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Click here to subscribeThucydides. De Bello Peloponnesiaco half-title, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 2 folding engraved maps, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, covers with blind-stamped arabesque centre-pieces, upper joint startting, some creasing and soiling, [Brunet V, 846, "Bonne édition"], folio, Amsterdam, R. & J. Wetstenios & Gul. Smith, 1731.
Loveday (Robert) Loveday`s Letters, fifth edition, hand-coloured engraved portrait frontispiece, small hole in D6, some browning, name on title, colour bookplate, contemporary calf, ruled in blind, E.Tyler & R. Holt for Nathaniel Brooke, 1673 § Mackenzie (George) Idea Eloquentiae Forensis Hodiernae, names on endpapers, 2 ink corrections in text, contemporary mottled calf, worn, rebacked, Edinburgh, haeres Andreae Anderson, 1681 § Watts (Isaac) Reliquiae Juveniles, engraved portrait frontispiece, ruled in red throughout, names on fly-leaves, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, Richard Ford & Richard Hett, 1737; and 4 others, 8vo(7)
Bacon (Sir Francis, Earl of Verulam) 3 parts in 1 vol., sig.Z, The Table and 4pp. advertisement, misbound after sig.U, lightly browned, contemporary ink signature of William Greenwood of Trinity College, Oxford partially inked out at head of title, engraved bookplate of Charles Drummond on front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints splitting, [Gibson 27c; Wing B296], 8vo, for H. Herringman, R. Scot, R. Chiswell, A. Swalle and R. Bentley, 1696. *** 12 copies listed on ESTC..
[Collins (Anthony)] A Philosophical third edition, advertisements at end, title repaired at head, R. Robinson, 1735 bound with [Forbes (Duncan)] Some Thoughts Concerning Religion, Natural and Revealed, and The Manner of Understanding Revelation, fourth edition, ink inscription on title, H. Woodfall, 1736, browned, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; and 3 others, 8vo(4)
Pindar. Odes... To which is prefixed title in red & black with medallion portrait, half-title, 2pp. advertisement at end, occasional foxing, slightly browned, John Duncombe`s copy with his ink signature and inscription on front endpapers, ink signature of "Wm. Penn" on lower pastedown and engraved bookplate of Penn of Stoke Park on front pastedown, front free endpaper torn at head, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed, corners worn, joints splitting, upper cover detached, 4to, for R. Dodsley, 1749. *** Inscription reads: "J Duncombe From his Grace Thomas Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury - 1749." John Duncombe (1729-86), Church of England clergyman and writer; poet and contributor to the Gentleman`s Magazine under the pseudonym of "Crito"; friend of Thomas Herring (1693-1757), Archbishop of Canterbury..
Fitzosborne (Sir Thomas) third edition, title in red and black, R. Dodsley, 1750 § [D`Israeli (Isaac)] Curiosities of Literature, first edition, ink signature on title, later half morocco, gilt, J. Murray, 1791 § Evening Hours; A Collection of Original Poems, contemporary morocco, gilt, 1817 § Fitzgerald (Percy) The Life of David Garrick, 2 vol., Nancy Waldorf Astor`s copy with her Cliveden bookplates on front pastedowns, joints splitting, spines darkened, 1868, first and last contemporary calf; and c. 20 others, English Literature, 8vo & 4to(c. 20)
Miniature Books.- Pindar. [Odes, graecé] 4 vol. in 3, 83 x 55mm, half-title to vol.1, engraved bookplates of George Nugent, contemporary calf, gilt, spines in compartments and richly gilt, vol.3 upper cover detached, others joints starting, but holding firm, corners a little worn, some chipping, covers rubbed and scuffed, [Gaskell 274; Bondy 23-24; Mikrobiblion 192; Spielmann 413-15; Brunet IV, 600], 16mo, Glasgow, R. & A. Foulis, 1754.
