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Lot 215
An historically important silver RAF Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber, by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London 1945, on stylized lightning bolt support, with ebonised socle bearing silver plaque inscribed 'Air Marshal Sir C R Carr KBE, CB, CBE, DFC, AFC, by Sir Frederick Handley Page', overall height 31cm.
Lot 180
BUTCHER (Richard) & W. BEDWELL. The Survey and Antiquity of ... Stamford, and Tottenham-High-Cross in Middlesex, 1717, 8vo, general title, separate title to both parts, slightly toned, sprinkled calf, rebacked; ROBINSON (W) The History and Antiquities of Tottenham-High-Cross, 1818, 8vo, large folding hand coloured map, plates, as called for, (2 rather browned), 1 text leaf with jagged repaired tear, half morocco, rubbed; [STOW (J) Survey of London, 2nd edition 1603], 8vo, black letter, lacks title, E8 torn with loss, later half calf; OLDFIELD (H G) & R R DYSON. The History and Antiquities of Tottenham-High-Cross, 1790, 12mo, folding pedigree, plates, as required, worn half calf; ROBINS (W) Paddington Past and Present, circa 1853, 8vo, frontis, cloth, rebacked;
Lot 220
Cookery, a collection of works, mainly 19th century in varying condition, including: HENDERSON (W A) The Housekeeper's Instructor, 5th edition, no date, calf, repaired; The Complete Confectioner, 2nd edition 1790, 12mo, binding detached; SOYER (A) The Modern Housewife or Menagere, 18th thousand, 1850, 8vo, cloth; others by Raffald, Farley etc. All in varying used condition, some incomplete, damaged and/or modern rebound. Sold not subject to returnJohn Murrell 1630;There does not appear to be a title page for the book named 'The First Book of Cookery' and there is no missing pages up until the end of the second book of cookery. Then begins 2 introductory pages for 'A new book of Carving and Sewing' followed by it's title page, however this book is omitted.The first page of the book is missing its edge and the second page has a tear to the top corner. 5-7 are missing their bottom corners. Pages marked 41, 71 and 113 have been folded in the top corners.There are several marks throughout the book, a page which has been written on, two pages with burn pages and two pages with what appears to be worm holes. The book has also been rebound with a later likely 19th century binding. Please see photos for further detail. Sold as seen.London Art of Cookery John Farley 11th Edition 1807 printed by F. Bryer Blackfriars, rebound with staining throughoutThe Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy by A Lady 1778, printed for W. Strahan et al rebound, significant surface dirt to front pageThe Experienced English Housekeeper 1776 by Elizabeth Raffald 5th Edition printed by R. Baldwin, rebound.The Housekeeper's Instructor or Universal Cook, by W A Henderson, 5th Edition printed by W. and J. Stratford London ND black leather binding "" 5th edition with tree calf binding, re backed and re cased.Beeton's book of Household Management Vol 1, S O Beeton, Bouvary Street, London, Edited by Mrs Isabella Beeton, (split from seam)The Handbook of Dining or Corpulency and Leaness Scientifically Considered by Brillat-Savarin translated by F L Simpson, 3rd Edition, Printed by Spottiswoode and Co 1865, cloth boundMrs Beeton 's Cookery Book New and Revised edtion Ward, Lock and Co Ltd London and Melbourne, cloth bound (poor condition)The Modern Housewife or Menagere by Alexis Soyer, published Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Pall Mall, 1850 green cloth bound A la Mode Cookery by Mrs de Salis, published by Longmans Green and Co 1902, red cloth boundA new System of Domestic Cookery by A Lady published by J. Murray 1806 marbled boards with cloth spine (Maria E Rindle)The Handbook of Dining by Leonard Francis Simpson, published by Longmans and Roberts 1859 Gild stamped boards with textured coverThe Compleat Housewife or Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion by E. Smith 14th Edition, 1750 printed for R. Ware et all Marbled and leather spine, rebound.Experienced English Housekeeper by Elizabeth Raffald 4th Edition, published by R.Baldwin 1775 marbled and leather bindingMrs Beeton Family Cookery New Edition, Ward Lock navy cloth boundHandbook of Gastronomy by Brillat-Savarin, translated by A. Lalauze, London J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1884, cloth boundA New system of Domestic Cookery by A Lady printed by William Clowes, 1831 marbled boards with green leatherThe Modern Cook (missing title page) Francatelli 1853 marbled boards and leather spine (broken)The First Book of Cookery 1630 John Murrel ND Missing title page, leather bound (rebound - see above)The Complete Confectioner (both boards loose but present) by A Person 1740 (possibly Frederick Nutt) leather boundSoft back notebook - Early 20th century, dated 1917, hand written recipies and also cuttings, some pages loose (poor condition)Slim marbled notebook - inscribed pen and ink to the inside Ann S Hakiston (?) 1853 the blue pages glued with cuttings and hand written recipiesNotebook - inscribed to the front "Receipts for cooking and Medicines" dated to the interior 1831 and variously inscribed. Contains hand written recipies and remediesLargest Notebook - with loose recipies in various hands, also letters, loose printed recipies, aso inscribed on the pages Not dated. Marbled boards and leather spine and corners.
