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Click here to subscribeRobert Havell Jnr, British 1793-1878- "Pine Finch Fringilla Pinus Male 1 Female 2 Pinus pendula Black Larch No 36 Plate CLXXX", after J J Audubon, publ by R Havell 1833; hand-coloured aquatint, 49x31cm: Thomas Shotter Boys, British 1803-1874- "Huy on the Meuse"; hand-coloured lithograph, 29.5x40.5cm., (2), (part unframed)
Philip Dawe, British 1740-1785 fl 1750-1791- The Battle of Chevy Chase/Then Leaving Life Earl Percy Tooke/At Last These Two Stout Earls did Meet, both after John Graham and Sawrey Gilpin, publ June 6th and August 20th 1791 by R Pollard Engraver & Printseller Spa Fields London; mezzotints, two, 46x63.5cm., ea., (2) (mounted) (unframed) Provenance: From the collection of The Estate of the Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd
Andrew Taylor, British, mid-late 20th century- "Wedding Portrait"; linocut in colours, signed, titled and numbered 1/12 in pencil, 42.5x31cm: British School, mid 20th century- Surreal tree study; watercolour, signed with initials `PES`, 29x26cm: Russian School, late 20th century- "Montferrand`s Statue of Nicholas I in Isaac Square", 1992; watercolour, bears inscription on the reverse, 16x12.5cm: Francesco Bartolozzi RA, Italian 1727-1815- "His Grace the Duke of Marlborough", publ April 24 1795 by J Thane Spur Street Leicester Square; stipple engraving, 28x21.5cm: Northern European School, early 20th century- Barn in winter; linocut in colours, signed with initials `AJDC` and dated 1918 within the plate, signed in pencil, 19x24cm: R Collins, late 20th century- "Night with her train of stars, this great gift of sleep"; monoprint in colours, signed and inscribed in pencil, bears framer`s label for George Street Fine Art Gallery, Altrincham, 20.5x20.5cm: British School, early 20th century- Views in Bhurban; watercolours, three in shared mount and frame, two signed with initials, one inscribed and dated 19, 11x17cm., (max) (7) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
A collection of Books incl. 'Everybody's Book of Acting Charades' - debates, dialogues, tableaux, vivants, etc. for the home, school and hall by John J. Pledge, 1893; 'The Complete Angler' by Izaac Walton; 'The Lands of the Broads' by Ernest R. Suffling - a practical and illustrated guide with large coloured map; 'Queen Alexandra's Christmas Gift Book' by the Daily Telegraph - London 1908, Pocket German and Spanish Dictionaries, etc.
Sircar (Joydeep). Himalayan Handbook, 1st complete ed., Calcutta, 1979, signed to title, loosely inserted letter from the author to mountaineer and bibliophile Louis C. Baume, orig. printed wrappers, 8vo, together with volume one (A-K) of the first edition published in 1974 (volume two was never published), in orig. printed wrappers, 8vo, and Neate (W.R.), Mountaineering and its Literature, 1st ed., 1978, orig. cloth in dust-wrapper, 4to, plus Baume (Louis C.), Sivalaya: The 8000-metre Peaks of the Himalaya, 1st ed., 1978, orig. cloth in dust-wrapper, 8vo, and Porter (Edward C.), Library of Mountaineering and Exploration and Travel, Chicago, 1959, orig.cloth in dust-wrapper, 8vo, plus Irwin (William Robert), Challenge: An Anthology of the Literature of Mountaineering, New York, 1950, orig. cloth in dust-wrapper, 8vo, plus Kramarsic (Joseph D.), Bibliography of Colorado Mountain Ascents, 1863-1976, Dillon, Colorado, 1979, together with Bibliography of Colorado Rock Climbs and Ice Climbs 1863-1976, Dillon, 1983, both in matching orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus Cox (James R.), Classics in the Literature of Mountaineering and Mountain Travel from the Francis P. Farquhar Collection of Mountaineering Literature, Los Angeles, 1980, b & w photo. plates, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus other mountaineering bibliography, anthologies and reference. Neate S79: “Lists every Himalayan peak over 20,000 ft and summarizes every attempt and ascent with bibliographical references”. (24)
