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Outhwaite (Ida Rentoul & Grenbry). Fairyland of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Verses by Annie R. Rentoul, stories by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie R. Rentoul, 1st ed., A. & C. Black, 1931, sixteen col. plts. and thirty-one full-page b & w illusts., pictorial endpapers (upper pastedown with contemp. inscription), occ. scattered spotting, orig. cloth, faded and a little scuffed to extrems., 4to. (1)
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Hughes (Ted). The Earth-Owl and Other Moon-People, 1st ed., Faber & Faber, 1963, b&w illusts. by R. A. Brandt, orig. cloth gilt in sl. rubbed d.j., very sl. fraying to extrems., 8vo, together with Crow, 1st ed., 1970, Gaudete, 1st ed., 1977, Cave Birds, an alchemical cave drama, illust. Leonard Baskin, 1st ed., 1978, Remains of Elmet, a Pennine Sequence, photographs by Fay Godwin, 1st ed., 1979, Moortown, 1st ed., 1979, Flowers and Insects, illust. Leonard Baskin, 1st ed., 1986, Tales from Ovid, 1st ed., 1997 & Birthday Letters, 1st ed., 1998, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo (except Cave Birds & Remains of Elmet 4to), generally VG, plus Plath (Sylvia), Crossing the Water, & Winter Trees, both 1st eds., 1971, orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo, VG. (11)
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* Tolkien (J. R. R., 1892-1973). Autograph Letter Signed ('J.R.R. Tolkien'), c/o George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 8th November 1971, to Miss Morley, thanking her for her (unsolicited) letter of introduction offering her services as a secretary with a knowledge of Finland and the Finnish language, regretting that he has no need of such services now but would have done earlier in his career, continuing that he now has a secretary at Allen & Unwin, and rarely has to give any personal answers, 'My "work" now is confirmed to writing, under contract, I cannot be assisted in that, since I cannot dictate it, nor indeed compose any matter of the sort without a pen in hand. My first (written) drafts are usually beyond a secretary's (and sometimes of my own) power of accurate of decipherment, and I always use a typewriter myself for their revision', mentioning his advancing age and his wife's failing health, then wondering how she had heard of his private address, 'It was in order to have one that I with regret left Oxford, to escape from an intolerable persecution and invasion of my time and privacy (even at night). I should be grateful if you would treat your knowledge as confidential, and if possible ask your informant to do so in future. This may seem absurd, but no one who has experienced the ruthlessness of the press and certain kinds of "fan" would think so', the final paragraph concluding with his envy of her knowledge of Finland and its languages and recommending that she travels there, 'though that is not advice based on wisdom or economics', 2. pp., large 8vo (1)
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* Edward VIII. Military Commission signed at the head as King 'Edward R. I., Col. in Chief', Court at St. James's, 21st January 1936, printed with details filled in by hand, appointing Patrick Edward Langford to the Rank of Second Lieutenant, counter-signed by H. Knox and H. J. Creedy, paper seal of George V to left margin, written details to verso, one page of landscape folio. Signed documents from the very short reign of Edward VIII are very rare. This document is dated the day after the death of Edward's father, George V and must be one of the earliest documents that Edward signed as King. (1)
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Agrippa (Henricus Cornelius). Three Books of Occult Philosophy. Translated out of the Latin into the English Tongue, by J. F.[rench], Printed by R. W. for Gregory Moule, 1651, folding woodcut table of characters preceding M2. (torn without loss, and mounted), numerous woodcuts of cabalistic signs and diagrams, lacks the portrait of Agrippa (another inserted in its place), and the 12. pages of Index at the end, text browned and damp-stained, some worming, a few leaves detached and frayed, old sheep, rubbed, lacks backstrip, upper cover detached, 8vo. First English Edition of Agrippa's "De occulta philosophia", originally published 1533. Wing. A. 789. Ferguson, Bibliotheca Chemica, I p.13. (1)
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Galen. Certaine Workes of Galens, called Methodus Medendi, printed by Thomas East, 1586, title within a woodcut border, an incomplete copy, lacking R2, R6-R8, S1. and S2. at the end; bound with an incomplete copy of Thomas Gale's Certaine Workes of Chirurgerie, 1586, and defective copies of the First Part dated 1562, in contemp. vellum, soiled and worn, small 4to; together with four other English 16th-c. publications, all of them frustratingly incomplete and damaged, various bindings and sizes. Includes a copy of R. Redman's edition of Magna Carta, dated 1529; and a copy of The King's Book printed by Thomas Berthelet, 1543. (5)
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The Shipwrecked Mariner, Quarterly Maritime Magazine, ed. W. R. Buck, 11 vols., a run, vol. XXXII-XLI, 1885-1894, num. b&w wood eng. illusts., front endpaper and frontis. to 1st vol. loose and a little frayed to fore-margin, orig. uniform gilt-dec. blue cloth, rubbed and a little fraying to extrems., 1st vol. with some minor wear to head and foot of spine and outer corners, det. along upper inner hinge, spines somewhat dulled, final vol. badly dampstained to rear cover, and det. along rear inner hinge, sl. affecting endpapers and final few leaves (no loss), 8vo. An unusual maritime journal, covering shipwrecks, lighthouses, poetry and literature, meteorology, etc., around the world. (11)
