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R P Ziff no.70, consisting of two cast iron sides, wooden seat and back bearing name labelFrom the vendor: While relocating my barber shop, I was looking to replace my waiting chairs with old style folding ones. Browsing online for cinema chairs I came across a local antiques shop selling some rusty and tatty chairs with a laminate plastic cover. I went to view them and was told that they were found in an old storage unit in a service pit used for servicing automobiles. They looked like they would clean up well, so I took up the challenge and bought a few. Stripping the plastic off uncovered lovely wooden seats and backs, on these backs were names. Until this point, I had not noticed the LUFC engravings on the cast iron bases due to the rust. Some of the chairs had names and one said Visiting Director. I protected these with masking tape. Manager Don Revies name was revealed to me while removing tape from a chair, accidentally pulling off another name. Since being restored by myself they have featured in an Antiques Roadshow episode, radio and newspaper articles.
N V Watson 71, Keith Reynolds 68, S L Blenkinsop 101, C W Jones 68, R R Roberts 107, T Ashdown 66 and K T Child 70 (7)From the vendor: While relocating my barber shop, I was looking to replace my waiting chairs with old style folding ones. Browsing online for cinema chairs I came across a local antiques shop selling some rusty and tatty chairs with a laminate plastic cover. I went to view them and was told that they were found in an old storage unit in a service pit used for servicing automobiles. They looked like they would clean up well, so I took up the challenge and bought a few. Stripping the plastic off uncovered lovely wooden seats and backs, on these backs were names. Until this point, I had not noticed the LUFC engravings on the cast iron bases due to the rust. Some of the chairs had names and one said Visiting Director. I protected these with masking tape. Manager Don Revies name was revealed to me while removing tape from a chair, accidentally pulling off another name. Since being restored by myself they have featured in an Antiques Roadshow episode, radio and newspaper articles.
consisting of 3 cast iron sides, 2 wooden seats and named backs for A Redman 61, R Feldman 111From the vendor: While relocating my barber shop, I was looking to replace my waiting chairs with old style folding ones. Browsing online for cinema chairs I came across a local antiques shop selling some rusty and tatty chairs with a laminate plastic cover. I went to view them and was told that they were found in an old storage unit in a service pit used for servicing automobiles. They looked like they would clean up well, so I took up the challenge and bought a few. Stripping the plastic off uncovered lovely wooden seats and backs, on these backs were names. Until this point, I had not noticed the LUFC engravings on the cast iron bases due to the rust. Some of the chairs had names and one said Visiting Director. I protected these with masking tape. Manager Don Revies name was revealed to me while removing tape from a chair, accidentally pulling off another name. Since being restored by myself they have featured in an Antiques Roadshow episode, radio and newspaper articles.
including a signed letter from Richard Nixon, Vice President (19/9/59) to Mr Eric Johnston; signed letter and photograph from Hubert H Humphrey, Vice President; a brochure for The Academia 'The Nations Most Unusual Theatre' and 6x8 photographs of same; signed letter of thanks 25/4/61 from Brigadier Chet Young (USAF); a letter from the Office of the Secretary of Defence with thanks for training films; a demob letter from the War Office 9/3/46 to Lieutenant R S Crisp; two salvaged letters from the Prestwick air crash Christmas Day 1954; a hand signed dollar bill by Henry H Fowler and more
A large modern 18ct white gold tanzanite and diamond pear cluster ring, set with pear-cut tanzanite and modern round brilliant-cut diamonds, tanzanite approx 4.45ct, total diamond content approx 1ct, setting height 22.7mm, size R, 10.4gNo damage or repairs, all stones present, tanzanite is a vivid purplish blue, diamonds bright white and fiery, settings very lightly abraded, mark clear, engraved 750
