Laver (James) . A complete catalogue of the etchings and dry-points of Arthur Briscoe , limited edition 230/250, 1930, 151 monochrome illustrations plus an original etching frontispiece signed by Arthur Briscoe, some light spotting & toning, original blue cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & marked, large 4to, together with Robins (W.P.) , Etching Craft, a guide for students and collectors, 1922, 192 black & white illustrations plus an original etching frontispiece signed by the author, some minor spotting, original quarter vellum, boards & spine marked & slightly rubbed, large 4to, and Bone (Muirhead) , Etchings & Dry Points, limited edition 98/275, 1909, Orach & Co., original etching frontispiece signed by the author, light marks to the endpapers, original green quarter calf, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, plus Comstock (Francis Adams) , A Gothic Vision: F.L. Griggs and his work, 2nd printing, limited edition of 500 copies, 1978, Boston, numerous black & white plates, minor spotting to the text block, original black cloth, large 8vo. (Qty: 4)
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Clark (John Heaviside). The Military Costume of Turkey, 1st edition, published by T. McLean ... B. R. Howlett, printer, 1818, half-title, advertisement leaf, title-page, dedication leaf, preface (vi pp.), contents leaf, 31 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece and vignette title-page, all by Clark except frontispiece (by Thomas Charles Wageman), letterpress description leaf to each plate except the frontispiece (as issued), binder's ticket ('J. Wier, Binder & Fancy Boarder') to half-title, a little light very finger-soiling to margins and to versos of plates, front free endpaper creased and spotted, a few other trivial marks, edges untrimmed, original pink paper boards, printed paper label to front board, wear to spine and extremities, large folio (49 x 34 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESColas 2059; Lipperheide 2388; cf. Abbey Travel 373 & Blackmer 1125. First edition, with text watermarked 'W Balston 1813' and plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1816', a very good copy in its original binding; Abbey and Blackmer's copies were both later issues (c.1820). 'The artist who produced the costume drawings for this work appears to be unknown although the preface states "the subjects which compose this selection have been furnished at the liberality of a gentleman, who had stored his porfolio during his residence at Constantinople"' (Blackmer). It is possible that this gentleman was William Wittman, member of the British military mission which joined the Ottoman forces at Constantinople in 1799 with the aim of repelling Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and Syria.
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the Original Tongues..., Cambridge: Printed by John Hayes Printer to the Universitie, 1675, engraved general title (few tears at foot), letterpress New Testament title with imprint dated 1673 and with early signature and closed tear, Apocrypha present, bound with at front an incomplete Book of Common Prayer and at rear an incomplete Book of Psalms, some fraying and tears at front and rear of volume (mostly affecting Book of Common Prayer at front), some soiling and toning, few marks and occasional stains, front free endpaper inscribed ' Ann Hobbs, her Book, the Gift of her Mother, Sep 30, 1828' and 'James William Penn His Book. The Gift of his Grandmother Maria Penn April 23rd 1871', contemporary sheep, lacking title label, lower joint cracked and some wear, 4to in 8s (leaf size 22.5 x 16cm), together with Bible [English] , The Holy Bible..., Oxford: Printed by the University Printers, 1703, general title engraved by M. Burghers with early 19th century genealogical entries for the Birch family to verso, letterpress New Testament title, Apocrypha present, bound with at front The Book of Common Prayer, Oxford: Printed by the University Printers, 1703, and at rear The Whole Book of Psalms, London: Printed by R.J. for the Company of Stationers, 1703, some toning and light dust-soiling, early signature of William Murphy 1708 to front free blank, lacking front & rear free marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated morocco, marked and some wear, 4to, with another copy of the same 1703 Oxford Bible (text black split), plus The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon Printer to the University, 1770, bound in two volumes, verso of front free endpapers inscribed 'Jane Ann Brunwin 1790. Her gift to Martin John Brunwin Dec. 27th 1835' & 'J. Tooke Hales from M.A. Brunwin July 6th 1890', all edges gilt, attractive contemporary gilt decorated green morocco, light wear to extremities, 12mo (Qty: 5)
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Ptolemy (Claudius). La Geografia, gia tradotta di Greco in Italiano da Giero[lamo] Ruscelli: e hora in questa nuova editione da Gio[vanni] Malombra ricorretta, e purgata d'infiniti errori, 3 parts in 1 volume, Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1574-73-73, signatures *-**4 A-H4 (Tavola) A-Z Aa-Xx4, A-Z Aa-Dd2 +2 A-Z Aa-Oo2, alpha-eta4, A-G4 H6, 65 double-page copper-engraved maps, mounted on stubs, woodcut device to each title-page (3 in total), complete with the 3 blanks (H4 of Tavola, eta4, and final leaf, H6), numerous woodcut diagrams and vignettes in the text, including 2 of Ptolemy star-gazing, and a full-page diagram of the classical compass winds, generally light browning, stronger to a few Ptolemaic maps (Europa, 6-9), heavier browning to a few sections of text, occasional spotting, maps clean except for some show-through versos, one marginal worm-track in quires D-E of part 1, contemporary manuscript catch-title to bottom edge of text-block, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, slightly marked and dust-soiled, later manuscript title to spine, early inscription to rear cover, housed in a custom blue cloth solander box, 4to (22 x 16.4 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAdams P2236; Sabin 66506; Shirley, Britain 110-11, World 110-11. Third edition of Ruscelli's translation, the first corrected by Giovanni Malombra, and containing one additional map, 'Territori di Roma'; Ruscelli's translation first appeared in 1561. Of the 65 maps 27 are Ptolemaic and 38 are modern: the latter include two important world maps, the double-hemispherical 'Orbis Descriptio' and the rectangular 'Carta Marina', both adapted from Gastaldi's Ptolemaic atlas of 1548. Shirley remarks that the 'Orbis Descriptio is elegantly designed and engraved on copper with typical Italian taste and skill. Separate double-hemispherical maps were no innovation but this is the first time that such a representation had been used in an atlas'.
