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Lot 411
A WWI and WWII family medal group, comprising a WWI Campaign and Victory medal each similarly marked 2. LIEUT. S. T. FOX, with ribbons, and associated ephemera including a United Grand Lodge certificate (where Fox was Grand Master) a posthumous War Office letter and other ephemera and a WWII medal group in a box marked Major S. R. Fox (his son) with Campaign and Victory medals and three Stars, with a miniature set of medals, associated cap badges, double rifle badge etc. (a quantity)
Lot 71
A World War I death plaque, awarded to James Sneddon, 12cm diameter, together with 1914-15 World War I Campaign and Victory medals, each similarly marked, a Royal Scots cap badge, and another R-S cap badge, with further accompanying ephemera relating to both James Sneddon and Arthur Dale referencing the execution of Dale by firing squad for Sneddon's murder, with only a reputed thirty nine instances of such action being taken during World War I.
Lot 107
British Military Library. The British Military Library; or, Journal: comprehending a complete body of military knowledge, 2 volumes [all published], London: R. Phillips, 1799, hand-coloured frontispiece (portions of loss, repaired), 28 full-page hand-coloured plates, 40 engraved maps (some folding, some with outline colouring), marginal repairs, spotting, marginal dust-soiling, contemporary speckled calf gilt, boards detached, worn, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Colas 450; Tooley 112.Rare periodical, with fine hand-coloured plates of uniforms, designed to keep readers informed of the latest in military advances and knowledge. The title acknowledges that the contents include selections from ‘foreign military publications’, and give accounts of conflicts such as the 1799 Battle of Alkmaar, fought between Anglo-Russian and Gallo-Batavian armies in north Holland, strategic advice on how to hold a bridge, and maps of battlefields.Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
![[Myddleton, R. Wharton]. Reminiscences of a Military Life, by a Soldier's Daughter, for private circulation only, Sleaford: W](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2387bab2-4269-4067-987a-af3a01109e57/4eb0423e-a3f2-4d3c-b2ba-af4000b08132/468x382.jpg)
Lot 108
[Myddleton, R. Wharton]. Reminiscences of a Military Life, by a Soldier's Daughter, for private circulation only, Sleaford: W. Overton, 1879, half title, 6 mounted photographic plates, slight marginal toning to first and last leaves, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, spine repaired at head and foot, a little rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Very scarce, no other copies located. Biography of Lewis Watson, an officer in the 7th Queen's Own Light Dragoons, who served in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo.
Lot 110
Pattison (Frederick Hope). Personal Recollections of the Waterloo Campaign, in a series of letters to his grand-children, 2nd edition, Glasgow: printed for private circulation, 1873, photographic portrait frontispiece inscribed by the author & dated 4th November 1872, presentation inscription from the same to front endpaper verso, red ink stamps, 1943 front and rear, all edges gilt, original cloth, edges slightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with Clerk (Archibald). Memoir of Colonel John Cameron, Fassiefern, K.T.S, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders, or 92nd Regiment of Foot, Glasgow: printed for Sir Duncan Cameron by Thomas Murray, 1858, tinted lithograph portrait frontispiece, 2 tinted lithograph plates, United Service Club presentation label from Sir Duncan Cameron, contemporary half morocco, upper joint splitting, tear and loss at foot of spine, joints and edges rubbed, 4to, plus Crosthwaite (J. Fisher). Brief Memoir of Major-Gen. Sir John Geo. Woodford K.C.B, K.C.H., London & Keswick, 1881, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece, additional title, illustrations, inscription erased from front endpaper, original cloth gilt, some fading, 8vo, with other memorials and reminiscences etc including Reminiscences of Lieut.-Gen. Staveley, C.B., 1866, A Soldier in Time of War; or, the Military Life of Mr. John Stevenson, 1841, Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe's Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon during the first three years of his captivity on the Island of St. Helena, 1844, Reminiscences of My Military Life from 1795 to 1816, by the Late Lieut.-Col. Chas Steevens, formerly of the XX Regiment, edited by his son Lieut.-Col. Nathaniel Steevens, Winchester, 1878, Reminiscences 1808-1815 Under Wellington, by Captain William Hay, edited by his daughter Mrs S.C.I. Wood, 1901, and A Memoir of Major-Gen. Sir Denis Pack, by his grandson Denis R. Pack-Beresford, 1908 QTY: (20)
Lot 111
Battle of Waterloo. Jackson (W.). Field of Waterloo, 1815, engraved map by Jackson after a survey by S. Wharton taken in July 1815, with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, elaborate martial cartouche, compass rose, scale of distance, and index of references, light toning to one or two folds, 64 x 122 cm, marbled endpaper, bound in contemporary blue calf gilt, later reback, slightly rubbed, together with The Kingdoms of Spain & Portugal, compiled & reduced from numerous topographic surveys, the maritime surveys of Don Vicente Tofino &c., Robert Laurie & James Whittle, October 9th 1811, engraved map with contemporary outline hand-colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, minor offsetting, small pinholes where old folds cross, 62 x 81 cm, plus Dupuis (L.A.). [Carte Generale qui comprend la situation des principaux objets qui ont servis de fondem.t a la description Geom.que des provinces Autrichiennes dans les Pays Bas y compris les Principautes de Liege et de Stavelot, 1777], five (of 10) folding engraved maps with contemporary outline hand-colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, numbered 6-10, various sizes, in good condition, each with contemporary engraved ducal bookplate of the Duke of York to verso, contained in original calf bookbox with red morocco spine labels, heavily worn, lacking base and topQTY: (3)NOTE:RCIN 735187. - National Army Museum 1988-08-34.Map of the Battle of Waterloo depicting the area from Waterloo Church to the "Ferme du Caillou", where Napoleon's last headquarters were installed the evening before the confrontation on 18 June 1815. The battle that marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-15), resulted in an Allied victory. Based upon a trigonometrical survey by S. Wharton, who is also renowned for a set of twelve prints of the same battlefield produced by R. Reeve. The title is included in a funerary urn, draped with wreaths and against which are laid flags and pieces of armour, all to commemorate the victims of the battle.
