![Verdi, Giuseppe Otello, dramma lirico in quattro atti [vocal score], Milan, Tito di Gio. Ricordi, [1887]. First edition, 364](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2765992/73-12810120-10121_468x382.jpg)
Verdi, Giuseppe Otello, dramma lirico in quattro atti [vocal score], Milan, Tito di Gio. Ricordi, [1887]. First edition, 364 pages, 4to (27.5 x 20cms), without the reference to the premiere on the title page, identified in red ink on verso of title: "stampato in luogo di manoscritto", Ricordi's blind stamp for January 1887, publisher's gilt-lettered maroon cloth wrappers, gilt device on lower cover, overall light browning, some discoloration to front cover; [Ibid.] Falstaff. Commedia lirica in tre atti, [vocal score], Milan, G. Ricordi & C., [1893]. First edition, first issue, 474 pages, 4to (275 x 205mm.), lithographed music, publisher's green boards printed in black, with device on lower cover, spine defective, joints splitting; [Ibid.] Falstaff. Commedia lirica in tre atti di Arrigo Boito, [libretto]. First edition, 133 pages, 8vo, Ricordi's blind-stamp, for January 1893, printed green wrappers with a design complementing that on the vocal score (3) Note: Otello: Not in Hopkinson. His 63A includes the place and date of the first performance on 5 February 1887. This issue seems to predate the performance. Chusid, page 69; not correctly described in Hopkinson (but compare his 64A and 64 A (a)). Rare: Verdi asked Ricordi to withdraw the original vocal score from sale so that he could cut three passages (see Gatti, Verdi, ii, 450). Chusid points out that this first issue preceded the premiere on 9 February 1893, which is therefore not recorded on the title page. A second issue was quickly published with only 461 pages.
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![[Dedekind, Friderich] Grobianus, or the compleat booby. Done into English. by Roger Bull. London: T. Cooper, 1739. First edi](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2765992/87-12810120-10121_468x382.jpg)
[Dedekind, Friderich] Grobianus, or the compleat booby. Done into English. by Roger Bull. London: T. Cooper, 1739. First edition, 8vo, contemporary German mottled calf, spine gilt Note: Dedicated to Jonathan Swift, Grobianus is a robustly ribald work, teaching how to be generally loathsome and repulsive in day to day living. Foxon B564 ("Roger Bull has not been itendified; it may be a pseudonym"), Rothschild 513; Teerink 1318 Provenance: University Berlin Student library, stamp on title and edges, shelf number in ink on title.
Salmon, William Polygraphice, or the arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting. London: J. Crumpe, 1678. 8vo, additional engraved title & 17 plates, lacking portrait, later half morocco, ex Edinburgh Public Libraries copy with withdrawn stamp on endpaper, some damp-staining; Temple, William Miscellanea. the second part. London: R. & R. Simpson, 1690. 8vo, contemporary calf, [WIng T653], scorchmark to dedication leaf, rebacked; Verstegan, R. Restitution of decayed intellignence. London: J. Kirton, 1653. 8vo, engraved title vignette and 10 plates, contemporary calf, [Wing V269]. some repairs to signature G affecting a few letters, rebacked (3) .
19th Century Army Lists A list of the officers of the army and the corps of Royal Marines. London, 1850/51, 8vo, contemporary tree calf gilt, worn at edges; 1851 [contemporary calf gilt, lacks backstrip]; Hart, H.G. The new annual army list. London, 1850-70, 8vo, modern red cloth gilt, faded; 1871 [red calf gilt, Hart and New Club stamp on upper board, backstrip worn, bookplate of Sir John Garvock]; 1872-1887 [modern red cloth gilt, faded, some rebacked]; 1888 [red calf gilt as 1871]; 1889-1891 [modern cloth gilt, faded]; 1892-1893 [red calf gilt, rubbed]; 1894-1899 [contemporary cloth gilt, faded]; The new annual army list. London, 1900-1915, 8vo, red cloth gilt, rubbed and faded; 1917-1935 [cloth gilt, faded]; 1937-1939 [cloth gilt, faded]; 1952, 1955, 1957-1964 [red cloth gilt, New Club stamp on upper board, rubbed]; all volumes with gilt stamp and bookplate of the New Club, Edinburgh (108) .
Maitland, William The history of Edinburgh from its foundation to the present time. Edinburgh: printed for Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, 1753. First edition, folio, folding plan by William Edgar [linen backed], 19 [of 20] engraved plates, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, replacement endpapers, library stamp to page 51, folding plate linen backed .
Home, Henry, Lord Kames Historical law tracts. Edinburgh, 1758. 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf, rubbed, volume 1 rebacked, volume 2 with ink notes on front blank and previous owner's inscription to title, volume 2 with bookplate; [Ibid.] Elucidations respecting the common and statute law of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1800. New edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper board loose, lacking portion of label, half of front endpaper lacking; Mackenzie, Sir George The laws and customs of Scotland in matters criminal. Edinburgh, 1699. 4to, title printed in red and black, later panelled calf with gilt stamp of The Society of Writers to the Signet on boards, rebacked, rubbed, replacement endpapers, ink inscription to title [Ferguson 20, Wing M168]; [Ibid.] The institutions of the law of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1730. Seventh edition, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, contemporary ink inscriptions to title and front endpaper, bookplate [Ferguson 31]. Sold not subject to return (5) .
