![Resta (Francesco). Meteorologia de igneis, areis, aqueisq[ue] corporibus, 1st edition, [Rome]: Francesco Moneta, 1644, engrav](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/aa5e9d8a-7ba4-48bc-a3b9-aa8801385248/468x382.jpg)
Resta (Francesco). Meteorologia de igneis, areis, aqueisq[ue] corporibus, 1st edition, [Rome]: Francesco Moneta, 1644, engraved title-page, browning, front free endpaper near-detached, ink-stamp to lower margin of title-page, later mottled sheep gilt, rubbed, joints cracked, top spine compartment perished, 4to (21.5 x 15.7 cm), together with: Gregory (David), Astronomiae physicae et geometricae elementa ... accesserunt praefatio editoris; Cometographia Halleiana in modum appendicis ... 2 volumes, 2nd edition ('revisa et correcta'), Geneva: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1726, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, titles printed in red and black, 48 engraved folding plates (numbered 1-42, 1-5, one unnumbered), folding table, lacking engraved portrait, damp-staining to outer leaves, marginal worm-track towards rear of volume 1, largely unopened, edges untrimmed, contemporary marbled wrappers, spines worn, 4to (26.4 x 20.8 cm) (Qty: 3)Gregory: DSB V p. 522, Houzeau & Lancaster 9240, Wallis 87.1. Copac traces three copies in UK libraries for Resta's work, an Aristotelian treatise on meteorology. Gregory's work, first published in 1702, was 'the first textbook on astronomy to integrate Newton's gravitational theory with standard findings' (ODNB); this second edition is the first to contain Edmund Halley's treatise on comets.
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Dawson (Lt. R. K.., Royal Engineers). Plans of the Municipal Boroughs of England and Wales; Showing their Boundaries and Division into Wards, 1832 - 1837, printed title with near contemporary manuscript presentation inscription and smudged library stamp, 159 (of 175 in index) engraved town plans with contemporary outline colouring, some marginal water staining, dust and finger soiling, later endpapers, modern cloth gilt, folio, together with James (Henry, surveyor). Boundary Commission. Report of the Boundary Commissioners for England and Wales, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1868, printed title, over 250 lithographic town and regional lithographic maps, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spine,, slight wear to extremities, folio (Qty: 2)Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.
Fox hunting. Manuscript journal for the Whaddon Chase and Bicester Hunts, 1912-39, printed title-page ('Hunting Journal; or Diary. No., 2, for Private Use ...'), printed headings (date, 'hounds', 'horses', 'remarks'), ruled in blue, completed in manuscript on 256 pp., mainly in black ink, occasionally in pencil, final 20 pp. left blank, gift inscription 'J. R. from G. R., Xmas 1913, Whitchurch, Bucks' to front free endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain red morocco album by A. Webster and Company, front board gilt-lettered 'Hunting Journal' with monograms 'G. R.' and 'J. R.', royal appointment stamp gilt to turn-in, spine very slightly scuffed, oblong 4to (18.5 x 24.4 cm) (Qty: 1)The Bicester and Whaddon Chase hunts were amalgamated for the 1986-7 season.
