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Click here to subscribeSmith (Alfred). Twenty Lithographic Views of Ecclesiastical Edifices in the Borough of Stroud, by Alfred Smith, Artist, with Short Notices appended to each Drawing, Stroud: printed & published by J.P. Brisley, 1838, twenty lithograph plates on India paper, dedication leaf signed by Alfred Smith, 2pp. subscribers list present, occasional spotting, contemporary morocco backed cloth, spine rubbed and worn, oblong 4to Hyett & Bazeley, vol. 2, p.313. (1)
Scott (Captain R.F.). Scott's Last Expedition, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1913, photogravure portrait frontispiece to each, colour and black & white plates and maps, occasional light spotting, bookplate, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, slightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with Lecture Advertisement leaflet, Town Hall , Birmingham. Under the auspices of the Council of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, on Tuesday, November 4th, at 8, Commander Evans C.B., R.N., wil deliver a Lecture on "Capt. Scott's Expedition"..., [1913], 4pp. advertisement leaflet printed in red & black, with black & white portraits from photographs and map, central horizontal fold and short repaired closed tears (3)
Cooper (Astley). Illustrations of Diseases of the Breast, in Two Parts, Part I [all published], 1st edition, 1829, 8 hand-coloured lithographic plates and 1 plain plate on india, some spotting, corner tears with loss to upper outer corners of first few leaves (title-page restored), modern half cloth gilt with marbled boards, slim 4to Garrison & Morton 5769; Norman 511. (1)
Lang (Andrew, editor). The Blue Fairy Book, 1st edition, 1889, eight plates, including frontispiece, and numerous letterpress illustrations, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, very occasional light spotting and one or two corners slightly creased, front hinge split, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, some minor rubbing and faint marks, 8vo A good copy of the first title in Andrew Lang's Fairy Book series. (1)
Hakewill (James). A Picturesque Tour of Italy, from Drawings made in 1816-1817, 1st edition, John Murray, 1820, engraved and printed titles, 63 engraved plates, including 36 views after J.M.W. Turner, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated straight-grained brown full morocco (by Carroll et Scott with their gilt stamp towards foot of upper cover), rubbed and some marks, with a little wear to joints and extremities, large 4to Large Paper copy. (1)
Longstaffe (W. Hylton Dyer). The History and Antiquities of The Parish of Darlington, in The Bishoprick, 1854, 11 black and white illustrations including frontispiece, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Prickett (Marmaduke), An Historical and Architectural Description of the Priory Church of Bridlington, in the East Riding of the County of York, 1831, 17 black and white plates, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full vellum, boards slightly marked, 8vo, and Orton (John), Turf Annals of York and Doncaster..., 1844, some light marks, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco bound by Oloach Co., spine and hinges slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century Yorkshire reference and related, including A New and Complete History of the County of York, volumes 1-6, by Thomas Allen, 1828, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Calvert (Albert F.). The Exploration of Australia from 1844-1896, 1st edition, London & Liverpool, 1896, title printed in red and black, decorative headpieces and initials, top edge gilt, original two-tone cloth gilt, rubbed and heavily soiled, 4to, together with Parkes (Henry), Fifty Years in the Making of Australian History, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1892, engraved portrait frontispiece to each (margins browned), partly uncut, library labels to front pastedowns and large inkstamp to front endpapers, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, a little frayed on joints and at extremities, slight corner wear, plus Wallace (Robert), The Rural Economy and Agriculture of Australia and New Zealand, 1st edition, 1891, black and white plates including portrait frontispiece, 8 partly-folding coloured maps before index at rear, partly uncut, some spotting and browning at front and rear, original cloth gilt, lower board and spine damp frayed, all 8vo, plus other 19th & 20th-century Australia interest (approx. 50)
Richards (J.M. & Ravilious, Eric). High Street, 1st edition, Country Life, 1938, twenty-four colour lithograph plates, woodcut vignette title, early ink ownership name to front free endpaper, and small adhesive label above, original pictorial boards, a little rubbed at edges, spine toned with slight loss to ends, 8vo (1)
