Miscellaneous UK Silver Proofs comprising: 2 x crowns 1981 & 1990 'Queen Mother's 90th Birthday,' £2 1995 '50th Anniversary - End of WW11,' piedfort £2 1998 bimetallic type, a 3-coin silver proof set commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Invasion of Europe 1944-1994 & comprising UK 50p, USA dollar obv. US soldier on Normandy beach, rev. Eisenhower's message to troops, 26.7g, .900 silver & France 1 franc obv. Normandy landings, rev. Allied flags & Statue of Liberty, 22.2g, 900 silver; all with certs, in CofI, FDC, together with 2 x proof sets 1971 & 1972 in CofI, no certs, 'Queen Mother Centenary' Silver Proof Crown & Stamp Set, limited edition of 1000 (this set 0680), in RM presentation pack, 'Queen Mother Centenary' Crown & £10 Set, £10 serial No. QM10 000370, crown CuNi, 350 sets issued, in RM presentation pack, 4 x CuNi crowns: 1953, 1965, 1972 & 1977 & Falkland Islands 50p 2002 'Golden Jubilee'
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Miscellaneous Lot comprising: 4 x RM proof sets: 1994, 1997, 1999 & 2002 in CofI, no outer packaging or certs FDC; silver proof £5 1999/2000 'Millennium,' with cert, in CofI, faint peripheral toning o/wise FDC, silver proof piedfort £1 2001 with cert, in CofI, FDC, 11 x CuNi crowns: 1951, 1953(x3), 1965(x2), 1972, 1977(x3) & 1998 (£5) & a gilt base metal medalet commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery 1833-1983 in a fitted RM case, together with the Coronation Anniversary Ingot & Crown Set comprising crown 1953, CuNi £5 2003 & a sterling silver stamp, 43mm x 27mm, 24ct gold-plated, a replica of the 1s.3d Coronation stamp of 1953, with cert, in RM CofI UNC
Miscellaneous UK & Foreign Coins including proof sets: Falkland Islands 1974 5 coins ½p to 10p, Tuvalu 1976 7 coins 1 cent to 1 dollar, Soviet Union 1974 9 coins 1 kopeck to 1 rouble, Isle of Man 'Diamond Finish' set 1980 7 coins ½p to £1; Isle of Man a 2-coin set comprising £2 & £5 specially struck for RAOB (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes) 34th Triennial Convention 1991, card-mounted in a plastic case; Seychelles 25 rupees 1977 'Silver Jubilee' in a plastic case, Tuvalu silver proof 5 dollars 1976 rev. 'Ellice Canoe,' 28.2g, with cert, in CofI, Festival of Britain 50th Anniversary crown & ingot set comprising crown 1951 & a sterling silver replica 10 shilling stamp 1951, 43mm x 27mm x 2mm, 24.1g, prooflike, in a presentation pack, Australia 5 dollars 2000 'Olympic Sailing,' card-mounted; UK 2 x £2 1989 'Claim & Bill of Rights' in a presentation pack & a full set of 29 x CuNi 50p 'London 2012 Olympics' each depicting a different sport, individually card-mounted & a few foreign coins
A LOUIS XVI COLOURED GOLD PIQUE OVAL SNUFF BOX WITH INTEGRAL HINGE, 7CM L, CIRCA 1780 (DAMAGED), TWO MINIATURE TURNED BLUE JOHN DISHES, A VICTORIAN COPPER PISTOL POWDER FLASK, A PAIR OF VICTORIAN CARVED COAL BOOT ORNAMENTS, A VICTORIAN TORTOISESHELL POSTAGE STAMP BOX IN THE FORM OF A KNIFE BOX, ETC
![*Jerusalem. Mottram (Charles), [Jerusalem in her Grandeur & Jerusalem in her Fall], published George Lord Beeforth, Scarborou](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a79f5b87-a33e-46b3-9885-a6fa00ae143d/5a72e9b2-ad3b-4a29-fa72-9298158d945c/468x382.jpg)
*Jerusalem. Mottram (Charles), [Jerusalem in her Grandeur & Jerusalem in her Fall], published George Lord Beeforth, Scarborough and Haywood & Leggatt, London, 1860, pair of uncoloured engravings on India wove after H.C.Selous, proofs before titles and letters, signed in pencil by artist and engraver below image, blind stamp of the Printsellers Association to lower left, heavily water stained, prints mounted on contemporary wooden stretchers, framed and glazed in near contemporary gilt gesso frames (2)
Michell (Rev. John). Conjectures Concerning the Cause, and Observations upon the Phoenomena of Earthquakes; Particularly of that Great Earthquake of the First of November, 1755, which proved so fatal to the City of Lisbon, and the whole Effects were felt as far as Africa, and more or less throughout almost all Europe, Read at several Meetings of the Royal Society, 1st separate edition, London: [s.n.], 1760, 71pp., folding cross-section engraved plate, ink stamp to verso of final leaf, recent wrappers, slim 4to, contained in a modern portfolio ESTC T31203. (1)
