* Williams (Charles). Economy - or a Duke of Ten Thousand, Taking a Monthly Journey [1819], engraved caricature with bright contemporary hand-colouring, slight staining, 200 x 130 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:BM satires 13228. A rare early print of one of the first bicycles, showing the Duke of York - dressed as a Field Marshall - astride a velocipede. The Duke's parsimony and reluctance to visit his father, King George III, is illustrated by his speech "This Hobby Horse has just come in the nick of time, I shall be able to visit my Old dad at little expence (sic) — as for John Bull growling at my taking the money—he may be—."
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Addy (William). Stenographia or the Art of Short-Writing compleated in a far more compendious method than any yet extant, London: John Laurence at the Angel in the Poultry over against the Counter where are sold the Short-hand Bibles, 1695,engraved throughout, portrait frontispiece and title, some soiling and damp-staining, last leaf pasted to lower cover, original paper wrappers, rubbed and worn, 12mo, together with:Groom (T., publisher). Henry's Sermon to The Servant when he was only Eight Years of Age, Birmingham: T. Groom, circa 1830, original printed yellow wrappers,16mo,[Cameron, Lucy Lyttelton]. The Three Flower-Pots..., 3rd edition, Wellington, Salop: F. Houlston & Son, 1821, woodcut frontispiece to verso of upper cover, illustrations to text, original pink printed wrappers, spotted, bound with Sherwood (Mary Martha). The Busy Bee..., 5th edition, Wellington, Salop: F. Houlston & Son, 1821, woodcut frontispiece to verso of upper wrapper (loose), illustrations to text, 16mo,Smith (T. & S. Gamidge, publishers). The Childs Instructor: or An Easy Introduction to the English Language. To which is added The Entertaining Histories of Miss Polly Friendly and Master Truelove with a Story of Wat: Willfull, Wolverhampton: T. Smith & S. Gamidge, [1780 in contemporary manuscript to imprint], 16 pp., heavily ink-stained, disbound, 16mo,[Strickland, Agnes]. Rosetta's Birth-Day; Written for the Entertainment and Instruction of Little Girls: With Plates, descriptive of the Subject, London: William Darton 1822, folding engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved illustrations, some offsetting and light spotting to text leaves, original printed wrappers, some very minor dust-soiling, 12mo, together with 5 other 19th-century chapbooks and spelling books printed by F. Houlston & Son, J. Marshall, S. Crowder, Simpkun, Mashall & Co, all 8vo or smallerQTY: (9)
* Gillray (James). Field-Marshall Count Suwarrow - Romoniskoy, published by H. Humphrey, May 23rd 1799, etching on wove with bright contemporary hand-colouring, some adhesion scaring to the verso, corners torn and repaired, 355 x 260 mm, together with Pizarro contemplating over the product of his new Peruvian Mine..., published by H. Humphrey, June 4th 1799, etching with contemporary hand-colouring, trimmed to the neat line, some toning, left-hand vertical margin strengthened on verso, 355 x 250 mm, with The Giant Factotum Amusing Himself [published H. Humphrey 21st January 1797], etched caricature with contemporary hand-colouring, trimmed inside the image with loss of the publication line, laid on later thick paper, slight spotting, 305 x 230 mm, plus Georgey a 'Cockhorse, published H. Humphrey November 23rd 1796, etching with bright contemporary hand-colouring, small margins with slight fraying, several old folds, crudely strengthened on the verso, 340 x 265 mmQTY: (4)NOTE:BM Satires 9390; 9396; 8980 & 8889 respectively.
