Bowen (Emanuel). An Accurate Map of Dorsetshire divided into Hundreds. Drawn from the best authorities..., An Accurate Map of Cambridgeshire divided into Hundreds, drawn from surveys..., [and] An Accurate Map of Herefordshire divided into its Hundreds. Drawn from the best Maps and Surveys..., Robert Wilkinson, R. Sayer and C. Bowles, circa 1760, together three large engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, some mount staining and marginal fraying and short closed tears, slight spotting, each approximately 545 x 705 mm, together with Vuillemin (A.). Carte Physique et Routiére der Pyrénées..., Paris, printed by Thomas Letts, circa 1870, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, the whole tipped on to modern card and retaining the publisher's cloth gilt boards, 560 x 835 mm, with Chetwind (Philip). Asiae Descriptio Nova Impensis, 1666, uncoloured engraved map, old folds, stained and toned, marginal closed tears and some fraying, a few small holes affecting the printed surface, 340 x 430 mm, plus Montalembert (R.). A Plan of Country North of Beaconsfield, circa 1850, pen, ink and watercolour map (from a drawing in the Kings Library, British Museum), margins chipped and frayed with slight loss, tipped on to near-contemporary card, detached, 395 x 380 mm, and Rizzi-Zannoni (Giovanni Antonio). Mapa dos Reynos de Portugal E. Algarve... Paris, circa 1780, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement, old folds, some spotting and toning, 610 x 435 mmQty: (7)NOTESThe first three described maps were all published in E. Bowen & T. Kitchin's 'Large English Atlas'.
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* British Topography. A good collection of approximately ninety views, mostly 19th century, engravings and lithographs including Arnout (Jules). Windsor Bridge and Castle, published Lemercier Paris, E. Gambert & Co. London & Emile Sentz, New York, circa 1850, lithograph with bright contemporary hand colouring, title repeated in French, slight mount staining, 320 x 440 mm, together with Knott (F., publisher). Nelson's Crescent and Royal Harbour Ramsgate [and] Wellington Crescent and Sands Ramsgate, printed by J. Newman and Co., circa 1850, a pair of hand-coloured lithographs, some mount staining and dust soiling each approximately 250 x 360 mm, with Hamble (Joseph R.). The Ruins of Byland Abbey Yorkshire, J. Deely, March 16th, 1812, aquatint with contemporary hand colouring, one marginal closed tear affecting image, 405 x 515 mm, plus Salter (J.). Torquay from Park Hill [and] Hesketh Crescent Torquay, circa 1840, pair of hand-coloured lithographs, slight spotting and toning, each approximately 270 x 400 mm, and Arnout (Jules). Greenwich Hospital near London, Lemercier, Paris, circa 1860, uncoloured lithograph, title repeated in French, slight dust soiling, 300 x 440 mm, with others similar, various sizes and conditionQty: (approx. 90)
* Harris (John). The First Steeple Chase on Record, plates 1 - 4, Ipswich, the Watering-place behind the Barracks, The Large Field near Biles's Corner, The Last Field near Nacton Heath [and] Nacton Church and Village, R. Ackermann, March 1st 1839, set of four aquatints after Henry Alken with bright contemporary hand colouring, each approximately, 335 x 405 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed, Vicars Brothers Ltd, Old Bond Street, Gallery label to versoQty: (4)NOTESA rare example of the first issue of this famous set, with the R. Ackermann publisher's imprint.
* Prints & engravings. A mixed collection of approximately 350 prints, mostly 17th - 19th century, etchings, engravings and lithographs of genre scenes, portraits, classical, religion, historical, British & foreign topographical views, natural history and 'Hogarth', including examples by or after Bartolozzi, Tomkins, Jukes, Edy, J. R. Smith, T. G. Dutton, R. Strange and T. Cook, various sizes and conditionQty: (approx.350)
* Railways. A collection of 54 prints and engravings, 19th century, engravings and lithographs of trains, railway buildings, cuttings and viaducts, including Oesterlein (A. lithographer). Crumlin Viaduct in Süd-Wales, circa 1860, tint stone lithograph after R. Baumeister, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, 350 x 550 mm, together with Ingrey & Madeley (lithographers). The Railway at Cheshunt in Hertfordshire; Invented by Henry R. Palmer, Civil-Engineer, circa 1850, hand-coloured lithograph narrow margins, laid on later paper, 125 x 280 mm, mounted, with Hake (W. after). The Opening of the Bristol and Exeter Railway as seen from Exwick Hill, circa 1844, hand coloured lithograph, narrow margins, 180 x 245 mm, mounted, with another uncoloured example, plus Davy (Henry). The Eastern Union Terminus, St Mary Stoke, Ipswich, Suffolk. This Railway was opened by the Directors on Thursday, June 11, 1846, uncoloured etching, some creasing and spotting, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, 180 x 260 mm, mounted, and Fordyce (W. publisher). Old Locomotive Engine, Constructed by the Late George Stephenson for Killingworth Colliery, circa 1860, uncoloured engraving, 200 x 260 mm, mounted, with Bourne (J. C.). Avon and Railway, Fox's Wood, printed C. F. Cheffins, circa 1850, hand coloured lithograph, small margins, 185 x 305 mm, plus others similar, various sizes and conditionQty: (54)
![[Mayer, Luigi]. A Selection of the Most Interesting of Sir Robert Ainslie's Celebrated Collection of Views in Turkey in Europ](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c48d82bc-ed62-44d5-8378-ac9400f91885/39b72139-6cfe-4047-9d06-ac95011f63c5/468x382.jpg)
[Mayer, Luigi]. A Selection of the Most Interesting of Sir Robert Ainslie's Celebrated Collection of Views in Turkey in Europe, and in Asia; Syria, Sicily, The Eolian Islands; Temple of Diana, at Ephesus; Jupiter Ammon, in Libya, London: for R. Bowyer by T. Bensley, 1811, title-page, list of plates, 24 hand-colour aquatint plates (dated 1809-10, watermarked J. Whatman 1809), one double-page ('View of Constantinople), bound with: ibid. A Selection of the Most Interesting of Robert Ainslie's Celebrated Collection of Views in Egypt, Asia Minor, etc. etc., London: for R. Bowyer, by T. Bensley, 1812, title-page, list of plates, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates (dated 1802; watermarked J Whatman 1809), ibid. Views in Palestine, from Drawings in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, Bart., London: by T. Bensley, for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 1812, title-page, 8 hand-coloured aquatint plates (2 dated 1803, the rest undated; all watermarked J Whatman 1809), 3 works in 1 volume, modern half calf, gilt morocco label to front board, large folio (47 x 31.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAtabey 790 (first two items); cf. Blackmer 1099n (Views in Palestine). A sammelband of three separately-published selections from Mayer's Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire (1801-4; see Abbey Travel 369), with bright plates. This is the first issue of A Selection ... of Views in Turkey; A Selection ... of Views in Egypt first appeared in 1811. 'The plates in these selections are not re-engravings, but plates available from the stock originally printed for Bowyer, with new title-pages. These appear to be the earliest selections of Mayer's plates from the Ottoman dominions' (Atabey).
