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Lot 93
A collection of antique reference books specialised in Japanese art, comprising a copy of 'The Baur Collection: Japanese Prints' (2 vols), 'Japanese prints and drawings from the Vever Collection' by J Hiller (3 vols), and 'The Hotei Encyclopaedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints' (2 vols) by A R Newland (7)
Lot 2266
Superb selection of FDC signed covers. Examples as follows Edmund Hillary. R. Briars. Freddie Truman. Murray Walker. Michael Aspel. Norman Wisdom. John Hurt with over 50 signed. 6 special label sheets. Small stamp album various low values from around the world used with a selection of complete sets on cards. One Monarchs Definitive collection in folder.
Lot 10
* British Isles. Jansson (Jan & Ortelius Abraham), Insularum Britannicarum Acurata Delineatio ex Geographicis Conatibus Abrahami Ortelii, Amsterdam, 1646 [or later], an historical map engraved by Pieter van den Keere with contemporary outline colouring, large decorative cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, orientated to the west, 395 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESR. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British isles, 1477 - 1650, 575. A good dark impression.
Lot 101
Nansen (Fridtjof, 1861-1930). A signed menu card, Oct 7, 1921, single sheet menu card for 'Luncheon to Dr. Nansen, National Liberal Club, October 7, 1921, printed to one side, signed to verso 'Fridtjof Nansen, Oct. 7th 1921', two paper tabs adhered to side at verso, light toning ans minor spotting, 156 x 98 mm, together with: Bull (Jacob B.) , Fridtjof Nansen, A Book for the Young, translated from the Norwegian by the Rev. Mordaunt R. Barnard, 1st edition, London: Isbister & Co., Ltd., 1898, map frontispiece, few monochrome illustrations, scattered spotting, hinges cracked, original pictorial cloth, extremitities slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (2)
Lot 108
Playfair (R. Lambert & Gunther, Albert C.L.G.). The Fishes of Zanzibar, Acanthopterygii by... Lambert, Pharyngognathi etc. by... Gunther, 1st edition, London: John van Voorst, 1866, 21 lithographed plates by G.H. Ford or G. Smit, comprising 6 hand-coloured plates, and 15 uncoloured lithographed plates on india paper (mounted), a few plates with 1 or 2 minor spots, not touching images (except plate 1 just touching), plates 1-5 with small stain to lower blank margins, preliminary blank with authorial ink presentation inscription 'Sir H.E. Bartle Frere from the authors London 11.4.67', hinges cracked, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, extremities rubbed with a little wear, front joint partly cracked, front cover with small skinned area relaid, rear cover slightly bowed, the panelled covers with inner panel surrounded by a foliage roll flanked by fillets and dog-tooth rolls, stylised flower-spray tools to corners, the outer border comprising triple fillets, the spine gilt-panelled between gilt-decorated raised bands, gilt-lettered direct in second compartment, gilt fillet on edges, gilt floral roll on turn-ins, 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Sir Henry Edward Bartle Frere. Sold at Christie's, 8 April 2004, lot 599. Nissen ZBI 3187; Wood p.520. An important presentation copy of this rare ichthyological work. Sir Henry Bartle Frere (1815-1884) served as the first Governor of Bombay between 1862 and 1867. In the final paragraph of the preface to the present work the authors note that 'We desire to record our thanks to the Government of Bombay for the liberal measure of assistance it has accorded to this work by taking 100 copies. This has enabled us to illustrate all the most important species, and for that end to secure the valuable services of Mr. [George Henry] Ford, whose ability as a zoological artist is too well known to require notice'. The work is based on the collections formed by Playfair during the 'course of a residence of many years at Aden and Zanzibar, during which he made frequent trips to the African coast and the adjacent islands' (preface). This first edition is scarce, but a limited edition reprint of this work, with an updated introduction, was published in California in 1971.
Lot 113
* Roy (Rammohan, 1772?-1833). Autograph letter signed to Carlo Joseph Doyle (1787-1848), c.1830, single sheet of wove paper watermarked 'G. & R. Turner 1830', written on both sides, addressed to 'Colonel C. J. Doyle', signed 'Rammohun Roy', annotated at head 'Autograph of Raja Rammohun Roy', 4to (22.6 x 18.7 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: private collection, USA, assembled c.1960-80. The great Indian reformer and polymath writes to distinguished soldier C. J. Doyle about a tantalising encounter which appears otherwise unrecorded: 'I beg you will accept my warm acknowledgements for your kind remembrance of me & for your obliging offer to accompany me to the residence of Lady Byron to introduce me to her Ladyship [...]'. Roy arrived in England in 1830 as the ambassador of Mughal emperor Akbar II and died in Bristol three years later; he is today commemorated by a statue in the city. Lieutenant-Colonel (later Major-General) Charles ('Carlo') Joseph Doyle (1784-1848) was military secretary to governor-general of India the Marquess of Hastings from 1813 to 1820, and a founding member of the Royal Asiatic Society (obituary, Gentleman's Magazine, 1848, p. 347).
Lot 116
South Africa; Cape Colony. The Eastern Province Annual Directory and Almanac for 1849, forming a Hand-Book for Travellers and Visiters [sic] and a Companion for the Farm, Desk, or Counting House. Compiled by R. Godlonton, Graham's Town: printed and published by Godlonton & White, 1849, irregularly signed and paginated ( pp. ix [15] 21-38 40-132 137-214 [26]; collation unknown), folding lithographic map frontispiece, title-page in red and black, 3 lithographic plates, variable browning, spotting and finger-soiling, a few old repairs to map, contemporary quarter roan, rebacked with original spine laid down, tips worn, small 8vo (16 x 10 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESNo other copy traced; see Mendelssohn I pp. 612-13 for an edition of 1848 ('contains valuable statistical sketches of Albany, Uitenhage, Somerset, Cradoc, Graaff-Reinet, and Colesberg').
Lot 118
Stanley (Henry M.). The Congo and the Founding of its Free State: a Story of Work and Exploration, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885, 42 wood-engraved plates (including volume I frontispiece), halftone frontispiece to volume II, 1 plan in text (listed as a plate), 5 folding maps, including 2 contained in rear pockets (1 with slight wear where folds cross), numerous black & white letterpress illustrations, publisher's catalogue at end of volume II, each with armorial bookplate of Sir T. F. Buxton, volume I front free endpaper verso with additional bookplate of the same plus ink manuscript signature 'Sir T. F. Buxton 1885', original pictorial cloth gilt, crudely rebacked with original (defective) spines relaid, some marks or stains, 8vo, together with: Allen (Captain William & Thomson, T. R. H.) , A Narrative of the Expedition sent by Her Majesty's Government to the River Niger, in 1841, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1848, engraved frontispiece to each, two folding maps (each with a short closed tear), 14 engraved plates, including one folding, 6 dampstained, black & white letterpress illustrations, some light spotting, each with armorial bookplate of Sir Edward N. Buxton, Bart., that to volume I with previous tears (caused when transferred to new endpapers), that to volume II defective, modern blue-black morocco, gilt-lettered spines, 8vo, and a copy of The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido ..., by Henry Keppel, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1846, in modern clothQty: (6)NOTESProvenance: Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet of Belfield (1837-1915) was the grandson of his namesake, the 1st Baronet (1786-1845) who had founded the Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilization of Africa in 1839. Through the Society, Buxton had promoted the Niger expedition of 1841. Sir Edward North Buxton, 2nd Baronet (1812-1858) was his son.
