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Estate & Collector incl. Late David Spode Collection — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:1,064
Sale Title:Estate & Collector incl. Late David Spode CollectionLots with images:707
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:920
Date:2-Aug-2014
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Books on the USA (2). Buckingham, J.S., the Slave States of America, London, Fisher,Son, & Co., [1842]. Two volumes complete. First edition, first issue, 8 steel-engraved plates (foxed), (20),(4 adverts),487pp. & (8 adverts),(12),588pp., 8vo., publisher's blind-stamped cloth with gilt titling. Old ownership stamp of a parliamentary library on title page of Vol. I and a couple in text of both volumes, otherwise clean, crisp and unworn copies of both volumes. No external markings; Buckingham, J.S., the…
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Book on African Exploration. Von Hohnel, Lieut. Ludwig, Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie. a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888, London, Longmans Green & Co.,1894. Two vols complete. First edition in English. 179 wood-engraved illustrations, 5 coloured maps on 2 large folding sheets, xx,435,xii,397pp., edges uncut, old short marginal repair to one leaf in vol.2, intermittent pale foxing or browning throughout, large 8vo.,…
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Books on Africa (3). Ellis, A.B., the Land of Fetish, London, Chapman and Hall, 1883. First edition. viii,316pp., blank endpapers foxed, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 morocco and cloth boards, spine gilt with raised bands. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library on front board and at spine base. No internal markings. An excellent copy. Very scarce; Cruickshank, Brodie, Eighteen Years on the Gold Coast of Africa. Including an account of the Native Tribes, and their intercourse with…
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Books on Australia (2). Hutchinson, Frank & Myers, Francis, the Australian Contingent. a History of the Patriotic Movement in New South wales, and an account of the despatch of troops to the assistance of the Imperial Forces in the Soudan, Sydney, Thomas Richards, 1885, (4),285pp., some light browning to prelims, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 black calf and marbled boards, spine with raised bands gilt and red title label, spine and corners somewhat rubbed; Government of NSW, Proposed Federal Capital Sites. Issued…
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Books on Building (2). Riddell, Robert, the Carpenter and Joiner, Stairbuilder and Hand-Railer, London, MacKenzie, n.d. [c.1870], 58 plates, one folding, 4 cardboard models, slotted for movement, & 124pp., prelims and some margins foxed, folio, contemp. 1/2 calf, slightly rubbed with a short split in rear top joint but quite firm. a decent solid copy; Burn, Robert Scott. [editor], the New Guide to Masonry, Bricklaying and Plastering. Theoretical and Practical, Glasgow, M'Gready Thomson & Niven, n.d. [c…
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Books on International Exhibition of 1862 (2). the Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department. the International Exhibition of 1862. British Division (2 volumes), London, Printed for Her Majesty's Commissioners, 1862. Vol. I : Two steel engravings of the exhibition building, one as frontis., folding plan, approx. 600pp. numbered in sections, and approx. 120pp. of adverts. at end, many illustrated. Vol.II : 5 chromolitho plates, one as frontis., approx. 900pp.numbered in sections. Both volumes with…
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Book on India. Thornton, Edward, a Gazetteer of the Territories under the Government of the East-India Company, and of the Native States on the Continent of India. First edition. 4 volumes complete. London, Wm. H. Allen, 1854. Frontis. large folding map of India coloured in outline in Vol. 1, each vol. approx. 400pp., occasional marginal browning / foxing, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf and marbled boards, spine with raised bands and red and black title labels, calf a little…
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Book on Central Asia. Shaw, Robert, Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand, and Kashgar (formerly Chinese Tartary), and Return Journey over the Karakorum Pass, London, John Murray, 1871. First edition, 4 tinted litho plates, one as frontis., 3 wood-engraved plates, 7 text illustrations, 2 folding maps mounted on linen, (16),486pp., some foxing/browning to prelims but text and plates clean, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., recent binding in 1/2 calf and cloth retaining original endpapers, spine with raised bands…
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Books on English Geography (6). Mogg, Edward, Paterson's Roads ; Being an entirely original and accurate description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales, with part of the roads of Scotland. the Seventeenth Edition. to which are added Topographical Sketches of the several Cities, Market Towns, and remarkable Villages; .... and other Remarkable Objects throughout the Kingdom. ... An Entirely New Set of Maps, London, Longman [&c.], 1824, 9 folding plates comprising 12 maps,…
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Books on Science (3). Romanes, George John, Mental Evolution in Man. Origin of Human Faculty, London, Kegan Paul, 1888. First edition. Folding frontis. chart mounted on linen, a couple of text diagrams, (10),452pp., some insignificant spotting to blank prelims, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., attractive contemporary binding in 1/2 red morocco, gilt decorated spine with raised bands, cloth boards. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library at spine base and on front board. No other markings external or…
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Books Miscellaneous (4). [ Meseck, Felix ] Goethe, (Johann Wolfgang von), Prometheus. Dramatisches Fragment, Munchen, R.Piper & Co., 1920. Drucke der Marees-Gesellschaft. Herausgegeben von Julius Meier-Graefe, 18 original etchings by Felix Meseck, most full-page, 54,(2)pp of calligraphic text by Anna Simons, small folio, vellum spine gilt titled, marbled boards, corners a little bumped, 4 cm. abrasion at top of front cover. Internally fine. Numbered copy of edition of 135 in a total edition of 200; Sowers,…
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Trade Catalogues (2). Trade Catalogue - rug designs Rug and Mat Designs for Beehive & Turkey Rug Wools. No.722 Alloa & Halifax, Patons & Baldwins Ltd., n.d. [1920's] 139 double-sided chromolitho pattern designs, enclosed on an expanding oblong 4to. album, 24.5 x 32 cm, gilt lettered as above. Each leaf stamped 'Specimen Copy'. the sheets are numbered 1-66, missing nos.46 & 59, and another 75 sheets are numbered with an alphabetical system from a to Y.The recto of each leaf illustrates the design in detail…