Somervell (T. Howard). After Everest, The Experiences of a Mountaineer and Medical Missionary, 1st ed., Hodder & Stoughton, 1936, b&w plts. after photos, etc., orig. green cloth gilt in frayed and torn d.j., (Neate S142), together with Dyhrenfurth (G. O.), To The Third Pole, The History of the High Himalaya, trans. Hugh Merrick, 1st English ed., 1955, b&w plts. after photos, orig. blue cloth in d.j., (Neate D64), plus Hunt (John), The Ascent of Everest, 2nd imp., 1953, several colour and many b&w plts. after photos, signed by the author and Doug Scott to title, orig. blue cloth in d.j., a little rubbed to extrems., and Hillary (Edmund), High Adventure, 1st ed., Hodder & Stoughton, 1955, colour frontis., b&w plts. after photos, signed by the author to half-title, orig. blue cloth in frayed d.j., with a little loss, (Neate H81), plus others on Mount Everest and related, including Chris Bonington, Everest South West Face, 1st ed., 1973 (signed), Toni Hargen and others, Mount Everest, Formation, Population and Exploration of the Everest Region, 1st English ed., 1963, Dennis Roberts, I’ll Climb Mount Everest Alone, The Story of Maurice Wilson, 1st ed., 1957, (Neate R46), R. Dittert, Fore Runners to Everest, 1st English ed., 1954, (Neate D32), The Picture of Everest, 1st ed., 1954 (in deluxe vellum binding), etc., mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo/4to. (60)
Topffer (R.). Voyages en ZigZag, ou Excursions d’un Pensionnat en Vacances dans les Canyons Suisses et sur revers Italien des Alpes, Paris, 1844, numerous illustrations, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth gilt, upper cover detached, large 8vo, together with Zig-Zags en Bretagne, par H. et G. Dubouchet, Paris, 1894, folding maps, illustrations, some toning, presentation inscription, original cloth, rubbed and faded, 4to, with four others including George Cheever’s Wanderings of a Pilgrim in the Shadow of Mont Blanc and the Jungfrau Alp, new ed., c. 1870 and Charles Durier’s Le Mont-Blanc, 1923 (7)
Cliffe (Charles Frederick). The Book of North Wales. Scenery, Antiquities, Highways and Byeways, Lakes, Streams, and Railways, 1st ed., 1850, engraved frontis., folding map, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, together with Halliwell (J.O.), Notes of Family Excursions in North Wales, taken chiefly from Rhyl, Abergele, Llandudno, and Bangor, printed for the author, 1860, inscribed by the author to title, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, a little fraying to head and foot of spine, and Cliffe (John Henry), Notes and Recollections of an Angler: Rambles among the Mountains, Valleys, and Solitudes of Wales, 1st ed., 1870, advertisement leaf to rear, orig. brown cloth gilt, rubbed to head and foot of spine, plus an identical copy bound in blue cloth, (Cliffe explored the high mountain cwms and summits pre-1870), plus Davies (R. Rice), The Cambrian Sketch-Book. Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales, 1st ed., [1875], wood engraved frontis., orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed, plus Ramsay (A.C.), The Old Glaciers of Switzerland and North Wales, 1st ed., 1860, folding map, wood engraved illusts, name excised to front endpaper, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, slightly rubbed to extrems, plus Moore (J.L., ed.), A Practical Guide to North Wales, Manchester, [1889], folding map of North Wales, trade adverts to front and rear, orig. pictorial card wrappers, upper cover detached, plus Roberts (Askew), The Gossiping Guide to Wales, 1881, maps and plans including some folding, trade adverts front and rear, orig. cloth gilt, fraying to head and foot of spine, plus other Welsh interest including ‘Round about Snowdon’ by T. Huson, ‘Welsh Scenery’ by Elijah Walton (Neate W13), a typed manuscript by E. Kelvin Lawrence titled “Gwern-y-Gof-Isaf” containing many original photographs, and a folding map of Snowdonia (12)
