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Lot 100
REINHARDT, JOSEPH A COLLECTION OF SWISS COSTUMES, IN MINIATURELondon, W T Gilling, 1822. First edition, 4to, text in French and English, 30 hand-coloured plates, plate titles in French only, some browning/spotting and offsetting, occasional light marks. In contemporary half red leather with marbled boards, spine, joints and corners all worn, boards dulled and spotted
Lot 102
SIBBES, RICHARDTHE BRUISED REEDE, AND SMOAKING FLAXLondon, R Dawlman, 1631. Second edition enlarged, 12mo, ex-lib copy with ink stamps to title and verso, a few 17th century m/s annotations in ink, occasional light soiling/handling marks, later library pigskin binding. Scarce, ESTC S107876, the British Library recording just 2 locations in Britain and a further 4 in N America
![ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH (PUBLISHER)THE REPOSITORY OF ARTS, LITERATURE, FASHIONS [ETC]London, Ackermann, 1828. 8vo, Third Series vo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/04728758-3e96-4a58-adbd-aa2900cd1eec/468x382.jpg)
Lot 103
ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH (PUBLISHER)THE REPOSITORY OF ARTS, LITERATURE, FASHIONS [ETC]London, Ackermann, 1828. 8vo, Third Series vol 12 (July to Dec 1828), numerous coloured plates of fashion, country houses, etc., text and plates generally clean and fresh, occasional offsetting/light browning, internally good. Quarter calf, rubbed, upper joint cracked to lower half. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return
Lot 117
MASSINGER, PHILIP A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS A COMOEDIEAs it hath beene often acted at the Phoenix in Drury-Lane, by the Queenes Maiesties servants.London, E.P. for Henry Seyle, 1633. First Edition, small 4to, title with woodcut, cropped close occasionally clipping signatures of page leaves at bottom and the printed border line at top, not affecting text, final leaf with top right corner repaired not affecting text, A3 with repaired closed tear without loss, occasional light soiling. Finely bound by Bayntun of Bath in blind-panelled calf, inner gilt dentelles, gilt edges. ESTC S112423, scarce
![JOHNSON, SAMUELTHE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETSLondon, C Bathurst [and others], 1781. First edition, 4 volumes, 8v](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/915f1dd8-c911-4a68-b870-aa2900cd2627/468x382.jpg)
Lot 119
JOHNSON, SAMUELTHE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETSLondon, C Bathurst [and others], 1781. First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, portrait frontispiece of Johnson in vol 1, occasional light spotting but a very good copy in full contemporary brown calf with red morocco labels, rubbed with slight wear, from the library of Hugh Montgomerie (1739-1819), 12th Earl of Eglington, with his bookplates (4)
Lot 120
PIOZZI, HESTER LYNCH & JOHNSON, SAMUEL LETTERS TO AND FROM THE LATE SAMUEL JOHNSON TO WHICH ARE ADDED SOME POEMS NEVER BEFORE PRINTEDLondon, A Strahan and T Cadell, 1788. First edition, 2 vols, 8vo, bound without the errata slip (as often), very occasional light spotting, but a handsome copy, bound in half green morocco, gilt devices and lettering to spines, marbled boards. From the library of the Reverend Leonard Jenyns (1800-1893), clergyman, author and naturalist, who was forced to change his surname to Blomefield in 1871 as a condition of an inheritance. Jenyns was the original choice of the naturalist to accompany Captain Fitzroy on the second voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, but he declined the offer due to ill-health and parish commitments - thus giving Charles Darwin the opportunity. Together with: PIOZZI, HESTER LYNCH - ANECDOTES OF THE LATE SAMUEL JOHNSON. London, T Cadell, 1786. First edition, later issue, bound without the half-title but with the postscript leaf present at the end. Contemporary half calf, joints cracked but firm. Together with: COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR - SPECIMENS OF THE TABLE TALK. London, John Murray, 1835. Two volumes, 12mo, imprint of 1835 as per the first edition, but later issue (advert leaves dated September 1 1835), half-title and frontispiece to both volumes, index to vol 2, vol 2 lacking the prelims following title. Original publisher's drab boards with paper labels (5)
Lot 122
DARWIN, CHARLESTHE DESCENT OF MAN, AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEXLondon, John Murray, 1871. First edition, 2nd state, 2 vols 8vo, with the following 2nd-state points noted: title to vol 2 with no errata on verso; p297 vol 1 begins "when"; no postscript leaf; publisher's adverts at rear of both vols and dated January 1871. Generally a clean and fresh copy, half-titles with ink inscriptions, a good copy with the exception that four of the advert leaves at the end of vol 2 have had adverts for new books excised - clearly someone was planning on buying some more books to add to their library and cut out the adverts for them. That said, the text has not been touched and is in very good condition. Bound in the publisher's original green cloth, light wear at the extremities and head of spines. Only 2,000 copies of the 2nd-state were printed. Plus: DARWIN, CHARLES - JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES INTO THE NATURAL HISTORY AND GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRIES VISITED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE ROUND THE WORLD. London, John Murray, 1845. Second edition, 8vo, adverts to rear of final leaf, internally clean, 19th century half calf, rubbed and worn, upper joint cracked but firm (3)