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The Humours, and Conversations of the Town, Expos'd in Two Dialogues. The First, of the Men. The Second, of the Women, Printed for R. Bentley.and J. Tonson, 1693, title-page soiled and frayed with some loss, but only affecting one letter of letterpress, text complete, but lacking the final leaf of the Catalogue of Plays Printed by Bentley at the end, browned throughout, with some staining, frayed at the beginning and end, disbound, 12mo. Wing H.3720. Dialogues between Mr Jovial and Mr Pensive; and Madam Townlove and Madam Thinkwell, who satirises "rich Lady Bounce" for believing the public flattery that she receives, "tho she Squint, has a Hump-Back, Bandy-Legs, a Hawk-Nose, a wide Mouth, Rotten Teeth, and a Face full of Pock-holes, of the Colour of her Livery, Orange-Tawny". (1)
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Verstegen (Richard). Resitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities, Concerning the most Noble and Renowned English Nation. By the Study and Travel of R. V., Printed for S. Mearne, J. Martyn, and H. Herringman, 1673, engraving on the title-page and various engravings in the letterpress, some light browning, small inoffensive inkstain in a few fore-edge margins, contemp. calf, rubbed, 8vo. Wing V. 271. (1)
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Victorian illustrated children's books, including E. Knatchbull Hugessen, The Hans Andersen Library series, Grimm's Fairy Library series, etc., mostly cloth-bound, decorated, gilt-lettered etc., plus Adventures of a London Doll, ed. Mrs. Fairstar, 1850, four hand-col. plts. by Margaret Gillies, modern qtr. cloth, 8vo, Pretty Tales for the Nursery, pub. R. T. S., c. 1860, col. plts. by Kronheim, b&w illusts., orig. blindstamped dark green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and spine restrengthened, The Cats' Party, The Donkeys' Party, and The Dogs' Party (Dean's Coloured Picture Book series), n.d., c. 1860, hand-col. plts., orig. printed yellow endpapers, orig. blindstamped green cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling, spine dulled, minor wear to extrems., 8vo, etc (approx. 75)
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Gans-Ruedin (E.). Antique Oriental Carpets, from the 17th- to the early 20th-century, 1st English ed., Thames & Hudson, 1975, num. col. and b&w plts., illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., rubbed and a little frayed to extrems., thick square 4to, together with The Connoisseur's Guide to Oriental Carpets, 1st English ed., 1971, num. col. and b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., with card slipcase, thick square 4to, plus Bennett (Ian, Aschenbrenner, Erich & Parsons, R. D.), Oriental Rugs, 3 vols. (Caucasian/Persian/Carpets of Afghanistan), 1981-83, num. col. and b&w illusts., all orig. cloth in d.j.s, square 4to, and others on oriental carpets (incl. Oriental Carpets and Rugs by A. Hoph, reprinted 1967, Dictionary of Oriental Rugs, by Ivan C. Neff & Carol V. Maggs, 1st ed., 1977, Oriental Carpet Design, by P. R. J. Ford, 1st ed., Thames & Hudson, 1981), etc, all mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s, folio & 4to, generally VG (14)
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Macquoid (Percy & Edwards, Ralph). The Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period, with a General Introduction by H. Avray Tipping, 3 vols., Country Life & Scribner's, 1924-27, num. illusts. from photos., some col., orig. green cloth gilt, some wear to spines and extrems., folio, together with Cescinsky (Herbert and Gribble, Ernest R.), Early English Furniture & Woodwork, 2. vols., Waverley Book Co. Ltd., 1922, col. frontis. to each, num. b & w illusts. from photos., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, 4to, plus Meteyard (Eliza), The Life of Josiah Wedgwood, from his Private Correspondence and Family Papers., With an Introductory Sketch of the Art of Pottery in England, 2. vols., 1865, port. frontis. to each, num. wood engs. to text, some spotting and minor marginal damp stains (mainly to prelims.), recent blue half morocco, gilt dec. spines, 8vo (7)
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[Arabian Nights]. The Arabian Nights, Illustrated with Engravings, from Designs, by R. Westall, 4 vols., 1819, eng. plts., contemp. polished calf gilt, some wear to spines, 8vo, together with Arabian Tales; A Continuation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments. Consisting of Stories, related by the Sultana of the Indies, to Divert her Husband from the Performance of a Rash Vow., newly translated from the original Arabic into French, by Dom Chaves [ie. Denis Chavis] and M. Cazotte, 3 vols., 1794, half title to vols. 1. & 3, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and scratched, 12mo, plus some miscellaneous books, mostly Victorian illustrated books (a carton)
