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Lot 321
Socialism and Communism. Eight works. John Strachey. 'The Theory and Practice of Socialism,' Left Book Club Edition, original orange wraps, pp.488, vg, Victor Gollancz, London, 1936; 'The Coming Struggle for Power,' paper edition, original printed thin card wraps, book seller label to verso of front wrap Burn & Berry, toning to edge of text block, pp.399, Victor Gollancz, London, [1934]; Allen Hutt. 'The Post-War History of the British Working Class,' Left Book Club Edition, original orange wraps, pp.320, some light finger soiling to an otherwise good to very good copy, Victor Gollancz, London, 1937; Pat Sloan. 'Soviet Democracy,' Left Book Club Edition, original orange wraps, pp.288, vg, Victor Gollancz, London, 1937; Henri Barbusse. 'Stalin. A new world seen through one man,' first English edition, staining to edges of original cloth boards, ex libris Philip E. R. Berry, frontis and plates, spotting to edge of text block, pp.324, advertisements to rear, John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1935; With three other works. (8)
Lot 407
Five works on applied art techniques. C. R. Leslie. 'Hand-Book for Young Painters,' second edition, full red leather with ornate gilt embossed decorations, school prize from Bristol School of Art label to pastedown, gilt edge, blind stamp to title page, plates, John Murray, London, 1870; Donald MacFarlane. 'Pastel Drawing,' from Foulsham'sEasy Method Drawing Series, pictorial thin card wraps with advertisement for 'Smoke Ring Cigarettes', pp.64, some toning but in a vg condition, W. Foulsham & Co, London, n.d; Pedro J. Lemos. 'Applied Art. Drawing, Painting, Design and Handicraft,' reprint, decorative original cloth, printed pastedown, owner inscription to dedication, illustrated throughout, vg, Pacific Press Publishing Association, California, 1933; With two others. (5)
Lot 247
The Isles of Scilly. Early tour guides and other works. J. S. Courtney. 'A Guide to Penzance and its Neighbourhood, Including the Islands of Scilly,' rebacked with original marbled boards, frontis lithograph, fold out map and seven illustrations as called for, some sporadic spotting but generally good to very good, pp.223 with a further pp.91 for the appendix, errata, E. Rowe, Penzance, 1845; Leonard H. Courtney. 'A Week in the Isles of Scilly,' revised edition, original publishers blind wraps, some light spotting, pp.121, 6 pages of advertisements to rear, E. Rowe, Penzance, 1867;J. C. and R. W. Tonkin. 'Guide to the Isles of Scilly,' second edition, original embossed cloth, rubbed and bumped, contemporary ink inscription to titlepage, tear to vg fold out map, frontis, pp.110, advertisements to rear, F. Roddaa, Penzance, 1887; With a third edition, with repaired card wraps, 1893; James G. Owen. 'Faire Lyonesse. A Guide to the Isles of Scilly,' original printed card wraps, tape repair to spine, staple bound with rear detaching, illustrated and advertisements throughout, pp.97, Coles & Owen, Bideford, 1897; With nine other works on the Isle's of Scilly including by Jessie Mothersole, Walter Besant and Ruth Tamar Carruth. (15)
Lot 655
TANGYE, Nigel. 'The Story of Glendorgal. A Personal View,' First edition, Glendorgal being the family home of the Tangye family, this being a signed presentation copy from Nigel Tangye to Lisba (Elizabeth Hunter an English woman who became the wife of Prince Chula of Siam ) and Chula (Prince of Siam) 'With my love, and thanks for their allegiance to Glendorgal which I will never forget' 1962, Prince Chula lived at Tredethy Manor, St Mabyn, 70 pages in original wraps, a very good copy, D. Bradford Barton Ltd, Truro, 1962.Hilda M. Howe. 'One and All Please Take Me Home,' first edition, Hilda Howe researches her recent family roots in Gwennap and Redruth, this being the Harris family, 50 pages in original boards albeit faded, scarce, J. H. Lake & Co Ltd, Falmouth, 1951.P. A. Boyan and G. R. Lamb. 'Francis Tregian. Cornish Recusant,' first edition, being an account of his life and how he was punished for sheltering a Catholic priest in the 16th century, a good copy in dustwrapper, Sheed and Ward Ltd, London. 1955 (3)
Lot 97
BOREMAN, Thomas. 'A Description of Three Hundred Animals, viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Serpents and Insects...,' Seventh edition, half leather with marbled boards, staining and bumped, split running through backstrip but holding firm, lacks frontis, red and black printed titlepage, profuse with woodcuts throughout, pp212, some small nibbles and sporadic spotting to an otherwise vg textblock, R. Ware, London, 1753.It appears this may be the third book in a set. Regardless, the number of woodcuts throughout (with many animals being guessed by the artist) makes this an extremely enjoyable work. This copy is in a very good condition, although the tops of some plates have been cut by an overworked binder.
