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Click here to subscribeEdwards (Lionel). The Passing Seasons, depicted by Lionel Edwards, and Some Fleeting Thoughts of Crascredo, London: Country Life, [1927], 18 mounted coloured plates, each signed by the artist in pencil to lower margin, illustrations, original orange-brown cloth, spine torn at head and foot, few light water-stains to upper board, outer corners rubbed and frayed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition 69/250.
Knight (Joseph). Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1st edition, London: Walter Scott, 1887, a few minor spots, decorative endpapers, bookplate, all edges gilt, attractively bound in original Arts and Crafts brown morocco gilt by J. S. H.Bates, covers with geometrical gilt panels, upper cover with floral gilt and red dot onlay roll, spine with raised bands with floral decoration in compartments, joints a little rubbed, 8vo, signed to title by the binder, together with [Burne-Jones, Georgina]. Memorials of Edward Burne-Jones, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1904, portrait frontispieces, some slight spotting and toning, bookplates, top edge gilt, contemporary half calf gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Vallance (Aymer). William Morris, his art his writings and his public life, 2nd edition, London: George Bell, 1909, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, some light spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary half vellum gilt, royal 8vo QTY: (4)
Grapaldi (Francesco Mario). De Partibus Aedium, Lexicon utilissimum, Basel: ex officina Valderiana [Johann Walder], mense Martio, 1541, 16, 290 pp., woodcut initials, water stains to front and rear endpapers, and fore-margins throughout (more apparent to second half of volume), and title with some light marginal water staining, bookplate of Leonhard Sutter to front pastedown, contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, with original clasps intact, some soiling and discoloration, small 4to (binding measures 23 x 14 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Leonhard Sutter of Samedan, Switzerland (his bookplate).Cicognara 522; Fowler 149. A re-issue of the edition of 1533.First published in 1494, this early edition of Francesco Mario Grapaldi's encyclopedic dictionary on the rooms and contents of a large house or palazzo, including the cellar, garden, stables, baths, dining room, kitchen, library, armaments room, granary, etc., providing information about function and terminology rather than construction. The text contains numerous quotations from classical authors, including Pliny, Varro, and Vitruvius.
Newman (Edward). History of British Ferns, and Allied Plants, London: John Van Voorst, 1844, authors gift inscription to title, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, late 19th-century full calf bound by Hayday, gilt ruling to spine and boards, 8vo, together with:Kempis (Thomas A). Of the Imitation of Christ..., London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1896, gift inscription to front free endpaper, armorial bookplate of Cicely M. Binyon, all edges gilt, contemporary green full calf by Bumpus, evenly sunned to spine, small 8vo,Malory (Thomas). The Story of Elayne, The Fair Maid of Astolat, Guildford: A. C. Curtis, 1902, title and initials printed in red & black, endpapers toned, armorial bookplate of Cicely M. Binyon to front pastedown, near contemporary black morocco, decorative gilt acorn design to upper cover, thin 8vo,Murry (Ann). Mentoria: or, the Young Ladies Instructor, in Familiar Conversations on Moral and Entertaining Subjects: Calculated to improve Young Minds in the Essential, as well as Ornamental parts of Female Education, 5th edition, London: Fry and Couchman for Charles Dilly, 1787, 2 engraved plates, light toning to title page, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt title label to spine, 12mo,Cook (James). Captain Cook's third and last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean..., London: John Fielding and John Stockdale, circa 1780, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved views, contemporary calf, morocco title label to spine, 12mo, plus approximately 60 other leather-bound volumes, 8vo or smaller QTY: (approx. 60 )
Albertus Magnus. Super Matthei Evangeliare Postilla Alberti Magni, Hagenau: Heinrich Gran for Johann Rynman, 16 April 1505, [20 unnumbered leaves], 221 numbered folios, including C6 blank, blank Ee8 at end not present, text printed in double column, old ownership inscription in ink to A2: 'est Conventus Pred. S. Severini 1747', light (generally unobtrusive) waterstains, mainly to lower margins (increasing towards the rear of volume), title lightly soiled with old printed ticket pasted at head, 18th-century vellum, rubbed and some marks and minor wear, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Adams A548. A critical commentary on the Gospel of Saint Matthew by Albertus Magnus, sometimes found bound with the same author's commentary on Saint Mark, published in the same year. Rynman had issued Albertus' commentaries on Saint Luke and Saint John the previous year.