Shenval Press . Italian Paintings and Drawings at 56 Princes Gate London SW7, 2 volumes, 1959, numerous black & white illustrations, uniform original red cloth in slipcase, 8vo, together with Wm. Helburn , Architectural Details (ornamental and structural) of the Renaissance Period in England, circa 1900, New York, 52 black & white plates, modern endpapers, some light spotting & marks, modern red cloth spine retaining contemporary red half calf, boards slightly rubbed with minor loss, large 4to, and other pre 20th & modern art history & reference, some leather bindings, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
Stokes (Francis Griffin) . Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum: The Latin text with an English rendering..., limited edition 93/500, 1909, monochrome frontispiece, light spotting throughout, original cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Jeyes (S.H.) , The Life and Times of The Right Honourable the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G...., 4 volumes, 1897, numerous black & white illustrations, some light toning, uniform original gilt decorated red cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and Macdonelll (Anne) , Sons Of Francis, 1902, 9 monochrome illustrations including frontispiece, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning original gilt decorated green cloth, spine lightly rubbed & toned, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th century history & philosophy reference & related, mostly original cloth, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
Lawson (John Parker). Scotland Delineated in a Series of Views by Clarkson Stanfield, David Roberts, George Cattermole, J. D. Harding, W. L. Leitch, Joseph Nash, Thomas Creswick, Horatio MacCulloch. Drawn in Lithography by J. D. Harding. With Historical, Antiquarian, and Descriptive Letterpress, 1st edition, Joseph Hogarth [-E. Gambart and Co.,], 1847-50, 10 original parts only, containing half-title, title-page, dedication leaf, 1-168 (of 308) pp. text (Contents and List of Plates, 2 leaves, absent), each in original wood-engraved buff paper wrappers, 51 (of 90) hand-coloured lithographic plates mounted within gilt frames on stiff card leaves as issued, heightened with gum arabic, tissue-guards, part 1 with additional 2 pp. 'Scotland Delineated Advertiser' to rear, tipped-in 'Notice to Subscribers' slip to parts 3-6, laid-in advertisement slip and bifolium to part 6, part 1 front wrapper, half-title and title-page spotted and nicked, occasional marginal spotting to text-leaves, light to moderate spotting to a few plates, chiefly above the skyline and to mounts, but sometimes stronger and more extensive, notably to plates 29 (Linlithgow Palace) and 62 (Falkland Palace), part 1 wrappers split along spine, wrappers of other parts intact but gutta percha fragile, text-leaves loose in parts 3, 4 and 10, each part laid into original patterned green cloth porfolio with green roan backstrip and gilt vignette to front panel, parts 4 and 7 spines worn and cracked, elephant folio (64 x 45 cm) (Qty: 10)NOTESProvenance: Private collection, United Kingdom. Abbey Scenery 493; not in Tooley. The very rare hand-coloured issue, housed in the original wrappers and cloth portfolios, which are unmentioned in Abbey and almost unknown in commerce; the Robert and Maria Travis copy (2005) was catalogued as retaining the wrappers but with 'contemporary cloth' portfolios. Scotland Delineated is considered of the great topographical books of the 19th century, with the splendid hand-coloured lithographs doing justice to the work of some of the finest landscape painters of the day. A full list of extant plates is available on request.
Museo Reale Borbonico. Raccolta delle pui interessante dipinture de'pui belli musaici rinvenuti negli scavi di Ercolano, di Pompei, e di Stabia, Naples, 1838, 120 engraved including one folding (repair to verso), manuscript index at end, a little minor soiling, bookplate contemporary green half calf gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Monuments Principaux du Musee National de Naples, Naples, circa 1865, 110 engraved plates, several folding, some light spotting and small water stains, previous owner inscription, bookplate of A.J.A. Symons, Finchingfield, all edges red, original vellum, manuscript label to spine, soiled, 4to, with two others: Francois Lenormant's Les Tableaux Musee de Naples, Paris, 1868 and Recueil des Monumens les plus interessans du Musee Royal-Bourbon, 2 volumes, 2nd edition Naples, 1843 (Qty: 5)
Scott (R.F.) . Scott's Last Expedition, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1913, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, uniform original blue cloth, 8vo, together with The Japanese Government Railways [publisher] , An Official Guide To Japan, 1933, colour illustrated endpapers, numerous colour maps, some light toning, original red cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Bone (Gertrude & Stephen) , Of The Western Isles, 1925, T.N. Foulis, 26 monochrome woodcuts including frontispiece, some minor spotting, original illustrated boards, slightly spotted & rubbed, 8vo, plus other travel, history & biography, including Baedecker's travel guides, 11 volumes, Frederick A. Pottle, Muirhead Bone, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
Swayne (Harald George Carlos). Through the Highlands of Siberia, 1st edition, Rowland Ward, Limited, 1904, half-title, frontispiece, folding plate, folding map (partially split along one fold, closed tear to stub), numerous text illustrations (many full-page), 10 pp. advertisements, leaf 2C1 torn in margin, original orange cloth, small nick to foot of spine, light wear to corners, 8vo, together with: Bicknell (Arthur C.), Travel and Adventure in Northern Queensland, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 24 plates, original green pictorial cloth, spine very gently rolled, slightly frayed at head and foot, corners rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance (Swayne): Walter Rutherford Peterson Jr. (1922-2011), American politician (bookplate).
Lee (Nathaniel). Constantine the Great; a Tragedy. Acted at the Theatre-Royal, by their Majesties Servants, London: H. Hills Jun. for R. Bently & J. Tonson, 1684, [8], 60pp., title slightly cropped at head shaving first word, some browning, modern limp marbled boards, slim 4to, together with Lee (Nathaniel) , Theodosius: or, The Force of Love. A Tragedy, Acted by their Royal Highnesses Servants, at the Duke's Theatre, London: Tho. Chapman, 1692, [4], 60, [2]pp., some browning & light spotting, modern limp marbled boards, slim 4to, with [Home, John] , Alonzo. A Tragedy. In Five Acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury Lane, Dublin: W. Wilson, 1773, [4], 52, [2]pp., modern marbled boards, slim 12mo (Qty: 3)
Green (William). Seventy Eight Studies from Nature... from Drawings made by Himself, 1st edition, 1809, 78 soft ground etched plates on 53 sheets, each plate leaf recto with circular ink library stamp to blank upper outer corner, and also centrally on verso, title (soiled with edge tears and losses) laid down, circular ink library stamp centrally to title and at head of first two printed leaves, some light finger-soiling, mainly to fore-margins, front free endpaper with library slip and sticker, 20th century cloth, front cover and spine somewhat soiled and marked, oblong folio (Qty: 1)
Thomas ( A.H . & Thornley , I.D .) . The Great Chronicle of London, limited edition 42/500, 1938, 10 colour & monochrome facsimile plates, top edge gilt, minor marginal toning, publishers original gilt decorated full brown morocco, spine lightly faded, hinges slightly rubbed, large 8vo , together with Pugin (A. Welby) , Detaile of ancient timber houses of the 15th & 16th century..., 1836, hand-coloured title page, numerous monochrome plates, cracked gutters, some light toning & offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, boards & spine lightly rubbed, large 4to, and Syropoulos (Silvestros) , Vera Historia unionis non veræ inter Græcos et Latinos: sive Concilii Florentini..., 1660, The Hague, later endpapers, some toning throughout, ink mark to head of title page, rebound retaining later full calf boards & spine, some loss to spine, large 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century literature & history reference, including The Collection of works of art, pictures, furniture, silver, china &c. at Tredegar House, Monmouthshire, 1916, mostly leather bindings, many gilt decorated, some foreign language, condition is good/very good, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 75 volumes
