AUCTION of ANTIQUARIAN & SECONDHAND BOOKS
Documents, Prints, Stamps etc.
on Tuesday, 13th April 2010 at 2.00pm
On View:
Saturday, 10th April – 10.00a.m.-4.00p.m.
Sunday, 11th April – 10.00a.m.-4.00p.m.
Monday, 12th April – 9.00a.m.-5.00p.m.
and morning of sale (& Limited Viewing During)
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1. [NAVY VICTUALLERS] a fine vellum document with elaborate printed borders & a portrait of Charles II in penwork surround, granting by letters Patent the Commissionary of Richard Ballard, William Jenkins and Sir Francis Eyles as Navy Victuallers, as of 1681, 26 x 30 inches, large wax seal of the Privy Seal (Duke of York), framed and glazed; & another document from the reign of Queen Anne (2).
£200-400
2. [POSTCARDS] a good collection of topographical, Seaside Saucies, etc, album & loose. (Q)
£50-100
3. ALBUM, liber amicorum, ca. 1900, with verses, paintings, etc, leatherbound (1).
£30-40
4. miscellaneous photos & postcards.
£10-20
5. FILM STILLS, 1940’s etc. b/w, ‘How Green Was My Valley’, etc. (Q)
£20-40
6. [MAP] OGILBY (J.) The Road from Hereford to Leicester…, hand col’d engr. road map, central fold, 13 ½ x 17 ½ inches [P], f & g.
£30-50
7. [PHOTOGRAPHY] a large mounted albumen photograph by HENRY PEACH ROBINSON, Tunbridge Wells, entitled ‘A Merry Tale’ signed & titled in pencil on the mount, f & g.
£150-250
8. PRINTS, miscellaneous, 18th- 20th c., incl. series hand-col’d ‘Horses & riders after Vernet’ (trimmed) etc. (Q)
£40-70
9. EPHEMERA, misc. coll’n, 18th – 20th c. (1 box).
£20-40
10. POSTCARDS, WW1 era Canadian interest, a few baseball cigarette cards, in a album.
£20-40
11. Three miscellaneous scrap albums, 19th c. (3)
£30-60
12. [HASLEMERE INTEREST] hand-col’d linocut, ca. 1920, produced by the John Ruskin School, Foundry Meadow, Haslemere.
£30-50
13. [POSTCARDS] a good ‘tabernacle’ style large ART NOUVEAU postcard album, containing a full coll’n of cards, incl. 3 of the Irish International Exhibition Dublin, 1907, many TOPOGRAPHICAL, U.K. & N. France; another album and loose material. (Q)
£50-100
STAMPS
40. [STAMPS] A large qty. of Commonwealth, mostly off paper, country in packets, few Q.V & K.E., strong K.GVI period, plus box unsorted.
41. [STAMPS] Large qty. Of Q.E. on & off paper.
42. [STAMPS] Boxes of accessories inc. number of 2 and multi-ring binders, plus old reference catalogues and magazines.
£20-60
43. [STAMPS] GB large qty. of booklets, 3 albums and in envelope.
£150-200
44. [STAMPS] Large qty. of GB and world in filing trays, some tabulated.
45. [STAMPS] Five Heligoland stamps as seen.
46. [STAMPS] Eight albums and stock books, GB mint and used inc. decimals.
£100+
47. [STAMPS] Seven albums and stock books. Germany mint and used, mostly post war. GB QEII. Mint and mostly used in stock books (2), tins (2), and bags (3).
£100+
48. [STAMPS] Two New Age albums. QEII / Commonwealth.
£40-60
49. [STAMPS] Foreign collection – 8 medium albums.
£75-125
50. [STAMPS] French colonies in 5 medium albums, mint (some stuck down) and used.
£60-90
51. [STAMPS] France – 3 albums, mint and used collection from early (later mostly UMM).
£100+
52. [STAMPS] Eight albums, Commonwealth collection, mostly QEII.
£100-
53. [STAMPS] Channel Isles & Isle of Man, mint and used collection in 7 albums and stock books.
£100+
54. [STAMPS] Miscellaneous world in 5 albums and stock books.
£60+
55. [STAMPS] GB collection in Windsor albums, mint and used.
£50+
56. [STAMPS] Canada collection in S.G. album.
£60+
57. [STAMPS] New Zealand collection in S.G. album.
£50+
58. [STAMPS] Australia collection in S.G. album.
£75+
59. [STAMPS] Seahorses re-engraved, two 5/- and one 2/6d plus two 2/6d horses on piece.
£30-50
60. [STAMPS] St. Kitts collection in Collecta printed album QV-1980, mint and used. (S.G. £480)
£60+
61. [STAMPS] Small brown s/case of albums, s/cards etc. mostly Commonwealth.
£35+
62. [STAMPS] Wing, a set GB Penny red (ex. 3) and GB collection.
63. [STAMPS] Wing, QV telegraph stamp, heavily cancelled.
£90-120
64. [STAMPS] Bridger, two albums World Postage and Rowland Hall, QV and later GB and world (Zululand noted).
£60-80
65. [STAMPS] Trollope, Red Century postage stamp album, world.
£250-300
66. [STAMPS] Trollope, Victoria Philatelic Album No. 2, Commonwealth and world.
£600-800
67. [STAMPS] Trollope, two tins of world, plus F.D.C.’s.
£30-40
68. [STAMPS] Trollope, box mixed GB & Commonwealth, mostly 1937 Coronation.
£30-40
69. [STAMPS] Trollope, all world in Strand album & exercise book (2) inc. better Swiss.
£50-75
70. [STAMPS] Trollope, quantity early Chinese, Korean & Shanghai stamps on sheets (as is).
71. [STAMPS] Trollope, GB stamp booklets Ed VIII (B.C 2 x 2) (B.C. 4 x 1).
£75-100
72. [STAMPS] Trollope, 1934 high values used 2/6d x 12; 5/- x 5; 10/- x 2.
£60-80
73. [STAMPS] Dadd, album mainly South American and Cuba.
£30-50
74. [STAMPS] Eight stock books, Commonwealth mostly modern.
£75+
75. [STAMPS] GB in 2 brown stock books in mint, QV IR officials.
£120-150
76. [STAMPS] Foreign collection in 6 albums.
£50+
77. [STAMPS] Oddments, covers and loose in box.
£20+
78. [STAMPS] Mainly QV & KE period on original tissue faced stock cards – Commonwealth & European, USA etc. inc. German States (Wurtemburg etc.)
£40-60
79. [STAMPS] Old Movaleaf album with a variety of stamps.
£40-60
80. [STAMPS] Old green Strand album, world collection inc. early GB.
£50-70
81. [STAMPS] World in three albums (2 Movaleaf).
£60-80
82. [STAMPS] Two Kabe albums mint, Ascencion, Gibraltar, Falklands, British Antartica.
£50-80
83. [STAMPS] Three various albums & two stock books, GB & Commonwealth.
£30-50
84. [STAMPS] Four albums (inc. new ideal) Commonwealth.
£60-80
85. [STAMPS] Two stock books, Italy, Belgium & Holland, some early.
£80-100
86. [STAMPS] Devon album, two stock books and presentation mint Sweden stamp, all world etc.
£40-60
87. [STAMPS] Commonwealth collection in 3 albums inc. Merton album of India & Goldcoast.
£50-80
88. [STAMPS] Two large Red Star stock books, QE collection & New Zealand (from QV & later).
£50-80
89. [STAMPS] World in stock cards and envelopes, mostly used.
£50+
90. [STAMPS] All world in five albums.
£80+
91. [STAMPS] Commonwealth and Africa in Simplex album.
£70+
92. [STAMPS] GB collection in red Simplex.
£90+
93. [STAMPS] Two albums of world stamps.
£20-30
94. [STAMPS] Ideal Postage Stamp Album, 4th Edition (ca. 1914) fair q. of hinged stamps, incl. China, QV & KGV G.B. & Colonies
£70-100
[End of Stamp Section]
BOOKS
100. HOLCROFT (Thomas) Memoirs of Bryan Perdue: A Novel, 3 vols, 8vo, pp.viii, 290; title, pp. 268; title, pp. 268; quarter calf/glazed floral boards, labels, 1st Edn., L., 1805.
£200-400
101. LEAPOR (Mary) Poems upon Several Occasions, 8vo, title, 1f., pp. (5) – 15 [subscribers list], (1), pp. 282, 1f. blank, marbled wrappers, 1st Edn., L. 1748 [SEE ILLUSTRATION].
£300-400
102. BOROUGHS or BURROUGHS (Sir John) The Sovereignty of the British Seas. Proved by Records, History [etc.]. 12mo, 1f blank/paste-down [same paper], title, 4ff ‘To the Reader’, pp. 165 (1), rear paste-down (same paper), contemp. calf, L., Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1651. [SEE ILLUSTRATION].
£500-700
103. [CLEMENT (Simon)] A Discourse of the General Notions of Money, Trade & Exchanges…, 4to, pp.38, 1f Postscript (cropping affecting catchwords), L., 1695.