![[Woolley, Hannah]. The Compleat Servant-maid : or, the Young Maidens Tutor. Directing Them How They May Fit, and Qualifie The](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/17da0232-4015-4d87-8f5d-aa88013858c6/468x382.jpg)
[Woolley, Hannah]. The Compleat Servant-maid : or, the Young Maidens Tutor. Directing Them How They May Fit, and Qualifie Themselves for Any of These Employments...Whereunto is added A Suppliment containing the choicest Recipts and rarest Secrets in Physick and Chyrurgery... The Compleat Market-Man and Market-Woman, in Buying Fowl, Fish, Flesh, &c..., Seventh Edition with Additions, printed for E. Tracy, 1704, engraved frontispiece (laid down), two folding engraved plates of calligraphy, both laid down, the first with two small losses slightly affecting text, the second with somewhat larger losses at fold, first few leaves with pale dampstaining, final leaf of text with publisher's advertisement on verso and early ink inscription 'Elizabeth Leys her Book: 1718' on recto, tightly stitched with some letters obscured at gutter, a few leaves close-trimmed (sometimes clipping text), preliminary blank with embossed ownership stamp 'The Old Warps, Warrington', hinges cracked, late 19th century sheep, gilt lettering to spine, extremities rubbed, 12mo (Qty: 1)Cagle 1061 (5th edition); Maclean page 32. An unauthorized adaption of the advice books of Hannah Woolley (or Wolley),teaching young women "how to behave and carry yourself, and perform your duty in the several empoyments of a Waiting-Woman, House-Keeper, Chamber-Maid, Cook-Maid..." with "directions for Preserving, Conserving, and Candying, for Writing... for Arithmetick, as much as is necessary for your sex: Also the Art of Carving, and Distilling, with choice Receipts for... Washing and Starching... For making of Pies, Custards, Cheese-cakes and the like... and for dressing of Flesh, Fowl and Fish... for Preserving the Hair, Teeth, Face, and keeping the Hands white...".
Aldin (Cecil). The Kings Head Malmesbury, The Bell at Stilton, The Golden Cross, Oxford, The Spread Eagle Midhurst, The George Inn Dorchester [and] The New Inn Gloucester, published Eyre & Spottiswoode, circa 1921, together six photolithographs, each signed in pencil by artist below image to lower left, each with a blind-stamp of the 'Fine Art Trade Guild' and two with an original pencil and crayon remarque below image, each approximately 440 x 350 mm, mounted framed and glazed in non-uniform mouldings (Qty: 6)
![Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/e7646016-75ff-4af0-a886-aa8801383af1/468x382.jpg)
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches, 2 volumes (Old Testament & New Testament), Oxford: John Baskett , 1717/1716, general letterpress title (lined to verso) and calendar printed in red and black, general title with engraved illustration by G. Vander Gucht depicting view of Oxford, and vignette to New Testament depicting the Annunciation, without additional engraved general title by Du-Bose, with numerous engraved head & tail-pieces and initials after Thornhill, Cheron, Laguere and others, generally illustrating incidents from the Bible, ruled in red throughout, some leaves mostly in New Testament with tears mostly to margins and repaired (one with few words provided in manuscript), manuscript number to upper margins of titles and front endpapers, some dust-soiling, occasional spotting and few marks, marbled endpapers with neatly repaired hinges (Sotheran ink stamp to verso of front free endpaper), contemporary black morocco, elaborate gilt decoration with armorial of George III to centre of each board, skilfully rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spines with GR monogram & coronet to each compartment, corners repaired, large folio (Qty: 2)Herbert 942; Darlow & Moule 735. A magnificent edition, printed in large type, in a handsome contemporary binding. This edition became known as the Vinegar Bible from the misprint in the headline above Luke XX, The parable of the vinegar (for vineyard) to verso of G6 in the New Testament. The book contained many misprints, and earned the nickname A Baskett-ful of Errors. See Acts iii 24 ... and the prophets ... and all those ... for and all the prophets ... and those ... and iv 24 had for heard , etc.