Morris (Francis Orpen). A History of British Birds, 6 volumes, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1868, 349 hand-coloured plates, light spotting, Skylark plate detached from volume 2, sewing weakening in places, together with:Morris (Francis Orpen). A History of British Butterflies, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1868, 69 hand-coloured plates, text block cracked with pages 122-127 and plate 62 detached, some light spotting, bookplate of Henry Thorp to front pastedown, all uniformly bound in original pictorial cloth gilt, backstrips uniformly faded, small tears to heads of spines and to joints, extremities a little rubbed, 4toQTY: (7)
Elzevir Press. Pub. Terentii Comoediae Sex Ex recensione Heinsiana, 1635, engraved title page, lacking front endpaper, some toning & wear to the title page through to pp.3, light marginal toning throughout, contemporary full limp vellum, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss, small 8voQ. Curtii Rufi Historiarum libri, accuratisime editi, 1656, engraved title page, folding map to A, engraved illustration to D2, period ink annotations, bookplate to the front pastedown, gutters cracked, some light toning throughout, contemporary full calf, boards & spine rubbed, small 8vo, together with:Dorman Newman, printed for, The Lives & Deaths of the Holy Apostles of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Together with the Two Evangelists, St Mark and St. Luke, London, 1685, engraved frontispiece, 15 engraved portraits of the Saints, gutters cracked, some small loss to the endpapers, some light toning throughout, later full calf, boards & spine wormed with some loss, small 8vo, plusCroft (Herbert), The Abbey of Kilkhampton, an improved edition, London: printed for G. Kearsley, 1788, bookplate to the front pastedown, catalogue description pasted down to the front endpaper, front gutter cracked, contemporary gilt decorated red full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed with some small loss, 8vo, and other 17th to early 20th Century antiquarian literature & reference, some contemporary leather bindings, some original cloth, some foreign language & odd volumes, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)
Hakluyt (Richard). The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or overland, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the Earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeres: divided into three severall Volumes, according to the positions of the Regions, whereunto they were directed. The first Volume containeth the worthy Discoveries, & c. of the English toward the north and northeast by Sea, as of Lapland, Scrikfinia, Cortlia, the Baie of S. Nicolas... the mighty Empire of Russia, the Caspian Sea, Georgia, Armenia, Media, Persia, Boghar in Bactria, and divers kingdomes of Tartaria... Whereunto is annexed a briefe Commentary of the true state of Island, and of the Northern Seas and lands situate that way: As also the memorable defeat of the Spanish huge Armada Anno 1588. The second Volume comprehendeth the principall navigations, voyages, traffiques, and discoveries of the English nation made by sea or over-land to the South and South-east parts of the world..., 3 volumes bound in two, 2nd [enlarged] edition, London: Imprinted by George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker, 1599-1600, black letter, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, without the map in the third volume (as often), first title with two eraly ownership inscriptions in ink 'Humphrey Davies ex dono... sui Michael Evans', and 'William White's booke', armorial bookplate of Edward Finch verso of first title, second volume with some scorching to upper margins between D1 and Ggg6, generally not affecting text, and final three leaves of the second volume with some brown stains, minor marginal light browning and occasional marks, generally a clean crisp copy, 18th century full calf gilt, with ornamental gilt-tooled device to centre of each cover, expertly re-cased with original spine laid down, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Alden & Landis 598/42; Borba de Moraes I:328; Church 322 (second issue); Grolier English 14; Hill 744 (second issue of the title); Palau 112038 & 112039; Pforzheimer 443 (1st and 2nd volumes); PMM 105 (for the first edition of 1589); Sabin 29595; STC 12626.The second, greatly enlarged edition, with the first title-page in the second state ('yeres' instead of 'years', and not including the reference to 'the famous victorie atchieved at the citie of Cadiz, 1596'). This copy includes the Voyage to Cadiz account after Eee3 (pages 607/619). This section was suppressed by Elizabeth I after the disgrace of the Earl of Essex in 1599, but the sheets were not destroyed. In some copies sold after Elizabeth's death, these sheets were reinserted. Regarding the map, Pforzheimer notes: 'it is generally allowed that the map which belongs in that third volume, only occasionally found, was not issued with all copies.'The entire third volume is devoted to America: 'The Third and last Volume of the Voyages, Navigations, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, and in some few places, where they have not been, of strangers, performed within and before the time of these hundred yeeres, to all parts of the Newfound world of America, or the West Indies... as namely to Engronland, Meta Incognita, Estoti land, Tierra de Labrador, Newfoundland, up the grand bay, the gulfe of S. Laurence,... to the shores and maines of Virginia and Florida, and on the west or backside of them both, to the rich and pleasant countries of Nueva Biscaya... to the bottome of the gulfe of California... Together with the two renowned and prosperous voyages of Sir Francis Drake and Mr. Thomas Candish round about the circumference of the whole earth'. According to Church, ' Hakluyt's Principall Navigations was the fruit of a life devoted to promoting the cause of English colonisation and commerce by disseminating knowledge about, and stimulating interest in, all the less known, or recently discovered parts of the world', and the supplement 'contains fourteen rare works not easily accessible in any other form, and is quite as important as either of the volumes published in [Hakluyt's] time.' (Sabin)
* Gillray (James). Doublures of Characters; - or - Striking Resemblances in Phisiognomy. "If you would know Men's Hearts, look in their Faces", London: J. Wright for the Anti Jacobin Review, November 1st 1798, uncoloured etched caricature, light areas of dust-soiling, old folds, 260 x 360 mm, together with: Gillray (James). Pen-Etration..., London: H. Humphreys, August 6th, 1799, etching on wove paper with contemporary hand colouring, small area of mount tape at top margin on verso, 260 x 200 mmGillray (James). Half Natural, London: H. Humphreys, August 1st, 1799, etching on wove paper with contemporary hand colouring, some mount burning, tipped onto card, 250 x 190 mm, together with 4 other portraits by Gillray, various sizes and condition QTY: (7)NOTE:BM Satires 9261 for the first work.'In 1798 the Anti-Jacobean Review published the explicit Doublures of Characters; - or - striking Resemblances in Physiognomy. This print played on the recent success of the English translation of J. K. Lavater's Essay on Physiognomy which offered rules interpreting facial features. Gillray ironically unveiled the 'true' faces of the opposition party by linking their caricatures to their various weaknesses for drink, gambling or debt' Gillray Caricatures: The Genesis of Caricature, The National Portrait Gallery.
