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Interim books and ephemera sale
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U.S Burma Missionary Interest. The Earnest Man : a memoir of Adoniram Judson, D.D., first missionary to Burmah. By H. C. Conant. 1861 First Edition. 8vo. Original tooled cloth gilt titles to the spine. Half title, lemon end blanks, xxxi, 328pp. **Scarce. Last auction result in 1963 [Francis Edward]. Adoniram Judson (August 9, 1788 – April 12, 1850) was an American Congregationalist and later Particular Baptist missionary, who worked in Burma for almost forty years. At the age of 25, Judson was sent from North America to preach in Burma. His mission and work with Luther Rice led to the formation of the first Baptist association in America to support missionaries. Part of the Bunyan Library Vol 3
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INDIA. GORDON [Rev. Andrew] Our India Mission. A Thirty Year’s History of the India Mission of the United Presbyterian Church of North America. Illustrated. 1886. Andrew Gordon. Original brown decorated cloth, 8vo, B/W plates. With four others India, pictorial cloth. [5]
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The Complaint or Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality. Edward Young, 1765. Period full calf, black Morocco title label in gilt to the pine, gilt bands and decoration. 12mo. Lacking frontispiece. [5], 315, [5]pp publishers ads to the rear. Neat copy, some rubbing to the boards.
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CONVICTS by a Practical Hand. Edinburgh Edmonston and Douglas. 1865. Disbound. With title vignette. 32pp. 12mo. Some toning to the margins. Prison, Crime interest. Scarce booklet regarding the mannerisms of Criminals.
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UNREGISTERED. The Public Undeceived with Regard to the means by which Military Men become qualified for Important commands [title continues] “With the substance of a plan grounded upon an extremely simple Military invention, by the Adoption of which the Warlike force of the United Kingdom may be greatly augmented and the Military expenditure at the same time so greatly diminished,,” 1806. 23pp. Printed for T. Egerton at the Military Library, Charing Cross, By C. Roworth”. Small booklet. Unregistered on Worldcat and COPAC. No auction results. Thomas Egerton. ** Thomas Egerton was a bookseller and publisher in Whitehall, London c. 1750–1830. With his brother and business partner John Egerton he took over the enterprise established by John Millan. For some years Egerton's office stood on Charing Cross. Books published included works by Jane Austen. Rare Military booklet by Egerton.
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Oxford. Costumes of the Members of the University of Oxford. C1850. Shrimptons Series. Original pictorial binding. Ad serving as front pastedown, one large folding plate of 24 colour lithographic costumes. Some tears to the folds. Oxford. Shrimpton & Son. London Simpkin Marshall.
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TAXIDERMY. Watkins and Doncaster Price list of books, cabinets, apparatus and Specimens. May 1934. Small printed booklet. 80pp. Pictorial covers, Paperback, Text block detached from binding, some bleeding from staples.
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EDGAR ALLAN POE. c1856. The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe with a Notice of His Life and Genius by James Hannay and Many Illustrations Complete Edition. C1856. In the original cloth tooled binding. 8vo. Front board gilt stamped. Lemon end blanks, Litho frontispiece and seven full page plates, with illustrations in text. Half title. London. J & C Brown and co, Ave Maria Lane. xxx, 185, [3], [4]pp. An early edition. Some fading to the boards and spine, tears to the cloth joint, some off-setting, marks and spotting, front board a little shaken, With one other. Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination. 1910. London J. M. Dent, Original red cloth, spine in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. [2]
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Bulletin of the American Art-Union. New York. 1851 April to December. Small folio. Bound in period half calf, black Morocco title label in gilt to the spine. 154, 8, [7]pp. With 12 Engraved plates [some in line]. In text illustrations throughout.Some browning and foxing throughout. Rubbing and scuffing to the binding. American Art, Culture periodical. Scarce.
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Bewick (Thomas, 1753-1828). Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings, Folio 3, an edition of prints from 5 original blocks, Newcastle upon Tyne, Charlotte Press/Northern Publishing Workshop, 1981, five wood engravings on hand-made paper, published in an edition of 500 copies, each numbered 398/500 in pencil, loose in original printed wrappers, with original printed envelope.
