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Click here to subscribeA Moorcroft baluster vase tube lined and decorated in the hibiscus pattern on a green and blue ground. The bulbous body raised on a circular foot with slender neck and flared rim. Green upper case Moorcroft and Made In England stamp with green letter W/M to base. Measures 11cms high. Condition Report: In good order with no signs of cracks or repair but does have very minor crazing to the green and blue ground.
A fantastic Moorcroft trial piece ceramic figurine display modelled as diving kingfisher with fish in beak raised on a naturalistic base. Green Moorcroft Made In Stoke On Trent England stamp to base with green marks and jug date stamp. Notated Trial 20.4.11. Measures 17cms high. Condition Report: In good order with no signs of cracks or repair.
An 18th / 19th century Masons blue and white meat straining ceramic plate, decorated in a Asiatic design of Peonies and butterflies and interspersed with holes throughout, stamped to the verso with makers stamp Real Stone China under a crown. Measurements: 2 cm high, 36 cm wide and 26 cm deep.
Two Clarice Cliff Fantasque Bizarre Grapefruit bowls, in the Pastel Melon pattern, "Fantasque hand painted Bizarre by Clarice Cliff Newport Pottery England" stamp to base (1932-35), 7in. (17.6cm.) long. (2) * Condition: In good condition. One with no faults, one with flea bite nibble to upper segmented ridge (not noticeable).
A Clarice Cliff wall pocket, Marlene, circa 1937, modelled as a female face with ornate head dress and earrings, adorned with a floral garland picked out in tonal yellow, orange and green, highlighted in gold, with bright red lips over a mushroom glazed ground, Clarice Cliff, Wilkinson Ltd, England stamp to back 7in. (17.75cm.) high. * Condition: In very good condition, cleaning needed, factory flea bite nibble on left earring.
Norman Thelwell (British, 1923-2004), Pets' Corner pen and ink cartoon, signed lower right 6 x 8½in. (15.25 x 21.5cm.) * Published in The Daily Express, 23.04.67, in double sided frame showing the printed cartoon pasted verso with Daily Express Newspapers copyright stamp, also stamped 'Stock 23 APR 1967' and separately '1967'. ** Condition: Small fox mark top right corner and small fingerprint smudge to tiles below window. Otherwise clean and in good condition.
Norman Thelwell (British, 1923-2004), "Would you mind taking his clothes off?" pen and ink cartoon with minor white paint corrections, signed lower right and titled in pencil 5 7/8 x 8¾in. (15 x 22.25cm.) * Published in The Daily Express, 08.05.66, in double sided frame showing the printed cartoon pasted verso with Daily Express Newspapers copyright stamp, also stamped 'Stock ......1966'. ** Condition: Good, clean condition. Small red ink spot to centre right above signature and very faint red curved line in coloured pencil or crayon top right. No other faults.
A large collection of original cartoons by Chic (Cyril Jacob), from his time as a Daily Express staff cartoonist (1964-73), pen and ink on paper and card, some with colour tint, almost all signed, most with notes verso indicating when the cartoon was published, with pasted clipping from the newspaper and with dated Srtock stamp. (in excess of 600.)
Norman Thelwell (British, 1923-2004), "Are you sure one of these other snakes wouldn't do you just as well?" pen and ink cartoon with minor white paint corrections, signed lower right and titled to lower margin 6 7/8 x 9 3/8in. (17.5 x 23.8cm.) * Published in The Daily Express, 07.03.65, in double sided frame showing the printed cartoon pasted verso with Daily Express Newspapers copyright stamp, also stamped 'Stock -7 MAR 1965' and separately '1965'. ** Condition: Tiny crease to top centre margin. Small light brown stain mark to lower right corner below signature, fingerprint ink mark below box to foreground and another just above first word of title. A few other dirty smudges from handling.
Miniature book - London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1821, printed for the Company of Stationers, double-page engraving of a View of the Southwark Bridge, red ink duty stamp on title-page, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, orig. red morocco with black, red and cream leather onlays, elaborately gilt dec. with snail to centre, 6 x 3.5cm., contained in matching slipcase. * Condition: Insect damage to lower 60% of spine, which has caused a split to lower section of fold of some pages. Otherwise clean with light time staining to title page only. Covers otherwise clean and bright. Slipcase has some wear to surface and edges throughout.