![* Sandwich Islands. Hayter (John), Tamehameha 2nd, His Majesty the King of the Sandwich Islands [and] Tamehamalu, Her Majesty](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c48d82bc-ed62-44d5-8378-ac9400f91885/5b594ef2-ad5b-4a95-853d-ac95011fd440/468x382.jpg)
* Sandwich Islands. Hayter (John), Tamehameha 2nd, His Majesty the King of the Sandwich Islands [and] Tamehamalu, Her Majesty the Queen of the Sandwich Islands, printed by Charles Hullmandel, published R. Ackermann, June 1824, a pair of uncoloured lithographs, trimmed and laid on near-contemporary paper, each approximately 320 x 215 mm, together with Gear (J. W.). Their Majesties King Rheo Rhio, Queen Kamehameha, Dame Poki of the Sandwich Islands and Suite, as they appeared at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, printed Charles Hullmandel, published by the artist, June 4th 1824, uncoloured lithograph, trimmed and laid on near-contemporary paper, 285 x 315 mmQty: (3)NOTESThe King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands - the modern-day Hawaiian Islands - visited England in 1824, hoping to meet King George IV to ask that the islands be placed under the protection of the British Crown. The trip cost them their lives. The British press was fascinated by the royal party and although regarding them as 'exotic savages', avidly reported their visits to the theatre, the opera and exhibitions. Sadly both the King and Queen contracted measles - a disease they would never have been exposed to - and the queen died on July 8, 1824, at the age of 22, with the King dying a few days later on July 14, 1824, at the age of 27. King George would eventually grant an audience with the remaining members of the party and promised the Sandwich Islands protection against foreign aggression. On September 29, the frigate, HMS Blonde, left Portsmouth carrying the Sandwich Islanders and the remains of their late King and Queen back to their island home.
* Sporting prints. A collection of 26 prints, 17th - 19th century, including Barlow (Francis). Coursing Fallow Deer, Hare Hunting, Feasant (sic) Hawking, Partridge Hawking, River Fishing [and] Cony Catching, circa 1671, six uncoloured etchings after Barlow with one attributed to W. Hollar, tipped on to an old album page in three pairs, each approximately 170 x 230 mm, together with Jones (W. D., publisher). Eight humorous sporting prints, 1813, aquatints with contemporary hand colouring, tipped on to old album pages in pairs, each toned overall, each approximately 145 x 210 mm, with Alken (S.). Unkennelling, Hare Hunting, Rat Hunting, Ferreting Rabbits, The Marquis of Salisbury and the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Harfield Hunt..., Stag at Bay, The Surrey Hunt, Col. Berkley..., of the Berkeley Hunt, Otter Hunting, Duck Hunting, Cock Fighting (Setting to) & Drawing a Badger, Sherwood, Jones & Co. 1823, twelve aquatints by P. Roberts, T. Sutherland, and J. Gelndah, all with contemporary hand colouring, tipped on to old album pages in pairs, each approximately 130 x 210 mm, plus Staines (F. W.). The Harriet Schooner R. Y. S. John Beardmore Esq., A. Hinton, Portsmouth, Ackermann & Co., circa 1850, tint stone lithograph, the title on either side of the coat of arms of John Beardmore, slight spotting, 340 x 430 mm, together with another approximately 100 excised album pages, many with multiple images to a sheet of sporting scenes, juvenalia, topography and genre scenes, various sizes and conditionQty: (approx. 125)
* Topographical views. A mixed collection of British & foreign views, mostly 19th century, engravings, aquatints and lithographs of British and foreign topographical views, several with multiple images on old album leaves, mostly with images to verso and recto, including Fielding (T.). Llangollen Vale, T. Clay, 1820, aquatint after G. F. Robson with bright contemporary hand colouring, 190 x 280 mm, together with Price (T. A.). London from Somerset House, looking East, J & W Robins circa 1860, uncoloured engraving after T. Allom, some dust soiling, trimmed inside late mark and laid on contemporary paper, 221 x 405 mm, with Newman (J., lithographer). Bournemouth from the West Cliffs [and] Bournemouth from the Valley, R. Sydenham, Poole & Bournemouth, circa 1870, pair of hand-coloured lithographs, slight staining, each 200 x 295 mm, laid on later card, mounted, with several uncoloured engravings after J. M. W. Turner and Jügel (C.). Views in Germany and Switzerland, circa 1860, aquatints with contemporary hand colouring, each approximately 90 x 115 mm, with others similar, various sizes and conditionQty: (approx. 165)
* Ballooning. A collection of 21 prints and engravings, mostly 19th century, aquatints, etching, engravings and lithographs, including Bonnington (R.). The Ascent of Mr Sadler the Celebrated British Aeronaut at Nottingham November 1st 1813, published by R. Bonnington, Nottingham, Jany. 17th, 1814, aquatint with contemporary hand colouring, 405 x 260 mm, together with Alvey (F. lithographer). The Vauxhall Royal Balloon, Formed of 2000 yards of silk and capable of ascending with Twenty Eight Persons, beside ballast and Apparatus..., First Ascent with 9 Persons made from Vauxhall September 9th 1836, William Spooner, circa 1836, uncoloured lithograph, upper right corner torn and repaired but not affecting image, one repaired marginal closed tear, slight dust soiling, 285 x 230 mm, with Lake (W. lithographer). The Ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon from Vauxhall with the Parachute attached [and] The Fatal descent of the Parachute by which Mr Cocking lost his life. The Sketch taken by an Eye-witness, William Follit, Leicester Square & Reeves & Sons Cheapside, circa 1835, two hand-coloured lithographs on one sheet (as published), slight toning and dust soiling, 250 x 335 mm, plus Cauci (P. lithographer). A View in the Neighbourhood of Sevenoaks, selected by Mr T. R. Joliffe and Professor Cornillot for the scene of their first aerial ascent..., circa 1825, tint stone lithograph, some old tape and adhesion scarring to lower margin, not affecting title or image, very slight spotting to margins, 190 x 215 mm, and Murray (J. publisher). The ascent of Mr Sadler and Captn. Paget from Hackney, 12thg August 1811 from a drawing taken on the spot, August 19th [1811], uncoloured etching, 255 x 170 mm, with Pollard (R.). The Natives of Tornea Lapmark assembled at Enontekis to witness the launching of the first Balloon within the Arctic Circle, T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1819, uncoloured engraving after E. D. Clarke, 160 x 210 mm, plus Senell (J. publisher). View of the Ascent of Mr Lunardi's Celebrated Air Balloon from the Artillery Ground, Sept. 15th 1784, The European Magazine, Oct. 1784, uncoloured engraving, 230 x 170 mm, with others similar, various sizes and conditionQty: (21)
* Brighton. Sutherland (Thomas), Brighton, England's Favourite Watering Place, circa 1825, uncoloured aquatint after George Atkinson, inset portrait of George IV and his brother the Duke of York, trimmed with loss of publication line, 300 x 450 mm, together with Nibbs (R. H.). The Chain Pier Brighton (from the Sea), W. Lane, Brighton, circa 1860, coloured lithograph, margins frayed and trimmed, 265 x 340 mm, with Grant (W. publisher). Panoramic View of Brighton East, No. 1, published Brighton, circa 1870, tint stone lithograph some staining and dust soiling to margins, 190 x 335 mm, plus Leppard (W. publisher). Brighton Town Hall and Market, circa 1825, hand-coloured aquatint, margins soiled and a little creased, 210 x 280 mm, and Bruce (J.). To Captn. S. Brown R.N. This plate representing the Entrance of the Chain Pier at Brighton is with permission respectfully dedicated..., circa 1830, aquatint with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to neat line and laid on later paper, 265 x 395 mm, framed and glazed, with two others similarQty: (7)
