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Lot 17
Kant (Immanuel) Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik die als Wissenschaft wird auftreten können, first edition, woodcut ornament to title, cherub head-piece to head of A2, and head- and tail-pieces, final f. blank, title with later ink ownership inscription and stamp, foxed and stained, lightly browned, 19th century half calf, spine gilt and with black leather label, 1 lower corner worn, rubbed, 8vo, Riga, Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1783.⁂ Important companion volume to his Critik der reinen Vernunft. Here Kant summarises the conclusions of his 'Critique of Pure Reason' in a more accessible manner, and provides a rebuttal to negative reviews received for it.
Lot 94
Economics.- Mably (G.B., Abbé) Doutes Proposés aux Philosophes Économistes, sur l'Ordre Naturel et Essentiel des Sociétés Politiques, half-title, stamp to title, A La Haye, 1768; Des Principes des Négociations..., contemporary ink notes to half-title verso, light foxing, Amsterdam, 1757 § de Beausobre (M.) Introduction Generale a L'Étude de la Politique, des Frances, et du Commerce, 2 vol. in 1, new edition, engraved title vignettes, bookplate to pastedown, light spotting, calf rather worn and soiled, 1765, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo (3)
Lot 275
Africa.- Ludolf (Hiob) A New History of Ethiopia being a Full and Accurate Description of the Kingdom of Abessinia, second English edition, engraved folding map and 8 plates only (of 9, including the Ethiopic Alphabet but lacking the sheep plate), double-page genealogy occasional light browning, ink ownership stamp on title, contemporary paneled calf, joints cracked, rubbed, [Wing L3470], folio, Samuel Smith, 1684.⁂ A good copy of the second edition, the first to include the map.
Lot 224
Fisher (Irving) 'Mathematical Investigations in the Theory of Value and Prices' in Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. IX, pp.1-124, first edition, journal issue, ex-library stamp to title, hinge cracked, contemporary half morocco, spine lightly rubbed and dulled, 8vo, New Haven, by the Academy, 1892-1895.⁂ The first appearance of Fisher's doctoral work, which expounds the monetary theories for which Fisher became famous and established his international reputation. "It appears that, although only a student, Fisher had independently developed a theory of general economic equilibrium that was identical to part of Walras's and included the concept of the indifference surface, one of the fundamental bases of modern economic theory" (IESS V, pp. 476-7).
Lot 28
Pole (Reginald) Libri duo...Primus Liber De Concilio agit: alter, de reformatione Angliae, edited by Paolo Manuzio, collation: A-B8 a-gg8 hh7 (lacking final blank), ink stamp to title, occasional staining and foxing, later red morocco, gilt, g.e., 8vo, Dillingen, Sebald Mayer, 1562.⁂ Provenance: William O'BrienLiterature: Allison & Rogers II.914; Adams P1749.
![NO RESERVE [Adams (John)] Index Villaris: or, An Exact Register, Alphabetically Digested, of all the Cities, Market-towns, Pa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a0d37812-71cd-45c7-99f0-b03f00ef5472/60583a1e-0931-4b6c-9bdb-b03f00f35edc/468x382.jpg)
Lot 78
NO RESERVE [Adams (John)] Index Villaris: or, An Exact Register, Alphabetically Digested, of all the Cities, Market-towns, Parishes, Villages, the Hundred, Lath, Rape, Ward, Wapentake, or other Division of each County, first edition, title in red & black, lacking map, bookplate to pastedown, library stamp to final page, half-title detached with portions of loss to margins slightly affecting text, light spotting, title and last two pages repaired at margins, later burgundy morocco, rubbed, folio, 1680; and a 1690 edition of the same work with an engraved folding map frontispiece with outline hand-colouring, but lacking 3ff. text, [Wing A479 & A480], folio (2)
Lot 301
NO RESERVE Indonesia.- Lóczy (Lajos) Geologische Aufnahmen im Bongkagebiet, Ostcelebes, detailed geological map covering the Bongka River region, Central Sulawesi, with coloured key below title, lithograph printed in colours, sheet 1060 x 750 mm (41 3/4 x 29 1/2 in), old folds with expert repairs verso, small marginal losses restored, carefully repaired splits and tears to edges, handling creases, some surface dirt and browning, collector's red ink stamp verso, unframed, Budapest, [circa 1930].⁂ Scarce at auction. Geological survey from an expedition undertaken in 1928 by the Hungarian geologist, Lajos Lóczy (c. 1891-1980), who began a contract with Royal Dutch Shell in 1922 to undertake geological explorations in Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Timor and Celebes (presently Indonesia); and also in Ecuador, Peru, Romania, Yugoslavia, Polonia and Hungary. In 1926 Lóczy became the chair of Geology at the University of Budapest.
