Williams (William Meade) . Annals of the Worshipful Company, of the City of London, 1867, privately printed, illuminated title page plus 12 monochrome illustrations, split gutters, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated black full morocco, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Crane (Walter) , Of The Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New, 1896, numerous black & white illustrations, later endpapers, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated grey half morocco, spine slightly faded, 4to, and Audubon (John James) , The Original Water-Colour Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America, 2 volumes, 1966, numerous colour plates, uniform original brown cloth in slipcase, folio, plus other bibliography & book reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 56 )
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Archery. The Theory and Practice of Archery, by the late Horace Ford, new edition, thoroughly revised and re-written by W. Butt, 1887, wood engraved frontispiece and plate, illustrations to text, light toning, original green cloth gilt, frayed at head & foot of spine, 8vo, together with Hardy (Robert) , Longbow, A Social and Military History, 1st edition, 1976, colour plates and black & white illustrations, original boards in price-clipped dust-jacket, 4to, with Rounsevelle (Phillip) , Archery Simplified, New York, 1937, black & white illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, and Trench (Charles Chenevix) , A History of Marksmanship, 1st edition, 1972, colour plates and black & white illustrations, original boards in dust-jacket, 4to, and Schuyler (Keith C.) , Archery, from Golds to Big Game, 1st edition, New York, 1970, black & white illustrations, original boards in price-clipped dust-jacket, 4to, plus other archery related reference, plus a folder containing various 18th & 19th century prints relating to archery etc. (Qty: 41)
Boxing. The Life and History of Tom Sayers, the Renowned Champion of England, printed by John Watson, circa 1860, wood-engraved illustrations, light spotting and soiling, original cloth, lower cover detached, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The Complete Science of Wrestling, by George Hackenschmidt, circa 1909, half -tone illustrations, advertisements at end, some light soiling, original cloth, spine faded and a little rubbed, 8vo, with others, sporting and magic including F.A. Schmidt & Eustace H. Miles's The Training of the Body for Games, Athletics, Gymnastics and other forms of Exercise, 3rd edition,1905 and Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant's Our Magic, circa 1912 (Qty: 8)
Hills, Robert. Sketches in Flanders and Holland; with Some Account of a Tour Through Parts of those Countries Shortly After the Battle of Waterloo..., 1816, 36 aquatint plates, complete as list (including 5 hand-coloured and one folding), occasional light spotting (generally clean copy with wide margins), contemporary black half morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed with some wear to head and foot of spine, large 4to (Qty: 1)Abbey, Travel 187. Landwehr 311. An account of a tour by the painter and engraver Robert Hills (1769-1844), including views of Bruges, Rotterdam, Haarlem, and Amsterdam.
Pogany (Willy, illustrator). The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George G. Harrap, 1910, 20 tipped-in colour plates, one or two corner tips creased, letterpress illustrations and decorations throughout, occasional light spotting, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, decorated endpapers, original gilt-decorated light green cloth, some edge-rubbing and marks, folio, together with Smith (Jessie Willcox, illustrator). The Water-Babies, by Charles Kingsley, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1916, 12 colour plates, letterpress illustrations, one or two short edge-tears, front free endpaper with faint vertical crease, original green cloth, with circular illustration inset to upper cover, extremities a trifle rubbed, 4to, plus six others with illustrations by Willy Pogany and Jessie Willcox Smith (including Good Housekeeping magazine for October 1925 with front cover illustration by Smith), and five Mickey Mouse books, including Scenic Silly Symphonies, and Movie Stories Book 2, plus seven books illustrated by Tasha Tudor (Qty: 20)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator) . A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, 1908, 40 tipped in colour plates plus black & white vignettes, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, some light spotting & offsetting, original gilt decorated cloth, spine lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with Aldin (Cecil) , Sleeping Partners, a Series of Episodes, circa 1929, 21 colour illustrations, some minor spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned, spotted and rubbed to head and foot, 4to, and Lindsay (Norman [illustrator]) , Satyrs and Sunlight, being the Collected Poetry of Hugh McCrae, limited edition 330/550, The Fanfrolico Press, 1928, numerous black & white illustrations, original gilt decorated green pebble-grain morocco, insect damage & slight rubbing to the rear cover, 4to, plus 11 further volumes of early 20th century juvenile & illustrated literature, including Cecil Aldin, Edward Lear, Gwynedd M.Hudson, Willebeck le Mair, all original cloth, some shelf wear, G, 8vo/4to (Qty: 14)
Symonds (John Addington). Renaissance in Italy, 7 volumes, new edition, Smith, Elder & Co., 1900-1904, top edge gilt, contemporary uniform red half morocco gilt (by Bickers & Son, Leicester Sq.), 8vo, together with The Royal Shakspere, 3 volumes, Cassell and Company, circa 1900, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary red calf gilt, some minor marks, 4to, plus other late 19th and early 20th century leather bindings, including The British Isles depicted by Pen and Camera, 3 volumes, Cassell and Company, circa 1900, Library of English Literature, 5 volumes, selected by Henry Morley, Cassell and Company, circa 1900, all leather bound, The Henry Irving Shakespeare, 8 volumes, 1888-90, bound in original publisher's uniform gilt-decorated brown cloth, 8vo/4to (Qty: 29)
Trade catalogues. George Brettle & Co., London, Autumn List, 1906, numerous illustrations, a few colour and folding, some toning to a few leaves, front endpaper renewed, original cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little faded, 8vo, together with Rylands & Sons, London. Haberdashery, 1905, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, advertisement leaf at front laid down, some light soiling, original morocco gilt, spine repaired, some fading and light stains, 8vo, plus Taylor & Parsons Ltd, Bradford, Brassfoundry, 1916, numerous monochrome illustrations, a few spots, original cloth, 8vo, with three others including J.G. Harrod & Co.'s Royal Despatch and Special Delivery of England, 1st edition, 1880 and Harrod's General Catalogue for 1929 (Qty: 6)