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Scott (Captain R.F.). Scott's Last Expedition. Being the Journals of Captain R.F. Scott, R.N., C.V.O., arranged by Leonard Huxley, preface by Sir Clements R. Markham, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1913, photogravures, col. plts., num. b & w illusts. from photos., folding maps, some scattered spotting, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spines, thick 8vo, together with Grely (Adolphus W.), Three Years of Arctic Service. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84, for the Attainment of the Farthest North, 2 vols., 1886, port. frontis. to vol. 1, large folding map at rear of vol. 2 (repaired), num. wood engs., some spotting, later cloth, soiled and some wear to extrems., large 8vo, plus Doughty (Charles M.), Travels in Arabia Deserta, with an Introduction by T.E. Lawrence, 2 vols., New and Definitive Edition, 1936, port. frontis. to vol. 1, two folding maps, b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and fore-edges a little damp stained (ex-lib. copy with white classification number to foot of each spine), 4to (6)
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Heath (Sidney and Prideaux, W. de C.). Some Dorset Manor Houses: With Their Literary and Historical Associations, with a foreword by R. Bosworth Smith, London & Derby, 1907, num. b & w illusts. from drawings and brass rubbings, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and a few scratches to upper cover, 4to (1)
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A Milan faience oval dish Pasquale Rubati factory, circa 1760 decorated in the Imari palette of iron-red, gold and blue with sprays of Buddha's fingers, pomegranate and chrysanthemum sprouting from a rocky ground, set in a geometric rim with singular flower medallions and a wide floral band F P R Mil. within a diamond in red 24.5cm., 9.25in. some chips to underside of rim
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A rare Meissen turquoise-ground salt circa 1735-1740 moulded as a ribbed shell set on three scroll-shaped feet, the inside of the shell with three gold quatrefoil cartouches edged in brown enamel, each cartouche enclosing a landscape medallion, one with a view of ice-skating, one of a river landscape and one with a harbour scene, enclosed by cartouches painted with a floral spray crossed swords in underglaze-blue and gilders mark 1. 5cm., 2in. three minute flat rim chips, rubbing to the gilt decoration In October 1733 Kaendler modelled '1 Salz Mestgen in Gestalt einer Muschel und ruht selbiges auf 3 Beinen oder kleine Schnorkelgten' , see: Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706-1775, and R. Ruckert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, p.96, with description of two similar salts in the 'Museum fur Kunsthandwerk Frankfurt am Main', cat.no.333 and 334. Another salt is recorded in the Grassimuseum in Leipzig,
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A Meissen figure of a Tyrolean trinket-seller circa 1750 modelled by J.J.Kaendler and P.Reinicke, dressed in a striped swaying skirt and apron with sprays of indianische Blumen, a black laced bodice over a white chemise, carrying an open case with pocket watches, earrings and necklaces faint crossed swords in underglaze-blue 16.5cm, 6.5in. restored For a discussion of this piece and other related pieces see R. Ruckert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, pp.177 and 229, cat.no.942. The author notes that Kaendler's model of this figure was reworked by Reinicke, and that it was occasionally incorporated in large crinoline groups, op.cit. cat.nos. 859 and 860.
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A Dutch-engraved 'Peace' baluster goblet circa 1713 the pointed funnel bowl engraved with doves, one carrying an olive branch, above two ships with rising sun and whale, above the inscription A DOMINO VENIT PAX ET VICTORIA L(r)TA, set on a triple-annulated knop, a teared inverted baluster and merese above a folded conical foot 19.4cm., 7.625in. The inscription translates as From the Lord comes the joy of Peace and Victory and refers to the Treaty of Utrecht, 1713. Literature T.Rohan, Old Glass Beautiful, pl.XXII.
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A Stevens and Williams yellow cameo vase circa 1880 by J.Millward, signed, the ovoid form overlaid in opaque-white and carved with large tulips reserved against a hammered ground, below a bulbous collar cut with a band of circles, the tall flared neck with tulip spray engraved 'J.Millward/No.9' on the foot 32cm., 12.5in. Whilst little is known of J.Millward a few other vases signed by him are recorded in the literature. See R.& L.Grover, English Cameo Glass, p.373, fig.C315, for an example of similar form bearing his signature.
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A Stevens and Williams 'rose du barry' cameo vase circa 1880 the ovoid opaque-pink form with waisted neck and flared rim overlaid in opaque-white and carved with floral sprays within line banding, above an everted foot with leaf band 22.3cm., 8.75in. For another example of this rare colour type, see R.& L. Grover, English Cameo Glass, p.396, fig.C368
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Mawe (Thomas) and Abercrombie (John) Complete Gardeners' Calendar and General Directory, 8vo, calf, illus. with engraved frontispiece, 1800; and The Complete Florist or The Lady and Gentleman's Recreation in the Flower Garden, 8vo, marbled boards (cover and engraved frontispiece detaching), printed for R. Snagg, n.d. (2)
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