Lot 29
Maffei (Giovanni Pietro) Historiarum indicarum libri XVI, part 1 only, without life of St. Ignatius of Loyola (as often; noted in Sabin) and Letters, printer's device and later ink stamp to title, occasional early manuscript notes in ink to text margins, ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, 6ⴕ1-4 misbound in front of 5ⴕ1-8, small amount of worming to gutter through a few initial gatherings (sometimes affecting text with partial or whole loss of letters), R5 tear at lower edge (just touching text), X3 soiled, minor marginal damp-staining, occasional browning, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, metal clasps intact, [VD16 M 105; Sabin 43771], 8vo (161 x 98mm), Cologne, Officina Birckmann [Heirs of Arnold Birckmann] for Arnold Mylius, 1590.⁂ Second Cologne edition of this important work on the "Indies", both West and East; a collection of accounts of the Portuguese discoveries and missionary work in China and Japan, the East Indies, Brazil and the Americas. First edition was printed in Florence 1588, and while other Cologne editions contain a map, Sabin does not call for one in this edition.
![Provincial imprint.- [Evans (Evan)] "a Curate from Snowdon". The Love of Our Country, A Poem, second edition, book-label of J](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a0d37812-71cd-45c7-99f0-b03f00ef5472/132748d4-3397-4327-b89d-b03f00f4e3d5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 98
Provincial imprint.- [Evans (Evan)] "a Curate from Snowdon". The Love of Our Country, A Poem, second edition, book-label of J. O. Edwards, title with contemporary ink ownership inscription to head and library ink stamp to verso, a couple instances of ink underlining or marginalia, title lightly browned and soiled, scattered light foxing, heavier at end, a few marginal chips or short tears to final few leaves, repaired with tape or later paper (tape just touching pagination to D4v), modern half cloth, corners and spine ends very lightly rubbed, Carmarthen, J. Ross, 1773 § Law (Samuel) A Domestic Winter-Piece...Exhibiting a full View of the Author's Dwelling-Place in the Winter-Season, first edition, half-title, light browning, the odd spot or small stain, heavier to verso of final leaf, disbound, Leeds, James Bowling, 1772; and others, poetry of provincial imprints including Newcastle, Whitby, Dunstable, Sudbury, Canterbury, Bishopstone (Sussex) &tc, v.s. (c.23)
![NO RESERVE [Hutcheson (Francis)] An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, third edition, engraved coat](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a0d37812-71cd-45c7-99f0-b03f00ef5472/64910fdf-5d69-40c3-98a2-b03f00f60347/468x382.jpg)
Lot 14
NO RESERVE [Hutcheson (Francis)] An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue, third edition, engraved coat-of-arms at head of dedication, light offsetting, library stamp to title, bookplate to pastedown, hinge cracked, for J. & K. Knapton et al., 1729; An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections. With Illustrations on the Moral Sense, second edition, 1730, uniformly bound in contemporary calf, joints split but holding firm, rubbed; and a fourth edition of the first mentioned, 8vo (3)
Lot 18
Lambert (Johann Heinrich) Neues Organon oder Gedanken über die Erforschung und Bezeichnung des Wahren und dessen Unterscheidung vom Irrthum und Schein, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, first title with 2 library ink stamps verso (each with cancelled stamp), showing through, vol.1 R4 small part of lower blank corner neatly cut away, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary half vellum over plain boards, foot of spine worn, stained and soiled, [DSB VII, pp.595-600; Goedeke IV/1, pp.478-9; Ziegenfuss II, pp.10-11], 8vo, Leipzig, Johann Wendler, 1764.⁂ Rare copy at auction of Lambert's most important philosophical work, which John Stuart Mill believed to be 'one of the most elaborate and complete expositions which had ever been made of the syllogistic doctrine ...characterised by great ingenuity and clearness of thought.' (A System of Logic). The work contains one of the first appearances of the term 'phenomenology', and was highly thought of by Kant.