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BEWICK [Thomas] Splinters, Historical, Sacred and Profane partly from off that Standard. Newcastle; Printed by J. And R. Akenhead. 1827. Bound in near period half calf. Slim 8vo. [7], -33pp with six woodcuts by Bewick. Thomas Bewick woodcuts [ The Bewick Collector: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and .. By Thomas Hugo [p162]] Scarcely seen in commerce.
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LIMITED ED, ROYAL QUATRO. The Bewick Collector. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Thomas and John Bewick; Including Cuts, in Various States, for Books and Pamphlets, Private Gentlemen, Public Companies. 2 Vol [includes the Supplement vol] LARGE PAPER COPIES. 1866-1868. Bound in period red cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Large 4to measuring; 28.5cm x 20cm. Illustrated throughout **Rare. Normally seen in 8vo form, this two vol set in 4to, limited to 100 copies[?] [ink note to the front], with printed announcement leaf to the rear of the supplement vol “The work, of which a very limited number will be printed, will be executed in the best possible style, and will form a very handsome volume in Royal Quatro. With half titles, steel engraved frontispiece to the first vol.
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HUGO [Thomas] Thomas & John Bewick. Bewick’s Woodcuts Impressions of Upwards of Two Thousand Wood-Blocks. London; L. Reeve & Co., 5 Henrietta Street. Covent Garden. 1870. Large Folio size binding. Pebbled maroon cloth, titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Half title, steel engraved frontispiece. Approx 2000 cuts in Lithography. A few leaves loose
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The Countess of Pembokes, Arcadia. Written by St Philip Sidney Knight. 1638 Disbound folio. Defective. Lacking some leafs, text block split, some repairs, and tears. With 1692 An Abridgement of Architecture Of Vitruvius. Disbound. Defective. Lacking all before B1, and O4, with engraved plates and occasional manuscript annotations. Not collated. Sold with all faults.
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DARWIN [Bernard]. Two titles which include Second Shots, Casual Talks about Golf. 1930 London George Newness. Hard back with black titles to the upper board and spine, with unclipped dust jacket. With half title, lacking bank FFEP. With monochrome frontispiece, some foxing. With Every Idle Dream 1948 Collins St James Place London. 1948. With unclipped dust jacket. Yellow cloth, top edges discoloured. Some tears to the jacket. [2]
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PROCTOR [Richard A.]. Elementary Physical Geography. 1875. London. Longmans, Green and co. 12mo, in orig tolled cloth. Illustrated. [3], iv-vi, 124pp. Rare and unregistered copy. Worldcat and Copac recognises a copy from 1873 [5 copies registered] but no 1875 edition recorded. No auction results. Contents include The Earth as a Planet, The Ocean etc. ** Richard Anthony Proctor FRAS (23 March 1837 – 12 September 1888) was an English astronomer. He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes.
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VELLUM CLASP BINDING. 1717. Cura Consuetudinarii Sive Peccati Exterminium, Maximè ad quod Natura Vel Consuetudo magis inclinat Per Decem Hebdomadarum solidam devotionem, Christi Crucifixi, Dolorosae Virginis, SS. Ignatii & Xaverii Honoribus instituendam proposita. 1717. Hevenesi, Gábor. Two vol in 1. Bound in near period full vellum, ink manuscript titles to the spine. Clasps and catches in vellum and metal. Page edges dyed red. Some foxing and browning. 163, [10], 6-115, [2]pp. Main title and title to second part. 16mo.