Lot 118
Thornton (Cyril). Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns, 3 volumes, London: William Blackwood, 1829, spotting to preliminary and rear leaves, contemporary diced calf gilt, red morocco labels, worn, 12mo, together with:O'Meara (Barry). Napoleon in Exile; or, a voice from St. Helena, 2nd edition, 2 volumes, London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822, lithograph frontispieces, 2 lithographs, early ownership inscription of 'Captain Swinson' to both volumes, further early ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, front free endpaper of volume 1 loose, spotting, contemporary half calf over green marbled boards, worn, 8vo, withNapier (W.F.P). History of the War in the Peninsular and in the South of France, 6 volumes, London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co, 1886, frontispiece to volume 1, numerous maps, preliminary and rear leaves spotted, brown quarter morocco gilt, rubbed, 8vo, with 14 other 19th-century works on the Napoleonic WarsQTY: (25)
Lot 134
Berkeley (Reginald). The History of the Rifle Brigade in the War of 1914-1918, 3 volumes, London: The Rifle Brigade Club Ltd, 1927-36, frontispieces to first two volumes, black and white illustrations throughout (including folding maps), original blue cloth, medallion blocked in silver gilt to front boards, spines lettered in silver gilt, some wear and marks, 8vo, together with:Wurtzburg (C.E). The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion "The King's" (Liverpool Regiment), 1914-1919, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1920, portrait frontispiece, colour folding maps, black and white illustrations after photographs, lightly spotted, original green cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, withMaurice (Frederick). The History of the London Rifle Brigade, 1859-1919, London: Constable & Company, 1921, portrait frontispiece, 17 maps and plans (some folding), 5 black and white illustrations after photographs, errata slip, contemporary ownership inscription and bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper, original green buckram, lettered and blocked in silver gilt, rubbed, 8vo, with 8 others related, including: CAC Kwson, The History & Records of Queen Victoria's Austria's Rifles 1792-1922, Constable & Company, 1923, A War Record of the 21st London Regiment 1st Surrey Rifles [1914-1919], 1927, The London Rifle Brigade, 1919-1950 by Major A.T. M. Durrand and Major R S W Hastings, 1952, The History of the 1st Seven Battalions the Royal Irish Rifles in The Great War, volume II, serial falls, 1925, Rifle Brigade Chronicle, three volumes, 1910, 1918 & 1922, The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle, 1918 & A Rifle Brigade Who's Who 1905-1963 by Colonel W.P.S Curtis,QTY: (13)
Lot 147
British Isles. Waldseemüller (Martin), Europae Tabula prima continet Insulam Albion sive Britanniam & Hyberniam, (title printed on verso of the map), Gaspar Treschel, Vienne [1541], uncoloured woodcut map on a trapezoidal projection with Scotland orientated to the east, slight worming to the lower margin but not affecting the printed image, 305 x 445 mm, Latin text on versoQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, 30 (the last folio woodcut edition of Ptolemy, based on a reduction of the 1513 version, published in 1522, see Shirley 15).
Lot 154
Comparison Chart. Smith (Charles), Comparative View of the Heights of the Principal Mountains &c. in the World, 3rd edition, C. Smith, August 1st, 1816, folding chart with bright contemporary wash colouring, engraved by W. R. Gardner, the mountains annotated in the vertical margins, slight offsetting, laid on later linen, 515 x 635 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Scarce. Only two institutional copies found (British Library and National Library of Wales). Shows the comparative heights of mountains in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, as well as the comparative heights of important places. A list of Authorities is given to the left of the title, and an Explanation shows how the system of numbering mountains and places works to the right.
Lot 158
Dawson (R. K.). A collection of approximately 200 town and city plans, circa 1835, engraved town and city plans, all with contemporary outline colouring, a few folding, some offsetting, occasional spotting, some duplicates, many supplied with pages of explanatory text, various sizes and conditionQTY: (approx. 200)
Lot 167
County Maps. A collection of 12 folding county maps, 18th & 19th century, twelve engraved folding maps, sectionalised and laid on linen, including, Bowen (Emanuel). An Accurate Map of Dorset Shire Divided into its Hundreds..., Carington Bowles and Robert Sayer, circa 1765, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 540 x 700 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with a manuscript label to the upper cover, case worn and frayed, together with An Accurate Map of Buckinghamshire divided into its hundreds..., J. Tinney, R. Sayer, T. & J. Bowels, 1756, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 700 x 530 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with a printed label to the upper cover, slight wear to the extremities, with Gream (Thomas). A Topographical Map of the County of Sussex, reduced from the large survey in four sheets..., W. Faden, 1819, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some offsetting, 370 x 790 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with a printed label to the upper cover, some wear, plus Cary (John). Cary's Map of the Lakes in Westmorland, Cumberland and Lancashire..., 1816, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 565 x 535 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with a printed label to the upper cover, slight wear to extremities, and Bowen (Emanuel). An Accurate Map of the County of Northampton divided into hundreds..., J. Ryall, R. Sayer, T. Kitchin, H. Overton, J. Bowles & Son and Messrs Bakewell and Parker, circa 1762, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 505 x 415 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with a printed label to the upper cover, slight wear to extremities, with another seven maps similar, including examples by or after Smith, Bowen and Andrews & Dury (index map), various sizes and conditionQTY: (12)
Lot 230
* Apostool (Cornelis). A Meeting of the Society of Royal British Archers in Gwersyllt Park, Denbighshire, J. Emes, 1794, uncoloured aquatint after R. Smirke and J. Emes, 480 x 615 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:A large view of a meeting of the Society of British Bowmen, founded in 1787. The society benefited from the patronage of the Prince of Wales, who presented a prize each year. The scene shows a lady toxophilite taking aim at a target, watched by several other women with bows and general spectators.
Lot 238
* Maritime Broadside. Printed Broadside with manuscript additions, R. Carpenter (printer) 1st. October 1800, seven hand-coloured engraved vignettes of maritime scenes to the margins, the centre with a manuscript homily titled 'contentment' with a dated manuscript cartouche (December 19th 1800) and attribution for the Robert Abbey Grammar School, old folds, very slight staining, very small holes where old folds cross and some splitting along the left-hand platemark, 440 x 360 mm, mounted framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:An unusual combination of engraving and manuscript with the name of the school but not the pupil who executed the handwriting. The school still exists as the Abbey CBS Grammar School in County Newry, Northern Ireland.
![* [D'Oyly, Charles]. A collection of hand-coloured illustrations to Tom Raw, The Griffin: A Burlesque Poem in twelve cantos:](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2387bab2-4269-4067-987a-af3a01109e57/cdecbf6a-23d3-41b0-a16b-af4000b0dde1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 243
* [D'Oyly, Charles]. A collection of hand-coloured illustrations to Tom Raw, The Griffin: A Burlesque Poem in twelve cantos: Illustrated by twenty-five engravings, descriptive of the adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's service, from the period of his quitting England to his obtaining a staff situation in India. By a Civilian and an Officer of the Bengal Establishment, R. Ackermann, circa 1828, 24 (of 25) aquatint plates with bright contemporary hand colouring, occasional marginal dust and finger soiling, each approximately 130 x 205 mmQTY: (24)NOTE:Abbey Travel 450; Tooley 186. The humorous plates illustrate the arrival in India of a young junior officer in the service of the East India Company and his scrapes and adventures. When bound, the engravings accompany and illustrate D'Oyly's epic doggerel poem.