Milton (John) Paradise Lost titles slightly creased, later endpapers, uniformly bound in contemporary calf, gilt thistles as corner pieces, gilt borders, gilt floral decoration on spines, all slightly rubbed, later leather labels, g.e., [Gaskell 4a & 5a], sm. 4to, Birmingham, by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, 1758.
Plays.- Southern (Thomas) final f. blank, R. Butters, [c. ?1790] § Philips (Ambrose) The Distrest Mother; A Tragedy, [ESTC locates 3 copies only], H. Whitworth, [c. ?1785] § Murphy (Arthur) The Grecian Daughter. A Tragedy, H.D. [S]ymonds, [c. 1790] § Jones (Henry) The Earl of Essex, D8 blank at end, R. Butters, [?1790] § Francklin (Thomas) The Earl of Warwick. A Tragedy, [ESTC locates 4 copies in N. America and none in the British Isles], H.D. Symonds, [?1790] § Home (John) Douglas: A Tragedy, W. Cavell, 1798 § Shakespeare (William) King Lear. A Tragedy, Altered... by D. Garrick, G4 blank at end, lacks portrait and A1 ?blank, R. Butters, [?1790], together 7 plays in 1 vol., browned, engraved bookplate of Edward H. Delafield on front pastedown, foxed, all with few listings on ESTC, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, lacks piece from spine, 12mo.
Darwin (Erasmus) The Botanic Garden 2 vol., fourth edition, engraved frontispieces and 21 plates (1 folding), foxed and browned, some offsetting, ink signature and bookplate of Robert Montgomery of Convoy, contemporary diced russia, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, J. Johnson, 1799 § Potter (John) Archaeologia Graeca: or, the Antiquities of Greece, 2 vol., seventh edition, titles in red and black, 31 engraved plates, contemporary calf, spines slightly creased, G. Strahan, R. Ward and others, 1751 § Sacred Meditations and Devotional Hymns, engraved frontispiece, slight;y browned, frontispiece water-stained, contemporary calf, gilt, [not in BL], Edinburgh, 1811; and 8 others, Literature, including an Irish edition of first mentioned, v.s., v.d.(13)
* Wakefield (D. R., 20th century). Pike, etching, signed, dated ‘83, titled and numbered 17/90, plate size 29.5 x 49.5cm (11.5 x 19.5ins), framed and glazed, together with Rudd, colour etching and stencil, signed, dated ‘83, titled and numbered 3/30, plate size 30.5 x 25.5cm (12 x 10ins), framed and glazed, with orig. printed label to verso, plus Singe Perch, etching, signed, titled and numbered 39/90, plate size 17.5 x 25.5cm (7 x 10ins), framed and glazed, with orig. typewritten labels to verso. The second and third works in this lot were printed by the artist at the Chevington Press, in Tiverton, according to the label on each. (3)
Hakluyt Society, 182 vols., c. 1850s-1980s, folding maps, b&w illusts. to text, all orig. cloth gilt, eighty-seven in d.j.s, 8vo. Titles include, History of the New World, by Girolamo Benzoni, 1857; The Life and Acts of Don Alonzo Enriquez de Guzman..., by Clements R. Markham, 1862; The Wonders of the East by Friar Jordanus, by Colonel Henry Yule, 1863; Narrative of the Proceedings of Pedrarias Davila..., by Clements R. Markham, 1865, etc. (182)
Fielding (T.H. & Walton, J.). A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, Containing a Description of the Most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, with Accounts of Antient and Modern Manners and Customs, and Elucidations of the History and Antiquities of that Part of the Country, etc., Illustrated with Forty-Eight Coloured Views, Drawn by Messrs. T.H. Fielding, and J. Walton, During a Two Years’ Residence Among the Lakes, pub. R. Ackermann, 1821, hand-col. aquatint frontis. & vignette title, forty-two fine hand-col. aquatint plts. (of 46), lacks half-title, hinges cracked, a.e.g., contemp. dark green half morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear, 4to. Abbey, Scenery 192. (1)
