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Lot 381
Maxwell (James Clerk). A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford, 1873, 20 lithographed plates, some illustrations to text, 15 pp. publisher's catalogue at end of volume 2 with 'Just Published' by entry for this work on p. 10, library tickets 'Wheatstone Collection' to front pastedowns, half-titles with Wheatstone shelf marks in grey pencil and blue pencil deletions, King's College, London oval purple ink stamp to title and upper margin of following leaf in both volumes, small library name stamp to title versos, all in blank areas away from printed text, some occasional finger marks, small paper tear with loss to lower outer corner of p. xxiii/xxiv of volume 1, lacks errata slips, inner hinges broken, original cloth gilt, rubbed, some corner wear, volume 1 torn at head of spine without loss, volume 2 frayed on joints, 8vo First edition, first issue of Maxwell's major work, emphasising the important of electricity to physics as a whole and advancing the hypothesis that light and electricity are the same in their nature. One of the most important discoveries of 19th-century physics, Maxwell here laid the groundwork for Einstein's theory of relativity. Norman 1466; PMM 355; Wheeler Gift 1872. (2)
Lot 763
Amis (Kingsley). Bright November, 1st edition, Fortune Press, [1947], slight toning to endpapers, original black cloth, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, inscribed in pencil to front endpaper: "Best wishes from Kingsley Amis, November 1947", together with A Frame of Mind. Eighteen Poems, University of Reading, 1953, library ink stamps to title and verso, blindstamp to title, original wrappers relaid onto later limp boards, spine renewed, shelf number at foot, 8vo, limited edition 110/150, plus The Fantasy Poets Number Twenty Two. Kingsley Amis, Fantasy Press, Swinford, 1954, 8 pp., original wrappers, 8vo, with four others by Kingsley: A Case of Samples. Poems 1946-1936, 1956, Oxford Poetry 1949 (edited by Kingsley Amis and James Michie), Basil Blackwood, 1949, New Maps of Hell, 1960 and The Old Devils, Hutchinson, 1986, limited signed edition 113/250 (7)
Lot 26
Hall (Captain Charles Francis). Life with the Esquimaux: The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque "George Henry," from the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1864, engraved frontispiece to volume I, folding map (reinforced to verso), illustrations, publisher's catalogue at end of volume I, stitching a little strained in volume 2, a little light spotting front and rear, one or two crease marks, previous owner inscription and Royal Marines Officers Library bookplates, original green cloth gilt, small shelf numbers to spine, spine and edges a little rubbed, 8vo Sabin 29739. (2)
Lot 233
A Chinese inlaid lacquer cabinet, late Qing Dynasty, of rectangular outline with twin doors opening to a single shelf interior, the outside inlaid with mixed coloured soapstone, bone and mother-of-pearl forming a scene to the front of ladies at leisure in a garden and to each side with birds in flowering branches, within gilt borders of scrolls, stylised flowers and motifs, 78cm high x 57cm wide x 27cm deep.
Lot 230
A pair of Chinese hardstone and mother-of-pearl inlaid 'Playing Boys' cabinets on stands, 19th Century, each cabinet with two doors inlaid with varying coloured soapstone, mother-of-pearl and carnelian, depicting scenes of boys at play amid trees and rocks, the lower section of each cabinet with two roaring qilin, all enclosed within gilt borders of bats amid cloud scrolls, the sides with inlaid birds, insects and flowers, the tops with gilt flower sprays, the interiors with a central shelf and lower lidded box, raised on hardwood stands carved with dragons and scrolls.Footnote:A very similar pair of cabinets were sold at Bonhams New Bond Street rooms, 15 May 2014, lot 372.
Lot 377
A large Victorian profusely carved oak sideboard, the low carved back over three gadroon moulded frieze drawers fitted with brass ring handles, over two central cabinet doors below, flanked by a single carved cabinet door to each side, opening to reveal to the right hand side a cellerette drawer, the left hand side a fixed single shelf, on a splay skirting plinth, 212cm wide, 139cm high, 76cm deep
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