Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

ANDERSON, James (editor). The New Practical Gardener and Modern Horticulturalist. London, Glasgow & Edinburgh: William Mackenzie, [n.d. but circa 1872-1874.] 8vo (243 x 166mm.) 35 plates (27 colour, 5 double-page), 4 double-page plans, uncoloured illustrations. (Occasional spotting or soiling.) Contemporary blue half-calf (extremities somewhat rubbed and scuffed, lacking lettering piece to spine).

HOPE, W.H. St. John. Windsor Castle, an Architectural History. London: Country Life, 1913. Limited edition of 1050 copies, this number 58, 2 vols. only (of 3), folio (360 x 247mm.) Colour frontispieces, numerous uncoloured plates, occasional illustrations. Original half-vellum, t.e.g. (soiled, extremities bumped). Provenance: Ivor A.B. Ferguson (armorial bookplates). Note: lacking the plan volume.

FERGUSSON, James. A History of Architecture in all Countries… second edition. London: 1874-1873. 4 vols., 8vo (217 x 143mm.) Frontispieces, numerous illustrations, 2 folding maps. (Some spotting to first and last few leaves.) Contemporary calf, g.e. (extremities lightly scuffed, spines recoloured). Provenance: J. Blundell Maple (bookplates to front-free endpaper and signatures to title-pages).

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. - DON QUIXOTE, in Spanish. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Madrid: 1833. 6 vols., 8vo (207 x 136mm.) (Minor spotting or browning.) Contemporary russia-backed marbled boards (spines worn).

POPE, Alexander. The Works. London: 1751. 9 vols., 8vo (182 x 110mm.) Titles printed in red and black, 21 engraved plates. (Some spotting or browning, occasional marginal tears.) Contemporary speckled calf (extremities slightly scuffed and rubbed, chipping to spine, some joints splitting). Provenance: John Leech (signatures to title-pages).

MASSINGER, Philip. The Dramatick Works. London: 1779. 4 vols., 8vo (216 x 131mm.) Portrait frontispiece to vol. I. (Light browning.) Contemporary russia gilt, the upper covers with centrally placed oval armorial of a crowned unicorn (scuffed and rubbed, spines worn). Provenance: unidentified armorial bookplate to rear pastedowns; W. Frank Perkins (bookplates to rear pastedowns); P.F. Vernon (signatures). - And one other volume (5).

CAESAR, Gaius Julius. [The Commentaries.] Hoc Volumine Continentur Haec. Commentariorum de Bello Gallico libri VIII. De Bello Civili Pompeiano libri IIII. De Bello Alexandrino liber I. De Bello Africano liber I. De Bello Hispaniensi liber I. Venice: in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri, 1518 [but index dated 1519.] Second Aldine edition, 8vo (166 x 99mm.) Woodcut dolphin and anchor Aldus device on title-page and two colophons, 2 double-page woodcut maps and 5 full-page woodcut illustrations, italic type, initial spaces with guide letters. (Lacking all leaves prior to title, some soiling, browning and occasional light spotting, a few ink marginalia and occasional ink stains.) Near contemporary calf, elaborately panelled in blind to a foliate scroll design, the upper cover lettered in gilt 'Coment.ce' (rebacked and cornered, minor scuffs and holes). Provenance: unidentified early signatures to front pastedown and title; W. Deane Butcher (ink stamp to front pastedown). Note: the first Aldine edition was published in 1513. The text in this second edition uses the same preface by Aldus and the architect J. Jucundus, and the same woodcuts are used.

[PTOLOMAEUS or PTOLOMY, Claudius. Geographia. N.p.: n.d. but ?1545.] Folio (295 x 195mm.) Text only with woodcut diagrams. (Lacking all leaves prior to index, ownership marks excised from first leaf, some worm damage to inner margins, not affecting text, some browning or soiling.) 18th century limp vellum (spine reinforced with paper, some soiling and damp-staining, stitching weak).

