Aldington (Richard) - Images (1910-1915), inscribed by the author , light spotting, original sewn pictorial wrappers, The Poetry Bookshop , [1915]; Death of a Hero, original cloth, dust-jacket by Paul Nash, spine browned with small stain to foot, otherwise very good , 1929; A Dream in the Luxembourg, number 158 of 308 copies signed by the author, foxing, original cloth-backed patterned boards, remains of ?original glacene jacket , 1930 § De Nerval (Gerard) Aurelia, translated by Richard Aldington, number 28 of 50 copies signed by the author , from an overall limitation of 700, lithographed plates, original cloth-backed patterned boards, spine sunned , 1932, first editions , last 2 t.e.g. and others uncut ; and 4 others, Aldington, 8vo (8)
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Banks (Iain M.) - Consider Phlebas, signed by the author , light browning to margins, 1987; The Player of Games, New York, 1989; Use of Weapons, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1990; The State of the Art, signed by the author, 1989 ; Against a Dark Brackground, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1989, first or first American editions, original boards, dust-jackets, fine copies ; and 18 others by the same, 8vo (23)
Banks (Iain) - The Wasp Factory, signed by the author, Boston, 1984; Walking on Glass, jacket spine very slightly faded, light creasing to head, 1985; The Bridge, signed by the author on bookplate, 1986; Espedair Street, signed by the author, 1987 ; Canal Dreams, signed by the author , 1989; The Crow Road, signed presentation inscription from the author , 1992, first or first American editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 23 others by the same, 8vo (29)
Barnes (Julian) - Flaubert's Parrot, a little rubbed at extremities, 1984; A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters, light browning to covers, 1989 § Amis (Martin) Money, some light fading to spine, 1984 § Carey (Peter) Oscar & Lucinda, 1988, uncorrected proof copies, original wrappers ; and 47 others, uncorrected proof copies, 8vo (51) Including works by Graham Swift, Italo Calvino, Milan Kundera, Umberto Eco, Angela Carter and others.
Bellow (Saul) - Dangling Man, the author's first book , light spotting to extremities, ink name to front free endpaper, bookseller's small sticker on front pastedown, some dulling and spotting to jacket , 1946; The Victim, covers partly sunned, dust-jacket by Edward Bawden, a fine copy , 1948; Seize the Day, review copy with publisher's card inserted, jacket slightly rubbed at corners , 1957, first English editions , original cloth, dust-jackets ; and 11 others, Bellow, 8vo (14)
Chandler (Raymond) - Red Wind, jacket spine faded, short closed tears to head, New York, 1946; Playback, browning to endpapers, ink inscription, jacket spine faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, creasing, 1958 § Chandler (Raymond) and Robert B.Parker. Poodle Springs, one of 250 copies signed by Parker, slip-case, 1990 § Spicer (Bart) The Golden Door, light browning to endpapers, jacket a little creased at head and foot, 1951; Black Sheep, Run, 1952, first or first English editions, original boards, all but the third with dust-jackets ; and c.75 others, detective fiction and similar, 8vo (c.80)
Christie (Agatha) - Sad Cypress, ink ownership inscription to half-title, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, jacket price-clipped, spine ends and corners chipped, tape repairs to verso, damp-staining to rear panel, closed tears with accompanying creasing, 1940 ; The Labours of Hercules, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light rubbing and creasing to extremities, 1947, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (2)
Christie (Agatha) - Evil Under the Sun, ink ownership inscription, spine slightly faded, jacket with ring-mark to upper panel, spine ends a little chipped, closed tear to head of upper panel, light creasing to head, 1941; Crooked House, ink stamp and light foxing to endpaper, some light mottling and fading to extremities, jacket with chips, closed tears and accompanying creasing to head and foot, 1949, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets , 8vo (2)
Christie (Agatha) - Five Little Pigs, spine ends and corners a little bumped, jacket browned, spine ends and corners chipped, light rubbing and creasing to extremities, 1942; The Moving Finger, blind-stamp to title and half-title, ink ownership inscription, jacket price-clipped, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, damp-staining to foot of lower panel, some light rubbing and creasing to extremities, 1943; The Hollow, jacket spine a little faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1946, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets ; and another by the same, 8vo (4)
