![English binding.- Meffret. Sermones [De Sanctis], 1 part only of the 3 vol. 'Sermones', collation: A10 B-N8 NN8 O-Y8 Z6 §6 do](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/c4b08864-f01e-4a41-b679-5b609ce8fd69/468x382.jpg)
English binding.- Meffret. Sermones [De Sanctis], 1 part only of the 3 vol. 'Sermones', collation: A10 B-N8 NN8 O-Y8 Z6 §6 double column, 198 ff., 55 lines and headline, Gothic type, initials, small woodcut printer's device beneath colophon, paragraph-marks and initial-strokes in red, A1r the bull's head watermark picked out in red by the rubricator, the odd instance of contemporary ink marginalia, K2 tear at head within text, but without loss, some staining and spotting, final f. outer margin little frayed, ornately blind-stamped 16th century English calf over wooden boards, comprising tudor rose, floral and foliage tools, the lower cover divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, each with a tudor rose or foliage ornament, remains of original metal clasps, corners little worn, rubbed, sympathetically rebacked, later ink marginalia, folio (sheet 310 x 199mm.; binding 317 x 220mm.), Basel, Nicolaus Kesler, 1487. ⁂ A wide-margined copy of this part of Meffret's sermons, which were published between January, 1487 and May, 1488. All parts of this work are rare at auction. Literature: BMC III, 764; Goff M-442; HC 11005.
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Shepeard (Rev. H.) A Vindication of the Clergy Daughter's School and of the Rev. W. Carus Wilson, from the Remarks in "The Life of Charlotte Brontë", light browning to text, original printed wrappers, spotted, light wear to spine, erasure mark to head of upper panel, preserved in custom folding chemise, 8vo, Kirkby Lonsdale, Robert Morphet, 1857. ⁂ Rare in commerce.
Emblemata.- Gomberville (Marin Le Roy de) La Doctrine des Mœurs Qui Represente En Cent tableaux La Difference des Passions, title with woodcut ornament, 103 full-page emblematic illustrations, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative illustrations, a few lower corners repaired, water-stained, contemporary mottled sheep, nick at head of spine, rubbed, [Landwehr, Romanic, 478], 8vo, Paris, Chez A. Soubron, 1683. ⁂ A rare edition of this emblematic work based on Otto Vaenius' Q.Horatii Flacci Emblemata.
Colossal statue of Hercules.- Cappellari (MIchele) Herculis Colossus Mantuæ Benavidiæ Patavii, title with woodcut printer's device, half-page engraved illustration of the statue of Hercules by F. Bertelli, marking and small repair to last f., lightly foxed, modern red morocco-backed marbled boards, small 4to, Padua, Pasquati, 1657. ⁂ Rare first and only edition of this poem in praise of the colossal statue of Hercules carved by Bartolomeo Ammanati for the courtyard of the Palazzo Mantova Benavides at Padua. Literature: Not in Cicognara or Gamba.
![Derome binding.- Liturgy, Greek.- Leitourgiai tōn hagiōn paterōn [graece], 2 parts in 1, collation: *2, A-P6; a-b4, A-F6, G-](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/358a14fb-3b2a-4d94-e7af-f5f7fc6bedfd/468x382.jpg)
Derome binding.- Liturgy, Greek.- Leitourgiai tōn hagiōn paterōn [graece], 2 parts in 1, collation: *2, A-P6; a-b4, A-F6, G-Z4; [4], 179, [1]; [16], 212 (i.e. 208) pp., woodcut device on both titles, wooduct decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces, lower margin of first two leaves water-stained and browned, foxing in places, later engraved portrait of the editor Claude de Sainctes tipped in to verso of front flyleaf, 18th-century red morocco, ascribed to Nicolas-Denis Derôme, covers framed in triple gilt fillet, spine with five raised bands, gilt title and imprint on double green lettering-pieces, compartments tooled in gilt, gilt edges, covers slightly scratched, a little rubbed, head of spine nicked, but overall a handsome copy, folio (289 x 189mm.), Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1560. ⁂ A splendid and rare edition of the Greek Liturgy, finely issued by the Royal printer Guillaume Morel, and edited by Claude Sainctes (1525-1591), whose name is mentioned in the preface appended to the second part of this Parisian publication. The Greek text is supplemented, in the second part, with its Latin translation, introduced by the title Liturgiae siue missae sanctorum patrum. In addition the work contains writings by the Greek Fathers Basilius Magnus, Ioannes Chrysostomus, and Saint Jacobus. The book is rightly considered one of the masterpieces published by the Typographia Graeca founded by King of France, François I. This copy is in a fine gilt-tooled red morocco binding, executed by the leading 18th century Parisian binder Nicolas-Denis Derôme (1731-1790). Provenance: early ownership inscription on the title-page, erased in ink; 'Ecole Sainte Genevieve' (stamp on the title-page); 'J. M. De Chateaugiron', 'Skinos' (both ex-libris on the front pastedown). Literature: Adams L842.
![[Brontë (Emily)] Wuthering Heights. A Novel. By the author of "Jane Eyre", first American edition, light foxing, Cavendish Ci](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/42024a5d-163d-452f-df6a-12800e7b6c80/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Emily)] Wuthering Heights. A Novel. By the author of "Jane Eyre", first American edition, light foxing, Cavendish Circulating Library label to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped with small chip to head of spine, some light rubbing but a sharp and excellent copy overall, [Smith 3 pp.74-75], New York, Harper & Brothers, 1848. ⁂ The first American edition and second overall, published only five months after the true first edition, rare in the original cloth and in such good condition. The misattribution on the title (an issue that would plague the sisters until Charlotte revealed their true identities in her preface to the second edition of Wuthering Heights) was partly the result of a deliberate attempt by Thomas Newby to confuse the authorship in order to extract more money from the American publishers.
Eliot (T.S.) The Waste Land and Other Poems, first edition, signed by the author on title with printed name crossed through, occasional spotting, paperclip rust mark to head of half-title and front free endpaper, endpapers a little browned, original boards, a little bumped and spotted, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light staining to panels, [Gallup A35x], 1940; and a reprint of the same edition, 8vo (2) ⁂ Rare signed.
Kabbalah.- Aevolus (Caesar) De Divinis Attributis Quae Sephirot ab Hebræis Nuncupata, collation: a4 A-K4, title with woodcut printer's device, 2 full-page woodcut diagrams, woodcut decorative initials, a4 blank (with small section torn from foot), some water-staining and spotting, contemporary limp vellum, small 4to (205 x 150mm.), Venice, Francesco Ziletti, 1573. ⁂ Rare second edition of this work (seemingly not listed on EDIT 16), which looks at the causes of sympathy and antipathy between objects in nature and attempts to reconcile the Kabbalah with Aristotelian and Platonic doctrine. It was originally published in Prague in 1571. Literature: Adams A309.
![[Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne)], "Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell". Poems, first edition, first issue, lacking errata slip, Wes](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/eed45556-96d3-4acd-91a8-43fc61464ec9/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne)], "Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell". Poems, first edition, first issue, lacking errata slip, Westleys & Co. binders label to rear pastedown, light abrasion mark to upper hinge, original green ribbed cloth with harp design covers, spine lettered in gilt, spine slightly faded, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, some light marking to covers but an excellent example overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box (spine a little faded), 8vo, [Smith 1 pp.5-6 & 12], [John Hasler, for] Aylott and Jones, 1846. ⁂ An excellent example of the scarce first issue of the Brontë poems in the rare intermediate state, Smith mentions only 7 copies with the Aylott and Jones imprint and the harp binding. Following the successes of the Brontë sisters in their publications of 1847 and 1848, Aylott and Jones wrote to Charlotte Brontë to ask her how they should proceed with regards to the unsold copies of Poems still in their possession. Charlotte in turn wrote to her current publishers, Smith and Elder, ostensibly to ask for their advice, but hinting that they might succeed in the sale of the volumes where Aylott and Jones had not. Smith and Elder decided to reissue the work under their own name and purchased the remaining 961 copies to be reoffered with a new title page and rebound in the green harp binding. Copies such as this one in the 1848 binding but with the Aylott and Jones title page likely exist because the binder either neglected or ran out of the new Smith and Elder title page. Provenance: H.Bradley Martin (auction ticket loosely inserted; sold his sale, lot 2658, Sotheby's New York, 30th April, 1990).
