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Lot 286
Bachmann 00 Gauge Class 42 Warships and 55 Diesel Locomotives: BR blue Warship D804 `Avenger` and green D800 `Sir Brian Robertson`, Class 55 BR green Deltic 55002 `The King`s Own Yorkshire Light Regiment` and TMC Lt Ed 273/504 green weathered D9021 `Argyll & Sutherland Highlander`, in original boxes, E-M, most appear unrun, boxes VG 32-053, 32-525A, 32-525Y and 32-055
Lot 580
A Lionel 0 Gauge Train Set: comprising pre-war 253 4-wheel Electric locomotive in apple green with dark green base, Pullman car No 607 (2) and Observation car 608 in apple green with cream windows and dark green roof, in original boxes, oval of track and Transformer, F-G, general wear with paint chips/loss to edges of all stock, engine lacks one light fitting, other slightly damaged, no bulbs, transformer with corroded surface, boxes P, all worn and lack tabs and flaps (4 plus track and transformer)
![Picasso (Pablo, 1881-1973). Signature ‘Picasso’, [1962], a piece of off-white paper signed in blue ball-point pe](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2879609/381-201342112856_468x382.jpg)
Lot 381
Picasso (Pablo, 1881-1973). Signature ‘Picasso’, [1962], a piece of off-white paper signed in blue ball-point pen with underscore and paraph squiggle in Picasso’s holograph, several creases but only light creasing to signature area, 7 x 19.5cm, together with a vintage black and white snapshot from the same occasion showing Picasso with Jacqueline, son Claude[?] plus other family and friends seated outside a cafe in St Tropez, 8 x 12cm. The vendor was on holiday in St Tropez between 8th and 16th September 1962 when she spotted Picasso at the cafe and asked for his autograph which was signed on the only piece of paper that she had to hand. A recent letter confirming this event accompanies the lot. (2).
Lot 438
Aemylius (Georgius, editor). Evangelia quae Consueto More Dominicis et Aliis Festis diebus in Ecclesia leguntur, Heroico carmine a Georgio Aemilio M. reddita, adiectis breuibus argumentis & imaginibus artificiose sculptis &c., Cologne: Mart. Gymnicum, 1549, title with woodcut printer’s device (partly hand-col.), woodcut initials and illusts., fore-edge margin of k8 slightly torn affecting part of one letter to verso, gatherings T-Z at end loose or detached, some light soiling, browning & few marks, contemporary vellum over wooden boards, upper cover with initials IFKH, a bird motif and date 1618, dust-soiled, 8vo. Not in Adams. Only one UK institutional location found (John Rylands Library, Manchester). (1).
Lot 439
Alexander (John). Jesuitico-Quakerism Examined, or a Confutation of the Blasphemous and Unreasonable Principles of the Quakers; With a Vindication of the Church of God in Britain, from their Malicious Clamours, and Slanderous Asperations, 1st ed., 1680, 1 pp. pubs. cat. at end, occasional light soiling, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with Certamen Religiosum: Or, a Conference Between the Late King of England, and the Late Lord Marquesse of Worcester, Concerning Religion. Together with a Vindication of the Protestant Cause, from the Pretences of the Marquesse his last Papers; which the necessity of the King’s Affaires denyed him Oportunity to Answer, [by Thomas Bayly], 2 parts in one, 1651, title printed in red and black, (lacking portrait frontis. of Charles I), a few spots, contemporary calf, rubbed, small square 4to. (2).
Lot 441
Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice: A Novel, 3 vols., 2nd ed., printed for T. Egerton, 1813, half-titles discarded, scattered foxing and some light toning, second vol. with one gathering starting, all vols. with early ms. ownership name on prelim. blank, marbled endpapers, upper hinges repaired, lacking rear free endpapers, contemp. green half morocco, lightly rubbed, gilt dec. spines, some surface loss to marbled sidings, large 12mo. Gilson A4; Keynes 4. An attractive set. (3).
Lot 442
Baskerville Press. Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists, Birmingham, 1761, engraved frontispiece, 15 engraved plates, occasional light offsetting and spotting, frontis. detaching at inner margin, contemporary presentation inscription, contemporary calf, rebacked, edges rubbed, 8vo, together with The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Baskerville, Cambridge, 1762, light spotting, a.e.g., contemporary black morocco gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo. Gaskell 14 & 20. (2).
Lot 452
Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacrements, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches, Cambridge, John Hayes, 1683, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into the English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others., 1683, woodcut initials, occasional light soiling, previous owner inscription, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, small 4to, together with L’Office de L’Eglise, en Latin & en Francois: Contenant les Offices Por Toute L’Annee, nouvelle edition, Paris, 1717, engraved frontispiece, four engraved plates, the whole within gilt borders with some letters in gilt and blue, previous owner signature of J.L. Eyre to title, his bookplate, contemporary calf gilt, spine a little rubbed, 8vo, with The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacrements, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, printed by John Baskett, Oxford, 1718 (repaired) (3).
