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A Royal Worcester plate, painted in coloured enamels by R Sebright with fruits and blossom, within a raised paste gilded roundel, the blue ground with pale pink ground cartouches, decorated in gilt with garlands and leaf scrolls, 8 3/4" diameter (22.2 cm), signed, printed mark in puce for 1931, and a matching damaged square dish. .
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An H & R Daniel Shell Shape coffee cup and saucer, the green ground border picked out in gilt, pattern number 5045, a David teacup, coffee cup and saucer, with gadrooned borders, painted with flowers, pattern number 4312, and a New Hall coffee can, with ring handle, bat printed en grisaille with buildings.
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An H & R Daniel Shell Shape coffee cup and saucer, painted in coloured enamels with birds in branches, within green and gilt borders, pattern number 5263, and an H & R Daniel teacup, coffee cup and saucer, with elaborate scroll handles, painted in coloured enamels with flower and fruits, within gilt cartouches, on a pink ground (handles restored)
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ART REFERENCE A collection of art reference works, to include: TOYNBEE A., ed. Cities of destiny, Publisher's cloth, folio. London: Thames & Hudson, 1967; HAYWARD H., ed. World furniture. Publisher's cloth, folio. London: Hamyln, 1971; CHARLESTON R. J., ed. World ceramics. Publisher's cloth, dustwrappers, folio. London: Hamyln, 1971; PALLAS GALLERY. Fine art reproductions of old & modern masters, a comprehensive illustrated cataloge of art through the ages. Publisher's cloth, folio. New York: Graphic Society, 1980; CLAY J. Romanticism. Publisher's cloth, dustwrappers, 4to, New York: Vendome, 1981; NICOLSON N. Great houses of the Western world. Publisher's cloth, dustwrappers, folio. London: Hamyln, 1972; TITIAN. Paintings and drawings. Publisher's cloth, 4to. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937; VELAZQUEZ. The paintings and drawings of. Publisher's cloth, dustwrappers, folio. London: Phaidon,1943; and approximatly 220 others [qty.]
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BIBLIOGRAPHY CHUBB T. The printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland: a bibliography, 1579-1870. Publisher's cloth, 4to., London, 1966; ROBINSON A.H.W. Marine cartography in Britain. Publisher's cloth, dustwrapper, 4to., Leicester, 1962; LISTER R. How to identify old maps and globes. Publisher's cloth, wrappers, 4to., London, 1965; SKELTON R.A. Decorative printed maps of the 15th to 18th centuries. Publisher's cloth, 4to., London, 1952; TOOLEY R.V. Maps and map-makers. 2nd ed, Publisher's cloth, wrappers, 4to., London, 1952; MOIR D.G. The early maps of Scotland. 2 vols., publisher's cloth, wrappers, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1973-83; INGLIS H.R.G. et al. The early maps of Scotland. Publisher's cloth, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1934 [8]
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ANCIENT HISTORY A collection of works on Ancient History, to include: LULLIES R. & HIRMER M. Greek sculpture. Publisher's cloth, dustwrappers, 4to., London: Thames and Hudson, 1957; BOARDMAN J. Greek art. Publisher's cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., London: Thames and Hudson, 1964; RAINEY A. Mosaics in Roman Britain. Publisher's cloth, dustwrappers, 8vo., Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1973; STRONG D. E. The classical world. Publisher's cloth, dustwrappers, 4to. London: Hamlyn, 1965; BOARDMAN J. & LAROCCA E. Eros in Greece. Publisher's cloth, dustwrappers, 4to., London: Murray, 1978; BADDELEY St. C & GORDON L. D. Rome and its story. Publisher's cloth, 8vo., London: J. M. Dent, 1904; LESSING E. The voyages of Ulysses. Publisher's cloth, dustwrappers, 4to., London: Macmillan, 1966 and approximatly 110 others [qty.] Note: Further sample list available
