Lamb, Charles, Robert Southey and their circle 12 volumes Lamb, Charles. The Works. London: C. and J. Ollier, 1818. 2 volumes, 12mo, title page of vol. 2 laid down, obscure stamp of literary society to titles, contemporary half calf, some dust-soiling and spotting; Lloyd, Charles. The Duke D'Ormond, a Tragedy, and Beritola, a tale. London: Longman [&c.], 1822. First edition, 12mo, inscribed "With the author's respects", original boards, uncut, worn; [Patmore, P.G.] Rejected Articles. London: H. Colburn, 1826. Second edition, 8vo, original boards, uncut, worn, slightly spotted; [Smith, James and Horatio]. Rejected Addresses. London: J. Murray, 1823. 18th edition, frontispiece, original cloth-backed boards, uncut; Southey, Robert. The Annual Anthology. 1799. Bristol: Biggs & Co., 1799. Volume 1 only, 12mo, contemporary morocco, lacks spine;Southey, Robert. Wat Tyler... a new edition. London: W. Hone, 1817. 12mo, later boards;Southey, Robert. Wat Tyler. London, 1817. Second edition, 8vo, modern quarter calf; Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Charles Lamb and Kirke White. The Poetical Works of. Paris, 1829. 8vo, contemporary calf gilt by Hering and Muller, with their name on spine; Southey, Robert. The Poetical works of. Paris: Galignani, 1829. 8vo, contemporary calf gilt by Hering and Muller, with their name on spine; Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Queen Mab. London: Joint Stock Book Company, Richard Carlile, 1826. 12mo, original boards, uncut, worn;Goethe, J.W. von. Faustus... translated by Percy Bysshe Shelley. London, 1832. 4to, plates by Retsch, later quarter calfNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
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Scottish Literature Collection of 19 volumes Burns, Robert. Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. London, 1788. Third edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, contemporary half calf, rubbed;Hogg, James. The Forest Minstrel, a Selection of songs. Edinburgh, 1810. First edition, 12mo, ? lacking half-title, contemporary half calf by John Charles of Alloa, with his ticket;Hogg, James. The Jacobite Relics of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1819. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf; Cromek, R.H. Reliques of Robert Burns. 1813. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked; Creech, William. Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces. Edinburgh, 1815. 8vo, frontispiece, later half calf, worn, lacking part of spine; [Lockhart, J.G.] Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk. Edinburgh, 1819. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, 14 plates, contemporary black half calf gilt; [Bible Societies] Memorial for the Bible Societies in Scotland. Edinburgh, 1824. 8vo, library stamp on title verso, modern half calf, uncut; Lovat, Simon, Lord. Memoirs of the Life. 1797, 8vo, contemporary half calf;Cunningham, Allan. Notice biographique et littéraire sur Sir Walter Scott. Paris, 1823, 8vo, contemporary half calf, spotting;Scott, Sir Walter. Quentin Durward. Edinburgh, 1823. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn; Scott, Sir Walter. Rob Roy. Edinburgh, 1818. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, extra-illustrated with numerous engraved plates, some folding, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed; Scott, Sir Walter. Das Fräulein vom See. Essen, 1823, translated by Dr. Adam Storck, 8vo, contemporary boards, wornNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
Agriculture Group of Scottish county surveys, 18th-19th century Smith, John. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Argyll. Edinburgh: for Mundell & Son, 1798. First edition, 8vo, contemporary tree sheep, 3 engraved plates, folding table, 10 pp. advertisements, joints partly cracked, damp-stain to title-page and subsequent leaf, a few other spots and marks [ESTC T151869: tracing 6 copies in libraries for this issue, and citing a map, in practice never encountered];Robertson, James. General View of the Agriculture in the County of Perth. Perth: printed by order of the Board of Agriculture, 1799. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary blue half morocco, folding map, 4 plates, folding letterpress table, bookplate of the barons Kinnaird, short closed tear to map [ESTC T40605];Douglas, Robert. General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk. Edinburgh: for G. Nicoll, 1798. First edition, 8vo, contemporary tan half sheep, 2 hand-coloured folding maps, 3 plates (one folding), spine-label perished, wear to foot of spine, one plate shaved [ESTC T40594];Idem. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1813. Second edition, 8vo, 19th-century marbled boards, rebacked, 2 folding maps, 3 plates (one folding);Robertson, George. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Mid-Lothian. Edinburgh: by G. Ruthven and Sons, for G. Nicol, 1795. First edition, 8vo, c.1900 half calf by Robertson, folding map, 11 plates, plates spotted [ESTC T147166];Findlater, Charles. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Peebles. Edinburgh: by D. Willison, for Archibald Constable, 1802. First edition, 20th-century quarter morocco, plate, lacking map;Somerville, Robert. General View of the Agriculture of East Lothian. London: W. Bulmer and Co., for G. and W. Nicol, 1805. First edition, 8vo, contemporary diced half russia, folding map, 2 pp. catalogue to rear ('A Catalogue of agriculture seeds, etc. sold by Thomas Gibbs and Co.'), engraved bookplate and ownership inscription of George Paterson (identified in pencilled note of George Paterson of Castle Huntly, 1734-1813, British army surgeon);Naismith, John. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Clydesdale. London: B. McMillan, 1806. 8vo, modern quarter sheep, folding map, 2 + 2 pp. advertisements, stamps of the Royal History Society, browning;Macdonald, James. General View of the Agriculture of the Hebrides. Edinburgh: for Sir Richard Phillips, 1811. First edition, 8vo, later half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, plate, 5 folding maps, spotting;Aiton, William. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Ayr. Glasgow: A. Napier, 1811. First edition, 8vo, 19th-century marbled boards, rebacked in green morocco, green calf cornerpieces, folding map (repaired), all plates as called for (except 'Galloway Bull and Cow', 'not included in this edition' according to accompanying correspondence from the National Library of Scotland), browning and offsetting;Keith, George Skene. A General View of the Agriculture of Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen: D. Chalmers & Co., 1811. First edition, 8vo, later half calf, 7 maps and plates, spotting, browning and damp-staining;Leslie, William. General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Nairn and Moray. London: Richard Phillips, 1811. First edition, 8vo, later maroon half calf, folding map, folding table, 2 plates, ink-stamp and manuscript shelfmark of the Advocates Library, Aberdeen to title-page, spotting and offsetting;the lot collated with regard to plates and maps only Note: Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.