[Taplin, William]. The Sportsman's Cabinet, or: a correct delineation of the various Dogs used in the Sports and The Field, including The Canine Race in general. Consisting of a Series of Engravings of every distinct breed, from original paintings, taken from life, 2 volumes, London: J. Cundee, 1803-1804, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title to each (upper outer corner of additional titles excised and repaired), 24 engraved plates (inner margin of plate of blood hound with closed tear), wood-engraved vignettes, occasional light spotting and some minor dust-soiling, endpapers renewed with armorial bookplate of Edward Owen Vaughan Lloyd of Rhagatt to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, rebacked, preserving original spine, lacking spine labels, worn, 4to, together with:Doré (Gustave, illustrator). The Legend of the Wandering Jew..., with Prologue and Epilogue, by Pierre Dupont; Bibliographical Notice by Paul Lacroix (Bibliophile Jacob)..., translated, with critical remarks, by George W. Thornbury, London: Addey and Co., 1857, engraved plates, 12 engraved plates, half-title detached, armorial bookplate of Wilfred Francis Southall to upper pastedown (stain at foot of upper pastedown), some spotting throughout, edges frayed, all edges gilt, original gilt-blocked green cloth, boards detached, upper cover rubbed, worn, slim folio, [Cox, Thomas]. Magna Britannia et Hibernia, Antiqua & Nova. Or, A New Survey of Great Britain..., volume 4 only, London: printed by E. and R. Nutt, 1727, 4 engraved folding maps by Morden only (including Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland & Somerset, lacking map of Shropshire), some light damp-staining, contemporary panelled calf, maroon morocco title label, upper board detached, lower joint split, worn, 4to, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian, art reference, literature and Victorian decorative cloth bound volumes etc., including Book of Common Prayer, Oxford: printed at the University, 1843, contemporary morocco, large 4to, The Magazine of Art, 5 volumes, 1887-89, and The Portfolio, edited by P. G. Hamerton, 1890QTY: (2)
Gand (Louis de). Parallelume Olivae, nec non Olivarii : serenissimi, celsissimi, potentissimiqué Angliae, Scotiae, Hyberniae dei gratia protectoris etc., London: R. J., 1656, signed by the author to head of front free endpaper in brown ink 'Ex. dono, authoris', engraved title, 2 engraved illustrations (one full-page) woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, a few light spots, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked with some corners refurbished, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, some marks, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing G193.
Ketham (Johannes de). Fasciculus medici[n]e praxis tam chirurgis quam etiam physicis maxime necessaria, Venice: Cesare Arrivabene, March 1522, [4], LVIII (i.e. 59), [1, blank] leaves including final blank, double column, roman type, title-page within an ornamental woodcut border, 10 full-page woodcut illustrations (attributed to Gentile Bellini), numerous 3- to 12-line woodcut floriated and historiated initials, woodcut printer’s device on verso of H3, light occasional marginal spotting, dust-soiling and a few tiny ink spots, one slightly larger ink stain to leaf A6r affecting two words but without loss of legibility, late 19th or early 20th-century vellum over boards with printed paper title label to upper cover, slightly rubbed and dust-soiled, short split at foot of upper joint and front free endpaper detached but present, folio (310 x 215 mm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Durling 2660; Garrison-Morton-Norman 363; Heirs of Hippocrates 126; PMM 36 (1493/4); Wellcome I, 3549. Signatures: a4 A-G8 H4. A fresh, complete and wide-margined copy of this last early edition of Ketham’s medical masterwork. ‘The book includes sections on surgery, epidemiology, uroscopy, pregnancy and the diseases of women, herbal and other remedies, etc. It was first published in Latin in 1491...’ (Printing and the Mind of Man).
