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Click here to subscribeHutchins (John). The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, 4 vols., 3rd ed., 1861-70, titles printed in red and black, numerous engraved plates and illustrations, occasional light toning and marginal waterstains, contemporary burgundy half morocco, spines faded, edges a little rubbed, folio (4)
Galsworthy (John). Maid in Waiting, 1st edition, 1931, some light spotting, original green cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly chipped with minor loss, 8vo, together with Walpole (Hugh), Captain Nicholas, 1st edition, 1934, some slight toning, original green cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and James (Henry), What Maisie Knew, 1st UK edition, 1898, later inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, original decorated cloth, boards slightly marked, spine faded and split at foot, 8vo, plus Bensusan (S.L. [editor]), The Bohemian, A Monthly Magazine and Review of Literature, Drama and Art, volume 1 only, June-November 1893, numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated red cloth, spine slightly toned, 8vo, and other late 19th and 20th-century literature and reference including W.S. Maugham, H.G. Wells, Helen Thomas, George Gissing, Arnold Bennett, mostly original cloth, some Penguin paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo (6 shelves & a carton)
Linnaeus (Carl). A System of Vegetables, According to their Classes, Genera, Orders, Species, with their Characters and Differences, Translated from the Thirteenth Edition (as Published by Dr. Murray) of the Systema Vegetabilium of the Late Professor Linneus, volume 1 only, 1st English ed., 1783, half titles, eleven engraved plates, scattered light spotting, previous owner signature to first half title, untrimmed, later half calf, spine slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany: Or, a Systematic View of the Organisation, Natural Affinities, and Geographical Distribution, of the whole Vegetable Kingdom, by John Lindley, 1st ed., 1830, publisher's catalogue bound-in at front, scattered spotting and previous owner signatures, contemporary cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid and label renewed, some fading and light stains, 8vo, plus Colin Milnes' Botanical Dictionary, 1770 (head of title excised) (3)
Willis (N.P.). American Scenery; Or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature, from Drawings by W.H. Bartlett, 2 vols., c. 1840, additional engraved title to each, single-page map, 117 engraved views, a.e.g., original red cloth gilt, a little rubbed with light mottled stains, 4to, with three others: Orlando Roberts' Narrative of Voyages and Excursions on the East Coast and in the Interior of Central America, 1827 (lacking frontispiece), Richard Harding Davis's The West From a Car-Window, 1892 and Charles Lummis's A Tramp Across the Continent, 1892 (5)
Andrews (Henry). Botanists Repository, Comprising Coloured Engravings of New and Old Plants... 1797-[1814], 62 fine hand-coloured engraved plates from the series, out of sequence, most with accompanying text, some light offsetting and a few spots, contents disbound in contemporary green calf, spine rubbed and faded, 4to, together with The Flowering Plants of South Africa, ed. B. Pole Evans, 3 vols. only, 1921-23, 120 hand-coloured plates, one or two text leaves detached or with closed tears, some light offsetting and a few spots, library stamps to title rectos and versos, original brown cloth, small spilts to joints, spine ends rubbed with shelf numbers at foot, 4to, with two others: James Edward Smith's An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany, 1807 and John E. Sowerby's The Ferns of Great Britain, 1835 Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (6)
Cobbet (Thomas). A Practical Discourse of Prayer. Wherein is handled, the Nature, the Duty, the Qualifications of Prayer; the several sorts of Prayer; viz. Ejaculatory, Publick Private, and Secret Prayer. With the Necessity of, and In.gagements [sic] unto Prayer. Together, with sundry Cases of Conscience about it. By Thomas Cobbet, minister of the Word at Lyn..., Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: printed by T.M. for Ralph Smith at the Bible in Cornhil, 1654, (14), 452, 153-163,(1), 465-551, (1)pp., lacks half-title (A1), title torn to lower outer corner with loss to imprint, text-block and sewing broken, with loose leaves, some dust-soiling and light marginal fraying, contemporary sheep, spine split, worn, 8vo Wing C4779, ESTC R209593 and Sabin 13868. The English Puritan Thomas Cobbet (1608-1685) was born in Newbury in Berkshire. He studied under the prominent clergyman and theologian William Twisse (1578-1646), and travelled to America in 1637. He became one of the leading New England Puritans & was commended by Cotton Mather. He was preacher at Lynn and later at Ipswich, Massachusetts. (1)
Mawe (Thomas & Abercrombie, John). The Universal Gardener and Botanist; or, a General Dictionary of Gardening and Botany, 1st ed., 1778, occasional light soiling, contemporary calf, lower joint cracking, a little rubbed and stained, 4to, together with The Abridgement of the Gardeners Dictionary, by Philip Miller, 6th edition, 1771, engraved frontispiece, 13 folding engraved plates (including one extra), some with neat marginal repairs to verso, 2 pp. manuscript letter from J. Flammand, Horticultural Register, undated but circa 1850 'On the Dahlia', a few light spots, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, 4to, plus Philip Miller's The Gardener's Dictionary, 7th ed. (with 18 of 19 plates only), 1759, and Hudson (William). Flora Anglica; Exhibens Plantas per Regnum Britanniae Sponte Crescentes, Distributas Sceundum Systema Sexuale, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1778, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo First published in 1762 and here considerably enlarged, the work was the first to establish the Linnaean system of flora in this country. Henrey 859. (5)
