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Lot 439
WALTER RICHARD SICKERT RA (1860-1942)South Facade of St. Jacques, Dieppe inscribed '1907' (lower right)chalk and gouache, with touches of watercolour on paper, browned, squared, laid down on backing mount12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in (31.7 x 22.3cm)Provenance: with Messrs Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London Mrs H Hammersley, Christie's, King Street, London 19th March 1971, lot 54, £200 anon Private Collection, LudlowThis working sketch is believed to be a study for an oil painting which depicts the south facade of Saint Jacques, the fourteenth century Cathedral in Dieppe. That work (Collection of the Museum of Rouen) is dateable to 1907-1908.Wendy Baron described Sickert as the topographer of Dieppe. 'Sickert's pictures of Dieppe's Waterfront, Streets, Churches and Old Houses constitute an enduring and reliable record of its aspect' (See Wendy Baron, Sickert, Phaidon, 1973 p 55)Sickert's long association with Dieppe began in his childhood and continued until 1922 - a period of over three decades. The town inspired a prolific concentration by the artist on its buildings and street-scapes. Indeed the artist Jacques Emile Blanche wrote of Sickert that 'no other artist has perfectly felt and expressed the character of the town whose Canaletto he has become'.For a depiction of the south facade of St. Jacques, from a similar viewpoint as the Brightwells' example, cf. an oil painting by Sickert offered at Christie's, King Street, London, lot 1 June 28th 2006. The Church of St. Jacques was a favoured subject for the artist. He had an interest in the dark and brooding aspect of the Gothic structure and painted it under all sorts of light and weather conditions. His numerous views of the building in the period c.1898 -1910 have resulted in a body of work whose diversity of mood and manner of execution provide one of the most intense legacies of those years.
Lot 318
Bible. 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. By His Majesty's Command. Appointed to be read in Churches, Edinburgh: John Baskett, 1726, marginal spotting, intermittent tide-mark at gutter, a few other spots and marks, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green goatskin, gilt decoration in saltire pattern to spine compartments, elaborate gilt panels to covers, rubbed and scuffed, spine-ends and lower outer corner of front board restored, 4to in 8s (25.2 x 19.2 cm), together with: Bible, The Holy Bible ... London: John Baskett and the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1718, with the Apocrypha, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, small mark to fore edge, contemporary dark green goatskin, gilt decoration in saltire pattern to spine compartments, covers with decorative outer border enclosing floral cornerpieces and central lozenge, spine and extremities rubbed, restoration to spine-ends, rear board scuffed, 8vo (19.6 x 11.6 cm) (Qty: 2)Herbert 975 & 947. The first item is 'apparently the earliest Edinburgh Bible which bears J. Baskett's name on the title-page' (Herbert).
Lot 76
Surtees (R.S.) The Analysis of the Hunting Field. being a series of sketches of the principal characters that compose one, the whole forming a slight souvenir of the season 1845-6, 1903, 13 colour plates, duplicate monochrome plates, colour illustrations, light toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, light soiling, 4to, limited edition 30/50, together with [Apperley, Charles], Nimrod's Hunting Tours..., 1903, 18 colour plates, duplicate monochrome plates, light toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, some stains to boards, 4to, limited edition 30/50 (Qty: 2)
![[D'Oyly, Charles]. Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem in twelve cantos, 1st edition, R. Ackermann, 1828, half-title, 25 h](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/263f934a-841b-4543-8e2d-aa880137b126/468x382.jpg)
Lot 11
[D'Oyly, Charles]. Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem in twelve cantos, 1st edition, R. Ackermann, 1828, half-title, 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates, advertisements at end, some offsetting and light spotting, top edge gilt, original blindstamped cloth gilt, edges slightly bumped, a few ink ink dots, 8vo (Qty: 1)Abbey Travel 450; Tooley 186. A bright copy of D'Oyly's 'doggerel epic poem ... on the adventures of a new arrival in Calcutta' (ODNB).
Lot 65
Baxter (William). British Phaenogamous Botany; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants, 6 volumes, Oxford, 1834-1843, 509 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light offsetting to plates, some slight spotting, volume 6 with some finger & dust-soiling, bookplate of Rev Joseph A. Stewart. volumes 1-5 in uniform contemporary half calf, black morocco title labels to spines worn, spines and extremities rubbed, volume 6 in modern half calf, black morocco title label to spine, 8vo, together with Gosse (Philip Henry) , Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals, 1860, 10 chromolithograph plates (including) frontispiece and one uncoloured plate, near contemporary half calf, red morocco title label to spine, light wear to upper joint & extremities, 8vo, with Francis (George W.) , An Analysis of the British Ferns and their Allies, 1837, engraved frontispiece, extra illustrated containing a total of 57 engraved plates (52 hand-coloured and with manuscript captions and numbers), occasional manuscript markings, some spotting and toning, contemporary diced half calf, upper board detached, lower joint split and spine worn with some loss, 8vo, plus two others, A History of British Quadrupeds, including the Cetecea, by Thomas Bell, 2nd edition, 1874, and Letters to a Young Naturalist on the Study of Nature and Natural Theology, by James L. Drummond, 1831 (Qty: 10)
![Burnaby (Frederick). A Ride to Khiva, 1st edition, Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1876], 3 folding maps (2 in end-pockets, one](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/c9da2520-be0e-4432-b2e1-aa880137ae7b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 5
Burnaby (Frederick). A Ride to Khiva, 1st edition, Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1876], 3 folding maps (2 in end-pockets, one as frontispiece), 4 pp. advertisements to rear, map frontispiece and title-page slightly spotted, front inner hinge tender, original red pictorial cloth gilt, slightly marked, wear to spine-ends and corners, 8vo, together with: Bruce (Charles Granville). Twenty Years in the Himalaya, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1910, half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 29 halftone photographic plates including folding panorama, folding lithographic map, occasional light spotting to text, plates faintly toned, closed tear to folding map not affecting image, original green pictorial cloth gilt, pale mottling, wear to spine-ends, tips bumped and slightly worn, 8vo, Hunter (William Wilson), Atlas of India, 1st edition, Edinburgh: W. & A. K. Johnston, 1894, 16 double-page lithographic colour maps, original blue cloth, slightly marked, folio, and 6 others, Indian travel, various formats (Qty: 8)Neate B199 (Bruce).