* Gillray (James). The Fall of the Wolsey of the Woolsack, London: H. Humphreys, May 24th 1792, etching on wove paper with contemporary hand colouring, paper residue on verso, 250 x 350 mm, together with:The Coward, comforted; -or-A Scene immediately after the Duel, London: J. Aitken, May 29th 1789, etching on wove paper with contemporary hand colouring, paper residue to top margin and on verso, 250 x 350 mm, plusCooling the Brain. or - The Little Major, shaving the Shaver, London: J. Aitken, May 8th 1789, etching on wove paper with contemporary hand colouring, small repaired hole to printed area, 250 x 350 mm, andBrunswick, Triumphant! or-The Battle of the Blood's,-pure, & contaminated, London: J. Aitken, May 23rd 1789, etching on wove paper with contemporary hand colouring, light dust-soiling, some closed repaired tears, trimmed to platemark, 250 x 350 mm QTY: (4)NOTE:BM Satires 8096; 7535; 7529 & 7531 respectively.
Camden (William). Britain, or a Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland..., London: Georgii Bishop & Joannis Norton, 1610, additional engraved map title (from another copy with slightly reduced margins), 57 engraved maps after C. Saxton by W. Kip and G. Hole, all but 2 double-page (few maps with printing slight faults including maps of Dorset, Essex and Norfolk), 8 engraved plates of coins on 4 leaves, engraved and woodcut illustrations, letterpress title with early 19th-century ownership signature William Gribble to upper margin (name also appears to margins of several text leaves, some bearing the date 1839), Latin dedication torn to margins and repaired (leaf reattached), lower outer corner of fore-margin of F1, 3C3 and 3N5 repaired (3C3 with consequent text loss), H7 and 3Y5 with repaired closed tear, blank fore-margins of final leaves of index strengthened/repaired, some upper margins throughout volume damp-stained (mostly light), occasional toning and few marks, recent endpapers, contemporary calf with faint oval blind stamp ornament to centre of upper board, modern reback with maroon skiver title label, board corners refurbished, folio (33.5 x 22 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb XIX; STC 4509.The maps are reprints of the 1607 plates without text on the back, arranged in the same order (Chubb).
Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly Translated out of the original Tongues: And with the former Translations diligently compared and revised..., London: printed by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Majestie: and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1640], lacking general title, text commences at A1 (First Book of Moses, called Genesis), New Testament title present with decorative woodcut border (with imprint dated 1639), bound without Apocrypha, black letter text throughout, few decorative woodcut initials, long repaired closed tear to leaf 5Z1, closed tear at foot of leaf 5I4, few discreet tissue repairs to margins, occasional light dust-soiling (leaves generally in bright, clean condition), early 19th-century marbled endpapers, early 19th-century blind panelled and decorated calf retaining earlier brass corner pieces, central diamond shaped centre boss and one clasp present, stain to upper board centred on upper joint and spine, joints slight cracked and light wear, folio (39.5 x 25.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 421; Herbert 543; STC 2339.The last of the folio editions in large black-letter printed between 1611 and 1640. It generally agrees very closely with the earlier editions; but the type is somewhat worn, and the rules round the pages do not meet at the corners. Marginal readings in roman type instead of italics. (Herbert).
Gentleman's Magazine. The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, London: D. Henry, 1773, 27 plates and maps (however Bougainville route map lacking European portion), some light soiling and spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked (endpapers renewed), spine lettered in gilt, lightly marked, 8vo, together with:The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, London: D. Henry, 1774, 22 plates (including folding maps), some light toning and spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked (endpapers renewed), spine lettered in gilt, lightly marked, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:The 1773 issue contains one of the earliest published illustrations of a Kangaroo. The 1774 issue contains one of the earliest reports of the Boston Tea Party.
Norton (Caroline). The Dream, and other poems, 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1840, presentation copy inscribed by the author in brown ink to front blank 'Le General Radowiz, de la part de l'auteur, (Par obéifance - non par vanite'.) Caroline Norton', engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 poems on the contents pages asterisked (presumably by the author), preliminary leaves loose (including frontispiece), preliminary leaves spotted, all edges gilt, 19th-century green calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with: The Coquette, and other tales and sketches, in prose and verse, volume 2 only (of 2), London: Edward Churton, 1835, inscribed in the author's hand in brown ink to front blank 'General Radowitz, jusqu'il le vend', some further notations to content page (presumably by the author), 4 lines of text of 'On reading an old letter' crossed out with replacement text added beneath in brown ink by the author, a few light spots, contemporary red half morocco gilt, spine faded, rubbed, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Joseph von Radowitz, conservative Prussian statesman and general (1797-1853).The text of 'On reading an old letter' has been changed from 'The echo of a reveller's shout, is faint, and low, and sad; But this wan lip's smiling, Seems no longer glad' to 'So the revel's music, Soundeth loud & glad, But its far-off echo, Faint & low & sad'.