WEST, John, and MANNING & LORING (publishers). The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for the Year of Our Lord 1806, and the Thirtieth of American Independence. Boston: [n.d.]. 8vo (142 x 90mm.) (Browned.) Contemporary wrappers (worn, lacking upper cover and most of back-strip, preliminary blank torn with loss).

VAGO, Ambrose Lewis (publisher). Orthodox Phrenology. London: [n.d. but circa 1871.] 8vo (184 x 119mm.) Illustrations. (Some spotting and browning.) Original cloth (binding detached, extremities bumped). - And an advertisement of related interest loosely inserted.

MANUSCRIPT SCHOOL EXERCISE BOOKS. - George ADLINGTON. Vulgar Fractions. [N.p.:] dated 1813. 4to (220 x 187mm.) Manuscript throughout. (Minor soiling or browning.) Original marbled wrappers (soiled, minor tears). - And one other manuscript school exercise book by Master Curtis of Devonshire House Academy, dated 1852 containing long division (2).

GRILLION'S CLUB. Portraits of Members of Grillion's Club, from 1813 to 1863. [N.p.: but London:] privately printed, December, 1864. 2 vols., folio (540 x 360mm.) 128 engraved plates on India paper mounted. (Some spotting and browning.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, for P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., wide gilt turn-ins, g.e. (extremities somewhat scuffed, spine of vol. II chipped at head and foot, vol. I lacking front-free endpaper). Provenance: Sir James Buller East (armorial bookplates). Note: the plates include portraits of gentleman of title, politicians and other notable figures.

TOPOGRAPHY. - William PAGE. The Story of the English Towns, St Albans. London & New York: 1920. 8vo (180 x 115mm.) Occasional plates and illustrations. (Somewhat spotted.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (ink stains, soiled, nicks and small tears). - And a quantity of others of British topographical interest (a quantity).

TOPOGRAPHY, BRIGHTON. - R. SICKELMORE. History of Brighton and its environs… the fifth edition. Brighton: 1827. 8vo (210 x 127mm.) Folding aquatint frontispiece, 8 plates. (Some spotting.) 20th century half-calf (spine faded and somewhat scuffed at foot). Provenance: ex public library (ink stamps verso of title-page, labels to pastedowns). - And fifty-one others of topographical interest, all on Brighton (52).

UTTLEY, Alison. A Traveller in Time. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1939. First edition, 8vo (203 x 127mm.) Occasional illustrations. (Spotting to first and last few leaves.) Original cloth (extremities bumped and slightly faded), dust-jacket (torn with minor loss, back-strip darkened, scribble to lower panel).

MOUNTAINEERING. - W. Cecil SLINGSBY. Norway, the Northern Playground. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1941. 8vo (200 x 127mm.) Frontispiece, 2 folding maps, occasional plates and illustrations. (Occasional light spotting.) Original cloth, dust-jacket (somewhat spotted). - And thirty-four others of mountaineering interest (35).

MORISON, Stanley (editor). The Fleuron, a Journal of Typography. Cambridge, New York, etc.: 1926. Vol. V, 4to (283 x 215mm.) Numerous illustrations, some colour, some tipped-in. (Some spotting.) Original cloth (extremities soiled and bumped). - And vol. VI of 'The Fleuron' (2).

GASPEY, Thomas. The History of England from the text of Hume and Smollett. London, New York, etc.: [n.d. but circa 1860.] 8 vols., 8vo (272 x 185mm.) 4 engraved additional titles, 6 frontispieces, 261 engraved plates. (Occasional browning or spotting.) Contemporary black half-morocco (extremities slightly scuffed and rubbed). Provenance: John Crill (morocco labels to pastedowns dated 1872).

PERCY, Thomas. The Percy Folio of Old English Ballads and Romances. London: the De La More Press, 1905-1910. Limited edition of 325 copies, this number 250 of 300 copies, 4 vols., folio (303 x 214mm.) Portrait vignettes to title-pages. (Occasional spotting or browning.) Contemporary cloth-backed paper-covered boards (slightly soiled, extremities lightly bumped).