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Click here to subscribeA VICTORIAN OAK TRAVELLING APOTHECARY CABINET, the lid revealing a fully fitted interior, front and back cupboard doors the front containing four drawers with ivory handles and a compartmented shelf, the back with two shelves, also containing a glass pestle and glass specimen jars one with label bearing the name Edwards & Penny, Chemists, Druggists and Oil & Colour-Men, Castle Street, Liverpool. 25cm by 123cm by 20cm
AN EDWARDIAN PAINTED SATINWOOD OCCASIONAL TABLE, the quatrefoil top centred by a painted musical trophy within a border of floral swags and ribbon ties on a conforming similarly decorated apron raised on tapering square section legs painted with harebells joined by a shelf stretcher and terminating in splayed feet. 0.75m x 0.44m
Northern Italian Baroque Walnut Cassonette. An outswept molded cornice over twin paneled doors with fluted stiles, opening to reveal a fitted interior with shelf over six drawers, on a molded platform base. 18th/19th Century Dimensions 99 x 65 x 20 inches (251.5 x 165.1 x 50.8 cm) [Key] Starting Price: $1000
George IV Inlaid Rosewood Hunting Sideboard. The superstructure composed of a crossbanded rectangular top raised on scroll volute sides, over an inset three drawer frieze shelf, over the outset canted rectangular top on a three drawer frieze, raised on tapered legs, ending in spade feet, fitted with diamond form estucheons. Dimensions 52 1/4 x 48 x 19 inches (132.7 x 121.9 x 48.2 cm); Property from a Private San Francisco Collection [Key] Starting Price: $600
A VICTORIAN OAK FITTED SMOKERS CABINET, the rectangular top above a bevelled glass door enclosing a shaped shelf with a Staffordshire Earthenware Japan pattern mixing bowl, two 4” saucers, one hairline crack above two short drawers and a long drawer with a leather pipe case, Meerschaum pipe silver mounted bowl only, two other items raised upon a plinth base 17½” x 11½” x 8”.
Fine Bindings, "The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and her Sisters...", Smith Elder and Co, 1899, five volumes only, full calf, gilt rules, raised bands, gilt decorations, pastedowns to spine, a little shelf fading, Eliot, George "The Novels of ...", seven volumes, William Blackwood and Sons (nd), half red leather, marbled boards, raised bands, gilt decorations to spine with pastedowns, marbled edges, a little shelf wear
Lever, Charles "A Uniform Set of Novels Illustrated by H.K. Browne", Chapman & Hall 1872, including "Charles O'Malley", "One of Them", "Night of Gwynne" etc., marble endpapers, half leather, gilt titles and raised bands to back strip, shelf wear to top of spines, teg. (8), and eight other volumes including pictorial cloth etc. (16)
Aeschylus (c. 525-456 B.C.) [Tragoediae: Graece]. Paris: Adrien Turnèbe, 1552. Octavo, text in Greek, printed in Garamond`s "Grecs du Roi" typeface, in single column throughout, woodcut device on title, bound in later red morocco with elaborate gilt tooling, gilt and gauffered edges, contents lightly browned and toned throughout with occasional spotting, one correction in a contemporary hand, old illegible ink stamp on title, and shelf number inside front board; one corner of binding chipped with loss of leather, front joint cracked, 6 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. Turnèbe, Regius professor of Greek at the Collège Royal in Paris, was appointed printer to the King for Greek works from September 1551 to July 1555, much to the dismay of Charles Estienne. His Greek Aeschylus is considered a reliable edition, correcting mistakes made in the Aldine editio princeps of 1518.
Austen, Jane (1775-1817) The Novels. London: Richard Bentley, 1848-1856. Five octavo volumes, including the following titles: Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility, with half-title, frontispiece, and engraved title in each volume, except for Northanger Abbey, which has no half-title and whose title page is dated 1848; the set bound in uniform three-quarter blue calf and buckram boards, spines tooled in gilt, with labels, t.e.g., spines slightly rubbed, 6 1/2 x 4 in. each, occupying 6 inches of shelf space.