Conrad (Joseph) - Nostromo, light spotting to title, bookplate, 1904; Typhoon, 16 pp. advertisements, occasional soiling to outer margins, endpapers browned and soiled, 1903; Victory, 31pp. advertisements, spotting to title and half-title, spine darkened, light soiling, 1915, first editions, original cloth ; and 4 others by the same, 8vo (7)
Greene (Graham) - The Quiet American, slight shelf-lean, covers a little bowed, jacket with tape repairs to vers, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light rubbing and creasing, 1955; The Comedians, jacket spine lightly browned, near-fine otherwise, 1966, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 7 others by the same, 8vo (9)
Hemingway (Ernest) - Winner Take Nothing, first edition, first issue with 'A' on verso of title and 'wo hundred and twenty-five pounds' on p.159, very light age-toning, original cloth, gilt, slight shelf-lean, otherwise a very good copy, dust-jacket, edge wear, chipped at corners and spine ends, rubbed at fore-edges, browning to spine, 8vo, New York, 1933. Fourteen of Hemingway's best short stories, six of which are first appearances, exemplifying the writing style and archetypes the author was most famous for.
Hueffer [- Ford] (Ford Madox) - The Heart of the Country: A Survery of a Modern Land, title printed in red & black, 2pp. advertisements, some spotting, ink name of novelist Stephen Reynolds on front free endpaper, original cloth, spine slightly sunned, t.e.g., others uncut , 1906; Women & Men, number 68 of 300 copies, loose portrait of the author loosely inserted, original printed wrappers, light dust-soiling, small hole near spine, Paris, Three Mountains Press , 1923; Some do not , light toning, front free endpaper browned, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned with some light marking, a few small chips and minor closed tears , 1924, first editions ; and 12 others, Ford, 8vo (15)
Hunter (Evan) - The Blackboard Jungle, facsimile dust-jacket, New York, 1954; Second Ending, jacket with short closed tear to head and accompanying creasing, 1956; Strangers When We Meet, jacket a little rubbed, New York, 1958; A Matter of Conviction, light browning to margins, jacket a little rubbed, New York, 1959; Mothers and Daughters, New York, 1961, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 27 others by the same, 8vo (32)
Huxley (Aldous) - Antic Hay, 1923; Those Barren Leaves, 1925; Do What you Will, 1929, some marginal spotting, orginal cloth, dust-jackets, spines slightly browned otherwise attractive copies ; Arabia Infelix and other poems, one of 692 copies signed by the author, pictorial title, original cloth-backed boards , 1929; The World of Light , number 60 of 130 copies signed by the author, original buckram-backed patterned boards, t.e.g. , 1931 § Chapman (J.B.) Genealogy of Aldous Huxley and some others, one of 50 copies , this unnumbered , foreword signed by Huxley at end, fold-out format as issued, some browning and light dust-soiling , 1931, first editions ; and 21 others, Huxley, 8vo (27)
Huxley (Aldous) - Brave New World, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, spine lightly browned, vertical crease to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1932 § Maugham (W.S.) Liza of Lambeth, Jubilee Edition, limited edition signed by the author, light foxing to endpapers, original vellum-backed boards, spine browned, a little warped, dust-jacket, browned at spine and margins, a little chipped at head, 1947; and 3 others, modern first editions, 8vo (5)
Mailer (Norman) - The Naked and the Dead, one of 240 deluxe copies for the Collector's Book Club, upper hinge weak, original morocco, spine faded, spine chipped at head, rubbed and scuffed, 1949 § Monsarrat (Nicholas) The Cruel Sea, first edition, jacket with closed tear to upper panel, some light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, excellent otherwise, 1951 § Jones (James) From Here to Eternity, first English edition, jacket spine slightly browned, some light rubbing to head and foot, New York, 1951 , last 2 in original boards and dust-jackets ; c.80 others, modern first editions and others, 8vo (c.85)