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Book on African Exploration. Baines, Thomas. Explorations in South-West Africa. Being an account of a journey in the years 1861 and 1862 from Walvisch Bay, on the Western Coast, to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls.London, Longman Green, 1864.Chromolitho frontis., 8 wood-engraved plates, 3 folding maps, illustrations in text, xiv, 535pp. [actually approx. 600pp. As numbering after p.467 starts again at 390, issued thus], occasional light spotting/foxing mostly adjacent to plates and maps, marbled endpapers…
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Books Literary Classics (3). Burton, Robert. the Anatomy of Melancholy... by Democritus Junior. Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer.London, the Nonesuch Press, 1925. Two volumes.115,85 illustrations, several used more than once, xv,591pp. in two volumes, all edges untrimmed, 4to., 1/4 parchment and Italian printed paper boards, some slight pale spotting/foxing to spines, minor shelf wear to lower corners. Edition of 750 numbered copies. Dreyfus 28. a nice copy; [ Plutarch ] North, Thomas (Translator) the…
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Books 20th century Literature (6). Wheatley, Dennis. Murder off Miami. a murder mystery planned by J.G.Links. London, Hutchinson for the Crime-Book Society, n.d. [1936]. Unpaginated 4to. dossier of typescript, documents, letters, photographs, specimens, ('Clues'), and So Forth, in Original Ribbon-Tied Printed Card Covers, Sl Dusty & Creased at Edges But Generally a Nice Complete Copy. First Edition of the First in This Series; [Peake, Mervyn ] Haynes, Dorothy K. Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch and Other…
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Books (3) Milne, Munchhausen & Medicine. Milne, A.A. Now We Are Six. with decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen & Co., 1927. First edition. Numerous illustrations by Shepard, (12),103,(1)pp., 8vo., red cloth with a gilt vignette on both boards, slight rubbing on tips and spine ends. a couple of very minor signs of use internally. a very good copy. a neat owner's signature (adult, 1927) on top corner of front flyleaf; [Raspe, Rudolph E.] the Adventures of Baron Munchausen. From the Best English…
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Book Ezra Pound. Pound, Ezra. [W.B.Yeats] Certain Noble Plays of Japan : From the Manuscripts of Ernest Fenellosa, Chosen and Finished by Ezra Pound, with an Introduction by William Butler Yeats. Dundrum, Churchtown, the Cuala Press, 1916. First edition.(7),(19),48,(4)pp., printed in red and black, small 4to., grey paper boards and linen spine. Waxed paper d.w. probably not original, but similar. Fine copy. No.61 of an edition of 350.
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Books on India (3). Russell, William Howard. My Diary in India in the year 1858-9. London, Routledge [&c.], 1860. Two volumes complete. First edition.12 tinted litho plates including 2 frontis.,folding map, xv,408,xi,420pp., plates and adjacent pages spotted, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 black calf, spine with raised bands and red title labels, marbled boards, boards rubbed. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library at spine base. No other markings internal or external. a surprisingly…
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Books on India (4). Keene, Henry George. the Turks in India. Critical chapters on the administration of that country by the Chugtai, Babar, and his descendants. London, W.H.Allen, 1879. First edition. Tinted litho frontis. (of Akbar playing at Pacheesee with women for counters... at Fathepur Sikri), folding coloured map mounted on linen, xvi,255pp., blank endpapers spotted and some spotting adjacent to map, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary red 1/2 morocco, spine gilt with raised bands, cloth…
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Book on Tunnelling. Simms, Frederick Walter. Practical Tunnelling. Explaining in detail, the setting out of the works; shaft sinking, and heading driving; ... the construction of the brickwork of tunnels: ... as exemplified by the particulars of the Blechingley and Saltwood Tunnels.London, Sold, for the Author, by Troughton and Simms [&c.], 1844. First edition. 12 engraved plates, (5 double page, 3 folding), most with some foxing, wood-engraved frontis., illustrations and diagrams in text, xii,174pp., 4to.…
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Book on Benin, Africa. Roth, H.Ling Great Benin. Its Customs, Art and Horrors.Halifax, F.King & Sons, 1903. First edition. 275 illustrations, xii,234,xxxii,pp., 4to., publisher's cloth with gilt vignette. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library on front board and their ownership stamp on title page. No other markings external or internal. An excellent copy. Stated edition of 320.
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Book on the Indian Mutiny. Kaye, John William. a History of the Sepoy War in India. 1857-1858.London, W.H.Allen & Co., 1864,1870, 1876. Three volumes, all first editions.2 folding maps, 3 folding plans, xiv, (2), 656; xvi, 686; xiv, (2), 684pp., armorial bookplate on front pastedowns, 8vo., contemporary blind-ruled red morocco, raised bands. An occasional few spots of light foxing, generally to prelims and to leaves adjacent to maps. the red morocco has some uneven but not unpleasant fading to tan. An…
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Books on Metaphysics and Logic (2). [Comte] Lewes, G.H.Comte's Philosophy of the Sciences : Being an exposition of the principles of the Cours de Philosophie Positive of Auguste Comte. London, Bohn, 1853.viii,351pp., 32pp. and endpapers with adverts., 8vo., publisher's red blindstamped cloth with gilt titling. Neat ownership stamp of a parliamentary library on titlepage and first and last pages of text. No external markings. Although a volume in the series 'Bohn's Scientific Library' (usually reprints),…
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Books on Middle Eastern Archeology (3). Garstang, John.The Land of the Hittites. An account of recent explorations and discoveries in Asia Minor, with descriptions of the Hittite monuments.London, Constable, 1910. First edition.3 maps [one folding], 3 plans, 99 photo illustrations, xxiv, 415pp., a little pale spotting to prelims and fore-edges, 8vo., publisher's cloth gilt. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library on front board and its neat ownership stamp on titlepage. No other markings external or internal…
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Books on Building (2). New lands, James. the Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant. Being a comprehensive treatise on the selection, preparation and strength of materials, and the mechanical principles of framing, with their application in carpentry, joinery and hand-railing [&c.] London, Blackie & Son, n.d. [First published 1860, this is a later issue c.1870]Engraved title page with large illustration, 111 line-engraved plates, numerous wood-engraved text illustrations, (14),291pp., some foxing to prelims,…
