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Click here to subscribeFive satirical historical limited edition coloured etchings, H. Humphry 'Temperance Enjoying a Frugal Meal', 736/2500, 'Voluptuary Under The Horrors of Digestion', 763/2500, W. Holland 'The Morning After Marriage or A scene on The Continent', 736/2500, 'Wife and No Wife or A Trip to The Continent', 736/2500 and 'Bandelures', 736/2500, with blind stamp Limited ST Edition (5).
A reinforced large canvas suitcase with leather straps and corners, with remnants of travel stickers including Cunard White Star, width 91cm, and a smaller maroon leather suitcase bearing Finnigans stamp to interior and initialled 'P.Z. DE F.', width 55.5cm, a metal trunk stencilled 'F Bolter', with labels for the Federal Department of Commerce Industries Lagos', width 65cm, and a small tin trunk with faint stencil 'Bolter 19', width 39.5cm (4) .
India - States - Gwalior : (SG 137 Blk.x 24) 1949 KGVI 'GWALIOR + Native Language' (Alizah Press) overprinted 12a, in marginal block x 24. u.m.light overall gum toning. Various minor varieties inc. Partial doubling of some 'G''s and vertical bar before 'G' on Row 4 stamp 4. RARE & POSSIBLY UNIQUE LARGE MULTIPLE (Block x 24) Cat £18000 (image available)
Cape of Good Hope : (SG 14c) 1861 Wood Block 4d deep bright blue, touched at the bottom, o/w large to extensive margins, extremely fresh and deep colour. Gorgeous stamp. Rare in this condition, lightly cancelled, superb colour. In 40 years of handling Cape triangles we have hardly ever handled this rare shade. With Georg Bühler certificate (Feb 1982). (Michel 6b)
POSTCARDS, Nottingham selection, inc. illuminated tram car, children's coronation demonstration on The Forest, Sycamore Road Recreation Ground, view of Trent Bridge, together with a photographic business card titled Lace Direct From the Loom for Flersheim & Co Ltd., St. Mary's Gate, pu (1, stamp removed), a.m.r. (1), FR to VG, 5
Pope (Alexander). Works, in Nine Volumes Complete. With his Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements; as they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death: Together with the Commentaries and Notes of Mr. Warburton, 9 volumes, 1751, titles printed in red and black, 24 engraved plates, light offsetting, some marginal wormtracks and holes, mainly at front to volumes I-III, contemporary ownership signature to titles, previous owner stamp and bookplates, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, a little rubbed with occasional small wormtracks, 8vo (9)
Rainolds (John). The Summe of the Conference betweene John Rainoldes and John Hart, Touching the Head and the faith of the Church..., London: W. Hall for Thomas Adames, 1609, partially printed in black letter, title frayed to margins and torn to inner margin, burn hole and marks to upper margins to initial 12 leaves, rust hole to lower blank margin of B4, browning, spotting and occasional dampstaining, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired (faded), 4to, (STC 20629), together with Mumford (James), The Question of Questions which rightly resolved resolveth all Questions in Religion. This Question is who ought to be our Judge in all these differences? This Book Answereth this Question and Hence sheweth a most easy, and yet a most safe way, how among so many Religions the most unlearned, and learned may find the true Religion, Gant: Maximillian Graet, 1658, blind library stamp to title & final leaf, some marginal fraying, dust & finger-soiling, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, rebacked, board edges worn, 4to, (Wing M3066), with Cunaeus (Petrus), Petrus Cunaeus of the Common-Wealth of the Hebrews. Translated by C.B., 1st English translation, London: T.W. for William Lee, 1653, additional engraved title trimmed to image at fore-edge, worm holes & worming throughout (but text legible), contemporary sheep, some wear, 12mo, (Wing C7384), and Durham (James), The Dying Man's Testament to the Church of Scotland; or, a Treatise concerning Scandal..., Edinburgh: Printer by Christopher Higgins, 1659, early inscription to title 'Ex Libris Thomas Cranford', toning, light dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, worn at head & foot of spine, 8vo, plus Rogers (Thomas), [A] Treatise upon Sundry Matters contained in the Thirty Nine Articles of Religion, which are prosessed in the Church of England..., London: John Legatt, 1639, title croped with loss of first word, dust-soiling and few marks, paper fault to corner of one leaf affecting end of catch word, minor marginal worming, modern quarter calf, 4to, (STC 21233) (5)