![PERCY, THOMAS RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY CONSISTING OF OLD HEROIC BALLADS, SONGS [etc.]London, J Dodsley, 1775. First](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/44e92e38-ae49-4751-aa8f-aa2900cd28cf/468x382.jpg)
Lot 126
PERCY, THOMAS RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY CONSISTING OF OLD HEROIC BALLADS, SONGS [etc.]London, J Dodsley, 1775. First edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, engraved f/p to vol 1, plate of music end vol 2, half-titles in vols 2 & 3 (correct, all-issued), errata leaf plus the rare advertisement/'directions to binder' leaf at end vol 3. Occasional light spotting but text generally clean and fresh. Full contemporary calf, spines with double red and black labels, joints cracking but firm, rubbed and worn at extremities (3)
Lot 127
JUVENAL AND STAPYLTON, SIR ROBERT JUVENAL'S SIXTEEN SATYRSLondon, Humphery Moseley, 1647. First edition, 8vo, printed title present but lacking additional engraved title and portrait, errata leaf present at rear, occasional light browning and a few contemporary ink annotations, later pencil annotations, attractively re-bound in half brown morocco
Lot 130
PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE NIGHTMARE ABBEYLondon, T Hookham Jun., 1818. First edition, 12mo, leaf of quotations following the title, leaves with spotting throughout as often. Plus: PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE - CROTCHET CASTLE. London, T Hookham, 1831. First edition, 12mo, (vi) + 300pp, lacking the preliminary advert leaf, page 154 numbered 54 as usual, internally good with just occasional light marks, contemporary half calf, upper joint cracking but firm, wear to extremities (2)
Lot 140
LANGBAINE, GERARD AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH DRAMATICK POETSOxford, L.L. for George West and Henry Clements, 1691. First edition, 8vo, browning and spotting to text, contemporary calf re-backed, corners and edges of boards worn. Plus: COLLIER, JEREMY - A SHORT VIEW OF THE IMMORALITY AND PROFANENESS OF THE ENGLISH STAGE. London, S Keble, 1699. Fourth edition, 8vo, spotting and light browning to text, title a little dusty, contemporary calf re-backed, rubbed, short split to upper joint (2)
Lot 144
AMEDEO, LUIGI, OF SAVOY ON THE "POLAR STAR" IN THE ARCTIC SEALondon, Hutchinson & Co, 1903. First English edition, 2 vols 8vo, all plates and maps present, including the folding view of Teplitz Bay and the two folding maps in the pocket at the rear of vol 2 (often missing), damp stain to lower margin in vol 2. Bound in the original publisher's green cloth, rubbed and some light soiling, inner hinges broken. Plus: FUCHS, SIR VIVIAN and HILLARY, SIR EDMUND - THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA. London, 1958. First edition, 8vo, blue cloth, upper board with fading (3)
Lot 156
DUGDALE, WILLIAMTHE ANTIQUITIES OF WARWICKSHIRELondon, John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1730. Second edition, two volumes, tall folio, engraved portrait of Dugdale by Hollar (laid down) in first volume, titles in red and black, 5 maps and 19 plates (as called for), text to vol 1 generally clean and fresh, vol 2 with some occasional damp-stain/light soiling, vol 1 leaf 'O' with small paper flaw with loss of 2 or 3 letters, p605/6 top margin with closed tear, p663/4 with lower corner torn away without loss. Bound in full contemporary calf, re-backed with original spines laid-down, rubbed and some wear. The Stratford copy, having originally belonged to John Stratford (1st Earl of Aldborough) who is listed as John Stratford "of Merrevale" in the list of subscribers, titles with signatures to top of Edward Stratford (2nd Earl Aldborough), both volumes with bookplates of Charles Edward Repington of Amington Hall. "Merrevale" was one of the historic seats of the Stratford family. ESTC T127054 (2)++ text to vol 1 generally clean and fresh, vol 2 with some occasional damp-stain/light soiling, vol 1 leaf 'O' with small paper flaw with loss of 2 or 3 letters, p 605/6 top margin with closed tear, p663/4 with lower corner torn away without loss. Bound in full contemporary calf, re-backed with original spines laid-down, rubbed and some wear
![[FINE 19TH CENTURY BINDING BY MATTHEWS] BROWNELL, THOMAS CHURCHTHE FAMILY PRAYER BOOK, OR THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER...ACCORD](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/e3392fc4-4487-4351-90b1-aa2900cd38db/468x382.jpg)