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Missionary stories, 37 vol in 1. 24mo. C1843. John Snow London. Period dark Morocco, gilt titles to the spine. A bound collection of Missionary stories. Titles include; A letter to children on behalf of missions. 2. The children’s missionary meeting [1843], 3. Missionary stories Self-Denial. 4. Heathen Parents. 5. Heathen Children. 6. Heathen Sacrifices [1843], 7. The Bechuana Girl [1842], 8. The Prayer of the little Negro. 9. Strange Story from the South Seas. 10. How to be useful at home. 11. Hannah Kilpin. 12. Greenland No. 1 The History of Hans Egede. 13. Greenland 2. Moravian Missionaries [1843]. 14. Little Home Missionaries. [1842]. 15. Escapes of Rafaravavy [1845]. 16. Escapes of Rafaravavy Part 2. 17. Afrikaner Part 1 or Missionary Trials. 18. Afrikaner Part 2 or Missionary Pleasures. 19. The Life of The Rev J. Campbell. 20. I Wonder why I don’t succeed. 21. Mr Moffat’s Visit to the Children of Manchester. 22. The Pilgrim Boy of Monger by the Widow of aMissionary [1845]. 23. Mousetse The Bechuana Boy [1843]. 24. Little Letters from Beersheba South Africa. 25. Lessons from Heathen Lands. 26. Mrs Judson and Little Maria. 27. Mr Moffat and the Bechuanas. 28. Mr Moffat and the Bechuanas Part 2; The Terror by Night. 29. Mr Moffat and the Bechuanas Part 3 Reaping in Joy. 30.. Mosheu’s visit. 31. The Ransomed Child. 32. Missionary Rabbits. 33. Matilda The Little Jewess. 34. The Hindoo Girl seeking Jesus. 35. Am I one of Jesus’s Lambs? 36. The History of Mary Gutzlaff. [1842]. 37. The Children’s Missionary Hymn-Book. [1842]. With woodcut plates. Original wraps bound in. Mostly 8pp per vol. pencil inscription claims 14 not in NSTC. Rare juvenile African/European Missionary stories pamphlets bound in 1.
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Miniature bindings. William Pickering. 1821-1831. 7 volumes in total. All in original bindings. Measuring 9.5cm x 5.7cm. Homer Ilias Vol 1 [2 copies], Homer Odyssea [vol 2] Poetical works John Dryden [vol 2], Cicero, Terence and one other. [7]
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WOOD [Rev. J] 3 Vol in 1.Common Objects of the Microscope 1864. Bound with The Common Objects of the Country [1866] and The Common Objects of The Shore [1866]. Bound in a period half calf binding. 12mo. With frontis and 11 monochrome plates to the first volume. Coloured frontispiece and 11 col plates to the second volume. And coloured frontispiece and 11 col plates to the third. Occasional off-setting, some rubbing, title and frontis to 3rd part detached, some foxing.
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A Collection of Quarter Vellum decorated bindings. Early 20th century. 8vo. Quarter vellum with Morocco labels ingest, Art Nouveau designs to the spine’s. Red, Blue and green cloth boards. Includes Poems of Coleridge, Poems of Goldsmith, Works of Scott, R. Browning and Tennyson. Some dusting to the spines.
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![1832[?] An Address to the British Public by the Saint Simonian Missionaries [Drop title]. Slim](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2024/srkey11113/images/66e2fa5d-220b-47aa-ad4b-b1db01586bf5.jpg?h=175)
1832[?] An Address to the British Public by the Saint Simonian Missionaries [Drop title]. Slim 8vo. Bound in modern marbled boards. 36pp. Signed [in print] by Charles Duveyrier. **Rare. Only two copies registered on Worldcat [British Library and V&A]. No auction results. Charles Duveyrier (12 April 1803 – 10 November 1866) was a French playwright and Saint-Simonianism ideologist, born on April 12, 1803, in Paris, where he died on November 10, 1866. Rare bound pamphlet.
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VELLUM. Esercitio di perfettione e di virtù christiane composto dal rev. padre Alfonso Rodriguez sacerdote della Compagnia di Giesù : diviso in tre parti diretto a' religiosi della medesima compagnia e ad ogn'uno che desideri approfittarsi della christiana pieta. Parte Terza. 1711. Alonso Rodríguez. Gilt titles to the spine. Tall 12mo. Speckled red page edges. [14], 1-634, [48]pp . 2 leafs loose.
