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AUCTION of ANTIQUARIAN & SECONDHAND BOOKS
Documents, Prints, Ephemera, Postcards, etc.
on Tuesday, 15th July 2008 at 2.00pm
On View:
Saturday, 12th July – 10.00a.m.-4.00p.m.
Sunday, 13th July – 10.00a.m.-4.00p.m.
Monday, 14th July – 9.00a.m.-5.00p.m.
and morning of sale (& Limited Viewing During)
John Nicholson Fine Art Auctioneers
The Auction Rooms, ‘Longfield’, Midhurst Road,
Fernhurst, Haslemere, Surrey. GU27 3HA
Telephone: 01428-653727 Fax: 01428-641509
E-mail: sales@johnnicholsons.com
Please note there is a buyers premium of 20%.
Throughout the catalogue, we use standard abbreviations,
i.e 8vo = octavo (not 8 volumes), L.= London, etc.
Lots 1-39 attract VAT. 1. [POSTCARDS] a 4to album, approx. 60 p.c.’s, col. & b/w, I.o.W., Faversham hop-pickers, etc., early 20th c. (Q). £20-40
2. [POSTCARDS] a tall folio album, approx. 160 cards, U.K. & overseas, some shipping incl. 6 b/w ‘surreal’ cards of Napoleon, Abdul Hamid, etc. £50-100
3. Sphere Coronation Numbers, rich col. illus., L., 1902; I.L.N., Record of the Glorious Reign, b/w photogravures etc., L., 1902 (2). £20-30
4. [MEDICAL MAN] pure colour mezzotint of Joseph LISTER, signed in pencil by the engraver H. Blackburn Hart, after the painting by W. W. Ouless, proof 11 x 9ins, with letterpress, Museum Gall 1922 (1). £20-40
5. [TURNER]. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”, pure colour mezzotint by J. Cother Webb, after J.M.W. Turner, 14.5 x 24inches [P.] signed in pencil, proof before titles, Museum Galleries, 1922 (1). £40-60
6. [TURNER] a similar lot after J. M. W. Turner’s “The Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca”, signed col. mezzo. (1). £40-60
7. [TURNER] a similar lot, after Turner, “Caligula’s Palace”, signed col. mezzo. (1). £40-60
8. [TURNER] a similar lot, after Turner, “Dido Building Carthage” (1). £40-60
9. [CLAUDE GELEE]. “Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba”, pure colour mezzotint by J. Cother Webb after Gelee, 16 x 21inches, signed (1). £40-60
10. TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, “Twelve Drawings”, 9 of 12 mounted plates (some colour), in portfolio with letterpress, N.Y., 1945; & a few loose prints, various, at the back of the folder (Q). £100-120
11. – a good coll’n of mounted and clear-wrapped decorative prints (2 boxes). £40-60
12. – a similar lot (2 boxes). £40-60
13. – a similar lot (2 boxes). £40-60
14. – a large folio map from Pinkerton’s Modern Atlas : The World … Western Part (i.e. N. & S. America], 1812; coll’n of prints from Maitland’s History of London, 1771 & others (folder). £20-40
15. [MAP]. The Travellers Guide through England & Wales also an illustration to the Punchinellography, hand-col’d engraved map in 15 sections linen-backed, original slipcase with printed label, London, Didier and Tebbett, 1st Jan., 1808. £50-100
16. [EPHEMERA]. Daniel Neal & Sons [Shoe] catalogue, 1921; Razzle [“The Ritz” magazine, 1935]; misc. ILN special issues, & misc. (Q). £30-40
17. [MAP]. The Oarsman’s and Angler’s Map of the Thames, folding col. map, original cloth covers, L., Reynolds, “New Edition”, 1889. £50-100
18. [MAP]. Nightingale’s New Chart of the World, large folding col. map in sections, cloth covers, ca. 1920. £20-30.
19. – a colour BULL FIGHTING POSTER, featuring ‘El Cordobes’ and ‘Mackerell King Jack’, at Plaza de Toros Majorca, poster with printed date of 1964 at foot. £10-20
20. – an anthropomorphic CAT picture, showing a cat and two kittens posed ‘Tather-style’, monochrome, with ms. ink text on opposing leaf, entitled ‘La Vie Parisienne 3 Aout 1939’, probably English, 1930’s + 2 a.l.s. by Eric Northy (Cartoonist); & sm. q. of other material (Q). £20-40
21. [POSTCARDS]. A good small album K.E.VII and W.W. I, silks, “funnies” etc; & 2 19th century apprenticeship documents, Maidstone & Arundel (Q). £50-£100
22. [PHOTOGRAPHS]. A framed b/w photo: “Trinity Hall 2nd Boat, May 1869”; with captioned mount, f & g; a portrait album of similar date with many photo portraits of boys from Shrewsbury School; & undergraduates of Trinity Hall, etc; two other albums, with a few loose cabinet cards incl. 1, a photo of a portrait of GRACE DARLING (Q). £100-£150
23. [EPHEMERA] coll’n of letters, photos & other material relating to an ENGLISHMAN’S education in CONSTANTINOPLE, [Edwardian era], WWI & later material also (1 box). £25-£50
24. A coll’n of original artwork, CARTOONS etc. early 20th c (1 folder). £40-£70
25. [18th CENTURY GLASS PRINT] a fine hand-coloured CARRINGTON BOWLES mezzotint Glass print, published in London, 1770, entitled “GRIPE THE USURER” with four lines of verse below the image and the imprint; engraved by Humphry after Thoms, 14 x 10 inches in contemporary fruitwood frame, gilt edged. [see illustration]. £500-£800
26. [18th CENTURY GLASS PRINT] a hand coloured allegorical mezzotint glass print published by Robert Sayer, London, 1756, entitled “FIRE” (the image of a young beauty working a bellows), with 4 lines of verse and imprint below; engraved by Rich. Houston after Ph. Mercier, 14 x 10 inches, contemporary fruitwood frame with carved gilt slip. £200-£300
27. [18th CENTURY GLASS PRINT] a hand coloured allegorical mezzotint glass print published by Sayer (a pair to the above lot), London 1760, entitled “WATER” (image of a beauty holding soup, with ornamental pool in background), 4 lines of verse and imprint below; engraved by Houston after Mercier, 14 x 10 inches, in matching fruitwood frame & gilt slip. £200-£300
28. [19th CENTURY GLASS PRINT] an early 19th century hand coloured glass print after George Moreland, entitled “Return from the Market”, published London, P. Stampa, 1802, framed. £100-£150
29. A good collection of SILK CIGARETTE CARDS, various subjects, incl. Navy ships, portraits, cap badges, etc. £100-150
30. [HALKETT FAMILY] an amusing 4to sketch/cartoon album, the sketches incl. some good views, mostly by C. H. C. Halkett; contents include a fine illustrated and franked envelope, 1879, contents date 1850’s-1870’s. £150-200
31. ESTCOURT (Thomas) 3 sketch & watercolour albums belonging to T. Estcourt, 1820’s; 2 later watercolour albums; a fancy diary ca. 1830; and a manuscript play book, 1880’s? (7). £80-£120
32. [LIVRE D’AMOUR] OAKLEY (John) MANUSCRIPT entitled ‘Extracts from Various Authors, Selected by…” 8vo, pp 268 & 2ff index, all in the same hand, in presentation binding of blue straight grain morocco gilt, upr. cvr. with name ‘Anne Coleman’ in gilt (Oakley’s fiancé), clasps (tongues gone) a.e.g., English, ca. 1825. £100-£150
33. A fine collection of 19th c Indian Micah paintings: 24 birds, 12 deities (surface loss to about 10 of them), in a cloth album, the contents dry mounted. £200-£400
34. ROWLANDSON (Thomas) 4 EROTIC engravings after Rowlandson, on antique paper, later (?) hand colouring: The Curious Wanton; The Wanton Frolic, 1799; The Toss Off, 1799; Rural Felicity or Love in a Chaise, 1799; each signed, titled and with lines of verse within the plate (4). £100-200
35. [LIBER AMICORUM] a 4to ½ red morocco album, 1830’s with material mostly by Revd. Thomas Styles of Great Marlow (poetry etc.), some other material, incl. a litho of Style’s ‘Claylands Chapel, Clapham Road’, built for him & his flock, dated 1836;, approx 100 pp., 1830’s-1840’s (1). £60-£120
36. [AUTOGRAPH ALBUM] a 4to album, incl. Beaconsfield, Dickens (probably not his hand), Lord Lylton, W. Harrison Ainsworth, approx 100 in all (1). £80-£140
37. MANUSCRIPT, a coll’n of approx. 20 letters, envelopes, etc., 1733-early 19th c, diverse matter, subjects, some postal interest, in a modern clear pocket folder (1). £40-£70
38. [MAP] ROBERT MORDEN, Map of Wiltshire, hand-col’d, central fold, unframed, pl 13 &1/2" x 15 &1/2", very good condition £100-£150 39. [MAP] ROBERT MORDEN, Map of North Wales, uncoloured, central fold, unframed, pl. 14" x 16 & 3/4". £30-£50
TITANIC - a private collection of BOOKS & MEMORABILIA
53. [TITANIC] an interesting postcard, the image of ‘New White Star Liner “Titanic” (45,000 tons) nearing completion: docked …. Belfast February 1912”, the verso inscribed, “Belfast, March 29th 1912, Dear Alec, Incle Clem will meet you at Broad St. The ship goes for her speed trials on Monday and leaves for Southampton on Tuesday … Love from Dad, [addressed to:] Master A.J.Littlejohn, G. House, Royal Masonic School, Bushey, Herts.” A fine card from one of those involved with the building of the “Titanic,” interesting “masonic” connection. £100-150
54. [TITANIC] four unused song postcards, with depictions of the Titanic sinking in the background, b/w, unused, good condition, ca. 1912 (4) £60-100
55. [TITANIC] a small 4 pp. commemoration card with a depiction of the Titanic on the upr. page, entitled “In Memoriam”, 2 pp. details of the disaster + verse, back cover with Captain Smith’s motto: “Be British,” slight wear; and a “Giant Card” of the R.M.S. Adriatic. (2) £40-70