Lot 162
[FINE 19TH CENTURY BINDING BY MATTHEWS] BROWNELL, THOMAS CHURCHTHE FAMILY PRAYER BOOK, OR THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER...ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Hartford [USA], T Belknap, 1877. Large 4to, numerous steel-engraved plates, a very good copy. Finely bound by Matthews in 19th century full red pebble-grained morocco leather over heavy boards with bevelled edges, spine gilt in compartments, 'BISHOP BROWNELL' in gilt to upper board within gilt panels, all edges gilt, slight wear/light scuffing at extremities, inner gilt dentelles
![[ PRINTED DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I ] JEWEL, JOHN CERTAINE SERMONS PREACHED BEFORE THE QUEENES MAIESTIE, AND AT](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/5a766e3c-1755-4173-9fd0-aa2900cd3ad3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 166
[ PRINTED DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I ] JEWEL, JOHN CERTAINE SERMONS PREACHED BEFORE THE QUEENES MAIESTIE, AND AT PAULES CROSSE, BY THE REUEREND FATHER IOHN IEVVEL LATE BISHOP OF SALISBURIE Imprinted at London, by Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1583. First edition with leaf A1 ending in spelling 'guyded', bound without the second part 'Short Treatise of the Sacraments', and lacking leaf L1 of text. Collation is title + 3 leaves (Dedication) + 133 unnumbered leaves of text with final leaf of the Sermons ending 'FINIS'. The title page is within an elaborate woodcut border with some light strengthening to inner margin. Printed in English in Black Letter, the text is generally clean and fresh with light toning. Two leaves at the rear have short marginal tears not affecting the text. Attractively rebound in full panelled calf with new endpapers and housed in a wooden box with a transparent lid for viewing purposes. Rare
Lot 167
STACKHOUSE, THOMAS A NEW HISTORY OF THE HOLY BIBLE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHRISTIANITYEdinburgh, Sands, Murray and Cochran, 1764. Six volumes (complete), 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, plus 7 engraved maps and 19 other plates as follows: Vol I 2 maps + 2 plates, Vol II 2 maps + 3 plates, Vol III 2 maps + 2 plates, Vol IV 0 maps + 4 plates, Vol V 1 map + 3 plates, Vol VI 0 maps + 5 plates. Occasional light browning/soiling, vol III with some waterstaining in parts, all 6 volumes uniformly bound in 18th century reversed-calf, red title labels and black volume numbering (6)
Lot 175
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM and RACKHAM, ARTHURA MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAMLondon, William Heinemann, 1908. First Rackham trade edition, 4to, 40 coloured and mounted plates with captioned tissue-guards, some spotting/foxing, in the original publisher's light-tan cloth, gilt pictorial upper board with lettering, short closed split to cloth on lower joint, but the binding otherwise is in clean and bright condition, head and tail of spine bumped
![DANIEL, WILLIAM BARKER RURAL SPORTS London, Longman [and others], 1812. Three volumes, tall 8vo, engraved calligraphic title](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/6e4a5550-8d1b-40a1-8e0f-aa2900cd3fb0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 177
DANIEL, WILLIAM BARKER RURAL SPORTS London, Longman [and others], 1812. Three volumes, tall 8vo, engraved calligraphic title pages to each volume, a total of 72 plates including titles (correct as per plate lists), some plates folding, occasional light browning and spotting but a good copy. Bound in 19th century diced tan calf, flat spines gilt in compartments, joints cracked with some wear, spines with slight wear at head and tail. A supplemental volume was published separately by R Crosby in 1813 (3)
Lot 18
BASNAGE, JACQUES HISTOIRE DE L'EGLISERotterdam, Reinier Leers, 1699, 1699. First edition, two large thick folio volumes, text in French, titles with woodcut printer's device, occasional light spotting mainly to margin, a good copy bound in full contemporary French mottled calf, spines elaborately gilt, joints cracked but firm, corners and extremities worn (2)
Lot 182
CRANE, WALTER TRIPLETS: COMPRISING THE BABY'S OPERA, THE BABY'S BOUQUET, & THE BABY'S OWN AESOPLondon, George Routledge, 1899. First combined edition, LIMITED EDITION number 67 of 500 copies for the United Kingdom, oblong 4to, beautifully illustrated throughout by Crane and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. In the original publisher's quarter-vellum binding with gilt-decorated cloth boards, occasional internal light spotting, a very good copy
Lot 183
FLAXMAN, JOHN ANATOMICAL STUDIES OF THE BONES AND MUSCLES, FOR THE USE OF ARTISTSLondon, M A Nattali, 1833. First edition, folio, engraved portrait frontispiece and 21 numbered engraved plates (complete), dampstain to lower inner corner of frontispiece (not affecting engraved image), occasional light spotting but good. In the original 19th century publisher's dark green cloth, upper board and spine with printed paper labels, bottom of boards with damp-stain and bowed, spotting to cloth