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SOUTH AMERICA IMPRINTS. Mexican Printing. GULLIVER’S TRAVELS. Viages del capitan Lemuel gulliver. [Swift]. 2 vol in 1. Mexico. Imprenta De Ignacio Cumplido. 1849. Illustrated throughout. 8vo, period half calf, rubbed/scuffed short tear to the calf upper joint, some tape repairs, with Argentinian printing. Compendios De Materia Medica Feitos Por Ordem De Sua Alteza Real. Rio De Janeiro. 1814. Jose Maria Bomtempo.Bookplate of “Adir Guimaraes” designed by Otto Sachs. Near period Morocco, gilt stamp ownership to upper board of “dr alfredo do nascimento e silva” with Argentinian printing. En el Cuce de Dos Caminos por Minnie E Ludwig. 1941. Publicada Por La Iglesia Evangelica Del Nazareno Donato Alvarez 880 Buenos Aires 1941. Period quarter cloth, marbled boards. [3]
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Reflections on Death by William Dodd. 1763 FIRST EDITION. London Printed for J. Newberry at the Bible and sun in St Paul’s Church Yard. 1763. Bound in period full calf, raised bands, 12mo. [3], ii-v, [4], 2-202, 207-250pp. Lacking the index leaves to the rear and pp 203-206 [2 leaves]. Rare First edition. With no auction results registered.
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Gay (John). Poems on several occasions, 2 volumes in one, London: Jacob Tonson and Bernard Lintot, 1720, three etched plates (including frontispiece by William Kent), title-pages in red and black, continuous pagination, some browning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Edmund Pollexfen Bastard to upper pastedown, contemporary diced half calf gilt, titles and bands in gilt, worn at head of spine. Large 4to/small folio [measuring; 29cm x 23.5cm. [13], 4-546pp.
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Franz Neumayr. Gratia vocationis sacerdotalis ex apostoli consilio resuscitata per sacras commentationes venerabili clero accomodatas ad spiritus renovationem sive in communi conventu, sive in solitario secessu instituendam. 1765. Small 8vo. Bound in period mottled calf, spine ornately decorated in gilt with raised bands. “S. V. R. C. H” in gilt to the upper board, woodcut device to the title. [28], 177pp. Meditations. Nicely bound.
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Thomas Southerne. London, Jacob Tonson; Benjamin Tooke; Bernard Lintott, 1713. First edition, Two vol. Both bound in period full calf, titles in gilt to the spine. Scarce first edition copy of the collected plays of Thomas Southerne, containing eight of his popular plays. Complete in two volumes. Volume I without 'Lintott' to the title page, Volume II with 'Lintott' to the title page.The collected plays of the Irish dramatist Thomas Southerne. Including 'The Loyal Brother', 'The Disappointment', 'Sir Anthony Love', 'The Wives Excuse', 'The Maid's Last Prayer', 'The Fatal Marriage', 'Oroonoko', and 'The Fate of Capua. Southerne was a notable playwright greatly influence by John Dryden. 8vo.
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Memoirs of Guy Joli : private secretary to Cardinal de Retz, Claude Joli, canon of Notre Dame, and the Dutchess de Nemours : these several histories form a supplement to, and an illustration of the Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz. In Three Volumes. 1775 **London; Printed for T. Davies in Russel-Street. 1775, MDCCLXXV. Three Volume set, All three volumes bound in period full calf bindings, with raised bands, and Morocco title labels in gilt, gilt decoration to spine. Rare English Edition. First Edition in English. Some rubbing.
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SAMUEL JOHNSON The Rambler 4 vol in 2. 1791. Large 8vo. Period calf, contrasting Morocco title and vol labels to the spine. Vol 1 with Stipple engraved frontispiece, and 7 stippled plates, Vol 2 with 6 stipple engraved plates. Front joint to vol 1 cracking, some rubbing.
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The Letters of Sir Thomas Fitzosborne on Several Subjects. The Third Edition. 1750. Bound in period calf, large 8vo, contrasting Morocco label in gilt to the spine. Title in red and black, some rubbing. Early edition.
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Two vol in one. Life and Adventures of Gunther [taken from the French] By William Robert Markwell. Paris Truchy’s French and English library. 1848. 80pp [Rare. No auction results, only 1 copy registered on Worldcat]. 2nd volume. THE ADIRONDACK or life in the Woods by J. T. Headley, illustrated with twelve engravings on wood. U.S Novel. Native American Indians. Scarce London imprint. Undated but c1849[?]. Contemporary half calf gilt.
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An Englishwoman in Utah; The story of A Life’s Experience in Mormonism. An Autobiography; By Mrs T. B. H. Stenhouse, of sale lake city. With an introductory preface by Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe. Including a full account of The Mountain Meadows massacre. 1882. London Sampson Low. Marston. In the publishers original decorative binding. The paper to the joint’s chipped, some rubbing lacking FFEP, title browned, [7], viii-xii, 404pp with all 14 illustrations on 9 plates.**A n Englishwoman in Utah is regarded as one of Arthur Conan Doyle's sources for the first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet, published in 1886, which featured an unflattering depiction of the faith.
