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Click here to subscribeBALFOUR J. A. & MACKENZIE W. M. The Book of Arran. 2 vols. Ltd. ed. 550. Illus. Quarto. Orig. brown cloth, wear & shelf numbers, many lib. stamps to titles, etc. Glasgow, 1910 & 1914; also Marquess of Bute & others, The Arms of the Royal & Parliamentary Burghs of Scotland, ltd. ed. 325, illus., label to front free endpaper & lib. stamp to title & final leaf, Edinburgh, 1897, & 1 other vol. (4).
BARBER JOHN. The Bruce or the History of Robert the First, King of Scotland, Written in Scottish Verse, ed. by J. Pinkerton. 3 vols. Eng. title vignettes. Old calf, shelf numbers to backs, labels to front paste-downs, stamp to front free endpapers, inconspicuous blind stamp to titles & stamp to final leaf, contents very clean. 1790; also Life of Robert Bruce King of Scotland, A Heroic Poem ... by John Harvey, poor cond., disfigured by substantial stng., etc., ex lib. & a.f., Air (sic), 1799. (4).
NIEBUHR CARSTEN. Reisebeschreibung Nach Arabien und Andern Umligenden Landern. 3 vols. Eng. title vignettes, fldg. eng. map & 148 fldg. & other eng. plates, maps, plans & script, some in blue paper (numbered consecutively in each vol.). Quarto. Old calf, shelf number to backs, label to front paste-down, blind stamp to each title & stamps to final leaves, contents generally good, front endpaper & title of one vol. are detached but present. Copenhagen, 1772, 1774 & 1778. "The richest & most useful work of Asian research literature of the 18th century". Description of the expedition carried out on behalf of the Danish King in which Niebuhr took part as an astronomer & naturalist & from which he was the only scientist to return alive.
HYDE HENRY & LAURENCE. The Correspondence of Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon & of His Brother Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester with the Diary of Lord Clarendon. 2 vols., ed. by Samuel Weller Singer. 2 eng. frontis, 2 eng. plates & facsimile signatures. Quarto. Library cloth, shelf numbers to backs, labels to endpapers, a single lib. stamp to each title & final leaf. Text contents generally very clean. 1828.
DIO CASSIUS. Ton Dionos Romaikon Historion Eikositria Biblia (Greek). Dionis Romanarum historiarum libri XXIII, a XXXVI ad LVIII usque. Ex Bibliotheca Regia. Title with eng. serpent device, stamp of the Couvent des Jacobins, Rue St. Honore & their shelf number. Publisher`s device to final leaf. Preface to reverse of title & end notes in Latin, the remainder in fine Greek typography (by Claude Garamont) within ruled margins. Folio. Old mottled calf, rubbing, with oval gilt armorial crest to upper & lower brds., repeated to the worn back with the monogram PSM. Opening internally at hinge at *ii. but generally clean & crisp throughout. Bookplate of Arthur D. Morice, Aberdeen. Estienne, Ex officina Rob. Stephani Regii, typis Regiis. Paris, 1548. 1st edition, completed on 31st January 1548 & edited by Estienne from the manuscript then in the King`s Library & now in the Bibliotheque Nationale.
VOLNEY C.-F. Travels Through Syria & Egypt. 2 vols. 4 fldg. eng. maps & plates (of 5) (tape reps.). Worn calf, 2 brds. det. but present, shelf numbers to backs, labels to paste-downs & one or two lib. stamps to each title & final leaf. 2nd ed., 1788; also a poor copy of James Boswell, An Account of Corsica, lacking map & ex lib., 2nd ed., 1768. (3).
SOWERBY J. E., & others. English Botany or Coloured Figures of British Plants, edited by John T. Boswell Syme. 13 vols. incl. Supplement. 1900 plus hand col. lithograph plates. Quarto. Half green morocco, shelf numbers to backs, labels to endpapers, lib. blind stamps to titles & occasional other lib. stamps but the contents generally clean & the plates without stamps. 1873-1902.
MAUNDRELL HENRY. A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, AD1697. 15 fldg. & other eng. plates, as required. Rubbed calf, shelf label to back, labels to endpapers, a single lib. stamp to title & reverse of title. Generally very clean internally but tape strengthening to the hinge of title. Oxford, 1740.