[Skory, Edmund, attributed]. The Copie of a Letter Written from Paris, the 20. of May 1610, Declaring the manner of the execution of Francois Ravaillart, that murdered the French King... Together with two Edicts; One of the Parliament alone; The other of the new King in Parliament, declaring and confirming the Queene Mother Regent of France, 1st edition, Imprinted at Britaine Burse. And are there to be sold, Anno 1610, pp.[iv]+9, first leaf with ornamented 'A', woodcut Royal Arms on verso of title (short tear and slight loss in blank fore-margin), without final blank, woodcut initial letters, binder's blanks at rear, bookplate of Lucy Coleman Carnegie on front pastedown, all edges gilt, 20th century crushed red morocco, with ink stamp on front pastedown 'bound for William Brown, Edinburgh', gilt lettered spine slightly darkened, gilt decorated edges and turn-ins, 8vo ESTC S115640; STC 20754. Francois Ravaillac was a religious fanatic who murdered Henry IV of France in 1610, for which he was tortured before being pulled apart by four horses, a method of execution reserved for regicides. (1)
Bergmann (Torbern). A Dissertation on Elective Attractions, 1st English edition, 1785, seven folding tables & chemical charts at rear (one with repaired closed tear to verso), library stamp to title, tables & charts, light spotting throughout, closed tear without loss to title and following leaf lower margin, recent half morocco, with maroon labels to spine, 8vo, (Bergmann published his dissertation in 1775, this translation being by Thomas Beddoes), together with Turner (Edward), Elements of Chemistry, 2nd edition, enlarged & carefully revised, 1828, two engraved plates, tissue repair to gutter margin of title, library ink stamp to title and plates, some spotting, recent half morocco, with maroon labels to spine, 8vo (2)
Bradley (Richard). The Virtue and Use of Coffee, with Regard to the Plague, and Other Infectious Distempers, 1st edition, 1721, 34 pp., folding engraved frontispiece (reinforced to verso), advertisement leaves at end, some light spotting and marginal toning, contemporary previous owner signature of James Watson to frontispiece verso and final leaf verso, padded with blank leaves in later calf, spine faded, Birmingham Medical Institute Library stamp at foot, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Fowler (Thomas), Medical Reports of the Effects of Tobacco, Principally with Regard to its Diuretic Quality, in the Cure of Dropsies and Dysuries, 1st edition, 1775, a little light toning, Sion College Library ink stamps to title verso, later half calf, 8vo, plus John Lizars' Practical Observations on the Use and Abuse of Tobacco, 9th edition, Edinburgh, 1868 (3)
Culpeper (Nicholas). Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or the London Dispensatory Further Adorned by the Studies and Collections of the Fellows, now Living of the Said Colledg., in this Sixt [sic] Edition you may find... A Key to Galen's Method of Physick..., printed by Peter Cole, 1659, title within double typographical border, half-title discarded, A2 and A3 with small loss to upper corner (A2 with minor loss of text), Oo2 and Oo3 with paper faults to tail (with loss of signature letter) and fore-edge (clipping text in Table) respectively, some minor marks and finger soiling, final few leaves with fore-edges lightly frayed, lacking front endpapers, contemporary sheep, with crudely incised initials to centre and outer corners of covers , rubbed and marked, 8vo (ESTC R15780, Wing C7530), together with A Physical Directory; or a Translation of the Dispensatory made by the Colledg of Physitians of London... and in this Third Edition is added A Key to Galen's Method of Physick..., printed by Peter Cole, 1651, lacking portrait frontispiece (as often), title soiled, with faint ink library stamp, occasional damp-stained leaves, several lower outer corners browned, modern marbled boards, gilt lettered label to spine, extremities lightly rubbed, small folio (ESTC R24898, Wing C7542) (2)
