Fine Art Sale
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20th July 2012
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2001. BURLINGTON MAGAZINE, various issues, a large quantity, 1904 - 52. 4to., orig. wraps. Illustrated, (a large quantity).£30-50
2002. COOKE, W.B., pub. Gems of Art..., 1848. Orig. qtr. maroon roan folder gilt containing engraved title, list of plates and 35 (ex 36) loose engravings after Reynolds, Gainsborough and others - TURNER, J.M.W. Liber Studiorum Reproduced in autotype.., 3 vols., 1870. Orig. cloth (covers soiled) - SECRETAN, E. Catalogue de Tableaux Anciens et Modernes..., 2 vols., Paris, 1889. Orig. wraps. Plates - MURRAY, A.S. and A.H. SMITH. White Athenian Vases in the British Museum, 1896. Orig. cloth backed boards. Plates (title spotted). All folio. With another volume. (8)
£100-150
2003. GEORGIAN SOCIETY, The. Records of Eighteenth-Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin, 5 vols., Dublin 1909 - 13 -- SADLEIR, THOMAS U. and PAGE L. DICKINSON. Georgian Mansions in Ireland. Dublin 1915. (frontis. loose). All 4to., orig. cloth (covers soiled with some damages). (6)
£150-250
2004. HERAEUS, C.G. Bildnisse der Regierenden Fursten..., Vienna 1828. Folio, old half red morocco gilt (corners scraped). 63 double page engraved plates of coins (occasional spotting). Bookplate of R.G. Hollies-Smith. With 7 loose plates of coins from other works.
See illustration.£400-600
2005. HOGARTH, WILLIAM. The Complete Works, With An Introductory Essay by James Hannay..., 6 vols., William Mackenzie, n.d. 4to., orig. pictorial cloth gilt. 150 engraved plates. (6)
£30-40
2006. JONES & Co., pub. The New National Gallery, [c. 1836]. 4to., cont. half red stained calf, spine gilt. Containing 74 engraved plates (ex 114, from list of plates in 2 vols). With another volume. (2)£30-50
2007. LE BLANC, M. and M.M. ARMENGAUD. The Engineer & Machinist's Drawing Book..., n.d. Folio, cont. half black calf (sides soiled, some wear). Engraved title and 71 plates, one of them coloured (some spotting).£60-80
2008. MACQUOID, PERCY. A History of English Furniture, 4 vols., 1904 - 08. Folio, orig. cloth (covers soiled and faded). Plates, some coloured. Text illustrations. (4)
£100-150
2009. MACQUOID, PERCY. A History of English Furniture, 4 vols., 1938. Folio, orig. cloth, 2 dws. (d.ws. defective, 2 spines faded, some soiling). Colour plates and other illustrations. (4)
£100-150
2010. ROOSES, MAX. Rubens, trans. Harold Child, 2 vols., Philadelphia and London, 1904. Cont. half brown morocco (spines faded) -- MUNTZ, EUGENE. Leonardo da Vinci..., from the French. 2 vols., London and New York 1898. Orig. cloth -- DAVIES, GERALD S. Frans Hals, 1902. Orig. qtr. vellum. Folio, all illustrated. Basset Down House library bookplates. (5)
£40-60
2011. RUSKIN, JOHN. Notes...on his collection of drawings by...J.M.W. Turner. 1878. Qtr. brown morocco, t.e.g., other edges uncut. 35 plates and a map -- COOK, EDWARD T. Studies in Ruskin..., Orpington and London, 1890. Orig. cloth. Plates. Both 4to., Large Paper. With 3 others by Ruskin, including a presentation copy of The Queen of the Air, Second Edition, 1869, inscribed to Neville Story Maskelyne, "with the author's affectionate regards, 1st January 1870". 8vo., orig. cloth, and a children's book inscribed by the same to Mary L. Story-Maskelyne, dated 1882. (6) £100-150
2012. SITWELL, Maj. Gen. H.D.W. The Crown Jewels...in the Tower of London, Dropmore Press, 1953. Signed by the author on title. Folio, orig. cloth, d.w. (d.w. torn and soiled). Colour plates -- PHILLIPS, HUGH. Mid-Georgian London, 1964. 4to., orig. cloth, d.w. Illustrated. With vols. 1 - 35 of the London Record Society, 1965 - 2000. 8vo., orig. cloth, and 6 others on London. (43)
£80-100
2013. SLUYTERMAN, Prof. K. Old Interiors in Holland. The Hague 1908. Folio, loose in orig. linen portfolio, with ties (covers soiled). 100 collotype plates. £40-60
2014. THE STATE HERMITAGE [St. Petersburg] Masterpieces from the Museum's Collections. 2 vols., 4to., orig. cloth, d.ws. Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1994. In original slipcase. Coloured and plain illustrations. (2)
£100-150
2015. TIPPING, H. AVRAY. English Homes. Period III, vol 1, 1929; Period IV, vol 1, 1929. 2 vols., folio, orig. cloth (soiled), d.ws. (slightly defective). Illustrated. (2)
£60-80
2016. WILTON-ELY, JOHN. Giovanni Battista Piranesi The Complete Etchings. 2 vols., San Francisco, 1994. 4to., orig. cloth, d.ws. Plates. With another on the same. (3)
£40-60
2019. ANCESTOR, The. 12 vols. orig. boards (spines worn), and 3 indexes in orig. wraps. 8vo., 1902 - 05. (15)
£40-60
2020. ANDERSON, JAMES. The Oliphants in Scotland, P.P., Edinburgh 1879. One of 100 copies, 4to., orig. qtr. brown morocco gilt (lacks bqckstrip). Coloured frontispiece and facsimiles. With 2 copies of The Jacobite Lairds of Gask by T.L. Kington Oliphant, 1870 (spines faded) and another on the same family. 8vo., orig. cloth. (4)
£80-120
2021. BIBLIOGRAPHY & HISTORY. 17 various vols., including: Campbell, Rev. William. Materials for a History of the Reign of Henry VII, 2 vols., 1873 -- UPDIKE, D.B. Printing Types, Second Edition, 2 vols., 1937 (torn d.ws.) -- TOOLEY, R.V. Maps and Mapmakers, 1949 (d.w. defective and browned), and facsimile of Ogilby's Britannia 1971. (17)
`£50-70
2022. CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE, 1886.
Cont. red morocco gilt, a.e.g. with gilt stamp on upper cover, "Sir Arthur Hodgson, K.C.M.G." -- PETHERICK, EDWARD AUGUSTUS. Catalogue of the York Gate Library Formed by Mr. S. William Silver. An Index to the Literature of Geography Maritime and Inland Discovery Commerce and Colonisation. Second Edition, 1886. Orig. vellum, t.e.g. (soiled). Double page map. Plates. Both tall 8vo.
(2)
The silver collection of rare voyages and travels, many acquired from the dispersal of the Beckford, Hamilton, Ellis and Woodhall sales.£100-120
2023. CLAPPERTON, R.H. Paper An Historical Account of its Making..., Oxford: The Shakespeare Head Press 1934. No. 206 of 250 copies Folio, orig. half blue morocco gilt, t.e.g. other edges uncut (sides slightly soiled). Photographic plates.£100-150
2024. CLARK, HUGH. A Concise History of Knighthood. 2 vols., 1784. 8vo., cont. half blue stained calf, spines gilt. 82 engraved plates. (2)
£50-70
2025. DEBRETT, JOHN. The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, 2 vols., 1819. 12mo., cont. calf (upper inner joints broken). Engraved frontispiece. Bookplates of Robert Thoroton -- BURKE, JOHN. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 6th edition, 2 vols., 1840. 8vo., cont. calf (spine of vol 1 crudely repaired with tape. Chromolithographic frontispiece in vol 1. With 8 others similar including Fox Davies. Armorial Families, 2 vols., 1929; Burke's Family Records, 1897; Burke's Peerage & Landed Gentry, both 1937. (12)
£150-250
2026. DENHAM, Rev. J.F. Views,,,of St. Dunstan in the West, in the City of London, n.d. Folio, cont. red stained calf gilt. Lithographic plates. Bookplate of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. With Cokayne Pedigree, and a few further plates loosely inserted -- ELLACOMBE, Rev. H.T. History and Antiquities of the Parish of Clyst St. George...in the County of Devon, Exeter 1865. 4to., later half calf. Inscribed "With the Author's kind regards" and signature of H.L. Gibbs Oct 1886. Plates, some coloured. With 2 others relating to the Gibbs family, and a further volume of pedigrees by Sandys B. Foster, including Wilson of Rigmaden Park and Low Nook etc., P.P., 1890 with numerous Ms. additions. (5)£100-200
2027. GIBBS, HENRY HUCKS, first Lord Aldenham, compiler. Pedigree of the Family of Gibbs..., P.P., 1890. Folio, cont. calf gilt with Gibbs arms on upper cover (upper cover slightly faded). Engraved frontispiece and 10 plates. Bookplate of Henry Lloyd Gibbs; The Game of Ombre, Third Edition, P.P., 1902. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Plates, 2 of them coloured. Presentation copy from the author to his son Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (2)
£60-80
2028. GREEN, EMANUEL. Bibliotheca Somersetensis. 3 vols., Taunton 1902. 4to., later green cloth. (3)
£150-180
2029. KERR, WILLIAM JAMES. The Genealogical Tree of the Family of Jarrett, of Orange Valley, Jamaica and Camerton Court, Somerset. Southampton 1824. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Folding family tree, linen backed (half title detached and frayed at outer edge). Portraits and plates. Ms. additions in pencil. With a relevant pamphlet and newspaper clippings loosely inserted.
£40-60
2030. MAXWELL, WILLIAM. The Dun Emer Press...The Cuala Press, P.P., 1932. -- GASKELL, PHILIP. John Baskerville A Bibliography, Cambridge 1959 -- HARROP, DOROTHY A. A History of the Gregynog Press, Private Libraries Association 1980. With 2 others on the same press, and 3 other volumes. Various sizes, orig. bindings. (8)
£50-70
2031. PRINTING, BIBLIOGRAPHY, BINDING, BOOK COLLECTING etc. 40 various volumes including McKerrow, Muir, Hayward, Chapman and others. (40)
£150-250
2032. PRINTING etc. another lot, similar, 38 vols, and a quantity of journals and catalogues. (a quantity).£100-150
2033. PUBLISHERS. 22 various volumes, on the O.U.P., C.U.P., Collins, Dent, Cassell, Bodley Head and others. Mostly 8vo., orig. bindings. (22)
£50-70
2034. ROXBURGHE CLUB. 6 vols., publications, 1881 - 89 including: The Life and Martyrdom of Saint Katherine of Alexandria...Now First Printed...in the possession of Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1884. The copies of Alban George Henry Gibbs with bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. 4to., qtr. brown morocco (scuffed). With two Camden Society publications and another volume. (9)
£200-300
2037. BEARDSLEY, AUBREY, illus. MALORY, Sir THOMAS. Le Morte Darthur. 1909. One of 1500 copies. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. Plates and text illustrations. With 3 others. (4)
£100-150
2038. BENNETT, ARNOLD. Elsie and the Child. No. 687 of 750 copies. Curwen Press, 1929. 4to., orig. cloth, uncut, d.w. (d.w. defective at rear, head of spine slightly darkened). Original slipcase. Coloured illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer.£60-80
2039. BLACKWELL, BASIL, pub. Number One...Fourteen Joy Street. Oxford 1923 - n.d. 4to., various coloured cloth (spines faded), Number Four in torn d.w. Tipped in colour plates, black and white text illustrations. (No. 14 lacks coloured frontispiece, 5 vols., lack front flyleaves, frontis. loose in No. 3). No. 1 has a TLS from Basil Blackwell pasted in, one page, 21 Sept. 1923, sending the volume to Miss M. Allen, "I am proud of its appearance, which is due in no small measure to your help..." (14)
Sold not subject to return.
Children's miscellany with original contributions from Walter de la Mare, Eleanor Farjeon, Hilaire Belloc, Laurence Housman, Edith Sitwell, and others.£100-150
2040. CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Five various volumes, including Lear. The Book of Nonsense, 1901; The Water Babies illus. by Jessie Willcox Smith, n.d. and Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales illus by Rie Cramer and .A. Govey. Orig. cloth. (5)
£30-40
2041. CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE, illus. Political Squibs & Satires (lettered thus on spine). Volume containing 18 pamphlets, published by William Hone and others, mostly with text illustrations. Including The Free-Born Englishman Deprived of His Seven Senses...A Poem, By Geoffry Gag-'Em-All [1819]. Hand coloured folding frontispiece. 8vo., later half calf, with ms. contents list. Bookplate of Henry Lloyd Gibbs.
See illustration.
£100-200
2042. DODGSON, Rev. CHARLES LUTWIDGE. LEWIS CAROLL. Alice's Adventures Under Ground, First Edition, 1886. 8vo., orig. red cloth gilt. Illustrations by the author. (inner upper joint cracked. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on half title, "J. Wilkes from the Author Jan. 1887".
See also lots
See illustration.£750-1000
2043. DODGSON, Rev. CHARLES LUTWIDGE. LEWIS CARROLL. Rhyme ? and Reason ?, First Edition, 1883. 8vo., orig. green cloth gilt (slightly soiled). Illustrations by Arthur B. Frost and Henry Holiday. (inner upper joint cracked). Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on half title "J. Wilkes with the Author's sincere regards", signed with initials, dated Dec. 7/83.
Dr. James Wilkes (1811 - 94) F.R.C.S. was a Lunacy Commissioner between 1855 and 1878. Fellow commissioners included Robert Lutwidge, a cousin of Charles Dodgson, and Lord Shaftesbury. The Hunting of the Snark is reputed to relate to the Lunacy Commission, with Wilkes depicted as the character "Butcher".
See also 1 of 5
See illustration.£750-1000
2044. DORE, GUSTAVE. Cassell's Dore Gallery. ed. Edmund Ollier. 2 vols., n.d. 4to., orig. cloth gilt, 250 plates. -- HOGARTH, WILLIAM. The Works, Published by J. Dicks, n.d. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. 68 plates. With 3 other illustrated volumes. (6)
£80-120
2045. DORE, GUSTAVE, illus. MILTON, JOHN. Paradise Lost. With Notes and A Life of Milton by Robert Vaughan. Cassell, Petter & Galpin, n.d. Large 4to., full decorative red morocco gilt, a.e.g. by A.W. Bain slightly darkened, with wear to tail of spine and edges). Plates. Red morocco gilt label on verso of upper cover, "The Revd. E.M. Johnstone, M.A. A Token of Respect from His Classes H.M.S. 'Britannia' June 1875 - July 1876" with 18 names. With another volume (a late edition of Hogarth's Works with some defects). (2)
The vessel referred to is probably the former H.M.S. Prince of Wales (1860) which was renamed Britannia in 1869 and used as a cadet training ship, until broken up in 1916.
£60-80
2046. DOYLE, RICHARD. The Foreign Tour of Messrs Brown Jones and Robinson. First Edition, 1854. 4to., cont. half red morocco gilt, a.e.g. (slightly rubbed). -- GREEN, SAMUEL G. Scottish Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil, New Edition, 1886. Large 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (spine faded). Both illustrated. (2)
£40-60
2047. DULAC, EDMUND, illus. The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales From the Old French retold by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. Pencil inscription presenting the volume to Mabel [Hollams, the artist] dated 1910. 4to., orig. decorative brown cloth gilt. Tipped in colour plates. Head and tailpieces.
£80-120
2048. KIPLING, RUDYARD. The Second Jungle Book, First Edition, 1895. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (wear to head and tail of spine and lower joint). Illus. by J. Lockwood Kipling (signatures on half title). With 7 others, including The Four Gardens by Handasyde, 1912. Colour plates by Charles Robinson. (8)
£80-120
2049. KIPLING, RUDYARD. Just So Stories For Little Children, First Edition 1902. 4to., orig. cloth (worn). Illustrations by the author (B1 loose and frayed). With 5 others including Davey, Doris and Helen Waite. My Dolly's Home [1921] with opening flaps (lacking some cut-out figures from pocket at front), and Bookano Stories. No.12 ed. S. Louis Giraud, with pop-up illustrations. (6)
Sold not subject to return.£80-120
2050. LANG, ANDREW. 16 various vols., Fairy books and other series, 11 of them First Editions, including The True Story Book, 1893. 8vo., orig. cloth many worn and faded). (16)
Illustrated.
Sold not subject to return.£100-150
2051. [MARTIN, SARAH CATHERINE]. A Continuation of the Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog, J. Harris 1807. 15 hand coloured illustrations (margin of frontis. frayed, some stains). Bound with others similar (incomplete). 16mo., cont. qtr. red roan. With another volume, similar, which includes The Adventures of Valentine and Orson. Hodgson and Co., n.d. with folding hand coloured frontispiece. Sold not subject to return. (2)£80-120
2052. RACKHAM ARTHUR, illus. SHAKESPEARE,. WILLIAM. A Midsummer-Night's Dream, 1908. 4to., orig. cloth gilt. 40 tipped in colour plates (one tissue creased).£100-150
2053. RACKHAM, ARTHUR, illus. Mother Goose The Old Nursery Rhymes. No. 728 of 1130 copies, signed by the artist [1913]. 4to., orig. cloth gilt, t.e.g., other edges uncut (spine darkened, covers soiled). 13 tipped in colour plates, text illustrations.
£200-300
2054. SEVERN, WALTER, illus. The Golden Almanac. Day & Son, n.d. c. 1863. Folio, orig. decorative cloth gilt with onlays (gutta percha perished, loose in binding). 12 colour plates (lacks 2 protective blanks).£100-150
2055. SEYMOUR, ROBERT. Sketches G.S. Tregear, [1839]. 5 vols. in 2. 8vo., cont. half calf. Titles and 180 plates, printed on various coloured paper (some spotting). With 2 vols. only of Ingram. Memorials of Oxford, 1837. 8vo., cont. half black morocco gilt. Map and plates. and 2 others. (6)
£50-80
2056. VASNETSOV, VICTOR MIKHAILOVICH. Russian proverbs and sayings from the drawings of (translated), n.p. or d. (c. 1910). Oblong folio, orig. cloth (upper soiled). Tipped in black and white illustrations.£20-30
2059. CHILDREN'S GAMES, FIGURES etc., all manuscript and handmade (a collection).
See illustration.
