Birds.- Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, first edition, with to final leaf verso vol. 1, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked retaining original back-strip, spines with contrasting labels, [Nissen IVB 95], by Sol. Hodgson, 1797[1798]-1804; Figures of British Land Birds... to which are added a few Foreign Birds, vol. 1 [all published], last vignette in first state, Jean Hersholt signed bookplate to front pastedown, occasional light foxing, contemporary gilt panelled morocco, t.e.g., [Nissen IVB 96; Roscoe 16] by S. Hodgson, 1800; A General History of Quadrupeds, fifth edition, modern calf-backed cloth, by Edward Walker, 1807; A Natural History of Reptiles, Serpents and Insects, original printed wrappers, neat silked reinforcement to spine, Alnwick, W. Davison, [c.1809], all with wood-engraved illustrations by Bewick, all but the last printed in Newcastle, 8vo & 12mo (5)
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![Bath.- [Barker (Benjamin)] [Aquatint Colored Engravings, by Theodore Fielding...of Landscape Scenery, principally Views in an](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8e58cd88-52ca-42fa-b5e6-b1c500b61727/135d6643-f5d7-42ed-95a7-b1c500b7815b/468x382.jpg)
Bath.- [Barker (Benjamin)] [Aquatint Colored Engravings, by Theodore Fielding...of Landscape Scenery, principally Views in and near Bath], 29 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates only, laid down to album leaves, plates captioned in pencil beneath, 2 plates loose, plate 27 with surface abrasion affecting image and very short tear to fore-edge, some light marginal finger-soiling, endpapers spotted and browned, later half morocco, spotting to lower cover, spine and extremities worn, joints cracked but holding, plates c.216 x 165mm., album 4to, [cf. Abbey, Scenery 45], [c.1824]. *** The plates published by subscription in 1824. "A number of booksellers seem to have bound and published these plates under different title-pages" (Abbey).
Landseer (Edwin).- Monkhouse (W. Cosmo) The Works of Sir Edwin Landseer, additional engraved title and 54 plates, illustrations, some light spotting, attractive publisher's red morocco with elaborate gilt borders and animal vignettes, spine gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., spine lightly sunned, spine ends bumped, extremities slightly rubbed, otherwise a bright and excellent copy, folio, J.S. Virtue and Company, [1879-80].
Bath.- Peirce (Robert) The History and Memoirs of the Bath, 2 parts in 1, folding engraved frontispiece plan of Bath by F.H. Van Houe, divisional title at R4, armorial bookplate of A. Leonard Fuller, very faint ink marks to title, trimmed close at foot, shaving catchword to O6, a few marginal defects, spotting, later calf, spine in compartments and with red and green morocco labels, for Henry Hammond, 1713 § Wood (John) An Essay Towards a Description of Bath. In Fourt Parts, 2 vol., second edition, 22 engraved plates and plans, of which 8 double-page and 5 folding, vol. 1 with bookseller's label of H. George of Bath, contemporary ownership name to pastedowns, vol. 1 front free endpaper torn at gutter, vol. 1 plan at M3 with very short tear to head of fold without loss, vol. 2 plate at 2Y2 with small paper repair to fold to verso, occasional very light spotting or soiling, but overall good copies, contemporary calf, red morocco spine labels, vol. 2 small portion of loss to spine foot, some wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, upper joints starting but holding firm, James Bettenham, 1749; and others Bath related, 18th century, 8vo & 12mo (7) *** The first mentioned a reissue of the 1697 first edition with the title-page reset.
Jones (Owen) The Psalms of David Illuminated, chromolithographed titles and double-page dedication, 50 thick card chromolithographed leaves illuminated in gold and colours, some tissue-guards, some small tears or slight fraying to margins, very occasional light marginal spotting, some light marginal soiling, hinges broken and leaves loose, original relievo leather, upper cover embossed with 'The Victoria Psalter', some wear to spine ends, joints and corners, rubbed, g.e., [1861]; and others with chromolithography, v.s. (4)
Bath.- Nattes (John Claude) Bath, Illustrated by a Series of Views...With Descriptions to Each Plate, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint title vignette, 28 hand-coloured aquatint plates and a near full-page illustration, occasional light soiling, some spotting, mainly to text, light offsetting, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, some wear to spine and extremities, rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 41; Tooley 340], folio, London & Bristol, 1806. *** Nattes' iconic views of Bath, including the Royal Crescent, the Pump Room, and the Concert-Room, as well as general views of the city, contemporary with Jane Austen's residence in the city. "The apparent scarcity of the book would appear to argue for a limited circulation" (Abbey).
Carriages.- Bourn (Daniel) A Treatise upon Wheel-Carriages...With A Plan and Description of A New Constructed Waggon, folding engraved frontispiece, with final blank f., for S. Crowder, 1763, bound with Partington (C.F.) The Coach-Makers' and Wheelwrights' Complete Guide...Forming Part of the Mechanics' Library, or Book of Trades, engraved plate, initial advertisement leaf for the Mechanics' Library and 18pp. advertisements at end, few marginal pencil notes, foxing to some ads, some spotting and soiling, light browning, for Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, [c.1832], bound with Report of Meetings Held in Bath in Support of the Movement for the Abolition of the Carriage Tax...December 1883, Bath Operative Coachmakers' Association, 1883, bound with c.28 others relating to carriages, coaches and carts, their construction, taxation, improvement of roads &tc including some ephemera, together c.31 works in 1 vol., modern cloth, 8vo.