* Bury (Thomas Talbot). Seven plates from 'Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, R. Ackermann, circa 1831 - 33, aquatints with contemporary hand colouring, slight spotting, each approximately 250 x 300 mm, mountedQty: (7)NOTESThe plates consist of:- Taking in Water at Parkside (The Station where Mr Huskison fell), Entrance into Manchester across Water Street, View of the Railway across Chat Moss, Viaduct across the Sankey Valley, Excavation of Olive Mount 4 miles from Liverpool, Coaches &c. employed on the Railway [and] Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill Liverpool
* Crystal Palace. Brannon (Philip & Carrick, R.), [The Park and the Crystal Palace presenting a complete series of exterior views], printed by Day & Son, published Ackermann & Co, June 9th 1851, six tint stone lithographs, one with repaired marginal closed tears, each approximately 345 x 495 mmQty: (6)NOTESAbbey Scenery 244. Abbey calls for a title and four plates. This disbound collection lacks the title but has two additional plates not called for by Abbey. 'View from above the Bridge' and 'View from the North Bank of the Serpentine'. The other four titles are - View from Kensington Gardens Looking down the Kings Road, View of the South Side from near the Princes Gate looking West, The East End [and] Looking over the Dam.
* Haghe (Louis). Galton Bridge. Erected over the new line of the Birmingham Canal at Smethwick in the County of Stafford, in the Year 1826. From a design by Thomas Telford Esqre. F.R.S.L. & E., 1826, lithograph after R. Bridgens, few repaired short closed tears to margins, diagonal crease to upper left corner, 427 x 570 mm, mounted, together with Clerk & Co (lithographers), Defford Bridge, Designed to carry the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway over the River Avon Worcestershire 1839, Span of each Arch 58 Feet, Height above Water Line 28 Feet. Captn W.S. Moorsom Engr., London: Clerk & Co., 1839, tinted lithograph after E.T. Dolby, some toning and spotting, image size 230 x 410 mm, sheet size 354 x 467 mm, mounted, with Hullmandel (Charles), Ironbridge, circa 1856, tinted lithograph after I.C. Bayliss depicting a landscape view of the village and Ironbridge over the Severn, image 208 x 292 mm, sheet size 370 x 442 mm, mountedQty: (3)NOTESThe first lithograph shows a landscaped elevation view of the road bridge over the canal, with pedestrian and carriage traffic passing across. On the canal, there are three horsedrawn barges, one a Pickford No 3, and one steered by a woman. In the distance, there is a second road bridge. When built, Galton Bridge was the longest single-span bridge over the largest man-made cutting in the world. This bridge was still in use at the start of the 21st century.
* Hanhart (M. & N., lithographers). The R. M. S. P. "Trent". Dedicated to the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company..., W. Jefferson, Southampton, circa 1860, lithograph with contemporary hand-colouring, slight marginal soiling, 335 x 445 mm, together with Dutton (T. G.). The Royal Mail Packet Boat "Her Majesty". To the Chairman & Directors of the Royal Mail Packet-Boat Company..., W. Foster, 1850, lithograph with contemporary hand-colouring, slight spotting to margins, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, 345 x 475 mm, with Seitz (publishers). The Steam-Yacht "Ross Winans" (Cigar Ship). Built at Mr Hepworth's works, Cubitt Town, Millwall from a design of the owners, Messrs. T. and W. L. Winans, Hamburg, circa 1866, chromolithograph 310 x 370 mmQty: (3)
Kuhnert (Wilhelm). Animal Portraiture. Being Fifty Studies, accompanied by a Series of Original Articles by R. Lydekker, 1st edition, London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1912, 50 colour plates (mounted), top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original dark green half morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down, refurbished, folio, together with: Burns (Robert, 1869-1941). Scots Ballads, 1st edition thus, London: Seeley Service & Co Limited, [1939], printed on japon, [160] pp., text and illustrations wood-engraved throughout, the text in gothic script with celtic-style decorative intials, full-page Art Nouveau-style illustrations throughout, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original linen-backed boards, folio, number 28 of 320 copies, Galletly (Alexander). Ancient Towers and Doorways. Being Pictorial Representations and Restorations of Masoncraft relating to Celtic and Norman Ecclesiology in Scotland. From Pen Drawings by the late Alexander Galletly ... With Appreciation and Descriptive Letterpress by Andrew Taylor, 1st edition, London: David Nutt, 1896, original cloth, folio, number 253 of 300 copies, this copy apparently initialled by the author, Ruskin (John). Studies in Both Arts: being Ten Subjects Drawn and Described, 1st edition, Orpington: George Allen, 1895, 10 plates (photogravures or colour lithographs, original buff cloth decorated in blue, folio, Jekyll (Gertrude, & Christopher Hussey). Garden Ornament, 2nd edition, London: Country Life, 1927, halftone photographic illustrations throughout, faint marginal damp-staining to early leaves, original green cloth, folio, Bossert (Helmuth Theodor). Ornament. Two Thousand Decorative Motifs in Colour, forming a Survey of the Applied Art of All Ages and All Countries, 1st edition, London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1924, 120 colour plates, original cloth, dust jacket (repaired), folio, and 8 similar art-related foliosQty: (14)
Pozzo (Andrea). Rules and Examples of Perspective proper for Painters and Architects, etc. In English and Latin: Containing a most easie and expeditious method to Delineate in Perspective all Designs relating to Architecture, after a new manner ... by that great master thereof, Andrea Pozzo ... Engraven in 105 ample folio plates, and adorn'd with 200 initial letters to the explanatory discourses: printed from copper-plates ... by John Sturt. Done into English from the original printed at Rome 1693 in Lat. and Ital. by Mr. John James of Greenwich, London: Printed for J. Senex and R. Gosling, W. Innys, J. Osborn and T. Longman , circa 1725, engraved frontispiece & engraved general title (both neatly repaired to blank margins, general title with contemporary signature Geo. Pepys to upper blank margin), with additional engraved title 'Perspectiva Pictorum et Architectorum' present, 102 engraved plates (including two plates numbered 53, A & B, plus a duplicate of plate 100 bound at rear), engraved ornamental initials to leaves of text, short closed tear to lower blank margin of plate 39, lacking final leaf of index at rear, occasional minor dampstains to lower corners, light toning and spotting, modern professional half calf, marbled sides, folio (39.1 x 25 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHarris 704; Fowler 252 note. The second English Edition of the most important book on perspective of the late baroque period. It is a translation by John James of the 1693 Roman edition, Part I, but without the folding plate of the ceiling of St. Ignatius Church, which first appeared in the 1702 Roman edition of Part I. The descriptive text, printed on both sides of the leaves is in Latin and English, in italic and roman type respectively. The plates are reversed from those of the Italian edition and pl. LIIIA is the "Figura Ultima" and LIIIB is pl. LIII of the 1702 edition. This edition is ornamented with 200 initials engraved by John Sturt.
