of the Chamber of the Duchy of Lancaster; 10 June 1586, the Queen (on the relation of Wilfred Day and George Kettlestringe, the queen’s bailiffs) v William Watson the elder, William Watson the younger and William Preston, tenants and inhabitants of Thorpe; relates to the manor of Bongate in Yorkshire; plaint of replevin in the archbishop of York’s court at Ripon alleging taking in Ripon; ruled for the plaintiffs, and that no further actions of replevin in Bongate be sued in the archbishop’s court but in ‘the court of the common fee of Ripon’, unless the plaintiff be of the freehold of the archbishop or any person other than the queen’s tenants and farmers in the right of her Duchy, both vellum deeds in Latin, each with some dust soiling and a few light old stains, without tags or seals, 33 x 60 cm & 30 x 48 cm (Qty: 2)NOTESThe will of Lazarus Garth of Saint Dunstan in the West, London, gentleman, was proved in PCC on 10 Feb 1614 – TNA PROB 11/123/133; his wife Helen, ‘out of Chancery Lane’, was buried at St Dunstan’s on 5 Dec 1613, and Lazarus on 15 Nov 1613. For the cursitors, see C. J. Kitching, ‘ The cursitors’ office (1573–1813) and the corporation of the cursitors of chancery’; Journal of the Society of Archivists 7 (1982) 78-84.
* Recipe for Brewing Ale. Manuscript titled 'A Receipt for Yest', circa 1790, 28 lines, written in a neat hand on a single sheet, '1lb of hops, 32 quarts of water boil it 21/2 hours, strain the same when the scalding heat is gone off add 2 gallons ground malt, let this remain 31/2 hours again, strain it, set it with 2 quarts yest either the same sort or good home brewed, The first head that rises be sure to strain off and throw away. Be careful not to set the yeast to[o] warm', horizontally split in two at lower fold,, folds, slight toning, watermarked 'Pro Patria', folio, 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 12 in), together with Recipe for Mustard Whey to relieve ailments. Manuscript titled 'To Make Mustard Whey', circa 1800, 14 lines, written in a neat hand on a single sheet, 'Take milk and water of each half a pint, bruised mustard seed an ounce and half, boil them together till the curd is perfectly separated; afterwards strain the whey through a cloth... and promotes the different secretions, hence in the low state of nervous fevers, it will supply the place of wine, it is of singular use in the chronic rheumatism, palsy, dropsy...', folds, one or two small stains, small 4to Coaching Inn Bill. Manuscript bill issued to Mr Morgan from R. Griffiths for meals and services provided at the West Gate House Inn, Newport, Monmouthshire, 6 August 1795, 11 suppers, 7 breakfasts, Beer, Cyder & Porter, sugar & lemon, servants eating & liquor, hay & corn, barber', the bill totals £4-0-10 reduced to £3-5-10 due to 5 bottles being refunded, folds, small splits, some soiling, small 4to, plus four others: A manuscript clothiers bill from Gilbert Rowe to Robert Childs for the supply of shoes and garters, 1703; A manuscript receipt for washing gloves. circa 1780; A manuscript receipt for artists to clean oil paintings and to make copel varnish, circa 1810 and a manuscript wine bill from wine merchant Cornelius Dutch to Hannah Munday for the supply of canary wine, old hock, champaine, maderia, totalling £3-9-9, folds, some light soiling (Qty: 7)
Clowes (William Laird). The Royal Navy. A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, 7 volumes, 1897-1903, photogravure frontispieces, numerous plates and illustrations, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, large 8vo, together with Cyril Field's Britain's Sea-Soldiers, 2 volumes only (of 4, extra-illustrated), 1924 and H.E. Blumberg's Britain's Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919, Devonport, 1927 (lacking map) (Qty: 10)
* Collingwood (Cuthbert, 1st Baron, 1748-1810). Autograph letter to Sir Evan Nepean, regarding the appointment of an agent for the prize ships taken at Trafalgar, on board HMS Queen off Cadiz, March 30, 1806, 3 pp., 'I did receive the letter from Mr Davison the copy of which you enclosed me - and am exceedingly sorry that he should have any disappointment on the subject of agency - but assure you it is not at all a thing of my doing - for I have never taken any part, or given myself the smallest concern about the appointment of agents - before Lord Nelson came out, my secretary was the agent for the flag eighth and got his proffits upon 172 £ which is all the prize money I have got since leaving England - various people were the agents for the several ships - when Lord Nelson came out and Mr Scott his secretary was appointed agent for the flag 1/8 - I received a note from him to say the Comm. in Chief having appointed him his agent - he hoped I would also - and if I am not mistaken the power was signed by Sr. Robt. Calder and myself, in Lord Nelson's cabbin - I do not remember ever having any conversation with Lord Nelson on the subject or ever having heard him mention Mr Davison - had Mr Scott lived he would certainly have been the agent - but on his death - while I was yet at sea I received a letter from Capt, Hervey of the Temeraire at Gibraltar - saying that several - (I believe all) the captains who were there, had agreed to appoint Mr Cosway their agent for the captured ships - I received their proposition as a great compliment to me...', concluding with 'Adml. Gravina is at last dead of his wounds and carried to Madrid to be buried', contemporary docket to verso, old folds and a few light stains, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESPrize money from the Battle of Trafalgar was based on the proceeds from the four captured ships from the French and Spanish fleet: Swiftsure, Bahama, San Juan de Nepumuceno and San Ildefonso, plus the proceeds of bounty-bills on those ships destroyed in the battle, as announced in the London Gazette on March 28th 1807 by the two agents for the prizes Christopher Cooke and William Richard Cosway, addressed to all the officers, seamen and marines of the British Fleet present at Trafalgar. Cosway was Admiral Collingwood's secretary, and as this letter confirms, was appointed agent for the prizes by the other captains after the death of Nelson's own secretary, John Scott, on board HMS Victory durung the battle. Scott would otherwise naturally have been in charge of the distribution of prize money. Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron (1748-1810) served with distinction during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars with France and was second in command to Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, leading his squadron on board the Royal Sovereign which engaged the rear of the French-Spanish fleet. He assumed command of the Mediterranean Fleet thereafter but died at sea whilst sailing back to England, and was laid to rest near Lord Nelson in St. Paul's Cathedral. Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet (1752-1822) was a politician, colonial administrator and Commissioner of the Admiralty at this time, and later Governor of Bombay from 1812 to 1819. Admiral Federico Gravina (1756-1806), Commander of the Spanish Navy, served under French Admiral Villeneuve at the Battle of Trafalgar and was wounded aboard his flagship Principe de Asturias, finally succumbing to his wounds on the 9th May 1806. In a letter of August 1805, just weeks before the decisive battle on 21st October, Napoleon described Gravina as "all genius and decision in combat". British officers also held Gravina in high esteem, as prior to the Franco-Spanish pact ushered in by the Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1796, he had served alongside Admiral Hood at the Siege of Toulon (1793), and in the same year had even visited Portsmouth to study British naval methods and tactics.