Baker (Samuel White). Wild Beasts and their Ways. Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, 2 vols., 1890, illustrations, publisher's catalogue at end of volume II, previous owner inkstamp to half titles, original red cloth gilt, spines faded and a little rubbed at ends, 8vo, together with Big Game Hunting in North-Eastern Rhodesia, by Owen Letcher, 1st ed., 1911, folding map, half-tone illustrations, some light toning, bookplate and price-stamp, original red cloth, a few stains, 8vo, with three others: Major G. Burrard's Big Game Hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet, 1925, Alexander Allan's Hunting the Sea Otter, 1910 and Horace G. Hutchinson's Big Game Shooting, 2 vols., 1905 (7)
Walsh (Grahame L.). Bradshaw's Ancient Rock Paintings of North-West Australia, 1st edition, 1994, limited to 1000 copies, 99 colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed to head, large 8vo, together with Gibson (Frank), Charles Conder, His Life and Work, with a catalogue of the lithographs and etchings of Campbell Dodgson, 1st edition, 1914, 13 illustrations with tissue guards including frontispiece, 107 colour and black and white plates, some light spotting, original boards with cloth spine, slightly marked at head and foot, 4to, and National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Illustrated Catalogue, Sydney, 1906, numerous colour and black and white illustrations and plates, some minor spotting, original gilt-decorated calf binding, spine slightly rubbed, hinges split to foot, 8vo, plus 77 further volumes of Australian art history, reference and related, mostly hardback publications, G/VG, 8vo/folio (80)
Stanley (Henry M.). The Congo and the Founding of its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploartion, 2 vols., 1st edition, 1885, wood engraved frontispieces, plates and illustrations, folding maps (including one in rear pocket of each volume, browned to verso), original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, together with In Darkest Africa, or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria, 2 vols., 5th edition, 1891, wood engraved frontispieces, plates and illustrations, three folding maps and one folding table, original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Livingstone (David), Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, 1857, engraved portrait frontispiece, one double-page colour lithograph plate, numerous wood engraved plates, one folding diagram and two folding maps, damp-soiling at rear of volume affecting folding maps, 20th century half morocco gilt, lower board damp-soiled, 8vo, plus Livingstone (David & Charles), Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries; and of the Discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 1858-1864, John Murray, 1865, double-page wood engraved frontispiece (strengthened to verso), wood engraved plates and illustrations, 20th century half morocco gilt, light soiling to board edges, 8vo (6)
Howard (H. Eliot). The British Warblers. A History with Problems of their Lives, 2 vols., 1907-1914, 35 chromolithographed plates, 51 photogravure plates, twelve maps, occasional light offsetting, a couple of closed marginal tears, modern brown half morocco, spines with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, 4to Anker 213; Nissen IVB 454. (2)
Maton (William George). Observations Relative Chiefly to the Natural History, Picturesque Scenery, and Antiquities of the Western Counties of England, Made in the Years 1794 and 1796, 2 vols. in one, Salisbury, 1797, sixteen oval aquatint plates, folding mineralogical map (with small split to centre fold), some light offsetting, armorial bookplate, front hinge broken (rear hinge tender), later sprinkled calf gilt, rebacked in tan calf with black and green labels, 8vo, together with A General Account of all the Rivers of Note in Great Britain..., by Henry Skrine, 1st ed., 1801, half title, folding aquatint frontispiece, seventeen maps, some offsetting and spotting, original boards, paper reback with new label, some edgewear and stains, 8vo, with two others including William Gilpin's Observations on the River Wye, and Several Parts of South Wales, 2nd ed., 1789 (4)
East India Register and Directory for 1842 (2nd ed.), 1843 1st & 2nd eds.), 1848 & 1857, a few leaves close-trimmed affecting text, some light toning and inkstamps, modern red faux morocco, 12mo, together with The India List Civil and Military, January 1878, Index of East India Company General Ledgers 1664-1709, 1709-1779 & 1779-1860 (3 vols., pub. India Office Library & Records, 1982-83) and Ubique: War Services of all the Officers of H.M.'S Bengal Army (limited edition of 150, originally published in 1863), 1985 (10)
Smart (Christopher). On the Eternity of the Supreme Being, 2nd edition; On the Immensity of the Supreme Being, 2nd edition; On the Omniscience of the Supreme Being, 1st edition; On the Power of the Supreme Being, 1st edition; On the Goodness of the Supreme Being, 1st edition, 5 parts in one, Cambridge: J. Bentham, 1752-1756, each part with title-page and separate pagination/collation, bound with Gray (Thomas), An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard, 9th edition, printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1754, occasional light finger-soiling, front free endpaper with early ownership signature 'Robt Ralston his Book 1787', contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, rubbed, with some loss to head of spine and surface of upper cover, 4to Complete set of Christopher Smart's famous Seatonian Prize Poems, which have often been described as the peak of his achievement. An annual award was set up at Cambridge University with the bequest of clergyman Thomas Seaton, for the best poem on the subject of the supreme being. Christopher Smart entered five times between 1750 and 1756 and carried the prize off each time. (1)
Scrope (William). Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed; with a short account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, Instructions to Sportsmen, Anecdotes etc., 1st ed., 1843, half title, additional lithographed title, twelve tinted and hand-coloured lithographed plates, advertisement leaf at end, occasional light offsetting and a couple of small marginal waterstains, one or two tiny marginal tears, later green half morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (fading to brown), 8vo Westwood and Satchell p.191. (1)