Lot 5
Colloquy of Montbéliard.- Andreae (Jakob) & Théodore de Bèze. Acta colloquii Montis Belligartensis: quod habitum est, anno Christi 1586, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, short errata to final verso, title with small repair to upper blank corner and modern ink library stamp verso, minor worm trace to outer margin of first few ff., some water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments, [VD 16 A 2485], small 4to, Tubingen, Georg Gruppenbach, 1587.⁂ Rare copy at auction of the first edition of the proceedings of the colloquy held at Montbéliard on 21st March, 1586. It was an unsuccessful attempt by Friedrich, Count of Württemberg, to reconcile theological differences between the Calvinists (represented by de Bèze), and the Lutherans (represented by Andreae).
![Shakespearean forgeries.- [Woodward (George Moutard)] Familiar Verses, From the Ghost of Willy Shakespeare to Sammy Ireland,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a0d37812-71cd-45c7-99f0-b03f00ef5472/0d219898-402c-43f6-bf80-b03f00f62771/468x382.jpg)
Lot 120
Shakespearean forgeries.- [Woodward (George Moutard)] Familiar Verses, From the Ghost of Willy Shakespeare to Sammy Ireland, lacking half-title, chipped and torn at edges with portions of marginal loss, title lightly browned, A3 with ink stamp to lower margin, some light soiling, loose and unbound, Richard White, 1796 § [Huddesford (George)] Bubble and Squeak, A Galli-Maufry of British Beef with the Chopp'd Cabbage of Gallic Philosophy and Radical Reform, disbound and loose, for J. Wright, 1799; Crambe Repetita, A Second Course of Bubble and Squeak, a few faint spots, a couple light stains to final few leaves, disbound, for J. Wright, 1799, first editions, all but first lightly browned and with one or two marginal ink marks; and others, disbound 18th century poetry, 4to & 8vo (c.32)⁂ The first on the Shakespearean forgeries of William Henry Ireland.