Norman Thelwell (British, 1923-2004), Original Daily Express cartoon of a school choir breaking the school hall window pen and ink, signed lower right 6¾ x 9¾in. (17.2 x 24.75cm.) * Published in The Daily Express, 14.11.65, in double sided frame showing the printed cartoon pasted verso with Daily Express Newspapers copyright stamp, also stamped 'Stock 14 Nov 1965'. ** Condition: In good condition. Three small fox maks to lower right margin from contact with mount. No other faults.
GRANT JAMES. History of India. 2 vols. Illus. Quarto. Half dark morocco, rubbed. Cassell, n.d.; also 4 others, India. (6). Condition Report. Cassell's Illustrated History of India - James Grant: No dates. Bindings scuffed and chipped, especially on corners and spines (No splitting). Private library stamp on coloured end papers. Foxing throughout both volumes, Volume I particularly affected.The History of The British Empire in India and The East - Dr. E. H. Nolan, London, Virtue.: No date, plates only, poor condition, disbound, foxing throughout.The Indian Empire -R. Montgomery Martin, London Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd.: No dates, chipped and worn bindings, some splitting especially Volume I. Foxing through all volumes.
MATCHBOX LABELS, boxes and booklets, UK and foreign, mixed sizes, inc. Zodiac, bars, hotels, casinos, trains, wrecks, ships, buildings, restaurants, breweries, personalities, vintage cars, supermarkets, fish, puzzles, riddles etc; Sharp, Southern Counties, Cornish Match, Lucky, Neron, Camel, Jockey, Dove, Two Chicks, Lion, Marathon, Puck, VG, Raja, Flash, Zebra, Blue Cross, Australian etc., contained in five stamp stock books, good VR, Qty.
SELECTION, inc. royalty, six sheets of Tucks scraps for the 1953 Coronation, QEII postage stamp issues, Charles & Diana commemorative covers etc. (in two ring-binders); Victorian prints of personalities with printed signatures (27), inc. politicians, clergy etc. (mainly 8 x 10.5); presentation box of matchboxes, Specialserien 1979 etc., FR to EX, Qty.
Coulson (William). On the Disease of the Hip-Joint, 1st edition, 1837, 6 lithographed plates including 2 hand-coloured, advert leaf with erratum tipped in at front, several library ink stamps including two to title, original cloth, some fading and edge wear, cloth reback, 4to, together with Adams (William), On the Reparative Process in Human Tendons after Subcutaneous Division for the Cure of Deformities..., 1st edition, 1860, 8 plates (mostly with some old water stains), 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, author's presentation inscription to the British Medical Association to half-title with their library ink stamps to titles and title verso, original cloth, rubbed, rebacked with original spine relaid, 8vo, plus Bigg (Henry Heather), On the Mechanical Appliances Necessary for the Treatment of Deformities. Part I. The Lower Limbs [all published], 1st edition, 1858, wood-engraved illustrations to text, publisher's adverts at rear, library ink stamp to title recto and verso and at foot of final page, adhesion remains and small tear to blank area of inner margin of dedication leaf, original cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid, rubbed and slightly faded, 8vo, plus works on club-foot by William Adams (1873) and ulcers of the legs by Thomas Baynton (1799) (5)
[Charles I]. Majesty in Misery, or, an Imploration to the King of Kings; Written by His late Majesty King Charles the First, in his durance at Carisbrook Castle, 1648, [colophon:] London: Printed Anno Domini 1681, 2pp., broadside printed on both sides, small neat old library stamp (& cancellation) to top blank margins, some fraying to margins, folio, together with Ecclesia & Factio. A Dialogue between Bow-Steeple Dragon and the Exchange Grasshopper, 1st edition, 1698, 16pp., with 'Blest' on p.3, three small holes and slight paper thining to title, fraying to margins, disbound folio (Wing 733), with Wild (Dr. Robert), Dr. Wild's Poem. In Nova fert Animus, &c., or, a New Song to an Old Friend from an Old Poet, Upon the Hopeful New Parliament, 1st edition, [1679], 4pp., disbound folio (Wing W2145), plus six other 17th-early 19th century similar pamphlets etc., mostly disbound folio & 4to First item: Wing C2422. Not actually written by Charles I, and often wrongly attributed to George Wither. A curious poem in rhymed triplets purporting to have been written by Charles I during his incarceration at Carisbrooke Castle, in the Isle of Wight prior to his execution. (9)