Markham (Gervase). Markhams farewell to husbandry, or, The enriching of all sorts of barren and sterile grounds in our nation: to be as fruitfull in all manner of graine, pulse and grasse, as the best grounds whatsoever: together with the annoyances, and preservation of all graine and seed, from one yeare to many yeares : as also, a husbandly computation of men and cattels dayly labours, their expences, charges, and utmost profits, by G.M., 5th edition, revised, corrected, and amended, 1653, [6],126,[4]pp., few woodcut illustrations, light toning & minor spotting, modern calf gilt, 4to, together with [Mascall, Leonard], The Country-mans Recreation, or the Art of Planting, Graffing, and Gardening, in three Bookes..., incomplete portion of parts 1 & 2 only, London: Printed by T. Mabb, for William Shears, 1654, [4],88pp., few woodcut illustrations, some browning, dust-soiling and spotting, 20th century green quarter morocco, some staining to boards, light wear to extremities, slim 4to For first title see Wing M649. Complete in itself, but formed part of a larger work 'A Way to get Wealth'. (2)
Belloc (Hilaire). The Old Road, reprint edition, 1911, The Stane Street, 1st edition, 1913, numerous black and white illustrations and maps by William Hyde including frontispiece with tissue guards, some slight spotting, original gilt-decorated brown cloth, boards and spines slightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo (2 volumes in total), together with Millais (J.G.), Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers, 1st edition, 1918, 16 black and white illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other late 19th and 20th-century biographical and historical reference, all hardback publications, some leather bindings, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)
Taunt (Henry W.). A New Map of the River Thames from Oxford to London, 2nd ed., 1873, 24 maps with outline colour, most with mounted albumen prints, advertisements front and rear (a little light spotting), original green cloth, a little rubbed, oblong 8vo, together with Tallis's Illustrated London; In Commemoration of the Great Exhibition of all Nations in 1851, by William Gaspey, 2 vols. in one, [1851-52], additional engraved title, numerous steel-engravings, folding plate with small split along one fold, scattered light spotting, contemporary burgundy half morocco, spine faded, 8vo, with three others including James Elmes' Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the Nineteenth Century, 1829 (5)
Bible [English]. The Bible: That is, The Holy Scriptures, conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in diuers Languages. With most profitable Annotations upon all the hard places, and other things of great importance, [Imprinted at London (i.e. Holland?): By the Deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Majesie, 1599, (after 1617?)], general title and New Testament titles within decorative woodcut borders (both printed without imprint, general title creased), lacking general letterpress title, imprint & date to colophon, decorative woodcut illustrations and initials, following three leaves after general title with small puncture hole, large portion of A2 torn away, some light dampstaining and fraying to margins of initial leaves, without Apocrypha, bound with at rear A Concordance to the Bible of the Last Translation..., London: Printed by the Assignes of Clement Cotton, 1632, and The Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternehold, John Hopkins, and others, [Holland?, after 1617?], title without imprint, with swan or goose woodcut ornament to title, final leaf frayed to edges and creased, some early manuscript annotations and inscriptions throughout, all edge gilt (rubbed), contemporary gilt panelled calf, diamond lozenge shaped gilt decorative device to centre of each board with intials 'W.R.' either side, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, attractive pierced & engraved brass clasps, some wear to lower edges of boards, 4to Herbert 255 and STC 2180, with 'seue and twentie prouinces' in Esther I, 1. STC 2499.7 (Metrical Psalms) with 'Quicuuque vult' in the headline on A4b. This edition of the Psalms were often issued with Bibles falsely dated 1599. This version of the Bible is sometimes known as the 'Goose Bible,' from the bird in the device with the motto 'God is my helper', which appears on the title-page of the Metrical Psalms. It is supposed to have been printed at Dort. (1)
Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Geffray Chaucer newly printed, with dyvers workes whiche were never in print before: As in the table more playnly dothe appere. Cum privilegio, [Imprinted at London: by [Nicholas Hill for] Rycharde Kele, dwellynge in Lombarde strete nere unto the stockes market at the sygne of the Egle, [1550]], black letter text in double column, woodcut title (supplied from the 1561 John Stowe edition), trimmed and relaid, 3 unsigned preliminary leaves, A1 missing, 355 leaves (starting at signature B), numbered in roman numerals, numerous woodcut initials, separate part-title to romaunt of the Rose with woodcut decorative border, woodcut illustration to the head of the Knyghtes Tale and Squires Tale, some fraying and marginal damp marking to preliminary leaves and signature A, generally not affecting text, A6, with dampstain more visible, and frayed with loss to upper and lower outer margins, affecting a few letters to upper outer corner (with later paper repairs), S5 with closed tear repaired to lower outer corner, slightly affecting one or two words, 3Q numbers 2-5 with outer margins somewhat trimmed, not affecting text, except for 3Q2, where there is loss of some words and letters, light dampstain to lower margins towards rear of volume, otherwise generally in good condition, occasional early ink mark, 18th century ink signature of William Herbert, to front blank, with his engraved bookplate, and that of James McBryde, St. Helens to front pastedown, all edges gilt, early 18th century gilt-decorated dark blue full morocco, rubbed and some minor marks, spine somewhat sunned, folio STC 5072. Pforzheimer 174 (Thynne issue). The third edition of the collected works of Chaucer, this being one of four variants, each with a different publisher's name in the colophon (the others being Thomas Petit, Wyllyam Bonham and Robert Toye), who are likely to have shared equally in the edition. The two woodcuts of The Knyght and The Squire are here printed for the first time, and continue to be printed through black editions up to 1602. The third edition of William Thynne's version of Chaucer's Works, first published in 1532. (1) NOTE: The leaves before B1 are also believed to be from the later 1561 edition