1820s literature Collection of works Chapone, Mrs. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind. London: for Scatcherd and Letterman, 1820. 12mo, contemporary maroon morocco gilt; [Hope, Thomas] Anastasius, or Memoirs of a Greek. London: J. Murray, 1820. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, rubbed;Scott, Walter. Kenilworth. Edinburgh, 1821. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, contemporary half calf;[Godwin, William]. The Pantheon. London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1828. 7th edition, plates, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed;Tennant, William. Anster Fair. Edinburgh, 1821. Fourth edition, presentation copy to John Spence, contemporary calf, rebacked;Salzmann, C.S. Elements of Morality. Edinburgh, 1821. 12mo, [translated by Mary Wollstonecraft], plates, contemporary quarter morocco, spotting, rubbed; Salzmann, C.S. Elements of Morality. Edinburgh, 1821. 12mo, [translated by Mary Wollstonecraft], plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed;Cunningham, Allan. Sir Marmaduke Maxwell. London, 1822. 12mo, contemporary red half morocco, rubbed;Moore, Thomas. Melodies. Philadelphia: T. Jekyll, 1821. 12mo, 19th century green half calf, spine gilt, slightly rubbed;[Moore, Thomas] The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little. London: W. Dugdale, 1824. 12mo, original printed boards, uncut, spine repaired; Moore, Thomas. Melodies, Irish and National. London: W. Dugdale, 1824. 12mo, frontispiece, disbound (pirate edition);[Moore, Thomas]. The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little. London: Benbow, 1825. 12mo, original printed boards, uncut (pirate edition);Moore, Thomas. Odes of Anacreon. London: John King, 1826. 12mo, contemporary cloth, slightly rubbed;L.E.L. The Improvisatrice and other Poems. London, 1824. 12mo, additional engraved title and frontispiece, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, g.e.;Wolfe, Charles. Remains of the late... London, 1827. 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary calf, upper joint split;[Louvet de Couvray, J.B.] The Amours of the Chevalier de Faublas. London: Benbow, 1822, 12mo, volumes 1-3 (of 4), plates, contemporary calf, somewhat shaken and rubbed; The Nic-Nac or Literary Cabinet. London, 1823, 8vo, vol. 1 only, contemporary green half morocco, spotted, hinge broken, worn; [includes first publication of a short poem by Byron' (note by William St Clair)];[Irving, Washington] Tales of a Traveller. London: J. Murray, 1824, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary green morocco-backed boards, probably from the library of Louis Napoleon with his stamp to titles; Patmore, Peter George. Letters on England by Victoire, Count de Soligny. London, 1823, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary green morocco-backed boards, probably from the library of Louis Napoleon with his stamp to titles;Porchester, Lord. The Moor. London, 1825. 8vo, modern half calf, spine gilt;[Hazlitt. William] Sketches of the Principal Picture-Galleries in England. London, 1824. 12mo, 4pp. advertisements at end, original quarter cloth, some spotting, worn, lacks spine;Sotheby, William. Oberon. London, 1826. 3rd edition, 12mo, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf, rubbed;Literary Gems. In two Parts. Edinburgh, 1826, 8vo, additional engraved title, contemporary calf, upper joint splitting;The Curious Book [A Collection of Anecdotes]. Edinburgh, 1826, 8vo, contemporary calf; Rogers, Samuel. Italy, a Poem. Part the First. London, 1823. 8vo, inscribed 'from the author' pencil note 'from Lord Thurlow's library sale 1932', near contemporary cloth;The History of... Sir William Wallace. New York: W.W. Crawford, 1820. 12mo, contemporary half calf, rather browned and spotted;[Quincey, Thomas de] Confessions of an English Opium Eater. London, 1826. 4th edition, 12mo, contemporary half calf, rebacked;sold as a collection not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
