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Lot 2
Allexandre (Dom Jacques) Traite General des Horloges, first edition, 4 folding tables (one mounted on modern stub), 27 folding engraved plates, 3pp. privilege at end, title with old ink inscription (partly crossed out, part torn and repaired with sticky tape) and trimmed at inner margin and mounted on stub, a few preliminary leaves slightly defective at lower outer corner and repaired (no loss to text), occasional spotting, one plate with light damp-staining, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco labels, [Baillie p.180; Bromley 10; Tardy p.10], 8vo, Paris, Hippolyte-Louis and Jacques Guerin, 1734. *** A general treatise on timekeepers dealing with dialling, pendulums, true solar time clocks, turret clocks and watches, and including a detailed bibliography of works on dialling, water-clocks and wheel clocks.
Lot 9
Bassermann-Jordan (Dr. Ernst) Die Geschichte der Raderuhr unter besonderer berucksichtigung der Uhren des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, first edition, 24 photogravure plates, illustrations, light marginal staining but mostly to text, affecting lower outer corner of first few plates but otherwise clean, modern cloth, [Abeler p.57; Tardy p.24], folio, Frankfurt am Main, 1905. *** Scarce work on automaton clocks.
Lot 16
British Horological Institute. Horological Journal (The): The Special Organ of the British Horological Institute, vol.1-51 bound in 20, second edition of vol.1 (with drop-head title), tables, some folding, plates and illustrations, Thomas D.Wright`s copy with his ink signature in many volumes and some ephemera loosely inserted particularly notes concerning Karrusel trains, first leaf of vol.1 browned and slightly defective at inner margin with loss of a few letters, a few vol. with light marginal water-staining, some with central crease where previously folded, modern cloth, roan label, [Bromley 451], 1858-1921; and vol.52-54 & 63 in old red cloth (some internal water-staining, cloth rubbed and faded), and a few odd issues in original wrappers, 8vo & 4to; sold as a periodical, not subject to return (sm.qty)
Lot 27
Chapuis (Alfred) and Gustave Loup. La Montre ÒChinoiseÓ, first edition, 33 plates, some colour, illustrations, leaves a little wrinkled by damp, very light staining on title from frontispiece (now bound following title), modern half crimson morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt with pink calf labels, t.e.g., others uncut, original illustrated wrappers bound in, [Bromley 150; Tardy p.57], 4to, Neuchatel, 1919. *** Scarce.
Lot 29
Chapuis (Alfred) De Horologiis in Arte: L`Horloge et la Montre a travers les Ages..., illustrations, extra-illustrated with T.L.s. from the author, photographs, postcards, prospectus and related ephemera bound in or loosely inserted, light damp-staining to inner margin at beginning, modern cloth, [Bromley 146], 4to, Lausanne, 1954.
Lot 38
Dubois (Pierre) Collection Archeologique du Prince Pierre Soltykoff, Horlogerie..., signed and inscribed ÒE.James Esqr. from his respectful servant Percy Webster Dec. 1898Ó on half-title, 20 engraved plates, some foxing, light water-staining towards end, cloth, original printed wrappers bound in (soiled and slightly frayed at edges), Paris, 1858 § Galerie Fischer. Uhren-Sammlung Ernst Sarasin-Vonder M?hll, Basel, sale catalogue, plates, price list tipped in at beginning, cloth, roan label on spine (rubbed), original wrappers bound in, Lucerne, 1948; and 11 others, sale catalogues of notable horological collections including Maurice M.Sternberger, Bloch-Pimentel, Henry P.Strause, Palace Collections of Egypt, Antoine-Feill etc., 4to & 8vo (13)
Lot 53
Harcourt-Smith (Simon) A Catalogue of Various Clocks, Watches, Automata, and other miscellaneous objects of European Workmanship dating from the XVIIIth and the early XIXth Centuries, in the Palace Museum and the Wu Ying Tien, Peiping, first edition, 41 plates, title browned, light water-staining and wrinkling to some plates, new tissue guards, modern cloth, original green printed wrappers bound in (a little discoloured and marked), [Bromley 691; Tardy p.124], 4to, Peiping, Palace Museum, 1933. *** Very scarce.
