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Smeaton (John) A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone, second edition, engraved title vingette and 23 engraved plates and charts, plate 7 short repaired tear to lower margin, plate 13 very small hole not affecting image, a few plates trimmed within platemark, a few with tiny marginal nicks or tears, occasional light finger-soiling, some spotting, mainly to plates, some light browning, mainly marginal, modern morocco-backed cloth, 2 very small marks to head of upper cover, some very light sunning to upper cover extremities, light rubbing to spine and joints, [Goldsmiths' 15747], folio, for G. Nicol, 1793. *** Smeaton's own account of his great lighthouse, completed in 1759. His tower was the third on the treacherous Eddystone reef, 14 miles off the Plymouth coast. The two earlier timber structures, by Winstanley and Rudyard, had both been destroyed. Building with masonry, Smeaton devised and ingenious method of dovetailing and interlocking the blocks of stone to ensure maximum strength, and his example was followed for later towers. In the appendix Smeaton describes the construction of Spurn Point lighthouse on the Humber bank, which was also built to his design.
SIR MUIRHEAD BONE (1876-1953); four postcards with pen sketches and annotations, signed by the artist, dated 1900 to 1901, together with a drypoint etching of a figure on a riverside track in an extensive landscape, signed lower right, 17.5 x 25.5cm (4).Condition Report: The postcards were drawn and written by Muirhead Bone to William Winstanley Pearson (Willie)
Selection of Away Manchester Utd testimonial match programmes to include 1972 Manchester City (Oakes), 1973 Stoke City (Banks), 1976 Celtic (Johnstone and Lennox), 1977 Manchester City (Pardoe), 1978 Preston NE (Sadler), 1978 Manchester City (Bell), 1982 Oldham Athletic (Frizzell), 1985 Dagenham (Dunwell), 1987 Kidderminster Harriers (Gavin), 1988 Spurs (Thomas), 1988 Hibernian (Rae), 1988 Birmingham City (Handysides), 1989 Hearts (Bannon), 1990 Bury (McGuinness), 1990 Salford (Garton), 1990 St Helens (Hill), 1990 Barnsley (Joyce), 1991 Winsford Utd (Buckley), 1993 Arsenal (O'Leary), 1994 Macclesfield Town (Askey), 1995 Telford Utd (Foster), 1995 International Select (Gala Charity at Belfast), 1998 Cardiff City (Goodfellow), 2001 Barnsley (Winstanley), 2001 Wrexham (Flynn and Reeves), 2000 Wrexham (Owen), 2012 Irish Premier League at Belfast (Harry Gregg); fair/good. (27)
London.- Mayhew (Henry) London Labour and the London Poor, 4 vol., including extra volume, half-titles, 97 wood-engraved plates, including portrait frontispiece, maps, the odd scattered spot, contemporary half calf by Winstanley of Manchester, spines gilt with black morocco labels, tiny chip to vol. 4 lower corner, some light rubbing to boards and edges, 8vo, Griffin, Bohn and Company, 1861-82*** Important and ground-breaking study of the living conditions of the poor; vol.1-3 concern street folk while vol.4, "Those that will not work" i.e. prostitutes, thieves, swindlers and beggars. This is the first edition to contain the extra volume.
WINSTANLEY; three rabbits comprising a crouching Dutch rabbit marked 3 on base, and two sitting rabbits, both marked 2 on base, tallest height 18cm.Condition Report: There is a pre firing flaw on the ear of the black and white rabbit, and a chip to the base of the grey rabbit. Cream rabbit mark says Made in England.
Winstanley (William) The lives of the most famous English poets, or The honour of Parnassus, engraved frontispiece with bust of the author, final blank P8 (pencil note, paper repair to foot of gutter), title with ownership name excised and strip of paper laid down to verso without text loss, H1 small paper repair to fore-margin, trimmed quite close at head, couple times touching headline and shaving outer rule of double-rule border to title, occasional tiny worming to fore-margin, becoming small trace towards end, some foxing and light browning, later half morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt, joints and extremities rubbed, t.e.g., [Wing W3065], H. Clark, for Samuel Manship, 1687 § Blount (Thomas) De Re Poetica: Or, Remarks upon Poetry. With Characters and Censures of the most Considerable Poets, 2 parts in 1, part 2 E4v with contemporary ink note to foot, some browning and light foxing, front free endpaper working loose, contemporary panelled calf, old paper spine label, small staining to upper cover, little rubbed, [Wing B3347], Ric. Everingham, for R. Bently, 1694, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards, 8vo & small 4to (2) *** The first mentioned rare in commerce. Winstanley (c.1628 - 1698), English poet, compiler of biographies, royalist, and proud Essex man. The work includes Shakespeare, Beaumont & Fletcher, Spenser, and Chaucer.
Winstanley, Kensington Pottery tabby cat, with glass eyes and decorated in typical colours, signed, numbered 42, height 32cm (Please note condition does not form part of the catalogue description. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view and a condition report is not already available, please ask for one and it will be provided in writing).
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