Lot 187
ASTLE, THOMASTHE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF WRITING, AS WELL HIEROGLYPHIC AS ELEMENTARYLondon, T Bensley for J White, 1803. Second (and best) edition, 4to, portrait frontispiece + 32 engraved plates of which 8 have hand-colouring, occasional light spotting/browning but good, in the original grey boards with paper label to spine, worn, spine with vertical crack, upper board and end-paper detached
Lot 188
ABRIZZI, COUNTESS ISABELLATHE WORKS OF ANTONIO CANOVA IN SCULPTURE AND MODELLING, ENGRAVED... BY HENRY MOSESLondon, Septimus Prowett, 1824. 2 volumes, large folio, frontispiece (foxed) to vol 1 plus 100 engraved plates (complete), a few plates with light spotting but the majority clean and fresh, a large paper copy with wide margins. This true folio-sized copy (39cms tall by 29cms wide) appears scarce - online records indicating the work as usually being large 8vo/4to format. Later 19th century half red leather with marbled boards, leather scuffed and worn. A supplemental volume was printed separately, in 1828 (2)
![TOMBLESON, WILLIAM TOMBLESON'S THAMES [EIGHTY PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE THAMES AND MEDWAY]London, Tombleson; Germany, Creuzban](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/97163684-8973-403a-837f-aa2900cd44ae/468x382.jpg)
Lot 189
TOMBLESON, WILLIAM TOMBLESON'S THAMES [EIGHTY PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE THAMES AND MEDWAY]London, Tombleson; Germany, Creuzbaner, no date [circa 1840]. 4to, engraved title and 79 plates (complete), folding panoramic map of the Thames and Medway present (frequently lacking) with a few short repairs to some folds, no printed title in this issue (as often), last 5 plates very slightly stained in the outer margin (not affecting engraved areas), last leaf of text with repair to outer margin not affecting text, occasional light spotting but generally good. Bound in 19th century marbled boards with a handsome later brown calf leather spine, gilt in compartments
![[EARLY 19TH CENTURY BINDING] HOWARD, LEONARD (EDITOR) - THE ROYAL BIBLE: OR A COMPLETE BODY OF CHRISTIAN DIVINITY London, I](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/52b53be7-03e5-42a4-a2c7-aa2900ccf710/468x382.jpg)
Lot 19
[EARLY 19TH CENTURY BINDING] HOWARD, LEONARD (EDITOR) - THE ROYAL BIBLE: OR A COMPLETE BODY OF CHRISTIAN DIVINITY London, I Pottinger, 1761 and 1762. Two folio volumes, titles in red and black, both volumes lack frontispieces, 90 (of 100) engraved plates present, some occasional light spotting/staining but generally a good copy. Handsomely re-bound, circa 1820, in full green morocco, boards with gilt panels and corner-pieces, spines with gilt raised bands and lettering direct, all edges gilt, a handsome set (2)
Lot 2
RAFFALD, ELIZABETHTHE EXPERIENCED ENGLISH HOUSEKEEPER, FOR THE USE AND EASE OF LADIES, HOUSEKEEPERS, COOKS, &cLondon and Manchester, R & W Dean, 1807. New edition, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 other engraved plates (complete), occasional light browning and marking, the two folding plates at the rear somewhat creased, full contemporary calf, joints cracked but firm, rubbed/worn
![[BIBLE IN GAELIC] LEABHRAICHE AN T-SEANN TIOMNAIDH.....[EDINBURGH], 1783-1801. First edition, 4 vols 8vo, complete, occasiona](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/a4da8004-84ba-4ca1-b807-aa2900ccfa73/468x382.jpg)
Lot 27
[BIBLE IN GAELIC] LEABHRAICHE AN T-SEANN TIOMNAIDH.....[EDINBURGH], 1783-1801. First edition, 4 vols 8vo, complete, occasional light browning, contemporary half calf, rubbed. Scarce, ESTC T154564. Our copy matches the B.L. copy thus: Vol.2 dated 1787; vol.3 dated 1801 and bears the name of Alastoir Smellie in the imprint; vol. 4 dated 1786 and bears the names of Uilliam Smellie and W. Gray in the imprint. An incomplete copy of a 1767 edition (not called for) has been added as a supplemental 'vol 5' to the set. Plus: LAW, THOMAS GRAVES [EDITOR] - THE NEW TESTAMENT IN SCOTS, BEING PURVEY'S REVISION OF WYCLIFFE'S VERSION TURNED INTO SCOTS BY MURDOCH NISBET c.1520. Edinburgh and London, Blackwood, 1901-03-05. First edition, 3 vols, 8vo, (complete), folding coloured frontispiece to vol 1. Full contemporary red morocco, an attractive set (8)
Lot 286