£100-150
2060. CHINESE PAINTINGS. Set of 10 hand painted coloured illustrations on heart-shaped leaves, depicting junks, fish, butterflies, fruit and trades (some damages). 19th c.
See illustration.
£100-200
2061. COUNTIES OF ENGLAND. Card game comprising 61 cards (14 county cards and 47 coloured picture cards, complete with Rules for the Game). With another similar game, unillustrated, comprising 52 cards describing 40 English counties and 12 Welsh counties. 19th c. (2)
See illustration.£100-150
2062. THE FAIRY FAVOUR. Published May 13th 1791...by E. Tringham No 104 Newgate St. and most of the Booksellers, Stationers and Toy Shops of Great Britain and Ireland. Children's story in two layers on paper, folded, with lift-up sections, text and hand coloured illustrations.
See illustration.£150-250
2063. PAPER CUT-OUTS. Circular miniature with the Lord's Prayer at centre, mounted on pink paper, "Bought of pensioner in Royal Charles Ward, Greenwich Hospital, 10 April 1803" on verso. With 2 exercise books containing numerous later examples, mounted or loose. (3)
See illustration.
£200-300
2064. PETIT NECESSAIRE DES JEUNES DEMOISELLES...chez Mallez Aine, Paris, n.d. Booklet in orig. green wraps., in orig. board slipcase with 28 (ex 32) loose engraved cards demonstrating various sewing and embroidery techniques, some hand coloured. Sold with an original board slipcase in two pull-apart sections, decorated with scenes of oriental buildings in gilt on a black background, containing an incomplete figure game [each figure needing 3 sections] comprising 26 blue printed cards with captions in English, French and German (7 heads, 8 middles and 11 lower sections). (2)
See illustration.
£100-200
2065. PLAYING CARDS etc. Miniature pack (?late 18th c.), comprising 47 cards + 1 (? joker,), diamonds suit complete, measures 27 x 20 mm. Court cards coloured. With 2 late 19th c. packs of De la Rue cards (complete) in orig. torn wraps., with labels of Spiers and Son, Oxford. With 6 small engraved sheets of music for the viole numbered 7 - 12; original metal plate for the bookplate of the Rev. Mr. Geo. Booth and 2 printed examples; and leaflet advertising photographic views of the Big Trees of Calaveras County California by Thomas Houseworth & Co., San Francisco. (a lot)
£80-120
2066. PRINTED CARD GAMES. 7 various games (late 18th c. - mid 19th c.), all apparently incomplete, comprising in all approx.80 cards, hand coloured, with titles, captions, conundrums etc., and 8 separate printed solutions (2 of them published by J. Fairburn). Contained in wooden box, sectioned, with sliding lid (sides damaged) and 3 bone counters.
£80-120
2067. STAR SIGN GAME (? late 18th c.), comprising 48 printed cards: planets, classical figures etc., each with oval illustration and description beneath (a few stains & wormholes). With another, comprising 52 colour printed cards (12 star signs, each with 4 cards + 4? jokers), probably mid 19th c. (2)
See illustration.
£150-250
2068. AUBREY, JOHN. Wiltshire. The Topographical Collections Corrected and Enlarged by John Edward Jackson. Devizes 1862. 4to., cont. half calf gilt (some wear). Plates, plans, folding tables. With Rev. Jackson's own copy of Aubrey's Collections for Wilts. Part 1, 1821, with numerous annotations and inscribed, "This is the copy of Sir Thomas Phillipps's Edition of Aubrey...which I collated with the Original Ms at Oxford when I was preparing my Wiltshire Collections..." 4to., cont. half calf. And an undated folding map of Wiltshire. (3)
£80-120
2069. AUBREY, JOHN. Wiltshire. The Topographical Collections. Corrected and Enlarged by John Edward Jackson, Devizes, 1862. Portrait, plates, 2 of them folding. Signature of C.H. St. Hornby, Porch House Potterne (founder of the Ashendene Press) on front flyleaf -- JONES, WILLIAM HENRY. Domesday for Wiltshire. Bath 1865. Unopened (spine faded) Both 4to., orig. cloth gilt. (2)
£60-80
2070. BARCLAY, EDGAR. Stonehenge and its Earth-Works, 1895. Plates and plans (some loose) -- JONES, WILLIAM HENRY. Domesday for Wiltshire, Bath 1865 (upper inner joint broken, spine slightly defective) Both 4to. -- PRESTON, Rev. T.A. The Flowering Plants of Wilts. Pub. by the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1888. 8vo., Folding map. With 5 others on Wiltshire. Mostly orig. cloth. (8)
£80-120
2071. BOSWELL, EDWARD. The Civil Division of the County of Dorset..., Sherborne [1795]. 8vo., cont. half calf (some wear). Folding engraved map. With Dorset Domesday Book, 3 vols, Alecto Editions, 1987. (4)£60-80
2072. BRIDGES, JOHN. The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire. Compiled...by the Rev. Peter Whalley, 2 vols., Oxford 1791. [1762 - 91] Folio, later half calf (scuffed). Engraved portrait, and 38 plates, 2 of them double page (one with tear to margin, another with split at plate line, lacks map). Armorial bookplates. (2)£400-600
2073. COBBETT, WILLIAM. The Woodlands: A Treatise..., 1825 [1828]. Cont. half calf (rubbed, 2 signatures on title) -- THE CAMBRIAN TRAVELLER'S GUIDE. Second Edition, Stourport, n.d. Cont. diced calf gilt (joints cracking). Folding hand coloured map (split at fold, name on title). Both 8vo. With the Castles of England by Sir James Mackenzie, 2 vols., 1897. (4)£80-120
2074. COLLINSON, Rev. JOHN. The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset. First Edition, 3 vols., Bath 1791. Subscriber's copy, that of S.C. Edwards with name on title of vol 1. Cont. tree calf gilt (old rebacks, some wear to heads of spines). Folding engraved map and 40 plates (short tear at lower margin to map and one plate, spotting to text and plates). Bookplates of George Troyte Bullock. With Index, Taunton, 1898. Cont. mottled calf. All 4to. (4)
£150-250
2075. ELMES, JAMES. Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century, 1827, (engraved title reads London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century). 2 parts in one. 4to., cont. calf gilt (upper joint split). Engraved title, plan and 123 plates after Thomas H. Shepherd. -- TROTTER, WILLIAM EDWARD. Select Illustrated Topography of Thirty Miles Round London, 1839. 8vo., cont. half maroon morocco gilt (rubbed). Folding engraved map, vignette on title and 31 (ex 32) plates. (some spotting in both volumes). Sold not subject to return. (2)
£80-120
2076. GILBERT, CHARLES SANDOE. An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, vol 1 only, Plymouth Dock, 1817. 4to., cont. diced calf gilt (lacks backstrip, inner joints crudely repaired). Engraved portraits and plates, including plates of arms at end, engraved title and dedication hand coloured. Sold not subject to return.£50-70
2077. HOARE, Sir RICHARD COLT, and others. The History of Modern Wiltshire. 15 parts in 6 vols., 1822 - 44. 121 engraved portraits, plates and plans, one plate in 2 states in vol 1, one plate in vol 6 coloured (occasional offsetting onto text), 10 maps (ex 11, lacking map of Cawden in vol 3), some hand coloured; Registrum Wiltunense, Saxonicum et Latinum..., 1827, bound with Chronicon Vilodunense..., 1830, both one of 100 copies. Together 7 vols., folio, Large Paper, full mottled calf gilt by Riviere and Son. Bookplates of George Troyte-Bullock. (7)
See illustration.
£400-600
2078. HUGHSON, DAVID. London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood..., 6 vols., 1805 - 09. 8vo., cont. tree calf, spines gilt (old rebacks). 5 folding engraved maps and plans and 153 plates, (some browning, one plate in vol 5 with small piece missing from margin). Bookplates of R.G. Hollies-Smith. (6)
£250-350
2079. HUTCHINS, JOHN. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Third Edition, 4 vols., 1861 - 70. Folio, half brown morocco, a.e.g. (inner joints strengthened). Bookplates of Charles J.G. Still. Numerous engraved plates and plans (lacks county map). Text illustrations. (4)£400-600
2080. HUTCHINSON, WILLIAM. An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland..., 1776. 8vo., cont. calf (joints just cracking). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 18 folding plates (old signature on title).
£100-200
2081. HUTTON, WILLIAM. The History of the Roman Wall..., 1802. 8vo., cont. half calf (some wear). Folding engraved map, 7 plates and text illustrations (some spotting). With 3 others including Queen Victoria. Leaves from The Journal..., 1868. Half leather (rubbed, title spotted). Plates. (4)£50-70
2082. LANGFORD, J.A., C.S. MACKINTOSH and J.C. TILDESLEY. Staffordshire and Warwickshire Past and Present, 2 vols. in 4, William Mackenzie, n.d. [1880], 4to., orig. decorated cloth gilt, a.e.g. (worn, spines faded). Five engraved portraits, 2 colour maps and 23 engraved views. (4)
£50-70
2083. LANGFORD, J.A. & others. Staffordshire and Warwickshire... another copy, divisions 1, 2 & 4 only -- BAINES, THOMAS. Yorkshire, Past and Present, Divisions 2, 3 & 4 only. 4to., orig. cloth (worn). Engraved plates, coloured folding map. in each title. Sold not subject to return. (6)
£40-60
2084. LANGFORD, JOHN ALFRED and others. Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Past and Present. 4 vols., William Mackenzie, n.d. 2 vols. in 4, 4to., orig. cloth gilt, a.e.g. (some wear to spines). Engraved portrait frontispieces (without maps or plates). (4)
£30-40
2085. M'LEAN, THOMAS pub. A Picturesque Description of North Wales: Embellished with Twenty Select Views from Nature. 1823. Oblong 4to., half red morocco gilt (stain to lower cover at edge of spine). 20 hand coloured aquatint plates (lacks half title, endleaves renewed). Abbey Scenery 525.
See illustration.
£400-600
2086. MEDIAEVAL TOWNS SERIES. 21 various vols., 8vo., orig. cloth gilt, v.y. (21)
Illustrated.£40-60
2087. MOFFATT, Rev. J.M. The History of the Town of Malmesbury, and of its Ancient Abbey. Tetbury, 1805. 8vo., cont. half calf. Engraved plates, folding table (variant pp. 151 & 152 attached with pin). List of subscribers.
£40-60
2088. MORRIS, Rev. F.O. A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. 6 vols., William Mackenzie, n.d. (c. 1880) 4to., cont. full red morocco gilt, a.e.g. 240 coloured plates. Bookplates of George Troyte-Bullock. (6)
See illustration (binding).£250-350
2089. [MUILMAN, PETER]. A New and Complete History of Essex, 6 vols., 1770 - 69 - 72. 8vo., cont. calf with green and red spine labels gilt. Engraved titles in vols 1 - 3. Engraved folding county map (defect to cartouche at inner edge) and plates (lacks plates of Dynes Hall and Earl's Colne Priory, 3 other plates defective, 2 torn). Bookplates of W. Doubleday, Coggeshall, and R.G. Hollies-Smith.
Sold not subject to return. (6)
£100-200
2090. PLOT, ROBERT. The Natural History of Oxfordshire, Second Edition, Oxford 1705. Folio, cont. panelled calf (old reback with orig. backstrip laid down, endpapers renewed, lower joint cracking. Folding engraved map and 16 plates. 18th c. name "D: Rich..." on recto of first blank and 2 lines of notes on final blank in the same hand.
See illustration.£300-400
2091. RAILWAYS. Sketch Plan to Illustrate the Projected South Western Railway Extensions, 1847. Sectioned lithographic plan, hand coloured in outline, mounted on linen, folding into orig. cloth covers gilt. 370 x 854 mm.£40-60
2092. [REYNOLDS, H.E.] Wells Cathedral: Its Foundation, Constitutional History, and Statutes. Wells 1881. 4to., cont. half calf with ticket of Price, Bookbinder, Wells (worn, upper cover detached). Plates and text illustrations. With vol 1 only of Tuer. Bartolozzi and his Works, 1881 and vol 7 of Country Life 1900. (3)
£50-60
2093. ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MONUMENTS. DORSET. 5 vols. in 8, 1952 - 75. 4to., orig. cloth, d.ws. (2 dws. torn at heads of spines). Illustrated. (8)
£80-100
2094. SLEIGH, JOHN. A History of the Ancient Parish of Leek, in Staffordshire. Second, Limited Edition, Subscriber's copy, No. 665. [1883] Folio, orig. cloth (tail of spine worn). Illustrations, including coloured shields.£60-80
2095. SMITH, Rev. A.C. Guide to the British and Roman Antiquities of the North Wiltshire Downs...Published by the Marlborough College Natural History Society, 1884. 4to., orig. cloth gilt (rather shaken, front inner joint broken and flyleaf loose). Double page map, coloured in outline, plates and text illustrations. With another on Wiltshire. (2)
£80-100
2096. SMITH, WILLIAM. A New and Complete History of the County of Warwick. Birmingham, 1829. Cont. calf gilt (lower cover detached, one index leaf loose with small tear). Engraved map and plates (spotted) - WEST, WILLIAM. Picturesque Views...in Staffordshire & Shropshire. 2 vols. in one, Birmingham 1830 - 31. Orig. cloth backed boards (soiled, spine worn). Engraved views after Frederick Calvert (spotted). With vols. 1 & 2 only of Morris. A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats...Leeds, n.d., orig. cloth. Colour plates. All 4to. (4)
£60-80
2097. SOMERSET TOPOGRAPHY. 21 vols., including: Balch, Herbert E. Wookey Hole, 1914 (covers soiled, library stamps). Illustrated -- Burrow, E.J. Ancient Earthworks & Camps of Somerset, Cheltenham 1924. No. 5 of 1025 signed by the author. -- Pulman, George P.R. Local Nomenclature...1867 (rebacked) -- Baker, Ernest E., ed. A True and most Dreadfill Discourse of a Woman Possessed with the Devil at Ditchet, in Somersetshire. Weston-super-Mare 1886. (lacks backstrip). Various sizes, mostly orig. bindings. (21)
£80-120
2098. STOTHARD, CHARLES and ALFRED JOHN KEMPE. The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain. Large Paper. Printed...for the Author, 1817 - 32. Folio, half brown morocco gilt (some wear to corners and spine). Hand coloured vignette on first title, full page hand coloured 2nd title, plain portrait, frontispiece and 146 plates, many hand coloured, with hand coloured armorial shields in the text. Bookplate of George Troyte Bullock.
See illustration.£350-450
2099. THOMAS, EDWARD. Oxford, 1903. No. 178 of 300, of the de luxe edition, signed by the publishers, A. & C. Black. 4to., orig. cloth gilt, t.e.g. (slightly soiled). Colour plates by John Fulleylove.
£30-50
2100. VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY. Cumberland, vol 2, 1905; Chester, vol 3, 1980; Stafford, vol 3, 1970; vol 14 1990; York. City of York, 1961; Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, vol 3 (City and University of Cambridge) 1959; Vol 4, 1953; Durham, Vol 2 n.d. (lacks pp. 1 - 8); Suffolk, vol 2, 1907; Shropshire, vol 2, 1973; Norfolk, vol 2, 1906; Worcester vol 2 (upper cover stained) 1906. Folio, orig. cloth, some in d.ws. With 5 others similar, wraps. (17)
£200-300
2101. VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY. Wiltshire, vol 1 part 2, 1973; vols. 3,6,8,10 - 15, 1956 - 95; Dorset, vol 3, 1968; Devon vol 1, Dawson reprint, 1975 (ex library); Oxford vol 4 (City of Oxford), 1979; Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, parts 10 & 20, 1920, orig. wraps; Gloucestershire, vol 2, 1907 (title stained); vols. 4 - 8 with a 2nd copy of vol 8; 10 and 11, v.y.. Folio, and 4to., orig. cloth unless otherwise stated, mostly in d.ws. (23)
£300-400
2102. WARNER, Rev. RICHARD. An History of the Abbey of Glaston:, Bath 1826. 4to., qtr. calf uncut, one of 250 copies. 20 engraved plates at end (plates stained, uncut edges browned). With a worn copy of J.H. Parker. Illustrations of the Architectural Antiquities of the City of Wells, 1866 and 3 vol set of Somerset Domesday. Editions Alecto., 1989. (5)
£30-40
2103. [WEST, THOMAS]. A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire. Sixth Edition, 1796. 8vo., cont. half calf gilt (worn). Engraved frontispiece, folding map and one plate (frontis. an plate slightly soiled). With 2 others. (3)
£30-50
2104. [WHATLEY, STEPHEN]. England's Gazetteer..., 3 vols., 1751. 12mo., cont. calf (some wear, labels defective). Bookplate in vol 1 of Henrietta, Duchess of Gordon and stamp of her son, General Lord Adam Gordon on titles. (3)£30-50
2105. WILLIS, BROWNE. A Survey of the Cathedrals..., 3 vols., 1742. 4to., cont. calf, spines gilt (worn, two covers detached, joints broken). Engraved plates (2 plates and some text leaves defective) -- PARKER, Sir WILLIAM. The History of Long Melford. Printed for the Author, 1873. 4to., orig. cloth (head of spine defective) -- HARLEIAN SOCIETY. The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the Year 1619. Ed. John Fetherston, 1877. 4to., cont. half brown morocco (joints cracked). Armorial shields in text. With 2 other volumes. Sold not subject to return. (7)
£60-80
2106. WRIGHT, THOMAS. The Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain... Essex, George Virtue 1834. 4to., cont. half blue calf gilt (some wear to spine). Additional engraved title, frontispiece (bound at end), folding map (torn at fold and at inner margin), and 95 views (2 to a plate), (some spotting and offsetting). Bookplate of R.G. Hollies-Smith.£60-80
2107. CARY, JOHN. Cary's New and Correct English Atlas…, Sept. l, l787. 4to., cont. half calf (covers detached). Engraved title and dedication. Engraved general map and 46 county maps, hand coloured in outline. Estimate £350 - 400
2109. AFRICANA. Prichard, H. Hesketh. Hunting Camps in Wood and Wilderness. 1910. Presentation copy inscribed on flyleaf, "F.E. Lacey 1910 from the Author". Portrait, plates, some coloured, by Lady Helen Graham and E.G. Caldwell and from photographs. - Stanley, H.M. In Darkest Africa, Colonial Edition, 1890. (spine faded and frayed). Five maps, 4 of them folding (2 torn), numerous woodcut illustrations - Steevens, G.W. From Capetown to Ladysmith, ed. Vernon Blackburn, Edinburgh and London, 1900. 2 maps, one of them folding and coloured. With a reprint of Roosevelt. African Game Trails, November 1910, and Michell. The Life of...Rhodes, 2 vols., 1910. 8vo., orig. cloth. (6)
Sir Francis Lacey was the first man to be knighted for services to cricket.