Craddock (Harry). The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1st edition, 1930, colour illustrations by Gilbert Rumbold, a little light spotting, cocktail recipe for 'Hell's Angel' in pencil at end, contemporary pencil presentation inscription to half title, original cloth-backed decorative boards, a little rubbed, some wear at two corners, 8vo (Qty: 1)
Hursthouse (Charles). New Zealand, or Zealandia, the Britain of the South, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edward Stanford, 1857, 7 tinted lithographic plates including frontispiece, errata leaf, 2 linen-backed hand-coloured folding maps in end-pockets, frontispiece spotted, maps browned, early-20th-century brown half morocco, together with: [Swainson, William], Auckland, the Capital of New Zealand, and the Country Adjacent: including some Account of the Gold Discovery in New Zealand, 1st edition, Smith, Elder & Co., 1853, folding tinted lithographic panorama as frontispiece, large folding map with partial hand-colouring, both with repairs verso, frontispiece partially torn in gutter, 19th-century ink-stamps (Devon and Exeter Institution) to versos of frontispiece and map and to p. 162 margin, advertisements discarded, contemporary quarter calf, japon fore edges, rubbed, Polack (Joel Samuel), New Zealand: being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures during a Residence in that Country between the Years 1831 and 1837, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Richard Bentley, 1838, 6 aquatint plates including frontispieces, folding map, a little light spotting to plates, frontispieces offset, contemporary blue half calf, rubbed, Wakefield (Edward Jerningham), Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844; with some account of the Beginning of the British Colonization of the Islands, 2 volumes, 1st edition, John Murray, 1845, folding map by Arrowsmith (stub-mounted, split in places), contemporary tan calf, gilt arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet to covers, rubbed, joints cracking, and 3 other 19th-century works on New Zealand, leather-bound, all 8vo (Qty: 10)NOTESAbbey 593 for Hursthouse. The panorama and map are often missing from Swainson's work.
Keyte (J.C.) The Passing of the Dragon. The Story of the Shensi Revolution and Relief Expedition, 1st edition, 1913, portrait frontispiece, map and half-tone illustrations, some toning and light spotting, original cloth gilt (some fading to spine), dust jacket, spine toned with chips and repairs to verso, 8vo, together with Oriental Assembly, by T.E. Lawrence, edited by A.W. Lawrence, 1st edition, 1939, map and illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket, light vertical creases, 8vo, with other travel including James Fergusson's The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored: An essay on Ancient Assyrian and Persian Architecture, 1st edition 1851, Farrer's Last Journey. Upper Burma, 1919-20, by E.H.M. Cox, 1st edition, 1926, Mountain Jubilee, by Arnold Lunn, 1943 (inscribed by the author with a letter), and F.M. Bailey's No Passport to Tibet, 1957 (Qty: 37)
Bossert (H. TH.) . Peasant Art In Europe, 1926, Berlin, 132 colour and black & white plates, some light spotting, original gilt decorated red cloth in slipcase, boards lightly marked, folio, together with Bell (Keith) , Stanley Spencer, a complete catalogue of the paintings, 1992, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Griffin (John D.) , The Yorkshire Potteries, limited edition of 550 copies, 2012, Leeds Art Fund, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other art & Stanley Spencer reference, many original cloth, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 5 shelves)
Quakers. A Collection of Testimonies concerning several Ministers of the Gospel amongst the People called Quakers, Deceased: with some of their last Expressions and Exhortations, London: Luke Hinde, 1760, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, spine lacking title label, some wear, 8vo, together with Library Sale Catalogue , A Catalogue of the Large and Valuable Library of the late Learned and Ingenious Mr. Michael Maittaire, Deceased..., in the Whole Forty-four Nights Sale... by Mess. Cock and Langford, (of the Great Piazza, Covent Garden,) On Monday the 21st Day of November 1748, and the Nineteen following Evenings..., 2 parts in one, [1748], manuscript prices realised throughout volume, some dust-soiling and spotting, 19th century half sheep, upper board detached, lower joint split, worn, 8vo, with Fothergill (Samuel & Phillips, Catherine) , Some Discourses, Epistles, and Letters, by the Late Samuel Fothergill. To which are added, Some Discourses by the Late Catherine Phillips, both of the Society of Friends, 1st edition, 1803, bound with Vaux (Roberts) , Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet, Philadelphis Printed. York: Reprinted with additions &c. for W. Alexander, 1817, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, extremities slightly rubbed, 12mo, with Somerville (John) , Facts and Observations Relative to Sheep, Wool, Ploughs, and Oxen: in which the Importance of Improving the Short-Wooled Breeds of Sheep, by a Mixture of Merino Blood, is Demonstrated from Actual Practice..., 3rd edition, enlarged, 1809, ten engraved plates (including frontispiece and 3 folding), signature to upper margin of title and occasional underscoring to text, toning and light spotting, edges untrimmed, original boards, spine worn & torn with loss, 8vo, and Hazlehurst (Priscilla) , The Family Friend, and Young Woman's Companion; or Housekeeper's Instructor..., 7th edition, circa 1818, engraved frontispiece, some dust-soiling, contemporary marbled sheep, joints split, spine worn with loss at head & foot, paper labels to upper board, worn 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian including Advice to Sportsmen by Marmaduke Markwell, 1809, The Second [& Third] Tour of Doctor Syntax [by William Combe], mixed editions, 1820 & 1821, numerous plates after Thomas Rowlandson, and a defective copy of An History of Civill Warres of England between the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke..., Englished by ... Henry Earle of Monmouth, 1641 (Qty: 18)
Petrarca (Francesco) . Rime Di Mess. Francesco Petrarca , 1748, Florence, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece, period inscription to head of the title page, small hole to centre of front endpaper, some light marginal toning, contemporary tree calf, front hinge cracked, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Terenzio (P.) , Le Commedie Di P. Terenzio...,1748, Venice, some light toning & marks, later endpaper, later gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed with loss to head of spine, 8vo, and Baldelli (Gio. Batista) , Vita Di Giovanni Boccacci, 1806, Florence, black & white portrait frontispiece & a plate depicting Certaldo, bookplate to front paste down, some light spotting & offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly 18th & 19th century Italian language literature & reference, mostly leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo (Qty: 6 shelves)