![[Gilbert, Thomas]. [Thr?nod?]: or, Englands Passing-Bell, London: Printed in the Year 1679, [4], 24 pp., first word of title](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c48d82bc-ed62-44d5-8378-ac9400f91885/dc8dd183-2aa2-4d16-b443-acb001076938/468x382.jpg)
[Gilbert, Thomas]. [Thr?nod?]: or, Englands Passing-Bell, London: Printed in the Year 1679, [4], 24 pp., first word of title in Greek characters, light dampstaining at head, toning and marginal spotting, late 19th/20th century morocco-backed marbled boards, slim 4to, together with: [Hoadly, Benjamin], The Fears and Sentiments of all True Britains; With respect to National Credit, Interest and Religion, London: Printed and sold by A. Baldwin, 1710, 16 pp., late 19th/20th century half morocco, marbled boards, slim 8vo, Charles I, King Charles’s speech in the House of Lords, May the first, 1641. Before he past the Bill of attainder against the Earl of Strafford. With some other curious pieces..., London: R. Burleigh, 1715, 14, 9-16 pp., extra-illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles I and plate of the Earl of Strafford, late 19th/20th century half morocco, marbled boards, slim 8voQty: (3)NOTES(Gilbert) - Wing G723; ESTC R30410.
Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldry ... The sixth edition. Improv'd with large additions of many hundred coats of arms, under their respective bearings..., London: printed by T.W. for R. & J. Bonwicke, R. Wilkin, J. Walthoe & Tho. Ward, 1724, title in red & black, 64 engraved plates comprising 17 portrait plates and 47 armorial plates (fore-edge blank margin of one portrait repaired, 46 armorial plates neatly hand-coloured), without frontispiece, woodcut armorials to text (some hand-coloured), some light dampstaining to upper margins and lower outer corners, later endpapers with armorial bookplate of J. Twemlow of Hatherton, Cheshire to front pastedown, contemporary calf, old reback with gilt decorated spine, upper board detached (with title & two following leaves of text attached), lower joint cracked, light wear to extremities, folioQty: (1)
Scottish Parliament. The Statutes at Large Concerning Elections of Members of Parliament for Scotland; containing a complete Collection of all the Acts now in Force, which relate thereto, continued to the end of the last session of Parliament, 1743, Edinburgh: printed by Richard Watkins ... sold by A. Kincaid, 1744, volume interleaved with blanks containing detailed contemporary notes, occasional marginalia in the same hand, some light dust-soiling, contemporary calf, joints splitting and spine worn, large 12mo in 6s, together with: Pigott (Nathaniel), A Treatise of Common Recoveries, their Nature and Use. To which is added, the case of Page and Hayward ... and also a case between the late Earl of Derby and the coheirs of his elder brother..., Dublin: printed by S. Powell for Sarah Cotter, Bookseller, under Dick's Coffee-House, Skinner-Row, 1753, light damp mottling to margins, contemporary calf (lifting to rear turn-ins), upper joint cracked at head & foot, slight loss to title label on spine, 8vo, Ambler (Charles), Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, with some few in other courts, Dublin: Chamberlaine and Rice, E. Lynch, L. White, et al., 1790, early ownership signature of John Williams to title, contemporary calf, spine lacking title label, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, Comyns (John & Mac Nally, Leonard), Reports of Cases argued and adjudged in the Courts of King's-Bench, Common-Pleas and Exchequer..., 2nd edition, Dublin: James Moore, 1791, first & last leaves browned to margins, contemporary calf, joints cracked, title label to spine worn with loss, 8vo, Hale (Matthew). Historia Placitorum Coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown, 2 volumes, In the Savoy [London]: F. Gyles, T. Woodward & C. Davis, 1736, occasional light damp mottling and spotting, contemporary calf, red morocco title labels to spine of each, green morocco volume number label to volume 1 only, rubbed and light wear, folio, Yelverton (Henry), The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton ... Late one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, 3rd edition, In the Savoy [London]: William Feales, John Brindley, et al., 1735, title with contemporary signature of John Williams Attorney Carmarthen, armorial bookplate of Thomas Kymer to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, title label deficient, joints cracked and some wear, folio, Swinburne (Henry), A Treatise of Testaments and Last Wills, 5th edition, In the Savoy [London]: printed by E. & R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer), 1728, half-title, contemporary signature of John Williams Attorney Carmarthen to title, contemporary calf, lacking title label, upper joint split and later a little torn, folio, Jura ecclesiastica: or, the Present Practice in Ecclesiastical Courts ... Collected from the best authorities, and interspersed with various new cases. By a Barrister of the Middle Temple, 2 volumes, In the Savoy [London]: printed by Henry Lintot (Assignee of Edward Sayer) for T. Waller, 1749, contemporary calf, morocco title label to volume 1 only, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, and several others, similar 18th-century law reference, 8vo and folioQty: (28)
![Machiavelli (Niccolo). The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originaIly [sic]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c48d82bc-ed62-44d5-8378-ac9400f91885/cec08cd3-6aa4-4f69-a77c-acb4011408d0/468x382.jpg)
Machiavelli (Niccolo). The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originaIly [sic] in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully translated into English, London: R. Clavel, C. Harper, J. Amery, J. Robinson, A. and J. Churchil, 1695, closed tear to title repaired and lined to verso, with right-hand of upper margin excised and early signature, one leaf of table frayed and dust-soiled to margins, contemporary blind panelled calf, boards detached with remnants of old repairs at spine edges, worn, small folioQty: (1)NOTESWing M131; ESTC R17207.
