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Click here to subscribeEdwards (Lionel).- Macdermot (E.T.) - The Devon & Somerset Staghounds 1907-1936, plates and illustrations, endpapers lightly foxed, dust-jacket, spine browned, a little chipped at head, 1936 § Collyns (Charles Palk) The Chase of the Wild Deer, one of 250 copies, photogravure plates, mounted illustrations, prelims foxed, original vellum-backed cloth, light fading to margins, 1902, first edition; and 11 others, sporting, 4to & 8vo (13)
Edwards (Lionel, illustrator) - Shires and Provinces by "Sabretache," Second Impression, colour plates and text drawings, dust-jacket, chipped, original cloth, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1926 * Huntsmen Past and Present, tipped in colour plates, original cloth, 1929 § Preston (H.E.) The Foxhound Stud Book, 26 vol., broken run 1920 to 1956, contemporary quarter morocco, some spines damaged, James Bolton, 1923/1956 , plus Welsh Hound Association, Kennel Stud Book, Volume II 1926/30 (2 copies); and 4 other vol., illustrated by Lionel Edwards 8vo (34)
Hardy (John James) - Salmon Fishing, plates and illustrations, light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, 1907 § [?Steel (J.M.)], "Black Palmer". Scotch Loch-Fishing, half-title with ink stamp to head, advertisement f., original cloth, very slightly rubbed, Edinburgh & London , 1882 § [Marston (Edward)], "The Amateur Angler. An Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale, first edition, one of 100 copies , additional engraved title, half-title, original wrappers, soiled, t.e.g., others uncut , 1884 § Knox (A.E.) Autumns on the Spey, first edition , 4 tinted lithograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, 3pp. advertisements at end, some occasional spotting, ink inscription to title, original gilt pictorial cloth, light cockling to upper cover, 1872; and 8 others, similar, 8vo (12)
Roosevelt (Theodore) - African Game Trails, An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist, ink inscription to front free endpaper, overall a very good copy, New York, 1910; Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, central crease to spine and a couple of gatherings becoming loose, some spotting, bookplate to front pastedown, New York & London, 1886 § Schillings (C.G.) With Flashlight and Rifle, 2 vol., 1906, first editions , plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed ; and 4 others, by C.G. Shillings and A.Chapman, 8vo (8)
Selous (F.C.) - Recent Hunting Trips in British North America, first edition , plates. some light foxing to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some light rubbing to extremities, New York & London, 1907 § Dollman (Guy) and J.B. Burlace, editors . Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game: African and Asiatic Sections, tenth edition, with the scarce addendum , filled-in by a contemporary hand, ink ownership inscription, plates, original cloth, 1935 § Burrard ( Major Gerald) The Modern Shotgun , 3 vol., first edition , plates and illustrations, scattered foxing to prelims, bookplates, original cloth, spines slightly dulled, 1931-32 § Sharp (Henry) Modern Sporting Gunnery, first edition , frontispiece and illustrations, light spotting to endpapers, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, spine slightly faded, a little rubbed, 1906; and 3 others, 8vo & 4to (9)
Spicers Stalking Records Season, 1913 Embracing The Modelling Of Red Deer Head , T.L.s. from Frank Wallace tipped-in, plates, some tipped-in, modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments with deer motifs, [1914] § Speedy (Tom) Sport in the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland, second edition, plates and illustrations, bookplate, later half morocco, spine gilt in compartments with sporting motifs, spine a little faded, 1886 § Millais (John Guille) British Deer and their Horns , facsimile edition, one of 250 copies, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1982 § Wolf (Joseph) The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, plates, ink inscriptions to endpapers, original cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners a little rubbed, g.e., 1874; and 11 others, similar, 4to & 8vo (15)
Stoddart (Thomas Tod) - The Art of Angling as Practised in Scotland, first edition , wood-engraved vignette title, bookplates, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, corners slightly bumped, a little rubbed, [W p.203], Edinburgh, 1835 § Granby ( Marquess of ) The Trout, number 154 of 157 copies on hand-made paper , plates, bookplates of Henry Ashworth James and John McKinley on front endpapers, original mock vellum-backed cloth, gilt spines, slightly browned, edges uncut, [W p.246], Fur, Feather and Fin Series , 1898 § Dimock (A.W.) The Book of the Tarpon, first edition, mounted cover illustrations, original cloth, New York, 1911; [Another copy], first English edition, ink inscription, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1912 § Skues (G.E.M.) The Way of a Trout With a Fly, third edition, plates, contemporary ink inscription to pastedown, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, a little creased at head and foot, 1935; and 14 others, similar angling, 8vo (19)