Early children's book.- The Top Book of All For Little Masters and Misses, woodcut illustrations within text, contemporary drab wrappers, nicked at foot of spine spine, rubbed, 16mo, R. Baldwin, S. Crowder and Benj. Collins, 1760. ⁂ A rare copy at auction of this charming little book. ESTC and COPAC between them list only a handful of copies. Please Note: date should read [?1760].
Kelmscott Press.- Menus for the Third and Fourth Annual Printers' Dinners, each 4pp., printed in red and black with press borders and device on final leaf, with note by Freeman Bass (co-founder and Honorary Treasurer of the William Morris Society) quoting Sydney Cockerell "...the two menus are exceedingly rare..." loosely inserted, both removed from album with traces of glue to edge of final leaf, damp-staining to lower inner corners, first with small tear to lower edge of first leaf, [Peterson D8], 8vo, Kelmscott Press, Friday, August 31, 1894 and Friday, September 13, 1895. ⁂ Very rare. Four annual dinners were held, these are the last two, both held at the Dumb Bell Hotel, Taplow, Berks. Peterson quotes a note by Cockerell "A very few copies of these four menus were printed. The arrangement was that of the compositors and was not shown to Morris." Having free rein the compositors used as many Kelmscott types and ornaments as possible.
![Theocritus. Idyllia, collation: a-k8; 77, [1] ff., Greek text, woodcut device on title and at end, woodcut initials, that on](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/686ec625-31e8-4dc3-ecbb-775ea5b4faa0/468x382.jpg)
Theocritus. Idyllia, collation: a-k8; 77, [1] ff., Greek text, woodcut device on title and at end, woodcut initials, that on a4 with contemporary hand-colouring, contemporary vellum, small tear to spine, soiled, lacking ties, yapp edges, 8vo (166 x 110mm.), Florence, Benedetto Giunta, 1540. ⁂ This rare Juntine edition also includes the famous 'figure poems', typographically arranged in the shape of the objects they describe, e.g. the Pan flute and the double axe. This 1540 edition is a substantial reprint (except for the dedicatory epistle to Filippo Pandolfini, not included) of the first Theocritus issued from the Florentine printing house, which appeared in January 1515 and was edited for Filippo Giunta by Eufrosino Bonini. This copy once belonged to the great Italian bibliophile Giacomo Manzoni, whose outstanding library was sold in 1893. Provenance: "Thoma Iacobi Iacominii Tebaldutii" (ownership inscription on title, dated 1562 and annotations on first leaves in his hand); Count Giacomo Manzoni (1816-1889: ownership inscription on front pastedown). Literature: Adams T463; Camerini 237; Renouard 50.132.
Brontë (Charlotte) Watching and Wishing, proof copy of the poem for publication in the Cornhill Magazine, 1p., some browning and creasing, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed drop-back box (some fading), 8vo, [1860]. ⁂ Rare Watching and Wishing was first published in the Thackeray-edited Cornhill Magazine vol.2, p.741, December 1860.
China.- Serious Disturbance at Canton, spotting, original printed wrappers, ink presentation inscription to Robert Inglis Fearon to head of upper wrapper, spotted, small stain to foot, a little chipped and creased at extremities, rubbing, 4to, Hong Kong, 1883. ⁂ Rare, we know of no other copy in commerce, COPAC lists only one other copy (SOAS).
Caesar's military tactics.- Ramus (Petrus) Liber de Cæsaris militia, collation: à a-o8 P4, Roman type, title with woodcut printer's device, final errata f., à4 and P4 blank, some staining and light foxing, 17th century calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (157 x 97mm.), Paris, Andreas Wechel, 1559. ⁂ First edition of this treatise on Caesar's military tactics., which is rare at auction. Literature: Adams R102.
Americana.- Vespucci (Amerigo) S'ensuyt le Nouveau Monde et navigations faictes par Emeric de Vespuce, Florentin des pays et isles nouvellement trouvez, auparavant a nous incongne uz tant on l'Ethiopie que Arrabie, Calichut et aultres plusieurs régions estranges. Translaté de italien. [Paris, ?Jean Trepperel, c. 1516-1525]; bound after Hetoum (Prince) S'ensuyuent les fleurs des histoires de la terre d'Orient... Paris, Philippe le Noir, [c. 1530]; bound with Ferrieres (Henry de) S'ensuyt le livre du roy Modus et de la royne Racio qui parle du déduit de la chasse a toutes bestes sauvaiges, comme cerfz, biches, daims, chevreulx, liévres... Paris, Jean Trepperel Imprimeur, [c. 1530], 3 works in 1, I. (bound second) collation: a-d4, e8, f-l4, m8, n-s4, t8; CXC [i.e. 89] ff., text complete but lacking title and first three prefatory leaves, II. (bound first) collation: A-C4, D8, E-Q4, R6; [3] (of [4] ff., lacking A4 with index and portrait on verso], lxx ff., title in red and black, large printer's device on verso of final leaf, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, III. collation: A-V4, AA-BB4, CC6. xciiii leaves, lacking title, unnumbered preliminary leaves and E4, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, but those on fols. C4, D1 and M1 cut away, causing loss of text on each verso, some water-staining, last work with some fore-margins slightly frayed, contemporary limp vellum, title inked on the spine and bottom edge, hole in spine/lower joint, corners worn, remains of leather ties, 4to (180 x 126mm.) ⁂ A remarkable composite volume, which contains three unrelated works probably printed in Paris between c.1520 and 1530, all of the greatest rarity and which seldom appear on the market. I. The first work is one of the earliest reports in French of the travels and discoveries made by the Florentine navigator Amerigo Vespucci in America. The first edition had been published in 1516/17 by Galliou Dupré, who was granted the Royal privilege to print Le Nouveau Monde. Despite this privilege, the work was immediately pirated, and some editions appeared on the market without privilege or imprint, all exceendingly rare, and recorded nowadays only in two or three copies. The present edition was in all likelihood issued by the Parisian Jean Trepperel, somewhere between 1516 and 1525. II. Very rare edition of the Histoires de la terre d'Orient by the Prince Hetoum, printed by Philippe le Noir. This copy is seemingly of a different issue from the one in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (coll. Rés. O2R 18 B), with slight variations to the title-page. II. The third work is an early and lavisly illustrated edition of the first hunting book to be printed in France. It was issued by Jean Trepperel, and is datable between 1525 and 1529. Of this edition two different issues are recorded. The present copy belongs to the first issue, with printer's device printed in black on the colophon leaf. Despite their individual defects, this is an outstanding sammelband of truly rare works. Literature: Thiébaud, 396-399.
