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Lot 1053A
† Harry Bunce (British). 'King of Hearts', 'Queen of Hearts', 'Jack of Hearts'. Limited edition prints. Each with blind stamp, signed in pencil and numbered from edition of 21 (two numbered 20/21, one numbered 21/21). Each 53.5 x 38cm. Mounted, with COAs (3). Please note that VAT is payable on top of the hammer price at 20% in addition to standard buyers' premium inc. VAT for this lot.
Lot 35
Darwin (Charles).- Müller (Fritz) Facts and Arguments for Darwin, translated by W.S. Dallas, first edition in English, wood-engraved illustrations, title and final f. lightly browned, original green cloth, a few marks or light small stains, overall a very good clean and bright copy, 8vo, 1869.⁂ An explanation of Darwin's evolutionary theory through the natural history of crustaceans. Darwin was so impressed by the work that he paid for Murray his publisher to print it and bind it in the same green cloth and style as his early editions of Origin of the Species.Provenance: Theodora Ramsbusch (ink stamp to endpapers and signature to head of title).
Lot 201
Potter (Beatrix) Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes, first edition, colour frontispiece and 14 plates, pictorial endpapers, occasional light finger-soiling, booksellers ink-stamp to rear pastedown, original red boards, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Linder 430], [1922]; The Roly-Poly Pudding, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, cracked hinges, abrasion mark to front free endpaper verso where label removed, original decorative cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; The Tale of Pigling Bland, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, original decorative boards, short split to spine covering, rubbed, n.d.; The Tale of Mr. Tod, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription dated 1917, bookplate, original decorative boards, small loss to spine extremities, rubbed, [1917], 16mo & 8vo (4)
Lot 99
Grammar.- Vocabulary (A), or Pocket Dictionary. To which is added a Compendious Grammar of the English Language, first edition, a little browned and water-stained, mostly at beginning and end, title torn and frayed at lower edge (tear repaired), contemporary sheep, rubbed and stained, corners and spine ends worn, upper joint split, [Gaskell 31], 12mo, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1765 § [Lily (William)] A Short Introduction of Grammar..., title with engraved arms, Oxford, at the Theater, 1673; Brevissima institutio seu ratio grammatices cognoscendae, engraved plate of apple-picking at end, E3 torn, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1672, together 2 works in 1 vol., with contemporary book-label stamp "Thomas Jervoise Feb. 27. 1674" to verso of front free endpaper and notes in contemporary hand on recto, light water-staining, contemporary panelled mottled calf, gilt, remains of silk ties to paste-downs, rubbed, upper joint split, [Wing L2293 & 2258], 8vo (2)
Lot 78
Library Catalogue, manuscript, 48pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original half calf, rubbed, gilt stamp on spine partially obscured "Hants Library Catalogue", 8vo, [c. 1840-60].⁂ A gentleman's library catalogue, the number of entries comes to 696, with the total number of volumes probably well over 1000.
Lot 112
Eliot (Francis Perceval) Demonstration; or, Financial Remarks: with occasional observation on Political Occurrences, first edition, half-title, 13 folding tables, previous owner's ink stamp title, occasional faint spotting, faint abrasion mark to front pastedown where label removed, contemporary calf, upper joints cracked, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1807.
Lot 126
Knight (Richard Payne) A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus, 40 engraved plates, 1 double page, tear to fold, occasional marginal finger-soiling, bookplates, ex-library with discreet stamps, near contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Privately Printed, 1865 § Manchester Politics. A Dialogue between Mr. True-blew and Mr. Whiglove ..., half-title, occasional faint spotting, lacking final blank as usual, ex-library with discreet blind-stamps, later paper-backed boards, a little rubbed, J. Robinson, 1748 § Collier (Jeremy) A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage ..., third edition, spotting, lacking frontispiece, later calf backed boards, [Wing C5265], for S. Keble, R. Sare, and H. Hindmarsh, 1698 § Etherege (Sir George) The Works of ..., engraved frontispiece, 2 plates, occasional spotting, ink date to final leaf, bookplate laid on new endpapers, ex-library with faint stamp, later antique style half-calf, a little rubbed, for Jacob Tonson, 1715; and 7 others, v.s. (11)
Lot 29
Botany.- Fern specimens.- Craig (Eric) New Zealand Ferns, c.100 specimens on 30 ff., each with letterpress or manuscript label, ink stamp "New Zealand Ferns mounted by Eric Craig, Princes St., Auckland" to first and final leaf, a few specimens becoming loose and one or two lacking, spotting, original cloth, lacking spine and lower board, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, folio, Auckland, [c.1880].⁂ A professionally-produced fern album from the emporium of one of New Zealand's best known fern collectors and retailers. Eric Craig was a dealer in tribal artefacts, curios and natural history specimens.