Freemasonry.- Dermott (Laurence) Ahiman Rezon: or, A Help to a Brother; Shewing the Excellency of Secrecy...of Free-Masonry...To which is added, The greatest Collection of Masons Songs..., first edition, title and following f. printed in red and black, 4pp. list of subscribers, armorial bookplate of A. Leonard Fuller, contemporary ownership inscriptions to endpapers, versos of P3 & final f., 19th century ownership inscription to front free endpaper, title with upper margin slightly trimmed and ink ownership name to head mostly erased, a few very short marginal tears without loss, light browning, soiling, the occasional light stain, final f. with loss to lower blank corner, contemporary calf, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, joints split at ends but holding firm, 8vo, Printed for the Editor, and sold by Brother James Bedford, 1756. *** The first edition rare, we cannot trace a copy at auction since 2005.
Morris (William) The Defence of Guenevere, plates and illustrations by Jessie M. King, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, London & New York, 1904 § Shelley (Percy Bysshe) The Sensitive Plant, plates by Laurence Housman, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1898 § Blake (William) The Songs of Experience, title in rede and black, illustrations by Celia Levetus, original pictorial cloth, spine slightly sunned, [c.1899] § Housman (Laurence) and W. Somerset Maugham, editors. The Venture, vol.1 only, illustrations by Charles Ricketts, Laurence Housman, Lucien Pissarro, E. Gordon Craig and others, original hessian-backed pictorial boards, rather worn and stained, 1903 § Keats (John) Isabella or the Pot of Basil, illustrations and decorations by W. B. MacDougall, some light foxing and offsetting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1898; and 20 others illustrated, v.s. (25)
Scott (Jonathan) The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 6 vol., engraved frontispieces (foxed and lightly offset), vol. 1 with armorial bookplate of Francis Lunn, vol. 6 title with small chip to inner margin, occasional spotting, 19th century polished calf, spines gilt and with double morocco labels, vol. 6 with strip of light sunning to head of upper cover, very lightly rubbed, 1811; and others, various subjects, including a 19th century manuscript recipe book, v.s. (c.25)
Economics.- True State of England (The). Containing the Particular Duty, Business and Salary..., first edition, light marginal water-staining to first few leaves, one or two marginal tears, some worming slightly affecting text, the odd spot, contemporary calf-backed boards, covers detached, rubbed and worn with loss to spine ends, C. King et al., 1729 § Lauderdale (Earl of) An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth, first edition, lightly browned, foxed, Edinburgh, Arch. Constable and Co., 1804 bound with Lauderdale's Observations, together 2 works in 1 vol., hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, spine cracked at end of first work, rebacked and recornered preserving original backstrip, some surface wear § Sturt (Charles) The Real State of France in the Year 1809, second edition, title spotted, J. Ridgway, 1809, in Miscellanies of France, no.353, early nineteenth century half calf, red morocco spine label, spine rubbed, upper joint slightly cracked; and c.160 others, mostly nineteenth century pamphlets and reports, v.s. (c.160)
Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vol., first edition in book form, wood-engraved illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne, some foxing and soiling, marginal light staining, some leaves lightly creased, original cloth, spines faded and lower covers partially so, 1840-41 § Trollope (Anthony) The Chronicles of Barsetchire, 8 vol., original cloth, spine ends slightly frayed, 1879; and a quantity of others, Dickens and Trollope, v.s. (qty)
London.- Wheatley (Henry B.) Round About Piccadilly and Pall Mall, first edition, half-title, frontispiece and map, wood engraved illustrations throughout, a couple of instances of very light foxing, Smith, Elder & Co., 1870 § Walford (Edward) Londoniana, 2 vol., half-titles, without advertisements to vol. 2, Hurst and Blackett, 1879 § Ross (Frederick) Bygone London, one of 500 copies, half-title and frontispiece, Hutchinson & Co., 1892, all in near contemporary half morocco, either black or red, spines gilt, some light sunning or rubbing in places; and 4 others similarly bound, an attractive group, 8vo (8)
Johnson (James, physician and surgeon, 1777-1845) 43 Autograph Letters signed or initialed to Shirley Palmer M.D., 152pp. including address panels, small 4to, 1815-44, on a variety of medical matters, including the publication of the journal Medico-Chirurgical Review, "But the publisher must be changed, and specimens of the journal must be sent to the great towns. It must be advertised every month &tc - If you determine with me, (& I hope you will) to give it another years trial write to Thorne and make your conditions, saying that I will agree to what you propose", some letters torn or cut open with small loss, one letter with tear into text repaired without loss, some light soiling, folds, bound together in near contemporary half morocco, slightly rubbed. *** After the end of the French wars, Johnson was placed on half pay, and settled in general practice at Portsmouth. In 1816 he commenced his well-known Medico-Chirurgical Review, originally undertaken in conjunction with Shirley Palmer and William Shearman. From 1818 Johnson was its sole editor. "The journal enjoyed a wide readership and was for several years reprinted in America" (ODNB).