Morris (Beverley R.). British Game Birds and Wildfowl, 3rd ed., 1891, sixty hand-coloured lithographed plates (one loose), original cloth, spine detached, some wear, 4to, together with Wildfowl & Waders. Nature & Sport in the Coastlands, Country Life, 1928, coloured and b & w illustrations, t.e.g., original vellum-backed boards, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to, limited edition, 57/950 (2)
Bannerman (David Armitage & W. Mary). Birds of the Atlantic Islands, 4 vols., 1st eds., 1963-68, num. col. and b & w illusts. by D.M. Reid-Henry, George Lodge and P.A. Clancey, all orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j.s (d.j. of vol. 1 torn and repaired, without loss), tall 8vo, together with Meinertzhagen (Col. R.), Nicoll’s Birds of Egypt, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1930, port. frontis., col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear to extremities, inner joints cracked, 4to, and others (26)
Gargett (Valerie). The Black Eagle. A Study, 1st ed., 1990, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., 4to, together with Cade (Tom J.), The Falcons of the World, 1st ed., 1982, author’s presentation copy to John Colebrook-Robjent, signed and inscribed on half-title, num. full-page. col. illusts. after paintings by R. David Digby, orig. boards in d.j., folio, plus Brown (Leslie and Amadon, Dean), Eagles, Hawks and Falcons of the World, 2 vols., 1st ed., Country Life Books, 1968, num. col. illusts., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, with orig. slipcase, 4to, with others related, G/VG (approx. 30)
Shirley (Rodney W.). The Mapping of the World, Early Printed World Maps, 1472-1700, pub. The Holland Press, 1983, col. and b&w illusts. of maps throughout, orig. cloth gilt, in d.j., folio, together with Tooley (R. V.), Collectors’ Guide to Maps of the African Continent and Southern Africa, pub. Carta Press, 1969, col. and b&w illusts. of maps., orig. cloth gilt, in d.j., slight tear to upper fold, small 4to, plus Ptolemy (Claudius), Geographia, Strassburg, 1513, pub. Amsterdam, 1966, b&w illusts. of maps, orig. cloth gilt, some fading to covers, folio, together with approx. sixty others, mostly map reference and travel related incl. Pitcairn: The Island, the People, and the Pastor..., by Rev. Thos. Boyles Murray, 1853, and nine Hakluyt Society vols. (approx. 60)
* Cambridge. Ackermann (R. pub.), Eight engravings from `The History of Cambridge’, 1815, aquatint engravings with bright original hand colouring, each approx. 300 x 250mm. Titles comprise of:- Chapel of St. Peter’s College, West Entrance to King’s College Chapel, Chapel of Caius College, Claire Hall Chapel, The Choir King’s Chapel, South Porch of King’s College Chapel, Chapel of St. John’s College and After Chapel of Jesus College. (8)
Album. An album of watercolour and pencilled views, architectural drawings and figure studies, 1902-4, twenty-one leaves, mainly watercolours, of British and Continental scenes and figures, incl.: Evening, Tomintoul; Hoeing Cromdale; On the Avon - Ballindalloch; Buildwas Abbey; Evensong, Chapel Hill Tintern; At the Casino, Aix-les-Bains; In the Baptistry, Florence; S. Apollinare Nuova, Ravenna, leaf size approx. 125 x 180mm (5 x 7ins), pencilled initials `M B P’ on front pastedown, orig. linen boards, oblong 8vo, together with two smaller sketchbooks, both mid 19th c., one with pencilled views, the other with watercolour and pencilled views and figure studies, plus Riders Almanack, British Merlin: Adorn’d with many delightful Varieties and Useful Verities, for the Year of our Lord God, 1725... with Notes of Husbandry and Physick, Fairs and Marts... by Chardanus Riders, printed by E. and R. Nutt, 1725, printed in red and black, title-page soiled, some early ms. notes, musical notation, and ink marks, final leaf becoming detached, orig. wallet-style vellum, soiled and some edge-wear, metal clasp, 123 x 78mm (5 x 3ins), plus five others, incl. four almanacks, 1830-1856, all with engs., and orig. wallet-style leather bindings (9)