Lot 246
* Equestrian. A collection of approximately 50 horseracing and hunting prints and engravings, mostly 19th & 20th century, lithographs, engravings, original drawings and prints of racehorses & racing, coaching, portraits of jockeys, huntsmen and horses, with examples by or after R. G. Reeve, Juliet McLeod, Finch Mason. 'Vanity Fair', Charles Hunt, John Harris, and A. C. Havell, many mounted, various sizes and conditionQTY: (approx. 50)
Lot 261
* Irish Caricatures. A collection of 13 caricatures, late 18th & early 19th century, including Gillray (James). Posting in Ireland..., John Miller & W. Blackwood, Edinburgh, [1824 - 27], aquatint caricature with contemporary hand colouring, old folds, 260 x 305 mm, with another two hand coloured later examples of the same caricature, published by H. G. Bohn, each approximately 310 x 400 mm, together with Cruikshank (I. R.). A Dream in Dublin or a Night on Kilmainham Guard..., G. Humphrey, April 25th 1822, aquatint caricature with contemporary hand colouring, 220 x 255 mm, with Field (John, publisher). Paddy Arthur's Night Charge, circa 1829, etched caricature with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to the neat line, 240 x 350 mm, with Cruikshank (Isaac). The Tandem - or Billy in his Sulky, circa 1799, etched caricature with contemporary hand colouring, old folds, laid on later paper, 180 x 230 mm, plus An Irish Union! If there be no Great Love in the beginning - yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, circa 1800, uncoloured etched caricature, old folds, laid on later paper, 170 x 215 mm, with another six caricatures, all relating to Ireland, by or after James Gillray, J. Wiseheart, John Leech and John Doyle, various sizes and conditionQTY: (13)
![* Ogborne (John). Sunshine [and] Rain, circa 1801, the pair of stipple engravings after W. R. Bigg, printed in colours and fi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2387bab2-4269-4067-987a-af3a01109e57/503653db-18f3-4ed2-88d7-af4000b0f1f2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 272
* Ogborne (John). Sunshine [and] Rain, circa 1801, the pair of stipple engravings after W. R. Bigg, printed in colours and finished by hand, each approximately 380 x 310 mm, verre églomisé glass, uniform near contemporary gilt mouldings with titles on painted wooden plaques attached to the framesQTY: (2)
Lot 287
* Rowlandson (Thomas & Dagaty Delini). Views of London, the set of 6, Entrance of Piccadilly or Hyde Park Corner Turnpike..., Entrance of St Georges Road or the Obelisk Turnpike..., Entrance of the Tottenham Court Road Turnpike..., Entrance of Oxford Street or Tyburn Turnpike..., Entrance from Mile End or White Chaple Turnpike [and] Entrance from Hackney or Cambridge Heath Turnpike with a Distant View of St. Pauls, R. Ackermann, 1809, six aquatints with contemporary hand colouring, engraved by H. Schutz, plate 2 with slight overall toning, plate five with a repaired closed tear, professional repairs to some slight marginal fraying and occasional marginal closed tears, each approximately 345 x 430 mmQTY: (6)NOTE:Uncommon to find the complete set of six.
Lot 306
Conduct Books. A sammelband of Jacobean conduct books, 1617-1632, 8 works bound in one volume, textblock partly detaching, contemporary calf with blindstamped lozenge device to centre of each cover, blind-ruled outer borders, with original chased metal clasp (attached with later leather to rear board, and without the leather attchment to upper board), spine with raised bands, some wear to edges, portion to head of spine missing (with old repair), 12mo, comprising:1. Raleigh (Sir Walter). Sir Walter Raleigh's Instructions to his Sonne: and to Posteritie. The second edition, corrected and enlarged according to the Authors owne coppy. London: Printed for Benjamin Fisher, dwelling in Aldergate-street at the Talbot, 1632, 99pp. (A6, B-G8, H2), engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, ownership inscriptions to recto of frontispiece and verso of final leaf by Joseph Turner of 'Froxcoat [Foxcote] neare Withington Gloucestershire' dated 17672. [Cecil, William, Baron Burghley]. Certaine precepts, or directions for the well ordering and carriage of a mans life: as also œconomicall discipline for the gouernment of his house: with a platforme to a good foundation thereof, in the advised choice of a wife: left by a father to his son at his death, who was sometimes of eminent note and place in this kingdome. And published from a more perfect copy, then ordinary those pocket manuscripts goe warranted by. With some other Precepts and Sentences of the same nature added: taken from a person of like place, and qualitie, London: Printed by T. C[reede] and B. A[lsop] for Ri. Meighen, and Thom. Iones, and are to be sold at St. Clements Church without Temple Barre, 1617, [2], 41, [1] pp. (A2-8, B8, C7, blanks A1 and C8 at front and rear not present)3. [James I, King of England]. The Fathers Blessing: or Counsell to his Sonne. Appropriated to the generall, from that particular example of learning and pietie, his Maiestie composed for the Prince his Sonne. Seconded with many excellent observations, sentences and precepts, directing all men to a vertuous and honest life. Also, Prayers and Meditations. The sixt Edition, London: Printed by B. A[lsop] and T. F[awcet] for T. Jones, and are to be sold at his shop in S. Dunstans Churchyard, 1630, [22], 154 pp. (A2-12, B-G12, H4, A1 blank not present)4. Leigh (Dorothy). The Mothers Blessing: or, The Godly Counsell of a Gentle-woman, not long since deceased, left behind for her Children: containing many good exhortations, and good admonitions profitable for all Parents, to leaVe as a legacy to their children. By Mris. Dorothy Leigh. The sixteenth Edition. London: Printed by E.A. for Robert Allot, and are to be sold at his Shop, at the Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1631, [16], 271, [1] pp. (A-E12, F8, G-M12), some soiling and light waterstains 5. [M. R.]. The Mothers Counsell or Live within Compasse. Being the last Will and Testament to her dearest Daughter, London: For Iohn Wright, and are to be sold at his shop in spur street without Newgate, at the signe of the Bible, 1630, lacks front blank, title and preface leaf ( A1-3), 42pp. of main text (A4-8, B-C8) present, printed in black and roman letter6. Jocelin (Elizabeth). The Mothers Legacie, To her unborne Childe. By Elizabeth Joceline. The fift Impression. London: Imprinted by G.P. for Robert Allot, and are to bee sold in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the Gray-hound, 1619, [38], 114pp. (A2-12, B-F12, G6, front blank A1 not present)7. Southwell (Robert). The dutifull advice of a loving Sonne to his aged Father, London: Printed for Benjamin Fisher and are to be sold at his shop in Aldersgate-street at the signe of the Talbot, 1632, title and 57pp. (A-C8, C6)8. Everinden (Humphry). A Brothers Gift: containing an hundred Precepts, instructing all sorts of people to a godly, honest, and morall life, London: Printed [by G. Eld] for John Wright, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Bible without Newgate, 1623, 40 unnumbered pages (A-B8, C6), black and roman letter, two leaves (B6-7) close-trimmed to fore-margin, touching some lettersQTY: (1)NOTE:1. STC 20642.5. ESTC cites only one copy in the British Isles (Dulwich College); 2. STC 4897, ESTC S116127, EEBO 1405:05; 3. STC 14360; 4. This edition not traced; 5. STC 20583; 6. This edition not traced; 7. STC 156.3; 8. STC 10601.