Surtees (R.S.) - Handley Cross; Plain or Ringlets; Mr. Romford's Hounds; Ask Mamma; Hawbuck Grange, 9 vol., limited M.F.H. Edition, original cloth, spines dulled, 1899/1900 § Bradley (Cuthbert) Good Sport Seen With Some Famous Packs 1885-1910, colour and other illustrations, original red cloth gilt, [c.1910] § Fores (pub.) Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches, broken run of 17 vol., including duplicates, 1885 - 1898, tinted plates, original red and gold picture cloth § Baily's Hunting Directory, 4 vol., maps, original cloth, Vinton and Co., 1925-1965 ; plus a quantity of related vol., v.s. (qty)
Whitaker (J.) - British Duck Decoys of Today, 1918, first edition, original cloth, 1918 § Everitt (Nicholas) Broadland Sport, first edition, second impression, signed presentation inscription from the author, tape to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 1902 § Harting (James Edmund) Hints on Shore Shooting, first edition , spotting to prelims, original cloth, upper hinge a little weak, spine faded, 1871§ Schwerdt (C.F.G.R.) Hunting Hawking Shooting Illustrated in a Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Prints and Drawings, 4 vol., reprint, plates, original rexine, Hildesheim, Zurich, New York, 1985 ; and 7 others, wildfowling, 8vo & 4to (14)
Brewster (David) - The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, 16 vol. only (of 18, lacking vol.1 & 16), engraved plates, some spotting, old cloth-backed boards, uncut, rubbed, Edinburgh, 1830; and a large quantity of scientific periodicals, papers and catalogues, including issues of Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Year-Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland and publications by the Ashmolean Society and the British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committe, 4to & 8vo ; sold not subject to return (large qty)
Ferguson (James) - Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics , new edition, 36 folding engraved plates, occasional browning or offsetting, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, upper cover becoming loose, some scuffing, corners a little bumped, 4to, for W.Strahan, 1773.
Fleming - Penicillin , 1946 § Hunter Pernicious Anaemia ( Prof. Sir Alexander, editor ) Penicillin , 1946 § Hunter (William) Pernicious Anaemia, 1901 § Stephens (J.W.W.) Blackwater Fever, 1937 § Masters (W.H.) & Virginia E. Johnson. Human Sexual Inadequacy, Boston , 1970, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth, the last two with dust-jackets, rubbed ; and a quantity of others medicine, 8vo & 4to (qty.)
Gravesande (Willem Jakob Storm van's) - Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy... an Introduction to Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophy, 2 vol., sixth edition, 2pp. advertisements, 127 engraved plates, many folding, a good, clean copy, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners strengthened, some light rubbing and scuffing, 4to, W. Innys and others, 1747.
Mortimer (John) - Cotton Spinning: The Story of the Spindle, Manchester , 1895 § Laundry Record (The). Garment Dyeing and Cleaning, 1928 § Sykes ( Sir Alan John, editor ) Concerning the Bleaching Industry, original cloth-backed boards , 1925 § Hunter (Dard) Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft, second, revised edition , 1947 § Clapperton (R.H.) Modern Paper-making, Oxford , 1952, plates and illustrations, some folding, occasional spotting, most ex-library copies with stamps and labels, all but the third original cloth, rubbed ; and a small quantity of others, textiles and textile industry etc., 8vo & 4to (sm. qty.)
Pasch (Georg) - De Novis Inventis..., second edition, engraved frontispiece, half-title, occasional foxing or browning, contemporary ink inscription to pastedown, contemporary vellum, soiled, Leipzig, J.Gross, 1700 § Musschenbroek (Petrus van) Cours de Physique Experimentale et Mathematique, translated by Sigaud de la Fond, vol.I & II only (of 3), half-titles, 42 folding engraved plates, 1 folding engraved table, contemporary mottled calf, some edge wear, Paris , 1769 § Sigaud de la Fond (Joseph-Aignan) Élémens de Physique , 4 vol., first edition , half-titles, approbation f., 25 folding engraved plates, a little minor creasing and fraying to folds of some plates, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, some rubbing, slight damage to foot of 2 spines, [DSB XI, 427-28], Paris , 1777; and another similar, v.s. (7)
Preston (Thomas) - The Theory of Heat, 1894 § Reyner (J.H.) Cathode-Ray Oscillographs, 1939 § Bragg ( Sir William) The Universe of Light, 1933 § Estermann (I., editor ) Recent Resarch in Molecular Beams, New York & London , 1959 § Jayle (G.E.) & others. Night Vision, Springfield, Ill., 1959, plates and illustrations, original cloth, all but the first with dust-jackets, rubbed ; and a quantity of others, physics, 8vo & 4to (qty.)