[Norton, John]. An Humble Apology for Non-Conformists: With Modest and Serious Reflections on the Friendly Debate, and the Continuation Thereof. By a Lover of Truth and Peace, Printed in the year 1669, early signature to title, occasional light dampstaining, contemporary speckled sheep, joints splitting and old repair at head of spine, 8vo (Wing H3402 & ESTC R20176), together with Jenkyn (William) , The Stil-Destroyer or, self-seeking Discovered. Together with the Curse it brings, and the Cure it requires. A Sermon Preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Maior and Court of Aldermen of the City of London, upon occasion of a solemne Anniversary meeting, April 9th, 1645, London: Christopher Meredith, 1645, [8], 52pp., small hole to title and small holes to fore-edge blank margin of final leaf (not affecting text), some dampstaining and dust-soiling, modern boards, slim 4to (Wing J655 & ESTC R200004), with Roderick (Richard) , A Sermon Preached August the 19th, 1684. At the Consecration of the Lord Waymouth's Chapel in Long-Leat, 1684, [6], 28pp., dampstained, bound with at front [ Sancroft, William] , A Sermon Preached in S. Peter's Westminster, on the first Sunday in Advent, at the Consecration of the Right Reverend Fathers in God, John Lord Bishop of Durham, William ... of S. David's, Benjamin ... of Peterborough, Hugh ... of Landaff, Richard ... of Carlisle, Brian ... of Chester, and John ... of Exceter, London: Printed by T. Roycroft for Robert Beaumont, 1660, [4], 39, [1]pp., manuscript annotations to title, first & last few leaves strengthened to margins, some close-trimming to margins affecting marginal notes, dampstained, bound with two other similar sermons, 20th century green buckram by Maltby of Oxford, 4to, with Bible [New Testament - Dutch] , Postilla, ofte verklaeringen over de Euangelien, die op alle de Sondagen ende de voorname Feestdagen van het geheele jaer verklaert werden in de kercken, toegedaen de onveranderde Ausburgsche Belijdenisse. ... In het licht gegeven door Artus Velten, Amsterdam: Jan van Duisbergh, 1677, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red & black, browned and dampstained throughout, ink stamp to front free endpaper and Barnstaple Athenaeum and Barnstaple Literary & Scientific Institution bookplates to front pastedown, contemporary diced calf over wooden boards with bevelled edges, blind central arabesque and ruled line border to boards, lacking spine and clasps, 4to, plus other antiquarian, mostly 17th century theology and related, including many defective volumes (Qty: 20)
![Frith (William Powell, 1819-1909)) , [Derby Day published E.Gambert & Co., 1863], uncoloured engraving on india wove, eng](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/2c90b30a-388e-451f-bad5-aa880138063d/468x382.jpg)
Frith (William Powell, 1819-1909)) , [Derby Day published E.Gambert & Co., 1863], uncoloured engraving on india wove, engraved by by Auguste Blanchard, proof before title and letters, signed in pencil by artist to lower left below image, blind stamp of The Print Sellers Association to lower left, slight water staining and spotting, 600 x 1180 mm, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)
Lockyer (J. Norman) . Contributions to Solar Physics, 1874, 6 colour plates including frontispiece, 175 black & white illustrations, book plate to front paste down, previous owner stamp to front endpaper, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated red half calf, biards rubbed, spine toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with Dunkin (Edwin) , The Midnight Sky: familiar notes on stars and planets, circa 1872, 32 star maps plus numerous black & white illustrations, period inscription to front endpaper, some light spotting, original gilt decorated plum cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, and Grant (Robert) , History of Physical Astronomy,..., circa 1874, period & later inscriptions to front endpapers, gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting, original embossed green cloth, spine & hinges rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th century & modern astrology reference & related, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 3 shelves)
![Gorringe (Henry H.). Egyptian Obelisks, 1st edition, New York: published by the author [by G. P. Putnam], 1882, 51 artotype,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49399c7a-b2e2-43e7-95f3-aa8800c3db64/9d0f6a01-bb9f-4ea7-8233-aa880137b396/468x382.jpg)