Trade catalogues. Examples of Furniture & Decoration by Gillows, London, circa 1905, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, a few small closed tears and stains at front, original cloth, a little rubbed, covers a little bowed, oblong 4to, together with Mappin & Webb Ltd, London, 1931, numerous illustrations, a few colour, original decorative boards, 4to, plus Hampson & Scott. Wholesale Saddlery Manufacturers, Walsall, circa 1900, colour and monochrome illustrations, occasional light soiling, original calf-backed boards, spine a little rubbed and faded, ink stamps to lower cover, 4to, with others including A Few Notes on Varnishes and Fossil Resins, by R. Ingham Clark, circa 1892 (presentation copy from the author), and Printing Types, Stephenson, Blake & Co, Sheffield, 1924 (Qty: 7)
Papworth (John B.) Rural Residences, consisting of a Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and other Ornamental Buildings, 1st edition, 1818, 22 hand-coloured aquatint plates only (of 27, lacking plates 5-6, 11-12 & 17), light offsetting and spotting, contemporary half calf, joints and edges rubbed, large 8vo, together with The Beauties of Stow; or a description of the most noble house, gardens, and magnificent buildings therein, of the Right Honourable Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham, by George Bickham, 2nd edition, [1753], folding engraved plan (repaired to verso), 25 engraved plates only (of 32?), some light spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed with some edge wear, 8vo, plus Genera of Birds, 1781, [by Thomas Pennant] bound with Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, par le Comte de Buffon, 1786, engraved title and 15 engraved plates for first work, engraved additional title for second work, some spotting and toning, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, lacking one spine label,upper joint splitting, 4to, together with others including Samuel Hayes's A Practical Treatise on Planting and the Management of Woods and Coppices, 3rd edition, Dublin, 1822 and Jethro Tull's The Horse Hoeing Husbandry... to which is prefixed an introduction... by William Cobbett, 1822 (Qty: 2 cartons)
Booth (Henry). An Account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, comprising a history of the parliamentary proceedings, preparatory to the passing of the Act, a description of the railway, in an excursion from Liverpool to Manchester, and a popular illustration of the mechanical principles applicable to railways, 1st edition, Wales and Baines, Liverpool, [1830], lithographed frontispiece, folding plan, wood-engraved plate, extra-illustrated with some 15 portraits and plates, a couple colour, plus a manuscript list of expenses for subscribers to the Liverpool Canal, 1770 and at end two Railway Chronicle Travelling Charts, one London to Wolverton, the other London to Oxford, circa 1847, a little light spotting and soiling, top edge gilt, later green calf gilt, spine a little faded, covers a little bowed, large 8vo (Qty: 1)
Pugin (Augustus Welby). Examples of Gothic Architecture, 1st edition, 3 volumes, 1831-38, numerous engraved plates, occasional library stamps, rebound in modern blue cloth, folio, together with Twopeny (William). Etchings of Ancient Capitals &c from Drawings by William Twopeny, 1837, etched plates, presentation copy from the author, inscribed to title 'For the Rev. Dampier Phelps, W.T.', large slim folio, plus The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits , being a series of engravings of the most eminent persons now living or lately deceased, in Great Britain and Ireland: from drawings accurately made from life..., 2 volumes, printed for T. Cadell, bookseller to the Royal Academy, 1822, numerous soft ground etched plates, some light toning and occasional spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary dark olive green half morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear, large folio, plus other various antiquarian, mostly 18th and 19th century, including Franklin Hudson, Monumental Brasses of Northamptonshire, Richard Burn, The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer, 3rd edition, 1756, David Wilkins, Concilia Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae, a Synodo Verulamiensi A.D. CCCCXLVI ad Londinensem A.D. MDCCXVII, 4 volumes, 1737, Report of the Boundary Commissioners of England and Wales, 2 volumes, 1888 (numerous folding maps), etc., mixed leather and cloth bindings, some wear, mainly folio (Qty: 4 cartons)
Morris (F.O.) . A History of British Birds, 6 volumes, 3rd edition, 1891, approximately 400 hand coloured plates, some minor spotting throughout, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards lightly rubbed, spines rubbed to head & foot with some loss, 8vo, together with Pratt (Anne) , The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain,..., 6 volumes, circa 1900, 220 colour plates, some minor marginal spotting & offsetting, all edges gilt, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, spines slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Loudon (Jane) , The Ladies Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals, 2nd edition, circa 1850, William S. Orr and Co., 48 hand coloured plates, some light spotting, later endpapers, all edges gilt, modern half calf retaining contemporary marbled boards, boards slightly rubbed, 4to, plus other mostly 19th and early 20th century n atural history & botanical plate books & reference, including The Horse its treatment in Health and Disease, 9 volumes, 1905, original gilt decorated green cloth designed by Talwin Morris, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)131 volumes
Bindings . The History of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans under Julius Caesar, 12 volumes, 5th edition, 1814, some light spotting & offsetting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf bound by White, boards & spines slightly rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of Londonderry, 4 volumes, by Robert Stewart Castlereagh, 1848, period inscription to volume 1 front endpaper, minor offsetting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated blue full calf, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, Memoirs of Maximillian De Bethune , Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry The Great, 5 volumes, 1805, Edinburgh, book plates to front paste downs, some light toning & spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with other 19th & early 20th century literature sets, all gilt decorated leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo. (Qty: 3 shelves)54 volumes.
