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Lot 163

Collection of works, 18th-19th century [Locatelli, Francesco]. Lettres moscovites. Paris: Huart l'aîné, 1736. First edition, small 8vo, [4] 363 pp., contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt monogram 'B' with ducal coronet to covers, joints superficially cracked;Davenport, R. A. The Life of Ali Pasha, of Tepeleni, Vizier of Epirus: surnamed Aslan, or the Lion. London: Thomas Tegg and Son, 1837. Small 8vo, contemporary green morocco gilt, engraved portrait frontispiece;Johnston, Robert. Travels through Part of the Russian Empire and the Country of Poland. London: J. J. Stockdale, 1815. First edition, 4to, contemporary calf (covers detached), 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates, wood-engraved plate, 2 engraved maps, lacking half-title and list of plates (pp. ix/x), general soiling, paper disruption to gutter of frontispiece, title-page and dedication leaf [Abbey Travel 15];and 14 others (these not collated), including: Henry Maundrell, A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D. 1697, Perth, 1800 (20th-century quarter calf, engraved plate); John Dundas Cochrane, A Pedestrian Journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary, to the Frontiers of China ... A New Edition, Edinburgh, 1829 (2 volumes in 1, contemporary half calf, engraved frontispiece and folding map; John G. Stephens, Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Dublin, 1839 (contemporary half calf); John Kitto, The Gallery of Scripture Engravings, London, c.1840 (3 volumes, 4to, contemporary half morocco, numerous engraved plates); William Otter, The Life and Remains of Edward Daniel Clarke, Professor of Mineraology in the University of Cambridge, London, 1825 (2 volumes, contemporary blue half calf by T. Armstrong of Villiers St, Strand, with his ticket, engraved bookplates of the barons Northwick); The Scots Magazine, Volume 25, Edinburgh, 1763 (contemporary half calf, engraved plates and maps including 'A Curious Map of Some Late Discoveries in the Terra Australis comprehending New Guinea and New Britain', and 'An Accurate Map of Minla and the Rest of the Philippine Islands'); and similar.Sold as seen, not subject to return(20) THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)

Lot 188

Autographs 3 autograph albums 1) Black morocco album with signatures of King George V ('George R.I.', dated 20th May 1919), Queen Mary ('Mary R', 20th May 1919), King George VI ('Albert', dated 4th November 1921), Field Marshal Douglas Haig ('Haig of Bemersyde', 26 January 1920), John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown (makers of the first non-stop translatlantic flight), Robert Baden-Powell (24th September 1919), Jose Raul Capablanca (Cuban chess player, dated 8th October 1919), Ivor Maxse (army officer), David Lloyd George and Margaret Lloyd George, H. A. L. Fisher (historian and politician), Admiral Wemyss, Purachatra (prince of Siam), Yehudi Menuhin (violinist), Malcolm Sargent (conductor), Nina Milkina (pianist), these all direct onto the album pages, together with the clipped and mounted signatures of Herbert Sutcliffe (cricketer), Maréchal Foch (supreme allied commander in World War One), William Ewart Gladstone, John Betjeman, Harriette Chick (microbiologist), and an autograph noted signed by John Bright (also clipped and mounted), and numerous other signatures. With ownership inscription of Jessie Margaret Irons, Park Grange, Sheffield, and laid-in note (not in the same hand) reading: 'This autograph book started in record [of] the visits to Sheffield of Royalty & celebrates when old William Irons was Lord Mayor & Ada Irons Lady Mayoress in their year of office starting on 1st November 1918. It was later used for other signatures'.2) Green cloth album with approx. 45 engraved armorial bookplates of Scottish peers including Admiral Keith, the dukes of Argyll, Sutherland, Atholl, Gordon, etc., and numerous other families including Drummond, Forbes, Fraser of Lovat, Clanranald, Macdonell of Glengarry, Macleod of Rasay, etc., 2 very large engraved bookplates of the Earls Spencer and the Earls of Radnor, approx. 300 varicoloured embossed crests, 52 clipped signatures of Scottish peers and other notables including Sir David Brewster (scientist), Charles Lyell (geologist), etc.3) Red cloth album including autographs of Yorkshire county cricketers for 1938 (e.g. Herbert Sutcliffe, Hedley Verity, Arthur Wood, Arthur Brian Sellers, Maurice Leyland, etc.), Gracie Fields, masters of Birkdale School (Sheffield), other Sheffield figures, etc.(3) Provenance: David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and ornithologist (obituary: British Birds, vol. 113, issue 9, pp 560–⁠561).

Lot 62

Architectural Drawings 11 sketches in ink and wash of Scottish locations 9 mounted sketches by R. Hunter, depicting Inveraray Castle and Cherry Park, each 29 x 47cm;Sketch of the elevation of Foulden House, dated Edinburgh 22nd October 1817, 26.5 x 33cm;Sketch of the elevation, with annotations and measurements, of No.1 Royal Terrace [Edinburgh], dated 10th May 1820, signed by the architect, William Playfair, 32 x 52.5cm(11) FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

