Sterne (Laurence) A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. by Mr. Yorick, 2 vol., first edition, variant 2 with "vous" on p.150 in vol.1 and "whho ave" on last line of p.133 in vol.2, lacking half-titles but with list of subscribers, without loosely inserted advertisement leaf (as usual), engraved coat-of-arms in text, titles trimmed at head where ink signatures partly cut away, title in vol.1 with two abraded patches, old ink stamp "J.Holden" in red ink at head of p.1 of each vol., a little browned at beginning and end, book-label of Robert Meyricke, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, red morocco labels, corners repaired, [Rothschild 1972], for T.Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1768; and 15 others, Sterne, including a 1799 edition of with hand-coloured plates, 8vo (17)
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Africa.- Churchill (Winston Spencer) My African Journey, first edition in book form, frontispiece and plates, 3 maps with routes in red, booksellers ink stamp to front free endpaper, 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end, some foxing, cracked hinges, marginal tear to edge of plate opposite p.80, original pictorial cloth, spine a little faded, slight creasing to spine extremities, [Czech p.37], 8vo, 1908. ⁂ This was originally published in a shorter format, as a series of articles for The Strand magazine.
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) How I Found Livingstone, second edition, half-title (3 holes, repaired), photographic frontispiece (ink stamp to verso, water-stain to corner), 3 folding maps and plans only (of 5), 2 with small tear, some tender edges, occasional light finger soiling, 1872 § Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, folding frontispiece (tear, repaired), final plate torn and repaired, 1 folding map (small tear), occasional light spotting, 1857; The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, 2 folding maps, marginal water-staining throughout, pencil annotations, 1874; plates and illustrations, later half-calf, [Hosken p.126]; and 3 others, by Livingstone or Stanley, 8vo (7)
![Bacon (Roger) Specula mathematica... , edited by Johannes Combach, [from part 4 of the "Opus Majus", 83pp.,], woodcut title v](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/7b5f5c89-2396-40a1-a86d-d92402d2de94/468x382.jpg)
Bacon (Roger) Specula mathematica... , edited by Johannes Combach, [from part 4 of the "Opus Majus", 83pp.,], woodcut title vignette, initials and head-pieces, woodcut illustrations in text, small paper flaw in corner of title, A3 small ink marks, foxed and browned, new endpapers, ink ownership stamp and blind ex-library stamp at tail of title, 19th century boards, corners and spine rubbed, sm. 4to, Frankfurt am Main, Wolfgang Richter for Anton Humm, 1614.
Wilkes (John, politician, 1725-97).- Birch (Thomas) An Historical View of the Negotiations Between the Courts of England, France, and Brussels, From the Year 1592 to 16178, first edition, John Wilkes copy with his engraved bookplate on front pastedown, errata f. at end, slightly foxed and browned, ex-library Edinburgh Library oval ink stamp at tail of title, contemporary calf, gilt, corners and edges slightly rubbed, lower joint splitting and working loose, 8vo, for A. Millar, 1749.
Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, first edition, Gimbel's third state, title printed in red & blue, half-title and verso of title printed in blue, 'Stave One' to head of p.1, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by & after Leech and 4 plain woodcut vignettes by Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements, plates a little spotted and offset, yellow endpapers, ink gift inscription dated 22nd December 1843 to half-title, Dickens postage stamp to pastedown, original first issue cloth with unbroken 'D' within wreath and minimum 14mm gap between blind border and gilt cartouche, slight shelf-lean, spine a little faded, spine ends chipped, a few light splash marks to covers, still a bright and excellent example overall, g.e., [Smith II 4], 8vo, 1843.