An 18ct gold 0.6ct solitaire diamond ring, platinum-topped 6-claw setting with modern round brilliant-cut diamond, diamond weight calculated from measurements: 5.43mm x 2.94mm, size R, 2.4gDiamond relatively bright and fiery with a few internal black spot and fracture inclusions just about visible without a loupe, settings are quite worn with 2 join marks on shank, marks rubbed, engraved 18ct and plat
A German mahogany-cased 'Ting-Tang' 8-day bracket clock, by RSM (R M Schneckenburger), square brass dial with silvered chapter ring, Roman numeral hour markers, bevelled-glass exhibition side plates, and movement striking on 2 gongs, case height 46cm, working order, with pendulum and keyMovement - currently workingDial - mostly clean with slight tarnishing around keyholesGlass - cleanHands - goodCase - goodNotes - with pendulum and key
A Victorian 18ct gold 7-stone sapphire and diamond half hoop ring, set with oval mixed-cut sapphires and old-cut diamonds, hallmarks Birmingham 1888, setting height 5.8mm, size R, 3.9g (1 sapphire loose)All stones present but 1 flanking sapphire is loose, all have surface abrasions, diamonds are bright, settings slightly worn with light abrasions all over and 2 join marks on back of shank, hallmarks clear, stamped 18
11 Se 90 Gallantry Full Set signed by 15 involved in WW11, VC, GC Holders Battle of Britain Ervine Andrews VC, B Reid VC, E Wilson VC, R Learoyd VC all Victoria Cross Holder K Farrow GC, C Walker GC, G Stevens GC, all George Cross Holders, Elizabeth Mortimer MM, C Comeau MM, Military Medal, Dennis David, Bob Doe, F Carey All Battle of Britain. Sqn Ldr Lewis Brandon, Pat Kingsmill and A W F Sutton DSC RN.Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Gen Sir George Ersking DSO typed signed letter on HQ Nairobi stationary 1953 replying to a letter. Fixed to blue card with unknown autograph of General Master Tanks and R Oulton Provost Marshall.Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
H R Hallaway Signed Book Margery Jackson 1722 1812 The Life and Times of the Carlisle Miser by H R Hallaway Softback Book 1991 Signed by H R Hallaway on the Title page published by Halstead Printers some ageing and Water Staining to the first few pages fair condition.Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
vintage entertainment postcards, a collection of 300 unusual and interesting photographs of Stars from Stage and Screen include Miss Ellaline Terriss, Miss Denise Orme, Miss Ellen Terry, Miss Constance Drever, Miss Madge Lessing, The Cingalee, Millie Legarde and Louis Bradfield, Irene Vanburgh, Marie Dainton and Farren Soutar, Alice Beaugarde, Florence Randle, Rhoda Cecil, Florence Jamieson, Louie Freer, Connie Ediss, Mr and Mrs Arthur Bourchier, G P Huntley, Miss Sybil Arundale, Miss Hilda Moody and George Carroll, Mr Willie Warde, Madge Crighton, Mr Gilbert Laye, Arthur Winckworth, Walter Hyde, Edna May, Mr Seymour Hicks, Miss Ruth Vincent and Miss Sylvia Sablanc, Daisy Gerome, J R Hale, Miss Marie Studholme, Miss Gertrude Elliott, Miss Mabel Nelson, Miss Julia Neilson, Mr Stanley Brett and The Gibson Girls, Miss Phyllis Dare, Miss Julia Neilson, Maria Reining, Ludwig Weber, Miss Maud Jeffries, Josephine Baker, Miss Mabel Love, Mr C Hayden Coffin, Miss Margaret Hayes.Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Robert Hudson Signed Book Inside Outside Broadcasts First Edition 1993 Hardback Book Signed by Robert Hudson on the Title page published by R and W Publications Ltd.Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Edward Aldy Lincoln. An 18thC oak longcase clock, the arched hood surmounted by eagle and orb finials, with quarter gilt highlighted columns above a silvered 28cm diameter Roman numeric and Arabic dial, eight day ship rolling movement, Arabic date aperture and raised spandrels, titled to The Terrible Captain Lockart with an arched trunk door on bracket feet, 233cm high. See Wilbourn (ASH) and Ellis (R) Lincolnshire Clock, Watch and Barometer Makers, who suggest Aldy worked on The Strait in Lincoln in 1760 and produced other ship related clocks.