Lot 224

Glorious Revolution - Ireland Volume of pamphlets relating to the siege of Derry, 1689 9 works in 1 volume, 4to, lacking covers, retaining contemporary calf spine, all works apparently first editions unless otherwise stated. Comprising (with ESTC numbers in square brackets):A True Account of the Siege of London-Derry. By the Reverend Mr. George Walker. London: for Robert Clavel, and Ralph Simpson, 1689. Lacking imprimatur leaf A1, title-leaf (A2) dust-soiled, slightly frayed and with pencil-markings verso, leaf G3 with closed transverse tear, a few page-numbers shaved [R39743];An Apology for the Failures Charg'd on the Reverend Mr. George Walker's Printed Account of the Late Siege of Derry, in a Letter to the Undertaker of a more Accurate Narrative of that Siege. [London: no publisher], 1689. Marginal spill-burn to penultimate leaf [R24184];A Vindication of the True Account of the Siege of Derry in Ireland. By Mr. George Walker, etc. London: for Rob. Clavel, 1689. worming to head of gutter (text never affected), hole to lower margin of E2 with contiguous closed tear extending into text [R1939];An Exact Account of the Raising the Siege of London-Derry: and the Deplorable Condition the Town was in, till happily reliev'd by Major-General Kirk. London: R. Wood, 1689. Single half-sheet, tipped to p. 31 of the preceding work, folded, pagination cropped, closely trimmed along fore edge [R36207: 4 copies in libraries world-wide, with one copy recorded for a variant with line 7 of title ending 'the', not 'Town' as here];A True Account of the Present State of Ireland ... By a Person that with Great Difficulty left Dublin [i.e. George Walker], June the 8th 1689. London: by Edw. Jones, for Robert Clavel, 1689. Half-title present, spotting, small worm-track to head of gutter not affecting text, remnants of printed leaf presumably from another work tipped to gutter of p. 25 [ESTC R18114];A True and Imperial Account of the Most Material Passages in Ireland since December 1688. With a Particular Relation of the Forces of Londonderry. [By Joseph Bennet]. London: for John Amery, 1689. Without the map, small worm-track to upper margin [R17776];A Narrative of the Siege of London-Derry: or, the Late Memorable Transactions of that City. Faithfully represented, to rectifie the Mistakes, and supply the Omissions of Mr. Walker's Account. By John Mackenzie, Chaplain to a Regiment there during the Siege. London: for the author, to be sold by Richard Baldwin, 1690. Old stain to title-page, worm-track to head of gutter gradually spreading and occasionally affecting text [R18238];Mr. John Mackenzyes Narrative of the Siege of London-Derry a False Libel: in Defence of George Walker. Written by his Friend in his Absence [i.e. Joseph Wilkinson Clark]. London: for R. Simpson, 1690. [R21566];Dr. Walker's Invisible Champion Foyl'd ... by John Mackenzie. London: for the author, 1690. Lacking final leaf [R11818]

Lot 334

Dialogues concerning Natural Religion London [no publisher], 1779. Second edition, 8vo, half-title, 264pp., original boards, uncut, binding worn, spine split, boards a bit scraped and stained;Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Complete in one volume. Edinburgh: P. Brown & T. & W. Nelson, 1826. 8vo, Prize inscription on title verso, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked retaining original spine;Bewick, Thomas. A History of British Birds. Newcastle: for T. Bewick, 1809. 2 volumes in one, 8vo, numerous wood engravings, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, rubbed;Bewick, Thomas. A General History of Quadrupeds. Newcastle upon Tyne: for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick, 1800. Fourth edition, 8vo, numerous wood engravings, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt, corners rubbed;Livingstone, David. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. London: J. Murray, 1857. First edition, 8vo, folding engraved frontispiece, plates, 1 folding map, lacking folding map of Dr Livingstone's Route, original brown cloth, rubbed, plate at p.332 torn without loss;Yeats, W.B. Poems. London: T. Usher Unwin, 1908. 8vo, original pictorial blue cloth gilt designed by Althea Gyles, uncut;Doughty, Charles M. Travels in Arabia Deserta. London, 1936, 2 volumes, 4to, plates, original brown buckram, 'Eric Malcolm Fraser Collection' stamp to titles and endpapers;Ramsay, Allan. The Gentle Shepherd. Edinburgh: A. Mackay, 1807. 12mo, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, ownership inscriptions on front endpaper, rubbed(9)

Lot 55

Wright, Thomas Louthiana, or an Introduction to the Antiquities of Ireland. In Upwards of Ninety Views and Plans. London: R. Dodsley and M. Senex, 1748. First edition, 4to, large paper copy, engraved frontispiece and 66 engraved plates, 8 engraved vignettes, contemporary calf, list of subscribers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey of Wrest Park, rubbed

Lot 256

[Bewick, Thomas, illustrator] The New Preceptor or, Young Lady's and Gentleman's True Instructor in the Rudiments of the English Tongue ... By R. Kay, Writing-Master, and Teacher of English Grammar, Newcastle. Newcastle: printed by and for M. Angus & Son, and for W. Charnley, 1801. 12mo (16.8 x 8.5cm), mid-20th-century speckled half calf (pencilled note: 'Rebound Blackledge May 1941' to rear pastedown), 104 pp., wood-engraved title vignette and vignettes in the text by Thomas Bewick;Harris, John (publisher). A Geographical Companion to Mrs Trimmer's Scripture, Ancient, and English Abridged Histories. London: for J. Harris, Darton and Harvey, B. Crosby and Co., and J. Hatcherd, 1802. 12mo, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, xiv 44 29 41 7 pp., 10 hand-coloured engraved folding maps, binding worn, free endpapers excised, closed tears to maps of Britain and France, a few maps slightly rumpled along fore edges;and one other(3)

Lot 166

[Prostitution] Logan, William The Great Social Evil: its Causes, Extent, Results, and Remedies London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1871. First and only edition, 8vo, 240 [2] pp., original dark red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black;Tait, William. Magdalenism. An Inquiry into the Extent, Causes, and Consequences, of Prostitution in Edinburgh. Edinburgh: P. Rickard, 1842. Second edition, 8vo, xx 360 pp., original cloth, recased and relined;Creech, William. Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces. Edinburgh: for William Creech and T. Cadell, 1791. First edition, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, joints cracked, extra-illustrated with frontispiece from the 1815 second edition [ESTCT102224];[Jacobite Rebellion of 1745]. The Life, Adventures, and Many Great Vicissitudes of Fortune of Simon, Lord Lovat, the Head of the Family of Frasers ... by the Rev. Archibald Arbuthnot. London: printed and sold (for the Author) by R. Walker, 1746. 8vo, contemporary marbled boards with sheep backstrip, engraved frontispiece;and 22 others (these not collated), including: Dalzel, History of the University of Edinburgh, 1862 (first edition, 2 volumes, original cloth, endpapers renewed); Creech, Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces, 1815 (second edition, original boards, rebacked, frontispiece); Cuthbertson, Revelations of a Library Life, 1923 (first edition, original cloth, inscribed by author on mounted slip); Autobiography of Mrs Fletcher, 1875 (first public edition, original cloth); [J. G. Lockhart], Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk, 1819 (third edition, 3 volumes, contemporary tan calf, armorial bookplates); Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ... Illustrated Edition, c.1840 (2 volumes, large 8vo, contemporary half calf, engraved plates); and similar, Scottish interest and literature, privately printed works, etc.(30) THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)