£300-500
104. BENTHAM (Jeremy) Papers Relative to Codification and Public Instruction: including Correspondence with the Russian Emperor and Divers Constituted Authorities in the American United States, 8vo, half-title, title, 1f. contents, pp. 112, [bound with] Supplement, title, 1f., pp. 171 (1), contemporary full calf, bookplate of Richard Davey, 1st Edn., L., 1817.
£300-400
105. BENTHAM (Jeremy) The Book of Fallacies from Unfinished Papers, 8vo, pp. xi (i), 411, contemp. calf, bookplate of Richard Davey, 1st Edn., L., 1824.
£200-300
106. CRICHTON (A.) Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Mental Derangement, 8vo, 2 vols, 2ff, pp xxix, (v.), 407; 2ff, pp. 435 (I), 5ff index, 1f. errata, contemp. calf, ex Medical Library (19th c. stamps), 1st Ed., L. 1798.
£300-600
107. [DOUAI PRINTING] BAKER (F. Augustin) & CRESSY (R. F. Serenus) Sancta Sophia, or Directions for the Prayer of Contemplation & C., Extracted…and Printed at the Charges of his Convent of S. Gregories in Doway, 2 vols bound as 1, 8vo, pp. 461, 1f. blank. pp. 310, 1f blank, ‘Postscript to the Reader’, pp. 311-334, part title [& new register], ‘Certaine Patternes of Devout Exercises…,’ pp. iii-clxviii, old panel calf, later e.p’s, At Doway, John Patte and Thomas Pievey, 1657.
£300-500
108. [MOLLOY (C.) & others] Common Sense; or the Englishman’s Journal…Published Weekly…, 12mo, contemp calf, L., 1738.
£70-100
109. NICHELSEN (W.) A Treatise on Practical Navigation and Seamanship, 4to, engr. frontispieces & 4 plates as called for, untrimmed in later half calf, 1st Edn., L., 1792.
£200-300
110. [CHASTELLUX (F. J., Marquis de)] An Essay on Public Happiness investigating the State of Human Nature…, 2 vols, 8vo, half-title, title, 4ff., pp. 424, 24 (Appendix), 14 ff. index, 1f errata, 1f. printed part-title; title, 1f., pp. 376, 4, 12ff. index, 2ff. corrections, tree calf, printed book labels of John Clucas, Ballakilley, Rushen, L., 1774 (2).
£200-300
111. OLDMIXON (John) editor. The Court of Atlantis containing A Four Years History of that Famous Island, Political and Gallant…, By Several Hands, 8vo, title, pp.vi, 1f contents, pp. 310, marbled wrappers, First Edition, L., Printed and Sold by J. Roberts, 1714 [SEE ILLUSTRATION].
£1,000-1,500
112. [COOKERY] UDE (L. E.) The French Cook…, 8vo, portrait, text diagrams, original cloth/boards, 14th Edn., L., 1841.
£40-70
113. [COOKERY] EATON (Mary) Cook and Housekeeper’s Complete and Universal Dictionary…, 8vo, frontispiece & additional engraved title, 4 engraved plates, marbled wrappers, Bungay, 1823.
£100-150
114. [COOKERY] The New Family Receipt Book containing Seven Hundred Truly Valuable Receipts, 8vo, original boards (crude reback), untrimmed, 1st Edn., L., 1810.
£150-250
115. [COOKERY] WALLACE (J.) The Confectioner’s Guide, and Ladies and Housekeeper’s Instructor Being a grand display of PASTRY…also CONFECTIONARY, 12mo, portrait frontispiece, pp. 144, marbled wraps, L., 1828.
£70-100
116. MOTH-LE-VAYER (Sieur) The Great Prerogative of A Private Life: By Way of Dialogue, 12mo, title, 7ff., pp.126, contemp. calf, booklabel of Samuel Bennett, 1742, L., Printed by J. C., 1678 [SEE ILLUSTRATION].
£500-1,000
117. [BIBLIOGRAPHY] LANDSOWNE (William, Marquis of) Bibliotheca Lansdowniana. A Catalogue of the Entire Library which will be sold by Auction By Leigh and Sotheby, Booksellers…on Monday the 6th Day of January 1806 and the Thirty successive Days…, 8vo, 1f engraved index leaf with ms. ‘totals’, 1f. blank, 1f. title, pp. 244 [BOUND WITH] A Catalogue of the Extensive Collection of Maps, Charts and Books of Prints of the Late…Marquis of Lansdowne…, 8vo, 1f title, 1f index, pp. 44, [BOUND WITH] Bibliotheca Lansdowniana Part II…Curious Political Historical Tracts and Pamphlets, title, 1f. index, pp. 48; red ruled and all priced throughout in a neat ms. hand, L., 1806.
£400-700
118. [DEFOE (Daniel)] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 8vo, title, 1f. Preface, pp. 5-318, 1f adverts, folding world map, 4 folding plates + 1 full-page plate, contemp. calf, early owner Thos. Feerne, 3rd Edn., L., 1722.
£60-120
119. OGILBY (John) Traveller’s Guide: or A Most Exact Description of the Roads of England, 8vo, 4ff., pp 187 (7), 193-254 & additional title page to the Tables (dated 1712), folding map, binding amateur over original cover?, L., [1712]; & 4 others. (5)
£60-120
120. [LONDON] Chronicles of London Bridge, by an Antiquary, 8vo, illus., tree calf, L., 1828; and misc. vols on London. (1 box)
£50-100
121. [KENT] BARRETT (J.) History of the Ville of Birchington, Thanet, Kent, 8vo, illus., contemp. morocco, 2nd Edn., Margate, ca. 1900.
£50-100
122. [TOPOGRAPHY etc.] HUSSEY (C.) Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens, Domesday Surrey; coll’n of books on Cornwall, etc. (2 boxes)
£70-140
123. [PERIODICAL] PHOENIX. South East Asia Command’s Picture Weekly, 1945/6., one or two wrappers lacking, Calcutta (s.w.a.f.)
£10-20
124. CLARK (Richard) An Account of the National Anthem entitled God Save the King, 8vo, subscribers list, engraved plates & music, untrimmed in later half morocco, L., 1822.
£50-100
125. ART & ANTIQUE REFERENCE books, various. (1 box)
£15-30
126. CARROLL (L.) Hunting of the Snark, 8vo, illus. M. Peake, no d.w., 1st, 1948; & 2 other vols. (3)
£10-20
127. [GUITAR] BUTTON (S.) The Guitar in England, 1800-1924, 8vo, N.Y. 1984; & 4 other vols. (5)
£10-20
128. miscellaneous literature, history etc. (3 boxes)
£60-100
129. HAGGARD (H. Rider) Maiwa’s Revenge; or, the War of the Little Hand, 8vo, clo. lettered in red, 1st Edn., L., 1888.
£60-100
130. KIPLING (R.) & BALESTIER (W.) The Naulahka: A Story of West and East, 8vo, rust-coloured cloth, decorated & lettered in dark red, ‘spine’ gilt lettered, 1st Edn., L., 1892.
£60-100
131. GOULD (S. Baring) Noemi. A Story of Rock-Dwellers, 8vo, frontis-plates, red cloth gilt, 1st Edn., L., 1895; PEMBERTON (M.) Kronstadt, 8vo, map & plates, clo., 1st Edn., L., 1898 (2).
£20-40
132. LANG (A.) The Yellow Fairy Book, 8vo, illus., yellow cloth gilt (sp. faded), 1st Edn., L., 1894; True Story Book, 1st, 1893. (2)
£40-60
133. GREENAWAY (Kate) illustrator: YONGE (C.) The Heir of Redclyffe, 8vo, clo., frontis, 4 plates, L., 1893; EWING (J. H.) Flat Iron for a Farthing, 8vo, illus. by M. V. Wheelhouse, clo., d.w., L., 1908. (2)
£20-40
134. misc. mostly early 20th c lit., incl. an album of Victorian photos of artwork and horses. (1 box)
£25-40
135. Easy Lessons on MONEY MATTERS; for the Use of Young People, 12mo, text illus., clo., L., 1858; & 9 other small format vols., 19th c. (10).
£40-60
136. RUSKIN (John) Stones of Venice, 3 vols., 4to, plates, original cloth gilt. L., 1851-53, bookplate of Lord James Butler. (3)
£70-100
137. [RUSKIN] COLLINGWOOD (W. G.) Life and Work of John Ruskin, 2 vols, 4to (Large Paper), plates, LTD EDN 245/320 sets, quarter vellum, L., 1893; Poems of John Ruskin, 2 vols., 4to, plates, L.P., t. e.g., quarter vellum, L., 1891. (4)
£100-150
138. [RUSKIN] COOK (E. T.) Studies in Ruskin: some Aspects of the Work and Teaching, 4to, plates, Large Paper, cloth, George Allen, 1890.
£20-40
139. MILTON (John) The Poetical Works, 3 vols., 8vo, contemp. straight grain burgundy morocco gilt, L., William Pickering, 1826. (3)
£60-120
140. ROBERT ANNING BELL, illustrator: Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb, 8vo, full vellum gilt, t.e.g., L., 1899.