Lot 462
Whymper (Edward) . Scrambles amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, fourth thousand, 1871, 105 black & white illustrations plus 5 maps, book plate to front paste down, minor toning, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Davy (John) , The Angler in the Lake District;..., 1st edition, 1857, hole in front endpaper, some light toning, original green cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo and Dixan (William Scarth) , In the North Countree: annals & anecdotes of horse, hound & herd, 1889, 8 black & white illustrations, 4 folding plates, minor toning, original plum cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other late 19th century & modern mountaineering, sporting & sports reference, including The Badminton Library, 11 volumes, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)
Lot 464
Dixon (Charles) . Our Rarer Birds, being studies in ornithology & zoology, 1888, 21 black & white illustrations, later inscription to front endpaper, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Sutherland (William) , Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers, 1871, book plate & period inscription to front paste down, some light spotting, cracked gutters, period marginal pencil annotations, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Staveley (E.F.) , British Soiders: an introduction to the study of the Araneidae of Great Britain and Ireland, 1866, 16 black & white plates, minor toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, head of front & rear boards lightly marked, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th century natural history & flora reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)
Lot 421
Kipling, Rudyard. Plain Tales from the Hills, early issue, Calcutta, 1888, 24 page advertisements at end dated December 1887, some light spotting and soiling, bookplate, piece torn away from rear pastedown, front endpaper pasted down, original green pictorial cloth, spine a little rubbed and toned, crease mark to upper cover, sometime recased, 8vo, with a 2 page signed autograph letter tipped in after title, on blindstamped letterhead of Naulakha, Brattleboro (crossed through and written in ink Waite, Windham Co.), Vermont, dated November 30 '[18]95, to an unknown ex-soldier, discussing regiments, army life and his books 'as you admit the average autograph hunter is an unmitigated nuisance but I am always glad to write to an ex-soldier so your concience (if the service has left you any) may be quite clear... If you have first editions of all my books you are a lucky man. I can't get them and they tell me now that first editions of the little paper-backed soldier tales &c bring rather fancy prices... If you know any good soldier tales or scraps of army songs, please send them to me...', fold mark (Qty: 2)
Lot 391
Tasso (Torquato). La Gierusalemme Liberata, Geneva, Girolamo Bartoli, 1590, engraved title, 20 full-page engraved illustrations by Giacomo Franco and Agostino Carracci after Bernardo Castello, woodcut cartouches and ornaments, a few burn marks, occasional light spotting and toning, bookplate of Sir William Burrell (1732-1796, 2nd baronet) pasted to title verso, hinges breaking, all edges green, early 18th century red morocco gilt, lower cover detached, joints cracked, spine and edges rubbed, small folio (Qty: 1)Adams T243; Cicognara 1112. First illustrated edition of Tasso's epic Siege of Jerusalem poem.
Lot 255
Nelson (Horatio, 1758-1805, Viscount). A signed memorandum to the Masters of the Victory, Royal Sovereign and Seahorse, from 'Victory at Sea', 20 August 1804, ordering them to report on the condition of a cask of pork said to be partly eaten by rats, 'and the remainder Rotten Stinking, unfit for Men to Eat and a nuisance in the Ship', signed 'Nelson & Bronte', some spotting, light browning and dust-soiling, worn at folds, two pages, folio (32 x 20.5cm), in a purpose-made clear sleeve and gilt-titled blue cloth folder (Qty: 1)The text of the letter is in the hand of Nelson's official secretary, Alexander John Scott and additionally signed by him at end. Scott served as Nelson's personal chaplain at the Battle of Trafalgar, and was with him as he died onboard HMS Victory.
Lot 324
Bion (Nicolas). L'Usage des Globes Celeste et Terrestre et des Spheres suivant les differens systemes du monde, 3rd edition, Paris, 1710, 43 engraved maps and plates, several folding, a little light spotting and toning, early signature to title, front endpaper detached with small shelf number stamp, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, a few repairs, a little rubbed and stained, 8vo (Qty: 1)
Lot 453
Kennedy (Rankin) . The Book of Electrical Installations..., 3 volumes, 1914, numerous monochrome and black & white illustrations, some light toning throughout, uniform original illustrated & gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Hasluck (Paul N. [editor]) , The Handyman's Enquire Within, making, mending, renovating, 1908, numerous monochrome and black & white illustrations, all edges gilt, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated red half calf, spine rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and other early 20th century engineering & aviation reference & related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 5 shelves )
Lot 347
Ferguson (James). Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics and Optics. With the use of globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of new and full moons and eclipses, 1764, 23 folding engraved plates, bound with A Supplement to Mr. Ferguson's Book of Lectures..., 1767, 13 folding engraved plates, a little light spotting and toning, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to, together with The Art of Dialling..., by William Leybourne, 1st edition, 1669, woodcut illustrations, lacking portrait and plate, head of title excised with loss of text, light soiling and spotting, previous owner inscriptions, later half sheep, rubbed with some edge wear, 8vo (Qty: 2)
Lot 485
Phillips (John) . The Rivers, Mountains and Sea-Coast of Yorkshire,..., 2nd edition, 1855, 36 black & white illustrations, period inscription by the author to head of the title page, book plate to front paste down, later endpapers, some minor spotting & toning, later green half morocco, 8vo, together with Owen (Richard) , Palaeontology or a systematic summary of extinct animals and their geological relations, 1st edition, 1860, Edinburgh, numerous black & white illustrations plus folding plate to pp 1, book plate to front paste down, some minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, and Lee (John Edward) , Note-Book of an Amateur Geologist, 1881, 210 black & white plates including photograph frontispiece, some light spotting & toning, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards partially marked, spine rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 19th century & modern geology reference, including publications by H.M.S.O., Scottish Academic Press, University of Wales Press, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)
Lot 338
Dante (Alighieri). Dante con L'Espositioni di Christoforo Landino, et D'Alessandro Vellutello..., Con Tauole, Argomenti, & Allegorie; & riformato, riueduto, & ridotto alla sua vera Lettura, per Francesco Sansovino Fiorentino, Venice: Appresso Gio. Battista, & Gio. Bernardo Sessa, fratelli, 1596, woodcut portrait to title (creased & few small holes repaired to verso) and printer's device to final leaf, woodcut illustrations and initials, some early underscoring, leaf I7 provided in photocopy facsimile, dust-soiling and few marks to title and final leaf, ink spots to 2Z4 & 2Z5, short worm trails to lower blank margins at rear of volume, some light dampstaining throughout and occasional spotting, hinges repaired, early 18th calf, neatly rebacked and two corners repaired, morocco title label preserved, folio (Qty: 1)Adams D111.
