MARITIME - The Searchlight. H.M.S. "Lion."
MARITIME - The Searchlight. H.M.S. "Lion."
MARITIME - The Searchlight. H.M.S. "Lion." ... For Private Circulation only. [No place: no publisher], October 1st, 1915 - April 1st, 1916. 3 issues bound in one, 4to (300 x 203mm). Wood-engraved…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
MISCELLANY - John GAY (1685-1732). Fables. [etc.]
MISCELLANY - John GAY (1685-1732). Fables. [etc.]
MISCELLANY - John GAY (1685-1732). Fables. London: Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1727. 4to (256 x 200mm). Title with engraved illustration, 50 engraved illustrations only ([?]of 51, lacking L4 …
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
MISCELLANY, 18th & 19th CENTURY - Samuel JOHNSON (1709-84).  A Dictionary of the English Language. [etc.]
MISCELLANY, 18th & 19th CENTURY - Samuel JOHNSON (1709-84). A Dictionary…
MISCELLANY, 18th and 19th CENTURY - Samuel JOHNSON (1709-84).  A Dictionary of the English Language … The Seventh Edition. London: Printed for F. and C. Rivington (and many others), 1785. Folio (433…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A History of British Butterflies. [etc.]
MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A History of British Butterflies. [etc.]
MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93).  A History of British Butterflies. Eighth Edition, newly revised, corrected and enlarged. London: John C. Nimmo, 1895. Large 8vo (250 x 172mm). Title printed in red…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 July 2021 , 14:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 14:00 BST
MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99). Sartre. Romantic Rationalist. [etc.]
MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99). Sartre. Romantic Rationalist. [etc.]
MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99). Sartre. Romantic Rationalist. Cambridge: Bowes and Bowes, 1953. 8vo (179 x 110mm). Half title. Original pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket with price of 7’6…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius or "Pliny the Elder" (23-79 AD). The Historie of the World.
PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius or "Pliny the Elder" (23-79 AD). The Historie of…
PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius or "Pliny the Elder" (23-79 AD). The Historie of the World: Commonly called, The Natural Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland Doctor of…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
RUSDEN, Moses (dates unknown).  A Further Discovery of Bees.
RUSDEN, Moses (dates unknown). A Further Discovery of Bees.
RUSDEN, Moses (dates unknown).  A Further Discovery of Bees. Treating of the Nature, Government, Generation and Preservation of the Bee. With the Experiments and Improvements arising from the keeping…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021 , 11:01 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:01 BST
SAINT AUGUSTINE or AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354-430).  Opuscula, Paris, 1521, contemporary calf.
SAINT AUGUSTINE or AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354-430). Opuscula, Paris, 1521,…
SAINT AUGUSTINE or AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354-430).  Opuscula divi Augustini longe prestantissima cum duplici indicio rursus Parisiis compressa. Paris: [from the colophon to the first part:] “impe[n]sis…
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
[SPEED, John (1551-1629)].  The Historie of Great Britaine.
[SPEED, John (1551-1629)]. The Historie of Great Britaine.
[SPEED, John (1551-1629). The Historie of Great Britaine. London: George Humble, portrait dated 1629]. Folio (329 x 210mm). Engraved portrait of the author, dedication, printed in double column,…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
WARD, Henry George (1797-1860). Mexico in 1827.
WARD, Henry George (1797-1860). Mexico in 1827.
WARD, Henry George (1797-1860). Mexico in 1827. London: Henry Colburn, 1828. 2 volumes, large 8vo (222 x 140mm). 2 folding lithographed frontispieces, 11 plates, 3 of which double-page, one folding,…
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
[WILLIS, Robert (1800-75)]. An Attempt to Analyse the Automaton Chess Player. [Bound with 3 other unrelated works.]
[WILLIS, Robert (1800-75)]. An Attempt to Analyse the Automaton Chess…
[WILLIS, Robert (1800-75)]. An Attempt to Analyse the Automaton Chess Player of Mr. de Kempelen. With an Easy Method of Imitating the Movements of that Celebrated Figure. Illustrated by Original…
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Common Reader. [etc.]
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Common Reader. [etc.]
