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Sold2022Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée,NO RESERVE Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., number 28 of 200 sets, 46 wood-engraved type specimens printed from the originalSee Sold Price
Sold201825 books on Chinese and Japanese porcelain, incl. a25 books on Chinese and Japanese porcelain, incl. a number of rare works Important titles are: Chinese ceramics in the Baur collection, John Ayers (2 vol.)Kraak Porcelain, Maura RinaldiChineseSee Sold Price
Sold2022Easton Press Presidents Leather Bound 69 Volumes69 Leather Bound Easton Press Volumes, dealing with Presidents / Presidential Politics, to include: The Works of John Adams (2 vols), James K. Polk (2 vols), James Monroe, Truman (2 vols), An AmericanSee Sold Price
Sold2022Milton (John) Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd, 2 vol., Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1758.NO RESERVE Milton (John) Paradise Lost [&] Paradise Regain'd, 2 vol., list of subscribers, very occasional light marginal damp-staining, bookplate to front pastdowns, contemporary red morocco, gilt, sSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fleming (Ian) Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. The Magical Car, 3 vol., first edition, 1964-65.Fleming (Ian) Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. The Magical Car, 3 vol., first edition, illustrations by John Burningham, vol. 2 with ink gift inscription, original pictorial boards, vol. 1 spine a little spotSee Sold Price
Sold2017Economics.- Mill (John Stuart) Principles of PoliticalEconomics.- Mill (John Stuart) Principles of Political Economy, 2 vol., third edition, contemporary calf, gilt, spines richly gilt with tan and black morocco labels, 8vo,1852.⁂ A fine copy of thSee Sold Price
Sold2019Union Brigadier General John Gibbon Carte de VisUnion Brigadier General John Gibbon Carte de Visite Signed "John Gibbon Brig. Genl. Vols." 2.5" x 4", with a J.E. McClees, Philadelphia imprint on verso. A portrait of the famed leader of the Union'sSee Sold Price
Sold2022Dalton (John) A New System of Chemical Philosophy, 2 vol. in 3, first edition, Manchester, 1808-27Dalton (John) A New System of Chemical Philosophy, 2 vol. in 3 (Vol.1 Parts I & II and Vol.2 Part I), first edition, 8 engraved plates, vol.2 part I with half-title and 2pp. advertisements at end, somSee Sold Price
Sold2022Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., 2 inscribed, 1974-80.Le Carré (John) [The Karla Trilogy], 3 vol., comprising Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, first edition, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket spine sunned, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, fourtSee Sold Price
Sold2016Group Fine Binding Books, Sign Bindings, AutographIncluding: 2 Vol. "History of the Conquest of Peru", William Prescott, John Foster Kirk ed., J. B. Lippincott Co., 3/4 green calf marbled boards, marbled end papers, gilt lettering, raised bands, topSee Sold Price
Sold2016Group of Fine Binding Books106 books including: 2 Vol. set of "Salem Witchcraft" 1867, Upham, published by Wiggin and Lunt, in cream vellum with a red and green band on spine with gilt decoration. 27 Vol. set of Agatha ChristieSee Sold Price
Sold2016Milton (John) - Paradise Lost [and] Paradise Regain'd,together 2 vol., [each one of 300 copies on paper], presentation copy from Emery Walker to his wife inscribed "to Mary Grace Walker with Emery Walker's best love December 1 1902" and later "to LiliasSee Sold Price
Sold2016[Barrow (John)] - Dictionarium Polygraphicum: or, The2 vol., engraved frontispiece and 54 folding plates, minor creasing to plates, modern boards, new endpapers, for C.Hitch and C.Davis, 1735 § [Grose (Francis)] A Classical Dictionary of the VulgarSee Sold Price
Sold2023Australia.- Stokes (John Lort) Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers exAustralia.- Stokes (John Lort) Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers explored and surveyed during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, 2 vol., first edition, 26 engraved or lithogSee Sold Price
Sold2023Divola (John) Isolated Houses [&] Dogs Chasing My Cars in the Desert, together 2 vol., one of 25NO RESERVE Divola (John) Isolated Houses [&] Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert, together 2 vol., one of 25 copies signed by Divola and with two original prints (one from each work), both first editionSee Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Barrow (John) Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vol., second edition, withAfrica.- Barrow (John) Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vol., second edition, half-title in vol.2 only (as issued), 8 hand-coloured aquatint plates with tissue guards, 9 folding engraveSee Sold Price
Sold20242Vol Birds America Watercolors J Audubon 1966 IllustratedThe Original Water Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America, Vol 1 + 2 housed in a papered keepsake slip box with a pull ribbon to access the books. Matching paper on the front aSee Sold Price
Sold2023[Doves Press] Milton's Paradise Lost, RegainedMilton, John. PARADISE LOST [with] PARADISE REGAIN'D. Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1902, 1905. 2 vol. 9.25" x 6.5". 387, [1]; 344 pp. Bound by Hatchard's in period full green calf, with "L.P." initiaSee Sold Price
Sold2022Middle East.- Turkey.- Ottoman Empire.- Gomez (Madame de) The Life of Osman the Great, Emperor ofTurkey.- Ottoman Empire.- Gomez (Madame de) The Life of Osman the Great, Emperor of the Turks, 2 vol., first English edition, translated by John Williams, woodcut head-pieces and initials, some very lSee Sold Price
Sold2016Boydell - A Collection of Prints from the Pictures(John & Josiah, publishers ) A Collection of Prints from the Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare by the Artists of Great Britain, 2 vol. in 1, 100 engravSee Sold Price
Sold2016Pepys (Samuel) - Memoirs...comprising his diary from 1659 to 1669, deciphered by the Rev. John Smith from the original short-hand ms. in the Pepysian Library, 2 vol., first edition , half-titles, engraved frontispieces, 11 engrSee Sold Price
Sold2016Audubon (John James) and - and Rev. John Bachman. Theand Rev. John Bachman. The Quadrupeds of North America , 3 vol., half-titles in vol.1 & 2, 155 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates by J.T.Bowen and others after Audubon, most with tissue guards,See Sold Price
Sold20171726 John Selden Complete Set. “Joannis SeldeniJohn Selden Complete Set. “Joannis Seldeni jurisconsulti opera omnia, tam edita quam inedita”. London: by William Bowyer [vol. 2: S. Palmer; vol. 3: T. Wood] for J. Walthoe, G. Conyers, J. KnaptonSee Sold Price
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