Lot 27
Aristotle. Moralia Magna, woodcut printer's device to title and final leaf verso, occasional early manuscript notations to margins in ink, book-label to front pastedown, occasional light foxing, contemporary blind-stamp pigskin, some soiling, metal clasps intact, [Adams A1733; Ahmanson-Murphy 422; Renouard Alde 150:5; EDIT 16 CNCE 2936], 8vo (169 x 109mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius's heirs and Andrea Torresano, 1552.⁂ The fifth book in Aristotle's Omnem Logicam, rhetoricam, et poeticam disciplinam continens (Venice, 1551)
Lot 38
Montesquieu (Charles Secondat, Baron de) De L'Esprit des Loix, ou du Rapport que les Loix..., 2 vol. in 1, occasional even browning, stamp to foot of title, contemporary speckled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, [not in Kress or Goldsmith's], 4to, Leiden [but Lyon], chez les Libraires Associe's, 1749.⁂ Early Edition of one of the most remarkable works of the eighteenth century, discussing the philosophical principles of law and government, and the determining influence of geographical and economic factors on social thought, customs, and legal and political institutions. This copy with Montesquieu's authorised errata - we know of three other copies similarly constituted, one of which was inscribed by Montesquieu. The writer's theories exerted a profound influence: "they underlay the thinking which led up to the American and French Revolutions, and the United States Constitution in particular is a lasting tribute to the principles he advocated." (PMM, p.197)
Lot 135
NO RESERVE Parliamentary reform.- Gore (Montague) Reply to Sir John Walsh's Pamphlet, entitled, "The Present Balance of Parties", presentation copy to Viscount Goderich, 1831, bound after, Walsh (Sir John) Popular Opinions of Parliamentary Reform Considered, sixth edition, ex-Colonial Library with ink-stamp to title, 1831, bound before, Observations on the British Constitution and on the Proposed Improvement of our Parliamentary Representation, Edinburgh, 1831, and, Croxall (Caleb) What will Reform Do? or a Brief Statement of the Practical Benefits of a Reform in Parliament ..., second edition, n.d. and, An Appear from Hertfordshire to the Constituency of the United Kingdom, presentation copy from author with ink inscription to title, 1833, together 5 works bound as 1, near contemporary half-calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo.⁂ F. J. Robinson, the Viscount Goderich (1782-1859) became Prime Minister in 1827 when George Canning died after only 119 days in office. Goderich was only able to hold the fragile coalition together for 144 days, before leaving office in 1828. Canning and Goderich held the unenviable record of the two shortest ruling Prime Ministers in British history, until Liz Truss took that record in 2022.
Lot 271
Africa.- Ethiopia.- Stigand (Capt. C.H.) To Abyssinia Through an Unknown Land, half-title, frontispiece, plates, 2 maps, 1 folding with tear, advertisements at end, Liverpool Free Public Library blind-stamps and bookplate, library blind-stamp to rear cover and numbering to spine, rubbed, bumped and darkened, 1910 § Hayes (A.J.) The Source of the Blue Nile, plates and maps, lacking front free endpaper, rubbed, 1905 § Rey (C. F.) In the Country of the Blue Nile, plates, light browning to endpapers, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, loss to head of spine, chipping to foot of spine and corners, 1927, first editions, original cloth; and c.70 others, Ethiopia and Africa, including a group of maps, v.s. (c.75)
Lot 15
Idolatry & superstition.- Velthuysen (Lambert van) Tractaet van de afgoderye en superstitie, second edition, title with woodcut ornament and sold duplicate stamp of American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass., Amsterdam, Gabriel Hendricksz, 1670 bound with Apologie voor het Tractaet van de afgoderye en superstitie, title with woodcut printer's device, Utrecht, Dirck van Ackersdyck, 1669 and his Tweede, Derde and Vierde Apologie, 1671-1669-1670, together 5 works in 1 vol., woodcut printer's device or ornament to titles, head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some browning, spotting and staining, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, water-stained, small 4to ⁂ An excellent sammelband of related works. Velthuysen's work on idolatry and superstition, together with his subsequent defences of the work in reaction to the protests of the Protestant Consistory to Utrecht magistrates. Velthuysen (1622-1685) was a Dutch theologian, philosopher, physician and administrator, who was a correspondent and friend of Spinoza. The pair defended Descartes against the Calvinist theologian Voetius.