Bible, Irish. Leabhuir na¡ Seintiomna... The Books of the Old Testament..., translated by William Bedell, first edition of the Old Testament in Irish, title in English and Irish, double column, text in Irish, lacks initial and last blanks, signature P misbound, 3A1 small tear in margin, 4Q2 & 6 M1 small piece of corner torn away, slightly foxed and browned, ink inscription at head of title, engraved bookplate of Alexander Macmillan on front pastedown, 18th century calf, Signet Library copy with gilt stamp on upper cover, rubbed, corners repaired, rebacked in modern calf, old red morocco label retained on spine, modern slip-case, [Wing B2759A; Darlow & Moule 5534], 4to, London, 1685. ⁂ The first edition of the Old Testament in Irish, translated from the English Bible by William Bedell (1571-1642, Bishop of Kilmore), but not published until 40 years after his death. About 500 copies were printed in Irish type supplied by Robert Boyle.
![[Beckford (William)] Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha, first edition, engraved portra](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/8779b3c0-7a0c-4421-b2dd-e35d1e00d05d/468x382.jpg)
[Beckford (William)] Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha, first edition, engraved portrait (lightly offset on title),William Borlase's copy with his stamp to title and bookplate, contemporary half russia, rebacked, 1835 § Thicknesse (Philip) A Year's Journey through France, and part of Spain, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispieces, plates and folding sheets of music, offset, contemporary tree calf, red and black roan labels, 1778, a little rubbed; and 3 others including Templeman's New Survey of the Globe... lacking 2 plates, 8vo & oblong folio (6) ⁂ Sir William Borlase (1696-1772), Cornish antiquary, geologist and naturalist.
Dee (John).- Bacon (Roger) Epistolae . . . de secretis operibus artis et naturae, et de nullitate magiae. Opera Johannis Dee . . . ad sensum integrum restituta, first edition edited by John Dee, title, 62pp. only of 80, pp. 21-80 only (lacking preliminaries but starts at Chapter I), ink stamp symbol at tail of title, ink initials on verso of title, [Brunet 1:602; Caillet 621; Duveen 38; Ferguson 1:64, 1:202 (extremely rare); Graesse 1:271; Sarton 2:963], Hamburg, Froben, 1618 bound with Aquinas (Thomas) Secreta alchimiæ magnalia D. Thomae Aquinatis, de corporibus supercoelestibus, & quod in rebus inferioribus inveniantur, quoque modo extrahantur etc. third edition, lacks plate, pp. 60-71 ink line scored through pages not affecting legibility, [Ferguson, I, p. 27: Duveen, p. 102; notes only], Leiden, Thomas Basson, 1602 bound in reverse, browned, blind ex-library stamp at tail of title, later ink notes on fly-leaf, inner hinges strengthened, later boards, 20th century calf spine, gilt, 8vo; sold not subject to return. ⁂ First mentioned extremely rare; last copy the Garden copy sold in 1989. An important alchemical work originally printed at Paris by Oronce Fine in 1542; textually complete starting with Chapter 1 but lacks the dedication to the Brothers of the Rosy Cross. The ascription of the invention of gunpowder to Bacon was based upon a cipher contained in the Epistolae.
![Ireland.- [Tone (Theobald Wolfe)] An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland, lacks half-title, title edges chipped, s](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8766109f-1deb-4a16-a9ea-a7e0012ad58f/eade2e4a-417f-4da3-96a4-051cc57f35b0/468x382.jpg)
Ireland.- [Tone (Theobald Wolfe)] An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland, lacks half-title, title edges chipped, some slight foxing and soiling to margins, old ink stamp on title and upper wrapper "This Book is Scarce", original grey wrappers, new endpapers, bound in modern half calf, gilt spine, 8vo, [Belfast], Re-Printed by Order of The Society of United Irishmen of Belfast, 1791. ⁂ "Tone's Argument was addressed to protestants (though more specifically the Ulster Presbyterians) who were radicals in politics but resistant to granting Catholics equal rights. In it he reiterated his complaint that Ireland was not recognized as a nation in its own right. The reason for this was the form of government, but the Irish tolerated it because of their own divisions." - Oxford DNB.