Cain, James M. Three of a Kind. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First edition, dust-jacket (issue with price stamp), jacket with a few tiny chips at edges and slightly browned; [Ibid.] Serenade. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First edition, dust-jacket, jacket worn at edges, chipped and crudely repaired on spine; and 5 others; original cloth bindings (7) .
Tolkien, J.R.R. A Middle English vocabulary. Oxford, 1922. First edition of the author’s first book, later impression, 8vo, (‘Printed in England’ printed from type on title-page), advertisements at rear (‘Middle English’), printed wrappers (upper wrapper with 184 ornaments rather than the standard 186 ornaments recorded by Hammond), [Hammond A1], upper wrapper and all before leaf 1* detached, school bookplate on reverse of upper wrapper, worn with loss to spine; [Ibid.] Sir Gawain & the green knight. Oxford,1925, First edition, 2 plates (with tissue guards), errata slip, no advertisements following text, original green cloth lettered and with design in gilt, dust- jacket, [Hammond B7a], minor spotting to edges, dust-jacket slightly soiled on spine; [Ibid.] The Silmarillion. London, 1977. First edition (Hammond’s “export copies”), original blue cloth lettered and with design in gilt, dust- jacket, [Hammond A15(a)], ink stamp to front free end-paper; [Ibid.] The Hobbit. London,1987. Fiftieth anniversary edition, original green cloth lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, [Hammond A3(y)] (4) .
Beningfield, Gordon Hardy country. London, 1983. 4to, number 3 of 50 copies signed by the illustrator, loosely inserted original watercolour illustration [from page 128] signed and dedicated by artist in red ink, deluxe full morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, blind stamp on upper board, slipcase, some foxing to slipcase only and another fine copy of the trade edition signed by the artist; [Ibid.] English landscapes. London, 1985. 4to, signed by the artist, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, a fine copy (3) .
Hunting - Baker, Sir Samuel W. The rifle and the hound in Ceylon. London, 1890. New edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, stamp and ink inscription on title, backstrip faded; Bryden, H.A. Horn and hound, memories of hunting. London, 1927. 8vo, plates, original red cloth gilt, faded; Armour, G. Denholm & Cuming, E.D. With rod and gun. London, [no date]. 8vo, 13 tipped in plates, original red cloth gilt, faded; [Ibid.] With horse and hound. London, 1911. 8vo, 17 tipped in plates, original red cloth gilt, faded, ink inscription on endpaper; Armour, G. Denholm Hunts with Jorrocks. London, [no date]. 8vo, 25 tipped in plates, original red cloth gilt, faded, ink inscription on front endpaper; Fitzpatrick, Sir Percy Jock of the Bushveld. London, 1907. Third impression, 8vo, illustrated by E. Caldwell, original green cloth gilt; and 8 others (14) .
Cyprus & Archaeology - Scott-Stevenson, Mrs.Our home in Cyprus. London, 1880. 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, gilt stamp of St. Andrew on upper board, previous ink inscription on half title; Cesnola, General Louis Palma di Cyprus: its ancient cities, tombs and temples. London, 1877. 8vo, original green cloth gilt, inner hinge split, rubbed at head and tail of backstrip; Haggard, H. Rider A winter pilgrimage, being an account of travels through Palestine, Italy and the island of Cyprus, accomplished in the year 1900. London, 1901. 8vo, illustrated, original black cloth gilt, foxing to title and frontispiece; Gardner, Percy Sculptured tombs of Hellas. London, 1896. 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, some light foxing to early leaves; Lethaby, W. R. Westminster Abbey re- examined. Duckworth, 1925. 8vo, original red cloth gilt; Gardner, Ernest Arthur Ancient Athens. New York, 1902. 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt, bookplate; Caroe, Olaf The Pathans 550 B.C. - A.D. 1957. London, 1958. 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt; and 14 others (21) .
Glas, George The history of the discovery and conquest of the Canary Islands. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764. 4to, 2 parts in one volume, 3 maps [one folding], modern half calf, rubbed; M'leod, John Narrative of a voyage in His Majesty's late ship Alceste, to Yellow sea along the coast of Corea. London, 1817. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, errate slip tipped in, 4 hand coloured plates, later half calf gilt, rubbed, some offsetting to title; Kolben, Peter The present state of the Good-Hope. London, 1731. 8vo, volume 2 only, portrait frontispiece, 7 plates, folding map, contemporary calf, rebacked, staining; Maitland, Captain F. Narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte. London, 1826. 8vo, folding map, contemporary blue calf gilt, armorial stamp on boards, rubbed at edges (4) .
