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Lot 1260
A quantity of unused Peco 009 gauge Track including SL-E491 and SL-E492 L/H and R/H streamline Points, Setrack Standard Straight Wired, Pack of 8 Setrack ST-401 Standard Straights, Pack of ST-412 No.1 Radius Double Curves, Pack of 8 ST-403 No.1 Radius Standard Curves and 5x lengths of Streamline Track
Lot 315
(Ornithology) Sixteen works Derek Goodwin. 'Pigeons and Doves of the Worldfirst edition, unclipped dj, errata, fine, Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 1967; Bruce Campbell and Elizabeth Lack (ed). 'A Dictionary of Birds,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, T. & A. D. Poyser, Calton, 1985; Alan Feduccia. 'The Origin and Evolution of Birds,' first editon, unclipped dj, fine, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1996; R. M. Lockley. 'Ocean Wanders. The Migratory Sea Birds of the World,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1974; J. Bryan Nelson. 'The Sulidae. Gannets and Boobies,' first edition, small nibbles to unclipped dj, spotting to fore edge, vg, University of Aberdeen by Oxford University Press, 1978; With eleven other works. (16)
Lot 332
R. W. Paul. An Account of Some of the Incised & Sepulchral Slabs of North-West Somersetshire Folio, full polished calf with raised bands and morocco label to spine, ex libris label Frank Greenhill, marbled endpapers, lithographic frontis and plates, errata, some spotting, good to vg, Provost & Co, London, 1882.
Lot 45A
(Mining) John Richardson A Treatise on Sinking and Mining Engines Original thin cloth debound, sun bleached &c. &c., presentation card from Capt Alfred E. Doidge april 1973, eratta, steel engravings, pp29, leaves slightly loosening, good to vg, a scarce work with WorldCat stating three editions in five libraries, Edward R. Cousans, Lincoln, [1884];
Lot 14
(Devon) Benjamin Donn A Map of the County of Devon, with the City of Exeter Large format engraved colour map, backed onto linen in four folding panels, original publishers marbled case rubbed, vg map showing decorative cartouche, mileage scale and table of explanation, inset maps of Lundy, Plymouth and Stoke Town and plan of Exeter, compass rose and dedication, 181cm x 187cm, scarce, [c.1765].Arguably the most renowned of all large-scale county maps, Benjamin Donn’s map of Devon is celebrated for receiving the 100-guinea award from the Royal Society of Arts. This prestigious award, introduced by the society in 1762, was first conferred upon Donn’s work. Donn devoted five years to surveying Devon, claiming to have measured over 6,000 miles of roads and rivers. The map’s remarkable accuracy and detailed craftsmanship reflect Donn’s background as a mathematician, while the engraving expertise of Thomas Jefferys further enhanced its quality. Tooley, R. V. (1979). Maps and Map-Makers.
Lot 63
(Antarctic Exploration) Leonard Huxley (ed) Scott’s Last Expedition in Two Volumes. Vol I Being Journals of Captain R. F. Scott. Vol II Being Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work Undertaken ..... Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham, fifth edition, two volumes, a very nice half red morocco, compartmentalized spine with gilt lettering, glassine wrap, ex libris label Clive Behrens, half title, frontis portrait, plates and fold out maps, a very attractive set, Smith, elder & Co, London, 1914. (2)
Lot 104
(The Mutiny of the Bounty and Pitcairn) Fifteen works Rev Thomas Boyles Murray. 'Pitcairn: The Island, The People, and The Pastor; With a Short Account of The Mutiny of the Bounty,' fifth edition, original blue cloth rebacked, inscription to front endpapers, title page detaching, some finger soiling and spotting, frontis and plates, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1855; Rosalind Amelia Young. 'Mutiny of the Bounty and Story of Pitcairn 1790-1894,' third edition illustrated, heavy staining/bleaching to original decorative cloth, ink inscription to ffep, frontis detached, despite faults vg textblock with plates and illustrations, Pacific Press Publishing Company, Oakland, California, [c.1894]; R. M. Carter. 'The Geology of Pitcairn Island. South Pacific,' printed card wraps, b+w photographic illustrations, folded map in pocket to rear wrap, vg to fine, Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1967; With three modern colour publications produced from the Island; Glynn Christian. 'Fragile Paradise. the Discovery of Fletcher Christian Bounty Mutineer,' first edition, lacks dj, original cloth, illustrations, vg, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1982; John Bach (ed). 'The Bligh Notebook. Rough account-Lieutenant Wm Bligh's voyage in the Bounty's Launch from the ship to Tofua & from thence to Timor 28 April to 14 June 1789 With a draft list of the Bounty mutineers,' original cloth, unclipped dj, facsimile to rear, fine, Allen & Unwin, in association with the National Library of Australia, 1987; With seven other works. (15)From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
Lot 201
(Islands of Scilly) Robert Heath A Natural and Historical Account of the Islands of Scilly 'Describing their Situation, Numbers, Extent, Soil, Culture, Produce, Rarities, Towns, Fortifications, Trade, Manufacturers and Inhabitants. Their Government, Laws, Customs, Grant, Records and Antiquities.....' Full polished calf rebacked, tastefully restored spine with bright gilt tooled lettering, original paste marbled endpapers, viii-xiii, emendations, small tears to fold out map, pp.456 runs true, half plate showing the South-East View of Upnor-Castleinkent, lacks fold out table of distances, some sporadic spotting as to be expected, a very good copy, R. Manby and H.S. Cox, London, 1750.
