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Click here to subscribeHenry L. Saxby: 'The Birds of Shetland', Edinburgh & London, 1874, 1st edition, Autograph Letter Signed from H.L. Saxby to Robert Gray (Ornithologist and Bird author) loosely inserted with later typed transcript and other relevant typed info, plus ownership signature of bird author and Ornithologist A.W.M. Clark Kennedy to verso FFEP, 8 tinted litho plates as called for, original cloth gilt
Lord Lilford: 'Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood', illustrated Archibald Thorburn & GE Lodge, London, RH Porter, 1895, 2 volumes, 20 full page photogravure plates + large folding map on linen + numerous black and white illustrations in text as called for, original cloth gilt, top edges gilt (2)
Arthur Edward Knox, 2 titles: 'Game Birds and Wild Fowl; their Friends and their Foes', London, 1850, 1st edition, 4 litho plates as called for, copy of sir William Henry Feilden, with his signature and bookplate to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth gilt (worn); 'Ornithological Rambles in Sussex', London, 1849, 1st edition, 4 litho plates as called for, signed and inscribed to Rev John Horatio Nelson by the Duke of Richmond to verso half title, 5 related snapshot photos and some other relevant material loosely inserted, original pictorial cloth gilt (worn) (2)
Paul Lacroix, three titles '..au Moyen Age et a L'Epoque de la Renaissance' series comprising 'Moeurs, usages et Costumes...' 1871, first edition, 'Vie Militaire et Religieuse...' 1873, second edition, 'Les Arts...' 1873, fourth edition, plus 'XVIIIe Siecle Institutions, usages et Costumes France 1700-1789', 1875, first edition, all with chromolithograph plates collated complete, all original decorative quarter crimson morocco gilt, all edges gilt (4)
John Hassall: 'Tour of The Grand Junction, illustrated with a series of engravings with an Historical and Topographical description of those parts of countries of Middlesex, Herfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, through which the canal passes', London, J. Hassall, 1819, 1st edition, 24 hand coloured aquatint plates as called for, finely rebound full brown morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, by Riviere & Son
A COMPREHENSIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY CREIL IRONSTONE PART DINNER SERVICE, cream ground with black transfer printed decoration in European, Oriental and African styles, depicting figures and animals in landscape scenes. Comprising: one large circular dish, 49cms diameter, one oval dish, 50cms wide, one oval dish, 44cms wide, one square dish, 24cms wide, one oval tureen, 34cms wide, one pair of sauceboats, 21cms wide, one sauce ladle, twenty-five plates, 23.5cms diameter, nine plates, 22cms diameter, twelve soup bowls, 23.5ms diameter.
NORTH AMERICAN VIRGINIA WALNUT SIDE TABLE, 18th century, the rectangular top with a moulded edge and rounded corners over a single frieze drawer, apparently retaining the original brass handles with adorsed eagle back plates, on square chamfered legs with pierced "bats-wing" corner brackets, 86cm wide x 52cm deep
WILLIAM AND MARY OR GEORGE I BLACK LACQUERED AND PARCEL GILT CABINET ON STAND IN CHINOISERIE STYLE, early 17th century, the twin doors and sides decorated with birds and animals by pagodas in landscapes, the gilt metal escutcheon plates, corner brackets and hinges all with foliate engraving; the interior with an arrangement of eleven drawers all with metal ring handles and with conforming decorative schemes; the probably later stand with four cabriole legs, the cabinet is 78cm high, 91cm wide, the overall height is 149cm
A Collection of Early Erotic Photographs on Glass Plates 11 glass plates each with multiple small diapositive gelatin silver images mainly of dominatrix scenes, 80 images in total including duplications,some being images of erotic drawings, each plate approx. 17cm x 4cm, with four plates of corresponding negatives each 17cm x 8.1cm, some in poor condition
A Renaissance Revival gem-set cruciform pendant in the manner of Giuliano, set with a square-shaped ruby, sapphires and green stones, with enamel and counter enamel decoration and with glazed locket compartment to reverse, 4.3cm high For a similar example, see Munn, G. C., Castellani and Giuliano, Revivalist Jewellers of the 19th Century (London: Trefoil: 1984), plates 167-168.
