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Lot 669
ALBUMS OF MALTA STAMPS. Albums of Maltese stamps from the 1860's till QE11 period in both mint unmounted and used form, etc. Pairs blocks of four and part sheets of mint stamps and overprints etc, are contained in the well laid out stamp albums. An fine collection formed over many years , with much thought and effort to secure shades and variants. (Sold on behalf of a Charity)
Lot 714
A Benson style copper and brass chamber stick, a similar Dresser style candlestick, a pewter tankard, crested and inscribed Lawn Tennis Ties March 1877, African gold weight figures and other items (box) Condition report Report by GH Pewter tankard - it has a glass bottom and is made by James Dixon & Sons with a retail stamp of Osmond Oxford and a date letter of W within a chamfered square border. The tankard also has a lid with a Maltese cross style finial towards the handle.
Lot 116
Cookery.- - Spry [Recipe Book], manuscript, in several hands , 85pp Spry (Mary, ?of Place Manor in St Anthony in Roseland, Cornwall, wife of George Spry 1685/6-1732, daughter of Richard Bullock, of Helston, fl. 1701) [Recipe Book], manuscript, in several hands (most in Mary Spry's hand), 85pp., some reverse entries, ink inscription, "Mary Spry Her Book 1701" on fly-leaf, also 19th century ink stamp, "Shelfanger Nr. Diss" and inscribed, "Purchased from the Museum 1884" on fly-leaf, browned, original vellum, ties, soiled and creased, 2 small holes in spine, sm. 8vo, 1701. Recipes include: "To Stew a Carp"; "To Make a Quaking Puding"; "To Make an Almond pudding"; "To Pickle Sampier"; "To Spitchcott Eales"; "To Butter a Crabb"; "To make a Custard Pudding"; "To make a Wood Street Cake" [a lightly yeasted fruitcake with a rosewater icing originating in the City of London. Wood Street is just between Cheapside and Cripplegate, and, in the 17th century, was famous for its cakes]; "To make Raspberry Brandy" etc.
Lot 133
Camden (William) - Britannia siue Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et insularum adiacentium, third edition, title with first word within woodcut cartouche and with large woodcut arms, leaf of Anglo-Saxon alphabet within woodcut frame, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, large library bookplate to front pastedown, title with a couple of very small holes and a perforated library stamp to margin, also a little chipped, trimmed at head affecting a number of headlines, lightly water-stained, contemporary calf, rebacked in modern calf, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 4505], 8vo, George Bishop, 1590.
Lot 141
Wren {Matthew) - Monarchy Asserted, or the State of Monarchicall and Popular Government, second edition, lacks final blank f., name on title of T. Holt White 1827, bookplate of Leonard Charles Price on paste-down, contemporary calf, rubbed, T[homas] R[oycroft] for F. Bowman of Oxford , 1660 § Brydall (John) Decus & Tutamen: or, a Prospect of the Laws of England, preliminary licence f. & 3 final advertisment ff. present, names on title, number on title verso, small stamp at end, modern morocco-backed cloth, G. Sawbridge, , 1679 § Bossuet (Jacques Benigne) Conference avec M. Claude Ministre de Charenton sur la Matiere de l'Eglise, final blank f. present, woodcut device on title, name and label on paste-down, perforated stamp to fly-leaf, small stamps on 2nd f. and at end, contemporary calf, spine gilt, worn, joint cracked, white number at foot of spine, Paris, S. Mabre-Cramoisy , 1682, and an imperfect Certain Sermons, 1687, Norwich Public Libraries bookplates, 8vo (4)
Lot 230