Lot 292
Botany. PERRIN (Mrs Henry) and Professor BOULGER. British Flowering Plants, 4 volumes, London: Bernard Quaritch 1914, 4to, no.114/1000 copies, colour plates, occasional slight staining, cream cloth gilt; LOWE (E J) Our Native Ferns, 2 vols., 1867, 8vo, coloured plates with tissue guards, light foxing to first and last leaves of vol. 1, original green cloth gilt; THOMSPON (R) The Gardener's Assistant, 1878, thick 8vo, chromolithographic plates, half calf; another copy 1890, binding rubbed; LINDLEY (John) Ladies' Botany: or a Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of Botany, 2 vols., London: James Ridgway and Sons, no date, 2nd and 4th editions, 8vo, coloured plates, later 20th century cloth boards;
Lot 289
SCILLY ISLES, a collection of works. 'A Great Victory obtained by the Kings Forces in the West of England and the Island of Silley', 1648, 8vo, title and 6pp., leaves mounted on guards, modern boards; TONKIN (J & R) Guide to the Isles of Scilly, 2nd edition, 1887, 8vo, folding map, original cloth; ALFORD (D P) A Tale of Tresco and the Tavistock Chimes, and other Poems, 1894, 8vo, cloth; NORTH (I W) A Week in the Isles of Scilly, 1850, 8vo, 4 plates, cloth gilt; RODD (E H) The Birds of Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, 1880, 8vo, portrait and folding map, cloth; WOODLEY (Rev. G) A View of the State of the Scilly Islands, 1822, 8vo, folding map, half title, uncut, worn boards, rebacked; LEWES (G H) Sea-Side Studies..., 2nd edition, 1860, small 8vo, hinges starting, cloth gilt; MOTHERSOLE (Jessie) The Isles of Scilly, no date, small 4to, plates, light spotting, cloth; many others, mainly 20th century
Lot 498
Japanese print reference and collection catalogues. MODY (N H N) Nagasaki Colour Prints and Paintings, reprint, Keegan Paul, no date; FORRER (M) The Baur Collection, 2 vols., 1994; Hokusai, 1988; HERWIG (A & H) Heroes of the Kabuki Stage, 2004; MORSE (Anne) Drama and Desire, Japanese Paintings from the Floating World, circa 2008; SCHAAP (R) Heroes and Ghosts, Prints by Kuniyoshi 1797-1861, publ. 1998; VON SEIDLITZ (W) & Dora AMSDEN. Impressions of Ukiyo-E, 2007; KEYES (R) The Art of Surimono, 2 vols., 1985; Gale Catalogue, 2 vols.; Henri Vever Catalogue, 4 vols.; others (30)
Lot 499
Suffolk Records Society, Constable titles, BECKETT (R B; editor). SRS 4, 1962 John Constable’s Correspondence, The Family at East Bergholt, 1807-1837;SRS 6, 1964 John Constable’s Correspondence II, Early Friends and Maria Bicknell (Mrs Constable);SRS 8, 1965 John Constable’s Correspondence III, The Correspondence with C.R. Leslie; SRS 10, 1966 John Constable’s Correspondence IV, Patrons, Dealers and Fellow Artists;SRS 11, 1967 John Constable’s Correspondence V, Various Friends, with Charles Boner and the Artist’s Children; SRS 12, 1968 John Constable’s Correspondence VI, The Fishers;SRS 14, 1970 John Constable’s Discourses; SRS 18, 1975 John Constable: Further Documents and Correspondence, Part 1 Documents and Part 2 Correspondence;
Lot 501
History, horses, and general literature. The British Turf, and The Men Who Have Made It. Biographical Press, 1906, folio, 87 plates, morocco, rubed in places; BIEGEL (Peter) Racing Pictures, 1983, slip case; MUNNINGS (Sir A) Autobiography, 3 vols., 2001 reprint edition, slip case; Australian School Atlas, Collins Brothers, no date, circa 1900, 8vo, 40 coloured maps, cloth gilt; DOYLE (Sir A Conan) The Great Boer War, complete edition 1902, cloth; TELLEEN (M) A Century of Belgian Horses in America, 1991, gift inscriptions, half morocco; STREET (A G) Shameful Harvest, 1st edition 1952, 8vo, good in dust jacket, with others by Street; GOODE (J M) Capital Losses, a Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings, 1979, Smithsonian Institution, one of 133 signed numbered copies, full morocco gilt; AUSTEN-LEIGH (R A) Bygone Eton, 1936, folio, cloth, slightly soiled; others