* Croft (Sir John 'Jack', 1st Baronet, 1778-1862). Autograph letter to Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845), envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon, Sabugal, 6 March, 1812, 2 pp., '... the militiamen and persons non military of the Districts of Sabugal y Touro entitled to participate in the distribution of cattle have this day received their proportion of the number allocated to the Commarca of Castello Branco. There is not any civil hospital in this town or Touro. The inhabitants of these districts have not yet received their proportion of the seed corn designed for the Commarca of Castello Branco. Their proportion of the money for orphan children is not yet arrived. I return to Guarda tomorrow', the first letter with some light marginal toning and small chips and tears, folds, together with a 3 pp. letter from Frederick Croft to a Mr Hamilton, 15 October 1813, regarding an account for wine sent to Sir Charles Stuart, and a bill for three hogsheads (£90), folio (Qty: 3)NOTESJohn 'Jack' Croft, a member of the House of Croft port-wine merchants, initially embarked upon a scientific career, first assisting Humphry Davy and then botanist Joseph Banks in 1803, and was later admitted to the Royal Society. He met Sir Charles Stuart (1779-1845), British envoy to Portugal, in 1810 during the Peninsular War and was recruited to gather intelligence on French troop movements along the north coast of Spain, from Corunna to the French border. He travelled incognito and set up a network of agents who submitted reports which were then couriered back to Stuart, sorted and passed on to the Duke of Wellington. In 1811 Croft was appointed joint leader of the Distribution Fund, set up by the British Government to provide relief to villagers in the war-torn areas of Portugal. For this he was awarded the Order of the Tower and Sword in 1814 by the Portuguese regent and made a baronet four years later.
Desbrière (Édouard). The Naval Campaign of 1805. Trafalgar, translated and edited by Constance Eastwick, 1st English edition, 2 volumes, Oxford University Press, 1933, frontispiece to volume I, 19 folding maps contained in rear pockets, light offsetting to half titles, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed at spine ends else bright copy, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESFirst published in Paris in 1907. Regarded as the defining account of the Battle of Trafalgar, with volume II containing reports and letters from the French and Spanish officers.
Lawson (Sir John). Two Letters from Vice-Admiral John Lawson, the one to the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, The other, to the Honourable the Commissioners for the Militia of the City of London. Dated December the 28, 1659, London: James off Gravesend, 1659, single sheet broadside, previously folded, edges toned, a few light spots, sheet size 36.8 x 27.3 cm (14.5 x 11 in), together with: ibid., A Declaration of Vice-Admiral John Lawson; Commander in Chief of the Fleet in the narrow Seas, by Authority of Parliament; With the Commanders of the several ships now with him in the Downes, in order to the Removal of the Interruption that is put upon the Parliament, the 13th of October last, London: Signed on board the James in the Downes, the 13th of December, 1659, single sheet broadside, previously folded, somewhat toned and spotted, sheet size 36.3 x 26.4 cm (14.25 x 10.5 in) (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: Estate of John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller. ESTC R211413 (four copies) & R219239 (ten copies); Wing L721 & L718. Two rare broadsides illuminating a key episode in the chaotic events leading up the Restoration following Richard Cromwell's forced recall of the Rump Parliament. 'After the military junta of Lambert and Fleetwood had seized power, with the full support of all his captains, Lawson brought the fleet of twenty-two warships up to Gravesend to blockade the capital. In mid-winter he had the means to starve and freeze London into submission. On Christmas day 1659 Fleetwood abdicated and thereby opened the way not only to the return of the Rump but eventually to the restoration of the monarchy ... By April Lawson at last realized that the republic was bankrupt and that of the choices facing the country—anarchy, military dictatorship, or monarchy—the last was the least worst. Still, his reluctant acceptance of the Restoration was a necessary condition of its smooth achievement; he alone commanded the loyalty of the Channel Fleet' (ODNB).
Ralfe (James). The Naval Chronology of Great Britain; or, an Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events, from the Commencement of the War in 1803, to the end of the year 1816, 3 volumes, London: Whitmore & Fenn, 1820, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 59 uncoloured aquatint plates, subscribers list, one or two plates close-trimmed, some light offsetting and spotting, all edges gilt, later navy-blue half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESAbbey Life 342; Sabin 67602; Tooley 392.
Royal Navy. Four broadsides, 1711-18, comprising: 1. To the Honourable House of Commons in Parliament assembled, the case of the widows, orphans, and aged mothers of sons, who ... were unfortunately lost in His Majesty’s ship the Sorlings, on the 17th of December, 1717, [London, 1718?], single sheet, caption title and docket title, stab sewing holes to gutter margin, folio, 2. The case of a great number of seamen, belonging to His Majesty’s Royal Navy, and of the wives and poor families of many of them, who are still in His Majesty’s service. And also, of the poor Widows of many that have been kill'd, or dy'd in the Service, during the late War..., [London: 1718], single sheet, caption title and docket title, stab sewing holes to gutter margin, folio, and other broadsides & tracts including: 3. The Office-Keepers Answer to a Scandalous Reflection on them by the Societies of the Mines-Royal, &c., [London, 1715?], single sheet, caption title and docket title, sewing holes to gutter margin, dampstained, folio, 4. A Bill for the Relief of the Creditors and Proprietors of the Company of the Mine Adventurers, by Establishing a Method for settling the Differences between the Company and their Creditors, and for Uniting them, in order to an effectual Working of the Mines of the said Company, [London, 1711], caption and docket title, light toning and spotting, disbound folio, together with: Steele (Richard) , The Importance of Dunkirk Considered; in a letter from Sir Richard Steele, Knt. to the Worshipful Mr. John Snow, bailiff of Stockbridge, [London?, 1716?], [2]pp., caption title, horizontal fold at foot and excised to gutter margin, folio, and one other defective broadside, (Reasons humbly offer'd to the Honourable House of Commons, for passing a clause to encourage the seamen, 1705, single sheet, cropped at head with loss of title and some text) (Qty: 6)NOTESESTC T17373 (one copy only: British Library), T17374 (one copy: British Library), T17271 (two copies), T84779 (five copies), T143135 (three copies); Hanson 2456, 2405, 2836, 1285, N/A. HMS Sorlings, a fifth-rate naval vessel of 42 cannons, was wrecked on the Dutch coast of East Friesland on the 17th December 1717. The second work relates to the distress of naval servicemen and their families and widows caused by arrears of pay in the wake of the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1712), between Britain and France.