Lot 441
Tinker (Chauncey Brewster) . Letters of James Boswell, 2 volumes, 1924, Oxford, black & white frontispiece and tipped in facsimile letter to volume 1, bookplates to front pastedown, some light toning and minor spotting, uniform original red cloth, boards lightly marked, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with Scholes (France V. & Roys , Ralph L.) , The Maya Chontal Indians of Acalan-Tixchel..., 2nd edition, 1968, University of Oklahoma Press, 17 facsimile pages and 4 folding maps, previous owners blind stamp to the foot of the title page, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed with tear to rear cover, 8vo, and Fox (Celina [editor]) , London - World City, 1800-1840, 1992, Yale University Press, numerous colour and black & white illustrations,original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern history, biography and art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 3 shelves & a carton)
Lot 64
Wiltshire. A True Copy of the Poll, for the Electing of Knights of the Shire for the County of Wilts: Taken at Wilton, the 22d Day of May, 1705. The Candidates were, Sir Richard Howe, Bart. and Robert Hide, Esq., Sir Edward Ernly, Bart. and William Ash, Esq, London, 1705, 83,[1]pp., title with early signature of Thos. Thistlethwayte, manuscript date March 4. 82 to upper margin and excised signature to lower margin, some spotting, light dust-soiling to title, initial 10 leaves & final 3 lightly dampstained, bound with The Poll of the Freeholders of Wiltshire, for Electing a Knight of the Shire, in the Room of Edward Popham, Esq; Taken at Wilton, on the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st August, 1772. Henry Penruddocke Wyndham, Esq; High-Sheriff. Candidates, Ambrose Goddard, Esq., Henry Herbert, Esq., Salisbury: Printed for, and sold by E. Easton; sold also by R. Horsfield, London, 1772, 110pp., without half-title, bound with An Alphabetical List, of the Names of the Persons who Polled for Knights of the Shire for the County of Wilts, on the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st of August, 1772, Salisbury: Printed and sold by E. Easton: sold also by J. Harold, Marlborough; W. Simpson, Chippenham; T. Burrough, Devizes; and W. Sollers, Blandford, [1772], 52,[2]pp., with final advertisement leaf, ink ownership stamp of H. Thistlethwayte to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, joints slightly cracked, slight wear to extremities, 4to (Qty: 1)ESTC T193600; T180382 & T122038. The first title is scarce, with only five institutional locations found (Bodleian Library, Oxford; Senate House, University of London; Winchester College; Leicester University & National Library of Scotland), also found at Longleat House, Wiltshire.
Lot 263
Sibelius ( Jean,1865-1957 ). Typed letter signed, 'Jean Sibelius', Järvenpää, 1 November 1945, to Mr Rowley, thanking him for his letter of 17th September, 'I am always pleased to receive messages from Music lovers and I thank you most cordially for all the kindness you express in your letter', signed clearly in thick pencil, three small magazine vignettes of the head of Sibelius neatly added to margins, light uniform toning, one page, 8vo, a photocopy of Rowley's original typed letter to Sibelius referred to inserted in back of gilt metal desk frame, glazed, together with a collotype illustration from a photograph of Sibelius's head with printed caption mounted beneath, some spotting and toning, image 19.5 x 18.5cm, framed and glazed (Qty: 2)
Lot 26
M'Clure (Robert). The Discovery of the North-West Passage by H.M.S. " Investigator," Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1853, 1854. Edited by Commander Sherard Osborn, from the Logs and Journals of Capt. Robert Le M. M'Clure, 1856, frontispiece lacking, folding engraved map (hand-coloured & with route of travel in ink), three tinted lithograph plates, publisher's adverts at rear, front free endpaper with pencil signature of C. D. Melvill, original blue cloth (strengthening to spine), some light damp mottling and cloth slightly lifting, 8vo, together with a defective copies of Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835, by George Back, 1836; Memoirs of Rear Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry..., by his son the Rev. Edward Parry, 1857, plus two other Arctic exploration related (Qty: 5)The signature to the first volume is that of Cosmo Dobrie Melvill. With a later manuscript note pasted to front free endpaper "This book belonged to my uncle Cosmo Dobrie Melvill, my mother's eldest brother, my Godfather and quite a noted explorer of the Canadian arctic prior to the 1st World War. He died (of Spanish flu?) at Edmonton, Alberta in 1919 & is buried there..."
Lot 368
Lycophron Chalcidensis . Alexandra, cum graecis Isaacii Tzetzis commentariis , 2 parts in one, Oxford, 1697, engraved portrait frontispiece with short closed tear to upper blank margin, vignette title with ownership inscription to upper blank margin, title and text in Greek & Latin, contemporary calf, lacking upper board, worn, folio, together with Flavell (John) , The Fountain of Life Opened: or, a Display of Christ in his Essential and Mediatorial Glory, 1673, engraved portrait frontispiece cropped to image and lined to verso, toning and dust-soiling throughout, late 18th/early 19th century half calf, joints slightly cracked and some wear, 4to, with Hall (Joseph) , Divers Treatises, Written upon severall Occasions, the Third Tome, now first collected into one volume..., 1662, engraved portrait frontispiece, decorative woodcut border to title, light toning and dust-soiing, contemporary mottled calf, spine tord at head with loss, some wear, folio, and Whitelock (Bulstrode) , Memorials of the English Affairs: or, An Historical Account of what passed from the Beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second His Happy Restauration..., new edition, 1732, signature to title, bookplate of Lady Isabella Anne Brydges to upper pastedown, contemporary diced calf, blind decorated spine and gilt & blind panel decoration to boards, joints cracked and slight wear, folio, plus a wormed and worn copy of Life Eternall or, A Treatise of the knowledge of the Divine Essence and Attributes. Delivered in XVIII Sermons..., by John Preston, 1631 (Qty: 5)
Lot 388
Scaliger (Julius Caesar). Exotericarum exercitationum liber quintus decimus, 1st edition, Paris: Michael Vascosan, July 1557, title with rectanglar excission to centre of leaf, few woodcut diagrams to text, final blank present, short worm trail to last two leaves of text, light dampstain to margins at rear of volume, inscription to front blank, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of John Marquess of Tweeddale, Earl of Gifford, Viscount Walden, Lord Hay of Yester, all edges gilt, early 18th century terracotta brown sheep, elaborate gilt decoration incorporating fleur-de-lis motifs to boards and spine compartments, few tiny worm holes at head & foot of spine, board corners neatly repaired, 4to (Qty: 1)Adams S579; Duveen 342; Ferguson II, 324. This work by Scaliger is best known as a philosopher, where he represented the traditional Aristotelian view of science, and in this work set out to refute the findings of Cardan. The full title of the 'Exotericarum exercitationum' implies that the critique is merely the fifteenth book of Scaliger's philosophical exercises (the first fourteen remained unpublished).
