Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

CRUIKSHANK, George (illustrator). - John O'NEILL. The Drunkard, a Poem. London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842. 8vo (163 x 101mm.) Portrait frontispiece, 4 plates by Cruikshank, 16pp. of publisher's advertisements to rear. (Spotting to frontispiece, and to plate margins, lacking initial blank.) Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine (small marks to upper cover). Note: scarce. Provenance: W.S. Martin (gift inscribed to on the title-page); Walter George Crombie (bookplate to the front pastedown).

BOTANY. - B. MAUND. The Botanic Garden, consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants. London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, [circa 1825]- 1828. 2 vols. (only). 8vo (223 x 174mm.) 48 hand-coloured plates with tissue-guards. (Toning, spotting to titles, front blanks replaced.) Contemporary green half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards (rebacked, endpapers replaced). Provenance: Mary Holnouse [sic] (ink name to initial blank of volume 1) (2).

CHESS. - H.F.L. MEYER. A Complete Guide to the Game of Chess. London: Griffith & Farran, 1882. First edition, 8vo (216 x 135mm.) 32pp. publisher's advertisements to rear. (Some spotting to preliminaries.) Original brown cloth, pictorial gilt to upper cover and spine (minor damp-spotting to covers). - And a related volume (Robert B. Wormald's 'The Chess Openings', 1875, 8vo) (2).

LOUDON, J.C. Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum, or, the Trees and Shrubs of Britain. London: for the Author, 1838. 8 vols., [4 vols. text + 4 vols. plates], first edition, 8vo (227 x 138mm.) 411 plates, including 19 folding, numerous illustrations in the text. (Spotting to titles, toning.) Original green blind-stamped decorative cloth, gilt lettering to spines (lightly bumped extremities). Provenance: J. Weld Blundell (ink name to front-free endpapers).

CARPENTRY. - W.L. GOODMAN. British Planemakers from 1700. Suffolk: Arnold and Walker, 1978. Second edition, 8vo (248 x 165mm.) Numerous illustrations of planes and planemaker's marks. (Toning, spotting to fore-edge and half-title.) Original brown cloth, dust-jacket (tape repairs to verso, creasing to upper cover). - And a related volume ('Cassell's Carpentry and Joinery' edited by Paul N. Hasluck, [circa 1907], 8vo) (2).

J. COOTE (publisher). The Royal Magazine, or Gentleman's Monthly Companion. London: J. Coote, [1759.] Vol. 1. 8vo (211 x 125mm.) Frontispiece, engraved title, 7 folding maps or views, including a map of 'The Present Seat of War in North America' with contemporary hand-colouring, 1 plate with hand-colouring. (Browning, occasional spotting, leaf Bb2 loose with marginal text loss.) Contemporary calf (rubbing, wear to spine ends). - And a further four volumes (including Samuel Johnson's 'A Dictionary of the English Language', 2 vols., 1810, 4to) (5).

THEOLOGY. - Jeremy TAYLOR. XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove, Being for the Summer Half-Year... London: by R.N. for Richard Royston, 1651. Title ruled in red with engraved vignette. (Minor soiling, browning, marginal loss to B3 text unaffected). [Bound with:] Clerus Domini: or, A Discourse of the Divine Institution, Necessity, Sacredness, and Separation of the Office Ministerial. London: James Flesher for R. Royston, 1651. Folio (283 x 184mm.) (Browning, marginal insect damage to rear leaves.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbing to extremities). Provenance: William Nicholson (bookplate to the front pastedown); Marianne Welland (name-plate to front pastedown); Reg White (pencil name inscribed to front pastedown); Bedford Hotel, Tavistock (stamp to front-free endpaper). - And a further three related volumes (including an English translation of Louis Ellies Dupin's 'A Compleat Method of Studying Divinity', 1720, 8vo) (4).

WALSINGHAM, Francis. [A Search Made into Matters of Religion. St. Omer: English College Press, 1609.] First edition, small 4to (183 x 122mm.) 8pp. 'Table' to rear, engraved initials and headpieces. (Lacking title-page, browning, front and rear blanks replaced.) 19th century half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, brown lettering piece to the spine (rubbing to extremities). Note: first leaf is *2, first p. of the dedication. Provenance: John Murphy Bishop (bookplate to the front pastedown). [ESTC 25002]. - And two further volumes (3).

BEWICK, John (engraver). - [Arnaud BERQUIN.] The Looking-Glass For the Mind; or, Intellectual Mirror; Being an Elegant Collection of the Most Interesting Tales … from that Much Admired Work L'Ami Des Enfans. London: J. Crowder for E. Newbery, 1796. 12mo (168 x 99mm.) 74 woodcuts designed and engraved by John Bewick. (Browning to initial blank and title-page, tear to last text leaf Aa4.) Contemporary calf (lightly bumped). Provenance: James Beveridge (bookplate to the front pastedown); Ashton Bostock (bookplate to the front pastedown). - And a related volume (Thomas Bewick's 'A General History of Quadrupeds', 1820, 8vo) (2).