56. [TITANIC] a songsheet “Dedicated to the Gallant Ill-Fated Crew of the ‘Titanic’ Be British! Descriptive Song and Recitation written & composed by Paul Pelham & Lawrence Wright …,” folio, owner inscr. ‘M.A.J.Smart, Aug 30th 1912,’ depiction of Titanic on title, Lawrence Wright Music Co, [1912] £40-70
57. [TITANIC] a song sheet, “The Wreck of the Titanic. Descriptive Musical Sketch for the Piano by Haydon Augarde,” depiction of Titanic listing to one side, paper toned, some chipping at foot, London, Lawrence Wright Music Co., [1912] £30-50
58. [TITANIC] 5 auction catalogues with Titanic material, 1998-2002. £5-10
59. [TITANIC] BEESLEY (L.) The Loss of the Titanic, 8vo, illus., cloth, later slipcase, repr., L., April, 1914 £50-100
60. [TITANIC] MEE (Arthur) Children’s Magazine, vol. 5, 1912, later ½ leather, with foldout ‘The Little Paper’ No. 20, May 1912, detailing the Titanic sinking, later ½ leather, L., 1912. £30-£40
61. [TITANIC] PRATT (E. J.) The Titanic, cr. 8vo, frontispiece, clo., 1st Edn., Toronto, 1935; SIGNED COPY. £30-£50
62. [TITANIC] The Year 1912 Illustrated, 4to, illus., Titanic content pp. 75-93, clo., L., [1912], slipcase. £30-£50
63. [TITANIC] Senate. Document No. 933, Loss of the Steamship “Titanic”. Report., 8vo, later ½ leather slipcase, Washington, 1912. £30-£50
64. [TITANIC] Daily Graphic April 20, 1912, Titanic Memorial Number (folded) (1). £40-£80
65. MARSHALL (Logan) editor: Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters, 8vo, illus., pictorial cloth, 1st Edn., [U. S. A., 1912] £100-£150
66. – another., recased with fresh e.p.’s. £100-£150
67. FORSHAW (C. f.) Poetical Tributes on the Loss of R.M.S. “Titanic”, 8vo, clo; (fresh e.p.’s), 1st Edn., L., 1912. NOTE: Presentation copy from one of the contributors , James Reid, to Miss Jeannie Peter, signed with initials, with ms. note at p. 218. £70-£100
68. BEESLEY (Lawrence) The Loss of the ‘Titanic’, sm. 8vo, clo., 2nd Edn., L., 1929: NOTE:EX LIB Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor. £30-50
69. –another copy, 2nd Edn., 1929. £20-40
70. LORD (Walter). A Night to Remember, 8vo., illus., clo., d.w. (selo adhesions), INSCRIBED to the Titanic’s Steward, F. Dent Ray “ with many thanks for helping me with this book,” newspaper clipping glued in, 4th printing, New York, 1956. £50-100
71. LORD (Walter). A Night to Remember, 8vo, illus., clo., d.w., 1st UK edn., L., 1956; with pencil note on erp. “This book belonged to the late Edith Haisman, survivor of the Titanic”. £40-60
72. LORD (Walter). A Night to Remember, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1956; ex-lib. E. D. Salisbury, inkstamp & pencil signature. £30-50
73. – another copy, R. V. Edition, 1956: Note: ex lib. Edith Haisman. £10-20
74. ROBERTSON (Morgan). The Wreck of the Titanic, or Futility, 8vo, cloth, Autograph Edition published by McClure’s Magazine and Metropolitan Magazine, [New Jersey, 1912]; NOTE: 1ST Edn. in book form, a reissue of a work first published in magazine format in 1910 which spookily prefigured the real-life story of 2 years later.£150-250
75. RUSSELL (Thomas H.). The Great Titanic Disaster, 8vo, illus., buckram cloth with cream inset panels, paper spine label, Chicago, Laird & Lee, [1912]: Note: the first book on the disaster. £100-150
76. BEESLEY (Lawrence) The Loss of the S. S. Titanic. Its story and lessons, sm. 8vo, frontis & 4 plates, cloth, 1st Edn., L., 1912. £100-150
77. RUSSELL (T. H.) Sinking of the Titanic, 8vo, illus., pictorial cloth, 1st Edn., L., 1912. Note: cover states “Official Edition”. £100-150
78. [TITANIC], a New Century Library small octavo edn. of Thackeray’s Virginians, 1901, inscribed “Auntie Nell from tiresome Muriel, Easter 1902”, in stiff leather gilt: note: although provenance cannot be proved, this book was allegedly in a passenger’s pocket when he occupied the Titanic’s lifeboat; provenance to the present day, gifted from a Weymouth bookseller to the collector. £10-20
79. [TITANIC]. SUTHERLAND (J.) The Poetry of E. J. Pratt. A New Interpretation, 8vo, clo., d. w., 1st Edn., Toronto, 1956, in slipcase; and approx. 22 others, fiction & non-fiction, mostly p.b., all in custom-made slipcases (23). £100-150
80. [TITANIC] a coll’n of modern hardback material in d. w.’s, mostly books, folio et infra (1 box). £30-60
81. [TITANIC] a similar lot. £30-60
82. [TITANIC] a box of videos etc., all Titanic related (1 box). £15-20
83. [TITANIC] a pierced oak hanging or desk top pipe rack over two drawers, with brass handles, with provenance letter (dated 1998) detailing how the pipe rack went on board the Titanic with the emigrating Davies family,but owing to the young son’s infectious illness the boy, the pipe rack and the parents were disembarked from the Titanic, probably at Queenstown (but the rest of their luggage remained on board) [see illustration]. £300-500
84. [TITANIC] a quantity of books about the Titanic, 4to et infra, re bound in half leather gilt (18). £200-400
  85. [TITANIC] a fine original watercolour art work of the ‘White Star Liner “Titanic”’ [so inscribed by the artist], signed by the artist BERNARD R. LACHEVRE, and dated 1910, 10 x 14 inches, glazed, original frame and backing, also inscribed verse. The dating of this painting, by the well-known poster painter, Bernard Lachevre (b. 1895) is of particular interest, since it is one of the EARLIEST DEPICTIONS, i.e. pre-launch, with the bridge conforming to that of the sister ship, the Olympic [he would not have known in advance of the difference-to-be]; with MATCHING PAINTING, in uniform frame of the above, of the BOOTH liner ‘Hylary’, same size, a companion piece, dated 1909 [see illustration] (2). £5,000-10,000
[End of TITANIC material]
101. – misc. lit., & a q. of 18th c. & later leather-bound, various authors (2 boxes). £30-50
102. [BINDINGS] a q. of misc. 19th-20th c. prize & other bindings by Riviere & Son, & others (Q). £40-60
103. HARDY (Thomas), Wessex Edition, 20 vols., mixed issues, cloth, 1912-1920 (20). £20-40
104. [BINDINGS] a q. of small format vols., some vellum gilt, 19th/20th c. (Q). £60-120
105. [IRISH AUTHORS]. SOMERVILLE (E.) & ROSS (M.), Dan Russel the Fox, 8vo, pictorial cloth, 1st Edn., L., 1911; & 5 other works, various authors (6). £20-40
106. GUTHRIE (Lord). Robert Louis Stevenson. Some Personal Recollections, lge. 8vo, illus., LIMITED EDITION, 198 of 500 copies, cloth, Edinburgh, 1920; & misc. lit. (1 box). £15-20
107. [RUSSELL FLINT]. Le Morte D’Arthur, 2 vols., 4to, col. plates by Sir William Russell Flint, blue cloth gilt, repr., L., 1923; Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, 4to, col. plates by Russell Flint, L., 1929 (3). £40-70
108. – misc. BEATRIX POTTER vols., a/f, incl. early editions. £20-30
109. CHILDREN’S & ILLUSTRATED, a small coll’n, incl. Clare Leighton, E. H. Sheppard, et al (Q). £30-50
110. LAWRENCE (T. E), Revolt in the Desert, 4to, illus., clo., d.w., 5th impr., L., 1927; & 3 other vols., TRAVEL (4). £15-25
111. [WITCHCRAFT]. SUMMERS (Montague), The History of Witchcraft and Demonology, lge. 8vo, illus., clo., 1st Edn., L., 1926. £10-20
112. [CHILDREN’S]. WOODROFFE (Paul) illustrator : The Tempest by William Shakespeare, 4to, 20 tipped-in col. plates, guards, red cloth gilt, 1st Edn., L., 1908; & misc. others illustrated by Richard Doyle, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale & others (17). £60-100
113. [MONIPENNIE (John)]. The Abridgement or Summarie of the Scots Chronicles …., 12mo, lacks folding table, upr. cvr. off, Edinburgh, 1662; [ELZEVIR] L. & M. Senecae, Tragoediae, Cum Notis Th. Earnabii, 16mo, engraved title, calf, Amsterdam, 1678; and one other vol. (3). £40-70
114. – misc. lit., incl. coll’n of Routledge Sixpenny novels bound as multiples in cloth incl. Bronte Sisters, Jules Verne, G. P. R. James; 2 books, Rupert Bear interest, & others (1 box). £25-50
115. [LONDON & ENVIRONS]. TRIPP (C.), A History of Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Barnet, 8vo, illus., clo., d.w., 2nd Edn., 1954; BUXTON, Epping Forest with Maps, 8vo, maps & illus., L., 1901; BLUNT, By Chelsea Reach, L., 1921; SOUTH KEN Catalogue of Medieval, Renaissance, [etc.], L., 1863. £20-40
116. [BINDING] small q., incl. two half morocco by Maclehose of Glasgow (10). £60-80
117. [ESOTERIC]. CRAIG (A.), The Book of the Hand or, The Science of Modern Palmistry …. With some account of the Gipsies, 8vo, illus., cloth (loose), L., 1867; WAITE/LEVI, History of Magic, 1948; & others (Q). £20-40
118. COWDEN CLARKE (Mrs), Complete Concordance to Shakespeare [Sic], lge. 8vo, finely bound in full navy morocco, rococo gilt dec. to spine & covers, SIGNED by author in the Preface, L., 1845. £30-50
119. DAULBY (D.), Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Rembrandt, and of his Scholars …., 8vo, frontis portrait, contemp. calf with gilt Garter belt and armorial to covers, LIVERPOOL, 1796. £90-120
120. WETERING (J.), Impressions de Belgique, 4to, col. plates by Mark Severin & others, LTD EDN, 229/1000 copies, glassine wrapper, Armentor, 1942. £20-40
121. [DEMART (Capt. J.) & DE BOECK (Col. J.)], Cavalerie, 4to, 8 parts, illus., col. & b/w, LTD EDN, numbered 23/750 copies, original card portfolio, Armentor, [1943], (note: the text & illus. were done by officers resident in Oflag IIA, Prenzlau). £20-40