Various books, cricket related, Trevor Bailey's cricket book, Andrew Flintoff, Simon Hughes, Crusoe on cricket, Ted Dexter test kill, Moyes (AG) Beaund Ford (John), The Fight For The Ashes in 1930 by Warner, Trevor Bailey's Cricket Book, Noble (MA) The Fight For The Ashes 1928-29, Lillee (R) 24 Years Of Cricket, etc. (a large quantity)
Map Reference. A collection of approximately 55 books, 20th century, map reference and cartographic history including Tooley (R. V.). Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, Revised Edition, 4 volumes (complete), Map Collector Publications in Association with Richard Arkway Inc. 1999, additional half-title, numerous black & white illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jackets, 4to, together with Bonar Law (Andrew). The Printed Maps of Ireland 1612 - 1850, The Neptune Gallery, Dublin, 1997, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, publishers' cloth gilt, dust jacket, folio, with Beresiner (Yasha). British County Maps, Reference and Price Guide, Antique Collectors' Club, 1983, numerous colour and black and white illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket, folio, plus Van Den Broecke (Marcel). Ortelius Atlas Maps, An Illustrated Guide, HES Publishers, Westrenen, 1996, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jacket,8vo, and Parker (Philip). History of Britain in Maps, Harper Collins, 2017, additional half-title, numerous colour and black and white illustrations throughout, publisher's colour-printed boards, folio, with others similar including examples by Moreland & Bannister, Skelton, Russell, Booth, King, Lister, Seymour Manasek, Crane, Bennett and Fisher, various sizes, good conditionQty: (approx. 55)
Middlesex. Seale (R. W.). To the Most Noble Thomas Holles Pelham, Duke of Newcastle..., This map of the county of Middlesex is dedicated by his Graces' most humble servant..., [1765], hand coloured engraved map with ninety-two shields of the livery companies to the vertical margins, slight overall toning, 520 x 735 mm,Qty: (1)Footnote: Originally published in 'The Large English Atlas'.
Nottinghamshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Comitatus Nottinghamiensis Nottingham Shire, Amsterdam, circa 1645, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, 385 x 500 mm, French text on verso, together with Bowen (Emanuel). An Accurate Map of Nottinghamshire Describing its Wapotakes and Divisions Drawn from the Best Authorities, Illustrated with Historical Extracts..., H. Overton, J. Bowles & Son, T. Bowles, Bakewell & Parker, J. Ryal, R. Sayer and T. Kitchin [1762 or later], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight overall toning, 510 x 415 mmQty: (2)Footnote: The second map described was originally published in 'The Royal English Atlas' and appears to be the first state.
Martin (R. Montgomery). The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World, John Tallis and Company, London and New York, 1851, additional half-title, frontispiece of the Great Exhibition near detached, 2 comparison plates, 81 (complete as list) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, slight marginal dust soiling, some maps with old stitch marks to foredge, upper hinge partially cracked, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed and worn, folioQty: (1)
* Coaching. Hunt (Charles), The Red Rover, Southampton Coach, B. Moss & Co. 1851, aquatint after James Pollard, contemporary hand colouring, 360 x 530 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Rosenberg (Frederick). The Mail Coach in a Flood, John Watson, 1821, aquatint after James Pollard, contemporary hand colouring, slight spotting and staining, 310 x 425 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Reeve (R. G.). The Union, Paris & Dover Coach by Messrs. Fogg, Chitty & Co. circa 1825, aquatint after Captain Galindo, contemporary hand colouring, long repaired closed tear affecting image, 255 x 345 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (3)
* Earlom (Richard). Bulldogs and Badger, from a Cabinet Picture in the Possession of Wm. Surtees, Lambe & Son, circa 1820, mezzotint after Charles Towne, contemporary hand colouring, very slight creasing, 510 x 600 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Lucas (Alfred). Portraits of Foxhounds, Ackermann & Co., 1844, hand-coloured mixed-method engraving on India wove after R. B. Davis, proof before title, 480 x 575 mm, framed and glazed with a Fores Gallery Label to versoQty: (2)