Sykes - On the Atmospheric Tides and Meteorology of Dukhun ( Lt.-Col W.H .) On the Atmospheric Tides and Meteorology of Dukhun , presentation copy from the author to Sir William R. Hamilton, inscribed at head of title, 1835 § Wheeler (W.H.) A Practical Manual of Tides and Waves, 1906 § De Rance (C.E.) The Water Supply of England and Wales, folding map, 1882, Lee (John Edward) Note-Book of an Amateur Geologist, mounted Woodburytype as frontispiece, title foxed, ex-library copy with stamps and labels , 1881 § Johnson (R.H.) & L.G. Huntley. Principles of Oil and Gas Production, New York , 1916 § Anderson (J.-W.) Manuel du Prospecteur, contemporary morocco-backed boards, original wrappers bound in, Paris , [c.1901], some plates and illlustrations, all but the last original cloth, rubbed, the first worn (lacking spine and covers detached) ; and c.60 others, geology, meteorology, mineralogy, including Dunn's Geology of Gold in the original sheets, v.s. (c.65)
Turner (A. Logan) - Joseph, Baron Lister, Centenary Volume 1827-1927, 1927 § Johnstone (R.W.) William Smellie: The Master of British Midwifery, Edinburgh & London , 1952 § Maddison (R.E.W.) The Life of the Honourable Robert Boyle, 1969 § Williams (L. Pearce) Michael Faraday, 1965 § Dickinson (H.W.) Sir Samuel Morland, Diplomat and Inventor 1625-1695, Cambridge, 1970 § Söderbaum (H.G.) Jac. Bezelius, 3 vol., original wrappers, Uppsala , 1929-31, plates and illustrations, all but the last original cloth with dust-jackets, a little rubbed and frayed ; and a quantity of others, scientific and medical biographies, 8vo & 4to (qty.)
Turner (Charles C.) - Aerial Navigation of To-Day, second edition , 1910 § Shaw (H.) A Text-Book of Aeronautics, 1919 § Brockett (Paul) Bibliography of Aeronautics, one of 150 facsimile reprints, Staten Island, n.d. § Homans (J.E.) Self-Propelled Vehicles: A Practical Treatise on Automobiles, New York , 1910 § Shaw (R.B.) Down Brakes: A History of Railroad Accidents , 1961, some plates and illustrations, some folding, original cloth or boards, the last with dust-jacket, a little rubbed, the fourth with faded spine ; and c.40 others, transport, 8vo & 4to (c.45)
Rosinus (Joannes) - Romanarum Antiqitatum, woodcut vignette on title Romanarum Antiqitatum, woodcut vignette on title, 2 folding woodcut plates (a plan of ancient Rome and a Roman military camp), numerous woodcuts, O1-3Q1 large stain, slightly browned, ink signature on title, contemporary vellum, yellowed and creased, holes for ties, sm. 4to, Lyons, in officina Q. Hug. A Porta, 1606.
Lauro (Giacomo) - Antiquae Urbis Splendor, 4 parts in 1 vol., engraved throughout, except for 'to the reader' f., with 167 numbered engraved sheets comprising titles, portraits, dedications, plates and an index, plus an unumbered portrait of Urban VIII, first title repaired at inner margin, just touching the odd letter, portrait of Urbanus VIII repaired at inner margin (not near image), 3 or 4 plates with short repaired tears without loss, some water-staining (mostly at beginning and end), occasional spotting and finger-marking, a few small stains, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, oblong 4to, Rome, 1612-1628 [but later, to the reader dated 1637].
Lang - .- Hills A Booke of Witte and Wisdome, contributions including (Andrew, anthropologist, classicist, and historian, 1844-1912).- Hills (Anna, wife of Herbert Augustus Hills 1837-1907, friend of Andrew Lang, of Highhead Castle, Cumberland, d. 1909) A Booke of Witte and Wisdome, contributions including: Andrew Lang, Herbert Augustus Hills, Sir Francis (1822-1911), biostatistician, human geneticist, and eugenicist; letters, manuscript notes, watercolours, drawings, manuscript commonplace book, 49pp. excluding plates, numerous items loose in pockets at beginning and end, original vellum, lettered direct on upper cover, brass clasp, slightly yellowed and soiled, sm. 4to, 1889-97.