£60-120
141. [LOCKE (John)] Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 8vo, title, 3ff., pp.262, 1f. Contents, contemp. speckled calf, late 19th c. reback and fresh e.p.’s, small strip at head of title replaced, a clean, crisp copy with good margins, 1st Edn., 1st Issue, London, Printed for A. and J. Churchill, 1693. NOTE: we have collated this copy against Todd’s bibliography and it conforms in all respects to the first issue of the five listed ‘stop press’ corrections found in the First Edition, the first three are corrected, the last two uncorrected. PROVENANCE: purchased circa 1900 by the present owner’s grandfather. [SEE ILLUSTRATION]
£2,000-4,000
142. [IRELAND] [KILLALLA, Bishop of] A Narrative of What Passed at Killalla, in the County of Mayo, and the Parts Adjacent, during the French Invasion in the Summer of 1798. By an Eyewitness, 8vo, half-titles title, pp. 148 t.e.g., rest untrimmed, polished half calf gilt by Riviere & Sons, L., 1800. [see illustration]
£300-500
143. CHEVALIER (M.) & COBDEN (Richard, translator) On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold, 8vo, original cloth lettered in gilt, Manchester, 1859.
£80-120
144. [ETON] Hugh Macnaghten’s House Record. Eton 1899-1920, obl. folio, illus., half blue leather, 50/200 copies, Privately Printed, n.d./ca. 1920; & another vol. (2)
£15-30
145. QUARLES (F.) Emblems Divine and Moral, 12mo, engr. frontis & text illus., collated complete, contemp.calf, L., 1736; [HOPE] (T.) Anastasius, or, Memoirs of a Greek written at the close of the Eighteenth Century, 3 vols, 2nd Edn., Belper bookplate, L., 1820; GODWIN (W.) Adventure of Caleb Williams, Paris, Baudry, 1832; Helme (Elizabeth) Mist of Scotland, 2 vols, Brentford, 1806; & misc. (2 boxes)
£100-150
146. MENTMORE SALE, 5 vols. as issued, plus single vol. unillustrated edition.(6)
£15-25
147. JEKYLL (Gertrude) Home and Garden, 8vo, plates as called for, cloth gilt, [bookplate of fellow horticulturalist Maria Theresa Earle, Woodlands, Cobham], 1st Edn., L., 1900.
£20-30
148. ANGLING etc. small q.
£15-25
149. BINDING/PLATES. Encyclopedia Metropolitana, 7 vols., 4to plates incl. Map of Asia on 6 folding sheets, diced calf gilt, L., 1845 (7).
£20-40
150. SMITH (N.) Descriptive Atlas of Anatomy, plates, quarter leather, L., 1880.
£10-20
151. [LONDON/GREAT EXHIBITION] Illustrated London News, Jan- June 1862, folio, folding map (stained), colour views of the Great Exhibition, 2 folding colour view of Canadian Interest, covers off/worn, L., 1862; & another vol. (2)
£20-40
152. Ernest Thompson SETON, William J. LONG, C. ROBERTS, coll’n of illustrated Natural History books, including America 1st Edns. (14)
£30-40
153. misc. lit., incl. NEWBOLT (Sir H.) Aladore, Ltd Edn., illus., vellum, signed, 1904. (2 boxes)
154. misc. CHILDREN’S & ILLUSTRATED. (1 box)
£30-60
155. misc. ART REF. & ILLUSTRATED. (1 box)
156. [ARCHITECTURE] KERR (R.) The Gentleman’s House or How to Plan English Residences, 8vo, folding plans etc., cloth, L., 1864; MOORE (N.) St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in Peace and War, Pres. Copy 1915; BARKER (Lady) Bedroom and Boudoir, 8vo, illus., clo., L., 1878; & 3 other vols. (6)
£60-100
157. [TRADE CATALOGUES – EQUESTRIAN] English Riding Saddlery, 4to, illus., card covers, Jabez, Cliff & Co./Barnsby of Walsall, ca. 1927; & another. (2)
£25-40
158. [MANUSCRIPT DEEDS] a good quantity of mostly vellum deeds, mortgages, probates, assignments etc., 18th & 19th century, mostly of London & Hampshire interest. (Q)
£150-250
159. ACTS, quantity of misc. disbound Parliamentary Acts, various subjects, including Sail Cloth Duty, Tea & Spirits, Mutiny, Turnip Thieving, Fullers Earth, extra money for Nelson’s Estate, 18th & 19th c. (Q)
£50-100
160. BERRY (William) County Genealogies. Pedigrees of the Families in County of SUSSEX, 1 vol/2 parts bound as a 2 vols., folio, later full leather, L., 1830 & 7 other vols. Sussex/Genealogy etc. (9)
£100-150
161. MARSHALL (F.) FOOTBALL, The Rugby Union Game, 8vo, illus., clo., Revised & Enlarged Edn., L., ca. 1895.
£25-50
162. [CRICKET] BELOAM (G.) & FRY (C.) Great Batsmen, 8vo, illus., clo. gilt, L., 1905.
£25-50
163. FIAMMA (Gabriel) Rime Spirituali, 8vo, title with woodcut device, 3ff. ded’n., 2ff. to the reader, 2ff. contents, pp. 502, 11ff. verses etc., 9ff index & colophon., 1f. blank, binding restored retaining fine early morocco lower panel and spine with multiple gilt ornamentation, old e.p.’s, edges finely gilt gauffred with additional applied paint decoration, old foredge titling showing through,, In Vinegin [Venice], Presso a Francesco de Franceschi, Senese, 1575.
£200-400
164. [AUTHOR’S COPY] WREN (P. C.) The Mammon of Rightness. The Story of the Coxe and the Box, 8vo, clo., 1st Edn., 1930 BOOKPLATE of P. C. WREN, SIGNED & INSCRIBED; & 2 other 1st Edns (not signed) by WREN. (3)
£50-100
165. [HUNTING] Life of a Sportsman, by NIMROD, lge 8vo, frontispiece, additional title & plates all hand-col’d, half calf gilt, L., 1905.
£60-120
166. BUCKMASTER (H.) Buck’s Book Ventures – Adventures and Misadventures, 8vo, plates, SIGNED LTD EDN 158/200 copies, cloth-backed patterned boards, L., 1933.
£20-30
167. [CAMEO/INTAGLIO] JOKELSON (P.) Sulphides. The Art of Cameo Encrustation, 4to, illus., clo., d.w., 1st Edn., slipcase, N. Y., 1968.
£15-20
168. PICTURE POST, vols 1-4, original wrappers bound in contemporary cloth, gilt, L., 1938/9. (4)
£200-300
169. CHURCHILL (Winston Spencer) Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 vols, 8vo, 2 frontispieces, 16 plates, tissueguards, red cloth gilt, 1st Edn., L., 1906. (2)
£80-110
170. CHURCHILL (Winston) Coniston, 8vo, illus., clo., 1st Edn., L., 1968.
£20-30
171. GREENE (Graham) The Pleasure Dome. The Collected Film Criticism 1935-1940, sm. 4to, illus., clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1972.
£25-50
172. JAMES (Henry) The Letters of…., 2 vols, 8vo, crushed half navy morroco gilt, a.e.g., 1st UK Edn., L., 1920. (2)
£80-120
173. POGANY (Willy) illustrator: Rubaiyat of Omer Khayyam, 4to, illus., suede covers, L., n.d.
£70-100
174. SATURDAY BOOK (The) vols 1-34, 8vo, profusely illustrated, of which 24 in d.w.’s, L., 1941-1975; together with ‘Collectors Items’ from the Saturday Book. (35)
£150-250
175. INSURANCE HISTORY, misc. coll’n. (2 boxes)
£30-50
176. HAWTHORNE (N. ) Tanglewood Tales, 4to, illus. by George Wharton Edwards, clo., L., 1888.
£10-20
177. HARDING (J. D.) Lessons on Art, 4to, 48 litho plates, original cloth, 2nd Edn., L., n.d. [1840’s].
£25-50
178. JOHN RAY, a small album, filled with pen & ink drawn postcard size pictorial sentiments to “ma Margot cherie de John”, ca. 1912/13
£30-50
179. GWILT (J.) & PAPWORTH (W.) An Encyclopedia of ARCHITECTURE, 3 vols, 8vo, illus., L., 1867.
£80-120
180. CAUMONT (M. A. de) Abecedaire ou Rudiment d’Archaeologie, 8vo, illus., half calf, 5th Edn., Caen, 1867; & 2 other vols. (3)
£30-50
182. [ART REFERENCE] WILLIAMS (I.) Early English Watercolours…, 4to, illus., boards, repr., 1973; and 6 other useful vols, incl. HISLOP’S 2003 Price Guide; OMAN (C.) Caroline Silver 1625-1688, 8vo, illus., clo., d.w., repr. 1973; HUGHES (G.) Antique Sheffield Plate, sm. 4to, illus., clo., d.w., 1st Edn., Batsford, 1970. (9)
£25-50
183. WAUGH (Evelyn) Unconditional Surrender, 8vo, clo., (no d.w.), 1st Edn, L., 1961.
£10-20
184. DOMESDAY BOOK (Little) – SUFFOLK, 2 vols, folio matching cloth / brands, L., Alecto, 2000; DOMESDAY STUDIES, lge folio, uniform binding, Alecto, 1987. (3)
£50-100
185. [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Book Collector, Vol. 1 No. 1 – No. 4, & other issues, 1950’s & 60’s; q. of THE POWYS REVIEW; TAUBERT (S.) Bibliopola, Pictures and Texts about the Book Trade, 2 vols, 4to, illus., clo., slipcase, [1966]; BRUCCOLI & CLARK, First Printings of Americas Authors, 4 vols. (2 boxes).