Fielding (Henry) The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 4 vol., engraved frontispieces, rather browned, handsome contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, upper joint of vol.1 repaired, 1782 § Richardson (Samuel) Clarissa. Or, the History of a Young Lady, 8 vol., sixth edition, engraved frontispieces and folding sheet of music in vol.2, contemporary ink inscription "Ann Berney 1771" to front free endpapers, some light browning, contemporary sprinkled calf, roan labels, boards slightly splayed, small repairs to joints, 1768; The History of Sir Charles Grandison, 7 vol., sixth edition, half-title and engraved portrait in vol.1, some light spotting, old ink signatures and ownership stamp to front free endpapers, bookplate of Charles Cammell, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and black roan labels, spines slightly chipped at head, 1770, all a little rubbed; and a later 3 vol. set of Amelia, 12mo (22)
Bible, English. The Holy Bible, 3 parts in 1 vol., double column, engraved title, NT title has separate title, "John Field... , dated 1666", NT F1 tear in text without loss, browned, a few annotations at end, 19th century circular ink stamp and inscription on fly-leaf, contemporary diced russia, gilt, worn, rebacked in modern calf, g.e., [Herbert 780], 4to, Cambridge, J. Hayes, 1683; and 4 other Bibles, v.s., v.d. (5).
Bacon (Roger) Perspectiva, edited by Johann Combach, first edition, numerous woodcut diagrams (9 full-page) and woodcut ornaments, title soiled, small hole in title, 2c1 small holes in margin repaired, foxed and browned, ink scribbling on front fly-leaf, contemporary ink note on lower fly-leaf, ink ownership stamp at tail of title and blind ex-library stamp on 2b4, later endpapers, 18th century vellum covered boards, extensively soiled and marked, [Becker 27; Hoover 73], sm. 4to, Frankfurt, Wolfgang Richter for Anton Humm, 1614. ⁂ Bacon's theories on optics and perspective; "followed Grosseteste in emphasizing the use of lenses, not only for burning, but also for magnification, to aid natural vision". - DSB.
** Stamp /stamps : large album of Empire/CW mint and used QV to QEII. Nigeria and N and S Nigeria inc mint KEVII, Pitcairns, Pakistan, Niue , PNG, the Rhodesias inc KGV, British South Africa Company m&u some nice items, St Kitts Nevis inc KGVI 10/= and £1 seemingly UMM, RSW mint, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, St Helena inc KGVI part set to 5/-and 10/=, Sarawak, St Lucia, Borneo, Brit Central Africa, Somaliland, Sierra Leone, S Africa, SWA, Transvaal, Tonga, Trinidad, and other British Empire.
THREE COPPER HUNTING HORNS, one is a single coil horn with brass mouthpiece, length approximately 30cm, bell diameter approximately 5.5cm, one has brass mouthpiece, length approximately 23cm, bell diameter approximately 5cm, neither marked, the third is stamped Swaine & Adeney, London, possibly of The Countess of Lonsdale design, silver plated mouthpiece, length approximately 25cm, bell diameter approximately 5cm, with a French brass model of a Stag on a plinth marked 'St. Hubert', with indistinct stamp and 'Depose' to base, (St. Hubert is the patron saint of hunters) (4)
Ronald Searle, British (1920-2011) "Cat and Flowers, 1967" Lithograph Pencil Signed and Numbered 21/50. Provenance en verso and stamp mark to paper lower left. Toning and foxing to paper. Measures 19" H x 25" W (sight), frame measures 25-1/4" H x 31-1/2" W. Shipping: Third party. (estimate $100-$150)
δ Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) Indian View B (Heenk 12) Screenprint in colours, 1971, signed, dated and numbered from the editions of 75 in pencil, on J Green paper, printed by Kelpra Studio, published by Leslie Waddington Prints, London, with the printer's stamp and numbering in black ink verso, with full margins, sheet 580 x 776mm (22 3/4 x 30 1/2in) (unframed) δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
δ Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) (after) Femme Nue, NOS 11.8.69; NOS I & VI Two lithographs, 1969, on Arches wove paper, with the Morulot printed stamp verso, printed by Mourlot, Paris, each approx 395 x 500mm (15 1/2 x 19 1/2in) (2) (unframed) δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