Hall (Basil) . Extracts from a Journal written on the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico in the years 1820, 1821, 1822, 3 volumes, 1826-27, Edinburgh, 3 black & white engraved title pages, previous owner inscription to front endpapers, some light toning, contemporary gilt decorated plum half calf, small 8vo, together with Mansfield (Robert Blachford) , The Water Lily on The Danube: being a brief account of the perils of a pair-oar during a voyage from Lambeth to Pesth, 1833, 8 black & white plates including a map, blind stamp to front endpaper, previous owners inscription to head of the title page, some light spotting, original embossed blue cloth, 8vo, and Janin (Jules) , The American in Paris during the summer,...,1844, 18 black & white engraved plates, spotting to plate margins, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly marked & faded, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century travel reference, including The Impossible Island, Corsica: its people and its sport, by "Snaffle", 1923, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 3 shelves)
Bindings . History of the Reign of Charles The Fifth,..., 2 volumes, 1857, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain, 3 volumes, 1859, all by William H. Prescott, minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, lightly rubbed, 8vo, History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 12 volumes, popular edition, circa 1890, period inscription to front endpaper, bookplates to front paste downs, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt half calf, spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, The Works of Walter Scott, 25 volumes, new edition, circa 1890, minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with other late 19th century literature sets, all gilt decorated leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo. (Qty: 3 shelves)65 volumes.
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Rackham (Arthur [illustrator]) . Undine, by De La Motte Fouqué, 1909, 15 tipped in colour plates, some spotting to the text block, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with Sullivan (Edmund J.) , Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, by Edward Fitzgerald, 1913, colour frontispiece & 75 black & white illustrations, some light spotting, cracked front gutter, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Heal (Ambrose) , The Signboards of Old London Shops, limited edition of 250 copies, 1947, 5 monochrome plates & upwards of 400 collotypes, some minor toning, publishers original red half morocco, boards & spine lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th century illustrated literature & reference, including Choir Stalls and their Carvings..., by Emma Phipson, 1896, some leather bindings, many original gilt decorated cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)
Bindings . The Works of George Eliot, 21 volumes, standard edition, circa 1900, spotting, some light spotting, uniform gilt decorated half calf bound by Bickers & Son, spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 10 volumes, by James Boswell, 1835, period inscription to front endpaper, minor marginal toning, uniform gilt decorated red half calf, lightly rubbed, 8vo, The Works of William Harrison Ainsworth, 16 volumes, circa 1880, black & white illustrations by George Cruikshank, some minor spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green half calf, spines & hinges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with other 19th century literature sets, all gilt decorated leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo. (Qty: 3 shelves)
Bishop (Frederick) . The Illustrated London Cookery Book,..., 1st edition, 1852, numerous black & white illustrations, , minor toning, split gutters, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, together with A Lady , Domestic Economy, and Cookery for rich and poor;...,1827, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, boards & spine rubbed, small 8vo, and Recipe Manuscript , a handwritten recipe manuscript by Mary Birch, 1830, some spotting, original black morocco, rubbed, small 8vo, plus other 19th century cookery books, some leather bindings, many original cloth, condition is generally good. (Qty: 3 shelves)
Clancy (P.A) . The Birds of Natal and Zululand, 1st edition, 1964, signed by the author to the title page, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, some marginal spotting, original green cloth in dust jacket, minor damp damage and fading to front & rear boards, covers rubbed & torn with some loss to head & foot, large 8vo, Gamebirds of Southern Africa...,1st edition 1967, South Africa, 12 colour plates, 45 black & white illustrations & maps, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 4to, together with Rowan (M.K.) , The Doves, Parrots, Louries & Cuckoos of Southern Africa, 1st edition 1983, South Africa, colour and black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and other modern African Bird reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 3 shelves & a carton)From the library of Bryan L. Sage
Kelly (E.R.) . County Topographies. Wiltshire, circa 1875, black & white folding map, repaired but with some loss, some light spotting, split front gutter, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, together with Evans (John) , The Bristol Index, or Evan's Directory for the year 1816,..., 1816, Bristol, some light spotting, later cloth spine retaining contemporary boards, slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Bradley (A.G.) , A Book of the Severn, 1st edition, 1920, 16 colour illustrations, minor spotting, original blue cloth, 8vo, plus other Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire & U.K. topography & history, including 11 volumes of The Buildings of England, by Nikolaus Pevsner, many original cloth some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)
Murray (John) . A Handbook for travellers in India Burma and Ceylon..., 6th edition, 1908, 81 colour and black & white plans and folding maps, lacks general map of India, later endpapers, bookplate to front paste down, some minor spotting, later red cloth, 8vo, together with Neve (Ernest F.) , Beyond The Pur Panjal,..., 1912, 57 black & white illustrations and 2 maps, lacks frontispiece, some light spotting, original illustrated grey cloth, spine slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Phillips (Wendell) , Qataban and Sheba, exploring ancient kingdoms on the Biblical spice routes of Arabia, 1955, numerous black & white illustrations, colour map endpapers, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed, some loss to head of covers & spine, 8vo, plus other modern Arabia, India, Pakistan & Spice Road reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 3 shelves)
