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Lot 96
England & Wales. Saxton (Christopher & Lea Philip), Anglia, The Kingdome of England and Principality of Wales exactly Described, [1579 but circa 1693], engraved map with sparse contemporary outline colouring, large margins, toned overall, 390 x 490 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, number 128, state 5.
![Freeman (R Austin). The Red Thumb Mark, 1st edition, London: Collingwood Bros, [1907], frontispiece, lightly spotted, origina](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6810be4c-aba0-4a1d-b78f-b0050118a8d8/11799a0f-b39f-4ef8-9a81-b015010a12a7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 326
Topography & Travel. A large collection of mostly 20th-century topography & travel reference, including The Landscape Annual, 5 volumes, 1830-33, 38, London: R. Jennings, numerous engraved plates, all in original green gilt decorated full green morocco, 8vo, and publications by Batsford, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
Lot 28
Murray (John). Handbook of the Bengal Presidency. With an account of Calcutta City, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1882, 2 folding maps (one each in pocket at front and rear), plan of Calcutta facing page 82, and folding map of British Burma facing page 396, fifty-page publishers catalogue at rear, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and marked and some fraying to upper joint and outer corners, together with A Handbook for Travellers in India and Burma and Ceylon including the provinces of Bengal, Bombay and Madras, the Punjab, north-west provinces, Rajputna, central provinces, Mysore, etc., the native states, Assam and Cashmere, 3rd edition, London: John Murray, 1898, 74 maps and plans, including large folding mpa in pocket at rear (torn to folds withhout loss), ownership inscription of R. E. S. Thomas, 8 Mission Row, Calcutta, to half-title, printed advertisements to endpapers, inner hnges partly cracked, original red cloth gilt, rubbed, plus three further editions of Murray's Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon (8th editon, 1911, 10th edition, 1919, and 13th ediiton, 1929), all bound in original publishers red cloth, first two volumes rubbed and some marks and soiling, with some fraying to joints, second volume detatching along rear joint, and six others similar: The Imperial Guide to India including Kashmir, Burma and Ceylon, London: John Murray, 1904, S. Ruben, A Guide for Travellers in India, Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., Murray's Handbook for iNdia, part I-Madras, 1st edition, 1859 (but lacking the general map and with plan of Madras only), Murray's Handbook of the Bengal Presidency with (two of four) maps only (rebound in modern red cloth), and Joshua Duke, Kashmir and Jammu. A Guide for Visitors, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1903 (defective), all 8voQTY: (10)
Lot 307
MacKinnon (Colonel). Origin and of the Coldstream Guards, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, monochrome plates, occasional minor spotting, original cloth gilt, some wear with portion to head of spine of first volume nearly detached, 8vo, together with:Ross-of-Bladensburg (Lieutenant Colonel). A History of the Coldstream Guards from 1815 to 1895, illustrated by Lieut. Nevile R. Wilkinson, 1st edition, London: A. D. Innes & Co., 1896, colour lithograph plates, maps etc., top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary ownership signature to half-title of Eric Hanbury Tracy, Coldstream Guards 1896, bookplate of N Lawrence to front pastedown, original dark blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some minor marks, large 8vo, plusDavies (G.). The Early History of the Coldstream Guards, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, monochrome plates and maps, original dark blue cloth gilt, large 8vo, and further histories of the Coldstream Guards including Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Ross-of-Bladensburg, The Coldstream Guards 1914-1918, 3 volumes (including maps), 1928, Colonel Sir John Hall, The Coldstream Guards 1885-1914, Oxford 1929, Michael Howard and John Sparrow, The Coldstream Guards 1920-1946, Oxford, 1951 (two copies), D. C. Quilter 'No Dishonourable Name', 1st edition, 1947, Richard Crichton, The Coldstream Guards 1946-1970, 1st edition, 1972, Cuthbert Headlam, History of the Guards Division in the Great War 1915-1918, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1924, Patrick Forbes, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, [1946], and Captain J. Pereira, A Distant Drum, War Memories of the Intelligence officer of the 5th Bn. Coldstream Guards 1944-45, 1st edition, 1948, all original publishers cloth gilt, 8vo (Quilter in 4to) G/VGQTY: (16)
Lot 15
Firminger (Rev. W. K.). Thacker's Guide to Calcutta, 1st edition, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1906, xiv, 271 pp., 6 pp. adverts, and 55 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, folding plan of Calcutta loosely inserted to rear pastedown, 14 monochrome plates after photographs, one or two old oval ink stamps ('Capital', Calcutta), rear hinge loosened, original dark blue cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed and slight wear to edges, together withMalleson (Colonel G. V.). Seringapatam Past and Present. A Monograph, reprinted, London: Luzac & Co., Madras: Higgin Botham & Co., 1909, viii, 79pp, 3 pp. advertisements at end, some scattered spotting, original cloth-backed printed boards, some marks, plusKarkaria (R. P., editor). The Charm of Bombay, An Anthology of Writings in Parise of the First City in India, with a foreword by H. E. Lord Willingdon, Governor of Bombay, 1st edition, Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala, Sons & Co., 1915, XXVII, 627 pp., original gilt-and blind-stamped red cloth, very lightly rubbed, all 8voQTY: (3)
![* Leech (John, attributed to). The Start', 'Mind the Bull', 'The Kill on the Cat and Custard Pot Day' [and] Mr Jorrocks gives](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6810be4c-aba0-4a1d-b78f-b0050118a8d8/818921ee-f6b2-417e-a4d7-b0150108e160/468x382.jpg)
Lot 172
* Leech (John, attributed to). The Start', 'Mind the Bull', 'The Kill on the Cat and Custard Pot Day' [and] Mr Jorrocks gives a lesson on "Unting", circa 1854, four watercolours which were published in the R. S. Surtees comic novel 'Handley Cross', with titles in manuscript on the mounts, each approximately 95 x 155 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (4)
Lot 6
Chinese Export School. Album of Chinese rice paper paintings depicting views in St Helena associated with Napoleon, circa 1830's-40's, 5 fine paintings in watercolour and bodycolour on rice (pith) paper, each with handwritten title below the image: St. Helena, Longwood, Napoleon's Tomb, Napoleon lying in State, and Bonaparte's Tomb, from the North West, image size 10 x 16 cm, sheet size 14 x 20 cm (5 1/2 x 8 ins), small loss to the first and third paintings (St. Helena, and Napoleon's Tomb), otherwise generally in very good condition, each loose-mounted within blue paper border on separate album leaf, smal red maker's inkstamp to front pastedown, contemporary printed advertisement loosely inserted at front for the 'St. Helena Bazaar for the sale of Europe, India, & China Goods (first door over the bridge)', on folded paper sheet watermarked R BARNARD 1830, contemporary Chinese binding of patterned red silk over boards, minor rubbing and fraying to extremities, ties missing, small oblong 4to (18.5 x 24 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Unusual album of five views in St. Helena by a Chinese artist, whose name is possibly stamped on the inside front cover. The Napoleonic subjects suggest that the work was issued as a tourist souvenir for travellers who stopped off at St. Helena to see the places and monuments associated with Napoleon.
