Pennant (Thomas). The Journey from Chester to London, 1st ed., 1782, eng. vign. title and twenty-one eng. plts. (of 22), some scattered spotting, modern half calf gilt, 4to, together with Hutchinson (William), The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, vols. 1-2 (of 3) only, 1785-87, eng. vign. title to each, thirty-two eng. plts., engs. to text, occasional spotting, title to first vol. with old waterstain, contemp. full tree calf, rubbed, joints cracked, 4to, (the third volume was published in 1794), with Nightingale (Rev. J., & Rylance, R.), A Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the County of Salop, forming the Thirteenth Volume of the Beauties of England and Wales, 1811, three folding eng. maps, hand-col. in outline, seven eng plts., some spotting, numerous blanks bound-in at front and rear and throughout text, hinges strengthened, contemp. diced calf boards with recent calf reback, 8vo, plus Prince (John, Vicar of Berry-Pomeroy), Danmonii Orientales Illustres, or the Worthies of Devon.. the the Lives and Fortunes of the Most Famous Divines, Statesmen, Swordsmen, Physicians, Writers and Other Eminent Persons, Natives of that Most Noble Province, new ed., with Notes, pub. Plymouth, Rees and Curtis, 1810, eng. port. frontis. and two other eng. ports. (lacking ports. of Grenville, Raleigh and Drake), five plts. of armorial examples at rear, occasional light spotting, contemp. calf boards with later calf gilt reback, some wear to corners, 4to (5)
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Skelton (Joseph). Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from Original Drawings, pub. Oxford, 1823, eng. frontis. and eng. vign. title, single-page map and forty-nine eng. plts., numerous vigns. to text, list of subscribers, occasional light spotting, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco with gilt dec. spine, rubbed, folio, together with Pietas Oxoniensis, or Records of Oxford Founders, pub. Oxford, 1828,eng. vign. title with small oval ink stamp to upper right corner, twenty-five eng. plts., list of subscribers, occasional light marginal staining, t.e.g., contemp. blindstamped half morocco gilt, rubbed, upper board a little worn, folio (2)
Tombleson (William and Fearnside, William Gray). Eighty Picturesque Views on the Thames and Medway, [1834], steel eng. title, eightly steel eng. views, lacking folding panorama, a.e.g., some light foxing and a little marginal dampstaining to a few leaves, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed with a little fraying to extrems., 4to, together with Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of England, c.1900, in the orig. cloth, 8vo (2)
Alpheraky (Sergius). The Geese of Europe and Asia, Being the Description of Most of the Old World Species, 1st ed., pub. Rowland Ward Ltd., 1905, chromo. frontis by Dr. P.P. Sushkin, 24 chromos. by F.W. Frohawk, prelims. foxed, some light marginal foxing and water-staining to plts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, modern green half morocco, 4to (1)
Culpeper (Nicholas). Culpeper's Complete Herbal, to which is now added, upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs.., pub. Thomas Kelly, 1822, eng. port. frontis., forty hand-col. eng. plts., some light browning to plts., endpapers renewed, contemp. marbled calf gilt, rebacked, preserving orig. spine, folio, together with another copy, pub. Richard Evans, 1816, eng. port. frontis., foxed and paper-repaired along fore-edge on reverse, forty hand-col. eng. plts., some a little dust-soiled at edges, text lightly browned, endpapers renewed, modern qtr. calf with contemp. floral cloth sides, latter somewhat marked, folio, plus The British Herbal and Family Physician to which is added a Dispensatory for the Use of Private Families, pub. Nicholson & Co., Halifax, [1820?], eng. vign. title-page, fifty-two hand-col. botanical plts., and six anatomical plts., occ. browning and foxing to text, contemp. marbled calf, rebacked, 8vo (3)