£60-80
2110. ARNOLD, WILLIAM DELAFIELD. Oakfield; or, Fellowship in the East, Second Edition, 2 vols., 1854. 8vo., orig. cloth (inner joint of vol 1 cracking). With note of presentation pasted to verso of front endpaper, "For Oakley's Mary With much love from Wharfeside. April 7 (William Delafield Arnold's birthday) April 7 1910". (2)
£50-80
2111. BRYDONE, PATRICK. A Tour Through Sicily and Malta, Third Edition, 1774. 2 vols., 8vo., cont. calf. Folding engraved map. Half titles (bookplates removed). (2)
£50-80
2112. COGAN, THOMAS. The Rhine: Or, A Journey from Utrecht to Francfort... 2 vols., Printed by G. Woodfall 1794. 8vo., cont. tree calf (spines rubbed with wear to labels). 24 aquatint plates, folding engraved map and 3 folding plates of music (a few plates spotted in margins). (2)
See illustration.
£250-350
2113. [ELLIS, SARAH STICKNEY] Summer and Winter in the Pyrenees. London and Paris, Fisher, Son & Co., n.d. [1847]. 8vo., cont. half green stained calf (rubbed, lacks spine label). Engraved frontispiece (stained margins) -- ROGERS, SAMUEL. Italy, A Poem. New Edition, 1852. 8vo., cont. maroon morocco gilt, a.e.g., ticket of J.W.Coombs of Bath. Engraved portrait and text illustrations after Turner (some spotting). (2)
£30-40
2114. Valleys of The Bernina. First Edition, 1862. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (head of spine chipped). Two folding maps, and 4 tinted lithographic plates.
£80-100
2115. [GENOA]. Description des Beautes de Genes et de ses Environs. Genoa 1773.8vo., cont. half calf (joints cracked). Engraved title, folding plan (torn and repaired) and 12 folding plates, as per list (some staining to inner margins at beginning of volume). With another volume. (2)
£60-80
2116. HAKEWILL, JAMES. A Picturesque Tour of Italy From Drawings Made in 1816 - 1817. 1820. Folio, cont. green morocco gilt (worn, covers detached, spine defective). Engraved title and 63 plates (spotting, final 2 plates with stained margins).
£100-150
2117. HARGRAVES, EDWARD HAMMOND. Australia and its Gold Fields, 1885. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (head of spine nicked). Portrait frontispiece, folding map, coloured in outline (some spotting).
£200-300
2118. Jones, Sir William & Others Disitations & Misc Pieces
JONES, Sir WILLIAM and others. Dissertations and Miscellaneous Pieces Relating to the History and Antiquities...of Asia, Vols 1, 2 & 4, 1792 - 98. 8vo., cont. half calf (some wear, vol 4 rebacked in cloth). 8 engraved plates in vol 4, folding table. With another volume. (4)
£60-80
2119. MARTIN, R. MONTGOMERY. China; Political, Commercial, and Social. 2 vols., First Edition, 1847. 8vo., cont. calf gilt by Bickers. Three folding engraved maps, one of them hand coloured in outline, folding tables (creased). Eton leaving present inscribed to Francis Henry Hodgson with photograph. (2)
£150-200
2120. MATTHEWS, HENRY. The Diary of an Invalid. Second Edition, 1820. Cont. half calf (spine torn) -- WARINGTON SMYTH, H. Mast and Sail in Europe and Asia, 1906. Orig. cloth. Illustrated. 8vo. With 10 others including 2 copies of A Voltaic Circuit Being A Record of the Cruise of S.S. Volta in Adriatic and Mediterranean Waters...1883 (apparently by H.O. Arnold-Forster). (12)
£80-120
2121. [MAURICE, THOMAS. The History of Hindostan]. Vol 2 only, in 2 vols., Printed by H.L. Galabin, 1798. 4to., orig. half cloth (not uniform). 10 engraved plates, one of them folding (torn). Sold w.a.f. not subject to return. (2)
£50-60
2122. MENPES, MORTIMER, illus. Brittany, 1905. No. 295 of 350 copies, signed by the artist, Paris, 1909. No. 332 of 500 copies. 4to., orig. cloth gilt, t.e.g. Colour plates. With 4 others. (6) £80-120
2123. PARROT, Dr. FRIEDRICH. A Journey to Ararat. Trans. W.D. Cooley, n.d. 8vo., cont. calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf. Text illustrations. Folding map at end. Eton leaving present, inscribed in 1867.£200-250
2124. PRONTI, DOMENICO. Nuova Raccolta...Della Citta di Rome. 2 vols. in one, Rome 1795. 4to., cont. half calf (some wear to spine and corners). Two engraved titles and 170 views on 85 plates (lacks portrait, occasional spotting).£150-180
2125. RUSSELL, HENRY STUART. The Genesis of Queensland, Sydney 1888. Portrait frontispiece. Three folding maps (one with marginal tear), and folding facsimile, (spine, defective, one contents leaf loose) -- BADEN-POWELL, GEORGE S. New Homes for the Old Country..., 1872. Plates and text illustrations, (spine chipped, covers slightly faded) -- EDEN, CHARLES H. My Wife and I in Queensland, 1872. (spine faded). Frontispiece and folding coloured map. -- WEEDON, THORNHILL. Queensland Past and Present, Second Issue, Brisbane 1898 (spine faded and torn, covers soiled, inner joints broken). Folding coloured map, photographic illustrations. 8vo., orig. cloth. First three titles with signature or bookplate of Sir Arthur Hodgson. With 16 others on Australia. (20)£200-300
2126. ST. JOHN, JAMES AUGUSTUS. Egypt and Nubia..., n.d. 8vo., cont. calf gilt by S. Hogg. Text illustrations. Eton leaving present, inscribed in 1867. £100-150
2127. STEBBING, HENRY. The Christian in Palestine. George Virtue, n.d.[1847]. 4to., cont. tree calf gilt. Engraved vignette on title, map and 78 plates after W.H. Bartlett. (some spotting).
£100-120
2128. THERRY, Sir ROGER. Reminiscences of Thirty Years' Residence New South Wales and Victoria. 1863. Half brown morocco. Inscribed "John C. Blackett to Arthur Hodgson 1885" on front flyleaf. Includes additional cancel leaf p. 365/366. -- PRAED, Mrs. CAMPBELL. Australian Life Black and White, 1885. (spine soiled and chipped). Frontispiece and one plate. Adverts. at end. Inscribed "Edward D. Hodgson from his affectionate Father Clopton 1886". -- RUSSELL, PERCY. A Journey to Lake Taupo and Australian and New Zealand Tales and Sketches, n.d. Inscribed on half title, "Sir Arthur Hodgson from Mrs. Harold Freeman". -- SATGE, OSCAR de. Pages from the Journal of a Queensland Squatter, 1901. (wear to spine). Portrait frontispiece, plates and 2 folding coloured maps. Inscribed "From your affectionate Father February 1901" on flyleaf. 8vo., orig. cloth unless otherwise stated. With 17 others on Australia. (21)
£200-300
2129. TRISTRAM, H.B. The Great Sahara: Wanderings South of the Atlas Mountains, 1860 (inner joints crudely repaired). Two folding maps, plates and text illustrations -- DARLEY, FELIX O.C. Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil, New York 1868. Plates and text illustrations -- PERCIVAL, WILLIAM SPENCER. The Land of the Dragon, 1889. Frontispiece, folding map at end (spine worn, map spotted) -- FARRER, REGINALD, The Rainbow Bridge, 1921. Photographic plates, folding map at end. First Editions, 8vo., orig. cloth. With 4 others. (8)£280-320
2130. VALLARDI, GIUSEPPE. Itinerario Italiano O Sia Descrizione dei Viaggi... Milan 1820. 12th Milan edition, 8vo., cont. half calf (rubbed, upper joint cracked). 17 folding engraved maps.
£100-150
2131. WILLCOCKS, W. Egyptian Irrigation. Second Edition, 1899. (some wear to spine). Folding plans -- DRUMMOND, HENRY. Tropical Africa. Second Edition, 1889. Five coloured folding maps -- CAGNOLO, Fr. C. The Akikuyu Their Customs, Traditions and Folklore, Nyeri, Kenya 1933. Plates. Lord William Percy's copy with his signature and letter to him concerning the book loosely inserted. 8vo., orig. cloth. (3)
£30-50
2132. WITHERBY, H. FORBES. Light from the Land of the Sphinx, 1896. 4to., (spine bruised). Frontispiece and text illustrations -- SYKES, ELLA C. Through Persia on a Side-Saddle, New and Revised Edition, London and Bombay 1901. 8vo., (faded). Folding map and 8 photographic plates. Orig. cloth. (2)£30-50
2133. WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER. Greece, Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical. New Edition, 1859. 8vo., cont. brown morocco (rubbed, spine worn). Engraved additional title, map and plates. Text illustrations (some spotting).£80-120
2136. ARROWSMITH, AARON. A New General Atlas..., 1827. 4to., cont. half calf (worn). Engraved title and 53 maps, hand coloured in outline (browned, Nos. 5 & 6 cut round and mounted, No. 4 with piece missing from outer margin, No. 40 with short tear to margin and ink stain, No. 53 of South America with short tear to gutter) ms. annotations in upper margin indicating that it was used at sea c. 1830.
£100-150
2137. BLOMFIELD, Rev. EZEKIEL. A General View of the World..., 2 vols., Bungay 1807. 4to., cont. calf. Engraved frontispiece, 21 engraved maps, some folding, 36 plates, many of the plates and maps with hand colouring. Folding table (stitching broken in vol 2, one plate loose, occasional browning). (2)£150-200
2138. DUGDALE, THOMAS and WILLIAM BURNETT. England and Wales Delineated. Atlas vol. only 4to., disbound. 58 engraved maps. With another atlas. (2)
£20-30
2139. GUTHRIE, WILLIAM. A New Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar..., Sixth Edition, 1779. 8vo., cont. sheep (rather worn). Engraved plate and 19 folding engraved maps by Kitchin (some spotting). With another volume. (2)
£100-150
2140. JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH. Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography. New Edition, With Additions...by T.B. Johnston, Edinburgh and London 1888. Folio, cont. maroon morocco gilt, a.e.g. (slight wear to spine and corners, upper cover faded). 46 coloured maps.
£50-70
2141. JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH. The Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography. With Additions...by G.H. Johnston, Edinburgh and London 1908. Folio, cont. half red morocco gilt, a.e.g. (some wear). Coloured maps. With 3 vols. by Charles Darwin and 13 vols. in the Highways and Byways series, v.y. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. Illustrations. (17)
£40-60
2142. MOLL, HERMAN. Atlas Geographus: A Compleat System of Geography, Ancient and Modern. Europe Vol 2 only, 1711. 4to., cont. half calf. 19 folding engraved maps with hand coloured borders and title cartouches (ex 22, lacks Rivers of France, Corsica Antiqua & Sardinia Antiqua, Imperium Romanum torn and repaired, some browning). 2 folding plates.
See illustration.
£300-400
2143. WILKINSON, ROBERT. A General Atlas, being A Collection of Maps..., 1799 (on contents leaf). 4to., cont. half calf (worn, inner upper joint broken). Engraved title (shaved and stained), 48 hand coloured maps, 2 of them double page (split at centrefolds, maps 1 - 7 with some soiling).
See illustration.
£300-400
2144. ANDREWS, JOHN. [Map of North Kent depicting Sheppey, and Whitstable]. Hand coloured engraved map. Overmounted, framed and glazed. 480 x 690 mm. to edge of mount. c. 1790.
See illustration.
£100-150
2145. ARROWSMITH, JOHN. Australia From Surveys Made By Order of the British Government...1st June 1862. Folding engraved map, hand coloured in outline, linen backed, in orig. green morocco gilt slipcase (rubbed, flap splitting). 660 x 885 mm. with lithographic map of Queensland, Under the direction of W. Alcock Tully, 5 sheets (ex 6) 3rd issue Brisbane, 1885.£200-300
2146. BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN. The Imperial Map of England and Wales. A. Fullerton, London and Edinburgh n.d. (c. 1866). Folding coloured map, in 18 sections, linen backed, with orig. cloth covers (broken), and index leaves (torn and spotted). Each section 550 x 740 mm.£80-120
2147. BLAEU, WILLEM and JAN. Hertfordia Comitatus. Vernacule Hertfordshire. Hand coloured engraved map, [Amsterdam c. 1645]. Unframed. 380 x 500 mm. Latin text on verso (slight smudge to left hand side).£80-100
2148. BLAEU, WILLEM AND JAN. Territorium Norimbergense, Amsterdam, n.d. hand coloured engraved map, (stain in lower margin), framed and glazed 435 x 540 mm. (to edge of frame).£100-150
2149. BOWLES, CARRINGTON. Bowles's Reduced New Pocket Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster..., 1791. Sectioned, folding engraved plan, hand coloured in outline, mounted on linen. Framed and glazed. With two hand coloured engraved plans of Queen Hith and Vintry Wards, and Aldgate Ward, from Noorthouck's History of London 1772, one of them framed and glazed. (3)
£60-80
2150. CARY, JOHN. A New Map of Dorsetshire..., 1818. Engraved map, hand coloured in outline. Overmounted, framed and glazed. 497 x 564 mm. (to edge of mount).£60-80
2151. CHAPMAN, JOHN and PETER ANDRE. A Map of the County of Essex. 1777. Folio, old half leather with red morocco gilt label on upper cover, by Sotheran, 26 double page sheets, including title, list of subscribers, and key map, all hand coloured (key map with crease). Bookplate of R.G. Hollies-Smith. Inscription on verso of front flyleaf by the Rev. W. Greenhill of Farnham Rectory, Essex, noting the presentation of the volume to him by the surviving son & daughters of the late Dr. Burford, Vicar of Pelham Furneux Herts, on 12th July 1831. "I read ye Burial Service over ye Body of Dr. Burford's Eldest son...i.e. ye same year I performed that Melancholy Service over ye Father...".
See illustration.
£800-1200
2152. CRUCHLEY, G.F., engraver and publisher. Cruchley's Environs of London Extending Thirty Miles from the Metropolis, 1827. Sectioned, engraved, folding map, hand coloured in outline, mounted on linen (a few holes in the linen between sections). 930 x 950 mm.£80-120
2153. DONN, BENJAMIN. A Map of the County of Devon, With the City and County of Exeter. Printed for the Author, 1765. Folio, modern qtr. green morocco, marbled board sides. 12 double page engraved sheets, 11 of them hand coloured in outline (some offsetting). Bookplate of Edward Lynam, 1945.
See illustration.
£600-800
2154. GREENWOOD, C. & J. Map of the County of Essex. 1st July 1825. Hand coloured folding engraved map, in 2 sections, linen backed, (each section measures 675 x 1560 mm.). With original green morocco gilt slipcase. Large vignette of Audley End.
See illustration.
£400-500
2155. GREENWOOD, C. & J. Map of the North West...South West...North East Circuit of the Principality of Wales..., Greenwood & Co., 1st April 1834. Three sectioned, hand coloured in outline, engraved maps, mounted on linen (some slight off-setting). Framed and glazed. 605 x 685 mm. etc. (3)£100-150
2156. JENICHEN, BALTHASAR. Nova Totius Palestinae seu Terrae Sanctae Descriptio Pagella..., [Nuremberg 1570]. Overmounted, framed and glazed. 195 x 385 mm. (a few spots to map, mount stained on right hand side).
See illustration.
£4000-6000
2157. KAER, PETRUS. Palaestina. Engraved map, hand coloured, n.d. Overmounted, framed and glazed. 95 x 131 mm. (to edge of mount). With Tallis map of Ancient Palestine, c. 1851. Hand coloured in outline, unframed; L'Egypte, Paris, n.d. Engraved map, hand coloured in outline, overmounted, framed and glazed. 300 x 225 mm. (to edge of mount); and De Stadt Alexandrie of Scanderik, hand coloured engraved plan of Alexandria, with printed key in Dutch and English, overmounted, framed and glazed. 265 x 355 mm. (to edge of mount). (4)
£100-150
2158. LAURIE & WHITTLE, pub. The Empire of China, With Its Principal Divisons; Drawn from the Surveys made by the Jesuits: with Improvements and Additions from the Maps of Monsr. D'Anville. 1794. Engraved map, hand coloured in outline, 480 x 620 mm. With another of Tartary from Thomson's New General Atlas, Sept.1st 1814. Both unframed. (2)£80-100
2159. MORDEN, ROBERT. Dorset Shire; Somerset Shire. Sold by Abel Swale Awnsham and John Churchil [1695]. Two hand coloured engraved maps, overmounted, framed and glazed. 395 x 445 mm. (to edge of mount). (2)
£60-80
2160. MORDEN, ROBERT. England. Sold by Abel Awnsham and John Churchill,
n.d. (1695). Engraved map, hand coloured in outline with coloured title cartouche (tear to lower margin at centrefold). Framed and glazed. 384 x 428 mm. (to edge of frame). With another Morden map of Norfolk, engraved by John Sturt. (2)£50-70
2161. PLAN VON EDINBURGH 1844. From Meyer's Handatlas. Hand coloured engraving. Overmounted, framed and glazed. 345 x 412 mm. (to edge of mount).