Fuller (Thomas) The Church-History of Britain; From the Birth of Jesus Christ, Untill the Year M.DC.XLVIII, first edition, divisional titles, woodcut illustrations and initials, 5 engraved plates including folding plan of Cambridge, with blank ff. 2R4, 4H2 and 6C4, bookplate of A. Leonard Fuller, title lightly soiled and with ink initials to upper corner, few instances of contemporary ink annotation, mainly to 'History of the University of Cambridge' section, 2 plates loose, Cambridge plan with repaired tear, 3A, 3F4 & 4I3 small [rust-]hole affecting few letters, 4Z2-3 with heavy staining but still legible, very occasional small worming to gutter, sometimes affecting ruled border but no text loss, a few minor marginal defects or short tears into text without loss, occasional soiling, some light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed and worn in places, new endpapers, [Wing F2416], folio, for John Williams, 1655; and 2 others 17th century, including a defective copy of Fuller's Holy Warre, small 4to & folio (3)
La Motte (Antoine Houdar de) Fables Nouvelles Dediées au Roy, first edition, engraved vignettes by Cochin the elder, Claude Gillot, Edelinck and others after Gillot, Charles-Antoine Coypel and others, light water-stain to inner margin of first couple of leaves, light foxing and spotting, hinges slightly cracked but holding firm, contemporary calf, rebacked, repair to one corner, rubbed, Paris, Gregoire Dupuis, 1719 § [Malfilatre (Jacques Charles Louis Clinchamp de)] Narcisse dans l'Isle de Vénus, half-title, engraved title and 4 plates by Eisen and others, some worming, one or two marginal repairs, light scattered spotting, book-label to front pastedown, uncut, modern boards with morocco spine label, Paris, Lejay, [1769] § Boyle (Robert) Paradoxa Hydrostatica, first Latin edition, lacking plates, tape-marks to title and last leaf, light marginal water-staining to first few leaves, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, morocco spine label, slightly rubbed, Rotterdam, Arnold Leers, 1670; and 5 others, including vol.1 of Histoire Critique de Manichée by de Beausobre, continental literature, v.s. (8)
![Doderidge (Sir John) A Compleat Parson: or, A description of advowsons, or church-living..., with initial blank, [STC 6980],](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8e58cd88-52ca-42fa-b5e6-b1c500b61727/170ca75a-53df-40ae-9f23-b1c500b89da0/468x382.jpg)
Doderidge (Sir John) A Compleat Parson: or, A description of advowsons, or church-living..., with initial blank, [STC 6980], B. A. and T. F. for John Grove, 1630, bound with The History of the Ancient and moderne Estate of the Principality of Wales, Dutchy of Cornwall and Earldome of Chester, D1-4 browned, by Tho. Harper for Godfrey Emondson and Thomas Alchorne, 1630, together 2 works in 1, light damp-stains to upper corner, occasional finger-soiling, engraved and modern bookplates, contemporary calf with central arms ("(?possibly of Sir Edward Hussey), stamped in blind, rebacked, a bit worn, small 4to. *** Provenance: Sir Edward Hussey (1585-1648) was twice High Sherriff of Lincolnshire (1618;1638) before being elected to the House of Commons in 1640. During the Civil War he was an active Royalist, and was one of those disqualified from public office under the Treaty of Uxbridge.
Aldin (Cecil) Time I Was Dead. Pages from My Autobiography, one of 100 copies signed by the author, plates and illustrations, very occasional light foxing or finger-soiling, original morocco-backed cloth, sunning to spine, corners very lightly rubbed, without slipcase, t.e.g., Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1934 § Surtees (Robert Smith) "Plain or Ringlets?", half-title, illustrations, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, title vignette and 11 plates by John Leech, frontispiece working loose at foot, p.313 with tear into text without loss, some fore-edges very slightly frayed or with short marginal tear, the odd spot or light finger-soiling, foxing to endpapers, later red half morocco over marbled boards, spine in compartments and with gilt sporting motifs, extremities rubbed, cloth slipcase, t.e.g., others uncut, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., [c.1888]; and others, sporting, dogs and similar, v.s. (c.75)
Carriages.- Small (James) A Treatise on Ploughs and Wheel Carriages, 5 engraved plates, of which 4 folding, first plate with very short tear repaired to verso (not affecting image), third plate with tiny hole to lower margin, some light browning and foxing, modern cloth, uncut, Edinburgh, for the Author, 1784 § Fuller (T.) An Essay on Wheel Carriages, half-title, 7 engraved plates, contemporary ownership name of Arthur Fuller to pastedown, some foxing, including to plates, browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to upper cover (some light soiling, small tear), spine sunned, some wear to extremities, 1828, first editions; and others relating to carriages, including a mixed edition set of Felton's Treatise on Carriages, 8vo (14)
Howitt (Samuel) A New Work of Animals: Principally Designed from the Fables of Aesop, Gay, and Phaedrus, 100 etched plates, bookplate of A. Leonard Fuller, plate at p.13 with tear into image repaired without loss, few other plates with very short marginal tears, offsetting, scattered foxing, some light browning, 19th century straight-grain green morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, covers with central gilt stag within blind-stamped border, spine and upper cover a fraction faded, couple small spots to upper cover and tiny nicks to lower cover, light rubbing to joints and extremities, heavier to corners, g.e., Edward Orme, 1811 § Rowlandson (Thomas) [The Comforts of Bath], reprint, 12 uncoloured etchings with aquatint after Rowlandson, letterpress verses from Anstey's 'New Bath Guide' printed below, with letterpress preface concerning the reprinting, plates trimmed within platemark at head but not affecting image, first plate with text shaved to foot, a few very short marginal tears without loss, some light spotting, later half calf over marbled boards, some wear to extremities, [Abbey, Scenery 40 (first edition)], [Bath], [Rob.t Walker], 1858; and others illustrated, including the first Tilt published edition of Paradise Lost with mezzotint plates by John Martin (1833), v.s. (5) *** The second mentioned issued without a title page, the title originally printed on the upper wrapper (not here present).