Lot 265
Africa.- Ethiopia.- Blanc (Henry) A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia, presentation inscription "with the Author's affectionate regards Bombay 9th August 1877", 8 plates, ink inscription to title, ink ownership inscription of Eyre Burton Powell to front free endpaper, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary cloth initialled "E. B. P." on upper cover, lower cover detached, wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, 1868 § Munzinger (W.) Die deutsche Expedition in Ost-Afrika 1861 und 1862, lithographed frontispiece, 5 folding maps and plans, later wrappers, Gotha, 1864 § Vivian (Herbert) Abyssinia. Through the Lion-Land to the Court of the Lion of Judah, plates and maps, some folding, Liverpool Public Library blind-stamps, library bookplate to rear pastedown, original cloth, spine darkened, corners bumped, rubbed, 1901 § Hozier (Captain Henry M.) The British Expedition to Abyssinia, advertisements, ink library stamp on title, half-title browned, original cloth, rubbed, 1869, first editions; and c.25 others, Ethiopia and Africa, 8vo (c.30)
Lot 234
Architecture.- Spain.- Laurent (Juan) A group of c.50 mainly architectural photographs of Granada, Seville, Cordoba, Segovia, Toledo, Madrid etc., mostly exteriors, a few interiors, most 260 x 350mm. or vice versa, a few smaller, some captioned in the plate, the majority with ink stamp of J.Ruiz Vernacci of Madrid to verso, one or two of N.Portugal, a few with embossed stamp in corner of image, a little dusty, a few frayed at edges, [mid-late 19th century].⁂ Juan Laurent (1816-86) was a French photographer settled in Spain who is known particularly for his photographs of Spanish art and architecture. In 1930 his archive was purchased by the photographer Joaquin Ruiz Vernacci (1892-1975) and then in 1975 by the Spanish government.
Lot 268
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard F.).- Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, vols. 7 & 8 bound as 1, ex-library with discreet blind-stamp to first and last few leaves, modern half-crushed morocco, gilt, 8vo, 1863-64 § Burton (Sir Richard) Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel & Exploration, first edition, edited by N. M. Penzer, scattered spotting, bookplate, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1924, 8vo (2).⁂ The first mentioned includes articles on Africa by Livingstone, Speke, Baker, du Chaillu, and Burton. Vol. 8, number 2 includes "Rumour of the Death of Dr. Livingstone", with "Health and speedy Return of Dr. Livingstone" in number 4.
Lot 348
London.- Hunter (Rev. Henry) The History of London, first edition, 12 engraved plates and plans only (of 13), lacking the Plan of London, 2 additional folding, plates "A View of the Cities of London and Westminster" and "Index to the View of London ..." loosely inserted, list of subscribers, occasional faint marginal staining, occasional faint spotting, 1811 § Aikin (John) The History of the Environs of London, first edition, 15 engraved plates, 8 engraved maps, all but one folding, large map of "the Country round London" detached and loosely inserted, I4 with short marginal tear, 1811; bookplate of Lansdowne House, discreet blind-stamp to titles, uniform diced calf, rebacked, rubbing to edges, 4to, (2).
Lot 37
Shultens (Albert) Proverbia Salomonis. Versionem integram ad Hebræum fontem expressit, atque commentarium., first edition, title in red & black, some foxing, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, ex-library bookplate and stamp to pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, rubbed, lower joint splitting, Leiden, Johannem Luzac, 1748 § Bythner (Victorinus) Lyra Prophetica Davidis Regis, sive Analysis Critico-Practica Psalmorum, first edition , title in red and black, ink ownership inscription to head of title "Edward Moore T.C.D. 1734/5", [Wing B6418], typis Jacobi Flesher, 1650 bound with Lingua Eruditorum: Sive Methodica Instituti Lingua Sanctae...addita est Introductio ad Linguam Chaldaeam, errata f. at end, [Wing B6414], typis Jacobi Flesher, 1650, together 2 works in 1, a few small marks or stains, contemporary calf, upper joint split, spine ends worn, stained, rubbed and scuffed; and 6 others, Judaica and Holy Land related works, including a vellum-bound defective copy of Buxtorf's Lexicon Chaldaicum, v.s. (8)
Lot 176
NO RESERVE Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Unknown War. The Eastern Front, "Keystone Library edition", frontispiece, plates, and folding maps, last map with creased edges, stamp to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, ends creased, 1937 § The World Crisis, 5 vol., mixed editions, most reprints, vol.5 first edition, plates and maps, some browning and spotting, vol.1-4 original cloth, repaired and retouched, vol.5 in modern library cloth, 1927-29; and 28 others by or relating to Churchill, v.s. (34)
Lot 270
Africa.- Ethiopia.- Duchesne-Fournet (Jean) Mission en Ethiopie (1901-1903), 3 vol. including Atlas, numerous plates and illustrations, maps and plans, some folding, tissue-guards, Munger Africana Library ownership blind-stamp to titles, original blue cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt, original wrappers bound in, spine ends chipped, corners a little bumped, vol.1 with internal tear to spine, 4to, Paris, 1908-09.