[Dickson, David]. An Essay on the Possibility and Probability of a Child's being Born Alive, and Live, in the Latter End of the Fifth Solar, or in the Beginning of the Sixth Lunar Month, 1st edition, printed by James Watson, 1712, half-title with minor marginal chipping and some toning, verso with ink library stamp of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, title with early ink initials W.H. to head, light spotting, front pastedown with book ticket of J.Y. Simpson, M.D., and rear pastedown with presentation bookplate in memory of Sir James Young Simpson Bart., contemporary sheep, rubbed, with corners showing, rebacked, 8vo Sir James Young Simpson was a Scottish physician and obstetrician, and pioneer in the field of obstetric anaesthesia. (1)
Euler (Leonhard). Letters of Euler to a German Princess, on Different Subjects in Physics and Philosophy. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D. With Original Notes, and a Glossary of Foreign and Scientific Terms, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, 1795, half-titles present but lacking a leaf of directions to the binder, some foxing of the plates, light waterstain affecting a few lower corners in volume 1 and small wormhole in a few leaves at the end of volume 2, signature on titles of Donald Campbell, laird of Barbreck (1751-1804), and ownership stamp on endpapers of Frederick William Campbell, also laird of Barbreck (1782-1849), contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked, 8vo (2)
Malthus (Thomas Robert). The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn: Intended as an Appendix to "Observations on the Corn Laws.", 1st edition, John Murray, 1815, 48 pp., title with small marginal chips and tears, New York Public Library ink stamp to verso, some light spotting and toning, modern boards, 8vo, together with Additions to the Fourth and Former Editions of an Essay on the Principle of Population, 1st edition, 1817, scattered spotting, uncut in later marbled boards, a little rubbed, 8vo First work Kress B. 6535. Malthus compared continuing the corn laws as they stood with imposing greater restrictions on importation, and argues for higher duties in order that Britain becomes more self-sufficient in food supply. (2)
[Perceval, John Thomas]. A Narrative of the Treatment Experienced by a Gentleman, During a State of Mental Derangement, Designed to Explain the Causes and the Nature of Insanity, and to Expose the Injudicious Conduct Pursued towards many Unfortunate Sufferers under that Calamity, 1st edition, 1838, faint old stamp to title, later half calf, neatly rebacked, 8vo A remarkable personal narrative by the son of the assassinated prime minister Spencer Percival. The narrative charts the progres of his treatment in asylums in considerable detail, in particular the regime of deprivation, brutality and degradation suffered at Brislington House, Bristol. Rare. (1)
Ramazzini (Bernardino). A Treatise of the Diseases of Tradesmen, Shewing the Various Influence of Particular Trades upon the State of Health; with the best Methods to avoid or correct it, and useful Hints proper to be minded in regulating the Cure of all Diseases incident to Tradesmen, Written in Latin... And now done in English, 1st English edition, printed for Andrew Bell et al, 1705, title-page with contemporary manuscript name and cancelled ink library stamp to lower blank margin, toned throughout, B6 with repaired tear in fore-margin (just clipping printed marginalia), endpapers renewed, contemporary Cambridge pane calf, lightly rubbed, rebacked with original gilt lettered label relaid, 8vo Garrison & Morton 2121. See PMM 170 for the first edition in Latin, published in 1700. A scarce and important work, being the first comprehensive and systematic treatise on occupational diseases. Amongst many others, it deals with pneumoconiosis and other diseases of miners, lead poisoning in potters and silicosis in stonemasons, as well as the diseases of learned men, metal workers, washer-women, wrestlers, gilders and printers, fishermen, tobacconists, tailors, surgeons and Jews. (1)
Willan (Robert). On Cutaneous Diseases, volume 1 [all published], 1st edition, 1808, 34 stipple-engraved plates, printed in colours and finished with hand colouring, list of orders of skin leaf bound at rear, without directions to binder leaf (both leaves often missing), oval ink stamp of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty Library of Maryland to title and all plate versos, some spotting and occasional light browning, bookplate of Charles Frick Library with presentation ink insertion from William Osler (not in his hand), recent quarter calf gilt over marbled boards, 4to The first dermatological work to be illustrated with coloured plates. This is the first edition in book form, having been originally issued in four fascicles between 1798 and 1808. BMI II, lot 662; Garrison-Morton 3985; Norman 2241. (1)