Lot 317
Evelyn (John). Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. Together with some account of heads and effigies of illustrious, and famous persons, in sculps, and taille-douce, of whom we have no medals extant..., London: Benj. Tooke, 1697, title in red & black with early signature to upper margin of R. Antrobus and small round blind stamp within title, mounted engraved portrait frontispiece (from a later work), engraved illustrations to text (that on U1 verso overlaid), bookplates to upper pastedown including that of George Chetwynd, later cloth hinges to endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, crude reback, rubbed and some wear, folio (Keynes 104; Kress 2027; Wing E3505), together with:Fréart de Chambray (Roland), A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern, in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, Viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L. B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, Compared ..., To which is added, An account of architects and architecture, in an Historical and Etymological Explanation of certain Terms particularly affected by Architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti’s Treatise of Statues. By John Evelyn, 2 parts in one, London: Printed by T. W. for J. Walthoe, D. Midwinter, and A. Ward [& others), 1733, general title in red and black, engraved illustrations, lacking four leaves of text (pages 47/48, 65/66, 69/70 & 89/90), few marks, contemporary calf, recent morocco title label to spine, joints split, worn, folio,Evelyn (John), Memoirs illustrative of the life and writings of John Evelyn..., edited by William Bray, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1819, matched set, engraved portrait frontispieces and plates (some folding), scattered spotting and some offsetting, volume 1 with all edges gilt, and in contemporary calf, upper board detached, lower joint split, volume 2 in late 19th/early 20th half sheep, joints split, worn, 4toQTY: (4)
Lot 325
Gray (Thomas). Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, 1st edition, London: printed for R. Dodsley, 1753, half title, title with engraved vignette, 6 engraved plates, 6 head- and tailpieces, 6 initial figures, all by J.S. Muller or C. Grignion after Bentley, some spotting and light toning, hinges reinforced, bookplate, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, some edge wear, 4to, together with:Foulis Press. The Poetical Works of George Lord Lyttelton; The Poetical Works of James Hammond; The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray; The Poetical Works of William Collins, together 4 works in one, Glasgow: Andrew Foulis, 1787, contemporary diced calf gilt, covers stamped with gilt arms, joints cracking, edges slightly rubbed, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:First item: ESTC T122525.Second item: Provenance: John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (1767-1831), his arms in gilt to covers. He succeeded his father in 1781 and was a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries. The family seat was Cobham Hall, Kent until 1957.
Lot 326
Dryden (John). The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq; containing all his original poems, tales, and translations. Now first Collected and Published together..., 4 volumes, London: J. & R. Tonson, 1760, some toning and occasional spotting, front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of Lewis Teissier and ownership label of Robert Vicor Elvey, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, joints lightly cracked, 8vo, together with:Pope (Alexander), The Works ... with his last corrections, additions, and improvements: together with the commentary and notes of his editor, 9 volumes, London: C. Bathurst, W. Stahan, J. & F. Rivington [& others], 1770, 24 engraved plates, occasional toning and light scattered spotting, front blank in first volume inscribed 'To Capt. Harnage as a memento of Colonel and Mrs Harnage from Jane Harnage, August 10 1835, Minster Yard Lincoln', endpapers renewed, gilt gauffered edges, contemporary tree calf, name Lt. Col. Harnage in gilt to centre of upper boards, each volume neatly rebacked with gilt motif at head and red morocco labels, board corners rubbed & showing, 8vo,Hume (David), The History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, 8 volumes, new edition, London: T. Cadell, 1773, half-titles to volumes 1, 2, 5-8, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, some light toning and occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with red morocco labels, joints cracked, upper joint of volume 1 weak, 8vo,Sterne (Laurence), The Works, 7 volumes, London: Printed for the Proprietors, 1783, engraved frontispieces to initial three volumes, engraved titles to each volume, contemporary calf, red morocco title label, some spines with wear at head & foot, 12mo,Churchill (Charles), Poems, 2 volumes, 4th edition, London: John Churchill (Executor to the late C. Churchill) and W. Flexney, 1769, half-titles, contemporary speckled calf, red morocco title labels to spines, joints cracked, 8voQTY: (30)
Lot 33
Gilpin (William). Observations on the Western Parts of England, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty. To which are added, a few remarks on the picturesque beauties of the Isle of Wight, 1st edition, London: printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798, 18 tinted aquatint plates, some offsetting and light spotting, contemporary tree calf, spine a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Three Essays on Picturesque Beauty; on Picturesque Travel; and on Sketching Landscape: To which is added a poem on Landscape Painting, 2nd edition, London: printed for R. Blamire, 1794, half title,6 plates (5 of which aquatints, close-trimmed), some light offsetting, bookplate of Chas. T. Tallent-Bateman and small printed label 'Wm. Gilpin Library or Collection, Manchester', contemporary tan calf, upper cover detached, spine defective, edges rubbed, 8vo, plus Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views, (Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty) Illustrated by the Scenes of New Forest in Hampshire, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed for R. Blamire, 1794, double page map, 31 plates, some offsetting and light spotting, contemporary ownership signature of Sarah Howard at head of titles, clear tape marks to front endpapers, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, clear tape residue marks to covers, 8vo, with five iothers: Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, made n the year 1772, on several parts of England; particularly the mountains and lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1788, Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales..., 5th edition, 1800, Essays on the Picturesque, as compared with the sublime and the beautiful... by Uvedale Price, 3 volumes, 1810, and volume III only (of 3) of Ichnographia Rustica, by Stephen Switzer, 1718, and The Picturesque Studies in a Point of View, by Christopher Hussey, 1927 QTY: (12)
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Lot 335
Broadside. The Horse Race; or, The Pleasures of the Course, [Bath]: sold by S. Hazard, (printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) at Bath; by J. Marshall, at the Cheap Repositories no. 17, Queen-Street, Cheap-Side, and no. 4. Aldermary Church-Yard: R. White, Piccadilly, London; and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country, [1795], single sheet broadside, woodcut illustration at head showing two riders with a leafy branch overhead, decorative typographic border, few old folds and some minor dust-soiling, folio (45 x 29 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T36679; Spinney, G.H. ’Cheap Repository tracts: Hazard and Marshall edition.’ In Library, 4th series, volume 20:3 (December 1939), 11.There appear to be two variant printings of this broadside. In this edition (or printing), with Hazard’s name first in the imprint, "Cheap Repository" does not appear within the border at the top. The footnote has the spelling: "Lansdown". This form of the imprint was in use from March to May 1795 (Spinney). Spinney does not mention variants but records only one copy (British Library), which corresponds to this example, without "Cheap Repository" at head. ESTC records four locations (Bath Reference Library, Bristol Central Library, British Library and Bodleian Library, Oxford).