Mitford (Major R.C.W.). To Kaubul with the Cavalry Brigade. A Narrative of personal experiences with the Force under General Sir F.S. Roberts, 1st edition, W.H. Allen & Co., 1881, 6 lithographed plates, folding map at rear, 48-page publisher's catalogue at rear, dated January 1881, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and some light marks, a little fraying to head of spine and outer corners, 8vo (Qty: 1)
Hamley (Edward Bruce). The Operations of War Explained and Illustrated, 1st edition, William Blackwood & Sons, 1866, 17 folding maps and plans, original blue-green chalk-glazed endpapers, with bookplate of Lord Northwick to front pastedown, original blind-decorated cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed and spine lightly faded, large 8vo, together with Home (Major Robert). A Precis of Modern Tactics, 1st edition, 1873, monochrome heliotype frontispiece depicting the Battle of Marengo, 25 mostly single-page plates (one with overlays), original blue cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus Jackson (Robert). A View of the Formation, Discipline, and Economy of Armies, 3rd edition, revised, with a memoir of his life and services, Parker, Fernevall and Parker, 1845, lithographed portrait frontispiece, original blindstamped green cloth, some marks to covers and faded to brown on spine and outer edges, 8vo, and Soady (France James), Lessons of War as Taught by the Great Masters and Others; selected and arranged from the various operations of war, 1st edition, William H. Allen & Co., 1870, some spotting to preliminary leaves, bookplate of James Frederick Lewis, Royal Engineers to front pastedown, partly broken on inner hinges, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and marked with some light stains, large 8vo, plus two others related: Modern Tactics by Captain H. R. Gall, 3rd edition, revised, with new maps, W.H. Allen & Co., 1894, & The Theory of War illustrated by numerous examples from military history, by Lieutenant-Colonel P.L. MacDougall, 3rd edition, 1862 (bookplate of Lord Northwick to front pastedown), both original cloth gilt in generally good condition, 8vo (Qty: 6)
Candler (Edmund). The Long Road to Baghdad, 2 volumes, 4th impression, 1919, monochrome plates after photographs, maps etc., original cloth gilt in bright condition, with dust wrappers, a few marks and spines lightly faded, together with: Tennant (J.E.) , In the Clouds Above Baghdad being the Records of an Air Commander, 1st edition, Cecil Palmer, 1920, monochrome plates after photographs, original green cloth, plus: [Blampied, H. John]. With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916-1917 by One of its Officers, 1st edition, Bombay, The Times Press, 1918, monochrome illustrations after photographs, a few minor spots, original blue cloth, lettered in gilt, spine lightly faded, small 8vo, Egan (Eleanor Franklin) , The War in the Cradle of the World, Mesopotamia, 1st edition, [1920], monochrome plates after photographs, contemporary ownership signature to head of title, dated 1920, original light blue cloth with photographic illustration mounted to upper cover, rubbed and marked, 8vo, and others on the Mesopotamian Campaign: Sir Arnold Wilson, Loyalites, Mesopotamia 1914-1917 & Mesopotamia 1917-1920, A Clash of Loyalties, 2 volumes, reprinted, 1936, Henry Birch Reynardson, Mesopotamia 1914-1915, Extracts from a Regimental Officer's Diary, 1919, Major-General Sir Charles V.F. Townshend, My Campaign in Mesopotamia, 1st edition, 1920, Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer L. Haldane, The Insurrection in Mesopotamia, 1920, 1st edition, 1922, Lieutenant-Colonel L.J. Hall, The Inland Water Transport in Mesopotamia, 1st edition, 1921, Colonel R. Evans, A Brief Outline of the Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918, 2 volumes (including maps), 1935, & Group Captain F.R. Wynne, When the Middle East Was Fun, circa 1962 (Qty: 15)
Kinglake (Alexander William). The Invasion of the Crimea: Its origin, and an account of its progress down to the death of Lord Raglan, 8 volumes, 1st edition (except second volume, 3rd edition), William Blackwood and Sons, 1863-87, 65 plates, including maps and plans (some folding), lithographed views, etc., some inner hinges cracked, original publisher's cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks and minor fraying to head and foot of spines, 8th volume with some damp staining to board edges, 8vo, together with Taylor (George Cavendish). Journal of Adventures with the British Army, from the commencement of the war to the taking of Sebastopol, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Hurst & Blackett, 1856, 24-page publisher's catalogue at rear of first volume, original brown chalk-glazed endpapers, with bookseller's ticket of R. Hickson, Bridlington to front pastedown of first volume, original blindstamped red cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and soiled, with minor damp marking to extremities (otherwise a good copy), 8vo, plus Simpson (F.A.). The Rise of Louis Napoleon/Louis Napoleon & The Recovery of France 1848-1856, 3rd impression/2nd edition respectively, Longmans, Green & Co., 1929/30, monochrome plates, some light spotting to preliminary leaves, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, and other 19th century military history, biographies, strategy and engineering, including An Artillery Officer in the Mexican War 1846-7, Letters of Robert Anderson, 1911, The Problem of the Army, by L.S. Amery, 1903 (inscribed in pencil by the author to H.A. Sargeaunt to front endpaper), Instruction in Military Engineering, Volume 1 (Parts I-V) compiled at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, 1870, The Water Supply of Barracks and Cantonments by Major G.K. Scott Moncrieff, 1896, The War in Italy from Drawings by Carlo Bossoli, 1860, 31 (of 40) hand-coloured lithographed plates (some marks and marginal defects, text ends on page 70), The Army and Navy Magazine, Volumes 1, 3, 6-7, 9-11, November 1880-April 1881, January-June 1882, May 1883-April 1884, November 1884-April 1886 (all except two bound in contemporary half-calf), A Great Adventuress, Lady Hamilton and The Revolution in Naples (1753-1815) by Joseph Turquan and Jules D'Auriac, 1914 (fine copy), etc., mostly late 19th and early 20th century publications, mainly original cloth, 8vo (Qty: approximately 100)
Healy (Timothy Michael). Stolen Waters, A Page in the Conquest of Ulster, 1st edition, Longman, Green & Co., 1913, errata slip pasted in before first leaf of main text, a few light spots to preliminary leaves, original dark green cloth gilt, a few minor marks (generally a good copy), together with [Street, Cecil John Charles]. The Administration of Ireland, 1920. By 'I.O.', 1st edition, Philip Allan & Co., April 1921, monochrome portrait frontispiece of Sir Hamar Greenwood, a few light spots to preliminary leaves, original green cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, plus Handbook of the Ulster Question. Issued by the North Eastern Boundary Bureau, 1st ediiton, Dublin, Stationery Office, 1923, folding maps, one text leaf (pages 105/106 torn without loss), original cloth-backed boards with colour pictorial upper cover designed by Theodora Harrison, lightly rubbed and outer corners a little bumped, 8vo, and Dunsany (Lord). Tales of War, 1st edition, Dublin, Talbot Press, 1918, light browning to endpapers, original dark blue cloth-backed boards, plus others on the history of Ireland and the Irish struggle for independence, including The Life of Charles Stewart Parnell 1846-1891, by R. Barry O'Brien, 2 volumes, 1898, The Complete Works of Padraic H. Pearse, 2 volumes & Patrick H. Pearse, by Louis N. Le Roux, together 3 volumes, Phoenix Publishing Co., circa 1920, The Ulster Land War of 1770 (The Hearts of Steel), by Francis Joseph Bigger, 1st editon, Dublin, 1910, Life and Letters of George Wyndham, by J.W. Mackail and Guy Wyndham, 2 volumes, circa 1905, The Germans in Cork, being the letters of His Excellency The Baron von Kartoffel, reprinted, December 1917, The Last Independent Parliament of Ireland, by George Sigerson, Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1918, etc., all early to mid-20th century publications, mostly original cloth, some in dustwrappers, all 8vo (Qty: approximately 60)