Lot 125
Britton (John). Cathedral Antiquities. Historical and Descriptive Accounts, 5 volumes, London: M.A. Nattali, 1836, numerous engraved plates and plans, occasional scattered spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, gilt decorated spines, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, together with: ibid. , Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1830, half-title, wood engraved vignette to title, numerous engraved plates, all edges gilt, contemporary dark blue morocco by W. Strong, gilt decorated spine, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, Buckler (John C.) , Sixty Views of Endowed Grammar Schools, from Original Drawings, London: Thomas Hurst & Co., 1827, engraved frontispiece and plates, some spotting & offsetting, top edge gilt, contemporary red half morocco, gilt decorated spine, extremities rubbed, 4to, [Hawksworth, Miss J. & Prout, Samuel] , Relics of Antiquity; or, Remains of Ancient Structures, with other vestiges of early times in Great Britain [etched by Miss Hawksworth and others from drawings by S. Prout], London: W. Clarke, A. Molteno, C. Chapple, et al., 1811, numerous engraved plates, spotting and offsetting, edges untrimmed, contemporary half calf, spine and extremities rubbed, 4to Allom (Thomas, & Bartlett, W.H.) , Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated ... with Historical and Topographical Descriptions by J. Britton & E.W. Brayley, London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson, 1832, additional engraved titles, two engraved county maps, numerous engraved plates, light scattered spotting, all edges gilt, ink stamp of Dartington Hall Library Devon Collection to front free endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco, gilt decorated spine, wear to joints and extremities, 4to, and other similar British topography relatedQty: (21)
Lot 139
Viewbooks. 14 viewbooks including Devon & Cornwall, Isle of Wight, and Stratford on Avon, mid 19th century, comprising: 1. Devonshire, Exeter: H. Besley, circa 1850s, 30 engraved vignette plates, tissue guards, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, original green cloth, oblong 12mo, 2. Views in Devonshire and Cornwall, Exeter: Henry Besley, 1855, 60 engraved vignette plates, scattered spotting, bookplate of Philip Park to upper pastedown, original gilt-blocked green cloth, upper board detached and lower joint split, extremities rubbed and frayed, oblong 8vo, 3. The Isle of Wight, North and West of the Island, London: T. Nelson & Sons, circa 1860, 10 colour printed plates (2 double-page), 16pp descriptive letterpress booklet, all loosely contained in original printed wrappers, few tears, oblong 12mo, 4. Views of Exmouth, London: Rock & Co., circa 1860s, 12 engraved vignette views on six plates, original blind embossed & printed wrappers, slim 8vo, 5. Views & Scenery of Torquay, R. Gibbs, circa 1875-80, 24 engraved vignette plates by Rock & Co., original gilt & blind blocked green cloth, oblong 8vo, 6. Stratford-Upon-Avon, The Home of William Shakspeare, Pictorially Illustrated, London: Rock, Brothers, & Payne, 1864, 20 engraved vignette views on ten plates, occasional spotting, original gilt & blind blocked blue cloth, extremities slightly frayed, slim 8vo, and other Devon, Isle of Wight & Stratford on Avon viewbooks (including few duplicates)Qty: (14)
Lot 144
Balston (Richard James, and others). Notes on the Birds of Kent, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1907, collotype frontispiece, 8 hand-coloured lithographic plates by J. Smit, folding map, original cloth, 8vo, together with: Smith (Cecil). The Birds of Guernsey and the Neighbouring Islands Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; being a Small Ornithology of the Channel Islands, 1st edition, London: R. H. Porter, 1870, spotting to title-page, bookplates to front pastedown and free endpaper (Ian Richard Monins and Tom Nightingale), front inner hinge partially cracked, original cloth, rubbed, 8vo, ibid. The Birds of Somersetshire, 1st edition, London: John van Voorst, 1869, original cloth, slightly rubbed and marked, fraying to headcaps, 8vo, Phillips (E. Cambridge). The Birds of Breconshire, 1st edition in book-form, Brecon: Edwin Davies, 1899, 2 plates, toning, half-title browned, front free endpaper excised, original cloth, 8vo, Wetmore (Alex). Birds of Porto Rico, 1st edition, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1916, colour frontispiece, folding map, 8 halftone plates on 5 sheets, original front wrapper bound in (repaired, and inscribed 'With the compliments of Alexander Wetmore', contemporary quarter cloth, 8vo, Leng (Sam). Experiences and Reminiscences of a Cliff-Climber, with Description of Flamborough, Bempton and Speeton Cliffs, and the Birds that inhabit them, 1st edition, Manchester: Steel, Adams & Co., [1931], 31 pp., 4 halftone plates, wire-stitched in original pictorial wrappers, red paper backstrip, 8vo, and approximately 30 others, including 10 books (20th-century county avifaunas and other reference), and 20 pamphlets and journals (mainly numbers of Kenya Birds)Qty: (approx. 40)NOTESProvenance: The Ladwell Collection of Fine Bird Books. Mullens & Swann pp. 37 (Balston), 546 (Smith, both works), 471 (Phillips: 'one of the few exiting Welsh county avi-faunas'). Two copies of Leng's work traced in libraries (East Riding of Yorkshire Library Services, and Pacific Union College Library, California).
![Oologist. The Young Oologist [-The Oologist. For the Student of Birds, their Nests and Eggs], volumes 1-58 in 15, Gaines [-Al](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc76fda2-dd27-4642-96f7-ac3a00da939f/2d73ffaa-a4d6-43af-8f5f-ac3e00c8e23a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 158
Oologist. The Young Oologist [-The Oologist. For the Student of Birds, their Nests and Eggs], volumes 1-58 in 15, Gaines [-Albion] NY: Frank H. Lattin [-R. Magoon Barnes], 1884-1941, halftone photographic illustrations throughout, occasional plates, early numbers with caption-titles within ornamental borders and wood-engraved advertisement vignettes, volumes 1-9 with original varicoloured wrappers bound in, 20th-century blue buckram, spines lettered in gilt, 8vo (22.1 x 14.4 cm)Qty: (15)NOTESProvenance: 1) Fred J. Pierce (1902-1992), American ornithologist (bookplates; his name gilt-stamped to foot of spines). 2) The Ladwell Collection of Fine Bird Books. A rare complete run, no comparable set traced in auction records: a set containing volumes one to seven was sold in New York in 1984 (Swann), and a set of volumes one to forty-six appeared at Parke Benet in 1955. The work was originally published monthly as The Young Oologist until January 1884, when it changed its name to The Oologist and became bi-monthly. It is not the same title as The Ornithologist and Oologist (originally The Oologist ), which was published at Utica then Boston between 1885 and 1893. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
Lot 166
* Ackermann (R., publisher). View of British Steam Vessels under Weigh as Designed and Constructed by Barrondall Robt Dodd, Civil Engineer of Newcastle on Tyne, May 1st, 1817, unattributed aquatint with contemporary hand colouring, inset view of the 'Interior of the Principal cabin', 370 x 540 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS Below the title is a quotation from [Erasmus] Darwin, from The Botanic Garden (1791), Part I. 1. 289: "Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar / Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car, /Or on wide waving wings expanded bear / The flying chariot through the fields of air."/ Darwin.
Lot 171
* Covent Garden. Bluck (John), A Birds Eye View of Covent Garden taken from the Hummums. R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1st. Jany. 1811, aquatint after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, with contemporary hand colouring, some overall fading, title and letters detached and skillfully conjoined, 410 x 500 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A view of a bustling Covent Garden. The Hummums in the title is a bathhouse or brothel. The building eventually became a hotel but retained its title.