![Galenus (Claudius) [Opera], 5 vol., pagination: I. [4], 24, 181, [1 blank] ll.; 108 ff., II. [3], [1 blank], 184 ff.; 106 ff.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/e156b543-e9e9-4ea8-cf39-eaa2bdb22403/468x382.jpg)
Galenus (Claudius) [Opera], 5 vol., pagination: I. [4], 24, 181, [1 blank] ll.; 108 ff., II. [3], [1 blank], 184 ff.; 106 ff., Greek and Roman type, woodcut Aldine device on title and on verso of final leaf. III. [4], 106 ff.; 155, [1] ff., IV. [4], 113, [1 blank] ff.; 74, 6, 57, [1] ff., V. [4], 346, [6] ff., final quire AAA bound between quires Τττ and Υυυ, Greek and Roman type, woodcut Aldine device on title and on verso of final leaf of all volumes (Fletcher f4; A3c), capital spaces, all blank leaves present, vol.2 stain at top of a2 and a3, repair to b1 and in blank gutter of n1, wormhole through last several leaves slightly affecting text, 20th-century brown morocco blind-tooled in period style by Bernard Middleton, folio (314-318 x 218-224mm.), Venice, Heirs of Aldus Manutius and Andrea Torresano, April-August 1525. ⁂ Editio princeps of Galen of Pergamum, one of the 'biggest' books printed by the Aldine Press, directed by Aldus's father-in-law Andrea Torresano. It is one of the rarest of all Aldine editions, "only two or three complete sets have been sold during the past 30 years [...] It is so rare and consequentely so expensive because of the limited number of originally printed copies. Being an exceptional case for Aldus- editions, the initial print run remained the only one." (L. Perrilli, A Risky Enterprise. The Aldine Edition of Galen, p. 447). The works of Galen appeared for the first time in Latin translation in 1490 (Goff G, 37), and only a few of his writings were available in Greek, e.g. the Περὶ φιλοσόφου ἱστορίας, printed in the second volume of the Aldine Aristotle Corpus, and the Θεραπευτικά published in Venice by Zacharias Kallierges and Nicolaos Vlastos (Goff G, 38). The delay was due to the partial disappearance of the written heritage of Greek medicine, and the great difficulty in finding Greek medical manuscripts, "and then there was a gap of a generation until the Aldine firm put out a series of medical authors, Galen in 1525, Hippocrates in 1526, Paul of Aegina, and the first half (only) of Aetius in 1534" (V. Nutton, Greek Science in Sixteenth Century, p. 20). Literature: Adams G, 32; STC Italian 285; Renouard Alde, pp. 101-102; Ahmanson-Murphy, 231-233, 235-236; Cataldi Palau, 95; Finazzi, 51; PMM 33; Wellcome I, 2507; Durling 1748; Grolier-Norman, n. 5B; Hoffmann II, 122; V. Nutton, John Caius and the Manuscripts of Galen, Cambridge 1987, pp. 39-42; Ead., Greek Science in the Sixteenth-century Renaissance, in Renaissance and Revolution, ed. J.V. Field-F.A.A.J. James, Cambridge 1993, pp. 20-24; P. Potter, The editiones principes of Galen and Hippocrates and their Relationship, in Text and Tradition. Studies in Ancient Medicine and its Transmission, ed. K.D. Fischer-D. Nickel-P. Potter, Leiden 1998, pp. 243-261; V. Nutton, Ancient Medicine, London 2004, pp. 230-247.
Brontë (Emily) The Outcast Mother, 3 proof copies of the poem for publication in the Cornhill Magazine, each 1p., 1 with manuscript corrections, 1 sheet with damp-staining and loss to head, 1 sheet with loss to corner, surface soiling, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, [1860]. ⁂ Rare. First published in the Cornhill Magazine vol.1, p.616, May 1860.
![[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell". Shirley. A Tale, first American edition, 2pp. advertisements at front, 13pp. advertiseme](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/6d9c2124-9e31-4f8e-8028-85dd4fb3f5a1/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Charlotte)], "Currer Bell". Shirley. A Tale, first American edition, 2pp. advertisements at front, 13pp. advertisements at rear, foxing, original second state wrappers with 135 titles listed on inside lower cover, covers and spine creased and with some toning, spine ends chipped, rubbed, still a very good copy of a fragile book, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop back box, [Smith 5 pp.125-128], 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1850 [but 1849]. ⁂ This copy with the rare additional lines on p. 206 mentioned by Smith p.125 n.6. Smith can trace no other edition with these lines.
Japan.- Silk.- Sira-Kawa de Sendai (Osyou) Traité de l'Éducation des Vers a Soie au Japon, translated by Léon de Rosny, 22 lithographed plates, most chromolithographed, some tinted, one with folding flap, light spotting to text, original printed wrappers, uncut and unopened, rubbed and soiled, slightly frayed at edges, 8vo, Paris, 1868. ⁂ Rare work on silk and its production, with attractive plates; the first edition in translation. COPAC lists only 5 copies.
![Brontë (Rev. Patrick) Brontëana: his Collected Works and Life, edited by J.Horsfall Turner, [one of 50] large paper copies, p](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/62b091be-eb49-4002-edcf-c44b6f1a4eb7/468x382.jpg)
Brontë (Rev. Patrick) Brontëana: his Collected Works and Life, edited by J.Horsfall Turner, [one of 50] large paper copies, plates and illustrations, prospectus and facsimile Patrick Brontë letter loosely inserted, A.L.s. dated Dec.18th, 1916, writer and recipient unknown, mentioning Brontëana loosely inserted, loosely inserted, original blue cloth, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing and discolouration, 4to, Bingley, printed for the Editor by T.Harrison & Sons, 1898. ⁂ Volume two of a projected four volume set, the rest of which were never published, the large paper copy is rare and not recorded by Wise.
Food & drink.- Butchers.- Promenade des Boeufs Gras suivie de la Chanson Les Tribulations des Boeufs Gras, broadside, 545 x 440mm., large woodcut vignette of the procession, blue governmental ink stamp to verso, folds, some creasing to edges, a few spots, Paris, Typ. Morris et Comp., [1860]. ⁂ A rare broadside advertising this procession, in which the guild of butchers would show their prize bulls. In this particular year the bulls are named after key locations from the Second Italian War of Independence of 1859, in which a French and Sardinian allied army defeated the Austrian Empire.
Rossetti (Dante Gabriel).- Marillier (H.C.) Dante Gabriel Rossetti..., first edition, plates, original decorated blue cloth, gilt, designed by Laurence Housman, t.e.g., others uncut, with the rare dust-jacket, a little browned and soiled, slightly frayed at edges, 1899 § Rossetti (Dante Gabriel) The Early Italian Poets..., small water-stain to upper outer corner of title and dedication, bookplate of George Livingston Nichols, contemporary vellum, spine gilt, lightly soiled, upper joint cracked, 1861 § Shelley (P.B.) The Poetical Works..., edited by Harry Buxton Forman, 4 vol., frontispieces, original pictorial turquoise cloth, gilt, designed by Rossetti, slightly rubbed, 1876; and a pamphlet by Rossetti, folio & 8vo (7)
![Wise (Thomas James).- Stevenson (Robert Louis) Familiar Epistle in Verse and Prose, [one of 27 copies], facsimile leaf, Ashl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/dfa4c67d-4675-42ea-f81a-751249b7c993/468x382.jpg)
Wise (Thomas James).- Stevenson (Robert Louis) Familiar Epistle in Verse and Prose, [one of 27 copies], facsimile leaf, Ashley Library device at end, original cream boards, uncut, browned, spine worn and defective, [Todd 286d], privately printed [for T.J.Wise], 1896 § [Evans (Mary Anne)], "George Eliot". Agatha, 16pp., third edition (reprint of the Wise/Forman fake of the rare original, with comma after "behind" but not after "thinking" on page 11), unbound, spine ends slightly frayed, preserved in later cloth folder and morocco-backed cloth slip-case (spine rubbed and faded), [Todd 156c(3)], Trubner & Co., 1869 [New York, ?printed for Max Harzof, c.1935] § Horne (Richard Hengist) Galatea Secunda, an Odaic Cantata, addressed to H.R.H. Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, on his first arrival in the Colony of Victoria, 4pp., second issue of title with Virgil quote corrected to "hiems", on Joynson 1873 paper, book-labels of Graham Pollard and J.O.Edwards to upper outer corner of p.2, Melbourne, For Private Circulation, 1868 [Richard Clay, c.1880] § [Austin (Alfred)] Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, 8pp., drophead title, final leaf browned, [COPAC lists BL copy only], Chiswick Press, [c.1893], 8vo & 4to (4)
![[Brontë (Charlotte)] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, first American edition, advertisement f. with Webste](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/b1516750-2a03-4694-c0d1-6417d7c04d09/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Charlotte)] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, first American edition, advertisement f. with Webster's Dictionary to recto and Harper's New Catalogue to verso, occasional foxing or spotting, light damp stain to foot, modern calf-backed boards, [Smith 2 pp.41-45], 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1848. ⁂ The rare first American edition, the first of three to be rushed out by separate publishers in the space of a year.