Bakewell (Robert). An Introduction to Geology, Illustrative of the General Structure of the Earth; Comprising the Elements of the Science, and an Outline of the Geology and Mineral Geography of England, 1st edition, 1813, engraved folding frontispiece, hand-coloured folding map, three hand-coloured geological plates, some light offsetting and a few spots, untrimmed in later half calf, spine a little faded, 8vo, together with Murchison (Sir Roderick Impey), Siluria. The History of the Oldest Fossiliferous Rocks and their Foundations; with a Brief Sketch of the Distribution of Gold over the Earth, 3rd edition, 1859, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece, folding hand-coloured map contained in rear pocket, lithographed plates of fossils, illustrations, publisher's list at end, a few light spots, Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society ink stamp to dedication, bookplate, original red blindstamped cloth gilt, spine faded with small tear at head, 8vo (2)
Sedgwick (Adam). Preface to the Catalogue of the Cambrian and Silurian Fossils in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge, [1872], some light fraying to margins, original wrappers, manuscript inscribed to upper cover "J.W. Judd with J.M.R. Hughes' kind regards" and with Judd Library ink stamp, dust-soiled and some spine & edge wear, slim 4to The author's final work. (1)
Brongniart (Adolphe). Histoire des vegetaux fossiles, ou recherches botaniques et geologiques..., volume 1 (of 2), Paris & Amsterdam, 1828, xii, 488 and 160 numbered lithographed plates, old and heavy marginal dampstaining affecting plate foremargins and increasing towards rear with some damp fraying, library stamp to front free endpapers, contemporary quarter cloth, covers, spine and half-title detached, evidence of library marks to front pastedown at foot of spine, 4to, together with Penn (Granville), Conversations on Geology..., 1st edition, 1828, half-title, 12 engraved plates including 4 hand-coloured, scattered spotting, original linen cloth with printed paper label to spine, rubbed and marked, frayed on joints, 12mo, plus Gray (John), Biographical Notice of the Rev. David Ure..., 1st edition, Glasgow, 1865, tinted lithographed frontispiece, a few pencil marginalia including heavy pencil to foot of title, contents partly detached in contemporary cloth-backed boards, rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th-century geology interest by Geikie, Gunther, Lyell, Owen and Sedgwick (12)
Mantell (Gideon). The Geology of the South-East of England, 1833, lithograph frontispiece and five plates (one folding), folding hand-coloured engraved geological map at rear (some folds strengthened to verso), wood engraved vignette to title and numerous illustrations throughout volume, partly uncut, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at front, occasional scattered spotting, modern half calf, 8vo, together with Brande (William Thomas), Outlines of Geology; being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered in the Theatre of the Royal Institution in the Year 1816, John Murray, 1817, folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece of the Strata from London to the coast of Cornwall, label removed from front pastedown with consequent adhesive residue, original cloth, joints cracked and slightly frayed, spine faded & repaired at head & foot, removed library stamp at foot of spine and label to upper cover, 8vo, plus Royal Institution, A Descriptive Catalogue of the British Specimens deposited in the Geological Collection of the Royal Institution, 1816, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, modern half calf, 8vo (3)
England & Wales. Bellin (Jacques Nicolas), Carte R‚duite des Isles Britanniques en cinq feuilles..., par ordre de M. de Machault..., published Paris, 1757, large hand coloured engraved map on two conjoined sheets, one repaired small hole affecting image, occasional repaired closed tears, two decorative cartouches, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, stamp of the Depot de la Marine, 1000 x 880 mm, together with four large wall maps showing the World, England & Wales and estates, all in very poor condition with numerous tears, loss and damage, plus a very large 'bus destination roller' black and yellow lithography laid on canvas, showing stops at Hornchurch, Stratford, Bow, Chadwell Heath, Ilford, Romford, Private Hire and others, 2920 x 830 mm, appears unused (6)