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Lot 226
Pope (Alexander). The Works, [volume 1 of 2], 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Printed by W. Power for Bernard Lintot, 1717, title in red and black, half-title discarded and lacking frontispiece, closed tear to last two leaves, browning and light dust-soiling, 20th-century calf, 4to (Griffith 79 & Rothschild 1584. The first issue of the quarto edition, without Tonson's name in the imprint. The 2nd volume was first published in 1735), together with Pope (Alexander), The Works fo Mr Alexander Pope, in Prose, volume 2, London: J. and P. Knapton, C. Bathurst, and R. Dodsley, 1741, half-title, armorial bookplate of Richard Bateman to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, spine with morocco title label and rubbed gilt decoration, joint cracked at head and foot, folio, together with:Pope (Alexander), An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Visct. Cobham, London: Lawton Gilliver, 1733, [4], 13, [3] pp., half-title, advertisement leaf present at rear, 20th-century half calf, slim folio,Pope (Alexander), Additions to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. together with many Original Poems and Letters, of Cotemporary [sic] Writers, never before published, 2 volumes, London: H. Baldwin, T. Longman, R. Baldwin [& others], 1776, half-titles, vignette engraving to titles, front endpapers with bookplates of George Simon, Earl of Harcourt and Lord Carlingford, contemporary calf, first volume lacking morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, 8vo,Parnell (Thomas), Poems on Several Occasions written by Dr. Thomas Parnell ..., and published by Mr. Pope ... with the Life of Zoilus: and his Remarks on Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice..., new edition, Dublin: Thomas Ewing, 1773, contemporary calf, morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, some wear to upper joint, 4to, plus other 18th-century Alexander Pope titlesQTY: (12)
Lot 770
St. Dominic's Press. In Petra, being a Sequel to 'Nisi Dominus,' together with a Preface and Notes by Eric Gill and Hilary Pepler, 1st edition, Ditchling: St Dominic's Press, 1923, text with 3 wood-engravings by David Jones and 6 by Eric Gill (including title-page vignette printed in red), original buckram with printed paper label to upper cover, small 4to, together with:Concerning Dragons, A Rhyme by H.D.C.P. [Hilary Douglas Pepler], Engravings by A.E.R.G. [Eric Gill], reprint, Ditchling: St Dominic's Press, 1924, 8 pp. including wrappers, uncut, sewn as issued, a few spots, 16mo, plusWood Engraving by R. John Beedham with Introduction and Appendix by Eric Gill, 3rd edition, Ditchling: St Dominic's Press, 1929, engraved illustrations, old pencil ownership name of M.A. Barker to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plusPepler (Hilary Douglas Clark, 1878-1951), Autograph Letter Signed, St Dominic's Press, Ditchling, Sussex, 13 November 1926, on Press letterhead, a short note thanking Mr Porter and wishing him a happy Christmas, 'Yes, Gill went in 1924 - escaped to the Black Mountains', two nicks to upper margin and slight browning to lower fold, well away from text, 1 page, 8vo, plus 2 one-page printed leaflets for new books from the Press in 1926QTY: (6)
Lot 19
Handbooks for the Indian Army. Hindustani Musalmans, compiled for the Government of India by Major W. Fitz G. Bourne, revised, Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1927, six preliminary leaves, 49 pp. of main text, ownership inscription to front blank of William McRae, New Delhi 20/5/45, original black cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed and marked, with one or two small stains, together with Mahrattas, compiled for the Government of India by Major R. Betham, revised and brought up-to-date by Lt.-Colonel W. B. Roberts, Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1930, eight preliminary pp., 109 pp., IX (index at rear), folding uncoloured sketch map of Maharashtra contained in pocket to rear pastedown, plus Punjabi Musalmans, compiled for the Government of India by Lt.-Col. J. M. Wikeley, 2nd edition, 1935, Delhi: Government of India Press, 1936, 8 preliminary pages, 98 pp. of main text, original blue-cloth backed printed boards, some marks, folding map of Recruiting Area Punjabi Musalmans showing locality of tribes, loosely contained in pocket at rear, and Jats, Gujars & Ahirs, first compiled under the orders of the Government of India by Major A. H. Bingley, revised and rewritten by Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Christie, 1937, Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1937, four preliminary pages, 104 pp., typewritten amendment sheet loosely inserted, original black-cloth backed printed boards, rubbed and some soiling, plus Dogras, revised in 1932 at the request of the Government of India by Lieutenant.-Colonel W. B. Cunningham, (reprint 1940), Delhi: Government of India Press, 1941, title, ix plus 135 pp., rebound in modern black cloth with photocopy of the original cover pasted to upper cover, all 8voQTY: (5)
Lot 515
* Toy Animals on Wheels. Donkey pull along, circa 1904, mohair stuffed donkey with black boot button eyes, leather saddle, remenants of red felt saddle pad, pale felt girth, leather bridle (one rein and throatlash detached), breast plate with bells (one bell missing) and crupper present, mohair rubbed with loss of hair to majority of donkey, some areas threadbare (mainly to top of donkey's back) with straw stuffing visible, tail present fabric worn top corner, donkey stands on metal axle attached to early metal wheels, total height 38 cm, length 50 cm, together withCow pull along, circa 1905, felt stuffed spotted cow with black boot button eyes, ears rubbed with some minor loss, horns missing, some holes in fabric showing straw stuffing, cow stands on metal axle (front axle with kink to right hand edge), attached to early metal wheels (one wheel missing), total height 21.5 cm, length 38 cm, plus a dog pull along, circa 1950s, mohair stuffed fox terrier, threadbare in places especially around the head, front left leg with kink in resulting in dog not standing square, crudely sewed onto red metal frame with wheels, and Horse and Cart, made in East Germany, circa 1950's, wooden horse on yellow stand with red wheels, attached to a wicker and metal blue cart, label to bottom of yellow stand 'made in G D R', mane missingQTY: (4)
Lot 77
* British Isles. Visscher (Claes Janzoon), Tabula Magnae Britanniae Continens Angliam Scotiam et Hiberniam nuperimè edita per Niccolaum Johannis Visscher, Amsterdam [1623], hand-coloured engraved carte-a-figure map with 12 oval vignettes of principal cities along the horizontal margins and 10 pairs of costumed figures to the vertical margins, inset map of the Orkney Islands, vertical margins skillfully extended, occasional marginal repaired closed tears, 460 x 555 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 384. A highly decorative and rare map by Claes Visscher (under his Latinised name of Nicolaus Joannis Visscher) and separately published. An example of the first state, engraved by Abraham Goos. It appears in a rare 1623 Mercator atlas, but Shirley suggests that the map may have been issued separately prior to the 1623 atlas.