18th-century literature 24 volumes Christie, Thomas. Letters on the Revolution of France. 1791, Part 1 only, 2 large folding tables, contemporary calf;Fawcett, Joseph. Poems. London, 1798. 8vo, half-title, contemporary half calf;Bysshe, Edward. The Art of English Poetry. London: S. Buckley, 1710. 8vo, later speckled calf; Jonson, Ben. The Three Celebrated Plays of that excellent Poet Ben Johnson [sic], London: W. Feales, [1732], 12mo, frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked;Moore, John. A View of the Causes and Progress of the French Revolution. London, 1795. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed, bookplate of Thomas Jefferson Hogg;Aikin, J. Letters from a Father to his Son. London, 1794-1800. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf gilt; Blair, Hugh. Lectures on Rhetoric. London, 1793. Fifth edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed; Putter, John S. An Historic Development of the present Political Constitution of the German Empire. 1790, 3 volumes, 8vo, slightly rubbed, bookplates of Thomas Jefferson Hogg; Cibber, Colley. An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber. London, 1756, Fourth edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, contemporary sheep, rebacked; Walpole, Horace. Anecdotes of Painting in England... fourth edition. London, 1786, 5 volumes, contemporary half calf, joints starting to crack; Villiers, George. The Genuine Works of His Grace. Edinburgh, 1854. 12mo, contemporary calf, signature of Thomas Hogg, worn, lower cover nearly detached; [attributed to Defoe & others.] The Judgment of Whole Kingdoms and Nations. London: T. Harrison, 1710. Fifth edition, 8vo, Birmingham Law Society stamp to title, contemporary calf, rubbed, covers detached; [Ferguson, Robert] An Account of the Obligations the States of Holland have to Great-Britain. London, 1711. 8vo, later quarter morocco, title slightly grubby [ESTC T25301]Note: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
Agriculture Collection of illustrated treatises, 19th century Sheldon, J. P. Dairy Farming: being the Theory, Practice, and Methods of Dairying. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, c.1880. 4to, contemporary green half morocco, 24 chromolithographic plates, binding sunned;Biddell, Herman. The Suffolk Stud-Book. Diss: Francis Cupiss, 1880. First edition, 4to, contemporary half calf, 14 lithographic plates, joints partially cracked;Miles, W. J. Modern Practical Farriery. London: William Mackenzie, c.1870. 4to, contemporary half calf by Blackie and Son, 40 plates (engraved or lithographic, many hand-coloured), binding marked;Potts, Thomas. The British Farmer's Cyclopaedia. London: for Scatcherd and Letterman, 1807. First edition, 4to, contemporary diced russia, engraved title-page, 41 engraved plates (mostly hand-coloured), loss to spine-ends, front joint cracked, engraved title damp-stained, section excised from head of letterpress title;Weir, Harrison (illustrator). The Poultry Book ... by the Rev. W. Wingfield, G. W. Johnson, Esq. London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1853. First edition, 4to, contemporary red half calf, additional chromolithographic title-page, 20 chromolithographic plates (22 species listed but 2 of these not depicted on separate plates), errata slip, spotting, bookplate, related ink-stamp to additional title-page verso, short closed tear in fore margin of prelims;these collated with regard to plates only, and sold together with 4 others (Leonard Towne, The Farmer's Directory, [1820], 4to, contemporary streaked calf, rebacked; R. W. Dickson, An Improved System of Management of Live Stock and Cattle, c.1820, 2 volumes, 4to, later half morocco; Wright's Book of Poultry, c.1930, 4to, contemporary half morocco; Harrison Weir, Our Poultry, c.1900?, 2 volumes, contemporary half morocco, these not collated)Note: Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.