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SCOTTISH LITERATURE & POETRY A collection of editions and works on Scottish poets and writers, mostly prior to 1800, many signed or initialled by Sydney Goodsir Smith, some with inscriptions or inserted letters from the editors, to include: IRVING D. The history of Scottish poetry. 1st edition, cloth, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1861; FERGUSSON R. Poems, edited by M.P. McDiarmid (Scottish Text Society 3rd series vols. 21 & 24), quarter roan, cloth boards, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1950-54; GRAHAM Dougal, The collected writings, edited by G. MacGregor, 2 vols., cloth, 8vo., Glasgow, 1883; HECHT H. Songs from David Herd's manuscripts, quarter cloth, paper boards, 8vo., one of 750 copies, Edinburgh, 1904; LAING D. Early popular poetry of Scotland and the Norhern border. 2 vols., cloth, 8vo., London, 1895; SCOTT A. The poems, ed. James Cranston, (Scottish Text Society vol. 36), quarter roan, cloth boards, 8vo., 1896 and 52 others [61]
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SAYER R. & BENNET J. The American military pocket atlas; being an approved collection of correct maps, both general and particular of the British Colonies; especially those which now are, or probably may be the theatre of war ... 1st edition, 6 fldg. maps, hand coloured in outline, mounted on guards, original half calf, marbled boards, rubbed, worn and lacking corner pieces, maps with some small tears and splits at folds, 8vo., London, [1776]
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[MAIDMENT James, editor] Analecta scotica: collections illustrative of the civil, ecclesiastical, and literary history of Scotland, chiefly from original MSS. ... 1st edition, 2 volumes, modern cloth, leather lettering piece, 8vo., Edinburgh: Stevenson, 1834-37. Note: The first volume bound up from parts with the original seven printed green wrappers bound in at the end. Both volumes one of 106 copies on ordinary paper. MAIDMENT James, editor Historical fragments relative to Scottish affairs, from 1635 to 1664 ... 1st edition, 3 parts in 1 volume, original quarter roan, printed paper label, paper boards, 8vo., Edinburgh: Stevenson, 1823. [KINLOCH George R.] Reliquae antiquae scoticae illustrative of civil and ecclesiastical affairs from original manuscripts ... 1st edition, with 28pp. catalogue of works published by Stevenson, original half roan, paper boards, ex public library copy with stamps, 8vo., Edinburgh: Stevenson, 1848 Note: One of 60 copies [TURNBULL W.B.D.D.] Fragmenta scoto-monastica: memoir of what has been already done, and what materials exist, towards the formation of a Scottish monasticon ... 1st edition, illus., original cloth, printed paper label, library stamp on titlepage, 8vo., Edinburgh: Stevenson, 1842 [5] Note: One of 50 copies on small paper
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SCOTTISH BURGH RECORDS A collection of works containing records of Scottish burghs and related materials, to include: SCOTTISH RECORD SOCIETY. Indices and calendars of records. Vols. 1-2; 3 5-7; 8-14; 15-22; 23-26; 27-30; 31-35; 36-43 45; 46-47; 48-51 54 bound in quarter cloth, marbled boards + various loose parts (incomplete) up to vol. 55 Edinburgh, 1928; BEVERIDGE E. The burgh records of Dunfermline. Original quarter roan, cloth boards, No 180 of 250 copies, 4to., Edinburgh, 1917; MORRIS T. The provosts of Methuen. Original cloth, 4to., Edinburgh, 1875; WOOD M. Court book of the Regality of Broughton and the Burgh of the Canongate 1569-1573 transcribed by M. Wood. Original vellum, 4to., 1937; EDINBURGH. Corporation. Extracts from the records of the Burgh of Edinburgh. Original cloth, 4to., Edinburgh, 1927; RENWICK R. Abstracts of protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow. 11 vols. Original cloth, 4to., Glasgow, 1894-1900; SCOTTISH BURGH RECORDS SOCIETY. Ancient laws and customs of the burghs of Scotland 1124 -1707. 2 vols. Original cloth, 4to., 1868-1910 other vols. of the Scottish Burgh Records Society and related material [57] Note: Sold as a lot, not subject to return