Gorringe (Henry H.). Egyptian Obelisks, 1st edition, New York: published by the author [by G. P. Putnam], 1882, 51 artotype, photo-engraved or chromolithographic plates, bookplate, front free endpaper detached (ink-stamp, all edges gilt, original deluxe binding of red morocco gilt over heavy bevelled boards, large 4to (34.6 x 25.8 cm), together with: Wilkinson (John Gardner), The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, a New Edition, revised and corrected by Samuel Birch, 3 volumes, John Murray, 1878, 74 wood-engraved or lithographic plates numbered 1-72 (several coloured or folding, many in fact full-page text illustrations), folding plan, numerous further wood-engravings in the text, light spotting to endpapers, original green pictorial cloth gilt, a bright set, 8vo, Carter (Howard, & A. C. Mace), The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 4th impression, Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1930, all halftone photographic plates as called for, original brown pictorial cloth gilt, a bright set, 8vo, Naville (Edouard), The Festival-Hall of Osorkon II. in the Great Temple of Bubastis. Tenth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1st edition, Kegan Paul [etc.], 1892, 40 plates (all but one double-page, some folding), original cloth-backed printed boards, a little worn, 4to, and 10 others, 19th-century Egyptology including works by Budge and Weigall, mainly original cloth, 8vo (Qty: 19)
Erasmus (Desiderius). Epistolarum D. Erasmi Roterodami Libri XXXI. et P. Melancthonis Libri IV. Quibus adjiciuntur Th. Mori & Lud. Vivis espistolae. Una? cum indicibus locupletissimis, volume 1 only (of 2), London: M. Flesher & R. Young, 1642, title in red & black and with woodcut device (torn to upper inner corner and lower outer corner, & with ink number stamp & manuscript number), some dust soiling and marginal spotting, front endpaper with ink number stamp & manuscript classification, front free endpaper inscribed 'Presented by the Revd. John Foster to the Library of the Bristol Education Society May 6th 1823' and with Bristol Baptist College Library bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, board corners worn and showing, folio, together with Adagia, id est; proverbiorum, paroemiarum et parabolarum omnium, quae apud Graecos, Latinos, Hebraeos, Arabes, &c in usu fuerunt, collectio..., Frankfurt: Johannis Pressii viduae, 1646, title in red & black and with engraved printer's device, ink signature to upper outer blank corner, browned and spotted throughout (particularly at front & rear), 20th century brown half sheep, paste-paper sides to boards with some insect wear to board edges, folio (Qty: 2)
Cummings (Michael, 1919-1997). "Judging by the state of the Nation you might think it has been driven while under the influence of alcohol, for years...", 1976, pen & ink on artist's board, depicting two policemen talking outside Number 10 Downing Street, with Tony Benn and James Callaghan fighting over a steering wheel controlling the house, signed upper left corner, captioned in ink to lower margin, date stamp on verso 30 Apr 1976, upper blank margin with manuscript proofing directions (ink and pencil), finger-soiling to board edges, sheet size 54 x 37cm (21.25 x 14.5ins), image size 31.5 x 27.5cm (12.5 x 10.75ins), together with "Just think how it would help our tourist trade if Queen Elizabeth got fed up with Britain and emigrated to MY country!", 1975, watercolour and pen & ink on artist's board, depicting President Ford, President Giscard and Chancellor Schmidt each dreaming of Queen Elizabeth representing their country, signed upper left, captioned in ink to lower margin, publication stamp on verso dated 17.2.75, upper blank margin with manuscript proofing directions in pencil, finger-soiling to board edges, sheet size 39.5 x 53cm (15.5 x 21ins), image size 20.5 x 45cm (8 x 17.75ins), plus Parkes (Terence 'Larry', 1927-2003) , five pen & ink cartoons, one depicting London Horseguards, one depicting a bar scene with a man's t-shirt stating 'I don't know much about cartoons but I know I do like whisky', the other three with a cummerbund (in watercolour) as the central theme, the first two signed 'Larry', each framed and glazed, 21 x 16.5cm (8.25 x 6.5ins) and smaller, plus an original pencil and watercolour on artist's board cover design for 'Punch' magazine, by Eric Burgin, with the relevant magazine, dated 6th February 1957 (Qty: 6)
