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Lot 183
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.
Lot 388
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)
Lot 311
[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)
Lot 416
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)
Lot 70
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)
Lot 431
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)
Lot 444
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)
Lot 43
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)
Lot 445
[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)
Lot 433
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)
Lot 567
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)
Lot 409
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)
Lot 306
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)
Lot 378
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)
Lot 420
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)
Lot 350
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)
Lot 339
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)
Lot 376
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)
Lot 443
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)
Lot 439
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)
Lot 71
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)
Lot 391
Culpeper (Nicholas). Pharmacopoeia Londinensis; or, The London Dispensatory further Adorned by the Studies and Collections of the Fellows now living, of the said Colledge..., 1675, top and bottom margins of title browned, a few light spots and stains, some early annotations to text, Z1 with small loss to lower corner, affecting some numbers, contemporary sheep, somewhat rubbed and worn, small repair to foot of spine, 8vo, together with Boyle (Robert), Medicinal Experiments: or, a Collection of Choice and Safe Remedies..., fitted for the Service of Country People, 7th edition corrected, 1731, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, later cloth, 12mo, plus Cole (William), De Secretione Animali Cogitata, 1st edition, Oxford, 1674, imprimatur leaf, title with faint library ink stamp, some light marginal dampstaining towards rear, later cloth, plus ten others similar (14)
Lot 406
Gordon (John). Observations on the Structure of the Brain, Comprising an Estimate of the Claims of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim to Discovery in the Anatomy of that Organ, 1st edition, 1817, 2 engraved plates at rear (damp stained), some spotting and marginal damp staining, library ink stamp to title verso, armorial bookplate of John Lawson, modern red half morocco, together with Abercrombie (John), Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Brain and the Spinal Cord, 2nd edition, enlarged, Edinburgh, 1829, heavy spotting and a little dust-soiling throughout, old damp stain to some outer corners, contemporary boards (library blindstamps), soiling and edge wear, cloth reback, plus Bryant (Thomas), Hunterian Lectures on Tension, as met with in Surgical Practice. Inflammation of Bone. And on Cranial and Intracranial Injuries..., 1888, publisher's catalogue at rear, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, all 8vo, plus 3 related by Solly and Noble (6)
Lot 320
Glanvill (Joseph). Plus Ultra: or, the Progress and Advancement of Knowledge since the Days of Aristotle. In an Account of some of the most Remarkable Late Improvements of Practical, Useful Learning..., 1st edition, 1668, with final advert leaf present, lacking imprimatur, small burn hole to one leaf, and two worm holes through initial half of volume, faint ink stamp to verso of title & one other leaf, occasional cropping to catchwords & signatures, bookplate of J. Garbett Walsham of Knill Court to upper pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with Boyer (A.), Characters of the Virtues & Vices of the Age; or, Moral Reflections, Maxims, and Thoughts upon Men and Manners. Translated from the most refined French Wits... and Extracted from the most celebrated English Writers..., 1695, slight close trimming, light dampstaining, 20th century marbled boards, small 8vo, with Lavater (John Casper), Aphorisms on Man: Translated from the Original Manuscript..., London: J. Johnson, 1788, engraved frontispiece by William Blake, without errata leaf, bookplate of Genl. Hon. Robert Taylor and Douglas Cleverdon, contemporary marbled calf, gilt crest at head of spine, small 8vo, with Aesop, Truth in Fiction: or, Morality