Lot 94
England & Wales. Jenner (Thomas & Hollar Wenceslaus), The Kingdome of England & Principality of Wales Exactly Described with every Sheere & the small Townes in every one of them, in Six Mappes, Portable for every Mans Pocket....., Printed Coloured and sold by John Garrett at the South Entrance of the Royal Exchange, circa 1688, letterpress title detached, six (complete) folding engraved map sheets with contemporary outline colouring, old folds strengthened on the verso with near-contempoary green linen, slight wear to old folds, slight staining, 18th-century manuscript ownership signature to the front endpaper, bookplate of Joseph Crawhall, contemporary blind-panelled sheep with two brass clasps, upper board detached, worn and frayed, binding size 205 x 90 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, number 537. John Garrett State 4 (Skelton D) with the date of 1676 partially erased and struck through and with the dots added to the sandbanks in the Wash and shoals and sandbanks added off 'Shepye' in 'Thames Mouth'. Known as the 'Quartermaster's Map' as it was described in the preface of the 1644 edition, " Useful for all Comanders (sic) for Quarteringe of Souldiers & all sorts of Persons that would be informed, where the Armies be; never so commodiously drawne before this'.
Lot 93
England & Wales. Greene (Robert & Morden Robert), A New Map of England Containing the Adjacent parts of Scotland, Ireland, France, Flanders and Holland. Shewing the true Situation and Distance of London from Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Mastrick, Antwarp (sic), Amsterdam &c..., circa 1690, map engraved by F. Lamb with contemporary outline colouring. old folds, trimmed to the neatline, some creasing and staining, slight marginal fraying and short closed tears, slight fraying and a short split at the foot of the central fold, laid on near-contemporary paper, 445 x 545 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles, Morden 1 state 3. A rare map which carries Greene's imprint only. The earlier states (first published in 1673 and again in 1675) have the imprint of Morden and Greene. This last state was probably published after Greene's death (1688) by his daughter Elizabeth. COPAC list only two institutional holdings in the National Library of Wales and the British Library.
Lot 316
Singh (Dr. Gopal). Sri Guru-Granth Sahib (English Version), 4 volumes, Delhi: Gur Das Kapur & Sons Ltd., 1964, marbled endpapers, original uniform brown cloth gilt, 4to, together with:Robson (Brian). Swords of the British Amy, The Regulations Patterns, 1788-1914, revised edition, National Army Museum, 1996, numerous monochrome illustrations, original pictorial boards, 4to, plusSingh Nihang (Nidar, & Parmjit Singh). In the Master's Presence, The Sikhs of Hazoor Sahib, volume I (History), 1st edition, London: Kashi House, 2008, numerous colour and monochrome plates and illustrations, original black cloth in dustwrapper, 4to, VG, and other India general reference works including a second edition of Sri Guru-Granth Sahib, 4 volumes, 1998, bound in original uniform dark blue decorated cloth, large oblong folio, R. Nath, Colour Decoration in Mughal Architecture, 1970, Percy Brown, Indian Architecture (Islamic Period), 1975, Soldiers of The Raj, by George William de Rhe-Philipe and Miles Irving, London Stamp Exchange, 1989, etc, all 20th-century publications, 4to/8voQTY: (50)
Lot 801
Nesbit (Edith). The Enchanted Castle, 1st edition, London: T Fisher Unwin, 1907, monochrome illustrations by H. R. Millar, pencil inscriptions to the front endpapers, some toning, wear & light marks throughout, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine rubbed, spine faded with loss to the head & foot, 8voThe Story of The Amulet, 1st edition, 1906, some minor spotting & toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8voThe Story of The Treasure Seekers, 1st edition, 1899, monochrome illustrations by Gordon Brown & Lewis Baumer, some light marginal toning & spotting, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voThe Phoenix and The Carpet, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, 1904, colour frontispiece & monochrome illustrations by H. R. Millar, some spotting & light toning, lacking rear endpapers, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with 6 further works by Edith Nesbit, including Hardings' Luck, 1909, New Treasure Seekers, 1907, Nine Unlikely Tales, 1901, Wet Magic, circa 1913 The House of Arden, 1908, The Wonderful Garden, 1912, all original gilt decorated red cloth, 8voQTY: (10)
Lot 474
* English playing cards. Counties of England & Wales card game, Paisley, Scotland: Mrs. R. Laird, 1st December 1818, 48 (of 52, without N9, S2, M4 & WQ) engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 printed in one colour for each suit, the suits being North (black), South (red), Midlands (blue) and West (dark brown-black), each with numbered cards 1-10 and 3 full-length court cards, each card with panel at top containing value (unless court card), suit, county, and town (or city) names, plus the industry or product associated with that town/city and the distance from London (in miles), the illustrations below representing the relevant industry/product, court cards with slightly differing figures of King George III, Queen Charlotte, or an unidentified courtly man standing in the foreground, every card with maker's details and date, M4 and WQ present in facsimile, dusty, some spotting, toning, and minor marks, Hereford emended in early ink manuscript to Hertford, N5 with small brown stains, some cards close-trimmed, rarely clipping image, once clipping county name, WK somewhat worn to left edge, square corners lightly worn, plain versos, each card 92 x 64 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the boards 42 x 59.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare example of this early Counties card game, which seems to be a predecessor of Jacques' Counties of England (first published 1866). The only other mention we have found is at https://dondorf.co.uk/card-games, although apparently there is an example in the London Guildhall collection and also in an unknown Welsh museum.