![[Brontë (Emily and Anne)], "Ellis and Acton Bell". Wuthering Heights; Agnes Grey, together 3 vol. (as issued), first editions](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/dea7366a-8624-404b-804d-50b221ddb474/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Emily and Anne)], "Ellis and Acton Bell". Wuthering Heights; Agnes Grey, together 3 vol. (as issued), first editions, a mixed set, some light soiling and creasing to corners (heavier to Agnes Grey), Agnes Grey with marginal browning to title, C7 and O5 with neatly repaired tears to margins and E2 with closed tear to foot, vol.1 & 2 contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, extremities rubbed, vol.3 modern antique-style half calf to match, spines gilt, [Smith 3 pp.60-63], 8vo, Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847. ⁂ The rare first editions of the two sisters' first novels. Wuthering Heights is one of the great romantic works and remains one of the most popular novels in the English language. Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey were written during the remarkable 1846-47 period that also saw Charlotte write The Professor and Jane Eyre. These two novels, along with The Professor were sent as a trio to publishers from July 1846, meeting with uniform rejection until around a year later the publisher Thomas Cautley Newby expressed an interest in the novels of Emily and Anne. The terms offered to the sisters were poor: between them they had to raise £50 to cover publication costs, to be repaid if and when the novels raised enough money through sales (neither sister saw a penny). Nevertheless the sisters accepted, however Thomas Cautley Newby, essentially a one-man operation, moved slowly and their novels were not published until two months after Jane Eyre (despite this , and even then filled with the errors the authors had hoped would be expunged at the proof stages. The exact number of copies printed is unclear although Charlotte would later mention in a letter of September 1850 that Newby had undertaken to print 350 copies before subsequently declaring that he had printed only 250.
Philo Judaeus. In libros Mosis De mundi opificio, Historicos, De legibus. Eiusdem libri singulares, collation: α6, Α-Ζ8, a-y8, z4; [12], 736 [i.e.720], [48] pp., woodcut printer's device on title, occasional foxing, contemporary limp vellum, title inked on spine and repeated on later paper label, edges violet, tears to spine and yapp edges, lacking leather ties, folio (342 x257mm.), Paris, Adrien Turnebe, 1552. ⁂ Rare and estimeed editio princeps of the works of the hellenistic philosopher Philo Alexandrinus, also called Philo Judaeus. His attempt to reconcile Greek philosophy and Judaism was greatly influential in early Christianity. The volume was edited and magnificently printed by the outstanding philologist Adrien Turnèbe (1512-1565), responsible for the Typographia Graeca established by François I, King of France. The texts are set in the famous type known as Grec du Roi, designed by Claude Garamond in 1541. "Turnèbe was not a professional printer, but a teacher of Greek and Latin at the Royal College at Paris who abandoned his teaching in order to promote Greek literature through the printing press" (K. Sp. Staikos, Greek Philosophical Editions in the First Century of Printing, Athens 2001, p. 87). Provenance: 'Ex libris Johannis Baptistae' (partly erased ownership inscription on title); ex-libris 'Principis Burghesii' and 'Louis Grossmann Cincinnati' on front pastedown; Hebrew Union College Cincinnati (blind-stamp on title and duplicate stamp on front pastedown). Literature: Adams P1033; Pettegree-Walsby, French Books III & IV, 82807; J. Lewis, Adrien Turnèbe, Genève 1998.
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Demosthenes. Olunthiakos logos protos [-trìtos], text in Greek, title with large woodcut printer's device and small floral ornament, initial spaces with guide-letter, lacking final blank, some mostly light spotting, 18th century red morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, g.e., [Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 16737], 8vo, Rome, [Antonio Blado], 1545. ⁂ The Chatsworth copy of a rare and charming edition of some of the author's most famous speeches, including 'On the Peace'. EDIT 16 records only three copies.
Isocrates. Orationes, Basel, Michel Isengrin,1550; bound with Camerarius (Joachim) Libellus scolasticus utilis et valde bonus, Basel, Johannes Oporinus, 1551, together 2 works in 1, I. collation: α-γ8, a-z8 A-N8, O4; [48], 563 [i.e. 583], [1] pp., II. collation: A-M8, N10, O4; 214 [i.e. 212], [8] pp., both with woodcut decorated initials, slightly browned, pale water-stain to first leaves of first work, fine contemporary German pigskin over wooden boards, covers blind-tooled and decorated with plaque, lower cover with letters 'NV' and date '1551' stamped in blind, spine with three raised bands, metal clasps intact, 8vo (173 x 107mm.) ⁂ This fine miscellaneous volume, in its strictly contemporary German binding, opens with the edition of Isocrates' Orationes printed by Isengrin, supplemented as an introduction by the Isocratous bios by Plutarch. The present copy is complete with the final leaves containing the Index (often lacking) and belongs to the issue bearing the place and date of printing on the title-page. The second work is a very rare schoolbook edited by the outstanding philologist and editor of Greek classics Joachim Camerarius. It includes a collection of short Greek texts extracted from Theognis, Phytagoras, Simonides and Callimachus. Provenance: ownership inscription barely legible, but dated '28 Aug. 1559' on recto of front free endpaper; engraved ex-libris of Pope Pius VI (1717-1799) on front pastedown. Literature: I. VD16 ZV 8607. II. VD16 C 451.
Printed fan.- Naval.- Admiral de Winter Surrendering his Sword to Admiral Lord Duncan, printed fan, stipple engraved on paper, gilt borders, hand-coloured tartan decoration to top edge, sequin decoration to central vignette (majority missing), mounted on decorative bone sticks, 25 cm., B. Coker, 118 Fleet Street, 1797. ⁂ Rare. Not in the Schreiber catalogue. Celebrating the stunning defeat of the Dutch fleet by the British North Sea Fleet at the battle of Camperdown, where they captured 11 Dutch ships, without loss of any of their own.
Annotated by a Leiden Professor of Greek and Hebrew.- Bible, Greek.- Bibliorum pars Graeca quae Hebraicé non inuenitur, collation: A-D8 E-Z, a-h4, title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, early ink marginalia, X3 torn in outer margin, occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, with good margins, small 4to (215 x 163mm.), Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1584. ⁂ Rare second Plantin edition of the Apocrypha in Greek, here in its first issue, with the text of Edras breaking off at 4:17, followed by Esther. From the library of the renowned philologist and Hebraist from Leiden Allard Uchtmann, with marginal annotations, mostly quoting variant readings. Provenance: Allard Uchtmann (d. 1680), professor of Hebrew and Greek at the University of Leiden (ink ownership inscription in Latin and Greek, dated 1670); H.P. Kraus, bookseller. Literature: Adams B1626; Voet 675; Darlow-Moule 4645a.