Lot 120
HAUKSBEE (Francis) Physico-Mechanical Experiments on Various Subjects. Containing an Account of several Surprizing Phenomena touching Light and Electricity. London: R. Brugis for the Author, 1709, small 4to, first edition, 194pp., with 8 engraved plates (7 folding), some slight age toning and staining, contemporary panel calf, joints cracked, Earl of Galloway armorial bookplate pasted overleaf of title.*Hauksbee was the first to demonstrate optical effects produced by the passage of electricity through rarified air and influenced the work of Gray, Dufay and Franklin; (Norman). Duveen, pp. 281-82.
Lot 299
BLAKE (William, illustrator) The Grave, A Poem. By Robert Blair. Illustrated by Twelve Etchings, executed from Original Designs. To which is added a life of the author, London: Printed by T. Bensley, for the proprietor, R. Ackermann, 1813, 4to, [but actually 3rd edition circa 1870 by Camden Hotten], engraved portrait frontispiece of Blake after Thomas Phillips, additional engraved title by Schiavonetti after Blake, printed title, list of subscribers, and 11 engraved plates, by Schiavonetti after Blake, some light spotting to plates, mainly to outer margins, contemporary blind stamped cloth, neatly rebacked
Lot 193
Literature, various. GIBBON (E) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 vols., London 1816, 8vo, 2 folding maps, calf; BURNS (R) Works, 4 vols., 4th edition, 1803, spotting, half calf rubbed; AUSTEN (Jane) Works, Folio Society, 7 vols., 1960-63, (3 are 2nd/3rd impressions), faded spines; BYRON. Letters and Journals, 11 vols. (of 12, lacks vol. 3), 1973-82, dust jackets; others by Thackeray and Byron
Lot 76
Bedford Level folding maps. Samuel Wells, Bedford Level and Parts Adjacent, 1829, folding dissected map by Cary; W D Harding, Map of the Land to be reclaimed from the Norfolk and Lincolnshire Estuary, trimmed at foot, 1852, hand coloured dissected map; one other, 'E C R Cambridge to Bedford...' stamped morocco cover (3)
Lot 311
Country Pursuits and Hunting. INGLIS (James) Tent Life in Tigerland. London: Sampson Low 1888, large 8vo, 16 chromolithograph plates, light foxing, 2 or 3 leaves with marginal tears, mostly unopened, original cloth; Cock-Fighting and Game Fowl, 1938, small 4to, illustrated, dust jacket discoloured; TATTERSALL (George) The Pictorial Gallery of English Race Horses, 1850, large 8vo, engraved plates, light foxing, modern half calf, some fading; MACPHERSON (Rev. H A) A History of Fowling, 1897, large 8vo, illustrated, cloth, spine faded; BADEN-POWELL (Capt. R S S) Pigsticking or Hoghunting, 1889, 8vo, plates, light spotting to title, cloth gilt; STANLEY (H M) In Darkest Africa, 2 vols., 1890, 8vo, 2 large folding maps, plates, some foxing, vol. I title cut at head, original cloth; one other - The Fowler in Ireland by Payne-Gallwey, 1882, modern half morocco (8)
Lot 328
Illustrated. SHEPHERD (Thomas H) Modern Athens! Displayed in a Series of Views, or Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century. London: Jones & Co 1829, 4to, engravings, typical staining, half morocco, rubbed; WRIGHT (G N) Ireland Illustrated, 1831, engraved title and plates, similarly bound; Plates from Don Quixote, 24 coloured aquatints published by Thos McLean 1819, title within decrative border, some handling stains to plates, contemporary cloth; Finden's Galllery of the Graces, Portrait Illustrations of British Poets, 1837, 4to, morocco gilt, rubbed; KIPLING (R) A Song of the English, illustrated by Heath Robinson, Hodder & Stoughton, no date, small 4to, tipped in colour plates, original cloth; GRISET (E) Griset's Grotesques, Routledge 1867, small 4to, some staining, worn covers; HUGHSON (D) Walks through London, vol. I only, 1817, 8vo, folding map and plan, some spotting (7)
