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Click here to subscribeMilne, A.A.Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dust-jacket with only very slight bumping to spine ends, a couple of patches of very light soiling and a small red mark to the lower cover, gift inscription to half-title, a little darkening to endpapers
Italian Philosophy and Mathematics, 2 items, comprising Pardies, Ignace-GastonDell' Anima delle Bestie, e sue funzioni. Nel quale si disputa la celebre questione de' moderni se gli animali bruti sian mere machine automate senza cognizione, ne senso come gli orologi. Venice: Per Andrea Poletti, 1696. 16mo., contemporary ownership inscription on title, original boards, uncut, binding slightly soiled; Martino, Pietro di Nuove istituzioni di aritmetica pratica. Naples: Paolo and Nicola di Simone, 1755. 8vo, contemporary vellum, occasional light foxing or spotting, one page with repair to outer margin, unpressed, binding slightly soiled, [World Cat 1 copy of this edition] (2)
[Drummond de Melfort, Guy, Comte de][Traité sur La Cavalerie. Paris: Guillaume Desprez, 1776] Large folio, atlas volume only containing 31 (of 32) numbered double page plates (plate 2 is lacking), 2 unnumbered double page plates and 6 unnumbered single page plates after Ridinger, engraved by Vindel, from his Riding School series: "Ein Pferd wie es mit der Blinden aufgeführet wird..." 1744, "Ein Pferd zwischen den Pillars an die Trömel..." 1744, "Pasagiren auf volte mit der Croupe gegen der Soeule" [n.d.], "Die Anweisung die Zügel..." [n.d.], "Ein Pferd von der freyen hand lauffen zu lasen...", 1776, "Capriole oder das Übersetzen..." 1776, contemporary boards with manuscript label to upper cover reading "Ecole de Cavalerie militaire française", some light dampstaining, plate 5 repaired to lower right corner, a few small repairs including one to plate 29, slight marginal worming to final plate, joints split, some parts of spine detaching
Guicciardini, FrancescoLa Historia d'Italia... [Geneva]: Giacomo Stoer, 1636. Small 4to, volume 1 only, contemporary calf, early ownership signature of Giacomo [James] D'arcy to endpaper and title-page, with several annotations throughout in an early hand, a little light dampstaining and soiling, joints split
Pliny, the ElderThe Historie of the World: commonly called the naturall historie of C. Plinius Secundus. London: John Grismond, 1635. Folio, 2 volumes in one, contemporary speckled calf with blind tooled diamond panel to centre of covers, rebacked retaining contemporary gilt tooled spine in parts, lower right edge of V1 torn away with loss to some letters, small tear to Y3 slightly affecting a couple of letters, hole to Y1 (volume 2) with a sizeable portion of text lacking, a few other small tears throughout with no loss to text, a little spotting, some light dampstaining [ESTC S103160]Provenance: Bookplate of The Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of Kinnoull, Viscount Dupplin, Lord Hay of Kinfauns, with Duppin Castle and a shelfmark written onto the front free endpaper; the signature of G. Wright and the inscription: "Nov. 27. 1723. Collated perfect" to A1 verso; Ownership signature of Robert Clarke "Ex dons Amnissimi Piers..." to title-page
Jamieson, JohnAn Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language. Edinburgh: W. Creech, and W. Blackwood..., 1808-1825. 4 volumes (including 2 supplementary volumes), 4to, portrait, 19th century calf gilt with tooled border to covers, occasional small holes affecting a few letters, a little light foxing (4)
Strand Magazines - Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur - [Sherlock Holmes]The Strand Magazine, an Illustrated Monthly, edited by George Newnes. London: G. Newnes, 1891-95. Volumes 1-9, [Containing all 24 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes], 8vo, illustrations, original pictorial blue cloth, spines gilt, some light finger-soiling, bindings somewhat rubbed and soiled, vol. 8 hinges broken, vol. 4 title loose, vol. 9 binding worn and repaired
[MacTaggart, Ann], and others, 14 booksMemoirs of a Gentlewoman of the Old School. London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1830. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, bookplates of Francis Frederick Fox, a little light foxing, some rubbing to covers and spines; [Mackenzie, Henry] The Man of Feeling. London: W. Strahan..., 1781. New edition, 12mo, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, bookplate; Urquhart, Sir Thomas, translator Master Francis Rabelais. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892. 2 volumes, 4to., number 807 of 1000 copies, crushed brown half morocco with decorative floral motifs to spines, bookplate of the Library of the Dominican Fathers, London; [Whyte, Henry, and others] The Tartans of the Clans and Septs of Scotland... Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1906. 2 volumes, small 4to., contemporary half morocco gilt, neatly rebacked; Drummond, William, of Hawthornden The Works. Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson, 1711. Folio, portrait, contemporary panelled calf; and 6 others, sold not subject to return (14)Note: The MacTaggart work is unusual. Copac lists only one copy, in the British Library. The memoirs of a female descendent of an old Scottish family, The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences for the year 1830 writes a rather disparaging review of the work: Truly the production of an elderly lady, - gossipings of some fifty years ago, to which affection might listen in a family circle, but little likely to attract the public.