Lot 22

New Zealand 4 works Power, W. Tyrone. Sketches in New Zealand Sketches with Pen and Pencil. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1849. 8 lithograph plates, modern half calf;Stoney, Capt. H. Butler. A Residence in Tasmania. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1856, First edition, frontispiece, double-page map, and 7 plates, original blue cloth, g.e., rebacked, original spine laid down;Therry, R. Reminiscences of Thirty Years' Residence in New South Wales and Victoria. London: Sampson Low, 1863, 8vo, contemporary half morocco;Cruise, Richard A. Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zeland. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823, First edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, errata slip at end, modern antique style quarter calf, errata slip at end(4)

Lot 178

Group of plans and views, 17th-19th century Merian, Matthäus. Edynburgum, [Frankfurt], c.1646. Engraved view, mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 20.5 x 35.5cm, short closed tear to left-hand margin; Edgar, William. The Plan of the City and Castle of Edinburgh, [Edinburgh], 1765. Engraved plan, 34.5 x 62cm, framed and glazed, possibly backed on linen (linen strips visible along left and right edges);Hill, David Octavius. Old and New Edinburgh as seen from the Mons Meg Battery, Castle, A.D. 1848. Edinburgh: Alexander Hill, 1857. Steel-engraving by William Richardson after the painting by David Octavius Hill, glazed and in moulded parcel-gilt frame (with loss to upper left corner), label of Alexander Hill reimposed to backboard, a few spots to print, 56 x 79cm;Knox, James. Plan of Edinburgh and its Environs. Edinburgh: Fairbairn & Anderson, 1821. Engraved by R. Scott after Knox, hand-coloured, sectionalised and laid on linen, mounted and glazed, 50 x 62.5cm, toning, browning along edges;Aikman, George. Plan of the City of Edinburgh and Places Adjacent. Published for the Original History of Holyrood. Edinburgh, 1832. Engraved plan, framed and glazed, toning, old folds, 37.5 x 45cm;Elton, Lady Mary (née Stewart). [Panoramic Views of Edinburgh]. [Edinburgh: William Fairbairn, and R. Ackermann, London], c.1823. 3 lithographs by William Westall after Elton and printed by C. Hullmandel, each comprising a view of Edinburgh from Calton Hill looking north, south and west respectively, separately mounted, framed and glazed, mount apertures 23.5 x 61cm, together with a good-quality facsimile of the view looking east (completing the set), similarly presented [cf. Abbey Scenery 500, hand-coloured version].The lot not examined out of frames(9) THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)The artist Mary Stewart had in 1822 published a similar suite of four views of Edinburgh from Blackford Hill. She is named as Miss Mary Stewart on the plates but by the time of publication had married the Reverend Sir Abraham Elton, 5th Baronet, of Clevedon Court in Somerset, and is named as Mary Elton on the dedication leaf. These views capture Edinburgh at the time of the famous visit of George IV in 1822, with the royal squadron anchored in the Firth of Forth and artillery emplacements on Calton Hill and Salisbury Crags. The imprint is supplied from information provided on the original wrappers (not present here).

Lot 11

6 volumes Braithwaite, R. The British Moss-Flora. London: by the author, [1887-1905], 3 volumes, 8vo, numerous engraved plates, original green cloth gilt;Tripp, F.E. British Mosses, their Homes, Aspects, Structure and Uses. London: George Bell & Sons, 1888. 2 volumes, 8vo, 37 coloured plates, original green cloth, small library blind stamp to plates, City of Westminster Public Libraries bookplate and withdrawal stamp to front free endpaper of volume 2, rubbed; Berkeley, M.J. Handbook of British Mosses. London: L. Reeve, 1895. Second edition, 8vo, 24 plates, 23 hand-coloured, original cloth (6)

Lot 115

Gordon, James, of Rothiemay (1617-1686) Civitatis regiae, antiquissime et nobilissime Edinodunensis tabulam [Probably Amsterdam: F. de Wit, c.1690]. Bird's-eye view of Edinburgh from the south incorporating royal arms of Scotland top left, dedication to provost of Edinburgh Archibald Tod within decorative cartouche lower left, and large panel containing key to street and place names lower right, hand-coloured engraving on two sheets, mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 42.5 x 108cm [Cowan/Watson, Maps of Edinburgh 4a] The first properly cartographic printed view of Edinburgh, preceded only by the highly stylised depiction of the city in Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, published in the late 16th century and bearing little relation to the actual layout of the city except for the castle. Together with his father, Robert Gordon of Straloch, James Gordon drew up the maps of Scotland used by Johannes Blaeu in the Scottish and Irish volume of his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, which appeared in 1654. In 1647 he was employed by Edinburgh town council to draw up a plan of the city, being rewarded with 500 merks and election as a burgess and guild brother for his efforts. Jeffrey C. Stone in ODNB states that ‘the plan was engraved and published in a rare first edition by Blaeu about 1650 and then by De Wit about 1695’. Cowan's Maps of Edinburgh does not cite a Blaeu edition; the present copy, however, lacks the imprint ‘F. de Wit Excudit Amstelodami’ next to the dedication cartouche mentioned in Cowan's description. There was an engraved facsimile published by R. Kirkwood in 1817, but this can be identified by its misnumbering of Tinnis Court as 51 instead of 31 in the key, and in any case contains a new title in the lower margin, not present here.

Lot 191

Letter signed, Algiers, 29th March 1915 in blue ink on one side of single sheet, 25 x 20cm, reading 'Dear Mr and Mrs Wilson, Hearing that your two sons are ill, we would like to send you our sincere sympathy and to express the hope that they will son recover', apparently written by Ranavalona's paid companion Clara Herbert (her signature at foot, together with the name of Ranavalona's aunt Princess Ramasindrazana, also in Herbert's hand), with Ranavalona's autograph signature (using the same pen), creased and toned, chips and splits to extremities, a few spots, with annotation at foot in blue ink by David R. Wilson (see note) identifying the recipients as 'Mr & Mrs T[albot] E[edward] B[aines] Wilson' (of Eastbank House, Sheffield) Queen Ranavalona III was the last independent sovereign of Madagascar. She was sent into exile by the French in 1897, first to Réunion, then to Algiers. The recipients identified in the later annotation belonged to a family of prominent Sheffield industrialists and may have become known to her through involvement in missionary work.Provenance: By descent from the recipients to David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and ornithologist (obituary: British Birds, vol. 113, issue 9, pp 560–⁠561).

