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Click here to subscribeA collection of small silver items, including: an embossed spherical box, London 1903; a shell butterdish by J. Gloster Ltd, Birmingham 1920; an engraved rectangular purse, Birmingham 1900; various silver vesta cases and other small boxes, including an envelope stamp case, Birmingham 1905; and other items including plated
Lawrence, T.E A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force July 1917 to October 1918. London, 1919 4to, maps, reference to Lieut-Colonel Lawrence's exploits in October 1918 opposite plate 51 original printed boards, some rubbing; Ibid Revolt in the Desert. London, 1927. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip; Ibid Seven Pillars of Wisdom. London, 1935. First trade edition, large 8vo, illustrated, folding maps, original cloth gilt, boards stained, interior clean; Garnett, David (ed) The Letters of T.E. Lawrence. London, 1938. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, contemporary cloth gilt, bookplate; Lawrence, A.W. (ed) T.E. Lawrence by his Friends. London, 1937. First edition, 8vo, photographic illustrations, original red cloth gilt, clean; Lawrence, T.E. Oriental Assembly. London, 1939. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, foxed at edges; Lawrence, A.W. (ed) Letters to T.E. Lawrence. London, 1962. First edition, 8vo, later cloth gilt, some fading, ex-library stamp to title (7)
A Beckett, Gilbert Abbot. The Comic History of England. London, 1847-48 First edition in book form, 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrated by John Leech, half titles in red, 20 plates, full red morocco gilt by Stikeman and Co, t.e.g., interior fine; Ibid The Comic History of Rome. London: Bradbury and Evans, [1851]. First edition, first issue, 8vo, illustrated by John Leech, engraved title, 10 colour plates, full red morocco gilt by Stikeman & Co, t.e.g., some chipping to front endpaper; Cruikshank, George, etal The Comic Almanack. London, 1912 8vo, 2 volumes, first and second series, illustrated, full blue calf gilt by Riviere, gilt stamp on upper boards, a fine pair (5) Note: Tooley 296 298.
McKnight Kauffer, E. & Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Strange surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1929 4to, coloured illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, number of 454 of 535 copies, original cloth, decorative stamp on upper board, faded backstrip and upper edge of boards, interior clean; Bennett, Arnold Elsie and the Child. London: Cassell and Co, 1929 4to, colour illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, original cloth, dusty, some rubbing to edges, interior clean (2)
Conan Doyle, Arthur. Round the Red lamp. London: Methuen, 1894. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth cloth, fading to backstrip, owner's inscription in coloured pencil to front endpaper; Ibid The Stark Munro letters. London: Longmans, 1895. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, 24pp publisher's catalogue dated July 1895 original green cloth gilt, bevelled boards, black endpapers [white listed in Green & Gibson A 18], owner's inscription in coloured pencil to half title; Ibid Rodney Stone. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1896. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original black cloth gilt, backstrip faded, some spotting to tissue guard, owner's ink stamp to half title; Ibid Uncle Bernac. London, 1897. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, uncut, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded, corner bumped, very ocassional spotting, owner's ink stamp to endpaper; Ibid The Tragedy of the Korosko. London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1898. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, fading to backstrip, owner's ink stamp to half title; Rider Haggard, H. The People of the Mist. London: Longmans, 1894. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, bevelled boards, some staining, corners bumped (6) Note: Green & Gibson A16 A18 A20 A21 A22 respectively
Flacius, Mathias. Clavis scripturae S. seu de sermone sacrarum literarum. Basle: Sebastianum Henricpetri, 1609 folio, 2 volumes in one, woodcut device on titles and at end, contemporary panelled calf roll-tooled with device incorporating dolphin and floral design, head and tail of spine and joints neatly repaired, gilt stamp on covers of The Society of Writers to the Signet, red morocco lettering piece
Lewin, William. The Birds of Great Britain, with their Eggs, accurately Figured. London: for the Author, 1789-1794 7 volumes, 4to (335 x 258mm.), 322 original body-colour paintings by Lewin, occasionally heightened with gum arabic, (270 of birds, 52 of eggs) 23 paintings in volume 1 with Lewin's stamp erased from lower margins, contemporary English marbled calf gilt, covers with double gilt fillet border enclosing greek-key roll, flat spines gilt in compartments with two birds perched on the rim of a chalice, green morocco lettering pieces, red morocco volume labels with green morocco onlay, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, bound without plate 171*, rebacked, original spines laid down with occasional repairs to head and foot, neat repairs to corners Note: A very handsome copy of the first edition of one of the rarest of all bird books. Lewin produced only about 60 sets of his work, a Herculean task as he individually hand-painted all 323 illustrations sixty times over for his subscribers - instead of conforming to the standard procedure and illustrating the work with engravings coloured by hand. The presence of the deleted stamps in volume 1 and the consistently high quality of the paintings indicates that this is probably one of the earlier sets to be completed. Lewin, a native of London, first made his living as a designer of textile patterns, and then as a painter specialising in natural history subjects for the dowager Duchess of Portland and others. The last ten years of his life was devoted to this monumental work, which was the most magnificent and comprehensive record of British birds ever produced. A second, much commoner, edition with hand-coloured engraved plates was issued in 1794-1801. Fine Bird Books, p.91; Lowndes 2:351; Nissen IVB 562; Wood, p.435]. Provenance: William Amyas Bailward (1852-1918), armorial bookplate.