122. [BURGH CASTLE] a coll’n of window-mounted sheets, mostly comprised of ‘Remarks upon the Garianonum of the Romans’, lacking t.p., 6 plates, [Yarmouth printed, 1774 ?]. £40-60
123. ARMSTRONG (W.), Celebrated Pictures Exhibited at the Glasgow Later National Exhibition, lge. folio, plates, half morocco, (contents loose), L., 1888. £20-40
124. HILL (Brian), Henry and Acasto : A Moral Tale, 8vo, 3 engraved plates, 2 ff. adverts at end, contemp half calf, L., 1798. £50-100
125. JOHNSON (Samuel), History of Rasselas, 8vo, portrait, 5 plates, contemp. straight grain morocco, L., 1801. £40-60
126. HAYLEY (W.), Triumph of Temper, 8vo, 5 of 6 plates by William Blake after Maria Flaxman, half-calf, Chichester, 1803; GOLDSMITH (O.), Vicar of Wakefield, 12mo, stereotype Edn., L., 1805 (2). £50-80
127. [CERVANTES]. Two Humorous Novels, viz I. A Diverting Dialogue between Scipio and Bergansa, two Dogs …., II. The Comical History of Rinconete and Cortadillo … now first Translated …, 12mo, title, 1f. translators ded’n, pp. 183 (1), contemp. calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1742. [See Illustration]. £250-400
128. SUZANNE (A.), A Book of Salads, 8vo, clo., 4th Edn., L., (1914); BYETT (J.), Modern Home Laundry Work, 8vo, illus., repr. 1945; & 1 other (3). £10-20
129. HASLUCK (P.), The Wood Turner’s Handy book, 8vo, illus., clo., 2nd Edn., L., 1890. £10-20
130. MOORE (T.), British Ferns and their allies, 8vo, 12 chromo. plates, cloth gilt, L., n.d. £10-20
131. [FLOWER ARRANGING]. SOFU TESHIGARA, Coloured Pictures of Representative Flower Arrangements, 4to, tipped-in col. plates, revised edn., Tokyo, 1951 (slipcase). £20-40
132. BARKER (Cicely Mary), Book of the Flower Fairies, 8vo, 72 col. plates, cloth gilt, L., n.d. £30-50
133. WILSON (R. T.), History of the British Expedition to Egypt …., 4to, portrait frontis, 2 folding maps, original boards (upr. cover off), 2nd Edn., L., 1803. £100-200
134. PRATT (Anne), Wild Flowers, 4to, 96 numbered leaves with 2 chromo. illus. on each leaf, cloth, L., 1853. £100-150
135. SHAW (Norman), Sketches for Cottages and other Buildings designed to be constructed in the Patent Cement Slab System …, 4to, 28 plates, cloth, L., 1878; together with some loose original architect’s plans & elevations for cottages in Wales. £80-100
136. [TRADE CATALOGUE]. Ironwork, Fencing, Gates, 4to, illus., cloth boards, Bayliss & Jones, ca. 1960’s. £10-20
137. LAWRENCE (T. E.), Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 4to, illus., cloth, 1st Trade Edn., L., 1935. £25-40
138. COTTON (H.), This Game of Golf, 4to, illus., d.w., 3rd impr. L., 1949, SIGNED on e.p. ”Henry Cotton, Buenos Aires, 1949”. £15-25
139. [ORNITHOLOGY]. Witherby, et alia, The Handbook of British Birds, 5 vols., illus., clo., d.w.’s, repr. 1949 (5). £20-40
140. JEWELLERY & MINERALS, a misc. coll’n of books (1 box). £40-60
141. [MODERN FIRSTS] a misc. coll’n various authors, incl. Alistair Maclean, V. S. Naipaul, James Hadley Chase, 1960’s & 1970’s (1 box). £25-50
142. – a small q. of misc. lit. (1 box). £20-40
143. BONAPARTE (Prince Roland), Documents de l’Epoque Mongole des XIIIe et XIVe Siècles. Inscriptions en six langues de la Porte de Kin-Yong Koan, près Pekin …, folio, 14 plates, letterpress, green gilt portfolio, Paris, 1895. £30-50
144. LATHAM (Charles), In English Homes, 2 vols., folio, illus., Country Life, 1904, 1907 (2). £20-40
145. HOLE (W.), Quasi Cursores, Portraits of the High Officers and Professors of the University of Edinburgh, 4to, etched plates, cloth, LTD EDN, Edinburgh 1884. £30-50
146. COLE (V.), British Trees, 2 vols., 4to, illus., clo., L., 1907. £20-30
147. [BAILEY (N.), Dictionarium Britannicum or a more Compleat Universal Etymological Dictionary ….], folio, lacks title-page, dedication leaf torn, un-paginated, 1 engraved plate (of an orrery), old calf (re-backed) [L., 1730]. £80-120
148. SOANE (John), Description of the House and Museum …. The Residence of Sir John Soane, folio, portrait & 37 numbered plates, text illus., cloth (leather re-back), London, “Not Published. Only One Hundred and Fifty Copies Printed” [1835]. £250-350
149. WARING (J. R.), Stone Monuments, Tumuli and Ornament of Remote Ages, folio, 108 b/w plates, cloth, L., 1870. £50-70
150. [DICTIONARY]. SORANI, Basilii Fabri, Thesaurus Eruditiones Scholasticae, folio, pp. 1202 + index, contemp. calf (upr. cvr off) Lipsiae, Thomae Fritschii, 1726. £80-120
151. SHARPE (John) publisher : [Illustrations of the Poets], 4 vols., 8vo, a collection of approx. 200 plates after Westall, Stothard & others, in contemporary cloth, leather labels, L., ca. 1805-10 (4). £40-60
152. ROLT (Charles) illustrator : The Sermon on the Mount, folio, 27 mounted chromo illus. by Audsley & Tymms, decorative cloth, [L., 1861]. £60-80
153. [WARWICKSHIRE]. Graphic Illustrations of Warwickshire, 4to, 4ff., pp. xii, 8, 128, 32 engr. plates, text vignettes, contemp. half morocco, Birmingham, 1829. £100-150
154. [TERTULLIAN]. VIVIEN (R. P. Michaele), Tertulianus Praedicans et Supra Quamlibet Materiam, 2 vols., folio, old calf, Patarii, Ex Typographia Seminarii, 1747 (2). £100-150
155. [GOLF] a coll’n of GOLF BOOKS (4 boxes). £30-50
156. [MEDICINE & SCIENCE] a large q. of titles by MARIE STOPES, & misc. (Q). £50-80
157. LEWIS (C. S.), The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, 8vo, illus., clo., [no d.w.], 1st Edn., L., 1950. £200-300
158. CRAWFORD (D.), Thinking Black. 22 Years Without a Break in the Long Grass of Central AFRICA, 8vo, plates, cloth, 2nd Edn., L., 1914. £20-40
159. [BRAND-HOLLIS (Thomas)]. The Trials on the Informations which In pursuance of an Order of the House of commons, were filed by His Majesty’s attorney General against RICHARD SMITH, Esq., and THOMAS BRAND HOLLIS, Esq. For Having been Guilty of Notorious Bribery … Tried by a Special Jury on Tuesday the 12th of March, 1776. At the Assize holden at Salisbury for the county of Wilts, 4to, disbound, cloth case, L. [1776]. £200-400
160. B[EAR] (N[icholas]), The Resurrection founded on Justice, 8vo, pp. [xvi], calf, L., Printed for Thomas Helder, at the Angel in Little-Britain, 1700; & 3 other vols. (4). £200-300
161. [ELZEVIR]. BUCHANAN (George), Geor: Buchani Scoti, Poemata quae extant. Editio Postrema, 24mo, engraved pictorial title, pp. 511 + 14 ( n.n.) notes, contemporary calf, Lugduni Batavorum, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1628. £60-100
162. CARTE (T.), A General Acoount of the Necessary Materials for an History of England, the Society and Subscription proposed for defraying the expences thereof, and the method wherein Mr. Carte intends to proceed in carrying on the said work, 4to, stiched as issued, later vellum covers, [London, 1738]; and 2 other works (3). £200-300
163. [HERON (R.)]. FLORIAN, Jean-Pierre Claris. GONZALVO OF CORDOVA Or, the Conquest of Grenada. … To which is prefixed, a Sketch of the History of the Moors in Spain. In three volumes. Translated from the Original French, by Mr. Heron, 3 vols, 8vo, green half-calf, 1 Engl. Edn., Perth, 1792. £200-400
164. HURD [(Richard)]. Letters on Chivalry and Romance, 8vo, modern boards, Dublin, 1762. £100-150
165. “MARS”, Aux Bains de Mer D’Ostende, 4to, col. & b/w illus., cloth gilt, Paris, n.d. (ca. 1880) and [KORAN]. MAHOMET, Le Koran. Traduction Nouvelle par M. Kasimirski …, 2 vols., cloth with original wrappers bound in, marginal notes by the owner in ink, Paris, n.d. (3). £20-40
166. [HEREFORD INTEREST] a folio morocco gilt album containing material, clippings, photos etc. of Hereford interest. £30-40
167. [FLOWERS]. WRIGHT (J.), The Flower Growers Guide, 3 vols., 4to, 44 (of 46) chromo. plates of ROSES, ORCHIDS, pitcher plants, etc., cloth, L., n.d.; & 2 others with chromo. plate (5). £30-60
168. BOGARDE (Dirk), a collection, incl. SIGNED 1st’s (Q). £50-100
169. [ELECTRICITY]. The Reference Library of The Bennett College : ELECTRICITY, vols. 1-5 [& duplicate vol. 2], 4to, profusely illus., cloth, Sheffield, Bennett College, n.d., ca. 1920’s + The Musical Educator, 5 vols. (11). £20-40
170. STEEN (Marguerite), Peepshow, sm. 4to, illus., clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1933. £10-20
171. BALZAC (Honoré de), The Droll Stories, lge. 8vo, woodcuts by STEELE SAVAGE, later half leather, New York, 1932. £10-20
172. TANGYE (Derek), A Drake at the Door / A Cat in the Window, 2 vols., 8vo, illus., later half leather, 1st Edn., L., 1963, 1962 (2). £15-25
173. O’HARA (John), Appointment in Samarra, 8vo, cloth, 1st U.K. edn. of author’s 1st book, L., 1935; and other works, same author (11). £20-30
174. – a collection of HERON EDITION books in faux leather bindings; Tolstoy, the Classics, Jules Verne, etc; and a Hamlyn’s History of the World in 20 vols.(Q). £10-20
175. BOOK and MAGAZINE COLLECTOR, a good collection, No’s 1-281, (lacking 2 issues). £100-150
176. OMAR AL RASCHID BEY, Das Hohe Ziel des Erkenntnis, 4to, frontis, clo., 1st Edn., Munich, 1912. £10-20
