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Click here to subscribeSchott (Caspar). Magia physiognomica sive dissertatio de notis latentis animi, & futurorum successuum humano corpori a nautra limpressis ..., Graz, [1742?], pp. 122, [6], some light browning and damp staining at upper margins throughout, contemp. boards, spine split and stitching near broken, 12mo. (1)
[Sherlock, William]. A Discourse Concerning a Judge of Controversies in Matters of Religion. Being an Answer to some Papers Asserting the Necessity of such a Judge..., 1686, some light dust soiling, near contemp. qtr. sheep, joints cracked and loss at head & foot of spine, slim 4to, (Wing S3285A), together with Burnet (Gilbert), A Sermon Preached on the Fast-Day, Decemb. 22, 1680, at St. Margarets Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons, 1681, fore-edge margin of title excised and repaired, final leaf G1 marked and with closed-tear, early 20th c. half calf, slim 4to, (Wing B5874), withHellier (Henry), A Sermon Preached before the University of Oxford December 4, 1687 Concerning the Obligation of Oaths, pub. Oxford, 1688, title torn, dampstained & detached, bound with Sherlock (William), The Charity of Lending without Usury and The True Notion of Usury briefly stated. In a Sermon Preach”d before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, at St. Bridget’s Church, on Tuesday in Easter-Week, 1692, pub. 1692, bound with Two Funeral Sermons Preached in St. Saviour’s Church in Dartmouth..., by Humfry Smith, M.A. and Vicar there, pub. 1690, bound with twelve others similar, some light dampstaining and few marks, manuscript notes to endpapers including ÒDaniell Downe his Booke, Bought at an action in 1729/30 price one shilling sixpenceÓ, contemp. boards lacking leather, 4to, plus Sermons, Certain Semons or Homilies Appointed to be Read in Churches, in the time of Queen Elizabeth..., Oxford, 1683, hinges split, contemp. panelled calf, paper library label to upper board, joints cracked and spine worn, folio (4)
Smart (Christopher). A Poetical Translation of the Fables of Phaedrus, with the Appendix of Gudius, and an Accurate Edition of the Original on the Opposite page, 1st ed., 1765, engraved frontispiece, occasional light soiling, manuscript notes to front and rear endpapers, previous owner signature, contemporay calf, upper cover detaching, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Poems by Mr. Gray. A New Edition, 1768, half title, one or two inkspots, previous owner inscription to title, contemporary calf, rebacked, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Poems on Several Occasions, by Thomas Blacklock, Edinburgh, 1754, half title, press cutting adhered to rear endpaper, a.e.g., contemporary calf, covers detached, rubbed, 8vo, with nine others including Isaac Watts” Horae Lyricae. Poems Chiefly of the Lyric Kind, 4th ed., 1722, The Historical and Poetical Medley; Or Muses Library, 1738, Poems on Several Occasions, by Stephen Duck, 1738 and The Poetical Works of William Collins, 1798 (12)
Tooke (Thomas). Thoughts and Details on the High and Low Prices of the Last Thirty Years, 4 parts in one, 1st ed., 1823, two titles, folding table, library stamps, Preface leaves loosening, a few light spots, contemporary vellum-backed calf, boards rubbed and scuffed, 8vo. Tooke’s work on the collection and analysis of financial data. Kress C.1163. (1)
[Walpole, Robert]. A Copy of the Paper Dropt in St. James’s Park: Or, a Hue and Cry after a Coachman. London, Jan. 11, 1729-30, [1730], single sheet, some inkstains and light soiling, contemporary manuscript arithmetic to verso, old fold, approx. 30.5 x 19cm. ÒSatirical handbill offering a reward for the apprehension of the “said Coachman”, said by Narcissus Luttrell to be an attack on Sir Robert WalpoleÓ (ESTC N47609). (1)
Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 3rd ed., with additions and corrections (7th thou.), 1861, lacks half-title, title with some soiling and circular ink stamp to top margin, folding diagram at page 123, a little soiled and with circular ink stamp to verso, one or two short closed marginal tears towards rear of vol., without pubs. ad. leaf at rear, some light soiling to margins throughout, contemp. half brown morocco, heavily rubbed and snagged to head of spine, 8vo. Freeman 381. 2000 copies printed. The first edition to include the author’s expanded historical sketch which was written to satisfy complaints that Darwin had not sufficiently considered his predecessors in the general theory of evolution. (1)
Darwin (Charles). The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1872, seven heliotype plts. by O.G. Rejlander, including three folding, wood-engs. to text, 4 pp. publisher’s ads. at rear, dated November, 1872, orig. green cloth gilt, couple of light marks to upper cover, slightly rubbed, 8vo. Freeman 1141. “This is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment”. (1)
