BOTELER, Thomas (1797-1929). Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia, Performed in His Majesty's Ships Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826, London, 1835, 2 vols, 8vo, 4 lithographed plates, modern calf-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. (2)
BOTELER, Thomas (1797-1929). Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa…
BOTELER, Thomas (1797-1929). Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery to Africa and Arabia, Performed in His Majesty's Ships Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826. Under the Command of Capt. F. W. Owen,…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BRIGGS, Raymond (1934-2022).  The Snowman, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978, small folio (300 x 210mm), coloured illustrations by Raymond Briggs, original coloured pictorial paper boards (head and foot of spine lightly bumped). FIRST EDITION.
BRIGGS, Raymond (1934-2022). The Snowman, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978,…
BRIGGS, Raymond (1934-2022, illustrator).  The Snowman. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. Small folio (300 x 210mm). Coloured illustrations by Raymond Briggs. Original coloured pictorial paper boards…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown). A Letter in Reply to the Report of the Surgeons of the Vaccine Institutions, Edinburgh,1809, 8vo, contemporary or original grey paper-backed wrappers. FIRST EDITION of this anti-vaccination tract. RARE.
BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown). A Letter in Reply to the Report of the…
BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown).  A Letter in Reply to the Report of the Surgeons of the Vaccine Institution, Edinburgh; With an Appendix, Containing a Variety of Interesting Letters on the Subject of…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840). Oeuvres Complètes, Brussels, 1828-33, 20 volumes, large 8vo, 2 lithographed portraits, 2 maps, one table, 735 lithographed plates, many hand-coloured (one lacking), 19th-century calf gilt. (20)
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840). Oeuvres…
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840).  Oeuvres Complètes ... Suivies de ses Continuateurs Daubenton, Lacépède, Cuvier, Duméril, Poiret, Lesson et Geoffrey-St-Hilaire. Brussels:…
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CHORNY, Sasha [i.e. pseudonym of Aleksandr Mikhailovich GLIKBERG (1880-1932)].  An unpublished autograph couplet in pencil, with an original sketch in pencil beneath of a woman wearing a hat, [c.1925], 225 x 175mm., in modern window mount.
CHORNY, Sasha [i.e. pseudonym of Aleksandr Mikhailovich GLIKBERG (1880…
CHORNY [or CHERNY], Sasha [i.e. pseudonym of Aleksandr Mikhailovich GLIKBERG (1880-1932)].  An unpublished autograph couplet in pencil, with an original sketch in pencil beneath of a woman wearing a…
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965).  The Collected Works [and] The Collected Essays, London, 1973-76, 38 volumes, large 8vo, plates and maps, original armorial vellum (lacking the slipcases). A COMPLETE SET OF "THE CENTENARY EDITION". Limited edition. (38)
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The Collected Works [and] The Collected…
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965).  The Collected Works [and] The Collected Essays, edited by Frederick Woods, Tom Hartman and Herbert Rees. London: Library of Imperial History in Association…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612). In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius, Rome, 1581, large 8vo, woodcut diagrams and initials, tables, modern vellum with yapp edges. The work was first published in 1570.
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612). In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco…
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612).  In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius nunc iterum ab ipso auctore recognitus, & multis ac variis locis locupletatus. Rome: Ex Officina Dominici Basæ [On…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65). A Late Discourse made in Solemne Assembly ... Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy; with Instructions how to make the said Powder, London, 1658, 12mo, later calf. Second [English] edition. RARE.
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65). A Late Discourse made in Solemne Assembly ...…
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65).  A Late Discourse Made in a Solemne Assembly of Nobles and Learned Men at Montpellier in France ... Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy; with Instructions…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DOVES PRESS - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Hammersmith, The Doves Press, 1913, 4to (233 x 165mm), printed in red and black, contemporary dark blue morocco gilt by the Doves Bindery. ONE OF 200 COPIES ON PAPER.
DOVES PRESS - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). The Tragedy of Julius…
DOVES PRESS - William Shakespeare (1564-1616).  The Tragedie of Julius Caesar. Hammersmith [London]: The Doves Press, 1913. 4to (233 x 165mm). Printed in red and black throughout, 4-pages of errata…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823). Thoughts on the French Invasion of England ... Translated from the French ... The Third Edition, London, 1798, 4to, folding hand-coloured engraved chart, contemporary wrappers. VERY RARE.
DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823). Thoughts on the French…
DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823).  Thoughts on the French Invasion of England ... Translated from the French. Illustrated ... The Third Edition. London: Printed for John Stockdale,…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DUNNE, John William (1866-1949). An Experiment with Time, London, 1927, 8vo, original blue buckram, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. RARE, particularly in the dust-jacket.
DUNNE, John William (1866-1949). An Experiment with Time, London, 1927,…
DUNNE, John William (1866-1949).  An Experiment with Time. London: A. & C. Black, 1927. 8vo (218 x 140mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on title, diagrams. Original dark blue buckram, spine…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849). Life in London, London, 1821, large 8vo, 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 3 folding leaves of music (some staining and spotting), FINELY BOUND in 20th-century scarlet crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. FIRST EDITION.
EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849). Life in London, London, 1821, large 8vo, 36 hand…
EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849).  Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China, London, 1817, 4to, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 engraved maps only (lacks folding map), calf (worn). FIRST EDITION. With another related book (incomplete). (2)
ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy…
ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855).  Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy. Of the Voyage to and from China, and of…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Silva, London, 1776, 4to, 40 plates (lacks portrait), calf (rebacked). EDITOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by A. Hunter to his son. With another edition in 2 vols. (3)
EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Silva, London, 1776, 4to, 40 plates (lacks…
EVELYN, John (1620-1706) & Alexander HUNTER (1729-1809, editor).  Silva: Or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty's Dominions ... Together with An Historical…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest Trees, London, 1670, folio, engraved illustrations including one full-page, modern half calf. Second edition.
EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest Trees, London,…
EVELYN, John (1620-1706).  Sylva, Or A Discourse of Frest Trees, and the Proagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions ... To which is annexed Pomona; or, An Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
FLOYER, John (1649-1734). A Treatise of the Asthma, London, 1698, small 8vo, some leaves mis-bound [see full description], but all present, later calf. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
FLOYER, John (1649-1734). A Treatise of the Asthma, London, 1698, small…
[FLOYER, John (1649-1734)].  A Treatise of the Asthma. Divided into Four Parts. In the First is given A History of the fits ... In the Second, The Cacochymia which disposes to the Fit ... In the…
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, Washington, 1845, 8vo, 16 plates only, 5 maps including folding map by Fremont and Preuss, cloth. FIRST EDITION.
FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky…
FREMONT, John Charles (1813-90).  Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 ... Printed by Order of the…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, London, 1846, 8vo, 4 lithographed plates, folding map, original cloth decorated in blind. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 3 related works in 5 vols. (6)
FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the…
FREMONT, John Charles (1813-90).  Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, In the Years 1843-44. London: Wiley and Putnam,…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855) & Wilhelm Eduard WEBER (1804-91). Resultate aus den Beobachtungen des magnetischen Vereins im Jahre 1836, Göttingen, 1837, [?Volume One only (of 6)], 8vo, 10 folding engraved plates, boards, modern box. FIRST EDITION.
GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855) & Wilhelm Eduard WEBER (1804-91).…
GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855) & Wilhelm Eduard WEBER (1804-91).  Resultate aus den Beobachtungen des magnetischen Vereins im Jahre 1836. Göttingen: im Verlage der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung,…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). I, Claudius, London, 1934, 8vo, half title, folding genealogical table at the end, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket (a few short tears at head of backstrip, some chipping to corners). FIRST EDITION.
GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). I, Claudius, London, 1934, 8vo, half title,…
GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985).  I, Claudius. From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius. London: Arthur Barker, 1934. 8vo (218 x 135mm). Half title, folding genealogical table at the end. Original…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
GRIFFITH, Elizabeth ([?]1727-93).  The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated, London, 1775, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare, contemporary calf (worn). FIRST EDITION. With another related work in 2 vols. (3)
GRIFFITH, Elizabeth ([?]1727-93). The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama…
GRIFFITH, Elizabeth ([?]1727-93).  The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1775. 8vo (214 x 125mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare, woodcut…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
JENNER, Edward (1749-1823). An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ, London, 1801, 4to, 4 engraved hand-coloured plates, contemporary calf (rebacked). Third edition. With a facsimile of the 1798 edition and a related document. (3)
JENNER, Edward (1749-1823). An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the…
JENNER, Edward (1749-1823).  An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ, a Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
[JANSSON, Jan (1588-1664)]. Iherusalem turcis cusembareich. Nazareth. Ramma Antiquitissimum in Palestina oppidum. [Amsterdam: c.1650], hand-coloured engraved bird's eye views of Jerusalem, Nazareth and Ramma (heavily browned), 355 x 470mm., unframed.
[JANSSON, Jan (1588-1664)]. Iherusalem turcis cusembareich. Nazareth.…
[JANSSON, Jan (1588-1664)].  Iherusalem turcis cusembareich. Nazareth. Ramma antiquitissimum in Palestina oppidum. [Amsterdam: c.1650]. Hand-coloured engraved bird's-eye-views in 3 sections on one…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
JORDAN, William Leighton (1837-1922). The Ocean, London, 1885, 8vo, 18 plates, some folding and some printed in colours, original cloth gilt (rubbed and scuffed). Second edition.
JORDAN, William Leighton (1837-1922). The Ocean, London, 1885, 8vo, 18…
JORDAN, William Leighton (1837-1922).  The Ocean. A Treatise on Ocean Currents and Tides, and their Causes Demonstrating the System of the World ... Second Edition, Abridged and Revised. London:…
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST

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