Lot 309
Turkey.- Constantinople Ancienne et Moderne, 3 vol., 2 engraved additional titles and 92 plates only (of 93) after Thomas Allom, 2 folding maps, foxing, ink stamp to frontispieces recto, lacking endpapers, original morocco-backed cloth, rubbed, some wear to spine ends and corners, g.e., 4to, [c.1840].
Lot 44
Y A CORAL BEAD NECKLACE AND EARRINGS The graduated coral beads to a coral accented clasp, with a partial 800 stamp to the tongue; together with a pair of single coral earrings, with screw fittings stamped 800 Size/dimensions: coral necklace beads 4mm to 9.5mm diameter, 52.5cm long; earrings 10mm diameter Gross weight: 26.4 grams Y Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. The import of lots that are subject to CITES regulations are banned in certain countries. Please check your country's import regulations before bidding. Condition Report: The necklace is broken, it will need restringing, but the coral is well matched with good polish, the earrings have glue to the backs, benefit from a clean, the polish isn't so bright. The coral is not tested for treatments. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 81
A COLLECTION OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY BOHEMIAN GARNET JEWELLERY Comprising a Bohemian garnet fringed necklace, the front with a trio of bohemian garnet flower heads with swaged drops between, suspending garnet drops, to a garnet set back chain, to a ring bolt clasp; together with a garnet set bar brooch, the clasp with a partial stamp, possibly E.S; and a pair of Bohemian garnet cluster earrings, with screw backs Size/dimensions: necklace 39cm long; brooch 4.5cm long; earrings 1.2cm wide Gross weight: 24.6 grams Condition Report: All items are base metal. The necklace has has some slight adaptions, some verdegris, the brooch has had a repaired pin. The earrings have replaced screw backs Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 102
TWO EDWARDIAN DIAMOND RINGS The first with three old cut diamonds and gold crossover setting with polished leaf detail, the shank stamped with a P; together with a further three stone diamond crossover ring, the shank with a partial 18ct stamp Size/dimensions: first finger size R; second M Gross weight: 4.6 grams Condition Report: The first ring has some wear, rubbing to the settings, the diamonds are bright and lively. The second ring has wear, some parts of the diamond settings have slightly worn through. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 55
AN ITALIAN SILVER COLOURED DIAMOND DOG TAG The polished panel set with a central row of brilliant cut diamonds, stamped with 888 AR maker's stamp and 925, on a beaded chain, stamped silver 925 Size/dimensions: dog tag 5.9cm long, chain 42cm long Gross weight: 19.4 grams A SMALL COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY Comprising a diamond set cross bracelet, the cross set with brilliant cut diamonds, approximately 0.27 carats total, to a belcher link chain bracelet, the lobster claw clasp stamped 750; together with a diamond accented bracelet by Gabriel & Co., stamped 14k; and an 18 carat gold Evil Eye pendant, the circular pendant set with brilliant cut diamond points and blue stones, on a belcher link chain Size/dimensions: first bracelet 17cm long; second 12.4cm long; necklace 42cm long, disc 8mm diameter Gross weight: 5.6 grams Condition Report: There are some surface scratches and scuffs to the panel, the diamonds are bright and lively. The chain is slightly brighter than the pendant. The bracelets have wear, the first missing diamonds, the second is very short. the necklace has some light wear, there is a signature to the clasp that is difficult to read. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 26
George Woodley Cornubia A poem in five cantos, descriptive of the most interesting scenery, natural and artificial in the County of Cornwall interspersed with historical anecdotes and legendary tales, 1819 first edition, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, printed by Michell and Co, Truro. 8vo 172 pages half title present, attractively rebound in half dark green Morocco , matching marbled boards.George Woodley, born in Dartmouth was a resident in Truro in1808. Missionary of the S.P.C.K in the Isles of Scilly between 1822-42 where he rebuilt and restored a number of churches with the contemporary stamp of Henry J. S. Hiatt, Truro. Boase and Courtney, 902. Johnson, 991. Subscribers list. A good copy.