£40-50
2162. PHILLIPS, M. The Grand Southern Tour of England. Jonathan Hebner 2nd March 1818. Hand coloured, engraved, sectioned folding map, mounted on linen. 1,045 x 1,845 mm.£100-200
2163. SAXTON, CHRISTOPHER. Comitatus Bercheriae vulgo Barkshyre. Engraved map, hand coloured in outline, overmounted, framed and glazed, from Camden's Britannia, 1610 or later. 235 x 327 mm. to edge of mount.£100-150
2164. SAXTON, CHRISTOPHER. Cornwall Described...Corrected...by P. Lea. c. 1689. Hand coloured engraved map, framed and glazed. 420 x 530 mm. (including margins, to edge of frame). Chubb VIII.
See illustration.£1000-1500
2165. SAXTON, CHRISTOPHER. Devonshire Described...Corrected...by P. Lea. c. 1689. Hand coloured engraved map, (rather browned) framed and glazed. 422 x 527 mm. (including margins, to edge of frame). Chubb VIII.
See illustration.
£400-600
2166. SPEED, JOHN. [The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain]. The Second Book: Containing the Principality of Wales..., Printed for Thomas Basset...and Richard Chiswell...1676. Folio, wraps., containing text and 14 double page engraved maps: North Wales, Penbrokshyre, Caermarden, Glamorgan Shyre, The Countye of Monmouth, Breknoke, The Countie of Rednor Described, Cardigan Shyre, Montgomery Shire, Merionethshire, Denbigh Shire, Flint-Shire, Caernarvon Both Shyre and Shire-towne, Anglesey, Chubb XXVII.£250-300
2167. STANFORD'S MAP OF INDIA..., 1857. Large folding hand coloured engraved map, in 2 sections, linen backed, North measures 827 x 1270 mm., South slightly smaller, orig. cloth slipcase.£80-120
2168. SPEED, JOHN. The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, 1676. Folio, disbound. Without A Prospect of the most famous Parts of the World. Engraved title and frontispiece (stained), 67 double page engraved maps (lacks Cardiganshire) but with additional map by Jansson: Scotia Provintiae. Generally in rather poor condition, approx. 12 maps torn, mostly at centrefold, approx. 12 wormed at centre, worst affected: Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Wiltshire. Condition mainly improves from No. 25; three Irish maps and Invasions of England stained; creasing. Sold not subject to return. Chubb XXVII.£2000-3000
2169. AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS. De Animantibus subterraneis Liber. Basel Froben 1549. 8vo., old calf gilt. Ink signature on title and blue stamp "Is. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire" (margins of title and A4 - 7 damaged, with loss of a few letters to A6, a few stains to lower margins at end). Printer's device on title and final leaf.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772 - 1844), French naturalist. Only the Honeyman copy, sold in 1978 in ABPC.
See illustration.£400-600
2170. ARKWRIGHT, WILLIAM. The Pointer and his Predecessors, 1902. No. 175 of 750 copies. 4to., orig. cloth gilt, t.e.g., other edges uncut (covers soiled). 39 photogravure plates.£100-150
2171. ASH, EDWARD C. Dogs: Their History and Development. 2 vols., 1927. 4to., orig. cloth (spines slightly faded, nick to head of spine of vol 1). Numerous plain plates. (2)
£80-120
2172. BARLA, JEAN BAPTISTE. Flore Illustree de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes Iconographie des Orchidees. Nice 1868. Large 4to., half green morocco gilt, t.e.g. (cloth sides slightly darkened). 63 hand coloured lithographic plates (pl. 36 with faint brown spot in blank area). Nissen 78.
See illustration.
£1500-2000
2173. BERNERS, Dame JULIANA. A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle. Facsimile reproduction by Rev. M.G. Watkins, 1880. 4to., orig. blind tooled vellum uncut (slightly soiled). With six others. (7)£50-70
2174. BEWICK, THOMAS. A History of British Birds, 2 vols., Newcastle 1832. 8vo., modern qtr. calf. Text illustrations -- YOUATT, WILLIAM. The Horse, Revised and Edited by Walker Watson, 1880. 8vo., orig. cloth (upper cover soiled). Text illustrations. (3)£50-80
2175. BOLTON, JAMES. Harmonia Ruralis, Printed and Sold by the Author, Stannary, near Halifax, 1794 - 96. 2 vols. in one, 4to., later half green morocco (stain on upper cover, spine and corners scraped). Frontispiece and 80 plates, all hand coloured (slight dustsoiling to margins, piece cut from blank corner of title in vol.1.).
See illustration.
£3000-4000
2176. BRACKEN, HENRY. Farriery Improv'd. Second Edition, 2 vols., 1739 - 40. 12mo., cont. calf gilt (upper cover of vol 1 detached, some stains to inner margins). 18th c. bookplates of Samuel Bush. With one page manuscript veterinary receipts at end of vol 1. (2)£40-60
2177. BRIGGS, ERNEST. Angling and Art in Scotland, 1908. 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth. 32 colour plates. With headed sheet loosely inserted from Peter Deane of the Wildlife Gallery, Eastbourne, presenting the volume to the artist Norman Wilkinson in 1962. With five other books, 4 of them Lonsdale titles. (6)£50-70
2178. "BUMBLE BEE". A Day With the Duke [of Badminton] n.p. or d. [Printed by Cowell, Ipswich, c. 1890]. Oblong 4to., cont. half black morocco gilt with ticket of Price, Bookbinder, Wells. Title and 12 litho. plates of fox hunting scenes.
£30-40
2179. BUTLER, ARTHUR GARDINER and others. British Birds with Their Nests and Eggs. 6 vols., [1896 - 99]. 4to., cont. half maroon morocco (some discolouration to cloth sides). Coloured and plain plates by F.W. Frohawk. (6)
£100-150
2180. BUTLER, ARTHUR G. British Birds With their Nests and Eggs, 6 vols., Brumby & Clarke, n.d. [1896 - 99] 4to., orig. pictorial cloth gilt, (some bruising to spines). Plates by F.W. Frohawk, some coloured. (6)£80-120
2181. CHETHAM, JAMES. The Angler's Vade Mecum, the third edition, very much enlarged. Printed for William Battersby...and William Brown. 1700. 12mo., later diced calf gilt issue (without plates). £50-70
2182. CURTIS, WILLIAM. The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed. Vols. 9 & 10 containing 36 and 33 (ex 36) hand coloured engraved plates respectively. 1795 - 96. (numeral removed from title of vol 9) 8vo., orig. cloth backed boards (spine defective). Modern slipcase.
See illustration.£250-300
2183. CUSSAC, JEAN. Pisciceptologie, ou L'art de la Peche a la ligne., Paris 1816. 12mo., cont. mottled calf gilt. Engraved frontispiece and 28 plates.
£150-200
2184. DAVY, JOHN. Physiological Researches, 1863. 8vo., cont. calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf, (occasional spotting to text). Eton leaving present, inscribed in 1867.
John Davy (1790 - 1868), British army doctor and chemist, discoverer of phosgene, brother of Sir Humphry Davy.£100-150
2185. DAVY, Sir HUMPHRY, Salmonia, second edition, 1829. Orig. cloth (spine faded and defective). Six engraved plates. Text illustrations; Third edition, 1832. Cont. half green stained calf. Plates as above. Both 8vo. (2)£30-50
2186. [HILL, Sir JOHN. The Vegetale System, 1761]. 4to., half maroon roan, labelled "Maps" with inscription on verso of upper cover, "Lillie Engraver, 65 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square", and bookplate of R.G. Hollies-Smith. Containing 39 hand coloured engraved plates, from vol 2 part 1. numbered: 1 - 17; 17 - 26; 26, 27, 29; 29 - 36 & 36" (some soiling). Henrey 833.
See illustration.
£300-400
2187. DRINKWATER, G.C. and T.R.B. SAUNDERS, compilers. The University Boat Race Official Centenary History 1829 - 1929. No. 150 of 600 copies, 1929. 4to., orig. cloth gilt, t.e.g., other edges uncut, d.w. (torn and soiled). Plates and folding map.£40-60
2188. THE FLORIST, FRUITIST, AND GARDEN MISCELLANY. 3 vols., 1855 - 57. 8vo., modern half leather, spines gilt, a.e.g. 37 (ex 38) hand coloured lithographic plates (one folding plate torn and defective, a few shaved). (3)
£100-200
2189. THE FLORIST, FRUITIST, AND GARDEN MISCELLANY, 5 vols., 1857 - 61. 8vo., cont. half calf, spines gilt (spines faded). 58 hand coloured lithographic plates only (lacks text and 5 plates in vol for 1857, text begins at p. 161, folding plate torn in 1861 vol.) Sold not subject to return. (5)
£200-300
2190. HARRISON, JOSEPH. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florist's Magazine. Vols 3 - 10 bound in 4, 1835 - 42. 8vo., modern half brown morocco, spines gilt with red and blue labels. 110 hand coloured engraved plates 2 of them folding, folding plan (vol 5 lacks engraved title, vol 10 lacks printed and engraved titles, one plate in vol 9 with defective corner, one folding plate with small holes at folds, occasional spotting and offsetting). Sold not subject to return. (4)
£200-300
2191. HAYES, M. HORACE. Points of the Horse, Fourth Edition, n.d. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (wear to spine, covers with some soiling). Photographic plates and text illustrations. BRADLEY, O. CHARNOCK and T. G. BROWNE. Bailliere's Atlas of the Horse. 1918. Oblong folio, orig pictorial cloth backed boards. 13 plates, some coloured, by Georges Dupuy. With 6 other volumes, various. (8)
£60-80
2192. HILL, Sir JOHN. A New Astronomical Dictionary..., 1768. 4to., modern pigskin. 12 engraved plates (ex 13, plates 1 & 2 defective). With 2 others. Sold not subject to return. (3)
£40-50
2193. HULME, F. EDWARD. Familiar Garden Flowers, Series 1 - 5, n.d. 8vo., orig. half black calf gilt. Chromolithographic plates. -- HILL, Sir JOHN. The Family Herbal, Bungay 1812. 8vo., cont. calf gilt. 54 hand coloured plates (lacks front flyleaf). With vol 1 only of Deakin, Richard. Florigraphia Britannica, 1841. Hand coloured engraved plates, and another volume. (8)£80-120
2194. KENT, ADOLPHUS HENRY. A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants. 2 vols., James Veitch & Sons, 1887 - 94. 8vo., cont. half green morocco, t.e.g. 13 folding maps, partly coloured, 72 plates, some folding, some with images on both sides, text illustrations. (2)
See illustration.
£400-600
2195. KIRBY, WILLIAM, and WILLIAM SPENCE. An Introduction to Entomology, Sixth Edition, 2 vols., 1843. Cont. calf gilt. 5 hand coloured engraved plates at end of vol 2. -- KINGSLEY, CHARLES. Claucus..., Sixth Edition, 1878. Cont. half green stained calf gilt (spine faded). Chromolithographic plates. With another volume. All 8vo. Bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (4)
£60-80
2196. KIRBY, W.F. European Butterflies and Moths. 1889. 4to., cont. half brown morocco gilt. 62 engraved plates, 61 of them hand coloured (occasional minor spotting).
See illustration.
£150-250
2197. KIRBY, W.F. European Butterflies and Moths, 1889. 4to., orig. cloth gilt (worn, spine defective). 61 hand coloured lithographic plates, and one uncoloured plate (one plate torn, another loose). With 3 others on birds; 2 Badminton Library titles (Golf, 1890 and Tennis etc., 1891) and 2 other volumes. (8)
£100-120
2198. KIRKMAN, F.B. ed. The British Bird Book. 1910 - 13. 12 original parts, 4to., orig. boards (some vols. with chipped heads of spines). Colour plates after G.E. Lodge and others, black and white photographs. (12)
£60-80
2199. LEWIS, WILLIAM. The New Dispensatory, Sixth Edition, 1799. 8vo., cont. calf (some wear, and spotting to text). Bookplate of Margaret Maskelyne.£30-50
2200. LINDLEY, JOHN, R. SWEET & others illus. The Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery...To which are added English descriptions...by A Practical Floriculturist. 4 vols., 1854. 4to., later half green morocco a.e.g. (spines faded). 288 hand coloured engraved plates, a few of them folding (some slightly dustsoiled margins, occasional spotting, final plate in vol 1 with paper adhesions from the text). (4)
See illustration.
£2000-3000
2201. [MAXWELL, WILLIAM HAMILTON]. The Field Book or Sports and Pastimes of the British Islands. W. Tweedie, n.d. [c.1850] (defects to head and tail of spine). Lithographic frontispiece, vignette on title and text illustrations -- YOUATT, WILLIAM. Cattle; Their Breeds, Management and Diseases, New Edition, 1864 (spine defective). Text illustrations. With 9 vols. of The Badminton Magazine, v.y. 8vo., mostly orig. cloth. (11)
£80-120
2202. MILLAIS, JOHN GUILLE. The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland. 3 vols., No. 906 of 1025 copies. 1904 - 06. Large 4to., orig. cloth gilt, t.e.g. (dust soiled, 2 lower covers scratched). Coloured plates by the author, Archibald Thorburn and G.E. Lodge and other illustrations. (3)
£150-200
2203. MILLER, PHILIP. The Gardiners Kalendar. Sixth Edition, 1743, 8vo., cont. calf gilt (spine repaired, rubbed). Engraved frontispiece -- LIGER, LOUIS. Le Jardinier Fleuriste, Nouvelle Edition, Paris 1754. 12mo., cont. sheep, spine gilt (some wear). 14 folding engraved plates (lower margins wormed) -- SCHABOL, JEAN ROGER. La Pratique du Jardinage. Nouvelle Edition, 2 vols., Paris 1782. 12mo., cont. sheep (heads and tails of spines slightly defective). Engraved frontispiece and 14 folding plates (some browning). (4)
£100-150
2204. MORRIS, Rev. F.O. A History of British Birds, First Edition, 6 vols., 1851 - 57. 358 coloured plates; A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 vols., 1861 - 64. 225 coloured plates; A History of British Butterflies, Fifth Edition, 1870. 72 coloured plates. Together 10 vols., 8vo., cont. half green stained calf (upper joint of vol 2 of Birds split, spines rubbed, 3 labels lacking, another partly defective, some spotting to plates). Bookplates of George Troyte-Bullock in Birds. (!0)
£400-500
2205. PAUL, WILLIAM. The Rose Garden. In Two Divisions. 1848. 8vo., cont. maroon calf gilt. 15 hand coloured lithographic plates (a few minor spots). Text illustrations.
See illustration.
£300-400
2206. PRYCE-TANNATT, T.E. How to Dress Salmon Flies. A. & C. Black, 1914. 8vo., orig. cloth. 12 plates, 8 of them coloured.
£30-50
2207. ROBINSON, WILLIAM. Flora and Sylva, 3 vols., 1903 - 05. 4to., orig. half vellum, t.e.g. (covers slightly soiled). 66 colour plates. (3)
See illustration.£300-350
2208. RONALDS, ALFRED. The Fly-Fisher's Entomology, tenth edition, 1901. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (upper joint splitting). 20 hand coloured engraved plates.£30-50
2209. ROYLE, JOHN FORBES. Illustrations of the Botany and other Branches of the Natural History of the Himalyan Mountains, and of the Flora of Cashmere. 11 original parts, 1833 - 40. 4to., orig. wraps or boards (some staining or browning, lower wrap. of part 1 defective). Hand coloured frontispiece (stain at inner margin and slight loss in sky area), hand coloured section and plan, 2 uncoloured plates (one of them stained) and 97 coloured plates, lithographs by M. Gauci (a few stains in part IX, some slight worming to outer margins of parts 9 & 10). (11)
See illustration.£2500-3500
2210. [RUNDELL, Mrs. MARIA ELIZA]. A New System of Domestic Cookery. Sixteenth Edition, 1837. 8vo., later cloth (spine faded). Engraved frontispiece and 9 plates (spotted, one contents leaf with margin strengthened). £150-250
2211. SALTER, T.F. The Troller's Guide, 1820. 12mo., orig. cloth backed printed boards (upper joint cracked). Woodcut frontispiece and text illustrations. With another copy (lacking frontispiece). (2)
£30-50
2212. SAUNDERS, HOWARD. An Illustrated Manual of British Birds, 1889. 8vo., cont. half brown morocco gilt, by R.H. Porter. Orig. wraps from the parts bound in at end. Three coloured maps. Text illustrations. A number of letters on birds loosely inserted. With a defective copy of Tegetmeier. The Poultry Book, including some chromolithographic plates, and 2 vols. Badminton library. (4)
£50-70
2213. SCOBBIS, ANTONIO de. Theatro Farmaceutico. Milan 1970. No. 33 of 550 copies. Folio, loose in orig. cloth box, with original signed engraving by Antonio Longoni. Woodcuts.
£40-60
2214. SCROPE, WILLIAM. The Art of Deer Stalking, New Edition, 1839. 8vo., cont. half calf gilt (worn). Engravings and lithographs after Edwin and Charles Landseer and by the author. (some spotting to margins).
£50-80
2215. SITWELL, Sir GEORGE. On the Making of Gardens. Dropmore Pres 1949. No. 14 of 100 copies signed by Osbert Sitwell and John Piper. 8vo., cont. green niger morocco gilt, t.e.g., other edges uncut, d.w. (d.w. spotted, with small tear), slipcase (joints splitting). Illustrations by John Piper.
£250-350
2216. STERN, FREDERIC CLAUDE. A Study of the Genus Paeonia, 1946. Folio, orig. cloth gilt (lower cover soiled at top edge, and slight soiling to upper cover). 15 colour plates by Lilian Snelling and text illustrations by the same and Stella Ross-Craig.
£80-120
2217. STRUTT, JACOB GEORGE. Sylva Britannica..., Published for the Author [1830] 4to., cont. half green morocco gilt (upper cover almost detached). Engraved plates on india paper mounted (some spotting) -- GILPIN, Rev. WILLIAM. Remarks on Forest Scenery... 2 vols., Edinburgh 1834. 8vo., modern half green morocco. Engraved plates (lacks map). With 2 other volumes. (5)
£50-70
2218. SURTEES, R.S. Sporting Novels, 7 vols., Bradbury, Agnew, n.d. [1880's] 8vo., cont. half red morocco gilt, t.e.g., spines gilt with sporting emblems of fox's mask, brush and hunting horn. Hand coloured vignettes on titles and plates. Text illustrations. Bookplates of George Troyte Bullock. (7)
See illustration.£300-400
2219. SURTEES, R.S. Sporting Novels, 8 vols., various editions, mostly n.d. cont. half red morocco. Also with Beckford, Peter. Thoughts Upn Hunting, 1879, and three other books. (11)
£40-60
2220. SWEET, ROBERT. Geraniaceae. The Natural Order of Gerania. Vols 1 - 4, 1820 - 28. 8vo., cont. half calf (wear to spines, vol 4 lacks backstrip). 400 hand coloured engraved plates (name cut from title of vol. 1, some offsetting of plates onto text). Nissen 1926. (4)
See illustration.
