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Lot 8
First World War trio of medals, 1914-1915 Star (2028 PTE. W.G. EVANS. R. FUS.) 1914-1918 British War Medal, and Victory Medal (2028 PTE. W.G. EVANS. 4-LOND. R.), records show Private Walter Evans of the 4th (City of London) Battalion the London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), entered France on 2nd January 1915 and entitled to the 1914-15 Star, BWM and Victory Medal, he also served in the Labour Corps with the number 465376
Lot 6
First World War pair of medals, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal (29698 A. CPL. T. WRIGHT. NORF. R.) records show Acting Corporal Thomas Wright of the Norfolk Regiment entitled to the BWM and Victory Medal, enlisted initially into the Norfolk Yeomanry on 25th May 1915, posted to 7th then 3rd then 9th Battalions Norfolk Regiment during course of war, discharged 19th April 1919
Lot 9
First World War pair of medals, 1914-1918 British War Medal and Victory Medal (J.51020 J. BOOCOCK. A.B. R.N.) records show Joe Boocock entitled to the BWM and Victory Medal, together with a 1914-15 Star (PW-198 CPL. E. WENMAN. MIDD'X R.) records show Ernest Wenman of the Middlesex Regiment entered France on 15th November 1915 and was entitled to the 19124-15 Star, 1914-1918 British War Medal, and Victory Medal, he also served in the Royal Engineers with the numbers WR/276675 an 308867, (3)
Lot 146
Palestine. Conder (Lieuts. C. R. & Kitchener H. H.), Map of Western Palestine from Surveys Conducted for the Committee of the Palestine Explorations Fund..., Reduced from the One Inch Map..., Shewing the Natural Drainage together with the Vertical Sections of the Country, Stanford's Geographical Establishment, 1884, engraved map, printed in colours on 6 (complete) sheets, lacking boards, oblong folio, overall size 495 x 615 mm, together with Map of Western Palestine Surveys Conducted for the Committee of the Palestine Explorations Fund..., Reduced from the One Inch Map..., Stanford's Geographical Establishment, 1881, engraved map, printed in colours on 6 (complete) sheets, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight spotting, each sheet approximately 505 x 420 mm, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcaseQTY: (2)
Lot 295
* Woodward (George). Nine caricatures from 'Every Body in Town' and 'Every Body out of Town', etched by F. Sansom, 1796, numbers 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 from in Town, and numbers 1, 4, 5 and 6 from out of Town, etchings with contemporary hand-colouring, some staining, small margins, all tipped on to later paper, each approximately 220 x 165 mm, together with Rowlandson (Thomas). Orders for Attending Drill and Peace and Plenty, R. Ackermann, 1801, pair of etched caricatures with contemporary hand-colouring, both trimmed to image and tipped onto later thick paper, 'Peace and Plenty' torn with slight loss, and with a long closed tear affecting the image, repaired on verso, each approximately 240 x 205 mm, with Gillray (James). The Royal Lounger [26 June 1804], etching with contemporary hand-colouring, trimmed to image, torn with small areas of loss, long closed tear affecting image, laid on later thick paper, 250 x 200 mm, plus another 14 caricatures by or after Grant, Laurie and Whittle, and Rowlandson, various sizes and conditions.QTY: (26)
Lot 120
London & its Environs. A Collection of 30 maps, 18th - early 20th century, including Sayer (J. P.). Five (only) pictorial maps of London districts, originally published in 'Original Lithographic Prints Comprising the First Twelve up to October 1947, of the Series of Picture Maps of London...,' first published in the Strand Magazine, George Newnes Ltd. circa 1948, five colour lithographic pictorial maps of districts within London, A Map of the Strand, A Map of Blackfriars and New Bridge Street, A Birds-eye View of Hyde Park Corner, A Map of the Zoological Society's Gardens in Regents Park commonly called the Zoo [and] The Tower of London) each with an illustrated description to the verso, publisher's printed paper wrappers, each approximately 190 x 260 mm, together with Basire (J.). Plan of the River Thames with the Proposed Docks at Rotherhithe and in the Isle of Dogs for 814 Ships with Room for Shifting & Lighters,, Luke Hansard & Sons, 1803, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, old folds, some off-setting, 400 x 325 mm, with Seale (R. W.). A New Map of the Countries Ten Miles round the Cities of London & Westminster & Borough of Southwark, circa 1780, uncoloured engraved map, slight tape staining, 215 x 305 mm, plus three uncoloured engraved 18th-century ward plans from Noorthouck's 'History of London', each approximately 190 x 245 mm, with two county maps of Middlesex by Thomas Moule and J. Archer, plus other maps and plans including folding maps, with examples by or after Ordnance Survey, George Philip & Son, Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson, Beck and 'The Gentleman's Magazine', various sizes and conditionQTY: (30)
Lot 455
Burton (R. F.). The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, 12 volumes, Library edition, London: H. S. Nichols, 1897, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, top edges gilt, original uniform gilt decorated black cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with other miscellaneous 19th-century & modern literature & history reference, including The Sea Book: a Nautical Repository...on the Briny Deep:.., London: printed for the proprietor, circa 1840, monochrome engraved illustrations, original gilt decorated cloth, 8vo, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves )
Lot 520
Antiquarian. A large collection of mostly 19th-century literature & reference, including Designs for Parsonage Houses, Alms Houses etc..., by Hunt, London: Longman, Rees et al, circa 1837, monochrome plates modern endpapers, some minor spotting, 8voEnglands Parnassus, or the Choysest Flowers of our Moderne Poets with their Poeticall Comparisons etc etc, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1814, some minor spotting throughout, original cloth spine to paper boards, rubbed, 8voEvery Man His Own Gardener;..., by Mawe, Abercrombie, 16th edition, London: J. Johnson et al, 1800, monochrome frontispiece, some toning to the endpapers, contemporary gilt decorated full leather, spine label missing, boards & spine rubbed, 8voParish law: or, A guide to justices of the peace, by Shaw, 3rd edition, London: E. & R. Nutt & R. Gosling, 1738, lacking front endpaper & frontispiece, some minor rubbing, front hinge repaired with binder's tape, some minor toning to the text-block,contemporary leather binding, rubbed, 8vo, together with other mostly 19th-century literature & referece, some leather bindings, some modern cloth, G, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
![British Isles. Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus), Anglia, Scotia et Hibernia, [1628], hand-coloured engraved map, lar](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/06960e46-dc7c-49b2-836c-b03600e595e8/855a9686-2e49-4828-ba5c-b037011fc5cf/468x382.jpg)
Lot 89
British Isles. Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus), Anglia, Scotia et Hibernia, [1628], hand-coloured engraved map, large margins, 335 x 415 mm, French text on verso, together with Anglia Regnum [1613], uncoloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche, slight creasing, 355 x 465 mm, Latin text on versoQTY: (2)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, numbers 180 & 181.
Lot 87
British Isles. Le Rouge (George Louis), Les Isles Britanniques ou les Royaumes D'Angleterre, D'Ecosse, et D'Irlande; Divisées par Provinces, Paris, 1744, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, two inset maps of the Channel Islands and of the Faroe and Shetland Islands, 500 x 640 mm, together with Le Royaume D'Angleterre Divisé en Comtez et Baronies..., Paris, 1745, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 575 x 490 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750. Le Rouge 1 & Le Rouge 2. Both maps were published in the 'Atlas Général'.
Lot 23
Orme (Robert). A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, 3 volumes, including atlas, 4th edition, revised by the author, Madras: re-printed by Pharoah and Co., 1861, 35 lithograph maps, plates and plans (first map re-guarded, a few archival tissue repairs and some marginal insect damage), previous owner signatures and ink stamps to titles, a few annotations, some light spotting and toning, modern half calf, 8vo, together with Sachau (Edward C. editor). Alberuni's India. An account of the religion, philosophy, literature, geography, chronology, astronomy, customs, laws and astrology of India about A.D. 1030, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1910, some light spotting, original cloth gilt in bright condition, a few small light marks, 8vo, plus Jackson (A.V. Williams). Persia Past and Present. A Book of Travel and Research, 1st edition, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1906, folding colour map, half-tone illustrations, advertisement leaf, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt edges lightly rubbed, corners a little bumped, 8vo, plus 2 others: The Game Animals of India, Burma, Malaya and Tibet, being a new and revised edition of 'The Great and Small Game of India, Burma and Tibet", by R. Lydekker, 1907, and The Baiga, by Verrier Elwin, 1st edition, 1939QTY: (8)
Lot 66
Herbarium. Alpen Flora, 2 volumes, c. 1900, a collection of dried plant specimens mounted on the rectos of approximately 250 numbered leaves (some leaves blank), with neat ink captions throughout, generally well preserved and seemingly complete, neat manuscript indexes on rectos of ruled leaves at front of each volume, ownership inscription of Arthur P. Baines, Adel, Leeds, to front free endpaper and initialled note on the collection by Baines dated 20 November 1906 tipped in before index at front of volume 1, contemporary morocco-backed cloth gilt with folding protective cloth flaps to edges, joints cracked, spine of volume 1 browned, rubbed and a little chipped at edges, folio (360 x 230 mm)QTY: (2)NOTE:According to the note this collection was mounted by Arthur P[aine] Baines, noting that he is 'greatly indebted to Sir William Gowers and Mr R. Benson Jowitt for their generosity in supplying me with excellent specimens, many of which were gathered by the latter gentleman to bear his initials and the locality from whence they were taken by him'.Robert Benson Jowitt (1839-1914) was a life governor of Yorkshire College and part of the Robert Jowitt wool merchants' enterprise. Arthur Paine Baines (1848-1918) who assembled the collection was his brother-in-law, having married Jowitt's sister Florence in 1889. Sir William Gowers is presumably the great British neurologist (1845-1915) who lived and worked in London and had wide interests including language, mathematics and botany.Please note that export and import rules may apply to this lot.