Biblia Latina, with the Glossa Ordinaria of pseudo-Walafrid Strabo. [Strasbourg: Adolf Rusch for Anton Koberger at Nuremberg, not after 1480]. First printed edition of the Latin Bible with the Glossa Ordinaria, or commentary, bound in four imperial folio volumes; 1,210 of 1,211 leaves, lacking only the penultimate blank, the other two blanks present; two gold-illuminated initials: one at the beginning of Genesis, the other at the beginning of the Psalms, all other initials supplied in alternating red and blue contemporary lombardic initials, larger initials enhanced with yellow tracery embellishments inside and around the letters, red and blue capital strokes and paragraph marks throughout, some contemporary notes, the set presented to an unnamed convent by Johannes Schreier in 1482, with the original notes to that effected inside the back board of each volume, and another similar notice on the front board of each volume; bound in uniform contemporary German alum-tawed pigskin bindings over wooden boards, tooled in blind; later hardware added; front boards detached, some worming, some discoloration to text pages, generally a large, fresh copy, with contemporary manuscript annotations (at times trimmed away) to help the binder assemble the pages, which would have been challenging because of the confusing signature marks used by the printer in this work; contemporary printer`s waste and text manuscript leaves used as pastedowns in all four volumes; ex libris the Franciscan Library of Ingoldstadt, with inscriptions; page size: 19 x 13 in.; bindings: 20 x 13 1/2 x 4 in.; the four together occupy 18 inches of shelf space; collation available upon request. (4).
Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881) Collected Works. London: Chapman and Hall, 1869. Thirty-four volumes, the Library Edition, bound in uniform contemporary three-quarter rust-colored morocco by Root and sons, London, with buckram boards, some cracking to leather along joints, generally good, boards attached, some heads chipped, occupying approximately 3 1/2 feet of shelf space.
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) Works. London: John Murray, 1888-1891. [Except where noted below.] Sixteen volumes, including: Geological Observations, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1891, third edition; Insectivorous Plants, 1888, second edition; Climbing Plants, 1891, "fifth thousand"; Origin of Species, in two volumes, 1890, sixth edition; Naturalist`s Voyage, 1890, "new edition with portrait"; Animals and Plants under Domestication, in two volumes, 1890, second edition, revised, seventh thousand; Cross and Self-Fertilisation, 1891, third edition; The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1889, third edition; The Descent of Man, in two volumes, second edition "revised and augmented," 22nd thousand; Fertilisation of Orchids, 1890, second edition, revised, fifth thousand; Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, 1890, second edition; The Different Forms of Flowers, 1888, third thousand; and The Formation of Vegetable Mould, 1888, eleventh thousand (corrected); all volumes bound in uniform tan calf by Zaehnsdorf with gilt spines, labels, inner gilt dentelles, all edges marbled, not numbered on the spines as a set, ex libris William Livingston Watson of Perth, with his bookplate, all edition statements taken from the title pages only, some water staining affecting a few bindings and text pages, each volume is 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in., the set occupies 21 1/2 inches of shelf space. (16).
Decorative Bindings, Thirty-nine Volumes: Sets of Chaucer, Trollope, Goethe, Smollett, and Dryden`s Virgil, dating from 1803-1926, leather spines, gold tooling, generally good, some damage, all in English, the Smollett a limited edition numbered set; the lot occupying 4 1/2 feet of shelf space.
Hughes, Langston (1902-1967) Two Titles, Inscribed. Not Without Laughter. New York: Knopf, 1930. Stated third printing, in decorative publisher`s cloth, inscribed on ffep, library stamp on page 101, binding slightly worn, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. [with] The Big Sea, New York: Knopf, 1945, inscribed on ffep, in publisher`s light blue cloth, stamped in red and greenish-blue, with the dust jacket, the text printed on yellow paper due to wartime rationing, [and] Handy, William Christopher (1873-1958) Father of the Blues, New York: Macmillan, 1941, stated first edition, inscribed by Handy on ffep, to dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham (1909-2006), "whose talent I recognised some years ago and whose achievements are remarkable," 12 August 1941, in publisher`s blue cloth, stamped in black, with edge and shelf wear, spine sunned, inscription bold and distinctive, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (3).
Jonson, Ben (1572-1637) The Works, edited by William Gifford (1756-1826). London: for Nicol, et al., by Bulmer, 1816. Nine octavo volumes, first edition, engraved portrait in volume one, the set bound in full speckled 17th century-style calf by Root and Son, spines with two labels, and dated at the foot of each, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., marbled endleaves, leather a bit dry, boards attached, 9 1/2 x 6 in., one linear foot on the shelf.
La Harpe, Jean-Francois de (1739-1803) Abrégé de L`Histoire Générale des Voyages. Paris: Hotel de Thou, 1780-Paris: Moutardier, 1801. Thirty-two octavo volumes, without the atlas volume, illustrated, bound in uniform speckled calf, gilt spines, uniform, with matching labels, a few heads chipped, generally good, boards attached, ex libris Camille Aboussouan (1919-2013), with his bookplate, 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in., occupying nearly four feet of shelf space. La Harpe compiled the results of the notable explorers of his era in this extensive work, including Cook, Dampier, Carteret, Kaempfer, Bernier, Bruce, Norden, Anson, Bougainville, and others. (32).