Fortune (Robert). Two Visits to the Tea Countries of China and the British Tea Plantations in the Himalaya..., 2 volumes, 3rd edition, John Murray, 1853, wood engraved frontispiece to each volume (both laid down to front pastedown), additional decorative and printed titles to each volume, single folding engraved map at rear of first volume, wood engraved plates and illustrations, original gilt-decorated cloth, slightly rubbed and a few minor marks (generally a good copy), 8vo (2)
Detmold (Edward J., illust.). The Fables of Aesop, Hodder and Stoughton, [1909], twenty-three tipped-in colour plates (as listed), some spotting to first and last few leaves, front free endpaper with two ink ownership inscriptions, hinges strengthened,original pictorial brown cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, covers with some damp staining to fore-edge, 4to, together with Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), Tales from Shakespeare, By Charles & Mary Lamb, 1909, twelve colour plates, front pastedown with ink ownership inscription, occasional light spotting to fore-edges, original pictorial green cloth gilt, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Dulac (Edmund), Stories from Hans Andersen, 1938, twelve colour plates, one with two short closed tears, letterpress lightly toned, original cloth with red decoration and lettering, slightly soiled, spine darkened, 8vo, plus two other similar: A Wonder Book, By Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, [1922], 4to; Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts, by J.M. Barrie, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, 1913, 4to (5)
Guthrie (Mrs. Maria). A Tour Performed in the Years 1795-6, through The Taurida, or Crimea, the Antient Kingdom of Bosphorus, the Once-Powerful Republic of Tauric Cherson....Described in a Series of Letters to her Husband, the Editor, Matthew Guthrie..., 1st edition, 1802, eleven engraved plates, two folding engraved maps (including frontispiece strengthened to folds on verso), publisher's advert list to verso of final leaf, some spotting mostly to margins, modern half calf, morocco title label, 4to (1)
Halfpenny (William and John). Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste, being designs entirely new for the decoration of gardens, parks, forrests, insides of houses, &c. on Sixty Copper Plates with full instructions for workmen, 2nd edition, printed for & sold by Robt Sayer, 1752, engraved title (some soiling and small loss to upper and lower outer corners, 60 copper engraved plates, including some folding, some minor marks, marginal soiling to first and last few leaves, later 19th century quarter cloth, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed and marked, 8vo Archer 134.2. Harris, British Architecture 301. (1)
Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st trade edition, 1903, colour plates, repeat endpapers (front endpaper detached), stitching breaking, a few leaves loosening, a few light finger marks, front hinge broken, original dark green cloth, upper cover with inset illustration, some wear and losses to spine, 16mo, together with The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, 1903, colour plates, title vignette coloured-in, stiching breaking, first few leaves detached, previous owner signature to title, some soiling, front hinge broken, small nicks to fore edges, original cloth, upper cover with inset illustration, upper joint splitting in places, 16mo, with 10 other Beatrix Potters, reprints etc (12)
Theatrical costume. An album of eighty lithographs, circa 1860, eighty lithographs, seventy-eight with hand colouring, titles in German, some plates with additional manuscript titles, a few images with additional titles in English and Dutch, some damp staining, some fraying and marginal closed tears with slight loss, some dust soiling, each plate laid on later paper, modern morocco with morocco gilt label to upper siding, slight wear at extremities, oblong folio (1)