Lot 844
Middleton (Christopher). Poems, 1st edition, London: The Fortune Press, 1944, original red cloth in pale blue dustwrapper, 8vo, authors presentation copy inscribed to front endpaper 'K. J. F. Bickersteth under whose auspices the seed of this book took to earth. In gratitude, Christopher Middleton, July 1944', together withWoodcock (George). The White Island, 1st edition, Fortune Press [1940], original black cloth in grey dustwrapper, spine darkened, lightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo, authors presentation copy, inscribed 'to Derek Savage in friendship, from George Woodcock. Sept. 1940', plusRodgers (W. R.). Awake! and other Poems, reprinted, Secker & Warburg, 1941, some light spotting, original cloth, rubbed and some spotting, spine discoloured, 8vo, with pencil ownership inscription to front endpaper 'from W. S. Graham, Cornwall August 1944', and Corman (Cid). A Table in Provence, poems by Cid Corman, drawings by Barnet Rubinstein, 1st edition, Origin Press, 1959, monochrome collotype reproductions after Rubinstein, original cloth-backed card covers, rubbed and somewhat toned, oblong folio, limited edition 168/200, signed by the author, and other modern poetry, including Robert Kelly, Songs I-XXX, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Pym-Randall Press 1968, limited signed edition 42/90 from a total edition of 1000, Stuart Montgomery, Circe & Shabby Sunshine 1st editions 1969/73 respectively, each inscribed by the author, Les A, Murray, The Boys who Stole the Funeral, 1st edition, 1980, Lorine Niedecker, My Life by Water, Collected Poems 1936-1968, 1st edition, Fulcrum Press, 1970, limited signed editon 80/100, Robert Garioch, Chuckies on the Cairn, 1ste ediiton, Chalmers Press, circa 1940, signed, Anne Stevenson, William Corbett, Laura Riding, FT Prince, Bernard Kops (Poems 1955, limited signed edition of 100 copies), Alan Halsey, Geraldine Monk, and others, many signed, original cloth, and many in original printed wrappers, 8vo or slim 8voQTY: (approx. 90)
Lot 21
Keene (H. G.). A Handbook for Vistors to Lucknow, Allahabad, and Cawnpore, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1880, viii, 119 pp., yellow endpapers, original publishers green cloth lettered in gilt, rubbed and some stains and discolouration, small 8vo, together withInce (John). The Kashmir Hand-Book: a guide for visitors, new edition revised and enlarged, Calcutta: Wyman & Co., 1872, lacking the map before title, xv, vi, 271 pp., contemporary ownership signature to front pastedown of M. H. Saward, Capt: R. A. A. D. C. May 8: 73 Lucknow', original publishers blue cloth with printed paper label to upper cover, rubbed and marked, plusHavell (E. B.). A Handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the neighbourhood, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904, 14 monochrome plates after photographs, and four plans, contemporary ownership signature of H. Le M. Fellows, March'05 to front pastedown, one or two ink stamps of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Museum to front endpapers, original decorative red and cream cloth, rubbed and minor fraying to extremities, plus four other Indian guides including F. Berresford Harrop, Thacker's New Guide to Simla, 1925, with folding map the region, but lacking the map of the town of Simla at end, H. G. Keene, A Handbook for Visitors to Agra and its neighbourhood, 6th edition, Calcutta: 1899, bound with Handbook for visitors to Delhi, re-written and brought up to date by E. A. Duncan, 6th eiditon, Calcutta: 1906, and handbook for visitors, Allahabad Cawnpore and Lucknow, 2nd edition revised, to which is added a chapter on Benares, Calcutta: 1896, folding maps and plans (complete), bound in original publishers dark green cloth gilt, and two guides to Lucknow: Murray's Lucknow Guide, Lucknow: London Printing Press, 1879, and the Tourist's Guide to Lucknow, by one of the Beleaguered Garrison, 8th edition, revised, Lucknow, Murray's Press, 1913, both with some wear, original printed warppers, original cloth-backed boards respectively, all 8voQTY: (7)
Lot 74
British Isles. Blaeu Willem J.), Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabula, Amsterdam circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset map of the Orkney Islands, slight spotting and dust soiling, 385 x 500 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Anglia Regnum, Amsterdam circa 1634, uncoloured engraved map, proof state before the addition of the cartouche and heraldry, 385 x 500 mm, Dutch text on verso, with Jansson (Jan). Anglia Regnum, circa 1647, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, some light staining, 390 x 500 mm, German text on versoQTY: (3)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, number 423 - 616, number 440 and number 465 - 610.