Lamartine (Alphonse de). Raphael, Pages de la vingtieme année, 1st edition, Paris, 1849, some scattered spotting, all edges gilt, moiré silk endpapers, inside gilt dentelles, contemporary gilt-decorated red full morocco, stamped in gilt to upper cover l'auteur au traducteur, a few minor marks and spine very slightly dulled, 8vo, author's presentation copy, inscribed to half title, 'Hommage a Madame la comtesse de peyronnet. A. Lamartine. "Traduire c'est creer", Chateaubriand', together with Vigny (Alfred de), Stello ou Les Diables Bleus, Premiere Consultation, 1st edition, Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1832, some light spotting, author's presentation inscription to half-title 'A Madame de Berenger, Amitie et parente bien devouees, Alfred de Vigny', 19th century green quarter morocco, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Vigny (Alfred de), Servitured et Grandeur Militaires, 2nd edition, Paris, 1836, some spotting, author's presentation inscription to half-title 'Souvenir Alfred de Vigny', 19th century red quarter morocco, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed, 8vo, and Cinq-Mars ou Une Conjuration sous Louis XIII, 9th ed., Paris, 1846, some spotting, author's presentation inscription in pencil to half-title 'Madame de Peyronnet, Son confrere tres devoue Alfred de Vigny, aout 1846', 19th century red quarter morocco, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus other similar 19th century French literature, mostly similarly bound in quarter morocco, many with author's presentation inscriptions to Madame de Peyronnet, including Prevost-Paradol, Dupont-White, Lanfrey (Histoire de Napoleon Ier, 5 volumes, 1867-75, and other works by the same author, Ernest Renan, Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire (Mahomet et le Coran, 1865), A. Barbier (Satires, 1865), Rodolphe Lindau (Un Voyage autour du Japon, 1864), etc., all except 2 volumes bound in 19th century quarter morocco or calf gilt, slightly rubbed, mostly 8vo (37)
Miniature Book. Officium B. Mariae Virg. nuper reformatum, et Pii V. Pont. Max. jussu editum..., Antwerp: ex Officina Plantiniana apud viduam & heredes Balth. Moreti, 1677, [32],1-520, 523-712,[4]pp., title in red & black with small engraved portrait, fourteen full-page engraved illustrations, lacking leaf Kk5 (pp.521/523), text in red & black throughout, few leaves creased to corners and one slightly torn, occasional light dust-soiling and minor dampstaining, front free endpaper lacking, 19th century morocco, thick 32mo, (76 x 48mm) (1)
Fortune (Robert). A Residence among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea. Being a Narrative of Scenes and Adventures During a Third Visit to China, from 1853 to 1856, 1st ed., 1857, wood-engraved illustrations, a few light spots, original blindstamped cloth, small indentation to upper cover, some mottled stains, 8vo, together with Travels in Central Asia. Being the Account of a Journey from Teheran across the Turkoman Desert on the Eastern Shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand, Performed in the Year 1863 by Arminius Vambery, 1st ed., 1864, folding map, wood-engraved illustrations, stitching a little strained, original green cloth, light mottled stains to upper cover, 8vo, plus The Snows of Tibet through China, by A.E. Pratt, 1892, portrait frontispiece, folding map, illustrations, a few spots, blindstamps of the publisher and Royal Scottish Geograohical Society to title, bookplate, original blue cloth gilt, spine darkened and rubbed at ends, 8vo, with three others: Arminius Vambery's Sketches of Central Asia, 1868 (ex-libris), O. Olufsen's Through the Unknown Pamirs. The Second Danish Pamir Expedition 1898-99, 1904 and Sir Francis Younghusband's Peking to Lhasa, 1925 (6)
Lawson (John Parker). Scotland Delineated. A Series of Views of the Principal Cities and Towns, Particularly of Edinburgh and its Environs... [1858], 72 tinted lithographed plates, including additional title after David Roberts, J.M.W. Turner, Clarkson Stanfield et al, some scattered spotting and marginal waterstains, front endpapers renewed, a.e.g., original blue cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, some stains, 4to, together with Great Britain Illustrated. A Series of Original Views from Drawings by William Westall, A.R.A. Engraved by and Under the Direction of Edward Finden, with Descriptions by Thomas Moule, [1830], additional engraved title, 118 engraved views on 59 sheets, scattered light spotting and marginal waterstains, presentation inscription, a.e.g., original blue cloth gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, a few stains, 4to, with four others: G.N. Wright's Ireland Illustrated, 1832, E. Lynn Linton's The Lake Country, 1864, J.W. Clark's Cambridge, 1881 and James Croston's Chantrey's Peak Scenery or Views in Derbyshire, 1889 (6)
Kipling (Rudyard). The Jungle Book, reprinted edition, 1896, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, The Second Jungle Book, reprint edition, 1895, both numerous black and white illustrations, some light spotting, both original gilt-decorated blue cloth, covers and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Dickens (Charles), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st edition, 1839, 40 black and white plates including portrait frontispiece, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting and offsetting throughout, internal hinges reinforced with brown tape, contemporary cloth boards, hinges cracked, spine rubbed, plus Little Dorrit, 1st edition, 1857, 38 black and white plates including frontispiece, some light spotting, contemporary half morocco, boards slightly rubbed, spine faded and rubbed to head and foot, both 8vo, and Fuller (Thomas), The Holy State, 3rd edition, 1652, later bookplate to front pastedown, front endpaper detached, contemporary inscription to head of title, title-page and A3 trimmed, some light spotting, contemporary calf, boards and spine rubbed with loss, 8vo, plus other 17th to 19th-century antiquarian literature and reference, some leather bindings, many Victorian pictorial cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Loudon (Mrs. Jane). British Wild Flowers, 1st ed., 1846,, half title, 60 hand-coloured lithographed plates (plate 59 bound after plate 60, plate 3 with plant name at foot pasted over with new imprint), scattered light spotting, contemporary black half calf, joints and edges rubbed, 4to Nissen BBI 1233. (1)