Cooke (George Alexander). Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of York..., circa 1803, four engraved folding maps with contemporary hand colouring, one map (Yorkshire) with long repaired closed tear, later endpapers, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with another edition from circa 1824, with Gent (Thomas), The Antient and Modern History of the famous City of York..., published Thomas Hammond, 1730, title page with manuscript date annotation, two uncoloured folding engraved frontispieces of a map of the city of York and a view of York, occasional red ink marginalia, bookplate of Eileen Green, later endpapers, 20th century half calf gilt, 8vo, plus Black (Adam & Charles, publishers), Black's Picturesque Guide to Yorkshire, 1st edition, published Edinburgh, 1858, frontispiece of a folding engraved map, fore-edge a little frayed, several illustrations to text and throughout, publisher's advertisment bound at rear, upper hinge and joints weak and cracked, contemporary cloth gilt frayed at head and foot of spine, small 8vo, with four later editions similar, and Bevan (G.Phillips), Tourists's Guide to the West Riding of Yorkshire, published Edward Stanford, 1877, additional half title, folding map, ink ownership stamp to front pastedown, upper hinge cracked, publisher's cloth gilt, worn and rubbed, small 8vo, with another six Bevan guides to the West and the North & East Ridings, various editions and condition, with White (Walter), A Month in Yorkshire, 4th edition, published Chapman and Hall, 1861, additional half title, folding engraved map by S. Hall bound at rear, publisher's cloth gilt, cloth faded, chipped at head and foot of spine, 8vo, with another four guide books, all 19th century, including examples by Pinnock, Tait, Bevan and Murray, all 8vo, various condition (20)
Dugdale (Sir William). Monasticon Anglicanum, or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches in England and Wales. With Divers French, Irish, and Scotch Monasteries Formerly relating to England. Collected, and Published in Latin... in Three Volums. and now Epitomized in English, Page by Page, 1693, title in red & black (cropped to ruled border & lined to verso), fifteen engraved portrait plates with ink manuscript number & some captions to upper blank margins (plt. 1 cropped to images and lined to verso), manuscript annotations to margins, light dampstaining, contemporary tree calf gilt, red morocco title label to spine, small folio, together with Dale (Samuel), The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, Topographical, Dynastical and Political..., 1730, ink stamp to verso of title (with some show-through), twelve engraved plates (mostly folding), dampstaining throughout, contemporary calf, spine worn and boards detached, brown paper tape to spine edge of boards, 4to (2)
Enderbie (Percy). Cambria Triumphans, or Brittain in its Perfect Lustre. Shewing the Origen and Antiquity of that Illustrious Nation. The Succession of their Kings and Princes, from the First, to King Charles, of Happy Memory, reprint edition, Samuel Bagster, 1810, engraved coats-of-arms, some spotting, previous owner signature, Gloucestershire County Library circular ink stamp to front pastedown (residue from bookplate removal), contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, folio (1)
Phillips (John). Memoirs of William Smith, LL.D, Author of the "Map of the Strata of England and Wales", 1st edition, 1844, 5 engraved or lithographed portraits including frontispiece, 8 pp. advertisements at end, Imperial College Geology Library ink stamp to front pastedown and frontispiece recto, also small printed press mark label, original cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid and rear free endpaper renewed, rubbed and a little wear, white ink classification number at foot of spine, 8vo 500 copies printed. (1)