Lot 334
(Farm implements and machinery) Twenty four works James SLight and R. Scott Burn (engineers), Henry Stephens (ed). 'The Book of Farm Implements & Machines,' quarter green leather, split to head of front hings, ex libris label Mark Eberard Pepys and Courtney Library, xxi, pp.648, forty plates to rear, profuse with vignette steal engravings throught, some spotting to versos of plates, vg, William Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, 1858; Reynold M. Wik. Steam Power on the American Farm,' first edition, two copies, gilt decorated cloth, both vg, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1953; Andre G. Haudricourt, Mariel Jean-Brunhes Delamere. 'L'Homme et la Charrue. A Travers le Monde (The Man and the Plough. Around the World),' printed papers wraps sllight loosening from text block, ex libris, vg, Gallimard, Paris, 1955; J. B. Passmore. 'The English Plough,' original embossed boards, ex libris, plates and illustrations, fine, Oxford University Press, 1930; Marten Triewald. 'Short Description of the Atmospheric Engine publuished at Stockholm, 1734,' translated facsimile, printed card wraps, ex libris, vg to fine, The Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Egineering and Technology, Extra Publication No.1, W. Heffer & Sons, Cambridge, 1928; With Eighteen other works. (24)
Lot 134
J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit Fourth edition, full faux leather with ornate gilt decorations, maps to front and rear, a very good copy, Guild Publishing, London, 1978; 'The Lord of the Rings,' three parts in one volume, uniform to the previous, some spotting to the edge of the text block, vg, Guild Publishing, London, 1984; With another copy of the Hobbit. (3)
Lot 67
(Kiribati and Tuvalu Islands) 'The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice Group: Its Zoology, Botany, Ethnology, and General Structure Based on Collections Made by Mr. Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney,' parts 1-10 bound in one volume, original printed thin card wraps bound in, pp.609, plates and vignette illustrations, vg, Published by Order of the Trustees, R. Etheridge, Sydney, 1896-1900; Mrs. Edgeworth David. 'Funafuti. Or Three Months on a Coral Island: An Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition,' original cloth with gilt lettering, ex libris Mark L. Sykes, spotting to endpapers, text block loosening from binding, b+w photographic frontis and plates, fold out map, some sporadic spotting, good to vg, pp.318, john Murray, London, 1899; Donald Gilbert Kennedy. 'Field Notes on the Culture of Vaitupu, Ellice Islands,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, plates and fold out map, vg, Thomas Avery & sons, New Plymouth, 1931. (3) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
Lot 83
(South Pacific Islands) Twelve good works Frederick O'Brien. 'Mystic Isles of the South Seas,' first edition, decorative cloth, xv, numerous b+w photographic plates, fold out map, pp.534, vg, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1921; 'White Shadows in the South Seas,' first edition, decorative clove, racked inner hinge, sporadic light spotting to edge of text block, plates, xii, pp.450, vg, The Century Co, New York, 1920; [Pembroke, George Robert Charles, Earl of, and George Kingsley]. 'South Sea Bubbles. By the Earl and The Doctor,' third edition, original red cloth with bevelled edges,rubbed and bumped with some staining, ex libris Archibald Anderson Watt, pp.312, pp.12 publishers catalogue to rear, good, Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1872; Lieut-Colonel T. R. St. Johnston. 'The Islanders of the Pacific,' first edition, vg original blue cloth, heavy spotting throughout, b+w photographic plates, T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1921; Major A. J. A. Douglas and P. H. Johnson. 'The South Seas of To-day,' first edition, staining to original cloth, text block loosening from binding, b+w photographic plates and three charts, fair to good with the text block being good, Cassell and Company, London, 1926; Frank Burnett. 'Through Tropical Seas,' first edition, vg cloth with gilt lettering, gilt top edge, heavy spotting throughout, plates, Francis Griffiths, London, 1910; Sir Harry Luke. 'Queen Salote and Her Kingdom,' original cloth, plates, vg, Putnam, London, 1954; With five other works including 'Notes from my Sea Log' by Louis Becke. (12) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
Lot 257
