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Lot 4578
TOM PHILLIPS RA (b.1937) Limited edition framed art print "Number 12 bus - the unwinding", signed bottom right. This is a rare lithograph which originates from a project initiated by Dutchman, Rene Van Bree for New Artists' Ltd with the editorial supervision of Edward Lucie-Smith. This involved 12 European artists producing a design for a print which reflected on their capital city. Tom Phillips represented London. From a small un-numbered edition. Image size 53cm x 71cm
Lot 27
John le Carre signed A Perfect Spy hardback book. First edition. Rare book also with signed dedication, and for Simone with my best David, Le Carres real first name.Some ageing spots. Dedicated. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Lot 716
Battle of Britain John Satchell 302 sqn WW2 RAF RARE signed handwritten letter 1985 with details how to sign some items. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Lot 300
Gregory I (Pope) Regula pastoralis, collation: A-G8, double column, 55 ff. (of 56, lacking final blank), 37 lines, Gothic type, initial spaces, wormholes within text and to margins, marginal worm traces at start and end, marginal water-staining, occasional staining within text, new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, blind-ruled and strapwork borders enclosing an inner panel with 2 strapwork designs in a diamond shape, lacking metal clasps, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, small 4to (203 x 143mm.), Venice, Hieronymus de Paganinis, 13 December, 1492.⁂ Rare in commerce. Provenance: Frederick Perkins, Chipstead Place, Kent (engraved armorial bookplate). Literature: BMC V 457; Goff G440; HC 7986*; Bod-inc G-227; ; BSB-Ink G-327; GW 11446; ISTC ig00440000.
Lot 307
Greene (Robert) The Honorable History of Frier Bacon and Frier Bungay. As it was lately plaid by the Prince Palatine his Servants, third edition, title with woodcut vignette depicting a scene with the speaking brazen head, occasional light browning, small paper flaw to outer margin of F1, bookplate of William Marchbank, later red crushed morocco, by Rivière & Son, lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine, g.e., covers slightly splaying, small 4to, [Wing G1828], by Jean Bell, and are to be sold at the East end of Christ Church, 1655.⁂ Rare edition of Greene's famous Elizabethan comedy, originally published posthumously in 1594 and again in 1630. It centres on Roger Bacon, the thirteenth century scientist and polymath who was believed to be a magician, and includes his talking brazen or mechanical head which could magically answer questions. With its multiple-plot structure the play is regarded as innovative and Greene's most successful work. Although Greene was popular at the time he is most well known now for his apparent attack on Shakespeare in Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit published after his death in 1592, in which he describes Shakespeare as an "upstart Crow".All editions of the play are scarce with only 6 copies of this edition listed by ESTC in the UK (BL, 2 copies; Eton College; National Library of Scotland; Worcester College, Oxford; V & A), and 4 in America. We have been able to find only 2 copies which have appeared at auction, this copy in 1948 (£36 to Cox) and another in 1946 (£18).
![[Wordsworth (William) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.] Lyrical Ballads, with a few other poems, first edition, second (London) i](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce30ce3c-e8a9-49d1-8af6-aa6201074571/931bfe59-ef72-4911-8497-aa6c00fbc082/468x382.jpg)
Lot 320
[Wordsworth (William) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.] Lyrical Ballads, with a few other poems, first edition, second (London) issue, with errata leaf and advertisement leaf at end, light foxing, small stains to lower margin of a few leaves, contemporary ink signature "M.Alliott" to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt decorative border, spine gilt, lacking label, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn, paint stain to upper cover, [Rothschild 2604], 8vo, for J. & A. Arch, 1798.⁂ The beginning of the Romantic movement, a reissue of the exceptionally rare Bristol issue with a new title and leaves D8 & E1-2 'Lewti' replaced with four leaves comprising 'The Nightingale'.
![Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Declamationes Minores, edited by Thaddaeus Ugoletus, collation: [*]2 a-g8 h-n6 o4, 98 ff., 40 li](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce30ce3c-e8a9-49d1-8af6-aa6201074571/61bb2662-c79a-42ad-a193-aa6c00fb4161/468x382.jpg)
Lot 349
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Declamationes Minores, edited by Thaddaeus Ugoletus, collation: [*]2 a-g8 h-n6 o4, 98 ff., 40 lines, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, water-stained at head and foot, occasional spotting, old green reversed calf, ms. paper label to upper cover, rubbed, folio (302 x 204mm.), Parma, Angelus Ugoletus, 1494.⁂ Editio princeps of the 136 [actually 137] Declamationes. It is exceedingly rare in commerce. Literature: BMC VII 946; Goff Q22; HC 13659*; Bod-inc Q-021; BSB-Ink Q-20; GW M36789; ISTC iq00022000.
![Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoriarum institutionu[m] Lib. XII., edited by Raphael Regius, Georgius Merual & Badius As](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce30ce3c-e8a9-49d1-8af6-aa6201074571/3d8a0c16-faae-49f5-8710-aa6c00fb9aaa/468x382.jpg)
Lot 351
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoriarum institutionu[m] Lib. XII., edited by Raphael Regius, Georgius Merual & Badius Ascensius, collation: Aa8 a-z, A-I8, woodcut architectural title printed in red and black with central printer's device, a few woodcut diagrams within text, woodcut criblé initials, occasional early ink marginalia, outer title trimmed at head to printed border, with outer margin frayed and repaired and with a repaired tear, occasional staining, 19th century blind-stamped panelled russia, gilt, covers detached, rubbed, g.e., small folio (265 x 185mm.), Paris, Jodocus Badius Ascensius [& Jean Petit], January, 1516.⁂ A rare copy of this esteemed scholarly edition. Provenance: 'Andro Challmes' (inscription within a transcription of William Whittingham's metrical versions of Psalm 23, 'The Lord is only my support'); H. Maconockie, 1811 (ink inscription); presented by him to W.H. Adams, Edinburgh, 10th March, 1813 (ink presentation inscription to front free endpaper). Literature: Adams Q54.
![Colines.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Epitome [institutionis], collation: a-i8 K4, title within handsome woodcut criblé bord](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce30ce3c-e8a9-49d1-8af6-aa6201074571/2310fd37-e267-4646-864f-aa6c00fb8c80/468x382.jpg)
Lot 355
Colines.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Epitome [institutionis], collation: a-i8 K4, title within handsome woodcut criblé border after Geoffroy Tory, woodcut criblé initials, 17th century ink ownership inscription to foot of title, occasional early ink marginalia, early ink grammatical exercises to final f., 19th century drab boards, 8vo (150 x 105mm.), Paris, Simon de Colines, 1534.⁂ The rare second Colines edition, with only a handful of copies recorded. Literature: Not in Adams (but cf. Q71 of 1531) or Schreiber; Renouard, Colines, pp.234-235.
Lot 361
Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Compendium libri secundi, tertii, & quinti institutionum oratoriarum M. Fab. Quintiliani, edited by Jacques Louis d'Estrebay, collation: A-C4, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, some spotting and light staining, 20th century calf, spine gilt, rubbed, Paris, Thomas Richard, 1558; and another edition of Quintilian by the same printer, 1554, small 4to (2)⁂ A rare editon. USTC records only one copy (Châlons-en-Champagne). Literature: Not in Adams.
![Isocrates. Oratio de laudibus Helenae [translated by Joannes Petrus Lucensis] [and] Herodotus. Historiae [translated by Laure](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce30ce3c-e8a9-49d1-8af6-aa6201074571/0183d7aa-9cb9-4a15-be32-aa6c00fbd8f3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 363
Isocrates. Oratio de laudibus Helenae [translated by Joannes Petrus Lucensis] [and] Herodotus. Historiae [translated by Laurentius Valla and edited by Antonius Mancinellus], collation: A4 a4 2a-d6 dd8 e-x6, 142ff., 44 lines, Roman type, large woodcut criblé initial H at start of 'Clio', initial spaces, some with guide-letters, unidentified painted coat of arms to head of 2a1, water-stained, some worming, mostly marginal, but occasionally touching the odd letter, 18th century vellum, folio (285 x 199mm.), [Venice], [Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello], [Between 1494 and 1498]. ⁂ A rare work at auction. The Herodotus is a reprint of De Gregoriis edition of 1494.
