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Lot 516
Steiff Father blonde mohair teddy bear, 654541, trademark Steiff button to ear with yellow tag, tag to foot, unboxed; 26cm tall; Steiff Grandpa light brown mohair teddy bear, 654527, trademark Steiff button to ear with yellow tag, tag to foot, unboxed; 25cm tall; Steiff Girl pink mohair teddy bear, 654572, trademark Steiff button to ear, tag to foot, polythene bag, 23cm tall; Steiff light blonde mohair teddy bear, 654589, trademark Steiff button to ear with yellow tag, tag to foot, polythene bag, 16cm tall (4)
Lot 574
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y5-1 1st issue 1929 Le Mans Bentley, British racing green body, silver spoke wheels, black knobbly tyres, spare wheel to side, red interior, gold radiator surround, boxed; Y6-1 2nd issue 1926 supercharged type 35 Bugatti, light blue body, black base, red racing number 6 on white background, spare wheel to side, boxed (2)
Lot 576
Matchbox Lesney 66 Citroen D.D19, yellow body, grey plastic wheels; 65 Jaguar 3.4 litre, blue body, grey plastic wheels; 36 Austin A50, turquoise body, grey plastic wheels; 30 Ford Prefect, fawn body, grey plastic wheels; 33 Ford Zodiac, dark green body, tow hook, metal wheels; 57 Wolseley 1500, light green body, grey plastic wheels; 25 Volkswagen, metallic light blue body, windows; 46 Morris Minor 1000, dark green body, grey metal wheels; 32 Jaguar XK140, cream body, grey metal wheels; 57 Chevrolet Impala, metallic blue body, light blue roof, dark blue base plate; 52 Maserati 4CLT/1948, red body, white driver, black plastic wheels; 6 Euclid quarry tipper, yellow body, transfers; 40 Leyland Royal Tiger coach, silver plastic wheels, windows; 58 BEA Coach, blue body, transfers, grey plastic wheels, unboxed; others, all unboxed (45)
Lot 577
Matchbox Lesney 21 Commer bottle float, pale green body, transfers; 19 MG A sports car, cream body, red interior, fawn driver; 21 Bedford Duple luxury coach, green body; 15 Tippax refuse collector, blue cab, grey upper, transfers; 7 Ford Anglia, light blue body, windows; 34 Volkswagen, lime green body, windows; others, all unboxed (40)
Lot 578
Dinky Toys 70A (704) Avro York airliner, silver body, G-A GJC, four red propeller blades, unboxed; Dinky Toys 25Y Jeep, dark green body with light green hubs, unboxed; Dinky Toys 106 Austin A90 Atlantic, light blue body, red interior and cream hubs, unboxed; Dinky Toys 157 Jaguar XK120, red body, unboxed; Dinky Toys 232 Alfa Romeo racing car, red body with racing number 8, white driver cast in, unboxed; Dinky Toys Trojan `Chivers Jellies` to each side, unboxed (6)
Lot 196
Damien Hirst (b.1965) Beautiful Hours Spin Paintin lithograph printed in colours 2008 signed in black ink from the edition of 40 published by Other Criteria London on thin glossy wove paper the full sheet printed to the edges in good condition 840 x 930 mm (33 x 36 1/2 in) This print was created as a competition prize in the Observer and Guardian Newspapers promoting the album `See the light` by the Hours and the Album cover art that was created by Hirst. IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 4
Barclay (Rev. James). A Complete and Universal Dictionary of the English Language, new ed., pub. George Virtue, n.d., c.1845, portrait frontis of Queen Victoria, title page and dec. half title with allegorical vignette, twenty-two engraved maps with orig. outline colouring and thirty-nine uncoloured engraved plts., occ. light spotting throughout, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and frayed at extrems., 4to, together with, The Scripture Atlas; or a series of Maps to Illustrate the Old and New Testament, pub. Mathews & Leigh, 1812, calligraphic title page with eng. allegorical vignette, half title and dedication, twenty engraved maps with original hand colouring, including five folding (complete as list), book plate of Robt. Woodgate to front paste down, contemp. half calf gilt, pubs. printed label to upper board, rubbed and bumped at extrems., 4to (2)
Lot 31
Kennard (Adam Steinmetz). Eastern Experiences Collected During a Winter’s Tour in Egypt and the Holy Land, 1st ed., 1855, pub. catalogue at end, a few spots, library label remnants to pastedowns, contemporary cloth, a little rubbed, slight lean, 8vo, together with The Navy in India 1763-1783, by Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond, 1931, illustrations, one or two spots, presentation inscriptions, original cloth, spine a little faded and spotted, 8vo, plus Essays on the Sacred Language, Writings, and Religion of the Parsis, by Martin Haug, 2nd ed., 1878, library stamp to title, a few spots, original cloth, small numbered label to spine, light soiling, 8vo, with two others: J. Carlile McCoan’s Egypt Under Ismail. A Romance of History, 1889 and Tales of the East; Or, Adventures of Amurath, Prince of Persia, in Search of Instruction and Amusement, c. 1815 (5)