£1800-2200
2221. SWEET, ROBERT. Geraniaceae. The Natural Order of Gerania. 2 vols., 1820 - 22. 8vo., cont. half green roan. (spines chipped and rubbed). 160 hand coloured plates (ex 200, plate 76 with slight paper adhesions, some dustsoiling and offsetting of plates onto text, lacks title to vol. 2). (2)
£300-500
2222. THORBURN, ARCHIBALD. British Birds, New Edition, 4 vols., 1925. 8vo., orig. cloth (spines faded). 192 colour plates. (4)
£40-50
2223. THORNTON, Dr. R.J. Temple of Flora,...the work described by Geoffrey Grigson, 1951. No. 109 of 250 copies, signed by Grigson, Handasyde Buchanan and W. T. Stearn. Folio, orig. half brown morocco, with slipcase (slipcase discoloured). Colour plates.
£100-150
2224. WEAVER, LAWRENCE. Houses and Gardens by E.L. Lutyens. 1914. Folio, orig. cloth backed boards (sides and prelims, including printed tissue to frontis. affected by damp). Colour frontispiece and photographic plates -- COCKAINE, Sir THOMAS. A Short Treatise of Hunting...Presented to the Roxburghe Club by G.E. Cokayne, 1897. Facsimile of the 1591 edition. 4to., qtr. brown morocco. Text illustrations. With 3 other volumes. (5)
£50-70
2225. WEBER, JOHANN CARL. Die Alpen-Pflanzen Deutschlands und der Schweiz. 4 vols., Third Edition, Munich 1872. 12mo., orig. cloth with black morocco spines gilt. 400 hand coloured engraved plates (with pencil annotations). (4)
£100-150
2226. WEST, LEONARD. The Natural Trout Fly and it's Imitation, First edition, published by the author, Ravenhead, St. Helens (1912). 8vo., orig. cloth. Plates, some coloured.
£50-70
2227. WOOD, Rev. JOHN GEORGE. The Illustrated Natural History. 3 vols., n.d. 1862 - 1863. Tall 8vo., cont. half green stained calf, spines gilt. Numerous wood engraved plates and text illustrations after Wolf, Zwecker, and others. (3)
£80-120
2230. [ACTS OF PARLIAMENT] Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis...Tricesimo Septimo, 1797; ...Quinquagesimo Secundo, 1812. 2 vols of acts, continuous pagination, folio, cont. calf. Both printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. Over 200 acts on many subjects including the West Indies, slavery, fishing, Scotland, the lottery etc. With vol 1 only of Hale, Sir Matthew. Historia Placitorum. Coronae, 1736. (3)
£80-120
2231. AINSWORTH, ROBERT. Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Compendiarius..., New Edition (with)...A General Chronology of eminent Persons and memorable Things. 2 vols., 1783. 4to., cont. tree calf gilt (upper joint of vol. 2 cracking). Bookplates of Mr. Irish. (2)
£40-60
2232. AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON. The Lancashire Witches. First Edition, 3 vols., 1849. 8vo., cont. half calf gilt by S. Kaufmann. Bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (3)
£80-100
2233. ANACREON, SAPPHO, BION ET MOSCHUS, Traduction nouvelle en Prose...Par M. M***C**, A Paphos, Et se trouve a Paris, Chez J. Fr. Bastien, 1780. 4to., cont. mottled calf gilt, a.e.g. (worn). Large Paper, title printed in red and black. Engraved frontispiece, one full page plate, head and tailpieces. Bookplates of Baron Ashtown (Ireland) and Henry Lloyd Gibbs.£200-300
2234. ANGLO-SAXON REVIEW, The Vols 1 - 4, (ex 10) edited by Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill, 1899 - 1900. 4 vols., folio, orig. decorative green morocco gilt, facsimiles of in the style of famous binders (a few small defects). Portrait frontispieces. With vols 4 & 5 & 6 of The Russell Press Stuart Series, ed. Edward Almack, Memoirs of the Lord Viscount Dundee and Royal & Loyal Sufferers, both no. 74 of 320 copies, 1903. 8vo., orig. decorative morocco gilt, t.e.g., also facsimile bindings. Portrait frontispieces. Bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (7)
£100-150
2235. ANNE, Queen, and JOHN, Duke of MARLBOROUGH. Volume containing three Acts of Parliament relating to the granting of the Manor of Woodstock, Settling of the Honours and Dignities, and pension, 1704 - 06. Folio, cont. vellum gilt with gilt stamped front panel "To His Grace John Duke of Marlborough 1706" (binding soiled and warped).
£100-150
2236. ARCHER, THOMAS. Charles Dickens A Gossip about is Life, Works, and Characters [c. 1885]. Folio, cont. half morocco gilt a.e.g. (spine and corners with some wear). 18 mounted photogravure plates after Frederick Barnard. Text illustrations.
£100-150
2237. ARIOSTO, LODOVICO. Orlando Furioso: Translated from the Italian...With Notes by John Hoole. 5 vols., Printed for the Author 1783. 8vo., cont. half calf, spines gilt (slight wear to spines, one joint cracked). Bookplates of Margaret Maskelyne. Engraved plates. (5)
£80-120
2238. [ARNOLD, MATTHEW] Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems, First Edition, 1852. With A.L.S. from Frances Arnold-Foster, Fox How, Ambleside, Jan 21, 1900 loosely inserted, presenting the volume to Mr. Maskelyne and "...remembering how my dearest Mother all her life long treasured an old letter of yours to Uncle Matt - one of the very earliest of the congratulations that were afterwards to pour in upon him so freely..." With 13 other vols. poetry by Tennyson and others. Mostly 8vo., orig. cloth. (14)£100-200
2239. BAILEY, NATHAN. An Universal Etymological English Dictionary. First Edition, 1721. 8vo., cont. panelled calf (old reback, title browned and frayed, Kkk3 & 4 with corner torn away causing loss). £80-120
2240. BARRIE, J.M. My Lady Nicotine, (a volume from the Works, Hodder and Stoughton, n.d.) 8vo., orig. cloth (upper cover soiled). Presentation copy inscribed, "In memory of a happy week at Stanway. To Evan from his friend, J.M. Barrie Sep 1922.
When shall this glory fade!
On to the bull they laid
Till the last runs were made,
Edward and Evan."
The Hon Sir Evan Charteris ((1864 - 1940), biographer of John Singer Sargent and Edmund Gosse. Stanway, Gloucestershire was home to the Charteris family, Earls of Wemyss.
£80-120
2241. BENSON, A.C., and Sir LAWRENCE WEAVER, eds. The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House...Library, ed. By E.V. Lucas, 2 vols., No. 1495 of 1500 copies, 1924. 4to., orig. linen backed boards, uncut, d.ws. (spines of dws slightly faded) Slipcase. Plates, 24 of them coloured. (2)
£200-300
2242. BENTIVOGLIO, GUIDO, Cardinal. Della Guerra di Fiandra, 2 vols., Cologne 1633 - 36; Part 3, Venice, Francesco Baba, 1640. 3 parts in 2. 4to., cont. vellum, morocco spine labels (slight wear to head and tail of spines). Engraved title and portrait in vol 1, woodcut vignette on title to part 3. Signature of Edward Hamilton on titles. Bookplates of Hannah Dockray, Lancaster, 1857. (2)
£50-100
2243. [BLAGDON, FRANCIS WILLIAM]. Paris as it was and as it is, 2 vols., 1803. 8vo., cont. half calf (some spotting to text) -- MASSILLON, J.B. Memoires de la Minorite de Louis XV, Paris and Lyon, 1792. 8vo., cont. mottled calf gilt, decorative gilt tooling to spine. Label on verso of upper cover "Chez Gay, a St. Petersbourg". (title and half title stained, hole in front endpaper). Engraved portrait of "Le Roi" loosely inserted. (3)
£100-150
2244. BOOTHE, NATHANIEL, pub. The Right of Succession to the Crown of England, In the Family of the Stuarts...Learnedly Asserted and Defended By Sir Nicholas Bacon..., Printed for W. Taylor, 1723 8vo., (in 4's), cont. panelled calf gilt (spine rubbed). Bookplate of the Rev. Sir Geo. Booth Bart. and signature of Anne Boothe.
£100-150
2245. BOSWELL, JAMES. The Life of Samuel Johnson. New Edition, With Numerous Additions and Notes by John Wilson Croker, 10 vols., 1844. Small 8vo., cont. half calf gilt. Engraved additional titles and plates -- PEPYS, SAMUEL. Diary and Correspondence...With A Life and Notes by Richard Lord Braybrooke. Sixth Edition, 4 vols., 1858, 8vo., Cont. half red stained calf. Portraits and plates. With 21 others, leather bindings. Bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (35)
£180-250
2246. BOURKE, THOMAS A Concise History of the Moors in Spain, First Edition, 1811. 4to., cont. calf gilt (upper joint cracked). Bookplate of R.G. Hollies-Smith, and stamp of A.H. Moxon on title.£60-80
2247. BYNG, Admiral JOHN. The Trial...At A Court-Martial held on board His Majesty's Ship the St. George, in Portsmouth Harbour, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1756. 2 parts in one, 1757. 8vo., cont. half calf (upper cover detached, lacks first blank).£30-50
2248. CAMDEN, THEOPHILUS. The Imperial History of England, 2 vols., 1811. Folio, cont. diced calf gilt (covers of vol 2 detached). Numerous engraved plates (browned). (2)
£30-50
2249. CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. The Canterbury Tales. Modernis'd by several Hands. Publish'd by Mr. Ogle. 3 vols., Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1741. 3 vols., 8vo., cont. calf (rubbed). Bookplates of Margaret Maskelyne (either the widow of Robert, Lord Clive and sister of Nevil Maskelyne, the Astronomer Royal or daughter of the latter). (3)£80-120
2250. CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S. & MARTIN GILBERT. Winston S. Churchill, 4 vols., 1966 - 75, and 7 Companion vols. 1967 - 72. 8vo., orig. cloth, d.ws. (some short tears and fading to d.ws.). Illustrations. (11)
£60-80
2251. CURIOUS AMUSEMENTS: Fitted for the Entertainment of the Ingenious of Both Sexes; Writ in Imitation Of the Count de Roche Foucault, and Render'd into English...By a Gentleman of Pembroke-hall in Cambridge. To which is added, Some Translations...With Other Verses and Songs..., by T. Rymer, 1714. 12mo., cont. sheep (old reback) -- DEFOE, DANIEL. The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe..., 2 vols., 1767. 8vo., 19th c. half calf (some browning to text). With 8 others, calf bound. Book plates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (11)
£100-150
2252. CUST, LIONEL. Eton College Portraits, one of 550 copies, 1910. Folio -- AINGER, A.C., ed. Eton in Prose & Verse An Anthology, n.d. 4to. Tipped in colour plates, and 35 others on Eton. Orig. bindings (all rather soiled). (37)
£50-70
2253. DICKENS, CHARLES. Sketches by Boz, First series, Second Edition, 2 vols., 1836 (signature on titles, some browning); Second series, First Edition, 1837. Half title. 12mo., uniform cont. half brown morocco gilt, a.e.g. Plates by Cruikshank. (3)
£200-300
2254. DICKENS, CHARLES. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1838;...Dombay and Son, First Edition in book form, 1848...David Copperfield, First Edition in book form, 1850. 8vo., cont. half calf (not uniform). Plates (browned). (3)
£200-300
2255. DICKENS, CHARLES. Oliver Twist, New Edition, 3 vols., 1839. Cont. half green stained calf, spines gilt by P. Hance of 55 King's Road, Chelsea with ticket. Plates by Cruikshank (spotted); The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands. Edited by Charles Dickens, Paris 1841. Cont. half morocco (spine defective); A Christmas Carol, Ninth Edition, 1844. Red morocco gilt. 4 hand coloured plates. 12mo., or 8vo. (5)
£120-150
2256. DICKENS, CHARLES. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1839. Cont. green morocco. Half title; Bleak House, 1853. Cont. half green morocco gilt (upper inner joint cracking, signature on engraved title); Little Dorrit, 1857. Cont. half calf. First Editions in book form. 8vo. Plates (browned). (3)
£100-150
2257. DICKENS, CHARLES. Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vols. in one,1840 - 41. Cont. half green stained calf, spine gilt (rubbed); Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844. Cont. half black stained calf (spine chipped, plates browned). First Editions in book form. 8vo. (2)£80-120
2258. DICKENS, CHARLES. American Notes for General Circulation. First Edition, First issue, 1842. 2 vols. bound together, 8vo., cont. half green stained calf gilt by P. Hance of 55 King's Road, Chelsea, with ticket (rubbed, spine chipped). Half titles, but without ads. in vol 2.£150-200
2259. DICKENS, CHARLES. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844 (final plate loose; Bleak House, 1853; Little Dorrit, 1857 (lacks upper cover); Our Mutual Friend, 2 vols. in one, 1865. First Editions in book form, 8vo., cont. calf or half calf (worn). Plates (spotting, more prevalent in first two titles). (4)
£80-120
2260. DICKENS, CHARLES. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, First Edition in Book form, 1848. 8vo., cont. half green stained calf, spine gilt. Additional engraved title, frontispiece and plates (spotting, a few with stain in lower margin). Half title and errata leaf. With Pickwick Papers, 1837 (issue with W not V on title); the same, 1838; ...David Copperfield, 1850; Bleak House, 1853; Little Dorrit, 1857, (all worn with browned plates and lacking half titles). (6)
£100-200
2261. DICKENS, CHARLES...Dombey and Son, 1848. Half green morocco gilt. Errata leaf and slip; Bleak House, 1853. Half brown morocco. Both First Editions in book form. Plates by H.K. Browne (spotting, more prevalent in Bleak House, lacking half titles). 8vo., modern bookplates. (2)
£80-100
2262. DICKENS, CHARLES. Hard Times, First Edition in book form, 1854. 8vo., orig. green cloth (spine browned, and split across and at upper joint, head and tail chipped). Half title.£200-300
2263. DISRAELI, BENJAMIN, Earl of Beaconsfield. Novels and Tales, Bradenham Edition, 12 vols., 1926 - 27. 8vo., orig. cloth, spines gilt, t.e.g., other edges uncut (some discolouration to sides). (12)
£100-120
2264. [DOBSON, SUSANNA]. The Life of Petrarch, 2 vols., 1775. Engraved frontispiece. Bookplates of William Salmond Esqr. Seaforth, Antigua. -- FENELON, FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE. Fenelon's Treatise on the Education of Daughters, Trans. Rev. T.F. Dibdin, Cheltenham 1805. Engraved frontispiece. With 6 others. 8vo., cont. calf (some wear). (9)
£80-120
2265. DRINKWATER, JOHN. A History of the late Siege of Gibraltar, First Edition, 1785. 4to. Large Paper, cont. straight grained red morocco gilt, with gilt crest on spine, a.e.g. (front endpaper loosening). Bookplate of Sir Trayton F. Eliot Drake, Bart. 4 folding engraved maps, partly hand coloured (one with split at fold), and 6 folding plates (some spotting). With pencil note on first blank,
"Sir J. Drake bought this History at the sale in London of Lord Heathfield's Library".
Sir Thomas Trayton Fuller Eliot Drake (1785 - 1870), grandson of the first Lord Heathfield, who inherited Buckland Abbey and Nutwell Court, Devon. He was an officer in the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot, and served under Sir John Moore during the expedition to Sweden in 1808 an at the Battle of Corunna and other battles in the Peninsula War.
See illustration.£200-300
2266. DUMONT, JEAN, Baron de Carlscroon and JEAN ROUSSET DE MISSY.
The Military History of the late Prince Eugene of Savoy, and of the late John Duke of Marlborough. Vol 1 only, including Supplement, 1736. Folio, cont. calf with gilt stamp of Office of the Ordnance on upper cover (covers and spine worn). Stamp of Royal Military Academy on title and with similar bookplate dated 1807. 27 folding engraved maps and plans, and 10 plates by Claude du Bosc, (some tears and repairs). Sold not subject to return.£100-200
2267. EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Thursday 6th July 1815. 4pp., broadsheet, containing news of the Battle of Waterloo.
£15-25
2268. ELIOT, GEORGE, Mary Ann Evans. The Mill on the Floss, First Edition, 1860. 3 vols., 8vo., orig. cloth, Mudie's Library Manchester labels on upper covers. Half titles. (vol 1 loose in binding, joints split, wear to heads and tails of spines, upper cover of vol 2 soiled, vol 1 lacks front free endpaper, vols. 2 & 3 with name cut from front endpaper).
See illustration.
£400-450
2269. ELIOT, GEORGE. Romola, First Edition in Book form, 3 vols., 1863. 12mo., cont. half calf (rubbed), contents leaf and page 1 of text soiled in vol 1). (3)
£150-200
2270. EVELYN, JOHN. Diary. ed. William Bray. New Edition. With a Life of the Author by Henry B. Wheatley, 4 vols., 1879. Orig. cloth gilt. Portraits and plates. With a watercolour of Evelyn's home, Wotton, by Mary Arnold-Foster, 1891, loosely inserted -- ARNOLD-FOSTER, FRANCES. Studies in Church Dedications..., 3 vols., 1899. Orig. cloth. 8vo. With 19 other volumes, including Bergson. Henri. Dreams, 1914. (26)
£60-100
2271. [FERRIER, SUSAN EDMONSTONE]. The Inheritance. 3 vols., First Edition, Edinburgh and London 1824, 8vo., 19th c. half calf (lacks half title in vol 3). (3)
£60-80
2272. FLEMING, IAN. Goldfinger, First Edition, 1959. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt, d.w. Price unclipped (partly defaced hospital bookplate on front flyleaf).£100-150
2273. FLEMING, IAN. You Only Live Twice, First Edition, First Issue, 1964. 8vo., orig. cloth, d.w.£100-150
2274. FLEMING, IAN. You Only Live Twice, First Edition, 1964. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt, d.w., price unclipped (d.w. slightly soiled with a few nicks, 2 signatures on front flyleaf).£30-50
2275. FUNCK, JACOB and MARC GUERARD D'ILLENS. Plans et Journeaux des Sieges de la Derniere Guerre de Flandres..., Strassburg 1750. First Edition. 4to., cont. calf (worn, spine defective). Folding engraved map and 24 folding plans, partly hand coloured. Woodcut ornaments (title stained at head).