REID GEORGE. Twelve Sketches of Scenery and Antiquities on the Line of the Great North of Scotland Railway. Edition de Luxe, plates as called for. Quarto. Orig. cloth, shelf nos. to back, bookplate of D.D. Ormond & labels to endpapers, lib. blindstamp to title & stamp to blank reverse of final leaf. Edinburgh,1883; also 4 other vols. eng. plates & press cuttings. (5)
VANITY FAIR. The Vanity Fair Album. A run from vol. 1 to vol. 19 with 1878 being in two. Very many chromolitho plates with text leaves & adverts. Folio, mixed cond., some loose or tending loose. Ex lib. with shelf numbers, labels to endpapers, lib. stamps to titles & reverse of final leaves & a few elsewhere but the plates generally clean & with no stamps. 1869-1887. (20).
A GILTWOOD DISPLAY CABINET IN GEORGE III STYLE EARLY 20TH CENTURY the glazed superstructure above a stand base 109cm high, 84.5cm wide, 46cm deep stand 81cm high, 79cm wide, 47cm deep Condition Report: PLEASE NOTE: ALL LOTS ARE LOCATED AT SACKVILLE WEST STORAGE IN ANDOVER (SP10 3SA) AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEW Shelf depth 38cm With wear, marks, knocks and scratches commensurate with age and use Some old chips, splits, and losses, separation of top panels, see images Distressed surface appearance Some separation at joints, see images No key present, door open Assessed when in two parts Loss to details, see images Hole to reverse, possibly for mounting to wall, see imagesADDITIONAL IMAGES: Please 'Ask a Question' to request additional images for this lot. Condition Report Disclaimer
CHURCHILL (SIR WINSTON), THE SECOND WORLD WAR; six vols, all first editions, the first volume with a paste down ink signature of Winston Churchill to the half title, black cloths, d.j’s., Cassell & Co, 1948 – 1954, in box (6)Condition Report: The signature is stuck down to the half title on volume 1. The black cloths with general age wear, some minor marks. The jackets lightly browned to the spines, shelf wear to the top and bottom and some chipping and tears to the top and bottom of the spines. Some marks to the covers her and jacket to Vol II with a small hole at the spine. Some marks to the page blocks. Internally with general page toning and some foxing.
WAITE (MAJOR FRED), THE NEW ZEALANDERS AT GALLIPOLI, 3 vols, black and white illustrations, Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1919; with 23 other books on Australian and ANZAC military history, (26). Condition Report: Many of the books with bookplate for The Western Front Association - Makinson.General rubbing and shelf wear to many.Vol I of The Story of Anzac in poor condition with splits to the cloth and with feint ink library stamp for a Club. The book is open at the internal gutters.The books vary in condition from ok to poor. They are not collated and are sold with all faults – as seen.Some extra images uploaded including ones which were in brown paper covers.
LANG (ANDREW), THE OLIVE FAIRY BOOK, 1st edition, with colour and black and white plates, pictorial cloth, Longmans, 1907 (1)Condition Report: Book with a lean. Cloth cover with minor rubbing, a light mark to the raised ridge of the spine on the right hand side, shelf wear to top and bottom of the spine. Internally with some minor toning, slightly open at some of the gutters and odd minor foxing. Page block lightly grubby.
CHURCHILL (SIR WINSTON), THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 6 vols, two signed in ink, vol I a reprint November 1949, vol II 1949, signed at the end of the Preface, lacking jacket, vol III 1950, vol IV 1951 and signed to ‘The Hinge of Fate’ page, vol V 1952, vol VI 1954 (6)Condition Report: One jacket lacking. All jackets with shelf wear, Vols I and VI heaviest with some chipping. Cloths with some light shelf wear. Page blocks with some marks. Light toning to pages. The signatures appear to be later ones post the date of the books. They are not as crisp as his earlier signatures.