Lot 61
Radclyffe (James, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater, 1689-1716 ). A Report from the Committee to whom all the Books, Instruments, and Papers, relating to the Sale of the Estate of James late Earl of Derwentwater were referred. With an Appendix. Reported on the Twenty-second of March, 1731, by Lord Gage, [1731], pp.351-362, disbound folio, together with An Act for vesting the several Estates of James Earl of Derwentwater, and Charles Radcliffe, deceased, comprized in several Settlements therein mentioned, in Trustees, for an absolute Estate of Inheritance for the Benefit of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich; and for raising certain Sums of Money out of Part of the said Estates, for the Relief of the Children of the said Charles Radcliffe, [1749], pp.3-62, without general title, light damp staining, disbound small folio, with Blenheim & Woodstock , An Act for Settling of the Honours and Dignities of John Duke of Marlborough upon his Posterity, and Annexing the Honour and Manor of Woodstock, and House of Blenheim, to go along with the said Honours, [together with] An Act for Settling upon John Duke of Marlborough and his Posterity, a Pension of Five thousand Pounds per Annum, for the more Honourable Support of their Dignities, in like manner as his Honours and Dignities, and the Honour and Manor of Woodstock, and House of Blenheim, are already Limited and Settled, [1706], pp.55-60 & 63-72 respectively, disbound small folio, with Acts of Parliament , An Act for Recognizing His Majesties Title to the Throne of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, Dublin: Andrew Crooke, 1716, [2], 9-14pp., disbound small folio, plus An Act for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries, and Tenures in Capite, and by Knights-Service, and Purveyance, and for settling a Revenue upon His Majesty in Lieu thereof, 1660, [2], 28pp., light dampstain, disbound small folio, plus An Act for further supplying and explaining certain defects in an Act, Intituled, An Act for the speedy provision of money for disbanding and paying off the Forces of this Kingdom, both by Land and Sea, 1660, [2], 47-64pp., disbound slim folio, plus An Act for the Licencing and Regulating Hackney-Coaches and Stage-Coaches, 1694, [2], 419-434pp., ink stamp to first leaf of text, disbound slim folio, plus other late 17th-19th century Acts of Parliament, including highways, public roads, turnpike roads, duties upon carriages & coaches, rates & duties upon windows or lights, and fisheries etc., some relating to the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, all disbound small folio (Qty: approx. 35)
Lot 1
Anderson (George William). A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages round the World, undertaken and performed by Royal Authority. Containing an authentic, entertaining, full and complete history of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, undertaken by order of His Present Majesty, for making discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy &c. in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres and successfully performed in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771-72, 1773, 1774, 1775-1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, Alex Hogg, [1784-86], engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, 155 engraved maps, plates and charts, subscribers list at end, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary presentation inscription at front, front endpapers with marginal repairs, recent panelled calf, spine with red label and gilt decorations, folio (Qty: 1)Hill p. 5: 'An important compilation of English Voyages ... Anderson sometimes gives the original accounts, others are edited or abridged versions, and frequently additional materials, from other sources, are added to give scope and depth to the narrative'.
Lot 336
Chiabrera ( Gabriello ). Lettere di Gabriello Chiabrera Nobille Savonese date in luce da Giacomo Filippo Porrata , Bologna: Per Lelio dalla Volpe, 1762, engraved vignette to title, armorial bookplates of Marchionis Salsae and Viscount Dudley to upper pasted own, contemporary vellum 4to, together with Riccobaldi del Bava (Giuseppe Maria) , Dissertazione istorico-etrusca sopra l'origine, antico stato, lingua e caratteri della etrusca nazione e sopra l'origine, e primo, e posteriore stato della città di Volterra..., Florence, 1758, later vellum (using old vellum), 4to, with Giuliani (Francesco Antonio) , La Nemesi, o sia, La Giustitia delle pene e de'premii, Naples: Fratelli Raimondi, 1777, contemporary vellum, 8vo, and Secco (Antonio) , Vita del Glorioso S. Agrippino vescovo, E Protettore della Fedelissima Citta di Napoli..., Naples: Michele Monaco, 1682, light spotting, bookplates of Marchionis Salsae and Viscount Dudley to pastedowns, contemporary vellum, 8vo, with Menzini (Benedetto) , Dell' Opere, 3 volumes, Florence: Nella Stamperia di S. A. R., 1731, half-titles present, title to volume 1 in red & black, engraved portrait, armorial bookplate of William Wynne to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, without title labels, volume number labels present, joints slightly cracked, 8vo, plus others similar (Qty: 13)
Lot 362
Jussieu (Antoine-Laurent de). Genera Plantarum Secundum Ordines Naturales Disposita, 1st edition, Paris, 1789, errata leaf at end, some light toning and water stains, hinges reinforced, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed and stained, 8vo (Hunt 703; Norman 1194), together with Geodaesia: or, the Art of Surveying and Measuring of Land made easy, by John Love, 4th edition, 1731, woodcut illustrations, a liitle light spotting at front, early ownership signature to front endpaper (detaching), contemporary sprinkled calf, spine rubbed, joints cracking, 8vo,. plus An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine, by Charles Frederick Partington, 1st edition, 1822, eight folding engraved plates (one detaching, publisher's catalogue bound in at end, light offsetting, bookplate, original boards, rebacked with paper label remnant, light edge wear, 8vo, with others including La Scienza delle persone di Corte, di Spada e di toga del signore di Chevigni, 4 volumes, Venice, 1720, John Bonnycastle's An Introduction to Astronomy, 8th edition, 1822,Priscilla Wakefield's An Introduction to Botany, 1796, Report from the Committee appointed to examine the physicians who have attended His Majesty during His illness, new edition, 1789, C. Stower's The Printer's Grammar, 1808, The History and proceedings of the Lords and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament with regard to the Regency, 1789 and Lexicon Technicum or an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, volume II only, 1710 (Qty: 19)
Lot 423
Lang (Andrew). The Fairy Books, 12 volumes, 1st editions, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889-1910, a complete 1st editions set of Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, colour plates present as called for, numerous letterpress illustrations, many full-page, Blue Fairy Book lacking black & white frontispiece, occasional generally light spotting to most (Violet, Crimson, Brown and Olive without), all but Pink, Crimson, Olive and Lilac with early/contemporary ink signature to title (at head), or to half-title or preliminary blank, Green with small loss to foot page 55, Yellow with page 87/88 detached and lacking adjoining illustration, also lacking page 155/156, Orange lacking one leaf (page 183/184) with adjoining leaf detached, stitching a little strained in Red, Yellow, Violet, Crimson, Orange and Olive Fairy Books, Blue and Pink with stitching broken, some hinges cracked, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated cloth, extremities somewhat rubbed, most spine ends more or less frayed, variable fading/toning to spines, five (Blue, Green, Yellow, Grey, Orange) with early/contemporary ink signature to front cover, three (Red, Pink and Grey), with some small stains to covers, rear covers generally lightly marked, Yellow soiled and faded, Lilac faded, 8vo, and three later edition Fairy Books (Qty: 15)The Violet, Brown and Olive Fairy Books are particularly bright.