Lot 174
* Bristol. Fagan (J. lithographer), Suspension Bridge over the Avon at Clifton. Published by the Authority of the Directors of the Bridge Company. John Hawkshaw Esqre. & W. H. Barlow Esqre. F. R. S. Engineers. Messrs. Cochrane & Compy. Dudley Contractors, published James Bolton, Hotwell House at the Foot of St. Vincents Rocks, printed Day & Son, circa 1865, colour printed lithograph, with the dimensions and a list of the directors in the lower margin below image, 370 x 480 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A rare print probably published for distribution to the engineering firm's directors.
Lot 175
* Bristol. Groom (R. S., lithographer of Wilkinson & Co.), Clifton Suspension Bridge over the River Avon, Jones & Co. Drapers, Silk Merchants &c, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 & 63 Wine Street Bristol, circa 1865, lithograph with contemporary hand colouring, details and dimensions of the bridge printed either side of the title, two repaired closed tears affecting image, very slight spotting, laid on later thick paper, 460 x 570 mmQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS Probably published by Jones & Co. as a promotional piece and priced at one shilling. The price is repeated in Welsh below the title.
Lot 179
* Chelmsford. Ryland (J.), A Perspective View of the County Town of Chelmsford in Essex. With the Judges procession on the day of Entrance attended by the High Sheriff & His Officers, sold by R. Martin Book and Printseller, Lincolns Inn Fields, circa 1800, engraving after David Ogbourne with contemporary hand colouring, 415 x 555 mm, mounted, framed and glazed with a Baynton-Williams Gallery label to versoQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
Lot 197
* Dutton (Thomas Goldsworth). Mr Hans Busk's Yacht 'Meriel', R. H. Y. S. 210 Tons, and her tender 'New Quarterly', 150 Tons, Built by John Scott Russell, 1855, Ackermann & Co. May 19th 1855, lithograph after Hans Busk, with contemporary hand colouring, dimensions of both boats in the lower margin beneath the image, 365 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
Lot 202
* Fielding (Theodore). To the Admiral Sir Francis Laforey Bart. K.C.B. ... This Print of the Enterprize Steam Vessel passing through Madras Roads, is most Respectfully Dedicated by his Grateful Pupil & Obedient Humble Servant, James Henry Johnson Lieut. R.N., London: R. Lambe, April 5th, 1825, aquatint on wove by Theodore Fielding after George Webster, with contemporary hand colouring, minor spotting, 420 x 560 mm, mounted, framed & glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The Enterprize of 500 tons, was launched from the Dock Yard of Messrs. Gordons & Co. on the 22nd January 1825. It was fitted with two engines of 60 horsepower each by Henry Maudslay.
Lot 207
* Havell (Daniel). Westminster Hall & Abbey as seen from Westminster Bridge, R. Ackermann, Jany. 1st. 1819, aquatint on wove after J. Gendell with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, slight marginal fraying along upper margin, repaired on verso, 380 x 500 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
Lot 209
* Havell (Robert). View of Reading School & Playground. dedicated by Permission to the Revd. R. Valpy, D. D. F. A. S. and the Gentlemen of Reading School..., E. Havell, Frier Street Reading, Oct. 1816, aquatint after Edmund Havell with bright contemporary hand colouring, slight marginal fraying and one repaired closed tear in the upper right corner, 430 x 590 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A busy scene of numerous boys playing various games including bowling hoops, cricket and rounders.
Lot 212
* Hunter (Henry). A South East view of the Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear at Sunderland in the Co. of Durham Built by Rowland Burdon Esqr. M.P., Span 236 Ft. Height 100 Ft. Spring of the Arch 33 Ft. & is to be the largest Arch in the World. The Foundation Stone was laid 24th Sepr. 1793 & the Bridge opened 9th Augt. 1796, engraving on wove after R. Johnson, few repaired closed tears to margins (mostly at foot), 350 x 420 mm, mounted, framed & glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
Lot 217
* London Docks. Phelps (J.), To the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Secretary of the St. Katherine's Dock Company. This plate representing the works in their progress as they appeared in the month of January 1828..., G. R. Phelps, Oct. 25th 1828, large aquatint after W. Ranwell with contemporary hand colouring, slight staining, 595 x 665 mm, mounted, framed and glazed with a Parker gallery label to versoQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS A rare engraving depicting the monumental effort in manpower and resources which were needed to build St Katherine's Dock. The print was probably only distributed to the board of directors and shareholders of the construction company and this would account for the lack of information and obscurity of what is a large and impressive plate. It is worth noting that the engraver, J. Phelps - who was undoubtedly talented - does not have an entry in Ian Mackenzie's 'British prints...'.
Lot 236
* Railways. Hughes (S. G.), Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Two plates, A Train of the First Class of carriages with the Mail [on a sheet with] A Train of the Second Class for Outside Passengers, [and] A Train of Waggons with Goods &c. &c. [on a sheet with] A Train of Carriages with Cattle, R. Ackermann, November 1831, pair of aquatints after J. Shaw, both with bright contemporary hand colouring, each with a central fold and a skillfully repaired closed tear running in parallel to the fold, each approximately 235 x 635 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed, with a Richard Green and Frank T. Sabin Gallery label to versoQty: (2)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
![* Rogerson R., (publisher). A Midnight Race on the Mississippi [and] American Express Trains leaving the Junction, Leeds, 187](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc76fda2-dd27-4642-96f7-ac3a00da939f/e61cc2f3-2d08-4b45-9e75-ac3e00c91076/468x382.jpg)
Lot 240
* Rogerson R., (publisher). A Midnight Race on the Mississippi [and] American Express Trains leaving the Junction, Leeds, 1871, pair of chromolithographs by Yates & Co. Ltd. of Nottingham, slight staining and a small repaired hole below the title on 'American Express Trains', each approximately 400 x 580 mm, in uniform near-contemporary maple frames with gold slips, overall size 550 x 775 mmQty: (2)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS Both images were originally published by Currier and Ives in the United States. These are plagiarised English versions with the first described print taken from the Currier & Ives print of the race between the Natchez and the Eclipse. In this English version, the two ships have been re-named Lincoln & Davies, relating to Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davies and it states that the image is 'From a Sketch by the Captain of the Lincoln'. Uncommon.
Lot 244
* Southampton. Scruton (J.), The High Street Southampton ( two views), H. Buchan, Proprietor of the Hants. Picture Gallery, Southampton, 1827 & 28, pair of uncoloured lithographs after R. Scruton, printed W. Day, slight spotting, laid on later paper, each approximately 360 x 460 mm, mountedQty: (2)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
Lot 246
* Sutherland (Thomas). Southwark Iron Bridge as seen from Bank-side, R. Ackermann, Jany. 1st, 1819, aquatint after J. Gendall, contemporary hand colouring, mount stained and with slight overall toning, occasional marginal repaired closed tears, 390 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
Lot 249
* Truro. Newman & Co., lithographers), Truro and neighbourhood, J. R. Netherton, Truro, circa 1850, lithograph with contemporary hand colouring, slight spotting and staining, very slight creasing, laid on later paper, 395 x 555 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS
Lot 254
* Walters (Samuel). H. E. I. C. Iron Steam Ship Nemeses, Lieutenant Hall R. N. Commander. Built by John Laird Esqre. North Birkenhead. To the Chairman and Directors of the Honble. East India Company..., S. Walters, Liverpool and Ackermann & Co. London, circa 1845, lithograph with contemporary hand colouring, dimensions listed alongside the title, slight spotting and some water staining, 360 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The Nemesis (the spelling in the title of the print appears to be an error) was the first British ocean-going iron warship. She was the largest of a class of six similar vessels ordered by the East India Company. Launched in 1839, the Nemesis was deployed to China and used to great effect in the First Opium War. The Chinese had nothing to match her fire-power and referred to her as the "devil ship". William Hall - who would eventually become an Admiral and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath - was given special dispensation that allowed the time he spent as commander of an East India ship to count towards his time and seniority in the Royal Navy.