Lot 644
R. C. Thomas. 'A Road in the Duchy,' First edition, 22 pages, blue textured paper boards with blue cloth spine, paper title label on front board, post WW2 poetry ‘’Whilst the horrors of war were threatening to destroy Plymouth and the neighbouring district, the author residing in a nearby Cornish village determined to preserve the memory of one of nature’s treasures by describing the beauties of the coastal countryside and the quiet, decent lives of the Cornish inhabitants, in a poem which is reproduced in the pages of this volume', pubs notes, very slightly rubbed otherwise a good copy, a rare work, Hocage House Publishing Co, London, 1946.P. J . Kislingbury, 'Cornwall ‘The English Riviera’, first edition, 59 pages, in original binding with gilt lettering to the front cover, a good copy of a scarce work, J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd, Bristol, 1911.Wesley Chapel, Camborne/St Mary Magdalene, Launceston/The Salvation Army Truro 81ST Corps, Anniversary with The Treviscoe Male Voice Choir, 3 pamphlets, 1970’s in boards. (5)
Lot 263
TOLKIEN, J. R. 'Lord of the Rings,' 'The Fellow Ship of the Ring', 'The Two Towers' and 'The Return of the King,' second impression by Unwin books, limp backs, some scuffing, toning to leaves, ex libris label of 'Chyvandour' to first book, original card slip, a good set, Unwin Books, 1974. (3)
Lot 66
JOHNSTON, T. R. 'The Lau Islands (Fiji) And Their Fairy Tales and Folk-lore,' Inscribed by the author 'Lt. Col. F. S. Toogood "for auld lang eye" from the author', original boards with some staining, heavy spotting to edges of leaves, six plates as called for, a scarce work, The Times Book Co, London, 1918.
Lot 576
Five early 20th century works. Charles Darwin. 'The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex,' reprint, sun bleached decorative cloth, ink owner subscription to front free endpaper, illustrations, pp.1029, John Murray, London, 1906; Samuel W. Baker. 'Wild Beasts and Their Ways. Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America,' two volumes, rebound in red cloth, plates, spotting throughout, MacMillan and Co, London, 1890; R. M. Laing and E. W. Blackwell. 'Plants of New Zealand,' second edition, original pictorial cloth, plates throughout, good, Whitcombe and Tombs, New Zealand, 1907; W. Barnes Steveni. 'Things Seen in Russia,' first edition, original blue cloth with gilt decorations, numerous b+w plates, Seeley, Service & Co, London, 1914. (5)
Lot 547
Four works on the natural history of Cornwall. Stella M. Turk. 'An Introduction to Sea-Shore Life in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly,' line drawings by R. D. Penhallurick, first edition, original cloth, heavy spotting to unclipped dj and edge of textblock, plates and illustrations throughout, pp.124, D. Bradford Barton Ltd, Truro, 1971; Rennie Bere. 'Wildlife in Cornwall. A Naturalist's View of the Southwestern Peninsula,' first edition, original cloth, spotting to unclipped dj and edge of textblock, pp.148, photographic plates, D. Bradford Barton Ltd, Truro, 1970; Jean A. Paton. 'Wild Flowers in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly,' flat signed by the author, first edition, heavy spotting to unclipped dj and edge of textblock, plates, pp.122, D. Bradford Barton, Truro, 1968; R. M. Barton. 'An Introduction to the Geology of Cornwall,' reprint, pictorial thin card wraps, pp.168, plates, D. Bradford Barton Ltd, Truro, 1969. (4)
Lot 322
BAKUNIN, Michael (Mikhail Bakunin). 'God and The State,' Original printed wraps, staple bound, front and rear wrap loose, frontis portrait, ex libris label Philip E. R. Berry, toning throughout as expected, pp.86, advertisements to the rear, Mother Earth Publishing Association, New York, [1916].An interesting work, incorrectly stated on the title page as 'First American edition'. It was actually first published in America by Benjamin Tucker in 1883. This essay, written in 1871, by the Russian revolutionary anarchist, is Bakunin's vehement opposition to any form of hierarchical power and his call for the complete liberation of individuals from all forms of oppression. He argues that the state and organized religion are oppressive institutions that limit individual freedom and autonomy. He advocates for the abolition of both, viewing them as instruments of control that serve the interests of a privileged few. An incendiary work, published in 1916 New York.