Orkney - Wyld, James The parish of Evie. London, 1880. Approx 70 x 203cm, coloured in outline, linen backed, contemporary cloth, paper label, hinges cracking; Wallace, Rev. James A description of the isles of Orkney. Edinburgh, 1883. 8vo, one of 260 copies, presentation copy from the publisher to the editor of The Scotsman, original blue cloth, faded; Gunn, John The Orkney book. London, [no date]. 8vo, original decorative cloth; Farrer, John Notice of runic inscriptions discovered during recent excavations in the Orkneys. Edinburgh, 1862. 4to, 13 plates [some double page], with the author's compliments, original green morocco gilt, gilt stamp on upper board, waterstain to lower left corner of boards and first few leaves, some offsetting; Pritchett, R.T. Gamle Norge or rambles and scrambles in Norway. London, 1879. 4to, frontispiece, original decorative cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, bookplate; Mackintosh, W.R. Around the Orkney peat fires. Kirkwall, [no date]. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; and 3 other pamphlets on Orkney (9) .
Ross, Sir James Clark A voyage of discovery and research in the southern and Antarctic regions during the years 1839-43. London: John Murray, 1847. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 8 tinted lithographed plates (1 folding), 8 maps, charts and plans (several folding), illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt, small blindstamp on titles, bookplates, gilt stamp on upper cover and number on spine, head and tail of spines worn, horizontal tear to one spine .
Russia--Krusenstern, Adam John de Memoir of the celebrated Admiral John de Krusenstern, the first Russian Circumnavigator, translated from the German, by his daughter Madame Charlotte Bernhardi, and edited by Rear Admiral Sir John Ross. London: Longmans, Green [&c.], 1856. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy to Capt. Scobell, engraved frontispiece, half-title, original cloth, small blindstamp on title, bookplate, gilt stamp on cover, shelf number at foot of spine, spine very slightly rubbed Provenance: Captain George Treweeke Scobell, M.P. for Bath, the first person to raise publicly the idea of the Victoria Cross in a defined format in his address to the House of Commons in 1854. Inscription and bookplate. The Cruising Assocation.
Scott, Captain Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition, arranged by Leonard Huxley. London: Smith Elder, 1913. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, some coloured, maps, charts and panoramas, some folding, original cloth, t.e.g., small blindstamp on titles, bookplates, gilt stamp on upper cover, number on spines .
An Indian silver circular pedestal rose bowl with plain rim, the bowl with six reserved panels with embossed decoration depicting 'Krishna-Joshoda', 'Rash-Lila', 'Bastra-Haran', ' Nouka-Bihar', 'Kaliya-Daman' and 'Gostha-Lila' with acanthus leaf decoration to the pedestal and banded vista scene to the circular base, 34cm diameter, stamped twice to the base with oval makers or retailers stamp G.N.Butt & Co, Calcutta. on an ebonised circular stand.
Dame Margot Fonteyn: 1986 (Queen's Birthday) Royal Academy of Dancing (Covercraft) Official FDC signed in 1986 by Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991). The cover was not serviced at the time but kept for 10 years and serviced with the 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 changed 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. Estimate: £200
![1973 Christmas 3]p cylinder block of 6 showing green shift to right. U/M, bottom right stamp creased on corner, otherwise fi](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/35466/2764157/383-3-35466_468x382.jpg)
After Antoine Coyzevox-a late 19th Century French gilt and brown patinated cast bronze figure group, allegorical of Summer, represented as a classical maiden seated on a tree stump holding a floral garland, a winged Cupid standing behind her holding a floral wreath, raised on a naturalistic square base with cast signature and date 'A. Coyzevox F. 1710', 'F. Barbedienne Fondeur' and 'Réduction Mécanique A. Collas Breveté' stamp, height approx 46cm.
An Edwardian mother-of-pearl and silver bladed fruit knife, Birmingham 1908 by George Unite, an Edwardian mother-of-pearl and silver bladed fruit knife, Sheffield 1901 by T.M., a silver pocket knife, Sheffield 1915 by Sampson Mordan & Co, another silver pocket knife, a silver slide action pencil, London 1921 by S. Mordan & Co, another fruit knife, a medallion and a stamp case.
A Mason's Patent Ironstone chamberpot, early 20th Century, decorated with exotic birds perched amidst peony, underglaze blue factory mark and Harrod's retailer stamp to base, two similarly decorated Mason's jugs, one with serpent handle, a larger Mason's jug with serpent handle and a small group of ceramics including a Royal Crown Derby 'Vine' pattern jug and a Carter, Stabler & Adams Poole vase (some faults).
A late 19th/early 20th century brass and lacquered metal monocular microscope by W Watson & Sons of 313 High Holbourn, London, with retailers stamp for S W W Scott & Co of 180 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, no.5177, in fitted mahogany case with repairers and adjusted label by Charles Barker, dated 26th May '10, with spare lens, height of microscope in closed position 29.4cm
A large quantity of modern coinage (various) including the coinage of Great Britain cased proof sets from 1970- 1977, cased proof set for Yemen 1974, Ceylon 1971, Falkland Islands 1974, Gambia 1971, Swaziland 1974, Pobjoy mint cased set of Isle of Man coinage for 1976, Isle of Man silver coins for 1975, Cayman Island proof set dated 1976 also silver Isle of Man coins, £5 coins, commemorative Concorde flight medal and franked stamp dated 1976 and another for the Apollo-Soyuz space mission dated 1975 etc
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