Lot 364
Henricus de Hassia. Secreta sacerdotum, edited by Michael Lochmaier, collation: A6 B4, double column, 10 ff., 37-40 lines, Gothic type, initial spaces with guide-letters, title stained at foot, crude ink initials supplied to A2r, with some show through recto, gutters water-stained, some marking to final blank verso, 20th century marbled boards, small 4to, [Nuremberg], [Georg Stuchs], 1497.⁂ A rare copy of this edition of Heinrich von Langenstein's treatise on the abuses of priests during Mass. The author was at one time vice-chancellor of the University of Paris. Literature: BMC II 471; Goff H31; HC 8377*; GW 12246; Bod-inc H-025; BSB-Ink H-75; ISTC ih00031000.
Lot 382
Malta.- Maltese.- Agius de Soldanis (Giovann Pietro Francesco) Della lingua Punica presentemente usata da Maltesi &c. ovvero nuovi documenti, li quali possono servire di lume all'antica lingua Etrusca, first edition, 2 parts in 1, titles with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, errata f. at end, upper margin of title neatly trimmed away, some spotting or light foxing, occasional staining, contemporary vellum, rebacked in later calf, gilt, spine chipped at ends and with library numbers, corners worn, rubbed and lightly soiled, 8vo, Rome & sold in Malta, Generoso Salomoni, 1750.⁂ Rare first edition of this work on the Maltese language by the first librarian of the Bibliotheca Publica, the precursor of the National Library of Malta. The author advances the theory that Maltese had its roots in the Punic language.
Lot 397
Irish student at the University of Perugia.- Diploma awarded to "Edmundus Lucharenus" of doctor in Canon and Civil Law awarded by Perugia University, manuscript in Latin, on paper, 12pp., in a fine Italic hand, some lettering in and borders in gold, 3 hand-coloured coats of arms at beginning (some tears),browned, ff. heavily dampstained and edges frayed, soiled and stained throughout, remains of large red wax seal in partial skippet, sm. 4to, 12th April 1619.⁂ Rare diploma of the Università degli Studi di Perugia for "Edmundus Lucharenus, Hibernus Ardumachanensis", an Irish student from Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Lot 400
James II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1633-1701) Inspeximus and exemplification relating to Sir Ralph Sadler, fine engraved portrait of James II, royal coat of arms and floral decoration at head, manuscript document in Latin, on vellum, 49 lines, ruled in red, folds, slightly yellowed, lacks seal, otherwise in good condition, 645 x 890mm., Westminster, 6th June 1687.⁂ A fine and rare document drawn up in the short reign of James II. A re-issue of a document from the reign of Henry VIII by James II Issued in relation to Sir Ralph Sadler (1507-87), diplomat and administrator, drawn up at the behest of Sir Edwin Sadler (c. 1706), a descendent. Sadler had a long and varied career, from being an intimate of Thomas Cromwell to service to Henry VIII, Edward VI, he withdrew from the court of Queen Mary, but returned and served on the privy council of Elizabeth I. By the time he died, Sadler was reputed to be the richest man in England.
Lot 429
Lesbianism in a convent.- Anecdotes of a convent. By the author of Memoirs of Miss Williams, 3 vol., first edition, some spotting and staining, contemporary calf, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, corners repaired, [Raven and Forster 1771:3], 12mo, T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1771.⁂ Rare epistolary novel, which owes much to Diderot's The Nun (1760). 'The nuns are 'seductively carresante' and, with one exception, appear to encourage the passionate bonds that grow up between various girls' (Castle, The Literature of Lesbianism, 2003)
Lot 432
Scotland.- Carruthers (John) The heroic deeds of the Scots. A poem, in four volumes; from Fergus I. down to the present time. To which are added, poems on several occasions, vol.1 [all published], spotted, some creasing, original wrappers, the upper detached, both creased and stained, large 12mo, Dumfries, Robert Jackson, 1796.⁂ Rare. ESTC records only four copies.
Lot 433
Language.- Military.- Wilson (James) The soldier's friend, and traveller's vade mecum; or, A new pocket vocabulary, in six languages, viz. English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese; containing all the terms that belong to the military art; words of command..., no printer, water-stained, modern marbled boards, oblong 8vo, Printed in the Year M.DCC.XCIX [1799].⁂ Rare. ESTC lists four copies only, with none in the USA.