Lot 325

Collection of prints, mainly wood-engravings Joan Hassall (1906-1988). Four bookplate designs, wood-engravings, signed in pencil, separately mounted, three for named owners (Henry & Sybil Birkbeck; A. P. Polack; Lawrence Scholar and H. A. J. Brotherton, dated 1934), one unnamed, Polack bookplate spotted, various dimensions;Mabel Allington Royds (1874-1941). [Flowers], colour woodcut, signed in pencil, remnants of tape to upper corners, 17.5 x 17.5cm;William Strang (1859-1921). Alfresco, etching, signed in pencil, mounted, spotted in margins, 16 x 25.5cm;R. G. Sellar. ‘Barnacle Geese’ and ‘The Lagan at Edenderry’, 2 wood-engravings, both signed and titled by the artist in pencil, 25 x 18.5cm and 18.5 x 25cm;Douglas Percy Bliss (1900-1984). [The voyeurs] and [Succour in the storm], 2 wood-engravings, both signed and addressed by the artist in pencil, on card mounts, second print spotted and with marginal chips, 11.5 x 8cm and 9 x 10.5cm;John Nash (1893-1977). [Grazing horses], wood-engraving, signed in pencil, 16 x 11.5cm, remnants of tape to upper corners verso;Charles Pulsford (1912-1989). [Artist sketching], possibly a self-portrait, pen-and-ink and pencil, signed ‘Pulsford’ lower right, mounted, 37 x 29cm, short closed tear in left hand edge(1 folder) Provenance: William Wilson RSA (1905-1972), Scottish artist; thence by descent.

Lot 167

Edinburgh and Scotland Collection of topographical and historical works, 18th-19th century all 4to, comprising:Wood, John Philp. The Antient and Modern State of the Parish of Cramond. To which are added, Biographical and Genealogical Collections ... comprehending a Sketch of the Life and Projects of John Law of Lauriston, Comptroller General of the Finances of France. Edinburgh: John Paterson, 1794. Near-contemporary calf, viii 291 [3] pp., engraved map, 7 engraved plates, mezzotint portrait of John Law, 3 folding letterpress pedigrees, list of plates at rear, front joint superficially cracked but holding, head of spine slightly defective;Trotter, Alexander. Observations in Illustration of his Modified Plan of a Communication between the New and the Old Town of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: for Laing & Forbes; and R. Ackermann, London, 1834. [Bound with:] A Plan of Communication between the New and Old Town of Edinburgh, in the Line of the Earthen Mount ... Second Edition, greatly enlarged, with Additional Plates. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1829. 2 works in 1 volume, contemporary cloth-backed boards, printed pink paper label to front, Observations with engraved frontispiece view, engraved plan, A Plan with 6 lithographic or engraved plates, all folding (plate 3 with outer section reattached), the 2 works divided by a publisher's notice on pink paper (1 f., 'What follows is Mr. Trotter's Original Plan of 1828, now abandoned, as mentioned on first page of the preceding observations')Johnstone, J. & J. Historical and Descriptive Account of the Palace and Chapel-Royal of Holyroodhouse. Edinburgh: J. Cunningham and J. & J. Johnstone, 1826. First edition, one of an unknown copies with proof plates on india paper, original printed boards, rebacked, engraved dedication, vignette title-page and 8 plates, all printed on india paper and mounted, inscribed 'To Mr John Graham Macdonald Bart, from his much obliged servants the engravers' on the front free endpaper, spotting; Lees, J. Cameron. St Giles', Edinburgh, Church, College, and Cathedral, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1889. One of 50 copies on large paper, this copy out-of-series and annotated 'Publishers' Copy' on the limitation page, apparently by the author, with his signature below, contemporary half morocco (spine sunned), Chambers family bookplate to front pastedown;Gregory, James. Memorial to the Managers of the Royal Infirmary. Edinburgh: Murray & Cochrane, 1800. 19th-century half calf, bookplate of the barons Napier, front joint split but held by cords;Robertson, D. H. The Sculptured Stones of Leith. Leith: Reid & Son, 1851. First edition, contemporary green half calf (rubbed), tinted lithographic additional title-page, 18 tinted lithographic plates (slightly spotted), folding plan;and 6 others (these not collated), all with engraved plates, including: Thomas Allom, Scotland, c.1835; J. Ewbank, Picturesque Views of Edinburgh, 1825; Thomas H. Shepherd, Modern Athens, 1829; Daniel Wilson, Memorials Edinburgh in the Olden Time, 1848 (2 volumes); and similar(14) THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)The Antient and Modern State of the Parish of Cramond is also of Indian interest, containing an account of John Law's time as French governor-general of Pondicherry.

Lot 127

6 volumes Capper, Benjamin Pitts. A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. London: R. Phillips, 1808, 2 volumes, 8vo, 44 engraved maps, contemporary half calf some spotting head of one spine slightly rubbed;Molineux, Thomas. A Concise Introduction of the Knowledge of the Globes. London: G. B. Whittaker, 1825, 8th edition, 12mo, frontispiece with movable dial, contemporary sheep; [Barthelemy, Jean Jacques] Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, illustrative of the Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece. London: G.G. & J. Robinson, 1796. 8vo, 30 engraved maps, cloth, library stamp and Cancellation stamp to title-page, lacks final plate;Philip, George. Philips' Atlas of the Counties of Scotland. London, 1866. 8vo, folding map and 27 double-page maps, original green cloth; Blackie, Fullarton & Co. Glasgow, [c. 1850], oblong 4to, 43 engraved maps, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed (6)

Lot 249

The Works including her Correspondence, Poems and Essays. London: Richard Phillips, 1803. First edition, 5 volumes, 8vo, contemporary red half morocco, smooth spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides, engraved frontispiece, 10 plates of manuscript facsimile (several folding), contemporary book-labels of Anne Isabella Kevill to front pastedowns, spotting to front and rear of each volume;[Scottish Highlands]. Letters from the Mountains; being the Real Correspondence of a Lady [Anne MacVicar Grant], between the Years 1773 and 1807. London: for Longman [et al.], 1807. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, half-titles, slightly rubbed, ownership inscriptions and blind stamps to front free endpapers of volumes 2-3, small marginal tear to B3 volume 3;Paley, William. Natural Theology: or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, collected from the Appearance of Nature. London: R. Faulder, 1802. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, half-title discarded, part of L3 recto failed to print, occasional pencilled annotations and underlining, bookplate and ownership inscription;and 2 others (these not collated): Bacon, Essays, 1755 (contemporary sprinkled calf); and Erasmus, L'Eloge de la Folio, Neuchatel, 1777 (contemporary quarter sheep)(11)

Lot 233

Muret, Pierre Rites of Funeral Ancient and Modern in use through the known world.... to which is added a Vindication of Christianity against Paganism. All translated into English by P. Lorraine. London: for R. Royston, 1683. First English edition, 8vo, [xii], 308; [xvi], 126, [ii]; contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, red morocco lettering piece, [ESTC R28843; Sabin S1443] The seventh and eighth chapters are devoted to the description of the funerals of the Americans and West Indian Islanders. The work is dedicated to the diarist, Samuel Pepys. Rare. Muret's original edition was published in Paris in 1679.