Classics.- Plinius Secundus (Caius) - Naturalis Historiae, 3 vol., engraved additional titles, first partly loose, device on printed titles, early ownership entries at foot of additional titles, nineteenth-century notes on vol. I free endpaper and verso of printed title, bookplates of The North Devon Athenaeum, Barnstable, on pastedowns, with large 'withdrawn' stamps, stamp at end of vol. I, light marking, contemporary vellum, spine gilt, Leiden & Rotterdam, ex off. Hackiana, 1669 [1668 on vol. II & III printed titles] § Ovidius Naso (Publius) Operum, vol. I & III only, of 3, bound in 1, texts only, i.e., without vol II Metamorphoses or any notes, also without vol. III title and preliminaries, engraved additional general title, portrait, device on vol. I printed title, bookplate on pastedown, names on free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, ends of spine worn, [Willems 1271 'Les notes peuvent former trois volumes séparés], Amsterdam, ex off. Elzeviriana, 1661 [1658 on printed title] § Florus (Lucius Annaeus) Rerum Romanorum Libri IV, 2 parts in 1, engraved title, contemporary calf, blind rules, Amsterdam, J. Jansonius , 1664 § Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Orationes quaedam Selectae Vita Ciceronis Dialogi de Senectute & de Amicitia, title in red and black, 2 pp. advertisments at end, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, W. Sayes , 1729, 8vo or 12mo ((6)
Lot 236
Nagel (Luca) - Stromata evangelica dominicalia priora..., lacking initial leaf (?blank), title in red and black with engraved device and old embossed library stamp, browned, slight damage to outer margin of last few leaves from rusting clasps, contemporary blind-stamped alum-tawed pigskin with clasps (one lacking), rubbed and soiled, folio, Cologne, Noethen, 1700.
Lot 240
Russia.- [Voltaire, F. M. A. de] - Histoire de l'empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand, 2 vol. in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 folding engraved maps, title in red and black, some browning, ink inscription to title and endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary half vellum, a little worn, 1761-1764 § Conder (Josiah) The Modern Traveller Russia, new edition, 1 folding engraved map only (of 2), contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1831 § Custine ( Marquis de ) La Russie en 1839, 4 vol. in 2, remains of bookplate to front pastedown, hinges cracked, contemporary calf backed boards, Brussels, 1844 § Jefferson (R.L.) Roughing It In Siberia , ex-library copy with embossed stamp to front free endpaper, some spotting, spine cracked, original cloth, gilt, extremities very lightly rubbed but overall a good copy , 1897 § Stephens (Winifred) The Soul of Russia, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, spine discoloured, 1916, some soiling to first two ; and a quantity of others, Russian history, politics and fiction, v.s. (4 boxes)
Lot 315
Uwins (Thomas) - The Costume of the University of Oxford, half-title, stipple-engraved portrait and 17 hand-coloured engraved plates by Agar after Uwins, ex-library copy with embossed stamp to half-title, title and each plate (but fairly unobtrusive), old ink signature at head of half-title, portrait offset, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary half morocco, gilt-stamped label to upper cover, worn, lower cover detached, [Colas 2947; cf. Abbey, Scenery 278], 1815 § Eyries (Jean Baptiste Benoit) L'Angleterre, ou Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Anglais, half-title, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates, text in French with manuscript translation of title and introduction on verso of half-title & title/bound in, spotted, staining to lower margin at beginning, nick to upper edge of some plates and leaves repaired with tape, ex-library copy with embossed stamps to half-title and title but not plates, original roan-backed boards, spine gilt, rubbed, spines chipped at head, corners worn, [Colas 1013], Paris , [c.1821], 4to & 8vo (2) The first was originally issued as part of Ackermann's History of the University of Oxford published in 1814.