Casali (Giovanni Battista) - De Veteribus Sacris Christianorum Ritibus, sive Orinentales Catholica in Ecclesia probatis , title in red and black and with large engraved printer's device, 7 engraved plates, some folding, woodcuts in the text, final verso with woodcut arms and engraved printer's device, 3 small tears to title, affecting 1 letter, occasional marginal water-staining and spotting, eighteenth-century mottled calf, gilt, spine ends little worn, rubbed, folio, Rome, Bernardinus Tanus, 1647. On Christian Liturgy in the Early Church; both Roman and Byzantine.
Tobacco.- Cohausen (Johann Heinrich) - Dissertatio satyrica physico-medico-moralis de pica nasi, sive tabaci sternutatorii, additional engraved title of a Dutch market place with a tobacco salesman, title in red & black, errata/advertisement leaf at end, [Arents 504], J.Oosterwyk 1716 bound after Beronicius (P.J.) Georgarchontomachiæ Boeren- en Overheidsstrijd, text in Latin and Dutch, additional engraved pictorial title and 4 plates, Nicolaas ten Hoorn, 1716 and Mencken (J.B.) De charlataneria eruditorum declamationes duæ, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, [Caillet 7367], 1715 together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary blind-stamped calf, rubbed, upper joint split, corners worn, spine chipped at foot, 8vo, Amsterdam "Cohausen sought to demolish forever the custom of snuffing, through the most vitriolic attack published to that date." Arents
Bible - Biblia, das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft ( German ) Biblia, das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft, Altes und Neues Testaments, double column, engraved additional title, 35 plates (2 double-page) and 4 double-page maps and plans, slightly browned, printed title slightly soiled, new endpapers, bound in contemporary gilt decorated calf over wooden boards, extensively rubbed, corners and edges repaired, original brass clasps, rebacked with the original spine laid down, spine rubbed, gilt gauffered edges, folio, Nuremberg, Johann Andreas, 1748.
Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin de) - Oeuvres, 6 vol., nouvelle edition, engraved plates, light scattered foxing, ink ownership inscription, bookplates, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, spines faded, a little rubbed, Paris, 1821; and a 2 vol. edition of Buffon, 1821, 8vo (8)
Taylor (Jeremy) - Antiquitates Christianæ: or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus, 2 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title, portrait, 2 folding plates and illustrations within text, final advertisement f., both plates with repair verso to fold, second plate stained, a few small stains elsewhere, occasional spotting, 19th century vellum, gilt, lightly soiled, [Wing T287], a good copy of a handsome production, folio, by R. Norton, for R.Royston, 1675.
Fontaine - The History of the New Testament, Being an Historical Account of…... (Nicolas, Sieur de Royaumont ) The History of the New Testament, Being an Historical Account of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated by Joseph Raynor, Dr Anthony Horneck and Henry Wharton, vol. II only, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 82 plates by Kip, Vanderguiest, Bouche, van Houen and Masson, mostly after Freman, 2 folding engraved maps by Blome (the Holy Land and the travels of the Apostles), ruled in red throughout, slightly browned, some foxing, modern ink signature on fly-leaf, bound in contemporary red gilt panelled morocco, small black stain on upper cover, some small surface wear, corners and edges rubbed, gilt panelled spine, slightly dulled and rubbed, upper joint splitting at head, g.e., folio, by Samuel Roycroft, for Richard Blome, 1688. Blome printed Fontaine's Histories of the Old and New Testaments in two volumes, of which the New Testament volume was the first to appear.
Guillim (John) - A Display of Heraldry, sixth edition, title in red and black, 17 engraved portraits, 47 plates of coats-of-arms, many woodcut coats-of-arms in the text, little marking, name at head of title, name at head of title, bookplate, contemporary calf, runbbed, rebacked, covers repaired, folio, T.W. for R. and J. Bonwicke et al., 1724.
Stackhouse (Thomas) - A New History of the Holy Bible, from the Beginning of the World A New History of the Holy Bible, from the Beginning of the World, to the Establishment of Christianity , 2 vol., titles in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, 96 plates and 7 maps, water-stained at foot, heavier to vol.1, offsetting, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, folio, for John Hinton, 1752.
