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Click here to subscribeSinibaldi (Giovanni Benedetto) Geneanthropeiae siv first edition engraved additional title small tear at foot few wormholes in first few ff. light browning or staining stamp on title contemporary calf over wooden boards gilt rubbed and scuffed ends of spine damaged calf missing fro outer corner of rear cover clasps missing g.e. folio Rome Francisci Caballi 1642. *** Scarce perhaps the first fundamental monograph on sexuality.
(Luigi Ferdinando Count) Histoire Physique de la (Luigi Ferdinando Count) Histoire Physique de la Mer first edition engraved frontispiece frayed at fore-edge detached and with modern photograph of old portrait of the author mounted to recto title in red and black with engraved vignette 52 engraved plates maps and tables some double-page and/or folding a few plates with old ink annotations title with short tear and 2 repairs (one from ?removal of library stamp just touching engraved vignette) occasional spotting a few ink annotations to text contemporary calf spine gilt joints and extremities worn folio Amsterdam 1725.
[Alvarez de Colmenar (Juan)] Beschryving van Spanj 5 parts in 1 first edition engraved frontispiece title vignette dedication folding map 164 maps and views in the text half-title gathering * bound before half-title *1 & 4 tape-repaired the latter with margins defective & creased folding map foxed and with small tear at fold little marked elsewhere stamp on old fly-leaf modern brown half morocco folio Leiden Pieter van der Aa 1707.
[Choiseul-Gouffier (Marie Gabriel August Florent de Count)] Voyage Pitttoresque de la Grece vol.1 only (of 2) first edition first issue with 4 lines of text on p.xvi engraved vignette title and head- & tail-pieces 2 folding engraved maps (1 with route supplied in red) 126 engraved plates and plans by J.B.Hilaire and others on 100 sheets title and a few plates with very light foxing or browning plate 90/91 a little damp-stained otherwise a very good clean copy in handsome contemporary green straight-grain morocco gilt by Kalthoeber (with his ticket at head of front free endpaper) gilt-ruled border with small oval stamp in middle of each border spine gilt g.e. Greek key pattern inner gilt dentelles rubbed and faded a little worn at corners and spine ends [Atabey 241;Blackmer 342; Cohen-De Ricci p.238] folio [Paris] 1782. *** A second volume was published in two parts in 1809 & 1822 the latter posthumously.
"A set of four gold plated sterling silver railway anniversary stamp replicas, together with a silver medallic first day cover commemorative medal, a commemorative silver ingot for the 200th anniversary of U.S independence and a silver commemorative stamp edition Silver Jubilee replica for Danbury Mint, approx 6.5oz (7) "
Australia 1913-88 Mint and Used Collection in three albums with earlier issues including qty shades, 1913-14 “Roos” to Two Shillings used, 1915-18 “Roos” to Ten Shillings mint and used, 1921 Kingsford Smith Sixpence mint block of five with variety “FO” and “LD” double, 1924 Penny, Half-Penny mounted mint block of four with “Hale” and thin “Ral” varieties, 1928 Stamp Exhibition Miniature Sheet mint, 1929 Centenary of Western Australia mint block of eight with variety “T” double, 1929-30 “Roos” Ten Shillings, One Pound and Two Pound overprint “Specimen” mounted mint, 1932 Sidney Harbour Bridge Five Shillings fine used, 1934 Centenary of Victoria mounted mint imprint blocks of four, 1937-49 Defin Set P13 ½” x 14” mainly mounted mint including high values both types, 1937 Foundation Set mounted mint import blocks of four, 1940 Australian Imperial Forces Set mounted mint import blocks of four, 1948-56 Set mounted mint, 1959-64 Set including both Five Shillings mounted mint, 1963-65 high value set mainly unmounted mint (Four Shillings mounted), including white paper Ten Shillings and One Pound, 1966-73 Decimal Currency Defin Set unmounted mint, 1973 Christmas unmounted mint block of twenty-five, 1974 UPU Centenary Booklet, 1931-33 Officials complete used (mainly fine), 1946 British Commonwealth Occupation Force Set mounted mint etc