Lot 30
Nolan (Captain L. E.). Cavalry; Its History and Tactics, 1st edition, London: Thomas Bosworth, 1853, 7 lithograph plates, including two with hand-colouring, and three colour lithographs of saddles and bridles (light water stain to the last three plates), ownership bookplate to front pastedown, and inscription of Archibald F Becke Captain, late R.F.A., dated 1910, later bookplate of the Military Historical Society to front endpaper, original red quarter morocco, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed and a little wear, joints split at head of spine, 8vo, together withFort St. George. Standing Orders for the Light Cavalry of the Army of Fort St. George, Adjutant General's Office, Fort St. George 17th March 1857, 2nd edition, Madras: Pharoah and Co, 1857, title with contemporary ownership signature of G. H. Elliott, 3rd B. C., some leaves a little chipped to edges, endpapers renewed (and restrengthened with black adhesive plastic), modern brown cloth with paper label to spine, 8vo, plus others related including The Quarterly Army List of Her Majesty's Honorable Company's Services on the establishment of Fort St. George..., corrected to 31st December 1847, Madras Pharoah & Co, 1847, near-contemporary inscription to head of title in 1862. Her Majesty's Madras Army, additionally inscribed to front endpaper 'Captain Wilton late 36th Regtm. R. I. Major, By the Brevet of 1854, Retired from the Madras Army on 4th July 1848', contemporary annotations in ink, some toning throughout, further annotations to rear endpaper and pastedown, upper inner hinge restrengthened with tape, contemporary red half morocco, rubbed and some wear, 8vo, Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Tombs, Woolwich, 1913, and The Chronocal of Private Henery Metcalf, H. M. 32nd Regiment of foot, edited by Lieut.-General Sir Frances Tuker, 1953, 8voQTY: (5)
Lot 229
Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books, 2 vols., 4th edition, with notes of various authors, by Thomas Newton, London: C. Hitch, L. Hawes, J. Hodges, J. & R. Tonson [& others], 1757, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume and 12 engraved plates, together with Milton (John), Paradise Regain'd. A Poem, in Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes: and Poems upon several occasions, 2nd edition, with notes of various authors, by Thomas Newton, London: J. & R. Tonson and S. Draper [& others], 1753, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume and 5 engraved plates, some scattered spotting, contemporary uniform calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 8vo, together with:Hyde (Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon), The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in the year 1641, 5 volumes, Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1707, engraved portrait frontispiece to each, occasional scattered spotting, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo,Eyre (Vincent), The Military Operations at Cabul, which ended in the retreat and destruction of the British Army, January 1842. With a journal of imprisonment in Afghanistan, 5th edition, London: John Murray, 1843, folding lithograph plan, upper pastedown with bookplate of the Earl of Ellenborough of Southam de la Bere and ink stamp 'Earl of Ellenborough's heirlooms' and bearing signature 'Ellenborough', contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with contrasting morocco labels, joints rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th-century leather-bound volumes, including The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1900, edited by L. S. Amery, 7 volumes in 6, London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Ltd., 1900-1909, heraldic bookplate of Sherborne Library to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century maroon half morocco gilt, 8vo, plus two cloth bound volumesQTY: (50)
Lot 329
Burnett (Frances Hodgson). Two Little Pilgrims' Progress, a story of the city beautiful, 1st edition, London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1895, 12 illustrations by R. W. Macbeth, some light marginal toning, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine very lightly rubbed, 8vo, includes a card signed by the author 'Yours sincerely Frances Hodgson Burnett, January '94', together with:Ballentyne (R. M.), Post Haste, a tale of Her Majesty's mails, 1st edition, London: James Nisbet & Co., 1880, 5 monochrome illustrations, 'R. M. Ballentyne' signature stuck down to the front pastedown gutters cracked, some light spotting & toning, throughout, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusRobinson (Charles, illustrator), The Big Book of Fables, edited by Walter Jerrold, London: Blackie and Son, 1912, numerous colour & monochrome plates & vignettes, gutters cracked, some light spotting & toning, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine slightly faded, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and other mostly 19th-century juvenile literature, all original cloth, some gilt decorated, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to QTY: (5 shelves)
Lot 36
Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher). The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, Harrow and Rugby, and the Free-School of Christ's Hospitals, 1st edition, 3rd state, London: R. Ackermann, 1816, 48 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, subscribers list, some offsetting from plates to text, previous owner inscription to front endpaper, hinges tender, contemporary blindstamped morocco gilt, some fading to spine and extremities, edges rubbed, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Scenery 438. Large paper copy in the third state, with Charter-House cricket match (plate 26) and Rugby School cricket match (plate 40).
Lot 782
Shelley (Percy Bysshe). Queen Mab, 1st published edition, 2nd issue, London: R. Carlile, 1822, lower blank margin of cancel title excised, verso of final page of notes (p. 82) bearing the imprint of W. Clark, 2 pp. dedication to Harriet at end, edges of leaves at foot of volume partly trimmed (to remove ink stain or stamp?), occasional scattered spotting, signature 'Angela Mills, Bristol 1969' to front free endpaper, bookplate to front pastedown sometime removed, original cloth-backed boards, spine faded and few marks to boards, 8vo, together with:Clare (John), Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, 2nd edition, London: Taylor and Hessey; Stamford: E. Drury, 1820, half-title discarded and without 4 pp. advertisements, occasional light dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 12mo,Burns (Robert), The Poetical Works of Rob[ert] Burns, with his life Engravings on wood by Bewick from designs by Thurston, 2 volumes, Alnwick: Printed by W. Davison, [1808], engraved frontispiece and title to each volume, wood engraved vignette plates and illustrations by Bewick, some toning, spotting mostly at front and rear, modern half calf, dark green skiver labels to spines, small 8vo in 4s,Byron (George), The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron, 5 volumes in three, London: John Murray, 1817, volume III & IV title-pages bound together at front of third volume, title page for 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto the fourth' with imprint dated 1818, front pastedowns with armorial bookplates of Richardson Harrison and also Harper Repository of Arts Cheltenham, contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels, volume 1 rebacked preserving spine, rubbed at foot to spines, 8vo, plus other late 18th & early 19th-century antiquarian including Scott (Walter), Ballads and Lyrical Pieces, Edinburgh, 1806; Hazlitt (William), Lectures on the English Poets, delivered at the Surrey Institution, 1819, etc.QTY: (14)NOTE:Shelley first printed Queen Mab privately in 1813, but it was subsequently published in a pirated edition by R. Clark in 1821, for which Clark subsequently received four months' imprisonment. Thereafter the remaining sheets were reissued with a new title-page by Carlile.