Turner (J.M.W.). Liber Fluviorum; Or, River Scenery of France, 1857, additional engraved title, 60 engraved plates, plate at p. 196 repaired, some light spotting, presentation inscription, a.e.g., original blue cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with Illustrations of the Vaudois, in a Series of Views Engraved by Edward Finden from Drawings by Hugh Dyke Acland, 1831, folding map, twelve engraved plates, light offsetting to title, light spotting, bookplate, a.e.g., contemporary green half morocco, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, with other travel including James Paul Cobbett's A Ride of Eight Hundred Miles in France, 2nd ed., 1824, John Barrow's A Family Tour through South Holland; Up the Rhine; and Across the Netherlands, 1831 and Barrow's Visit to Iceland, by Way of Tronyen, in the "Flower of Yarrow" Yacht, in the Summer of 1834, 1835 (10)
Kinglake (Alexander William). The Invasion of the Crimea,: Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress down to the Death of Lord Raglan, vols. I-IV & VI only (of 8), 1863-80, folding plates, maps and plans, scattered spotting, original burgundy cloth, spines a little faded with repairs, 8vo, together with The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1914-1919, by Everard Wyrall, 1st ed., 1927, portrait frontispiece, folding maps, light toning, front endpaper excised at top corner, original half morocco, a few stains, 4to, plus The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919, by C.T. Atkinson, 1924, folding maps, original blue cloth, 8vo, with other military including The History of the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles, 1921 and "The Kensingtons" 13th London Regiment, c. 1935 (approx 40)
Wooster (David, ed.). Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of some of the most Stiking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers, 1st & 2nd series, 1872-74, 108 chromolithograph plates, occasional light spotting, original blue cloth, with gilt and blind blocked decoration, joints slightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with Coloured Vade-mecum to the Alpine Flora for the use of Tourists in Switzerland, by L. Schroter & C. Schroter, 5th edition, Zurich, 1896 (3)
Furst (Herbert, editor). The Woodcut, An Annual, nos. 2 & 3 only, 1928-29, no.2 limited to 750 copies, numerous black and white woodcut illustrations, both original decorated boards, no. 2 with dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with minor loss to head and foot of spine, 8vo, (2 volumes in total), together with Hardie (Martin & Sabin, Arthur K.), War Posters, issued by belligerent and neutral nations 1914-1919, 1st edition, 1920, 80 black and white plates including colour frontispiece, some minor spotting, original decorated green cloth, spines slightly faded, 4to, and Laran (Jean), L'oeuvre Gravé d'Eugène Bejot, Editions des Bibliotheques Nationales de France, 1937, numerous black and white illustrations including frontispiece, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, some light toning, original red quarter morocco, spine slightly rubbed, large 4to, plus other modern print reference including The Studio Specials, 4 volumes 1924-30, all hardback publications, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/V, 8vo/folio (35)
Royal Artillery. The Royal Artillery War Commemoration Book. A Regimental Record Written and Illustrated for the most part by Artillerymen while serving in the line during the Great War, 1920, colour and black and white illustrations, some light spotting and soiling, half title repaired, dedication leaf inscribed by a Sgt. Skelly detailing 25 years service from 1927, bookplate, modern green cloth, 4to, together with The Royal Artillery Commemoration Book 1939-1945, 1950, numerous maps and illustrations, bookplates, original blue cloth gilt, d.j., a few closed tears, 4to, with others including R.M. Johnson's 29th Divisional Artillery War Record and Honours Book 1915-1918, 1921, Narrative History of "G" and 7th Tank Battalion 1919, 1919, The Tank Corps, 1919 and The Honourable Artillery Company 1537-1926, by G. Goold Walker, 1926 (17)
Passeri (Giovanni Battista). Lucernae Fictiles musei Passerii, 3 vols., Pisauri: Gavelliis, 1739-1751, titles in red & black, each with engraved vignette device (round ink library stamp to lower outer blank corners of each), engraved portrait plate and 322 engraved plates representing ancient objects from the collection of Passeri (many depicting types of oil lamps), lower margins of few plates in volume 3 with stain mark (not touching image, obscured with white chalk), armorial bookplate of Boyce Harvey Combe to upper pastedowns, contemporary full sheep, gilt decorated spines with contrasting labels, some light cracking to joints, folio Graesse V 156 and Brunet IV 418. (3)
Martin (R. Montgomery). The British Colonies; their History, Extent, Condition, and Resources, 6 vols. in three, c. 1850, 40 engraved maps by J. Rapkin with outline colour (one or two close-trimmed), 33 engraved plates and portraits, some light spotting and offsetting, a few marginal waterstains, contemporary black half calf, spines with red labels, a little rubbed, 4to (3)
Aristotle. [Decem librorum Moralium Aristotelis, tres conversiones... ], Part 5 (of 5) only, 1st edition, Paris: Johannes Higman and Wolfgang Hopyl, 12 April 1497, 74 leaves (A-D8, E6), capital spaces with guide letters, side notes, some spotting throughout and old light damp staining to upper inner margins of early leaves and upper outer margins of final leaves, final page slightly soiled without affecting legibility of printing details and text, modern wrappers, soiled and worn, slim folio (278 x 215mm) A complete part being the third Latin translation of the Nicomachean Ethics contained in the complete work, this part being folios 137-210. The translation here is by Robert Grosseteste, sometimes wrongly attributed to Henricus Krosbein. Goff A991; GW 2359. Exceptionally rare with no auction record traced for any part of this edition. (1)