JANE CLIFFORD, 19TH CENTURY AN ALBUM OF FIFTY NINE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SERIES TESORO DEL DELFIN, C1863 mounted albumen prints, c 21 x 31cm and smaller, several with negative no. and/or captions below, pencil ownership signature to ffe (William Burges June 22 1867) and again on first leaf (W Burges), contemporary half calf worn, gilt spine lettered GOLDSMITHS WORK MADRID, 37 x 27cmProvenance: William Burges, ARA (1827-1881). This recently discovered group of fifty-nine beautifully rich, unfaded albumen prints was first owned by William Burges, whose signature appears twice. His gorgeous designs, created to the most exacting standards by the finest goldsmiths of the day, in rock crystal, jasper, jewelled gold and enamels were an extraordinarily original synthesis of historical styles and materials. They are no less fantastic - for even that word is fully justified - than the 16th century treasures of the Grand Dauphin Louis of France (1661-1711). Burges' learned appreciation of Gothic and other art was mirrored in the medievalism of the Pre-Raphaelites and John Ruskin. He himself collected early armour and many other objects. Such sources of inspiration informed each aspect of his architectural practice and every detail of the decoration and furnishing of dreamlike buildings such as Castell Coch for the Marquess of Bute and Burges' own Tower House. This album is especially interesting in having been acquired by Burges in 1867 for this is the period of his important essays in the Decorative Arts, such as the rock crystal Cat Cup (1867) and 'battery' of rock crystal vessels known now only from a photograph in the Somers-Cocks Album.THE present images constitute new evidence of Burges making use of photography in creating highly original work, drawn from his distinctly personal aesthetic and elements of design of different periods to enhance, but never dominate, his precious and always witty objets du luxe.THE English photographers Charles and Jane Clifford established their studio in Madrid in 1850. Following her husband's death in 1863, Jane Clifford assumed control of the business. In order to maintain the studio, in December of that year, she agreed with John Charles Robinson, agent of the Department of Science & Art for the South Kensington Museum, to photograph the treasures of the Dauphin. Sir Henry Cole, the Museum's Director, had been quick to appreciate the superiority of photography in recording works of art for the purpose of instruction, in the newly established government schools of art and at that time regarded as the museum's raison d'etre.THE terms agreed were 4s 6d per positive, three prints to be made from each of ten plates, Mrs Clifford twas o retain the negatives. As it transpired she photographed far more of the approximately 130 treasures, the Museum acquiring several 'sets' of 66 and 80 photographs. Other 'sets' are in the Royal Palace and Prado Museum, Madrid and the Gothenburg Konstmuseum. Since the present album was acquired by Burges in 1867 it is safe to assume they were part of the Robinson commission; (see Fontanella (L), Clifford en Espana Un Fotografo en la Corte de Isabel II, pp 213-221 and inventory figs 556-605 (loaned by the Victoria & Albert Museum).THEse remarkable images, the first to be made of the magnificent jewelled gold and rock crystal jasper and lapis lazuli and other treasures of the Dauphin were photographed against simple, coarse cloth with necessarily lengthy exposures, appreciably dramatic shadows and resulting in a sometimes particularly rich tonality, which makes for a dramatic contrast to the colossal monetary value of such rare and precious objects.++The photographs in excellent condition retaining the full rich dark chocolate brown colour from being kept out of the light
Lot 306
ARMSTRONG, MOSTYN JOHN AN ACTUAL SURVEY OF THE GREAT POST-ROADS BETWEEN LONDON AND EDINBURGHLondon, Printed for and Sold by the Author, 1776. First edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece general plan, engraved title, and 44 engraved maps (complete) the majority with hand-colouring in outline, each map with accompanying text, text leaves p13 and p16 with top right-hand (blank) corners torn away not affecting text, occasional light spotting and offsetting of plates, otherwise internally good. Contemporary quarter calf, upper board detached, spine with vertical cracking, worn
![LEWIS, SAMUELA TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLAND [WITH MAPS] London, S Lewis and Co, 1837. Third edition, 4 volumes, 4to, c](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/588cc63e-6cae-463b-bddd-aa2900cd89ab/468x382.jpg)
Lot 338
LEWIS, SAMUELA TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLAND [WITH MAPS] London, S Lewis and Co, 1837. Third edition, 4 volumes, 4to, complete, with all 45 maps bound in (some folding), large folding map of England and Wales with tear along one fold (without loss), some occasional spotting but good. Bound in the original publisher's green cloth, some rubbing and light wear, spines with gilt lettering. This 1837 printing, with 'Third Edition' stated to titles, is particularly scarce (4)
![[ BOOKS BY E OE SOMERVILLE and MARTIN ROSS INCLUDING 1ST EDITIONS ]:THE STATES THROUGH IRISH EYES Boston and New York, Hought](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/297cb617-bfb1-409d-b282-aa2900cd8ccb/468x382.jpg)
Lot 345
