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A mid 19th Century silver paired case Verge Watch, unsigned, No 1723, the frosted gilt movement with pierced and engraved cock and fined pillars, to a Roman enamelled dial, (chips to the centre), with outside minute track and gilt spade hands, in a hinged and polished case, and outer, marked for Birmingham 1848, Makers mark R & S and with a paper label for Jas A Bailey, Soham, width 2 ¼”
A Collection of Eleven Boxed Hornby '00' Gauge Locomotives, comprising County of Oxford R.390, St.David R.830, County of Bedford R.392, Hagley Hall R.313, Kneller Hall R.761, Pannier Tanks R.059 & R.158, Diesel Shunters R.874 & R.875, GWR Tanks R.333 & R.173; also control unit; boxed Airfix Prairie Tank; two books; box of unboxed trains and accessories.
Highland Tartans. Badges of the Highlanders of Scotland, illustrated with natural specimens, arranged by John Tissiman, Scarborough, Illuminated by R. Gregory. Scarborough, 1864 manuscript on vellum, comprising illuminated title and 44 vellum leaves, 22 leaves with sample piece of tartan cloth and accompanying specimen of plant, seaweed or feather , 22 leaves with quotations from Sir Walter Scott in a calligraphic hand, red morocco album, rather worn, 44 x 35cm Provenance: David Greig of Leith and by descent.
Jamieson, R. (ed). Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his friend in London. London, 1822 fifth edition, two volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispiece in each volume, contemporary calf gilt, some rubbing to edges, hinges cracking, foxing to titles; Lounger The Lounger, a periodical paper. London, 1794 sixth edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, later red morocco gilt, backstrip discoloured and cracking, water staining throughout; Mirror The Mirror, a periodical paper. London, 1792 ninth edition, two volumes, 8vo, full red morocco, backstrips worn on volume I, water staining, foxing (6)
Shelley, Percy Bysshe Queen Mab. London: R. Carlile, 1822 second published edition, with final leaf containing dedication poem "To Harriet" at end, original boards, uncut, neatly rebacked, paper label, the one line slip on p.182 which should replace Clark's imprint with Carlisle's has been removed (Clark's imprint beneath was deliberately scraped away: see note) Note:A very good copy of the second published edition, a reissue of the W. Clark sheets of 1821 by the radical publisher Richard Carlile, who would have sympathized with the poem's attacks on dogma and on the state of society. For publishing the 1821 edition the publisher W. Clark was sentenced to four month's imprisonment. Some copies of Clark's edition reproduce the original text, others omit the dedication to Harriet and certain words and lines, mainly on pages 146-8. Although Shelley's name appears on the title-page he denied any part in the production. After Clark's imprisonment the remaining sheets fell into the hands of Richard Carlile, wwho reissued them both in the original (apparently as here) and mutilated forms
Gilpin, William. Observations relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, made in the year 1776. London: R. Blamire, 1789 first edition, large paper copy, 2 volumes, 8vo, 34 tinted aquatint plates, 1 table and 5 maps, contemporary green morocco, gilt arms of Lord Towneley on sides, spine gilt, bookplates of Lord Towneley, g.e., spine slightly discoloured and joints lightly rubbed Note: A fine large paper copy in contemporary green morocco
Guillim, John. A Display of Heraldrie. the fourth edition. London: Jacob Blome, 1660 woodcut coats-of-arms, contemporary calf, [Wing G2219], upper corner of HHH1-QQQ1 cut away with loss of page numeral, lacking P4 and Q1 lower corner of RR1-2 torn away with loss of a letter, rebacked, slightly rubbed, short split at head of upper joint; Thomson, James The Seasons. Perth: R. Morison, 1793 4to, additional engraved title, portrait and engraved plates, contemporary diced russia gilt, spine gilt; Demosthenes. Orations. London: A. Millar, 1757 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, one cover detached, Blackstone, Sir William. Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1787 tenth edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed; Warton, J. An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, 1806 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed, one cover virtually detached; Ramsay, Allan. The Gentle Shepherd. New York, W. Gowans, 1852 8vo, publisher's cloth gilt; and 6 others, worn (Histoire des Guerres Civiles de France, The Scottish Nation) (17)