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SCOTTISH HISTORY A collection of volumes on Scottish history, to include:LINDSAY E. R. ed. Calendar of Scottish supplications to Rome 1418-1422. Publisher's cloth, 8vo, Edinburgh: Scottish History Society (vol. 23 3rd series), 1934;HANNAY R. K. ed. Rentale Sancti Andree. Publisher's cloth, 8vo, Edinburgh: Scottish History Society (vol. 4 2nd series), 1913; SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY. Miscellany. Publisher's cloth, 8vo, Edinburgh: Scottish History Society (vol. 11 1st series), 1934; WYNTOUN A. Orygynale cronykil of Scotland. Publisher's cloth, 8vo, Edinburgh: William Paterson,1879; SKENE W. F. Celtic Scotland: A history of ancient Alban ... 3 volumes ... Publisher's cloth, 8vo, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1886; INNES C. Scotland in the middle ages. Publisher's cloth, 8vo, Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas,1860; INNES C. Lectures on Scottish legal antiquities. Publisher's cloth, 8vo, Edinburgh, Edmonston & Douglas, 1872; SCOTTISH HISTORICAL REVIEW. Select articles, vols. 1-34 ... 4 volumes ... Publisher's cloth, 8vo, Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie & Co., 1904-28; CHAMBERS R. Domestic annals of Scotland ... 3 vols ... Publisher's cloth, 8vo, Edinburgh: Chambers, 1928; RODGERS C. Social life in Scotland ... 3 vols ... Publisher's cloth, 8vo, Edinburgh: Paterson, 1884; HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS illustrative of the history of Scotland 1286-1306 [Stevenson's Historical documents] ... 2vols ... Quarter roan, 8vo, Edinburgh: H. M. General Register House, 1870; THE SCOTTISH JOURNAL of topography, antiquities, traditions, etc. volume I [II] ... 2 volumes in 1 ... Half roan, 8vo, Edinburgh: Stevenson, 1848; INNES C. Sketches of early Scotch history. Publisher's cloth, 8vo, Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1861 and 65 other volumes [81] Note: Further sample list available
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SPALDING CLUB A collection of works published by the New Spalding Club, to include: BULLOCH J. M. The house of Gordon. 3 vols. No. 204 of 525 204 of 425 & 204 of 425 respectively, vol. 2 has damage to lower cover, 1903-12; CRAMOND W. The annals of Banff. 2 vols. frontis. to both vols., No. 204 of 525 1891-3; JOHNSTONE J. F. K. & ANDERSON P. J. eds. Fasti Academiae Mariscallanae Aberdonensis. 3 vols. frontis. to all vols. No. 203 of 525 1889-1898; LITTLEJOHN D. ed. Records of the Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire. 3 vols. No. 161 of 500 285 of 500 and 204 of 475 respectively, 1904-7; MUNRO A. M. ed. Records of old Aberdeen. 2 vols. (complete in 3) No. 204 of 535 and 204 of 425 respectively, 1899-1909; CRAMOND W. The records of Elgin. 2 vols. frontis. to both vols., No. 204 of 525 & 204 of 425 respectively, 1903-8; MISCELLANY of the New Spalding Club. 2 vols. (complete in 3) No. 204 of 525 & 204 of 475 respectively, 1890-1908; BULLOCH J. M. Territorial soldiering in the North-East of Scotland during 1759-1814. frontis., No. 204 of 400 1914; GEDDES W. D. & DUGID P. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii Aberdonesis. frontis., No. 204 of 525 1888; MORISON A. The Blackhalls of that ilk and Barra. frontis., No. 204 of 500 1905; MOIR J. ed. Hectoris Boetii, Murthlacensium et Aberdonensium episcoporum vitae. frontis., No. 204 of 525 1894; HUNTLY Charles, Marques of Gordon. The records of Aboyne 1230-1681 frontis., No. 204 of 525 1894; MACDONALD J. Place names of West Aberdeenshire. No.. 204 of 525 1899; ANDERSON P. J. Officers & Graduates of University & King's College Aberdeen. frontis., No. 204 of 525 1893; LIPPE R. Selections from Wodrow's biographical collections. frontis., No 204 of 525 1890; BURNETT G. The family of Burnett of Leys. frontis., No. 204 of 525 1901; MICHIE J. G. The records of Invercauld, 1547-1828 frontis., No. 204 of 525 1901; BELL T. Records of the meeting of the Exercise of Alford 1652-1688. No. 204 of 525 1897; HENDERSON J. A. History of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen. frontis., No. 204 of 450 1912; SKENE W. F. ed. Memorials of the family of Skene of Skene. frontis., No. 204 of 525 1887; SCOTS COLLEGES. Records of the Scots colleges at Douai, Rome, Madrid, Valladolid & Ratisbon. vol 1. No. 204 of 500 (complete in one volume as no further volume published), 1906; MACKAY W. & BOYD H. C. eds. Records of Inverness. frontis., vol 1. No. 204 of 525 1911; JOHNSTON A. Musa latina Aberdonensis. 3 vols. frontis. to all vols., No. 204 of 525 274 of 525 & 204 of 425 respectively. 1888-1910; COOPER J. Cartularium ecclesiae Sancti Nicholai Aberdonensis. 2 vols. frontis. to both vols., both No. 204 of 525. 1888-1892. All are bound in the New Spalding Club green cloth bindings, 4to. [37]
