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Lot 59
Various medals, South Africa 1901 medal with South Africa 1901 and 1902 clasps, Queen Victoria South Africa medal with orange free state and cape colony clasp, a World War I 1914-1915 star, each similarly marked to R Balzer, the South African medal marked L Cpl R. Balzer CPDISTI, various cap badges and an associated generic letter regarding war pensions, in a Devon Cream Toffee tin, 10cm wide.
Lot 108
England & Wales. Berry (William). A New Mapp of the Kingdome of England and Wales Containing all the Cities, Market Towns with the Roads from Town to Town, and the number of reputed miles between them, are given by inspection without scale or compass. To His Most Serene and Most Sacred Majesty James II...., [1685], large engraved map on two conjoined sheets with contemporary outline colouring, two tables to the vertical margins listing the cities and market towns. old folds, slight staining, torn with slight loss to the text in the upper right corner, replaced in facsimile, occasional marginal repaired closed tears, 590 x 875 mmQty: (1)Footnote: R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1650 - 1750, Berry 2 state 1.
Lot 131
North Wales. Jenner (Thomas, & Hollar Wenceslaus), The Mappe of Shropshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Wostershire, Herefordshire, Brecknokshire, Caermarthinshire, Cardiganshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire, Merionidhshire, Denbighshire, Flyntshire, Carnarvan, The Isle of Anglesey & part of Pembrokeshire, 1644, [but 1671 edition], uncoloured engraved map, old folds, trimmed to neatline with the borders extended, occasional marginal repaired closed tears, 385 x 495 mmQty: (1)Footnote: R. W. Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles. 1477 - 1650, 537. Hollar was employed by Thomas Jenner to etch a six-sheet map of England and Wales, which was based on Christopher Saxton's wall map, and designed to be 'Useful for all Comanders for Quarteringe of Souldiers & all sorts of Persons that would be informed, where the Armies be; never so commodiously drawne before this'. The map, or set of maps was designed for utilitarian use, and therefore are often found backed with linen to facilitate ease of folding and carrying. The maps were re-printed three times between 1644 and 1688 and these later editions show the roads. John Rocque published two late editions in 1752 and 1799.
Lot 14
Grey (John Henry). China. A History of the laws, manners, and customs of the people, edited by William Gow Gregor, 1st edition, two volumes, London: McMillan & Co., 1878, 140 monochrome illustrations, four leaves to second volume with minor damage to blank fore-edge (caused by the careless cutting of the uncut pages), upper inner hinge to first volume neatly re-strengthened, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, bookplate of Shrubland Hall, and booksellers ticket of Kelly & Co., Yokohama to front pastedown of each volume, 8vo, together with Gundry (R. S.). China Present and Past, Foreign intercourse, progress and resources, the missionary question, etc., 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1895, partly uncut, folding coloured map at rear, original light brown cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed and some minor marks, 8vo, plus United States Commissioners in China. The Executive Documents, printed by order of the Senate of the United States, Second Session, Thirty-Fifth Congress, 1858-'59, and Special Session of the Senate of 1859, 2 volumes, Washington: William A. Harris, 1859, 1424 pages of main text, matching contemporary calf, rubbed and some wear to joints of the second volume, each volume titled to spine labels Senate Documents, volumes 8 & 9, 8voQty: (5)
Lot 182
* Gray (Walter, 20th century). Six watercolours of maritime scenes: Submarine Base Loch Fyne, S. S. Chieftan in Dry Dock, St. Patrick Fishing in the North Sea, R. R. S. Discovery in Ice, The Southern Cross with Whaling boats alongside [and] S. S. United States, circa 1945, together six watercolour and gouache paintings, the first five framed and glazed, S. S. United States with some creasing, various sizes, good conditionQty: (6)Footnote: William Gray was a wartime artist who lived in Hampstead and produced posters for the Ministry of Defence.
Lot 204
Evans (Arthur J.). Scripta Minoa, The Written Documents of Minoan Crete with special reference to the Archives of Knossos, 2 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909-52, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, first volume with a tipped-in printed presentation slip from the author: 'With the author's kind regards, Youlbury, Berks, near Oxford, December 1909', front inner hinge to first volume a little loosened, first volume with top edge gilt, both original publisher's maroon cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed to extremities, second volume with frayed and slightly chipped dustwrapper, large 4to, together with Further Discoveries of Cretan and Aegean Script with Libyan and Proto-Egyptian comparisons, from the Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. XVII, London: B. Quaritch, 1898, monochrome plates and illustrations, some spotting to endpapers and title, contemporary grey cloth, with gilt label to spine, rubbed and some marks, plus Primitive Pictographs and a prae-Phoenician Script from Crete and the Peloponnese, reprinted from the Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. XIV, 1894, single colour plate, monochrome illustrations to text, some marginal marks in pencil by Sinclair Hood, and final few leaves with several sentences underlined in red ink, author's signed presentation copy inscribed to title: 'R. W. Macan with Arthur J. Evans kind regards', both titles with ownership signature of MSF Hood to front pastedown, contemporary grey cloth with morocco title label to spin, rubbed and some marks, both large 8voQty: (4)Footnote: Most famous for discovering the palace of Knossos on the Island of Crete, Arthur Evans was also the first to present and analyse the Cretan scripts Linear A and Linear B, based on the 3,000 clay tablets that he found during the excavations at Knossos. Some of these original tablets are now missing, making the transcriptions he published the only source of the marks today.