Forbes (John) . The Physician's Holiday; or, a month in Switzerland in the summer of 1848, 3rd edition, 1852, 4 monochrome plates & 1 folding map, some light spotting, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Pinkney (Ninian) , Travels through the South of France, and in the interior provinces of Provence and Languedoc,..., 2nd edition, 1814, colour folding map frontispiece, bookplate to front paste down, some spotting & offsetting throughout, contemporary boards, spine cracked with minor loss, 8vo, and Touring-Club Suisse [publisher] , La Suisse Guide de l'Automobiliste , edition officielle 1926/27, 1926, Bern, numerous monochrome maps & adverts, previous owner stamp to title page, some light toning, original illustrated red cloth, boards & spine faded & lightly marked, spine rubbed to head & foot, tall 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th century European travel reference, all original cloth, G/VG, 8vo. (Qty: 6 shelves)
Scott (Walter) . The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland;..., 2 volumes, 1814, approximately 96 black & white engraved plates, some light spotting, all edges gilt, uniform contemporary gilt decorated blue morroco, boards & spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with Rauthemel (Richard) , Antiquitates Bremetonacenses: or, the Roman antiquities of Overborough., 1746, printed for Henry Woodfall, 4 black & white folding plates, period inscriptions to front endpaper & head of the title page, water damage to pp 105 - rear endpapers, split guttering, some spotting, contemporary full calf, boards marked, hinges cracked, spine slightly rubbed, 4to, and Kaempfer (Engelbert) , The History of Japan, together with a description of the Kingdom of Siam 1690-92, 3 volumes, 1907, Glasgow, black & white folding plates & maps, top edges gilt, some minor spotting, volume 1 in original gilt decorated red cloth, volumes 2& 3 in original gilt decorated quarter vellum, boards & spines lightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 19th & 20th century history, reference and modern literature, including Catalogue of The Etched Work of Frank Brangwyn, published by The Fine Art Society, 1912, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 volumes, by Edward Gibbon, new edition, 1802, some leather bindings, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)
Jekyll (Gertrude) . Home and Garden..., 1st edition, 1900, 53 black & white illustrations, Wood and Garden, eighth impression, 1900, 71 black & white illustrations, Wall and Water Gardens, 2nd edition, 1901, The "Country Life" Library, 134 black & white illustrations, Roses for English Gardens, 1st edition, 1902, The "Country LIfe" Library, 148 black & white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, Children and Gardens, 1st edition, 1902, 106 black & white illustrations, period inscription to half-title, some light spotting to all volumes, all in original gilt decorated cloth, covers & spines lightly rubbed & faded, 8vo, together with Loudon (J.C.) , The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion:...1838, numerous black & white illustrations, endpapers heavily spotted with minor spotting throughout, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, lacking spine label, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, and Robinson(W.) , Alpine Flowers for English Gardens, 1870, numerous black & white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper & head of the title page, some minor toning, lacking rear endpapers, split gutters, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th gardening, botanical & horticultural reference, including Plant Hunter's Paradise, by F. Kingdon Ward, second impression, 1938, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)
Constable (John). English Landscape Scenery, Henry G. Bohn, 1855, 40 mezzotint plates by David Lucas after Constable,plate 26 with small repair to verso, some light spotting and water stains, contemporary half calf, repaired by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in 1981 (pencil note at front), a few stains to covers, folio (Qty: 1)
Lester (J.C. & Wilson, D.L.) . Ku Klux Klan, its origin, growth and disbandment, 1905, U.S.A., 10 black & white illustrations, some minor spotting, original green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, Kingdon Ward (F.) , The Land of the Blue Poppy, 1st edition, 1913, Cambridge University Press, 39 black & white plates plus 5 maps, lacks front endpaper, some light spotting, original green cloth, boards marked with paint, spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Beebe (C. William) , The Log of the Sun, 1906, New York, 52 colour & numerous black & white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorative green cloth, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other 19th & 20th century natural history, travel & topography reference, all original cloth, many gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)
Lessius (Leonard). De Justitia et Jure caeterisque Virtutibus Cardinalibus libri IV, 1st edition, Louvain, Ex officina Joannis Masii, 1605, engraved title (margins very slightly trimmed, and torn with slight loss to top margin, just touching engraved surface), text in double column, some light toning throughout, 18th century gilt-decorated calf, rubbed and some wear, folio, together with Suarez (Francisco) , Operum Omnium, 4 volumes, Venice, Typographia Balleoniana, 1740, 19th-century vellum with brown morocco spine labels, plus Benedict XIV (Pope). De Synodo Dioecesana libri tredecim, Rome, Joannes Generosus Salomoni, 1755, and other 17th, 18th and 19th century theology, including many folios, mainly vellum or calf bound, but including some 19th century works bound in cloth, all ex libris Wonersh Seminary, with occasional stamps, some wear, folio, 4to & 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)Lessius's De Justitia is his most important work, notable for its anaylsis of contemporary commercial practice. According to the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, it is 'one of the earliest treatises to investigate the epics of economics'.