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FACULTY OF ADVOCATES A collection of seven theses on titles in the Digest presented to the Faculty of Advocates as part of admittance to the Scottish Bar: [i] MURRAY Andrew. Disputatio juridica, ad Tit. VI Lib. VII Si ususfructus petatur vel ad alium pertinere negetur ... Original marbled wrappers, 4to., Edinburgh: Balfour & Smellie, 1803. Note: The author became a President of the Speculative Society [ii] CUNNINGHAM John. Disputatio juridica, ad Tit. I. Lib. XII De rebus creditis ... Original Dutch paper wrappers, 4to., Edinburgh: Smellie, 1807. Note: The author became Solicitor General and afterwards a judge as Lord Cunningham [iii] DRUMMOND Henry Home, of Blairdrummond. Disputatio juridica, ad Tit. IV Lib. XIII De eo quod certo loco dari potest ... Original marbled wrappers, splitting at spine, 4to., Edinburgh: Smellie, 1808. Note: The author became MP for Stirlingshire and afterwards for Perthshire. He was a President of the Speculative Society [iv] MONTEITH Alexander Earle. Disputatio juridica, ad Tit. V Lib. XXVIII De heredibus instituendis ... Full red morocco, gilt dentelle border, spine rubbed, 4to., Edinburgh: Smellie, 1816. [v] CRAIG Sir William Gibson. Disputatio juridica, ad Lib. XXXVII Tit. XV De obsequiis parentibus et patronis praestandis ... Full blind stamped and ruled black morocco, by R. Hamilton of Edinburgh, 4to., Edinburgh: Smellie, 1820. Note: The author became MP for Midlothian and later Lord-Clerk-Register. He was a President of the Speculative Society ...
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SCOTS LAW A collection of various Scots law texts, to include: BELL R. Abstract of the form of deeds relating to heritable rights. Contemporary half calf, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1814; BELL R. A treatise on the election laws, as they relate to representation in Scotland. Contemporary calf, 4to., Edinburgh, 1812; NESS J.W. A treatise on the game laws of Scotland. Original paper boards, with a presentation inscription from the author, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1818; CONNELL John. A treatise on the law of Scotland respecting tithes. 3 vols., contemporary calf, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1815; HERRING Fishery (Scotland) Acts. Contemporary calf, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1817 and 29 others [37]
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HUME David The history of England ... New edition, 8 volumes, contemporary half calf, 8vo., London: Baynes, etc. 1822; LANG A. A history of Scotland from the Roman occupation ... 1st edition, 4 volumes, frontispieces, illus., plates, original cloth, 8vo., Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1900-8; CHAMBERS R. Domestic annals of Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution ... 3rd edition, illus., later quarter calf, cloth boards, 8vo., Edinburgh: Chambers, 1874; LAING M. The history of Scotland ... 1st edition, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, 8vo., London: Cadell, 1800 and 22 others [39]