Printed fan.- Opera.- The Opera Fan for 1800, engraved on paper, gilt decoration to edges, mounted on plain wooden sticks, length: 26 cm., Published as the Act directs by the Proprietors, 42 Pall Mall, Feb. 28, 1800. ⁂ A rare fan depicting the details of the boxes and their occupants for the 1800 season at the King's Theatre.
![Austen (Jane) [The Novels], 6 vol. in 5, 'Standard Novels' series No. XXIII, XXV, XXVII, XXVIII & XXX, first collected editio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/d212ec89-0209-4182-d0af-009479a6eb18/468x382.jpg)
Austen (Jane) [The Novels], 6 vol. in 5, 'Standard Novels' series No. XXIII, XXV, XXVII, XXVIII & XXX, first collected edition, lacking all half-titles, also final blanks in vol.1 and advertisement leaf at end of vol.3, each vol. with engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title (foxed as usual), occasional other light foxing, mostly to 'Emma', attractive contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, mostly to edges, slight gouging to upper cover of 'Sense and Sensibility', corners repaired and neatly rebacked with gilt spines and green roan labels by Maltby & Son of Oxford (with related letter loosely inserted), [Gilson D1-5], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1833. ⁂ A handsome set of the first collected edition of Austen's novels, and rare to find complete. In 1832-33 Richard Bentley bought the copyright of Pride and Prejudice from the executors of Thomas Egerton and of the remaining novels from Henry and Cassandra Austen. None of Austen's novels had been reissued since 1818 so these are all still early editions: Sense and Sensibility, third edition, pre-dating first American edition by a few months; Pride and Prejudice, fourth edition; Mansfield Park, third edition; Emma, second edition, omitting the dedication to the Prince Regent included in the first edition; Northanger Abbey/Persuasion, second edition. The first American editions of the second, third and fifth were in 1832, just ahead of Bentley's.
Rome.- Messalla Corvinus (Marcus Valerius) Libro di Messala Corvino, Oratore desertissimo, a Ottaviano Augusto, collation: a8 b4, italic type, title within attractive woodcut border, incorporating St. George slaying the dragon, woodcut decorative initials, closely trimmed at head, a few spots, 19th century olive-green crushed morocco, gilt, 8vo (135 x 90mm.), [Venice], [Agostino Bindoni], 1544. ⁂ Rare first edition of this translation from the Latin, which includes discussion on the origins of Rome and its early history. Literature: Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 71742 (listing only 3 copies).
Profusely annotated by a 16th century German student.- Tuberinus (Johannes) Carmen...de orgiis corpis Christi publici assertoris, collation: A-B4, Gothic type, title with large woodcut, copious ink notes in a neat contemporary German hand, disbound, small 4to (215 x 157mm.), [Leipzig], [Wolfgang Stöckel], [c.1511]. ⁂ A rare work, with an insight into contemporary Lepizig learning through the copious notes of a student. The large woodcut to title depicts a Woodwose, or hairy wild man of the forest, who carries a shield bearing the arms of the city of Leipzig. The setting of the text provides ample room for inter-linear and marginal notes. Literature: Adams T1016: VD 16 B2375.
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Brontë (Rev. Patrick) The Rural Minstrel: a Miscellany of Descriptive Poems, lacking half-title, title with ½ inch portion cut away at head, not affecting text, some abrasion and wax to pastedowns, original blue boards, spine chipped and worn, covers becoming loose, light rubbing and surface soiling, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, Halifax, P.K.Holden for the Author, 1813. ⁂ Rare, COPAC lists 4 copies, only 1 copy at auction in the last 60 years. Written over a two year period and in a similar vein to Cottage Poems, The Rural Minstrel shows a higher degree of subtlety and literary sophistication than Patrick Brontë's earlier work. "The influence of the poems in The Rural Minstrel can be traced through to [the Brontë children's] work, particularly the poetry of Branwell and Emily." Juliet Barker, The Brontës, p.59.
Sicily.- Geology.- Tata (Domenico) Catalogo di una Raccolta di Pietre Dure native di Sicilia, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces, lightly foxed, contemporary Dutch paste-paper wrappers, short split at head of upper joint, a few small stains, rubbed, 8vo, Naples, Raimondi brothers, 1772. ⁂ A rare catalogue of 210 jaspers and agates collected at various sites in Sicily, with each location noted along with a map reference.Tata's reports on volcanic eruptions have become well-known, many of them in the form of letters to the renowned vulcanologist and archaeologist Sir William Hamilton. Tata is also well-known for his pioneering work on meteorites. Provenance: The Feltrineli copy with bookplate; private ownership stamp to foot of title.
![Plato. Timaeus Platonis, sive de universitate, 2 parts in 1, collation: A-Q4; A-Z4, Aa-Cc4, Dd2; 127, [1]; 212 pp., lacking](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/c4b66aa2-9690-4a38-de86-f8b9f5b2ec1f/468x382.jpg)
Plato. Timaeus Platonis, sive de universitate, 2 parts in 1, collation: A-Q4; A-Z4, Aa-Cc4, Dd2; 127, [1]; 212 pp., lacking final blank, woodcut device on title of second part, woodcut decorated initials and diagrams, occasional foxing, first gathering of second part browned, bibliographical notes in French in an 18th-century hand on rear pastedown, 17th-century mottled calf, rebacked preserving original spine and recornered, 4to (216 x 160mm.), Paris, Jean Bienné [and Guillaume Morel], 1563-1579. ⁂ Exceedengly rare Parisian edition of this platonic dialogue. The original Greek text is accompanied, in the second part, with its translation into Latin by Cicero and the 4th-century philosopher Chalcidius, who was also responsible for the commentary appended at the end of this edition. The second part of the volume has a separate title-page with the date '1563', whereas the colophon bears the imprint 'Absolvebat Ioannes Bene-Natus pridie Kalendas Maias 1569'. After Morel's death in 1564, Bienné had married his widow and inherited the press. In 1569 he put on the market copies of the Latin edition of Timaeus printed by Morel in 1563, which had remained unsold, adding a 'new' colophon with his name as the printer and the date '1569'. Later, in 1579 Bienné published a Greek edition of the Timaeus, supplementing it, as the general title-page states, with its Latin translation, re-using unsold copies of the aforementioned edition of 1563-1569. In his bibliography Imprimeurs Parisiens Renouard records only the Latin part of this Morel edition, thus confirming the great rarity of the 'complete' edition put on sale by Bienné in 1579, and offered here. Provenance: unidentified monogram combining the letters H F, and D on the front pastedown, followed by the early shelfmark 'R. no ii. i'. Literature: Hoffmann III, 296 and 304; Renouard, Imprimeurs Parisiens, III, 624.
![Iron.- [Swedenborg (Emanuel)] Nova observata et inventa circa ferrum et ignem..., first edition, device on title, 3 folding e](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/f4d169a1-4876-46f2-d0b8-e2cb62b7331a/468x382.jpg)
Food & Drink.- Devéria (Achille) Odes d'Anacréon, Complèment de l'Anacréon de Girodel, 2 parts in 1 (second bound before first), lithographed titles printed in red, no text, 20 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by Lemercier after Devéria, many of drinking scenes, paper guards, title to second part foxed, light marginal soiling and occasional water-staining (mainly to final 4 plates), original decorative boards printed in gold, rubbed, edges worn and a little chipped, rebacked, folio, Paris, H.Gache, [1825]. ⁂ Very rare. COPAC lists only one copy, in the Brotherton Library, Leeds; WorldCat lists that and a further 3 copies (Bibliothèque Nationale, Dresden, & Huntington libraries). Achille Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria (1800-57) was a French painter and lithographer known for his portraits of famous writers and artists, and for his lithographs illustrating erotic works, many of which are very scarce. Devéria - see also lot 253
Freedom of the Press.- Pigot (Robert) Liberty of the Press. A letter adressed to the National Assembly of France, light spotting and browning, short tear to head of title, E1 with repaired tear to margin, final f. laid-down, Paris [?but London], 1790 bound after Stanhope (Charles, Earl) A Letter... to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, second edition, lacking half-title and final advertisement f., light surface soiling to title, George Stafford, 1790 and Vindiciae Gallicae. Defence of the French Revolution and its English admirers, against the accusations of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke..., second edition, C6 with some loss to lower corner just touching text, for G.G. J. and J. Robinson, 1791 and Paine (Thomas) Rights of Man, second edition, notes in a contemporary hand to margins, lacking half-title and final f., Y1 a little chipped and creased, J.S.Jordan, 1791 and Priestley (Joseph) Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, second edition, 1p. advertisements, Birmingham, J. Johnson, 1791 together 5 works in 1 vol., nineteenth century half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo. ⁂ The first mentioned is rare, ESTC lists only 3 copies (BL, Yale & University of New South Wales).