Abraham (George D.). British Mountain Climbs, 2nd ed., 1923, b&w illusts., orig. printed cloth, signed on front cover by A. B. Hargreaves, rubbed, 8vo, together with Harding (P. R. J.), Llanberis Pass, 1955, signed on title by the author, orig. printed cloth, signed on front cover by A. B. Hargreaves, small 8vo, plus Carr (Herbert R. C.), A Climbers’ Guide to Snowdon and the Beddgelert District, 1926, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some fading, small 8vo, together with fourteen other guides, mostly later (17)
Harding (P. R. J.). Llanberis Pass, pub. Climbers’ Club, 1955, signed on title by Peter Harding, orig. cloth, small 8vo, together with Byne (Eric, ed.), Climbs on Gritstone, vol. 2, the Sheffield Area, 1951, presentation copy from Eric Byne, b&w plts., orig. cloth, rubbed, small 8vo, plus Newton (Andy & others), Climbers’ Club Guides to Wales, Gogarth, vol. 7, 1990, col. and b&w illusts., orig. col. pict. boards, 8vo, limited edition 10/10, plus Williams (Paul), Climbers’ Club Guides to Wales, Llanberis, vol. 3, 1987, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., small 8vo, limited edition 10/10, plus other similar guides (29)
Pretty (Mark; Farrant, Dave & Millburn, Geoff). Climbers’ Club Guide to Wales, vol. 8, Tremadog and Cwm Silyn, 1989, col. and b&w illusts., orig. col. pict. boards, 8vo, limited edition 4/5, signed by Geoff Milburn, together with Williams (Paul), Climbers’ Club Guide to Wales, vol. 3, Llanberis, 1987, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 8vo, limited edition 8/10, plus Climbers’ Club Guide to Wales, vol. 4, Clogwyn Du’r Arddu, 1988, col. and b&w illusts., orig. col. printed wrappers, 8vo, limited edition 8/10, signed by Paul Williams and Geoff Milburn, plus fifteen other guides (18)
Williams (Paul). Climbers’ Club Guide to Wales, vol. 3, Llanberis, 1987, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 8vo, limited edition 9/10, signed by Geoff Milburn, together with Climbers’ Club Guide to Wales, vol. 4, Clogwyn Du’r Arddu, 1988, col. and b&w illusts., orig. col. pict. wrappers, 8vo, limited edition 9/10, plus Sumner (John), Climbers’ Club Guide to Wales, vol. 9, Mid-Wales, 1988, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, limited edition 9/10, plus eleven other guides (14)
Dutton (E.A.T.). Kenya Mountain, with an introduction by Hilaire Belloc, new ed., 1930, b&w plts. after photos, folding maps at end (loose), orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed, 4to, together with Stuart-Watt (Eva), Africa’s Dome of Mystery: Comprising the first descriptive history of the Wachagga People of Kilimanjaro ..., 1st ed., [1930], colour frontis., b&w plts., folding map at end, some spotting to first and last few leaves, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed, 4to, plus Kingsley (Mary H.), Travels in West Africa, Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons, 2nd ed., abridged, 1897, b&w plts. after photos, orig. maroon cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, and Wollaston (A. F. R.), From Ruwenzori to the Congo, A Naturalist’s Journey across Africa, 1st ed., 1908, b&w plts. after photos, folding map at end, one or two plts. loose, ex-library copy, with some light markings, t.e.g., orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and some fraying to upper joint and extrems., 8vo, plus Letters and Diaries of A. F. R. Wollaston, 1st ed., Cambridge, 1933, b&w plts., orig. blue cloth, rubbed, 8vo, and other African travel and mountaineering, including W. J. W. Roome, Tramping Through Africa, 1st ed., 1930, Carveth Wells, Light on the