Macpherson, James--Mackenzie, Henry. Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to Inquire into the Nature and Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1805 8vo, 3 engraved plates, one hand-coloured, contemporary calf, spine gilt; Graham, Patrick Essay on the Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian. Edinburgh: P. Hill [&c.], 1807 8vo, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, morocco label, small library stamp to title; another copy, 8vo, half-title, list of subscribers, contemporary calf, spine gilt, morocco labels; Macdonald, K.N. In Defence of Ossian. [Reprinted from the Oban Times], 1906 4to, cloth, small library stamp to title (4)
Parliament of Scotland The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland. [No imprint], 1844-1814-1823 volumes 1-11 (of 12), folio, uniform contemporary half calf except for volume 3 in later half calf, worn, bookplate of Baron Hume 1829 and Edinburgh library stamp in volume 3 Note: This comprehensive collection of acts is complete for the years 1124-1707
Duncan, Stanley & Thorne, Guy. The Complete Wildfowler Ashore and Afloat. London, 1911 8vo, colour frontispiece, plates, original decorative cloth gilt, interior clean, a fine copy; Chapman, Abel First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling. London, 1896 8vo, folding frontispiece, 22 plates, 12 pages of adverts at front and 21 to rear, original green cloth gilt, corners bumped, occasional spotting; Ibid Bird Life of the Borders. London, 1889 8vo, illustrated by the author, some small newspaper clippings tipped into blanks, original blue cloth gilt, owner's ink stamp to front pastedown and verso of half-title (3)
Maxwell, Aymer. Grouse and Grouse Moors. London, 1910 8vo, colour plates, original cloth gilt, some light foxing to edges; Ibid Partridges and Partridge Manners. London, 1911 8vo, colour plates, original cloth gilt, foxing to edges; Ibid Pheasants and Covert Shooting. London, 1913 8vo, colour plates, original blue cloth gilt, gilt stamp to upper board, edges foxed; Harvie-Brown, J.A. The Capercaillie in Scotland. Edinburgh, 1879 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, interior clean; Barton, Frank Pheasants in Covert and Aviary. London, 1912 8vo, illustrations, original decorative green cloth, good condition; and 5 other works on game birds (10)
Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph. The Book of Duck Decoys. London, 1886. First edition, 4to, 14 colour plates, 2 of them folding, original blue cloth gilt, booksellers stamp to half title, some foxing to folding plates; Bolster, R.C. Driven Duck. [no place, no date], 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth, faded, interior clean; Oates, W. Coape Wild Ducks. London, 1905 small 8vo, 16 plates, original cloth gilt, very good condition (3)
Scrope, William. The Art of Deer Stalking. London, 1839 new edition, 8vo, engraved title, frontispiece and 11 lithograph plates, original green cloth gilt, sunned, interior clean; Macrae, Alexander A Handbook of Deer Stalking. Edinburgh, 1880 8vo, frontispiece, original decorative cloth, a fine copy; McConnichie, Alexander The Deer and Deer Forests of Scotland: historical, descriptive, sporting. London, 1923 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, gilt stamp on upper board, interior clean; Ibid Deerstalking in Scotland. London, 1924 8vo, original receipt and typed letter signed from the author pasted into front, illustrated, original red cloth gilt, sunned, ink notes to title and pastedown; Chalmers, Patrick Mine Eyes to the Hills. London, 1931 8vo, illustrated by V. Balfour-Brown, original cloth gilt, faded backstrip; Grimble, A. Deer Stalking. London, 1886 8vo, illustrated, adverts on endpapers, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded, bookplate; Hart-Davis, Capt. H. Stalking Sketches. London, 1904 illustrated, original cloth, fine copy and 11 others (18)
Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton The Complete Angler, 1844 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary red morocco gilt, lightly rubbed; another edition, 1902 2 volumes, large 8vo, Winchester edition, edited by G.A.B. Dewar, plates, some etched, illustrations, publisher's green buckram gilt, private library number at foot of spines and stamp to front endpaper; another edition, 1897 large 8vo, edited by R. le Galliene, plates, illustrations, publisher's green cloth; and 2 other editions (1854 and A.& C. Black facsimile bound in calf) (6)
Edinburgh - Kincaid, Alexander. The History of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: 1787 8vo, folding city plan to front, folding map to rear, contemporary calf, red label, some rubbing, map torn, foxing; Chambers, Robert Walks in Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1825 8vo, later half calf, upper hinge split, edges rubbed; Steven, William History of George Heriot's Hospital. Edinburgh, 1859 New edition, 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary cal gilt, gilt heraldic stamp to boards, all edge gilt, hinges split, rubbed at edges; Almanac New Edinburgh Almanac. for the year 1843. Edinburgh, 1843 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed and two other copies for years 1844 and 1853; Brown, Andrew History of Glasgow and of Paisley, Greenock and Port-Glasgow. Glasgow, 1795 8vo, later calf gilt, red label, all edge gilt, some rubbing to edges; Wilson, Rev. The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland. London, [No date], 2 volumes, 4to, engraved titles, illustrated, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed at edges, foxing; Smith, Adam An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edinburgh, 1826 contemporary boards, rebacked (10)
Helman, Isidore Stanislas Henri. Abrege historique des principaux traits de la vie de Confucius. Paris: Chez l'auteur, [1788], large 8vo (270 x 188mm.), 24 plates and text engraved throughout, contemporary half morocco by Simier, some foxing and water-staining, rubbed Provenance: Duc d'Orleans, Louis Philippe (1747-1793), with his armorial crest on spine and library stamp on title-page; W. and P.J. Kupfer, bookplate.
