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A Black Transfer Printed Sunderland Type Plaque, of circular shape commemorating the Reform Act of 1832, with portrait of William IV, entitled beneath "William the IV, The only Royal Reformer since Alfred", the moulded border of "splashed" purple lustre, pierced for hanging. Impressed mark "G.C. & Co." (possibly Greens, Clark & Co., Don Pottery, Yorkshire). Diameter 6.75".
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A Pair of Early 20th Century Staffordshire Portrait Figures, of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, white with gilt embellishment, the features painted, the King standing beside a pedestal holding a plumed hat in his right hand, his left on his sword, entitled on the base in raised gilt capitals "King Edward", the Queen standing clasping a closed fan with both hands, entitled on base "Queen Alexandra", Height 12.5, and a Victorian Coloured Staffordshire Pulpit Portrait Figure of Spurgeon, entitled on base in raised gilt capitals "C H Spurgeon", AF, Height 11". (3).
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Meares (John) Voyages made in the years 1788 and 1789 from China to the North-West Coast of America, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 10 maps (3 folding) and 17 plates 7 of which extending, small tear to fore-edge of Ss2 & Ss3, original boards, rubbed, extremities worn, in modern cloth drop-back box, [Sabin 47260; Howes M468], 4to, Logographic Press, 1790.
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Savary (Claude Etienne) Lettres sur l'Egypte, 2 vol. only (of 3), second, revised edition, 3 folding engraved plates and maps, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine rubbed, faded, Paris, Chez Onfroi, 1786 ~ Mills (Charles) An History of Muhammedanism, second edition, lacking portrait frontispiece, ownership inscription on title, armorial bookplate, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed, spine gilt, 1818, 8vo (3).
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Staunton (Sir George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 vol. (including Atlas), text vol. with engraved portrait frontispieces and 1 plate, vignettes, some foxing and light water-staining, Atlas vol. with 44 engraved maps and plates, some double-page, one extensively torn and repaired, one with corner defective not affecting plate-mark, one with marginal repair to verso, one slightly creased, some spotting and marginal water-staining, images generally clean, text vol. in modern half leather over marbled boards, Atlas in modern half leather over old cloth (fore-edge bumped and chipped), 4to and folio, 1797.
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Finden (William) and William Beattie. The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain, 2 vol., portait of Queen Victoria, 2 additional titles, 123 plates, portrait & 1 plate loose, slight browning, cvontemporary half morocco, spines gilt, marked, rubbed & scuffed, 4to, 1842.
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Vaenius (Otto) Les Emblemes de l'Amour Humain, text in Latin, French & Italian, medallion portrait of Ovid on title-page, large emblematic illustration, 124 full page engraved emblems in oval frames, title-page a little dust stained, later calf-backed boards, rubbed, rebacked, oblong 4to, Brussels, H. Swingenius for Francois Foppens, 1668.
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Marmontel (Jean Francois) Contes Moraux, 3 vol., first edition, first issue with errata at foot of contents pp., half titles, portrait frontispiece, engraved title-pages, 23 engraved plates after Gravelot, 1 with very short tear in margin, a very few ff. with small light stains, a tall copy, light brown morocco, gilt to an art nouveau design, spines gilt in compartments, e.g., signed R.P.1903, hinges just rubbed, [Cohen-De Ricci 686f., "Les figures de Gravelot sont parmi les plus jolies que ce maître ait produites"], 8vo, Paris, J. Merlin, 1765.
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Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, eighth edition, 1814; The Giaour, ninth edition, 1814; The Bride of Abydos, sixth edition, 1814; The Corsair, sixth edition, 1814, together 4 works in 1 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece bound in at front, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt by Taylor and Hessey, silk endpapers, g.e., fine fore-edge painting of the Parthenon, [Ramsden p.139], 8vo.
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Halford (Frederic M.) Modern Development of the Dry Fly, the New Dry Fly Patterns, the Manipulation of Dressing Them and Practical Experiences of Their Use, 2 vol., number 11 of 50 de luxe copies signed by the author, half-titles, title printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece and 9 colour plates depicting flies, 18 colour charts, 16 photogravures mounted on India paper with tissue guards, vol.2 containing 'The Halford Dry Fly Patterns', 33 dry flies dressed by Messrs. Hardy Bros. Ltd., and C. Farlow & Co., Ltd., in 9 sunk mounts, 1 fly defective (No.17 from plate 5: Pale Watery Spinner Female), mounts a little browned, original half maroon calf, spines gilt, t.e.g., a little rubbed, one joint split, 4to, New York, 1910. *** Scarce. One of the cornerstones of any angling library. Seventy five copies were produced for the UK, fifty for the USA.
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America.- Frith (F.& Co.) The Capitol, Washington D.C., albumen print, 160 x 205mm., Frith Series blindstamp and number 4033 at bottom left, c.1875; with a carte-de-visite portrait of John Wilkes Booth and a group of 4 carte-de-visite portraits of Abraham Lincoln, by McLees, Mrs Lincoln, by Brady, President Davis and his cabinet and a composite of 9 miniature portraits including Lincoln and Davis, in 3 frames (6).