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CLASSICS OF MEDICINE 17th & 18th century texts: BAILLIE M. Morbid anatomy of the human body ... 8vo., Delran, 1986; WITHERING W. An account of the foxglove ... 8vo., New York, 1979; Harrington, Sir J. The school of Salernum ... with annotations by Francis R. Packard, M.D. and Fielding H. Garrison, M.D. ... 8vo., Delanco, 2000; RUEFF J. The expert midwife ... 8vo., New York, 1997; HUNTER J. On venereal disease ... 8vo., New York, 1994; BURTON R. The anatomy of melancholy ... 8vo., New York, 1986; MAURICEAU F. ... 8vo., Delanco, 2000; RAMAZZINI B. Diseases of workers ... 8vo., New York, 1983; HARVEY W. Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus ... with a translation into English, 8vo., New York, 1978; HOOKE R. Micrographia ... Folio, New York, 1996; HALES S. Statistical essays containing Haemastaticks ... 8vo., Delanco, 1999; RUSH B. An account of the bilious remitting yellow fever ... 8vo., New York, 1997; [12] Note: The Classics of Medicine Library special editions. All are bound in full leather, gilt tooled, a.e.g., to the design of various binders, and have been privately printed for members of the Classics of Medicine Library
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JACOBITE POEMS 3 disbound poems, each contained in separate folders. The poems appear to have been restitched through the original stab holes. A birth-day ode [to Prince Charles Edward, the Young Pretender] ... pp. 4 folio, [Edinburgh?; n.p., 1746?] Note: Foxon B225 (with only two copies) Apparently not in the BL Arms and the man: a new ballad ... [with] The sequel of arms and the man: a new historical ballad 2 works together, pp. 7 verso blank; 8 folio, London: Raymond, 1746 [2nd work, London: Webb, 1746] Note: Foxon A292 & S 202. On William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. Secretary Janus, a dialogue between Simon Lord Frazer of Lovat, and J. M-r-y, secretary to the late pretender ... pp. 6 folio, London: Foster, 1747 Note: Foxon S178. A satire on Sir John Murray, who turned King's evidence against Lord Lovat. [3]
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[Dining]. London at Table; How, When, and Where to Dine and Order a Dinner; and Where to Avoid Dining. With Practical Hints to Cooks. To Which is Appended the Butler's and Yacht Steward's Manual, and Truisms for the Million, 1st ed., 18451, author's presentation copy, inscribed at head of title, etched frontis. by Phiz, 34 pp. pubs. cat. bound in at rear, orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, darkened on spine, slim 8vo, together with [Hayward, Abraham], The Art of Dining; Gastronomy and Gastronomers, 1st ed., 1852, contemp. presentation inscription to front end paper 'From W.W. to the Rev. R. Heathcote, a worthy disciple and practical follower of the precepts & examples of the Great Masters of the Gastronomic Mysteries, Chingford, August 2, 1852', contemp. half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, small 8vo (Simon BG 824) plus Doran (Dr. John), Table Traits, with Something on Them, 3rd ed., 1859, orig. ribbed cloth gilt, a little rubbed and minor wear to spine, 8vo, and Sala (George Augustus), The Thorough Good Cook. A Series of Chats on the Culinary Art and Nine Hundred Recipes, 1895, some light spotting throughout, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, faded on spine, square 4to, and others related (18)
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House (R.). The Family Cookery, Combining Elegance and Economy: with Various Receipts for Making Gravies, Soups, Sauces, and Made Dishes; Directions for Roasting and Boiling Game, Poultry, Meat, Fish, etc. and Making of Pastry and Confectionery; Directions for Trussing and Carving; Rules for Brewing and Making Wines, the Art of Pickling and Preserving. Forming a Complete System of Domestic Management, n.d., pub. J. Bailey, c.1780, eng. frontis. additional vign. title, seven eng. plts. (fore-edge of two plts. very slightly frayed), some minor scattered spotting, contemp. tree sheep with red morocco label to spine, joints cracked, upper cover almost detached, 12mo. Not in Bitting, Oxford or Vicaire. (1)
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Rose (Giles). A Perfect School of Instructions for the Officers of the Mouth, shewing the Whole Art of a Master of the Household, a Master Carver, a Master Butler, a Master Confectioner, a Master Cook, a Pastryman, printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1682, lacking title and all leaves prior to A2 ('To the Right Honourable.'), some leaves repaired or strengthened, principally at fore-edge, F9 with loss to text, numerous woodcuts to text, occasional spotting, contemp. calf boards with recent calf reback, boards rubbed, 12mo. Wing R1933; Bitting, p.407; Oxford, p.42; Vicaire, p.341. The first work in the English language to illustrate carving techniques. Translated from 'L'Žcole Parfaite des Officiers de Bouche' (Paris, 1662). (1)