London. London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies. London, 1841 4to, frontispiece, engraved vignette title, 48 plates, original red cloth gilt, a.e.g., rubbed, foxing throughout; Chancellor, E. Beresford Lost London. London, 1926 4to, one of 1025 copies, illustrated by J. Crowther, colour plates, original cloth gilt, sunned, endpapers foxed; Bone, James The London Perambulator. London, [no date], 8vo, illustrated by Muirhead Bone, original cloth, dustwrapper, tape repairs, rubbed, owner's ink inscription on endpaper, library stamp to title; Stapleton, Alan London Alleys, Byways & Courts. London, 1924 8vo, illustrated, original cloth sunned and 3 others (7)
A 16-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY D. ANDERSON & CO., circa 1815, converted from flintlock, with 30 3/8in. rebrowned twist barrels with gold-inlaid decoration involving game birds and a dog at the breech and a silver-lined mark for 'BIRMM COMPANY'S PROOF' at each breech, silver fore-sight, foliate engraved tang, scroll engraved locks each with lined maker's stamp and stepped tail, well figured walnut half-stock (old chips to fore-end) with raised cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, engraved iron mounts including scrolled trigger-guard, silver escutcheon and shaped barrel-bolt escutcheons, silver rear-ramrod pipe with Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1813, and later wooden ramrod, in modern case with accessories including powder-flask and shot-flask.
ENFIELD .577 SNIDER PATENT BREECH-LOADING ARTILLERY CARBINE, 21 1/2in. sighted barrel with bayonet lug on the right side, Mark II breech, lock marked 'ENFIELD' , dated '1868' and with 'VR' cypher, walnut three-quarter stock, the butt with Enfield stamp, brass mounts, and iron cleaning rod, Queen's proof marks.
U.S. SPRINGFIELD .45-70 (GOVT.) 'MODEL 1888' "TRAPDOOR" SERVICE RIFLE, serial no. 540279, 32 1/2in. black powder barrel retaining traces of original blued finish, windage adjustable rear-sight, blued breech with hinged breech block dated '1884' and retaining some faded case-hardened finish, lock with eagle and 'U.S. SPRINGFIELD', stock with inspection stamp dated '1892' and numerous unit / arsenal markings, steel mounts including blued one-piece trigger-guard and butt-plate with compartment, 'ramrod-bayonet', and retaining some original finish throughout (some discolouration throughout).
ENGLISH 20-BORE TOPLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 6905, 30in. nitro reproved damascus barrels, rib with scrollwork at the breech-end, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, un-named action with carved percussion fences, unsigned rebounding 'floating' back-action locks, border and fine scroll engraving, retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening, 14 3/8in. figured stock (with small stamp 'BROOKS') including horn buttplate, weight 5lb. 12oz.
Kemp (E.G.). The Face of Manchuria Korea & Russian Turkestan, 1st ed., 1910, col. plts., orig. cloth, frayed at head & foot of spine, 4to, together with, Soothill (Lucy), A Passport to China, Being the Tale of Her Long and Friendly Sojourning amongst a Strangely Interesting People, 1st ed., 1931, port. frontis. and b & w plts., orig. cloth gilot, 8vo, with, Hannah (I.C.), A Brief History of Eastern Asia, 1st ed., 1900, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, and Kipling (John Lockwood), Beast and Man in India, A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations with the People, 2nd ed., 1892, b & w illusts., presentation stamp to title, orig. gilt dec. cloth, 8vo, plus twenty-three others similar (27)
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