Eighteenth Century Maps Eleven Thomas Kitchen. 'A Map of the Western Part of the Roman Empire,' uncoloured copper engraved, folds, spotting, 1815; 'Carte De La Coste D'Angola,' uncoloured; 'Carte Du Cours des Rivieres de Faleme et Sanaga....,' uncoloured; 'Liverpool' by B. R. Davis, folded, nibbles to edges, R. Weller Lithograph; 'L'Empire Russe en Europe et en Asie,' surrounding letterpress explanatory text (in French) includes information about geography, history, genealogy, religion, etc, centre fold, vg, P. Didot, 1806; 'Great Britain and Ireland with Judges Circuits,' uncoloured, centre fold, vg, John Stockdale, London, 1805; Fricx Henri 'Carte Particular D'Une Partie D'Angleterre,' partially coloured, centre fold, spotting, thought to be published by Covens & Mortier, circa 1720; Guillemo Delisle. 'Graeciae Pars Septen Septentrionalis,' uncoloured, wormholes to head centre fold in the margin, 1708; D'Anville. 'Graeciae Antiquae Specimen Geographicum,' uncoloured, centre fold, spotting to margins, , Complete Body of Ancient Geography, Laurie and Whittle, London, [c.1795]; 'Part of the Bay of Cadiz,' uncolloured, fold lines, engraved for Harrisons edition of Rapin, [c.1785]; Plus one other. (11)
Lot 323
(Ornithology) Klaus Malling Olsen nd Hans Larsson. 'Skuas and Jaegers. A Guide to the Skuas Jaegers of the World,' first English editon, unclipped dj, illustrations and plates, Pica Press, Sussex, GMB, The Netherlands, 1997; Hans Winkler, David A. Christie and David Nurney. 'Woodpeckers. A Guide to the Woodpeckers, Piculets and Wrynecks of the World,' first English edition, unclipped dj, illustrations, fine, Pica Press, Sussex, Russell Friedman Books, South Africa, 1995; Clive Byers, Urban Olsson and Jon Curson. 'Buntings and Sparrows. A Guide to the Buntings and North American Sparrows,' first English edition, unclipped dj, fine, Pica Press, Sussex, 1995; R. B. Treleaven. 'In Pursuit of the Peregrine,' first edition, unclipped dj, fin, Tiercel SB Publishing, Herts, 1998; Desmond Nerthsole-Thompson. 'The Dotterel,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, Collins, 1973; 'The Snow Bunting,' second edition, unclipped dj, fine, Peregrine Books, Leeds, 1993; John Sparks and Tony Soper. 'Penguins,' second impression, unclipped dj, fine, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1968; Nine issues from the Hamlyn Species Guide series, all fine; Kenneth Richmond. 'Wild Venture. A Bird-Watcher in Scotland,' first edition, small nibbles to unclipped dj, fine text block, Geoffrey Bles, London, 1958; With twenty two other works and a collection of booklets. (Q)
Lot 196
(Agriculture, Soils, Weeds and Pests etc) Forty eight good works John Morton. 'The Nature and Property of soils; Their connexion with the Geological Formation on Which They Rest.....,' third edition, later cloth with morocco label, ex libris to front pastedown Ernest Ridley Debenham (1865-1952, Debenhams Ltd), Courtney Library label to ffep, some light sporadic spotting, vg, James Ridgway, London, 1842; Primrose McConnell. 'the Elements of Agricultural Geology: A Scientific Aid to Practical Farming,' original green cloth with gilt lettering, ex libris label, frontis fold out map detached, plates and illustrations, spotting to edge of text block, vg, Crosby Lockwood and Son, London, 1902; Eleanor A. Ormerod. 'A Manual of Injurious Insects, with Methods of Prevention and Remedy for Their Attacks to Food Crops, Forest Trees, and Fruit....,' first edition, original embossed cloth, label to front pastedown reads Presented to the Library of the Royal Institution of Cornwall by John D. Enys...1904 (1837–1912, naturalist and botanist of Enys House), vignette engravings throughout, vg, W. Swan Sonnenschein & Allen, London, [n.d. but preface dated 1881]; With a second edition; Sir E. John Russell. 'The World of the Soil,' first edition, original green cloth, small nibbles to near fine unclipped dj, ex libris label, plates, vg to fine, The New Naturalist, Collins, London, 1957; Kenneth Mellanby. 'Pesticides and Pollution,' first edition, small nibbles to near fine unclipped dj, ex libris label, plates, vg to fine, The New Naturalist, Collins, London, 1967; G. R. Clark. 'The Study of the Soil in the Field,' fourth edition, 1957; Sir. A. D. Hall and G. W. Robinson. 'The Soil,' reprint, 1945; Brian T. Bunting. 'The Geography of Soil,' 2nd ed, 1967; Hugh Hammond Bennett. 'Elements of Soil Conservation,' 1st ed 5th imp, 1947; Sir E. John Russell. 'Soil Conditions & Plant Growth,' 8th ed, 1950; G. V. Jacks. 'Soil,' 1st ed, dj, 1954; C. S. Piper. 'Soil and Plant Analysis,' 2ndimp, 1944; C. Harold Wright. 'Soil Analysis,' 2nd ed, 1939; C. W. Rose. 'Agricultural Physics,' 1st ed, 1966; R. Adams, Clifford O. Jensoen and Paul M. Althouse. 'Introduction to Agricultural Biochemistry,' 1st ed, 1951; Arthur H. Savory. 'Grain and Chaff from an English Manor,' 1927; Donald E. H. Frear (ed). 'Agricultural Chemistry,' 2 vols, reprint, 1952; G. E. Fussell. 'The Farmers Tools 1500-1900,' 1st ed, 1952; Frank Hollis. 'Tractors on the Move,' 1st ed, 1963; Harold Bennett. 'Saga of the Steam Plough,' 1st ed, 1965; George H. Clark. 'Farm Weeds of Canada,' 2nd ed, 1909; Sir Charles A. Cameron and C. M. Aikman. 'Johnston's Elements of Agricultural Chemistry,' 17th ed, 1894; Walter Conrad Muenscher. 