Branyan (Lawrence, Neal French & John Sandon). Worcester Blue and White Porcelain 1751-1790, 2nd edition, London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Griffin (John D.), The Leeds Pottery 1770-1881, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Leeds: The Leeds Art Collections Fund, 2005, numerous colour illustrations, original uniform cloth in dust jackets, folio, plusJohn (W. D.), Nantgarw Porcelain, 1st edition, Newport: R. H. Johns, 1948, 42 colour & 143 monochrome illustrations, ex-library copy with associated marks, original gilt decorated full red calf, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and Sword (Rosalind), The Marshall Collection of Worcester Porcelain in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford: Ashmolean, 2017, numerous colour illustrations, original uniform cloth in dust jackets,folio, plusHillis (Maurice), Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804, 1st edition, Liverpool: Maurice Hillis, 2011, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and other modern porcelain reference, including publications by Antique Collectors' Club, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, good to very good, 8vo/folioQTY: (5 shelves)
Parkinson (John). Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. Or, an Herball of a Large Extent: Containing therein a more ample and exact history and declaration of the physicall herbs and plants that are in other authours, encreases by the accesse of many hundreds of new, rare, and strange plants from all the parts of the world, with sundry gummes, and other physicall materials, than hath beene hitherto published by any before; and a most large demonstration of their natures and vertues, 1st edition, London: printed by Thomas Cotes, 1640, additional engraved title by W. Marshall, 2716 woodcut illustrations of plants, errata leaf at rear, a few small wormholes and short marginal tears, slight soiling to engraved title, occasional minor spotting and toning, nineteenth century half-calf, joints and edges rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S121875; Henrey 286; Hunt 235; Nissen BBI 1490.
A small silver teapot alongside a cream jug, both plump, with similar designs depicting hanging leaves on the bodies. The pot with a small pine cone finial, by James & Walter Marshall, Edinburgh, 1857 and 1859 respectively. The pot 10cm tall and in total 14.4 Troy oz. Ivory exemption submission 4E55DGNG
Five Dinky die-cast vehicles from the farming series comprising ; Field Marshall tractor (301), Trailer (428), Massey Harris Manure Spreader (321), Hay Rake (324) and a Disc Harrow (322), also five un-boxed, pre-war Dinky die-cast racing cars, a Dinky 'Corvette' warship and a Matchbox Lesney flatbed truck. (12)
Gordon and Jane Martz for Marshall Studios. Mid-century modern stacked walnut table lamp with a linen shade.Height: 30 in x width: 20 in x depth: 20 in.Condition: The lamp has been tested and turns on; please note that it has not been tested for prolonged use. There are no major chips, cracks, splits, or losses to the base. Natural wear consistent with material.
oil on board, titled label verso mounted, framed and under glass image size 14cm x 18cm, overall size 28cm x 31cm Exhibition label verso: May 1973, Aitken Dott & Son, Edinburgh Note: Earl Haig (son of the Field Marshall) started painting as a prisoner of war. The paintings and drawings he made in Colditz Castle were exhibited at The Scottish Gallery in 1945 in an exhibition attended by HM The Queen. He went on to train under Victor Pasmore and Lawrence Gowing at Camberwell School of Art, London when fellow Scot William Johnstone was Principal. He had a distinguished exhibiting career primarily with The Scottish Gallery which spanned over six decades, concluding with his remarkable 90th birthday show in 2008. However, the same prestigious Edinburgh Gallery staged a Memorial show for Haig in 2011 and a major centenary show in 2018. In 2020 another solo show was staged (November - December 2020) by The Scottish Gallery focussing on examples from the Scottish Borders and Italy, where he spent an increasing amount of time from the mid-1970s. Earl Haig's work was shown widely elsewhere in Britain and on the continent, latterly including Clarges Gallery and Gallery 10, London. His work held in the collections of HM The Queen and other members of the Royal family, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and further public and notable corporate collections. Earl Haig was a member of the Scottish Arts Council and of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland and a Trustee of the National Galleries of Scotland. As a landscape painter he was fond of simple, almost naïve images infused with a rich palette. Lived in Bemersyde, Melrose, Scotland.
A lady's late Victorian black jacket with high neck and lace trim, deep V neck front with black lace, leg of mutton sleeves with deep cuff, lace trim and buttons, corsetted and boned interior and hook fastening, together with an adapted late Victorian/early 20th Century black satin skirt and a grey knee length half quilted satin skirt (3) JACKET/TOP: chest approx. 32", waist approx. 23"; lace at neck and wrists discoloured, more so at neck; some pulled seams, mainly under arms and across bust/under bib front; hook and eye fastenings slightly rusted; some small holes throughoutBLACK SKIRT: old repair under side split; one (fixed) button missing; re-stitched waistGREY SKIRT: label - Marshall & Snelgrove; large old repair and darned patch; some small marks throughout; lining ripped and frayed; waist frayed
A hallmarked 9ct gold mounted John Pound & Co cigar case. The John Pound & Co cigar pocket case having a brown crocodile leather exterior with a hallmarked 9ct gold collar engraved with the initials W.T.G opening to interior with five individual cigar holders. Cigar holder verso stamped in gilt lettering for John Pound & Co Ltd, London. The gold collar hallmarked to verso for London, 1924 together with maker's mark for Robert Marshall. Measures 16cm x 10.5cm. Gold collar height measures 1.2cm. Diameter of cigar holder 2cm. Weighs 98.2g. All weights, measurements and sizes are approximate.