Lot 406
West Country. CROSLEGH (C) Bradninch being a short Historical Sketch.., 1911, small 4to, cloth; HAWKER (R S) Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall, 1908, 8vo, cloth; WHITE (W) History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire, 1850, small 8vo, lacks map; JENKINS (A) History and Description of the City of Exeter, 1806, small 8vo, lacks map, uncut, modern boards; HOCKING (S K) For Abigail, F Warne no date, 8vo, cloth gilt; few others, including - BOHUN (W) The Law of Tithes, 1730, 8vo, modern half morocco (10)
Lot 78
John Hinton A New and Accurate Map of the Present War in North America, engraving by R W Seale, circa 1757, [showing the region from Boston north to Quebec, and west to Lake Ontario], the title within a cartouche in the lower right corner. 28.5 x 37cm, gilt framednot examined out of frame; a few closed tears visible; old creases
Lot 302
DOUGHTY (Henry Montagu) Chronicles of Theberton, a Suffolk Village, with an introduction and notes by the Revd W. W. Skeat, 1910, 8vo, illustrated, modern morocco backed cloth, title page embossed 'Presentation Copy'; GREEN (R) History, Topography and Antiquities of Framlingham and Saxsted. London 1834, 8vo, frontis, fold plate, half calf
Lot 451
Literature, history and various. GROSE (F) Military Antiquities, 2 vols., 1801, 4to, engraved plates (lacks a plate at p.398, vol. I), uncut, modern boards; RANJITSINHJI (Prince) Th Jubilee Book of Cricket, 2nd edition 1897, 8vo, plates, cloth; HEWLETT (Esther) Cottage Comforts, 1825, 8vo, boards; DUNCAN (J) The Naturalist's Library, Entomology, vol. II, Beetles, 1835, 12mo, coloured plates, modern binding; HANGER (Col. G) Colonel Hanger to all Sportsmen and particularly to Farmers, and Gamekeepers, 1814, 8vo, boards, worn; DOUGLAS (R K) China, 1st edition 1882, 8vo, folding map, some foxing, original cloth, repaired; and others, 19th century and 20th century (quantity)
Lot 359
§ Inga Moore (British/Australian, b. 1945) Mowgli and Bagheera - 'Come Along Little Brother',Signed with monogram,Watercolour, bodycolour and pencil,27.5cm x 21.5cmIllustrated: R. Kipling, 'The Jungle Book', London: Simon & Shuster, 1992Provenance:Chris Beetles LtdThis is the original watercolour for the front and back cover for the novel mentioned above.This is framed and unexamined out of frame.condition and colour is good, slight undulation to paperGood clean condition (including mount)
Lot 102
BLOMEFIELD (Francis) & Charles PARKIN. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, 5 vols. with Supplement (1929), 1st edition, Fersfield & Lynn: W Whittingham & R Baldwin, 1739-75, 30 plates including folding map and plan (with tear), plus folding chronological table and folding pedigrees, vols. 4 & 5 titles a little browned and frayed/torn, otherwise reasonably sound, contemporary calf gilt spines, joints cracked or splitting; Supplement Vol. no.15/350 copies, mounted plates, cloth binding (6)Provenance:Phillips Sale, Ipswich, 20-09-90, lot 369
Lot 184