Bakewell (Robert). Travels, Comprising Observations Made During a Residence in the Tarentaise, and Various Parts of the Grecian and Pennine Alps, and in Switzerland and Auvergne, in the Years 1820, 1821, and 1822, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1823, four hand-coloured aquatint plates, Sion College Library ink stamp to verso of titles and rear free endpapers, edges untrimmed, hinges repaired, original boards with recent rebacked spines, 8vo Abbey Travel 56. (2)
Gregory I (Pope). Eximii ac Sanctissimi viri Diui Gregorii Papae In primo regum libro multiplex expositio..., Venice: In officina Diui Bernardini, 1538, woodcut device to title (& small ink mark), early underscoring and marginalia, early manuscript and stain to rear free blank, some damp staining throughout, contemporary vellum, 8vo, (no UK institutional location found), together with Aesop, Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae, Elegantissimis iconibus veras animalium species ad viuum adumbrantibus..., [Geneva]: Joan Tornaesium, 1605, woodcut device to title with ink stamp 'Museum Britannicum' & 'duplicate for sale 1769' ink stamps to verso (with few repairs to margins), numerous woodcut illustrations, some dust-soiling mostly to first & last few leaves, 19th century sheep, joints cracked and some wear, 16mo in 8s, with Pineau (Severin), De integritatis et corruptionis virginum notis..., Leiden: Franciscum Hegerum, 1641, additional engraved title with early ink ownership to verso 'Sum Petrus Smidts Medicus', three engraved plates and two folding tables, woodcut illustrations, contemporary vellum, few marks and light wear, 12mo, with Seneca (Lucius Annaeus), Opera. Cum Emendationibus et Notis M. Antonii Mureti. Accedunt vita Senecae..., 2 volumes, [Geneva]: Joannem Le Preux, 1595, imprint to volume 2 dated 1594, occasional early underscoring & marginalia, contents of volume 2 shaken and few gathering loose, some light dust-soiling, contemporary limp vellum, ties deficient, dust-soiled, covers to volume 1 loose, 16mo in 8s, plus Aristotle, Aristotelis Stagiritae, Rhetoricorum, Artisque Poeticae libri, atque etiam Problematum Sectiones omnes, quibus Alexandri Aphrodisaei Omnia Problemata adiuncta fuere..., pars sexta, Venice: [ex officina Gasparis Bindoni], 1576, occasional early ink inscriptions to titles, contents shaken and few gatherings loose, some light dampstaining, contemporary limp vellum, spine darkened and light wear, 16mo in 8s (6)
O'Rorke (Terence). History, Antiquities, and Present State of the Parishes of Ballysadare and Kilvarnet, in the County of Sligo; with Notices of the O'Haras, the Coopers, the Percevals, and Other Local Families, 1st edition, Dublin, [1878], illustrations, some light spotting, hinges tender, original green cloth gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, together with Life and Correspondence of Abraham Sharp, the Yorkshire Mathematician and Astronomer, and Assistant of Flamsteed; with Memorials of his Family and Associated Families, by William Cudworth, 1889, frontispiece and illustrations, some light spotting, presentation inscriptions to a Mr Lancaster from the author at front, top edge gilt, original half Japanese vellum, small chips at spine ends, a little soiled, 4to, plus An Attempt to Ascertain the True Derivation of the Names of Towns and Villages and of Rivers and Other Great Natural Features of the County of Norfolk, by the Rev. George Munford, 1870, scattered spotting, library stamp to title, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, with others including Scottish Rivers, by the Late Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, 1874, The East Anglian Handbook for 1881, Trivia: Or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London, by John Gay, with Introduction and Notes by W.H. Williams, 1922 and G.N. Nuttall-Smith's The Chronicles of a Puritan Family in Ireland [Smith (Formerly) of Glasshouse], 1923 (15)