Lot 228
Sulimirski (Tadeusz). Prehistoric Russia, An Outline, 1st edition, London: John Baker Humanities Press, 1970, monochrome plates and illustrations, original rust-brown cloth gilt in slightly frayed dustwrapper, 8vo, together with Chang (Kwang-Chih). The Archaeology of Ancient China, 3rd edition revised and enlarged, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1977, monochrome illustrations, original orange cloth gilt in dustwrapper, spine lightly faded, plus Ehrich (Robert W., editor). Chronologies in Old World Archaeology, Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1965, original grey cloth gilt in frayed and slightly chipped dustwrapper, and others on archaeology including V. N. Chernetsov and W. Moszynska, Prehistory of Western Siberia, 1974, A. A. Vasiliev, History of the Byzantine Empire 324-1453, University of Wisconsin Press, 1952, Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyarrd and A. R. Hall, editors, A History of Technology, volume I, early times to fall of ancient empires, 3rd impression, 1956, Daniel Zohary and Maria Hoph, Domestication of Plants in the Old World, Oxford, 1993, etc., mostly original cloth in dustwrappers (including some paperbound titles), mainly 8vo (including some 4to), generally G/VGQty: (60)
Lot 240
Evans (Arthur J.). The Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult and its Mediterranean relations with illustrations from recent Cretan finds, 1st edition, London: Macmillan & Co.,1901, single colour plate, monochrome illustrations, original maroon cloth gilt, contemporary inscription to front endpaper 'C. E. M. Fry from his Father, Feby. 2nd 1902', large 8vo, together with The Prehistoric Tombs of Knossos, I. The Cemetery of Zafer Papoura, II. The Royal Tomb of Isopata, London: B. Quaritch, 1906, monochrome plates and illustrations, original pale red cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded to spine and outer edges, 4to, plus The Shaft Graves and Bee-Hive Tombs of Mycenae and their interrelation, 1st edition, London: Macmillan & Co., 1929, monochrome plates and illustrations, author's manuscript presentation inscription to 'Mrs P. de Jong with kind regards from Arthur Evans, June 15the 1929', to front pastedown, original maroon cloth gilt, large 8vo, and others by and relating to Arthur Evans, including Mycenaean Cyprus as Illustrated in the British Museum Excavations, 1900, Essai de Classification des Epoques de la Civilisation Minoenne, edition revisée, B. Quaritch, 1906 (original printed wrappers), The Earlier Religion of Greece in the Light of Cretan Discoveries, 1931 (with author's presentation copy to R. W. Macan dated Christmas 1931), A Handbook to the Palace of Minos at Knossos, by J. D. S. Pendlebury, with a foreword by Sir Arthur Evans, 1933 (with dustwrapper, and inscribed to front endpaper 'Piet de Jong from HWP & J. D. S. P[endlebury], Knossos, April 1933'), Essays in Aegean Archaeology, presented to Sir Arthur Evans in honour of his 75th birthday, editied by S. Casson, Oxford, 1927, and six offprints from the Journal of Hellenic Studies by E. A. Gardner, A. M. Woodward, H. G. G. Payne (Archaeology in Greece, 1892, 1893-1894, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1928-29 & 1931-32), stitched as issued, the first volume with some wear, slim 8voQty: (14)
Lot 246
Hood (Sinclair). Knossos: A Labyrinth of History, papers presented in honour of Sinclair Hood, edited by Don Evely, Helen Hushes-Brock & Nicoletta Momigliano, London: British School at Athens, 1994, monochrome portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original pictorial boards, large 8vo, together with: Schachermeyr (Fritz), Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean in Ancient History and Prehistory, studies presented to Fritz Schachermeyr on the occasion of his eightieth birthday, edited by K.H.Kinzl, Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1977, monochrome plates, original cloth, 8vo, Kontoleontos (Nikolaou), Stele: tomos eis mnemen Nikolaou Kontoleontos, Athens: So?mateio Hoi Philoi tou Nikolaou Kontoleontos, 1980, Greek text, original printed wrappers, large 4to, Scha?fer (Jo?rg), Ithake: Festschrift fu?r Jo?rg Scha?fer zum 75. Geburtstag am 25. April 2001, Hrsg. von Stephanie Bo?hm und Klaus -Valtin von Eickstedt, Wu?rzburg: Ergon, 2001, monochrome plates and illustrations, original boards, small folio, Platon (Nikolaos), Eilapine?: tomos time?tikos gia ton Kathe?ge?te? Nikolao Plato?na [Honorary volume for Prof. Nikolaos Platon], Heraklion, Crete, 1987, Greek text, original cloth, 8vo, Gimbutas (Marija), Proto-Indo-European: The archaeology of a linguistic problem studies in honor of Marija Gimbutas, edited by Susan Nacev Skomal and Edgar C. Polomé, Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man, 1987, monochrome portrait frontispiece and plates, original cloth, 8vo, Grumach (Ernst), Europa: Studien zur geschichte und epigraphik der frühen aegaeis, festschrift für Ernst Grumach, herausgegeben von William C. Brice, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1967, monochrome plates and illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, and six others similarQty: (13)Footnote: A comprehensive and varied collection of festschrift writings published in honour of various notable scholars.