Ugolino (Bartholomaeo). De Censuris Ecclesiasticis: idest de excommunicatione, suspensione, interdicto tractatus, Bologna, Giovanni de Rossi, 1594, title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, contemporary limp vellum, worn on spine, folio, together with Venerable Bede. Historiae Ecclesiasticae Gentis Anglorum libri quinque, cura et studio Johannis Smith, Cambridge, 1722, engraved frontispiece by Van der Gucht, folding engraved map, several engraved plates, light waterstain to lower portion of text throughout, contemporary blind-panelled full calf, rubbed and some wear with upper cover detached and rear joint cracked, folio, plus other theology, some 17th century, mostly 18th and 19th century works bound in vellum, calf and cloth, all ex-libris Wonersh Seminary, with occasional inkstamps, etc., folio, 4to and 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)
Seacome (John). Memoirs, containing a geneaological and historical account of the antient and honorable House of Stanley, from the Conquest, to the Death of James, Late Earl of Derby, in the year 1735; as also a full description of the Isle of Man, Manchester, Joseph Harrop, 1767, 31 woodcut illustrations of coats-of-arms to text, with old hand colouring, some spotting and toning, early ink ownership inscriptions of Thomas Cowley and Thomas Richardson of Widness House to front endpaper, contemporary reversed calf, rubbed and some wear with joints cracked (upper cover detached), 4to, together with Edgeworth (R.L.). Essays on Professional Education, 1st edition, printed for J. Johnson, 1809, rough-trimmed, 20th century half calf, 4to, plus Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 volumes, printed for S. Hooper, 1791 & 1795, numerous copper engraved plates, some scattered spotting, contemporary diced calf gilt, heavily rubbed and some wear, crudely rebacked, large 4to, and Thoroton (Robert). Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire: republished, with large additions, by John Throsby, and embellished with picturesque and select views of seats of the nobility and gentry, towns, village churches, and ruins, 3 volumes, published by J. Throsby, 1790-97, copper engraved plates, occasional light spotting, contemporary uniform calf, worn with covers detached, 4to, plus other antiquarian and later works, various, mainly English topography, plate books, etc., many large format, including Lipscombe's History of the County of Buckingham, 4 volumes, 1847, Browne's History of St. Peter's Church York, 2 volumes, 1847, Macquoid & Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 3 volumes, Country Life, Macquoid History of English Furniture, 4 volumes, Medici Society, Finden's Ports, Harbours of Great Britain, Nash's Mansions of England, 4 Divisions, etc., mostly bound in leather or cloth or boards, some wear, folio, 4to and 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)
Puente (Luis de la). Expositio moralis et mystica in Canticum Canticorum: exhortationes continens de omnibus Christianae religionis mysteriis atque virtutibus, 2 volumes, Paris, Dionysius de la Noue, 1622, half-title and engraved title to first volume, printed title in red and black to second volume, text in double column, occasional light browning, contemporary blind-decorated full calf, gilt spines, rubbed and some wear, folio, together with other antiquarian theology, mostly 17th and 18th century, bound in vellum, and calf, all ex-libris Wonersh Seminary, with occasional inkstamps, etc., folio, and 4to (approximately 70 volumes) (Qty: 4 shelves)
Bregion (Joseph & Miller, Anne) . The Practical Cook, English and foreign;..., 1845, black & white illustrations, later endpapers, some light spotting, rebound in modern red cloth, 8vo, and Stieff (Frederick Philip) , Eat, Drink & Be Merry in Maryland,1932, New York, numerous monochrome illustrations, minor spotting to text block, original illustrated black cloth, 4to, and other 19th & early 20th century cookery books, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, condition is good/very good, 8vo/4to (Qty: 3 shelves)
Baronius (Caesar) . The Life or The Ecclesiasticall Histoire of S.Thomas Archbishope of Canterbury, Colloniae, 1639, some light toning, bookplate to front paste down, later endpapers, later gilt decorated full calf, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Bolingbroke (Henry St. John) , A Letter to Sir William Windham...., 1753, printed for the editor, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece, period inscription to front endpaper, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Voltaire , La Pucelle D'Oreleans. Poëme,..., 1764, 20 black & white engraved plates, ex libris stamp to front endpaper, some light toning & offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated mottled calf, spine lightly rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century literature & reference, including La Divina Commedia Di Dante Alighieri..., 4 volumes, 1815, Rome, all leather bindings, some foreign language, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 3 shelves)Approximately 100 volumes.
Gilpin (William). Six Landscapes, R. Blamire, 1794, six hand-coloured engraved plates by Samuel Alken after William Gilpin, last plate repaired to verso, occasional marginal spotting and closed tears, original printed wrappers, rear wrapper repaired, some fraying and stains, oblong folio, together with Harbours of England... with Illustrative Text by J. Ruskin, Day & Son, circa 1856, 12 engraved plates by Thomas Lupton after J.M.W. Turner, some light spotting, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, wear at spine ends, a little rubbed with stains, 4to (Qty: 2)
Litchfield (Frederick) . Illustrated History of Furniture, from the earliest to the present time, 3rd edition, 1893, numerous black & white illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, some light spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with Layton (H.C.) , Simen its Heights and Abysses,..., 1st edition, 1925, 23 black & white illustrations and 6 maps, minor spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other early 20th century & modern travel guides & reference, U.K. topography & miscellaneous reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)
Williams (Edward Preston) . Some of the Old Halls and Manor Houses in the County of Norfolk, 1890, 50 black & white plates, book plate to front paste down, some light spotting, original gilt decorated half morocco, boards lightly rubbed, folio, together with Lysons (Daniel & Samuel) , Magna Britannia; being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain., volume 1, 1806, printed for T.Cadell, numerous black & white engraved plates, bookplate to front paste down, some offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated maroon half morocco, boards & spine rubbed, large 8vo, and Oliphant (Margaret) , The Makers of Venice, doges, conquerors, painters and men of letters, 1898, 48 black & white illustrations, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco bound by Truslove & Hanson, spine lightly rubbed to head, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century literature, including A Series of Views of Seats of the Noble Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 volumes, by F.O.Morris, circa 1890, mostly leather bindings, condition is good/very good, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)Approximately 150 volumes.
