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Click here to subscribeFootball Interest - Bristol and District Football League 9ct gold medal for the St John's Clifton Winners Division II 1930-1, awarded to R. Bailey and a Gloucestershire Football Association Junior Cup Winners 9ct gold medal awarded in the same year to the same recipient and a Bristol and District Football League silver medal to the same recipient Condition:
Autographed letter signed (Mary R.) addressed to Captain Desmond Altwood of the Gloucestershire Regiment and reading in full I know that some of the men of this regiment have left. I enclose a list of those I have known personally, either through working in the woods or for other reasons, will you kindly make a mark against those who have left; two pages, mailing fold, uneveness of tone to margins due to previous framing, 8vo, Badminton, Gloucestershire, 14 August 1941. Accompanied by the original envelope with address written in Mary's hand.Also included are a Christmas card for year 1944 signed Mary R. below greetings; a 19.5 x 11cm full length, black and white Kirks of Cowes photograph of Mary of Teck and a young Prince George Duke of Kent, signed by each in black ink, dated below Mary's signature in her own hand 1934, light fading to ink in Mary's signature, mounted, overall size 44 x 23.7cm; unsigned 20.3 x 12.7 cm vintage photograph of Edward VIII as Prince of Wales and six sepia toned, unsigned photographs mounted on a cardboard annotated 'Summer /08'. (quantity)Badminton House in Gloucestershire was Queen Mary's home for the duration of WW2. As a personal bodyguard she was provided with a company of officers from the Gloucestershire Regiment commanded by Captain Altwood.
Illustrated Manuscript 12.5 DymondTwo excerpts from Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice & The Taming of the Shrew) with good colourful border with four thespian masks, portrait of Shakespeare and four views of Stratford. Dated 1927Also signed bottom margin Frank. R. Benson (dated 17/8/1930)51 x 33cm, unframedTogether with a small watercolour of a flower stall
Davies, George R. 'Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains', Purchased by Gorer and Exhibited at the Galleries of Dreicer & Co. (Jewels), New York, 1913, quarto, publisher's gilt green cloth. Presentation copy with inscription, 'With the Compliments of The Printer', along with a handwritten note on headed paper, 'From George W. Jones at St. Andrew's House, Droitwich, Worcestershire', dated 1940 and addressed to 'Billie' [William F. Northend]. Together with 'Collection d'Anciennes Porcelaines de Chine et Pierres Dures par Gorer, 170, New Bond Street', Exposee a l'Hotel Astoria, Paris, 1912, quarto, publisher's gilt blue cloth. Both books feature vibrant colour plates, some light foxing and wear to binding of the former. (2)Provenance: Originally from the library of William F. Northend (1887-1968), master printer at Northend's in Sheffield (son of the founder of the firm, J. W. Northend). By descent.
R BOUDEBINE & FILES, PARIS. A LATE 19th CENTURY FRENCH BRONZE ORMOLU MINIATURE CARTEL CLOCK the case surmounted by a cherub with dragon below on a rococo style frame enclosing a 2" convex porcelain dial with Arabic numerals fronting an eight-day spring-driven timepiece movement with platform escapement 31cm high. In good condition, small hairline crack to edge of dial, movement may need a service, original gilding in good orderConditionIn good condition, small hairline crack to edge of dial, movement may need a service, original gilding in good order
λAnthony Gross (British 1905-1984) Cat on the Barrell, La Mairie - Paris Etching, 1924 Signed in pencil and dated 1924 Image: 23.5 x 15.5cm (9 1/4 x 5 3/4in.) Provenance: From the collection of R W Lloyd, Christie's, 1959; To Doctor Dally, in gratitude from Mr & Mrs Ian Lowe, January 1965 λ Indicates that this lot may be subject to Droit de Suite royalty charges. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
George Richmond (British 1809-1896) Portrait of the artist's son Thomas Knyvett Richmond aged three Oil on board, framed as a tondo Signed and inscribed Thos. K. Richmond aged 3 years/ G. R. pinxt Underriver 1836 lower centre 38.4 x 35.3cm (15 1/8 x 13 7/8in.) Provenance: Sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 July 2001, lot 141; Sale, Christie's, New York, 5 September 2007, lot 64; Private Collection, New York
Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827), by and after, a harlequin set of six Dr Syntax caricatures: The Visit [...] to the Widow Hopefull (sic) at York, [T]aking pofsefsion (sic) of his Living, With the Dairy Maid, Rural Sport, Returned From His Tour, published London 1813, hand-coloured aquatints, 13cm x 21cm, harlequin framing; Thomas Sutherland (1785 - 1838), after Augustus Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832) and Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827), Excise Office, Broad Street, Published at R. Ackermann's Respository of Arts, London 1810, hand-coloured aquatint, 23cm x 29cm, [7]
A New and correct Map of Leicester & Rutland, Engrav'd from an actual Survey, with other Improvements, Published by J. Harrison [...], London 1787, two-page, copperplate engraving, 42cm x 51cm; John Lodge Cowley (1719 - 1797), An Improved Map of Flint Shire (sic, Flintshire, Wales), containing the Boroughs and Market Towns with those adjoining; also its Principal Roads and Rovers, [probably printed by R. Dodlsey, at Tully's Head, Pall Mall, London c. 1740], engraving with hand-colouring, 16cm x 14cm, Liz Porter labels to recto and verso, [2]
A Compendious Geographical Dictionary [...], To the whole is prefixed An Introduction, Exhibiting a View of The Newtonian System of the Planets, &c., Embellished with Maps, W. Peacock, London [n.d. 1795], 6 engraved fold-out maps, contemporary tree calf boards and marbled endpapers, 20th century calf spine with gilt lettered red morocco title label, 18mo; Guthrie (William) and Ferguson (James, F.R.S), A New Geographical, Hiftorical (sic), and Commercial Grammar [...], Illustrated with a New and Correct Set of Maps, Engraved by Mr. Kitchin, Geographer, John Knox, London 1777, contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards, front pastedown with Plain Armorial bookplate: Hugh E.E. Everard, 8vo; another later edition, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; Exhibiting the Present State of the World [...], Illustrated with A Correct Set of Maps, Engraven (sic) from Recent Observations, twenty-third edition, London 1819, contemporary gilt-tooled calf, endpapers with contemporaneous ink MS dedication inscription, pastedown with two crested library stamps en suite, 8vo; The General Gazetteer; or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary [...], Originally Compiled by R. Brookes, M.D., [...edited] by A. Picquot, F.G.S., eighteenth edition, C. and J. Rivington [...], London 1827, fold-out engraved maps, contemporary calf, relayed spine, 8vo; McCulloch's Geographical Dictionary, volume I only, 1851, fold-out maps, contemporary quarter-calf, 8vo; Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish and Dampier: Including an Introductory View of the Earlier Discoveries in the South Sea; and the History of the Buccaneers, With Portraits Engraved Horsburgh, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1831, 20th century blue quarter-morocco and buckram boards, lettered spine, 12mo; Verne (Jules), The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century [...], Sampson Low, London 1881, contemporary blue buckram, 8vo; etc, [8]
Anon [Papworth (John Buonarotti)], Poetical Sketches of Scarborough: Illustrated by Twenty-one Engravings of Humourous (sic) Subjects, Coloured from Original Designs, Made Upon the Spot by J. Green, and Etched by T. Rowlandson, first edition, R. Ackermann, London 1813, [vi], xvi, 215pp, full-page caricatural aquatint plates, later 20th century quarter-calf and green buckram, gilt-embossed titling to spine, 8vo
Antarctica - Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I: Being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O., Volume II: Being the Reports of the Journeys & the Scientific Work Undertaken by Dr. E.A. Wilson and the Surviving Members of the Expedition, Arranged by Leonard Huxley, with a Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., With Photogravure Frontispieces, 6 Original Sketches in Photogravure [...], 18 Coloured Plates [...], 260 Full-Page and smaller Illustrations, from Photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting, and other Members of the Expedition; Panoramas and Maps, second edition, two-volume set, Smith, Elder & Co., London 1913, complete but for page 152 plate in volume I, contemporary blue buckram, 8vo