£40-60
186. [BOXING] FLEISCHER (N.) Young Griffo, The Will-O’the Wisp of the Ring, 8vo booklet 96pp., illus., [covers covered with sellotape], N.Y. [1928]
£10-20
187. [BOXING] DEGHY (G.) Noble and Manley. History of the National Sporting Club, (Pelican Club), 8vo, illus., clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1956; DOHERTY, In the Days of the Giants, selo-repairs, 1st, 1931; Archie MOORE story, clo., d.w., 1st, L., 1960; & one other sporting book. (4)
£20-40
188. [BOXING] The “Ring” Magazine, a very good coll’n, American Editions: June-Dec 1930, complete run for each year 1931-1939, 1940 (Jan-Sept), 1947 (July-Dec), 1948 (Jan-June, Nov & Dec), another complete run 1949-1952, 1953 (Feb-Dec - a few British issues), Jan. 1954 (U.K. issue) original wrappers, profusely illus., a few minor faults (Q; sold as a periodical).
£400-600
189. CUNNINGHAM (A.) Cabinet Gallery of Pictures,…with Biographical Dissertations, 2 vols., sm. 4to, engraved plates, L., 1836; “The Car” Road Book, 8vo, folding linen maps, wallet style leather covers, L., 1906; & MISC. LIT. (13)
£15-25
190. [CRESTS] a fine 19th c. morocco bound album, with crests, ROYALTY PHOTOS, clipped signatures etc, ex-libris Jane Cunningham, Greenock, 1869.
£20-40
191. MONEY (W.) editor: A Perfect Booke of all the Lands…within the Hundreds of Evenger, Chutlyre, Kingsclere, Pastroc and Overton…1575, 4to, map frontis, cloth gilt (ex. publ. lib-discreet stamps), Newbury, 1901.
£30-50
192. KELLY’S DIRECTORY of Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorsetshire including the Isle of Wight, 4to, 3 folding maps, original cloth (backstrip gone), L., 1889.
£70-100
193. KELLY’S DIRECTORY of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk , Suffold & Essex, 4to, (lacking ff. before title), maps only for Cambridgeshire and Suffolk (torn), original red cloth gilt, L., 1912.
£70-100
194. BRABNER (J.) editor: Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 6 vols., 4to, plates, col. maps & town plans, cloth gilt, L., W. Mackenzie, n.d., (ca. 1890’s). (6)
£100-150
195. BRYAN (M.), GRAVES (R.) & ARMSTRONG (W.) Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, 2 vols. 4to, clo., L., 1893; LADY DILKE, French Painters, 1899. (3)
£20-40
196. SKELTON (J.) Family Medical Adviser, 8vo, frontis, text illus., clo., 6th Edn., L., 1861.
£20-40
197. [PHOTOGRAPHY] a 4to wind-up musical photograph album, chromo leaves, windowed musical compartment & key, morocco gilt (backstrip repaired); 2 other albums with chromo leaves; & 1 other album; all with a few cabinet & other photos. (4)
£80-120
198. [HOROLOGY/CLOCKS] ROBINSON (T.) Longcase Clocks, 4to, illus., clo., d.w., repr. 1989; 2 others on clocks & small q. of misc. lit. (1 box)
£15-30
199. [PHOTOGRAPHY/CHINA] HURLEY (R. C.) Sixty Pictures of Canton, small obl. folio, mounted photos, captioned, pictorial boards (worn), Hong Kong, 1899.
£70-120
200. PHOTO ALBUMS, a diverse coll’n of 4 albums, 20th c., WWI Naval Interest, etc.
£40-60
201. [PHOTOGRAPHS] “ Photographic Groups of Eminent Personages,” 4to, 7 mounted composite portrait groups with accompanying keys, contemp. cloth gilt., ca. 1880.
£100-150
202. [PHOTOGRAPHS] a daguerrotype (cased) & various portraits incl. Gladstone (Q).
£20-40
203. [PHOTOGRAPHS] an India album, 1920’s; an Edwardian family album; a topographical album (Jersey/Buxton/etc.) & some loose photos (Q).
£50-100
204. [PHOTOGRAPH] “Manvers Main [Fire] Rescue Brigade, Feb. 1926”, group photo with equipment, mounted (1).
£10-20
205. [BINDINGS/AMERICAN WARS] The Annual Register…, 62 vols., 8vo, contemporary uniform half calf gilt, spinning the years 1758-1820 (1820 publ. in 2 parts), L., Dodsley, 1768-1822 (62).
£800-1200
206. GALSWORTHY (John) Works, 30 vols, 8vo, SIGNED, LIMITED EDN 275/530 sets, quarter vellum gilt, d.w.’s, Manaton Edn., L., 1923 (30).
£200-300
207. SOWERBY (J.) English Botany or Coloured Figures of British Plants, 4 vols. (of 5 only), col. plates, original cloth, 3rd Edn., L., 1902.
£80-160
208. CARY’S New and Correct English Atlas, Being a New Set of County Maps…,4to, engraved title, 1f. contents, tissue guards, general map, 46 county maps, all hand col’d in outline, 45ff. letterpress, 17pp. text, contemp. half calf (clean copy) L., 1793.
£500-800
209. [PHOTOGRAPHY] MOOR (W.) The Birth-Place, Home, Churches and other Places connected with [Rev. J. Keble], 4to, 32 mounted albumen photos by Savage, cloth, Winchester, 1867.
£20-40
210. [TOPOGRAPHY, etc.] BUCHAN (J. W.) History of Peeblesshire, 3 vols, 1925; TAYLOR (A.) Papers in Relation to the Ancient Topography of the Eastern Counties, 4to, L., 1869; & misc. (1 box)
£70-120
211. [WATERLOO] Collection de Douze Vues, obl. sm. folio, 12 lithos & folding map, wrappers, Bruxelles, ca. 1839.
£20-30
212. misc. lit incl. Churchill & some leatherbound. (2 boxes)
£25-50
213. Book & Magazine Collector – a complete run nearly to the present time.
£15-25
214. Lake District, Devon, the Hague – a q. of mounted aquatints, lithos, etc. (Q)
£25-50
215. Mrs Beeton’s Household Management, New Edn; WHITTOCK, Picturesque Beauties of Surrey & Sussex, 4to, plates, L., ca. 1840; & misc. lit. (1 box)
£40-60
216. DALLAWAY (J.) Anecdotes of the Arts of England…, 8vo, add. engr. title, pp. xxi (iii), 526, 1f. adverts, later quarter calf, L., 1800.
£100-150
217. BURKE (J.) Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages…, 8vo, portrait frontis, add. chromo title, calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1840; CASTLE (S.) Domestic Gothic of the Tudor Period, 4to, illus., with a.l.s. with vignette watercolour, clo., L., 1927; & 2 other vols. (4)
£50-80
218. BRIDGES (Robert) Now in Wintry Delights, 4to, folding facsimile plate, wrappers, Oxford, DANIEL PRESS, 1903.
£60-80
219. [BYRON] [WATKINS (J.)] Memoirs of the Life and Writings of…Lord Byron, 8vo, portrait frontis, untrimmed in original boards, publishers cat at front, advert f. at back, 1st Edn., L., 1822.
£60-80
220. KEATE (George) An Account of the Pellew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, 4to, portrait frontis., folding map, 15 plates (incl. folding) as called for, pp. xxvii (i), 378, 1f. errata, boards, L., 1788.
£150-250
221. [BINDINGS] IRVING (W.) Sketch Book (5th Edn.) & Bracebridge Hall (New Edn.), 4 vols., 8vo, uniform green calf gilt; & 6 misc. other vols. (10)
£80-120
222. ELLIS (G.) Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances / Early English Poets, 6 vols., 8vo, uniform calf gilt, L., 1811. (6)
£80-120
223. EVELYN (John) The Diary of …edited by E. S. de Beer, 6 vols., 8vo, clo., d.w.’s, Oxford, 1955. (6)
£60-80
224. LLOYD GEORGE (David) Abraham Lincoln, 8vo pamphlet, 65/300 copies, card covers, comp clip P. P., Cleveland, April 1924.
