Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

SUSSEX. - John WALPOLE-BOND. A History of Sussex Birds. London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1938. 3 vols., first edition, 8vo (247 x 149mm.) Numerous plates. (Toning, pp.103-106 loose in volume 2.) Original brown buckram, t.e.g. (light rubbing). Provenance: 'Margaret and Tony' (gift inscribed to on the front-free endpaper of volume 1). - And a further twenty-one volumes relating to Sussex (including William H. St. John Hope's 'Cowdray and Easebourne Priory in the County of Sussex', 1919, folio, and two copies of Thomas Walker Horsfield's 'The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex', 2 vols., 1835, 4to) (24).

PHILATELY. The Royal Philatelic Society, London 1869-1969. Glasgow: Robert Maclehose & Company Ltd., 1969. 4to (279 x 212mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original blue cloth, black cloth lettering labels mounted to upper cover and spine. Note: an archive of philately-related books and material from the collection of Peter Langmead- who donated his stamp collection to the British Library in 1991. Langmead's focus was on telegraph stamps, especially those of South Africa. The archive includes three bound volumes of facsimiles of Langmead's stamp collection, several volumes of the journal of the 'Anglo-Boer War Philatelic Society' and books relating to British stamps and South African stamps ('The South African Provisional War Stamps' by Bertram W.H. Poole, 1901, 8vo) (a quantity).

CLARKE, Samuel. [A General Martyrologie, containing a Collection of all the greatest persecutions which have befallen the church of Christ, from the Creation, to our Present Times. London: for William Birch, 1677.] Third edition, corrected and enlarged. Engraved plates. (Lacking title and all before A1, plates laid-down, repairs to first and last leaves, browning.) [Bound with:] 'A Relation of the Distressed State of the Church of Christ Professing the Protestant Religion in the Great Dukedom of Lithuania'. London: William Birch, 1676. (Browning.) [Bound with:] 'A Martyrologie, containing A Collection of all the Persecutions Which have Befallen the Church of England Since the Plantation of the Gospel to the End of Queen Maries Reign'. London: William Birch, 1677. (Browning, spotting, repair to last leaf.) 4to (299 x 185mm.) Modern green morocco-backed cloth. Provenance: Worthing Public Library (labels to pastedowns). - And a further thirty-five miscellaneous volumes (including a third edition of Sake Dean Mahomed's 'Shampooing; or, Benefits Resulting from the use of the Indian Medicated Vapour Bath', 1838, signed in 4s) (36).

GENEALOGY. - Beriah BOTFIELD. Stemmata Botevilliana. Memorials of the Families of de Boteville, Thynne, and Botfield, in the Counties of Salop and Wilts. Westminster: J.B. Nichols and Sons, 1858. Limited edition, being one of only 250 copies, 4to (279 x 230mm.) Engraved plates. (Damp-stain to frontispiece, light spotting to title, toning.) 20th century blue cloth (endpapers replaced). Provenance: West Sussex County Libraries (labels to pastedowns). - And a further four volumes related to genealogy (including Daniel Rowland's 'An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Noble Family of Nevill', 1830, folio) (5).

SUSSEX. - George ROWE (illustrator). [Illustrations of Hastings and Its Vicinity.] Hastings: G. Wooll, [circa 1820.] Oblong 8vo (218 x 313mm.) 52 lithographed plates, including additional title, mostly drawn by George Rowe, 1 engraved plate drawn by C.W. Wing. (Stamp to title and to margins of 3 plates, lacking letterpress title, toning, some marginal spotting, blanks replaced.) Near contemporary red straight-grain half morocco (sticker to base of spine, rubbing to all extremities, endpapers replaced). Provenance: Worthing Public Library (labels to pastedowns). - And a further nine volumes related to Sussex (10).

MOTOR-CYCLING. - Colin SEELEY. Colin Seeley Racer… and the rest. Tyne and Wear, 2007-2008. 2 vols., signed by the author, 4to (286 x 244mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations, Colin Seeley's card tipped-in to front-free endpaper. (Mild toning.) Original black cloth, dust-jackets (slight rubbing to spine ends). Note: both volumes signed by Colin Seeley and the second volume also signed by Mick Walker. - And a large quantity of approximately 140 volumes, all related to motor-cycling (a quantity).

NELSON. - Nicholas Harris NICOLAS. The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson. London: Henry Colburn, 1845. 4 vols. (of 7), first editions, 8vo (218 x 134mm.) Engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved folding facsimiles, 1 engraved folding plan. (Spotting to frontispiece, toning throughout, some pencil underlining, manuscript notes in pencil and ink to rear leaves.) Original blind-stamped cloth (rebacked with original spine laid-down, rubbing to all extremities). Provenance: Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy [1900-1946], (library labels to the front pastedowns). - And a further fourteen volumes relating to Nelson and naval history (including A.T. Mahan's 'The Life of Nelson', 2 vols., 1897, 8vo, and the second edition of John Campbell's 'Lives of the Admirals and Other Eminent British Seamen', 8 vols., 1750, 8vo) (18).

ART REFERENCE. - J. Mordaunt CROOK. William Burges and the High Victorian Dream. London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 2013. Revised and Enlarged, 4to (304 x 241mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. - And a further sixty-three volumes of art reference (including Vern G. Swanson's 'Soviet Impressionist Painting', 2008, 4to) (64).

HOCKNEY, David. - Xavier F. SALOMON et al. A Bigger Picture. London: Thames and Hudson, 2012. 4to (298 x 277mm.) Numerous colour and black and white illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original green cloth, dust-jacket. - And a further six volumes by or about David Hockney (including Paul Melia and Ulrich Luckhardt's 'David Hockney Paintings', 1994, 4to) (7).

PHOTOGRAPHY. - Mark HOLBORN and Dimitri LEVAS (editors). Mapplethorpe. London: Jonathan Cape, 1995. Reprint, 4to (308 x 289mm.) Numerous black and white photographic illustrations, essay by A.C. Danto. (Mild toning.) Original silver cloth (mark to upper cover), dust-jacket, slipcase (damp-stain to rear panel, rubbing). - And a further twelve volumes related to photography (including Trevor Fairbrother and Richard Martin and Steven Meisel's 'Herb Ritts Work', 1996, 4to) (13).

ART REFERENCE. - Stanislas Klossowski de ROLA. The Golden Game. London: Thames and Hudson, 1988. 4to (271 x 205mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Toning, remainder mark to fore-edge.) Original red cloth, dust-jacket (wear to spine ends). - And a further thirty-seven volumes related to art (38).