Jones (William). Practical Observations on Diseases of Women, Illustrated with Cases and Explanatory Plates, 1st edition, 1839, 8 plates including 2 hand-coloured, 6 pp. adverts at rear, library blind stamp to upper margins of preliminary leaves, recent quarter cloth, 8vo, together with Armstrong (John), Facts and Observations Relative to the Fever called Puerperal, 2nd edition, 1819, library ink stamp to title, modern boards, 8vo, plus Facts, Observations, and Practical Illustrations, Relative to Puerperal Fever, Scarlet Fever, Pulmonary Consumption, and Measles..., 1st American from the 2nd London edition, Hartford, 1823, heavy browning throughout, contemporary tree sheep, rubbed, 8vo, plus 4 related (7)
Vaurie (Charles). The Birds of the Palearctic Fauna, 2 volumes, Witherby, 1959-65, original cloth, dust jackets, spines a little faded, volume II price-clipped, 4to, together with The Gannet. A Bird with a History, by J.H. Gurney, Witherby, 1913, illustrations, light toning to endpapers, 'Archive Copy' ink stamp to title, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Cuckoo Problems, by E.C. Stuart Baker, Witherby, 1942, colour plates, one or two detached, ink stamp to title, original blue cloth, dust jacket, a few chips, 8vo, with other Witherby natural history etc, including The Bird as a Diver, by John Dewar, 1924, The Ducks of India, by R.G. Wright and Douglas Dewar, 1925, William Fawcett's Hunting in Northumbria, 1927 and Masauji Hachisuka's The Birds of the Philippine Islands, parts II-IV only, 1932-34 (approx 70)
Pott (Percivall). A Treatise on Ruptures, 1st edition, printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1756, title with contemporary ink inscription bearing the name 'R. Robertson', some spotting and soiling, endpapers renewed, with early ink shelfmark on verso of front free endpaper, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, both covers bearing gilt coat of arms with 'Reg Hosp Gren' (Royal Hospital School, Greenwich), edges rubbed, 8vo, together with Astruc (John), A Treatise on the Fistula of the Anus, Written Originally in Latin..., 1st English Edition, 1738, engraved folding plate, close-trimmed, with ink library stamp, dated title-page to each section, early 20th century red cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus Misaurus (Philander, pseudonym), The Honour of the Gout..., 1735, title with early ink ownership name to head, disbound, 8vo, with three others: Jan Baptista Van Helmont's Deliramenta Catarrhi: Or the Incongruities, Impossibilites and Absurdities Couched under the Vulgar Opinion of Defluxions, 1650, George Cheyne's The English Malady: Or a Treatise of Nervous Diseases of all Kinds, as Spleen, Vapours, Lowness of Spirits, Hypopochondriacal, and Hysterical Distempers, 1733, and Emmenologia, by John Freind, 1729 First work Garrison & Morton 3576. Includes the first description of a congenital hernia. (6)
Torti (Francesco). Therapeutice Specialis ad Febres Periodicas Perniciosas, 3rd revised edition, Venice, 1732, engraved frontispiece and folding plate with closed tear repair, heavy foxing and some marginal dampstaining, contemporary vellum, heavily soiled, together with Alpini (Prosper), De Praesagienda Vita et Morte Aegrotantium Libri Septem... cum Praefatione Hermanni Boerhaave, new edition, Leyden, 1710, title printed in red and black with printer's woodcut device, some spotting and marginal browning, a little dampstaining, library ink stamps to title verso and dedication leaf, contemporary calf, old calf reback and corner repairs, rubbed, plus Celsus (Aulus Cornelius), Medicinae Libri Octo, ex recensione Leonardi Targae..., 1785, half-title, several small circular red ink stamp including one to title, academic presentation inscription for R. De Rouille to front endpaper with his name label at foot of title, spotting throughout, closed tear repair to final leaf before main text, modern quarter calf gilt, all 4to, plus other mostly smaller-format Latin medical interest including some dissertations etc. (24)