Miscellaneous books, including Howe, James[Fourteen Engravings, from Drawings of the Horse. Edinburgh, 1824.] 10 (of 14) engravings mounted in a large folio half calf album, 2 slightly cut down; Kirby, W.F. The Butterflies and Moths of Europe. 1904. 4to, 54 coloured plates, contemporary brown half morocco gilt, t.e.g., upper hinge broken; Beattie, William Switzerland Illustrated. London: G. Virtue, 1836. 2 volumes, 4to, folding map & 106 plates, contemporary brown morocco gilt, a.e.g., worn, joints split; Sallust. The Works. London: T. Woodward & J. Peele, 1744. 4to, contemporary calf, short tear to head of spine; Rosini, Joannes Antiquitatum Romanarum corpus absolutissimum. Leiden: Hackios, Parentem & Filios, 1663. 4to, additional engraved title, folding view, engraved plates, contemporary calf, spine split, worn, covers detached; Boccaccio, Giovanni Il Decameron. "1527" [Venice: Pasinello, 1729], small 4to, 18th century calf, some light dampstaining, worn, one cover detached; Xenophontis De Cyri Expeditione libri Septem. Cambridge: J. Archdeacon, 1785. 4to, folding map, text in Greek and Latin, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover detached; Cuming, R.G. Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa. 1850. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, additional titles, map and 14 plates, original pictorial cloth gilt, spines worn; The Old Testament; The New Testament, edited by Rev. Charles Girlestone. 1837, 4 volumes; 1835, 2 volumes, uniform contemporary half calf; Finden, W. & E. Landscape Illustrations of the Bible. 1836. 2 volumes, large 8vo, engraved titles & plates, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; [Keith, Robert] The History of the Affairs of Church and State in Scotland, Edinburgh, 1734. Folio, volume 1 (all published), engraved map, contemporary calf, head and base of spine worn; and 14 others, miscellaneous; sold not subject to return (quantity)
MacAulay, KennethThe History of St Kilda. London: T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1764. 8vo, folding map, half-title, without the final advert leaf, 19th century half calf, a little light dampstaining throughout, bookplates of Peter Forbes and J. Robertson, small biro note regarding price on free-endpaper
Flint, Sir William Russell, 41 books including several private press worksThe Lisping Goddess. Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1968. Folio, number 172 of 275 copies, signed by William Russell Flint, blue quarter morocco gilt by Mansell, marbled slipcase, spine slightly faded, a little light foxing; [Idem] Minxes admonished, or Beauty Reproved. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1955. 4to, number 343 of 550 copies, red quarter morocco gilt by Mansell, marbled slipcase, a little foxing to endpapers and fore-edges, slight soiling to morocco, spine a little faded; [Idem] The Song of Songs which is Solomon's. London: Philip Lee Warner for the Medici Society Ltd, 1909. Number 462 of 500 copies, printed on Riccardi Paper, quarter blue morocco gilt, some light soiling to covers and very slight internal spotting; [Idem] Breakfast in Périgord. London, 1968. Folio, number 155 of 525 copies signed by William Russell Flint, black quarter morocco gilt, slipcase; [Idem] Shadows in Arcady. London: Charles Skilton Ltd., 1965. 8vo, number 220 of 500 copies signed by William Russell Flint, original cloth gilt, slipcase; [Idem] Judith. London: the Haymarket Press, 1928. 8vo, number 376 of 875 copies, Japanese vellum gilt; [Idem, illustrator] - Theocritus, Bion and Moschus The Idyls of Theocritus... London: The Medici Society Ltd., 1922. 2 volumes, number 267 of 500 copies, original quarter cloth, dust-jackets; Gilbert, W.S. Sir William Russell Flint, illustrator Iolanthe and other Operas. London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1910. 4to, original green cloth gilt, inscribed from Arthur Ellis to 'Miss Bettey'; Lewis, Ralph and Keith S. Gardner Sir William Russell Flint. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, [1988]. Oblong 4to, number 186 of 500 de luxe copies, original brown quarter morocco gilt, slipcase; Frost and Reed Ltd. A Jubilee Exhibition - The Golden Years - outstanding paintings by Sir William Russell Flint, [1977] Folio, number 153 of the special edition, original black cloth gilt; Golden Cockerel Press - Robert Herrick - Sir William Russell Flint, illustrator One Hundred and Eleven Poems, 1955. 4to, original quarter Japanese vellum gilt over blue cloth gilt, slipcase; and 31 others, sold not subject to return (41)