Lot 458
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality, and Religion: Illustrated by Select Passages from our Elder Divines, Especially from Archbishop Leighton, 1st ed., 1825, 12pp. pubs. ads. at front & 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear of volume, some light toning, few closed tears to front ads., edges untrimmed, hinges repaired, orig. boards with modern reback, 8vo, together with Tennyson (Alfred), Maud, and Other Poems, 1st ed., 1855, 8pp. pubs. ads. at front dated August 1855, orig. cloth, worn at head & foot of spine & lower joint, 8vo, with O’Meara (Barry E.), Napoleon in Exile; or, a Voice from St. Helena. The Opinions and Refections of Napoleon on the most Important Events of his Life and Government, in his own Words, 2 vols., 4th ed., 1822, eng. frontis. to each, 20th c. cloth, 8vo, plus three others (7).
Lot 460
Cruikshank (George). George Cruikshank’s Magazine, edited by Frank E. Smedley (Frank Fairlegh), [cover-title], Parts I and II (all pub.), D. Bogue, January & February 1854, five etched plts., four folding, letterpress engs., numerous ads., some light off-setting of plts. to text and occn. minor staining, stitching partially broken in first part, orig. printed wrappers, some loss to spines, and part I with rear cover detached, slim 8vo, housed together in a brown cloth solander box, gilt lettered spine. Cohn 185. Scarce. (2).
Lot 465
Dickens (Charles). A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, 1st ed., 2nd issue, 1843, title printed in red and blue, half title and title verso printed in blue, ‘Stave I’ heading to p.1, single leaf ad. at end, four hand-coloured engraved plates by John Leech (one reinforced at gutter), stitching broken, occasional light spotting, previous owner signature to title, yellow endpapers, original brown cloth gilt, spine vertically split with losses (part retained), one or two light stains, 8vo. Smith II pp. 19-22. (1).
Lot 469
Du Choul (Guillaume). Veterum Romanorum Religio, Castrametatio, Disciplina Militaris ut & Balneae ex Antiquis Numismatibus & Lapidibus Demonstrata, 1st ed., Amsterdam, 1685, half title, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black, folding table, numerous engraved military, numismatic and religious illustrations, one or two light spots, contemporary panelled calf, a little rubbed, 4to. (1).
Lot 479
Gray (Thomas). The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason, York & London, 1775, occasional scattered spotting, near contemp. half calf gilt, with gilt crest to upper panel of spine, 4to, together with Fenelon (Francois de Salignac de La Mothe), The Adventures of Telemachus the Son of Ulysses., 3 vols. in one, 2nd ed., 1719/1715, eng. frontis. and eng. eng. plts., early annotations to few leaves, without A1 in vol. 1 as usual, few closed tears to leaves A6-A9 in vol. 2, contemp. calf, modern reback with red morocco title label to spine, large 12mo, with Henderson (Ebenezer), Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island, During the Years 1814 and 1815., 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1818, folding eng. map and fourteen eng. plts. (inc. one double-page), some toning, free-endpapers clipped, orig. cloth, joints cracked and frayed at head and foot of spines, some faded and discolouration, 8vo, and Drinkwater (John), The Collected Plays., 2 vols., Sidgwick & Jackson, 1925, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, spines slightly dust-soiled, 4to, in orig. slipcases (limited edition 13/230 printed on hand-made paper), and Griffith (John Edwards), Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, with their Collateral Branches in Denbighshire, Merionethshire and other parts, 1914, some spotting, contemp. half calf, lower joint cracked at foot, light dampstaining and extrems. rubbed, folio, plus fifteen others (22).
Lot 483
Hoyle (Edmond). Mr. Hoyle’s Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess and Backgammon, Complete. To which is now first added two new cases at Whist, never before printed. Also the new laws of the game at Whist, as played at White’s and Saunder’s Chocolate Houses, [12th ed., c. 1765?], half title, 204 pp., light spotting to endpapers, contemporary red half calf gilt, a little rubbed, 12mo. Unsigned pirated copy? Advertisement to title verso states ‘No copies of this Book are genuine, but what are signed by us, Edmond Hoyle and Thomas Osborne.’ (1).