Lot 59

Collection of works about or printed in Arbroath or environs 1) With the Scottish Yeomanry. Being a Reprint, somewhat altered and extended, of Letters written from South Africa during the War of 1899-1901 by Thomas F. Dewar ... surgeon-captain ... Imperial Yeomanry. Arbroath: T. Buncle & Co., 1901. First edition, 8vo, original cloth;2) Poems and Songs from the Hackle-Shop by James Greig, Arbroath. Arbroath: Thomas Buncle, 1887. First edition, 8vo, contemporary half roan;3) Poems and Songs by Alf. T. Matthews, Arbroath. Arbroath: Arbroath Herald Office, 1891. First edition, 8vo, contemporary blue quarter roan, contents partly unopened);4) Poems on Various Subjects: Political, Satirical, and Humorous. First Series. By John Sim Sands, Writer in Arbroath. Arbroath: Stewart, 1833. First edition, 8vo, near-contemporary half calf, lithographic portrait frontispiece;5) A Record of Lunan, its Descent and Transmission, from 1189 to 1849, by William Blair-Imrie. Edinburgh: Waterston and Sons, 1902. First edition, one of 50 copies printed for the author, 4to, original red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, addressed in manuscript on limitation leaf to J. M. McBain FSA (dedicatee of Poems and Songs from the Hackle-Shop, q.v.);6) Collections and Observations Methodized; concerning the Worship, Discipline, and Government of the Church of Scotland ... by Walter Steuart, Esq. of Pardovan. Arbroath: J. Findlay for A. Brown, 1802. First edition, 8vo, viii 234 2 pp., contemporary half calf, covers detached, spotting to title-page;7) The History of Dundee ... by James Thomson. Dundee: Robert Walker, 1847. First edition, 8vo, contemporary green half calf, engraved frontispiece and additional title-page;8) Reminiscences of Arbroath and St Andrews by D. S. Salmond. Arbroath: Brodie and Salmond, 1905. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, 7 photographic plates;9) [Angus]. Sammelband of locally-printed pamphlets, including: i) A Garland for the Ancient City; or, Love Songs of Brechin and its Neighbourhood, with Historical Notes, by Colin Sievwright, Brechin: D. H. Edwards, 1881; ii) Maryton, Records of the Past. A Lecture delivered in the Public School of Maryton, January 18, 1877, by Rev. William R. Fraser, Montrose: Alex. Burnett, 1877; iii) Brechin Cathedral: its History ... by the Rev. James Landreth, Brechin: D. H. Edwards, 1883; iv) Five Score and One: a Sketch of the Life of Mrs John Alexander, Brechin: D. H. Edwards, 1883; v) The Earl of Dalhousie and his Tenantry, Banquet at Edzell Castle, 1882; vi) For Love's Sake: being a Farewell Sermon preached in the West Free Church, Brechin ... by James M'Cosh, Brechin: D. H. Edwards, 1884; and approx. 6 others;10) Celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in Arbroath. Arbroath: Brodie & Salmond, 1897. First edition, 8vo, original quarter japon;and 25 others, including Natural History of Arbroath and District by Thomas F. Dewar, 1893 (first edition, original cloth, inscribed), The Sough o' the Shuttle; or Poems and Songs by Colin Sievwright, Weaver, Kirriemuir, Dundee, 1866 (first edition, original wrappers, front wrapper near detached), Bannatyne Club, Liber S. Thome de Aberbrothoc, Edinburgh, 1848 (4to, original cloth), An Original Collection of the Poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin, and other Bards ... collected and edited by Hugh and John M'Callum, Montrose: printed at the Review Newspaper Office, 1816 (8vo, original boards, rear board detached, front board near detached), and similar (including broader Scottish interest)(35) Provenance: J. M. McBain FSA, author of Arbroath: Past and Present (1887); thence by descent.

Lot 181

Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of (1565-1601) Autograph letter signed to Richard Bagot, 17th June 1585 single bifolium (31 x 20.5cm), written on one side, 17 lines and signature ('R Essex'), ‘Mr Bagott, your sonne tellinge me of your good and kinde offer I was glad to take occasion at this time to use the same … I pray you therefore by this bearer send me 40 [pounds] …', annotated at foot, conjugate address panel addressed by Essex ‘To my lovinge frend Richard Bagott Esquier’ and with contemporary endorsement A young Essex, on the eve of his presentation at court, gives a hint of the improvidence which would eventually lead to his downfall. Richard Bagot (c.1531-1597) was an influential Staffordshire landowner whose seat at Blithfield was near Essex’s at Chartley. He was steward of Elizabeth I’s land holdings in Staffordshire and served as sheriff and deputy lieutenant of the county. He had been a close associate of Essex’s father, the first earl, and remained an important ally of the family. Bagot’s son Anthony (1558-1622) was a member of Essex’s household and his closest associate during his time at Cambridge; he was later pardoned for his role in Essex’s rebellion. It is also possible that ‘Your sonne’ is Richard Broughton (1542-1604), Bagot’s son-in-law and Essex’s man of affairs.On the death of his father in 1576 Essex inherited enormous debts amounting to some £18,000. His free spending as a youth did little to help his family’s finances. He spent the summer of 1585 at Chartley, under pressure from his mother to give up his life in the country and go to court. He did so in September of that year, though made little initial impact and suffered the inconvenience of his family seat being expropriated for the imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots. In December, however, he accompanied his stepfather Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester to the Netherlands and was given the prestigious appointment of colonel-general of the cavalry. The following year he returned to England as a war hero, and quickly caught the queen’s eye.Further reading: Memorials of the Bagot Family, 1824, p. 25 et seq.