Green (William). The Tourist's New Guide, containing a Description of the Lakes, Mountains, and Scenery, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, with some Account of their Bordering Towns and Villages, 2 volumes, Kendal, 1819, half-titles, folding engraved map, twenty-four aquatint plates, without the twelve soft ground etchings (as often), errata leaf at end of each volume, untrimmed, original printed boards, rubbed, spines deficient, volume 1 with boards detached, 8vo (Abbey, Scenery, 190), together with French (John), A Pocket Companion for Harrowgate Spaw, or, a particular Account of the several Medicinal Springs at, or near that Place. Shewing their different Nature and Uses towards restoring Health and Strength. With Directions how to use the Waters with Advantage, published Halifax, 1760, manuscript contents written to verso of A2, ink erased text to p.18, spotting & browning throughout, armorial bookplate of T. Langton, contemporary half sheep, upper joint cracked, slim 8vo, with Thompson (Thomas), A History of the Church and Priory of Swine in Holderness, Hull: Printed by Thomas Topping, 1824, engraved title, nine plates, occasional spotting, edges untrimmed, original boards, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, plus two others (6)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Some British Ballads, [1919], 16 colour tipped-in plates, crease mark to one plate, slight toning to endpapers as often, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed boards, some toning at head of covers, small tear at foot of upper joint, 4to Limited edition 511/575, signed by the artist. (1)
Morris (Rev. F.O.). A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 7 volumes (including volume 7 - Facsimile of Autographs of Subscribers), circa 1880, numerous chromolithograph plates including titles, some spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt blocked red cloth, occasional rubbing to extremities, 4to (7)
Pontey (William). The Forest Pruner; or, Timber Owner's Assistant: a Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees; Whether Intended for Use, Ornament, or Shelter..., 1st edition, Huddersfield: printed for the author by T. Smart, [1805], etched frontispiece, seven etched plates (4 hand tinted plates of which 1 is folding & 2 are double-page, correct as list), one leaf of publisher's adverts at rear, edges untrimmed, original boards with printed paper title label to spine, joints slightly cracked, 8vo (1)
Williamson (George C.). The History of Portrait Miniatures, 2 volumes, George Bell and Sons, 1904, colour frontispiece to each, 28 colour plates, 104 monochrome plates, occasional light spotting, booklabels of Cuthbert A. Williamson, top edges gilt, contemporary red half morocco, some fading to covers, joints and edges rubbed, 4to Limited edition of 50, this special copy extra to the 50 for the author's son Cuthbert Williamson. Inscribed to volume I front endpaper "Cuthbert A. Williamson, with very much love from his affectionate father the author, Christmas 1904", additionally inscribed beneath "Special copy extra to the 50, only, which were printed & published; and made up for my boy, from the proof plates, advance sheets and overs. There is no other copy in existence beyond the 50 issued for sale." (2)
Atkinson (Thomas Witlam). Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese tartary, and Part of Central Asia, 1st edition, 1858, 20 chromolithograph and tinted lithograph plates, folding map (with tape repairs), a few light spots, lacking front endpaper, hinges reinforced, original green cloth gilt, rebacked, original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo (1)
Tickell (John). History of the Town and County of Kingston upon Hull, From Its Foundation in the Reign of Edward The First to the Present Time, printed by Thomas Lee, 1798, black and white engraved folding frontispiece plus numerous black and white plates, some with repairs, some facsimile replacements, light spotting throughout, some pages repaired, contemporary half calf with red spine label, boards and spine rubbed with some loss, thick 4to, together with Crabtree (John), A Concise History of the Paris and Vicarage of Halifax, in the County of York, Halifax, 1836, 16 black and white plates including frontispiece, some minor spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, publisher, The Northern Star, or Yorkshire Magazine..., circa 1850, black and white illustrations, some minor marks, bookplates to front pastedowns, period inscription to volume 1 front endpaper, uniform half calf, boards and spines rubbed with loss, plus other 18th and 19th century Yorkshire reference, including Masonic, mostly contemporary leather, some original cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
View Books. Thirty Views of Eastbourne. T.S. Cowland, The Library, Eastbourne, n.d., circa 1870's, 30 engraved vignette plates, original cloth with title in gilt to upper cover, spine faded, rubbed, oblong 8vo, together with Harwood's Wales Illustrations, [1844], six engraved vignette plates, some dust-soiling mostly to margins, original cloth-backed limp wrappers, decorative title to upper cover, worn, oblong 8vo, with Cuzner's Hand-book to Froome-Selwood, published Froome-Selwood: S. Cuzner, [1866?], twelve engraved vignette plates (including frontispiece), adverts at rear, scattered spotting, original cloth, 8vo, plus thirty-four other late 19th/early 20th century view books (37)
