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Click here to subscribeWodehouse (P.G.). My Man Jeeves, 1st ed., George Newnes, [1919], half-title, Newnes 1/9 ad. leaf at rear, inscription in pencil to front free endpapaper, hinges cracked, orig. light salmon cloth with blindstamp design to upper cover, sl. rubbed, spine darkened and with some wear at ends, joints a little fragile, 8. McIlvaine A22a. (1)
Yeats (William Butler). In the Seven Woods, Being Poems Chiefly of the Irish Heroic Age, pub. Dundrum, Dun Emer Press, 1903, printed in red and black, orig. cloth with printed label to upper cover, a few light marks, 8. 325 copies printed. The first book published by the Dun Emer Press, the precursor to the Cuala Press. With a copy of the Press' prospectus loosely enclosed. (1)
"Bacon (Francis). Resuscitatio, or, Bringing into Public Light Several Pieces of the Works Civil, Historical, Philosophical, and Theological, Hitherto Sleeping of Francis Bacon, 2 parts in 1, 3rd ed., 1671, eng. port. frontis., eng. port. plt., one leaf of detailed notes bound-in, slight worming to lower margins of initial leaves, recent endpapers, contemp. calf, rebacked (faded), folio. Wing B321 & B322. (1)"
"Baillou (Guillaume de). Opuscula Medica, de Arthritide, de Calculo et de Urinarum Hypostasi. In quibus omnibus Galeni et veterum authoritas contra J. Fernelium defenditur...Editore M. Jacobo Thevart, 4 parts in one, Paris: Apud Jaconum Quesnel, 1643, continously paginated, part 4 with separate title-page dated 1642, light dampstaining throughout to fore-margin, title with ex-library stamp and markings, later cloth-backed boards, rubbed and marked, 4to, together with Harris (Walter), De Morbis Acutis Infantum Accessere Observationes Medicae de Morbis Aliquot Gravioribus, Amersterdam, 1736, title in red and black, ex-library copy with bookplate, oval stamp to title and blindstamp to half-title, contemp. sprinkled calf, fraying to extrems., 8vo. First edition of the first book on Rheumatism. Baillou, court physician under Henri IV and dean of the Faculte de Medecine, was the most well- read doctor of his time and the first to correctly describe several diseases, including diptheria and measles. Part IV of this work, Liber de rheumatismo, is the first book devoted to Rheumatism. Garrison-Morton 4485; Norman 110. (2)"
"Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1632, general and New Testament woodcut titles present (slight loss to upper inner corner of NT title and supplied in facsimile), genealogies and double-page map present, lacks leaves Kk, Kk8 & Rr8, some loss to Fff6 (repaired), few other small repairs, occ. contemp. annotations including to verso of NT title & Rrr8, bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins..., 1632, some early marginallia to title, last leaf (O8) repaired with archival tissue, some light damp staining and soiling, recent endpapers, contemp. calf with brass central bosses and corner pieces (upper board lacks both corner pieces at joint & lower board lacks one corner piece at joint), lacks clasps, recent reback, 4to. Herbert 460. (1)"
"Bonarelli (Conte Guidubaldo). Filli de Sciro, Favola Pastorale, [Ferrara, Baldini, 1607], eng. title-page, five full-page engs. by Fr. Vallegrio, final blank leaf present, some light soiling and damp-staining, 18th c. calf, rubbed, joints cracked, small 4to. The first printing of this pastoral poem, one of four printings from 1607. (1)"
"Book of Hours [Dutch]. A bound volume of 98 leaves, prob. Holland or Flanders, 15th c., five prelims., sixteen lines to each leaf with red and some blue capitals throughout, three near-identical decorated leaves at the start of three 'parts', each with one six-line gold initial on a red and blue ground with floral decoration, the borders with floral tracing in red, blue and gold, seven leaves with a five-line capital (mostly 'G') in gold on red and blue gounds, with decorative tracing in white, blank portions of two pages and final leaf verso plus four additional leaves with manuscript text in a later hand, some soiling and light dampstaining throughout, disbound without covers, remains of broken 17th-c.(?) calf spine present, text block size approx. 82 x 60 mm, leaf sizes 140 x 100 mm, preserved in modern purpose-made cloth book-box (1)"