Lot 489
Law. Additional Lists of Attornies and Solicitors, Admitted in Puruance of the Act, for the better Regulation of Attornies and Solicitors. Presented to the House of Commons, Pursuant to their Order of the 22d Day of February 1730, pub. 1731, some dampstaining and light dust-soiling, disbound folio, together with A Letter to the Common Council of the City of London. With Remarks on Lord Chief Justice Pratt’s Letter to the City of Exeter, 1764, [2],38pp., some dust-soiling, disbound 8vo, with International Law. Argument of John Addison Thomas, Counsel & Agent of Claims for the United States., pub. 1854, 37pp., author’s inscription to half-title, disbound 8vo, and Emmet (Robert), The Speech of Robert Emmet, Esq. as Delivered at the Sessions House Dublin, before Lord Norbury. On being found Guilty of High Treason, as Leader of the Insurrection of 1803., pub. 1836, 8pp., ink stamp to title, disbound 8vo. The Act for the better Rgulation of Attorneys and Solicitors of 1729 was the first effective enactment for the regulation of the Profession. (4).
![[Le Clerc, Jean]. Figures des Histoires de la Saincte Bible, Accompagnees de Briefs Discours, 2 parts in one, Paris, G. Le Be](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2879609/490-201342113043_468x382.jpg)
Lot 490
[Le Clerc, Jean]. Figures des Histoires de la Saincte Bible, Accompagnees de Briefs Discours, 2 parts in one, Paris, G. Le Be, 1666, first title printed in red and black within foliate border, 269 fine woodcut illustrations after Jean Cousin by Jean le Clerc, full-page woodcut at end of first part close-trimmed, one or two chipped foredges, a few marginal repairs, leaves profesionally cleaned, a few light sots, later morocco-backed boards, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, folio (1).
Lot 499
Menot (Michel). Fratris Michaelis Menoti zelantissimi p[re]dicatoris ac sacre theologie p[ro]fessoris ordinis minoru[m] Sermones quadragesimales una cu[m] nonnullis alijs tractatibus hic colentis, Paris: Jean Petit, c.1525, title in red & black, and with printer’s woodcut device, few dec. initials, final leaf lined to verso, occasional early marginalia, blind stamp to rear free-endpaper, some light dampstaining and dust-soiling to few leaves, 18th c. mottled calf, gilt dec. spine, upper joint cracked and lower joint rubbed, 8vo. Not in Adams. An edition of sermons by a popular Franciscan preacher, ‘remarkable for their vigour, and the range of anecdotes and fables they contain as exempla’ (Oxford Companion to French Literature). The contents of this edition varies and the example in the Bibliotheque Nationale also contains an Epistolarum. (1).
Lot 501
Nelson (James). An Essay on the Government of Children, under three general heads: viz. Health, Manners, and Education, 1st ed., 1753, subscribers list, lower outer corner of leaf H1 torn with loss of catchword ‘The’ and repaired, scattered spotting and light browning including to title, contemp. half calf gilt, joints cracked, rubbed, 8vo. (1).
Lot 506
Pope (Alexander). The Iliad of Homer, 6 vols., 1760, eng. port. frontis. and plt. to vol. 1, two folding eng. plts., few eng. head & tailpieces, together with The Odyssey of Homer, 5 vols., 1760, few eng. head & tailpieces, with The Works of Alexander Pope, 9 vols., 1766, twenty-four eng. plts. (inc. frontis. to vol. 1), some light dust-soiling, uniform contemp. calf, lacking few morocco title labels, rubbed and some wear, 8vo. (20).
![Postillae. Postille maiores totius anni cum multis historiis siue figuris magnis [et] mediocribus euangeliorum dominicaliu[m]](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2879609/507-201342113057_468x382.jpg)
Lot 507
Postillae. Postille maiores totius anni cum multis historiis siue figuris magnis [et] mediocribus euangeliorum dominicaliu[m] ac ferialiu[m] in locis p[er]priis de nouo insertis., Lugduni: per Gilbertum de villiers, pridie Non[n]. Januarii, 1525, title in red and black with woodcut border (with early signature at head), one large woodcut of the Crucifixion, smaller woodcut illusts. and initials throughout, printer’s device to verso of final leaf, occasional worming mostly to margins (affecting few letters of text), fore-edge margins of Bb3 & 4 excised, some dampstaining, light dust-soiling and few marks, first and last few leaves frayed, endpapers renewed with blind stamp to rear free-endpaper, contemp. calf over wooden boards, blind dec. to boards with peppered worm holes, repaired at head & foot of spine, lacking clasps, 4to. Adams P2043. (1).