Army Lists. The Quarterly Army List of Her Majesty's and the Honorable Company's Forces on the Bengal Establishment... , Corrected to 8th April 1856, to which is added a List of Civil Servants in Bengal and the North-Western Provinces, Calcutta, 1856, a little spotting, one leaf near detached, contemporary half calf gilt, together with: a facsimile of the 1859 edition, published Selous Books, 1997, original rexine gilt, large 8vo, The Indian Army and Civil Service List, July 1865 & January 1866, a few light ink library stamps to first volume, both original limp cloth lettered in black, slightly rubbed and soiled, small 8vo, Hodson (V.C.P.) , List of the Officers of the Bengal Army 1758-1834, parts 1-3 only (A-R), 1927-46, some spotting, original cloth gilt, first volume rebacked, plus Hodson's proof pages of parts 2 & 3 (D-G & L-M), marginal ink proof corrections to both volumes, contemporary cloth spring binders, rubbed, Anderson (T.C.) , Ubique: All Services of all the Officers of HM's Bengal Army, Exhibiting the Rank and various Services of every Officer in the Army... , Calcutta, [1863], some spotting, modern amateur half morocco gilt, all 8vo (Qty: 10)
Clark (Daniel Kinnear). Railway Machinery: Treatise on the Mechanical Engineering of Railways: Embracing the Principles and Construction of Rolling and Fixed Plant… Volume 2 (Plate Volume) only, Blackie & Son, 1855, title and List of Plates, 70 engraved plates, all but the last ten double-page, Plate 8 split and separated in two, some occasional light browning and finger-soiling, old damp stain to some foremargins, largely at front and rear, modern half morocco and marbled boards, folio, [Ottley 2760], together with: Dempsey (G. Drysdale). Atlas of the Engravings to Pictorially Explain the Locomotive Engine in all its Phases, 1st edition, John Weale, 1859, 14 engraved plates, mostly double-page or folding, some spotting throughout, contents shaken, original limp cloth with printed paper label to upper cover, frayed on spine and at extremities, 4to (Qty: 2)
Railway Maps. Cheffins’s Map of the Railways in England & Scotland, Accurately Delineating all the Lines Present opened, and those which are in Progress, Corrected to January 1844, folding lithographed map, hand-coloured in outline, sectionalised onto linen, approximately 57 x 70 cm, scattered light spots, original cloth with printed paper label to upper cover, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with other similar coloured and undated railway maps: Betts’s Road & Railroad Map of England & Wales; Osbornes’ Map of the Grand Junction Railway; Rock’s Pictorial Map of England and Wales…. together with Railways & Steam Boat Tracks to the Present Date, (split on folds); Cruchley’s Railway & Station Map of Yorkshire; Black’s Road & Railway Travelling Map of Scotland, all folding in original cloth boards, 8vo and similar (Qty: 6)
Poynter (E. J.) . Endymion, by John Keats, E. Moxon, 1873, 6 black & white engraved plates plus frontispiece, some light spotting & toning throughout , original publisher's gilt decorated red half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, together with: Friend (Donald). Birds from the Magic Mountain, Bali, 1977, signed by the author to the limitation page, monochrome illustrations, some minor spotting, original illustrated cloth, folio, limited edition 363/400, and Macquoid (Percy). A History of English Furniture, The Age of Mahogany, ... Satinwood, ...Oak, ... Walnut, 4 volumes, Medici Society, 1925, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, some light spotting, top edges gilt, uniform red cloth, spines slightly faded, folio, plus other 19th & 20th century large format art reference & related, some foreign language, some leather bindings, G/VG, folio/4to (Qty: 4 cartons)
Eustace (John Chetwode) . A Tour Through Italy, exhibiting a view of its scenery, its antiquities, and its monuments;..., 2 volumes, printed for J. Mawman, 1813, modern endpapers, some light spotting & toning, uniform modern half calf, minor rubbing & marks, large 4to, together with: Ashmole (Elias) , The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter;..., printed for Thomas Dring, 1793, 9 black & white engraved plates, lacking portrait, period inscriptions to front endpaper & head of the title page, bookplate to verso of the title page, some light toning throughout, wear to head & foot of some plates, contemporary full mottled calf, lacking spine, boards slightly rubbed, folio, and Rycaut (Paul) , The Lives of the Popes, from the time of our Saviour Jesus Christ, to the Reign of Sixtus IV, originally written in Latin by Baptista Platina, 1685, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece, modern endpapers, some minor spotting, light marks & toning, modern calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards with some minor loss, large 8vo, plus other 17th, 18th & 19th century reference & literature, including Italy, A Poem, by Samuel Rogers, 1838 (large paper copy) bound in contemporary full dark green morocco, Rev. William Shepherd, The Life of Poggio Bracciolini, 1st edition, Liverpool, 1802, rebound in modern quarter brown morocco, Rev. J.E. Jackson, Wulfhall and The Seymours. With an appendix of original documents discovered at Longleat, Devizes, 1875, author's presentation copy to the Honorable Percy Feilding, dated September 3rd 1875, bound in contemporary maroon half morocco, mostly leather bindings, many gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 65 volumes
Anderson (R.) . Examples of the Municipal Commercial and Street Architecture of France and Italy from the 12th to the 15th Century, circa 1875, 103 black & white plates, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, together with: Petit (J. L.), Architectural Studies in France, 1854, numerous black & white illustrations, contemporary bookplate pasted down to modern endpapers, loose original endpapers, some light spotting & toning, all edges gilt, rebound retaining original gilt decorated plum morocco spine & boards, rubbed with minor loss, large 8vo, and Ross (Janet) , Florentine Villas, 1901, 24 monochrome photogravures, 51 black & white illustrations, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, publishers original brown cloth, folio, limited edition of 300 copies, plus other 19th century & modern Renaissance, Italian & French architecture reference, including Dictionnaire Raisonné Architecture Française du XI au XVI siècle, 10 volumes, by Viollet -le-Duc, 1873, uniform gilt decorated red quarter morocco, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)