Lot 43
Moll, (Herman). A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales &c. with the Great Roads and Principal Cross-Roads &c. Shewing the Computed Miles from Town to Town. A Work long wanted, and very useful for all Gentlemen that Travel to any Part of England..., Sold by H. Moll, Tho. & J. Bowles,1724, double-page engraved letter-press title, fifty engraved maps with bright contemporary outline colouring, each map surrounded by uncoloured engraved vignettes of antiquities, each map with a small manuscript number to the margins on the verso and recto, very occasional staining, book plate of R. H. Johnstone, modern quarter calf with a gilt morocco contrasting label to the spine, retaining the contemporary boards, some wear to the extremities, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb CLXI. An unrecorded intermediate state, lacking the bracketed numbers normally found on the 2nd state.
Lot 41
Leland (Thomas). The History of Ireland, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Dublin: R. Marchbank, 1773, half-titles, armorial bookplates of Edward Lane to front pastedowns, occasional light dust-soiling, edges stained green, contemporary calf gilt, morocco labels, rubbed with occasional wear to extremities, 4toQTY: (3)
Lot 171
Whistler (Rex). Flying Visit of Truth to Berlin in the form of an R. A. F. leaflet raid here fancifully depicted - but not forgetting a great many hard facts, The Illustrated Magazine, December 9th, 1939, black and white satirical map of an aerial view of Berlin, with descriptive text "What the R. A. F. sees over Berlin" on the verso, 325 x 485 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:The map commemorates the first British "nickel" (propaganda leaflet raid) over Berlin during World war II. It took place in early October 1939 and was carried out by planes of RAF10 Squadron. The raid was promoted as a sign of Germany's weak air defences and its vulnerability to attack. The R. A. F. is represented by numerous putti wearing flying helmets and goggles and being led by a warlike Britannia. In the lower right corner are caricatures of Hitler, Goebbels and Goering, shaking impotent fists at the sky whilst Von Ribbentrop cowers beneath a table. They support a 'skull and crossbones' flag with the skull wearing an SS cap. Rex Whistler joined the army in 1939 but was killed in action in 1944 in Normandy at the age of 39.
Lot 121
London. Rocque (John), To Martin Folkes Esq. President of the Royal Society: This Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, with the Contiguous Buildings..., Sold by John Pine & John Tinney, 20th May 1749, uncoloured map engraved by Issac Basire and R. W. Seale, laid on linen and edged with green linen, old folds, slight creasing, slight spotting and staining, some marginal fraying, short splits along the plate mark and old folds, 510 x 900 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:J. Howgego. The Printed Maps of London, number 100, state 1. A Reduction of John Rocque's 24-sheet map of London published in 1746.
![* Alken (Henry, after). [Changing Horses at the Plough & Halt at the Black Swan, 1882], a pair of aquatints by C. R. Stoc](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/06960e46-dc7c-49b2-836c-b03600e595e8/7d676495-b43b-46c0-b354-b037011ffb58/468x382.jpg)
Lot 178
* Alken (Henry, after). [Changing Horses at the Plough & Halt at the Black Swan, 1882], a pair of aquatints by C. R. Stock with bright contemporary hand colouring, small margins with loss of title, each approx. 300 x 605 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed, each with Parker Gallery label to verso of frames, together with Wilkinson (Henry 1921 - 2011). Black Labrador with Pheasant & Pair of Spaniels with Rabbit, two hand-coloured dry point etchings, both signed by the artists in pencil below the image, limited edition 19/100 and 72/100 respectively, 265 x 305 mm & 265 x 355 mm respectively, uniformly mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (4)
Lot 250
* Gillray (James). An Old Encore at the Opera, H. Humphrey, April 1st 1803, etching with bright contemporary hand colouring, large margins, some adhesion scaring to the verso, 240 x 200 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:BM Satires 10159. A caricature of Lord Galloway, an enthusiastic attendee at the opera, who stands and applauds from his box. The caricature is based on a drawing or painting by an amateur (I. L. R. pinx.) and there is some conjecture as to whether the etching is fine enough to have come from Gillray's hand.