Lot 42
Osborne (Hon. & Rev. Sydney Godolphin). Scutari and its Hospitals, 1855, five tinted litho. plts., including frontis., title-page with loss to lower blank margin repaired, and several pages frayed at edges and strengthened with archive tape, scattered foxing and some light staining, small illust. of a dog mounted on front pastedown, orig. blindstamped blue cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and faded, rebacked, tall slim 8vo (1)
Lot 87
Stockdale (F.W.L.). Excursions in the County of Cornwall, Comprising a Concise Historical and Topographical Delineation of the Principal Towns and Villages..., 1st ed., 1824, engraved title, engraved folding map, 48 engraved plates, some light spotting and browning, previous owner stamps, contemporary half calf, some wear to spine, 8vo, together with A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments, ed. by John Keltie, 2 vols., 1875, colour map, chromolithographed plates of tartans, engraved portraits, illustrations, bookplates, contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, 4to, with others including J.C. Atkinson’s History of Cleveland Ancient and Modern, 2 vols., 1874 (lacking one plate as usual) and vol. III only of William Dugdale’s Monastici Anglicani, 1673 (with engraved Hollar plates) (8)
Lot 102
Rusden (Moses). A Further Discovery of Bees. Treating of the Nature, Government, Generation & Preservation of the Bee, with the Experiments and Improvements arising from the keeping them in transparent Boxes, instead of Straw-hives..., 1st ed., printed for the author, 1679, pp.[24], 142, three folding eng. plts., lacks frontis. and final leaf of text (K8) & free endpapers, ownership signature to title, some light browning, faint ink stamps to front pastedown, contemp. sheep, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, slight wear, 8vo. Wing R2313. (1)
Lot 105
Tegetmeier (W.B.). Pigeons: their Structure, Varieties, Habits, and Management... with Coloured Illustrations of the Different Varieties, Drawn from Life by Harrison Weir and printed in colours by Leighton Brothers, Routledge, 1868, twenty-six chromos. on sixteen plts., several strengthened along edges with archive tape, one or two with marginal water-stain, b & w plts. and illusts., pubs. ad. leaf at rear, hinges repaired, a.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rebacked with remains of orig. spine laid down, tall 8vo, together with Smith (Rev. Francis), The Canary: its Varieties, Management, and Breeding, with Portraits of the Author’s Own Birds, Groombridge, 1868, twelve col.-printed plts., 6pp. pubs. ads. at rear, half-title browned, ms. ownership name on front free endpaper, a.e.g., page block loose in orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, spine faded and gilt dulled, edges rubbed, 8vo, plus Mackie (Mrs.), Willy’s Book of Birds, Darton & Hodge, 1862, nine chromo. plts. with some hand-finishing, incl. frontis. and addn. title-page, plts. browned, and a few with short edge-tears and light marginal staining, frontis. and front free endpaper detached, tissue guard at front torn with loss, letterpress title-page with contemp. ms. inscription at head, a.e.g., orig. blindstamped blue cloth gilt, spine darkened and rubbed at ends, sm. 4to, plus The Canary Book, by Robert L. Wallace, 3rd ed., [1899], orig. cloth (4)
Lot 125
British Isles. Munster (Sebastian), Engellandt mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottlandt so vor zeiten Albion und Britannia haben geheissen, Basle, [1588 or later], hand coloured woodcut map, orientated to the west, light overall toning, 310 x 360mm, German text on verso. R.W.Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, no. 148. (1)
Lot 299
Crests. A small album of mounted paper crests, c. 1880, a total of approx. 310 neatly scissor cut crests mounted on twelve squares to a page, including military and naval crests, White Star Line, steamboat companies, etc., names including Second York North Riding Regiment, School of Musketry, Hythe, The King’s Own Royal Regiment, HMS Sparrow, HMS Bull Dog, HMS Sharpshooter, HMS Gladiator, HMS Cossack, Loyal Lincoln Volunteers 81, etc., colour frontis. and printed title, orig. cloth gilt, a little frayed, oblong 8vo, together with a later album containing approx. 100 mounted paper crests including Embassies, Hospitals, Military and Air Force, etc., mounted as multiples to album leaf rectos and the majority neatly identified in ink beneath with accompanying ribbon sample pasted on, these including Somerset Light Infantry, Royal Artillery, Swiss Legation, First Battalion of the Parachute Regiment, Royal Air Force Horsham St. Faith, St. George’s Hospital, 6th Armoured Divisional Signal Regiment, 8th Royal Tank Regiment, King’s Dragoon Guards, First Battalion The 22nd Chesire Regiment, Malayan Auxiliary Air Force, HMS Tamar, HMS Caledonia, Imperial Defence College, Sarawak Constabulary, 104th Minesweeping Squadron Harwich, Rhodesian Police, Cavalry Club, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 50th Independent Infantry Brigade, etc., mounted on twenty-five leaves, early 20th century linen backed boards, rubbed and soiled, small 4to (2)