[ BOOKS BY E OE SOMERVILLE and MARTIN ROSS INCLUDING 1ST EDITIONS ]:THE STATES THROUGH IRISH EYES Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. Limited edition of 350 copies for sale, SIGNED BY SOMERVILLE, 8vo, a fine copy in original red cloth; FURTHER EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M. London, Longmans, 1908. First edition, plates, original cloth (a little rubbed, light wear); WHEEL-TRACKS London, Longmans, 1923. First edition, orig cloth-backed brown boards, rubbed; STRAY-AWAYS London, Longmans, 1928. First edition, orig blue cloth rubbed and some wear; AN ENTHUSIAST Londn, Longmans, 1931, orig green cloth; THROUGH CONNEMARA IN A GOVERNESS CART London, W H Allen, 1893. First edition, orig green pictorial cloth, rubbed, light wear; Plus 4 others (10)
Lot 38
MAYHEW, HENRYLondon LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR: THE CONDITION AND EARNINGS OF THOSE THAT WILL WORK, CANNOT WORK, AND WILL NOT WORKLondon, Charles Griffin and Company [1864]. Three volumes, 8vo, woodcut illustrations of various working-class people and their trades, first gathering and plate to issue 1 in first volume loose, light spotting/browning to parts (as often). Bound in the original publisher's dark cloth, rubbed with some wear and gilding dulled. Mayhew's famous work on the poor and working class of London in the mid 19th century. Uncollated, sold w.a.f. (3)
![VERNE, JULES AROUND THE WORD IN EIGHTY DAYSLondon, Sampson Low [and others], 1873. First UK edition and the first edition in](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/995ff13a-c860-4403-9c52-aa2900cd0421/468x382.jpg)
Lot 48
VERNE, JULES AROUND THE WORD IN EIGHTY DAYSLondon, Sampson Low [and others], 1873. First UK edition and the first edition in English, first printing with title dated 1873, 48pp publisher's catalogue at end dated October 1873, 8vo, frontispiece and 54 plates (complete - the plates don't match the list of illustrations, as usual), occasional light spotting/marks, bound in the original publisher's purple decorative cloth, dulled, worn at head and tail and corners, boards rubbed/soiled, inner hinges split, small area of cloth missing from base of spine. A rare example of the first printing of the first English edition of this truly iconic Verne novel - the vast majority of first edition copies have the title dated 1874, not 1873 as here
Lot 51
ROLAND, GEORGE A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ART OF FENCINGEdinburgh, Constable, 1823. First Edition, 8vo, 12 plates of fencing positions as called-for. Some internal spotting/browning, occasional light soiling, bound in 19th C blind-panelled calf, rubbed, wear to extremities and upper joint repaired++Some internal spotting/browning, occasional light soiling, bound in 19th C blind-panelled calf, rubbed, wear to extremities and upper joint repaired
Lot 53
BURNS, ROBERT POEMS CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECTEdinburgh, Adam Neill and Co, 1800. Two volumes (complete), 8vo, half-titles to both vols, portrait of Burns in vol 1 (torn without loss), some light staining/soiling. Full contemporary tree-calf, rubbed, wear to extremities. A scarce early edition, ref ESTC T129091++Two volumes (complete), 8vo, half-titles to both vols, portrait of Burns in vol 1 (torn without loss), some light staining/soiling. Full contemporary tree-calf, rubbed, wear to extremities.
![[MEDIEVAL ENGLAND] TESTA DE NEVILL SIVE LIBER FEODORUM IN CURIA SCACCARII. TEMP. HEN. III. & EDW. I.[London], Printed by](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/4dcee02d-d9cb-4cb4-b1d0-aa2900cd07e9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 57
[MEDIEVAL ENGLAND] TESTA DE NEVILL SIVE LIBER FEODORUM IN CURIA SCACCARII. TEMP. HEN. III. & EDW. I.[London], Printed by Command of His Majesty King George III, 1807. Large folio, preliminary leaves in English, main text in Latin, engraved plate with facsimile writing, an unusually good clean and fresh copy bound in contemporary 1/4 calf, lightly rubbed, cloth boards with some light spotting/soiling. This is the Liber Feodorum or 'Book of Fees', first compiled in c1302 but from even earlier records, for use by the English Exchequer. A handsome copy of a scarce book
Lot 62
WITHERING, WILLIAM AN ARRANGEMENT OF BRITISH PLANTSLondon, Scholey, 1818. Sixth Edition, four volumes, 8vo, 34 plates as called for (numbered 1-35 as per list, number 31 was never printed), some light browning and offsetting, bound in contemporary worn quarter calf, joints cracked and some boards detached (4)
Lot 83
DE KLEINE PRINT-BYBEL, WAAR IN DOOR VERSCHEIDE AF-BEELDINGEN EEN MEENIGTE VAN BYBELSCHE SPREUKEN VERKLAART WORDEN Amsterdam, Dirk onder de Linden en Zoon, 1772. 8vo, lacking engraved title but printed title present, 144 (of 150) engraved emblematical plates. A curious, attractively-illustrated pictorial representation of select sayings from the Bible. A little light browning but a good copy internally, bound in full contemporary vellum