177. BOGARDE (Dirk) – a collection, comprising a complete set of the novels and autobiographies, in d.w’s., all 1st Edns. except ‘Snakes & Ladders’, L., & New York (14). £60-100
178. DUNMORE (Helen) [poet & novelist] a collection of 14 works, 11 novels (incl. her first, “Going to Egypt”, 8vo, clo., d.w., signed, 1st Edn, L., 1992) and 3 vols. poetry, (incl. her first ‘The Raw Garden’, 8vo, card covers, signed, 1st Edn., 1988), 14 in all, some signed, 1 duplicate (14). £70-140
179. [INSPECTOR MORSE]. DEXTER (Colin), Last Bus to Woodstock, 1st, d.w., Book Club Edn., 1975; Dead of Jericho, 1st, d.w., Book Club Edn., 1981; Riddle of the Third Mile, 8vo, clo., d.w., MacMillan, 1st, 1983; The Wench is Dead, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1989; & 5 others, later (9). £100-150
180. PALLISER (Marcus), Matthew’s Prize, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1999; & the next 2 vols. in the series, signed (3). £20-30
181. FORSYTH (Frederick) Day of the Jackal, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1971; & 8 other 1st Edns (9). £50-100
182. CLEAVE (Chris), Incendiary, 8vo, clo., d.w., LIMITED EDN., 421/500, signed, 1st Edn., L., 2005. £10-20
183. PULMAN (Philip), The Amber Spyglass, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st edn., 1st printing, L., 2000. £40-60
184. [NOTABLE BRITISH TRIALS SERIES]. HOGARTH (B), The Trial of Robert Wood (The Camden Town Case), 8vo, clo., 1st Edn., L., 1936; & 11 others. £200-300
185. [MURDER]. GOODMAN (J.), The Killing of Julia Wallace, 8vo, clo., d.w., (ex. pub.-lib.), 1st Edn., L., 1969; & 2 others, real life crime (3). £10-20
186. [CHILDREN’S BOOKS] a collection of Blue Peter annuals and 5 misc. POP-UP books (1box). £10-20
187. ART REFERENCE, a q. of good quality art reference books, h.b., folio et infra (3 boxes). £70-120
188. ART REFERENCE, a coll’n of good quality art reference incl. Dictionaries (2 boxes). £50-100
189. ISLE of WIGHT, a coll’n of 19th & 20th c. books, guides, p.c.’s etc (1 box). £50-100
190. MILITARY INTEREST, a q. of good quality books, Air Force, Navy, etc. (2 boxes). £50-100
191. GREEN (R. L.), Diaries of Lewis Carroll, 2 vols., 8vo, illus., clo., d.w.’s, L., 1957; & misc. others of antique reference / bibliographic interest (2 boxes). £50-100
192. – misc. lit., incl. some antiquarian (2 boxes). £30-60
193. RAILWAYS, a good coll’n of h.b. & technical / historical (2 boxes). £60-120
194. – misc. lit., incl. TRANSPORT interest (1 box). £10-20
195. WERLICH (R.), Russian Orders, Decorations and Medals …, 4to, boards, illus., 2nd Edn., [1981]. £10-20
196. [STEVENGRAPHS]. GODDEN (G.), Stevengraphs & Other Silk Pictures, 4to, illus., clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1981. £20-40
197. [BINDINGS] q. of leather-bound LAW REPORTS, mostly 19th c., rubbed (Q). £30-40
198. BOOK of COMMON PRAYER, 8vo, red morocco gilt, green & black onlays, Oxford, 1772. £80-120
199. – a small 4to polished calf gilt photograph album, with brass clasp, a.e.g., ca. 1880. £20-40
200. [BINDINGS] a collection of full or half morocco bindings by Frederick NEALE, some with fancy gilt tool work, 1920’s & 30’s (9). £150-250
201. [MORE (Hannah)]. Percy. A Tragedy …, 8vo, 4ff., pp. 87 (1), 1st Edn., L., T. Cadell, 1778; and other plays of similar date, in one volume; & 2 other vols. (3). £60-100
202. DICKENS (Charles), Spectres Literary and Social ..., Now First Collected, 8vo, later half morocco, L., Hotten, n.d. £10-20
203. [FOOTBALL – PORTSMOUTH F.C.]. Official Southern Football Guide Season 1900-1901, 16mo, illus. (mostly with Pompey players, with biogs.), match programme at back part filled-in in pencil, original card covers, Portsmouth, [1900]. £50-100
204. [FOOTBALL] a collection of CUP FINAL & FINAL TIE programmes, 1950’s-1980’s (Q). £100-150
205. ANDREWS (W.), Bygone England, 8vo, illus., clo., L., 1892. £10-20
206. JACKSON (F. H.), Shores of the Adriatic. The Italian Side, an architectural and Archaeological Pilgrimage, sm. 4to, illus., clo., L., 1906; & misc. other vols. (1 box). £30-60
207. MILNE (A. A.), Now We are Six, 8vo, illus. by E. H. Shepard, cloth gilt, 1st Edn., L., 1927. £50-100
208. MILNE (A. A.), The Christopher Robin Story Book, 8vo, illus., E. H. Shepard, 1st Edn., L., 1929. £30-50
209. MILNE (A. A.), The House at Pooh Corner, 8vo, illus., E. H. Shepard, cloth gilt, pictorial d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1928. £70-120
210. A WW1 occasional album, in a single hand, cuttings & ms. poetry after Kipling, Bliss, et al.; and another album, slightly earlier (2). £15-25
211. CAMUS (Albert), The Outsider, 8vo, 1st Engl. transl., d.w., by Edward Bawden (one or two chips & snags), L., 1946; & misc. lit. (2 boxes). £30-60
212. [POSTCARDS] a tall Edwardian album, mostly topographical, good group of East Rudham (Q). £100-200
213. [PHOTOS]. Two Victorian / Edwardian portrait albums, nearly full (2). £30-60
214. [BINDINGS] a q. of prize bindings, and a few other vols., misc. (Q). £50-70
215. HIND (J.), Principles of Differential Calculus / Elements of Algebra, 2 vols., contemp. diced calf gilt, 2nd Edns., Cambridge, 1831/1830 (2). £20-40
216. [TRAVEL / GARDENING] a box of misc. Travel books; box of Gardening books (2 boxes). £20-40
217. STEPHENS (F.), Memoirs of Sir Edwin Landseer, 8vo, mounted photo plates, cloth, L., 1874; & misc. lit. incl. illus. (1 box). £25-40
218. HODGSON (J. C.), Some Brief Notices of the Family of Dartiquenave of Patmer Hall, Herts, and at Ilderton in Northumberland, slim 8vo, off print, South Shields, n.d. [ca. 1900] & other material incl. ms., to or by Hodgson, author’s bookplate, cloth (1). £20-40
219. [BINDINGS]. SCOTT (Walter), Waverley Novels, 25 vols., 8vo, illus., polished rose col’d half calf, Dryburgh Edition, L., A. & C. Black, 1892 (25). £150-250
220. [BINDINGS] a collection of 38 vols. from the Series of Latin Classical authors, publ. by Valpy of London, 1820’s, various authors, incomplete sets, sold as bindings : contemp. half calf, spines gilt-banded or lettered; & box of misc. bindings (Q). £250-350
221. [CIRCUS]. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Souvenir Programmes, 10 various, col. illus., 1970’s (10). £25-40
222. [PERIODICALS] a coll’n of Picturegoer, 1950’s; coll’n of Saturday Evening Post, col. mag., U.S.A., 1950’s (Q). £25-40
223. GOLDING (William), Free Fall, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1959; and other authors / titles (10). £25-40
224. [LANDOR (R.)]. Fawn of Sertorius, 2 vols., 8vo, half t. in vol. 1 only, half calf, L., 1846; & misc. leather-bound (1 box). £80-120
225. Transactions of the Mining Association … of Cornwall, Vol. 2, Pt. I & Vol. 12, Pt. 7, w vols., 8vo, illus., wrappers, Camborne / Penzance, 1888/1902 (2). £10-20
226. [CHILDREN’S / ILLUSTRATED]. Melba’s Gift Book of Australian Art and Literature, 4to, illus. clo., L., ca. 1916; The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Gift Book; & 1 other (3). £20-30
227. KINGSLEY (C.), Westward Ho!, 4to, 16 col. plates by Ellis Silas, recent half leather, reprint, L., 1935; & another volume, similar (2). £25-40
228. NEWS of the WORLD Almanac and Household Guide, 7 vols., sm. 4to, illus., L., 1951-7 (7). £20-40
229. X-FILES, collection of books, videos, etc. [but no alien artefacts]. (Q). £15-25
230. O’BRIAN (Patrick), The Ionian Mission, 8vo, recent half leather, ex-lib., 1st Edn., L., 1981. £20-40
231. O’BRIAN (Patrick), The Chian Wine and Other Stories, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1974. £25-40
232. CHRISTIE (Agatha), Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 8vo, clo., 1st American Edn., N. York, 1926. £50-100
233. LEWIS (Sinclair), Mantrap, 8vo, clo., d.w., bookplate of Agnes Jekyll, 1st Edn., L., 1926. £20-40
234. SICKERT (Walter), A Free House! … Writings of …, 8vo, illus., clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1947. £10-20
235. STEINBECK (John), The Grapes of Wrath, 8vo, pictorial cloth, Sun Dial Press, 1941; FARRELL (J. T.), Fellow Countrymen, 8vo, cloth, 1st Edn., L., 1937 (2). £20-40
236. BROOKE (Rupert) / JAMES (Henry), Letters from America, 8vo, cloth, 1st U.S. Edn., 1916; “Q”, Memories and Opinions, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., Cambridge, 1944 (2). £15-20
237. [CRIME FICTION]. SMITHIES (R.), The Shoplifter, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1969; & 11 others, various authors, 1st’s (12). £30-50
238. MACLEAN (Alistair), H. M. Ulysses, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1955 (the author’s FIRST BOOK); The Guns of Navarone, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1957 (author’s second book); & 10 other 1st Edns. by the author (12). £50-100
239. BLYTON (Enid), Well, Really, Mr Twiddle, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1968; & 5 others, various authors (6). £10-20
240. [MACLEAN (Alistair) writing as :]. STUART (Ian), The Satan Bug, 8vo, clo., d.w., 2nd Edn., 1969. £10-20
241. WILSON (Colin) & others : Unsolved! Classic True Murder Cases …, 8vo, clo., d.w., BCA, 1987 & 5 others TRUE CRIME (6). £15-20