Schulberg (Budd) - What Makes Sammy Run, jacket price-clipped, spine slightly faded, closed tear and creasing to upper panel, spine chipped at head, additional facsimile dust-jacket covering original, [c.1941]; The Harder They Fall, jacket spine slightly faded, 2 very short closed tear to head of upper panel, light creasing to spine ends, New York, 1947; The Disenchanted, jacket price-clipped, spine slightly faded, some light damp-staining to foot, New York, 1950; Some Faces in the Crowd, jacket price-clipped, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, New York, 1950, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets ; and 9 others by the same, 8vo (13)
Shaw (George Bernard) - Typed Letter signed to Fred Wormall, with autograph deletions, 1p., light folds, framed & glazed, Ayot St Lawrence, 31st December 1947, encouraging Mr Wormall in his foundation of a 'Men's Rights' movement, but withholding any active support: "I have other fish to fry; and anyhow I am far too old; so I can only send you this Attaboy"; with 52 books by or on Shaw, 4to et infra (53)
Simenon (Georges) - Magnet of Doom, 1948; A Wife at Sea, 1949; Aunt Jeanne, 1953; Act of Passion, 1953; Danger Ahead, 1955, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, some light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, but mostly excellent overall ; and c.80 others by the same, mostly Maigret, 8vo (c.85)
Waugh (Evelyn) - Brideshead Revisited, Book Society edition, faded in patches, dust-jacket, spine browned, loss to spine ends, corners chipped, surface soiling, 1945; Black Mischief, first edition, some light scattered spotting or finger-soiling to prelims, bookplate, spine faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1932; Scoop, first edition, light browning to endpapers, spine faded, some light rubbing to extremities, 1938, original cloth ; and 4 others by the same, 8vo (7)
Wells (H.G.) - Bealby. A Holiday, first edition , 4pp. advertisements dated 'Spring, 1915' and 31pp. publisher's catalogue at end, a little light spotting to margins and edges of earlier ff., original cloth, slightly mottled, spine lightened , original orange dust-jacket printed in black with mounted colour illustration on upper panel, rubbed, some edge wear, split at upper fore-edge, spine lightened with some fraying at ends, [Wells 57], 8vo , 1915.
Golden Cockerel Press.- - Mabinogion, translated by Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones, number 430 of 550 copies, wood-engraved frontispiece, pictorial title, map and full-page illustrations by Dorothea Braby, bookplate of Sybil & Wallace Warner, original pictorial half morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, light soiling to boards, corners slightly worn, 1948 § Whitfield (Christopher) Together and Alone, number 88 of 100 specially-bound copies signed by the author and artist , from an edition limited to 500, wood-engraved illustrations by John O'Connor, original morocco-backed marbled cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly rubbed at edged, 1945, small folio & 8vo, Golden Cockerel Press (2)
Sassoon (Siegfried) - The Path to Peace: Selected Poems, number 80 of 500 copies, printed in blue and black, initials supplied by hand by Margaret Adams, the first in gold, the rest in red and blue, with the additional poem 'Awaitment' loosely inserted (often missing), and with 3 other additional Sassoon poems printed by the press ('A Prayer at Pentecost', 'Nativity' and úith Unfaithful') tipped into wrappers and loosely inserted, original vellum-backed patterned-paper boards, transparent wrapper, Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1960; Something about Myself, reproduction of illustrated calligraphic manuscript by Margaret Adams, printed in blue and brown, original cream wrappers, cat in gold on upper cover, spine soiled, Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1966; Satirical Poems, first edition , light browning to half-title and final leaf, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little soiled, spine browned, 1926; and 4 others by or about Sassoon, 4to & 8vo (7)
Attwell (Mabel Lucie).- Barrie (J.M.) - Peter Pan and Wendy, plates and illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell, [1921] § Dickens (Charles) The Personal History of David Copperfield, plates by Frank Reynolds, [n.d.] § Stacpoole (H. de Vere) The Blue Lagoon, tipped-in plates by Willy Pogany, occasional light foxing, 1910 , original pictorial cloth, gilt, generally excellent ; and 11 others, children's and illustrated books, v.s. (14)
Milne (A.A.) - Winnie the Pooh, some light creasing and browning to endpapers, slight shelf-lean, 1926; Now We Are Six, some light browning and small damp-stain to endpapers, spine darkened, fading to fore-edge, 1927, first editions, frontispiece and illustrations by Ernest H.Shepard, pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., 8vo (2)