* Artists. A group of thirty autographed postcards, early 1900s, including cards autographed by Louis Wain (chromo. of four cats with pre-printed caption `On reading your’ completed in manuscript `letter, I am delighted [smudged] to send you my autograph, Louis Wain’), John Tenniel, John Hassall, Tom Browne (caricature of a man titled ÒDutchÓ), Harry Furniss (with caricature titled `Ye Bishop’s Gait’), Walter Crane, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Bernard Partridge, Marcus Stone, Frederick Goodall, plus some writers and some unidentified, the writers including Marie Corelli, George Grossmith and George R. Sims, some minor marks and one unidentified autograph slightly damaged (30)
* Boer War. A group of twenty-five autographed chromo postcards, early 1900s, various series including heraldic, flags and uniforms, signers including Ian Hamilton, George Hamilton (addressed and franked, 27th March 1901), H. L. Smith-Dorrien, Henry Trotter (addressed to Miss Ballard but not stamped), Bindon Blood (Middelburg, 8th April 1901), Lt. General W. F. Butler, Reginald Wingate (Sirdar & Governor General of the Sudan), G. F. R. Henderson, Major General Arthur Pagett (Commanding Pagett’s Force, Northern Transvaal, pasted on), Col. Henry Mackinnon (C.I.V.), Field Marshal Wolseley (16th February 1901), J. M. Babbington, General R. Rollo C.B. (Colonel of the Blackwatch), Alfred Gaselee (10th October 1901), Joseph H. Choate (4th July 1901), Charles Bentinck, Lt. Col. Binning (Royal Horseguards), Evelyn Wood, 1901 (x 2), Major General Reginald Pole Carew (22nd January 1901), James Jameson (Surgeon General), Herbert Klumer, Leslie Rundle, General H. W. Norman and ? Major General H. E. Colville, a few minor marks and all postally unused except where previously mentioned (25)
* Navy. A group of nine autographed and postally unused postcards of naval interest, early 1900s, including two heraldic postcards (Newcastle on Tyne and Plymouth), signed by Admiral Charles Beresford, (one card with slight vertical crease strengthened to verso), five chromo. postcards with vigns. of ships, each signed, H.M.S. Camperdown signed by Admiral E. R. Fremantle, H.M.S. Powerful signed by Admiral Hedworth Lambton, H.M.S. Majestic, signed by Vice Admiral Harry H. Rawson (dated 16 April 1901), H.M.S. Devastation signed by Admiral ? E. H. Seymour (dated 10th July 1901) and H.M.S. Royal Sovereign signed by ? Wilson, plus two further postally unused postcards, one autographed by Michael Culme-Seymour, the other of the French battleship Massena with an unidentified French signature lower right, scattered minor marks (9)
* Politicians, Clergy, and Public Officials. A large group of autographed and largely postally unused postcards, early 1900s, including autographs of Politicians, Nobility, Lord Mayors of London, Judges, Bishops, etc., the cards a mixture of colour and b&w portraits, buildings and views, etc., autographers include James Reid (1849-1923), Sydney Waterlow (1822-1906), Earls of Londonderry, Norfolk, Joseph Chamberlain, Duke of Devonshire, George Wyndham, Sir Edward Grey, John Morley, Austen Chamberlain, Duke of Argyll, John Dillon, Charles Ritchie, St. John Broderick, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, Claude M. McDonald, Alfred Milner, Baron Pauncefote, M. E. Hicks Beach, Charles Dilke, Donald McDonald of Mount Royal, William MacCormac, Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, Sir James Ritchie, Alfred Newton, Marcus Samuel, William P. Trelowar, John Pound, Frank Green, J. C. Dimsdale, John Knill, Edward Clarke, Robert Romer, Harry B. Poland, R. B. Finlay, Herbert Card Vaughan, various Bishops, etc., a small number of signatures pasted onto cards, but largely signed direct onto picture side of card with versos blank, some minor marks and occn. minor creases (approx. 105)
