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Click here to subscribeStrutt (Joseph) A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, 2 vol., engraved frontispieces and 151 plates printed in sepia, all hand-coloured, tissue guards, very occasional light spotting, fine contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed, [Colas 2824], 4to, 1796-99.
Strutt (Joseph) The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England, A New Edition, 72 engraved plates printed in sepia, foxed and offset, light water-staining to first few leaves, contemporary diced russia with gilt-ruled and blind-stamped border, rubbed, one or two scratches to lower cover, 4to, 1793.
Smith (John Thomas) Antiquities of Westminster; the Old Palace; St. Stephen's Chapel, (Now the House of Commons) &c. &c., 2 vol., half-titles, 100 engraved plates, 14 hand-coloured and 1 heightened in gold, occasional very light spotting to a few plates, mostly marginal, modern vellum with views of London in pen and ink and wash by Wendy Taylor, signed, gilt lettering to spines, g.e. with fore-edge paintings depicting London river scenes, slip-case, 4to, 1807-[09].
Gauss (Carl Friedrich) Dioptrische Untersuchungen, first edition, errata leaf present at end, Göttingen, Dieterischen Buchhandlung, 1841; Knochenhauer (K.W.) Die Undulationstheorie des Lichtes, first edition, 5 plates, Berlin, G. Reimer, 1839, 2 works in 1 vol., the second a little browned & with light stain in lower margin, later cloth, 4to. *** The mathematical theory of optical systems of lenses, the basis of modern Gaussian optics.
Rueff (Jacob) De conceptu et generatione hominis, woodcut title-vignette, woodcut illustrations by Jost Amman, some full-page, blank leaf b2 present, library stamp or signature removed from title margin, repaired just touching a couple of words of text, occasional soiling and light staining, the latter mostly marginal, modern vellum, [Adams A867], small 4to, Frankfurt am Main, Sigismund Feyrabend for Georg Corvinus, 1580. *** The first edition to include Amman's important woodcuts (the first edition appeared in 1554), which depict, inter alia, a pregnant noblewoman giving birth attended by a midwife, obstetrical instruments, the foetus developing in the uterus, and a number of human deformities. Rueff's was the first work on obstetrics to contain meaningful anatomical illustrations.
[Culpeper (Nicholas)] Culpeper's English Physician; and Complete Herbal, edited by E.Sibly, 2 parts in 1, 2 engraved frontispieces and 40 plates, occasional light foxing or soiling, 3 or 4 leaves stained, old tree calf, rebacked preserving old spine and recornered, modern gilt arms on upper cover, a little rubbed, 4to, 1790.
Harris (Moses) The Aurelian; A Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies, New Edition by John O.Westwood, additional hand-coloured engraved decorative title, engraved key plate and 44 plates, all hand-coloured, some very light soiling, handsome contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt in compartments tooled with butterflies and flowers, g.e., a little rubbed, [Nissen 1835], folio, 1840.
Humphreys (Henry Noel) & John Obadiah Westwood. British Butterflies and their Transformations, additional decorative title and 42 plates, all hand-coloured lithographs, some light spotting and soiling, a few leaves slightly frayed at edges, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old spine, recased, new endpapers, modern gilt arms on upper cover, rubbed and partly faded, [Nissen 2049], 4to, 1841.
[Bolton (James) Harmonia ruralis; or an essay towards a Natural History of British Song Birds,] volume of plates only, second edition, no text, 80 hand-coloured etched plates of birds and their nests of eggs, some light soiling or spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, [Nissen 115], 4to, [1824].
Harmont (Pierre) Le Miroir de Fauconnerie, title-vignette, 7 large woodcuts of hawks, lacks final blank, light staining and spotting, morocco label of W.A Foyle, early 20th century speckled calf, gilt, head of spine damaged, hinge cracked, the book filled up with blank paper, Rouen, Clement Malassis, 1650. *** Part II only of J. du Fouilloux La Venerie.
Sclater (P.L.) and W.H.Hudson. Argentine Ornithology. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine Republic, 2 vol., number 31 of 200 copies signed by the authors, 20 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Keulemans, engraved title vignettes, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper and titles, light foxing, mainly to endpapers, front free endpaper in vol.2 with corner torn and a little loss, a few ff. loose, uncut, original printed boards, worn, [Nissen IVB 843], 8vo, 1888-89.
Andersson (Charles John) The Lion and the Elephant, edited by L.Lloyd, first edition, half-title, 4 plates, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, contemporary ink signature at head of title, occasional light spotting, original cloth, rubbed, spine a little worn and nicked at head and foot, 8vo, 1873. *** One of the scarcest elephant hunting books.