Barker (Thomas) Thirty Two Lithographic Impressions, from Pen Drawings of Landscape Scenery by Thomas Barker, mounted lithographed title, 32 mounted lithographed plates, tissue-guards, 6 other plates by Barker on 2 sheets loosely inserted, contemporary ownership name of Charles Bayly to pastedown, few instances of finger-soiling, some light spotting, hinges broken, 19th century cloth, spine with remains of paper label and ends little frayed, some light soiling, corners worn, lightly rubbed, folio, Bath, D. Redman, 1814. *** Rare, only 50 copies of the work printed. The last copy to appear at auction was incomplete with only 16 plates (Bloomsbury, 2010). Thomas Barker was one of the earliest English artists to see his work translated into lithography. His work was printed by D.J. Redman, who established the first lithographic press outside London, in Bath.
Bath.- Warner (Rev. Richard) The History of Bath, 1 vol. bound in 2, first edition, specially-printed title to vol. 2, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding plan of Bath and 13 plates (portrait, plan and a few plates trimmed and mounted, plate 5 misbound at end vol. 2), vol. 2 with manuscript Index leaf bound at end, extra-illustrated with c.80 plates, portraits, maps and a few pieces of related ephemera, some laid down to blank leaves, others bound in, includes some illustrations laid down to plate margins, lacking half-title, vol. 1 with bookplate of Richard Warner of Woodford Row Essex, cut signature "V. faithfully R. Warner" laid down to verso of dedication leaf, couple leaves with ink annotation, a few folding plates with tears, occasional spotting or light browning, offsetting, bound in brown half morocco by Ramage, upper covers with central gilt arms of Bath, extremities lightly rubbed, little heavier to corners, t.e.g., Bath, R. Cruttwell, 1801; and others Bath related, including 2 vol. second edition of Wood's Description of Bath (1765), 8vo & 4to (8)
Britain.- Gilpin (William) Remarks on Forest Scenery...Illustrated by the Scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, hand-coloured double-page map, 31 plates, most tinted aquatints, vol. 1 half-title with short tear at gutter, vol. 1 F7 very small hole within text, some light browning and offsetting, occasional spotting or light soiling, modern half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt and with red and green morocco labels, spines slightly sunned, [Abbey, Scenery 149], for R. Blamire, 1794; and others by Gilpin, including another copy of the same, 8vo (8)
Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding plates, offsetting to first few leaves of vol.1, the odd spot, bookplates, original boards, printed spine labels, damp-staining along spines, spine ends bumped, some splits to joints, extremities slightly rubbed, some soiling, uncut, modern morocco-backed slip-cases with printed spine labels, some joints broken, J. Richardson et al., 1823 § M'Cormick (Charles) Memoirs of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title head trimmed without loss to text, T3 torn affecting text, a few marginal tears and neat repairs, one or two marginal stains, light foxing, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, later morocco spine label, covers worn, Lee and Hurst, 1798 § Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, frontispiece and plates, 4 maps, 2 folding, 2 loose, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, hinges slightly cracked, original buckram, gilt, uncut, covers lightly soiled, spine lightly sunned, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, 1935; and c.25 others, including Ritchie's Ireland: Picturesque and Romantic, otherwise English history and Whig politics, v.s. (c.30)
Resolutions of the Associated Architects: with the Report of a Committee by them appointed to consider the causes of the frequent Fires, and the best means of preventing the like in future, unopened, scattered faint spotting, contemporary paper wrappers, light spotting, [1793] § The Report of John Goldborne, Engineer, concerning the Drainage of the North Level of the Fens, and the Outsal of the Wisbeach River, folding engraved map, faint spotting, contemporary paper wrappers, 'Mr Goldborne' inscribed in manuscript to upper cover, a little rubbed, [c.1769] § The Report of Thomas Yeoman, Engineer, concerning the Drainage of the North Level of the Fens, and the Outsal of the Wisbeach River, folding engraved chart, scattered faint spotting, contemporary paper wrappers, 'Mr Yeoman' inscribed in manuscript to upper cover, a little rubbed, [c.1769] § The Report of John Smeaton, Engineer, concerning the Drainage of the North Level of the Fens ..., folding engraved chart, light soiling to margins, contemporary paper wrappers, light spotting and soiling, [c.1769]; and 4 similar, v.s. (8).
Bath.- Watts (William) Select Views of the Principal Buildings...in the Cities of Bath and Bristol, 15 hand-coloured etched plates, slip with list of plates at end, some very light soiling to title, final text f. lightly browned and with plate offset, foxing, mainly marginal, original boards, printed paper label to upper cover with "Proof" in contemporary ink manuscript, rebacked, few stains, quite worn, [Abbey, Scenery 43], Bensley and Son, for R. Bowyer, 1819 § Woodroffe (R.) A Series of Views of the City of Bath. Drawn on Stone by Gauci and other Artists, from Originals by R. Woodroffe, letterpress title and dedication leaf, 18 uncoloured lithographed views on india paper and mounted, bookseller's ticket of Gregory & Son of Bath, final plate with very short tear to lower margin without loss, some plate margins browned, scattered spotting, later half calf over marbled boards, extremities rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 46 (hand-coloured)], C. Duffield, [c.1840]; and others Bath related, including another copy of the first (13 uncoloured plates only without text), v.s. (9) *** The first mentioned rare with plates hand-coloured.