Dark Continent, 1st ed., 1933, Walter B. Harris, Tafilet, The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration in the Atlas Mountains and the Oases of the North-West Sahara, 1st ed., 1895 (ex-library copy bound in library cloth), In Coldest Africa, 1st US ed., 1931 & Kapoot, The Narrative of a Journey from Leningrad to Mount Arrarat, 1st ed., 1934, Jose Burman, A Peak to Climb, The Story of South African Mountaineering, 1st ed., Capetown, 1966 (ex-library copy), etc., mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s., including some large format, 8vo/4to. (approx. 70)
Freeman (Lewis R.). On the Roof the Rockies, The Great Colombia Icefield of the Canadian Rockies, 1st ed., Toronto, 1925, b&w plts. after photos, orig. pictorial blue cloth gilt, (generally in bright condition), in d.j., large 8vo, (Neate F60), together with Burpee (Lawrence J.), Among the Canadian Alps, 1st ed., Toronto, 1918, colour frontis., b&w plts., orig. cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed, plus Chapman (Wendell and Lucie), Wilderness Wanderers, Adventures Among Wild Animals in Rocky Mountain Solitudes, 1st ed., New York, 1937, b&w plts. after photos, orig. cloth with mounted photo illust. to upper cover, lightly soiled, large 8vo, and others on the Rocky Mountains, including Walter Prichard Eaton, Skyline Camps, A Notebook of a Wanderer in our Northwestern Mountains, 1st ed., 1922, Walter J. Phillips & Frederick Niven, Colour in the Canadian Rockies, 1st ed., Toronto, 1947, Eric Thane, The Majestic Land, 1st ed., 1950, plus several Canadian Pacific Railway pictorial souvenir books, etc., mostly orig. cloth, some in d.j.s, 8vo/4to. (30)
Munday (Don). The Unknown Mountain, 1st ed., 1948, b&w plts. after photos, orig. cloth in d.j., rubbed and a little frayed, (Neate 182), together with Moore (Terris), Mt. McKinley: The Pioneer Climbs, 1st ed., University of Alaska Press, 1967, b&w illusts., etc., orig. cloth in d.j., (Neate M140), plus Bueler (William M.), Roof the Rockies. A History of Mountaineering in Colorado, 1st ed., 1974, b&w illusts. after photos, orig. cloth in d.j.,(Neate B208), and Ashworth (William), The Wallowas, Coming of Age in the Wilderness, 1st ed., 1978, orig. cloth in d.j., plus others on American mountaineering, all 20th c., including James R. Hare, ed., Hiking the Appalachian Trail, 2 vols., 1977, Michael Frome, Strangers in High Places, The Story of the Great Smoky Mountains, 1966, Phil Dowling, The Mountaineers, Famous Climbers in Canada, 1979, etc., mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo and 4to. (approx. 100)
Cook (Fredrick A.). To the Top of the Continent. Discovery, Exploration and Adventure in Sub-arctic Alaska. The First Ascent of Mt. McKinley, 1903-1906, 1st ed., 1909, col. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos and drawings, sketch maps, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded on spine, 8vo, together with Griggs (Robert F.), The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, pub. National Geographic Society, Washington, 1922, folding panoramic frontis., numerous col. and b & w illusts. from photos, maps and diags., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little faded and rubbed on spine, tall 8vo, plus Hubbard (Bernard R.), Alaskan Odyssey, 1st ed., 1952, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, map endpapers, orig. boards in frayed and torn d.j., 8vo, and others (25)
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY FLINTLOCK PISTOL, (lock completely missing) , stamped G R below a crown and Dublin Castle, a percussion cap, four barrelled pepper box pistol signed Moreton and Co (one barrel blown out and crudely repaired) and a percussion cap pistol with brass cannon barrel (hammer missing), See illustration