Lot 414
Churchill (Winston S). The World Crisis, volumes 1-4, (1911-1914, 1915, & 1916-1918 parts I & II), reprinted, London: Thornton Butterworth, 1927, folding maps etc., original uniform dark blue cloth gilt, short snag at head of first volume, together with Thoughts and Adventures, 4th impression, London: Thornton Butterworth, 1932, original dark green cloth gilt, plusHodgkin (R. H.). A History of the Anglo-Saxons, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 1952, folding maps, monochrome plates and illustrations, original light blue cloth gilt, spines somewhat faded, and other history, military, memoirs, biographies, literature including L. E. Jones, A Victorian Boyhood/An Edwardian Youth/Georgian Afternoon/I Forgot to Tell You, mixed editions, 1958-65, F. Spencer Chapman, The Jungle is Neutral, reprinted 1949, John Bagot, Glubb, The Story of the Arab Legion, 1st edition, 1948, P. Keble Chatterton, King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855, 1st edition, 1912, etc. (approximately 75 volumes)QTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 60
Darwin (Charles). A Naturalist's Voyage, Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' round the World, London: John Murray, 1889, engraved portrait frontispiece, few wood engraved illustrations, 4 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, original dark green cloth gilt, 8vo, together with:Wallace (Alfred Russel), Darwinism, An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with some of its Applications, reprinted, London: Macmillan and Co., 1889, photogravure portrait frontispiece (spotted), folding colour lithograph map, wood engraved illustrations, original dark green cloth gilt, 8vo,Wallace (Alfred Russel), Island Life or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of Geological Climates, 2nd edition, revised, London: Macmillan and Co., 1892, hand-coloured lithograph map frontispiece, wood engraved maps and plans, advertisement at rear, occasional scattered spotting, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Darwin (Francis), The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, 2 volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898, monochrome portrait frontispiece to both volumes, library ink stamp at foot of both titles, modern library cloth, 8vo, and Freeman (R. B.), The Works of Charles Darwin, An Annotated Bibliographical Handlist, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, Dawson: Archon Books, 1977, original green cloth, 8voQTY: (6)
Lot 145
Palestine. Conder (Lieutenants C. R. & Kitchener H. H.), Map of Western Palestine in 26 Sheets, from Surveys Conducted for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund..., During the Years 1872 - 1877 Ordnance Survey Office, 1880, key map and 26 coloured zincographic maps (complete), slight spotting, lacking boards, large oblong folio sheet size 495 x 620 mmQTY: (1)
Lot 496
Bindings. A collection of 59 volumes of 19th-century leather bindings, including The English Poets..., 4 volumes, edited by Thomas Humphrey Ward, reprinted, London: Macmillan and Co., 1895, top edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated green half morocco, spine lightly toned & rubbed, 8voAutobiography of Henry Taylor, 1800-1975, 2 volumes, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1885, top edges gilt, contemporary uniform black half morocco bound hy R. W. Smith, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8voThe Works of John John Milton in verse and prose, 8 volumes, London: William Pickering, 1851, top edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated uniform red full morocco prize binding bound by Budden, spines slightly toned & rubbed, 8voThe Birds of the West Scotland including The Outer Hebrides..., by Robert Gray, Glasgow, 1871, monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco bound by Ramage, spine slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, together with others similar, all gilt decorated leather bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves )
Lot 94
Devon. Greenwood (C. & J.), Map of the County of Devon from an Actual Survey, made in the Years 1825 & 1826..., Greenwood, Pringle & Co. 1827, large scale engraved map, sectionalised and laid on linen, contemporary wash colouring on three sheets, inset map of Lundy Island, calligraphic title, inset uncoloured vignette of a North West View of Exeter Cathedral, table of explanation and compass rose, each sheet edged in green silk, each sheet approximately 1930 x 640 mm, green card endpapers, bookplate of R. H. Johnstone, contained in a contemporary morocco gilt book box, slight wear to extremitiesQTY: (1)NOTE:Batten & Bennett. Printed Maps of Devon, number 96.
Lot 67
Humboldt (Alexander von). Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, translated from the German by E.C. Otte, 5 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849-58, portrait frontispiece to volume I (detached with title and following leaf), occasional light toning, volume IO half title partly torn away, original cloth, rebacked, volumes III-V original spines relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Lloyds Natural History series, 13 volumes: A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain, by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 4 volumes, 1896-97, Hand-Book to the Order Lepidoptera, byW.F. Kirby, 1896-97, A Hand-Book to the Primates, by Henry O. Forbes, 2 volumes, 1896-97, and 3 others, numerous colour plates, a few small adhesive tape residue marks, uniformly bound in half morocco gilt, 8vo, with others including Fur, Feather and Fin series, 12 volumes, 1893-1905, The Royal Natural History, edited by Richard Lydekker, 6 volumes, 1893-96, and volume V only of A Collection of Voyages round the World..., 1790 QTY: (50)