![Bible, Greek.- Novum...Testamentum [graece], collation: A-Z8, AA-ZZ8, 2AA-DD8; 796, [4] pp., woodcut device on title, decora](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/6d1db136-cbe9-472b-e69b-add82258623c/468x382.jpg)
Bible, Greek.- Novum...Testamentum [graece], collation: A-Z8, AA-ZZ8, 2AA-DD8; 796, [4] pp., woodcut device on title, decorated initials, occasional marginal browning, stamp erased from title, a few ink underlinings, bound at end seven later blank leaves bearing a few early annotations in Greek and Latin, fine contemporary German blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, covers within fillets and frame decorated with foliate motifs, bearing the date '1564' and the letters 'G.P.N.', centre of upper cover with a plaque depicting the sacrifice of Isaac, a different plaque on lower cover depicting the Resurrection, spine with three raised bands, metal clasps intact, 16mo (139 x 87mm.), [Geneva] Jean Crespin, 1553. ⁂ Rare first edition, in its original German binding, of the New Testament in Greek issued from the well-known printing house established in Geneva by Jean Crespin, a native of Arras forced to leave France in 1548. Crespin had a pivotal role in the dissemination of Calvinism in Europe, and published several editions of the Bible in various languages. This volume is finely printed with Crespin's small but easily legible Greek font, and the text closely follows the New Testament issued in 1550 by Robert Estienne. Literature: Adams B1664; Darlow & Moule 4626.
![[Brontë (Emily)] Wuthering Heights: A Novel. By the author of "Jane Eyre", early American edition, a little browned, occasion](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/dee7acb7-0eba-4924-bdfc-a79000f74b48/7c63502a-4bb4-4402-abe5-b234c0b2d5b2/468x382.jpg)
[Brontë (Emily)] Wuthering Heights: A Novel. By the author of "Jane Eyre", early American edition, a little browned, occasional spotting, small contemporary ink inscription to title, later wrappers, [Smith 3 pp.76-9], 8vo, Boston, Coolidge & Wiley, 1848. ⁂ Rare, Smith was unable to locate any copy with the original wrappers intact.
Bible, English. The Holy Bible containing The Old and the New Testament, 2 parts in 1, double column, U2 very small part of lower corner torn away with very minor loss, 2O1 lower corner torn with loss of text, 2O12 tear within text, without loss, some staining and spotting, lower hinge cracked, upper hinge weak, 18th century black straight-grain morocco, gilt, spine ends chipped, corners little worn, rubbed, 12mo, Printed by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, 1688. ⁂ Rare edition. ESTC records only two copies (BL and British and Foreign Bible Society) and COPAC adds copies at Cambridge and Nat. Lib. Wales.
Vauxhall PA Cresta 1958 - The VauxhallPa Cresta was a pure nod to the cars our friends over the pond were producing. Masses of chrome, wrap round bumpers and dare I say itrear fins! These cars were pure Rock and Roll.This lovely examples previous owner spent thousands sensitively renovating it to the condition you see here today. The exterior body work was stripped and any corrosion that was either present or likely to be if left, was removed and treated (remember 50ês cars were almostBio-degradable when mixed with our weather). Then it was professionally painted to a very high standard and is just as shiny today. Another thing that is nice is its exterior chrome work. It is original so unlike parts that have been re-chromed, the chrome on these has that deep lustre and is very presentable for its age.The interior received the same care and attention. The carpets were replaced throughout while the seats and door panels were retained and fully refurbished, in an effort to try and maintain some originality rather than just swapping out for new. The dash and steering wheel are original and in very good but used condition.Mechanically the 2200cc engine and its gearbox are excellent. The vendor reports it asVery nice to drive with no whines or grinds The rest of the general mechanics and electrics are all good and fully functioning. The sort of car you can get in and use.With only 28 PAês left registered for road use here in the UK, you would be right for thinkingBlimey! Not seen one of those for a long time They really are a true 50ês Classic, pleasing to the eye, as rare as henês teeth and some might sayBest of all being a 1958 car it is both road tax and MOT free.So rare to be offered on the open market outside of owners clubs etc. This PA represents a rare opportunity to own a bit of 50ês nostalgia while being an excellent investment as well.
AUSTIN A55MG Dealers Service Van 1955 - This quaint Right Hand Drive 1955 Austin van had a very pleasant past. Working as a road side assistant vehicle and parts lugger for a French based MG dealership until retired from active service in the late 60ês. At this point rather than sell it on, it became a permanent fixture in the dealerês window until eventually sold to a local chap, when the dealership closed its doors.Since being repatriated to the UK the vendor has had any and all corrosion professionally removed and repaired. The clutch has been replaced along with a new clutch master cylinder. The brakes had the same treatment with shoes etc being replaced along with the master cylinder as well. Now it runs, drives, stops well and comes with a full UK MOT.Inside, years of sitting in the window had taken the toll on the seats so these have been freshly re-upholstered in a period material and colour, while carpets, that it never had, have been custom fitted. More for aesthetics than anything else although this also helps to quiet things down when driving.The body is very solid and original, the areas that have received attention will need to be resprayed but it would be a shame to paint the whole van as you would lose its originality and the signage that has lasted all these years.This is a very rare van, with a nice history. One that once UK registered you can use as is or just tidy the paintwork and it will make an interesting show vehicle. It would also make an excellentPromotional Vehicle or Classic Car Race Team service barge. With the UK MOT done and its French Papers in hand the registration process is a simple one, one that we are happy to carry out for you for a small fee or advise on for free.
Ford FiestaJava 1600cc 1994 _ A classic in the making? Well if itês like every other Fiesta that has gone before, this tidy MK3 version is destined to be especially when as rare as this one.In 1994, just before the MK4 Fiesta was introduced, Ford produced the Fiesta MK3Java as a bit of a special model, featuring as standard a higher quality interior, sunroof, 5 doors, alloy wheels, 5 speed manual gearbox, electric windows, remote boot release and power steering and powered by their venerable 1300cc engine. But oddly, as a special order, they also offered it with a 1600cc twin cam engine under the bonnet!! Why you have to ask? As it was marketed as a small family hatch back.How many were sold in this spec no one seems to know? But with this being one of them and only 25 in total (1300 and 1600cc) left licensed for road use, itês pretty rare. With only 3 owners, a full history, low miles of just short of 58K and a current MOT through to September 2017, itês hardly surprising the vendor describes the car as mechanically sound. But also says out on the open road the extra 50% power hike over its 1300cc sibling, can really be felt with performance more akin to ahot hatch. Gearbox, clutch breaks etc are all good. As are its original alloys and its tyres. Body work is good and polishes well with just a few dinks and scratches. Offered at a price it is worth buying and just sticking away or as an excellent introduction to theretro car scene for our younger clients.These little cars were almost like Fords secret and are bound to become a sought after car as all performance related Fords do. Get in quick before someone else does.