Tolkien (J.R.R.) - The Hobbit, thirteenth impression, colour frontispiece and map endpapers by the author, original green boards, spine slightly faded, pictorial dust-jacket, a little rubbed and frayed at edges, tear to upper joint, 1961 § Peake (Mervyn) Titus Alone, first edition , frontispiece by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned, 1959 § Wagner (Richard) Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, 1911 § Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, sixth edition , 1909, the last two with tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, some light spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, spines faded ; and a quantity of others, mostly children's books, 8vo & 4to (Qty)
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Whistler (Rex).- [Olivier (Edith, - editor )] Mildred, number 72 of 112 copies editor )] Mildred, number 72 of 112 copies , tipped-in frontispiece portrait by Stephen Tennant, original patterned-paper boards, printed label on upper cover, uncut, rubbed, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little worn, Shaftesbury, High House Press, 1926 § Hadfield (John, editor ) Georgian [and] Restoration Love Songs, together 2 vol., each one of 660 copies, original buckram-backed marbled boards, uncut, Hitchin, Cupid Press, 1949-50 § Waugh (Eveleyn) Wine in Peace and War, John Hadfield's copy with his book-label, pastedowns foxed, original boards, [1948] § Harcourt-Smith (Simon) The Last of Uptake, one of 100 copies on handmade paper and signed by the author and artist , prospectus loosely inserted, original morocco-backed cloth, spine slightly faded , 1942 § Whistler (Laurence) ¡Oho!, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, lightly spotted, 1946 § Whistler (L.) & Ronald Fuller. The Work of Rex Whistler, light spotting at beginning and end, original pictorial cloth, a few small stains, dust-jacket, rubbed and frayed, 1960, all with plates and/or illustrations by Rex Whistler, some colour ; and 13 others illustrated by or about Whistler, 8vo & 4to (20)
Baker (George P.) - Calico Painting and Printing in the East Indies in the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries, 2 vol. including portfolio of colour plates, first edition , text with map, colour plate and illustrations, light marginal soiling, original cloth-backed limp boards, uncut, portfolio with 34 colour plates only on 33 sheets (of 37 on 35, lacking plates 1, 7 & 30, supplied in high quality colour reproductions loose in folder), some plates a little frayed at edges, loose as issued with text in patterned cloth portfolio with ties, spine worn and frayed, large folio, 1921; sold not subject to return
Plaw (John) - Sketches for Country Houses, Villas, and Rural Dwellings..., A New Edition, half-title, 42 engraved plates and plans, all but a few sepia aquatints, ink ownership inscription "Willm. Perkin Architect 1830" at head of title and front pastedown, plates annotated with cost in pencil in margin, some light spotting to text and marginal soiling, original boards, rubbed and spotted, spine crudely rebacked in morocco, [cf.Abbey Life 49, 1800 edition], 1823 § Robinson (P.F.) Rural Architecture, fourth edition, lithographed additional pictorial title and 96 plates and plans, additional title severely foxed, some other foxing, mostly marginal, contemporary roan-backed cloth, gilt-stamped roan label on upper covr, rubbed and a little damp-stained, split to upper joint, 1836, 4to
Rutter (John) - Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, first edition, large paper copy with proof plates on india paper , half-title, hand-coloured aquatint additional pictorial title, letterpress title with mounted wood-engraved coat-of-arms on india paper, 14 engraved plates on india paper and mounted (including a different state of plate 5 and plate of visitor's ticket to Fonthill), with 2 hand-coloured aquatint versions of plates 6 & 7, folding lithograph map with routes hand-coloured, double-page genealogical table, wood-engraved vignettes on india paper, list of subscribers at end, some light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, generally a good copy, old ink inscription to half-title, contemporary half morocco over boards, upper cover with engraved vignette title, uncut, a little rubbed and stained, corners worn, rebacked in calf, [Abbey, Scenery 418], large 4to, Shaftesbury & London, 1823.