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Books on Science, Faraday, Rutherford & Maxwell (4). [Faraday] Tyndall, John. Faraday as a Discoverer. London, Longmans Green, 1868. First edition.2 engraved portraits after photographs, viii,171pp., marbled endpapers and edges, blank endpapers a little foxed, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf and cloth boards, slight wear to tips, spine gilt with raised bands and contrasting title label, spine a little rubbed and now stabilised with conservation leather dressing. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library at spine…
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Books on Early Photography (2). Meteyard, Eliza. a Group of Englishmen (1795 to 1815). Being records of the younger Wedgwoods and their friends. Embracing the history of the Discovery of Photography and a Facsimile of the first photograph. London, Longmans Green, 1871. First edition. Engraved facsimile frontis., one wood-engraved plate, xxi.416pp., marbled endpapers and edges, blank endpapers slightly spotted, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf and cloth boards, spine gilt with raised bands and contrasting title…
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Books on David Hume (2). [Hume, David] Burton, J.H.Letters of Eminent Persons addressed to David Hume. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood, 1849. First edition.(32),334pp., 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands and contrasting title label, spine a little rubbed and now stabilised with conservation leather dressing. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library at spine base. No other markings external or internal. a nice copy. Uncommon. From the papers bequeathed by his…
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Books Martineau, Witchcraft, and Middle East Subjects (7). Martineau, Harriet. Autobiography. with Memorials by Maria Weston Chapman. second Edition. London, Smith Elder, 1877. Three volumes complete.Vol.1 : 2 engraved plates, viii,441pp. Vol.2 : 4 plates, viii,510pp. Vol.3 : (6),495pp. some occasional minor spotting, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 morocco and cloth boards, spine gilt with raised bands.Gilt crest of a parliamentary library at spine base and on front board. No other…
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Books on South America (4). MacCANN, William.Two Thousand Miles' Ride through the Argentine Provinces : Being an account of the natural products of the country, and habits of the people; with a historical retrospect of the Rio De La Plata, Monte Video, and Corrientes.London, Smith Elder, 1853. Two volumes.Vol one : Hand-coloured litho frontis, 2 tinted litho plates, all with tissue guards, folding map, (16),295pp. Vol 2 : Hand-coloured litho frontis, 2 tinted litho plates, all with tissue guards, (12)…
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Books on Turkey and Russia (3). Oliphant, Laurence.The Trans-Caucasian Campaign of the Turkish Army under Omer Pasha. a Personal Narrative.Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood, 1856. First edition.4 tinted litho plates, 2 folding maps, 4 text vignettes, xxvii,234pp., some spotting to plates and adjacent pages, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf with raised bands and contrasting title label, marbled boards, spine rubbed and now stabilised with conservation leather dressing. Pale…
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Books on Russian Military Campaigns (2). Von Moltke, Baron.The Russians in Bulgaria and Rumelia in 1828 and 1829; During the campaigns of the Danube, the sieges of Brailow, Varna, Silistria, Shumla, and the passage of the Balkan by Marshal Diebitch.London, John Murray, 1854. First edition.13 folding plans (some pale spotting), (8),476pp., marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf with raised bands and contrasting title label, marbled boards, spine rubbed and now stabilised with conservation…
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Books on Shipping and Maritime (5). Lubbock, Basil. the Down Easters. American Deep-Water Sailing Ships 1869 - 1929. Boston, Charles E. Lauriat, 1929. First edition.116 photo plates, 4 folding plans, xvi,285pp., pictorial endpapers, 4to., blue cloth, gilt titling. a very good copy; Tunstall, Brian [editor] the Byng Papers. Selected from the letters and papers of Admiral Sir George Byng first Viscount Torrington and of his son Admiral the Hon. John Byng. Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1930, -31, -32.…
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Childrens' Book. [ Movable Children's Book ] Bingham, Clifton.The Surprise Zoo. Verses by Clifton Bingham.London, Ernest Nister, n.d.[1910]. 6 chromolitho movable plates with facing text. the plates show children grouped before cages at the zoo. When the [tabs] are pulled the animal or animals in view disappear, to be replaced by others. (Montanaro 'Pop-Up and Movable Books' p.299).Titlepage and 2 other pages of text, 4to, [26 x 19 cm], glazed pictorial chromolitho boards and cloth spine. Inner hinges…
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Books on Art (3). De Lairesse, Gerard. a Treatise on the Art of Painting, in all its Branches; Accompanied by Seventy Engraved Plates, and exemplified by remarks on the paintings of the best masters... Revised, Corrected, and accompanied with an essay, by W.M.Craig.London, Edward Orme, 1817. Two volumes complete. Frontis. to Vol.1, 68 engraved plates [of 71 -see below], iv,296,iv,294pp., some intermittent spotting and signs of use, 4to., contemporary calf, sometime excellently re-cornered and rebacked to…
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Book of Designs. Binet, Rene. Esquisses Decoratives. Paris, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, n.d. [1903] Folio,(2),14,(2)pp. and 60 fine litho plates each printed in a base colour (black, grey, sepia, dark green &c), 14 of which are pochoir coloured and a further 5 partly coloured by pochoir with one or two colours. There are 43 small illustrations in the text. Loose as issued in publisher's pictorial portfolio, cloth spine rebacked retaining original spine. the boards are somewhat rubbed and the ties…
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Book of Designs. Habert-Dys, J[ules-Auguste]. Fantaisies Decoratives. Documents pour servir a la decoration des Faiences, Meubles, Tissus, Bijoux, appartements, etc. .... Quarante-huit planches renfermant environ deux cents motifs. Paris, Librairie de l'Art, n.d. [1887] 48 chromolithograph plates. Heightened with gold, on cream paper, mounted on heavy white paper, (4)pp. title and list of plates. Some light marginal foxing to first 6 and last 2 plates. Folio, loose as issued in publisher's portfolio,…