Lot 298

Tolkien, J. R. R. [The Lord of the Rings:] The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1955. First editions, fourth, third (stated second) and first impressions, 8vo, original red cloth, folding map in red and black to each volume, with the dust jackets. Spines rolled, cloth marked, rubbing to tips, top edges faded, spotting to edges and endpapers, light spotting to prelims, a little bleeding of cloth-dyed into margins of endpapers, personalised ink-stamps to front free endpapers, Two Towers map loose, dust jackets variably chipped and soiled, Two Towers in third-impression dust jacket, Fellowship dust jacket front panel detached [Hammond A5 a. iii for Return of the King](3) SALEROOM AMENDMENT 6/2/2024: The Two Towers is stated a second impression on the copyright page but is undated on the title-page; such copies are now commonly identified as in fact belonging to the third impression.

Lot 227

A Treatise on Gun-Powder; a Treatise on Fire-Arms; and a Treatise on the Service of Artillery in Time of War. Translated from the Italian by Captain Thomson, of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. London: T. and J. Egerton, 1780. First edition in English, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, half-title, 24 engraved folding plates, errata leaf [ESTC T117826];Brett, Edwin J. A Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Origin and Development of Arms and Armour. To which are appended 133 Plates specially drawn from the Author's Collection at Oaklands, St Peter's, Thanet, and Burleigh House, London. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1894. First edition, 4to, original cloth, neatly rebacked in black morocco, retaining earlier morocco cornerpieces (apparently original), all edges gilt, 133 plates, headings, decorative initials and decorative frames printed in red, very occasional light foxing, bookplate (Michael Moad);Baker, Ezekiel. Remarks on Rifle Guns. London: E. Baker, 1825. Ninth edition, 8vo, contemporary red half morocco with red morocco label to front board, book-label of R. T. Wigington, half-title, 6 hand-coloured etched plates including frontispiece, 2 further etched plates, etched table ('The Weight and Diameter of Lead Balls', 6 pp.);and 2 others similar(5)

Lot 104

Heron, Robert A New and Complete System of Universal Geography Edinburgh: R. Morison and Son, 1796. 4 volumes, 8vo, 25 folding maps, 30 engraved plates and one folding table, contemporary calf, labels chipped, bookplates of Richardson of Pitfour, small hole to pp.833-4 in volume, 4 with slight loss to text(4) FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

Lot 244

Chiromantia 1 Physiognomia, ex aspectu membrorum hominis. 2 Periaxiomata de faciebus signorum. 3 Canones astrologici, de judiciis aegritudinum. 4 Astrologia naturalis. 5 Complexionum noticia, juxta doninium planetarum. Strassburg: Johannes Schott, 1541. Folio (29 x 19.5cm), 130 [2] pp., a-l6, old vellum, large woodcut portrait of the author to title-page, woodcut illustrations of palms and facial types throughout the text, printer's woodcut devices to recto and verso of colophon leaf, annotated slips and engraved armorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown, faint early marginalia to pp. 65-6 [VD16 R 3111; this edition not in Adams] Scarce early edition of a widely-read work on palmistry, physiognomy and astrology, first published in 1522, also by Schott, under the title Introductiones in chiromantiam.

Lot 52

25 books Leighton, John M. Select Views of Glasgow and its Environs. Glasgow: Joseph Swan, 1828. Large 8vo, contemporary maroon russia gilt;Gibson, John. The History of Glasgow... Glasgow: Printed for the author, 1777. 8vo, contemporary calf;Jamieson, John. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language...Abridged... Edinburgh: William Tait, 1846. 8vo, modern cloth gilt;Marwick, Sir James D. The River Clyde and the Clyde Burghs. Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1909. 8vo, original red quarter morocco gilt;Denholm, James. The History of the City of Glasgow and Suburbs... Glasgow: R. Chapman and Stewart and Meikle, 1798. 8vo, later half calf;Dr. Gunn. The Book of Stobo Church. Peebles: J.A. Anderson, 1907. Original cloth;M'Donald, Hugh. Rambles Round Glasgow. Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1856. Second edition, 12mo, original green cloth gilt;Small, David, illustrator. By-Gone Glasgow. Glasgow: Morison Brothers, 1896. 4to, number 144 of 450 copies for sale, original decorative green cloth gilt;The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll - Volume 2, Lorn. Edinburgh, 1975. 4to, original cloth, dust-jacket;Idem. Peebleshire. Edinburgh, 1967. 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth, dust-jackets; and 14 othersSold not subject to return(25)

Lot 335

The Anatomy of Melancholy Oxford: for Henry Cripps, 1638. Fifth edition, folio, 20th-century quarter morocco, engraved allegorical title-page, prelims misbound and lacking leaf ²[sec.]⁴ (containing part of the introductory poem), title-page laid down, marginal repairs to half-title and final quire (5A), 2I⁴ with small hole, ⁴2L¹ repaired, 4H³ with marginal repair, damp-staining towards rear [ESTC S122250; STC 4163];and 20 others (these not fully collated), including: C. F. Oldham, The Sun and the Serpent: A Contribution to the History of Serpent-Worship, 1905 (first edition, 8vo, original cloth, halftone photographic plates, cloth mottled); James Frazer, The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, 1932 (2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth); ibid., Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild, 1912 (2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth); John Buller, A Statistical Account of the Parish of Saint Just in Penwith in the County of Cornwall, Penzance: R. D. Rodda, 1842 (first edition, 8vo, original cloth, lithographic frontispiece, other plates, several folding, spotting, annotations to front free endpaper, binding marked); The Studio, The Art of the Book, 1914 (folio, original wrappers, plates); a personal photograph album relating to the construction of Guelph prison, Ontario, Canada, 1910s; and similar(24)

Lot 45

Sutherland, Thomas (c.1785-1827), after John Gendall (1790-1865) Three hand-coloured aquatints of Edinburgh [Comprising:] Edinburgh, from Craigleith Quarry; Edinburgh, from the Castle; Edinburgh, from the Calton Hill. London: R. Ackermann, 1824. Each 36.5 x 54cm, framed and glazed, toning(3)