Cambridge and Huntingdon history. LAYARD (Dr) An Account of the Somersham Water in the County of Huntingdon, 1767, 8vo, half title, 31pp., modern boards; GOOCH (Rev.W) General View of the Agriculture of the County of Cambridge, 1811, 8vo, folding hand coloured map, plan, folding table, calf, rebacked; PARKINSON (R) General View of the Agriculture of the County of Huntingdon, 1813, 8vo, folding hand coloured map, folding plan, some spotting, ex library embossed stamp to first leaves, neat ink stamp to lower corner of title, half calf; An Act for repairing the road from 'Horsehsoe Corner, Godmanchester ... to Castle Street, Cambridge..' 1813, 8vo, modern boards; a small folding map by Walker, 1836; A Letter to the Freeholders of Huntingdonshire 1792, 17pp., modern boards; Description of ... Cambridge, [1790], 12mo, double page plan and 11 plates, half calf; 2 other maps of Huntingdonshire by Pigot and C. Smith (soiled), and 'Cambridge' by J W Clark, 1893, in prize binding (10)
Lot 251
Country Pursuits. WALTON & COTTON. The Complete Angler, 5th edition 1791, 12mo, plates, modern binding; FRANCIS (F) A Book on Angling, 6th edition, 1885, 8vo, coloured plates, modern binding; PAYNE-GALLWEY (Sir R) The Fowler in Ireland, 1882, 8vo, illustrated, modern binding; The Sportsman's Dictionary, 1778, 4to, lacks frontis, all other plates present, double column text, tree calf, rebacked preserving spine strip; MILLAIS (J G) The Wildfowler in Scotland, 1901, 4to, photogravure plates, binding stained with torn spine strip; The Complete Art of Fowling, Pt. IV, pp.119-173, folio, woodcut illustrations, modern half morocco; others (9)
Lot 438
Regimental history. Historical Record of the 34th Foot, 1844, 8vo, 5 hand coloured plates, original cloth; PETRE (F L) The Historical of the Norfolk Regiment 1865-1918, 2 vols., 4to, illustrations, original cloth, slight fading; HARVEY (Lieut.-Colonel J R) Records of the Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry, 1908, 4to, illustrated, original cloth
Lot 123
GOUGH (R) Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain. Applied to illustrate the history of Families, Manners, Habits, and Arts ... from the Norman Conquest to the Seventeenth Century, 2 vols. in five, 1786-96, large folio, with engraved portraits, plates and illustrations, folding pedigree, some sporadic foxing and dust staining, calf gilt, most boards detached
Lot 460
Literature, various. The Rhythm of S. Bernard, 1869, a large manuscript album of religious verses within colourful borders, worn; various children's and other novels including: GOLDSMITH (Rev. J) A Geographical and Astronomical Atlas, 1827, 8vo, double page maps including the Solar system, worn boards; COLEMAN (W S) British Butterflies, Routledge no date, 8vo, colour plates, calf rubbed; Army & Navy Stores illustrated price list 1939-40; SOUTHEY (R) Poetical Works, 1853, single volume edition, 8vo, calf; KNIGHT (Charles) Old England, 2 vols.; Worthies; one other similar, illustrated; various bindings and novels, etc. (quantity) Sold not subject to return
Lot 281
Literature, various. KIPLING (R) The Second Jungle Book, 1895, 8vo, 1st edition, some wear to cloth boards; HOULSTON & SON circa 1820s bound 16mo collection of 19 juvenile stories, some colour wrappers bound in, a few possibly incomplete, half calf rubbed; PERKINS (W) A Treatise tending unto a Declaration, whether a man be in an estate of Damnation or in the estate of Grace..., John Legate 1608, 12mo, title damaged at foot, corner creases, soiled vellum; a 19th century mother of pearl clad book of Divine Office in Spanish, coloured title; various others, including a small album of mounted carte de visite portraits of Lawson family
Lot 226
Literature, various, 18th century and later, mainly including odd volumes, classical texts, essays, history and philosophy in leather bindings, but also - The Book of Common Prayers and Sacraments, 1693, small 8vo, near disbound; FALCONER (W) The Shipwreck, a Poem, 1783, 12mo, calf; GLEIG (G R) The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington, 1907, 8vo, prize tree calf binding; BRASSEY (Lady) Sunshine and Storm in the East, 1881, 8vo, 2 folding maps, endpapers and half title spotted, calf; together 45 vol. Sold not subject to return