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Gell, Sir William Narrative of a Journey in the Morea London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1823. First edition, 8vo, 9 lithographed plates, contemporary calf with name 'Hudson Gurney' at head of spine and both covers, stamp on title, a couple of other leaves, and bookplate of Norwich Public Library [not identified as missing or sold (see Condition Report)]Note: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
Greece and the Levant 14 volumes Chateaubriand, Vicomte de. Travels to Jerusalem and the Holy Land through Egypt. London, 1835. 3rd edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt;Rapelje, George. A Narrative of Excursions, Voyages and Travels... in America, Europe, Asia and Africa. New York, 1834. 8vo, modern cloth, uncut;Cumming, W.F. Notes of a Wanderer in Search of Health, through Italy, Egypt, Greece, Turkey... London, 1839, 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, Funchal English Rooms library stamp to titles, contemporary half calf, spotted, slightly rubbed; Willis, N.P. Pencillings by the Way. London, 1844. 12mo, additional title, plates, contemporary diced calf gilt;Tischendorff, Constantine. Travels in the East. London, 1847, 8vo, original cloth, worn;Michell, Nicholas. Ruins of Many Lands. London, 1849. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed; Taylor, Bayard. Travels in Greece and Russia, with an Excursion to Crete. New York, 1859. 8vo, additional engraved title, frontispiece, half morocco;Warner, Charles D. In the Levant. London, [c.1879]. Fifth edition, 8vo, contemporary maroon half morocco;Cuthbertson, James. Sacred and Historic Lands, being a record of travels in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Greece, Constantinople &c., London, 1885. 8vo, 2 plates, original cloth, rubbed; Lloyd, W. Watkiss. Explanation of the Groups in the Western Pediment of the Parthenon. Extracted from 'The Classical Museum', part XVIII, bound with another by Watkiss, 4 plates, red half morocco, possibly Watkiss's copy, with annotations, worn;Conder, Josiah. The Modern Traveller, volumes 14-17 bound in 2 [Turkey, Greece vol. 1-2, & Russia], 12mo, folding maps, plates, original red clothNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
Greece and the Mediterranean Collection of travel narratives and historical accounts in German and Scandinavian languages [Asp, Pehr Olof von]. Resa i Levanten år 1796. Öfversättning från fransyskan af M. Hasselrot. Skara: F. J. Leverentz, 1805. First edition, 8vo (17 x 10cm), contemporary half sheep, 272 pp., browning,Ukert, Friedrich August. Historisk-geografisk tafla af Grekland. Stockholm: Zacharias Haeggström, 1821. First edition in Swedish (first published in German as Gemaelde von Griechenland, 1810), 16mo (13.7 x 9cm), contemporary maroon half morocco, 6 aquatint plates;Fenger, J. Ferdinand. Om det nygraeske Folk og Sprog. Erindringer fra en Reise i Graekenland i Aare 1831. Copenhagen: C. Graebe & Son, 1832. First edition, 8vo, original printed boards, 151 pp., edges untrimmed, spotting, ink-stamp ('Nyso Bibliothek', with coronet) to title-page;Brøndsted, Peter Oluf. Reise i Graekenland i Aarene 1810-1813. Copenhagen: Samfundte til den Danske Literaturs Fremme, 1844. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (19 x 11.7cm), contemporary marbled half roan, lithographic portrait frontispiece, folding map, browning;[Sander, Heinrich]. Erinnerungen eines ehemaligen griechischen Offiziers. Darmstadt, L. Pabst, 1839. First edition, 8vo (17.8 x 10.8cm), contemporary red quarter morocco, bookplate of Wilhelm, Herzog zu Braunschweig, annotation by William St Clair on front free endpaper, 'From the library of Queen Frederika, with the bookplate of the Duke of Brunswick';Münch, Ernst. Die Heerzüge des christlichen Europas wider die Osmanen, und die Versuche der Griechen zur Freiheit. Basel: in der Schweighauser'schen Buchhandlung, 1822-5. First edition, parts 1-4 of 5 in 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary boards;Schömann, Georg Friedrich. De comitiis Atheniensium. Griefswald: Ernest Moritz, 1819. First edition, 8vo, contemporary sheep, armorial device to covers in blind, bookplates (Henry Pelham), spine defective, spotting;Frommel, Carl Ludwig. Ansichten aus Griechenland. [No place, no publisher], c.1850. Oblong 4to, contemporary quarter calf, engraved title-page, 30 engraved plates each with descriptive text-leaf, bookplate (A. Pitlo);and approx. 20 others similarNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
Histories of Greece 14 volumes Tennent, Sir James. The History of Modern Greece. 1845. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary maroon calf, with gilt stamp to covers; Gillies, John. The History of Ancient Greece. London, 1787, Second edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, several joints cracking;Finlay, George. Greece under the Romans. 1844; The History of Greece.. and Empire of Trebizond. 1851; History of the Byzantine Empire. 1856; History of the Byzantine and Greek empires from DCCXVI to MCCCCLIII. Vol. 2. 1854; History of Greece under Ottoman and Venetian Domination. 1856; History of the Greek Revolution. 1861, 2 volumes; uniform contemporary calf, gilt arms on sides, g.e., neatly rebacked, spines gilt, one joint splitting; Wordsworth, C. Athens and Attica. London, 1855. 8vo, plates, contemporary calf, upper cover detachedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
Navarino Rare German pamphlet Darstellung ber Seeschlacht von Navarin under der unmittelbar vorhergegangenen Begebenheiten. Karlsruhe: C. F. Mueller, 1828. Second edition, 8vo, [43pp.], engraved plan frontispiece and 3 folding lithographed plates, red library stamp on verso of title of ?Queen Frederika, ?contemporary boards made from a map of SE EuropeNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
Darwin, Charles The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex London: John Murray, 1871. 2 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth, viii 423 [13], viii 475 [1] pp., half-titles, 16 pp. advertisements dated January 1871 to rear of each volume, wood-engraved illustrations throughout the text, dark green coated endpapers, bindings rubbed, spine-ends nicked, corners slightly bumped and worn, spotting to endpapers, half-titles and advertisements, volume 1 front inner hinge cracked and with evidence of attempted adhesive repair, slight cracking to rear inner hinge, volume 2 half-title with offsetting from ink-stamp on front free endpaper, volume 1 with initial blank (none present in volume 2) [Freeman 938]Note: Note:First edition, second issue, one of 2,000 copies. The first issue appeared in February (a month before the second) and comprised 2,500 copies. The second issue contains important textual corrections and volume 1 pp. 297-9 are entirely reset. The Descent of Man was the first of Darwin's works to use the word 'evolution' (on volume 1 p. 2), preceding its use in the sixth edition of the Origin the following year.Provenance: George T. Clark (1809-1898), noted industrialist and antiquary, with his bookplate to the front pastedown of the first volume, and Tal-y-Garn ink-stamps to the front free endpapers. Clark trained as a surgeon before becoming an engineer, and worked on the construction of the Great Western Railway under Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He later became a pre-eminent ironmaster.