'Weeds,' 11th ed, 1952; 'Farm Weeds An aid to their recognition,' Shell Chemical Company, n.d; J. H. G. Lebon. 'the Evolution of Our Countryside,'; H. F. Barne. 'Gall Midges of Economic Importance,' two copies, 1946; E. C. Large. 'The Advance of the Fungi,' reprint, 1950; Ernst Gram, Prosper Bovien and Chr. Stapel. 'Recognition of Diseases and Pests of Farm Crops,' 1st ed, 1958; 'Common Farm Weeds Illustrated,' 1st ed, 1952; C. L. Walton. 'Farmers Warfare,' 1st, 1947; R. Randal Phillips. 'The Servantless House,' 1st ed, 1923; Hubert Martin (ed). 'Insecticide and Fungicide Handbook,'; Eleanor A. Ormerod. 'A Text-Book of Agricultural Entomology,' 2nd ed, 1892; D. H. Robinson and S. G. Jary. 'Agricultural Entomology,' 1st ed, n.d; Kenneth M. Smith. 'A Textbook of Agricultural Entomology,' 1st ed, 1931. (48)
Lot 133
J. R. R. Tolkien Tree and Leaf First edition, facsimile signature to title page, ex libris Andover Public Library with ink library stamps, a few condition issues with large chip to head of spine being the worst, brown tape marks to endpapers, spotting to edge of text block, fair to good, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1964.Despite flaws, an increasingly scarce Tolkien first edition.
Lot 95
Robert Louis and Mrs M. I. Stevenson Twelve works R. L. Stevenson. '....Memoirs,' first edition, colour card wraps, b+w photographic plates tipped onto rectos with corresponding text on opposite rectos, some light spotting to edges of leaves, vg, T. N. Foulis, London & Edinburgh, 1912; 'The Letters of.....,' two volumes, original dark blue cloth, frontis, some spotting, Methuen and Co, London, 1902; 'In the South Seas,' original dark blue cloth, sporadic light spotting, vg, Chatto and Windus, London, 1900; With four works by Robert Louis; Mrs M.I. Stevenson. 'Letters from Samoa 1891-1895,' first edition, original red cloth with paper label to back strip, frontis image of the author, spotting to edge of text block, vg, Methuen & Co, London, 1906; 'The Cruise of "Janet Nichol" Among the South Sea Islands,' first UK edition, original cloth, frontis photograph, b+w photographs throughout, Chatto & Windus, London, 1915; Thomson Murray MacCallum and Jessie E. MacCullum (illustrator). 'Adrift in the South Seas Including Adventures with Robert Louis Stevenson,' first edition, ex library stock for Seale South Sea Island Collection Pacific Grove Public Library with blind stamps and ink stamps etc, original cloth detaching from text block, fair to good, Wetzel Publishing Co, Los Angeles, 1934. (12) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
Lot 96
(South Pacific Islands) Fourty one works Arthur Grimble. 'Migrations, Myth and Magic from The Gilbert Islands. Early Writings of....arranged and illustrated by Rosemary Grimble,' first edition, slipped in card with inscription an signature from Rosemary Grimble, original cloth, unclipped dj, illustrated, some very light spotting, vg, Routledge & Keegan Paul, Lond, 1972; 'A Pattern of Islands,' thirteenth edition, clipped dj, vg, Jogn Murray, 1969; 'Return to the Islands,' fifth impression, clipped dj, vg, John Murray, 1970; Klaus-Friedrich Koch (ed) and H. E. Maude (introduction). 'Logs in the Current of the Sea. Neli Lifuka's Story o Kioa and the Vaitupu Colonists,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg, Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1978; Simati Faaniu, Vinaka Ielemia et al. 'Tuvalu. A History,' first edition, unclipped dj, vg, Institute of Pacific Studies, Ministry of Social Services, Tuvalu, 1983; 'The Epic of Tarawa,' original cloth, tears and loss to clipped dj, bright pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout, Odhams Press Limited, London, n.d; 'Stewarts Handbook of the Pacific Islands,' rebound in modern cloth with original printed wraps, lacks map, pp.556, small amount of sporadic spotting, bibliography of island works vg, McCarron, Stewart & Co, Sydney, 1922; Sister Alaima Talu, Mikaere Baraniko, Keina Bate et al. 'Kiribati. Aspects of History,' first edition, unclipped dj, colour plates, vg, Prepared for the Occasion of the Independence of Kiribati, 1979; With three other copies, two limp backs and one in Gilbertese; 'Among those Present. The Official Story of the Pacific Islands at War,' rebound in modern cloth, original paper wraps bound in, b+w photographic illustrations, vg, His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1946; Robert Sherrod. 'Tarawa. The Story of a Battle,' reprint, original cloth, facsimile letter printed to front pastedown with a sample of Tarawa sand pasted on, plates, vg, The Admiral Nimitz Foundation, Texas, 1973; Frederick O'Brien. 'Mystic Isles of the South Seas,' first edition, original cloth, b+w photographic plates, vg, Garden City Publishing Company in, New York, 1921; Thomas Gilbert. 'Voyage from New South Wales to Canton, In the Year 1788. with Views of the Islands Discovered,' facsimile, fold out plates to rear, N. Isreal, Amsterdam, Da Capo Press, New York, 1968; R. W, Robson (ed). 'Pacific Islands Year-Book 1935-6,' printed card wraps, fold out map, advertisements, vg, Pacific Publications, Sydney, 1935; Norman Laing. 'The Settlement of the Hua. A History of The Huia and adjacent parts of the Manukau Harbour,' first edition, one of 2,000 copies, card warps, ink inscription to title page, sepia illustrations throughout, vg, Lincoln Printing Company, Aukland, 1985; With twenty five other works. (41) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