Lot 51
Dugdale (William). Monasticon Anglicanum: A History of the Abbies and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries and Cathedral and Colliegiate Churches, with their dependencies in England and Wales..., a new edition by John Caley, Henry Ellis and Bulkeley Bandinel, 6 volumes in 8, 1817-30, half titles, additional engraved titles, titles printed in red and black, approximately 240 engraved plates and plans, several double page, occasional light spotting to plates, library ink stamps to printed title versos, shelf number stickers at foot of titles, modern black cloth, red labels to spines, thick folio (Qty: 8)Ther new edition, much expanded from William Dugdale's first edition of 1655 includes many plates of cathedrals, monasteries, priories and other religious buildings as well; as costumes and seals.
Lot 305
Army Lists. A List of the Officers of the Army, and Marines; with an Index: a List of the Officers on Half-Pay; and a Succession of Colonels, 11 volumes, [London]: War Office, 1785 [-86, -87, -88, -89, -90, -91, -94, -96, -97], very occasional light spotting and soiling, 1786 edition with ink-stains to pp. 12-13 and 18-19 obscuring a few names, 1791 edition toned, 1796 final leaf and integral blank loose, several volumes with contemporary marginalia and errata, a few names (apparently of deceased officers) scored through but remaining legible, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain red morocco, smooth spines gilt with urn, flower or sunburst motifs, green morocco labels, concentric dogtooth, elliptical, beaded and Greek-key rolls gilt to covers, spines rubbed and darkened, old paper labels to lower compartments, variable wear to joints and extremities, sides scuffed, 1787 edition spine-label perished, 1797 spine partially split, tall 4to (31.5 x 21.2 cm) (Qty: 11)Provenance: each volume with the inscription 'p resented to the Library by Sir A. Halliday, Dept. Inspr. Genl. of Hospitals, 31 st July 1833’ to the front free endpaper, and ink-stamps of Fort Pitt Medical Library and the Royal Army Medical College to title-page, front free endpaper and an initial page of text; list for 1790 additionally inscribed 'William Henry Duke of Clarence, Captain in the Royal Navy, Commander of His Majesty’s Ship Valiant, [?] May 10 th 1790' on the title-page; lists for 1791, 1792 and 1796 with bookplates of Leonard Morse FRS (d. 1808). Sir Andrew Halliday (1782-1839), Scottish physician, served in the Iberian peninsula with the Portuguese army during the Napoleonic wars, and was present with the British forces at Waterloo. Afterwards he became domestic physician to William, Duke of Clarence, later King William IV. ESTC T92000 (four copies), T170296 (four copies), T92002, T92003, T92004, T92005, T92006 (nine copies), T92007 (eight copies), T92009, T92011 (eight copies), T92012. All large-paper copies, in the deluxe red morocco binding usually produced for high-ranking officers.
Lot 85
Williamson (Thomas). Oriental Field Sports; being a complete, detailed and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East, 2 volumes, 1808, additional engraved titles, 39 aquatint plates only (lacking plate 25 & pp. 49-56 of text in volume II), some light soiling, previous owner signatures, recent calf-backed boards, 4to (Qty: 2)Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
Lot 39
Stanley (Henry M.) In Darkest Africa, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1890, maps and illustrations (a couple of folding maps repaired), a little minor spotting, bookplate, original red pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, together with The Congo and the Founding of its Free State, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1885, illustrations, lacking the 2 folding maps contained in the rear pockets, and page xv detached in volume 1, volume I rear hinge breaking, bookplate, original pictorial cloth gilt, tiny tears at spine ends, two corners bumped, 8vo, plus Through the Dark Continent, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1878, portrait frontispieces, folding map contained in each rear pocket, maps and illustrations, advertisements at end of volume II, some light spotting and toning, original decorative cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, with five others including Major W. Cornwallis Harris's The Highlands of Aethopia, 3 volumes, 1844 (lacking chromolithographed dedication leaf in volume I), F.W. Burbidge's The Gardens of the Sun:or a Naturalist's Journal on the Mountains and in the Forests and Swamps of Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago, 1880 and W.P. Livingstone's Laws of Livingstonia, [1921} in dust jacket (Qty: 13)
Lot 45
Worm (Ole). Danicorum Monumentorum libri sex: e spissis antiquitatum tenebris et in Dania ac Norvegia extantibus ruderibus eruti, 1st edition, Copenhagen, 1643, engraved allegorical title, folding engraved plate, woodcut illustrations, 2Y4 with hole in text, bound with Regum Daniae series duplex, Copenhagen, 1642, title with woodcut device, a few leaves printed in red and black, lacking rear endpaper, some overall light toning and light marginal water stains, rear hinge breaking, contemporary sheep gilt, rubbed, some wear at spine ends, folio (Qty: 1)The earliest printed account of the rune stones of Denmark and Norway, and surviving source of runic inscriptions, some of which are now lost.