Juvenile. Miller (R., pub.). The History of Birds. Embellished with Copper Plates, c. 1820, hand-col. eng. title-page, thirteen eng. leaves, with hand-col. vign. of a bird at head of each and text below, somewhat soiled, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, orig. roan-backed marbled boards, worn and detached, slim 12mo, together with [The Garland, or Thirteen Extracts with Colored Vignettes for Rewards], c.1820, twelve (of 13) eng. reward cards (which could also be bought bound up by the publisher into a presentation book with a title-page), lacking `The Child’s Morning Hymn’, hand-col. vign. at head of each card with text below, browned and some soiling, one card (`The Bible’) with upper right-hand corner torn off and re-attached with paper on verso (with sl. loss), 114 x 77mm (4.5 x 3ins) Two scarce items of juvenilia: neither listed in Osborne, and `The History of Birds’ not traced on COPAC. (2)
Mortier (Pieter, pub.). Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, Enrichie de plus de quatre cens Figures en Taille-Douce, &c..., 2 vols., Amsterdam, 1700, half-title and eng. frontis. to each, eng. vignette titles, 209 eng. plts. only and five double-page eng. maps, numerous text leaves & plts. with closed tears, two leaves of text in vol. 2 torn with loss, few leaves detached with consequent fraying and closed tears, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting morocco labels, some joints cracked, folio, together with Fontaine (Nicolas, Sieur de Royaumont), The History of the Old and New Testament, Extracted out of Sacred Scripture, and Writings of the Fathers..., 2 vols. in one, 2nd ed., corrected & enlarged, R. Blome & others, 1701, eng. frontis. (detached and torn with loss), title printed in red & black, borders ruled in red throughout, numerous eng. plts. and five folding eng. maps & plans (one plan torn with loss), few closed-tears, lacks front free endpaper, a.e.g., contemp. gilt panelled red morocco, rubbed and slight wear, folio (2)
Eddison (E. R.). Styrbaorn The Strong, illust. Keith Henderson, 1st ed., 1926, orig. cloth in sl. chipped and browned d.j., with sl. loss to spine ends, together with Rohmer (Sax), The Trial of Fu Manchu, 4th ed., 1941, orig. cloth in d.j., sl. rubbed and soiled with a few minor closed tears, plus Walpole (Hugh), All Souls’ Night, 1st ed., 1933, later issue red cloth in orig. d.j., sl. cocked, a little rubbed and soiled, plus others c. 1920s/1940s, including four in d.j.s, all 8vo (10)
R*WARD (19TH CENTURY) - A procession of figures under a vaulted archway, signed and dated 1859, watercolour, 12" x 9"; G* CLARKE - Figures in a Venetian square, signed and dated 1873, watercolour, 12" x 8 1/4"; and a group of three 19th century sepia pen and ink sketches, each depicting a medieval scene (5).
An early Victorian white metal Jabot style hat pin, with an engraved bead end, marked as registered Oct R 1847 by H & T, together with an arrow pin and a sterling silver sword with a beaded agate grip, Birmingham 1908, and a silver hat pin with peacock head and a hand clasping a bouquet with chain and dagger drop
A North Devon documentary (Fremington) pottery harvest jug by Robert Fishley of oviform with raised neck and strap handle finely sgrafitto decorated with a panel containing a horse in a cobbled stable interior above the caption ‘G.Hammett, Fremington, 2nd November 1879’ and verso intricately worked with butterflies, ears of wheat, a tulip, rose and other blooms and foliage with the text ‘Fill me full of liquor sweet, Of that is good when friends do meet’, the neck worked with zig zag, linear and foliate bands, 28 cm high, incised on the base By R. Fishley, Fremington Pottery 1879.
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