Charas (Moyse). New Experiments upon Vipers. Containing also an Exact Description of all the Parts of a Viper, the Seat of its Poyson, and the Several Effects thereof, Together with the Exquisite Remedies, that by the Skilful may be Drawn from Vipers, as well for the Cure of their Bitings, as for that of other Maladies, 1st edition in English, 1670, additional engraved title, three folding engraved plates, E6 with closed marginal tear, a few top margins close-trimmed, library ink stamp to front endpaper, presentation label to the Birmingham Medical Institute from Dr Smallwood Savage (distinguished Birmingham gynaecological surgeon), contemporary mottled calf, upper joint splitting, edges rubbed, 8vo, together with Colbatch (John), A Relation of a very Sudden and Extraordinary Cure of a Person Bitten by a Viper, by the means of Acids..., 1st edition, 1698, half title, A1 neatly repaired, some light spotting, later marbled boards, edges rubbed, 8vo First work a translation of French apothecary and Huguenot Moyse Charas's work on viperidae and venom and his belief that snake saliva only became venomous when the snake became agitated, opposing Francesco Redi's view that venom was constant and produced from glands behind the fangs. (2)
Manwood (John). A Treatise of the Lawes of the Forest: Wherein is declared not onely those Lawes, as they are now in force, but also the originall and beginning of Forests... Also a Treatise of the Pourallee, declaring what Pourallee is... Collected , as weoll out of the Common Lawes and Statutes of this land... Whereunto are added the Statutes of the Forest..., printed for the Societie of Stationers, 1615, woodcut initials and ornaments, Z3-Z4 & Z5-Z6 transposed, pages 258 & 259 misnumbered 237 & 258, occasional light soiling and small marginal wormtracks, one or two closed marginal tears and small water stains, small ink stamp to title verso and at foot of final page, previous owner signature to title crossed-through, Bibliotheca Tiliana book label, contemporary, rebacked, original spine relaid with renewed morocco label, small 4to STC 17292. Second published edition of Manwood's exhaustive work on English forest laws, with the addition of material from the 1592 privately printed edition, not included in the first published edition of 1598. (1)
Michaux (Andre). Histoire des Chenes de l'Amerique, ou descriptions et figures de toutes les especes et varietes de chenes de l'Amerique Septentrionale, considerees sous les rapports de la botanique, de leur culture et de leur usage, 1st edition, Paris, 1801, half title, 36 engraved plates after P.J. & H.J. Redoute, small repair at head of title and small stamp erased at foot, scattered light spotting and offsetting, later green half morocco, joints and edges a little rubbed, sheet size 45 x 28.5 cm (17.75 x 11.25 ins), folio Great Flower Books p. 67; Nissen BBI 1358. Important work on the oak tres of North America, with most of the plates drawn by Pierre-Joseph Redoute. Commissioned by the French Government, Michaux spent ten years collecting and sending back samples of trees and plants for potential medical or food purposes, and specifically here to assess the suitablity of American oaks for the construction of naval vessels. (1)
Hall (James, De Kay, James E., Torrey John, Emmons E. & Mather W.), Natural History of New York, 5 divisions only (of 6), Div. I. Zoology (5 vols.), Div. II. Botany (2 vols.), Div. IV. Geology (4 vols.), Div. V. Agriculture (5 vols.) & Div. VI. Palaeontology (14 vols.), 30 volumes in all, Albany, 1842-1894, each division with separate title, many with small library stamp of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, numerous folding maps, plans and geological cross sections, together with over 1000 uncoloured lithographic plates including some folding, plus 605 lithographic plates with contemporary hand colouring inculding images of fish, crustacea, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, shells, fossils, insects, butterflies. botany and vegetables, occasional spotting and staining, publisher's cloth gilt, one volume lacking spine, a few volumes with weakened joints, slight fraying at extremities, 4to Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (30)