Lot 72
(Colonialism, Missionary and the South Pacific Islands) Five decorative bindings R. Vernon. 'James Calvert; Or, From Dark to Dawn in Fiji,' third edition, fifteenth thousand, vg original decorative cloth with gilt tooling, spotting to edges of leaves and text block, illustrations throughout, good to vg, S. w. Partridge and Co, London, [c.1890]; William Robson. 'James Chalmers. Missionary and Explorer of Rarotonga and New Guinea,' new edition, original decorative cloth with gilt tooling, steel engravings throughout, toning, vg, S. W. Partridge and Co, London, [c.1890]; George Cousins (compiler). 'From Island to Island in the South Seas; Or, the Work of a Missionary Ship,' second edition, original pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, plates, vignette engravings, fold out map, vg, London Missionary Society, 1894; William H. G. Kingston. 'Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries,' original decorative cloth with pictorial gilt tooling to the front board, gilt edge, text block nearly loose from binding, steel engravings throughout, good, The Religious Tract company, London, [c.1890]; Rev. William Wyatt Gill. 'Life in the Southern Isles; Or, Scenes and Incidents in the South Pacific and New Guinea,' original pictorial cloth rubbed and bumped, owner signature to ffep Emma Jane White Feb 27 1881, spotting throughout, steel engravings throughout, good, The Religious Tract Company, London, [c.1881]. (5) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
Lot 9
John Rocque (1704–1762) Plan de la ville et faubourgs d' Exeter ..., A fine plan adorned with nine large vignettes of buildings and views in Exeter and its rural environs, engraving by R. White, on two sheets conjoined, backed onto linen, light spotting to edges, slight splitting of paper from linen to left edge centre fold, 75cm x 122.5cm scarce, 1744.Published two years before Rocque's monumental plan of London. Vignette views include: Exe Bridge; The Guild-Hall; The West Prospect of the Cathedral of St Peter; The North View of the Castle; The City Hospital; The City and County Hospital; The Prospect of the Custom House; The Work House; and The North Prospect of the Cathedral of St Peter. A small vignette just above the French title cartouche appears a portrait of a surveyor at work, presumably Rocque himself.
Lot 82
(Pacific Islands) Eleven good works Alfred St. Johnston. 'Camping Among Cannibals,' first edition, original dark green cloth, slightly cocked with cracked inner joints, pp.327, vg, MacMillan, London, 1883; E. Hadfield. 'Among the Natives of the Loyalty Group,' first edition, original cloth rubbed, text block loosening slightly, spotting to edge of text block, b+w photographic plates, pp.316, good, MacMillan and Co, London, 1920; Peripatetic Parson. 'Parts of the Pacific,' rebound in a red cloth with original gilt decorated cloth pasted to front board, frontis and illustrations, pp.388, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, London, 1896; R. Wardlaw Thompson. 'My Trip in the John Williams,' original decorative cloth stained, staining throughout, b+w photographic illustrations throughout, scarce, London Missinary Society, 1900; Isabella L. Bird. 'The Hawaiian Archipelago: Six Months Amongst the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands,' popular edition, original clothtoning with some creases, fold out map, steel engravings throughout, good, John Murray, London, 1905; With six other works including Andersen's 'Myths and Legends of the Polynesians' in a library binding. (11) From the library of Guy Slatter, whose lifelong passion for island life began in childhood with an interest in Pitcairn. After studying at Oxford and working for the BBC, he spent two years in the 1960s setting up a radio station in the Kiribati Islands. His deep connection to the Pacific led to many return visits, including work for a German museum, where he facilitated the export of an ethnic house for an exhibition. A dedicated scholar of Pacific history and culture, he built his collection of books over many years through a dealer in York and even translated two German works into English: The Material Culture of Kiribati and The Material Culture of Tuvalu.