Willan (Leonard). Astræa, or, True Love’s Myrrour. A Pastoral, 1st edition, London: printed by R. White, for Henry Cripps, 1651, [16], 128pp., engraved portrait frontispiece (A1, trimmed and lined to verso), ink sketch to title, toning and occasional spotting, early 19th century calf, joints cracked and light wear at head & foot of spine, 8voQty: (1)NOTESWing W2262; ESTC R6521; Greg, II, 695. The portrait frontispiece occurs in two different versions: verse below portrait begins "Inscriptions are but epitaphs" or (as in this case) "Glorious inscriptions (art’s ornaments)".
Witchcraft. - Hutchinson (Francis). An Historical Essay concerning Witchcraft. With Observation upon Matters of Fact; tending to clear the Texts of the Sacred Scriptures, and confute the vulgar Errors about that Point. And also Two Sermons: One in Proof of the Christian Religion; The other concerning the Good and Evil Angels, 1st edition, London: R. Knaplock & D. Midwinter, 1718, half-title present, advertisement leaf at rear, without front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, upper joint slightly cracked, extremities a little rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESHowes H848; Sabin 34063. Hutchinson's work ... helped to debunk much of the superstition over diabolical witchcraft. The author, an Anglican cleric, was a powerful advocate for "the miserable creatures [who] have been hang'd or burnt as witches and wizzards." Of note is chapter 5 which is devoted to the witchcraft trials in New England, which resulted in nineteen hangings, and an attack on Cotton Mather.
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Accum (Friedrich Christian). A Practical Treatise on Gas-Light, 1st edition, London: For R. Ackermann, 1815, pp. [2] iii [1] v [1] 186, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates (2 folding), offsetting, occasional pencilled marginalia, section excised from text-leaf I4 to loss of several letters either side, contemporary tan half calf, wear to headcap and tips, 8vo (23.4 x 14 cm), together with: Francis (Grant). The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District, from the Time of Elizabeth to the Present Day. Not published, 1st edition, Swansea: at the Cambrian Office, 1867, pp. [2] viii 126, half-title, oval albumen print frontispiece, some spotting, contemporary half roan, worn, 8vo (21.8 x 13.4 cm), one of 50 copies only, Straith (Hector). A Treatise on Fortification, 2 volumes (text and atlas), 1st edition, Croydon: William Annan, 1833, 20 double-page lithographic plates to atlas volume (collation unknown; spotted, a few marginal nicks repaired verso), text-volume with bookplate of Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785-1856) dated 1853, contemporary non-uniform half calf, worn, 8vo (21.5 x 13.2 cm), and 4to (33 x 24.4 cm), and 1 otherQty: (5)
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[Craig, William Marshall]. Description of the Plates, representing the Itinerant Traders of London in their Ordinary Costume; with Notices of the Remarkable Places given in the Background, 1st edition, [London: Richard Phillips, 1804], letterpress title-page, 31 hand-coloured etched plates each with leaf of descriptive text, text watermarked 1803, plates watermarked 'John Hall 1805' and with Phillips's imprint removed, text-leaves browned and with offsetting from plates, all edges gilt, modern red half morocco, 4to (25.4 x 19.8 cm), together with: Montgomery (James, James Grahame, & E. Benger). Poems on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 1st edition, London: for R. Bowyer, 1809, engraved additional title-page, 12 engraved plates including 3 portraits, a few plates spotted or with marginal damp-staining, 20th-century half calf, sunned, 4to (27.5 x 20.8 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESAbbey Life 271 (Craig); Sabin 50145 (Montgomery et al.). Craig's work was issued as a supplement to Richard Phillips's Modern London (1804); this copy belongs to a subsequent issue of c.1805, with Phillips's imprint removed from the plates.
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* [Australia & Indonesia]. Sketches of Tasmania, Torres Strait and Bali Strait by W. H. Rotheram, Royal Engineers, 1886, 23 pen-and-ink sketches on 7 sheets of thick wove paper (rectos only), initialled, captioned and numbered throughout, Rotheram's addressed ownership inscription (Kilbride, Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland) to versos, 4 of the sheets with manuscript commentary by Rotheram on separate sheet of laid paper pasted to verso (one containing a sketch map of the Torres Strait), edges nicked and finger-soiled, 40 x 28 cmQty: (7)NOTESProvenance: John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller; acquired by him from Douglass C. Fonda, jr., of Mountshannon, County Clare, Ireland, in 1983 (related correspondence included in the lot). Walter Henry Rotheram, apparently at this stage a junior officer in the Royal Engineers, had by the time of the Great War reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel; his name is often misspelt Rotherham. All the sketches are coastal views. Two of the sheets are captioned 'Sketches in Tasmania 1886' and contain six views in total, including 'Hobart from Quay', 'Yacht Race, Hobart Harbour', and 'On the R. Derwent, Tasmania'. Two further sheets are captioned 'Proposed Naval Coaling Station in Torres Straits' and 'Sketches of Torres Straits & Vicinity', and contain three and six views respectively. The final three sheets contain eight views of the Bali Strait, including Madura Island and Cape Sedano, of which two are larger panoramas.
The Lady's Companion. Containing Upwards of Three Thousand different Receipts in every Kind of Cookery: and Those the best and most fashionable; Being Four Times the Quantity of any Book of this Sort..., To Which is Added, Bills of Fare for every Month in the Year..., 2 volumes, 6th edition, London: J. Hodges & R. Baldwin, 1753, engraved frontispiece bound at front of volume 2 (light mark to upper right corner, lacking volume 2 title page), 15 engraved illustrations printed on both sides to four folding plates (some fore-edges slightly frayed), 10 woodcut illustrations to text, some stitching strained in both volumes, final leaves of volume 2 with small worm trail to lower blank margins, volume 1 front pastedown with early ownership 'H.M. Vavasour, Melbourne Hall' and volume 2 with bookplate of Sir Henry Vavasour Bart., contemporary calf, rebacked, retaining previous spine labels, 12mo, together with: Farley (John), The London Art of Cookery, and Housekeeper's Complete Assistant, on a New Plan, Made Plain and Easy to the Understanding of Every Housekeeper, Cook, and Servant in the Kingdom..., 1st edition, London: John Fielding, J. Scatcherd & J. Whitaker, 1783, engraved portrait frontispiece, 12 engraved plates of bills of fare, scattered spotting, contemporary sheep, hinges split and upper board near detached, extremities worn, 8voQty: (3)NOTES(Lady's Companion) - Cagle 806; Bitting p.571; Axford p.244; Maclean p.150; Wheaton and Kelly 3421. Originally published under the title The Whole Duty of a Woman..., 1737. (Farley) - Cagle 675; Maclean p.50; Bitting p.152.