Antique Miscellaneous - Pinto (Edward H.), Treen and other wooden bygones, G. Bell & Sons, London 1969, h/b, d/j; Pinto (Edward H. & Eva R.), Tunbridge and Scottish Souvenir Woodware, With Chapters on Bois Durci and Pyrography, G. Bell & Sons, London 1970, h/b, d/j; woodworking reference works; Oriental Rugs: Volume 1, Bennett (Ian), Caucasian, h/b, d/j; Volume 2, Aschenbrenner (Erich), Persian, h/b; Volume 3, Parsons (R.D.), The Carpets of Afghanistan, h/b, d/j, Oriental Textile Press Ltd., 1981, [3]; Erdmann (Kurt), Seven Hundred Years of Oriental Carpets, The Collectors' Book Club, Cirencester 1966, h/b, d/j; Pivar (Stuart), The Bayre Bronzes: A Catalogue Raisoné, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge 1981, h/b, d/j; Catley (Bryan), Art Deco and other Figures, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge 1978, h/b, d/j; Snowman (A. Kenneth), The Art of Carl Fabergé, Faber and Faber Limited, London 1968, h/b, d/j; antique glass; facsimile, Yesterday's Shopping: The Army & Navy Stores Catalogue 1907, h/b, d/j; etc
Blome on The Bible, The History of the Old and New Testament; Extracted out of Sacred Scripture, and Writings of the Fathers, To which are Added The Lives, Travels and Sufferings of the Apostles; with Large and Exact Hiftorical Chronology of all the Affairs and Actions related in the Bible, The Whole illuftrated (sic) with Two hundred and forty Sculptures, And Five Scriptural Maps, Delineated and Engraved by Good Artifts (sic), Tranflated (sic) from the Sieur de Royaumont, by feveral (sic) Hands: Supervifed (sic) and Recommended by Dr. Horneck and other Orthodox Divines, second edition, Printed for R. Blome, S. and J. Sprint, John Nicholfon (sic), and John Pero, at the Bell, the King's-Arms, and the Swan in Little-Britain, Affigns (sic) of the faid (sic) R. Blome, London 1701, erroneous pagination but apparently complete, fragmentary contemporary calf boards and spine recently well-laid, contemporaneous with 21st century endpapers, the spine with gilt lettered red morocco title label, medium folio
British Travel and Topography - The British Tourist; or, Traveller's Instructive Guide through England and Wales [...], Printed and Published by R. Walwyn and Co., London [1821], pp: [iv], 162, three-fold hand-coloured copperplate engraved map of England to title-page, contemporary printed paper boards, 18mo; [Pratt (Samuel Jackson) New Forest in 1804, Richard Philips, London 1805], MS title-page and text incomplete, engraved frontispiece of the author by Caroline Watson after Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA, later 19th century binding incorporating later 19th century ephemera, 8vo; Warwickshire; Being a Concise Topographical Description of the Different Town and Villages in the County of Warwick [...], Embellished with Engravings, And an accurate Map of the County, John Aston, Coventry 1817, contemporary calf boards (disbound, spine defective), marbled endpapers, 8vo; An Illustrated Itinerary of the County of Cornwall, How and Parsons, London 1842, contemporary quarter-calf and buckram, 4to; A Description of Great Britain, [early-mid 18th century], lacking prelims and incomplete to verso, contemporary calf with double gilt fillet (disbound), 8vo, (faults); Robertson (William), Rochdale: Past and Present, A History and Guide, second edition, Schofield and Hoblyn, Rochdale 1876, chromolithographic illustrations, contemporary oxblood quarter-morocco and buckram, 16mo; Pughe (David William), Humphrey's Series: History of Beaumaris Castle and The Isle Anglesey & History of Caernarvon Castle and Town [...], bound as one, H. Humphreys, Carnarvon (sic) [n.d., c. 1830], contemporary buckram spine and marbled paper boards, 12mo; Diprose (John), Some Account of the Parish of Saint Clement Danes (Westminster): Past and Present [...], two-volume set, Diprose and Bateman, London 1868 - 1876, illustrated throughout, contemporary buckram boards, later 20th century spines, The Law Society: Library bookplates to each pastedown, further Law Society Library stamps, 8vo; A Survey of London by John Stow, Reprinted from the Text of 1603, With Introductions and Notes by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, two-volume set, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, blue buckram as issued, 8vo; Hughson (David), London; Being An Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood to Thirty Miles Extent, From an actual Perambulation, volume VI only, J. Stratford, London 1809, contemporary diced calf boards (disbound, spine with faults), 8vo; Old London, Papers Read at the London Congress, July, 1866, John Murray, London 1867, contemporary quarter-morocco an marbled boards, 8vo, [13]