Lot 340
Sharpe (James Birch, editor). Report, Together with the Minutes of Evidence, and an Appendix of Papers, from the Committee Appointed to Consider of Provision being made for the Better Regulation of Madhouses in England, London: Reprinted for Baldwin Cradock and Joy, and R. Hunter, successor to J. Johnson, 1815, half-title, 4 pages of publisher's adverts at front, occasional scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, armorial bookplate of Sir Velters Cornewall Bt., original boards with modern cloth spine, 8voQTY: (1)
![[Howlett, Robert]. The Royal Pastime of Cock-Fighting. Or the Art of Breeding, Feeding, Fighting and Curing Cocks of the Game](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2387bab2-4269-4067-987a-af3a01109e57/af6d095c-0641-4cf1-90bb-af4000b05584/468x382.jpg)
Lot 35
[Howlett, Robert]. The Royal Pastime of Cock-Fighting. Or the Art of Breeding, Feeding, Fighting and Curing Cocks of the Game. Published purely for the good, and benefit of all such as take Delight in that Royal, and Warlike Sport. To which is Prefixed, A short Treatise, wherein Cocking is proved not only Ancient and Honourable, but also Useful, and Profitable. By R. H. a lover of the Sport, And a Friend to such as delight in Military Discipline, 1st edition, London: D. Brown & T. Ballard, 1709, engraved frontispiece, relaid with small loss to upper left corner, [34], 92pp., heavy spotting throughout, 19th-century black half calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, small old circular library label with ink number ’85’ at foot of upper joint, slightly rubbed, small 8vo (158 x 92 mm) QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T72874. This is believed to be the second book in English entirely about cocking, the first being William Machrie, An Essay upon the Royal Recreation and Art of Cocking, 1705. There are five poems in praise of the sport at the end, including one by Sir Richard Blackmore.A rare work, the last copy traced at auction being the James Brodie copy sold by Christie’s, New York, 12 February 1982, lot 95.
Lot 353
Ackermann (Rudolph). The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments, 2 volumes, London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1812, half titles, subscribers list, engraved portrait and plan, 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates, occasional light offsetting and spotting, top edge gilt, later handsome crimson morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Bath, covers with geometric design in blind and gilt, spines with raised bands, letterd and decorated in gilt, spine ends slightly rubbed, 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Abbey Scenery 213-214; Tooley 2.Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.
Lot 379
Stuart (James, & Revett, Nicholas). The Antiquities of Athens, measured and delineated by James Stuart, F. R. S. and F. S. A. and Nicholas Revett, painters and architects, edited by William Kinnard, 4 volumes, new (i.e. 2nd) edition, London: Priestley & Weale, 1825-30, half-titles volumes 1-3, 191 engraved plates and plans, titles with engraved vignettes, engraved head-pieces, bound without the engraved portraits of Stuart and Revett, occasional minor marks to margins (generally in clean condition), later ownership inscription to front endpaper of William Smith, Durham University, School of Architecture, dated 1938, contemporary maroon half morocco, rubbed and scuffed with joints cracked and several covers detached, folio QTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.Fowler 340; Lowndes 2536. Second edition of this major survey, first published between 1762 and 1816. 'A work of surprising exactness presenting to the eye in one group, a collection of the noblest specimens of Grecian Art and Attic tastes now existing. This is a new edition of volume I., II., and III. of the original work, with considerable additions, likewise a fourth volume of new matter' (Lowndes). The fourth volume bears the title Antiquities of Athens and other places in Greece, Sicily, etc., supplementary to the antiquities of Athens by James Stuart and Nicholas Revett, delineated and illustrated by C. R. Cockerell, W. Kinard, T. L. Donaldson, W. Jenkins, W. Railton, architects.
Lot 381
Surtees (Robert). The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham; compiled from original records, preserved in public repositories and private collections: and illustrated by engravings of architectural and monumental antiquities, portraits of eminent persons, & c., 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed by and for Nichols, Son & Bentley, 1816-40, 82 engraved plates (including view of Raby Castle after J. M. W. Turner, not called for), occasional light spotting to some plates, wide margins, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, near-contemporary red half morocco, gilt-decorated spines with raised bands, very slightly rubbed, and with some light marks to covers (generally in very good condition), large folio (text block measures 44.5 x 27.5 cm) QTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Thomas Slaney-Eyton (1843-1899) with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume; R. W. Martin of Longbenton, Northumberland with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume.Upcott, pp.609-11. Handsome Large Paper copy.