Blow Book. Early magic trick book, French, circa 1799, eighty-four hand-coloured engraved plates, comprising twelve each of seven subjects, some with printed title below image, occasional light spotting or marks, mainly marginal, fore-edges stepped and notched as issued, watermarked Montg[o]lfier [17]99, original marbled wrappers, some minor wear to extremities, 8vo Rare early magician's blow book. These books were so designed that a blow of air by the demonstrator and a swift riffling through the pages produced a different set of images depending on which way up the volume was held and from which notch on the fore-edge it was thumbed. Our volume has seven changes: harlequin; Le Pere; l'Abb‚; Soldat; flowers; La Mere; playing cards. By their very nature these ephemeral items were designed for heavy use, and so rarely survive, particularly in such good condition. (1)
Davis (John). Tracks of McKinlay and Party Across Australia. Edited from Mr. Davis's Manuscript Journal; with an Introductory View of the Recent Australian Explorations of the McDougall Stuart, Burke and Willis, Landsborough, etc., by William Westgarth, 1st edition, 1863, half title, folding lithograph map, 14 tinted lithographed plates (including portrait frontispiece), one wood engraved illustration, modern half calf, gilt decorated spine with black leather title label, 8vo Ferguson 9005. (1)
Barthelemy (Jean-Jacques). Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, during the Middle of the Fourth Century before the Christian Aera, Translated from the French, 8 volumes (with Atlas), 2nd edition, 1794, contemporary marbled calf, morocco title labels to spines, gilt armorial at foot of spines, 8vo, Atlas volume with imprint dated 1793 containing thirty-one engraved maps, plates and plans (some folding, mostly double-page), some dampstaining to margins, contemporary half calf, boards detached, some wear, 4to (8)
Aubrey (John, & Phillipps, Sir Thomas). Aubrey's Collections for Wilts, (Edited by Sir T. Phillipps), part 1 [& 2], London: Printed by J. Davy, 1821, closed tear to O1, bound with the second part entitled An Essay Towards the Description of the North Division of Wiltshire..., Typis Medio-Montanis [Middle Hill], 1838, both parts bound without plates (as often), late 19th century half calf gilt, 4to, (Fenwick 47), together with Aubrey (John & Jackson, John Edward), Wiltshire. The Topographical Collections of John Aubrey..., Corrected and Enlarged, Devizes: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1862, engraved frontispiece, numerous lithograph plates at rear, folding pedigrees, some browning and spotting, bookplate of W. Heward Bell, Cleeve House, Seend, Wilts to upper pastedown, hinges crudely strengthened, edges rough trimmed, original cloth gilt, spine strengthened and slightly rubbed to extremities, large 4to, with Phillipps (Sir Thomas, Middle Hill Press), North Wiltshire Musters, Anno 30 Henry VIII, from the Original in the Chapter House, Westminster, London: Printed by T. Gardiner & Son [for Sir Thomas Phillipps], 1834, [2],33,[1]pp., bookplates of Leonard L. Hartley and Alfred Trego Butler, Portcullis, original boards, spine worn with loss, slim folio, (Fenwick 42), with [Wilts Subsidy Roll 7 Edw. III. 1334, Part 1, Middle Hill Pess, circa 1858], 45pp. lithograph facsimile of Phillipps' manuscript on blue paper, caption title, original boards, spine worn, slim folio, (this work was issued without a title-page, Fenwick 36), plus Cartularium Saxonicum Malmsburiense in Com. Wilts, Typis Medio-Montanis 18.., [Middle Hill: Edwyn Offer, 1829], title-page (printed later) and 25pp., sewing weak, original boards, spine deficient, slim folio, (one of 50 copies, Fenwick 37) (5)
Adams (George). An Essay on Electricity, Explaining the Principles of that Useful Science; and Describing the Instruments, Contrived Either to Illustrate the Theory, or Render the Practice Entertaining. To which is now added, a Letter to the Author, from Mr. John Birch, Surgeon, on the Subject of Medical Electricity, 4th edition, 1792, folding engraved frontispiece and five folding engraved plates, offsetting and toning, with some fraying to fore-edges, title with early ink name to head and library stamp on verso, catalogue of instruments made and sold by George Adams at rear, uncut, modern marbled boards, 8vo (1)