Local Interest - Derbyshire - Glover (Stephen), The History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Derby [...], edited by Thomas Noble, Henry Mozley and Son, Derby 1829, 20th century black buckram, 8vo; Glover (Stephen), The Peak Guide [...], edited by Thomas Noble, Henry Mozley and Son, Derby 1830, contemporary buckram, front board with original printed paper title label, 8vo; Derby Illustrated: Its Art, Trade and Commerce, Robinson, Son & Pike, Publishers, London [c. 1890], early 20th century boards and spine, 4to; Chantrey's Peak Scenery; or Views in Derbyshire Engraved by W.B. and George Cooke After Drawings by Sir Francis L. Chantrey, R.A., With Historical and Topographical Descriptions by James Croston, F.S.A., Re-Issue edition, Stanesby & Co., London 1889, original boards (disbound, lettered spine strip detached but present), small folio; Pilkington (James), A View of the Present State of Derbyshire [...], two-volume set, J. Drewry, Derby 1789, 8vo, (disbound, faults); Bagshaw (Samuel), History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire, with the Town of Burton-upon-Trent [...], Printed for the Author, By William Saxton, Sheffield 1846, later 19th century full leather binding, marbled endpapers, 8vo; Adam (W.), The Gem of the Peak [...], fourth edition, Longman & Co., London 1845, fold-out map to title-page, full page sepia lithographs, contemporary grey buckram, 12mo; Croston (James), On Foot Through The Peak, or A Summer Saunter Among the Hills and Dales of Derbyshire, Whittaker & Co., London 1862, fold-put map of the county, green buckram as issued, 12mo; Memorials of Old Derbyushire, edited by Rev. J. Charles Cox, Bemrose and Sons Limited, London 1907; Hackett (Richard R.), Wirksworth and Five Miles Round: An Historical Sketch of the Principal Events of Interest Connected with the District, with Brief Notices of its Remarkable Personages, J. Buckley, Wirksworth [1899], floppy terracotta buckram, 12mo; Lock guides (3); Haddon Hall guide; Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Volume XVII, January 1895, 20th century blue buckram, Norwich Castle Museum book label; etc
Science - Cuthbertson (John), Practical Electricity and Galvanism; Containing A Series of Experiments Calculated for the Use of Those Who Are Desirous of Becoming Acquainted with that Branch of Science, Illustrated with Nine Copper Plates, J. Callow, London 1821, contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper boards, Siemens Engineering Society: The Obach Library, library stamps, 8vo; American Imprint, Hoblyn (Richard D., A.M.), A Manual of Chemistry, Samuel S. and William Wood, New York 1846, contemporary speckled calf, From R. Paine's, Cheap Book Store [...], Philadelphia, labelled, large 12mo; The Cabinet of Natural Philosophy Conducted by The Rev. Dionysus Lardner [...], Assisted by Eminent Scientific Men, three-volumes, comprising Kater (Captain Henry) [..], Mechanics, Herschel (Sir John F.W., Knt), Astronomy and Donovan (Michael), Chemistry, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London 1830 - 1834, From Butler and Co., Booksellers &c., High Wycombe, labelled, contemporary quarter-calf and marbled papered boards, 16mo, (3); Henry (William, M.D., F.R.S.), The Elements of Experimental Chemistry, eleventh edition, two-volume set, Baldwin and Cradock, London 1829, contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards, Armorial bookplates to each pastedown: William Pollok M.D., 8vo; Primary Batteries, second impression, 1920, prize binding; etc, [13]