Lyne (Michael, illust.). Rhymes of an Irish Huntsman, by Stanislaus Lynch, 1st ed., Country Life, 1937, eight col. plts., b&w illusts., partly untrimmed, orig. green cloth, a little rubbed and some light marks, together with Horses, Hounds and Country, Studies from a Sportsman's Note Book, 1st ed., 1938, four col. plts., b&w illusts., orig. pink cloth, rubbed and a little discol. to upper cover, large 4to, plus Stewart (F. A.), Hunting Countries, 1st ed., 1935, twelve col. plts., b&w illusts., orig. red cloth gilt, oblong folio, and others similar on hunting, horsemanship, dogs, etc., including Just Pups, & Just Dogs, by K. F. Barker, 1st ed., 1937 & reprinted, 1937, respectively, Banjo The Puppy, by Vernon Stokes & Cynthia Harnett, n.d., c. 1930s, Penny Farthing, by Richard Ball, illust. G. D. Armour, 1st ed., 1931, etc., all 20th c. pubs., mostly 8vo/4to (approx. 35)
Speechly (William). A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine, exhibiting new and advantageous methods of propagating, cultivating, and training that plant, so as to render it abundantly fruitful, together with new hints on the formation of vineyards in England, 2nd ed., with additions, c. 1789, six folding eng. plts., some light browning to text, contemp. full tree calf, rubbed and scuffed, some minor wear, 8vo (1)
Walton (Isaak & Cotton, Charles). The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation.. printed for Samuel Bagster, 1815, fourteen eng. plts. incl. two port. frontispieces and two plts. of musical notation, extra-illustrated with five further eng. plts. of fishing scenes, numerous letterpress illusts., contemp. diced calf gilt, rebacked, preserving orig. spine, large 8vo, together with Lang (Andrew), Angling Sketches, illust. by W.G. Burn-Murdoch, 1891, ten b & w plts., text illusts., occ. light spotting, rear hinge split, orig. cloth, marked, spine frayed at ends, 8vo, plus Henderson (William), Notes and Reminiscences of My Life as an Angler.. illusts. by Clement Burlison, For Private Circulation Only, printed by Spottiswoode, 1876, five only (of six) wood eng. plts. (lacking frontis.), some leaves clumsily opened at top margin, orig. cloth, a few marks, and sl. rubbing to spine ends, 8vo (3)
English county maps. Lodge (John), Forty uncoloured engraved county maps, pub. J.Murray, 1787-90, each approx. 280 x 330 mm, some minor creasing and occasional light foxing, Middlesex map close-trimmed to left-hand margin, stitched into contemp. brown paper wrappers Chubb CCXLIX. These maps were issued with John Lodge's 'The Political Magazine and Parliamentary, Naval, Military and Literary Journal' between 1787 and 1790. There were forty five maps issued in the series, this collection lacking the general maps of England, Scotland and Wales and the separate maps of the Isles of Wight and Man. (40)
Somerset. Saxton (Christopher & Kip, William), Somersettensis Comitatus, [1610 or 1637], hand coloured engraved map, strapwork title cartouche and separate scale of distance, approx. 280 x 390 mm, not laid down, together with Ogilby (John), The Road from Bristol com Somst to Exeter com Devo., [1675], hand coloured engraved strip road map, some light toning and creasing, close-trimmed to upper margin, approx. 350 x 460 mm, both framed and glazed (2)
George VI (1895-1952, King). Signed Portrait from a photo by Hugh Cecil, c. 1944, b&w photogravure showing the King half length in RAF uniform with arms folded, signed in sepia ink beneath image, 'George R.I., 1944', some surface scratches, sm. brown spot touching peak of cap and pea-size hole in blank area to left of portrait, light marginal water stains and old glue stains to borders, mounted on card, image size approx. 44 x 33 cm (1)
Pitt (William, 1759-1806). Autograph Letter Signed ('W Pitt'), Downing Street, 11 November 1784 , to Lord Lichfield, expressing himself willing in general to have the opportunity of promoting his interests but explaining that it is not always easy for him to be guided by private inclination and with regard to the office he has mentioned calls upon him are such as not to leave it in his power, claiming to have been uncommonly engaged for some days and therefore unable to reply before, and trusting that his inability to comply with his wish at this moment will not lead him to think 'that our long acquaintance and Friendship will not have its full weight with Me, whenever I can be at all at liberty', 2 pages, three small tears at folds, light stains at edges from former mounting, 4to (1)