Butler (Edward A.). A Biology of the British Hemiptera-Heteroptera, 1st edition, Witherby, 1923, colour and monochrome plates, 'Archive Copy' ink stamp to title, endpapers lightly toned, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, slight mottled stains to lower cover, dust jacket, one or two small tears and stains, 8vo, together with A Practical Handbook of British Beetles, by Norman H. Joy, 2 volumes, Witherby, 1932, illustrations to volume II, 'Archive Copy' ink stamp to volume II half title, volume I hinges tender, bookplate, top edge gilt, original cloth, volume I edges rubbed, dust jackets, some chips and tears, large 8vo (3)
[Tronchin, Theodore]. A Treatise on the Colica Pictonum, or the Dry Belly-Ach, [translated from Latin] by Ralph Schomberg, 1st edition, 1764, faint library ink stamp of Birmingham Medical Institute and light dampstaining to title, modern library cloth, rubbed and dust-soiled, 8vo, together with Hare (Thomas), A View of the Structure, Functions, and Disorders of the Stomach and Alimentary Organs of the Human Body, 1st edition, 1821, 2 engraved plates, some heavy spotting and dust-soiling, modern quarter calf, 8vo, plus Pemberton (Christopher Robert), A Practical Treatise on Various Diseases of the Abdominal Viscera, 4th edition, revised and corrected, 1820, 2 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, plus 9 other 19th-century works on the stomach and indigestion, etc. (12)
Quesnay (Francois). Traite de la Suppuration, Paris, 1764, contemporary mottled sheep, gilt-decorated spine, worn, 12mo, together with Riviere (Lazare), Les Observations de MÞdicine..., 2nd edition, Lyon, 1688, heavy spotting and browning throughout, some ink stains and marginal splits to title, advert leaf at rear, lacks initial blank, contemporary sheep, gilt-decorated spine, some wear, 8vo, plus Belloste (Augustin), Le Chirurgien d'Hopital..., 3rd revised and enlarged edition, Paris, 1734, some spotting throughout, small library ink stamp to title verso, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, some wear, 12mo, plus other 18th and 19th-century French medical interest, all leather bound, 8vo/12mo (8)
Burdon-Sanderson (J., editor). Handbook for the Physiological Laboratory by E. Klein, J. Burdon-Sanderson, Michael Foster and T. Lauder Brunton, 2 volumes (Text/Plates), 1st edition, 1873, black and white plates to volume 2, publisher's catalogues at rear of both, ex-library with ink inscriptions to contents page of volume 1 and oval ink stamp to title of volume 2, original cloth, rubbed, rebacked with original spines relaid, together with Gross (S.D.), A Practical Treatise on the Diseases and Injuries of the Urinary Bladder, the Prostate Gland, and the Urethra, 1st edition, Philadelphia, 1851, some wood-engraved illustrations to text, spotting, mostly at front and rear, library ink stamp to title and labels to front endpapers, original cloth, rubbed and library labels remains at foot of spine, large 8vo, plus Haviland (Alfred), The Geographical Distribution of Disease in Great Britain, 2nd edition, 1892, folding colour maps, some spotting throughout, original cloth, rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th-century medical history (6 shelves)
Hancocke (John). Febrifugum Magnum: or, Common Water, the Best Cure for Fevers, and Probably for the Plague, 6th edition, 1723, a little spotting and dust-soiling, title lightly browned, modern plain quarter calf, together with Armstrong (John), Practical Illustrations of Typhus, and other Febrile Diseases, 1st edition, 1816, contents leaf cut down and tipped on to rear endpaper, spotting and browning throughout, a little worming to foremargins not affecting text, armorial bookplate of Trevor Morris, contemporary half calf, upper joint cracked, rubbed, plus Baly (William & Gull, William W.), Reports on Epidemic Cholera, Drawn up at the Desire of the Cholera Committee of the Royal College of Physicians, 1st edition, 1854, folding maps and tables, publisher's catalogue at rear, library ink stamp to title, original cloth with library name blind stamp to covers, rebacked with original spine relaid, rubbed and some edge wear, all 8vo, plus other related 19th-century medical (13)