Lot 315
* Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882). Autograph letter signed, ‘Henry W. Longfellow’, Cambridge [Massacheusetts], 17th November 1855, thanking his correspondant [the publisher David Bogue in London?] ‘For the copy of “Hiawatha” and for the “Illustrated Times”; though the portrait of my wife amounts to an outrage, and that of myself is not much better!’, enclosing a few corrections before the book is printed again asking for enclosed letters (none here present) to be sent and asking for copies of Hiawatha to be sent to Mrs Macintosh in Regents Park and Monsieur le Chevalier de Chatelain in Euston Square, light browning to upper margin, 2 pp., together with a related (?) initialled note ‘Ep. B’ ‘I am obliged to leave town for some days - the proofs must be therefore carefully read over - in my absence ...’, slightly dust soiled, one page, both 8vo (2)
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Lot 316
* McCartney (Paul). Autograph on plain paper, [December 1967], slight shadowing to initial ‘P’ presumably from starting the ink flow in the ballpoint pen used, paper size 11 x 14cm, light fold marks, together with a small contemporary autograph album containing a handful of authographs of Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Alan Bates (adhesion marks to paper edges), Sybil Thorndike (loose piece of paper) and Hugh Paddick, contemp. boards, some wear, small square 8vo. The recipient of these autographs worked at L & H Nathan, theatrical costumiers in Drury Lane. It was while working here that the owner was able to obtain the in-person autograph from Paul McCartney in 1967. (2)
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Lot 319
* Napoleon I (Emperor, 1769-1821). Document signed ‘Bonaparte’, St. Cloud, 1 Prairial an Xii [21st May 1804], to the Minister of War requesting an order to the Third Battalion of the 24th Regiment of Light Infantry to form an attachment of 125 men under the order of a Captain and a Lieutenant to go to St. Malo and to Granville, one page, 4to, tipped onto an album leaf. Three days prior a senatus-consulte proclaimed Bonaparte ‘Emperor of the French’ under the name of Napoleon I. Provenance: Archdeacon George Glover. (1)
Lot 359
Boethius (Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus). Philosophiae Consolatione, Eiusdem de Scholastica Disciplina, Qui Alii Quo, Que Autori A’Non, Nullis Adscribitur, Florence, Philippi de Giunta, 1513, woodcut initial letters, title-page with early ms. ownership name and some discreet repairs, early ms. marginalia, occn. light foxing and marks, endpapers renewed, blue speckled edges, 18th c. vellum, rubbed, neat repairs at head of spine and one corner, covers tooled in black, with fleuron cornerpieces, and central oval device of the Society of Jesus, incorporating IHS monogram and initials MRA on upper and lower covers respectively, lacking original ties, sm. 8vo (1)
Lot 365
Censorinus. Censorini Liber de Die Natali cum Perpetuo Commentario Henrici Lindenbrogii, nec non Notarum Spicilegio..., pub. Luchtmans, Leiden, 1767, title printed in red and black, two folding engraved plates, some light spotting, library label to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering and library label to spine, covers bowed and a little soiled, 8vo, together with Opere del Padre Gio: Pietro Pinamonti della Compagnia di Gesu, Venice, 1762, half title, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, engraved portrait, engraved headpiece and initial, text in double column, come spotting, library label at front, contemporary half vellum, some soiling, 4to, with one other (3)
Lot 374
[Drake, James]. The Antient and Modern Stages Survey’d or, Mr Collier’s View of the Immorality and Profaness of the English Stage set in a True Light, 1st ed., 1699, contemp. ownership signature to upper margin of title, occ. scattered spotting, contemp. panelled calf, later paper label to spine, joints cracked and corners worn, 8vo. Wing D2124. (1)