A COLLECTION OF THREE PARIAN FIGURAL GROUPS LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES Comprising a group with seated maiden, lion, cherub, serpent, dog, and sheep, 35cm high; Marshall for Copeland, Sabrina, the maiden modelled seated, impressed marks to the rear, 29.5cm high, and a bust of Clytie, 24cm high For the lead item, the group, see Atterbury, The Parian Phenomenon (1989), p. 249, fig. 846 which is speculatively listed as 'Peace?. Also see Great Western Auctions, lot 2232, 31st March, 2023 for a similar but by no means identical model marked 'GOLDEN AGE', though without mention of size. Condition Report: Clytie lacks the socle.Sabrina: firing fault to her left knee.Golden Age/Peace?: Firing faults verso. Please see additional images available upon request.Condition Report Disclaimer
Halcyon Days Enamels - Embankment under Snow, 1909, after Herbert Menzies Marshall; Trafalgar Square by Moonlight, circa 1860's by Henry Pether; St Paul's from Moor Lane, by Cyril Man; together with two further boxes of Westminster Bridge and Iconic London Landmarks; a box and mirror of the Union Flag by Caroline Gardner
British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Hon Capt D. Marshall; Lieut W. C. Thorburn) nearly very fine, both rare to unit (2) £80-£100 --- David Marshall served with the Canadian Y.M.C.A. during the Great War on the Western Front. He was not entitled to a Victory Medal. Walter Claude Thorburn, a Canadian Public Notary, was employed in France in 1917 for one month for election recording prior to the 1917 Canadian Federal Election held on 17 December 1917. He was not entitled to a Victory Medal.
Dinky pair of tractor & Truck - (1) No.301 Field Marshall Tractor burnt orange with silver trim, light tan figure driver, silver metal wheels; (2) Dinky 422 Fordson Thames Flat Truck - green, mid-green ridged hubs with black smooth tyres, tow hook, silver trim - Good to Excellent unboxed. (2)
WW2 8 Battle of Britain Pilots multiple signed RAF Sir John Grandy cover. Rare variety. 27 June 87 BFPS 2139 Marshall of the RAF Sir J. Grandy. Personally Signed by Marshal of the RAF Sir John Grandy, He was the only officer who fought and commanded a squadron during the Battle of Britain to reach the post. 8 Battle of Britain Pilot, crew WAAF. John Booth 600 and 23 Sqdn's Blenheim's Air Gunner, Alan W Gear 32 Hurricane Sqn, pilot, Avis Hearn awarded M M for Bravery, WAAF, Sqn Ldr J G P Millard Nos 1 and 242 Squadrons pilot, Sqn Ldr H. M. T. Heron 266 and 46 Sqn pilot, John Keatings 219 Sqn Air Gunner, A. L. Winskill 72 and 603 Sqn's, Spitfire pilot Ace. Donald Stones 79 sqn. Some Details from Men of the Battle of Britain Book enclosed. Very few issued with additional Signatures. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Inferno - Hamburg 1943 Signed 25 WW2 RAF Bomber Command Veterans. Inferno - The Devastation Of Hamburg 1943 by Keith Lowe hard back book with dust cover published 2007, both in very good condition. A grim reminder of the terrible cost of war, and a brilliantly told story of the destruction of Hamburg by the Allies in 1943 - the death, agony, courage and survival in the hell of the doomed city. This copy comes complete with a matted bookplate, with a total of 25 signatures of WW2 RAF Bomber Command Veterans as follows. W/O Phil Bates - 149 Sqd, W/O Roy Briggs - 576/156 Sqd, W/O James Flowers - 50/44 Sqd, W/O Dick Harrison - 70 Sqd, W/O Jeff Hildreth - 170 Sqd, Flt Lt Frank Hogan - 622 Sqd, W/O Ken Johnson - 61/9 Sqd, Flt Lt Bob Lasham DFC* - 9/97 Sqd, Flt Lt Len McNamara DFC - 10/158/75 Sqd, W/O Syd Marshall - 103 Sqd, W/O Joe Musgrove - 214 Sqd, W/O Eric Parker DFM - 12 Sqd, W/O Harry Parkins - 630/576 Sqd, W/O Ernie Patterson DFM - 635 Sqd, Flt Lt Alan Payne DFC - 630 Sqd, W/O Reg Payne - 50 Sqd, Flt Lt Peter Peck - 12 Sqd, F/O Doug Petty - 429 Sqd, F/O Lawrence Rogers - 218/75 Sqd, W/O Sam Thompson - 103/9 Sqd, W/O Frank Tilley - 617 Sqd, W/O Frank Tolley - 625 Sqd, F/O Jack Warner DFM - 428 Sqd, WQ/O Colin Wood - 106/83 Sqd, F/O Ray Worrall - 44 Sqd. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