Buchanan (George). Ecphrasis Paraphraseos Georgii Buchanani in Psalmos Davidis: Ab Alexandro Julio Edinburgeno, in Adolescentiae studiosae gratiam elaborata, 1st edition, George Eld, 1620, printers woodcut device to title, without blank & errata at rear (as often), ink spots to S6, endpapers renewed, 18th century calf, modern reback, 8vo (STC 3989), together with Rowe (Nicholas), Lucan's Pharsalia. Translated into English Verse, Dublin: James Carson for Joseph Leathley, 1719, initial leaves with some staining at head, contemporary speckled calf, modern reback, 8vo, with King (Wing), The Art of Love: in Imitation of Ovid de Arte Amandi, With a Preface containing the Life of Ovid, 1st edition, 2nd state, Bernard Lintott... William Taylor & Henry Clements, [1708], engraved frontispiece, light dampstaining at front & rear, and upper outer corner of B1, ink stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, modern reback with red morocco title label, 8vo (Foxon 61), plus three others (6)
Ballance (Charles A. & Stewart, Purves). The Healing of Nerves, 1st edition, 1901, 16 colour plates, library ink stamps to title recto and verso and presentation copy blindstamp to lower outer corner, original cloth, slightly rubbed and faded, rebacks to match, 4to, together with Fox (Edward Long), The Pathological Anatomy of the Nervous Centres, 1st edition, 1874, 19 lithographed plates, many coloured, advert leaf at rear, several library ink stamps and cancel stamp to titles and some text margins, inscribed 'From the author' to front endpaper, original cloth, sticky library label adhesion remains near foot of spine, a little wear to joints and extremities, plus Bateman (Frederic), On Aphasia, or Loss of Speech, and the Localisation of the Faculty of Articulate Language, 2nd edition, greatly enlarged, [1890], 2 plates, ex-library with ink stamps and perforated stamp at foot of title, early leaves and both plates damp stained at margins with red dye from cloth, original cloth, rubbed, outer corners damp stained, 8vo, plus 6 related (9)
Lommius (Jodocus). A Treatise of Continual Fevers: in Four Parts, to which are added, Medicinal Observations..., translated from the Latin by Thomas Dale MD, 1st English edition, 1732, 4 pp. publisher's adverts at rear, a little spotting, faint library ink stamp to title, modern quarter morocco with Birmingham Medical Institute gilt stamp at foot, together with Lind (James), An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Europeans in Hot Climates, with the Method of Preventing their Fatal Consequences, 4th edition, 1788, a little spotting and dust-soiling to early leaves and BMI ink stamp to title, modern library cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, plus [Senac, Jean Baptiste], De Recondita Febrium Intermittentium..., 1st edition, Amsterdam, 1759, some spotting and dust-soiling at front and rear, library ink stamps to title and occasional lower margins, modern library cloth with BMI gilt stamp at foot, rubbed and darkened on spine with a little fraying to joints, all 8vo (3)
Power (Anastasia, binder). Marius the Epicurean, His Sensations and Ideas, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Macmillan, 1885, half-titles present, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary dark green crushed morocco, signed '19AP04' in gilt on rear turn-in, raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, remainder and covers with olive green morocco onlaid border, gilt tooled with flourishes and dots, with horizontal angled gilt fillets filling centre, volume 2 with some superficial white marks on covers, gilt fillets on edges and turn-ins, 8vo, together with The Dolly Dialogues, by Anthony Hope, Reprinted from the Westminster Gazette, 1894, page block with faint vertical crease, and generally toned, contemporary ownership signature at head of title-page, green edges, contemporary olive green crushed morocco, signed '18AP99' in gilt on rear turn-in, faded spine and corners rubbed (very slightly chipped at spine ends), raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second compartment and at foot, remainder with gilt triple leaf and dot tool, covers with wide border and central lozenge device, composed of gilt fillets, leaf and dot tools, and rose tools, fillets on edges and turn-ins, square 8vo, plus five others bound by Anastasia Power, all with her dated gilt stamp on rear turn-in Annie Power trained with Douglas Cockerell and worked with Sylvia Stebbing. She was a member of the Guild of Handicraft, formed by C.R. Ashbee, whose members included William Morris and Holman Hunt. She also bound books for the Essex House Press. (8)
