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Jonson (Ben) Execration against Vulcan, first edition, title within typographic border, slightly trimmed at fore-edge, engraved portrait frontispiece from a later work, lacking errata leaf G4 at end, some foxing and soiling, ex-Newberry Library, Chicago, with bookplate and accession number, earlier bookplate of Francis Freeling, 18th century calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, a little rubbed, [STC 14771; Pforzheimer 546], small 4to, by J.O. for John Benson, 1640.

Lessius (Leonardus) Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost; or, His Apparition to an Intimate Friend, lacking engraved portrait, front free endpaper laid down and with old ink inscription, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, [Wing L1180], 12mo, by Tho. Newcomb for John Holden, 1651.

Wilson (Thomas) A Complete Christian Dictionary ... , eighth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, ink inscriptions to title and portrait, old calf, upper joint cracking, [Wing W2945], folio, for Thomas Williams and Mary Clark by Richard Chiswell and Thomas Sawbridge, 1678.

Erasmus (Desiderius) Twenty Select Colloquies ... Made English by Ro. L'Estrange, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, some browning, frontispiece loosely inserted, ink inscriptions to verso of frontispiece and endpapers, old calf, rubbed, upper joint broken, [Wing E3210], 8vo, by Tho. Newcomb for Henry Brome, 1680.

Jonson (Ben) Works, engraved portrait frontispiece, some browning, first few ff. with edges a little frayed, modern morocco-backed boards, gilt, [Wing J1006], folio, by Thomas Hodgkin for H. Herringman [&c.], 1692.

Jonson (Ben) Works, engraved portrait frontispiece, some browning, tear to final leaf slightly affecting text, modern calf, [Wing J1006], folio, by Thomas Hodgkin for H. Herringman [&c.], 1692.

Jonson (Ben) Works, engraved portrait frontispiece, title very lightly dust-soiled, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, [Wing J1006], folio, by Thomas Hodgkin for H. Herringman [&c.], 1692.

Jonson (Ben) Works ... [edited] by Peter Whalley, 7 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional light foxing, bookplates, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, for D. Midwinter [&c.], 1756.

Congreve (William) Works, 3 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, gilt, neatly rebacked with original spines laid down, 8vo, Birmingham, by John Baskerville, 1761.

Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl) Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 3 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, title vignettes, light offsetting to title of vol.1, bookplates, contemporary calf, gilt, neatly rebacked with original spines laid down, 8vo, Birmingham, by John Baskerville, 1773.

Johnson (Samuel) The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, title of vol.1 lightly offset, contemporary calf, gilt, 2 vol. lacking spine labels, slightly rubbed, 8vo, for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland [&c.], 1783.

Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, seventh edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title laid down and lightly soiled, frontispiece and title lightly water-stained, lacking final blank, final leaf lightly spotted, later half calf, slightly rubbed, folio, for J.F. & C. Rivington [&c.], 1785.

Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vol., sixth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, light offsetting to title of vol.1, light browning to margins of title of vol.2, contemporary calf, rebacked, 4to, for J.F. and C. Rivington, 1785.

Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Opera, 2 vol., engraved portrait, good margins, title of vol.1 and portrait lightly browned, first 3ff. with margins repaired, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked and repaired, [Brunet III, 322 "Belle edition"], 4to, Gul. Browne et Joh. Warren, 1792-93.

Massinger (Philip) The Plays, 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1805.

Cumberland (Richard) Memoirs ... Written by Himself, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, plates, light browning and foxing, offsetting to title, a little light water-staining, bookplate, contemporary half morocco, gilt spine, 4to, 1806.

Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 5 vol., seventh edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding plates, portrait browned, ink inscriptions, contemporary calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1811.

Brathwaite (Richard) Barnabae Itinerarium, or Barnabee's Journal, 2 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, titles printed in red and black, contemporary morocco, gilt, g.e., 12mo, 1820.

Rushworth (John) Historical Collections of Private Passages of State ... portrait frontispiece, double-page map, preliminary **3 marginally torn with slight loss to single rule border, new endpapers, bookplate, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, original backstrip preserved, corners repaired, [Wing R2316], folio, Printed by Tho. Newcomb for George Thomason, 1659.

Taylor (Jeremy) Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in all her General Measures, the Third Edition, engraved portrait and title-vignette, new endpapers, original pastedown preserved, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, morocco label, outer corners worn, [Wing T326], folio, 1676.