Lot 391
Gilpin (William). Three Essays: On Picturesque Beauty; On Picturesque Travel; and on Sketching Landscape, to which is added a poem, on Landscape Painting, 1st edition, London: R. Blamire, 1842, 7 plates (5 in colour), explanation slip at p.85, contemporary ownership inscription of 'E.J. Belli?' to front pastedown and title, light scattered spotting, some plates and leaves loose, contemporary mottled calf gilt, front board loose, spine cracked, worn, 8vo, together with:Price (Uvedale). An Essay on the Picturesque, as compared with the sublime and the beautiful; and, on the use of studying pictures, for the purpose of improving real landscape, 1st edition, London: J. Robson, 1794, lightly spotted, front free endpaper and blank torn to upper right-hand corner with loss, contemporary calf gilt, front board detached, rubbed, 8vo, withGilpin (William). An Essay on Prints, 4th edition, London: R. Blamire, 1792, frontispiece and engraved plate (bound from another work?), half-title, lightly spotted, some modern marginalia in pencil, ownership inscription of 'F L Bevan' to front free endpaper, 19th-century vellum, title label lettered in gilt (chipped with loss), lightly marked and rubbed, 8voQTY: (3)
Lot 412
Phelps (Steven). Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas, The James Hooper Collection, London: Hutchinson, 1976, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with:Moore (David R.), The Torres Strait Collections of A. C. Haddon, a descriptive catalogue, 1st edition, London: British Museum Publications, 1984, monochrome illustrations, some light toning throughout, original cloth in dust jacket, minor rubbing to the head & foot of the covers, large 4to, plusSchmalenbach (Werner, editor), African Art from the Barbier-Muller Collection, Geneva, 1st edition, Munich: Prestel, 1988, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and N'diaye (Francine), Emblèmes Du Pouvoir, Collection Mourtala Diop Nigeria-Cameroun,1st edition, Paris: Editions Sepia, 1994, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4toQTY: (4)
Lot 424
Starzecka (Dorota C. et al). The Maori Collections of The British Museum, 1st edition, London: British Museum Press, 2010, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, a scarce book, together with:Hamilton (A.). Maori Art, reprint edition, London: The Holland Press, 1972, numerous monochrome plates & illustrations, previous owner red ink stamp to the front pastedown, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, spine & front cover slightly faded, light rubbing to head & foot, large 8vo, plusBest (Elsdon), The Maori Canoe, Games and Pastimes of The Maori, (2 volumes), reprint editions, Wellington: A. R. Shearer, 1976, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, spines slightly faded, covers lightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and a further 25 volumes of Maori & Aboriginal art, culture & history reference, including Whatu K?kahu/M?ori Cloaks, edited by Awhina Tamarapa,1st edition, Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2011, some original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, 8vo/4toQTY: (29)
Lot 443
Fulham Football Club. A collection of programmes, photographs and ephemera, including Cottagers' Journal and Official Programme, edited by Wilkins Micawber, no. 2, volume IV, Fulham v. Birmingham, English League 2nd Division, September 3rd 1910, 7 pp., 2 leaves detached, a little frayed, original wrappers, tiny tear to spine, 4to, together with Fulham v Burnley, 08 October 1910 programme (lacking wrappers), 4to, plus Fulham Football Club Official Handbook, edited by John R. Norris, 1911-12, monochrome illustrations, lacking half of text on first leaf (printing error), original wrappers, small 4to, plus others including a letter on Fulham F.C. headed paper enclosing match tickets (tickets not present), 1938, signed photographs of Alan Mullery and Les Barrett, a folder with press photos & 10 x 8's, some signed including Johnny Haynes, Arthur Stevens, Roy Bentley, George Cohen, Jimmy Conway, James Dunne, John Cutbush other 1980's colour photos and a few modern programmes including Fulham v. West Ham 1975 FA Cup Final, and Fulham v. Athletico Madrid, Europa League Final, Hamburg, 2010 QTY: (small carton)
Lot 473
Breval (John Durant). Remarks on Several Parts of Europe: Relating chiefly to the History, Antiquities and Geography of those Countries, 1st edition, 2 volumes in 1, London: Bernard Lintot, 1726, engraved frontispiece to each volume, double-page engraved map, 42 engraved plates (some folding), subscriber's list, engraved head and tailpieces, washed-out contemporary inscription to frontispiece verso '£1-5-0 Beauclerk 1781', lightly dust-soiled, a few leaves to rear with marginal damp-stain, front blank and front free endpaper loose, contemporary calf gilt, joints weak, spine cracked, worn, folio, together with:Sonnini (Charles Nicolas Sigisbert). Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt: Undertaken by order of the old government of France... translated from the French by Henry Hunter, 3 volumes, 1st edition in English, London: printed for John Stockdale, 1799, engraved frontispieces, folding map, 36 engraved plates, occasional light spotting and marginal damp stains, contemporary calf, four covers detached, rubbed, 8vo, plusWalpoole (George Augustus). The New British Traveller; or, a Complete Modern Universal Display of Great Britain and Ireland: being a new, complete, accurate, and extensive tour, London: Alex. Hogg, [1784], engraved frontispiece, 105 engraved plates (only), 2 folding maps (only), lightly spotted and dust-soiled, contemporary terracotta calf gilt, joints weak, worn and marked, folio, andStevens (Francis). Views of Cottages and Farm-Houses in England and Wales, London: R. Ackermann, 1815, etched frontispiece, 53 etched plates (some bound out of sequence), spotting, contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards, red morocco title label, all edges gilt, rubbed and lightly marked, folio, andStuart (Gilbert). The History of Scotland from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the death of Queen Mary, 1st edition, 2 volumes in 1, London: J. Murray, 1782, bookplate of John Rutherfurd to front pastedown, front free endpaper lacking, preliminary and rear leaves spotted, contemporary half calf, joints weak, worn, 4to, with 5 others relatedQTY: (2 cartons)
Lot 479
Petrovitch (Woislav M.). Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians, 1st edition, London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1914, 33 colour illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, some mior marginal toning, top edge gilt, original embossed full morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Bain (R. Nisbet, translator), Turkish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, collected by Dr. Ignácz Kunos, London, 1896, monochrome illustrations by Celia Levetus, front gutter cracked, some light toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine faded, boards slightly faded, marked & rubbed, 8vo, plusGask (Lilian), Folk Tales from Many Lands, London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1910, 26 monochrome illustrations by Willy Pogany, some light marginal toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine lightly faded, slight rubbing to head & foot, 8vo, andHarding (Emily J., translator & illustrator), Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen, from the French of Alex. Chodsko, 1st edition, London: George Allen, 1896, 56 monochrome illustrations, front gutter cracked, later inscription to the head of the half-title, some light toning throughout, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th-century regional fairy tales, folk tales, myths & legends, & related reference, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves)
Lot 496