Darwin, Charles Collection of early editions all published by John Murray, 8vo, original cloth unless otherwise stated, Freeman numbers given in square brackets:1) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. London: John Murray, 1872. First edition, second issue, near-contemporary half calf for William Brown of Edinburgh, vi 374 pp., 7 heliotype plates (numbered in Arabic; 3 folding), bookplate of Henry Faulds (1843-1930), Scottish doctor and pioneer of fingerprinting, covers detached, advertisements (2C2-4) discarded, text-leaves toned, spotting to versos of plates and to adjacent text-leaves [1142];2) Insectivorous Plants, 1875. First edition, second thousand, retaining errata slip, binding rubbed, fraying to spine-ends, front pastedown and free endpaper damp-stained [1218]3) The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 1882. Sixth edition, twenty-fourth thousand, folding lithographic plate, nick to head of spine, spotting to outer leaves and plate, inner hinges superficially cracked [407];4) Idem, 1886. Sixth edition, thirtieth thousand, folding plate, spotting to plate outer leaves and plate [417];5) Idem, 1906. Contemporary maroon half calf, photographic portrait frontispiece, folding plate [498/9];6) The Descent of Man, 1875. Second edition, revised and augmented, eleventh thousand, slightly rubbed, spine rolled, spine-ends nicked, contemporary bookseller's blind stamp to front free endpaper [945];7) Idem, 1888. Second edition, revised and augmented, twenty-second thousand, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf, stamp of Queen's College Belfast gilt to front boards, Queen's prize plate to D. E. Morell dated 1892 to volume 1 front pastedown, recipient's ownership inscription to volume 2 initial blank, collector's book-label to volume 2 front pastedown, related annotation to inner margin of p. v in each volume, bindings rubbed, volume 1 front inner hinge split [965];8) Idem, 1909. Contemporary maroon half calf [1008];9) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. Second edition, revised, fifth thousand, 1885. 2 volumes in 1, contemporary black half morocco, occasional marginalia, title-page spotted [886];10) Idem. 1893. Second edition, revised, eighth thousand, 2 volumes, early ownership inscriptions to initial blanks [893];11) The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, 1878. Second edition, ex Kent County Library with shelfmark in white ink to spine, labels to front pastedown and free endpaper, and associated markings to title-page recto and verso, unrelated monogram ink-stamps to initial and terminal blanks, spotting to outer leaves [1251];12) Idem, 1888. 'Second' edition, later ownership inscription to initial blank, largely unopened [1254];13) The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, 1890. Second edition, revised, fifth thousand, bookplate (E. E. Turner) [810];14) The Formation of Vegetable Mould, 1882. First edition, sixth thousand, corrected, ownership inscription of Edinburgh shipbuilder Henry Garrett Gourlay (dated September 1882) to title-page, spine rolled, small split to front joint, spotting to endpapers [1362];15) The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1889. Third edition, gilt stamp of the University Club, Edinburgh front board, folding map and plate (both with closed tears) [275]
Stephanopoli, Dimo and Nicolo Voyage de Dimo et Nicolo Stephanopoli en Grèce pendant les années V et VI (1797 et 1798). Paris: l'Imprimerie de Guilleminet, An VIII [1800]. First edition, 2 volumes in one, 8vo, 8 engraved plates, (2 folding), without half-titles, modern black half calf, spine gilt, small 'London Institution' stamp at head of volume 1 titleNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
Stuart, James and Nicholas Revett The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated... a new edition. London: Priestley and Weale, 1825-30. 4 volumes, folio, 2 engraved portraits and 191 engraved plates, some engraved vignettes in the text, corrections and errata leaf bound into volume 3, list of subscribers at end of volume 4, some plates a little dust-soiled, slight dampstain to lower corner in volume 2, some spotting, small stamp of Leicester Society of Architects to corner of all plates, morocco bookplates of Leicester and Leicestershire Society of Architects, modern half calf retaining old marbled boards, spines giltNote: Note: A later edition of one of the greatest works on the antiquities of Greece, first published 1762-1816. Copies are occasionally found with engraved titles.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