Aesop. Esopi appologi sive mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum additionibus Sebastiani Brant, 2 parts in 1 vol., first Brant edition, with blank s6, without blank M6, 335 fine woodcut illustrations including a full-page representation of Aesop and a portrait of Brant at the beginning of the second part, r5-6, s1, B4 and C5-6 marginally restored and possibly from another copy, four of these with tears repaired, r6 slight loss, outer margin A1 restored and tear repaired, M6 tear repaired, verso slightly soiled and with short early marginal inscription, a1 faint trace of early inscription and marginal worming repaired, a2-7 and M2-5 little marginal worming, r4, A4, B5 and E3 minor splitting through paper fault without loss, c2, e2 and f6 minor marginal repair, c6 traces of early scoring, B4 early inked marginalia, short early marginal inscription five other pp., minor staining to approximately 10ff., inscriptions and cuttings on new endleaves, bookplate, 19th century calf decorated in blind, [Adams A291; Fairfax Murray 20; Brunet I, p.91 "Cette edition n'est pas commune"], folio, Basel, Jacobi [Wolff] de Phortzheim, 1501.

Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, 4 vol., 4 engraved frontispieces, 31 plates, by Ballester, Barcelon, Fabregat, Gil, Mol, Muntaner, Salvador y Carmona and Selma after Barranco, Brunette, Del Castillo, Ferro and Gil, portrait by Salvador y Carmona after Castillo, folding map, decorations, initials and culs-de-lampe, contemporary calf, decorated in gilt and blind, by Thouvenin, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbing and cracking to joints (but still firm), otherwise a magnificent copy, [Palau III 52024; Cohen de Ricci 218-219 "Magnifique edition comme typographie et comme ornamentation"], 4to, Madrid, for Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1780.

A Gilt evening purse, a Moghul miniature portrait of a palace with a river bridge, a Norwegian silver gilt and enamel necklace, a gilt metal crystal fringe necklace, a coloured paste flowerhead brooch, and a large quantity of paste set silver and other jewellery including bracelets, earpendants etc

John Chalon (1735-1795), Portrait of a Woman leaning on her Elbow at a Window; and Portrait of a Man, original etching with drypoint, one signed "J Chalon" lower right in the plate, and with initials "JC 1776" upper left, 10 x 9.5 cm and 12 x 9 5 cm. (two)

A Lithographic portrait of Admiral Sir Francis Austen; an engraving of a gentleman on horseback after Stubbs; a mezzotint by Faber of Edmund Gibson Bishop of London; W.Ward after Stewardson, portrait of Thomas Gaitskel Esq., mezzotint (4)

French School (18th Century), Portrait of a Man, signed with initials lower right "FS 1781", pastel, 27 x 20cm

George Percy Jacomb-Hood, RBA, RE (1857-1929) Portrait of a Child, signed lower right with initials "GPJH", pencil, 20 x 18cm; and Portrait of a Child, signed lower right with initials "GPJH", pencil, 24 x 20cm two (2).

English School (19th Century), Portrait of Miss Louisa Law, later wife of Henry Whitelock Torrens Esq., with her Harp and Music, signed lower right "Mrs Maquaire del", pen and watercolour, 34 x 27cm; Portrait of Miss Jane Ellen Nicholl (1811-1879), pen and watercolour, 22 x 15cm; and Portrait of Miss Sarah Nicholl (1807-1887), pen and watercolour, 22 x 15cm

Peter Biegel (1913-1988), Portrait of Miss Lucy Houghton-Brown, seated on her Hunter, with a Chihuahua and a Donkey, signed lower left "Peter Biegel 5-69" and inscribed on the reverse "For Lucy - Lucy, aged 14 years, Samantha 14 years, and Delilah, 1 year - 1969", watercolour, 35 x 52cm.

Follower of Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy Trioson (1767-1824), Portrait of a Man, bears signature lower right "F L Goya", oil on canvas, 45 x 37cm

John Simpson (1811- circa 1871), Portrait of Mr Hood of the East India Company, oil on canvas, 75 x 62cm

English School (late 18th Century) Portrait of Miss Mary Pilkington of Lancashire (1755-1827), later Mrs Henry Gill, oil on board, 44 x 32cm

Sir William Llewellyn, PRA, RBA, RI, RP (1858-1941) Portrait of a Lady, signed lower left "W Llewellyn 1899" oil on canvas, 150 x 99cm

English School (19th Century), Portrait of Mrs Tonnerre of Bournemouth, oil on canvas 59 x 45cm

John Banting, (1902-1972), Portrait, oil on board, 55 x 40cm, in original frame

Chambers, Portrait of George II, engraving, signed, 15.5 x 10cm, mounted with a clipped signature of King George