Lot 286
* Reeve (Richard Gilson). Set of 4 shooting prints, R. Reeve, 1806, four aquatints after Dean Wolstenholme, with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image with letters and plate numbers printed on near-contemporary mounts, slight spotting to the mount of plate 1, each approximately 410 x 540 mm, uniformly framed in near-contemporary rosewood veneer frames with gold slips, overall size 650 x 780 mmQty: (4)
![* Hawaii. Illuminated testimonial for William R[oberts] Hoare, [retiring] Consul for the Hawaiian Islands, U[nited] S[tates],](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc76fda2-dd27-4642-96f7-ac3a00da939f/9a453d69-891e-4de9-8727-ac3e00c934af/468x382.jpg)
Lot 301
* Hawaii. Illuminated testimonial for William R[oberts] Hoare, [retiring] Consul for the Hawaiian Islands, U[nited] S[tates], dated at Honolulu, 20 July, 1905, the text a note of gratitude and appreciation on behalf of British subjects as claimants against the United States following the annexation of Hawaii by United States on 7 July 1898, signed by Thomas W[illiam] Rawlins, F[rederick] H[enry] Redward and Frederick Harrison, further signed on behalf of the claimants by attorney W.L. Stanley, calligraphic text in black ink at centre of the document within a gilt geometric border in the form of an armorial with floral borders surmounted by shields with dedication legend at head and dating at foot, on thick paper, a few minor spots and marks, 54 x 48 cmQty: (1)NOTESThe Hawaiian Republic was admitted into the United States of America by a treaty between the two countries, signed at Washington on 16 June 1897. The effect of the union was that the British Government could not deal with the Hawaiian authorities directly, but only through the State Department at Washington. In 1904 a comprehensive claims commission to deal with all the outstanding claims between Great Britain and the United States was put forward and the negotiation resulting from this suggestion ultimately led to the conclusion of the Convention of the 18th August 1910, establishing the Claim Commission. This testimonial was for William Robert Hoare who retired as consul-general for Hawaii on 5 June 1905. It is signed by three of the claimants whose claims were addressed at the Pecuniary Claims tribunal in 1910. Rawlins was arrested and imprisoned during the rising of 1895 and made claims in respect of his imprisonment at the rate of twelve pounds per day, plus further expenses due to loss of business, and interest thereon. Harrison and Redward's claims were of a similar nature. See Pecuniary Claims Arbitration: Hawaiian Claims , [1912].
![* Hastings (Warren, 1732-1818). Document signed, Fort William [India], 30 November 1772, being a manuscript bill for £164 or](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc76fda2-dd27-4642-96f7-ac3a00da939f/ed4e6a67-77ea-4b2c-a5e5-ac3e00c93c8f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 319
* Hastings (Warren, 1732-1818). Document signed, Fort William [India], 30 November 1772, being a manuscript bill for £164 or rupees equivalent to Dr Tyso[e] Saul Hancock, made out to the East India Company, signed by Warren Hastings, R[ober]t Barker, W. Aldersey, Thomas Lane and James Harris, some browning and old damp staining, 23.5 x 37.5 cm, together with a letter signed by Warren Hastings as executor of Tysoe Saul Hancock, Calcutta, 23 April 1778, written in a secretarial hand, marked 'Duplicate' and addressed to Mr Austen [possibly William Austen, Hancock's father-in-law], noting that 'I observe that you have reimbursed yourself the whole of your demand upon the Estate, but as the Bond Creditors in India have an equal right with those in England, they would justly complain of any preference given to you. I must therefore request your compliance with my letter of the 20th March 1777 in which you are directed to pay the several bond creditors in England in equal proportions to the amount of twelve sixteenths of the principal of their bonds... ', 2 pp. with integral blank, some browning, dust-soiling and chipping to edges, 4toQty: (2)NOTESHastings was appointed to be Governor of Calcutta in 1771 and by the time of this second document was de facto Governor-General of India. Hastings was later famously impeached in 1785 after a series of attacks led by Edmund Burke.
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Camden (William). The History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, late Queen of England; containing all the most Important and Remarkable Passages of State, both at Home and Abroad 4th edition, revised, London: M. Flesher, for R. Bentley, 1688, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red & black, toning and some spotting throughout, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired (in morocco), folio, together with: Burnet (Gilbert) , The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 2 volumes, London: printed by T.H. for Richard Chiswell, 1679, license leaf to print and volume 2 half-title present, additional engraved title to each, titles in red & black, engraved portrait plates, some offsetting and browning, contemporary calf, joints cracked at head and foot, spine worn at head & foot, rubbed, folio, Mackenzie (George) , The Lives and Characters of the most Eminent Writers of the Scots Nation; with an Abstract and Catalogue of their Works; their various editions; and the Judgment of the Learn'd concerning them, volume 1 only (of 3), Edinburgh: printed by James Watson, 1708, foot of title strengthened to verso, endpapers renewed, contemporary mottled half calf, rebacked and corners repaired, contrasting morocco title labels to spine, cracking and few tiny worm holes to joints at head & foot, folioQty: (4)
Lot 348
Dickens (Charles). The Personal History of David Copperfield, 1st edition, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850, half-title discarded, 40 etched plates by H. K. Browne, including frontispiece and additional title, variable spotting and offsetting, errata leaf removed following plate list, armorial bookplate of S. D[ewhirst?], bookticket of Sir Philip L. Brocklehurst, Bt, Swythamley Park, contemporary maroon half calf gilt (worn), spine faded, 8vo, together with: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, with forty-three illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1837, half-title, etched frontispiece and additional title-page (with 'Weller'), 41 etched plates, variable toning and spotting, 2 plates with a closed tear, 2 with dampstaining to lower corners (affecting captions), 1 plate with 2 long tears (one repaired on verso), 2 folds partly detached, bookticket of Philip Lancaster Brocklehurst, Esq., Swythamley Park, Macclesfield, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, leather on front and rear covers spotted, 8vo, plus: Bleak House, 1st edition, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853, bound from the parts, half-title discarded, 40 etched plates by H. K. Browne, including frontispiece and additional title, variable spotting and toning (generally to margins), armorial bookplate of S. D[ewhirst?], bookticket of Sir Philip L. Brocklehurst, Bt., front hinge cracked, cover detached at rear hinge, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed with a little wear, spine label with losses, 8vo, and 3 other Dickens 1st editions: Little Dorrit, and Dombey and Son (2 copies - both with defective bindings, one with pages 593-end detached)Qty: (6)NOTESDavid Copperfield: Gimbel A122. Pickwick Papers: Gimbel A16. Later state, with additional title page showing 'Weller' instead of 'Veller', and lacking the two 'Buss' plates.