![[Constable, Henry]. Diana. Or, The excellent conceitful Sonnets of H. C. Augmented with divers quatorzains of honorable and l](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/06960e46-dc7c-49b2-836c-b03600e595e8/49ca4549-0dc1-45e1-aea1-b03701206a13/468x382.jpg)
Lot 370
[Constable, Henry]. Diana. Or, The excellent conceitful Sonnets of H. C. Augmented with divers quatorzains of honorable and learned personages. Devided into viii. decades, At London, Printed by James Roberts for Richard Smith, 1584, facsimile edition, [London, 1818], occasional light spotting, manuscript notes to front endpaper and armorial bookplate of Charles George Milnes Gaskell to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, early 19th-century mid brown crushed morocco, gilt decorated spine, small 8vo (One of an edition of fifty copies. Edited by Samuel W. Singer), together with:Brewer (Anthony), The Love-sick King: An English Tragical History. With the Life and Death of Cartesmunda, the Fair Nun of Winchester, Dublin: Printed, and sold by the Editor W. R. Chetwood, Messrs. G. and A. Ewing, P. Wilson, H. Hawker, S. Price [& others], 1750, fore-margin of title torn and repaired to verso, scattered spotting, 20th-century calf, gilt decorated spine, 12mo in 6sQTY: (2)
Lot 350
Cleveland (John). The Works Mr. John Cleveland, containing his Poems, Orations, Epistles, collected into one volume, with the Life of the Author, London: Printed by R. Holt, for Obadiah Blagrave, 1687, engraved portrait frontispiece frayed to edges, blind stamp to title, 4 pp. publisher's list at rear with small hole to first leaf, browning throughout, occasional spotting to margins, library bookplate to front free endpaper 'The Brother Julian, F. S. C. Collection, donated by Mr. Christian A. Zabriskie, New York City'., late 19th/early 20th-century gilt decorated panelled calf, rebacked preserving spine, morocco labels to spine, 8vo (Wing C4654), together with:Woty (William), The Poetical Works of Mr. William Woty, 2 volumes, London: William Flexney, 1770, browning to margins of first and last few leaves, bookplate of David Rice trees of Llandovery to upper pastedown, contemporary diced calf, both volumes rebacked, board corners worn, 8vo, with another set of the same edition bound in contemporary calf,Norris (John), A Collection of Miscellanies: consisting of Poems, Essays, Discourses & Letters, Occasionally Written, 2nd edition, corrected, London: J. Crosley and Samuel Manship, 1692, imprimatur leaf present, early signature 'Wm. fawconer' at head of title, damp staining at front and rear, old label of Tortworth Rectory to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, worn at head and foot, 8vo,Orrery (John Boyle, Earl of), Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; in a Series of Letters from John, Earl of Orrery, to his Son, the Honourable Hamilton Boyle, 2nd edition, corrected, London: A. Millar, 1752, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 8vo,[Blackwell, Thomas], An Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer, 2nd edition, London: Printed in the Year, 1736, engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, folding engraved map, engraved illustrations, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked, joints cracking at head and foot, extremities rubbed, 8vo,Waller (Edmund), Poems, &c. Written upon several Occasions, and to several Persons, 8th edition, with additions, London: Jacob Tonson, 1711, engraved portrait frontispiece, toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of George Rous to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly 18th-century antiquarian, mostly poetry and relatedQTY: (29)
Lot 225
* Prints & Engravings. A collection of approximately 450 engravings, 18th & 19th century, engravings and lithographs, mostly British topographical views, including examples by or after Tombleson, Swarbreck, Colston, Calvert, Radclyffe, Cooke, Stockdale, Shepherd, Le Petit, Tomkins and Lambert, various sizes and condition, together with Hill (T.). View above the Falls of Schuylkill, M. Carey & Son, Philadelphia, circa 1830, uncoloured aquatint after J. Shaw, 300 x 390 mm, with a small collection of late 20th-century topographical watercolours, plus Duncan (E.). To James Weddell Esqr. R. N. The Officers & Seamen under his Command, This plate of the Brig Jane and Cutter Beaufoy on 20th February 1823 bearing up to in 74º. 15´..., J. Huggins 1826 [but 20th-century re-strike), uncoloured aquatint after W, J. Huggins, slight creasing, 400 x 550 mm and a large uncoloured etching by C. Holloway, and The Artist, 22 volumes, a broken run 1931 - 33, numerous uncoloured illustrations throughout, including articles on the etcher Ian Strang, publisher's paper wrappers, some covers detached and frayed, slim folio, with Strang (Frances). Town and Country in Southern France, with drawings by Ian Strang, MacMillan and Co. 1937, additional half-title, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, 'map' endpapers, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket chipped and torn with loss, 8voQTY: (approx. 450)
Lot 34
Cary (John). New British Atlas, Being a Complete Set of County Maps, on which are delineated all the Roads, Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers & Canals; together with Correct General Maps of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, printed for John Stockdale, 1805, calligraphic title (with some staining), index, 50 engraved maps (complete as list), all with contemporary outline colouring, the map of Lancashire torn with loss, crudely repaired, maps of Hampshire and North Riding of Yorkshire trimmed with slight loss to the printed margin, slight worming to the upper margins, some dust and finger soiling throughout, later endpapers, bookplate of R. H. Johnstone, modern quarter calf, slim folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb. CCCXIX.