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-. Drinkwater (G.) and others. Sydney, an album commemorating the Royal Tour of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh in 1868, 30 carte-de-visite albumen prints comprising 24 views of Sydney including a "welcoming pavilion" at Circular Quay, three illuminated arches, Macquarie Street and prominent buildings, one view of New Zealand, two portraits of Prince Alfred, one of his wife Marie, daughter of Czar Alexander II and a group portrait of Queen Victoria and the Royal family, several mounts with credits of G.Drinkwater and C.Pickering of Sydney, inserted in 15 card leaves, contemporary red calf, edges rubbed, blind-stamped covers, metal clasps, small 4to, [1868].
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-. Colombo Apothecaries Company. Group portrait of Dr.J.C.Willis and Staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya, albumen print, 220 x 275mm., on card mount with the photographers' credit, 1897; with 5 other group portraits including Willis by the C.A.Co. and Skeen & Co. and a platinum print portrait of Princess de Livera and Manique by Plate & Co., 190 x 140mm., inscribed (?signed) at foot of image, c.1895-1907 (7).
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Japan.- An Album of Views and Figure Studies, including general views of Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Kobe and Nagasaki, landscapes, gardens, river and mountain scenery and 13 portrait and figure studies, 48 hand-coloured albumen prints, each c.200 x 255mm., most titled and numbered in the negative, mounted on both sides of card leaves, contemporary brocade-covered boards, rubbed, lacking backstrip, oblong folio, c.1890.
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-. Good album of carte-de-visite figure studies and portraits, opening with a portrait of T.Fairclough, Chief officer of the S.S.Golconda (probably the compiler), and including 8 ship portraits, Barnum & Bailey exhibits Mr.and Mrs.Tom Thumb, Commodore Nutt and Minnie Warren (by Mathew Brady, published by Anthony), the giant Chang and his wife (4), signed in Chinese characters on versos, costumes of the Mediterranean (6), figures and costumes of the Middle East and North Africa (33) and an interesting group of 13 Chinese and Japanese figure studies including portraits and two of Chinese actors, 2 with the stamp, verso, of See Tay, Photographer, Hong Kong, otherwise without credits, 2 hand-coloured, in all, 70 albumen prints, each c.90 x 60mm., inserted in window mounts with gilt line borders, contemporary plush-covered boards, corners and backstrip worn and repaired, metal clasp, upper cover with 3 metal "keyhole" openings for wall mounting, 4to, c.1865-75.
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-. Lane (J.) Portrait of a Gentleman, ambrotype, c.200 x 155mm., contemporary card overmount, under glass, edges retaped, the original backboard with the label of J.Lane's Photographic Rooms, Blackfriars Road: "J.L.'s Photographic Miniatures are warranted not to fade or change in any climate, and are not affected by Light, Damp, or Heat", 1850s.
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Japanese Woodblock Prints.- Eishi. Bijin-ga Portrait of a Young Lady threading a Needle, woodblock print, 365 x 235mm., unexamined out of frame, printed in the limited pastel colours of the beni-girai, slight fading, and surface wear, light creasing, with censor seal and publisher's seal of Yeijudo of Yedo, framed and glazed, 1790s; with 8 other Japanese colour woodblock prints, including a memorial portrait of an artist by Toyokuni and a warrior hero of the Seikoden by Kuniyoshi, also a panoramic triptych of an army marching around a bay, average 360 x 245mm., the triptych 345 x 710mm., occasional surface dirt and slight damp-staining, minor losses at edges of three prints, three others in frames, 19th century (9).
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-. Kunisada. Bijin-ga Portrait of a Young Lady Writing, against a calligraphic background of floating pages of script, colour woodblock print, 365 x 250mm., surface dust and slight spotting, taped at edges into mount, with date seal and publisher's stamp of Iseya-Rihei, early 19th century; with 3 other woodblocks by Kunisada, as Toyokuni III, each with 3 portrait roundels of Kabuki actors, another Kabuki portrait by Kunichika, a dramatically posed scene from a play by Shigeharu, and a triptych of fighting warriors by Kuniyoshi, colour woodblock prints, each c.355 x 245mm., the triptych 355 x 730mm., overall, this with a few pin holes at corners, laid down and framed, the others hinged into mounts, only, occasional spotting and other minor defects, early to mid 19th century (7).
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Portugal.- L'Eveque (Henry) Campaigns of the British Army in Portugal, Under the Command of General the Earl of Wellington, K.B., portrait frontispiece, title and 18 plates, with 1 extra, engravings by Bartolozzi, Vendramini, Heath and others, after L'Eveque, including four proof plates engraved by the artist, average c.375 x 525mm., the extra illustration a lithographed equestrian portrait of the elderly Duke, 345 x 280mm., unevenly trimmed, laid onto verso of front free end-paper with a letter from Wellington cut from The Times of 1847, the frontispiece portrait and the final plate laid onto paper supports, with short marginal tears, some damp-staining throughout, surface dirt, occasional light spotting, partially disbound in 19th century gilt-lettered boards, worn, detached, back strip missing, folio, Colnaghi & Co., 1812 (?but 1815). *** The plates include the unnumbered view of The Departure of His R.H. the Prince Regent of Portugal for the Brazils, followed by 17 numbered plates, the last four being the proofs by L'Eveque, the pagination of the related descriptive text suggesting this was an expanded edition.
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