242. [CRIME]. BEAL (E.) & CLARKE (E.), The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder … 1886, 8vo, clo., (re-cased), L., 1886. £80-120
243. CAMPS (F. E.), Medical and Scientific Investigations in the Christie Case, 8vo, illus., clo., d.w., PRESENTATION COPY signed by the author to Stanley Matthews, 1st Edn., L., 1953; together with a two-page letter from EVANS’S solicitor expressing his UNHAPPINESS with VERDICT, s. & d. 8th Dec. 1955; together with the N.B.T. Series volume pertaining to the case (3). £400-600
244. [NOTABLE SCOTTISH TRIALS]. ROUGHEAD (W.), Trial of Mrs M’Lachlan, 8vo, clo., illus., 1st Edn., Glasgow, 1911; & 2 others from the series (3). £40-70
245. [MAPS]. J. & C. Walker, Shropshire, small h-col’d engraved linen map folding into cloth covers, n.d. (ca. 1850); & 15 other maps, incl. early 20th c. O. S., all in later protective slipcases (16). £60-120
246. [BINDING, MARBLING, etc.]. MIURA (E.), The Art of Marbled Paper …, 4to, illus., clo., Zaehnsdorf, 1989; CRANE (W.), Bookbinding for Amateurs, 8vo, illus., clo., L., n.d. (ca. 1914) and 8 other vols. related (10). £30-60
247. [NOTABLE TRIALS SERIES]. Trial of Hawley Harvey CRIPPEN, 8vo, illus., clo., 1st Edn., 1920; & 10 others from the series (11). £200-400
248. O’BRIAN (Patrick), Master & Commander Series, 6 misc. vols. rebound in half leather, some ex-lib., 1 lacking t.p. (6). £50-80
249. DU MAURIER (Daphne), Rebecca, 8vo, 2nd impression, rebound in tan half leather gilt, L., 1938; & 8 other vols., uniformly bound, by Du Maurier (9). £80-120
250. [KENNEDY ASSASSINATION etc.]. The Warren Report, The Official Report on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, lge 8vo, boards, U.S.A., n.d. [1965]; & 19 other related titles (20). £20-40
251. TIGHE (Mary), Psyche, with other Poems, 4to, engr. frontis., diced calf, 1st Edn., L., 1811. £300-500
252. BRITTON (John), [Cathedral Churches], many titles bound as 5 vols., 4to, plates, contemp. calf gilt, (covers off, 2 backstrips missing), L., 1816-36 (5). £50-100
253. HEWLETT (M.), The Forest Lovers, 8vo, 16 mounted col. plates by A. S. Hartrick, later half leather, 1st edn. thus, L., 1909. £10-20
254. [THEATRE] a coll’n of Theatre Programmes, of Gilbert & Sullivan & Shakespearean interest (1 album); GILBERT & SULLIVAN, The Immortal … operas, 4 vols., 4to, clo., L., n.d., ca. 1910; & 2 other vols. (6). £25-40
255. CHRISTIE (Agatha), a coll’n of h-b. edns., re-bound in half leather, gilt, approx. 72 titles in 24 vols. (24). £200-400
256. RACKHAM (Arthur) illustrator: The Ingoldsby Legends … by Thomas Ingoldsby, 4to, 24 tipped-in colour plates, titled guards, pale green gilt, (bookplate to front end-paper, discoloration of first tissue guard, otherwise a very good bright copy), 1st Edn., L., 1907; & 2 other books (3). £70-100
257. [NOTABLE BRITISH TRIALS SERIES]. ROUGHEAD (W.), Trial of MARY BLANDY, 8vo, frontis. & plates, later half leather, 1st Edn., L., 1914 and 4 others (5). £80-120
258. CORNWELL (Bernard). [American Civil War Series], Rebel; Copperhead; Battleflag; The Bloody Ground, 4 vols., 8vo, rebound in half leather, 1st Edns., L., 1993/4/5/6 (4). £40-60
259. CORNWELL (Bernard), a collection of 16 “SHARPE” novels, 8vo, rebound in half leather, 1st Edns., some ex publ.-library (16). £200-300
260. O’BRIAN (P.), Golden Ocean, 8vo, later half leather, 1st Edn., L., 1956. £30-50
261. KENT (Alexander), a coll’n of 26 FIRST EDITIONS, incl. ‘To Glory We Steer’ [ex publ. library]; Enemy in Sight, 1st, d.w., 1970; etc. & 24 others, one or two ex publ. libr. (26). £150-250
262. [CRICKET]. MOORE (D.), W. R. Hammond, Cricketer, 8vo booklet, illus., Bristol, 1948; Stump High!! Cricket Miscellany, 8vo booklet, signed by SAM COOKE & TONY GRAVENEY, [1953]; and 2 other cricket booklets (4). £20-40
263. LAWRENCE (T. E.), The Mint…, 4to, Limited Edition 1469/2000 copies, morocco-backed cloth boards, slipcase, L., 1955. £50-100
264. The EVELYN LIBRARY, 5 vols., 4to, Christies, h.b. cats, 1977/8; & 4 other vols., Bibliographical interest (9). £30-40
265. [LOWDEN]. ADCOCK (St. John), Wonderful London, 3 vols., 4to, tipped on col. frontispiece, photo-illus, blue cloth, L., n.d., & 2 other vols (5). £25-40
266. DICKENS (Charles), Mystery of Edwin Drood, 8vo, portrait frontis, additional title, 12 plates, contemp half calf, 1st Edn, from the parts; L., 1870. £70-100
267. DICKENS (Charles), Master Humphrey’s Clock, 3 vols., illus, half calf, 1st Edn, L., 1841 (3). £70-100
268. BUCKERIDGE (A.), Jennings as Usual, 8vo, clo, 1st Edn, L., 1959. £10-20
269. [BIBLIOGRAPHY]. HALKETT & LAING, Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature, 4 vols., 4to, cloth, 1st Edn, Edinburgh, 1882-8 (4). £20-40
270. BRITTON (J.), Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain, 5 vols, 4to, 363 plate (of which 2 not conforming to plate list) later half morocco, a.l.s. from author to contributor, (W. Spurdens, his bookplate in each vol.), L., 1807-1826 (5). £100-200
271. [GARDENING] misc early-late 20th century (2 boxes). £20-40
272. GARIBALDI (General), Rule of the Monk, or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century, 2 vols, 8vo, original cloth, L., n.d., (2). £40-60
273. [BIBLIOGRAPHY]. LECLAIRE (L.), Bibliography of the Regional Novelists of the British Isles 1800-1950, 8vo, maps (torn/selotape), card cases, Paris, 1954; WISE (T. J.), Bibliography of …. Robert Browning, 8vo, reprint 1897/1971; DYER (I.), Bibliography of Thomas Carlyle, 8vo, N.Y., repr 1968; & 3 other vols (6). £20-40
274. [JEWISH INTEREST] misc. history and texts; & [HISTORY]. (2 boxes.). £15-25
275. [BIBLIOGRAPHY] incl. Sotheby’s Catalogues of Valuable Hebrew Books (8); Maggs Bros Bibliotheca Americana part V, 1926; & misc. others (1 box). £40-70
276. [MUSIC]. HOGARTH (G.), Memoirs of the Musical Drama, 2 vols, 6 (of 8) plates, cloth (1 spine lacking) L., 1838 & misc. other (1 box). £20-40
277. [MOTORING]. INGUS (H), The Contour Road Book of Scotland (Great Britain], 2 vols., sm. 8vo, maps & plates, cloth gilt, Edinburgh, 1906 (2). £10-20
278. BURGOYNE (General J.) The Dramatic and Poetical Works ..., 2 vols, 12mo, 2 engraved frontispieces and 3 plates after Courbold, calf gilt, London, Printed by C. Whittingham ..., 1808; 6 other vols (8). £150-250
279. BUTLER (Joseph) The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, To the Constitution and Course of Nature. To which are added Two brief Dissertations: I. Of Personal Identity. II. Of the Nature of Virtue, 4to, half-title, title, 4 ff., pp. x, (11)-320, later red half-calf, 1st Edn., L., 1736. £150-250
280. CIBBER (Colley) An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian, . . . With an Historical View of the Stage during his Own Time. Written by Himself, 4to, engraved portrait frontis, 8 ff., pp. 346, later half mottled calf (worn) L.,1740.£150-250
281. COLLINS (W.) Poetical Works … To which is prefixed a life of the author, by Dr. Johnson, 8vo, 20 plates, calf, L., 1798; & 5 other vols (6). 300-400
282. GERARD (Alexander), An Essay on Genius, 8vo., pp. vii, [1], 434, [2] errata, later cloth, 1st Edn., L., 1774. £100-150
283. GERARD (Alexander), An Essay on Taste ... The second edition, with corrections and additions / To which are annexed, three dissertations on the same subject, by Mr de Voltaire, Mr d'Alembert, and Mr de Montesquieu, 8vo, mottled calf (rebacked) Edinburgh, 1764. £100-150
284. KEATE (G.), Sketches from Nature; taken, and coloured, in a Journey to Margate. Published from the Original Designs, 8v, 2 vols in 1, contemp. calf gilt, 1st Edn., L., 1779.£100-150
285. [MONTOLIEU (Isabelle de) ]. Caroline of Litchfield; A Novel. Translated from the French. By Thomas Holcroft ... In two volumes, 2 vols, 12mo, contemp. calf, Dublin, 1786; and another novel (6). £300-400
286. HOLLIDAY (J.), The Life of William, Late Earl of Mansfield, 4to, 2 portraits, original boards, L., 1797; and 2 other vols (3). £150-250
287. A PARADOX AGAINST LIBERTY. Written by the Lords, during their imprisonment in the Tower. A Poem ..., folio, pp. ii, 2, later half calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1679. £100-150
288. [PERIODICAL]. Literary Leisure, or, the Recreations of Solomon Saunter, 2 vols, 8vo, calf (worn), L.,1802 (2). £40-60
289. RICHTER (J.), Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces: or the Married Life, Death, and Wedding of the Advocate of the Poor, Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkäs ... Translated from the German by Edward Henry Noel. In two volumes, 2 vols, 8vo, uncut in original boards, printed paper labels on spines, 1st Engl. Edn., L., 1845; and three other works, continental lit. or imprints (11). £300-500
290. [DORÉ (Gustave)]. CHATEAUBRIAND (F. de), Atala, 4to, illus., cloth gilt, N.Y. [1884]. £30-40
291. DULAC (Edmund), Lyrics Pathetic & Humorous from A to Z, 4to, decorative title-page, 24 full colour plates with letterpress below, cream cloth backed pictorial dark grey boards (slight edgewear, contents loose but in excellent condtion), pictorial e.p.’s, London., 1908.£150-£250