£40-50
225. SHELLEY (Percy Bysshe) Verse and Prose…, 8vo, clo., PP / Curwen Press, 1934; & 3 other poetry collections. (4)
£50-60
226. RACKHAM (Arthur) illustrator: A Dish of Apples by Eden Philpotts, sm. 4to, 3 tipped-in col. plates, pictorial cloth, L., Hodder, n.d. & 2 others. (3)
£50-60
227. CAUSSIN (N.) The Holy Court…, folio, frontis & engr. text vignettes, contemp. calf gilt, L., 1678.
£100-150
228. THEOLOGY, misc. coll’n, folio et infra, leatherbound, 17th-20th c.
£100-150
229. JEBB (J.) The Homilies Considered, Dublin, 1826 bound with 3 other pamphlets; WEBER (F.) Judische Theologic, Leipzig 1897; & 4 other vols, misc. (6)
£50-80
230. [PENNANT (Thomas)] The History of the Parishes of Whiteford and Holywell, 4to, frontis, engr. title with vignette, 21 plates, add. engr. vignette title, text vignette, covers off, L., 1796.
£50-100
231. NASH (Paul) MARX (Enid) et alia, In Praise of Patterned Papers. A Collection of Essays, 4to, samples tipped in cloth-backed patterned boards, LIMITED EDN 281/300 copies, Incline Press, 1997.
£250-300
232. [RAGLAN] Life of Field-Marshal Lord Raglan…reprinted by Permission, 12mo, original cloth gilt, L., W. H. Smith, 1855.
£40-60
233. MAYHEW (Augustus) Paved with Gold, or the Romance and Reality of the London Streets, 8vo, add. engr. title & plates as called for, original cloth gilt, 1st Edn., L., 1858.
£40-60
234. JAMES (W. P.) Romantic Professions and Other Papers, 1st , L., 1896; LE GALLIENE (R.) The Romance of Zion Chapel, 1st Edn., L., 1898; Book Bills of Parnassus, frontispiece, 1st Edn., L., 1895; & 2 other vols. by others. (5)
£50-80
235. HEAD (Sir George) Rome. A Tour of Many Days, 3 vols., 8vo, plan, cloth, L., 1849; LOUDON (Mrs) The Lady’s Country Companion, 8vo, L., 1846; & other vols. (1 box)
£60-90
236. CRAWFORD (F. Marion) Don Orsino, 3 vols., 8vo, original cloth, L., 1892; & misc. lit.
(2 boxes)
£50-80
237. [ECONOMICS] TROUP (C. E.) Future Work of Free Trade in English Legislation, 8vo, presentation copy, cloth, 1st Edn., L., 1884; HERBERT (J. B.) Labourers Allotments Act, 1887, 8vo, 1st, clo., L., 1887; The Financial Reform Almanack for Politicians, Writers, Public Speakers & c., 1901; & 5 other interesting diverse vols. (8)
£50-80
238. [SUSSEX] SNEWIN (E.) Glimpses of Old Worthing, 1945 (Worthing Pageant series); FOX-WILSON (F.) The Story of Goring and Highdown, 1987; and others of Sussex interest. (2 boxes)
£30-40
239. [SUSSEX] COX (E. W.) & DUKE (F.) In and Around Steyning, 1954; CHEAL (H.) The Story of Shoreham, 1921; & 3 others of Sussex interest. (4)
£40-50
240. [SUSSEX] WRIGHT (C.) The History and Description of Arundel Castle, 12mo, folding frontis & 1 other folding plate (lacks h.t.), L., 1818; [CARACCIOLI (C.)] The Antiquities of Arundel, 8vo, (covers off, lacks ½ t.), L., 1766. (2)
£40-50
241. [SUSSEX] EVANS (J.) Picture of Worthing to which is added an account of…other parts of the surrounding country, 12mo, folding frontis, 1 plate, (blank margin of title repaired), later quarter calf, L., 1805.
£50-60
242. NAVAL CHRONICLE (The), 20 vols., 8vo, plates removed, bindings worn, early 19th c. Capt. Cook / Nelson interest, with all faults.
£30-50
243. THE ENID BLYTON BIBLE PICTURES (New Testament), 27/30 large col. plates; HISTORY CLASS PICTURES / GEOGRAPHY, Animals of the World, approx. 500 classroom col. pictures in all, with folders and boxes, Macmillan & Co., 1950’s (as a collection of plates).
£200-300
244. [ART] THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA Collection. Catalogue of the Paintings, 2 vols, 4to, illus., clo., d.w.’s, slipcases, 1969. (2)
£25-50
245. BAINBRIDGE (H.) Peter Carl FABERGE…, 4to, illus., clo., LTD EDN, Batsford, 1949.
£20-40
246. ROOSEVELT (Theodore & Kermit) East of the Sun and West of the Moon, 8vo, plates & maps as called for, cloth gilt, 1st Edn., New York, 1926.
£30-50
247. NEWBOLT (H.) Drake’s Drum, 4to, col. plates by A. D. McCormick, cloth gilt, L., n.d.
£20-30
248. Lapocalypse figuree, folio, facsimile of the Lyon 1561 edn., quarter morocco, 682/735 copies, 1962.
£10-20
249. RACKHAM (Arthur) The Ingoldsby Legends, 4to, mounted col. plates, pictorial cloth, reprint, L., 1920.
£60-80
250. HOPKINS (Manley) Hawaii: The Past, Present and Future of its Island-Kingdom. An Historical Account of the Sandwich Islands, Polynesia. Second Edition, 8vo, portrait, 6 plates, folding map, green cloth, L., 1866.
£50-100
251. MACKENZIE (Compton) Sublime Tobacco, 8vo, illus., clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1957.
£10-20
252. PANTON (J.) Nooks and Corners, 8vo, illus., pictorial cloth, L., 1889.
£25-50
253. [MAKE-UP] WARD (E.) A Book of Make-Up, 8vo, plates, pictorial boards, L., n.d.
£10-20
254. [INDIA] NEWCOMBE (A.) Village, Town and Jungle Life in India, 8vo, 30 plates as called for, pictorial cloth, 1st Edn., L., 1905.
£80-120
255. [TAHITI, LOYALTY ISLANDS, KANAKA & WALPOLE ISLAND] COURCY-PARRY (C. N. de) Wanderings in the Pacific, 8vo, illus., clo., PRESENTATION COPY, L., [1924].
£40-60
256. [MALAYA] WELLS (C.) Six Years in the Malay Jungle, 8vo, frontis, 3 double-sided photo plates, text illus., clo., d.w., N.Y. [1925]. TOMLINSON (H. M.) Tide Marks. Being…a Journey to the Beaches of the Moluccas and the Forest of Malaga in 1923, 8vo, frontis & 15 plates, pictorial cloth gilt, NY/L., 1924.
(2)
£50-100
257. [BERMUDA/SOMERS ISLAND] HAYWARD (W.) Bermuda Past and Present…Revised Edition, 8vo, illus., clo., N.Y., 1927.
£10-20
258. LORANT (S.) Life and Times of THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 4to, profusely illus., clo., d.w., ex-libris broadcaster Alastair Cooke, 1st Edn., N. Y. 1959; & 2 other unusual biographies. (3)
£20-40
259. DIETZ (Nettie Fowler) A White Woman in a Black Man’s Country, 8vo, profusely illus., 2 folding maps, Privately Printed, 2nd printing, 1926 (library blind stamp & accession number).
£15-20
260. HAGENBECK (C.) Beasts and Men, lge 8vo, portrait frontis, profusely illus., clo., title blindstamp: ‘Presentation Copy’, clo., 1st Edn., 1909; [LIBERIA] DONNER (Etta) Hinterland Liberia, 8vo, 32 plates, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1939; [ANGOLA] BARNS (T. A.) Angolan Sketches, 8vo, illus., clo., 1st Edn., L., 1938. (3)
£30-60
261. Picturesque Europe, 4 vols., 4to, illus., cloth gilt, L., n.d.; Handbook of British Birds, 5 vols. (1 box)
£20-40
262. LOCAL HISTORY / GENEALOGY, q. of good quality h.b. lit. (1 box)
£40-60
263. SUFFOLK RECORDS SOCIETY, q. of good quality h.b., various subjects. (1 box)
£40-60
264. GRIBBLE (Vivien) illustrator: Songs from ‘The Princess’ by Alfred Tennyson, 8vo, 44/150 copies signed, L., 1924; LERMONTOV (M.) The Demon, 10/325 copies, L., 1930; MORRIS (W.) An Address, L., 1898. (3)
£30-60
265. AKING (G. F.) Furniture of Windsor Castle, lge 4to, illus., quarter pigskin, L., 1905.
£50-100
266. BECKETT (R.) et al. Editors: JOHN CONSTABLE’s Correspondence [and Discourses], set of 8 vols., 4 in d.w.’s, Ipswich, 1962-1975.
£70-100
267. misc. lit., incl. Winston Churchill; Old England, 2 vols; TOLKEIN (J. R. R.) Return of the King, 1st, clo. 1955; etc. (2 boxes)
£30-60
268. GURNEY (J. J.) Notes on a Visit to some of the Prisons in Scotland and the North of England, 8vo, pp. viii, 170, later half calf, 1st Edn., L., 1819.