Long (Roger). Astronomy, in Five Books, 2 vols., Cambridge, 1742-64, engraved frontispieces and and 92 folding engraved plates, lacks Books 4 & 5, 3F with small abrasion affecting text, front blank detached in vol. I, occasional light browning, a few light spots, contemporary calf, spines rubbed with some wear, 4to. Provenance: William Constable, bookplates. William Constable (1721-1791) F.R.S. & F.A.S., was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775. (2)
Sendivogius (Michael). A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the Fountaine of Nature and Manuall Experience. To Which is Added a Treatise of Sulphur, Also Nine Books of the Nature of Things, Written by Paracelsus... Also a Chymicall Dictionary... 3 parts in one, 1st ed., 1650, woodcut initials and headpieces, title and some other leaves repaired, A4 with small hole affecting headline, some soiling and dampstaining, underlining and annotation, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, small 4to. Michael Sendivogius (1566-1636) was a Polish alchemist, who pioneered ways of creating new compounds and discovered air is partly composed of a life-giving substance (Oxygen) 170 years before Scheele and Priestley. Wing S2506. (1)
Sprat (Thomas). The History of the Royal-Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge, 2nd ed., corrected, 1702, imprimatur leaf with engraved armorial to verso (recto with early ink manuscript note to upper margin), two folding engraved plates, some light dampstaining at rear of volume, front free endpaper replaced, hinges repaired, contemp. panelled calf, old repair to joints and head & foot of spine, 4to. (1)
Thompson (Thomas). Medical Consultations on Various Diseases: Published from the Letters of Thomas Thompson, M.D. Physician to his late Royal Highness Frederic Prince of Wales, 1st ed., 1773, title-page with early ms. name at head, A1-E8 with small worm trail to upper blank margin, occn. finger-soiling, front free endpaper becoming detached, lacking rear free endpaper, sprinkled edges, contemp. sheep, rubbed and some wear to extrems. in places (with sl. loss at foot of spine and corners showing), 8vo, together with Russel (Richard), A Dissertation on the Use of Sea Water in the Diseases of the Glands. Particularly the Scurvy, Jaundice, King’s-Evil, Leprosy, and the Glandular Consumption. Translated from the Latin... To which is added a Translation of Dr. Speed’s Commentary on Sea Water. As also an Account of the Nature, Properties, and Uses of all the remarkable Mineral Waters in Great Britain..., 4th ed., revised and corrected, 1760, eng. frontis., some light marginal damp-staining to text, contemp. ms. name on front free endpaper, hinges split, contemp. sprinkled calf gilt, joints sl. split at ends, upper corners showing, 12mo. (2)
Thomson (J.J.). The Discharge of Electricity Through Gases, 1st ed., pub. Constable, 1898, illustrations, a few light spots, original cloth, slight lean and edge wear, 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed in pencil to fep: ÒTo R. Threfall from J.J. ThomsonÓ. Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) was a British physicist, credited with the discovery of the electron and of isotopes, and awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1906. (1)
Auction catalogue. A Catalogue of a Capital Collection of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch Pictures, Consigned from Abroad... Which will be Sold by Auction by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, in Pall Mall, on Friday the 6th, and Saturday the 7th of March, 1772, 4pp., some light soiling and marginal chips, old folds, disbound, folio, together with A Catalogue of a Well-Chosen and Capital Collection of Italian, Flemish, French and Dutch Prints, Books of Prints and Drawings, (Part of which was purchased out of the collection of the late U. Price, Esq;) Paintings in Water Colours, Music, French Horns &c. Belonging to a Nobleman Going Abroad... Which will be Sold at Auction by Mr. Christie, on Monday, April 13, 1772, and the Following Days, 15pp., lower portion of title torn away, affecting text, one or two spots, disbound, 8vo. (1)
Raphael Sanzio (da Urbino). Logge del Vaticano, Rome, Niccola de Antoni, circa 1802, eng. title by Giovanni Balzar after Luca Comparini, and thirteen full-page plates by Carlo Lasinio after Raphael, all with fine antique-style hand-colouring, some scattered foxing mostly to margins, light waterstain to upper outer corner of title only, old plain wrappers, soiled and some fraying to edges, large slim folio (620 x 460mm) (1)
Cricket Scorecard. Gloucestershire v. 22 Colts of the County, Earl of Bathurst’s Park, Cirencester, Friday and Saturday, May 31st and June 1st, 1878, original printed scorecard, local Cirencester advertisements on verso, small loss to bottom right foredge, affecting three scores, a few light spots, approx. 16.25 x 12.25cm. Rare early scorecard of the annual Gloucestershire v. Colts trial match. Gloucestershire won by an innings and 14 runs, with W.G. Grace top scoring with 91 runs and taking ten wickets in each innings (20 for 79 in the match). (1)