Mason (Henry). The New Art of Lying, covered by Jesuits under the Vaile of Equivocation; Discovered and Disproved..., London: John Clark, 1634, blind embossed stamp to lower outer corner of first two leaves and one at rear, manuscript number to verso of title, final leaf lined to verso, worm holes & trails mostly to lower margins, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, old reback, upper joint split, 12mo (STC 17611), together with [Wanley, Nathaniel], The History of Man; or, the Wonders of Humane Nature, in Relation to the Virtues, Vices and Defects of both Sexes. With Examples Antient and Modern, Alphabetically digested under their Proper Heads. The whole Work being intermixt with Variety of Useful and Divertive Relations, never before Published, 1704, manuscript initials to title, few worm holes to fore-edge margins at rear, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, 8vo, with Oldfield (Joshua), An Essay towards the Improvement of Reason; in the Pursuit of Learning, and Conduct of Life, 1707, browning and spotting to gatherings at front & rear, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, with [Bordelon, Laurent], The Management of the Tongue..., Done out of French, 1706, title dust-soiled at foot, some toning and scattered spotting mostly to first & last leaves, front endpaper renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, lacking title label, 8vo, and Taylor (Thomas), The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works of Apuleius, Translated from the Original Latin, 1822, spotting at front & rear, contemporary half calf gilt, 8vo, plus Meier (George Frederick), The Merry Philosopher; or, Thoughts on Jesting..., 1764, contemporary half calf, joints cracked, small 8vo (6)
Allen (Benjamin). The Natural History of the Chalybeat and Purging Waters of England, with their Particular Essays and Uses..., to which are added, some Observations on the Bath Waters in Somersetshire, 1699, some browning at front and rear, faint library ink stamp of Birmingham Medical Institute to title, library cloth gilt, rubbed, small 8vo, together with Russell (Richard), The Oeconomy of Nature in Acute and Chronical Diseases of the Glands, 1st English edition, 1755, engraved plate, advert leaf at rear, a little spotting and dust-soiling at front, Birmingham Medical Institute ink stamp to title, modern library cloth gilt, a little rubbed and chipped at head, 8vo, plus Fuller (Francis), Medicina Gymnastica: or, A Treatise Concerning the Power of Exercise, with Respect to the Animal Oeconomy, and the Great Necessity of it, in the Cure of Several Distempers, 5th edition, 1718, imprimatur leaf before title, 10 pp. adverts at rear, a little spotting, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, calf reback, 8vo, plus 2 others related by William Harwood and Thomas Graham (5)
Thomson (Charles Wyville & Murray, John). Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76, under the command of Captain George S. Nares and Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, 40 volumes bound in 50, 1st edition, London, Edinburgh, etc.: HMSO for Longman & Co. [and others], 1880-95, over 3,280 plates, charts and maps, mostly lithographed, many tinted and many hand-coloured, some double-page and folding, some plates and leaves detached, some spotting and occasional damp-staining mostly at front and rear of each volume, heavier water-staining to Zoology Volumes 12 (plate margins), 14 (particularly plates at rear and final plate adhered to plate guard) and 24 Text Volume (damp rot at rear affecting margins and final leaf), small circular ink stamp 'Presented by Her Majesty's Government' to half-title or title-page of all volumes, bookplate of Cardiff Free Library to front pastedowns of all volumes, all but three last published volumes with engraved presentation inscription in the bookplate: 'From the Library of W. Kitchen Parker, FRS, Purchased by Herbert M. Thompson, Esquire and Presented to the Cardiff Free Library, June 1891', most inner hinges cracked or near broken, original publisher's green cloth gilt, many with remains of printed paper labels at foot of spines, rubbed and a few volumes damp-marked (cloth to lower board of Zoology Volume 14 damp-frayed and peeling off), 4to An uncommon complete set of the official accounts of the most important nineteenth-century circumnavigation of the globe. HMS Challenger embarked from Portsmouth on 21 December 1872 under the direction of the