18th-century volumes Collection of works Prideaux, Humphrey. Marmora Oxoniensia. Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1776. Folio, 3 parts in one volume, library stamp erased at foot of title, numerous engravings in text, contemporary half vellum, worn;Newton, Isaac. Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. 1728. 4to, contemporary calf, gilt arms of Trinity College Dublin on sides, lacks plates, rubbed;Forde, Emanuel. The Most Famous, Delectable and Pleasant History of Parismus. London, 1704. 2 parts in one volume, 4to, 15th impression, woodcut frontispiece laid down, contemporary calf, a few lower margins trimmed close occasionally affecting text, hole in D3 part 1, worn; The Oeconomy of Human Life. London: S. & E. Harding, 1795. 8vo, engravings by Sylvester Harding, contemporary tree calf gilt, head of spine rubbed;The Oeconomy of Human Life. London: S. & E. Harding, 1795. 8vo, engravings by Sylvester Harding, contemporary red morocco gilt, slightly rubbed;The Art of Painting, with the Lives and Characters of above 300 of the most Eminent Painters. London: T. Payne, [n.d.], 8vo, contemporary quarter calf gilt; Clarke, John. An Essay upon Study. London, 1737. 12mo, contemporary calf, University of Birmingham, Institute of Education Library stamp to foot of title, rubbed;and c.29 miscellaneous 18th-century volumes, including a couple of odd volumes, most rubbed; sold not subject to return [No list of titles available] Note: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
![Miscellaneous books Collection of works [Apollo Slave Ship] The Trial of William Chapman, late Captain of the Apollo Slave Sh](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3c24d1d9-bd7d-4906-af55-aef3010948a3/edc2e5c9-addb-4d46-8dd7-af0200ed62c6/468x382.jpg)
Miscellaneous books Collection of works [Apollo Slave Ship] The Trial of William Chapman, late Captain of the Apollo Slave Ship, for the Wilful Murder of William Dunn. Liverpool, [c.1808.] 8vo, folding frontispiece, later red half morocco, rebacked; Thornbury, Walter. The Life of J.M.W. Turner. 1897. 8vo, black half morocco by Riviere; Upham, Charles W. Salem Witchcraft, with an Account of Salem Village. Boston, 1867, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map, plates, original green cloth; Twining, Henry. On the Elements of Picturesque Scenery. 1846. Large 8vo, lithographed plates with marginal stamp of Leicester Mechanics Institute, contemporary cloth, rubbed; Barnard, George. The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water Colours. London, 1855. Large 8vo, chromolithographed plates, contemporary half calf, head of title excised, some spotting, rubbed; The Modern Athens... by a Modern Greek, London, 1825. 8vo, contemporary half calf;Chambers, Robert. Walks in Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1825. 12mo, 19th century brown half morocco, t.e.g.; Leighton, John M. Swan's Views of the Lakes of Scotland. Glasgow, 1837. 2 volumes, large 8vo, engraved title and plates, contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt, slightly spotted; Shepherd, T.H. Modern Athens. 1829. 4to, engraved title and 28 views on 14 plates only, contemporary maroon half morocco, slightly rubbed; Mitchell, William. The Edinburgh Parthenon. Edition de Luxe. 4to, original wrappers, in original blue pictorial box giltNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
Miscellaneous quartos and folios 9 volumes Darwin, Erasmus. The Temple of Nature. London: J. Johnson, 1803. 4to, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn;Byron, G. G. N., Lord. Poem. Illuminated by W. & G. Audsley. 1865. 4to, chromolithographed throughout, original cloth, rubbed;Catton, Charles. The English Peerage. London, 1790, 3 volumes, 4to, 2 frontispieces and numerous engraved plates, green half morocco, 2 plates repaired, some spotting, worn;Moule, Thomas. Great Britain Illustrated. London, 1830, 4to, additional engraved title and 118 steel-engraved views on 59 plates, contemporary green half calf, spine gilt;Bowyer, William. Biographical and Literacy Anecdotes. London, 1782, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints split;Jones, Owen. The Grammar of Ornament. London, 1868, folio, 112 chromolithographed plates, small library stamp to foot of title and bookplate of Watford Public Library, 20th century red half morocco, plates not affected by stamps, rubbed;Sotheby, William. A Tour through Parts of Wales. London, 1794, 4to, 13 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary diced calf, worn;sold not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
![Economics Collection of works on banking and monetary theory [Turner, Thomas]. The Case of the Bankers and their Creditors. 2](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3c24d1d9-bd7d-4906-af55-aef3010948a3/f5067af8-bd9a-4ab7-8062-af0200edd115/468x382.jpg)