Lot 247
Archeology Offprints. A collection of over 2,000 academic offprints from journals, all relating to Greek and European archaeology, circa 1920-1990, various authors, all carefully arranged in alphabetical order by author, many inscribed by the author to Sinclair Hood, mostly original printed wrappers, stapled as issued, some texts supplied in photocopy, mainly 8vo/4to, all loosely contained in 36 black Ryman A4 filing boxes, each with printed alphabetical labelQty: (36)Footnote: A meticulously arranged collection of offprint articles on archeology, including authors such as S. Alexiou, Ake Akerstom, Paul Astrom, Anton Bammer, Philip Betancourt, J. H. Betts, C. W. Blegen, John Boardman, K. Branigan, Gerald Cadogan, H. W. Catling, Gordon Childe, J. N. Coldstream, C. Davaras, V. Desborough, Bernard C. Dietrich, Paul Faure, Enrica Fiandra, T. Sulimirski, Ernst Grumach, E. Hallager, Vronwy Hankey, Sinclair Hood (articles from 1953-1997), Doro Levi, S. Marinatos, W. D. Niemeier, L. R. Palmer, O. Pelon, Ingo Pini, M. R. Popham, Jacques Raison, Colin Renfrew, B. Rutkowski, I. A. Sakellarakis, H. Van Effenterre, C. Vermeule, Emily T. Vermeule, AJB Wace, Peter Warren, and many others.
Lot 249
Hooker (James T.). Scripta Minora, selected essays on Minoan, Mycenaean, Homeric and classical Greek subjects, 1st edition, Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert, 1996, monochrome portrait frontispiece, original black mock leather bookcloth, 8vo, together with: Bennett (Emmett L.), Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ... new series, volume 48, part 1, The Mycenae Tablets II, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1958, monochrome illustrations, contemporary cloth, slim 4to, Ventris (Michael), Documents in Mycenaean Greek, three hundred selected tablets from Knossos, Pylos and Mycenae with commentary and vocabulary, Cambridge: University Press, 1956, monochrome frontispiece, original cloth in slightly frayed dust jacket, 4to, Palmer (Leonard R.), The Penultimate Palace of Knossos, Rome: Edizioni Dell'Ateneo, 1969, monochrome plates including some folding, original boards in dust jacket, 8vo, and others relatedQty: (23)
Lot 261
Lorimer (H. L.). Homer and the Monuments, 1st edition, McMillan & Co. Ltd., 1950, monochrome plates after photographs, occasional neat pencil annotations by Sinclair Hood, original blue cloth gilt, ownership inscription of MSF Hood to front pastedown, very slightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with Casson (Lionel). Ships and Seamanship in the ancient world, 1st edition, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1971, monochrome plates, original dark blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper, 8vo, plus Page (Denys L.). History and the Homeric Iliad, 1st edition, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1959, several folding maps, occasional pencil marks to blank margins, ownership signature of MSF Hood dated 1960 to front endpaper, original turquoise cloth gilt in dustwrapper, lightly toned to spine and outer edges, 8vo, with a printed review of this publication by Sterling Dow, from the American Journal of Philology (January 1962) loosely inserted, and Forbes (R. J.). Metallurgy in Antiquity, A. Notebook for Archeologists and Technologists, 1st edition, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1950, folding maps and illustrations, ownership inscription of MSF Hood to front pastedown, original cream cloth gilt, plus other academic studies of Greek antiquity, including George E. Mylonas, Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries, Princeton University Press 1961, Lectures in Memory of Louise Taft Semple, First Series 1961-1965, Princeton University Press 1967, Walter Burkert, Ancient Mystery Cults, Harvard University Press 1987, Axel W. Persson, the Religion of Greece in prehistoric times (Sather Classical Lectures), University of California Press, 1942, etc., mostly original cloth in dustwrappers (but including approximately 25 volumes paperbound), mainly 8vo, VGQty: (approx. 80)
Lot 302
Birmingham and the Midlands. Bernecker (C.). The Birmingham Ready Calculator, Shewing in Twenty Tables, the Sums Necessary, from One Shilling to Fifty Pounds, to Produce Real Profits, Birmingham: Pearson & Rollason, 1778, 140pp, ownership sticker to front free endpaper, front hinge cracked, contemporary half calf, front joint cracked, binding worn, 8vo, together with: Birmingham Improvement Act, May 23rd 1828, 104pp, some leaves toned, light spotting to preliminaries & final leaves, modern half calf, 4to, with Wrightson's Triennial Directory of Birmingham, Including an Alphabetical List of of the Inhabitants of the Town, Birmingham: R Wrightson, 1823, numerous plates (some folding), spotting, ownership sticker to front free endpaper, original boards, rebacked, extremities worn, boards marked & faded, 8vo, together with 5 others on Birmingham and the MidlandsQty: (8)
Lot 316