Lot 376
Ferguson (James). Astronomie des Demoiselles..., Paris, Raynal, 1827, six eng. plts., most hand-col. in outline, incl. one folding and two with volvelles, letterpress illusts., ms. ownership name on title-page, blank fore-margins lightly stained throughout, hinges split, orig. half roan, extrems. rubbed, spine ends frayed and with sl. loss, 8vo, together with Wanostrocht (N.), Recueil Choisi de Traits Historiques et de Contes Moraux..., 2nd ed., 1786, eng. frontis., early ms. ownership name on front pastedown, contemp. sheep, rubbed, some loss at foot of spine, 12mo in 6s, plus Schmid (Christoph), Contes du Chanoine Schmid, 3 vols., Paris, P.-C. Lehuby, c.1840s, eng. frontis. to each, scattered light foxing, one vol. with stitching strained, orig. gilt embossed dark blue boards, some rubbing to extrems., 12mo in 6s, plus three others, early 19th c. continental children’s books (8)
Lot 380
Grose (Francis). Military Antquities Respecting a History of the English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time, 2 vols., 1786-88, engraved frontispiece and title to each, engraved plates, occasional light spotting and soiling, hinges strengthened, bookplates, contemporary calf, old rebacks, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, 1786, engraved frontispiece and title, 48 engraved plates, illustration, some light spotting, hinges strengthened, bookplates, contemporary calf, old reback, rubbed, 4to (3)
Lot 386
Holinshed (Raphael). The First and Second Volumes of Chronicles: comprising 1. The Description and Historie of England, 2. The Description and Historie of Ireland, 3. The Description and Historie of Scotland, first collected and published by Raphaell Holinshed, William Harrison, and others, now newlie augmented and continued (with manifold matters of singular note and worthie memorie) to the yeare 1586, by John Hooker alias Vowell Gent. and others, 2 vols. (of 3) in one, [1587], main title within woodcut border, sl. chipped and soiled, separate titles with woodcut borders to ‘The Irish Historie’, ‘The Description of Scotland’, and ‘The Historie of Scotland’, England, Ireland and Scotland with separate paginations, black letter double column text with some woodcut initials, lacks ‘The Historie of England’ title, ‘The Second Volume of Chronicles’ title, plus blank leaf at front of vol. 1 and end of vol. 2, in vol. 2 2Q3-4 are cancelled by a leaf paginated 421/424, 2R3-4 are cancelled by a leaf paginated 438/431 and 2S2-5 are cancelled by two leaves 443/444 and 445/450, a little spotting and soiling with light old marginal water staining to first few leaves, later reversed calf, worn and joints cracked, folio (350 x 215mm) STC 13569 (with vol. 3: ‘The Third Volume of Chronicles ...’). This second edition is most famously the one used as a key source for the plays of William Shakespeare. Due to the politically sensitive nature of a number of passages in this present edition Elizabeth I ordered the Archbishop of Canterbury to recall work with cancelled pages to be found in volumes 2 and 3. These cancelled leaves were reprinted three times in the 18th century, long before Wikileaks could get there. (1)
Lot 395
Kottenkamp (Franz). History of Chivalry and Ancient Armour, with Descriptions of the Feudal System, the Usages of Knighthood, the Tournament, and Trials by Single Combat, translated from the German..., by the Rev. A. Lowy, 1857, sixty-two hand-col. eng. plts. (inc. frontis., 24 folding), hole to rear free endpaper (free endpapers creased), slight spotting and light dustsoiling, sewing a little weak and few leaves loose, orig. cloth gilt, lacks spine and boards detached, oblong folio (1)
Lot 400
Mackintosh (James). Vindiciae Gallicae. Defence of the French Revolution and its English Admirers Against the Accusations of the Right Ho. Edmund Burke; Including Some Structures on the Late Production of Mons. de Calonne, Dublin, 1791, bound with Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris, by the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, 1st ed., 1790, second work variant b, with ‘M’ of imprint date on title to the right of ‘D’ of Dodsley, some pencil marginalia and spotting, t.e.g., 20th c. tan calf gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with De L’Etat de la France, Present & A Venir, par M. de Calonne, Ministre D’Etat, 1790, a few light spots, contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus New Picture of Paris, by M. Mercier, Translated from the French, 2 vols., 1800, 4pp. pub. list at end of vol. II, some spotting, bookplates, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed and stained, 8vo, with others including Ant. Fr. Bertrand de Moleville’s Private Memoirs Relative to the Last Year of the Reign of Lewis the Sixteenth, Late King of France, 3 vols., 1797 and William Playfair’s France As It Is, Not Lady Morgan’s France, 2 vols., 1819 (16)