Economics Collection of works on banking and monetary theory [Turner, Thomas]. The Case of the Bankers and their Creditors. 2 copies, [London]: [no publisher], 1674. Both first editions, 4to, in 19th-century tan half calf, with bookplates of the Institute of Bankers of Scotland to front pastedowns, associated ink-stamps to title-pages, one copy trimmed to side-notes of a few leaves, A4 with sliver of fore margin consequently reattached, B4 v. top line shaved, spine worn, the other copy closely trimmed throughout, with side-notes, catch-words and signature-marks frequently shaved, backstrip perished [ESTC R23756];Idem. The Case of the Bankers and their Creditors ... The third impression, with additions amounting to a third part more than hath been at any time before printed. London: [no publisher], 1675. Presentation copy, inscribed 'This for my honoured friend Sr Humphrey Brigges Baronet, from the author his love and service' on initial blank, 8vo, contemporary sheep, bookplates (Corbet Corbet; Richard Corbet of Adderley; Institute of Bankers in Scotland] spine worn, front cover detached [ESTC R217081;Maitland, James, 8th Earl of Lauderdale. An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth and into the means and causes of its increase. Edinburgh: for A. Constable, London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1804. First edition, 8vo, [viii], 482, folding table, contemporary tree calf, bookplate and ink-stamp of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland, rubbed, front cover detached;Bolingbroke, Henry St John, Viscount. A Letter to Sir William Windham. II. Some Reflections on the Present State of the Nation. III. A Letter to Mr. Pope. London: printed for the editor, 1753. First edition, 8vo, 19th-century half calf, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, rubbed, joints cracked, spotting [ESTC N2688];Keynes, John Maynard. A Tract on Monetary Reform. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1923. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, bookplate of the Library of Mistakes;and 4 others
Searle, Ronald (1920-2011) The Man Who Suffers From Neck-Tumour, Anglo-Saxon Era watercolour, bodycolour and pencil on thick paper, 37.5 x 52.5cm, signed lower right, mounted, shortened title ('For neck tumor ...') to foot of mount, verso of mount with full printed title (mounted) and address stamp 'Ronald Searle, C/o Mr. V. Caloutsis, 4 Rue Antoine Dubois, Paris 6ieme' (partially obscured by tape-marks)Note: Note: One of a series of caricatures by Searle depicting fanciful historical remedies.Provenance: Valerios Caloutsis (1927-2004), Greek artist.
![Gill, Eric (1882-1940) Divine Lovers, carved woodblock, [1936] 10 x 7.5 x 2.2cm, on bevelled wooden plinth, verso with Eric G](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3c24d1d9-bd7d-4906-af55-aef3010948a3/6018ec5e-4178-4ac8-aa5c-af1c01062dca/468x382.jpg)
Gill, Eric (1882-1940) Divine Lovers, carved woodblock, [1936] 10 x 7.5 x 2.2cm, on bevelled wooden plinth, verso with Eric Gill's carved monogram and catalogued number 603, and manufacturer's blind stamp (T. N. Lawrence, Red Lion Passage) [Quick 915; Skelton P915; cf. Evan Gill 295]Note: Note: This image was used as the frontispiece for Morals and Marriage: The Catholic Background to Sex by T. G. Wayne (London: Longmans, 1936), and is a slightly altered version of an engraving Gill made in 1922 (see Skelton P193).Provenance: Property of an English collector.
World War One Distinguished Conduct Medal RHA Casualty King George V example named "17810 Gnr. L Walker RHA". Together with 2 postcards of him in uniform ... 5 x French postcards ... 2 x silk postcards. Medal with heavy stamp to rank. 17810 L H G Walker. 2 Bty. 5th Bde RHA, died 24th March 1918. Landed France 23/9/15. Awarded DCM 3/6/1918 for conspicuous gallantry. He advanced with forward Observation Officer behind Infantry and maintained visual communication all day under heavy shell fire.
British Officer's Home Service Helmet black melton cloth, four panel crown. Pointed peak with brass edging. Rounded rear brim with leather edging. Rear brass spike, top cruciform with spike. Side brass rose head mounts with leather backed, brass chin chain. Tan leather and maroon silk sweatband. Internal crown with "Hawkes & Co" tailor's stamp. Exteriors with some moth damage.
WW2 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 51st Div Battledress Jacket khaki green woollen, single breasted, converted open collar, short jacket. Lower belt with plated buckle. Pleated chest pockets with buttoned flaps. Both arms with A & SH regimental flash over bevo weave, 51st Div formation and three red felt bars set on a battle patch. Internal Canadian issue stamp dated 1945.
Three WW2 Pattern Tropical Bush Jackets consisting khaki, Aertex example. Pleated chest pockets and lower bag pockets ... Similar khaki drill example. Patch chest pockets and lower hidden pockets. Shoulder straps absent ... Khaki drill, half button front shirt. Pleated chest pockets. Internal NZ issue stamp. 3 items.
WW2 RAF Tropical Survival Bag yellow canvas pack with carrying handles to top and sides and central securing strap. Front with top pockets and press stud flap and lower hidden zip fastened pockets. Issue stamp ""22P/24 Tropical"". Rear with central zip and various internal pockets to hold the survival aids.
A Volvo V40 hatchback car, registration 230 PHW, first registered March 2016, 1969cc diesel, red, automatic, MOT expired 28th February 2022, last service book stamp, service no. 5, 12th February 2021, 8,828 miles (Marshall Volvo, Grantham), V5 present. To be sold upon the instructions of the Executors of Mr P Wood (Dec'd).