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Lot 160
[KILNER (Joseph)] The Account of Pythagoras' School in Cambridge, no date, folio, engraved frontis by Sparrow dated 1783, folding plate by S & N Buck dated 1730, monument plate with tear, 6 plates of seals (one folding), uncut, some marginal toning and staining, modern half calf gilt; MASON (R Hindry) The History of Norfolk, 1884, large 4to, 4 full page coloured plates, double page coloured map, title with 'Iveagh 1899' blindstamp, a little toned, 1st leaves lightly spotted, modern half calf (2)
Lot 309
MORRIS (Rev. F O) A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 vols., William Mackenzie, 4to, no date, colour plates, (vol. I with a few loose leaves), cloth gilt; CATS & FARLIE. Moral Emblems, illustrated by John Leighton, London 1860, 4to, cloth gilt, spine ends chipped; PRYOR (F R) Memoirs of Samuel Hoare, 1911, 4to, gravure plates, cloth (8)
Lot 168
PAPWORTH (John B) Rural Residences consisting of a Series of designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas and other Ornamental Buildings. London: for R. Ackermann 1818, 8vo, half title, 27 hand coloured aquatint plates including frontis as required, ex libris stamp to title, p.56 and last page of text, occasional slight stains, half grained moroccoProvenance:Dominic Winter, lot 410, sale 23/8/00
Lot 115
HAY (R), & SYNGE (P), THE DICTIONARY OF GARDEN PLANTS, limited edition No 156, signed by both authors, full green leather with foliate detailing by Zaehnsdorf, The Arcadia Press, 1970, with beige cloth case (1).Provenance: Book in good condition. Case lightly grubby with edge rubbing / knocls and some foxing to back.
Lot 60
WILKINSON (R), LONDON ILLUSTRATA, GRAPHIC AND HISTORICAL MEMORIALS OF MONASTERIES, CHURCHES, CHAPELS, SCHOOLS, CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS, PALACES, HALLS, COURTS, PROCESSIONS…., 2 vols, engraved vignette to each title, profusely illustrated with engraved plates, ¾ red leather with marbled boards, London, 1819, ink dedication to front blank from Samuel Morley, MP for the City of Bristol October 21st 1873 (2).
Lot 121
GUNTHER (R), EARLY BRITISH BOTANISTS AND THEIR GARDENS, first edition, with plates and other illustrations, white buckram, Oxford University Press, 1922, with a note from the author loosely inserted which reads ‘Dear Madam, I have recently been attached to Buriton (?) again. The enclosed will tell you why. If you will accept it, I will be honoured for there are not more than 49 other copies in the world. Yours v. truly, R. T. Gunther’; THE GREEK HERBAL OF DISCORDIES, Oxford University Press, 1934, both are believed to be limited to 50 copies (2)
Lot 221
PEMBERTON (A), THE COMPLETE CYCLIST, gilt green cloth, London, Innes & Co, 1897; LEHMANN (R), ROWING, 1898; DINGLEY (H), TOUCHERS AND RUBS, Glasgow, Thomas Taylor, 1893; WELLS (H), VESTA ROWING CLUB, A CENTENARY HISTORY, with many signatures related to the club, full leather, 1969; with various others and a small selection of books on boxing, (qty).
Lot 328
SNELL (M), CLOCKS AND CLOCK MAKERS OF SALISBURY, Hobnob Press, 1986; WILLSBERGER (J), CLOCKS & WATCHES, The Dial Press, 1975; GOOD (R), VICTORIAN CLOCKS, British Museum Press, 1996; ALLIX (C), CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Antique Collectors Club, 1981; CHAPUIS (A), THE HISTORY OF THE SELF WINDING WATCH 1770-1931, Batsford, 1956; JAQUET (E), TECHNIQUE AND HISTORY OF THE SWISS WATCH, 1953; LOOMES (B), BRASS DIAL CLOCKS, 1988; SYMONDS (R), THOMAS TOMPION, Batsford, 1951; CHAPUIS (A), L'HORLOGERIE UNE TRADITION HELVETIQUE, 1948; with other books on clocks, (qty).