Folio Society. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations, 3 volumes, by Adam Smith, 2008, slipcase partially detached to head, The Middle Sea, A History of the Mediterranean, by John Julius Norwich, 2 volumes, 2010, The Surgeon of Crowthorne..., by Simon Winchester, 2014, Scotts' Last Expedition, the Journals of Captain R. F. Scott, 2009, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900, by Andrew Roberts, 2006, together with 55 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all history & reference, all original cloth in slipcases, some 'as new' in original plastic wrap, G/VG, 8voQty: (63)
Thomas (R. S.). The Bread of Truth, 1st edition, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963, minor water stain to bottom corners, minor tear to head of dust jacket spine, H'm 1st edition, MacMillan, 1972, Laboratories of the Spirit, 1st edition, MacMillan, 1975, Frequencies, 1st edition, MacMillan, 1978, Between Here and Now, 1st edition, MacMillan, 1981, all original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Lowell (Robert), Poems 1938-1949, 1st edition, Faber and Faber, 1950, minor tear to the head of dust jacket spine, For the Union Dead, 1st edition, Faber and Faber, 1965, minor tears to head & foot of covers, For Lizzie and Harriet, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1973, Day by Day, 1st U.K. edition, Faber and Faber, 1978, all original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Elytis (Odysseues), The Axion Esti, Anvil Press Poetry, 1980, original cloth in dust jacket with 'Nobel Prize for Literature 1979' wrap-around, covers slightly toned, 8vo, plus other modern poetry, including Paul Muldoon, Derek Mahon, Conor Cruise O'Brien, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQty: (3 shelves)NOTESApproximately 200 volumes
Bindings. The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare, 8 volumes, edited by Charles Knight, Charles Knight and Co., circa 1846, numerous black & white illustrations, bookplates to front pastedown, some light spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half morocco bound by Milker & Field, boards & spines slightly rubbed & spotted 8vo, Jorrocks Novels, 5 volumes, by R. S. Surtees, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., circa 1890s, colour & black & white illustrations, contemporary uniform gilt decorated red half calf, spines faded & lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds, by Richard Owen, John Van Voorst, 1846, black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some light toning, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed with minor loss, 8vo together with 53 further volumes of 19th century literature & reference, including Manners and Customs of The Ancient Egyptians,..., 3 volumes, by J. G. Wilkinson, John Murray, 1837, all leather bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )NOTES67 volumes
Law. A large collection of law reference, 17th-19th century, including: 1) March (John). Reports: or, New Cases; with Divers Resolutions and Judgements given upon solemn Arguments and with Great Deliberation. And The Reasons and Causes of the said Resolutions and Judgements, 1st edition, London: by M. F. for W. Lee [and others], 1648, contemporary quarter vellum, marbled paper sides (almost entirely worn away), 4to, 2) Clift (Henry, editor). A New Book of Declarations, Pleadings, Verdicts, Judgments, and Judicial Writs, 2nd edition, London: by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins, for Jane Wotton [and others], 1719, contemporary engraved bookplate (H. B. Lacey, with motto 'nil sine pace viget'), contemporary calf, joints cracked, leather worn and lifting in places, folio, 3) Comberbach (Roger, editor). The Report of Several Cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; form the First Year of King James the Second, to the tenth Year of King William the Third, 1st edition, London: by E. and R. Nutt for J. Walthoe, 1724, contemporary half calf, marbled sides, folio, 4) Buller (Sir Francis). An Introduction to the Law relative to Trials at Nisi Prius, 2nd edition, London: by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, for C. Bathurst, 1725, contemporary calf, leather worn and lifting in places, 4to, 5) [Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey]. The Law of Evidence, 2nd edition ('corrected'), London: by Catherine Lintot for W. Owen, 1760, contemporary half sheep, joints cracked, tips worn, 8vo, and numerous similar (including many odd volumes and incomplete sets), the lot not collated and sold as seenQty: (6 shelves & a carton)NOTESProvenance: salvaged from a former solicitor's office in Carmarthenshire, Wales. ESTC R6440 (March), T126604 (Clift: six copies in UK libraries), N37080 (Comberbach), T110947 (Buller), T129615 (Gilbert). This 'second edition' of Clift's work is described by ESTC as a re-issue of the first edition, which appeared in 1703.
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Franklin (R. W. [editor]). The Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson, 2 volumes, The Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, Massachusetts, 1981, numerous black & white facsimile, publishers original cloth in slipcase, 8vo, together with; Vervliet (Hendrik D. L.), French Renaissance Printing Types, a conspectus, Oak Knoll Press, Delaware, 2010, numerous facsimile of type examples, publishers original blue cloth, large 8vo, and The Coulthurst Trust, A Catalogue of the Petyt Library at Skipton, Yorkshire, 1964, some minor toning, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated black full morocco in slipcase, spine lightly rubbed, slipcase marked, 4to, plus other early 20th century & modern bibliography & map reference, including publications by Oxford, H.M.S.O., Yale, Chicago, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)
Foster (R. F.). W. B. Yeats, A Life, 2 volumes, 1st editions, Oxford University Press, 1997-2003, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Bayley (John), Pushkin, A Comparative Commentary, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1971, ex-libris blind stamp to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head with a minor to the head of the front cover, 8vo, and Sisson (C. H.), The Avoidance of Literature, 1st edition, Carcanet, Manchester, 1978, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other modern literary biographies & related, including Hope Against Hope, Hope Abandoned, 2 volumes, by Nadezhda Mandelstam, 1st English language editions, Harvill Press, 1971-74, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves)
Herbert (George). The English Poems of George Herbert, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 2007, 6 black & white illustrations, publishers original boards, 8vo, together with; Larkin (Philip), The Complete Poems, 1st edition, Faber and Faber, 2012, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Thomas (R. S.), Collected Poems 1945-1990, reprinted edition, J. M. Dent, 1996, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 8vo, plus Rosenberg (Issac), The Collected Works of Issac Rosenberg,..., 1st edition, Chatto and Windus, 1979, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern poetry, including James Joyce, W. B. Yeats, Derek Mahon, C. Day Lewis, Robert Graves, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves)
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Alighieri (Dante). The Divine Comedy, 6 volumes [Bollingen Series], 2nd printing, Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1970, publishers uniform original cloth in dust jackets, minor toning to covers, spines slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Franklin (R. W.), The Poems of Emily Dickinson, 3 volumes, Variorum Edition, The Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, Massachusetts, 1998, publishers original cloth cloth spines to blue boards in slipcase, 8vo, and Mathers (Powys), The Book of The Thousand Nights and One Night, 4 volumes, reprint edition, Bibliophile Books, 1982, publishers original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly faded & rubbed to head, 8vo, plus other modern author sets & literature, including In Search of Lost Time, 6 volumes, by Marcel Proust, Chatto & Windus, 1992, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves)