Lot 355
Haselden (Thomas) - The Seaman's Daily Assistant, being a Short, Easy, and Plain Method of keeping a Journal at Sea , tables, a few woodcut diagrams, a little soiled and stained, contemporary sheep, corners worn, rebacked, J.Mount and T.Page, 1772 § Brady (William) The Kedge-Anchor; or, Young Sailors' Assistant, eighth edition, 32 wood-engraved plates and numerous illustrations, a little foxed, ink ownership stamp of the ship-modeller Harold A.Underhill on verso of frontispiece, bookplate of Mario & Fiammetta Witt, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spine with ship motifs, New York, by the author, 1855 § Kerigan (Thomas) The Complete Mathematical and General Navigation Tables, 2 vol., folding engraved compass frontispiece, tables, light foxing to frontispiece and title, contemporary half calf, 1828 § Wonders of the Heavens (The), seventh edition, many engraved plates, several folding, 4pp. advertisements at end, contemporary notes on pastedowns, contemporary sheep, rebacked preserving old spine, 1826, rubbed ; and another on astronomical tables, 4to & 8vo (6) The first is a useful manual including tables of latitude, high water, the sun's ascension and declination, and the positions of the stars. It was first published in 1757 but all early editions are rare; only two copies of this edition recorded in ESTC (British Library, and Peabody Essex Museum in Salem., Mass.).
Lot 370
Parkinson - A System of Mechanics and Hydrostatics, 2 parts in 1, folding map ( Rev . Thomas) A System of Mechanics and Hydrostatics , 2 parts in 1, folding map, 34 folding engraved plates, tears to inner margins of 2 early ff., light offsetting, little spotting and marking, stamp and ink numbers on titles, twentieth-century half cloth, black morocco spine labels, rubbed, 4to, Cambridge, J. Archdeacon , 1789.
Lot 388
Friedlander (Lee) - The American Monument, first edition, one of 2,000 copies, photographic plates, library stamp to title verso and front free endpaper, original buckram, library labels to spine and upper cover, a little soiled, corners lightly bumped, oblong folio, New York, Eakins Press, 1976.
Lot 60
Foa (Edouard) - After Big Game in Central Africa, first edition , half-title, portrait frontispiece and 29 plates, map, 10pp. advertisements at end, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, recased, spine ends strengthened and repaired, [Czech p.59], 1899 § Stigand ( Capt . C.H.) and D.D.Lyell. Central African Game and its Spoor, second edition, plates, 2 folding, ink inscription, light spotting to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and bumped, 1909 § Buckley (William) Big Game Hunting in Central Africa, first edition , plates, ink stamp to endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, 1930; and Maugham's Wild Game in Zambezia, 8vo & 4to (4)
Lot 63
Junker (Wilhelm) - Reisen in Afrika 1875-1886, 3 vol., first edition , wood-engraved plates and illustrations, maps, some folding, a couple torn, foxing, ink stamp to titles, vol.2 front free endpaper corner defective, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, spines faded, vol.2 cockled, vol.3 joint frayed, Vienna & Olmutz, 1889-91; and another, Africa in German, 8vo and 4to (4)
Lot 8
Stockdale Excursions in the County of Cornwall…, first edition Stockdale (Frederick Wilton Litchfield) Excursions in the County of Cornwall , first edition, ink stamp and bookplate of Albert Edward Prince of Wales (Edward VII), The Library of the Duchy of Cornwall copy, engraved frontispiece portrait, additional vignette title, 48 plates and folding map, plates on india paper and mounted, tissue guards, occasional foxing, contemporary straight-grained morocco, gilt, corners and edges rubbed, g.e., 8vo, 1824.
Lot 81
Le Fanu (Henry) - A Manual of the Salem District in the Presidency of Madras, 2 vol A Manual of the Salem District in the Presidency of Madras, 2 vol., first edition , hand-coloured lithographed map and 4 lithographed transcriptions of texts loose in pocket at end of vol. II, map with small tear, foxed and browned, long ink inscription as a medical prize and ink stamp of H Le Fanue on front free endpaper, original blind-stamped cloth, slightly rubbed and faded, gilt spines, faded, vol. I joints splitting and small tear at head of spine, 8vo, Madras, 1883.
Lot 98
Roberts (David) - The Holy Land, 6 vol. in 3, tinted lithographed portrait frontispiece, 6 tinted lithographed titles, 241 tinted lithographed plates, 2 maps, small library stamp scattered throughout including some plates to margin, some foxing but mostly clean, contemporary ownership inscription and library bookplate on front endpapers, hinges reinforced, contemporary half morocco, gilt, worn, rebacked preserving contemporary backstrips, g.e., 4to , 1855-56.