![[BINDING] THE HOLY BIBLE CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED FAMILY BIBLELondon, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [circa 1860]. Thick folio,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/0a88cd14-af45-41c0-869e-aa2900cd14b0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 86
[BINDING] THE HOLY BIBLE CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED FAMILY BIBLELondon, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [circa 1860]. Thick folio, over 900 engravings, family register with manuscript entries recording the births and deaths of members of the Gumley family of Leicester throughout the 19th century, a few leaves with some light browning, but a good profusely-illustrated copy bound in the original 19th century black calf, boards diced in blind within an outer gilt panel, lightly rubbed, short unobtrusive split to upper joint, all edges gilt
![[FINE LATE-18TH CENTURY BINDING] - THE HOLY BIBLE ORNAMENTED WITH ENGRAVINGS, BY JAMES FITTLER [London], no printer, [1795].](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/254e2310-1dde-4c54-b8cb-aa2300b38bac/d22f902f-494b-4992-b03a-aa2900ccef11/468x382.jpg)
Lot 9
[FINE LATE-18TH CENTURY BINDING] - THE HOLY BIBLE ORNAMENTED WITH ENGRAVINGS, BY JAMES FITTLER [London], no printer, [1795]. First edition illustrated by Fittler, two volumes, 4to, numerous engravings throughout, occasional light spotting but clean and fresh, all title pages are engraved and undated. Finely bound in contemporary red straight-grained morocco, minor wear and extremities rubbed, spines a little dulled, all edges gilt. Contains the Old Testament, Psalms, and New Testament, each with engraved title page. With several leaves at the front of vol 1 recording births and deaths of members of the Boyle family, and both vols with the book-plates of Edward Burrard Boyle. Our copy matches the collation of the B.L. copy with undated engraved titles only. ESTC N472482, scarce (2)
Lot 642
1960 Blackburn Rovers v Wrexham Football League Cup 4th Round Programme date 5 Dec single sheet, light centre fold, o/w in good condition. NB: This was only the second home game in the 1st season of the Football League Cup and only 8,061 were at the gameThis was only the second home game in the 1st season of the Football League Cup and only 8,061 were at the game
Lot 120
* Alcock (John William, 1892-1919). Autograph letter signed, 'J. Alcock', The Royal Aero Club letterhead, 23 June 1919, to the Right Honourable Mrs D. Vickers, Chapel House, thanking her for the kind letter, the contents of which he will convey to 'Lieut. Sir Arthur W. Brown and I wish to express our regret for not being able to attend at lunch tomorrow. We would both be pleased to visit your hospital at 10.30 a.m. Thursday next if convenient', a little light dust-soiling, one page, 8vo, together with Brown (Arthur Whitten, 1886-1948) , typed letter signed, 'A Whitten Brown', Hawthornden, Swansea, 18 June 1929, a brief note to E. Stanley Jones in respect of an autograph request, one page, 4toCaptain John William Alcock, with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland, landing after 16 hours and 12 minutes on 15 June 1919. Tragically, on 18 December 1919, Alcock was piloting a new Vickers amphibious aircraft, the Vickers Viking, to the first post-war aeronatical exhibition in Paris when he fatally crashed in fog near Rouen in Normandy. The recipient of Alcock's letter was the Rt. Hon. Katharine Vickers, who lived with her husband Douglas Vickers at Chapel House, Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London. Letters from Alcock are very uncommon. This letter was written on the same day as Alcock and Brown's second celebration dinner at the Savoy Hotel.(Qty: 2)
Lot 132
* Douglas (Lord Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945). Autograph letter signed, 'Alfred Douglas', 35 Fourth Avenue, Hove, Sussex, 19 May 1932, to Lord Egmont, in sympathy for the 'cruel loss of your splendid father' [10th Earl of Egmont], continuing, 'The newspapers are apt to exaggerate and invent, but if there is any truth in what is said in the Daily Express about the attitude towards him of the neighbouring landowners of "gentry", then all I can say is that is one of the most damnable things I have ever heard of even in this country which is eaten up by perverted snobbery and rottenness. My dear brother the late Lord Queensberry was just like your father in his hatred of conventional English life. Half his life was spent in "prospecting" in America, Canada and Australia. I am a person of no importance from the social point of view, as I am a poet more than anything else, but I cannot resist writing you these few lines of sympathy', a little spotted and dust-soiled, a few minor creases and splits, tipped on to the front pastedown of Wilde (Oscar) , De Profundis... , with an Introduction by Vyvyan Holland, Methuen, 1949, the copy grangerised with several related book illustrations and news cuttings plus a gelatin silver print on card showing Oscar Wilde in Naples in 1897, 10.5 x 8cm, numerous pencil notes, opinions and private thoughts to blank areas of various