Lot 408
[Percy, Thomas]. Five Pieces of Runic Poetry translated from the Islandic language, 1st ed., 1763, eng. vign. of Runic script to title, t.e.g., remainder uncut, contemp. mottled calf gilt, rebacked with orig. spine relaid, 8vo, together with Guarini (Giovanni Baptista), The Faithful Shepherd, a pastoral tragi-comedy, 1736, eng. frontis. and six plates, some spotting, contemp. mottled sheep, heavily rubbed, plus [Loveling, Benjamin], Latin and English Poems, 2nd ed., 1741, 4 pp. pubs. ads. at rear, some light browning, contemp. calf, recent plain calf reback, plus Thomson (James), The Works, 4 vols., 1750, eng. port. frontis, and five plates, contemp. calf gilt, lacking spine label to vol. 2, joints cracked and minor wear to head of spines, all 12mo (7)
Lot 426
Wilberforce (William). The Life of William Wilberforce, by his sons, Robert Isaac Wilberforce... and Samuel Wilberforce, 5 vols., 2nd ed., 1839, three engraved portraits, some light spotting, library stamps and manuscript inscriptions at front, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (5)
Lot 430
Chivers binding. Forwarded and Finished, An Amusement Concerning Bookbinders, edited by Nick Howell & Graham Moss, Incline Press, 1995, linocut and wood eng. illusts. by Anthony Smith & Anna Ravenscroft, contemp. full light brown calf gilt by Geoff Packer & Paul Jackson at Cedric Chivers Ltd., incorporating a relief design of bookbinding forwarding tools to upper board and finishing tools to lower board, large 8vo, contained in purpose-made felt lined drop-back box. Limited edition 275/300. (1)
Lot 451
Clementi (Muzio). Six Nouvelles Sonatines pour le Clavecin ou Piano Forte, Oeuvre 39me, Paris, Chez Ignace Pleyel et Fils ainé, Boulevard Montmartre, c. 1790s, eng. title, with stamped facsimile counter-signature at foot, 25 pp. of engraved music, numbered 2-26, with recto of first leaf blank, plate number 186 to foot of each page, some soiling and stains to title, and light soiling to verso of final leaf, untrimmed, stitched as issued, slim oblong folio, together with Haydn (Joseph), A Second Sett of Twelve Ballads, The Music by Sigr. Giuseppe Haydn of Vienna, adapted to English Words; with an Accompaniment for the Harpsichord, or Piano Forte, printed & sold by Preston, Exeter Change & No. 97 Strand, [1787], eng. title, soiled and some staining, with some fraying and sl. loss to edges, 25 pp. eng. music, number 2-26, with recto of first leaf blank, some marginal soiling throughout stitched as issued, slim oblong folio (2)
Lot 454
Harmonia Sacra, or Divine and Moral Songs with Hymns and Anthems, by Several Eminent Masters, Adapted to the German Flute, with a thorough Bass, for the Harpsichord or Organ, and an easy Introduction to Singing, 3rd ed., Longman & Broderip, [1790?], [2], viii, 125, [3]pp., eng. title, 125pp. of eng. music, 3pp. eng. index at rear, slight toning and light dampstaining to margins of few leaves, bookplate of Roger de Coverly to front pastedown, late 19th c. half calf, joints and extrems. rubbed, 8vo. ESTC N49902. (1)
Lot 456
Meyerbeer (Giacomo). Il Crociato in Egitto, Opera Seria in due Atti, ridotta per il Cembalo, Edizione riveduta e corretta dall’autore, Paris, Maurice Schlesinger, [1824], plate number M.S. 404 and 204, b&w litho. Frontis on india paper, eng. title with litho. vign., 275 pp of eng. music, bound with Rossini (Gioacchino), Mose in Egitto, Azione Tratico-sacra, Poesia del Signor Andrea Leone Tottola ... ridotta per il Cembalo dal Signor F. Herold, Paris, Chez Boieldieu, n.d. [c. 1830], vocal score, plate number 1027, eng. title, eng. list of contents, and 331 pp. of eng. music, light dampstaing to extreme lower edge throughout, contemp. dark green half morocco, rubbed and some marks, folio (1)
Lot 459
Operatic Arias. A collection of eleven various arias by Amadeo Naumann, Pasquale Anfossi, Tommaso Traetta and Gian Battista Borghi, all pub. Venice, Luigi Marescalchi and Carlo Canobbio, 1773-74, 109 engraved pp. of engraved music, containing eleven different arias, plus four blank leaves, most with engraved decorative border to title, and pubs. list of works, with contemp. handwritten list of contents to front endpaper and small oval ownership stamp to front pastedown of D. Luigi Sijlva, occ. minor marginal soiling, and one or two light stains, contemp. half vellum, with paper label to upper wrapper entitled La Filotea Lib. XXXVI, stained and some wear, oblong folio. The contents include two works by Amadeo Naumann, a rondo by Sig. N. N., six pieces by Pasquale Anfossi (1727-1797), one aria by Tommaso Traetta (1727-1779), entitled Ombra cara, and one aria seria by Gian Batta Borghi, entitled Empia Mano. (1)