BROADSIDE. Calendar of Prisoners in His Majesty's Gaol at Aylesbury for felonies and misdemeanours, 13th July 1818. A list of 33 prisoners with their ages, crimes and sentences, eg George Riddell, charged with wickedly, unlawfully and carnally knowing Ann Riddell, an infant under ten years, to be imprisoned for one year and once privately whipped in his first week of imprisonment and once publicly in the market place at Aylesbury on a market day in the last week of his imprisonment. Broadside 420mm x 330mm. Printed by Marshall, Aylesbury. Framed and glazed.
‡ MILITARY / AVIATION CLUB HOUSE: GERALD COULSON (British 1926-2021) limited edition (AP 31/45) colour lithograph - 'Country Life '43', farmer and dog observing Mosquitoes overhead, signed and numbered in pencil, additionally by Air Marshall, Sir Ivor Broom and other RAF personnel in margin, (I) 44 x 66cmsProvenance: private collection CardiffComments: framed and glazed, ready to hang
Shipwrecks Outside UK Waters Twelve illustrated works Ballard, R.D. and Archbold, R. (1993) The Lost Ships of Guadalcanal. London: Weidenfield & Nicolson (A Weidenfield & Nicolson/Madison Press Book); Ballard, R.D. and Archbold, R. (1999) Return to Midway. London: Cassell; Ballard, R.D., Dunmore, S. and Marschall, K. (1995) Exploring the ‘Lusitania’: probing the mysteries of the sinking that changed history. 1. publ. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson; Marshall, Don (1978) California Shipwrecks -Footsteps in the Sea. 1st edn. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co; Farrington, Karen (1999) SHIPWRECKS. Two copies. London, Parkgate Books; Pearsall, R. (1996) Lost at Sea: Great Shipwrecks of History. New York, NY: Todtri; Grossmith, F.T. (1994) The Sinking of the Laconia: A Tragedy in the Battle of the Atlantic. Stamford: Watkins; Jennings, P.S. and Bosek, D. (eds) (1995) Shipwrecks. rev. and updated. London: Bison Books; Dear, I. (1990) Shipwreck! London: Portman Books; Green, Jeremy (1977) Historical background, excavation report, aand list of artefact drawings and an appendix of the Dutch East Indiaman Vergulde Draeck, Western Australia 1656 - compared to the loss of the VOC Fluit Lastdrager - Part 1. Western Australia Museum - BAR Sup.1977; Kocabas, Ufuck. (2008) The 'Old Ships' of the 'New Gate' Yenikapi'nin Eski Gemileri. 1st edn. Yayinlari; With three other works. (12)
Diving and Diving History Munson, Richard (1991), Cousteau - The Captain and His World, Robert Hale, London; Henderson, Ian T. et al. (1984) The Winchester Diver: The saving of a great cathedral. Crawley near Winchester: Henderson & Stirk; The Divers (1990). Canterbury: Whitstable Museum; Diving Apparatus - and other submarime appliances - Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd. - Catalogue D-5 (1958). Chessington: Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd; Fell, W.R. Capt (1960) The Sea Surrenders. 1st edn. London: Cassell and Company; Masters, David (1938) Divers in Deep Seas - more romances of salvage. 1st edn. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode; Pugh, Marshall (1956) Commander Crabb. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd; Tailliez. Phillipe; Cousteau, J. (1957) The Complete Manual of Free Diving. 1st edn. New York: G.P. Putnams & Sons; Bussby, Fredertick (1974) William Walker - The diver who Saved Winchester Cathedral. Winchester: Friends of Winchester Cathedral; Bond, G.F. and Siiteri, H.A. (1993) Papa Topside: the Sealab chronicles of Capt. George F. Bond, USN. 1st edn. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press; Scott, David (1932) Seventy Fathoms Deep - with the divers of the salvage ship Artiglio. London: Faber & Faber Ltd; Kemp, Paul (1999) Underwater Warriors, Brockhampton Press; Masters; David (1924) The Wonders of Salvage - with 48 illustrations from photographs. 1st edn. London: John Land - Bodley Head; Beer, Frank (1982) ‘Day’s Diving Disaster in Plymouth Sound - 1774’. Frank Beer; Turner, Malcolm (1988) Shipwrecks & Salvage In South Africa - 1505 to the present, ex-libris Richard Larn label, C. Struik, Cape Town; Romanovsky. V. (1965) Conquest of the Deep. London: Studio Vista; Zanelli, Leo (1970) Diving around Britain. London: Prenbourne Publishing Ltd; Warren, C; Benson, J. (1955) Above us the Waves - the story of midget submarines and human torpedoes, together with tip-ins. 14th edn. London: Transworld Publishers; Roland, A. (1978) Underwater warfare in the age of sail. 1st edn. Bloomington: Indiana University Press; Kemp, P. (1997) Underwater warriors. London: Arms and Armour; Borgeson, Lil; Speirs, Jack (1964) Skin Diver Handbook. Fawcett Publications; Together with further books and pamphlets.