"Cave (William). Primitive Christianity: or, The Religion of the Ancient Christians in the First Ages of the Gospel, in Three Parts, 1st ed., 1673, imprimatur leaf present, addn. eng. title, some light damp staining, leaf P7 repaired to fore-edge margin, endpapers replaced, contemp. calf, modern reback with morocco title label, leather repairs to board edges, 8vo. Wing C-1598. (1)"
"Ceneri (Angelo Maria). L'Uso dello Strumento Geometrico detto La Tavoletta Pretoriana proposto, ed ampliato, Bologna, 1728, several woodcut initials, light dampstain to lower margin throughout, folding eng. plt. of instruments, folding leaf of accompanying descriptive text, and eight folding eng. plts., at rear, contemp. vellum, rubbed and some minor wear, some marks and one or two chips to spine, small 4to (1)"
"Clermont (B., trans.). The Professed Cook, or the Modern Art of Cookery, Pastry, and Confectionary, to which are prefixed the French Names of all the Different Dishes, new ed., revised and much enlarged, Hatchard, 1816, occasional light spotting, contemp. half morocco, some wear, esp. to joints and spine ends, 8vo. Bitting, p.92; Oxford, p.101. Adapted from 'Les Soupers de la Cour' by Menon (1755). (1)"
"Hamilton (William, Sir). Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other Volcanos ..., to which are added, Explanatory Notes by the Author, hitherto unpublished, new ed., printed for T. Cadell, 1774, folding map, five eng. plts. (offset), light general browning, contemp. calf, slightly rubbed, joints cracked, 8vo (1)"
"Henderson (William Augustus). The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family-Cook..., 17th ed., Corrected, Revised, and Considerably Improved, by every modern Addition and Variation in the Art, by Jacob Christopher Schnebbelie, pub. W. Lewis, [1823], eng. port. frontis. (water-stained), and eleven plts., including two folding, some light browning, untrimmed, orig. boards, neatly rebacked and spine label renewed, corners rubbed, 8vo (1)"
"Hodder (James). Hodder's Arithmetick: or, that Necessary Art Made Most Easie..., Twentieth Edition Revised, Augmented, and above a Thousand Faults amended, by Henry Mose, 1697, eng. port. frontis., contemp. ms. names on title-page, light browning and some staining, stitching broken, contemp. sheep, heavily rubbed, 12mo, together with Cocker (Edward), Cocker's Arithmetick..., Forty-Ninth Edition, carefully Corrected and Amended, by George Fisher, 1738, browning and some soiling, early m. ownership name and notes on title-page, lacking pastedowns, various ink trials on free endpapers, contemp. sheep, worn, with joints cracked and sl. loss to spine ends, 12mo, plus one other (3)"
"Johnson (J. pub.). Hinc Illae Lachrymae: or, England's Miseries set Forth in their True Light; Being a Brief History of the Manifold Difficulties this Kingdom Laboured Under, in the Reigns of K. James I. and His Unfortunate Son; which Brought on Our Bloody Civil Wars, and the Death of K. Charles I and at Last Caused the Abdication of King James II, 1692, half-title present (with closed tear), contemp. calf, upper board detached, slight wear to lower joint, 12mo, together with Cromwell (Oliver), The Life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Common-Wealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1724, eng. port. frontis., contemp. panelled calf, gilt dec. spine, lacks title label, 8vo, plus five other 17th-19th c. antiquarian volumes (7)"
"Leybourn (William). Panarithmologia, Being a Mirror, Breviate, Treasure, Mate, for Merchants, Bankers, Tradesmen, Mechanicks, and a Sure Guide for Purchasers, Sellers, or Mortgagers of Land, Leases, Annuities, Rents, Pensions, &c. in Present Possession or Reversion and a Constant Concomitant Fitted for all Mens Occasions. In Three Parts..., 1693, some light damp staining, contemp. calf, joints cracked & worn, 8vo (1)"