292. Royal College of Physicians, Catalogue of the Library, lge 8vo, cloth, L., 1912.£10-20
293. no lot
294. [WELLCOME LIBRARY]. Catalogue of Western Manuscript on Medicine and Science, 3 vols., 4to, cloth, L., 1962, 1973 (3). £40-60
295. no lot
296. [SCIENCE] misc. on optics, volcanoes, etc. (1 box). £20-40
297. [SUSSEX]. ERREDGE (J.), History of Brighthelmston, 8vo, extra illustrated, half cf., ex public lib., Brighton 1862. £25-40
298. [SUSSEX]. GODFREY (W.), The Book of John Rowe 1597-1622, 8vo, clo., S.R.R., 1928. £15-25
299. [SUSSEX]. PAGE’S Court Guide and General Directory for Brighton …, 8vo, cloth, (a/f), Brighton 1866. £30-50
300. – misc. lit., h.b. & p.b. (1 box). £10-20
301. [ANTWERP]. JOURDAIN (M.), Old Lace, sm. 4to, illus., clo., Batsford, 1908; & other vols. (1 box). £30-50
302. [CRICKET]. Wisden’s Cricketer’s Almanack, 9 vols. in d.w.’s; 1988-1991, 1994, 1997-1999 (x 2), 2002 (9). £20-40
303. [CRICKET] misc. incl. BIOGRAPHY & Club Histories (4 boxes). £40-60
304. [COLTON (C.)]. A Voice from America to England, 8vo, half calf, L., 1839. £30-50
305. COMIC OPERAS : The Jovial Crew, 12mo, Dublin, 1766; bound with 2 others; & 3 other misc. vols. (4). £40-60
306. Countries of the World, 6 vols.; & misc. lit. (1 box). £10-20
307. Flowers from Many Lands, 8vo, 8 chromos, cloth gilt, L., n.d.; CORNER (Miss), History of Ireland, 8vo, frontis, cloth gilt, L., n.d. (2). £20-40
308. [BERMUDA] Stark’s Bermuda Guide, 8vo, illus., pictorial cloth, Boston 1890. £50-80
309. [BIRDS/ORNITHOLOGY], BREE (C. R.) A History of the Birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles, 4 vols, lge 8vo, 60 +60 + 60 +58 hand col’d plates of birds & eggs, i.e. 238 plates, complete, original gilt-blocked cloth, (spines faded, otherwise excellent), L., 1866-7 (4). £300-600
310. [TREES] EVELYN (John) & Hunter (A) Silva: A Discourse of Forest-Trees…., 2 vols, 4to, frontispiece & 45 plates (incl. folding), old purple polished calf gilt, labels, 4th Edn, York, 1812 (bound without half-titles), (2). £200-400
311. [TREES] RODGERS (S). The Scenery of SHERWOOD FOREST, lge 8vo, illus, cloth gilt, L., 1908; & 2 other volumes on trees (3). £30-60
312. - The SPORTING REVIEW, A Monthly Review of the Turf, the Chase and Rural; Sports, 8 vols (i.e. vols I – VIII, 8vo, plates and maps, ½ calf, L. 1839-42 (8, sold as a periodical). £50-80
313. [A & C BLACK] coll’n of ‘Beautiful Books’ Series: Yorkshire, Vales and Wolds, Coast & Moorland, Dales and Fells, 3 vols, 1908, 1904, 1906; Norway, April 1905; English Lakes, 2nd, 1908; Our Life in the Swiss Highlands, 2nd, 1907; Italian Lakes, repr. 1912; Charm of Gardens, 1911 (8). £50-100
314. – A box of misc. lit., 19th & early 20th c., incl. a few leatherbound (1 box). £25-£40
315. [FAIRY BOOKS, etc] LANG (Andrew) The Violet Fairy Book, 8vo, 8 colour plates, text illus., cloth gilt decorated, L. 1901; 4 other Fairy Books; The Red True Story Book, 1895; & 2 other vols. (8). £80-160
316. MILNE (A. A.) Winnie –the –Pooh, 8vo, illus. By E. H. Shepard, green cloth gilt, (clean copy, no owner name), First Edition, L., 1926. £80-100
317. [WILLIAM BLAKE] GAY (John) Fables, royal 8vo, 2 vols bound in 1; engraved title-pages, 66 engr. plates after W. Blake & others, good margins, contemp calf by Kinlay of Covent Garden (ticket on f. paste-down, , upr. cvr nearly off, L. 1793. £80-100
318. DICKENS (Charles) [The Christmas Books], i.e: A Christmas Carol, 12 mo, ½ title & title printed in red & blue, 4 hand col’d plates, leaf of adverts, with “Stave I” as chapter heading. 1st Edn early issue, 1843; and First Editions, earl, stats of : The Chimes; The Battle of Life; Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man; i.e. 5 volumes uniformly bound in burgundy crushed morocco gilt, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, a.c.j, by RAMAGE; one p’s owner name of Laura West (5). [See illustration] £800-1,500
319. [DODD] (Willliam) An Account of the Rise, Progress and present State of the Magdalen Charity…The Second Edn., 8vo, frontispiece (of a reformed prostitute), 4 ff., pp. 231 (1) [mispaginated, actually 251 (1)], contemp. Calf (back broken), bookplate of Gore Townsend, [London], Printed by W. Faden for the charity, 1763. [See illustration]. £400-600
320. [BINDINGS] PUNCH, 41 vols. bound in ½ years, spanning (not a run) vol. 3 [1842] – vol. 155 [1918], attractively bound in uniform style half polished calf gilt, different colours (41). £60-100
321. [BINDINGS] a quantity of bound periodicals, half calf gilt, various titles; Household Words; London Society etc. (3 boxes). £60-100
322. [BINDINGS] a quantity of early 19th C speeches (famous politicians), full calf gilt, labels, some covers off (1 box). £80-120
323. [BINDINGS] a quantity of misc. mainly 19th c. bindings, 4to et infra (3 boxes). £70-120
324. [HOROLOGY/CLOCKS] The Knibb Family.Clockmakers, 4to, illus., clo, dw, LIMITED EDITION, 1ST Edn, only edition, Manor Press, 1964. £200-300
325. [HOROLOGY] MODY (N.) Japanese Clocks, 4to, illus., clo., dw., slipcase, N. Y. 1977. £30-50
326. [HOROLOGY/CLOCK TOOLS] CROM (J.) Horological Shop Tools 1700-1900, 4to, illus., cloth (no d.w. issued), PRESENTATION COPY (to William Galbraith), LIMITED EDN, Florida, 1980. £60-100
327. [CLOCKS/HOROLGY] MASON (B.) Clock and Watchmaking in Colchester, England, 4to, illus, clo., d.w., slipcase, 1st Edn, Country Life, 1969; SNELL (M.) Clocks and Clockmakers of Salisbury, 4to, illus., cloth, SIGNED, 1st Edn., Salisbury 1986 & 8 other book and pamphlets on PROVINICIAL CLOCKMAKERS (10). £100-150
328. [CLOCKS/HOROLOGY] SYMONDS (R.) Thomas Tampion, His Life and Work, 4to, illus., clo, d.w., 1st Edn, Batsford, 1951; & 6 others on clocks (7).
329. [CLOCKS/HOROLOGY] CRAY (t.) Horological Cutting Engines, 1700-1900, 8vo, illus., clo., PRESENTATION COPY to Bill Galbraith, 3rd impr., Florida, 1970; SMITH (A.) & WYKE (J. of Liverpool). A Catalogue of Tools for Watch and Clock Makers, obl., 4to., illus., clo., Winterthur Museum, Ist Edn., 1978 (2). £25-50
330. [CLOCKS/HOROLOGY] a collection of misc. pamphlets, theses, etc., incl. a collection of early Musical Box Society Journals, 1960’s; Tandy, Pendules, 3 vols (worn), 1960’s, etc. (9). £25-50
331. [MUSICAL BOXES/AUTOMATA] CLARK (E.) Musical Boxes, 8vo, illus., clo, d.w., PRESENTATION COPY, 2nd EDn, 1952; CHAPUIS (A.) & DROZ (F.) Automata, 4to, illus., cloth (covered in clear plastic), Neuchatel, 1958; 2 other vols & a 1890 pamphlet (5). £30-50
332. [HOROLOGY] a misc. quantity incl. manuals etc (1 box). £20-40
333. THACKERAY (William) Works, 24 vols., 8vo, patterned green cloth black & gilt, L., 1876-78 (24). £10-20
334. PETERS (Ellis) The Rose Rent, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., 1986; and 4 other titles (some reprints) & 1 ‘Edith Pargiter’ novel (6). £20-30
335. CARTLAND (Barbara) The Romantic Novels, 40 vols., matching red gilt covers (40). £20-30
336. FRASER (George MacDonald) Royal Flash, 8vo, clo., d.w., ex-school copy, reprint, 1970; & 3 later Flashman novels (4). £20-30
337. HEYER (Georgette) Penhallow, 8vo, clo., 1st Edn, 1942; & 5 later 1st E (6). £20-30
338. [PERIODICALS] Cassell’s Family Magazines Illustrated, 4 vols., 4to, illus. ½ leather, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1897; RAPID REVIEW, 3 vols., 1905/06; Harper’s , June – Nov., 1888 (8). £20-40
339. WHEATLEY (Dennis) a good coll’n, incl. some 1sts in d.w.’s (25). £80-100
340. BRAM STOKER, LOUIS WAIN & others, contributors: The Queen’s Carol. An Anthology, 4to, illus., clo., L., 1905; & 2 other gift books (3). £30-50
341. EDMUNDS (C.) A Subaltern’s War. Being a Memoir of the Great War…., 8vo, illus., later 1/2 leather, 2nd impr., L., 1929; & 7 other vols., misc. lit., fiction & non-fiction (8). £20-40
342. LAMBDIN (D.) H. M. S. Cockerel, An Alan Lowrie Novel, 8vo, clo., d.w., N.Y. 1995; & another in the series (2). £10-20
343. FULLERTON (A.) The White Men Sang, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn., L., 1958; & 2 others by the author (3). £15-25
344. MILLER’S COLLECTABLES PRICE GUIDES, 1991-2004, 9 vols. (9). £20-30
345. McCULLOUGH (Colleen) The Thorn Birds, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn, L., 1977; & 5 others by the same author (6). £30-60
346. TRUE CRIME MAGAZINE, a coll’n of approx 150 issues in original wrappers. £30-50
347. POPE (Dudley) RAMAGE, 8vo, rebound in ½ leather, 2nd impr., 1965; & 15 others from the Ramage series [Napoleonic era], uniformly bound (16). £150-£200
348. STEINBECK (John) The Moon is Down, 8vo, 1st, rebound in ½ leather, L., 1942; & 5 others, uniformly bound, some 1st’s (6). £40-£60
349. CHRISTIE (Agatha) a coll’n of misc. novels, uniformly rebound in tan ½ leather gilt (13). £100-£200
350. HAKLUYT SOCIETY, a very good run from 1960 – 2007, 90 vols, in excellent condition (90). £500 -£800
351. A small quantity of misc. lit. incl. leatherbound (1 box). £30-£50
352. – [OVID] Ovid’s Elegies; or, A Translation of his Choicest Epistles, to his Lady.., 8vo, 8ff, pp.119 (1), contemp. sprinkled calf, L., 1683; QUARLES; Emblems, 1839 (2).