Lot 67
[Lengelle (Henri)], ÒTardyÓ. Dictionnaire des Horlogers Fran?ais, 2 parts in 1, light staining to inner margin of frontispiece and title, cloth, original pictorial wrappers bound in, 1972; Bibliographie Generale de la Mesure du Temps, second edition, one of 150 copies, original wrappers, spine faded, 1980, Paris; and another, 8vo (3)
Lot 76
Mercer (Vaudrey) John Arnold & Son Chronometer Makers 1762-1843, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author with accompanying A.L.s. tipped in at beginning, old photocopy of Arnold`s patent no.1113 loosely inserted, 1972; The Life and Letters of Edward John Dent Chronometer Maker..., lacking front free endpaper, 1977; The Frodshams: The Story of a Family of Chronometer Makers, 1981, illustrations, very light water-staining to lower outer corner of first and last, original boards, dust-jackets, a little rubbed, the first frayed at edges; and a bundle of others, ephemera relating to the same including a Frodsham pamphlet on mercurial compensation pendulums of 1866 and table of latitude and longitude, v.s. (c.10)
Lot 77
Moinet (Louis) Nouveau Traite General Astronomique et Civil d`Horlogerie Theorique et Pratique..., 2 vol., engraved frontispiece, titles and 51 folding plates mounted on stubs, some light spotting and marginal water-staining, modern morocco-backed cloth, spines slightly faded, [cf.Bromley 587 & Tardy p.177, 1848 edition], 8vo, Paris, chez l`Auteur-Editeur, 1844. *** According to Charles Allix this is an unrecorded edition issued prior to the so-called first edition of 1848, possibly bound from parts (see signed autograph note by the author bound in at beginning).
Lot 94
Reid (Thomas) A Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, second edition, additional engraved vignette title, 20 folding plates at end, foxed, light water-staining to upper inner margin of plates, ink signature of Charles Allix on front free endpaper and annotations in pencil, photocopy of a letter from the author to the Clockmakers` Company tipped in at beginning, modern half red morocco, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, spine faded, [Tardy p.206; cf.Bromley 726], 8vo, Glasgow, [1843].
Lot 98
Rodanet (A.-H.) L`Horlogeries Astronomique et Civile...1886-1887, portrait, old cloth-backed boards, Paris, [1887] § Wins (Alphonse) L`Horloge a traves les âges, old cloth, Mons, 1924 § Planchon (Mathieu) L`Horloge: Son Histoire..., old ink inscription at head of title, light marginal water-staining, [Paris], 1923 § Philippe (Adrien) Les Montres sans Clef..., 3 folding plates at end, Geneva & Paris, 1863 § Beillard (Alfred) Recherches sur l`Horlogerie, ses Inventions et ses Celebrites, Paris, [1895], some with illustrations, the first two with bookplate of Joseph Sternfeld and rubbed, the rest modern cloth with original printed wrappers bound in (rubbed and stained, upper wrapper of Beillard slightly defective); and 7 others, French, 8vo & 4to (12)
![S[mith] (J[ohn], clockmaker) Horological Dialogues. In Three Parts shewing the Nature, Use, and right Managing of Clocks and](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2857101/103-2012127155930_468x382.jpg)
Lot 103
S[mith] (J[ohn], clockmaker) Horological Dialogues. In Three Parts shewing the Nature, Use, and right Managing of Clocks and Watches; with an Appendix containing Mr. Oughtred`s Method for Calculating of Numbers..., first edition, lacking A1 as usual (?blank), some light soiling and staining, title and a few other leaves with slight marginal defects (repaired), small old ink stamp on verso of title, washed, modern calf with double gilt rule border, red calf label on spine, preserved in marbled board slip-case, [Baillie p.103; Bromley 788-790; Tardy p.233; Wing S4105], 8vo, for Jonathan Edwin, 1675. *** The first book on clocks and watches published in England. The Appendix describes Oughtred`s method of calculating wheel-trains.
Lot 115
Vigniaux (P.) Horlogerie Pratique, a l`usage des apprentis et amateurs, second edition, half-title, 14 folding engraved plates on pale blue paper at end, 8pp. tables, lacking Y2 & 3 (pp.339-342, ?blanks as between parts 4 & 5), old ink inscription of ÒW.J.Howard. New York. March 17th 1856Ó at head of half-title, some light browning, washed and trimmed, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine with red and green calf labels, [Tardy p.251; cf.Bromley 858, 1788 edition], 8vo, Toulouse, chez l`Auteur...et Bellegarrigue, 1802. *** Including a full vocabulary of technical terms, this is of interest as it clearly describes workshop practice at the end of the 18th century. This second edition contains an additional section on repeating movements, two extra plates and a seven-page table of watch trains.