[Monteith, Robert, of Eglisha and Gairsa]The Description of the Isles of Orknay and Zetland. Edinburgh: published by S.R.S. [Sir Robert Sibbald], 1711. Folio, folding map, single page map, 20th century half calf, folding map repaired to verso, some light foxing, stain to pp.37-38 obscuring a few words, J. Robertson bookplates [ESTC T131326]
Durham - Hutchinson, WilliamThe History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham. Newcastle: S. Hodgson & Robinsons, 1785-94. First edition, 3 volumes, 4to., engraved titles, 52 engraved plates and 10 folding pedigrees, engraved illustrations in text, contemporary calf, gilt arms on sides, bookplates of Sir Walter Wyndham Burrell of West Grinstead Park, occasional spotting, a few small waterstains or light mark, slightly rubbed
Lawson, John ParkerScotland Delineated in a Series of Views by J.M.W. Turner, Clarkson Stanfield, R.A., David Roberts R.A. [etc] Drawn in lithography by J.D. Harding... With historical, antiquarian and descriptive letterpress by J.P. Lawson. Edinburgh: Alexander Crichton, 1847-54. First editions in book form, 2 volumes, large folio (630 x 460mm.), half-title to volume 1, 90 tinted lithographed plates with tissue guards, rebound in black cloth with marbled paper from the sides of the original binding trimmed and laid on and with some panels from original binding laid on spines, some foxing on about a third of the plates, varying from light to heavier, but mainly in the marginsNote:As Abbey notes, the list of plates calls for 91 but plate 4 was never issued as it was a duplication of plate 3, thus making 90 the complete complement. Originally issued in parts. Abbey, Scenery, 493
Moryson, FynesAn Itinerary Written by Fynes Moryson Gent. First in the Latine tongue, and then translated by him into English: Containing his Ten Yeeres Travell through the Twelve Domjnions of Germany, Bohmerland, Switzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Italy, Turky, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland. London: John Beale, 1617. Folio, contemporary embossed calf, lacking initial leaf (blank save the signature mark), lacking final leaf (also blank), a few small holes, slightly affecting text, and a few tears, a few words occasionally scribbled out, a little soiling and occasional light dampstaining, upper cover and first leaf detached, some rubbing and chipping to spine and covers
Scottish books, a collectionMarquess of Bute Registrum Monasterii de Cambuskenneth A.D. 1147-1535. Edinburgh, 1872. 4to, contemporary cloth; Shepherd, Thomas H. Modern Athens; Displayed in a Series of Views...London: Jones & Co., 1829. 4to, contemporary half calf; Thomson, A. Col. A History of the Fife Light Horse. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1892. 8vo, original red cloth; Shaw, Lauchlan The History of the Province of Moray. Edinburgh: William Auld, 1775. 4to, modern red cloth; Young, Robert Annals of the Parish and Burgh of Elgin...Elgin: James Watson, 1879. 4to, contemporary brown cloth; Hay, Andrew Leith Castles of Aberdeenshire...Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & Son, 1887. 4to, contemporary half calf; and 31 others, sold not subject to return (37)
Yorkshire - Cave Exploration - [Hutton, John]A Tour to the Caves, in the Environs of Ingleborough and Settle, in the West-Riding of Yorkshire. With some Philosophical Conjectures on the Deluge, Remarks on the Origin of Fountains, and Observations on the Ascent and Descent of Vapours, occasioned by Facts peculiar to the Places visited. … the second Edition, with large Additions. London: Printed for Richardson and Urquhart, J. Robson and W. Pennington, Kendal. 1781. 8vo., pp. [2], ii, 100, contemporary half calf, some light foxing, short marginal tear to C1, slightly rubbed
Art Deco A. J. Wilkinson Ltd. Royal Staffordshire pottery honey glaze "The Biarritz" pattern tea set, comprising six trios; cake plate; milk jug and sugar bowl. Condition Report. 6 Cups - Good condition. V. small chip to milk base rim, sugar bowl v. slight crazing, cake plate good condition.Saucers - 1 with tiny corner chip, 1 with v. fine haircrack, 3 with crazing, 1 ok.Side plates - 1 with visible crazing, rest in good condition.Overall - Some very light wear to decoration.
