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Click here to subscribeLate Victorian painted satinwood work box in the Sheraton Revival style, circa 1885, of drum form, the hinged top painted with cherubs within a floral trail border over a floral and ribbon painted frieze punctuated at the front with a cameo portrait of a young lady, blue pleated silk well, raised on tapered square section legs with painted bellflower with a platform shelf beneath, 15" diameter
A C19th German porcelain pipe, showing 'Wilhelmina' portrait of 'Konigin der Nederlanden', with white metal lid and wood and horn stem, length 48cm; an early C19th porcelain bowl, handpainted a lady sitting in garden, with brass turreted lid, 12cm; and a C19th porcelain bowl, probably German, with picture of a deer grazing, with metal lid.
A Sunderland pearlware commemorative ovoid jug, with straight neck and loop handle, printed in black with a portrait roundel of King William IV, and inscribed 'Ascended the throne June 26th 1830, crowned Sept. 8th, 1831', above a verse and flanked by Britannia and a sailor, and with a view of the Ironbridge and a verse 'The Saviour of Mankind Adopts...', picked out in green and iron red, on a purple lustre ground, 18.5cm high (7 1/4"), circa 1831 (crack at base of handle)
Bazire (Edmond) Manet, 2 original etchings with aquatint by Manet, 8 etched plates, illustrations, front endpaper, half-title and portrait frontispiece almost detached, newspaper clippings tipped-in on endpapers, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed, spine gilt, morocco label, small tear to upper edge of spine, 4to, Paris, A. Quantin, 1884.
Shaw (Simeon) The Chemistry of the Several Natural and Artificial Heterogeneous Compounds used in Manufacturing Porcelain, Glass, and Pottery, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, slight preliminary foxing, later half morocco, ex-library copy with bookplates and classmark on spine, 8vo, 1837.
Wells (Geoffrey H.) A Bibliography of the Works of H.G. Wells 1893-1925, number 191 of 220 copies, 1925 § Martindell (E.W.) A Bibliography of the Works of Rudyard Kipling (1881-1923), second edition, number 379 of 700 copies, plates, 1923 § Sadleir (Michael) Trollope, a Bibliography, plates, reproductions, 1928 § Wade (Allan) A Bibliography of the Writings of W.B. Yeats, portrait, reproductions, 1951 § Jonas (Klaus W.) A Bibliography of the Writings of W. Somerset Maugham, number 684 of 700 copies, portrait, U.S.A., 1950; and another, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, ex-library with stamp on upper cover & spine, a little rubbed or faded, 8vo (6).
Wise (Thomas James) A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, reproductions, uncut, 1913; Coleridgeiana, being a Supplement to the Bibliography of Coleridge, 1919 § Wise (Thomas James) and Stephen Wheeler. A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of Walter Savage Landor, plates, 1919 § Prideaux (W.F.) A Bibliography of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, edited by Mrs. L.S. Livingston, portrait, reproductions, 1919; and another, cloth or cloth-backed boards, ex-library with stamp on upper cover & spine, a little faded or rubbed, 8vo (5).
Zapf (Hermann) About Alphabets. Some Marginal Notes on Type Design, signed by the author, number 171 of 700 copies, portrait frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth, New York, The Typophiles, 1960 § Hermann Zapf & His Design Philosophy, introduction by Carl Zahn, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, Chicago, 1987, folio & 8vo (2).
Woolf (Virginia) Three Guineas, 1938 § Gallico (Paul) The Poseidon Adventure, signed by the author, 1969, first editions § Walpole (Hugh) Portrait of a Man With Red Hair, limited edition, signed by the author, 1925, modern morocco by Asprey & Garrard; and 3 others, 2 of which are fine bindings, 8vo (6).
Bible, English. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, woodcut vignette title, ruled in red throughout, laid down oval portrait of Christ on blank facing title, ms. notes and on preliminary ff., contemporary sheep, worn at extremities, lower cover detached, g.e., 8vo, Cambridge, John Field, 1662.
Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Novels and Tales, containing A Hundred curious Novels. The Fifth Edition, much Corrected and Amended, portrait frontispiece, very slight worming in some inner margins, light stains and browning, presentation inscription, ''H.H. Asquith from Harry Cust, anno belli 1916, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine chipped, [Cf. Wing B3378, ''1648''], folio, for Awnsham Churchill, 1684.
Antoninus (Marcus Aurelius) The Emperor Marcus Antoninus His Conversation with Himself: Together with the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker, , translated by Jeremy Collier, portrait frontispiece, 3pp. advertisement at end, contemporary panelled calf, 8vo, for J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, [& others], 1726.
Middleton (Conyers) The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero, 2 vol., first edition, medallion portrait on title-pages, occasional very light spotting, bookplates of Henry Sherbrooke Esq., contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked and repaired with remains of original spine laid down, 4to, [James Bettenham], for the Author, 1741.