Lot 434
Dallas (Robert Charles) Percival, or Nature vindicated, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, that in vol. 1 lacking, spotted, [Garside and Schöwerling 1801;20], A. Strahan, for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1801; Aubrey: a Novel, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles where called for, lightly browned, [Garside and Schöwerling 1804:16], Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1804, engraved armorial bookplates of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, uniformly bound in 20th century half calf over contemporary blue marbled boards, gilt spines in compartments and with red and black morocco labels, 12mo (8)⁂ Rare first editions of Dallas's first and second novels. Dallas was a Jamaican-born British poet and writer, who was acquainted with the young Byron and acted as something of a literary agent for him. He was responsible for arranging the publication of English Bards with James Cawthorn and for placing the first two cantos of Childe Harold with John Murray.
Lot 444
Martin (John) The Paradise Lost of Milton, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, first issue, half title and title for each vol., with the set of 24 plates and accompanying text, each plate lettered with caption "Proof", mezzotints with touches of drypoint, excellent impressions on cream laid paper, platemarks each c. 255 x 355 mm. (10 x 14 in), or the reverse, sheets c. 565 x 375 mm. (22 1/4 x 14 3/4), some loss, splits and handling creases to endpapers, otherwise with some marginal spotting and surface dirt, 'Eve at the Fountain' browned in blank margins, some others with minor scattered foxing, occasional damp-stains to edges, bound in contemporary half morocco by J. Wright, marbled boards, spine gilt, Imperial folio, published in parts by Septimus Prowett, [circa 1824-1827].⁂ Rare Imperial Folio edition, the largest and most luxurious format of the publication, limited to only 50 copies. This copy is the only known example with the two volumes bound together as one. Nineteen copies of the Imperial Folio edition containing the large plates have now been located, including the present example. One of these copies is in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.When first released, these engravings were greeted with outstanding critical acclaim - the critic for The Literary Gazette proclaimed: "we know no artist, whose genius so perfectly fitted him being the illustrator of the mighty Milton; and in what we have seen of his conceptions he has more than realised the highest of our hopes. There is a wildness, a grandeur, and a mystery about his designs which are indescribably fine:- the painter is also a poet. ... we look upon these engravings to belong to the foremost order of true genius: beyond this there is no praise." [The Literary Gazette, April 2nd 1825].'The illustrations that made Martin's name as an engraver". "They are without doubt one of the most significant series of British book illustrations ever to have been produced.' [Campbell, John Martin, Visionary Printmaker, p. 41]Provenance: Michael J. Campbell (author of John Martin, Visionary Printmaker) [signature and stamp to inside upper cover]Literature: Campbell & Wees, 1992, nos. 26-49
![B[oyle] (E[leanor] V[ere]) Child's Play, Seventeen Drawings, second edition, hand-coloured additional pictorial title and 16](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce30ce3c-e8a9-49d1-8af6-aa6201074571/4a18d127-2681-486f-905f-aa6c00faf76c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 477
B[oyle] (E[leanor] V[ere]) Child's Play, Seventeen Drawings, second edition, hand-coloured additional pictorial title and 16 hand-coloured plates by E.V.B. incorporating nursery rhyme texts, a little spotted and soiled, mostly to margins or plate guards, bookplate of L.G.E.Bell, modern half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., 4to, Addey and Co., 1853.⁂ The artist's first book, first published the previous year . Subsequent editions omit the plate for "I had a little Castle" and were printed in colour. Hand-coloured copies of the first two editions are rare.
Lot 505
Furniture.- Ideas for Rustic Furniture proper for Garden Seats, Summer Houses, Hermitages, Cottages, &c., first edition, engraved throughout with pictorial title and 24 etched plates, some with aquatint, an excellent clean copy in later calf-backed marbled boards with vellum corners, spine gilt with green morocco label, very slightly rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 3429; RIBA Early Printed Books 3932], 8vo, I. & J.Taylor, [c.1790].⁂ Rare 18th century furniture pattern book, often attributed to William Wrighte of Grotesque Architecture, and the only one to feature exclusively rustic styles, depicting chairs, benches, tables, mirrors and chimneypieces. ESTC lists only 6 locations (BL, RIBA, National Trust, V & A; and MIT in America) and it is rare in commerce.