Holy Land.- Fuller (Thomas) A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the confines thereof, with the history of the Old and New Testament acted thereon, first edition, engraved additional title (few marginal repairs), engraved "Lector" plate (bound after "To the Reader" f.), large folding map of the Holy Land (small portion silked, tear into image repaired with fractional loss, scale slightly frayed at lower inner edge), 27 double-page plates, maps and plans, bookplate of A. Leonard Fuller, plates with small ink page number to verso, few plates with small marginal chips or tears, once or twice repaired, plate at I2 small repair along central fold to verso with very small loss to image, plate at 3I1 upper corner repaired (just within platemark) and tiny rust-hole within image, C2, L1 & X3 with marginal tears repaired, occasional very small worming to head of gutter, affecting a few plates, occasional light soiling or staining, the odd spot, some damp-staining to foot towards end, contemporary calf, later paper spine label, spine head chipped, corners worn, rubbed, front endpapers renewed, [Wing F2455], folio, J.F. for John Williams, 1650.
Somerset.- Warner (Rev. Richard) The History of Bath, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding plan of Bath and 13 plates, lacking half-title, bookplate of Thomas Fuller, a few plates trimmed within image, plan with a few short tears at folds but no loss, very small stain to a few plates, some spotting, browning, generally light but heavier to title, offsetting, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered in modern morocco, spine gilt and with red morocco label, old covers heavily rubbed, Bath, R. Cruttwell, 1801; and a 3 vol. set of Collinson's History of Somerset, 4to (4)
Angling.- Wackett (L.J.) My Hobby is Trout Fishing, first edition, presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper, frontispiece, light marginal staining, gutter slightly cracked in places, first gathering slightly proud, spotting to first and last couple of leaves, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some light soiling, 8vo, Melbourne, 1946. *** A scarce book, for which we cannot trace any appearance at auction outside of Australia.
London.- Society.- Malcolm (James Peller) Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London, 5 vol., second edition, numerous engraved plates throughout, engraved bookplates, some browning, off-setting and spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, spines with contrasting morocco labels, light rubbing to corners, for Longman, et al., 1810-11 § Hunt (Leigh) The Town; It's Memorable Characters and Events, 2 vol., frontispieces and illustrations, a little finger soiling, contemporary maroon half morocco, slightly rubbed, Smith Elder and Co., 1848 § Smith (Charles Manby) Curiosities of London Life, contemporary half calf, spine with red morocco label, slightly rubbed, William and Frederick G. Cash, 1853; and 3 others London, 8vo et infra (11)
Curtis (William) Lectures on Botany, vol. 1 & 2 only (of 3), first edition, engraved portrait, 95 hand-coloured engraved plates, vol. 1 with contemporary ownership name of D.B. Hanbury to front free endpaper, light offsetting, some light browning, occasional light foxing to text, the odd spot or very light soiling to plates, but overall good, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, vol. 1 spine little chipped at foot, some wear to corners, rubbed, upper joints split but holding firm, William Phillips, 1803-04; and 3 others by Buffon with hand-coloured natural history plates, 8vo (5)
Woodville (William) Medical Botany, 4 vol., second edition, 274 hand-coloured engraved plates (with additional plate 181* at end vol. 4, but lacking plate 142), plate 112 (not called for by Henrey) present and bound at start vol. 3, bookplate of A. Leonard Fuller, contemporary ownership inscription of W.W. Saxton to front free endpapers, vol. 3 final f. with repaired tear to head without loss, some plates lightly browned, some light offsetting, some foxing and light soiling, contemporary diced calf, rebacked and recornered, spines gilt and with morocco labels, some light wear to covers, still an attractive set, [Henry 1523], William Phillips, 1810; and 3 others botany, 8vo & 4to (7)
Bath.- Beckford (William).- Maddox (Wiles) Views of Lansdown Tower, Bath. The Favourite Edifice of the Late William Beckford Esqr., first edition, chromolithographed title with hand-coloured vignette, lithographed dedication, list of subscribers, 6 tinted lithographed illustrations in text, 13 hand-coloured lithographed plates on 12 card leaves by C.J. Richardson after Maddox, tipped-in 'Notes' slip, all but first plate with tissue-guard, dedication f. with very short repaired tear to upper margin, some leaves with insect damage to margins, mainly affecting dedication f. and first plate lower fore-edge, occasional light soiling, some text leaves toned, spotting, mainly to title and text, 19th century morocco, with original gilt lettering inlaid to upper cover, light staining, worn at foot, rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 420], large folio, Bath & London, Edmund English & Thomas McLean, 1844.
Grasses.- Hanham (Frederick) Natural Illustrations of the British Grasses, first edition, half-title, 62 plates of mounted dried specimens of grasses, advertisement leaf at end, half-title with very short closed tear to fore-margin, plate at p.36 with some loss to specimen, few other plates with specimens come loose and loosely inserted, some very light soiling to first few leaves, offsetting, original red morocco, gilt, some scattered small ink marks to upper cover and spine, wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, Bath, London & Edinburgh, [c.1846] § Pratt (Anne) The British Grasses and Sedges, 35 colour plates with tissue-guards, 4pp. advertisements at end, front free endpaper with small embossed stamp of Edwin Slater of Manchester and later pencil ownership inscription, original blind-stamped cloth, fraying to spine ends, spine and extremities sunned, g.e., Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [?1858]; and others natural history, most grasses or ferns related, including 3 albums of mounted dried specimens of flowers and leaves, v.s. (25)
Browning (Robert) The Agamemnon of Aeschylus, first edition, advertisements at end, very occasional light spotting, mostly to first and last few leaves, original green cloth, minor loss to spine head, spine foot and corners lightly bumped, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1877 § Keats (John) The Poetical Works..., upper hinge slightly cracked but holding firm, silk endpapers, handsome contemporary green crushed morocco, gilt, by Ramage, covers decorated with elaborate floral design, spine gilt in compartments with floral motif, g.e., wide decorative gilt dentelles, spine faded, joints slightly rubbed, corners slightly rubbed, 1919, 8vo (2)
Barrie (J.M.) Peter and Wendy, first edition, frontispiece, pictorial title and 11 plates by F.D. Bedford, stain to pp.186-187 affecting text, light occasional spotting, endpapers browned, edges spotted, original variant cloth decorated in white, spine rubbed with loss to much of white decoration (as often), spine ends lightly bumped, some light fading and mottling, 8vo, 1911.