Yeats (William Butler, 1865-1939). Typed Letter Signed ('W B Yeats'), Hotel Mignon, Rapallo, Italy, 5th November 1928, to [Stephen] MacKenna, 'Somebody, I cant think who, told me that a few years ago you made some translations from Irish. Have you got them still, and may I have them for the Cuala Press?', continuing that he can't pay much money, '0 or £30 perhaps', and asking to know his response as soon as possible, telling that he longer winters in Dublin and that they are hoping to come to Rapallo for six months every year where 'Max Beerbohm, Ezra Pound and Gerard Huptmann are our neighbours', concluding that 'I have read all your translations from Plotinus', apologising for dictating to his wife, 'but my eyes cann t [sic] stand much strain especially be artificial light', one manuscript word correction in Yeats's hand and two inserted commas, a few minor spots and marks, 1 page, 4to (1)
Cowper (William, 1731-1800). The Last Lock of Cowper's Wig, c. 1830, a lock of hair, tied with silk thread, mounted on card, and bearing manuscript inscription in ink 'the last lock of Cowper's wig, obtained from his late favourite gardener, Robert', and decorated with two sprigs from a shrub with manuscript inscription in ink below 'this shrub Cowper planted with his own hand', edged in gilt, and mounted on contemp. blind-embossed light blue card, overall size approx. 150 x 190 mm, and contained in contemp. folded sheet of paper, with an inscription in ink, 'the last lock of Cowper's wig. From Miss Aston of Newport Pagnell', a little soiled and sl. fraying to folds, together with an original copper plate by George Cruikshank, for vols. 2 & 3 of The Humourist, a 19th c. metal-faced relief printing block for the bookplate of Anne Isabella Ritchie, and a small quantity of proof plates of the frontispiece to Prideaux's Bibliography of Edward Fitzgerald, 1901 (4)
Victoria. State Performance to Commemorate the Sixtieth Anniversary of Her Majesty's Accession to the Throne, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Wednesday June 23, 1897, silk programme printed in green with decorative border and seven sepia ving. portraits from photos, silver fringe, approx. 40 x 30 cm, together with another for a State Visit to the Opera, in Honour of His Majesty the Shah, K.G., Royal Italian Opera, Covent garden, Tuesday, July 2nd, 1889, silk programme printed in blue, approx. 44 x 29 cm, both framed and glazed, plus a large cotton handkerchief commemorative of Queen Victoria's fiftieth years of reign in 1887, printed in grey with vign. portraits of royalty and prime ministers, some light browning, approx. 57 x 59 cm, together with three similar silk programmes in poor condition (6)
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, printed by Robert Barker..and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1634, separate woodcut heart-shaped titles to OT and NT (both dated 1634), OT preceeded by 40 pp. of genealogies with double-page map of the Holy Land engraved by John Speed, some light dampstaining and marks, trimmed to outer-margin occasionally affecting printed marginal annotations, some leaves frayed with a few short tears, p. 844/845 torn to corner with loss, inner hinges split, 19th century half calf, heavily rubbed, 4to Herbert 490. (1)
Bible [English]. The Bible.., [Geneva-Tomson-Junius version], Robert Barker, 1609, titles within woodcut borders, blank leaf (signed A[1] with woodcut decoration) before OT title, few woodcuts to text, some light browning and soiling throughout, Calendar (lacks A1, A2 torn) and Prayers (closely trimmed at upper margin) bound at front and Metrical Psalms (1608) bound at rear, Psalms somewhat soiled toward rear, final leaf (G7) damaged and repaired, contemp. vellum, soiled, sm. split at foot fo upper joint, 4to Herbert 298. (1)
Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of his Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of his Composition, Never Before Published.. 4 vols., 3rd ed., revised, eng. port. frontis by J. Baker after Reynolds to vol. 1, offset to title, two folding facsimile plts., light browning throughout, contemp. marbled calf, rubbed, sometime rebacked and recornered, 8vo (4)
Camden (William). Remaines Concerning Britain.., printed for Simon Waterson and Robert Clavell, 1657, title & dedication leaf repaired to margins, woodcut armorials to text, slight spotting and light browning, modern ownership label to upper pastedown, recent brown morocco with morocco title label to spine, 4to Wing C374A. (1)