Theology and Philosophy - The Beehiuve (sic) Of the Romifh (sic) Church, [London, probably 1632], lacking prelims and incomplete text, traces of calf spine, 12mo (faults); Swan (John), Speculum Mundi: Or A Glasse (sic) Representing the Face of the World; Shewing (sic) both it did begin and muft (sic) alfo (sic) end: The manner How, and time When, being largely examined, Wherunto is Joyned (sic) an Hexameron, or a ferious (sic) difcourfe (sic) of the caufes (sic), continuance, and qualities of things in Nature; occafioned (sic) as matter pertinent to the work done in the fix (sic) days of the Worlds (sic) creation, second edition, Roger Daniel, Printer to the Univerfitie (sic) of Cambridge, 1643, incomplete, contemporary calf, 18th century and later ink MS ownership inscriptions, inset 19th century MS account of incomplete collation to verso, square 12mo; another copy, incomplete, similar faults, 12mo; Perkins (William), A Commentarie or Exposition Upon the Five First Chapters of The Epistle to The Galatians [...], Now publifhed (sic) for the benefite (sic) of the Church, and continued with a Supplement upon the fixt (sic) Chapter, by R[alph] Cudworth, John Legate, Cambridge 1609, tear to lower-half of title-page and text incomplete, disbound, 4to; Hammond (H[enry], D.D.), A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon all the Books of the New Teftament (sic), Briefly explaining all the difficult places thereof, second edition, Printed by J. Flefher (sic) for Richard Royfton (sic) at the Angel in Ivie-lane (sic), London 1659, engraved vignette to title-page, pencil inscription to upper recto pastedown: Collated & correct, full contemporary calf binding, raised bands to spine, upper title-page with contemporaneous ink MS ownership inscription, Heir-Loom John Brymer No. 1284 stamp, Plain Armorial bookplate: William Thomas Parr Brymer: FAS, crown folio; Hammond (H[enry], D.D.), A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon the Books of the Psalms, Briefly explaining the Difficulties thereof, Printed by R. Norton, for Richard Royfton (sic), at the Angel in Ivy-Lane (sic), London 1659, engraved vignette to title-page, full contemporary calf (front cover loose), Chippendale Armorial Ferrers bookplate to front pastedown, small folio; The Book of Common Prayer: and Administration of The Sacraments: and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, With the Pfaler (sic) or Pfalmes (sic) of David, Printed by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings (sic) moft (sic) Excellent Majefty (sic): And by the Affignes (sic) of John Bill, London 1641, early 20th century papered boards, 8vo; Wilson (Tho[mas]), A Christian Dictionary, Opening The fignifications (sic) of the chiefe (sic) Words difperfed generally through Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Teftament (sic), tending to increafe (sic) Chriftian (sic) Knowledge, fifth edition, Printed by Richard Cotes, and are to be fold (sic) by William Hope, at the figne (sic) of the Unicorne (sic) in Cornhill neer (sic) the Royall (sic) Exchange, London 1648, contemporary vellum over boards, 4to; 1682 Book of Common Prayer, contemporary calf, folio, (faults); etc
Topography - Anon, The Travels of Tom Thumb Over England and Wales; Containing Descriptions of whatever is moft (sic) remarkable in feveral (sic) Counties, Interspersed with Many pleafant (sic) Adventures that happened to him perfonally (sic) during the Courfe (sic) of his Journey, first edition, R. Amey, London 1746, pp: xii, 142pp, lacking fold-out map, contemporary sheep front board only (detached), conforming spine, 12mo; Erdeswick (Sampson, Esq), A Survey of Staffordshire: Containing the Antiquities of that County, Collated with Manuscript[s] [...] Illustrative of The History and Antiquities of that County by The Reverend Thomas Harwood, B.D., F.S.A., John Nichols and Son, Westminster 1820, engraved plates of antiquarian interest, contemporary marbled boards and later buckram spine, indistinct contemporary MS ownership inscription to title-page, 8vo; Garner (Robert, F.L.S.), The Natural History of the County of Stafford; Comprising Its Geology, Zoology, Botany, and Meteorology: Also its Antiquities, Topography, Manufactures, Etc., John van Voorst, London 1844, 20th century black buckram, 8vo; Plant (Robert, F.G.S.), History of Cheadle, in Staffordshire, And Neighbouring Places, With Chapters on Croxden Abbey [...] and the Cheadle Coalfield, William Clemesha, Leek 1881, red buckram as issued, contemporary armorial bookplate: Harry Vaughan Philips, 8vo; Williams (Alfred), Sketches In and Around Lichfield and Rugeley, Comprising A Descriptive & Historical Account [...], Eggington & Brown, Lichfield and H.J. Pascoe, Rugeley, 1892, contemporary buckram as issued, book label: Library of the Dominican Fathers, Haberstock Hill, London, 