See illustration.
£150-200
2276. GIBBON, EDWARD. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. New Edition, With Additional Notes by William Smith. 8 vols., 1887. 8vo., cont. half maroon calf gilt. Engraved portrait and maps. Bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. With 28 others, history, calf bound. (36)
£200-400
2277. GODWIN, THOMAS. Romanae Historiae Anthologia Recognita et Aucta. For the use of Abingdon Schoole. Newly revised and inlarged by the Author, Printed by Robert White, for Henry Cripps 1648. Title within woodcut border; Moses and Aaron. Sixth Edition, Printed by E.G., 1641. (some leaves shaved). -- ROUS, FRANCIS. Archaeologiae Attticae Libri Septem. Third Edition, Oxford Printed by Leonard Lichfield, 1649 (small hole in F4). Bound together. Small 4to., cont. calf (worn). With 4 others. (5)
£100-150
2278. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. Sandford, Christopher and Lettice. The Magic Forest. No. 3 of 100 copies, signed by the authors, 1931 (spine faded, mark on upper cover) -- Rutter, Owen. We Happy Few, 1946. No. 486 of 750 copies. 11 engravings by John O'Connor. With Cockalorum [1951]. A Note on the Press, 1946 loosely inserted and Cock-A-Hoop [1962], unlimited editions, d.ws. 8vo., orig. bindings. (4)
£60-80
2279. GOLDING, WILLIAM. The Spire, First Edition, 1964. 8vo., orig. cloth, d.w. (small nick to front of d.w.). With 5 other modern First Editions, 4 of them in d.ws. (6)
£70-100
2280. GUEST, Lady CHARLOTTE, trans. The Mabinogion from the Welsh of the Llyfer Coch O Hergest..., 1877. 8vo., cont. qtr. red morocco (spine chipped). Text illustrations. With 3 others including The Works of Lord Byron, Francfort O.M. 1826. (4)
£30-40
2281. [HAMILTON, ANTHONY]. History of May-Flower. A Circassian Tale. Second Edition, Salisbury, 1796. 12mo., cont. half calf (piece missing from head of spine). Engraved portrait frontispiece (spotted). Advertisement leaf. Armorial bookplate.
£80-120
2282. HISTORY, mainly calf bound. (some wear) 37 vols., including: Hume, David. The History of England, New Edition, 8 vols., 1818 (spine of vol 1 defective);
Smollett's Continuation, 5 vols., 1818;
another edition, 8 vols., Oxford 1826, Engraved portrait frontispieces. -- Mitford William. The History of Greece. 8 vols., 1818 (one spine defective). 8vo. (37)
£200-300
2283. [HOLY BIBLE, The, ? Deputies of Christopher Barker 1591]
Black letter. Folio, old pale grey calf (soiled). Woodcut initials and ornaments, map of St. Paul's travels. (lacks title A1, A4 defective, A6 defective, lacks B6 and Ffff3 & 4 [title to N.T.], Hhhhi torn, ends at Xxxxi). Treacle Bible (Jeremiah ch. 8, verse 22). ? Herbert 209. Names Joseph Meredith 1792; Henry Stillwell, and Mary des Saumarez Leslie Stilwell 1862 on verso of upper cover. Sold not subject to return.
£300-500
2284. GENEVA BIBLE, (Breeches), [Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599, but probably later]. Black letter, 4to., cont. panelled calf, with metal cornerpieces and central bosses (repaired, leather straps and clasps renewed). Preceded by incomplete Book of Common Prayer; lacking title and prelims. to Old Testament, text begins at Ai Genesis, includes Apocrypha (N7, Hhiiii and Kkii with marginal defect, Kki defective). New Testament with woodcut title; Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances..., Deputies of Christopher Barker,, n.d.; The Whole Books of Psalmes. Collected into English meetre..., Printed by John Windet for the Assignes of Richard Days, 1595 (incomplete at end). Woodcut ornaments throughout (some staining). With another volume. Sold not subject to return.
See Herbert 197 and 247. (2)
See illustration.
£250-350
2285. HOLY BIBLE, THE. Robert Barker...and by the Assignes of John Bill 1630. Old and New Testament preceded by Book of Common Prayer 1631; The Genealogies by John Speed, with double page map. Woodcut titles. (Xx5 with small tear, Ggg7 with corner torn away). Followed by Metrical Psalms. Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1630 (ends on H5). 4to., cont. decorative black morocco gilt, a.e.g. (later endpapers). With 2pp in ms. recording births and other dates relating to the Pate, and Booth families, and the marriage of Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal. Herbert 431. With 4 other Prayer Books 2 of them 18th c., and a 19th c. Bible, relating to the same families, cont. morocco. Mostly 8vo. (6)
See illustration.
£400-600
2286. HOLY BIBLE, The Oxford, Printed by T. Wright and W. Gill..., 1772. 8vo., cont. blue morocco gilt, a.e.g. (wear to joints and head and tail of spine). With ms.notes on the Chedwode family at end. Herbert 1221.
£30-40
2287. HOMER. Iliad & Odyssey. Translated by Alexander Pope, 11 vols., 1760. 8vo., cont. calf gilt (spines darkened with some wear). Two engraved portraits, 2 folding plates and folding map (occasional spotting. Bookplates of Henry Porcher. With uniform Works of Pope, 1760. 8 vols. (ex 9, lacks vol 3). And 4 others. (23)£150-250
2288. HOUGHTON, CLAUDE. Twelve Lyrics. 6pp. pamphlet, n.p. or d. Printed by Bobby & Co. Ltd., Margate. Orig. wraps., signed on upper cover, with calling card of Mrs. Claude Houghton loosely inserted.
Claude Houghton Oldfield (1889 - 1961) novelist and short story writer, whose work often featured themes of science fiction or fantasy.£20-30
2289. HOUSMAN, LAURENCE. Of Aucassin and Nicolette A Translation in Prose...Together with Amabel and Amoris With Drawings by Paul Woodrooffe Engraved on the Wood by Clemence Housman, 1925. Presentation copy from Paul Woodroffe, inscribed "with grateful thanks...1937". LAWRENCE, D.H. The Man Who Died, 1931. One of 2000 copies. Both 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (spines faded). (2)
£80-100
2290. HUME, DAVID. Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Second Edition, 1779. 8vo., orig. boards uncut (spine defective). Half title.£50-70
2291. HYDE, EDWARD, Earl of Clarendon. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England...Faithfully Abridged. 1703. 8vo., cont. panelled calf (rubbed, joints cracked) -- SALMON, WILLIAM. A Short View of the Families of the present English Nobility..., Third Edition, 1761. 12mo., cont. calf gilt. Bookplate of Wm. Moreton, A.M. With another volume. (3)
£25-35
2292. JERSEY. A Code of Laws for the Island of Jersey (? St. Helier) 1771. Text in French and English. 8vo., orig. vellum (soiled, title creased and margin cut at lower edge). Folding table. Stamps of John Sullivan, Notary Public Jersey.
£30-40
2293. JOHNSON, Dr. SAMUEL. The Works, 11 vols., William Pickering, Oxford 1825. Cont. calf, spines gilt with green morocco labels (spines rubbed, some wear to joints). Engraved portrait in vol 1 (spotted); The Rambler, Sixteenth Edition, 3 vols., 1810. Cont. calf. All 8vo. (14)
£100-200
2294. JOHNSON, Dr. SAMUEL. The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. New Edition, 4 vols., 1783. 8vo., cont. calf (covers detached). Engraved portrait frontispiece in vol 1. Signatures of J. Jeffery Farnol dated 1907 on flyleaves (novelist, 1878 - 1952). With 22 others, leather bound. (26)
£100-200
2295. JOHNSONIANA. A collection of pamphlets relating to Dr. Samuel Johnson: A Cursory Examination of Dr. Johnson's Strictures on the Lyric Performances of Gray. Printed for S. Crowder 1781. Disbound. Signature "J. Rawlins" on title -- [Tindal, William]. Remarks on Dr. Johnson's Life, and Critical Observations on the Works of Mr. Gray. Printed for the Author, 1782. Stitched (edges dustsoiled). First Editions -- Johnson, Dr. S. Marmor Norfolciense...New Edition, Printed for J. Williams, 1775. Disbound -- [Knowles, Mrs. Mary]. Dialogue Between Mrs. Knowles and Dr. Johnson. Printed by C. Stower, 1805. Orig. blue wraps., stitched. -- Christie, Manson & Woods Catalogue of "A Unique Collection of Johnsoniana...", The Property of Major Ross, 5th June 1888. With another incomplete pamphlet. All 8vo. (6)£500-700
2296. [JONES, Sir WILLIAM, trans.] Sacontala; or, The Fatal Ring: An Indian Drama. By Calidas. Translated from the Original Sanscrit and Pracrit. J. Cooper, 1792. 16mo., cont. tree calf (upper cover almost detached, flyleaf loose). Bookplate of Margaret Maskelyne.£80-120
2297. JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS. The Famous and Memorable Works. Trans. Thomas Lodge.Printed by J.L. for Simon Waterson, 1632. Folio, cont. panelled calf (worn, endpapers renewed). Woodcut device on title (name torn away, also small hole affecting a few letters, lacks a leaf before title). STC 14812a.£80-120
2298. KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD. The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1919 -- ELLIS, HAVELOCK. The World of Dreams, 1911. (slightly soiled) 8vo., orig. cloth. (2)
£80-100
2299. LADIES OF LLANGOLLEN. Gray, Thomas. The Poems, New Edition, 1800. 8vo., cont. mottled calf gilt. Engraved plates. Inscribed on flyleaf "Arth. Paget August 28 1833. From the Library of the late Lady E. Butler & Miss Ponsonby of Langothlen Vale. To Miss Gertrude Horner of Mells Park. March 2nd 1882." Probably the diplomat Sir Arthur Paget (1771 - 1840).
£30-50
2300. LADIES POCKET MAGAZINE, The. 1834 part 1, 1835, parts 1 & 2 bound together, 1836, parts 1 & 2 bound together, 1839 in 2 vols., 1840 in 2 vols. 12mo., cont. half black leather (not uniform, 1834 in defective red leather). Hand coloured plates, (some defects) and other illustrations. Sold not subject to return. (7)£60-80
2301. LARREY, ISAAC de. Histoire d'Angleterre, D'Ecosse, et D'Irlande. 2 vols., Rotterdam 1697 - 98. Folio, cont. calf (worn). Additional engraved title in vol 1, 50 portraits mostly after Adriaen van der Werff (Bb1 text leaf in vol 2 with small hole). The full set was published in 4 vols. (2)
See illustration.£350-450
2302. LEATHER BINDINGS. 28 vols., various, including Shakespeare, Moliere etc., and one cloth bound volume. (29)£80-120
2303. LEATHER BINDINGS. 27 vols., including Lowth, Robert. The Life of William of Wykeham..., 1759. Cont. calf (upper cover detached). Folding engraved table at end (stained) - Macaulay, T.B., Lord. The Works, 8 vols., 1875. Cont. panelled calf gilt (lacks 3 spine labels). Engraved portrait frontispiece. Leather label on verso of upper cover of vol.1 presenting the set to Wilfrid Douglas Pollock, as a school prize, by Angela, Baroness Burdett Coutts - Dickens, Charles. 18 vols of works, v.y., Cont. half calf, spines gilt. Frontispieces. All 8vo. (27)
£80-120
2304. LEATHER BINDINGS, 19th c., 43 vols., literature, including Eliot, George. Novels, 6 vols., Blackwood, n.d. Half brown morocco gilt by Morrell. -- Dryden, John. The Poetical Works, 4 vols., William Pickering, 1832. Full maroon morocco, a.e.g. -- Meredith, George. The Shaving of Shagpat, First Edition, 1856. Bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (43)
£300-400
2305. LEATHER BINDINGS. 25 various volumes, history and biography, Eton leaving presents inscribed to Francis Henry Hodgson. Titles include: Mill, John Stuart. Principles of Political Economy, Sixth Edition, 2 vols., 1865; A System of Logic, Sixth Edition, 1865. 8vo., cont. calf or tree calf, some with stamp of Riviere, Bickers or Zaehnsdorf (2 labels lacking). (25)
£300-400
2306. LEATHER BINDINGS. 30 various volumes, including: Guillemin, Amedee. The Heavens. ed. J. Norman Lockyer, Third Edition, 1868. Plates, including chromolithographs -- Cicero. The Life and Letters..., 1870. Mostly 8vo. (30)
£80-120
2307. LEATHER BOUND POETRY. 34 vols., including: Ward, Thomas Humphry, ed. The English Poets, 4 vols., 1880. Qtr. brown morocco gilt. Inscribed "Mrs. Forster with the Editor's affectionate regards June 11, 1880". -- Milton, John. The Poetical Works, ed. Rev. H.J. Todd, Fourth Edition, 4 vols., cont. calf gilt. (head of spine of vol 1 torn). 1842 -- Southey, Robert. The Poetical Works, 10 vols., 1838. Cont. vellum, spines gilt. (34)£250-350
2308. LEATHER BOUND POETRY. Another lot similar, 34 vols., including sets by Thomas Gray, Spenser, Dryden and Byron. (34)£200-300
2309. POETRY. 26 vols., including Byron, G.G.N., Lord. The Works, 4 vols., 1819 -- Virgil. The Works. Trans. John Dryden, New Edition, Revised and Corrected by John Carey, 3 vols., 1803 -- Wordsworth, William. The Poetical Works, New Edition, 6 vols., 1840 -- Crabbe, Rev. George. The Poetical Works, 8 vols. 1834. 8vo. and 16mo., leather bindings. (26)
£150-250
2310. LE FANU, JOSEPH SHERIDAN. The Purcell Papers, First Edition, 3 vols., 1880. 8vo., cont. half calf, spines gilt (extremities spotted). Bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (3)
£100-200
2311. LEWIS, T. PERCY and A.G. BROMLEY. The Book of Cakes. Maclaren & Sons, n.d. (? 1903). 4to., orig. cloth gilt (rather worn). 48 coloured plates. (some leaves loose).£100-200
2312. LITERATURE, calf bound, 29 vols., including: Thomson, James. The Seasons. New Edition, 1794. Engraved plates -- Scott, Sir Walter. The Poetical Works, 11 vols., Edinburgh 1830. Engraved portrait, vignettes on titles (some spotting) -- Mason, William, The Works, 4 vols., 1811. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Bookplates of James Franklin Preston. 8vo. (29)
£250-300
2313. LOCKE, JOHN. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Twelfth Edition, 2 vols., 1741 (some wear, joints cracking). Engraved portrait. - [PAUSE, GUILLAUME PLANTAVIT de la]. The Life of James Fitz-James, Duke of Berwick, 1738 (joints cracking, some wear to head and tail of spine). Skene Library bookplate - ROBERTSON, WILLIAM. The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. New Edition, 4 vols., 1774. Engraved frontispieces. Bookplates of Sam. Pretor (18th c.) and of Simon Pretor, Sherborne, 1805. With 4 other volumes. All 8vo., cont. calf. (11)
£100-150
2314. LODGE, EDMUND. Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. 10 vols., 1840. 8vo., cont. half blue stained calf gilt a.e.g. (vols 5 and 10 with lower inner joint broken, split to spine of vol 5, rubbed). 240 engraved portraits (occasional spotting). (10)£250-350
2315. MALCOLM, Sir JOHN. The Life of Robert, Lord Clive, 3 vols., 1836. 8vo., cont. half calf gilt. Engraved portrait and folding map. (3)
£80-100
2316. MARY, Queen of Scots. Collections Relating to the History of...(ed.) James Anderson. 4 vols., Edinburgh 1727 - 28. 4to., cont. calf gilt with scallop shell decoration in corners (worn, titles with browned margins). Bookplates of Wm. Hall Esq. (4)£50-70
2317. MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET. A Writer's Notebook. No. 624 of 1000 copies, signed by the author, 1949. 8vo., cont. qtr. vellum, t.e.g., board slipcase. With another volume. (2)
£50-80
2318. METEYARD, ELIZA. The Life of Josiah Wedgwood, 2 vols., 1865. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (some wear to spines). Engraved portrait and illustrations. With 2 other volumes. (4)
£40-60
2319. MILTON, JOHN. The Poetical Works, 2 vols., Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1720. 4to., cont. panelled calf (rubbed, joints cracking). Bookplates of Henry Greene and signatures of Tho Greene on titles. Engraved portrait frontispieces, vignettes on titles and head & tailpieces. (2)
£100-200
2320. MILTON, JOHN. Paradise Lost...Paradise Regain'd..., Second Edition with Notes...by Thomas Newton, 4 vols., 1759 - 53. Engraved portrait and plates (vol 1 of Paradise Lost with piece torn away from title just affecting one letter and with small hole). Bookplates of Margaret Maskelyne. With 28 others, literature etc., mostly 8vo., cont. calf. (32)
£200-300
2321. MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS. 35 various volumes, including: Pictures from Punch, 4 vols., 1904. Half maroon morocco, and 14 volumes of The Strand Magazine, v.y., mostly orig. cloth. (35)£100-150
2322. MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE, etc. 20 various volumes, including: Porchester, Henry J.G. Herbert Lord. The Moor, Second Edition, 1827. Cont. red straight grained morocco gilt, a.e.g. -- Ainsworth, W.H. Novels, 8 vols., New Edition, n.d. Cont. half green stained calf -- Lamartine, Alphonse de. History of The Girondists, Trans. H.T. Ryde, 3 vols., 1856. Cont. calf gilt. These three titles Eton leaving presents inscribed to F.H. Hodgson. Various sizes. (20)
£100-200
2323. MONTAIGNE, MICHEL de. The Essays...Translated into English. The Eighth Edition...Peter Coste. 3 vols., cont. calf 1776 (some wear to spines) -- DODWELL, WILLIAM. The Sick Man's Companion...Second Edition, 1768. Cont. decorative black morocco gilt, a.e.g. SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL CERVANTES de. ...Don Quixote de la Mancha. Trans. Charles Jarvis. Fifth Edition, 1788 4 vols. 12mo. cont. tree calf (joints cracking). Engraved plates. With 13 others. Mostly 8vo., cont. calf. (21)
£100-200
2324. MORE, Sir THOMAS. The Historie of the Pitifull Life, and unfortunate Death of Edward the fifth..., 2 parts in one, Printed by Thomas Payne for the Company of Stationers, 1641. 12mo., cont. sheep gilt (some wear). Two engraved portrait frontispieces (L1 torn and defective, some stitching broken). Wing M 2688.