Keith, Robert. The History of the Affairs of Church and State in Scotland. Edinburgh: T. & W. Ruddimans, 1734 folio, volume 1 (all published), engraved frontispiece map, contemporary calf, worn, lower cover detached; [Anonymous] A New and Full, Critical, Biographical and Geographical History of Scotland. London: for the author, 1749 folio, engraved plates, contemporary half russia, once repaired, covers detached; Major, John. Historia majoris Britanniae tam Angliae quam Scotiae. Edinburgh, R. Fribarnium, 1740 4to, contemporary calf, armorial bookplate of James, 5th Duke of Hamilton, very light wear at head of spine; Collier, Jeremy. The Great Historical, Geographical, Genealogical and Poetical Dictionary. London, 1701-27 3 volumes, folio, contemporary half calf, occasional browning or spotting, rubbed, one joint repaired, hinges of volume 2 weak, title page of volume 2 dust-soiled (6)
Leech, John--William Powell Frith. John Leech, his Life and Work. London: R. Bentley, 1891 2 volumes, 8vo, first edition, engraved plates and illustrations, extra-illustrated with 24 original drawings mounted on thick paper, full maroon morocco gilt by Tout, elaborately tooled with interlocking geometric designs on covers and spines, gilt-tooled doublures, t.e.g., the original cloth covers, spines and advertisements bound in at the end of each volume Note: A very fine set, with 24 charming original pen and ink drawings bound in. A sumptous binding executed for C.W. Cowan of Loganhouse or George Seton Veitch, whose armorial bookplates are placed at the beginning of each volume
[Macpherson, James]--Thomas Travers Burke, translator. Temora: an Epic Poem of Ossian. Translated into English verse by Thomas Travers Burke. Perth: R. Morison, for the author, 1818 first edition, the translator's own copy with manuscript additions and corrections to the final section of notes, 8vo, half-title, contemporary crimson morocco, sides panelled in gilt and blind, spine gilt, gauffered edges Note: A superb copy in contemporary crimson morocco. The binding is unsigned but is almost certainly by D. Morison of Perth, son of the printer. The translator's own copy with manuscript additions: viz. "In the orthography (which I inserted as it was given me by a gentleman residing near the spot) there is, unquestionably, a mistake.". Provenance: Conyngham Library, with bookplate. See Ramsden, p.211
Perth--Knox, James. The Topography of the Basin of the Tay. Edinburgh, 1831 first edition, 12mo, 3 engraved plates, half calf gilt; [Anon.] A Guide to the City of Perth. Perth: R. Morison, 1813 12mo, folding map hand-coloured in outline (short tear repaired), half calf, spine gilt; [Cant, James] Memorabilia of the City of Perth. Perth: W. Morison, 1806 8vo, additional engraved title, folding map and 2 engraved plates, green half morocco gilt, spine faded; Guide to the City and County of Perth. Perth: R. Morison, 1824 fourth edition, 8vo, additional title, folding plan, map and 9 plates, contemporary half sheep, some spotting, slightly rubbed; Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth. Transactions. Perth: R. Morison, 1827 volume 1 only, 4to, plates, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, offsetting to title, joints splitting; Milne, R. The Blackfriars of Perth. Edinburgh, 1893 4to, number 249 of 250 copies, original buckram, spine darkened; Lawson, J.P. The Book of Perth. Edinburgh, 1847 8vo, 3 engraved plates, original cloth; Harvie-Brown, J.A. A Fauna of the Tay Basin & Strathmore. Edinburgh, 1906 8vo, plates, publisher's cloth; White, F.B.W. The Flora of Perthshire, 1898 8vo, map, publisher's cloth; The Natural History of the Banks of the Tay. Perth, 1895 8vo, cloth, soiled (10)
Fairholme, George. New and Conclusive Physical Demonstrations both of the Fact and Period of the Mosaic Deluge, 1840 second edition, plates; Nicholson, H.A. A Manual of Palaeontology, 1872; another edition, 1889 2 volumes; Thomson, C.W. The Depths of the sea, 1873 plates; Owen, R. A History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds, 1846 illustrations; Crookes, W. Researches in the Phenomena of Spiritualism, 1874; Brunton, T.L. The Bible and Science, 1881 all 8vo, publisher's cloth, slightly soiled, library numbers in white on spines; and 15 others similar (23)
Dick, Harris St. John. Flies and Fly Fishing for White and Brown Trout, Grayling and Coarse Fish. London: R. Hardwick, 1873 first edition, 8vo, half-title, illustrations in text, publisher's pictorial green cloth, upper cover gilt blocked with image of an angler triumphant, very slightly rubbed Note: Westwood & Satchell, p.79.