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Humorous Books (5). Cruikshank, George. the Comic Almanack 1835-1843 and 1844-1853. Two volumes complete.London, Chatto and Windus, n.d. [1882] Numerous originally etched illustrations reproduced by line blocks, 388 & 428pp., some intermittent foxing, thick 8vo., publisher's green cloth gilt with vignettes. Some flecking to cloth and a small 4 mm. hole in spine of the first volume. a publisher's list dated 1882 at the end of each volume; Cruikshank, George. [Mayhew, Henry. Editor] the Comic Almanack and…
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Books on India (4). Hamilton, Angus .In Abor Jungles. Being an Account of the Abor Expedition, the Mishmi Mission and the Miri Mission. London, G.Bell & Sons, 1912. First edition, Colonial issue. Frontis. and 86 half-tones on 63 plates, large folding map, xi,352pp., publisher's red cloth with some very slight fading to spine. An excellent copy. a punitive expedition sent by the Indian Government against the Abors following the murder of the Assistant Political Agent in 1911, and an account of the Political…
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Books Lockhart & Moore (2). [ Owen Jones ] Lockhart, J.G. Ancient Spanish Ballads; Historical and Romantic. Translated, with Notes. a New Edition, Revised.London, John Murray, 1842.4 chromolitho and gold titlepages, chromolitho endpapers, tinted wood-engraved plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes, pages unnumbered, each page with text and illustrations surrounded with a decorative border printed in one or two colours. 4to., full plain vellum (rear board slightly marked), boards with…
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Book Unusual Binding. [Binding] Humphreys, Henry Noel. the Miracles of Our Lord. London, Longman, 1848.32 chromolithographed illuminated pages, 4pp. text, 175 x 125 mm., moulded black papier mache binding, one corner tip professionally restored, professionally re-backed in black morocco with gilt title, original marbled endpapers retained. a nice copy.Each pair of facing pages is alternately in rich, hot colours, and in cold soft colours, including 'Grisaille' pages in black, grey and gold, and striking…
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Book on Architectural Metalwork. [Architectural metalwork] Ferronnerie de Style Moderne. Motifs executes en France et a l'Etranger. 45 Planches [with] (same title) 2e Serie. 40 Planches [with] Ferronnerie Moderne & de Style Modernise. Sculptures, Facades, Portes, Grilles,Etc. 3e Serie. 40 Planches.Paris, Ch. Schmid, n.d. [1903-1905]. Three volumes complete. All published. 3 title leaves and 125 fine heliogravure plates printed recto only, folio, rebound in 1/2 cloth and marbled boards. An excellent set.…
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Book on Japanese Art. Bing, S. Artistic Japan. Illustrations and Essays. (6 vols bound in 3)London, Sampson Low [&c], May 1888-May 1891. 6 volumes bound in 3, all published.Issued monthly 1888-91, a total of 36 issues, each issue has 8-10 full-page plates, most in colour, some folding, and numerous illustrations in the text, with the fine colour covers for each issue bound in at the end of each volume of 6 issues. Pages unnumbered. All volume titles present. Large 4to., contemporary 1/2 red morocco and red…
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Books on Ancient Egypt (2). 'Wilkinson, Sir J. Gardner. the Egyptians in the Time of the Pharaohs. Being a Companion to the Crystal Palace Egyptian Collections. to which is added an Introduction to the Study of Egyptian Hieroglyphs, by Samuel Birch. London, Bradbury and Evans for the Crystal Palace Company, 1857.2 chromolitho plates (very faint watermark on fore-edge), 128 wood-engraved illustrations in text, xvi,282pp., small 8vo., publisher's gilt pictorial blue cloth. Some very minor rubbing but a nice…
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Books Tacitus, Robert Burton, Goldsmith, Alexander, Sir Thomas Browne (7). Salignac De La Mothe Fenelon, [Francois de ] the Adventures of Telemachus : the Son of Ulysses. From the French... by the late John Hawkesworth.London, Printed by C. Whittingham...for Vernor and Hood [&c.], 1800. Two volumes.Portrait frontis, 24 small engraved plates, one to each book (chapter), 276,338pp., some occasional very pale browning, marbled endpapers, small 8vo., contemporary full marbled calf, slightly worn spines gilt…
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Books on Architecture (3). Wingler, Hans M. the Bauhaus. Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago.Cambridge, Mit Press, 1969.24 colour plates, hundreds of illustrations, 653pp., folio, cloth, trace of pale pin-spot foxing on binding, slipcase. An excellent copy; Periodical - Architecture Berliner Architekturwelt. Zeitschrift fur Baukunst, Malerei, Plastik und Kunstgewerbe der Gegenwart. Vierter Jahrgang Berlin, Ernst Wasmuth, 1902. 20 plates, mostly colour litho, 2 folding, 588 numbered illustrations, 454pp., 4to.,…
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Book on Travel in Russia & Persia. Hanway, Jonas. An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea : with a Journal of Travels from London through Russia into Persia; and back again through Russia, Germany and Holland. to which is added the revolutions of Persia during the present century, with a particular history of the great usurper Nadir Kouli.London, Dodsley [&c.], 1753. First edition. 4 volumes (bound in 3). Engraved allegorical frontispiece to each volume, 9 engraved folding maps, one…
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Books on Heraldry & Architecture (8). [Nares, Edward] Heraldic Anomalies; or, Rank Confusion in our Orders of Precedence. with Disquisitions, Moral, Philosophical, and Historical, on all the existing Orders of Society. By It Matters Not Who. London, G.and W.B.Whittaker, 1823. Two volumes. First edition.(24)pp., errata slip, 334pp., (4),372pp., marbled endpapers and edges, old bookplate of a private library on front pastedown of each volume. 8vo., mid 19c. 1/2 black calf and marbled boards, corners a little…
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Trade Catalogues on Medical Equipment (2). [Trade Catalogue - Medical Equipment ] Rainal Freres Catalogue General Paris, Leon & Jules Raynal Freres, 1905. Several hundred illustrations, 426pp., large 8vo.(27 x 19 cm), original printed green card wrappers a little worn and dusty, neatly rebacked with defective original spine laid over, internally excellent. a fine catalogue of an extraordinary range and variety of medical appliances, correctional aids, therapeutic equipment &c., all priced. Artificial limbs…
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Books on Assyrian Archeology (2). Smith, George. Assyrian Discoveries ; An Account of Explorations and Discoveries on the site of Nineveh, during 1873 and 1874.London, Sampson Low [&c], 1876. Sixth Edition.Folding map frontis., 4 woodburytype plates, wood-engraved plans and illustrations, some full page, xvi,461pp., 24pp. adverts, 8vo., pictorial gilt cloth. a nice copy; Layard, Austen Henry. Nineveh and its Remains: with an account of a visit to the Chaldaean Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or…