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Common Reader. London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1925. 8vo (214 x 140mm). Half title. Original grey cloth-backed coloured…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Waves.
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Waves.
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). The Waves. London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1931. 8vo (185 x 125mm). Half title (sporadic very light mainly marginal spotting).…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856). A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole.
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856). A Voyage of Discovery towards the…
BEECHEY, Frederick William (1796-1856).  A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in His Majesty’s Ships Dorothea and Trent, under the Command of Captain David Buchan, R.N.; 1818; to…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
FINDLAY, Alexander George (1812-75). A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean. [etc.]
FINDLAY, Alexander George (1812-75). A Directory for the Navigation of the…
FINDLAY, Alexander George (1812-75).  A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean; with Descriptions of its Coasts, Islands, etc., from the Strait of Magalhaens to the Arctic Sea, and those…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
"Journal of H.M.S. 'Alert', manuscript ship's journal.
"Journal of H.M.S. 'Alert', manuscript ship's journal.
“Journal of H.M.S. ‘Alert’ commissioned at Sheerness 20th August 1878.” [No place: 1878-1880], 4to (265 x 200mm). Manuscript ship’s journal on 55-pages kept between 21st August 1878 and 28th November…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
SEEMAN, Berthold Carl (1825-71). Viti: An Account of a Government Mission to the Vitian or Fijian Islands. [etc.]
SEEMAN, Berthold Carl (1825-71). Viti: An Account of a Government Mission…
SEEMANN, Berthold Carl (1825-71).  Viti: An Account of a Government Mission to the Vitian or Fijian Islands in the Years 1860-61. Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1862. 8vo (224 x 140mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
SPRATT, Thomas Abel Brimage (1811-88). Travels and Researches in Crete.
SPRATT, Thomas Abel Brimage (1811-88). Travels and Researches in Crete.
SPRATT, Thomas Abel Brimage (1811-88).  Travels and Researches in Crete. London: John van Voorst, 1865. 2 volumes, 8vo (223 x 140mm). 2 folding hand-coloured engraved maps, 17 lithographed plates,…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
VANCOUVER, George (1757-98). A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean.
VANCOUVER, George (1757-98). A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific…
VANCOUVER, George (1757-98).  A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; in which the Coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
WILLIAMS, Thomas (1815-91). Fiji and the Fijians.
WILLIAMS, Thomas (1815-91). Fiji and the Fijians.
WILLIAMS, Thomas (1815-91).  Fiji and the Fijians … Edited by George Stringer Rowe. London: Alexander Heylin, 1858. 2 volumes, 8vo (185 x 120mm). Half title in vol. II, folding engraved map, 12…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). De l' Origine des Especes.
DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). De l' Origine des Especes.
DARWIN, Charles (1809-82).  De l’ Origine des Espèces ou des Lois du Progrès chez lestres Organisés … Traduit en français sur la Troisième Édition avec l’ autorisation de l’ Auteur par Mlle. Clémence…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). La Descendence de l' Homme. [etc.]
DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). La Descendence de l' Homme. [etc.]
DARWIN, Charles (1809-82).  La Descendance de l’ Homme et la Selection Sexuelle … Traduit de l’ Anglais, par J. J. Moulinié. Préface par Carl Vogt. Paris: C. Reinwald et Cie., 1872. 2 volumes, large…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
FIRST SOLVAY CONFERENCE - La Theorie du Rayonnement et les Quanta.
FIRST SOLVAY CONFERENCE - La Theorie du Rayonnement et les Quanta.
FIRST SOLVAY CONFERENCE - La Théorie du Rayonnement et les Quanta. Rapports et Discussions de la Réunion tenue à Bruxelles, du 30 Octobre au 3 Novembre 1911 sous les Auspices de M. E. Solvay. Publiés…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
FLEMMING, Walther 1843-1905).  Zellsubstanz, Kem und Zelltheilung.
FLEMMING, Walther 1843-1905). Zellsubstanz, Kem und Zelltheilung.
FLEMMING, Walther (1843-1905).  Zellsubstanz, Kern und Zelltheilung. Leipzig: Verlag von F. C. W. Vogel, 1882. Large 8vo (235 x 160mm). 8 tinted lithographed plates, one folding, some double-page,…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST

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