Pollard (A. F.). Henry VIII, published by Goupil & Co., 1902, hand-coloured photogravure portrait frontispiece, numerous photogravure plates and vignette illustrations, scattered spotting, Ex libris W.A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey with gilt leather label to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary red half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, vellum sidings with gilt armorial to centre, folio (limited edition 852/1150 on fine paper), together with Creighton (Mandell), Queen Elizabeth, published Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1896, hand-coloured photogravure portrait frontispiece, numerous photogravure plates, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, folio (2)
Dickens (Charles). Works (Illustrated Library Edition), Chapman and Hall, circa 1870-75, engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title to each volume, wood engraved plates, occasional early signature of H.S. Roden to some volumes, original uniform publisher's green cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed and a few marks (generally in good condition), large 8vo (30)
Hooke (Robert). Philosophical Experiments and Observations..., edited by William Derham, 1st edition, 1726, 4 engraved plates including 2 folding, browned, woodcut illustrations and diagrams to text, publisher's advert leaf at rear, a little spotting and soiling at front and rear, contemporary panelled calf, some wear, lower joint cracked and upper cover detached, 8vo First edition of some of Hooke's papers on various scientific subjects, here arranged in a chronological order and interspersed with papers by other virtuosos. Keynes 36; Norman 1102; Wheeler Gift 262. (1)
Brydone (Patrick). A Tour through Sicily and Malta. In a Series of Letters to William Beckford, Esq. of Somerly in Suffolk, 2 volumes, new edition, 1776, contemporary ink ownership stamp of John Stirling to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, upper board of volume 1 detached, other joints cracked and some wear, 8vo, together with [Bartlett, W.H.], Pictures from Sicily, published by Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co., 1853, twenty-four engraved plates only (of 33, including frontispiece and additional engraved title), 16 pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, occasional scattered spotting, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated cloth, joints split and some wear, 8vo, with Crawford (Francis Marion), The Rulers of the South, Sicily, Calabria, Malta, 2 volumes, 1900, numerous black & white plates and illustrations, two folding maps, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth gilt, 8vo, plus nine others, including Sicily related, mostly 20th century publications (14)
Raphael (Sanzio ). Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano, [Rome, circa 1770-1776,], fine double-page engraved view of the corridor and entrance to the loggia in the Vatican, by Giovanni Volpato after Pietro Camporese, and 13 fine engraved plates on heavy laid paper depicting the decorated bays of the Vatican loggias designed by Raphael, by Giovanni Ottaviani after Savorelli & Camporese, numbered I-XIII, with wide margins, some minor spotting, plate size 63 x 56.5 cm (24.75 x 22.25 ins), sheet size 83 x 68 cm (33 x 27 ins), all bound in 19th century red half sheep gilt, rubbed and scuffed, large folio (1)
Geikie (Walter). Etchings Illustrative of Scottish Character and Scenery...', with Biographical Introduction by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, 1st edition, published John Stewart, Edinburgh & David Robertson, Glasgow, [1841], eighty-one uncoloured etched plates (index calls for eighty), very slight spotting, bookplate of J. A. Jamieson, contemporary marbled calf gilt with central panels in relief, rebacked, worn at extremities, 4to, together with Clerk (John), Thirty-six views in Scotland chiefly from drawings by J. C. Esq., published J. & J. Boydell, 1791, printed title, fifteen (only) uncoloured engravings, prints detached, bound with Thirty-six views in Scotland, a second set, published P. Macqueen, 1794, printed title, thirty (only) uncoloured engravings, spotted throughout, contemporary half morocco, boards detached, rubbed and worn, oblong 8vo Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return. (2)
Bourgeois (Charles). [Recueil de vues et fabriques pittoresques d'Italie], circa 1810, lacking title and preliminaries, 175 uncoloured engraved views on ninety-six sheets, each with tissue guard, slight worming to first few leaves, spotted and stained throughout, last few pages with erratic pagination, later endpapers, later quarter calf with modern gilt decorated spine, rubbed and worn, edges repaired with sellotape, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)