Blackburne-Maze (C.I.). Journals of My African Travels, 1st edition, Maidstone: W.E. Thorpe & Son, 1913, 69 mounted silver-gelatin photographs (including frontispiece), occasional light scattered spotting, two leaves with short closed tear to fore-edge margin, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, joints and edges frayed (particularly upper joint), 8vo Scarce account of the author's six month journey from Cairo to Mombassa, in diary form. (1)
The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, L.L.D., carefully compiled from reliable sources, Adam & Co., circa 1870s, numerous illustrations including coloured half-title, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated morocco, boards, hinges and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, together with Hissey (James John), Over Fen and Wold, 1st edition, 1898, 19 black and white illustrations including frontispiece and map to rear, original gilt-decorated brown cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other late 19th and 20th-century travel and UK topography reference, including Baedeker travel guides, Collins Guides, titles by H.V. Morton, F.D. Ommanney, Alan Moorehead, Robert Gibbings and publications by A. & C. Black, Batsford, all hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)
Zeldin (Theodore). France 1848-1945, volumes 1 & 2, 1st editions, OUP, 1973-77, original black cloth in price-clipped dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Seton-Watson (Hugh), The Russian Empire 1801-1917, 1st edition, OUP, 1967, some light spotting, original blue cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked, 8vo, plus Hill (George Birkbeck), Footsteps of Dr Johnson (Scotland), 1890, numerous black and white illustrations including portrait frontispiece, some light spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated half morocco, boards and spine rubbed to head and foot, 4to, plus other modern historical and political reference and literature, mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Rattray (James). The Costumes of the Various Tribes, Portraits of Ladies of Rank, Celebrated Princes and Chiefs, Views of the Principal Fortresses and Cities, and Interior of the Cities and Temples in Afghaunistan, Hering & Remington, 1848, hand-coloured additional title and 29 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates on 25 sheets, many heightened with gum arabic, a few short closed marginal tears, title printed in red and black, small errata slip, subject list, single leaf publisher's catalogue at end, dedication with author's facsimile signature, subscribers list, explanatory text (a few frayed margins), slight overall toning and some light scattered spots, contents disbound, contemporary red half morocco, red morocco title label to upper cover, spine with small tears at foot, joints and edges rubbed folio (61 x 43.5 cm) Abbey Travel 513; Colas 2489. James Rattray, a lieutenant in the 2nd Grenadiers Bengal Army, served during the First Afghan War of 1839 to 1842. The skilfully coloured illustrations made from Rattray's meticulous and lively studies include portraits of Emir Dost Muhammad Khan, Kandahar Lady of Rank, Ladies of Kabul, Ghiljye Women, Atmaran, Afghan soldiers and tribesmen, views of Kabul, Kandahar, Mosque and Tomb of Sultan Mahmood of Ghuznee, as well as other topography. (1)
Forbes (Henry O., editor). The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri. Being the Report upon the Results of the Conjoint Expedition to these Islands in 1898-9, by Mr. W.R. Ogilvie-Grant, of the British Museum, and Dr. H.O. Forbes, of the Liverpool Museums, together with information from other available sources forming a Monograph of the Islands, 1st ed., Liverpool, 1903, 34 lithographed plates, including 24 coloured after P. Smit, H. Gronvold and others, numerous illustrations, final index leaf excised at foot (with no apparent loss), occasional light marginal toning, t.e.g., original green buckram, rebacked in modern green morocco gilt, 8vo Scarce. (1)
Eliot (George, i.e. Marian Evans). The Mill on the Floss, 3 volumes, 1st edition, William Blackwood, 1860, half-titles present, volume 3 with 16pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, some light spotting and toning, front pastedowns with contemporary armorial bookplate of James McBryde, St. Helens, front free endpapers with contemporary ownership name, third volume with rear hinge split, stitching partially broken and some gatherings starting (with some consequent fraying), original blindstamped terracotta cloth gilt by Burn, spines slightly darkened and frayed at ends, 8vo (3)
Simpson (James). A Visit to Flanders, in July 1815, Being Chiefly an Account of the Field of Waterloo, with a Short Sketch of Antwerp and Brussels, at that Time Occupied by the Wounded of both Armies, 4th edition, Edinburgh, 1816, engraved folding plan, closed tear repairs to verso, detailed manuscript notes in a contemporary hand to lower margins or on folding tabs pasted to lower margins, some spotting and light browning, contemporary half calf, some wear, neat calf reback, 12mo The manuscript notes, possibly by a Waterloo veteran, all refer to passages within the printed text and give additional anecdotal details. These details appear to be both taken from published sources and primary sources, the information sometimes written in the first person. (1)
Wauchope (Major-General A.G.). A History of the Black Watch [Royal Highlanders] in the Great War, 1914-1918, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1925-26, folding maps, half-tone illustrations, light spotting, bookplates, original cloth gilt, tears at head of spines, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The Royal Scots 1914-1919, by Major John Ewing, M.C., 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1925, portrait frontispiece to volume I, maps and illustrations, bookplates, original blue cloth, spines faded, 8vo, plus The Border Regiment in the Great War, by Colonel H.C. Wylly, 1924, folding maps (three contained in rear pocket), some light spotting, bookplate, original green cloth gilt, 4to, with others related including The K.O.S.B. in the Great War, by Captain Stair Gillon, 1930, John Ewing's The History of the 9th (Scottish) Division 1914-1919, 1921, Colonel J.M. Findlay's With the 8th Scottish Rifles 1914-1919, 1926 and The Fifth Battalion the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1914-1919, 1936 (47)