France - Tolfrey, Frederic. The Sportsman in France. London, 1841. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, 12 lithograph plates, later half red calf gilt, heavily rubbed, some gilt lacking, frontispiece in volume two loose, some plates chipped at edges; O'Connor, R. An Introduction to the Field Sports of France. London, 1846. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, interior clean; Berkeley, G.F. A Month in the Forests of France. London, 1857 8vo, colour frontispiece, later half green morocco gilt, backstrip sunned, some foxing; Clement, Lewis Shooting and Fishing Trips in England, France. London, 1876 8vo, 2 volumes, original green cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, some light spotting (6)
Hawker, Col. P Instructions to Young Sportsmen. London: printed for R. Hunter, 1816 second edition, 8vo, coloured frontispiece, 5 uncoloured plates, contemporary half calf gilt, worn [some loss to backstrip]. plates heavily foxed; Ibid The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker 1802-1853. London, 1893 2 volumes, illustrated, original cloth gilt, some foxing (3)
Lamond, Henry. The Sea-Trout. A Study in Natural History, 1916 first edition, 4to, plates, publisher's cloth gilt; Austin, A.B. An Angler's Anthology, 1930 4to, plates, dust-jacket (frayed); Chalmers, P.R. A Fisherman's Angles, 1931 4to, plates, publisher's cloth; Maxwell, H. British Fresh-water Fishes, 1904 4to, plates, publisher's cloth gilt, slightly spotted; Hutchinson, H.G., editor. Fishing, 1904 [volume 2 of the Country Life Library of Sport, publisher's cloth; Hartman, R. About Fishing, 1935 8vo, publisher's cloth, spine faded; Francis, F. A Book on Angling, 1867 first edition, 8vo, 15 plates (4 hand-coloured), 28 pages advertisements at end, publisher's maroon cloth, faded and spotted; Scrope, W. Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed, 1898 8vo, plates, several coloured, red half morocco gilt, lower board slightly spotted; Barrington, C.G. Seventy Years' Fishing, 1906 plates, publisher's cloth; Morritt, H.E. Fishing Ways and Wiles, 1929 8vo, publisher's cloth (10)
Laverack, Edward. The Setter. London, 1872 8vo, 2 colour plates, original cloth gilt, owners ink inscription to prelim, a good copy; Phillips C.A. & Cane, R. Claude The Sporting Spaniel. Manchester, 1906 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, some rubbing, interior clean, bookplate; Lucas, Capt. Jocelyn Hunt and Working Terriers. London, 1931 8vo, illustrated, original red cloth gilt, a very good copy; Hopwood, Aubrey The Old English Sheep Dog. London, 1905 8vo, illustrated, original red cloth gilt, some foxing to early pages; Smith, Sir Henry Retrievers and how to break them. Edinburgh, 1897 8vo, illustrated, original red cloth gilt, some slight fading to backstrip, interior fine; Charlesworth, W.M. The Gook of the Golden Retriever. London, [no date[, 8vo, colour frontispiece, plates, original yellow cloth gilt, some slight foxing and 4 others (10)
Ogilvie-Grant, W. R., et al. The Gun at Home & Abroad, to include British Game Birds and Wildfowl, British Deer and ground Game. London: The London and Counties Press Association, 1912-13 4to, 2 [of 4] volumes, number 562 of 950 copies, original morocco gilt, t.e.g., some light fading to backstrip, foxing to frontispiece and title (2)
Salter, Thomas Frederick. The Angler's Guide, Being a New, Plain and Complete Practical Treatise on the Art of Angling. London: for the Author, by R. Carpenter, [1823], fifth edition, 8vo, title-vignette, 2 aquatint plates, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, contemporary half calf, [Westwood & Satchell, p.187], rubbed, upper joint weak; [Chatto, William Andrew] "Stephen Oliver" Scenes and Recollections of Fly-Fishing, in Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland. London: Chapman & Hall, 1834 first edition, 8vo, vignette on title, wood-engraved illustrations in text, publisher's patterned brown cloth, bookseller's label of Lapworth of Stratford upon Avon, [Westwood & Satchell, p.162], light watermark to lower cover (2)