Harris (John). Remarks of some late papers, relating to the universal deluge: and to the natural history of the Earth, London: R. Wilkin, 1697, occasional light dust-soiling, contemporary blind panelled calf, joints cracked, spine lacking title label and with small area of leather loss, 8vo, together with: [Wilson, John], The Cheats. A comedy: written in the year, M.DC.LXII, 3rd edition, London: printed by James Rawlins for John Wright, Moses Pitt, Thomas Sawbridge & Gabriel Collins, 1684, [8], 64pp., some browning and scattered spotting, 20th century wrappers, slim 4toQty: (2)
![Moore (Lieutenant Joseph & Captain Frederick Marryat). Eighteen Views taken at & near Rangoon, [1825], engraved alleg](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e61766a7-dba9-442c-979c-ae1c00b2e5fd/28c344e9-84bc-484f-a283-ae1d0131e5f0/468x382.jpg)
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Moore (Lieutenant Joseph & Captain Frederick Marryat). Eighteen Views taken at & near Rangoon, [1825], engraved allegorical title-dedication leaf by R. W. Smart after Thomas Stothard, aquatint leaf listing the major subscribers, with large vignette by J. Bromley after Thomas Stothard (both leaves with some spotting), six pages lithographed list of subscribers in England and India, 18 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates after Joseph Moore, numbered 1-18, and five additional plates (1-5) from Views in the Birman Empire [1826], a few marginal marks and light spotting to last few plates (generally in very good condition), paper watermarked J Whatman 1825 and 1826, light water stain to upper blank margin of some plates, generally not affecting engraved area, remains of engraved library label of the East India College Library to front pastedown, contemporary half dark green morocco gilt, rubbed, folio (text block measures 48 x 35cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Abbey, Travel 404; Tooley 334. Plate 16 is present in its first state, with 'adjacent' in the printed caption.
Lot 425
Thomas (Edward). The Collected Poems, Edited and Introduced by R. George Thomas, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1978, together with: Montale (Eugenio), Collected Poems 1920-1954, Translated and Annotated by Jonathan Galassi, 1st US edition, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998, a few pencil annotations and notes [by Charles Tomlinson], plus Gurney (Ivor), Collected Poems, Chosen, Edited and with an Introduction by P.J. Cavanagh, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1982, a few scattered pencil annotations [by Charles Tomlinson], plus Cummings (E.E.), Complete Poems, Volumes 1 & 2: 1913-1935, 1st edition, Macgibbon & Kee, 1968, a few scattered pencil notes and marks [by Charles Tomlinson], all original cloth in dust jackets, the last two jackets slightly frayed, 8vo, plus other hardback poetry collections, selections and anthologies from the library of Charles Tomlinson, some with pencil marks and annotations, original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, mostly VGQty: (6 shelves)
Lot 445
Bindings. 90 volumes of late 19th & early 20th-century leather & cloth bindings, including Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other poems, by William Edmundstoune Ayton, 14th edition, Edinburgh: William Black and Sons, 1863, all edges gilt, contemporary & ornately gilt decorated red full morocco, spine toned & slightly rubbed, 8vo, Spain [The Romance of History], by Don T. De Trueba, London: Frederick Warne and Co., circa 1880, contemporary gilt decorated plum half calf, 8vo, Chambers's Encyclopaedia..., 10 volumes, London: W. and R. Chambers, 1860, contemporary uniform gilt decorated red half calf, boards & spines rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, mostly leather bindings, some in original cloth, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good, 8voQty: (6 shelves)
Lot 455
Chandler (Raymond). The Long Good-Bye, 1st U.K. edition, 1953, period previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, some minor toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed & torn with loss, 8vo, together with; Fleming (Ian), The Man with the Golden Gun, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1965, some minor toning to the text block, original in dust jacket, covers rubbed & marked with some small tears to head & foot, 8vo On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 3rd impression, London: Jonathan Cape, May 1963, publishers original black cloth, 8vo, plus Tolkien (J. R. R.), The Fellowship Of The Ring, 14th impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1965, folding map to the rear, with a minor tear to the hinge joint, some minor toning & marks to the text block, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers rubbed, toned & marked with loss to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern fiction & juvenile literature, including C. S. Forester, Anthony Powell, Beatrix Potter, Ernest H. Sheppard, Laurens van der Post, Osbert Sitwell, Christopher Isherwood, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VGQty: (6 shelves)
Lot 456