[Barker, Thomas]. The Art of Angling. Wherein are discovered many rare secrets very necessary to be knowne by all that delight in that recreation, 2nd edition, London: 1653, 18 pp., title with woodcut device, ornamental headpiece and woodcut initial, marginal repair and two short closed tears to last leaf, some light toning and small stains, later calf, red morocco label to spine, one corner repaired, some fading small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell p. 21; Wing B783. Scarce.The second edition of this early work, first published in 1651. 'This edition was without the author's name. It is sometimes annexed to copies of "The Countryman's Recreation", 1654.' (Westwood & Satchell).Barker made a living as an angling tutor and the text provides practical advice on fish species, tackle and bait as well as recipes for trout, pike and carp.
Clarke (J. Stirling). The Habit & The Horse; A Treatise on Female Equitation..., London: Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen, 1860, 9 lithograph plates (including 6 coloured lithographs), light spotting to a few leaves, previous ownership inscription excised from title page to top right corner, all edges gilt, publisher's original red cloth, gilt figure of a woman and horse blocked to upper cover, boards waterstained, rubbed and worn, 4to, together with: Miller (Samuel, publisher). Male Character Costumes for Fancy Dress Balls and Private Events, London: Samuel Miller, [1884], additional hand-coloured pictorial title (toned), 96, [2] pp., including trade advertisements, printed title with decorative outer border, 21 full-page uncoloured wood-engraved plates of fancy dress costumes, numerous illustrations to text, original yellow chalk-glazed endpapers, contemporary ownership signature 'Langtree' to front free endpaper, original publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, lettered in gilt to upper cover, rubbed with some marks, stain to rear cover, 4to QTY: (2)
Bible [Latin]. Biblia. Hebraea, Chaldea, Graeca & Latina nomina...restituta, cum Latina interpretatione. Locorum descriptio e Cosmographis. Index practerea rerum & sententiarum...His accesserunt schemata Tabernaculi Mosaici, & Templi & Salomonis, quae praeunte Francisco Vatablo Hebraicarum literarum Regio professore doctissimo, summa arte & fide expressa sunt, Paris: Ex Officina Roberti Stephani [Robert Estienne], 1538-1540, 3 parts bound in 2 volumes, numerous 9-line woodcut criblé initials, ruled in red throughout, all capital letters highlighted in light yellow, extensive contemporary annotations throughout both volumes in Latin in brown ink, in many cases filling the very wide blank margins completely with lengthy manuscript notes, lacking *1, d6-7, e3, p1, 3, 5 and 8, Nn6-8, AA1, and aa1, including all title pages, 2-8 incorrectly transposed (Ecclesiastes), the first 30 leaves to the first volume with archival repairs to outer margins, with some loss of the extensive contemporary manuscript annotations, similar archival paper repairs at rear of the first volume, generally without any loss of manuscript annotations, second volume with similar archival repairs to outer margins at front and rear, not affecting text or manuscript annotations, all edges gilt,, modern dark blue full crushed morocco, lettered in gilt to spines: Biblia Latina Vulgata, Roberti Stephani, and Paris 1532 (the date erroneous), marbled endpapers, some light surface marks, large folio (textblock measures 485 x 350 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 6117. Signatures conform with this edition.Renouard, Annales Estienne, 35. A major scholarly edition of the Latin Bible published by the renowned Parisian printer Robert Éstienne, who produced several Bible editions between 1527 and 1540, this being the third Estienne folio edition.