in Masquerade. A Collection of Two hundred twenty five Select Fables of Aesop, and other Authors. Done into English Verse by Edmund Arwaker, Rector of Donaghmore in Ireland, and Chaplain to His Grace the Duke of Ormond, 1708, 4pp. manuscript contents list at front of volume, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints cracked and wear at head & foot of spine, 8vo, and Taylor (Thomas), The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works, of Apuleius. Translated from the Original Latin, 1822, faint ink stain to two leaves, light spotting mostly to 'Passages Suppressed' at rear of volume, bookplate of Frederic Straker, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with contrasting morocco labels, joints cracked, 8vo, plus two others (7)
Lot 312
[Cowper, Spencer]. The Tryal of Spencer Cowper, Esq; John Marson, Ellis Stevens, and William Rogers, Gent. Upon an Indictment for the Murther of Mrs. Sarah Stout, a Quaker. Before Mr. Baron Hatsell, at Hertford Assizes, July 18, 1699. Of which they were Acquitted. With the Opinions of the Eminent Physicians and Chirurgeons on both sides concerning Drowned Bodies, delivered in the Tryal. And the several Letters produced in Court, 1st edition, 1699, 38pp., some browning and few stains, later wrappers, slim folio (Wing T2224A), together with [D., P.], The Hertford Letter: Containing Several Brief Observations on a late Printed Tryal, Concerning the Murder of Mrs Sarah Stout, 1st edition, 1699, 16pp., title torn at head with loss to first word and repaired, also with early ink manuscript to title, browning and dampstaining throughout, modern marbled boards, morocco title label, slim 8vo (Wing D75), with The Scotch-Mist Cleared Up, to prevent Englishmen from being wet to the skin. Being a true Account of the Proceedings against Archibald Earl of Argyle, for High Treason..., 1st edition, [n.p. ?London, 1681], 46pp., drop title, browning, dust-soiling and marks, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, late 19th century half calf gilt, slim 4to, and Lane (Bartholomew), A Modest Vindication of the Hermite of the Sounding Island: In Requital for the Modest Vindication of the Salamanca Doctor from Perjury, 1st edition, Printed by T. Snowden for the Author, 1683, [2],18pp., faint ink stamp to verso of title, some toning and spotting, 20th century wrappers, slim folio (Wing L329), plus three other late 17th century pamphlets, including one disbound (7)
Lot 313
[Defoe, Daniel]. Some Reflections on a Pamphlet lately Publish'd, Entituled, An Argument Shewing that a Standing Army is inconsistent with a Free Government, and Absolutely Destructive to the Constitution of the English Monarchy, 1st edition, E. Whitlock, 1697, [4],28pp., last two leaves E1 & E2 cropped to running titles, disbound 4to, together with A Short Letter to the Glasgow-Men, 1st edition, [Edinburgh, 1706], 8pp., caption title, disbound 4to, with The Two Great Questions Consider'd. I. What the French King will Do, with Respect to the Spanish Monarchy. II. What Measures the English ought to Take, London: Charles Mount, 1700, 16pp., faded ink stamp to lower margin of title, page 13 cropped to fore-edge (touching letters), disbound 8vo, plus six other early 18th century Defoe related pamphlets, together with [Swift, Jonathan], Some Remarks on the Barrier Treaty, between Her Majesty and the States-General.... To which are added, the said Barrier-Treaty, with the Two Separate Articles; Part of the Counter-Project; The Sentiments of Prince Eugene and Count Sinzendorf, upon the said Treaty; And a Representation of the English Merchants at Bruges, 1st edition, 1712 48pp., edges untrimmed, modern wrappers, slim 8vo (Rothschild 2036; Teerink 559), with [Oldmixon, John], Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to the Earl of Oxford, about the English Tongue, London: Sold by A. Baldwin, [1712], [4],35,[1]pp., disbound 8vo, plus one other related (12)
Lot 434
Richardson (Benjamin Ward). The Asclepiad. A Book of Original Research and Observation in the Science, Art, and Literature of Medicine, Preventive and Curative, 11 volumes [all published], 1884-1895, numerous plates, Society of Antiquaries ink or blind-stamp to titles and bookplates to pastedowns, contemporary half calf gilt with leather labels to spines, rubbed, 8vo The Asclepiad was originally published by Richardson, (sanitary reformer and anaesthetics pioneer), in 1861 with the subtitle of 'Clinical Essays'. It was intended as a periodical but Richardson's other activities led to the abandonment of this project until Richardson re-founded The Asclepiad with the new subtitle here. (11)