Wisden’s Cricketers” Almanacks, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1945, illustrations and adverts., 1940 lacking p. 335 & weak hinges, 1941 lacking p. 23, 1944 pp. 103-106 torn with loss, 1945 lacking p. 101, 1940 original publisher’s hardback cloth (rubbed with light stains), 1941 & 1944-45 original limp cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, with 1946, 1949-50, limp cloth (1946 upper cover detached with loss), plus other defective Wisden’s. Sold not subject to return. (30)
Boxing. Lynch (Bohun). The Prize Ring, pub. Country Life, 1925, 40 coloured abd b & w plates, press cuttings at front and rear, manuscript obituary notice re. Thomas Winter tipped-in at end, previous owner signature, some light spots, t.e.g., original vellum-backed boards, lightly rubbed and discoloured, 4to. Limited edition, 313/750. Inscribed to half title: ÒTo my dear friend J.S. Frazer Esq. with best wishes for the new year 1938, Jack PetersenÓ. Jack Petersen (1911-1990) was a Welsh heavyweight boxer, winning the British light-heavyweight title in 1932, beating Harry Crossley, and two months later the British Heavyweight crown, scoring a second round knock-out of Reggie Meen. (1)
* Golf. Card Golf. A full set of sixty chromo. playing cards (with designs by A.A. Sukey), printed in Bavaria, c. 1895, the set comprises Drive (6), Stroke (24), Obstacle (12), the Approach (6), On the Green (6) and Hole (6), generally in good condition, some minor dust soiling, seven cards have light corner creases and one has a small edge chip (60)
Eragny Press. Les Ballades de Maistre Francois Villon, pub. Hacon & Ricketts, 1900, printed in red and black throughout, with decorative wood eng. title and illustrations and decorative initials and borders engraved by Esther Pissarro after Lucien Pissarro, some light spotting to endpapers, orig. boards, rubbed and spine scuffed, sl. surface fraying to joints, bookplate of J. Barton Townsend to front pastedown and additional owner’s name in ink of S. V. H. Russo, dated 1934, 8vo. Limited edition of 206 copies, of which 200 are for sale. (1)
Henty (G.A.). A Chapter of Adventures: or, Through the Bombardment of Alexandria, 1st ed., Blackie, 1891 [1890], half-title, six b & w plts. by W.H. Overend, incl. frontis. (sl. dusty), 32pp. pubs. cat. at rear, school prize bookplate, orig. pictorial blue cloth, sl. rubbed and dulled, 8vo, together with At Aboukir and Acre, A Story of Napoleon’s Invasion of Egypt, 1st ed., 1899, b&w plts., 32 pp. pubs. cat. at rear, front endpaper torn out, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, plus Wodehouse (P. G.), The Clicking of Cuthbert, 1st ed., later issue, 1922, with ten titles listed (rather than eight), to verso of half-title, orig. dec. mid-green cloth, rubbed and some light soiling to spine, 8vo, and other Wodehouse, all reprints, and late Victorian/Edwardian pictorial cloth fiction, including Henty, and a few children’s and illustrated books, including Mickey Mouse, etc, all 8vo. (46)
Rackham (Arthur, illust.). Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, trans. Margaret Armour, 1st ed., 1911, thirty tipped-in col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, occn. light foxing to text, orig. gilt dec. brown cloth, occn. minor rubbing to extrems., gilt on spine dulled, 4to, together with The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, trans. Margaret Armour, new imp., 1918, thirty-four tipped-in col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, letterpress with scattered foxing, ms. ownership signature on front free endpaper, edges foxed, orig. gilt dec. brown cloth, spine sl. rubbed and faded, with gilt dulled, lower cover with cloth lifting slightly, 4to. (2)
Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Fellowship of the Ring, 11th impression; The Two Towers, 8th impression; The Return of the King, 7th impression, 3 vols., 1961, folding map to each, Fellowship with contemporary presentation inscription, original cloth, edges slightly rubbed, d.j.s, spines a little faded, one or two stains, slipcase, 8vo, together with The Hobbit, 6th impression (2nd ed.), 1954, coloured frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers, one or light spots, previous owner signature, original cloth, slight fading, d.j., small piece from front flap excised, a couple of closed tears, 8vo, with three others (7)
Wilde (Oscar). Salome, A Tragedy in One Act, translated from the French, with Sixteen Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley, John Lane, 1912, b & w plts., 6pp. pubs. ads. at rear, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. green cloth, darkened spine rubbed at ends and with gilt dulled, 8vo, together with Tom Eckersley, His Graphic Work, 1994, b & w port. frontis., and seventy-three col. plts., orig. cloth gilt, sm. folio, (limited edition of 500 copies, this unnumbered), plus Weber-Dresden (J.M. Erich), Theory and Practice of the Confectioner..., 2nd ed., [1929], half-title, numerous col. and b & w plts. and illusts., with large sheet of template patterns loosely inserted (some closed tears in folds), orig. half morocco, spine faded, extrems. a little rubbed and a few light marks, upper cover gilt lettered, 4to, plus ten others, mostly private press, some duplicates, incl. a deluxe folio of reproductions of brush drawings by a contemp. Japanese artist, pub. 2003, bound in qtr. suede and wooden boards, in linen slipcase (13)