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Dodsley (Robert). Trifles: viz. The Toy-Shop. The King and the Miller of Mansfield. The Blind Beggar of Bethnal-Green. Rex & Pontifex. The Chronicles of the Kings of England. The Art of Preaching, in imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry. The Right of Mankind to do what they will, asserted. With several others, not more considerable, 2 volumes, [London]: At Tully's Head in Pall-mall, 1745, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, engraved illustration to titles, contemporary sheep, modern rebacks preserving maroon morocco title labels, 8vo.
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PAMPHLETS. Bound volume, including; The Shakespeare Myth by Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence. Gay and Hancock, 1912. [32pp], The Telephone Service, its Past, Its Present and its Future, by Herbert Laws Webb. 1904. [118]pp, The Licensing Bill; Some facts and Arguments in Support by Sir Tho, P. Whittaker 1908.[113pp], Canned Literature The Jungle in London. Edited by R. F. Cholmeley. London Alston Rivers. [32pp], with one other. Bound with original coloured wraps. **Scarce.
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CHINA A New Thing; Incidents of Missionary Life in China. By F. M. Williams. 1895. London. S. W. Partridge. Bound in the publishers original aqua blue cloth, decorative front board, titles in gilt to the spine. 8vo. Black end blanks, half title, folding Coloured map of China as frontispiece, errata slip bound in opposite p.1. Map of Eastern Is-Chu’an [full page plate], Monochrome illustrations in text. RARE. With no auction results. Scarce China Missionary by Williams. Some light rubbing to the extremities.
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HAWAIIAN PHRASE BOOK. 1928. “Na Huaolelo - A Me Na - Olelo Kikeke - Ma Ka Olelo Beretania a me ka Olelo Hawaii. Published by Honolulu Paper co. Ltd. brown paper over boards binding, black titles to the upper board, paper to the spine chipped. 115pp. Rear English to Hawaiian phrase book. Language.
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MISSIONARIES The dignity, labours and reward of apostolick missionaries proposed in a sermon, preached March the twelfth, 1781, in the Church of the English College of S. Peter and S. Paul at Lisbon, at the matriculation of John Billington and John Sumner. 1782. Original boards. James Bernard. 12mo. Pages uncut. Rare. 93pp.
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Eight volumes of the Fur and Feather Series. All bound in the original decorative cloth. 1893-1905. 8vo. Illustrated throughout. Titles include; The Salmon, The Trout, The Grouse, Wild Fowl, The Partridge, The Rabbit, The Hare, Pike and Pearch. Some foxing. [8]
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QUINCEY [Thomas De] Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. 2nd Edition. Edinburgh; James Hogg. Early Scottish Imprint. Bound in period cloth, gilt titles to the spine. 8vo. Some rubbing, fraying to the head and foot. Pale Lemon endpapers. [3], iv-xv, 290pp **Scarce Edinburgh imprint.
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The British Soldier's Guide, and Volunteer's Self-Instructor: Containing Full and Ample Directions for Performing all the Various Exercises of the Field, Horse and Foot, viz. the Sword, Drill, Manual..., and Every other Military Evolution Necessary to the Perfection of a Well Disciplined Soldier. To which are added Laws Relative to Volunteer Corps in General; and an Abstract of the General Defence Bill, printed by J. Cundee, and sold by T. Hurst and J. Harris, 1803, [3], iv-xiv, 226, 24pp. With all 12 engraved plates, but lacking the engraved frontispiece. In publishers original boards. Some wear to the binding, rubbed/ scuffed, paper chipping to the edges. Paper wearing from spine, front board stat he’d by cords only, Thomas Francis Fremantle bookplate to the front pastedown. **THOMAS FRANCIS FREMANTLE; Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron Fremantle, Bt GCB GCH (20 November 1765 – 19 December 1819) was a British Royal Navy officer and nobleman whose accolades include three separate fleet actions, a close friendship with Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson and being granted an Austrian barony. He was the father of Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle, after whom the city Fremantle in Western Australia is named from ***Rare in commerce.