Beard (Charles A. & Mary R.). America In Midpassage, 2 volumes, 1st edition, New York: Macmillan Company, monochrome vignettes by Wilfred Jones, publishers original uniform cloth in slipcase, spines slightly faded & marked, 8vo, together with Gipson (Lawrence Henry), The British Empire before the American Revolution, 15 volumes, mixed edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966-1970, previous owner inscriptions to the front endpapers, all original cloth in dust jackets, some covers rubbed with slight loss, volumes 1 & 2covers torn & repaired with tape, 8vo, plus Purchas (Samuel), Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes..., 20 volumes, 1st edition, Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1905-07, previous owners inscriptions to the front endpapers, some light spotting & toning, top edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, damp damage to the boards, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern American & academic history reference & related, including publications by Cass, Oxford, Cambridge, Routledge, KTO Press, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG,Qty: (6 shelves)
Lot 457
Tregaskis (Richard). Guadalcanal Diary, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1943, monochrome map endpapers, black & white illustrations, some light marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Hachiya (Michihiko), Hiroshima Diary, The Journal of a Japanese Physician, 1st U.K. edition: London: Victor Gollancz, 1955, some light toning, tape marks to the front & rear endpapers, original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Peers (William R. & Dean Brelis), Behind The Burma Road, 1st edition, London: Robert Hale, 1964, black & white illustrations, some minor spotting to the text block, original clot hin dust jacket, minor rubbing to the head & foot of the spine, 8vo, and other 1940s-60s Burma & Oriental military reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (3 shelves)
Lot 49
Baylies (William). Practical reflections on the uses and abuses of Bath waters. Made from actual experiments and observations, 1st edition, London: A. Millar, 1757, half-title, light toning, front free endpaper inscribed 'from the author', contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, joints slightly cracked, light wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: Rutty (John), A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters, comprehending the most celebrated medicinal waters, both cold and hot, of Great-Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy, and several other parts of the world..., London: William Johnston, 1757, title in red & black, short worm trail to lower blank margin of initial four leaves and front endpaper, final 95 leaves with short worm trail/hole to upper blank margin, occasional light damp stains to lower margins towards rear of volume, late 19th/early 20th century bookplate of J. Johnston Abraham to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, red morocco title label to spine, neatly repaired at head & foot of spine and to board corners, 4to, Falconer (William), An Essay on the Bath Waters. In four parts. Containing a prefatory introduction on the study of mineral waters in general..., 1st edition, London: T. Lowndes, 1770, torn to upper outer corners of A2 & A3, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, 12mo, Charleton (Rice), Three Tracts on Bath Water. Tract the first. A chymical analysis of Bath Water. Second edition. Tract the second. An inquiry into the efficacy of Bath water in palsies. Tract the third. Histories of hospital cases under the care of the late Dr. Oliver; with Additional Cases and Notes, by the Editor, 2nd edition, Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell for W. Taylor, 1774, engraved frontispiece, separate pagination to each part, offsetting to title and blurred printing, armorial bookplate to upper pastedown with motto 'toujours fidele', contemporary red half morocco, marbled boards, rubbed and some wear, 8vo, Oliver (William), A Practical Essay on the use and abuse of warm bathing in gouty cases, 3rd edition with additions, London: printed for Samuel Leake, Bookseller, in Bath, 1764, half-title, some damp staining, dust-soiling and creases to initial leaves, edges untrimmed, original wrappers side stitched as issued, 8voQty: (5)
![[Chandler, Mary]. A Description of Bath: A poem in a letter to a friend, 1st edition, London: J. Roberts, J. Jackson, J. Gray](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e61766a7-dba9-442c-979c-ae1c00b2e5fd/8d26bb32-ef15-4e72-81f6-ae1d0131f25d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 50