£50-100
269. misc. TOPOGRAPHICAL INTEREST & Antiquarian. (1 box)
£90-120
270. misc. lit. by Maxwell Grey, Elizabeth Serrell & others. (1 box)
£40-60
271. [BIBLIOGRAPHY] HARLEY (J.) Old Series of Ordnance Survey Maps…, Volume 1, folio, illus., clo., d.w., Kent 1975; Kress Library Catalogue; etc. (1 box)
£30-50
272. AUSTEN (Jane) works, 6 vols., 8vo, clo., d.w.’s (worn), l., 1939; & misc. lit 18th –20th c. (1 box)
£20-30
273. [CARS] Manual of the Morris Isis Six, 1930 Edn., & 5 others cars & motorcycles. (6)
£10-20
274. HAKLUYT SOCIETY Journals of Captain James Cook, Charts & Views only, folio.
£20-40
275. CRADOCK (S.) Knowledge & Practice, or a Plain Discourse of the Chief Things necessary to be known, …intended for the use of…North-Cadbur [y] in Somersetshire, 8vo, (stained, eroded fore-edges at front & back, as is), contemp. calf, L., 1659; Family Illustrated Bible, lge folio, col. & b/w plates, calf, L., ca. 1855; & another, smaller bible, full morocco gilt, clasps. (3)
£50-100
276. MILNE (A. A.) House at Pooh Corner, 8vo, illus. by E. H. Shepard, pink cloth gilt, d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1928.
£80-120
277. MILNE (A. A.) Now We Are Six, 8vo, illus., by E. H. Shepard, cloth gilt, d.w. (chipped), 1st Edn., L., 1927.
£50-100
278. misc. lit, incl. CHILDREN’S (1 box)
£15-20
279. [EMBLEM BOOK] QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS, Emblemata…Studio Othon is Vani Batauolugdunensis, 4to, title with engraved vignette, 3ff. (ie pp.3-8) pp. 9-214, of which 103 full-page engravings, early English panel calf, Antwerp, 1612.
£400-600
280. SMALL (Robert) A Statistical Account of the Parish and Town of Dundee in the Year MDCCXCII, 8vo, pp.83 (1), contemp. roan-backed marbled boards, Dundee [1793].
£60-100
281. COMBE (George) Thoughts on Capital Punishment, 8vo, pp.16, Edinburgh, 1847, bound with other essays by the same author, contemp. cloth (worn). (1)
£50-100
282. [TOPOGRAPHY] PATERSON (D.) New and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales, 8vo, double-page map, boards, 7th Edn., L., 1786; BAINES (E.) History; Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York…Vol. 1 [only] – West Riding, 8vo, calf (worn), Leeds, 1822; and a part-work, Hertfordshire, [by Cox], ca. 1720. (3)
£50-100
283. CURL (J. S.) Honourable Irish Society and the Plantation of ULSTER 1608-2000, 4to, illus., clo., d.w., 1st Edn., Phillimore, 2000.
£20-40
284. [CYPRUS] MEIKLE (D.) Wild Flowers of Cyprus, folio, plates by Elektra Megaw, green crushed quarter morocco, vellum tips, LIMITED EDITION, 58 of 200 copies signed by artist, author & publisher, L./Chichester, 1973.
£80-120
285. TAIT (A. F.) & CLAYTON (A. B.) Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, folio, 1970 facsimile folio edn. of the 1845 original, LIMITED EDITION of 950 copies, with prospectus/booklet, clo., d.w., Newcastle, 1970.
£20-40
286. LOUTHERBOURG (P. J. de) Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales, folio, facsimile edn. LTD EDN., half morocco, clamshell case, prospectus loose within, Scolar Press, 1979.
£80-120
287. ANCESTOR (The), A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities, 12 vols. 4to, illus., original boards, L., 1902-1905; together with the relevant index pamphlets, & 5 duplicate vols. (Q)
£50-100
288. [HISTORY] a coll’n of Royal Historical Society / Camden Reports, 4th Series; q. of ‘Archaelogia’, bound vols. 1950’s/60’s (not a run); & misc. vols. (2 boxes)
£50-100
291. GALSWORTHY (John) Works, 26 vols., limp leather; 2 vols, Asprey Ref. Library, leatherbound; & misc. lit. (1 box)
292. [FURNITURE] SYMONDS (R.) Old English Walnut & Lacquer Furniture, 4to, L., 1923; & 2 others. (3)
£20-30
293. [NATURAL HISTORY] TRIMMER (Mary) A Natural History…, 2 vols, 12mo, wood engr. & vignettes, contemp. calf gilt, ex-lib Caroline Spencer Churchill, L., 1826; HULME, Familiar Wild Flowers, 8 vols. in 4, col. plates, L., n.l.
£30-60
294. HUMPHREYS (H. N.) & WESTWOOD (J. O.) British Butterflies and their Transformations, 4to, additional pictorial title, & 42 numbered plates, all hand coloured, original cloth gilt, L., 1841.
295. BIBLE, The Family…, 2 vols, 4to, woodcut illus. by Lee, Austin et al, full crushed morocco gilt by Sangerski & Sutcliffe, L., n.d. ca. 1825. (2)
£150-300
296. LADYBIRD BOOKS, misc. titles, few in d.w.’s. (38)
£10-20
297. [ORNITHOLOGY] SALVIN & GODMAN, Biologia Centrali-Americani, 4to, temporary title-page & 34 hand col’d plates only; a q. of text ff. & hand col’d engr. plates from Hunt’s British Ornithology, ca. 1817. (Q)
£200-300
298. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Plate Vols I & III (incl. maps), Edinburgh, 1842; Ariel Press: Roses, Fruits & Flowers; a Folio of Fruit; & a small q. misc.
£50-100
299. ALDERSHOT RUGBY CLUB, q. of ephemera, 4to Minute Book, etc., 1930’s. (Q)
£15-25
300. LANDSEER (Edwin) artist: one of ten known elephant folio sketchbooks commissioned by the artist, with 48 leaves of thick papr, blank half morocco, locking strap gone but lock present, worn, label to upper cover ‘Sir Edwin Landseer’.
£1,000-1,500
301. LAWRENCE (T. E.) Seven Pillars, 4to, 5th impr. 1935; B. B. Wayfaring Tree, repr. 1946; & misc. lit. (1 box)
£30-50
302. a collection of Super 8 films, incl. High Plains Drifter, Run of the Arrow, etc. (1 box)
£10-20
303. CHILDREN’S BOOKS. illus. by Catherine Cameron, Cecil Aldin et al. (1 box)
£20-40
304. [BINDING/JUVENILE – WATTS] Little Lays for Little Folk, sm. 4to, illustrations, full decorated morocco, gilt edges gauffered, L. 1867.
£20-40
305. [CATULLUS – TONSON] Opera, 12mo, title in red and black, decorations, full contemp. red morocco, (spine damaged), L., Tonson. 1715
£30-40
306. COWLEY (Abraham) The Works, folio, portrait, contemp. calf, L., 1688.
£50-60
307. JONSON (Ben) The Dramatic Works…[inc] Beaumont & Fletcher, 4 vols., 8vo, half green vellum (worn) L. 1811
£40-50
308. JORROCKS (John) Jorrock’s Jaunts and Jollities, 4th Edn., 16 hand col’d plates by Alken, publisher’s cloth gilt, (some pages loose) worn, L. 1874
£25-35
309. PRATT (Anne) The Ferns of Great Britain, 8vo, chromo plates, publisher’s cloth, L. (ca. 1855)
£40-50
310. SOUTHEY (Robert) A Tale of Paraguay, 1ST EDN., 12mo. Engr. plates after Westall, publisher’s pink paper boards, L. 1825
£35-50
311. STERNDALE (Mary) The Panorama of Youth, 2 vols., 12mo, contemp. calf, Presentation inscription from the artist George Goodenough Hayter, 1807.
£35-45
312. VICKERS (Alfred) Russia, & c. Illustrated with engravings, 8vo, veinette title and plates, remboitage into contemp. half calf, L, 1830.
£25-35
313. [PERIODICAL] Illustrated Family Journal, Vol. 1/Nos. 1-20, lge 8vo, illus., half calf, L., 1845.
£20-30
314. LADYBIRD BOOKS, approx. 70 vols.
£20-30
315. BARKER (Cicely Mary) A Flower Fairy Alphabet, sm. format, 24 col. plates, pictorial bds (backstrip gone), L., n.d; & 8 others similar. (9)
£20-30
316. MAGGS (J.) Old English Coaching Inns, obl. folio, 16 plates, L., n.d.
£20-30
317. ORWELL (G.) Road to Wigan Pier, 8vo, limp cloth, Left Book Club, 1st, 1957 & misc. lit. (3 boxes).
£40-50
318. [TRAVEL] WEALE (B.) Manchu and Muscovite…, 8vo, illus., clo., 1st Edn., 1904; WINGATE (Col. A.) A Cavalier in China, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., 1940; & 1 other.