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Book on Surgery. Pouteau, Claude.Melanges de Chirurgie. Lyon, Geofroy Regnault, 1760. First edition.5 folding plates, xii,526,(2)pp., red edges, contemporary marbled endpapers, ownership stamps on titlepage (see note below), 8vo., contemporary full calf, rather marked with worn edges, neatly rebacked to match, with black title label. Claude Pouteau (1725-1775) eminent French surgeon and sometime head of surgery at the Hotel-Dieu hospital in Lyon. the two old (19c.?) ownership stamps on the titlepage are…
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Books on Decorative Art (3). Townsend, W.G. Paulson. Modern Decorative Art in England. Its Development & Characteristics. Volume 1. Woven & Printed Fabrics, Wall-Papers, Lace & Embroidery [all published]. London, B.T.Batsford, 1922. 174 illustrations, 51 in colour, (14),149pp., folio, publisher's cloth, chipped dustwrapper. Cloth faded where d.w. is chipped. Internally excellent; Furnival, William James. Leadless Decorative Tiles, Faience, and Mosaic . history, materials, manufacture and use of ornamental…
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Books on Ornamentation (2). Pulszky, Carl v., & Fischbach, Friedrich.Ornamente der Hausindustrie Ungarn's.Budapest, 1878.39 (of 40) folio plates,printed recto only on heavy paper, all but three are chromolitho, some with silver and gold, 8pp.and 34 leaves of description in parallel German, Hungarian and French text, all loose as issued in contemporary red pebble-grain portfolio (ties missing) Missing plate 25. the graphically attractive plates illustrate traditional and folk embroidery and textile designs…
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Books Euripides, W.H. Davies, Travels (5 in all). Euripides - Gilbert Murray, Translator. the Plays of Euripides.The Gregynog Press, 1931. Two volumes. Wood engraved line illustrations by Maynard and Bray after Greek vase paintings, (12),269,(1) and 263,(1)pp., folio, red cloth with gilt device of the press on front covers, spines titled in gilt. Endpapers lightly browned, some spotting to top edges not visible on openings, 2-3 leaves in vol.2 with some patches of light foxing, but generally an excellent…
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Books on Archeology & Antiquities (3). Langdon, Arthur G. Old Cornish Crosses. Truro, Joseph Pollard, 1896. Folding map as frontis., 31 plates, 262 sketch illustrations in text, xxviii,439pp., some spotting to prelims and final pages, 4to., recent 1/4 leather gilt and cloth; Fergusson, James. Rude Stone Monuments in all Countries; Their Age and Uses. London, John Murray, 1872. First edition. 234 illustrations, plans and diagrams, folding map, xix,(1),559,(1)pp., 8vo., recent 1/2 black morocco to style,…
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Trade Catalogue of Musical Instruments. [ Trade Catalogue - Musical Instruments ] Barnett Samuel & Sons Ltd. Revised Price List. Wholesale & for Exportation only. Barnett Samuel & Sons Ltd. Manufacturers of Pianofortes, Harmoniums, Reed Organs, etc., etc. London, August 1905. Chromolitho title page, 94 plates (54 chromolithographs, 40 photographic) all with multiple images, and x,172,(2)pp., 4to (28 x 22 cm), publisher's brown pebble cloth titled in gilt. One plate has the lower third cut away (wrist-bells…
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Books on Central & South America (3). Whymper, Edward. Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. London, John Murray, 1892. First English edition. 20 wood-engraved plates including frontis., 4 maps (2 folding, one in pocket at back), numerous illustrations in text, xxiv,456pp., foxing on half-title and otherwise clean. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth gilt with a couple of flecks, corners rubbed. Without the Supplementary Appendix, published 1891, containing natural history and entomology notes; Squier,…
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Books on Australian Goldfields (3). Withers, William Bramwell. the History of Ballarat. From the First Pastoral Settlement to the Present Time. second Edition. Ballarat, F.W.Niven & Co., 1887.Large folding bird's eye view colour panorama of Ballarat, colour folding plan of mine leases, 21 litho plates (8 tinted) after drawings by S.T.Gill, 10 facsimile plates of documents (licences, proclamations, etc.,), xx,362pp., 8vo., publisher's grey cloth with pictorial designs in black and gilt. Some slight rubbing…
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Books on Spas & Hotels, Restaurants (2). [ Spas, Villes d'Eaux - Guide] Album International des Villes d'Eaux. Des Manufacturiers du Commerce et de l'Industrie. Guide en cinq Sections et en cinq Langues. Reuni a l'Album Universel des Eaux Minerales, des Bains de Mer& des Stations d'Hiver. Douzieme Annee - 1874. Paris, ..et a Londres, Administration, J.Cambon, Directeur-General. Many wood-engraved illustrations and illustrated advertisements, (392)pp., folio, publisher's decorated red cloth gilt, minor…
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Book Immanuel Kant. Kant, Immanuel. [John Richardson, translation and biography ] Metaphysical Works of the celebrated Immanuel Kant, translated from the German, with a Sketch of his Life and Writings, by John Richardson, many years a student of the Kantian philosophy. Containing 1. Logic. 2. Prolegomena to Future Metaphysics. 3. Enquiry into the Proofs for the Existence of God, and into the Theodicy, now first published. London, [Printed for W.Simpkin and R.Marshall], 1836. First edition in English of the…
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Books Merlin & Krause (2). Merlin, Th. Ameublement Pratique de Tous Styles. Composes et dessines par Th. Merlin.Paris, Ch. Claesen, s.d. [c.1870?] 49 tinted litho plates and decorative title page, oblong folio (28 x 36 cm), loose as issued in publisher's printed portfolio, cloth spine. a working copy only. the plates are well printed on thick, good quality paper but most have a Very faint watermark, the titlepage has some pale staining. the portfolio is rubbed, marked and repaired. Each plate has 2-4…
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Trade Catalogues Furniture (2). Trade Catalogue - Furniture. Maple & Co .Illustrations of Furniture. [Catalogue N] London, n.d.[1920's] Hundreds of photo illustrations of every kind of furniture, (26),388pp., oblong 4to., 1/4 cloth and printed boards. Minor repair to spine.The price list for Catalogue N is loosely inserted; Trade Catalogue - Furniture. Hampton & Sons. Illustrated Designs of Cabinet Furniture. Engraved from photographs of stockat their new premises and Manufactory, 8, Pall Mall East, and 1,…