Lot 41
(Persian, Arabian and Islamic Interest) Twelve books on various topics. Kennedy, Pringle; Arabian Society At The Time of Muhammad Parts I & II, 1926; Emile Dermenghem; The life of Mahomet, 1930; BERMANN, Richard A. (introduction by Winston S. Churchill)The Mahdi of Allah: The Story of the Dervish Mohammed Ahmed. London. Putnam, 1931. 1st edition. Cameron Donald R. G.; A Saharan Venture, being the account of a journey across the Sahara from Kano to Algeria; Arnold, UK, 1928. Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes; A History of Persia, Vol. I; 1930; George Sale; The Koran with preliminary discourse, Frederick Warne & Co; Philip Sassoon; The Third Route, 1929; and others.From the library of Joseph Herbert Thorniley, former editor of ‘The Pioneer’ Allahabad.
Lot 538
(Heraldry) GUILLIM, John. 'Display of Heraldry.....To which is added a Treatise of Honour Military and Civil....by Capt. John Logan,' Fifth edition, in a modern sturdy half cream calf, with marbled boards, compartmentalized spine with gilt tooled stamps and maroon morocco label, conservation to red and black printed title page, professional repairs to leaves, profuse in vignette engraved coat of arms, some spotting to margins, S. Roycroft for R. Blome, London, 1679.
Lot 645
Four scarce booklets on Cornwall E. S. Tucker. 'Cornwall County Chamber of Agriculture. The Scientific Education of Farmers,' first edition, thin card wraps, 16 pages, vg, Latimer, Devonport, 1872.Matthias Dunn of Mevagissey. 'Remarks in Connexion with the Laws, Capture and Natural History of the Herring & Pilchard. Also on a Supposed Hybrid Between the Pilchard and the Herring,' reprinted from the fifty Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, covers loose, complete, Edwin T. Olver, Church St, Falmouth, 1888.C. H. Rivers. 'William Murdoch. One time Citizen of Redruth,' 16 pages, staple bound, thin card wraps, P. R. Earle, Redruth, circa 1950.'Subsidy Rolls, Muster & Hearth Tax Rolls and Probate Calendars of the Parish of St Constantine (Kerrier) Cornwall,' scarce, only issued to members, uncut, disbound, complete, Devon and Cornwall Record Society, 1910. (4)
Lot 308
ROSE, Thomas. 'Fisher's Lakes' 'Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, & Northumberland, Illustrated, from Original Drawings by Thomas Allom....,' three volumes, half bark blue morocco with marbled boards, compartmentalized spines with morocco labels and decorative gilt tooling, marbled endpapers and edge of text block, some spotting to margins of engraved title page, some spotting to very good text block, copious half page engravings, a very attractive set, H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & J. Jackson, London, [1832]. (3)
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Lot 540
[Aesop. Select Fables of Esop and other Fabulists] Full calf rebcked, a deficient copy with title page missing, late hand coloured frontis loosely inserted, later hand coloured plates throughout, some toning and small tears, [Birmingham: printed by John Baskerville, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1761].
Lot 116
William COMBE & Thomas ROWLANDSON The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation London: published by R Ackermann at the Repository of Arts, 1820; 24 hand-coloured illustrated plates by Rowlandson. Contemp. boards backed in calf with calf corner tips, rubbed, gilt lettering to the spine, heavily damaged, though boards intact. Together with The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, loose boards and end endpapers, but fantastic textblock and illustrations.
Lot 236
Penzance Interest A substantial map of Penzance, annotated for the redesign of the harbour and docks , 1877 Penzance Harbour and Docks, Contract No.1, Drawing No.1, paper backed onto linen, surveyed in 1877 by Lieut H. R. G. Georges, Levelled by Capt W. Wynne, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 120cm x 198cm.A unique map, used as a working document to establish the harbour from the dry dock that it was initially to the harbour layout, which we largely see today. With handwritten annotations indicating areas to be paved in granite (violet), macadamized (burnt sienna), merely filled up (pink), the areas of the harbour to be deepened (green) and the site of the new graving dock (yellow). Signed by John Matthews Jnr (responsible for the design of a number of lighthouses including Pendeen Watch and Beachy Head), the (then) mayor of Penzance, Charles Campbell Ross (1849-1920 whose familial home is now Morrab Gardens and Morrab Library) and other surveyors and engineers involved with the redesign of the harbour and docks. Though the map has suffered some loss and damage, it does not detract from the historical importance of the piece. Together with two maps from the same period of Pezance Harbour and surroundings without annotations and a print onto card of Penzance depicting the area before the harbour was modernised and before the building of the lido.