* Maritime Watercolour. A Distant View of Strombolo, One of the Burning Mountings in Latd. 38° 57? & Long 15° 53? East, Taken by Rowland's in the Audacious, Bearing from her S. W. by W, Dist..., 8 Leags. June 19th Anno Domini 1798. Brittannia's Fleet in Triumph Role and Spreads her Fame from Pole to Pole, naive watercolour, slight fraying to margins, with another image to the verso A View of the British Fleet Sailing through the Farr of Messina under the Comd. of Admr. Nelson, June 20th Anno 1798, naive watercolour with six lines of verso to each side of the manuscript title, manuscript monogram to lower right of J. R., slight fraying to the margins, 190 x 285 mmQty: (1)
* Mezzotint Drolls. Fairburn (John, publisher), Summer & Winter, 1796, two mezzotints with contemporary hand-colouring, each with lines of verso below the image, each approximately 355 x 255 mm, uniformly framed and glazed, together with Collet (John, after), Reynard's Last Shift, Carington Bowles, circa 1780, mezzotint with contemporary hand-colouring, some staining, trimmed to image, chipped with slight loss to the title, 345 x 250 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Sayer (Robert, publisher). Young Celadons Courtship, 23rd March 1789, mezzotint with contemporary hand-colouring, small margins, light overall toning, 355 x 255 mm, framed and glazed, with Bowles (H. & Carver S. publishers). An Ordinary on Sunday at Two O'Clock, 2nd October 1793, mezzotint with contemporary hand-colouring, creased and with several repaired closed tears, slight loss to the image in the right-hand margin, 340 x 255 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Carington Bowles (publisher). [Margaret Nicholson, attempting to assassinate His Majesty King George IIId at the Garden Entrance of St James's Palace, 2nd August 1786], mezzotint with contemporary hand-colouring, trimmed to image with loss of title and letters, laid on later card, 330 x 250 mm, framed and glazed and Sayer (R. & Bennett J. publishers). Sweet Echo, [1781], mezzotint with contemporary hand-colouring, some creasing and surface abrasion, trimmed to image, torn with some loss to the title, 325 x 250 mm, framed and glazedQty: (7)
* Natural History. A collection of approximately 150 prints, 18th & 19th century, engravings and lithographs of trees, birds and mammals, including 7 (including 2 duplicates) hand-coloured engravings of parrots from Francois Lebaillant's 'Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets', some staining, each approximately 330 x 260 mm, 2 trimmed to the platemark, together with approximately 60 uncoloured engravings of mammals from George Louis Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle Generale et Partic...,', each approximately 215 x 165 mm and 22 coloured lithographs and etchings of trees, including examples by or after Barnard, Strutt, Ravenscroft and the United States P. R. R. Surveys of California and Oregon, various sizes and good conditionQty: (approx. 150)
Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible: containing the Old Testament and the New, London: Barker and Assigns of Bill, 1631], lacking general and New Testament titles, text incomplete and some leaves torn with archival repairs, double-column roman text, bound with an incomplete Common Prayer at front, recent endpapers, modern calf with contemporary covers relaid, brass bosses and corner pieces, lacking clasps, 8vo, together with: New Testament [Greek], He? Kaine? Diathe?ke?· Novum Testamentum. : Huic editioni omnia difficiliorum vocabulorum themata, quæ in Georgii Pasoris lexico grammatice? resolvuntur, in margine apposuit Carolus Hoole. In eorum scilicet gratiam, qui prima Græcæ linguæ tyrocinia faciunt, London: excudebat R. Nortonus pro Josh. Kyrton, 1653, title with early inscription to verso, single-column greek text, 18th century reversed calf, light wear at head of spine, 12mo, together with other antiquarian including Operum D. Hieronymi, a mariano victorio realtino, canonico..., volume 4 only, Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1578, printer's woodcut device to title and old ink library stamps, incomplete at rear, some damp staining, 19th century half sheep, spine crudely repaired, worn, folio, and The Holy Bible..., London: printed by John Field, 1660, initial half of text only covering Genesis to Nehemiah 13: 31, engraved general title, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, 12moQty: (7)Footnote: Sold with all faults, not subject to return. The 1631 Bible appears to be similar to Herbert 440 (Darlow & Moule 337), with Gen L.26 ... hee was | put in a coffin in Egypt. Deut. heading appears different. This volume was printed in the same year as the 'Wicked Bible'.