Volkswagen Scirocco “Scala” 1989 - Far rarer than its brother the Golf and now becoming very sought after is the Volkswagen Scirocco and the special addition “Scala” was always a rare sight even when new. This particular car has survived incredibly well with diamond straight body work and no signs of rust and being a Scala, is as original and finished in factory white with its special edition alloy wheels (which have recently been restored). Open the tail gate and all the usual suspect areas where rust can be found are like new, including the underneath edge of the tail gate and boot floor areas. Inside the door shuts on the A post are signs of the original factory grease still and the car was Ziebarted from new to stop any rust getting into the chassis, doors or floor pans.The interior is incredible, totally original with no signs of wear not even on the driver seat bolsters, un heard of without being retrimed! The 1800cc injected engine fires instantly and soon settles to an even tick over, the vendor has just had a new exhaust manifold fitted. He reports that on the road the car feels so much newer than its age being quick enough to have some fun, while not being expensive to run. Its gear box and clutch are good along with all the general mechanics and electrics. But no more than you would expect from a car that has only 100,497 miles on the clock and is complete with an excellent full service history ( VW up to 68,000 year 2000 then VW specialist ) plus a file full of receipts, bills, old MOt’s and its handbook. With a current MOT through to June 2017 and not to be confused with the “Normal” VW’s on the market, this car is truly ready to go and offers an excellent opportunity for any collector of 80’s cars or Volkswagen fan.
Here at ECCA we are honoured to of been chosen to offer for auction the “Steve Tandy” collection of Motorsport and Motorsport derived cars. This collection is the fruit of one mans labour, both in the Motorsport arena, where he has won multiple World, European and British championships and his private passion for fast cars. From a one owner “find” Ford Escort Cosworth, multi championship winning National Hot Rod cars, historic Ford Rally cars to big growling American V8 race cars there really is something from most forms of circuit or broken surface racing in the collection, offered here today!First up is this instantly recognisable and favourite of just about every teenager in the 80’s, 1987 Ford Sierra “Cosworth” affectionately known as a “Whale Tail Cossie”. These cars marked just about the end of the mad pursuit in the eighties by companies like Ford to be top dogs in the “Let’s take a boring family saloon car and turn it into a true performance car”game!! Alongside offerings from BMW, Audi and even Volvo. Somehow though it was Ford that captured most people’s imagination, all of a sudden the boring and mundane 1600cc Rep Mobile that you or your dad drove every day actually looked like the cars seen winning just about every saloon car race series in the country. You could even buy that OTT rear spoiler and bolt it on, if it did not actually make your car faster who cared it “looked” like it would be!!Body work is in great condition, it has not even been cleaned in the pictures. That is as it has been kept. Door shuts and body lines are excellent with no signs of repairs or impacts. Open the doors and the door steps and apertures all round are perfect with no rust or corrosion evident. This goes for the doors themselves as well. All the relevant body kit parts are present and correct and the aftermarket wheels are in good condition.Inside is excellent. The Recaro seats had a reputation for being “delicate” well not liking being sat on which is a bit inconvenient when you are a seat! Somehow, apart from some slight looseness of the front seat bases material, the seats in this car have survived very well. The dash is good with just one or two minor cracks that all Fords of this time suffered with. Not bad but there. All the original instruments are in place and working, even the original stereo is still fitted so no nasty big holes and poor wiring from badly fitted aftermarket stereos ( this is not tested at time of writing but will update once done so) The LCD clock works but has dimmed with time. Even the rear parcel shelf is there, slightly bowed from time if you open the rear hatch, but not noticeable when closed.Last on the road in 1997 this superb condition example should be recommissioned before being used, more as a precautionary thing and something anyone with any mechanical sympathy would do automatically. However it has regularly been run up during those years, its wheels have been rotated to stop any flat spotting and it has on the odd occasion been taken out for a drive, so it does start and run, gearbox clutch and transmission are fully functioning as are the brakes and all electrics.We all know how strong values of all Fast Fords are, with cars often changing hands multiple times and at a higher price each time. It is very rare for a “new” car to come to market such as this one as once in private collections they tend to stay there. Making this car an excellent opportunity for any serious collector or lover of “Blue Oval” cars.Note: The very rare and hard to find genuine work shop manuals are with the car.
Volkswagen T25Pop -top Subaru powered ! 1982 - Fresh from storage, is this nice classic VWPop top Camper but one with a difference. Gone is the original and slightly asthmatic engine, now in the back is a Subaru flat 4 motor which has been mated to the original 4 speed manual Volkswagen gear box, so same gearing just more power. Along with this clever conversion is the fitment of a Vauxhall derived electrically assisted power steering, both of these modifications help to make this 1982 V-dub easier to live with on todayês roads.Body work is very good having benefited at some time recently from a refresh of its paint. No it is not concourse but still nice, shiny and well, white! The rare and desirablePop- Top is fully functioning with good condition material inserts.Inside you will find what would be calledperiod fixtures and fittings. Looking to be original all the various appliances are said to be functioning by the vendor but we have to say we would recommend a full service by a qualified engineer prior to use and all risks are borne by the user. Condition throughout is good with a nicerock anê roll bed fridge and sink.Mechanically everything is said to be good and the vendor will be putting a fresh MOT on the Van before the auction, so all electrics, brakes etc will be up to current UK standards.Having spent many periods over the last years, stood up while the various modifications and improvements have been carried out, in fact according to the MOT history less than 500 miles have been recorded in the last 11 years, this very popular model VW has survived very well and now is available only due to its loss of storage in the workshop where it has been kept. It is being offered with a reserve set well below where we advised as the vendor wants it to sell and this way its more or less guaranteed to do so. Someone is going to get a bargain!
Ford Escort MK3 1.6 Convertible 1985 - First registered in August 1985, this pretty 1600cc Ford Escort Cabriolet is presented in an unusual metallic green with cream soft top colour combination. Someone at some point in its life, prior to the vendors ownership, spent a lot of time and money fitting the colour matched body kit and addressing the body work issues so today what you have is a nice example of what is now becoming a rare car.Interior has also received the same treatment with different seats and dash and while being in good condition and very useableas is there are some areas of improvement that can be carried out by the new owner. The odometer does read 25k but this is not warranted or claimed to be correct.The current owner and vendor has carried out further improvements and serviced the car while in his keep. Nothing major just small improvements that have continued with the cars evolution into what is fast becoming a very well sorted car.So if you are looking for a good solid example of Fords ever popular Escort, one you can drive and improve if you wish, while the value goes up. This could be one to have a good look at. Current MOT is until April 2018.