Lot 82
William DIXON Original draft dust jacket illustration for 'The Adventures of Romney Pringle'. Written by Clifford Ashdown, a pseudonym for R. Austin Freeman and John J. Pitcairn. Illustrated in ink and signed, this was likely an earlier draft for a final design and bears an enormous resemblance to the final dust jacket. Together with another design, possibly used within another book in the Romney Detective series, published by Oswald Train. Each image measures 36cm x 25cm.
Lot 58
(Bindings and odd volumes) Late 18th and early 19th century. Thirty works 'Buffon's Natural History, Abridged,' New edition, two vols, full calf burl, boards very loose, engraved title page and frontis, vg text block with numerous full plates, J. Johnstone et al, London, [1792]; James Macpherson. 'The Poems of Ossian, the Son of Fingal,' new edition, rebound quarter calf, frontis engraving, tide mark to first quarter of text block otherwise vg, marbled edge, significant Inverness printing by John Young, 1804; William Robertson. 'The Works of...,' new edition, vols I, III, V only of ten, diced full calf, marbled edge, ex libris label Rogers, vg textblocks, T. Cadell et al, London, 1821; 'Thelyphthora; Or, A Treatise on Female Ruin....,' second edition enlarged, vol II only (of two), rebound in half calf, some spotting to title page to an otherwise vg text block, J. Dodsley, London, 1781; M. Languet Du Frensoy. 'A New Method of Studying History, Geography, and Chronology,' vol II only (of two), full calf, ex libris label Leman Rogers, black a red printed titlepage, head and tailpieces, speckled red ink edge, vg, Charles Davis, London, 1730; Humphrey. 'Spectacle de la Nature: Or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses....Natural History...,' sixth edition, full calf burl, ex libris label Edward Holden, frontis engraving, beautiful fold out copper plates, R. Franklin, London, 1744; With twenty one other works. (30)
Lot 586
IRELAND, Samuel. 'Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire Avon, From it's Source at Naseby to it's Junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury' Half calf with marbled boards and compartmentalized spine, rubbed to extremities, some spotting to margins of engraved frontis, vg textblock, R. Faulder, London, 1795.
Lot 171
(The Golden Dawn) Two important works. Ithell Colquhoun. 'Sword of Wisdom,' first edition, original cloth, some small nibbles to unclipped dj designed by Juanita Grout, light marking to edge of text block, pp.307, colour frontis and twenty plates, a very good and scarce first edition, Neville Spearman, London, 1975.From the renowned artist and occultist about MacGregor Mathers and 'The Golden Dawn'. This unusual work gives special attention to its Celtic affiliations. A useful feature is the tabulated account of it's temples and their membership. A fascinating work that has played an important role in the British surrealist movement.Arthur Machen and A. E. Waite. 'The House of the Hidden Light. Manifested and Set Forth in Certain Letters Communicated from a Lodge of the Adepts,' first edition limited to 350 copies, gilt tooled original green cloth, unclipped dj, former stock of 'The Atlantis Bookshop', pp.152, vg to fine, Tartarus Press, Ferret Fantasy, 2003.This definitive translation of the text features heavily in Colquhoun's 'Sword of Wisdom'. Colquhoun argues that 'The House of Hidden Light', which she attributes solely to Waite, forms part of a ritual text relating to 'sexual magic' and is concerned specifically with 'sexual congress with preternatural beings' (p.288). This translation, published ninety nine years after written, has an explanatory introduction and annotated text by renowned Waite scholar R. A. Gilbert. It goes some way toward understanding this mysterious text.