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ASTRONOMY The Times Telescope. 1825, 1827, 1830. Three volumes. Bound in period half calf. Small 8vo. With engraved frontispieces, occasional illustrations. Astronomy Almanack. Some wear to the bindings, staining to the 1827 edition. [3]
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ARISTOTLE - Edward Falconer - Georgios Gemistos Plethon. Oxford. Jason Fletcher. Aristotelous peri Aretōn kai Kakiōn. Plēthōnos peri Aretōn. Recensuit Edvardus Fawconer Coll. Merton. apud Oxon. Portionista.1752. Small 8vo, period tree calf, front board’s joint cracked and attached by strengthening tape only. Title with engraved device. [13], 14-147pp. Text in parallel Greek and Latin
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COCKTAILS. Cocktails by “Jimmy” Late of Ciro’s London. Scarce Canadian Imprint. The American News Company Limited Montreal. 24mo, green cloth gilt titles to the upper boards and spine.Text in green throughout. Quote by Omar Khayyam to verso of the half title. 96pp. Scarce Cocktails book with 251 Recipes. **Scarcely seen Canadian imprint, originally printed in the U.S. [1]
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List of Warrant Holders to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, H.R.H. the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and H.R.H. the Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck. (Jan. 1897.). London. Published by W. Haynes Gibbs. Bound in period Morocco, titles in gilt to the upper board, bands to the spine. Some scuffing. Text mostly in red and black. RARE Victorian trade history. A its of business types and business names, with an alphabetical list of Royal Warrant Holders to the rear. **Rare. Worldcat only has one entry [British Library]. No auction results.
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BOOKBINDING. The moderate monarchy, or Principles of the British constitution, described in a narrative of the life and maxims of Alfred the Great and his counsellors. From the German of Albert v. Haller. 1849. Bound in an embossed blind stamped full calf binding with Alfred the Great on throne stamped to the front board, decorative borders, spine titles in gilt, with small blin stamped tear drop shape illustration to the back board “King Alfreds Jewel”. Beautifully bound. With engraved frontispiece, and title. Letterpress title, 344pp. **Rare. With the last auction result being in 1907. Scarcely seen in commerce.
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The Fairies’ Favourite or the Story of Queen Victoria told for Children By T. Mullett Ellis. 1897. Bound in the publishers white ribbed cloth with elaborately decorated front board with titles in gilt. "For Commemoration Day" to Cover. The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria was commemorated on 22 June 1897. 8vo. With half title. Monochrome frontispiece, and 3 other B/W plates. Rare. With no auction results
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ART NOUVEAU BINDING. Lilliput Revels + Innocents Islands. c1905. [worldcat]. By W.B. Rands. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson and illustrated by Griselda Wedderburn. Beautifully bound in the original [?] Art Nouveau style decorated binding in black, green and red. 8vo. All page edges dyed green. Half title, frontispiece, illustrated title, and a further 31 plates. Rare. With no auction results, or other copies for sale. Thin worn trail to the front boards lower joint. Some discolouration to the spine. Light marks to the back board.
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Two Windows Press. [U.S] Maurice McDonald “Mort” c1970s[?] Nude Photograph window mounted in thick stock case, with poetry. Signed by Maurice Mcdonald and “Lino” Limited Edition 22 of 26. Large 4to.”Maurice McDonald Two Windows Press” to the upper board, pale blue paper over thick card. Poetry to the inside of the front board signed “Mort” San Francisco. Rare.
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The History of Freemasonry, its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, Etc. Embracing an Investigation of the Records of the Organisations of the Fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British Colonies, France, Germany, and the United States. Derived from Official Sources. By Robert Free Gould. Late 19th [c1880-1890s]. Three volume set. Large 4to’s bound in period half Morocco, titles in gilt to the spines. Title and freemasonry gilt stamp to t he upper boards. Coloured lithograph plates. Frontispiece’s. Extremities to the boards heavily rubbed, some library markings.
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Encyclopaedia of Mormonism. Four vol set. 1992. Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. Orig blue cloth. Large 4to. Title’s in gilt to the upper boards and spine.Ex library. Illustrated works. Macmillan.