Nicholson (William). A Dictionary of Chemistry..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1795, 4 engraved plates including 2 folding at rear of volume 1, some light uniform browning to volume 2, contemporary polished calf gilt with contrasting leather labels to spines, slightly rubbed, 4to The first dictionary of chemistry by an Englishman. (2)
MacArthur (Douglas). Reports of General MacArthur, 4 volumes including Supplement to volume 1 and Part 2 to volume 2, Washington, 1966, colour maps and plans, ex library with stamps to title-pages, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, 4to, together withSwinton (William), Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, A Critical History of Operations in Virginia, Maryland and Pennysylvania from the Commencement to the Close of the War 1861-1865, revised edition, New York, 1882, plates and plans, library stamps to title, frontispiece near detached, inner hinges cracked, old library cloth, rubbed, 8vo, plusScoullar (J.L.), Battle for Egypt, The Summer of 1942, [and] Crete, by D.M. Davin, both Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45 series, Wellington, 1955 & 1953, maps and plans including some folding, second volume ex library with some marks, original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, second volume with library numbers at foot of spine, plus duplicate copies of both volumes and other mostly Second World War interest, including History of the Second World War series publications by HMSO, many ex library, and several other volumes bound in modern leatherette gilt, plus a quantity of The Life Saving Awards Research Society Journal (3 shelves + a carton)NB. This lot description has been amended and more information added.
Edwards (Lionel). The Passing Seasons, Depicted by Lionel Edwards, and Some Fleeting Thoughts of Crascredo, Country Life, [1927], additional half title, eighteen (complete) mounted coloured plates, each signed by the artist in pencil to lower margin, black & white illustrations throughout, uncut, publisher's cloth gilt, boards a little faded and stained, spine frayed at head and foot and faded, bumped at extremities, folio Limited edition, 59/150. (1)
Wadsworth (Edward). Sailing Ships And Barges of the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas, Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1926, limited edition 112/450, 17 hand-coloured plates plus black and white map at rear, paper untrimmed, publisher's original gilt-decorated red cloth to white cloth spine in slipcase, 8vo (1)
Chesterfield (Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of). Letters... to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq: 2 volumes, 4th edition, revised and corrected, J. Dodsley, 1774, & Miscellaneous Works of the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield... to which are prefixed, Memoirs of His Life, by M. Maty, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1778, engraved plates, portraits, etc., including many with original tissue-guard, bookplate to front pastedown of each volume of Sir John Trollope, contemporary gilt-decorated full tree calf, morocco title label to each volume, and 3 (of 4) oval volume labels missing, a little rubbed and wear to joints (generally an attractive set), large 4to (4)
Lee (Jim). Arrested, 1st edition, 2012, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, black boards with inlaid black and white illustration, boards slightly rubbed with minor tear to foot, folio, together with Freedman (Denis, editor), Michael Thompson, Images, slipcased edition, 2005, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cream cloth with inlaid colour illustrations, and glassine wrapper in slipcase, folio, and Wesleyan University Press, publishers, A Descriptive Catalogue of The Marine Collection to be found at India House, 2nd edition, USA, 1973, 12 colour and 39 monochrome plates, original gilt decorated plum cloth in slipcase, large 4to, plus other modern art reference and related, G/VG, 8vo/folio (5 shelves & a carton)
Bankes (Thomas). A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography, Antient and Modern..., published J. Cooke, circa 1790, engraved allegorical frontispiece, twenty-one engraved maps (12 folding) and seventy-two engraved plates, excised signature to upper outer corner of front free endpaper, contemporary calf, red morocco title label, joints cracked, upper joint weak, some wear to extremities, folio Sold as a collection of maps & plates, not subject to return. (1)