Lorca, Federico García (1898-1936) The Poet in New York and other Poems. New York: Norton & Co., [1940]. First edition, translated by Rolfe Humphries (1894-1969), in bright orange publisher`s cloth with lettering on the spine, contemporary book ticket of Gates & Gates booksellers of Worcester, in the dust jacket with two small chips, one small water spot, spine very slightly sunned, back outside of dust jacket slightly shelf worn, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Mackay, Charles (1812-1889) Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions. London: Richard Bentley, 1841. First edition, three octavo volumes, extra illustrated with 294 added plates, bound in uniform three-quarter toffee-colored morocco bindings by Bayntun, with buckram sides, signed, "Bayntun, Binder, Bath, Eng." a.e.g., spines lettered and tooled in gilt, very good condition, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in., occupying 6 1/2 linear inches on the shelf. Mackay`s efforts to debunk the prevalent urban legends of his day include careful examinations of superstitions, old wives` tales, and folk wisdom. He also delves into economic bubbles, witchcraft, ghosts, alchemy, Nostradamus, and the mania that precipitated the incursion of European christians into the Middle East during the Crusades, among other subjects. The work is still in print today. (3).
McKenney, Thomas (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868) History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: by D. Rice and A.N. Hart, 1854. Second octavo edition, in three volumes, illustrated with 120 full-paged hand-colored lithographic plates, heightened with gum arabic, bound in full red morocco, tooled ornately in gilt on boards and spines, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., slightly scuffed, some shelf wear; contents with some spotting and staining, and a few plates with limited tears, one portrait edged with glassine tissue-type tape, one prominent stain at the foot of the gutter in volume three, affecting some portraits and text, tissue guards with some staining, 10 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (3).
Nigri, Stephanus (1475-c. 1540) [Heroica Philostrati & Dialogus Stephani Nigri: in qu[a]e quicquid apud Pausanium scitu dignum legitur, summa cum diligentia congestum est.] Milan: Minutiana, [1517]. Small folio, text printed in a clear Roman letter, with words and phrases in Greek; a-c6, A-D8, E6, F-Z8, AA-CC8, DD-EE6, FF10, lacking the final signature GG; the extensive ten-leaf errata apologizing for the poor Greek complete and present, comprising signature FF; contemporary marginal manuscript notes throughout; bound in full contemporary blind-rolled calf binding, with floral and bee motifs in the central compartment, flanked by an outer border of cherbus and acanthus, one cherub with a lute, holes from eight silk ties on both boards, ties lost, large contemporary parchment labels on front board, author and title on one and shelf mark on the other, ink title on fore edge, leather cracked along front joint, starting to crack at back, later end leaves, otherwise intact and unrepaired, very large margins throughout, printed on fine diaphanous paper throughout, minor water stain to fore edge, affecting only the blank margin, 11 x 7 1/2 in. The interlocutors in Nigri`s Dialogus include his former teacher, Demetrios Chalkokondyles (1423-1511); the work itself is dedicated to Jean Grolier.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723-1792) Engravings from the Pictures & Sketches. Bayswater: Reynolds, 1820. In four large folio volumes. [and] Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, London: Genry Graves & Co., 1865, in three large folio volumes. All seven volumes illustrated with engravings after Reynolds throughout, bound in handsome uniform full gilt-tooled morocco, slightly rubbed, otherwise very good, each volume 19 1/4 x 13 1/4 in., occupying 15 inches of shelf space. (7).
Thomas, Dylan (1914-1953) In Country Sleep, Signed. [New York]: New Directions, [1952]. Limited edition, out of series copy edition of 100, signed on the limitation page, with the author`s portrait tipped onto the title page, as issued, in publisher`s beige cloth, spine slightly sunned, and publisher`s dark brown paper-covered slipcase with slightly discolored printed label, shelf wear, 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.
Wheatley, Henry B. (1838-1917) Hogarth`s London. London: Constable and Co., 1909. Two octavo volumes, extra-illustrated with numerous additional plates, some colored, bound in matching full crushed morocco by Bayntun, tooled in gilt, with inner morocco doublures and joints, t.e.g., slight edge and shelf wear, ribbon bookmarks frayed, 9 x 5 3/4 in. (2).
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