Christy (Cuthbert) Big Game and Pygmies: Experiences of a Naturalist in Central African Forests in Quest of the Okapi, first edition, half-title, frontispiece and plates, folding colour map (torn at edge), one plate loose and frayed at edge, light water-staining to lower outer corner of some leaves, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, spine slightly worn at head and foot, 8vo, 1924.
Kirby (Frederick Vaughan) In Haunts of Wild Game: A Hunter-Naturalist's Wanderings from Kahlamba to Libombo, first edition, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, folding colour map slightly spotted, 15 plates, illustrations, endpapers slightly stained, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, light staining to lower edge of covers, slight wear to head and foot of spine, 8vo, Edinburgh & London, 1896.
Two graduated gadrooned-edge meat dishes, printed in light-medium blue with an oriental-style romantic pattern dominated by a cornucopia of flowers surrounded by shells and two flying birds, all within an open floral border, lengths 53.4 and 37.3cm, unmarked, circa 1835-50 (larger dish with section of rim repaired)(see illustration for smaller dish)
A blue-printed soup tureen, of ornate octagonal shape on a pedestal foot, the cover with a moulded flower knop, decorated in light-medium blue with an Eastern style romantic scene on either side of the main body and a broad border of framed vignettes and baskets of flowers around the cover, overall length 33.1cm, unmarked, circa 1835-50 (knop and one handle glued, minor chips to rim)
Conrad (Joseph) The Shadow Line, bookplate removed from front pastedown, original cloth, 1917 ~ O'Faolain (Sean) There's a Birdie In the Cage, number 117 of 250 copies signed by the author, a little very light foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine browned, slightly rubbed, 1935 ~ Eliot (T.S.) The Cocktail Party, contemporary theatre programme loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, some small tears along upper edge, slightly rubbed, 1950 ~ Eco (Umberto) Foucault's Pendulum, signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, 1988, first editions, and 38 other British and European Modern First Editions, v.s. (42).
Dos Passos (John) The Big Money, original cloth, slightly rubbed, dust-jacket, worn, New York, 1936; Adventures of a Young Man, original cloth, a little light soiling, dust-jacket, rubbed and chipped, New York, 1939; Number One, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed and a little chipped, Boston, 1943, first editions, 8vo (3).
Faulkner (John) Dollar Cotton, original cloth, light soiling, tape adhesive marks (affecting endpapers), dust-jacket, chipped, particularly head of spine with a little loss of text, New York, 1942 ~ Steinbeck (John) East of Eden, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed and chipped, 1952 ~ Theroux (Paul) The Mosquito Coast, signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, very slightly rubbed, Boston, 1982 ~ Wolfe (Tom) The Bonfire of the Vanities, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, extremities very slightly rubbed, New York, 1987, first editions, and 34 others, mainly American Modern First Editions, v.s. (38).
Hanneman (Audre) Ernest Hemingway, A Comprehensive Bibliography, half-title, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, rubbed and chipped, a little light soiling, Princeton, 1967 ~ Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, first English edition, original boards, dust-jacket a couple of small spots to upper cover, a few small chips, 1964; Islands In the Stream, first English edition, ink inscription to half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine a little faded, 1970, 8vo (3).
O'Flaherty (Liam) The Wild Swan and Other Stories, number 291 of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth, a couple of small spots to upper cover, Chiswick Press, 1932; The House of Gold, original cloth, light soiling, spine a little faded, 1929; Land, original cloth, dust-jacket, some fading, 1946, first editions, 8vo (3).
Sontag (Susan) Against Interpretation, signed by the author, a little light browning, original boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1966; A Susan Sontag Reader, card loosely inserted reading "With the compliments of the Author", original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1982, first editions, 8vo (2).
Bradley (Marion) The Mists of Avalon, 1983 ~ Goodkind (Terry) Wizard's First Rule, uncorrected proof copy, one of 600, original wrappers, 1994 ~ Feist (Raymond E.) Krondor: The Assassins, signed by the author , 1999 ~ Brooks (Terry) Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, 1999 ~ Eddings (David & Leigh) The Redemption of Althalus, 2000 ~ Clarke (Arthur C.) and Stephen Baxter. The Light of Other Days, 2000 ~ Pratchett (Terry) Thief of Time, 2001, all but second first or first English editions, in original boards, dust-jackets; and 15 others, Sci-Fi, Fantasy &c., 8vo (22).
Scott ( Lieutenant-General W.A.) Battle of Waterloo; Or, Correct Narrative of the Late Sanguinary Conflict on the Plains of Waterloo, first edition, folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, a little light browning, first 2ff. partially detached, small stamps of William T. Clare to front free endpaper and A2, contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1815.
Twiss (Horace) The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon, 3 vol., second edition, 10 lithographed plates, a little very light spotting and browning to titles and plates, contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedowns of Mary Constantia Bowyer Smyth, contemporary calf, gilt spines, 8vo, 1844.
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