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Click here to subscribeBritton (John). The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain, 5 vols., 1807-26, eng. frontis. to vol. 1 and addn. eng. title to each, 355 eng. plts. (inc. 3 double-page & 1 folding), ink stamp number to title page of each vol., occ. spotting and slight browning to few pages in vol. 3, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, some wear to joints, 4to (5)
Dury (Andrew). A Collection of Plans of the Principal Cities of Great Britain and Ireland with Maps of the Coast of the Said Kingdoms; Drawn from the Most Accurate Surveys; in Particular those Taken by the late Mr. J. Rocque, Topographer to his Majesty, [1764], engraved title and dedication leaves, eng. list of contents, twenty-two hand coloured maps, nineteen hand coloured city plans, all maps and plans complete as list, some maps a little toned, contemp. mottled calf, rebacked and cornered, oblong 8vo Ex-library copy with a red oval 'Kensington Public Libraries' stamp to the verso of each leaf. (1)
Enderbie (Percy). Cambria Triumphans, or Brittain in its Perfect Lustre, Shewing the Origen and Antiquity of that Illustrious Nation..., 2 vols. in one, 1st ed., 1661, armorial frontis., six eng. heraldic plts., some spotting, library ink stamp to upper pastedown, contemp. panelled calf, old reback with orig. gilt dec. spine laid down, folio Wing E728; Moule CCXXIV. (1)
Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of England and Wales, 7 (of 8) vols. only - lacking vol.1, new ed., [1783]-97, eng. vign. title to each, numerous eng. plts. and plans, incl. a few folding (some with small ink stamp to verso), bound without hand-col. maps, contemp. full calf gilt, rubbed with some wear to joints & extrems., most leather labels lacking, folio (7)
London. Ambulator: or, a Pocket Companion in a Tour Round London, within the Circuit of Twenty Five Miles..., 8th, augmented & improved, 1796, hand-col. folding eng. map, ink library stamps to verso of title and upper pastedown, repair tissue to inner margin of title, modern library buckram, 12mo, together with Directory, The Post Office London Directory for 1816..., General Information Relating to the Post Office, Including the Last Rates of Postage..., by Critchett & Woods, 17th ed., 1816, ink library stamp to upper pastedown, modern library buckram, 12mo (2)
Milner (Rev. John). The History, Civil and Ecclesiastical & Survey of the Antiquities of Winchester, 2nd ed., corrected and enlarged, 2 vols., pub. Winchester, 1809, ex-lib. copy with oval ink stamp occuring periodically to margins throughout, two eng. titles and thirteen eng. plts., incl. four folding, all correct as list, orig. boards, some wear, esp. to spines, 4to With ALS from Charles Henry Wheeler of Winchester to Charles Thomas Allen tipped-in to front pastedown of first volume. (2)
Stukeley (William). Itinerarium Curiosum. Or, An Account of the Antiquitys and Remarkable Curiositys in Nature or Art, Observ'd in Travels thro' Great Brittan, Centuria I., 1st ed., 1724, eng. frontis. and 100 plts. including some part-folding (bound without port. plt.), some browning and spotting mainly to plts., library ink stamp to front pastedown, contemp. sprinkled calf gilt, joints worn and splitting, extrems. rubbed, folio (1)
Tanner (Thomas). Notitia Monastica, or, an Account of all the Abbies, Priories, and Houses of Friers, formerly in England and Wales, and also of the Colleges and Hospitals founded before A.D. MDXL, now reprinted with many additions by James Nasmith, Cambridge, 1787, port. frontis., three heraldic plts., occasional spotting, inner hinges stgrengthened with tape, contemp. tree calf, later reback, partly split along spine, folio Ex-library copy with inoffensive stamp to pastedown and remains of library sticker. (1)
Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph Letter Signed ('William Walton'), Ashby St Ledgers, Rugby, 16 January 1941 , to [Arthur] Wynn of the B.B.C., mentioning Sir Adrian Boult and Mr Herbage, he expresses anxiety that letters and telegrams may have gone astray, accepts the date of 28 February and mentions some alterations to the programme, 1 page, filing holes, 8vo together with an Autograph Letter Card, Ashby St Ledgers, Rugby, December 1946 to Arthur Wynn, stating that he will be free to conduct on 20 January and asking about the programme, 1 page, filing and spindle holes, tear into text without loss, crossed through by recipient, autograph address, stamp, postal and receipt stamps, small 8vo (2)
Dickens (Charles). American Notes for General Circulation, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1st issue, 1842, with second contents page of vol. 1 misnumbered 'p.xvi', half-titles present, single ad. leaf to front of vol. 1, 6pp. of pubs. ads. to rear of vol. 2, occ. v. light spotting, ms. ownership names on front free endpapers, 'Dickens Fellowship' ink stamp to rear free endpaper, front and rear hinges split vols. 1 and 2 respectively, rough-trimmed, orig. blindstamped brown cloth, spines faded, with sl. wear to lower joints and head and foot, 8vo Smith 3. (2)
Babbage (Charles). Examples of the Solutions of Functional Equations, 1st ed., Printed by J. Smith, Cambridge, 1820, one eng. table, bound with Peacock (George) A Collection of Examples of the Applications of the Differential and Applied Calculus, Cambridge, 1820, six folding diagramatical tables, oval library stamp on title-page and withdrawn ink stamp on verso, plus Herschel (John F.W.), A Collection of Examples of the Applications of the Calculus of Finite Differences, Cambridge, 1820, modern sprinkled polished calf, lower cover a little rubbed, 8vo in 4's While at Cambridge Babbage and his friends in the Analytical Society fought a battle with the Cambridge establishment to replace the Newtonian dot notation for the calculus with the more powerful Leibnizian dx/dy notation. To this end, Babbage, Herschel and Peacock translated Lacroix's elementary treatise on the calculus which, like all continental works, followed Leibniz. The change over continued to move slowly and Babage decided it was necessary to provide some worked examples, which took the form of the present work. Within a few years Babbage had won the day and British mathematicians, no longer impeded by an imperfect notation, began to catch up with their continental rivals. (1)
Turner (Laurence). Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain, 1st ed., Country Life, 1927, numerous b & w illusts., ink stamp on half-title, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, sl. faded on spine, folio, together with Rasmo (Nicolò), Pietro Annigoni, [1961], numerous b & w and col. plts., visiting card pasted to front pastedown, orig. cloth d.j. with tears at edges repaired on verso with brown paper tape, folio (2)
Aldington (Richard). Images of War, A Book of Poems, Beaumont Press, 1919, wood-decs. by Paul Nash, orig. dec. boards designed by Nash, sl. rubbed, 8vo, ltd. ed. 137/200, together with Drinkwater (John), Cotswold Characters, with Five Engravings on Wood by Paul Nash, New Haven, Yale UP, 1921, orig. boards in price-clipped d.j., minor edge wear, 8vo, plus Aldington (Richard), Images - Old and New, Boston, Four Seas, 1916, orig. plain boards in rubbed and chipped d.j., 8vo, and Graves (Robert), Fairies and Fusiliers, 1st ed., Heinemann, 1917, owner ink stamp to front pastedown, orig. cloth, spine faded, 8vo, plus Bridges (Robert), New Verse Written in 1921, 1st ed., Oxford, Clarendon, 1925, photogravure port. frontis., orig. vellum gilt, sl. marked at spine, 8vo, ltd. ed. 46/106, signed by the author, and Blunden (E.C.), Pastorals, A Book of Verses, Erskine MacDonald, 1916, owner inscription, orig. printed wrappers, upper joint partially split at foot, 8vo, together with one other volume by Bridges (7)
Jones (G) & Blythe (L), Songs and Poems of John Dryden, 1957 Folio: published by The Golden Cockerell Press: no.153 of 500 copies (nos. 1-100 'Special' copies, 101-500 'StandardÕ copies). Illustrations including eight full-page in colour. Ex-lib copy with stamp on reverse of title-page, and ink accession number on spine.