Lot 520
Terence. Terence’s Comedies, Translated into English Prose, as near as the Propriety of the two Languages will admit, Together with the Original Latin from the Best Editions. Revised and Corrected by S. Patrick, 2 vols., 1745, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, a few spots, previous owner signatures, bookplates, contemporary calf, spines with green labels and gilt decoration, a little scuffed, 8vo, together with A Short Survey of the Lineal Descent of the Sovereign Princes, that are most Considerable in Europe., collected and published by William Alexander, Edinburgh, 1704, occasional water stains and spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo, plus The History of India, by the Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstone, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1843, 8 pp. pubs. list at end of vol. II, a few light spots, bookplates of Lord Colchester, vol. II hinges tender, original cloth, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, with others including Sarah Stickney Ellis’s Family Secrets or Hints to those who would make Home Happy, 3 vols., 1841, Charles Dickens’ A Child’s History of England, 3 vols., 1854 and two defective antiquarian (16).
Lot 524
Wise (Francis). A Letter to Dr Mead concerning some Antiquities in Berkshire, Particularly shewing that the White Horse, which gives name to the Vale, is a Monument of the West-Saxons, made in memory of a great Victory obtained over the Danes A.D. 871, Oxford, 1738, two folding plates, bound with Further Observations upon the White Horse and other Antiquities in Berkshire. With an Account of Whiteleaf-Cross in Buckinghamshire. As also of the Red Horse in Warwickshire, and some other Monuments of the same kind, Oxford, 1742, three engraved plates (one folding), also bound with Stukeley (William), Palaeographia Britannica: or, Discourses on Antiquities in Britain, part 1 only (of 3), 1743, three engraved plates (including two folding), marbled edges, contemp. diced calf, rubbed with a little fraying to extrems, 4to, together with Wild (Charles), Twelve Etched Outlines, selected from the Architectural Sketches made in Belgium, Germany, and France, 1st & 2nd series, 1833-36, 24 etched plates, t.e.g., contemp. cloth, split to upper joint, folio, and Verein Nurbergischer Kunstfreunde (ed.). Die Nurnbergischen Kunstler, geschildert nach ihrem Leben und ihren Werken, parts 1-4 [all published], Nuremberg, 1822-1831, 16 engraved plates, scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, upper joint of backstrip split, 4to, plus Men of Mark. A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits, parts 3 & 5 only (of 7), 1878-1881, mounted portrait photographs, a.e.g., occ. light foxing, attractive gilt dec. full calf, rubbed to extrems, 4to, plus Barnard (Henry), School Architecture; or Contributions to the Improvement of School-Houses in the United States, 2nd ed., New York, 1849, numerous wood engraved plates, orig. cloth gilt, some fraying to extrems, 8vo. (6).
Lot 525
Wroth (Mary). The Countesse of Montgomeries Urania, 1st ed., printed for John Marriott & John Grismand, 1621, lacks A1 (engraved title by Simon van de Pass), B1-3 with some marks and light soiling, and frayed to fore-edges, with a little loss (not affecting text), final two leaves (Ffff3-4) with some similar fraying to fore-edges, with minor loss (not affecting text), 18th century calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed and a little wear, with upper joint partly cracked at foot, folio. STC 26051. Rare. ESTC locates 14 institutional copies. First edition of the first work of English prose fiction by a female writer. Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1653) was the daughter of Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester and beloved niece of the wealthy Earl and Countess of Pembroke. At the age of 13 she danced before Elizabeth I. She is known to have attended plays by Shakespeare. Urania is a collection of tales of love and romance, and incorporates the author’s personal experience and opinions as a woman in Jacobean society. (1).
Lot 528
Bailly (Jean Sylvain). Histoire de l’Astronomie Ancienne, depuis son Origine jusqu’a l’Etablissement de l’Ecole d’Alexandrie, 2nd ed., Paris, 1781; Histoire de l’Astronomie Moderne. nouvelle ed., 3 vols., Paris, 1785, together two works in 4 vols., 21 folding engraved plates, closed tear to vol. IV half title, occasional light spotting and browning, contemporary tree calf, two covers detached, others weakening, a little rubbed, 4to, together with La Mesure des Surfaces et des Solides, par l’Arithmetique des Infinis et les Centres de Gravite, by Abbe Deidier, 1st ed., Paris, 1740, three parts in one, 27 folding engraved plates, front blank detached, some browning and spotting, contemporary mottled calf, some wear to spine snd edges, 4to. (5).
![[Barlow, William]. Magneticall Advertisements: Or, Divers Pertinent Observations, and Approved Experiments Concerning the Nat](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2879609/529-20134211319_468x382.jpg)
Lot 529
[Barlow, William]. Magneticall Advertisements: Or, Divers Pertinent Observations, and Approved Experiments Concerning the Nature and Properties of the Load-Stone: Very Pleasant for Knowledge, and Most Needfull for Practise, of Travelling, or Framing of Instruments fit for Travellers both by Sea and Land, 1st ed., 1616, 80 pp. only (of 86 pp., lacking N1-4 & O1), woodcut headpieces and initials, illustrations, occasional light soiling, a few frayed foredges, previous owner signature to title, modern cloth, small 4to. STC 1442. Contains Barlow’s discovery of the directional properties of the compass-needle. The book’s publication was the subject of a dispute with Mark Ridley, who had published his own A Short Treatise of Magneticall Bodies and Motions in 1613. (1).