"Machiavelli (Niccolo). Princeps: ex Sylvestri Telii Fulginatis traductione diligenter denuo emendatus. Adiecta sunt eiusdem argumenti aliorum quorumdam contra Machiavellum Scripta, de potestate & officio Principum contra Tyrannos, [Hanau], 1595, some light marginal staining, )(3 restrengthened to fore-margin, old sprinkled calf, modern reback, 8vo (1)"
"Origenes. Explanatio Origenis Adamantii presbyteri in Epistola Pauli ad Romanos Divo Hieronymo interprete, Venetiis, per Simonem de Luere, 26 January 1506, seventy-three (of 74) leaves, lacking the final blank, printed in double columns in Gothic letter, small woodcut initials, first leaf soiled, with old ink inscriptions, and roughly repaired at the fore-edge, worming in the gutter, particularly at the beginning of the volume, but not affecting letterpress, some light soiling, bound in 19th c. limp boards, folio. Not in Adams, or BM S.T.C. of Italian Books. (1)"
"Raleigh (Sir Walter). The Historie of the World in Five Bookes, [1634?], engraved port. to title, four double-page engraved maps only (of eight), prelims. browned and a little frayed to margins, some other light dampstaining, contemp. calf, later reback, worn with upper cover detached, folio. STC 20641. (1)"
"Strype (John). Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating Chiefly to Religion, and its Reformation, under the Reign of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, and Queen Mary the First..., 7 vols., 1816, occ. light foxing, library bookplate to front pastedowns, modern half cloth, spine ends sl. rubbed (two a little frayed), shelfmark at foot of spines, 4to (7)"
"Taylor (Jeremy). Symbolon Ethiko-Polemikon. Or a Collection of Polemical and Moral Discourses, 1657, eng. port. frontis., eng. vignette title ruled in red, contemp. calf, rebacked (faded), folio, together with Cave (William), Ecclesiastici: or, the History of the Lives, Arts, Death, & Writings, of the most Eminent Fathers of the Church..., vol. 2 only, 1683, eng. frontis., title printed in red & black, eng. port. illust., contemp. calf, joints worn, folio, with Echard (Laurence), A General Ecclesiastical History from the Nativity of our Blessed Saviour..., 5th ed., 1719, eng. frontis., title printed in red & black, gilt book label ""Alderman John Heaven of Bedford to Mr. Cam: Gyde of Bath 1783"", contemp. tree calf, gilt dec. spine, red morocco title label, joints worn, folio, and Watson (William), The Clergy-Man's Law: or, the Complete Incumbent..., 3rd ed., 1725, some light damp staining, contemp. calf, joints worn, slight loss of leather to upper board, folio, plus Knaplock (R. pub.), An Exposition of the Creed by John, Lord Bishop of Chester, 11th ed., 1723, eng. port. frontis., frontis. & title ruled in red, some light damp staining, contemp. calf, joints cracked, folio (5)"
"Vallemont (Pierre le Lorrain, Abbe de). La Physique Occulte, ou traite de la baguette divinatoire, et de son utilite pour la decouverte des sources d'eau, des minieres, des tresors cachez, des voleurs & des meurtriers fugitifs, Paris, chez Jean Anisson, 1693, full-page and smaller woodcuts, woodcut astrological diagrams, light soiling and browing in the text, contemp. calf, spine gilt, chipped at head and foot, joints tender, 12mo First edition. (1)"
"Walpole (Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford). A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, with Lists of their Works, 2 vols., 2nd ed., corrected and enlarged, 1759, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, some minor spotting of prelims., contemp. polish calf, rebacked, together with A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland; With Lists of their Works: by the late Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, enlarged and continued to the present time, by Thomas Park, 5 vols., 1806, 150 eng. ports., some minor scattered spotting and light browning, near-contemp. half calf by Barry Drew, Cork, gilt dec. spines with contrasting labels, a trifle rubbed, plus Correspondence of Horace Walpole with George Montagu, 3 vols., new ed., 1837, port. frontis. to vol. 1, recent quarter calf gilt, all 8vo (10)"