Anglesey (Marquess of). A History of the British Cavalry 1816 to 1919, 8 volumes, Leo Cooper, 1973-97, numerous monochrome illustrations, all original red cloth gilt, in dust jackets (except first two volumes without dust jackets), 8vo, together with Robinson (R.E.R. & Aggett, W.J.P.), The Bloody 11th, History of the Devonshire Regiment, 3 volumes, Exeter, 1988-95, numerous monochrome illustrations, original red cloth gilt in dust jackets, large 8vo, VG, plus Oatts (L.B.), Proud Heritage, The Story of the Highland of Light Infantry, 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1952-63, numerous monochrome illustrations, folding maps, etc., 3rd and 4th volumes in dust jackets, fourth volume ex-library, with usual marks, 8vo, and Barrow (T.J., and Others), The Story of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (The 16th Regiment of Foot), 2 volumes, circa 1985, some colour plates, numerous monochrome plates, maps, etc., original printed wrappers, a little rubbed, 4to, plus other military and regimental history, all modern publications, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paper bound editions, including N. & M. Press, etc (approx. 60)
Forshaw (Joseph M. & Cooper, William T.). Parrots of the World, Lansdowne Press, 1973, numerous colour plates, a few light spots, contemporary green half morocco, some fading to spine, folio, together with The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds, 1977, colour plates, illustrations, contemporary green half morocco, folio (2)
Bewick (Thomas). History of British Birds, 2 vols. (Land/Water), Newcastle 1797-1804; A General History of Quadrupeds, 4th ed., 1800; The Fables of Aesop and Others, 1818, numerous wood-engraved vignette illustrations, British Birds with the first state vignette at p. 285 of volume I, facsimile receipt, signature and thumb-mark at front of Fables, partially unopened, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary half calf, spines rubbed with repaired tears, joints cracking, 8vo Large paper copies. (4)
Wylly (Colonel H.C.). History of the Manchester Regiment (Late the 63rd and 96th Foot), 2 vols., 1923-25, frontispiece to each, maps and illustrations, bookplates, original green cloth gilt, a few small bumps to edges, 4to, together with The Durham Light Infantry, by the Hon. W.L. Vane, 1914, half-tone illustrations, scattered spotting, presentation inscription and bookplate, original cloth gilt, some marginal fading, 4to, plus A Brief History of the 12th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Pioneers). "The Miners' Battalion.", by Captain R. Ede England, c. 1923, mounted photographs, rear endpapers a little soiled, bookplate, original blue cloth, spine and margins faded, dampstain to lower cover, 8vo, with others related including Everard Wyrall's The History of the 62nd (West Riding) Division 1914-1919, 2 vols., c. 1925, The History of the King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1914-1919, 3 vols., 1928-35, The East Yorkshire Regiment in the Great War 1914-1918, 1928 and A History of the East Lancashire Royal Engineers, 1921 (64)
Horace. Q. Horatius Flaccus: ex recensione & cum notis atque emendationibus Richardi Bentleii, Cambridge, 1711, half-title, additional engraved title, letter press title with engraved device and 18th century armorial bookplate to verso of the 'Right Honble. Robert Lord Viscount Tamworth Grandson & heir Apparent to ye Earle Ferrers', contemporary blind panelled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 4to, together with Catullus (Gaius Valerius), .Catulli, Tibulli, et Propertii Opera ad optimorum Exemplarium fidem recensita. Accesserunt variae lectiones quae in libris... notatu digniores occurrunt, Cambridge: Jacob Tonson, additional engraved title, lacking free endpapers, gilt decorated pastedowns, armorial bookplates of Sir Thomas Seabright Bt. And Compton Mackenzie, contemporary calf, old reback with gilt decorated spine, joints slightly cracked, 4to, plus other 19th century classical works etc., mostly Horace related, including decorative bindings (34)
Gilpin (Bernard). Anthologia Sacra; or, Select Theological Extracts, on Subjects doctrinal, practical and experimental, printed by A.J. Valpy, 1832, bookplate to front pastedown, cracked hinges, ink mark to text block, contemporary blue calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, together with Murray (Lindley), Introduction to the English Reader: or, a selection of pieces in prose and poetry... , 11th edition, 1813, contemporary inscription to title, some light spotting, contemporary morocco boards retained to modern spine, boards slightly marked, 8vo, and other 19th-century antiquarian theological and ecclesiastical reference, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, some ex library, condition is generally good, 8vo/4to (6 shelves & a carton)
Ronaldshay (The Earl of). Sport and Politics Under an Eastern Sky, 1st edition, 1902, 14 black and white full-page illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard, 59 black and white illustrations in text, 2 black and white maps, some light toning, original decorated green cloth, boards and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, together with Lander (A. Henry Savage), Tibet & Nepal, 1st edition, 1905, numerous colour and black and white illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard, some light spotting, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, spine faded and slightly rubbed to head and foot, plus In the Forbidden Land, an account of a journey in Tibet capture by the Tibetan authorities, imprisonment, torture and ultimate release, volumes 1 & 2, 1st editions, 1898, numerous colour and black and white illustrations including frontispiece, contemporary inscriptions to front pastedowns, both original decorated green cloth, boards slightly rubbed, spines faded, slightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, 