Lot 533
Brown (Thomas). Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenents, and Commonly Presumed Truths, 5th ed., 1669, three parts in one, folding portrait frontis. (repair to verso), two engraved plates, p.6 lower corner torn away (affecting marginal note), marginal wormtracks, occasional spotting and browning, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, 4to, together with Experimenta, Atque Observationes quibus Electricitas Vindex Late Constituitur, Atque Explicatur, Augustae Taurinorum, [Torino, 1769], 66 pp., folding table (repair to verso), folding engraved plate, occasional light spotting, modern wrapper, 4to, plus The Principles of Analytical Calculation, by Robert Woodhouse, 1st ed., Cambridge, 1803, 219 pp., one or two repaired tears, small marginal burnhole, modern marbled wrapper, 4to, with others including Francis Maseres’ Tracts on the Resolution of Affected Algebraick Equations by Dr. Halley’s, Mr. Raphson’s and Sir Isaac Newton’s Methods of Approximation, 1800 (author’s presentation copy), William Nicholson’s The First Principles of Chemistry, 1790 and John Astruc’s A Treatise of the Venereal Disease, in Six Books, 2 vols., 1737. (33).
Lot 536
Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 3rd ed., with Additions and Corrections, John Murray, 1861, folding diagramatic plate, 2 pp. pubs. list at end, one or two faint spots, light brown chalk-glazed endpapers (some adhesions marks at front and rear due to label removal), original green blindstamped cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed (generally a very good copy), 8vo. Freeman 381. 2000 copies printed. This edition extensively altered by the author, with the addition of a table of differences between it and the second edition, and the important Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species. (1).
Lot 538
Ellis (George Edward). Memoir of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, with Notices of his Daughter, 5 vols., Macmillan & Co., 1876, engraved illustrations, occasional light toning and spotting, Royal Engineers Library stamps to titles, contemporary green half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with The Life and Letters of Faraday, by Dr. Bence Jones, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1870, b & w illustrations, a few spots, original cloth, spines faded with short splits to joints, 8vo, with others related including Bence Jones’ The Royal Institution: Its Founder and its First Professors, 1871, Michael Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity, vols. II & III only, 1844-55 and Michael Faraday’s Chemical Manipulation, Being Instructions to Students in Chemistry, on the Methods of Performing Experiments of Demonstration or of Research with Accuracy and Success, new ed., 1830. (approx 60).
Lot 539
Euler (Leonhard). Letters of Euler on Different Subjects in Physics and Philosophy. Addressed to a German Princess. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter D.D. With Original Notes, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1802, half titles, 20 engraved plates, occasional light spotting and offsetting, contemporary tree calf, spines and edges rubbed, 8vo. (2).
Lot 541
Jamieson (Alexander). A Celestial Atlas Comprising a Systematic Display of the Heavens in a Series of Thirty Maps Illustrated by Scientific Descriptions of their Contents, and Accompanied by Catalogues of the Stars and Astronomical Exercises, 1822, engraved calligraphic title and dedication, engraved plate and 30 engraved celestial maps, plate III with marginal loss and fraying, occasional light spotting and offsetting, contemporary half calf, paper label to upper cover, rebacked, light edge wear, oblong 4to. (1).
Lot 543
Linnaeus (Carl). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis, vol. I only (of 2), 10th ed., Stockholm, 1758, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, edges rubbed, 8vo. The 10th edition was the begining of zoological nomenclature, with the Animal Kingdom divided into six classes, the first, Mammalia including whales and the West Indian Manatee (originally classified among Fishes in the first edition of 1735). (1).
Lot 545
Paris (John Ayrton). The Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, 1st ed., 2 vols., 1831, engraved portrait frontis. to vol. I, folding facsimile plate to vol. II, occasional light spotting, Radcliffe Observatory Oxford inkstamps at front, previous owner signatures, original boards, neat calf reback, 8vo, together with Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, Bart, by his Brother, John Davy, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1836, engraved portrait frontis. to vol. I (offsetting to title), 16 pp. pubs. list at front of vol. I, some light spotting and toning, original boards, neat calf reback, 8vo. (4).