Maitland (William). The History of London, from its Foundation by the Romans, to the Present Time. Containing a faithful relation of the Publick Transations of the Citizens... Parallels between London and other great cities; its Governments, Civil, Ecclesiastical and Military; Commerce, State of Learning... with the several accounts of Westminster, Middlesex, Southwark, and other parts within the Bill of Mortality, 1st edition, Printed by Samuel Richardson, 1739, folding engraved bird's-eye-view frontispiece, list of subscribers, full-page engraved views by W.H. Toms, including folding plates of St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Peter Westminster, and St. Martin in the Fields, some light offsetting from plates to adjacent leaf of text, c ontemporary calf, some wear with upper cover detached and rear joint cracked, large folio, together with Dart (John). West Monasterium. Or, The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, 2 volumes, 1st edition, [1723/24], numerous engraved plates by J. Cole, including some double-page, list of subscribers to each volume, including two leaves of copper engraved coats of arms of the subscribers at front of second volume, the second plate with closed tear within the image, without loss, ex libris Nathaniel Oldham, circa 1700-1740, the son of a dissenting minister who inherited a large fortune and was a collector of curiosities, and friend of Sir Hans Sloane, founder of the British Museum, edges stained red, contemporary gilt-decorated blind-panelled full calf, with oval engraved armorial to covers, heavily rubbed and some moderate wear, folio, plus Snelling (Thomas). Thirty Three Plates, of English Medals, by the late Mr. Thomas Snelling, sold by Thomas Snelling, Print Seller in Fleet Street, 1776, 33 copper engraved plates of medals, light waterstain to lower margins throughout, contemporary marbled wrappers, large slim 4to, and other antiquarian interest, various, including The Cricket Field: or, The History and the Science of Cricket, 1st edition, 1851, Arthur Young, The Farmer's Calendar, New Edition, 1804, Thomas Girtin, Liber Naturae or A Collection of Prints from the Drawings of Thomas Girtin, Engraved by Saml. W. Reynolds, about 1823-34, published by Neill & Son, Haddington, N.B./The Fine Art Society, 1883, with 13 (of 17), mezzotint plates only, india paper proofs, loose in portfolio, several 19th century small-format sketch books, a large folio Victorian scrap album, etc (Qty: 2 cartons)
Jenner (Thomas). A Direction for the English Traviller, by which he shal be inabled to Coast about all England and Wales, 1643, title engraved by Jacob van Langeren, folding distance table, 39 (of 40) engraved cartographical county mileage tables with 'thumbnail' maps, lacking map of Cheshire, Northamptonshire map duplicated, folding general map of England and Wales lacking lower half (the map portion), title laid down, 'The use of all the insueing Tables' leaf laid down with last two lines partly completed in manuscript, a little light spotting and water stains, bookplate of Allan Heywood Bright (1862-1941, British Liberal politician), later calf, spine and edges rubbed, small 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESChubb XLVI; ESTC R38849; Skelton 25. First published in 1635 by Mathew Simmons, in this edition by Jenner "the 'thumb-nail' county maps have been erased, and larger maps on double the scale (10 miles=about 1/2 ins.) engraved in their place in the triangular space in the lower right-hand corner of the plates. The names of towns are given in full, and those in neighbouring counties are added" (Skelton).
Forbes (Edward & Hanley, Sylvanus). A History of British Mollusca, and their Shells, 4 volumes, London: John Van Voorst, 1853, large paper copy, 203 lithograph plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, many plates with manuscript numbers written to caption key, occasional light toning to text, ink stamp to endpapers, all edges gilt, near contemporary gilt and blind decorated red morocco, lightly rubbed, large 8vo (Qty: 4)
Nicholson (John) . Folk Speech of East Yorkshire, limited edition of 100 copies, 1889, book stamp to foot of front endpaper, black & white advertisement to rear, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with Cromwell (Thomas) , Excursions in the County of Norfolk:..., 2 volumes, 1818, folding county map frontispiece and numerous black & white engraved plates, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green half calf, boards rubbed, spines faded & slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Hare (Kenneth) , London's Latin Quarter, 1st edition, 1926, 36 colour and black & white illustrations by Dorothea St.John George, some light spotting & marginal toning, original decorated cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, plus other 19th century & modern British topography reference & related, including Cornish reference, publications by Batsford, Christopher Johnson, T.N. Foulis, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
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Thompson (Hugh [illustrator]) . The Ballard of Beau Brocade..., by Austin Dobson, 1892, numerous black & white illustrations, some minor spitting, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards lightly rubbed, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, together with Kingston (William H.G.), A Yacht Voyage Round England, new edition, circa 1894, numerous black & white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, original gilt decorated illustrated cloth, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and Wright Mabie (Hamilton) , Under The Trees, 1st edition, 1902, New York, numerous green & white illustrations by C.L.Hinton, minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated illustrated green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th century illustrated & picture cloth fiction, all original cloth, many gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)NOTESApproximately 155 volumes
Rogers (Samuel). Italy, a poem, 1830, Poems, 1834, 2 volumes, black & white illustrations, period inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green full morocco, boards & spines slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, together with Trevelyan (George Macaulay ) . England Under Queen Anne, Blenheim, 3 volumes, 1932, black & white maps, some minor spotting & marginal toning, uniform gilt decorated red half morocco bound by Hatchards, spines lightly faded, 8vo, and Hall (S.C.) , The Book of Gems..., 3 volumes, 1836. black & white illustrations, some spotting throughout, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green full morocco, boards & spines slighty rubbed & faded, 8vo, plus mostly 18th & 19th century poetry, literature & reference, mostly leather bindings, some gilt decorated, some foreign language & odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 6 shelves)NOTESApproximately 135 volumes
Walton (Isaac & Charles Cotton). The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation; Being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish and fishing, 7th edition (1st Bagster edition), Samuel Bagster, 1808, half title with wood-engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece and 14 engraved plates by Audinet, two engraved leaves of music, engravings of fish in text, woodcut illustration, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting, armorial bookplate of Charles Montgomery Rivaz (1845-1926, British India colonial administrator), his inscription to a front endpaper dated 1860, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf gilt, lower joint cracking, edges a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESWestwood & Satchell p. 224.
Bewick (Thomas). A History of British Birds, 2 volumes, Newcastle, 1805, numerous wood-engravings, occasional pencil annotations and a little light toning, reinforcements at gutter front and rear, hinges reinforced, contemporary burgundy morocco, spines rubbed with some fading and tears, 8vo, together with Bewick's Select Fables of Aesop and others, 1886 (Qty: 3)
Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain; or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of those remains of Testaceous Animals or Shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth, 6 volumes, 1812-29, 611 hand-coloured engraved plates (complete) including 22 folding and one double-page, small Birkbeck College Library stamps to titles and a few other text leaves and one or two plates, labels to rear endpapers, a little light toning and offsetting, some spotting to first few leaves of volume I, contemporary half calf, first and last spine compartments rubbed with some adhesion marks, 8vo (Qty: 6)NOTESNissen ZBI 3917. An unfinished seventh volume was published much later (1840-6) in eight parts, and is often absent.Please note plates 51-56 are uncoloured.