Corneille (Pierre ). Théatre de Pierre Corneille, avec des Commentaires, 12 vols., [Geneva], 1764, eng. frontis. to first vol. by Watelet after Pierre, thirty-four eng. plts. after A. Gravelot, occn. light staining, marbled endpapers, contemp. uniform full calf, gilt dec. spine, in compartments between raised bands, contrasting morocco labels, very sl. rubbed (generally in very good condition), 8vo Cohen de Ricci 255. A handsome set of this important edition edited by Voltaire. (12)
Incunabula. Two joined printed leaves from Euclid's Elementa Geometriae, Liber V, pub. Vicenza: Leonardus de Basilea and Gulielmus de Papia, 20 June, 1491, comprising four pages on a single folded sheet, single column text, with decorative woodcut initials and diagrams to margins, some light waterstaining, each page approx. 310 x 220 mm, folio, tipped-in to c.1960s printed wrapper (1)
King's Light Dragoons. Riding Instructions, for the Officers, and Non-Commissioned Officers, of the King's Light Dragoons, pub. Weymouth: printed by M. Virtue, 1806, 64 pp., contemp. signature of L. C. Dalrymple to title, and his bookplate to front pastedown, contemp. calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed and some light wear, slim 8vo (1)
[Lee, Henry - 'Light Horse Harry']. Funeral Oration, n.p., n.d., [Philadelphia, 1800], 17 pp., paginated from page 6 onwards, old paper label 'No. 4' to upper margin of page 5, a few minor spots and marks, disbound, 8vo Corresponds with Sabin 39744 which states 'This is the original official edition of one of the ablest of the numerous orations on the death of George Washington'. (1)
Morellus (Joannes). In Auspicatissimam M. N. Michaelis Ancelin Rastrensis Rhemi inter suos antagonistas loco et merito facile principis. Ioannis Morelli Rhemi..lyricum carmen, Parisiis, e typographia Steph. Prevosteau, haeredis Guil. Morelli, 1588, [36] pages, small woodcut device on the title-page, some light staining, disbound, small 4to. Not in Adams. (1)
Smith (Henry). The Benefite of Contentation. Newly examined and corrected by the Author, London, printed by Abell Jeffes, 1591, title with woodcut headpiece and large woodcut device, A2 with large woodcut initial, A3 with woodcut headpiece and initial, light waterstain to central leaves, a few printed marginal notes, very sl. shaved, later blank endpapers, 19th c. full brown morocco, rubbed and a little scuffed to spines, small slim 8vo STC 22696 (five copies of which two imperfect). Collation A-B8, C4. (1)
Swift (Jonathan). Voyages de Gulliver, 4 vols, Paris, Pierre Didot l'Ainé, 1797, half title to each vol., eng. plts. by Masquetier, after Lefebvre, supplied in two states, occasional light foxing, contemp. red boards gilt, rubbed and final two vols. somewhat faded to spines, 12mo, contained in later red morocco bookbox (4)
Trade Catalogue. Designs and Catalogue of Cabinet & Upholstery Furniture, Looking-glasses, etc., by C. & R. Light, Wholesale Manufacturers, Curtain Road, London, n.d., c. 1880, num. wood engs., 8 pp. commercial ads. at rear, orig. purple cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt "Registered Designs of Cabinet Furniture", spine faded and minor wear to extrems., large 4to (1)
Trade Catalogues. The Incandescent Gas Light Co. Ltd., Price List, 1894-95, 30 pp., num. b&w illusts. of lamps and light fittings, orig. printed wrappers, a little frayed and chipped at edges, slim 4to, together with James Lloyd & Co. Ltd., Illustrated Price List of Bassinettes, Mail Carts & Invalid Carriages, 1906, 72 pp., num. b&w illusts. from photos., orig. printed wrappers, a little frayed and chipped at edges, 4to, plus Winstone & Co. Ltd., Ironmongers Specialities, n.d., c. 1880s, 931 pp., num. illusts., printed in blue throughout, incl. fireplaces and cooking ranges, etc., orig. plum morocco, worn on spine, small square 4to, and three others (6)
Rackham (Arthur, illust.). Some British Ballads, [1919], sixteen mounted col. plts., pict. endpapers, untrimmed, orig. blue cloth gilt, covers sl. bowed, 4to, together with Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb, 1909, twelve col. plts., b & w illusts., bookplate of George Bernard Rust, later ms. inscription on front free endpaper, orig. green cloth gilt, gilt on spine dulled, large 8vo, plus Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, 1907, fifty mounted col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, light foxing to text, orig. green cloth gilt, spine sl. faded and rubbed, 4to (3)