Lot 546
Partridge (Seth). The Description and Use of an Instrument, Called the Double Scale of Proportion. By which Instrument, all Questions in Arithmetick, Geometry, Trigonometry, Astronomy, Geography, Navigation, Fortification, Gunnery, Gaging Vessels, Dialing, may be most Accurately and Speedily Performed, without the Assistance of either Pen or Compasses, 1st ed., 1661, two diagramatic plates (one folding), contemporary replacement advert. pasted over printed advert. on final leaf, one or two leaves mispaginated, occasional light soiling, previous owner inscription to front blank, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, 12mo. Wing 630A. Scarce, no copies recorded at auction. “The first complete duplex slide rule was made in 1657 by Seth Partridge. The rule consisted of two strips of wood held together by bridging cleats with a third strip sliding freely between them. This rule carried the numbers and trigonometric scales on both faces.” (Derrenberger, A History of the Slide Rule, April 1939). (1).
Lot 552
Bindings. The Plays of William Shakespeare, Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy left by the Late George Steevens, 10 vols., new ed., 1823, half titles, portrait frontispiece to vol. I, a few light spots, armorial bookplates of Lord Battersea, a.e.g., contemporary claret red straight-grained morocco, covers with gilt lyre and corner pieces enclosed by blind anthemion rolls, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 12mo. (10).
Lot 590
Milne (A.A.). When We Were Very Young, 12th ed., 1925; Winnie-The-Pooh, 2nd ed., 1926; Now We Are Six, 1st ed., 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, 1st ed., 1928, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, occasional light fingermarks, presentation inscriptions, t.e.g., original cloth gilt, spines rubbed at ends and three faded, 8vo, together with Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years 1810 and 1811, by a French Traveller: With Remarks on the Country, its Arts, Literature, and Politics, and on the Manners and Customs of its Inhabitants, [by Louis Simond], 2 vols., 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1815, 21 tinted aquatint plates, two folding tables, one or two tears, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, covers detached, vertical splits along spines, rubbed, 8vo, with others including divs. II & III of The Fruit Grower’s Guide, by John Wright, 1890’s and three Florence K. Upton Golliwogg books (in poor condition) (a carton).
Lot 602
Warren (B. H.). Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania, 1st ed., Harrisburg, 1888, fifty coloured litho. plts. after Audubon, some marks and light soiling to endpapers, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, 8vo (Nissen 972), together with Dresser (Christopher), Principles of Decorative Design, 1st ed., pub. Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1873], two chromo. plts. (of which one is loose), b&w illusts. to text, orig. brown cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear, with fraying to head and foot of spine and outer corners, small 4to, plus other miscellaneous literature, illustrated books, art reference, etc., including several issues of Alphabet and Image, W. B. Yeats, Collected Plays, 1st ed., 1934, several Faber and Faber Ariel Poems, a bound volume of ‘Old Jonathan’, or The District and Parish Helper, September 1859-August 1864, T. A. Coward, The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs, Series I-III, etc. (3 shelves).
Lot 605
Davis (Lindsey). A Dying Light in Cordoba, with An Appreciation by Peter Lovesey/A Time to Depart, with an Appreciation by Ellis Peters, both pub. Scorpion Press, Blakeney, Glos., 1995, orig. quarter morocco gilt (both limited edition, nos. 56 & 47 of 99 copies, signed by the author), plus O’Connell (Carol), Killing Critics, with an Appreciation by Barry Maitland, 1995, orig. quarter morocco gilt (limited edition 53/85, signed by the author), and Booth (Stephen), Blood on the Tongue, with an Appreciation by Reginald Hill, 2002, orig. quarter morocco gilt (limited edition 47/80, signed by the author), and Cleverly (Barbara), Ragtime in Simla, with an Appreciation by H.R.F. Keating, 2002, orig. quarter morocco gilt (limited edition 30/80, signed by the author), all 8vo, and other recent crime fiction, some signed by the author, all orig. hardback publications in d.j., VG (6 shelves).
Lot 5
[Bennett, Samuel]. The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation, parts I-V [all published], Sydney, 1865, lithographed title (cropped at foot affecting imprint), five tinted plates, occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus African Fragments: Comprising Mr. WM. Lee’s Narrative of two Expeditions into the Interior of Africa; The Travels of a Tartar to Timbuctoo; Sketch of Whydah; Customs of the Gold Coast, and Other Articles by Capt. Pierce, of Cape Coast, Africa, Designed as an Appendix to Museum Africanum, by Charles Hulbert, Shrewsbury, 1826, double-page engraved map, one or two spots, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, plus The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature, by Alfred Wallace, 6th ed., 1877, two folding maps, b & w illustrations, occasional spotting, prize label, original green cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with others including The Adventures of Robert Drury, During Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar., 1807 and A Few Words, on the Encouragement Given to Slavery and the Slave Trade, by Recent Measures, and Chiefly by the Sugar Bill of 1846, by Stephen Cave, 2nd ed., 1849, inscribed by the author. (9).