Salmon (William) - Polygraphice: or The Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning..., fifth edition, 23 engraved plates, ?lacking engraved title and portrait, light scattered foxing, modern calf, for Thomas Passinger, 1685 § Pyne (W.H.) Etchings of Rustic Figures for the Embellishment of Landscape, 60 engraved plates, some very light foxing endpapers browned, contemporary cloth-backed boards, spine worn, [1813]; and 13 others, mostly art, v.s. (15)
Wilkinson (J.G.) - Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, 3 vol. and Atlas to Second Series (lacking 2 vol. text from Second Series), first edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece, lithographed plates, some chromolithographed, some folding, illustrations, some light foxing, original pictorial green calf, gilt, rubbed, spines faded, splits to joints, 1837-41§ Faulkner (R.O.) The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts, 3 vol., Warminster, 1973-78 § Doxiadis (E.) The Mysterious Fayum Portraits: Faces from Ancient Egypt, 1995 § Haynes (Sybille) Etruscan Bronzes, 1985 § Armagan (Tahsin Özgüç'e) Anatolia and the Ancient Near East, Ankara, 1989, the last three with illustrations, some colour, all but the first original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, some a little rubbed or browned ; and c.30 others, archaeology and antiquities, some catalogues, 8vo & 4to (c.40)
Africa.- Denham - and Capt. Hugh Clapperton. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries... ( Major Dixon) and Capt. Hugh Clapperton. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, first edition , engraved frontispiece and 36 plates & plans by Finden after the authors, one printed in sepia and hand-coloured, large folding engraved map, vignettes, title a little foxed, some other light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, large folding map creased at edge, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked with gilt spine, 4to, 1826. Account of the expedition to discover the course of the Niger.
Layard - Nineveh and its Remains, vol.1 only , chromolithographed title... ( Sir Austen Henry) Nineveh and its Remains, vol.1 only (of 2), chromolithographed title and 101 plates (6 coloured and 6 in sepia), scattered light foxing and spotting (mostly to margins), very occasional minor worming to margins, ink ownership inscription to head of title, bookplate, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, gilt morocco label to upper cover, [Atabey 686], folio, 1849 .
Percy (Lady Elizabeth, 1747-1847), Attributed to. - Castellammare di Stabia, Italy a pair, brush and ink, sepia wash, over pencil, both inscribed and dated, 27 x 19 cm. (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in), and 19.5 x 26.5 cm. (7 3/4 x 10 1/2 in), both under glass, light spotting and browning, with Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London (gallery label on reverse) 1833 § Knox (William, 1862-1925) A Souvenir of Italy watercolour, over touches of pencil, heightened with white, signed and dated lower left, 25.5 x 36.5 cm. (10 x 14 1/4 in), under glass, minor spotting, light surface dirt, 1913; with a view of the The Roman Campagna by a different hand, attributed to George Smith (1802-1838) , watercolour, over pencil, on wove paper, 22 x 32 cm. (8 3/4 x 12 1/2 in), light browning, minor potential fading in places, early 19th century, (4).