Charles I. Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His sacred Maiestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings, [London]: Printed [by Thomas Warren], Anno Dom. 1648 [i.e. 1649], without first & last blanks, engraved frontispiece and A6, ink monogram stamp and ownership annotation at head of title, ink notes to verso, faint ink marks to two leaves of text, some browning and light dust-soiling, signatures to front endpaper, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary sheep, upper board near detached, some wear, 12mo, together with: B. (R.), [i.e. Nathaniel Crouch], The wars in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Containing an account of all the battles, seiges, state intrigues, revolution, accidents, and other remarkable transactions, during the reign of King Charles the First. Being an impartial view of his life and actions..., 6th edition, revised and corrected, London: Nath. Crouch, 1697, without frontispiece, woodcut illustrations to text, some toning and few marks, later endpapers, contemporary speckled sheep, 8vo, Eaton (John), The Discovery of the most dangerous Dead Faith, 2nd edition, London: printed by R. Bishop for William Adderton, 1642, occasional ink underscoring, light dust-soiling, 18th century marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, slight loss at head & foot of spine, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, 12mo, and other 17th & 18th century antiquarian, few defectiveQty: (20)Footnote: Eikon Basilike - ESTC R221543; Wing E278; Madan 4. First and last leaves blank and rarely present; A6 known to exist in only two copies (cf. Madan).
Clarke (Samuel). A mirrour or looking-glasse both for saints and sinners, held forth in some thousands of examples..., Whereunto are added a Geographical description of all the countries in the known world: as also the wonders of God in nature; and the rare, stupendious, and costly works made by the art, and industry of man. As the most famous cities, temples, structures, statues, cabinets of rarities, &c. which have been, or are now in the world, 2 parts in one, 3rd edition, very much enlarged, London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Tho. Newberry [Part II: printed by R.I. for Thomas Newberry], 1657, engraved portrait frontispiece (neatly strengthened to gutter and lower margins) and engraved title to second part (Geographical Description), both by R. Gaywood, without additional engraved general title, occasional light spotting, bookplate with viscount coronet and monogram W.G. to upper pastedown, ownership signatures and attached note to front endpaper, contemporary gilt panelled calf, gilt decorative devices to panel compartments of spine, red morocco title label, wear to upper joint and head & foot of spine, folio (27.8 x 19cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: ESTC R26027; Wing C4551; Sabin, 13447; McAlpin III, p.198. The second part containing the Geographical Description includes a section describing America (pp.169-190). Provenance: contemporary ownership signature 'P. Glenurchye Empr. Lond. 1659', and name of Patrick Campbell, ownership inscription of Irvine Masson 'bt. fr. John Grant, Edinburgh, 1926', and with tipped in note in his hand, with further details of Samuel Clarke and the engraved portrait, and thoughts on the earlier provenance '... suggests a possible Patrick Campbell on the line of Viscounts Glenorchy. The bookplate with initial W.G. could possibly be that of Willielma Campbell, Viscountess Glenorchy (1741-1786?).
Haeften (Benedictus van). Schola Cordis, sive aversi a Deo cordis ad eumden reductio et instructio, Anntwerp: Apud Hieronymum et Joan. Bapt. Verdussen, 1663, half-title, engraved title with ink stamp 'Bibliotheca Puseiana, Oxon' to lower blank margin, 55 engraved emblem plates, few plates damp stained to upper blank margins, ink stamp to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, spine cracked and worn with loss at head & foot, old paper label at foot of spine, upper board detached and lower joint split, 8vo, together with: Osorio (Jean), Concionum R. P. Ioannis Osorii Societatis Iesu, editio postrema a? mendis repurgata, 5 volumes, Monasterii Westphaliae: typis ac sumptibus Michae?lis Dalii, 1622, woodcut to titles, scattered spotting, library label with withdrawn stamp to front endpapers, contemporary vellum, some dust-soiling and minor wear, 8vo, Sleidanus (Johannes), Ioan. Sleidani commentariorum de statu repigionis et reipublicae, Carolo V Caesare, libri XXVI, Editio noua prioribus correctior, Frankfurt: Ioan. Th. Scho?nvvetterum, 1610, engraved title, toning and occasional scattered spotting, upper hinge broken, bookplate & ink stamps to front free endpaper, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, 8vo, Lundorp (Michael Caspar), Ioannis Sleidani de statu religionis ac reipublicae continuatio ab anno videlicet supra millesimum quingentesimum quinquagesimo sexto, ad nostra usque tempora, non ex superior editione..., 3 volumes, Frankfurt: excudebat Nicolaus Hoffmannus, sumptibus haeredum Iacobi Fischeri, 1619-1621, toning and scattered spotting, bookplate & ink stamps to front free endpaper, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, 8vo, together with other similar antiquarianQty: (16)