Lot 119
Wetherfield Collection.- Britten (F.J.) Old English Clocks (The Wetherfield Collection), number 235 of 320 copies, colour frontispiece, illustrations, very light water-staining and wrinkling, original cloth, spine faded, recased, new endpapers, 1907 § Hurcomb (W.E.) The Wetherfield Collection of 222 Clocks. Sold...on 1st May, 1928, for £30,000, with a copy of the sale catalogue pasted in at beginning (browned, staples rusted and loose, final leaf torn), illustrations, original cloth, spine faded, rubbed, 1928 § Bruton (Eric) The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks: A Guide to Dating English Antique Clocks, illustrations, original rexine, dust-jacket (laminated), 1981; and another copy of the sale catalogue, folio & 4to (4)
Lot 227
A French patinated bronze mantel clock garniture. Desnoue, Nantes, circa 1870. The eight-day bell striking movement with twelve-piece blue on white enamel Roman numeral dial signed DESNOUE FAB`T, NANTES to an enamel plaque to the upper border of the rosette cast centre, within egg-and-dart cast surround and bevel glazed bezel, the case with urn surmount above festoon husk draped decoration beneath dial issuing from the stylised lion`s mask cast masks with pendant handles to sides, the pedestal base fronted with a foliate scroll inset shaped cartouche flanked by openwork decoration and waisted block feet, 50cm (19.75ins) high; with a pair of conforming six-light candelabra, each with central nozzle above five scroll shaped branches and foliate cast upright applied with lion`s mask handles to the central knop, on conforming base with openwork side scrolls and fronted with a shaped panel flanked by waisted block feet, each 54cm (21.25ins) high (3).
Lot 1634
A Staffordshire pottery Queen Victoria proclamation and coronation commemorative jug, circa 1838, printed in green with portraits of the young Queen to each side flanked by the union flowers, beneath the spout a crown with the title `Victoria Regina` above the dates of her birth, proclamation and coronation, the neck with a trellis design, height approx 20cm (light staining).
Lot 1650
A rare pearlware London to Liverpool mail coach train mug, circa 1838, printed in blue with a locomotive named `Manchester` and tender pulling three coaches and a wagon with an open carriage, the coaches inscribed `Victoria Coronation London Royal Mail Liverpool`, height approx 9.6cm (cracked, light staining).
Lot 3015
FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966). The Good Shepherd. Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1955. First American edition, 8vo (202 x 135mm.) (Occasional light soiling.) Original cloth (soiled, head and foot of spine slightly bumped), dust-jacket (torn and creased with minor loss). Provenance: Dorothy Forester (signed presentation inscription from the author, dated `March 7th 1955`); The Forester and Troughton-Smith Family Archive. - And four others by Forester, all signed first editions, comprising: The Bedchamber Mystery, 1944; The Sky and the Forest, 1948, no dust-jacket; Randall and the River of Time, 1950; The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck, 1959 (5).
![PEAKE, Mervyn. [The Gormenghast Trilogy.] London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946-1959. First editions, 3 vols., 8vo (214 x 133](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2847046/3020-201221512848_468x382.jpg)
Lot 3020
PEAKE, Mervyn. [The Gormenghast Trilogy.] London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946-1959. First editions, 3 vols., 8vo (214 x 133mm.) (Minor spotting and browning.) Original cloth (slightly soiled, extremities slightly bumped), dust-jackets (light browning to spines, minor chipping to head and foot of spines and at folds, first work torn with loss to foot of spine). Note: the trilogy comprises Titus Groan, Gormenghast and Titus Alone.
Lot 3023
JOHNS, W.E. Biggles in Australia. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. First edition, 8vo (186 x 119mm.) 6 coloured plates by Studio Stead. (Occasional minor soiling or light browning, mostly to first and last few leaves.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (creased and torn with slight loss, adhesive tape repair to head of spine and fold). Provenance: John Woods (presentation inscription signed by the author `To John Woods / With best wishes / from the author / 1955 / W.E. Johns` with accompanying sketch of a bi-plane flying above clouds and a landscape).
Lot 3028
JOHNS, W.E. Biggles Takes Charge. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1956. First edition, 8vo (184 x 118mm.) Coloured frontispiece by Leslie Stead. (Light browning and spotting.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (minor nicks and creases). - And eleven other first editions by Captain W.E. Johns featuring Biggles (12).
Lot 3029
JOHNS, W.E. Biggles` Combined Operations. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1959. First edition, 8vo (185 x 119mm.) 6 coloured plates by Leslie Stead. (Occasional light browning.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (spine faded). - And seven other first editions by Captain W.E. Johns featuring Biggles (8).
Lot 3035
`RICHARDS, Frank`. The Magnet Library… The Making of Harry Wharton. London: The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., February 15th, 1908. Vol. 1, No. 1 only, 8vo (278 x 192mm.) Occasional illustrations and advertisements. (Light creasing and browning.) Original printed wrappers, stapled as issued (minor soiling). Note: the first appearance of the students of Greyfriars School.
![POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London & New York: Frederick Warne and Co., [n.d. but 1902.] First edition, 1s](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2847046/3036-201221512924_468x382.jpg)
Lot 3036
POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London & New York: Frederick Warne and Co., [n.d. but 1902.] First edition, 1st, 2nd or 3rd printing, 4to (137 x 104mm.) Coloured frontispiece and 30 coloured illustrations by Potter. (Occasional browning, light spotting or old creasing.) Original dark green paper-covered boards with coloured paper onlay to upper cover, leaf pattern endpapers (joints splitting, hinges split, all leaves now loosely inserted, frontispiece detached). Note: p.51 states `wept big tears`, `O` on cover and spine with dots in centre, and the leaf-pattern endpapers, all indicate an early printing of this first edition. Linder p. 421.
Lot 3044
LESSING, Doris. The Grass is Singing. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd., 1961. 8vo (182 x 105mm.) (Occasional light creasing and minor browning.) Original wrappers, the upper cover with an illustration by Heather Standing (slightly soiled and minor scuffs). Provenance: `Irene` (presentation inscription from the author).
Lot 3045
DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1892. First edition in book form, 8vo (238 x 156mm.) Illustrations by Sidney Paget. (Some spotting and occasional light browning.) Original decorated cloth, g.e. (soiled, spine faded and chipped at head and foot, upper joint split, stitching weak. Note: p. 317 states `Miss Violent Hunter`.
Lot 3046
JAMES, Henry. Stories Revived. London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. First edition, 3 vols., 8vo (192 x 123mm.) (Occasional light browning or creasing.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, chipped and soiled, lacking rear free endpapers to vols. I & II with resultant soiling to final leaves of text). Provenance: The Grosvenor Library (remnants of labels to upper covers).
Lot 3048
DICKENS, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition, 8vo (165 x 100mm.) Engraved frontispiece and additional decorative title, occasional illustrations. (Some light browning.) Original cloth blocked in gilt, g.e. (rebacked, old spine laid down and recoloured). Provenance: Thomas J. Bremridge (bookplate).
![[SEAMAN, Owen, et al.] Paulopostprandials, Only Some Little Stories After Hall. Cambridge: Redin & Company, 1886. 4to (31](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2847046/3052-201221512959_468x382.jpg)
Lot 3054
CHILDREN`S BOOKS. - Jack HEMING. Blue Wings. London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1938. First edition, 8vo (191 x 129mm.) Frontispiece. Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped), dust-jacket (minor nicks at folds, minor creasing and light soiling). - And thirty-six other children`s books of similar interest (37).
![FLATAU, Dorota. Rat of Paris… second edition. London: Hutchinson & Co, [n.d.] 8vo (183 x 115mm.) (Occasional light](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2847046/3055-201221512105_468x382.jpg)
Lot 3061
RAVEN, Simon. Places Where They Sing. London: Anthony Blond, 1970. First edition, 8vo (195 x 126mm.) (Occasional light spotting.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (spotted with minor tears). Provenance: author`s presentation copy (compliments slip loosely inserted). - And three others by Raven, all first editions (4).
Lot 3065
PHILATELY. - M. Don BUCHALTER. Hibernian Specialised Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of Ireland 1922-1972. Dublin: 1972. 8vo (239 x 176mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Minor light browning.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (extremities scuffed). Provenance: ex public library (labels to pastedowns, ink-stamps verso of title). - And five others, relating to stamps (6).
Lot 3067
BINDINGS. - George Gordon Noel, Lord BYRON. The Works. London: John Murray, 1829. 4 vols., small 8vo (133 x 81mm.) Engraved frontispieces. (Occasional light creasing.) Contemporary red half-morocco, the spines gilt in five compartments, lettered in the second and fourth, the other compartments with repeat decoration in gilt (spines slightly rubbed and scuffed). - And thirteen others, all leather-bound, including a two volume set of The Miscellaneous Works of Lord Byron, bound to match (17).
![[BUFFON, George.] Natural History of Birds, Fish, Insects and Reptiles. London: 1808. 6 vols., 8vo (192 x 116mm.) 98 illustra](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10123/2847046/3068-2012215121030_468x382.jpg)
Lot 3077
JOHNS, W.E. Spitfire Parade. Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1960. Reprint, 8vo (183 x 115mm.) Coloured frontispiece. (Occasional light browning or spotting.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (small nicks, tears and chips, spine slightly faded). - And a quantity of others, the majority later editions, all by or on Captain W.E. Johns and Biggles (a quantity).
Lot 3084
SOPER, Eileen Alice. Happy Rabbit. London: 1947. First edition, 4to (228 x 163mm.) Coloured illustrations throughout by Soper. (Occasional light browning, spotting to first and last few leaves.) Original glazed pictorial boards (bumped), dust-jacket (soiled and torn with some loss). Note: the author`s first book. - And three others (4).
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