[Burney (Fanny)] - Camilla, 5 vol., subscribers' list, publisher's advertisement, bookplates on front pastedowns (removed from vol.II), vol.IV L4 torn with loss, spotting and browning, contemporary marbled calf, worn, creases splitting, some loss to spine ends, for T. Payne & others , 1796 § Butler (Samuel) Hudibras, 3 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece, 17 plates, 1 folding, engraved initials and tail-pieces, divisional titles, bookplate on front pastedown, spotting to fore-edges and a few ff., soiling, hinges splitting, contemporary calf, worn with loss to spine ends, for Geo. Sawbridge [ ] , 1709 § Waller (Edmond) Poems, , engraved frontispiece, plates, ink inscriptions on front endpapers and on bound-in f., bookplate on front endpaper, spotting, later sheep, rubbed, for Jacob Tonson, 1711; and 6 others literature, v.s. (13)
Hills (John Waller) - A Summer on the Test, number 175 of 300 copies signed by the author A Summer on the Test, number 175 of 300 copies signed by the author, signed presentation copy from the author to his wife Mary Hills, 12 dry-point eched plates, plate guards, slightly browned, original cloth, slightly dusty, gilt spine, edges uncut, [1924]; and 5 others, Fishing books by Hills, 4to & 8vo (6). Hills "was a devotee of fly-fishing, as was made clear in his book My Sporting Life , published in 1936. In 1921 he wrote A History of Fly Fishing for Trout , but it is his book A Summer on the Test for which he is most revered. First published in 1924, it went into five editions (in 1930, 1941, 1946, and 1972) and is generally regarded by anglers as one of the finest books on dry fly-fishing ever written, evoking a time when the great trout river of England, the Test, was unspoiled and commercially unexploited." - Oxford DNB.
Crabb (George) - Universal Historical Dictionary..., 2 vol., 40 engraved plates, tissue guards, some scatterd spotting, modern cloth with endpapers inserted, slightly rubbed, 1825 § Skelton (Joseph) Pietas Oxoniensis, or records of Oxford Founders, 25 engraved plates, title and preface trimmed along lower margin with loss, some focing and soiling, contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed, 1828, 4to & folio (3)
Blake (William).- - Varley A Treatise on Zodiacal Physiognomy; illustrated with... Varley (John) A Treatise on Zodiacal Physiognomy; illustrated with engravings of heads and features; accompanied by tables of the time of rising of the twelve signs of the Zodiac, only edition, presentation copy with ink inscription at head of title, 6 engraved plates by John Linnel after the author, including two illustrations reproducing designs by William Blake, foxed and browned, ff. working loose, original boards, rubbed, covers detached, spine worn with loss, edges uncut, 8vo, by the Author, 1828.
King (Lord) - The Life of John Locke With Extracts From his Correspondence Journals, and Common-Place Books, portrait frontispiece, foxed, contemporary calf, rubbed, Henry Colburn, 1829 § Moore (Thomas) Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: with Notices of his Life, 2 vols., frontispiece to vol. 2, foxed, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints cracked, lacks letter piece to spine of vol. 1, John Murray, 1830, Bryan (Margaret) Lectures on Natural Philosophy, portrait frontispiece and 36 plates, old staining throughout, book-plate of F. William Cock, manuscript author biography tipped to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, rubbed and dry, For the Author, 1806; and 6 others, 4to & 8vo (10)
Walter Sickert (1860-1942)(after) - Wellington House etching, signed and titled within the plate, signed in pencil at lower right in the margin, 153 x 113 mm (image); with Peter Coker, Seated Girl, etching, numbered 3/4 and signed in pencil at lower right, 283 x 157 mm (image); Muirhead Bone, etching, 138 x 175 mm (image); Sir Stanley Spencer, six engraved plates from 'Almanack', published by Chatto & Windus, 1927, each bearing the rubber stamp 'Stanley Spencer Studio Sale', 203 x 128 mm (each sheet)
Erwin Blumenfeld (1897-1969) - Portfolio, 1981 A portfolio of twelve heliogravure plates and limitation leaflet with preface, editioned 162/1000, published by Electa Editrice, slipcase with cardboard sleeve, portfolio: 41.5 x 31.7cm (16 1/4 x 12 1/2in); each print approximately 28.2 x 22cm (11 1/8 x 8 5/8in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Flick Allen & Peter Doig - The Naked City the portfolio, 1986, comprising twelve lithographs, with the title-pages and list of plates, published by Air Gallery, London, the sheets loose as issued in the original paper folder, the title printed on an adhesive label pasted to on the uppers, overall size 430 x 300 mm (17 x 11 3/4 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
19THC PEARLWARE MEAT PLATE with a transfer printed landscape scene, also with a meat drainer,a two handled dish, two small meat plates (Drama & British Scenery patterns), pierced basket, pierced two handled dish (stamped Rogers), and a pierced two handled dish (British Scenery pattern). Large meat plate marked 18, 18 1/2ins (47cms) across. (8)
COLLECTION OF PEARLWARE PLATES including a commemorative plate titled 'I hope the time will come when every poor child in my dominions will be able to read the bible', plate in Game Keeper pattern, 'Worcester' Herculaneum pierced plate, Washington, Gracefield by Adams, City Hall New York (Ridgway), also with items by Rogers, Stevenson etc. (13)
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