Lot 353
Wilkins (John). The Mathematical and Philosophical Works ... containing, I. The Discovery of a New World..., II. That 'tis probable our Earth is One of the Planets, III. Mercury: Or, The Secret and Swift Messenger..., IV. Mathematical Magick: Or the Wonders that may be perform'd by Mechanical Geometry, V. An Abstract of his Essay towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language, to which is prefix'd the Author's Life, and an Account of his Works, London: J. Nicholson, A. Bell, B. Tooke and R. Smith, 1708, engraved portrait frontispiece, ink mark to gutter margin of general title, part titles, additional engraved title to first part, woodcut and few engraved diagrams and illustrations, some close-trimming at fore-edge and lower edges with occasional shaving of printed marginal notes and leaf signatures, 19th-century ownership label of Henry Mills to upper pastedown, 19th-century half calf, black morocco title label to spine, light wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (1)
Lot 479
Narayan (R. K.). The English Teacher, 1st edition London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945, some light toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, rear cover slightly toned & marked, slim 8vo, plus 6 further works by R. K. Narayan, together with:Tonks (Rosemary), The Bloater, 1st edition, London: The Bodley Head, 1968, original cloth in dust jacket, minor tear to the rear cover, 8vo, plusJhabvala (R. Prawer), Like Birds, Like Fishes and other Stories, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1963, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus 2 further works by R. Prawer Jhabvala, and other modern fiction by foreign authors, including works by J. M. Coetzee, Dan Jacobson, Peter Carey, Nadine Gordimer, Francis King, V. S. Naipaul, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves )
Lot 561
British Topography. A large collection of 19th & 20th-century British topography reference, including The tinerary of John Leyland in or About the Years 1535-1543, 5 volumes, 1964 (Smith ed./Southern Illinois University Press). Vg/fine with minor fading to the spines; inscribed to ffeps. SlipcasedNorwich Cathedral at the End of the Eighteenth Century, 1965 (Repton/Gregg Press). 384 of 1000 copies. Vg, slipcased. Town Walks Around Eton and Eton Buildings, 1895 (Hornby/R, Ingalton Drake). VG clean copy. A Village on the Thames: Whitchurch Yesterday and Today, 1926 1st ed. (Godlee/Allen & Unwin). VG clean copy, a little rubbed to the spine. The History of Chislehurst : Its Church, Manors, and Parish, 1899 (Webb, Miller, Beckwith/George Allen). A poor copy: the front board and spine are detached, the binding is otherwise sound and the contants intact. John Speed's England vols I-IV, 1954, (Arlott/Phoenix House). VG clean copies in slipcases. A further large collection of books on British places and topography, including Murray's Handbooks (8). Approximately 180 volumesQTY: (6 shelves & 3 cartons)
Lot 103
* Globe. Newton & Son (manufacturers), Newton's New & Improved Celestial Globe, on which all the Stars, Nebula & Clusters contained in the extensive catalogue of the late F. W. Woolaston F. R. S. are accurately laid down..., 1843, a 12-inch celestial table globe with 24 engraved varnished gores with contemporary hand colouring, engraved coloured horizon ring, graduated full brass meridian ring and pointer, set on three turned stained wooden legs, slight surface chipping and abrasion to the gores, varnish somewhat toned, overall height 500 mmQTY: (1)
Lot 215
* Marine. Durand-Brager (H.), Le Lendemain de Trafalgar, Capitaine Cosmao Commandant le Pluton poursuit l'escadre victorieuse et reprends plusiers vaisseaux, published by H. Jeannin Paris & the Anaglyphic Company London, 20 August 1844, lithograph with contemporary hand-colouring, publisher's blind stamp to the lower left, slight dust soiling, 355 x 490 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Mayer (A.). Prise a L'Abordage, m. Aumont, Paris, circa 1845, lithograph with contemporary hand-colouring, some staining and dust soiling, some repaired marginal closed tears, 380 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Gaucci (Paul). To Rear Admiral Mundy C. B. This print Representing the Capture of the Fort & Vessels in the Spanish Harbour of Begu by H. M. Ship Hydra, Capt. G. Mundy is Respectfully dedicated..., circa 1845, hand-coloured lithograph after G. Chambers, slight staining, 290 x 315 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Picken (T.). H. M. S. Excellent, circa 1850, hand-coloured lithograph after R. S. Thomas, 280 x 365 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (4)
Lot 180
* Bell (Edward). Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte K.B., Vice Admiral of the White, &c. &c. &c., J. Freeman [1806], mezzotint on wove, after Sir William Beechey, slight staining, one repaired marginal closed tear, 680 x 440 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Bowyer (R. publisher). View from Mont St Jean of The Battle of Waterloo at the Commencement of the Grand Charge made on the French about 7 o'Clock in the Evening of the 18th June 1815, R. Bowyer, 1816, aquatint with contemporary hand-colouring, slight overall toning, 360 x 595 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Provost (A.). Entrée des Flottes Anglo-Francaise dans la Mer Noire À La Sortie du Bosphore, R. Lebrasseur, Paris & V. Delarue London, circa 1855, tint stone lithograph, 375 x 495 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (3)
Lot 84
British Isles. Carte des trois Royaumes D'Angleterre D'Ecosse et D'Irlande..., 1735, unattributed uncoloured engraved map, based on an earlier map by De L'Isle, decorative cartouche and inset tables of mileage and explanation, old folds, one rust mark, one short repaired marginal closed tear, 465 x 565 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1650 - 1750, Anon. 4. The pagination number in the top right corner would indicate its inclusion in an unidentified publication.