(Mt Everest Expedition 1924) A pictorial advertising postcard with Capt Noel's facsimile signature, with the Mount Everest Expedition 'stamp' bearing the Rongbuk Glacier Base Camp cancellation. Some light creasing evident. It was on this expedition that Mallory and Irvine were lost during their attempt to reach the summit
Dexter (Colin). Last Seen Wearing, 1st US ed., NY, St. Martin's, 1976, signed by the author to title, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Peters (Ellis), The Pilgrim of Hate, 1984; An Excellent Mystery, 1985, both 1st eds., pub. Macmillan, both orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo, plus Rankin (Ian), Knots and Crosses, 1st ed., Boldley Head, 1987, ex-lib. copy with ink stamps to title and new endpapers, orig. cloth in rubbed d.j. with tear from label removal at foot of spine, 8vo, and Symons (Julian), The Blackheath Poisonings, 1st ed., Collins, 1978, 'editorial file copy' ink-stamp to front free endpaper, orig. cloth in d.j., spine a little faded, 8vo, plus Derleth (August), In Re: Sherlock Holmes, 1st ed., Sauk City, Mycroft & Moran, 1945, orig. cloth in rubbed and sl. chipped d.j., 8vo, together with approx. 30 others, detective fiction, crime fiction bibliography etc. (one shelf)
Pullman (Philip). His Dark Materials, Northern Lights, 1st ed., Scholastic Press / Point, 1995, ex-lib. copy with ink stamp to title, some yellowing to edges, new endpapers, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j. with minor discolouring from sticker residue at foot of spine, a few minor creases to edges, 8vo The first volume in the trilogy. (1)
Wilson (H.W.). With the Flag to Pretoria. A History of the Boer War of 1899-1900, 3 vols. incl. supplemement, 1900-02, b & w illusts., orig. dec. cloth in bright condition, sl. rubbed to extrems., folio, together with Hemingway (Ernest), The Old Man & the Sea, 1st UK ed., 1952, ex-libris stamp to pastedown, orig. cloth in VG d.j., 8vo, and Kipling (Rudyard), Kim, 1st ed., Macmillan, 1901, b & w illusts., orig. red cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Adams (W.H. Davenport), Lighthouses and Lightships, 1871, wood engraved illusts., orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed to extrems., and others incl. literature, travel, antiquarian, etc. (3 cartons)
Newfoundland 1857-64 4d. scarlet-vermilion, used on an outer wrapper from St. John's to Baltimore in the United States. The adhesive has large margins and a mute oval of bars cancellation, St. John's 7 July 1858 date-stamp of despatch and a Boston British Packet date-stamp of 18 July. Endorsed 'Per mail via Halifax' and with pencilled initials of the Italian philatelic expert, A. Diena. This 4d. stamp is very scarce used on a letter and is from the famous 'Tucker' correspondence.
An early 1930's Carter Stable Adams Poole pottery jug having swollen body with double shoulder and integral spout. The body decorated in the YP pattern with a large central abstract floral spray in mixed palette with additional flowers to the side within spotted and linear banding. The base having impressed lozenge mark, paintress mark and trial stamp, height 8".
A matched pair of early 1930's Clarice Cliff crocus footed shoulder vases each with a roll over rim. The pair both decorated in the Crocus pattern with a central double sided band of flowers within green, yellow and brown banded borders, the bases marked with the Bizarre stamp with printed Crocus mark, height 8.5", one A/F.
A Good .577 Three Band Snider Conversion Enfield Rifle, the 90cms barrel with ladder rear sight, the lock plate with crowned V.R. and stamped Enfield 1862, the walnut stock with circular inspectors stamp to one side and 'D.C.' in a diamond on the other, brass butt plate, trigger guard and fore end cap, complete with ram rod
LOWE (E.J.) A Natural History of British Grasses, 74 coloured plates, original green decorated cloth, faded, Groombridge, 1864--JOHNSON (CHARLES) The Grasses of Great Britain, 1st ed, 144 hand-coloured plates, original green decorated cloth gilt, small library stamp on pastedown, shelf mark on spine, sprung, n.d. {c. 1860} LOCATION B
BOLTON (CAPTAIN M.W.) English - Iban (Sea Dayak) Dictionary, original black morocco gilt, Wellington College library plate and stamp on verso of title pp., c. 1960. A note inside explains that this dictionary, a duplicated typescript, was the only one in existence of the Iban language, and was issued under the auspices of the War Office. LOCATION H
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