Lot 615
HUXLEY, Leonard (arranged by) 'Scott's Last Expedition,' Two volumes, volume I being the journals of Captain R. F. Scott, R.N., CVO; volume II being the reports of the journeys & the scientific work undertaken by Dr. E. Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition; each with photogravure frontispiece, six original photogravures by Dr E.A Wilson, eighteen coloured plates (sixteen from drawings by Dr. Wilson) two hundred and sixty fullpage and smaller illustrations from photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition; Smith, Elder. London, 1913
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Lot 563
[Publishers] A & C Black illustrated works. Eleven works Gordon Home. 'Yorkshire,' 1908; 'Buckinghamshire and Berkshire' 1920; Dion Clayton Calthrop. 'English Costume,' 1907; Sutton Palmer and A. R. Hope Moncrieff. 'Bonnie Scotland,' 1912; Frederick Whitehead and Clive Holland. 'Warwickshire,' 1906; H. M. Cundall. 'Birket Foster,' 1906; Marcus B. Huish and Helen Allingham. 'Happy England,' 1903; Heaton Cooper and W. T. Palmer. 'The English Lakes,' 1908; J. Lewis Bonhote. 'Birds of Britain and Their Eggs,' 1923; Sutton Palmer mand A. R. Hope. 'Surrey,' 1906; A. M. Blackman and Major Bento Fletcher. 'Luxor & its Temples,' 1923; Wilfred Ball and Rev Telford Varley. 'Hampshire,' 1909; All in a generally vg condition with some light rubbing and foxing apart from 'Hampshire' with a large tear to back strip. (11)
Lot 151
(Occult and Magic) Ten works. Kurt Seligmann. 'The History of Magic,' first edition thus, original dark blue cloth, trears and loss to unclipped dj, profusely illustrated, pp.483, Pantheon Books, New York, 1948; Sayed Idris Shah. 'The Secret Lore of Magic. Books of the Sorcerers,' first edition, original cloth, tears to unclipped dj, pp.314, vg, Frederick Muller, London, 1957; R. G. Torrens. 'The Inner Teachings of the Golden Dawn,' first edition, original boards, nibbles to unclipped dj, frontis, pp.208, vg, Neville Spearman, London, 1969; Herbert Cutner. 'Sex Worship,' original cloth, fine unclipped dj, toning throughout, [Watts & Co, London, 1940]; Louise T. Culling. 'A Manual of Sex Magick,' first printing, a Llewllyn Ocult Guide, pictorial thin card wraps, former stock of 'The Atlantis bookshop', Llewellyn Publications, Minnesota, 1971; Eliphas Levi. 'The Great Secret or Occultism Unveiled,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, pp.188, Thorsons Publishers Limited, Northamptonshire, 1975; With four other works on the occult. (10)
Lot 269
(Bindings and miniatures) Eighteen works. 'Theatre De Florian,' vol I only, full dark green leather with gilt decorations to spine, ink inscription to front free endpaper engraved frontis, toning to edges of leaves, pp.242, Ant. Aug. Renouard, Paris, 1820; Robert Southey. 'The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham,' eleventh edition, full red morocco with gilt decorations, cracking to hinge, engraved frontis and title page, gilt edge, pp.495; Longman et al, London, 1825; 'The Poetical Works of William Cowper,' beautiful full green morocco with highly decorative gilt embossing, ink owner flat signed 'Augusta Barnes', marbled endpapers and edge of text block, William Cole, London, n.d; 'Forget Me Not; A Christmas and New Years Present for 1825,' full burgundy morocco with gilt decorations, head of backstrip pulled away, gilt edge, plates, R. Ackermann, London, 1925; Alice Meynell. 'The Children,' original highly decorative gilt tooled cloth, engraved titlepage, advertisements to rear, vg to fine, John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1897; With thirteen others including William Blake, James Currie, Miss Burney etc. (18)
Lot 640
Four works on Cornwall. 'The Times That Are Gone Over, Or, Sketches from the Lives of the Late Rev. Robert Hawker and the Rev John Hawker, With an Oration, Lecture, and Several Entire Sermons...,' original embossed cloth, rubbed with loss to backstrip, engraved frontis, toning throughout, John Bennet, Plymouth, 1852; H. R, Coulthard. 'The Story of an Ancient Parish Breage with Germoe,' staining to original cloth, frontis, spotting to edge of text block, The Camborne Printing and Stationary Company, 1913; With a cocked copy of 'The Land's End' by W. H. Hudson and 'Short History of Saint Michael's Mount' by J. R. Fletcher. (4)
Lot 578
(Holy Bible) 1756 An Illustration of the Holy Scriptures, by Notes and Explications on the Old and New Testament.....,' Folio, full maroon leather with gilt tooled border and spine, rubbing and loss, marbled pastedown and endpapers, gilt edge to textblock, head and tailpieces, copious full plates and maps, some fold out, texblock is in a vg condition, printed for R. Goady in Sherbourne and sold by R. Baldwin, London, 1756.