WALES. - Thomas TURNER. Narrative of a Journey, Associated with a Fly, from Gloucester to Aberystwith, and from Aberystwith Through North Wales. London: for private distribution, 1840. Signed by the author, 8vo (227 x 134mm.) Portrait frontispiece, 11 engraved plates. (Toning, occasional pencil mark.) Later black morocco-backed green cloth (endpapers replaced), later green cloth-covered slip-case. Provenance: John Stevens (gift inscribed to on the front blank). - And a further illustrated volume ('Original Topographical & Antiquarian Delineations of Great Britain', 1817, 8vo) (2).

WHITE, Gilbert. The Natural History of the Selborne. London: for White, Cochrane, Longman, Hurst et al., 1813. 2 vols. New edition, 8vo (213 x 132mm.) Hand-coloured frontispiece of 'The Hybrid Bird', 3 engraved plates. (Offsetting from plates, occasional spotting.) Near contemporary green full morocco, repeating foliate between rectangular gilt borders to covers, two red morocco lettering pieces to the spines, gilt turn-ins (rubbing to extremities, and wear to spine of volume two). - And a further related volume ('Selborne Society Letters', 1887, 8vo) (3).

CENTRAL ASIA. - Nikolai PREJEVALSKY. Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet, Being a Narrative of Three Years' Travel in Eastern High Asia… translated by E. Delmar Morgan. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (221 x 137mm.) Photographic portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard, 12 wood-engraved plates, illustrations within the text. (Toning, lacking map and front and rear blanks.) Later red half morocco over marbled paper boards, gilt lettering to spines, with original cloth covers mounted to front pastedowns, including the original spine tipped-in to volume two (slight fading to spines, endpapers replaced). Note: travelling through areas that were then unknown to the West, Prejevalsky's works were a significant contribution to the exploration of Central and Eastern Asia, including its flora and fauna. Later, there were persistent but finally unsubstantiated rumours that he was the biological father of Josef Stalin (2).

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, de Miguel. The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha, translated from the Original Spanish… by Charles Jarvis. London: William Miller, 1810. 4 vols., 8vo (208 x 122mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, folding map of Spain with contemporary hand-colouring, 19 engraved plates. (Browning, occasional spotting and corner crease, front and rear blanks replaced.) Later brown half calf over marble paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spines with floral vignettes (endpapers replaced, rubbing to extremities). Provenance: John Sale (ink name to title of volume 3) (4).

HILL, John. The Family Herbal, or an Account of all those English Plants, which are Remarkable for their Virtues. Bungay, Suffolk: G. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, 1812. First edition, 8vo (205 x 124mm.) 54 hand-coloured plates. (Occasional spotting, tear to title-page.) Later cloth, gilt lettering to spine (light rubbing).

SUSSEX. - W.G. MOSS. The History and Antiquities of the Town and Port of Hastings. London: W.G. Moss, Kennington, 1824. Large paper edition, 4to (253 x 155mm.) 4pp. publisher's advertisement bound-in, engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard, 1 engraved folding plan, 18 engraved plates with tissue-guards, including 1 plate in red and black. (Toning, occasional browning, front and rear blanks replaced.) 20th century black half-morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spine, bound by John Gardner (endpapers replaced). - And a related volume (Henry Cousins's 'Hastings of Bygone Days- And the Present', 1920, 8vo) (2).

EYRE BROTHERS (publisher). - Watering and Visiting Places of the South and West of England, including South Wales. London: Eyre Brothers, [1880]. Second edition, 8vo (237 x 173mm.) Numerous advertisements, colour maps, photographic illustrations. (Pencil drawing verso a plate, toning, occasional spotting.) Later brown cloth with original covers and spine laid-down, gilt lettering and mounted colour illustration to upper cover (some fading to original covers). Note: rare. - And a further three volumes (including 'Kelly's Directory of Brighton, Hove, Portslade and Neighbourhood', 1938, 8vo) (4).

LOUDON, Mrs. The Ladies' Magazine of Gardening. London: William Smith, 1842. First edition, 8vo (241 x 152mm.) Frontispiece, 11 hand-coloured plates with tissue-guards, numerous wood engravings in the text. (Mild toning.) Original red cloth, pictorial gilt to covers (heavily rubbed extremities, wear to spine, tape repair to top of spine). - And a further two related volumes (including 'The Floral World and Garden Guide' edited by Shirley Hibberd, 1871, 8vo) (3).

COCKTAILS. - Leo ENGEL. American & Other Drinks, upwards of Two Hundred of the Most Approved Recipes. London: Tinsley Brothers., [1881.] Second edition, 8vo (179 x 115mm.) Lithographed portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations, 21pp. advertisements to rear. (Toning.) Original blue cloth, pictorial gilt and titling to upper cover, e.g. (light rubbing).

COOKERY. - [Hannah GLASSE.] The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, Which far exceeds any Thing of the Kind yet Published… by a Lady. London: for A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson et al., 1763. Eighth edition, 8vo (208 x 121mm.) (Browning, occasional corner crease, front and rear blanks replaced.) Contemporary calf, later black and green morocco lettering pieces to the spine (rebacked, endpapers replaced, light rubbing).