£40-60
2325. NIZAMI. The Poems...Described by Laurence Binyon, 1928. Folio, orig. cloth. Colour plates. With 3 others, including a translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and the Salaman and Absal of Jami, Rendered into English Verse. Bernard Quaritch 1879, and another translation of The Gulistan, Benares 1888. (4)
£50-70
2326. OAHSPE A Light of the Kosmon Era. Published for the Es'ean Community by the Kosmon Press, West Norwood, c. 1932. 8vo., orig. cloth.
Oahspe A New Bible was originally published in 1882 purporting to contain new revelations from the angel hosts of heaven revealed to man in the name of Jehovih. It was written by an American dentist, John Ballou Newbrough (1828 - 91) and reported to have been produced by automatic writing.
£20-30
2327. PILKINGTON, Rev. MATTHEW. Poems on Several Occasions, First Edition, Dublin 1730. 8vo., cont. calf gilt (slight wear, bookplate removed, cont. inscription on title).
The Rev. Matthew Pilkington (1701 - 74) and his wife Laetitia were patronized by Jonathan Swift, who obtained for him the position of chaplain to the Lord Mayor of London.
See illustration.
£400-600
2328. RAPIN DE THOYRAS, PAUL. The History of England. Trans. N. Tindal, Second Edition, vols. 1 & 2, 1732 - 33. [The Heads of the Kings of England, 1736] 2 vols., folio, later panelled calf gilt. 38 engraved portraits by George Vertue (ex 42), 12 (ex 13) folding maps and genealogical tables (lacks map of England in vol 1, also lacks listed illustrations of monuments). Text illustrations. Bookplates of George Troyte Bullock. Sold not subject to return. (2)£150-250
2329. ROSCOE, WILLIAM. The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, Fifth Edition, Corrected. 3 vols., 1806. Cont. diced calf gilt. Engraved portrait frontispiece, vignettes on titles -- VILLARI, PASQUALE. Niccolo Machiavelli et I Suoi Tempi, 2 vols., Florence, 1877 - 81. Cont. half vellum gilt. With 3 others. All 8vo. (8)
£60-80
2330. ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA. New Poems, edited by William Michael Rossetti, First Edition, 1896. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (upper cover slightly soiled). Engraved portrait frontispiece.£30-50
2331. ROYALTY. The Book of Common Prayer [1911], 16mo., orig. red morocco gilt with royal arms and date of the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary on upper cover (loose in binding, small defect to unicorn). Photographic frontispiece of the King and Queen in Coronation robes - The Form and Order of the Service...Coronation of...King George VI & Queen Elizabeth.., 1937. Cambridge 1937. 4to., orig. red morocco gilt, a.e.g. (slight wear). Printed in red and black - Hertsley, Austin and George A. Titman, eds. Dress and Insignia worn at His Majesty's Court, 1929. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (spine faded). Plates, mostly colour. Adverts. (3)£80-120
2332. RUSKIN, JOHN. The Works, 11 vols., George Allen, Orpington, 1883 - 80. Cont. blue stained calf a.e.g. (rubbed, some wear to spines); with another volume by the same -- NICOLAS, Sir NICHOLAS HARRIS. A History of the Royal Navy, 2 vols. (all published). 1847. Orig. cloth (soiled). Engraved frontispieces. All 8vo. (14)
£30-40
2333. SCOTT, Sir WALTER. Waverley Novels, 48 vols., Edinburgh 1848. 16mo., cont. half blue stained calf, spines gilt (spine of vol 38 damaged). Engraved titles and frontispieces. (48)
£100-200
2334. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Illustrated Shakespeare. Edited by G.C. Verplanck, 23 vols., New York 1847. Tall thin 8vo., cont. blue morocco gilt. Numerous illustrations. (23)£30-50
2335. SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Widowers' Houses. Henry & Co., 1893 (covers soiled); John Bull's Other Island and Major Barbara..., 1907; The Doctor's Dilemma..., 1911; Misalliance..., 1914; Heartbreak House..., 1919; Back to Methuselah..., published by Constable. 8vo., orig. cloth. All presentation copies inscribed by Shaw to Robert Irvine, various dates, with a fuller inscription in Misalliance, "To Robert Loraine, who created Hotchkiss (among other good turns),..." With a round metal portrait of Shaw, in profile by T.S.S. in velvet mount, within a wooden frame.
Robert Loraine (1876 - 1935), actor, actor-manager and soldier, who introduced Man and Superman to Broadway in 1905. (7)
Hotchkiss is a character in Shaw's play Getting Married, 1908.
See illustration.
£300-400
2336. SMOLLETT, TOBIAS. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. 2 vols. in 4, Edinburgh 1805. Plates by Thomas Rowlandson. -- [JOHNSTONE, CHARLES]. Chrysal; Or the Adventures of a Guinea. 3 vols., 1822. Uncoloured aquatint plates - [IRVING, WASHINGTON]. Bracebridge Hall..., New Edition, 2 vols., 1825. 8vo., 19th c. half calf. Bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (7)
£100-150
2337. [STEVENSON, JOHN HALL]. Two Lyric Epistles..., First Edition, R. and J. Dodsley, 1760. Half title; bound with Crazy Tales, First Edition, 1762. Engraved frontispiece (stained and shaved); Fables for Grown Gentlemen, Second Edition, R.and J. Dodsley, 1762; bound with Moral Tales..., New Edition, Printed for T. Beckett, 1783. Together 2 vols., 4to., later half blue stained calf (some wear). Bookplates of Thomas Bell 1797 and Henry Lloyd Gibbs. With 3 1/4 pp. ms. notes on the author, initialled "TB" in first volume. (2)
John Stevenson Hall was Laurence Sterne's notorious university friend, who appeared as the character Eugenius in Tristram Shandy, and A Sentimental Journey.
£200-300
2338. STEWART. Col. DAVID. Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland. Second Edition, 2 vols., Edinburgh 1822. 8vo., cont. calf gilt (slight wear). Folding hand coloured engraved map (2 tears in blank areas, some spotting to text). (2)
£80-120
2339. STUDIES IN CHURCH HISTORY, ed. C.W. Dugmore and Charles Duggan
and others, 21 vols. and 3 of Subsidia, 1964 - 84. 8vo., orig. cloth, d.ws. With 7 various vols. on the Colonial Records of North Carolina, Raleigh 1963 - 88 and another volume on Winchester in the Early Middle Ages, Oxford 1976. (32)
£50-70
2340. SWIFT, Dr. JONATHAN. The Works...Letters, 24 vols., 1766-69 (The Letters mixed edition). Engraved plates. With Remarks on the Life and Writings...from John Earl of Orrery..., Second Edition, 1752. Engraved portrait. 8vo., cont. calf (rather worn). (25)£100-150
2341. TALFOURD, THOMAS NOON. The Letters of Charles Lamb, 2 vols., 1837. Portrait frontispieces; Final Memorials of Charles Lamb, 2 vols., 1848. 8vo., uniform half green moroco, t.e.g., by Tout. With 40 others, various, leather bindings, mostly 19th c. including a number by H.O. Arnold-Foster, 9 of them bound by Birdsall of Northampton. (44)£300-400
2342. TAUTPHOEUS, JEMIMA, Baroness. Quite; A Novel, 3 vols., First Edition, 1857. 8vo., cont. half calf, spines gilt, by Morrell. Bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (3)
Born Jemima Montgomery in Donegal, the novelist was a cousin of Maria Edgeworth.£80-100
2343. THACKERAY, W.M. The Adventures of Philip..., First Edition, 3 vols., 1862. Cont. half calf, spines gilt. Bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. With 10 othes by the same, 8vo., leather bound. (13)
£100-120
2344. THACKERAY, W.M. Works, 13 vols., 8vo., cont. half blue calf (spines faded), 1892 - 91. Frontispieces. (13)
£30-50
2345. TROLLOPE, ANTHONY. Orley Farm, 2 vols., First Edition in book form, 1862; The Small House at Allington, 2 vols., Second Edition, 1864; The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 vols., First Edition in book form, 1867. Uniformly bound in half brown morocco gilt by Morrell. (vol. 1 of Last Chronicle with slight wear to spine). Plates. With another title by the same. All 8vo. Bookplates of Henry Lloyd Gibbs. (7)£180-250
2346. VICTORIA, Queen. Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands...More Leaves, 1868 - 84. First Editions, Portraits and plates (some spotting) -- SOUVENIR OF SCOTLAND. 1896. Frontispiece and 120 chromolithographic views. All 8vo., orig. cloth gilt. (3)
£100-150
2347. VOLTAIRE, F.M.A. de. The Age of Lewis XIV. Translated from the French (by John Lockman). Second Edition, 2 vols., Printed for R. Dodsley, 1752. 8vo., cont. calf (heads and tails of spines chipped, joints cracking, signature of G. Earle on titles). Engraved frontispieces. (2)
£60-80
2348. WALKER, Sir EDWARD. Historical Discourses upon Several Occasions. Two parts in one, 1705. Folio, cont. calf (worn, upper cover detached). Folding engraved frontispiece, portrait (shaved at outer edge), large vignette on dedication, and other ornaments. Signature "G. Vertue" on title. and 2 signatures of Sir Arthur Hodgson on flyleaf and verso of frontis. Sold with a defective 17th c. bible.
Sir Arthur Hodgson owned the Clopton estate near Stratford on Avon, and the author's dedication is to his grandchild Edw. Clopton of Clopton Esq. (2)£100-150
2349. [THE HOLY BIBLE] Robert Barker and by the Assigns of John Bill, 1642 [colophon]. Black letter, 8vo., old panelled calf (worn, lacks O.T. and N.T. titles, and Apocrypha). Comprising: To the Reader, 3pp., verso Names and Order..., O.T. Ai-Oo3, N.T. Zzi-L114b., 1 Tim.iv.16,thy. (U2 small defect at lower outer corner, marginal defects to Dd4, Kk2 and Mm2, Gg2 torn. Mm2 & 3 with defect at top outer corner). 18th c. signatures of the Pitt family. Herbert 561 but 8vo. not 4to. Sold not subject to return.
£60-80
2351. ALBUM/COMMONPLACE BOOK of Ellen Cox, 1833. 4to., half maroon morocco gilt. Containing approx. 37 original watercolours and pencil drawings, signed with initials, various sizes botanical subjects, portraits, views, etc., and about the same number of prints, some hand coloured, interspersed with manuscript poetry, some original.
See illustration.
£300-500
2352. ALBUM OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS and SIGNATURES. Folio. cont. half maroon morocco gilt, mis - late 19th c. The letters are mostly addressed to Col. Sir William Owen Lanyon (1842 - 87, administrator of the Transvaal from 1879 - 81 who also served in the Anglo Egyptian War) and Sir John Hollams (1820 - 1910, lawyer), and include two from the Duke of Wellington, with 3 printed cards, 1838, inviting Sir John to meet Princess Sophia Matilda; four A.LS.s. to Owen Lanyon from Garnet Wolseley, 1884 - 86; Sir Johannes Brand (President of the Orange Free State), 1879, Sir Redvers Buller, Anthony Trollope, 1877 and others of South African interest; Ferdinand de Lesseps, Ls., 1882; the Sultan of Egypt [Tewfik], Ls., 1882; Sir Richard Burton, Damascus, 1870, A.L.S. (about the non arrival of a box); J.A. Froude, Mrs. Hemans, Stanley Weyman, Frances Hodgson Burnett, J.R. Planche, Sir Henry Irving and others connected with the theatre; royalty including the Duke of Cambridge, 1887, the Prince of Teck, 1887, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, H.H. Asquith, A.J. Balfour, Sir Robert Ball (Irish astronomer), Harry Furniss, with illustration, 1896, and many others, judges, lawyers, churchmen, noblemen etc. (approx. 160)
With signatures of William IV, George, Prince of Wales, King Kamehameha & Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands, document, signed and dated Honolulu 5th June 1863, Leopold McClintock, H.M. Stanley, Edwin Arnold, Charlotte Yonge, Anthony Hope and others.
£800-1000
2353. ALBUM, 19th c., folio, cont. half black morocco gilt (spine worn), containing document signed by Queen Victoria appointing William George Aston as Consul in Nagasaki, 1882, also signed by Earl Granville (blank piece cut away); photographic card with list of the Reception Committee at Kobe 8th March 1906, signed by Prince Arthur of Connaught and Admiral Togo (the prince went to Japan to visit the Emperor and present him with the order of the Garter as a consequence of the Anglo-Japanese alliance); approx. 60 A.Ls.S. including Stanley Baldwin, Charles Kingsley, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Henry Newbolt (incomplete), and Samuel Baker; and approx. 60 signatures or part letters including Dean Farrer, Samuel Reynolds Hole, Frederick Treves, Joseph Paxton, Joseph Chamberlain, and sportsmen W.G. Grace, C.B. Fry, A.E. Stoddart, and Anthony F. Wilding. With a further loose collection of approx. 50 other letters and signatures, some relating to India, including J. Lockwood Kipling.£250-450
2354. ALBUM, manuscript account by E.W. Yeatherd of Elm Lodge School, Streatham Common, Surrey, of a visit to North Wales and another to the Lake District, 1863 & 1864, illustrated with pen and ink sketches, 12pp. 4to., half cont. black leather. £20-40
2355. CANADA. Typescript copy of the diary, 1848 - 51, kept by Charlotte Owen Harris 91828 - 54) of Eldon House, London, Ontario. Folio, early 20th c. red morocco, approx. 244pp. With further typescript loosely inserted, a key to the people referred to in the diary, by her brother, Edward Harris, dated 1913; and a few photographs including two of portraits of Charlotte and one of a watercolour of Eldon House (built 1835).
The writer was the daughter of John Harris, formerly a naval officer, who held a number of legal appointments in London, Ontario. Charlotte married Edward Lewis Knight in 1851 and drowned with her two children when the steamer "Ercolano" sank off Villafranca in April 1854 (typescript copy of contemporary newspaper accounts included). Sir Robert Peel was one of the survivors.
The diary, which provides a fascinating glimpse into the social and domestic life of a well connected family in mid 19th century provincial Canada, was published by the Champlain Society in 1994. Eldon House is now a museum. £100-150
2356. CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE. Pen and ink sketch of an old man; pencil and watercolour sketches of a lady etc., both signed; an ALS relating to a rough sketch, 1852, and a signature with an engraved illustration. Individually overmounted, together in one glazed frame. With 7 loose illustrated fragments by the same.
See illustration.
£200-250
2357. DRAKE FAMILY PAPERS. 1523 - 1797. 4 vols. of typescripts of original documents, n.d. 4to., cont. half blue morocco gilt (2 vols. with soiled sides). The earliest volume states that these papers are "extracted from the lay subsidy rolls by R.C.G. Kirk, Record Agent"; the final volume which is illustrated with portraits and an original engraving of Hillington, Middx. states that the original letters are "in the possession of Count de Salis". (4)£40-50
2358. EDWARD VIII. Typed letter signed "Edward RI", Buckingham Palace, to Lieutenant W.M. Fox, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, I wish to place on record my gratitude to you for the part which you took in the vigil over my Father in Westminster Hall, from the 23rd to 28th January, 1936". With contemporary photograph of the same officer. Both framed and glazed. With 2 other photographs of British royalty. (4)
See illustration.£200-400
2359. FEARON, PERCY "Poy". 1874 - 1948, cartoonist. Album compiled by the Misses Cunningham of Axminster, Devon, containing Christmas cards from Poy, approx 35, c. 1905 - 47, most with autograph greeting on printed card, including 5 original drawings, and an eleven verse autograph nonsense poem, 3pp., folio, beginning "There was a good lady of Sector" [the Cunningham family's home]. 4to., orig. cloth.
See illustration.
£200-300
2360. GRANT OF ARMS in favour of Sir John St. Vigor Fox of Girsby Manor in the parish of Burgh-on-Bain, Lincolnshire, 24th August 1939, signed by Sir Gerald Woods Wollaston, Garter King of Arms, and Sir Arthur...Cochrane, Clarenceux King of Arms. Manuscript, single rolled vellum sheet, with 4 hand painted coats-of-arms, heightened in gold, and 2 wax seals in metal containers, within original red cloth box, gilt, with cyphers of George VI.
Girsby Manor was demolished in the 1950's / 60's.
£100-150
2362. LINCOLN, S.W. Army Crest Album 1893. Oblong 4to., orig. black cloth, bookplate of R.G. Hollies Smith. Containing watercolour title and 23 illustrations of military uniforms and battle scenes, British and Indian regiments including Bombay Lancers, The King's Royal Hussars, Highland Regiments, Bombay Rifles, Native Cavalry, Bengal Infantry, Baluchistan Infantry, Goorkhas, Sikhs etc. With numerous cut and pasted printed crests.