Law.- Croke (George) The Second Part of the Reports of Sir George Croke Kt...., second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, some ink notes to margins in early hand, light marginal toning and occasional minor soiling, small modern sticker to R1, repairs to hinges, book-labels to pastedown, contemporary calf with central gilt arms of Sir Nathan Wright, rebacked, a little rubbed, [c.f. Wing C7019], small folio, for A. Roper, T. Collins, et al., 1669.*** Sir Nathan Wright (1654-1721) was Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1700-1705.
Mill (John Stuart) On Liberty, first edition, lacking advertisements, front free endpaper with contemporary ink ownership inscription (name crossed through) and another later in pencil, contemporary pencil notes to front free endpaper and occasionally to text margins (a few times rubbed out), title and margins slightly toned, occasional very light spotting, one or two small and light stains, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine and extremities lightly sunned, fraying to spine ends, corners bumped and rubbed, [PMM 345], 8vo, 1859. *** Mill's important and highly influential radical work, in its original binding.
Seneca (Lucius Annaeus) L. Annaei Senecae Philosophi et M. Annaei Senecae Rhetoris Quae exstant opera, second edition, title in red and black with engraved portrait vignette, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, contemporary ink inscription to title and front endpaper head and occasional underlinings and notes to margins, initial leaves lightly water-stained at foot, pastedowns continental printer's waste in black-letter, book-label front endpaper verso, contemporary Oxford binding of calf stamped in blind, light wear to extremities, lacking ties, [Gibson, Early Oxford Bindings XII), folio, Paris, Pierre Chevalier, 1613.
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[Guevara (Antonio de)] The Golden Booke, translated by John Bourchier, black letter, title within woodcut typographic border, penultimate f. with woodcut printer's device otherwise blank, with final blank f., lacking B1, M8 & U1, title trimmed at fore-edge just shaving border, title gutter with old glue stain and little frayed, Sig. F with small portion of loss to head affecting few letters, some headlines trimmed, some very small worming to head, very occasionally affecting letter of text, generally light browning, some staining, later calf, spine worn at head, rubbed, covers detached, [STC 12447], small 8vo (134 x 80mm.), Thomas East, 1586. *** Bourchier's translation of Antonio de Guevara's Libro aureo, a collection of incidents and letters from the life of Marcus Aurelius. We can trace only a handful of copies at auction, the last Bloomsbury, 2014 (also defective).
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Wilde (Oscar) [The Works], 6 vol. (only, of 15), one of 1000 sets, light spotting to first and last few leaves, a few with light foxing to inner margins, original white cloth, decorated in gilt after Charles Ricketts, t.e.g., others uncut, spines darkened, slightly soiled, otherwise a bright and excellent set, 8vo, Methuen and Co., 1908.
Britain.- Walker (J., engraver) The Copper Plate Magazine, or Monthly Cabinet of Picturesque Prints, consisting of Sublime and Interesting Views in Great Britain and Ireland, 5 vol., engraved titles and 250 plates, each with accompanying letterpress leaf of text, except plate no.238 which lacks text leaf, individual index leaf to each vol. at end and general index leaf at end of vol.5, foxing to vol 1-3, only occasional thereafter, bookplates, endpapers renewed, nineteenth century half calf, spines gilt with red and black morocco labels, light rubbing in places, oblong 4to, Harrison & Co. and J.Walker, [1792-1802].*** A scarce set, rarely found complete. The plates include the earliest engraved designs of Turner and Girtin; plate VII of Windsor being the first by Girtin (dated May 1st 1792) and plate LV of Rochester the first by Turner (May 1st 1794).
Greece.- Savary (Claude Etienne) Letters on Greece; Being the Sequel of Letters on Egypt, half-title, folding engraved map frontispiece, folding plan of Cretan labyrinth, advertisement leaf at end, plates lightly offset, marginal browning and some very light spotting to first and last few leaves, some very light browning elsewhere, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt and with red and green morocco labels, corners rubbed, for C. Elliot & T. Kay, 1788 § Clark (William George) Peloponnesus: Notes of Study and Travel, first edition, half-title, 5 maps or plans, of which one folding, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper dated Eton 1868, the odd spot, bound in polished calf by Rivière, rebacked with old morrocco spine label laid down, some wear to corners and cover extremities, John W. Parker and Son, 1858; and others travel, various countries, including several volumes of The Landscape Annual, 8vo & 4to (16) *** The first mentioned published in the same year as the French original.