Edwards (George). Gleanings of Natural History, exhibiting figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants &c..., printed for the author at the Royal College of Physicans, four parts only, volumes 1, 2, & 3 and a duplicate of volume 2, (bound in three), 1758 - 1764, additional half title, title page repeated in French, dedication, list of sponsers and preface, 200 (only) engraved plates of birds, botany, mammals, reptiles, insects and fish, all with contemporary hand colouring, some duplicates, one plate with a long closed tear affecting image, some plates with some offsetting, non-uniform contemporary calf, one volume with text block split and detached, two volumes with boards detached, worn and frayed, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (3)
[Peake, Richard Brinsley]. Costume Caracteristique de France (The Characteristic Costume of France) from drawings made on the spot... by an artist recently returned from the Continent, William Fearman, 1819, printed titles in both French and English, 19 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, including frontispiece, captioned in English, and with printed descriptions in French and English to each, text leaves watermarked J Whatman 1818, and plates watermarked J Whatman 1821, a few marks, plate 1 with closed tear, touching image, without loss, untrimmed, contemporary red morocco-backed marbled boards, rubbed and some wear to joints, spine and extremities, 4to Colas 2297. Abbey, Travel 87. Plate titles include A Paris Diligence, The Grimacier, Interior of a Coffee-house, Parisian Promenaders, A Gaming Table, The Catacombs, Market Characters, etc. (1)
Robinson (W. Heath, illustrator). A Song of the English, by Rudyard Kipling, [1909], thirty tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue-guards, black & white illustrations to text, slight offsetting and some spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt-decorated vellum, covers a little bowed and lacking ties, slightly soiled, 4to Limited edition, 79/500, signed by the artist. (1)
Strutt (Joseph). Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod, or the Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, 2nd edition, 1810, 40 engraved plates, printed in sepia, occasional light marks (contents generally in clean condition), wide margins, engraved bookplate of Laxton Hall to front pastedown, contemporary polished full calf, gilt decorated spine, a few minor marks, 4to Handsome copy. (1)
Edwards (Lionel). The Passing Seasons depicted by Lionel Edwards, and some fleeting thoughts of Crascredo, 1st edition, Country Life, [1927], 18 mounted colour plates, each signed by the artist in pencil to lower margin, monochrome illustrations to text, untrimmed, original cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, with some fraying and wear to outer corners, later matching cloth reback, folio (44.5 x 35 cm) Limited edition of 250 copies, this being number 39 of 150 copies for Great Britain. (1)
Deidier (Abbe). Le Calcul Differentiel et le Calcul Integral, Expliques et Appliques a la Geometrie. Avec un Traite Preliminaire..., Paris: Rue Saint Jacques, 1740, half-title, twenty-six folding engraved diagramatic plates, few engraved headpieces, light toning and occasional spotting, 20th century bookplate, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with worn morocco title label, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, 4to Poggendorff I, p.537. (1)
Harvey (William). Prelectiones Anatomiae Universalis, 1886, autotype plates reproducing the original text with transcriptions printed to facing pages, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, modern half morocco, spine a little faded and rubbed at head of joint, 4to, (Keynes 49, one of 300 copies), together with Bateman (Frederic & Rye, Walter), The History of the Bethel Hospital of Norwich, Built by Mrs Mary Chapman in the Year 1713, 1st edition, Norwich, 1906, black and white plates, a little spotting, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed, small folio, plus MacDermot (Violet), The Cult of the Seer in the Ancient Middle East, A Contribution to Current Research on Hallucinations Drawn from Coptic and other Texts, 1st edition, 1971, original cloth in dust jacket, a little soiled, large thick 8vo, plus other 19th & 20th-century medical history interest and related (5 shelves)
Knoop (Johann Hermann). Beschrijving en Afbeeldingen van de Beste Soorten van Appelen en Peeren, bound with, Beschrijving van Vruchtboomen en Vruchten, [and] Beschrijving van Plantagie-Gewassen, 3 parts bound in one, published Amsterdam en Dordrecht, 1790, additional half title and a printed title for each part, half title with later ownership signatures, thirty-nine engraved folding plates of apples and pears, plums, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, etc., by Philipps and Folkema after Knoop, all with contemporary hand colouring, untrimmed, contemporary quarter calf gilt, rubbed and worn, folio Nissen 1077 & 1078. Nissen gives the title for the first and second parts as Pomologia and Fructologia. (1)