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Smith (Robert). Court Cookery: Or The Compleat English Cook. Containing the Choicest and Newest Receipts for Making Soops, Pottages, Fricasseys, Harshes, Farces, Ragoos, Cullises, Sauces, Forc'd-Meats and Souses; with Various Ways of Dressing most sorts of Flesh, Fish and Fowl, Wild and Tame; with the Best Methods of Potting and Collaring., by R. Smith, Cook (under Mr Lamb) to King William; as also to the Dukes of Buckingham, Ormond, D'Aumont (the French Ambassador) and others of the Nobility and Gentry, 1st ed., printed for T. Wotton, 1723, title a little chipped at edges and relaid, some spotting and browning throughout, recent antique style blind-panelled calf gilt, 8vo. Oxford, p. 55-56. The author says in his preface, 'It's true, there are several Books of Cookery already extant, but most of 'em very defective and erroneous, and others filled with old Receipts, that are impracticable at this Time'. Bitting, p. 440. 'The author, in his dedication, is adversely critical not only of his mentor, Lamb, but of others in the same line of endeavour, at the same time displaying considerable self-esteem for his own'. (1)
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Stavely (S.W., of Nottingham). The New Whole Art of Confectionery, Sugar Boiling, Icing, Candying, Jelly Making, Etc. Which Will be Found Very Beneficial to Ladies, Confectioners, Housekeepers, etc., Particularly to Such as Have Not a Perfect Knowledge of that Art, 1st ed., R. Wood, Blackburn, 1823, 72 pp., later roan-backed cloth boards, slim 12mo. Not in Bitting, Oxford or Vicaire. (1)
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Stavely (S.W., of Nottingham). The New Whole Art of Confectionery, Sugar Boiling, Icing, Candying, Jelly Making, Etc. , 5th ed., printed R. Wood, Blackburn, 1824, 60 pp., title and final leaf soiled and very frayed at edges, crudely sewn as issued, without covers, slim 8vo, together with, Mackenzie (Edward Logan), The New Whole Art of Confectionery: Also, Sugar-Boiling, Icing, Candying, Making of Wines and Jellies, Etc; For the Use of Ladies, Confectioners, Housekeepers, Etc., pub. Otley, [1860?], 48 pp., title stained, orig. printed rear wrapper only, both slim 8vo, plus Herisse (Emile), The Art of Pastry Making, According to the French and English Methods. Including Cakes, Sweetmeats, and Fancy Biscuit Baking, and all kinds of Confectionary, Plain and Ornamental, 1893, b & w illusts. to text, 10 pp. commercial ads. at rear, orig. cloth lettered in blue and red, a little rubbed on spine, 8vo, and others related, mostly late 19th c. (20)
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Bristol Wine Merchant. Manuscript account ledger of George and R. C. Taylor, Wine and Spirit Merchants, of 28 Nicholas Street, late 23 Redcliffe Street, Bristol, for all charges ex ship, for brandy, rum, sherry and port, prior to sale (hauling to bond, examination, sampling, racking, duty paid), 1867-79, 45 pp., contemp. qtr. black morocco, some wear, folio (1)
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Montague (Peregrine). The Family Pocket-Book: or, Foutain of True and Useful Knowledge., pub. George Paul, c.1760s, woodcut frontis. (with juvenile pencil marks), modern marbled boards, 12mo, together with another similar edition of the same work lacking its frontis., plus Lupton (Thomas), A Thousand Notable Things, on Various Subjects; Disclosed from the Secrets of Nature and Art; Practicable, Profitable, and of Great Advantage., to which is Prefixed the entury of Inventions, by the Marquis of Worcester, 1655, pub. R. Lea, 1814, 187pp., modern boards, 12mo (3)