Maritime Interest The Lore of Ships, AB Nordbok, 1975; Multiple Authors, The Tall Ship in Art, Blandford Book, 1999; Trotter, Wilfrid Pym, The Royal Navy in Old Photographs, 1975; Mordal, J. (1973) Twenty-five centuries of sea warfare. 2nd edn. London: Abbey Library; World Naval Base - the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. 3rd edn (1989). Chatham: Jarrold Publishing Ltd; Schofield, B.B. & Martyn, L.F. (1968) The Rescue Ships. 1st edn. London: William Blackwood & Sons; Hobbs, Edward (1925) Sailing Ships at a Glance - a pictorial record of the evolution of the sailing ship from the earliest times until today. 1st edn. London: The Architectural Press; Chandler, George (1960) Liverpool Shipping - a short history. London: Phoenix House; Anderson, John (1934) Coastwise Sail - a record of the schooners surviving in the British Coasting Trade, and of those lost in Recent Years. London: Percival, Marshall & Co. Ltd; Spratt, Philip (1951) Transatlantic Paddle Steamers. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd; Eames, A. (1981) Ships and seamen of Anglesey 1558-1918: studies in maritime and local history. 1st edn. London: National Maritime Museum; Sawyer, L.A. and Mitchell, W.H. (1973) The Liberty ships: the history of the ‘emergency’ type cargo ships constructed in the United States during World War II. Revised ed. Newton Abbott: David and Charles; O’Brien, F.T. (1973) Early Solent steamers: a history of local steam navigation. 1st edn. Newton Abbot: David and Charles; Oceans O (no date); March, E.J. (1970a) Inshore craft of Great Britain in the days of sail and oar. 1st edn. Newton Abbot, Camden, Me: David & Charles; International Marine Pub. Co; Together with further books on the subject, some containing Richard Larn ex-libris label.
Shipwreck Treasure Fourteen works Pickford, N. (ed.) (1994) The Atlas of Shipwreck & Treasure. London: Dorling Kindersley; Pickford, N. (1999) Lost Treasure Ships of the Twentieth Century. London: Pavilion Books; Pickford, N. (1999) Lost treasure ships of the twentieth century. London: Pavilion Books; Wilson, D. (1981) The World Atlas of Treasure. London: Book Club Associates; Pickford, N. (2006) Lost treasure ships of the Northern Seas: a guide and gazetteer to 2000 years of shipwreck. London: Chatham ; St. Paul, MN : Distributed in the U.S.A. by M.B.I. Pub. Co; Locker-Lampson, S. (1995) New Zealand treasure wrecks. Auckland, N.Z.: Halcyon Press; Allen, G. and Allen, D. (1978b) The Guns of Sacramento. London: Garton; Allen, G. and Allen, D. (1978a) Clive’s Lost Treasure. London: Robin Garton; Hinds, F. (1995) Riches from Wrecks: The Recovery of Sunken Cargoes. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson; Morris, K. and Rowlands, P. (1987) Exploring shipwrecks. Signed 1st edn. Leicester, England: Windward; Peterson, M. (1975) The Funnel of Gold. Boston Toronto: Little Brown; Beasant, J. (1995) Stalin’s silver. 1. publ. London: Bloomsbury; Chorlton, W. (ed.) (1974) Buried & sunken treasure. London: Marshall Cavendish (A Golden hands book); Marx, R.F. and Marx, J. (1993) The search for sunken treasure: exploring the world’s great shipwrecks. Shrewsbury: Swan Hill. (14)
McGraw-Hill Machine Shop Library (8), to include Practical Die-Making (Colvin), Accurate Tool Work (Goodrich and Stanley), Grinding Book (Colvin and Stanley), American Machinist Gearbook (Logue), Machine Drawing and Design (Marshall), Automatic Screw Machines (Goodrich and Stanley), Jig and Fixtures (Colvin and Haas), also Mechanical Appliances and Novelties of Construction (Hiscox) The Norman Wheeley Publishing Co. New York.