Lot 46

or a Description of the most Elegant or Magnificent Public Edifices, Royal Palaces, Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats... The Third edition. London: R. Goadby, sold by J. Towers & R. Baldwin, 1776, 2 volumes, 8vo, 179 engraved plates (? of 180), contemporary calf, worn, one cover detached

Lot 190

Autograph sentiment signed 'Very sincerely yours, Frederick Douglass', in black ink on slip of wove paper (9.8 x 13.5cm) Provenance: In envelope addressed to Mr R. [?]I. W. Wilson, East Bank House, Sheffield' (franked 1926, docketed in pencil 'Frederick Douglas b1817, great negro orator'); thence by descent to David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and ornithologist (obituary: British Birds, vol. 113, issue 9, pp 560–⁠561). The item may have originally come into the possession of the Wilson family via their connection to Sheffield abolitionist Mary Anne Rawson (1801-1887), a known correspondent of Douglass's, whose sister Elizabeth married William Wilson (1800-1866), Nonconformist radical and chairman of the Sheffield Anti-Slavery Committee (see Rawson/Wilson Anti-Slavery Papers, University of Manchester, GB 133 Eng MSS 414-415, 741-744).

Lot 169

Edinburgh and the Lothians Collection of works, 19th-early 20th century Taylor, James. Lord Jeffrey and Craigcrook, a History of the Castle. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892. First edition, one of 150 copies, 4to, original tan cloth;Selway, G. Upton. A Mid-Lothian Village. Notes on the Village and Parish of Corstorphine. Edinburgh: George Waterston & Sons, 1890. First edition, one of 58 copies, 4to, original brown cloth gilt, wood-engraved plates on tinted ground;Bone, James. The Perambulator in Edinburgh. With Pictures by E. S. Lumsden. London: Jonathan Cape Limited, 1911. Second edition, one of 200 copies signed by the author, 4to, original half vellum, plates;Harris, David Fraser. Caroline Park House and Roystoun Castle. A Descriptive and Historical Account. Edinburgh: printed for private circulation, 1896. First edition, 4to, original pink crocodile-skin-effect cloth;Ballantyne, R. M. Photographs of Edinburgh, with Descriptive Letterpress. Glasgow: Andrew Duthie, [1868]. First edition, 4to, original green cloth, 13 mounted albumen-print photographs, front inner hinge repaired;Edinburgh Town Council. The Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the New North Bridge, Edinburgh, 25th May 1896. Edinburgh: published by order of the Town Council of Edinburgh, 1896. First edition, 4to, original cloth, photogravure frontispiece, 13 halftone photographic plates;Wood, L. Ingleby. Vanishing Edinburgh and Leith. Edinburgh: William J. Hay, 1903. First edition, 4to, original cloth, mounted plates;and 11 others, including: Crombie, Modern Athenians, 1882; Edinburgh Past and Present, its Associations and Surroundings, 1877; Colston, Trinity College and Trinity Hospital, 1897, 2 volumes; J. Campbell Irons, Leith and its Antiquities, 1897, 2 volumes; and similar(23) THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)

Lot 959

AN ARTS AND CRAFTS W & R JACOB & CO, BISCUIT TIN, TRANSFER PRINTED WITH A POMEGRANATE DESIGN APPROX 17CM HIGH PROV. FROM THE PROPERTY OF WILLIAM MOORCROFT, THENCE BY DESCENT TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER, THIS SHAPE WAS ALSO USED FOR MOORCROFT CERAMIC BISCUIT BARRELS

Lot 674

R. PERING (LATE 19th/EARLY 20th CENTURY), BADDESLEY CLINTON, WARWICKSHIRE MANOR HOUSE BY MOONLIGHT, SIGNED AND TITLED, OIL ON BOARD, 30 X 22cm.

Lot 1566

A LEAD SIGN INSCRIBED G R OXFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY

Lot 4

AN 18ct WHITE GOLD HALLMARKED AND HIGH QUALITY RUBY AND DIAMOND CLUSTER RING. THE OVAL CLAW SET RUBY IN A 10 CLAW SETTING. THE RUBY MEASUREMENTS APPROXIMATELY 7.2 X 5.5 X 4.0mm, ESTIMATED APPROXIMATE WEIGHT 1ct. FINGER SIZE R. WEIGHT 5.7grms.

Lot 347

A DOULTON RED STONEWARE BUST OF MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES GORDON BY R BREMNER STOCKS 1885 FOR THE ART UNION OF LONDON. H 37cms.

Lot 48

9ct HALLMARKED TO INCLUDE A GOLD WEDDING RING FINGER SIZE R 1/2 AND A HALF ETERNITY RING SIZE R TOGETHER WITH A SILVER CHARM BRACELET. GROSS 9ct GOLD WEIGHT 6.50grms.

Lot 520A

JOHN R. BERRY. (20TH CENTURY) BROWNSEA ISLE AT NIGHT. WATERCOLOUR SIGNED L/L LABELLED VERSO. 20 X 10 cm. TOGETHER WITH MICHAEL GILL ( 20TH CENTURY) STILL LIFE. PASTEL. 29 X 19 cm (2).

Lot 650A

ODILE CRICK (1920-2007) ARR. NUDE STUDY . GIRL ON PATIO. WATERCOLOUR. SIGNED AND DATED L/R. 57 X 39 cm.

Lot 456

A SET OF 10 VINTAGE FAIRGROUND CAROUSEL STEP HOARDINGS ONE INSCRIBED R. WOODFORD & SONS. H 185cms W. 280cms (10)

Lot 819

A VICTORIAN EBONISED WOOD TRUNCHEON INSCRIBED 842 BELOW V R AND A CROWN

Lot 654

R. BARNETT (LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY), CONTINENTAL VILLAGE SCENE WITH FIGURES BY A CHURCH, SIGNED AND DATED 1903, PASTELS, 23.5 X 32cm.

Lot 50

A cased microscope by R. and J. Beck of London

Lot 133

A Camphor chest, 'Major R. C. Kelly, 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry'

Lot 835

Early 20th century Edwardian brass and oak ice bucket jardinière. Of circular form with brass banding on tripod legs united by under tier stand. With makers label reading R. A. Lister & Co LTD Makers, Dursley, England. Measures approx 97 x 31 x 31 cm. 