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Book Hippolyte Gruz. Gruz, Hippolyte. Motifs de Peinture Decorative pour Appartements Modernes.Paris, G.Claesen, 1860 [but after 1867 - see note] Chromolitho title, 60 plates (45 chromolitho, 15 tinted), (8)pp. prelims, (15) leaves of explanation interspersed with the plates, large folio (490 x 320 mm), all bound on stubs in contemporary 1/4 red morocco and marble paper boards, vellum tips. Binding somewhat worn and rubbed, now stabilised. Plates very clean.Superbly executed plates - the summation of…
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Books on European Travels (5). Laing, Samuel. Notes of a Traveller, on the Social and Political State of France, Prussia, Switzerland, Italy, and other parts of Europe, during the present century. second Edition. London, Longman,Brown[&c.], 1842. xl,496pp., prelims spotted, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf and marbled boards, spine a little worn, now stabilised with conservation leather dressing.This second edition published the same year as the first, with an added 30pp. Preface;…
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Book on African Exploration. Levaillant, F. [ Le Vaillant, Francois] second Voyage dans l'Interieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Esperance, dans les annees1783, 84 et 85.Paris, H.J.Jansen, l'An 3 [1795] First edition. Three volumes complete. 22 engraved plates, 5 folding, (2 with a very pale damp mark), xliv,304,(4),426,(4),525,(1)pp.,(2pp. 'Avis Au Relieur'), All Edges Uncut, Recently Rebound in Style in 1/4 Black Calf with Brown Title Labels on Spine, Marbled Boards, Vellum Corners.The Half-Title…
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Books on Thomas Bewick, Zoology & Wood Engraving (5). Dobson, Austin Thomas. Bewick and his Pupils. Osgood, Boston, 1884; [Bewick] Robinson, Robert Thomas Bewick. His Life and Times. New castle, Printed for R.Robinson, 1887. 200 illustrations, including 27 engraved plates protected with tissues, (40),328pp., 4to., publisher's green cloth slightly dusty and marked, paper spine label spotted. Internally fine.The Bewick blocks are superbly reproduced, generally better than when first published; Bewick, Thomas…
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Books on Milizia, Joshua Reynolds & Johnathan Richardson (3). [Milizia, Francesco] Dell'Arte di vedere nelle belle arti del disegno secondo i principii di Sulzer e di Mengs. Bassano, Guiseppe Remondini, 1813.88pp., marble endpapers, 8vo. in 4's, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt and unlettered. An excellent copy. a treatise by the theorist and historian of architecture Francesco Milizia (1725-1798) proposing new criteria for judging works of art, based on the aesthetic theories of cyclopaedist Johann…
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Book on Oriental Ceramics. [Grandjean, Rene] Ceramique Orientale. Paris, Henri Ernst, n.d. [1922] 40 colour plates (photogravure hand-coloured by pochoir) mounted on publisher's tinted light card, title leaf, contents leaf in old manuscript, missing the leaf with the short prefatory note by Grandjean. Loose in publisher's porfolio with ties, 38 x 28 cm. Applied title illustration on front board, spine returns and tips in patterned cloth. Spine neatly replaced. Originally some sort of ring binding (2 rings)…
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Books on Italian Renaissance Art (2). Berenson, Bernard. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. a List of the Principal Artists and their Works, with an index of places. Venetian School. in Two Volumes.London, Phaidon, 1957. Colour frontis. to both volumes, 1334 black and white plates, and 206,58pp., 4to., publisher's cloth. An excellent crisp set without dustwrappers; Fremantle, Richard. Florentine Gothic Painters. From Giotto to Masaccio. a Guide to Painting in and near Florence 1300 to 1450.London, Secker…
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Books Archeology, Country Cottages & Chinese Lattice (3). Decloux et Doury, Architectes.Histoire Archeologique, Descriptive et Graphique de la Sainte-Chapelle du Palais. Redige, Dessinee, Peinte et Publiee par Decloux et Doury, Architectes.Paris, Felix Malteste et Cie., 1857. 20 chromolitho plates printed by Lemercier, 5 engraved plates of elevation, section and plans, titlepage printed in red and gold, (4),(88)pp., of historical and descriptive text, each page with a decorative border printed in one of…
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Books Nablus, Lady Hester Stanhope, Eothen, Sinai & Palestine (4). Mills, John. Three Months Residence at Nablus, and an account of the Modern Samaritans. London, John Murray, 1864.xii,335pp., a few text illustrations and music examples, bound without half-title and advertisements at end (evident from some pale offsetting), marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf with contrasting title label, spine rubbed and marked and now stabilised with conservation leather dressing. Gilt crest of a…
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Books on African & Asian Travels (4). Troup, J.Rose. with Stanley's Rear Column. second Edition.London, Chapman and Hall, 1890. Folding map [short closed tear at hinge, no loss], 14 plates, (12),361,(1)pp., neat contemporary signature on titlepage, 40pp. Publisher's adverts, 8vo., recent rebind in 1/2 black morocco, spine gilt in panels, marbled boards. An excellent copy; Wolff, Rev. Joseph. Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara in the years 1843-1845 to ascertain the fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain…
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Book on Costume. Meyrick, Samuel Rush and Charles Hamilton Smith. the Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, From the Earliest Periods to the Sixth century; to which is added, that of the Gothic Nations of the Western Coasts of the Baltic, the Ancestors of the Anglo - Saxons and Anglo - Danes. London, Printed by Howlett and Brimmer for T.M'Lean, 1821. Aquatint additional title page and 24 costume plates, all finely hand-coloured, (6),59,(1)pp., folio (37 x 26 mm), contemporary…
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Books on Archeology (2). Gell, Sir William. Pompeiana : the Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819. London, Jennings and Chaplin, 1832. Frontis. portrait of Gell, an additional engraved title-page, 85 engraved plates (2 handcoloured), 30 vignette illustrations, many on india paper, (8),xxiv,198,(4),207,(1)pp., top edges gilt, others uncut, large 8vo, modern 1/2 calf and marbled boards to style. a later folding map (1845) of Pompeii on thin paper has been neatly…
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Books on Travels (2). Walsh, Thomas. Journal of the late Campaign in Egypt: including descriptions of that country, and of Gibraltar, Minorca, Malta, Marmorice, and Macri: with an Appendix containing Official Papers and Documents.London, Printed by Luke Hansard, for T.Cadell, Jun., and W.Davies, 1803.41 (of 42) plates, some with two numbers, as listed below, viii, 18pp.list of subscribers, one leaf directions to binder, 261,(7),145pp., 4to., recent rebind to style in 1/2 speckled calf, spine gilt in panels…