Lot 180
Artistic Anatomy. A series of 27 finely drawn studies of the human anatomy, probably English School, circa 1900, red chalk on wove paper, including studies of legs, feet, torsos and skeletons, a few with pencil letters (key not provided), a few small tears and neat repairs and occasional light soiling, the largest sheet 23.5 x 36.5cm, the smallest 18 x 23 cm, all pasted on to individual pieces of modern board (Qty: 27)
![Martineau (Harriet). A Description of the English Lakes, Windermere & London, [1858], engraved frontispiece, folding hand](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/6435e68f-31b9-421d-bb8b-aa920119a913/468x382.jpg)
Lot 57
Martineau (Harriet). A Description of the English Lakes, Windermere & London, [1858], engraved frontispiece, folding hand-coloured engraved map at rear, eight engraved plates (one folding), wood engraved vignette title and numerous illustrations throughout on india paper, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, frayed & worn at head & foot of spine and to board corners, 4to, together with Garnet (J., publisher) , Views of the English Lakes, Windermere, circa late 1850s, engraved title and 26 engraved vignette plates, publisher's advert leaf at rear, some spotting to margins, original cloth gilt, oblong 8vo, with Baines (Edward) , A Companion to the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire; in a Descriptive Account of a Family Tour..., 2nd edition, 1830, folding hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece (some repairs to folds at verso), edges rough trimmed, original cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, 12mo in 6s, with Black (Adam & Charles) , Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes, 4th edition, Edinburgh, 1850, engraved plates & maps (some folding), ink stamp to title, original cloth gilt, extremities frayed, 8vo, and Scott & Benson (publishers) , A Guide to the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, & Lancashire, with a Sketch of Carlisle, 3rd edition, Carlisle & Edinburgh, circa 1842, engraved frontispiece & title, lacking map, original read sheep-backed printed boards, rubbed, 12mo, plus other Lake District related volumes etc., mostly 19th century publications, including works by Harriett Martineau and A.W. Rumney etc., plus a small modern photograph album containing 84 loosely inserted mostly early 20th century topographical postcards relating to Cumbria (Qty: 30)
Lot 370
Machiavelli ( Niccolo). [ Tutte le opere di Nicolo Machiauelli cittadino et secretario fiorentino : diuise in V parti et di nuouo con somma accuratezza ristampate, 5 parts in one, S.l.: s.n., 1550, but 17th century?], 8, 351, [1]; [4], 116; 14, [2], 304; 168; 170, [2] pp., lacking general title and following leaf, separate title to each part present, double-page woodcut illustration, initial leaves frayed to margins and slight dampstaining at gutter, 1cm diameter ink stain to leaf xiii of second part, light toning and spotting, 20th century quarter morocco gilt, light mottling to cloth sides, 4to (Qty: 1)See Adams M7, which suggests the volume was published in Rome by Antonio Blado? It is also possible it was published in Geneva. There were five editions that present the date 1550 on the title page, but in reality they are seventeenth century counterfeits. They constitute an interesting bibliographic case due to the particular difficulty of identification due to the presence of variants, omissions and recompositions, and testify to the enormous success of Machiavelli.
Lot 481
Calvert (Albert F.) . Spain, 191, colour map frontispiece, 46 colour plates plus numerous black & white illustrations, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed, large 4to, plus Petrie (Graham) , Tunis, Kairouan & Carthage, 1908, 48 colour plates, some spotting throughout, original illustrated red cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 4to, and Tyndale (Walter [illustrator]) , Wessex, by Clive Holland, 1906, 75 colour illustrations plus map to rear, later inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, original decorative blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, plus other early 20th century & modern travel reference, including 33 volumes of A. & C. Black publications, all original cloth, some decorative, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)
![[Révéroni Saint-Cyr, Jacques Antoine]. Essai sur le Mécanisme de la Guerre, ou application des premiers principes de mécaniqu](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/664bd7ff-133f-4b72-9aee-aa88013852c9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 384
[Révéroni Saint-Cyr, Jacques Antoine]. Essai sur le Mécanisme de la Guerre, ou application des premiers principes de mécanique au mouvement et à l'action des corps d'armée…, Par un officier français, de la Légion d'honneur, et de plusieurs Académie, 1st edition, Paris: Chez Magimel ..., Cocheris fils ..., et Barba ... 1808, five large folding engraved plates containing some 65 figures, outer margin of final plate nicked with loss but not affecting image, some occasional spotting and light browning, stitching partly broken, uncut, original pink wastepaper wrappers with author's name written in a contemporary hand to upper wrapper and then more legibly in a later hand below, manuscript title on spine, a little rubbed and soiled, spine cracked, 8vo (Qty: 1)In this little known work on the 'Mechanism of War' the author deals first with the principles of warfare and the mechanisms of strategic positions, marches, battles and retreats. The second section includes a more detailed discussion upon certain tactical manoeuvres and various machines of war, including the art of sieges, the use of hidden bunkers and trenches to gain a dominant firing position. It also covers the use of aerial observation and the use of pontoons to traverse rivers.
Lot 412
Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Stark Munro Letters, 1st edition, 1895, frontispiece, title with oval illustration, advertisements at rear, some light spotting, previous owner inscription to half title, original cloth, 8vo, together with The Exploits of Brigadier Gerrard, 1st edition, 1896, monochrome illustrations, advertisements, end[papers lightly toned, original cloth, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, slight lean, 8vo, plus The Land of Mist, 1st edition, [1926], half title, advertisements at end, some spotting, facsimile signature clipped and pasted to title, recent half calf, 8vo, with others by Doyle and poetry from the collection of film maker and director Jonathan Gili, many inscribed by the authors, including Grooves in the Wind by C.A. Trypanis, Chilmark Press, New York, 1964, inscribed by the poet to Anthony Richardson, News of the World, by George Baker, 1960, inscribed, Ruth Fainlight's To See the Matter Clearly and other poems, 1968, inscribed to Julian Nangle and others by Fainlight, Alan Brownjohn and John Pudney etc (Qty: approximately 80)
Lot 468
Lubbock (Basil) . The Last of the Windjammers, 2 volumes, 2nd impression, 1927, numerous black & white illustrations & plans, contemporary inscriptions to half-titles, some minor spitting, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, Bowen (Frank C.) , The Sea, it's history and romance, 4 volumes, 1926, 4 colour frontispieces plus numerous black & white illustrations, some light spotting, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, spines rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and Randall (Maurice [illustrator]) , From The North Foreland to Penzance, by Clive Holland, 1908, 30 colour illustrations, minor toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other mostly early 20th century & modern maritime history & reference,, including publications by Hakluyt Society, Conway, The Studio, Airlife, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)
Lot 74
Morris (Beverley R.) British Game Birds and Wildfowl, 1st edition, 1855, 60 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light spotting and toning, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, losses to spine label, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to (Qty: 1)Anker 345; Nissen IVB 644.