353. [WWI POETRY] Wilkinson (E. F.) Sunrise Dreams, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn, L., 1918; & 8 other volumes (9). £40-£60
354. [CHILDREN’S] Aunt Friendly’s Gift, 8vo, 72 col-printed plates, pictorial cloth, L., n.d. £80-£100
355. [BIBILE] The Self-Interpreting Bible…, 2 vols, 4to, plates, recent calf, Bingay, 1809/1810. £100-£150
356. [CIVIL ENGINEERING] SMEATON (John) Reports of the late…, 4to, vol. 3 only, 16 plates, later boards, L., 1812. £50-£60
357. BOUTELL (C.) Monumental Brasses and Slabs…, 8vo, illus., clo, (rebacked), L., 1847; & another on brass Memorials (2). £60-£80
358. no lot
359. no lot
360. [BIBLIOGRAPHY] WARNECKE (F.) Die deutschen Bucherzeichen (Ex-Libris), 4to, illus., later cloth, Berlin, 1890. £60-£80
361. no lot
362. BURKE (Sir B.) A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Baronetage and Peerage…28th Edn., royal 8vo, rebound, L., 1866; Kelly’s Handbook to the Titled…,1946 (2). £30-£40
363. MORTON (J) A Cyclopedia of AGRICULTURE, 3 vols, lge 8vo, 52 plates, rebound, ½ leather, Blackie, 1855 (3). £100-£150
364. FOSBROOKE (T) Synopsis of Ancient Costume…, 4to, 4 plates, text illus, later cloth, L., 1825; CRISP (F.), Porcelain and Pottery Bearing Arms of the Livery Companies, Ltd Edn, P. P., 1921; & 2 other vols (4). £40-£60
365. SMALRIDGE (George) Sixty Sermons Preach’d on Several Occasions, folio, license f., frontis portrait, vignette on title, panel calf (rebacked fresh e.p’s) Oxford 1724; Newmans’s Concordance, 1643 with defective index (2). £100-£150
366. HUTCHINSON (W.) History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, vol. 2 only, 4to, plates & vignettes, recent ½ leather, L., 1787, with small broadside (loose) ‘To the Subscribers’. £80-£100
367. CHALMERS (George) Caledonia; or an Account ‘Historical and Topographical of North Britain, 4to, 3 vols (vol. 4 not published), large folding map, 5 plates, 2 folding tables, recent ½ calf, L., 1810, 1824 (3). £200-£250
368. no lot
369. GALLON (M.) Machines et Inventions approuvees par l’Academie Royale des Sciences…Depuis 1727-1731; 4to, vol. 5 of this series only, folding plates, contemp. calf, bookplate of F. Laborde, Paris, 1735. £100-£150
370. [CARPENTRY] NICHOLSON (P.) The Carpenter’s New Guide. 4to, 84 numbered plates, 8pp. Taylor catalogue at back, recent full calf, 6th edn., L., 1814. £60-£80
371. no lot
372. GUILDFORD, The History of …, 8vo, frontis & 2 plates, later cloth, Guildford, 1801; and a book of Godalming interest (2). £60-£80
373. [MAPS] PATERSON (Capt Daniel) Paterson’s British Itinerary: being a new and accurate Delineation & Description of the Direct and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain, 2 vols, double-page hand-col’d map and 350 (of 358) strip road maps, i.e lacking 2 leaves (strips 5 – 12), contemp. calf, rebacked, 1st Edn, 1785; together with: PATERSON (Lt-Col. Daniel) A New and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England & Wales, and part of the Roads of Scotland…, folding general map, ½ calf rebacked, 13th Edn, 1803 (3) £200-300.
374. BARRON (A.F) Vines & Vine Culture: being a Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine; with descriptions of the principal varieties, 8vo, original dec. clo., 1st Edn, 1883; PLUCHE (Noel-Antoine) HUMPHREYS (S.) Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d. Being Discourses on such Particulars of Natural History as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity and form the minds of youth, vol. 1 (only, of 2), frontis & 24 plates, calf (upr. cvr. off), 10th Edn, 1766; SCHIMPER (A. F. W.) Plant-Geography upon a Physiological Basis, ex-lib, original ¼ leather (repaired), 1st English Edn, 1903; WATERTON (C.) Essays on Natural History, chiefly Ornithology, cloth gilt, New Edn, 1857;JOHNS (C.A) Flowers of the Field. 4th Edn. Nd. [pre 1866] (5). £70-120
375. [POSTAL INTEREST] DONALD (A) The Posts of Sevenoaks in Kent. 1st Edn 1992. GARDINER (T) A General Survey of the Post Office 1677 – 1682 (Edited by Foster W Bond) One of 150 Copies published by the Postal History Society 1958. LOWE (Robson) The British Postage Stamp of the Nineteenth Century. 1st Edn, 1968. WILLCOCKS (R.M) The Postal History of Great Britain and Ireland. 1st Edn 1972 (4). £15-30
376. [MAPS] LEWIS (S) (Publisher) A Map of England & Wales Divided into Counties, Parliamentary Constituencies, and Dioceses, shewing the Principal Roads, Railways, Rivers & Canals, and the Seats of the Nobility & Gentry with the distance of each town from the General Post Office, London, etc etc. Drawn by R. Creighton and engraved by J.Dower. Hand coloured in outline. No date, circa 1840. Scale 5 miles to one inch. Engraved calligraphic title, and a large engraved vignette by Thomas Allom of the General Post Office. Four sheets (SE, SW, NE & NW) each approx 35in x 41in, dissected and mounted on linen, each folding into a full straight grain morocco cover, gilt, rebacked preserving the rather fragile original backstrips (4). £180-240
377. [PELMANISM] The Pelman System of Mind & Memory Training – ‘This Bound Volume contains the Text Books used by the Instructors of the Pelman School 1914 Edition.’ 12 Parts in one volume. Full morocco, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf – ‘Presented by “The Daily News” to W.W.Astor Esq.’ in gilt lettering on the upper cover. £40-60
378. DALTON (W) The New & Complete English Traveller: or a New Historical Survey and Modern Description of England & Wales. 1st Edn, circa 1790. folio, lacking engraved frontispiece, pp63-64, all maps and most plates, ½ leather, boards detached; SPENCER (N) (pseud.) The Complete English Traveller, or a New Survey & Description of England and Wales. 1st Edn, 1772. Folio. Lacks title, two of the maps, most of the plates & final leaf of the index. Later full calf, gilt; CAMDEN (W) Britannia:or A Chorographical Description of Great Britain & Ireland, together with the Adjacent Islands. Revised by Edmund Gibson. 3rd Edn, 1753. Folio. Vol 1 only, with the engraved portrait frontispiece and the plates of coins, but lacking all the maps; together with a collection of approx 100 topographical engravings c 1750 -1800 (4). £60-120
379. [AMERICANA] [ DWIGHT (Theodore)] The Northern Traveller; Containing the Routes to Niagara, Quebec, and the Springs, with the Tour of New- England, and the Route to the Coal Mines of Pennsylvania, 19 maps as called for, plus 8 additional maps [of the environs of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Charleston, Falls of Niagara, and Ballston and Saratoga], 4 of 8 plates, pencil notes by contemporary owner, James Spedding, ‘going up the Hudson in 1828’, calf gilt, rebacked, .2nd Edn, New York, 1826 [1827?] £30-50
380. [AMERICANA] MURRAY (Hugh) An Historical and Descriptive Account of British America; comprehending Canada Upper and Lower, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Bermudas and the Fur Countries: etc. 1st Edn, 3 Vols, complete with maps, later half vellum, Edinburgh 1839 (3). £30-50
381. [AMERICANA] [ANON] The New World in 1859 being the United States and Canada, illustrated and described. In Five Parts : The United States, Scenes & Scenery, Upper & Lower Canada, Things as They Are in 1859, Emigration, Land & Agriculture. Illustrated with 135 Engravings from Photographic & Pencil Sketches, original cloth, 1st Edn 1859. £100-150
382. [AMERICANA] MORSE (Jedidiah) The American Geography; or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: etc., 8vo, map of the Northern and Middle States, but lacking that of the Southern States, contemp. calf, 2nd Edn 1792. £100-150
383. [AMERICANA] WELD (Isaac, Junior ) Travels through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797, 8vo, vpl. 1 only, 9 only (of 11) plates and maps (lacks American Stage Waggon and the Canadian Calash but with the large folding map), old boards crudely rebacked, 3rd Edn,1800; [BLOWE (Daniel)] A Geographical, Commercial & Agricultural View of the United States of America, forming a complete Emigrant’s Directory Through every part of the Republic. 1st Edn, 1820 -lacking title & preface (supplied in facsimile), maps of the United States & Boston, original boards, bound from the parts? (2). £100-200
384. [AMERICANA] MANNING (Rev. Samuel) American Pictures, drawn with Pen and Pencil. 1st Edn, nd c1870;WILLIAMS (Samuel Cole) Editor. Adair’s History of the American Indians, 1930 reprint; DRAKE (Samuel Adams) Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston. 8th Edn, Boston 1889; HEADLEY (J.T) The Adirondack; or Life in the Woods. Illustrated with 12 Engravings. Nd c 1850 bound with The Perils & Adventures of Priscilla Eaton – An Historical Tale.1854; FEARON (H.B) A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles through the eastern & Western States of America. 2nd Edn, 1818, 1970 reprint; STICK (D) The Outer Banks of North Carolina 1584-1958. 1973 printing of 1958 1st Edn. From the library of Michael Maclagan (1914 -2003) of Trinity College, Oxford with his bookplate. Inscribed from Francis Pickens Miller (1895-1978) (Prominent member of the Virginia House of Delegates); and 3 other vols (9). £30-50