Butler (Samuel) Hudibras [&] Notes on Hudibras, 4 vol. in 3, engraved portrait frontispieces, vignette titles and 14 plates, some by/after William Hogarth, some folding, numerous engraved vignette head- and tail-pieces, first vol. I slightly water-stained, browned, later half calf, rubbed, edges uncut, 4to, by T.Rickaby, 1793.
[Lockhart (John Gibson)] Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk, 3 vol., engraved portrait frontisiece, 4 plates, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, 1819 § Thompson (W.H.) A Sermon Preached in the Chapel of Trinity College, 1853; bound with Fremantle (William Henry) A Prize Essay, 1854 § Palmerston (Lord Viscount ) An Answer to the Remarks and Recommendations, 1854 § Lord Bishop of New Zealand. The Sons of Consolation, n.d. § Herbert (Sidney) The Conduct of the War, 1854, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed, corners bruised § Campbell (Alexander) and John B. Purcell. A Debate on the Roman Catholic Religion, lacking front endpapers, ownership inscription on title, contemporary calf, rubbed, extremities worn revealing boards, Cincinnati, 1837, 8vo (5).
Goschen (George Joachim) The Theory of the Foreign Exchanges, 1883 § Crump (Arthur) An Investigation into the Causes of the Great Fall in Prices, covers slightly spotted, 1889 § Reed (Andrew and Charles, editors ) Memoirs of the Life and Philanthropic Labours of the Andrew Reed, D.D., portrait, 1863 § Krantz (J.B., editor) Compte Rendu Administratif et Financier des Operations effectuees our la Mouture des Grains pendant la Siege de Paris, folding diagrams, Paris, 1872, first three mentioned original cloth, fourth mentioned contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards; and 5 others, Economic and Social, 8vo (9).
Bernhardi (General Friedrich von) Germany and the Next War, 1912 § Hindenburg (Marshal von) Out of My Life, portrait, 3 maps in end-pocket, 1920 § Collier (Price) Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View, 1913 § Seymour (Admiral Sir Edward H.) My Naval Career and Travels, 9 plates, 1911, bookplate, original cloth; and 9 others, Germany, Military, Naval, 8vo (13).
Tranquebar.- Der Konigl. Danischen Missionarien aus Ost-Indien eingesandter ausfuhrlichen Berichten erster [- zwolfte] Theil, , engraved frontispiece portrait, first title printed in red & black with engraved vignette, woodcut decorations and initials, 1 folding engraved plate, 1 folding table, frontispiece worn, 3ff. of index detached, with a few other ff. missing, contemporary calf spine, covers lacking, Lulle, 1718-20; and 6 others, some Travel, small 4to & 8vo (7).
Henault (Charles Jean Francois) Nouvel Abrege Chronologique de L'Histoire de France, fourth edition, half-title, engraved title vignette, small black stamp to bottom margin title, contemporary calf, gilt spine, slightly rubbed, joints a little weak, [Cohen de Ricci 482-3], Paris, 1752 § ebauche du Caractere et des Principaux Traits de, Le Prince Guillaume Adolphe de Brounsvic et de Lunebourg, engraved title vignette and portrait frontispiece, light dust-soiling, frontispiece stained, later half calf, Berlin, chez Himburg, 1771 § Ritorni (Carlo) Commentarii della Vita e delle Opere Coredrammatiche di Salvatore Vigano, lithographed frontispiece and title vignette, 4 small stamps to half-title and back free endpaper, original printed boards, rubbed, Milan, 1838; and 10 others, Continental Literature, v.s. (13).
Pushkin (Aleksandr Sergyeevich) Oeuvres Choisies, Traduit pour la pimiere fois en francais, 2 vol. in one, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, S. Petersbourg, 1847 § Colbert (Jean Baptiste) Testament Politique, engraved portrait frontispiece, chipped at edge, title in red and black, contemporary vellum, La Haye, Chex Henry van Bulderem, 1695; and 2 others, French Literature, 8vo & 12mo (4).
Brook (Richard) The Cyclopaedia of Botany and Complete Book of Herbs, 2 vol. in 1, 101 hand-coloured plates, contemporary half morocco, rebacked, n.d. [1854] § Brown (Prof. O. Phelps) The Complete Herbalist, portrait and text illustrations, modern bookseller's ticket on title, original cloth gilt, spine faded, front cover slightly damp-marked, 1916 § Rohde (Eleanour Sinclair) The Old English Herbals, colour frontispiece, plates, ownership signature and stamp on front endpapers, original buckram, 1922 § Grieve (Mrs. M.) A Modern Herbal, 2 vol., plates, original cloth, 1931; and 19 others, Herbals, 8vo & 4to (24).
Jekyll (Gertrude) Wood and Garden, second edition, contemporary half morocco, spine faded, 1899; Wall and Water Gardens, fourth edition, original buckram, n.d. [c.1910]; Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden, seventh edition, colour frontispiece, plates, modern half morocco, n.d. [c.1920] § Massingham (Betty) Miss Jekyll, Portrait of a Great Gardener, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1966, plates; and 8 others, by and about Jekyll, including some duplicates, 8vo (11).