Lot 374
Dickens (Charles). Master Humphrey's Clock, 2 volumes, London: Chapman and Hall, 1840, monochrome illustrations by George Cattermole & Hablot Browne, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light toning & minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 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, 2nd edition, London: printed for R. Blamire, 1778, monochrome plates, previous owner inscription to the head of the front endpaper, some light toning throughout, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed with some minor loss, hinges cracked, 8vo, plusR. Dodlesy, printed for, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, 5th edition, London, 1743, later inscriptions to the front endpaper & head of the title page, some light toning & spotting throughout, front & rear hinges cracked, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th-century literature & sets, mostly leather bindings, some sets rebound in modern leather, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8voApproximately 125 volumesQTY: (6 shelves)
Lot 149
World. De Wit (Frederick), Nova Orbis Tabula in Lucem Edita, A. F. De Wit, Amsterdam, circa 1680, hand-coloured engraved hemispheral map with four allegorical representations of the seasons and two additional globes of the poles, strapwork border and cherubs decorating the cusps, insular California, some adhesion scarring to the verso, occasional marginal repaired closed tears, 480 x 570 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. The Mapping of the World, number 451.
Lot 840
Freeman (R. Austin). Mr Polton Explains, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1940, a few light spots, original blue cloth, lightly marked, dust jacket, rubbed with small losses to extremities, 8vo, together with:The Jacob Street Mystery, 1st edition, inscribed copy, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1942, inscribed by the author 'From R Austin Freeman, with all good wishes' to front free endpaper, lightly toned, original blue cloth, spotted, dust jacket, rubbed with loss to extremities, 8vo, withPontifex, Son and Thorndyke, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1931, lightly spotted, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, original blue cloth, dust jacket, rubbed to extremities with slight loss, 8vo, with 6 others by Freeman including a signed copy of The Penrose Mystery (1936), all in dust jacketsQTY: (9)
Lot 819
Freeman (R Austin). The Magic Casket, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1927, front dust jacket panel pasted to front pastedown, lightly spotted, original blue cloth, rubbed, 8vo, together with:The Great Portrait Mystery, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1918, toned, original blue cloth, rubbed, 8vo, withAs A Thief in the Night, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1928, lightly spotted, original blue cloth, spine faded & soiled, 8vo, with 2 small cartons of titles by FreemanQTY: (2 cartons )
Lot 810
Freeman (R. Austin). The Exploits of Danby Croker, being extracts from a somewhat disreputable autobiography, 1st edition, London: Duckworth & Co, 1916, publisher's advertisements to rear, a few light spots, original blindstamped red cloth, spine faded, 8vo, with facsimile dust jacket, together with:A Silent Witness, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914, ownership inscription to front free endpaper upper margin, hinges neatly repaired, original red cloth, rubbed & lightly marked, 8vo, withA Silent Witness, 1st US edition, Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1915, black & white frontispiece, 2 black & white illustrations, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, with 13 others by Freeman, many 1st editions QTY: (16)
Lot 652
AR * Attwell (Mabel Lucie, 1879-1964). Five original illustrations for Troublesome Topsy and Her Friends by May Baldin, Tabitha Smallways Schoolgirl by Raymond Jacberns and That Troublesome Dog by Arthur Raymond Jacberns, watercolour and pencil, depicting various scenes including: I am monitor for cloak-rooms this week and I have to see that rules are kept and they suprised Mrs Brown by coming in at the kitchen door, etc., four signed, image size from 23.5 x 15.5 cm to 27 x 17 cm, all in matching mounts and frames, largest 46 x 37 cm, together with copies of Tabitha Smallways Schoolgirl by Raymond Jacberns, London: W. & R. Chambers Ltd, 1922 and Troublesome Topsy and her Friends by May Baldwin, London: W. & R. Chambers Ltd, 1913, both 8voQTY: (5)
Lot 13
Ewart (J. M.). Story of the North West Frontier Province, Peshawar: Government Printing and Stationery Office, North West Frontier Province, 1930, ten plates after photographs, single folding plan (not listed in the list of illustrations), a few minor spots, original green cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in white, lightly rubbed, together withSkeen (General Sir Andrew). Passing It On, short talks on tribal fighting on the north-west frontier of India, 2nd edition, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, [1932], 136 pp, original light brown cloth, some minor marks, 8vo, plusGovernment of India Press. Frontier Warfare-India (Army and Royal Air Force), Delhi: Government of India Press, 1939, eight folding military diagrams at rear, original khaki cloth, rubbed and some marks, small 8vo, andHyde Baker (Major L. S.). The Sowars' Pocket Book. A Manual of Cavalry Drill in an easy for native ranks by Major Hyde Baker, 3rd Punjab Cavalry, Ludhiana: Ludhiana Mission Press, 1898, title, preface leaf, 115pp., with list of contents to verso of final leaf, some near-contemporary annotations in ink and pencil, inner margin between title and preface leaf restrengthened with brown paper, ownership signature of Lieut. R. Scott 3rd Punjab Cavalry to front pastedown, original yellow cloth lettered in black to upper cover, some marks and soiling, plusThring (Lt.-Col. R. H. D.). Standing Orders for the 27th Light Cavalry, Jubbulpore: Edward Press, 1910, title and 34 pp., interleaved with blanks, contemporary black cloth with printed paper label to upper cover with ownership signature of Captain W. F. S. Casson in red ink, small 8voQTY: (5)