Thomas (Henry Sullivan). The Rod in India, Being Hints How to Obtain Sport with Remarks on the Natural History of Fish, Otters, etc., and Illustrations of Fish and Tackle, 1st edition, Mangalore, 1873, 4 lithographed plates and a few text illustrations, contemporary ownership inscription to title upper margin and printed calling card of Captain R.T. Toke of the Welsh Regiment pasted to front free endpaper, contemporary red half calf gilt, rubbed, together with a 3rd edition of the same work, 1897, 17 plates and some illustrations to text, publisher's adverts at rear, ink name stamp of R.T. Toke to half- and full-titles, some spotting and occasional browning to inner margins, a 5-page letter from E.C. Smith to an unidentified Major dated 20 December 1913 and tipped in at rear, concerning fishing hints for India, original pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, both 8vo (2)
*Sainson (Louis de). Vue de George's Street a Sydney, Vue de L'Entr‚e du Port Jackson, Vue des Ecuries du Gouverneur, Maison du Gouverneur a Sydney [and] Moulin a Scie dans les Bois d'Hobart-Town, circa 1835, five uncoloured lithographs of Australian views, some spotting and occasional staining, largely confined to margins, blind stamp to lower margin on first two images, each approximately 260 x 340 mm Early view of George Street, looking to the northeast. The building on the left is the main Guardhouse and across the street is the male orphan house, behind which can be seen the mastheads of a ship anchored in Circular Quay. Standing prominently in the centre foreground is the Aboriginal leader Bungaree, dressed in British military livery and with a king plate. (5)
Rousselet (Louis). India and its Native Princes. Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal, new edition revised and edited by Lieut.-Col. Buckle, 1882, folding map, illustrations, some light spotting, prize presentation inscription to half title, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, small holes to lower cover, small folio, together with Wandering in Northern India, by Harry A. Franck, 1st US edition, 1923, folding map, half-tone illustrations, previous owner stamp to front pastedown, original green cloth, 8vo, with three others: A Journal of the Life, Gospel, Labours, and Christian Experiences of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman, Warrington, 1840, F.D. Bridges' Journal of a Lady's Travels Round the World, 1883 and William Spencer Percival's The Land of the Dragon, 1889 (both in prize bindings) (5)
Taylor (Joshua). The Lure of the Links, 1st edition, London: Heath Cranton, [1920], 3 pages of adverts at rear, some gatherings strengthened and resewn, browned throughout, endpapers renewed, recent cloth reback spine, 8vo, together with Allingham (Richard), Letters of a Modern Golfer to His Grandfather. Being the Correspondence of Richard Allingham, Esq., Arranged by Henry Leach, 1st edition, London: Mills & Boon, [1910], half-title with publisher's book list to verso, portrait frontispiece dampstained to lower outer corner, 32 page publisher's catalogue at rear, occasional light spotting and browning, oval ink stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth gilt, spine torn at head & frayed at foot, covers dampstained & mottled, 8vo (2)
Murdoch (W.G. Burn). From Edinburgh to India & Burmah, 1908, 24 full page colour plates, including frontispiece with tissue guards, plus black and white illustrations, advert to rear, ex libris stamp to half title, front guttering split, top edge gilt, original illustrated and gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Peary (Robert E.), The North Pole, 1910, 116 black and white illustrations, including frontispiece with tissue guard, period inscription to front endpaper, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed, large 4to, and Marsden (Kate), On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers, 12th edition, 1895, 18 black and white illustrations, some minor toning, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards slightly marked, spine slightly faded and rubbed with minor loss to head, 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th century Arctic & travel reference, including Fridtjof Nansen's 'Farthest North', volumes 1 & 2 (bound in one), 1898, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (a carton)