Lot 471
Bose (Jagadis Chunder). Response in the Living and Non-Living, 1st ed., 1902, diagramatic illustrations, pub. catalogue at end, light spotting, bookplate, original buckram, a little rubbed, 8vo. Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose (1858-1937) was born in modern day Bangladesh, and after obtaining a scholarship to Christ’s College, Cambridge, he experimented with radio waves, developed equipment and studied the effects of electromagnetic radiation on plants, the results of which are here published. (1)
Lot 473
Cocker (Edward). Cocker’s Arithmetick, Being a Plain and Familiar Method Suitable to the Meanest Capacity for the Full Understanding of that Incomparable Art as it is Now Taught by the Ablest School Masters in City and Countrey, 2nd impression, 1679, engraved portrait frontispiece, advert. leaf at end, a few inkstains, light spotting and dampstains, small marginal repair to title, one or two leaves shaved affecting headlines, previous owner inscription, bookplate, 18th c. blindstamped calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 12mo. The second 12mo impression, not recorded in Wing of Cocker’s popular arithmetic book, reprinted in over 100 editions. (1)
Lot 475
Cotes (Roger). Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Lectures, published with Notes by his successor Robert Smith LL.B., Master of Mechanicks to His Majesty, 1st ed., 1738, five folding engraved plates at rear, 4 pp. pubs. ads. at end, light waterstain to first and last few leaves, contemp. panelled calf, some wear, with joints partly cracked, 8vo. The English Mathematician Roger Cotes (1682-1716) was appointed Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge in 1706 and published the second edition of Principia in 1713. His early death was a great loss to English science, and Newton observed ‘If Mr Cotes had lived, we should have known something’. (1)
Lot 493
Dreyfus (John). Italic Quartet, A Record of the Collaboration Between Harry Kessler, Edward Johnston, Emery Walker and Edward Prince in Making the Cranach Press Italic, pub. Cambridge University Press, 1966, orig. dec. cloth in slipcase, 8vo, limited ed. of 500 copies, together with Sparrow (John), Line Upon Line, An Epigraphical Anthology, pub. Cambridge University Press, 1967, orig. cloth-backed boards in slipcase, 8vo, plus Crutchley (Brooke), Tributes to Brooke Crutchley on His Retirement as University Printer, pub. Cambridge University Press, 1975, untrimmed, orig. cloth-backed boards, 4to, plus ten others Cambridge University Press related, incl. Hammer and Hand, An Essay on the Ironwork of Cambridge, by Raymond Lister, 1969; Emery Walker, Some Light on His Theories of Printing..., by Colin Franklin, 1973, etc. (13)
Lot 528
Tory (Geoffroy). L’Art & science de la vraye proportion des Lettres Attiques, ou Antiques, autrement dictes, Romaines, selon le corps & visaige humain, avec l’instruction & maniere de faire chiffres & lettres pour bagues d’or, pour tapisserie, vitres & painctures ..., Paris, Vivant Gaultherot, 1549, numerous woodcut illusts., and examples of typefaces, some light soiling to title, colophon leaf at end, with damp stain to lower portion, final few leaves with very slight loss to extreme top edge, with minor loss to blank margin only (possibly rodent damage), later bookplate of Richard Shute, with inscription from Mrs. Shute to Professor York Powell dated 1887 to front pastedown, later calf, rubbed and a little wear to extrems., with hand-stitched protective cloth covering, small 8vo. Mortimer 526, Cicognara 362 & Adams T837 for the 1529 first edition. This is the second edition in 8vo of the famous ‘Champfleury’, one of the most important Renaissance treatises on letter forms. (1)
Lot 556
Brettell (Richard R., with Roy Flukinger, and others). Paper and Light. The Calotype in France and Great Britain, 1839-1870, pub. USA, 1984, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Gernsheim (Helmut), The Rise of Photography 1850-1880. The Age of Collodion (History of Photography series, vol. 2), Thames & Hudson, 1987, num. b & w and sepia illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to, plus Erwitt (Elliott), Between the Sexes, New York & London, 1994, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in sl. chipped d.j., square 4to, and Geldzahler (Henry), Charles Bell. The Complete Works 1970-1990, New York, 1991, port. frontis., num. col. illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., oblong 4to, with other photography, mostly 20th c. hardback publications, many in d.j., G/VG (approx. 110)