Lot 377
Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1837, etched frontispiece and additional title (with 'Weller' correctly spelt), 41 etched plates by H.K. Browne and R. Seymour, some spotting and browning as usual, one or two small repaired tears, contemporary half calf gilt, joints cracking, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1854, etched frontispiece, additional title (with '£100' on signpost corrected), 38 etched plates by H.K. Browne, some spotting and browning, bookplate, contemporary half calf, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, with 3 other 1st editions: Little Dorrit, 1857, Our Mutual Friend, 2 volumes in one, 1865, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870QTY: (5)
Lot 39
Gilpin (William). Observations relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, made in the Year 1772, on several parts of England; particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmorland, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: R. Blamire, 1792, half-title to first volume, upper margin of titles with ownership inscription 'Marianne Philips 1793', 27 plates aquatint plates (mostly tinted) and 3 hand-coloured plans, contemporary calf, rebacked, leather surface to boards worn, 8vo, together with:Gilpin (William), Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales, &c. relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; made in the Summer of the Year 1770, 3rd edition, London: R. Blamire, 1792, 17 tinted aquatint plates, light offsetting to text, armorial bookplate with double-headed eagle crest and motto 'altius ibunt qui ad summa nitantur', contemporary calf, neatly rebacked preserving original spine with morocco title label and double-headed eagle gilt crest, 8vo,Gilpin (William), Three Essays: on Picturesque Beauty; on Picturesque Travel; and on Sketching Landscape: to which is added a Poem, on Landscape Painting, London: R. Blamire, 1792, half-title, 7 aquatint plates (some tinted and one hand-coloured), contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints split and wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (4)
Lot 376
Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1837, etched frontispiece and additional title (with 'Veller'), 41 etched plates by H.K. Browne and R. Seymour, usual spotting and browning, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed with some edge wear, 8vo, together with The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece by Daniel Maclise, 39 etched plates by H.K. Browne, some spotting and browning, contemporary ownership inscription 'Charles Shaw, Royal Navy' at head of title, bookplate, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, with 3 other 1st editions: Dombey and Son, 1848, The Personal History of David Copperfield, 1850, and Bleak House, 1853 QTY: (5)
Lot 426
Gill (Eric). Christianity and Art, Abergavenny: Francis Walterson, 1927, signed by both Eric Gill and David Jones to limitation page, engraved frontispiece by David Jones, preliminary leaves uncut, untrimmed, original blue buckram gilt, backstrip faded, lightly rubbed, 8vo, limited edition (number 22 of 200 copies), together with: Jones (David). The Sleeping Lord, London: Faber, 1974, signed by Jones to limitation page, frontispiece, original blindstamped dark cream buckram gilt, 8vo, limited edition (number 76 of 150 copies), contained in original brown slipcase, with Beedham (R John). Wood Engraving, with introduction and appendix by Eric Gill, London: Faber and Faber, 1938, vignette title, full-page black and white illustrations at rear, advertisements at rear, bookplate of 'GRH' to front pastedown, preliminary and rear leaves lightly spotted, original dark green cloth, dust jacket, extremities frayed, 8vo, plus Jones (David). Jones, A Selection of Poems, London: R Alistair McAlpine, [1971], original red paper wrappers, 8vo, contained in grey boxQTY: (4)
Lot 86
British Isles. Lafreri (Antonio, school of), Britannia Insula quae duo Regna Continet Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia Adiacente, Rome, circa 1556, uncoloured engraved map (usually credited to Claudi Duchetti) the title in block text to the upper left, the map is based on George Lily's earlier map of 1546, two blocks of descriptive text, right-hand vertical margin trimmed with loss to the printed margin, skillfully replaced in facsimile, the horizontal margins trimmed to the neat line with the 'Septentrio' and 'Meridies' cardinals excised from the margins and tipped on to the map, 485 x 350 mm QTY: (1)NOTE:R. V. Tooley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, number 60a. The second state of this map with 'Mare Hisranicum' corrected to 'Mare Hispanicum'. Rare.Ashley Baynton Williams: The reason that Lafreri's name is now used as an umbrella term for the school is because he issued a catalogue of his stock in 1572, entitled 'Indice Delle Tavole Moderne Di Geografia Della Maggior Parte Del Mondo ...'. This catalogue is very similar, both in title and contents, to bound collections of maps with an engraved title Tavole Moderne Di Geografia De La Maggior Parte Del Mondo Di Diversi Autori. Accordingly bound collections with the engraved title were attributed to Lafreri, and thence his name became associated with the group as a whole. Some writers have attributed the title to Duchetti, but there seems no good reason to challenge Lafreri's role.
Lot 306
* George IV (1762-1830). King of the United Kingdom, 1820-1830. Two Documents Signed, 'George P.R.' as Prince Regent on behalf of His Majesty George III, Carlton House, 8 July 1811 & 19 March 1812, pre-printed military commission completed in manuscript, appointing William Parker Hospital Mate for General Service and, secondly, Assistant Surgeon to our Twenty-Ninth (or the Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot, signed by the Prince Regent upper left, and countersigned by R. Ryder and Viscount Sidmouth respectively, embossed paper seal affixed above duty stamp to second document and missing from first document, both a little rubbed and somewhat soiled, 240 x 335 mm QTY: (2)NOTE:Richard Ryder (1766-1832), British politician and Home Secretary 1809-12; Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844), British Prime Minister 1801-04, Home Secretary 1812-22.