Parr (Samuel). A Discourse on Education and on the Plans Pursued in Charity-schools, London: T. Cadell & T. Evans, and Norwich: J. & C. Berry, [1785?], title with contemporary ownership signature of Edward Senior, also with two library ink stamps, library stamp at head of B1 (recto) & foot of X1 (verso), occasional early ink underscoring and corrections, some dust-soiling and dampstaining, contemporary inscription 'Mary Senior from Mr Robertson' and few ink stamps to front endpaper, stamp & library bookplate to rear endpaper, contemporary diced calf, boards detached and some wear, slim 4to (1)
Curzon (Robert). Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, 1st US edition, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1854, map and wood-engraved illustrations, a little light spotting and toning, a few creases, library ink stamp and marks to front pastedown, original cloth, some fading, 8vo, together with A Diary in the Dardanelles, Written on Board the Schooner "Corsair," whilst beating through the Straits, from Tenedos to Marmora, by William Knight, 1st edition, 1849, map frontispiece, one or two leaves trimmed at fore edge, front hinge breaking, original red cloth, spine a little rubbed with tear at head, 8vo, plus A Tarantasse Journey through Eastern Russia in the Autumn of 1856, by William Spottiswoode, 1st edition, 1857, folding map, seven tinted lithographed plates, including one folding, some light spotting and marginal ink stains, endpapers renewed, original cloth, rebacked with original spine relaid (faded), 8vo, with two others: Horatio Southgate's Narrative of a Tour through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia, and Mesopotamia, 2 volumes, 1840 and S.S. Hill's The Dominions of the Pope and the Sultan, circa 1850 (6)
Humphreys (Henry Noel). The Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages; an Account of the Development and Progress of the Art of Illumination..., Illustrated by a Series of Examples..., Executed on Stone and Printed in Colours by Owen Jones, 1849, additional chromolithograph title, letterpress title printed in red and black, one uncoloured plate and thirty-nine leaves of chromolithograph plates, plus other mounted chromolithograph illuminated letters and borders, all by Owen Jones, many with gilding, text for plates eight, nineteen and twenty deficient, spotting and toning throughout (severe in places), lower edge of front pastedown with very small ink bookbinder's stamp, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, rubbed to extremities with some skinning of leather surface mainly on back board, large folio (1)
[Serao, Francesco]. The Natural History of Mount Vesuvius, with the Explanation of the various Phenomena that usually attend the Eruptions of this celebrated Volcano. Translated from the Original Italian, composed by the Royal Academy of Science at Naples, by Order of the King of Two Sicilies, 1st English edition, London: E. Cave, 1743, two folding woodcut plates (one lined to verso & with closed tear to central fold), folding table, blind library stamp to title plates, few other leaves & free endpapers, ink library stamp to verso of title, occasional scattered spotting, ownership signature of John Wickins 1744 to front free endpaper, later quarter sheep, joints cracked, spine worn, 12mo in 6s, together with Winchilsea (Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of), [A True and Exact Relation of the Late Prodigious Earthquake & Eruption of Mount Aetna, or, Mount-Gibello; as it came in a Letter Written to His Majesty from Naples by the Right Honorable The Earle of Winchilsea, His Majesties late Ambassador at Constantinople, who in his Return from thence, Visiting Catania in the Island of Sicily, was an Ey-witness of that Dreadfull Spectacle. Together with a more particular Narrative of the same, as it is collected out of severall relations sent from Catania, Printed by T. Newcomb, 1669], folding engraved frontispiece present with few repairs to edges (dust-soiled and dampstained, old ink stamp to verso of Royal Meteorological Society, Symons Bequest), facsimile title and final leaf, first & last leaf repaired at gutter margin, spotting and dust-soiling, early 20th century wrappers with manuscript title and ink stamp to upper cover, slim 8vo, contained in modern portfolio, plus Hamilton (William), Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos: In a Series of Letters Addressed to the Royal Society, 2nd edition, 1773, five engraved plates and one folding map, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo, plus four 18th century disbound pamphlets (one defective), including A Sermon on the Late Earthquakes, More particularly that at Lisbon..., by Thomas Alcock, Oxford, 1756 (7)