Stone (Francis, 1775-1835). [Picturesque Views of all the Bridges belonging to the County of Norfolk: in a series of eighty-four prints in lithography, Engelmann Graf, Coindet & Co., views of bridges in Norfolk, by David Hodgson (1798-1864) after drawings by Francis Stone, architect, without title or letterpress, tissue-guard to many plates, stitch marks visible, 19th half calf, worn with backstrip deficient, oblong folio, together with Marcenay d e Ghuy (Antoine de). Oeuvre de Mr. De Marcenay De Ghuy, Ecuyer, Peintre, et Graveur: Cet oeuvre, consiste en differens morceaux d'histoires, portraits, paisages, batailles, &c., d'apres le Poussin, Vandick, Rembrandt, Le Brun, & autres maitres, Paris, L'auter, circa 1780, etched title, dedication leaf and single-page list of plates, and 53 etchings on 39 leaves, including 2 double-page (the plates dated 1754 to 1778), some light scattered spotting, contemporary quarter black morocco, soiled and a little wear, folio (Qty: 2)
Middiman ( Samuel). Select Views in Great Britain, [1812], half-title present, general title lacking, 54 engraved plates (53 called for) accompanied by descriptive letter press in English & French, some spotting, light toning and occasional dust-soiling, all edges gilt, contemporary tan morocco, gilt and blind rollwork decorative borders to boards, rubbed and worn, oblong 4to, together with Rome , [Views of Rome, circa 1840], view book containing 30 engraved plates of views of Rome engraved by Domenico Amici after Giovanni Gallarini, some staining to inner blank margins, occasional scattered spotting and light dust-soiling, contemporary half morocco, covers loose, dust-soiled and a little rubbed, oblong 8vo, with Guinot (Eugene) , L'ete a Bade, illustre par MM. Tony Johannot, Eug. Lami, Francais et Jaquemot, 2nd edition, Paris: Ernest Bourdin, circa 1850, engraved portratit frontispiece on india paper, wood engraved vignette title and illustrations, engraved plates (many on india paper), 20th century inscription to half-title, some spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration and armorial to centre of upper board, 8vo, plus Vyner (Robert T.) , Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting..., 6th edition, [1871?], hand-coloured lithograph plates and few wood engraved illustrations, original red cloth, gilt blocked to upper board and spine, 8vo (Qty: 4)
Moses (Henry). Visit of William the Fourth when Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, to Portsmouth, in the year 1827, with views of the Russian Squadron, [1831], engraved title with vignette, engraved dedication to Queen Adelaide, 17 engraved plates, a few marginal water stains, some light spotting and soiling, contemporary boards with original label laid down to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, green morocco reback, folio (Qty: 1)
Raye (Charles). A Picturesque Tour through the Isle of Wight, 1st edition, 1825, 24 hand-coloured engraved plates, all aquatint except plate 8 (etched), one plate with small marginal insect damage, some offsetting to guards, a little light spotting and soiling, bookplate, contemporary red half morocco over original boards, a little rubbed and stained, oblong 4to (Qty: 1)Abbey Scenery 349; Tooley 206.
![Cotton (John). The Song Birds of Great Britain, 1st edition, 2nd issue, [privately printed], 1836, 33 hand-coloured engraved](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2da3ea41-cf74-4e58-a068-aa6500a3ac0b/2b9a5ea6-7a53-4bc6-a6bc-aa650124f5df/468x382.jpg)
Cotton (John). The Song Birds of Great Britain, 1st edition, 2nd issue, [privately printed], 1836, 33 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few light smudges and finger-marks, short marginal tear to Pettichaps plate, closed tear to tissue-guard, repaired c losed tears in following text-leaf, modern half leatherette, royal 8vo (23.5 x 14.7 cm) (Qty: 1)Freeman 825; Mullens & Swann pp. 148-9; Nissen IVB 206; Wood p. 301. 'Song Birds, of which only a few copies were printed for private circulation, is a work of the utmost rarity in its complete state, and is moreover much esteemed for the fidelity and beauty of its life-size hand-coloured plates' (Mullens & Swann). It was first published the previous year; this second issue has a cancel title-page to part one and no title-page to part two. Cotton later emigrated to Australia; his correspondence on Australian avifauna is now considered 'of great historical value' (ADB).
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Graves (George). British Ornithology: being the History, with a Coloured Representation, of every kown [sic] Species of British Birds, 3 volumes in 1, 2nd edition of volumes 1-2, 1st edition of volume 3, for the author by W. and S. Graves, 1821, 144 hand-coloured engraved plates heightened in gum arabic, text unpaginated, half-title to volume 2 only, light offsetting, a few other marks, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, modern straight-grain green morocco to style, spine richly gilt in compartments, pink morocco label, joints slightly rubbed, royal 8vo (24 x 14.7 cm) (Qty: 1)Freeman 1415; Nissen IVB 386; Mullens & Swann p. 247; Sitwell (1990) p. 102; Wood p. 366; Zimmer pp. 266-7. According to Wood the second edition is really a re-issue of the first edition (1811-13-21) with new title-pages, whereas Mullens and Swann state that volumes one and two have a different arrangement and were reprinted by W. and S. Graves to coincide with the first edition of the third volume. The plates in volume one are variously dated 1811-12-21, those in volume two 1811-12-13-21, suggesting the use of mixed sheets. Uncoloured copies of the second edition are also known; on publication coloured copies cost £7:16:6.
Graves (George). Ovarium Britannicum; being a Correct Delineation of the Eggs of such Birds as are Natives of, or Domesticated in Great Britain, 1st edition, for the author, 1816, half-title, 15 hand-coloured engraved plates, scattered light spotting, bookplate (W. R. Stuart Majendie) re-imposed to front pastedown, edges untrimmed, modern quarter sheep, 8vo (24.8 x 15.6 cm), together with: Low (George), Fauna Orcadensis: or, the Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, and Fishes, of Orkney and Shetland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable and Company, 1813, toning, a few spots, pamphlet (George Ellison, The Orkney Vole, 1st edition, Kirkwall, 1906, 12 pp. 3 plates, original wrappers) mounted to initial blank, modern calf, 4to (24.6 x 19.5 cm), Markwick (William), [Drop-head title:] Aves Sussexienses; or, A Catalogue of Birds found in the County of Sussex, read May 5th, 1795 [series title at head: Transactions of the Linnean Society], 1st edition, 1798, 30 pp., engraved plate, folding table, browning, modern quarter morocco, 4to (28 x 20.6 cm) , and 1 other (on Scandinavian oology) (Qty: 4)Freeman 1416 (Graves), 2323 (Low); Mullens & Swann pp. 246 (Graves), 361-2 (Low), 384-5 (Markwick); Nissen IVB 387 (Graves); Wood pp. 367 (Graves), 442 (Low); Zimmer pp. 266 (Graves), 406 (Low). Woods considers Graves's work 'rather rare and well-illustrated', and remarks that Low 'did for Orkney for Gilbert White did for Selborne'.