Lot 569
Lawrence (Sir Thomas). Engravings from the Choicest Works of Sir Thomas Lawrence, A.R.A., pub. Henry Graves & Co., n.d., c.1846, title page with vignette portrait, mezzotint frontis portrait of King George IV and forty-nine mezzotint and line engravings (complete as list), some spotting throughout, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed, frayed and worn, folio, together with, Prout (Samuel), Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, Etc. as Applicable to Landscape Painting, pub. Ackermann & Co., 1838, title and half title, twenty lithographic plts., spotted throughout, orig. pubs. qtr. morocco gilt, upper board detached, lacking spine, rubbed, frayed and worn, folio, with, Turner (J.M.W.), [Illustrations to Turner’s Annual], n.d. c.1870, lacking title page and all prelims., sixty engraved plates on india laid, each image with title in pencil manuscript, spotted throughout, a.e.g., orig. half morocco gilt, rubbed and frayed at extrems., folio, plus, Shaw (Richard Norman), Architectural Sketches from the Continent, pub. Day & Son, 1858, dec. litho. title page, ninety-nine (of 100), litho. plts., contents misbound, spotted throughout, some marginal fraying and dust soiling to fore-edges, new end papers, contemp. cloth gilt, rebacked, worn and rubbed, folio, with two other similar (6)
Lot 572
Moses (Henry). Designs of Modern Costume, &c, Henry Setchel, c.1823, eng. title and twenty-nine eng. plts., lightly foxed, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. black morocco, extrems. rubbed and sl. loss at foot of spine, sm. 4to, together with Nicholson (Francis), The Practice of Drawing and Painting Landscape from Nature, in Water Colours..., 1st ed., 1820, five eng. and aqua. plts., two folding (one hand-col.), early ms. inscription at head of title-page, dedication leaf with 2” closed tear in lower blank margin, some light toning, untrimmed, modern boards, with early ms. title label mounted on upper cover, 4to in 2s, plus Wood (John), An Elementary Treatise on Sketching from Nature: with the Principles of Light and Shade, the Theory of Colours, &c., Worcester, Whittaker, [1850], hand-col. eng. frontis. and six eng. plts. (one hand-col.), one plt. and two adjoining text leaves detached, orig. blindstamped green cloth gilt, spine faded and frayed at ends with sl. loss, tall 8vo, plus a copy of The Practical Carver and Gilder’s Guide, c.1880s (4)
Lot 593
Clemens (Samuel L. “Mark Twain”). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, pub. Pennyroyal Press, West Hatfield, 1985, b & w illustrations by Barry Moser, previous owner inscription erased from title verso, original green morocco gilt, 4to, with an accompanying portfolio of plates, 4to, limited edition, 197/350 signed by the artist, together with The Natural History of Selborne, by Gilbert White, Limited Editions Club, 1972, coloured and b & w illustrations by John Nash, original morocco-backed boards, slipcase, 4to, limited edition, 978/1500 signed by the artist, plus Journals and Other Documents on the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, Translated and Edited by Christopher Columbus, Limited Editions Club, New York, 1963, illustrations by Lima de Freitas, original cloth, slipcase, light stains, 4to, limited edition, 493/1500 signed by the artist, with others, some Limited Edition Club including Ivan Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons, 1951 (740/1500), The Swiss Family Robinson, 1963 (503/1500) and Ben Shahn’s Love and Joy About Letters, 1963 (17)
Lot 599
Dulac (Edmund, illust.). The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales. From the Old French, Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Hodder & Stoughton, c.1920, tipped-in col. frontis. and twenty-nine col. plts. (one with a corner creased), half-title partially browned, orig. gilt dec. terracotta cloth gilt, in bright condition, in d.j., rubbed and torn with loss, laid down, 4to, together with Stories from the Arabian Nights, Retold by Lawrence Housman, Hodder and Stoughton for Boots, c.1920, twenty tipped-in plts. (one plt. with surface rubbed), scattered light foxing, orig. brown cloth gilt, spine mottled and with gilt dulled, covers bowed, 4to (2)
Lot 618
Oswald (Sydney, really Sydney Lomer). The Greek Anthology. Epigrams From Anthologia Palatine XII, privately published, 1914, 95pp., ink annotation to front endpaper, a few light spots, t.e.g., original red cloth gilt, some fading, 8vo. Source of inspiration for some of the Uranian poets. (1)
Lot 619