385. [AMERICANA] DE FER (Nicholas) Introduction a la Geographie Avec une description Historique Sur toutes les parties de la Terre, 8vo, engraved throughout, with vignette showing California as an island, lacking 4 maps as often, contemp. calf gilt (worn), 2nd Edn, Paris, 1717. £30-50
386. [AMERICANA] PHELPS STOKES (I.N) & HASKELL (D.C) American Historical Prints Early Views of American Cities, etc. from the Phelps Stokes and other collections. 1497 – 1891, cloth, 1st Standard Edn, New York Public Library, 1933; PHILLIPS (P.L) A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress preceded by a List of Works relating to Cartography. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum 1967 reprint of the 1901 1st Edn. Original cloth. (2). £20-40
387. [AMERICANA] CROMWELL (G.R) editor: A Tour through the New World ; America, Scenic and Descriptive. From Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico. A Series of Panoramic Pictures Photographically Delineating the Superb Natural and Artistic Features of the North American Continent, obl. 4to, cloth gilt, n.d., ca. 1895. £50-100
388. [AMERICANA / SLAVERY] WOOLMAN (J) A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman, late of Mount Holly, in the Province of New-Jersey, North America. To which are added, his Works, containing his last Epistle & other Writings, 12mo, contemp. calf (rebacked) Dublin, 1794. £70-100
389. [OXFORD] MALLET (C.F) A History of the University of Oxford, 2 vols, Vol II, The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. 1st Edn, 1924; Vol III, Modern Oxford. 1st Edn 1927; HIBBERT (C) Editor. The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. 1st Edn, 1988. Original cloth with dw (3). £20-40
390. [OXFORD] INGRAM (J) & LE KEUX (J) Memorials of Oxford, 1 Vol. only, 4to, bound from the parts, 32 plates, 1st Edn, 1834. £30-50
391. [OXFORD] ANON. The Oxford University Calendar. 1842. Corrected to December 31, 1841. Original leather gilt. £20-30
392. [OXFORD] [PRIOR (J) Editor] Brasenose Ale. A Collection of Poems presented annually by the Butler of Brasenose College on Shrove Tuesday, original cloth gilt; errata slip, Printed for private circulation, by J. Vincent 1857. £50-100
393. [OXFORDSHIRE] [COX (T)] Magna Britannia … [sections relating to Oxfordshire and Rutland], with the small Morden maps in contemporary colour, and the distance tables, later half-calf, ca. 1725 (w.a.f.) £60-120
394. [BOTANY] SMITH (J.E) & SOWERBY (J) (Illustrator) English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, Vol IX only: Mosses & Liverworts, 8vo, 263 hand coloured engraved plates (plates numbered 1630-1892 complete), 2nd Edn, 1842 ; DIXON (H.N) The Student’s Handbook of British Mosses. 8vo, original cloth, inscribed by the explorer / botanist Norman Cruttwell, 3rd Edn, Eastbourne, 1924 (2). £60-120
395. ADAM (A) A Summary of Geography & History both Ancient and Modern; etc. 5th Edn, 1816. Illustrated with Maps. Original calf, rebacked, untitled. Complete with the 13 maps and plates (including the map of America for 1797); LANDMAN (G.) A Universal Gazetteer; or, Geographical Dictionary. New Edn, 9 engraved maps, blind stamped cloth (rebacked), 1840 (2). £80-140
396. HYDE (R) A Prospect of Britain – The Town Panoramas of Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, obl. folio, cloth, d,w, 1st Edn, 1994; GRAHAM (F) compiler: Warwickshire 100 Years Ago. 1st Edn, 1969 (2). £30-50
397. SHEPHERD (T). Bath & Bristol Illustrated with Views of Somerset & Gloucestershire. 1969 Facsimile reprint of the 1829 original; [ANON] A Gloucestershire and Bristol Atlas. A selection of old maps and plans from the 16th to the 19th century including the ISAAC TAYLOR (1777) large scale map of the county in full, Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, 1961 (2). £20-40
398. DUNCKER (D.R) & WEISS (H).Het Hertogdom Brabant in Kaart en Prent, clo., d.w., 1st Edn, Tielt, Belgium/Bussum, Netherlands, 1983. £20-40
399. REYNOLDS (J) Reynolds’s Geological Atlas of Great Britain, comprising a series of maps geologically coloured, from the best authorities; etc. New Edn, maps complete and in good condition, original cloth (rebacked), ca 1867. £100-150
400. [ANON] The Traveller’s Guide through Scotland and it’s (sic) Islands, 8vo, engraved plates, folding maps, road maps and county atlas, contemp. calf (rebacked, new e.p.’s) 4th Edn, Edinburgh, Thomson, 1808. £50-100
401. [ANON] Duncan’s Itinerary of Scotland; containing the roads through Scotland, and the principal roads to London; with the Gentlemen’s seats, and other remarkable objects, on each road. With an appendix etc. 3rd Edn with a map of Scotland, Glasgow, 1816; DIBDIN (T.F) Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland. 1st Edn, Vol II only, [covering Scotland], 1838 (2 vols, sold with all faults). £50-100
402. -METCALFE (F) The Oxonian in Norway; or, Notes of Excursions in that Country in 1854-1855, 8vo, 2 vols in 1, half-leather, 1st Edn, 1856. £30-60
403. FORD (R) Gatherings from Spain, 8vo, modern cloth, 1st Edn, L., 1846. £15-30
404. HEMINGWAY (E) For Whom the Bell Tolls, 8vo, original cloth, 1st Edn, Cape, 1941; HEMINGWAY (E) The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. 1st Edn, Cape 1939; HEMINGWAY (E) By-Line: Selected Articles and Despatches, 8vo, clo., d.w., 1st Edn, Collins 1968 (3). £20-40
405. CALDWELL (E) Tobacco Road, 8vo, clo., 1st Edn, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1932. £30-50
406. SPENDER (Stephen) et al., Encounters- An Anthology from the First Ten Years of Encounter Magazine. 1st Edn, 1963. Signed by Spender & Lasky; HARRIS (J) Jigs & Reels. 1st Edn, Doubleday 2004. Signed by author on title p.;HUSSEY (C) The Valley of Secrets. Illustrated by Christopher Crump. 1st Hodder Edn 2004. Signed by author on title page; & 1 other (4). £20-40
407. ANON. La Revolution Francaise et l’Europe 1789-1799. Exhibition Catalogue, Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais 19 March-26 June 1989. 3 vols, complete in slipcase. £20-40
408. [GOLF] DARWIN (B) et al. A History of Golf in Britain, clo., d.w., 1st Edn, 1952; HOBBS (M) Golf- A Visual History. 1st Edn 1991;WATT (A.A) Collecting Old Golf Clubs. 1st Edn, 1985 (3). £25-40
409. [MANUSCRIPT] anonymous vol of some 60 ff. + loose, in the same hand, together with a few leaves in a different hand, mostly MEDICAL extracts, but much general material taken from newspapers & magazines, ca.1825. £50-100
410. [ISLE of WIGHT MANUSCRIPT / SCHOOL DRAWING BOOK] GARDNER (S) drawing book from a pupil at Newport School, Isle of Wight with a number of topographical drawings. ½ calf, worn, ca.1825. £30-50
411. BARKER (Cicely)The Book of the Flower Fairies, sm. 4to, 689 col. plates, Blackie, n.d.; & 2 smaller Fairy Books (3). £40-60
412. ALLINGHAM (H) Happy England, sm. 4to, col. plates, A & C Black, 1909. £60-80
413. [COSTUME PLATES] a bound 8vo volume of some 60 hand-col’d ‘ Mode de Paris’, early 19th c. £60-80
414. ‘SURTEES’ [Works] M. F. H. Edn., royal 8vo, plates by Leech incl. hand-col’d, cloth, L., 1900 (8). £50-70
415. Our Native land, 4to, chromoplates, 1879; BARRIE (J. M.) Quality Street, 4to, illus. by Hugh Thomson, cloth gilts, L., n.d.; & 1 other (3). £30-40
416. THOMAS (D. M.) The White Hotel, 8vo, clo., d. w., 1st Edn., L., 1981; The Flute Player, 1st, 1979 (2). £20-30
417. FALKUS (Hugh) Nature Detective, 4to, illus., clo., slipcase, SIGNED, LTD EDN., 62/100 copies, L., 1978. £20-30
418. RAWSON (J) Chinese Bronzes of Yunnan, 4to, illus., clo., D. W., 1ST Edn., L., 1983. £10-20
419. SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY, a good collection of hardback novels in d. w’s, including some 1sts, in excellent condition (6 boxes). £70-120
420. “ARABIAN NIGHTS Entertainments:… rendered into English from the last Paris Edition, 4 vols, 12mo, calf, L., 1798; [BIBLE] Biblia Sacra Sive Testamentum Vetus…, 12mo, engr. Titles, pp. 959 (1), 1 Whole book of Psalms, L. 1682’, old calf, Amsterdam Schipper, 1669; Johnson, Rassela, 2 vols in 1, 1790; & misc. other vols. Folio et infra (1 box). £150-200
421. JENYNS (S) Later Chinese Porcelain, 8vo, illus., clo., d. w., repr. 1977; & 2 others related (3). £10-20
422. CASTELL (Richard) The Villas of the Ancients illustrated, lge folio, text imperfect (2 ff lacking, 1 text f lacking lower ½), 12 engr. Plates (incl. 1 double page), ½ calf, L., for the Author, 1728. £100-200
423. GOULD (R) History of Freemasonry, 3 vols., 4to., plates (portraits not regalia), full bevel-edged r |