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Fearne (Charles). The Trial of the Honourable Admiral John Bing, at a Court Martial, as taken by Mr. Charles Fearne, Judge-Advocate of his Majesty's Fleet, London: R. Manby, J. Whiston & B. White, et al., 1757, with appendix at rear, bound with: Ferrers (Lawrence, Earl) , The Trial of Lawrence Earl Ferrers, for the Murder of John Johnson, before the ... House of Peers, London: Samuel Billingsley, 1760, bound with, Donnellan (John) , The Trial of John Donellan, Esq. for the Wilful Murder of Sir Theodosius Edward Allesley Boughton, Bart. at the Assize at Warwick, On Friday, March 30th, 1781, before the Honorable Francis Buller, taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney, 3rd edition, London: sold by George Kearsley & Martha Gurney, 1781, few marks to title, bound with, Donnellan (John) , A Defence and substance of the Trial of John Donnellan, Esq; who was convicted for Murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton..., London: John Bell, 1781, few closed tears to gutter margin of title, errata slip present, bound with: [Somerset, Frances, Viscountess Scudamore] , Panthea. An elegy on the death of the Right Honourable the Lady Viscountess Scudamore. Humbly inscrib'd to Her Grace the Dutchess of Beaufort, London: William Lewis, 1729, 6pp. , folds & short closed tear to title, dust-soiled, (Foxon P44), bound with: [Prior, Matthew] , The Dove. A Poem, London: J. Roberts, 1717, [4], 7, [1]pp., half-title, few closed tears & wear holes where previously folded, dust-soiled, bound with, Pope (Alexander) , An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Visct. Cobham, London: Lawton Gilliver, 1733, half-title, bound with, Pope (Alexander) , Of Verbal Criticism: An Epistle to Mr. Pope. Occasioned by Theobald's Shakespear, and Bentley's Milton, London: Lawton Gilliver, 1733, half-title with small hole to centre, closed tear to final leaf, bound with, Somerville (William) , Field-Sports. A Poem. Humbly Address'd to His Royal Highness the Prince, London: J. Stagg, 1742, bound with, Corbett (Charles, publisher) , An epistle to a fellow commoner at Cambridge: Occasioned by the present disputes there., London: Charles Corbett, [1750], 8pp., closed trimmed at foot with slight loss to catchwords, old horizontal fold with slight wear, bound with, [Dodsley, Robert] , The Art of Preaching, in imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, London: R. Dodsley, [1746?], 19pp., ink markings to title and final leaf, bound with: [Smart, Christopher] , Gratulatio Academiæ Cantabrigiensis de reditu serenissimi regis Georgii II. post pacem & libertatem Europæ feliciter restitutam anno M.DCC.XLVIII., Cambridge: J. Bentham, 1748, engraved title-page vignette, bound with, [Darwin, Erasmus] , Academiæ Cantabrigiensis luctus in obitum Frederici celsissimi Walliæ principis, Cambridge: Joseph Bentham, 1751, final 19 leaves with rodent damage to inner blank margins, bound with: Sacheverell (Henry) , The Speech of Henry Sacheverell, D.D. upon His Impeachment at the Bar of the House of Lords, in Westminster Hall, March 7, 1709/10, London: printed in the year 1710, some dampstaining at gutter, bound with, Eusden (Lawrence) , A Letter to Mr Addison, on the King's Accession to the Throne 1714, London: J. Tonson, 1714, some toning and occasional spotting throughout volume, later endpapers, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, rebacked with maroon morocco title label to spine, folioQty: (1)
Lot 356
Greco (Gioachino). Chess made Easy. With Additional Games and Openings, illustrated with Remarks and General Rules. The whole so contrived, that any Person may Learn to play in a few Days, without any farther Assistance, 1st edition in English, London: for J. and P. Knapton, 1750, engraved frontispiece, engraved folding plate of a chess board, small tide-mark to foot of first few leaves, folding plate trimmed with loss of columns A-B, modern panelled calf, gilt spine, 12mo (11.9 x 7 cm), together with: Walker (George). A New Treatise on Chess, 1st edition, London: Walker and Son, 1832, engraved frontispiece, spotting, original glazed cloth, rebacked, paper label to front board (chipped), large 12mo in 6s (19 x 11 cm), ibid. Chess and Chess-Players: consisting of Original Stories and Sketches, 1st collected edition, London: Charles J. Skeet, 1850, marginal repairs to M1-2, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, large 16mo (19.4 x 12 cm), Lewis (William). A Series of Progessive Lessons of the Game of Chess [and:] A Second Series of Lessons on the Game of Chess, 2 works, 2nd and 1st editions, London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1833 & 1832, half-title and list of errata to the Second Series, a little marginal damp-staining, bookplates of Aberdeen Chess Club, contemporary red half calf, rubbed and marked, 8vo (21 x 13 cm), Murray (H. J. R.). A History of Chess, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913, 18 plates, ex libris Brighton Public Library with blind-stamp to title-page, first leaf of main text and final leaf of index, ink-stamps to plate versos, label removed from front pastedown, and gilt call number to spine, top edge gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, large 8vo Macklin (A.). The Macklin Double-Pocket-Chess-Board, London: Mead & Coy, c.1870, 2 engraved or lithographic chessboards, each printed on 2 sheets of glazed paper pasted into separate original gilt red cloth wallet, pieces printed on tabs inserted via slits into boards, one piece (black bishop) lacking, housed in original red cloth slipcase (faded and chipped), 18.7 x 12.2 cmQty: (7)NOTESESTC T128171 (Greco). No other copy of the Macklin Double-Pocket-Chess-Board traced.
Lot 360
Johnson (Samuel). The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language; addressed to the Right Honourable Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield; one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: for J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman and T. Shewell, C. Hitch, A. Millar, and R. Dodsley, 1747, pp. [2] 34, contents washed and pressed, all edges gilt, 19th-century tan calf by F. Bedford, rebacked at an early date, French fillet frames gilt to sides, wear to tips, 4to (23.8 x 18 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller; thence by descent. Chapman & Hazen p. 130; ESTC T42414; Rothschild 1228-30. In this issue page 1 begins 'My Lord', with Chesterfield's name omitted. 'But if the "Chesterfield" state is accepted as the first, there is yet reason for regarding the "non-Chesterfield" state as "right. For the numbered copies ... are all of this variety, and it seems clear that they were for presentation' (Chapman & Hazen). Rothschild notes that 'non-Chesterfield' are sometimes found on thick paper, which may be the case for our copy. Our copy belongs to the variant with the repeated 'the' on page 34 corrected.
![[Kenrick, William]. The Whole Duty of Woman. By a Lady. Written at the Desire of a Noble Lord, 1st edition, London: for R. Ba](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc76fda2-dd27-4642-96f7-ac3a00da939f/ed9529b7-7518-4bf6-86c0-ac3e00c94e03/468x382.jpg)
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[Kenrick, William]. The Whole Duty of Woman. By a Lady. Written at the Desire of a Noble Lord, 1st edition, London: for R. Baldwin, 1753, half-title, woodcut tailpieces, occasional light spotting and soiling to margins, leaves B6-7 and C1-3 clumsily opened with shallow tears to head of gutter, contemporary ownership inscription 'Ar. Thornhagh' to front pastedown, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original boards, rebacked, boards marked, tips worn, 8vo (19.4 x 12.4 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESESTC T91229 (six copies in UK libraries). 'In February 1753 Kenrick published his most popular work, The Whole Duty of Woman . Resurrecting a late seventeenth-century title to capitalize on the success of Dodsley's Oeconomy of Human Life , Kenrick's guide to female conduct went through at least five editions in his lifetime and remained popular well into the next century' (ODNB). All editions are rare. We trace one other copy of the first edition in auction records, sold in 1975.