A VICTORIAN OAK AND BRASS MOUNTED "LANDSEER" DRAWINGS FOLIO CHEST, the rectangular hinged top with brass spandrels and a brass plaque inscribed Landseer Drawings with substantial brass side carrying handles and brass angles enclosing a leather lined divided interior, the lock stamped R and C 26" high x 33" x 14 1/4" See illustration
Hornby 00 Gauge Locomotive and Train Packs: Margate issue, R 320 SR green 4-6-2 `Exeter`, in original box with wooden presentation box and R2815 `Southern Suburban 1957` Train Pack comprising BR black 4-4-0 Schools Class `Haileybury` and three BR SR green coaches, Lt Ed 1385/2500, unrun and wrapped in tissue in original box with outer postal box, E-M, boxes VG-E (2)
Aristocraft Pennsylvania Locomotive and Rolling Stock: No 401 4-6-2 Steam Locomotive (no tender), silver Pennsylvania `Altoona` cars (2), `Horseshoe Curve` Observation car and Vista Dome car with brown Caboose, LGB 10003 Sleepers (no rails) and LGB 16050 R/H point, in original boxes, G-E, boxes F-G (7)
Hornby 00 Gauge Train Packs: Margate issue, R2078 `The Mid-Day Scot comprising BR maroon 4-6-2 Coronation Class `City of Leeds` and three MK 1 coaches, Lt Ed 1685/2000, and R2077 `The Merchant Venturer` comprising BR green 4-6-0 King Class `King John` and three BR WR Mk 1 coaches, Lt Ed 95/2000, in original boxes with outer postal boxes, E, R 2077 appears unrun, boxes VG-E (2)
Triang/ Hornby railways 00 Gauge accessories: including R.135 Operating ore wagon set, R.739 Brakedown Crane Set, R.400 Signal Control Set, R410 Operating Turntable Set, V-VG in F-G boxes, loose telegraph poles, fencing, poster sheets and other items with Hornby-Dublo 2735 Diamond crossing (2) VG (Qty)
Hornby 00 Gauge Locomotives: R063 Brittania, R347 green A1A, R072 green (1) and blue (1) Class 25,R050 black `Princess Victoria`, R253 BLACK 0-4-0 Dock Authority shunter, R 758 blue Hymek and R150 NR black B12, in original boxes with unboxed blue 0-6-0 Diesel Shunter and GWR green 0-6-0 Pannier tank, G-E, boxes G-VG, some a little grubby (9) One Class 25 in incorrect box
Hornby Inter-City Set and Tri-ang Hornby 00 Gauge Diesel Locomotives: Hornby R546 Inter-City set comprising HST Power and Dummy cars and MK3 coach with circle of track, two R369 BR blue Class 37 37073, R360 BR blue Class 86/2 `Phoenix` with pantograph, Tri-ang-Hornby BR green A1A A1A (in Hymek box) and R 751 BR blue Class 37 D6830, in original boxes, VG-E, set lacks straight track and clip boxes F-G (6)
Hornby 00 Gauge Train Packs: Margate issue R 2031 `The Bristolian` comprising BR green 4-6-2 70023 `Venus` and three BR blood and custard coaches and R2033 `The Royal Scot` comprising LMS maroon 4-6-2 6208 `Princess Helena Victoria` and three maroon coaches, in original boxes and outer postal boxes, VG-E, boxes VG (2)
Nelson (Horatio, Viscount Nelson, 1758-1805). Secretarial note, unsigned, 23 Piccadilly, 1802, ‘My flagship will be the Victory. she will be out of dock in April but as it is possible that I may be ordered to be [?] in a frigate before the Victory is ready.’, Lord Nelson’s name in the same holograph at foot, 15 x 16cm, tipped into an autograph album that also includes numerous other 19th-century letters and signatures, including an autograph letter signed from King George IV as Prince George, n.d., 2 pp., Duchess of Gloucester (closed tear), unsigned short note in the holograph of Mrs Thrale Piozzi, Madame Pasta (autograph note in the third person), two-page autograph letter from Lord Shaftesbury to Reverend Moore, three-page autograph letter signed from Ralph Abercromby (sl. frayed), letters from Leicester Stanhope, Lord St. Helens, Charlotte Bury, J. Sidney Owenson, G. R. Gleig, Israel Zangwill, Amelia Opie, plus signatures of Francis Galton, Daniel O’Connell, and a few others, mostly tipped or pasted in, numerous blank leaves at rear, partly broken, contmep. half roan, covers det., and backstrip deficient, 4to. (1).