WW2 RAF Grp Cptn Bobby Oxspring DFC AFC Signed Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary 1986 FDC. 56 of 127 Covers Issued. Flown in a Spitfire. British Stamp with 5 March 1986 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 RAF AVM Johnnie Johnson Signed Duxford Spitfires FDC. 3 of 10 Covers Issued. 19p Stamp with 30 Jul 89 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 RAF AVM Johnnie Johnson DSC DFC Signed Battle of Britain Open Day Biggin Hill 14 Sept 1997 FDC. 69 of 250 Covers Issued. British Stamp with 14. 9. 97 Postmark. Great Signature. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 RAF AVM Johnnie Johnson Signed 50th Anniversary of the Spitfire into RAF Service FDC. Official Wessex Cover. 18p British Stamp with 10 July 1988 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
HRH Prince Michael of Kent Signed Internet Stamps, 1936 The Year of the Three Kings First Day Cover. £3 British Stamp with Two 31. 08. 06 Kingsdown Dover Postmark. 104 of 210 Covers Issued. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
The Red Arrows Limited and First Edition Stamp Sheet featuring The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team with 10 x 1st Class Stamps number 0947 of 1500. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Sqn Ldr James Lacey Signed Personal Flown FDC RAFM HA30. 877 of 1285 Certified Copies Issued. Flown in a Spitfire Mk2A P7350. 10 1/2 Pence British Stamp with 23 September 78 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Rare WW2 Lt HCW Ironside and Lord Newborough Signed 40th Anniv Liberation of Colditz Flown FDC. Flown and Carried Cover Lots of Times. 16p British Stamp with 8 May 85 VE Day Postmark. 48 of 50 Covers Issued. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Astronauts, Dave Scott and Al Worden signed Apollo 15 30th Anniversary commemorative cover with post mark 24th September 2002 and a space theme stamp. Scott and Worden have signed the front of the lovely cover on the pictures of themselves in black marker pen. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Bruce Forsyth signed Heroes of Comedy FDC. This Benham first day cover is limited edition number 5 of 5000. The cover commemorates Les Dawson and features an image of the comedian plus a stamp and post mark dating 23rd April 1998. Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE (22 February 1928 - 18 August 2017) was a British entertainer and presenter whose career spanned more than 70 years. Forsyth came to national attention from the late 1950s through the ITV series Sunday Night at the London Palladium. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Sir Huw Wheldon MC signed 40th Anniversary of D-Day Flown First Day Cover. Flown in Hercules Mk1 XV 209. 78 of 102 Covers Issued. 16p Stamp with 6 June 84 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 John R Gorman MC signed 40th Anniversary of D-Day Flown First Day Cover. Flown in Hercules Mk1 XV 209. 49 of 73 Covers Issued. 16p Stamp with 6 June 84 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Colonel Pat Porteous VC signed 40th Anniversary of D-Day Flown First Day Cover. Flown in Hercules Mk1 XV 209. 40 of 94 Covers Issued. 16p Stamp with 6 June 84 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 RAF George 'Johnny' Johnson DFM Signed Operation Chastise 617 Sqn FDC. 3 of 50 Covers Issued. British 1st Class Stamp with 17 May 15 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 RAF Sgt Fred Sutherland Signed Operation Chastise the Dambusters FDC. Image Shows the Mohne Dam. 5 of 25 Covers Issued. British 1st Class Stamp with 17 May 07 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
2 Signed Liberation of Paris Flown First Day Cover with Stamps and Postmarks. 822 of 965 Covers Issued. Flown in a Pembroke WV 701. French Resistance Stamp with 25-26 Aout 1984 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lt Cdr I Stanley DSO Signed Appointment to the Distinguished Service Order RAF(DM)4. Flown in a Sea King HAS 2. 11p Jersey Stamp with 12 Oct 84 Jersey postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Original Art Work for War Picture Library, No. 110 'Badge of Courage', by Alessandro Biffignandi, gouache on board, image size 44.5 x 32.5cms, unframed, with studio Creazioni D'Ami, Milan, creator's stamp verso, originally published August 1961.Provenance: The Fleetway Publisher's Archive Collection of Peter Hansen.
Original Art Work for the front cover of War Picture Library, No. 122 'The Savage Island', by Giorgio de Gaspari, gouache on board, image size 45 x 33cms, unframed, with studio Creazioni D'Ami, Milan, creator's stamp verso, originally published November 1961, subsequently republished as War Picture Library No. 619 ' Flame of Defiance' and War Picture Library, No. 1459.Provenance: The Fleetway Publisher's Archive Collection of Peter Hansen.
Original Art Work for the front cover of War Picture Library, No. 423 'Broken Jinx', by Alessandro Biffignandi, gouache on board, image size 35 x 27cms, unframed, with studio Creazioni D'Ami, Milan, creator's stamp verso, originally published February 1968, subsequently republished as Battle Picture Library, No. 869 and War Picture Library, No. 1851. Provenance: The Fleetway Publisher's Archive Collection of Peter Hansen.
Original Art Work for the front cover of War Picture Library, No. 300 'Trusted Enemy', by Alessandro Biffignandi, gouache on board, image size 32 x 25.5cms, unframed, with studio Creazioni D'Ami, Milan, creator's stamp verso: with title acetate overlay originally published August 1965, subsequently republished as War Picture Library, No. 1574.Provenance: The Fleetway Publisher's Archive Collection of Peter Hansen.
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