£80-100
319. [TRAVEL] misc. travel books. (3 boxes)
£30-40
320. [INDIA] (L.) Beyond Khyber Pass, 8vo plates as called for (1 loose), 2nd Edn., L., n.d.; KALA (D.) Jim Corbett of Kumaor, 8vo, illus., AUTHOR’S T. L. S., 4, 5, 1938, clo., d.w., New Delhi, 1979; & other vols. (2 boxes)
£60-80
321. [INDIA] FURNEAUX (J.) Glimpses of India, a Grand Photographic History…, obl. 4to, illus., clo., 25th Thousand. Ca. 1896.
£20-30
322. [LONDON / WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FISHMONGERS] The Last Incorporation of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers of London, to which is annexed several of the most particular Bye-Laws…and also a Summary of their Meetings, Gifts, Appointments, & c, 4to, pp.35 (1), contemporary full tree calf, red morocco label to upr. cvr., L., 1790; with a printed 1843 Bye-laws supplement, and a Als from the guild clerk W. B. Towse loose within.
£300-500
323. STEWART (Dugald) Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, 4to, pp.xii, 566 (1 errata) untrimmed in original boards, 1st Edn., L., 1792.
£150-300
NOTE: (324-334) the following lots comprise of a very large private collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction, mainly 1970’s & later, in very good condition.
324. LE GUIN (Ursula K.) Rocannon’s World, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., Gollancz, 1979; & a quantity of other works by her, Anne MCCAFFREY, S. DONALDSON, some lots, h.b. (2 boxes)
£30-50
325. [FANTASY] a large coll’n of works, hard back, some 1st Edns, by Piers Anthony, Raymond Feist & other serial fantasists. (8 boxes)
£100-200
326. [SCI-FI] a large coll’n of hardbacks, mixed book club, Dobson & 1st Edns. (7 boxes)
£100-200
327. ROWLING (J. K.) Harry Potter Series, 8 vols., hardbacks, some 1sts; & other vols. by EOIN COLFER, Susanna CLARKE, etc. (1 box)
£30-60
328. [SCI-FI] collection of hardbacks, incl. 1st Edns., by Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Greg Bear, Larry Niven & others. (3 boxes)
£50-100
329. PRATCHETT (Terry) Strata, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1981; & a q. of others by PRATCHETT, Eddings, HOLT, etc. (3 boxes)
£60-120
330. [SCI-FI] / FANTASY a good coll’n of mixed paperbacks, approx. 450 vols. (10 boxes)
£25-50
331. – a similar lot. (10 boxes)
£25-40
332. – a similar lot. (10 boxes)
£25-40
333. – a similar lot. (7 boxes)
£15-25
334. BLISH (James) Midsummer Century, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., 1973; and a good collection of h.b. sci-fi published by Faber, Gollancz & others, incl. many 1st Edns., various authors, incl. Pohl, Zelazny, Ian Watson, Keith Roberts, et alia., approx. 55 in all . (1 box)
£100-200
335. FLEURET (Fernand) Histoire de la Bienheureuse Raton fille de joie, 4to, col. plates & wrappers by Chas Laborde, one of 38 copies “hors commerce” on Rives paper, original paper decorative wrappers, excellent condition, Paris, 1931; 7 5 other books (of which 4 French fine paper editions). (6)
£100-200
336. [CHURCHILL] “Copy No. 289 The State Funeral of the Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill K. G., O. M., C. H.,” so titled in black on purple label to upper cover of beige cloth-backed foolscap folder with black covers; contents comprise of 14 Parts, separated by purple dividres, Parts XI (Distribution) & Part XIV (Maps) present, as are all the other parts, together with extra material relating to Operation “Hope Not”, and the Index leaf, dated 11/64, the first part is preceded by Maj-Gen.E. J. B. Nelson’s Special District Order, dated 24 Jan. 1965. PROVENANCE: entered for sale by one of the participants, A completely solid provenance letter is available.
£500-1,000
337. WODEHOUSE (P. G.) Laughing Gas, 8vo, clo., 1st Printing, L., 1936 & 5 others, including McIlvaine’s Bibliography. (6)
£30-50
338. POWELL (Anthony) Journals, 1982-6, 1987-9, 2 vols., d.w.’s. (2)
£10-20
339. DAVY (Sir Humphry) Elements of Chemical Philosphy. Part I. Vol. I [all published], 8vo, pp. xiv, errata leaf, pp. 511 (1), 1 f. adverts, 1 f. Appendix, 12 engraved plates, contemp. half-calf, 1st Edn., L., 1812
£200-400
340. LIND (James) A Treatise on the Scurvy. In Three Parts …, 8vo, pp. xiv, 1 f., pp. 559 (1), contemp. calf (neatly rebacked), , old American circular lib. stamp on title, 3rd Edn., L., 1772
£150-300
341. JOHNSON (Richard) Grammatical commentaries: being an apparatus to a new national grammar: by way of animadversion upon the falsities, obscurities, redundancies, and defects of Lilly's system now in use …, 8vo, 17 ff., pp. 408, 27 (1), folding table, contemporary calf, contemp. owner inscription on f.f.e.p., 1st Edn., fine copy, L., Printed for the Author, 1706
£200-300
342. REEVES (John) History of the Government of the Island of Newfoundland …, 8vo, 1 f. adverts, half-title, title, 2 ff., pp. 167 (1), Appendix title, 1 f., pp. cxvi, contemporary calf, contemp. bookplate of Mathew Wilson, 1st Edn., L., 1793 [see illustration]
£500-800
343. CASTLEMAIN (Roger Palmer, Earl of) A Short and True Account of the Material Passages in the First War between the English and Dutch Since His Majesties Restauration …, sm. 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece, 9 ff., pp. 109 (1, adverts), contemporary calf, 2nd Edn., [London] the Savoy, 1672
£150-300
343. [FITZGERALD (E)] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; and the Salaman and Absal of Jami; rendered into English Verse, 8vo.. original quarter leather (chipped at head), 4th Edn,/1st Complete Edition, Quaritch,1879
£40-60
344. MORRIS F.O) A History of British Butterflies. With Seventy-One Coloured Plates.4to, half-calf (re-cased), 1st Edn,L., 1853
£60-100
345. MONTIGNY (L) Comte de. Manuel des Piquers, Cochers, Grooms et Palfreniers, a l’usage des ecoles de dressage & d’equitation de France. Ouvrage publie sous le patronage de m. le general Fleury, litho plates, 8vo, quarter-calf (recased, dampstaining), 1st Edn, Paris 1865
£25-40
346. PRESTAGE (E) (Translator). The Letters of a Portuguese Nun (Marianna Alcoforado), 8vo, decorative cloth, 1st Edn (thus), L., 1893
£15-25
347. [MAPS] STANFORD (E) Stanford’s Parliamentary County Atlas and Handbook of England & Wales. 89 maps as called for, original quarter leather (recased), 1st Edn ,1885; E G Pretyman’s (Cons. politician) copy: bookplate and extensive annotations in his hand
£80-120
348. [MARITIME] BRADY (W) Sailing Master, U.S.N. The Kedge Anchor; or, Young Sailors’ Assistant. Appertaining to the practical evolutions of modern seamanship, rigging, knotting, splicing, blocks, purchases, running-rigging, and other miscellaneous matters, applicable to ships of war and others. Illustrated with seventy engravings. 8vo, original cloth, rebacked. 7th Edn, New York, published by the author, 1854.
£30-50
349. [MARITIME] MOORE (John Hamilton) The Practical Navigator and Seaman’s New Daily Assistant being A Complete System of Practical Navigation etc., the Whole exemplified in A Journal kept from London to Madeira, and back to England. 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary full calf, worn, 7th Edn, L., 1782
£80-120.
350. [MARTIME] TODD (John) & WHALL (W.B) Practical Seamanship for use in the Merchant Service: including all ordinary subjects; also steam seamanship, wreck lifting, avoiding collisions etc. 8vo, illus., original decorated cloth, gilt, 3rd Edn, enlarged, L.,1898
£30-50
351. [NELSON, etc.] LAVERY (B) Nelson’s Navy - The Ships, Men & Organisation 1793 – 1815. 4to, hb with dw, illus., 1st Edn., reprint, L., 1993.BLAKE (N) & LAWRENCE (R) The Illustrated Companion to Nelson’s Navy. 8vo, hb with dw, illus., 1st Edn., reprint, L., 2000; SPAVENS (W) Memoirs of a Seafaring Life. 8vo, Folio Society hb with slip-case illus., L., 2000 (3)
£15-25
352. DUGDALE (Thomas) & BURNETT (William) England & Wales Delineated: historical, entertaining & commercial, etc and an alphabetical arrangement of every city, borough, market town, village, or hamlet. 8vo, engraved tps, contemporary half leather, gilt. Complete text only in 3 Vols (lacking the volume of maps and plates). Tallis, L., n.d but c 1845. (3)
£30-50
353. KELLY (W) Post Office Directory of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutlandshire. Taken from a larger volume: Title & xv pp Index loosely inserted; pp2371-2960 (pp2483-2500 in facsimile); adverts, 2961-2988. Complete with the 4 maps dated 1848. Large 8vo, Subscriber’s Copy, modern cloth with leather label, 1st Edn., L., n.d .,but 1848. (Norton 114)
£150-250
354. GLOVER (Stephen) The History and Directory of the Borough of Derby, intended as a guide to strangers visiting the town. 8vo, engraved plates, illus. original cloth. 4th Edn., Derby, 1849
£40-80
355. GLOVER (Stephen) & NOBLE (Thomas) The History of the County of Derby, Drawn up from Actual Observations and from the Best Authorities, Containing a Variety of Geological, Mineralogical, Commercial and Statistical Information. 8vo, engraved plates, illus., pedigrees & plans (lacking the folding county map) modern buckram with leather labels. 2 Vols : Vol 1, Pt 1 (1829) and Vol 2, Pt 2 (1833)– all published. 1st Edn., Mozley, Derby. (2, w.a.f.)