Lot 363
Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, 2 volumes, 6th edition ('with Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton'), London: for J. and R. Tonson [and others], 1763, pp. [24] lxxxvi [26] 510, 463 [182], engraved portrait frontispiece, 12 engraved plates after Francis Hayman, intermittent damp-staining, volume 1 pp. v/vi torn with loss, closed tear in pp. 185/6 and extensive closed tear in pp. 419/20, front pastedowns with Trinity College Dublin prize plates inscribed to Steuart Weldon and dated 1767, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt arms of Trinity College Dublin to covers, volume 1 joints cracked at foot, volume 2 headcap worn, 8vo (19.4 x 12.4 cm), together with: ibid. Paradise Regain'd. A Poem, in Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes: and Poems upon Several Occasions, 2 volumes, 3rd edition ('with Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton'), London: for C. Hitch and L. Hawes [and others], 1760, pp. [8] 335, [8] 386 [5], engraved portrait frontispiece, 5 engraved plates after Hayman, advertisement leaf, volume 2 pp. 280/1 torn with loss, prize plates and binding as the preceding, 8vo (19.4 x 12.4 cm), Parnell (Thomas). The Posthumous Works. Containing Poems Moral and Divine: an on Various other Subjects, 1st edition, Dublin: Benjamin Gunne, 1758, advertisement leaf discarded, damp-staining to outer leaves, contemporary sprinkled calf, 8vo (20.3 x 11.8 cm), ibid. Poems on Several Occasions, 7th edition ('with additions'), Dublin: for R. Gunne and R. Owen, 1744, damp-staining, prize plate (Steuart Weldon, Trinity College Dublin) contemporary calf with gilt arms of Trinity College Dublin to covers, 12mo (16.2 x 9 cm), and 1 other, Irish interestQty: (8)NOTESESTC T133909 (Milton, Paradise Lost ), N19461 (Milton, Paradise Regain'd ), T120227 (Parnell, Posthumous Works: eight UK copies), T115328 (Parnell, Poems : six UK copies),
Lot 364
Noble (Mark). A History of the College of Arms. And the Lives of all the Kings, Heralds, and Pursuivants, from the Reign of Richard III ... until the Present Time, London: T. Egerton, R. Faulder, R. Lea, et al., 1805, half-title, 4 engraved portrait plates (including frontispiece), some browning, offsetting and spotting, bookplate of Rev. Dr. G.B. Westwood to verso of front free endpaper, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, 4to, together with: Hope (W.H. St. John) , The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter 1348-1485, Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1901, chromolithograph frontispiece and plates, armorial bookplates of Alexander Stewart, John Alexander Stewart and Rev. Dr. G.B. Westwood to front endpaper, top edge gilt, contemporary dark blue crushed morocco gilt, onlay shield to centre of each board, extremities slightly rubbed, folio, Moule (Thomas) , Bibliotheca Heraldica Magnae Britanniae. An Analytical Catalogue of Books on Genealogy, Heraldry ..., London: printed for the author, 1822, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), bookplate of Rev. Dr. G.B. Westwood to front free endpaper, 20th century cloth, spine discoloured and some dust-soiling, 8vo, Shirley (Evelyn Philip) , The Noble and Gentle Men of England; or, Notes touching the Arms and Descents of the Ancient Knightly and Gentle House of England, 3rd edition, corrected, Westminster: John Bower Nichols & Sons, 1866, half-title, hand-coloured wood engraved armorial to title and numerous hand-coloured armorials throughout, bookplate of Rev. Dr. G.B. Westwood to front free endpaper, original cloth, rebacked, preserving original spine, 4to, Godfrey (Walter H.) , The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, being the Sixteenth and Final Monograph of the London Survey Committee, 1963, monochrome frontispiece, plates and plans (one folding), original cloth, 4to Wagner (Anthony) , Heralds of England, A History of the Office and College of Arms, London: HMSO, 1967, colour & monochrome plates, original cloth in price-clipped dust-jacket, 4to, contained in original card slipcase, and three others relatedQty: (9)
![[Payne, William]. Maxims for Playing the Game of Whist; with all Necessary Calculations, and Laws of the Game, London: sold b](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc76fda2-dd27-4642-96f7-ac3a00da939f/3a94a544-1e52-4f21-b8c0-ac400127fb6d/468x382.jpg)
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[Payne, William]. Maxims for Playing the Game of Whist; with all Necessary Calculations, and Laws of the Game, London: sold by T. Payne, 1773, [4],67,[1]pp., ink manuscript number at head and light vertical marks to title, bound with: Miscellany , A Micellany [sic], consisting of the following particulars, viz. I. Duke of Buckingham's Epitaph translated into English, ... IV. The Characters of the Duke of Marlborough's Four Daughters, [London?]: printed in the year 1753, 28pp., occasional annotations, bound with, [Harrison, Thomas] , Belteshazzar; or, The Heroic Jew: a Dramatic Poem, London: Theodore Sanders, 1727, engraved frontispiece, bound with four other similar works (one heavily cropped and another with misbound leaves), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, joints cracked, 12mo, together with: Aesop , Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists: with Morals and Reflections. By Sir Roger L'Estrange Kt., 8th edition corrected, London: A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch, G. Strahan, R. Gosling, et al., 1738, engraved portrait frontispiece (frayed to edges & lined to verso), light spotting, modern calf (with contemporary calf covered boards supplied), 8vo, Ovid , Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide, avec des explications a la fin de chaque Fable, nouvelle traduction, 3 volumes, Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1693, additional engraved titles to each, engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, slight wear to extremities, 12mo, Dryden (John) , The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: and of Aulus Persius Flaccus, 5th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, 1713, engraved frontispiece and plates, contemporary calf, upper board near detached, 24mo in 12s, [Knox, Vicesimus, edit.] , Elegant Epistles: or, a Copius Collection of Familiar and Amusing Letters, selected for the Improvement of Young Persons, and for General Entertainment, London: Charles Dilly, 1790, worm trail to initial 7 leaves, signature to title, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with contrasting labels, upper joint cracked, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th century antiquarianQty: (17)NOTESPayne (William) - ESTC T39059, 4 UK institutional locations.
![Rowlandson (Thomas, illustrator). The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. A Poem, [by William Combe], early](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc76fda2-dd27-4642-96f7-ac3a00da939f/3e85f03d-deb3-4366-81e3-ac3e00c94fb7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 368
Rowlandson (Thomas, illustrator). The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. A Poem, [by William Combe], early issue, London: R. Ackermann, circa 1812, engraved title with hand-coloured vignette , 30 hand-coloured plates by Thomas Rowlandson (complete), first issue text headed by 'Chapter I' (as opposed to 'Canto I' in the second issue), lacking 'directions to the binder leaf', plate 5, opposite p. 14 in the second state (with the girl on the donkey with raised bent arm), plate opposite p. 80 trimmed and laid down, plates opposite pp. 10 & 56 with repaired tears, a few plates close-trimmed shaving imprints, some light spotting and offsetting, p. iii of advertisement with early manuscript 'William Coombe' beneath 'The Author', presentation inscription dated 1944 to front endpaper, all edges gilt, later red straight-grained morocco gilt by Bayntun, Bath, spine slightly faded, joints lightly rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESTooley 427.
Lot 413
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletins, 80 volumes, Washington, 1901-1967, monochrome illustrations, folding maps, etc., all original olive green cloth gilt (except 26 volumes bound in original printed wrappers, plus Bulletin 50 disbound), a little rubbed and some minor marks, one or two volumes with some library marks (generally otherwise unmarked), 8vo, together with approximately 20 related items, including Bulletin offprints, mainly 8voQty: (83)NOTESThe Bulletins consist of the following numbers: Bulletin 26, 28-29, 34, 38-44, 46-48, 50-57, 59-60 (part 1 only), 61-64, 66-67, 71-77, 79, 84-87, 89-91, 94-95, 104-105, 107-109, 112-114, 117, 121, 124, 126, 128, 136, 139, 144-149, 151, 159, 173, 178, 182-183, 191, 194, 196-197 & 199. Bulletin 40 issued in 2 volumes. Titles include Franz Boas, Kathlamet Texts, 1901, Eduard Seler and others, Mexican and Central American Antiquities, 1904, John R. Swanton, Haida Texts and Myths, 1905, & Tlingit Myths & Texts, 1909, Franz Boas, Handbook of American Indian Languages, 2 volumes, 1911, Ales Hrdlicka, Early Man in South America, 1912, Frances Densmore, Teton Sioux Music, 1918, Walter Roth, Additional Studies of the Arts, Crafts and Customs of the Guiana Indians, 1929, John Swanton, The Indian Tribes of North America, 1953, John C. Ewers, The Horse in Blackfoot Indian Culture, 1955, etc.