Mawe (John). The Mineralogy of Derbyshire: with a Description of the most Interesting Mines in the North of England, in Scotland, and in Wales; and an Analysis of Mr. William's Work, Intitled "The Mineral Kingdom", Subjoined is a Glossary of the Terms and Phrases used by Miners in Derbyshire, 1802, three engraved plates (including frontispiece) and single-page map, edges untrimmed, original boards, printed title label to spine, loss at head & foot of spine and some wear, 8vo, together with Sopwith (T., land & mine surveyor), An Account of the Mining Districts of Alston Moor, Weardale, and Teesdale, in Cumberland and Durham; comprising Descriptive Sketches of the Scenery, Antiquities, Geology, and Mining Operations, in the Upper Dales of the Rivers Tyne, Wear, and Tees, Alnwick: Printed by and for W. Davison, 1833, hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece (lightly offset to title), scattered spotting, original cloth, neatly rebacked preserving original printed title label, some fading to boards, 8vo, with Forster (Westgarth), A Treatise on a Section of the Strata, from Newcastle Upon Tyne, to the Mountain of Cross Fell, in Cumberland; with Remarks on Mineral Veins in General. Also, Tables of the Strata, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, &c., To which is added, a Treatise on the Discovery, the Opening, and the Working of Lead Mines; with the Dressing and Smelting of Lead Ores, 2nd edition, greatly enlarged, Alston, Cumberland: Printed for the Author by John Pattinson, 1821, ink initial stamp to title, eleven plates (4 hand-coloured, some folding, plates 1, 2 & 11 not published), folding table, wood engraved diagrams & illustrations to text, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo, plus Werner (Abraham Gottlob), New Theory of the Formation of Veins; with its Application to the Art of Working Mines..., Translated from the German, to which added, containing notes illustrative of the subject by Charles Anderson, 1st English Edition, Edinburgh: Printed at the Encyclopaedia Britannica Press for Archibald Constable & Co., 1809, half-title, lacking portrait frontispiece, edges untrimmed, original boards, repair to upper joint, wear to spine & upper joint, 8vo (4)
Hulle (Anselm van). Pacificatores Orbis Christiani, sive Icones Principum, Ducum, et Legatorum, qui Monasterii atque Osnabrug‘ Pacem Europ‘ Reconciliarunt..., Rotterdam: P. Vander Slaart, 1696, half-title with poem relating to engraved title on verso, additional engraved title, two letterpress titles (in Latin and Dutch), nine pages of text in both Latin and Dutch, 131 engraved plates after van Hulle, including one folding, each with a contemporary manuscript ink number, some soiling mainly to blank margins, several with closed tears to blank margins, some with repairs to verso, plate 1 with closed tear to lower blank margin extending 0.5ins into printed area, plate 22 laid down (repaired closed tear extending halfway up page), plate 46 with closed tear across top right corner of printed area (repaired on verso), plate 115 with 2ins closed tear to printed area (related to a paper fault), 4 plates with ink stamp to printed area 'Verein fr Geschichte und Altertumskunde Westfalens Mnster', ink stamp also present on Latin title-page, engraved title (one stamp to blank margin and one on corner of image), and verso of half-title, front free flyleaf with early ink manuscript ownership annotation and marginal repairs, both free endpapers and rear pastedown with ink stamp 'A. Colin Cole Portcullis Pursuivant College of Arms' to upper corner of each, front free endpaper with short closed marginal tears, front pastedown with armorial bookplate 'Alexander Colin Cole CVO TD FSA Garter Principal King of Arms', hinges strengthened, contemporary calf, previously rebacked, spine deficient, boards worn with some losses to extremities, folio In 1648 Anselm van Hulle was sent by his patron the Prince of Orange to Mnster, there to make portait paintings of the delegates to the Peace of Mnster. The first group of portraits were published in 1648. This edition of 1696 was the first to contain his full collection of related portraits - 131 in all, plus an additional engraved title-page and additonal commentry in both Latin and Dutch. (1)