"Grey (Heraclitus). Playing Trades, 2nd ed., c.1870, sixteen col. plts., light foxing to a few leaves, pub's ads. to rear, hinges split, orig. gilt and black dec. cloth, with col. illust. onlaid to upper cover, spine rubbed at ends and sl. darkened, small 8vo, together with Ellis (Sarah), The Juvenile Scrap-Book, a Gage d'Amour for the Young, 1848, steel-eng. frontis. and addn. title, and numerous plts., scattered light foxing, a.e.g., orig. grey moire silk, elaborately gilt dec., spine sl. faded, and frayed at ends, 8vo, plus Lucas (E.V.), Runaways and Castaways, illust. F.D. Bedford, 1908, col. frontis. and title-page, b & w illusts., pub's ads. at rear, endpapers foxed, t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, 8vo, plus 11 other items of illust. juvenilia, similar (14)"
"Morris (William). Signs of Change, Seven Lectures Delivered on Various Occasions, 1st ed., 1888, single pubs. ad. leaf at rear, Library of Congress duplicate inkstamp to recto of advert. at front, light inkstamp to half-title, and small stamped number to upper outer corner of first leaf of preface, contemp. plain light green cloth, rubbed, 8vo Author's presentation copy, signed and inscribed to half-title 'To Lucy E. Parsons from William Morris, Nov.: 15th 1888'. (1)"
"Rackham (Arthur). Mother Goose, The Old Nursery Rhymes, 1st ed., [1913], thirteen col. plts., b & w illusts. to text, some scattered spotting, free endpapers partially browned, orig. dec. grey cloth, spine lightly browned at ends, d.j. sl. rubbed and dusty, and chipped at edges with loss to spine ends, small 4to, together with Dulac (Edmund, illust.), Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, pub. Hodder and Stoughton, [1909], twenty mounted col. plts., occ. light foxing, hinges split, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine faded, and with short nick at head, 4to, plus Rackham (Arthur, illust.), A Dish of Apples, by Eden Phillpotts, 1st ed., [1921], three tipped-in col. plts., b & w illusts., light foxing to a few pages, ms. name to half-title, orig. pictorial cloth, spine sl. faded and rubbed at ends, small 4to (3)"
"Tarrant (Margaret W., illust.). Songs with Music from 'A Child's Garden of Verses' by R. L. Stevenson, pub. T. C. & E. C. Jack, n.d., c. 1915, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth-backed boards, with large mounted col. illusts. to upper cover, rubbed and some light soiling, outer corners sl. bumped, 4to, together with Hatherell (W., illust.), Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, pub. Hodder & Stoughton, n.d., c. 1910, tipped-in col. plts., one loose and with one or two light creases, orig. gilt dec. green cloth in bright condition, small 4to, plus Bateman (H. N.), A Book of Drawings, 2nd ed., pub. Methuen, 1921, b&w illusts., orig. printed boards, rubbed and somewhat chipped to edges, large 4to, and other various illustrated children's books, including I Wonder Why, by Alfred Scott-Gatty, illust. W. Graham Robertson, 1920, The Old Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme Book, illust. Anne Anderson, n.d., c. 1910 (some leaves loose, one leaf torn without loss), Our Old Nursery Rhymes, illust. H. Willebeek Le Mair, A Day in a Child's Life, by Kate Greenaway, pub. George Routledge, n.d., c. 1870s, etc. (13)"
"Lightfoote (John). The Harmony of the Foure Evangelists: Among Themselves, and with the Old Testament. The First Part: From the Beginning of the Gospels to the Baptisme of Our Saviour, 1644, title within typographic border, errata leaf at end, some light enbrowning, contemp. sheep, rubbed, small 4to, together with Verde (Francisco), Tyroainium, ac Universi Juris Civilis Instructio... , 2 vols. in 1, Venice, 1711, half-title present, woodcut device to each title, lower corners of final four or five leaves repaired, with some minor loss of letters, contemp. quarter calf, worn, folio, with other misc. antiquarian, mostly 18th and 19th c., incl. odd vols. (3 shelves)"