[Chandler, Mary]. A Description of Bath: A poem in a letter to a friend, 1st edition, London: J. Roberts, J. Jackson, J. Gray; and J. Leake and S. Lobb, booksellers in Bath, [1733], 18pp., half-title discarded, some light damp stains and occasional creases, edges untrimmed with wide margins, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco title label to spine, slim folio (ESTC T31671; Foxon, C107), together with: Citizen of Bath, A Letter from a Citizen of Bath, to his Excellency Dr. R--- at Tunbridg, [Bath?]: [s.n.], Printed in the Year 1705, 15,[1]pp., manuscript numeral to upper outer blank corner of title, browning throughout, edges untrimmed, disbound 8vo (ESTC T62772), [Bragge, Robert], The Journey of Dr. Robert Bongout, and his Lady, to Bath. Performed in the year 177-, 1st edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1778, engraved portrait frontispiece offset to title, light toning throughout, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, morocco title label, upper board corners repaired, 8vo, Chandler (Mary), The description of Bath a poem. Humbly inscribed to Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia, 3rd edition, to which are added, several poems by the same author, London: James Leake, 1786, half-title with marginalia, light scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Henry Fullwood Rose, 19th century burgundy half sheep, joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo, [Anstey, Christopher], The New Bath Guide: or memoirs of the B-n-r-d family. In a series of poetical epistles, 12th edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1784, engraved frontispiece, ink stamp to upper blank margin of A2, scattered spotting and light damp stain, early ownership label of Robert Padley of Burton to front blank free-endpaper, bookplate of F. Manley Sims and W.C.B. Young to front pastedown, top edge gilt, early 20th century green half calf by Hatchards, extremities slightly rubbed, small 8vo, Pallet (Peter Paul), Bath Characters: or sketches from life, London: G. Wilkie & J. Robinson, 1807, half-title, contemporary signature Thos. Fuller to upper blank margin of title, occasional annotations throughout, edges untrimmed, original boards with printed paper label to upper cover, cloth reback, covers scuffed and board edges worn, 8vo, [Goldsmith, Oliver], The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq; extracted principally from his original papers, London: J. Newbery & W. Frederick, 1762, engraved portrait frontispiece, light toning, all edges gilt, late 19th/early 20th century calf by Bartlett & Co., gilt decorated spine with morocco labels, joints rubbed and a little cracked, 8vo, plus another copy of the same workQty: (8)
Lot 59
Manby (George William). Fugitive Sketches of the History and Natural Beauties of Clifton, Hot-Wells, and Vicinity, Bristol: Norton & Son; London: G. & J. Robinson and R.H. Westley, [1802], half-title, 18 uncoloured aquatint & etched plates including frontispiece, errata leaf present at rear, occasional scattered spotting and light toning, ink stamp to front free blank and bookplate of Edward Greenfield Doggett & Hugh Greenfield Doggett to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated green morocco by Rogers of Colston St., Bristol, extremities lightly rubbed, slim 8vo, together with: Randolph (George), An Enquiry into the Medicinal Virtues of Bristol-Water: and the Indications of Cure which it answers, London: R. Baldwin, 1750, title with few marks and upper outer blank corner torn and repaired, bookplate of F.W. Morris to upper pastedown, 20th century half calf, slim 8vo, Bristol, An Impartial history of the late riots at Bristol, London: Printed for and sold by C.G.J. and J. Robinsons, Pater-noster Row; S. Hazard, bookseller, Bath; and J. Cottle, bookseller, Bristol, [1793], 16pp., endpapers renewed, late 19th century red straight-grain half sheep, rebacked, slim 8voQty: (3)
Lot 71
Warner (Richard). The History of Bath, 1st edition, Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell, 1801, folding engraved city plan, 13 engraved plates & plans (one plate folding), offsetting to text, toning and occasional spotting, contemporary marbled calf, joints cracked, 4to, together with: An Illustration of the Roman Antiquities discovered at Bath, published by order of the Mayor and Corporation, 1st edition, Bath: printed by W. Meyler, 1797, engraved frontispiece, woodcut vignette to title, and 13 woodcut plates, edges uncut, original boards, some wear to spine and extremities, 4to, A Walk through some of the Western Counties of England, Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell, 1800, sepia aquatint frontispiece and one plate, small woodcut plans, early signature to upper margin of title, contemporary half calf, morocco title label, joints cracked, 8vo, Excursions from Bath, Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell, 1801, browning and light spotting, modern half calf, 8voQty: (4)
Lot 72
Warner (Richard). The History of the Isle of Wight; Military, Ecclesiastical, Civil, & Natural, Southampton: T. Caddell, 1795, folding map to front (tape repair to tear), 3 plates (2 numismatic plates), armorial bookplate to front pastedown, preliminaries and folding map damp-stained, hinges cracked, contemporary speckled calf, boards marked, joints worn, extremities rubbed, corners bumped, 8vo, together with: Burrard (Sidney). The Annals of Walhampton, London: W.J. Johnson, 1874, half-title, bookplate to front pastedown, spotting to preliminaries, marbled edges, contemporary calf, extremities worn, rear joint cracked at head, corners bumped, stain to base of spine, 8vo, with Warner (Richard). Topographical Remarks, relating to the South-Western Parts of Hampshire: To Which is Added a Descriptive Poem, 2 volumes, London: R. Blamire, 1793, half-titles, contemporary ownership inscription to upper margin of volume 1 title, endpapers replaced, light spotting, modern dark terracota half morocco gilt, raised, spine in gilt, 8vo, with 3 others relatedQty: (7)