Hesiod. The Works of Hesiod translated from the Greek, by Mr. Cooke, London: N. Blanford for T. Green, 1728, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 4to, together with: Sophocles, Sophoclis tragoediæ septem schoiis veteribus illustratæ: cum versione et notis Thomæ Johnsoni..., 2 volumes, London: Jos. Pote, R. Manby, E. Wicksted & others, 1758, occasional light scattered spotting, bookplates of Lavington and Wilberforce Library Backsettown to front endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, 8vo, Seneca (Lucius Annaeus), Seneca's Morals by way of abstract, 2 parts in one, 5th edition, To which is added a discourse under the title of An After-Thought, by Sir R. L'Estrange, London: S. Manship, 1693, engraved frontispiece torn to outer corners with slight loss, early ownership inscription to upper blank margin of title, 20th century calf, morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Pufendorf (Samuel, Freiherr von), De officio hominis et civis juxta legem naturalem libri duo, 8th edition, Cambridge: Jacob Knapton, 1715, front free endpapers excised at head, contemporary calf, morocco title label to spine, 12mo, Tacitus (Cornelius), C. Corn. Taciti Opera recognovit, emendavit, supplementis explevit, notis, dissertationibus, illustravit, Gabriel Brotier, 4 volumes, London: G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1823, armorial bookplate of G.J. Allen, contemporary vellum with elaborate gilt & blind decoration, calf labels to spines, 8vo, plus three othersQty: (13)
Holles (Denzil). The case stated of the jurisdiction of the House of Lords in the point of impositions, London: printed in the year 1676, original wrappers stitched as issued, 8vo (Wing H2453), together with: Plutarch, Plutarch's Morals by way of abstract: done from the Greek, London: J. Nicholson, W. Newton, R. Knaplock, & D. Midwinter, & Benj. Took, 1707, title with contemporary signature Edm Pryce, contemporary panelled speckled calf, neatly rebacked, morocco title label, 8vo, Dindsay (David), The tryal and condemnation of David Lindsay, a Scotch gent, late secretary to the Earl of Melford, for high treason, upon the statute made in the ninth year of of the late King William the IIIrd, for returning from France without license under the privy-seal of England. At the Queen's-Bench-Bar at Westminster, the 24th of April, 1704 with all the learned arguments of council on both sides..., London: Isaac Cleave, 1704, [2],24pp., ink stamp to title, close trimmed at foot of final leaf, light dust-soiling to first & last leaves, disbound folio, Dalcho (Frederick), Orations of the illustrious brother Frederick Dalcho Esqr. M.D., reprinted by permission of the author under the sanction of the ill. the College of Knights of K.H. and the original chapter of Prince Masons of Ireland, Dublin: printed by John King, 1808, engraved title, list of members, and four leaves of engraved music, contemporary gilt decorated marbled calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, joints cracked and board corners worn, 8vo, Fletcher (Andrew), The political works, reprinted, London: sold by A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch and J. Clarke, 1732, armorial bookplate of Andrew Wauchope of Niddrie Marrishall to upper pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, 8vo, Ross (George), Leading cases in the commercial law of England and Scotland, 3 volumes, London: W.G. Benning & Co.; Edinburgh: Thomas Constable & Co., 1853-57, edges untrimmed, contemporary calf, large 8vo, plus eight othersQty: (15)
Johnson (Ben). The works of Ben. Johnson, 6 volumes, London: J.Walthoe, M. Wotton, J. Nicholson & others, 1716, 12 engraved plates including portrait (one plate detached), browning and scattered spotting, contemporary blind panelled mottled calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels (some labels with loss), light wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: [Pascal, Blaise], The mystery of Jesuitism, discovered in certain letters, written upon occasion of the present differences at Sorbonne between the Jansenists and the Molinists, displaying the pernicious maximes of the late Casuists, with additionals, [3rd edition], London: Richard Royston, 1679, lacking engraved frontispiece, 19th century half calf, light wear to extremities, 8vo, Taylor (Jeremy), The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living..., together with prayers containing the whole duty of a Christian..., 13th edition, London: printed by Miles Flesher for Richard Royston, 1682, additional engraved title (torn to margins with slight loss), two engraved plates (reattached, one with loss), dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, board corners worn, 8vo, à Kempis (Thomas), The Christian's Pattern: or a Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ ... Written originally in Latin by Thomas a Kempis. Now render'd into English. To which are added, Meditations and Prayers for sick persons by George Stanhope, 12th edition, London: printed by J. Ilive for J.J. & P. Knapton, R. Knaplock and others, 1733, engraved frontispiece and one other plate, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, board corners worn, 8vo, Boccaccio (Giovanni), Decamerone, 3 volumes, London: William Pickering, 1825, half-titles, 20th century dark green morocco-backed marbled boards, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century antiquarianQty: (19)
Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes, A. Millar and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755, titles printed in red and black, volume I title and a few Preface leaves with marginal repairs, one Preface leaf with tear and small hole with loss of a few letters, one or two leaves with small marginal tears, some vertical creasing of first few leaves of volume I, a few leaves, i.e. 19L-19N in volume 2 bound out of sequence, occasional light spotting and toning, later marbled endpapers, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, sometime rebacked with original spines relaid, somewhat rubbed and scuffed with some edge wear, folioQty: (2)Footnote: PMM 201; Rothschild 1237. First edition of one of the greatest scholarly achievements in literary history. "Dr Johnson performed with his dictionary the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography... Johnson introduced into English lexicography principles which had alre4ady been accepted in Europe but were quite novel in mid-eighteenth-century England. He codified the spelling of English words; he gave full and lucid definitions of their meanings... and he adduced extensive and apt illustrations from a wide range of authoritative writers." (PMM). Johnson was commissioned to write the dictionary by a consortium of London booksellers in 1746 and paid 1500 guineas. It took him seven years and contains over 42,000 words illustrated with over 114,000 literary quotations from Shakespeare, Milton and Dryden among others.
Paley (William). The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, 1st edition, London: R. Faulder, 1785, [38], 657 pp., scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Hugh Smithson Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland of Alnwick Castle, Northumberland (1715-1786) to upper pastedown, near contemporary gilt panelled calf by J. Calver of Cambridge (binder's label to verso of front free-endpaper), gilt ducal coronet and rose device to centre of upper board and ducal coronet & portcullis device to centre of lower board, neatly rebacked, with gilt & blind decorated spine, morocco title label, board corners repaired, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: ESTC T60070, Goldsmiths 12824. The first of Paley's three important treatises based on his lectures as a tutor at Christ's, Cambridge, which passed through numerous editions.
[Sampson, Ezra]. Who shall be governor, Strong or Sullivan? or, The sham-patriot unmasked; being an exposition of the fatally successful arts of demagogues, to exalt themselves, by flattering and swindling the people; in a variety of pertinent facts, drawn from sacred and profane history, [Hudson, N.Y.?]: [publisher not identified], 1806, 30pp., some browning and spotting, stitched as issued, 8vo, together with: Priestley (Joseph & Madan, Spencer), A letter to Doctor Priestley in consequence of his "familiar letters addressed to the inhabitants of the town of Birmingham, &c." occasioned by a sermon preached at St. Philip's church, in Birmingham, on Sunday February, 14, 1790, Birmingham: E. Piercy, [1790], 48pp., scattered spotting, disbound 8vo, Webster (Daniel), Speech of Mr. Webster on moving for leave to introduce a bill to continue the Bank of the United States for six years, delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 18, 1834, 16pp., ink marks, annotation and tear at head of title, browning and scattered spotting, disbound 8vo, Whig Club (Dublin, Ireland), The Whig Club, attacked and defended. To which are added, those clauses of the Act of the 33d of George II. that respect the late transaction in the city, and which seem not unintelligible to the most unlettered man of it. Addressed to the people of Ireland, Dublin: R. M'Allister, 1790, 39pp., dust-soiled to first & last leaves, occasional spotting, slim 8vo, Heale (Theophilus), New Zealand and the New Zealand Company: being a consideration of how far their interests are similar. In answer to a pamphlet entitled how to colonize: the interest of the country, and the duty of government, London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1842, 63pp., stitched as issued, 8vo, Thomson (Peter), The time of peace. A sermon, preached on the first of June, 1802; by Peter Thomson, Minister of Cliff-Lane Chapel, Whitby, Published by request, Whitby: printed by Thomas Webster, 1802, 23pp., disbound 8vo, plus approximately 60 other 18th & 19th century pamphlets relating to politics, trade & commerce, and theology etc.Qty: (small carton)
Strutt (Joseph). A Complete View of the Inhabitants of England, 3 volumes, London: Benjamin White [& Walter Shropshire], 1775-76, 158 sepia engraved plates, occasional spotting, together with: The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England ... from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth, new edition, to which is now added a supplement, London: Benjamin & John White, 1793, 72 sepia engraved plates, occasional spotting, A Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, from the establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the present time, 2 volumes, London: J. Nichols for J. Edwards, R. Edwards, B. & J. White, et al., 1796-99, sepia engraved frontispiece to both volumes, 142 sepia engraved plates only of 153 (numbered 1-93 & 95-143), some offsetting and occasional spotting, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: including the rural and domestic recreations, May-games, mummeries, pageants, processions, and pompous spectacles..., London: T. Bensley for J. White, 1801, sepia engraved frontispieces and 39 plates, scattered spotting and light toning, contemporary uniform light brown calf (faintly diced), gilt decorated spines and ruled borders to boards, joints rubbed and few lightly cracked, 4toQty: (7)Footnote: Provenance: John Lea Nevinson (1904-1986); Donald King (1920-1998) & Monique King (1922-2020).