BARNARD (ALFRED), NOTED BREWERIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 4 vols, black and white illustrations and advertisements, green cloth with gilt lettering, London, Joseph Causton & Sons, c1890 (4) Condition Report: Bindings with general shelf wear and rubbing. Top and bottom of spines with slightly heavier rubbing / squashing with some rubbing through to the base colour of the cloth in small parts. Vol 1 spine and back board with a lighter / blotchy appearance from old damp blooming. Rubbing to the long spine edges on Vol 4 with a very slight fray just stating in three small 0.5cm areas. Internally patterned end papers with damp staining, and also to all title pages. Internally generally clean with expected light age toning to pages and perhaps odd fox mark here and there. Some pages a little loose at the gathering in parts.The hinges are firm and there is no splitting down the internal gutters of the end papers.Extra images uploaded 28/02/2025.
RACKHAM (ARTHUR), PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS; with tipped in colour plates, pictorial red cloth with gilt lettering, Hodder & Stoughton, 1910; ATTWELL (MABEL LUCIE), PETER PAN AND WENDY; colour plates, Hodder & Stoughton; with two other illustrated books; THE YELLOW BOOK, Vol 1 April 1894, and three later books (8). Condition Report: Tales of Mystery – 1978 reprint.Treasure Island – London Ernest Benn – 1927.Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – Macmillan – 1961 (Ex- public library with ink stamps and returns plate paste down at the back end papers.Peckham Rye – Reprint April 1961.Peter Pan – Cover with rubbing throughout and repairs to the top and bottom of the spine and possibly to the internal front gutter. The binding is tight but from repair work. Half title with wear around the edge and some tab repairs. Pages with some light toning and odd foxing here and there. Title page grubby.I plate with flattened crease bottom left. Plate with infant and two swans with small nick to bottom left corner and residue of light glue on the underside of the bottom edge where with was glued down. Some small wear to the top edge of this plate also. One plate with a small fold to the bottom left corner, about 1cm in length. The following plate with figures eating a buffet with a very small folder over to the bottom left corner. One plate with very slight wear to both bottom corners and a small white patch to the right vertical edge – slightly bigger than Frontis plate with slight knocks to all four corners. 50 plates total. One of the tissue guards with a large loss to corner, three with marks, some with wear and creasing.Treasure Island with general shelf wear to cover and some marks. Ink inscription to front blank. Colour plates as called for – condition ok. Pages with light age wear toning and some foxing.Peter Pan and Wendy cloth grubby and faded around the edge and to the spine. Colour plates as called for – condition ok. Pages with light age toning.
MILITARY BOOKS: a collection of 93 military history books, to include, WYRALL (EVERARD), THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT IN THE WAR 1914-1918, Methuen and Co, 1931; BLASER (BERNARD), KILTS ACROSS THE JORDAN, 1926; PATTERSON (LIEUT-COL), WITH THE JUDEANS IN THE PALESTINE CAMPAIGN, ex-Royal Engineers Library, c1922, (93). Condition Report: Many of the books with bookplate for The Western Front Association - Makinson.General rubbing and shelf wear to many.The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1916 is ex-public library.The books which were in brown covers are average condition apart from the Uncensored Dardinelles which is in poor condition.The books vary in condition from ok to poor. They are not collated and are sold with all faults – as seen.
A late 19th Century / early 20th Century French satinwood and marquetry Cabinet, with brass mounts, the arched upper section crested with an oval Serves style painted porcelain panel above a shaped shelf, and an arched and glazed center display section flanked with porcelain mounted pilasters and two narrow cupboard doors to either side, with brass and porcelain mounts on a base with large glazed door flanked with conforming pilasters and raised on a shaped plinth 186cms x 120cms (73" x 47"). (1)
A 19th Century inverted breakfront Display Cabinet, the recessed mirror back central panel with swan neck pediment above single frieze drawer and press flanked either side by astragal glazed doors with attractive inlay, on square tapering legs united by shaped shelf stretcher, approx. 206cms high x 132cms wide (81" x 52"). (1)
An Aesthetic movement ebonised and gilt Overmantel, the arch cornice with central painted porcelain panel of a cherub above long shaped shelf with central landscape mirror, the base with a large bevelled shield shaped mirror flanked either side with shelf and mirror panels, 175cms x 175cms (69" x 69"). (1)
An early 20th century continental table top cabinet, having a raised back with carved floral swags supported by two acanthus leaf scrolls, above an open compartment and eighteen drawers with handles fashioned as classical busts, surrounding an open arched top shelf, standing on two front tortoise formed feet, 68cm high x 60cm wideIf there is no condition report shown, please request
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