Lot 417
Roscoe (H. E. & C. Schorlemmer) . A Treatise on Chemistry, 3 parts in 5 volumes, new edition, Macmillan and Co., 1884, numerous black & white illustrations, later inscriptions to front endpapers, minor marginal toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, some hinges slightly cracked, 8vo, together with; Evans (Thomas & R. H.) , Old Ballards, Historical and Narrative, with some of modern date;..., new edition, 4 volumes, W. Bulmer & Co., 1810, monochrome frontispiece to volume 1, top edges gilt, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Hood (Thomas) , The Works of Thomas Hood, 10 volumes, E. Moxon, Son, & Co., 1869, numerous black & white illustrations, some minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated plum half calf, boards & spines rubbed, spines faded, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century literature & reference, including The Rise of The Dutch Republic: A History, 3 volumes, by John Lothrop Motley, Bickers & Son, 1884, mostly gilt decorated leather bindings, some odd volumes & French language, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)NOTESApproximately 100 volumes
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Jekyll (Gertrude) . Wood and Garden..., 4th impression, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplate to front endpaper some minor spotting throughout, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with; Chapman (Abel) , On Safari, big-game hunting in British East Africa, Edward Arnold, 1908, numerous black & white illustrations, some minor toning, publishers original decorated black cloth, front boards slightly marked, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Seebohm (Henry) , History of British Birds, with coloured illustrations of their Eggs, 4 volumes, R. H. Porter, 1883, 68 colour plates, some light toning & spotting, top edges gilt, uniform contemporary gilt decorated green half morocco bound by Wilson, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Arnold (E. C.) , British Waders illustrated in water-colour, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1924, 51 colour plates with tissue guards, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor margin, toning, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, spine faded & rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, and other 19th century & modern natural history reference, including British Sporting Birds, by F. B. Kirkman & Horace G. Hutchinson, T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1924, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves & a carton)
![Sherwood, Neely, and Jones [publisher] . The Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette; A Magazine Entirely appropriated to Sporti](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cc76fda2-dd27-4642-96f7-ac3a00da939f/f99907d7-467a-4efb-bf60-ac3e00c96916/468x382.jpg)
Lot 424
Sherwood, Neely, and Jones [publisher] . The Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette; A Magazine Entirely appropriated to Sporting Subjects and Fancy Pursuits;..., volumes 1-5, 8-10, 1822-26, numerous hand coloured & black & white illustrations, some light toning & spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spines rubbed, spines partially detached to volumes 3 & 9, spines lacking to volumes 4 & 5, 8vo, together with; Tunnicliffe (C. F.) , Shorelands Summer Diary, 1st edition, Collins, 1952, 16 colour plates & numerous black & white illustrations, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed & torn with some loss, large 4to, and Morris (F. O.) , A History of British Butterflies, 10th edition, George Routledge and Sons, 1908, 79 hand coloured plates, some light spotting throughout, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th century natural history & sporting reference, including British Birds, 4 volumes, by A. Thorburn, Longmans, Green and Co., 1917, Notes on Tulip Species, by W. R. Dykes, 1st edition, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1930, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves)
Lot 431
Lucas (C.) . An Essay on Waters. In Three Parts, 3 volumes, printed for A. Millar, 1756, 1 black & white folding plate, period inscription to volume 1 front pastedown, some light toning & spotting, volumes 1 & 2 in uniform contemporary vellum, loss to spine of volume 1, boards & spines rubbed, volume 3 pages un-trimmed & bound in modern grey boards, 8vo, together with; Kirby (William & William Spence) , An Introduction to Entomology: or Elements of the Natural History of Insects:, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816, 30 hand-coloured & black & white plates, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light toning, offsetting & spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards slightly rubbed, spines rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and Horticultural Society [publisher] , The Journal of the Horticultural Society, 4 volumes bound in 2, 1846-49, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, bookplate to volume 1 front endpaper, some spotting & minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century natural history & horticultural reference, including Sporting Novels, 6 volumes, by R. S. Surtees, Bradbury, Agnew & Co., circa 1860, uniform gilt decorated red half calf bound by Henry Young & Sons, 8vo, some leather bindings, some original cloth, overall condition is good/very good, 8voQty: (2 shelves )NOTES43 volumes
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Segneri (Paolo) . Il Cristiano Istruito Nella fua Legge. Ragionamenti Morali, 3 parts (bound in 1), printed by Giuseppe Bortoli, Venice, 1745, period inscriptions to the endpapers, front & rear pastedowns torn, some light spotting & toning throughout, contemporary full vellum, period inscriptions to the front board, boards & spine toned & slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Antoine (Paulo Gabriele) , Theologia Moralis Universa,..., 2 volumes, printed by Fratrum Borsi, Parma, 1762, period inscriptions to the foot of both title pages, spotting & toning throughout, some water damage throughout volume 2, uniform contemporary full vellum, boards & spines slightly toned & marked, 4to, and O'Meara (Barry E.) , Napoleon In Exile; or, A Voice from St. Helena..., 2 volumes, printed for W. Simpkin & R. Marshall, 1822, 2 black & white frontispieces, period inscriptions to front endpapers, some offsetting & minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, volume 1 front board partially detached, boards & spines rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century literature & reference, including The Baronetage of England,or the History of the English Baronets,..., 5 volumes, by William Betham, printed by Burrell and Bransby, Ipswich, 1801, mostly leather bindings, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)NOTESApproximately 160 volumes
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Mogg (Edward) . Paterson's Roads; being an entirely original and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross roads in England and Wales,..., printed for Longman, Rees, et al... 1832, 9 black & white folding maps, frontispiece folding map rebound with some marginal loss, some light offsetting & spotting throughout, later endpapers, later brown half morocco, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Swinburne (T. R.) . A Holiday In The Happy Valley, with pen and pencil, 1st edition, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1907, 24 coloured illustrations, period inscription to the front pastedown, some minor marginal toning, publishers original illustrated red cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Lloyd (George) , Egypt Since Cromer, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Macmillan and Co., 1933-34, period inscriptions & ex-library stamps to the front endpapers, some minor toning, publishers uniform original blue cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, plus Cescinsky (Herbert & Ernest R. Gribble) , Early English Furniture & Woodwork, 2 volumes, The Waverley Book Company Ltd., 1922, 2 colour frontispieces & numerous black & white illustrations, volume 1 front endpapers & volume 2 spine partially detached, some marginal toning, publishers uniform original brown cloth, boards & spines rubbed, folio, and other 19th century & modern miscellaneous literature, art reference & reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, overall condition is fair/good, 8vo/folio includes a large black & white engraved print 'The Beaconsfield Cabinet'Qty: (6 shelves & a carton)
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Cruise (Richard A.). Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand, 1st edition, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823, iv, 322, errata slip tipped-in to final preliminary leaf verso, hand-coloured aquatint frontis of Tetoro, Chief of New Zealand, by Edward Finden after R. Read, untrimmed, 16-page publisher's list dated August 1823 at rear, followed by an additional 4-page publisher's advertisement dated May 1, 1823, original boards, with printed paper spine label, some minor marks, and centre of upper joint with a little fraying and minor loss of paper, housed in later (20th century) cloth slipcase, 8voQty: (1)NOTESAbbey, Travel 586; Hocken, page 39; NZNB I, 1503; Bagnall, New Zealand Bibliography C1818. An early account of Maori life and customs in the inter-tribal war period. Captain Richard Alexander Cruise (1784?-1832) was in charge of the military detachment on board HMS Dromedary, which carried convicts to Australia, and then sailed to New Zealand to collect kauri spars, visiting the Bay of Islands, Whangaroa, Hokianga, the Waitemata and the Thames.