Lot 477
(Folklore and fairy tales) Twelve works from around the world. Kate McCosh Clark (ed) and Robert Atkinson (illustrations). 'Maori Tales & Legends,' first edition, original decorative cloth with some staining, contemporary owner inscription to front pastedown, plates, pp.186, advertisements to the rear, David Nutt, London, 1896; W. H. Barker (ed) and Cecilia Sinclair. 'West African Folk-Tales,' original cloth, rubbed and bumped with library numbers to bottom of the spine, ex libris stamps, spotting to prelims, some staining throughout, plates and frontis, George G. Harrap & Company, London, 1917; R. Nisbet Bain (ed and trans) and E. W. Mitchell (illustrations). 'Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk-Tales,' original decorative cloth, spotting to edge of text block and prelims, a scarce work, Lawrence and Bullen, London, 1894; Edward Callow. 'The Phynodderree, and other Legends of the Isle of Man,' original decorative gilt embossed cloth, glassine wrap taped, text block loosening from binding, plates and illustrations throughout, J. Dean and Son, London, [1882]; W. W. Strickland. 'Russian and Bulgarian Folk-Lore Stories,' original cloth with gilt lettering to front board, glassine taped, vg, Geo. Standering, London, 1907; With seven other works. (12)
Lot 503
WARNER, Richard. 'A Walk Through Some of the Western Counties of England,' First edition, full calf, rubbed and bumped with some splitting to joints, two aquatint plates, vignette engraved sketch maps, vg text block, pp.222, advertisement to rear, R. Cruttwell, Bath, G. G. and J. Robinson, London, 1800.Formerly in the library of Cornish historian Charles Thomas (1928-2016).
Lot 646
St Austell and Fowey interest. Four early guides, 1920’s. A. L. Rowse. 'St Austell Church, Town, Parish,' first edition, hardcover, very good condition with dustwrapper (slight tear), subscribers edition (larger format than the standard edition), limited to 719 copies this one being 123, 94 pages, 35 photographs and illustyrations, including a map of st austell, signed by A. L. Rowse, tipped in 12 newspaper cuttings, 4 invoices from local suppliers dated 1890/1891, a ‘’Walk-Round-The Church’’guide circa 1965, with a list of arrangements for the ‘Festival of Flowers Holy Trinity, St Austell 25th-27th June 1965, pub by H. E. Warne Ltd, St Austell, 1960.Four early Fowey guides bound in 1 volume: 'Fifty Years Vicar of Fowey a Memento of Trinity Sunday 1917,' pub by A. R. Mowbray & Co Ltd, London; H. S. Graham. 'Fowey Official Guide,' pub by William Brendon and Son Ltd, Plymouth, 33 pages plus copious local advertisements, circa 1920’s; 'Fowey South ‘The Official Guide’, circa 1930’s, pub by the Home Publishing co, Croydon, introduction by Arthur Quiller-Couch, 39 pages plus many pages of local advertisements; 'Fowey Official Guide,' pub by Vickery, Kyrle & Co Ltd, London, circa 1910; With the booklate of John Blowey.Harold Warren. 'The History of St Austell Market House,' circa 1980’s, 32 pages. (3)
Lot 439
The New Naturalist. Five works. Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. 'British Game,' first edition, number 2 in the series, original green cloth, some spotting to complete unclipped dj, spotting to edge of text block and prelims, Collins, London, 1946; R. S. R. Fitter. 'London's Natural History,' first edition, number 3 in the series, original green cloth, some spotting to complete unclipped dj, spotting to edge of text block and prelims, Collins, London, 1945; With three others including 'The British Amphibians and Reptiles' by Malcolm Smith. (5)
Lot 108
Cornwall Interest A Glossary of Cornish Names Modern, Local, Family, Personal, Etc., 20,000 Celtic and Other Names, Now or Formerly in Use in Cornwall; John Bannister, 1871; handsomely rebound; together with A General Dictionary or Gazetteer of the County of Cornwall; R. Symons, C.E., Truro, With a Treatise on the Geology of Cornwall and map, tears to map; F. Rodda, 1884; and Hobnails and Seaboots, Flower Farming in the Isles of Scilly; Wendy Aldridge; with fifteen plates in half-tone and two maps; second impression; unclipped; George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
Lot 325