Lot 7
Bougard (Rene). The Little Sea Torch: or True Guide for Coasting Pilots: by which they are clearly instructed how to navigate along the coasts of England, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Sicily; The Isles of Malta, Corsica, Sardinia and others in the Straits; and of The Coast of Barbary from Cape Bon to Cape de Verd. Enriched with Upwards of One Hundred Appearances of Head-Lands and Light Houses together with Plans of the Principal Harbours, also a Table of Soundings and Various Explanatory Remarks., Translated from the French of Le Sieur Bougard with Corrections and Additions by J.T.Serres, published for the Author by J.Debrett, 1801, title page, dedication and list of subscribers, 130 pps. of descriptive text with occ. near contemp. pencil marginalia, pp. 134 with repaired closed tear, 137 hand coloured aquatint plates of land profiles on twenty sheets, half title with list of charts on verso, twenty-four engraved maps with contemp. hand colouring (on twelve sheets), complete as lists, table of soundings and index at rear, contemp. marbled boards with modern half calf, gilt dec. spine, boards rubbed and worn, folio. Abbey Life. 344. The first and only English edition translated by Serres from Rene Bougard’s ‘Le Petit Flambeau de la Mer’. (1).
Lot 9
Brown (Thomas). A General Atlas, Being a Collection of Maps of the World & Quarters, the Various Empires, Kingdoms & States in the Known World, Edinburgh, [1814], calligraphic title, 33 hand-coloured engraved maps (of 36, lacking World Hemisphere, Mercator’s Projection and Turkey in Asia), Jamaica & Egypt with some loss at inner margin, occasional light spotting and soiling, some show-through, contemporary morocco-backed boards, boards detached, some wear, 4to. Sold as a collection of maps not subject to return. (1).
Lot 25
Keppel (Captain the Hon. Henry). A Visit to the Indian Archipelago, in H.M. Ship Maeander, with portions of the Private Journal of Sir James Brooke, K.C.B, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1853, eight tinted lithograph plates, folding map contained in vol. I rear pocket, a few light spots, contemporary previous owner signatures, original red cloth gilt, vol. I spine ends with chips and tears, spines faded, 8vo. (2).
Lot 38
Pardoe (Julia). The Beauties of the Bosphorus, 1838, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title, map and 78 engraved views after William Bartlett, occasional light spotting, disbound, upper cover and part of spine only, 4to, together with Denmark Delineated; or, Sketches of the Present State of that Country, by A. Andersen Feldborg, Edinburgh, 1824, additional engraved title, 22 (of 23 plates, lacking Cronburg Castle), titles misbound, a few spots, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo. (2).
Lot 40
Philby (H. St. J.B.). The Heart of Arabia. A Record of Travel & Exploration, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1922, two folding maps (one with marginal tear), b & w illustrations, vol. I lacking half title and front endpaper, occasional light spotting, library stamps and labels, endpapers browned (vol. I rear torn with loss), original green cloth, spines a little rubbed with shelf numbers erased, 8vo. (2).
Lot 47
Smith (George). A Narrative of an Exploratory Visit to Each of the Consular Cities of China, and to the Islands of Hong Kong and Chusan, in Behalf of the Church Missionary Society in the Years 1844, 1845, 1846, 1st ed., 1847, double-page colour map, 12 lithographed plates, a few tinted, occasional water stains and spotting, title detaching, modern brown cloth, 8vo, together with A Narrative of a Recent Imprisonment in China after the Wreck of the Kite, by John Lee Scott, 1st ed., 1841, four engraved plates, light water stain to frontispiece, occasional soiling, original cloth gilt, upper joint splitting, small repair to spine, 8vo, plus The Life and Opinions of the Rev. William Milne, D.D., Missionary to China, Illustrated by Biographical Annals of Asiatic Missions, from Primitve to Protestant Times; Intended as a Guide to Missionary Spirit, by Robert Philip, 1st ed., 1840, engraved frontispiece, pubs. ads. at front, occasional spotting, presentation inscription to title, front hinge broken, original cloth, spine detached with loss, 8vo, with M. Geraldine Guinness’ The Story of the China Inland Mission, 2 vols., 1893. (5).
