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Click here to subscribe30 engraved plates from a French & German ency 30 engraved plates from a French & German encyclopedia all but one hand-coloured in contemporary hand each illustration with neat contemporary ms. caption 220 x 180mm. all mounted onto later blue card sheets [later 18th century]; with a few others similar v.s. (40) *** Subjects include snakes insects mammals fishes and other marine life.
Dante [Harry August Jansen]. Illusion Plans photocopy of the typed index and Dante`s annotated drawings for apparatus in his show 175pp. and three articles about Dante in folio binder inscribed to Jeff Atkins § Armstrong (Bruce) Encyclopedia of Suspensions and Levitations illustrations original boards Calgary 1976 § Jarrett (Guy E.) and Jim Steinmeyer. The Complete Jarrett illustrations original cloth oblong folio Burbank 2001 folio(3)
McComb (Billy).-Hull (Burling) The Encyclopedia of illustrations in zipped ring binder the cover inscribed by Billy McComb stating that this copy was given to him by Robert Harbin with the comment “It`s all nonsense!” folio DeLand 1962 § Two albums compiled by Billy McComb one containing press cuttings relating to himself and other performers original wrappers folio 1945-1967; the other containing over 150 photographs taken at the American Museum of Magic Convention 1983 featuring Dai Vernon Ed Marlo Sid Lorraine David Copperfield and others some including duplicates loosely inserted original wrappers folio 1983; an autograph cash book recording his bookings and payments original boards folio 1968-1976; and other material including six large portrait photographs three by Houston Rogers; four lectures inscribed by the authors to Billy McComb; and various menus and programmes etc. various sizes(a quantity)
Stage Illusions and Entertainments illustrations original pictorial wrappers backstrip slightly defective 8vo 1923 § Fisher (John) Paul Daniels and the Story of Magic illustrations original boards dust jacket inscribed and signed portrait postcard of Paul Daniels loosely inserted 8vo 1987 § Dawes (Edwin A.) and Arthur Setterington. The Encyclopedia of Magic illustrations original boards dust jacket folio New York 1989 § Seabrooke (Terry) Magic by Seabrooke inscribed by the author on upper cover original wrappers folio n.p. n.d.; and 29 others including some lecture notes § Goldston (Will) Catalogue of Magic original wrappers frayed 4to [c.1940]; and 28 other catalogues including 6 issued by Daverports 3 by Hamleys and 2 by Harry Stanley § a quantity of periodicals including Magical Digest 18 issues 1949-1956; The Budget 28 issues 1994-2005; The Magic Circular 45 issues 1989-2005 various sizes(a quantity)
A good pair of Coalport vases and covers, encrusted with finely modelled flowers, delicately enamelled and arranged around panels of painted bouquets, the handles, feet and pierced covers highlighted with blue and gilt, 19th century, minor damages, 29cm. (4) Cf. Geoffrey Godden, Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain, p.101 for the design of these vases.
21 reference books. ‘Model Trains-The Collector’s Guide’ by C. Ellis. ‘A Century Of Model Trains’ by A. Levy. The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Toys & Dolls’ by L. Darbyshire. ‘The Encyclopedia of Model Making Techniques’ by C. Payne. ‘The Encyclopedia of Military Modelling’ by V. Smeed. ‘The Hornby Companion Series Dinky Toys & Modelled Miniatures’ by M & S Richardson. ‘Juvenile Automobiles’ by G. G. Weiner. ‘Construction Equipment Models-Machinery in Miniature’ by H. H. Cohrs and F. Pierre. 5 Salamander publications-3 ’The collector’s all colour guide to’ ‘Transport Toys’, ‘Toy Soldiers’ and ‘Toy Trains’. Plus ‘The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Metal Toys’ and ‘’The All Colour Directory of Metal Toys’ etc. QGC-VGC some age wear to a few.
Berardino (Angelo di, ed.). Encyclopedia of the Early Church, 2 vols., New York, Oxford University Press, 1992, orig. cloth gilt, folio, together with Lampe (G. W. H., ed.), A Patristic Greek Lexicon, reprinted Oxford University Press, 2000, orig. dark blue cloth gilt, thick 4to, plus Riley (Hugh M.), Christian Initiation, A Comparative Study of the Interpretation of the Baptismal Liturgy ..., Catholic University of America Press, 1974, orig. cloth in d.j., and Fergusson (Everett, ed.), Encyclopaedia of Early Christianity, St. James Press, 1990, orig. cloth gilt, large 8vo, plus other theological studies, various, mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s, 8vo/4to. (3 shelves)
Rees (Abraham) New Encyclopedia 1820 29 vol. only including 5 plate vol. and 1 atlas vol. c.1000 engraved plates and maps plate subjects include Natural History Scientific Instruments Horology Navigation Anatomy Agriculture and Astronomy some water-staining particularly to atlas and first half of natural history vol. occasional spotting or damp-staining all but 1 vol. in contemporary tree calf the other in modern calf contemporary calf a little worn c.1820 § Grose (Francis) and Thomas Astle The Antiquarian Repertory:...Topography History Biography Customs and Manners 3 vol. only (of 4) numerous engraved plates modern calf and morocco over original cloth gilt 1807-1808; and a 3 vol. set of Winkles`s Cathedrals 4to(36)
Diderot (Denis). A Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry..., 2 vols., Dover Publications, 1959, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s., 4to, together with other misc. books including Gollancz editions of Ellery Queen novels (inc. some ex-lib.), approx. twenty titles by Hendrik Van Loon, cookery, science fiction, and history etc. (8 shelves)