Lot 244
(Cornwall) R. A. Courtney A Passel of Ould Traade. Being Sundry Papers Read at Meetings of the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society Rebound in a library red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, some toning but vg, pp.91, Printed for private circulation by Beare and Son, Penzance, 1909.
Lot 322
(Ornithology) Seven good works Hadoram Shirihai. 'The Birds of Israel. A Complete Avifauna ad Bird Atlas of Israel....,' first Uk edition, small tear to unclipped dj, colour plates, fine, Academic Press, London, 1996; W. D. Snow and Perrins. 'The Birds of the Western Paleartic. Concise Edition,' first editions, two volumes, cased, unclipped dj's, fine, Oxford University Press, 1998; Ward J M Hagemeijer and Michael J Blair. 'The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds: Their Distribution and Abundance,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, T. & A. D. Poyser, London, 1997; Chris Wernham, Mike Toms, John Marchant, Jacquie Clark, Gavin Siriwardena & Stephen Baille (ed). 'The Migration Atlas. Movements of the Birds of Britain and Ireland,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, T. & A. D. Poyser, London, 2002. H. P. Sitters (Cmpiler). 'Tetrad Atlas of Breeding Bird of Devon,' first edition, illustrations throughout, fine, Devon Bird Watching and Preservation Society, 1988; J. W. Brucker, A. G. Gosler and A. R. Heryet (ed). 'Birds of Oxfordshire,' first editio, fine, Pisces Publication, 1992; James A. Hancock, James A. Kushlan and M. Philip Kahl. 'Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World,' first edition, unclipped dj, Academic Press, London, 1992. (8)
Lot 155
Andrew Lanyon Nine works 'Now You See It. A Cornish Illusion,' 161/250, string bound, card slip, colour images tipped in, Denis Stevens, St. Ives, 1994; 'Roundabout West Cornwall or Penwith by Car,' string bound, card slip, colour images tipped in, Denis Stevens, St. Ives, [c.1994]; 'Ineffable Passion,' 178/200, string bound, card slip, colour images tipped in, Denis Stevens, St. Ives, 1998; 'The First and Last Straw. A Sou'western,' string bound, card slip, colour images tipped in, [Denis Stevens, St. Ives, c.1994]; 'The Only Non-Slip Dodo Mat in the World,' second edition, card wraps, R. Booth Print, Penryn, 2013; 'The Musings of Creatures Imagined in a Barren Land,' first edition, card wraps, Andrew Lanyon and Falmouth Art Gallery, 2016; 'The Evolution of Humans From Plants,' thin card wraps, string bound, 'Rough Tracks' CD loosely inserted, Andrew Lanyon, n.d; Andrew Lanyon, Dr Roger Slack and Peter Mates. 'Old Iron. Alfred Wallis,' 116/200, unclipped dj, original cloth, card slip, illustrations tipped in, Denis Stevens, St Ives, 1998; 'A Fairy Find,' first combined volume, original decorative cloth lightly soiled, illustrated throughout, Portobelo Books, London, 2006. (9)
Lot 10
(Economics) David Davies The Case of Labourers in Husbandry Stated and Considered..... First edition, original publishers boards, spine nearly perished, ink stamps for the Prince of Wales, the Duchy Arms and County Library to debound front board, off setting to rear board, ink inscription Cornwall Library april 13 1797 to front pastedown, ex libris label Courtney Library to ffep, half title, Cornwall Library inscription to title page again, pp.8, pp.200 tuns true, lacks errata slip, a vg text block with some light toning to untrimmed edges, R. Cruttwell, Bath, for G. G. and J. Robinson, London, 1795.