Lot 50
Survey of Western Palestine. Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology, by Lieut. C.R. Conder and Lieut. H.H. Kitchener, 3 vols., 1881-83, lithographed maps, plates and plans, colour frontis. to vol. III, scattered light spotting, original burgundy cloth, upper cover with gilt Jerusalem Cross, joints and edges a little rubbed, 4to, together with Special Papers on Topography, Archaeology, Manners and Customs etc., 1881, map frontis., some spotting, uniform cloth, small splits to joints, 4to, plus Jerusalem, by Col. Sir Charles Warren & Capt. Claude Reignier Conder, 1884, maps and illustrations, occasional spotting, rear hinge tender, uniform cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, with The Fauna and Flora of Palestine, by H.B. Tristram, 1884, 20 lithograhed plates (13 hand-coloured), first few leaves loosening, a few spots, uniform cloth, light dampstains, 4to, with Memoir of the Physical Geology and Geography of Arabia Petraea, Palestine, and Adjoining Districts, by Edward Hull, 1888, Arabic and English Name Lists, Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer, 1881, A General Index, Compiled by Henry C. Stewardson, 1888, Archaeological Researches in Palestine During the Years 1873-1874, by Charles Clermont-Ganneau, 2 vols., 1896-99, The Survey of Eastern Palestine, Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, Archaeology, by Major C.R. Conder’s 1889, vol. I [all published], 1889 and Trelawney Saunders’ An Introduction to the Survey of Western Palestine: Its Waterways, Plains & Highlands, 1881. (13).
Lot 52
Symons (G.J., ed.). The Eruption of Krakatoa, and Subsequent Phenomena. Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society, 1888, two chromo. frontispieces, colour plates, folding tables, maps and charts, a few light spots, original cloth, upper joint splitting, spine a little faded and torn at ends, 4to. (1).
Lot 55
Younghusband (Captain Frank E.). The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, The Heart of a Continent: A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through The Himalayas, The Pamirs, and Chitral, 1884-1894, 4th ed., 1897, b&w illusts., mostly after photos., four folding maps, including map of the North Western Frontier of India in pocket at rear, orig. green cloth, rubbed and some minor marks to extrems., together with Stein (Sir Aurel). On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks, 1st ed., 1933, some colour and numerous b&w plts., incl. some folding, map at end, torn to folds with some sellotape repairs, orig. cloth, rubbed, with some fraying and sl. wear, plus Calvert (Albert F.). The Exploration of Australia, 2. vols., 1st ed., 1895/96, b&w frontis. to first vol., folding coloured map (torn without loss), b&w plts., t.e.g., orig. two-tone cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and some light soiling, 4to, together with The Discovery of Australia, 2nd ed., pub. Dean & Son, 1902, half-title, b&w frontis., b&w plts., a.e.g., orig. green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some marks, 4to, plus Meredith (Louise Anne Twamley), Notes and Sketches of New South Wales, During a Residence in that Colony from 1839 to 1844, 1st ed., pub. John Murray, 1844, half-title not present, 164. pp., near-contemp. green full morocco, gilt dec. spines, a few minor marks, small 8vo, and other travel, including S. W. Christian, The Caroline Islands, 1899, Henning Haslund, Tents in Mongolia, 1st ed., 1934, & Men and Gods in Mongolia, 1st ed., 1935 (inscribed by the author), Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches into the Natural History & Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage around the World on HMS Beagle, new ed., 1890, etc., all 8vo. (12).
Lot 56
Ackermann (Rudolph). A History of The University of Oxford, Its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, pub. R.Ackermann, 2 vols. 1814, addn. half title to each vol., eng. b & w portrait frontis. to vol. 1, dedication and list of subscribers, 114 engraved and aquatint plates (including the thirty-three founders plates) all with contemp. hand colouring (complete as lists), some offsetting mainly from plates to text, very occ. light spotting, armorial book plate of E.W.Wynne Pendarves to each vol., a.e.g., gilt ruled dentelles, contemp. gilt dec. diced calf by C.Hering, hinges and joints weak, 4to. Abbey Scenery no. 278. Tooley, no.5. A handsome set. (1).
Lot 61
Calvert (F., and Roberts, P.E.). The Isle of Wight Illustrated, in a Series of Coloured Views. Accompanied by a Succinct Historical, Geographical, and Topographical Description of the Island, 1st ed., G.H. Davidson, 1846, half-title present, tinted litho. frontis. (margins foxed and water-stain to blank fore-margin), hand-col. eng. map, twenty fine hand-col. aqua. views, with tissue guards, occn. minor marks to margins, and some light off-setting of plts. to text, but generally a clean copy, hinges split, a.e.g., orig. green cloth, elaborately gilt dec. spine and upper cover (former faded), rear cover blocked in blind, some minor marks, but overall a bright copy, slim 4to. Abbey, Scenery, 352. (1).
Lot 106
Everard (Anne). Flowers From Nature, With the Botanical Name, Class, and Order; and Instructions for Copying, pub. Joseph Dickenson, 1835, thirteen fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, including frontispiece, some light overall spotting to frontis., bookplates 11 & 12 with some light scattered spotting, a.e.g., orig. embossed patterned cloth, rubbed and some wear to spine, with loss to head and foot, outer corners bumped, folio (375 x 270mm) (1).
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