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Book on Ben Nicholson. [Nicholson] Read, Herbert.Ben Nicholson. Paintings Reliefs Drawings. Volume one [with] Ben Nicholson. Work since 1947. Volume 2.London, Lund Humphries, 1955 [1948] and 1956.Vol.1 - 203 plates, some in colour, 32pp. text, large 4to, cloth, d.w. Vol.2 - Colour frontis., 142 plates, (16,8)pp., large 4to., pictorial boards, cloth spine. a piece of black tape covers the original price on the d.w of vol.1 and on the flyleaf of vol.2, otherwise excellent copies, including dustwrapper of vol…
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Books American Beauties & Girls (2). Fisher, Harrison. American Beauties. Decorations by E.Stetson Crawford.Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill, November 1909. First edition.21 colour plates by Fisher, printed one side only, interleaved with verses within decorative borders, all printed on heavy coated paper, pages unnumbered, 4to., gilt-titled russet cloth with very slight rubbing to tips and spine ends. Internally some very minor signs of use but generally a very good copy; Hutt, Henry. Girls. N.Y., Charles…
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Books on Easter Island, Pitcairn Island & Oceanic Costume (3). [Gonzalez] Corney, Bolton Glanville [translator, editor] the Voyage of Don Felipe Gonzalez...to Easter Island in 1770-1. Preceded by an extract from Mynheer Jacob Roggeveen's official log of his discovery of and visit to Easter Island in 1722. Cambridge, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1908. (Series II, Vol.XIII). Frontis., 2 plates, 3 folding maps in pocket on rear board, lxxvii,176pp., 40pp. adverts., 8vo., publisher's blue cloth with gilt…
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Books on Transcaucasia, Russia & Georgia. (4). Haxthausen, Baron Von. Transcaucasia. Sketches of the Nations and Races between the Black Sea and the Caspian. with Illustrations by Graeb.London, Chapman and Hall, 1854. First edition.8 colour plates, foxed, in 'Leighton's Process', folding map,xxiii,448pp., 8vo., publisher's blind-stamped cloth, spine a little faded and spotted with a tiny chip on rear spine hinge. Abbey 'Travel..' 356.The plates printed by Leighton Brothers are similar to chromolithographs.…
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Book Joseph Dalton Hooker. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c. London, John Murray, 1854. Two volumes. First edition.2 chromolitho plates, 10 tinted litho plates (1 folding), one colour woodcut plate, 2 folding maps, 80 wood-engraved illustrations in text, xxvii,(1),408, xii,487,(1)pp., errata slip in each volume, 32pp. publisher's list dated January 1854 at end of vol.1., endpapers with publisher's…
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Books Phil May, Paris, Egypt, Eduard Fuchs (5). May, Phil. Phil May's Sketch Book. Fifty Cartoons. London, Chatto&Windus, 1895. 50 pl., viii pp., occas. lt. foxing, folio, pict. cl. Hake, A.Egmont. Paris Originals. with Twenty etchings by Leon RichetonLondon, Kegan Paul, 1878.20 original etched plates of Parisian 'types' and situations, vi.196pp., 36pp. adverts., 8vo., pictorial cloth. Two of the plates have a light waterstain on top corner, not touching image. a very good copy.The etchings are quite…
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Book Radioactivity. Rutherford [Sir] E[rnest]. Radio-Activity. second Edition. Cambridge University Press, 1905. Numerous diagrams, (14),580pp., 8vo., cloth gilt, spine very slightly browned. Ownership signature dated 1907 on front flyleaf, nevertheless a fine copy.In the preface Rutherford explains this second edition 'Includes So Much New Material...As to Constitute Almost a New Work'. Loosely inserted are several newspaper clippings from the 30's concerning Rutherford.
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Books Scotland, Travel, the Pantheon, Children's Books (9). Wright, T[homas]. the History of Scotland from the Earliest period to the present time. Engraved by J.Rogers. No publisher, no date but c. 1829. Two volumes.Pictorial engraved titlepage as above, folding frontis.'Scottish Archery', 127 (of 129?) engraved plates, and xvi,356pp. bound in two volumes, the second volume with a folding map of Scotland as frontis, no titlepage and text continuing in mid-sentence from the first volume. Some occasional…
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Books Clarendon's English Civil War. Clarendon, Edward, Earl of. the History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641.Oxford, Printed at the Theatre, 1707. Six volumes complete. First octavo edition.Approx. 245 plates (see note below), 3 volumes bound in six parts, each part with separate title page as issued. Vol one - (6),25,(1),288,(2)-720pp. Vol.2 - (10),466,(2),-753pp. Vol.3 - (16),364,(2),-773pp., followed by (74)pp. index. All edges gilt. Bound c.1820 in green…
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Books on Hawaii & Polynesia (2). Hopkins, Manley. Hawaii: the Past, Present, and Future of its Island-Kingdom. An Historical Account of the Sandwich Islands, Polynesia. second Edition, Revised and Continued. London, Longmans Green & Co., 1866.Portrait frontis., 6 plates, 2 vignettes, folding map, (28),523pp., 8vo., publisher's green cloth with gilt emblem on front board, sometime recased. Some minor signs of use but generally a very good copy; Ellis, William. Polynesian Researches, during a residence of…
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Book Auguste Pavie. Pavie, Auguste. Mission Pavie. Indo-Chine 1879-1895. Etudes Diverses. I. Recherches sur la litterature du Cambodge, du Laos et du Siam. II. Recherches sur l'histoire du Cambodge, du Laos et du Siam. III. Recherches sur l'histoire naturelle de l'Indo-Chine Orientale. includes letter from author. Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1898,1898, 1904.I. 20 chromolitho illustrations after indigenous artists and numerous similar line illustrations, map in colour, literary texts in facsimile Cambodian,…
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Books Photographic Views of Japan (2). Japan - Photographic views. 60 Selected Pictures of Mikado's Empire. Fine Souvenir for Visit to Japan. Coloured by Hand. No place, no publisher, [c.1925] 60 fine photogravure images,100 x 145 mm, on 59 leaves, 150 x 220 mm (one plate has two images), all coloured by hand, tied into publisher's boards covered in colour-patterned cotton cloth with applied paper label title as above. a very good clean copy; Takaji, T. (Publisher) Hills in KobeKobe, T.Takaji, Photographic…
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Book Japanese Woodcuts. Ehon - Taito II Katsushika (artist / illustrator) Eiyuu... [approx. 'Memoirs/Stories of Heroes'] Edo, Santo-Shoin, Bunsei 8 [1825]28 Folded Leaves, 54 Pages of Vivid Woodcut Images Printed in Dark Grey, Pale Blue-Grey and Pale Pink, Incorporating Text in Panels, Orange Wrappers with Burnished Pattern, Title Slip Printed in Red, 225 X 160 mm., 4-Hole Binding.One of Hokusai's Best Pupils, Later Accused of Forging His Master's Work