Lot 339
R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoore By R.D. Blackmore (1930) With coloured illustrations specially prepared for this work: landscapes by Charles E Brittain; figure subjects by Charles Brock. Published by Boots the Chemist. Cobalt blue publisher’s cloth. With 15 tipped in colour plates (complete) With dust wrapper with tear and some loss to spine (1)
Lot 395
(Maritime) Forty five good works Charles Hocking. 'Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam. Including Sailing Ships and Ships of War Lost in Action 1824-1962,' first edition, two volumes, gilt lettering to front boards, ex libris Courtney Library, fine, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, London, 1969; Owen Rutter (ed). 'The Court Martial of the Bounty Mutineers,' first edition, original red cloth, frontis debound, spotting to first fex leaves, good, William Hodge & Company, Edinburgh and London, 1931; Sir Alan Moore and R. Morton Nance (illstrations). 'Last Days of Mast & Sail. An Essay in Nautical Comparative Anatomy,' first edition, original blue cloth, little offsetting from frontis, fine, At the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1925; A. W. Brian Simpson. 'Cannibalism and the Common Law. A Victorian Yatching Tragedy,' first edition, ex libris, unclipped dj, fine, The Hambledon Press, London and Rio Grande, 1994; Richard Larn. 'Devon Shipwrecks,' first edition, ex libris, unclipped dj, fine, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1974; W. J. Slade. 'Out of Appledore,' first edition, repair with loss to clipped dj otherwise vg, ex libris, Percival Marshall & Co, 1959; Roy Fenton, Nuala Briody and Mike MacDonald. 'Maritime Information. A guide to libraries and sources of information in the United Kingdom,' fourth edition, ex libris, fine, 2004; David R. MacGregor. 'The Tea Clippers. An account of the China Tea Trade and of some of the British Sailing Ships engaged in it from 1849 to 1869; With thirty six other works including two reprint Lubbock's. (45)
Lot 168
Sir G. Mackenzie Defence of the Antiquity of the Royal Line of Scotland & The Antiquity Of The Royal Line Of Scotland Two volumes in one, modern whight calf with marbled boards, gilt edge, a very good copy with scarce chart, printed for R. C.....to be sold by Abell Swalle, London, 1685.1. Defence Of The Antiquity Of The Royal Line Of Scotland With A True Account When The Scots Were Govern'd By Kings In The Isle Of Britain, Dated 1685, 6 [67-72], i-xiv, v-vi, 198 pages.2. The Antiquity Of The Royal Line Of Scotland Farther Cleared And Defended, Against the Exceptions lately offer'd by Dr Stillingfleet, In his Vindication of the Bishop of St. Asaph, Dated 1686, 8, 2, 213, 4,3 pages with a genealogical fold out of King Alexander the Third. Book - Contents, Defence of the Antiquity has some incorrect numbering to the pages but no pages are missing.
Lot 312
(Ornithology) T & a D Poyser publishers Forty one works Jeff Watson. 'The Golden Eagle,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, 1997; N. B. Davies. 'Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, 2000; Mark Avery and Roderick Leslie. 'Birds and Forestry,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, 1990; Andrew Village. 'The Kestrel,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, 1990; 'Red Data Birds in Britain. The Nature Conservatory Council,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 1990; Tim Birkhead. 'Great Auk Islands. A Field Biologist in the Artic,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, 1993; T. R. Birkhead. 'The Magpies,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, 1991; Michael Brooke. 'The Manx Shearwater,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, 1990; D. S. Bunn, A. B. Warburton and R. D. S. Wilson. 'the Barn Owl,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, 1982; With thirty two others, mostly in a fine condition, a couple of sun bleached spines. (41 in three boxes)A fantastic collection
Lot 346
(Sheet Music) A sammelband of early 19th century music for the Piano Forte Folio, modern full cloth, generally vg text block with some light sporadic spotting, an outstanding collection.A Favourite OVERTURE for the Piano Forte in which is introduced A Popular Air by J. Gildon A ROSIERE For the Piano Forte or Harp Respectfully Dedicated to Lewis Danjou Esq. Composed by J.H. Butler THREE SONATAS for the Piano Forte ‘FIFE HUNT’ and National Airs of ‘RULE BRITANNIA: AS RONDOS by J.L. DUSSEK. BARBARA & ALLEN A Favourite BALLET Composed by Mr. I D’EGVILLE. FAVORITE AIR of HOPE TOLD A FLATTERING TALE arranged as a Duet with variations for Piano Forete & Flute by J.W. Wilms. MARCHE ET VALCE pour le Pianoforte, Composées A Salisbury, Chez Mr. Baker, par LOUIS VON ESCH. SONATA for the PIANO FORTE by Muzio Clementi Sicilienne et Cherzendo pour le Piano Forte composes et Ladies Madam George Bateson par Vouis Von Esch Three WALTZES for the Piano Forte by T. LATOUR Six WALTZES for the Piano Forte with Accompliment for the German Flute by M. P. Corrie ARABIAN RONDO for the Piano Forte by John Parry ECOSSOIS Amusment (?) for the Piano Forte by J. GILDON LINDOR With Variations taken from Clemenis The RUSSIAN DANCE arranged as a RONDO for Piano Forte by R.W. Keith The BRITISH MARCH and QUICKSTEP for Piano Forte by J Valentine Gildon’s FAVORITE ALLEGRETTO from his Grand Duetts