pages, plus marginalia and underscoring, some spotting, ink ownership inscription of Arnold Keen, dated November 1949 to front endpaper, original cloth, heavily rubbed, 8voThe pencil notes are possibly all by the book's owner Arnold Keen, some of the initials being initialled 'A.G.K.', in one note to front flyleaf referring to their letter the owner writes that it was written to his client, Frederick, 11th Earl of Egmont, 'It is a typical example of Douglas's violent correspondence - The facts contained in the letter are absolutely incorrect and entirely untrue. In fact the opposite was the case'. A few light pencil comments are made at various points on the letter, mostly contradicting what Douglas says. The photograph pasted in at the back of the book, is inscribed in pencil in the upper margin: '"A young unmitred bishop in partibus" Wilde inscribed on a copy of this photograph given to Reginald Turner [1869-1938, Daily Telegraph journalist]'.(Qty: 1)
Lot 135
* Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Autograph letter signed, 'Edward Elgar', Malvern, 3 October 1897, to Novello & Co., a brief note, 'Enclosed I send the assignment of the "Te Deum &c" duly executed', publishers' ink receipt stamp at head of page, light vertical crease, one page with integral blank, 8vo (Qty: 1)
Lot 136
* Evans (Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell, 1881-1957). Autograph letter signed, 'E.R.G.R. Evans', Admiral's Office, Dover letterhead, 31 December, no year, [1917?], to Mrs Thompson, thanking her for the Christmas and New Year cards 'which I have sent to the "[HMS] Broke". I have now given up command of her and am employed on some special service, so for the present my whereabouts will be rather mythical', light toning affecting wide central vertical strip, one page, 8vo"Teddy" Evans served as second-in-command on Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1910-13, as captain of the expedition ship Terra Nova . He spent the First World War as a Destroyer captain, becoming famous as 'Evans of the Broke ' after the battle of Dover Strait in 1917.(Qty: 1)
Lot 142
* Grace (William Gilbert, 1848-1915). Autograph letter signed, 'W.G. Grace', London County Cricket Club letterhead, 25 April 1909, to John Meaden, a short reference for Gwinnell as a prospective tenant, creased where previously folded, tape strengthening to fold versos and light brown see-through to centre folds, one page, 8vo (Qty: 1)
![* Pankhurst (Emmeline, 1858-1928). Autograph letter signed, 'E. Pankhurst', 9 Pembridge Gardens, [London], 3 June 1915, to Ra](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/391e2d95-dd62-452a-9acf-aa1c00ba329e/1810e73d-643e-4644-ac1f-aa1c00d9a71f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 151
* Pankhurst (Emmeline, 1858-1928). Autograph letter signed, 'E. Pankhurst', 9 Pembridge Gardens, [London], 3 June 1915, to Ralph [Blumenfeld], thanking him for the interesting book which he shall return shortly, but writing now to ask if he can tell her 'who is "Wayfarer" who contributes weekly notes to the "Nation". Is it [H.W.] Massingham himself?', saying that she shall be grateful for the information and treat it as confidential, with postscript saying she should like to know that day if possible, a little light soiling and adhesion remnants to upper outer corners of first page, two pages, 8voR.D. Blumenfeld (1864-1948) was the editor of the Daily Express from 1902 to 1932. Pankhurst was correct in identifying Henry William Massingham (1860-1924) as 'Wayfarer' while also being editor of The Nation from 1907 to 1923.(Qty: 1)
Lot 156
* Scott (Robert Falcon, 1868-1912). Autograph letter signed, 'R. Scott', British Antarctic Expedition, 1910 letterhead, 3 June 1910, to an unnamed recipient, 'I much regret that I am engaged for dinner at the Pilgrims Club [at the Savoy Hotel] on June 10th though there is a doubt that I can keep the engagement. Thank you very much for your kind letter', light folds, rectangular toning mark to margins where previously framed, one page, 4toCaptain Scott set sail on the Terra Nova from Cardiff, Wales, on 15 June 1910. This letter must be one of the last he ever wrote from London.(Qty: 1)
Lot 170
* Hampshire ambrotypes. Portrait of a young soldier and his wife, 1850s, tinted sixth-plate ambrotype of a seated couple, the young man in uniform with the cap badge of the 67th South Hampshire Regiment of Foot, together with four further tinted sixth-plate ambrotypes of soldiers in red tunics, three wearing caps and one with a rifle and cap on table, all with original elliptical brass mats, but lacking cases, glass covers and preserversThe interesting collection of 54 ambrotypes offered here as lots 170-185 document the people of Hampshire in the mid-1850s. All are offered with the original brass mats as noted but otherwise without cases and cover glass. There is evidence of modern professional cleaning and light restoration to many of the ambrotypes.(Qty: 5)
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