"Atkinson (George Francklin). ""Curry & Rice,"" on Forty Plates; or, the Ingredients of Social Life at ""Our Station"" in India, 2nd ed., [1859], forty tinted litho. plts. incl. addn. title (complete), a few plts. browned and frayed at edges, contemp. ms. signature at head of title-page, scattered light foxing, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth by Digby Wyatt, soiled and sl. worn, with fraying to spine ends and lower joint, small folio (1)"
"Benoist (Felix). La Normandie Illustree Monuments, Sites et Costumes de la Seine-Inferieure, de l'Eure, du Calvados, de l'Orne et de la Manche, 2 vols., Nantes, 1852, five tinted litho. titles, one map, 150 tinted litho. views and costume plates only (of 152), light foxing to margins, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. buckram, volume one with loss to spine and covers detached, folio (2)"
"Hamilton (William Richard). Remarks on Several Parts of Turkey. Part 1, Aegyptiaca, or Some Account of the Antient and Modern State of Egypt, As Obtained in the Years 1801 & 1802, Atlas only, 1809, no title or letterpress, engraved map and twenty-four etchings by J. Powell incl. twelve double-page plts. and one folding, occ. light scattered spotting and a few short marginal tears, orig. boards, worn with covers detached, folio Blackmer 780. Hamilton's most important work. The plates, etchings by J.Powell, are after drawings by Charles Hayes. (1)"
"Hozier (Captain H.M.). The Franco-Prussian War: its Causes, Incidents, and Consequences, 7 orig. divs., c. 1870, numerous eng. plts. and plans, incl. twenty-two steel eng. views of the Rhine Valley, light foxing, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, spines a little faded, and sl. rubbed at ends, 4to (7)"
"Orme (Edward). Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes, of Personal Valour, Bravery, and Particular Incidents which Occured to the Armies of Great Britain and her Allies, in the Last Long-Contested War, Terminating with the Battle of Waterloo, 1st ed., 1819, forty fine hand-col. aquas. by Dubourg and others, after drawings by Atkinson, Manskirsch, Clark, Heath, and others (some watermarked J. Whatman, 1812), some light offsetting and browning, mainly plts. to text, some marginal staining, a.e.g., contemp. olive green gilt-panelled straight-grained morocco, joints partly cracked and some minor wear to extrems., 4to Abbey, Life, 376. An early issue. (1)"
"Kilburne (Richard). A Topographie, or Survey of the County of Kent, printed by Thomas Mabb, 1659, A3 supplied in good-quality facsimile, Ddd3 lacking, and supplied in typescript copy, some minor marginal stains and marks, old calf, worn, with upper cover det., and rear cover near-det., small 4to, together with Lambarde (William), A Perambulation of Kent, conteining the Description, Hystorie and Customes of that Shire, 1st ed., 1576, black letter text, lacks title & A2, lacks Carde of the Beacons before F1, H2 & 3 torn with loss to upper outer corner, some light staining, old calf, some wear, with upper cover det., small 4to in 8's. Both titles sold with all faults. (2)"
"Ross (Frederick). The Ruined Abbeys of Britain, 2 vols., William Mackenzie, [1882], col. printed frontispieces and ten col. printed plts., printed by Benjamin Fawcett after A.F. Lydon, 116 wood eng. vignettes and thirteen wood eng. initials, also after Lydon, occ. light foxing, a.e.g., orig. dark green morocco-grain cloth, blocked in gilt, red and black, vol. 2 with small repaired tear to upper cover, large 4to. McLean, Design, p.204; Ray, Illustrator and the Book in England, 105: ""There are only twelve color plates, but their large scale makes them perhaps the most impressive of any that resulted from the collaboration of Fawcett and Lydon"". (2)"