[Aikin, John]. England Delineated, 2 volumes , 1st edition , London: Lackington , Allen & Co., 1804, engraved title to each volume, 147 engraved plates (of 148), each with tissue guards, plate of Powis Castle torn and repaired to lower margin (slightly affecting plate mark), bookplate of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft to upper pastedowns, contemporary half calf with vellum corners, spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Warner (Richard) , A Tour through Cornwall, in the Autumn of 1808, Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1809, sepia aquatint frontispiece, few wood engraved maps, light toning and spotting, bookplate of Thomas Hammond Foxcroft to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf with vellum corners, upper joint slightly rubbed, 8vo, with Gilpin (William) , Observations on the Western Parts of England, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty. To which are added, a few remarks on the Picturesque Beauties of the Isle of Wight, 1798, ink stamp to title M. Lukis at head of title with ink splash to fore-edge, 18 sepia aquatint plates, bookplate of F.C. Lukis to upper pastedown, recent cloth hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining morocco title label, 8vo, with Pennant (Thomas) , The Journey from Chester to London, 1811, engraved frontispiece torn with loss and repaired, five engraved plates, some toning & spotting, modern calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, 8vo, and Skrine (Henry) , Three Successive Tours in the North of England, and Great Part of Scotland, 1795, near contemporary calf, rebacked, board edges worn, slim 4to, with Shaw (Stebbing) , A Tour to the West of England, in 1788, London: Robson & Clarke and J. Walker, 1789, light dust-soiling mostly to first & last leaves, scattered spotting, modern quarter calf, 8vo, plus the Yorkshire section of The Modern Universal British Traveller, 1779 and Yorkshire section of The Complete English Traveller, 1773, both in modern gilt panelled mottled calf, slim folio (Qty: 9)
[Fielding, Henry]. A Serious Address to the People of Great Britain. In which the Certain Consequences of the Present Rebellion, are fully demonstrated. Necessary to be perused by every Lover of his Country, at this Juncture, 1st edition, M. Cooper, 1745, [2],45,[3]pp., final blank leaf present, modern wrappers slightly spotted, side sewn at spine, 8vo, contained in red morocco backed book box, raised bands with title in gilt, upper joint cracked, together with Edgeworth (Richard Lovell). Essays on Professional Education, 1st edition, 1809 , occasional light dampstaining and spotting, edges untrimmed, recent endpapers with early inscription from original binding tipped onto front pastedown, modern quarter cloth, 4to (Qty: 2)NOTESRothschild 846; Cross III, p.310. This was the only London edition published in Fielding's lifetime, and is the only one where he is likely to have approved the text.
Pilkington (Matthew). The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters, 1st edition, 1770, bound without errata leaf, slight marginal toning, presentation inscription to front pastedown, 1856, contemporary half calf, joints cracking, some wear at spine ends and edges, 4to, together with Fuseli (Henry). A Dictionary of Painters from the revival of the art to the present period... new edition with considerable additions..., 1810, some light spotting, endpapers renewed, armorial bookplate with Order of the Garter motto, contemporary calf, edges rubbed, a few stains, 4to, plus others, including J. Hassell, Memoirs of the Life of the late George Morland, 1806, Vignola, Traite Elementaire Pratique d'Architecture, Etude des Cinq Ordres, Paris, circa 1850, both bound in contemporary vellum, folio, Lord Lindsay, Sketches of the History of Christian Art, 3 volumes, 1st edition, John Murray, 1847, with bookplate of A.N.L. Munby to front endpaper of each volume, original blindstamped cloth gilt, a little faded to spines and edges, and some fraying to head and foot of spines and extremities, 8vo, etc (Qty: 9)NOTESProvenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
* Broadhurst (Arthur Brooks, 1860-1930). The personal binoculars and fishing priest of an Indian big-game hunter, i.e. 1) a pair of C. P. Goerz Triëder 12x binoculars, serial number 2568, housed in contemporary button-fastened leather case hand-painted with address panel 'Ravenoaks, Penrith, Cumberland' and motifs including a tiger, fish, stags, fish, skull-and-crossbones and swastika, red velvet lining, binoculars and case both rubbed, binoculars in good working order; 2) a wooden fishing priest (approx. length 38 cm), pommel carved in shape of human head, grip carved in ropework pattern and incorporating 2 panels lettered 'A.B.B. Feb: 1895' and 'Simon the Salmon Slayer', notched shaft, grip and shaft sometime split and skilfully braced with 4 strips of metal (Qty: 2)NOTESArthur Brooks Broadhurst (1860-1930) was an officer in the 14th (King's) Hussars, and author of the rare privately-printed journal Three Months Tiger Shooting the Deccan (Secunderabad, 1884). He was born at Cheetham Hill, Lancashire and later lived at Penrith; his father was the industrialist Henry Tootal Broadhurst. He reached the rank of captain and was gazetted adjutant of auxiliary forces in 1888. Broadhurst's authorship of Three Months Tiger Shooting appears only now to have come to light through the emergence of his autograph manuscript (see the previous lot): it was previously attributed only to 'A. B. B.', the moniker carved into the fishing priest.