Lot 334
Locke (John). A Collection of Several Pieces of Mr John Locke, Never before printed, or not extant in his Works, 1st edition, J. Bettenham for R. Francklin, 1720, engraved vignette to title, one engraved plate of the Solar System (shaved at fore-edge), errata & 3pp. of adverts at rear, some spotting and slight staining mostly to initial leaves, contemporary speckled calf, upper joint cracked and slight wear at foot of spine, 8vo (Pforzheimer 596, Sabin 41726), together with Johan Locke's Oforgripelige Tankar om Werdslig Regerings Ratta Ursprung/ Grantsor och Andamal..., Stockholm, 1726, title in red & black, browning throughout, ink stamp to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, 8vo, in modern slipcase (the first edition in Swedish) (2)
Lot 415
Jamieson (Alexander). A Treatise on the Construction of Maps; in which the Principles of the Projections of the Sphere are Demonstrated, and their Various Practical Relations to Mathematical Geography, deduced and Explained, 1st edition, 1814, 20 engraved maps and plates, some folding, additional map of New England pasted at front, some offsetting and marginal water stains, contemporary half calf, spine a little faded, 8vo, together with Simms (Frederick W.), A Treatise on the Principal Mathematical Instruments Employed in Surveying, Levelling and Astronomy: Explaining their Contruction, Adjustments, and Use, 1st edition, 1834, illustrations, stitching breaking, text block detached, light soiling, ink stamp to half title and pastedowns, original boards, lacking spine, a few stains, 8vo, with a presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper (2)
![*[Bronte, Charlotte, 1816-1855]. Autograph envelope cover, addressed to 'Mrs Gaskell, Plymouth-Grove, Manchester', postmarked](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/341e423a-c19b-44bf-8a67-a7d901162c30/e1aa87f7-4917-42f9-b15a-44bff745a0dd/468x382.jpg)
Lot 271
*[Bronte, Charlotte, 1816-1855]. Autograph envelope cover, addressed to 'Mrs Gaskell, Plymouth-Grove, Manchester', postmarked 6 April 1852, additionally inscribed 'Paid' upper left by Charlotte Bronte, an unperforated Penny Red stamp to right corner with postmarks, inscribed at upper centre in red ink in an unidentified near-contemporary hand, '(Charlotte Bronte / Currer Bell)', some soiling and marks, pasted to cut down Victorian album leaf, cover measures 60 x 99 mm Charlotte Bronte had completed the first draft of her novel Villette a month prior to this. She met Elizabeth Gaskell in August 1850, and they instantly became friends. Charlotte's father Patrick asked Mrs Gaskell to write Charlotte's biography after her death in 1855, this being published in 1857. (1)
Lot 385
Butter (William). A Treatise on the Kinkcough, with an Appendix, Containing an Account of Hemlock, and its Preparations, 1st edition, 1773, errata leaf at rear, marginal browning to first and last leaves (from original turn-ins), faint library ink stamp to title, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and some edge wear, 8vo, together with White (E.L.), A Popular Essay on the Disorder Familiarly Termed a Cold..., to which are added, A Collection of Approved Receipts, and Observations on the Most Popular Remedies..., 1st edition, 1807, a little spotting and minor soiling, old damp stain to upper margins of early leaves, modern half calf, small 8vo (2)
Lot 435
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Report on Examination of Medical Practitioners... Received and Ordered to be Printed 7th May 1833, Edinburgh, 1833, contemporary lengthy manuscript note to front endpaper verso signed by the President F.H. Davidson, library ink stamp to recto, a little spotting, untrimmed, modern cloth-backed boards with printed paper label to upper cover, 4to Rare. (1)
Lot 400