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Book on Penmanship. Jones, William. Poikilographia, or, Various Specimens of Ornamental Penmanship. Comprising Twenty Two Diferent Alphabets.Published by W.Jones, Private Teacher of Writing &c., n.d. [1830' BLCat] Engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, engraved titlepage, preface, and 20 plates, some including micro-engraved texts, plates with tissue guard leaves, some spotting/foxing throughout, folio, publisher's (?) half calf and marbled boards, rubbed at tips and edges, pictorial title label on…
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Book Jean Midolle. Midolle, Jean. Ecritures Anciennes d'apres des manuscrits & et les meilleurs ouvrages [bound with] 2. Specimen des Ecritures Modernes, comprenant les Romaines fleuronnees, Gothiques nouvelles, Fractures...[bound with] 3.Galerie. Compositions avec Ecritures Anciennes et Modernes. Strasbourg, a la Lithographie d'Emile Simon Fils, 1834-1835. 3 volumes bound together, binding stamped 'Prudent, Relieur,Rue De La Fiancee 7'.1. 40 plates including titlepage. [Bonacini 1181] 2. 37 (of 40) plates…
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Book Fine Binding. [Binding] Humphreys, Henry Noel. the Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing. London, David Bogue, 1854.28 full-page plates with protective leaves, of which13 are chromolitho, some with silver and gold, illustrations in text, viii,176pp., neat signature at top of titlepage, intermittent light spotting or foxing, large 8vo., 255 x 165 mm, moulded and pierced papier mache boards backed with red paper, spine rebacked with original undamaged gilt-lettered spine laid over. a couple of small…
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Books Siam, Java & China (3). De Choisy, l'Abbe. Journal du Voyage de Siam. Fait en 1685 & 1686. Precede d'une etude par Maurice Garcon sur le Siam et Choisy.Paris, Duchartre & Van Buggenhoudt, 1930.16 plates, (46),296,(4)pp., edges untrimmed, square 8vo., recently bound in marbled boards, morocco spine, vellum tips. a attractive copy; Raffles, Thomas Stamford. the History of Java. Kuala Lumpur, Oxford University Press, 1965. a facsimile of the first edition of 1817. Two volumes. 66 plates, 10 in colour,…
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Books Italian Sketchbook, Chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal & Dutch Painters (4). [Wilson] Sutton, Denys.An Italian Sketchbook by Richard Wilson, R.A....with a catalogue by Ann Clements. (2 vols) London, Mellon Fund, 1968I: facsimile sketchbook. II: Introduction, catalogue, &c., 4to., cloth, 2 vols. in slipcase with worn corners; Hartt, Frederick & others.The Chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal at San Miniato in Florence. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1964. 4 colour plates, 152 black and white plates,…
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Books Ladies' & Gentlemens' Magazines (2). Stanhope, Charles [editor] the New lady's Magazine; or, Polite and Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex... Vol.III for the Year 1788.London, for Alex. Hogg, Engraved frontispiece and general title, 12 monthly issues, page-numbered consecutively, each issue with two engravings and a double page or more of vocal music (a couple by Handel), 720pp. including an index, 8vo., contemporary calf with red title label, a little worn. Spine and hinges cracking but binding…
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Book on Egypt. Walsh, Thomas. Journal of the late Campaign in Egypt: including descriptions of that country, and of Gibraltar, Minorca, Malta, Marmorice, and Macri: with an Appendix containing Official Papers and Documents. London, Printed by Luke Hansard, for T.Cadell, Jun., and W.Davies, 1803. 42 plates, some with two numbers, as listed below, viii, 18pp.list of subscribers, one leaf directions to binder, 261,(7),145pp., occasional very light browning or offsetting, 4to., contemporary full mottled calf…
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Books on the Himalayas & Tibet (5). Howard-Bury,C.K. Mount Everest. the Reconnaissance, 1921.Sydney, Australasian Publishing Co., Ltd., London, Edward Arnold & Co, 1922. Frontispiece, 32 photo plates, 3 large folding maps, (12),356pp., edges untrimmed, owner's signature (1924) in inner margin of title page, some occasional very pale spotting, large 8vo., later 1/4 black morocco, cloth boards. a very good copy. the reconnaissance expedition to prepare for the unsuccessful expedition of 1922 and the…
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Book Nature Photographs. Blossfeldt, Karl. Wunder in der Natur. Bild-Dokumente schoner Pflanzenformen. Leipzig, H. Schmidt & C. Gunther. Pantheon Verlag fur Kunstwissenschaft, 1942. Portrait frontis., 120 photogravure plates printed recto only, some with two or three images, (10)pp., small folio 330 x 250 mm., publisher's cloth gilt titled. the binding is a little marked, and rubbed on edges with a small repair at spine top. Internally the first four plate leaves have a pale damp mark on top corner, not…
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Books on Cookery and Related Subjects (5). Bellows, Albert J. the Philosophy of Eating. Seventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged. N.Y., Hurd and Houghton, 1872. a few diagrams in text, (4),426pp., marbled endpapers and edges, abrasions on front endpaper, 8vo., contemporary full calf, spine gilt with raised bands and black title label. An attractive binding. Bitting p.34; a Lady [Maria Eliza Rundell ]. a New System of Domestic Cookery; formed upon principles of economy; and adapted to the use of private…
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Book Egyptian Book of the Dead. Renouf, P. le Page (introduction) & [Budge, E.A. Wallis]. the Book of the Dead. Facsimile of the Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum. Printed by order of the Trustees.London, British Museum,Longmans, and others, 1890. 37 fine double-page coloured photo-lithographs by W. Griggs, printed recto only, some plates with short marginal tears or small chips due to sometime careless handling of the thick heavy paper, all well away from images, 19pp. introductory text. Elephant folio…
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Books on Various Games & Pastimes (5). Reese, T.W. New Zealand Cricket 1914-1933. Volume II. Auckland, Whitcombe & Tombs, 1936. Several Plates, some folding, 594pp., 8vo., publisher's red cloth, no d.w. a very good copy. Volume I, 1841-1914 was published in 1927; Cadogan Lady Adelaide. Illustrated Games of Patience. Fifth Edition. London, Sampson, Low [&c.], 1885. 24 colour litho plates of card layouts, (8),48pp., 4to., publisher's green cloth bevelled boards with coloured card motifs, touch of wear to…
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