Teasdale-Buckell, G.T Experts on Guns and Shooting, 1900; The Complete Shot, 1907; Oakleigh, Tom. The Oakleigh Shooting Code, 1838 third edition, engraved title and plates; Lancaster, C. An Illustrated Treatise on the Art of Shooting, 1889 plates, a few loose; Marks, E.C.R. The Evolution of Modern Small Arms and Ammunition, [c.1898]; Pollard, H.B.C. The Book of the Pistol & Revolver, New York, 1917 half-title loose, binding edges rubbed; Freemantle, T.F. The Book of the Rifle, 1901; Notes on the Rifle, 1896 plates, original red morocco-backed cloth, g.e., lightly rubbed; Sharp , H. The Gun afield & afloat, 1904 spine slightly spotted; Higson, D. Seafowl Shooting Sketches, 1909; Harrison, E. A Dissertation upon Guns and Shooting, 1906; Payne-Gallwey, R. Letters to Young Shooters, 1914-1892-1896 3 volumes, slight spotting, all 8vo, publisher's cloth; and 16 others (30)
Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton The Complete Angler, 1844 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary red morocco gilt, lightly rubbed; another edition, 1902 2 volumes, large 8vo, Winchester edition, edited by G.A.B. Dewar, plates, some etched, illustrations, publisher's green buckram gilt, private library number at foot of spines and stamp to front endpaper; another edition, 1897 large 8vo, edited by R. le Galliene, plates, illustrations, publisher's green cloth; and 2 other editions (1854 and A.& C. Black facsimile bound in calf) (6)
Skye - Gordon, Seton. The Charm of Skye. London, 1929 8vo, presentation copy by the author to John Mackenzie of Dunvegan, signed on front free endpaper, autograph letter signed from author tipped in, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt, boards stained, interior clean; Forbes, Alexander R. Place Names of Skye and adjacent Islands. Paisley, 1923 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, head and tail bumped, interior clean; MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin Over the Sea to Skye. London, [no date], 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt, faded backstrip, interior clean; Johnston, W. & A.K. Map of the Island of Skye. Edinburgh, c.1850's, approx 56cm wide by 72cm high, hand coloured in outline, previous folds, original red cloth gilt, upper board loose, backstrip and inner hinge tape-repaired, some foxing; Smith, Alexander A Summer in Skye. Edinburgh, 1912 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt, sunned, interior clean; Ferguson, Malcolm Rambles in Skye. Irvine, 1885 8vo, frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, bevelled boards, stained, interior clean and 15 others (25) Provenance: Bookplates of John Mackenzie of Dunvegan
A BRACE OF 16-BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOLS OF SERVICE TYPE MADE FOR THE BANK OF ENGLAND BY R. HOLLIS, circa 1820-30, 15 1/2in. overall, each with tapering barrel engraved 'BANK OF ENGLAND', flat bevelled border engraved lock (one cock an old replacement) with 'GR' cypher and roller, walnut full stock marked 'R. HOLLIS' behind the side-plate, brass mounts, and iron ramrod, Birmingham proof marks.
WINCHESTER .22 (LONG R.-SUPER SPEED & SUPER-X) 'MODEL 63' SELF-LOADING SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 14789, 23in. blued sighted barrel threaded for a sound moderator and mounted with a Winchester telescopic sight in adjustable mounts, blued action fitted with an AGP folding peep-sight, 13 1/4in. pistolgrip stock.