Hughson (David). London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and its Neighbourhood..., 6 volumes bound in 3, London: Jo Robins And Co., circa 1810, 150 engraved illustrations and folding plates, some toning & light spotting throughout, later endpapers, re-bound retaining contemporary full calf boards & spines, volume 1 front & volume 3 rear boards detached, rubbed, 8vo, together with:Rowlandson (Thomas),The Tour of Doctor Syntax Through London or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis. A Poem, 3rd edition, London: J. Johnston, 1820, 18 hand-coloured plates, front board & endpapers detached, some light spotting & offsetting, contemporary half calf, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss, 8voThe History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax: A Poem, London: R. Ackermann, 1822, 24 hand-coloured plates, bookplate to the front pastedown, some light toning & spotting, water stain to pp.225-242, later calf spine rebound retaining contemporary half calf boards & red morocco spine label, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusGilpin (William), Observations Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, made in the year 1772, on several parts of England;...Cumberland, and Westmoreland, 2 volumes bound in 1, 3rd edition, London: printed for R. Blamire, 1792, 27 monochrome plates, ink stamp to the head of the front endpaper, later period inscription to the head of the volume 1 title page, gutters cracked, some light toning, spotting & offsetting, contemporary full mottled calf, hinges split, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th-century literature, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some odd volumes, overall condition is fair/good, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
Lot 50
Dayes (Edward). A Picturesque Tour through the principal parts of Yorkshire & Derbyshire..., 2nd edition, London: John Nichols & Son, 1825, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title and 11 plates, armorial bookplate of William Gilstrap to upper pastedown, original sheep-backed boards, printed title label to spine, spine & extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Skrine (Henry), A General Account of all the Rivers of Note in Great Britain ... concluding with a minute description of the Thames, and its various auxiliary streams, London: Printed by T. Bensley for P. Elmsly, 1801, folding sepia aquatint frontispiece, 17 engraved maps, some offsetting and browning, armorial bookplate of Elizabeth Bell to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, 8vo,Warner (Richard), A Walk through some of the Western Counties of England, Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1800, sepia aquatint frontispiece and one plate, few woodcut maps to text, upper margin of title with early signature Sarah Howard, bound with Excursions from Bath, Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1801, few woodcut maps to text, some browning, endpapers renewed, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo,Warner (Richard), A Tour through Cornwall, in the Autumn of 1808, Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1809, sepia aquatint frontispiece, upper margin of title with early signature of Francis Eyre, some browning and scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, 20th century half sheep, morocco labels to spine, 8vo, plus Webb (Daniel Carless), Observations and remarks, during four excursions, made to various parts of Great Britain, in the years 1810 and 1811..., London: Allen & Co., 1812, some spotting and browning, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, 8vo, and The New Harrogate Guide..., 3rd edition, Harrogate: Printed for, and sold at Langdale's Library, 1822, engraved frontispiece repaired to lower blank margin, three engraved plates and folding map, woodcut illustrations, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, 12mo in 6sQTY: (6)
![[Fenton, Richard]. A Tour in quest of Genealogy, through several parts of Wales, Somersetshire, and Wiltshire, in a series of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2387bab2-4269-4067-987a-af3a01109e57/e1507576-a452-4bd8-842a-af4000b05f2e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 52
[Fenton, Richard]. A Tour in quest of Genealogy, through several parts of Wales, Somersetshire, and Wiltshire, in a series of letters to a friend in Dublin; interspersed with a description of Stourhead and Stonehenge; together with various anecdotes, and curious fragments from a manuscript collection ascribed to Shakespeare, by a Barrister, London: Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, 1811, eight engraved plates, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of the antiquary Edward Duke (1779-1852, of Lake House, Wilsford cum Lake, Wiltshire) and front blank with his manuscript notes regarding the volume, contemporary half calf, gilt & blind decorated spine with morocco title label, 8vo, together with:Gilpin (William), Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views ... illustrated by the scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: R. Blamire, 1794, half-titles, 31 etched plates (including tinted aquatint plates), double-page hand-coloured map, occasional spotting and few marks (ink spot to lower outer blank corner of three leaves in volume 2), armorial bookplate of Rev. Tatton Brockman to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain green morocco, spines lightly browned, 8vo,Shaw (Stebbing), A Tour to the West of England, in 1788, London: Robson, Clarke and J. Walker, 1789, short closed tear at head of title, occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo,[Young, Arthur], A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales..., 3rd edition, London: W. Strahan, W. Nicoll [& others], 1772, two engraved plates (including frontispiece) and folding plan, occasional light damp stains, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked retaining maroon morocco title label, 8vo, plus three others, including Maton (William George), Observations relative chiefly to the natural history, picturesque scenery, and antiquities, of the western counties of England, made in the years 1794 and 1796, 2 volumes, Salisbury: J. Easton, 1797; Journal of a tour to the western counties of England, performed in the summer of 1807, by the author of a tour in Ireland, London: Richard Phillips, 1809; Dewar (George), Wild Life in Hampshire Highlands, London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1899, and Wiltshire portion of Pigot's Directory, 1830QTY: (10)
Lot 521
Stern (Bernhard). The Scented Garden, Anthropology of the Sex Life in the Levant, New York: American Ethnological Press, 1934, monochrome illustrations, some light toning, original cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, limited edition 61/600, together with:Huxley (Aldous), The Doors of Perception, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus,1954, some minor offsetting, original cloth in dust jacket, some minor spotting to the rear cover, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusWells (Samuel R.), New Physiognomy, or, Signs of Character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in "The Human Face Divine", New York: Samuel R. Wells, 1872, over 1000 monochrome illustrations, some toning & spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, and other 19th-century & modern anthropology reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)
Lot 61
Morgan (William). Ogilby's and Morgan's Pocket-Book of the Roads..., 10th edition, corrected, London: J. Brotherton, W. Meadows, R. Ware, T. Cox, T. Astley, S. Austen & J. Buckland, 1745, folding engraved map, contemporary speckled sheep, neatly repaired at head & foot of spine, repairs to board corners, 16mo in 8s, together with:Brome (James), Travels over England, Scotland and Wales..., 2nd edition, London: Rob. Gosling, 1707, publisher's advertisement leaf before title, some light browning and spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo,Kearsley (George), Kearsley's traveller's entertaining guide through Great Britain; or, A description of the great and principal cross-roads; marking the distances of places from London and from each other..., London: G. Kearsley, 1801, folding engraved map frontispiece with repaired closed tear, early ownership at head of title 'Wm. Stockbridge his book 1826', modern boards, 8vo, plus two others, Kitchin (Thomas), The Traveller's Guide, London: Charles Dilly, 1783, lacking map, and A New and accurate description of the present great roads and the principal cross roads of England and Wales, London: R. & J. Dodsley, 1756, lacking mapQTY: (5)
Lot 65
Pyne (W. H. editor). The World in Miniature; England, Scotland, and Ireland, edited by W. H. Pyne. Containing a Description of the Character, Manners, Customs, Dress, Diversions, and other Peculiarities of the Inhabitants of Great Britain, 4 volumes (complete), R. Ackermann, 1827, printed title to each volume, preface and index lists to volume 1, 81 (of 82) engraved plates (with slight stippling), apparently lacking the frontispiece of Doctor of Music in volume 3, but collates with Abbey, all with contemporary hand colouring, very slight spotting, all edges gilt, decorative morocco gilt by Baynton of Bath, joints weak and partially cracked, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Abbey Travel 6. Tooley 515.