Lot 73
Wise (John). The New Forest, its History and its Scenery, Artist's Edition, large paper copy, London: Henry Sotheran & Co, 1883, no. 18 of 50, 12 etchings, illustrations in-text, india-laid paper, lightly spotted, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, front hinge cracked, top edge trimmed, original publisher's morocco-backed wooden boards, lacking headcap, head of spine lacking portion of leather, boackstirp marked and rubbed, joints worn, front joint cracked at base, boards slightly worn to extremities, 4to, together with: Gilpin (William). Remarks on Forest Scenery; and other Woodland Views, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: R. Blamire, 1791, half-titles, double-page map, 32 plates, occasional spotting (heavier to preliminaries), offsetting, original paper boards, rebacked, boards marked, extremities worn, corners bumped, 8vo, with 5 other volumes relating to the New ForestQty: (8)
Lot 75
Wood (John). An Essay towards a description of Bath, in four parts, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed by James Bettenham, 1749, 22 engraved plates and plans (including 13 folding, one plate with repaired closed tear), worm holes to lower blank margins throughout volume 2, first & last leaves slightly frayed to margins, contemporary calf, rebacked, morocco title labels, board corners worn, 8vo, together with: Billingsley (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Somerset, with observations on the means of its improvement drawn up in the year 1795, for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, 2nd edition, Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell for the author, 1798, half-title with early inscription to upper margin, folding engraved map and one hand-coloured folding map, 20th century dark green half morocco by Bayntun of Bath, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, Greenwood (Christopher & J.), Somersetshire Delineated: being a topographical description of each town, parish, chapelry, &c. in the county..., London: T. Bensley for C. & J. Greenwood, 1822, contemporary signature of Thos. Palmer to upper margin of title, occasional light spotting, modern navy blue quarter morocco, 8vo, Bath, The New Bath Guide, or, Useful pocket-companion., new edition, Bath: printed by J. Savage, 1805, engraved folding map and three plates (including frontispiece), each with ink stamp to verso, ink stamp to title, contemporary limp sheep, covers detached and lacking spine, 12mo in 6s, plus the Somersetshire portion of Magna Britannia by Thomas Cox, c.1720, including folding engraved map by Robert Modern and engraved plate of distances, 20th century calf, slim 4toQty: (6)
Lot 91
British Isles. De Fer (Nicolas), Les Isles Britanniques, ou sont Les Royaumes D'Angleterre et D'Ecosse..., S. Desnos, Paris, circa 1760, large map on four conjoined sheets, engraved by P. Strackman, with contemporary outline colouring, inset maps of the Faroe and the Shetland Islands, ornate uncoloured cartouche, old folds, some creasing and slight fraying along old folds, backed with later linen, 1060 x 845 mmQty: (1)Footnote: R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750, De Fer 7 state 3.
Lot 92
British Isles. De Wit (Frederick), Pascaert Vande Noort-Zee on achter Yrland en Schotland on te seylen / Mare Germanicum ac Tractus Maritimus retro Hiberniam et Scotiam, 1675, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, two decorative cartouches with the titles in Dutch and Latin, very slight spotting to the margins, 495 x 575 mmQty: (1)Footnote: R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750, De Wit 4 state 1.
Lot 93
British Isles. Doncker (Hendrik), Pas-Caart van 't Canaal, Vertoonende in 't Geheel Engelant, Schotlant, Yrlant, en een Gedeelte van Vranckryk..., Amsterdam, 1665, engraved map orientated to the west, contemporary outline colouring, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, slight spotting, lower margin with slight fraying, professionally repaired on verso, 440 x 530 mmQty: (1)Footnote: R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1650 - 1750, Doncker 2, state 1.
Lot 94
British Isles. Inselin (Charles), Carte des Royaumes D'Angleterre, D'Ecosse et D'Irlande..., Alexis-Hubert Jaillot, Paris, 1715, large hand-coloured engraved map on two conjoined sheets, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, additional 'curtain' cartouche describing the hydrographical and geographical purpose of the map, old folds, one repaired marginal closed tear, 630 x 830 mmQty: (1)Footnote: R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles, Inselin 1. Published separately as its size predicates against the map being created for, or bound in an atlas. Occasional examples have been found in later Jaillot atlases but with the lower margins folded up to facilitate its accommodation within a binding.