Lot 486
Burton (W. K.) . The Supply of Towns and the construction of waterworks..., 2nd edition, 1898, numerous black & white illustrations and folding plates, advertisements to the rear, period inscription to head of half-title, some light spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Dening (C. F. W.) , The Eighteenth-Century Architecture of Bristol, 1st edition, 1923, Bristol, 69 black & white tipped-in plates, book plate to front endpaper, some spotting throughout, original green cloth, boards lightly marked, spine slightly rubbed, large 4to, and Sprague (John T.) , Electricity: its theory, sources, and applications, 2nd edition, 1884, black & white illustrations, some toning, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 19th century & modern architecture & engineering reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)
Lot 489
Stuart (Robert) . A Descriptive History of the Steam Engine, 1984, printed for Knight and Lacey, e47 black & white plates, minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated plum half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Clinton (G. Gilroy ) , The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and other fibrous substances;..., 1845, New York, 9 black & white plates,some light toning & spotting, rebound retaining original gilt decorated black cloth boards & spine, slightly rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and Brooks (C. P.) , Cotton its uses, varieties, fibre structure, cultivation,..., 1st U.K. edition, 1898, 174 black & white illustrations, folding map to pp 112, advertisements to the rear, contemporary inscription to front paste down, minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & marked, 8vo, plus other 19th century & modern engineering & industry reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)
Lot 9
Dalzel (Archibald). The History of Dahomy, an Inland Kingdom of Africa; compiled from Authentic Memoirs; with an Introduction and Notes, 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author by T. Spilsbury & Son, 1793, folding engraved map frontispiece (short closed tear and fraying to fore-edge margin), 6 engraved plates, title inscribed 'William Shaw from his friend George Dalzel Dec. 1833' and 'Given to John Archibald Shaw by his Uncle William Shaw, June 1859', C2 torn across lower outer blank corner, O2 with long horizontal closed tear repaired with transparent paper tape, occasional light dampstains, near contemporary half calf gilt, some wear to head & foot of spine and extremities, 4to (Qty: 1)Together with a small selection of mid/late 19th century carte de viste photographs and genealogical notes relating to the Dalzel Dickson and Shaw family etc.
Lot 14
Gau (Francois Chretien). Antiquities de la Nubie, ou monumens inedits des bords du Nil, situes entre la premiere et la seconde cataracte, Stuggart & Paris, 1822, half title, 78 engraved plates, including five hand-coloured, 13 engraved vignettes (two hand-coloured), p.3 with horizontal closed tear, some mainly light spotting and soiling, hinges reinforced, contemporary morocco-backed boards, a little rubbed with some wear at lower corners, folio (Qty: 1)Blackmer 656 (listing only four hand-coloured plates): 'Gau studied architecture in Paris and then spent four years in Italy. In 1819 he continued on to Egypt where he conceived the project of describing the monuments above the first cataract of the Nile. He travelled as far as the second cataract and recorded all the monuments along that stretch of the Nile.'
Lot 394
Wood (Nicholas). A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, and interior communication in general; with original experiments, and tables of the comparative value of canals and rail-roads, 1st edition, 1825, six folding engraved plates, some offsetting and light spotting and soiling, a few small marginal ink stains, endpapers renewed (with original endpapers relaid over pastedowns), later boards with manuscript title to spine label, 8vo (Qty: 1)
Lot 461
Knickbocker (Diedrich) . A Humourous History of New York, from the beginning of the World , to the end of the Dutch Dynasty;..., new edition, 1820, printed for W.Wright, black & white engraved frontispiece, some spotting throughout, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, together with Cromek (R.H.) , Reilques of Robert Burns;..., 1808, printed for J. McCreery, contemporary inscription to head of the title page, some light spotting, contemporary tree calf, boards & spines rubbed to head & foot, lacking spine labels, 8vo, and Wyman & Sons [publisher] , Royal Album of Arts and Industry of Great Britain, 1887, colour portrait frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations, all edges gilt, minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated red morocco, boards & spine rubbed, large 4to, plus other mostly 19th century literature, history & reference, including Etching Club, circa 1840, 40 monochrome etchings, original decorative binding, The Rural Cyclopedia ,..., 4 volumes, by John M. Wilson, 1847, all leather bindings, many gilt decorated, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)Approximately 110 volumes.
Lot 409
Boulton (Reg). The Sculptures of Kilpeck, Barton Press, 1987, colour illustrations, original cloth, dropover box (a little rubbed with marks), folio, limited signed edition 55/100, together with Fantasy, by Hellmuth Weissenborn, Acorn Press, 1978, 21 hand-coloured linocuts, original boards (spine faded), slipcase, 4to, limited edition of 100 (this copy not numbered or signed), plus Scrapbook Drawings of Stanley Spencer, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1964, 60 plates, light spotting to half title, original pictorial cloth, a few light marks, folio, limited edition 168/400, with others including Town & Country. A Collection of Designs and Decorations by Wyndham Payne, 1926 (limited edition 97/250), and A Medieval Bestiary, translated & introduced by T.J. Elliott, Godine, Boston, 1971 (limited edition 611/900) (Qty: 16)
Lot 19
* India. 'Cabool Gate, Ghuznee, July 26, 1839', by Sir Henry Durand, pencil sketch on paper, laid down on card, inscribed and dated lower left, some surface marks and light overall toning, additionally inscribed to verso in pencil 'Sir Henry Durand. Evidently the first sketch he made of the Ghuznee Gate which you know he blew up as a young R.E.', and also in ink 'Father's Ghuznee Sketch', 25.5 x 37 cm (10 x 14.5 ins), together with a collection of 44 other sketches of Indian scenes, figures and costume, landscapes, etc., mostly 1890s-1900s, apparently drawn by Mrs Duncan, wife of Canon Duncan of the St. John's Mission, Nazareth, Tinnevelly, South India, many inscribed or captioned, various sizes, but also including a pencil sketch of an old Indian monument by Sir Henry Durand, inscribed in pencil to verso 'a drawing by Sir Henry Durand given to Dad by Marion Rivett-Carnac (Dad's eldest sister)', all contained in 20th century portfolio (Qty: 45)Sir Henry Marion Durand (1812-1871) served in the First Anglo-Afghan War of 1839-42, the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1848-49, and was Resident of Gwalior 1849-1852. His son Sir Henry Mortimer Durand served in the Indian Civil Service. Perhaps his most famous exploit was to blow open the northern gate of the formidable Ghazni fortress while serving as an Officer of the Bengal Engineers, which led to the capture of the whole fortress. The Cabool Gate at Ghuzni was breached on the 23rd July, 1839, just three days before the present sketch was made.