FIAS (FABBRICA ITALIANA ARMI SABATTI) 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 42343, 27 1/2in. nitro chopperlump barrels with raised matt rib, wall-thicknesses below recommended minimum, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 and full choke, manual safety, articulated front trigger, cocking-indicators, action and sideplates fully engraved with fine scrollwork with fancy borders, triggerplate signed 'R. CELO 1975', bright finish, 14 1/2in. well-figured stock, weight 7lb. 1oz., in a leather case
Scottish Provincial fiddle pattern: An Aberdeen silver cream ladle. Maker JG; a teapot stand. Maker P. R, Aberdeen; a dessert spoon, engraved initials. Maker John Leslie. Aberdeen, circa 1785 and five fiddle pattern silver teaspoons. Maker James Smith. Together with four Victorian fiddle pattern table forks and two Victorian fiddle pattern dessert forks. Maker George Sangster Aberdeen. Edinburgh 1859. 12.5oz. (388g.). (12).
Rentoul (Annie R. & Ida Rentoul Outhwaite). Bush Songs of Australia for Young and Old. Music by Georgette Peterson, pub. George Robertson & Co., Melbourne & Sydney, [1910],. 36pp., nine full-page b & w illusts., several col. by a juvenile hand, orig. printed wrappers, vertical central crease where previously folded, silk cord to spine, together with Australian Songs for Young and Old. Music by Georgette Peterson, pub. George Robertson & Co., Melbourne & Sydney, [1907], 32pp., nine full-page b & w illusts., several col. by a juvenile hand, flyleaf loose, orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed, both oblong 4to, plus Bride (Thomas Francis), Letters from Victorian Pioneers: Being a Series of Papers on the Early Observation of the Colony, the Aborigines, etc., Addressed by Victorian Pioneers to his Excellency Charles Joseph La Trobe, Esq., Lieut-Govenor of the Colony of Victoria, pub. Melbourne, 1898, folding map, orig. cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plus one other related (4)
* Caricatures. Heath (William). Master Dogberry the Parish Watchman (Parish Characters by Paul Pry), pub. S. Gans, June 1st 1829,. hand coloured etching, plate size approx. 360 x 260 mm (14 x 10.25 ins), with margins, together with Heath (William). Bernadotte, pub. R. Ackermann, March 4th 1814, hand-coloured etching, paper watermarked J. Whatman 1810, plate size approx. 210 x 325 mm (8.25 x 12.75 ins), plus Cruikshank (George). Boney tir'd of War's Alarms, Flies for Safety to his darlings Arms, pub. Walker & Knight, January 1813, hand-coloured etching, plate size approx. 250 x 350 mm (9.75 x 13.75 ins), and a quantity of hand-coloured and uncoloured caricatures, various, mostly early 19th c., including Antichambre d'un Grand Seigneur [1789 or later], A Russian Dandy a Scene at Aix la Chappelle, pub. Fores, December 8th 1818, The Dead Alive! by H. Wigstead, pub. William Holland, July 1795 [or later], etc (approx. 40)
Davis, RB. [BB. Colvin and Mr. R. Dyson of Waltham Cross]. Hand coloured mixed process engraving. 16.75in. x 23in. Engraved by W. Giller. Pub. 1851. A proof before letters, the mount with a small tear with the title, engraver and artists name supplied in pencil and with a cut-out signature of BB. Colvin dated 1852 pasted to the engravings mount. Mounted framed and glazed.
* Satirical prints. Cruickshank (Isaac), The Messenger of Peace, pub. Fores, 1796,. hand coloured etching, image size 285 x 420 mm, together with Humphrey (G., pub.), Pic Nic party disturbed by a Swarm of Bees, 1826, hand coloured aquatint by E.G., image size 245 x 390 mm, framed and glazed, and Tegg (Thomas, pub.), Implements Animated, c.1820s, hand coloured engraving by Williams, image size 205 x 320 mm, and Dighton (R.), George the-IIIrd aged 72 1810', hand coloured etching, plate dimensions 275 x 197 mm, and others by Heath, Motte, etc., some framed and glazed (approx. 40)

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