Lot 95
British Isles. Jansson (Jan), Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae sive Britannicar Insularum Descriptio..., 1621, uncoloured map, engraved by Pieter Van den Keere, orientated to the west, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines and decorated with the portraits of James I, his wife Anne of Denmark and their son Henry, Prince of Wales, and the royal coat of arms in the Stuart form, central fold skillfully repaired on verso, very slight staining to the margins, 350 x 500 mm, no text on versoQty: (1)Footnote: R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, no 374. Scarce. The map was first published in 1604 by Pieter Van den Keere. Its outline is closely modelled on Ortelius's map of 1570 but the map is considerably more decorative. Jansson acquired Van den Keere's plates in 1621 and re-issued the map with his imprint and a new date.
Lot 96
* British Isles. Waldseemuller (Martin), Tabula Nova Hibernie Anglie et Scotie, Strasbourg, 1513, uncoloured woodblock map, a few small repaired wormholes to the central fold, large margins, 380 x 520 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)Footnote: R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles,11. A scarce early map often described as the first 'modern map of the British Isles'. Published in Ptolomy's 'Geographia' it is the first map not reliant on Ptolemaic geography; instead, it used entirely contemporary sources. It was also the first map of the British Isles to include a mileage scale with a scale of (Italian) miles to the lower right. Note the mythical island of Brazil off the west coast of Ireland.
Lot 99
Cartographic curiosity. Miller (R.). Needle wheels with maps of the Home Nations, circa 1820, two silk needle wheels, each with a printed map to verso and recto, one with Scotland and Ireland, the other with Scotland and England, each retaining several contemporary pins, slight fraying to the margins, 55 mm diameterQty: (2)Footnote: An educational cartographic curiosity. These uncommon survivals are thought to have been issued as an educational tool, to teach young ladies of the regency period a little geography while they carried out their needle-point.
Lot 564
A Large Cigarette Card Album, Aviation,modern pocket album with following sets, Churchman's 'The R A F at Work (48), Player's 'R A F Badges' (50), Wills 'Speed' (50), Lambert & Butler 'Aeroplane Markings' (50), part-set 23 1930's aircraft blank verso, Godfrey Phillips complete 1st series 'Aircraft' (54 of 54), Strathmore Tobacco Company 'British Aircraft' (1-24 of 25), Player's ' Aircraft of the Royal Air Force (50), Player's 'International Airlines' (50), Player's 'Aeroplanes (Civil)' (50), Gallaher 'aeroplanes' (48), Murray & sons 'Types of Aeroplanes' (25), Lambert & Butler 'A History of Aviation' (25), Nabisco 'History of Aviation' (5 of 10), Player's Tom Thumb 'History of British Aviation' (30), Player's Doncella 'Golden Age of Flying' (24)
Lot 710
A Draftsam's Drawing Instrument set by Stanley, London,English, c.1930, signed to the inside of the lid 'Stanley, 286 High Holborn, London', containing 13 instruments in a velvet lined French polished mahogany case, with plaque to the lid engraved 'David R. Ballantine 14 - 11 - 32', case 20cm wide
Lot 737
A Collection of Draftsman's Rules and Roller Rules,comprising; an 18in roller rule constructed of German Silver, c.1880, signed in script 'Stanley Great Turnstile, Holborn, London' in the original mahogany case; a 12in roller rule constructed of lacquered brass c.1910, signed Cooke Troughton & Simms, London, York & Capetown', engraved as a ruler & a protractor, in the original polished mahogany case; a lacquered brass 18in rule signed 'W. H. HARLING, LONDON' in a case; a part set of boxwood rules in a maroon leather covered case stamped 'W. R. HARRISON' containing 5 of 10 rules, x4
Lot 759
Grigg's Conical Electro Magnetic Machine,English, c.1875, the conical coil in turned mahogany case with turned mahogany end caps, with ornately engraved pewter plaque 'Grigg's Conical Electo Magnetic Machine Patented 8th January 1873,5 Eastbourne Terrace, Hyde Park London, J R Chiselhurst Maker Plymouth', on mahogany baseboard with lacquered brass fittings and two hand grips, instrument 20cm long
Lot 769
Collection of Surveying Equipment,comprising of a simple pocket sextant in a leather case with owners details inked to the inside 'The Property of H. B. Brookes, Burton On Trent'; 'Bruntons Pocket Transit' type instrument combining a compass, clinometer and heliograph by E. R. Watts & Co London in a leather case; and a pocket clinometer by 'Stanley London' in a leather case;a brass lacquered DeLisle Pendant Clinometer, in a leather case with strap, x4
Lot 17
A Leitz APO-Telyt-R f/2.8 280mm Lens,black, serial no. 3280589, body P-VG, crack plastic to focusing ring, when shook the lens rattles like broken plastic inside but can not see anything in between the glass elements, elements, VG, in maker's case Note: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
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