Pogany (Willy, illustrator) . The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in seven parts, by Samuel Taylor Colleridge, circa 1910, 20 tipped in colour plate, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light spotting & minor offsetting, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with: Rackham (Arthur, illustrator) , Undine, by De La Motte Fouqué, 1920, 11 tipped-in colour plates, bookplate & stamp to front endpapers, The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, 1929, David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 12 colour plates, Peer Gynt, a dramatic poem, by Henrik Ibsen, 1936, 12 colour plates, all with black & white illustrations to the text, some minor spotting & toning, all in publishers original gilt decorated cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and other illustrated & juvenile literature, including W. E. Johns, Edward J. Detmold, T. E. Lawrence, Edmund Dulac, W. Heath Robinson, Hugh Lofting, Arthur Ransome, Folio Society, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some amateur bindings, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)
Beaver (Philip) . African Memoranda: relative to an attempt to establish a British settlement on the island of Bulama, on the western coast of Africa, in the year 1792,...,1st edition, printed for C. and R. Baldwin, 1805, large folding map, linen backed, with contemporary outline colour, two engraved plates, ex libris bookplate to front pastedown, hinges repaired, some spotting throughout, later calf spine retaining contemporary diced calf boards, slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, together with: Philips (J.) , A General History of Inland Navigation, foreign and domestic:..., printed for I. and J. Taylor, 1792, large colour folding map of England & Wales frontispiece, 4 black & white plates to the rear, later endpapers with loss to head of the front endpaper, some light marginal toning throughout, later gilt decorated quarter morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Dobson (William) , Kunopaedia. A Practical Essay on Breaking or Training the English Spaniel or Pointer..., printed for C. Whittingham, 1814, black & white engraved frontispiece, some light spotting & offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss, hinges cracked, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century antiquarian interest, including Thomas Len, Historical Statement of the Improvements made in the duty performed by the steam engines in Cornwall, 1839, Sieur Aubery, Memoires pour l'Histoire du Cardinal Duc de Richelieu, 2 volumes, Paris, Antoine Bertier, 1660 (some water staining to lower margins throughout, bound in contemporary mottled full calf gilt decorated spines, large folio), etc., mostly leather bindings, some original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/ folio (Qty: 3 shelves)
Watney (Vernon James) . The Wallop Family and their Ancestry, 4 volumes, printed by John Johnson, Oxford, 1928, 4 black & white frontispieces, book plates to front pastedowns, ex-library stamps to front endpapers, minor toning, top edges gilt, publishers uniform original gilt decorated red full morocco, boards & spines lightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with: Welsh (Charles) , Harris's Cabinet, numbers one to four. The Butterfly's Ball; The Peacock "At Home"; The Elephant's Ball; The Lion's Masquerade: reprinted from the editions of 1807 & 1808, Griffith & Farran, 1883, 27 black & white illustrations, period inscription to the head of the title page, some minor spotting & toning, publishers original quarter vellum, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and Browne (John) , Description of the Representation and Arms on the Glass in the Windows of York Minster, Richard Jackson, Leeds, 1917, 475 colour and black & white illustrations, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, publishers original blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, limited edition 45/150, plus other 19th & early 20th century genealogy & history reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)
Finn (David) . Henry Moore, sculpture and environment, 1st edition, 1977, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original black cloth in price clipped dust jacket, large 4to, together with: Onions (Oliver) , The Works of Henry Ospovat, The Saint Catherine Press, 1911, 3 tipped in colour plates, numerous monochrome illustrations, ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated full vellum, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and Ayers (John & Oliver Impey, J. V. G. Mallet) , Porcelain for Palaces, the fashion for Japan in Europe, 1650-1750, Oriental Ceramic Society, 1990, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, large 8vo, plus other art & architecture reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)
Roscoe (William) . The Life of Lorenzo de'Medici, called The Magnificent, 2 volumes, printed by J. McCreery, Liverpool, 1795, black & white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, modern endpapers, some light spotting & offsetting, modern half calf to marbled boards, slightly rubbed, 4to, The Life and Pontificate of Leo The Tenth , 4 volumes, printed by J. McCreery, Liverpool, 1805, 4 black & white frontispieces, modern endpapers, some spotting & offsetting, modern half calf to marbled boards, rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with: Simonde de Sismondi (J. C. L.) , Histoire des Republiques Italiennes du Moyen Age, new edition, 10 volumes, Paris, 1840, 10 black & white frontispieces plus illustrations, bookplates to front pastedowns, period inscriptions to front endpapers, ex-library copies with associated marks, some spotting & light marginal toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and [Sammelband] , Il Diario di Burcardo quadro Dei Costumi della Corts di Roma..., Strenna Pel 1861, by A. Bianchi-Giovini, Milan, 1860, La Federazione Latina a mezzo dell'unità Francese, Italiana ed Iberica di Charles de la Vernne.., Milan, 1863, Il Conte Camillo di cavour documenti editii e inediti per Nicomede Bianchi, Torino, 1863, monochrome frontispiece & half-title, bookplate to front pastedown, period inscription in Italian to the front endpaper, some minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated green quarter morocco, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th Italian & French language literature & reference, mostly leather bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTES82 volumes
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Thomas Kelly [publisher] . Practical Masonry, bricklaying, and plastering, both plain and ornamental:... 1838, 45 black & white plates, modern endpapers, some light spotting & toning, minor loss to head & foot of plate 18, marginal tears to plate 24, modern half calf to marbled boards, spine lightly faded, 4to, together with: Bugge (Anders) , Norwegian Stave Churches, Oslo, 1953, colour frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations, publishers original gilt decorated blue full morocco, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, and Richardson (A. E. & C. Lovett Gill) , Regional Architecture of the West of England, facsimile edition, 2001, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus other late 19th century & modern architecture reference & related, including Arnold Whittick, Eric Mendelsohn, reprinted, 1964, Paul Thompson, William Butterfield, 1971, A Prospect Of Britain, the town panoramas of Samuel And Nathaniel Buck, by Ralph Hyde, 1st edition, 1994, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