Bindings.- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Opera, 3 vol., 18 engraved plates by Duflos after Cochin, engraved head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting, contemporary red morocco, gilt, covers with triple filet borders, flat spines in compartments with floral and foliage decoration and double morocco labels, vol.3 lower cover with scratches and some creasing, all vol. little rubbed, g.e., [Cohen-de Ricci 1018 (note)], 12mo (binding 159 x 93mm.), Paris, Joseph Barbou, 1754.
Richardson (George) A Book of Ceilings, composed in the style of the Antique Grotesque, first edition, title and text in English and French, engraved dedication, list of subscribers, 48 engraved plates, one double-page, most with small areas or details picked out in watercolour or coloured pencil, the latter very faint, a few with Richardson's name and dimensions supplied in ink within plate-mark, spotting to text, light marginal soiling to plates, small portion cut away from title (repaired), stamp removed from edge of first few plates, contemporary boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine a little faded, [Harris 735], folio, for the Author, 1776.⁂ Richardson was employed by the Adam Brothers for eighteen years and this work was his unsuccessful attempt to launch his own architectural practice. The list of subscribers includes Joseph Banks, William Chambers, John Carr of York, George Dance, Joseph Pickford at Derby, Thomas Sandby and many country house owners such as the Marquis of Rockingham.
[Bond (William)] The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell, first edition, engraved portrait and 3 plates including one of signing alphabet, 8pp. advertisements at end, a few stains, book-label of James Stevens Cox, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, corners bumped, 8vo, for E.Curll, 1720. ⁂ Account of the deaf and mute Scotsman with second-sight, and including passages on the occult; originally attributed to Daniel Defoe.
Atlases.- Martin (Robert Montgomery) The Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World, Geographical, Political, Commercial, and Statistical, engraved frontispiece of the Great Exhibition, additional pictorial title, 2 engraved comparative plates of rivers and mountains in the eastern and western hemispheres and 81 engraved maps with vignette illustration, hand-coloured in outline, 1 text f. torn without loss, some staining (mostly marginal) or spotting, morocco bookplate to front pastedown 'George Rhodes, 1862', contemporary half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, rather worn, but holding firm, small folio, 1851.
Rackham (Arthur).- [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, number 448 of 1,130 copies, 13 tipped-in colour plates and other illustrations in text by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, occasional spotting, pictorial endpapers, browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, light finger-soiling, bump to foot of spine, but an excellent, sharp copy overall, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, [1907].
Military.- [Smith (Charles Hamilton)] Costume of the Army of The British Empire. According to the Last Regulations, 1814, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 40 hand-coloured plates only (of 60), faint spotting and soiling to first 4 plates, 4 additional unrelated hand-coloured plates loosely inserted, lacking dedication, bookplates, cracked upper hinge, contemporary boards, crudely rebacked, red morocco label to upper cover, rubbed and worn, folio, 1815.
India.- Williamson (Capt. Thomas) and Charles Doyley. The Costume and Customs of Modern India, 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.H.Clark and D.Dubourg after Charles Doyley, some offsetting, occasional spotting, modern red half morocco over older marbled boards, spine gilt, [Abbey Travel 440], 4to, n.d. [text watermarked 1823]. ⁂ Record of British life in India featuring the same plates as in The European in India of 1813, and including scenes of a gentleman being shaved, smoking his hookah, watching dancing girls and viewing an elephant fight. There are seemingly no watermarks to the plates.
Polar.- Murray (James) and George Marston. Antarctic Days, one of 280 copies signed by the authors and Ernest Shackleton, plates, some colour and tipped in, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, slightly soiled, small nick at head of spine, t.e.g., others uncut, [Spence 830; Taurus 61; Rosove 236], 4to, 1913.⁂ An account of the 1907-09 Nimrod Expedition under Shackleton, during which Aurora Australis was printed.
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