Lot 519
Fossils.- Woodward (John) Fossils of all kinds, digested into a method, suitable to their mutual relation and affinity; With The Names by which they were known to the Antients, and those by which they are at this Day known, first edition, 7 engraved plates (1 folding), folding letterpress table, with the rare 2 unpaginated ff. of 'Preface' bound between pp.92 and 93, 1p. advertisements at end, endpapers with later ink notes on Woodward and his work, some mostly light foxing, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, taking with it front free endpaper, lower joint cracked, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Ward & Carozzi 2363], 8vo, Printed for William Innys, at the West-End of St. Paul's, 1728. ⁂ Woodward argued that the surface of the earth was divided into strata and that many of the fossils discovered therein came originally from the sea.Provenance: 'Tho. Worrall Grazebrook, 1800' (ink inscription to title); Herbert R.H. Southan, Shrewsbury (ink inscription to front pastedown)
Lot 1551a
A rare named Boulton's Trafalgar Medal, 1805, 'white metal', awarded to Coxswain Robert Buckless, H.M.S. Victory, engraved above ships on the reverse, edge stamped.Notes: Buckless (also Bookless) was born 1776 in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was pressed into service with his first note of service was 31st May 1804, as able seaman on HMS Victory (pay no.SB 393, later 1st June 1806 as Coxswain on HMS Victory and a change of vessel to HMS Ocean 15th January 1806 (pay no.SLVO 641).
Lot 519
A rare pair of Chinese hardwood daybeds, 19th century, each with a cylindrical rolling head rest carved to ther sides with fruit and vines, horseshoe backs, above a solid rectangular back, seat and arms, above a pull out section with a carved frieze, square section legs and stretchers, height 88cm, width 72cm, extended length 150cm.
Lot 13
Rare French Atoms Rex Twin Lens Reflex Camera. The first TLR camera to have lens interchangeability (front panel lifts off after four 'studs' have been removed) with Angenieux 7.5cm f3.5 lens (condition 5F). Also an Atoms Atoflex Angenieux f4.5 75mm Lens. (condition 5F) (From the Bob White Collection). (Cabinet A)
Lot 134
Group of Four French Sem & Semflex TLRs. Comprising a rare Semflex Joie-de-Vivre, a failed attempt to produce a quality, single-speed 'snapshot' camera (condition 5F); Semflex Otomatic Rolleiflex copy (blades slow); Semflex Semi-Auto (condition 5F) and a grey Semflex Otmatic. (From the Bob White Collection). (Cabinet W)
Lot 140
Rare Seaside Photographers Camera, As Used by Sunbeam Photos, Margate. Sunbeam Photos were one of the biggest companies taking 'walking pictures' and were at their height from the late 1940s and 50s. Their pictures were usually of holidaymakers strolling along the prom or lounging on the beach. This custom made camera, number 11 in the firms' inventory, was designed to take 100 shots on a continuous roll of photographic paper. The resulting paper negatives were then photographed, usually being slightly enlarged to post card size and the prints (hopefully) sold to the subject later. This unique survivor has a 12cm f4.5 Tessar lens in a Compur shutter and is in working order although 'film' plane pressure plate has become detached (included). Comes with an extremely rare part-roll of contemporary paper negatives shot with this actual camera. For a video of this and the two similar lots, see our YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF8PAHjpb4g&t=46s. (Cabinet V)
Lot 141
Rare Seaside Photographers Camera. Based on a Thornton Pickard Reflex plate camera, this was probably converted in the late 1940s by Sunbeam Photos, Margate, Kent, to accept a rolls of photographic paper. This is camera number 21 which is lacking a lens. To see one of these cameras in action please visit British Pathe at https://tinyurl.com/yxhulvmo or go to https://tinyurl.com/y3ska3gy. (Cabinet V)
Lot 142
Rare Seaside Photographers Camera & Taylor Hobson Lens. Based on a Thornton Pickard Reflex plate cameras, this was probably converted in the late 1940s by Sunbeam Photos, Margate, Kent, to accept a rolls of photographic paper. This is camera number 30 which has a Taylor Hobson Wide Angle 6 1/4inch f6.5 lens. To see one of these cameras in action please visit British Pathe at https://tinyurl.com/yxhulvmo or go to https://tinyurl.com/y3ska3gy. (Cabinet V)
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