Vavesseur (Francois). De Indicra dictione..., Leipzig: Ioannis Christiani Martini, 1722, title in red & black, some browning mostly to initial leaves, occasional spotting and early underscoring, contemporary vellum, light dust-soiling and marks, small tears to head & foot of spine, 8vo, together with: Cooper (John Gilbert), The life of Socrates, collected from the Memorabilia of Xenophon and the Dialogues of Plato..., London: R. Dodsley, 1749, library stamp to title, 20th century blue cloth, 8vo, Cicero, De Officiis libri tres..., London: J. Roberts, 1754, title in red & black, some browning mostly to margins of first & last leaves, free endpapers removed, contemporary speckled sheep, upper joint split, extremities rubbed, small 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian and later books etc.Qty: (10)Footnote: Appended to this edition of Vavassor's work on comedic style is a variety of supplementary material, including his 'Anntibarbarus', selected letters of J.L. Guez de Balzac, and letters and poems of Gilles Ménage. Vavassor (1605-1681) has been described as one of the best stylists and humanists of his time.
The Amateur Annual. A Symposium of Amateur Writings, edited by John R. Ellins, January 1926, pictorial hand-coloured manuscript title, ink manuscript contents leaf (detached and edge-frayed), 33 leaves with ink manuscript essays, poems etc. in a neat hand, numbered to upper corners (without pp.11-12: torn away), many with calligraphic pictorial titles and initials, some with decorative watercolour borders, 5 stiff paper leaves with one or more mounted and captioned photographs (one hand-coloured by the editor), including one page of photographs portraying several of the contributors, 2 stiff paper leaves each with a single captioned watercolour, most stiff paper leaves with decorative watercolour or pen & ink borders or decorations, small mounted photo to editorial page, presumably depicting the editor Ellins, all content on rectos only, at the rear a single leaf Circulation List (recto only), with the names and addresses of the various people who borrowed the Annual, plus the dates on which it was received and dispatched (either to the next on the list or returned to the editor), followed by 15 leaves with ink manuscript in various hands, on both rectos and versos, consisting of comments and criticisms by the borrowers, the final dated December 1928, generally lightly spotted throughout, the leaves bound together with (rusty) split pins, pastedowns spotted with dampstain to rear upper corner, ink manuscript label on front pastedown, giving instructions for circulation and other notes, original boards, front cover with ink manuscript title label, within decorative watercolour border, cover detached from textblock, each board lacking one corner, worn, large 8vo, together with: To Sylvia, a small bound volume of ink manuscript poems, comprising 10 thin card leaves, each with a poem in a neat hand (on versos only), the first poem titled 'To Sylvia', each with decorative title & initials, and watercolour borders and decorations, the leaves separated by tissue guards, some spotting (mainly at front), inside front cover with ink manuscript inscription 'To Sylvia, with all good wishes from "The Jester" 1924', original wrappers, tied at spine, rubbed with some light spots, oblong 8voQty: (3)Footnote: It appears that Syliva Mabbett, one of the contributors to the Amateur Annual whose photograph appears on the page of contributor's images, married the editor John R. Ellins in 1930. Possibly the poetry book 'To Sylvia' was produced by John R. Ellins for the same Sylvia, as the manuscript hand and decoration style looks very similar.

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