![Bible [English]. [The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke…, Imprinted at London: by Christopher Barker, 1580]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/65bbe024-196a-4f3b-af50-aa920119a25a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 312
Bible [English]. [The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke…, Imprinted at London: by Christopher Barker, 1580], preliminaries incomplete at front comprising part of Prayer Book (with Psalter) only, without Bible general title and New Testament title, Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text, with 71 lines to a full column, bound with the Concordances published by Christopher Barker at rear and incomplete Book of Psalms printed by John Daye, 1583 at rear, marginal notes and running titles cropped, occasional early inscriptions and genealogical entries throughout including ‘Elizabeth Derker her Book 1700, John Pritty born January 13 1758, John Pritty his Book January ye 10 1773’, light dampstaining at front of volume, few marks and some dust-soiling throughout, front free endpaper with ownership signature Arthur Dene 1837 and book label of R.A. Gibbs of Llandaff, late 18th/early 19th century reversed calf, two small paper labels to spine, lightly rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1)Herbert 165; (Darlow & Moule 123); STC 2129. Barker’s device Tigre Reo… occurs at the end of Godly prayers , after Malachi, on the title-page of Concordances, and above the colophon on the last page of Concordances. A small cut of the royal arms is found at the end of Revelation. The Concordances, which form an essential part of the volume, were compiled by Robart F. Herrey, who is identified with Robert Harrison, a member of the noncomformist movement the Norfolk Brownists (d.1585?).
![[Monod, Pierre]. Trattato del titolo regio dovuto all serenissima casa di Savoia. Insieme con un ristretto delle rivolutioni](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/8a02eb1a-50fa-44cf-b10f-aa8801384eb4/468x382.jpg)
Lot 374
[Monod, Pierre]. Trattato del titolo regio dovuto all serenissima casa di Savoia. Insieme con un ristretto delle rivolutioni del reame di Cipri, 1st edition, Turin: Giovanni Dominico Tarino heirs, 1633, 2 parts in 1 volume, engraved armorial frontispiece on decoratively pricked paper, folding genealogical table of the kings of Cyprus, marginal damp-staining to frontispiece and intermittently to text-leaves, light spotting and toning, a few small stains, small worm-track in gutter of a few quires, closed tear to folding table, early marginalia to part 2, the last few lines scored out by the same hand, contemporary limp vellum gilt, stained, a little chipping to edges, old restoration to head of front cover, folio (28 x 19.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Cobham-Jeffery p. 43. Copac traces three copies in UK libraries (British Library, National Library of Scotland, and Oxford).
Lot 373
Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin de). Oeuvres, nouvelle edition, Paris, 1718, engraved plates, previous owner signature, contemporary calf gilt, a little rubbed with a few small chips at spine ends, 8vo, together with La Henriade, by F.M. Arouet de Voltaire, 2 volumes, nouvelle edition, Paris, 1770, engraved frontispiece and title to volume I, 10 engraved plates, some light spotting, later tree calf gilt, a little rubbed with some worming at foot of spines, 8vo, plus Anecdotes Interessantes et Historiques de l'illustre Voyageur, pendant son sejour a Paris. Dediees a la Reine, by Le Chevalier du Coudray, 2nd edition, Paris, 1777, engraved portrait frontispiece, a little minor spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, with others, mostly in French including Anthony Hamilton's Memoires de Comte de Grammont, circa 1792, Claude Crebillon's Le Sopha, conte moral, 1779 and Thomas Sydenham's Opera Universa, editio novissima, Leiden, 1754 (Qty: 23)
Lot 259
Rolls-Royce Sales Brochure. The 40/50 H.P. Six Cylinder Car, 14 & 15 Conduit Street, London. W.1., circa 1920s, 13 tipped-in and mounted colour plates, few light spots to title, generally in very clean condition, original brown wrappers secured at spine edge with original brown ribbon, slim folio (Qty: 1)In very good condition.
Lot 400
Jubinal (Achille). La Armeria Real, ou collection des principales pieces de la Galerie d'armes anciennes de Madrid, dessins de M. Gasparde Sensi, 2 volumes, Paris, [1839], lithograph title to each, 81 lithograph plates, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, joints cracking, spines and edges rubbed, folio (Qty: 1)
Lot 467
Phillips (John) . Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire;..., 2nd edition, 1835, hand coloured county map frontispiece plus approximately 30 hand coloured and black & white plates, ex-library stamp to the title page, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, boards & spine slight rubbed with minor loss to the spine labels, 4to, together with Ansted (David Thomas) , Geology, introductory, descriptive, & practical, 2 volumes, 1844, black & white illustrations, period inscriptions to front paste downs, minor margin toning, uniform original green cloth, boards lightly marked, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Geikie (Archibald) , The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1897, numerous black & white illustrations plus maps, loose folding map to front of volume 1, later inscriptions to half-title, some water damage & minor spotting, uniform original green cloth, boards slightly rubbed with some water damage, 8vo, plus other late 19th century & modern geology reference & related, including The Geology and Scenery of the Grampians and The Valley of Strathmore, 2 volumes, by Peter Macnair, 1908, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)
Lot 344
Eliot (George). The Mill on the Floss, 3 volumes, 1st edition, William Blackwood and Sons, 1860, half-titles, volume 1 with final blank Z6, binder's ticket (Edmonds and Remnants) to volume 1 rear pastedown, volume 3 with 16 pp. publisher's catalogue, light spotting to outer leaves and margins, volume 1 half-title and front free endpaper browned from tipped-in slip, c ontemporary bookseller's ticket (Vardy, Warminster) to rear pastedowns (obscuring binder's ticket in volume 1), volume 1 rear inner hinge cracked, volume 3 inner hinges neatly consolidated, original brown cloth, spines rolled, fraying to ends, tips bumped and a little worn, 8vo (Qty: 3)Carter, Binding Variants pp. 110-11; Sadleir 816a; Wolff 2060. Carter's binding variant 'B'.
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