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Dihlawi (Munshi Bulaqi Das Sahib). Tawarikh-i Ghuri [Urdu title, i.e. 'Histories of the Ghurids'], Delhi: Mayur Press, 1881, 48 pp. ( p. 20 misnumbered 28), text in Urdu, lithographed throughout, 9 albumen print photographs from miniatures of Indian sultans, each 10 x 6 cm and mounted on separate leaf within lithographic floral border and caption, and with rubricated manuscript title to head within lithographic cartouche, adhesive staining in gutter, a few other marks, text-block somewhat shaken and many leaves working loose at foot, modern annotations in English to front pastedown and free endpaper (free endpaper, chipped torn and crudely repaired), contemporary red cloth, embossed cloth panels onlaid to covers with traces of gilt, crude repairs to spine and inner hinges, 8vo (24.2 x 14.5 cm), together with: [Devi Mahatmya]. The Sapta-Shati, or Chandi-Pat; being a Portion of the Markandeya Puran; translated from the Sanskrit into English, wiht Explanatory Notes, by Cavali Venkar Ramasswami, Pandit. Reprinted by Janardan Ramchandraji, Bombay: printed at the "Frere" Press, 1868, pp. xii 44 viii, 13 albumen print photographs by Indian photographers M. R. Talpade and M. C. Settna from miniature paintings, each mounted to separate leaf with printed captions, first quire (4 leaves) detached, ex libris Meadville Theological School with bookplate to front pastedown and perforation stamps to title-page and pp. 43/4, original glazed pink printed boards, black cloth backstrip, contemporary ink inscription ('The editor, Bombay Gazette, with the publisher's compts') and modern shelfmark number to front cover, 8vo (21.5 x 13.5 cm), Kipling (John Lockwood, illustrator). T'alim ul Mubtadi, or Urdu Edition of the Indian Vernacular Series for Elementary Schools. Edited by Colonel W. R. M. Holroyd. The First Reader. Lahore: Government Central Book Depot, 1884, [1] 1-37 pp. Urdu text, lithographed throughout, 7 lithographic plates after John Lockwood Kipling printed on both sides, original wrappers with English and Urdu titles, English title with publisher's ink-stamp, paper perished along spine but binding sound, small 4to (17 x 13 cm)Qty: (3)NOTESThe first work is otherwise untraced, but the Digital Library of Pakistan holds a copy of another work by Munshi Bulaqi Das entitled Tarikh-i Nadir , which is probably a history of Nadir Shah (their catalogue number 48944). In spite of its title, only the first ruler depicted, Shihab al-Din Muhammad, was a member of the short-lived Ghurid dynasty. The other albumen prints depict Aram Shah, Shams al-Din Iltutmish, Mu'Izz al-Din Bahram, 'Ala' al-Din Mas'ud, Nasir al-Din and Muhammad Ghiyath al-Din Balban of the Mamluk dynasty, and Jalal al-Din and Qutb al-Din Mubarak of the Khilji dynasty that followed. For the second work we trace six copies in libraries world-wide, and none of the first edition; the slightly altered wording of the title on the front cover implies that the first edition was not illustrated. It is an unusual example of a work with photographs explicitly attributed to Indian photographers. The third work is the first known book wholly illustrated by John Lockwood Kipling, father of Rudyard and illustrator of The Jungle Book (see John Lockwood Kipling, Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London , p. 363).
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India. Three privately printed journals, 1914-31, comprising: 1. Houstoun-Boswall (Phoebe). My Diary. A Trip to the East, [Frome & London]: printed for private circulation [by Butler & Tanner Ltd], 1931, xii 243 pp., 30 gelatin silver print photographs (on 18 card mounts), inscribed by the author 'My first effort in print but not the last we hope. To Nini with much love, Christmas 1931, Phoebe' on front free endpaper, rear inner hinge cracked but holding, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, 2. Roberts (Sir James R.). More Wanderings in India [cover-title], Gwalior: for private circulation, Alijah Darbar Press, c.1931, 131 pp., light spotting, original printed wrappers (a few chips), 4to, 3. [Ricketts, George Henry Mildmay]. Extracts from the Diary of a Bengal Civilian in 1857-59. And Further Notes of Services and Experiences in Bengal, the Punjab and the United Provinces, [no place]: for private circulation only, [1914], 114 pp., inscribed 'A. W. Cruickshank late B.C.S. [i.e. Bengal Civil Service], from George H M Ricketts, a general practitioner also in B.C.S.' on front free endpaper, with laid-in autograph letter signed from Ricketts to Crucikshank dated 7 March 1914 and presenting the work (4 pp.), original cloth, 8voQty: (3)NOTESLibrary Hub cites three copies only of Ricketts's work; the first two works are otherwise untraced. The first concerns a journey to Ceylon, Burma and India and was written by the author, the daughter of Sir George Reginald Houstoun-Boswall, 4th Baronet (a Great War casualty), at the age of fourteen; the photographs include elephants, locals including tea-plantation workers and the maharaja of Dholpur, and views. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James R. Roberts was an officer in the Indian Medical Service.
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* Middle East, India & Far East. Group of documents and ephemera, 19th-20th century, comprising: 1. Nubar Pasha (1825-1890). Autograph letter signed in French, Paris, 12 June 1882, 2 pp., signed 'M. Nubar', mentioning French engineer Joseph-Pons d'Arnaud ('D'Arnaud Bey', 1811-1884), annotated at head 'Ecrit le 12 juine 1882 à M. D'Arnaud Bey à Chatou' (presumably by the recipient), 8vo, 2. Aga Khan III (1877-1957). Autograph sentiment signed, 'I am the same person as Aga Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan', 3. A single sheet with signatures in English and Persian of Nawab Mir Mookurrum Hussein Khan Bahadur, Nawab Mir Sufdar Hussein Khan Bahadur, and. Nawab Meer Ikram Hussein Khan Bahadur, all dated Park Hill, 1 October 1896, annotated in pencil 'Indian princes' 4. Seal impressions of Muhammad Jamal al-A'zam, Sultan of Sulu (r.1862-81), Philippines, and of Muhammad Badr al-Din, Sultan of Sulu (r. 1881-4), both in red ink, mounted, contemporary annotations in English to mount, and 9 others, including Persian manuscript document (with English docket 'From Gov. of Meshed to subordinate Gov. between Meshed and [?]Bijand'), a printed Ottoman tezkere (passport) to one Thomas Stevens (splits and repairs), a hand-coloured etched portrait of Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh (title 'A Reminiscence of Ferozepore'), and clipped signature in envelope with 19th-century inscription 'Autograph of Nana Sahib' (i.e. leader of the Sepoy Mutiny)Qty: (13)NOTESNubar Pasha was the first prime minister of Egypt. Regarding item 3, the Royal Collection (RCIN 2907531) holds a portrait photograph of a group of boys at Park Hill school (at Torquay according to their cataloguing, but in fact at Lyndhurst, Hampshire), dated January 1896 and including the three nawabs who have signed their names here, in addition to Charles Edward, Duke of Albany (1884-1954) and the children of other notables; their names suggest that they may have belonged to the ruling family of Bangapanalle.
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