BRIAN VASEY-FITZGERALD: BRITISH GAME, 1946, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 2, orig cl gt, d/w + L DUDLEY STAMP: BRITAIN’S STRUCTURE AND SCENERY, 1946, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 4, orig cl gt, d/w + R S R FITTER: LONDON’S NATURAL HISTORY, 1946 reprint, New Naturalist Series No 3, orig cl gt, d/w + F FRASER DARLING: NATURAL HISTORY IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS, 1947, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 6, ffep repaired, orig cl gt, d/w + JOHN RAMSBOTTOM: MUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS, 1963, 4th impress, New Naturalist Series No 7, orig cl gt, d/w (5)
ERIC SIMMS: WOODLAND BIRDS, 1971, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 52, orig cl gt, d/w + KENNETH MELLANBY: PESTICIDES AND POLLUTION, 1971 reprint, New Naturalist Series No 50, orig cl gt, d/w + H R HEWER: BRITISH SEALS, 1974, 1st USA edn, New Naturalist Series No 57, orig cl gt, d/w + SIR DUDLEY STAMP: NATURE CONSERVATION IN BRITAIN, 1974, 2nd edn, New Naturalist Series No 49, orig cl gt, d/w + LESLIE BROWN: BRITISH BIRDS OF PREY, 1978 reprint, New Naturalist Series No 60, orig cl gt, d/w + IAN NEWTON: FINCHES, 1978 reprint, New Naturalist Series No 55, orig cl gt, d/w (6)
Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-91): 1986 (Queen`s Birthday) Royal Academy of Dancing Covercraft FDC autographed in 1986 by Dame Margot Fonteyn. The cover was not serviced at the time but kept for 10 years and serviced with the 1996 Women of Achievement 26p value featuring Margot Fonteyn. No living person except royalty could feature on a British stamp so this is probably the only known British FDC (until the rules were relaxed in 2003) signed by anybody outside royalty who is featured on any of the stamps. Only a few such covers were serviced. Printed address, fine
Aquinas, Saint Thomas Summa theologica. Paris: Pierre Chevalier, 1632-31. 3 volumes, folio, titles printed in red and black and with engraved or woodcut vignette, engraved frontispiece, later half calf, rubbed, one cover detached Provenance: Church of the English Martyrs, Tower Hill, stamp on title margins
[Tchaikovsky, Piotr.]--Tchaikovsky, Modest. Zhizn Petra Il`icha Chakkovskago [Life of Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky], Moscow & Leipzig, P. Jurgenson, 1903. Signed and inscribed by the author to Lev Bertansky, Tchaikovsky`s doctor, 3 volumes, 8vo (22.5 by 15cm.), publisher`s cloth, gilt-lettered covers, ownership stamp of L.V. Bertenson to volumes 2 and 3, no portrait, binding damp-flecked and worn, later collector`s annotation and stamp to title Noe: Lev Bertenson, Tchaikovsky`s doctor, attended Tchaikovsky at his death and diagnosed cholera as the cause (6 November 1893). It is now usually accepted that Tchaikovsky committed suicide and that cholera was merely a cover. However, this is still controversial: for Bertenson`s letter to Modest (6 November 1893), see H. Weinstock, Tchaikovsky (1946), p.350n.
Fraser, George MacDonald Flashman. 1969, dust-jacket slightly discoloured & price clipped; Flash for Freedom!. 1971, slightly spotted; Flashman`s lady. 1977; Mr American. 1980, 2 copies, one dust-jacket with small stain; Flashman and the redskins. 1982, dust-jacket slightly discoloured; The pyrates. 1983; dust-jacket price-clipped; Flashman and the dragon. 1985, 2 copies, one with blindstamp to half-title; Flashman and the mountain of light. 1990; The Candlemass road. 1993. 2 copies, Flashman & the angel of the lord. 1994; Black Ajax. 1977; Flashman and the tiger. 1999; Flashman on the march. 2005; first editions, original cloth, all with dustwrappers; Shute, Nevil The far country. 1952, some short tears to upper edge of wrapper; In the wet. 1953, some chipping to head and tail of wrapper; Requiem for a Wren. 1955, small ink stamp to front free endpaper; Beyond the black stump. 1956, creasing to upper edge of wrapper; On the beach. 1957, foxing to wrapper, previous ink inscription to front endpaper; The rainbow and the rose. 1958; Trustee from the toolroom. 1960; Stephen Morris. 1961, price clipped; all London, first editions, dustwrappers, original cloth gilt (23)
Joyce, James Ulysses. London: John Lane, The Bodely Head, 1936. Limited to 1,000 copies, one of 900 on Japon vellum, original pictorial green linen, t.e.g., others uncut, ex-library copy with faint stamp & ink number on title verso, slightly rubbed, spine faded, label mark at foot of spine, new front endpaper, folding cloth box