£60-100
356. BOSWELL (Edward) The Civil Division of the County of Dorset, methodically digested and arranged, comprising lists of the civil ministerial officers, magistrates, and subordinate officers; with a complete nomina villarum etc. 8vo, map, modern quarter leather, 2nd Edn., corrected, augmented & improved, Dorchester 1833
£30-50
357. [MAPS] BARTHOLOMEW (John) Philips’ Handy Atlas of the Counties of Wales. 8vo, 16 maps with consulting index, original cloth. L.,n.d., but inscription dated 1895
£15-30
358. [MAPS] AIKIN (J) England Delineated; or a Geographical Description of every County in England & Wales: with a Concise Account of its most important products, natural and artificial. For the use of young persons. With Outline Maps of all the Counties. 8vo, 43 maps, original full calf (covers almost detached), 4th Edn., L., 1800
£80-120
359. GIRAULT DE SAINT FARGEAU (Pierre) Guide Pittoresque du Voyageur en France etc. 8vo, with 14 maps & 104 Plates, contemporary half leather (repaired), 1st Edn, Paris 1836. This volume comprises 17 parts (of 100 published) providing a circular tour around Paris through Brittany & Normandy; JOANNE (Adolphe) Itineraire General de la France – Bretagne avec Dix Cartes et Sept Plans. 8vo, full calf, 2nd Edn., Paris 1873 (2)
£60-100
360. DURAND (J.P.L), A Voyage to Senegal…from Cape Blanco to the River of Sierra Leone. To which is added an Account of a Journey from Isle St. Louis to Galam. Lacking map & 1 plate (of 7). DEPONS (F). Travels in Parts of South America, during the years 1801, 1802, 1803 & 1804; containing a Description of the Captain- Generalship of Carraccas etc. Map & Plan of Carraccas. ANON. A Tour in Wales and through several counties of England, including both the Universities, performed in the summer of 1805. 2 litho plates. KOTZEBUE (A). Travels through Italy, in the years 1804 and 1805. (Abridged). 8vo, full contemporary calf, upper cover detached, the whole issued under the title ‘A Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages and Travels’ Vol IV, Richard Phillips, L.,1806
£30-50
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361. WILSON (R.T) History of the British Expedition to Egypt; to which is subjoined, a sketch of the present state of that country and its means of defence. Illustrated with maps and a portrait of Sir Ralph Abercromby. 2 Vols, 8vo, half calf, rebacked, 4th Edn., L., 1803. Bookplate of the Earl of Dorchester. (2)
£80-120
363. HUNT (Robert) & RUDLER (F. W) Ure’s Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. 8vo, illus., 3 vols half leather, 7th Edn., completely revised and greatly enlarged, L., 1875. Together with the Supplement (Vol IV), original cloth, L., 1879. (4)
£50-100
364.[PHOTOGRAPHY] WERGE (John) The Evolution of Photography. With a chronological record of discoveries, inventions, etc., contributions to photographic literature, and personal reminiscences extending over forty years. 8vo, illus, original cloth, L., 1890
£40-50
365. [PHOTOGRAPHY] NIEWENGLOWSKI (G.H) Traite elementaire de photographie pratique. 8vo, illus., original wrappers, 1st Edn., Paris, n.d but c 1908
£15-30
366. BECKMANN (John) A History of Inventions & Discoveries. Translated from the German by William Johnston. 8vo, half calf, 2nd Edn, Vols I & IV only, L., 1814. (2)
£20-40
367. [MOTORING] KNIGHT (J. H) Notes on Motor Carriages with Hints for Purchasers and Users., 12mo, illus., original quarter cloth with pictorial boards, preserved in a drop back box, 1st Edn., L., 1896. Note: This copy is inscribed on the title page ‘F. Crowley from Author’. Crowley was a prominent Alton brewer. A fragile volume that is extremely rare and the earliest British motoring publication.
£300-500
368. [MOTORING] KNIGHT (J. H) Light Motor Cars and Voiturettes. 8vo, illus., original cloth, 1st Edn., L., 1902; NEWTON (K) & STEEDS (W) The Motor Vehicle – A Descriptive Text-Book of Chassis Construction for Students, Draughtsmen and the Owner Driver. 8vo, illus., original cloth, 2nd Edn (revised & enlarged), L., n.d , but 1938 (2)
£40-60
369. RODWELL (G. F) A Dictionary of Science: comprising Astronomy, Chemistry, Dynamics, Electricity, Heat, Hydrodynamics, Hydrostatics, Light, Magnetism, Mechanics, Meteorology, Pneumatics, Sound and Statics; preceded by an essay on the history of the physical sciences. (The Haydn Series) 8vo, modern cloth, 1st Edn., L.,1871
£25-40
370. [ANGLING] SALTER (T.F) The Angler’s Guide being a plain and complete practical treatise on the art of angling for sea, river, and pond fish. 8vo, illus, original cloth rebacked, 9th Edn., L., 1841
£30-50
371. DEBAY (A) Hygiene et Physiologie du Mariage – Histoire Naturelle et Medicale de l’homme et de la femme maries – dans ses plus curieux details. Theorie nouvelle de la Generation humaine, Sterilite, Impuissance, Imperfections physique; - Moyens de les combatire. Hygiene Speciale de la Femme Enciente et du Nouveau-Ne. 8vo, half calf, 31st Edn., Paris, 1863
£20-30
372. CROWQUILL (Alfred, pseud.) Seymour’s Humorous Sketches comprising Eighty-Six Caricature Etchings Illustrated in Prose and Verse, with a descriptive list of the plates and a biographical notice of Robert Seymour, including an account of his connexion with the Pickwick Papers, by Henry G .Bohn. 8vo, original pictorial cloth, soiled, loose and lacking some 12 plates, T. Miles, L., n.d , ca. 1870; together with another copy, Vol I only (of 2), with 43 plates, original decorated cloth, n.p., n.d but c 1838; JANIN (J), BALZAC (H), CORMENIN et al. Pictures of the French: A Series of Literary and Graphic Delineations of French Character. With upwards of 230 Engravings. A selection translated from ‘Les Francais peints par eux-memes’, illus., [in this copy the Parisian Lady, the Grocer, the Grisette and the Law Student listed in the table of contents are replaced by the Stockbroker, the Model, the Chimney Sweeper and the Parisian Lioness], half-calf (re-cased) 1st Edn, 1840; ARMOUCHE, de COURCY & DUPEUTY N.I.NI, ou Le Danger des Castilles, Amphigouri-Romantique, Bruxelles 1830. 12mo, ½ calf rebacked, bound with six other plays (4, w.a.f.)
£20-40
373. TOLKIEN (J.R.R) The Lord of the Rings – Complete Edn., With Index & Appendices & Maps redrawn by Stephen Raw. 8vo, hb with dw, L., 1994; LOW (R) The Wolf Sea. 8vo, hb with dw, signed by the Author, 1st Edn, L., 2008 (2)
£30-40
374. [MUSIC] collection of misc. modern vols on music and composers, mostly h.b., approx 60 vols
£15-25
375. [ART & ANTIQUES] CHINNERY (V) Oak Furniture – The British Tradition - A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England. 1st Edn Reprint .Woodbridge, 1990; BAYNTON- WILLIAMS (R) Investing in Maps. 1st Edn., L.,1969; ROBINSON (I) Introducing Bookbinding . 8vo, hb with dw., illus.,1st Edn., L., 1968; MANSFIELD (E) Modern Design in Bookbinding – The Work of Edgar Mansfield. 8vo, Ex-lib.. illus., 1st Edn., L., 1966; CHRISTIE’S Catalogue – The Painters of Camden Town 1905-1920. 8vo, wrappers, illus.,L., 1988; WAPPING GROUP The Wapping Group of Artists – Sixty Years of Painting by the Thames. Oblong 8vo, hb with dw, illus., L.,2005
£25-40
376. [COOKERY] SENN (C.H) Senn’s Century Cookery Book – Practical Gastronomy and Recherche Cookery. 8vo, half leather recased, illus.,L., 1923; and others. (1 box)
£20-40
377. -400 late entered lots.
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