Lot 82
NO RESERVE Mellan (Claude, 1598-1688) Saint Peter Nolasque, a scarce, albeit somewhat worn impression, engraving on laid paper without watermark, sheet 485 x 350 mm. (19 x 13 3/4 in), trimmed to or just within platemark, handling creases, repairs to splits verso, some surface dirt and browning, unframed, [1627]; and three other engravings by Mellan, including St Paul taken up into heaven, 1674, Excellentissimo Heroi Nicolao de Bailleui, and Portrait of Jean Habert de Montmor, 1640, all unframed, 17th century (4) Provenance:(Saint Peter Nolasque) George Usslaub, Marseille (died 1845) [L. 1221]; additional red ink stamp verso [not in Lugt]Literature:Montaiglon 90; 88; 282; 193
Lot 158
NO RESERVE Fermor (Patrick Leigh) Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece, proof copy, photographic illustrations, ink-stamp to upper cover, 1966; Between the Woods and the Water, uncorrected proof copy, typed paper label to upper cover, light finger-soiling, 1986, original paper wrappers, rubbed § Boyd (William) Solo, first edition, signed by author, original illustrated boards, dust-jacket, 2013 § Dalrymple (William) White Mughals, first edition, signed by author, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to upper edge, 2002; and 7 others, 8vo (11)
Lot 433
MANUSCRIPT CATALOGUES:- (a) 'A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library deposited in the British Museum' 1802. Folio (455 x 285mm). vellum and marbled boards. Elton & Eric Gerald Stanley b/p. (b) The Caedmon manuscript of Anglo Saxon Biblical Poetry Junius XI in the Bodleian Library with intro by Sir Israel Gollancz. OUP. 1927. Ltd Ed. 188/250. gilt decorated blue cloth. Fo. (420 x 310mm) Vernon Watney Cornbury stamp and Eric Gerald Stanley b/p (c) Durham Cathedral Manuscripts. 55 Facsimiles chosen by R.A.B. Mynors. OUP. 1939 with loose sheets. Fo. (455 x 340mm). brown cloth. Eric Gerald Stanley b/p (d) The Exeter Book of Old English Poetry, Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd. London 1933. Ltd. Ed. 203/250 Fo. (400 x 290mm) brown cloth. Eric Gerald Stanley b/p (4)
Lot 529
TAGORE, Rabindranath (1861-1941) Indian polymath and poet 'The Gardener' translated by the author from the original Bengali. 1st Edition. Macmillan & Co. London 1913. dedicated to W.B. Yeats with portrait and 2 pages of advertisements. small 8v (196 x 136mm) splits and bumps, spine faded, with 'author's compliments' inset with glued-in author's signature 'most sincerely yours R.T.'. owner's stamp for Evelyn Stuart Moore. 20th Century English Writer. Eric Gerald Stanley b/p. together with als. from Tagore to Mrs Stuart Moore in black ink on two sides dated 4 Nov. 1913 (The year he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature). In his letter he discusses the merits of literacy criticism and the poetry of Kabir (1440-1518), the last sentence reads:- 'You must have noticed in Kabir's poems an absolute freedom from all denominational taints which is not always the case with those of others but still have the strength of vitality to raise their heads far above the entanglements of the dense undergrowth of the traditional forms into the clear atmosphere of spiritual realization' Note: Evelyn Stuart Moore (née Underhill 1875-1941) (2)
Lot 161
A mahogany and upholstered two seat sofa in Victorian taste, and in the manner of Howard & Sons, the button upholstered seat and arms above square section legs, one stamped for HOWARD & SONS, LTD, BERNERS ST, and indistinctly serial numbered 787 9427 (), 75cm high, 182cm wide, 85cm deep Please see our website for image of the stamp to the rear leg
Lot 853
Edward VIII stamp collection on stock card. 3 used stamps. Tied by the CD's of King Edward Banff 8/1/1937 code B. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.
Lot 955
Mongolian stamp collection over 7 loose album pages and 8 stock cards. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.
Lot 942
British commonwealth stamp collection in green album on 50 sheets.. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.
Lot 1000
Austria, Germany and colonies pre 1950 stamp collection on 6 album sheets. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.
Lot 908
British commonwealth stamp collection in A5 Stanley Gibbons stock book. 200+ stamps. Includes Australia, British Guiana, Guyana, Malta. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and 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.
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