A 20th century portrait miniature of Harry Morris

An 19th century portrait miniature of a young man

Gavin Miller, Portrait, watercolour

English School, circa 1910, Portrait of a lady with a turban type hat, facing left, watercolour, 22 x 19cm

Budwin Conn, Portrait of Yuki, standing in a green and blue lined robe, inscribed Torimaru Gnyuki in Japanese characters, oil on board, 77 x 56cm, in contemporary mirrored frame, c.1974

Opera.- A Collection of over 50 Opera and other Posters, many photographic portraits, including signed posters by Joan Sutherland, Janet Baker, Heather Harper and others, also portrait posters of Maria Callas, Jessye Norman, Sir Michael Tippett, Colin Davis, Carlos Kleiber and others, some for Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Phillips and HMV, many for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, others for La Scala, The Paris Opera and elsewhere, various sizes, occasional creasing and other minor handling defects, otherwise generally in good condition, including several duplicates, 1970s and 80s (c.50).

-. The Pay Train, Florence Bindley's Great Realistic Comedy Drama, the red steam train rounds the corner between green grass banks, as it approaches a blue and red clothed crowd of men just outside the brown rock walls of a tunnel, the author's portrait inset on a green ground, beside the yellow and red letters, 680 x 505mm., linen-backed, a very small loss to the top right corner, otherwise in good condition, Buffalo N.Y., The Courier Lith. Co., c.1900.

A quantity of miniature books including The Pocket Portrait Shakespeare. Eight volumes; together with a quantity of playing cards and a boxed set of poker chips.

An interesting collection of eight Victorian cased and framed portrait photographs.

A Stevengraph entitled "Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone M.P.", being a portrait facing right [no flowers], in original mount, framed and glazed.

A Stevengraph entitled "Rt. Hon. W.E. Gladstone", being a portrait looking ahead with spray of thistles and roses, in original mount, framed and glazed.

The National Portrait Gallery; The Complete Works of Lord Byron. Paris 1837; and four other books.

A Berlin oval plaque painted with a portrait of a young girl playing an organ, 17cms x 12cms oval, set within an ornate easel back gilt frame.

A George 1V Coronation plate decorated to the centre with a transfer portrait and inscription "His Most Gracious Majesty George 1V Crowned July 13th 1821 in the Fifty-Ninth Year of His Age", this central panel on a white ground, the raised rim moulded with flowers painted in rust red, yellow and green, 17cms.

A continental wall plaque decorated to the centre with a portrait of a classical maiden, 30cms, together with a set of four Carleton China plates with classical figure panels, 21cms.

Pair Of Portrait Photographs In Oval Mounts

English school, late 18th/early 19th Century oval portrait of a boy, gouache on paper, 15 x 12cm.

Musche (German C19th) - Oval portrait of a boy, chalk pastel, framed in origional foliate gesso frame. 40cm x 30cm.

Erdmann Enke (C19th German) - 'Portrait study of a girl', oil on canvas, signed bottom left and dated 1879. Extensive gilt and gesso frame. 57cm x 46cm.

Beattie (William) The Waldenses or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche, additional engraved vignette title, portrait, folding map, 70 engraved plates by Bartlett & Brockedon, 1 plate loose, supplied from another copy, occasional foxing and browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked in modern calf, g.e., 4to, 1838.

Carrier (Michel) Notice Biographique sur Jacques Balmat dit Mont-Blanc, lithograph portrait, (Meckly 44), Geneva, 1854; bound between several other works on Switzerland/Mountaineering from c.1860-69, contemporary calf-backed boards, 8vo. *** First mentioned is extremely rare.

Desor (Edouard) Excursions et Sejours dans les Glaciers et les Hautes Regions des Alpes, first edition, lithographed portrait frontispiece and 6 plates, one hand-coloured, errata leaf at end, original printed wrappers, slightly foxed, edges uncut, (Meckly 61), 12mo, Neuchatel & Paris, 1844.

Leschevin (P.X.) Voyage a Geneve et dans la Vallee de Chamouni, en Savoie, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of Saussure, half-title, uncut in original wrappers, paper spine label, spine worn, (Meckly 111 "quite rare"), 12mo, Paris & Geneva, 1812.

Norman-Neruda (May, editor) The Climbs of Norman-Neruda, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, half-title, frontispiece loose, original cloth, spine slightly faded, t.e.g., (Neate N24; Perret 3218), 8vo, 1899.