Hall (S.C., ed.). Gems of European Art: The Best Pictures of the Best Schools, 2nd series, pub. George Virtue, n.d., c. 1840, forty-four steel eng. plates, after Old Masters, some light foxing, a.e.g., contemp. gilt-dec. dark green full morocco, rubbed and scuffed to joints and edges, folio, together with Landon (Letitia E., & Bayley, Thomas Haynes), Flowers of Loveliness. Forty Groups of Female Figures, Emblematic of Flowers, pub. John Tallis, n.d., c. 1850, eng. title (some overall spotting), and thirty-nine eng. plts. of female beauty, a few minor marks, contemp. half dark green morocco, heavily rubbed and marked, upper joint partly cracked at head and foot, folio, plus Newlands (James), The Carpenter and Joiner’s Assistant, pub. Blackie & Son, 1869, b&w litho. plates, some spotting, mostly to front and rear, contemp. half morocco, rubbed and some marks, folio, and other 19th c. illustrated works and literature, mostly leather bound, mainly 4to/folio, including Sir Thomas Browne, Works, ed. Simon Wilkin, 4 vols., pub. William Pickering, 1836, Captain H. M. Hozier, The Franco-Prussian War, 2 vols., pub. William Mackenzie, c. 1875, G. N. Wright & Thomas Allom, France Illustrated, vols. II & III only, pub. Fisher, Son & Co., c. 1840, Charles Mackay, The History of the United States of America, parts I-IV, n.d., c. 1870, M. F. Cusack, The Life of St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland, 1869, two photographically illustrated works (Tennyson’s Brook, illustrated by Arthur Brown, & Flemish Relics by Frederic G. Stephens), Percy V. Bradshaw, Art in Advertising, pub. Press Art School, n.d., c. 1930, seven bound vols. of Victorian sheet music, etc. (2 cartons)
Greenwell (G.C.). A Practical Treatise on Mine Engineering, 1st ed., Newcastle, 1855, sixty-two double page hand tinted lithographed plates, some folding, a few Manchester Geological Society blindstamps to verso of plates, some light spotting and browning, front hinges broken, previous owner inscriptions, contemporary half morocco, upper joint torn at foot, rubbed and scuffed, a.e.g., 4to, together with The Cotton Manufacturers, Managers and Spinners” New Pocket Guide; Containing Examples of the Various Calculations Connected with the Machinery of a Cotton Mill, 4th ed., Manchester, [1873], scattered spotting, original blindstamped cloth, 8vo, plus The Steam Engine and its Inventors; A Historical Sketch, by Robert Galloway, 1881, double page engraved plate and map, illustrations, some light spotting, library stamps, original cloth, rebacked retaining original spine, 8vo, with others on steam engines etc., including John Bourne’s A Catechism of the Steam Engine, 1847, Crosby Steamgage & Valve Co., appliance catalogue, 1904 and Rees’s Manufacturing Industry, 5 vols., 1972 (3 shelves)
Lummis (Canon William Murrell and Wynn, Kenneth G.). Honour the Light Brigade. A Record of the Services of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Five Light Cavalry Regiments, which made up the Light Brigade and Balclava on October 25th 1854 and Saw Service in the Crimea from September 1854 to the End of the War, pub. 1973, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., 8vo, together with Heathcote (T.A.), The Indian Army. The Garrison of British Imperial India, 1822-1922, 1st ed., 1974, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 8vo, plus Carman (W.Y.), Richard Simkin’s Uniforms of the British Army. The Cavalry Regiments, 1982, num. col. illusts., orig. boards in d.j., 4to, and others of military interest, including uniforms and model soldiers, etc. (3 shelves)
Eardley-Wilmot (Captain S.). Voyages and Travels of Lord Brassey, K.C.B., D.C.L., from 1862 to 1894, 2 vols., 1895, folding maps, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Thackeray (Lawrence), The Light Side of Egypt, pub. A. & C. Black, 1928, twenty-four tipped in col. illusts., orig. pict. cloth, rubbed and minor wear to spine, slim 4to, plus Smythe (Frank S.), Mountains in Colour, 1st ed., 1949, fifty-seven col. illusts. from photographs by the author, orig. cloth in sl. frayed and torn d.j., 4to, with other travel and related, mostly 20th c. hardback publications, many in d.j., mostly G/VG (6 shelves)
A Royal Doulton baluster vase, the everted rim above waisted neck, the body with leaf decoration upon a light brown ground, incised marks to base, height 21 cm, together with a Carn pottery rectangular vase, of small proportions with tubelined floral decoration, printed marks to base, height 10 cm, a studio pottery baluster vase, with flared rim above waisted neck, the body in mottled brown colouring, stamped B, height 19.5 cm, a Mdina blue green glass cylindrical vase with trailing decoration and sprays of yellow, etched mark to base, height 19.5 cm and a further Mdina style glass vase, of cylindrical flared form, in smoky grey and trailing orange decoration, height 26.5 cm, (A/F), (5).