Scottish professor Charles Wyville Thomson and his Canadian-born assistant and naturalist John Murray. This was the first time that physicists, chemists and biologists collaborated with expert navigators to map the sea. During the four-year voyage they circumnavigated the globe, travelling 69,0000 nautical miles across the Atlantic, Pacific and Antarctic oceans. They sounded the ocean bottom to a depth of 26,850 feet, discovered 715 new genera and 4,717 new species of ocean life forms, including many deep-sea specimens. Among their discoveries were many of the fish and marine creatures thought at that time to be of legend. Numerous specimens from the voyage are on view in one of the largest collections in the Natural History Museum. This fifty volume, 29,500-page report took twenty-three years to compile and publish. It includes many observations of other natural history subjects including faunae of the countries visited. The following is a selection of some of the papers included in the volumes: Birds, by P.L. Sclater, with 30 hand-coloured plates; Bones of Cetacea, by W. Turner, with 3 plates; Collections of Eggs described by P.L. Sclater; Essay on the Green Turtle by W.K. Parker, with 13 plates; Essay on Shore Fishes, with 32 plates and Deep Sea Fishes, with 73 plates, both by A. Gunther; Deep-Sea Fauna of New Zealand, by A. Hamilton. William Kitchen Parker FRS FRMS (1823-1890) was an English physician, zoologist and comparative anatomist. He became Hunterian Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in The College of Surgeons of England; elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1865, awarded the Royal Medal in 1866. From 1871-73 he was President of the Royal Microspical Society, and in 1885 he received the Baly Medal of the Royal College of Physicians. Nissen BBI 2381; Nissen ZBI 4554; Spence 1198; Wood, p. 596. Sold as a periodical not subject to return. (50)
Spratt (George). Obstetric Tables: Comprising Coloured Delineations on a Peculiar Plan, Intended to Illustrate Elementary and other Works on the Practice of Midwifery..., 2 parts in 2 volumes including Supplement, 1st edition, published for the Author, 1833, lacks both title-pages, 19 lithographed plates with 43 overlays, occasional browning and a few leaves slightly frayed at edges, original cloth with leather labels to upper covers, rubbed and slightly soiled, together with a 2nd edition of the same work, 1835, partly broken with several leaves detached, original cloth, spines deficient and covers detached, all 4to, together with Balfour (Francis M.), A Treatise on Comparative Embryology, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1880-81, addenda and corrigenda slip bound in, numerous illustrations to text, ink library stamps and marks to title and a few margins, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, plus Curling (T.B.), A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Testis, and of the Spermatic Cord and Scrotum, 1st edition, 1843, illustrations to text, presentation inscription to Charing Cross Hospital from E. Canton inscribed to title, library ink stamp to title and verso, original cloth, rubbed, rebacked with original spine relaid, plus 2 others on ovaries by Lawson Tait and T. Spencer Wells (9)
Walpole-Bond (John). A History of Sussex Birds, 3 volumes, Witherby, 1938, 53 colour plates by Philip Rickman, 'Archive Copy' ink stamp to half titles, top edge gilt, original cloth, spines a little faded, 4to, together with The Birds of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, by J.E. Kelsall and Philip W. Munn, Witherby, 1905, folding map, illustrations, 'Archive Copy' ink stamp, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, with a loose 2 pp. autograph letter from Munn to Witherby, 1930, discussing a new edition of the Birds of Hampshire, plus The History of the Birds of Essex, by William Glegg, Witherby, 1929, folding map, half-tone illustrations, 'Archive Copy' ink stamp, original cloth, some fading to spine, dust jacket, a few small nick and tears, 8vo, with 10 other Witherby regional bird books including Hugh Gladstone's The Birds of Dumfriesshire, 1910, John McWilliam's The Birds of the Island of Bute, 1927, Lewis Loyd's The Birds of South-East Devon, 1929 and E. Richmond Paton & Oliver Pike's The Birds of Ayrshire, 1929 (15)
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