Lot 291
Mining interest. Eight works. Rigby Graham. 'Deserted Cornish Tin Mines,' limited edition number 156/200, ex Libra's with stamps, illustrations throughout, Brewhouse, 1975; D. B. Barton. 'A History of Copper Mining in Cornwall and Devon,' first edition, original cloth, unclipped dj, ex Liberia with multiple ink stamps, g to vg, Truro Bookshop, 1961; Cyril Noall. 'Botallack,' first edition, original cloth, clipped dj, ex Readers Digest with ink stamp to edge of text block, D. Bradford Barton, Truro, 1972; Thomas Lean. 'On The Steam Engines in Cornwall,' reprint, original cloth, clipped dj, ex libris with ink stamps, D. Bradford Barton, Truro, 1969; With four illustrated works. (8)
Lot 310
Falmouth interest. Five works S. Pasfield Oliver. 'Pendennis & St. Mawes: An Historical Sketch of Two Cornish Castles,' original decorative cloth with bevelled edges, sun bleached spine and a little rubbing, gilt edge, illustrations, frontis, W. Lake, Truro, 1875; John Ley Kempthorne. 'Falmouth Parish Church,' illustrated by Gilbert B. Sully, original publishers boards, The Cornish Echo, Falmouth, 1928; 'Beatrice of St. Mawes,' original decorative cloth, rubbed and bumped, frontis, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, London, n.d; Arthur H. Norway. 'History of the Post-Office Packet Service between the years 1793-1815,' compiled from chiefly official records with additional information on the Falmouth Packets, ex libris Sydney GR School with ink stamp throughout, rubbed cloth, MacMillan and Co, London, 1895; H. P. Olivey. 'Notes on the Parish of Mylor,' first edition, rebound, plates, spotting throughout, Barnicott & Pearce, Taunton, 1907. (5)
Lot 18
'Some Account of the Proceedings at the Election for Truro August 3rd–6th 1830'. 'As Reported in the West Briton Together With Extracts from that and Other Newspapers,' first edition, Baldwin and Cradock, London, 1830.'Supplement to the Account of the Election for Truro Containing Petitions of the Candidates and Burgesses Complaining of an Undue Return,' first edition, with a coloured map of the borough of Truro, Baldwin and Craddock, London, 1831.'Borough of Truro Second Supplement to the Account of the Elections for Truro Containing a Report of the Proceedings at the Election on the 3rd May 1831. Together with a Petition of the Burgesses to the House of Commons,' first edition, G. Clyma, Truro, 1831.'Truro. Further Account of Election Proceedings in this Borough to Their Successful Termination on the 15th December 1832,' first edition G. Clyma, Truro, 1833.'Address etc On Occasion of Mr Tooke’s Visit to Truro Sept–Oct 1833,' first edition, handwritten note on front endpaper ‘’ presented by W. M. Tooke esq M.P. for Truro, G. Taylor, London, 1833.All bound as one in original binding, a very good copy. 'Law Society' stamp.
Lot 8
BURGESS, Anthony 'A Clockwork Orange' First edition, second issue with purple boards and 18s price to dj, original cloth, tear to inner flap of unclipped dj, remnants of tape running along the rear inner flap, splitting to inner joint, former stock of Somerset County Library with ink stamp to titlepage and verso, some finger soiling and toning, Heinemann, London, 1962.This is a second issue with purple boards and 18s price to dj.
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