H.M. Queen Elizabeth II 1953 Coronation Gold Staff Officer's baton with gilt shaft and red painted ends, transfer decorated crowned ERII cypher and 'Coronation June 2nd 1953' on scroll, 53.5cm. Gold Staff Officers were appointed by The Earl Marshall to show guests to their seats at the Coronation.
West Indies Cricket Tour 1988 multi printed signatures of Vivian Richards, Gordon Greenridge, Malcom Marshall, Patrick Paterson, Jeff Dujon, Courtney Walsh, Desmond Haynes and more, over 15 signatures appx. Measures 12x9 inch appx. May yield good value. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Suckling (Sir John) Fragmenta Aurea: A Collection of all the Incomparable Peices, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Marshall (lightly spotted), cropped shaving a few head-lines, some staining, bookplate of Sir Stafford H.Northcote, Bart, bookseller's ticket of A.Holden of Exeter, later panelled calf, spine gilt, for Humphrey Moseley, 1658 § Pitcairn (Archibald) & others. Selecta Poemata, 1727 bound with Poems in English and Latin on the Archers, and Royal-Company of Archers, 1726 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, browned, modern calf-backed cloth, Edinburgh § Cicero (Marcus Tullius) The Letters, edited by William Melmoth, 5 vol., bookplate of Boyd Alexander of South Barr, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red roan labels, Edinburgh, 1808 § Byron (G.G.N., Lord) English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers, reprint of the third authorised edition, half-title, 3pp. advertisements, original boards, spine worn, 1810 [but later, watermarked 1819] § [Erskine (Thomas)] Armata: a Fragment, ?first edition, 4pp. advertisments at end, original boards, uncut, broken and loose, 1817; and a quantity of others, literature, 8vo et infra; sold not subject to return (c.100)*** The last is a political romance and utopian novel concerning an imaginary voyage to a parallel earth, by the lawyer and politician Thomas Erskine. It is the first work of science fiction by a Scottish author.
Price (Uvedale) A Letter to H.Repton, Esq., first edition, occasional foxing, for J.Robson, 1795 bound with [Marshall (William)] A Review of the Landscape, presentation copy from the author, half-title, very lightly browned, 1795, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints split, lacking label, [BAL 2620 & 2060] § Mason (W.) The English Garden: a Poem. In Four Books, A New Edition, corrected, contemporary ink inscription "Jane Murray Bath Aug. 28th 1784" to title, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked with gilt floral spine & red morocco label, York, A.Ward, 1783 § [Akenside (Mark)] The Pleasures of the Imagination. A Poem, first edition, lacking half-title, title in red & black with engraved vignette (slightly soiled), advertisement leaf at end, book-label and inscription of architect Roderick Gradidge, later vellum-backed boards, a little faded and a few stains, R.Dodsley, 1744, 8vo & 4to (3) *** The first two items arose from the controversy engendered by the publication in 1794 of Richard Payne Knight’s poem The Landscape and Uvedale Price’s An Essay on the Picturesque. The first item, written by Price in reply to a pamphlet by Humphrey Repton, emphasises Price’s view that landscape gardening should be founded on the same principles as landscape painting, while the second by William Marshall defends Capability Brown against accusations, particularly by Price, that the clumps and belts so favoured by Brown and his followers were planted in too formal a manner.

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