12mo; Nithsdale (W.H.), In the Highlands of Staffordshire: Being a Series of Rambles around Leek (Chiefly extracted from a young lady's journal, W.H. Eaton, Leek 1906, pictorial buckram as issued, 12mo; Yorkshire, Brighton (Rev. F.), The Tale of Ipstones, 1991 reprint, blue buckram, 8vo; Bogg (Edmund), A Thousand Miles in Wharfedale and the Basin of the Wharfe: Being a Description of a Tour by a Party of Artists Along its Banks and Tributaries from Cawood to Camfell, 1892, contemporary quarter-green morocco and buckram boards, gilt lettered title to spine, marbled endpapers, 8vo; Hall (T. Walter), The Fairbanks of Sheffield, 1688 to 1848, J.W. Northend Limited, Sheffield 1932, floppy card covers, 4to, [9]
Travel - Scottish Provincial Imprint, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, Undertaken By Command of His Majefty (sic) for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore In the Years 1776, 7, 8, 9 and 80, volume I only, R. Morison, Perth 1785, engraved portrait frontispiece of Captain Cook with further nautical vignette to frontis-page, pp: iv, 8, 346, [4], contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards, red morocco title label gilt lettered to spine, 16mo; Conder (Josiah), A Popular Description of Peru and Chile: Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, James Duncan, London [n.d., c. 1829], pp: vi, [i], 360, one fold-out engraved map, 3 steel engravings, contemporary green quarter-morocco and marbled boards, the spine lettered in gilt, 18mo; Trollope (T. Adolphus), A Summer in Brittany, edited by Frances Trollope, two-volume set, Henry Colburn, London 1840, hand-coloured lithographic title-pieces, further monochrome lithographs, contemporary bindings (faults), Bound by W. Walker, Plymouth, labelled, Pictorial Armorial bookplates: Plymouth Public Library, 8vo; Conder (Joseph), Russia, James Duncan, London 1831, lacking map, contemporary quarter-green morocco and papered boards, 18mo; Jerrold (W. Blanchard), A Brage-Beaker with the Swedes: or, Notes from the North in 1852, Illustrated with Sketches by the Author, Nathaniel Cooke, London 1854, contemporary buckram, 12mo; Mockler-Ferryman (Major A.F.), In the Northman's Land: Travel, Sport, and Folk-Lore in the Hardanger Fjord and Fjeld, With Map, Illustrations, and Appendix, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London 1896, contemporary maroon buckram, 12mo; Beattie (William, M.D.), Switzerland: Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett, Esq., volume II only, George Virtue, London 1839, full-page steel engravings, contemporary mauve buckram, 4to; Poesies and Scenery of Axenstein on the Lake of Lucerne, J.A. Preuss, Zurich [c. 1900], floppy green covers ,12mo; Fox (Sir Frank), Switzerland, second edition, A. & C. Black, Ltd., London 1930, 8vo; Home (Gordon), France, first edition, Adam and Charles Black, London 1914, 8vo; Moore (John), A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland and Germany [...], sixth edition, volume II only, A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London 1786, contemporary calf, the spine titled in contemporaneous ink MS, 8vo; Tuker (M.A.R.) and Malleson (Hope), Rome, Painted by Alberto Pisa, third edition, A & C Black Ltd., London 1925, contemporary blue buckram, 8vo; Roberts (The Rev. Richard, B.A.), An Autumn Tour in Spain in the Year 1859, Saunders, Otley, and Co., London 1860, full-page lithographs illustrating text, contemporary blue buckram, 8vo; Customs of the World, two-volume set, [lacking prelims but text complete], early 20th century, green quarter-morocco and buckram boards, ownership book stamp: Major H. Twyford, 4to, [18]
Vulcanology and Geology - Guarini (G[iovanni]), Palmieri (L[uigi]) and Scacchi (A[rcangelo]), Memoria Sullo Incendio Vesuviano del Mese di Maggio 1855, Fatta Per Incarcio della R. Accademia delle Scienze [...], Stablimento Tipografico di Gaetano Nobile, Napoli 1855, pp: viii, 207, 7 full-page lithographic plates of Vesuvius, paper covers only, 4to; Scrope (G. Poulett, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c.), Memoir on the Geology of Central France; Including the Volcanic Formations of Auvergne, The Velay, and The Vivarais, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London 1827, pp: xvi, 176, uncut text, lacking plates, contemporary papered boards and fragmentary spine, 4to; Scrope (G. Poulett, M.P., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c.), The Geology of Extinct Volcanos of Central France, With Illustrative Maps, Views, and Panoramic Sketches, second edition, John Murray, London 1858, fold-out and full-page plates, contemporary terracotta buckram, 8vo; Cuvier (Baron G[eorges]), Essay on the Theory of the Earth, With Geographical Illustrations by Professor Jameson, fifth edition, William Blackwood, Edinburgh 1827, contemporary quarter-calf and marbled paper boards, 8vo; Sacred Geology; or, The Scriptural Account of the World's Creation Maintained [...], William Edward Painter, London 1847, contemporary buckram, 12mo; etc, [7]
Watson (R[ichard], D.D., F.R.S.), Chemical Essays, fourth edition, five-volume set, T. Evans, London 1788, full contemporary calf, some lettered title labels to spine, gilded bands, contemporary book labels and ink MS shelf numbers to each pastedown: John Rutherfurd, Efq (sic); of Edgerston [near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland], 12mo; Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff (sic, Llandaff, Wales); Written by Himself at Different Intervals, and Revised in 1814, Published by His Son, Richard Watson, LL. B., Prebendary of Landaff (sic) and Wells, T. Cadell and W. Davies, London 1817, portrait title-piece of the author by William Thomas Fry (1789 - 1843) after George Romney (1734 - 1802, contemporary boards only (detached), 4to; Muirhead (James Patrick, M.A.), The Life of James Watt, with Selections from His Correspondence, with Portraits and Woodcuts, John Murray, London 1858, contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards, gilt lettered red leather title label to spine, 8vo, [7]
*Dibdin (Thomas R. Colman, 1810-1893). Bewsher Mill Littlebury, Essex, 185[6?], pencil, watercolour & wash on blue wove, heightened with bodycolour, captioned in pencil, signed and dated lower right (cropped to right margin with slight loss to caption and date), 24.5 x 30.5cm (9.5 x 12ins), mounted, framed and glazed, Abbott & Holder gallery label to backboard (with incorrect location to caption), together with four others, including watercolour of timber framed buildings in Coventry by John Paget, dated 1868, watercolour of Seaford coastline, Sussex by Frank Short, dated 1927, gouache of the Old Inn, Dorchester by George C. Haite, and pen & ink scene with soldier on horseback by William Heath, all framed and glazed (5)
German School. Busy street scene, possibly Bad Pyrmont, Germany, circa 1880, pencil and sepia wash on paper, depicting a covered bandstand and numerous figures in formal dress beneath trees, against a backdrop of buildings including Schauspielhaus and a shop, 'Nicolaus Bermann, Bijouterier, Kunstning', signed [?]'E. Haner, Lipzg' bottom right, 17 x 22 cm, framed and glazed, together with German School, View of a gabled shop-front amid trees, 1935, watercolour on card, faded gilt lettering 'Georg Bermann Kunstgewerke' on side elevation, signed [?]Hans Seutemann' and dated bottom right, 15.3 x 21.2 cm, mounted, framed and glazed, with a repaired postcard depicting the same building, inscribed verso 'With compliments to Frau Bermann, from Bertram R. Wally, October 1st 1925', and a small silver gelatin print, also depicting the same building, with the clear lettering 'Georg Bermann Hoflieferant' on side elevation The market square scene appears to be labelled Leipzig ('Lipzg') but a Nicolaus Bermann is record as an art and music dealer in Bad Pyrmont (see Schulz, Allgemeines Adressbuch für den Deutschen Buchhandel ... 1847, volume 9, p. 11), and the depiction of the Schauspielhaus with its colonnaded portico closely resembles that which stands in the town today. (2)
*Roberts (David, 1796-1864). Town square with ancient buildings, Rouen, 1836, pencil and white bodycolour on light brown paper, partly unfinished to right hand side, inscribed in pencil lower right 'At Rouen Sep 36', laid down on card, some marks and minor damage to lower edge, sheet size 27.9 x 39.7 cm (10.9 x 15.7 ins), mounted, inscribed in a later hand in pencil to verso 'Rouen/ David Roberts R A/ Guy Lancaster Collection' Provenance: Collection of Percy Lancaster (1878 - 1951), landscape painter and etcher, born in Manchester, who originally trained as an architect but then attended Southport School of Art. (1)
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