Rowlands (Henry). Mona Antiqua Restaurata. An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities, Natural and Historical, of the Isle of Anglesey, the Ancient Seat of the British Druids..., with an Appendix, containing a Comparative Table of Primitive Words, 2nd edition, Corrected and Improved, London: J. Knox, 1766, folding engraved frontispiece map and 12 engraved plates, errata at rear, worm trails to lower blank margins at front of volume and upper blank margins at rear, contemporary calf, joints cracked, white paint stripe to upper panel of spine, 4to, together with Gastineau (Henry) , Wales Illustrated, in a Series of Views, comprising the Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Castles, Seats of the Nobility & Gentry, Antiquities &c., London: Jones & Co., 1830, engraved title (spotted), 114 engraved views on 57 plates, some toning and spotting, contemporary green half calf by B. Hill of Birmingham (label to upper pastedown), gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, extremities slightly worn, 4to, with Fenton (Richard) , A Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire, 1811, engraved title with signature to upper margin, folding engraved maps and 30 plates, toning and spotting throughout, modern sheep, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, and Jones (Harry Longueville) , Illustrations of the Natural Scenery of the Snowdonian Mountains: accompanied by a Description, Topographical and Historical, of the County of Caernarvon, 1829, 15 lithograph plates (including frontispiece), few light dampstains and occasional spotting, original cloth-backed boards, few dampstains and slight wear, large 4to, plus other Welsh topography and Welsh history related etc. (Qty: 10)
D'Afflitto ( Matteo ) . Decisionum Sacri Regii Neapolitani Consilii..., 1616, Frankfurt, black & white engraved title page, worming to front endpapers to pp.20, some water damage to front endpapers & throughout, water damage & loss to rear endpapers, original full vellum, boards rubbed & marked, folio, together with Alberti (Joannes) , Hesychii Lexicon cum notis doctorum virorum integris,..., 2 volumes, 1746, Holland, black & white engraved portrait of the author to t2, later inscriptions & ex-library stamps to the front endpapers, some toning & light marks throughout, uniform original embossed full vellum, boards & spines marked, folio, and Sponde (Henry) , Annalium Eminmi Cardinalis Caes. Baronii Continvatio,..., 3 volumes, 1641, Paris, 3 black & white engraved title pages, engraved portrait of the author to volume 1 aiij, some spotting, toning, light marks and repairs, uniform contemporary half vellum, boards & spines rubbed with minor loss, folio, plus 14 further volumes of 17th & 18th annales ecclesiastici, all in contemporary leather & vellum, 4 volumes with loss to spines, folio (Qty: 20 )NOTESSold as seen, not subject to return
La Motte (Antoine Houdar de). Les Oeuvres de Theatre..., avec plusieurs Discours sur la Tragedie, 2 volumes, 1st collected edition, Paris: Gregoire Dupuis, 1730, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spines, small 8vo (the work includes reference to Voltaire), together with Occasional Papers , A Collection of the Occasional Papers for the Year 1716 [-1717], 2 volumes, 1716-1718, each volume comprising twelve parts with individual titles, general titles with contemporary ownership stamp to lower blank margins, some toning, front pastedown of first volume with contemporary engraved bookseller's round label of Thomas Field of Paternoster Row, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines (gilt faint), joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 8vo, with Earbery (Matthias) , The Occasional Historian, numbers 1-4 in one, London: J. Wilford, 1730-1732, library ink stamps throughout, one folding table, library bookplate and ink stamp to front endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, joints split and worn, 8vo (Qty: 5)
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Erdeswick [Sampson]. 'The Antiquities of Staffordshire. Collected in ye Raigne of Queen Elizabeth by Mr Erdeswick of London out of Publick Records, & Antient Evidences of Gentlemen yt were ye Owners & Lords of Estates in this County 1595. With ye Copy of a Letter from Sir Simon Deggs to Mr Digby of Sandon, upon his perusal his Manuscript View of Staffordshire, [c.1750], manuscript in brown ink on laid paper, [2] 84 [13] pp., 23 to 29 lines to the page, final 10 leaves blank, an initial blank bifolium loose, light marginal spotting, faint stain to title-page and subsequent leaves, modern bookplate (D. J. Wright), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed, corners worn, 4to (20.2 x 16 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Robert Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1708-1782), of Osmaston, Derbyshire (ownership inscription 'R Wilmot' to front pastedown, title-page and page 1; engraved armorial bookplate, 'Sr Robt Wilmot of Osmaston, Derbyshire'). Wilmot was resident secretary to twelve consecutive viceroys of Ireland (1737 to 1772), including his patron William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (1698-1755), and also served as secretary to the Lord Chamberlain (1758-1772). The manuscript appears to be in his own hand. Sampson Erdeswick (c.1538–1603) was a recusant lawyer and antiquary. 'About 1593 [he] began work on what he called a 'View' of Staffordshire and Cheshire. By his death he had finished a draft of Staffordshire but had written little of the Cheshire section. Sir William Dugdale described it as "a brief but elaborate work … compiled from public records and ancient evidences" ... By 1842 the existence of twenty-five copies of the 'View' had been traced; the whereabouts of another fifteen were unknown. An unsatisfactory edition was published in 1717 under the title A Survey of Staffordshire and reissued in 1723. Thomas Harwood of Lichfield produced a scholarly edition in 1820, and his further revised edition of what was still called A Survey appeared posthumously in 1844' (ODNB).
Drinkwater (John) . The Collected Poems of John Drinkwater..., 2 volumes, limited edition174/230, 1923, signed by the author to volume 1 preface, publishers uniform white cloth, covers & spine slightly toned, 8vo, together with Powys (Llewelyn) , Skin for Skin, limited edition 492/900, 1926, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers toned & lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Leighton (Clare [illustrator]) , Perkin The Pedlar, by Eleanor Farjeon, 1st edition, 1931, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, modern endpapers, some minor spotting, rebound in modern cloth, 8vo, plus other early 20th century & modern poetry & rural & illustrated fiction, including A.G. Street, David Garnett, Adrian Bell, W.J. Blyton, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)
Young (Arthur) . Travels, during The Years 1787, 1788, and 1789...., 1792, printed by J.Rackham, Bury St. Edmunds, 1 colour and 2 black & white folding maps, front board detached, some light spotting & offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss, 4to, together with Carter (Matthew) , Honor redivivus or An analysis of Honor and Armory, 1655, printed by E.Coates, black & white engraved title by Gaywood, armorial frontispiece, 7 engraved plates, woodcut armorials within the text, some toning & spotting, contemporary full calf, front hinges cracked, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and Arnold (Richard) , The Customs of London, otherwise called Arnold's Chronicle;..., reprint edition, 1811, printed for F.C. and J.Rivington, book plate to front paste down, some light spotting & offsetting, cracked gutters contemporary blue quarter morocco, boards & spine rubbed with some loss to head & foot, 4to, plus other 17th - 20th century history reference, including 3 volumes of bound pamphlets, many leather bindings, some odd volumes, some foreign language, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)
![Harding (James Duffield). Picturesque Selections: Drawn on Stone by J.D. Harding, 1st edition, W. Kent & Co., [1861], pri](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2032d0fc-fc45-4baa-96fd-aacd0111a502/8e48afbd-e27c-42fb-98b9-aace012df2bf/468x382.jpg)
Harding (James Duffield). Picturesque Selections: Drawn on Stone by J.D. Harding, 1st edition, W. Kent & Co., [1861], printed title (loose and frayed to edges with a little loss) and single-leaf Notice by the Artist, and 30 fine lithographed plates mounted on card, tissue-guard to each, some light marginal spotting, small contemporary oval bookseller's blindstamp to front endpaper of Stone and Hartley, Booksellers, Banbury, contemporary maroon half morocco, lettered in gilt, rubbed and marked and covers somewhat faded, contents partly detached from binding, large folio (56 x 44.5 cm, 22 x 17.5 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESPicturesque Selections was J.D. Harding's last and finest achievement in lithography. The subjects include Switzerland, North Wales, and southern England. Purchased by the current owner from these rooms in May 2003 (lot 31).