Pettus (Sir John). Fodinae Regales. Or the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England, Wales and the English Pale in Ireland. As also of the Mint and Mony. With a Clavis Explaining some difficult Words relating to Mines &c., 1st edition, 1670, two engraved plates (one close-trimmed shaving image at lower margin, the other with repaired tear), two engraved coats of arms, lacking portrait frontispiece, leaf N1 misbound after O1, title repaired with ink stamp and previous owner signatures, other leaves marginally repaired, some soiling, bookplate, modern blindstamped calf, small folio Goldsmiths 1930; Kress 1270; Wing P1908. (1)
Fisher (A. Hugh). Through India and Burmah with Pen and Brush, T. Werner Laurie, circa 1910, 30 colour and black and white illustrations, including frontispiece with tissue guard, some light spotting, cracked guttering, original decorative red cloth, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Lloyd (Lord), Egypt Since Cromer, volumes 1 & 2, reprint edition, March 1933, some minor toning, uniform original blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Arnold (Edwin), India Revisited, 1886, 33 black and white illustrations, including frontispiece, with tissue guard, bookplate and booksellers stamp to front endpapers, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated red full calf prize binding, bound by Bickers & Son, spine and boards slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, plus other modern Central Asia, Middle East and African reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo (3 shelves)
*Nelson (Admiral Horatio). Cormack (M.), Lord Nelson, published Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., 1894, mezzotint on india wove after John Hoppner, blind stamp of the Printseller's Association to lower right, 650 x 460 mm, framed and glazed in a near contemporary gilt gesso frame with a velvet 'cushion' inner bevel and a maritime crest at base (1)
*Crawford (Joan, c. 1904-1977 ). Signed photograph, circa 1970, head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling Crawford, signed in black felt tip pen for Rick Dodd, 25 x 20 cm, together with 3 postally unused postcards of Joan Crawford (including 2 with Franchot tone), each signed in blue ballpoint pen by Crawford across the image, plus an accompanying typed letter signed from Joan Crawford on her own letterhead, 25 March 1974, to Rick Dodd thanking him for his birthday card and letter and returning the photos he sent which he has now autographed, plus the original postally used manilla envelope with Joan Crawford's name and address stamp (6)
Waring (J.B.). Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862, volumes 1 & 2 (of 3) only, 1863, additional chromolithograph title to each volume, 200 chromolithograph plates, each with ink library stamp to verso, scattered spotting, heavy in places, ink library stamps to additional titles at lower blank margins, title-pages, and three pages of text in each volume, plate 197 with repaired closed tear to inner blank margin, renewed endpapers with ink library stamps to front free endpapers, ink library stamps to top edges, modern library buckram, lightly marked, large folio (2)
Farey (John). General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire; with Observations on the Means of their Improvement. Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1811-1817, 12 engraved maps, plates and plans, including 5 hand-coloured and 5 folding, three folding tables, (two maps with closed tear), occasional light toning, some spotting & offsetting, ink stamp & signature of W. Wynne Jeudwine, Land Agent, Chesterfield, 1st January [18]79 to front free endpapers, contemporary half calf gilt by Bemrose & Sons, Derby, green morocco title labels (two worn with slight loss), rubbed to extremities, 8vo Rarely found complete in three volumes. Geologist John Farey (1766-1826) prepared the present work for the Board of Agriculture and contains his pioneering analysis of the geometry of faulting and an early discussion of English stratigraphy. (3)
Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie in Four Books Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, printed for Anne Seile, 1669, 4 parts in one volume, additional engraved title page by John Fillian (the 3rd edition issue), some light soiling with upper outer corner replaced, printed title in red and black, separate printed title to each part, 4 folding engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, by Robert Vaughan (except Asia by John Goddard), one or two short closed tears to folds, but generally in good condition, imprimatur leaf facing engraved title page, old oval library stamp of Blackburn Free Public Library to upper outer corner of imprimatur leaf recto, engraved title, printed title and following leaf only, minor marginal soiling to first and last few leaves (contents generally in clean condition), late 19th or early 20th century black half morocco, with library bookplate to front pastedown, rubbed and scuffed to extremities, library inkstamp to head and foot of spine, folio (348 x 230 mm, 13.75 x 9 ins) Tooley, California as an Island, 12. The 5th edition, corrected and enlarged (although the additonal engraved title states 3rd edition, and is dated 1667). (1)
Muret (Marc Antoine). Orationum volumina duo, quorum primum ante aliquot annos in lucem prodijt, secundum vero recens est editum..., adiunximus etiam Caroli Sigonii Oratoris disertissimi Orationes VII, 3 volumes in one, Cologne: Joannem Gymnicum, 1595, printer's woodcut device to title of each, library ink stamp to first title, some dust-soiling, front free endpaper deficient, contemporary calf, gilt embossed arabesque to centre of each board, rubbed and extremities worn, 8vo, together with Laymann (Paulo), Theologia Moralis, in Quique Libros..., Editio altera, 3 volumes in one, Munich: Nicolai Henrici, 1626, half-title with early inscription at head and torn at foot, engraved general title, contemporary vellum, ties present, dust-soiled and slight wear, 4to, plus two other vellum bound 17th century volumes (4)
Livingstone (David). The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to his death. Continued by a Narrative of his last Moments and Sufferings, obtained from his Faithful Servants Chuma and Susi, by Horace Waller, 2 volumes, 1874, wood engraved frontispiece to each volume (including portrait to vol. 1), wood engraved plates and illustrations, two folding lithograph maps, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, green morocco title labels to spines, extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with Oliphant (Laurence), The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852, with a Voyage Down the Volga, and a Tour through the Country of the Don Cossacks, 2nd edition, revised & enlarged, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1853, tinted lithograph frontispiece, wood engraved illustrations, folding lithograph map at rear, oval ink library stamp to title, some light browning to margins, modern buckram, 8vo (3)
A mixed lot of silver items, comprising: a Victorian scent bottle by Brockwell and Son, London 1882, decorated in the Aesthetic manner, a circular scent bottle, a stamp case, five vesta cases, a pepper pot, three caddy spoons, two thimbles, a cigarette holder, seven spoons, a gilt-metal frame and various electroplated items, approx. weighable 12oz. (qty)
A mixed lot of silver sovereign cases, various dates and makers, comprising: two double sovereign cases of oblong form, engraved foliate scroll decoration, plus a single sovereign case with engine-turned decoration, the reverse with a stamp holder, and a plain single sovereign case, approx. weight 3.2oz. (4)
A late 17th / early 18th century leather Bombard, slender baluster form, later incised with the crowned date 1646 and initialled 'CR' and decorated with an 'E' to one side, the body with a small stamp filled with verification numbers and to the foot rim stamped 'IXD', damage to rim, height 55cm. Provenance: Christie's, South Kensington, Interiors Sale, 2 December 2014, lot 378.
A collection of eight volumes relating to silver, including: Cummins and Taunton, Chatelaines, Antique Collector's Club, 1994, Eldred, E., Sampson Mordan and Co, 1986, Beet, B., Stamp Boxes, match holders, The Coleman Collection, (two copies), The English Silver Pocket Nutmeg Grater, and other volumes. (8)
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