Lot 635

Two matching retro 1970s - 1980s two and three tier coffee tables. Of mahogany construction and rectangular and square form, all raised on straight squared supports. Largest measures approx: 47x70x44cm

Lot 158

A Lalique Marienthal pattern plate, 23.5cm diam, raised R Lalique mark

Lot 430

A 9ct gold wishbone dress ring, set with green and white stones, marked 375, size Q/R, 1.8g; other 9ct gold dress rings, set with assorted stones, marked 375, 11g gross (4)

Lot 431

A 9ct gold wedding band, ring size R, marked 375, 4.5g; six other 9ct gold rings, including signet rings, marked 375, a 9ct gold cross pendant, 14.7g gross (8)

Lot 433

A 14k gold scroll ring, size K, 3.8g; a 10k rose and yellow gold leaf crossover ring, size Q/R, 4g; a gold ring set with a tiger eye cabochon, 2.9g; a gold plated jade cabochon ring (4)

Lot 570

Sports and Pastimes, The Chase – Randall (James Lowndes), A History of the Meynell Hounds and Country 1780-1901, 2 vols., London, Sampson Low, 1901, large 8vo, bound red boards, gilt titles, Vol I: xii + 397, photographic frontis of Hugo F. Meynell-Ingram of Hoar Cross after Sir Francis Grant, 27 other plates and four maps; Vol II: viii + 428pp, frontis and 20 plates, and 1 map, covers slightly faded and stained; The New Sporting Magazine, New Series, Vol. 1, London, R. Ackermann 1841 8vo, 448 + coursing calendar 55pp, 44 lithographic illus., gilt embossed red covers and titles (3)

Lot 574

Natural History, Birds – Jourdain (Revd. F. C. R.), Ticehurst (Norman F., OBE, FRCS) & Tucker (Bernard W., MA, FLS) ed. Witherby (H. F., MBE, FZS), The Handbook of British Birds 5 Vols. London, Witherby, H F & G., 1938 repr. 1941, 8vo, 33 plates, numerous drawings, bound dark green boards, gilt titles, vol. 2, spine faded (5)

Lot 590

Natural History, Birds – Finn (Frank, BA, FZS), & Robinson (E. Kay, FZS), Birds of our Country: their Eggs, Nests, Life, Haunts and Identification, 2 vols, London, Hutchinson, n. d. (c. 1925),small 4to, vol. 1: 480pp, vol 2: 481-960pp (966pp), 30 coloured plates, 800 other illustrations, bound red boards, half leather, gilt titles to spine; Fitter (R. S. R.), ed.., British Birds in Colour, London, Odhams, n. d. (c. 1954), large 8vo, 192pp, 108 colour plates after John Gould also photographic illustrations, bound green boards, gilt titles to spine, no d. w. Rutgers (Abraham Arnold Lodewijk) & Gould (John), Birds of Australia., 2 vols., London, Methuen, 1967, large 8vo, 321pp, numerous colour plates, bound blue cloth, gilt titles top spine, no d.w. (5)

Lot 591

Cormack (A. J. R.), Famous Pistols and Handguns, London, Barrie & Jenkins 1977, large 8vo, 160pp, profusely illus., ultramarine boards, d. w. with protective film; Rosa (Joseph G.) & May (Robin), The Pleasure of Guns: the Intricate and Beautiful Work of Famous Gunsmiths, London, Octopus 1974, small folio, 96pp, profusely illus. in colour, colour printed endpapers, oatmeal boards, d.w. with protective film (2).

Lot 594

Poetry, English – Hood (Thomas), Poems of Thomas Hood, Again Illustrated by Birket Foster, London, E. Moxon 1872, small 4to, vii + 109pp, frontis and 18 engr. illus., gilt edges, bound bevelled and embossed gilt red boards and gilt titles; Anon. (Comb [William], 1742-1823) The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, A Poem, 6th edn., (R. Ackermann, c 1823) 8vo, 276pp, frontis and 29 coloured engravings after Thomas Rowlandson, rebound with title page and publishing history missing, half leather binding on red boards, gilt titles; Cowper (William), The Task, A Poem, London, James Nisbet, 1855, illus. Birket Foster, 8vo, 263pp, frontis and other illus., gilt edges, bound bevelled and gilt embossed blue boards and spine; Jewitt (Llewellyn, FSA) The Ballads and Songs of Derbyshire with illustrative notes and examples of the Original Music etc., London & Derby, Bemrose & Son 1867, 8vo, xvi + 307 pp, frontis. engraved after W Williams (1760), original black lined embossed boards, gilt titles, from board and contents loosening (4)

Lot 596

Topography, Derbyshire – Firth (J[ohn]. B[enjamin]) Highways and Byways in Derbyshire, London, Macmillan, 1905, (reprint of 1908), 8vo, xviii + 500 pp, map and some 50 delightful illustrations by Nelly Erichsen, original green boards, gilt embossed title; Morris (Joseph E) Peak Country, London, A & C Black, 1914, Beautiful Britain series, 8vo, 64pp frontis. with embossed stamp ‘Presentation copy’, 12 chromolithographic illustrations after various artists, original embossed blue and black boards centered on a colour print; Hope Moncrieff (A. R[obert]) the Peak Country, London, A & C Black, 1908, 8vo, xii + 182 with 24 chromolithographic illustrations after W. Biscombe Gardner, original black lined and coloured embossed boards; Mee (Arthur), The King’s England, Derbyshire, The Peak Country, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1925 7th impression 1958, 12mo, ix + 292 pp, 134 photographic illustrations, original standard binding, and dust wrapper, latter with slight tear, also another reprint 1947, worn binding, no d. w. otherwise as previous (5)

Lot 434

A solid siver hallmarked square waiter/salver (London 1931 by R & W Sorley 435g approx. Engraved with the Henderson and Home crests and mottos.

Lot 428

9ct yellow gold garnet ring size R/S, 3.64g gross weight

Lot 431

18ct gold and platinum diamond ring, size R, 3.18g gross weight

Lot 13

3 local watercolours- Fitzgerald Carter 'Autumn Oak, Shouldham', Austin R Pearce 'Elsing Mill, Norfolk', Norna Johnston 'Wiveton Church view from Cley' 

Lot 440

3 Hallmarked Silver spoons - Exeter 1870 by James and Josiah Williams, monogrammed with initials 'W R' 135g gross weight.

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