Victoria (Queen of England, 1819-1901). Document signed, Buckingham Palace, 25th January 1838, pre-printed document on vellum with wafer seal and duty stamp to left margin, completed in manuscript and appointing Captain Francis Perry to be Major in the Royal African Colonial Corps, a little soiling, signed ‘Victoria R’ upper left, countersigned lower right, 29 x 38cm, together with a vellum military commission signed by King George III, appointing William Hamilton to be Ensign in the Eighty-Eighth Regiment of Foot under Thomas Keating, 21st March 1783, signed upper right (sl. creased), countersigned at foot, some spotting and soiling, 24 x 34cm (2).
Erasmus (Desiderius). Colloquia, cum notis., Corn. Schrevelio, Leiden, 1655, eng. title, early ink ownership inscription to front endpaper for A. Pomeroy and Johannes Pomeroy, both of Trinity College, Dublin, dated 1660 and 1692, contemp. calf, modern reback, 8vo, together with Isla (Jose Francisco de), The History of the Famous Preacher Friar Gerund de Campazas: otherwise Gerund Zotes, translated from the Spanish, 2 vols., 1st English ed., 1772, contemp. full calf, rubbed and marked, spines with some restoration and title labels renewed, 8vo, plus Petrie (George), The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, Dublin, 1845, b&w wood eng. illusts. to text, contemp. half dark green calf gilt, large 8vo, and Leader (R. E.), History of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, in the County of York, 2 vols., Sheffield, 1905, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. vellum gilt, sl. rubbed, large folio, plus other misc. books, mostly 19th c. and early 20th c., including Hertfordshire Families, ed., Duncan Warrand, 1907, Thomas Inman, Ancient Faiths Embodied in Ancient Names, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1872, Rapin de Thoyras, The History of England, trans. N. Tindal, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1732, The Holy Bible, with illustrations by Gustave Dore, 2 vols., pub. Cassell, n.d., 1870s, a defective copy of R. Hindry Masons’ History of Norfolk, 1884, lacking plates, a Victorian album, containing printed and handwritten verse, some prints and drawings, etc., issued by W. & H. Rock, c. 1840, an incomplete copy of Stieler’s Schul-Atlas, etc. (3 cartons).
Prince (John, Vicar of Berry-Pomeroy). Danmonii Orientales Illustres: Or, the Worthys of Devon. A Work, wherein the Lives and Fortunes of the most Famous Divines, Statesmen, Swordsmen, Physicians, Writers, and other Eminent Persons, Natives of that most Noble Province., are memoriz’d in an Alphabetical Order., 1st ed., Exeter, 1701, woodcut armorials to text, occ. marks and minor soiling, later full calf, rubbed and marked with some wear, joints cracked with upper cover det., folio, together with Maxwell (Sir Herbert). Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1822-1908, pub. 1908, b&w port. frontis., num. b&w plts., some dampstaining to endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, covers dampstained, 4to, plus Page (R. P., ed.), Further Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club, 1908-1931, col. and b&w plts., orig. cloth, covers heavily dampstained, 4to, and Francis (Francis), Hot Pot; or, Miscellaneous Papers, 1880, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, 8vo, plus five others, incl. a duplicate of Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1822-1908, by Sir Herbert Maxwell, 1908 (a carton).