Nalson (John). A True Copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice for the Tryal of K. Charles I. as it was Read in the House of Commons, and Attested under the hand of Phelps, Clerk to that Infamous Court, 1st ed., 1684, engraved frontispiece with explanation leaf present, engraved portrait and plate, extra illustrated with an additional twenty-eight mounted portrait plates, lacking final advertisement leaf at rear (2M2), occasional scattered spotting and light dust-soiling, later endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, old crude reback, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, small folio Wing N116; ESTC R5636. (1)
Jefferson (J.B.). The History of Thirsk..., printed by Robert Peat, Thirsk, 1821, 3 black and white illustrations, including frontispiece and title, some light marks and spotting, period inscription to front endpaper, contemporary boards, detached, spine cracked and rubbed, 8vo, together with Hargrove (Alfred), A Brief Description of Places of Public Interest, in the County of York, within twenty six miles of the city, 1843, black and white folding map frontispiece plus numerous illustrations, map torn to foot along a fold line, some offsetting and light spotting, original boards, marked and rubbed, front board detached, 8vo, and Atkinson (J.C.), The History of Cleveland Ancient and Modern, circa 1870, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, colour title page, some water marks and light toning, cracked guttering, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 4to, plus other mostly 19th century Yorkshire history, directories and reference, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)
Gilling (W.T., publisher). A Collection of Engravings, from Paintings and Drawings by the most celebrated Masters, containing a series of fine specimens after Van Dyke, Annibal Caracci, Murillo, Carlo Dolci, Salvator Rosa, Teniers, Rembrandt, Vandervelde, Braueer, Netcher, &c., engraved and etched in the best manner, by the most eminent artists, 2 volumes, printed for W.T. Gilling, circa 1830, 170 engraved, etched and mezzotint plates by William Baillie, John Smith, Knapton, Earlom, Hollar, Pond, Bernard Lens and others, sheet size 412 x 280 mm (16.25 x 11 ins), top edge gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed to joints and extremities, with slight wear, folio (2)
Hogarth (William). The Works of William Hogarth from the original plates, restored by James Heath Esq..., published Baldwin & Craddock, circa 1837, portrait frontispiece, title spotted and creased, 153 uncoloured engravings on 114 sheets, two plates detached, lacking one plate (The Enraged Musician), some spotting and slight staining throughout, text block detached, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco with gilt decorated spine, base of spine frayed with loss, heavily worn and rubbed, large folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)
Burnet (Thomas). Telluris Theoria Sacra: Orbis Nostri Originem & Mutationes Generales, quas aut jam subiit, aut olim subiturus est, complectens. Libri duo Priores de Diluvio & Paradiso [& de Conflagratione Mundi, et de Futuro Rerum Statu], 2 volumes in one, 2nd & 1st editions respectively, 1689, engraved frontispiece to each, two folding engraved plates and several illustrations to text, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, 4to (1)
Lyon (Captain G.F.). A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, in the Years 1818, 19, and 20; Accompanied by Geographical Notices of Soudan, and of the Course of the Niger, 1st edition, 1821, folding engraved map, some offsetting and short closed tear repair, 17 hand-coloured lithograph plates, complete as listed, title slightly dust-soiled and neatly relaid, modern pen inscription to front free endpaper, modern half calf gilt over old marbled boards, 4to Abbey, Travel 304. (1)
Milne (Alan Alexander). The World of Pooh, Containing Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, Methuen, 1961, eight colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations by E.H. Shepard, signed by the artist on the title-page, original orange cloth, spine lightly faded, 8vo, together with Shepard (Ernest H.), Drawn From Memory, 1st edition, 1957, signed by Shepard on the title-page and dated Sept. 1957, numerous illustrations, some full-page, top edges red, remainder a little spotted, free endpapers partially toned, original green cloth, gilt on spine rubbed, 8vo, plus two others by Milne, later editions, and a first edition of Children of the Frost, by Jack London, New York, 1902, lacking free endpapers (5)
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