North Country Angler Third edition, 12mo, engraved frontispiece (cut down), stamp to title-page; Bowlker, Charles The art of angling. 1792. 12mo, engraved frontispiece (torn with loss), stamp to title-page, bound with 2 others, defective, some recent ink doodling, recased in a old vellum binding, rubbed & soiled
Africa - Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni Explorations and adventures in equatorial Africa. London, 1861. First edition, 8vo, folding frontispiece, folding map, plates, original cloth gilt with gilt ape stamp to upper board, hinges split, inner hinge split; Lander, Richard Records of Captain Clapperton`s last expedition to Africa. London, 1830. 8vo, 2 volumes in one, portrait frontispiece, half title, modern cloth; Cameron, Verney Lovett Across Africa. New York, 1877. 8vo, frontispiece, folding map in pocket, original cloth gilt, some leaves loose, inner hinge cracking, fading to backstrip, bookplate; Livingstone, David Missionary travels and researches in South Africa. London, 1857. 8vo, 3 volumes, folding frontispiece, portrait, two folding maps [one in pocket], contemporary half calf, very worn, volumes I & III lacking backstrips, bookplates (6)
Central Africa -- Friedrich, A., Duke of Mecklenburg From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile. 1913. 2 volumes, 8vo, folding maps, plates, original cloth, small library stamp at foot of titles; Idem In the heart of Africa. 1910. 4to, plates, folding map, original cloth, spine slightly faded; Coillard, Francois On the threshold of Central Africa. 1902. 8vo, plates, folding map, original cloth; Burton, Richard F. The lake regions of Central Africa. 1961. 2 volumes, 8vo, dust-jackets frayed; Crawford, D. Thinking black. 1912. 8vo, plates, original cloth; Schweinfurth, G. The heart of Africa. 1969. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth; Stanley, H.M. My dark companions and their strange stories. 1893. 8vo, title and illustration leaf loose, original cloth; Petherick, J. Travels in central Africa. 1968. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth; Pinto, Serpa How I crossed Africa. 1881. 8vo, volume 2 only; Johnston, Sir Harry The Nile Quest.1906. 8vo, folding maps, plates, original cloth, slightly rubbed; and 16 others relating to central Africa (29)
A Victorian satinwood partners’ pedestal desk, stamped ‘HOLLAND & SONS’, circa 1860, green leather inset top, above three frieze drawers and two pedestals each with three further drawers and fluted uprights, the opposing sides with false drawers above two cupboards, the stamp to central frieze drawer, 75.5cm high, 157.5cm wide, 75cm deep. Provenance: John Hobbs Fine Art Limited
A George V silver pounce pot with seal engraved base, Birmingham 1913, together with a silver mounted glass inkwell, an Edwardian silver novelty inkwell with glass liner in the form of a capstan, Birmingham 1903, a silver mounted glass stamp roller, Birmingham 1905 (fault) and a An Edwardian silver pencil holder with hard stone seal terminal, engraved with initials and stamped S. Mordan & Co (marks worn).
MILITARY HISTORY. An Act for Punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the Better Payment of the Army and their Quarters. Dublin: 1829. [bound with:] Rules and Articles for the Better Government of all His Majesty`s Forces, from the 24th Day of March 1829. Dublin: 1829. 2 vols. in one, 8vo (180 x 106mm.) Contemporary calf gilt (upper cover detached). Provenance: T.R.P. Tempest (60th Rifles, gilt lettering to upper cover); Keith Aiken (stamp to front pastedown).
FINLAYSON, George. The Mission to Siam and Hué the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2. London: John Murray, 1826. 8vo (210 x 126mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Lacking two plates, N4 torn with loss and repaired.) Modern half-calf. Provenance: Boston Library (ink-stamp to frontispiece and title-page).
A deactivated Martini Henry action carbine, barrel with ramp sights, length of barrel 35cm, the lock action stamped with Queen Victoria Cypher surmounted by a crown, Enfield 1872 with a military broad arrow surmounted by a crown, fully stocked with two bands and bayonet mount, the butt with stamp Enfield RM surmounted by crown with Roman numerals II, with inset brass disc no.91892 VINTA445 (illustrated)
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