See illustration.£200-300
2363. ILLUMINATED TESTIMONIAL presented to Sir John Hollams "By the Members of the Bar & Bench attending a Dinner given in his honour in the Inner Temple Hall on Friday 6th March 1903". Folio, cont. red morocco gilt with gilt metal onlays. Hand painted calligraphic title, table plans with signatures of all those present including Lord Halsbury, H.H. Asquith, Alfred Lyttelton, Edward Carson, Lord James of Hereford and many other distinguished lawyers. With ALS from Lord James presenting the volume, and a copy of Sir John Hollams' autobiography, Jottings of an Old Solicitor, 1906. (2)£150-250
2364. JERSEY, MARGARAET ELIZABETH CHILD, Countess of. political hostess and philanthropist. ALS to General Ludlow, 4pp., 8vo., Montagu Square W.1. The letter accompanies a copy of The Daffodil Poetry Book by Ethel L. Fowler (1924), which Lady Jersey has inscribed to Mr. William Ledbrook, the former stationmaster at Somerton (apparently near her childhood home, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire). (2)
£20-30
2365. MATRICULATION OF ARMS. Relating to Charles Lindsay Orr Ewing, Esquire, formerly Captain in the 3rd Battalion, Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders..., 7th August 1893. Manuscript, single sheet, on vellum, with hand painted arms, wax seal in tin box with ties, in similar metal tube, with crown and V.R. With Scottish masonic document, 1896 loosely inserted. (2)
£100-150
2366. MILLS, CLIFFORD, author of Where the Rainbow Ends, (1861 - 1933).
The archive of Emilie Clifford (nee Bennet, married Harold Mills Clifford in 1889) who used a variant of her husband's name in order to get her work published. Contained in a large trunk, comprising:
Where the Rainbow Ends, the original manuscript, c. 1911, approx. 130 pp. in ink including rough stage sketches; 2 typescripts of the same, one with ms. alterations and stage instructions; typescript of the book, published by Hodder & Stoughton; typescript of the revised edition by her daughter Evelyn Shillington, 1972; file of correspondence, contracts, press cuttings, poster, periodicals etc.; photographs including signed photograph of Anton Dolin (real name Patrick Kay, a famous St. George); Evelyn Shillington's autograph album with signatures, and drawings including four watercolours of Red Indian head-dresses, signed photographs etc. of actors and others relating to performances of the play which was first produced on 21st December 1911, including two signatures of Noel Coward (William the page boy), Reginald Owen (St. George), Charles Hawtrey, (producer), Roger Quilter, (composer, with line of musical notation), John Gilpin, Valentine Dyall, Italia Conti and Alicia Markova.
The original manuscript of The Basker, [1916] with typescript; The Luck of the Navy [1919], various typescripts, including screen adaptation by Evelyn Shillington, programme for the film, and printed version. Typescripts of seven further plays including Dr. Johnson at Home and The Dream Ship (2 of them incomplete).
The original manuscripts of two short stories: The Departure of the Subaltern and God's Sparrows, with typescripts of the same; typescripts of 6 further short stories, and a bundle of the periodicals in which they were published. Three printed copies of Dear Mr. Ghost, A Christmas Story, Dean & Son,n.d. (2 of them lacking a wrapper).
Also included are typescripts of seventeen fairy stories by Evelyn Shillington, and two bundles of typescript diaries, 1931 - 47, with accounts of travels in Japan and China in 1934, and time spent in Italy after the war with her husband Brig. Rex Shillington, including an eye witness account of the trial of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring in Venice.
The play Where the Rainbow Ends was phenomenally successful. It became an annual Christmas event, a rival to Peter Pan, and was staged every year until the early 1950's.
See illustrations.
£1000-2000
2367. PEMBROKE DOCK, 1914 - 1915. Thompson, Lieut. A.A.C. Headquarters Alphabet Milford Haven Garrison. Small oblong 4to., brown morocco gilt (upper cover stained). Album containing 22 mounted watercolour portrait sketches by Thompson of the various military personnel, with manuscript rhyming captions and list of the officers under Brig. Gen. C.P. Triscott.
£100-150
2368. PIUS IX, Pope. [Papal War of 1860]. Manuscript petition in French for an apostolic blessing and plenary indulgence by Eugene J. O'Brien McSwiney of Cork for himself and his family signed and endorsed by Pius IX, 8th November 1860; manuscript document in Latin appointing McSwiney as a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, signed by Cardinal de Genga, Rome 7th December 1860, with papal stamp, both on vellum; printed document in Italian, on paper (torn at folds), completed in manuscript for the same awarding him the Pro Petri Sede medal, "Presente a Ancona", 8 December 1860, and another relating to the same. (4)
Eugene McSwiney was evidently one of the Pope's Irish battalion who fought in the war against the Sardinian invaders.£100-150
2369. PORTEUS, BEILBY, Bp. "Occasional memorandums & Reflexions on several subjects chiefly Religious...& Literary". Autograph Manuscript in ink., small 4to., orig. green vellum, 1781 - 86. Approx. 92pp. with many corrections and excisions.
Containing much interesting information concerning his involvement with Church politics, slavery etc., referring to his best known sermon, given in 1783 before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. "The subject I chose was the Civilization & conversion of the Negroes in the West Indian Islands - I had for some years past thought much on this Subject, & had corresponded & conversed upon it with several Persons in this Country & with one Gentleman in the West Indies. The result of these Enquiries was that the negro slaves in our Islands were in a most deplorable situation both temporal & spiritual".
He also mentions authors and painters such as the Rev. William Mason, "His Garden is laid out with the taste that might be expected from the Author of the English Garden. Several pretty buildings dispersed over it, one to the memory of Mr. Gray." (1783), and "Sir Joshua Reynolds dined with me. I asked him whether it was true (what I had heard) that Dr. Johnson had on his death-bed requested of him that he would not paint on Sundays" (1785).
Beilby Porteus (1731 - 1809), Bishop of London, Anglican reformer and leading abolitionist, who seriously challenged the Church's position on slavery.
£200-300
2370. POSTCARD ALBUM, 1930's containing approx. 95 window mounted examples, mostly coloured, of trains, but a few of ships, views etc.£60-80
2371. ROYALTY. Framed and glazed document commemorating the Royal Visit to the Mansion House May 14th 1887. Bearing the signatures of Queen Victoria and 11 others including Edward VII (as Prince of Wales), Alexandra, (later Queen), George (later George V), other princesses, and Frederick Crown Prince of Denmark.
This visit was made to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
See illustration.
£100-200
2372. THEATRE, REES, JOAN, actress (1924 - 83). A collection of letters and photographs including: Barrie, J.M. A.L.S. 1p., to Mrs. Fisher White, Adelphi Terrace House, 28 Oct. 1921. "...I had not forgotten tho', and if an opportunity arises I hope you will play in something of mine. The part of P. Pan however was [? disappointingly] arranged for yesterday so in that matter nothing can be done..." -- Coward, Noel. A.L.S., The Central Hotel, Glasgow, 1 1/2pp., 16/12/42 thanking Joan for writing about "In Which We Serve". -- Blanch, Lesley. A.L.S., 2pp., to Joan, undated, Richmond, returning a handkerchief, illustrated with a drawing of Babar the elephant, and a draped couronne on the reverse. With a T.L.S. from Ivor Novello, 1949; a T.L.S. from James Agate to "Gully" (Campbell Gullan) 1937; two signed photographs of Lynn Fontanne and another of her husband Alfred Lunt, signed by Lunt 1933, all inscribed to Joan and Gully. With 6 other items. (15)
Joan Rees appeared in a number of films in the 1940's, including "Fanny by Gaslight". She was married to a British actor, Campbell Gullan, known as "Gully", and later to William Cox-Ife, the conductor.
See illustration.
£400-450
2375. ADAMS, ANSEL. Yosemite Falls, 355 x 275 mm.; Half Dome, 274 x 353 mm. Framed and glazed. With Adams' Autobiography, 1985. 4to., orig. cloth, d.w. Illustrated. (3)£60-80
2376. LANYON, Sir WILLIAM OWEN (1842 - 87). Photograph album, large 4to., cont. brown morocco gilt with his initials and crest in metal on upper cover, a.e.g. (lacks clasp). Comprising: hand painted coat-of-arms on verso of first leaf, approx. 240 small window mounted photographic portraits on thick card leaves, 4 - 6 to a page, mostly with names beneath in ms., and inset crests or monograms above, some with cut signatures, notably Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, Sir John Peter Grant, Sir Charles Bright, and Marianne North; 8 views of public buildings in Jamaica in the 1860's (in oval mounts, 132 x 90 mm.); 3 large views of the family home The Abey, Whiteabbey, Co. Antrim (245 x 295 mm.); 2 groups of British officers in the Ashanti Campaign of 1874 and 2 of Sir William (then Major) Lanyon with Prince Coffee Intee of Ashanti. With a number of loose photographs, including one of a diamond mine.
Sir William Owen Lanyon was the son of the British architect Sir Charles Lanyon, who designed many buildings in Belfast n the 1830's and 1840's. As a British officer, he served in Jamaica during the native disturbances of 1865 and was ADC to the governor, Sir John Peter Grant between 1868 - 73, and subsequently ADC to Wolseley during the Ashanti campaign. He was administrator of the Transvaal, 1879 - 81 and took part in the Anglo-Egyptian war of 1882.
The album has descended in the family of Sir William's sister Mary, who married the barrister F.W. Hollams.
See illustrations.
£400-600
2377. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM. Folio, half morocco gilt, late 19th c., containing approx. 60 mounted views, various sizes, mainly of cathedrals in France, but also of dolmens at Carnac, and few watercolours of the same. With a number of loose photographs, including three of Stonehenge.
See illustrations.£100-150
2378. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. Collection of seven albums, including two belonging to Charles M. Fox, 34th Regiment Chatham, 1867, school of musketry at Hythe, views etc., and another of portraits; Atkinson family album, with numerous small portraits, by professional photographers, some captioned; album of Frederic W. Hollams, with portraits, school photographs, views etc., some with elaborate hand coloured borders, and page with hand coloured coat of arms; album of family groups, with captions, name including Fox, Byrom, Ffolkes, Chisenhale Marsh, Grimston, and many others, at various country houses, including Culver near Exeter, Hillington Hall, Norfolk, and Gaynes Park, Essex; another of Exmoor ponies etc. All 19th c., various sizes, orig. bindings (some worn). With another, Edwardian. (7)
See illustration.
£300-500
2379. SHAFTESBURY, ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER, Earl of. Cabinet portrait photograph, signed, and inscribed on reverse "for his friend J. Wilkes Esq M.D." Framed and glazed, both sides with engraved portrait pasted to glass on reverse. 160 x 105 mm.
£60-100
2380. WILHELM II, KAISER. Photograph of the Kaiser, mounted, with troops. Selle & Kuntze Hofphotographen, Potsdam.. 146 x 225 mm. Inscribed "With best wishes for the New Year 1913" and signed beneath "William". Framed and glazed.
See illustration.
£200-300
2381. AUSTRALIA. Collection of drawings, mainly by Eliza, Lady Hodgson, but including an example by Conrad Martens, and another attributed to him.
Comprising: Martens, Conrad. "Eton Vale Arthur Hodgson Esq.", signed and dated 1853. Pencil with ink highlights. 21 x 32.5 cms. Two Cottages, pencil with grey wash highlights. 16.5 x 23.5 cms., unsigned. Unframed.
Hodgson, Arthur ? "Head Station Eton Vale Darling Downs", December 1st 1841, inscribed thus on reverse. Pencil drawing, framed, 19.5 x 31 cms. An important sketch, showing bales of wool produced during the second shearing season at Eton Vale, with details of the buildings, two drays, and bar probably used for hanging up the carcases of slaughtered animals etc.
Hodgson, Eliza, Lady. Group of nine sepia and wash drawings, various sizes, unframed: From Sandygate, Queensland August 1868; Westbrook, Darling Downs, Queensland January 1869; Westbrook and Mr. Maclean's Monument, n.d. (J.D. Maclean, Colonial Treasurer of Queensland); Eton Vale looking towards the Range, Darling Downs; Eton Vale from the hill behind, Sept. 1868; Goomburra from the house, Darling Downs, August 1869; Goomburra looking to the house, August 1869; Moray Fields, Cabulture River Sugar plantation October 1868; From the veranda, Montpelier House, Brisbane, n.d.; two small watercolours of Clarence and Rocky River (Queensland); group of six pencil drawings, various sizes, unframed, including Brisbane October 1850, and another of the Mayor's Residence and Hospital, and 7 others, probably by other hands, including views of Brisbane and Eton Vale. The view of Brisbane dated 1850 is particularly valuable for the topographical information at this early date. The building in the centre is typical of those built about 1827 by the convicts with tiny window frames which were superceded about 1829.
Conrad Martens (1801 - 78), landscape watercolourist who studied under Copley Fielding. He sailed with Darwin on the second voyage of the Beagle in 1833, leaving the ship at Valparaiso, and arriving in Sydney in 1835 where he achieved instant success as a landscape artist. He gave drawing lessons to Eliza Hodgson.
See Steele, Dr. John Gladstone. Conrad Martens in Queensland, 1978.
See illustrations.
£2000-4000
2382. HODGSON, Sir ARTHUR. Photograph collection in original cloth folder comprising:
1. Thirteen views of Australia, various sizes, including large scene of copper mining; Eton Vale, the Hodgson sheep station; Drayton in the Darling Downs; Princess Royal Harbour June 1861; "Where the Dunbar was wrecked - Sept. 1857"; cottages in Clopton Street, and Hume Street, Toowoomba by E.J. Dann; and steam sheep washing probably at Eton Vale (a practice apparently discontinued there in 1883). With another, defective.
2. Five loose photographs of prize winning sheep and five further prints in one mount of champions bred by the Hodgson family at the R.A. Society's Show Toowoomba 1899. Various sizes.
3. Ten family portraits by British photographers including Elliott and Fry, of Sir Arthur and Lady Hodgson; their Golden Wedding group, 1892 etc. Various sizes.
4. Group of 29 small photographs [mostly 74 x 93 mm.] taken by members of the family on a visit to Australia in 1925 - 26, mostly captioned on reverse including views of engineering works on the Murray river relating to the flood diversion scheme.
See illustrations.
£400-600
2383. PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Eleven mid 19th c. arched-topped prints, on large card mounts, of Sydney Harbour and suburbs. 210 x 290mm. (some spotting and wear to mounts). (11)
See illustrations.
£600-800
2384. "PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF QUEENSLAND". 4to., vellum gilt album titled thus. (upper inner joint broken, printed title creased). Containing 73 prints, 59 of them 132 x 192 mm., 13 of them 73 x 73 mm and one 145 x 100 mm. depicting scenes in town and country with one loose print of a group of aborigines. Bookplate of [Sir] Arthur Hodgson.
See illustrations.
£400-600
2385. HODGSON FAMILY. Eleven mid 19th c. daguerrotype portrait photographs (one damaged) of Sir Arthur Hodgson, his wife Eliza, and their children. With miniature watercolour of Eliza, and folded note by the subject "For dear Sir Arthur. The likeness of the girl he proposed to, and lately found among some papers. The most successful attempt of my girlhood. It could be photographed and coloured by a good artist." All cased, 2 of them with gilt Stamp of Freeman Brothers Sydney. (12)
See illustration.
£300-400
2386. HODGSON, Sir ARTHUR. Archive comprising:
Six Account Books: December 1853 - October 1859, Bank of Australasia, Ipswich: June 1860 - December 1862, Bank of New South Wales; October 1861 - November 1867, Bank of New South Wales; November 1867 - November 1869; May 1871 - October 1872; October 1872 - September 1873. 8vo., orig. bindings.
With details of the sums received for wool etc., for instance the clip of 1870, comprising 485 bales fetched £16,805.
Cheque made out to Arthur Hodgson, 20 Sept. 1882, Mercantile Bank of Sydney in the sum of £13,498 6s. 5d.
Manuscripts of lectures given by Sir Arthur:
Australia Revisited 1874 - 89. Printed pages pasted into notebook with manuscript amendments and additions; "A Voyage Round the World in 1866", draft and a later version of the first part; the Paris Exhibition of 1878 and another on The Forests and Historic Trees of Great Britain, in one volume. With his commonplace book dated 1849.
Dowling, Sir James (1787 - 1844, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Sir Arthur's father-in-law). The Australian Diary and Almanac for the Year 1844, Sydney. Printed diary with brief manuscript daily entries, and further notes by his second wife, Harriet, following his death on 27th September of that year. 8vo., orig. cloth (loose in binding).
Partial manuscript account of a boyhood journey from Australia to England, January - March 1860, by Francis H. Hodgson, 12pp., folio, disbound, inscribed "from his affectionate father, Sydney January 17th 1860"; In Memoriam volume for Sir Arthur, compiled by his son, Francis, 1904, 8vo., orig. cloth; and later volume of Panoramic Views of the blue Mountains, Sydney, n.d., oblong folio, orig. wraps, with photographic illustrations.
Printed map of Hodgson landholdings centred on the parish of Cambooya in Queensland, partly hand coloured, with ms. annotations, and key to colour codings on reverse. 195 x 137 mm.; newspaper article about the Eton Vale sheep station, (1880's), both framed and glazed. (a quantity).
£200-400
2387. HODGSON, Sir ARTHUR and Lady. A collection of 19th c. medallions awarded to Sir Arthur and his wife, comprising:
Silver Napoleon III Paris 1867 Exposition medallion, 37mm. diam.; silver Imperial Institute medallion, 1887, drilled at top centre, both contained in round Waterlow and Sons Ltd. cardboard box; a bronze Golden Jubilee 1887 medallion, 45 mm. diam. Thomas Henry Goodwin Newton, Sheriff County of Warwick; a bronze Colonial and Indian exhibition, London, 1886 medallion. 52 mm. diam.; a silver Chancellor of Cambridge medallion, (1862), 45mm. diam. Gulielmus Cavendish Devonia Dux [the Duke of Devonshire was Chancellor of the University]; a large bronze medallion, 1862 International Exhibition prize medal. Britannia seated obverse with female figures. 76mm. diam. Named on the rim, Mrs. Hodgson Class IV; a bronze New South Wales medallion, 1862 to the Prize Exhibitors, designed by W. Kullrich, with Ceres obverse, and the reverse with kneeling female figure at the feet of Britannia, wool bales and a merchant ship. 76 mm. diam. Named to A. Hodgson "Iron Ores"; a bronze French Exposition, 1878 medallion. The obverse figures include Marianne and Mercury, the reverse with angels unfurling a scroll. Inside the case reads, "Medaille Commemorative Offerte pour Services Rendus Arthur Hodgson Esq., C.M.G. Commissionaire de Queensland"; Primrose League medal, brass and enamel on ribbon (damaged), "Imperium et Libertas". Mostly cased. (9)
See illustration.
£500-800