Arranged as a Lesson for the Piano Forte ANDANTE & RONDO PASTORALE for the Piano Forte by J. Mazzinghi AIR ROMANTIQUE Composed & Arranged as a RONDO or Easy Lesson by J Gildon The Celebrated POLISH WALTZ arranged as a RONDO for Piano Forte by Augustus Voight AP SHENKIN A Popular Air arranged as a RONDO for the Piano Forte and Accompaniment for Flute or Violin By Augustus Voight A GYPSEY RONDO for Piano Forte by John Guest of Bath The PEASANTS JOY Rondo for the Harp or Piano Forte by R. M. Blagrove. The VILLAGE RONDO for Piano Forte by J.C. Nightingale. RICARDO or the PERSIAN DANCE arranged as a RONO by J. Gildon The Favorite DUTCH MINUET & NIGHTINGALE RONDO arranged as a Duett for two Performers on One Piano Forte by Philip Knapton The Favorite FINALE from Le Retour du Zephyr by Steibelt The Grand March in the Romance of BLUEBEARD for the Piano Forte accompanied for Tambourine & Guitar by Michael Kelly The Fairy Dance Arranged as a RONDO for Piano Forte by Augustus Voight The SAILOR’S GLORY a Favorite RONDO by R. M. Blagrove CULVER LODGE a favourite Dance arranged as a RONDO for the Piano Forte by Mr. Hook. AIR POLONAISE composed & dedicated to John Jay by his Pupil Miss Jane Cassels (?) A RONDEAU for Piano Forte by L. Kozeluch The GYPSY RONDO for Piano Forte by Mr. Holst Two Waltzes for the Piano Forte by T. Latour (2 Copies) The Celebrated POLISH WALTZ arranged as a RONDO for Piano Forte by Augustus Voight The Minuetto aa FANDANGO danced by Miss Lupino & Mr. Noble in the Grand Ballet of the Castilian Minstrel arranged as a RONDO for the Piano Forte by H.R. Bishop. FAVORITE COLLECTION OF WALTZES for Piano Forte & Harp by T. Marsano The YELLOW HAIR’D LADDIE HENRICO A Favorite Dance arranged as a RONDO for Piano Forte by J. Jones
Lot 317
(Ornithology) Eighteen fine works Roger Penhallurick. 'Birds of the Cornish Coast. Including the Isles of Scilly,' first edition, clipped dj, plates and illustrations, fine, D. Bradford Barton, Truro, 1969; 'The Birds of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly,' first ecition, full green leather with silver gilt tooling to to the spine, pplates, fine with protective glassine wrap, Headland Publications, Penzance, 1978; Peter Robinson. 'The Birds of the Isles of Scilly,' first edition, unclipped dj, colour plates, fine, Christopher Helm, London, 2003; David Wingfield Gibbons, James B. Reid and Robert A. Chapman (compilers). 'The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland 1988-1991,' first edition, illustrated throuhgout, unclipped dj, fine, T & AD Poyser, London, 1993; J. T. R. Sharrock (compiler). 'The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, British Trust for Ornithology, 1976; D. W. Taylor, D. L. Davenport and J. J. M. Flegg (ed). 'The Birds of Kent. A Review of Their Status and Distribution,' first edition, unclipped dj, plates, fine, The Kent Ornithological Society, 1981; D. A. Ratcliffe. 'Bird Life of Mountain and Upland,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, Cambridge University Press, 1990; Robert J. Fuller. 'Bird Life of Woodland and Forest,' first edition, unclipped dj, fine, Cambridge University Press, 1995; G. L. Atkinson-Willes (ed). 'Wildfowl in Great Britain. A Survey.....,' second edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, fine, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London, 1963; With nine other fine works. (18)
Lot 232
(Cornwall) Fourteen good works C. E. Byles. 'The Life snd Letters of R. S. Hawker,' original embossed cloth, frontis lithograph, plates, some spotting to edge of text block, vg, John Lane: The Bodley Head, New York, 1906; Wendy Mink (ed). 'The Journals of Caroline Fox 1835-1871,' original cloth, tear to unclipped dj, vg, Elek London, 1972; R. L. Brett (ed). 'Barclay Fox's Journal,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, plates, vg, Bell & Hyman, London, 1979; Maria Tuke Sainsbury. 'Henry Scott Tuke. A Memoir,' first edition, original cloth, some finger soil, good to vg, Martin Secker, London, 1933; With ten other works including from ;Life in Cornwall' series. (14)
Lot 424
(Economics) Eleven works PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY By John Stuart Mill (1852) Volume 1 Three books in one. Presentation copy from author to George Findley. Third edition. Orig green cloth. Pencil marginalia. Together with THE GREAT CRASH 1929 By JK Galbraith (1955) London: Hamish Hamilton and THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL By Rosa Luxemburg (1951) Ex-libris and LLOYDS BANK IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH BANKING By R. S. Sayers (1957) Oxford: Clarendon Press. Both ex-libris with withdrawn stamps and SIX CENTURIES OF WORK AND WAGES By James E Thorold Rogers (1901) London: Swan Sonnenschein. Sixth edition with THREE SPEECHES ON THE GENERAL STRIKE By Rt Hon Sir John Simon (1926) Methuen and five others (11)
Lot 321
MAUND (B) & Rev. J S HENSLOW. The Botanist; containing accurately coloured figures of tender and hardy Ornamental Plants, Vol. I, London: R. Groombridge [1837], small 4to, additional engraved title and 50 hand-coloured plates, title foxed, occasional brown staining or spotting to plates mostly from borders of tissue guards, quarter calf; HEPBURN (J B) Twenty Years in Khama's Country, 2nd edition, 1895, 8vo, cloth edges worn in places (2)
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