Ovid. Heroidum Epistolae..., Paris: Hieronymum de Marnes, & Viduam Gulielmi Cauellat, 1580, together with Metamorphoseon Libri XV..., Paris: Hieronymum de Marnes, & Viduam Gulielmi Cauellat, 1587, printer's woodcut device to title of each (fore-edge margin of first volume excised), numerous woodcut illustrations, some dust-soiling and few marks, stab hole to lower blank margins in second volume and text block broken, uniform 18th century calf, worn & marked, 16mo in 8s, with Coke (Sir Edward), The Complete Copy-holder; being a Learned Discourse of the Antiquity and Nature of Manors and Copy-holds, with all things thereto Incident..., 1673, woodcut armorial to verso of title, contemporary sheep, torn with loss, upper board near detached, lower joint split, worn, 8vo, with Barclay (John), Joannis Barclaii Satyricon, cui accessit pars quinta, sive Alitophili veritatis lachrymae, cum clavi auctiore..., Amstredam: Joannem Janssonium, 1628, engraved title with ink stamp name to upper blank margin, some browning, 18th century calf, loss of upper panel to spine, boards detached, worn, 12mo, plus other 17th-19th century antiquarian (a carton)
Sharp (Cecil J.). English Folk-Song, Some Conclusions, 1st edition, 1907, signature of Iolo A. Williams, dated 31/12/12 to front endpaper, original cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling and discolouration, stamp-mark to spine, large 8vo, together with Hugill (Stan), Shanties from the Seven Seas, Shipboard Work-songs, and Songs used as Work-songs from the Great Days of Sail, 1st edition, 1961, original blue cloth gilt in heavily frayed dust wrapper, 8vo, plus Kodaly (Zoltan), Folk Music of Hungary, monochrome plates, original cloth, slightly spotted to top and bottom margins, in dust wrapper, 8vo, and other music interest, including Wilfrid Mellers, Francois Couperin and the French Classical Tradition, 1st edition, 1950, Edmund H. Fellowes, William Byrd, 1936, Beryl de Zoete, Dance and Magic Drama in Ceylon, 1st edition, 1957, Anton Felix Schindler, Beethoven As I Knew Him, edited by Donald W. MacArdle, 1966, Edward J. Dent, Mozart's Operas, A Critical Study, 1913, etc. (2 cartons)
Bone (Gertrude, & Muirhead). Children's Children, 1908, limited edition 86/215, black and white illustrations including frontispiece with tissue guard, signed by Muirhead Bone to the limitation page, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated vellum, slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, together with Way (T.R., & Wheatley, H.B.), Reliques of Old London Suburbs North of the Thames, 1898, limited edition 53/280, 24 black and white plates with tissue guards, signed by T.R. Way to the limitation page, some light spotting, ex-libris book plates to front pastedown and stamp to the half title, original gilt decorated vellum spine to decorated boards, slightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, and Onions (Oliver), The Work of Henry Ospovat, Saint Catherine Press, 1911, 60 black and white plates, plus tipped in colour frontspiece, some minor toning, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated vellum, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, plus other 19th and early 20th century illustrated literature and fiction, including Pink Furniture, by A.E. Coppard, 1930, limited edition 100/250, original vellum in dust jacket, 8vo, The Infernal Marriage, by Disraeli The Younger, decorations by John Austen, 1929, limited edition 780/850, original gilt decorated quarter vellum, 8vo, mostly decorated cloth, some leather and vellum bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Almanack. The Royal Kalendar; or Complete and Correct Annual Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, for the Year 1773, London: J. Almon, S. Crowder & others, [1773], additional title 'Rider's British Merlin' printed in red & black, contemporary sheep, joints cracked and weak, some wear, 12mo in 6s, together with Boyle's View of London, and its Environs; or, a Complete List of all the Squares, Streets, Lanes, Courts, Yards, Alleys, &c... in and about Five Miles of the Metropolis..., [1799], title cropped at foot, contemporary sheep, rubbed and worn, 12mo, with The Fashionable Court Guide, or Town Visiting Directory, for the Year 1794, London: P. Boyle, [1794], manuscript signature torn away to upper blank margin of title, ink stamp erased through to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, joints cracked, worn, 12mo in 6s, plus two other defective volumes (5)
Blanckley (Thomas Riley). A Naval Expositor, Shewing and Explaining the Words and Terms of Art Belonging to the Parts, Qualities, and Proportions of Building, Rigging, Furnishing, & Fitting a Ship for Sea..., 1st edition, 1750, engraved title (dust-soiled and offset to endpaper) and numerous small engraved illustrations in the margins, occasional spotting and finger marks, a few leaves with short closed tears to upper margins, small ink name stamp of J. Beard at foot of title and to endpapers at front and rear, contemporary gilt-decorated mottled calf, worn and upper cover detached, 4to (1)