Ward (Rowland). Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game, with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements, edited by J.G. Dollman and J.B. Burlace, 9th edition, Rowland Ward Limited, 1928, 408 pages, with numerous monochrome photographic illustrations throughout, 4 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear, contemporary ownership signature in pencil to half-title of Paul Munster dated 1929, pale spotting to front and rear endpapers and occasionally to margins, original light blue cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, together with Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game, African and Asiatic Sections, giving the distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements, edited by Guy Dollman and J.B. Burlace, 10th edition, Rowland Ward Limited, 1935, 408 pages, numerous monochrome photographic illustrations throughout, 5 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear, original brown cloth gilt, very lightly rubbed, both large 8vo (Qty: 2)
Breton de la Martinière (Jean-Baptiste). China: its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, etc., edited principally from the Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin,with Observations, Explanatory, Historical, and Literary, tranlsated from the French, 4 volumes in 2, Howlett and Brimmer, 1824, half-titles, 79 hand-coloured engraved plates (of 80: lacking the 'Toyman' plate facing volume 3 p. 103), the occasional light spot or mark, second volume front inner hinge cracked, held by bottom cord, half-title and conjugal blank loose, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain blue morocco gilt, spines and joints rubbed, wear to spine-ends, small 8vo (15.4 x 9.5 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESLipperheide 1525; cf. Abbey Travel 535, Cordier Sinica 65.
Shipley (Conway). Sketches in the Pacific. The South Sea Islands. Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Conway Shipley Esqr. Lieut. R.N., London, T. McLean, 1851, tinted lithographed title with vignette, lithographed dedication leaf with Description of Sketches to verso, lithographed leaf of facsimiles of signatures, and 25 tinted lithographed plates, each with tissue-guard, some light scattered spotting (mainly to margins), contents loose (gutta percha perished), presentation inscription to front endpaper in ink 'Arthur Foster September 1894 from his affecte. Grandmother ELPM. This book was given to me by Allen Bathurst Lieut. RN', original publisher's blue and red cloth, with large gilt title cartouche to upper cover, some marks, spine missing (covers detached), folio (42.5 x 33.25 cm, 16.75 x 13 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Allen Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst (1832-1892); Arthur Foster, son of William Orme Foster, heir and nephew of James Foster (a wealthy ironmaster who employed seven thousand men to make nails in Stourbridge), who acquired Apley Park in 1867; Lord Hamilton of Dalzell (removed from Stockton House, Apley, Shropshire). Apley Park is believed to be the inspiration for P.G. Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle. Abbey, Travel 601; Ferguson 15656a; Hill (2004) 1564; Kroepelien, Bibliotheca Polynesiana 1189. Rare. Only three copies traced at auction in the last 35 years. One of the most important illustrated books of the South Pacific containing fine lithographed views after watercolours by Lieutenant Shipley depicting scenes of Pitcairn Island, Tahiti, Samoa and Fiji. Conway Mordant Shipley (born in 1824) served onboard HMS Calypso on a cruise to the missionary stations in the South Sea Islands in 1848, having departed Valparaiso in February of that year. The work is dedicated to Vice Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, late Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific. The text contains a detailed description of the voyage, including the arrival at Pitcairn Island on the 9th of March, when a whale-boat was launched from the shore 'John Quintal was steersman and there were also Edward Quintal, Matthew Quintal, Fletcher Christian, John Adams, and many others with familiar names, in all twelve persons. Their forms were very robust, much sunburnt; dress, a shirt and trousers, though some few had coats; gentle-mannered and speaking English with great correctness, but with a Yankee accent.'. The author adds further chapters on the Society Islands, Samoa, or the Navigator Islands, and the Feejee or Viti Islands. A review of the work in The Spectator for 1st March 1851 states ' Lieutenant Shipley's sketches... present us with many picturesque combinations... the letterpress, narrative and descriptive... may be consulted with profit and amusement; especially the account of the small colony on Pitcairn's Island, descended from the mutineers of the Bounty '.
Beattie (William). The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain, 2 volumes, 1842, engraved frontispieces and additional titles, 121 engraved views after W.H. Bartlett only, (of 123, lacking portrait and Berwick Lighthouse plate at p. 28, volume I), some light spotting and toning, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco, rebacked with original spines relaid, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, together with Tegetmeier (W,B.) Pigeons: their Structure, Varieties, Habits and Management, [1868], 16 chromolithograph plates, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, a couple of small water stains, modern half calf, large 8vo, plus four others including John Roby's Traditions of Lancashire, 2 volumes, 1829 (volume I title laid down), Thomas Rose's Vues Pittoresques des comtes de Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham et Northumberland, 3 volumes in one, 1832 and The Art of Rigging, 2nd edition, 1806 (Qty: 9)
Evelyn (John). Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest Trees..., with Notes by A. Hunter, 1st edition, York, 1776, subscribers list with subscription receipt slip signed by A. Hunter tipped-in, 40 engraved plates including one folding, without portrait frontispiece, folding table, some light toning, occasional marginal stains, contemporary boards without leather covering, 4to, together with Stevens (Francis) , Views of Cottages and Farm-Houses in England and Wales, London: R. Ackermann, 1815, etched frontispiece and numerous plates, some toning mostly to plates, later 19th century half calf, covers detached, worn, 4to, and Nicholson (Francis) , The Practice of Drawing and Painting Landscape from Nature, in Watercolours, 2nd edition, 1823, lithograph portrait frontispiece and plates, occasional spotting, original board detached and worn, strengthening to spine, 4to, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian etc., including two editions of Cary's New Itinerary (1806 & 1815), both worn (1815 edition disbound), and an incomplete Progress of a Water-coloured Drawing by John Laporte, circa 1810, plus a large early 19th century watercolour of cattle by a lake (requiring cleaning and some repair), plus few miscellaneous engravings by Hollar etc. (Qty: a carton)
Ruskin (John) . The Seven Lamps of Architecture, 5th edition, 1894, numerous black & white illustrations, minor toning, all edges gilt, contemporary ornate gilt decorated brown full calf, spine & edges of boards lightly faded, 8vo, together with Mason (William) , Poems, new edition, 1771, Poems, by Thomas Gray, new edition, 1770, 2 volumes bound in 1, bookplate to front pastedown, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting & toning, contemporary full vellum, boards & spine, slightly marked, some loss to spine label, 8vo, and Collins (William) , Poems,1802, The Elegy, Odes, and other Short Poems.., by Alexander Pope, 1807, 2 volumes, 2 black & white engraved title pages plus illustrations, later endpapers, all edges gilt, uniform full vellum, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 18th century literature, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)