Hewitson (William C). Coloured Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, accompanied with Descriptions of the Eggs, Nests, etc., 2nd edition, John van Voorst, [1842]-1846, half-titles, 138 hand-coloured lithographic plates of eggs, extra-illustrated with approximately 365 original avian watercolours William Dickinson (see note), many heightened in gum arabic, all with manuscript captions incorporating date (1861-77) and occasionally details of the original specimen, 9 similar original watercolours signed 'J. Rooke' in Dickinson's hand, 39 hand-coloured engraved plates apparently by Edward Donovan (from his Natural History of British Birds, 1794-1819, or The Naturalist's Repository, 1822-7), 5 further hand-coloured engravings trimmed and mounted to text-leaves (one of these signed 'Jardine', in Dickinson's hand), and some 50 naive-style tailpieces also in watercolourdepicting a variety of rustic scenes and implements,Dickinson's watercolours variously on individual sheets (mostly bound in, a few on smaller sheets, tipped in), on rectos or versos of the original plates or the extra plates by Donovan, and in margins of the tex t, Dickinson's manuscript index to extra illustrations bound in after title-page of each volume, occasional marginalia and tipped-in annotated slips in his hand, relevant newspaper and other cuttings tipped to preliminaries and elsewhere, mainly light staining to a few Donovan plates previously overmounted by Dickinson using one of his own watercolours (the leaves since professionally separated and cleaned), spotting to a handful of other plates, armorial bookplates hand-coloured and with 'Wm Dickinson, Thorncroft' added in manuscript to front pastedowns, near-contemporary green half calf, gilt spines, red morocco labels, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8 cm) (Qty: 2)A profusely extra-illustrated and annotated copy of this important work, containing some 400 original watercolours by Cumberland antiquary William Dickinson (1798-1882). Known works by Dickinson include Cumbriana: or, Fragments of Cumbrian Life (1875) and A Glossary of Words or Phrases pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland (1878); after his death a selection of prose and verse was published as the Uncollected Literary Remains of William Dickinson (1888). He lived at 'Thorncroft', Workington. The house does not survive, but is memorialised in the name of a modern development, Thorncroft Gardens. Freeman 1659; Mullens & Swann pp. 293-4; Nissen IVB 442; Sitwell (1990) p. 107; Wood p. 385 ('a standard work'). First published between 1831 and 1838 with the title British Oology ; for this second edition the text and plates were substantially revised.
Churchill (Winston S.) My Early Life. A Roving Commission, Keystone Library reprint, 1937, maps and illustrations, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, spine rubbed and faded with losses to two compartments, 8vo (Qty: 1)Inscribed on front endpaper: 'To Patrick Monkhouse from Winston S, Churchill, May 1938'. The recipient, Patrick 'Paddy' Monkhouse (1905-1981) joined the Manchester Guardian in 1927 as reporter, leader writer and critic, before joining the Evening Standard from 1936-1940. He rejoined the Manchester Guardian in 1946 as news editor and later served as deputy editor. He also wrote three books on hill walking.
Hewitson (William C.). British Oology; being Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, 3 volumes (and supplement) in one, 1st edition, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: for the author by C. Empson [volumes 2 & 3: Currie and Bowman; supplement: London: John van Voorst], 1831-42, 169 hand-coloured lithographic plates, separate title-pages to volumes 1-3, Directions to the Binder leaf bound in at rear, plates 80-96 in volume 2 moderately spotted and toned, occasional light spotting or toning to other plates, endpapers and a few text-leaves including title-page to volumes 1 and 2 spotted or browned, near-contemporary half calf, royal 8vo (23.9 x 14.1 cm) (Qty: 1)Freeman 1659; Mullens & Swann p. 293; Nissen IVB 442; Sitwell (1990) p. 107; Wood p. 385; Zimmer pp. 302-3. 'Very rare ... a standard work' (Wood); 'Esteemed for the exactness of the figures' (Mullens & Swann). This copy retains the separate title-page for the third volume, usually discarded by owners following the author's instructions to have the set bound in two volumes; no separate title-page was issued for the supplement, which contains fourteen plates and is often absent.
Howard (H. Eliot). The British Warblers. A History, with Problems of their Lives, 9 original parts, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, 1907-[15], including the remaining bifolium (comprising title-page and contents list) of the supplementary part 9* , the 2 cancel text-leaves and 2 plates it contained bound in as instructed, 86 chromolithographic or photogravure plates after Grönvold, 12 colour maps, free endpapers browned, one plate in volume 1 spotted, a few chromolithographic plates offset, original grey cloth-backed printed boards, covers slightly toned or marked, a few light scuffs, part 9 slightly shaken, housed in 2 custom red morocco-backed solander boxes (spines sunned), folio (29 x 20 cm) (Qty: 2)Anker p. 231; Mullens & Swann pp. 298-9; Nissen IVB 454; Wood p. 392; Zimmer pp. 308-9. 'An elaborate and costly [work], of which only a limited number of copies have been printed' (Mullens & Swann). 'The coloured plates ... are excellent, and the same applies to the photogravures' (Anker).
Hume (Allan O.). The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds. Second edition, edited by Eugene William Oates, 3 volumes, R. H. Porter, 1889-90, 12 mounted woodburytype portrait plates, free endpapers browned, light spotting to a few mounts, almost entirely unopened, original brown cloth, 8vo, together with: Baker (E. C. Stuart). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, 8 volumes, 2nd edition, Taylor and Francis, 1922-30, 39 plates (mainly colour), folding map (closed tear), ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, original maroon cloth, volumes 2 and 5 spines sunned, 8vo, and ibid., The Nidification of the Birds of the India Empire, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Taylor and Francis, 1932-5, 28 halftone plates, original maroon cloth, spines slightly sunned, 8vo (Qty: 15)Wood p. 394 (Hume), Zimmer pp. 314-15 (Hume), 37 (Baker, Fauna, volumes 1-2 only). The first edition of Hume's work, published at Calcutta in 1873-5, was announced in the title purely as a 'rough draft'.