Lot 322
Halifax (George Savile, Marquis of). A Character of King Charles the Second: and political, moral and miscellaneous thoughts and reflections, London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, 1750, title with short closed tear to lower margin, light dust-soiling and scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, joints cracked, extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with:Booth (John), A Short Statement of Facts, relative to the Duel which took place at Aberdeen, on the 26th of June, 1805, between Ensign Livingston, of the Stirlingshire Regiment of Militia; and Lieut. A. Booth, of the First Regiment of Aberdeen Volunteers, Aberdeen: Printed by J. Burnett 1806, modern maroon morocco, slim 8vo,Willis (Browne), A Survey of the Cathedral Church. Of Bangor; and the edifices belonging to it..., London: Printed for Robert Gosling, 1721, two folding engraved plates and one folding plan, 19th-century half calf, extremities rubbed, 8vo, plus Scott (Walter), The Lady of the Lake, Edinburgh: John Ballantyne and Co, 1810, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title with imprint dated 1811, 6 engraved plates, some toning and scattered spotting, contemporary half morocco with vellum corners, gilt decorated spine, upper board detached, 4to, and few other 18th-19th century antiquarian volumes (some odd and incomplete volumes), together with Old Christmas, by Washington Irving, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908, colour and monochrome plates, front free endpaper signed by the illustrator Cecil Aldin, original cloth, 4to plus other miscellaneous mostly 20th-century books including Folio Society volumes, biographies, history, literature, art reference and general interest etc.QTY: (3 cartons)
Lot 254
Gilchrist (Alexander). Life of William Blake, with selections from his poems and other writings, new and enlarged edition illustrated from Blake's own works with additional letters and a memoir of the author, 2 volumes, London: Macmillen and Co., 1880, monochrome plates on India paper, contemporary green half morocco gilt, spines lightly discoloured, some minor marks, 8vo, together with:Carey (William). Critical Description of the Procession of Chaucer's Pilgrims to Canterbury, painted by Thomas Stothard, Esq. R. A., 2nd edition with additions, London, 1818, xvi, 83 pp., with advert to verso of final leaf, several leaves chipped to fore-margins at front of volume, with slight loss, contemporary plain wrapper,s frayed with some loss to edges, small 8vo, plusBlake (William). The Poems of William Blake, London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1874, ownership signature and address of Stephen Coleridge to front endpaper, and with his bookplate to front pastedown, original mustard yellow cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and spine a little darkened, 8vo, and Swinbourne (Algenon Charles). William Blake, A Critical Essay, 2nd edition, London: John Camden Hotten, 1868, 16pp. publishers list at rear, later black morocco gilt, 8vo, plus two additional copies of the 1874 Pickering edition of Poems of William Blake, both in variant cloth bindings, 8voQTY: (7)
Lot 238
Blake (William, illustrator). The Grave, A Poem. By Robert Blair. Illustrated by Twelve Etchings, executed from Original Designs. To which is added a life of the author, London: Printed by T. Bensley, for the proprietor, R. Ackermann, 1813, engraved portrait frontispiece of William Blake by Schiavonetti after Thomas Phillips (dated March 1813), additional engraved title by Schiavonetti after Blake (dated 1813), printed title, list of subscribers, and 11 engraved plates, by Schiavonetti after Blake, some light spotting to plates, mainly to outer margins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, contemporary black half morocco over marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, joints a little rubbed, covers rubbed and with some discolouration, large 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Bentley, Blake Books 435 for the 1808 edition.
Lot 808
Freeman (R Austin). The Uttermost Farthing, 1st edition, Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1914, black & white illustrations (including frontispiece), original pictorial red cloth gilt, dust jacket, spine faded, lightly rubbed, 8vo, contained in grey quarter morocco gilt clamshell boxQTY: (1)
Lot 25
McRae (Colonel H. ST. GM). Regimental History of the 45th Rattray's Sikhs, volume 1, 1856-1914, for private circulation only, Glasgow: Robert Maclehose, 1933, photographic portrait frontispiece of Captain Thomas Rattray, ten maps and plans, original black cloth gilt, some marks and wear to edges with a little fraying to joints and minor loss to head of spine, together with Anderson (R. H.). Regimental History of the 45th Rattray's Sikhs now with changes to during the Great War and after. 1914-1921, for private circulation only, London: Sifton Praed & Co., 1925, 16 folding maps, original dark blue cloth gilt, rubbed and spine faded, plusMacMunn (Lieut.-Colonel Sir George). The History of the Sikh Pioneers (23rd, 32nd, 34th), 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., [1936], colour frontispiece, 2 folding maps, monochrome plates after photographs, map endpapers, original red cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed and a little fading to spine, large 8vo, and Birdwood (Colonel F.T.). The Sikh Regiment in the Second World War, privately published, [1947], 9 folding maps and plans in pocket at rear, light foxing to endpapers and fore edges, original red cloth gilt, very lightly rubbed, thick 8vo QTY: (4)
Lot 76
British Isles. Speed (John), Britain as it was devided in the tyme of the English Saxons especially during their Heptarchy, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell [1676], hand coloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, the vertical borders decorated with historical scenes, 385 x 510 mm, English text on versoQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, number 317.