-. Scott - The Voyage of the 'Discovery', 2 vol., 2 folding maps in pockets... ( Captain Robert Falcon) The Voyage of the 'Discovery' , 2 vol., 2 folding maps in pockets at end, central crease to spine, hinges cracked, 1905 § Shackleton (E.H.) The Heart of the Antarctic, Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909, 3 folding maps and foldng panorama in pocket at end, 1909, first editions, frontispieces, photographic and colour plates throughout, half-titles, titles printed in red & black, spotting and browning, original blue cloth, t.e.g., spine faded and worn with a couple of short tears, covers a little soiled § Mawson (Douglas) British Antarctic Expedition, 1907, Route and Surveys of the South Magnetic Polar Party 1908 - 09, chromolithograph map showing the route taken by Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition of 1908 to early 1909, laid on later card, 500 x 350mm, some light browning and a couple of spots, c.1909 ; and 3 others, a third edition set of Huxley and Markhams Scott's Last Expedition and a slipwear winking bear model inscribed "First at the Pole" with a paper label inscribed "This was made to commerate Scott. First at the South Pole", with remains of Union jack flag, v.s. (8)
Ephemera.- - Underground Railway Map, number 1, 1937; Trolleybus and Tram, 1947; Green Line, 1948; Bus Map, Country Area, 1952; Bus Map, Central Area, 1953; Elizabeth R Coronation, 1953; London, with Peter Robertson designs, 1956; Railways, 1953, London Transport folding maps, a few with closed tears along folds, some light finger-soiling and fading, v.s. (8)
Illustrated incunable leaf.- - Schatzbehalter, single f. with 'Die sechszundvyertzigist figur', depicting Christ washing the Disciples's feet, contemporary hand-colouring, little light browning, verso not examined, framed and glazed, [Goff S306; BMC II 434; Fairfax Murray, German 392], folio, 280 x 85 mm, [Nuremberg, Anton Koberger , 1491].
Thames.- Tombleson (William) - Tombleson’s Thames, engraved title, and 79 engraved plates, occasional scattered foxing, a few text ff. browned, bookplate, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light marks to covers, but an excellent exampe overall, g.e., 4to, [c.1840].
Millais (John Guille) - The Natural History of British Game Birds, first edition , number 238 of 550 copies, 18 colour plates after Millais and Archibald Thorburn, 18 other plates, all but one photogravure, tissue guards, slight staining to upper edge of first few leaves and stain to p.95, some light marginal foxing to a few leaves, engraved bookplate of James Harold Cuthbert, original buckram-backed cloth, t.e.g., spine faded, boards a little damp-stained, [Nissen IVB 636], folio, 1909.
Ogilvie-Grant (W.R.) & others. - The Gun at Home and Abroad: British Game Birds and Wildfowl, one of 950 copies, photogravure portrait of King George V (spotted), colour plates after George E.Lodge, captioned tissue guards, light staining to fore-edge of front free endpaper, original crimson morocco, gilt, te.g., others uncut, spine faded, 1912 § Dixon (Charles) The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of the British Islands, chromolithographed plates after Charles Whymper, original pictorial cloth, upper cover lightly stained at fore-edge, Sheffield, 1900 § Folkard (H.C.) The Wild-Fowler, second edition, engraved additional vignette title and plates, frontispiece lightly spotted, 24pp. catalogue at end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, recased, 1864, all a little rubbed, 4to & 8vo (3)
Veitch - A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants, 10 parts in 2 vol (James and Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea) A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants, 10 parts in 2 vol., 13 lithographed maps, printed in colour and 47 wood-engraved plates, some very light marginal browning and occasional spotting, original chocolate-brown cloth, gilt, upper boards with central gilt vignettes of orchids, lower boards with central 'JV ' monograms in gilt, slight rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1887-1894.