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CHINA. China and the Chinese by William C. Milne. C1859. London Routledge, Warne & Routledge. In the original plum cloth binding, with gilt stamped borders, central illustration, and decorated spine. All page edges in gilt. 8vo. Waxed end blanks, half title [browned]. Short closed tear to p423. 469pp with 7 lithograph plates lacking 2 plates]. ** William Charles Milne (born April 22, 1815, died May 25, 1863) was a missionary to China in the 19th century. He was the son of missionary William Milne. Rare in commerce.
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A Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress. By James Robinson Planche. C1876-79. Large 4to’s, later quarter Morocco, titles in gilt to the spines. With half title’s. Illustrated with coloured lithographic plates, monochrome plates and illustrations in text. Some library markings. Complete in two volume. Examining European dress and costume. Profusely illustrated.
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ARCHITECTURE Die Architektonischen Ordnungen der Griechen Und Römer [The architectural systems of the Greeks and Romans]. 1875. 3 vol in one [main work + 2 supplements]. 60 Engraved plates, 40 and 6 to the supplements [106 Eng plates in total]. Folio. Quarter Morocco. Berlin Von Ernest & Korn. German text. Greek and Roman Architecture.
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Junius Stat Nominees Umbra. London: printed for Henry Sampson Woodfall... 1772. Early issue, with the Table of Contents and Index sections. 2 Vol. 12mo. Both volumes bound in period calf, Morocco titles in gilt to the spine gilt bands. **In 1772 under the pseudonym of "Junius" (possibly Sir Philip Francis). "...'Junius' poured brilliantly slanderous invective upon Tory-minded English ministers, especially the Duke of Grafton, for a series of 'inconsistent measures' which allegedly ruined England and drove the colonies 'into excesses little short of rebellion.'
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18th Century Theatre and Plays. Four vol in one. including; ROWE [Nicholas] The Fair Penitent A Tragedy as it is acted at the Theatres Royal in Drury Lane and Covent Garden. London Printed and sold by [Thomas] SABINE and son 81 Shoe lane. Undated [Sabine active between 1785-1825], [3], 4-48pp. BOUND WITH Cato A Tragedy by Mr Addison. London Sabine and son, 48pp, The Siege of Damascus, John Hughes. 1777. London, Bathurst, with engraved frontispiece,67, [4]pp, The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare. Theatre Royal. London J. Barker. 1794.64pp. Bound in 19th century half Morocco. 8vo
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18th Century Theatre and Plays. Three volumes. The Orphan or, the Unhappy Marriage written by Tho[mas] Otway. London. 1726. With engraved frontispiece. [2], 5-84pp. 18th century half calf, joints cracking. With The Drummer or, the Haunted House A Comedy by Mr Addison. London Jacob Tonson. 1735. Engraved frontispiece, woodcut device to title. T.P in red and black [bound with two others], period half calf, vellum corner pieces. Flaking to the calf spine. And the 3rd volume The Beggar’s Opera written by Mr Gay. London. W. Strahan. 1771. Engraved frontis, engraved device to title bound with three others. [3]
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Antiquarian. Including The Book of Common Prayer.. Oxford T. Wright and W. Gill. 1774. 12mo, Regency Morocco [lacking back board]. The Young mans Book of Amusement…. Popular tricks and changes in Cards and the art of making Fire-works. 1844. 24mo, recent full calf, gilt tiles, folding frontis produced in facsimile to the rear. The letters of Junius London. Printed for John Wheble. 1771. Two vol, full calf, engraved devices to the titles. Upper blade of vol 1 attached by one cord only. The banks of Wye by Robert Bloomfield 1811 and two others. [7].
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HARTING [James Edmund]. Essays on Sport and Natural History. 1883. First Edition. London Horace Cox “The Field” Office. Bound in the original maroon cloth. Titles in gilt to the spine. Half title, Tissue guarded frontis, 485, [28]pp of publishers ads to the rear. Some fading to the spine, first gathering becoming loose. Scarce in coherence
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WHISTLER [Rex]. Rex Whistler The Konigsmark Drawings. By Laurence Whistler, London The Richards Press. 1952. Slim folio, Limited Edition #870 of 950. With clipped dust jacket [dust marked and torn], original red cloth in gilt. Tipped in plates and 3 others regarding Whistler [4]
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