Lot 68
Stockdale (Frederick Wilton Litchfield). Etchings from Original Drawings of Antiquities, in the County of Kent, London: Published for the Proprietor by J. & A. Arch, 1810, 40 engraved plates including engraved title, occasional light spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, lower joint split and some wear, slim folio, together with:Amsinck (Paul), Tunbridge Wells, and its Neighbourhood, illustrated by a series of etchings, and historical descriptions, London: William Miller and Edmund Lloyd, [1810?], half-title, etched frontispiece and 30 plates, etched vignette illustrations, some browning and spotting, edges untrimmed, contemporary red half morocco, printed title label to upper board, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, large 4to,Clifford (J., publisher), The Tunbridge Wells Guide or an account of the ancient & present state of that place..., 4th edition, Tunbridge Wells: J. Clifford, [1827], folding hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece, engraved title and dedication leaf, copper & wood engraved plates and illustrations, edges untrimmed, original printed boards bearing edition and publication date, boards loose and covers worn, 12mo in 6s, plus a 5th edition of the same work in original printed boards, lacking spine, worn, 12mo, and two view books, comprising Views & Scenery of Hastings, published by F.S. Mann, circa 1850, and Twenty four views of Tunbridge Wells, published by R. Pelton, circa 1850,[Willis, Henry Norton], Biographical sketches of eminent persons, whose portraits form part of the Duke of Dorset's collection at Knole. With a brief description of the place, London: John Stockdale, 1795, half-title, engraved frontispiece and one other plate, 4 pages publisher's catalogue at rear, light damp stain to fore-margins, modern dark blue morocco, gilt decorated spine, 8vo,Ireland (William Henry), England's Topographer, or A new and Complete History of the County of Kent; From the earliest records to the present time, including every modern improvement. Embellished with a series of views from Original Drawings by Geo. Shepherd, H. Gastineau, &c., 4 volumes, London: George Virtue, 1828-30, engraved title to volume 1, folding engraved map, 122 engraved plates, initial four & final two leaves in volume 1 with adhesive tape to gutter margins, a couple of tears to gutter margin of volume 2 title, occasional fraying to margins, some spotting and toning, modern half calf, morocco labels to spines, 8vo,Moss (William George), The History and Antiquities of the Town and Port of Hastings, London: W.G. Moss, 1824, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved plan, 17 plates on India paper (of 18), some damp staining to margins to few leaves and plates, early marginalia, edges untrimmed, later free endpapers, original boards with black morocco spine and corners, 8vo[Virtue, George], The Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain: illustrated by topographical, historical, and critical notices..., Kent, London: George Virtue, [1829], engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, folding engraved map, 126 engraved views on 63 plates, occasional offsetting and scattered spotting, manuscript name to verso of plates, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, spine torn with loss at foot, joints split, 4to, plus another copy of the same work, and other Kent related 19th century publications,Pugin (Augustus), Paris and its Environs, displayed in a series of picturesque views. The drawings made under the direction of Mr. Pugin, and engraved under the superintendance [sic] of Mr. C. Heath, 2 volumes in one, London: Jennings & Chaplin, [1831], engraved title from vol. 2 transferred to front of volume, 202 engraved views on 101 plates, occasional light spotting, some browning and offsetting to text, all edges gilt, original cloth, gilt & blind blocked decoration, covers detached from text block, joints torn and frayed at head & foot, 4to,Pugin (Augustus), Paris and its Environs, displayed in a series of two hundred picturesque views..., 2 volumes, London: Jennings & Chaplin, 1831, additional engraved title to volume 2 only, 202 engraved views on 101 plates, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Thomas Rodick to upper pastedowns, contemporary half calf, 4to, plus another copy of the same work bound in one volume, includes additional title to volume 1, damp stained throughout, contemporary half morocco, extremities worn, 4to,Ritchie (Leitch), Wanderings by the Loire, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown [& others], 1833, additional engraved title and 20 plates after Turner, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated morocco, joints and extremities worn, 8voQTY: (24)
Lot 94
Kelly (Christopher). A Full and Circumstantial Account of the Memorable Battle of Waterloo: The Second Restoration of Louis XVIII; and the Deportation of Napoleon Buonaparte to the Island of St. Helena..., 1st edition, London: printed for Thomas Kelly, 1817, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title, folding map with outline colour, 18 engraved plates, a few tears and a few leaves frayed, some offsetting and stains, contemporary half calf, repaired, 4to, together with Addison (Henry R.) A Rough Sketch of the Field of Waterloo, 1st edition, Brussels: Belgian Company of Booksellers, Hauman & Co., 1839, half title, large folding plan of the Battle of Waterloo with outline colour (repair to verso), folding table, some spotting and small water stain, modern half calf, 8vo, plus Mercer (General Cavalié). Journal of the Waterloo Campaign kept throughout the Campaign of 1815, by the Late General Cavalié Mercer, Commanding the 9th Brigade Royal Artillery, [edited by Cavalié A. Mercer] 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1870, half titles, occasional light spotting, blindstamps to front endpapers, bookplates of Sir Charles Wolsely, contemporary half calf, spines a little faded, 8vo, with 11 others including William Granville Eliot's A Treatise on the Defence of Portugal, 3rd edition, 1811, Stratford's Authentic Edition of the Charges brought against His Royal Highness the Duke of York, by Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle, 2 volumes, 1809, From Cadet to Colonel. The Record of a Life of Active Service, by Major-General Sir Thomas Seaton, 2 volumes in one, 1866, Letters of Colonel Sir Augustus Simon Frazer, K.C.B. Commanding the Royal Horse Artillery in the Army under the Duke of Wellington, edited by Major-General Edward Sabine, 1859, and The Life and Campaigns of Hugh First Viscount Gough Field-Marshal, by Robert S. Rait, 2 volumes, 1903 (with loose cut signature of Lord Gough)QTY: (17)
Lot 530
An early Victorian 18ct yellow gold and black enamel memorial ringthe inscribed black enamel band applied with yellow gold engraved foliate 'C' scrolls, the interior engraved 'Mrs Smith obt 19 June 1847, aet 80', London hallmark, 1847ring size P/R. 8.7gCondition:Enamel generally very good with slight loss to 'of' section (see illustration)Hallmark very clear, maker's mark MR slightly rubbed. Date letter also stamped on 'C' scroll Memorial inscription very clear.
Lot 580
A late Victorian 9ct gold Regard memorial ring and other gold jewelleryfirst inset with woven hair and with panels spelling Regard, bearing central shield shaped reserve with initials, Chester, 1894 together with an amethyst and half pearl stick pin, an opal 9ct ring, a gentleman's lapis lazuli signet ring stamped 14k, a 9ct St Christopher medallion on chain, a 9ct gold Zenith watch head and an a/f Etruscan Revival hinged bangle unmarked, (7)first size R/S, total weight excluding watch head approx. 25.4Condition:Memorial ring in fair condition, would benefit form a light clean. Opal ring with chips cracks to stone. Watch head winds ticks and runs but no guarantee can be offered as to the full working order. bangle is has been repaired, hinged is lacking pin, with knocks and dings, loss to granulation, hinge lacking pin.
Lot 392
Books, Medical - one shelf, including Wilson (George R.), Drunkenness, second edition, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd., 1897, original red cloth, 8vo, (1); Southalls' Organic Materia Medica, eighth edition, London, 1915, original red cloth, 8vo, (1); Hooper's Lexicon Medicum; or Medical Dictionary, seventh edition, London, 1839, contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, (1); Holland (Sir Henry), Medical Notes and Reflections, third edition, London: Longman, et al., 1855, original cloth, 8vo, (1); Medical Times, 1853, volume I only, quarter-calf, 4to, (1); Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of The Valuable Collection of Medical Books The Property of Th Medico-Chirurgical Society of Aberdeen, November, 1967, original wrappers, 8vo, (1); etc.
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