δ Georges Braque (1882-1963) Pierre Reverdy. La Liberte des Mers (Vallier 143) The book, 1959, comprising seven lithographs printed in colours, and 60 lithographs in-texte, with title-page, text and justification, this copy signed in pencil by the artist and author, stamp numbered 94 from the edition of 250, on arches paper, printed by Mourlot, Paris, published by Maeght, Paris, the full sheets loose in the original linen covered boards and slipcase, overall size 570 x 400mm (22 3/8 x 15 3/4in) (unframed) δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo (1736-1776) Rinaldo abandoning Armida, after Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Etching, circa 1753, on laid paper with watermark of graduated triple crescents, with countermark of the letter 'W' below a trefoil-topped crown, a delicate impression of the second state (of two), with the number 13 upper right, platemark 206 x 284 mm. (8 1/8 x 11 1/4 in), sheet 282 x 360 mm. (11 1/8 x 14 1/4 in). Provenance: Unidentified collector's ink stamp verso [Not in Lugt] Literature: De Vesme 6 ii/ii
δ Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) Indian View H (Heenk 18) Screenprint in colours, 1971, signed, dated and numbered from the editions of 75 in pencil, on J Green paper, printed by Kelpra Studio, published by Leslie Waddington Prints, London, with the printer's stamp and numbering in black ink verso, with full margins, sheet 580 x 776mm (22 3/4 x 30 1/2in) (unframed) δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
δ Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) Indian View I (Heenk 19) Screenprint in colours, 1971, signed, dated and numbered from the editions of 75 in pencil, on J Green paper, printed by Kelpra Studio, published by Leslie Waddington Prints, London, with the printer's stamp and numbering in black ink verso, with full margins, sheet 580 x 776mm (22 3/4 x 30 1/2in) (unframed) δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
δ Claude Monet (1840-1926) & George-William Thornley (1875-1935) La Douane, effet de l'apres-midi Lithograph printed in green, circa 1890, signed by both Monet and Thornley in pencil, also with Thornley's red monogram stamp, published by Belfond et Cie, Paris, with their blindstamp, on Chine Applique supported on wove paper, with full margins, 297 x 378mm, (11.7 x 14.9in) (unframed) δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
δ William Scott (British, 1913-1989) Equals (from A Poem for Alexander) (Archeus 37) Screenprint in colours, 1972, signed, dated and inscribed 'AP' in pencil, an artist's proof aside from the edition of 72 in pencil, on wove paper, printed at Kelpra Studio, London, with their stamp on the reverse, published by Leslie Waddington, London, the full sheet printed to the edges, 585 x 775 mm (23 x 30 1/2in) (unframed) δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
δ Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) Indian View K (Heenk 21) Screenprint in colours, 1971, signed, dated and numbered from the editions of 75 in pencil, on J Green paper, printed by Kelpra Studio, published by Leslie Waddington Prints, London, with the printer's stamp and numbering in black ink verso, with full margins, sheet 580 x 776mm (22 3/4 x 30 1/2in) (unframed) δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
δ Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) Indian View F (Heenk 16) Screenprint in colours, 1971, signed, dated and numbered from the editions of 75 in pencil, on J Green paper, printed by Kelpra Studio, published by Leslie Waddington Prints, London, with the printer's stamp and numbering in black ink verso, with full margins, sheet 580 x 776mm (22 3/4 x 30 1/2in) (unframed) δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Tuckey, Captain James K: Narrative of an Expedition to explore the River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816.… J. Murray, 1818, First edition. Large folding Map Plus 13 Plates (one hand-coloured). 4to. PP: (viii)including half title and title, Lxxxii (Introduction), 498. Later half leather over marbled boards and new endpapers; very light remains of stamp to verso of title page; contents page torn and with some repair (but complete); some browning and foxing.
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