Gale (Norman). Cricket Songs, 1st ed., 1894, light overall spotting to title and facing leaf, untrimmed, orig. green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and spine lightly faded, 8vo, limited Large Paper ed. 112/125, signed by the publishers, together with Trevor (Capt. Philip), The Lighter Side of Cricket, 1st ed., 1901, minor foxing to prelims., orig. pict. cloth, very sl. rubbed, 8vo, plus Pycroft (James), The Cricket Field: or, The History and The Science of Cricket, Boston, 1859, b&w wood eng. frontis., b&w illusts., orig. morocco-backed cloth, rubbed and a little wear, small 8vo, and six others related (Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual, 1878, (3 copies) & 1898, Cricket As It Should Be Played: with the laws of the game as revised by the Marylebone Cricket Club .., by an Ex-Captain, pub. Ward, Lock, n.d., c. 1880, & Baxter's Second Innings, 3rd ed., 1895, etc.,), mostly 8vo (9)
Club Badges. 103 Football or Supporters Club enamel badges, c.1970s-80s, incl. ninety-five domestic badges, together with eight overseas clubs, Schalke 04, Hertha Berlin, 1860 Munich, F.C. Oporto, Bayern Munich, Ajax Amsterdam, Real Madrid and Barcelona, some light general wear, but overall in bright condition (103)
Oxford & Cambridge. Official Programme, Oxford v. Cambridge, (Rugby) Football Match, Dec. 8th, 1921, & December 11th, 1923 together two programmes, printed in blue on light blue paper, folded as issued, some minor marks, slim 8vo, the first mounted to inside front cover of a related scrap album containing mounted newscuttings covering the 1921 match, together with a letter, on Rugby Football Union headed paper, dated 30th January 1922, informing the recipient that he has been selected to play for England v Ireland at Dublin, on Saturday 11th Feb. 1922, pre-printed letter, with manuscript insertions in ink, the recipient unnamed, loosely inserted (1)
Bongars (Jacques). Gesta dei per Francos, sive Orientalium Expeditionum, et Regni Francorum Hierosolimitani, 2 parts in 1 volume, Hanover, 1609, LACKS ALL MAPS, engraved printers device to each title, lacking a few other leaves, some browning throughout, contemp. blind-stamped vellum, spine worn, folio, together with Martini (Martinus), Novus Atlas Sinensis, Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1658, LACKS TITLE, FRONTIS. AND ALL MAPS, some light browning, contemp. gilt dec. vellum, some marks, folio (2)
Cuccioni (Tommaso). Costumi di Roma e suoi contorni, Rome, Tomasso Cuccioni, n.d., c. 1840, thirty fine hand-col. eng. plts. of Italian traditional costumes, including title, bound concertina-style, orig. light pink moiré boards, a little rubbed and marked, spine faded, in orig. dark green slipcase, some minor marks, 12mo (approx. 11.5 x 8 cm) (1)
De Vaudoncourt (Gen. Guillaume). Memoirs of the Ionian Islands, considered in a Commerical, Political and Military Point of View .. including the Life and Character of Ali Pacha, the Present Ruler of Greece, trans. William Walton, pub. Baldwin, 1816, large folding map (with small closed tear at corner of one fold), occasional light spotting, contemp. calf with gilt dec. spine with morocco labels, rubbed, 8vo (1)
A late 19th Century gilt metal mounted alabaster Clock Garniture, Japy Freres 7580, the urn finial surmounted by a mask medallion over scrolling side supports and raised on a spreading break front base, centred by an elaborate boss and raised on bladed feet to a 3.5" dial with cast gilt bezel and applied Roman numerals with gilt hands, the circular movement with anchor escapement and strike on a bell and flanked by a pair of four light candelabra of similar form, clock height 17", garniture height 20.5", (3)
Victoria (1837-1901), Diamond Jubilee, 1897, large bronze medal, by ? (unsigned), diademed bust left within concentric inscription, rev. nine-line inscription upon map of the Empire, 69mm. (Brown II, 3585), the otherwise plain edge engraved in running script '22 June 1897, Bicycle Competition Prize, M.P. Loader Symonds', some light bruising to rims both sides, otherwise very fine or better, the medal a rare commemorative with the added cycling interest; and another unrelated Victorian bronze prize medal, this extremely fine (2)
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