Andersen (Hans Christian). Stories, with illustrations by Edmund Dulac, New York: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911], mounted colour illustrations throughout, a few light spots, original brown pictorial cloth gilt, lightly marked and bumped, 4to, together with:Brothers Grimm. Little Brother & Little Sister, and other tales, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1st edition, London: Constable & Co, 1917, mounted colour frontispiece, 11 mounted colour illustrations, occasional light spotting and toning, edges untrimmed, original pictorial green cloth gilt, 4to, plusSome British Ballads, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1st edition, London: Constable & Co, [1919], 16 mounted colour illustrations, occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, some light fading, 4to, with 41 other related volumes, mostly early 20th-century children's booksQTY: (44)
Lang (Andrew). The Green Fairy Book, 4th edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895, The Pink Fairy Book, 1st edition, 1897, lacks front endpapers, gutters cracked, spine partially detached, The Grey Fairy Book, 1st edition, 1900, The Lilac Fairy Book, 1st edition, 1910, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, The Violet Fairy Book, new impression, 1919, The Yellow Fairy Book, new impression, 1920, previous owner marks to the front endpapers & half-title, The Animal Story Book, 1st edition, 1896, The Red Book of Animal Stories, 1st edition, 1899, period inscriptions to the half-titles, all volumes with some light toning, spotting & wear, all original cloth, boards & spines rubbed with some wear & minor loss, 8vo, together with:Milne (A. A.), When We Were Very Young, 6th edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1924, monochrome illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some minor toning & marks, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th Century pictorial cloth fiction, all original cloth bindings, some gilt decorated, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8voApproximately 105 volumesQTY: (5 shelves)
Dulac (Edmund, Illustrator). My Days With the Fairies, by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell. A New and Enlarged Edition of "Fairies I Have Met", London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913], 8 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting, residual of juvenile drawings to endpapers, original red pictorial cloth gilt, edges lightly rubbed, 4to, together with:Robinson (W. Heath, illustrator). A Song of the English by Rudyard Kipling, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], 30 tipped-in colour plates, publisher's gilt tooled blue cloth, 4toRackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, London: William Heinemann, 1939, illustrated, publisher's original printed blue cloth, 4to plus Muriel I. Perrin (illustrator). On the Wings of the Wind..., The Field & Queen, 1915, Pamela Bianco. Flora. A book of Drawings, with illustrative poems by Walter de la Mare..., London: William Heinemann, circa 1920 QTY: (5)
Desbrière (Édouard). The Naval Campaign of 1805, Trafalgar, 2 volumes, edited by Constance Eastwick, 1st edition, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1933, 13 monochrome folding maps to the rear pocket of volume 2, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly toned, marked & rubbed to head & foot with some minor tears, 8vo, together with:Larpent (George, editor), The Private Journal of F. S. Larpent, Esq., Judge Advocate General of the British forces in the Peninsula..., 3 volumes, London: Richard Bentley, 1853, bookseller ink stamps to the front endpapers, some light toning throughout, rebound retaining contemporary uniform embossed red cloth boards & spines, some loss to the spine, 8vo, plusLeslie (John H., editor), The Dickson Manuscripts, being diaries, letters, maps, account books, with various other papers,..., 5 volumes, reprint edition, Cambridge: Ken Trotman, 1987, facsimile pages, original uniform red cloth, 8vo, limited edition 38/200, and other mostly modern Napoleonic era reference & related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Wilson (James). A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from the journals of the officers and the missionaries; and illustrated with maps, charts, and views, drawn by Mr. William Wilson, and engraved by the most eminent artists. With a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands; and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite; by a committee appointed for the purpose by the directors of the Missionary Society, 1st edition, London: S. Gosnel for T. Chapman, 1799, 13 engraved maps, plates and plans, some folding (one with small repair to verso), some offsetting from plates, light spotting to title, contemporary half calf, spine rubbed and faded, some wede wear, 4to, together with A Voyage Round the World, in His Majesty's Ship the Dolphin, Commanded by the Honourable Commodore Byron... by an officer on board the said ship, 2nd edition, London: printed for J. Newbery, 1767, engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates, some light spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked and repaired, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:First work Borba de Moraes II pp. 378-9; ESTC T87461; Ferguson 301. The preferred Gosnel edition: there was also an 'ordinary' edition (Ferguson) with 'T. Chapman... by T. Gillet' in the imprint, in a completely different setting and on smaller paper. 'The Duff was the first missionary vessel to sail the little-known waters of the Pacific Ocean. After 208 days the vessel reached Tahiti, landing seventeen missions there, a further twelve at Tonga and one of the Marquesas... several missionaries settled in Australia and founded families important in Australian history. The Duff proceeded from Tonga through the Fiji and Caroline Groups to Canton. In the course of the voyage, the Duff Group was discovered and named and the knowledge of Pacific geography considerably extended.' (Ferguson).
Golden Cockerel Press. The Athenians; Harriet & Mary, Shelley at Oxford, edited by Walter Sidney Scott, 3 volumes, Golden Cockerel Press, 1943-44, frontispiece to each, titles printed in red and black, slight toning to a few leaves bookplate of, Margaret Lyall to Harriet & Mary, 17 signatures of a cast of actors to front endpaper of Shelley at Oxford, top edge gilt, original morocco-backed boards, some light fading and small stains, 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:Limited editions, each a numbered copy of between 350 and 500 copies.