Irwin (D. Hastings) and War Medals and Decorations issued to the British military and naval forces from 1588 to 1889, circa 1890, 10 black & white plates, bookplate to front paste down, some toning & light spotting, contemporary blue cloth, boards lightly marked, spine slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, together with Low (Charles Rathbone) , History of The Indian Navy. (1613-1863), 2 volumes, 1990, The London Stamp Exchange Ltd., all edges gilt, uniform original gilt decorated blue half leatherette in slipcase, 8vo, and Porter (Whitworth) , History of the Corps of Royal Engineers, volumes 1-3, 7-9, mixed editions 1951-58, black & white illustrations & maps, uniform original red cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo plus other modern military & naval medal reference & related, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, volumes permeated with the smell of tobacco smoke, G, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 3 shelves & a carton)
Books - Philatelic Reference and Catalogues - Stanley Gibbons: Stamps of the World, five-volume set, 2008; spare volume 5, 2008; Great Britain, Queen Victoria onwards, various, Western Europe, etc; other guides; periodicals, including The Journal of the France & Colonies Philatelic Society, various; Philately in Japan, various; Stamp Collecting, 1966 - 1967, ring binder; Gibbons: Stamp Monthly, various loose copies; auction catalogues, generally 1980's and 1990's, including Christie's:~ The July 2, 1847 Cover: Earliest known use of United States Postage Stamps, October 1990, Fine Stamps and Covers of Hong Kong and China: Featuring the collection of Hong Kong Postal History formed by Robert Horley Taylor [...], November 1995 and Bavaria: The Rudi Oppenheimer Collection of Stamps and Postal History, April 1995; others, including British Empire, Asia, Postal History; Robinson Lowe catalogues; some trade catalogues; philatelic-related ephemera (3 boxes)
Collector's Coins: carton containing London Mint QE II Gibraltar portrait set, incomplete; 2016 UK Crown Churchill with stamp franked 13/89/2016 also circulated Fry £5 note, tray of miscellaneous issues, incl. £1 Guernsey silver proof; bronze replica Prince of Wales Waterloo medal unc. various unc. £2 issues; 2015/2016 Brazil Olympics set 16 BU 1 Real coins, also 2016 UK Birthday six coin BU set with stamp
A very good heavy Victorian brass and metal Dog Grate, in the Adams stye, with raised decorated arched back over a large basket grate with pierced apron, on brass fluted and tapered legs with large classical urn finials, with Registration stamp on reverse, 85cms high x 86cms wide (33 1/2" x 34"). (1)
A suitcase containing a large collection of mainly mint stamps including three folders with sheets of mostly pre-decimal British stamps plus a few sheets of mint Russian stamps, a stockbook containing a quantity of mixed stamps, approx twelve packets containing sets of British mint stamps, further unsorted British Post Office Mint stamp collections, FDC's, etc
L.S. Lowry, signed coloured print, an industrial townscape with figures in the street to the foreground, 17.5ins x 22.5ins, Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp to the lower left corner, framed and glazed Good condition, no toxing or signs of fading. Cannot say if it is stuck down as it is sealed and framed. Frame also in good condition. Signed in pencil and has the Fine Art Trade Guild Stamp.
L.S. Lowry, signed coloured print, landscape with children playing before farm buildings, published in 1974 by Venture Prints Ltd, Bristol, Fine Art Trade Guild stamp to the lower left corner, 15.75ins x 19.5ins, framed and glazed Good condition, no toxing or signs of fading. Cannot say if it is stuck down as it is sealed and framed. Frame also in good condition. Signed in pencil and has the Fine Art Trade Guild Stamp.
Ambrose, Saint and Bishop of Milan. Operum…, Basle, Froben, 1538. Folio, cont. panelled calf - Justus, Joannes. Operum Minorum, Cologne, 1555. Folio, later half calf (title and prelims frayed, some staining to text) - Novum Testa-mentum Graece…, Antwerp, Plantin, 1583. 8vo., later half calf - Tertullian, Q. S. F. Opera, ed. I. P. Brugensis, Cologne 1617. Folio, cont. calf (wear to spine and joints). Woodcut on title. All vols. with stamp of College Library Carlow on titles. (4)/Note: St. Patrick's Carlow College was founded in 1782 by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, James Keefe.
Album. 4to., fine orig. vellum gilt, with red morocco onlays gilt, initials MJW on upper cover, with gilt stamp of Romulus and Remus on lower, label of Ennio Andersen Roma. Containing mounted cut signatures of George IV when Prince Regent, William IV, & Queen Victoria; envelope fronts in the hands of Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and others; and autograph letters of Hubert Parry, Lord Roberts and others; loose sheet with autograph poem signed by Walter Crane, dated Feb. 3 1896, “Beneath great London's dome to his last rest”, evidently referring to the death of an artist/see illustration
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