BMW 325i E30 M-Tech Convertible 1991 - This very desirable 1991 BMW E30 325i Convertible would be rare enough if that was it. Finding an E30, any E30 in this condition nowadays is a feat in itself, but this is not only in superb condition but one of only a hundred or soM-Tech Convertibles produced in right hand drive form!With only 111, 301 miles on the clock and having had 108,618 miles showing when MOTêd back in 2006, it has spent most of the last 11 years stored in the hands of collectors, this is backed up by its on line MOT history and prior to that the history file it comes with that includes bills, invoices and 16 service stamps, the last of which is for cam-belt tensioners pump and service.Its dark grey metallic body work is in excellent condition with even the deeper chin spoiler surviving the rigours of low kerbs and sleeping police men, appearing to be undamaged. The widelattice alloys are shod with expensive Continental tyres all round with deep tread and the alloys themselves in excellent order. The convertible hood is very good but in case you have not spotted it, we draw your attention to the very very rare hard top that is fitted and comes with the car, also in great condition.Inside all theM-Sport fixtures are there with the specially M Sportmonikered grey leather seats being in very good condition, needing little more than some leather feed and not having any sign of what is almost a standard feature on these cars, holes in the bolsters! The again rare to find rear wind deflector is also there, fitted in the back to keep that annoying chill off the back of your neck when motoring with the roof down.Mechanically all is described as in very good condition. The engine pulls very strongly, feeling much more powerful than its claimed when new 168HP.That coupled to an automatic gearbox that still changes as smoothly as when new, gives this lovely car enough performance to embarrass many modern day cars while still making it a very nice car to drop the roof and travel long distances in comfort. When you consider the E30 Model design dates back to its launch in 1982, you realise just how good these cars were back then and just why they are so popular today.The vendor of the car will be placing a new MOT on it prior to the auction so it will be ready to go to its next lucky owner. No this is not a cheap E30, is there even such a thing anymore? What it is though is one of the rarest E30ês produced numerically, fitted with some very rare options making it a bit special to collectors and lovers of the BMW marque, all wrapped up in a lovely colour and condition. Try finding another like it! Prices of E30ês are up year on year, so a great investment as well.
Audi “Final Edition” Cabriolet 2.6 Auto 1999 - This lovely condition Audi Convertible is finished in a special order colour called “Orinoco Pearl Effect” and was part of the Exclusive Special Order Range. First registered in 1999 it is actually a 2000 model and so part of the Final Edition range as well, this is a rare car.Powered by Audi’s silky smooth 2.6 V6 engine driving through their equally smooth automatic gearbox, it still according to the vendor, drives beautifully with no faults. Having said that it has only done 91000 miles with a full service history. A full service including the pollen filter has just been carried out and at the same time the anti-roll bar bushes and drop links were changed for its new MOT.Externally the paint work is very good and cosmetically the car benefits from a recently fitted new rear screen in the powered hood, the hood itself has just had a service including replacement new looms and its alloy wheels refurbished.Inside is lovely and apart from the power hood other factory extras the car has are Burr Walnut finishers, Fine Nappa hide leather, winter pack, cruise control and headlight washers. This is a very high spec car.Now becoming very rare and desirable with this engine, spec and colour.
Ford Escort Cosworth Low Miles 1993 - The Ford Escort Cosworth has to be one of the most sought after and hence, collectable cars to of been produced in the 90ês. At this point I think we need to say thatanyone reading this does not need to be told about the model. They have been elevated to cult status with many a hushed or rowdy conversation taking place in Pubs, Car Parks and even dare I say bedrooms (–You love that damn car more than me sought of conversations!) the length and breadth of the country. Everyone knows what they are so on to this actual car.First registered in January 1993 this lovely condition car is in the sought after colour of metallicMallard green and apart from the upgraded blue Samco silicon hoses and theGroup A breather system using Goodrich braided steel hoses under the bonnet, appears to of survived in its original state, a rare feat indeed. The current owner a avid collector of Ford Motorsport cars, purchased it in 2013 with a fresh MOT showing 84121 miles, now 4 years later it has done 84187, another 66 miles and most of that was the drive home! In that time it has sat in his dry garage . So with this lack of use and his imminent relocation the decision has been taken to offer it to the market, but in his wordsIf it does not sell at a sensible price, it will just go back into storage elsewhere So this is a one time chance to buy being offered here in this auction.The body work is described as very good and needing little more than a good deep polish from being stood for so long under cover. There is how ever a light cosmetic damageCat D insurance claim listed against the car from back in 2011, but whoever repaired it did an exceptional job, any paint work that was carried out is matched perfectly.(Note: Please also bare in mind that if this level of damage occurred today, with todayês values, the percentage of value versus cost to repair would be so low it would not even be recorded!). Glass all round, apart from the windscreen, is original and still carries the dealer etched security numbers offered at the time to help guard against theft. The original alloys are in good order with just a couple of minor kerb scuffs. The vendor tells us that prior to purchase he inspected it underneath as well, on a ramp. It was excellent under there, no corrosion or damage.Interior is very good, the leather trim is in good order needing no more than a good feed. Carpet, roof lining and door cards are all very nice. There is an old mobile phone mount that could do with being removed from the side of the centre console, but any holes left would not be seen once removed. The dash is again very good with all the standard clocks in place, just the LCD clock has deteriorated withbleeding to the display.The engine? Well itês lovely, starting instantly with no nasty puffs of smoke from the exhaust, no ominous rattles or reasons to worry. While unfortunately the original service book has gone missing, there is a file of bills and receipts recording the work that has been carried out over the years. Also included is all its old MOT certificates, including its very first one, aTracker certificate if you want to get it re-instated and even its original bill of sale, all these things help to back up the very low mileage recorded on the odometer.Everything else, general mechanics, electrics, transmission etc are all stated to be very good and the vendor will be placing a new MOT on the car prior to sale. One thing we do always say, even with a fresh MOT, when a car has stood for some years we would advise a level of recommissioning should be undertaken prior to use.With prices of these very desirable Fords sometimes being nearly twice what they cost new, this lovely example is being offered with a very realistic reserve and one that is not likely to be repeated in the future and yes the PersonalCOS plate does come with it.
Jaguar XJ6Sovereign 4litre Very Low Miles 1994 - Only now available due to bereavement is this very nice JaguarSovereign with a very low recorded mileage of 31,113. Last used in 2010 the car was presented for its mot which it passed with only two minor advisories, a cracked door mirror and delaminated front number plate, even that was not bad enough to fail! The MOT tester did comment that he had not seen a Jaguar of this era as nice as this one underneath before. The MOT history with the car goes a long way to back this low mileage up, unfortunately the family have not so far managed to find its history book but we will up-date if they do.Body work is very good, yes it does have the odd scratch, more from being stored for so long. There is however a tennis ball sized dent on the right hand side of the rear panel below the rear light. But so rare to find, no rust! There is some very minor corrosion on the alloy wheels, again more due to standing than exposure to bad weather.Interior is excellent, being theSovereign it has all the electrical options including the upgradedHarman/Kardon stereo and electrically adjusted front seats with memory on both. The leather and wood is excellent with the rear seat looking like it has not been used. The roof lining is beginning to droop as all Jag roof linings do at this age if not already replaced.The engine and general mechanics are all very good as they should be and as we said it has just passed its MOT with flying colours. Representing a very rare opportunity to own a low mileage Jaguar, this really is one to buy and keep while it becomes more and more valuable over the next couple of years.
This glorious and painfully pretty 1966 Alfa Romeo Spider “Duetto” 1600 was purchased by its one owner from the Alfa Romeo main dealers one mile from his house in Paris. They are still there, as is he and they have serviced it from new. So this car is not only exceedingly rare but is a “One owner with history car” not many can boast that! Coming to us direct from Paris, the car will have its French papers but we will not have had time to put it through the UK registration process. If this is required then we will do this for a UK buyer after purchase, if not required we can arrange transport (at buyers cost) using the original papers. The body work has been refreshed in its time and looks good today, being very solid in the boot floor and front inner wing areas and the paint work is very presentable with a deep shine. The soft top hood is in very good condition with only very slight discolouring to the rear window. The interior is original and in very good condition complete with its rubber floor mats and period radio in the dash. It still has the stickers on the windscreen telling you how to run theengine in from new and tyre pressures for different makes of tyres! Mechanically the vendor tells us that everything is very good, the engine gives good oil pressure and once warmed through, a nice even tick over. Gearbox is smooth in operation and the clutch functions correctly. General mechanics including brakes and electrics are good. We are expecting this little gem to be in the UK by the end of the third week of April so we will update this listing then withfurther details. Please contact us to register your interest in this piece of automotive art.
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