Book of Common Prayer. The Booke of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, London: Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1604, a8,B10, A8 B10, C8-n8, O10, P8, Q6, title printed in red and black with elaborate woodcut border, rubrication to a number of motifs to the outer edges of the design, large woodcut initials, bound with The Psalter or Psalmes of David, after the translation of the great Bible: Pointed as it shall be sung or said in Churches, London: Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1604, A-K8,title within elaborate woodcut border, black letter, large woodcut initials, bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others, conferred with the Hebrue and apt Notes to sing them with all. Set forth and allowed to be sung in all Churches, of all the people, together and after Morning and Evening prayer, as also before and after Sermons and moreover in private houses, for their godly solace and comfort laying apart all ungodly songs and ballades, which tend onely to the nourishing of vice and corrupting of youth, London: printed [by John Windet] for the Company of Stationers, 1604, A4, B-T6, U8, title within elaborate architectural woodcut border, black letter, numerous woodcut initials, a few leaves between P6 and Q2 with some print offsetting, one contemporary leaf of manuscript prayers in brown ink (relined) bound into the Book of Common Prayer between B8 and A1, three similar manuscript leaves bound in at end of volume (A praier for the Morninge, etc.), the first of which is torn with some loss, and a further manuscript prayer added at foot of U4 recto, occasional light soiling, contemporary full calf, boards triple-ruled in gilt and blind, central octofoil gilt tool with strapwork and floral infill between blind initials F and M, later reback with endpapers renewed, rubbed and some surface wear, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S2776: Griffiths, Book of Common Prayer, p. 83: 1604 (1); STC 16327 for the Book of Common Prayer (although the collation is A12 rather than A10 as here) and The Psalter or Psalmes of David; STC 2512a (for Whole Booke of Psalmes).
Owen (John & Bowen Emanuel). Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd; being a Correct Coppy of Mr Ogilby's Actual Survey of all ye Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England & Wales..., 1st edition, London: printed for & sold by Thom[as]. Bowles print & map seller next ye Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard & Em[anuel]. Bowen next ye King of Spain in S. Katherines, 1720, engraved title, four pages of tables of roads, 273 uncoloured engraved strip road and county maps, printed back-to-back, light even toning throughout, recent endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, modern reback, board corners lightly worn, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb CXLVII. The first, second and third editions are all dated 1720, but this copy has the 'King of Spain' imprint on the title which Chubb indicates is the first edition.
Seamus Heaney Christmas card, privately published for the author by Peter Fallon/The Gallery Press, 2006, (300 Printed) folded light grey card with printed poem 'Miracle' inside, inscribed in black ink by Heaney above and below poem, ' George & ??????? and the other miracle is the first grandchild. Blessings of the season - Seamus + Marie', printed vignette of holly beneath title on front, 8vo
Thirty works by or about Seamus Heaney. Some duplicates, but different editions. The following four are signed: Anything can happen (2004); Sweeney Astray (1983); Ukkasvaloa (1997); North (1975 – 1st ed – Inscribed ‘For Ewan Hogan with admiration for his poem. Seamus Heaney, 25 November 1975). First editions: The Spirit Level (1996); The Burial at Thebes (2004); District and Circle (2006); Beowulf (1999); Finders Keepers – selected prose (2002); Seeing things (1991); Field Work (1979); Sweeney Astray (1983); Electric Light (2001); Human Chain (2010); Station Island (1984); Diary of One Who Vanished (1999). A rare opportunity to acquire a substantial collection of Heaney’s works
Agatha Christie - The Body in the Library, published by The Crime Club, London, 1942. First UK Edition, First Printing. Pp. 160. A true first edition, first printing (first impression) with [1942] and no statement of reprint. Orange cloth, light fading to spine ends, shadow of dust jacket text on boards, in original dust jacket which is not price-clipped (7s 6d net), A scarce wartime title, and rare in the original jacket.
A Hohner Chromonica 280C and a Harmonica in C Major, both boxed. Also including a Queen Victoria silver half crown 1889, a Guild of St. John Medal, Festival of Britain 5 Shillings and two Queen Elizabeth coins. three lighters, a vesta case, a light meter, a hand mirror, a sieve, cigarette cards of Explorers and replacement watch glasses.
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry uniform buttons by Jennens & Co, London; rank pips; a pair of mother of pearl cufflinks; a German Third Reich Mother's Cross miniature pin brooch dated 1938 verso; and a Jefferies Malings stitched leather golf ball Condition Report:Available upon request
A Marx Toys 'The Lone Ranger', jointed action figure, model No 7400, boxed and a Marx Toys 'Silver', model No 7408, boxed. (2) Condition Report: The Lone ranger figure is not broken but has areas of staining to his outfit and light play wear. The box is well worn but complete. The horse 'Silver' has discoloration but no obvious damage. Please see extra photos on Ewbank's website.
A Royal Worcester cabinet plate with blue and gilt banded border decorated with wildflowers, the centre field decorated with butterfly and dragonfly amongst wildflowers, bears green overglazed stamp verso with nine dots for 1925, 23 cm diameter, together with a Chinese Imari teacup with figural decoration, a Chinese blue and white scalloped edge tea bowl and a further oxide red and gilt decorated tea bowl of hexagonal form, bearing character marks to base (4) CONDITION REPORTS The plate - is incredibly dirty and otherwise has some light surface scratches. There is a line in the glaze from the dragonfly wing to the rose on its left. Some small areas of wear to the gilding, etc. throughout. See images for more details.The Imari cup - has had the handle off and badly reglued.The tea bowl - has some surface scratches to the interior predominantly.The hexagonal bowl - has some areas of chipping throughout on the top edge.All items have general wear conducive with age and use and are in need of a good clean. See images for more details.
18TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Young woman in white lace bonnet", oil on board, oval, miniature, apparently unsigned, 12 cm x 9 cm CONDITION REPORTS The painting has some light wear conducive with age and use and the frame has some cracking and patching to the veneer. There is some pitting to the slip. Otherwise general wear and tear. See images for more details.
A collection of Winchcombe pottery including an oval slip ware dish, 32 cm long x 28.5 cm wide x 5.5 cm high, three small rectangular dishes, 18.8 cm long x 13.4 cm wide, 14 cm x 9.3 cm and 14 cm x 10.2 cm respectively and a tapered Cardew style slipware bowl, 21.5 cm diameter x 10 cm high (5) (ARR) CONDITION REPORTS The oval slipware bowl has clearly been used, there is some loss of lustre to the glaze. There is a hairline crack running down the inside from the top edge. There is crazing to the cream glaze throughout. Surface scratches, some losses to the glaze in various places including the rim. The rectangular tray with the stylised fish has crazing throughout and surface scratches. The dish with the linear decoration has some white marks and some crazing. There is a hairline crack, possibly done during firing as the glaze appears to be over the top of it, to one corner. The larger dish with the scrolling decoration/serpent has some light scratches, crazing to the glaze and some splodge like marks to the yellow glaze - unsure if this is original or a later development. The Cardew style bowl has significant areas of glaze missing to the interior, has clearly been used as heavily scratched to the inside, losses to the glaze on the outside in line with what looks like bubbles on the glaze. All items have general wear and tear conducive with age and use, firing faults etc - see images for more details
A modern reproduction mahogany bookcase cabinet in the George III taste, the top with moulded cornice over three glazed cabinet doors enclosing adjustable shelving over three further cupboard doors, on splayed bracket feet, 182.5 cm wide x 48 cm deep x 229 cm high CONDITION REPORTS The bookcase comes into three sections, the very top pediment, the middle glazed section and the base. No signs of woodworm or rot. There is a large scratch or dent to the right hand side door. Various areas of the veneer is faded and there are various knocks, bumps etc throughout to the veneer. Bookcase is stable however, there is something a bit strange going on as the middle door and the right hand door are slightly down from the left hand door and there is a gap at the top. It maybe that the pieces need taking apart from the back and re-attaching as the left hand glazed door is slightly up at the base. Only the middle glass door lock works and opens, the other two doors are locked and the key doesn't open them. The bottom cupboards - the key opens and unlocks the right hand door and the middle door but not the left hand door. The right hand door is warped. All the glass panes are intact but some have some light surface scratches. The shelves for the glass top section are all missing as are the supports. The back panel is intact. The piece needs some work throughout including sorting out the warping, some small areas of loss throughout, shelves replaced etc. The feet have significant scratches, some signs of mildew etc. There is significant crazing to the varnish throughout. See images for more details
A box containing a Villeroy & Boch "Riviera" part dinner service, including dinner plates, side plates, bowls, teacups, teapot, etc., together with a box containing a Minton "Marlow" part tea service (2 boxes) CONDITION REPORTS Villeroy & Boch - four of the dinner plates are okay but have been heavily used with a matt like finish to the centre from the knife marks. Three of the dinner plates have chips or other marks. Three of the soup bowls are okay, look barely used, one has a fault mark to the inside. Six side plates have knife marks etc, have been used. The seven saucers have been used and require a clean. Two of the cups are okay, the other two cups have chips to the rim. One sugar bowl is okay, the other sugar bowl has a chip to the rim. Tea pot is okay. All items have clearly been used - see images for more details.The Minton pieces are all filthy and in need of a good clean. Some light knife marks, otherwise generally okay. General wear and tear conducive with age and use - see images for more details
R K W AFTER RAPHAEL "The Madonna della Sedia", miniature oil on ivory, circular, unsigned, inscribed verso variously "The Madonna & Child by Raphael - painted on ivory at Naples - 1861 R K W", 5.5 cm diameter CONDITION REPORTS Glass is missing. Areas of the frame are missing. Cracking and crazing to the frame throughout. Some light surface wear to the painting itself. Otherwise general wear and tear conducive with age and use. See images for more details.
A pair of Victorian style brass bobbin table lamps of candlestick form, 63 cm high including bayonet fixing, another smaller pair of brass table lamps CONDITION REPORTS The larger pair of lamps, we believe to be modern, see images of base. There is a small dent to one their "drip trays", yes they stand straight and parallel. The wires have been cut - need to be re wired.The other pair are modern, have passed PATesting, The single lamp, wire has been cut - needs to be re wired. There is pitting variously though out and some lose of plating especially to one side. All lamps have general wear and tear conducive to age and use to include some light scratching, pitting, casting faults and cleaning fluid remains. See images for more details.
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