4to (3 volumes in total), and Fortune (Robert), A Journey to the Tea Countries of China; including Sung-Lo and the Bohea Hill; ..., 1st edition, 1852, black and white illustrations and map including frontispiece and half-title, some light spotting, rebound with new endpapers, original gilt-decorated cloth retained, original spine rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th-century Oriental & Indias travel and historical reference and related, all hardback publications, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Navy Lists. The Navy List, 6 volumes, 1822, 1840, 1845, 1865, 1870 & 1892, some marks and light toning, second volume bound in original printed wrappers, remainder in modern cloth, 8vo, together with 42 other Navy Lists, including January 1915, October 1917, 1928, 1936-40, 1942-43, and 1950 onwards, earlier volumes bound in contemporary cloth or rebound, later volumes in original printed wrappers, rubbed and some marks, 8vo (48)
Oswald (Felix L.). Summerland Sketches, or Rambles in the Backwoods of Mexico and Central America, 1st US ed., Philadelphia, 1880, wood-engraved illustrations, title with small repaired tear, light marginal toning, original green cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Brigham (William T.), Guatemala. The Land of the Quetzal. a Sketch, 1st UK ed., 1887, maps and illustrations, foredges rough-trimmed, a few spots, library stamp to title verso (with show-through to title), original orange pictorial cloth, spine faded, 8vo, plus Guinness (Geraldine), Peru. Its Story, People and Religion, 1st ed., 1909, illustrations, scatttered spotting and toning, presentation inscription, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine slightly darkened, 8vo, with other South American travel including Paul Marcoy's Travels in South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, 2 vols., 1875, Richard Inwards' The Temple of the Andes, 1884, Robert Hill's Cuba and Porto Rico with Other Islands of the West Indies, 1898, Frederick Alcock's Trade & Travel in South America, 1903, W.H. Koebel's Modern Argentina. The El Dorado of To-day, with Notes on Uruguay and Chile, 1907 and Handbook of British Guiana 1909, edited and compiled by George D. Bayley (2 cartons)
Gill (G. Herman). Royal Australian Navy 1942-1945, 1st edition, Australia, 1968, numerous black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with Rouseett (Lt-Colonel), Histoire Générale De La Guerre, Franco-Allemande (1870-71), volumes 1-6 plus Atlas volume (complete), Nouvelle Edition, France, circa 1900, numerous black and white illustrations and maps, some light toning and spotting, contemporary uniform gilt-decorated red quarter morocco, boards and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo (7 volumes in total), and Décorations officielles francaises, Paris, 1956, limited edition of 7000 copies, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original decorated cream cloth, front board slightly water marked to foot, large 8vo, plus other modern military history and reference, including publications by Pen & Sword, Conway, Schiffer Military History, Airlife, H.M.S.O., mostly hardback publications, many original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & a carton)
Evelyn (John). Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions: As it was Delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October, 1662... With Notes by A. Hunter, York, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi, 40 engraved plates, including one folding, folding table, list of subscribers and receipt for two Guineas for Lord Bishop of Kilmore tipped-in (with his signature to title and bookplate, occasional light offsetting and spotting, endpapers sometime renewed with bookplates relaid, contemporary calf, old reback preserving original spine, rubbed and scuffed, 4to (1)
Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, vols. I & II, V & VI only bound in 2 vols., 1855-56, 168 tinted lithographed plates, including four titles and one portrait, lithographed map, occasional mainly marginal light waterstains and spotting, gauffered gilt edges, contemporary red full morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, upper covers initialled 'M.W.', some light fading to first volume, a few scuff marks, 4to Abbey Travel 388. The first quarto edition. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (2)
Hamilton (Edward). Recollections of Fly Fishing for Salmon, Trout and Grayling, with notes on their haunts, habits, and history, 1st edition, 1884, mezzotint frontispiece by Francis Seymour Haden, wood engraved plates, original olive green cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed (generally a very good copy), 8vo, together with Maxwell (Sir Herbert), Salmon and Sea Trout, How to Propogate, Preserve, and Catch Them in British Waters (The Angler's Library IV), 1898, monochrome plates and illustrations to text, untrimmed, some light spotting to endpapers, original reversed calf gilt, rubbed and some marks, near-detached along upper inner hinge, 8vo, limited large paper edition 94/130, plus Taverner (Eric), Trout Fishing From All Angles (The Lonsdale Library), 1929, plates after photographs, and illustrations to text, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original publisher's blue full morocco gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed to edges, limited signed edition 225/375, with a set of 30 examples of artificial flies mounted inside rear cover, and others related, mostly late 19th and early 20th century publications, including W.J.M. Menzies, The Salmon, its life story, new edition, 1931, W.L. Calderwood, The Life of the Salmon, with reference more especially to the fish in Scotland, 1st edition, 1907, Fred. and G. Shaw, The Science of Dry Fly Fishing and Salmon Fly Fishing, 1st edition, 1907, Thomas Tod Stoddart, The Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, 2nd edition, 1853, John Waller Hills, A History of Fly Fishing for Trout, 1st U.S. edition, New York, circa 1921, P.D. Malloch, Life-History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout, Trout, and Other Freshwater Fish, 1910, etc., generally in good condition, mainly original cloth, mostly 8vo (20)
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