A Chinese Republican turquoise monochrome model, of a temple lion, he sits with one paw on an 'embroidered' reticulated ball, his mouth agape presenting ferocious teeth and tongue, incised throughout with anatomical detailing and scrolls, pierced and lobed square base, 26cm high, impressed twice with three-character marks Condition Report: Anticipated stable, light crazing in parts. Some minor nibbled losses to glaze, including one to one of the back angles of the base - but light, stable and displaying and standing well.
A pair of Chinese hardwood carvings, of boys astride water buffaloes, the beasts with inset glass eyes, ebonised hardwood pierced stands, 11cm high, 24cm wide, early 20th century Condition Report: Generally good condition with signs of light wear, including light scratches; one stand with a stable split.
Photography - Exposure meters; A S.E.I. photometer (boxed); A Kopil CdS TTL meter, leather case; A RS 180-7133 digital light meter (boxed); A Primat exposure meter, leather case; A Corfield exposure meter, leather case; Another similar; A Sixti exposure meter, leather case; A Vivitar LX-S meter attachment; A Weston Master V exposure meter and invercone (boxed); Another two similar (unboxed); Another similar, WD markings ( ↑0553/162481); A Weston Euro-master exposure meter and invercone (boxed); A Weston Master II exposure meter; Another similar (faults); A Lillette self timer. (16)
A Victorian silver Christening set by Edward Hutton, the fitted case with initials supporting an Old English pattern fork and spoon, with a napkin ring and knife, each bearing family crest, London c1882 (5) 5.6 ozt5.6 ozt, all four pieces have minor discolouration, light scratches throughout, the case has some staining to the inside and some wear to the outside, please see additional images, generally good condition, no obvious signs of significant damage or repair
A good George II silver hot water pot by John Wirgman, tapered body bearing rampant lion family crest with scroll and shell spout and applied handle, hinged domed lid with double knop finial, London 1748, 22.95 oztlight scratches through out due to age, some heavier scuffs and light dent to one side (imaged), some minor discolouration to the silver, hinge and lid fixed and moves well, minor dent to the front, generally good condition, no obvious signs of significant damage or repair
A George III silver teapot stand by John Crouch I & Thomas Hannam, oval form with bead rim, engraved well with family crest, London 1787, 5.5 oztthis is hallmarked, 18.5cm long x 12.5cm wide, general light scratches to both sides, otherwise generally good condition, no obvious signs of significant damage or repair, you can use Visa Credit Card to pay for the item, if sent overseas it will be sent either by Royal Mail Tracked or Courier Tracked
A Victorian 9ct gold double Albert watch chain, having long and circular links, supporting a spinning hardstone seal, 33.5gsome light scratches to the gold on the chain and seal, no obvious signs of significant damage or repair, links marked 9C, T-bar marked 9C, clips marked 9C, seal marked Birmingham Anchor, letter 'e', 9, 375, maker J.T.J, approx 42.5cm long excluding drop link and seal
A 1970s Chinese hardstone and diamond dress ring, the oval jade style green stone having applied row of small brilliant cuts to each side, marked 18k, 7.9g and size N 1/2a few light scratches to the gold band and mount through use, otherwise generally good condition, no obvious signs of significant damage or repair, jade approx 17mm x 7mm, unable to do the depth
A group of four Victorian and 20th century 9ct gold rings, including a citrine and pearl cluster, a pearl and garnet cluster, a wedding band and a three paste stone example, 14.8g (4)all the rings have light scratches to the gold bands, the larger gem stone needs a clean, the three stone ring has been previously resized, also the band has been resized, slight discolouration to the band
A pair of 1980s silver earrings from Liberty & Co, Celtic design to elliptical panels with clip fittings, marked Edinburgh 1987 (2) re-soldering of the clasps to the main body. Tarnishing and discolouration to the solver. Areas of rubbing to the decoration. Light scuffs and scratches to the surfaces.
An Art Deco silver three piece tea set by EV, circular with bead rims and fluted lowers, Sheffield 1931 and 1937, 24.5 ozt (3)they all sit well, all have light scratches, the handle is fixed well, some minor discolouration, there are no monograms, the handle is made of some kind of resin, generally good condition, no obvious signs of significant damage or repair
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