Bocchi (Francesco). Le Bellezze della Citta di Firenze dove a pieno di pittura di scultura di sacri templi, di palazzi, i pui notabili artifizj, e pui preziosa si dontengono, 1st edition, Florence, 1677, title with woodcut device, a couple of early leaves with small marginal repairs, a little light spotting and toning, near contemporary vellum, a few stains, 8vo, together with : Bianconi (Girolamo), Guida del Forestiere per la Citta di Bologna, 2 parts in 1 volume, Bologna, 1820, 15 engraved plates and plans, a few folding, one or two with small wormtracks, original printed wrappers, rear wrapper with marginal insect damage, 8vo, and 3 others including Pompeo Sarnelli's La Guida de Forestieri ... di Pozzoli, Naples, 1709 (heavily wormed) and Calendario e Notiziario della Citta, per l'Anno, Naples, 1787 (Qty: 5)
Jauna (Dominique). Histoire générale des roïaumes de Chypre, de Jerusalem, d'Arménie, et d'Egypte, comprenant les croisades, avec plus d'exactitude qu'aucun auteur moderne les ait encore rapportés, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Leiden: Jean Luzac, 1747, title-pages in red and black, 2 engraved portraits (1 folding), 6 folding maps and plans, engraved headpieces to each chapter, a little light browning, very occasional marginal damp-staining, Egypt map (facing p. 1204) slightly damp-stained in margins and along central fold, with small hole at intersection of folds, modern bookplates (C. M. Sophoclides and Gustavi [sic] von Hofsten), contemporary calf, rebacked retaining portions of original gilt spines, extremities worn, 4to (24.3 x 18.5 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESBlackmer 870; Cobham-Jeffery p. 28; cf. Atabey 614 for the second edition of 1785. 'Jauna, a councillor of [Empress] Maria Theresa, to whom the work is dedicated, states in his preface that he spent many years in the Levant. His book does not contain accounts of his travels, being mostly historical, but contains very good maps of Greece, Egypt, Cyprus and Palestine' (Blackmer).
View Books. Besley's Views. Devonshire, circa 1860, 24 engraved vignette views, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, original green cloth gilt, oblong 8vo, together with Stirling and the Scottish Lakes, Edinburgh: Banks & Co., circa 1860, decorative engraved title, 26 engraved vignette views, all edges gilt, hinges split, original green cloth gilt, extremities worn and frayed, oblong 8vo, with Views of Edinburgh and its Vicinity, Edinburgh: Banks & Co., circa 1860, decorative engraved title, 25 engraved vignette views, all edges gilt, upper hinge split, original cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, oblong 8vo, and Views of Jersey, London: Rock & Co., circa 1866, 30 engraved vignette views, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, faded and marked, oblong 8vo, and Views of Edinburgh and its Vicinity, Edinburgh: Banks & Co., circa 1860, engraved decorative title and fifteen vignette plates, occasional spotting and light dampstains, original cloth, oblong 8vo, together with The Royal Album of London Views, circa 1880, photo lithograph views bound concertina style, original cloth with gilt blocked decorative title to upper board, slim 8vo, with Rock's Royal Bristol & Clifton Cabinet Album, circa 1880, photo lithograph views bound concertina style, original cloth with gilt blocked decorative title to upper board, slim 8vo, and The Monas Isle Album of Isle of Man Views, circa 1880, photo lithograph views bound concertina style (few tears to folds & one image), original cloth with gilt blocked decorative title to upper board, slim 8vo, plus other view books etc (Qty: 30)
Walton (Isaac & Cotton, Charles). The Complete Angler; or, Contemplative Man's Recreation; Being a Discourse on Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing, 7th edition (1st Bagster edition), London: Samuel Bagster, 1808, half title with wood-engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece and 14 engraved plates by Audinet, two engraved leaves of music, engravings of fish in text, woodcut illustration, occasional spotting and ink stain to fore-edge of some leaves, front blank inscribed 'James Raine 1812. The Gift of Edw. King Esqr. vice chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster', letterpress plate list to front pastedown,contemporary diced calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spine, corners repaired, rubbed and light wear, 8vo (Qty: 1)
[Swift, Jonathan]. Travels into several remote nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver, with a preface by Henry Craik, 1894, illustrations by Charles Brock, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting, bookplate, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, slight lean, 8vo, together with Rip van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, 1893, illustrations by George H. Boughton, a little minor spotting, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, small chip at head of spine, 8vo, together with 13 others bound in gilt decorative cloth, mostly illustrated by Hugh Thomson (Qty: 15)
Fenaille (Maurice). Etat General des Tapisseries de la manufacture des Gobelins depuis son origine jusqu'a nos jours 1600-1900, 5 volumes, Paris, 1903-1923, decorative titles printed in red and black, numerous photogravure plates and illustrations, a few light spots, bookplates removed from front pastedowns, all edges gilt, fine contemporary terracotta brown morocco (volume published 1912 sold/bound by Hatchards) , covers with central gilt ruled panel containing decorative motifs and title, spines with raised bands and gilt panelled compartments, occasional light scratches and scuffs, occasional light damp stains, folio (Qty: 5)NOTESLimited edition 144/235.
Boydell (John & Josiah, publishers). A Collection of Prints from Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Artists of Great Britain, John & Josiah Boydell, volume I only, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece of George III, title engraved vignette, 28 engraved plates only (of 48?) after Reynolds, Fuseli , Porter, Opie and others, some light spotting and soiling, occasional small marginal insect damage, contemporary half morocco, some wear to spine and edges, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe full work was published in two volumes from 1803-05 with 96 plates. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
Darwin (Charles). The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th edition (forty-fifth thousand), John Murray, 1894, folding diagramatic plate, slight marginal toning, light spotting to endpapers, front hinge a little tender, original green cloth gilt, spine a little darkened and rubbed at ends, small marks to lower cover, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESFreeman 442.
An Edward Welby Pugin (1834-1875) designed oak hall chair, the curved blade back on wishbone supports surmount a curved seat with slab sides held together with pegs, height approx 80.5cm. CONDITION REPORT There is a burn to the rear right hand lower leg of the right hand support and slight damage to the front light leg.
A Stonier & Co Ltd of Liverpool White Star Line plate c1910, registered design number 117214 and 324028, diameter 22cm, a White Star Liverpool paraffin wall light in copper and brass, height 33.5cm, an RMS Lancastria passenger list dated October 9th 1937, a Tri-ang SS United States diecast passenger ship and another (5). CONDITION REPORT The White Star Line plate has a small chip to the rim and wear to the White Star Line emblem
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