Johnes (Thomas) . The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet;..., 2 volumes, 1869, colour half-title to volume 1, black & white in-text illustrations, later inscriptions to the front endpapers, some light marginal toning, top edge gilt, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, boards & spines lightly faded & rubbed to head foot, 8vo, together with: Hughes (Philip) , The Reformation In England, 3 volumes, 1950-54, black & white illustrations & maps, some light spotting & toning, publishers original cloth in dust jackets, cover slightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor loss, 8vo, and Styan (K. E.) , A Short History of Sepulchral Cross-Slabs, with reference to other emblems found thereon, 1902, 61 black & white illustrations, minor toning, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards lightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, plus other modern history reference & biography, including The Illuminated Calendar and home diary for 1845, contemporary gilt decorated red full morocco, 8vo, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)
De La Mare (Walter) . The Traveller, 1st edition, 1946, inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, 4 colour illustrations by John Piper, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed & chipped with loss to head & foot of spine, 8vo, together with: Ruttledge (Hugh), Everest 1933, 1st edition, 1934, 59 black & white illustrations & 4 maps, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting throughout, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Noyce (Wilfrid) , South Col, one man's adventure on the ascent of Everest, 1953, 1st edition, 1954, colour and black & white illustrations & maps, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 8vo, plus other modern travel, mountaineering & U.K. topography reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (Qty: 6 shelves)
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[Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts] . The Memorial Catalogue of the Old Glasgow Exhibition 1894, 1986, numerous monochrome illustrations & 30 portraits, some minor marginal toning & spotting, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, limited edition 42/400, together with; W hymper (Edward [illustrator]) , Canadian Pictures, drawn with pen and pencil, by The Marquis Of Lorne, circa 1885, colour folding map to the 'Contents' page with minor tear, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, and Bartlett (W. H., Willim Purser, &c.) , Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c., 2 volumes, circa. 1836, 75 black & white plates with tissue guards, period inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting throughout, all edges gilt, publishers uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, plus other 19th century & modern history, travel & topography reference, including Glasgow Past and Present, 3 volumes, published by David Robertson and Co., 1884, limited edition 49/500, The Land and The Book;..., The Holy Land., 3 volumes, by William M. Thomson, 1886, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
Barker (William Burckhardt) , Lares And Penates: or, Cilica And Its Governors;..., 1853, black & white folding map with minor tear to right side, plus numerous illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated full calf bound by Carss & Coy, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo together with; Burns (Robert) , The Works of Robert Burns, with an account of his life..., edited by James Currie, 3 volumes, new edition, 1819, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light spotting & toning, contemporary gilt decorated half calf bound by David Bryce & Son, spines lightly rubbed, 8vo and Robertson (William) , The History of Scotland, 3 volumes, 17th edition, 1806, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light spotting & toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with minor loss to spine labels, lacking complete spine labels to volumes 2 & 3, 8vo, plus other 19th century literature & reference, all gilt decorated leather bindings, including An Inquiry into the Nature and Cauuses of the Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, 3 volumes, 5th edition, 1789, overall condition is generally fair/very good, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 90 volumes
Sands (John, publisher). Sands' Sydney & Suburban Directory for 1899, comprising, amongst other information, Street, Suburban, Commercial, Pastoral, Educational, Trade and Professional, Governmental, Parliamentary, Law, and Miscellaneous Lists, 39th Year, Sydney, 1899, advertisements, including one or two printed in colour, original cloth backed red boards gilt, heavily rubbed, spine with some discolouration, thick 8vo, together with: Hutchinson (Frank [editor]) . New South Wales: "The Mother Colony of the Australias.", Sydney, 1896 ,colour folding panorama, 56 monochrome illustrations, 6 maps, rear folding map torn, bookplate to front pastedown, some spotting & toning, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine lightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, plus: Griffin (G. W.) , New South Wales: Her Commerce and Resources, Sydney, 1898 , some light spotting & marginal toning, original brown cloth, boards & spine lightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th century Australian history & reference, including C.E.W. Bean, et al, The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918, 11 volumes (volumes 1-3 and 5-12), mixed editions, 1921-34, Charles P. Mountford, Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Melbourne University Press, 1956-58, Australia in the War of 1939-1945 series, 14 volumes, 1952-66, The Illustrated Australian Encyclopaedia, 2 volumes, edited by Arthur Wilberforce & Herbert James Carter, 1925, Salt magazine, approximately 100 issues, 1941-45, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
Strickland (Frederic). A Manual of Petrol Motors and Motor Cars: comprising the designing, construction, and working of petrol motors, second edition, revised, 1914, numerous illustrations and diagrams, including some folding, original maroon cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks to spine, 8vo, together with; Kolb (E. L.) , Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico, new edition, New York, 1920, colour frontispiece plus 72 monochrome plates from photographs, period inscription to front endpaper, original publisher's blue cloth, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Hedin (Sven). Trans-Himalaya, Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet (Macmillan's Colonial Library), 2 volumes, Macmillan, 1909, monochrome plates, original dark blue cloth gilt, bright condition, small 8vo, and Burnet (Gilbert) , Lives, Characters, and an Address to Posterity, 1833, pencil annotations opposite the title page, some light toning, rebound retaining contemporary green cloth with modern spine label, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century travel, story and related, including J.A. Doyle, The English in America (The Colonies under the House of Hanover, & The Middle Colonies), 2 volumes, 1907, Edith Humprhis and Douglas Sladen, Adam Lindsay Gordon and His Friends in England and Australia, 1912, Ivan F. Champion, Across New Guinea from the Fly to the Sepik, 1932, Black's Picturesque Tourist of Ireland, 2nd edition, Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1857 (with folding maps, bound in original blindstamped cloth gilt), etc., mostly original cloth, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo (Qty: 6 shelves)