Canisius (Petrus). Authoritatum Sacrae Scripturae, et Sanctorum Patrum, quae in summa Doctrinae Christianae Doctoris Petri Canisii Theologi..., volume 1 only (of two), Venice: Ex Bibliotheca Aldina, 1571, printer's woodcut device to title, with faint early inscription, ink stamp to title, following leaf, front free endpaper & free endpapers at rear, late 19th century japanese vellum, joints cracked, frayed & head & foot of spine, soiled, 4to, together with Olevano (Giovanni Battista), Trattato di Gio. Battista Olevano ... in due libri diviso, nel quale co'l mezo di cinquanta casi vien posto in atto prattico il modo di ridurre a pace ogni sorte di privata inimicitia, nata per cagion d'honore..., Venice: Giacobo Antonio Somascho, 1603, printer's woodcut device to title, decorative initials, dust-soiling and some dampstaining, contemporary vellum, soiled, 4to, with Ferrari (Ottavio), Octavii Ferrari de re vestiaria, libri septem : quatuor postremi nunc primum prodeunt : reliqui emendatiores & auctiores..., 2 parts in one, Patavii: Typis Pauli Frambotti Bibliop., 1654, woodcut device to title, torn to imprint and following two leaves also torn at foot with loss & repaired, engraved plates, bound with Analecta de re Vestiaria sive Exercitationes ad Alberti Rubenii Commentarium de re Vestiaria, et Lato Clauo..., 2 parts in one, Patavii: Typis Petri Mariae Frambotti Bibliopolae, 1670, numerous engraved plates, some dampstaining, recent endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, 4to, plus Galluppa (Francesco), Rime di d. Francesco Galluppa patrizio di Tropea in lode del signor d. Gio. Manzuoli..., Rome, 1749, modern buckram, 8vo (4)
Dickens (Charles). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st bookform edition, Chapman and Hall, 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece, and thirty-nine etched plates by Hablot K. Browne, some light toning and spotting to plates, half-title discarded, marbled endpapers and edges, early 20th century terracotta morocco gilt, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Little Dorrit, 1st bookform edition, Bradbury and Evans, 1857, bound from the parts, etched frontispiece, additional title, and thirty-eight plates, plates spotted and some with marginal water-staining, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, 19th century green half morocco by C. Hardy, with his ink stamp on verso of front free endpaper, slight rubbing to extremities and spine faded, gilt rule decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, remainder with gilt quatrefoil tool and matching cornerpieces, upper cover with some surface loss to marbled paper, 8vo, plus The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1st edition, Chapman and Hall, 1844, etched frontispiece, additional title, and thirty-eight plates, plates spotted and toned, half-title discarded, P8 with small piece torn from lower blank margin, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine faded, 8vo, plus eighteen others by or about Dickens, including other first editions (21)
Godwin (William). Lives of the Necromancers: Or, an account of the most eminent in successive ages, who have claimed for themselves, or to whom has been imputed by others, the Exercise of Magical Power, 1st edition, 1834, bound without advertisement leaf, some scattered spotting, small manuscript note and shelf number (crossed-through) to title, contemporary tan half calf, University of St Andrews gilt stamp and shelf number to spine, a little rubbed, 8vo (1)
[Grattan, Henry; Flood, Henry & others]. Baratariana. A Select Collection of Fugitive Political Pieces, Published during the Administration of Lord Townshend in Ireland., 2nd edition, corrected & enlarged, Dublin: [s.n.], 1773, engraved portrait frontispiece, manuscript signature to title (blank margins at head & foot cropped, lined to verso), one folding engraved plate, newspaper cutting 'To the Conductors of the Hiberian Journal, Dec. 5, 1772" pasted to final five blank leaves at rear of volume, pages 192 & 193 with some soiling, faint ink stamp to front free endpaper, mid 19th century blind decorated calf, rubbed, 12mo ESTC T21365. (1)
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