Lot 440
I T TAVENDER: CASUALTY ROLL FOR THE ZULU AND BASUTO WARS SOUTH AFRICA 1877-79, 1985 1st edn, orig cl gt d/w + R J SCARLETT: THE NAVAL GOOD SHOOTING MEDAL 1903-1914, L, The London Stamp Exchange 1990, orig faux leath gt + PRISONERS OF WAR, ARMIES AND OTHER LAND FORCES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 1939-1945, J B Hayward & Son 1990, orig cl d/w (3)
Lot 501
JOHN MIDDLETON: FIVE HUNDRED NEW RECEIPTS IN COOKERY..., ed Henry Howard, L, Tho Astley 1734 1st edn, ttle pge part excised not affecting text, 1pp adverts at end, re-bnd (not recent), cl worn, inner joints reinforced, Lib bk plt on front paste down, ref numbers verso of ttle pge, lib stamp at foot of page 1, no other lib markings
Lot 612
L DUDLEY STAMP: MAN AND THE LAND, 1955, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 31, hardbk, orig cl gt, d/w + H L EDLIN: TREES, WOODS AND MAN, 1956, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 32, hardbk, orig cl gt, d/w + DUDLEY STAMP: NATURE CONSERVATION IN BRITAIN, 1969, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 49 hardbk, orig cl gt, d/w (unclipped) + STEVEN POTTER AND LAURENS SARGENT: PEDIGREE WORDS FROM NATURE, 1973, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 56, hardbk, orig cl gt, d/w + R J BERRY: INHERITANCE AND NATURAL HISTORY, 1977, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 61, hardbk, orig cl gt, d/w + K MELLANBY: FARMING AND WILDLIFE, 1981, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 67, hardbk, orig cl gt, d/w (unclipped) + + PETER MARREN: THE NEW NATURALISTS, 2005, 2nd edn, New Naturalist Series No 82, hardbk, orig cl gt, d/w (unclipped) (7)
Lot 616
E B FORD: BUTTERFLIES, 1946 reprint, New Naturalist No 1 + BRIAN VESEY-FITZGERALD: BRITISH GAME, 1946 1st edn, New Naturalist No 2, + R S R FITTER: LONDON'S NATURAL HISTORY, 1946 reprint, New Naturalist No 3 + L DUDLEY STAMP: BRITAINS STRUCTURE AND SCENERY, 1946 1st edn, New Naturalist No 4 + JOHN RAMSBOTTOM: MUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS, 1953 1st edn, New Naturalist No 7 + A D IMMS: INSECTS NATURAL HISTORY, 1947 1st edn, New Naturalist No 8 + W B TURRILL: BRITISH PLANT LIFE, 1948 1st edn, New Naturalist No 10 + W H PEARSALL: MOUNTAINS AND MOORLANDS, 1965 3rd impression, New Naturalist No 11 + C M YONGE: THE SEASHORE, 1949 1st edn, New Naturalist No 12 + T T MACAN & E B WORTHINGTON: LIFE IN LAKES AND RIVERS, 1951 1st edn, New Naturalist No 15 + J E LOUSLEY: WILD FLOWERS OF CHALK AND LIMESTONE, 1950 1st edn, New Naturalist No 16 + E M NICHOLSON: BIRDS AND MEN, 1951 1st edn, New Naturalist No 17, each orig cl gt d/w (12)
Lot 698
SIR ROBERT ATKYNS: THE ANCIENT AND PRESENT STATE OF GLOCESTERSHIRE, L, 1768, 2nd edn, engrd dbl pge map, 8 plts of coats of arms, 64 dbl pge plts acf, folio old cf rebkd, ex lib, lib bkplt on front pastedown, lib bkplt on ffep, small unobtrusive blind stamp at foot of ttl pge, lib label on top bd, no other lib markings
Lot 709
CARLO FONTANA: L'ANFITEATRO FLAVIO DESCRITTO E DELINEATO, Nell 'Haia, Isaco Vaillant, 1725, 1st edn, engrd vig ttl, 24 plts including 1 dbl pge fdg, uncut, folio old hf cf, ex lib, lib bkplt on front pastedown, lib ref numbers verso of ttl pge, lib stamp at foot of pge 1, lib stamp verso of final leaf, Dewey No at foot of spine, no other lib markings