London.- Herring (J.H.) Thames Bridges from London to Hampton Court, 22 etched plates by Herring, each with accompanying text leaf, library stamps to versos, a little toning at margins, modern half calf, H.R. Pinder, [1885] § Shepherd (Thomas E.) and James Elmes. London and its environs in the nineteenth century, copies engraved plates after Shepherd, most with two views, some spotting to margins, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt, light rubbing to joints, by Jones & Co., 1827 § Archer (John Wykeham) Vestiges of Old London, numerous plates, margins sometimes toned or soiled, contemporary black half morocco, rubbed, David Bogue, 1851; and 38 others London, v.s. (41)
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[Burke (Edmund)] A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, new edition, armorial bookplate of Edward Pery Buckley, small marginal tear to title, a few instances of passage-marking or annotation in pencil, the occasional light stain, some light browning or foxing, contemporary calf, red morocco spine label (very small chip), some wear to extremities, rubbed, upper joint cracked but holding, for J. Dodsley, 1787 § [Marshall (William)] A Review of The Landscape...also of An Essay on the Picturesque; together with Practical Remarks on Rural Ornament, first edition, half-title, contemporary ownership name of Edward Crofton to pastedown, P2 very small hole affecting couple letters, some browning, occasional light spotting or small staining, contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, portion worn at foot of covers, otherwise extremities little rubbed, for G. Nicol, 1795; and 6 others 18th century, various subjects, including a 1798 edition of the first mentioned, 8vo (8)
Cornwall.- Borlase (William) Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Islands of Scilly, first edition, half-title, 4 folding engraved plates, one engraved illustration, occasional light foxing, bookplate of John, Baron Rolle, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine ends worn, label chipped, 4to, Printed by W. Jackson, 1756.
Medicine.- Tuson (Edward William) A Supplement to Myology; containing the Arteries, Veins, Nerves, and Lymphatics of the Human Body, first edition, 9 hand-coloured lithographs with many flaps, first lithograph slightly cockled at head, 1828, bound with The Anatomy and Surgery of Inguinal and Femoral Hernia, first edition, 3 hand-coloured lithographs with many flaps, 1834, together 2 works in 1 vol., letterpress descriptions, few leaves with very small ink-stain to foot, some very light spotting, light soiling, contemporary calf, prize binding stamped in gilt and presented by Tuson to one of his pupils, brass clasp lock with key, lacking backstrip, lower cover with ink stain to foot, worn in places, rubbed, upper cover nearly loose but holding, folio. *** Edward William Tuson (1802-65), began lecturing in anatomy after qualifying as a surgeon. He initially lectured from Gerrard Street in Soho, before moving to premises in Little Windmill Street. This book appears to have been a prize given to one of Tuson's Little Windmill Street students. The text on the binding reads, "Theatre of Anatomy. Little Windmill Street. May 5. 1835. This prize was awarded to Mr. C.H.M. Mules. For the great attention & diligence display'd in the study of anatomy. By E.W. Tuson."
Abolitionist poetry by a woman.- Taylor (Emily) The Vision of Las Casas, and Other Poems, first edition, lacking half-title and publisher's advertisements, light water-staining to first few leaves, light occasional spotting, contemporary calf, morocco spine label, rubbed and worn with some loss to spine label, 8vo, Taylor and Hessey, 1825. *** An exceptionally rare first edition with only 5 copies on Library Hub and no traceable appearance at auction since 1925. Emily Taylor (1795-1872) was a schoolmistress, hymnist and poet who, in the title poem of this her first collection of poetry, envisions a dying Bartolomé de las Casas, the first bishop of Chiapas whose A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Historia de Las Indias chronicle the first decades of colonization of the Caribbean islands and the associated atrocities. Las Casas' vision ends with his being granted a prophetic glimpse of the abolitionist movement in Taylor's own time, with specific mentions of Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce.
Dulac (Edmund, illustrator).- Khayyám (Omar) Rubaiyat, first Dulac edition, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 20 plates by Dulac, with captioned paper-guards, handsomely bound in contemporary green half morocco over vellum by Bumpus of Oxford, gilt, some light rubbing to extremities, and two very small marks to vellum lower cover, overall an excellent copy, 4to, Hodder and Stoughton, [1909].
Apples.- Knight (Thomas Andrew) Pomona Herefordiensis, first edition, 30 hand-coloured stipple-engraved and aquatint plates, title and other text leaves at beginning and end foxed, plates generally clean with some light offsetting and occasional soiling, from the Horticultural Society of New York with label and circular embossed stamp to margin of one text leaf, contemporary half roan, worn, upper cover detached, [Dunthorne 168; Nissen BBI 1072], 4to, Printed for the Agricultural Society of Herefordshire, 1811.