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Boase (T. S. R. [editor]). The Oxford History of English Art, 7 volumes (of 11), 1st editions, Oxford University Press, 1952-59, numerous black & white illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, some price-clipped, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Laver (James), French Painting and the Nineteenth Century, 1st edition, Batsford, 1937, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket designed by Barnett Freedman, covers lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot with minor tears, large 8vo, and De Tolnay (Charles), Hieronymus Bosch, 1st English edition, Methuen & Co., 1966, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, publishers original cloth in slipcase, folio, plus other art reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)
Carroll (Lewis, i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). A large collection of editions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, 19th-20th century, including: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel. Forty-Third Thousand, London: Macmillan and Co., 1874, gilt edges, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine rolled, rubbed and marked overall, 8vo, Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice Found There ... With Fifty Illustrations by John Tenniel. Twenty-Ninth Thousand, London: Macmillan & Co., 1872, gilt edges, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine worn, 8vo, Walt Disney's Story of Alice in Wonderland, with Songs from the Film, [?Los Angeles]: Walt Disney Productions, 1979, 24 pp. booklet with EP vinyl record in end-pocket as issued, original pictorial wrappers, 4to, and over 100 others, including various illustrated editions, French translations, and similar, together with assorted Alice memorabilia including a framed wall mirror incorporating a transfer-printed depiction of Alice after John Tenniel (68 x 53 cm), a board game (Spear's Games, Alice in Wonderland, 1974), Damon R. Butler, The Lewis Carroll Picture Map, 1992 (poster-size printed map, one of 126 copies signed by the artist), and similarQty: (approx. 150 volumes + 1 carton)NOTESSold as seen, not subject to return.
Evelyn (John). Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions, 4th edition, printed for Robert Scott et al, 1706, later inscription to the front endpaper, some light marks & toning, minor worming to the foot of the text block throughout, front & rear boards & endpapers detached, contemporary full calf, boards & spine rubbed with loss, large 8vo, together with; Camden (William), Britannia: or, A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent;, volume 4 only, 2nd edition, printed for John Stockdale, 1806, 9 black & white maps & 22 plates, bookplate to the front pastedown, front & rear gutters reinforced, some marks, light toning & offsetting, rebound retaining contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some loss, folio, and Turner (Daniel), De Morbis Cutaneis, A Treatise of Diseases Incident to the Skin, 5th edition, printed for R. Wilkin et al, 1736, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece, minor loss to the front endpaper & frontispiece margins, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some loss to the front board, 8vo, plus other 17th - 19th century reference & literature, including The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, printed by Robert Barker, 1639, mostly contemporary leather binding, some cloth, overall condition is good, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)
Ibn Battuta. The Travels of Ibn Battuta A.D. 1325-1354. Translated with revisions and notes from the Arabic text edited by C. Defrémery and B. R. Sanguinetti by H. A. R. Gibb, 5 volumes, 1st editions, Cambridge [-London]: for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press [-The Hakluyt Society], 1958-2000, 2 photographic frontispieces (one folding), 5 folding maps, volumes 1-2 partly unopened, all volumes in original blue cloth with ship device gilt to front board, all in dust jackets, volume 1 dust-jacket price-clipped and with early overprice sticker (30/-) to front flap, volume 2 dust jacket with a few small splash-marks to spine panel, 8voQty: (5)NOTESComplete sets are uncommon.
Jack (R. Logan). The Back Blocks of China. A Narrative of Experiences among the Chinese, Sifans, Lolos, Tibetans, Shans and Kachins, between Shanghai and the Irrawadi, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1904, 16 halftone photographic plates, 2 folding maps, 16 pp. advertisements, largely unopened, original black cloth, publisher's 'file copy' label mounted to front board obscuring part of author's name and decoration, 8vo, Wallace (Harold Frank). The Big Game of Central and Western China. Being an Account of a Journey from Shanghai to London overland across the Gobi Desert, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1913, half-title, 33 halftone plates including frontispiece, 2 maps, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original orange cloth, spine slightly sunned, a few marks, 8vo, Bigham (Clive, 2nd Viscount Mersey). A Year in China, 1899-1900, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901, 37 halftone photographic plates, 4 folding maps, original red cloth, 8vo, Kemp (Emily Georgiana). Wanderings in Chinese Turkestan, 1st edition in book form, London: Wightman & Co., Ltd., 1914, 8 plates (one reinserted and with concomitant nicks to edges), original green cloth, 4to, Norman (Francis Martin). "Martello Tower" in China and the Pacific, in H.M.S. "Tribune" 1856-60, 1st edition, London: George Allen, 1902, half-title, 22 plates, 4 pp. advertisements, occasional light spotting to text, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, and 6 others, mainly Chinese travel, original cloth (not collated), including Franck, Wandering in China, 1st UK edition, 1924, Austin, A Scamper through the Far East, 1st edition, 1909, and similarQty: (11)NOTESCordier Sinica 2170 (Jack), 4043 (Wallace), 2166 (Bigham), 2373 (Norman); Czech Asia p. 221 (Wallace). Bigham's work is a presentation copy to colonial administrator Sir Henry Blake (1840-1918), inscribed 'His Excell[ency] Sir Henry Blake ... from the author' on the front free endpaper. Blake was governor of Hong Kong from 1898 to 1903.
Melville (George Wallace). In the Lena Delta. A Narrative of the Search for Lieut.-Commander DeLong and his Companions. Followed by an Account of the Greely Relief Expedition and a Proposed Method of Reaching the North Pole, 1st UK edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1885, 16 plates, 5 folding maps, bookplate (Rossall Library), original blue-grey cloth, spine toned, 8vo, together with: Peary (Robert E.). The North Pole, 1st UK edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910, numerous plates (halftones and photogravures; all present as called for), folding map, spotting to endpapers and edges, later memorial inscription to front free endpaper, original blue-green cloth gilt, slightly marked, large 8vo, Brown (R. N. Rudmose). Spitsbergen. An Account of Exploration, Hunting, the Mineral Riches and Future Potentialities of an Arctic Archipelago, 1st edition, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1920, 16 halftone plates, folding map, spotting to edges, original dark blue pictorial cloth, 8vo, ibid. A Naturalist at the Poles. The Life, Work and Voyages of Dr. W. S. Bruce the Polar Explorer, 1st edition, US issue, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1924, 24 halftone plates including frontispiece, 2 folding maps, illustrations and map in text, original dark blue pictorial cloth, 8vo, and 10 others, polar travel, original cloth (not collated), including W. G. Burn Murdoch, Modern Whaling and Bear-Hunting, 1st edition, 1917; Markham, The Great Frozen Sea, 3rd edition, 1878; Orleans, Hunters and Hunting in the Arctic, 1st edition in English, 1911, and similarQty: (14)NOTESArctic Bibliography 11239 (Melville, first edition, Boston, 1885), 13230 (Peary), 2331 (Brown, Spitsbergen), 2334 (Brown, A Naturalist, first edition, London, 1923).