Lot 18
Glas (George). The History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands, 1st edition, London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1764, 4 maps (1 folding, 2 on 1 leaf), scattered spotting, toning, Brooklyn Public Library stamps to maps and title, endpapers and blanks renewed, modern red half morocco gilt, 4to, together with:Bishop (Mrs J.F., née Isabella L. Bird). Korea & Her Neighbours, A Narrative of Travel, with an account of recent vicissitudes and present position of the country, 2 volumes, 1st edition, John Murray, 1898, 2 folding coloured maps, 24 monochrome plates after photographs, wood-engraved illustrations, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear of both volumes, occasional light spotting, original publisher's decorated blue cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, withThe Yangtze Valley and Beyond, an account of journeys in China, chiefly in the province of Sze Chuan and among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1899, folding map at rear, 116 monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, worn and stained, 8vo, with approximately 30 other volumes related to travelQTY: (approx 35)
Lot 47
Finden (Edward Francis & William). The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain, Illustrated by views taken on the spot, by W.H. Bartlett; with descriptions by William Beattie, 2 volumes, London: George Virtue, 1842, additional engraved titles, 124 engraved plates, occasional spotting, contemporary dark brown half morocco gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, together with:Britton (John & Brayley, Edward Wedlake), Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated, from original drawings by Thomas Allom, W. H. Bartlett &c., 2 parts in one, London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson, 1832, comprising: Devonshire [Cornwall] Illustrated in a Series of Views, engraved vignette title to each part, 2 single-page uncoloured engraved maps, 138 engraved views on 69 leaves, spotting or toning, damp stain to lower margins, modern black calf, gilt decorated spine, few marks, 4to, plus a duplicate of the same work in contemporary dark brown half morocco, rebacked, 4to,Lewis (Samuel), A Topographical Dictionary of England, 4 volumes & Atlas volume, 4th edition, London: S. Lewis & Co., 1845, 43 engraved maps by J. & C. Walker (including 13 folding), occasional spotting, modern dark green buckram preserving spine labels, 4to, plus Lewis (Samuel), A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 2 volume, 3rd edition, London: S. Lewis & Co., 1845, modern dark green buckram preserving spine labels, 4toQTY: (11)
Lot 531
Bawden (Edward, illustrator). Faberdum & Faberdee present their Puzzle List for Christmas 1934, & A Trap for Book-Worms, Faber & Faber's Christmas List for 1935, 32 pp to each, original pictorial yellow and orange-red pictorial wrappers, with design by Edward Bawden, stitched as issued, the second very lightly faded to spine (both generally in very good condition), slim 8vo, together with six Ariel Poems: Henry Newbolt, The Linnet's Nest, limited edition 315/350, Humbert Wolfe, Troy, Harold Monro, The Winter Solstice, Edmund Blunden, Winter Nights (trial proof copy with corrections to final leaf), Peter Quennell, Inscription on a Fountain-Head, limited signed edition 298/300, and Siegfried Sassoon, To The Red Rose, limited signed edition 93/400, plus F. R. Leavis, Mass Civilisation and Minority Culture, Cambridge, Minority Press, 1930, and A. W. Wheen, Two Masters (Criterion Miscellany no. 1), 1929, original printed wrappers, all slim 8voQTY: (10)
Lot 95
England & Wales. Le Clerc (Jean), Anglia Regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum, Paris, circa 1605, uncoloured engraved map, large ornate cartouche and mileage scale, old folds, 385 x 480 mm, no text on versoQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, number 271. Uncommon. A slightly reduced, but close copy of the Saxton/Ortelius map of 1603.
Lot 73
* British Isles. Blaeu (Johannes), Britannia prout divisa suit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum praesertim durante Illorum Heptarchia, Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring heightened with gold, vertical margins decorated with fourteen scenes of Saxon figures and events, very slight toning, 415 x 525 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, number 549.
Lot 370
Trevor-Roper (H. R.). Hitler's Table Talk, his private conversations 1941-44, 1st edition, London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1953, signed by the author to the title page, facsimile frontispiece, some light spotting to the text-block, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed to haed & foot with some minor loss, 8vo, together with:Glubb (John Bagot 'Glubb Pasha'), War in the Desert, an R.A.F. frontier campaign, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1960, monochrome frontispiece & maps, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed, includes a hand written letter by the author, dated 19th March 1956, 8vo, plusAtcherley (harold), War Diary, Singapore, Siam & Burma 1941-1945, 1st edition, privately printed, 2004, inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, andSosabowski (Stanislaw), Freely I Served, 1st edition, Nashville: The Battery Press, 1982, inscribed & signed by Stan Sosabowski (the author's son) to the half-title, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine faded, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other modern military reference, all signed by the authors and/or associated persons, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (3 shelves & a carton)
Lot 248
Thackeray (William Makepeace). Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848, vignette title, 38 steel-engraved plates, illustrations to text, some browning and spotting, stain to upper margins of some leaves, margins to one leaf repaired and few other discreet repairs, near contemporary half calf gilt by Bumpus, maroon morocco title label to spine, 8vo, together with:Goldsmith (Oliver), The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, with remarks, attempting to ascertain the actual scene of The Deserted Village, by R[obert]. H[Hasell]. Newell, London: Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispiece and dedication, occasional light spotting, later marbled endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spine and black morocco title label, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Thackeray - Grolier, 100 English, 87; Van Duzer 231; Wolff 6699. All first issue points present, with the suppressed woodcut of the Marquis of Steyne on page 336, with "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on page 453, and the rustic heading on page one.
Lot 292
James (Henry). The American, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877, 2nd issue with a full stop after 'Co' on title, advertisement leaf at front, contemporary previous owner signature at head of first chapter, some light spotting and toning, top edge gilt, modern green morocco gilt by James Brockman, Oxford, spine a trifle faded, 8vo, together with:Lewis (Wyndham). Tarr, 1918; The Apes of God, 1931; Snooty Baronet, 1932; The Revenge For Love, 1937; The Vulgar Streak, 1941; The Roaring Queen, 1973; Mrs. Duke's Millions, 1980, 1st editions, half-titles, a few minor spots, top edge gilt, all finely bound in recent full morocco by James Brockman, Oxford, slight fading to spine of Mrs. Duke's Millions, 8voQTY: (8)
Lot 221
Occo (Adolf). Imperatorum Romanorum numismata a Pompeio Magno ad Heraclium ab Adolfo Occone olim congesta; nunc Augustorum iconibus, perpetuis historico-chronologicis notis, pluribusque additamentis illustrata..., Milan: Ludouici Montiae, 1683, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with printer's engraved device illustration, engraved illustrations to text, slight fraying to edges of initial leaves, light damp staining at head, later endpapers, contemporary vellum, calf reback, joints splitting, folio, together with:Madox (Thomas), Formulare Anglicanum: or, A collection of ancient charters and instruments of divers kinds, taken from the originals, placed under several heads, and deduced ... from the Norman Conquest to the end of the reign of King Henry the VIII, London: Jacob Tonson and R. Knaplock, 1702, title in red and black, 2 folding engraved plates (torn to lower inner blank corners), some toning and scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, with blind and gilt decoration and morocco title label, folioQTY: (2)
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