"Hume (A. and Marshall, C.H.T.). The Game Birds of India, Burmah, and Ceylon, 3 vols., Calcutta, [1879]-1881, 144 chromos., some water-staining to top edge of plts., occ. light foxing, modern half calf, very sl. rubbed, 4to, together with Indian Wildfowl, n.d., c. 1910, a suite of thirty numbered chromos. of ducks and geese by Gronvold, Lodge and Keulemans, sl. charring at extreme top margin (mostly affecting plts. 1-4), bound with a further suite of numbered col. plts. of game birds by Gronvold, water-stained at extreme top margin, contemp. cloth, sl. rubbed and a few marks, gilt lettered on upper cover 'Indian Wildfowl Plates', oblong 8vo (4)"
"Blackwall (John). Researches in Zoology, Illustrative of the Manners and Economy of Animals; with Descriptions of Numerous Species New to Naturalists, 1st ed., 1834, three hand-col. plts. at rear, some light browning throughout, orig. cloth, worn and soiled, 8vo, (contains a large section on spiders), together with Staveley (E.F.), British Insects. A Familiar Description of the Form, Structure, Habits, and Transformations of Insects, n.d., c. 1870s, sixteen hand-col. plts., b & w illusts. to text, some scattered spotting, orig. cloth, rubbed on spine, 8vo, plus Siebold (Carl Theodor Ernst von), On a True Parthenogenesis in Moths and Bees; A Contribution to the History of Reproduction in Animals, trans. William S. Dallas, 1857, one eng. plt. at rear, some spotting, ex-lib. copy, bound in later green half morocco gilt, rubbed, slim 8vo, and others related, incl. several books by/about Fabre (approx. 60)"
"Parkinson (John). Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. or, An Herball of a Large Extent. Containing Therein a More Ample and Exact History and Declaration of the Physicall Herbs and Plants that are in other Authors..., Collected by the Many Yeares Travaile, Industry and Experience in this Subject by John Parkinson Apothecary of London, and the King's Herbarist, printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640, lacks eng. title, printed title and all before B1, lacks all after 6T4, first and last gatherings detached, torn & frayed, numerous woodcut botanical illusts. to text, some soiling and light staining mostly at front & rear of volume, few old adhesive tape repairs, 18th c. bookplate of John Bradley of Sandwich and signature of L.R. Wager 1963 to upper pastedown, contemp. calf, lower board detached, upper joint split and extrems. worn, folio. Lawrence Rickard Wager (1904-1965), geologist and explorer. STC 19302; Nissen 1490. Sold with all faults,not subject to return. (1)"
"Niagara Falls. Five hand col. lithos. by August Köllner, c.1850, two with a little light spotting, two close-trimmed at lower margin, just clipping printed caption, remains of old album guards to upper margins, all on verso except one to recto which obscures the printed heading and upper border, approx. 205 x 300 mm Taken from August Köllner's 'Views of American Cities', published between 1848 and 1851, as follows: no. 18, 'The Rapids at Niagara'; no. 19, 'American Side'; no. 21 'American Falls (from Table rock)'; no. 20 'Horseshoe Fall (from the Canada side)'; no. 23, 'General View'. (5)"
"Scotland. Aa (Pieter van der), L'Ecosse Meridionale, c.1710, engraved map of southern Scotland, clover-shaped title border, engraved border decoration, image approx. 235 x 400 mm, together with Reilly (Franz Johann Joseph von), Die Insel Arran, [1791], engraved map with light wash colouring, circular title border, approx. 270 x 340 mm (2)"
"Wales. Saxton (Christopher & Lea, Philip), Radnor, Breknoke, Cardigan and Carmarthen Shires Discribed by C.S. Corrected and Amended..., c.1693, hand coloured engraved map, inset plans of Caermarden, Radnor, Breknoke & Cardigan, title within ornamental border, some light dampstaining mostly confined to border, not laid down, framed and glazed. Skelton 112. (1)"
An unusual Victorian polished brass compound microscope, by Smith & Beck, London, no 439, having calibrated draw tube, rack and pinion coarse and screw fine focusing, mounted with rotating adjustable stage and sub-stage light aperture, on single tapered column support and Y-shaped foot, H 58cm (max)
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