Lechner (Arnold A. van Pelt). "Oologia Neerlandica". Eggs of Birds breeding in the Netherlands, 2 volumes, 1st edition, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1910-[14], half-titles, 191 plates each containing 3 or 4 mounted three-colour or collotype prints of bird eggs, all mounted on linen guards as issued, tissue-guards, occasional light spotting to text-leaves, tissue-guards and mounts, errata slip to rear of volume 2, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original green half morocco, spines gilt with bird and nest motifs, spines sunned, 4to (24.6 x 18.4 cm) (Qty: 2)Anker 390; Nissen IVB 709; Wood p. 610; Zimmer pp. 651-2. One of 100 copies in English, from the total edition of 250. 'A beautiful and unusually well-designed work' (Wood). 'The pictures of the eggs [are] mounted in frames sunk in thin card, thus producing a particularly pleasing effect' (Anker).
Mathew (Murray A.). The Birds of Pembrokeshire and its Islands, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, 1894, mounted collotype frontispiece, 2 mounted photographic plates, 2 folding maps, frontispiece offset, all edges untrimmed, largely unopened, original green cloth, very small mark to spine, 4to, together with: Cardiff Naturalists' Society, The Birds of Glamorgan, 1st edition, Cardiff: South Wales Printing Works, 1900, 5 halftone photographic plates, a few spots, all edges gilt, original green pictorial cloth gilt, 4to, Browne (Montagu), The Vertebrate Animals of Leicestershire and Rutland, 1st edition, Birmingham & Leicester: Midland Educational Company, Limited, 1889, map frontispiece, 4 coloured lithographic plates, folding table, half-title and frontispiece spotted, original tan cloth, light wear to spine-ends, crude re-colouring to joints and extremities, 4to, Nelson (Thomas H., & others), The Birds of Yorkshire, 2 volumes, 1st edition, A. Brown & Sons, Limited, 1907, numerous plates, original cloth, 4to , and 10 others, mainly 19th- and 20th-century county avifaunas, original cloth, 8vo (Qty: 15)Mullens & Swann pp. 391 (Mathew), 119 (Cardiff Naturalists' Society), 99 (Browne), 432 (Nelson); Wood pp. 454 (Mathew, 'an interesting account'), 279 (Cardiff Naturalists' Society), 264 (Browne), 489 (Nelson).
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[Cole, Mrs Henry Warwick] . A Lady's Tour Around Monterosa: with visits to the Italian Valleys of Anzasca, Mastalone, Camasco, Sesia, Lys, Challant, Aosta and Cogne, in a series of excursions in the years 1850-56-58, 1st edition, 1859, half-title, hand-coloured "sub rosa" device to title, 4 chromolithographed plates and one folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional spotting and light browning including 2 plates, original pink cloth gilt, rubbed generally faded, together with [Freshfield, Jane] , Alpine Byways or Light Leaves Gathered in 1859 and 1860, by a lady, 1st edition, 1861, 8 tinted lithographed plates and 4 plain maps, 24pp publishers catalogue at rear, early ownership inscription of Mrs William King, Westbourne Terrace to front free endpaper, old adhesion marks to front free endpapers, original cloth gilt, rubbed, spine partly faded and a little frayed at head and foot, 8vo (Qty: 2)Neate C88 & F73.
Meyer (Henry Leonard). Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs, 7 volumes, 1st octavo edition, G. W. Nickisson [volumes 3-7: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.,], 1842-50, 424 hand-coloured lithographic plates, 8 uncoloured lithographic plates, errata leaf to volume 7, inner hinges superficially split but firm, spotting to endpapers and preliminaries, intermittent generally light spotting to text and plates, occasional tissue-guards, contemporary maroon half morocco, slightly rubbed, 8vo (21.6 x 13 cm) (Qty: 7)Freeman 2563; Nissen IVB 628 (erroneously counting 432 coloured plates); Sitwell p. 123; Wood p. 462; Zimmer p. 433 (mixed editions); cf. Mullens & Swann pp. 403-4. Meyer's celebrated work was first published between 1835 and 1841 as Illustrations of British Birds , in folio format.
New Naturalist. The New Naturalist Library, volumes 1-137, 1st editions, 1945-2018, also including the second editions of volumes 6 and 82 (usually considered new works), original cloth or boards, all in dust jackets, volumes 1-45 with customary variable toning to jackets and text-blocks and light spotting to jackets and outer leaves, a few of these volumes with bookseller's tickets, ownership inscriptions or browning to free endpapers often from laid-in newsprint or similar, a few early volumes (1, 14, 16) with slight fading to cloth, volume 6a boards bowed, volume 8 with contemporary book token mounted to front free endpaper, dust jackets of volumes 9, 15, 28, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 42 and 44 price-clipped, volumes 48-137 each with an additional protective facsimile dust jacket (see note), 8vo, together with: Monograph Series, volumes 1-23, 1st editions, 1948-71, original cloth, dust jackets of volumes 2-4, 6, 12, 14-17 and 19-21 price-clipped, 8vo (Qty: 162)An exceptional set. Volumes 70 and 71 ( Natural History of Orkney and British Warblers ) are in first state. Volumes 48-137 each have an additional facsimile dust jacket supplied by the vendor at point of purchase and incorporating a further strip of protective opaque paper over the spine panel.
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