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Redding (Cyrus). A History and Description of Modern Wines, 3rd ed., 1860, eng. frontis., wood eng. illusts., slight yellowing, modern crude cloth, 8vo, together with Loftus (William R.), Loftus's New Mixing and Reducing Book, for the use of Publicans and Spirit Dealers and Retailers in General, [1869], numerous wood eng. illusts. at rear, orig. cloth gilt, faded and slight wear to spine, 12mo, with Excise Instructions, Instructions for Officers of Excise, in the Country, Concerned in Charging the Duty on Beer, 1807, title torn at head with some loss of title, disbound 8vo, with Barron (A.F.), British Apples. Report of the Committee of National Apple Congress, held in the Royal Horticultural Gardens, Chiswick, October 5th to 25th, 1883, pub. 1884, orig. cloth gilt, joints worn, 8vo, plus six other related books and pamphlets (10)
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Cosway (Maria Cecilia Louisa). Progress of Female Dissipation. Engraved by A. Cardon, from Original Drawings by Mrs. Cosway, pub. R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, April 10, 1800, eight sepia aqua plts. on hand-toned paper, heightened with bodycolour, orig. boards, marked and some wear to extrems., orig. paper label to upper cover (sl. chipped), spine re-strengthened, slim oblong folio. Abbey, Life 270. A companion volume, entitled Progress of Female Virtue was also issued in the same year. (1)
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[Filmer, Sir Robert]. Observations concerning the Originall of Government, upon Mr. Hobs Leviathan, Mr. Milton against Salmasius, H. Grotius De Jure Belli, Mr. Huntons Treatise of Monarchy, printed for R. Royston, 1652, vi + 50 + 39 pp., title printed in red and black, soiled, final leaf with closed tear (without loss), and somewhat soiled, bound after [Hunton, Philip]. A Treatise of Monarchy: containing two parts, I. Concerning Monarchy in General. II. Concerning This Particular Monarchy. Also a Vindication of the said Treatise, printed for E. Smith, 1689, iv + 96 pp., title and final leaf with some soiling and small stains, occn. marks elsewhere, later half-calf, somewhat worn, joints partly cracked, small 4to. Wing F918 & H3783A. (1)
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Morton (Thomas & William Cadge). The Surgical Anatomy of the Principal Regions of the Human Body, 1st ed., 1850, sixteen mostly folding col. litho. plts., wood engs. to text, some light browning and spotting, upper outer corner of title repaired without loss of text, orig. cloth, rebacked, together with Stanley (Edward), A Treatise on Diseases of the Bones, 1849, a few leaves sprung, sev. oval ink lib. stamps to text and title, orig. cloth, crudely rebacked, plus Maclean (R.), A Treatise on the Progress and Shedding of the Human Teeth..., 1st ed., 1836, nine tinted litho. plts., lacks plt. 1, orig. cloth, sl. rubbed and soiled, all 8vo, plus Lister (Joseph), On the Early Stages of Inflammation, [extracted from Philosophical Transactions, 1858], pp. 645-702 plus one coloured and one plain plt., a little spotting, recent boards, 4to, (Garrison & Morton 2298), plus other 19th c. medical interest including Sydenham Society Publications and some foreign language (35)
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Derome (L.). La Reliure De Luxe, Le Livre et l'Amateur, Paris, 1888, num. tinted plts., some light toning, light waterstain to extrems. of sev. leaves, later cloth, rubbed and spine somewhat darkened, large 8vo, limited ed. 657/900, together with Tidcombe (Marianne), The Bookbindings of T. J. Cobden-Sanderson, pub. British Library, 1984, col. frontis., num. b&w illusts., orig. cloth in slipcase, 4to, VG (printed in an edition of 1000 copies), plus Chubb (Thomas), The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, A Bibliography, 1579-1870, reprinted Dawsons, 1974, b&w illusts., orig. green cloth, 4to, and other bibliographical reference, including The Private Press, by Roderick Cave, Five Centuries of English Bookbinding by Howard M. Nixon, English Books with Coloured Plates & Maps and Map-Makers, by R. Tooley, etc, mostly 8vo (22)
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