Lot 14
PENNANT (T), SOME ACCOUNT OF LONDON, second edition, engraved title and 22 plates, lacking map, later ¾ leather, London, Faulder 1791; DUGDALE (T), CURIOSITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, ENGLAND & WALES, Vol II, 27 maps and 79 steel plates; OSBALDISTON (W), THE UNIVERSAL SPORTSMAN, lacking two plates, Dublin; THORNTON (R), ELEMENTS OF BOTANY, Vols I and II in one, lacking main title, defective, 1812, (4). Condition Report: Dugdale: Boards and spine with rubbing to all of the edges, Some edge chips to marbled paper and fraying to top of spine. Pencil notes to front end paper. Offsetting of plates, general browning, foxing to plates and some damp marks. Pennants London: Later binding with only slight rubbing and wear, generally clean and bright. Later end papers. Title with tab repaired tear to binding edge. Offsetting of plates to text. Some minor foxing and browning. Sportsman binding in poor condition. Inside with age browning and foxing, all page edges with wear. Some small tears to edges. No end papers. Lacking last page.Botany book: Defective.None of the books in this lot have been collated.
Lot 105
NIMROD, MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON ESQ OF HALSTON SHROPSHIRE, title vignette and hand coloured plates after Alken and Rawlins, , ¾ red leather with cloth boards, London, Kegan Paul; THE LONSDALE LIBRARY, THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A HORSE, limited edition, 204/750, signed by Geoffrey Brooke and frontis plate signed by Lionel Edwards, full Morocco, London, Seeley, Service & Co, 1929, ex-book plate for Allan Peter Dodds; SURTEES (R). JORROCKS’S JAUNTS AND JOLITIES, hand coloured plates, pictorial green cloth, London, Downey & Co, 1901 (3).
Lot 305
A collection of mid 20th century and later children’s and other illustrated books, to include, REES (G), illus, COCKLE BUTTON COCKLE BEN, Robert Hale Limited, reprint, 1942; KIPLING (R), THE JUNGLE BOOKS, Easton Press, 1980; COX (P), THE RIDDLE OF THE FLOATING ISLAND, Jonathan Cape, 1992; THE GREAT EUCALYPTUS MYSTERY, 1992, (qty).
Lot 245
STANLEY (W), SURVEYING AND LEVELLING INSTRUMENTS, 2nd edition, green cloth, London, Spon, 1895; CATALOGUE OF W. F. STANLEY & CO, 1924; HONIBORNE (T), READINGS FOR THE GLOBES, 1877; ABRAHAM (R), SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS, London, Casella; THE REPERTORY OF ARTS AND MANUFACTURERS, vol IV only, 1796; and various others on surveying, instruments, etc (qty).
Lot 36
CRUIKSHANK (R), PIERCE EGAN’S FINISH TO THE ADVENTURES OF TOM, JERRY AND LOGIC, IN THEIR PURSUITS THROUGH LIFE IN AND OUT OF LONDON, with 36 hand coloured plates, full tan calf, London, James Camden Hotten, [c1871] (1).Condition Report: There is no date in the book but it is believed to be an 1871 reissue of the 1829 edition.
Lot 56
GREGSON (M), PORFOLIO… HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY PALATINE AND DUCHY OF LANCASTER, engraved illustrations, 1824; LYNAM (C), THE CHURCH BELLS OF THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD, ex-Liverpool Public Libraries, 1889; PEMBERTON (R), SOLIHULL AND ITS CHURCH, 1905; THE ANTIQUARY’S BOOKS, 5 vols, Methuen; and four other books, (12).Condition Report: Ex-Library / public library / university library books will have ink stamps, labels or residues of library labels to the pages inside and / or spines.
Lot 294
SEARLE (R), SLIGHTLY FOXED – BUT STILL DESIRABLE, limited edition, No 69/150, signed by the author, blue leather with gilt lettering, Souvenir Press, 1989, (1).Condition Report: Top two corners of the book are slightly knocked. Slight fox mark to edge of pages when closed. The bottom internal gutter of all pages with a crease to the pages – the book may have been dropped on the bottom of the spine – see images.
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