(Bindings and odd volumes) Thirty one works. Philip Luckombe. 'England's Gazetteer....,' vols II and III only, fine fulled polished calf, vg, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, and R. Baldwin, London, 1790; 'A Father's Legacy to His Daughters,' vols I, III, IV, full burr calf, off setting from engraved frontis, vg, A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, Edinburgh, 1788; John Scott. 'the Christian Life, from its Beginning, to its Consummation in Glory...,' vol I only, boards debound, toning throughout, frontis, R. Ware et al, London, 1747; 'Familiar Letters: Vol I,' textblock detached from full calf binding, tonng throughout, Richard Wellington, London, 1705; 'A Compleat History of the Bible.....Collected from Prideaux, Stackhouse, Howel, and other Writers on the Sacred Scriptures,' by Laurence Clarke, boards debound, a good text block, red and black ink printed title page, Pronted for the Authors, London, 1730; 'Memoirs of Maximilian De Bethune, Duke of Sully...,' vo I of three, boards debound, good to very good textblock, A. Millar et al, London, 1756; With twenty two other works. (29)
Lot 531
CERVANTES DE SAAVEDRA, Miguel. 'The Life and Explorations of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha,' Translated by Charles Jarvis, second edition, two volumes, full calf rebacked with morocco labels, ex libris label James Hufsey, signed to title page and ink stamp to verso, plates, good to very good, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, London, 1749. (2)
Lot 152
(Occult and Esoteric) Ten works. E. A. Wallis Budge (intro). 'The Queen of Sheba & her only Son Menyelek,' first edition, original maroon cloth, deckled edge, plates and frontis, pp.241, vg, The Medici Society, London, 1922; P. D. Ouspensky. 'A New Model of the Universe,' third edition, original cloth, pp.554, g to vg, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, London, 1938; 'Tertium Organum. A Third Canon of Thought. A Key to the Enigmas of the World,' second edition, rubbed cloth, spotting to edge of textblock, pp.336, Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Co, London, 1934; Mary Schweidler. 'The Amber Witch,' new edition, original embossed cloth, 'The Aquarian Book Service' ink stamp to titlepage, pp.171, toning to leaves as expected, vg, John Murray, London, 1861; B. Z. Goldberg. 'The Sacred Fire. The Story of Sex in Religion,' original cloth with tear to back strip, spotting throughout, pp.287, Jarrolds, London, 1931; Leslie D. Weatherfield. 'Psychology, Religion and Healing,' first edition, original cloth, pp.544, Hodder and Stoughton, 1951; Jacob Bohme. 'Of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ,' first edition thus, translated by John Rolleston, original blue cloth, slight spotting to edge of text block, pp.284, g to vg, Constable and Company, London, 1934; Brother Philip. 'Secret of The Andes,' first edition, original cloth, pp.151, vg, Neville Spearman, London, 1961; George Horner (trans). 'Pistis Sophia,' original cloth, nibbles to scarce unclipped dj, spotting to edge of text block, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1924; G. R. S. Mead (trans). 'Pistis Sophia. A Gnostic Miscellany,' second impression, original cloth, fine unclipped dj, pp.325, vg, John M. Watkins. (10)
Lot 598
'Redruth Union, Cornwall,' 1873. 'Statement for the Half Year Ending Lady-Day, 1873, Shewing the Numbers relieved, the Amount of Money Expended, and the Balances Due to and from the several Parishes, &c &c,' spines slightly rubbed otherwise two very good copies, John S. Doidge, Steam Printer, Redruth (also R. S. Behenna), 1873-1892.These statements were issued every lady-day and Michaelmas day 1873 to 1892, a run of 40 half yearly Redruth Poor Law Union Reports in two volumes. Very scarce, not in the British Library.
Lot 67
CARY, John (engraver). 'Cary's New Map of England and Wales, with Part of Scotland. on which are carefully laid down, All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and Navigable Canals,' Half leather, rubbed and bumped with splitting to joints, engraved title and hand-coloured general map, 80 of 81 maps with map 62 missing as is the norm, ex libris of J. J. Pitcairn (R. Austin Freeman and Clifford Ashdown) with owner stamp to the head margin of titlepage and front endpapers, later newspaper articles pasted to front pastedown and front free endpaper, index to rear pp.85, three pages of subscribers, some toning, light spotting to margins but otherwise a vg textblock, J. Cary, London, 1794.Cary's map incorporated the latest cartographic techniques of the period, including precise surveying and engraving methods. It set a standard for mapmaking that influenced future cartographers and contributed to the development of modern cartography. This is a good example of this aesthetically pleasing atlas, with a rather interesting former owner.