Edmund Walker c.1820-c.1890- "Docks at Sebastapol with Ruins of Fort St Paul" from "The Seat of War in the East", after William Simpson 1823-1899, publ Jany 22nd 1856 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & co, 13 & 14 Pall Mall East; hand-coloured lithograph, 33x46cm: Smart & Reeve, 9 Diana Place, New Road- "The Waterford Line Schooners Alexander...off the Hook Light", publ by John Lynn, Marine Painter, No 4 Holmes Street Commercial Road London; hand-coloured aquatint, 45x59cm: George Hunt- "Nonparell", after F C Turner, publ Aug 27th 1836 by J Moore, West Street Upper St Martins Lane; hand-coloured aquatint, 43.5x60cm: Liborio Prosperi act 1886-1903- "The Lobby of the House of Commons, 1886", publ for Vanity Fair; chromolithograph, 41x55cm: together with a mixed quantity of 18th and 19th century portrait engravings etc., (a lot)
A Rare and Interesting Album of Turkish drawings by Paul Musurus 1840-1927- The artist`s at their studio; gouache, monogrammed, The deposition; Figure studies; multiple images on a single sheet, numerous studies of gentlemen; officers, Turkish soldiers and historical figures mostly standing full-length; various landscapes and seascapes; Battle scenes, mostly pen and brown ink, all pinned into a album, various proportions, (largest) 20x15cm, Note: Paul Musurus, son of the Turkish ambassador to Britain Pacha Musurus, c. 1850 (depicted in Vanity Fair, published 1887) A member of a Greek orthodox family of considerable literary attainments. He later found modest fame as a published poet. Uncle and mentor to Anna De Noailles, a highly accomplished French poet. Accompanying this album are various letters and correspondence from the Turkish Ambassador to Britain c.1977, as well as The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, The British Museum and The Victoria and Albert, expressing there appreciation at being bequest several sketches from the estate, mostly dating from the earlier part of the 20th century. The Ambassador referring to a portrait in his possession of the Sultan Abdul Mejid by Paul Musurus and as being offered at Sotheby`s in 1977 for the reason given- "The Sultan`s Gaze was rather Imperious to live with"; These letters shedding a little light on this intriguing and talented draughtsman. Musurus`s use and understanding of Chiaroscuro is evident in his pen and brown ink wash drawings. The subject matter and confident hand reminiscent of François Boucher 1703-1770, (for the stump work on the pen and ink studies alone) Eugène Delacroix, Constantin Guys 1802-1892 and other French contemporaries. His small portrait and figurative drawings seemingly worked with over with finger and thumb giving a wonderful tonal quality to the sketches. This album presumably representing images and techniques employed by the artist and appearing to be a personal piece of this obscure painters oeurve. (a lot) (album)
Note: Many of the garments in lots 791-796 were featured in a dress show at the Imperial War Museum. A collection of 1930`s and later ladies coats, including a full length black fur coat with brown mink cuffs and collar, a black Persian lamb coat, a black boucle coat with Persian lamb decorative scroll trim to front, labelled `Gorringers`, a Harrods green boucle 3/4 length coat with brown Persian lamb collar, a light blue boucle coat, a dark purple wool coat with knot detail fastening and silver fox collar, and a Harrods cream wool collarless coat, together with a full length deep blue velvet cape with white fur collar and a black and red velvet cape (9).
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