Jevons (W. Stanley). Letters and Journal of W. Stanley Jevons, edited by his wife, 1st edition, Macmillan & Co., 1886, portrait frontispiece, original rust-brown cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with: Wagner (Richard). My Life, 2 volumes, Constable and Company Ltd., 1911, original red cloth gilt, 8vo, plus: Arber (Edward). An English Garner, in gatherings from our history and literature, 7 volumes bound in 14, mixed editions, 1877-83, contemporary pale blue cloth, rubbed and some marks and spines discoloured, and other late 19th & early 20th century history and literature, biographies, etc., including Mary Granville, The Autobiography And Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs.Delany:..., 6 volumes, 1861-62, black & white illustrations , modern endpapers, some light spotting & toning, large tear to folding family tree in volume 6, publishers uniform original embossed red cloth, spines faded & lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, S.A. Reitsma, Van Stockum's Travellers' Handbook for the Dutch East Indies, The Hague, W.P. Van Stockum & Son Ltd., 1930, etc. all original cloth, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
Percy (Earl). Highlands of Asiatic Turkey, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1901, monochrome plates after photographs, some scattered spotting, original red cloth gilt, some light marks, 8vo, together with: Warkworth (Lord). Notes from a Diary in Asiatic Turkey, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1898, monochrome plates after photographs, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, large 8vo, plus: Comyn (D.C.E.A.). Service & Sport in the Sudan, A Record of Administration in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, with some intervals of sport and travel, 1st edition, 1911, monochrome plates after photographs, some scattered spotting, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, and: Slatin Pasha (Rudolf C.). Fire And Sword in The Sudan, a personal narrative of fighting and serving the Dervishes, 1879-1895, translated by Major F.R. Wingate, 3rd edition, Edward Arnold, 1896, monochrome plates after R. Talbot Kelly, a little spotting to title, top edge gilt, original maroon cloth gilt, slightly rubbed to extremities, large thick 8vo, and other travel, various, 19th & 20th century, including W.H. Russell, The Prince of Wales' Tour: A Diary in India, 2nd edition, 1877, F.A.C. Forbes-Leight, Checkmate, Fighting Tradition in Central Persia, 1st edition, circa 1920, Colonel Sir Henry Colvile, The Land of the Nile Springs, being chiefly an account of how we fought Kabarega, 1895, Sir William Muir, The Caliphate, its rise, decline, and fall, new and revised edition, 1915, Yule and Burnell, Hobson Jobson, a Glossary of Coloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, new edition, 1903, Bland and Backhouse, China under the Empress Dowager, 1939, all original cloth, generally in good condition, mainly 8vo (Qty: 3 shelves )NOTESApproximately 70 volumes.
Bannerman (David Armitage) . The Birds of The British Isles, 12 volumes, 1st editions, 1953-63, numerous colour illustrations by George E. Lodge, some light toning, all original cloth, volumes 1, 5 & 6 without dust jackets, covers slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with: Thorburn (A.) , British Birds, 4 volumes, 4th edition, 1918, 82 colour plates, some spotting & toning throughout, publishers uniform original red cloth, boards & spines rubbed & faded, volume 4 spine partially detached at head, large 4to, A Naturalist's Sketch Book, 1919, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some light marks & toning, original red cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed, large 4to, Harvie-Brown (J. A.),Travels of a Naturalist in Northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905, original cloth, ex library with related plates to front pastedowns, residue of removed plates to front boards, extremities slightly rubbed, a few nicks to spines, 8vo, and McIntosh (W. C.) , The Resources of the Sea..., 1st edition, 1899, black & white illustrations, minor marginal toning, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other early 20th century & modern ornithology & other natural history reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 5 shelves)
Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. A near complete run, volume 1-188, 190-230, 1849-1985, plus 14 Index volumes all ex-library copies with associated marks, some toning & light spotting, mixed cloth & leather bindings, some boards & spines rubbed with minor loss, 4to (Qty: 14 shelves)NOTESApproximately 300 volumes
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Aldin (Cecil [illustrator]) . Handley Cross or Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt, 2 volumes, by R. S. Surtees, circa 1911, signed by the illustrator to the limitation page, 23 tipped in colour plates plus black & white illustrations, water damage to volume 2, top edges gilt, minor marginal toning, publishers uniform original gilt decorated cloth, volume 2 boards & spine water damaged, volume 1 boards & spine marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, limited edition 123/250, together with: Barton (Frank Townend) , Pheasants In Covert and Aviary, 1912, 4 colour plates & 37 black & white illustrations, some light spotting & toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Peek (Hedley & F. G. Aflalo) , The Encyclopedia of Sport, 2 volumes, 1897, numerous monochrome plates & illustrations, some light toning, top edges gilt, volume 1 boards & spine detached, uniform original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spines slightly marked & rubbed, large 8vo, plus other late 19th century & 20th century sporting, hunting and natural history interest, including Badminton Library, Fur Feather and Fin Series, The Lonsdale Library, Lionel Edwards, My Hunting Sketch Book, 1928, My Scottish Sketch Book, 1929, etc., some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 5 shelves)
Johnston (Charles) . Chrysal; or the Adeventure Of A Guinea: By An Adept, 3 volumes, new edition, printed for Hector M'Lean, 1821, 12 hand coloured plates in bright condition, period inscription to volume 1 front endpaper, some period ink marks, light toning & spotting, unifrom contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, volume 1 lacking bottom half of spine, 8vo, together with: Fitzgerald (Percy). The Life of David Garrick, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1868, original blue cloth gilt, spines lightly dulled, 8vo, plus: Mill (John Stuart). Auguste Comte and Positivism, 5th edition, 1907, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo, and Maxwell (William Stirling) , The Cloister Life of Emperor Charles V [The Works of Sir William Stirling Maxwell Baronet volume 5], 4th edition, 1891, 30 monochrome illustrations, some light toning, publishers original gilt decorated cloth, spine & label slightly faded, marked & rubbed, 8vo, and Macdonald (J. H. A.) , Life Jottings of an Old Edinburgh Citizen, 1st edition, 1915, 26 monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning, publishers original blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, plus other mostly 19th century history, literature, reference, etc., including The Historians ' History Of The World..., 12 volumes, 1907, bound in full leather, John Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens, 3 volumes, 12th edition, 1872, bound in original publisher's cloth, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some odd volumes & foreign language, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