Pleshcheev (Sergey Ivanovich). Survey of the Russian Empire ... Translated from the Russian, with considerable Additions, by James Smirnove, 1st edition in English, London: J. Debrett, 1792, engraved folding map (reinforced along bottom edge verso), engraved folding plate of Russian arms and uniforms (similar reinforcements verso; retrievable paper-disruption to one intersection of folds), half-title discarded, light spotting and toning, modern quarter calf to style, 8vo (21.7 x 12. 5 cm), together with: Elliott (Charles Boileau). Travels in the Three Great Empires of Austria, Russia, and Turkey, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1838, 2 tinted lithographic frontispieces, 2 engraved maps, light browning, spotting to maps and occasionally elsewhere, contemporary ownership inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary black half calf, 8vo (21 x 12.8 cm), James (John Thomas). Journal of a Tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, during the Years 1813 and 1814, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1816, 18 aquatint or etched plates, variable toning to text, a few leaves browned, plates offset, final text-leaf with tear causing loss of text, engraved bookplate (S. R. Gaussen), ink-stamps (Congregation of the Mission, London) to title-page and p. 32, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, neat restoration to covers, 4to (26.8 x 20.6 cm), Wolff (Jens). Sketches on a Tour to Copenhagen, through Norway and Sweden, 2nd edition ('with additions and corrections'), London: for Baldwyn and Co., 1816, half-title (with tear not affecting text), 9 etched plates, similar vignettes, spotting, a few damp-stains, vignettes offset, signatures T2-3 loose at head (bound by bottom cord only), paper restoration to top margins of appendix quires K-M touching headline (touching pagination in leaf M2), edges untrimmed, modern half ?sheep, 4to (25.5 x 21.5 cm), and 3 others: Michie, The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, 1st edition, 1864 (wood-engraved frontispiece, vignette title-page, 10 plates, 2 folding maps, moderate damp-staining to plates, maps and title, second map with short closed tear, advertisements discarded, modern half morocco retaining earlier gilt spine, 8vo); The Englishwoman in Russia; Impressions of the Society and Manners of the Russians at Home. By a Lady, Ten Years Resident in that Country, 1st edition, 1855 (6 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, contemporary red half calf, rebacked, 8vo); Scheffer, The History of Lapland, 2nd edition in English (expanded), 1704, (engraved folding additional title-page, folding map, 2 plates [of 3: lacking plate facing p. 304], 24 engravings in the text of which 15 full-page, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, corners restored, 8vo)Qty: (8)NOTESAbbey Travel 31 (Elliott), 16 (James); Atabey 393 (Elliott); Blackmer 541 (Elliott); ESTC T203474/T188833 (Pleshcheev).
Bath & West of England Society. Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, &c., selected from the correspondence of the Bath and West of England Society, for the encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, originally published in nine volumes, abridged in two, 2 volumes, Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, 1802, 26 engraved plates (including 2 folding printed in green ink), 5 folding tables (one torn with loss and repaired), marbled endpapers with later cloth hinges, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with: ibid., Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, & c..., volume 12 only, Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1810, one folding hand-coloured map and four folding engraved plates, scattered spotting, untrimmed, original boards, 8vo, Young (Arthur), A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales, 2nd edition, London: W. Strahan, W. Nicoll, B. Collins & J. Balfour, 1769, manuscript name to title, one folding engraved plate, F8 loose, final leaf torn at foot with loss, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, ibid., General View of the Agriculture of Lincolnshire. Drawn up by order of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, by the Secretary of the Board, 2nd edition, London: Richard Phillips, 1808, three folding hand-coloured engraved maps, 11 engraved (3 folding), edges untrimmed, original boards, joints slightly cracked, light wear, 8vo, Holt (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Lancaster..., London: G. Nicol, 1795, folding engraved map frontispiece, five engraved plates (one folding), two folding plans, edges untrimmed, modern calf-backed cloth, 8vo, Boys (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent ... Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture..., 2nd edition, London: Richard Phillips, 1805, half-title, folding hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece, two engraved plates, one folding table, edges untrimmed, modern calf-backed cloth, 8vo, and three othersQty: (10)
A PAIR OF ENGLISH EDWARDIAN CONTRA-PARTIE BOULLE PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES of plain strut back oblong form, the lacquered brass with tortoiseshell and aluminium(?) insets engraved with a phoenix armorial, motto "IVGGE", cupid standing and holding a letter "R", the top inset with a plain mother of pearl roundel, 9 1/2" x 7 1/4" (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)
Rona Swallow: "Wood Chip", lino/woodcut, signed in pencil, 31 x 29 cm, framed and glazed; Robert R Greenhalf: "The Gleaners", limited edition coloured etching, signed in pencil, 17 x 17 cm, framed and glazed; a Hogarth print; H B Thorpe: Nether Alderley Mill and a similar work, 2 artist signed limited edition prints; a selection of coloured prints, framed and glazed, other pictures and prints
A continental silver and enamel UEFA champions league trophy. A silver doughnut shaped dish with a small blue and black enamelled football in the centre. Engraved ' F.C. Internazionale Milano-Arsenal FC Milano 25 2003 Stadio G. Meazza'. Stamped to base 800, Milan assay mark, a snake and R. Miragoli E F. Diameter 14cm. Weight 178g.
David R Lee (late 19th century)A ploughing scene;A shepherd tending his flocka pair, both indistinctly signed l.l., oil on canvas31 x 41cm (2)Condition report: Ploughing: Small indent from the front into the left horse's neck collar with a little corresponding paint loss. Small indent from the reverse, lower right corner. Pin prick like holes in each corner. A little rubbing to the surface of the paint top right and lower right corner, with a few tiny flakes of paint loss, and along top edge. Seen under UV, the varnish across the whole surface fluoresces making it impossible to see any retouching. A little surface dirt. Shepherd: Seen under UV, appears to be a large area of retouching in the sky. Futher dots and dabs of retouching scattered elsewhere. Some surface dirt and a little uneveness to the canvas in the corners. A small area of thin paint in sky with canvas visible. Very slight stretcher mark at top.Both frames a little knocked and with added bronze paint.
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