Lot 79
ALISON UTTLEY: TOAD'S CASTLE, 1951, 1st edn, orig pict bds, d/w + FANNY LABLACHE: STARLIGHT STORIES ..., ill Kate Greenaway, L, Griffith Farran Browne, nd, reprint, orig pict cl, inner jnts split + THE CHILD'S OWN BOOK OF COUNTRY PLEASURES, L, Ward Lock & Tyler [1870], 4pp advts at end, orig decor cl gt + THE CHILD'S OWN MAGAZINE, 1874, vol 3, new series, old cl worn + EVELYN EVERETT GREEN: BIRDIE'S RESOLVE, 1892, orig pict cl gt + ELEANOR FARJEON: JIM AT THE CORNER AND OTHER STORIES, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1934, 1st edn, orig cl + ANNE PARRISH: FLOATING ISLAND, L, 1930, 1st edn, orig cl + OMAR KHAYYAM: THE RUBAIYAT, Singapore, Lotus Library Publications, nd, Cambridge University Library suggests 1918, dte stamp on ffep for 1927, numbered, limited edn, limitation no stated, 4to, orig two tone cl gt (8)
Lot 24
A JAPANESE PRAYER FLAG. A Japanese Red Sun WW11 period Prayer Flag, with official marking stamp amid the various character markings. 38" wide by 26" deep, with one tear of approximately 3" in the sun itself. Brought back from the Far East after the war by Gunner Evans RA, who was attached to the Gurkhas . He was from Garnant and was Mentioned in Despatches in July 1945. (Copy details available)
Lot 269
David Shepherd, O.B.E. (British, b. 1931): 'Tiger Fire', limited edition colour print, hand signed in pencil & numbered /850, with blind stamp, H 58 x W 100 cm; together with a signed letter from H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh CONDITION REPORT: In good, clean condition with no tears/damage
Lot 296
Jean Dewasne (1921-1999): Untitled silkscreen 1969, with studio stamp recto; Gérard Fromanger (b. 1939): Le Rouge, silkscreen 1970, signed & numbered 178/300; Peter Klasen (b. 1935): Two signed & numbered but untitled & undated photolithographs, printed in colours; Gérard Titus-Carmel (b 1942): Two drypoint/etchings, 'Sur l'ideé de détérioration d'une forme: le parallélépipède', 1971, signed & dated, & 'Enveloppeé découvrir', 1973, signed, dated & numbered 48/100 (6)
Lot 276
A COLLECTION OF SILVER AND METAL BOXES AND ACCESSORIES to include a coin topped pill box, an envelope stamp case, a trefoil shaped pill box, a cylindrical case and cover, another smaller, a Dunhill USB stick, a shoe horn, various old spoons, a rosewood and inlaid etui with gilt metal accessories, other small items and a pair of plated candlesticks (qty)
Lot 288
A good collection of Great Britain stamps, including three binders containing Leuchtturn loose leaves, including Penny Black, various Queen Victoria blocks and strips unused perf. Penny Reds, various Victorian and Edwardian part-sets unused, some George V, George VI and QEII sets-unused, some high denominations, much later QEII loose, also 2 x SG GB Stamp Albums, large amount loose on paper, various presentation packs
Lot 407
A LOUIS VUITTON SMALL PRINTED LEATHER ATTACHE CASE with fitted interior having impressed stamp: 'Louis Vuitton, Paris, made in France'. Gilt metal combination type lock marked 'Presto' and with leather swing handle. 38cm x 29cm x 7cm. CONDITION REPORT: Some tarnishing to finish on lock, minor scuffs and wear externally, more noticeable scuffs and wear generally to the interior surfaces commensurate with use.
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