Richards (Walter). His Majesty’s Territorial Army. A Descriptive Account of the Yeomanry, Artillery, Engineers, and Infantry with the Army Service and Medical Corps, Comprising ‘The King’s Imperial Army of the Second Line’, 2 vols. in 1, n.d., [1910], sixteen col. plts. by R. Caton Woodville, some minor scattered spotting, later cloth gilt, a little rubbed and darkened, 4to, together with Illustrated Catalogue of Macfarlane’s Castings, 6th ed., vol. 2 only, n.d., c. 1870s, numerous wood-engs. to text, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, tall 8vo, plus Recent Locomotives. Illustrations, with Descriptions and Specifications and Details, of Recent American and European Locomotives, Reprinted from the Railroad Gazette, Enlarged Edition (including a Chapter on Compound Locomotives), New York, 1886, numerous wood-engs. and diags., commercial ads at rear, orig. quarter morocco gilt, backstrip deficient, folio, with others of military and technical interest, etc. (3 shelves).
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. Palaeontology, vol. 4, Parts 1-7, Fossil Plants of the Carboniferous Rocks of Great Britain [Second Section] by Robert Crookall, HMSO, 1955-76, half-tone plts., uniform orange cloth gilt, 4to, together with Zaslow (Morris), Reading the Rocks. The Story of the Geological Survey of Canada 1842-1972, pub. Ottawa, Canada, 1975, numerous b & w illusts. from photos, maps and plans, etc., orig. cloth in sl. torn d.j., 4to, plus Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales. Palaeontology, No. 13. A Monograph of the Silurian and Devonian Corals of New South Wales., Part 1, The Genus Halysites, by R. Etheridge, Junr., pub. Sydney, 1904, nine half-tone plts., orig. linen-backed printed boards, slim 4to, and other geology and related (6 shelves).
Geddie (John and Brown, Joseph). The Home Country of R.L. Stevenson, Being the Valley of the Water of Leith from Source to Sea, Edinburgh & London, 1898, photogravure port. frontis., half-tone plts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to head and foot of spine, folio, together with Illustrations of the Scenery of the River Tay, Reproduced in Photogravure by T. & R. Annan from Watercolour Drawings by Sir Wm. Fettes Douglas, R.B. Nisbet, Charles H. Mackie and James Paterson, with an Introduction by John Geddie, Edinburgh, 1891, thirteen half-tone plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth, some wear, slim folio, plus Bryce (William Moir), History of the Old Greyfriars’ Church, Edinburgh, with a Chapter on the Subscribing of the National Covenant, by D. Hay Fleming, Edinburgh & London, 1912, half-tone plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little marked, 4to, and other Scottish history, topography and related (6 shelves).
Markham (Clements R.). A History of the Abyssinian Expedition, with a Chapter Containing an Account of the Mission and Captivity of Mr. Rassam and his Companions by Lieutenant W.F. Prideaux, Bombay Staff Corps, 1st ed., 1869, five maps and plans, 4 folding, (one torn without loss, one repaired), a few spots, bookplate of Col. William Francis Prideaux, Indian Staff Corps, library cloth, some repairs and stains, 8vo. (1).
Sykes (Brigadier-General Sir Percy). The Quest for Cathay, 1st ed., A & C Black, 1936, colour frontis., folding maps, illustrations, previous owner signature, original red cloth, d.j., a few tears and losses, 8vo, together with Sunshine and Sport in Florida and the West Indies, by F.G. Aflalo, 1st UK ed., [1907], b & w plates, a few spots, front endpaper repaired at gutter, t.e.g., original cloth in bright condition, 8vo, plus Young Japan. Yokohama and Yedo 1858-79, by John R. Black, 2 vols., OUP, 1968, colour frontis. to vol. I, original cloth, d.j.s, 8vo, with other travel including Count Byron de Prorok’s In Quest of Lost Worlds, 1935, Robert Grant Webster’s Japan: From the Old to the New, 1905 and P.T. Etherton’s Across the Great Deserts, 1948. (32).