`The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening a Practical and Scientific Encyclopedia of Horticulture for Gardeners and Botonists` with numerous black and white and colour illustrations of plants and flowers, edited by George Nicholson in twelve volumes, printed by L Upcott Gill, `Bazaar Buildings`, Drury Lane, London c.1900 bound in green and gilt cloth
Conan Doyle A: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and one other section lacking title page, 1899, George Newnes, 8vo hb. Aeg. Single volume with three separately paginated sections containing many well known stories, eg `The Speckled band, Silver Blaze, The Sign of Four`, etc. Romanes G: Animal Intellignece, 1886, 8vo hb. Buber M: Mamre. Essays in Religion, 1946 8vo hb & dj. Dillmont T: Encyclopedia of Needlework, nd, circa 1930, 12mo hb Teg
DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784) and Jean Le Rond D'ALEMBERT (1717-1783, editors). Six volumes of plates for L'Encyclopédie Méthodique Padua: n.p., 1784-92. 6 vols in 13, 2° (301 x 215mm). Engraved title vignettes and 1091 plates, of which 190 double-page and 30 folding. (Occasional light browning, occasional light marginal dampstain.) 19th-century vellum [vols 1-3] and vellum-backed boards [vols 4-6], the spines numbered in manuscript (spine labels renewed, some staining, extremities rubbed). Provenance: G. Bertoni (neat stamps). The first 6 volumes of plates from this Padua edition of 'the greatest encyclopedia of science, which had widespread effect in establishing uniformity of terminology, concept, and procedure in all fields of science and technology' (Horblit). Cf. Horblit 25b; cf. PMM 200. (13) View on Christie's.com
GALLUCCI, Giovanni Paolo -- REISCH, Gregorius (d.1525). Margarita Filosofica. Venice: Barezzo Barezzi, 1599. 8° (216 x 160mm). With blanks, folding table and woodcut volvelle map, illustrations. (Occasional light soiling, one gathering browned, faint marginal dampstain in some gatherings.) 17th-century limp vellum (spine cracked, hinges split, lacking ties). Provenance: Dr. Andrea Raineri (inscription in an early hand) -- an early 20th-century collection (press label on the front cover). FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN OF THIS CELEBRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA, translated by Gallucci. The Addenda comprises some of the additions of the 1512 Strasbourg edition, including Martin Waldseemüller's treatises on architecture and perspective, and Masha'allah's composition of the astrolabe. Some of the new additional treatises in this Italian edition are on arithmetic, geography and grammar. 2 issues are known, with apparently no priority: one with Barezzi's imprint, and another with Somascho's imprint which is more common institutionally. Not in Adams; Cicognara 3321; Sabin 69132 (Somascho imprint). View on Christie's.com
SOLINUS, Caius Julius. De situ orbis terrarum. Pesaro: Hieronymus Soncino, 31 January 1512. 2° (304 x 215mm). (Title lightly soiled, light waterstaining throughout, heavier towards the end). Adams S1390. [Bound after:] STRABO (63 BC-24 AD). De situ orbis. Venice: Philippus Pincius, 13 July 1510. 2° (304 x 215mm). Woodcut on title of a master and 4 pupils all seated at their desks, woodcut initials, some large, and including an initial 'A' on n3r which is the upside-down upsilon used in Callierges' Etymologicon magnum, Venice, 1499. (Light waterstaining, heavier from gathering S on, a few leaves lightly browned). Adams S1900; Sander 7091. 2 works bound together. 18th-century polished calf (spine repaired). Solinus' important compendium of curiosities and wonders of the ancient world, bound with a later edition of Strabo's great geographical encyclopedia. View on Christie's.com
A large collection of books on aviation including The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, James Orwells Aircraft 1945 Collector`s Edition printed in 1994, also Jane`s Fighting Ships and WWII Aircraft etc, a large collection of videos, bound books of Halifax, Lightning and Vulcan etc, several bound copies of Fly Past Magazine etc.
Doll Collectors Reference Books and other doll related items: The Collectors Encyclopedia of Dolls by Dorothy, Elizabeth A and Evelyn J Coleman; The Collectors Books of Dolls Clothes, by Dorothy S, Elizabeth A, and Evelyn J Coleman; plus assorted items including Doll Dress-making Patterns, Rag Doll Kit, Deans Rag Book Knockabout Toy and Doll Sheets (reproductions), Golden Era Antique Dolls collectors cards including dolls and teddy bears, wood furniture kits, miniature dolls boxed cleaning apparatus including brushes, pail, Swyt soap, Junior Miss sewing kit within illustrated box, Theriaults The Doll Masters boxed playing cards with illustrations of fine dolls, teddy bear playing cards, Paddington Bear soap, Dress Me doll, Dolly Dimple nursery rhyme puzzle box, plus other assorted jigsaws, Vulcan Junior boxed child`s sewing machine, wooden deck-chairs, Singer boxed chain stitch sewing machine, etc - conditions are mainly Good to Excellent. (qty)
A group of mainly hardback Books to include The Ultimate Doll Book, The Teddy Bear Encyclopedia, Antique Toys by Gwenn White, Steiff Sensational Teddy Bears, Animals & Dolls, Collectable McDonald`s Toys, plus many others - conditions are generally Near Mint to Mint, outer dust covers are generally Good Plus to Mint - interesting lot. (22)