Guyet (Charles) . Heortologia, sive De festis propriis locorum & ecclesiarum, opus novum et intentatum hactenus in quo, Urbino, 1728, black & white engraved title vignette, bookplates to from pastedown, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting & marginal toning, contemporary full vellum, boards & spine toned & rubbed, front hinges cracked to head & foot, folio, together with: Hermant (Godefroy) , La vie de S. Ambroise archevesque de Milan,..., Paris, 1679, black & white engraved title vignette, book plate to front pastedown, period inscriptions to endpapers, some light spotting & toning throughout, slight water damage to foot of front endpaper to pp.200, later calf spine retaining contemporary full calf boards, rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and da Barberino (Andrea) , Li Rea li di Francia ne' qua li si contiene la generazione degl'Imperatori Re Duchi Principi Baroni e Pala di ni di Francia con l'imprese gran di e battag li e da loro fatte cominciando da Costantino Imperatore sino ad Orlando conte d'Anglante, new impression, Venice, circa 1742, black & white engraved title page & vignette to A2, bookplates to front endpapers, small worm hole to head of the front endpaper and title page, manuscript catch-title to top & bottom edge, contemporary full vellum, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 17th - 19th Latin theological literature & related, some odd volumes, mostly leather bindings, overall condition is good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 60 volumes
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[America]. Two pamphlet volumes, 1806-13, containing: 1. Sullivan (James & Pickering, Timothy). Interesting Correspondence between His Excellency Governour Sullivan and Col. Pickering; in which the latter vindicates himself against the groundless charges and insinuations made by the Governour and others, 2nd edition, Boston: Printed by Greenough & Stebbins, 1808, 24pp., 2. Pickering (Timothy), Mr. Pickering's Speech, in the Senate of the United States, on the Resolution offered by Mr. Hillhouse to repeal the several Acts laying an Embargo, November 30, 1808, [U.S.]: [publisher not identified], [1808], 27pp., caption title, 3. Adams (James) , A Review of the Correspondence between the Hon. John Adams, Late President of the United States, and the Late William Cunningham..., 2nd edition, Salem: Cushing & Appleton, 1824, 140pp., some spotting, 4. Upham (Charles W.) , A Discourse, Delivered on the Sabbath after the Decease of the Hon. Timothy Pickering, Salem: Foote & Brown, 1829, 45,[1]pp., errata slip present, 5. Everett (David) , A Report of the Case of Belchertown Election, with the Documents, and Minutes of the Arguments in the Case. Published by Order of the House of Representatives, in their January Session, 1811. Under the Direction of David Everett, Boston: Printed by Isaac Munroe, Printer to the State, 1811, [52pp.], 6. Vose (John) , An Oration, Pronounced at Hanover, August 27, 1805, before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, Hanover, N.H.: Printed by Moses Davis, 1806, 14,[2]pp., final leaf blank, 7. ibid. , An Oration, Pronounced at Londonderry, before the Rockingham Agricultural Society, at their Annual Meeting, June 7, 1813, Concord: Printed by George Hough, Sept. 1813, 15,[1]pp., manuscript calculation to title, bound with one other, some spotting and browning, items 1-4 in first volume, items 5-7 in second, both bound in uniform modern boards, printed paper title label 'American Pamphlets' to spine of each, 8vo, together with: Burroughs (Charles), A Discourse Delivered in the Chapel of the New Alms-House, in Portsmouth, N.H.Dec. XV. MDCCCXXXIV. on the Occasion of its being first opened for Religious Services ... Published by request, Portsmouth, N.H.: J.W. Foster,1835, 108pp., half-title present, light spotting, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, printed title label to upper board, 8vo, United States Treasury, Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Prepared in Obedience to the Act of the 10th May, 1800 ... to which are prefixed, the Reports of Alexander Hamilton, on Public Credit, on a National Bank, on Manufacturers, and on the Establishment of a Mint, 2 volumes, Washington: Printed by Duff Green, 1828, library ink stamp to titles, some browning and spotting, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, maroon morocco title label to spine of each, old library numbers to spines, some joints cracked and wear to extremities, 8vo (Qty: 5)NOTESBurroughs: Sabin 9458. The half-title is Dr. Burroughs's Discourse on Pauperism and it is in fact on that subject alone that the author concentrates. The Rector of St. John's church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Burroughs considered that the nature of public provision for the relief of the poor was 'one of the most momentous and interesting subjects of political economy'. It was a subject, he recognised, 'that deeply affects the civil, social, religious, and moral concerns of the community ... Though perfection in the system of providing for the poor cannot be attained, yet it may be to a much nearer degree approached. Many errors may be corrected; many corruptions may be healed; many evils may be remedied'. And Burroughs reviews local causes of poverty and local provision for the poor, while at the same time looking at the bigger picture, the policies and practices of Britain, and the views of the great political economists (Malthus, Say, Chalmers and others). He commends the practical humanity and public philanthropy of the new local alms-house or poorhouse and recommends its continued financial support by the residents of Portsmouth.
Burton (Richard F.). Ultima Thule; or, A Summer in Iceland, 2 volumes , 1st edition, London: William P. Nimmo, 1875, half-titles, 6 tinted lithograph plates (including frontispieces and plan), two folding colour maps, wood-engraved illustrations (some full-page), bound without publisher's adverts, cancelled RMA Library bookplate to upper pastedown of each, contemporary black half morocco, rebacked, contrasting spine labels, 8vo (Penzer p.91), together with: Morris (Maurice O'Connor) , Rambles in the Rocky Mountains: with a visit to the Gold Fields of Colorado, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1864, half-titles inscribed by the author, light toning to first & last few leaves, modern dark green half morocco, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, Guthrie (William) , A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World, 22nd edition, London, 1812, 30 folding engraved maps (some hand-coloured, including double-hemisphere frontispiece), occasional scattered spotting, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, board corners worn and showing, large 8vo, and 4 others, travel (Qty: 8)NOTESProvenance: From the Library of David Wilson (1926-2020).
Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Ian Hamilton's March, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900, portrait frontispiece, folding map, two leaves of publisher's advertisements and 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, some spotting, signed by the author 'Winston S. Churchill' in brown ink to front free endpaper with additional words 'From' and '1902' above and below in another hand, probably that of Percy Wilson Brown, original dark red cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, faded on spine, together with: Churchill (Winston Spencer) , London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900, 4 maps (3 folding including colour frontispiece), single leaf publisher's advertisement and 32-page publisher's catalogue at rear, some spotting throughout, contemporary autograph ownership inscription of Percy W. Brown, 2/Gordon Highlanders, Durban, 18 June 1900, to front free endpaper, original pictorial light brown cloth, spine titled and decorated in gilt and red, rubbed and soiled, both 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESWoods A5 & A4(a). Signed first edition copies of Ian Hamilton's March are very rare, this being a near-contemporary signature seemingly done for Brigadier General Percy Wilson Brown CMG DSO (1876-1954).
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