Lot 79
(Woodcuts and fine printing) Twelve good works. Douglas Percy Bliss (engraver). 'The Devil in Scotland Being Four Great Scottish Stories of Diablerie...,' original cloth, vg clipped dj, deckled edge, thirty none woodcuts, vg, Alexander MacLehose, London, 1934; Alexina Ogilvie (engraver). 'Profitable Proverbs: here follow five and twenty woodcuts illustrating as many proverbs...,' limited edition, 49/75, signed by the artist, original drab boards with staining, cloth splitting to the spine, deckled edge, tissue guards loosely inserted, The Cayme Pree, London, 1923; Molly Power (engraver) and Ethel Woolmer. 'All Round Pimlico,' vol II, thin card wraps rebound front and rear, some light spotting, Wise & Company, Battersea, 1922; Kathleen Lindsley and Edward Stamp (engravers), Enid Wilson. 'A Lakeland Diary,' standard edition, cloth backed marbled boards, deckled edge, fine, The Fleece Press, [1985]; Hester Sainsbury. 'Noah's Ark,' reprint, thin paper wraps, string bound, uncut, The Cayme Press, November 1926; Robert Gibbings (engraver) and Helen Waddell (trans). 'Beasts and Saints,' early trade edition, light sun bleaching to pictorial cloth, vg, Constable and Company, London, 1934; Mr Roscoe. 'The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast,' facsimile of the 1808 edition, half blue calf rubbed and bumped, spotting to prelims, vg, Griffith & Farran, London, 1883; With six other works including 'Blue Beard & Puss in Boots' illustrated by R. Heighway and 'The Cowslip' twenty-fifth edition. (12)
Lot 500
BRITTON, J. & BRAYLEY, E. W. 'Devonshire & Cornwall Illustrated, from Original Drawings by Thomas Allom.....,' A study green goat with compartmentalised spine and gilt lettering, engraved title page, two maps, profuse with double engraved plates, with two extra illustrations pasted in, some offsetting, a very good to fine copy, H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackeson, London, 1832.Formerly in the library of Cornish historian Charles Thomas (1928-2016).
Lot 11
(Prose, poetry and early 20th century decorative printing) Ten works. Ralph Waldo Emerson. 'Nature,' Roycrofters binding, full brown suede with blind stamped title to front wrap, title page with stylised woodcut tree and red ink underlining to text, woodcut headpieces, some spotting throughout, pp.91, good, Elbert Hubbard, 1905; J. R. Aitken. 'In a City Garden,' first edition, full green suede wraps with blind stamped title, colour plates pasted in, a vg copy, T. N. Foulis, London & Edinburgh, 1913; M. Aumonier. 'Gardens in Sun and Shade,' 7th impression, 1928; 'The Garden of the Nightingale,' 5th and 6th impressions; All thin card wraps with colour illustration past to front; 'The White Rose Anthology,' ivory card wraps with gilt embossed title, Decorated by Joseph W. Simpson, T. N. Foulis, Edinburgh, [1903]; C. Lovat Fraser (illustrator). 'The Lute of Love,' decorative card wraps with paper labels, woodcut head and tilpieces throughout, pp.66, vg to fine, Selwyn & Blount, London, imprint of The Curwen Press, Plaistow, [no date although ink inscription to from free endpaper is dated 1920]; With three other illustrated works including a spineless yet highly decorative 'Poems of Pleasure' by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. (10)
Lot 403
(Egyptology) Four works. G. Elliot Smith and Warren R. Dawson. 'Egyptian Mummies,' first edition, original cloth with gilt tooled sarcophagus and titles, scarce pictorial unclipped dj, light spotting to endpapers, numerous full plates, some light finger soiling to an otherwise vg copy, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1924; Georg Moller. 'Hieratische Palaographie. Die Aegyptische Buchschrift in Ihrer Entwicklung von Der Funften Dynastie bis Zur Romischen Kaiserzeit,' four vols bound in one, a working copy with numerous notes throughout, original cloth detaching from text block, profuse in hieroglyphic charts, Otto Zeller, Osnabruck, 1965; VIGNEAU, D'Andre. 'Encyclopedie Photographique de L'Art,' tome I, thin card printed wraps, staple bound, pp.32 of b+w photographs of Egyptian artifacts housed at the Louvre Museum, TEL Editions, Paris, 1935; Guy Brunton. 'Lahun I the Treasure,' research account of the twentieth Year, original cloth backed printed boards, rubbed and bumped, some light toning throughout, colour plates to rear, British School of Archaeology in Eygpt, Bernard Quaritch, London, 1920. (4)
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