Flintoft (J.J.). British Mosses in the English Lake District, Prepared and Arranged, pub. Keswick, c.1850, printed title, fifty leaves of pressed moss specimens with manuscript annotations, front free-endpaper clipped to upper outer corner, hinges cracked, orig. cloth gilt, extrems. rubbed, 8vo, (three UK institutional locations found), together with Braithwaite (R.), The British Moss-Flora, 3 vols., 1887, 128 eng. plts., occasional spotting, orig. gilt cloth gilt, large 8vo, with Berkeley (Rev. M.J.), Outlines of British Fungology; Containing Characters of above a Thousand Species of Fungi., 1860, twenty-four litho plts. (23 hand-col.), orig. cloth gilt, spine faded and loss at head, 8vo, and Handbook of British Mosses; Comprising all that are known to be Natives of the British Isles, 1863, twenty-four litho plts. (23 hand-col.), pubs. ads. at rear, orig. cloth gilt, joints split and frayed, rubbed, 8vo, plus Stark (Robert M.), A Popular History of British Mosses., 2nd ed., 1860, twenty chromo plts., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, square 8vo. (7).
Dunning (R.). Mill Bridge near Fountains Abbey, Refectory in Fountains Abbey [and] East View of Fountains Abbey from Studley Park, pub. R.Dunning, Ripon, 1813, together three (of 4) aquatint views by R & D Havell, all with contemp. hand colouring, slight spotting and staining, largely confined to margins, each approx. 260 x 345mm, together with Lake District, pub. G.Hullmandel, c.1830,nine uncoloured lithographs of views in the Lake District on india wove, with a dedication to William Wilberforce, each approx. 270 x 340mm. The first described item:- Abbey Scenery no. 368. The second item is not listed in Abbey and must be considered scarce. (12).
Macdonald (Thomas (pubs.)). ‘The Vale of Festiniog Merionethshire’, ’Pontnewydd Near Corwen Merionethshire’, ‘Pont Aber Glaslyn Merionethshire’, ‘A View of Grange in Borrowdale’ [and] ‘A View of Beddgelert, Carnarvonshire’, c.1814, five aquatint engravings with contemp. hand colouring, some spotting and staining, various engravers and artists, each approx. 450 x 590mm, framed and glazed, together with Lambe (R. pubs.), Aberystwith Castle, 1810, engraved aquatint by J.Jill after J.Warren, contemp. hand colouring, some staining, 455 x 610mm, framed and glazed Not examined out of frames. (6).
Signed Envelopes. A group of twenty envelopes, mostly signed, 19th c., including Florence Nightingale (26th April 1895) addressed to H. Babington Smith, Duke of Wellington ‘Wellesley’, W.E. Gladstone, Salisbury, Benjamin Jowett, Lansdowne, Stanhope, W.E. Foster, R. Lowe, Selborne, etc., mostly unstamped, plus unsigned stamped and franked envelopes in the holograph of Robert Browning (addressed to Miss Lyall, 1883), and John Ruskin (addressed to H.F. Wilson, 1883) (20).
Horticulture. A small group of ephemera relating to horticulture, etc., 19th century, including a letter from R. Cornfield (1836) re Gloucester Zoological, Botanical & Horticultural Society, 4 pp., 4to, together with invoices from well known seedsmen, Thomas Gibbs of Piccadilly for goods supplied to South Wales, 1849, other papers related to the Gibbs of Piccadilly and Ampthill, Beds., including an order for Hocks, 1804, an invoice for a large quantity of seeds supplied to Mrs Stirling, plus papers relating to garden works in Finchley, Middlesex, 1865, various sizes (14).
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