Yarrell (William) - A History of British Fishes, 2 vol. including supplements bound at ends, first edition , engraved portrait, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g., spines a little faded, [Nissen ZBI 4488], 1836-60 § Lamond (Henry) The Sea-Trout, plates, some colour, light foxing, 1916 § Holder (Charles Frederick) The Game Fishes of the World, pictorial title, plates, first leaf of Preface foxed, 1913 § Maxwell ( Sir Herbert) British Fresh-water Fishes [and] Aflalo (F.G.) British Salt-water Fishes, together 2 vol., Woburn Library of Natural History, plates, some foxing, 1904, all but the first original cloth, most pictorial gilt, very slightly rubbed, 8vo & 4to (6)
Edwards (Lionel).- Macdermot (E.T.) - The Devon & Somerset Staghounds 1907-1936, plates and illustrations, endpapers lightly foxed, dust-jacket, spine browned, a little chipped at head, 1936 § Collyns (Charles Palk) The Chase of the Wild Deer, one of 250 copies, photogravure plates, mounted illustrations, prelims foxed, original vellum-backed cloth, light fading to margins, 1902, first edition; and 11 others, sporting, 4to & 8vo (13)
Hardy (John James) - Salmon Fishing, plates and illustrations, light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, 1907 § [?Steel (J.M.)], "Black Palmer". Scotch Loch-Fishing, half-title with ink stamp to head, advertisement f., original cloth, very slightly rubbed, Edinburgh & London , 1882 § [Marston (Edward)], "The Amateur Angler. An Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale, first edition, one of 100 copies , additional engraved title, half-title, original wrappers, soiled, t.e.g., others uncut , 1884 § Knox (A.E.) Autumns on the Spey, first edition , 4 tinted lithograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, 3pp. advertisements at end, some occasional spotting, ink inscription to title, original gilt pictorial cloth, light cockling to upper cover, 1872; and 8 others, similar, 8vo (12)
Selous (F.C.) - Recent Hunting Trips in British North America, first edition , plates. some light foxing to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some light rubbing to extremities, New York & London, 1907 § Dollman (Guy) and J.B. Burlace, editors . Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game: African and Asiatic Sections, tenth edition, with the scarce addendum , filled-in by a contemporary hand, ink ownership inscription, plates, original cloth, 1935 § Burrard ( Major Gerald) The Modern Shotgun , 3 vol., first edition , plates and illustrations, scattered foxing to prelims, bookplates, original cloth, spines slightly dulled, 1931-32 § Sharp (Henry) Modern Sporting Gunnery, first edition , frontispiece and illustrations, light spotting to endpapers, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, spine slightly faded, a little rubbed, 1906; and 3 others, 8vo & 4to (9)
Gravesande (Willem Jakob Storm van's) - Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy... an Introduction to Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophy, 2 vol., sixth edition, 2pp. advertisements, 127 engraved plates, many folding, a good, clean copy, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners strengthened, some light rubbing and scuffing, 4to, W. Innys and others, 1747.
Preston (Thomas) - The Theory of Heat, 1894 § Reyner (J.H.) Cathode-Ray Oscillographs, 1939 § Bragg ( Sir William) The Universe of Light, 1933 § Estermann (I., editor ) Recent Resarch in Molecular Beams, New York & London , 1959 § Jayle (G.E.) & others. Night Vision, Springfield, Ill., 1959, plates and illustrations, original cloth, all but the first with dust-jackets, rubbed ; and a quantity of others, physics, 8vo & 4to (qty.)
Miniature book.- Boethius - De Consolatione Philosophiæ libri quinque, engraved pictorial title (Anicius Manlius Severinus) De Consolatione Philosophiæ libri quinque , engraved pictorial title, occasional light staining or spotting, 19th century calf, richly gilt, slightly rubbed, g.e., [cf. Bondy p.9], 85 x 48mm, Leiden, Jean Maire, 1633; and another 17th century Continental Religion, 16mo & 8vo (2)
Milton (John) - Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio, contra Claudii Anonymi, alias Salmasii, defensionem regiam, first Elzevir edition , title with simple woodcut coat-of-arms, 2 blanks at end, some age-toning and other minor light staining, old ink note on front fly-leaf relating to Milton's eyesight, bookseller's catalogue description on pastedown, contemporary vellum, [Coleridge 50; Willems 1134], 12mo, Londini [?Amsterdam], Typis Du Gardianis , 1651.
Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin de) - Oeuvres, 6 vol., nouvelle edition, engraved plates, light scattered foxing, ink ownership inscription, bookplates, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, spines faded, a little rubbed, Paris, 1821; and a 2 vol. edition of Buffon, 1821, 8vo (8)
Cottonian Library.- Smith (Thomas) - Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Cottonianæ, first edition , double column, engraved portrait frontispiece and title vignette of the Sheldonian, portrait creased and with short tear within image with no real loss to printed area, but with loss of a small section of outer margin, title frayed and creased, no loss of text, occasional light foxing, a few small stains, contemporary calf, upper joint split, but holding firm, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing S4233], folio, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1696.
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