London.- Faulkner (Thomas) A Historical and Topographical Account of Fulham; Including the Hamlet of Hammersmith, first edition, engraved frontispiece, dedication, folding map and 8 plates (including 1 folding pedigree), bookplate of Arthur Bentley Connor, folding map trimmed to border, some spotting and light browning, plates offset (some heavily), contemporary half calf, rebacked, morocco spine label, corners worn, old covers rubbed, 1813 § Thornbury (Walter) Haunted London, first edition, half-title, errata leaf at end, gutter cracked at points, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends little bumped, very slightly rubbed, still a bright copy, 1865 § Croker (Thomas Crofton) A Walk from London to Fulham, revised and edited by T. F. Dillon Croker, half-title, very slight marginal toning, bound in red half morocco over marbled boards by L. Broga, spine gilt in compartments, slight rubbing to extremities, g.e., 1860, illustrations; and others London related, 4to & 8vo (8)
Lion and Unicorn Press.- Greenwood (Ormerod, translator) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, one of 200 copies, lithographed title and 12 plates by Roy Morgan, text booklet loosely inserted, the odd spot, loose as issued in original cloth-backed portfolio, spine ends and corners little rubbed, 1956 § Posner (David) A Rake's Progress, [one of 450 copies], illustrations by David Hockney, in colour, errata leaf loosely inserted, scattered light staining to verso of final f., a few leaves with very faint spotting, original cloth, spotting to covers, housed in original cardboard packaging, 1967 § Higgins (Donald, illustrator) The Life of John Wilkes Patriot. An Unfinished Autobiography, one of 200 copies, illustrations, original boards, glacine dust-jacket, a few very small nicks or tears to extremities, 1955 § Casson (Hugh) Red Lacquer Days. An Illustrated journal describing a recent visit to Peking, one of 200 copies, illustrations, occasional spotting, original silk with Chinese characters stamped in red, housed in original cardboard packaging, 1956, Lion and Unicorn Press, v.s. (4)
Humphreys (Henry Noel) The Genera and Species of British Butterflies, additional title and 32 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some browning, some spotting and foxing, light offsetting, contemporary half morocco, spine lightly sunned, few small stains, spotting to lower cover, rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 2053], Paul Jerrard and Son, [1859] § Wood (William) Index Entomologicus; or, A Complete Illustrated Catalogue...of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain, new edition, 59 hand-coloured engraved plates containing numerous specimens, tissue-guards, few words excised from first f. of catalogue at end, occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt with moth motif, some wear to joints and extremities, rubbed, t.e.g., [Nissen ZBI 4458], G. Wilis, 1854; and others natural history, including volumes of the Naturalist's Library, v.s. (c.35)
Milne (A.A.) The House At Pooh Corner, strip of toning to endpapers, spine a fraction sunned, dust-jacket, some insect damage to joints and extremities, particularly to head of upper panel with loss, spine lightly browned and rubbed heavily in places (causing loss to few letters), panels and flaps still bright, 1928; Now We Are Six, strip of toning to endpapers, half-title, verso of final f. and very slightly to foot of title, spine slightly darkened, dust-jacket, browning to spine, joints toned, few patches of light soiling to lower panel, some rubbing to joints and edges, a few very small nicks to head and head of spine, 1927, first editions, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, bookseller's label to foot of front pastedown, original cloth, t.e.g., 8vo (2)
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition (twenty-second thousand), folding diagram plate, half-title with later pencil ownership inscription to foot, gutter cracked at a couple points, some light foxing near start, margins very slightly toned, front free endpaper working loose at foot, hinges cracked, original cloth, spine a touch darkened, some wear to corners, spine ends and joints very lightly rubbed, else very good, 8vo, John Murray, 1880.
London.- Binding.- Godfrey (Walter H.) A History of the Architecture in London, first edition, half-title, black and white photographic illustrations, several folding maps to rear, these with a little light foxing, finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Zaehnsdorf in black morocco, ornately gilt with panel design to covers and decorative banding and foliate devices to spine and dentelles, edges ruled in gilt, white watered silk endpapers and doublures, g.e., 8vo, 1911.*** A very handsome copy.
Dawson (Thomas) Memoirs of St. George The English Patron; and of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, first edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black and with engraved Garter medal, 1 engraved plate, occasional water-staining to head, light browning and occasional spotting, modern morocco, red morocco spine label, Henry Clements, 1714 § Terence's Comedies Made English With His Life, tear to E1 affecting text, occasional worming slightly affecting text, lightly browned and spotted, later calf, rebacked with red morocco spine label, slightly rubbed, A. Swall and T. Childe, 1694; and 10 others, English literature, including a sammelband of eighteenth century plays, v.s. (12)
India.- Sullivan (Sir Edward) The Conquerors, Warriors & Statesmen of India, first edition, folding map of India, lacking publisher's advertisements at end, embossed stamp to title, the odd very faint stain, bookplate, near-contemporary buckram, spine gilt, John Murray, 1866 § History of the Trial of Warren Hastings (The), first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking folding plan, a few leaves browned, light occasional spotting, original cloth-backed boards, morocco spine label, spine sunned, upper joint slightly split, spine ends and corners bumped, a few stains to covers, J. Debrett, 1796 § Hastings (Warren) Memoirs Relative to the State of India, first edition, lacking frontispiece, offset onto title, ex-Shropshire county library with usual labels and stamp, foxing, contemporary half calf, morocco spine label, shelf mark in manuscript to upper cover, spine ends and corners bumped, rubbed, J. Murray, 1786; and 10 others, Warren Hastings and India, 8vo and 4to (13)
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London.- [Egan (Pierce)] Real Life in London, 2 vol., frontispieces, additional pictorial titles and 30 plates by all hand-coloured aquatints by and after Rowlandson, Alken, Heath, Dighton etc., engraved bookplates, some off-setting, some spots and light browning, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked retaining original back-strips gilt with black morocco labels, small mark to upper cover, spine heads a little torn, elsewhere light rubbing to extremities, [c.f. Abbey Life 280; Tooley 199], 8vo, for Jones and Co., 1823.*** Later issue, first published in 1821-22. Contains the two extra plates 'St. George's Day, Presentation at the Levee' and 'Tom and Bob catching a Charley Napping'.
Dickens (Charles, editor) Household Words, 19 vol., a few leaves slightly creased, occasional light foxing, ink annotation on p.453 vol. XIV, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt with double morocco labels, a little rubbed, some wear to extremities, 8vo, 1850-59.*** A complete set of this periodical precursor to All the Year Round, including all the 'extra' Christmas Numbers. Includes the first publication of Hard Times and A Child's History of England; other anonymous contributors include Wilkie Collins and Mrs. Gaskell.
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