Fearon (Henry). A Treatise on Cancers, with an Account of a New and Successful Method of Operating, Particularly in Cancers of the Breast and Testis..., 3rd edition, 1790, half-title, upper blank margin of title cut away, ownership signature of J.J. Vickers and faint ink library stamp of Birmingham Medical Institute, bound with Pearson (John), Practical Observations on Cancerous Complaints..., Printed for the Author, 1793, errata leaf at end, some spotting, somewhat heavy at front of volume, modern library cloth, rubbed and split along upper joint, together with Wardrop (James), On Aneurism, and its Cure by a New Operation, 1st edition, 1828, 7 plates at rear including one partially hand-coloured, some spotting, large ink library stamp at foot of title, additional contemporary loose hand-coloured lithograph of an aneurism loosely inserted, contemporary boards with modern calf gilt reback, plus Baron (John), An Enquiry Illustrating the Nature of Tuberculated Accretions of Serous Membranes; and the Origin of Tubercles and Tumours in Different Textures of the Body, 1st edition, 1819, 5 engraved plates at rear, some spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, all 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian medical interest, mostly 19th-century English language publications including some leather-bound (24)
Lot 541
Gajdusek (D.C., editor). Correspondence on the Discovery and Original Investigations on Kuru. Smadel-Gajdusek Correspondence 1955-1958, Bethesda, Maryland, April 1975, library stamp to front endpaper, original cloth, 4to, together with Zinsser (F.), Diseases of the Mouth, Syphillis and Similar Diseases..., Translated and Edited by John Bethune Stein, [1913], colour plates, original cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, plus Galton (Douglas), Healthy Hospitals, Observations on Some Points Connected with Hospital Construction, half-title, a little creased and soiled with small tear to inner margin, publisher's catalogue at rear, uncut and partly unopened, original cloth gilt, rubbed and label adhesion remains near foot of spine, 8vo, plus other 19th and 20th-century mostly cloth-bound medical history From the retirement stock of David and Lynn Smith. (6 shelves)
Lot 498
Golden Cockerel Press. Sermons by Artists..., 1934, frontispiece, decorations by Elizabeth Corsellis, free endpapers browned, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original morocco-backed boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with ink stamp on front pastedown, spine faintly sunned, patterned covers a little toned and paper to upper cover slightly creased, some minor rubbing to spine ends and corners, 8vo, (limited edition, 22/300 copies), together with When Thou Wast Naked, A Story by T.E. Powys, with Engravings by John Nash, 1931, wood engravings on letterpress, a few marginal spots, label removed from front pastedown (offset to free endpaper), top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original blue morocco-backed boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with ink stamp on front pastedown, spine a trifle faded, (limited edition, 449/500 copies), plus A Crime Against Cania, by Arthur Calder-Marshall, 1934, wood engravings on letterpress by Blair Hughes-Stanton, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, book ticket of Nigel Temple on front pastedown, original black morocco-backed boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with ink stamp on front pastedown, 8vo (limited edition, 236/250 copies, signed by the author) (3)
Lot 432
Prout (William). An Inquiry into the Nature and Treatment of Diabetes, Calculus, and other Affections of the Urinary Organs..., 2nd edition, revised and much enlarged, folding and hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece, library ink stamps to title recto and verso and bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary polished calf, rubbed, calf reback and some corner repairs, together with Salmon (Frederick), A Practical Essay on Stricture of the Rectum, Illustrated by Cases..., 3rd enlarged edition, 1829, spotting at front and rear, ink name stamp of Frederic Senior Turner to title, contemporary boards, some soiling and edge wear, cloth reback with printed paper label to spine, plus Brodie (Benjamin C.), Lectures on the Diseases of the Urinary Organ, 2nd revised and enlarged edition, 1835, some marginal staining to early leaves, light marginal browning throughout, outer corners of pp. 25-28 repaired not affecting text, several marginal library ink stamps including to title, bookplates to front pastedown, modern half morocco gilt, plus a 4th edition of the same work and 4 others related (8)
Lot 13
A 19thC French gilt metal and porcelain mantel timepiece, the 10cm dia. dial in a gadrooned casing revealing an eight day movement, surmounted by a Sevres style urn panel and further panels to the sides and front, hand painted with figures in a highly elaborate rococo case, the pendulum swung movement numbered 7555 and stamped RSC, with a further blind stamp, 41cm high. (AF)
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