Lot 148
Richard Dodd Widdas, British 1826-1885- The Highwaymen; oil on canvas, signed and dated 'R. D. Widdas / 1884.' (lower right), 40 x 64.2 cm. Provenance: Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Chester, 15 January 1987, lot 3215. Private Collection, UK. Note: Widdas lived and worked in Hull, which surely inspired his maritime scenes, some of which are held at the Hull Maritime Museum and Ferens Art Gallery. Nevertheless, Widdas's preferred subject was undoubtedly that of coaching scenes, allowing him to exhibit his skill in the depiction of horses in various states of motion. The present work is a particularly dramatic example of the subject, illustrating the danger of travelling by coach under the threat of the highwayman, a figure which has long been romanticised and almost mythologised. Indeed, Widdas's scene places the bandits as the central figures in the action, establishing an affinity and sympathy between the highwaymen and the viewer, whilst their victims form an indistinct and undefined mass towards the background.
Lot 23
After Sir Peter Lely, English / Dutch 1618-1680- Portrait of Eleanora Lee, Lady Norreys, later Countess of Abingdon (1658-1691), half-length, in a feigned oval; oil on canvas, bears old label inscribed 'ELEANORA LEE / Countess of Abingdon / 1655-1691 / Attributed to Lely' attached to the reverse of the frame, 64.9 x 54.9 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: A larger full-length version attributed to Lely's Studio was once in the Collection of the Earl of Abingdon (1836-1928) and is reproduced in R. B. Beckett, 'English Master Painters: Lely', London 1951, pp.24-25, and under I. Portraits, no.2, plate 122. The same painting was offered at Sotheby's, London, 29 April 2014, lot 143. Eleanora Lee was the daughter of Sir Henry Lee, 3rd Bt and Ann Danvers. She married James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, and Bridget Wray, Baroness Norris, on 1 February 1671/72 at Adderbury, Oxfordshire, England.
Lot 91
John Rathbone, British c.1750-1807- A Cottage in Patterdale Westmoreland; oil on canvas, 49 x 65.5 cm. Provenance: with R & A Ackermann's Gallery of Fine Arts, London. Private Collection, UK. Note: Versions of the present work exist by Phillippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740-1812) and Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759-1817). Rathbone's works exhibit similarities to those of his contemporary George Morland (1763-1804), and indeed he collaborated on a number of occasions with Morland and Ibbetson, with these two artists sometimes painting the figures in his landscapes. In the present work, Rathbone presents a heavily romanticised depiction of rural simplicity, with rustic figures conversing and livestock roaming freely by an unassuming cottage. Between 1785 and 1806 Rathbone exhibited 48 landscapes at the Royal Academy and two at the Society of Artists.
Lot 159
Raoul Arus, French 1848-1921- A French soldier with his horse drinking from a puddle; oil on panel, signed 'R. Arus' (lower left), 21.7 x 27 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Arus's paintings almost exclusively depict figures in 19th-century military dress, either in battle or on the march, with his works typically presenting cavalry officers either mounted on or accompanied by their horses. The present work places a particular emphasis on the close relationship between a soldier and his horse, with the central figure looking on with care and concern as his horse pauses to drink some water on their journey.
Lot 324
Richard Henry Wright, British 1857-1930- A view of the Palace of Westminster across the Thames; watercolour on paper, bears inscription 'R H Wright' (on the backing paper), 18.2 x 27.4 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: This hazy, atmospheric composition is typical of Wright's oeuvre, which consisted almost exclusively of historic British cities and landscapes across Europe. The eerie quality of the present work is reinforced by the seemingly empty boats in the foreground, positioned beneath the dark clouds which loom above.
Lot 382
A pair of mid 19th century Canadian silver tablespoons and a set of six teaspoons first Montreal, pseudo English hallmarks, stamped SL & Co., fancy stems with gilt bowls, initialled R, second, Montreal, pseudo Englsih hallmarks, Savage and Lyman, bright cut decoration, intialled E J W., gilt bowls, (8)first length 21.5cm., weight approx. 8.71oztCondition: Wear and starches to both bowls of tablespoons. Tarnish and scratches to bowls of teaspoons
Lot 709
A German double sided pocket compendium aneroid barometer, thermometer and compass c.1900 3 3/4" silvered register with exposed works and outer rotating scale calibrated 0 to 4000 for altitude barometer dial with scale inscribed in German R. Wind Vlyk M001W., reverse with black dial, silvered scale and curved thermometer tube, plated drum casediameter 4.7 cmCondition: First some corrosion to drum case
Lot 564
Five rings: a 22ct yellow gold wedding band; a brilliant-cut diamond three stone ring, the shank stamped '18CT'; a 9ct yellow gold wedding band; a 9ct yellow gold cluster ring; and an engraved band stamped 'PLATINUM'ring sizes J1/2- K1/2 except for cluster size R, combined gross weight 14.4gCondition:
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