Piper (John, illust.). English, Scottish and Welsh Landscape, chosen by John Betjeman and Geoffrey Taylor, 1st ed., 1944, twelve colour lithographed plates, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed, together with Piper (Myfanwy), Sea Poems, illust. Mona Moore, 1st ed., 1944, sixteen colour lithograph plates, orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed, plus Pool (Phoebe), Poems of Death, illust. Michael Ayrton, 1st ed., 1945, sixteen colour lithographed plates, some light damp marking at front and rear, orig. cloth in colour pict. d.j. (somewhat damp marked and a little frayed to extrems.), and two others from the same series, entitled New Excursions into English Poetry (Travellers’ Verse, chosen by M. G. Lloyd Thomas, illust. Edward Bawden & Poems of Sleep and Dream, chosen by Carol Stewart, illust. Robert Colquhoun), both 1st eds., 1946/47, lithographed plates to each, both orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j.s., all 8vo (5)
Lot 622
Rackham (Arthur, illust.). A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, 1st ed., Heinemann, 1908, forty tipped-in col. plts. (one with a corner creased), with captioned tissue guards (one frayed to fore-edge), b & w illusts., some light toning and foxing, upper hinge split, orig. gilt dec. tan cloth, spine sl. darkened and frayed to extrems., covers a little bowed and a trifle dusty, small water-stain on lower cover, 4to. Riall, p.87. (1)
Lot 627
Smith (Jessie Willcox, illust.). The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley, Boots the Chemist, c.1920, twelve tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, illusts. to text printed in green, front free endpaper browned, edges lightly foxed, orig. gilt dec. green cloth, some light marginal damp-spotting, 4to, together with twenty-four other children’s and illustrated books, some defective (25)
Lot 636
Beardsley (Aubrey, illust.). Bon-Mots of Charles Lamb and Douglas Jerrold/Bon-Mots of Samuel Foote and Theodore Hook, ed. Walter Jerrold, pub. J. M. Dent, 1893/94 respect., b&w illusts. to each by Aubrey Beardsley, orig. cream cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some light soiling, 12mo, together with Cooper (James Fenimore), Pages and Pictures, from the Writings of James Fenimore Cooper, New York, 1861, numerous b&w steel eng. plates, a.e.g., patterned endpapers, orig. gilt-dec. full brown morocco, lightly rubbed, and sl. scuffed to extrems., 4to, plus other miscellaneous books, including Les Fables d’Esope, illust. Francis Barlow, Paris, 1805, the later work of Aubrey Beardsley, 1901, The Library Shakespeare, illust. Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank, and R. Dudley, 3 vols., pub. William McKenzie, c. 1870, Jack Hillier, The Uninhibited Brush, Japanese Art in the Shijo Style, 1974, limited ed. 348/1000, etc. (a carton)
Lot 645
Horatius (Flaccus Quintus). Q. Horatius Flaccus, ex Recensione & cum Notis Atque Emendationibus Richardi Bentleii, Amsterdam, 1713, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, occasional light spotting and ink stains, previous owner signature to title, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Spender (Stephen), Journals 1939-1983, ed. by John Goldsmith, 1985, half-tone plates, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 8vo, limited edition, 95/150 signed by the author, plus O’Brien (Edna), Lantern Slides. Short Stories, 1st ed., 1990, text block lightly toned, original cloth, d.j., 8vo, inscribed by the author, together with others including 23 odd vols. of the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1880-1921, Henry Spofford Canfield’s A Maid of the Frontier, 1898, Mary Hooper’s Cookery for Invalids, Persons of Delicate Digestion and for Children, 1876 and Andrew McCall’s The Au Pair Boy, 1968, inscribed by the author (6 cartons)
Lot 656
Rackham (Arthur, illust.). The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, 1910, 34 tipped-in colour plates, one loose, light spotting, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded, 4to, together with Practical Canoeing; A Treatise on the Management & Handling of Canoes, by “Tiphys”, 1883, illustrations and adverts., endpapers lightly browned, bookplate, original blue cloth, edges rubbed, 8vo, plus The “Flower of Gloster” by E. Temple Thurston, 1911, illustrations by W.R. Dakin, a few spots, endpapers browned, previous owner signature, t.e.g., original green cloth gilt, 4to, with others including The Stream of Pleasure. A Narrative of a Journey on the Thames from Oxford to London, by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, 1891, The Cruising Club Journal Season 1898 & 1899, and some 1920’s issues of The Yachting Monthly (3 cartons)
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